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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA,■ ftA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1009. y ■ 1.0 lire Boys Knickerbocker Suits j O flTr I w Ul I Men’s Suit! Above $15.00. | \J ||| | 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. ■Vi*"