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Twice-A* Week.
VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY
1906.
DISTRICT KNIGHTS
OF PYTHIAS.
It was Decided to Hold Two Meet
ing* Annually In Future—Police
man and a Citizen Before U. 3.
Commissioner Charged With Peon
age-Other Matter* of Interest In
8avannah.
Savannah, Oct. 11—The Savannah
delegates to the 8th District Knights
of Pythias convention who were In
Statesboro on Tuesday night attend
ing the convention reached the city
yesterday afernoon very much pleas
ed with the result of the convention.
The following officers were elected:
President—W. O. Sutllve, Savan
nah.
Vice President—L. P. Arnett,
Sylvanla.
Secretary-Treasrer, W. S. Brinkley
Savannah. '
Sergeant at Arms, D. L. J. Chedel,
Guyton,
Outer Guard, J. H. Parker, Relgls-
ter.
It was decided to hold two meetings
annually on the second Tuesday In
April and October. The next con
vention will meet at Sylvanla on the
second Tuesday In April next.
The Statesboro delegates treated
their guests to a banquet after the
convention was over. The Savan
nah delegates are enthusiastic In the
report of the treatment ezended them
by the hosts. •«! fr
On a Charge of Peonage.
Lee Smith, a Savannah policeman,
and W. N. DUked„-a citizen residing
near the dividing line of Chatham and :
Effllngham counties, were before i
United States Commissioner Hewlett!
on the charge of peonage. The com- the wife of Chief Deputy Sheriff T.
mlssloncr dismissed the case after j J. Sweeny, who died yesterday af-
an Investigation. The charge was, ternoon took place this afternoon.
Great Cuban Banking House is
Bankrupted by a Defalcation.
New York, Oct 11.—The news of the failure of J. M.
Ceballos & Co., was a great surprise in banking and coni*
mission houses in the financial district where the head of
the house was regarded as the most aggressive banker a&d
merchant in the Cuban-American trade. Ceballos & Cc .
spread their vast eterprises over the West Indies, Souti
America and as far as Jpain. v
Silveira & Co., of which firm Emanuel Silveira, whose
alleged defalcation of a million caused the failure, has been
many years their agent in Latin-American countries. Tin
two firms were in the van of all big developing companies
on which Cuba relied for future prosperity, and is consid
ered as certain to have a damaging effect on business in
Cuba.
rrover Cleveland is Astounded by
the Action of N. Y. Democracy.'
TO MEET.
New York, Oct 11.—The World today publishes a
t by Ex-President Grover Cleveland on the New
political campaign. Mr. Cleveland says: "I confess
am exceedingly surprised at the outcome of the
democratic convention.
ough not near enough to be in touch with the inci-
leading up to this result and devoting little attention Nearly a Minion Planter* win Try
itical occurrences, my estimate of the conservative, j end Device a Plan for Forcing up
idgment of the democracy of the state and my con-j
of democratic principles, and purposes are such ’
profoundly startled by the selection made. I
cannot but regard the democratic situation as pre-
to my old associates in New York as an afflictive
Among other things it means the abandonment of a LOVCIO V Station is Hit Hard
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comprehensive Cuban railroad scheme. The firm was the
largest importer of cattle into Cuba.
CUBANS AND SPANIARDS EXPECTED THE CRASH.
Havana, Oct. 11.—The opinion among the Cubans and
Spaniards here was that the expected has happened. It i*! & *
said that Silveira had employed Jose Miguel Gomez, whose
defeat for the Presidency by Palma, brought about the
recent revolution, as general administrator of a vast sugar
plantation in Puerto Principe. “The way they spent money
on that plantation,” said one, “was amusing.”
Small Cyclone Near Macon.
Juliette, Oct. 11.—News has just reached here that a terri-
fice cyclone Acompanied by a heavy rain and hail storm, sweep
over Berner station on the Southern railway, four miles north .oi
Juliette, Saturday night and that great devastation was left id
its path. A negro school bottle and two negro churches valued
at fifteen hundred dollars, were swept away, telephone, wires
were blown down and tremendous damages wrought to the farm?
of that section. No casualties were reported. ,
ly an Early Morning Blaze.
JdBesboro, Oct. 11.—At least twenty thousand dollars dam-
done by fire at Lovejoy Station, six miles below here
Southern railway today. For a time the flames threaten-
entire town, and were stopped only by extreme difficulty.
... The principal sufferers from the fire, and the approximate
losses to each are,
Stanford Brothers. $2,000; A. B. McVicker, $2,500; Walter
McVicker, $1,500; A. D. Martin, $600; Dr. J. R. Wallace, $250.
> TO merchants named lost their entire stock of goods, and
the jhysician lost his office furniture, surgical instruments, etc.
1 -Seventy-five bales of cotton, the property of various parties,
lying in the open on a platform, was burned, meaning
tout $3,000.
made by Robert Jordan, a negro.
i Mr. Sweeny wbo is a member of the
state association of sheriffs and coun-
There was no evidence to show that
the negro had been held as a peon. ,
It was one of those cases where the ha = “any friends through-
negro thought he bad been deeply out the state who will sympathize
wronged but where none of his e-, with him In the loss of his wife,
gal rights had been Interfered with. Pythian Cavalry Company.
These cases are constantly coming Savannah Is to have a company of
to the attention of the United States Knights of Pythias Cavalry. A fow
authorities since the convictions In weeks ago the German Riding club was
the United States court In this and organized with a. large membership,
other state of those guilty of the It was decided recently to become at-
crlme of peonage. The most of them '■ tached to some organization national
will not hold water. | In Its scope and the Pythian cavalry
Funeral of Mr*. 8weeny. | was selected. The company will be
The funeral of Mrs. T. J. Sweeny, mastered Into service early In Novem-
Frost Occurred Today
All of the Gulf States.
Atlanta, Oct. 11.—Killing frosts are reported this morn
ing throughout the northern part of Georgia and Tennessee,
while light to heavy frost occurred all the way from Arkan
sas to the Atlantic coast and over the northern portion of
the Gulf states.
The trmperature in Atlanta dropped to thirty-one.
In the vicinity of Cynthiana, Ky., late tobacco is des-
stroyed.
Thin ice formed in Nashville and damage to cotton is
bcr. It will get down to work at
the tactics as soon as practicable and
It !s hoped to make a great success
of the commands.
Will Taks Clerk Back.
Mr. James G. Nelson, who was
fined $200 by Judge Cann in the su
perior court and twenty days in Jail
the latter part of the sentence to be
carried out if he did not take back r « • ■ i...
Into hie employ a young man named | feared “ man y localities.
Peek, whom he had discharged be
cause ho was drawn upon the Jury,
will escapo the Jail sentence. He Is
to take Peck hack. This has been do-i
dded upon by Mr. Neidon'a attorney, I New York, Oct. 11.—The condition of Mrs. Jefferson
rJKZZZTJS-X Da ™> “ ■ with a cold, is today regarded as serious,
the day.
Mrs. Jeff Davis is Seriously 111.
as her illness is not yielding to treatment
the Price of Cotton—Froct In North
Georgia Doe* Damage—Secretary
of 8tate Compiling the Election
Return*.
Atlanta, Oct. 11—As a result of a
j call Issued by President Charles Bar-
. rett, of the Farmers. National union,
16,000 local unions of that Organiza
tion on October 20th will hold mass
meetings to discuss means for hold
ing cotton until the price has reach
ed 11 cets a pound. The union he* a
membership of about 800,000 plant
ers. The meetings will be held la
the various local and parish districts.
Mr. Barrett said the call did not con
template a light of any sort. The farm
ers were simply ordered to hold their
cotton unUl the price decided upon
at the last convention of the union
has been offered. > *
Damage by the Frost.
If the frost which came laat night Is
as severe as reported, It Is declared
that the cotton crop In northern and
middle Georgia will suffer to a great
extent. President Harvte Jordan,
of the Southern Cotton Association!,
slated yesterday that If tho frost
which was predieted for last night
was ns heavy as anticipated, that it
would destroy something Ilka 50,OOP
bales of tho staple. Reports yester
day from the west and southwest
made It certain that the crop In that
soctlon of the country suffered con
siderable as a result of the very se
vere and unusual weather conditions.
The Amendments’ Majority.
A .-cording to Secretary or State
Ph I Cu.k, who has been *uV cni,-.-
plllng the returns from the recent
slate eh-itlon as fast as they have
been it reived by him from i lie I he
varljtis parts of Georgia, the riUKl-
catlju of the court of appeal I amend
ment Is leading by about 6,000 votes
In the cfllclal consolidation wl‘h tho
returns from 61 counties yet to be com-
plcd. He believes the, amendment
will be ratified ..hi.» ma’orlty of
about 10,000 or 12,000 when, all the
votes are In.
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