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TWO ARE KILLED SIX LITTLE NEGROES
TRAIN' STRUCK
LOG ON TRACK
Fatal Wreck of Log Train
Near Adel Yesterday
TRAIN WAS RUNNING RAPIDLY
DOWN HILL AND CRASHED
INTO A LOG WHICH FELL ON
THE TRACK.
(From t Friday’s Dally.)
A report reached the city last
right of a very disastrous wreck of
an engine on the log train running
from Adel across Little river. Full
er details of the accident came to
The Times this rooming over the
phone from Adel
Engineer Will Creed, who was In
charge of the engine, was crushed
to death and a negro named Wim
berly was also killed. The negro
fireman, whose name Is Anderson,
had his leg broken and two or three
other negroes were bruised, but
none seriously hurt. The train
going down hill toward the river
and w^s making fast time in order
to climb the hill on the other side.
A flat car was in front of the en
gine, and this car ran into the log
across the track and was thrown
from the track, the engine going
off and turning over across the
track.
It is said that Engineer Creed
was thrown between the furnace
and tank of the engine and was
crushed to death. Wimberly was
caught under the tender and was
killed, while Anderson had his leg
broken in the smashup. There were
several negroes on the engine and
their escape was miraculous.
The dead engineer resided in Cof
fee county and his remains wfere
carried to that county for burial.
The road belongs to the Adel Lum
ber Company and is used for haul
ing logs to the mill there.
WERE ON TRIAL TODAY
Fivjfe Were Convicted, bft one
Wanted to be Tried by a
Jury of Peers.
The bunch of negro boys wijo were
arrested yesterday morning for
stealing clothing and other.articles
from JoBeph Marks store, were ar
raigned before Judge Cranford this
morning, on the cnarge of larceny
Ulysses Grant plead not guilty, but
he was placed upon trial and It was
shown that he was guilty.
“Mudsing” Williams, Jonn Ferger-
. C. Patterson and John Bell
all plead guilty to the charge against
them.
Horace Peterson wanted t<
tried by a jury and Walter Jackson
was next placed on trial.
During the progress of the case,
Gus Cox was arrested in the court
house as a member of the gang ana
it developed that there are about
seven other members who are dodg
ing the officers and who are be‘ng
hunted by them.
Chief Dampler found a large num
ber of keys on these boys and among
these keys were a number of keys to
laws offices and to other offices. This
explains to the policemen where
number of things that have been
stolen from law offices have gone to.
Many complaints have been made
about articles disappearing from dfi-
ferent offices at night, though there
were no signs that burglars bad en
tered the places.
Ulysses Grant, John Fergerson and
“Mudsing” Williams were given
twelve months and K. C. Patterson
and John Bell were given ten months
each.
A negro named George McGee was
convicted of having a pistol without
a license and was given twelve
months straight on the gang.
NO NO-FENCE LAW THIS YEAR
Rrooks Formers nr© Almost Unani
mously In Favor of It.
Several Brooks county farmers
have started a movement for an elec,
tlon for a no-fence law in the count/
and have met with surprising suc
cess, nearly every one signing the
petition for an election. Their dis
gust was great when they went to
•Quitman to file their petition and
were told the election would be Im
possible legally this year because the
law provides that such an election
must he held on the first Wednesday
In July and that a notice must bo
published twenty days prior to that
date.
The movement was started by the
Mr. Moses Leslie Passes Away
Mr. Moses Leslie, a highly re
spected citizen of Madison County,
passed away Wednesday morning at
his hom e at Plnetta after a linger
ing illness for several weeks.
Leslie had been afflicted with paraly.
sis for the past two years, and for
some time had been quite low, so
that his death was at the time not
unexpected.
The deceased was born and
reared In Madison County, where he
spent a long and useful life, being
at the time of his death about 65
years old. He was a faithful mem
ber of the Methodist Church, and
was admired and esteemed by those
who knew him.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his
widow, Mrs. Leslie; two sons, Theo.
and Andrew Leslie; three daughters
Mrs. Wm Cowart, Mrs. John Cowart,
and Miss Mamie Leslie; three broth
ers, Matt, ewls and Wm. Leslie,
argument the hog cholera was j and one sister, Mrs. Wm. Howard,
spread through the county last yearj The funeral was held at Pine
by the parambulatlng "two dollar" | Grove Cemetery Thursday morning,
shoat. The farmers traced th© course, a large number of friends being pres-
■of the disease as communicated fromjent to pay a final tribute to this de-
one hog to another and are firm bo-.ceased brother.
llevers In the perambulating shoat *
idea; they estimated that cholera cost Trespassing at Loch Laurel,
the county at least $50,000 last year. The owners of Loch Laurel again
' The farmers were very much In j have cause to complain of the mali-
oarnest about the need of the law I ciousne8S °* certain parties from
which would compel every one to Valdosta,
keep stock In pastures; they argue
that it Is better for the stock and
less expensive generally.
Early Cotton and n Rig Squash.
.Tack TTall, of the Hnhira district,
sends the Times the first boll of sea
Island cotton that we hnve seen this
season. It was full grown and open.
Jack clalma to he the earliest man In
the cotton business.
He also says that he has a squash
that can look down on any other
squash In this section. Tt measures j a pleasure to some civil peoph
34 Inches around and Is 28 inches there, but unlew the tho
1n length. He says he will send its
weight when It Rets grown.
Tho boats of one of the owners
were broken loose and taken out of
the house and damaged to some ex
tent, while the ratling around the
boat house of another was broken
down. There have been other dep
redations, indicating that some vis
itors to that place forget that they
ore permitted to go there only
by the courtesy of a few who have
bought the lake and adjoining lands
and paid for them. These gentle
men have been very patient with
the public, as they realize that It is
Arrests Made Last Night.
Officer Jacobs went down in the
southern part of the city laat night
and arrested a negro woman by the
name of Willie Spain, who Ta said to
have been on the war path good and
proper. She was threatening to kill
another negro and the officer had
some trouble in 'making the arrest.
Officer O’Keef
man named J. F. Hawkins on a
charee of disorderly conduct In a
Creak restaurant. A bond of $15,
waa required of him.
•l*fto
ughth
htless
and the wicked and malicious have
more regard for their rights, the
owners say they will be compelled
to close the place altogether.
All parties of picnickers, joy-rid
ers or others should see to It that
every member of the party behaves
in such a way as to give the owners
uc cause for complaint.
Mr. H. It. Davis, of Aahbura.
spent yesterday In this city.
Happiest Girl In Lincoln.
A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes: "I
had been ailing for some time with
arrested a white I chronic constipation and stomach
trouble. I began taking Chamber-
laian’a 8tomach and *Jver Tablets
and in three days I was able to be
t»p and got better right along. I am
the proudest girl In T lncooin to find
such a good medicine." For safe by
all dealors.
WASHED CLEAN
TUISJORNING
Only a Few Chips Found
on the Bottom of it
NEW ROOF IS PUT ON AND IT Railroad Company to issue $630,000
WILL BE KEPT AIK TIGHT IN iu bonds » and so wei l impressed
FUTURE AS A MATTER OF PRE- were the membo18 of the commis-
CAUTION. ision that the matter was passed
I favorably within fifteen minutes af
ter the representative of the road
t.. 1 ™ r,T,a.rx. ™,'“ - »• — -
on the reservoir at tfio waterworks j board * .
has been finished and the reservoir I Resident Frank Roberts, passen-
Permissioi^ffor the Issjfe' is
Granted Dy the Railroad
Commission.
(From Friday’s Daily.)
The Georgia Railroad Commission
on yesterday granted permission to
the Valdosta, Moultrie & Western
was cleaned out this morning.
ger agent Dougherty ana general
Every drop of water was pumped i counS€ * ^* cox went to Atlanta
out of both reservoirs, one at a ' and appeared before the commission
time, and they wore cleaned ns thor-! ln per,on ' The BhowlnB “><* niado
„ .. . . . , ., | of the earnings of the road, ou
oughly as a bowl and pitcher could , f . * ,
, , . i which the application for the bond
be cleaned. Water from the other , _ . . . ....
issue was based, is understood to
reservoir was pumped Into the haVe been a very l!ne one .
empty one through a nozzle at high | The new bonds will be Issued and
pressure, while the waste water was j sold as quickly as possible. Th©
pumped out through another hose | revenue is to be used to retire out-
and sent ou Its way to Dukes’ Bay. j standing indebtedness, to Improve the
1 be only thing that was found in > terminals at Valdosta and Moultrie,
cither reservoir was a few shavings!^ to \ uy now rolllnK Ptock and
~nd chips that had fallen in while, eqnlprnpnt for the road . The com _
the
roof was being put on it.
There was hardly half a gallon of
trash and it was taken out. The
walls of the reservoir and' the floor
ing were so clean that they would
hardly soil a handkerchief.
In future the reservoir will be
kept air tight to prevent the possi
bility of rain water or any foreign
substance from getting into It. Not
even an ant could get in now. It
has always been kept closed, but
that fact did not keep sensation
mongers and gosslpers from repeat
ing all sorts of foolish and harm
ful reports in regard to the city’s
water supply.
pany owns valuable terminals both
In Valdosta and Moultrie, nnd It will
erect passenger stations nnd put In
extensive yards in both cities.
The Valdosta Moultrie * Western
will build its ehopg at this end of
the line, and whlfe no announcement
has been made as to when this work
will be commenced, it is generally
understood that it will be taken up
as soon as the terminal property
here has been improved. As is gen
erally known, tho railroad company
owns the building in which the Le-
Orand ia situated, as well as that en-
tire block through to Toombs street
ChenUca! and geological^ »««*""« |With extenalve unlmpr0Ted proporty
fronting on Savannah avenue and
Toombs street.
The company proposes to build
passenge* station which will be
Let Us Talk
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the Mane
over personally. We can convince
you in ten minutes that there are
several good reasons why yol should
buy Fender’s ILme.
Although we are rushed filling or
ders, come along and we will take
the time to show you what makes
one grade of lime weak and another
strong. What induces some manu
facturers to put out cheapmaterial.
Remember, wo don’t want to simply
talk about it, wo want to “SHOW”
you.
We make a specialty of house bills
completed z ' z zz z zz
Fender Lumber Co.
Phono 44. Valdosta. Ga.
the water have been made a
her of times and these have always
shown that it contains nothing but
the best of mineral properties. Phy
sicians have frequently declared
that the water Is a God-send to the cred U to the c ^y. Room will be
community, and every one who has provided In it for the company’s
come to this city and has drank this general officii, and the quarters will
water regularly has been Improved bc^ arranged wltji an idea of the
by It. The reports that were c!r- greater voiurJe of business which
culated a few days ago to the effect will come with the extension of the
that dead cate and rats have been Rne westward from Moultrie.
found in the reservoir were creat-| - .— —
ures of some disordered mind, and A FIRE ALARM WAS TURNED IN
were repeated by people who are,
careless about circulating harmful Hut the Firemen Only Found a Ne-
roports,
false."
whether they are true or]
gro Man Scattering Lime.
Yesterday afternoon about 4:00
o'clock a telephone alarm\ was sent
tc the fire department, notifying
the firemen that a fire was raging
Reported tyiat He Killed Two Men 1 at the residence of Mr. E. E. Dekl*
BYRD SA.D TO BE CAUGHT
in Washington,
It has been heard here that W. D.
| on Ashley street. The firemen made
quick response and reached the
Byrd, formerly of Barney, and who Bren ® ln a ver J r few mlnuUm a,ter
killed Bob Humphreys at Tallokas a “ ln,m waR ROnt ln - The y found
year or so ago, had been caught * don ““ y olum ® • s '" ok >’ Bub ,
the state of Washington. It la 8,ance rl " lnB ab ° ut tbe houBe - “ nd
when they made an examination
they found a negro man sneezing
j and sniffing and scattering lime
said that he killed a man out there
and also killed the sheriff who at-
tempted to arrest him. The rumor | around tho prem , Bes .
could not bo confirmed, although the
Tho negro man had taken advan-
News made an effort to find out do_ tage of Mrs. Dekle’a absence fron
finitely about it The only news that | home to BCa tter lime around the
has reached Barney is that a Wm. < premises. One of the neighbors
Byrd killed a citizen, the sheriff who looked out of the window and saw
went to arrest him and crippled the, lime dust rising trom the house,
deputy sheriff, and was himself cap- and, knowing that Mrs. Dekle was
tured. It is thought that Byrd went not at home, she decided that the
out that way when he left here. Par- j house was on fire, so a telephone
ties at Barney hnve written out j alarm was sent to the fir© depart-
there but have heard nothing as yet nu * n t notifying them that the hous*
The first report of It was seen ln the
Chicago Ledger.—Adel News.
nigh nonors for Valdostans.
Messrs. C. R. Ashley and W.
Converse were given high honors in
the appointment of committees by
Speaker Holder this week. Mr. Ash
ley was made chairman of the ways
rnd means committee, which Is the
most important committee of the
house, as well as the largest. The
chairmanship of this committee
gives Mr. Ashley a position which
Is usually coveted by the ambitious
members of the legislature, and the
honor to film is the greater because
it came unsolicited. He was great
ly surprised when he read that he
had been made chairman of that
committee.
Mr. W. L. Converse is a member
of the appropriation committee and
also has several other Important
committee places. Tho selection of
the representatles of Lowndes coun
ty for such high committeeship is
hr honor, not only to them, but tQ
the county, and is appreciated by
the people here.
Advertise in the Dally Times.
wns burning and asking thorn
hurry to the scene.
As usual, tbe firemen lost no time
in getting to the place. They were
ready for business when they ar
rived and were glad to find that the
alarm was a false one.
Art Needle Workers Meet.
One of the most pleasant meetings
of the Art Needle Workers waa witn
Mrs. J. L. Harris Wednesday after
noon.
The lawn was comfortably and
tastily arranged with- tables, pot
plants, rockcr B and rugs. The ladies
worked longer and more diligently
than usual.
As usual refreshments were served
which consisted of peanut sand-
wlf'h©s.nnd glngerale in abundance.
Th c afternoon passed so pleasantly
that 1t was voted
meet with Mrs.
summer.
The guests were:
Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs.
Scott, Mrs. Finley, Mr*. Vinson, Mrs.
gagcrholm, Mrs. Week*, Mr*. Brewer,
Mrs. Willie, Mlts Lilly flea], of Don-
aldsonvIUe, and Mi#.* Harvey.
ted A©
continue
during the
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Formerly United States Army Dental Surgeon.
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.
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The best equipped Feed Rooms in South Georgia. Remember, we
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SHE DIDN’T DO IT
She said she
| went to every
store in the city to get it and couldn’t find
it HAD IT. So you see she I I Mnflije fn Hill
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