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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25,1905.
SEA ISLSM COT-
1011 GROWERS.
The Meeting Was Largely Attended
by Cotton Growers from Georgia
and Florida—Enthusiastic Speeches
Were Made by Hon Harvie Jordan,
Mr. Jack Williams, of Alachua, and
Other Prominent Men.
A meeting of the sea island cotton
growers of Georgia and Florida was
held here Thursday, there being from
six to eight delegates from all of the
counties in the sea island belt The
Florida counties have been more thor
oughly organized and the delegates
from Florida were in the majority.
Mr. • Theodore Randall, of Madison
county, Florida, was made temporary
chairman of the meeting, and Mr. H.
Y. Tillman, of this city, was secre
tary. Col. J. M. Wilkinson, of this
city, delivered the address of welcome
which was responded to by Mr. Jack
Williams, of Alachua, Fla. Both
speakers eulogized the calling of the
fanner and showed wherein it was
time for the sea island growers to
get together for their protection
Mr. Williams said that the farmers,
and the southern people, were dis
criminated against on all sides; that
while they raised a crop upon which
they had a monopoly and while they
furnished the markets for products
of other sections, they had nothing
to do with fixing the prices. “The fel
low over yonder,” referring to the
northern and foreign buyers, “fix the
price of what we sell as well as what
we buy. It costs 15 cents to bring a
barrel of Irish potatoes from New
York to Jacksonville and 57 cents to
cents to carry one from Jacksonville
to New York. It costs 17 cents to
bring a box of oranges from New
York to aJcksonvllle and 57 cents to
carry a box the other way.” These
■ things were mentioned, to show that
the south is not treated fairly Pro
tective measures are/ faxed; to help
one section atthe expfitt&Sf^* ****
'or, se baity t He applied whhj
—te—cottony Ch^yfanne?
raise, paying the , otherJpaan’d
for % what g#J* to make
being forced’ to soil it at pi
by $UwjA^He eloped with a tribute
Jto ttd® Harvie Jordan who was
Vlqpttfertjance, and Introduced him to
t thOf-audibnoe ^
£ ., Hon. Harvie Jordan Talks
Mr.' kjwfEm greeted with great
applauKMUl. spoke for nearly forty
minutes ‘Ke Mid his respects to the
specufatdnrPwho he said, sell -the cot
ton of the farmer before it is made
and fix prices'* months !h advance
where permitted to dp so He said
4. that organization was the way to meet
them and jfcfjeat them. He said com
bination IsV God’s way of doing things
—from combining the sunshine, show
ers and soil that make the crop to the
uniting of many hands to accomplish
a heavy task He said that the farm
ers have given the world both ends
of the rope and they are foolish if
they think the other crowd will not
hang them with it He gave a lot of
figures to show what the spinners ,get
out of a pound of sea island cotton
woven into thread or made into mer
cerized cloth. He said that he had
heard that the sea island growers
were at tho mercy of three men—Dut
ton, of Gainesville, Gordon, of Savan-
^ nah, and Brantley, of Blackshear. If
THE DAM CASE STILL
HOLDS ON IN COURT.
The Injunction to Prevent the Con
struction of a Dam Across the
Converse Branch Proves to be a
Hot Case—War of Grand Jury.
“They are still working on that
dam case,” said a man who came
from the superior court room this
morning, but he did not Intend to be
as profane as the remark sounded.
The case in question was the in
junction which was filed by the
Strickland Cotton Mill to prevent
Messrs. W. L. and A. Converse from
erecting a dam across the Converse
branch, which is said to furnish the
water supply for the mill and which,
it is claimed, the dam would greatly
impair.
The witnesses for the plaintiff had
their inning yesterday and this morn
ing and then the defendants’ wit
nesses took a turn. Much of the ev
idence was a matter of opinions as
to what effect the dam would have
upon the mill’s water supply. There
were witnesses who gave scientific
opinions as to the amount of evapora
tion on a given area, the amount of
absorption by sand and clay, the
amount of water which a tree drinks
up, how water is formed under the
earth and where the springs come
from.
This evidence was necessary, as all
of Jt figured in the contentions on
one side or the other. It was expec
ted that a verdict in the case would
be reached this evening and an ad
journment will be taken until Mon
day when the criminal docket will be
taken up.
With the Grand Jury.
The-grand Jury has been very busy
all of the week. More evidence was
before it in the investigation of Tim
McDonald’s alleged connection In the
murder of the Carter children. The
grand Jury is sifting this matter to
the bottom and a large number cf wit
nesses have been summoned and ex
amined .
The grand Jury returned thirty six
true bills on one batch yesterday most
of them on charges of gambling.
Arthur Connor was indicted yester
day for assault with tntent to murder
“ Scott at a frolic at PinjL Park
|fgf
idy for Georgia Monume
Forgo Bat)
they were to try and control upland
cotton, "we would run them out of
the country," he said. He defied the
world to buy any of this year's t
land cotton for less than ten cents.
Ho said that the federation of man
ufacturers, both in Europe and this
country have Invited the cotton grow
ers to a,conference to devise plans
to get rid of the speculators and the
meetlng-M&l be held before long.
Then, the cotton growers will deal
direct with .tho spinner and leave the
speculator and middle man out In the
cold
He appealed for expert knowledge
of classifying and handling the cot
ton, and for more brains and less mus
cle In tho cotton fields. Ho believed
that the sea island growers could
raise, the price of their staple to 25
cents a pound In ninety days If they
j would act together- He gave several
suggestions as to Jhe organlxatlon and
stated that he thought It might be bet
ter to make this association a branch
of the Southern Cotton Growers As
sociation. “If you decide to come In
with us, we will give the opposition
a tustle that they will remember," he
said.
He also appealed for the well-filled
smoke house and com crib, saying
| that It Is the farmers best friend. If
'not his best bank account The fight
for the prices of-cotton Is usually de-
Pennypackor. of
la;- anit Georgia, as one of
LAS WILL OF JOHN
r. young;
'Devided’Among Heirs.
Religious and Charitable Organiza
tions In Savannah and Valdosta
are Remembered by Him—Mills B.
Lane, J. W. Motte and D. C. Ashley
are Named as His Executors.
The last will and testament of the
late John R. Young was filed for
probate In the court of ordinary In
Savannah yesterday. The value of
the estate Is about $400,000.
The will was executed during his
last Illness at Johns Hopkins hospital
In Baltimore, on Oct. 20, 1905. By
Its provisions several religious and
charitable Institutions become bene
flciarie8 and the residue of the estate
is divided to relatives.
To the Independent Presbyterian
church of Savannah is bequeathed
$500. A like amount Is bequeathed to
the Presbyterian church of Valdosta.
Five hundred dollars are left to Pales
tine Commandery of Knights Tem
plar In Savannah and $250 are be
queathed to the new Knights Tem
plar lodge at Valdosta In the event
there Is no commandery there it is
directed that the amount be pajd to
St .John the Baptist Lodge of
of Valdosta.
To his nephews, John Young Rob
erts and Richard Garland Peeples,
$l,50o each Is bequeathed to be de
voted to their education. To Mrs.
Tommie Young Ashley is given his
large library to be by her divided as
directed in a letter. The household
furniture and personal effects are be
queathed to Mrs. Hannle Young Pee
ples.
To Miss Mec Young the sum of $75
a month until she is married. Mrs.
Hannah Young Peeples is to,; receive
a like sum as long at.sh*
Ur.
bung's sisters-who may become wid-
*■ * existence of the d-iat -
e to bb paida&long Mxhe
remains a widow.
The will directs that the balance of
the net Income from the estate shall
LIQUOR, FLOWED IN
The Officers Get Hold or Five Bar-
ur
There were About Six Hundred Bot
tles of the Stuff and it was Taken
From the Premises of One of the
Citizens There—A Negro Customer
Told of hie Purchase.
the thirteen original states, Is invited be so divided among the sisters and
to arrange to mark with a suitable brothers that they shall share equally
The fact that the recent very stren
uous session of the superior court in
Thomas county did not “cure” all of
the “blind tigers” Is shown by the fol
lowing from the Thomasville Times-
Enterprise of yesterday:
“Tom Duren will appear before po
lice court* on next Monday afternoon
to answer to the charge of having
on hand liquor for sale, In violation
of the city ordinances. The officers
searched hit place, found five barrels
of bottled goodff^&nd the guard house
swam with liquor. Mr. Duren furnish
ed bond for $5^0, Mr. Charles Davis
being his *urety.
“The circumstances leading up to
the raid were (Interesting and the
events exciting. The officers arrested
a negro named Jesse Slater on the
charge of "WVi liquor to a negro
woman. He waa caught with the
bottle In hi* possession and strenu
ously denied that he had sold It. Ha
said that he and the woman had to
gether contributed the sum of 51.25
and were going to mix a "splosh”.
He said that he had bought the liquor
from Mr. Duren himself not twenty
minutes before. He also said that ho
had frequently purchased whiskey
from Mr. Duren. Upon these state'
ments .Marshal Stephens and Olficor
Martin and Officer Doss under orders
from Mayor Roddenbery proceeded to
search Mr. Durden's premises on
Jackson street
"They found -five barrels, each
about half full pf bottled goods The
-barrel* were,*)! »tandlng under tho
front counter of the store a ,fewyt»«t
'from the front door An examtnhttpn
Of their content* showed that there
were about twolhundrod pint titles
of Manhr.Waw- -bcl;*elm, aaOwec-ml
amount of glB, about two hundred and
fifty half pWMbbttte* of com'SB®,
fifty bottle Of -Old Kenton" irtfHw
were loaded on Honry Smith'* dray
and taken to the guard house. The
officers point to the fact that the 11-
OLDEST WOMAN IN BROOKS
COUNTY PASSES AWAY.
Mr*. Mary J. Bryan Died There Last
Friday Morning.
Mrs. Mary J. Bryan, the oldest and
one of the most venerated women in
Brooks county, passed away last Fri
day morning.
She was almost a centennarian.
having fought the battle of life nea;-
ly ninety-seven years.
She was born In Wilmington, N.
C„ In 1809, and as Miss Mary Jam- The Damages Asked
Larkin was married to Capt. John E
SUES FOR $40,000
Mr. Smith, of Coffee County, Sues
the D„ A. & G. Ry.
are for the
Bryan after her removal to Brooks’
county, where she lived until thej
time of her death. j
Capt. Bryan was a successful and |*
prominent man and In 1854 was cill-
ed to his roward.
Mrs. Bryan has lived with her
daughter, Mrs. Jane Hunter, at their
country home during all the years
that followed. She has been remark
able for her splendid preservation of
mind and body, having had good
health until within a week of her
death when a violent cold seized her
from which she could not recover,
j Mrs. Bryan lived through the wa^s
of 1812, the Indian war, the civil war
and the Spanlsh-Amerlcan war. Few
people can boast of such longevity.
She was a member of the Primi
tive Baptist church and was earnest
ly devoted to its teachings and the
cause which it maintained. She was
baptized by Rev. John R. Battle
She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Jane
Hunter.
The funeral services occurred Fri
day afternoon at 8 o’clock from the
old Hunter church and were conduct
ed by Rev. Aaron Parrish in tho
presence of a large number of frlend3
and relatives.—Quitman Advertiser.
quor in Slater’s possession was a
quart bottle of this brand, that it was
in a case similar to the cases aroupd
each of the bottles in Mr. Duren’s bar
rel and that it was wrapped In blLJ
paper, similar to that contained In a
roll on Mr. Duren’a front counter .
“The negro is in the guard house
awaiting trial on tho charge against
him and will testify against Mr. Du*
ren. During the afternoon, the bottles
were smashed by the, offloers against
the side of the guard houseinter-
ested crowd watched the process of
and saw -the equivalent
hundred { dpllara {*>pk Into
v Miss Betay Wylie left yesterday for
Ttpy, Ala., where she will spend a few
v.e^ka before returning to her home
In Texas.
monument the location of her troops
on that famous field.
Governor Terrell has replied to Gov
ernor Penn^packer’s .letter, stating
that he will, with pleasure, refer the
matter to the general assembly at its
summes session.
Church of Christ Meetings.
The protracted services at
Church of Christ are attracting large
crowds every evening and the meet
ings are greatly enjoyed. The sing
ing is a very fine feature of the ser
vices and the discussions by Mr. F.
W. Smith, of Nashville, are full of
earnestness and force The services
begin each evening atf' seven o’clock.
Notice to Subscribers.
Subscribers to The Times when
writing to have their papers chang
ed to another postoffice, will please
give their former address. Please
bear this In mind and send both old
and new address.
termlned by who has the best filled
smoke house and corn crib. “When
we have that we do not have to sell
our cotton and the ability to hold it
is what counts.”
County Delegates Meet.
Mr Williams arose again and stat
ed tht the object of the association
was to Improve the cotton, the man
ner of preparation and the mode of
getting It to market
Each county then held a short
meeting and named delegates to meet
in one of the rooms for the purpose
of appointing committees to perfect
the organization.
At three o’clock this afternoon the
committee which was appointed this
morning from the various counties re
ported. They recommended that the
sea island association be an auxiliary
to the Southern Cotton Growers As so
elation and that Hon. Harvie Jordan
be named as president. Mr. Jack
Williams, of Alachua, was named for
vice president and Prof. F. G. Shell,
of Live Oak, as secretary, with J. Y.
Blitch, of Valdosta, as treasurer.
It was first decided to make Col.
W. S. West, of this city, president
of the sea island growers, but he re
fused to accept on account of the rule
which prevents persons holding polit
ical office from holding executive of
fices In the association.
The meeting today has been largely
attended and was characterized by
enthusiasm and determination on the
part of those in attendance.
except that Miss Mec Young and Mrs.
Peeples are to receive 60 per cent,
more than any of the others.
At the expiration of the trust the
estate is to be divided among the
brothers and sisters, per stirpes and
not per capita, in the same propor
tions as provided for in the division
of the income. F\ill power is given
to the trustees to sell, lease and in
vest the trusd estate in their discre
tion.
The rest of the estate is bequeath
ed in trust to Messrs. Mills B. Lane,
Warde Motte and D. C. Ashley, of
Valdosta, who are likewise nominat
ed executors. They are directed to
hold the estate under certain limita
tions and trusts for 15 years devot
ing certain amounts monthly as spec
ified. at the expiration of which the
estate is to be divided per stirpes
among the brothers and sisters of the
testator.
The trustees are relieved of giving
bond and are requested to confer
with Messrs. Cam U. Young, of Val
dosta, and Hupfh A. McEachern, of
Jacksonville .relative to matters con
cerning the estate. Mr. Ashley spent
the day In Savannah attending to mat
ters relative to the probating of the
Death of His 8on, who was Crush
ed Between the Cars in August—
Accident Alleged to Have Been
Result of Faulty Machinery.
E. Smith, of Coffee county, lias en
tered suit against the Douglas, Au
gusta and Gulf Railroad Company
for $1 (*,000 damages for the death of
his son. B. F. Smith, who was killed
while coupling cars on that road the
3d day of last August.
The young man was twenty-one
years of age and the suit includes
Ills expectancy in his life at one
thousand oollars a year.
It is claimed that the accident ras
the result of faulty machinery. The
throttle valve of the engine Is said
to have leaked and that It waa. there
fore. unmanageable. The young man
was engaged as a fireman and oar-
coupler and was doing his v.or . % It j
he met his death.
The plaintiff is represented by
Wilcox & Patterson, of this city anc-
S. C. Townsend, of Homervllle, and
the case will come up in the superior
court of Coffee county.
Acc deti&to Our Press
Many of our subscribers failed td
get their «aper yesterday on nccounfc .
of an accident to our press While J
running off the Dally several cogs»
broke in one of the wheels and they
had to be repaired before the work
of printing could go on It was noon
today before the temporary repairs
could he made. Many of our subscribe ••
ers Who did not get the Dally yeater- S'i
day should, get It today.
Thanksgiving Entertainment./
.Thursday Waning Nov. 30/,bi>glnul n *<i'i k
promiutiy •avelghi Orlnrf;; At^Tuemn* ^
and friends are nht'bnly. most cordial- ”
ly Invited, but are urg^f w attend.
For tfie benefit of th* school library
a very small admission fee will be
charged.
vtll.
It is specifically provided that
should any one of tho trustees die or
resign hi* trust a third shall bo chos
en so that at all times there shall be
three trustees of the estate.
It la understood that Mr. Young
carried life Insurance of thirty thou
sand dollars.
Grady's Quota of 8chool Children
State School Commissioner Merritt
has received reports from Grady coun
ty going to Bhow the extent of the
new county's school population. Thl*
was arrived at by estimate and agree
ment between the new county and
the two old counties from which It
was created. Grady takes 2,121 school
children from Decatur county and 2.-
722 children of school ago from
Thomas county, making a total for
the new county of 6,143. The distri
bution of tho state’s school fund Is
based on the school population.
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OurpReputation
i
For selling good clothing is well estab
lished. Our “ONE PRICE ONLY”
style of doing business is also well known.
To sell only good clothes at one price
only, means that the most careful at
tention has to be paid to both buying and
pricing.
This has been done here
and we are satisfied with
the results—a well bought,
carefully, selected and fair
ly priced line of modern
suits for men and boys.
We invite your inspection
of our clothing—let us ex
plain its merits. Buy
here and your appreciation
hf good merchandise will
be strengthened.
Fell From Train to Death.
A negro was killed by falling off
the train at the creek last Thursday
night while coming from Valdosta.
The negro had been to the circus
and by some means ho fell from the
train and was killed.—Quitman Ad-
ertlscr.
Mens’ Suits and Overcoats
$8.50 to $25.00.
Youths’ Suits and Overcoats
$5.00 to $15.00.
Childrens Suits and Overcoats
$1.75 to $7.50.
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