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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, MAtiCH 3. 1906
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JOHN CO NOON 18 BACK.
Man Accused of Stealing a Dress-
Suit Case From Caboose.
The high sheriff of U>wndea coun
ty reached the city this morning
from Montgomery, Ala., bringing
THE MILL HAVEN DEALS.
with him John Condon,
Hilton-Dodge Company Now in Full
Charge of Plant.
Mr. W. C. Ward law. of Augusta,
who has he»n in Savannah several
days concluding the sale and turning
over the property of the Mil! Haven
white I Company to the Hilton-Dodge Lum<
wan wbv> Is accused of stealing a
suit case from a caboose on the
Georgia Southern tracks.
Cxindon was arrested in Montgom
ery before the holidays, but was re-
lease/ 'because the requisition for
him did not reach Montgomery on
time. After his release he returned
to hlH work there and has been at
It until ho was arrested again at the
Instance v>f Sheriff Passmore
Condon denies that he stole
suit case or that he had anything'
’ to do with It. lie and a white man
named Ixiwe were jointly accused of
the theft, hut It was thought that
Lowe was only an accessory. If he j
had anything to do with the theft at |
all liowo was released on a bond |
of $150 last week. He says that he
can prove that he was in Florida
when the case was stolen and that
he remained thore for three weeks
after the theft was committed. He
mryn that the circumstances which
pointed to him as one of the guilty
parties Ik mlsleallng.
It 1h not* known yet what Condon
will try to prove for himself, though
he stoutly denies knowing anything
about the theft now.
A BIG TIMBER DEAL.
E. E West Sells Interests in Sum
ter County for 9125,000.
Through the West-Raley-Hannle
Company yesterday morning a deal
wa« cloned whereby K. E. West
sold to I*. R. I.aster, of Marion coun
ty. (1. A McLeod, R. W. Blount
ami (inorge Weeks, of Hillsboro
county, and Losslle Wilder, of Lake
land. Sfi.OOO acres of choice turpen
tine and saw mill timber In Sumter
county
The price paid for this excellent
tract of timber by Mr. Lester an 1
Ills associates was $125,000, and It is
said that the timber Is well worth
the prt<v paid Resides the timber
them »s nine miles of railroad which
"ns included in the deal
This deal has been on foot for
some time, hut was not closed until
yesterday morning, when the parties
lilt ie*le»| met at Mr Rnlloy’s office.
eturned
Augusta
her Company,
last night.
The final details of the transaction
were not settled until yesterday,
though the purchasers have been In
possession a week. Mr. Wardlaw
represented Mr. John W. Dickey,
who owned all the capital stock of
the company prior to the sale, the
same being valued at $200,000. Mr*
John J. Earle, who has been manag
er for the Mill-Haven Company for
•v*the last year, will remain In Savan
nah for some time to close up the ac
counts of the business for Mr. Dlck-
NEGROE8 IN THE SCHOOLS.
The Enrollment of Negroes Exceeds
Those of White Pupils.
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 28—Judge J.
M. Moon, county school commission
er. has complied his report for the
year 1905 and has just forwarded It
to States School Commissioner Mer
ritt. The report covers the country
and suburban schools, the city
schools being under a separate sys
tem. The enrollment during the
year was 880 negro pupils and 568
white pupils.
The fact that, the enrollment In the
negro schools of the county exceed
those in the white schools is surpris
ing to many. The country negroes
are anxious for nn education and flock
to the schools in great numbers. The
younger negroes have a great ambi
tion to obtain that state of book
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA—Echols County: J
To the Superior Court of Said I
County:
The petition of A. G. Garbutt, of
Coffee county, Georgia, J. F. Bailey
and A. S. Bailey, of Lowndes coun
ty, Georgia, respectfully shows:
That they desire for themselves,
their associates, successors and
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of
Lowndes.
To The Superior Court of Said
County:
The petition of F. A. Duncan,
Marion Curry and E. R. Barber, all
of said state and county, respectfully
snows:
1st. That the.v desire for them
selves, their associates, successors
signs, to become incorporated under and assigns, to become a body cor-
the name and style of rt . G. Garbutt porate under the name and style of
Lumber Company; that the object of Valdosta Wood and Fuel Company,
their association is Tor the follow- ! 2nd. Petitioners ask to be incorpo*
Ing purposes, to-wit: I rated for the period of twenty years,
Carrying on a sawmill and lumber ; with the privilege of renewal at the
business, manufacturing lumber of end Q f t j lat tfme
all kinds whatever out or pine cy- : ;JrJ The capital grocK of saId cor .
press or any other kind of wood; to j poration is to be one thousand dol-
buy and sell tne same; to purchase, j arg divided Into shares of one hun-
lease, own, operate and sell steam dred do iiars each, all of which has
mills and planing mills and to use In • been actually paid in. And petition-
connection therewith dry-kilns in ers desire the privilege of increasing
necessary in or out of this state, as Ha j d oapital stock from time to time
they may deem best; to buy and to a sum not exceeding five thousand
own stock, tools and Implements dollars, and they likewise desire the
and all other property necessary to privilege of decreasing the capital
knowledge which will enable them j am/ lease railroad iron and'engines naTcapU^^
to “read write and expound the con- and operate tram roads and railroads | t j| The object of the proposed
said last night that stitutlon.*' ,» | not f° r the purpose of becoming incorporation is pecuniary gain and
i ! common carriers, but to use in the profit to its stockholders. Petitlon-
AHdison’i conduct of their said business; to er s propose to carry on a general
Aaaiaon $ Ode. , j own aild operate electric light plants wood and fuel business at wholesale
To the Editor:—Will you kindly | and machinery, and engage In the or at retail, to purchase, sell and
give me the name of # the author and ! manufacture of Ice, and to buy and jeal generally In wood, coal and oth-
the poem, if possible, in which oc- *® n »team, electric and gasoline en- or fuel, ami to do all other acts usual
curu these linen- "fleuir ns tho ev- 1 g , ln ? 3 2° , b,1 '4 ,e<1 *“ tho , con< * uct ot and necessary In the conduct of such
curs tnese fines. asjutt as tne e\- ^oir business or otherwise; to man- business.
ufacture from rough lumber all kinds 5th. Petitioners desire to be em-
of building material, to deal In all powered to buy. hold and sell and to
kinds of wood, pine, cypress and make Improvements «*n real estate;
hard wood, and to do a lumber and to receive, and make and execute
Mr. Wardlaw
Mr. Dickey would remain in Augus
ta.and devote himself to the broker*
age of stocks and bonds. It Is said
that the Hilton-Dodge Company will
make expensive improvements at the
plant In Savannah.—Savannah News*
GOVERNOR WILL SEE HANGING.
Three Companies Still Guard Jail at
Shreveport.
Shreveport. La.. Feb. 27.—It is
probable that Governor Blanchard
will witness the hanging of Charles
Coleman, the negro murderer of
Margaret Leer. In the parish jail
here next Thursday. The hanging
will take place between the hours of
11 a. m. and 2 p. m. Governor
Blanchard left today for Baton
Rouge an 1 will return to Shreveport
Thursday morning, accompanied by
the assistant secretary of state, who
PETITION FO.. CHARTER.
STATE IF GEORGIA —Lowndes
County:
said
To the Superior Court
County:
The petition of D. Ingram and
Guy A. Carswell, of said State and
county respectfully shows,
1st. That they desire for them
selves, their associates, successors
and assigns, to become incorporated
under the name and style of “The
Inwell Manufacturing Company.”
-ini The term for which petition*
ers ask to be Incorporated Is twenty
years with the privilege of renewal
at the end of that time.
3rd. The capital stock of the cor
poration is to be one thousand 'dol
lars, divided Into shares of twenty-
five dollars each. Petitioners, how
ever, ask the privilege of increasing
said capital stock from time to time
not exceeding in tile aggregate
$5,000.
4th Twenty-five per cent of said
$1,000 hr.s already
bco
pat
>th
x her
tiu
By
terms —Jack?
and Citizen.
agreed
Times
will bring the state seal with him.
Immediately after the Governor’s
arrival here, he will sign the death
warrant*.
Feeling having subsided, the mili
tary company from Monroe which
has been here guarding Coleman,
was relieved today from duty and
ordered home, leaving the city this
afternoon. Three companies are
still at the Jail and will be kept there
until after the hanging.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Judge Gr.ggs Secures Complete Conn
ty System for Tift County.
A telegram from Congressman J.
inouncos that he has se-
ior from the post office
installing a complete
ening shades prevail the moon takes
up the wondrous tale.” •* D. P. H.
Feb. 20, 1906.
The poem was called “An Ode”
and was written by Joseph Addison.
It Is ns follows:
Tho spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining
frame.
Their great Original proclaim.
Tho unwearied sun from day to day,
I toes his Creator’s power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty hand.
Soon ns the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tal®
And nightly, to the listening earth,
Repeats the story of her mirth;
Whilst all the stars that? round her
burn,
And nil the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to
pole.
in “Futures'' Car
decision of the (
•nit handed down
't Recover
eorgla su-
few '
M. Grlggi
cured au
depart tiler
system ot
ral
deli>
tail
days ago the so-called bucket shops
are not com pel led to make good or
return money to ;* o*e customers
who tYy to make money on “futrues”
hut lo»» it was the ruling of the
court tJi.q any business which paid
a license for the carrying on of a
certain business was so far legalized
that money lost could nor be recov
ered through suits brought on the
ground that such business was garnb
ling and against the s;antes of the
state. As the so-called bucket shops
paid a license of fl.OOO for carrying
on Just this sort of business, the cus* ;
tomers who hie l to make money but
lost could not reooxer on the ground
of
1 Min
Tim case was that of Shropshire
against Miller & Co . brokers, tn At*
lanta, i.i which Shropshire alleged
that he lost $490 on •'futures” and so
sued for Ito n't urn. The case was
carried from a Justice court to the
Bupituue court.
service for Tift county.
The service will begin Immediately
after that for Grady county, which
will be put on at once. A map of
the county roads will be made, to
facilitate the system.
Tift county is already nearly cov
ered by rural free delivery, but the
complete system will be a great con
venlence to our people, every citizen
of whom, when the service is pu:
on will get his mall every day.—
Tlfton Gazette.
THOMAS ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Succeeds Hi# Father as Head of
Nashville Chatt. A St. Louis.
Nashville. Tenn.. Feb. 2S—The Di
rectors of the Nashville. Chattanooga
and St. 1/mis railway today elected
John W. Thomas, son of the late
President Thomas, permanent preei*
dent and manager of the road. H.
F. Smith was chosen vice-president
and general traffic manager, and E.
C. Lewis was elected chairman of
the board of directors.
Wlmf though in solemn
Move round the dark,
ball?
What though no real vote
\tnid their radiant orbs
In reason’s oar they all
And utter forth a gloriot
Forever singing as they
“The hand that made us
silence all.
terrestrial
nor sound
e found?
■ejolce,
- voice,
shine,
is divine.”
Russia proposes
cutting the snlar 1
mutt employes,
cent's a day.
conomlze by
ill govern-
i'O'Sacks are
V» Thomas’. The expression “w-orking like beav-
Eloctnc Oil. Cures toothache, earache, ‘ ... .
■ore throat Host, cots, braiw-s scolds. ■ now a days ln ! HeaJtT^omand^aUy^TTSMh
Slops aujr t«un. Mound.vllle, XS. %». j bowels. Aid nature with Ayer'* Pill*.
Give nature three helps, and
nearly every case or con
sumption will recover. Fresh
air, most important of all.
Cherry
Pectoral
Nourisnim’ food conies next.
Then, a medicine to control
the cough :>nd heal the lungs.
Ask any good doctor.
for.
Consumption
naval stores brokerage business, and
also to do a general merchandise
business; to manufacture brick and
artificial stone to be used in erect
ing dry-kilns for their own use or
for sale at wholesale or retail to the
public generally; to engage In the
manufacture of turpentine and naval
stores by all of the methods in use,
including l manufacture by wood dis
tillation, and to do such general deal*
lng In merchandise and commissary
stores as they may deem necessary
td carry on their sale business or for
profit to the stock holders.
They .icsfre authority to buy,
lease and own all such property,
real and personal, as may be neces
sary In the conduct and carrying on
of the business aforesaid, and to
sell, convey, let and mortgage and
Jlspose of in any manner, at any
i.ne they may deem proper. They
desire the further right to engage in
farming and truck farming and the
right to purchase and sell land for
farm purposes whenever they may
see fit to do so They desire the
right to borrow n.oney and secure
the same by mortgage or oth**rwia ,
and the right to issue bonds in the !
discretion ef the board of directors
and to secure said bonds by mort- j
gage or deed of trust o 1 any t an I
of the property of said corporation i
They also desire the right and privi- :
logo to form associations or pa:trier
ships with any other corporation or]
with individuals for the purpii
conducting or carrying on au?
lar business.
That their object is to do any and
all the things above sport fled and.
especially, to engage in the manufac
ture of lumber and turpentine and to
deal in timber and timl.en .1 land •
for the profit of the stockholders
hereof
That tne eapltal stock to be em
ployed by them in said business is
fifty thousand ($50.900> dollars, all
of which is actually paid in, divided
into shares of oue hundred '$100)
dollars each, and they desire the
right to increase their capital stock
from time to time to any amount
! not to exceed two hundred and fifty
{thousand ($250,000) dollars, andsim
ilarly. to decrease the capital stock
cot below -he original capitalization*
j that tin re shall be no personal lin-
! btlity of stoc holders who have
{ paid their subscriptions in full. They
j desire the right and power to pass
deeds and mortgages to the same
to take and give mortgages, deeds,
or other liens allowed by law to se
cure debts, to borrow and lend
money, and to exercise all other
rights, powers and privileges that
may be Incident to and necessary in
carrying on said business.
0th. The principal office and place
of business 0/ said corporation will
bo In the city of Valdosta, in the
county and state aforesaid.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid, and that they, their
associates, successors and assigns,
be entitled to the rights, powers,
privileges and immunities usually
granted to corporations under the
laws of the state of Georgia, and
subject to
5th. The object of the proposed
corporation is pecuniary profit anJ
gain to its stockholders. Petition*
ers propose to carry on the business
of compounding and manufacturing
proprietary medicines and selling
the same both by retail and whole
sale, and buying ana using any ar
ticles or medicines necessary to the
compounding and manufacturing
::fnur;-;ta-> medicines
and petitioners to be em
powered with all the rights and
privileges and to do anti exercise all
necessary acts that properly and le
gally pertain to the business of com
pounding and manufacturing propri*
etary medicines.
Oth. The principal place of busi
ness of the proposed corporation
will be the city of Valdosta, ftate
and county aforesaid.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to he
made a body corporate under the
name and style of “The Inwell Man*
ufacturing Company,” entitled to
the rights, privileges and Immuni
ties and subject to the liabilities
fixed by law.
This Feb. 9, 1900.
H. W. CARSWELL,
Attorney for Petitioners.
GEORGIA—Lowndes County:
I, R. T. Myddelton, Clerk of the
Superior Court? of said county.
of the restrictions ' hereby certify that the foregoing is
and liabilities imposed by law.
WILCOX & PATTERSON,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
GEORGIA—Lowndes County:
I, R. T. Myddelton. clerk of the
Superior court In and for said coun-
ty. do hereby certify that tho fore
going is a true and correct copy of
the original petition for charter of
in this office. This February
true copy of the charter as appears
j of file in my office.
I Given under my hand and seal,
this February 10, 1906,
R. T. MYDDELTON,
Clerk S. C.
?«th
MYDDELTON, Clerk.
11
Stuart’s Hotel.
Owing to the failure of John S.
Bowen, of Suwanee, Fla., the suppos
ed purchaser of Stuart’s hotel, to
meet his obligations, the property
1 has reverted back to Its former own*
** i er, though still under the manage-
Administratcrs' Sale. ^ men! of .Mr. Frank Robinson, the
Will bo sol.l on Satnrilav Uie 17th j Present Incumbent. The latter will
of February lime to tho high- remain in charge until March 1st,
bidder for cash at the late rest-' m ' x >. at which time, unless some tin-
nee of John W. ' flan-ell. decease.] j foraeen change turns up, I will take
property, i
of his
>r. ihr.
;?afe
On.
iih ?
claw namnior, one u
and bars, one lot hi
bushels cotton seed.
it liamcs and
lie and rim.one
1 plow points
•rse collars, 150
more or less:
hold, don my oil harness and
duct the business on the same old
satisfactory plan as formerly.
Respectfully, *
C. T. Stuart.
CITATION.
GEORGIA—Echols County;
ia Timmerman having made
;>0 head hogs, more or less: one P^^r | npijiication for twelve months sup-
scales. one shovel, one bush hook. , )()ri out of lhe estate of John Tim-
four barrels syrup, one syrup trough. I nierman and appraisers duly ap-
oue lot bottled syrup, one oat^ thrash, j pointed to set apart the same, hav-
filed their return, all persons
half Interest In lot reed
ami sundry other small articles.
.1. G. SCRUGGS. AdmirJstra
2 10 w It
inch bv-lau
he govern
'ompar.v;
o have a <
That the
-orpo
may be necessary for
iml control of said
and^ be sued, and
principal place of carry-
i» business of said Company 1
the town of Sratenville, in
y of Echols. State of Geor- 1
petitioners desire and
t the expirs
Wherefore, your
h.'.t they an.l th.
uccessors may be
he purposes aforesab
orporate name, with
>r such time.
petitioners pray
nr associates and
Incorporated for
:a!d, under said
capital
term aforesaid, and
the rights aforesaid, and that they
may have conferred upon them, their
associates anti successors, all the
rights, powers, privileges and Im
munities as are usual or incident to
such corporations and ♦ do such
ask that the right be conferred upon other things as are a towed to cor-
such association to have agencies ‘ norporations under the la'tfrs of this
and offices and carry on said bu.»-
ness at such other place in and o*.:
of this State as may be deemed
proper and necessary to the inter
est of said Company.
That they desire to be incorpora
ted tor the period of twenty (20)
years, with the privilege of renewal
JAS M. JOHNSON,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
Petiti n for corporation filed In the
Clerk’s Office this 8th day of Febru
ary, 1906.
GEO. W. PRINE,
Clerk Superior Court Beads County.
concerned are hereby required
s.iow cause before the court of Ordi
nary of said county on the first Mon
day in March, 1900, why said appli
cation should not be granted.
This 5th day of Feb., 1906.
J. E. PARRISH. Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
By virtue of an order from the
court of ordinary of Lowndes county
will be sold on the first Tuesday In
March. 1906. at the court house door
in said county, between the legal
sale hours, the tract of land in said
county* whereon Hannah Roberts re
sided, at the time or her death, con
taining one house and two acres o'
land, more or less. In the north-east
corner of block No. 15. Tot No. 12, In
I/jwndes county Georgia, and in the
town of Melrose, on the south side of
right-of-way of the Georgia Southern
and Florida Railway.
J. P. Prescott,
Administrator of Hannah Roberts’
estate.