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LIBEL CAUSE
SATURDAY^ JUNE 10, 1011.
Conductor Johnson jLost the
Case Which he* Brought
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(From Tuesday’s Daily.)
The Grand Jury la the Federal
court finished its work yesterday af
ternoon and returned Its jvcsmt-
ments to Judge Sheppaid. The jury
adopted resolutions -.haokine tie.
Judge for his very a. le charge to
that body and also to district attor
ney Akcman and his assistant Mr.
Coddlngton, for their hel[> to the
body In performing their dutioi. The
Grand Jury returned thirteen true
bills and two no hills. They were in
session about three days and many
witnesses were brought betore them.
In the case of W. H. Dixon who
was found guilty of having a d.stit-
lery on his place, was allowed to git
bond until his crop is finished.
Judge Speer will pass sentence upon
him In the next term of court
W. H. Butler, the negro who win
convicted of the sams offense, was
unablo to give bond and was sent to
jail.
The libel suit yesterday of Sam
Jonnson, a conductor on the Atlan
tic Coaat Line, against J. A. Perry,
n traveling man, for ft0,000 dam
age for llhei, resulted In a verdict
for the defendant.
The legal battle continued nearly
alt day and was an Interesting one
throughout The plaintiff waa rep
resented by Judge Joseph W. Ben-
nott and Col. Alexander Ackerman,
while the defendant was represented
hj Col. J. A. Copeland Th» victory
for the defendant was largely due
to the skillful manner In which Mr.
Copeland conducted the case and h!s
excellent argument before the Jury.
The defendant admitted writing
the letter to Chairman McLendon of
the railroad commission, but he
Slated that he did not Intend It as
applying to Conductor Johnson, but
that he was angry and he wrote tlio
letter to be abusive. He complained
to Chairman McLendon that he had
been electee from a Coast Line train
nrter tondorii.ssAfci
Kltiotor refuse* Rmw ..ie mOfeige
as It was a violation of the rates of
the rond, and demanded cash Tare.
In Perry’s letter to Mr. McLendon
he said In efTect. "I am tired of hav
ing thieving conductors dictate to
me and having to get off the train.”
Pnrher down he said that condnctora
were "opposed to the mileage hooks,
as It prevented them from stealing
cosh fare from the road.”
Then he went on to tell of having
to pay cnah fare on the A. B. and A.
road on the conductors’ promise that
the excess would bo refunded, but
that when he wrote about it, the of
ficials would not even answer hie
letter. This letter to Chairman Mc
Lendon wns made a part of th»
complaint agalnat the Coast Line
mad and In that way It foM Into th
hands of the officials of that road
and was later Bent to .Conductor
•Tohnaon, who Immediately entered a
dr mage suit against Perry.
The Jury In the case evidently
accepted Perry's version of the mat
ter, that the letter Was an explos
ion of temper, and of abuse, without
meaning to aav that the conductor
was a thief or that he would steal
cash fare.
AB of the morning was taken up
In arguing a demurrer In the case
of Mrs. Agnes Hare against the At
lantic Coast Line for damages for
the death of her fifteen-year-old son,
who wns killed while flagging at a
crossing at Thomasrllle. The de
fendant demurred on account of the
allegations not being specific enough.
Judge Sheppard overruled the do-
murder nnd the case went on trial
before noon and Is on trial this af
ternoon.
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(From Tuesday’s Daily.)
“There Is no white hope,” said
John L. Sullivan, former champion
heavyweight pugilist, who arrived in
Savannah yesterday for a vaudeville
enggement at the Bijou theater with
Jake Kllrain, according to the Morn
ing News.
“Some good white man will spring
up In a year or so who will beat
Johnson, but none of the white fight-
erg now before the public can do it.
And Johnson 1b not a great fighter.
There happens to he a dearth of
good white material at present.”
Weighing every bit of 325 pounds
In h!s pajamas John L. paid:
am about as heavy as President Taft,
but not quite ns tall.” He certainly
in a whopper. His arms are as iarg<
as an ordinary man’s legs, and his
hands look like hams. When he
and Mre. Sullivan arrived at the De
Soto several hours late, due to
wreck near Allenhurst, he waa about
all tn from heat and a day’s trip
from Atlanta,
Does His Three a Day.
John Tj. certainly must need the
money when he hits the road down
South at this season, carrying h!s
weight. He has been In Memphis
and Atlanta, where It Is hotter than
It Is hero, and hlg contract calls for
three times a day.” He says the
funny etorles he tells, the monologue
he does and h!s and Kilrain’s three
rounds with the gloves, are worth
the price It costs to see him.
**I am looked upon as a dead one
•hr those who follow the ring.” he
eald, "and I am a has-been as
boxer, but I expect to live to he 100
years old. T am only a young man,
Fiffy-two years Is not old. Athletes
ihreak fast because they uaually Hv.
at too rapid pace. For twenty-five
years T went the pace that kills—
the average man. I drank oceans of
hoo7.e. A champion then was the
The >n. J*ol of ♦he public, and to ho that
vf—.n Idol wns to. he wined and
dined by most everybody. It' was
champaign all the time.
Has Cut Ont Boo*©.
“But T have cut all of that sort of
thing out. I haven't touched a drop
of liquor for six years and I never
Intend to take another drink. T had
my share. In my day T have taken
enough booze to float a battleship.
Understand me, I am no prohibition
ist. T have Just had my swing. The
other fellows can go to It now If they
like, hut It Is the water wagon for
mo.”
Being of the old school of fighting
Sullivan Is Inclined to discount the
fighting ability of the latter-day box
ers He says he could whip a ring
full of Kaufmans and ether present-
day fjghters when he was 1n his
prime. He says Jeffries wasn't much
of a lighter, that he was never good
enough to have beaten Johnson. He
has been a JefTrles knocker for
long time and he claims to have the
real dope on the Jeffrles-Johnson
fiasco at Reno. But that is an old
story.
“Th© young fellows will all say
'What does that hlg stiff know about
the game now?' he said. “Just the
same I beat them all when I was
right and I have forgotten more
than many of the so-called fighters
ever will know about the game.
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large Crowd for White Springs
The Woodmen of the World picnic
today carried a large crowd of peo
ple to White Springs and the crowd
appeared to be bent on having a good
time. There wn» plenty of baskets
There were heavy clouds, some
thunder and lightning and a small
shower of rain yesterday afternoon
The rain cooled the atmosphere and
did much good to gardens and crops,
though it was hardly as heavy
was needed.
Mrs. T. J. Simms celebrated her
42 birthday Sunday with a most de
licious dinner; entertaining father,
mother, sister, brothers, nieces and
newphews, all in number being thir
ty soven. They all spent a most de-
and all were filled with good din- Hatful l.\y together.
ners.
About twenty five people came
over from Moultrie and quite a num
ber cam© down from toward Tifton,
but the largest part of the crowd
was from this city. Many of the
Woodmen and their families were
In the crowd and there were also
many invited guests who did not be
long to the lodge. ^Officers of the
lodge were In charge of the train
nnd good order was guaranteed. The
train consisted of seven or eight
coaches and baggage cars.
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SCHOOL BOARD MET YESTERDAY STOLE PROFESSOR’S CLOTHES.
All Teachers Re-elected and Plans
Layed for the Future,
(From Tuesday’s Daily.)
The Valdosta School Board met
yesterday afternoon and elecled ah
of the old teachers for another year
with the exception of Mis-. C >ok,
who had resigned. Prof. W. O.
Roberts was elected principal of tha
school and he was also authorized
to fill any vacancies that might
occur.
The School Board expressed them
selves as being very much gratified
at the record made by the school
last year. There were eight hun
dred and fifty eight white pupils en-j
rolled last year and nearly that many
egroes. It is generally believed
children of school age in Valdosta,
that there are fully two thousand
which would indicate that the city
has fully ten thousand people.
The School Board yesterday ask
ed the city council to increase the
tax levy for school purposes from
$2.50 on the thousand to $3.00
the increased amount is needed to
meet the growing demand of the
bool. It is very probable that two
new room B will have to bo provided
the primary classes and it is
only a question of time before a
large new school building will bo
needed to accommodate the steadily
increasing demand for greater edu
cational facilities.
The School Hoard recognizes the
•great value of a normal—college in
Valdosta and the members of the
board have expressed themselves as
being willing to do anything in their
power to promote same.
Mrs. Reed Long and Miss Frankie
Long are visiting in the city, the
guest® of their sister, Mrs. T. \V.
McClain. They leave In a few days
for Quitman, where they will reside
in the future.
The County Commissioners held
their regular meeting at the c^urt
house this morning, most of the time
being spent in approving bills and
paying for them.
A Negro Boy Robbed Prof. Elkins of
a New Suit of Clothes.
Among the spectators at a negro
baseball club yesterday afternoon
from a house top on the outside of i
the ground was a young negro named
Jake Wilson, who had been dodging I
the police officers for two or three |
days.
Special officer Walker sauntered I
around toward the negro, but the I
hoy was not suspecting him, so it
was an easy matter for the officer to
put his hands on him and place bim
under arrest.
Wilson was wanted for stealing a
new suit of clothes from Prof,
kins last Friday morning. 'i’ho
Professor telephoned from his board
ing house, Mrs. Stevens, to the Cita
Pressing Club asking that a meS"
■enger'be sent for a suit of clothes
that he wanted pressed that day.
Just how Wilson managed to get on
to it is not known, as he did notl
work for the club. A few minutes I
later after the message was sent, I
however, he appeared at Mrs. Stev-I
ens’ and asked for Prof. . Elkin's!
suit. The clothes were given him!
and a few minutes later another boyl
came up after the suit. This made)
It clear that the boy who had gotten
the suit was an Impostor and effortq
were then made to locate him.
Later In the day the officers werd
convinced that Jake Wilson who hatf
just served a sentence on the gang!
the guilty party nnd one of thf
officers was put on the lookout foi
him. He was located by special off
fleer Walker nnd is now In th||
county Jail awaiting to bo tried.
Chairman Jenkins of the Sanltarj
committee announces that the law
regard to putting trash l' Oil
street^ is going to be enforced moil
vigorously in future. Cases are gf
Ing to be made against parties wlj
put trash in the streets, exceot I
receptacles of gome klad. Where t
trash Is dumped in the streets it a
scattered by winds, wagons and I