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ITEARRT’S RT.tCDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1913.
Live News of All South Georgia
Albany Americus
Cordele Thomasville
NOT OK STILL
IN CITY MARKET
IN GOOD SHAPE
Chairman of Health Committee of
Savannah Council Finds All
Places Insanitary.
LAWS ARE OPENLY VIOLATED
Says Conditions Are Revolting and
Can Not Be Eliminated With
Broom and Water.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13 —In company
with a State Inspector, Dr. John W.
Daniel, chairman of the Health Com
mittee of City Council, ha* made an
other Inapectlon of the city market
and, to use hi* own language, "found
that not a single stall was sanitary
or could bo made so.”
“It Is a disgrace to Savannah, not
to mention the menace it Is to the
public health,” declared Dr. Daniel
“The dealers are openly violating the
health laws They Heem not to pay
the slightest attention to even the
simplest rules of sanitation, or even
common decency. The situation Is
one which should be remedied at
once.
"The revolting conditions T found
can not be eliminated with a broom
and a little water. The whole mar
ket must be given a thorough clean
ing. New equipment must be In
stalled. The dealers must be required
to disinfect their refrigerators. Not
In any way are the stalls In the mar
ket sanitary.
Jeopardize Health.
"People are Jeopardizing their
health w hen they eat meat that comes
from the city market. It Is better
not to eat meat at all than to buy it
there That a great deal of unsound
meat is sold there is a fact of which
we have undisputed proof. The State
inspector who went with me confis
cated a quantity of sausage, some
veal and some beef tongues, all of
which were unfit for human con
sumption.
"Some of the dealers admit that
they were using preservatives on their
meats. This la distinctly prohibited
by State law I Intend to see that
the City Health Department co-oper
ates with the State authorities and
enforces the laws. I am going to *see
that the market Is cleaned up, If such
a thing Is possible.
"To my mind, the mobt Important
duty before the present acrmlnlstra-
tion Is to see that the city market Is
Improved. Before we build an audi
torium or do anything else we should
see that conditions at the market are
remedied. It will cost some money,
but It will be money well spent. 1
think anyone who will make an in
spection of the market will agree
with me with what 1 have said about
condltiona there.”
Dr. Daniel saya that the present
force of health inspectors is not suf
ficient to see that the laws are prop
erly enforced. Under the present ar
rangements It is impossible to in
spect the meat stalls in the city mar-
r ket and elsewhere In the city, he says.
Failure on the part of the slaugh-
l ter houses and butchers to comply
* with suggestions recently made to
jh them through the sanitary board by
the State Department will result in
P. A Methvin, State Pure Food In
spector, making another trip from
Atlanta to Savannah next week
Inspector Methvin in Savannah.
Some weeks ago Inspector Methvin
‘ r visited Savannah and found the sani-
v tary condltiona of many of the mar-
J? kets and slaughter houses far from
t satisfactory In a number of markets
- be found that tainted meats were
being offered for sale. Several of the
•laughter houses were practically
condemned because of their filthy and
insanitary surroundings.
The Department of Agriculture filed
* Its report with the Savannah health
Z officer, hoping that this organization
3 would take up the matter and see
that the conditions were remedied.
This has not been done, however, ac
cording to a report which has been
•ent forward by Louis Garfunkel, the
Ftate Inspector here Inspector Meth
vin will therefore make another in
vestigation.
i It Is probable that City Council will
t be asked for an appropriation suffl
\ cient to remodel the city market and
•a eliminate all of the present insanl-
* tary conditions. The chief engineer
will be asked to prepare an estimate
of the cost and give some idea of the
Improvements that should be made
That the market is In an unsatisfac
tory condition Is agreed upon by the
committee.
Woman Smoker
Shocks Savannah
Calmly Puffed Cigarette as She Rod#
Down Street In Carriage.
Stopped by Police.
SAVANNAH, Sept 13.— Motorcycle
Officer Berner to.k a look at a hack
moving down the street, gasped, took
another look and then started chug
ging after the vehicle. When he over
took It, he hailed a well-dressed wom
an who Bat In the hack calmly puf
fing a cigarette. The motorcycle cop
remonstrated.
"Why,” said the woman. *‘I smoke
all the time when I'm home, and no
body objects.”
ROYAL ARCH INSTALLATION
AT BRUNSWICK SEPT. 20TH
BRUNSWICK. Sept 13.—The degree
team of th* Royal Arch Masons of Sa
vamiah will come to this city on Sep
tember 20 to confer degrees on severa
candidates
Many entertainment# will be planned
for the vising Masons,
Miss Alice Beulah Pidcock
Of Whitehoime, N. .T., and Moultrie, Qa., who will be married
to James Frank Webber, of Atlanta.
NEW HIGH PRICE PLUNGES 101 FEET,
LEVEL FOR COTTON BUI WILL RECOVER
Savannah Spot Market Expected
to Reach 14 Cents Pound
in Near Future.
Hindu Falls Headforemost From
Smokestack in Savannah.
Both Wrists Broken.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—Tho local
spot cotton market has established a
new high price level for the new sea
son. There are many of the trade
who firmly believe that the quota
tions will go to 14 cents at least with
in the next few weeks.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13—While at
work on a smokestack 100 feet In
the air at tho Atlantic Coast Line
docks, Vangaather Cooley, a Hindu,
lost his footing and plunged to the
ground below.
Both wrists were broken, one knee
The farmers who are able to get and his right arm broken, one hip dis-
market early will located, and he was hurt about the
There is an un- head. It is said he has a chance to
supplies recover.
their supplies to
probably fare well,
mistakable eagerness for
manifested among the rank and file of
the buyers.
The free on board quotation hae
also moved up, and the farmer or
dealer who elects to sell his stands at
interior points on this basis is also
securing a gilt-edge pric#.
It will be only a few weeks now
before the wharves and docks and
storage' .sheds will assume their wont
ed activity. The charter list of ves
sels at Savannah for various foreign
ports is showing a steady increase.
Columbus Agog Over
Water Bond Contest
Other workmen saw Cooley slipping
from the high smokestack, on which
I a new cover was being put. They
| shouted a warning. The Hindu made
' frantic efforts to save himself, but
In vain. He shot headforemost into
i space.
j He was taken to the United States
Marine Hospital for treatment.
Thought Delirious
Man Was a Ghost
Fever Patient Escape# From Savan
nah Hospital Dressed Only in
Night Shirt.
Municipal Ownership Club Opposes
Water Company in Hottest
Fight in Ten Years.
COLUMBUS, Sept. 13—The war
between advocates and opponents of
waterworks bonds goes merrily on.
I The election will be held October 18,
land the registration books will dose
September 27
The Municipal Ownership Club Is
conducting the fight for bonds, while
the waterworks company is opposing.
The opposition is not willing for the
| present city government to select the
| site and have complete control of the
bond funds It is the hottest cam*
j pslgn waged In Columbus In ten
years.
SIX MILES PER HOUR IS
SPEED LIMIT OF TRAINS
AMERICUS. Sept 13—The City
Council of Americus has adopted an or
dinance that limits the speed of trains
in the city to six miles an hour when
passing crossings A series of accidents
at the crossings Is responsible for the
law For any violation the engineer and
conductor will be held responsible and
will be summoned to appear before the
Recorder on a charge of misdemeanor.
VALDOSTA SCHOOLS OPEN.
VALDOSTA. Sept 18.—The public
schools of Valdosta will begin the
fall term Monday morning. The reg
istration of pupils which began on
Wednesday Indicates that the attend
ance this year will be very much
| arger than ever before.
TOBACCO GROWERS TO MEET.
US UP, Sept. 13.—On the second
Tuesday in .October a Wayne County
t' bac gnfwera association will be
organized
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—A ghostly
presence startled the residents in the
neighborhood of the Georgia Infir
mary on two nights this week.
A white, blurred figure, flitting si
lently from shadow to shadow, gave
Muperstitlous spectators a thrill and
awakened startled curiosity In those
not afflicted with a belief in the su
pernatural. The police were sum
moned.
The mystery wa# exploded when
the officers arrived in an automobile
and identified the ghost as a patient
who had escaped from the infirmary.
In the absence of his nurse a fever
patient slipped out of a window and
went his way. He was clothed In his
nightshirt.
THREE LINKS CONVENTION
AT C00LIDGE ADJOURNS
THOMASVILE, Sept. IS —The Second
District Convention of Odd Fellows at
Coolldge this week whs most successful
and well attended. Delegates were pres
ent from every lodge In the district.
Addresses were made by R. L. J.
Smith, of Commerce, who represented
the grand master of the State, and by
C. A Vouderleoth, of Athens, grand
treasurer.
Hon Roscoe Luke and B. M. Zangwlll,
of this city, were also among the speak
ers The next meeting will be held in
Thomasville.
NEW STEAMER ADDED TO
FLEET ON CHATTAHOOCHEE
COLUMBUS, Sept. IS—Owing to the
increase in traffic on the Chattahoochee
River, the Merchants and Planters'
Steamboat Company put on an addi
tional boat Saturday, adding the Three
States to the City of Ehifaula and
the \T C. Bradley. Laier in the
season still another steamer will be put
Into commissioxi.
HITS LNGINL
When Explosion Doesn’t Occur
Negroes Refuse to Unload Car.
Engineer and Fireman Jump.
BRUNSWICK, Sept. 13.—Engineer
Fred Glrvin and his fireman faced
death here when a runaway box car
loaded with dynamite collided with
their locomotive. Despite the heavy
Jar, the dynamite failed to explode,
and superstition regarding it sudden
ly developed among the negro labor
ers, who have refused to unload It.
Glrvin operates a locomotive on the
Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad
at the Dent plantation. The runaway
car broke loose from a train on a
slight grade on the plantation spur
| and started toward Girvin’s engine,
i Other trainmen r ailed a warning to
Glrvin and his fireman, but the car
collided with their locomotive before
they could Jump.
The freight car was nearly torn
from its trucks, but an explosion fail
ed to follow. The negro laborers who
were preparing to unload the car took
to the woods and absolutely refused
to return to their task.
That the dynamite did not explode
from the Jar is regarded as miracu
lous by men on the plantation who
are accustomed to handling the ex
plosive.
Automobile Truck
For Sumter Roads
Combination Dumping Car and Trac
tion Engine—Takes Place of
Dozen Mule6.
AMKRrOTTS, Sept. 13—The Sumter
Coftnty Commissioners have clos “J
a trade for a five-ton automobile
truck. It will be added to the roai
machinery and put to work Immedi
ately
The truck is a combination dump
ing car and traction engine. It is
equipped with a set of beams that
make it possible to pull thiree or four
road scrapes at the same time. It
j is figured that the auto will take the
I place of at least a dozen of the county
I mules.
Candler to Dedicate
Church at Columbus
St. Luke’s Congregation Has Many
Wealthy Members and Long
Missionary History.
COLUMBUS, Sept. 13.—Bishop
Warren A. Candler, of Atlanta, will
be In Columbus to-morrow and will
preach the dedicatory sermon of St.
Luke’s Methodist Church, which Is
one of the leaders in this entire sec
tion, both from a standpoint of num
bers and finances.
This church has a highly interest
ing history. Dr. Young J. Allen, the
great Methodist missionary, was ad
mitted to the South Georgia confer
ence there in 1852, and was later sent
i as a missionary to China, at a con-
i ference held in the same church.
Boys Form Ladder
To Enter Toy Store
Children Tell Police That Love of
Playthings Prompted Their
Taking Them.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13 —A love for
toys led four boys to break into a
toy shop in Whitaker street. Their
names were docketed at police head
quarters.
According to the story told the of
ficers, the children were overcome by
their longing to possess some of the
things exhibited in the shop window.
They therefore formed a human lad
der to secure the coveted prizes. The
oldest boy took one of the younger
lads upon his shoulders, from which
vantage point tho youthful marauder
broke the window and dragged forth
such things as his hands could reach.
SAVANNAH METHODISTS
TO GREET BISHOP CANDLER
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—The Meth-
odists of Savannah are to tender a
reception to Right Rev. Warren D.
Candler, of Atlanta, when he comes
to Savannah this fall.
All the Methodists in Savannah are
expected to join in the plans for the
reception and entertainment of the
distinguished visitor, who has not
been in Savannah for several years
Bishop Candler will deliver an ad
dress while here, and it is probable
that a banquet will be arranged in hi#
honor.
COTTON RECEIPTS ARE
HEAVY AT VALDOSTA
VALDOSTA. Sept. 13.—Cotton receipts
here have been very heavy this week,
ami despite the rather poor price for
sea islands, there does not seem to be
any disposition to hold the crop back.
Every farmer seems anxious to get his
cotton to market as soon as ginned,
and to sell it at once. No. 1 sea islands
is now bringing about 20c a pound.
ACADEMY CREEK CHANNEL
IS DEEPENED ELEVEN FEET
BRUNSWICK, Sept. lS.—The work of
deepening the channel of Academy
Creek has been completed and will save
many miles in reaching the Akin docks
here Tho channel for a distance of
2,000 feet was deepened from 11 to 22
feet it* low tide.
MRS. S. W. SARGENT DIES.
VALDOSTA. Sept. 13.—Mrs. S. W.
Sargent died yesterday at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Gibbs, at May-
field, Mich. Her body was interred
at St. Paul, Minn.
CREDITORS TO
American Naval Stores Company
to Pay Every Penny, Is Opti
mistic View Expressed.
SAVANNAH, Sept. ,13.— "Belief
which was always entertained by
those having an Intimate knowledge
of affairs and conditions, that the
unsecured creditors of the American
Naval Stores Company would receive
every penny due them in due course
of time, has crystallized into a defi
nite certainty.
‘‘The time when *the final details
of the big corporation are wound up
and the enterprise dissolved depends
wholly on the condition of the money
market, the time when new capital
can be secured to finance the Union
Naval Stores Company in the pay
ment of its notes due to the American
Naval Stores Company. The final
dissolution is expected to take place
shortly after the first of the year.”
This Is the statement of a promi
nent Savannah banker, head of one
of the institutions involved in the
suspension of business on the part of
the American. He was very optimis
tic in his view of the situation, and
expressed it as his belief that the
final business of the big concern
would bo wound up before spring of
the coming year at the very latest.
Unsecured Creditors.
“There 1r nothing new In the be
lief,” he continued, “on the part of
the creditors of the American Naval
Stores Company that the unsecured
creditors will receive every penny due
them. This has been the view held
by them since just a few days after
the suspension took place, following
an investigation into the affairs of
the concern.
“The present situation is that the
Union Naval Stores Company was the
producing end of the American Naval
Stores enterprise. Notes for a mil
lion and a half dollars were held by
the American Naval Stores Company,
given by the Union Naval Stores
Company. While the Union Naval
Stores Company was a part or sub
sidiary concern of the American, the
Union Naval Stores Company is and
has always been absolutely solvent.
“But it takes a long time for even
the biggest of concerns to raise a
million and a half dollars, and with
the money market In its present con
dition such a thing Is even harder
than it would be ordinarily.”
Doctors Afraid to
Sew Up His Stomach
Prominent Crawfordvllle Lawyer Suf
fers From Unusual Cause at
Johns Hopkins Hospital.
GREENSBORO, Sept. 13.—Unusuil
symptoms have developed In the op
eration upon J. A. Beazley, a promi
nent lawyer of Crawfordvllle, at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. For
several years Mr. Beazley has be^n
a sufferer from stomach trouble, and
when the operation took place it was
found that inflammation of the stom
ach has caused the Intestines to ad
here.
Since the physicians operated they
are afraid to sew up the incision
across the stomach for fear adhesion
will continue if the cause is not re
moved. The wound will be kept open
so the Inflammation can be cured.
Aged Justice Is Near
Death From Fist Blow
J. S. Kimbrough, 70 Years Old, Sus
tains Broken Jaw in Altercation
With Charles Spire#.
COLUMBUS. Sept. 13—J. S. Kim
brough, for the past twenty years a
Justice of the Peace In Phenix City,
Ala., is in a critical condition, as a
result of a broken Jaw, caused by a
blow from the fist of Charles Spires.
Judge Kimbrough was knocked down
and rendered unconscious for sev
eral hours.
Owing to the fact that he is 70
years of age, his recovery Is con
sidered doubtful.
WOMAN KEEPS SILENT ON
SHOOTING OF HUSBAND
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—.Toe Dare,
flagman on the Central of Georgia
Railway, who was shot and seriously
wounded by his wife, Mrs. Eva Dare,
nearly two months ago, is still In a
serious condition.
Mra Dare Is at the police station,
where she ha# been since the shoot
ing, with the exceptions of the times
she has been allowed to visit her
husband. Mrs. Dare has steadfastly
refused to divulge the motive of the
shooting.
TWO OLD SEA DOGS MEET
AFTER QUARTER CENTURY
BRUNSWICK. Sort. 13—When the
steamer Ruth arrived in port Septem
ber 10 two old sea dogs met who had not
seen each other for twenty-five years
They were Captain Duncan Wright, pi
lot commissioner of this city, and Cap
tain Risk, of the steamer.
Captain Wright and Captain Risk
were on the same vessel as far back
as 1876. when Captain Risk's father was
master of the schooner Laura Gertrude.
Captain Wright and Captain Risk de
veloped a warm friendship for each
other and very affectionate was the
greeting they extended each other.
SUMTER PAYS TEACH ERS
WHERE SALARIES ARE DUE
AMERICUS, Sept. 13.—Sumter County
teachers were paid up in full yesterday
by County School Commissioner Moore.
11,200 being the amount. Sumter ha-s
an educational fund and both the teach
ers of the city and the county schools
are t>ald on the day their nay la dua.
Escaped Lunatic
Runs 14 Miles From
‘Devils and Dogs’
Savannah Officers Capture Man Who
Was Almost Exhausted, but In
sisted on Continuing Race.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.-—D. S. Rut
land, a white man, who is thought to
be an escaped inmate of the asylum
for the Insane at Mlliedgevllle, had
run fourteen miles from devils and
dogs when officers of the county met
him on the Ogeecnee road.
Rutland wore no shoes and shows 1
every evidence of having traveled a
great distance. He told the officers
he had run to Savannah from the
place where he encountered the dogs
and devils. He assured the officers
that his pursuers were still hot on his
trail, and Insisted on continuing his
flight.
Rutland told the officers he had es
caped from the Mlliedgevllle Asylum
He said he would rather go to the
penitentiary for life than to return
there.
He Held Three Aces;
Refused to Lay Down
Hand When Raided
Savannah Poker Player Held On to
Cards When Officer# Entered and
Broke Up Game.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—Even the
appearance of the police was not suf
ficient to cause C. G. Murray to cast
aside a hand containing "three aces”
when a room over the Stag Hotel,
where the police believed gambling
was going on, was raided.
Men were seated around the table
when the police entered the room. All
quickly threw down their hands with
the exception of Murray. An officer
instructed him to toss aside his hand,
too.
“No,” the player remonstrated;
'Tvs got three aces—It'# a good
hand.”
The players were arrested.
Tars Marooned as
Trousers Are Stolen
Sailors In Savannah Unable to Re
turn to Ship When Apparel
is Missed.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—Three so
licitous comrades led a pair of ex
tremely sleepy bluejackets to a room
in the Belmont Hotel where the two
erstwhile merrymakers went peace
fully to sleep, and their' comrades
departed. After a time they returned
to the hotel and awakened the sleepy
pair for return to their ship.
But they didn't depart. The rea
son for the delay was that neither
custom nor the ordinances of the city
of Savannah approve of a man’s ap
pearing on the streets without his
trousers. And these highly necessary
parts of the apparel of the weary
sailors had been abstracted as they
slept.
The police were asked to aid in the
search for the missing trousers. Af
ter a long and exhaustive quest the
garments were found hidden In a
bureau drawer in the room. The
pockets had been depleted of coin.
‘Boy Burglar’ Admits
To Seven Robberies
Teasdale Calmly Pleads Guilty to
Charges When Arraigned Before
Savannah Recorder.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—With the
same frankness that has character
ized his demeanor since his arrest,
William Teasdale. alias W. F. Palmer,
the Jacksonville “hoy burglar." plead
ed guilty to seven charges of our-
g'.ary at his preliminary hearing in
Police Court, and was held by Re
corder Schwarz for trial In the Su
perior Court.
Teasdale was arrested after a re
port had been made to headquarters
that a young man was trying to dis
pose of certain articles at a suspi
ciously low price. This report was
made by M. J. Bettencourt, who kept
the young man under surveillance I
and was of assistance to the police
In locating him.
No Aid for Harrison
From Rich ‘Brother’
Charges Accumulate Against St. Pe
tersburg ‘Doctor’ Arrested In
Atlanta on Check Charge.'
COLUMBUS. Sept IS.—The pre
liminary hearing of Dr. M. L. Harri
son, of St. Petersburg, for passing
worthless checks, and who was ar
rested in Atlanta at the request of
Columbus officers, will take place
Monday morning.
When an officer returned from At
lanta with the “doctor," the latter
wired a “wealthy brother" in Clear
water, but the rich brother Is ap
parently a myth, for nothing has been
heard from him.
If the charges here are settled, there
are requests filed with Sheriff Beard
from Sparta Ga.; Marianna, Fla. and
other points, asking the Muscogee
Sheriff to hold Harrison, as he is
wanted in those places on charges of
cheating and swindling.
METHODIST STEWARDS
OF SAVANNAH ORGANIZE
SAVANNAH, Sept. 18.—The boards
of stewards of the Methodist churches
in Savannah propose to organize
themselves into a union for social
and fraternal development. Commit
tees have been appointed with power
to perfect an organization. These
committees will meet in joint session
at Epworth Church next Thursday
evening.
The idea was first suggested by
the presiding elder of the district, the
Rev. \V. F. Smith, who briefly outlined
the many benefit# of such an organi
zation.
SHUNS TO
VOTE ON BONDS
FOR AUDITORIUM
STOET PING
Election To Be Held Monday on
$200,000 Issue—1,000 Votes
Necessary to Carry.
If $50,000 Issue Carries Will Be
Best Paved City in the
Southern States.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—Savannah
will vote Monday on the question of
issuing $200,000 of bonds with which
to finance the erection of a proposed
city auditorium.
The issue of bonds is an adminis
tration measure. It ha# the indorse
ment of the Chamber of Commerce
and trades bodies. Considerable In
terest Is being manifested in the prop
osition, with very little open oppo
sition.
Plans have been completed for poll
ing the 1,000 votes necessary to au
thorize Council to provide for the
issue. Half a dozen telephones have
been Installed In the Chamber of
Commerce and a squad of girls em
ployed for the purpoes will call even’
voter who has & telephone on Mon
day and remind him to vote.
It is necessary for two-thirds of the
total number registered to vote In
favor of the project before the bonds
can be Issued. There are 1.681 regis
tered voters. Of these, 191 are dis
qualified for failure to pay their taxes.
It is estimated that there will be
1,500 registered and qualified to vote.
At least 1,000, therefore, must vote in
favor of the auditorium before the
bonds can be issued.
Sponsors of Movement.
The movement to build the audito
rium Is sponsored by some of the
most influential persons and largest
property owners In Savannah. For
years the city has been handicapped
In its efforts to Induce national or
ganizations to hold conventions here
because of the lack of a suitable place
In which large numbers of persons
can assemble.
It Is now practically certain that
the auditorium will not be erected in
connection with the armory of the
Chatham Artillery, the First Regi
ment, or any other organization, but
that, Instead of these propositions,
which were considered originally, the
municipal government will purchase
a suitable location, convenient and
accessible to the greatest number, on
which to construct the building
Neither of the armories is to be
erected in the heart of the business
district, which Is believed to be tho
proper place for a public building
such as that under consideration.
Youths Are Held as
Robbers of Church
Communion Services, Aim# Basins
and Other Plate Taken From
St. Paul’s In August
SAVANNAH. Sent. IS.—George and
William Cannon, two Savannah lads,
aged 18 and 19 years, respectively, are
under arrest in Columbia, S. C.,
charged with the theft of the silver
memorial plate from St. Paul’s Epis
copal Church in Augusta.
It is said that the lads have con
fessed to the theft and admitted hid
ing the stiver at some point near
Hamburg, S. C., across the river from
Augusta. It is understood they havo
agreed to return to Augusta without
the formality of requisition.
A silver memorial communion serv
ice, includinb chalice, paten anl
wafer receptacle, a silver plate com
munion service and four alms basins
were stolen. The loss was discovered
by the sexton, who reported the mat
ter to the church authorities. The
sacristy In which the valuables were
kept was looted.
REVIVAL AT TIFTON.
SAVANNAH ED..-— . .— .
TIFTON, Sept. 13.—Beginning with
the fourth Sunday In this month, the
Rev. Arthur J. Moore will conduct a
series of revival meetings at the Tif-
ton Methodist Church. He will be
assisted by the pastor, the Rev.
Thomas H. Thomson.
VALDOSTA, Sept. 13.—An elec
tion for $50,000 additional municipal
Improvement bonds will be held here
on Monday, the 15th instant.
Of the proposed Issue, $35,000 is for
paving and $15,000 for improvement
of the waterworks, the latter to b#
used mainly in extending the system
to parts of the city not yet furnished
with city water.
No bond Issue of the several here
tofore made has caused as much com
ment or aroused as much opposition
as the proposed issue. It is the first
time in the history of Valdosta that
any tangible opposition has been
shown toward municipal improve
ments, and just how effective the
present opposition is can not be de
termined until the election is held.
No fault is found with the work
done so far, and there is no charge
of graft or misappropriation of funds
from previous issues. The outstand
ing bonded Indebtedness of the city
Is now $306,000, or $150,000 less than
the legal limit. Against this there la
now in bank a sinking fund of
nearly $53,000, which is drawing in
terest and Increasing every year.
Saving in Repairs.
For a number of years the city has
spent annually on street work be
tween $8,000 and $10,000, the greater
part of which Is patchwork. It is
claimed that the saving in repair
work will much more than pay the
Interest on the proposed $85,000 pav
ing bonds.
The waterworks during the past
year made money for the city, turn
ing into the treasury a profit of $4,-
893.
The asphalt paving which has Just
been laid on three of the principal
streets Is highly satisfactory, and will
be continued on other streets if the
bond Issue Is authorized. The work
proposed will make Valdosta the best
paved small city in the State.
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