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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1«05.
CITY COUNCIL IN
Monthly Meeting
Mayor
light.
A Number of Resolutions Were Passed
and a Special Committee on Water
works Made its Report—Many Im
provements in the Water Works are
Recommended, Among Them the
Purchase of New Machinery.
Council Chamber, Valdosta, Ga.,
Nov. 1, 1905—Regular meeting of may
or and council held this day. Those
present, Mayor
Briggs, Councilmen
.Jones, Harvey, Pinkston, Peeples, Bla
lock and Ousley.
Minutes of last regular meeting read
and approved.
The following resolutions were unan'
imously passed:
By Councilman Harvey—Resolved,
That Water Works committee be giv
en permission to allow taps to Pine
Parks Water Works main in accord
ance with the usual regulations.
By Councilman Blalock—Resolved,
That the advisability of employing
Bocfote counsel in the case of The
Southern Paving and Construction Co.,
tvs City be referred to the city attorney
;and mayor with power to act, and to
;agree upon the fee.
By Councilman Ousley—Resolved,
That proposition of D. M. Smith and
L. C. Holtzendorf for cemetery annex
be referred to chairman of finance
^committee and chairman street com
mittee. — -
By Councilman Blalock—Resolved,
That matter of new light on Lee street
be referred to fire and light committee
With power to act.
By Councilman Jones —Resolved,
That ten dollars each be allowed to po
licemen and firemen on winter uni
forms, uniform to be selected by Coun
cilmen Ousley and Peeples.
By Councilmen Jones and Pinkston
—Resolved, That the salary of the san
itary Inspector be $50,00 i
By Councilman Peeplps—Resolved,
That matter of repairs and improve-
iments needed by health'/department
•be referred to health comtfdttM,
The following resolution was passed
•by vote of five for, and one against:
By Councilman Peeples—Resolved,
That special committee on water
works be authorized to employ expert
•engineer In connection with Improve
ments at water works, if deemed advis
able by Committee.
Special Water Works Report.
The following report was read from
special committee on water works and
• unanimously adopted.
Honorable Mayor and Council:
Your committee appointed to Inves
tigate conditions at water works sta
tion beg to submit the following re
port:
We find that the propellor pump re
cently Installed is a failure and Its use
Impracticable. We also find that the
plant Is surely In need of a duplicate
compressor pump and a fire pressure
pump.
We therefore, recommend:
First, That the propellor pump and
all Its fixtures be disposed of at best
.terms obtainable.
Second, That the two old boilers be
sold as soon as practicable and a
. satisfactory price can be obtained
Third, That the city purchase Im
mediately another air compressor and
fir© pump, and that we request con-
* cerns selling such machinery to send
. expert representatives capable of mak*
• Ing recommendations and submitting
plans before purchase Is made.
Fourth, That Intention to purchase,
be advertised In the “Manufacturers
; Record” and “Municipal Journal.”
•Respectfully submitted,
M. A. Briggs, Mayor,
O. K. Jones,
Chairman Finance Committee.
J. T. Blalock,
Chairman Water Works Committee.
LABOR IS VERY SCARCE j
AND ALSO UNSATISFACTORY
There is Very Little Dependence to
be Put in Common Laborers and
Wages are Higher Than in Years.
"Labor—common, everyday, unskill
ed labor—is getting to be a very rare
quantity around here at any price.”
This statement of a citizen apparent_
ly summed up the views of the two
contractors with whom he was in con
versation, for they agreed, with em
phasis that labor was indeed hard to
secure.
A scarcity of ordinary laborers is
not particularly new,'but unusual com
plaint is at present being made, anent
this difficulty by various contractors,
and plans arelbeing devised to over
come the growing evils to which em
ployers are subjected.
The cotton season has marked in
fluence on the labor market each year
and It is an annual occurrence at this
season for It to become more difficult
to secure steady laborers.
Unskilled labor nine times out of
ten, in this section, means negroes and
usually negroes are of an Irresponsible
class. These take advantage of every
opportunity to change the character,
of their work and jump from one post
to another without taking time to give
moment's notice to the employer
they leave After working a short
time at one Job ,the majority will quit
for the doubtful pleasure of loafing
for an indefinite period if they have
no other job in fight,
Under the present conditions, how
ever, all but the known insubordinate
can obtain work at top-notch wages
in and about Valdosta.
Valdosta Items 30 Years Ago.
The following local Items are taken
from an old copy of The South Georgia
Times dated Sept. 1, 1869, which was
sent to us by Mrs. Tom Hodge:
“The following Incident occurred in
Valdosta not long'since: A little boy
six years of age walking home with
his father, asked him if it was very
painful to have a leg cut off. His father
answered that the doctors commonly
give chloroform, which puts the pa
tient to sleep until the leg is off, and
that he feels no pain at the time. The
little fellow walked on in silence for
few minutes and then answered:
“Oh, yes! that’s what God gave
Adam when he took m rib out ojf his
side to make Eve ” •
"ffupt Haines Is now running a tri
weekly train between Savannah and
Brunswick. It leaves Savannah at 1:15
p. m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays; leaves Brunswick, 1:00 p. m.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
“Probonopublico—Our friend Dick
Lineburger announces this week that
he has opened store in the convenient
house formerly occupied by W A
Smith & Co.
“Movements are on foot here for the
Introduction of Chinamen as laborers,
Into our county. Success to the mov-
REPORT OF CLERK BROTHER’S BLOOD
AND CHIEF.
Clerk’s Report Deals in the City’s
The Chief of Police Shows What wai
Done -by the Officers of the Law
During the Month of October.—Both
Reports Read Before the Mayor and
Council Wednesday Night.
The report of the clerk of the city
cou/icil and the chief of police as read
before the mayor and council at the
meeting Wednesday night is of much
local interest and is given below:
City Clerk’s Report.
Clerk’s report for the month of Oc
tober, 1905:
Receipts.
Special tax $ 284 75
Advertising tax, 906 .
Fines and forfeitures
Street tax
Water rent K1770 51
Paving asst. . * 380 64
394 63
647 00
10 00
Sewer permits ..
Street cleaning . .
Sale of pipe../.. .
Dog tax .. ;... .
Sale pf shaft....
it si
7 00
2 75
3 70
2 00
50
, I 85vo i>/JY
Disbursements.
Over draft in bank Oct. 1st | 4284 13
Salaries ...... ...... 115 00
Street department .. .. .. 616 12
Police .. 332 65
Fire department .. .. .. 522 68
Mrs. Baker to Build,
Mrs. D. V. Baker has rented her
home on South Patterson street and
has moved to the Dasher cottage on
Adair street, where she will reside
until she builds her handsome home
on the lot north of Mr. B. H. Jones, on
Patterson street. Her daughter, Mrs,
H. McKey and little son, will re
main with her for several months.
Lights..
Sanitary department.
Water works .. .. ..
Sewerage
Park .. ..
Coupons
Interest on D. B. ..
Pound , 4 .. .... .
Street improvement.,
City Hall
Cemetery
General account
Fire department building
337 80
563 99
1028 09
83 68
111 96
220 01
10 21
12 50
69 .17
22 70
33 33
19 64
40 0Q
WAS SHED
Two [Boys Strug
YOUNG MAN’S TRAGIC
DEATH AT CLEARWATER FLA
CoronerS 0 | 0 mon Summoned to Cat
Craely to Hod an Inquest—Body of
the Dead Boy was Exhumed, After
it Had Been Buried for Two Days.
Coroopr Solomon was summoned to
Cat Creek yestorday to hold an Inquest
over a negro boy named Wiley Bennett
who was kllledt on Mr. Warren Rob
erts’ place last Sunday afternoon.
The boy’4 death was the resut of a
gunshot wound and it came suddenly.
He was buried the following Tuesday
and the next day Coroner Solomon was
notified that there liras some suspicion
of foul play, inasmuch as only two
boyrf were in the house when the trag
edy occurred.
Under/ these • circumstances, and.
in ^fftjw of the fact that the people
in the community thought that the
killing ought to be lnveitigated. the
coroner summoned a jury; had the
body of the hey exhumed and proceed*
ed fo hold an inquest.
A number ot witnesses were sworn
but none of them . saw the idling eg-
Mt, ;| Sm&w-ot
ea.l boy, .who; 1 **, to the hoosalgrigf tyr'the tragic
when the tragedy occurred: Most of
the evidence except th$ statement ot
Coleman, was merely to show that the
tragedy had occurred and the boy had
been killed.
Coleman testified that he went in
the hoine and'found hlB .brother snap
ping the gun. He asked to see the
weapdn, but was refused. He-there
upon took hold of It end tried to take
" , away from the other boy when it
lint off, sending a load of.ehot Into
the other boy’, side, killing him In
stantly. ■ ,
.The coroner's jury returned a ver
dict ot accidental killing.
if
Disbursements ; lea.
draft for Oil
W. Varnedoe 100 00
W. H. Gainey 100 00
T. B. Swilley 40 00
60 00
33 33
102 40
40 00
36 35
30 00
24 95
40 00
The following bills were read, ap
proved and ordered paid:
T. Y. Blitch, cashier (for cou
pons) $ 220 00
Merchant’s Bank (for draft) 73 43
C. B. Peeples (F. B. bldg.)
Water Works pay roll ..
J. W. Pinkston( freight) ..
A. C. L. Ry., Co
C. K. Howell
J. W. McDonald
Sanitary pay roll 156 72
Street pay roll 292 20
Sewer pay roll 34 60
G. S. & F. Ry., Co 65 78
D. G. Griffin 125 00
Robert Grant 50 00
Jesse Grant 35 00
C. Dampler 100 00
J. H. McKenna.. .. ..
W. J. Giddens
5. Varnedoe .....
Preston Brooks
John Dukes .. ., ..
John O’Neal
Paul Canady
Joe Marke
Tom Cook Jr
Gus DeVane
C. E. Clanton
C. B. Peeples
L. F. Zeigler
Ingram & Hewlett ....
F. L. Breedlove
M. Curry 22 62
Valdosta Ice Mfg. Co 587 43
Val Foundry & Machine Co.,.. 25 33
Milltown Lumber Co., 26 00
Ham Bros 103 16
21 00
19 00
25 55
89 36
2 25
60 10
1 90
'5 I
ovef
. 4
Estimated expenditures for
1905 76,211 00
Amount expended to Novem
ber 1st, 1905 61,504 44
Estimated income for 1905 81,238 14
Receipts to Nov. 1st, 1905 56,759 32
Over draft First National
Bank, Nov. 1st, 1905 .... 4,845 12
Chief of Police’s Report.
To the Mayor and Police Committee
I beg to submit the following report
for the month of October, 1905:
Number of arrests and brought be
fore the police court .. .
Number of cases continued
Number of cases dismissed by the
mayor
Amount of fines collected ..$452.50
Arrests made by officers
C. Dampler chief 6
L. Presley 12
J. B. Jacobs 24
J. W. McIntyre 8
O. T. Hill
S. L. Hendricks 18
Swilley, inspector 2
Number of doors found open
Presley, 4; McIntyre, 11; Jacobs, 7;
Hill, 7.
Criminals turned over to county ..
Respectfully submitted,
C. Dampler, Chief.
t the Presbyterian Church.
Ibject of the morning sermon
Btpsbyterian church next Sab-
"Thtmghts Tears.
Joseph Coachman, Formerly of Valdos
ta, was Killer by the Explosion of
* an Acetylene Gas Tank.
The following dispatch from Clear
water, Fla., gives the details of the
tragic death of Joseph Coachman, a
young man whose parents formerly re
sided here and are very well remem
bered by the older people, who were
living here fifteen years ago:
"Joseph, the sixteen year old son
of 8. S. Coachman, was killed Monday
in the explosion of an acetylene gas
plant in the outhouse at his home.
The young tv,an went Into the outhouse
late in the afternoon to look for a leak
in the plant, which had been giving
them some trouble. It Is supposed
he struck a match to locate the leak
and the explosion followed.
“The building in which the plant
was located was demolished. Coach-
mon .was evidently close to the ma
chine when it blew~up~'and he doubt
less did not realist Just what had hap
pened. -*
“A. crowd of people from the store
tht street and the nearby houses, rush
td to the scone, hearing tho noise of
the explosion. A sickening sight met
their gaze. Among the ruins of the
building? and "the machine were found
the; mangled headless remains of the
>0Wf mn.
"HI* t?3Slly were prostrated wlto
occurrence and
much regret Is exppressed over bis
sudden death. "
“The accldont has caused wide
spread grief and sorrow, as he belong
ed tb one of oar most prominent fami
lies .and having grown up here had
made legions of frtendB.
"His only sister, Miss Hattie Coach
man .who Is attending college In Rome,
Qa„ has been sent for and funeral
arrangements await her arrival.
“His father, who Is a merchant here,
!ls almost prostrated by the blow.
. "Ho has numerous other relatives,
who hr© deeply grldved.”.
The father of the deceased formerly
owned the block whr Mr. W. L. Con
verse resides. He has mfltty relatives
and friends in this city and section.
SUES CITY ON PAY
ING CNTRACT
is Brought lor an Alleges
by
>t is Alleged that City is Due $2,163
on its Street Paving, but tht City
Files an Answer Which Says That
its Every Obligation was Met.
The Southern Paving and Construc
tion Company has entered suit against
he City of Valdosia for $2,168 .wh’Hi
It alleges Is duo It on **>e cor. f ^
whhti u had for street paving. Ii-
contention is that when the mayor and
council paid the final bill due on pay
ing that the sum of $2,168 was de
ducted from the amount alleged to bo
due that company.
The city of Valdosta, through its at.
torneys, Messrs. Woodward & Smith,
has answered the allegation? Of the
Paving Company and Shows that tha
city has kept, jt? contract with that
company in every possible way.
It is alleged by the city that the
paving which was done on Hill avenue
at first given to the Southern Paving
Company at $1.75 per square yard, wltlj,
the proviso that the compny would r£ *
fund to the city any excess In price
If, when future paving contracts were
let, a lower prplce than $1.75 was se
cured.
The city alleges that when tho con
tract was let for the balance of tha
paving a rato of $1.39 was secured, the
terms being Identical with those In
the first contract, except that a larger
roller—ten tons, Instead of two ton*—
was to be used. This change In the
contract according to tho city, Imposed
that mucl^ greater expense upon ihe r
paving company and showed so much
over-charge in the first contract.
The city claims that when the final
settlement was made that ^t deducted
the difference from thV paving com
pany's bill as per the terms of the
contract. V
The case is rather a unique one and
it will be watched with Interest here..
Many of Our dfcmj-weekly subsdrlb-
ice Is promised aud| era are now taking (tho Dally Times—
Invitation Is extended to all I don’t you want us to send It to you 7
If yob want to reaoh the piaopte at
Valdosta put an ad. In the Daily Timet*
Ads; In the Daily Times reach the
people every day, because the paper
is delivered at their homes.
FATAL' ACCIDENT TO LAD.
6 12
30 00
30 00
L. Pessley ., .
J. B. Jacobs ..
O. T. Hill . > ...
J. W. McIntyre .
S. L. Kendricks^..
8 85
341 05
1.60
6 40
1 00
1 80
9 15
12 12
32 93
6 55
3 20
60 00
50 00
60 00
50 00
69 00
Fender Lumber Co. .. ,
H. Stevens’ Sons, Co. ..
Fire dept, pay roll ..
W .H. Briggs Hdw. Co.
C. W. Stuckey
A. E. DImmock
J. P. Ulmer
Val. Sash & Door Co. ...
Fabrick Fire Hose Co. .
Thomas-Dekel Hdw. Co.
J. T. Roberts
Geo. McGhan & Son 50
The Sanitary Street Sweeping
Company 50 00
Varn-Mathts Grain Co 10 00
Roscoe Rouse 3 55
Harley Hdw. Co 6 35
Ousley & Co. (for paupers) .. 9 00
There being no further business
meeting adjourned.
M. A. Briggs, Mayor,
A, W. Varnedoe, Clerk.
Willie McCormick of Sparks, Killed
by Jumpin') P'cm a Fence.
Willie McCormick, the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. McCormick,
Sparks, was the victim of an accident
Friday afternoon that caused his death
He was visiting friends at Cedi and In
jumping off of a fence Injured himself
Internally. He suffered considerably
until death came to his relief. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. C. M Woodward Sunday morn
ing at Sparks.—Adel News.
Caps, Hats, Shoes
Underwear, Etc.
Stetson and Walk Over Shoes
For Men.
These brands of Shoes are the standard
for • excellence f everywhere. We have
them^in all the new shapes in Cordovan,
Gun Metal and Patent Colt leathers.
Stetson’s $5.00 and $6.00.
Walk-Over’s $3.50 and $4.
Attacked by Vicious Dog.
While Mr. Henry Miller, his wife
and two children were picking cotton j
in their field, five miles this side of
Jasper, a few days ago, a dog came
trotting through the field and made a I ^
savage attack upon Mr. Mller who j .
fougtjt the dog as best he could. In I J*
kicking at the dog, he lost his balance ( ***
and the dog went on him, snapping
and bitin^at him. By vigorous kicks,
he managed to keep the dog from bit
ing him, but he and the animal were
both exhausted from their struggle
wnen the fight ended.
When the fight was over the dog
trotted on his Why and was seen no
more.
Genuine Cravanette Rain Coats.
These coats look like the ordinary cloth
over-coat, with all the style necessary to class
them as regular over-coats. At the same time
they are water proof. Come look at them.
$10 TO $20 00.
Aff. A. BRIGGS,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.
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