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i i xiuju^ uurm ■BBPmnwB tu, uuj. 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 DCSlGNtO ScHLoaa T 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