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Sentenced to Hang;.
riF.STOI UttfTIIE STHbS ll* ill
OMRS HIX HEITII SHTEV E.
Judge Konvy Orders the Mur
derer of Old ,1/aii \ ales to
be Flung Privately on the
Second Day of.July.
I
Evening News: At ten minute*
pant 10 o'clock to lay Deputy Sheriff
Sililev and Sailor Collin* walked into
the Superior Ciurt room with a tall,
black nogrobetween them. Ho was
manacled, but was released on enter
ing the bar of the court and took his
seat in an unconcerned way. His
face wore a rather pleasant expression
and indicated no fear whatever. Jhe
man was Preston X alentme, convicted
of the murder of old man Vales, the
former night watchman of the Street
Railway Company, and he was in
court for the purpose of receiving his
death sentence.
After the discharge of preliminary
business and one or two more sen
tences, Judge Roney said:
"Preston Valentine stand up! Have
you anything to say why sentence of
death should not now be pronounced
ujx>n you
Valentine -“Judge, I don t know
anything I have to say. I am in the
hands of the law I am receiving
death for the crime of another man,
but I am in the hands of the law
Judge Honey then pronounced ths
death sentence ns follows
"On the morning of the 12th of
September, IHhI, the y.«>pl« of this i
city were shocked beyond expression
at the murder of one of its citizens, a
quint, peaceful old man, Win Vales.
Suspicion pointed to you as the
murderer, and after many long months
of search by the officers of the law you
wore apprehemb’d in a distant State
and brought back to the scene of the
crime. The grand jury, al this term,
charged you with the crime, and uftei
a fair trial before an impartial jury of
your county you were adjudged juilty
ami infused a recommendation to
life imprisoment. This being so, it
now le-conms my painful duty as Jtlie
presiding officer of this court, to pass
upon you the sentenae of the law.
Able counsel, under the appointment
of the court, defended you, and you
were accorded every right and
privilege to establish your innocence.
This you tailed to do. The conies
•ions proven on the trial were amply
corroborated by other evidence,
leaving little room if any, to doubt
your guilt The murder you com
mitted appears to have been without
the slightest provocation on the part
of the munlerod man. He had done
you no wrong, and yet. without one
moment's warning, for tlio paltry sum
of n few dollars, you cruelly took his
life, saturated with oil and set lire
to his person to cover your inhuman
and brutal crime.
"No wonder that you wanted the
money changed. It was blood
money the evidence of a great
crime.
“If you had a conscience, oh, how
it must have laen rucked and tortured
nt the sight mid thought of that
accursed money.
Thu facts in your case show you to
b* a man of an abmd med and mal g
mint heart, and vou have been
adjudged unworthy longer to live and
move among your fellow men
"As your life is drawing to a
close, lot me entreat you, in the
few remaining days left you to pre
pare to meet your God. Go to him
iu earnest prayer, confess your sins,
lay bare to Him your guilty heart,
and ask Him to have mercy on vour
soul Willie He As just, yet He is
merciful and able to save you from
all sin.
Whereupon it i« ordered and ad
judged that Preston V alentum be
taken hence to the jail of this coun
ty, when# he shall la- securely con
fined until the 2d day of July next.
On which day, amt between the
hours 4 11 and 12 o'clock the Sheriff,
his deputy or such other officer as
he may appoint, together with a
suitable guard, shall take the said
Praatou Valentine from mod jail to
some private and convenient place
witlnu the curtilege thereof to la'
provided by the authorities of said
county, where from a gallows
and in the presence only of the
executing officer, the guard, the
jiliyaici.tn. the relatives of the crimi-
nal and such clergymen and friends'
as he may denim, the mml Pseaton
Valentine shall l>e. by the said
sheriff, his deputy or other office,
hanged by the nock until he is |
dead. Ami may the Loid hav? mercy
on liis soul!
“When the attending physician,
to be provided for by the sheriff,
shall declare that death has super
vened, the body shall be taken
down, and, if desired; delivered
over to hi- friends for burial, other
wise to be interred by the county
authorities at public expense.
When the sentence was pronounc
ed. Po -ton Valentino sat down un
moved, indifferent ami apparently
uninterested Not a muscle moved
and no trace of fear was discovered
in his face. He seemed perfectly
careless, and when carried back to .
jail he preserved the same stoical
manner.
The sentence was placed upon the |
minutes, signed by Judge Roney and I
attested by Solicitor General Wright,
and Preston Valntine will be seen no ,
more in public.
Vnuiix biliilitaM Sufferer*
From early Indiscretions, Excesses, |
Ac If vou will hi nd me your name
and aldri-H, I will send you by return
mail a treatise on the cause and cure
of nervous exhaustion, lost manhood,
loss of memory, dimness of vision, and
all other symptoms arising from self
abuse, overwork or study. Neglect,
causi-H of insanity and early death.—
Address, T. W Rick,
2l'.t Fulton St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
au27-l
J. R. KIDWELL,
1.02 G Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
Steam Bread Bakery
AND
Candy Manufactory
STICK CANDY
9 cents per pound, wholesale.
Fresh Bread. Pies and Cakes
even day. (live us a call.
THIS PAPER . .
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prevent CMIH Fovrr, Scur St nach w‘ Bad
Pr«i'h Clear tho Skh. lunthe ami clva
Lit • Vigor t» U <‘systc ’!. I IH AN.
Ir» ihrm once and ).? 1 v.ill r ever b' without thorn.
Price, 25 cents per hatth. u oid by Druggists and
Modicino Dealers (pnvr.d??. Sent on receipt of
prl. ’ i.i Ct. inns, poftp. I ( o any address,
J. I . SMI I II A < <>..
Munuhctu.-f : . r • M. > ■ •
OSBORNE'S
uh I' 'h oi.i. in the South. RealGooda; Keel
Co eCurrrniy. Many fftaduaten lu good paying
|H«iuoi k. b ull oourae, 4 month*. Bond for circular.
>;niiin wnukuaP mul
A Life Experience. Remarkable and
quick euVM. Trial I'uelcagoa. Send
eUuup for h,mil<xl particular., Addreaa
Dr. WARD &. CO. Louisiana, Mo-.
Peas for Sale
Fifty bushels of Speckled
Peas tor sale at I?1 20 per
bushel Applv to
1 J. a W. W. HAMILTON,
Grovetown, (in
Augusta Hotel,
Al GUST A. GEORGIA.
Table First Class in Every Particular.
L E. DOOLITTLE, Prop-ieter-
Laixv and well ventilated Rooms.
Rates, $2 Per Day
ntrally hvatwl. nt ar Railroad crusting.
r< legrsph i'tlk'v and Barbershop m
the Building.
j LugtiteU HcMel, ReaUurnnt and lunch Room.
|dh ic nine*. h«|uoi> «nd x igara. Meals to or
' dvr at di hour*. I
IN FOR THE WAR.
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Slaughter of The Innocents
AT
No. 1, Railroad Street
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KARLEM, GA.
R. L. LAMKIN
Still in Front
W ith the biggest announcement of the sea
son. He is going to make things lively for
the citizens of Columbia.
i
Realizing the power of that commodity generally known as
cash,” he has determined to sell
Goods as Cheap
As Augusta or Anywhere Else.
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Will keep constantly on hand the following
goods, which he guarantees to give satisfac
tion :
FLOUR, HAMS, SUGAR. MEAL,
D. S. SIDES, COFFE, GRITS. LARD, TEA, RICE,
SALT, CRACKERS. STARCH, SOAP. SODA,
TOBACCO, SEGARS, SNUFF, SYRUP,
MOLASSES. CHEESE.
TINWARE, WOODEN WARE. CANNED GOODS
Dry Goods.
Boots, Shoes and Domestics
We Stand at the Head
WITH THE
j| | M| LIGHT RUNNING
DOMESTIC,
Davis, Household
NEW HOME
Sewing Machines,
~ NEW style
Attachments,
New Style Wood Work.
Patti-Hand Attachment Furnished Free.
500 Good Second-Hand Hewing Machines taken in exchange for above makes, to be sold M
haltvalne,»s, fl0,»15 each, waaruted in good aewingo rder Sewing Machines of all
Agents for Domestic Paper Patterns.
Send for Catalogue and Price Lists to
THOMAS, BARTON & KEY,
The Sewing Machine and Organ Dealers, 924 Broad Street, Augxi.te fl,
WATCHES! DIAMONDS [JEWELRY!
Largest and Handsomest Stock in Georgia.
HAVING purchased F A BRAHE’S ENTIRE STOCK OF JEWELRY and consolidated
«itli it he elegant stock formerly earned by me at niv old stand under the Central Hotel
I now offer at reduced prices the handsoni, it stock of Jewelry, Silverware Ac ever sees is
Uli 8 , ci i- v ’^ at my ., srORE , Corner Broad and Seventli Streets, and familiarly known as
“Brahe’s Corner. '
Mr. BRAHE will remain with me, and will be pleased to see his friends
WILLIAM SCHWEIGERT,
Jeweler, 702 Broad street
Shoes are wanted everywhere,
1 ry Mulherin & Co.; don’t despair.
No More High Prices
FOR
SHOES, SLIPPERS AND HATS.
'VX7'E have received our Spring Stock, which was purchased witli cash from the best Faoto
v V tories of the North and East. We succeeded in seeming many great bargains. You
know our reputation for selling FIRST-CLASS GOODS AT LOW I’l ICE -. Now is your oppor
tunity. Yon will feel badly when you find that you have paid $1.50 for a pair of shoes that WM.
MULHERIN A CO. would have sold you for sl.
Wc quote some of our bargains :
Infants’Kid Buttoned soft sole ShocsO to 3 10 Ladies’Cloth Gaiters 3to 9 75
Infants’ Kid Lace Shoes Ito 5 25 Ladies’ Glove Grain j.ace Shoes 3to L4l W
Child’s Kid Lac, Shoes sto 7 50 Ladles’ Pebble Gr’n Button’d Shoes 3 toB 31 00
Child's Pi hide Grain Lace Shoes Bto 12 «5 Ladies' Kid Buttoned Shoes, worked hole's
Misses Pebble Grain Lace Shoes 11 to 2.... 75 3to 8 $125
Misses Pebble Gr’n Butt'n’d Shoes 12 to 2. $1 00 Gents’ Calf Ties 6to 11 SIOO
Ladies’ Web Slippers 3to 8 15 Gents’Dress Shoes from ti to 250
Ladies’Pebble Grain Slippers 3to 8 .... 50 Boys’Wool Hats from 15 to 50
Ladies’ Kid Croquet Slippers 3to 7 50 Gents' Hate f rom 35 to $2 50
Ladies' Kid Opera Slippers 3t07 75 Gents’and Boys’Straw Hats.'... stosl 00
Every day is a gala day in our establishments with the numerous customers after the Bonan
zas we advertise. So come along and get your share ol the Bargainst
Orders by mail receive prompt and careful attention.
Wm. Mulherin & Go.,
TWO STORES Broad St., opposite the Monument,
913 Broad St., sign of the Lare Red Boot.
C. C. P. C. M.
g a Clouds Creek
B M PORTABLE CORN mills
H| I - ; j r- ! 11,
hfj fN. —< MW Make the very best Meal. Prism tow.
■■ U 4 iQ ’ e Irik o.n r ~ 1 jrsrns
■■ AIM "v a 1 ” 0 sell the KORTING INJECTORS, As
F ffl .Mwr-lil Ufl boiler feeder made. Only one handle
W J I I?^,W ra,e ' The ATLAS FNGIKES end
ftW I ' WSfll \V»\ EOIIFRS. the ERIE ENGINES end BOIL-
/ffiW Mb r \1 \ EPS. the VAN DUSEN JET PLMPB. Make
f. * \ andl repair all kinds of machinery; aleo keep
.Ji. ' V, ‘ \ * lull stock of Engines and Will Fitonm,
. Sawe, etc.
C co. R. Lombard & Co.
Foundry. Machine and Boiler Work*.
Foundry. Machine and Boiler Works. Also Mill and Engine
Supply House, Augusta, Ga.