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HI VALDOSTA TIMES
VALDOSTA, GA., TtTKSDAY,
mat a, Jan.
AUTO BURNED
AFTER WRECK
W. O. Snellgrove Pinned
Downed Under Machine
which Turned Turtle Sun
day.
Mr. W. O. Snellgrove and Mr.
Mays, who were out riding In a Regal
runabout Sunday afternoon had an
-experience two miles above the city
which came very near costing Mr.
Snellgrove his life. How either one
of the men escaped without serious
injury cannot be imagined.
Mr. Snellgrove was driving the
■car and was some distance beyond
Mr. Bennett’s place on the Cat Creek
road when the wheel of the car
struck a small round stick in the
road, causing the car either to twirl
from the road or the wheel to ride
“the round stick like a roller, darting
down the drainage ditch on the side
•of the road and then shooting up the
embankment and colliding with
‘fence post, bending it almost to the
ground and causing the machine to
turn turtle.
Mr, Snellgrove was caught under
the machine and pinned down to the
ground. Mr. Mays was thrown some
distance and when he came to him
self he went to try and lift the ma
chine off of Mr. Snellgrove, who, in
the meantime had reached back un
der the car and stopped the ma
chine. By that time another man
who saw the accident reached the
scene and helped get the car off of
Mr. Snellgrove. The three turned
the car over and In an instant it
caught on fire and all of the wood
work was destroyed.
Mr. Snellgrove says that he was
not going more than twenty miles an
Ihour, if that much, when the accident
occurred. He saw the stick in the
Toad, but had no Idea that it would
cause an accident and he made no
special effort to miss it. The machine
was a new one and was valued
about a thousand dollars and was in
sured for enough to cover the loss!
People who saw the plac6 where
the accident ocurred and how the
machine waif turned completed over
and its position reversed, say that it
Is a miracle that both men were not
killed in the accident.
Notes From Ousley District.
The school closed at Old. Redland
last Friday. It has been very suc
cessfully taught by Miss Ella McIn
tyre for the last seven) months. The
attendance has been better than for
,the last few years. Saturday the
parents and some of the friends join
ed Miss Ella and pupils In a picnic
at the Blue Springs. It was a
very pleasant occasion.
Miss Lillie Chambers, of Chatta
nooga, Tenn., is visiting Mrs. Tom
Dampier.
Mrs. M. Knight and daughter, Miss
Lula, are spending a few days in
Brooks county with relatives.
Mr. D. A. Groover and his little
granddaughters, Misses Martha and
Julia, are visiting Mr. W. A. Sims
and family.
Misses Ella and Ruby McIntyre,
are spending a few days in Madison,
Fla., with their sister, Mrs. G. W,
Sims.
Rev. Mr. Taylor, a Baptist minis-,
ter, is to begin a meeting at Old
Redland school house next Saturday
Mr. Taylor has been here before,
and the people are very glad to have
him back. We hope the people who
live near enough will come out to
the meetings. It is an awfully busy
time, but lets go to his meetings. It
Is a rare treat to have Mr. Taylor
with us.
Mr. Claude Scruggs, who has been
taking a medical course in Augusta
for the past two yeare, Is at home
for a vacation.
Chopping cotton and grass is the
order of the day now.
NEGRO ARRESTED FOR MURDER
Primus Roberson, Alias John Smith,
Picked Up Here.
A negro who has been going under
the name of John Smith in Valdosta
for more than a year and' who has
been working as a porter for lead
ing wholesale groceries in this city,
was arrested Saturday morning by
Sheriff Gornto on a charge of murder
committed in Macon county a year
and a half or two years ago.
The details of the killing are not
known here, but it is said that
Smith killed naother negro. Soon
after the killing he left there and
came to Valdosta, where he ha& (been
living since then. The officers there
have been looking for him,, but were
unable to find him. He was located
by Sheriff Gornto recently and Sher
iff Hicks, who resides at Oglethorpe
wrote to tne Lowndes county Sher
iff to put him under arrest and this
was done.
Sheriff Hicks came down yester
day for the negro and returned to
Oglethorpe with him this morning.
Smith had little to say about his
arrest, but he wrote a letter to some
friends of his near Oglethorpe, in
whicn he said, “They have got me
at last,” and asking the friend to
meet him at Oglethorpe and help
him with his case. * ;
W. L. CLEMENTS
BADLY STABBED
Knights Academy Notes.
M*ss Katlialeen Corker left Mon
day for her home at Eufaula, Ala.,
after teaching a successful school of
seven months at Knights Academy.
Her pupils and friends were very
sorry to see her leave.
Mrs. Emma Moore visited her
daughter, Mrs. p. M. Hutchinson, at
Adel Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Shell Burgsteiner is visiting
friends and home folks in our com
munity.
Miss Rosa Moore has returned
home after a pleasant visit to Adel.
Miss Allie Moore of Ray’s Mills,
Ga., is spending a few days with re
latives in this community.
Mj. J. L. Courson, of Hahira, and
Mr. Nowelle McK’nnon spent sev
eral days in this vicinity selling
pianos.
Miss Lela Blanton returned home
Saturday after spending some time
with .relatives at Ray’s Mill, Ga.
. large crowd of young folks
spent last Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mr. H. G. Moore and re
port a good time.
Now Locating Camilla Route.
T^| surveying corps of the Val
dosta Moultrie & Western road has
completed the initial survey of the
extension to Camilla. A straight
line was run in the first survey and
it is believed that the road will be
constructed with very little depart
ures from this original straight sur
vey.
It will be necessary, however, for
the surveying party to go over the
distance a second time and “locate”
the line and Chief Engineer Tillman
and his assistants have begun this
today. It is only a matter of a few
days when the line will be establish
ed and then the work of construe
tlon will proceed at once if there is
no right of way difficulties.—Moul
trie Observer.
Merchant at Barretts Stab
bed Several Times Satur
day Night by Clanton.
W. J. Clements, a merchant of
Barrett, about ten miles north of
this city on the Georgia and Florida
road, was badly wounded Saturday
night in a fight with tne three Clan
ton boys, Marcus, Lonza and Allen
Clanton.
Just what led to the fight could
not be learned, as there seems, to (be
veil of mystery hanging over it
and none of the men connected with
it are disposed to talk about it.
It is said, however, that all of the
men were drinking about ten o’clock
Staurday night wnen a row started
between Clements and one of the
Clanton brothers. It is said that
they got in a fight and during the
fight one of the brothers used his
knife on Clements, who is said to be
a large man and is regarded as a
rather dangerous man in a fight.
It is said that Clements claims
that one of the Clanton boys had
his finger in his mouth, and ho was
trying to get loose from him when
the other ran up to him and stabbed
him four times, twice in the back,
once over his heart and once over
his chest.
A telephone message was sent to
this city for a physician and Dr. Grif
fin went up and dressed Clement’s
wounds. Deputy Sheriff Parrish also
went to the scene Sunday morning,
but made no arrest, as no warrants
were sworn out. He was told that
the warrants would be sent here Sun
day afternoon, but did not come.
The Clantons are all young farmers
and are prospero a people. Clem
ents is in business at Barrett with
his brother and is well known
throughout tha„ section.
QUITMAN WANTS HIGHWAY.
Leading Citizens There *r 0 United
in Working for the Road.
The Quitman Free Press of Satur
day had the fol'owing to *»ay In re
gard to the steps that have been tak
en there to get the National High
way to come by that city:
The Central Highway may be
brought by Quitman after all, the
reason being the great difficulty In
finding a feasible route south of
Valdosta to Madison.
\By invitation a party of Quitman
people went to Tifton yesterday to
confer with H. H. Tift and other
leading citizens of that section with
view of diverting the Central
Route by way of Quitman from Val
dosta.
The party consisted of C. T. Till
man, R. C. McIntosh, W. T. Thomp
son S. S. Hountree, E. J. Young, H.
L. Young and Z. W. Oglealby.
This party was shown every cour
tesy at Tifton and were carried out
in the country a few miles to see
the character of the roads being
built in Tift county.
The Quitman party found the sen
timent-strong in favor of having the
highway come by Quitman for the
reasons stated, the impracticable
character of the route below Valdos-
It is proposed, if it can be
arranged, to have the route come di
rect to Quitman from Kinderlou, a
distance of seven or eight miles and
from here to Madison by the route
gone over by the scouting party pre
viously.
Poultry Men are Organized
At a meeting at the city hall this
morning at eleven o’clock, plans for
the organization of the Southwest
Georgia and Florida Poultry Associa
tion were .formally perfected. The
meeting which was attended by dele
gates from several counties was call
ed to order by Mr. J. F. Pittman.
The following officers were than Im
mediately selected by that body:
E. E. Mack, President, R. S. Par-
jdee, Secretary; J. W. Bowman, Vice-
IPresident, Quitman; E. B. Bailey,
‘Vice-President, Monticello; L. W.
Rigsby, Vice-President, Cairo; D. F.
,Crenshaw, Vice-President, Bain-
New Primitive Bapttot Church.
The new Primitive Baptist church
out near Remerton was constituted
on Saturday and services were neld
there again yesterday, large crowds
being in attendance. A great many
people went out from Valdosta to
attend the services and the day was
one of great rejoicing among tho
Primitive Baptist who have allied
themselves with the new church.
Elders Aaron Knight, of Rays
Mill, and Henry Parrish of Spares,
two of the strongest men of the
Primitive Baptist faith in Berrien
county were on hand and did the
reaching yesterday. The ovtlook
is that the church will bo a prosper
ous one and that it will reach a large
element of church people who have
not had a church conveniently locat
ed to them.
Do Ghosts Haunt Swamp«.
No, never. Its foolish to fear a
fancied evil, when there are real
deadly perils to guard jagainst In
swamps and marshes’, bayous, and
lowlands. These are the malaria
germs that cause ague chills and fe
ver, weakness, aches in the bones
and muscles and may Induce deadly
typhoid. But; ETretric Bitters de
stroys and casts out these vicious
germs from the blood. "Three bottles
drove all the malaria from my sys
tem,” wrote Wm. Fretwell, of Luca-
ma, N. C.. “and I’ve had fine health
ever since.” Use this safe, sure rem
edy only 50c at Dimmock’s Pharma
cy. W. D. Dunaway and Ingram
Drug Co.
Keep The Hen House Clean,
There is not much comfort or
health for the fowls In a house
where the droppings and filth are
sending up a smell so strong that
when you go into It you have to hold
your nbse to keep from losing your
breath, with damp floors, dirty
wator in dirty drinking vessels mix
ed with filth on the floor, the hens
standing around humped up In the
corner on one foot, trying to keep
out of the dirt and filth, their heads
swollen, running at the eyes, sneez
ing and wheezing, trying to live
Once In a long time some poor, un
happy hen will lay an egg, twice in
while, two or there hens die.
There Js no profit In this, and If you
keep your fowls In this wrong way
you will soon give up poultry rais
in and say there was nothing in It.
—ITncle Jo, in Raleigh (N. C.) Pro
gressive Farmer.
Old Servant of General Gordon.
In the death of Amos Gordon,
better known as “Uncle Amos,’
Graymont loses a familiar figure
Although Uncle Amos was a negro
he had the respect and good will of
white men. He was before the civil
war a servant of Gen. John B. Gor
don and mtfny have availod them-
At Quitman the Southwestern and “ ,T * of ,he °"" ortm,lty ° f henrl "K
Central Highways will come together [ L ’ nc, ° ' AmOT ‘®" thrllllnK experiences
and from here (o Jacksonville will 1 he and his 'ole marster" passed
follow the same route. , tllroush - aa wel1 ns taddentw which
Nothing definite was accomplished marked the individuality of the
at the meeting yesterday, but It la' Breat aoIdior hero who Bave hlm llls
believed the change will ibe made, as name '
there Is, no objection from any source
that is known and
better highway can be made via Quit
man.
Commencement l-roginm.
The following Is the program for
the Hahira High School. ' *
IPrlday, 8.00 p. m.. May 5—Exer
ciser by Primary department, v'
Sunday, 11.00 a. m. and 8.Qp'»iW^
May 7th—Services at High School
auditorium.
Monday. 8.00 p. m.. May 8th—Ex
ercises by Intermediate depart
ment.
Tuesday, 10.00 a. m., May 9th.—•
Debato
For a number of years Uncle Amos
a very much' has lbeen “ ,ft,lhful servant to Dr.
E.T. Coleman and the children about
Graymont, for In him every child
found a playmate when amusing
them did not confllett with his duties.
Uncle Amos was stricken suddenly
Items from Nashville Herald,
Two ladies came to Nashville from
Now York City last Saturday and
paid tho taxes on two half lots of
land advertised to be sold next Tues
day. It is said that no taxes have
been paid on tills property for sev
eral years, and the fact was dis
covered by I)r. Schnaus of Cocll who
was looking after the school taxes
for this district.
The Nashville postofllco In a short
time will receive a supply of the
cream-colored postal cards printed In
red Ink which uro to take the place
of the old cards of commonplace
black Ink design. It Is Bald that the
new cards will bo of a more at
tractive appearance. The govern
ment Issued eight hundred and sev
enty-one million threo hundrod and
eighteen thousnnd postal cards last
as he sat In frontt of Dr. Coleman's | year a t a total cost of two hundred
office. Quite a largo number of j and acvent y.three thousand doHars.
white people attended his funeral The now cards wl| , c09t approxtmatB .
services and burlml.
; Rumors from Atlanta say that
Judge Jame&'kl Hines is thinking of
getting Into the gubernatorial race
ly sixty thousand dollars more than
the old cards.
Turpentine and Tie Wagon*.
„, Big stock heavy wagon 8 at lowest
if anything should happen to cause prices. Anything you want In heavy
l • ■ - Giijuuiih juu wane in neavy
a vacancy. Judge Jameski has been team harness’, saddles, buggies and
Resolve, That tne Town- holding a soft place about the cap!- buggy harness with p&tetnt traces,
ship Sysleiii of Consolidated Schools tol ever since Hoke had the law our own make. Ingram Buggy and
Is the. Best for Hahira and the Sur- changed so as to give the railroad Harness Co., Valdosta, Ga.
rounding District. commission a legal adviser. I t 5-1-tues-sat-lm.
Mail Service on V. M. & W.
A mail service wag established on
the V dlaotsa isEAI E90$
the Valdosta, Moultrie & Western
road and all the towns between here
and Moultrie will be furnished mails
promptly by that road In future.
This Is a great convenience for folks
along the new road to Mioultrie.
Congressman Brantley was influen
tial In having the ro\ te established,
he having taken the matter up with
the Poatoffice department several
weeks ago.
It Startled the World.
When the astounding claims were
first mdae for Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve, but forty years of wonderful
cures have proved them true, and
everywhere It is now known as the
best salve on earth for Burns, Bolls,
Scalds, Sores, Cuts, Bruises, Sprains,
Swelling, Exzeraa, Chapped Hands,
Fever Sores and Piles. Only 25c at
Dimmock's Pharmacy, W. D. Duna
way and Ingram Drug Comapny.
Try O. B. Williams’ Liver and
in-
jbridg; H. W. Lester, Treasurer.— I Kidney Pills for, btlllousne
Thomaffville Press. |8-22-«w 12 mo.
About the first dash out of the box
the socialist senator, Victor Berger,
demonstrated how unsafe it would be
if a majority of the senate were
made up of socialists. He wants to
do away with the senate. Get rid
of one more branch of government
and wo would have anarchy—each
man for himself and the devil for all.
One Price Briggs
We are pleased to announce that we
are now ready to show one of
the most complete line of
Clothing, Furnishings, Shoes,
that we have ever had the pleasure of showing. We
are agents for the high-grade
L=System Clothing
Special for young men. Kuppenheimer make of fine
clothing. Henry Sonneboru, all-wool suits
in prices from $10.00 up.
Briggs’ special Walk-Over and B3ydeti Shoes, m-
perial $3.00 and Stetson Hats. Inspect our lines
before buying your spring outfit.
Notice of Removal.
T have moved my wheel-WTlsht
shop to Corner Savannah ave and
Toombs street, baek of Star Laun
dry. I will le pleased to see all
old and new patrons at my new place.
C. HUMPHREYS.
4-13-d2t-w2t.
Thanking you for pass business and asking for a con
tinuance, I am as ever,
M. A. BRIGGS