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CHRISTMAS SHOP
PERS AT WORK
Valdosta Stores are Crowded With
Buyers and Many Shoppers are
Here From Neighboring Towns.
There are Many Humorous Incl-
dents and 8cenes as the Various
Buyers Make Their Selections.
Now cometh the holiday season and
the Christmas shopper is abroad in
the land. She, if it is a she, and he,
if it be a ho furnishes an excellent
study in human nature. But the shop
per is usually ol the female persua-
sion.
You may know 9fe.by herlWs. It
is full of anxiety, with puckered brow
and lowered eyes bent on bargains. It
isnt funny to spend money on some
one else, and that is what the Christ*
mas shopper is doing. Beside the
money there is time and thought and
trouble spent recklessly yet very often
grudgingly. The presents are expect
ed and they must be given. They
WILLIAMS GOES UP FOR LIFE
FOR KILLING TWO PI
Judge Carter Reviewed
Passing Sentence—Williams Makes
’“Statement In Trial at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Dec. 13—William F.
Williams, who killed John White and
Edwin C. Dansby, and who has been
tried in two counties, was this af
ternoon sentenced by Judge Carter
of the Circuit court for the murder
of Mr. White, he having already been
sentenced for killing Dansby.
“Judge”CarteVs sentence which
have to be pretty—at least they ought
to be—and they must not be expen
sive. Isn’t that a Job hard enough
to pucker the most carefree brow
and blur in abstract thought the mer
riest eyes?
Now there are lots and lots of peo
ple in the shops who do not look puz
zled or worried. But they aren’t shop
pers. They are the on-lookers out
for a glimpse of the Christmas goods.
They have all the time necessary to
worry the tired clerks, to criticize
the purchases of poor shoppers, and
to enjoy the Christmas shops to the
fullest extent.'
These irresponsible young persons
have mothers and older sisters who
are buying 6r making mouchoir mases
and the tie boxes which they will
send out on Christmas day. They
leave the buying of presents to these
wiser (?) women, and to the young
men who do their Christxdas shopping
ly thus: . They slip Into a
le#r^]M>fter dark oMB&staas $ve
dowri aujlhe money they have
able to .nave for th^
lOpt
. brooCi
stick th'i
c buy a I
stamps,
shopping
Ip tb’s^ )»re
the 'TSp&erT**'
irds Inside the box ai
worth of
the sensible way of
Christmas, anyway; but
it takes money to do it.
Men never shop and of course, they
aren’t so foolish as to vary from their
habits at Christmas times.. They Just
buy things at best, and on Christmas
they don’t do that u they can help it
—they only pay for the things that
are bought. The cynical man who
thinks that is the biggesi part of
Christmas shopping, should try it in a
crowded department store some of
these fine days.
The counters are laden with all
sorts of things, too numerous to men
tion, of all grades, prices
and appearances. There are silver ar
ticles galore .from military brushes
to a thimble, and leather goods,
purges that cost half a hundred, and
dress suit case markers for a quarter
of a dollar, all piled up together;
then there are the glass and china
pin trays, vases, and cake plates; the
celluloid things designed for cravats
and cuffs and handkerchiefs that the
• women give the men and the men
never use; there are jewels of gold
and precious stones and jewels not
of gold or precious stones; a conglom
erate mass of articles that no one but
the Christmas shopper could separate
and select. All these have,to be look
ed at separately and priced and con-1
slderer. That’s the reason the shop
keepers urge in their advertisements
to "do your shopping early.” They
know that it takes time and they plan
to distribute the time over as much
space as possible in order to keep
their clerks alive to begin the New
Tear.
The windows of the Valdosta stores
are showing Christmas things right
along ,and the rush Is on in the major
ity of these. The clerks in the Jew
elry stores, the department stores and
the toy stores are working over time
and from now on until Christmas,
there will be no need for seats In
the shops that the clerks may rest.
The counters on which are displayed
the holiday line of goods are throng’
ed from day to way after dark. The
shops are open Just before Christmas
at a late hour and the shoppers keep
the clerks busy as long as the stores
are open. The money that is spent
on Christmas presents can hardly be
computed and the time is a Joyous
one for the owner of the stores
viewed the case and the evidence In
troduced at the trial, was listened to
with rapt attention.
it had little effect upon the prison
er, however, who sat unmoved, and
who occasionally sntfled as the court
would remark upon the crime.
When a life sentence was passed,
the prisoner only said: " I have no-
recollection of killing either John
White or Edwin Dansby. They were
the best friends I had in the world,
and I would rather have killed my
mother than either”
Williams was employed as a clerk
in the store of John White when he
committed the double murder.
Becoming intoxicated, and believ’
ing he had been wronged, he shot
the proprietor dead, then turned the
revolver upon Dansby, a fellow clerk,
killing him, and afterwards shot Jas.
White, the son of the proprietor.
COURT BLOCKS A "HOLD-UP”
That is What Judge Calls a Wife’s
Charge of $16.60 for Silk 8klrt.
Kansas City, Dec. 13—Judge Oates
In the circuit court here rendered a
judicial decision to the effect that a
silk skirt la not an article of necessity
and that if a woman purchases one
her husband is not bound to pay for
it.
Mrs. Charlton King, a few months
ago purchased a silk skirt for $16.60
and had it charged. When the bill
came in her husband objected to the
skirt Item and refused to pay for It.
“No one need tell me,” declared the
Judge, “that silk skirts that cost
$$16.60 are a necessity to any woman.
My wife finds it possible to live com
fortably and happily and even to go
out in society with likirts that cost
$3 apiece! It’s all right to buy them,
but wbep she buyi/them without her
husband’s consents,andf has. .them
charged to his account I will not be
A partrto the hold-up by fori
Convened This Morning With
Judge Speer
t
The Grand Jury Will Meet
Morning and be Sworn In, and tji*
Judge', Charge to the Body Will be
Delivered—Many Lawyer, In. At
tendance Upon the Court,
The December term ot the federal
court for the Southwestern dlrlalon of
the Southern District, convened in t|»*
Lowndes county court house tills
morning at ten o'clock, Judge Emory
Speer, presiding.
Assistant District Attorney Alexan
der Ackerman was on hand to repi
sent the government, though Uni'
States Marshal White was unatblo
to attend on account of the dangerous
Illness of his wife. The other ooart
oBcials were present as folows: J."
N. Talley, Henry G. Tucker, Owen
F. Riley and Henry Guttenberger.
There was no loss of time in
pTW ALLEGED ELOPER j
WITH SENATOR’S WIFE.
Given in Sensational |
lopement Case in North Georgia,
^Together With the Particulars. j
Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 13—Rev. J. ;
T. Austin, until the last conference
& the Methodist church, at Bellton. {
telve miles above Gainesville, has
oped with Mrs. Robert F. Quiilian, 1
vfe qf former Representative andf
e-State Senator Robert Quiilian of
£11 ton. j
tfrt: Quiilian lGft her home at Beil
in shortly after the North Georgia
inference met at Newnan, ostensi-
ly to visit her sister at Athens and
is said she was joined there by Rev.
Austin and the couple departed
ptrts unknown. Austin, it Is re
wrote the bishop just before
irence .requesting not to be as-
to any charge the coming year
esting a location, for person-
11. npblest purpose r. ■■■ i
tl; ,.ugh (’.-vanTcments t ,u: I s;
\vo:.ien are denied the biessun. < .
is Made an ordeal of terror and
ons.
it rumor has it that during
! revival meeting at Bellton during
late Bummer, Mrs. Quiilian be-
ie madly infatuated with Austin
hthey after decided upon leaving
eoqntry, deserting their families
'order to live together.
elopemqnt has caused a pro-
sensation in this section, owing
t prominence of the parties.
It is every woman’srnipe-aove du
w.;:. ness precedent to motl- vhe'd. 1 >.
rc imend Ci. F F. (Gersile f m.-'
•lt.. :ly for women’s diseases. This l-r
sue ssful in renting female disorder*.. ■
amt- ‘althy discharge of its duties, that
mo:, y-back guarantee.
h'vdtV.y rnoihernood fe
•.onvm’s life, and yet.
1'cjr.r. 1 siifcjrderB, many
.ildbirtU altogether, or it
...ace t J life,
rid horse' ? of every possible
lie's connection ve strongly
. panacea) as a rimra-.teed
tion ras been so continunu«ly
1 n assisting nature to a proper
now sell it under an iron-clad,
rMRSTUU.
PANACEA.
havJ^tn»^nu;VS{i;i 1 SlEa
ting down to business and qulio
of'tt
good deal was done, in spite
fact that the opening day Is usually
devoted to organizing the court. The
deputy marshals were busily engag
ed In summoning Jurors to be on hand
tomorrow morning, when the grand
Jury will bo sworn in.
Judge Speer's charge to the grand
Jury will be an Incident of unusual
Piles! Piled Plleal
Williams' Indian Pile Ointment
to cure piles, and DOES
Eaay to apply; ev-
ety box gutirtataad; SOo ani it. All
druggist* or by malt
WILLIAMS MTO. CO..
Cleveland, O.
The Fifty-ninth congress, like
predecessor, opened with a booming
inon.
interest, and many ladles will probe- > A'
bl V Via In a tlnndnnnA Tn/Vrvn flnnos'a *
FATALLY WOI
DED
Negro
C. E. Stewart’s Affray W
at McDonald.
McDonald, Ga., Dec. 13—As tlje re
sult of an encounter with a negro
gambler armed with a shot gun, C.
S. Stewart, a member of the firm of
W. W. Stewart & Bro., near McDon
ald, has a severe wound in his left
arm above the elbow and the negro
is mortally wounded.
The negro secured an amount of
money from Mr. Stewart some time
ago with tho promise of working it
out, and failed to do so. Mr. Stewart
wont to see him and met him near
the depot. The negro told him he
would be ready to go to the woods in
a few minutes, but went home instead
and secured a shotgun, came back
to the depot and told Mr. Stewart he
did not Intend working until he got
ready.
Mr. Stewart advanced, tho negro
opened fire and Mr. Stewart returned
it, emptying his revolver.
THROUGH PULLMAu
bly be In attendance. Judge Speer's
charges to the grand jury are usually
gems of rhetorical elegance and are
pitched upon a plane that makes
them very unlike the charges which
are usually given on occasions of that
kind.
The grand Jury will at once bej
to investigate the matters that a:
put before It and the outlook Is that
it will be a very busy session*
Among the matters that were
en up this morning were th6[ bank
ruptcy cases of Sam Crews and Tfc. fi«i
G. Williams, orders for discharges
being granted in each.
The case of
Machine r*
OMAN TO BE PRETTY
The finest contour of a female face, the
sweetest smile of a female mouth, loses
tome thing If the head la crowned with
scant hair. .Scant and falling'hair. It is
now known, is caused by a paraslto that
ws Into the scalp to the root of tho
where It saps the vitality. The llt-
tl^fehltc scales the germ throws up in
wfng are called dandruff. To <
iff permanently, then, and to strip
FENDER LUMBER CO.,
Scroll work and .Wonl«1lnf«lof All Kind*.
Lumber Y-irl **. V*Llo.t L^OlMfOtUI
“ Florida and arlanUe Oo<*«* LWVf *UIH
referred' to J.
master.
The Ensign-Oscamp' Company vs.
Wm. Paulk et al. was referred to 7,
N Talley, standing master
J. S. Pallkoff .bankrupt, objection
being made to the discharge .refer
red to J. H. Merrill .special master.
Mary Louisa Alton vs. Sue Norman
tenant in possession, ordered dismiss*
ed at plaintiff’s cost.
Bailey & Graham vs. P. D. and T.
E. Phillips, continued to the next term
of court,
G. F. Moore & Co., bankrupts, ap
plication for attorneys fees, referred
to J. N. Talley, standing master.
In the matter of Lippraan Drug Co.,
bankrupts, an order was passed en
larging tho powers of tho receiver.
The case of the Pensacola Lumber
Company vs. J. F. Bailey, suit on ac
count, was argued at length by Mr.
P. W. Mcldrim, of Savannah, for the
plaint iff, and Mr. Alexander Acker-
mnn for the defendant.
Nhe next case to ho heard to
day was that of the Bridges Hardware
Company, bankrupts. This is a case
SERVICE In which exceptions were taken to
j the finding of the referee in regard
Between Savannah and Montgomery to exemption.
via. Atlantic Coast Line. j Mr. Hugh .1. McIntyre was admitted
It will be of Interest to tho traveling to plead and practice In the federal
public to know that the Atlantic Coast district court. The following aro
Line will on and after December 18.. among the lawyers in attendance:
though rather sad for the young man
or woman who stands behind the
show counters.
1905 operate through Pullman draw-
ing room buffet sleeping cars on
trains 57 and 68, leaving Savannah
at 6:45 p. m. and arriving at Mont
gomery at 8:05 a. m.
Leaving Montgomery at 7:45 p. m.
arriving at Savannah 9:50 a. m. For
further information call on or address
tf J. J. Harris, Agent.
Torture of a Preacher.
The story of the torture of Rev. O.
D. Moore, pastor of the Baptist
church of Harpersvillo, N. Y. will
Interest you. He says: "I suffered
agonies, because of a persistent
cough, resulting from the grip. I had
to sleep sitting up In bed. I tried
many remedies, without relief, until I
took Dr. King's Now Discovery for
Consumption Coughs and Colds, and
which entirely cured my cough, and
saved from consumption.” A grand
cure for diseased conditions of the
Throa. and Lungs. At W. D. Duna
way’s and A. E. Dimmock’s, drug
gists; price 50c and $1.00, guaran
teed. Trial bottle free.
Pittsburg Multi-Millionaire Dead.
Pittsburg, Dec. 11—Ceptain 8amuel
Brown, multi millionaire coal operator
and horse man, died here today. He
had been ill several weeks. Capt.
Brown was 63 years old.
O. J. Wimberly ,Macon, W. D.
Ellis, Jr., Atlanta, P. W. MeldHm,
Savannah, J. A. Wilkes, Moultrie,
Hugh McIntyre, Thomasville, J. H.
Merrill, referee, Thomasville, A. J.
Crovatt, Brunswick, A. II. Hoywood,
Jr., Macon, W. B. Stubbs, Savannah*
R. A. Hendricks, Nashville, vf. H.
Harrison, Nashville, F. S. Harris,
Tifton, John D. Pope, Albany, J. W.
Haygood, Fitzgerald, Elridge Cutts,
Fitzgerald, W. F. Way, Moultrie, T.
P. Perry, Sylvester, T. H. Parker,
Moultrie.
Furious Fighting,
“For seven years,” writes Geo. W.
Hoffman, of Harper, Wash., '1 had a
bitter battle with chronic stomach
and liver trouble, but at last I won,
and cured my diseases, by tho use of |
Electric Bitters. I unhesitatingly
rpcommed them to all, and don’t In
tend in tho future to be without them
in the house. They are certainly a
wonderful medicine, to have cured
such a bad case as mine.” Sold, un
der guarantee to do the same for
you, by W. D. Dunaway and A. E.
DImmock, druggists, at 60c a bottle.
Try them today.
For Interior decoration beefsteak
and onions strike the average man as
about right. |
HIGH QUALITIES. 'THE STORE FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE." LOW PRICES-*
ismish mums m t.ie hju bus
At Moderate Prices
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If
HIS 1,1 fcho time of year evoryone w#nto
look bis best. Why shouldn’t
YOU look well-drossod and prosperous?
Surely it isn't because you can't afford
Ihluk how different a man looks in
“good clothes.” You like his looks—be
cause he’s neat aid dean-cut and seems
to amount to something. You’d give him a job
or an order twico us quick as if he were shabby.
No! If you’re “out for business” (or pleasure)
you can't afford NOT to bo well-dressed. Oomo
and see our Sohloss Clothes and we’ll show you
what a big difference tho right kind of “Good
Clot lies” mako.
Men’s Suits.
Tho latest stylos in noat, becoming patterns.
Piaiu colors and quiet mixtures. Single and double*
breast sd, cat in medium or extreme lengths, as your
tanto prefers. Suits that will become a banker or a
college boy.
$3 to $25.
Men’s Overcoats.
A groat variety "of handsomo models including
Box Goats, Rain Goats, Paddocks and all tho new
styles. Handsomo, fashionable, overgarments ever
5 no, and oach a credit to its maker—and its wearer
$8 to $25J