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HARDWAREMEN TO SOUTH GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. “QUALITY REMEMBERED LONG AFTER PRICE IS FORGOTTEN ” a elines & 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 -L. • r..i — i l ti tz sL. » » 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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