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WAS BUSY ONE
, AGAIN TODAY
_Av Number of Offenders
Were Upon the Rack
OHAUFFKUR WAS TOUCHED FOR
EXCEEDING SPEED LOOT-*
NEGRO TORE VP THINGS AX
HIS HOME SUNDAY.
(From Monday's Dally.-
Thore <u another large docket
In the recorder’s court this morning
:ocd the dnes ran considerably above
(100. All kinds of offences were on-
-tored on the docket, though lighting
-and disorderly conduct predomina
ted.
One white man was present on a
-charge of haring been drunk,
sadmfrted the accusation and said It
was his first offence. “I am going
to ask for mercy this time, but If
-you see me here again I want you
to double It and multiply It hr
-four,” he told the recorder There
-were several other cases of ’hat
kind.
A negro chauffeur who drives Mr.
D C. Ashley’s ear was arraigned on
charge fif exceeding the speed limit.
There were three witnesses agalpst
"him and a good lawyer represent
ing him. He admitted that he
technically guilty, but that he did
not know that he was In the city
limits. The witnesses testified that
'he was Just beyond Dukes’ Gay, go
ing toward Loch Laurel.
The three witnesses swore than
*h1s speed was between forty
-and sixty miles an hour,
-admitted that It was not less than
dO, and one said he believed It was
more than 60 miles an hour. One
-of them said he had never seen nny-
IMng on wheels travel so fast, hut
-this was probably dns to the fact
-that ha was only three or four feet
'from the car when It swung by him.
.The nfgro was .lined $15, but
Judge Varnidoo told bjm that lf he
-over carnal before him again the fine
"•on Id probably he a term pn the
. -chain gang.
A negro named Bubber Goldwlro
-made his third appearance before
-the recorder this morning on a
charge of fighting In his home. The
-evidence showed that he got mad
-with hts mother and slaters Sunday
-and was raising a rough house gen-
■orally. He smashed-lamps Just to
v-ee the glass shatter, trammed win
dows with a stick and got a butcher
Vulfe and threatened to do things
with that. Neither his mother nor
any one else could do anything with
'him, so a case was docketed against
him.
In court this morning he appeared
-m-llen and defiant, but pretty well
conquered. Judee Varnedoe did not
hear all of the evidence against him,
hut he heard enough to convlnc him
that the boy wan In a pretty bad
mood. He fixed the fine at $50 and
coats or sixty days on the gang.
Another case this morning Jhat
attracted considerable attention was
against four youngsters who deliv
er papers for The Times and who
raised more racket In the back al
leys Wednesday afternoon than the
law allows. The evidence showed
that their conduct was very disor
derly and Judge Cranford told them
that he thought they were getting
-cut light not to be proseented In the
eity court for malicious mischief. He
fined all four of the boys $16 and
costs, but suspended sentences upon
the two youngest for $2 and $4 upon
the two oldest. This means that
If they misbehave again they will
"have to pay the balance of the fines
as well as face new charges.
It Is not believed the hoys Intend
ed to be mean or anything more than
mischief, though they carried their
mischief to such an extent that
something had to be done to check
such conduct In future.
DEATH Or-GEOBGB CORNER
Brother of Mis. Phil Pendlefcfc Died
-•$ Mulberry, Fla,., f
(From Monday’s Dally.)
Mr. George'Corner, son ot Mrs.
Charles A. Corfiir, formerly of Val
dosta, but now a resident of Mul
berry, Fla, died Sunday morning at
Mulberry from appendicitis for
which an operation was performed
on last Friday.
His condition was known to be
critical and it was regarded as be
ing more serious because.of his
weak condition after an. attack ot
malarial fever. He -was Just recov
ering 'from this affects of the fever
when. he was attacked, by. appendi
citis. The difficult operation was
performed Friday and hi* death oc
curred early. Sunday morning.
His remains reached this city
this afternon and the funeral will
occur tomorrow morning at 1$
o'clock from the residence of Mr.
Phil Pendleton. The Interment will
occur In the city cemetery.
The deceased was about twenty-
nine years ot age and had -been
living In New Tork for a number ot
year*. He was connected with the
firn of Smith, Baker' A Company,
Importers of teas, and bad teen In
Japan for four years representing
the firm and studying the tea Indus
try. He returned home Borne time
ago tpd came south on a visit to hts
mother, sister and other relatives.
He spent some time In Valdosta and
went on to Mulberry, Fla., where
he was taken 111 with fever.
His mother was anxious for him
to remain at home and not go hack
to New Tork, especially since the
firm wanted him to returnto Japan
In the meantime, Mr. C. A. Corner,
his step-father, who la manager of
the phosphate works at Mulberry,
had an attack of Illness and had to
give up work for awhile. George
Corner took his place and was do
ing the work when he eras taken
‘with -the ilattack of /appendicitis
which caused his death.
The deceased was an excellent
young man In every way and was
making hls way _ln the business
world. He was not very well known
here, but those who knew him were
driwnto him by hls manliness. Hls
death Is a very sad one and Ms be
reaved relatives have the deep sym-
IS
GROWN WITH
HIESUCGESS
A Farm Near Valdosta
Produces Finest Leaf
BIX THOUSAND POUNDS WAB
RAISED THIS TEAR AND IT
WILL HAKE ABOUT ONE MIL
LION CIGARS. .
pathy. of many friend* in this city
in their sorrow.
Dealers Criticise Monument.
Some of the monument makers
end marble men who entered th#'
bids for the Confederate monument
are already criticising the work
which la being done on the mona
ment here. Mayor Roberta has had
lettera from one or two companies
etatlng that their bid contemplated
a solid marble or grarilte founda
tion, though the preeent contractors
are using concrete, which they aay
cost about eight hundred dollars
-less than the solid foundation.
Mayor Roberta has notified the
Daughters of the Confederacy of
these facts to that they ea n Investi
gate them. Liitl 1
THE GARAGE WAS BURNED.
An Antolst at Balnbrldge Struck •
Hatch and Lost Car.
Parties who earns from Baln-
bridge this morning stated that an
auto belonging to Mr. Thornton of
that place, was burned yeaterday
and also thergarage In which It hup-
pened to be at the time.
Mr. Thornton and several others
had been out riding and had return
ed to the garage to pnt np their
machine. The gasoline tank wne
leaking, hut he did not know It.
It la said that he rolled a cigar
ette and struck a match to light It.
The gasoline exploded, throwing
him out the door and firing the ma
chine nnd the garage. It wa s con
sumed before the fire could he Put
out.
Mr. Thornton, the owner of
car, was slightly disfigured and was
carried to hla room by hls friend*
and given medical attention.
Free Scholarship at Brenan.
Brenau College, of Gainesville,
Ga., has offered to the Valdosta
Chapter of U. D. C. a scholarship on
the following conditions:
First—The applicant mnst be able
to pass the college examination.
Second—She mutt he t iln -a! de
scendant of a Confederate Veteran.
Third—That she Is not otherwlee
able to take a college course.
Application must he made to Mrs.
W. S. West, Chairman Scholarship
Committee.
Death of Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Jones, sn sged lady who has
been living with her son, Mr. Will
Jones ,on West street, died last
night about 10.10 o’clock dns to
heart dlaeaae and It eame without
warning. After she went to bed
•he called her son ,bnt died In
very short while. She waa nbont
65 years old.
Her funeral arrangements had not
been made thle morning, aa the has
a daughter from Macon who la ex
pected to come here to attend the
funeral.
Freight Ratos oil Fruit, Reduced
San Frandsco, Cal., Aug., 26.—
The westrn Pacific road thl# we-k
put Into effect a new tariff reducing
materially the rates on both citrus
and deciduous fruits from Califor
nia points to the Black Hills conn-
try, embracing n number of Impor
tant'dtsfrtbutfng points In Wyoming
Nebraska and Sooth Dakota.
(From Monday*! Dally.)
Mr. C. T. Lott ,ot the Southsrm
Tobacco Company, has Just gather
ed his crop of leaf tobacco and has
packed It away In the big barn
where It la being cored and puli In
position to be used a# wrappers aa
cigar* to he mads In their factory
In this city.
Mr Lott has had large,oxperlence in
tobacco growing .having been .’
business near Quincy, Fla., .for
number of yean and having ha-1
the very best drilling under govern
ment experts. He waa one of the
first tobacco growers to make s suc
cess of the Industry In Florida and
he was attracted to Valdosta last
year by the excellent tobacco which
had been grown by Mr. D. D.
Smith, a mile above this city.
Mr. Lott decided that with proper
fertilisation the noil hero would he
admirably adapted to the culture of
the weed. Thla year seven acres
were planted under canvas and
three acres besides that. He has
already gathered about six thousand
pounds .which has been carefully
sealed, classified .tied np In string*
and put through the drying process
In the barn.
Most of It-has been taken down
from the dryers and packed op <n
the sweaters, where It will'remain
for several months, though It will bs
moved nnd turned from time to
tlma to prevent If
and to enable it to become thorong-
ly cured .
About TO per cent of thla tobacco
la fine wrapper and aSvR 50 per
cent of It la filler. Mr. Lott saya
that all of It la high quality and
most of It la worth $2.50 a pound.
He estimates that he has enough to
make a million cigar*, but thla to
bacco will not be used this year, fi
will be kept until about two years
old before It la used. He bellevi
that the cigars made from It will
compare with the best th"t are mod,
from tobacco grown In Cuba or any
where else. In other words, he
does not believe there 1* any to
bacco annerior In quality Jo what he
haa ralaed within a mile of Valdosta
The factory of tho company la
turning out all the cigars It can
make and Is now away behind
Its orders.
Besides a superb tobacco farm, Mr
Lott has op acre of two Irrigated
land for trucking purpoaee and he
expects to have the earliest vegeta
bles of anybody next season. Hls
Irrigation Is principally for growing
tobacco plant*, which are act out
under the covers later on.
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
Established' in Arsen Caae and the
Plaintiffs Awarded a Verdict.
(From Monday’s Dally.)
Douglasj Ga.. Aug. 28.—The city
court was In.session all last week
Judge Langford presided on Mon
day, and -on Tuesday Judge J. G.
McCall, ot the city court ot Qult-
rian, qpmI! and presided the balance
The most important case tried
was the efcie of j. L. Sutton against
Jams* T. Lott, Mary Lott, Wayne
.led ■ Jrffr. Ixitt. being a dam-
ago euirt»( $5,W>0.. for mallcioua
crhrilnal rrosecutlon.
In 1908 tho- haras and oiithousea
of the Lotta were burned and they
proseented J. L. Sutton, Hardy
Summerlin and Joe Summerlin for
un offense of arson charged for
burning those premises.
At the March term, 1609, of the
superior jeourt those defendants
wore tried and acquitted and toe
damage edit for malicious prosecu-
tied followed.
|- It ( took, two days and a half to
he case and the Jury Tendered
'■ " ter $300 against Wayne
Jragsq,'Lott. Hardy Sum-
■
fcifirfln' atid’Tfio Summerlin each
have a $5,000 damage salt against
the same defendants Involving the
an pin facts.
Judge Attache* Atlanta Concent.
In the city court thle week Judge
J. G. McCall, of Quitman, presiding
for Judge Langford, Issued attach
ments for contempt against
Auto Highball Company apd one J.
H. Waldon, of Atlanta, for falling
to obey subpoena duces tecum to
prednee certain books and papers.
Some time ago the Auto Highball
Company sent agenta through thla
section selling stock In thq company
end took notes for the stock. Tl.s
notes hays been transferred to the’
vice preeldent of the company and
suit broufht onCft's notes. The de
fendants, are ' pleading fraud and
serving thh com'liiiny and J. H. Wal-
dop, of Atlanta';,who Is In charge of
the company, with subpoena daces
tpctim to produce all hooka and rec
ords of the company. They failed
to obey the summons and the Judge
issued Judmenta for contempt. The
ime will be awaited with
CHURCH ROW
ENDS IN AWFUL
DEADLY AFFRAY
Elder Lawton, Near Ash-
burn, Shot from Ambush
R. O. WHIDDEN KILLS OFFICER
IN CHURCH BECAUSE OF BIB
HATRED OF THE PASTOR, AND
SUICIDES.
Aahburn. Ga., Aug. 28.—Believ
ed to be mentally affected by a sort
ot relgious obesslon which took the
form of bitterest enmity and dislike
for Rev. Duncsn Massey, a Baptist
preacher of this county, R. O. Whld-
c-en Saturday morning hid himself
In a thicket and from ambush shot
and killed Elder Marshall Lawtoa
and seriously wounded Mr. Massey.
Whldden then went to bis home a
mile or so away, entered the kitch
en, walked through It and the living
rr.om without epeaklng to hla Wife,
and In the seclusion of hls own
chamber a moment later sent a but
let through hls own brain.
Later Investigation haa brought to
light the fact that R. C. Whldden
yesterday morning shot but one man
Marshall Lawson, and that Rav,
Duncan Massey was sn unhurt eye
witness of the tragedy about 200
yards away.
It seems that Whldden had of
late Included hla olfitlme friend and
neighbor, Lawson, In hls hatred
and that Saturday morning, al
though It la thought ha ostensibly
went to MU Massey, when he came
upon Lawson ha shot him. He nssJ
gun loaded with buckshot. Mr.
Mnassy, It seems, waa J ist driving
np to tho thurch and from the tep
ot the hill saw Lawson fall and
Whldden hurriedly leave the scene.
Whldden mdde himself thorough
ly comfortable boforo h* kilted hlm-
self In the bedroom at hla
an Inch from hts original position.
Insanity Is the only reason that a
thoroughly perplexed and shocked
neighborhood’ can advance for tho
commission of the awful crime.. For
some time the family of Whldden,
who -was one of the best known and
most prosperous planters In Turner
county, has feared that ha would
take hls life. Ho had talked of 1)
several times and hud been suffer/
In from melancholia, tho cause ot
which seems pretty wall obscured.
Rev. Duncan Maassy waa called
lo the pastorate a few months ago,
and shortly after ho eame Incurred
the dislike of' Whldden, who was
active in church work In that sec
tion. Several times In the last few
days he had gone to Marshall Law-
ton. an elder of Massey's circuit, and
asked that Massey bo restrained
from preaching any more. It Is said
that yesterday Whldden again made
hla request and that Lawton, to
quiet him, told him that he would
see that Massey held no more ser
vices. Saturday morning Mr. Maa-
sev was due to conduct the monthly
service at Crosstock, a little church
fire mllee from Ashburn. In com
pany with Elder Lawton, he went
out early to hold the services.
seems that Whldden heard
that Massey was to preach that
morning. He armed himself with a
repeating rifle and, hitching up hls
horse, drove In the direction
Croestock and secreted himself In
the woods by the church.
, Just before the aervloes were
about to commence, Elder Lawton
'vnlkert down the road and directly
Into Whldden’* ambuscade. .Whld
den ehot twice. Lawton fell dead
tmdantly and Whldden at once drove
away.
Arriving at hls home he strode
through the house without speaking
to a member of hls family, assem
bled In the living room, and a mo
ment later they heard a allot from
the bedroom, Hls wife waa first to
reach him. Ha was dead with a bul
let through hla brain.
There Is hut on* thoory to explain
tho terrible aberration of n man who
for years had hold hla head high
with honor In hts community. Hts
dislike to Massey had grown to ha-
trod nnd ns he wao n very rellglouo
man. It Is believed that thla
gtew so Intonsa,
TWENTY-SIX
KILLED IN A
PICTURE SHI
A Boy Cried “Fire”
a Panic Followed
MEN,' WOMEN AND OHHiDReI
WERE SMOTHERED TO DEAT
IN TRYING- TO GET OUT
THE BUILDING.
Canonsburg, Pa., Ang. $8
ty-slx persona wore killed and mon
than sixty Injured when a moving)
Picture film exploded In tho Ca:
burg opera house. Immediately
lowing the flash of -tho film
person shouted “Fire!’’
There waa a rush for the
and In a moment there was a w:
lng, screaming mass ot humanity
ton feet high In the narrow stair
way leading to the entrance ot tho
theater.
The panic. It la said, waa Inex
cusable.
Most of the dead were smothered,
A majority ot the crowd was com
posed of women and children. In
the fierce rush for the exit they were
knocked from tbolr foot and tram
pled upon. Others wer* thrown np
on them, and those at tha bottom
of -the human plla wars suffocated.
When the two volunteer fire de
partment companloo reached tha
theater tho right daggered them.
Tlioa* of the assemblage who haa--.
escaped from the, building and oth-
spectators drawn to the scene
were rushing about the front ot the
building. No person, It seemed,
was making any effort to aid
straggling mass within the then
The
practically
the sons Into tho street.
much] with!, hearing
X-faKlaccrlwiTpllK
’->» , -ou hi. hoc
of hla life.
Hi
book, crossed
tend College;' -then he sent R .revolver bullet
through hit brain and never moved
pillows under hL head,
'Sts feet.
5 at I doses of ’’666“ will care any
case of Chills and Fever, Price 15c.
KILtED BY HORSE FALL
Turner County Fanner Killed While
Riding During Night.
Ashburn, Ga., Aug., 28.—Ltge
Fitsgerald, son of e prominent
farmer, died hers today as a result
of Injuries snatalned when thrown
frqm hla horse late last night. Thsrs
was no witness to the accident and
Just how he received hi* fatal In
juries cannot bo told.
Hit oknll was crushed and ho was
picked up tbit morning In an ua-
consclous condition from which ho
never rallied to tell of the accident.
Terrible Picture of Suffering.
Clinton, Ky.—Mra C. M. McEl-
roy„ in a letter from Clinton,
write*: ’’For tlx years, I was a suf
ferer from femat* troubles. I could
not cat, nnd contd not stand on my
feet, without suffering great pain.
I had lost hope. After using Curdui
a week, I began to Improve. Now I
feel better than 5 years” 60 years of
than In six years.” Fifty yean of
•access In actual practice, posi
tive proof, furnished by those who
have tried It, that Carilul un al
ways he relied on for' relieving fa
s' weakness and disease. Try'
Cgrdnl, today, now! '? "■
Will
Rons are being mad* by
and girls of Brooke coun
ty to .leave for. college with, tho
opening dnyo of September. Among
’those ’who return to ftho ’various
school! where tboy art already en
tered, are Missis Louise and Helen
Bonnet and Tlllle May Davis, to
Shorter. ■ Miss Francis Duke* **
Agnes Scott; Miss Maids Rountree
to Hollins Institute; Miss Ida Bella
Hendry, to Weil yen; Miss Kittle
Bower to/ Wesleyan; Robert I*
Groover, .Qeyton Thompson, Roy
Lilly and Hfnton Remington to the
Polytechnic at Auburn; Irwin Da
vis to the 8tate University; Miss
Hazel Rosier, of Barney to Beiaie
Tift; D, A, Flnlay/ta# to the Georgia
Tech. AmongSth* new students en
tering for the fiftt term thla fall are:
Misses India ^Young and Rohe
Hunt Lewis, Shorter Collero; MJat
Gladys Booser, Brenau College,
Mies Mabel Price, Bessie Tift; Miss
Virgil Kent, Woman’s College, Meri
dian; Scott Penrtck, state Univer
sity; Miss hjaggle Wade, State
Normal College at Athena; John L.
Davidson, Georgia Tech; Edwin
Flnlaygon, Military Audemy, Stone
Mountain; MIm Jas^jl Green, At
lanta conservatory*
aa-J. <J. Mackey and children
W-a -eawidilri/frdm OhUutau-
qfis. N. Y„ coming by Cincinnati
and points In the middle west.
A* they regained their feet they
an shrleklnglnjerrpr about tho
streets. .When the firemen neared
the bottom of the pH* they began to
l)ring out the unoonsclons forms of
Injured, and later came tho dead.
Suit
Judge W. E. Thomas rendered a
decision In th* Evergreen school
case yeaterday, deciding -In favor ot
the plaintiffs.
Last fall th* ,(Jpunty Board of
Education ordered a new school
house built In the Evergreen dis
trict. Tho building wao recently
completed and because It we* some
further from the hornet of some of
the patrons than tha old school they
locked the doors of th* original
school house and- eeuld not allow
the desks to be removed. A salt
for possession of the desks wu In
stituted by J. 3. Simpson and other*
against Jess* Ward, James The’**,
McLeod and other*. Jndgt
Thomas after h-arlng th* taatlmony
Immediately rendered * verdict in
favor of the Simpson faction.
The Advertiser bna been Inform
ed that Mr. Ward and hi* neighbor*
will purchase new desks and secure
s teacher end continue school at
the old house. Both school* will
open for th e fall term Ip September.
—Quitman Advertiser,’ ;' “
— —
Mr. Roblex/ Ulmer
Quitman; to look i
lng business then
goes off on a
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Reduction Sale
Will Continue Until
Semptember 1st
tfJTWe are selling suits at 1-3 off the regular price.
-^Odd Trousers 1-4 regular price; all new, up-to-date
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
1.50 Shirts now $1.15
2.00 Shirts now 1.50
SUITS
$20.00 Suit $13.35
$15.00 Suit $10.00
$10.00 Suit $ 6.70
All summer IJnder-
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 <*' r
3.50 Pants now - • 2.65
3.00 Pants now • r 2.25
Boys' Knee Pants at 25 per cent off
If you need anything in our line we guarantee it will
pay you to trade with us.
A. BRIGGS
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