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UNDERWOOD’S IY OF HIS LIFE IS ANTECEDENTS CONGRESS] OWN ipathiierDuring the War.—To Save his Wife’s scar wjiis ©nly- Thrtfe Years Old.—Relatives Organization of the Line Completed This Week Valdosta to More Than Maintain her Lead ISin Essential to Comfort 'wSJWarmth Is essential ’to com- fort As you grow older, It Is hardly leas essential to health. Yj Get a Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater, and you keep warm and com fortable in your home, no matter what the weather without^, The Perfection gives a strong, widespread heat, and giv^H quicldy. It is always ready for me and bums nine hours on a snJH filling—no more trouble than » lamp. It can be carried anywhereS no pipes, no wires, no flues; no smoke, odor or dirt \ fiSS I : barn in 1790, tod Seymour for president. All of J.ud was', a.UWti Taut In one of l.he Oscar W. Underwood’s ancestors on fMnj&jRH|j^H&n)zed In Kentucky in his paternal aids were Southern Itr.e war of 7S12. He was aqyerely people, either Virginians or Ken- wounded at the battle of Dudley’s tucklans. difeut In -Ojlo. He afterwards I All for Confederacy, stodled law, ^eiime a member of: Underwood’s maternal grandfath- tbe court of appeals of Kentucky, -er was Jabes Smith, who was born waa 'aleonK'Q’ congreag as a whig In Groton, Conn., ana moved to Pe- nnd sfterwnrdjj,served In the United tenburg, V«., when he was a boy 8‘atea senate'as a colleague of Hen-. Id years of age. He bnllt one of ry Clay. • -1 |the first cotton mdlle In the South at He dfibed with Mr. Clay In h|s Petersburg and for a number of advocacy-of* Vadual emancipation years was mayor of that city before of the slavefi aihi In the early part the civil war. He was always a of the fllttjb emancipated all his Democrat and came from a Demo- slaves who dsntred freedom on con- cnetlc family. During the war his Mil. U. F. SIll.MA.NS, OF BIRMANS, G.V., IS PRESIDENT OF THE HEW HOAD AND IX IS XO UK BUILT AY ONCE. TITK CONTRACT IS ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THE RUSSIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND £ THE GREAT VOCAL STARS. Hon. Frank Birmans, of Birmans, Oa„ was In Valdosta this morning and talked with a greet deal of en thusiasm of the proposed new rail road which In to como from Way- cross out by airmans, then to MIU- town, then to Rays Mill and on to Hablra or some other point on the Georgia Southern and Florida road. Thu new railroad Is to bo known as the Waycro.il Weatern and thirteen milea of the track out of Waycroaa have already boon built with aixty pound ateel rails. At a meeting of stockholders and dlrectora of tho Waycrosa und West ern, officers for the ensuing year wero elected »a follows: President, Alex. ScBsoms, of Waycross; vice president, F. I). Slrmans, of Sir- Editor Constitution: 1 am send ing yon a Statement prepared by Mr. Underwood hlmaelf touching certain newspaper misrepresentations that have appeared concerning him. I do not tend yon this statement with the vlow of having you publish It in full. This year’. Perfection is finished is eidiei blue enamel oe plait in?*: luht and ornamental, yet Smog and disable ne can be mat waned. Auto made-locking Berne apeeader prevent, smoking. DaalmeNmAefs , ec write to enr eseaev el tke Standard Oil Company (Incorporated) Indeed, f do not know 1 that It will be of any service yo:i - at all, but I thought it wa* wt’Jl r Miouph to have tho facts before yon. , mil you can use you* own lirlgmenl s nr l discretion aj ;o whether dny- - thing: contained l n the statement,Trill i i»c useful to you In refuting misrop- l mentations. It Is not Mr. Underwood’s habit , to attempt to correct a newspaper l Btatcmcnt, but he thinks perhaps In the Interest of truth that botoo of . the facts contained in this statement , might well be put before the peoplo of Georgia. For Instance, yon wll; t aee that hla father wll arroated early In the war and imprisoned on account of being a Southern sym pathizer, and kept In prison until t he accepted a parole pledging him not to take up arms against tho United State8 v Ilia two uiMlea wup ’ ConWderato soldiers, as *you will 1 see, etc. Sincerely yours, J. H. BANKHEAD, Chairman. Washington, March 20, 1912. Oscar Underwood’s Own Statement 1 of Antecedent*. Oscar W. Underwood was bom In Louisville, Ky., on the 6Ui of May, IF02. On his paternal aide he In descended from a family of lawyers and planters, who came from Eng land and settled in Virginia In. \rt94. Ills grandfather’s grandfather, Wll- l«nm Thomae Underwood, wag a planter before th<fc Revolutionary war, high sheriff of Goochland coun ty and at on« time a member of the house of delegates of Virginia. /His grandfather’* father waa John Un derwood, a planter, and nt one time high sheriff of Goochland county, and also a member of the house of delegatee. Hie grandfather was < born In Goochland oounty, and when 1 10 years old went to Kentucky with I ills uncle, Edmund Rogers, and Gen. i George Rogers Clark, who was one ’ or hit cousins. ] Hla grandfather wae Joseph R. 1 CHUFAS, f n ivl :n-)k no a-’.ivs and a couain of the late Senator unities, but hla sy;n-, Walthall, of Miislselpp!. Why They Left South. , When Oscar W. Underwood was Underwood, j S year* old, 1 Q the fall of 1865, hla pathke were -on‘the cine of tho i union. His soil. Eufone Uiderwond.j the father of Oscar tv. 1 was.toru ot Olascnw Ky., In' 1818. jmother had a number of heinorr- He practiced la.v at bowling Green, hs.es. The doctors, tearing tuber- K.- in partner-li' : . nit’u ala fkthi-,|culosia, advised hla father to ‘ake nnd aub*equen:!y moved to Nuh- her to a dry climate, and they mov- vllle, T«nn., and pract'cn'law there,el to St. Paul, Minn,, when it wa, for about ten yenrs. Ifo was n mem- a frontier country, and there was b«r of the original board of direct-,only ten miles of railroad in the or. of th, T.oplsvlltc and Nashville etate. Hla father lived there until railroad, but jnat before the begin-,1876, tvhen he returned to Kentucky ring of the dlvll war moved lo Lou- J and brought Oscar W. UndeAvood Invlllo and engaged in the practice back with him and placed him Is of law la th^elty. school In Louisville, where hla fatli- A ^utho*^ynipadli|*er." or o^abllihcd the family home. Os* When th,' onion army flrat oeou- enr W. Underwood remained there VELVET BEANS Sorghum, Amber and Orange Cane German Millet, Cat Tail Millet VINSON’S DRUG STORE oven better. The Valdoata Musical Association hat already elgned a contract for the Russian Symphony Orchestra, with th, foremost Rus sian dancer In th, world and four or five of the world’s greatest sing- cte for the mu.leal festvlal this ye*r. There wilt be a two day*’ program, one to he devoted to home talent, with two concert, by thl. world famou. mu.leal organise- - tlon. Tho Ruaalan Symphony Or chestra la composed of the finest mu sician! In the world and they come fresh from a country whloh baa be come famous all over the world for the wonderful belle, lta splendid chime, and |ta superb harmony In musical organisations. The people of Valdoata ought to appreciate what It means to thli city to have • musical aggregation Ilk* thin to give a musical teattval In this city. The credit to Valdoita la rot so much |a scouring an organ!- ration of this sort, but the aupport- Ipg of It after It la secured. Every < • D< u in Valdosta ought trf buy hla ticv-i In ml vane, and aeetf it that those who ore backing It do not have to bo down In their own Pock et, to pay th.. bill,, as they have had lo do two or thro times be. fore. « Following the muelcal festival In Apr! will come the Chautauqua In May or curly |„ June, thua tilting this city one of the moot splendid r usual program* that any small (Formerly VINSON & BARNES) 121 N. Patterson St. Valdosta .to the bar In Birmingham, Ala., on the first day of September, 5484, and practiced law there until he was elected to congress In 1884. ltlf two sons were born In Birmingham, and that city haa been hla homo for nearly twenty-eight years. Hla tint wife waa Mlaa Eugenia Maaale, whom ho married at Charlotteville, Va„ and who waa a mamber of a Virginia ramlty of revolutionary stock. HU •econd wife was Mlaa Bertha Wood ward. who. waa born In Wheeling, W. Va„ her father moving to Bir mingham, Ala, when ahe was six or seven yean old, and has reside! there ever since that time. Canton No. 9 Cotton Planter A Fine, Light, Strong, Simple and Accurate Planter, one of those Kind that Always Work Right. In hla youth be voted the whig ticket. Joseph R. Underiood, Oscar W. Un derwood’s grandfather, waa a Whig t p to the time ot the civil war; af- ter that time he. aligned himself with the Drmocmilc party and al ways voted the Democratic ticket Ife was a member of the national NASHVILLE'S SENSATION, I'minlnent Lawyer There Indicted for Attempted Felonious Assault, parties who came down from Demotjrutlc conrenMop that nomine- BRANTLEY IS SELECTED. ZEMO MAKES ASTONISHING ECZEMA CURES. “WKJ’ROVK IT.” To Represent Rig Naval Stores Co. Reside in Rrunmvlck. White no official announcement uaa yet hee n made. It 1* understood On good authority that'pongreaa- man W. G. Brantley, or Brunswick, has been "rat slued as counsel by the American Naval Stores Company and Will he associated with Judge S. B. Adame,’of Savannah. In the big case now ponding against that corpora tion Ut ths United States, court. It was stated In a tew Georgia paper, when Mr. Brantley announced that he would retire from congress that he had been employed aa conn- eel by the Downing company, ot Brunswick, hut that statement waa erroneous and no donbe wnt circu lated aa n result ot Mr. Brantley be ing employed by the big naval stores company, of which Major C. Down ing la n big stockholder. It is understood that Br. Brant ley’s work In this easa.-.wtll mean that he will he associated with th, company tor a number ot years, aa th, salt Is one of th, largest and moat Important ever brought Into th. United Staten court la Georgia. It la n suit to dissolve th, corpora tion, th, government alleging that It la being operated In violation ot tho Shermap antl-truat law—Doug las Newa. 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They do not glue over the ovcr surface, hut they penetrate to the ,nen sent of the trouble and’ draw the than germ Uf, ftom underneath the akin over and destroy It. In this way a com- they plate care la effected In any cans of to tr SKIN OR 8CALP ERUPTION, mere! Endorsed and sold ta Valdoata by one h A. E. DImmock’e drag store, 1 one I Th® feed fiheel tnd agitator more In opposite directions, tWoucMr Hrp- aratlns tke oeed and drop pin* It ualftornly: Tho teed can Lo entirely cloaed without (topping the planter. Tho wheel hat « detachable rim. s ; -o it caa be operated either as a coocavaor open center wheel. Tbedrvppfag mcchanhm can be thro«a in or oat o( gear by a loot latch. Th® iagiaiajKMd to Lv|iuu. du>L Can also be used as a Corn Drill. CANTON PLOWS CANTON PLOWS CANlfiN PLOWS CAMIONJLOWS Larson-Forbes -Hardware Co STOVER GASOIIINE ENGINES Woolley's Best ^11 ported. 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