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VOL. XVI, NO ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 24th., 1904. $1.00 PER ANOiUM.
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
Ministers of Valdosta Will
Enforcement of Law.
Valdosta, Ga., June 18.—Cards
are posted all over Valdosta te-
day calling attention to the law
in regard to Sabbath observance.
The Georgia law is printed on
these cards and n>l parties are
Warned that they are liable to be
provacate l u:\lo-s the law is ob¬
served. Many of the cards are
posted about the depots and the
lmckmen and draxmen have Vied
their attention called to tire law.
They have applied to the court
officials to know if hacks and
dra.vs are included it. the vice
which is to be stamped out and it
may l>o that walking will become
popular here on Sunday in fu¬
ture. The laws regulating Sun¬
day observance are to be enforc¬
ed, so the cards say, and it is
[understood that some of the min¬
isters are behind the movement.
*uda Wfttey stands are said to be
apeciul objects to be attacked
\i iless they close in future. What
result of the crusade will be re¬
mains to be seen.
Valdosta, June 19—For the
first time \n its history Valdosta
was closed up as tight us a bottle
t -y. Even the bootblacks, the
.men and draymen, who haul
passengers and baggage from the
trains, were not on duty for love
n*>r money. It was with much
difficulty that the icemen could
get their wagons to move, and
the livery stables were closed a!)
of the morning, though they Ven¬
tured to open later in the day.
The cause of the suspension of
business was due to a crusade
which was started here this week
by s*me of the ministers The
negro ministers were put to the
front in the matter, and the re¬
mit wus-tlnat. negroes could hard¬
ly be hired to do any kind of
work, though the real aim of the
crusade was to close up the n»gr..
simps in various parts of the city,
where negroes congregate on
8un«if\ys.
The soda water stands were all
Closed and the news stands were
npeu long enough to dispose of
X^apers to regular subscribers.
The crusade againit Srabbath
violations has been so quiet that
ft has bqeu the mere effective.
Worst of all Experiences.
Gan anything be worse than to
that every minute will be
your last ? Such was the experi¬
ence of Mrs, fa. H. Newsom, De-
entur, Ala. “For three years,”
she writer **I endured insuffer-
able pain from indigestion, stoin-
and bowel trouble. Death
Scented inevitable when doctors
and all remedies failed. At
length 1 was induced to try Elec*
Bitters and the result was
'^.krac-nlous. 1 improved at otu*e
and now I’m completely recov¬
ered. For liver, kidney, stomach
and bowel troubles Electric Bit¬
ters is it’s the onlv medicine. Only
5L5f,; guaranteed by
gwsts. ~
It is curious thqknq jnaHer .how
exclusive a Ja.pauese family
be in other ways, in education
tendency is democratic.
are much preferred to.
govern e even among the no-
BiTityT and";ids. of vpyal'
meet daily in.the schoolroom
the daughters of well-to-do
monere.
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EPWQRTH LEAGUE OFFICERS.
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Many Notable Addresses
at Waycross Conference.
Wa ycross, Ga.* June
South Georgia Epworth
conference programme to-day in¬
cluded an interesting talk by
Miss Geraldine Dessau, of Macon.
Tonight a* 8:30 Rev, J. A. Smith,
of Savannah, delivered an ad¬
dress. Tumor roe morning at 11
o'clock Rev. Fitzgerald S. Parker,
uf Nashville, Tenn., will preach
the conference sermon. At 11
o’clock this morning the devo¬
tional hour service was led bv
Miss Daisy Davies, of Atlanta.
At tonight’s meeting the follow¬
ing officers Were elected, for the
n-xt twelve months: President
E. P. I'eabodv, Waycross, Ga.,
first vice president, O. S. Dean,
Outhbert, Ga., second vice pres¬
ident, Miss Mamie Myers, Milieu,
Ga.; third vice president and
missionary superintendent, Miss
Lilia Clark, Macon, Ga.; fourth
vice president. Mrs. W. W, Seals,
Marshallvilte, Ga.; secretary,
Miss Claudia E. Little, Jesup,
Ga.; treasurer, M. W. Howard,
Macon, Ga.
To Harness Withlacoochee,
A dispatch from Dunellon to
the Florida Times-Uuion saj s:
One of the most important and
far-reaching movements in the
industrial development of South
Florida is now practically under
wav. The waters of the Withla-
eoochee river are to be harnessed,
just as in Niagara, and electric
power generated for the opera¬
tion of tin* great phosphate plants
and mills in Citrus, Marion and
Levy counties. The Camp Phos¬
phate Company has practically
completed its surveys, acquired
the necessary lands and privi¬
leges, and will at once begin thi
construction of the great dams <>n
the river near this point. They
will not only supply power for
their own plants i\ml mills, but
for other carporations and manu¬
facturing establishments, electric
lighting for adjacent towns and
cities.
1)0 IT TO-DAY. „
The time-worn injunction,
“Never put off ’til to-morrow
what , . you caif dp i to-day,” i ,, is • now
f,nl?j? .* j les , e ,V^ J ‘ive vouVbout ‘
advice we want t ZnlSl
with which you lave
! , ’ g T°!' 8e ' erl A T'
peiiiaps weeks, lake some reha-
K St tW ^Jr r ,l !' D r IWhees
‘.'‘‘‘h’ which , which has
five-years. A few°dose'a of it win
undoubtedly relieve your congli
a'fewd’ays will t cnro' U vou’ 1 "com-
pletelv. No matter how deep-
seated jour cough,even if dread
lungs, consumption has attacked youf
German Syrup will surely
effect a cure—as it has done be¬
fore hopeless in thousands of apparently
New cares of lung trouble.
trial bottles, 25c:
size, 75c. At all druggists.
Highest market price paid for
dfy flint hjles a,nd beeswax.
Tlie Passmore Co.
Farm Loans Promptly Made.
Our facilities for making loans unsur¬
passed. Time 5 years, but borrower
may pay in w hole or part any yea.r and
stop interest. ELLIS &■ ELLIS.
Padrick Balding Tifton, Ga.
Prompt attention ” given all written i m-
quiries.
CHILD HANGED BY SWING.
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Throat Was Caught and
Could not ExRicete Herself.
Columbus, Ga., Juns
nie Parker, the
daughter of James Parker
Girard, section master of
Mobile and Girard Railroad, met
death in a peculiar manner
afternoon.
Tne child, while playing about
tbe yard, went Under the house.
A awing had been suspended un¬
der the house, and was
low, as it was used by
In some manner the little girl
across it. Her throat rested
across the swing and her feet
barely misled touching the
ground.
The little one did not have
strength enough to change her
position, and although she strug¬
gled frantically her feet did not
touch the ground, missing it an
inch or so. The weight of her
body so pressed her throat against
the cords as to prevent her
breathing, and she slowly choked
to death.
Disease of Sea Island Cotton.
Blackshear, Ga., June 18.—
What is apparently a new disease
has made its appearance in sea
island cotton in this county. A
plant that is otherwise apparent¬
ly normal will show a black ring
on its stem just, above the surface
of the ground. This ring is usual¬
ly about an inch in width. At
this point the stem begins to <le-
eny and in a little while is so
weakened that a little breeze
causes it to break off and fall
over. This trouble lias made its
appearance in n number of places
in tl is county to a greater or less
extent, and m at least one in¬
stance fully one-third of the af¬
fected field is dead. Thus far
no satisfactory explanation has
been offered, but specimens of
the diseased plants have been for¬
warded to the Agricultural De¬
partment at Washington for ex¬
amination and investigation.
Triumphs of Modern Surgery.
Woderfill things are done for
the human body by surgery. Or-
gang are taken out and scraped
and polished and put back, or
they may be removed entirely;
bones are spliced; ' pipes take the
of diee ased sections, of
veins; antiseptic dressings
aPP 2HniL 1 *^ to set" wounds r which bruise*, burns
" in
a..d in one-third the time re-
; , , the old trei ,t me nt.
OhamberiaioN Fain Balm
ont |,i» Mme principle. It is
ailt j sept j c H nri when them applied teiheal
such ti.junes, causes
and ^’ Soreness. ‘ Keep a hot-
tie ot ' n "’ B “ lra yJm ' h 9 ,ne
d nllfney.m'i' Kan
inconvenience and
wlneh such injuries entail. I*
sale by all druggists.
Sued by His Doctor.
“A doctor here has sued me
$12.50, which I claimed was
cessive for a case o f cholera mor¬
bus,” says R. Whise, of Ooachel-
la. Cal. “At the trial he praised
his medical skill and medicine. I
asked him if it was not Cbam-
beilaiiis Colic, Gho.era and Dial
rhoea Remedy he used as 1 had
good reason to believe it Was,
lie would not say under oath that
it was not.” No doct ok could use
a better remedy than this in a
case of cholera morbus, it never
fe.ils. Sold by all druggists.
TO MEET AT LOUJSVILLE.
General Lee is Commander 0 f
the Veterans.
Nashville, Tenn., June 5.—A
sweet-voiced voung wo am n of
Norfolk, Va., Miss Mary K.
Ewell, maid of honor of tire South,
by her singing of “Mv Old Ken¬
tucky Home” to-day won for
Louisvilte the reunion next year
of the United Confederate Vet-
era ns.
It was after the old
had chosen Lieut. Gen.
p>. Lee as their commander iu-
otiief and had listened to a
ring speech by Col. Dennett H.
Young of Kentucky,
the beauties, capability and
pitality of his home city, and
people and their desire to
tain the followers of the
and Bars, that Miss Ewell was
escorted to the front of thestage.
Her voice thrilled the great crowd
that tilled the tabernacle and the
last note of the famous song had
barely left her lips when the con¬
vention went wild with shouts of
“Louisville,” “Lou.sville.”
, Seconding speeches were un¬
necessary, although den. Lee
graciously permitted one from n
Virginia delegate and another
from Kentucky before recording
the choice of the veterans as
unanimous. The date will be
determined later.
NKW OFFICERS OF VETERAN'S.
The United Confederate Vet¬
erans to-day elected the follow¬
ing officers:
Commander in Chief—Lieut.
Gen. Stephen D. Lee of Colum¬
bus, Miss.
Commander of the Department
of Northern Virginia — Gen. G.
Irving Walker of Greenville, S. C.
Commander of the Department
of Tennessee—Gen. Clement A,
Evans of Atlanta, Ga.
Commander of the Trans-Miss¬
issippi Departmeut—Gen. W. L.
Cab.11 of Dallas, Ten.
Chaplain General Jonet’ report
of the Board of Trustees of the
Battle Abbey dealt with the fi¬
nancial condition of the abkey
and the Underwood suit and was
substantially as given out by tne
committee, Monday night.
Gen. Clement A. Evans of
Georg-'a read the report of the
Historical Committee, which said
the South was now assured of
fair treatment in history and that
the youth of the country would
not grow up under a false adop¬
ted.
A resolution favoring the <?rec-
lion at Richmond, Va., of a home
^federate women
"-adopted.
Among the industries of Japan
which are receiving special atten-
tion is the manufacture of hemp.
T , lere are f ollr hemp spinning
companies in Japan, besides
which spinning is carried on as a
inc.ua,ry in ,k. north-
e rn provinces, and these sources
fuIJy supply the domestic demand
£ ur a ]| o-rades except bleached
hemp yarn, which Jap„,.«e
ufacturers have not tfie means of
.
pi'oaucmg-.
Q ne of greatest blessings a
man can wish for is a good
„ a- b j e ^ of bowels^ If y<»u are
not the happy possessor of such
an outfit you mfjeafiy an «»reatlv i improve ipro^
tne e . - f Pliamher-
by the pK. s n
lain s Stomach and Liter T tablets, t
They are pleasant te take a 0*3 n
agreeable m effect. For sale y
all druggists.
HF. FAVORS MORE
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Oovernor Terrell Will so Re*
commend to The Legislature.
Atlanta, Ga., June 22.—Many
Georgia towns are anxious to
have new counties established
around them, of .vftieh they may
become the county seats.
Governor Terrell will, it is un-
devstood, deal with this subject
m his forthcoming message to
tiie general assembly apfi wilj
recommend a change in the state
constitution which will permit an
increase in the present, number
of counties, which is 187. The
number of counties is, at present,
i limited to those now in existence,
but reasons have arisen to make
the establishment, of new coun¬
ties desirable, particularly in tlie
southern part of the state where
some counties arc so large that
many fanners have to drive 20
or 30 miles, sometimes further,
to reach the county ae-»t.
. Among the towns which are
anxious to become the county
seats of new counties are Cordele
in Dooly county, Tifton in Ber-
rien, Ashburn in Worth, Hazel-
hurst. in Appling, Milieu, which
is located in burke, Screven and
Emanuel counties, Villa Rica in
Carroll and Winder, which is
part in Jaskson, part in Gwin¬
nett and part in Walton counties.
A new line of leather suit cases
and hand, grips. J. II. Kennon.
THE BAMBOO PLANT.
It Souictlaies Wrnw* at the Rat* of
Three fc'eet u Day.
The word bamboo suggests to most
Americans a faithful fishing rod or a
dainty fan. To the Japanese and Chi¬
nese, who are the most practical agrl-
culturists in the world, it is as indis¬
pensable as the white pine to the
American farmer. They are not only
dependent upon it for much of their,
building material, but make their
ropes, mats, kitchen utensils and In¬
numerable other articles out of it.
There are many varieties of the bam¬
boo plant, from the species which is
woven into mats to the tall bamboo
tree which the Chinaman uses for the
mast of his large boat. One variety is-
cultivated ns a vegetable and the
young shoots eaten like asparagus, or
they may be salted, pickled or pre¬
served.
The rapidity of growth of the bam¬
boo is perhaps its most wonderful char¬
acteristic. There are actual records
of a bamboo growing three feet in a
single day, or at tbe rate of one and a
half inches an hour.
Varieties of bamboo are found ev-
erywhere in Japan, even where thei-e
are heavy fftlis of snow in winter. It
is a popular misconception that bam-
boos grow only in the tropics. Japan
is a land of bamboos, and yet where
these plants grow It is. not so warm in
winter as it is tn California*.—National
Geographic Magazine.
A RESTAURANT PROBLEM.
T*»e Sian Who Con, Solve It Mar
Kanie Ilia Own Salary.
‘♦Who Is the greatest restaurateur In
N.ew Vovb?” I asked a hotel manager
Who sometimes goes to liis neighbors’
places to get dots on up to dateness.
His reply: “It isn't necessary, to men¬
tion. nfimes. In, fact, it isn’t
do so, The greatest restaurateur In
Ngw York or in the whole woi*ld is
the man who can tell todiy how many,
people he will have to feed tomorrow.”
There is one house downtown where
But*ou?day thereby bTwo^i^an-
Other ISO. Where is the barometer that
^
er, pretty nearly the number that must
be provided for on the morrow? If
there are 500 tpday shall enough food
for 50d> be ordered for tomorrow? If
so, and only 150 come, what is to be
done with the surplusage of meats,
vegetables, bread, etc.? And if, 150
come today and food for 150 is
for tomorrow, what is to become of the
management when 500 cpme on
and the larder l8 . empty? T
who can estimate on Monday the
probable business of.Tpgsday is worth
^>5,000 a year to any restaurant,
But there is no such man.—New- Nork
p re ss.
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THE STRAINS OF “DIX4E”
Calmed an Audience Excited by
an Alarm of Fire,
Americas, Gg., June 17-—A.
catastrophe that might have been
terrible in its result? was narrow¬
ly averted here last night. The
Ameri/cqs Theater w*s paeketi
beyond jts capacity with an
•audience witnessing the eoin*
inducement- exercjscs.
Twelve hundred people, prin¬
cipally l.idhs and ©tdl<Jri*o ~
the building when an alarm of
(ire was given from without. The
prolonged sounding of the wins-
tlOj thus employed, created g
stampede in the crowded theater,
Hundreds rushed hr the single
entrance, which is twenty feet
abuve the pavement and reached
by a single wooden stairway.
Efforts of police in the budding
and teachers upon the stage were
unavailing until the orchestra,
with wonderful inspiration, struck
up “Dixie.” The music and re-
peated assurance that there was
no fire in the building served in tv
manner to restore quiet, and the
exercises proceeded. In the stam¬
pede on the outer stairway several
women fainted, and a terrible
catastrophe was narrowly avert¬
ed. There was uo fire at all, the
alarm being fake.
By Way of Warning
Tattnall Journal: There am
quite a n van be* of telephones in
Tattnall county, i& fact,, nearly
every town in the county new
has long distap.ee telephone coiw
neetion, and in telephone^
receiver there is a bib of grantiln-
ted carbon that looks very much
like gunpowder. The other day
a North Georgia farmer with at\
inquisitive mind took his tele¬
phone to pieces, to see what made,
it talk. He, stilted oaf tbe gran-,
ulated carbon, but since the stuff"
looked like gunpowder he thought
it must necessarily be nothing
else. Wherefore lie got down
his powder horn and filled up the.
space with the granules. Then,
he eiilled “central” to 6ee if’
everything would woi;k all right.
An electric spark set* the powder
off, and the farmer’e ear was ate
most tom off.
Startling SyijJencat
Fresh testimony is cons£a#UJjC'
coming in, declaring Dr. King’*,
New Discovery for Consumption,,
Coughs and Colds to bo uuequall-
ed A recent expression from T.
y Mclariand, » * , Hentorville Va
Ceniorvine, a ,
fier ' r es as example. He writes
had Bronchitis for thnae years
and docr.qr.ed all t-ha time with—.
ou,i> being benefited. Then I Dis¬ b3-.
gan taking Di% King’s New wholly
covery, and a few bottles
cured me.” Equally effective in,
curing all Lung and Throat trou¬
bles, Consumption. Pneumonia
and Grip. Guaranteed by all
druggists. Trial bottles free, reg¬
ular size 50c and $1.00.
STANLEY’S
Business College
MAC’ON, GEORGIA.
This old established institution of
Thomasville, Ga., has been combined-
wittvihetehi'er Seat her a of Macon. best
and ie now **ne of the largest and
equipped Irasiuess colleges in the booth,,
^ you are ambitions lor a good
. wsitiou,. vnrh ^“ *. ° P ^
s
jogue^ afi 0 cata-
School open the y ?ar. ^ ew
c lnsse3- lormed every Morntay. Enter
now Address .all com my uKationa to
. H. Staklby.
G. W.
»I%con, Ga.
C3E MKWSM,
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