The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-21
AFFAIRS AT VALDOSTA.
Lees Birthday-PIantatiO Soda
Suit for DAMAGES.


Suit for Damages.
Valdosta, Ga. Jan. 2O.-The birthday
of Robert E. Lee was celebrated with
more than usual interest in this city.
the day being a holiday with the
schools, banks, postoffice, etc. At the
Valdosta Institute nearly all of this
week will be devoted to studying the
life and character of the great South
ern soldier and patriot. One of the
classes will give some time each day
of the week to this study.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
had very pleasant celebration in the
Elks' parlOrs yesterday evening, a
number of old soldiers being present
and participating in the exercises.
Dixie" and the Bonnie Blue Flag"
were sung, and a number of relics be-
longing to Mrs. S. P. Hamilton of Sa-
vannah were displayed These con-
sisted OF the last photograph of Gen
Lee, picture of his wife and son and
pieces of Mrs. Lees wedding dress and
the collar worn by Gen. Lee during the
war.
Mrs. Staten, the president of the as
ISOLATION, asked the old soldiers pres
ent to give some of their war ex-
periences and responses were made by
capt. Kingsbery, Maj. ]. o. Varne&e
and Col. Ike Davis. Mrs. Walter
Peoples recited a part of the poem
Lee at the Wilderness" and Mrs.
Bondurant read a very fine paper on
the life of Gen. Lee. Altogether the
celebration was appropriate and very
much enjoyed by all.
1t is reported here that the NJ. T.
Jones plantation, consisting of about
1880 acres, near Lake Park, has been
purchased by Mr. Ewell Brown of that
place for between $4,000 and $4,000
The place is regarded as a very fine
one and Mr.. Jones was one of the best
farmers of that section. Mr.. Brown
will probably operate the farm
A prominent wholesale grocery mer-
chant here was served with papers by
the sheriff this morning notifying him
that suit had been entered against him
for $4,000 damages by Mr.. Charles Nor
gan, one of the oldest lawyers in the
city. The declaration of the plaintiff
sets forth that the defendant in the
case told another defendant, whom
the lawyer had a case against that
there was nothing in the case" and
that mo body but an old pettifogger
would have brought it, or words to
that effect. The wholesale merchant
was dumbfounded this morning when
the paper was served on him, but he
managed to smile over the matter a
little later. He says that some time
ago negro, who had been seeking his
advice in legal matters, came to him
for advice in a case which the lawyer
had against him. He told the negro
that he did not think the case amount
ed to anything. Now the lawyer pro-
poses to show him how he shall speak
lightly of cases in which he is interest
ed. The case is a rather unusual one
and it proposes to be of interest when
it comes up for trial.
Mr.. c. c. Wilson, manager of the
Harrie Nickel Plate Shows, and Mrs.
w. H. Harris, his mother-in-law, and
owner of the show, have gone to Chi
cago and Pittsburg to make arrange
ments with railroads in that section as
to their route next summer 1t is I'M
derstood that they will also see about
getting an elephant to succeed "Old
Gypsy" which was killed here some
time ago. 1t is said that the new
elephant will arrive here about the
first of February and will go in train
ing at once. The horses and actors of
the circus spend three or four hours
every day training and learning new
circus feats. Mr.. Dan CASTILLO. the
Oldest clown in the country and the
man who was with Barnum in his early
circus career, has charge of the horses
and is training them daily.