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Ini VALDOBTA TIMES,
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TRAIN KILLED
FARGO MAN
M. A. Raulson was Thrown
Under the Wheels Yester
day and Decapitated.
(From Friday's Dally.)
M. A. Kuuluon, white, wi.o had
charge ot (ho immp and water tank
of the Georgia Southern & Florida
Railroad at Fargo, waa Instantly
killed yesterday morning by falling
under the wheels of a train.
The story of the accldeut, as told
by a party from Fargo, Is that Mr,
Raulson stepped upon the rear<plat-
i form of a passenger coach whill the
aln. was at the station,','aril
4 when the train waa bached
nake a coi : (ling the Imi
cars threw ii/nt over the,
directly under H ~
St his h
A. G. L. TAXES
TURNED DOWN
Comptroller General Wright
Refused to Accept the Re
turns of the Road.
Atlanta, Ga., May 26.—Evidently
Comptroller General W. A. Wright
has a stormy time ahead of him—
and, incidentally. It might be obk/V-
ed that some corporations In the state
will know that there has been trou
ble.
Yesterday .the returns of the Sea-
Air Line were reported anA to
ns of the Atlantic boast
k because they showed
about 11,600,000 pnder
CORN, MELONS
AND PUMPKINS
A Field of Corn Near Val
dosta Which Reminds one
of the Texas Lands.
About a mile and a half from
Valdosta, to the southeast, Mr. Jim
Stapler baa a watermelon patch
RID WAVE
STILL ON
Deaths and Many
Priostrations From Heat in
Chicago and the North.
Orrld temper-
iddle states
Chicago,
aturea\ still
today.
There were seven deaths In Chi-
where he is raising melons which he ca 'g 0 f r pm the heat and many others
thinks are going to make rings ] were overcome.
around any other melons that have
ever been raised in tbia section. They
came from need which produced a
melon that weighed 149 ‘A pounds,
after the dew had dried and the
sand bad been shaken off.
Over to the west of Valdosta,
mile and a half, Mr. Tom Ray is
growing some pumpkins that % re go
ing to make rings around Mr. Stap
ler's melons. The warm days, with
occasional showers and the alternat
ing clouds, are making them grow
so rapidly that you can almost see
them swelling up from tiny bulbs to
the huge globes which they are to be.
Early in the season Mr. Staple,
challenged Mr. Ray to a melon-rais
ing match. Mr. Ray said he was not.
much on raising melons but he had
some pumpkins that promised to be
"some pumpkins" later on, being as
they caine from seed which produced
two pumpkins that weighed 40u
pounds two generations (pumpkin
generations) back Jr. Stpplcr did
not have any pumpkins, but he is go
ing to put hi 8 melons against Mr.
Ray's pumpkins.
That is one reason Mr. Stainer
goes out to his held so early ip the
morning and stnyB there so
the evening. That may ai
why Mr. Ray recehtly put
for an extra suppl)’ of
Grower” fertiliser. (Mr.
pacts to hare melons
will fllll a barrel to
Mr. Ray’s pumpklnsj
growing, wUl boo:
the feui
Pittsburg Also SweRcrlng.
Pittsburg, Penn., May 27.—This
city amd section Is today sweltering
under the hottest May day in many
years. A large number of people
are prostrated by the heat.
Lady Dies at Dees.
Mrs. Tyler , wife of Enoch Tyler,
well nown throughout this section,
died at her home at Dees, on Tues
day night, and her body waa carried
to her old home at Mayday, for bur
ial yesterday.
The deceased had been an Invalid
for a long while, but her condition
was not regarded ns- extremely ser
ious until a short time before her
death. She leaves a husband and
tw'n children, and a large family
connection.
Memphis Lady Wins.
Memphis. Tenn.—Mrs. Emma D.
T.obney, of Memphis, writes: "I suf
fered misery for nearly eight years
Since taking Cardni, I am much
stronger,, and I haven’t missed a
single meal. I hardly know how
to express my gratitude.” Don’t wor-
ry about your symptoms—Cardui
goes deeper down. What you need
is strength. Strength will enable
you to throw off female troubles and
wlllv.-prevent the headache, back
ache, dizziness and other symptoms
that you now suffer from. " ’ ’
helps you get It.
Cardui
j °*TS» d<
| . -35ep the cars came together
he was thrown to the ground
quickly that ho could do nothing to
•ave himself. The byatandors were
equally helpleta to assist him.
The officials of th® road In this
city who were asked about tho af
fair were not well enough acquaint
ed with the nature of tho accident
to make a detailed etatement, but It
Is probable that the above account
Is sutytantlally correct.
Mr. Raulbon waa killed by tbo
northbound passenger train which
reaches Valdosta shortly bofore 11
o'clock In the morning.
TO INCREASE tlOXD ISSUE.
Ing their
practically all ot them
'F. |have made Improvements and enjoyed
real prosperity He does not intend
to he unfair, but real and valid rea
sons must be given tor any decrease
made In corporations return!.
So far three big roads have made
returns, the Central, the Seaboard
and the Coast Line. The Central
showed nbout J1.0n0.00n Increase,
while the other two marked slumps.
The comptroller hag never acted of-
flclslly on the Central's returns but
he Is now making an Investigation of
the figures. Tho Seaboard and Coast
I.lne have been turned down flat.
A strenuous summer seems to be
ahead of the, comptroller—and some
corporations.
Valdosta .Moultrie .anil . Western
| Iloail Preparing for Improve
ment*.
The Valdosta Moultrlo and Wes
tern road is giving notice to tho le
gal publications ot Its proposition to
cancel its present bond Issue
J300.000, nml to issue JGOO'ltOO to
bo used in Improvements.
It Is understood that these
provements contemplate terminals In
Valdosta and Moultrie nml also the
Y (extension of the lino from Moultrie
f to the Chsttahoochec river.
A preliminary survey of the road
from Moultrlo to Cnmlla has already
peon made anil the road la now to
be surveyed from Moultrlo via Pel
ham, as the citizens of that plnco nro
making a very big effort to have tho
road corno by there.
It has not been determined yet ex
aetly what route will ho taken. This
will depend very largely upon tho
cost of the road by the different
routes and tho character of tho
country to be reached by it. All of
these things will bo considered in de
termining which route will be
chosen.
In the meantime there is no doubt
that the road will be extended ns
soon as tbo work can be done. It is
almost as certain that it will go be
yond tho Chattahoochee river and
then It will ultimately becomo the
main link In a great highway from
the north west to the southeast,
shortening the distance between
those sections, reducing tho time and
lessening the expenses of running
trains from one to the other.
Cnnltil Worked Wonders.
McMinnville, Tenn.—Mrs. Ode
Jett, of this plnco, says: "I don't
believe I would bo living today. If
It hadn’t been for Cardui. After
treating me twenty-seven days, my
doctor advised an operation, hut 1
woud not consent. Instead, I took
Cnrdtil, nnd now 1 ant doing my
ork—even (ho washing. Cardui
worked wonders In my case. I am
tn bettor health than for live years."
Cardui Is a strengthening tonic for
women. It relieves pain, tones up
the nerves, builds strength. You
noodCardul. Tr y it.
in _
>k a drive out
Havener Wnlilrcp Daily Hurt.
Mr. Havener .Waldrop I, laid up
ns the result of injuries he received
tn a fall at tho office of tho Consoll
dateil Ice and Power Co., on Mouday
night. Tho young man's duties at
tho offico kept him until after dark,
nnd in going out ho stepped In a hole
seven or eight foot deep, breaking
two of his ribs and receiving other
injuries
He mistook the dark looking place
near tho passage-way for a pile of
ronl nnd in stepping on this, as he
thought, fell headolng to the bottom
of the abandoned eoal-schutc. His
condition Is now satisfactory and It
is probable thnt ho will bo able to
get out in n fow days .
Copper arttelee may be thorough
ly cleaned and made bright by wash-
Ing them with a solution of salt and
vinegar. Use as much salt aa the
vinegar will dissolve.
Sign Truck Leave* Atlanta.
Tho auto truck bearing signs for
tho National Highway from Atlanta
to Jacksonville, will leave Atlanta
next Monday and will distribute the
signs all along tho road, putting up
n sign at every mile post ao as to
guide travel both ways.
Tho work will he done at » rate
of about fifty miles n day and will
be thorough. A new supply of signs
will be shipped to Vienna, Oa., and
other supplies to points between
there and Jacksonville.
about was com, and'
A Times reporter ti
west of town yeetorddy, returning by
the road toward Loc’y Laurel and
J. O. Wlsonbaker’s place. The crops
are all good. There is not a bad
looking field In. that entire section
and they are all clean.
But the best corn crop in tho coun
ty. so far as our observation goes,
is tho ten-acre Held of Mr. T. M.
Ray, on tho Kinder Lou road, a mile
nml a half wost of Valdosta. It 18
grown from semi which Mr. Ray
bought in North Carolina at J5. a
bushel. It I? groan upon lau.l which
hns eight hundred pound■ o’ ferti
lizer to tho acre, and it (» wonh o
trip from hero there to tee it One
beauty about tho Held 1-7 the uni
formity of the stalks. Every row
Is nbout tho same size and, though
the Btnlks arc five or six foot tali t v ey
hnvo not commenced to tnssla, show
ing thnt they arc not near grown.
People who have seen this ecru
say that It reminds them of some of
the Holds In tho richest sections of
Texas or the western stntes, where
corn is the principal crop. Tho stalks
aro great big healthy things, ns big
ns one’s wrist and you can almost
hear thorn cracking as they grow. If
the ten acres do not bring one thou
sand bushels of corn, and thnt is a
very conservative estlmato, they will
hnVe to hnvo n big back-set before
the corn-gathering time.
Mr. Ray has a Held of twenty
acres on beyond there, which will
compare favorably with any corn in
the county, but, of eourso, his prize
patch is in a different class from any
ordinary corn-field in this section.
Mr. Ray not only ha sa good corn
crop nil the way around, but he has
some of as pretty sea island cotton
(seed from the sea islands) as ono
wants to see. The field is clear and
clean and hjs cotton is growing in
fine shape. He also has plenty of
melons, cantaloupes and cabbage,
some prize hogs and fine chickens.
He has a beautiful place for a coun
try home, but he prefers to live In
town and make his fnrm n side-line
to his cotton business here.
Over across the railroad from Mr.
Ray’s place, Mr. R. W. Bentley hns
a corn field, which Is no bad looking
sight Itself. It Is healthy and uni
form in size and it promises to make
a great yield. Further on Mr. John
Roston has as fine a farm as one
wnnta to see. Further on Mr. Bnrk-
utlner is making splendid cotton on
a field which ha* produced nothin*
but cotton for the past twenty years.
Juat Beyond there, Mr. John Cof.
fee has a corn field that looks ..like
one of the great .fields of the west
Back toward town, Mr. J. 0. Wisen-
iker has a splendid place. Hit
as cleafc as A garden patch
lO-looV. tntojhls field dpce
ot have to be told that a thrifty
armor la In charge bf affairs there.
Reports from all over tbe county
Indicate that crops are In splendid
condition and that the farmers have
them well worked.
MJOUOSCj
How the I'nltedfSUtei Government
VrShaem a Stone for Each.
The United States.government baa
provided 60(1.000 markers for the
grave, of s^ldMra. From two«uu>
ble quarries, orf^t Lee Maas, and
one at R.thland, Vt., all these tomb
stones hVc —boon taken. Leo baa
300,000 markeri
and Is turning In tl
35 years and is turning .out grave
stones at'tbe rate of 20,000 a year.
Each marker Is three feet long,
one foot wide and lour Inches thick,
and weigh, 200 pounds. Just under
the rounded top is outlined an Inlaid
shield, and within this it cut , the
name, age, company, rank "
ment of the soldier, sailor
whose grave It is to mark Pi .CM&qgo with a boatload of hi
’Tfininffy ware
These stones are shipped
by the carload to certain distributing
points named by the war department
For the New England states Boston
is tho distributing place, New York
for the middle states, Chicago for
the middle west, Denver, San Fran
cisco, Atlanta and Houston are other
points of shipment.
Washington has received the great
est number of these markers. Thou
sands have been set up in Arlingtoi
and other government cemeteries.
Not only does the government fur
nish the tombstone free, hut It pays
the freight to its destination. All
that has to be done when the stone
delivered is to have It carried
to the grave from the freight of
fice and set up. Many Grand Army
posts looks after this.
Hundred, of stones have been sup
plied to mark the graves of women
nurses who served in the civil war.
The Empire Store lias Moved.
Jr. Editor:—We were forced to
move our store over on Ashley street
so they could rebuild our old store.
We appreciate the liberal patronage
the good people gave us on Patter
son Street and we certainly will
make It to their Interest to trade with
us on Ashley street while we stay
here. "Our. store Is No. 136 North
Ashley St, next door to Mr. E. H,
Davis Meat Market. The Empire
■Storei . ^ .' v I 1 J
FOJS Manufacturers Meet
Indianapolis, Ind.; Mat 27.—Then
annual convention of the American
Feed Manufacturers’ Association met
In this city today for a two days’
session.
oq his 91«t Year. ?
Chicago, 111., May 27.—Fernando
r ""n.. v'liWajlqJti' 1 "’* Pl°u. e er cltl-’. S-
ssen, Kept open house for his ma\
friends today on the occasion
ninety-first birthday anniversary. v
Jones was born in Chatauqua
Cbtfnty, N. Y. in 1820, and camejto
fifteen years later. The “clur"
at that time consisted of a f*W
houses clustered around Fort Deaf-
born, and the trade wag principally
with the Indians. Mr. Jones ha*
seen Chicago grow from a town of a
few hundred people to a metropolis
of 2,. r >00,000, and, as he told bir
friends today, he hopes to seo 100-
years and a Chicago of 4,000,000 per
sons.
GEORGIAJ}AR:aCA8 MEET.
The Damons nnd Fhilntlieaa are to
Meet In Macon on Junp 8th.
Atlanta, May 27—Georgia Baracas
and Philatheas are preparing to .as
semble in force at Macon 1 'for a big .
annual convention which begins June,
2nd and runs through June 8th. Tho
Baraea convention proper Is June
2-4 inclusive, and tho Philatheas
convention is June 6-8 Inclusive. It
estimated that at least 300 dele
gates will attend each of the gath
erings.
On June 10th to loth the World-
Wide Baraea and Philatbea conven
tion will be held at Kansas City, Mo.
and a good many Georgians are pro-
parinff’to attend. Formal plans will
be completed for attending this lazi
er gathering when the state meeting
is held.
Tn Honor of Dominion Premiers.
London, May 27 Sir Wilfrid
Her and the other colonial premiq
here to attend the Imperial Cont
nle and 1 the coronation ceremonies
were the guests of honor at a luen-
eon given by the Eighty Club at the
Hotel Cecil today. Mr.’ Lloyd
George presided.
One Price Briggs
We are pleased to announce that we
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Clothing, Furnishings, Shoes,
We
that we have ever had the pleasure of showing,
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 Boyden Shoes. Im
perial $3.00 and Stetson Hats. Inspect our lines
before buying your spring outfit.
Thanking you for pass business and asking for a con
tinuance, I am as ever,
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