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JUM5—IZ, ISILT 1 TIMES. VAIiDOSTA, OA, MONDAY m 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 - - - - - - 89c 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 ■**> 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 J. 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 W. ROBINSON, Decorator P.O.Box 295 Valdosta, Qa. ’I Sign, Pictorial'and Scenic Artist, House Paintingf.Fr Decorating and Paper Hanging. Interior Work a Specialty. All W ik 'i •-.t-s Ciic-erfully Furnished STONE & KING 1 Singing and Talking Comedy Scotty & A Refined Nov