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PLENTY PEACHES
IN NEW YORK
Peaches Brought Good
Price in the Market
■fANY WATERMELON S WERE
ABANDONED AS NOT BEING
WORTH FREIGHT CHARGES
TO THAT CITY.
(From Tuesday's Dally.)
Speaking of the peach shipments
from Georgia during the week end
ing Saturday the Fruit Trade Jour-'
CHARGES AGAINST POLICEMEN
I'oUce Officers Arraigned—Charges.
Not Sustained.
(From Tuesday's Dally.)
Policemen Jacobs and Sharpe
were arraigned before Mayor Roberts
and the police committee yeetertay
afternoon on a charge of negligence
of duty In regard to the arrest of
two men who were fighting on an
cut-gofng train a weak or two ago.
It waa charged that the police
officers want to the train and ar
rested one of the men, but let the
other go, and that they also failed
to secure any evidence against the
one who was arrested. When the
charges were made the polite com
mittee decided to Investigate them
and put the two officers on trial.
The evidence showed that one of
the men was arrested nnd a bond
taken for him. He was sober and
allowed to go on home and re
turn later to court. The other man
hid from the officers and the train
, , . pulled out from the station before
nal, published In New York, aay..^ cou)d flnd h , m He wa8
FINEST CROPS
EVER SEEN IN
THISjECTION
Corn Fields Like Those in
Rich Western Bottoms
THE COTTON FIELDS HAVE HAD
MOST TOO MUCH RAIN
MANY SECTIONS BUT CROP IS
GOOD ALL THE SAME.
COLEMAN DIED TODAY
(From Tueeday’i
Walter Coleman, a
that the fruit, while showing a de
cline in receipts continues to com
mand a good price. The following
from the Journal will be of Interest
throughout this section of the state:
Despite heavy receipts the Geor
gia peach market closed strong and
active thl» week, and recent prices
were well maintained under a good
demand. Shipments are falling off
in the principal growing sections,
and during the latter part of the
-week the output from Fort Valley
sections was little more than half
that of a week ago. The decline,
however, wag not notipeable in the
New York market nor will It bo un
til the middle of next week, when
It It will be plainly noticeable
Arrivals for the week aggregated
ftearly seventy cars. A good deal
of the offerings showed Irregular
condition and were overripe. The
demand for desirable marks at att
times were good. Georgia Elbertaa.
When fancy, commanded $3.
good deal of the offerings however,
-wer e overripe and went at lower
-figures The demand waa active.
One straight car of Melle of Geor
gia peaches on Thursday sold at
33.25 or above the same figures
which the fruit brought the same
day last week.
Carmens showed a very 'wide range
In quality. Au. occasional lot of
■fancy marks sold at 12.25, while
-undergrades went at $1.76 J>er car
rier.
, South Carolina peaclids'~Were in
light receipt. A good .deal of them
were of inferior quality and wept
•t $2.00 per carrier. The best
mark* brought $2.25 and occasion
ally higher. - .
Aa to watermelons the Journal’s
resume la not very encouraglhg. It
states that the market la flooded
with an Inferior quality of melons,
many cars of which were abandon
ed as not worth-the freight charges.
The Georgia offerings were of a
Inferior quality, the hulk of them
being unripe and of an undesirable
eolor and sold at $125 per o?rload.
The best lota brought $130 per car
load. Florida melons did not ex
ceed $176 and $200 a carload.
Speculators were disappointed In
their efforts to make prices meet
expectations.
rested the next day, however, and a
bond was taken for him. The bond
was forfeited in the recorder's court
yesterday.
The evidence against the other
man was not gotten because the of
ficers wanted to arrest the other
belligerent before arresting him,
The evidence against the police
men showed that they had done
everything that they could have
done to enforce the laws and the
charges against them were not sus
tained.
The incident, however, gave an
opportunity to emphasize the fact
that the police officers and the rail
road people expect to work together
In future to prevent drunkenness
and disorderly conduct on outgoing
trains.
Bhe Changed her blind, Too,
A young couple had been court
ing for several years and the young
man seemed to be In no hurry to
marry. Finally; one day, he said:
"Sal, 1 canna marry three."
"How’b thatT" asked she.
"I’ve changed my mind,” said he.
"Well, I’ll tell three what we’ll
do,” said she. "If folks know that
It’s thee as has givey ^ f ' )
Shanna be able to get another chap;
but If they think I’ve given thee up
I can get all I want, fio-we'll have
banns published and when the wed
ding day come* the parson win say
to thee, ‘Wilt thou have this woman
.tj>~ be’ thy' wedded wlfeT" and thou
must sayi 'I will.' And when he
says to a* •Wilt thou have this
man to be thy wedded husband T"
I shall eay, 'Iwlnna.”
The day came, and when the min
ister asked the Important question
the man answered: "I will. 1
Then the parson said to the wom
an: "Wilt thou have this man to
be thy wedded husband?” and ahe
said: "I will."
Why,” said the young man fur
iously, "you said you would say ‘I
wlnna.’ ”
I know that,” said the young rain might have been bettter for
woman "but I’ve changed my mind cotton. Still, there has not been
since.”—From Norman E. Mack’s too much rain In most sections.
(From Tuesday’s Dally.)
We have seen so many bright
propectg knocked out by things be
yond control and .o much boasting
come to nought that we do not like
to say what he think about crop
conditions in this section, lest there
might be a change before the har
vesting time.
They say that when one boasts
one should always knock on wood
tor good luck. We are knocking
on wood right now while we are fix
ing to boast about the crops.
It 1§ hard to say what ought to
he said on this subject. If one tries
to tell the truth, ever so hara,
some skeptloal person Is bound to
discount what Is written or said. If
you were to take a photograph of
some of the cropB In South Georgia
and show them to a man up In the
"hills,’ be would declare that It
was a trick of the camera; that no
such crop ever grew, especially In
Georgia.
Valdosta had a watermelon once
that weighed 119 <4 pounds and a
hog that weighed 1,800 the same
year, but you canot get one man In
forty who did not see them to be
lieve what yon say about them.
The crops this year are like the
big melon and the big hog—they
are really too big for belief. Such-
corn as can be seen In scores -
fields around Valdosta Is equal,
any thgL-h**- been a— frown” in tl|<
Known Negro Barber Died at
Noon Alter • Short Illness.
Dally.)
well known
negro barber, died today about noon
at his home on South Troup street,
after a very short lllntsa.
He was at work at his shop yes
torday morning and remained- there
part of the day, but went home dur-
Ing the day, stating to (be others
In the shop he was feeling badly.
ASIA
COMMISSION WANTED
Diirlng last night It Is said that he
h« 1 an attack which wa» very vio-
le t and he continued to got worse
ui :!i he died today.
Is said that thsfis were Indica
te is that poison had been admints-
te ! to him. His symptoms were
Jlkl those of a person who had been
pol^onod, and tho undertaker who
empalmed his body said the veins
indicated that ho had had
poison.
s associates do not believe
he took poison himself, and
are at a loss to know how It
administered to him.
leman was married and loaves
a Jvlto and two children. He came
, from Madison, Fla., and has
I in a barber shop here for
ive or fifteen years, being well
kni^wn to nearly everybody In Vnl-
and this section. It Is very
-ble that an effort will bo
to flnd out more about the
I theory and to ascertain how
It I was administered to him, If It
as poison that caused his death.
It la said that Coleman has suf
fered from Indigestion for some
time and it was thought that was
tht cause of his sickness laBt night.
Mr. Gandy Loses Homo.
Mr. J. E. Gandy, of Roots 6, had
bis house and furniture totally de
stroyed by fire early Thursday
morning.
The origin of tho fire la unknown
ThO occupants were asleep and bare
ly had time to escape with a scant
tnhply of clothing. Loss Is :n the
nt Ighborhood of $1000 and was
pi ictloally covered by Insurance,
wl ;h the Murrow Agency.—Tlfton
Gt lotto.
The Gentleman From Rich
mond County Wants to
Improve the Roads.
Atlanta, Oa., July 11.—The bill
recently Introduced by Represent
ative Blackahear, of Richmond,
which provides for a state highway
commission, Is one of the moat wide
ly discussed bills that has come up
this session. The purpose of the
measure, according to Its champion,
Ib to give the various counties scl-no
title aid and direction in the build
ing, Improving and welding togeth
er of the public roads of the state.
The discussion brought forth by
the bill Is an evidence of the great
Interest In good roads In Georgia
and many believe that this bill will
solve many problems of the ques
tion.
The bill has been Indorsed by va
rious good roads associations, trade
boards and officials, has been sanc
tioned by both Governors Brown
and Smith and has hundreds of
champions.. Its author thinks that
It will bo passed with practically no
opposition.
Mysterious thefts of revenue
staniBp in Indianapolis have been
traced to rats, and another burning
Indiana political Ibbuo has been
busted.
Atlanta Ngross are-Trying to I/O-
cate the Murderer of Women
Atlanta. Gs., July 11.—In efforts
to suppress the sporadic outbreaks
of a veritable black "Jack the Rip
per," who for seven weeks nsst baa
killed a negro woman each Satur
day night, except on the last, when
he waa foiled In the attempt, the
negroes of Atlsnta have taken up
the work of apprehending the ne
gro, and every effort will be made
to take him Into custody.
Negro detectives will aid white
men in the search and many think
that it will bo a matter of only a
short while before the murderer la
apprehended.
Atlanta negroes will pay a hand
some reward to any one who cstchea
the blood thirsty negro who has
terrorized every negro section dur
ing the past several weeks, and the
entire city Is watching the search
with evident Interest.
In Memory of Lincoln.
Washington, D. C., July 11.—m
huge boulder, bearing a descriptive
tablet of bronze, Is to be unveiled
to the memory of Abraham Lincoln
tomorrow on the spot where he stood
at the battle of Fort Stevens, In
which engagement the President
played a conspicuous part. Tbs
memorial was erected by the Fort
Stevens Lincoln Park Association.
The Brooks county sweet potato
crop promises to break all record!
this year, and we are also told that
the ’possums In mud swamps are
also ripening very fast.
Aforrlson-Moor*.
olid, Tex., July 10.—Ar-
have been completed
wedding hero tomorrow of
and hear Its Joint* I Ml " Iv y Gladys Moore, daughter of
Western river bottoms or mountain,
coves. Yon can stand off at night, 1 ,or
or day either, end hear its Joint* _
cracking «nd Its "blMfes etretchlngj Congressman John M. Moore and
out with new life every moment , 177. i Chester Morrison, formerly of
Some of the corn fields are *o]®h«lawBI*. Ind., end now a resl-
thlck that a rabbit could hardly dent of Rosenburg, Tex.
edge his way through them, whim
the stalks are literally bending over
under the heavy ears. There Is
good com everywhere—not In Just
a few prize patches—and the farm
ers of South Georgia afe not much
disturbed that com should have ad
vanced two or three centa a bushel
during the past few days.
Cotton Is also In splendid condi
tion, though the stalks are a little
too heavy for Ideal conditions. Less
Valdosta,
National Monthly.
Not Correctly Quoted.
In the article from Albany In
Sunday’s Constitution about the
fall tour around the state, Judge
Hansell Merrill says he is quoted
not quite correctly. What he did
say was that he understood tho
roads from Valdosta east toward the cro P 8,
Southern Inventors.
The following patents were Just
Issued to Southern inventors, re
ported by D. Swift & Co., Patent
Lawyers. Washington, D. C., who ( Savannah were not good enough for
will furnish copies of any patent for H oy ‘ rllllll K. and tnat 11 would be
.ten cents apiece to oar readers. best t0 arrange* for the cars to
Florida—Robert O. Eagle, Tal- Btart at Valdosttf£fid go around by
There la danger, though, that there
will bo.
Other crops are at their best.
Seasons have never been better
than they are this year and crops
are Just as good as energy, good
eotl and fine seasons can produce
Many people go out dally Into
tho surrounding country and look
It does one good to
lahassee, Syrup-skimmer; James M.
Foy, palatka, Rotary Engine, Harry
G. Warner, Tampa, Protector for
tiouys; Hilary F. Whalton, Key
/West, Electric hammer.
Georgia—Julian B. Edlngs, Ms-
-con, Train Indicating apparatus; B.
T Epps, Athens, gear sr.’Mng and
.lirake applying mecnanism.
Alabama.—George W. 1 onner*.
"Helens Fence-npst; Jesse Payne,
"Phoenix, Dyeing-machine.
On a Moonlight Picnic.
A number of yonng people went
’ out to the river on a straw-ride lasl
(evening and had a picnic supper
on the grounds. In the party were
Misses Berts Davis, Rnby O’Quinn,
Annie Saxon, Elotse Edmondson,
Misses Shaw, of Adel; Mrs. Hollings
worth. The yonng men were
Messrs. Henry Davis, Robert Mann,
Paul Harrell, Ben Porch and Mr.
Wilson.
The evening wa» very pleasantly
spent by all of the members of ( the
party.
Thomasvllle to Macon and thence to
Dublin and Savannah; that the
roads about Valdosta are all right,
but that so far as ho knows, no
special efforts have been made to
see them grow. It spells prosperity
for this section and better times for
the "man behind the plow."
Things to Do at Once.
Every cltlxen ought to be Inter
ested In the health of the city, and
conditions that are likely to pro
duce good health among the people
. „. , . , .. , , ,, Sickness usually follows unsanitary
bnUd roads between that point and ron(11t|oJls It „ , mportant , there .
ton, that sanitary regulations
Savannah.
John Bays Hammond has a mil
lion a year, the honor of having
-represented us all at the coronation
i and nervout prostration. Hoc for
kluck. ( r
Who Wants John Madison?
Officer J. O. Thrasher has a ne
gro whom he thinks is wanted some
where. He glvea his name at John
Madison, and 1* three times a con
vict, according to his own atate-
ment.
He resembles the negro who is
wanted for shooting Deputy Bel-
flower, in Wayne county, and a pic
ture was taken and sent the Wayne
authorities, who wired to hold him.
He is 5 feet seven Inches high,
weighs about 140, dark ginger-cake
has bullet scar on inside of left
knee and slightly limps, shows white
teeth and red gums—Tifton Gazette.
Small Washout on V., M. A W.
Tht very heavy rains west of this
city Sunday afternoon caused a
small washout on the Valdosta,
Moultrie and Western road at a
point this side of the river. The
should bs closely observed.
With a view to Improving the
health of Vldosta, every Valdostan
ought to exert his or her Influence
in that direction.
Old wells breed sickness and
there are many abandoned wells in
this city. They ought to he filled.
Weeds breed unhealthy condi
tions. The weeds ought to be cut
down now.
Old cans, bottles and other ves
sels become the breeding place of
mosquitoes and dlsease-beedlng In
sects. Get rid of these about the
premises and see that no water is
left standing in the yar 1 or garden.
Tho fly is the greatest menace of
the age. Screen him out and never
lose an opportunity to give him a
Mff. Now is the time to 1 ook after
the** things.
In return for the signal honors
paid to him, John Hays Hammond
place wao repaired and there waul should at least whisper King George
little delay In traffic oyer the road. • a (straight tip on good mining stock.
Mr. Planter, You Can Buy
Fall Peas and Sorghum
Cheaper of Vinson & Barnes
than you can have them -shipped from
elsewhere. We have _
Acre Peas, Mixed, [Un
known Peas, Speckled
Hay Peas and
others
Vinson & Barnes
DRUGS AND SEEDS
Georgia
Wanted!
Tb* plant* I furnish sr»
especially adapted for farm
lighting and otbera place*
whero current cahnot b* ob
tained from a large plank
They are low In coat, sals
and Inexpensive In opera
tion. They consist of small
gasoline engine, generator,
switchboard and a sot of
“Cholrlde 1 Accumulator"
storage cells.
d
A postal card will bring fall Informs-
■nation.
WH.SIN6LET0N
MACON, GA I
Works System also Installed.” |
"Complete Alr-Preaanre Water
E want your Shoe Trade be
cause we are prepared to
fill your wants with good, honest
shoes, and can give you exceptional
bargains. Call and seejfor yourself.
An extra large stock
SUMMER SHOES
to select from. AU kinds and all prices to
suit your pocket book and to suit your eye,
and, the best of all, to fit your foot and give
you that comfort you'are looking for. CaU
to see us, at Shoe Corner.
Jik
Wyone Shoe company
By H. E. Miller
Valdosta, Georgia
EDM PELS
for backache, rheumatism, kidney or bladder trouble, and urinary IrragularittaM.
Polay'a Kidney Pills purify the blood, restore lost vitality and vigor. MuiaatiHtaUb
INGRAM DRUG COJValdosta Gs.