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L0AT BROTHERS,
W e are now in our 34th year in Va'dos^-
ta, Qa. Everything in our line is
complete and up-to-date;'Ask your neigh
bor. Send Ue Your Mail Order*JW*ou
want themfilled right and with dlL ?ch
Valdosta, Qa.
Waycross Is almost ths wbols p«*b
to wirwstt Osorfls. Con»o
and brine your knlttla* Jor a. loig
/ A Clyde Line steam&hlp was struck by'
From New York World.
The Missouri river Is at its tricks
again. A thousand men started In on
Saturday to prevent It from changing
In Nebraska back to a bed which It
abandoned fifty years ago. There Is
no trouble comparable to this of hav*
Ing a river which will not stay put.
Such the Missouri has ever been. On
this account congress almost resolved
in 1902 never to spend another cent
the stream.
Earth, money and steamboats the
Missouri has devoured ravenously
within the last fifty or sixty years
witnessing Its rise and decline as a
narlgable river. Some of the earth It
has put back In new places. Of the
steamboats more than 200 have been
burled In the bends between St. Jos
eph and St. Louis*.
Left to Its own present Impulse, the
Missouri would run five miles away
from Blair, Neb., now a river port/
The bridge of the Northwestern rail-'
road would be left spandlng a long
stretch of dry land. But a little thing
like that is nothing to the big stream.
It has been known to wipe out a 2,000-
acre farm In a night. In March, 1903,
Its waters encroached on the main
street of Wilton, M©., which was two
miles from the river thirty years be-
fore. Above Wilton, farmers were
growing rich on acres added by the
flow.
Four years ngo the erratic river
moved three miles from Nebraska
City, and In 1902-3 It cut $1,000,000
worth of land from farms above Om-
The Missouri has changed state
boundaries and has caused law suits
between states, counties and Individ
uals. In 1S92 In a single night It
threw tho 1,700-acre farm of A.
Beardsley, ten miles south of Sioux
City, from Missouri Into Nebraska,
Down opposite Kansas City It ato up
most of an Island which tho govern
ment was trying to wrest from a
squatter. In Irony tho government
gave a deed for what was left. Then
tho river put the island back added to
it and made the squatter rich.
In its composition the Missouri is
6 parts sand and mud and 4 parts
water. This makeup gives It local
color and the name of “The Great
Muddy.” It Is about 2.900 miles long,
and In 1850-54, the period of its prime
its surface witnessed a strenuous
steamboatlng life. Later came the
railroads, with their blow to naviga
tion; later still the dwindling of the
great stream Itself In Its upper water.
Human Ostritch.
Fifty-seven varieties of nails, some
glassware and parts of a wire fence
were taken from the stomach of E.
Wallace, who was operated on at the
City Hospital In Minneapolis today.
Wallace says be Ip a human ostrich,
and the surgeons believe him. He
has had a pain In his stomach for
some time, and at last it compelled
him to go to the hospital.
At first he attributed bis malady
to over-indulgence In doughnuts, but
\>n.second thought he remembered that
he bad spent the winter and spring
1th a barnstorming company guar
anteeing to eat all the Junk the specta
tors might pass to him. He bad done
t*»i* stunt many times before, end the
and glasses had a’.ways agiocd
with him. But finally bis stomaih re-
belle J. His condition, the pti*-' , iaiu
»ald, was critical.
v Yhe physicians were prepared to
find a few nails and possibly some
glass. They founJ a Junkshop. There
wpre fifty seven good sized nails,
nearly a dozen pieces of glass and a
few long pieces of wire. Then they
searched for a gizzard with some con
fidence. All the articles were re
moved and placed on exhibition In
the office. Wallace has made his liv
ing for the last twenty years by ap
pearing at dime museums and other
places where freaks are quoted at a
'premium. His specialty was .to swal
low all kinds of hardware, from tacks
to pieces of gas pipe, and he seems
to have thrived on the fare.
Dr. A. E. Benjamin performed the
operation. The doctor used the regul
ar Instruments, but a* claw-hammer
and screw driver would appear to tho
layman to have been the proper tools.
The operation was successful. It is
believed that all of the Hardware has
been removed, and It Is hoped that
the man will recover. At a late hour
he had not yet regained consciousness
of anaesthethlcs. but his condition ap
peared to be such ns to show that he
had withstood the shock cf tho opera
tion admirably
List of unclaimed letters remaining j ^
in Post Office Waycross, Ga. For the
Killed Drunken Fathsr.
Athens, June 19.—Sam Gray, aged
47, was shot and instantly killed by
his son at Whitehall, this county, yes
terday afternoon at 6 o’clock. The
older man U said to &ave been under
the Influence of whisky at his hoar
and advancing on his wife, knife In
hand, threatened to kill her, when
young John Gray, aged 17, entered
the room. He plead with his father to
desist. This enraged the old man and
he then threatened to kill them both.
The son then seized a breechloading
gun and fired on his father. The load
entered tho left eye and almost to
tally tore off his face. Young Gray
told of the dee»| and gave nlmself up.
The commitment trial will be held to
day.
Savannah, Ga., Juno 20.—Savannah
Is just entering upon whnt promises
t</be a merry war for the electric
lighting business of the city. The
first battle It to come in the contest
for tho city lighting contract. The
Savjnnnh Electric Company has made
a proposition to the city looking to
securing of a contract. The Sav-
a.qnulj Lighting Company has pres
ented a petition to Council asking
that nothing be done toward giving
out .a long term contract until this
company can be heard from. The
Savannah Lighting Company has not
turned on the current yet but It is
getting ready to do so. It is backed
by very powerful local financial Inter
ests. Tho 8avannah Electric Com
pany which has been in the field for
several years is one of the companies
controlled by the Stone nnd Webster
Company, of Boston. The contest for
both public and private lighting Is to
be very marked beginning with the
fall months.
The Herald desires to throw an old
shoe and two hand6fu)l or rice in the
direction of Mr. Fletcher and his
charming bride. May they live long
and prosper and may the name of
Fletcher never become scarce -In the
land.
week ending June 20, 1906
MEN.
Blood worth F M
Brack F
Blue Charlie
Carter D H
Durant LBRCo
Davis J F
Durden Harrell
Davis D C
Easterlln F M 3
Ellis Dean
Frasier Robt
. Florence Jas
Fagan J D
Fleming J H
Floyd O F
George W E
Gannon Rev W G
Guy R G
Graham Jessie
Gaskins Joe
Gray E W
Hope John
Hodges John
Hyman C
Joyce Jobnle
Jones E F
Lucas Maitland
King J L 2
Matthews Rev G W
Mitch el son Arthur
McGill H C
LaMotte W D
LaMotte W D
Newsome M B
Pafford W M
Peele John
Reynolds Toni
Rice Emmett
Sikes M A
Sweat Avender
Taylor J L
Towler A G
Thomas T W Jr
Thompson Sara
Talor S J
Thomas Rev Nelson
Whltside J W
Wllkers Henry
Wilcox Ben
..WOMEN.
Bartley Mrs Alice
Bartley Mrs W 3
Brockington Mrs Addle
Carter Mrs John
Crawford Mrs Ida
Holteli Mrs Sallie
Herrel Mrs Robelar
Harris Susie
Humphrey Darpls
Joohnson Mrs Jim
Johnson Mrs N J
% Jackson Mrs Georgia.. .
King Lucille
Lee Mattie
Langdon L
Miles Berthola
Procher Susie
Philips Mrs. Catharine
Robinson Mrs A J 2
Sweat Mrs Lizzie
Sellers Mae
8cott Annie
Taylor 8iss!e
Wilson Mattie 3
Williams Mrs Florence
C. E. MURPHY.
Postmaster.
For Compulsory Education,
Thomasville, ‘Ga., June 19.—A bill
will be Introduced at the coming ses
sion of tho gmoral assembly % calling
for the compulsory attendance of chil
dren at school and Incorporated la th*
same bill will be a measure preventing
the employment of children under 14
years by any mercantile, manufactur
ing or Industrial institution.
The author o( the bill, la Hon.-J. H.,
Merrill and he will request Repiesen-
tatlro Fondrcn Mitchell, ot Thomat
county, and Senator 8. 8. Bennett, of
QulUnan, to Introduce It In the eenate
end house respectively.
Bryan snye he wdbld rather be right
then president. It l« ehrewdly sus
pected that he would like to ho both
pint.
Annuel Convention Georgia Dentlats,
Savannah, Ga.. June 20.—The eecond
Jays Melon, of the annual conven
tion ill the Georgia State Dental Aeao-
clutlon began this morning at the De
Soto Hotel. There are about fifty
dentlats attending the convention.
The body acetna to have come to Sav
annah for the purpoae ot working as
the doctors stick pretty clone to
their duUea nnd at delegates. Tho
moriiW was spent listening to ad-
dresses end the reeding of papers
upon'su Meets of Interest to tho pro
fession. There has been so public form
of entertainment yet dad will be none
until tomorrow afternoon when-the
visitors wtl be tendered .a boat ride
down the river by the looel Jentlets.
The election of officers will take place
tomorrow afternoon. \
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Not a tree ttl,
of course, but its
so easy to pay for,
we are sure you
will almost look
upon it as a gift
The gift part is
that after paying
a small monthly
payment to us for
a few months the
furniture is yours.
! Our easy payment
! plan furnishes the
missing link be
tween wishing to
have and having-
Worth and Low Prices |
| Meet in this furniture store, and here x
| it will be an easy matter for you to %
| buy any thing needful in house furn- $
i ishing to make home attractive and |
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f Give us a call and we will prove %
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X 74 & 76 PLANT AVE., J
| Wavcross, Ga,
To be Presented with a Presenf.
Savannah, Ga ., June 20.—Dan Burt
the ball plyer who la now with the
Oamecocke will be In 8avannah to
morrow end It I, scheduled to present
bln} a watch or some other present
Dan haa become a benedict alnce hts
last time In Savannah and the fans
want to give a present of some char
acter. , The presentation Is schedul
ed foj Saturday afternoon In the ball
park.
Mrs. Charles W. Saussy Dead.
Savannah, Ga., June 20—Mrs. Char
lee W. Seuuy died yesterday very
■nddenly. She had not been 111 and
was only attacked about two hours
before ehe died. She was the daught
er ot the late George H. Stone and
wab a charming young woman. Her
husband Is Superintendent ot the Sav
annah Board ot Trade.
South Georgia may not be getting
many ot the foreign Immigrants, bat
wt.nw getting lots of good thorough
bred Americans from the red day
hint Just, to the north of ns.
■if *-
The Race For Governor.
The most disgraceful campaign the
writer has ever known Is the one
carried on In Georgia today. It has
become a personal fight, and men,
DO YOU DRINK WINE?
Would you like to be sore of getting pure wine?
Stark's MISSOURI WINES
are absolutely pure. They are the unadulterated Juice of
grapes—the beat flavored grapes gr own In America. The
I* auperlntended by German wlne-ma ken, and from flnt to last
common men, friendly men, men here-' cleanliness le ths rule. Nothing but grape Juice, dean,
matured, goes Into our bottles and shipping cuke.
HERMANNS BERGER
Is s fine white wine. Every housekeeper who serves wine should have »
case of Hermannsberger la the cellar. Its rich, dry, nutty flavor Is no*
equaled by any ether American product’ '
$4.00 PER CA8E OP It QUARTS
$14.50 PER BBL. OF 50 QUA RTS.
Missouri RIESLING and CLARET, at low priest In barrel lot*. Our
charge for bottling are reasonable.
WRITE U8 for price-list and foil particulars.
STONE HILL WINE CO.
HERMANN «£ ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI.
tofore considered our safest and beet
men are taking sides to tbe extent
that they become angry with their
beat friends. And when It It all over
what will they have gained? We
answer, nothing!
It makes little difference with most
of us who Is elected governor of Geor
gia. We get what we work for. We
pay 3 cents a mile to ride on the rail
road whether the governor of Geor
gia Is a railroad man, a millionaire or
a farmer.
This country has had enough trouble
about the negro In years gone by, and
little need of keeping him as a ter
rible nightmare before the peaceful
people of today. And besides, friends,
listen to 'this: If some of the men
who are trying to be governor of
Georgia now are capable of the things
done and the means used to gain that
office, I say to you they are fully cap
able of counting out the negro vote
with more eaae and to n better pur
poae to themselves than to disfran
chise him. "
It Is possible that this high office
la brought Into disrepute by men who
would sacrifice their friends to gain
their end? We hope not—Lumber
City Newt.
Speaker Cannon thinks Congress
can adjourn by July lit
Thomatvllle, unlike
Georgia towns has
cyclone.—T3.
tome South
never bad a
Union labor In Chicago has declar
ed for Bryan. Bryan teems to be
catching ’em agoing and a’comlag.