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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA,■ ftA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1009.
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1-2 OFF
MEN’S SUITS $15.00 AND BELOW
CONVERSE BROTHERS.
1-2 OFF
11 CENSUS OUR ATLANTA
DISTRICTS. NEWSLETTER
State Divided up Preparatory to
Taking Next Census.
Things the People in the Capi
tal City are Talking About.
TEOPATHY
IS LEGALIZED.
The Profession is Given a Rec
ognized Standing in 6enrgia.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 11—In prepara- Atlanta, August 11—For onca
Ron for the taking of the renaua in the horae has scored on the automo'
1910, Georgia haa been divided into Mle and as a result, W. T. Down-
eleven census dletricts, at the head f *ng. one of the most prominent
of each of which there will be a]architects of Atlanta Is lying sort
supervisor. A list of those dlstrlcU OU8l - v Injured at his residence and a
has been received here at the office
of the civil service commissioner.
They are:
Tint District—Population, 319,466.
Counties of Bryan, Bulloch, Burke,
Chatham, Effingham, Emanuel, Jen
kins, Liberty, McIntosh, Screvon,
Tattnall and Toombs.
Second District—Population, 237,-
091. Counties of Baker, Berrien,
Calhoun, clay, Colquitt, Decatur,
Dougherty,. Early, Grady, Miller,
Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell,
Tift, Turner and Worth.
Third District—Population, 164,-
770. Counties of Ben Hill, Crawford,
Crisp, Dooly, Houston, I.ee, Macon
Pulaski, i Schley, 8lewart, Sumter
i Taylori^wlgg,., Webster and Wilcox
Fourth District—Population, 188,-
OSf. bounties of Carroll, Chi
Merirlwether, Muscogee,’Tal-
I Troup.
fTftt District—Population. Ml/
617. Counties of Campbell, Clayton,
DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Newton,
Rockdale and Walton.
Sixth District—Population, 193.-
8S2. Counties of Baldwin, BJbb,
Butts, Fayette, Henry Jones, Monroe.
Pike, Spalding and Upson.
Seventh Dlitrlct—Population. 107.
611. Counties of Bartow, Chattooga;
Cobb, Dade, Floyd, Gordor. Haral
son, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker
and Whitfield,
big automobile In which he was
riding, Is In the repair shop. The
horse and delivery wagon Whlcn
caused the damage were not Injur-
ed and continued on the job of de
livering meats and groceries.
Mr. Downing was riding with Mr.
and Mrs. William Nixon In their big
touring car when It oolllded yester
day afternoon at tho Junction of
Peachtree and North Forsyth streets
with a delivery wagon. One of tne
shafts fore through the tonneau of
the machlpe and penetrated Mr.
Downing a side and knocked off tne
hack of tbei machine. He was
taken to his homo In an ambulance.
The police claim the negro chauf
feur wa» filing op the wrong aide
of. Peach^K ijpd^they]made a^ase
1* Out of Jail.
After tperfdlnt a week In the
Tower, William White, the travel
ing man who shot and seriously
wounded Michael P. Anderson after
finding him In a room at the Ara
gon hotel with Mrs. White, ts now
at liberty under n bond of 11,500.
Mrs. White, file beautiful woman In
the rase, was not released althougn
her bond wns only fixed nt 0100.
Anderson, who was the steward
at the Aragon, la reported out of
danger by the hospital phyalclana
and they aay he will be out In three
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 11.—After’ ,4 (
bate begun at the afternoon session
and lasting until within an hour of
midnight last night, the Senatq pass
ed the substitute for the Alexander
near beer prohibition section dfj the
general tax bill as offered by Sena-
lor J. D. Price, of the Twentueventb
by a vote of 27 to 13; a voWvhlch
It Is believed will assure It’s wccep-
lance by tho House where the -vote
on the Alexander section was quite
cloee.
The debate wan the most earnest
and strenuous In which the Sjtaate
has yet Indulged, and the Senate
chamber, was crowded with specta
tors. One or two amendments to
the Price substitute were adopted,
and as perfected, the substitute Is,
In effect, the same as the Wles near
beer act passed at the extra station
In 1903, except that It increases the
tax on manufacturers and whi
to $1,000 and that on
$300.
Tax Act Ip Pm
It ajM^rcjklhUwAha
hear or "substltutjp for
wine, »le or whisky," So the
calls them, outside the limits off In
corporated cities and towns, and'
prohibits the sale In any town
less than 3,600 Inhabitants
With thl* Motion adopted, the gen
eral tax act wni passed, 19 to 6.
KILLED BY
AN ASSASIN.
W. A. Belcher, oi Appling Coun
ty, Shot from Ambush.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 11.—All that is Baxley, Ga., Aug. 11—Waylaid
now necessary to legalize the prac- and killed while hla little daughter
tlce of osteopathy in Georgia is j looked on was the fate that yester-
the signature of Governor Brown to
a.sblll which passed the house yester
day. It had already passed the sen
ate and although a determined fight
was made on it In the house, It pass
ed by an overwhelming majority.
Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb; Mr.
Persons, of Monroe and several
others championed the bill while
several members of the house declar
ed they had had experience with
osteopathy and could testify to bene
fits derived from this treatment
The bill prescribes that a board of
examiners shall he appointed by the
governor to pass upon applicant for
license to practice and that those
who practice shall take a course of
four years as required by physicians
of the other schools.
Ever since the bill was introduced,
there has been a determined fight
[ade on ,it by the medical society
gh letter* and literature sent to
day was met by W. A. Belcher, one
of the wealthiest planters In Ap-
HOKE WILL
RUN AGAIN
it Comes via Savannah that
Smith will Oppose Brown.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. ll.~Savan-
nahians who have recently been
Atlanta and other cities where they
could see and talk with Ex-Governor
Hoke Smith, come liome convinced
„ that he Is going to run for Governor
pllng county. The killing occurred ( aga|nst Joe Brown , h# next ^
between Alma and Guysle, and the palgn.
“I have no doubt the Ex-Governor
fatal shots were fired by a man
who had been l n the employ of
Belcher and who had been discharg
ed and ordered to leave the planta
tion.
It Is said that the slayer followed
his victim the entire distance be
tween the two towns apd killed
Belcher as the latter sat In his bug
gy with his little girl near Guysle.
Stray shots hit the horse he was
driving, but the child escaped un
hurt .though her father was killed
almost Instant!;
It was statedlthat the slayer had
worked for Belcher until early this
morning, that Ihey had a quarrel
then and the employe was discharg
ed and ordered (to leave. The man
and KflflBtttth hie little
fcfter he/had fane the dll
menu
s, however, who had tried* this 1 _ .
kind of medical treatment and had em P ,0 > rB apparently hunt-
been henefltted. lng for Belcher. He found out where
Although phyelclnn. of the orte.'^'.P'^^r
opathlo school have been practicing'
Eighth Dlitrlct—Population, 185,-1 weeks If he continue, to Improve a*
126. Countlee of Clarke, Elbert
Franklin, Greene, Hart, Jasper, Mad
ison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe,
Putnam and WUkcs.
Ninth District—Population. 301,.
136. Counties of Banka. Cherokee,
pnwson, Fannin, Fbreytb, Gilmer,
Owlnnett, Habersham, Hall, Jackaon,
Lumpkin, Milton, Plckena, Rabun
Stephana, Tonne, Union and White.
Tenth Dlitrlct—Population, 181,
191. Countlee of Columbia. Glas
cock, Hancock, Jefferaon, Lincoln,
McDufile, Richmond. Taliaferro, War
ren. Washington and WUklnaon.
Eleventh District—Population, 317-
1(4, Counties of Appling, Brooke,
Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee,
Dodge, Echols, Glynn, Irwin, Jeff
Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Lowndee,
Montgomery, Plerco Telfair, Ware
and Wayne.
Each Party Represented,
The supervisor, for those districts
will be appointed by President Taft.
- He hat announced that In the Demo-
nt present. White will be given
preliminary hearing on September
10.
Mrs. White appears satisfied
remain In the hospital ward at the
Tower and Is taking things easy.
Bhe says she will make no effort to
get ont.
Mrs. Downs wee Fined.
An uneuocestlul attempt on the
life of her husband cost Mrs. Lea-
vader Downes 150.75 yesterday ln
police court. Or rather It cost her
husband that amount for not get
ting shot as he had to buttle
around for the money. Mrs. Downs
took a shot at her huebaad tn
Jealous rage Monday afternoon and
repeatedly threatened to put him In
hla grave. She says the It Halt
Indian end half Spanlah and will
kill anybody who make* her mad.
Before she married aha was a cho
rus girl and alto did vaudevllla
stunts.
Masons Hold Convention.
. ... .... Masons from all over the fifth
cratlc stales he will appoint half cf id||tr|( . t ar# now ln Atlanu
the supervisor, from the Democrat. , ng tho of that district.
and half from theRopublloans. Theaa
supervisors In turn will appoint the
enumerator* who win serve under
The opening sceslon was held last
night In the auditorium-armory
with a crowd of delegates present
that well filled the hall. Addressee
were made by Mayor Maddox, Grand
Matter Thomas H. Jeffrlea, Put
special clerks who will be employed orand Matter Max Meyerhardt. of
at Washington will be eoiectod thru | Rome, and District Worshiped Mat-
dvll service examination. Thl* ex. ter John E. McClelland.
%mlnatlon has not yet been prepared.
them.
A copy of the census bill that hu
been received here shows that tha
nor have the dates on wbch It ts to
t>e held been announced.
When the eleventh census wu
taken, 4,504 of these clerks were em
ployed. The number should be about
the same this year. They will re-
ceive from 9404 to $1,444 a year.
Special agents who will receive $4 a
day and do the Important work of
-he ceneu--taklng will he appolntel
without examination. Each state It
to furnish tts share of clerks, accord
ing to ita population. V
The teuton today began
o'clock this morning with
work as the principal feature.
Central' Hasn't Let Contract.
Savannah. Aug. 11—The Central
Railway has not yet decided who
shall have the contract tor erecting
the blacksmith shop and woodwork
ing short of the system nt Macon.
Bide were opened yesterday but the
contract hat not yet been let. It
will be pretty thoroughly conalder-
ed before It in given ont.
Mt is charged, until his chance came
to shoot when, he opened fire. He
, . , , -r: .hot three times, hitting his target
no law to protect them and, as 0Iie | twlce
In Georgia for yurt, than hu bun
Five of the senators, who strong- prominent physician deolared, they. u |( n0( known wt)ether the slay .
ly favored the Alexander section were really outlaws. It wu to <xmn ha> been a p pr ehended. Belcher
voted against the whole MIL . jiff 1 **)» b * having a Ww covering] wrj former)y a re ,i dent ot Scr even
county, but moved to AppllDg sev-
ls preparing for a race for Governor
once more,” said a prominent Sayan*
nahian yesterday. He will make ft-
very determined context for the
place too. Those who think GOT-
Brown It going to have a second
term unopposed are badly mistaken-
DID THEY FURNISH
COCAINE TO NEGROES
TWO SAVANNAH PHYSICIAN*
CHARGED WITH GIVING CO
CANE PRESCRIPTIONS.
Savannah, Ga., Ad
Stanley,^former coronl
well know!
through prescriptions,,
More than 200 pra
been presented by ne
gipts for this drug, which cannot bar
sold In any other way ln Georgia. ’•
There are also fourteen negroes-
under arrest, inbluding one colored,
doctor.
drug-
The senators voted u follow, on! this class of the medical profession
the Price substitute on near beer: »»d vroteet osteopathic physicians
For Price eubstltute-Senator. Bur-,"* tho from '> eln * Imposed
well, Blackwell. Calhoun. Conley. ! “I»" b $ alleged osteopaths not quail-
Day, Gordy, Griffin, Irwin, Johnson, fled to practice.
Kemp, Longley, Mays, Morris, Math- j
SHnST-JSS «ALABAMA'S BIG MORAL
Patterson, Price, Rutherford, Slater,
Sellers, Womble, Wood.—37.
Against Price substitute—Senators
Akin, Bowen, Calloway of the Tenth,
Callaway of tho Twenty-ninth, Cates.
Harrell, Jackaon, King, Murray,
Perry, Pitt*, Stevens, Ward.—11.
GAS FOR POWER.
Inli
i .Oil Con
Wresting
BgwtoMt
WAVE SWEEPS ONWARD
FOUR MORE BILLS REPORTED
BY THE HOUSE TEMPERANCE
COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 11.—The
Hons* Committee on Temperance
yeeterday reported five more of the
"moral wave" bills favorably. Four
erals years ago.
KEEFER WAS CRUSHED
TO DEATH BY PIANO.
PROMINENT FITZGERALD MAN
INSTANTLY KILLED WHEN IN
STRUMENT FELL ON HIM.
Fltxgerald. Ga, Aug. 11.—While
helping to move a piano yesterday
morning Mr. E. P. Keefer, a wealthy
reeldeat ot the city, and one of the
pioneer colonists, was Instantly kill
ed. Mr. Keefer had gone to see that
the instrument wu properly loaded
of them are prohibition measures, 0D a wafon aQd ,t*pped ln to help
two by Ballard and two by Charml-
chart. The Ballard bills provide for
impeachment of o(Beers who fall to
enforce the prohibition law and give
eltlu more power to drive ont lntox-
Icatlifg liquors. The Chermtchnel
measures appropriate $5,000 for use
Savannah, Ga, Aug. 11—The South
ern Cotton Oil Company, one or the
largest manufacturing concerns In
tho city ot Savannah, Is preparing to
mako an experiment In the use of gns
as n power producer which will; be
now to thli section of the countiy.
It Is proposed to put In a machine
for generating gas whldb
used In turn to operate machtni
the purpose of generating ol.
It ta eald tl). company may
ln a short time to supply some of Ita
nearby neighbors with electricity. It
the plan proves successful other man
ufacturing plants In Savannah may _______
adopt It. I
7 ; , i BIG CONTRACT IS
The best remedy we know ot In
cases ot Kidney and BlaJeder trouble
and one we always can recommend. ’
DaWitt's Kidney and Bladder j
Pills. They are antiseptic and a: i
once autxt the kidneys to perform YARDS WITH WHICH TO MAKE
thetr Important work. But when n ew UNIFORMS,
yon ask tor there pills be p Mtlve
that you-get DeWItt’s Kidney and Washington, Aug. 11—A contract
Bladder Pills. There are imitation* to supply $36,044 yards of olive
^£ T, t2&! dn,b -«*•» «•* •* « —
lift It, and It fell on him. crushing
him to the earth and practically
breaking every hone ln Ms body. He
Is survived by his wife, who hu been
unoonsdous ever since (he learned
of the accident, and fears are felt
that she may not survive the shock.
by the Governor and $544 tor each you, KS1 and two daughters also
solicitor ln the state to be used In en-1 aurvlvo him.
forcing the prohibition Uws. | About the sumo time that Mr.
JThe fifth hill reported favorably Is,Keefer wu killed. Robert McAllister,
the Tarrant hlU which aim* at gamb- a m , C hlnl»t at the A. B. ft A. (hops.
ling. It allows chsuucery courts to
declare nnhanoea, houses kept I
j gambling and provides n penalty of
from one to five years hard labor for
p- r-ona who gamble.
AWARDED FOR CLOTH
\ WAR DEPARTMENT BUY8 826,000
and It your denier cannot snhply
i anything else In plac,<
ot them. Sold by all druggists.
Wheat Higher on Good Cabl
Chicago, Auk. 11—Wheat
cent higher today on good
cables. W
yard for nee ot the army vto take
the place of the old style khaki,
wu awarded to 8mlth-Hoeg ft Co.,
selling agent* for the Maaanchnsetta
Cotton mllle at, Lowell today.
Proposals will be uked today to
fnrnlah a million yards more, the
hide to he opened March first next.
wu caught by a belt that he was
trying to adjust to a pulley and was
terribly bruised. His left arm Is bro
ken and haa nearly all the flesh torn
off. Serious Internal Injuries were
also sustained. He may not recover.
BIG LEATHER PLANT
WAS BURNED TODAr
MOROCCO MANUFACTURING CO-
BURNED AT LYNN, MA88. WITH)
BIG LOS8.
Lynn, Mass., Aug. 11—Tho larger
morocco manufacturing plant ot
Hoffman ft Co. was burned here to
day with a loss of $260,000. Many
tenement homes were burned and*
scores of families were turned into*
the etreeta.
Cotton a Little Lower Today.
New York, Aug. 11—Cotton open
ed lower this morning hut later ral
lied some on buying.
GEORGIA FOR INCOME
TAX SAYS LIVINGSTON
SENTIMENT OF THE PEOPLE
NOT REPRESENTED IN ACTION
OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Washington, Aug. 11—“Georgia
le for the Income tax and will eo de
clare," eald Representative Living
ston last night. "The action of the
legislature ln not adopting the
amonfiment docs not reflect the sen
timent ot tho people. I believe tho
amendment will be carried by a
Urge vote.”
C*
r\x\
t ixir^Senwi
acts gentlyj/et prompt-j
Won tne bowels, cleanses-f
{lie system effectually i
assist* one in overcoming !
habitual constipation
permanently. To get its
beneficial effects buy ,
the genuine.
Nona jact ured by the
CALIFORNIA
Fig Syrup Co.
«CLD ETI FADING DRUCQSTS-KHfuBOTTlL
Dr. W. O. Pontius,
Physician and Surgeon,
Cecil, Georgia.
fill Celle Answered Promptly Bay'
or Eight.
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