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THE VALDOS'lJSlMES, SATUKDAV, DECMI3I.R 2:j, 1005.
A BIG FIRE
Smoke in That City.
A Whole Block Came Near Being
Swept Yesterday Morning—Total
of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars.
Two Big Stores.
Moultrie was again visited by a
disastrous fire yesterday morning.
Fire broke out in the post office block
early in the morning and came pretty
near sweeping the block.
The P. H. McCarty store was com
pletely destroyed, Peter Sampson’s
business was a complete loss, Dodd's
grocery store was practically ruined
by water and steam, HarrelCarlton
Supply Co., suffered a heavy loss,
though their stock of goods was not
burned, Dr. Fletcher and Dr. Blasin.
game both lost their offices, the Far
mers Hardware & Supply Company
was damaged.
The fire was first discovered in the
rear of McCarty’s store. It soon
broke through the roof and swept
over the adjoining buildings. The
fire department was slow in respond
ing, and after getting on the scene
there was an accident to one of the
water mains that delayed their work
some ten or fifteen minutes. It look
ed for a time as if the whole block
would have to go.
After so long a time the firemen got
their streams of water started and
soon had the flames under control
■While the goods in several buildings
wer© damaged considerably, there
were only two store rooms completely
turned out.
The total loss is conservatively es-
timater at twenty-five thousand dol
Jars. This was mostly covered by
insurance except in the case of Peter
Sampson.
The losses are distributed as fol
lows:
P. H. McCarty, loss ten thousand
dollars, insurance eigth thousand dol
lars .
Peter Sampson, loss forty-five hun
dred dollars, insurance cwp tootUAhC
dollars.
H. M. Dodd, damage opb IhOifrtSa
dollars, covered by insurance.
Harrell & Carlton, damage to stock
seven thousand dollars, covered by
insurance.
Farmers Hardware & Supply Co.,
damage to stock, very small. No in.
surance. Damage to building, one
thousand dollars .covered by insur
ance.
The store occupied by McCarty was
owned by Harrell & Carlton and was
a total loss. It was partially insured
The store occupied by Peter Samp
son was the property of G. A. Hor-
kan and was partially insured.
iiarrell & Carlton own the store
they occupy and it was damaged but
£ is covered by insurance.
Dr. W. F. Blasingame received
damage to his office which is partial-
ly covered.
Dr. C. C. Fletcher suffered from
water in his office, but was insured.—
Moultrie Observer.
URGE NEW BANKING LAWS.
Bankers Suggest Securing Elastic
Currency Under Federal Control.
Chicago, Dec. IS—Changes in the
national banking laws, which will pre
vent a recurrence of such financial
..disasters as swept the nation in 1893
were urged at the annual dinner of
the Illinois Manufacturers’ Associa
tion, Friday night, by President Jno.
L. Hamilton,, of the American Bank
ers Association.
“We need, first a properly secured
elastic currency under Federal con
trol.” said Mr. Hamilton.
“Secondly, there should be a change
in the limitations on the amount of
loans.
“The third suggestion covers the
privilege of lending a limited amount
cn not to exceed 40 to 50 per cent,
of a fair cash value of real estate
“I recommend also a change in the
manner of selecting Bank Examiners
and the payment of each examiner
of a fixed salary, with assistants as
may be required.”
favorite fun furnishers.
West and Voke* are Booked for Next
Friday Evening.
West and Vokes and Margaret Daly
Yokes with their big company of com
edy anw musical artists are booked
for a performance of ther clever fun
vehicle “A Pair of Pinks” at the Val
dosta theater Friday night, Dec. 22.
This duo of comedians as Percy and
Harold are always welcome.
Their particular style and quality
of fun-making invariably meets the
desires of the public, and in turn
the public are hearty in their recep
tion. “The Pinks” as presented by
West and Vokes and Margaret Daly
Vokes are not of the hot house de
nomination, but two shy stealthy
sleuths detecting whom they may ar
rest and confine in their frolic colony.
They are Pinkerton detectives for
fun only and have their own ideas
how crime should be ferreted out and
punished.
It is barely possible that
these ideas would not
concurred in by some of our
famous sleuths, but the merriment
secured in the unfolding fully justi
fies the effort. The piece is not writ
ten with any intention of defining
deep dramatic plot, but Just enough
to link a merry jumble of pure non
sense, music, song and frolic, with
expensive stage setting, handsome
gowns and a big chorus of pretty girls
There are numerous new and novel
features besides, prominent among
which is the always droll and humer-
ous Margaret Daly Vokes as the
“Rube Girl” introducing her quaint
sayings and songs at happy intervals
of the cheerful performance.
DEATH FOR HOUSEBREAKERS.
New Law in Mississippi Makes the
Crime a Capital One.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 19.—For the
first time in modern history a state
has named housebreaking in its code
as a capital offense. Mississippi has
adopted the following law, which
now stands as a statue:
“Every person who shall be con
victed of breaking and entering, day
or night, the dwelling of another in
which there shall be at the time
some human being, with intent to
commit some crime therein, shall
suffer death unless the Jury shall fix
the punishment at imprisonment for
life, as in case of murder.”
A number of burglaries that were
accompanied by shooting -ot^ftpuse'
holders by desperate . men-Sad** ft* the
passage dt'tms law. The intruders
were usually negroes.
Double Wedding In Echols.
There was a double wedding at the
home of Mr. John R. Lightsey in
Echols county last Sunday afternoon
at three o’clock. The contacting
parties were Mr. Arthur Hughes to
Miss Lula Lightsey and Mr. Gordon
Hughes to Miss Lommie Lightsey.
The ceremony was performed by
Elder I. A. Wetherington in the pres
ence of a large concourse of relativ
es and friends. The brides are sis
ters and are daughters of Mr. John
R. Lightsey. The grooms are
brothers and are sons of Mr. Madison
Hughes. They are well known and
popular young people and the best
wshes of many friends will follow
them through life.
Torture of a Preacher.
The story of the torture of Rev
Moore, pastor of the Baptist
church of Harpersvllle. N. Y. will
interest you. He says: “I suffered
agonies, because of a persistent
cough, resulting from the grip. 1 had
sleep sitting up in bed. I tried
many remedies, without relief, until I
took Dr. King’s New Discovery
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-
and A. E. Dirnmoek’s, drug
gists; price 60c and $1.00, guaran
teed. Trial bottle free.
Governor Terrell Acknowledges 8er-
vice of Citations, Which Means In
definite Delay in Executing the Sen-
tence of the Court—Leop»itft fUw*
lings Will Also be Brought Back
From the Penitentiary.
Governor Terrell and Attorney GefL
eral Hart have acknowledged service
of citations which carry the. Rawlings
murder cases to the supreme court of
the United States, on a writ of error
signed Saturday by Chief Justice Wil*
liam H. Fish, of the supreme court of
Georgia. The governor and attorney
general were served in person by Hon
John R. Cooper, of Macon, leading
counsel for the condemned prisoners,
on© of whom—Leonard, tfe* youngest
—is already in the penitentiary, says
a dispatch from Atlanta today.
Acknowledgement of the service of
the citations on part of the governor
means an indefinite stay of the exe
cutions of old man J. G. Rawlings
and his sons, Milton and Jesse, all
of whom are sentenced to hang at
Valdosta on January 6th. It also
means that Leonard ,who has been
transferred from the Lowndes county
Jail to the penitentiary, will be return-
ed to Valdosta ,where he will remain
until the highest court in the land has
finally passed upon the case.
Governor •Terrell will Issue a stay
of the execution which will hold good
until Attorney Cooper’s constitution'
al point has been decided by the Un
ited States supreme- court.
After serving Governor Terrell with
a copy of the citations Attorney Coop
er served a similar notlve on the at’
torney general, the state’s coungpl,
putting him on notice to appear b£f
fore the supreme court when the aase
is called.
jvttq^iey Cooler is sanguine
:t is my purfdHTfo flghfthe Raw-
lings cases until I have exhausted
every legal means.” said he, “and 1
feel very raftch epcortraged over the
outlook. I am sure- the boys
never hang, but I am not satisfied to
have them serve life sentences in
the penitentiary”
The constitutional point Taised by
Attorney Cooper Involves the Jury list
of Lowndes county. He claims that
all professional men—lawyers, doc
tors, ministers—are excluded from
the list .and this is in violation of a
provision of tne federal constitution.
He injected the question at the trial
in the lower court and before the state
supreme court and each time was
erruled. ,
Clerk O. C. Fuller, of the United
States court, Monday morning signed
the writ of error presented by Attor'
ney Cooper, and the papers will at
once be forwarded to Washington.
Christmt* Dfijner for Prisoners.
Ooi, Woodward and Mr. J. Y.
B!ltch| have: conceived the idea o.’
furnishing a good Christmas dinner
to tha prisoners In the county jail,
but they are Willing for any one else
to contribute to the feast. In fa^t.
want all. who feel so disposed to
aihand In furnishing an unusunl-
Jjr tiouiti ful Christmas dinner to th<
prisomW. The editor of The Times
hat already ' engaged a ’possum,
-which be proposes to have cooked in
thegood old way for J. G. Rawlings
and bis eons. But the “’possum din
ner** ca* be deferred a few days on
account of the Christmas dinner
which B'^wsrs Woodward and Blttch
wantJbbJfeot up.
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The iFire Alarm Yesterday.
The fltf yesterday afternoon at
home of 1
Policeman Hill did not
amount til
a great deal, as the firemen
wnra mza
»pt upon* the scene and ox-
tn, g „ni
It before much damage
was (SI
The fire was burning rap-
Idly, >■
v«r, and. in a few minutes
It woiH
lave been beyond control.
It cautfhll
in one-^of the kitchen clos-
ets. 1 .
1
it they
[want Depew to resign as
setmtor, jp
■tat In the world do they
expect ot
■Matt?
$65.00 TOP BUGOY FOR $48.00,
It is not often you have an offer from a responsible firm of
this kind, and one that will save you as much money. Our
“Red Star” bug-g-y is sold everywhere in the South at $65.00,
but to induce trade from points that have not be*n buying in
Savannah, we make this offer. Our terms on this bnegy is $10.00
with order, balance sight draft, bill of lading attached with privi
lege of examination by purchaser. Write us and we will send
complete specifications of this buggy. We are headquarters for
all kinds of harness and agents for Babcock fine line of vehicles,
and on account of better freight rate can sell their work cheaper
than any competitor in the interior. Write tb-day. ■. . in i
Savannah Buggy Company,
320 Broughton St., W. SAVANNAH. 05.-
Fireworks Under the Ban
The shooting of fireworks of
kinds will not be allowed In the fire
districts during the Christmas holi
days and any one caught firing Ro
man candles, fire crackers, torpedoes
or other fireworks will be subject to
a fine in the mayor’s court, and May
or Briggs says that he is going to
enforce the law.
Itching piles provoke profanity, but
profanity won’t cure 5 «iem. Doan’s
Ointment cures itching, bleeding or
protruding piles after years of suffer
ing. -*t any drug store.
Reckless Bicycle Riders.
There is an ordinance which re'
quires bicycle riders to have bells
on their wheels and their lanterns
lighted at night but not one out of
ten riders pay any attention to the or
dlnance. Those who obey the law
are entitled to protection against
those lawless ones who do not obey
it, and the police ought to be Instruct
ed to see that cases are made against
those who do not obey it, or the law
ought to be wiped off the city’s law
book.
$25,000 PAINTING STOLEN.
Missing from Madrid Gallery Warning
Comes to Custom Officers.
New York, Dec. 19—The theft of
a $25.0r»u painting by Greco, entitled
“Christ and the Cross" from an art
gallery in Madrid became known here
Monday.
Custom Inspectors at this port have
been asked to keep watch for ii
It is thought that an effort will
bring it to this country.
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Confidence Restored in Chicago.
Chicago, Rec. 19—Practically nor
mal conditions were restored in local
banking Institutions today and there
are not the slightest surface indica
tions of any disturbance caused yes
terday but the suspension of
Walsh banks.
A Big Procession of Cotton.
Mr. Jim Swindle came In this morn
Ing with several wagon loads of sea
island cotton. There were nineteen
bales in all and it averaged a very
good grade. He wanted 18 cents a
pound for it but was offered a frac
tion less than that.
Teachers Get Christmas Money.
The school teachers of the state
win get their pay for the month of
December in ample time to spend it
during the Christmas week. War
rants have been prepared by the state
school commissioner and the treas'
urer will have the checks ready to
send out by Wednesday. In all the
amount to be distributed foots up
$311,099.32. There are only five
counties that have failed to send in
their itemized statements, and these
may come in tomorrow or next day
Fulton county will receive more mon
ey from this fund than any county
in the state, the amount being $15,-
192.50. The eight new counties do
not participate in this drawing.
Raided a Still at Doerun.
Revenue Officer C. B. Williams of
Albany, raided an illicit still in the
very edge of Doerun yesterday morn-
ing. The still was located in the
smoke house of W. H. Dixon ,and
with it about forty gallons of whiskey
was discovered and confiscated. The
still was destroyed and the officer re-
turned to Albany on the next train <
without placing Dixon under arrest.
isoline Engines-Agricultural Implements
GUNS,
RIFLES,
HUNTING
COATS,
STOVES,
Cheaper Than
Ever.
Everything in Hardware.
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Hardware Gompi
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Surely it isn’t because you can't afford
to.
VLhink how different a in vi looks in
“good clothes.” You like his looks-be
cause he’s neat a id clean-cut and -ee ns
to amount to something. You’d give him a job
or an order twice as quick as if lie were shabby.
No! If you’re “out for business” tor pleasu e)
you can’t afford NOT to lie woll-dretovxl Come
and see our Schloss Clothes and w -’ll show ' ou
what a big difference the right knd of “Good
Clothes'’ make.
Men’s Suits.
patter
Tin* latest styles in neat, becoming
P.aiu colors and quiet mixtures. Single and double
br -ast *d, cat in medium or extreme lengths, nsyoui
taste prefers. Suits that will become k a bauker or j
cc’lege boy.
$8 to $25. s
• Men’s Overcoats.
A great variety^of handsome models includi g
B *x Coats, Rain Coats, Paddocks and all the new
styles. Hitiisoun, fashionable, overganmnts Jever
e*5i it? i It??) its maker— \ud its wearer
$8 to $25.
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