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THE VALDOSTA TIMES. SATURDAY, MAY 12. 1906
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KING'S CHAPEL CLOSING.
10 JET.
The Labor Problem is Forcing
Them to Gel Together.
Negroes Have Become so Unreliable
That Change Must Be Made if Pro
ducers Stay in Business—Italians
the Best Labor, and Their Coming
Believed to be the Salvation of the
Trade.
The labor problem has reached an
acute stage with the turpentine men,
and a number of prominent factors
l4 Javannah are considering the ad
visability of calling a convention of
*• operators in Georgia, Florida and
Jh^Carolinas to' consider ways and
means for getting labor in the camps.
The problem must be satisfactorily
solved before the first boxes are cut
4a the fall, or the turpentine men
will be in a hard row, says the Sa
vannah News.
The producers have always de-
i Very Pleasant and Enjoyable Exer-
| cises Were Held There.
Cat Creek, Ga., May 10.—The clos-
|ing exercises of King’s Chapel school
Friday, May 4th, was a success. The
(exercises began with a song by sev
eral girls. An original address, the
‘Hindrances of King’s Chapel,’’ by
H. E. Mathis. “Great days of Febru
ary”’ bu 32 boys and girls; Hoop
Drill, by 10 boys and girls; an orlg-
inal address, ‘ The Needs of King's The 8tate Ha „ Troublc!I of it , 0wn
Chapel School,’’ by C. C. Smith;
KEEP TROUBLE TO
YOURSELF.
Is the Advice Which Attorney-Gen-
a nd Has No Time to Worry Over
Those of the Sub Lessees—Import
ant Ruling in the Case of Convicts
Which Were Sub Leased by Hanby
& Toomer.
If you have any troubles growing
Song, ‘‘On the Old Camp Ground.”
Music was furnished by Messrs.
F. H. Gaskins, Shelly Mathis, Mrs.
F. H. Gaskins, Misses Susie Mathis
and Cora Webb
At 12 o’clock a bountiful dinner
was spread under the pines and ev
erybody came forward and partook
of the nice dinner that was prepared out of your contract for the sub lease
by the generous and hospitable la- ' ot COQvlet8> go t0 the 8tate courts
dies of this community. | _
Prizes were awarded by the teach- wtth them ' the state la 111 n0 ln ‘
ers to pupils excelling in map draw-1 terested In them, is in effect the ad*
ing. In the 7th grade C. C. Smith j vice of Attorney General Hart to
was the winner, In the 5th grade t Hanby & Toomer, and Joel Hart, rep-
Ide'la WiHlatna was the winner, in rese ntlng the Georgia Iron and Coal
the 4th grade David Mathis was the | r
winner. Prizes were also awarded | pany i ‘
Several years ago the firm of Han
by & Toomer, of Waycross, leased
a number of felohy convicts from the
‘state under the provision of the acts
pended on negro labor in getting out'speech on education. He advocated ) 897 aad 1993 ; F * fty ° f . thaae con '
their spirits and rosins, but within compulsory education and urged the !* Cts , we , resuble ? sed ‘ wlth tbe a l'
the last two or three years the ne- parents to give their children an ed-; pr0Va ° f bhe ,1 '' 3011 commission, to
groes have become so unreliable that ucation. He was loudly applauded i Deen for , f term of two
the producers are almost ready to during his speech and held the clos- ! 5 f a 'f’ * tb tbe p f lvl ege of 1 f newal '
abolish them entirety as laborers, jest attention of the large crowd. The 0 „ e laa8e ,or three years longer.
It Is a fact that the wages which school has haen successful)- taught ;, t S , ubse,aent 3 ’' Dee “ Brothers ‘ 0,1
their part, sub-let the convicts; and
their sub-lessee again sub-let them to
the Gerogla Iron and Coal Company,
which company now has possession
of the convicts. The three-year
term of the original lease from Han-
to 10 pupils for good attendance. |
Knight, a brilliant and
eloquent attorney ot Milltown,, was ;
present and delivered a masterful •
taught,
the negro can earn in the turpentine j by Mr. Thos E. Casey and Miss Susie
camps is higher than that paid for Parrish and they have given entire
unskilled labor either white or black satisfaction to every one. The day
anywhere in the United States. It is passed off very pleasantly and every
double what he can make as a rail- j body seemed to enjoy themselves
road section hand, and the work is very much. " A ^ ,
not so hard. It is a comparatively' Mr. Preston Clanton, of Clinch, at-rf r * To ° A me '', *° De f“ Br P thcr8 e *'
easy matter to earn as much as ?3 tened thee losing of Kings Chapel j 9 6 0n pr ’ 38 and Han y &
- 1 .... __J ; Toomer made a demand for the con-
viets on the Georgia Iron and Coal
Company.
This demand was refused on the
ground that the company had the
right to exercise the option to extend
the lease granted by Hanby & Toom-
days and make all the money needed A telephone line from Lois to Cat • J® f n Br °» h ! r ** anby &
for having a good time the rest of the Creek would be a great benefit to ' , . en ? PP e ? e pr 8 ° n
week. Hence the labor of the negro the people around here. commissioner for an order directed to
is uncertain and unreliable. I f Company
The factors are vitally Interested CONTE8T ON IN COLQUITT. * B that . 0 “ pan5r ta turn tbe
In the labor problem, for one reason '“ni l a T '
that they have advanced large sums Sheriff Campbell to Contest Collier'e , 8 . re8 * ' aD e ma er
of money In the aggregate to the op-! Nomination. by „ the pr , ls “ a ( co f ramls -
orators based on their future pros- Moultrie, Ga., May 10—What prom- 1 0 ,,( n ( 0n ° rne enera ar or an
pects. Without labor it will, of ises to be a spirited and bitter con- j ..
course be Impossible for the produc- test has grown out of the recent prl- • t /. - . .. e . f. orn ® y g er *
* - a « . n i na al * 9 t0 the effect that the prison com
ers to reimburse the factors for the mary for county officers in Colquitt . . . ...
. a mission is not concerned with any
money advanced. county.
A Labor Formula. ! The race for sheriff was close be-
“One Italian is equal to four China- tween the present sheriff, J. A. Camp-
men, three Chinamen are equal to bell and J. A. Collier. When the con-
one negro,” is the equation of the la- solidation was made it was found
bor question as formulated by the op- that Collier had defeated Campbell
erators. The obvious moral Is to by twelve votes. A few days after-
get the Italians. Just how is the wards Campbell’s attention was call-
chief problem. ,ed to the fact that the total of the
Reports from Florida, where Chin- votes cast in the Moultrie precinct
ese labor was Introduced as a means did not amount to so much as a total
a day ih the turpentine camps and school.
more if he works a little more rap- j Mr. and Mi%. T. B. Exum, of Lois, *
Idly. ’ .were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. ;
Irregular in Working. ,J. Smith Friday night. I.
One great trouble which the opera- 1 The little babe of Mr. and- Mrs.
tors have with negro labor Is that Toys Parrish is very sick and Is not •
the negroes can work two or three expected to live.
equities that may exist between the
lessees from the state and ary sub-
lesses from them, that the m ’Inal
lessee alone are responsible tc!> ,he
state and that the sub-lessees
no right to resist the application ior
the removal. of the convicts. Under
this opinion the commission will
doubtless pass an order next week
requiring the convicts to be turned
over to Hanby & Toomer.
The ruling of the Attorney General
is so far reaching that It may effect
several of the contract* made by
Hanby & Toomer of a similar char
acter. It is understood that this Is
sue between Hanby & Toomer and
of solving the question, are to the of the votes received by the three
effect that the use of Chinese in the candidates in the same precinct. The
camps is impracticable, and that It sheriff asked for a recount and for
takes three Chinks to do the work of a time his successful opponent con-
one negro. But with the Italians is sented, but was later advtsed by
it different. It is said that the Ital- friends to oppose it. Campbell has
Ians arc more efficient than the ne-'employed counsel and presented a j™ (^fa" Ir 'on“and CoaiTompany,
gro as a common laborer, and very formal petition to the executive com- 1
much superior in the matter of stay- mittee asking for a recount and Col
ing with their jobs. The Italians are, Her has employed counsel and will
extensively employed on railroads in ( file an answer objecting to the re-
the south, but their development as count.
the mainstay of the turpentine camps No meeting of the committee has
is of comparatively recent date. In been called, but the committee will
the turpentine camps the, Italians hold a meeting on the 17th inst., for
can earn double their pay In the rail- other business and it is probable that
road gangs. the fight for the recount or contest
Small Crops This Year. will be held off until that time. In
Prospects for thA Hew* crop are the meantime the friends of the two
said to be good, and with a suitable men are lining up with them and the
amount of labor available, the yield contest promises to be a very bitter
would be larger than last year, but one.
under the labor handicap the crop —
will be undoubtedly smaller by per- ( Negro Killed At Corbett’s,
haps 25 per cent. The only com- There was a killing In the quar
HIS
SERGE SUIT
The Case is This:
If a man has one summer
. suit, it ought to be a Serge
Suit.
If he has more than one suit,
one of them ought to be a
Serge.
For his comfort, for one thing; for his looks, for another,
and for the durability and service he’ll get out of the suit,
for a third-
It might seem as though we were trying to make the
Serge Suit out a paragon of all suit virtue. It is really—
at least
• The Sort of Serge Saits We Sell.
The suits this season have liberal lapels, half fitting
backs and broad shoulders.
An Excellent Quality at $2Q m
M. A. BRIGGS,
“One Price to All,”
VALDOSTA, : : : GEORGIA.
Refrigerators, Ice Boxes
and Water Coolers.
Is due to the fact that the Georgia
Iron and Coal Company oversteps
their rights in the premises by not
notifying Hamby & Toomer in time
to protect themselves by an exten
sion of the lease of the convicts. The
lease to the cpal and iron company
expired at 12 o’clock on the night of
March 31, and it was not until two
days after, April 2, when the convicts
were sent for that Hanby & Toomer
were notified by the Georgia Iron
and Coal Company’s people that they
Intended taking advantage of their
option to extend this lease.
number of Savannah naval stores
labor has been discussed by a Hams & Owens Shoe Co.
Everything in paints at C. B. Peep
's. ^
A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever
D R. T. FELIX COURAUD’S ORIENTAL
CREAM OR MAGICAL 6EAUTIFIER
m
gj*g
The kind that fit—at the new and
only exclusive shoe store—Williams
plaint about the weather has been ters at Corbett’s mill last night about j & Owens Shoe Co.
that It has been a trifle dry for the seven o’clock. Jesse Johnson shot
best results, but this difficulty has and instantly killed his fellow em-
no doub't been met by the rains of ployee, Anthony Brown, about a mat-
yesterday: | ter in which a woman was involved.
In speaking of the turpentine sit- Anthony was shot with a pistol, the
uatlon, Mr. J. J. O'Neil, of the firm ball entering just about the hear£
of Chesnutt & O’Neill, said yester- and killing him almost Instantly.
[ day; ! Johnson made his escape and is
“The labor situation In the turpen- still at large. There seems to have
Itlne camps is getting worse every been very little excitement or regret
(day. It is not a question of the over the matter and no warrant has
price of the turpentine. If It were been sworn out for Johnson up un-
elling for a dollar a gallon we could til this afternoon.-—Moultrie Observ-
not get labor. The negroes are good er.
jrhen they work, but, they can’t be
Educed to stay with their Jobs. The
ages are higher than anywhere else _ . . . u .
world for common labor. One "«>'"*• 1 think t-a t . with the coop-
„ason why the negro does not stay " ratloa aa<1 PerhBps the Initiative of
Suppose, Is that each laborer works «>• Jacksonville trade, a convention
^ o* will be called this summer to consid-
tone during the day, though at night , ,
Jy are In camp together. The work cr the best way to solve the dlfficul-
U cleaner and not so arduous as ‘> 88 w‘th, which we are hampered,
working on the railroad, but the ne- Something must he done by the time
■ >cs prefer the latter. . ,he tree3 are he , ho ^ f “" f
Producer. Alarmed. Desirable immigration, preferably of
■ '•The producers are . becoming Italla " s ' 1 belle J‘ ! t0 be the 8olu,lon
alarmed, for unless they can harvest ( of the problem,
d sir products they cannot get mon- : ..
f ^vanced for the season Within
tfcc past few days the subject of Ital- | | 1 50 at the new 8 hoe store. Wll-
fssa: 3% fsga
ZUib, and Skla DUtuca,
and erarj blemli-b
on baautf. and da-
flea datactlon. It
bna atood tht taat
of 67 T**n> uid
la ao barolcaa wa
taatelt tobaauralt
la properly ma<Ja.
Accapt no counter
th« least harmful
«k!apreparations." For»ai«b, -
QooCM D- altra In the Ur.lt. d State#, Can ola and Soropa.
fEHO.T. KOPIINS, Frcp., 3/ Gt at Jcr.ts Street ImTctt
Notice to the Public.
1 have opened an office in my same old
quarters. People wishing my services
can find me by leaving message at Cars
well's drug store. Residence Phone 213
4 rings. DR. M. Y. ALLEN.
ice Cream Freezers:
TWIN LIGHTNING and
BLIZZARD of all sizes.
If you need a freezer let us
show you the best one
made. We buy them by
the hundred -
North Star
Refrigerators
Both metal, enamel and opal
lining. Walls packed with
guaranteed cork, the best
packing known for refrigera
tors. We have already sold
one ear load this season and
exptet to sell at least another
one, so’ if you have not al
ready bought a North Star
we have one for you. Also a
large line of Mercury refrig
erators as shown by the above
cut.' This box is good for
small families' up stairs use
or old bachelors. Call and
examine them.
Water Coolers
Of all kinds and sizes, water,
cooler stands, lemon squeez- ’
ers, shakers, glasses, etc.,
doors, screen windows
screens, screen cloth, fly fans
and traps, jelly glasses and
fruit jars.
Also our large line of season goods, such as'Blue Flame oil stoves, Steel Ranges
and all kinds of nice cooking utensils. All the latest improved high pressure riles and
steel cartridges for best shooting. Lawn mowers and our large line of outclass and
Sterling Silver for wedding presents.
Boyd=Fry Stove & China Co.