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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1906.
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INCH MEETING
YESTERDAY.
(From Thursday’s Daily.)
Mr. T. E. Goodwin, the Dairyman, Ap
peared Before the Body and De
livered a Lengthy Argument on
the Cow Ordinance—Bicycle Ordi
nance was Passed and Accounts
Were Approved.
The Mayor and Councilmen had
their monthly meeting yesterday af-
* ternoon in the Council chamber.
There was not very much business
before the Council, though several
matters of" importance were taken
up and attended to.
" fcrobably the most interesting . in
cident of the meeting was the ap
pearance of Mr. T. E. Goodwin, the
dairyman, who presented quite a
lengthy argument to the Council in
regai d to the fees which have been
charged for impounding cattle. Mr.
Goodwin had a large number of cat
tle arrest* d in the city limits some
time ago, the fees amounting
$72.50. t The Council remitted half
of the fine, and Mr. Goodwin appear
ed before the body to see if he could
not get a larger remittance from
them.
He took 4he position that twenty-
five cents a head wauld be a suffi
cient charge, and that the city would
make money even at that price. He
lost sight of the fact that the high
lee is charged to prevent people
from letting their cows run at large
and not as a money making scheme
for the city. As a matter of fact,
the Council would be better satis
fied if cows were kept up entirely,
regardless of the amdunt of revenue
that comes to the city when they are
arrested.
Mr. Goodwin had his argument
written out, and its reading requir
ed about a half an hour’s time. He
said that his Industry was one that
milk to. babies and Invalids
town, to say nothing of the
dependent upon him "for their
.milk supplies. He also gave a run
ning review of his expenses, all
which are paid out In this city, such
as buying stock food, salaries paid
to employes, rent for pasture land
and a dozen other items of expense
aggregating quite a considerable
amo ;nt in the course of a year.
He also showed what' other com
munities charge as pound fees and
also the benefit which cattle have
to a city by eating down the grass
and weeds. He declared that if all
cows in Valdosta were allowed to
run on the streets and eat up the
weeds and grass, it would be worth
more to the health of the people
than all of the calomel in the drug
stores.
The council listened to his argu
ment with a good deal of Interest,
and they probably granted that much
that he said was true, though they
were not able to surrender their con
viction that there are two aides to
the question, and that cities some
time have to forego some convenien
ces, and the apparent rights of some
of the people in order to bring about
comforts and conviences to the larg
er number of people.
The council then took up the mat
ter of riding bicycles on the side
walks and passed the following or
dinance:
• “Be It ordained by the mayor and
council and it is* hereby ordained by
authority of same that from and af
ter the passage of this ordinance no
person shall'be allowed to ride a bi
cycle on any side walk within the in
corporate limits of the City of Val
dosta.
“Any person violating this section
or any provision thereof shall upon
conviction, be punished as prescrib
ed In section No. 107 of the city code
of Valdosta.
“Be it further ordained that all or
dinances or parts of ’ ordinances in
conflict herewith be, and the same
are hereby repealed.”
The following bills were approved
and ordered paid by the council:
Street pay roll $214.95
Sanitary pay roll 150.00
J. C. Wilson.. ..
Mrs. B. L. Dasher 9.50
Mrs. Laura Aultman
R. Dye
J. J. Newman, clerk C.95
M. J. Chauncey 72.68
M. J. Chauncey S2.83
Merchants Bank Int. Coupons 65.00
M. J. Chauncey 4.91
T. M. Ray, P. M 11.70
.Water Works Pay Roll .. .. 482.91
C. B. Peeples 240.^1
Sewerage pay roll 139.05
J. J. McCranie 5.00
H. Stevens Sons Co 170.76
Ousley & Co 29.00
C. Dampier 17.40
L. Presley 60.00
jO. T. Hill 50.00
jJohu Claytou 50.00
!G. W. Dowling 50.00
S. L. Sharpe 50.00
jJ. W. McIntyre 50.00
J. M. Gates 42.82
I Postal Telegraph Co 2.21
j Geo. D. Barnard Co 26.00
Lang, Smith & Little 60.00
Jones & Youles 2.55
Valdosta Printing Co 1.50
Savanah Morning News .. .'. 2.50
Chas. D. Reese 1.61
Fender Lumber Co 2.44
Dana G. Griffin 125.00
Robert Grant 50.00
Jessie Grant 40.o0
A. B. Walton 28.00
Georgia Supply Co
Ben C. Smith, treasurer 81.33
Durant Lumber Co 11.22
Valdosta Ice & Mfg. Co. 107.03
C. I. Shelton .. 26.25
Campbell Coal Co 145.81
Valdosta Ice & Mfg. Co 335.15
Smith Livery Co 1.50
Stevens & Co
C. W. Stucky
A. S. Pendleton 47.35
Harley Hardware Co 15
Roscoe Rouse j .. 2.75
Ousley & Co. 2.85
L. Ricks 2.00
Ingrain & Hewlett
E. Roberts Hardware Co.
Preston Brooks.. .V
W. S. Barco
Paul Canady
Tom Cook, Jr
Henry Sirmans
Shelton Moore
John O’Neal ..
J. J. Newman
W. J. Giddeus
3.35
60.00
45.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
.40.00
100.00
33.33
66.66
100.00
5.20
11.10
23.90
Robt. F. Ousley
W. H. Gainey
A. E. Dlmmock
B. 'A. Deal, Jr
Thomas Dekle Hardware Co,
Ingram & Hewlett 8.00
J. P. Ulmer 35.65
C. B. Peeples 171.58
Ham Bros 115.75
Chas. Hvass 14.00
Edson Mfg. Co 21.85
M. A. Briggs.. 75
Valdosta Foundry & Mch. Co.
W. H. Briggs Hardware Co. .
56.00
5.62
E PAY.
For Serving Government in Greene
and Gaynor Trial.
(From Thursday's Daily.)
Foreman Thomas, of Quitman, Wrote
Representative Brantley, Laying
the Jurors’ Claims Before Him—
Attorney General Moody Says the
Proposition to Increase Pay ii
possible.
Attorney General Moody has
fused to recommend action by the
government to reimburse the mem
bers of the jury in the Greene and
Gaynor case for extraordinary ex
penses, claimed to have been incur
red by them in serving the govern
ment during the long period of the
trial at Savannah.
Some days ago Mr. W. H. Thomas
of Quitman, foreman of the Jury,
wrote Representative Brantley call*
ing his attention to the great amount
of time consumed in the trial and
claiming that this had operated a
great hardship upon all or the mem
bers of the jury. Those of the Jur
ors, who are merchants, as well as
those whb are farmers, suffered se
verely, Mr. Thomas claimed, by be
ing kept away from their legitimate
DEATH OF AN INFANT.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Barton, of Lake
Park 8adly Bereaved.
The 14-montht old daughter of Mr.
aud Mrs. C. J. Barton, of Lake Park,
died at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Powell in this city on Thursday
afternoon. The little one had been
in a low state of health for sometime
and its parents brought it to Valdos
ta about a week ago, for treatment
by physicians herb. The skill of
the doctors was unavailing, however,
and the child continued to grow
worse until It died.
T*he body of the infant was carried
to Lak^ Park Thursday afternoon on
the five' o’clock train and the burial
occurred th«re this morning.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bar
ton will regret to learn of the loss 1
of their little one, and sympathize j
deeply with them in their bereave
ment.
NEW GAPS ADDED
TO
MEETING OF THE U. D. C.
Will be Held Friday Afternoon—The
May Program.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will*meet Friday afternoon at 4
o’clock at Mrs. S. M. Varnedoe’s res
idence on Jackson street. The lib* «
erary committee for May is Mr*. X-
L. Staten, Mrs. S. T. Harris and Mr*.
J. H. Henderson.
Official Program for May.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson, born at
Clarksburg, W. Va., Jan. 21, 1824.
{Charter for the Valdosta Southern'Died at Ginea Station near Fredr
I Has Been Applied for—The Line ! erl ® l ‘ sbu, ' g ' Ml,y , 10 ' 1863 -
His motto: “Do your duty and
Will be Twenty-Eight Mile. Long trust in God."
! And Will be a Part of the Road' Questions—
1. Where was Thomas Jonathan
Jackson educated and how*dfd he ofe-
The best lawn mowers—the Great
American—at Boyd-Fry Stove & Chi
na Co.
To Conduct a Tent Meeting.
Rev. FnujkjJackson, of Atlanta,
the Baptist minister who conducted
such a successful revival in the West
Side Baptist church, a year ago
has returned to Valdosta for the pur
pose of conducting another meeting
here. Rev. Mr. Jacksou has been
largely Interested in home mission
ary work and his success in that field
is said to have been phenomenal*. It
is understood that he will begin the
services at the West side church,
and he expects later on to have a
business' during"the long period “of large t f nt w “® h his , 8ervlce8 wl "
he conducted. It is not known exact-
trial, and he asked if there were no
way to secure compensation at the
hands of the government.
Brantley took the matter up
with the attorney general asking
if there is any fund in the depart
ment of justice to cover such cases,
and if not, whether Ije would not rec
ommend some action by congress.
Attorney General Moody has writ
ten Mr. Brantley, replying that there
is no such fund, and that it would be
be Impossible to make the recom
mendation suggested, for the reason
that it would set a very bad prece
dent. He points out the duty of the
citizen to serve on juries when call
ed upon and suggests that for the
government to make provision for
the payment of claims of this char
acter would open the way to the aug-
iy what day the tent will arrive.
You catvhlways save some monej
on builders hardware at Boyd-Fry
Stove & China Co.
The best ice cream freezers and
water coolers are sold by Boyd-Fry
Stove & China Co.
The Weather Continues Hot.
The sky Is pretty well covered
this mornlhg by those little thunder
head clouds which are usually re
garded as a good sign of rain, tbpugh
The weather today is hardly
hot as It was on yesterday and for
the pqst four or five days, but it is
still warm enough to satisfy the
most exacting lovers of the summer
months.
Mayor John Roberts is authority-
for the statement that two fresh
eggs in his yard were partially cook
ed by the sun yesterday. Of course
he did not mean that they were
scrambled or hard-boiled, but that
the whites of the eggs were cooked
about like the average Yankee *drum-
mer would call for them at the ho
tels.
As .hot and cold waves hardly ever
last over four or five days at a time
It is not often that a woman with
stick gets the best of a chicken
eating hawk, but that is what Mrs.
J. B. Cowart, dt Dasher, did a few
days ago. The hawk swooped down
in the lady’s poultry yard and was
creating a terrible commotion when
Mrs. Cowart arrived on the scene.
She seized a small stick, and going
into the fray, with a few well direct
ed blows soon had the hawk dis
patched.
Go JO Boyd-Fry Stove A China Co.
tor/jlttifQ date wedding presents.
From Augusta to Valdosta and the
; Gulf.
Is John Skelton Williams, formerly
president of the Seaboard Air Lino
slowly forging the links for a new air
line from Augusta to the South Geor
gia line?
Many well informed railroad men
believe that ouch is the case, and
this belief is given strength by the
fact that application for a charter
for the Vldalia and Southern railroad
was fl f od today with Secretary
State Phil Cook.
Nothing appears in the application
Itself to bolster up such ideas for the
incorporators are all well known cit
izens of Richmond county. The Vi
dal! 1 and Southwestern will be 28
miles long operating from Vldalia
in the new county of Toombs to Ha*
zlehurst, in the new county of Jeff
Davis.
It will pass through Toombs, Mont
gomery and Jeff Davis counties, with
terminals in Vldalia and Hazlehui's r ..
Capital stork is fixed at $25,000, and
R. Roy Goodwin, J. E. Harper, Alien
W. Jones, Henry M. North, C. E. Dun
bar, James R. Stokes, John L. Arm
strong, A. W. Harper, Daniel Prlntup,
H. McClellan and William Barrstt,
1 of. Richmond county are name-1
1 Incorporators.
Those who watch the develop
ments point out the probabilities of
John S. Williams, interest. He and
associates have constructed and
have In operation the Augusta and
Florida from Augusta to Mldvllle
and Swainsboro. According to re
ports Mr. Williams and his associat
es are on a trade for the OelUa and
Valdosta railroad from Irwlnville to
Hazlehurst
tain the appointment?
2. Where did Jackson first serve
in the United States army and what
were his military titles?
3. When did he resign his com
mission? To what position was ue
then elected, and how long did he
serve?
4. Wbat was his first appointment
In the Confederate army and to what
office was he finally promoted?
Where did his soubriquet
“Stonewall’’ originate, and give cir
cumstances?
When did*Gen. Jackson narrow-
ly escape capture?
What were some of his grand
traits of character and how was he
regarded by Gen. R. E. I^ee and by
his own men?
Name some of the great battles
won by “Stonewall” Jackson.
What was General Jackson**
last order?
10. Where' did Gen., Jackson re
ceive his death wound? Give circum
stances of his death—his last, words.
11. Where was he burled, give de
tails of funeral and 'what was brought
trofn the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte
and planted near his grave?
12. What foreigners held him la
such esteem as to present to Virgin
ia a bronze statue of Jackson—hero
ic slzer~whlch was erected on the
Capital Square at Richmond?
and his folks are rnterested In the
Vldalia and Southwestern, would/al
most complete his links from Augus
ta to HailehurBt. It isnt far from
there to some seaboard point.
There may or may not be sub
stance In this talk but It Is certain
that the moves in forming up these
various links are being watched with
This, If Mr. Williams | keen Interest by the railroad world.
SMITH TALKS ABOUT LOCUSTS.
Seventeen-Year Variety Scheduled
for a Visit to Georgia.
State Entomologist Smith, In dis
cussing the predicted visit this month
of the thirteen and seventeen-year lo
custs to the counties of Habersham
Union, White and Rabun, states that
unless the pests* come In large num
bers there is little need for fear by
horticulturists and farmers. .
“They attack young twigs,” says
In this section, It Is pretty safe to ■ Mr g mlth . .. We are never aM# (Q
guess that there will soon be a teU )n Ju8t what numbera they wm
change, either a rain or colder a|)pear . In going through an orchard
weather without It. j or forest where they have visited
[the trees look as If they had been
Fainted and Fell From a Train. | injured by Are. There Is no way
Roscoe Enza, a young man about to prevent them from coming,
twenty years of age, fell from the i "Locusts are about an Inch I
train on the way to Broxton Sunday length and resemble the July fly
morning and was badly injured In j They lay their eggs on small twigs,
the fall, though he was out Monday ,and these In turn hatch Into locusts,
morning From his appearance he When they have hatched and become
evidently had a narrow escape from full-fledged locusts after doing what
death. The accident was not observ- ever destructive work they .Intend
ed by any one, and the train went they go into the ground and remain
on to Broxton without It being there for thirteen and seventeen
known by any of the train crew. Af- years,
ter recovery from the shock of the "I have not received any Informa-
fall the young man wandered to a tlon from Washington as to what
farm house not far away and re- time they will put In an appearance
malned until the train returned In However, wo cannot tell exactly what
the afternoon. He Is unable to give harm they will do."
a satisfactory account of his fall, i .It was predicted that these same
He says he was feeling bad and went locusts would appear last year, but
to the cooler for water, but does not they failed to pay these mentioned
remember getting the water or how counties In Georgia a visit,
he come to leave the train. He says j —
he must have fainted.—Coffee Coun-1 In order to cut your ice bill, use
ty flows. * North Star refrigerator. Boyd-Fry
I Stove & China Co.
Covering for Kitchen Floor. j
An Ingenious woman has given the j ® un Shooting Yesterday,
following directions for a homemade I The weekly shoot of the Valdosta
substitute for linoleum on the kltch-, Gun Club was held yesterday after-
en floor: Take any old carpet that noon, resulting In the following
Is whole, but too shabby for use,'score: Ablal Winn, 41 out of a pos-
clean thoroughly, and tack It down slble 60; J. E. Springer, 39; V\ B.
smoothly on the kitchen floor. Then Conoly, 39; W. S. Fender, 3G; Robert
make a good, thick boiled starch ot Thomas, 35.
flour and water. Rub a coat of the j The scores are considered very
starch on the carpet with a white satisfactory, although the trap
wash brdCn, and in about twenty- not working perfectly.- Mr. Winn Is
four hours, or when the starch Is leading the club so far this season,
thoroughly dry, give It a coat of
paint—any color desired. Dark r*l ' The spotless washing machines
Is a desirable color for the kitchen, have proven a success and for Bale
When the paint Is dry, give a second ' by Boyd-Fry Stove & China Co.
coat and you will have a cheap and
durable floor covering, equal to lino-1 Mr. N. J. Money, of Hahlra, expect*
leum at about one-fourth the cost. ' to leave this week for Greenville,
By giving It A coat of paint once a j Texas, where he will spend some
year It wlll^lMt for years.
'months visiting relatives.