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VALDOSTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1905.
POSTAL’S FIGHT IN
NORMAN INSTITUTE HAS
A HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE
Ward Fought Struggle to Keep Postal
Telegraph Company out of the Land
of Flowers Comes to Naught—The
Atlantic Coast Line its Chief Oppo
nent In the Fight.
For some months the Postal Tele
graph Cable Company has been trying
■Eb feet a network of wires throughout
Florida. The Western Union tike had
practically a monopoly of the business
for many years. It has contracts with
the railroads, over whose lines it runs
its wires and in return for telegraphic
service tho railroads distribute mate
rial for the keeping up of the wires
/of the company.
When the Postal attempted to enter
the Florida field the railroads ,in ac
cordance with their contracts with the
Western Union refused to give it the
same advantages in service that they
gave the Western Union. The first
difficulty which the Postal met was in
getting a right of way along ‘the tracks
of the railroads for the placing of
poles. This difficulty was overcome by
an act of tho last legislature, which
gives tho company the right to con
demn rights of way, and thie was done*;
•soon as the comp Any was to begin.
aliiyiiifcUto of
One of the Dormitories for Boye was
Destroyed Yesterday Morning by
Firs, Involving s Loss of $7,500.
Th© Moultrie Observer gives the fol*
lowing account of a diastrous fire at
Norman Park yesterday.
"Killls Horne Ball, the dormitory
for boys at Norman institute was de
stroyed by fire this morning between
seven and eight o’clock. The loss is
heavy. It will reach $7,500 at least,
and there was insurance for only two
thousand dollars. The fire originated
in the roof of the large wood struc
ture, from whnt cause Is not known
Tho blaze soon passed beyond the
stage where it could be hoped to extin
guish it and the boys set to work
carrying out r the furnishing. Very lit*
tie could be saved, as the flames soon
covered the entire building.
"This is the first loss by'fire the In
stitute has ever had and it is a se
vere one. It left a large number of
boys out of a bpard place for a time,
but the good people of Norman Park!
came to their rescue and took them
to their homes until the building can
be rebuilt. Good homes have already
been provided for every boy.
"The Observer received a telephone
message from Norman Park this Af
ternoon which stated that a large
brick dormitory would replace tho
burned one and that it would go up
in the shortest time possible. Friends
of the school of coarse feel the heavy
loss, hnt they are by no means discour
aged.
The* students held a meeting in the
auditorium at noon making a great
demonstration of leyalty and in in
spiring speeches pledged their "unfal
tering support to the school.”
THE VALDOSTA EX-
PRESSJRAIN
To fie Operated Again Between
The New Train Will be. Put on Next
Sunday and will Greatly Improve the
Already Excellent Service <on the
Georgia, Southern and FlorWa Road.
.X3SAULT W*|
and wires were offered for.transporta-j
P tion to the/Atlantic Coast Line. The|jThorm>8 County Official* Will tnvesti-
rallroad company replied that, while-' gate the Case,
it would haul:the poles, wires and oth*‘; Thcmasville, Ga., Nov. 17—The ofll
er materials from one station to an-^<*ers were informed this afternoon of
other when they were effered for j criminal assault upon a 12-year-old
transportation, it declined to furnish j daughter of Hark Hadley, colored/
a train to distribute them along the - Hadley lives on the place of James
tracks as it had done for the Western Matthews at a turpentine still, nine
I Union. miles west of Thoiiinsvllle. When ho
On complaint of the Postal Compa- jeame home at noon he found his
ny against the Coast Line the matter j daughter in an exited condition. She
came up recently for a hearing before declared that she was assaulted at
the Railroad Commissioners of Flor-110:30'o’clock by a strange white man
wearing a beard It is supposed that
he was a tramp passing through the
community or a resident In disguise.
The family are hard working ne
groes. Their employer believes the
story end is aiding in tho pureult.
Sheriff Hight was asked to go With
his doge, but is out of. town <on official
business.
Ida. The Postal charged the railroad
with discrimination in performing a
service for tbe Western Union that It
would not perform for the Postal and
petitioned the commissioners to order
the discrimination of material to be
stopped and to prescribe a-reasonable
rate for the performance of the serv
ice by the railroad company.
.The commissioners have rendered
a decision In accordance with the re
quest of the Postal Company.
•The Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad has announced that tho Val
dosta Express, which gave ouch excel
lent passenger service on -that road
several years ago is to bo 'established
again, the new train being put on next
Sunday,
The following is the official notic/i in
regard to the new service:
"Effective with Sunday, November
19th, 1905, the Georgia Southern and
Florida railway, will put on an addi
tional train between Macon and Val
dosta.
"This train wil be known as the
Valdosta Express and will be schedul
ed to leave union depot, Macon at 6:45
a. m., arriving at Cordole 9:30 a. m.;
Tifton 11:10 a. m. and Valdosta 12:518
noon. Returning, the train will leave
Valdosta at 4 p. m. arriving at Tifton
at 5:43 p. m.; Cordeks at 7:15 p. m
and at Macon 9:35 p. m. All local
stops will be made ’ between Macon
and Valdosta, and until other arrange*
ments are made tho train will he opai*
ated to accommodate both the passen
ger and freight service ,
The proposed schedules of the Val
dosta Express will enable passengers
Jit 1ck4> Maeon
spemRigootl pori
town on the G. S. & V. between Macon
and Valdosta and return home at'9:T5;
at night. Its facilities for handling,
with dlspatdh all freight shipments
destined to Florida are unequaled.
"A few years ago the Valdosta Ex
press was first placed in service but
It was afterwards decided to dlscontin*
ue the operation of same until a later,
date. The .marveloim developmeirt of.
SEN. BACON’S DAUGHTER
DECORATED BY SULTAN.
Tfce Ruler of Turkey Wanted to Pile
Hit Honors Upon the 8enator, but
he Declined the Honor and It Went
to Hia Daughter.
Washington. D. 0., Nov. 17.—The
saltan of Turkey has conferred a de
coration on Mrs. Willis S. Parks,
daughter of Senator Bacon, of Georgia.
Senator Bacon passed through Wash
ington several days ago on his way from
New York to his home, in Macon, Ga,
after an extensive tour of foreign coun
tries, daring which he visited Constant
inople and received from the sultan tho
decoration of Mrs. Parks. Tho ordor of
which the waajor’s daughter is made a
member is said to bo the samo as that
with which Robert Goelet. of New
York, wqp doporated a year or two ago
by the ruler o^tTnrkey.
Seuator Bacon made a visit in Const
antinople this summer as tho guest of
Minister Leislxnan at the American
legation. Dnriug his stay he was invit
ed to tbo palace for an audience with
tlie saltan. Conversation between the
American legislator and his rugal host
was carried on by means of an interpre
ter. In the coarse of the interview tho
sultan expressed hie desire to confer an
honorable deporaticn on tha senator
himself, hurt was informed that the
United States government forbado its
offtaals acooptiug tiecoratiom from for
eign, government. Tho sultan then sug-j
gested that the decoration ha conferred'
on'the senator’s daughter, Mr. Baoou
aeo opted fie honor-.
la addition to the decoration, Sena
tor Bacon received also from the saltan
two handsome fclr.ua vases as gifts for
Mrs. Bason and the senator’s other
daughtac,Mn. J.Uaniey Gurry,of Macon.
The decoration 5*5 in the form of a parch
ment docnnmijtgmd was brought to this
juA heavily seal
A
other.
Thevx nfcrHfc of'tlie honor on -Mrs.
-fjparksii* of particular' interest, owing
MORE GLOOMY IN
RUSSIAJODAY.
The Strikers are Being Encouraged
in Some Mysterious Way.
The Workmen’* Council Returned a
Scornful Reply to M. Witt’* Person-
al Appel to "Brother Workmen”—A
Panic Created on the Bourse by
Rumoro of New Appointment.
St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 17.—
The outlook for an early collapse of
the strike is more gloomy today and
the situation distinctly more men
acing in different portions of the
empire. Workmen are encouraged
by the extension of the strike in St.
Petersburg. It is manifest that the
workmens’ Council has received
funds from a mysterious source,
and in consequence they are con
stantly presenting a bolder front.
The Council returned a scornful
reply to Witte’s personal appeal to
brother workmen,” ridiculing tho
government’s profession of solici
tude for the workmen, and renew
ing demand for the abolition of
martial law in Poland.
The imperial ukase on the land
question, which was issued today
wipes out forty millions of dollars
of the peasant’s arrearages, but the
promises of additional land are too
vague to calm the starving peasants,
who in the valleys of the Don and
Volga, are again marching from
place to place, plundering, pillaging
and murdering. No confirmation
INN0CENT[MAN IS KILLED„
to tlnv fact that Senator Bacon in a mem
iborof tf. 10 foreign rcUtieuH committee
of the agnate
Tlie acceptance of Ikxjoth from foreign
govemn ents by members of congress iH
^vigorously opposed by.many members
of tlioAuruseaudfiOJiate. Senator Spoon
South Georgia arid the natural" In" 'T 1* particularly umpludir in his obfec
crease In passenger and freight traffic^
occasioned thereby bag made it de
sirable to re'estatflitlh the service of
this train, which will be of much con
venience to the traveling public and of
great benefit to all of Central and
South Georgia."*
They Fought and Ran.
A negro named BTT1 Bradly and an-:
other negro had a fight today in rear
Officers from here will -/go, of Ham’s stable. The police got af-
fco Investigate tomorrow.
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ter them and they 'Tan up stairs in
the stable and Jumped from second
story window, effecting their escape.
• tion to the practice It was on account
«of this seiitimeiiS that Mr. Bacon declin
ed tin*invitation of the snltan to .join
the honorable,and substituted his dough -
(far* as the recipient of the honor.
Reid JDnming. Home
London, Nav. 17—As no question
ie pending requiring the presence
here of United States' Ambassador
Reid he Sias decided to ^pend Christ
mas holiday in . America, Heaving ear-
fo’ In Deaemoer. Mrs. RHd and Mies
It fid will accompany him .
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Penza.
A panic was created on the bourse 1
yesterday by the report that the
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholvitch,
had boon appointed military die- j
tutor. The chancellor denied pos
itively that any person had been'
appointed dictatei and said it had!
been decoded not to establish mar-'
tial law to St. Petersburg. The first
inceting'of the cubinet since the cre
ation of the new ministry, was held ,
today, Uhe meeting having been
called at (Count Witte’s suggestion.'
Emperor Nicholas presided. I
Attempt to Assassinate the Governor.*
Riga, Roland, .Nov. 17.-—An un
successful attempt was made to as
sassinate if he Governor of Riga to
day.
Kalish, Poland, Nnv. 17.—Martial
law is being rigidly enforced here
and suspicious persons forced to
leave the city.
FOR ALLEGED DESPERADO
W. E. Langford, 8ormerly sf Clinch
County, was Shot by a Florida Sher
iff In Pursuit of a Gang sf Law
breakers.
Tho following dispatch *rom Icillu
Fla., gives tho particulars la regard
to tho killing of W. E. Langford, for
merly of Clinch county, brief mention
of which has already appeared in Tin
Times:
The fatal wounding of W. E. Lang
ford Saturday night was the result *»i
a terrible mistake Some tough char
acters from the turpentine camps had
been in towfi on a spree, in the coui.se
of which they flourished pistols frooi..
and terrorized several haclunen ami
other peaceful people, appropriating
one carriage whose driver went to. tue
authorities with his complaint.
"Shoiff Gordan, with Deputies Hui
son and Weaver, started out to gutliei
the turbulent parties In. When in tlie
locality where tho disturbers had last
been 3oen, they mot a carriage wlili
throe occupants, whom they took io
be tho men they were in search of
They ordered them to stop.
"On the other hand the driver of tic
carriage, tho boy with him and tht
passenger, who was Mr Langford, took
the officers to be the toughs who had
been terrorizing that part of town
Tho driver and the boy Jumped from
the carriage and ran and Langford put
his hand in his hip pocket, thoug •
unarmed, and told tho officers to con.i
no nearer. At this, Deputy Sheriff
Hutson fired. Tho ball struck Mi
Langford In the abdomen. Ho d <t
not know at first that he was bun
Ho was taken to the hospital and gi
en every attention possible. His wife
employer, Mr. W,
•tune’ up A****! Wf*ii w
wood Immediately aud stayed widi
him to tho end, which camo at 1
o”clock thin morning
"Mr. Langford was from Clinch
county, Georgia, and was about 3
years old. IIo leaves a wife and i
1-year-old son. He was very mu '»
esteemed by Ills employer and neigh
bors in Sumter county, where he ha <
lived the last few years’’
His Father is a Fugitive.
New York, Nov. 17—Frank B. Jor
dan, son of tho former comptroller
of tho Equitable, was first witness be
fore the Insurance Investigating com
mittee this morning. He declared
ho did not know the whereabouts of
his father, nor whether he Is alive.
Joseph A. Purdy, assistant register
of the Equitable, produced vouchers
for legal expenses of company for last
ten years. Other witnesses examin
ed on same subject.
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