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TKE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 1908.
NEW FREIGHT LINE
Track Connection Mada b? Valdosta
SoullierR witli S. A. L. at Wladlson.
Valdosta Business Men Interested In
1fce Completion of the New Connec
tion and Service Southward.—-Lett
Gap in Line Between. Vaidoata and
iHazlehuret will be .Finished this
Week.
(From Thursday’s Dally.)
The Georgia and Florida Railroad
announced this week the completion
of the connection with their line and
the Seaboard Air Line at Madison,
giving an entirely new through fast
freight service via Madison with
contiguous Florida territory and with
Jacksonville, Fern&ndlna, Tampa, the
Florida phosphate region and towns
along the Seaboard’s line. It also
gives Valdosta direct connection with
the eastern coast cities through Jack
sonville. The freight service went
Into operation on the 15th Inst.
It Is announced that the gap in
the line between this city and Nash
ville will be completed this week,
and Mr. A. Pope, traffic manager, who
is in Valdosta today is now working
on the passenger schedule to be put
on Oct 1st There remains only
mile or two of iron to be laid, and
the ties are already down on this.
Almost a mile a day of rail has been
put down and the track surfaced, so
that It is believed the work will be
completed before Saturday night
Mr. Pope states that an attractive
schedule for this city Is being ar
ranged, and that special attention to
Valdosta business both passenger
and freight Will be given through
the road’s commercial agency here.
When the service is commenced on
on the first of next month trains
will run straight through from Haale-
hurst to Madison, via Nashville,
is understood that the system has
placed an order for six new passen
ger coaches and a large number of
freight cars.
The question of a depot In this
city appears to be yet undecided,
and the announcement is made that
arrangements have been made with
the Atlantic Coast Line to continue
the use of their depot and terminals
for the present at least
A Long Auto Trip.
Yesterday afternoon there rolled
Into Valdosta a touring automobile,
which by Its travel stains showed
that It had made more than an ordi
nary Journey.
The auto contained a party of
three, Messrs. A. J. Nye, Van W.
Baton and W. A. Dudley, gentlemen
from Michigan, who started, two
weeks ago from a point a few miles
north of Detroit and In reaching
Valdosta had traveled 1,262 miles,
passing through Toledo and Cincin
nati, O., Lexington, Ky., Atlanta
and Macon.
The party Is bound for St. Peters
burg, Fla., where they will spend
the winter. They report pleasant
weather and but a single accident,
the cutting of a tire on a rock, which
was soon repaired.
They spent the night in Valdosta
and resumed their journey this morn
ing.
Reward for Buis Murderers.
Governor Smith, offered ' a reward
of $150 for the arrest of the unknown
party who shot Henry and Harry
Buis, brothers, to death on a public
road near Shellman on September
11. The young men had been to
town and sold several bales of cot
ton. The money was deposited in
the bank. Some one evidently think
ing they would carry It home, way
laid them on the road and killed
them.
Arrested for Stealing Meat
Chief Dam pier yesterday went out
to the oil mills and arrested a young
negro man supposed to be the one
who broke into Mr. T. M. Smith’s
smoke house Sunday night. There
is pretty strong suspicion that the
negro Is guilty.
It seems the officers are having
pretty good success In rounding up
burglars for the past few days.
Lassiter Fell From Train.
J. L. Lassiter, a young man, fell
from a moving train on the Flint
river trestle at Albany last night. He
fell 40 feet to the ground near the
river bank. Lassiter is in a preoa*
ous condition this morning and was
carried to the Atlantic Coast Line
hospital in Waycross.
Lassiter was employed by the At
lantic Coast Line.
PETITION NOT ACTED ON.
Council Fails to Allow A. C. L. to
Put Line on Lee Street ,
(From Thursday’s Dally.) v
After two hours session last night
the city council turned down or tab
led the petition made by the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Wllmarth Buil
ding Co., contractors for the new gov
ernment building, to allow the lay
ing of a spur track along Lee street
to the building site.
Major J. O. Varnedoe and Mr.
Mamrln, the Wllmarth' Building Co’s
representative appeared before the
council and spoke in behalf of the
petition. Major Varnedoe made
strong talk in advocacy of the petit
ion, and believed that It was due by
the city In appreciation of the hand
some building the government Is
going to erect here.
Ham Bros, and Mr. J. E. Gornto
opposed the granting of the petition
and appeared before the council,
was pointed out that the government
had let the contract for a definite
sum^ihe contractor presumably baa
ing bis estimate on the expectation
of having to haul material from the
cars to the site. The point was made
that If the line was allowed to be
laid all material would be hauled di
rectly to where it was to be used and
the firms engaged In' hauling he
knocked out of the business. It
was also contended that the track
would give the A. C. L. a monopoly
on hauling material for the new
building.
Councilman O. K. Jones made a
motion to allow the track laid if the
petitioners would pay $1,000 for the
privilege, but no second was made
to the motion, consequently It was
never acted on.
After a courteous hearing from
both sides the meeting adjourned
without taking any action whatever.
It Is not known whether It will be
taken up later, or not.
NEAREY800 PUPILS
ENROLLED
MAJ. BRADFORD DUNHAM DEAD.
Was Formerly Superintendent of the
Plant System.
Major Bradfoid Dunham, one of
the most prominent railroad men In
the South, died on Tuesday at the
home of his daughter In Waynesvllle,
N. C., In his 70th year. His burial
occurred In Montgomery, Ala., yes
terday.
Major Dunham was widely known
as a successful operating official and
It was he who welded various links
of railroad together, finally complet
ing the Plant System, making of it
one of the most famous railway prop
erties In the country. At various
times he was connected with
More Than One
Start Id the First Grides.
The Heavy Enrollment for th* First
Two Day. Indicate* That the At*
tendance Thle Year Will be
Record-Breaker—'Prof. Daniel end
Hie Assistants Hive Everything
Running Smoothly.
(From Wednesday'i Dally.)
Nearly eight hundred pupils have
been enrolled already In the Public
Schools of Valdosta. The large cn
rollment for the first two days Indi
cates that the number will go con
siderably beyond that of any previ
ous year. (
The heaviest enrollment come In
the first grade this year, there being
one hundred and eight In the two
sections of that grade. The high
school Is unusually full. There are
one hundred and twenty-five In this
department, twenty-five of which are
in the graduating class.
Between forty and fifty of the pu
pils come from beyond the Incorpo
rate limits of the city.
Superintendent Daniel showed
Times reporter Into several of the
rooms this morning, a visit to all the
rooms being arranged for a few days
later. The visit this morning
vested the fact that the school la as
regularly at work as though It had
been In operation for months. This
comes as a result of the organization
being practically completed before
and during the first day.
The high school teachers this year
ore Mr. W. O. Roberts, principal of
high school and teacher of mathe
matics; Miss Possle B. Galloway,
latln; Mias Inez McRae, English;
Miss Anna Kate Johnson, science.
The grammar school teachers In
the new building are Miss Leila El
lis. sixth grade; Miss Mary Kelly,
fifth grade; Miss Mattie Sallis, fourth
grade; Miss Minnie Lane, second
grade; Miss Mabeli Murchison, first
grade. J ''
The teachers In the central gram
mar school are jklss Elols* Ilzrw-U.
principal and tedeher of seventh A.;
Miss Cora Mahone, seventh B.; Min
Mary Mangham, sixth grade; Miss
An Important Lind Case was Tried
and Others Were Settled.
(From Thursday’s Dally.)
Echols county Superior court at
Statenville, which cdfivened on Tues-
day morning, adjourned last night,
only one Important case being tried.
This wa« the case of R. J. & B. F.
Camp vs. Dixon, Mitchell & Co., a
lult Involving the title to a largo
part of the Thomas Taylor lands In
that county. There are 176 lot* In
the tract, hut all of them are not In
volved In the suit.
The plaintiffs—the Messrs. Camp—
were awarded a verdict, as the deed
on which the defendants relied, was
successfully attacked and declared a
forgery.
The case of J. F. Fender vs. W.
L. Perkins & Co., a suit on account
Ybtfth. value of a shingle machine,
resulted In a verdict for the plain
tiff.
All of the land cases of R. J. ft B.
F. Camp vs. the Garbutt Lumber
.Company, were passed for settle
ment, and a number of other cases
were continued.
About the only other business done
by the court was the hearing of some
divorce cases.
Atlantic and Gulf railway, first as *- ^ aral1 McDowell, fifth trade; Miss
clerk, then as conductor. He after
wards managed the Brunswick and
Albany, and was later with the Vir
ginia Midland as general manager
He the^ became general manager of
the Baltimore and Ohio, when Rob
ert Garrett was In control, and later
general superintendent of the Plant
System, his position on this property
being really next to Mr. Plant him
self, and but for an idiosyncracy of
his he would have been named as
vice president. He preferred the
title of general superintendent.
It was while in charge of the op
eration of the Plant System that Stu-
Knott, now Mr. Harrlman’s
right hand man, came to the proper
ty to be vice president and In charge
of traffic. Mr. Knott thought, as he
was a vice president. Major Dunham
would of necessity report to him. So,
one day, as the story goes, and It Is
true, Mr. Knott requested the super
intendent’s presence by messenger.
Major Dunham, had he been an or
dinary superintendent, would have
complied instantly; but not he; he
told the messenger, instead, that if
Knott desired to see him he
knew where his office was. Later,
Major Dunham resigned and was
succeeded by Mr. Denham.
Fire Alarm Yesterday,
fire alarm was turned In from
box 32 yesterday afternoon and the
fire department was on the scene In
a very sffort time, but the blaze
hlch was a small one had been put
ut when they arrived. It was out
In the northeastern part of the city
at the home of J. C. Sharp in the
colored section. The roof had caught
from a spark from the stove flue.
When the front w’agon of the de
partment went to make the turn
from Central avenue Into Ashley
street, “Henry/’ the faithful horse
of the department, slipped on the
pavement and sllded along for twen
ty or thirty feet, finally falling flat.
It was feared the faithful animal was
seriously hurt, but he was up In a
moment and galloped off as though
nothing had happened. Besides los
ing a little hair from his side on the
pavement the faithful horse sustain
ed no other injuries.
This makes the second time the
same horse has had a sliding experi
ence on the pavement, the first time
being about two years ago when he
fared a little worse than In this one.
Advertisers In The Valdosta Times
will ten jon that advertising pays.
-Mamie Gray, fourth grade; Miss Ina
Williams, third grade; Miss Jose
phine Denmark, second grade; Miss
Ruth Candlish, first grade.
To Unveil Monument.
Sycamore Camp No. 162, Woodmen
of the World, of this city, will un
veil a monument to Sovereign J. L.
Seals, a member of the order who
died about a year dgo, at the city
cemetery- In Valdosta on the 2nd
Sunday in October. The exercises
will be Interesting and impressive,
and a cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend them.
The uniform rank and all mem
bers of the lodge will march from,
the hall to the cemetery, where the
unveiling will occur at 3:30 p. m.
Members of the order In the neigh
boring towns have been Invited to
participate in the ceremony.
A program of the exercises will be
published In The Times at an early
date.
fcCHOLS CDURT ADJOURNED.
Registration Books Close.
The registration books for the
state election on Oct. 7th, will close
tonight, the law requiring that the
books be closed twenty days before
the election.
Practically all of the white voters
were registered for the June primary
and the negroes who want to vote
against the disfranchisement amend
ment are about the only ones who
are having Tax Collector Geiger en
roll their names. For the last few
days they have been keeping that
official pretty busy. Those who have
not registered by tonight, however,
will be barred from voting.
“Blind Jim” Locked up.
Blind Jim,’’ the blind negro man
who is such a familiar figure around
town selling parched peanuts, got
on a rather peculiar spree yesterday
for one totally blind. It seems that
Jim had loaded up with something
very “near,” and was out on one of
the streets trying his hand with an
Ivey Johnson revolver. He was pro
ceeding In this manner to the terror
of some other darkies when Chief
Dampler rounded him np.
,■1 Mrs. James Livingston ro-
'ifilp week to their home to
Blakjly. after a visit to Mrs. Living
ston's sister, Mrs. Perryman DuBoae.
Mrs. Livingston was In the city sev
eral weeks and was quite ill for a
part of the time.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Sam Choice Charged With Killing
Annie Carter Here Laat Year.
(From Thursday's Dally.)
Chief of Police Dampler yesterday
arrested Sam Choice, a negro man
accused of the murder of Annie Car
ter, a negro woman who was killed
In her home on Branch street, in
June, 1907. The woman was shot
two times and lived several days af
ter receiving the wound.
The man who did the shooting,
and whom the woman's neighbors
and she herself, claimed wu Chotav
left Immediately afterwards and has
remained away ever since. Choice
denies that he had anything to d»
with the killing, or that be was ms
In Valdosta at the time.- Htinn.ta
has been working In this section tor
two or three years, and for now-'
time has been employed at Sinclair's
turpentine still a few miles be loir
the city. He came up to toad yes
terday and was arrested In the af
ternoon at a negro restaurant near
the Georgia Southern anil Florida
depot
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Congressman Brantley in Town.
Hon. W. O. Brantley came down
from Atlanta, where he has been
looking -after some business and
went to Statenville yesterday morn
ing to attend court there. He re
mained only a portion of the day
at Statenville and returned here last
night, going to his home at Bruns
wick today.
To friends with whom he talked Mr
Brantley expressed himself as high
ly pleased with the prospects
Democratic success In the national
election this year. He believes Bry
an has a splendid chance for elec
tion, and says there Is absolutely no
danger to the state or national tick
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