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VBDI VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA. GJL, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 87, nU,
OF EDUCATORS
St Louis is Thronged
With the Teachers
LARGE HOTELS THERE ARE
CROWDED WITH DUCATOIIS
WHO HAVE GATHERED IN AN
NUAL CONVENTION.
CYCLONE
SWEEPS
ARKANSAS
Twenty People Killed
arid Many Others Were
Injured by Terrible
Tornado
St, Louis, Mo., Feb. 16.—The
Planters' Hotel and several other
large hostelrlee In the down-town
. district ol this city are crowded
with educators who rave garnered
here to attend the various educa
tional conventions scheduled to meet
here this week. The most Important
of these conventions, tb* annual
meeting of the Department of Sup
erintendence of the National Educa
tional association, as well as a few
other Important conventions will not
opened their sessions until tomor.
row or Wednesday, but two of the
educational bodies, the National
Council of Education and the Na
tional Society for the Study of Edu
cation, held their opening session
today. Notwithstanding the refusal
of the railroads to grant the expect
ed rate'reduction the attendonce was
quite satisfactory and practically all
sections of the country were repre
sented.
interesting) program*
have been arranged for the meeting*
of the various educational bodies
and many vltql questions pertaining
Stuttgart, Ark., Feb. 26.—Twenty
are known to be dead and one hun
dred Injured in the cyclone In
southwest Arkansas late Sunday
night
Farm houses and forests were lev
eled and hundreds of heads of stock
were killed.
{ The Sweden and Swan Lake dis
tricts were tb e hardest hit. Eleven
! dead are reported there. Two are
dead at Tarry and fifteen Injured.
Lincoln county also suffered se
verely. Wires er e down In every
direction.
Full reports may greatly Increase
the number of fatalities.
Physicians and nurses hare been
rushed to the stricken district
to various branches of education will
be thoroughly and ably discussed by
home of the best authorities upon
CHARITY WORKERS TO
CET CLOSER T06ETHER
A meeting is Held Today in
Savannah to Concentrate
the Charity V^oik
Savannah Bib. 26.—For the pm^
poae.ot promoting a cloeer relation
ship between the sevyral charltablo
organisations In Savannah, a Join
conference will he held this evening
at the Lawton Memorial under the
the aubject. Among the dletlgulsh- fnaplcea of the Associated Chairlitw.
bd educational leaders attending the I The meeting will he attended by
Various meetings Is Mr. Philander | delegations from all of the organlw-
F. Claxton, U. S. Commlsiloner of i tlona and the public hae been Invited.
Education, who will take part In)For several months there has been
several Important discussions and some friction among these organiia-
Vrlll ba the gueat of honor at a ban-
Iquet arranged by the National Com
mittee on Agricultural Education,
at which the food, so fsr as possi
ble, will be prepared and aorved by
students of agriculture and home
eeonomlca In agricultural, domestic
science, technical, normal and blgh
Schools of tb« United States.
A DOUBLE T
DID MUCH DAMAGE
Fire Broke Out in Many
Homes That Had Been
* Wrecked’by the Cyclone
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 26.—De
tails of a double tornado which Sun
day devastated parts of three Arkan
sas counties place the death list at
ten and tba Injured at twenty-five.
The property loss Is great. Hand
some homes, plantation equipments
and rice barns were reduced to
wreckage and were scattered for
miles in the path of the storm.
Fire broke out In several homes
attar tha wind, only the torrental
downpour of rain saving the people,
who were esught In the houses, from
burning to death.
HE SOLD BRIDE'S CLOTHES.
Liberty-Loving Citizen of Alabama Is
Now In Sore Straits.
Atlanta Fob. 26.—8. Busbeo, a
Birmingham salesman, cams to At
lanta recently with a bride. They
ttons and h la with a view t» eradi
cating this that the meeting will be
held. The work of tho Associated
Charities for the past two years will
b? renewed. There will be Short ad
dresses by the directors of tbe as
sociation. The Associated Charltlm
has also invited the other organtsn-
■ona to request reports upon any par
ticular casa that has been bandied.
As the work of the association Is
so broad that it would be Impossible
to report upon every case. It la ex
pected that the meeting will result
In the establishment of a cloeer rela
tionship among the reorganisations
and eecure better co-operation for
the Associated Charities.
IVERE MARRIED 70 YEARS.
The Husband, However, Admits That
They Have Quarrelled.
New York, Feb. 26.—Mathis.
Shslek end bis wife ultbratod to
day the seventy-ninth anniversary
of their wedding. This also Is Mr.
Bhsiek's 86th birthday. His wife Is
96 yean old and -both are enjoying
good health. The couple say they
expect to live past the hundred
year msrk.
•'We have had our little tilts and
squabbles, but I don’t think we
would hkve been a bit happier If we
had not had them,’’ said Mr. Shslek.
nrnxs leaves Atlanta.
Famous Detective Gets Plenty of Ad
vertising and Quits.
Atlanta, Feb. 26.—After getting
more free advertising than any man
who has visited Atlanta In recent
years—not even excepting Taft and
Roosevelt—William J. Burns, the
quarreled and she left him. To get | runout detective, has gone back to
even, sod also because he needed the
money, he sold all bar pretty bridge’s-
clothes, alt her golng-eway-gowns.
frills and tacea.
she got mad as a hornet, and bad
him arrested. BuSbee Is sots. “If s
man can’t ssll his own wife’s clothes
when be te bard up, I*d Ilk# to know
what an this and of liberty talk,
means anyhow,” is declared by the
police sergeant
NEWS OF A DAY
AMONG FOLKS
OF
Strict Observance of Sun
day I.aw in That City
MINISTERS WON THEIR FIGHT
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND
THE LID A VENT ON TIGHT YES
TERDAY.
Savannah, Feb. 26.—For the first
time In many yearn there was a strict
observance of tha law requiring tin-,
suspension of all business, Sunday
except In the sale of necessities, In
Savannah yesterday. The ministers
wen their fight with city council for
strict enforcement of tho law,
with the result that Savannah bord
ered cloeer on - the "blue" law than
at any time In recent years. There
have been no changes wrought In the
ordinances; hut a decision waa made
to enforce the present laws. The
fruit dealer who cater to tho retail
trade were mom affected by the
law than any other clans of business.
Heretofore they have been permitted
to -remain open all day on Sunday,
Yesterday, for the first time they
were closed tight. The instruction
given by Mayor Tledeman to the po
lice, departmenttq .eyiforcu the aw
fo the letter was carried out.' There
were no effort unmade by the propri
etor. of these places to violets the
aw.
Kemoddellng Duffy Strett Church.
The work of ramoddeting the Duffy
Street Baptist Church, which has
been under consideration for a long
time waa started today. Tho church
building will be practically rebull
at a large cost. The work la being
one under tbe supervision of J. P.
Cooper. It will require about three
months to complete the work. Tho
church will be rebuilt of brick, rein
forced with concrete. With the re
building of the church, the name will
alto Ibe changed. Sereral names have
been under consideration, but It has
been practically decided that It will
be known as the Second Baptist
Chnrch. This will be finally decided
Wednesday evening.
Methodist Start Census Campaign.
The Methodists of Savannah today
started their census campaign of cen
sns taking of the residents of Sevan
nah of that denomination. The efty
had been divided Into a number of
districts, each of -which has been as
signed to a commlf.ee. These com
mittees will visit each home to as
certain the names of the Methodist!
Several weeks will be required to
complete the work. This Is being done
to ascertain those who are regular
nltendants at chnrch with a vfcw fo
Inducing those who are not to nffll
lafe with one of the Methodist
churches and attend regularly. A
large percentage of the population
In Savannah Is MMhodlsta.
THREE TO
BE TRIED
FORMURDER
Woman, Her Brother
and Paramour to Be
Tried for Killing
Her Husband
Oklahoma. City, Okla., Feb. 26.—
Tha present week baa been set aBide
In the district court for beginning
the trlsl In the Gentry murder case.
The three defendant* are Mrs. Bess
Oentry, her brother Maurice Weight-
man, and her alleged paramour,
Jesse K. Mackey. The crime with
which the three are charged Is the
taurder of the woman’s husband,
Thomas J. Gentry, who was shot
and killed In h|s home on the night
of January 7.
According to the alleged confes
sion of Mackey, the love affair be
tween Mrs. Gentry and him furnlah-
od the principal motive for a con
spiracy to kill the husband, a desire
to collect a 93,000 Ilfs insurance
policy carried by Gentfyralzo la be-
leriT ■' '
lleved to have Influefii
accused persons,
the three
GRAVE ROBBERS ROB
THE DEAD OF JEWELS
COL ROOSEVELT
TRIES TO DRAW
THE LIGHTNING
He Opens Headquarters
in New York Today
THE COLONEL WILL TRY AND
HELP'HIS FRIENDS PUSH THE
NOMINATION ON HIM.—HE IS
IN BOSTON NOW.
Graves of the Long.Buried
Dsad Near New .Orl
Aroi Opewed and^^fcbed p
New Orleans, La., Feb. 22—Grave
robbers plundering graves contain
ing bodies burled more than seventy
years ago, securing jewels valued at
several hundreds of dollars, was the
story brought to this city from Point
a-la-Hache, Placquemlne parish.
The water soaked casketa, with
glase smashed, containing wasted
bodies, were found above the ground
Monday by persons living near the
cemeterv.
They had bean recently removed
from tho private burial ground of a
wealthy ante-bellum family' to the
present cemetery by the parish of
ficials.
There is no clue as to tha Identi
ty of the robbere.
New York, Feb. 26.—Immediate
ly upon the announcement of Col.
Roosevelt that he will accept the
nomination if it Is offered him,
Roosevelt's headquarters opened to
day In the Metropolitan Hotel and
preparations were begun tor an ac
tive campaign. Oliver Carpenter, a
lawyer, is nominally In charge of the
campaign, although the vital force
behind the activities Is the Colonel
himself.
Friends and foes alike are con
vinced today that Roosevelt ought to
make the fight of his life. It Is an
nounced that hundreds of latere
from every state have been received
urging Col. Roosevelt to make the
race. , .
Meeting Friends in Boston.
Boston, Mass., Feb.,26.—-Col. The
odore Roosevelt dropped literature
for politics during the first part of
hjs visit here. , r
He met fiends today
up'Usf nfght's announcement that
he was In the presidential race with
will
BATTLE IS RAGING IN
JUAREZ CITY TODAY
Many of the Non-Combatants
Have Crossed Border Into
the United States
ATLANTA WANTS ROOM.
hlngtog and Hew York.
That Mr. Burns has every manly
quality admired among Americans,
except the quality of modesty. Is the
'mpneskm people have fonned of
Mm here. That he Is honeet, able,
frerlesa. la the usual verdict right
nit the bat of every man who looks
Into Me face. That he fully appro-1 pensive suburban beauty. Druid Hills
Proposition There Now Is to Take h
More Territory.
Atlanta, Feb. 26.—Atlanta’s city
council now has under serious con
sideration a measure to extend the
corporate limits of the municipality
so as to take In shout eight nunur*
mllee of new territory, and divide
the city Into eleven wards Instead j
or the present ten.
It Is contemplated that the clt>
nil take In an additional part of
n beautiful Druid Hllla section,
consisting of two land-lota which
amount to something over 600 seres.
Another large area of Druid Hills a!-
-edy Hea wflhln the city limits, and
’h* whole of Druid Hills Is already
equipped wtth water, sewerage,
street car facilities, and all the fa
cilities which the heart of the etty
tors. Though preserving all Its eg.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Additional
j advices received by the war depart
ment today stated that a battle |e
raging t n the street! of Janrea. Sev
eral have been killed and many
wounded.
Moet of the non-combatants of the
population of the town have moved
to El Paso.
It was also reported that there
had been fighting at El Paso, Texas,
but a telegram from that city says
that the report la erroneous and
that there has been uo Wilting there.
TELEGRAPH CO'S RIGHTS.
For Presidential Primary.
Lansing, Mich., Feb. 26.—In
sponse to the call Issued by Gover
nor Osborn two weeks ago the Mich
igan legtstnture convened In special
session today to consider and set
elates and admires these qualities ln|‘- really a part of the efty of Atlan- upon a measure providing for a pres-
hlmaelf la almost eonallv ennaren*. T1 Idantia! primary.
Court Holds That Western Union
can Condemn It. It. IUgh-of-Way
Loulivtlte, Ky„ Feb. 26.—The
Western Union Telegraph Compsny
has the right to conddron property
along tlie right-of-way of tho rail
road for the erection of Its own poll*
for wires, according to a decision of
the county court here today.
/>
several conferences with political
leaders.
He added nothing to his formal
announcement, which Is In the na
ture of a reply to some governors
Who asked his position on the pres
idential situation.
WAS BORN ON THE 20TH.
Savannah Girl Who Has a Birthday
Only Every Four Years.
Savannah, Fdb. 26.—There I* only
one Savannahlan Who will celebrate
their birthday on February 29. Thla
In Miss Edith Mansfield, of No. 322
Montgomery street. Mm. Sophie H.
Harden, of Abbeville, mother of Mr.
Willliam Harden, assistant county
treasurer will ceMbrato her 92nd an
nivertaiy on that day. Mre. Harden
waa horn In Belfast, Gs., Feb. 29tb,
1826.
GIRLS WERE IN A PANIC. E
Several Were not Accounted for
After Big Fire Today.
Newark, N. J., Feb. 26.—The Con
solidated Metal Company's plant
nurued today. Tli e loss Is 3126,000.
BANQUET
BOARDFOR
COTTON MEN
Savannah’s Cotton Buy
ers Are to Celebrate the
Biggest Season in
That City
Savannah, Feb. 24.—Members of
the Savannah Cotton Exchange, coun
ty and city offlclala, and business
men of Savannah will tonight gather
about the banquet board at the Sa
vannah Cotton Bxohange 1 celebrat
ing 1n a moat elaborate manner Sa
vunnah's record In receiving for the
lira*, time In her history 2,00,000
hales of cotton In one season.
The occasion of the celebration Is
moet unique, ae there has heretofore
been no opportunity for such nn
(went. The exchange building will he
brilliantly decorated with varl-cotor-
ed ifleo’.rlo lights. The Interior will
alio be handsomely decorated with
lights land colors. Workmen have
bran buay since yesterday completing
tha decorations. Business was sus
pended at the,exchange this after
noon at 1 o’olock to allow'the work
to be completed.
Fully five hundred Invitations have
teen sent out and It la expected ’.bat
nearly as many guests will assemble
it the banquet. A meat elaborate
n er>u has been prepared. No o.Tdrt
or expense has 'been spared by tbe
members of the cotton exchange tn
make the celebration the most elab
orate Girt ban over been
roinli
"ral prominent speakers will,
n toasts during the event;
160 PEASANTS FROZE
IN GREAT BLIZZARDS
Great Suffering Reported
from Intense Cold Weather
in Asiatic, Russia
St. Petersburg, Feb. 24.—One hun.
dred and alxty peasants were froseu
to death In Oalatlc Russia In the vi
cinity of Omsk and Retropavlosk In
a terrible bllssard.
Report* Indicate that the wlntes
has been a terrible one and the suf
fering has boon greater than In
many year*.
nE OPPOSES SHIP SUBSIDIES .
Congressman Sulxer Says that They
Create Ocean Monopolies.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Congress
man Suiter made s speech today In
opposition to ship subsidy because
Three hundred girls, who wore I he said they create ocean monop-
worklng In the factory were tn a ollee. He urged preferential duties
panic and all of them are not yet| In favor of American built ships to
accounted for. build up the merchants marine.
E
OF RAILROAD
WORKERS TODAY
Engineers and Conduc
tors Meet
AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM HAS
BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE EN
TERTAINMENT OF THE MANY
DELEGATES,
Springfield, ill,, Feb. 26.—Sever-
hi thousand, delegates representing
the four big ^brotherhood* of rail
way Trainmen, th« Locomotive En
gineer* and tbe Railway Conductors,
met here today In a fraternal and
co-operative conference for tbe pur
pose of discussing matters of co
operating and legislation and for de
liberating on way* and means for
obtaining the ca-operntlon of the
management* of tbs railroads In
matters of mutual Interest, The
forenoon wo* devoted to the recep
tion of delegates and In the after
noon a closed session was held which
will be followed this evening by a
reception at th e Governor's mansion.
The local railway man and the eit-
tsena In general have arranged nn at
tractive program . of entertainment
for the three days of tho conforcn
Tomorrow afternoon the - dele,
will b 0 taken o n slgbt-eeeli
and In the ovonlng
' publlujneetlng at the a
1 n long l!*t of kRWkert.
of the public meeting Is to u»
'public nn opportunity to learn what
the employes of the railroad really
Want In the way of legislation tlmt
will enable them to work more tor
the good of the public and of heir
employers. The conference will
close on Thursday evening with a
Mg reception and ball at tn* Lsland
Hotel.
RONDS FOR GA. AND FLA.
To bo Authorised at Stockholder*
Meeting In Merab.
Baltimore, Feb. 16.—It waa learn
ed In financial circles here today that
a special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Georgia and Florida rail-
toad ha* been called for March 19
to authorise a n Issue of 92,000,000
6 per cent general mortgage bonds.
Tho underwriters agree to sell or
take the bonds at 62. The proceeds
will be usd to retire the company’s
floating debt, to pay off equipment
oblgatlons and to provide working
capital.
Sunk In nndsnn River.
New York. Feb. 24.—The steam
liner Border City, with 200 bar
rels of sugar aboard, was rammed
up an Ice flo* off ’Ms city and sank
In tho Hudson river. The crew of
tho host was saved.
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