The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-09
NEW HOTEL FOR VALD0STA.
A $5o,oOoo STRUCTURE TO BE
ERECTED AT ONCE.

1t Is just What the City Needs-Pas-
tor Carl Minor of the Baptist
Church Resigns, but His Resigna-
don Is Not Accepted-Man who
Murdered His Brother-in-Law Was
Safe Until He Married Wife No. 2.
Parson Arrested for Doing Dis
honest work-Presbyterian synod
to Meet at vaIdosta Nov. g.
Valdosta. Ga. Oct. S.--Valdosta is as
sured of a splendid new brick hotel.
The Valdosta Hotel Company held g.
meeting last night and called in the
full amount of stock and dirt will be
broken in few days for the structure.
some time ago by the hotel company
from Mrs. Darnell. 1t will contain
about sixty-five rooms, and will cost
$4,000, being an up-to-date commercial
hotel. The new hotel is the most i'm
portant thing Valdosta has tackled in
years, because she knows that she needs
it worse than anything else.
Rev. Carl Minor, of the Baptist
Church, rendered his resignation to
that body last Sunday morning, but
the resignation has not been accepted,
and the chances are that it will not
be. The resignation was discussed at
church conference Immediately after
the services and a committee, consist
ing of MeSSrs. E. L. Thomas, w. S.
Fender and G. B. Peoples was appoint
ed to see him and request that the
resignation be withdrawn. Rev. Mr..
Minor is a young minister, and has
served the church here for the past
six years, his services embracing the
most prosperous period in the church's
history.
Dual Marriage Ruined Him.
Charles Ellis was arrested at Jasper
the other day on the charge of muir
dering his brother-in-law, Nathan Will
liams, near this city, four years ago.
Charles was brought up yesterday and
lodged in Jail here. 1t seems that he
has been working within forty miles
of this city for the past five years,
unknown to the officers here, having
changed his name. He recently mar
ried and that fact was learned by rel
atives of his wife here. With two wives
in forty miles of each other Charles
| doom was sealed and it did not take
long for the officers to learn all about
his movements and catch him.
Mr.. R. T. Brooks and his son Bluch-
er, who got in the row at Kinder Lu
several weeks ago and who badly
bunged UP a Mr.. Rainey, were giveN
a preliminary hearing to-day. The boy
was discharged, but the father was
sent to Jail to await trial. his bont
being fixed at $780, The charge agains !
| Brooks is that OF assault with intent
to murder.
Parson Does Bad Work.
Parson James Robinson was arreste1
here yesterday and carried to Wayne
county to answer a charge of dishonest
work on a railroad, or cheating and
swindling. 1t seems that he was en-
| ployed on the new route from. Jesup
to Folkston and that he was working
by the cubic foot. He filled in a con-
siderable distance with logs and COW
cred it over with dirt making il APP
pear to be a solid embankment The
| recent rainy season betrayed the par
| son and he was arrested yesterday and
| carried to Jesup to face his trial
J. B. Corbett, of Echols county, while
! out fishing yesterday, ran upon a nest
| of rattle snakes and killed fifteen of
| them. Fourteen of them were small and
/ the other was a monster.
/ The Presbyterian synod is to meet
here on the evening of November 6, and
arrangements are already being made
| for the entertainment of the visiting
| ministers and delegates. 1t is expected
that from one to two hundred dele
gates will be in attendance.