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THE VALDOSTA TIMES. SATURDAY MAltCH 10, 1906
Mill'll *EEnH9iH0RKtD CONVIGTSII Jl» KSMlFMI mmiTimiNe jf»
ioth City's Affairs.
Office of Recorder was Created and
Col. R. F. Ousley was Elected to
Fill the Position—Former Fireman
Preston Brooks Elected Chief of
the Fire Department.
(From Thursday's Daily.-
The mayor and council held their
first regular meeting since they were
Bworn into office Wednesday after
noon at the city hall the entire board
being in attendance.
The body did a good deal of work
but they did not finish up with the
matters that were before them and
another meeting was called for Thurs
day afternoon at the same hour at
which time it was expected that the
business before the body would be
fully disposed of.
Among the first matters to come
up yesterday was the proposition to
create the office of City Recorder,
at inner unmerc
What Report Says.
WITH CASE.
thus relieving the mayor of that
work. Provision was made for this
in the charter several years ago, but
the recorder has never been elected.
Wednesday after creating the office,
Col. Robert Ousley was elected to
the position without opposition.
The next matter was the election
of a city attorney. Woodward &
Smith were re-elected to that posi
tion. Next came the tax assessors.
Messrs. W. L. Thomas, B. S. Rich
ardson and C. B. Peeples were
elected as members of that board
and a fee of 60 was fixe! for their
services.
Having disposed of these matters
the council next turned its attention
to the fire department. There was
much interest centered in the selec
tion of a chief of the fire department
because it was known that there was
friction between Chief Varnedoe and
various influences in the city and
that a hard fight would be made
against him.
Preston Brooks,, a fonder, member
of the fire department was an appli
cant for the position. v It seems that
Brooks had been discharged by Var
nedoe on some charge Involving his
conduct. Biooks denied the charge
and appealed to the council to make
him chief of the department. In the
election Wednesday, Chief * Varnedoe
was nominated for the the position
by Councilman Ousley and the nom
ination was seconded by Councilman
Uoring.
Mr. Brooks was put in motion by
Oounoilman Corbett. A vote was
taken, the result of the ballot being
4 to 2 in favor of Brooks. Mr. Brooks
was nominated upon probation, or, in
other words, to give him a trial, his
salary being fixed at $60 a month.
Five other members of the depart
ment were elected and the salaries
were raised all around, the council-
men agreeing that the men were not
getting enough for the time and re
sponsibility that was required of
them. The men who were elected
were C. C. Cody, W. S. Dunbar*
C. C. Dunbar, Gus DeVane and Paul
Canady.
The salaries were fixed at fifty
dollars a month for the assistant
chief, $45 for the drivers and $40
for the regular men.
The next matter was the selection
of a city depository, all of the banks
making bids for the position. The
bids were so close that it required
much figuring to decide which was
the best. The Merchants bank was
chosen, Its bid being five and three
eighths per cent on deposits and four
per cent on loans.
The next matter was In regard to
enlarging the city prison or the erec
tion of a new prison. This was
turned over to the police committee
with instructions to take, up the
matter in all of its bearings and
report to the council at Its next
meeting. All agreed that a more
commodious prison is needed.
Other matters came up and dark
came along with them. The council
decided to adjourn until Thursday
afternoon when these other matters
will be taken up and considered.
The Penitentiary Committee of the
Senate and House are in Atlanta
and Will Investigate the. Case.—
Rigid Rules May be Adopted to
Protect the Men in the Camps.
(From Thursday's Daily.-
The penitentiary committee of the
senate and house is making a tour
of the state inspecting the various
convict camps and Investigating re
port’s that have come in from some
of them.
Senator F. B. Sirmans, of Clinch,
is at the head of the senate commit"
tee and Representative Ed McRee,
of this county, is a member of the
house committee. The Joint commit
tee will inspect the camps in this
county, at Milltown and Fargo one
day this week.
The committee reached the city
last night and spent the night at the
Valdes. Among those who were
with the committee were. Hon.
G. Simmons, of Ellijay, Jake Moore,
state warden, of Roe, A. K. Ramsey,
Ramsey, Ga., J. S. Alsabrook,
Woods Station, Ga., W. E. Prescott,
Statenville, G. B. Holder, Rome, D.
Rose Owens Ferry, Nat D. Arn
old, of Arnoldsville, J. C. Powell, of
Morgan ton.
At the meeting in Atlanta this
week Mr. Bush, of Milltown, wished
to know the extent of the investiga
tion. He said that in his opinion
misdemeanor camps should be inves
tigated as well as the state camps
where the long-term men were being
worked. He said that In point of
fact he thought there was a greater
necessity to investigate the misde
meanor camps than the state camps,
as more complaint came from the
former than from the latter of bad
management.
Mr. Bugh said that quite recently
he had seen certain things in his
section of the state that looked
wrong to*him. In this connection
Mr r Bush' said:
"A few Sunday’s ago I was driving
by a railroad station in Decatur
county about ten miles from home
and I saw two convicts unloading
wood from wagons and piling it In
racks at the station. This was in
fhe morning, and when I came back
that way in the afternoon \
way back home I found the rack
filled with wooJ. It asked the men
if they did not tjilnk the bad man
would get them for working on Sun
day and in answer one of the men
said: ‘Boss, the bad man is got us
already.’
"Now I think this working of con
victs on Sunday is all wrong. These
men were from a misdemeanor
camp In Decatur county. I am told
that they are marched out to work
at 4 o’clock In the morning and work
until after sun down. Now here is
In my opinion, one camp that should
be Investigated and doubtless there
are others in different sections
the state that need looking into.'
Sirmans and other members
of the committees agreed with Mr
Bush and it was decided that all tiie
convict camps of the state misde
meanor or felony that the cominlsolon
has the power to control should
investigated, so that abuses, if found
could be corrected with the laws
now in force or new laws if such
were deemed necessary.
Themselves Hoarse on
The Only Jury Case In the City Court
Came Near Being a Mistrial—It
was j Suit on an Open Acrount,
Many Side Issues Coming in to In-
f'uence ? he Wavering Balance.
(From Wednesday’s Daily.
The Times was in error yesterday
in saying that the jury was discharg
ed In ’-he city court without having
tried a single case. The error was
Jue to a misunderstanding on the
part of the reporter and a littls
vogutncfcB on the part of his inform
ant.
There was one case that went to
the jury and it was an interesting
one. It was a suit on an open ac
count against M. J. Winkle et al.
and was brought by the Callahan
Grocery Company of Bainbridge.
The amount of the account, accord
ing to the books of the grocery com
pany waa $227, though the defend
ants in the case set up a plea that
the corn which was purchased of th*
company and for which the account
was held, was in bad condition; in
fact, it was without value at all.
The grocery company claimed that
the corn was in good condition when
it was shipped and that if it was not
all right when it arrived at Its des
tination, it was nearly so.
There was considerable evidence: in
the case and Mr. W. R. Rogers; of
Macon, was put up as an expert wit
ness to show how quickly grain may
be damaged under certain condition.
After the evidence was all in, tho
lawyers began their tur* speaking
until the shades of evening were fair
lng fast upon the scene. . Messrs.
Woodward and Smith represented
the plaintiffs and Wilcox and Pat
terson the defendants and all spoke-
spoke, in fact until they were hoarse
and the jutors were nervous. Ute
case was fought to a fintth on both
sides. ^
WITHJHIEF.
At Noon Today All ot the Old Men
The New Chief, Preston Brooks,
Took Charge of Things Today and
Varnedoe’s Men V/alked, Despite
The Raise in Wages—The Depart
ment’s Efficiency to be Kept up.
(From Thursday's Daily.-
Wlhen Chief Varnodoc, of the fire
'epartment who was deposed last
night, walked out of the department
headquarters at noon today in or
der that Chief Brooks might assume
the duties, the men who had serv
ed with the retiring chief also walk
ed out with one exception.
That exception was Paul Canady,
who remained with the department
during the now regime. The men
who thus gave up their positions
were C. C. Cody, Gus Devane and
the two Dunbar boys. One of the
men it is said, quit the service in orV
der to accept a more remunerative
Place In a neighboring city, but the
others walked out because they did
At the Meeting.
Quite a Large Number of Bills Were
Approved and Applications for
New Roads Were Granted—Official ^ m
Report Furnished by the Clerk of $
the Board.
Meeting of Commissioners of
Ronds and Revenues, March 5th,
the following accounts were
passed for payment: '
Valdosta Packing Co 5.75 1
R. C. Carter 1.25
H. L. Byrd, supt. chain gang.. 75.40
D. S. Copeland 5.00
Kelly & Webb .. 14.40
J. T. Hester 56.00
Carroll & Bclote 65.20
Simms, ordinary 6.00
J. M. Walker 2.00
Carswell Co 1.85
Ashley 72.6O
Valdosta Mer. Co 56.25 ,
N. Mathis 12.00
J. T. Woodward 60
H. Taylor, bridge supt. .. 62.75
A. L. Burnett 34.G8
Beautify the Complexion
IN T Ot DAY&
Nadinola
The UNEQtrALen-
BEAUTIf IER, aw.
doned by theimdjt
guaranteed to reoow
freckle,. fim/tm* «U
“ facial dueolonttfea.
• ad re,tore the
.beauty of youth.
?**?. ,n day. 30c aaJ.'
O1.00 at all leading drug ctorca, or by uiait
Prepared .7 NATIONAL TOILET CO.. Parti; Tao.
Sold In Valdosta by all LcaJin*
Druggists.
not care to serve under any other
chief than Mr. Varnedoe.
The members of the Are commit
tee were notified early In the day
that the men would quit the service
and they regretted to huAr It, ns they
had been faithful In the discharge
of their duties and Hie council had
Shown Its appreciation by ralBlng
wages all around.
New firemen were at once Install
ed and Chief Brooks Btated this af
ternoon that lie hoped to have the
department in an excellent state of
efficiency very soon. The men will
practice dally and will lake a pride
In their position, so they all say.
hhe new men* are W. S. Bnrco
John Dukes, Paul Canady, Tom Cook
and young airmans. They have all
had experience aa substitutes on the
department and are not strangers
the duties expected of them.
NOTICE! j
I desire to rent a I
store on Patterson
street between Cen
tral and Hill Ave.
Am willing to pay
high rent for the
best location on the
street
FJ.
W. T. Dane ,io9.i»
W:. Lang, county treasurer .. 80.06
Order was granted establishing a
new road beginning near the resS-
Sallle Fletcher in
I A/aouci uisirici and running
Elegant Fixtures Bought
Then the Juror, took, hold of -Abe Th vl C< V e, ' t l rd ' lJr .. ,0r
intrv nmhiom ar.ri n»aw «>4 Winnow fixtures for the first
floor windows of the new McKey
Petition In Bankruptcy.
Deputy Cierk Varnedoe, of the
Unite 1 States court, this morning
received a voluntary petition In bank
ruptcy from G. M. Clarke, of Thom-
asvllle. The liabilities are placed at
$215 and the assets at $1,074, and the
petitioner asked that he be allowed
homestead exemption of $1,600.
FOR SALE— Valuable residence
and store on West Hill avenue. Good
location for any kind of business. H.
H. Stotesbury. 8-d3t-w2t
Depot Contract Not Let.
The contract for the new depot of
the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad was not let out yesterday,
but it was announced that it would
be let tomorrow in Macon.
The bids for the construction of
the freight depot were received but
it was decided to get some of the de
tails In better shape before making
the contract. It is understood that
bids for the brick work on the freight
house ron from $13,000 to $[16,000.
The work on the passenger depot
was not included in the contract for
the freight house and it is said that
the contract for that will not be let
until he freight depot is gotten out
of he way. Work upon the freight
house is to begin at once.
Round ng up the Gamblers.
Sheriff Passmore and Deputy Cros
by were on the go yesterday serving
warrants on the balance of the gam
blers. who were connected with al
leged games at Lake Park. There
were eleven of the warrants and all
of them were served.
It is understood that the cases
will come up for a hearing in the
city court tomorrow.
Mr3. J. A. Cranford, of Jackson-
ille, Is in the city and will spend a
'few days with relatives here.
knotty problem and over and ovdr,
again .they rolled the various ques
tions of law and fact After two sol
id hours 'ot deliberation they return
ed with a verdict for the plaintiff
of $180.
The court thanked them for their
patience, diligence and their earnest
desire to do the right’ thing and dis
charged them until the second week
in April, when they may be called
upon to help unravel the other knot
ty problems that spring up between
man and man.
building. • The representative who
took the order stated that the win
dows, when furnished would be the
handsomest in the south, nothing In
Atlanta, Nashville, or New Orleans
exceptei. That’s praising ’em some,
isn’t it?
John D. Wisenbaker 2.50 i
Ham Bros 3.501
General DeLonch 50
J. W. Corbett 25
Foote & Davies Co .. .* 38.15
A. E. Dimmock 3.85 1
S.L. Sharpe 24.^0 |J. p. Carter /. 500
Harley Hardware Co 2.90
S. B. Godwin & Sons 1.50
Valdosta Repair Co 1.00
Thomas Dekle Hardware Co. .. 67.70
Joe Williams 76
J. S. Swllley 2.26 dence of Mrs.
Hardy Christian, supt poor farm 64.83 ! Dasher district
W. Smith 12.28 1 ward to Lake Park.
John Shiver 2.00 Order was granted for citation pub
Geo. R. DeLoach .. 1.25 llshed for new road beginning near
J. L. Fletcher 75 J. C. King’s residence on the Val- *
F. B. Bradford 6.75 dosta and Lake Park road and rnn-
L. C. Swin lie 32.05 ning westward to Intersect with the
J. B. Wiley 22.50 Valdosta and Bellville road near the
J. R. Boring & Bro 9.95 residence of G. B. Martin to tie
James Altman .. 2.60 granted, if no cause arises, on tb*
J. J. McCranie.. 6.50 1st Monday In May next.
J. E. Webb ,, 8.70 I The above is a true extract from
Hardy Christian 8.00*the minutes of the commissioner! of
L. Presley .. IB.00 roadi. and reyenuea, th(| March flth,*
Harry Mosely .. 7.00 R, T. Myddleton, Clerk.
A. V. Simms, ordinary .. .... 6.00 1906. . r
L. E. Ellis, Jailer 252.00 •
J. F. Passmore, sheriff 130.35. Echols Court/Next Week.
C. C. Joiner 6.00 Echols superior court will be held
Officers City Court 7 80.00 next week, and It Is quite likely thar
Hodges 3.00 a crowd will go down to Stntonville
Frank Wilson, janitor 26.25 from here.
The Canning Factory 8ite.
The stockholders of the proposed
canning factory held a meeting yes
terday afternoon at the city hall for
the purpose of electing a building
committee to select a site and take
up the preliminary work for the
erection of the factory. The com
mittee will also complete the arran
gements with Mr. Pressprlch, who
organized the company and who is
to put in the factory.
The committee which was named
consists of J. A. Dasher, M. .T.
Chauncey and Lem Dowling. The
committee began its work at once
and will report to a later meeting of
the stockholders as Boon as possible*
It is the purpose of the company
to begin work upon the building at
once, so that the factory may be
ready early In June to handle pears*
and vegetables that may be upon the
market by that time. The factory
will employ about seventy-five hands
nnd will use about seventy-five bush
els of tomntoeg and other vegetables
dally.
The concern will be worth much
to growers In the country around who
raise a good class of vegetables
such as the factory will want.
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Imperial in Style.
Imperial in Quality.
Price is Only
$3.00*:
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Hurt in a Runaway.
telephone message from Thom-
asvllle to Mr. L. A. Palmer this af-1
ternoon stated that his slster-in law,!
Miss Kathleen Fry and two other:
oung ladles of that city had been |
thrown from a buggy in a runaway j
accident there today suffering in
juries more or less severe. Miss Fry
Is confined to her bed in consequence
of her I njuries, but it is not yet
known how severely she is hurt. We
have not been able to learn th£
names of the other young ladies.
Miss Fry. whose home Is in Savan
nah. is on a visit to Thomasville, and
was to have accompanied here sinter
Mrs. Palmer »o Valdosta to lay
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$6.00 and $7.00.
FOR SALE—100 bushels of Finra-
dora cotton seed at $1.50 per bushel,
f. o. b. Lake Park. F. M. White
& Son, Lake Park, Ga 22-w3t
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