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VALDOSTA^ TIMES
VALDOSTA, Oi, TUESDAY,
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Summer time and summer styles mvolye ; two things of importance
You must be well dressed, and at the same time be prepared to
to avoid the heat of summer.
<J White clothes promote comfort in summer because they do not
absorb, but rather reflect the heat away. So it is with white shoes
and slippers, besides they so appropriately fit in with white costumes,
and in the case of white canvas thej^keep the feet cool by permit
ting the escape of the natural heat orfthe’body, at the same time
giving the feet much more freedom aid comfort.
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To obtain your summer slippers is WINN-JONES CO., where all
the very latest styles and fancies cjn be found; where the complete
stock provides your correct size a$<jgf(Hclth without any delay whatso
ever.
The prices, too, are extremely att
ness, considering the high character
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being disappointed if you select from our stock
e, because of their small-
e shoes you secure.
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;eed, not only the shoe itself, but the fit, and you run no risk of
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Specialists
MRS. GAMBLE
WAS BURIED
IIUHIS CITY
Her Remains Were
Brought from Waycross
BEE BODY AND THAT OF HER
log and the building was 'wrapped
In flames.
Ha ran to tbe rear of tba build
ing to roach atepa ‘there, supposing
that hit wife and Mra. English would
come out at that end. When he
etarted up tha atepa he met two
young men, both of whom were al
most unconscious, staggering down
the steps. He spoke to them and
finally got one of them to say that
the ladles wore still np stairs. By
that time th e step# were on fire and
the walla of tho building collapsed
from another explosion.
It la said that It all occurred In
two or throe minutes and It Is be
lieved that tha Are had been burn*
Ing aome time before the alarm was
LITTLE BOY WEBB BURIED IN j sounded, tha men In tbs garage ev
idently haring triad to put It out
before crying the alarm.
When the bodies were reached It
was found that the women had
wrapped themselves up |n carpets
and rugs to protect themselves and
were evidently trying to get to the
ground when they were caught.
Doth bodies were unrecognisable,
Mrs. Gamble being Identified by tho
fact that she was found with her
little boy in her arms.
When tbe Are alarm was first
sounded Mr. Gamble, his wife and
two children were seated on
front porch, and Mrs. English and
her children were also there. When
It became known that the building
was on Are. Mrs. English ran back
Into her room, presumably to get
some money and papers. Mrs. Gam.
stopped at th* head of tne
stairs to wait for her and later ran
back to auist her. She was caught
In th e smoke and flames and all died
together.
Mr. Gamble lost all of his furni
ture and $75 in money In the Are.
Mrs. English, It la said, had been
warned of the danger of having her
living apartments over the garage,
hot ahe did not seem to realise how
dangerous It was. The building was
a brick structure which was former
ly used as a store. The bottom story
was used aa a garage and the upper
rolma as living rooms. It la said
that the building was saturated with
gasoline and other oils and when the
Are broke out the Aamea were soon
communicated to the oil tanka of
several automobiles. The Are was
cne of the moat horrible that naa
ever occurred In'‘this section, and
THE SAME GRAVE—OTHER
STORIES OF THE FIRE.
(From Thursday’s Dally.)
The funerail of Mra. John Gamblo
and her little son, John Hubbard,
■who met death In the Are at Way-
f cross Tuesday night, wan held yca-
t terday afternoon at Ulmer’s under
taking parlors, tha services being
conducted by Mr. M. L. Strong, of
th# Church of Christ.
The remains were accompanied
from Waycross by Mr. Will Gamble,
Mrs. W. F. Thomas, Mr. J. M. Al
derman and eomo otnera. They were
met at the depot here by friends and
were carried to Ulmer's undertaking
parlors, where tha funeral oocurrsd
two hours later.
The funoral services consisted of
Scripture reading by Mr. Strong and
a short talk In which he stated that
Mrs. Gambia’s death was a sacrlflco
which ahe made to help a friend, aa
her life wae lost In the effort to res
cue Mrs. English from the building.
It was not generally known that
tba funeral would occur yesterday,
though quite a large; crowd attend
ed. Tha two caskets were lowered
in the same grave and a prayer by
the preacher concluded the services.
Other Details of Her Death.
Reports which have reached Val
dosta since yesterday showed very
conclusively that. Mm. Gamble died
In the effort to save Mrs. English..
Whan tha cry of Are was flrst made
and It was known that tbs building
was In Imminent danger, Mrs., Gam
ble and her little boy were the lfirat
onea to reach the steps leading to
the ground. Her husband and an
other son met her at the head of
the steps and aha hesitated and look
ed hack. He heard Mra. English
call. When Mr. Gamble reached the
streets he looked back for his wife
and saw.that she was not coming.
He waited a moment,'and Anally tha
Are began to hunt about tha step*,
while the place was flllsd with
smoks. Three or four gasoline
tanka on antomobtlea were explod-
BBND ISSUE IS
MADE A MATTER
OE
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V. Ft G. and M. Bonds
Put on Record Here
THE TRANSFER OF *4,600,000 OF
BONDS TO FRENCH SYNDICATE
GOES UPON RECORD BOOKp IN
1’BIS COUNTY.
C
(From Friday’s Hally.)
One of the biggest bond Issues that
has ever bee n recorded In this coun
ty was made a matter ot record
In tho office of tho clerk o( tbe su
perior court this week, when the
bond Issue of the Valdosta, Ft,
Gulues anu Montgomery railroad was
put upon the books o' that office.
The bond Issue la for $4,600,000
and It la one ot the most Important
transactions that bus ever takon
place, go far aa Valdosta la concern-
It means that the Valdosta,
gy that the matter has gona to a suc
cessful finish.
The legal contract which was
drawn up for the bond Issue was
draw n by Col. E. K Wilcox and It la
•aid that it was accepted by both par
ties to the contract without a quib
ble, which was quite complimentary
to him.
. lumped tn Wen to Save Child.
J. Brewer, of Cordele,
lamped In s well thirty feet deep at
her houie on Wednesday afternoon
to save her S-ysar-old child who had
fallen Into the well. As soon aa ahe
paw the child fall In the wall' aha
to some of her neighbors
in tha wall herself.
:tr was twelve fast leap
Brewer managed to hold
by clinging to the curbing,
her neighbors ran to tha
id lowered a rope, which
round tbe child, and It was
tha top. Then the rope
was lowered again and she tied It
n und herself and was drawn out.
(either ahe nor the child woro
badly hurt, but both were shocked
and chilled through and through by
the hold water.
the Waycroa. Herald express the h „ 0(
Dongles Cuts Expense*.
The Douglas city council has
made an effort to cut the running
expenses of the city. The day cur
rent from the electric light plant
after July 1 will not he pnt on un
til. lt> o’clock, and after midnight
the entire current will be ent off,
Moultrie and Western road Is to be The office people who have fane, the
extended to Montgomery, Ahk. as tha [®»h«P»P«’ p»Ple who hav, motors
bonds wer. Issued tor that purpose * nd th * doctor * » n4 d,nU,U ’ lnJ
* lor p TOiclany tha hoapltal, mad# a vlg-
and it 1. stipulated In the contract orou , flght( cU , mlBf thlt lt wi , a
that tho road must bo built, backward step, but th# city Claims
The bonds go to tha Standard 1' means a saving in operating ex-
Truat Company, of Now York, for a I’ en8e ® of about $1$ a day,
French syndicate. Th. bonds are cf ordinance pamed by tha city
denominations of $100 each and COnn ? 11 a problbulnI cow *
° * w running at large In the streets will
there are 4$,0«0 of thorn. They become effective July 1. at which
were made payable In tho money of time -sin cow" will b# outlawed In
France, United States, England and Douglas.
Germany. Every bond Is good for so
many American dollars, of so many
English pounds, German marcs or
French franca.
The bonds art printed la both
English and! French,
was made of record In
thle week, and Mr., W.
one of the leading
opinion that It was dot to careltas-
on the part of tha city officials
In not having adequate Are protect
ion and a system of Are alarms.
the next
States..
president
' of^the United
Col. A .T. Woodward will leave
Sunday morning for Baltimore to at
tend the Democratic National conven
tion and take part In the nomination
of Congressman Underwood, of Ala
bama, who will mere than likely be President Frank Roberts has been
county
Conolr,
of the
_> counties
through which the road
put It upon record In those countie*.
There are about a dozen fbuntleo the
line will pass through and that con
tract Is recorded in all offtheswcono-
ties.
It is underatoo4that ft* work on
the road will .begin About tho first
of October nagyhat It frill ho push
ed ss rapidly ft possible.
working on this batter for several
months and lt la to hie tireless oner-
ARE MARCHING
Many Fields HaVe Beeft
Laid;Waste Recently
•N A SINGLE NIGHT THE WORMS
DESTROY WHOLE FIELDS OF
YOUNG CORN AFTER THEY
ENCAMP THERE.
(From Friday’s Dally.)
Mr. E. M. Williams, who resides In
Clinch county, a (ew miles from
Mllltown, was In Valdosta this morn
ing und was telling of the destruc
tion which Is bolng wrought by th*
“army worms” in that section.
llo says thatnthey have come like
an army with banners and that m
number of flolds of corn have beeu
swept us clean as a floor. He says
that when they swoop down upon a
field of corn they clean It up almost
In a night. H e says that when on*
worm la found In a field that there Tlmsa-Enterprlae.
will be thousands ot them there to
morrow. He say* that they send out
eeouts like a regular army and tha
main body followe behind.
He aaye that the old corn hae not
been hurt much, but all ot tho young
corn and corn under knee high la
cleaned up Just like • plague or Are,
Every blade of grass In some of the
flelda have been eaten. Cotton has
not been bothered, as the worm does
not thrive on the cotton plant, but
prefers the green leaves of the corn,
of grass and other bladed plants.
Mr. Williams says that last Fri
day morning a few worms were found
In a ten acre fleld of corn belong
ing to his brother. The next morn
ing there were thousands of worms
W.500 FOR INJURED HAND.
Last night, tba Jury out since 4
o’clock on the ease of J. R. Davis vs.
the City ot Thomaavlll* and tba
Southern Bell Telephone Company,
1 returned a sealed verdict, which waa
read tn court this morning. They
awarded $8,600 to the plaintiff In
hlo suit for damage to his left hand,
when he picked np a telephone wire
In Fatrvleir' some tlmo ago, that
4l% being t charged with electricity
f-em a city wire, wlilch had been
crossed br the ’phone wire. The
evidence waa langtlly and teatlmony
waa introduced to show negligence
on the part of tho elty and 'phona
company, and for tho defendant com
pany to show that tha hand did not
receive the boat treatment and was
worse than It would have been had
It been properly treated.
The city Introduced no evidence.
Mr. Merrill appeared for tho tele
phone company. Mr. Tltua repre
sented the plaintiff, Davla, and Mr.
Luke represented the city of Thorn-
asvllle. Under the verdict the ■
phone company pays the entire dam-
age. Mr. Merrill, representing tIM
company, stated that he would :
a motion for a new trial at one
Other cases were disposed of, 'ana
tho court was In session all day to
day. ft will probably continue
through tomorrow morning.—Thom-
Death of Hr. Miner’s Mother. ____
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Millar were I | n the same fleld and hardly a Wad#
called to Manor, Ge„ several daya| 0 f the corn was left. The army had
•to by fho sorlona Illness of Mr. Ibtvouaced and waa ready to go to
Mlllarto mother. She had been 111 another fleld nearby,
here fir nearly two years and went
to Malor with tho hop* that the
changm might do her good.
H* *aya that the best way to stop
their progreas Is to plough a deep
_ furrow across the fleld. They try to
A telegram was received this i go over It and are unable to cllmp
morning that she .was dead. She up o n the opposite side. He says
^• a ahjnt 70 years of ago and had ithat many people have stopped their
progress that way. He says any oh.
starle that they cannot climb over
will stop tha advance of the army.
Mr. Williams says It Is almost Im
possible for one to reside how do-
■1
been’ « 111 hMlth for several years.
Movo On Now!
LpoHctman to a street crowd,
adka head* if it don't “Move
pm. tohowrtSS^Ut'iOT 1 ?Sd”^ff^! ,tn,ct1 "’ th * worm * "* on *
Ing follows. Dr. King’s New Life has sean their work. He Is a re-
P«ls don’t hnlldoao tho bowels They llsble man and vraa not talking for
gently pareoado them to right ae- publication when his story of the
tlon, and health follows, J5e at Dim- ‘ ...
mock’s Pharmacy, Ingram Drffg Co., I *""7 wo ™* ,B d destruction
ana W. D. Dana way. was told this morning.
Killing at Marion.
At Marlon, flvo miles south from
Jasper, last Saturday morning, a
young negro by tho oamo ot King
David walked np to a window ot his
stepfather*, residence and And up
on him with a single-barrelled shot
gun, tho wound taking effect In hla
left elbow. Tha wounded negro,
Henry Price by name, ran out of
the house and King David fired at
him again, but missed him. In aplta
of all that conld he done. Price hloil
to death before a doctor conld roach
him.
King gives as hla reason for tho
shooting that Price was basting hla
mother.
Sheriff Johns went to Marlon, ar
rested King and lodged him In Jail.
—Jasper News.
Mra. J. Randall Walker and little
daughter, Mary Love, returned to
their home In Valdosta Saturday, af
ter spending several days hvre
pleasantly with the rormer’B par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. 8. Coggins.—
Madison Enterprise.
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