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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. ■ ■ iiiuiiBii■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■■n ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■>■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■ Imperial Spring Hats** Imperial in Style. Imperial in Quality. Price is Only $3.00*: E. 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 S These are the World’s Best ■■ If You Wear Fine Shoes You Want These. $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 j: M. A. BRIGGS, SS One Price to AIL ■ ■ :: Valdosta, Georgia. Mr« mr r* f ■ «» S9W S3 » an ■ M a is oiia cm Kl fk® '■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■BiBaaHaaaaaBMBVBB