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VALDOSTA^ 1, 1906. »iy OF mils II SAMUEL SPENC Union Service Held at Wesley Monumental CM.- Gunners Desert the City and Football Players go Out Upon the Gridiron. Recorder Myrlck Receives a Myterl- our Gift From a Former Colored Client—Other Savannah News. Savannah, Nov. 29—Savannah has observed Thanksgiving day in the us ual manner. There was a union Thanksgiving service at the Wesley iMonumental church in which the Methodists, Baptist and Jews partici- ^ pated and there was a service in the Catholic church in the morning. This latter did not differ rrom the daily mass of thanksgiving said in these churches. ., , There was a good of football in the morning between the Sunny Jims and the Oglethorps. This afternoon will take place the big game between an eleven from Jacksonville and one from Savannah. The park was full of rooters this afternoon when the game started. The Elks spent the day at the Her mitage where they enjoyed a bar becue. The Elks know how to have a good time. It is estimated that fully two-hun dred gunners deserted the city this, morning to spend a day after quail and similar game. It was cold and an ideal day for hunting. Mysterious Letter to Recorder. Hon. Shelby Myrlck, city recorder, has been given a wedding present about which he is somewhat curious. Although be has been sent the present he doesn’t know what It is and he hasn’t any idea of getting married right away. The present came ac companied by a letter from Elijah Minor, an Americus negro, who Mr. Myrlck assisted in defending on a charge of murder and also helped to get him pardoned after his conviction. The negro writes a very grateful let ter and tells the recorder he is send ing him a present not to be opened until the day he is married. The re corder says he has no idea when the package will be opened and that he has less idea what is contains. He hasn’t any idea either he declares who Is going to help him open the package when it is opened. Preparing for Poultry Show. Savannah is preparing for. a poultry and pigeon show from January 7th to 11th. Information relative to it can be obtained by writing Mr. A. P. Archibald or Mr. J. F. Wriglet, who have charge of placing the ex hibits. The show will be under the auspices of the Savannah Poultry and Pigeon Association. Popular Couple Wodded. Yesterday afternoon, at the Sacred Heart Church, Mr. Wm. G. Logan a young business man of Savannah, was married to Miss Norma O’Con nor, the daughter of J. P. Connor former National President of the An cient Order of Hibernians. The mar riage was one of the social affairs of the season. Miss Louise logon, the groom's sister, was the maid of honor and Miss Winifred Moran and Miss Stella Gallagher the bridesmaids. Mr. James Maddox was the groom’s best man. A great many friends of the couple attended the wedding and later were present at a reception ten dered at the bride’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Logan left during the evening for Atlanta where they will spend several days on their honeymoon. The bride is the daughter of one of the best known men in Georgia. Boy Will Live With Uncle. Master Johnny Knapp, a little hoy who was bronght heTe on a steamship from New York and for whom no one called for several days left last night for Athens where he Is to live with an uncle. t The steamship officials ho gan to think they would have to adopt Johnny. President of Southern R Collision and Their I IN A WRECK. i Georgia ‘ in session past wee! J. The Richmond, Va M Nov. 29,~In a rear end collisiyi££.t Southern railway, 35 miles from Chatham this t morni President Samuel Spencer, of that road, was fatally injured. The southbound vestibule train, No. 37, ran into senger train, No. 33. It is reported that the train is bi ing. Wreckers have been sent to the scene. Many are reported killed or wounded. President Spender among the dead. Lynchburg, Nov. 29.—President Samuel Spedcer, the Southern Ry was killed and his body burned beyond a)d Party of Friends Killed in s Burned Near Lynchburg. recognition, at Lawyer, 11 miles south of here, at 6-30 o'clock this morning. Philip Schuyler, of New York, of the Spencer party, was also killed, as was also E. W. Davis, President Spencer’s special train dispatcher. Engineer Terry and one man not yet identified were also killed. Eight negroes were injured, one probably fatally. The accident resulted from a collision between the Washington & Southwestern limited, which ran into the rear end of the train, No. 33, known as the Jacksonville limited. President Spencer’s car wes burned. COMING SOON ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE. Lynchburg Nov. 29—-The cause of the wreck is not known with certain ty, but it is understood the operator in charge of the block signal office four miles from the scene of the wreck allowed the Atlanta train to en ter the block before he had been given a clear track from the next station. Washington, Nov. 29—President Spencer was on his way South on a abort hunting trip and it is understood had several guests. The collision was between the Jacksonville Express and the Washington and Southwestern limited. Mr. Spencer’s car was attach ed to the rear of the Jacksonville train, which stopped at the top of a heavy grade of repair a slight break. It it reported that before the flagman got back to protect the train the At lanta train crushed into IL The heavy engine plowed Into the private car In which Mr. 8pencer and hia guests were supposed to have been sleeping, and immediately the car caught firs. The locomotive was a twisted and complete wreck. ( Under the locomo-( MR. SPENCER’S LIFE, tivo the body of Mr. Spencer was j.. New York, Nov. 29—Samuel Span found, and he had evidently keen kill ed instantly. Charles. D. Fisher, a member of Pres. Spencer’s party, who Is report ed missing, was one of the foremost citizens of Baltimore, with wide bus iness interests in the South. Lynchburg Nov. 29—Frank T. Red wood and Chprlet D. Fisher, both of Baltimore, who-wire in Mr. Spencer's car were killed. Lightness of wit end the graces of convention « often the result of as sociation with height, charming, clev er Individuals. te, NOT FROM OLDBROOK8. Bruffey's Story In Regard to Negro Legislator a .Mistake. In Sunday’s Savannah News a sto ry of Moses Bentley was published which had a local interest. It was reprinted from the Atlanta Constitu tion and was written by E. C. Bruf- fey on the occasion of Bentley’s death. Bentley was a well known negro in Georgia especially during reconstruc tion days and has lived in Atlanta since the war. During Gov. Bui- Hook’s administration iBenutley /was doorkeeper in the house of Represen tatives and here is where the local Interest comes in. Bniffey writes that at this time Bentley killed a negro legislator named Brooks who was from Brooks county. Brooks was said to have made an insulting remark about a white per son for which Bentley reproved him and in the ensuing altercation Brooks was killed. We do not dispute the main facts of Mr. Bruffey’s interest ing sketch but the part about the ne gro representative from Brooks is cer- talnly tncorrest. Brooks county has never had a negro representative In the (legislature. During Bullock’s administration Col. W. A. Lane who afterward died 1n j Screven county, was representative from this county. So the negro killed by Bentley must have balled from another place. It Is true that after this period ne groes ran for county offices and a ne gro ran against Capt. H. G. Turner for the legislature hut none of them were elected. Mose Bentley Is well remembered by the older citizens he having been here a number of times just after the war when carpet baggers promot ed activity among the ambitious col ored citizenry—Quitman Free Fress. . Forestry Expert Here. iMr. William C. Geer, of the bureau of forreetry is in Valdosta and yester day he took several pictures of the plant of the Southern Naval Stores Distilling Co. He was looking into the process by which the Pittman sys tem converts pine into naval stores products through steam heat. ’fhe plant has seven large retorts and they run full time, using about thirty-five cords of pine a day. The pictures which Mr. Geer !■ taking will be used by the department. He also secured several samples of the products of the plant. Increasing Investment I ts Shown in All Southern Enterprises. cer, president of the Southern railway, was born in Columbus, Ga., in 1847. He was educated at the University Georgia and the University of Virginia He was one of the most prominent railroad men in the United 8tates, and was connected as director or offi cer with moat of tha railway aystsma of the 8outh, besides tha Chicago, Mil waukee and 8t Paul, tho Erls, North ern Pacific and other roads. AN OPEN LETTER To the People of Valdosta To Whom It May Concern: Columbus, Ga., Nov. 29—The Geor gia and Alabama Industrial Index says in its issue for this week: ..“Tho unceasing Investment of capi tal In industrial enterprises and in constructions of various characters in Georgia and Alabama, aa told from week to week In advance reports to The Index, Illustrates directly and ef fectively the extent and’ variety of the resources of these two great states that can be developed with certain profit to the investor .. This week The Index reports among other thlnga the following $100,000 mining eompa- Rockmart, Ga.; $50,000 foundry and machine shop plant and stove fac tory, Sheffield, Ala; $50,000 company Woman is Threat Atlanta, Nov. 29—Mrs. W. H. Young of 227 East Cain street, has received a mysterious letter which threatens her death In ten days. It Is bollev* ed that negroes In the neighborhood are responsible for the note, which was written on a visiting card and un- signed. It read: ened With Murder. “Mrs. Young—You will be murder ed before ton days." This was the second message re ceived by Mrs Young, and she be lieves that a negro woman who made throats against the whites during the September riots wrote tho two letters The police are making an Investiga tion. Police Guarded Atlanta, Nov, 29—Police guarded all night the house at 120 Mangum street Into which a negro family mov ed Tuoeday. Tho houee wee rented to negroee by W, E. Wimpy, the own er, who Is accused of taking revenge on a minister next doer who caused the removal of former white tenants. Negro’s House. . .Threats wert made during the night that tha residence, aa well ae tha home of Mr. Wimpy, would be dyna mited by residents of the neighbor hood, who are Inceneed at tha occu pation of the Mangum (treat reel- donee by negroes. More trouble Is looked for. Of late there has boon a good deal of discussion in Valdosta in regard to which wllll establish factory for man- advertised medicines and their value ufaoture of parts of vehicles, Atlanta; —<he papers are full of them. purehu* of *30,550 and propoeed r.- W® lto “F BVer * man •*+ . ....... . .. . . , . man and child In Valdosta that we be- habilitatlon of cotton products plant .. . .. .. ... 11 eve the most valuable preparation MontgonrAtjj 1 , Ala.; fertilizer factory 0 £ ]j vor oil—the best tonic re- end cotton mill extension, Rockmart, constructor health restorer and Ga.; $30,000 harness and collar factory strength creator—we have every sold Jasper, Ala.; handkerchief factory, 8a- , n our fltore |g vlnol vannah; $60,000 mining company or- VIno , , 8 not a patent niedlclno , , t ganized Atlanta; steel plant extension contains no Injurious drugs, but it Gadsden, Ala.; sewer plans In four clt- actually does contain all of the mod- ies; four municipal achool buildings; curative elements taken from three electric railways; two court- f re8 j, cods’ livers, without a drop of houses; saw mills; turpentine plants; oil to upset the trtomach telephone lines; numerous buildings an( ] r( .t ar d Jt 8 work, and tonic Iron for business at d residential purposes; added. ten contracts awarded and seventeen, vinol Is recognized throughout the corporations.’’ ! world as the greatest strength creator | for old people, Weak, sickly women | and children, nursing mothers, and after a severe sickness, j Vinol cures hacking coughs, chronic colds, bronchitis, and all throat and lung troubles. We ask the people of return money If It fails. A. E. Dim- mock, druggist. NOTE—While we are sole agents for Vinol In Valdosta, It is now tor sale at the leading drug stores nearly every town and city In the country. J/x>k for tho Vinol agency In your town. RECENT FIRE8 AT ADEL. Planing Mill had Narrow Escape Yes terday—Car Cotton Burnt. Adel had a narrow escape from a disastrous fire, yesterday. The en gine room of the Aden Manufacturing Company caught on fire and the flames were spreading when the alarm was given. The bucket brigade responded to the call and It was not long before the fire was conquered, though the engine room was destroyed and the main Order for Lee Centennial. An order fixing January 19, 1907, ’ building caught several times. Dur- for observance of the one hundredth Ing the fire the big smoke stack fell anniversary of General Robert E. |with /. crash. The loss was small, Lee was announced In New Orleans but arery large loss was threatened. Wednesday by Adjutant General and { Lra Saturday night a car load of Chief of Staff William E. Mickle, United Confederate veterans. The or der was issued by command of Steph en D. Lee, general commanding. Mr. H. H. Tift gave his persoi check for $36,500 for the agrici school of the second district to be cated at Tffton. It is a spirit ,Jlke Carr bare been reunited by their baby C. B. Peeples sells Alabastino the that that makes towns and |(Wiona This Is something unique In the line best wall coating known to science. great. / from Quitman was burned on ^Georgia Southern tracks at Adel. Te were thirty bales of It and It i brought up on tie South Georgia It U thought that It caught from sparks. A divorced Texas couple named of a car -v-oler. HIT WIFE ON THE HEAD. Frank Ingram Ran Amuck and Left His Wife for Dead at Home. Frank Ingram, a negro who works for the electric light company and who has figured in tho recorder's court In the past, was arrested last night by Officers Jacobi and Clayton charged with beating his wife. The first Information the officers had was that Ingram had knocked hla wife down with a paling and bad left her for dead. The matter was re ported to the officers night before last but Ingram was not found until last night. He denied that he struck the wo man with a paling and some of hla neighbors changed their statement in regard to the happening. They said that he hit her with the bntt of a whip and that the woman was subject to heart trouble. Tho excitement caus- od by the assault upon her caused her to faint, they said. The officers put Ingram In Jail and he will have to answer before the re corder, (f not In the higher courts, for the assault. Quitman Wants Conference. At a meeting of the board of stew ards of the Uethodlst church, of Quit- man, held Monday night, It was un animously decided to Invite the South Georgia Conference to bold their an nual session In Quitman next year. The conference convenes In Valdosta this week and Rev. T. M. Christian will extend the Invitation. It has been suggested that all mem bers of the church write personal letters to acquaintances of theirs who are members of the conference, urg ing them te vote and use their Influ- cnce to bring tho conference hero next year.—Quitman Adertlscr. Engineer J. J. Thomas Injured. Engineer J. J. Thomas, of Way- cross, and his negro fireman were Injured in a head-on collision at Fort White, Fla., Saturday night. Mr. Thomas’s left shoulder was dislocated and he waa badly shaken up when the engines went together. The negro fireman was also badly braised up. Mr. Thomas was brought to his home on Lott street In this city and the fireman was carried to the hospital It seems that Mr. Thomas ran Into freight train that was standing on the main line at Fort White.—Way- cro«3 Herald. r. Mcllhenney, of New Orleans, who la talked of for civil service com- mlssloncr, Is a personal friend of Mr. Roosevelt, a democrat, a Rough Rider and a manufacturer of tobasco sauce. Any one of the tour qualifications ought to land the Job. Meet Here on January 80i., Next President Jordan Calls the County As sociation to Meet on tho 11th of De cember to Elect New Office re—Oth er Vital Questions to Coma Before the Body. Call for the annual convention of the Sea Island Cotton Association of Geor gia and Florida to be held ait Valdos ta, Georgia, January, 8th, 1907. To the officers and members of too Sea Island Cotton Association of Geor gia and Florida: Ilndor and by virtue of tho author ity vestod In mo as President of your association, mil county presidents are hereby authorized to call their coun ty associations to meet on the llto day of December 130G, for toe purpose of electing their officers for the new year and to soloct dologates to meet In t£e city of Valdosta, Ga., on Jan uary 8th, 1907. The objects of the convention are to discuss and agree on a reduction at acreage for toe next crop; incorpo rate the association In a million dol lars, or'a fund sufficient to proteat the floating cotton, and thereby pro tect the prices set by toe association; to elect officers for toe- new year and many other vital questions to toe in terest, progress and development ot our southland, will be taken up and: dlscueeed by toe aisodaUon. In the county meetings on December- llto Is the proper time for the collec tion of the annual dues of the associa tion which will be taken up In the or der of business In that meeting. The Importance of electing officers In each county, who will bo active workers, will, In a large measure, de termine the success of your associa tion’s ability to protect the long cot ton Interest for the coming year. Tho association doos not need “dead head" honorary officers. Send large delegations, os this will bo one of the most Important meetings of farmers and business men ovcv held In tho Sea Island cotton belt. All persons Interested in our coun try's Interest aro Invited to attend. Tho weekly and dally press of the states named In tho territory affected Is earnestly requested to publish this call for the Information of their run! readers. Efforts will bo made to secure reduc ed rates on tho railroads for toe ben efit of the delegates. HARVIB JORDAN, Preet O. SCHELL, Secy. NOTICE. GEORGIA—Lowndes County: Under and by vtTtue of an order passed by the Hon. Robert O. Mitch ell, Judgo of the Superior Court of said county, at the November term,. 1908, will be sold before toe ooort- house door of said county, to the highest bidder for each, between toe- legal sale hours, on toe 1st Tuesday to January, 1907, for the purpose of division, toe following described Iff Twin, to-wit: Being part of lots of land Nos. 131, 13* and 141, more fully described u follows: Commencing at an agreed comer, neer J. T. Mathis’ house on (he original line, thonoe toe original line, north until coming to a fenoo and corner on toe original line, thence toe original east till coming to toe middle of toe public road, theuoe toe middle of sold road northward until coming to agreed comer, thence the agreed line west, until coming to toe comer of the fence and land comer on the original line, thence too origi nal line south until coming to a cor ner and fence, thence the original line west until coming to a pond and fhrough the middle of said pond and In a bottom and the ran of said bot tom In a north-west direction coming to a corner, thence the original line southward until coming to a biased tree and old road, thence the orlgtnal line south until coming to a comer and fence, thence west until coming to a Iltt'e Hold and cross fence divid ing between G. E. Swindle and Rat liff. thence running cross fence to lands of Mrs. E. S. Dasher, thence south to branch, thence along run ning branch eastward to a fence os ■ho place known as the John Martin place, thence south-east along sold fence to another fence dividing said' Swindle and Welker, thence east along said fence to starting point, containing *00 acres, more os less. The samo being known ns toe old' Reuben Knight place. J. T. MATHIS, J. H. DASHER, S. L. DOWLING, CpmmHss loners: 12-1-wSt.