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'« THE VALDOSTA TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1908
are now. These sold
3 50 to $25.00.
formerly for
Any Straw Ha
ow Half-Price
Any Suit selling form*
Your Choice
Odd Pants 1-3 off, Youth’s Suits
'rice, Children’s Suits. 1-2 Price
Valdosta Ga
MR. F. A. COBURN DEAdf* .
Well Known Former Valdoetan °rr
ed Away at Macon Laat Night. .
Secretary W. D. Peeplea of Veldoe‘a>
Lodge of Elkf, received a telegram
this morning from m£. Leon Dner, of
Macon, bringing the sad nears of the
death of Mr. F. A. Coburn, In that
city, last night.
Mr. Coburn’s death, though noc
unexpec’ed to those who knew of his
condition; was none the leas a.
great shocjt to his friends here. lie
contracted tuberculosis while minis,
terlng to a -friend In this city several
years ago. As soon aa It was known '
that he was a victim of the diaeami
he gave up his work aa a bookkeeper..
KW* untn im a . vengeance.
ffa memiber of both teams
I scrap, which developed In-
•' good pugilistic encounter,
Ine of the boys on either
Mitt. ' ■'
W light started the score
'■to nothing In favor of
Tjli decision which caused
fied the tide, hofvover, and
llded four to three In favor
Valdostaj
the .ow l
the gamd
of Walts?
It IS H
Springs I
ValdosU
who had
to take)
was falii
es with the The Animal was Tsken From J. W.
ne of those niL ,
;ame refused 0 K " ,# ’ Lot » h * Sflekl.nd
iat Valdosta Cotton Mill and was Ridden to the
the game. City—Negro Woman Detained by
Officers.
rye, raised
le by Ousle- J Mr. J. W. O'Keefe, who resides be-
8-7-d2t- w2t. tweea the Strickland Cotton Mills and
Mr. A. H. Lane's place, came to the
city this morning and reported the
theft of a horse from his lot some
time during last flight. "
The theft occurred, he thinks, about
half past two
They Played Atahile at White 8prings*
* Then Fought Awhile and Then
Played 8ome More—The White
Springs Crowd was to Blame, of
Course—How the Fight 8tarted. •
! (From Monday'# Daftly.)
| According to reports from White
Springs, there was a variety of en-1
tertainment at the ball grounds there
on Saturday afternoon. Those who
did not like the dry, presale, common
place spou furnished by the rules of
the na'ional sport were permitted al
so to see a few stunts from the
Marquis of Queensbury’s rules.
The game there was not a very
satlsfactorv exhibition of ball play
ing, though what the\game lacked In
the little
He-Will Make all of the Plans for
Commenoing the Work, 8ub-letting
• a Large Part of the-Work to Local
Workmen.—Material to be Bought
Hero Also—The Cost of New Build-
(From Monday’s- Daily.)
^ Mr. G. B. Wills, president of ‘he
Wllmarth Building Co., of New York
city, which has been awarded the con
tract for the erection of the postofflee
and the United States court house In
Valdosta, reached the city yesterday,
and will spend a few days here pre
paratory to beginning work on the
structure.
It Is Mr. Wills’ intention to
sublet a large part of the contract to
local firms, and he will ask for bids
at once. The mdsonry work, marble
work, carpentry, plumbing, painting
and other parts of the work will be
sublet. In addition, all of the mate
rial which It is possible for the con
tractors to buy here will be purchased
| from local firms. This arrangement
will Insure most of the money’ spent
on the building remaining in Valdosta.
The site for the building will be
staked off, levels set and excavating
be commenced within the next few
days If satisfactory sub-contracts can
be made promptly. The work of ex
cavating can commence at any time,
but no material Is allowed to be put
In untjl the government inspector or
superintendent arrives here. This
official Is*employed by the government
and will remain in constant superin
tendence of the work as it progresses.
Samples of all the material to go Into
the building are submitted to the
supervising architect, J. Knox Taylor,
In Washington, and if accepted the
samples are then sent to the superin
tendent ot Inspector here. It being his
duty to see dint all material that goes 1
Into the building oomes up the t
Well Known Former Vafdoetrn Strick
en With Paralysis at Pensacola.
The following special to the Jack-
sonvIllo-TImes Union under date of
Aifeust Sjtb, will be read with regnt
In this fllty:
“J. It.| Saunders ,ono of the most
prominent business men of Florida,
lies tonIrhi,ln a critical condition a*
his homf In this city, the result of
a stroke! of paralysis, which he suffer
ed todaii.
“.Mr. lahoders did not complain of
feeling j II until about one hour be
fore he; Kras Stricken. This occurred
while h^ -was surrounded by his fam
ily and! only once has he regained
consciousness and then for only a
short and he was unable to
speak, y j
“A a nsultation of physicians Bum-'
moned to his bedside was ^
they ca a give no hope for his recov-1 telegram from Baxter asking that a
®ry. Klim negro woman be arrested. Later
“Mr. 8aunders came to Pensacola-jon, he received a telephone message
about sight years ago and !r identified .from another point In Florida giving
with nany Industries snd is an ex- the description of a slim negro wo-
tensive holder of land In Florida and man who was charged wi*h killing
Alaban a. He Is president of the a white won.an and a child.
Saundelrs Naval Stores Company. f he This morning the chief found a slim
Export! Lumber Company, Escambia negro woman taking up a collection
Land and Manufacturing Company, among some negroes to go to Africa.
Saunders Mill Company, St. Andrews she claimed that she was a native
and Gplf Steamship Company, and a of that country and wanted to return,
director In banks and other Instltu- She said she could not speak English,
dons.**^ though she reads and writes very
>’clock this morning,
as people living near there say they
heard gr nie one riding off about that
hour. \The animal 1b a dark bay pony
with a bridle. Mr. O’Keefe has no
Idea who stole the horse or which
way the thief went, though lie came
toward Valdosta.
The chief of police Is of the opin
ion that some one stole the horse In
ord^r to got away wi*h something else
they had Btolen and that the horse
was turned loose at a safe distance
away. No other robbery has been re
ported, however.
A Negro Woman Detained.
A negro woman Is being held at
♦he city hall to await developments
In a story that comes from Florida,
held, hut'chief Dampler yesterday received a
Willapus Wallapus Again.
The willapus-wallapus, which cre
ated so much fear and excltemen*
among the negroes In the northeast
ern part of the city about a year ago,
has made Its appearance again, and
has been seen bg many negroes at
night lately. It Is said that one night
last week, two members of one of the
colored lodges stopped to caucus on
some lodge affairs when the animal’s
eyes were seen shining In the dark
ness a few yards away. The caucus,
of course, was broken up and both
members fled from the scene. Several
negroes in that section are sitting up
at nights with the guns trying to get
a shot at the animal. Many of them
believe that It Is a wild cat from the
swamp beyond the cemetery.
Injured In a Lever Car Wreck.
Tuesday afternoon as Mr. Wilson
Boyd, tram-road foreman for J. N.
Bray & Co., was returning from his
work, the lever car, on which he was
riding, Jumped the track, throwing
him several feet ahead of Jt and se
riously injuring him. His face was
badly bruised ,a sharp stick pene
trating the small part of his nose.
His hack was also bruised.
One of his men, a negro, was also
Injured but not as badly as Mr. Boyd.
—Hahlr# v Dispatch, i** *
interest was made up by
“scrap” that was thrown In for good
measure.
Reports say that a good deal of
feeling was caused during the gajpe
by umplrical decisions that smelt like
burping wool. The Valdosta* did not
Of course, "them Is flghtln’ words,”
on or off the diamond. Jack started
toward the man who let the word
slip when somebody ran between
them. Then Jack got on his tip-toes
and blfed the thoughtless one over
the other’s head with a mit. Then
somebody hit Jack, and both crowds
began to line up In a sort of hollow-
square. Lester Holcombe yanked one
of the Whf*e Swings men by the hair
and gave aim a kick at the same time.;
Then the man pulled his knife and
Holcombe got a bat
By that time, the row resembled a
"snap party,” the dodging, darting
and hitMng *belng fast and furious.
Notice of Public Workl
The public, or all persons
ed, either individually nr for
He respect, are respect fu T ly
appear at Be»hany church, T
August 13th for the pnr. rse <
cemetery. . v
Ing off th<
Evrryiiody In'erejBted come out aisf
show respect to our dead by at leo#t
taking the weeds .from ’heir Ik
earthly resting place. Remember i
date—August 13th, 1908.
county seed rye, raised
Smith, for sale by Ousley
V* 8-7«J2t- w2t.
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