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VALDOSTA^ TIMES VALDOSTA, Oi, TUESDAY, iUST. as, iota. page mm 1 r-- - THE 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. The Place To Go 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 You Cannot Help But See Tbe merits of our liberal policy towards our customers. Our reputation dise that leaves our store. Every pair of shoes we sell is thoroughly being disappointed if you select from our stock e, because of their small- e shoes you secure. dealing and attractive values depends upon the merchan- ;eed, not only the shoe itself, but the fit, and you run no risk of WINN-JONES COMPANY, 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 *r — 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. JAPALAC Samples Free to i Housewives C.B. PEEPLES