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— I» I | nI inm ,1 •V. THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SAT (JKDAY, MAY 12, 1906. rfrfySufta mpnsg 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. uBBBBBBKBBBnBSBBBBanBBBBiiBaBBBBBBBBBBB ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■." Mm ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ B* ■B ■■ ■■ ■» ■V ■n ■» ■a ■a ■it mw ■a ■ T na ■S' ■a *»■ ■■ ■■ i«S si 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 i an ■■ ■■ ■■ : “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 ■ ^ ■■ if* 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. ■■ ■■ "a ■■ ■■ ■■ »■ ■■Baaif ■■■■■■■■■■[]■■■■■■■■■■ aa bomb iiiBaiiiiiiBiBiQiiiiBfliaaiiiaiii lIBBIIBflfllBfllflBflflBlliaillBIBIIBII