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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SAT (JKDAY, MAY 12, 1906.
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THE HAIL STORM
LAST WEEK
The Reports From Albany Show
Was.
Over an Area One Mile Wide and
Ten Milee Long, the Hall Fell Un
lit Piled up 8everal Feet Deep in
Place*—A Man and hie Laborers
Beaten Down by it.
(Prom Tuesday’* Dally.)
Later reports from the bail and
wind storm which passed through j
portions of Dougherty, Worth and
Colquitt counties, last Friday, Indi
cate that it was more serious than
was at first expected. A press dis
patch from Albany gives the follow-
<ng particulars of tne storm near
there:
The hail was terrific, lasting near
ly ten minutes and covering a strip
of country a mile In width and more
than ten miles in length. The hall
stones were of phenomenal size, and
In many places formed drifts which
were several feet in depth.
The largo plantations of
Newsoru & Son and A. J. Fleetwood
I miles north of Albany, seem to
have been In the center of the
storm’s track. On the Newsom place
125 acres of cantaloupes was com
pletely destroyed. Not a vestige of
the vines remained. Two days before
the storm an offer of $10,000 rash
for tills crop had been refused by
owners. On the same place, cotton,
,corn, oats and a fine crop of Elberta
peaches were completely ruined, thb
peach trees being badly mutilated.
On the Fleetwood place, one
the finest plantations in that section,
lb© destruction of growing crops
was complete, and everything will
have to be replanted. Cotton was up
and had been chopped and plowed.
In the Kedbone district of Lee
county, in the Beloit neighborhood
as great havoc was wrought. There
remains in the fields hardly a ves
tige of the crops that were In a
flourishing condition yesterday morn
Inf. That part of the county Is
famous for Its oats, and these were
beaten to shreds.
Reports From Worth County.
Reports have been received from
the Mercer’s mill corner of Worth
county, with which telephone com
munication was broken. There the
hall seems to have been ns destruc
tive as It was In any quarter. The
plantation of Colonel D. L. Wooten,
tSRfi 9? the largest In this part of the
state, was swept froifi end to end.
and practically all the crops will j
hpve to be replanted. * j
The money loss to farmers In this
Immediate vicinity Is estimated at
$100,000, and It will probably exceed
rather than prove to be less than
these figures Indicate,
Today farmers and melon growers
are making strenuous efforts to se
cure melon and cotton seed for re-
j^.r.Lns. It la a forlorn hope that
cantaloupes planted now will amount
to anything, but thousands of dol
lars worth of fertilizers nre In the
ground and cannot be wasted.
On the Newsom place. U. L. New
som and fifteen laborers were caught
in an open cornfield by the hnll
storm. They were repeatedly beaten
down, and today their faces and
bodies show* plainly the marks of
the hall stones.
lu the neighborhood of Beloit the
wind attained such velocity that sev
eral large tracts of timber were
ruined, and some buildings were un
roofed.
Tf:c rainfall in Albany was nearly
three Inches.
JAME8TOWN EXPOSITION NOTES
The Jamestown Exposition site is
near Norfolk, Va., on Hampton
: Roads.
| The grounds of the Jamestown Ex-
!position cover 350 acres; the Expo-
; sition’s water space extends several
miles along Hampton Roads.
I The great parade grounds, where
soldiers of all nations Will drill dur
ing the Exposition, covers 30 acres.
The administration palace will be
236 feet In length and 160 feet wide,
with wings 62 feet deep.
Two of the exhibit buildings, now
under way, will be 280 feet wide and
550 feet long. They will be two of
the largest buildings on the grounds.
The Art and History Palace, which
will be connected with the adminis
tration palace by a fire proof arcade
will be 124 by 129 feet.
The Arts and Crafts Village will be
one of the most unique and instruc
tive features of the exposition.
The Pocahontas hospital is the
first building at the exposition to be
finished. It Is a pretty frame build
ing, 50 by 85 feet.
The Model School at the Arts and
Crafts Village'is finished and the
school garden has been Dlanted in
many varieties of vegetables.
The Textile Building is the third
building to be finished. It is a part
of the Arts and Crafts Village and is
88 by 53 feet.
The Pottery building, now under
construction in the Arts and Crafts
Village as 48 by 50 feet.
The mothers, and Childrens build
ing occupies a place of prominence
in the Arts and Crafts Village. It is
60 by 100 feet
The largect building in the Arts
and Crafts Village Is the Copper, Sll*
and Woodwarking shops, 137 by
44 feet.
The Iron shops of the Arts and
Crafts Village cover a space of 48
by 50 feet
On April 26, one year before the
xposltlon opens, there were more
than 1,000,000 plants, flowers and
trees on the ground. Many more will
be added during the 'year.
The eight-foot wire fence surround
ing the exposition grounds on two
sides is two and a half miles long.
The exposition has more than two
miles of water frontage on Hampton
Road3.
One of the oldest trees in the coun
try is the famous live oak on the ex
position grounds, named Powhattan,
in honor of the great Indian chief. It
is supposed to be nearly 1,000 years
old.
The Jamestown Exposition opens
April 26th, 1907, and closes Novem
ber 30, 1907.
The opening of the Jamestown Ex
position will be 300 years from the
first English settlement in America
April 26, 1607.
The great double piers extending
from the exposition grounds out into
the waters of Hampton Roads are
:,400 feet in legth and each is 200
feet In width. They are connected
by a cross pier 1,200 feet long. Be
tween the piers Is a body of water
800 feet across and 1,200 feet long.
Pilesl Piles! Piles!
Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Oint*
ment Is prepared to cure piles, and
DOEl IT in short order. Easy to
apply; every box guaranteed; 60c
and $1. All druggists or by mail.
WILLIAMS M’F’G. CO.,
Cleveland. O.
VETERANS ARE PASSING AWAY.’
On the subject of the rapid pass
ing away of the veterans of the
between the states, the Jacksonville
Times-Union has written an article
of interest, giving some figures that
will prove to be inreresting:
The Times-Union says:
The annual reunion of the old sol
diers, whether northern or southern,
are characterized by undiminishing
enthusiasm, and enormous crowds at
tend though the number of those
who participated in the great war
is constantly diminishing. These
reunions are valuable to'The whole
country in calling to mind things
worth remembering. The things
worth forgetting have already been
forgotten.
The veteran element is now a very
small one in the population of this
country. The south sent Into the
war 600,000 men. Of these not more
than 450,000 survived it. The north
put 2,750,000 soldiers into the field
from first to last. Of these probably
2,500,000 were alive at the close of
the war.
Accepting these figures as correct
and estimating the average of the
survivors at 25 years, making no al
lowance for shattered health, life in
surance figures would indicate the
following as the number alive now
and at the end of each ten year per
iod hereafter.
Southern
228,015
112,005 .
20,700
Year Pr. Ct.
1906 50.67
1916 24.89
1926 4.60
1936 50
The old soldiers
Northern
1,255,750
622,250
115,000
225 1,250
constitute only
about fire per cent of the voting pop
ulation of the south and about thir
teen per cent of the voting popula
tion of the north. Ten yeans' hence
this will be reduced to two and five
per cent, respectively, and twenty
years hence It will be less than one-
third of one per cent In -the south and
less than one per cent at the north.
The old soldiers are going gradual
ly but what they did will- not go. It
will always remain a cause for hon
est pride and an inspiration for man
liness.
The opinion of the senate need not
worry . Mr. LaFollette, so long as he
has the approval of the people.
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A Folding Car Stanchion.
Mr. James S. O’Neal, of this city,
recently Invented. nn«l 1ms had
patented a folding car Htanchloni
for use on lumber cars. The stan
chion Is a very Ingenious, but sim
ple’ device, and It bids fair to be
come of great service with the rail
roads. It consists essentially of a
pivoted stanchion or stake which is
adapted io be lowered from an up
right to n longitudinal position with
respect to the side of the card body,
nr be raised and put In service, and
held In a positive itositlon by means'
of a key. which prevents the stnn-1
chlon from moving accidentally out j
of position.
Mr. O’Neal has received full
ters of patent from the patent office J
at Washington, and he also has en
gravings of the different parts show
ing Just how It works. He expects' BB
to have a demand for the stanchion ! Bfl
from the railroads which haul lum-j m
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“Suffered day and night the tor- *
ant of Itching plies. Nothing help-
1 me until I used Doan’s Ointment ;
•ured me permanently."—Hon.
R. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala.
A Present
FREE
With a $i,0o
Purchase.
FREE! A PRESENT FREE!
FREE
With Every
ONE DOLLAR
Purchase.
WITH EVERY ONE DOLLAR PURCHASE
at the empire store,
DsTroaaa. 3iTo-w "CTaa-til 3"-u.za.e ITjs
$3,000.00 MUST COME
and as an inducement to assist us in raising this ■■
amount we have decided to GIVE ABSO- ""
LUTELY FREE a valuable present to every customer who buys a dollar’s worth of goods at ■■
our store. The larger the purchase the more valuable the premium you receive.
Call, make your PURCHASE, ask for your PRESENT and you will go home SATISFIED. 2
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Summer Goods.
12 cents Figured Lawns ^only 10c.
15 cents Figured Lawns only 12,t£c
Nice white India Linen 10c, 12**c, He, 18c, 25c.
Nice white Wnistings 10c to 15c.
35c white Figured Piques 20c. to 25c
35c. white Dotted Swiss 25c.
35c. white Poplain 25fc
Fancy white stripe Waisting 33c.
50c. white Soiesette 30c.
White Dress Linen 10c. and 25c.
Dry Goods! Dry
Goods!!
6V.C. Calico, all colors,
?c.
7ioC. Domino Apron Ginghams
fie.
12k,c. A. F. C. Dress Ginghams
10c*
Yard wide Percales
10c.
Riverside Plaids
7c
Good Mattress Ticking
10c.
Good Feather Ticking
16c.
65c. Cream Brillianteen
48c.
65c. Black Brillianteen
48c.
1.00 Black Brillianteen
98c.
1.00 Blue Brillianteen
98c.
65c. Blue Brillianteen
48c.
36 in. China Silk
75c.
Miscellaneous.
16x20 in. 2.50 Framed Pictures
98c.
16x20 in. 3.0C Framed Pictures
1.25
Nice Assortment Window Shades 25c, 39c, 49,
3 00 Eight-Dav Clocks
1.98
4.00 Eight-Day Alarm Clock
2 48
Ladies’ Under Vests 10c, 15c, and 25c.
Men’s Under Wear
25c, and 43c.
$1.00 Lap Robes
75c
We have bought 84 Ladles', Misses
and Children's Ready to Wear Hats.
SEE THEM RIGHT NOW.
List of Presents FREE.
very Customer who buys one dollar’s
worth of goods gets one of the following pres
ents FREE: Handkerchiefs; 10c. Bottle
Machine Oil; 10c. Gravy Bowl; 10c. Cream
Pitcher; 1-2 gallan Coffee Pot; 1-2 gallon Tin
Cup; or 10c. pair Towels.
Notions.
A $3.00 Purchase
Entities our customers to one of the fol
lowing presents FREE: 25c. Sugar Dish;
8-qt galvanized Water Pall; 1 set of Glass
Tumblers; 25c Dish Pan: 25c Milk Bowl; 1
pair 25c Towels; 25c Butter Dish.
A $5.00 Purchase
entitles every customer to one.'of the following,
FREE: A 65c Lamp; a set of Goblets; a
pair of 65c Towels; 10 yards of Calico; a set
of Plates; a set of Knives and Forks; a nice
Umbrella.
A $10.00 Purchase
gets one of the following FREE: A Bowl and
Pitcher; a $2.50 16x20 Framed Picture: an
Alarm Clock; a $4.00 Bible; a pair of $1.50
Window Curtains; a 3 or 4 gallon Churn; a
nice Summer Corset.
Ink, per bottler, *
18x36 Towels, per pair
25c Galvanized Water Pails
35c Galvanized Foot Tubs
35c Sugar Dishes
Nice Box Stationery*
12 Pen Points for
10c Buckets and Pans
10c Lamp Chimneys
100 Fish Hooks
Buggy Whips
‘ 103c,
10c.
18c.
25c.
15c.
5c, 10c and 15c*
05c’
08c*
05c.
05c.
05c.
Shoes
Shoes!
Everybody knows our shoes. 1
The Dixie Girl Shoes are guaranteed.
The Roxie Ward Shoes are guaranteed.
The Americans Shoes are guaranteed.
The High Point Shoes are guaranteed.
And if you buy either of the above Shoes
you will be a regular customer. We have any
thing you want in Shoes and Oxfords at satis
factory prices.
Clothing! Clothing!
We have a nice selection of Boys’ Suits-
Come early.
Boys’ Suits, $1.50 values $1.25.
Boys’ Suits, 2 00 " 1.49.
Boys’ Suits, 3 00 “ 2 50.
Boys’ Pants from 25c, 39c to 48c.
$1.25 Men’s Summer Pants $1.00
1.75 " ” “ 1.50
2.50 “ “ “ 1.75
3.00 “ “ “ 2 25
To see this line means a sale for us.
Remember you have this opportunity of getting your money’s worth, and all of these pres
ents are FREE, FROM NOW UNTIL JUNE FIRST.
THE EMPIRE STORE,
111 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia.
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