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91 •THE VALDOSTA BAPTIST TRANSFERED TKHOfll Oaklawn Academy Will go Over to Corporation VALDOSTA BAPTIST ASSOt.il- TION MKT HKRK TOI»AV TO _ AUTHORIZE TIIK TRUSTEES TO TAKE ACTION. I (From Tue.diy'a Dally.) A meeting of the Valdosta Bap tist Aseoclailon waa held In the Firat Baptist church this morning. Just before noon ,it haring been called by the moderator, Dr. J. E. Barnard, for the purpose of authorising Board of Directors of Oaklawn Acad emy, the Baptist college at Mill- town, to transfer the property to the South Georgia Educational As sociation, a corporation which will be formed to take over the school, improve It and continue it as a Bap tist school. The association this morning voted uanlmously to make the trans fer, stipulating that the association will have to pay all of Its debt*, finish the dormitories that are not completed, put the school on sound footing and continue It as a Baptist school. This action merely means that the association la provld tng a way to put the school on I better basis and to remove the band! cap that has "been over It ever since It was started, The members of the association ,or corporation, are composed of Baptist from all over the district and also from the Btate Baptist As sociation, the matter having been put before the state association at Its meeting l D Rome last November. Baptist throughout this section of the'state her# been very much interested | n the action which wM taken today aa It baa been known „t°r som,#m e that such a imn.v latent wa* on foot .and the meeting of the association wti called for thitt specific business. > The masting this morning was attended by representatives of al most ovary church In the associa tion, It being an unuanalyy large call meeting. The members of the Val dosta Association are confident that the action today means that tha school Is to bs taken cars of and that It Is also to bs made an Insti tution of great credit to the Baptist denomination. Tha association to take over the school baa not bean organised yet, but It Is understood that It will bs organised and thare Is little doubt that the action today Will meat with Its approval. Relieves Backache Instantly Sloan's Liniment is a great remedy for backache. It penetrates^, and relieve! the pain instantly—no rub bing necessary—just lay it on lightly. Here’s Proof. •*I had njr Lack hurt In fhe Jloer War and in San tranriaco !»•« ytan ago 1 waa hit bv a atrect car in the tame ptu e. I tried all kinda <A dope witlwut due- tty. The first appitati tdirf, and now «* * ntaa, I am almoat ixcapt tor a little atilf- * well.” FLETCHER NORMAN. Whittier. Calif. SLOANS LINIMENT is the best remedy for rheumatism, neuralgia, sore throat and sprains. Sins E. Rim of Brooklyn, N.Y., write*: “Sloan's J.inimrnt is tlie best for rheumatism. I have used six bot tle* of it and it ii grand." Sold by all Dealers. Price, 23c., 50c* and f 1.00. Sloan'* THE TEACHERS or LOWNDES HAVE THEIRJIEETING Aa Interesting Session was Held in This City RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT ON DEATH OF MRS. PENNINGTON WERE ADOPTED AND OOOW TALKS WERE HEARD. SATURDAY MARCH SO, 1012. RK YEAR FOR WEATHER That had no er was 1816 though his condition is such that dentil mny come at any moment. Rs llvis In the county shout five mites from Stlllmore. Seymour Voung, tho negro who euot Everett Is still at large. Thn iltltens of Stlllmore have offered a reward of $150 and Governor Brown has offered $200 for the capture nnd delivery of the negro. The caee has excited the people for miles around tho place where the shooting occurred and it will go bard with the negro If he 1s captured. Tha Lowndea County Teachers' Institute met In regular aeeslon in the Valdosta High School building Saturday, the I3d, President C. S. Ward preeldlng. The following res olutions on tha death of one of our oldest and most efficient teachers were read and adopted: *'We regret that we are called I • note the death of one of our num- hnr and one of Lowndes county's most worthy teachers, Mrs. T. A. Pennington, of Naylor, Ga. “Mrs. Pennington wae born at Tumanulmry, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1803, where she gradua'ed from the high school at the ago of 17. She afterward attended normal school nt Oswego, N. Y, "She taught for nearly thirty years In Now York, Ohio, South Dakota and Georgia. For the past eleven years she has been an un tiring worker In the schools of South Georgia. “Those who knew her beet appre ciated her moot. She had striven unfalteringly for thoae communities where she had taught, and by this fhe had butlded Imperishable monu ments In the hearts and Urea of those she taught and of those with whom she associated. ^To her beloved relatives and friends ws would say 'weep not,' for what is our earthly loss Is her etor- nal gain. 8he la not dead yet, but slcepo'th,/ end In tbe day rectlon she will her MONnnr tfflAT SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT| SUNSHINE BROUGHT ONLY FKOWNH AND BOISTEIt- OUS CCHGUNG WINDS. y' In vWw of the present prolonge.1 spell olf.Wlntor weather, the follow ing article, which we And In an old scrap hook, may be of general ln- t crest ’“-fj. 'Almo i'evory one has heard tell cf the dark year In the early part of the present 1 century; that Is tho year 1X16. In an old paper we And the following summary or that year which has been knownths the "year without summer." Few persons now living can recollect It; but throughout Europe and America It was the eortSSt summer ever known, January wa^mlld, so much so us to render Are almost useless In the. parlors. ..December previous was 1 ' very cold.- February wA not so very cold: with the exception of a few Jays, It waa mild predecessor, March .i cold and boisterous during tha ffrst part of It; the re mainder wtt-mlld. A great freshet on the Owi and Kentucky rlvors caused great loss of property.' April betfn warto but grew cold Ss the m'ontfr advanced, and ended In snow and Ice, with a tempera ture more Uko winter than spring. May wa. ■ more remarkable for its frowns than Its smites. Buds and Acwers frozen, Ice formed half an Inch thick, corn was killed, and Reward Offered for Shooter. W. S. Evreott, who waa formerly a deputy sheriff of Colquitt county and who was shot severtl days ago at Stlllmore, Ga., Is itlll living al- Atl.rX at Death. is "Fiye years, agd tiro doctors told | mf l lid only two yesrs to l|v*.'' This startling slntcmqnt was made by Stillman flrssn, Malachite, col. ‘‘They told ms I would die with con. sumption. It was hp to me then to try th# bast lung medicine and I be gan to use Dr. King's New Discovery. It waa well 1 did, for today I- am working and belleva 1 owe my life [to this great throat and lung cura that has chsated ths gravs of anoth er vletlm." Its tolly to suffer with ccugha, colds or other throat and lung troubles now. Taka th« cura •tfest. Price 60 cento and $1.00. Trial bottla free at Dlmmock Phar macy, Ingram Drug Co., W. D. Dun away. ,, _ knowledge dergartvris and" her adaptability to the work. This work was one of the most practical and Instructive the thickness of common window SEPARATE ELECTIONS, causes heartburn, sour 'Stomach, nervousness, nausea, impure blood, ana mote trouble than many different kinds ot diseases. The food you eat ferments In your stomach, and the poisons it forma are ab sorbed Into your whole system, causing many dis tressing symptoms. At the first sign of indigestion,-try ||t Word's [Black-Draught the old, reliable, vegetable liver powder, to quickly cleanse your system from these undesirable poisons. Mi*. Riley Urtmore, of i Ooodwater, Mo., says: **l 1 *»* ana neariDurn. 1 nedtord i Black-DrivpM, In small doses, cured my KiutDnrn in a lew 1 days, and aowl can eat without distress. * Try it. Insist on Thedford’s Voters Will Have to Use generate Tickets In Election o n May 1. The state Democratic executlvo committee, tnrough Its chairman, has ruled tost different tickets will have to he used la tha elections on the Ant ot May. In other words, the ticket caiipot contain th* names of the presiden tial preferences and the county of ficers at tho same time. Sepavcto tickets will have to bo used nmt a separate ballot box will also have to be uoed. This will amount to two separate eloctlona. The Tlmee does not know exactly the object ot this ruling and we do not attempt to say that It Is arbi trary and unreasonable, though hoe that appearance to ua. Secre tary Copeland, of the county exec utive committee, wrote to Chairman Wright Informing him that the elec t'on for county ofllcerx would hi held In this county on tho canto day av the election to name choloe for presidential candidates, and asked It tho county candidates could not he put on the name ticket with tho presidential candidates, so that the voter* could etrlke all at tbe same time. It waa thonght that this would bring out a larger vote and would canto leas confusion. But the chairman did not see It that way. As a matter ot fact, the present executive commutes seems to want all ot tho contusion that ran ho brought about In the matter of holding elections. The commit- has sought to servo a single proposition and a single candidate, hnt It It doss not mind Its action will prove a boomerang to It and to Its man. ^ demonstrations of primary work tha: has been glvon In the meetings during the entire year; Miss Burdette waa followed by Miss Elisabeth Taylor with a class from the third grade of tho Valdos ta schools, showing how a lesson in reading-should be' prepared and ro otled. Miss Taylor's work showed a very high order of training and pays tribute to the good work being done by her dally. The teachers feel very grateful for the aid rendered them In thdr work by these young ladles. Mr. Smith was with tho teacher* during the session. This being the Central York/ July was accompanied by frost And Ice. On ths 6th Ice was formed window glass throughout Now Eng, land. Now York ana some parts of Pennsylvania, Indian corn was nearly all destroyed; only favors i'ly situated Sold* escaped. August was mors cheerless, II possible, than the summer months already passed,. Ice was tormsd half an Inch thick. Indian corn was so frosen that tho greater part was. cut down and dried for fodder. Almost everything green was destroyed, both «Jn this country and Europe. _^coivef.from England stated that ffwould ,tjp remembered by the present generation that the year 1816 was a year In which there was no cummer. Very little corn ripen- loot meeting during hla term of of- cl In New England and the Middle Are. ho gave Instructions for the niatfs. Farmers supplied thorn- closing of tho year'* work, prepare- selves from the corn produced la tnry to his turning the records tvor tc his successor. The teachers feel very grateful to Mr. Smith for his kind eupervliiion during the past years, and'hope he will continue, to bo Interested In them nnd their work, He will al ways will bs welcome among the teachers. Mr. O'Quinn, superintendent-elect, being presen:, discussed some plans of his work and stated that he would not he In position to make contract* with the teachers for the coming yoar before August, as ho desires to familiarise himself with the conditions of tho varlouo schools of the county botor* making eon- ttacts for tho coming school yar. SECRKTAUV. 1 & 16 fo r tho aoed for the spring of of 1817. It sold a: from $4 to <5 a bushel. 1 September furnished about t weeks of tbe mildest weather cf the season. Soup after the middle tt became very cold and frosty, and lco formed a quarter ot an Inch hick, October produced more than Its share of the cold weather, frost and Ice particularly, 'November was cold and bluster ing. Enough snow toll to make good sleighing. December waa quit* mild and com fortable. The above Is a brief summary ot the “cold winter of 1816," a* It was called to distinguish It fyom the a summer which seemed to be (lei tltute of heat The sun'* raye Seem ed to Ire clad In a sable hue, and men exhibited no little anxiety eon- Glorious "News. Comes from Dr. J. T Curt!**, Dwight, Kan. Re writes: "I not only have.corning the future of this life, cored bad cakes of ecsema In my The averag-v wholesale price'of patients with Electric Bitter*, butjnour during that yenr wa* $1$ per also cured myself by them ot the .barrel. The average price of wheat same disease. I feel sure they will jin England was 67 shillings beneAt any caa* of ecsema.'' This:quarter.—Jackson Argus, ghovs what thousands hare proved. I ' 1 ~ that Electrte Bitters Is a most effee- We have eale- stable* at Mont- ttve blood purifier. Its an axcellant gomery.'Ala., Valdosta and Douglas, remedy tor ocxema, tetter, salt ,0a,, Ltv* Oak and Tallahaaaea, rheum, ulcers, bolls and running* j Mariana and Chlpley. Fla., ana ft s. It sUmutatas liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, help* di gestion, builds np the strength. Price 60 cent* Satisfaction guaran teed by Dlmmock Phsrmscy, Ingram Drug Co W D Dunaway. keep* our buyers buoy to supply all those place*. He knows where and whc B to buy, and w* give onr cus tomer* th* benefit of this In price* and quality. Mtxell Live Stock Co.,. In old Griffith Stables. s It is so FRESH and PURE that YOU USE ONE-FOURTH LESS than with other brands. > You save money. You get better results. Eagle-Thistle vSODA is packed right where it is made (the only soda factory in the South), and comes to you in sealed, air-tight, strength-keeping cartons—fresh and pure. 16 Full Ounces to the Pound. And no higher in price. For a Limited Time Only. • CuToht tl " -packages airalTT y-r , ‘ shown below and'Soc to’ partralEycoWr expense,* and we will send you promptly, all charges prepaid, one set (6) Rogers’ Guaranteed Silver ' Plated *Teaspoons. These spoons are beau tiful in design and bear no advertising. Retail value $2.00 per dozen. Att fooc/froctrt carry oar toda. THE MATHIESON ALKALI WORKS, Saltvillc, Va. I enclose the tops cut from 6 Eagle-Thistle Miss (or) Mm. . County... CALL TO SEE US New Firm Fresh Stock * WHOLESALE Hay, Grain and Mill Products :: Heavy Groceries Sugar, Rice, Coffee £ “ROXAM FLOUR.” Try It FIT FOR A KING • JOE WISENBAKER & CO. PHON£ 800 A. S. Pendleton’s Old Stand ALBERT HOPKINS MARSH Pnblic Accountant and Auditor AUGUSTA, GA. Cost Accounts Audited ' Bank Examinations Municipal and County Work a Specialty