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THE VALDOSTA
American Single Handed Stood
Off Nicaraguan Horde.
WAS SHOT EIGHTEEN TIMES.
But Killed Twenty-five of the Enemy
Before He Fell—Foe, Marveling at
Hie Bravery, Buried Him With All
Honors of War.
Tlie fighting pow»*r of nn American
shown in the desperate battle of Fred
Mills In the battle of Amlnegir in the
recent war between Honduras and Ni
caragua.
John P. Poe, who once kicked a Held
foal for Princeton, winning the most
tenaatlonal football game on record, re
cently returned to Nevada from Hon
duras, where he served as captain In
the Honduran uruiy. About hla own
service he has little to any, hut while
hi Ban Francisco on hla way to Nevada
he told the story of Mills, an American
adventurer, recently of Goldfield, New,
who, with his back to an adobe wall,
held the whole Nicaraguan army of In
vasion st bay and killed twenty-five of
President Zelaya'a men before he was
Anally borne down by overwhelming
numbers.
Tho atory comes from an officer In
the Nicaraguan forces, who came In on
the close of Mills’ great fight.
When there Was rumor of war In
Central America, Mills, who was at that
time In Goldfield, went to Han Francis
co and shipped on tho first boat. He
readily obtained a captaincy In the
Honduran army and In tho upset state
of affairs Just before the war broke out
helped get the army Into shape.
Then camo the rumor that the Nica
raguan troops were* preparing to cross
the Honduran frontier In the Interior.
Mllla was detailed with a company of
mative soldiers to go out Into the moun
tains where the Nicaraguans were ex-
tbe Nicaraguan soldiers replied with
tenfold effect. The wall now looks like
a sieve.
When the last rush came and the Ni
caraguans were scaling the wall from
every side, Mills, with his handful of
remaining mpn. fell back Into one cor
ner of the graveyard uenr the gate
way. Just as he was rallying his men
one of them smashed the lock to t!i
graveyard gate with the butt of. his
musket and swung If open. Mills' men
saw their chance and rushed out pell-
mell, leaving him alone to face the en
emy.
51111s might have followed them, but
bis fighting blood was tip. With one
last shot at his own men he turned to
’hole Nicaraguan armj.
which by that time was swarming
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SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1907.
HAD TO MAKE GOOD,
Recreant Swain Haliid to Altar
by His Strenuous Sweetheart.
HE SAID HE
SICK.
MADK HI8 LAST STAND,
from all shies. Finding only one i
they rushed at him with n will.
“ " : , they rushed at him with n will. 51
Kct«! to CTOM nod, avoiding the main t , |p „ volvfer f()r „ fe „. „ rlef
body of treopa, to pick up any sklr- mo j; tu hnnt thA hnrAtt nt Uav n
mlahlng parties he could flud and lenrn
the number of the Nicaraguans.
At AnftaeAlr/ a mountain town which
the Nicaraguans were advancing upon
and were forced to occupy as a key to
the poalUon, Mllla founfl himself the
•Oly man In the Honduran force* who
realised whnt waa al stake. He pre
pared to hold the place agulnat all
coaler*.
Tile town Ilea high up on the hills,
with uothlng but algxag mountain tralla
hading to it. They aro the highway*—
camlnoa realea—of Honduras, though In
any clvllited country they would ho
called goat patha.
Mllla realised that be could not be
forced front the town by artillery, as It
could only lie moved against him on
the hack of uralso. Ho took up hla po-
slUon In , an old gravevard. comshand-
II* 14.1 juft orunTrotf, with
thick Adobe wells Jutting 'out at a.
■harp augle over the hillside.
Had to Fight Hit Own Mon.
Tho value, of this place for him lay
aot In tho fact that theao walla formed
a first barrier against the enemy, but
alao that once he got hla handful of
Mills*
mo
ments kept the horde at bay. He made
furrows In tho Nicaraguan forces at
every shot with bis quick krlng auto
matic. For u moment the Nicaraguans
fell bock before the deadly aim of the
American, leaving the victims of his
marksmanship groveling among the
gravestones.
\ Shot In the Back.
In the heat of the next rush a ran
dom shot fired through the walls be
hind 51111s' buck penetrated bis body
and for the moment brought him to hla
knees. Nicaraguans who had not been
ablo to hit him In the flrat rush closed
In with tbehr machetes. 51111s fired his
Hast shot while still on hla kneea. Ills
right arm dropped as he was reversing
the pistol to use It as a club. A bullet
hid, ■battered hla, wrist,
Wlth*hla IftfUtfZiiU*
and leaned back against the wall.
Weak frpm loss of blood as he was, he
■nil managed to mn his sword through
thro© of the men closing In upon him.
Whl|e his sword waa still caught In
tho body of one man another Jumped
for his throat, hut 51111.4 held him off
with the elbow of his shattered arm.
At this moment a big Nicaraguan ne-
But Qirl Found Him In Brooklyn and
Hkr Arrival Miraculously Cured Him.
Back to Malden, Maaa^ Ho Went and
Wedding Bells Rsng Merrily.
Young Loch Invar stepped clown from
the pedestal of strenuonsj romance on
the 4th of June and gallantly escorted
to his centuries old place of honor 51 las
Ethel May Towns, who' figuratively
hire away lo her arms the shrinking
form of Clifford A. BampsAn of Brook
lyn. *
As a means of swift conveyance the
bride's choice of the Boston “filer" to
carry her swain to the altar of her
home town, 5falden, Mass., had young
Lochtnvar*s fiery steed beaten to a
slow trot. ’ l
It Is the bride's secret where towers
the castle In Brooklyn In which her
sweetheart languished. She Is a soci
ety girl of 51alden, and tho town had
long looked forward to the wedding on
June 4 oh n social event. Five hundred
Invitations were sent out for the cere
mony in the Maplewood Methodist
Episcopal church, where her father.
ex-Aldennnn Fred n. Towns, is assist
ant pastor. a!
.Miss Towns received a telegram front i
Brooklyn tfie morning of the 3d an
nouncing that her sweetheart was seri
ously HI and could not be moved for
some time. The message was signed
'Doctor.** Tho social heart of Malden
almost stopped heating when each re
cipient of nn Invitation to the wedding
notified that It had been postponed
Indefinitely.
Bride Her Own Champion. {
Speculation ns to the cause centered '
around 5flss Towns’ fiance. He had I
been Introduced to 5faklen as Clifford |
A. Sampson of Brooklyn. He had told
their friends that he was a physical In
structor In the Brooklyn Young .Men’s
Christian association. Miss Towns
met him In New York two years ago,
and later be was a frequent visitor at
her home. The engagement of the
young couple was announced In Feb
ruary. and the parents we& delighted
over their daughter's choice.
In spite of the somewhat mystifying
telegram from the Brooklyn physician
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pills.
CHERRY PECTORAL.
COTTON GINS
harefooted, hungry soldiery Into tho wh0 hml r || m b„| tho wall behind
graveyard he whs able to tnko up III* | Mills, leaped down upon him. They
stand nt the gateway, the only exit |>nth went down In n henp. Mills took
from the ptuee, to keep bin men from advantage of the deadly embrace In
running sway us l\io enemy approach- 1 which they were locked to nse the ne
wt. -till* was only accomplished after t«vtj- „ shield. Such wn« the
be hup shot dowu one of hi* own men f ur y ( ,f |,l* foe* that they hacked the
who tried to, brush past him and had body of their own comrade to pieces In
locked tlie Iron gate, throwing the key their efforts to get nt tin.hated gringo,
ever tho wall. Seeing themselves trap- |t|*| n g with the body of tho negro
Ped. Ills men, after one futile rush, hold In front of him, Mills tottered
which stretched two of them nt hla blindly lo the nearest gravestone and
teet, recognised their master and man- there made his,Inst stand. With his
sed their itosltlons. Mills msde them bloody sword drawing a dead line
knock holes through tho wall on the „hout him, he tasted a full minute
side commanding the trail, through longer. He stood his full height, head
aud shoulders above his enemies. With
his long reach he was able to keep
them at dlstauce, hut ho was a mark
In the crowd to the fellows on the wall.,
Down at Last.
Chips from the gravestone flew about
him, when suddenly a bullet struck
him square between the eyes, aud ho
pitched forward his full length. Even
as he fell Ills enemies Jumped hack.
About the dead body of Fred 51111s lay
the bodies of twenty-five soldiers whom
ho had slain In the uneven conflict.
The Nicaraguan otihvr who tells tin*
story says that tho American's body
had eighteen bullet wounds, and It was
a marvel to the whole army how he
had lasted s<
The Nicaraguans were so profoundly
Impressed that, though they did not
know the stranger's rank, they gave
him the honorable burial that they
would give to a generalissimo of their
own forces.
When the Inst three volleys were
fired over his grave they placed over
him the gravestone by which he bad
fought and fallen ai^l rudely scrawled
on It with a sword an American flag.
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TUT BOBBED AT BIN WITH A WILL.
which, had they been Americans, they
SHOCKED BY A CLOTHESLINE
Wire Carries Lightning Into Kitchen
and Knocks Out Nine.
_ Nine persons who were In tho kltch-
could have kept off the enemy almost J an at tho home of Lewis Crawford at
forever. Vhst he had not reckoned I DelphL Kos. county. O.. were shocked
with, though, was their propensity to by lightning during a recent storm,
bias, away all their ammunition re-, SdTdnU children were tendered uncon-
gantleaa of whether they were bitting nctoos. and one of them, Gold!*
anything or not. Karshner. aged twelve, who had a wire
Aa soon ns their Are slackened the comb In her hand at the time, waa »e-
mcaraguan general, with tho help of a rtonily hnrt. Her limb* have swollen
machine gun placed behind hla man. *» twlca their natural site. Mrs. Karsh-
forced them up the steep hill. They ner wmi tfo* badly burned,
outnumbered their foes ten to one. The bolt hit a maple tree, passed
■warming along the trail, although tho *•*■■ * w*** clothesline to tbe house
first ranks went dowu from tbs firs of ^ ort * “°' e ln
the men behind the walk they managed A shotgun hanging on tbe wall waa
to worm their way up to tbe grave- broken In two, and the barrel waa hurl-
yard. The shooting boles having be- acmes the room and stuck In the
come ueeleea. Mill*- men. trapped is ®«her wall. The bolt then followed
foey were, spent tbelr last ammunition «he wire around totbe kitchen and
trine blankly through tho wall, white tore out a screen window and door.
"this namjs mat i»b fictitious. **
5I1sh Towns' love aud faith were un
shaken. Although only twenty, she
proved herself intrepid. 8he resented
any suggestion that nil was not well
She nuuounced her departure for
Brooklyn, accompanied hy her cousin,
5Irs. Allan Corless. They arrived In
Brooklyn late ou Monday uight aud
Tuesday set fortli on their search for
the stricken bridegroom to be. The
general secretary of the Y. M. C. A
branches said:
"The name may l»e fictitious. We
have no records among our employees
or mem here of such a man.**
Each of the several branches was
called up by telephone In order to-con
firm the general secretary’s report.
None apparently knew Cliffonl A.
Sampson. Messenger boys were sent
to every address of a Sampson In the
borough of Brooklyn until the right
one was found.
Got “Now Lease of Life."
The only clew to tlie manner lu which
Sampson greeted the appearance of his
loyal sweetheart Is furnished In the
following eloquent dispatch sent from
Malden:
“Otyulnlng a new lease of life by
fe&stm of bis Intended’s persuasive elo-
quen e and fuJIy recognizing the try
ing position In which she had already
been placed and what she would have
undergone had tlie wedding been post
poned. as It was fully Intended to be,
the groom to be decided that he would
gather his latent physical forces to
gether ami make an effort to return to
5Iahlen and the home of his Hride to
be."
Before the happy couple, after the
reunion In Brooklyn, took the ’flier”
for Boston Miss Towns dispatched *
telegram telling of her success. Tue
BOO Invitations were sent out again
on the double quick. Sampson atjd
5Ilss Towns arrived In Boston at 1:30
p. m. aud took a car for 5Iap!ewood. <
The wedding waa celebrated, tne
bride's father tying the knot, at tSe
time originally planned. A reception
was held later In the parlors of
church and was attended by aev<
hundred guests.
sick women endure,|
In the back, hips, le{
etc., the headaches, wa
and side pains, Mil _
feelings, nervousness, ir-J
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Dr. J. W. Ward,
Physician & Surgeon,
Statenville, Georgia.
All Calls Answered Promptly
Day or Night
PETITION FOR CHARTER
8TATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF
LOWNDES.
To the Superior Court of 8aid County
The petition of Geo. Lang, B.
Burton, A. G. Little, J. C. Wilson, W.
E. Rouse, S. T. Harris. J M. Smith,
and E. P. Rose, <?f Valdosta, Georgia,
gnd J. P. Prescott, of Lake Park,
Georgia, J. F. Hall of Howell, Geor
gia, and Dr. Allen of Fargo, Georgia,
respectfully shows:
1. That they desire for themael
ves, their associates and assigns, or
successors, to become a body politic
and incorporated under the name and
style of THE UNION HOSPITAL,
and by that name to sue and be sued,
transact all business as provided by
this petition, have and use a common
seal, make contracts, borrow money
and create such evidence of debt to
secure same as the corporation may
desire, either by mortgage, mortgage
deed, or deed of trust, or any other
security 4pon Its property or fran
chises or any part thereof; to buy.
lease, rent, own or cell such property
as may be necessary in maintaining
and conducting the business
which It Is incorporated, and to have
and exercise all such other powers
as are specified' by the laws of the
State of Georgia, and as may
necessary to carry out the objf^t and
purposes of this incorporation.
That the term for which petit
ioners ask to be incorporated
twenty years, with the privilege of
renewal at the expiation of this
time.
3. That the capital stock of the
corporation Is to be five thousand
dollars, divided into ahare? of the
par value of one hundred dollars
each. Petitioners ask the right, how
ever, of Increasing said capital stock
from time to time not to exceed In
the aggregate the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars.
4. That ten per cent of said ca£
ltal stock Is now actually paid In.
5. That tihe object of said cor
poration, besides being Incidentally
for the pecuniary gain and profit of
its stockholders, is to provide for
proper and suitable accommodations
for the treatment and care of patients
to maintain and operate a sanl-
torlum or sanltorla for the care and
treatment, medical and .surgical or
elthfer, of sick and disabled persons;
to. conduct and maintain a training
school for the purpose of teaching
and qualifying persons as medical
and surgical nurses, or either, and to
give them a certlflcat€*t>r diploma to
this effect upon their graduation In
8iich training.
hat the principal office and
place of business of said corporation
Is to be in the City of Valdosta,
Lowndes, county, Georgia, but peti
tioners ask tha. privilege of establish-
branch offices and places of
Iff 'Other crcfea
cretion of the stockholders of this
corporation. .
7. petitioners ask that they may
have the right to make all proper
by-laws and rules for the govern
ment of said body politic, to alter or
amend same at pleasure, also that
they may have the right to elect of
ficers, agents, directors, as they may
see fit,/for the government of said
corporation. >
Wherefore petitioners pray to be
made a body corporate under the
name*and style aforesaid, entitled to
the rights, privileges and Immuni
ties herein asked for, and with such
other and further powers, privileges
and immunities, and subject to .lia
bilities as granted and provided by
the laws of the State of Georgia.
Patterson A McCrackln,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
GEORGIA—Lowndes County:
I, R. T. Myddelton, .clerk of the
Superior Court of Lowndes county,
Georgia, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Is a true and
correct copy of application for char
ter of the Union Hospital, as the
same appears of file In this office.
Wltnes* my hand and seal of of
fice this, the 30th day of May, 1907.
R. T. MYDDELTON, Clerk.
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Administrator’s Sate.
Under and by virtue of an order
from tbe court of Ordinary, granted
at the April term, 1907, will be sold
at tbe court house door In said county
on the first Tuesday In July, 1907, be
tween tbe legal hours of sale, to tbe
highest bidder for cash, the follow-
ing, described property, belonging to
the estate of Archie Wamble, to-wit:-
SO acres St land, more or less, de
scribed as follows: Part of lot of
land No. 406, In the 11th district of
laiwndes county, Georgia, bounded aa
follows: On the north by Mrs. Lil
lie Roberson, west by R. T. Gupton,
south by R. T. Gupton, east by R.
T. Gupton. Also about thirty acres In
Moor.e county, N. C. Said lend be
ing told for the purpose of paying
the debts of the deceased.
R. T. GUPTON, Administrator.
GEORGIA—Echols County:
To all whom it may concern: L.
O. Sellers baring In proper form ap
plied to mo for permanent letters of
administration on the estate of J.
R. Sellers, late of said county, this Is
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of J. R. Sellers to
be and appear at my office within the
time allowed by law and dhow cause.
If any they can, why permanent ad-
ministration should not be granted
to L. O. Sellers on the J. R. Sellers
estate.
Witness my band and official a!g>
oature, this 3d day of June, 1907.
J. E. PARRISH, Ordinary.
Leave to Sell. *
J. P. Prescott, administrator of the
estate of Eugena Johnson, deceased,
havmg In proper form applied to the
undesigned tor leave to sell all the
real estate belonging to the said Eu
gena Johnson’s e.:tate. This Is to
cite all concerned to show cause at
the next term of the Court of Ordi
nary in and for* said county, why
said administrator should not have
leave to sen said property, after ad-
vertlslng the same as the law directs
This June 4th, 1907.
A. V. SIMMS.
Ordinary Lowndes County, Ga.
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GEORG IA-ALABAM A BUSINESS COLLKQE,Macon, G»
Sr
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Notice *f Dissolution.
The co-partnership of the Central
Land and Timber Exchange, of Val
dosta, Ga.. composed of J. H. Wade
and H. E. Miller, Is this day dis
solved by mutual consent: H.
Miller retiring from said co-partner
ship. Tne business Is continued In
the name of Central Land and Tim
ber Exchange by J. H. Wade who
assumes nil the liabilities of the old
firm.
This June 7th, 1907.
J. H. WADE,
H. E. MILLER.
*-ll-w4t. *
PHCENIX LODGE NO. 4.
I. O. O. F
Meets every Friday evening at eight
o'olook, Ashley Bonding, oomer
Patterson St. and Hill Are.
Or. Clarence Whittington.
DENTIST
Office in tbe new McKey
Building.
Notice.
All persons havtag demands
against the estate of E. H. Tomllm-
son. late of Lowndes county, dece
ased, are hereby notified to render
In their demands to the undersigned
according to law, &nd ( all peraons In
debted to said estate are required to
make Immediate payment. May 31,
1907.
L. H. Tomlinson.
Margaret Tomlinson.
Executors, estate, E. H. Tomlin
son. deceased. "
6-1-et
WILLIAM R. SMITH,
— Attorney For —
The Merchant’s Co-Operative
Collection Association,
Kuhrin., OeorrU.
Collections made anywhere in South
Georgia. ,
GEORGIA—Echols County.
D. J. Godwin, administrator upon
the estate of Catherine Baldree, late
of said county deceased, having filed
hla petition tor discharge, thla la to
cite all persons concerned to show
cause against the granting of thla
discharge, at the regular term of the
court of Ordinary for aald county to
te held en the first Monday In July
1907. Tala 3rd day of June 1907.
J. E. PARRISH. Ordinary.
G.S.&F. Ry.
Schedules ■ ffeotivo April 7, 11)07, 1
subject to uliouge without notice.
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Departures From Valdosta. N
111 CC A M No. 2 for Macon,
IU.00 A III Atlanta and all
points north. Parlor car to Ma
con. ^
H OP DM No. 4 for Macon,
.00 I III Atlanta aud points
north. Sleeper /or Macon a.d
Atlanta. '
4.20 p m a&ra
I r traiu for Mucon.
5.10 P M
No. 7 for Jackson
ville, carrying
parlor car.
c o/a a M No ’ 3 for
0.04 A III sonville, carrying
local sleeper.
5.12 P M
No. 1 for Palatka
and interpiedlate
point*.
[Of 1 U No. 9 for Palatka
3.0° H ill and intermediate
points—Pullman sleeper to Pa-
fatka.
Arrivals at Valdosta.
OTraina arrive fropi points north
aa follows:
No. 1, 6:00 p. m ; No. 3 5:33 a.
m.; No. 6. 10:25 p. m.; No. 11,
13:65 p.m.
- Trains arrive from points south
as follows: Jacksonville No. 8,
10:40 a. m.; No. 4, 11:30 p. m.;
from Palatka—No. 2, 10.86 a. m ;
No. 10, 11:05 p.m.
The’G. S. & F. Ry. offers the
most attract.ve route to all points
north and west via Macon and
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either via Jacksonville or Palatka
For further Information call on
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Chas. B. Rhodes,-
Gen. Pass. Agt.
Macon, Ga.