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JUM5—IZ, ISILT
1 TIMES. VAIiDOSTA, OA, MONDAY
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This Week’s Specials
June Ready-to-Wear Bargains That Will Go Out in a Hurry This Week
$1.00
and
$1.50 ,
About 20 dozen Ladies’ fine Sheer Lawn Waists, with Dutch Necks and |
Short Sleeves; prettily primmed with Lace and Embroidery. Waists that ,
sell from $1.00 to $1.50, to go at - - - - - -
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Great Values in Men’s Furnishings
100 dozen Men’s Shirts, Negligee style{ in Percale and Figures all clean, new,
fresh stock, all sizes. They have the look of a dollar shirt. This week - 39c
Lisle finish Men’s Hose, 15c a pair; two pairs for * - t 25c
Men’s Wash Ties for - * * *0°
Men’s Silk Ties, each - - - : 19c
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Extra Specials
15c Dimities per yard 10c 10c Ladies Vests 6c
25c and 30c Wash Goods for 19c yard.
15c Bordered Lawn for 9c $1.00 C. & B. Corsets 89c
50c and 75c C. & B. Corsets 43c
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THE RED SPOT STORE, Jos. Marks, Proprietor
HENRY IRODDER
DIED OE BLOW
FROM A CLUB
Well Known Negro Hit
by Policeman and Died
WARRANT CHARGING OFFICER
SHARP WITH MURDER IS
SWORN OUT AND THE OFFI
CER LEAVES TOWN.
Henry Trodder, a well known
trick mason of Valdosta, and
<iuiet and harmless negro, died some
time Saturday night as a result of
a blow on the head from a police
man’s billy in the hands of Police
man Sharpe.
A coroner’s Jury Sunday after
noon returned a verdict that Trod-
der came to his death from a wound
caused by a blow on the bead in*
dieted by Policeman Sharpe.
A warrant charging Sharpe with
murder has been placed In the hands
of Sheriff Gornto, but it Is said that
Sharpe left town on an outgoing
train Sunday and that he bna not
been seen since then, though some
of his friends have already consulted
lawyer, in hi® behalf and It Is un
derstood that he intends to appear
for trial at the proper time. It was
said this morning by one of his
friends that Sharpe does noz wish
to lay in Jail until next November
and that he left town on that ac
count.
The killing of Trodder appears to
have been the result of a reckless
use of a policeman’s, club, though
death would not have resulted If It
had not been that Trodder’s skull
was of a very peculiar formation.
The physicians who examined it
stated that hi* skull was as thin as
paper and that almost any kind of
a blow on the head would have been
fatal to him.
The occurrence was a very un
fortunate one and It is regretted by
all classes of people. It seems that
Policeman Sharpe bad arrested a
negro dow n near the depot and was
carrying him to the city prison, In
tending to enter the prison from the
rear door, of the city ball. It seems
that Trodder and. his broth
er, Lewis, were standing on the
paved walk almost In line where the
officer and his prisoner were walk
ing. The officer had had a little
trouble with the prisoner and he waa
probably afraid that when he got
where there were other negroes the
prisoner would give more trouble.
A* they approached the two negroes
on the walk the officer called to
them to get out of the way and
they paid no attention to him. It Is
said that he shoved his prisoner
aga<dst on-> of them and some re
mark was made. Sharpo stated that
it wn«, dark and he thought Trodder!
was reaching In hfg pocket for some-j
thin < wh«*n he reached over the headi
of his prisoner and tapped him with'
his club.
Nothing was thought of the inci
dent at tho time and the officer went
on to the prison with his prisoner, j
Trodder remained on the street* for.
ANOTHER SMITH MAY GET IT.
Report From Atlanta About Judge
Oscar Smith Was an Error.
Jt looks very much ffs if the re
port which was sent out from Atlanta
Saturday afternoon and which was
p:inted in the afternoon papers of
that c’ty in regard to tho appoint
ment Si Judge Oscar Smith as
member of the prison commission to
succeed Gen. Clement Evans was
error and was due to the fact that
some of the newspaper people in that
city were trying to draw conclusions
from what Governor Smith had told
them.
It seems that Governor Smith,
somebody who claimed to speak for
him, stated that the successor to
General Evans would bo a lawyer, a
former Judge of tho city court, who
lost out to Governor Brown and who
resides In the central southern por
tion of tho state and la named,
Smith. The governor may not have
said who it was, but the report got
out in Atlanta that Smith was the
man.
The newspapers concluded that the
ption fitted judge Oscar
, of Valdosta, though the Ma-
Telegraph correspondent thought
it fitted J. R. L. Smith, of
At any ra$e, It seems ll*at'Gcwflrnor
Smith has not made the appoint
ment, or rather he has not told the
newspapers who would be appoint
ed, though a report to the Morning
News from Atlanta says that Judge
Oscar Smith Is not the man.
We were hoping that Judge Smith
would get this honor, because we
felt that he deserved it, that he
cculd fill the position ably and that
the honor would foe appreciated by
toe people of this qectlom.
The Old Corn Broom.
Brooms are “going out” too—the
old hand-power kind made of broom-
corn, says a writer in “Success Mag
azine.” Our best families have taken
to vacuum cleaners; office buildings
go in for soft, brushy brooms made
of bristles. The sale of the oldfash-
ioned broomg Is on the decline. The
farmers of tho foroom-eorn country
in Illinois swear they will raise no
more* of their product until tke man
ufacturers assure them better prices
than they have received in recent
years and the broom-makers can’t
*lo that because they are already ad
ministering oxygen to their perish
ing business. Even an infant industry
requires less coddling than one which
has passed its prime.
Jug Peddlers Wer© Arrested.
Saturday afternoon It waa re
ported to Sheriff Gomto and Deputy
Parrish tl* p some Jug peddlers
named Snipes were drunk about a
mile from town and were creating
a disturbance there. The officers
went out and arrested the two men
and placed them in lall, where they
remained until Sunday afternoon
when they put up a bond of $100
each and were released.
Mr. E. J. Berry and son, of Way-
cross, spent Sunday in this city.
some time and went borne, though
he wa* complaining with his head.
During the night he died. An ex
amination of his head showed that
the skull was broken and that his
death was caused by the blow from
the club. t
Trodder wa* a very well known
negro and appeared to havo been
an Inoffensive negro. Officer Sharpe
probably did not know who he was
and, of course, he did pot Intend to
kill him with the club.
Just where Sharpe went and when
he expects to return Is not known*
II, S. COURT
THISJORB
Opened at 11 O’clock and
Got Down to Work
FIRST CASE CALLED WAS A
{DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST AT-
LANTIO COAST LINE FOR PER
SONAL DDMAGES.
$0,300,000 ROND ISSUE.
Ter-
Ra il road Commission Grants
mission for New Railroad.
Permission to issue bonds and
stocks In the sum of $6,300,000 has
been given to the Atlantic, Waycross
and Northern by the railroad com
mission of Georgia. The report
granting the petition of the railroad
finds that the advantages of St.
Marys an a port are such as to war
rant the bonding of the road, al
though only a short portion of the
proposed line Is in actual operation.
The commission sent a committee
to St. Marys to go over the proposi
tion carefully. The committee’s re
port wag fatarable in every detail
and only eugested that the commliih
sion have the road make the usual
guarantee to the commission that
the money secured through the sale
The federal court resumed its of bonds and stock be used for tho
w<irk tkto morning at eleven O’clock. Purposes named in the petition,
returned from Jaclc-
hero be .pent Saturday
it Sunday, on «m — An CTtrac t „ f the report that w„.
. of Rev 0 g 1)0 °* Interest is: "Qt. Mary* is one
- - lor ,f the F 0 **- beautlful Wttle towns on
' e const that w© have ever seen
namely, construction and equipment
from the present terminus to Fort
hi alleges to have
I while getting off the train
at; Faooville'tn February, 1909.
He claims that he came up from
Chattahoochee and that the train did
not stop at the station, a* it should
havi donq and he went out on the
platform, to get off. He says the
train jerked forward and threw him
ti thi^/ound, spraining his wrist,
breaking his arm and Injuring his
spine and hip so as to disable himj
for more than a year. . He claims
that he Is still disabled and he ex
pects his life to be shortened as a
result of the accident.
The railroad denies all of that and
i tAln nU
Trted <
vllle and had sRSHed off again when
Mr. Culberson attempted to get off.
The road claim* that It was his own
carelessness that caused the acci
dent. sp*
There are about a dozen witness
es in this case and Mr. Culberson
wa* the first one sworn. Ho was on
the stand a good while today and his
evidence was interesting.
He is a farmer, about sixty years
old and he Is also a Baptist preach
er, having charge of three churches
nd with the completion of tho rail
ed Into Waycross and beyond
ere can be no question that its de
lopment as a summer and winter
ort will be rapid. Certainly this
he character of enterprise for
tstate of Georgia which should
fee encouraged as far a* possible by
11 railroad commission.”
headquarters of tho proposed lino
h * 0 been opened at Waycross and
rr soon as tho necessary amendment
tc l he charter of the road providing
ff an Increase in capital stock from
$' 0,000 to $1,500,000 Is made,
wr- k on the extension wll be push
er’ It Is understood that the prea
Id r "t of the road, Capt.^L. Johnson,
hr ’ received encouraging support
frc”i financial circles.
FATE TAYLOR NOT HANGED.
Judge Conyers Grants a Supercede***
anil* Saved Prisoner.
Fate Taylor was not executed Fri
day in Baxley as scheduled.
At the last moment, Judge C. B.
Conyers, of Brunswick, granted a
supercedeas in Alvin Sellers’ motion
for an extraordinary hearing, and
postponed the hanging until July
10, In order to hear this motion.
A message was received in the of
fice of the governor, and Governor
Brown Issued a stay of execution In
accordance with the action of Judge
Conyers. Mr. Sellers, checkmated
by Governor Brown’s declination to
Interfere with the law, hastened to
his honte and secured the stay.
4»‘So one hanging less in Georgia
wka wiped off the day’s schedule.
Three-{-hangings occurred In the
state Friday. John Withrow, the
young Fannin county wife murder
er, wa§ hanged in Blue Ridge; Ed
Jones, a Baker county murderer,
waa another to pay the penalty, and
the third man was a Lincoln county
negro.
In each of thoso cases tho prison
commission and the governor declin
ed to Interfere with the course of
tho law.
Spend the Time at Our Fountain
' ^jj Just drop around on a Hot
and you will
appreciate what a comfortable place we have
offer you. A place where ydti' ban spetHrlyo®
leisure time in the enjoyment of a ^plicious ice cream 1 ;
soda, sundae, or ice cream. A plate where you get
ice dream of delightful quality, pfite fruit syrupSyfiRSL
frigid sparkling soda, all of which help you to forget
the heat.
fTT The care of the skin on hands and face is of greater import./
ance now than at any other time. The great amount of mois-
nre in the atmosphere renders your bands more susceptible to
weather conditions, See that you are supplied with the best
preparations for the skin. Use only the best talcum& face pow
ders, and cold cream. You will have no fear of the Weather or of
skin troubles if you buy your toilet preparations from us.
4
Don’t fail to aeo the Marshalls, at
l.jrlc tonight, IB conti. It
SFTERAI. ARRESTS WERE MADE
The Re«t Tonic la Root Jolce.
It tones, toother and, heals the
raucous linings of the stomach, bow
els and bladder. Invigorates the liv
er and kidneys. Unsurpassed
general debility, nervous weakness
stomach troubles, kidney affections,
rheumatism and general break
down. The quick, beneficial results
obtained from the use of ROOT
JUICE la surprising thousands of
pcople .throp^ijout the country. Tho
compound 1% certainly a remarkable
Tonic Stomhelyq'tad seems to bene
fit, from th« very start, all who take
It. Sold exclusively at this point by
Ingram Drug Co. : 3-14-eod-6mo.
Dr: uty Sheriff Parrish Made
I" ' 11fui Visit to iftooks Sunday.
Deputy Sheriff Parrish has been
try'ig to got over Into Brook. ooun-
ty for the purpose of arresting Bill
Wnter 8 for the past week, hut he
has been so busy that he waa unable
In Georgia and Florida. Ho says' to > :cl ofr until Sunday morning.
Take your combings to 416 Wood
ing l.anc and get you a switch or
puff made. PrlceB reasonable.
that his Income from his churches
Is from |250 to 1300 a year, besides
what he gets when he “passes
around the baskets.’’ He says that
ho considers his services on bis farm
as being worth more than two no-
groos he ca n hire, as he takes “the
lead row" In his farm work,
told the Jury this morning that the
Injuries to him have prevented him
from plowing or hoeing his crop and
that It also gave him trouble In bap
tising, especially very heavy people.
Mr. Culberson Is a very plain
spoken man and i, very sincere.
There was much in his evidence this
morning which caused a titter on
account of the way he told It, hut
there wa. nothing In It of a Joking
nature to him.
It Is probable that this case will
take up most of the day. There are
good many cases on the docket
for this week and It Is very probable
that court will continue all of the
week, If not Into next week.
Mr. Claude Ferrell has returned
from New Orleans where he has
been attending the Ferrell High
School. " !
Bill Waters Is wanted for several
different offenses In this county. He
Is aroused of assault with intent to
murder. Another warrant charges
him with assault and battery, StUl
another one accuses him of carry
ing concealed weapons, or of having
a pistol without having It registered,
and It l« said that other charges
even more serious may bo made
against him.
When Deputy Parrish drove np to
Bill Waters’ house, or the house
where he was living, he found Bill
out. under the shade of a tree while
another negro, with a comb In one
hand and a pair of shears In the oth
er, was trimming Bill’s hair abont
as close to the skin as he could pos
sibly get It. The process formed
such an Interesting picture that the
deputy sat In bis buggy and waited
for the hair cutter to get throngh
with his Job before putting him un
der arrest Then he was takan In
charge and was brought here tad
placed In Jail.
Mrs. T. W. Krauss and three thll.
dren, of Brunswick, were among tie
visitors to this city on Sunday.
Don't fall to see the Marshalls, nt.
l.yrlc tonight, IB coats. It
CHEAP EXCURSION
G. S. & F. RY.
June 14,1911
VALDOSTA TO
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.: $2.00
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. $2.50
TAMPA, FLORIDA, : $4.00
Round Trip Ticket* Limit
ed Five Day* for Return
For further information call on
E. M. WEEKS, T. A.
Valdosta, : Georgia
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