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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, 8ATLHJD DECEMBER 16. IWW.
JAIL BIRDS WANT
Burton and Ackerman Dont Think
They are Treated Right.
They Say That Since No True Bill
Waa Found Agalnat Them They
Ought to be Releaaed, Especially
Since They Make a Clear 8howlng.
Alleged Robbers Also Have Some
thing to Say.
James King, one of the alleg
ed robbers who was convicted here
A few days ago and sentenced to
eerve fifteen years In the chain gang
was quoted a few days ago as being
desirous of saying something in hts
own behalf, and desired a stenogra
pher to take down his statement
The Times mar went to the -Jail
this morning in company with a sten
ographer and expressed a willingness
to hear what he had to say. King
was hid In one of the cells and refus-
ed to come out "I haven’t got any
thing to say," he growled in answer
to a query.
"I have changed my mind If I ever
thought about talking. Just cut it
out so tar as I am concerned.”
"I would like to say something,”
said two or three of the others in one
volco.
“Let me talk first” same a sort of
chorus as several of the alleged pick
pockets came from their cells to have
their sajr.
"Get out of the way there and let
Burton talk,” said one of the men
to another who was trying to monop
olize the talking privilege.
"I amj Burton," said one of the"
smallest; men in the group, “and X
would like to say a few words,
have been here now for a month un
der the pharge of being a pickpocket.
I am getting letters from my compa
ny every few days wanting me to
make ont mj report. My lawyer
bas telegraphed them the situation
and haijtold them that I am In jail
cy. Here is a letter I re-
morning.”
i handed* the reporter a let-
one ot the agdnoieS. of the.
TOY8 FOR LITTLE BOYS
Some Thoughts on Gifts for Children
From Dr. Murray.
S’nee this is the season of toy-giv-
ing, the following remarks of
Glace Peckham Murray, from the
December Delineator, have a special
Interest:
"The tendency ot the present time
is to overload children with toys. Par
from being a help to a child, this de
frauds him. He should not have
surfeit of any of his senses. Toys
can be made the means of great de
velopment. They should be euch aa
will aid the Imagination and stlmu-
late the Inventive faculty. The Imag
ination of tho child is his most pre*
clous faculty. I cannot lament with
a recent writer, the mental activity
of the child of today, who would rath
er have a piece of machinery or an
electrical toy that ne can pull
pieces and put together again than
old-fashftAd play things. Rather
one should rejoice that the brain ac
tivity of children expands Itself i
that which is useful. I have seen
boy's eyes sparkle with enjoyment
and Intelligent Interest when at ten
years of age, be was working over an
electric battery. His mind was grasp
ing the mysteries of physics with a
sureness that would have done cred'
It to an older mind. The point Is,
arouse the children’s minds and lmag
lnatlons through their games, their
toys, to an Interest in that which will
be useful to them all their lives. Then
there will not be need of so much
cramming at school.”
•that
-the
nd stating
; ho should send in his re
ports at' once The letter .-refers to
the vagrancy charge and the writer
evidently did not understand the
Georgia law on that subject, as it
expressed surprise to know that Bur
ton was' a drinking man. From the
letter one would suppose that the
writer thought drunkenness consti
tuted vagrancy In Georgia
•'I had, about {60 of the company’s
money When I was arrested and they
naturally suppose that I have run off
with It, or rather that I am not acting
straight with them. Besides the time
1 have lost,the humiliation that 1
have suffered, to say nothing of the
physical suffering that I have endur
ed in this miserable place, I am put
in a had light before my employers.
I did not kick so long as a legal In
vestigation was being made, but now
that the grand jury has been unable
to get aaythlng against me and as I
have given the officers ever oppor
tunity to ascertain whether or not I
am straight, It think It Is time some
thing was being done to get my re
lease. There is no legal reason whyj
Stolen Jewelry Waa Recovered,
The burglar that entered Col. S.
W. Hitch’ a residence on Williams
street Thursday night was evidently
after money only. On Gilmore street
near Mr. C. L. Allen's the burglar
broke open the jewelry case tie had
stolen from the residence, and on
finding it contained jewelry only,
ew It down. The most of the jew-
Jp the case was recovered. A no-
gro had found part of the jewelry
and on going to the place where he
found it, the case was found, which
still contained the most valuable ar
ticles stolen from Col. Hitch’s resi
dence.—W^ycross Herald.
Killed 8everal Wildcats.
-The four Swllley boys, J. G., W. R„
W. P. and J. W., went on a cat
hunt Saturday night and after catch-
jng. a number , of coons, their doga
tgi &Ha|n the trail of some^wCdcata
and killed (two of them. LaJ£r f
struck another trail' and capturec
monster wildcat, after a cliaae of
thrte hours. The Swilley ^oys say
they have some fine dogs and they
never go hunting without bagging
big game.
Organizer Webb's Appointments.
Rev. W. W. Webb, of Hahlra, was
made one of the organizers for the
Sea Island Cotton Growers at their
recent meeting here, and he announc
es the following appointments.
At Homerville, Tuesday, Dec. 19.
At Waycross, Wednesday, Dec. 20.
At Folkston, Thursday, Dec. 21.
At Jesup, Friday, Dec. 22.
At Baxley, Saturday, Dec. 23.
To Remodel Postoffice.
The post office building is to have
a new stone front and be otherwise
remodeled and new furniture Is to be
put In. The entire place is to under
go a change and there will also be an
addition of many new post office box
es. The work upon the Improvements
is to begin at once.
Miscellaneous toys for Children can
be found in the -greatest array and
r rtould be held longer and l”would I best selection at Sam Breedlove's,
like for the public to know It.”
Sam Ackerman, a Jew, next came for holding
to the side ot the cell and made his
statement. He said that he was ta
ken off of the train as a suspicious
character, but that he had undergone
a rigid examination and that nothing
could be found wrong with him. He
said that he had been working for
parties in Demopolls, Ala., and that
he was on his way to Bainbridge
and then back to his home when he
was arrested. He said that after the
grand Jury failed to find a true bill
against him, he was kept in Jail un-
der a $500 bond for vagrancy. “I
had money to pay my hotel bill, a
I would like to have a word Jn
that,”^ said Frank Moran. ‘‘This
thing is so damn rotten it’s sweet.”
He then told about leaving Cincin
nati for Jacksonville with his wife
and mother-in-law, of turning back
at Jacksonville In order to look at
Valdosta and Bainbridge, the two
towns having been recommended to
him as good locations for a saloon.
His statement was about as he told
it in court, though he ridiculed the
manner of his identification and also
his conviction. He was particularly
severe upon the sheriff and Police
‘w no who
IS SORRY
railroad ticket and a little over when | Commissioner Peeple* and said that
I waa arrested, which shows that I.he was never identified until he was
was not a vagrant. The deputy
sheriff swore out the warrant against
me and I understand that he wants
to withdraw the prosecution, as he
Is convinced that there is nothing
wrong with me. There is no bath
pointed out to the man who was to
identify him.
James Hickey also asked to he al
lowed to make a statement He
spoke in much the same manner as
Moran did except that he was not so
tub in this Place and tt Is too filthy] bitter. He says that Detective Ryan
here to keep a man from week
week when there are no charges
against bln. They said one time
that they
Macon
about that. 4 A11 I aak Is that they
will make
the truth
If I am
,n honest effort to find out
•bout me and act upon It.
allty, let me be punished,
place Just
body who
tad charges against me at
I have heard no more
but I J 01 1 went to be kept in this
to gratify the wish of some
Us trumped up a protect I cencc.
laid the blame upon them in order
to shield Rlngltng’s gang of pick-
pockets, after he aaw that some one
was going to get In trouble.
The alleged robbers aro a noisy
crowd and they keep up some kind
of racket In the Jail all of the time.
They are thoroughly down on Val
dosta and this Bectton of the coun
try. but that Is to be expected and
is not the least Indication of
Says Bishop Turner.
..The A. M. E. Conference at Quit,
man Is Fully Organized and Has
Taken up Ite Work—A Full Report
of the Seeelon Reported for The
Tlmee by ite Appointed Correepon*
dent.
Quitman, Ga., Dee. 14,—The A,
M. E. Conference which
yesterday completed lti organisation
and had Its annual sermon preached.
The first hymn was announced by
Rev. W. 0. P. Sherman, D. D., of
Waycross. Rev. J. G. Robinson, D.
D., of Rome, offered prayer. ’’Near!
er My God to Thee,” was led by Rev.
Wm. Jones.
Bishop Turner made a few brief
remarks. He said a few words on
the race question and said, "any ne
gro who was sorry because he was
black was a fool." He charged tho
men to be gentlemen, courteous, hon
est and ministerial in their bearings
while here at the conference.
A little booklet of scriptural quota,
tions, compiled by Bishop Turner,
was presented by him, and hundreds
of them were bought by the minis
ters to be used as a uniform order
of service for opening the conference
and In the churches throughout Geor
gia.
Dr. R. H. Singleton, the presid
ing elder of the Valdosta district, was
elected chief secretary, with Rev. L.
N. McMlllen assistant. By motion,
no statistical secretary was elected.
The hours of meeting was fixed and
the bar arranged, Revs. J. E.
Brown, J. B. Brown, Ed. McCray,
J. W. Jenkins, E. M. Hawkins, R.
Pierce, J. M. Stevens, Wm. Dukes,
M. T. Robinson and B. F. Thomas
were elected marshals. Rev. P. W.
Greatheart was called upon to in
struct the marshals, which he did In
ipt and pointed speech.
■porters were elected to report
proceedings to all the church pa-
; also, Rev. J, 0. Robinson,
D.,-wts (elected to givtr
to the Savannah News, Valdosta
Times, Macon Telegraph, and the At
lanta Journal. Rev. R. D. Stinson
was requested to telegraph reports
to tho New York World and Atlanta
Constitution.
The following visitors were Intro
duced: Revs. L. H. Smith, J.
Hall, W. E. Bailey, S. D. Roscboro,
H. Johnsor, W. E. Shaw, C. J
Rice, P. F. Curry, M. M. Ponton,
B. F. Franklin, A. J. E. Harris,
transferred to this conference; A. J
Bennett, P. E. East, Florida confer
ence; H. R. Robinson F. A. White,
Florida conference transferred to this
conference.
Tho annual sermon waa preached
last night by Rev. B. J. Ross. The
welcome address was delivered by
Prof. S. E. Monroe. He delivered a
very eloquent address. Rbvb. J. A
Brackett, D. D. and J. G. Robinson,
D. D., responded.
Conference Notes
Rev. J. A. Hadley, D. D., R. V.
Branch, and L. W. McMIllon, of Sa
vannah made excellent reports and
bring well wishes of Savannah with
them.
nev. T. N. M. Smith, of Valdosta,
who Is mentioned In connection with
the bishopric, also Rev. Alon Cooper,
are the two big leaders of the confer
ence:
The presiding elders aro Revs. I.
. Thomas, D. D., R. M. S. Taylon
. D., J. A. Brockett, D. D., A.
Cooper, D. D., E. B. Brown, O. W.
Butler, C. W. Simon, W. H. Wells
and D. S. Wells,
TO HAVE CHRISTMAS TRIE
Arrangements srs Under,Way for sn
Enjoyable Tims at Cecil,
The young peoj|l; oi‘^rfl past on
Tuesday for the purpose of making
preparations for:a Christmas tree on
Monday night, Deo. 25th. The com
mittee on arrangements Is composed
of Geo. Spurlook, Ida Judge and Fan
nie Mathis.
The following were appointed com
mittees to procure and dress the tree
Astor Graddy, Tom Judge, B. Futch',
James Jones, John McClelland, Wil
lie Robinson, Beulah Paters, Fannie
nie Mathie.
The committee appointed to cut
the presents from thp true and deliv
er to the owner it composed ol P. N.
Mathis, J. F. Graddy, H. H. Burton,
T> A. Judge, Inell Ifoltom and Mae
Kennedy.-
• The following boys!-were appointed
a committee to c»rr)[ presents to the
church: Roy Futch,I:John Kennedy,
Jr., Charlie Byrd, BjJrim Mathis.
AU of’Tthe peopl* aro Invited to go
to the Christmas tree 'and to contrib
ute presents to the same.
Holcomb-GIbbons Wedding.
The home of Hr, N. Holcomb
was the scene ofa
wedding last evenii
parties being bis nleee, Hiss Emma chickens . .
Holcomb, of GreenvOIs, S. O., and Bees Wax '
Col. B. J. Gibbons,'of Norfolk, Va. Tallow
THE LOCAL MARKET
REPORT
The bride was
gowned in silk mull
The ceremony
Rev. L. R. Chi
alve manner.
After the coi
wishes, the bridal party repaired to
the Valdes hotel where sn elegant
supper was served. The happy coup-
Cotton In,Valdosta.
Upland, Good Middling 11
Middling 10%
Market dull.
Sea Island, Fancy 18%
No. • 17%
No. 2 16%
* No. 3 16
Market firm.
Cotton In Savannah.
Upland n%
8oa Island ig c
Provisions.
Flour patent per barrel .. .. ..{6.60
Meat, D. S. Bellies 9 to 10c
Hems, picnic (retail) .... lo to 12c
Hams, sugar cured 14 to 18c
Market upward.
Corn, per bushel 80c
Meal, per bushel 76c
Hay, per 100 pounds {l.„o
Oats Whtto CIlpp per bushel.. ..60c
Oats, Texas, per bushel, 50c
„ . 1 Produee.
pretty homo Egg8 36c
Butter 30 to 36c
30 to 40c
23 to 25c
4c
Hides dry dint 16c
Hides, green salt 10c
and best
Virginia.
Knight for the Senate.
Hon. John P. Knight has served In
the lower branch of the Georgia leg-
talature for several years, and as this
is Berrien's time to furnish a member j Improper are carefully bundled up an“
-- . -.w: v.:-, . for the upper house from the counties consigned to the maw of a furnace,
le left at 11 o clock oror the north of Berrien, Lowndes and Echols it is which in tho course of a year reduces
DOUDu train for their III til TO homo in nntlir.il innnma that ho liaa dn. ! ♦«> ham'laaanass an Immasiaa atnmtnf
UNCLE 8AM KEEPS 8ECRET81
When your Lsttsre go Astray hs Sees
That no Harm Comes of Them.
The Dead-Letter Omce at Washing
ton la the depository of a multitude off
secrets In. the course of a year many
hundreds of thousands of letters are
opened there and their contents read
Not a little of the matter contained
In these communications la of a pri
vate and confidential nature, and
some of It might do a great deal of
damage If made public? But there
has never been a case In which Infor
mation of the kind has been divulged.
When possible .often by the utmost
exercise of Ingenuity In deciphering
illegible addresses and hunting for
missing Individuals, letters are finally
delivered or else returned to the wr*t-
But there aro not Infrequent In
stances where the return of compro
mising missives might make serious
trouble, and In such cases, at the din-
cretlon of t ehofflclalo in charge they
are burned
For example, a married woman
might imprudently mall her photo
graph, with a too affectionate inscrip
tion, to a man of her acquaintance,
with every reason to fear unpleasant
consequences in the event of Its com
ing back from the Dead-Letter office.
In cases ot this sort discretion must
be exercised. It is Important that
people recover their lost letters, but
it is of far greater consequence, now
and then, that Uncle Sam should re
frain from sending them back, bury
ing in his bosom, so to Bpeak, the se
crets they contain. Where photo
graphs aro concerned ,the Dead-Let
ter office asBumes the functions of a
censor, and all that are judged to her
Land for 8sle.
I have 467 sores of farm land, 100
acres cleared—half bammook and the
other half pine land,' 76 acres uncleared
natural to suppose that he has de- i to harmtysness an immense amount
signs on that oxalted position. In of material that might be Injurious
fact, his friends do not hesitate to say I to the happiness of 00”':tlesi Individ-
so We have hoard of no other aspl- ] uals.
rants, but It is the biggest persim
mon in the tree and It Is ppsslble that
hammock. 'Public road ronning through; of the boys may take a notion
middle ofplaoe. Known as apart of! to make a try for it.—Nashville Her-
the Walton ptaoe in the J6th distriot ot- a |g t
Lowndes oounty, Will sell It at a bar
gain. Apply to B, F. Lane, Dasher,
Ga, R P. D. No. 8.
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Marriage Announcement
Cards are out announcing the ap
proaching marriage of Miss Johnnie
McLean Glllla, of DeFuniak Springs,
, - , - — Fla., to Mr. Wlhner Edward Quar-
Finest dolls at The Empire Store, termah, ot this city, the wedding to
111 North Patterson St.
’ occur on the evening of. the 28th YpsL
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4
An Old Berrien County Boy.
Mr. I. S. Glddens.a retired capital-
1st of Tampa, Fla., was in Add Mon
day, a guest of his niece Mrs. W. B.
Wilkes. Mr. Giddeus was reared in
Berrien county and went to Tampa
when It was hardly a large as Adel.
He was treasurer of the county there
for fourteen years and made a for
tune in the wholesale grocery busi
ness. He has a summer home In
Monteagle, Tenn, and spends a good
deal of the time there. His wife is
visiting In Valdosta. Her health bos
not been good for some time but Is
now much improved. Mr. Glddons
has many frlenda in Berrien who were
glad to see him.—Adel News.
Mr. Glddens is a brother of Mrs.
J. B. Carter, of Valdosta, and Mrs.
Giddens has been a guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Carter for a few days.
LOST—The party who took by mis
take a John B. Stetson hat from the
Crystal Barber shop on Saturday
lnno-1 night please return the same and get
J his own hat. A. Zanders.
Just A Wot
d About
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vlulllvO
If you want to buy a snit and KNOW you are buying the best that is
made, buy Stein-Bloch’s. They are not the cheapest In price, but qual
ity, style and fit all considered they are not high. The prices we name
fur these goods are higher than many people care to pay, but don’t
think all of our goods are Stein-Bloch’s for we keep the best medium-
priced clothes also.
STEIN-BLOCH SUITS,
OTHER MAKES,
M. A.
$18.50 to $25.00
$10.00 to $17.00
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