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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1905.
WOULD YOU?
If you knew that your Neighbor would be suddenly taken away, tomorrow, from his family, leaving the family entirely dependent
on the charities of this old World, and you knew that by contributing $1.15 toward the family you would save them from want and
suffering, would you? Did we hear you say, Yes? Well, the business of this Company is to find 999 more men just like you, who will
join you in just such an agreement. This will give 1000 organized mep in this county, who, through their contributions, will contribute
$1000 to the family of each deceased member, as said member dies. We have now been searching for this number for the past 30 days.
Several hundred have been found. Soon, we will have the desired number. You do not want to be left out? Well, look up one of
our Agents, at once, or write the Home Office, and you will be promptly waited on.
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Georgia, Valdosta, Ga.
MRS. J. A. KELLEY DEAD
THE END CAME TUESDAY EVEN-
ING AT FAMILY HOME.
She Was Taken III With Pneumonia
While Visiting This City Ten Days
Before—Her Funeral Services Were
Conducted Wednesday Afternoon.
The sad death of Mrs. J. A. Kelley
occurred last Tuesday evening a little
after 8 o’clock at the family home at
Clyatteville.
EXERCISES.
THE DAY TO BE OBSERVED BY
THE PEOPLE OF VALDOSTA.
Daughters of the Confederacy Outline
an Attractive Programme, and They
Expect a Large Crowd to Attend
the Exercises—The Line of March.
Memorial day will be observed with
THE FORGOTTEN CITY.
LOWNDES’ FIRST COUNTY SEAT,
COMES INTO NOTICE,
Some Ancient History Suggested by
a Recent Article in the 8unny South
—Where Courts and Elections Were
Held in Lowndes in the Long Ago.
We reprint in this issue of The
little Misses Alice and Elizabeth
Dorough have invited many of their
friends to an Easter egg hunt this af
ternoon. It is needless to say that the
young folks are going to have ono of
those memorable events.
next Wednesday.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
Her death was caused by pneumo- have the programme in charge, and
nia, with which she was stricken while they have perfected arrangements
on a visit to Valdosta about ten days, which they think will make the day
before. When she reached her home one °* the most pleasant that Valdos-
at Clyatteville after spending a few' ta has ever had.
a great deal of interest in Valdosta j Times an article which appeared in
the Sunny South of last week in re
gard to a “Forgotten Georgia City,”
located about ten miles above Valdos-
days here, she was suffering so much j The exercises will be held at the
that she went to bed and summoned • cemetery and the address will be de-
a physician. Her condition became
serious from the beginning, and fears
were entertained for her recovery
throughout her illness.
There seemed to be a slight im
provement in her condition on Tues
day morning, but a change for the
worse occurred about noon, and she
oontinued to sink until death ensued.
, Her remains were brought to this
city Wednesday morning and were
carried to the home of Col. W. S. West
whore they remained until 8:30 o’clock
that afternoon, when the funeral ser
vices were held at the city cemetery.
A long procession of sorrowing rela
tives and friends followed the casket
to the grave, and there was genuine
sorrow in every heart as the body was
lowered to its final resting place.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Charles C. Carson, of the
Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev.
C. A. Jackson, of the Methodist. Mr.
Carson’s tribute to the deceased was
beautiful, and tho lessons which ho
drew from her life were very impres
sive. Mr. Jackson added a few words
to the tribute which had been paid,
and closed the services with the bene
diction. The pall-bearers were: C.
C. Varnedoe, J. L. Staten, J. T. Rob
erts, A. E. Dlmmock, J. R. Walker and
F. I. McRee.
Mrs. Kelley was a daughter of Mrs.
J. L. Cranford and was born in Ech
ols county. She received her educa
tion at Wesleyan Female College, and
was very fond of art, which she con
tinued to practice till her death. She
livered by Elder Richard Wallace,
who will be introduced by Mr. W. L.
Converse. The procession will form
on Patterson street, near the court
house, at 3 o’clock, and the line of
march will be headed by the Valdosta
Videttes, followed by the city and
county officials, the school children
and citizens generally.
The old Confederate soldiers, while
occupying of honor in the
(h#*B exercLnJJp^lll not be^ expected
to walk to thJ^emetery. The Daugh
ters will provide *» conveyance for
them on the street car line to the big
oak tree, and from there they will
march to the cemetery.
The Daughters will also serve
lunches to the old soldiers in tho
Videttes’ armory from 10 to 12 o’clock,
and crosses of honor will be present
ed to the following old soldiers: C.
E. Zipperer, H. B. Lawson, W. J.
Bostick, M. M. Caswell, W. S. Hardee 1 wero hel( j
ta on the Withlacoochee river. The
article is interesting, though the
writer evidently drew upon a vivid
imagination for some of the facta.
The “forgotten city” was probably
old Franklynville, which was the
first county seat of Lowndes county.
It was situated on the Withlacoochee
river, about half way between Cat
Creek and Hahlra, In 1828, when It
was made the county seat of Lowndes,
it had one or two hundred people.
There were two or three stores there
at the time, and the court house and
Jail were also located there.
Lowndes county was laid out from
Irwin in 1825, and included ''qrhat
now Echols,'Brooks and Bei
part of it having been added to Thbnk*
as in 1826. The first election id the
county was held at the homo of Sion
Hall in 1825, and the next at the
house of Francis Rountree, the next
year. Justice courts were held in
several districts, at the homes of citi
zens who were conveniently located
in the different districts. Elections
were held at the county court house
and at the places where justice courts
Jost imagine how we would get
JONES’ BUSINESS COLLEGE
la a teacher of modern commercial
method*. It file yon for boalneea aa
now condnoted. It makes yon fit
to graap opportunity when it comes
to you.
and W. W. Wilkinson. The commit- 1 Tho county 8eat rcnla | ncd at old
toe which will ho In charge of the F-ranklynvIlle until 1833, when it was
lunches for the veterans consists of
Mesdames Bcntloy, Harvey, Wood
ward and J. N. Griffin.
The school children are expected to
bring flowers to the public school
building at 9 o’clock that morning,
and the larger pupils, who are willing,
are invited to assist the ladles In dec
orating the graves at the cemetery.
All of tho Daughters are requested
changed to what was called Lowndes-
ville, In the Twelfth district, on lot
No. 109. A committee was appointed
in 1823 to fix tho permanent site and
build a court house and jail, and oth
er commissioners were appointed in
1835. This committee selected old
Troupeville, which place was Incorpo
rated as the county site in 1837 and
remained so until Valdosta was loca-
JONES’
Jtasiness College
vaCdoSVa. ga~
The recent cold snap put a check
upon ripening strawberries and also
set gardens back several days. In a
few days, though, there will bo plenty
of vegetables In Valdosta gardens
ready for the pot.
A Treat for the Ladies.
Whoby? Miss Isabelle Smith. Where!
Why, at Harley’s, of course. Wo give,
free, with each dollar cash purchase
Saturday and Monday, a nice glass
berry bowl.
Special Terms: $1.00 Down and $1.00 Per Week.
Write for Catalogue and New Rssjrd Lists-
VICTOR, EDISON, COLUMBIA
MACHINES AND RECORDS.
MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
CARTER & DOROUGH, Valdosta. Ga
PIANOS, ■_ ORQ^f
was a member of the Methodist leaves and flowers consists of Mes-
to go to Mrs. W. F. Staten s Monday te( j a ft er completion of tho old
afternoon »t 3 o'clock nnd Tuesday au|f road t0 thu placc
morning at 9 o'clock to help make the; u |s „ ald by tho8c who were Uvlng
wreathes. The committee to secure s(xty yoar8 ag0 that o|d Prank)yn .
ille was one of the liveliest places in
church, but worshipped at tho Pres- dames Charles Jones, J. if. Harvey, l (he country Thcfc wcrc n0 ncwspa .
byterlan, the church to which her P. K. Wilson, O. G. Godwin, E. Y. Fry
husband belonged. She was a woman I and W. F. Staten.
pers In those days to amount to any*
thing, and the folks for miles around
of excellent disposition, kind hearted I Mr. Byrd Lewis has been chosen as wou f d ga „, cr at thc county 8(t0 „„
and charitable to those who needed marshal of tho day. The merchants Saturday8 and ten of tll0 incident* 0 f
charity, and was an Idol in an unbro- aro requested to suspend business and , ho weck tl)elr varl0u8 8cct | 0 „s.
ken family of brothers and sisters. | close their stores, as has been the , t sa|d (oo that therc wa3 hard .
her's being the first death to occur custom during tho exorcises. Tho pro- |y „ Saturday that paa8od that , her0
among them. 1 4 “ ’ ' ”
Sho was a sister of Messrs. T. G.
Cranford and J. G. Cranford, of this
city, J. A. Cranford, of Jacksonville, Song—Messrs. Willis, Jones, Stump
and Bentley.
Reading—Mrs. W. D. Peeples,
Song—Miss Peacock.
Introduction of speaker—Mr. W.
Converse.
Address—Mr. R. W. Wallace,
Song—Messrs. Willis, Jones, Stump
and Bentley. I
Benediction.
Mrs. J. W. Howell, of Sparks, and
Mrs. W. S. West, of this city. Her
mother, Mrs. J. L. Cranford, and her
husband also survive her. These be
reaved ones have the deepest sympa
thy of a large circle of friends
throughout this section.
At the Presbyterian Church,
Rev. A. L. Patterson, of Blackshear,
Ga., will occupy the pulpit at the
Presbyterian church next Sabbath,
morning and evening.
The Sabbath school and the mem
bers of the congregation are earnest
ly requested to remember the special
offering for next Sabbath for the “gos
pel tent.” Please place your offering
in an envelope marked "gospel tent,”
so as to keep separate from the cur
rent expenses. It may be that there
are friends who do not worship with
us regularly who desire to have a
share In the “gospel tent,” which Is to
be used by members of the Presbytery
of Savannah In preaching the gospel
in destitute sections in our bounds.
If so, please bring or send your con
tribution to the church next Sabbath,
-or give It to Mr. A. E. Dlmmock.
C. C. CARSON, Pastor.
gramme at the cemetery Is as follows. ;wcre nQt ope or morc fi( , hls _ n8t and
^Opening prayer-Rev. C. A. Jack- sku| , flght8 _ ln whlch tho wcal , e8t
man was knocked down and dragged
out by his more powerful rival. Old
FranlynvllJo never reached tho pro
portions of a city, and while signs of
tho old town are still standing, there
is nothing there to Indicate that eith
er a Ninevah, a Sidon or a Tyre flour
ished there in ages gone.
Cotton Comes in Slowly.
There has been a good deal of cot
ton marketed during the past few
days, comparatively speaking. About
Easter Suggestions.
'T'Hd careless spenders of Broad-
* way pay more for lonj:, com
fortable, deep-vented sack suits than
you would dream of unrolling, but «hey
don’t show up any more “cla-sv” than
you can in our bpring am; Summer
models (Steln-BIoch). There’s been a
lot of mystery wafted into crack clothes
making; but it’s as simple as the three
R’s: Master tailors, Master brains and
Master fabrics. Before it’s too late, try
ours.
$18.50 TO $25.00.
The Methodist Meetings.
Rev. C. A. Jackson has been Indis- thirty bales were on the street yester
day and from fifteen to twenty-five
posed for two days, and Rev. J. M.
Foster, of Sparks, will conduct the
services at the Methodist church this
afternoon and night. The children's
service tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock
will be the last of tho meeting. All
of the children are wanted to be on
hand. At the services Sunday morn
ing those who have applied for mem
bership during tho meeting will be
taken in. There are between forty
and fifty applicants on profession of
faith.
Electric Fans In Stock.
Jnst received a lot of 250 and 500 volt
direct current fans and can install one
on short notice. CaU on me.
IVery truly, O. W. STUCKEY.
bales nearly every day this week.
There had been no material chango In
prices and what was sold seemed to
be some which various growers were
tired of holding. The price for short
cotton was about 7 cents a pound,
while long staple brought from 14 to
17 cents.
IVIOST clothes for young fellows either
hang on him like an empty meal
sack or with the charming grace of a saus
age skin. Most clothiers still cling to the
worn-out idea that men round-about twenty
can be made to wear any sort of garments.
We know that you’re the most finicky
dresser of ’em all. College Brand Clothes
prove it. Wear—fit—and snap prove Col
lege Brand Clothes over-worth and under
price
$14.00 TO $20.00.
A
Ladle, of B,ptl»t Church.
The ladles of tho Baptist church are
Invited to attend a social meeting at
the church next Monday afternoon at
4 o'clock.
MRS. O. K. JONES.
MRS. J. E. SPRINGER,
MRS. R. B. MYDDELTON.
M. A. BRIQQS,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.
