The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
FORMED A BOARD OF TRADE.
CITIZENS OF VALDOSTA ORGANIZI
A BUSINESS UNION.

Justice WEEDS Runaways From
Brooks COunty-BanLrupt's Credi-
tors Meet-NeErO Whipped for
Insulting White Giris-Littic
Dnrkey Arrested for Des-
polling VnIdOsta Merchants-Had
Holes.
Naldosta. Ga. July ia meeting of
citizens was held this evening, for the pur-
pose of organizing a board of trade and
keeping il intact. A large crowd was at
the meeting, and there was much enthus-
iasm over the outlook for a wen organized
business union. Valdosta has reached a
point in its history where a board of
trade is almost a necessity, and while
there mas been an organization all along.
it has not been as active as it will be in
future.
There was a quiet marriage at the home
Of Mr.. E. /. Turner here on yesterday.
The contracting parties were Miss Minnie
Turner, his sister. and Mr.. L. c. Dickey,
a prominent business man of Abbeville.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
ately for their future home a Abbevlle.
They are well known and prominent
throughout this section.
A runaway couple was welded in the
court house about the same time the con-
tracing parties being J. w. Campbell and
Miss Ada Martin of Brooks county They
came here and secured a license and sent
for ba 1o
OF the couple and would not consent to
tie the knot. a justice of the peace was
then called on, and the ceremony was
promptly held.
Bankruptcy proceedings were had a
Sparks yesterday. meeting of the credit
ors of W. b. McRory being held. Ar E.
W. Lane of this city was appointed trus-
tee for McRory. The assets are about
5000 and the liabilities a little more than
that
Unknown parties about Sparks admins
tered a severe thrashing to a negro named
John Willis Sunday night. The negro
had insulted some little white girls and
was caught by the town marshal and put
in the city lookup. That night, parties
stole the marshals cIothlng from his
room and secured the keys to the guard
house. Taking the negro to swamp
nearby, they gave him 200 lashes and
turned him loose. with the advice to leave
the country at once. It was reported that
the negro was lynched, but reports re-
ceived from there state that he was not
killed, but given a sounc thrashing.
The A. V. and w. Road has begun work
upon a large warehouse here to be used
for storing cotton and goods. 1t is TO be
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city.
There have been a number of thefts
from merchants here during the
past week or so, and in each case mys-
terry surrounded the inert. Several mer-
chants have found their rear doors open
In the mornings but were unable to eX-
plain il. A close watch was kept and
Sunday a little black boy was caught
squeezing through a hole which was used
in winter for the stovepipe
in one of the stores. After
stealing all he wanted, the boy would
come out of the door ana go his way
He was arrested and implicated his grand
father, who was also landed in Jail.
The citizens of Naldosta have extended
an invitation to the Florida editors to
stop a while in this city on their tour
next month, and the invitation has been
raised 500 with which TO entertain them
and propose to arrange an elegant spread
for the press boys of Florida. II is under
stood that about sixty or seventy editors
will be in the gang.