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SEMI-WEEKLY TfMKS-E.VTERPRIS E, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1913
IDE TIMES - ENTERPRISE
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prise Published by tha Tlmes-Ea-
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B. R. JF.lUiF.il Editor.
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Diaz is some fighter.
Is Mexico really worth taking?
YoungB College or the Mallette
Heijht proposition, which?
February makes January ashamed ;
that it waa so warm. i
Even Montkello is going to pur
chase an auto fire truck.
Japan is haring troubles that
•▼en Hobson dii not dream of.
It is necessary 'o register before
the first day of March if you would
\ote for school bonds. This is a •
coiding to a law which was passed
at the last session of the General
Assembly of the State, amending the
city charter. The context of the
amendment was published by order
ol council before the law was passed
and is familiar to the people.
The books are open until six o’clock
on the first day of March, at. the
Treasurer's office and those who d
not register on this list will not, nc
cording to law, bo eligible to vote in
the bond election. The regular clt>
registration does not count tn thie-
ele tion. There is a special regis
tration list and each one who votes
must he on that list.
This statement is male again,
because of the seeming misunder
standing which has been prevalent
in the city.
the bill, as passed, the full wording j
is given below:
“Ail act to divest Intoxicating liq
uors of their Interstate commerce
character In certain cases.
•'He it enacted by the Senate and
flduse of Representatives of the Un
ited States of America in congress
assembled, that the shipment or
transportation, in any manner or by
ai:y means wnatsouver, of any spir
ituous, vinous, malted, fermented,
or other intoxicating liquor of any
kind, from one state, territory, or
distri t of the Failed States, or
plate non-contiguous to but subject
:o iae jurisdiction thereof, into anv
, territory or district of
States, or place non-j*
otli ’
NEW RAILROAD FOR MEIGS
Mr. \V. E. Ay rock, President and
General Manager, of the Swift Lum
ber Company, spent several Jays
here this week, arranging for the
construction of their mill railroad
The Farmers' Union at the National
Corn Exposition.
January 30 and 31, the Farmers'
Union occupied and filled with credit
to the order, a big placa in the many
educational feature** of this greatest
school of applied agriculture ever
held in the South. The men we put
it has not been definitely decided j forward to speak of the agricultural
yet where the mill will be located, progress of our section, were famil-
iii town, or on the body of timber. Mar with the subject, and brought out
which is about two miles from here.! in a forceful way the part the Un*
The right ot way lias been secured ion has taken and is taking, in
and the line located out 10 the moulding the sentiment of the
Rowers Still. The last survey and country for an educational system
file one that will be used, joins the that will be broad a .id liberal, and
Coast Line track opposite the school that will take Into account the mar-
building ketlng of the products of this bet-
Sujit. It. A. McCrauie of the A. C. !}" < ' d " la,l °" and be,ter agr!cul -
[,. was here Tuesday and conferred tllre - . ,
with .Mr. Aycock. in regard to Bid-i n,e Former, J nion put forward
inga and other minor business, and euch men as National President
we understand that everything was Barrett, the in ! mitable D. M. Blazer,
agreeably arranged, satisfactory to Texas, whose_ homely ^wlt lllus
th companies.
itbje-1
the
SCHOOL DISEASES.
Uncle Sam evidently found the
leak In the cash register system!
The Girl from Rectors is said to
be a real frisky kitten and quite at
tractive.
There are ten times as many roses
•s there are thorne in Thomasville
today.
Brunswick wants and auto flra
truck. Brunswick will get one and
so will Thomasville.
Diaz didn’t go oil half cocked
Judging by the fury of his attack
and the doggedness of his defense.
Wilson will bo ready to say and
do when 1*. comes his time to make
a ruling on the Mexican situation.
The Meriwether Vindicator char
acterised Beavers’ work as a surety
that the mllleniun Is to come.
The freedom of the press Is one
thing which such a Jackanapes as
rules over the state bordering on
Georgia will not be ablo to destroy
Children of school age contract
such diseases as measlee, scarlet
fever and diphtheria much more fre
quently than older persons. All that
has been learned about the modes
of transmission of certain dieasea
notably diphtheria, Indicates that
the taking of a large number of
children out from their restricted
family and neighborhood relation
ships and bringing them Into contact
with a much larger group will In
crease the opportunities for Infec
tion. As regards opportunities for
Infection furnished by the school It
must be admitted that while the
state, the common drlnklng-cup and
the roller-towel, are fast passing
away, sufficient facilities for the
transfer of disease germs still exist
In the friendly exchange of pocket
handkerchiefs, Up-moistened iead-
penclls, chewing gum and the like.
The school play ground, as well as
the schoolroom, must be "u-jidered
In its bearing on the subject ol
school diseases. The slgnillcance of
health side lies not only in the as
sembling of children in a room, but
also lu the bringing into more or
less Intimate association a number
of children who would otherwise
not have met at all. Increasing the
number of associates must necessar
ily increase the chances of lnfeo.
Strawberries on the local markets j tion. Diphtheria and Bcar'et fever
are beginning to get down to Ike.giK,^. a marked increase In the au-
pvlce where they are accessible to . tumn when the schools open and an
•II.
Amerlcus Is going to have a bond
election for schools and it will
doubtless carry, as will Ibat of
Tkomasvtlla.
equally definite decrease In the sum
mer when the schools are closed.
The discovery of the part played
by tho healthy germ carrier throws
light on the probable origin of cer
tain obscure cases of Infection, s^ys
. Prof. E. O. Jordan, of the University
Is Thomasville gotng to be re- 1 of Chicago,’ in a recent issue of The
presented st the meeting of the Em-■ Journal of the American Medical
plre State League at Brunswick this' Association. A child In a family in
weak. which a case of diphtheria exists
- may bear in Its tbroat living d!ph-
If a three-year-old bo> smokes big! th( ‘ rIa ^dlli without manifesting
fat Havana cigars, i« It wrong forj any s, ^ n °f disease. If this chi’d
his older brother to smoke cigar- 18 allowed to enter » hool a play-
fltcn? mate may acquire the bacillus with-
o °ut iu Its turn becoming definitely
Adrianople and tne Turks have: ill. This second child, however, may
contiguous to but
jurisdiction thereof, or from any
foreign country into any state, ter-
•• tprv or dhflct of the Unite J
Stater, or piece non-contiguous tc
bu* subject to the jurisdiction there
of, which said spirituous, vinous,
malted, fermented, or other intoxl- j
eating liquor is Intended by any per
son Interested therein, to be re
ceived, possessed, sold, or in any
manner used .either In the original
package or otherwise. In violation
of any law of such state, territory
or district of the United States, or
place non-contiguoue to but subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, is hereby
prohibited.”
trated in a manner never to-be for-
i ... . .. , ... ! gotten the truths he would teach
| n ., 1 , t J a ., h , 0| *: d f? a *. j h .t.“"LSr P .® ! «ad for which the Union Stand:
ill decide to locate their mill
town, as it will mean much to every! c „.j ‘
* L ’ The business men I
: I K. J. Wilson. Commissioner of Agri-
, i culture, of South Carolina: J. Z.
line of business The business men, 0reen- -, atp organizer of North
should get together and offer them Caro „ na: j*. H . Q. Alexander: L.
the proper inducements to have w Rhodes _ 3tate Pre8 Hent of Ten-
their mill here. Meigs . ews. nossee, and on Education Day, W. C.
i Crosby. Educational Sooretary ot
GEORGIANS TO PEACE CONGRESS North Carolina. These jnon stressed
! the market side of our business.
i In addition, we had euch co-labor-
Have Been Appointed by Governor era on our platform as Clarence
Drown—Ten Men Honored. j Poe, Dr. J. D. Eggleston, and Dr
I Bradford Knapp, all of whom .have
come to see that the selling side of
St. Louis, Feb. 17.—Governor our business Is as Important as
The leading paragraph in a re
cent issue of the Thomasville Times
Enterprise contains the single word
"Tchatalja,” and there is a world
of spite and self satisfaction shown
therein. The literal translation of
that single word paragraph Is that
Editor Jerger says: ’There, durn
you I’ve jot yuh, I have been wrest
ling with your contrary self for Io.
these many months, you havo
strangled me, you have downed me
and you have drug me all over tho
country, but you peaky, slippery,
heathen, conglomeration of letters,
slung together In unpronouncable
confusion, I’ve got you down and
here’s where I stomp you "Tchatal-
ja.”—Waycross Herald.
Brown ot Georgia has appointed ten the producing.
delegates from that state to tho i This Is a great exposition, not
Fourth American Peace Conference, j me rely a corn show. More real in-
o be held at St. Louis May 1, 2 and j formation is given here In the ex-
3rd. The list of Georgians honored ; hibits and the explanatory texts at-
by Governor Brown with the duty. tached to each man. than was ever
of representing that commonwealth before condensed In so small a com
at the Peace Congress was made
public in St. Louis by James E.
Smith, chairman of the Executive
Committee for the ’Congress upon
whose Invitation the anointments
were made. The list follows:
pass . That such an exposition can
be successfully run without side
shows, horse racing, or football,
should open the eyes of our fair
managers next fall. If all 'the lec
tures and addresses could be gath-
Prof. H. C. White, Atnens: Hon. ered, they would make a volume of
Clark Howell, Atlanta; Hon, Emory
Speer, Macon: Hon. E. H. Calla
way, Augusta; Hon, J. Lindsay
Johnson, Rome; Rev. John E.
White, D. D„ Atlanta; Hon. Peter
W. Meldrim, Savannah: Hon. Emory
R. Goetchius, Columbus; Hon. W. S,
some magnitude, and of great Inter
est.—Progressive Farmer.
The Goose a Good Hand in the Cot
ton Patch.
I raise Embden and Toulouse
West, Valdosta, and Col. Samuel U- geese. The Embdens are white,
Dunlap, Gainesville.
Acceptances of official posts for
the Peace Conference are pouring iu
from all sections ri the United
States and Canada, and present in
dications are that most, if not all
of the other countries of the Wes
tern Hemisphere will be represent
ed. President William Howard
Taft has accepted the office of hon
uud are heavier than the Toulouse,
which are gray. Through the lay
ing period they weigh from 12 to
IS pounds. Once fattened they
weigh as high as 25 pounds. The
Embden goose lays about 29 eggs;
the Toulouse lays about 12 eggs.
It is said that five geese In a cot
ton patch can destroy as much
grass iu a day as a man can chop
orary vice-president of the ^ on " Geese eat grass and will not destroy
gress, and one of the acMve vice- t[le cotton.
Thomasville has one policeman for
every thousand people ,and even
then they have to 6tand about with
out much to do. — Thomasville
Times - Euterpjrlse. We hadn't
heard that they now had two cons
over there —Waycross Herald. Edi
tor Rhodes has been so busy keep
ing up with the Journal and a few
other things in Waycross that he
hasn't really had time to see beyond
the horizon of his home towD. Just
give hint time and he will know bet
ter.
Tight trousers und short eoats have
been decreed for the American men
by the tailors convention. The men
will have sense enough to have
their clothes made as they want
them, and not according to tho
whims of a few of the dude clothes
masers.
o-
been shifted from the first column take the germ home and pass It on-j
U> make room for the ambitious to a non-srhoul-golng child in the j
Mexicans. same family who then may develop.
v a typical case of diphtheria. Meth-:
It is do*, hygienic to spit on Bide- ods of control of school and fnstitu-;
The Tlmes-Enterprise lias recent
ly been seriously handicapped wit'i
its weekly because of the careless
ness of the Postoffice department.
Letters marked received In Thom-
presldencles has been accepted
Andrew Carnegie.
Although the Peace Congress does
not open until May 1st, all accept
ing the invitation for that great
meeting are being urged to arrive
sufficiently early to attend the dedl
cation ceremonies of the Jefferson
memorial April 30th. This Me
mortal, erected at the edge of For
est Park, at a cost of $500,003 cele
brates the greatest peaceable acqui
sition of territory i:i the history of
tho world, viz: that known as the
Louisiana Purchase, extending from
tho western banks of the Missis
sippl river to the Rocky Mountains'
Summit. It happens that the date
chosen for the dedication ceremon
ies will be the 110th anniversary of
the signing, at Paris, by Mcrnroe
and Livingston, of the treaty by
wh!ch the United States came into
possession of the Louisiana Pur-
hnso territory.
Among the distinguished person
ages expected to be present at the
dedication exercises Is President-
Elect Woodrow Wilson, who has
been chosen honorary president of
the Fourth American Peace Con
gress, Just as President Taft was
honorary president of the last Peace
Conference.
Gas tn the stomsci) comae from
food which has termneted. Get rid
this b.ui'v digested rood as quickly
possible if you would avoid a bil
ious stuck. DR. M. A. SIMMONS
LIVER MEDICINE Is a proper rem
edy. It purifies the stomach, liver
and bowels and strengthens the dl-'
gestlon. Price 25c per package. |
Sold by R. Thomas, Jr., and Pea-1
cock-Monh Drug Co.— (sdv.)
The meat of a young goose at
eight weeks old Is very delicate—
they are almost as largo at eight
weeks as at eight months.
The old price for a common goose
was 50 cents, now no goose Is sold
for less than $1.
The feathers can be plucked from
the geese four or five times a year,
but must not be taken from the
goose at the time of tho laying per
iod, ae the goose plucks herself and
lines her nest With layer after layer
of down. The feathers which make
the best filling for pillows are a
better price now than formerly.—
Mrs. J. G. Boylln, Wadesboro, N. C„
In the Progreaslve Farmer.
Tobacco Chewers in Bad.
Atlanta, Feb. 17.—The ancient
and noble order of tobacco chewers
la about to get Into trouble In At
lanta. If the preaent plans of the
city health department are consum
mated, every man who chews to
bacco will have to carry bis spit
toon around with him, slung over
his shoulders, or propelled
wheels In front of him.
The department Is planning
print a lot of posters, too, with the
design of "shaming” tobacco chew
ers, to keep them from vying with
the sprinkling carts.
The department doesn't care how-
much a man chews tobacco In his
home, If bis wife is willing to stand
for It, hut they don't like the guy
who rambles along the street chew
ing It.
Thanks For Syrup.
Donation Tea for City Hospital.
The annual Donation Tea and Re
walks, In public buildings, or rall-|t!onal outbreaks of diphtheria are!
way stations, but people Jo It and therefore coming to be focused on j
don't car*. the detection and exclusion of the i
carrier. Disinfection
A Newport Society leader wants
to marry a man with brains.
Wouldn’t they be congenial If ao-
poeltea sttraet?
,,, . , , . . .iceptlon given bv the Lady Board, of
ille oil a certain date have not I “ , ,,,
| Managers of the Thomasville City
-Hospital, will UuO place nett Wed
nesday afternoon, tne 19th, In the
reception rooms of the Hospital,
from 3 to 5 o’clock.
While this will be In the nature
of n donation tea the public general-
been put Into our mall box until
three daTs later. This has hap
pened t» Ice in one week.
A Massachusetts Judge thinks u
The Peruvian women who went
to Paris to have her appendix re
moved and paid out a hundred thou-
zand dollars had lots more money
than sens*.
Innocent
chairs and tables an1 enforced
school closure are In general found
to be less effective than the dlseov-
' ery and Isolation of the living bear-1
! or of diphtheria germs. When school j
attendance is regulated by bacterlo-1
1 logical findings, school epilemh-s|
i quickly subside.
man lias a right to kill bis neighbors : |y ; s Invited to be preaent, with or
chickens when they come In and
seratch up the garden. He hasn l
a right however to poison them and
lei them go back to the owners yard
and die there.
Tecan lands don't seem to be go
ing down In price and everybody Is
arqutrlng a little of that sort of
property a* they get a bit of spare
rash
TIIK WEIHl l.lyiOli SHIPMENT
HILL.
There seems to lie a diversity ot
j opinion as to the real worth of the
i Webb anti-liquor bill, which has re-
0 i cently passed through both the
Tho Florida Progress Edition of Ho,,se and Senatc ° r aaa
the Jacksonville Tlmes-Unlon
bettor than one would expect from
such a progressive, active newspap-
walts but the signature of the Presl
dent to make It law.
Many believe that it can be shtp-
i ped, as at present, to consujnerB who
desire It for personal use and by
A bull on one of Atlanta's main
•Mate caused a whole to* of ex-
nt. Cows In Thomaavllle
i never mg cause s ripple Iu
whom there would be no attempt
to violate any state law. The mat
ter Is ons ot general Interest and
for the benefit of those who, per-
snoagll a$8gl hapa hsve aot read the context of
without donations, as It Is desired
that they Inspect the hospital and
learn what It Is doing for the good
j or the people.
I The Board of Managers request
that as a guide to thoee who desire
o contribute, on that occasion, the
I ollowlng articles be mentioned as
Thomasville, i nee i ed . Blankets, sheet
ing, both bleeched and unbleeched,
small ready made sheets, nigh*,
-gowns, night shirts, bath robes, bu
reau and table covers, toweling for
operating room and kitchen, etc.
.Jellies, preserves and canned goods
w 0 f a u kinds also desired.
Woodrw Wilson soys he never | Refreshments, for which there
smoked but one time In his life. Beti w *^ n0 charge, will be served
Amerlcus, like
wanls to know If the Empire State
League 's dead, if so, let’s have a
regular bona-fide funeral and dis
cover tbe cause of the sad demise
at so ter.ler an age.
Atlanta, Feb. 14, 1913.
Capt. John Triplett,
Thomasville, Ga.
My Dear Sir; As per your ad
vice of the 7th Inst., there waB re
ceived at the Home today the bar
rel of syrup, sent by the John B
Gordon Chapter U. D. C., of Thom
asville. For the kindly remem
brance and goodness of heart of the
daughters, please accept the grate
ful thanks of the Veterans at the
Home, together with those ot i
own. Yours very truly,
AMOS FOX, Supt.
CABBAGE
PLANTS
Farmers: Order your Cabbage
plants fresh and direct from our
seed beds, and save the mid
dle-mans profit. Our plants are
grown near tbe sea-coast and
will stand severe cold, without
Injury. All varieties. Prices $1.25
per 1,900 or 5,000 for $5.00, or
10,000 for $8.00. Address all or
ders to:
THE MEGGETT PLANT CO..
Box 10, Memett, 8. C.
it was when he was a boy and go.l d,,rln * the a,tern0 ° n by th * Ud,e ’
of the Board.
hold of some Mack stump that was
strong enough to kill an average
youth.
We have told yon nearly every
day that you have to register es
peclally for this bond election for
Internal Cramps, Nervous Weak
ness and Misery produced by tbe Ir
regularities from which woman suf- woF,.viwwa«c.
fer can be onfcklf checked and neai* AftyoMMnefnxaikstrhanddMcnntion$n»y
thy conditions rsrfored through Hue
" ^ on PsiMUj
Tiuox Maiiks
Delians
Con, .vichts Jbe,
tny conditions remorea inrowi , I Invention Is probabl? r.itvnti
use of DR. SIMMONS SQUAW VINE| uoy^jagigsjjtKjUl
wine, it is » remedy for women J*
only. It Is a fine flavored plaaaant
schools. We tell yon again once remedy, sets mildly In tbo stomseh
•* »• — asss/sar« sse
don I read or haven t the ability of ness. Priee. Il.dd per bottle. Sold
,j Iby R. Thomas. Jr., and Peacock-
MuhP ^ r *meOi*JiL***
understanding.
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JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT
UNION SUCCESS
and PRIDE 0F|THE| UNI0N
MADE EXPRESSLY FOR OUR TRADE.
Thomas Union Warehouse Co,
Thomasville, Ga. K. K. Moore [Mgr.
AND HIDES
HIGtlE8T MARKET PRICE PAID
FOR RAW FURS AND HIDES
W.el on Commission. Will, lot
list mentioning this id.
EnUhllnhnd 1887
JOHN WHITE & CO. LouTsmiE^.
Cantaloupe Seed
We offer for sale our Celebrat
ed Eden Gem Stock seed, grown
and reselected at Rocky Ford,' Col*
ora do, under the personal supervis
ion of our Mr. S. C. Mayo, of Red
dick, Fla. There are none better.
Prices on application.
JOHNSON-BROWN Co., Albany,£Ga.
or S, C. Mayo, Reddick, Fla.
Watermelon
Extra select Tom Watso n Watermelon Seed, fifty cents per
pound. These seed were saved from large chipping melons of
my own growing. No seed were eared from culls, Ill-shaped, or
off-colored melons. Tbe end s of melons were clipped off so as to
avoid saving faulty seed. M y supply of these select seed Is lim
ited. Send tn yonr order at once.
W. B. RODDENBERV,
CAIRO, GA.