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THE V XLDOT \ TIMES. SATUROav MAY 1, IgO*
EXCITEMENT OVER C>
WISH WORDS OI>' GOV. FOLK.
Gordon Will Have Preliminary Hear-'
lng Tomorrow.
1 Watthourvtlla. Oa.. April 2&—As
the hour approaches for the prelim-’
Inary. hearing to beacoorded Charles
A. Gordon, on Thursday, on the
phatge of murdering William M.
Faulting a month ago, excitement,
which baa not been allayed since
the finding of Faulilng's partially
burled body, Is Increasing In Liberty
county. 4
. Interest baa a doxeu pegs to hang
Itself upon In this case. It finds ode
In tbe prisoner In the Liberty county
jail at HlnesvlUe, with /a charge
Natural
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
.Deputy sheriff Washington has re*
turned from Savannah, where h4|
A northbound train on the Geor
gia Southern and Florida road had
<4 wreck at Dasher station yester
day afternoon / that Was about as
complete as one ever seos, not to
have been attended by personal In-j
money In.
THE LENOX MURDERER
ARRIVES IN SAVANNAH.
CIRCUS FOLLOWERS
KILLED POLICEMAN.
SULLEN AND INDIFFERENT, THe
BLACK FIEND, HAS VERY LIT.
TLE TO 8AY NOW.
Savannah, April 28—Marshall
Lewis, the negro who has confessed
to huvlng killed Clifford Ruther*
ford, assistant postmaster st Lenox,
Ga., and who was brought hers tor
safe keeping, Is taking life easy In
Chatham county jail. Hs got hers
yesterday afternoon ana was taken
at once to Jell.
He refuses, to tug to. newspaper
men or even to see them.
THE OFFICER GOT ONE OF THE
FOOTPADS, HOWEVER, BE
FORE HE EXPIRED.
I
Logansport, Ind., April 25—Tww
holdup men following a circus shag
snd Instantly killed Patrollmaa
Krocger this morning, but before aa>
plrlng the policeman killed om or
the footpads The other escaped.
under Indictment.
When the defense enounced reedy,
a special plea was died by the at
torneys representing Mr. Sharpe.
Exception was taken to the Indict,
raent upon which he was being tried,
In that J. P. Ltde, J. R. May and W,
.1. Gsaaett, memocra of the grand
returned ..the Indictment,
were related to parties considered
parties at Interest Tq this plea
Judge Gale of tbs prpsscuUdn died
s demurrer.
Upon consideration of this Judge
Porks ruled for the prosecution, bus-
talnlng ths demurrer. From that
He says
lie Is going to-spend bis time-prays
lng until the hour of hlsitefal. While
coming to Savannah Lewis would
tulk with all the negroes ho met en-
route, but would not even hold con
versation with the officer who had
him In charge.
Deputy Sheriff B. B. ’ Washington,
of Lowndes county, brought ths ne
gro to Savannah and hs says he le
the moet cold-blooded and meanest
tuan be has ever corns In contact
with.
While enrout# to Savannah Lewis
swapped his doe Stetson bat to an
other negro for a vary common one
because bt said he would not.hsvs
ony use for dao bats where ho would .
spend tbe next few months. j
KUI French ' President. .
Monaco,. Aril 28.—A • man giving
hie name as Verdter, presumably a-
Frenchman, when arrested today ot
ter suspicious actions which attract
ed .the attention of the pottce, confesa
ed that he came to Monaco with tho-
intention of killing President FaM-
cries, of France. When pressed for tho
reason be refused to answer.
Tammany Politician Greeted by
Many Friends as hs Sailed.
New York, April 28.—Having con-
eluded the longest visit be hss paid
tbls country since he took up bis res-
Mono# abroad, Rlobsrd Croker, the
former Tammany Hall leader, sailed
for borne today on tho Lusitania.
A large crowd of friends wits at |
tbs dock to bid him s rousing fare-1
well'' |
Ths people of Savannah ere go
ing Into costacles over tho Drssdsn
Orchestra and the vocalists who ap
peared In Valdosta lest Saturday at
tbe music festival.
There Is no
I question that It was a great combi
nation. Valdosta wss lucky to havo
been able to secure It for tbls city.
Everybody Is likely to have kid
ney and bladder trouble. In tact
nearly everybody has rfome trouble
of tbls kind. That Is the reason
why you so often have pains In. the
back and groin, scalding acnaatlon.
urinary disorders, etc.—that’s your
kidneys. Tho best thing to do le to
get eomc of Dewitt’S Kidney and
Bladder Pills right away. Take
them for a few day* or a week or ao
and you will feel all right Iu this
way, too, 70U-W111 ward off danger
ous and possibly serious ailments.
They are perfectly harmless and
arc not only antiseptic, but allay
pstn quickly by their .healing prop
erties. Send your name to E. C.
DeWltt- & Co., Chicago, for a free
trial box. They are sold here by
all druggists. ,
'Mighty Good Religion.
“Me no lie, me no steal, me no kilt
Big sleep come, Great Spirit toko
me." This was the religion of the
With SO odd of out 100 counties
dry and with' a strong prohibition
element hammering steadily at ths
wet placet It looks so though Vir
ginia Is very likely to take her place
within ths next twelve months In tbs
prohibition column.
W. H. Briggs Hardware Go,
(hair being by such simple, ImpUo-
Ictattfe-Lskoland Ksu*/ _
-went with Marshall Lewis for the | hanging over him that If proven true
purpose of placing the latter in the j to the satisfaction of a jury may
Chatham county jell for safe keep- mean death or Ute, Imprisonment for
lng. him. It Onds another in the widow of
The officer had no trouble with the slain man, Mrs. Helen FaulUng.
tbe prisoner on tho way. Lewis' “P°“ wh ««e shoulders the dead man's
, atemed to be well acquainted
that section and knew negroes at
pearly every station along the road.
He talked little about bis erlmo snd
appeared to be Indifferent to
fate.
"I know I sin’r got long to stay
here," he said, "cause when a negro
kills a white man like 1 killed that
one they don't let him live very
long. I did not try to kill the man,
though.’’
"What did you do with the cigars
you got from the store at Lenox?"
be was asked.
"I didn’t get any, Cap'n. the oth
er fellows got all the cigars—1
mean the man what was with me
got them.” Little things like that
have caused the officere to believe
that Lewis had accomplices/ but hot
much credence Is placed In nis story
that a White man was with him
His Arrival In Savannah.
The Savannah Press gave the fol
lowing account of tbe arrival
Deputy Washington and his prison
er In that city:
Marshall -Lewis, the negro who
murdered young Clifford Rutherford
at Lenox, Berrien county, early yes-
terdapr morning-was brought here this
afternoon snd lodged In Jail.
low!* refused to see a newspaper
man at tbs*jell this afternoon, say.
lng In advance to Jailer Arnold Sey.
dsa, that he did not oare to talk for
put|UoatlQn.
The negro came In oharge of Dep
uty E. B. Washington of the Lown
des county force, Marshall having
been carried to Valdosta for protec
tion yesterday after bis capture by
citizens:
"I have never seen as cold blood
ed a negro In my life as la this Lew-
jo." «Md ( Deputy Washington, “end
I have had much to do with them
since my connection with the offlee
of sheriff of Lowndes county.
Joked About It.
“Why. this miserable negro, this
human demon, actually Joked about
tbe killing of young Rutherford to
friends along the railway as he came
along to Savannah with me today.
He appeared to be well known snd
there were actually crowds of them
down at the train to see him. It was
a sort of triumphant trip the entire
' way. His friends would gather and
aak him questions about the shoot
ing. He had no hesitancy about tell
ing them he did It. One asked him If
be was not afraid of being lynched.
”‘I wish they would,’ said Lewis.
“ 'You do.’ hla questioner querrled.
■ amazed and horrlflcd.
" ’Yes, 1 do,’ said Lewis. ’All I
want Is a little time to pray.’
Talked to a Negro.
“I was never so outraged with a
prisoner In all my life," said Deputy
Washington. When I would attempt
to talk to the fiend he would not sav
a word. Yet when a bunch of negr-.ei
would come to the train he would
talk and laugh of the shooting as
though- It amounted to nothing.
“Wa got Information early this
morning that a number ot the
friends of Rutherford were coming to
Valdosta on a freight train and Sher
iff Passmore at once decided that
the bast thing to do wss to send
Lewis here. Going to the jell, we got
him Into a back and drove out about
•a mile and a half, where, waring
down tbe fast mall, got aboard and 1
brought him here.
“Though only 22 years of age Lew
is Is wanted on a number of charges,
from robbing a postofflee to breaking
Into a bank bom whlca ho secured
the revolver with which he
the life of young Rutherford. I have
been looking for Mm for some time.
.Whan ho goes to trial It will probably
not take long for. It to sad tad tho
jury to determine -what wMl bo dove
with him."
father and mother have already plac
ed much of the blame for - the bullet
wound* that took their son’s life.
It finds a third in the family ot
Gordon, the alleged slayer. A wife
and five small children St their home
In Dale await the outoome of the ar
rest and Imprisonment of father and
husband.Interest Is not. lacking In.
the two sons of Faulllng, one of
them the son of tHe second wife,
now his widow, both of whom ars
with her at thie place.
The preliminary hearing will prob
ably begin Thursday morning and It
is expccted'that a number of witness
es will be examined, Including those
who appeared betore the Jury em
panelled by Coroner J. R. Bagley of
Liberty county. Whether Mrs. Faull
lng will at the preliminary hearing
add anything 'to the atory she told
before the coroner’s Jury Is a ques
tion the answer to which Is eagerly
awaited. Many believe that she has
withheld a part of what she knows,
that would throw light on the mys
tery of her husband's death.
Except to assert that he Is Inno
cent, the prisoner, Gordon, has talk
ed little about the case.
The prosecution will present Its
case through Solicitor General Nor
man. It Is stated that an effort will
be made to show that Gordon and
Mrs. Fanning had clandestine meet
ings, that her husband had upbraid
ed her, that Gordon became frighten
ed that hla alleged sets would and
with Ms death at’the hands of tho
angered husband, and that ho rnet
Faulllng on the evening of the lat
ter’s, disappearance, March 23, and
shot Aim to; death. In opposition to
this Gordon It Is expected will assert
his lnnocenee of the death of Fault
ing.
That a big orowd will attend the
preliminary hearing' la evident from
Intense 'intereat displayed
throughout Liberty -• and adjoining
counties.
Mr*. Lizzie Roland Dead.
Mrs. Lizzie Roland, wife of Mr.
Henry Roland, died at their home In
the Outlay district Saturday after
an Illness lasting for three months
or more.
Mrs. Roland was about 70 years
years of age at the time of her
death. She was a faithful ChrUtlan
and a member of Redland Baptist
church.
Mrs. Roland was a sister of Capt.
Z. H. Taylor, county warden of con
victs for Lowndea county. She la
survived by her husband, one son
snd a large number of relatives.
Her remains were laid to rest In
the cemetery at Redland church
Sunday.
Mrs. Roland was the last of five
sitters, the others having died fears
ago. Thera were tour brothers !n
the same family. Superintendent
Taylor, being the last of them.
juries.
The tra:n was in charge of
ductor Swayle*. who was
the observatory ot Tils cs
watching the oars ns they were
lng piled one on top of the other
and not knowing taht hla own Ufa
might not be snuffed- out in thtf
smash-up. . , .■••'•'Ip
The train consisted of about twen^
ty five cars and It was running at
a.speed of twenty five or thirty ml|es
of the station, but the next car was
reached. The engine and three cars
passed over the switch to the south,
o fthe station, hut the next car w
not so fortunate. The front wheels
spilt tbe switch and the rear , wheels
clung to the main line.
Then the ears behind began ti
play leap-frog and other sport!?
games with each other. Borne of
them, In their eagerneas to get by,
darted up on top of the embankment
at that place, while others trammed
themselves against a row of ears on
the side-track badly smaahinfc them
up.
Several of the oars got off of both
tracks and ran for one or two hun
dred yar dsalong the soft ground,
plowing up the earth like anow-
schutes. The engineer looked baek
and saw the wreck, but he knew,
that It would mean death to him and
his firemen to try and etop too
suddenly.
Conductor Swayles also saw Jhe
cars piling off the track and he tried
to, get out as toon as poadhle. He
received a alight scratch, but wt»
not seriously hurt {
' The work ot clearing tho wreck re
quired about twelve hours and It
was about two thirty! o'clock this
morning before. It wa^ all cleared
away. When the wrecking crew ar
rived and got busy, they made
wreckage move In a hurry. The cars
were hurled about like cigar boxes
and trees to which the cables were
attached were trailed up by the roots
All of the cart were empty except
two- The wreck wae due to a de
fect of a wheel on a foreign ear,
the wheel splitting the switch In
stead of keeping the main line.
Mr. Thomas Gets a Pension.
Mr. A. W. Thomas, who eras man
ager of the Weatern Union Tele
graph offlee In Valdosta for so many
years, and who recently resigned the
position and moved to Florida, has
been granted a pension of 125.00 a
month, In consideration of hla frith-
fol service of about forty yean in
the oompany’ls employ.
Mr. Thomas had not solicited
pension and was not away* that the
company pensioned Its veterans, and
the Information that ha had bora
pat on the pension roll .for lift was
an agreeable surprise. Hit mayty
friends In Valdosta will be glad to
hear of hla good lock.
How to Abolish the Files.
Remove piles of filth from yards
or streets; clean out stables dally
and ptace the filth In screened
well constructed boxes; sprinkle
lime, solution of permanganate ot
potash or some other chemical which
Is death to the maggots over alt
these breeding places—the health
authorities know Just what to use.
But all this mutt be done thoroughly
and with organized, well-directed ef
fort. If done, hoyever, the dirty, pes
tilential filet will vanish altogether
or the number will he -wonderfully
reduced. Furthermore, there will be
a good many people alive In Pensa
cola next year who, If It la not dona,
will be reposing In their "narrow
chamber ’In the balls of d?atb“ out
at the .cemetery. There's no> ques
tion about that—Pensacola Journal.
Fur ih' people to cil’l at our store J «nd select a
number of very useful .household and kitchen ar
ticles that they have doae without so lone, simply
because hey have been unable to get them at a
reasonable price. ,
The Ladies are Delighted
not i ? ind , toblng ns that they are much
pleased-to have as furnish all these little convenient and
necessities, which in the past they have only been
able to get at 10 cent stores in the large cities.
Every Word of Encouragement
Cjn* 8 * °* to use every effort to supply the people with an
np-to date line of useful merchandise andwerpropose to
leave nothing undone which will merit vourjatronaire.
88 ,0 ’ *° tU the “ ame
Wt cordially incite dll of you to make v a mil, «.
amine our food, and make youreelf perfectly A T
HOUKin TOUR STORK.
Brown’s 10c. Store,
YOUR STORE,
109 Patterson St., Valdosta, Georgia.
Death of Mrs, Colwell.
Mrs Colwell., an aged lady of th•
Outlay district died at the homo of
her son-in-law, Mr. J. J. Albritton.
In that community yesterday after
noon after an Illness ot two weelau
Mrs. Colwell was abont St'or **
years of age at the time ot bar
death. She was a consistent mas
ter of the Christian church for
many years and was loved and am
teemed by all who knaw bar. taw
Is survived by four children all at
whom ars married. Her
died several years ago.
Her remains will bo trailed
afternoon at throe o’clock at
Redland church cemetery.
Blue Grass Steel Frame
Freezers,
Have Three Motions.
The frame is of non-
breakable steel, just like a
bridge, it fits in flush with
the top of the pail. Vir
ginia white cedar pail with
electric welded wire hoops.
Don't fail to see this eaffcft ruuaing, ipoat
sanitary and perfect freezer made.