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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA, GA„ SATURDAY, MARCH S. 191SU
BUSINESS MEN
AIL READY FOR
Two Citizens Want to be
Here and Help it
CORLEY STRICKLAND
AND GEORGE VARN REQUEST
THAT THE ORGANIZATION
WAIT FOR THEIR RETURN.
When Mi*. Corley Strickland board-
el the train here a few daya ago (or
Kathleen, Fla., to spend two or three
weeks looking after his large mill,
lng Interest, his last request was
that nothing be done towards orga-
rising the Board ot Trade until he
returns, as he wants to take an ac
tive part In the organisation.
Last night Mr. George Varn, be
fore leaving for Mexico, made the
same request. He mays that he has
made up his mind to loin Mr. 3*tlck.
land In one tremendous effort to give
Valdosta tne most useful Board of
Trade the town has ever had. Both
men have talked over the mat’or
With their friends and business as
sociates and they have agreed to get
busy and put the Board ot Trade on
a practical working basis.
Mr. Varn has been one of the good
workers In the old Board of Trade,
though he does not think the old
board went quite far enough In Its
work. He thinks that more of turn
merchants would take hold ot the
matter If they could see results quick
er and If there was not so much work
on general lines. He thinks that there
ought to be a definite aim and that
I* ought to be more than an orgon.-
xstlon to advertise our resources.
Mr. Strickland and Mr. Varn both
are very much Interested In the
freight -bureau Idea They believe that
- n. secretary ought to be employed
itands fa^ht rates and
(idle tirflp^T bills that
■ paid by the merchants. -There are
several concerns In town vtl\o pay
out thousands of dollars a year m
freight and It Is calmed that the ov
ercharges alone would pay a secrd.
tary’s salary several times over.
Some time ago The Times printed
figures to show that the freight busi
ness In Valdota at the present tlro»
la about $1,000,000, or three times
what It was a few yearn ago. It would
be retnqkkable If errors do no!
occur dally In freight business. In
the hurry of making shipments the
freight clerka do not alwaye hav«
time to look up the rates and they
usually try to be on the safe side
for the railroad. The result Is that
overcharges often occur. A freight
bureau could fight Valdosta’s battles
for her and aee to.lt that thl» city nl
ways gets aa low a freight rate <a H
ought to h«ve.
Wilthln the next week or two a
call win he made for a meeting of
the business men to put the Board 01
Trade, or Chamber of Commerce, on
a practical working baala and to
make It a pillar of atrength to tnu
commercial life of thle city.
Mr. W. B. Lundy Deed.
Mr. W. E. Lundy, an old Con
federate Veteran, who hae been liv
ing In Valdosta for the past year,
died at the home of hla sod, Mr.
B. W. Lundy, on the corner of
Toomba and Mary atreet last night
shout ten o’clock.
HI* remain* were prepared for
burial thla morning and they will be
taken to Macon, hla former home,
on th« "Shoofly” train In the morn
ing nng the funeral will occur in
that city.
Mr. Lundy wan an old Confeder
ate soldier who fought gallantly In
the war between the states. He has
been In 111 health tor a year or two
and has been confined to his bed for
the past two or three weeks.
The deceased was born In Bibb
county, Georgia, o n February 9
1949, and served as a member of
Company C., 8th Georgia Cavalry.
He had counted on attending the
Confederate Reunion to be held in
Macon ,n the spring, little thinking
that he would join the majority ot
hie comrades In the lasting reunion.
He la survived by n wife and three
children, B. W. Lundy, of Valdosta,
Mrs. A. T. Barry, of Vanalslyne, Tex.
and Erely n Lundy, of Macon, besides
two. sisters, Mrs. E. Taylor, of Ms-
con sad Mrs. M. 8. Bryne, of Grand
Island. Fit., and a brother, L. 8.
Lundy, of Macon.
VALDOBTANS IN CUBA.
They Called on President Gomes,
but Found the Executive IlL
The party of Valdostans who left
this city a week or two ago to take
in. the Cuban Island went there with
the Intention ot seeing everything
the could bo seen. After viewing
tne remains of the battleship Maine,
which brought about the ending ot
Spanish rule on the Island, after
visiting Morro castle and also seeing
the spot where the famous Matanaae
mule was killed, they went back to
their hotel, spruced up a little bit
and went around to the palace to
call on President Gomes. ,
The Havanas Daily Post, of last
Saturday morning, tells of the trip
which the Valdostans made to the
royal palace. It aayi:
Hon. C. R. Ashley, of Valdosta,
Ga., a member of the legislature of
Georgia, Mrs. Ashley, J. M. Ashley
and wife, of Douglae, Ga., and E. P.
Rose, a member of the city council
Of Valdosta, with Mrs. Rose and their
son, E. P. Rose, Jr., have been spend
ing a few daya very pleasantly In
Havanna and yesterday called at the
president’s palace to see President
Gomel, but were unable to see him
on account ot hla attack ot the
grippe.
Representative Ashley bore a let
ter of Introduction to the president
from ^th© governor of Georgia. The
visitors were received by Mr. Remi
res, secretary of the president, and
Capt. Espinosa, of the oast artillery.
These Cuban officers assured the
distinguished visitors from Valdosta
of their deep regret that the presi
dent’s Illness made It impossible for
them to have a conference with
him. The visitors were shown every
courtesy at the palace and the hope
was expressed that they would be
able to see President Gomez before
therYeturned to thq United States.”
To Sell Kinderlou Lots.
The new company which has pur
chased the Kinderlou property from
Mrs. Frank McRee have already be
gun to sell the lota and' many havo
already been selected. About two
hundred of the five acre lota will
be planted In pecans and sold. There
will be a large number ot town lots
at Kinderlou to be sold also.
The company, will build a dam
across the lake at the old mill site
end will have one of the largest and
finest fish ponds In B^uth Georgia,
covering about eighty acrea and
averaging nearly forty feet in depth.
Many of the lots are on a high hill
overlooking this lake and the scene
1* one of tho pretties In South Geor
gia.
Several Valdostans who have
bought lots there were out yesterday
afternoon and made their selection.
They selected lota on the knob of
the hill two or three hundred yards
from the lake. The company will
also have s country club out there
and will build a splendid club hojise,
A landscape gardener ha* already
been employed to superintend the
work of beautifying th« place. With
In the next year or two It Is to be
made one of thq finest sites In the
South.
REV. FRAZIER
WILL MOVE HIS
Registration Notice,
for the convenience of the voters of
Lowndes county, I have placed reg
istration list* at the different pre
cincts with the following named
parties:
Naylor district, J. P. Carter; Cat
Creek district; E. J. Griffin; Hahlra
district end Club House district, 8
P. Long; Oualey district, G. R. Duke;
Clynttvllle district, E. P. Quinlan;
Lake Park district, Mr. Sam Crews;
Dasher district, J. A. Copeland.
The Building is to be
Taken to Sustella Ave
HE THINKS NEGROES AND NOT
WHITE PEOPLE PUT THE COF
FIN ON HIS PORCH—HE DIS
CUSSES HIS PLAN.
Rev. C. B. Frailer, the founder of
the colored orphan’s home, who also
found a coffin on hla front porch
last Sunday morning, has decided
that he will move the building which
lie la occupying at the present time
to a point on Sustella avenue, put
ting It In a purely nehro section and
where he thinks that no white peo
ple will Object. The work of mov
ing It will be done at once.
He saya that unless the owner of
the coffin calls for’t within the next
day or two that he will consign It
to the flames next Saturday at nine
o’clock, though he will not deatroy
the coffin until be can get advice
from the city authority.
Rev. Fraxler has written n rather
lengthy article to The Times In
which he goes Into details In regard
to thq work which he had under
taken. He says that he does not be
lieve that any white folks put that
coffin on his porch, but he la inclin
ed to believe that It was done by
some envious negroes, who got It
Into their beads that the honeo was
too line for n negro to Hva In.
He any* that It Is not s line
house at all. though It la s large
one and he thinks It la very well fit
ted for the work which .he was dedi
cating It to, that of an orphan’s
home and n rescue home.
Frailer aaya that If the white peo
ple want him to move out that they
ought to fake the place off hla hands
and they ought to come to him and
tell him to. He says that hs owes
some money tharhe has got to pay,
MEETING OF TEACHERS.
Important Matters Were Taken up
at the Meeting Here Saturday.
The teachera of tho county met at
’.he High School Building Saturday
morning, February filth.
The attendance was good, regard
less of the weather..
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Dr. Scruggs. He delivered
to the teachers, a very able address
on “Tne Bible and Christian. Relig
ion In the Publlo Schools.’’ The Im
port of hla address Was that we
should develop Christian manhood
and womanhood, leaving sectarian
ism out of the question.
Mias Marie Weaver very beauti
fully presented the subject ot compo
sition work.
Mr. U. V. Cunningham brought
us more corn and canning club talk.
Col. McCrakln gave us eome of
hu good advice, and Mr. O'Quinn In
hfs usual gracious manner, present
ed the teachers with some garden
and flower seed.
We were disappointed that Miss
Elizabeth Taylor ■ couldn’t be pres
ent with her Reading Clan, hu-.
shall hope to hare her at the next
meeting.
Teachers who want magazine* nnu
chldren's papers for their schools
may get them by sending to Super
intendent’s office in the High School
Building wtydre a goodly collection
has been deposited,
There are prospects of s prise be
ing offered to the school making ths
best record In attendance for the
remaining two months. It behooves
each to make a special effort to Im
prove attendance.
Do we realize that mors than half
ths public appropriation* tor ths
country schools are being lozt
cause of Indifference to the cause of
Education?
What are we thinking off
Parent# have you any right to rob
your (children of tbelrGod-glven tal
ents and privileges
Is tho culture ot your farm ot
more Importance than the culture ot
your boy or girl?
Let ua remember that man !•
God's masterpiece. Then let us not
abuse It. TBAOHBU.
Gave Her Bab- to Stranger,
Aa Orrlo a well-known
resident of GordyT On., stood on the
and that he has a considerable sum rear platform of tho Georgia North-
due him. He iey* that he has made'em train aa It was on the point of
up hla mind to devote all ot hla en-1 pulling out from Albany late yeater-
orgy to earing for destitute chll-' day afternoon, n young woman neatly
dren. who have no home and no I dressed In black hurried up and
place to stay at night. He said that handed him a baby and begged him
he hoped to Improve conditions'to hold It while she purchased her
among the negroes by getting rid of!ticket. He compiled and the young
n large number of vagrants In try- j woman never came back. The train
lng to tesc£ them to work. He says, pulled out and Roberta carried the
that hla plan was unfolded to n groat baby home with him.
many of the white people and the? He declares that he will adopt It,
agreed with him that It was a wor- rive it a home and raise It. It Is a
thy work and encouraged him In It. I'm? tw0 months old. The young wo-
He says that In undertaking l» believed to have teft’Albanv
open his home in that particular j*** nl * ht on a southbound train ac :
place he did not want to b« a n of-. companled by an elderly man who,
fence to anybody, and especially the ® ocor<!ln * *° ber statement, was lier
white people. He says that ha *nd| ta “ er ;
hla wife are well-known to tho lead- Roberta la making no effort to Ur
lng people of Valdosta and nearly 1 cnte them ' He “ r * *>
all of the white people can testify ' be
to their character.
He says that If anybody really
wants to kill him that he will have
the satisfaction of knowing that he
la a martyr to a good cause and ho
Is going to ask Rev. N. B| Wright,
of Macon, and Rev. Forrest, of Val
dosta, to preach hit funeral upon
the text from St. John, "What Evil
Hath He Done."
We will reelve a car of Mg turpen-
tin* mules February 80th. Prices
and terms will he right. Mtaell
Live Stock Co, In the old Griffith
Stable.
to find a coffin on their front porch
In the morning with a letter threat
ening their Hfs.
Frasier does not seem to be
Rev. Fraxler thinks that tha no- especially defiant, but he has made
groee who ere trying to give him (no effort to give up hie house or
Any one desiring to register, may [ trouble ought to study the sermon I abandon hie work. H* said that ho
do so by calling on the albove named on tho mount and especially that expects to go on the beat he can
gentlemen. passage which say "What Measure and appeal to the beat element of
Very respectfully,’ Ye Meet Shall be Measured Back to white folks and negroea to back him
U. C. GEIGER, Tax Collector. I You.” He asks how would they leer up In H.
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