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IHH VALDOSTA TIMES VALDOSTA, GA, tATDBDA [, JULY 18, 1011.
FISH REMAINS
IN OLD WELL
FORTY YEARS
Story is Vouched for by
Good People in Macon
HN’GINGBR ON CENTRAL ROAD
I'UT CATFISH IN MACON WELL
WHEN HE WAS A VERY SMALL
BOY.
(From Thursday's Daily)
What do you think of a cattish liv
ing forty years in a well?
When George Rittenberry. one of
thf oldest and best-known
Central of Georgia railway engi
neers. was a boy h e caught a ten-
inch catfish out of the Ocmulge*
River. It was the only fish caught
on that trip, and as it was hardly i
BAD' DEATH OF LITTLE BOY.
Little Percy Youmans Died This
Morning After Operation.
(From Thursday's Daily)
Little Percy Youmans, the six-
y<?ar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Youmans, died this morning about
2 o'clock at the Halcyon Sanitari
um, where he was operated upon
for appendicitis yesterday afternoon
between 2 and 3 o’clock.
The* little boy was In a fevered
condition from the disease when he
was carried to the sanitarium and
the chances were much against his
recovery. It was decided that sn
operation was the only thing that
could possibly save his life and the
chances of recovery were against
him even with the operation.
The operation was performed by
Dr. Holmes yesterday afternoon
and was successful, but the little
patient's condition was such as to
give little hope for his recovery. He
lingered throughout the evening
and until 3 o'clock this morning,
of the i when his young spirit took Its flight.
The death Is an unusually sad one
and came at a time when his fond
parents were distressed over the
serious Illness of two other chil
dren, who, however, are reported
better today.
The funeral will occur tomorrow
BIG INCREASE
AT POSTOFFICE
Past Quarter Shows Gain
Over Last Year
wreck {
chlue i
perron
big enought to eat, and aa be didn’t ^ mornlTlfr flt 9 o'clock and the Inter-
want to throw it away, he decided ntent will be In the city cemetery.
to drop It In the well at the old
Bitten berry home, 512 Clinton St.
That waa over forty years ago.
The Incident was forgotten until
a few yearn afterwards, when the
well was cleaned out, end the fish
■cam. up In the well-cleaner’s bucket.
It had grown to twice Its original
length fairly good eating slie, but as
It.was now regarded as a pet, and its
presence In the well did not seem
to effect the water, which was al
ways considered about the best in
East Macon, the fish was placed
back In the well.
Every few years the well was
■ cleaned out, and every time the fish
was brought up, only to be put back
Yesterday the well underwent lti
customary cleaning, and there was
the fish, grown now to considerable
The pallbearers will bo Messrs.
W. 8. Ryland, E. E. noble, A. W.
Vnrnedoe and W. B. Fender.
The parents have the deepest
sympathy of. many friends In this
city. Mr. Yonmans Is a member of
the firm of Matthls ft Yonmans and,
while he and his family are com
parative strangers here, they have
many friends In this city and sect
ion who share their sorrow.
Three Big Rattle Snakes Killed.
Now that the season for big snake
yarns have opened In earnest,
may expect to hive all sorts of stor
ies told about big rattlers In the next
few weeks. The campaign opened
with the returns troyn Clyattevllle
yesterday. This morning Mr. 0. 1.
Shelton told a little story of the
number of snakes killed between his
.site, but^one tbs worse for its long place and isianton a few weeks
term of impYlaonmefft. The wen- f
cleaners had been Instructed by the, 0 ne of the snakes killed at that
family to look out for It, but in spits' t|me had , eTen rattles, another had
of this caution he wap thtrtstu rattles and still another had
out Of All three of thast
touching^heywater. l.'Tjanalufr,^' 'mOnsteraV^m. at It
The WXfip.” in this; doll, -WhlJu 1ttwas strange thpt there should have
.cep, and was dug probably 1 1)prn IU ch a difference In ttie number
... *• 10 °° ld I of rattles they had. The snake with
, ho IWflJ needed ■Tor It. It haa the elghteen r attle» waa the large*
THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT
STAMP SALES THIS YEAR
MILL EXCEED THIRTY THOU'
SAND DOLLARS.
The business of the Valdosta post-
office shows a steady lucrease for
the past fifteen years, and the out
look is that It will Increase just In
proportion as Valdosta’s trade and
business Increases.
It has been only a few years since
the merchants here bought extra
supplies of stamps In order to In
crease the stamp sales to 110,000 a
year, so that free delivery of malls
could bo put on here. A year later
the sales reached $10,000 a year,
without any padding, and since then
they have continued to go forward
at a steady gait.
A year ago the atnmp sales
amounted from $25,000 to $26,000,
but the outlook now la that the next
year will find them fully up to the
$20,000 mark.
For the past quarter the talas
amounted to $7,046.16. For the
same three months of last year It
was only $6,410.53, showing that
the Increase for thle year amounts
to about 10 per cent.
These three months are about the
dullest of the year, as they are right
Ip the heart of summer and do not ’ $fe ean show you an excellent to*
represent the average of the year. 1* Uon of driving hones, saddle
Other Matters at the Postofflce. 7 ho nee and combination horses this
The clerks at the postofflce art ■ Mr. Mlsell Lire 8tock Co., In the
row taking their annual vacation of 1 ol l Griffith stables. 4-8-sw-tf.
fifteen days. Miss Eleanor Masseyf
AUTOlSUj LOSE DAMAGE SUIT
On M’ay to Chicago when Struck by
G, S. * V. Train Near Tlfton.
The two cases of Harold McDonald
and Cassius McDonald vs. the Geor
gia Southern ft Florida Railway
Company, for damages wsa tried
Monday In Tift Superior court.
The plaintiffs in these cases were
on their way from Jacksonville to
Chicago, In an automobile. May 8,
1909. About nine miles north dt
Tlfton, at a turning, they took the
wrong rorjl about 8 o'clock at digit.
In attempting to make a short
to regain the road they tried to cross
the railroad track and In doing so
their automobile was hopelessly stall
ed, being suspended across one ot
the rails, with both front and rear
wheels Gear ot the ground. Passen
ger trail No. 6, southbound, struck
the maUnlne about ten or fifteen
mlnuttfllater, dragging It about 300
yards gd reducing It to a mass of
Harold McDonald sued
In the loss of his ma-
Caustus McDonald for $500
loss of pistol. Jewelry and
effects.
lalntiffs alleged that they
lead as to the location of
crossing by an old sign
rt of which was still stana-
the evidence showed that
the Occident occurred about fifty
yardd from where the crossing had
been'several years ago.
Spit was originally brought In
Chloifo, but was dismissed for lack
ot Jitrlsdlctton. It was then brought
In the city court of Tlfton, where
It was dismissed on demurrer. This
week, in the first case, the defend
ants (plea of former |kdJudlcatton
Was sustained and the case dismiss
ed |t plaintiff’s cost. The latter cose
went to the Jury and a verdict was
Rendered for the defendant, with cost
tgalnst the plaintiff.
MYDDELTON DEPUTY MARSHAL.
He Succeeds Mr. J. M. Sutton, Who
Has Resigned.
(From Thursday's Dally.)
Mr. Ralph D. Myddelton wae yes
terday appointed deputy United
States marshal for the Southern
district of Georgia, to succeed Mr.
J. M.. Sutton, resigned. The appoint
ment waa made by United 8tates
Marshal George F. White, and Mr.
Myddelton's commission reached
hjnv'thl* morning.
1 It'la understood that Mr. Sutton's
designation went to Marshal White
a few days ago, and It was rather a
surprise to the public. He has been
sn efficient officer and It was not
generally known that he expected to
quit the government service. It Is
understood that he will engage In
another business In this,city.
Mr. Myddelton was formerly dep
uty United 8tate* marshal and the
duties of the office are familiar to
him. He has had much experience
In that line of work and will make
Uncle Sam a good officer.
Mr. V. Blackburn Is out again,
after being .confined to his home
fer several days by lllneaa.
OAKLAWN TRUSTEES MEET
Mietlai 'of Trustees of Th« Baptist
School in Mllltown Today.
(From Thursday’s Daily.)
A meeting wee held la this city
today ot the trustee! of Oaklawn
Academy at Mllltown for the pur
pose or electing teachers and con
sidering other matters in connection
with that school.
The meeting waa to have been
held this morning but Mr. J, H.
Bostic, of Mllltown, waa delayed by
en accident to his automobile, and
did not reach the city until this
afternoon at one o’clock. There
wae not a quotum without him
though an Informal meeting of six
others was held this morning.
Those who were at the meeting
today were Dr. W. S. Patten, 8. K.
Patten, J. H. Bostic, I,. M. Stanfield,
Ewell Brown, J. W. Garbutt and Dr.
J. B. Barnard.
Mrs. Irwin Adams, of Nashville,
came down today and spent the day
In this city with relatives and
friends.
been drunk exclusively by members
of the family for over fifty yean,
and no sickness could ever be traced
to It It Is possible that the cat
fish subsisted on any worm or In
sect that might have gotten Into the
water, allowing nothing to germi
nate, and thus performed the duties
of board of health and scavenger
force.
At any rate, the fish has lived,
moved and had Its being in that well
for over forty years, and the water
Is Just as good as It’was within the
recollection of the oldest member of
the Rittenberry family.
At the meeting of the Board ot
Health yesterday evening, mention
was made of the fish In the well, and each,
the fact was developed that the fact
was well-known to one ot the mem
bers. All agreed that the fish kept
the water pure. Dr. Williams, the
chairman, stated that he knew of a
number of wells In South Georgia In
which fish were kept, and for the
purpose of keeping the water pure,
and that It was from this fact that
th< Idea was gotten that no mos
quitoes could- breed In a stream or
pool ot water stocked with fish—
Macon Telegraph.
of the trio, manuring seven feet In
length.
These snakes were all killed ar
one of the bays between Indlanola
and Blanton, a section that has long
of Its rattlesnakes.
Big Melons at Lake Park.
It may be Interesting to some of
the readers of The Times to know
one of the most efficient clerks In,
the office, 5 left this morning - ft
Quitman to spend her vacation
relatives there.
Other clerke and
be allowed tl»
tnrna. The
employees flfti
AdlMi, j end
be taken when it snlts
to take them.
I^ne work of repainting the Into-
rlor ot the postofflce has been com
pleted. . All of the plastering waa
repainted and some minor repairs
wore made, the work coating about
$10,000.
FOR ANOTHER SIAN’S CHIME.
I Quitman Negro Sent to Chain
Gang for Burglary of Another.
The following news report was
that the Lake pirk'district claim. to morning paper, from
the honor of having grown the I wf” *** aj L'
largest melons not only of Lowndes, ths^hslTumtil ♦** *"**, * ^™ r
county, or Georgia, but the United L"**"’. t ,7 "' m ° “
States It was on the Zelgler farm “J h * “ “«* «"»»».
T , „ , _ _ .Murray Gallon has at last been over-
near Lake Park, that the 160 pound ;tnken- He waa c ht ,„ t M
melon grew and several others that •■wUb the goods ”
welched from 100 to 130 pounds! A y car and a half ago the Brldcc,
mill commissary was robbed; the
Th's y«?ar Elder A. B. Herring police found Murray selling
p1ante d two and a half acres of tk. goods with the mill mark on them.
■’Watson’ variety for his hogs. Sov- 1 Ho swore that he bought thorn from
era! have been gathered from this Ram Williams; his wife and all his
patch that weighed from 60 to 66 I family swore the name, and
pounds each. Valdosta and Mr.[though Williams protested his Inno-
Stapler will have to come again,
Lake Park Is still shoad.
Mayday Picnic,
will be a picnic at Mayday
' jr, July 22. Everybody Is
to come and’ bring
COMMITTEE.
terpentine males,
hones were re-
snd they will
ju»
ie old Griffith (tables.
NOTICE
Owning to the many case* of Fever in and
around the city, I have placed on the
market a most Wonderful Non-
Poisonous Liquid, called
A C ME CEDAR
For fumigating houses and destroying all kinds of insects and
germs; such as Moths, Roaches, Lice, Fleas, Flies, Bugs
on Flowers and Garden Plaints, Hog and Cow Lice,
Chicken Fleas, Mites, Etc.
Beware of Imitations. .Look for Acme Cedar
Spray on each can.
Guaranteed not to be poison and to do all I claim.
Phone order delivered promptly.
A. W. DEVEREAUX
Phone 31 Valdosta, Ga.
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One Price Briggs
Douglas Camp Meeting Date,
it a recent meeting of thn olfl-
rlsls and camp meeting committee,
August 25 was fixed as the date 'or
beginning the Gasktna Springs ramp
meeting near Douglas, and great
preparations are being made for It.
Dr. Whitley Langston, presiding el-
Want no White Teacher*.
The fifteen negro trustees of
,n -
7 f ’"“‘’““I ° f Pr “' |h»s secured some of the best preach-
Cent 8. E. Idleman of that Instltu-1 en , the 8ollth 0e orgl. conferoilPe
tlon to replace the negro teacher. aaaIat th „ camp meet , ng> and
with white teachers brought from | „ m0Ilg them are Dr w . N.. Alns-
the north. They declare the school ■ worth, president of Wesleyan Col
ls doing well with the present negro [lege; the Hev. Mr. Budd. of Bruna-
faculty, and aay that if the white j wick, the Rev. O. A. Cook and oth-
tcacher, are brought In to replace [era The camp grounds are being
them the trustees will resign In a put In good condition and n great
body.
Minister Walked In Sleep.
Rer. Dr. T. B. Stanford, presiding
elder of the Columbus district M .E.
church, while walking In hts sleep
fell from a second story window of
his home, striking on a fence below
breaking three riba and sustaining
internal Injuries, but not fatal. His
condition la considered serious. He
fell a little before midnight.
meeting Is expected.
cence, he was sent to the gang.
"Late last night a fireman on the
South Georgia rtalway saw some one
striking matches In the Oglesby
mill commissary; when the house
war surrounded somebody foil ovc
a liox of tobacco In the woods. Un
der the house they presently found
a man; It was Murray Gallon.
After his face and shoulder had
been filled with btrdshot he came
out and surrendered. He runs
dive In Slnhtown, and the police are
now convinced that he committed
tho former theft."
A fresh load of tnrpentlne and lum
ber mules erne In this week, to be
sold at the rl :ht price* on retaonable
term*. Mlsell Live Stock Co., In the
old Griffith stable*.
Hale of Long Staple to Acre.
J. C. May, ono of the most exten
sive farmers In Colquitt county re-
We have the turpentine males and
woods hones for von. Price* and
terms win tnlt Mttell Live Stock
Co., in old Orlflltli (tables, Valdosta,
Ga.
A Rig Cotton Sale.
The largest sale of cotton that haa
been made In several months In [ports 250 acres of long cotton that
Cuthbert was consummated last;i s in full bloom, and aays from prea-
wcek whpn Mr. L. A. Hunt, one of ent Indications there will he a yield
our bn vers, bought a lot of cotton ot a bale to the acre. Others who
from Mr. A. J. Move amounting to have seen this field of cotton agree
nearly 600 bales. We learn that the! with him, although a hale to two
price paid wa< IS cents per pound, acres of sea Island cotton has here-
* the cotton brought a little over tofore been considered an unusually
? We are pleased to announce that we j i
are now ready to show one of •
the most complete line of
Clothing, Furnishings, Shoes, ii
t . # ]!
that we have ever had the pleasure of showing. We j j
are agents for the high-grade j •
L=System Clothing
Special for young men. Kuppenheimer make of fine
* * clothing. Henry Sonneboru, ail-wool suits
in prices from $10.00 up.
$40,000—Cuthbert Leader.
A solid carload of wood* and driv
ing hot**. Inst arrived Tneaday. See
them. Mfr*ll Live Stock Co., In th*
eld Griffith stable*.
Rood yield.
A solid carload of woods and driv
ing homes Just arrived TueSIlay. See
them. Mlzell Live Stock Co., In the
J old Griffith stable*.
i I J^riggs* special Walk-Over and Boyden Shoes. Im
perial $3.00 and Stetson Hats. Inspect our lines
before buying your spring outfit.
•
j j Thanking you for pass business and asking for a con
tinuance, 1 am as ever,
!!,>V
M.A. BRIGGS
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