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TIMES, SATURDAY, JANURY 16, 1909.
March
yrstcnu y. - t
Col. Thro Titus, of TbomaariUe.
on or th* lawyer*, oho pot op inch
a nM Baht for W, H. Mitchell la
M trial some tine a«o. was among
Mr lawyer* In loop today. ’
Mr. t. W Black and wlf* of faka
Otr. opont yesterday In thia city.
•Mar lea Factory Nearly Finished.
Ira fsetoru of the Consollda-
tag In* ang Fuel Comutny la nearing
c—lahfilnu and flw plant w<n begin
ankfng lea In a /eery few darn. It
Baa a acnadty. of 80 v tont a day and
I* wan of tha moat aiHodatci plant*
Be the country. It la ttttcd with new
aaaCMnory and I* located between
Be tyo leading railroad*, making it
naawraalant to both. It la nndarctood
Hot tha now enterpria* hie alraadr
Cntambw Ha* Price Burglar,
The prlte burglar occuplea a
choice cell In. Columbia.
—He la John N'elma, a deaf and
dumb negro who wa* reloaaed laat
Saturday after baring served' a
year on the county chatngang for
larceny.
The nagro went out to the con
vict camp, and In the abuenee of
tha guardt and conrieta broke lato
a camp ear and atoie two pto'tola,
two ragoia and \fwo anlta of doth-
I returned to Valdoata,
I for aereral montha
. Fla. Mr. Jones baa i
• mercantile Interests i
brother, Mr. 8. W. J<
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PSB80KAL MENTION.
^ (From Thursday's Dally.)
«r. J. T. Ham, ol Cairo, waa
visitors to the city last
gir. F. C. McDonald, of Cuthbert,
'Baa. wa* a visitor In the city laat
Hr. W. B. Key, of Quincy, Fla.,
was m business rlsltor In tbs c'.ty
Hat sight.
Mr. and Mrs. P. \V. Davla and
daughter, of Ashburn, were among
Itf alsHora to the (lty yesterday and
last night
Mt W. C. Hendry, of Jacksonville,
Waa among the business visitors to
ValdCot* laat nlgbt
Mlauna Alice Mixed, of Woodbine,
dtoi. and Essie Proctor, of Klngsland,
fit, arc the guests of Mrs. F. B.
jOlvers, In Valdosta.
Hr. Marvin Brantley of Quite
swan, la spending the day In this
■adrsr.
It In rumored thet Valdosta Is
■—lag to Unto another factory pret
ty uaaa and It -will be a plant that
wWt add much to the city.
Hr. I*.' L. Norman, of West Point,
-waa nllltfag the visitors to the city
jaalerdiy.
jglr. Marlon Carry recently pnr-
afiansd the stock of the Dalton Gro
mov Company and has moved Into
the large building formerly oecu-
|M by that firm near the Georgia
Hr. A. J. Strickland caught one of
rim largest speckled perches ever
front Ocean Pond yesterday.
was fully a foot long.
W. B. Johnson, of Martel,
i spending a Jay or so In this
w«y. „
Hr. and Mr*. 8. \V. Lovett, of
■Wraamas, are spending a tew day*
with Mr. Tnrner Jones. They have
Iwaa spending the past week with
.Hr lone** mother, who Is quite'll!
«t JMK bomb at Hnhtra.
Hr. m:'L Rrlgga went to Tlfion
mday to meet hla new automobile,
which tras thlped ■ to that. city. He
wM -eosne home In the machine,
wed etoaato to arrive bere during
As warty afternoon. 1
* Was Marion Peeples will enter-
-Safa wait Tuesday In honor of her
gMt. Hla* Willingham, of Rome.
!»r. A. H. Culpepper, of Homer-
rlflu. la spending the day In this
s«r. ' „
Mr. A. 8. Pendleton went to
AtmtomnvUle today on basinets,
ft", aid from here to Like Pgrk
.- - o' the most Important In, the
In one of the poorest
i, Mud 8wamp all fh*
way It la a solid sano-bed. Tba
cwunty gang ought to get busy on
that road and bury the sand.
Lawyers Cranford and Wilcox
treat to Nashville today to attend
Ho city coart there.
Messrs. John H. Bedgood and
seem and W. A. Brown, of Arabl,
were visitors to Valdoata yester-
*mr.
HT. It U Vickers, of Tlfton. I*
among the, visitors to VaTBoata, to
day- . .
Mr. T. C. UaBaehln, of Merldtth.
.vlattor to th*
SENT TO JAIL FOR CONTEMPT.
Judge McKenzie Gave J. C. Neal Five
Day* for Giving LI*.
Judge J. D. McKenzie of the city
court, sent J. C. NeA a farmer of
the Robinson dlatrlct. to Jail yester
day for a term of Eve day* for con
tempt of court. Jfeal gar* the lie to
a witness who was on tbe stand tes
tifying under oath, talking back to
him vehemently from hi* scat with
hi* counsel. Henry 0111, a divorced
son-in-law of NeaVg^waa bringing
habeas corpus proceedings to get
control of one of hla little boya. It
teema that wbea tbe divorce decree
was granted Gill took one of the
children and tbe other went to live
with hla grand-father—Neal. He 1*
now *iz or seven years old andOlll
I* trying to get possession of''him
again. There waa much feeling In
the trial of the esse and when GUI
was on tbe aland be was asked what
sort of a man Neal Is. Tie replied In
a manner degratory to th* .character
of thq defendant, who replied with
mucb feeling, "Ton are G lie!
You are a lie!” Judge McKen
zie wan shocked and turning to the
defendant asked. "What la that. Hr.
Neal?" The reply Was rSther era*.
Ire: "I was talking to Tbe witness. 1
"Mr. Sheriff.” said Judge McKenzie,
“when this trial la over, take the de
fendant to Jail and keep him there
Are Jays for contempt of this court.'
Neal went to Jail at the close of
the trial with perfect satisfaction.
He declared to tbe officer carrying
him that It waa worth ataylng In Jail
for Dr* days to expreas yourself In
Gelenas of your character sometimes.
—Moultrie Observer, i
Resolutions of Rasped.
On the 17th of December, 120*,- the
death 'anfel entered our community
and bore away our beloved brother
and Mend, J. C. Anderson. He waa
boni In Telfair connty In 1828. 'He
■erred three and one half year# In
ie ^Confederate war. ^
Old, Uoei* Jesse moved to 'Clinch
inty In 1870 and settled on a farm
hear Thigpen. He wa* a good citi
zen and a faithful member of the
Methodist church. He traces a broth
er, a wife, several children and many
grand-chfldren for whom we cherish
the profoundest sympathy. '
Resolved, Brat, That In thatt
of our brother we have- lost a^t
faithful aud earnest memiier, - v
Second. That white wa mourn' hts
loss, we know that our loss Ja hts
eternal gain, tbr be has received ’the
Joyful summons tf come up higher.
Third. That wo strive to emulate
hla virtues and try to leave behind
ns record at free from spot and
blemish.
Fourth. That a Copy of tlieap res
olutions be furnished hla bereaved
family. Alio published In The' Val
dosta Times.
“Blessed are the-dead who die In
the Lord from henceforth. Ye» salth
the Spirit, that they may rest frorrl
t&etr labors; and th#L-.works do fol
low them.”
'TIs hard to break tbe tender chorfl.
When love baa bound the heart:
'Tit hard, po hard to sneak 'the word.
We must forever part.
Dearest loved ony.^id we lay thee
In the peaceful grate'# embrace;
But thy memory sill ha cherished
Till we aae thy hHvenly face.
We hare lost our' des- friend.
He has bit n* all adieu; „
He baa gone to tire In hearan.
, And hla person Is lost to vtaw.
Ob. that dear one. how we loved him,
OJi. bow hard to gtr* him up;
But an angel cam* down for him
And removed h'm from our midst.
Another dtar ore h»* tons ,
To dwell with him who gave,
Another dear husband
la shattered In the grave.
God needeth one store anael
Amidst Hty shining land.
And so He bent with loving smite,
Art clasped per dear Jesse's hand.
A mother's hope, and children's Joy
In death's cold runs doth lie.
Go. little pllzrims. to thy home
Os yonder blissful shore.
We mlas thee here, hut soon will
com*.
. Where thou hast (on* before.
Committee: Eugenia William A
Unite Dsy, R. G. Ratliff.
(From Wednesday’*
Mrs. J. H. Henderson
from Jacksonville this morn ng
Is spending a few days *!
B. 0. Lastlnger. •
Mr. R. F. Shore, of Bfoot ■ coun
ty, waa a visitor to Valdosta yester
day, haring come over job I Mines*
Mr. Ed L. Thomas has bsjen con
fined to bte room for *^ week or
more by Illness, but bin condition
today was reported very satisfac
tory.
Mr. W. B. Dozier
Athena, arc spending a h
thin city.
Mr. W. 8. Barco baa
position a3 night clerk
dr a and Is making a
tor of young Ed Foi
been promoted 'to the
day clerk.
Mr. 8. T. McTye. of Cl
among tho business visitors]
dosta today.
Mr. W. F. Eaton camo
Waycross and la sped
In this city.
Mr. W. C. Irwin, of Bfrnesvllle,
was among tbe visitors to
today.
Messrs. J.
Z. Whitehurst,
night In the
Messrs. B. F.
F. Camp, Jr.,
and silent the
Mr. William
was a visitor
ness yesterday.
lion. T.
spent yester.
lness.
Hon. II. F.
connty. was a
city yesterday,
Mr. D. C. Ashley left
Ing for Jacksonville
couple of days on buslnei
Mr. Sim Smith has
recovered from his long
one of the hospitals hen
moved to Ills home .and
en his discharge today.
Alia Helen Spain, of <
spending a few
Georgia Smith.
Col. A. T. Wood'
ed from South Ca
went on a visit to
Ur-
Mr. S. R.
came over
the day In
Mr. ntid Mrs.
Mr. ,and Mrs. John Chisholm have
moved to Valdosta snd arc occupy-
Ing the cottage of Mr. Arthur Har
ris, ^on Adair street. Mr.
wounds, which he received
gun accidently discharged,
most well and he Is at
about some, though with
The real estate men
having a great many
days for small farms In
of the^eountry, and
regular Influx of 1
the less favored
There Has not been
weather this wit
nual plants and
Valdosta
cated on
are hloomlni
spring time.
Solicitor
went up to
lend tho city
Mr. Zed M.
for Panama, where Ik-
-■opt a position with t
raent.
Messrs. C. Averett slid,
ens, of J'
the city
Mr. and
daughter; of Jnspt
among tho visitors
night. j -‘ •
Mr. W. T. Willis,
spending today In-the
Col. Q. A. Whll
nesa trip down-to Ki
Mr. /D. F. Holtxendorff. of the
Georgia and Florida
a visitor In tho city
, Mr. J. S. Cordon,
is a visitor to the city-
Mr. ana airs. r. ■
Quitman camo over
night In Valdosta.
Mr. Ewell Brown,
rame up ant (pent last nl
city.
Mr. R. T. Davla, of Albany, was
a business vtstltor In th* city yes
terday ,and laat night.
Mrs. R. A. Peeples has returned
from Madlaon, Fla., drhere she lias
been visiting relatives, and friends.
Mr. and Mis. Lloyd Jaqea have
PECULIAR WEATHER TBfB.
The Winter the Warmest in a De
cade In Ho util Georgia.
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
The "oldest inhabitant” of this
section la reminded that this
both- the warmest ahd driest winter
In a decade. It J* said there was
only one frost In 1810, and it cam*
unusually early so that it was pre
dicted the season would be a very
cold one. It waa excedingly dry,
with ,not even the showers that
have come this winter to keep the
dust down- The water'ln the wells
wa* very 1amr In Thomasrille where
the city iffter had not then come 1
Into general use, many people were
made sick.
By the latter part of February
the flowers and fruit trees were In
full bloom, even Hie china berry
trrijjg whlcji are among tbe latest to
ut, were covered with flow-
On tbe last day of February there
me a rain followed by a north
west 'wind - ' and ’’on'the morning of
s thermometer had drop-
the twenties and ev-
stlff. Wh -n
looked aa if na-
poured. scalding
vegetation.
not been quite
as there have been
s'aiid thin Ice hae even
e, but there has not been
to keep the vegetation
, If It welt* very much
coming, a freeze will
immense amount of da-uage
etatlon la beginning to pnt
"I
JIM SWAIN RELEASED.
The Negro for Whose Liberty Col.
W***t Fought Herd la Free.
JI19 Swain; a negro mill hand em
ployed by Col. W. 8. West at his
pill at; Levon, Fla, four or five years
ago, and who 1* still In Col.' West’s
employe, ..Ja a tree man after a long
hard fight, at Ocala on a charge of
murder.
The Jury failed to agree on a ver
dict and later It was decided to drop
tho case, against the darkey. The
cade waa famoua In Florida, chiefly
because of the part which the no-
gro'n white friend and boss placed
In It. To begin with, Col. West wont
on I he negro's bopd for 84,000. Then
he took ‘the case in tho court house
and stood by the negro to the end;
making'one of the speeches In the
trial at Ocala.
.Swain was . charged with killing
Of-.negro named. Henry Long four
yearn ago/ He aid Long both work
ed for Col. West's mill and were on
their w»T home.. Tltey stopped at
Summerfield aiyi Long picked a row
with the negroes,(here, asking Swain
to help -him light them. Swain told
him that It waa nbt hla row. Bad
blood sprung up between the tbro ne-
groea who had been friends to that
time. , Utter on they derided to fight
off fhqtr. dlffereifcee, but did' not do
so. Still later g row ensued between
them and Long reached for bte gun.
pulled hit lint and Long was
number of the Florida papen
editorials on the manner
Col- West baa stood' by his
hand, an humble negro who had
-ii&aenUal Mend* and who had
jgwaya sbown himself faithful In the
aaatwgstbl lltlca that came upon him.
Marshal White Reappointed.
Information that the president had
sent to the senate th* nomination of
George F. White for the ofllce of
Inal ot the southern district of
statea court of Georgia
reached Macon yesterday, and wa*
particularly gratifying to bis maay
friend.a in tbah city. Marshal White
la now 'fit Augusta , th attendaaca
J- uj>on th* session of tha federal court.
Although tb*r« were protests filed
agstnat the renomlnetlom of Marshal
White, It has been the belief here
*11 along that ho would be re-ap
pointed. Thla oplnlap wa* confirm
ed yesterday when hie name was
at Into the senate for confirmation.
Than Mr. White there la no more
popular'official of the federal court.
Georgia Southern Replacing Man.
Representative W. H. Evans, who
Is an employe of the, Georgia South
ern and Florida railroad, was happy
over the return of the old employes
to work. He say* the Georgia South
ern has the reputation of turning
out the best work of any of tbe rail
road Shops, and with the return of
the old skilled mechanics this repu
tation will be sustained. In some of
the departments there are now more
men (ban was at work before the
general laying off last year, but there
are aome^ deparftoents that hare not
quit* filled up.
An the employes are In tbe beat
of bnmor, and are contented.—Ma
con Telegraph. %
PERSONAL MENTION.
(From Tuesday’s Dally.)
Miss Bailie Hayes, of Hahlra, waa
a visitor in tbe city last night.
Mr.' J. R. Simpson, of Cecil, came
down and spent laat nlgbt In Val
doata.
Mr. and Mrs. 8. B. Hitchcock, re
turned yesterday afternoon from a
visit to relatives In Cecil.
Mr. J. B. Webb, of,Hahlra, waa
among the visitors to the city last
night /
Mr. H. H. Huckabay, of Live Oak,
waa a visitor In the city last nlgbt.
Dr. P. H. Askew, Messrs. A. J.
Connell and,J. W. Moore, of Nash
ville, were among-the visitors to the
city last night.
Mrs. W. P. Patten, of Milltpwn,
was a visitor In the city yesterday
and last nlgbt.
Mrs. W. T. Culpepper, of Atlanta,
reached the city yesterday and will
a)>end some time, with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Whtson,
who also ezpect a visit from another
daughter, Mrs. H. H. Ford, of WU-
mlngton, N. C.. In a fear days.
Mr. M. R. Ousley fpund a tan-col
ored glove on the street yesterday
and will deliver It tfi Its owner on
application.
Mias Annie Willingham, of Rome,
la expected here tomorrow to spend
some time with Miss Marion Peeples.
,Mr. B. Simpson, of Mllltown, waa
among th*£vlsltprs to the city yes
terday.
Miss Jennie-Eberhart, of Atlanta,
Is a visitor to the olty today.
Mias Cunningham, of Sylvester, la
among the visitors to the city this
week.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armour the pres
Ident of the W. C. T. U. of Georgia,
Is In the city, haflng reached here
last night. { N
Judge WvH. Grlflln Is attending a
special term of the superior court at
Nashville this week.
Mr. J. M. Dime, of Batnbrldge, was
a visitor to the city yesterday.
,Mr. Charles E. Davis and wife, of
Madlaon, spent yesterday In this
city.
Mr. Charles C. Davis, of Gaines
vtlle, Fla., was among the visitors to
Valdoata yesterday.
Mr. W. M. Rogers and wife, of 'At
lanta, are spending a day or two at
the Valdes.
Mr. L. L. Braswell, of Fitzgerald,
was a visitor to Valdoata today,
MIS* Gertrude Pendleton leaves
for Quitman tomorrow to spend
few days with Ml^s Catherine Avera.
-The convicts are putting In • fine
work on the canal these bright, warm
days. The gang will probably finish
tbe ditch to Patterson street by
Thursday night! Then they will get
busy on the ditch above Patterson
street to the railroad. There
much water above Patterson street
and the gang will probably catch
plenty*, of fish,
Possum hunting la the order or
the day,” as the country correipos
dents usually put 1L Parties go ou(
nearly every nlgbt and some flue
marsupials have been brought In.
Thla spring-like weather la charm
ing to the visitors from the north,
hut the native would rather see a
blizzard right now—anything to kill
the Insects and keed the sap down
In the trees. There Is danger of tout 1
trees buddlgg out only to he killed
later by a freeze.
Mrs. Minnie Varn, of Madlaon,
Fla., caifiy over and spent last night
In the city.
Mesaffa. H. B. Borneo and J. L.
Parker, of Albany, were visitors In
Valdosta last nlgbt. r
The beautiful (neither of yester
day and today la causing people to
talg about gardening. Some have al
ready begun preparing their gardens
for the early spring vegetables, and
If this weather continue* many days
a lot of seeds will be put In the
ground.
Tax Collector Geiger, I* confined to
hla home on Magnolia street by Ill
ness.
COMMITMENT TRIAL8
Come around and let me give yon
pricei on mules. I can astonish yon.
Jnat back from Tennetaee with a ear
load.
B. H. ROBERTS.
1-11-dCt aw*t . * '/
Stepped on Plank and Fall.
Rev. Hardwick, a colored preach
er who waa working on tbe new
brick bntldtng on the city hall square,
stepped on a loose piece of scantllag
this morning and fell from the top
of the building to the ground. His
leg was sprained and he was badly
bruised by tbe fall. He was placed
In a carriage by some of hla fellow-
workmen and was harried off to hli
home for attention.
If yon went a Brat class male,
come and examine (hose I bar* Jut
brought back from Tennessee. My
price* are right
B. H. ROBERTS.
1-U-dlt sw2t
Thro* Hearings on Lunacy Charges
In th* Ordinary's Court Today,
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
There were three lunacy hearings
In the ordlnary'b court today, sH
three of them being on warrant* that
were sworn out some time ago.
One of them wu In the case of- .
Mr*. Kate Pope, a white resident of
north Ashley street. Mrs. Pope has ^
been suffering hallucinations for
some time, belqg Jormented with an
Idea that her eyea and ears were
ont of shape. She had no dangerous
symptoms, but the family thought It
would be beat tor her to have treat
ment In the state sanitarium and she
wu, therefore, given a hearing Ini-
order to have her committed to that
Institution. \
George Taylor, the negro man who-
ha* been doing So many queer things
In the city for several weeks sad
whose condition waa getting worse ”
all of the time, wu also felven s,,
hearing today and was committed.
The third case was that of Mrs.
Zettie Willie, an Inmate of the poor
farm, who has been showing signs
of Insanity for some time. The -
warrant against her waa sworn out
by Mr. Hard^ Christian, who la in-
charge of the poor farm. He tried
to get Mrs. Willie to come to town
with him this morning, but she de
clared that she would not go one
step. She . was there and she pro
posed to stay right there. .
Mr. Christian did not feel that he-
had a right to force her to come, so
he came In and had an officer to go
after her. Deputy Ralph Myddelton
was delegated to the duty and ha
persuaded her to come. She had no-
Idea what waa wanted with her.
ARRE8TED ON SUSPICION.
Two Men Found Asleep on the 8treetr
and Carrid to Prison.
Chief Dampler this afternoon lodg
ed two strangers In the city prison
aa auspicious characters. The men
were found lying on the ground
asleep on South Troup street, and
their actions were so strange that
the Chief arrested them, pending ^an
Investigation.
The men claim to be expert ma
chinists,''and give thetr names aa
William Febr and Gua Myers. When
searched at the prison a whole kit
of delicate and expensive tool*-were
found on their persons, Including
micrometers, callipers, wrenches ct
different kinds, screwdrivers^' al
together with two watches, a <mal!
amount of money and otner,- irt !cle*.
They assert that they let Denver,
Colo., last summer In search'of work
as machinists, and after going to
Chicago drifted south, thefi- Inten
tion being to go from here .to Jack
sonville. .
Chief Dampler was not satisfied
with the stories the strangers tel?,
and they will be held until be. satis
fies himself that they are all right.
Benefits of Dukes’ Bay Canal.
One of the oldest and wisest of
Valdosta citizens said this morning
that he regarded the drainage of
Dukes’ Bay as the heat thing ever
done for the city with the exception
of boring the arteeian well. “It will
add wonderfully to the bealthfulness
of the city and will reclaim a Urge
lot of valuable land. The ditch that
being dug will make the bay aa
dry aa the Junction of Hill avenue
and Patterson street, which la on
the creat of a hill.
“When the work Is finished,” bn
continued, “and when we see how
much good has been done by It, wa
will wonder how we ever waits! so
long to dtff the canal. I have no In-
Aesest Is that part of town but I am
pleased at the work that Js be!ag
done because It 1* work that Is need-
cd, ft la decidedly tbe beet work
that has been done In Valdoeta la
ten year*.”
The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached.
Much interest was aroused tor'tbe
announcement in Sunday's Times-
Enterprise that Rev. A. W. 'Beeler
would preach that morning the great
est sermon ever preached In Thom-
aavllle. and a Urge and Interested
congregation attended to hear It,
The statement was correct In every
particular, and no egotism attaches
to Mr. Beater, because of hla an
nouncement His sermon waa the
Sth. (tb and 7th chapters of Mat
thew, that matchlesf masterpiece
which era* preached by Jesus Christ,
"The Sermon on the Mount” It
feelingly delivered by Mr.
who, by hla delivery, strongly
pressed on hla hearers the
truths of this great
ville Tlmes-Enterprise.