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fHK VAliIHMTA TIKES
VALDOSTA, GA„ I SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 84, 1818.
PAGE FIVE.
BANKERS SPENT
STRENUOUS DAY
ON THEHI6HWAY
Falling Trees Gave Them
a Rough Experience
PARTY TO CHERRY LAKE YES-
TEItDAY HAD TO USE CROSS
CUT SAWS TO GET THROUGH
THE DEBRIS.
Bankers A. Bart Hepburn and C.
Williams, of Naw York, have be*n
enjoying their stay in Valdosta this
*eek, but they had a touch of the
strenuous life yesterday which they
will probably remember for a tong
time..
The weather had been so good for
two or three days that it is probable
that they did not dream that such
weather as was experienced yester
day could occur in this section,
a matter of foot, the “oldest fnhab-
ltanta” do not remember & time
when such weather prevailed here
before. It looked like Fate,
(whatever dispenses the gifts of na
ture, prepared yesterday's tricks for
these prominent guests.
They went out yesterday afternoon
in company with Messrs. D. C.- Ash
ley, J. Y Blitch, Ablal Winn, W 8.
Fender, Will Fender, J. F. Stapler,
J. C. Wilson, Dr. Is. C. Holtsendorff,
Mr. H. TJlden Holtsendorff and Dr.
Holtsendorff, of FUsgerald, all
bound for Cherry Lake, Fla., to en
joy a dove shoot this Corning. They
‘were going to be the guests of Mr.
J. P. CofTee and Intended.to spend
the night a* Cherry Lake.
They did not count accurately on
the weather which had prevailed in
that section earlier in the morning.
Before they reached Klndeilou they
(began to have trouble with trees and
fogs which were blown across the
Toad. After passing Klnderloa the
wosd to Rocky Ford, a distance of
.about- ten miles, was beset with
/ri«ny obstacles Trees were blown
f down by the score and it^was neres.-
( of the road
before the three automobiles could
pass.
\ They secured a crosscut saw from
somebody on the way, and this was
used with telling effect. Every mem
ber of the patty got down to work,
and these rich New York bankers
worked like day laboreie, • rolling
logs, drawing the saw and he’ping
*o clear away the debris of the worst
storm in years. h
It was nearly dark b'More' they
reached the Rockv For-1 bridge. The
road was fn good condition, except
for the loe« along th? way. When
they reached the riv-T they fonnrj
the stream iadly *woi>* 'ibe-*
was no difficulty in reaching *be
bridge on this side, but the slough
on the oHv’r side, where the old man
and hln son were drowned som« time
ago, had a dangerous appearance.
Mr. W. S. Fender’rt machine drove
into It, but the water was too deep
and the machine "went dead” there
The other members of the party
knew that the overflow would pre
vent them going further, so they re
turned to this city, leaving a mule
team to pull Mr. Fenders* car out of
its predicament.
About 8 o’clock last night, tired
MR. JOHN STATEN'S FUNERAL j JUDGE SPEER'S JUROR FINED
It Occurred This Afternoon From the Arrives in Court Hour and a Half
Residence of Mr. W. T. Staten j Unsteady.
The funeral of Mr. John Staten, One of the Jurors in a damage
whose death occurred In Tampa. Fla. wlt 0j| trall ln the united States
Tuesday afternoon at 6:45 o’clock. ^ #B h(mr and , Mlf
was held this afternoon at the real- . .. ..
deuce of bis brother. Mr. W. T. Je.terday «°d <*»ytug tho bla
sts ten, on H1U Ave. gest P»rt 01 » ''bang-over'' spree
Tbe funeral services were con-STb. trial bad been delayed all that
ducted by Rev. Lawrence William., I time and naturally Judge Speer was
of tbe Christian church, assisted considerably vexed,
by Dr. J. H. Scrugge, of tie Metho-i Tb. juror was unsteady o a bit
diet church, and Dr. A. L. Johnston, t feet when b. appeared In court, and
of the First Baptist church. The 'was unable to give a satisfactory ac-
servlcea were simple, constating of count of hit delinquency, ao the
tbe .scripture reading and the usual judge imposed a flue of $50, and con-
prayero, a abort talk and tbe com- tlnued tbe trial until tomorrow
mltment services at the grave. The morning as today It a holiday ln
services were attended by a large court.
crowd of friends of the family.
AH'of the members of bis imme
diate family were present and hla
brothers, J. L. Staten, of Charlotte,
and Q. B. Staten, of Atlanta, were
also present. Mr. J. L. Staten came
from New York and reached tbe city
thia morning.
Tbe pall bearers were life-long
friends of tbe deceased and were
as follows: T. B. Converse, C. B.
Peeples, C. L. Jones, J. A. Dasher.
R A. Peeples and A. O. Garbutt.
Tbe remains of the deceased reach.
«d Valdosta from Tampa last night.
As was stated ln Tbe Times yester
day, Mr. Staten bad not been operat
ed upon and tb. Idea of performing
a n operation bad ibeen abandoned.
HI. condition was such that «n
operation could hardly be consider
ed.
STORM LEVELS
WIRES IN ALL
Rejections
Trains Rad Trouble, But
Arrived All Right
T1IU STORM SWEPT ALL SECT
IONS OF JHK STATE AND DID
MLCg^^^^TO TIMBER
LINES.
Tho Juror’s excuse for being tar
dy was that be left a call at bis
boarding bouse, but" tbey didn’t
wake him. This wae a weak excuse Tllo
In view of the visible evidence of
another cause for tbe juror's non- 1 ’
appearance. Before presenting the B0 * despite
juror to the Judge tbe marshal dosed telegraph
him for quite a while with aromatlo across tbe tracks ln all directions
spirits of ammonia, and brought him and the trains had to creep along
around in fairly presentalble condl- without order, from tb* dispatchers,
tlon, but it, was impossible to con. the wires all being down.
ceal the real facts.—Morning News.
Mrs. J. A. Morgan Entertains,
A delightful social event of the
week was the bridge party gle^By
Mrs. J. A. Morgan yesterday after
noon at her borne on Toomb. street.
FJve tables of players enjoyed the
Interesting game of progressive
bridge, and the highest score was
made by Mrs. Taylor of Grinin, who
was presented with a pretty perfume
battle. The consolation prise,
silver picture fram, was won on a
cut by Mrs. Lloyd Jones.
A delicious salad course with gin
ger ale was served after tbe game,
and pretty dishes tilled with home
made candles were placed on all of
tb. card tables.
Mrs. Morgan was assisted ln enter,
talnlng and serving by her daugh
ters, Misses Martha and Vernon Mor.
gaq. 1
Those who enjoyed her hospitality
on this occasion were Min 8tevens,
Miss Britt, Min Wilkinson, Miss
Oueley, Mrs. Feagle, Mrs. Miller,
Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. 1 McDonald, Mrs,
Massey, Mrs. Lasiltger, Mrs. Cllntpn
Grime, Mrs. Varndee, Mrs. Lane,
Mrs. Haiti*. Jt'l]Jcu-.I, lee Perry,’
the game. Mrs. McCullpy. LYmcua," Miss
Those present were:. vvit/WrCan'dllsfiT' Mrs. Dougherty and Mrs.
In Honor of Miss Brown,
The Misses Ashley entertained at
a lovely bridge party last evening ln
honor of Miss Majorle Brown,
Columbus, Ga.
The rooms were adorned with cut
flowers and potted plants, pink and
White carnations being used In the
library and sweet peas In the din
ingroom.
There were five tables of players,
and after an Interesting game. It
was found that the highest scores
had been made Iby Miss Etbcl Briggs
and Mr. Hanson Ferrell. They were
both presented with gold pins.
The guest of honor. Miss Brown,
was presented with a pretty vanity
bax.
A delightful salad course, follow
ed by a eweot one, was served after
Win converse. Miss Ferrell, Miss
Brlggn, Mias Willis, Miss Ousley, Miss
Stella Roberts, Miss Alma Roberts,
Miss Wilkinson, Mlsg Bondurant,
Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Sherman, Mr.
Ferrell, Mr. Harris, Mr. Blrdsey, Mr.
Loralne Converse, Mr. Albert Con
verse, Mr. McCracken, Mr. Arthur
Davis, Mr. Pardee, Mr. Walter Davis,
Mr. Bcssent and Mr, Jamie Ashley.
Brantley,
Captivating “Kilties.”
Mr. T. P. J. Power, the general
manager of the famous Scotch Cana
dian band was asked by a reporter
what the greatest difficulty was
that he had to contend with while
making thoir trip around the world.
He replied that the greatest difficul
ty, especially in Australia, was to
keep his men from getting married
The Georgia Southern train from
up the road ha(l to move a number
of telephone polls and trees from
tho track In order to get affong. It
reached this city about pn hour and
a half lat e this morning.
The Georgia and Florida train be
tween here and fthUfton had to stop
a half a dosen timet and move ob-
McKEXZIE SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Brunswick Hotel Man Stnmlilea and
His Ullq Went Off.
Brunswick, Oa., Feb. 22.—William
McKouslo, for 'the past two years,
manager of tbe Oglethorpe Hotel,
shot himself tonight, Inflicting
slight wound In his side. The wound
la painful, but nothing serloua Is
expected as s result.
McKensle has been uptown during
the evening, but bad returned to hts
room to retire. He had undreswM
and picked up hie revolver to place
It under hit pillow. Ho turned off
the light and In walking to the bed
stumbled over a rug, causing the
pistol to discharge. A physician
was summoned and dressed the
, eund. At midnight he stated Mr.
McKInslo would probably be out to
morrow.
The Ocean Pond Club Meeting. f
Yesterday was the day for the'
regular annual meeting of tho stock
holders at the Ocean Pond Fishing
and Hunting Club and the meeting
ivaa held In Judge Cranford’s of
fice. The board of directors who
were elected for the next year are
us follows: N. A. Williams, presi
dent: George Feeqje, vice president,
with the following board of direc
tors: T. B. Converse, W. A. Par
dee, W. D. Peeples,-N. A. Williams,
George Fesgle, C. F. Clark, B. S.
Rlcnardson, J. F. McCracken and
Jcbn Paramore.
Mr. W. A. Pardee succeeds B. S.
etacle. from the track. It 1. said W<*nrd.on a. secretary for the next
that telephone and telegraph wires ynBr ' No "ere made ln th *
and polls, with trees and other de
bris, blocked tho track at many
points, making It unsafe to operate
trains except at ajrepr low rate of
sp ed. The same'' conditions ^re
siled on the north end of the line.
The train crews )n all directions here
fisd to be on the constant watch out
and they have alto had much work
to do In clearing the tracks.
It Is eald that on the Georgia
Southern and Florida road toe tele
phone wires became so tangled that
they bed to be cut Telegraph com.
munlcatlon wee therefore made Im
possible. .: :
In this city and In all of the see-
Icn of South Georgia the damage
from the wind w(Ts' considerable,
though mo'stly csMHMfllBan 11
rules
club.
'or the management of the
Rattlers Appear Early.
The few warm days of tbe past
week or two caused rattlesnakes to
come from their hiding place, but
most of them were so near frosen
that they could not get around very
well. The rattlesnakes.require very
warm weather to make them active
LIFE INSURANCE HELD UP.
Claim Is Mode That A. J. Fcnn was
Not Drowned lit Apalachicola.
Cordele, Ga., Feb. 22.—-Tbs Feb
ruary term of the Superior Court of
Crisp county was convened Monday
with a number of important civil
cases. Tbe csbo attracting most at
tention was that ot Mrs. A. J. Fenn
against the Southern States Life In
surance Company *t. al. tor the pay.
ment ot policies Issued On the life
ot A. J, Fenn, repqyted drowned In
the Altemaha river two 'years ago
and resulted in a mistrial. Tho
amount of the policies was $16,000
And ^e Insurance companies claim
tbey have not been furnished with
proof ot the dealho f Mr. Fenn and
that lie has been seen since his death
ws. reported. The body of the dead
man has never been found and the
plaintiff contends that It was lost in
the river.
The court will be In session two
weeks.
TIFTON
WAS
BY
Burglar's Clippers Found,
Mr. Jeff Davis, whose atore was
burglarised a few nights ago, on yes.
terday found the big bolt clippers
that were Used in cutting toe iron
bar which kept the window closed.
These clippers were stolen from
Ulmer’s shop. They were alBO used
In cutting the iron bars acrotis two
ot three other windows in the city.
The polloe officers have a very
good Idea who the thief is, but have
been unable to locate him, as he dis
appeared aibout the time of the rob
bery. The officers feel confident that
they will have him in the tolls be
fore very long.
Queer Pranks Played by
the Electric Fluid
LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE
WHERE IT DID THE SAME
THING THREE YEARS AGO—
SEVERAL WERE SHOCKED.
The Next Artist Concert
On new Monday evening, Febru
ary 26, will be given ‘.he second con
cert of the C. W. Beet musical
course, the first of which was on
February , end one of the most at
tractive programs of the season.
This second concert on Monday evc-
and aggressive. A few keys ago wo nlng new will be given by artiste of
reported the killing of n big rattle-1 superior talent. Miss McClure,
n bet wh* her.- aW'Kindi
■while out (about -Blanton It Is eald i
(hat theVtnd'readied the proportion' 0 " trees -
f a hum-me, cutting a wide swath'
tnrough the w„ods end leveling
Ircca and fences along the route.
During the.sli'.m yesterday morn
ing on, of tho hip plate glass win
dows on tho second floor of tho
building nccnrlcd by Converse
H.others was Mown out end came to
the pavement teirw with a great
crash. It was fortunate that It
struck no one, ns It would havo been
snake near Hahlra,
Observer of yesterday tel
rattler that was killed
Norman’s pssture
on Tuesday, There
tics and a button
reptile.
__ t The shake vm«'
and was killed
who were putting
Moultrie unusually gifted young reader, end
a large Mlm Morehardt, a dramatis soprano,
Joel whose vocal training wag received in
|Ce Europe under the great March cal.
Prices: Adults, 50c, children 15c,
Tlftou, Ga., Feb. 22.—The resi
dence of Mr. E. A. Smith at Edge-
wood, a suburb of Ttftou on the
north, was struck by lightning early
this morning. The stove lluo wap
wrecked and the hell where the tel
ephone was fastened damaged. Sev
eral pictures on the wall were thrown
down, but beyond that to the flub
and walls, the damage was slight.
Mrs. Smith was slightly shocked
and for & tew minutes the house was
Oiled with dust and smoke.
Three years ago, during a summer
thunderstorm, Mr. Smith was cover
ing his house and was knocked uu-
cousclous by a bolt of lightning, re
maining bo for some time, but sus
taining no permanent Injuries.
Quite an electrlct storm, accompa
nied by a driving rain and heavy
wind, vliltod this section between
6:30 end 7:00 o'clock.
All long distance end farmera* tel
ephone lines out ot Tlftou are down,
except the line to Albany, and so far
eleven telephones ot the local ex
change have been reported burned
out.
A portion of the smokestack of the
Tlfton Ice and Power Company was
blown off, but the damage was little.
The northbound “Shooflj" on the
.Georgia Southern end Florida, duo
Jn Tlfton at 7;S0, ran Into telegraph
poles scroll the track a mile south
of the city. Owing to the driving
ruin tho engineer did not see the
obstructions until h e was Into 1
.. tb^polcs, wore down *»d
pulled o'therl until they lean-
Mr. O. C. Spencer, ot Fitzgerald,
was nmong the visitor* to this city I and leaving the band and settling | certain death to a person on the
yesterday. J there. vVe have his word for It that | sidewalk on whom It might have fai
ths Australian ladles fairly adored I len.
"■ the strenuous life and worn out the men -‘ho looked so romnntlc The wind raged with terrific force
from the hard toll of the day, tho | c ] a( j i n their picturesque Highland j l"st night, but everything was as
.irty reached the olty about two costume. He said that It was a com-j quiet as could bo tills morning snd
hours after the usual hour for sup- j mon occurence for even the handy- the temperature was ndt low enough
to bo unploasnnt.
riuiMinlfy Severe Below Hero.
People who reached Valdosta to
day from the section of country h*-
per. They enjoyed a night of goo.1 legged one to receive notes from
sleep and were off bright and early these ladles Inviting them to thoir
this morning on another bird hunt homes.
at Klndorlou. I They will he here Saturday for , v
During twb days' hunt M.sssrs. I a n entertainment at tile Opera, tween here end tho Wlthlncooch'n
Hepburn and Williams have killed Houre. | river, to the sonth and west of Val-
ove T too birds. They have enjoyed Idosta, claim fha*. the Storm In that
the sunshine and the hunting and Hurt While Working on I’linne Line j section was much more severe than
the experiences which they had yes- ( Mr. Terry Touchtone, while worn- It was her*.
terday will bo looked back upon with lug on the Union telephone line on | Mr. Penn Folsom said this morn-
pleasure. as It was one of the rug- the Loch Laurel road Wedensd.ty lug that it was the hardest wind
red Incidents along life's w»y.
The Smith Hardware & Motor Co.
la showing today a window full ot
In Honor orfMisa Thom]
A. H. Denmark cnl
jwlng Clubjyesterday at . ...
rynps )n p onor o( jjJ. house guest, Miss /ed across tho track. Fortunately tho
> Lottlo Thompson, of Quitman, . gins was . not hrdl BeE. .oIRusili
Some time was spent sewing and
chatting, after which a dolldous
salad course was served, followed
the one George Washington used oh- . Tho , e „„„ „ nJ
hi. father’s cherry tree. The win- M l«s Thompson. Ml.,
dow Is decorated with miniature nrowlli m|h Conrorm> M ,„ WM1 ,
flag, snd s miniature tree, l n honor Ml „ BtelI , R oberta. M| „ v MI „
of Washington'* birthday. Aim, Hoberta _ MIm Alh)er
,. „ Anna Ashley and Mies Bondurant.
Advertise In The r«“v Tlm»s
Rnral Carrier Had Trouble.
onglo/was not derailed, but one "j
the flagstaff! was knocked off end
the passengers were considerably
shaken up.
In the Tlfton yards a plne'treo
blew across the wires, breaking
tnem, and the local office Is baring
consldarabls trouble until repairs are
made.
The top of the box car, loaded
with corn, In the Atlantic Coast Line
yards was blown off and the car's
Bray place In a hundred yards ot
eiich other, Mr. Hub Lane, rural mall carrier contents damaged.
He also said this morning that a or Route No. 1 from Dasher, was ———— ■
-nsh tub r„n 0 f va ter and, a lard ennght In tho storm Wednesday 1 FOR SALE—Two Philo Incut,rt-
-«n full of water were blown iff a morning and had hla buggy torn to tors almost new; used a little ono
-Pelf a dl-tancc of 150 yards on the piece* as well as the contents of his soiison; will sell for $5 each and gtve
’obnsnn olnre Ho told rnsn( won- mall sack scattered by the wind. He one dozon eggs with each. Also
'erfiit stories this morning of tho lipd stopped St s church on his route Blnek Minorca eggs from a line lot
'imavp done bv the storm. end, getting out of his buggy, wen*, of good layers, 75e per dozen for net-
Mr. W R. Jnckson, of the Civ- Into the building to get shelter. The ting. Also nhode Island Red eggs
-ttevllle district, wns also |n the pity wind blew his buggy over and this at 76e per dozen: nil fresh from good
"o,t he declares that tho storm In frightened the horso, causing the layers. Will sell my poultry plan',
'lint section was very much mor A animal to tear tho vehicle up. ot 217 Savannah avenue, with nho.it
severe than' It was here, and a great ^ j 40 lino chickens, cheap for cash. J.
deal of damage was done to forests W. O. T. U. Meeting Tomorrow S5. Fitsgorald, 203 1-2 South Pfttt/T-
end fences. | The W. C. T. U. society will hold son at.. Crescent hotel. Phone 2t7.
It J* >*ld that the tiar<$ rain, lei-!n Francis Willard Memorial meeting, 2-22 dl wl.
lowed by tho high wind, washed the | n the First Chrlstalp church to-
mcrnlng fell from a pole and Injured that has been seen there In years, [reeds clean and that the highway morrow afternoon at S o'clock. A
„ „ . . , RHODE ISLAND RED EGOS—$1.
Tho New Yorkers will be enter- one of hla legs severely. The limb Trees were Mourn down In great I from here to tho Rocky Ford bridge special program has been arrangod to $1.60 per setting of 15. Spaclnl
falned this evening at dinner by Dr. was probably not broken, hut was numbers. He counted thlrtoen Mg Is Ilk* a boulevard now. being In nnd tho public Is cordially Invited to prices per hundred. J. E. Massey,
and Mrs. J. C. Wilson. acrerly sprained. troee that were blown down on the splendid condition. I he present. City. 1 8 d M. w S.t*
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/"kNCE again at thi the be
ginning of nother ac
tive aeaso >, let us define our
c nception of the : : : :
Square Deal
OONESTY is the best policy—but it’s something more than that; it’s a system of doing business that
* * makes the participant feel like a real man, free to give his neighbor’s hand a hearty grasp, to
breathe in his full allowance of God’s pure air and to breathe it out again without fear of contaminat
ing the surrounding atmosphere, or as someone, else has said, to so conduct your business that you can
look every man square in the eye and tell him to go to—well you know the rest, and we’ve done it our
selves a few times when it has seemed necessary.
• jug
SQUARE DEAL
I* merely a new fashioned
term for old fashioned hon
est
The Square Deal in business, means a lot to us, and a Square Deal is
what we are trying to give our customers, and a Square Deal is all we re
quire of them, if you will give us a Square Deal, we’ll give you goods
for “less” than you can buy them, and that’s worth something.
Our policy, “WE SELL EVERYTHING FOR LESS,” quality consid
ered is worthy of your consideration. Our annual sales amount to con
siderable more than the average Merchant, and ir cost us no more to sell
it, consequently, we can sell you for “less.”