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1 rilK V ALDOSTA TIMES. SAT4JRDAY. APRIL, 7, 1906. The Strike Among Miners and How it is Progressing. Irwin, Pa., April 4.-The strikers are fighting for the recog nition of the union at this place. They began rioting last night and kept up a fusilade all night with the guards of the Edna mines. No one was injured, but the operators will put on twenty-five more guards tonight. NO COAL MINED IN OHIO THIS WEEK. Columbus, Ohio, April 4,-No coal will be mined in Ohio this werk, according to the miners. The miners and operators will confer at Athens next Monday and on the result of the con ference will depend the situation. PITTSBURG MINES OPENING UP. Pittsburg, Pa., April 4.-More mines are in operation in the Pittsburg district today than yesterday,hut none had a fu I complement of miners. No work is being done in the independ ent mines and the operators say that they are closed indefinite ly It is estimated that the trouble among the local miners has already cost them one hundred thousand dollars. An Atlanta House Collapsed; Narrow Escape for Occupants. Atlanta. April 4—While two of it* occupant* barely leaped in time to *ave themselves from instant death, the east end of a two story brick tenement at 52 1-2 West Mitchell street, within a *tone'« throw of the Terminal atation, collapsed yes terday, burying in its debris four rooms full of furniture and coming It is Likely that There ijVill be an Animated Contest for the Postmas ter’s Place—Savannah’s Board of Trade Held its Annual Meeting on W. H. Webb. Mrs. Simmons and her son were seated in an upstairs corner room reading a letter. At the first sound of the rending of timber they leaped through a front window, ran along the veranda roof,, thence to another window and through this to gon a stairway leading to the ground. Ju.n«l At the same time Mrs. Webb was standing on a downstairs porch. She of a an Inch o, crushing to death jheard the wall behind her giving way office (wo women and a man who were In j and leaped forward out o, harm’s that the building. No one. however, was Yesterday. Savannah, April 4.—The news printed in Savannah yesterday that charges have been preferred in Washington against Postmaster Hen* ry Blun, Jr., of Savannah, excited considerable interest here. It is believed to be the forerunner of what promises to be a very ani mated contest for the postmaste- ship. It was believed until recently that Capt. Blun, who Is very popu lar in Savannah, was to be grven a re-appointment without any opposi tion . The filing of charges, to Washington to answer ml explain away If possible, Is look* I upon, how f a fight upon GEORGIA — Lowndes Philip Cook, Secretary STATE OF County: To the Hon. . .of State: The petition of H. B. Peeples, Joseph A. Alexander, N. T. Peeples, and J. W. E. Powell, residents of Nashville Georgia, and of R. D. Stevens, W. Coley, J. F. Lewis, J. G. Stevens, Jr., S. M. Varnedoe and W. H. Griffin, residents of the city of Valdosta, said state and coun ty, respectfully shows: 1. That they desire to form a railroad corporation, pursuant to the provisions of the Acta of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved De cember 20, 1902. 2. The name of the railroad com pany for which petitioners thus seek incorporation, is to be the Valdosta & Nashville Railroad Company, the In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia, Southwestern Division. In the matter of the Comfort Trad ing Company, Bankrupt, in Bankruptcy. GEORGIA—Thomas County: By virtue of an order by Honor able J. H. Merrill, Referee In Bank ruptcy in the above stated matter, granted March 19th, 1906, the under signed as trustee of the Comfort Trading Company, bankrupt, will sell at Boston, Georgia, at public outcry, free from all liens, during the usual hours of sale on the 23rd NOTICE. To.the Honorable Secretary of State, For the State of Georgia: The petition and declaration of B. P. Jones, H. L. Boone, Frank Rob erts, C. L. Jones, W. B. Johnson, W. B. Conoley, John T. Roberts, W. L. Fentfer, G. W. Varn and C. L. Smith, respectfully shows: FIRST: That they are each and all residents of the city of Valdosta, In said state. SECOND That it is their desire that they, their associates and suc cessors shall be incorporated under day of April, 1906, the following de- ! the name of Valdosta Bank & Trust scribed property: A parcel of land in the town of Boston, Thomas coun’ ty, Georgia, bounded by line begin ning at the southwest corner of the Company THIRD: That the location and prin cipal place of business of the propos ed corporation will be the saiJ city injured. Those in the house at the time o, the crash were Mrs. J. B. Simmons, C. W. Thompson, her son, and Mrs. way. Everybody In the vicinity was applicant fur the office, frightened and one woman who had The postmaster of Savannah is ens" been to mass and returned later to ttidlanof the public building In whl"h learn of the accident was so overcome Iho postodice Is located auj there {sttng ""railway 8 t co < rDor™Uon >f ta* the lntereectlon of Main and railroad ° f Valdosta, but they desire the priv. State of Georgia streets, running thence easterly alo n 9 j hege of establishing agencies and 3. ' The length of said road, as j ‘, h 9 ? . n °" h . R ? ilroaJ , fourth' 8 else " here : nearly as can be estimated, will be , 191 f< ** l ° we6t Ilne of opera houso I canltel .7-4 J . ,a amQant thirty miles lot: thence north at right angles on f p . l* 001 ' of “Id corporation will 4. Said road will run from Val- Railroad street 462 feet; thence near’1 ^‘"“^“dred thousand dollars, di- dosta, Lowndes county. Georgia, or 191 feet to east margin ofj 1Jed Into two thousand shares of some point near thereto, in a north- i "* a * n street; thence in a straight, one hundred dollars each, but they ward direction to Nashville, Georgia, ’ “ ne the east margin of Main . desire the privilege of increasing through the counties of Lowndes and i * ee ^ to starting point, to-, said capital stock to Twenty thous- Berrien; the principal places, from . gether with all the buildings and .® bares > or two million dollars, which, an J to which, It Is to be con- other structures now on said prem-! , manner prescribed by the act struefed being just above mentioned. ! Ises including one ginnery building' t " e General assembly of said state 5. The amount of the proposed 30x135 feet, two stories high, with an a PP rov ed December 23, 1898, entitle J capital stock is $300,000.00, in shares I “L,” or an extension 25x50 feet, • “ n a ^t provide for the incorpora* of $100.00 each, all of said stock to three stories high; also one story Trust companies, to define be common stock, of equal dignity, j frame ware house 62x100 feet; also rights and powers and for other 6. Petitioners desire to be incorpo-1 °ne Liddell Ginnery outfit having j P u £?£ ses *” rated, as aforesaid, for and during l° ,,r 70-saw gins and other fixtures; i FIFTH: That the purposes and the term of ninety-nine years. ; a l so one Winshlp Mounger Ginnery nature of the business of the pro- 7. The principal office of the ' outfit having three 70-saw gins; also posed corporation are the organiza- ; roposed corporation will be In the ; dve Sea Island cotton gins: two ^ on an d conduct of all such business city of Valdosta, said state and j * ort y horse power boilers: two 35 as can legally be conducted by eith- county. j horse power steam engines: one 75 «** or both Trust Companies or Banks i 8. Petitioners do intend in good I ,lorse power engine; one 80 horse uqder the law’s of Georgia. I faith to go forward, without delay j Power boiler: one dynamo with all; SIXTH: That they Jesire all the h he has f 0 secure subscriptions to the capital fixtures - appurtenances, belting, etc., : rights, powers and privileges which stock, construct, equip, maintain and scale » tools, trucks, pumps, tanks, the law’s of Georgia authorize the ex- operate said railroad. I hose an(1 other machinery and fix- ercise of by either or both Banking 9. Petitioners show that they' * uros » now kept ani used in connec- and Trust Companies, he beginning {have given four weeks notice of ^ on with said ginnery and altogeth-' SEVENTH: That of the capital in. ii|«uu min His term of their intention to apply for a charter *’ r constituting the plant of the Com’ stock subscribed, over twenty-five niroo t„ vr,. ‘ T i to bv publication, according to law. : fort Trading Company in said town thousand dollars has been actually * r s ,n ‘ ,a> * 11 8 Del,eveu | therefore, they pray to be incor of Boston , Georgia, except a parcel paid in by the subscribers, and the :-Postinaster Doyle will be an rated under the laws of this state. . of lani so,fl W. C. Snodgrass to same is in fact held and is to be Jos. that she fainted. Big Bugs Visit Boomers School on its Twenty-fifth Anniversary. ] has been some friction between Post- i master Blun and Jud^e Emory Speer land the attaches of his court. Wheth* ier this is going to have any effect up- Peeples, Alexander, N. T. Peeples, J. W. E. Powell, J. G. Stevens, Jr., R. D. Stevens, W. Coley, J. F. Lewis. S. M. Varnedoe, H. Griffin. the race for postmaster remains , GEORGIA—Lowndes County: to be seen. \ Before me, D. S. Wilson, of said Georgia Northern Railroad Com- USf? d solely for the business and pur- pany described as follow’s: Com- pose of the corporation, mencing at the southw’est corner of EIGHTH: That notice, with spe- Opera House and running north 24S clficntions as required by law, of The feet to a stake, thence southwesterly intention of petitioners to organize 162 feet to a stake, 210 feet north of such corporation, has been .publish- the northern boundary of the A. C. e.l once a week for four weeks In L. Railroad: thence west 31 feet to the Valdosta Times, a newspaper of Main street : south 2H) feet to inter- general circulation published In said t city of Valdosta. B. P. Jones. ?ction of Main and Railroad streets thence east along the northern boun dary of said A. C. L. right-of-way Lummus Sons i | havc - , r Mr ’ Ulun 18 back jratt.7. ,, 7e U rsonally , Vppe l a' J rea“w;"‘°H! | £«™pnny, of Columbus. Georgia, to-1 . * c c.\ • .from Washington 1n the next few n r «m n T F Lewis and W Colev wt * ® ne 280 saw battery condenser; Tuskeeee, Ala. April 4.-The twenty-fifth anniversary; He ^ lQ ^ ^ A8ii8lant ! i / ?pemioner 8 W who on d °* bb * ^ ita ?2 ; exercises, commixnorating the founding of luskegee Institute, Poatmaster Oeneg^iiMUUlL about! oath . Sft y that * he names subspribed • Ier lyegan this morninn. A laree number of men, vjrojninent m all the chnrgea walks of life, were present, including g number of uorljjern lund lt^ capitalists and prominentme _. The w 9 »c ' L. Boone, Frank Roberts, C. L. Jones, W. B. Johnson, W. B. Conoley, John T. Roberts, W. L. Fender, G. W. Varn, C. L. Smith. I President rk and tig histo: :t C. Ogifen, of l y of New York, Taft. W'. ' fr The ^speak'ers this evening will be Dr. Lyman Abbott, of e»t was tnfi New York, and President Charles Klliont, of Harvard University.' ° f tho ', p ^* Went ' - ' i Cummings and the secretary, Mr. jCharlos Satissy. Jiro true, to the best ot depon v 'ledge,^formation andt I well New Theater for Atlanta. tramper. This sa d j . , to the'petition to whlch thi's affidavit; Property shall be offered for sale in | Mis annexed, are the genuine slgna-: "Ulk. and the property, the title,! — ‘ turea of the persons named therein,! which is claimed by Lummus Sons STATE OF GEORGIA—County ' of — a that the facts stated In the pe- ,t£omp a Py> to\MIt: One 280 saw bat-1 Lowndes: ^denser and one ,’iouble box) Before me, A. V. Slmma, Ordl- ■nm | and nary of said county, personally came/ B. P. Jones, H. L. Boone, Fran' rts, C, L. Jones, Wj ui erts, W. L. Fend... __ , M reported to the Court and C. L. Smith, who, oath, sa? or confirmation. ; that the averments of the foregoing This March 21,^ 1906. ] petition and declaration are true, JAS. M. JONES, ;and that over twenty-five thousand Trustee. | dollars of the capital stock suhscrlb- ! ed to the Valdosta Bank & Trust Company has been actually paid In i>. Sfevena, W. v H. Griffin. Jwora to and subscribed before roe, <bis the 6th day of March, 1906. Vi ' D. S. WILSON, I Notice of Sale. GEORGIA—Lowndes County: 3 24 Atlanta, April President Cummings report wn. :“sy^rtUB ofTn'ocderTrom Honor- STATE OF GEORGIA - Lowndes b * fht ".o' 1 h?'Xil! of moro than ordinary Interest. It a | )le j. h. .Morrill, referee In bank-' County: i y .s h l!..*™ ',!# company wKn In front of th. auditorium. Thi. will '. n ,h( ‘ fact , ,hat death , haa "'"IZ ST-.w/A'l’l’i?. 11 Tt L? e _ S "P.® rlor .f° art , Sald „ County a capital .lock of $100,000 hat. It la be torn down and will give the thea understood, been formed for th. pur- »•' building a frontage of 125 feet on pose of building a big v.ud.vill. there Th# ^ b , of brick and ter on Peachtree street right next to gtoret wi || occupy that portion on the Aragon hotel on the alto of the either side of an arcade which will removed three prominent members °* So "thern District of Georgia, The petition of the Dalion Grocery of the hoard of trade durine the nn*t l nvn ‘ w,n b , e H ? ,l l at P ub,ic t outcr y Company, a corporation of said .no ocaru or trade during the past before thp cjt y hall in the city of county, respectfully shows: on the y».nr. Among those who have died Valdosta, at 3 o clock nro Mr. John R. Young, president loth^^y of^AprU. 1006. all of the Superior Court of eald county. That at the May Term, 1904, ; urt of duly Iv for the business and ptirposes of the corporation. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this the 23.1 day of. February. 1906. Incorporated ■. under the name and style herein ' stated for and during the period of twenty years. 2nd. That pursuant to the order j Of the organization. Mr. Walter Con- —— ey. a prominent naval stores export- j Tho highest bid ao ma le will be nub- . _ .. Diane . - .. . . . .. erand Mr. J. D. Weed, a bank pres- mitted to the referee for conflrma- prewnt Peachtree audltonum. Plan, run through from the atreet to the promlnent mprchant tlon or reiectlon before closing. for the theater have been drawn and theater auditorium. Jamea P. Ander- Th , . ' Terms of sale 10 per cent cash and ' 1 aa L pur '“ an ,5 10 me 0 . a.. 1110 r,port referred Particular t ho rimlaln i n g 9 0 per cent when the Incorporation petitioners was „• - - - - lv organized, and since that time has been, and still Is, engaged In the en terprise authorized by the order of incorporation. 3rd. That the entire stock v)f | so called attention to the high prlc- t es that have ruled for naval stores . I during the year and spoke of tho ; GEORGIA—Lowndes County ! growing Interest In the lumber work on the new playhoute will begin , 0 n, proprietor of tho auditorium, haa D ,„„., . „ . -— -• _ . Th . d own , d by d (h . nrn „. rt „ tenderness to President Young, who sale Is confirmed by the referee noxt month. The land la owned by lea.ed the property for , term of was a personaI frlpn ,, „ f ,, r Cum This 2nd day of April, 1905. A., Candler who built the Candler year,. He .ay. It 1. the purpo.e of niln|;s and t0 n)most b building, tho bgge.t aky.cr.p-r in thoao tntere.ted In the deal to pro- [ of thp boar( , of (rn(|o Thfl the city There la a brick residence sent polite vaudeville exclusively, Libel for Divorce. Savannah Veterans Meet. V.SIWMS, Ordinary Lowndes County. B. P. Jones, H. L. Boone, Frank Roberts, C. L. Jon ns, W. B. Johnson, W. B. Conoley, John T. Roberts, W. L. Fonder, G. W. Varn, C. L. Smith. STATE OF GEORGIA: Office of Secretary of State, said corporation is now owned by | I, Philip Cook, Secretary of State O. D. Dalton, J. H. Osborne, W. i of the State of Georgia, do hereby M. Scott, H. 8. Candllsh and A. j certify, that the attached Three pages Savannah, April 4—The Confeder ate Veterans Atociation held a meet ing last night and diacussed the par ticulars of the trip to New Orleans this month to attend the annual re- ainion of the United Confederate vet- General 8weat of Waycross, com mander of the brigade in which Sa vannah la located haa recently pre pared hit order calling attention to ’tho reunton and this was read at the meeting. The 8avannah delega tion which will probably be a large one will travel In a special sleeper I ket. The board of trade is a thoroughly out of Savannah and wUI u.V «ti. 1 !t . Drerat > CT8 for .looping quarter, whl.o In Now :;™na h ! h0 " C “ Ve bU8l ” eSS m0 ° Orleans. They have adopted this plan for the past several years and have al ways found it moat satisfactory. It la expected that Col. J. H. Estill com mander of McLaws camp, U. C. V., Flocking to School Again. Iui8t week some wild reports were Hoagland. It is the purpose and desire Alonzo Jenkins vs. Bettle Jenkins. and petition for incorporation by Superior Court, May term, 1906. To Bettle Jenkins, defendant the above stated case, is hereby re quired to bo and appear at the Su perior Court to be held in and foi said county on the 3rd Monday 1n May, next, then and there to answer the plaintiff’s complaint for divorce, and in default thereof, the court will will drop hi* gubernatorial race long report, but very little for tie excite- enough to mako tho trip with hla ment which it create!. The attend camp to New Orleans. Others to Fight Charges. Savannah, April 4.—The entering themeelvea and not enter pleaa of anJ *° arS h,ue about died out. scattered over Valdosta about the P ro<?eel as to iuirtice shall appertain- annonrnnr« mnninnfii . .* - I Witness the Honorable Robert G. appearance of meningitis In this city Mitchell, Judge of said court. This mere was some foundation for the March 15th. 1906. R. T. MYDDELTON, Clerk. 3 20 2t m 2m. anco at chool fell off about one !GEORGIA—Echols County: hundred and fifty pupils as a result i Notice is hereby given that the of the report, but these have all re- undersigned has applied to the ordl* turned, showing that the excitement nary of sa,d count * for leave to , *® 11 6 lQe excitement 1oTW , nt a •f pleas of guilty In the United States guilty. The defendants who did plead court yesterday of J. J. McBride and guilty and their friends teem to J. J. Garrity, to a violation of the think they got off very well with a law relative to naturalizing citizens fine of a thousand dollars each. excited some comment as to wnat the outcome will be In the other cases similar to theae. There are three or four other de- There were more charges against burial. them than there were against any of ‘ A telegram from Pensacola tc the other defendants. ..The others frlon,,s of Slator In Moultrie, an- have aecured attorneys with the idea nounced tbat waa killed In Pen- land belonging to the estate of A. W. Carter for the benefit of debts or for the purpose of distribution. Said application will be hear! at the regular term of the Court of Or- nmrrrt u-oii . dinary for saiJ county to be hell on negro well known around Moultrie the first Monday in May, 1996. This 2nd day of April. 1906. Killed in Florida. The remains of Arthur Slator, ("111 arrive tonight from Florida CORBETT, 'Administrator Upon the Estate , A. W. Carter. J. E. PARRISH. Ordinary fandanta and It la understood that j of making a defense. It is not believ- . sacola Saturday night and tbat he j GEORGIA—Echols County they will fight the charges against jed that their cases will be tried toon. time Another Survivor Found. i P to The present Lens, France, April 4—Another livinu survivor of the mine’ 1 ”" 0 "" S1 ' nt fr >™ «i c United State, «*»*• , disaster at Courriers March 10th, was discovered this morning famincT^tricken* people f °° d *° r ^ " •■ *-*-* rould be shipped hero for interment j By virtue of an order of the court No particulars as to how he was ordinary of said county, will be killed.—Moultrie Ohsunop , »° ,( i at public outcry ’he first _ er ‘ Tuesday In May. 1906 at the court I house in said county bet wee-i the $50,000 usual hours of sale thv? following EehoW county, help furnish food for tho “ * ll , ; .“J, “ ' ana , s '°- * 50 ' :n ,ho 13th land district of said county, nation known as the William B<4hanan place. and hroneht out of tilt* nit ^I'his flis'isler woe otip th it ' known as the nilllam B<4hanan pi ana uroiign^ out oi me pu. ^ 1 ms ais.isitr was one inai , ha t can prosecute a Stupendous war The sale will continue from day (such as was waged only last year In day between The same hours until t all of said property is sold. Terms | cash. This 2nd day of April. 1996. brought death to over one thousand miners. The finding of another miner after twenty-five days imprison- '’anchurla ought to b u able to erpe' a ^ ah of 8ald P r °P erl >' ls so >d ment, caused intense excitement. The man is in a dangerous from ,ls bOTd vrs the wolf of atarva- condition. As the news spread through the region it caused an ' l “ n ’’!?* of pe “ e - Un ’ cr e pre *‘|. , ,, ALONZO bohanan, .. . . , . 7 , , , ent condltlonB In the United States ! Administrator of William Bohanan. extreme exasperation against the engineers in charge of the fapi lne could not lone nrevatt in any — , _ salvage work. State Engineer Lton was suriounded by a crowd county, town, city, hamlet or village I FOLEYSllONEY'^IAR wLocursid him. * in any of the states of the Union. 1 «< OOI (he coasfh and heaUlontf* striking the word’“fifty thousand dol lara’’ from the “fifth” paragraph of said petition, and Inserting in lieu thereof, the worls “vine hundred and fifty thousand dollars,” so that pe- .ta loner may have the privilege of increasing the capital stock and the power to increase the same from time to time. In the discretion of the said corporation, not to exceed the Bum of one hundred and fifty thous and dollars and also of decreasing the capital stock In like manner, not below the sum of ten thontan'l dol lars, as provided In Its charter. 5th. By unanimous vote ot the stock-holders of the petitioning cor poration, it has been determined thst petitioner file its application for such amendment, such vote being had at the regular meeting of the stock holders of the corporation. of type-written matter contain a true and correct copy of the petition of the Valdosta Bank and Trust Com- panv for a charter, the original of which ls of file in this department; In Testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal ! my office, at the Capitol, In the City of Atlanta, this 8th day of March, In the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine hundred and six, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirtieth. PHILIP COOK, Secretary of State. For New Road. GEORGIA—Lowndes County: Whereas, certain petitioners have made their application to this court praying for an order granting the establishment of a new roal com mencing from public road leading . from Lake Park to Valdosta at a Wherefore, petitioner prays that [ point near J. C. King’s resldenca in an order be passed amending its said charter as herein set out. WOODWARD & SMITH, Attorneys for Petitioner. Filed In office this March 5. 1906. R. T. MYDDELTON, Clerk, GEORGIA—Lowndes County: I, R. T. Myddelton, Clerk Superi or Court of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing Is a true copy of a petition for charter as ap pears of file In my office. This March 5, 1906. R, T. MYDDELTON. Clerk S. C. dl* Lake Park district at land line viding J. C. King’s and Mills WIs- enbaker; thence following said, land line, dividing lands of Dr. Rouse and Robt. Hineley; thence lands of T. J. High, J. H. Garter and A. C. Carter; thence lands of W B. High and G. B. Martin; thenc» lands of Andrew Frier and G. B. Martin, and intersecting the public road lend’ng from Valdosta, Ga., to 3*i.’ l,, e, Fla , near the residence of G. B. Martin, In the 16th district of said county. And where as, commissioners appoitn cd for that purpose have reviewed and marked out said contwnptate-l mad, and reported to the commissioners of roads and revenues of said county that said road will be of much puh- utlllty and con real once. Administrator’s Sale. Smith, administrator of the estate of Wesley Mathett, having in proper form applied to the under- signed for leave to sell all the real ', bls i‘s"to'c[te"andTi^'.'r-.. ,.-r- estate belonging to said Wesley sons that on and after , hl! ? ,h day Mathett s estate, this ls, therefore, of May nexti 190 c, , a id now road to cite all concerned to show cause ! will be granted if no gori cause *.s at the next term of court why said shown ta the contrary, administrator should not have leave I Witness the Hon. Commissioners to sell said property, after advorthrlof Roada and Revenue!, M1I3 Mer- h ing the same as the law directs. ! 29th 1906 R T MYllDtll.TON, This April 4th, 1906. | Clerk Com. Rr,1, and Rev. 3 31 30d. SIMMS, Ordinary. -,.y