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VALDOSTA, GA., SATU
THE CLIMAX WAS
Major Gillette Created Interest
Green-Gaynor Case. *
He Touched Upon Some Things That
Happened When the Government
wap Being Robbed Several Years
• Ago—He was Ostracised In Sdvan-
nah Because he Unearthed Crooked
Work.
Savannah, Feb. 15.— 1 The climax
to Hon. W. W. Osborne’s cross ex
amination of Maj. Cassius E. Gil
lette proved intensely dramatic in
the Green and Gaynor case yester
day.
, The last question that was to have
been asked the witness was in re’
gard to a conversation Maj. Gillette
was supposed to have had with Capt.
Thomas H. Rees about the charges
against Capt. Carter.
This question served as an open
ing for the witness to give expres
sion to a number of intensely in
teresting things that have been pent
up since the courtmartial, and he
said them in a way that was dram*
atic in the extreme.
In the cataract of words that broke,
forth in response to the query, Maj.
Gillette repudiated Capt. Rees’s ver*
sion of the conversation, injected in
to his statement his recollection of
a conversation he had with Mr. Os
borne a few weeks subsequent to
Us'coming to Savannah in 1897, and
entered into a-detailed discussion of
his feelings as a result of his alleg
ed criticism by Savannahians, be
cause he unearthed Capt. Carter’s
crooked transactions.
Keyed to High Pitch,
This was decidedly the most inter
esting scene that has been present
ed since the beginning of the trial
of Capt. Benjamin D. Greene and Col.
John F. Gaynor on charges of con
spiracy to defraud fhe government
and embezzlement of millions of the
government’s money,.
During Maj. Gillette’s statement,
and during all of the subsequent' ex
amination of the witness, the audi
ence, which was the largest since
the trial opened, was keyed to a high
pitch.. Maj.- Gillette spoke with
marked earnestness. It was mani
fest that he was giving expression to,
something for which he had long de
sired the opportunity. He spoke rap
idly, positively and* forcefully, and
appeared to be greatly relieved when
he had finished.
Mr. Osborne sought to reserve the
privilege of going on the stand and \
giving his version of the conversa-
OLD LIGHTNING ROD GAME
TWICE-A-WEEK /
FEBRUARY 1 7 , L1O6.
BOOKER PUPILS
SEE TEDDY.
then eft, saying the rods would be
put i p in a few days.
The same Jay another man drove
up v ai.d placed rods on the building.
After he was through he show-jl the
’‘article of agreement,” in which Wll
sen prt mlsed to pay $450 for the Job*
Afte** some controversy agent No ^2
.. ... ...... , »S>eed to settle the affair tor n note
tlon which was Injected Into the case for fm payaWe , n ten daya
gratuitously by the witness, but he
was warned by Judge Speer that he
had better object to that part of Maj.
Gillette’s statement that referred to
him and ask that it be withdrawn
from the jury.
Swindlers Fleece Farmer Out of $203
vby Ancient Dodge.
Huntington, Feb. 15—A few days
ago a well-dressed man driving two
fine horses stopped at the farm of
Samuel Wilson, in Spruce Creek,
said his name was Reynolds, and
that he was the son of a rich man
In Center ‘county. He asked permis
sion to put up lightning rods on th?
building as an advertisement He de-
clarad it would cost the farmer noth j
Ing. Wilson agreed to this, and the 1 . .
mao filled an article of as-aement J The Pr **T ,nt G » v « Them « Cordial 1
which the farmer Blgned. The agent
GOOD HOPE SCHOOL.
Thirty Negroes From Manassas
4
Graetli% and Made a 8peech—The ! ® elle . M ?° re
■ , Gurtha Moore
Negroe^g Some Songs That ! Annibel Moore
D -e.e"tJ0^,the Prealdent and ■ Mamie Bnmtiey
Caua’ad Him to Comment Upon I*, j nScl Allen
Washington, Feb. 15-Rev. Dr. | AltertM^nk 1 .
Edward lcverett Hale, the venerable Julia Norton
chaplain of the senate ant Booker Lizzfe Peters’ 67
T. Washington, principal of the Tus*
kegee.^Ala.) Institute, presented to
the president in the East Room of
the white house yesterday about 30
of the students of the industrial insti*
tute located at Manassas, Va. The
students sting two or three songs for
the president, who afterwards greet
ed each one of them personally.
When the students were presented
President Roosevelt said in part:
“I have felt about the schools of
which this is a type, just for instance
as I feti' about' Mr. Washington’s
school elf; Tuskegee, that one of the
reasons they are so good 1b that they
can serve as an example of which
we should try to develop^
many schools of the kind
for the white people, jus
so as tor the colored
white man needs just at
colored Man to la
forVune for workingman.
Young Welshman, Tolling in Shops,
Hears of $250,000 Bequest
Johnstown, Ph., Feb. 15—Fred G.
Thompson, a young Welshman, who
recently came to this country and
entered the employ of the Cambria
Steel Company was at work today
when the mailman handed him a let
ter from his sister, informing him
that he had been left $250,000 by the
will of his uncle, John Morgan, of
Hairwin, South Wales.
Mr. Thomas was reared in the
home of his uncle, who was childless
and who amassed a large fortune.
^LOST—Waterman, Fountain pen
No. 14 on Friday evening of last wee*
Suitable reward for return to J. H. j
Powell,“at J. L. Staten & Co.’s-.
10-dfand w-tf.
WHOLESALE
HAY, GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED SUPPLIES.
I sell nothing less than sack, box or barrel.lots, and can save yon money if you bny^in these quantities, I travel no
salesmen on the road, thereby giving the trade the benefit ot this saving in expenses.
SPECIAL—I bought 3 cars of No. One North Carolina Seed Peanuts before
the rise in price, and will give the trade the advantage of same.
A. H. DUKES, Valdosta, Ga.
• Busy Mllltown it Growing.
Milltown, Ga., Feb. 15—Mllltown is-
.having the biggest boom in its his
tory. Numbers of new buildings
have .been completed recently.
Among those in erection is a large
brick store on Main street by Dorsey,
Tally & Co- A two story residence
by J. D. Dorsey, a two-story resi
dence by J. E. Jessup, a very attrac
tive resilence by Dr. W. L. Patten
and another by J. W. Hall; con
tracts have been, let for several oth-
Keller-Boyd. /•
Dr. William Augustus Boyd and
Miss Mae Keller were united in mar
riage at the home of the bride at
Mienhard, Ga., on Wednesday, 14th,
Inst The bride’s many friends in
Valdosta, where she has often visit
ed, wU* learn with interest of her
marrj { Dr. Boyd is a prominent
J * Columbia, 8. C., and
be the home of the cou-
In old Plant System depot.
ested lnlj^,nUr tonga, In the mui
developed Ly 'the different people of
the otl world, came here, ana he hap
pened to Incidentally mention to me
that a» far as he could Bee there Were
but two chances for the development
of schools ot American music, of
American singing and these would
come, one from the colored people,
and one from the vanishing Indian
folk especially those of the southwest
I want all of you to realize the tm
portance and dignity of your musical
work. I feel that there .is a very
strong chance that gradually out of
the capacity for melody that your
race has, wo shall develop some
school of American music. It Is go
ing to come through you originally.
Plas-tl-co at Harleys.
The above is the average grade of each pupil based upon his daily
recitations, monthly examinations and deportment.
• With an enrollment of fifty-two pupils, the last month’s dally average
attendance was 44, Good Hope patrons stand shoulder to shoulder with
their teacher to encourage the uplifting of the youth of their community.
The parents' interest in the school is measured by his child’s attendance
at school. We are aiming to raise the standard ol our school to where no
other will excell it. Let every parent faithfully do his duty by his child,
his neighbor and his country as he car. do by educating his children.
Thanking the patrons for their many kind favors to me, I close with an
earnest invitation to visit the school and chetT and help both teacher and
pupils.
MRS. T. E. PENNINGTON,
NAYLOR, GEORGIA.
THE HARLEYS IN THE LEAD.
We are splendidly equipped to meet every
demand of the Farmer
IMPROVED FARM TOOLS.
We have the latest improved, lightest draft
Disc Cutaway Harrow,
Ever put on the Market.
TESTS IS .A. TOOL-COME ^-InTP see it.
HAR
COMPANY,
LEY’S
DWARE
WHITE PINE SASH, DOORS, PAINTS. COOKING STOVES.
VALDOSTA,
GEORGIA.
