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TUB VALDOSTA TIME*
VALDOSTA, GA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1012.
GOV. HARMON
FOR ^RESIDENT
Much Interest Manifested
at Headquarters.
HARMON'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER
IN CONFERENCE WITH OHIO
DELEGATION AT WASHING
TON.
Washington, Feb. 23.—Increase!
activity in the Harmon camp was
manifested with the arrival at Har
mon headquarters here of Lieuten
ant Governor Nichols, who is man
aging the Ohio governor's campaign
for the Democratic nomination for
the presidency. Assembled to meet
him were the Democratic members
of the Ohio delegation In thr house
and Senator Pomerfno.
Fresh from conferences with load
ers in the East and South, Governor
Nichols brought reports of the most
encouraging character. He told the
delegation that the work done and
being done In Harmon’s behalf
throughout the country had borno
such fruit as to strengthen the assn'
ranee of his popularity among all
cluass, and of the constantly grow
ing sentlmfnt In his favor.
In the comae of the conference
Governor Harmon’s recent speech
before the Ohio constitutional con'
station on the subject of the Initia
tive and referendum came up and
Congressman Ooaks, of the Fourth
Ohio district, prepared a statement
•a to the fall algnlflesnce of the gov
ernor’s words.
In addressing himself to those as
sembled at the headquarters to bear
iwbat report he had to make. Gover
nor Nlohote laid!
“My experience meeting the lead
ers in those several sections has
convinced me that when the nation'
al convention meets Governor Har
mon will be the prevailing ohotae cf
the states that' arc pretty certain to
give 4 their electoral votes to the
Democratic candidate. Furthermore,
that there |i a strong conviction
among the Democratic workers that
of an the candidates named Gover
nor Harmon would he the most
likely to get the 966 electoral votes
necessary to elect a president. I say
thin regardless of the Republican
nominee, whether It ha PraeMent
Taft or fortnar President Roost-
veR
Congressman Ooeke'a statement
relating to the Initiative and refer
endum. which expresses the senti
ment of the Ohio delegation, was aa
follows:
“The Initiative and referendum
has reached that stage of Import
ance In Ohio where It would he
very unwise for the conetltntlonal
convention to smother It. I am firm
ly of the opinion that It It the duty
of the constitutional convention to
submit the question, to the people of
Ohio for their approval or rejeotlon.
and this should be done, as was wall
suggested by Governor Hannon
hta speech to the convention, sepa
rate and distinct from all other
questions so that tt may not ha en
cumbered and ha loaded by matters
and things foreign to that Important
question. The pro position whoa sub
mitted should he so safeguarded by
proper llmltotlone that It will not
become an Instrument of Injury
rather than benMR to tha people,
and yet ha so elastic that It will ha
workable and effective when the
people d'etre to Invoke Its provte-
tm
"The last Democratic stats plat
form only declared In a mast gen-
oral way for the prlsclplee of the
Initiative and referendum without
any explanation ss to Hie extent and
mode of its operation. It will there-
fora he readily understood why H
It that Democrats may well differ as
to the form end extent of Its pro
visions. By submitting the propo-
Ilf in lb ninth year.of
83 unrivaled jxpular- k
ft ity.with an annualy
sales of miUlons^V
m,
to-day tine
‘country over as the
S -VJ 'ONE COPFEE n Of
I exceptional quality
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“< TmRnyTiruiOoi
JV NEW
KrWOtUM3.UA A
rile benefit or Injury to the people,
by the Initiative and referendum,
without either violating any Demo
cratic platform promise or In the
slightest degree affecting hi* repu
tation an a broad-minded and prac
tical progressive Democrat—open to
conviction as to the correctneM and
safety of so radical a change In tho
fundamental fabric of our govern
ment.
Personally, if the constitutional
convention submits a safe, workable
and effective Initiative and referen
dum. f ahall vote for It, and among
the v-anr iffssona that would Impel
me to do eo are the dlshoneat legis
lators who will be shorn of an
opportunity to betray the people,
and it will bring a more rapid Te-
sponiw, from the legislative body to
the demands of the people."
lilentenan* Governor Nichols left
here tonight for Columbne and will
prmonally report to Governor Har
mon tho details of his recent trip to
the East and South.
BY RAINS ANO
SWflIE RIVERS
Troubles Which Beset
Parties on the Highways
MR. IV. 8. FENDER’S AUTOMO-
BILE WAS LEFT IN “SLOUGH'’
BEYOND ROCKY FORD BRIDGE
ALL NIGHT.
Horses and Males.
The kind you want, the price will
ault yon at Ham Broa. Stables
I IS dft wdt
The Hill Property Sold.
(The personal property of the
estate of the late Thomas Hill waa
sold al auction Saturday at the home.
Six head of mules, a horse, haggles
and wagons, 300 bushela of corn,
farm implement*, etc., were sold.
The mules brought 01,000 and all
tha property sold brought between
12.000 and 90,000. The hdrs were
the purchaser* of the property. The
whole estate was appraised at 943,-
000. The farm Is a very fine one,
there being TOO scree of splendid
'and. About half of It la In cultiva
tion and a good deal of It la stum.i
ed. It will probably be told later. Mr.
M. A. Croeby le administrator of
the eototo.—Adel New*.
We wont to ahow you our mulct
and good drtvlag horses. They are
for aale.
MIZEI.L LIVE 8TOCK CO.,
In Old GrlOth Stables.
Mr. Ingram Waa Badly Hurt,
Ur. O. W. Ingram waa painfully
hurt In a runaway at Valdoata last
Thursday afternoon. Ho wot In that
city on bnalneat and waa invit-vl by
Mr. Tankstsy, a travailing talaman,
to so with him for a drive over the
city. Their horn became frightened
and ran away and In attamptlng to
get out of the buggy Mr. Ingram waa
thrown heavily to tha ground. His
breast waa badly bruited and sente
of his riba broken. Medical attention
waa given him at once, hut he was
unable to com# home until Friday at-
ternoon. He waa confined to hla home
for several days after he returned
Mr. Tanktley was In Adel Monday
and related the Incident to ue. He
escaped unhurt.—Adel News.
rearson Melon. Ingram Drug Co.
• Stricken with Paralysis.
R. 3. Btanborm, a commercial
traveler, wnAse homo la Auguata,
Me., waa itrteken with paralysis
While buying a ticket at the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic depot In
tttfon separately, all doubt will he Ttfton Tuesday night about 9:50 and
removed whoa the people vote Is In a aertona condition,
thereon, aa to whether or not they' Mr. stanborm was traveling tor
drotro to make It n part of tho or- W. P. Borough, of Atlanta, and had
ganle low of the stats of Ohio. j been stopping at the Georgia hotel.
“Any person that favors th* intti- Ha Intended to leave that night for
a’.lve and referendum ought ror-. Fltagerald, and had Just bought hi*
tatnly not to object to giving the ticket when he was stricken and fell
people of Ohio On opportunity to to the floor. Hta right aid* Is pant-
vot* on R unhampered by nil con- yxed and attending physicians say
si deration of other (object* that
might tend to compUcnts IL
*11 think Oovamor Harmon did
right In frankly and boldly stating
his pfiwonal opinion as to the proh-
that he cannot recover. The clerk
of tho Georgia hotel sow him fall
and ho was carried hack to hi* room
where ho la being cared for.—Tlfton
The old Inhabitants are still talk
ing about the teryifio' downpour or
rain which fell l n tbl% section on
Wednesday. Some o’ them declare
that It must hava rained s foot or
more, though the official records
show that It rained only aboqt one
and a half Inches during th* Sour
or two when th* downpour waa go
severe. It rained about nlne-tonths
of an Inch during Tuesday night,
making about two Jnchea and nearly
a half for th* entire rainfall of th*
day.
Mr. J. H. Taylor was In town thR
morning telling of th* experiences
which he had on th* river where he
went to get his boat to keep It from
being washed away. The river waa
then two or three feet below the
bridge. He walked a mil* to hla
house and whan be got back to tho
river It waa running over th* floor
of the bridge showing that It had
risen two or Uire c feet In a. very llt-
Iie while. Mr. Taylor figure* It out
that the water did not , have time
to flow up the stream, so th* big rla*
was caused by the.local downpour.
Your Uncle George Courtney “hsa
been standing on his corner for th*
past seven years,’’ and he declares
that he has never seen such a rain
before In all of hla born day*.
Every man who cornea in from
the country and especially the south
ern part of the country, hac amatory
to tell of th* terrific rainfall that
dsy. Those who do not tell shout
the rain, tell about th e wind and the
damage which It did. The velocity
of the prlnd la variously estimated
at from 90 to 120 miles an hour—da-
pending altogether upon who la
making th* estimate.
More Trouble by High Water.
Messrs Guy Prealy, Turner Proa-
ley, M. J. Paine and P. A Hunt left
town early yesterday morning for
Cherry Lake to attend the bird hunt
which Mr, John Coffe* was preparing
for the New York hankers.
They hod no trouble until they
reached th* Rocky Ford bridge,
though they law all along th* road
whan* th* trees had been aawed In
two and moved off th* right-of-way
They did not know at the time that
ihe New Yorkers had been harness
ed up as wood sawyers and ordinary
day laborers at that time.
After croeelng the river and com
1ng to the alough where the banker*
had to turn hack, they noticed an an.
tomoblle In th* middle ot the elougn
Srlth the water almost running _over
th* top. They saw Immediately that
there was no chance (or thorn to get
acrosc so thsy returned to t\ie city.
Th* automobile which was being
beaten by th* rlatng waters belonged
(o Mr. W, S. Fender and had to b*
abandoned th* night befora aa the
ynuleg could not pull It from the
bog. They had two mule*; but tha
animal* would not poll together, ao
It waa finally dtelded to leave the
machine there, wh|i* Mr. Fender,
Mr. Stapler and Will Fender went
on to Cherry Lake In a mule team.
Yesterday they seemed more
mules and went hack to the river
and got th* machine out. They, let
th* machine dry for an hour and
then drove It on to Valdosta, coming
around by way of Quitman. The
machtn* waa not Injurod In the lcaat
by Ito experience In the mad ware*
and* wa* all right as soon aa the car
burettor and other part* became dry.
FORECAST OF
NEWS FOR THE
COMING WEEK,
Republican Conventions
Scheduled for Week.
PRESIDENT TAFT HAS SEVERAL
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND
ROOSEVELT PROMISES TO LET
SOMEHTING DROP.
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 94.—A
number of Republican conventions
are scheduled for the week to select
delegates to th* national convention
at Chicago. The North Carolina
State Convention will matt
Raleigh on Wednesday and the South
Carolina convention in Columbia th*
day following. District conventions
to he held during the week Include
those of the First, Second, Third end
Seventh districts of Alabama, the
First and Tenth districts of Virginia,
th* Second, Seventh and Eleventh
district* of Georg's, and the Third
district of Missouri.
President Taft has no public cm
gagementa announced for the week,
excepting those of a purely aoelal
character. Colonel Roosevelt will
go to Boston to attend a meeting of
the Hsrvar] Bon;j ot Overseers and
during the several days that ha will
spend there It la expected b* will
confer with nany influential New
England Republicans. Governor
Harmo 0 has engagements to apeak
during the week before the legisla
ture of Virginia and Maryland.
Pnnuant to the call of Governor
Osborn the Michigan legislature will
srsemble In special session Monday
to pass s bill providing for s presi
dential primary,
One of the ergeit conventions of
the week will be th e annual meeting
of the Department of Superintend,
once of the Nations] Educational So
ciety, which Is expected to attract a
thousand or more prominent educa
tor* to St Loul*.
The trial of Bert H. Fr^klln, the
Rocky Ford Colorado Cantaloup*
Seed, Ingram Drug Co. 9 13'wtt
Ingram Drag Co. I 19 w4t
Th* trial pt Bert H. Frtfklln, th*
McNafnsra detective, who & charged
with having (bribed members of the
McNamara Jury, la scheduled to be
gin In Log Angeles Tuesday. This
Is the ease In which an Indictment
charging a similar Odens* has been
returned against Clarence Darrow,
the attorney tor to* McNamaraa.
A Joint wage conference to dts-
cuat a new contract for the anthra
cite field will begin In New York
Tuesday. Tho miners demand an
eight-hour day, recognition of the
United Mine Workers, a minimum
wage rate of 92.50 a day for miners
on consideration work and 59.60 s
day (or laborers, and a more conven
ient uniform system of adjusting lo
cal grievances. Th* operators, it
la atatnl, are Inclined to resist the
demand* of the miners aa unreason
ah)* and exorbitant. Tha present
agreement will expire at the end of
March and unless an agreement Is
reached before teat tlm* a general
strike Is threatened.
Important events of the week In
clude the groat anti-suffrage demon
stration to be held In London, with
Lord Cromer presiding, and develop
ments in the Industrial situation In
England. Unless the demands of
ih t Brlileh Minora' Federation are
granted u national strike of coal
miners is threatened for February
29.
Of interest to followers of aport
and athletics In America will be the
heglra of to* big league baseball
players for th# spring training
camps In Ih* South, the opening of
the annual tournament of tho Ameri
can Bowling Congress In Chicago, and
the opening of Ih* annual Sports
men's Show In Madison Square Oar.
den. New York.
A YOUNG MAN’S
EXPENSE BOOK
TELLS A TALE
Figures in Boy’s Diary
Are Full of Interest
RECORD OF RECEIPTS AND EX
PENDITURES OF A YOUNG DEN
TAL STUDENT, WHICH WAS
FOUND IN ATLANTA.
Atlanta,- Fob. 24.—A little red
notebook, scribbled with a lead pen
cil from cover to cover, was found
this morning on the marble floor In
(be Kimball home rotunda.
P. Is the personal diary ot a young
farmer boy who come to Atlanta to
study dentistry, and, tor all It (hows
to the contrary, may stilt he study
ing dentistry here.
As a human Interest doenment It
has got any of the “six ben aollera’’
lashed to the mast. Thei little book
contain* nothing but Items relating
to finance yet th* Jotting record la the
whole Mfs of the owner and some Ilf*
It Is.
That thd hoy wa* a "rounder" and
was often broke, la the least of the
things to he learned from the pages.
Under date of January 1912, th*
“In’’ column start* off aa follows:
January 2nd from th* Old Man
12; January 3rd made by O. <1.10.
(It tnrna ont later In the diary that
0 stands for gambling.) January
4th, mtds by G. 99; January 11th,
•old dental tools, 911. tannery 11th
borrowed from Peacock 92; Janaary
16th, oold overcoat 95. And ao it
continue*.
Th* following page swaps from
neceroary exposes, aid another la
off as follows: necessary expenses:
board 926: January 8th, sandwich
5 cents
Then the page swaps from neees-
-nrr apctases, and another Is started
with what the yonng man rightly
regarded as unnecessary:
January 4th, pistol, 94.56; clgdtr
and cigarettes, 98, bottle of cocktail
91; shave ten eenta;; ear faro 75
cents; shows 92; mdnls 92; pool
*2. foolishness (something he was
apparently ashamed to name) 94.
The February list shows the follow
big; From the Old Man, 915; from
Peacock, 91: pawned overcoat 96 66
And oo the diary runs np to day
before yesterday, showing how he
had appealed to hie father (the old
man) and to Peacock, possibly Ms
room-mate, for funds, which h* sub-
seuditly spent after the manner of
the foolish yoan|g collage student
who cares more shout having a good
,’lme than *bou* his studies.
Somewhere in Georgia “th# ell
man” will probably read the** line*,
and will never realise that the diary
belonged to HI8 son.
The diary, by the way, la now In
‘he hands of th* Kimball honse man
’«cr. and may lb* hod by the owner
IH he cores to call for It.
Vermont Bankers Meat.
Montpellar, VI. Feb. Repre
sentative hanker# and business men
from nil puts of the state wore pres
ent today at th* third tnanol moot
ing of th* Vermont State Bankers’
Association. Loading features of
lb* program ware addresses by Rep-
tatlv* G«org* W. Prince, of Il
linois, member ot th* National Mon
etary Commission, and George K.
Alton, educational director ot th*
Americas Institute of Banking.
Hants Hanging Abolished.
Representative 0111* Adnms of
Hsll county announce* that h* !i go
ing to Introdaee a hill to electrocute
condemned criminal* Ipatead. of
hanging them. Th* measure will
ho presented at th* regular session
of th* Georgia legislature.
Chairman Ifob Davlaon of th#
prison commission figure* that It
would coat about four thousand dol-
tari to equip four chain in differ
ent'parte of the state.
Another Ido* wonld b* to have
only one chair, at tha state Prison
farm to coat about on* thoncand dol
lars.
Georgia RaUManak* mtkm »**d.
tn«* q Co. 9 1* W4t
DEATH WINS IN LONG BACH.
Young Man Dies Just Before Reach
ing End of Long Trip.
Atlanta, Os, Feb. 94.—Arthur C.
Johnson, an elghteen-year-old boy,
who went from South Carolina to
Arliona some time ago In tho hope
of hatng cured of tnberenlotla, found
that he was going to die. and day
before yesterday started a mad rae#
against death acroaa the continent, In
the hop* that he might die on tha
old Carolina farm. Hla father, J.W.
Johnson, waa with him.
Th® rae* ended here this morn
ing, for death won, fast as the west
ern train waa pulling Into the etty.
The body was sent to a local under
taking establishment, tnd will b*
sent to Salloy, S. C.
THE FARMER SHOWED THEM.
Atlanta Boy* Learned
About Hunting In the Snow.
Atlanta, Oa„ Feb. 24.—Colquitt
Carter and Quilt Orm* went up Into
Murray county on a hunting trip
when ta* tost big snow fell there.
They hunted hard In th* aaow two
days and killed ten birds In »U.
Then they met a Murray coanty farm
er who mid:
“You don’t want a gun to hunt
birds this kind of weathsr, what
yon need 1* n good atont stick.’’
Suiting the sctlon of the word
th* firmer got him a club, went ont
In th* snow, and actually killed a
whol* covey.
COPPER KING
RAZOR
Guaranteed not to Rust
NOW ON SALE
SMITH HARDWARE and
MOTOR CO.
“THE QUALITY STORE”
117-119 Patterson St Valdosta, Ga.
SEEDS SEEDS
Seed Irish Potatoes, Va., Two
Crop, Early Rose, Bliss Triumph,
or Red Bliss. Maine Bliss Irish
Cobbler, N. C. Peanuts, Spannish,
Large and Small Burt Spring Oats
GARDEN SEEDS OF ALL KIND
Make your hens lay by using
Oyster Shells Gravel, Bone, Meat
Scraps, and Egg Forcer.
T. M. VINSON,
{formerly VIXSON & BARNES) '
121 N. Patterson St. Valdosta, Ga
Dasher&Vamedoe
PHONE1334, VALDOSTA, GA.
Doors, Windows, Moulding of all kind.
Shingles, Brick, Lime.
Carey’s Roofing, in all grades.
Rough and Dressed Framing, Flooring,
Ceiling, Siding and Finish.
A complete stock alktyi on hand: Out-of-town
ordenjgiven special attention. Prompt delivery our
motto. Get our prices before buying,
Dasher & Varnedoe
Valdosta, Ga. Phone 334.
Positions Secured
SOUTHERN SHORTHAND
AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
10K Wee* HltdieB street, Atlanta, G<
After taking g eonno ta Bookkeeping; wn— wt ^.
Ing, Banking, Penmanship, tie., at this long-established and ron-
u tab It Business Training School.
OVER 15,000 STUDENTS IN POSITIONS.
Purchaser! of Moor’s Bnalneat Collage, which was foudad
49 yror* ago. Under Ita present management 11 roam.
Banking Deportment equipped' with Addlnr Machines; eta.
Large Typewriting Department Expert cased and capable faculty.
Bad ayatem. In exJstsoce taught The famous Qraham-
Pttmams Shorthand, th* intern which Is adopted for expert
work. Th# 10th Century bookkeeping which make* expert ao-
eountant*.
■VIDIMUS OF MERIT
Th* patronage ot (hla echool is more than doubla that of
any other Burtnea* Collage ta this section, which !» a m-Mt sig
nificant fact
Enter at Once. Write’To-day for Catalog.
Address A. C. BRISCOE, Pres.
Or L. W. ARNOLD, Vice-Pres. Atlanta, Ga.
Prof Tho*. L. Bryan, wall-known Educator, ta with tha Southern