Newspaper Page Text
THE VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA, GA., TUESDAY. ' FERUABV 80, 1018,
YOUNG COUPLE
OUTWITTED THE
OLDER FOLKS
Valdosta Boy and Macon
Girt in a Romance
EFFORTS WERE MADE TO STOP
THEM, BUT THEY WERE DE
TERMINED NOT TO LET OPPO
SITION STOP THEM.
(From Monday's Daily.)
Mies Nellie Shelling, of Macon
end Mr. John Knight, of Valdos*a,
were married this morning about 4
o'clock at the residence of Jir. Jack
Parrish, near Adel, In Berrien coun
ts’, and thereby hang* a tale.
The marriage la one of the most
romantic that has occurred In this
section In a long time, amounting
almost to an automobile race be
tween the contracting partlei and
other parties who were trying
atop it. It Is said that the officer*
fh half a dozen towns were trying
to arreet the young couple and pre-
rent their marriage, and that their
friends, who were helping them out,
were standing Just as loyally by
them.
The bride is a vsty pretty young
lady who spent some time in Voi
dest on a visit to her cousin, Miss
Mary Cook. Here ah* met Mr. John
Knight and the couple became en
gaged. Recently she returned to
Macon and last Saturday night Mr.
Knight went up to eec* her.
8unday morning. the couple
boarded the southbound Georgia
Southern train for Valdosta, evi
dently expecting to be married when
they reached this city. At Cordele,
»t is said that officers of the law
bearded the train for the purpose
or arresting the young couple, but
they could not be Identified. The
little Isdy on th* train was found
seated by the aide of an older wo
man, but the officers did not dream
that ghe was the bride-to-be. The
groom-to-be, small of sature,
end Innocent looking, was seated In
another coach and was not suspect
ed bv the lynx-eyed officers.
When the train pulled out for
Valdosta another telegram-was sent
to this city to Mr. Walter Cook. It
was from the young lady's mother
and simply said:
"Meet 6 o'clock train and tdr
heaven’s sake stop Nell."
Mr. Cook went Immediately to the
conrt house and found a brother of
the groom buying a marriage li
cense. Mr. ribb Simms had written
the license all bnt signing the
names and when he read the tele
gram from the young lady’s moth
er be would go no further.
Then the race began In earnest.
The brother got an automobile p.nd
put out for Hablra. Two friends
had already started for Hablra to
pi op the train and *ak© the couple
off there. The automobile became
stuck !p the mud and a couple of
mules had to be used to get It out.
A little fnriher on It becam« stuck
In the mud. By *.hat time the
brother of the groom came along In
an automobile and relieved the
stranded couple of friends by giving
them hfs machine. In *hla way the
trip was resumed to Hablra, and
Mr Knight and Miss Shelling were
Placed In the automobile there and
stnrted out to flnsta up their matri
monial designs.
It Is said *hat they drove all night
long In the efTort to secure license,
lUt telegrams had been sent to dif
ferent place* heading them off.
Early this morning they reached
TRUSTEES ADOPT
DESIGN FOR THE
NEW COLLEGE
W. A. Edwards, Archi
tect, Will Draw Plans
AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES TODAY THE GEN
ERAL ARRANGEMENT O F
BUILDING WAS AGREED ON.
(From Monday's Dally.)
State School Commission M. L.
Brittain, Chancellor D. C. Barrow,
Dr. R. C. Woodward, Prof. E. H.
Beck and Messrs. W. S. West and
W. L. Converse, all members of the . suicide this morning by shooting
hoard of trustees of the Normal Col-'
lege to he started here, had a meet-
HENRY HERRING
SHOT AND KILLED
HIMSELF TODAY
Farmer Suicided While
Mentally Deranged
ASKED DAUGHTER TO SHOOT
HIM, AND WHEN SHE WENT
FOR HELP HE FIRED A BALL
THROUGH HIS HEAD.
THE OPENING
WAS A GENUINE
National had to Close
Doors to Keep ’em out
THE STORE WAS PACKED ALU
DAY WITH PEOPLE AND MANY
WKItE UNABLE TO GET IN THE
PLACE AT ALL.
(From Monday's Dally.)
Mr. Henry Herring, a well known
farmer, whose home Is about -hree
mile, west of Olympia, committed
Ing at the Valde* Hotel today to se
lect an architect and adopt plans for
the building to be erected here,
president R. H. Powell, of the now
institution, was also here.
Tho opening of the National 5
and 10 cent store this morning was
Yeally |a i^en^aUon. yfho reception
which was given laat night wnj
largely a social affair, which was at-
The architect who was chosen to j t0 the M y] um . At times his men
us up the plans Is W. A. Edwards, tal faculties were normal, to be fol-
who has prepared plans for tho i 0W p(t by periods of eberratlon.
leading colleges of South Carolina. This morning about daylight It ?«
himself through tho head. Death | tended by 1 several thousand people,
was Instantaneous. Fifteen hundred people were pres-
It la understood that Mr. Herring’s I nt dur , tho flrlt fort ,. flve m , n .
mind had been unbalanced to aomo ... _
extent for two or three years. tuti“ te “ of th ® 0 » en,n *- » Dd tho " lre * m
his condition was not such that it kept up from four o'clock in the
was deemed necessary to send him i afternoon until ten at night, with
an Intermission of about one and
ALL EYES ARE ON
U .S. SUPREME COURT
SEVERAL IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAND
ED DOWN AT AN EARLY BATE — LEGISLATORS, CONGRESS
MEN AND OTHERS ARE DEG INNING TO SPECULATE UPON THE
RESULT—COAL JUNES ANI) RAILROADS INVOLVED IN THE
DECISIONS.
Florida and other ntatee where col
lege buildings have been erected
lately.
The building committee selected
the Spanish mission stylo of archi
tecture. after looking at oeveral
ether styles. They twiieve that this
will give the most modern building
to be found In the South and will
he tho first of Its kind in Oeorgla.
Tho general plans of th. school
will contemplate a number of dor
mitories and largo buildings to bo
erected In the future with a capac
ity of twelve to fifteen hundred stu
dents.
Only one of throe buildings will
■ erected at once. It will be
building which will stand In snout
the center of tho lot and will face
rattereon street. In front of It will
bo a large park where other build
ings will bo erected later on.
The arrangement of tho buildings
will he in the. most convenient pos
sible manner and with a view of
making It a great Institution in’the
future, and It will probably take
twenty years to carry out the gen
eral plan which Is outlined in the
architect’s plans now.
The committee expects to have the
building completed In time to open
the school In September as prev
iously contemplated.
Death of a Little Girl.
Tho remalnc of Julia B. Pike, the
-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Pike, formerly of Valdosta,
were brought up to this city last
night from Miami, Fla., where the
little girl died on Saturday of np-
Hcr remains were carried to Mor-
ven this morning and will be burled
in the family burial ground there.
The little girl Is a niece of Mrs.
Charlie H. Davis, of Valdosta, and
Mr. Davis went over to Morven this
morning with the remains. The lit
tle glrl’e father was 111 and could
no*. comO from Miami, but Mr.
Hugh Brown, formerly of this city,
accompanied the casket.
The parents of the little girl have
“many friends In Valdosta and
'.Brook* county who deeply sympa
thize with them in their sorrow.
the home of Mr. Jack Parrlah near
Adel and secured the license ‘here
end also had the ceremony per
formed.
The couple reached Valdosta on
the train thla morning. They have
many friends who are rejoicing with
them at the successful evasion of
those who opposed the match.
It seems that the chief objection
was due to.the ages o? the contract
ing parties. The bride is salt to
be about IS years old, while the
grcom la only one year her senior.
One hundred and twenty-five head
of good farm and turpentine mules
and farm mules on hand. Terms and
prlcea will suit yon.
MIZELL LIVE 8TOCK CO.,
said that he secured his pistol and
asked his young daughter to take It
and shoot him. She sought to get
the weapon from him and to dis
suade him from shooting himself,
bnt finding that he would not give
the pistol to her, and realizing that
she waa not physically alble to take
It from him, aha left to summons
other members of the family. She
had left him bnt a moment or-two
when Mr. Herring placed the weapon
to his head and fired. He was deaa
when the members of his family got
to his side.
It Is understood that Herring had
threatened before to kill hlnuelf.' Re
leaves a wife and six or seven child
ren. as well aa a large family con
nection.
DO DEAD COME BACK
TO
Well Authenticated Cases in
Georgia of Ghosts Com
ing Back to Earth.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 17.—Very fre
quently tb 0 young bea*ux of Atlanta
are able to start new style* by ap
pearing In aomio new combination
of necktie and shirt, or aome new
cut clothes, at a social function or
a dance, but when a young man tries
to start the wild west custom of at
tending dances with a revolver strap
ped to his side, ho gets little sym
pathy here, for this isn't a wild
west town.
J. L. Conkc n la the young man
who tried to transform a perfectly
respectable Atlanta dance Into a
Lcadvllle scene of the early '80’s.
Ho went to the danc© jwlth the re
volver strapped under his coat and
when the dancing began he waved
it in people’s faces in the most ap
proved cow-boy style.
He stampeded the f^irls, <broke up
the dance, and got himself arrested.
one- half hour*.
When the store waj opened this
morning there were several hundred
people In the door ready to get in
and the jam was so great that all
of the doors had \o be closed.
People stood out li^ the streets
and on the sidewalk* tor two or
three hours waiting to get In and
buy some of the thing* which were
being offered at such lowiprices, and
a numiber of ladles had to go home
without making their purchases.
In the cities it often occurs that
women fight each other, push each
other out of the way and almost run
over each other In the effort to get
In the stores where big drives are
being made.
There waa no fighting and no un«
seeming conduct on the pert of
any of those who were waiting today
and all appeared to be In a good
humor. Many of them accepted the
situation aa a joke.
The rear door to the store had to
be opened to let In light and air and
to let many of M* cro^djrfet out
that wAy. Some of (MfrVwno were
waiting at th« front door found out
that they might be able to get In the
rear, so a break was made for that
door.
The store was literally packed
all day long and everybody on the
inside was trading. Ag fast as the
shoppers could be gotten out of the
door others were allowed to come In.
Valdosta has never seen quite such
a sight before.
Lectures fop Farmers.
Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 19.—The fifth
annual Farmers* week at the New
York State College of Agriculture at
Cornell university opened here today
with a large attendance and will
continue to the end of tho week.
County Commissioners In Session.
The county commissioners are
having a meeting at the court house
today and are taking up a number
of things of Interest in the county
Work Is already begun on the new
jail and the commlwilonera have
road gangs making repairs to the
county roads. They expect to build
a splendid road from here to Nay
lor and one to(wards Mllltown out
The recorder ha* lined him $26.501 tnwnrds Cat Creek. They also ex-
and has bound him over to tho poet to build a good road from here
higher courts for carrying the dead- to Luke Park and another road from
ly weapon. Sinno th e new law la I Lake Park to Stntonvlllo.
ffectlve, the fact that he didn't - -
haye the pistol concealed doesn’t help! B or 6 noses or **S66" will car# any
him at all. 'ease of chills and fever. Price 25©.
Washington. Feb. 17.—A subject
of much discussion In Washington
just now is the possible conse
quences, financial, industrial and po
litical, of the several Important de
risions that are erpected to be hand
ed down at an earl/ date by the su-
•r p me court of the United States.
Tho decisions In which the most In
terest Is manifested are those In *he
•uses of the cotton, pool and tho an
thracite pool, both of which call for
Interpretation of Important
phases of the Sherman antl-tiust
A third case of importance be
fore the court has to do with ■‘he
con sft Hut tonality of the initiative
Th© three cases have been before
the highest tribunal since early In
the October term, and the three
weeks’ recess which expired today Is
bf lieved to have given the count time
to preparo the lengthy decisions re
quired. While •the court has vouch
safed no Intimation on the subject It
is generally supposed here that one
or more of the- decisions mav ne
handed ddwn when the court recon
venes Monday, with the others to
follow on the succeeding Mondays.
The greateest Interest centers In
the trust cases, as throwing further
light on th© court’s elaborate Inter-
pretatlons of the anti-trust statute
contained In the voluminous deds-
*oi;s on the Tobacco and Standard
Oil cases.
The suit against the anthraclto
pool was brought In the spring of
1897 and the Intervening five years
have been spent In taking testimo
ny before an examiner and In the
bearings In th* United States circuit
court at Philadelphia, from which
court the case came to the supremo
court. The defendants In the case
Include the three Reading compa
nies, Lehigh Valley railroad and
coal companies, Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western railroad, Jersey
Central railroad, Erie railroad, New
York, Susquehanna and Western
railroad and numerous Independent
coal companies.
In th© original suit the govern
ment contended that all the defend’
ants had long been parties* to a gen
eral combination and conspiracy
which stifled competition and ob
structed trade and commerce among
the states, In anthracite coal, and
that they monopolized the trade. The
court was asked to enjoin the fie*
fondants from continuing their eon-
ti'cct- by which Independent compa
nies sold their coal to the carrying
New Fire Apparatus
be Given a Trial
decision la expected soon, was
brought by the government against
James A. Patten, Eugene G. Scales,
Frank B. Ilayne and William P.
Brown. The district court for the
district of Southern New York sus
tained demurrers to the more Im
portant counts, and the United
State© sued out a writ of error. The
si stained demurrers had to do with
the charge that the defendants pos
sessed a controlling power, enabling
them to charge excess prices, monop
olize th© tirade, and the charge that
they did create a "cotton corner” on
the New York cotton exchange, re
sulting In restraint of Interstate
trade. Th© can© has acquired added
Interest from the Democratic protests
against the government’s suit
agalff&t a building combination while
transit movement* are left nnmo- ,ollo » the » arald9 early In the morn-
FIRE CHIEFS FROM ALL OVER
THE SOUTH WILL GO TO THAT
CITY AND WITNESS THE BIG
DEMONSTRATION.
Savannah. Ga., Feb. 17.—Thj
plans for the mammoth demonstra
tion which will he given by the au
tomobile apparntue of the local de
partment Thursday for the fire
chiefs of the South have been prac
tically completed. Tho banquet
which will ibe tendered tbe visitor,
will be held at tbe Caalno, Thunder
bolt following the parade and dem
onstration. The demonstration will
leated.
.Ing, affording ample opportunity
Tho battle for the Initiative and ( for the vlsltori to see the city after
referendum, the foundation stone of tlle banquet. Tne demonstration la
the Oregon primary system, waa
fought out before the court last fall.
The cnee hang* technically upon the
claim of the state of Oregon to re
cover $10,000 in UcensO fee* from
the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company. The license tax law waa
enacted on a vote of the people on
June 1, 1900. The defendant com
pany In appealing to the aupieroe
court from the state supreme court,
argued that the Oregon provision vi
olates the Federal constitution’s
guarantee of s "republican form of
government," auhetftutlng a pure
democracy. In view of the fact that
numerous Metes already have fol
lowed the example of Oregon In
adopting the Initiative and referen
dum and others are preparing to do
the decision In this case will
have far-reaching consequences.
MR. HENRY
AFTER MON
EY POWER
Texas Congressman talks
of “Black Hand Meth
ods of the Financial
Mafia.”
Washington, Fe(b. 17—In » speech
In th© house today, Representative
Henry, of Texas, charged four
roads for 65 per ©en*. of th© price groups of financiers with controlling
received by the railroad* at the tho money of the country and there
water, and to declare null and void ar© “Black Hand methods of a flnnn*
the acquisition of stock of coal com- cinl Mafia,” Henry declared,
ponies by tho Inrgo cool-carryln.? i Ho said th© tlm© had arrived when
rbads. a probe must be mads of the *o-
In th© decision* of the^ Unite ! J called money truat. He charged that
States circuit court that tribunal ad-1 r.o< effective Investigation can be
Judged the Reading company and a t made Into th© ramification of either
>imber of railroads through the j currency legislation, the trust or the
Temple Iron Company were In con-1 interstate corporations until con
spiracy and issued the Injunction [Rress understand* the method* of
sought. The other charges, involv-jtbe Insidious and almost supreme
Ing practically the whole trade in an
enormous combination, were dismiss
ed. Both tho defendants 'and the
government appealed from this de
cision to tho supremo court of the
United States.
The cotton pool suit, the second
of the anti-trust cases In which a
r
money power.
Ho declared that the financial in
terest of tho country controlled and
dominated 75 per cent, of the coun
try's financial resources..
He declared that they paralyzed
competition and are destroying com
petitor*.
expected to bo something entirely
different from rnythlng that has
ever been held before, as Savannah is
th© only city with a fire department
compose# entirely of automobile.
Every fire chief In every large town
In Georgia fa expected to be hero
To Inspect Savannah Military.
Major F. L. Palmer, Inspector
General of th© State and Captain
Amerlcus Mitchell, Fifth Infantry,
U. 8. A., who are making the an
nual inspection of the Georgia mili
tia are expected to reach Savannah
tomorrow to conclude the inspection
of the companies here. All of the
organisations except the six com
panies of the First Regiment have
been Inspected. The Inspection here
will be completed on the 28th after
which they will go to Brunswick,
Waycros* and Valdosta,
Delay In A. O. L. Phones.
Having been delayed in formally
placing the telephone service fo.*
dispatching train Into services by .
some minor obstacles, the work ut>
on th© system for the Atlantic Coai t
Line railroad 1* now complete. The
first trains will be operated ont of
Savannah tomorrow. The telephones
will then be formally placed intj
service. Recently testa were mado
with the system 40 ascertain If It wai
reliable. It is expected that tho
telephone will greately facilitate the
work of dispatching the trains. Tho
system will be completed from Rich-
mond, Va., to Jacksonville.
Veterans Look for Pensions,
The Confederata Veterans of Chat
ham county who are on the pension
rolls aro looking forward to re
ceiving their annual payment Tues
day. It la expected that the mono •
will be sent, to Savannah In tlmo
for them to receive It then. Th©
total amount paid In pensions in
Chathayi county la approximately
$25,000.
Subscribe for The Dally Times.
First La Grippe, Then Bronchitis.
That was the case with Mrs. W.S.
Bailey, McCreary, Ky. "My wife
was taken down with a severe attack
of la grippe, which run Into bron
chitis. She coughed as though she
had consumption and could not .
sleep at night The first bottle of
Foley’* Honey and Tar Compound
gave her so much relief that sho
continued using It until she was
permanently cured.” $
. Ingram Drug Co.
■E
Farmer*’ School at Douglas.
The Georgia and Florida railroad
Is selling tickets at reduced rates to
the school for farmer* being con
ducted by experts of the tfa*e de
partment of agriculture at Douglaa
this week. The school will continue
three days—Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. Rotin.1
trip tlckeVare being sold at 4 cents I
a mile one way. i||
Georgia Fertilizer and Oil Co.
/ Valdosta, Ga., . Manufacturers of
HIGH GRADE ACID PHOSPHATE
and all grades of complete Fertililizers. Importers of German Kainit, Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda
See Our Agents Before Buying
H. Y. TILLMAN and JOE DASHER, Valdosta Local Agents