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, ■ ■ Twice-a-Week I Orduiufy 'g o -j Twice-a-Week THE VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA, GA., • ' TtifiDAS. FERUARY 20, J918. PRISON FARM IS TOO SMALL FORJEMAND Georgia Will Have to Provide More Means BLIND TIGER CONVICTS AND OTHER WHITE PRISONERS ARE TAKING UP PLACE IN TENDED FOR WOMEN. Atlan'a, Feb. 19.—That the state Washington, Feb. 19.—"Our eon- of Georgia w'll soon have to provide duct'' towards Columbia regarding BLACKEST PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF Rainey Charges Our Treatment of Columbia IF WE HAD TREATED A WORLD POWER THAT WAY WE WOULD BE INVOLVE^ IN A GREAT WAR,” HE SAID. br other means for taking care of its decrepit and HI prisoner* Ib argued at the capitol today from the state penitentiary officials* report to the effect that the state farm at M»- lodgeville has become overcrowded. The farm was originally intended for white women who coudn’t well he put on a chaingang, and for peo pie whoqe physical condition pre cluded their working m camp*, lut, according, to Chairman Davidson, so many blind tiger convicts have per suaded the trial judges to^send the/n to the farm instead of the gang, that the place is being overrun with them. “It look* to me as if they let all the able-bodied tiger* go, or merely fine them, and that they send all the Blck one* to 'the farm/’ Chairman Davidson iff quoted a* saying. Concerts in the Schools. . Following the example of the New York public school*;,and inaugura ting an Idea entirely new -inf the South, the city school board Is plan ning to inaugurate a series of or chestra concerts In th< v public schools early In March, to familiarize the children with the works of great composers and to offset, if possible, the false standards of music and harmony which the youngters ac quire from hearing the barber shop harmonies and “Old Apple Tree" 1 style of ballads. Policemen Deny the Charge. The city police are bitterly re senting the accusation by the board of health that policemen who are jimply able to pay physicians’ fees are sponging On the city by calling in the city physician on all occasions when a doctor is needed. Chief Beavers contends that the city*ought to furnish the medical at tention free for an officer who Is hurt or who contracts an illness by ex posure while In the discharge of his duty. To Arrive at the Prison. Henri Main, a convicted French “white slaver,” Is expected to arrive at the Atlanta federal penitentiary today to serve a sentence of one year for bringing a Mme. Journee from Paris to America, for what the fed eral authorities held was a n im moral purpose. Georgia Laws for Italy. Governor Brown has instructed Secretary of State Phil Cook to pre pare a copy of Georgia’s automobile th© Panama affair makes the black est page in the history of our na- LID WAi ON YESTERDAY READY TOR AN Sunday Closing Question Conies up Again THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN WILL WRESTLE WITH THE VEXED QUESTION AT THEIR MEETING WEDNESDAY. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 19.—The lid was on again in Savannah yesterday while waiting the next meeting of the city council Wednesday night, Business Meri Want a Board of Trade Here THEY WANT A PRACTICAL OR. GANIZATION WITS FREIGHT BUREAU TO LOOK "AFTER THE OVERCHARGED, £, NEW TRIAL TO “JACK-RIPPER” Atlanta ' egro who Killed a Negro Woman he was tried Before judge THOMAS IN ATLANTA AND MO- TlON FOR TRIAL CAME UP SATURDAY. tion,” declared Congressman Rainey, | when .it Is hoped that the Sunday of Illinois, today. He was comment ing on the letter of the Columbian minister Ospina to Secretary Knox telling Knc^x that the present time Is very “inopportune for the secre tary to viait Columbia. “If we treated any great world power as outrageously as we have treated Columbia, said Mr. Rainey we would be involved in a great war.” Rainey h&s a resolution pending closing question, which has been agitated for the past several weeks, will be finally settled. There Is the strongest sort of a demand in Valdosta, fSp a Board of Trade with a, good fttight bureau Attached to it, ain0 th* business men are ready to take hohjtjbf the matter as soon as some strtfsj* man comes along and starts the, bill to-rolling. The Times reporter^^alked to a number of business msjf^oday and ha The police committee of citycoun- found every one of them highly elat- cil is now concluding their lnvestiga-1 ed 'over the propositlpfl to organize tion of the matter and will render a report at the next meeting, in com pliance with the instruction of the hoard at the last meeting. Under the Instruction of Mayor Tledeman. the bona fide fruit dealers, those who handle strictly retail fruits, were permitted to keep open half the day. In th. house for a congreselonal In- Heretofore, except Sunday of last vesttgatlon of the acquisition of the Panama canal. Definite actions by the state de partment concerning Osplna's letter 1s expected tomorrow. The letter Is viewed In many quarter* as an Insult to Knox. '( -t; >' Grant Park Waa Thronged. Atlanta, Feb. 19—Grant Park was thronged yesterday for the llrat time since November. The day waa warm and aunahlny and the breath of spring waa In tho air. THE SALE OF VERKES IS Ball Room of Plaza Hotel is Scene of a Brilliant Throng at Sale Today. New York, Feb. 19.—Are lover* ajid connoisseurs thronged the ball room of the Plaza Hotel today at the opening of the exhibition and sale of the paintings, art works of gold, silver and other metals, enamels, ceramics, textiles,- embroideries, laces, carvings, etc., belonging to the estate of the late Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerke*. The *ale will last three days and Is attracting unusual Interest among collectors. Particularly interesting is the list of paintings, which in cludes works by some of the most famous masters of all periods. The collection wag formed by Mr. Yerkes, the noted promoter and street railway, magnate of Chicago, week, they were permitted to keep open all day. The green grocers were not ailow- od to keep open. It Is upon those two classes of business that the fight hap been waged. The police wer? in stiucted to make docket cases against a “d Ret plV .fruttr ddSlii* fbuhd "opem Sii'iilW I 011vvL lOIIVrtXJ , UiagUillC Ul law, to be sent to the Italian gov- IjQndon and other cities, who died eminent. Italy is preparing frame new national auto laws ’and wants general information on the subject. MISSING MAN HEARD FROM II Boston Woman Gets Letter From Arthur Shaw Asking Her to Join Him. Boston, Mass., Feb. 19.—Mrs. George Stewart, a friend of Arthur 8haw, of Freeport, Me., a shoe man ufacturer who recently disappeared, said to be short nearly $200,000, re ceived a letter from Shaw today postmarked Savannah, Ga. The letter was a most affectiouato cne and urged the woman to Join him In Savannah and suggested that they go to Brazil. a few years ago. The sale, which was ordered by the executors of the estate of Mrs. Yerkes will be con ducted by the American Art Asso ciation of this city. AFTER “MEN HIGHER UP.” Atlanta Detectives About to Unoni'li Rig Gome of Thievery. Atlanta, Feb. 19.—The efforts of the local and railroad detectives to naij the “men higher up” in the re cent wholesale car robberies he^e, seem likely to hear rich fruit. Already one important arrest has been made, that of J. R. Mills, a car inspector of the Southern Rail way, and It Is said that others are to follow. * As soon a* th® detectives bsgnn to investigate and couple up the nu merous case* of robberies ot freight cprs in Atlanta, it became evident that there, waa some concerted ar rangement behind the raids, and Intelligence than the thief was directing noon and all othfr stores found open during the day, except, of course, drug stores, ice factories and milk depots. Several dooket cases were made. SIX MILLION PEOPLE STARVING IN CHINA Bishop Graves Makes an Ap peal for Suffering People of That Land. Pekin, Feb. 19.—Over 6,000,0<i0 Chinese are dying of starvation throughout China as a result of the destruction of crops iby floods and war. Bishop {Graves, of Shanghai, is sending for a million dollars to help the sufferers. The worst suffering is along«the Yangtsekiang River. HENRY COMES UP AGAIN. t Point of Order woe Drawn on Him and he Went Rack to his Seat Washington, Feb. 19.—Represen tative Henry today introduced in the house a resolution to investigate the “money trust,” asking unanimous consent to consider the measure. Dr. Dazell made a point of order that the resolution had not been passed upon by the members of the committee o n rules. Henry then withdrew his resolution. a Board of Trade for poses. The bualnei take so much to B< that spend most of getting up “bntertali ing hot air over doubtful value. They would' like to ization here to look i that help Valdosta < would like to have the Board of Trade an auditor of freighl business men -could tnakf c la and gbt PITNEY WAS NOMINATED. Washington, Feb. 19.—President Taft today decided to nominate Mahlon Pitney, chancellor of the state of New Jersey, to fill the va cancy on the supreme court caused by the death of Justice Harlan. The nomination will go to the sen ate today or tomorrow. Pitney Is a Republican, fifty-four years old, has served two terms In congress and has thirty years of experience as a Jurist. The irgfenlaxtloi for more big concerns to make this city a districting point.' ! Valdosta la the center of a very large section of country and Valdosta has almost matchless advantages In (hipping. A number of big concern* could be In duced to come, here and i make Val dosta the distributing point for nil of the territory In South Georgia, North Florida pud part of Alabama. An organisation of the business taen could push a .movement of thla foil and do a great deal of work to ad- vance the city’s Interest along time lines. It 1> very probable that a meet. Ing of the business men will be called In a few days and that an ef fort will be made to .get all the Influence* in this city organised *o as to make the belt nee of It. SMILED AT DEATH AS HE MOUNTED SCAFFOLD Wealthy Stock Raiser was Hanged for Murder of Three People This Morning. Mobile, Ala., Fehi 19.—With a laugh on his lips, Lawrence Odom, a wealthy stock raiser, was hanged In the Mobile Jail yard this morning for trlpple murder. He scoffed at those who were try ing to convert him. laughing con temptuously when ite fear of death was mentioned. Odom killed Charles Goland, Dav. Id Gartman, two young men, and Joseph Stokes and aged farmer last March, who witnessed against him In a dog killing case. Judge W. E. Thomas on Saturday passed upon the motion tor a new trial In the case of Lucky Elliott, an Atlanta negro, who wo, accused of committing one of the "Jack-the- Rlpper" crimes In that oity. Judge Thomas overruled the mn-lon for * new trial In tne case ,au it now goes to the supreme court. The ne gro was represented by Col. Daniel Rountree,'who was formerly solici tor general ot this circuit A good deal or Interest Is tt- tachcd to this caso from the fact that Atlanta has bad not less than sixteen murders among women and this Is the only neigo who Baa eror been ‘caught or tried for one of those murders. The evidence against him was very strong and he was convicted. The evldonce showed ‘hat he and a negro woman were hoarding a ne- ' hoarding house In Atlanta. They heard .quarreling on* night l*#taM.W;. ) &*tibe ought i( tq Save killed her Jong ago. That was overheard by boarders (in the house. That night the negro and the wo man went out of the house to-»th- er. When a short distance away, parties In the neighborhood heard the woman scream “Oh.” Later In the night Elliott returned to the house by himself and went to bed. The next morning the woman was found dead, where her body had been dragged to a cut, A knife was found near the body with blood on It and was Identified as a weapon which belonged to Elliott. There was other evidence show that Elliott told the boarder* about the house not to mention what they had heard pass between him and the woman the night be fore. Judge Thomas tried this case while he waa holding court Judge Roan In Atlanta. The Jury found the negro guilty of murder, but Lawyer Rountree made a motion for a new trial. This motion wns heard on Saturday In this city and was overruled. FERTILIZERS ARE MOVING IN A HORRY NEWS OF A DAY AMONG PEOPLE OF Farmers Busy at Work With iheir Crops THE MOVEMENT ALL ALONG TIIE LINE 18 HEAVIER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN MANY MONTHS PAST. Masons Leave This After noon for Jacksonville J MANUFACTURERS AND ENGI NEERS ARB TO OPPOSE ORDI NANCE TO MAKE ENGINEERS PROCURE LICENSE. In eplte ct the continued rains Savannah, Ga., Feb. 19.—Fifty or ahd the had roads In many sections, more Savannah Scottish Rite Ma- the farmers have begun to move eons left this afternoon on a special their fertilisers and within the next 1 t , a |n for Jacksonville, where diey week or two they will be busier get-1 „„ altend the anml#1 *, unlou of ting ready to plant their crops than' ■ . ,, t they have been li a long time. Tho ■ th! ' plorWa bo,llee ' ot » Wch " rae delay in planting will make it nec-, degrees from the fourth to the thlr- cssary tor them to work harder and ty-Becond will be conferred upon ,aB,er - about two hundred candidates. In The guano dealer. an d local fee- ti , e 4* are * orae onbe m0lrt prom . torleg have not Bold as much far-' . „ ... . „„ „ , „ tiltzer this year a. they did laat year, l :Scott " ,h H,te M " onB ,n Saraa - but the movement thle week haj ( nah - The Savannah Masons are at- been very neavy and It will con- itendlng under an Invitation from the tlnve to be heavy for the next, two Florida Consistory No. 2. The do or three weeks. There has been aome complaint In regard to getting cara to handle ■hlpmenfa promptly, but not • great deal of trouble la anticipated on thla account. At all of the email stations where fertilisers are shipped the agents are grees will bo conferred by tho team composed of tho Savannah Masons, who hnvO an cnvlablo reputation throughout tho country for the man ner In which they contor theso de grees. A special quartette composed of thirty-second degree Maaona has busy delivering It "as rapidly as po a-'accompanied tho team and the noc- slble and the teama aro hauling It i CBnar r paraphernalia has been car te the farms for immediate use,[i-l«d also, They are -expecting a Ihough the: rain pill dtrtey planting,;time In Jack "nvllU, "hw*c»- ..y, for e/few more days, f ' I rton yin close Thun<day;( after which A Reports Indicate that the farmers the Savnnnahfans will return homo, are going to plant a good deal of col- Oppose the New Ordinance, ton again this year. The recent rise Manufacturers and engineers of In price was more than they could i'* 1 ® c|t Y wl ” meet this afternoon stand. For awhile It waa thought | vllh » committee on public Interests, that the cotton acreage would he »"* th « Chamber of Commerce tot 4- % German* at a Ral Masque/ Atlanta, Feb. i9.—Anglo-Germani in Atlanta are preparing to hold on Wednesday night one of the most elaborate masquerade balls aver held In this city. It will be at the Freudsehaftsbund hall,' and hundreds of Invitations have been Issued. Risliop Candler to Speak at Sparks, j On February 29th. Bishop Warren A. Candler, of Atlanto, Ga., will de liver an address at th# Spark* Col legiate Institute and lay th® corner stone of the new building now in process of construction. The exer cises will begin at tl o’clock a. m., and the public is cordially Invited and urged to be present to hea£ this man of world-wide fame, Dinner will be provided for all visitors. This Invitation !s extended by the board of trufiten of Spark* Col legiate Institute. (Signed) A. W. REESE, : For the Board. NEGRO MOBBED Bl NEGROES IN flllMIfl Soldier Felled the Fugitive With a Brick and Gave Him to the Officers Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19.—James An derson, the negro who shot and fat ally wounded Vashti Dumas, a wom an of his own race, Hcr in the hospi tal at the Fulton county Jail, serious ly Injured, after having barely es caped lynching on Peachtree street at the hands of a mob composed mostly of colored people. Anderson whipped out a big pis tol and shot the woman through the breast, ip the business section of the city, on a crowded street. In tense excitement followed, while the egro dropped the pistol and ran. A crowd gave chanse, and at the end of about two blocks a soldier from the Fort McPherson barracks felled the fleeing man with a well-aimed brick. Then It was that the negroes, collecting in large numibets, wanted to take summary vegeance on the fugitive. Only the timely arrival of the police prevented them from beating and stoning him to d^athj where he lay. very light, but recently It ha* been stated that a great deal of cotton (will b® planted, though probably hardly a* much a* last year. HIGH LIVING ARGUMENT Atlanta Ministers Declare Young Man Ought not to Marry on Small Salary the purpose of oppoalng the measure for. tho adoption of an ordinance whleh will require engineers opera ting stationary anginas to paas ex amination and procure licenses. The matter wi# he thoroughly gone over and the engineer, and manufoctur- aia given an opportunity to preecnt their aide of -.ho qnetlon. The man ufacturers believe that an ordin ance of that character will M harm ful to the manufacturing Interest, of the city and will attempt to substan tiate their claim, at the conference. Races Up to Merchants. It now seem, that It’s up to the merchants of Savannah as fo wheth er another big antomoblte race, elm- Hants, Ga., Feb. 19-Ae a .trlk- ''" r ««• *<*" *•'« ’ hc-r® during the past few yearn, will ing evidence of tho oft-stated fact „„ 8ttemp . ed . n l, thought that tho that th 0 coat of living In Atlanta is Savannah Automobile Club can again equally as high as In New York, to e-vitro the Grand Prise race for next Been In the declaration of leading fall and Is willing to make the at- ministers here that under present tempt, provided -.he people want It. economic conditions a young man The club Itself Is' passive on the ought not to marry In Atlanta un- question. Several of the officials less lie has an assurance of earning have signified their attention not to 9100 per month—that 1, unless he ngsln offldsteat a race. The militia expects to lire In a condition border- la also non-col imlttal. There seems lag on poverty and have hie bride do to be, however, a willingness on the all the household work, Including. part or the military companies to cooking and washing. guard the course provided the mer- Tho John D, Rockefeller Bible chants want the race. The question Class, it will be recalled, set the will again be brought up before the figure at 91.100 In New York. In military organizations tonight and It Atlanta, as It Is figured out by tho ( Is likely that the automobile club ministers, 91,200 would come near-,will be given an answer In a few or to the mark.. [days. Cairo's Growth is Wonderful, ; Since Grady’* /lehut the growth' ot Cairo has been something great.! Eight years ago when the "old man" I cast his lot with the old Gradyltes, Cairo was a hamlet of about 100 peo ple and today no doubt but our pop ulation Is close On to 2,500. ; Not only has the Increase been In population but business house, and dwelling bouse* have likewise Increased In number. Not only this but Improvements to homes have been made that bag added' 100 per cent. . | There la a reason for the above Bank early this morning securing and the solution Is easy. The dtl- 92,600. zen, of the town are a goodly peo-j in escaping, they shot at the tale- plo; they are progressiva; they are graph operator and firs waa return- ever on tho alert for everything ed by the citizens, that will build up the town end coun-l Officers with bloodhounds are on |ty.—Cairo Messenger. . ithe trail. YE6GMEN BLEW OPEN SAFE JIL AUSTELL The Robbers Escaped With $2,500 and Were Pursued by Citizens and Dogs. Austell, O*., Feb. 19.—Yeggman blew open the safe of the Austell