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fIXED CASES FOR
CITY COURT
A list ol the Civil Cases on tlie
Docket ol June Term.
A Large Number of Thom Set for
Next Week at a Meeting of the
Judge and the Lawyer#—The Crim
inal Docket Will Follow the Hear
ing of Civil Cases.
A. J. Hamilton vs. Mrs. M. R. Cour-
>n and J. T. Courson.
J. P. Judge vs. Valdosta Street Ry.
Co. . *
Ga. Supply Co. vs. Valdosta Sash
and Doro Co.
Thatcher Medicine Oo. vs E. G.
Prescott
Ed. L. Thomas vs. A. C. L. Ry. Co.
Arthur Harris vs. A. C. L. Ry. Co.
E. J. and W. S. McRee vs. A. C. L.
Ry. Co.
E. J. and N W. S. McRee v
Ry. Co.
Thursday.
, Simms, Ordinary,
Herndon, Ad’mr. and Fidelity and
Guaranty Co.
G. J. Nelson vs. W. M. Duncan.
L. C. Solomon vs. J. A. Dasher.
The following arrangement of cases
for the June adjourned term of the
city court next week was prepared
several days ago, but The Times Has
bad so much trouble with its machine
this week that it could not be reached
until today.
The hearing of the criminal busi
ness will follow the cl vll docket the
cases of the civil docket being arrang
ed as follows:
. Monday.
John Silvery & Co. vs. R. M. Wil
liams, Olliver, Williams & Grimes,
Garnishee.
Waxlebaum & Co. vs. John A. Hod-
cos. .
v Valdosta Foundry & Machine Co.
ive Hahlra Variety Works.
Merchants Bank vs. A. B. Harrell.
Valdosta Guano Co. vs. Kentucky
Refining Co.
Mrs.‘Mattie Hart vs. S. M. Stanley.
Kelly & Co. vs.Guthrie & Co.
" Thomas B. Puckett vs. A. L. At
wood.. J. F. Bailey Co., Garnishee.
Robt. Black vs. Curtis Humphreys.
Atlanta Wooden ware Co. vs. Thom
as Furniture Co.
C. S. Morgan vs. Robt. Black.
Prevatt.
C. R. Ashley vs. J. P. Whitehurst
Hillman, Southerland Co. vs. J. P. »e a very pleasant occasion
Fender. „
W. S. Fender ys. J. F. Fender.
D. W. Brantley vs. M. C. Clarke.
Byrd. Co.
nuel Serwer ys. Dorris ft Thlg- » the
A
A. C. L
Wm.
2nd. Week—3rd. Monday In July-
J. H. Boring & Co. ys. G. S. & F.
Ry. Co.
Roberts ft Jones ys. G. S. ft F.
Ry. Co.
J. H. Winkle ft Sons ys. G. S. ft
F. Ry. Co.
R. E. Barfield ys. O. S. ft F. R. R.
Co.
Lownde3 Lumber Oo. ys. G. S. &
F. R. R. Co.
J. B. Jones vs. G. 8. ft F. R. R
Co. . r- ■
Roberts & Jones vs. G. 8. F. R
R. Co. :
Peerless Lumber Co. vs. G. S. &
F. R. R. Co. v :
O. H. Hightower Ys. G. 8. & F. R
R. Co.
9. B. Barfield vs. G. S. ft. F. R R.
Co.
Walter Fox vs. 0. S. ft. F. R R.
Co.
Moriah Laster ys. G. S. & F. R. R.
Co.
The Orphan’* Home Excursion.
Rev. W. W. Webb announces that
he has made arrangements for the
regular annual excursion to Macon
for the benefit of the Orphans’ Home,
though the exact date has not been
V-. o. Morgan vh. nuin. diheii. ..
Thomas Crawford ft Co. vs. P. L. a 8 reed u P on ' 11 wlU be elthfcr 019
12th or 19th of August.
The Orphans’ Home excursion is an
Ki. n. ABOiey vs. J. r. nuiwuureu -
Jefendant, First National Bank Garn- enterprise which Mr. Webb inaugu
rated himself and it has proved to
/excursionists are composed of a
good class of people who go to Macon
to visit the orphanage, a part of the
xi. w* tiranuey vs. x». v. — — ■ ..... . .
E. O Prescott ys. Mary Johnson. proceeds of-the .ale of tickets going
Dalton Grocery Co. v*. Stubbs- “ the home
# Tohn T. Robertses. J. N. Blanton
tl ft**'**' Btanton, Garnishee.
:on Grocery Co. vs. C. D. Pax
A great many people look forward
lion every year and they
to know that the
,, coition ts to 'on fun t»
year.
J. L. Staten vs. Queen Fields.
A. B. Smith ys. Neal Baker.
, , Tuesday.
Valdosta Sash & Door Co. vs .A. C.
L. R. R Co.
Valdosta Foundry & Machine Co.
ys. A. C. L. R. R. Co
A. J. Little, Trustee, vs. Liverpool,
London and Globe Insurance Co.
A. J. Little, Trustee, vs. German-
American Insurance Co
Briggs Hardware Co. vs. A. C. L,
R R. Co.
J. W. Beecher et al. vs. W. S
atal. _ r
Ulmer fJETmcr
H. ^fnderson
We have three second-hand bug
gies that have been re-painted and
worked over which we will sell cheap
on Installments to the right parties.
Ten dollars down, $5 per month or
$1.25 per week. Ingram-Hewlett
Harness Co.^ 7-9-d3t-wlt
scale Co.
Valdosta vs* C.
nlen vs. C. W. Webb & Co.
National Bank vs. George
Jenkins & Co. vs. W. A.
A. L. Burnett vs. A. C. I,. Ry. Co.
J.'L. Sweat vs. W. F. Munroe.
Harley Hardware Co. vs. J. A.
tubbs etal
Franklin-Turner Co. vs. J. B. ?
[olmes. ,
Dalton Grocery Co. vs. T. E. Good-
Bramhall, Dean Co. vs. J. B. s.
olmes.
Marlon Curry vs. A. C. L. R. R- Co
Atlantic Hotel Supply Co. vs. W .
. Bamberg.
j. K. White vs. F. W. Waldon &
runswlck C. A C. Co.
Varn-Mathls Grain Co. vs. J.
alpepper.
Quaker City Rubber Co
iker Lumber Co
. F. Munroe.
Dr. L. L. Robinson vs. W. T. Sta
ll, Admr.
Wednesday. -
Ed. L. Thomas vs. A. C. L.yt- R
S. McRee vs. A. C. L. R. I& Co
rnlshee.
L J. Penny vs. C. A. Spradley
lohn R. Young Co. vs. H. M.
V. H. Briggs Hardware Co. vs
istern Cartridge Co.
J. T. Dasher vs. Fannie Teott
Mrs E. McCranle Dead.
iMrs. Edxabefa McCranle, wife of
Mr. E. McCranle, died at their home
st Moultrie last night at 8
:k. Death came after an Illness
several months and was not un
expected by the family. The funeral
will occur tomorrow morning at
Pleasant Grove church, two miles
east of Moultrie.
Mrs. McCranle was Beventy-six
years old. She was a woman who had
acted well her part in life’s drama
and left a wonderful impression up-rn
a large circle of friends and relative*.
She Is survived by six children, all
o( them .prominent, and all but one
living In this county. The daughters
Messdatr.es J. F. Cooper, W. T.
T. Cooper and Sapp, of Moultrie, Met-
dames W. H. Hutchinson and J. M.
Livingston of Colquitt county, and
Mr. Billie McCranle of Havana, Fla.
—Moultrie Observer.
COMMITTEDAND
The “15,000 Club’s'
Have Their Work
All of the Committees of t the Orga
nization are Expected toi,’6*t Busy
for Valdosta and Lowndea County
—Tho Committees ara Largely to
Agitate Various Subjects. 7 \
(From Thursday’s Daily.)
A meeting of the .executive com
mittee of the "16,000 Club,* compos-’
ed of the chairmen of the rariotto
committees, met yesterday at the
city hall and outlined the work of the
various committees.
Of course, the names of the vari
ous committees give an Idea of what
la expecting of the committee, though
It was deemed wise to have an un
derstanding as to what was expect
ed of each one of the committees.
The main thing, of course, Is to agi
tate, boost, talk and try to improve
conditions along the various lines.
The various committees and their
duties are as follows:
Committee on Good Roads—M. A.
Briggs. Chairman; J. B. 8. Holmes,
J. M. Ashloy, J. B. Martin, A. Con-
aerse. T. S. McKey, T. B. Converse—
To organize sub-committees in dif
ferent parts of the county ahd do
everything proper and possible to
bring about a better system of pub
lic roads.
Committee on Immigration—J. M.
Wilkinson, Chairman; M. J. Chaun-
cey, O. H. McDonald, J. J. Harris,
Jno. T. Roberts—To get In touch
with thrifty people In other sections
who wish to move to this section; to
compile information about lands for
sale or lease In and around Valdosta,
and to encourage people with energy,
brains and money to come here to
use one and invest the other.
Committee on Municipal Improve
ments—Jno. T. Roberto, Chairman;
C. F. Clarke, J. N. Griffin, A. J. Strick
land, R. A. Peoples, M. AXjtffei. W.
BL OuAVeJr
ney^-To look after the improve
ment of the city, Improving its
streets and public utilities to keep
up with the growth oif the city, and
to work up a sentiment among the
people along these lines.
Committee on Education—W. L.
Converse, Chairman; W. 8.- West, R.
B. Daniel, A. Converse, Geo. W. Varn,
S. Denmark, W. L. Converse, C.
H. Ilivonkotto, Alex Dasher, J. F.
fUplAr/W. p. Corbett, Geo. McGhan,
S. FJ/'StrlckUnd, E. R Barber—To
take up all matter* tor the benefit of
the facto 'ei' already located here
and t<i e: mirage other* to ccme.
Of (four-e, the oommlttfas are only
named] to give a head to the varlou*
lines of a rk. Every Individual ahould
feel hftmeif a committee of one to
asalat lln any w,ork that come* up.
'Abpve * al . every citizen can do his
part lit : ’king Valdosta. Tell what
ker It Is; what a good
tqani&ictiiring point It 1*; how good
lS'Staii'r Ib’ 'how”many; pretty homes
It baa; wh.it good schools and church
es It lias; how halthy It is; how
pleasant it I* In winter and how cool
in summer.
There are ten thou*and good things
that can bo said about Vadosta, and
Valdostjt people ape the ones to *07
them. <k course, a person who gropes
about la tho darkness of despair can
not find them, hut tho lira, opthnto-
tio person can se* them everywhere.
If 70s hare been wrong, get right
As the reacber says: ‘‘Come homo.”
(Mr.
turned f
In* thi
•even
B. Conoley has lust ro
om a visit to Oklahoms, pass-
;h a good portion of six or
to* since leaving here. He
says* that out west they have had en
tirely tyb much rain and that crops
have been badly damaged. He says
that the crops In Georgia are fifty
per ceitt. better than the7 are any
where that he has been, and he had
a pretty good chance to see how they
are getting along In other sections.
Go d Crops In old Georgia.
I cordially Invite my friends to vis
it me. I can be found at Fry & Varn-
edoe’s, at 103 South Patterson St.
M. J. PAINE.
7-9-d tw few.
Moultrie Residence Burned.
Mr. Jt D. Oliver’s residence In north
Moult rip was burned on Sunday night.
The fire was discovered by the neigh
bors and the members of the family
were jtjst gotten out In time to save
themsefros. The origin of the fire
Is not known. Verf little was saved
trim thb house.
The ;home was Insured for one
thousand dollars through Clark, Monk
ft Analey and there was six hundred
dollars on furniture placed with the
J. E. Howell agency.—Moultrie
WITH THE POLICE
OFFICERS
sgro Man Claimed He Was Way
laid ai d Robbed
He Says That he wa* Shot Through
the arm and Robbed of $58 by a
White man and two Negroee.—A
Negro with a Suspicious Bundle
wat Taken In Charge by the Chief
of Police.
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
The police ofllcers have been look
ing for a negro man who, early this
morning, came up West Savannah
avenue toward the city and stated
that he was waylaid and robbed of
$58 by a white man and two negroes
last night.
The negro had his arm In a sling
and he stated to Mr. M. Knowles, the
old Confederate veteran, that he was
shot and robbed last night He pre
tended then to be on his way to the
city to report the matter to the po
lice offlera. Tho negro claimed that
he was an engineer at a saw mill
near Valdosta and that he was re
cently paid off. He claims to have
had fifty eight dollars In his pocket
when he was assaulted on the road
near tho city and robbed of the
amount, being left unconscious by his
assailants.
The officers were anxious to locate
him so as to investigate the case and
find out how he was shot. If Indeed,
ho was really wounded that way.
Negro Had too Many Clothes,
A negro named Will Harris, was
pulled early this morning by Chief
Dampler on suspicion of being a
crook of one sort or another. The
negro had a bundle under his arm
and the bundle contained two ooats
and a pair of trousers, all compara
tively new and all (00 email for the
negro who had them. The nogrei
could give no satisfactory explanation
In regard to the clothing, but said
that he came from Pldcock and
brought, tfee, cInOi frm than. Later
i he sold that he was from Way-
cross. These two statements ln«reaw
ed the chief's suspicion that therw
was something wrong with the ne
gro. Harris li bejng held at the city
prison untll*'somethl&g farther caw.
be learned about him.
Trouble of the Auto Thieves.
The tour young negroes, who went
arrested yesterday morning for hav
ing been implicated in the theft at/
a big touring car from McLendon’s'
garage, were transferred to the con*-'
ty jail Isle yesterday afternoon. Letfer
on one of the boys, Herbert Want,
was released on a bond of $250, there
being two cases against him. One
of the charges was that of carrying
concealed weapons, while the other
was accessory to the burglary of
the garage.
Dan Ethridge, who worked (or
Mr. MeLendon, and who appears to
have been the bright particular afar
of the escapade, Is under four differ
ent charges. He Is accused of "burg
larizing the garage, of larceny boat
the house, (stealing a pistol) cayrytsgt,,
concealed weapons and of a., fad
meanor. The other .hoys are a
foront charges.
For Riding on the fade Wal
L. L. Rice as arrested by-
Gates last night, charged with rid
ing a bicycle on Ate side walk. ft.
bond of $5 was taken for Mm aaC
he waa allowed to go bis way uadi
next Monday morning when he wlD
be arraigned before Recorder Varae ‘
doe unless he forfeits his bond.
A“-
Mr. Munson Succeeds Mr.
The meeting of the board ol
tons of the Georgia Southern
Florida road was held In Macon yew
terday and Mr. John B. Munson wac
elected vice i> resident and general
manager.
Mr. Munson has been assistant
traffic manager of the Southern,
with headquarters at Washington, but'
will resign that position and take
charge of the Georgia Southern In >•
few daya. ... . j
The meeting yesterday lasted bat,
a short time, as there was. only m
smalt amount of business to attend!
It Is understood that the. heard
complimented Mr. O. M. Grady very
highly tor his able service as getw
eral superintendent of the road.
Mr. MunBon la said to be one off
the moat competent railroad mm tw
the country and ppadtoM Cbetr
tho patrons of the road wl|t be vary
much ploased with him.. , ,
A Big Ear of Corn.
Sheriff Passmore brought down
town tills morning an ear of corn
which measures up about the top of
anything seen In that Hue. It has
twelve hundred grains.
The. Sheriff Is an out-and-out hog
and hominy man. Besides the big
of corn, he raised a few years
ago, the champion hog ol the county.
If not y>r the state. The hog weighed
about two months before it was kill*
Wlsen- ed 1.323 pounds. It nett-d 945 pounds
and 542 pounds of lard wns mad
•]nrila m cigar and Tobacco Co. vs. from It. The hog was two years and
Torlda Cigar ^ oW wh „ a lt waa killed.
See our Hue of non rust goods. Fry
& Vamedoe.
•9 d tw sw. '
The Champion Lemon.
s MCttee vs. <1. - - - ", Mr. W. B. Llneberger brought Into
•hDtnasrDekle Hardware Co., vs. Thc T | mes office Monday a lemon.
,
H. Herndon. O. W. H. Peterson, whlch he had brought from Effing-
\ h .
.jam county that weighed 23^ ouneces
L and measured thirte-fm inches around
ie way and fourteen inches the oth-
|Ir. Llneberger saya that the same
produced only six lemons this
•ear; all enormous size. He
. T. uasner v». * * . — , ,
M. Youngblood vs. E. A. Vaught that one which had already go
Valdosta Building ft Loan Asso- rl[ , e and had been pulled several *
ago weighed exactly two pounds.
R. Ashley, W. E. Thomas, J. F. Fen
der. J. R. Walker, J. G. Cranford, W.
S. Fender, I-. R. Christie, R. W. Wal
lace, J. D. Chapman, M. A. Morgan.
—To look after the educational In
terests of Valdosta, now and pros
pective. ,
Committee on Legislation—-E. K.
Wilcox, Chairman; W. H. Griffin, J.
M. Johnson, C. R. Ashley, J. G. Cran
ford, J. F. Fender—To look after any
legislative matters of Interest to Val
dosta and to advise with the club as
to the need of any local legislation.
Committee on Rates—A. S. Pendle-
_>n, Chairman, H. F. Tillman, ,M.
Curry, H. Y. Tillman, II. C. Briggs,
D. Peeples, E. E. Deklc, M. A.
Briggs—To see that Valdosta Is not
dlhcr’minated against, either In to
celvlng or shipping merchandise, ahd
to also see that Valdosta, at all times,
protected In the matter ol rate-
making.
Committee on Health—J. M. Smith,
Chairman; Dr. Little, Dr. Griffin, Dr.
Rouse, Dr. Talbot, Dr. Harris, Dr. F.
H. Thomas, Dr. Joe Thomas, Dr. Wil
son. Dr. Burton, Dr. Allen, Dr.
Holmes. Dr. Lang, .1. P. Coffee—To
advise with tho club as to the best
means of improving and promoting
the health of the city, and tor taking
steim to keep down epidemics of any
sort that may originate elsewhere. _
Committee on Extension of Trade
and Territory—J. L. Staten, Thalr-
man; M. R. Outdey, C. F. Clarke. O.
D. Dalton, .1. S. Upson, .1. H. Howard,
.1. H. Harley, M. A. Briggs, W. M.
Oliver, C. C. Varnedoe, Turner Jones,
I .eland Roberts, O. M. Tilt, Arthur
Davis—To devise plans tor Increas
ing Valdosta's retail trade by extend
ing It over a wider territory, and to
make greater efforts to bring the
best class of trade from neighboring
towns to this city.
Committee on Publicity—J. O. Varn
edoe, Chairman: C. C. Brantley, E.
W. Edwards, Geo. L. Patterson, E.
D. Ferrell,Sv. L. Holder. E. E. Dekle.
—To devise scheme* for advertising
Valdosta and this section; to get up
catchy pamphlets t^jife^d out; adver
tising the city ssjr ktod market, a
of reBldencltan excellent cen-
manufactories, otc^
lecturers EoSmlttes—Howard
ian; E. L. Thomas, A.
JUST THINK
Just think of buying an up-to date 1908
$20.00 Suit for $13.35.
Ju*t think of buying an up-to-date 1908
$15.00 Suit for $10.00.
And any Suit in stock at 33 1-3 diicount
or 1-4 off.
Jutt think of buying a $6.<‘0 pair of new ’08
Trousers for $4.50.
Jutt think of buying a $3.00 pair of new ’08
Trouteri for $2.25.
Just think of buying all other trouser* at
1-4 off regular price.
Just think of Panama Hats at $3.75, $4.50
and $6 00 that sold formerly for $6.00,
$7.50 and $1.0.00.
Jutt think of all Straw Hats selling now at
33 f-3 discount.
Just think of buying Trunks, Bags and Suit
Cases at 25 per cent discount.
And right in the Good Old Summer Time.
Well, you can do it at