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W’KEY’S AUTO
WAS SMASHED
BY_A TRAIN
Went Dead on Track and
“Dixie Flyer" Hit it
’'THH ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD,
TWENTY-ONE MILES ABOVE
MACON, SATURDAY NIGHT.
(From Monday's Dally.)
:Dr. Wlaston McKey. while return
ing from Atlanta Saturday night In
his automobile and accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson and
their daughter, ot Quliman, had his
automobile torn Into kindling wood
:by the Dixie Flyer at Sraerre station,
.a few miles this side of Forsyth.
The accident occurrod about 11
•o'clock at night and wne due to the
•fact that the automob'le "went dead' 1
-on the track. The crossing of the
railroad was not a good one, the road
dipping down to the track and then
rising up an incline. The night was
•very dark and there was asbarp turn
In the Toad [Just before reaching
the crossing, so It was Impossible
:for Dr. McKey to see what sort of a
.place the crossing was.
When his machine ran upon the
track and started up on the other
Aide It went dead, and Dr. McKey
.Jumped out to set his aparker going
again. After he got out he saw
the reflection of a train In the dis
tance, so taking one of the lights
from the car he ran back up the
track for about a hundred) yards
waring the light as a signal for the
train to stop. In the meantime Mr.
■Thompson and his family got ont of
the car and removed their effects.
‘The engineer paid no attention to
the signal and when the engine
struck the machine it was going at
the rate of 40 mllee an hour.
Dr. McKey thinks that the
•engineer ought to bare seen the ma-
•chine on the track, as Its lights
were burning and reflected brightly
••against the embankment, while the
headlight of the engine threw a light
•down the track a distance of
-quarter of a mile. In addition to
these things, he was waring a light
that ought 'to hare been easily seen
•and ought to hare been heeded.
The machine which was torn up
•cost $2,160, and was a White
'Steamer. There was no Insurance
against an accident of that kind so
the loss wllFhare to be borne by Dr.
McKey, unless the courts decide that
the railroad Is responsible for the
wreck, the automobile being on
the public road at the time of the'ac
cident being due to a bad crossing
In the railroad track.
Dr. McKey left the broken pieces
■of the machine In charge of some
■parties at Smarrs, while he and Mr.
‘Thompson's family came on to Val
dosta on the train which tore up
the machine.
The engine was somewhat disfig
ured by the accident and was delay
'd! about an hour and a half at that
•place.
RETURNS FROM THE NORTH.
Mr. Glddens Makes a Round of the
Great Furniture Factories.
(From Monday's Dally.)
* Mr. L. A. Glddens, of the Old-
den’s Furniture Co., accompanied
by Mrs. Glddens, returned yesterday
from a three weeks' trip to the
North and West, and a visit to the
great furniture factories In that sec
tion.
The object of Mr. Glddens' trip
was to buy new goods for hie firm.
He spent a large part ot his time
going through the factories and
furniture show rooms at Grand
Raplde, Mich., the greatest furniture
center In the United States, or Is
the world. About five hundred fac
tories are represented In the furni
ture display made there each sea
son, the show rooms being opened
about the latter part of June and
closing on the flrBt of August.
He had the advantage of Inspect
ing and buying at first hand the pro
ducts of the most skilled furniture
maker B In the world, and bdiight
many new and excellent lines.
Among them was a stock of beauti
ful colonial furniture, the demand
for which, In the higher grades, has
grown at an enormous rate.
Mr. Glddens also bought a car
load of the handsomest Iron and
brass beds, the product of the larg
est brass bed factory In the country,
These goods are expected soon, and
when they arrive the people of Val
dosta will have an opportunity of
seeing the prettiest assortment of
beds ever shown here.
The trip Mr. Glddens made le a
liberal education fo a furniture
dealer. He not only sees everything
worth seeing in the furniture lines,
but learns where and how to buy,
and la enabled to sell his customers
much cheaper than he could other-
*>««• * »'ilk.;.'.:
BELL TALKS
OF THE COTTON
He Looks for a Big^Grop
and Fairly Good prices
SAVANNAH COTTON MAN TAKES
NO STOCK IN THE TALK
ABOUT LOW PRICES FOR THE
COMING CROP. I
Fanners’ Institute Work.
Yeu can well afford to take a
day off from your work to join In *
discussion of agricultural problems
which is hound to result In the dis
semination ot some new and useful
Information to the people of your
section. Let us all get behind this
movement and through a spirit of
no-nperattoa do our part towards
making the institute* a auccess in
bringing to the attention of the
farmer a part of the vast amount
of useful Information now available
but which all too frequently Is not
appreciated as It should he. Educa-
tlon for the farmer lp the slogan of
today. You cannot afford to neglect
every opportunity of posting your
self with reference to your business.
The Farmers’ Institute will be
held In Valdosta on August 14th.
Death of Mrs. D. G. McLeod.
Mrs. D. G. McLeod died at the
Tamily home five or six miles from
’Valdosta on Sunday, after an illness
•of several weeks. 8he has been at
the point of death for several days
and her life had almost been des
paired of. An operation was per
formed upon her the latter part of
lat week but It did no good, as It
-was found that her trouble had gone
too far.
Mrs. McLeod was about fifty years
of age and had several children,
most of them grown. She was an
estimable woman, and her death ts
regretted by all who knew her. The
family Is connected with some of the
■best people of Lowndes county.
Coffee County Folks Interested.
Many of the Coffee county people
who purchased heavily In the loan
contracts of the Southern Loan and
Trust Company, of Atlanta, whose
officers have Just been arrested by
federal authorities under the charge
of operating a lottery. are outspo
ken In their praise of the federal
oncers In probing the concern, ns
Coffee county people Invested heav
ily In this concern. This concern
sold many thousands of these loan
contracts in that county and took
several thousand dollars from them.
J. T. Floyd was the principal man
v/hc operated for the company In
that section, so It Is said.
Fell from Buggy, Broke Leg
Mr. Tom Dampler happened to a
ery serious accident on Saturday
night while he waa going to his
"home In the Ousley district. He was
driving along slowly ,but the night
wa B dark and It was hard for him to
see the road. At an unexpected
moment the wheel went Into a ditch
throwing him ont on the ground. He
fellon his leg in such a manner as
to break two of the bones.
Dr. J. C. Wilson wn« summoped
to see him and dressed the Injury
yesterday. Mr. Dampler Is suffering
considerable palh and It will be
some time before he will he able to
use the limb naturally'again.
An Aged Berrien Citizen Dies.
Mr. F. M. Gibson, who was strick
en down at the home of hls daugh
ter, Mrs. R. L. Ferguson, about three
weeks ago, died Suday at noon. He
was near the “three score year and
tei ” mark, and was unable to with
stand the paralytic stroke. He had
been a citizen of our town for sev
eral years, and while here had made
host of warm personal friends
among our beat people, who will Join
with the loving relatives In mourn
ing hls demise. Hls remains were
taken to hls old home In South Car
olina for burial—Nashville Herald.
Thirty Years Together.
Thirty years of association—think
of It How the merit of a good
thing stands out In that time or the
worthlessness of a bad one.
there’s no guesswork in this evi
dence of Thos. Arlss, Concord,
Mich., who writes: “I have used
Dr. King’s New Discovery for thirty
years, and It’s the best cough and
cold cure I ever used.” Once It
finds entrance In a home you can’t
pry It out. Many families have
vred It forty years, it’s the most
Infallible throat and lung medicine
on earth. Unequaled for lagrippe,
nsthma.N hay-fever,, croup, quinsy or
ore lungs. Price 50c, $1.00. Trial
beetle free. Guaranteed by Dim-
mock’s Pharmacy, W. D. Dunaway,
end Ingram Drug Co.
Tho 1912 convention of the In
ternational Longshoremen’* Union
will ha held In Port Huron, Mich.
(From Mondav’s Dally.)
The Savannah Morning Ndwa of
today has an Interview with Mr. G.
C. Bell, of that city, on the cotton
situation, and hls observations, are
of much Interest now. The Morn
lng News says:
New York Is very bearish In its
attitude toward the cotton market,'
said Charles G. Bell, oft the Butler-
Stevens Company, who returned to
Savannah yesterday after being ab
sent fo a month.
“Members of the trade there are
very positive that a heavy business
Is being done on the short side of
the market. It Is even generally
admitted that the cotton has al
ready been sold, even up to 14,000,-
000 bales.”
Mr. Bell says he believes that ul
timately these two conditions will
bring about somewhat higher prices
than now prevail. The old crop Is
now selling at a premium. Mr. Bell
says he does not look for the ex
tremely low price* that are being
generally predicted.
“The farmers have learned
market their oroy more Intelligent
ly than formerly,” he said. “They
will not throw the crop on the mar
ket all In a bulk. The cotton mar
ket Is a rather delicate proposition
sensitive to ill advised conduct on
the part of those who control the
staple. This hat been learned to
the advantage of the producer and
they may be depended npon^p-gov
err* themselves accordingly/*
Pleased With the Situation.
“With splendid crop prospects
and the. trade outlook very satis
factory, I found business generally,
and particularly those who are In
terested In cotton, well pleased with
the situation,’’ said Mr.Bell.
Mr. Bell and hls family have been
enjoying a delightful stay in their
bungalow at Port Kent at the foot
of the Adirondack!? on Lake Cham-
plain. He says except for a few
days dfiring the abnormal heat wave
early In the month the weather was
perfect.
Both going up and returning, Mr.
Bell stopped in New York. While
there he discussed the business out
look with bankers and other friends
of hls connected with the cotton
trade, and he found them very well
pleased with conditions. The polit
ical disturbance In England has
caused a temporary disturbance, but
It Is regarded by men with whom
Bell talked as of only passing
consequence, and that It will very
shortly bo settled.
Condition of the Cotj^xi Market.
The slump In the price of cotton
was not unexpected, Mr. Boll says.
The enormous crop and the trouble
• he mills arc having with their out
put, he says, made a change in the
market value of the staple JnevJ
table. Cotton goods are almost a drug
on the market. Buyers from all
sections of the country who go to
the New York market are not per
mitted to leave without purchasing,
almost at their own price.
The spinners, Mr. Bell says, are
dlrposlng of all of their stocks
best they can, so they will be in a
position to begin all over again on
basis that le consistent with the
new price of cotton. Anticipating
a marked depression In cotton goods
values the merchants, Mr. Bell says,
are selling at almost any figure. One
man he heard about, taking advan
tage of the situation, borrowed
quarter of a million dollars and (aid
by a large supply of cotton prints at
a ridlculolusly low price.
Mr. Bell says the mills have had
a hard time of It and that he does
not believe their many conferecee
have been for nothing. He says
they are weary of buying their stock
In a speculative market and taking
their chances on a commensurate
market
DOGS HAD HYDROPHOBIA.
Judge 8. M. Varnedoe Had to Kill
Hls Pointer Pupa Friday.
(From Monday’s Dally.)
Judge 8. M. Varnedoe haa had a
streak of bad luck with his dogs
right lately, four of them having
died of hydrophobia during the past
four or five weeks.
“Old Nick,” the mother of these
dogs died four or five weeks ago and
there was every reason to believe
that she was suffering with hydro
phobia though the disease was not
as pronounced a type as appeared
later In the pups. Three of her
puppies have since “gone mad” and
two, of them had to be killed, the
other one dying a natural death.
The first one that was killed show
ed symptoms of hydrophobia two or
three weeks ago and after Mr. Var
nedoe became convinced that the
dogs were suffering with the fear
ful malady, which was both Incur
able and dangerous to other dogs,
ae well as to people, he derided to
carry the puppy out In the woods
and kill It and this was done. He
did not think that the dog was large
enough to bite anything, hut on the
way to the place of execution, the
little animal snapped at him and
fastened its teeth In hls shoe. If
the leather had not been thick or
If the dog had bitten him on the
ankle, above hls shoe tops, the bite
might have proven serious.
A week ago the other two puppies
were In the best of health, hut dur
ing the week both developed hydro
phobia. One of them died) Thursday
and the other had to be killed on Fri
day. Mr. Varnedoe says that they
were the only cases he has ever
seen that he though was real hydro
phobia, . fi » \) If, . j'*t> fcj,' J, -^ t!
Talking New Bank at Nashville
Messrs. Carl Mltohsll, of Thom*
asvllle and C. B. Kittles, of Atlanta,
•re In the city for the purpose of
trying to Interest our people In a
new banks We understand that
quite a number of business men are
fn the movement, and
large number of. shar^ft have
been sold.—Nashville Her-
IA
INSTITUTE -
WIliJE HELD
Experts Will be in Val
dosta to Hold it Aug. 14
MANY SUBJECTS OF INTEREST
TO FARMERS WILL BE DIS
CUSSED BY EXPERTS AT THAT
TIME.
Fiddler*! Convention at Juiper.
The Open bone, waa picked and
Jammed Wednesday night at the
Fiddlers’ Convention.
Col. J. B. Hicks was Master ot
Ceremoniee. He ably performed bis
part and baa the itbanks of all of
ua for promoting such an enjoyable
entertainment
Tho fiddlers and audience vara
welcomed) by the Mayor, H. Stafford
Caldwell, and then tbe fun began
and continued for more than two
hour*. ,
The Judgee were Q. W. Duncan. *
. J. Deee and G. J. Register.
Judge Carter delivered the prises
and In a pleasant address to tbe an.
dlenee the fact waa revealed that,
notwithstanding hls uanal dignified
bearing end high official position, ha
was only a common cracker, after
all. andi the audience hailed him a*
a brother and extended, not tha
hand, but the heart of good follow,
ship. *
Prices were awarded aa follows:
Single violins, lat prize. $5.00 in
gold, to W. J. Kemp and J. 0.
Culbreth. 2nd prize, $2.00 to J. M.
Milton. 3rd prize, $1.00 to J, It
Caann.
Double playing; 1at prize, $3.00 to
Charlie Knowles and Willie Cald
well. 2nd prize, $1.50, to J. J. and
J. M. Milton.
Some of the sweetest music
known Deg’Moines woman
Daring miserably for two
bowel complaint, waa
cured by one dose of Chamberlain's
Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme
dy. For tale by all dealers.
(From Monday's Dally.)
A Farmer’s Institute for Lowndes
county will bo hold 1 in this city on
Monday, August 14th, and every
farmer In Lowndes county ought to
attend. The meeting last year was
full of benefit to those who were
present, aa the subjects discussed
were subjects lu which the farmers
felt uuusual Interest
The meeting this year will be In
charge of experts and they will not
only give valuable and Interesting
lulks, but they Wll answer all ques- discoursed by W. J. Kemp of Clyaltt-
tlons asked them and try to make vllle, Oa., and deserves special men.
their work of vast Interest to the Hon.—Jasper News,
farmers of Lowndes county. The -
suite pays the expenfee of these in- | Cut g and bruises may be healed
stltutes with a view to making them |„ about one-third the time required
helpful to tho men engaged In farm b y th , nil) a| treatment by applying
work. The following la tbe pro- chamberlain's Liniment. It Is an
gram for the meeting here: antiseptic and! causes such Injur!**
Morning Session, 10:00 O’clock to heal without maturation. This
Invocation. 'liniment also relieve, soraneas of th 8
Introductory Ren^arka—Judge ' muscle* and rheumatic pain*. For
O' M - sale by *11 dealer*.
"Care of Farm Animals.**—Dr. P. j — wvv —
F. Rahnaen, State Veterinarian. stock. Living a t home V
"Use of Fertilizer”.—L. E. Rut,' These speakers understand ptViA .
Tutor In Agronomy, State College 'ent farming condition* and may
of Agriculture.
Afternoon Session,' 1:80 O'clock
“Live Stock Management”—M. P.
Tarnsgtn. Professorjof Animal Hus*
••ndVy, State Col*-go of Agricul
ture. , '| _j
Meeting TrertoTurSvSfy
vlted. [.
Are yon a practical farmer? if
so yon are making your soil richer ‘ friend with ybu.
Using suitable, crop rotation. Hand- Monday, Augnst 14th,
ling your soil properly. Using doits,
fertilizer wisely. Keeping good live
throw zom* light on yr.nr problem!.
Think about tha aubjwtl to b*
discussed before coming to the In.'
stltute and bo prepared
tlouB,. thercby_
5t*‘
the Institute.
Don't forget the date and brl
j Reduction Sale!
We Now Have on Our
Cut Price Sale
We are selling suits at 1-3 off the regular price.
Odd Trousers 1-4 regular price; all new, up-to-date
A Marriage nt Vaslivlllo.
Mr. Jeff Naesmith and Ming Cora
Forehand stole a march on their
folks and friends Snnday, the 16th,
and were Joined together In the
holy bonds of wedlock. We were
away from home at tho time and
didn’t hear of It until last week. We
extend heartiest congratulations and
host wish•*.—Th# Herald. .
HATS
$3.00 Hat, now $2.25
4.00 Hat, now 3.25
5.00 Hat, now 4.25
SHIRTS
.50 Shirts now .40
$1.00 Shirts now .80
1.50Shirtsnow $1.15
2.00 Shirts now 1.50
SUITS
$20.00 Suit $13.35
$15.00 Suit
$10.00 Suit
$10.00
$ 6.70
All summer Under
wear at 25 per cent
off.
Linen Suits at half
price.
15 cents kind,
for 25 cents.
$3.75
3.00
2.65
2.25
50 dozen Lion Brand Collars, the
while they last at 5 cents, 6
$5.00 Pants now
4.00 Pants now
3.50 Pants now
3.00 Pants now
Boys’ Knee Pants at 25 per cent off
If you need anything in our line we guarantee it
pay you to trade with us.
M. A. BRIGG