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HARRIS TRIAL
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ALBERT BEATTY
Y MAKES ESCAPE
Valdosta Copper Works
Valdosta, Georgia
Manufacturers and Builders of
Tupentine and Oil Refinery Stills
( . A large stock of Stills and
Fixtures always on hand
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company
ATLANTA NEW VOtlK , PAIUg
Furniture
Greatly Reduced
The completion of our
new building, which will be
the home of our Furniture
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department, has been delay*
ed. There is no space avail
able to exhibit the stock
bought for the opening dis
play. Therefore, it is to be
"closed out at prices very
much reduced. Out-of-town
people can pay for a trip to
Atlanta from the savings
made on Furniture for par
lor, bedroom, library or din
ing room.
Furniture of equal beauty
and character was never
before offered at such low
prices.
C hamberlin-J oknson-DuB ose-C o
The work of Examining the
Witnessess Drag* Along at
Very Slow Pace.
(From Tuesday’! Daily)
The case In the auperior court
against J. J. Harris charged with
larceny after trust delegated has
been dragging along today at a very
slow pace. There Is a very largw
mass of evidence and it has been
hard work to sift if out and get
only that which is relevant in the
case.
Judge Parker said last night in
a joking way that if greater pro
gress is not made “We’ll celebrate
the Fourth of July right here.’’
Much of this morning was devoted
to the evidence of Mr. R. E. Allen,
who was casnier of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad, much of the
time that Mr. Harris was agent. His
testimony related very largely to
tansactions * between himself, as
cashier, and Mr. Harris and other
employees of the road. There were
many books of the road and a con*
slderable amount of other evidence,
such as checks, duebllls, bills of
laden, drafts, etc. Many of these
to show whether op, toot a proper en-
try of them had been made. There
were quite a number of due bills
given by Mr. Harris for amounts to
the cashier and there wero also
many Items of cash there were given
to cover these bills.
As stated above, there is such a
huge volume of evidence being in
troduced in the case that it Is al
most impossible to give an idea of
the natura of it. It seems to be the
purpose of the attorneys for the de
fendant to show that if there were
any irregularities in his way of
handling the affaire of the tjoad,
there was no “Intent to defraud"
the road out of any money.
Mr. Harris’ friends have claimed
all along that his duties were so
great that it was impossible for him
to handle the business as it ought
to have been handled. They pogjjt
to the fact that he had neartp every
thing to do, from checking baggage
to doing tbe work of the switchman
and yar£ master. They say that bit
unties were much more that* that Of
a mere agent, and that the "charges
against him ^re based entirely upon
irregularities, rather than any in
tention to steal from the roan.
While the Issue is nominally an
issue between the state and the ac
cused, Mr. Harris’ friend* can see
nothing In It except the effort of a
great railroad corporation to prose
cute and discredit a man who work
ed hard while in Rs emplo>and who
made mistakes, but not of a crimi
nal character.
On the contrary, the attorney Tor
the railroad will make every effort
to prove that Harris collected mon
ey /that belonged to the railroad
and that he appropriated It to his
own use. All of the time so far has
been taken up with the state’s wit
nesses. It will be Interesting to
know what the defendant’s witness
es are going to testify. The state
ment of the defendant, If ho makes
one, Is also looked forward to with
a great deal of Interest, as It Is said
by his friends that he can make a
good showing on each one of the
allegations brought against him.
Work on Georgia Southern Shop**
The Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad has a force of thirty to for
ty hands busily engaged In work on
the shops at this place. Within the
next ten or fifteen days machinery
will begin to arrive and will be In
stalled In the machine shops as fast
as possible. A good deal of dirt will
have to be hauled in to fill In for
the flooring, which is to be of ce
ment
The work of laying tracks into
tbe round house Is being done now.
The railroad has done a large
amount of,work at this place during
the past few months and It Is very
probable that it* force of workmen
will be engaged here several months
longer before they complete then
work.
As soon as the shops are com
pleted tffe road will largely increase
its force of workmen at this place
and nearly all of the repairs On this
section of the raod 'Will be made
at the shops here.
Four Prisoners in Madison
County Jail Manage to Se
cure Their Freedom*
(From Tuesday’s Dally)
News was received here this
morning that Albert Beatty, ‘who
wa« under sentence of death at
Madison, Fla., pending a motion for
a new trial, made his escape from
jail there last night and at the
present time la enjoying a certain
amount of freedom, as well aa fresh
air and annshlne. At the enme time
three other men, all of them charg
ed with having tawen the Uvea of
their fellowmen, made their escape
from the same Jail.
Tbe others are H. P. Padgett, J.
F. Korn and L. Dixon. The aherllt
offered a reward of J100 for the ar
rest of Beatty and'Padgett, and 625
each for. the other two prisoners, J.
F. Koae-Shd L. Dixon.
The Times learned over the long
dlatanee Wone today that there
were two other prleonere In Jail
who could have made their escape
at the aame time, but they refused
to do ao. The sheriff of the county.
In trending out notice, of the re
ward, atatgd that Beatty would
probably go, to Naylor, Ga„ and ask
ing the oftlcera here to look out for
him there.
It Is said that the prisoners man
aged tothrenk the locks to their
cells and gjtlpod the freedom of the
Jail. A hole was dug through the
Wall and. It wsb through that that
they made their eaeape. In the report
to The Tlmea it wsb, stated that the
belief In Madison la that the hole
In the wall was cut frotg.' the out.
aide, and that the prisoners had as
sistance. In gaining their freedom.
It was said that the jailor and the
sheriff were at the Jail last night
about twelve o'clock and that eve
rything waa secure at that hour. It
Is believed therefore, that the prls-
oners made their, escape between
midnight and day, probably as late
aa four o’clock this momlng.
The escape of tbe prisoners Is th»
senistltuT ■ ,*-the day In Madison,
Fla., as all of thp prisoners were
charged with eerlous offenses and
Beatty had been condemned to dje
for the murder of Col. C. B. Ashley.
It la said that Beatty had a great
many friends In MadlBOn county
who did not agree with the verdict
in hid*case and that many of thcae
friends would not put any serious
difficulties .In the way of effecting
hla escape.
It la understood that two or three
of the convicts who escaped from
the Madison Jail were from Perry,
Fla., and it Is also thought that It
wa, friends of them men who as
sisted in the 'jail delivery, provided
the prisoners had any assistance
from Ole outside. It Is not believed
at M full soil that Beatty's friends
hud anything to do with It.
Chamberlain's Cough ttemeny H
a very valuable medicine ror tnroat
and lung trouble. Quickly relieves
and cures painful breaming and a
dangerously sounding cougn wmen
Indicates congested lungs. Hold oy,
Ingram Drug Co. and all druggists,
Valdosta. Ua.
COTTON ItECKIITH TO DATE.
The Receipts at the Warehouses
are Little More Than Last Year
It Is generally understood th
the Sea Island cotton crop this
year will amount to more than It
did last year though not a great
deal more. The receipts at this mar
ket up to the fifteenth of the month
hare amounted to Just a few Imles
more than for tbe same day last
year.
Up to Saturday night this year
they were 13,067 bales, the differ
ence being only about forty-two
hales In favor of this year.
The o.utlook Is that there will ho
at least 2,000 bales more of Sea
Island cotton during the present
year running the receipts here to
fifteen thousand hales. The receipts
at Savannah are nearly ten thou
sand hales greater than they were
last year. It 1* understood that many
small merchants and amall buyers
throughout the district are holding
Sea Island cotton this year, where
as, tost year they put It upon the
market. t
The price of the ataple remains
very aluggliih and there seems to he
little demspd for It
Won by Valdosta Man.
Mr. G. M. Boyd, of this city. Is
est number of orders for the large it
FRESH SEED
The Best That Money Can Buy
We have just received our new supply
of garden and field seed. Virginia second
crop Potatoes, giant pacific Early Corn,
Spring Cabbage and Tomato Seed, Cat
Tall Millet, Chufas, Sorgham, N. C.
Peanuts.
We have a few Appier Oats, Burt Oats,
Brooks County Oats. Write for prices.
Vinson & Barnes,
Drugs, School Books and Seed.
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