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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 . . Xs'W*|Ht|N*r Ailvrrtl-lng HurvaUflO Hpnice Rt I, *»>' r«- Ivvrllw.iu Bl Ilf VfWm/ ary? 8 HEW lUnK. SMITH'S kS ,3' : - . BEANS CURE Blllon5n«^; slck Hceffruhf In Fnur hour*. Ono dot •) 1 licv'r, K'i,r..‘ri 1. L kuto and 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. ■ ... ~.U! Slaughter of The Innocents AT No. 1, Railroad Street I I 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. % 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.