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°«o, 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.