The new enterprise., 1905-08-17
RUN-OVER LOCALS


the city Tuesday on business.
Born Monday afternoon to MIR. and
Mrs. Robert :. Mcintyre, girl baby.
H. r. Stov OF Jacksonville is the
guest Of biz daughter, Mrs. Chas, E.
Davis.
J. A. Hughes and family have re
turned from weeks outing at Blue
Spring.
Prof. W, j. Maloy came over from Pi
Meta Saturday and spent few hours
in the city.
Madison's quota Of travelling men
spent Sunday at home with their re-
spective families,
Tiffany y. Turnbull, Esq, one OF
Monticello's bright young lawyers, spent
Friday night In this city.
Mrs. DR.. Conway and her mother,
Mrs Phillips, are visiting friends this
week in Perry and Mayo,
Jim Barrett and Jim Bevan left Nor
day afternoon for Atlanta TO attend a
big auction sale OF horses and mules
Miss Agnes Parramore left Monday
afternoon for Palatks to attend the fu-
neral of her cousin, Miss Helen Fearn-
side.
Attention is directed to the advertis -
ment OF the Valdosta Foundry and Nj.
chinery Co., which appears in this pa
per.
c. 4. Hood who has been the guest of
j. i. Morrow for several weeks past, re.
turned to bis home at Dunnellon Friday,
Mrs. Hood Will remain here the balance
Of the week
The sad tldings reached here Monday
morning of the death Of Miss Helen
Fearnside, daughter Of Hon. and Mrs,
F. j, Fearnside, which occurred at the
family home in Palatka Sunday night.
Miss Helen was a most gracious and
charming young woman, beloved of all
who knew her, 70 the grief stricken
parents the sympathy Of our people is
extended.
Because Of the elbow fever at New
Orleans and the consequent quarantine
regulations, the minstrel company
which was to have opened the new ope-
ra house at Valdosta on Sept. 18th, has
cancelled the engagement, Manager
Griffin, who was IN town one day last
week, informed us that Madison people
would have the opportunity presented
to witness some fine plays in Valdosta
this season,
A prominent citizen lost bis fine
pointer dog this week, He directed us
to put little ad. in the paper offering
reward for the dogs return. We
wrote the copy" and left it on the
desk; it blew out Of the window and in
TO the street Tuesday morning the
owner told us to cut out the ad,; the
dog had "came back" or course the
dog bad seen our copy or if be hadn't
some Of bic dog friends had and told
him about it. lie went home. We
lose 40 cents, Doggone the dcg'-but
it pays to advertise.
1t was the usual after supper gang
assembled at their accustomed hanging
out place Davis corner Monday
night, "Bully" Griffin had been regal
ing the ears Of his listeners with some
" his bunting yarns and the echoes Of
their laughter bad died away In the
distance. Suddenly, through the still
night air, thee came floating a sound
which had a familiar ring, yet no one
there seemed able to locate it, Like the
wall Of the Banshee it sounded, or may
be It's notes more closely resembled the
weird tones Of a steam siren intermin-
pled with the melancholy notes Of the
plaintive song Of father OF the mule.
"What is it?' asked each man present.
But none could answer. With ears
strained & 10 the direction from which
the sound proceeded they sat and lis
tened, each person striving nightly to
distinguish and name the mysterious
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