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SATURDAY itIMI H,
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NOBLE HORSE
WAS FAITHFUL
UNTO DEATH
Big Fire Department
Horse Died Last Night
TBROKE THROUGH CHAIN AND
AND RAN TO HIS PLACE UN.
BER THE HARNESS WHEN
DI'«TH r «TPIl/'B I*’**
(Prom‘ Wednesday’s Dally.)
“He Whs Faithful TUnto Death.”
That would be an appropriate ep
Itaph for “Old Henry,” the noble
i're department horse which died
last night at 11’ ‘o'clock. He liter
ally “died In harness,” breajcing out
of his stall and rushing to his place
to be hitched up as death seized
Mm. Then he trembled with the
rigor of death and fell down on the
floor and died.
It was a dramatic climax to the
splendid career of as noble an ani
mal as ever breathed. When the
members of the fire department saw
that the splendid horse was dead
they wept like children. Chief
Brooks- could hardly keep back the
tears as be talked about it.
The horse had been sick only a
day or two. He was taken with
something like colic and was given
prompt attention. Dr. Newton ad
ministered a hyperdermlc Injection
in his neck and the Id horse seem
ed better afterwarur Sunday he had
fever and Monday morning bis con
dition was alarming, but he grew
better and seemed to be getting
along very well yesterday.
The horse ate during the day and
it looked as If he were getting
along all right. Thouh he had
•some fever during the day, his
^symptoms ‘ seemed favorable. The
members of the department wepe as
attentive > to the noble horse as*
though he h£d been one of the men.
About 11 o’clock last night, after
his stahfcor awhile, “Old
with-life and rushed through th<
chains that kept him In his stall to
his place under the harness as if
•going for a run in his place of duty.
It was the paroxysm of death which
moved him, and his last impulse was
to be at his post of duty. There Is
nothing finer than this noble horse's
death. It was the fitting climax of
a splendid life. It was more like
-noble manhood,eager to be at duty’s
post, than -a dumb brute, supposed
to be devoid o^ : the high feelings and
noble alms.
“Old Henry” was ohe of the four
splendid white horses which had be*
longed to the fire department almost
e\er since the department was or
ganized. He was the smartest, the
most affectionate and most spirited
of the horses. The firemen love all
of them, but they were attached to
“Old Henry” because he.had sense,
feeling and affection like people.
They were saddened by the horse’i
death because they were attached to
him and because they feel that no
other horse can ever take his place.
The horses of the Valdosta fire de
partment have been admired by ev
erybody. They are all white, all
heavy and fat, In harness going on
a run, they were the pride of the
city. Everybody In Valdosta was
proud of them and everybody here
Is feeling sorrowful that death has
entered the teams and claimed the
old favorite.
“Old Henry” Is gone, but It will
be 9 long time before he Is forgot
"ten.
We Are Now Ready For You
Our buyer has just returned from market, and spared no energy nor time, in hunting out the greatest values to be found in the greatest
markets of the world. To say we have bargains, would be putting it too mildly; candidly, we believe we have the greatest line of
merchandised South Georgia, and at a price that we can truthfully say, we sell everything “For Less.”
Ready-to-Wear For the Ladies
This is a new venture for us.lbut the demand for ready-to-wear is so great, we feel duty bound to protect our customers, who want
ready-to-wear»clothes. Our buyer bought one of the greatest pick-ups in this line ever brought to the city.
$12.50
60 Suits, a Great Many of Which are worth $35.00;
We Expect to put Them on Sale at once, at per suit
We haven’t the room to carry them long, so if you need a suit, come quick and get your size
WINN-JONES COMPANY
M-
T
IN FIVE YEARS
FELL YESTERDAY
Good Deal of Wind Ac
companied Downpour
OiOtTDS LOOKED LIKE CYCLONE
CLOUDS AND WATER AND
WIND DID MUCH DAMAGE TO
GROWING CROPS.
(From Thursday’! Dally)
One of tbgjf^iardest rains that has
passed gectlon in many
Don’t forget that we are head
quarters for fruits and vegetables.
8-23d2wl. B. A. JAMES.
Work on the Confederate Monument
Work of excavating for the foun
dation for the Confederate monu
ment wag about completed yesterday
afternoon and the work of placing
the foundation began this morning.
The monument will be erected
within the next ten days, and will
bo ready for the unveiling on Octo
ber 20, the Daughters of the Con
federacy having fixed that day for
the unveiling.
The monument Is going to be
S3 feet high, and will be ,a very
Imposing statue. The large syca
more near the corner of the court
"house square had to be trimmed In
Older to make room for the monu
ment. The tree quht to be (lulled
up and planted In some other place
on the square, if there Is room for
It there. •
Sweet pickles hi bulk at James'.
weeks caff > down yesterday after
noon between 3 and 5 o’clock, It
looked very much as If a. cyclone
was on hand. The clouds to^the
south and southwest had every ap
pearance of violence.
The rain In that section formed a
biqck 'column reaching from the
clouds to Uigwarth and It could he
seen along at high speed,
vfr*5traSoh resembling the move-
tarot of a tornado. There was plen
ty of wind In the stratas of air
above the ground and the clouds
and rain were blown over the city
In great gusts.
The wind seemed to have been
much more violent 200 feet above
the earth than It was on the ground,
though there was a good deal ot
wind on the earth. Corn and cot
ton was blown down, some fences
were leveled and trees and limbs
u*ero blown over in many parts of
town.
A huge sycamore was blown down
at the intersection of Blrggs street
nnd Hill avenue, falling on the elec
tric wires, breaking them down and
forming a network of live wires,
which flashed In the limbs of the
tree like a bonfire.
Telephone messages were sent to
the city department, and the elec
tric light plant and the current waB
cut off until the tree could be moved
r.nd repairs made. In the mean
time the lights were out In many
parts of town and the power was
off.
The storm In the afternoon put
The Times out of business for three
four hours, but It managed to get
press about 7 o’clock. This
morning there was no power until
nearly 0 o’clock and all of the
wheels In The Times office had to
ston during that tltne.
Parties who were north of Val
dosta yesterday afternoon during
the rain declare that it was the
hardest shower thft has fallen In
five year" and that It washed great
holes in the road, besides causing
water to accumulate several feet
deep In the towlands.
It is said that several cotton
fields where the ground was low
were almost inundated and only the
tope of cotton could be seen above
the lakes of water. .
SHOCKED JUDGE FITE
“Brock” Connolly Thumped the
Prohibitionists too Hard for Him.
(From Wednesday’* Daily.)
Judge Gus 'Flter of CarteraVilU,
who presided over the courts of the
Cherokee circuit and who is prob
ably the most ardent prohibitionist
in Georgia, was given the shock of
his life yesterday afternoon by
“Brack” Connally, who happened
to be in a wind-jamming mood and
who w&s not aware at the time that
he was talking to a man who thinks
that all of the virtues radiate out
from a man’s views on the liquor
question.
Judge Fite was one of eight clt**
zena of Cartersvllle who were on
their way In autos around the state.
They came .unheralded and were
thought to be some of the Augusta
“home-seekers” at first. Mr. Con
nally was sitting in the garage ot
Cranford & Lane when they came
in.; . They began to make enauUy,
about the - road to Waycrbss and Mr.
Connolley began to tell them about-
It. One of the party finally asked:
“Can you get a little near-beer
here?” *
“Nope,” returned. Mr. Conalley,
“We don’t ifllow $sar-beer sold
here. You 'can get some of the
genuine article, though,” he con
tinued.
“Can we get anything else?” the
Inquisitor asked.
“You can get anything you want
and as much as you want of It I
have been here ten years and I have
never seen the time you could not
get It,” he went on.
■ “I though this was a prohibition
town.” spoke up Judge Fite.
“It is supposed to he,” said Mr.
Connolley, “but real prohibition
towns are scarce. I have never
seen one.”
“Why don’t they enforce the
law?” asked the judge, warming up.
“Because It is an unpopular law
and sentiment Is against It,” said
“Brack.”
“All laws are unpopular,” re
torted the Judge, “but we have to
enforce them.”
“All laws are not unpopular, said
the Valdostan. “The law against
murder, stealing, Injuring your
neighbor, taking what rightfully be
longs to him are all popular laws and
wo enforce them. When laws seek
to prescribe what a man shall eat,
drink or wear they are not popular
and you oan't enforce them. The
more intelligent people are the more
they protest against such bigoted
narrow legislation.”
While this conversation was go-
dng on the other members of the
Cartersvllle party were nearly burst
ing with laughter. When Judge
Fite walked off one of them said to
Mr. Connolley.
“Do you know that man?”
“No, I do not” said Connolley.
"That’s Judge Guo Fite—he’s the
biggest crank on prohibition you
ever saw—thafjjs why we are laugh
ing.”
“I hope I didn't offend him, hut
T was telling him the truth,” eata
Mr. Connolley
Judge Fite met a number of Val-
dostans and was apparently pleased
wtih the cordial manner of the peo
ple here;
TO LAY CORNER
STONE OF THE
The Masons Will Have
Charge pf Ceremony
ttatx
Mrs. Lamar Godwin left
morning for Montgomery, Ala., af
ter a pleasant visit to relatives In
this city. She was accompanied by
the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. T. Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Malloy and
Messrs Currie and Smith, of Perry,
Fla., spent 'ast night In this city on
their wav to North Carolina In an
automobile. They were going over
the National Highway to Atlanta
and then to Charlotto.
FURNISHED BY
—MANY THINGS
TO BE PLACED IN CORNER
STONE. ,7j
(From. TpuAday’s Dally.)
The j cornet; stt.e ot the Confed-
to bu laid tomor-
the
d Accepted
UW- R7('-
• 4 "J H 3r,' *
will be Interesting,
and tie ta. idfclwrti of the Confeder
acy, whoynavo jmjVldod the monu
ment andl who? will have the cere
monies In Invite the public
to be present and witness the exer
cises. ' f
The erection of’the monument
tbe culmination of - many years o/
hard work and sacrifice on the part
of the Daughter v They started the
campaign for tho monument several
I years ago and 1 have worked faith
fully, accumul} ng small amounts
tof money in vhjHqus ways and lay
;lng It aside.
After they had raised nearly
$2,000, they made an appeal to the
j city and county officials for $f,000,
‘and that wnB given tb^thom. The
Tronumont cost about <3,000 and is
a very imposing structure.
Tn the box which is to fit in the
: corner stone of the monument and
• which will probably stand for many
years. If not centuries, they will put
a number of things, such as a roster
"oil of *he old veterans, names of
the Daughters of the Confederacy,
names of the county commissioners
"ho contributed to the fund, names
of the present hoard of commission
ers, names of the mayor and coun-
Mlrren, Confederate notes, a copy of
the Valdosta Times and such Con
federate relics as may be secured.
The exercises tomorrow afternoon
will be full of Interest. The Masons
win use the program In their ritual
for their part In the exercises. Be
sides that, there will be two musi
cal numbers by a quartette, led by
Mr. Lloyd Jones.
The address will be delivered by
Col. J. B. Copeland, who Is well fit
ted for the fask. ‘~'-'
Altogether, the program for the
exercises, is quite- an attractive one
and ought to be attended by a large
crowd.
Married on Thursday^ ,
tciephdne message to The.
Times Thursday afternoon told of
the marrlagp of Mr. Karl Pittman
and Miss Corley tauls, the ceremOq
ny being performed by Elder I. A.
Welherington at his home. Tbe
young couple drove up to Eldjr
Wetherington’s home about 1 o’clock
and naked to be married. They
vere accommodated in short order
and went their way as happy lovers
ought to be.
Irish potatoes 60c a pock at
James’ Cash Grocery.
WARDEN MURRAY RESIGNS
County Commissioner, are Also
Seeking to Oust Physician.
(From Thursday's Dally.)
Mr. J. W. Murray, warden; ot the
county convict gang and road sup
erintendent, yesterday tendered hts
resignation to tho county commla-
s'oners to become' effective ns aoori
ns his successor can be chosen. It
Is understood that Chairman Coffee
Is now In charge of tho work on the
road, but Mr. Murray la looking
after the convicts. It Is also under
stood that the County Commission
ers i have aeMed. the prison com
mission to appoint R. A. Wilson
temporary Deputy Warden.
It Is not known yet who will be
put In charge ot the work on the
goad, but (he commissioners will
look around for a, man to take up
the work.
It le also said that Mr. Murray Is
not the only out ot the officials who
la In trouble. The commlnlonere
are said to he dissatisfied with Dr.
Rouse, as county physician and thsy
have preferred charges against him
before the prison commission. Just
what these charges are Is not known
but the commissioners think they
are sufficient to cause his removal.
LIVE WIRE FELLED HORSE.
An Animal Came Near Being Killed
on Gordon Street.
A horse which was driven by a
negro man who lives on Mr. Tom
Converse’s place, was. knocked
down hy a live wire on Gordon
street, near the residence of Col.
W. S. West, last night about seven
o'clock.
When the horse fell to tbe
ground the negro did not know
what was the trouble and Jumped
from t''e buggy. He' stepped on the
wire and was also shocked by It.
The horse remained upon the
ground for some time, and Colonel
West and some other parties went,
out to help tho man out ot his trou
ble.
The horse recovered sufficiently
to finish his trip later on, but It was
a narrow escape for tbs anlmhl and
tne man.
Luslanne coffee 80s a can at
James’ Cash Grocery.
ARCHITECT'S FALL FATAL
J. R. Leo, Well Known Contractor,
h Dead at Quitman,
Quitman, Ga„ Aug. . 22.—J. R.
Lee, a well known architect and
contractor, died lest night as the re*
suit of a fall yesterday. .He was
directing tho work on the new home
of Mr. Underwood, a farmer, five
! miles from town, .and fell from a
scaffold. Thg fall wae Inconsider
able, only a few feet from the
ground, but Mr, Leo'e spine seem
ed to havp boon Injured by a lad
der aoross which he fell. He
not realise at all tbe Injury was so-
rloug and Mb family was not sent'
for until a^number ot hours had
elapaed; 1 ho was conscious until
shortly before h's death.' Mr. Lee
had been a resident of Quitman,
aince he was 15 Years old and was
well known throughout this section.
He only recently completed a hand
some home on North Court street
and moved Into it. ,
Mr. Lee was 40 years otd^.snd
leaves his wife and live young son*
the oldest 15 years of age. Tho k
funeral occurred, here this after- '
noon with Masonic honors.
"Reduction Sale
!
Will Continue Until
Semptember 1st
We are selling suits at 1-3 off the regular price.
Odd Trousers 1-4 regular price; all new, up-to-date
HATS
SUITS
$3.00 Hat, now
4.00 Hat, now
5.00 Hat, now
$2.25
3.25
4.25
$20.00 Suit $13.35
$15.00 Suit $10.00
$10.00 Suit, $ 6.70
SHIRTS
All summer Under-
.50 Shirts now .40
$1.00 Shirts now .80
1.50 Shirts now $1.15
2.00 Shirts now 1.50
wear at 25 per cent
off.
Linen Suits at half
price.
50 dozen Lion Brand Collars, the 15 cents kind,
while they last at 5 ' cents, 6 for 25 cents.
$5.00 Pants now - - * $3.75
4.00 Pants now - - 3.00
3.50 Pants now - • 2.65
3.00 Pants now - - 2.25
Boys’ Knee Pants at 25 per cent off
■ If ypu need anything in our line we guarantee it will
pay you to trade with us.
[M. A. BRIGGS