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8 A GRANT PARK AND UK A R ST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, CA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1013. Columbus Latest Southwest Georgia News Albany SUFFRAGETTES IE STUD liss Marie Whitehead j lirunette, of Albany. who is now tonring Europe with Mrs. j James S. Farnum, of Charleston, and Mrs. E. B. Young, of < Albany. During the past school term .Miss Whitehead was a 1i student at Brenau Colle/e. (Photo by White, Gainesville.) Thomasville Has Its Quota of Women Who Demand the Ballot. THOMASVILLE, Alls. 16—Tile granting of h charter for a Woman s Suffrage Association in Georgia and the bobbing up of the suffragettes over the country generally it causing many towns to take an Introspective view, so to speak, to ascertain If there are any of this new brand of women within their borders, and the result shows that while there may not be a great many avowedly call ing themselves suffragettes there are more in sympathy with the move ment than the mind of the. average man conceives to be the case. That there should be suffragettes in other towns in Georgia seemed very probable, but that they should Se found in Thomasville, which is re garded by the outside world as being eminently staid and conservative*, never going wild over anything but baseball or fighting about anything but ‘Sis'’ Cow, seemed almost unbe lievable, but they are here Just the same. This does not at all mean that the majority of the fair sex here are In sympathy with this new order «>f women who are fighting for the ballot. There is, however, a very fair sprink ling of them, who do not hesitate »o assert their belief in the equal rights of woman, and they likewise acknowl edge that they would enjoy taking a hand In the management of pubV affairs, to a certain extent at any rate. Of course, there are a few of the more advanced in their Ideas who even believe that they could run a town and would like to try it a whll« and show the male management in charge just how a sure enough town should look and how affairs would > managed with a female board at th<* head of things. When questioned us to what would be done in a town run by women In regard holding Policy Court, serving on Juries, etc., the en thusiasm did not seem so marke though little attention was paid to the query, it evidently ^elng the idea that all unpleasant duties could he turn d over to tifc* mere men and only the •'running” of affairs be reserved for those in charge. As it will probably he a good long time before Thomasville will be run by a female management, at least openly, as they are often accused of being the power behind the thron*\ nobody is very much worried over it, but it i* interesting to know Just how the matter stands and whether fhe women of the South will ever go into this movement in earnest as they have in the West and parts of th? North. Americus City Council Would Prevent Consolidation of Power Plant Companies. AMERICUS, Aug. 16.—The post ponement by Judge Z. A. Littlejohn In the Superior Court of the hearing of the injunction brought by the City Council of Americus against the Americus Power Company, the rival power company to the old Americus (las and Electric Company, to keep the new company from consolidating with the old and advancing rates, is another link in the history of one of the most sensational municipal fights in Georgia. Judge Littlejohn postponed the hearing until September 117 on the ground that certain Important parties to the various transactions were not in Americus, though it Is claimed that at least one of them was here. City Attorney Hollis P'ort and W P. Wallis, for the city, and Shipp $ Sheppard, for the Americus Power Company, are prepared for a grueli-ig and continued fight when the hearing does occur. It is thought that it will either kill forever the hopes of municipal own ership here or revive them anew. As this has been a hotly contested mu nicipal issue, the interest in the hear ing is wide and keen. Truck Growers to Organize in Tift Object Is to Promote Growing and Marketing of Products. Timbermen Fight Over Debt; 1 Dead W. C. Stamper and G. R. Keen End Dispute by Pistol Duel in Street at Blakely. BLAKELY, Aug. 16.—W. C. Stamp er and G. K. Keen, two well-known timbermen, had a pistol duel on the public square at 2:30 o’clock thin aft ernoon. as a result of which Keen is dead with five bullet holes in his bod y. Keen is said to have shot at Stamp er twice and missed him. Stamp, r escaped unhurt, except a graze ncir the left eye. The trouble grew out of a dispute over the division of the proceeds of a debt due to both of them by a com - | mon debtor. Keen leaves a wife and several chil dren. TIPTON. Aug 16. Present Indica tions are that not only the tr.iek grow ers of Tift County will work in co-oper ation, hut that all the truckers of South Georgia counties will co-operate in pro moting the growing and marketing of trucking products. Two melon and truck growers of Brooks County, M. L. Bowen, of Quit- man. and A. J. Powell, of Dixie, were In Tift on this week ami conferred with the Tifton Chamber of Commerce and a number of men engaged in trucking. In quiring as to the working of the Tift County Truckers' Association, with a view to forming a similar organization in Brhoks County. Mr. Bowen has been in the melon business for nearly twenty years and Mr. Powell is an expert at growing Irish potatoes. TERRILL FARMER FIRES BULLET THROUGH HEAD DAWSON, Aug. 16.—P. C. Callev, well-to-do Terrell County farmer and brother-in-law of Jesse Mercer, com mitted suicide at his country home neft” Dawson by through the head, to the cause, but money matters is believed to hav been responsible. shooting himself He left no note despondency over Columbus Shows Healthy Increase Nearly Half Million Gained on Tax Values of Property—Rate Was Reduced. COLUMBUS, Aug. 16.—Tax Asses sor Frank M. Sommerkamp, of Mus cogee County, has completed his tax digest for 1013. which shows $22,- 760.804 compared to $22,r>08,2fl2 in 1012. an increase for 1013 of $261,602. When it is taken into considera tion that the tax assesments this year in the city of Columbus were made ut 75 per cent of the county as sessment, while they have been made heretofore at the same, it will be seen that the county has- made a remark able showing. In other words, some thing like $14,000,000 worth of prop erty has only been asssossed at 75 per cent of the assessment of last year. It is believed that the increase in values would have run far# over half a million dollars. The digest shows that there are 40 lawyers, 43 doctors, 17 dentists, 1 vet erinary surgeon. 2 architects. 2 engi neers. The dogs in the county are valued at $2,192. DOUGHERTY TAX VALUES SHOW GOOD INCREASE RHEUMATISM COMES FROM CONDITIONS WHICH CAN BE REMEDIED But Local Applications on the Skin Cannot Get at the Cause of Your Suffering. Just a bilious attack and a slight deposit of uric acid. Now calomel and similar mercurial purgatives do not dissolve and expel the uric acid sedl- n*« nt that forms from undigested, fer menting foods, and when this poisonous acid is not expelled 1t accumulates quickly, thickens the blood and settles jn Joints and muscles The joints and muscles then become stiff An attempt to cure this rheumatism must be directed toward removing uric acid from blood and tissues, breaking up the crystalline urates already formed und preventing new deposits. JACOBS' LIVER SALT is remarkably Successful in the treatment of rheurna tism It dissolves uric acid out of the tissues, holds It In solution and expels It In the urine It thoroughly cleanses the system of fermentation and purifies the blood. It will give prompt relief in all cases of rheumatism resulting from uric acid poisoning. If you art* suffering with rheumatism, try JACOBS' LIVER SALT Immediately It will relieve you more promptly and surely than anything else. Don’t take an inferior substitute; some closely irm tat** the name, but none produces the same result Insist on the genuine JA- I COBS' tj\ ER SALT, 25c. If vour drug- I gist can not supply you. full size jar | mailed upon receipt of price, postage free Made anti guaranteed by Jacobs' 1 Pharmacy Co., A tlanta.—< Advt A /Hoodoo Doctors’ Ply ‘Art’ in Cordele Raid Farm* for Cotton Root to Brew Tea for Superstitious Negroes. CORDELE, Ails'. 16.—“Hoodoo" or “root" doctors, as they are commonly known, seem to be getting in some very effective work In Cordele, though if their identity should become known to tile police the effect would very probably not be pleasing to them. Kor several nights these characters have devastated patches of cotton in the western part of the city, belonging to negroes. For the purpose of making cotton root tea, which is said to have a healing effect in a good many eases, they have pulled up row after row of cotton by the roots, cutting off the weeds and taking the roots with them. U N KNOWN 1eGR0~STABS WHITE MAN AT RAY’S MILL VALDOSTA, Aug. 16.—W. J. Wil liams, of Rays Mill. Ga., was prob ably fatally ^tabbed by an unknown negro in this city at 1 o’clock Fri day morning. Williams and a com panion passed a group of negro youths at the Georgia Southern and Florida passenger station and said something io the negroes which they resented. One of them plunged his knife into Williams’ side and drew It across hist breast, making a gash nine inches long and exposing the heart- action. Two negroes are in Jail charged with complicity in the affair, but tney claim that the youth who did the stabbing escaped. MUSCOGEE JURY BOARD RESUMES WORK MONDAY ALBANY, Aug. 16.—The total value of taxable property in Dougherty (’ounty. as shown by the figures just compiled by Tax Receiver J. H. Da- vIm, shows an increase for 1913 over 1912 of $437,218. The comparative figures are as follows: Property values. 1913. $7.449.S66. Property values, 1912. $7,012,648. ALBANY MAY BUILeT BIG CREMATORY PLANT ALBANY, Aug. 16.—A crematory to dispose of Albany’s garbage is a mat ter that is being seriously considered at the present time. Mayor Tarver has procured literature bearing on this subject and is giving the matte r careful study. With the idea of making Albany one of the most healthy and sanitary towns in the Stnte. the city officials, led by Mayor Tarver, are consider ing this step. GLENN TAKES CHARGE AS DEPUTY MARSHAL VALDOSTA. Aug. 16— L. H. Glenn, of Rochelle, who has been appointed Deputy Enited States Marshal for this district, to succeed R. L. Thomas, re signed. will make this city his head quarters He is now here preparing to take over the offtoe. COLUMBUS, Aug. 16.—Muscogee County's Jury Commissioners will meet again Monday to take up the work they began sometime ago. but were forced to drop becau.'v of the continued illness of one of the mem bers. It is expected that every ef fort will be made to increase the list, as there has been much complaint in recent years over the difficulty ex perienced in obtaining jurors, when only about one-fourth of the tax payers and voters of the county have their names in the jury box. A rem edy has been demanded often. 100 BALES OF COTTON SOLD AT TIFTON IN WEEK TIFTON. Aug. 17.—The cotton mar ket lias opened up lively in Tifton this week and it is believed that the receipts will show a total of nearly 100 bales. There is quite a lot of old cotton in this section and this is open ing fast as a result of the warm weather of the pas*t several days. However, the bulk of the crpp is young and it will be several weeks yet before the season is on in full. ALBANY MAY HAVE RIVERSIDE DRIVE ALBANY, Aug. 16.—That Mayor Tarver’s idea of a beautiful winding driveway along the Flint River may terminate in some definite action seems probable. Superintendent of Parks Harmon has been asked to consider plans and offer suggestions. This has been done anct fie not only thinks the plan feasible Hut is a very ethusiastic advocate. Dougherty’s Jail Doing Double Duty Ten Prisoner* From Early County Added to Number Already Confined There. Albany Boosters Get Big Meeting | Put Up Winning Fight for State Ag ricultural Society Session In 1914. ALBANY, Aug. 16.—Dougherty’s new county jail is now doing double duty, containing not only the county prisoners and those of the city of Al bany. but those of Early County, ten of whom have been brought here for safe-keeping. Soon after the new jail was com pleted the city of Albany made ar rangements for the* city prisoners to be Jailed and cared for in a port! m of the county Jail. The city barracks were small, insanitary and not safe >n case of violent prisoners. That por tion of the city hall formerly used vs the guardhouse has been remodeled for offices. * The county feeds all the city’s prisoners and City Court is held each day in the detention corridor of the jail. The Sheriff of Early County, realiz ing the condition of the new jail, se lected this one for the safe-keeping of his prisoners while Early’s jail is being remodeled. Feast on Collards Instead of Cabbage Thomas County Convicts Revel in Delicious “Greens”—Fresh Corn as Dessert. THOMASVILLE, Aug. 16.—The convicts in the camps of Thomas County have had a change of diet from the cabbage which was so much enjoyed by them in the spring and early summer, and have transferred their allegiance to collard greens. The report made by the superin tendent of the county farm this week shows that for the month of July 1,250 head of these collards were fed to the convicts of the various camps, and as the average darky is prover bially fond of these greens they doubtless enjoyed their meals. With the collards were eaten 600 ears of green corn and several bushels of onions. As vegetables are considered good summertime diet they probably went a long way toward preserving the health of the convicts as all the camps are reported in a healthy con dition. Cashier, Sentenced, Making Hard Fight J. H. Cason’s Lawyers Determined to Carry Case Through Highest State Courts. MOULTRIE, Aug. 16.—Arguments in the motion for a new trial of J. H. Cason, now under five-year sentence in the penitentiary for embezzling nearly $8,000 from the Bank of Cres- lnnd, will be heard in Valdosta before Judge Thomas on September 8. Attorneys for the former bank cash ier state they will leave nothing un done to save their client and that the case will be fought through all the courts before it is concluded. CORDELE COTTON MARKET SHOWS GREAT ACTIVITY CORDELE. Aug. 16.—With more than 100 bales ginned and marketed, the cotton season is getting well un der way in Cordele and within two weeks will be In full sway. The move ment of the crop has already had a decided effect upon the business in terests of the city and county, a gen eral optimism prevailing among the people as a result. The opinion is common that the yield of cotton will surpass that of the past several yearn and that the quality of the staple will hold up unusually well, demanding good prices. WOODMEN OF WORLD HOLD ’CUE AND PICNIC AT TY TY COLUMBUS, tariff schedule Board of Trade been received merchants are vajatage of it The new tariff of the railroad For social nows of the South, see Page 11, this section, and the society section. Harry Miller. 17 Years Old, Must Face Trial for Slaying Tur pentine Man. VALDOSTA, Aug. 16—Hardy Mil- ler, the 17-year-o!d lad who stabbed and instantly killed L. A. Smith at Melrose recently, has been released from custody under a $5,000 bond on a charge of manslaughter. The preliminary hearing of the case was before Judge J. G. Cranford, of the City Court. Several eye-witnesses to the killing testified that the man had a quarrel and that Smith struck Miller with a stick. A few minutes later Miller passed by Smith and struck him in the breast with his knife, the blade penetrating Smith’s heart. The men were employed at the turpentine distillery of Miller’s broth er, Smith having charge of the mules on the place. The fatal quarrel was caused by Smith’s refusal to let the boy ride one of the mules at night after it had been worked all day. Valdosta to Issue Bonds for Paving Election Called to Vote on $50,000 for Streets and Water works. VALDOSTA. Aug. 16.—An election for an Issue of $50,000 municipal bonds has been called by the City Council for September 15. If it carries Valdosta will in a few months be the best paved city of Its size In the State, and will have a water works system adequate to take care of the growth of the city for several years. Of the proposed issue $35,000 is to be used for extending the paving now in operation, while the remainder. $15,000, is to be used for extending the water mains and in improving the waterworks station. A 3,000,000-gallon pump was bought with a portion of the last bond issue and the plant is now being pre pared for its installation. In the busi ness section the six-inch mains are being taken up and replaced with twelve-inch mains, while the system is being extended to the northern and eastern portions of town, which were recently taken into the corporate limits. Three of the principal residence streets are now being paved with as phalt, but the recent bond issue has not been sufficient to pave other streets on which the work is demanded. The proposed issue will be 30-year bonds to bear 5 per cent interest. MOULTRIE RAISES $100,000 FOR A PACKING HOUSE MOULTRIE, Aug. 16.—A hundred thousand dollars has bean subscribed by Moultrie business men to build a parking house and abattoir. All pre liminary plans have been completed and construction is scheduled to be gin soon. It is believed this will encourage stock raising in Southwest Georgia, providing as It will a cash market at all seasons. FARMER BEGINS SERVING SENTENCE AS COW THIEF MOULTRIE, Aug. 16.—J. J. Hiers, farmer, of Colquitt, began serving a twelve months’ sentence on the chalngang this week, after being de nied a new trial by Judge Thomas, of the Southern Circuit. Hiers was convicted at the last term of Superior Court on an in dictment charging him with cow rustling, but the jury recommended that he be punished as for a misde meanor. ALBANY. Aug. 16.—Knowing that the bringing of the State Agricultural Society to Albany for its 1914 meet ing would be a great boom for Albany, as well as furnishing a good place for its meeting, several of Albany's citi zens went to Cuthbert this week anJ attended the session which has been in progress. On Thursday it was realized that a hard fight would be necessitated to secure them, as North Georgia was making a strong bid, and immediate steps were taken to apply the pressure. All Dougherty residents who were at the meeting started boosting Albany as the prop er place, this being supplemented with telegrams from the Mayor, president of the Chamber of Commerce and others who are recognized as leaders in Albany. The net result was that they decided on Albany, and in addi tion expressed their thanks for the strong effort that was made to secure them. Tift’s Courthouse Handsome Building One of the Most Complete and Com fortable in the State. TIFTON, Aug. 16.—There are many handsome and comfortably furnished courtrooms in this section of the State, but none will surpass the one in Tift County’s attractive new court house when that building has been completed. The work is now nearing completion, and some idea can be gained of its attractive simplicity and elegance. Five large windows on either sid** of the courtroom give plenty of light and ventilation. Between each win dow is a pilaster column capped with a scroll design, and over each win dow an arch surmounted by a kev- stone. Crossing the ceiling are five large beams and between these is an attractive design in dental work. In this work there are over 7,000 pieces, nine to the foot, and there are 875 running feet to be covered. There are three large lights in the ceiling, with a light on each column and a desk light at the judge’s stand. The staircases will be of steel with terazza steps. Site Selected for Big Plant, and Work Will Begin in Short Time. CORDELE. Aug. 16.—The Cordele Bond Commission has selected and purchased a site for a new water works plant for the city, located im mediately acijaoent to the site on which the old station is situated. Tile location provides ample room for t'v* improvements to be made, and was purchased by the commission from Judge E. F. Strozier, administrator of the estate of W. E. Smith, the consideration being $4,500. A $40,000 issue of bonds will be expended in building the new plan* and making further improvements upon the waterworks system. Th building alone will probably coat $3,500, and is to be fireproof, while the machinery will be of the most modern type and will be duplicated all the way round, costing not und- v $18,000. The new reservoir will oe t capacitated at 250,000 gallons, and an elevated tank of almost three times that capacity will be erected. RECORD PECAN CROP IN SOUTH GEORGIA THOMASVILLE. Aug. 16—That there will be more pecan nuts in South Georgia this season than ever before is the general opinion of the growers. This is owing not merely to the fact that the crop is a good one, but is the rei*ult of the larger num ber of trees that have come into hearing. The crop of paper-shell pe cans planted all through this section is a large one, but many of the young trees are just beginning to bear well, Some of the growers are very en thusiastic over the crop on these young trees this year and the knowl edge that they will put on a larger one each year as they grow older means that it wlM not he very long before the output of thepie nuts will be the means of bringing much mon ey into South Georgia. Our Wardrobe Trunks Will always be your friend. From top to bottom they are designed and made to care for vonr comfort and to stand the hardest kind of travel. Made in Steamer, Men’s and Women’s sizes, at $17-50 10 $G5-oo But they are worth more. No freight, no retailer’s profit added. * LIEBERMAN’S The Trunk Store 92 Whitehall TIFTON, Aug. 17.—Friday was Woodmen of the World Day in Ty Ty, nine miles west of Tifton, in Tift County, the choppers holding a big barbecue and basket picnic, be tween 1,500 and 2,000 people attend ing. Besides enjoying a good basket dinner and s-ome of Jack Frost’s bar becue, better than which there is none, those attending heard an excel lent address by Hon. Roscoe Luke on the W. O. W. order and an address on general topics by Colonel Claude Pay- ton. of Sylvester. NEW TARIFF SCHEDULE WELCOMED BY SHIPPERS Aug. 16.—Columbus No. 2. on which the has been working, has in the city and the prepared to take ad- at every opportunity, schedule applies to all entering the city. Selling Out at Sacrifice Prices for a Short Time Antiques at the BIGGS ANTIQUE CO. 222 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Ga. A Chance to Get Solid Mahog any Furniture at Cost We are closing out our Atlanta store and are offering special low prioes. as follows: $125.00 Sofas at v. ..$93.75 75.00 Sofas at 56.25 85.00 Bureaus at 110.00 Book Cases at .. .. 125.00 Sideboard 35.00 Fireside Chair.. .. 35.00 Scroll Rockers at 56.25 82.50 93.75 22.50 17.50 $85.00 Desks at .. .... 65.00 Pier Tables. .. 85.00 Library Tables . 85.00 French Beds at 35.00 Work Tables . . . 65.00 Serving Tables . 55.00 Corner Pieces .. ..$56.25 C .. 45.00 .. 56.25 .. 56.25 .. 27.50 .. 37.50 .. 37.50 And lots of other pieces at the lowest prices such goods were ever sold at. Come early and get the biggest bargains ever sold in solid Mahogany Furniture. BIGGS ANTIQUE COMPANY 222 PEACHTREE STREET B. C. BUFORD, Manager ATLANTA, GEORGIA