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j Twice-a-Week ■ Twice-a-Week THE VALDOSTA TIMES VALDOSTA, GA., SATURDAY,' MARCH 16, 101B. GOV. BROWN ROASTS STAE COMMITTEE Ordinary's Office * X Regrets the “Steam-Roll er”Tactics in Vogue THE GOVERNOR DECRIES THE DECISION TO GIVE THE MIN- NORITY NO REPRESENTATION IN NAMING DELEGATES. Atlanta, Ga., March 14.—On "be ing asked for a statement In refer ence to the action of th© state exec utive committee in abolishing for the gecond time in th© history of the state the constitutional basis of representation and substituting a plan by which all delegates to the state convention shall be named solely in accord with the plurality vote of the state taken as a whole. Governor Joseph M. Bro^n said to day: “The action of the committee surprises me because I thought this, principle had been settled once for all at the ballot box in Georgia. It was one of the chief issues in my first campaign for governor. At that time th# state committee, for ob vious reasons, provided that the candidate ' who received the most for governor should have the ■ from every county in the which had voted i'h© object, of course, oinority by glv- ARE RAISED FOR LOPMENT JUDGE ON BENCH WAS SHOT DEAD DURING COURT 4; : Vast Expenditures are Being Made in South GEORGIA AND ALABAMA ARE IN THE LEAD IN THE MATTER OP INDUSTRIAL AND. PUBUO IM ITIOVEMENTS, SHERIFF AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WERE ALSO KILLED BY FRIENDS OF THE “ALLEN GANG," WHO WERE ON TRIAL,,IN VIRGINIA TODAY—MANY OTHERS WERE WOUNDED IN THE FUSILADE WHICH FOLLOWHD THE TIUASiurPOSSH IS FOLLOW. Via THE DESPERADOES WIIO DID THE SHBOri XO—ONE; OF THE PRISONERS WAS KILLED. Colum-bus, Ga., March 14.—The Industrial Index says in Its Issue lor this week: “Railroads, Ice factories and church buildings ar 0 prominent in the Industrial and construction news of the great Southeast for the past seven days, which demonstrates un ceasing development. “The initial work has been begun In Alabama upon a hydro-electric plant that will be part of a mllllon- dollar Investment “Savannah, Ga„ will have a pow er plant to cost $1,000,000. At Ma con, Ga., a $1,500,000 passenger station Is to be erected. “A $2,500,000 corporation of Phil adelphia, Pa., has begun the con struction In Florida of an extensive phosphate plant, “A company with minimum capi tal stock of $500,000 has been or ganised at Columbus, Ga., to con struct a railroad between a point on the Gulf of Mexico and Atlanta, Ga. a distance of nearly 200 miles. YTwenty-sIx new corporations have been formed during tho week with-.minimum capital stdck aggre- $lll8,000. HlllsrlUe, Va., March 14.—Judge Thornton Massie, of the Twenty-first circuit, was shot dead on the bench today. . * William Footer, the commonwealth attorney, as he arose to address' the court, and Sheriff L. F. Webb were also killed by a fusll&de of shots af ter the court opened today. The “Alien gang 11 of Carroll county, were on trial. A scoro of persons were injured. Calls for help were sent out and troops are being rushed from Rich mond. Governor Asked for Help, Richmond, March 14.—Governor Mann receivod the following tele gram from the clerk of the county court at Hlllsvllle at noon: Mob violence. Judge, common wealth attorney, some officers and others were .hot following tho con viction of Floyd Allen for felony. ns result of Massie died 'at ni his Injuries. Twenty members of “The Allen gang” rose fjfcmithelr seats In tho court room and. poured a fusillade cf shots at the s-iurt. officials Just as the verdict wax rendered against Allen, a. s felonr\„„. • James Douglass- and another Juror wore killed, ind many specta tors were tajnrocu Allen hid ‘Whitened to shoot up the court fb-mL.if the leadpr was convicted, ' The town Is I ft a date of panle. Th c militia companies are on tho way hero, - 't The assaeslna fled and a posse heavily armed eurrounded them (n a barn, A desperate fight la ex pected. , ■ r Two of the Bandits Were Killed. Richmond, Va., March 14.—It Is reported that Floa Allox,- VV$ver- ado and prisoner. whD.wns wounded In tho fusillade at HBlpvIIlo,. died Tho sheriffs attorney and Judge a t noon. X i ' " Massie are dead. Help quick.” One of the bandits Is reported to How the Shooting Occurred. hav 0 been killed tHji; nlternodri In a Hlllsvllle, Va., March 14.—Judge fight with it 'V ——- , outrage In the minority exactly what happened ™. hmu. Ml j»hat gave mb, over'my protest, the vote of every delegate from every county In Georgia. I neither asked nor wanted the tote of a single county whose people had voted for somebody else at the bal lot box. Above all things I thought It dangerous that the liberties and rights of the people should be thus Jeopardised by th e absolute elimina tion, of minority representation. which is one of the basic prl™«P«“ upon which our government Is found. * “I did not dream that any com mittee would have the effrontery within so short a time to go back to a principle which had been so overwhelmingly repudiated and yet that Is Just what has been done. “According to the committee s or der, every county In the state must have Its delegates to the state con vention chosen solely from among the supporters of the candidate tor president who received a plurality vote of the whole state. Thus four- fifths of tho counties may vote against one man and the vote of the other llfth could force those four- fifths to send delegates supporting a candidate against whom they had voted. If such a principle as this stands. It means the elimination of the country counties of Georgia ax a serious factor In the polities of the state. And It puts within the power of ten or a doze,, city counties of Georgia to absolutely control tho polities of the state. Fortunately, this can 1<e done only by the consent of the country counties themselves, and I am of the opinion that they will rebuke this Interference with their liberties and their constitu tional rights. Just as emphatically now as they did four, years ngo. “It Is a pltty that Woodrow Wil son has hcen made the Instrument for this attack on the constitutional rights of the people of thc state snd If he has to pay the penalty by the loss of the state, which now seems Inevitable, he will hav e nobody to blame hut bla friends.” has been gFunted fer^a. railway he- tween .Gadsden, Ala., and a point on the summit of Lookout Mountain. Arrangements haye been perfected for the extension of railway from Danville to Mlll'dsi>yUle.,Ga. A route Is being eurv,eyed for a rail way between Decktur find Austin, Ala. Survey^*ate Ming nysde for a Macon and Barnesvllle, Ga.; theater St. Petersburg, Fla; hotel and hotel remodeling, Jasper and Loxley, Cutbhert and jjjjgn^s'viUe, Ca. psT" Improving roads. Sir klh., has voted bonds for pul Improvements. and Cedartown and Represe: Meigs, Ga., will vote upon the Is suance of Improvement bonds. Industrial plants will be estab lished as follows: “Oil mill, Arlington, Ga.; wood working, Woodstock, Fayette and “ tlTe » of Huntsville. Ala.Vmonumental mar- at a conf< Me, Columbus, Ga.; gaa plant. Day- railway between Gadsden.'Ala. and tons p, a . pIant „ wn>Ion , Ath . Chattanooga, Tenn.. through north- bakery> Macon . 0a . Alh . ern portion of Alabama and Geor gia. "Ice factories will bo established at Barnesvllle and Fairburn Qa„ Haleyvllle, Ala., and Palatka, Fla. "Church butidlngs will be erect ed or remodeled at Valdosta and Vldalla, Ga., Bay Mlnctte, Ala., and Brnldentown, Fla. “Other land, Montgomery and Birmingham, Ala., companies will engage In min ing.” s of 180,000 Miners are in Conference Ovei the Matter. New York, March 14.—Ropresc*n% 180,000 anthracite miners conference at their headquarters BENNETT MAY GET IN RACE. Brunswick, . Ga., March 14.—A [great deal of pressure Is being construction work to be . brought to bear upon Judge Joseph done, as reported this week is as foU w, Bennett of this city to make tho l ows: (;-ace for Congress from the Eleventh “School buildings, Newton, Ala, $15,00 and Tampa, Fla., $20,000; postofflee buildings, today decided to stand pat on the demands which were refused at a conference with tho operators yes terday. When asked if there would be a strike, President White of the Mill Union said “if the operators want a strike, they can probably have one." , SHOT AT KING I IN ROME TODAY King on Way to Pantheon ; When Fired Upon THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE WAS MADE BY A YOUNG ANARCHIST WHO WAS CAUGHT AND BEAT. BN ALMOST TO DEATH. Rome, March 14.—An Attempt was made by an anarchist to'assas sinate King Victor today as he was riding to th« Pantheon to attend tho memorial service! on the anniver sary of the funeral at hi* father, King Humbert Who was assassinated In 1900. A man in tbs crowd fired a revolv er point blank at the king. MaJ. Lan gs, who waa riding Iby the aide of the king’s carrlsge, was wounded, Tho assassin quickly fired a sec ond shot snd was preparing to shoot again when tho crowd closed In on him and overpowered him, The crowd knocked him prostrate. Jumped on his body and the man was nearly beaten to death before be. coulfi 1)0 rescued by the police, se. treat was tbs anger of tho crowd. Afterward the man gave his name NEWS OF A DAY 1 AMONG PEOPLE Of County Will Not Have Primary May First MANY WERE ANXIOUS FOR BOTH PRIMARIES TO HE MELD ON THE SAME DAY, BUT THIS WILL NOT BE DONE. The king;, rqtntflPjfc' ealm, ' fc later proceeding to theA’anthedfit whore the memorial-exerclsis wore hold.' ^STEAMSHIP WAS BURNED, ;'nUdjShlp Jfsilo a Spectacular Fire ' In- New Vork Harbor, V* 1- ' ’New York; March 13 Tho'ito.im- shlp San Jose, of the United States Fruit Company, -was burned and sunk at the foot of Maiden Lane to day. The loss la $250.(00, The ship was loading for tho West Hides and th e fire was very spectacu lar. Savannah, March 14.—Owing to the fact that the registration In Sa vannah Is unusually largo thta year n6-effort will be made In Chatham county to hold -the Democratic prt- tnjfcy for county officials on May t wh]tn the presidential primary la held'. This election, will probably ho ordered* for some time later, prob ably tho latter part of June. Thero were many In thli county who were anxious for tho primary election for county officers to bo held si tho same time as the presidential prima ry, as It was thought that a much larger number of votens could brought out for tho single primary than with two elections. The reg istration Increases as the time ap proaches .for .the bot&a to close. There Is. noUrery^plUohV opposition shown In thfS'ctiuViy to tho county at Anjonlo- Dalba, and Is snld to be o^.MiUUereri,’strong opposl- .a^Roman onkrchlst, raged, twenty-, c ty administration. Hoppe and Sutton Again. Now York, March 14.—Willie Hoppo and George Sutton have fin ished practice for their contest ftt the Hotel Astor tomorrow night for the I8.il balkline billiard champion ship, the title to which Is now held by Hoppe. It will be the second time within a period of five weoko that these two famous cue artists have met. In a championship contest. Their last contest was for the 18.2 title, and was won by TToppe, wtio district, slr.i© it became known that' Fabr© line stamahlp “Canada,” re- T __, , , cently completed at the shipbuilding Miami, Fla; ; Gon K reMman G - Brantley would yards at Toulon, sailed from Naples apartment houses, Atlanta, Augusta n °t a B®In allow the use of his name today on her maiden trip to New and Columbus, Ga.; Birmingham, as a candidate. Judge Bennett is York. The ship will be employed Ala., and Miami, Fla.; bank 'build- out of the city at present and could regularly in the Now York-Mediter- ings, Fort Lauderdale and Lawtey, not he seen, but so far as his friends ranean service. She is 14,00 tons Fla.; bridge. Miami, Fla.; depot, know he is not a candidate to sue- ®nd of modern equipment in every Cullman, Ala.;; factory building, ceed Mr. Brantley. (respect. “Canada” Starts on Initial Trip. Naples, March 14. — yhe new I now holds the world’s championship titles at both the 18.1 and 18.2 1 balk- line games. Both th© youthful cham- flon and the veteran Button have displayed fine form In their prac tice work for tomorrow's match, and the local followers of the green ta ble sport are looking forward to a rare treat when the two com© to gether. OI«l John Burroughs, in,SaVannali. Tho' children qf. Savnmmli, partic ularly-those who attpmj^hft prjtgto ^ohoola, are tobig'gfvsq, a- rare-treat tow, being (lib Kneels ‘of "Mr. John. "Burroughs, of , California, tho fa-, mum naturalist anel pool, who is visiting at Renlleu, a resort neap Sa vannah, On «ev-‘ral ocrnxfona num bers -of xlm.^llclrpu havo visit-’,1 Stf..Burroughs ami l-cc.i eutjkftnJnod with -his stories of the birds and trees. No one la enjoying thle more than Mr. ■ Burroughs himself. The balmy summer breather ‘hat,, pre vailed here during the past few day* haa offered an excellent oppor tunity for him to enjoy outings In the wood*. - Prevent Cruelty to Animals. Savannah will have a Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals. A meeting of thou Interested In protecting dumb animals will be held Tuesday night, at which time the society will he formally organ ized. Visitors to Savannah have 10- conty commented upon the need here for such an organization. Merchants of Adel put Y if! up Good Prizes TEACHERS OF THE COUNTY ARE CALLED UPON TO ASSIST IN GETTING UP INTEREST AMONG THE BOYS. •jii ' To Organize for Roonevolt. Seattle, Wash., March 13.—The Roosevelt League has completed ar rangements for the State qonvention to b© held here tomorrow, at \yfilch time plans will b© discussed for an eggresnive campaign in Washington in the interest of th© Roosevelt candidacy. Th© league will oppose tho “regular” Stato organization, which hn» declared for the renoml- nation of President Taft. Adel, Ga., March 14.—Tho mer chants and business men of Adel aro showing their Interest *in good farming by offering $150 In prizes, to tho boy a of the Uoya’ Corn Club of Berien county. • , ' Already thirty-nine of sturdy youths havo entered tho club ’and ar 0 going to muko it. hot for tho other boys of tho "State. Ilelow Is a list’of these boya who , * have ao far Joined: jfo Harley Jordan, 'Charlie. Daniels, .« Artie Fateh, Rufus Griffis, Charlie * '. ' Futch, Cbarllo Howell, Eugon 0 aiinp. son, B. J. Brack, "I. M.. McConnell. Earnest Surronty, Britt ..Bonrirt^ >yjV Howard: L. Jones, Alvin Futch,. Johnnie Hendry, Loland' Connell,"', i Elite Wltherlngtoh, Byron Shaw, Coy Deon, Odol Harris, AAhur Cobb, v Amml 0 Chestnut,- Roy Joltcrsdn, Al- glo Jones. Willie’J- Mathis'; C.olum- ’. bus Wright, Daniel Bennett, S. A. Jirhan, Baryox Eenphtt, Oscar Claris. ’ J<y»e 0 , Bcimcji, Frank/lditcholi; Bll- llp; Ccaddy,. USnrilo Oglotreo/ Carl McConnell, Ottls Odom. . ’ There nro other bo^ of -Berrien county who should bocomo member* ■ of tho club aim try their hands on growing corn. It Is honed that th,. teachers of ho county will th!- work mong tile bo>r un-J that tho people of Borrlon generally will push the [work. Boys wishing to Join should send In thol: names at onco to Mr. M. S. Button, Add, Ga., or to W. Q. Avery, Nashville, Ga. Teachers who secure boya tor tho club should send In tholr names to tho samo parties. Mr. G. V. Cunningham, the dis trict agont with th 0 United Statca Department of Agriculture, In co operation with tho state College of Agriculture, was In Add a f*w days ago In the Interest of tho work. Ho has charge of 27 counties In Houthwcst Georgia and reports that all tho counties In his territory havo an organization now. Some of tho counties have as high as 250 boyB la the dub. Berrien should havo Just as many as any county. GUNS SALUTE MR. KNOX. Son Joso, Guatcmnula, March 14. —Tho American cruiser Maryland, with Secretary Knox and his party on hoard, arrived here today and were welcomed with a salute of guns from the harbor fortifications. Naval Stores Market Today. Savannah, Ga.. March 14.—Tur pentine Is forty-nine and rosin is 2C.M to $7.40. WHITE PINE SASH & DOC )RS rdware WRITE FO CATALOGl OAK MANTELS IN STOCK i • • i ■ • • i i • • ■ Fine Builders’ Hsu Harley Stands for HARDWARE See How the Names J Link Together IJ A Dley’s _ IJardware \7aldosta *i*»-*^dware **eadquarters ▼ Georgia Headquarters VALDOSTA GEORGIA