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THE VALDOTA TIMES, SATURDAY. MAY 1, lgO»
ONE WOMAN STABS ANOTHER
"aval stores for .the year beginning
A 111*11 1 IDA, 1.1 .
TOM BOTTOMS PASSES
A Big Say at SUtenvIlle.
!t Is said that neat Saturday la
going to biia big day at statenvllle
and the people thero are already-
making plans to entertain a large
crowd. Mr. J. Q. Dorris and some
other .enthusiastic natures are work,
Ing up a series of entertainments.
The treasure’™ report yesterday
a picnic and speaking. The baseball
players are going to havo a big gams
and all of the people are going to turn
out and try to enjoy the occasion.
Efforts will be made to get a few en-
tsrtalners from thte city to bo down
there.and help pull off the big day.
April 1. 1907. was'600.000 barrels.
Then an effort was made to show
through him Just how much of this
the American Naval Stores Com*
pany handled ami a (harp light be-
gau right there. •
The question of whether .<■M
should answer the' question. was
amued and tn ( matter bad not'b-wn
ruled nnou when adjournment until
toddy was taken.
tt apparent that not one bit of
evident* of an Important nature
Daisy Smith Plunged Her Knife into
* Mattie Jones’ Chest.
,(From TiiurbUay'a Daily.)
Daisy Smith
Mr. T. J. Bottoms, traveling pass- Two negro women,
ager agent of the A. C. L. railway, and Mattie Jones, engaged In a row
led at his borne In Thomasrllle Tus- at the home of Ann e Ford last night
ay, -after a lingering' Ulnest.- HI* about It o’clock, and Daisy plunged
meral took place yesterday after- the long blade'of a knife Into the
oon at 3 o’clock. The dreaded dl«- Jones woman’s chest,
ase. consumption, selied him some It is said that the wounded woman
iree years qgo. and eventually caus- was then put out of doors and left
j big death.' , upon the porch. She seemed to be
Mr. Bottoms was one of the best j from Macon, a stranger In a strange
nown railroad men In South Geor-|land. and after the stabbing affray,
la, having worked his way up .from the other negroes dll rot c»r 0 to
iq bottom and hU hustling dlsposl- have anything to do with her. j
on, and enthusiastic energy made Chief Dumpier was notified this.
reputation for .him that Is enviable morning that, she was on a porch In
ad his death ts a source or regret the southern part of the olty and
. all who knew him. The A. O. h. that the owners or he house wanted
illway will keenly feel- the loss tn her moved. The chief investigated
is death. the m a,tf T «nd foilnd that her.
As Ji man and citizen, Mr. Bottoms wounds were Inflicted In « Ud
as admired by all who-knew him. where several negroe, weredriMM
e was alwavs found battling ter The wounded woman was iSwSf
gtat against wrong, in him the wld- to a house on Stevens street, where
K and orphan, the affltlcted and dit- her Injuries were given attention. Tho
essed. always found a friend who woman who Inflicted the wound 1
ent to their rescue with untiring was placed lu the city prison f i
fort and unstinted charity. Among »walt developments. hH
(From Thursday's Dally.)
John W. West, of this city, presl-
j dent of the West-Flynn-Hnrrls Co.,
j of Savannah and Jacksonville, was
I the first witness examined yester
day in the United States dburt when
the liking of testimony was begun
Un-fljt'Caee of the American Naval
f|pR|tpmpa*gr for,alleged vlola-
the BHerman anti-trust taw.
hr' yvest lestifled that tho Ameri
can Naval Stores Company refused
toPu*na val stores from him unless
he-sfftn ed a contract, certain clauses
of which he regarded as objection
able. Mr. West, despite theso ob-
Jietlous, finally signed the contract.
Counsel for the defense Interpos
ed many objections to much of Mr.
West’s testimony on the ground that
his statements should he confined to
presenting strict proof of the alleg
ed conspiracy which It is charged
wmP entored into by the defendants
to control the prices In naval stores.
Extended arguments as to what
should bo competent evldcnco to
show a conspiracy, were made and at
the beginning of the afternoon ses
sion Judge Sheppard ruled that the
government would not be restricted
to direct evldonco of a conspiracy,
but might show hero and there facts
and circumstances tending to show
that there had been concerted ac
tion among tho defendants to do
the acts charged.
An effort was mado to qualiry V.
H. Barnes, of Jacksonville, Fin.,
president or tho Barnes & Jesup
Company, ns an export on naval
■tori*. He was called to tho stand
alter John E. Harris, of Valdosta,
and Secretory H. L. Richmond, .of
Savannah, of the West-Flynn & Bar- vor of the city,
rls Company, had testified. Mr. get about enoui
Barnes said ho had been In the the case which
naval stores business for 26 year*, era Paving on i
(From Thursday * Dully.)
Major J. O. Varaedoe and Messrs.
A. W-. Varaedoe and Fleming Winn
Liberty
is predicted that rultngj on objec
tions will be thick" In each session
of the court while the caso la on
.trial. Judge. D. B.Adams, for the
defense, this mqrnlng asserted the
trial should be terminated at trace,
arguing that thero Is only one al
leged conspirator before the court
and that one man could not conspire
with himself, even though h* should
•fy to get *11 the business 'thsr* was
,(u one particular line.
Mr. Leon II. Marks left yesterday
for Sylvester, Oa„ where he wn»
•pend two or three dsye on busi
ness.
returned .Tuesday from
county, where they went to attend
She annual meeting ot the New Hope
Midway Societies at the historic
Old Midway church.
Major Varaedoe delivered the ad
dress oT-the occasion Monday before
* large audience. People were there
In great* numbers, not only from
Liberty county, but from various
•cottons ot Georgia and other states.
One lady was there from Pennsyl
vania, and when Major Varaedoe
had finished bla address sbe walked
sip to him and shook his hand and
•aid: “1 came all the way from
Pennsylvania to hear that speech."
One hundred 'and forty people
from Savannah were in attendance
upon the occasion.
JTom a historical viewpoint Old
Midway church Is one of the most
Interesting places In Georgia. Tne
ancestors ot many ot the noted
families of Georgia and other states
are burled there, among them being
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
grand-lather and
SURE CATARRH CURE.
Retags the Forest of Pine and Eu
calyptus to Your Home.
Gerais canhot live when Hyomeh
(pronounced Hlgh-o-mel Is used.
You Just brssthe In this soothing
yet rnoet powerful antleeptio air and
relief is immediate. It is exactly
tbe fame air as you would breath*
In tbe forests <f pine and eucalyp
tus of Australia where catarrh or
consumption was never known t»
exlet.
If yon have catarrh and are con
stantly. embarrassed because yon
must hawk, spit and snuffle, surety
you will give Hyoeml thd attention
1* deaervea, when A. B. Dlmmoek
will guarantee this pleasant remedy
to cu-e all this distress and humili
ation. or will .give you your money
baek... 1
Hyomel kills catarrh genua, It se
ller** ‘he soreness and distress ha
five minutes. It atopa hawking tad
snuffling End makes you feel Ilk* a.
new mao In a week. It la the aun*t
and most satisfactory catarrh treat
ment known and gtvei corffort and
relief to consumptives.
A complete outfit. Including In
haler. costa but $1,00, and extra
bottles, If afterward needed, coot
but 50c. A few mtnnte*' time each
Cases go to Glynn County.
So far aa tho Ware county courts
Camp* Go to Moultrie.
A party of VSldpsta capitalists
who are connected with the Valdo’ta
were In Moul-
and Moultrie railroad ,, ___
trie'last night and this morning. In
the party wer* Messrs. Frank Rob
erts, W. B. Conoly, D. 0. Ashley and
W. P. Smith. They left thU morning
through the country to watch the
progress or the work on the road.
The subcontractor will, It la learn
ed pitch hi* tents here thla week
and the work of grading and trestle
building will be done In future from
headquarters In this city. It will
bring quite a number of workmen
here and the pay rolls will swell the
local cash trade. There are some
fire hundred men employed on the
road and the work will eoon be push
ed Into thla county. The road pass
es through Colquitt oonnty for a dis
tance of seventeen mllea or more.
The grading will alt be done by
the thne previously estimated and
when the rail arrives there will her
nothing to do except to toy It The
road will be In readtneea and will be
eettled.—Moultrie Observer.
Came Near Being a Veteran.
Rev. A. M. Williams, presiding
Ider of the Thomasvlllh District,
Varaedoe,
grand-mother ot
Major Varaedoe. United States Sen
ator A. O. Bacon’s father and moth
er are buried there. Among the
others who lie burled there are such
men as General Stewart of Revolu
tionary fame, and who was one ot:
ex-Presldent Theodore Roosevelt’s
ancestors; General Scriven and Com
modore McIntosh.
, Major Varaedoe said that two bid
■wood tablets are atilt standing ]
whop* Inscriptions data back to 1760!
He said It !■ remarkable how these
tablets have: stood throqgh tie cen
tury and a half of tlm*. In such a
•tof*; of preservation. ,:
The Major said that the people or
Liberty county guard the traditions
of that' old spot as sacredly as a
man woilld his own family. He said
the people around that section still
maintain many of the customs aid
manners of the ante-bellum days,
showing that the old genteel South
ern life still can be seen In a mark
ed degree. He says there Is no
chnrcb organisation maintained
there now, but the history of the old
church Is very Interesting.
Over ninety ministers of various:case of W. H. Mitchell, of Thomas-
though he
has not put In an application tor a
cross of honor.
At the beginning of the war Mr.
Williams was living In Macon with
his father, who was superintendent
jot the Asylum for the Blind. The
young man was very enthusiastic
over the cause of ihe Booth and
begged his father. to allow him to
.enlist lu the army, but was refused
j on account of his tender -years. Not
I to be deterred from bla purpose,
however, he made up hta mind to
go tn Spite ot parental authority, so
on hts ninth birthday he started
out, accotnpanjed only by. a body
guard la the shape of a little darkey
of his own age. He walked as far
aa Gordon on his way to Join the
Confederate forces, when 'unfortu
nately for his purpose, he was ar
rested by an enemy In th6 shape qf
a relative of the family and prompt
ly transported back to Macon, where
I a great stir had been caused by hts
■ disappearance.
MI-O-NA
Cures indigestion.
PEOPLE WHO “SEE THINGS."
There is an old English law provld.
Ing that the evidence of a witness
who sees what he testlfles to
through a glass window shall hot
be accepted as evidence.
This Is because most ot the win
dow glass ha* "wav*,,” "knot*” and
other lmperfedMns that naturally
distort the view of those who look
through such blemished' glass. .
thing—“distortion”—Is
It relieves stomach misery, sour ittecF
eh, belching, and cures all stomueh dta*
mo or money bark. Large box of tabal ...
-ts 110 cents. Druggists In all tans.
This same
actually present in tbe natural- vis
ion of many people. To them ‘things
the not what they seem,” and slueo
they cannot believe tbelr own eyes
It would not be fair to accept as
true the stories they tell of what
they have seen.
There are many diseases of tbe
eye which can be easily remedied
denominations have gone out from
that cburch. Major' Varaedoe Join
ed the church there when he w-as a
young college boy.
It is Interesting to hear him speak
of the old stately oaks that sur
round the church and .of the church
building Itself. He said It had been
about thirty years since he had been -
there, but expected to go again next
year. . |
The party from Valdosta came
back through Savannah and stopped
over In that city for some time.
They were taken In charge and
treated very royally. They were
given a ride over the city and fa
mous race course In automobiles.
Our Suite at $13.50 are exceptional
values—they are real values-they are
made of good material, the patterns
are attractive and the workmanship
day next. The case was to have
been heard some time ago, but was
postponed on account ot tbe records
lu the case not being ready. They'
- form a very voluminous document
of a thousand pages, nearly, and
I were sent on by Court Reporter Da
vis last week.
It Is understood that there Is a
probability that tbe defendant In
the case will undertake to offer new
e'-ldence In the matter, but Just
what that evidence will amount to
la unknown as yet.
wear glasses until tbey are abeo-
lutely compelled to—and sometimes
vision.
they get them to late to save theh
This Is no merely neglect, It I*
positively criminal.
Man or woman, boy or girl, la ot
little use without good eyesight, and
It Is the duty of everybody to guard
his or hers carefully. ■
You will -get correct Information
on this subject, a free examination,
ot the eyes, and (be best glasses ac
curately adjusted at J. O. Mackey’s’,
where the charges are moat reason-
able. iV-;
Our $15.00 Suite are the best we
have seen in years. . They would sell
almost as easily for $20.00, but we
bought them to sell for $15.00 and
they ARE selling. These Suite will
surprise you in their quality.
Work upon the new warehouse of
Ray & Smith Is progressing very
rapidly. Tbe walls are several feet
above the ground and will be ready
for tbe roof In a short while. j
Mrs. W. P. Maynard left this morn
ing for her bom* In Waycros* after
a visit of several days In the city
to the family of her uncle, Mr. 8. R.
O’QuInn.
Young Lad Died After Few
Hours.
A messenger came to the city yes
terday to get • coffin for tbe 12-year
bid son of Mr. Penn Folsom, who
resides In tho Rcdland district- The
lad died yesterday morning, after a
very abort lllnesi. He was not a
robust child, but waa able to work
In the field on Tuesday with bli
father.
He was not complaining at night
very much, and It was not thought
that ho was aick until Wednesday
morning abont tour o’clock. It was
found that he was suffering quite a
good deal then. A few hours later
he died. Just what caused the lad’s
death could not be learned.
Mr. Folsom lost a grown son about
a year ago, hi* death haring been
du* to • 'blow which he received
upon-, tbe bead/In a scuffle. He died
on the roadside off his way home,
after laying out suffering all night
Only One Price—Always
| ' VALDOSTA, GA.
Quit* a crowd went oat to oU
TroupvlU* last night and enjoyed a
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Mr. South Georgia Mirclmt: \
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We are in position to give yon prompt and
satisfactory service in onr line. Let os
have yonr order* for office supplies, sta
tionery, roll paper, paper bags or any
thing made of paper.
Me// Orien Executed Pnmptly.
Southern Stelioitery & Printing Company,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.
"South Georgia For Sorth Grorsisos"
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