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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. CALL TO SEE US New Firm Fresh Stock WHOLESALE Hay, Grain and Mill Products :: Sugar, Rice, Coffee Heavy Groceries The Beat “R O X A M F L O U R.” Try It FIT FOR A KING JOE WISENBAKER & CO. PHONE 800 A. S. Pendleton’s Old Stand JOHN DEERE STALK CUTTERS AND DISK HARROWS I ~ • • ; ;/'■ ■ ; CALL IN AND SEE THEM W. H. Briggs Valdosta, Hardware Co. Ga. BRICK, LIME, CEMENT SHINGLES, LATH : : : PL ONE 44, Fender Lumber Company jj! 601 West Savannah Ave., VALDOSTA, GEORGIA We carry a lull line ot all kinds of building lumber. FLOORING, CEILING, SIDING, FINISH, MOULDING, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS Variety shop work of all kinds—Window and Door Frames and Screens a specialty SHINGLES Dyal-Upchurch Building, Jacksonville, Fla. Shipments made to any part of State. Let ui have your order*. Nice stock. and manufactured. Well graded St. Mary’s Trestle on Fire, I Georg*. The fire was discovered Traffic on the Georgia Southern Monday night by a auction foreman and Florida road was tied up lever-1 from 8t George and all trains were nl houra Monday night and Tuesday held up at that place until the dank by a fire on the largo trestle screes | age could <bo eufficlently repaired for 'iif, probably. No cahso for th* fire tha St. Mary’a river Juet south of 8t.them to cross with safety. has been discovered. ’ Only a little damage »sz don* the treetle, but It was ao weak thet If the trains htd passed along unaware of tholr danger there might havo been * bad wreck, with eome loss of Georgia Fertilizer and OilCo. Valdosta, Ga., Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE ACID PHOSPHATE and all grades of complete Fertililizers. Importers of German Kainit, Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Spda See Our Agents Before Buying H. Y. TILLMAN and JOE DASHER, Valdosta Local Agents