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SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES-ENTEUPRIS E, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1013 It MS-El TWO WIDE-AWAKE MOVING TOWN'S. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION’ Issued Every Tuesday mid Friday Editor Jerger, of the ThomasvTl' MEMBERS ASSOCIATED 1‘KESS. Times Enterprise, isitors to the cit; s anions esterday. ■W.'aiJW'ssas: w»... -.«»».< terpriee Company, Thomasvil e, Ga. Empire State League. ‘This is —“ " ^Editor. ' first visit to Brunswick,” sail B. li. JERGKIl - , W. D. HAIWHAVE .... Biw. Mgr.; Thomasville editor” and I must con- — “ Z7 ... I fess that I am more than surprised Entered at the Thomasville I ost ( Office for Transmission Through the at Brunswick. It is one of the prei- M&lls as Second Class Ma’l Matter.; t | cs ^ most U p_to-date and thorough- THE CITY’S SPUING CLEANING. The prom.se of an early spring am 1,500 POLICE a long summer makes it especially important this year that every possi ble precaution be taken for me safe ty of the public’s health. If the j task cf cleansing the city and of ducing the Subscription Hates: (ly wide-awake towns in Georgia. One Year , The writer recently had the Six Months bf I - ■ - , pleasure of spending several hours Washington, Feb. 12.—More than sources of disease to a'fifteen hundred special and regular . , , ... , ... policemen and detectives will guard minimum is undertaken forthwith, lhe inauguration crowds, during it will be comparatively simple, but, j the induction of President -Elect Wu- ,, , . , ... .. son into office, according to plans if neglected until warm weather ar-. completed to day. rives and the swarms of infectious Included in the total are four hundred members of the MOPLANE IS . BULGARIAN AIRSHIP OVER ADKKIXOPLE IS HIT BY A CA.V- XOX HALL AND FELL IX THE CITY. WILSON TO 00 TO Girls are all making. affected—by love Who is going to be at the inau guration? , both in Brunswick and Waycross ■and found in each place a stimul.it- ; ing and invigorating forward raove- j ment. Brunswick presents a most | attractive appearance ! number of handsome business hou insects are on the wing, it will be come a difficult and baffl'.ni prob lem . ‘ The sanitary department and the came known that the city of Balti board of health have announced Constantinople, Feb. 22.—A Bul garian military aeroplane, while reconnoiterlng over the fortress of „ special Adrianople to lay, was hit by a Turk- eommiltee having the policing pro-, |sh ghell and f € n inside the lines, gram in charge. ' The aeroplane was piloted by a A new feature of the inau a ur I Russian officer, Lieutenant Nickolas, parade was announced when it WILL REMAIN HOWEVER IN WASHINGTON FOR SIX MONTHS REFORE MAKING ANY OFFI CIAL visrrs. I who was made a prisoner. plans for an immediate campaign to this end. Their foresight is corn- men dahlo. They should have the It has any I hearty co-operation of every house- Adrianople—both forgotten. beseiged and i eg> j ts streets are wide, well paved j | and clean, its residence section at-1 ~o i tractive and evidently carefully kept | Purely Democratic—the inaugu-1 fr<le of E0 m any dirty slovenly nuiJ-j ' ral parade. ! ances that are characteristic hold and every citizen: for sum work in order to be duly effective, requires this public's faithful sup- more and the rest of Maryland send a delegation of several thou- j sand marchers, all of whom will be J decorated with the Maryland colors, j orange and black, which is the same j as that of Princeton University. They! will be given a special place in the j procession. Many men plan their don’t work their plan. | some communities. The sidewalks \ork but! ... , !covers. Pavo is going to have band and the boys are looting. a town; already They are dancing the turkey trot, on the East Coast of Florida, in bathing suits! | of the town are paved almost univer- j 1 sally and the streets well kept, j | There is an air of the progressive | cities of the middle west about it to i which is added the refreshing tangj of the salt air, and the sight of freight ships once in awhile in the I harbor. Waycross is stretched as far as its business is conceded on a series If Thomasville ever starts hustling, I of right angles, facing a modern con-1 comfortable and splendid passenger | station. The buildings are modern we hope it will immediately tract the habit. 0 ! in every respec t and here and there; The American eagle will never be! are signs of more Improvement, forced to dig its talons into the ] rents they say In Waycross arc as side of the Mexican hawk. I high as in any town of the state and o tke.e are no vacant stores. The The Waycross Journal is right; town has just comp’.eted a series of when it says that producers nor con- 1 municipal improvements, that lu- sumers are what we need now. j elude sidewalks, schools, better fire 0 ! equipment and sewers. The people Those seven thousand soldiers of j hustle, they have builded on a sand Uncle Sams could take Mexico! bank, a town that resembles not one without half trying, but they wont, bit the proverbial and oftquoted bib- 0 ‘ ■ li al house that fell down. In South Carolina a man who buys j There is something of a lesson blind tiger liquor is as guilty aa the i from both of the towns. They are seller, legally of course. i 110t a ]jit e an( j y e t there is a forward 0 ; movement in them both that shows Champ Clark and Underwood will^ w j d e-awake people, a desire to get be the main assistants to the man ! a pr0 per share of the things that are who defeated them for the nomlna-j , 0 j, e had and an appreciation of the Hon. Winter is an antiseptic to a num ber of maladies which summers un- This very fact, however, is likely to Invite a certain careless ness of sanitary rules that should be observed the year around. Mid-Feb ruary is none too early to begin a searching survey of backyards anJ the premises of stores and shops for the purpose of making every nook and corner In the community clean. municipality’s house-cleaning should begin while winter is abroad, and It should be complete before spring Is at hand. iU MINISTERS REGRET OR. HARRIS CHANGE ARSON TRUST TELLS NEW PASTOR FOR FIRST RAP- TIST CHURCH OF THIS CITY, J WAS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM I BY PEOPLE OF TEXAHKANA. New York, Feb 22.—President Elect Woodrow Wilson went back :o Princeton today for the last week at home before ho goes to Washing ton to become President. He remarked this morning that this was probably the last visit he will pay New York for a long time. The next President expects to stick pretty close around Washington during the first six months, after the inauguration. The trip to the Panama Canal is the only plan defi nitely arranged thus far for the sum mer. Because he doesn’t know when the extra session will permit him to depart, this Journey is yet indefi nite. j The following news ite.n from • a Texarkana paper, in regard to j the resignation of Di. W. M. Harri3, ! who will comes as pastor of the | First Baptist Church here, will b*' i read with interest In Thomaevilll: •At a meeting ot the Ministerial Chicago, Feb. 22.—The syutemlzed , Ag80C f at ion of Texarkana, on Mon efforts employed by the members of the alleged ‘ Arson Trust” were dis closed today by a number of wit nesses examined by Assistant States Attorney Johnson. The witnesses explained that in COLUMBIA REFUSES PANAMA TREATY day, a committee consisting of Rev. | M. E. Chappell, of the Pine Street Presbyterian Church; Rev. C. S. Weaver, of the Central Christian Church, and Rev. L. D. Connell, of the Second Baptist Church, was ap- arson circles. Incendiary fires are. | 0 inted to draft resolutions anent divided into two classes, namely, j me removal of Dr. W. M. Harris to I ••blow-outs,’- or where the building j Thomasville, Ga., the same to bej and its contents arc destroyed; |published in the local papers, and a! '•Hashes,” where only the contents [copy to be sent to the clerk of the I of a building are burned. i Church at Thomasville. Bogota, Columbia, Feb. 21.—The newspapers here declare today that the Columbian Government has re fused the proposed settlement of the existing dispute between the United States and Columbia, over the par tition of Panama, which they say was offered by the Taft Government. It is further asserted that Colum bia expects to obtain better terms from tho Incoming administration, at Washington. ITEMITI MS'OIIOND flOBBEHY I The witnesses described how the There are thousands of promises on every peach tree in this section, Lnd the majority of them will ma terialize. Clean up day March tenth. Ono iady has recently told us that she >ould wash her hair if that would aelp any. fact that it takes co-operative and ! constant work to do It. We like the spirit, the action, the town prid«\ that is characteristic of them both. 1 We are free to confess that we hope * for a similar step forward in Thom- j asville and a desire on the part of | its people to improve the appearand j , as well as Increase the commercial; ' values of the town. Only thus can the public be as sured of protection against the il’s which are feathered by uncleanli ness. It is far better to starve the fly than to swat it and far easier to remove the breeding place of mos quitoes tnan to battle with them when they are arrayed. A little sweeping scrubbing now will accom plish more than all manner of labor a month or two hence. Let everyone join with the health officials in this timely and all impor tant campaign for clean yards and streets and alleys. Much depends upon tho authorities: hut more de pends upon the individual. Let us prepare for the fly and for other enemies of health «d time of peace and when summer comes we shall have no war.—Atlanta Journal. fire bugs regulated the fires, by a careful distribution of the gasoline which they use in causing the fires. KILLED TWO Memphis, Tenn., 'Feb. 21.—-As result ot drinking whiskey contaiu- I The committee prepared the fol-, 'lowing paper: j ] ‘‘Rev. W. M. Harris, D. D., has j j been a resident of our city, pastor; j of the First baptist Church, and a j member of this association, during j i the past six years. In all of these 1 relationships he has acquitted him- I self with credit. j ‘‘As a citizen he has not endeav ored to dodge his duty, hiding be- hini his clerical robes, but ^has sought to further the interest of the community in every way possi ble. “As a minister of the Word, he is scholary, courageous, and true. “As a member of this association. ing a great quantity of acid in a I he has been particularly faithfu! boarding house here today, Bernard i and helpful. No one has been more j Atlanta, Feb. 21.—Another dia mond loss or robbery occurred on Peachtree street this morning, when Mrs. J. B. Greenfield lost a $2,000 chamois bag of gems while shop ping. She is not absolutely certain whether the bag was taken from her or whether she accidentally drop ped it or left it In some place where Bhe was shopping. The Jewels included two Tiffany- set diamond solitaire rings, a Scot tish Rite ring set with a big dia mond, and several pins set with dia monds and pearls. The detectives have been furnished with a description of the gems. ANICJITS ft;, y SUCCESSFUL DECISION' HANDED DOWN IX XEIV YORK WHICH WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR TEX MILLION DOLLAR DAMAGES. New York, Feb. 22.—Tho Federal Circuit Court of Appeals today hand ed down a decision which permits the relatives of the Titanic victims to begin suits Immediately against the steamship company for full dam ages. This decision opens the way for suits the aggregate of which is ex pected to exceed ten million dol lars. All the suits, however, must he commenced before April 15th, which date will be a year after the disas ter. Gas In the stomach comse from food which has fermneted. Get rid of this badly digested food as quickly as possible If you would avoid a bil ious attack. DR. M. A. SIMMONS LIVER MEDICINE is a proper rem edy. It purifies the stomach, liver and bowels and strengthens the di gestion. Price 25c per package. Sold by R. Thomas, Jr., and Pea cock-Mash Drug Co.— fadr.) DOVES KILLED UNLAWFULLY Atlanta, Feb. 22.—That thou sands of doves are being slaughter ed in South Georgia unlawfully just on the eve of the close of the hunt ing season, Is the word that has come to 3tate Game Wlarden Jesse Mercer. The report is that pot hunters are baiting fields, and firing Into the doves on the ground, slay ing them by the scores. Dove bait ing Is one of the things expltclty prohibited under the Georgia law. Only one more week remains for any kind of bird hunting In Geor gia, as the season for quail and hunting doves In the legitimate manner closes March 1. Famous Stage Beauties look with horror on 3kln Eruptions. Blotches, Sores or Pimples. They don’t have them. For all such trou bles, use Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It glorifies the face. Excellent for Eczema or Salt Rheum, It cures sore lips, Chapped hands, chilblains; heals burns, cuts and bruises. Un surpassed for piles. 25 cents at all druggists.—'adv.) Deaver, of Allentown, Pa., and Jack Hartman, of Nashville, Tenn., are dead and two others were severely burned about their mouth and throat. The police say Deaver arranged a "suicide party," and severed tho poisoned whiskey to his friends as refreshments. His going is deeply regretted! by every member. "He will be sorely missed by the' moral and religious forces of the | city." j "Dr. Harris will leave Monday fori Thomasville, and his departure wll' | be a source of considerable regret, ■ not only to the members of the j Ministerial Association, but to the people of Texarkana .generally.” Money Loaned Three million cigarettes and three hundred thousand glasses of Coca rosco WHITE WAY COMPLETE WOULD LEASE* GA. PROPERTY 1 ! Cola soil during one year in Thom-j Current Turned on New Awning Last Night For the First Time— : That is Unimproved anil Gain FARM LOANS PROMPTLY MADE At 6% Interest, payable annually.' The borrower has the privilege of paying part oral! of the principal at any Interest period, stopping Interest on such payment. I will save you money. Come to see me, or write. Prompt attention given aJ' written Inquiries. W. M. BRYAN, j asville, and Thomaavllle isn’t iffer- jent in that respect from any other town its size in the state. Complete Except For l'nlnt. Some fellows speak the The White Way lights of the Tosco Hotel were turned on for the first time last night. The awning haa literal been erected and completed with the t.uth when they tell her they are .• e *<«D t i°n of the finishing coat ol paint. It is a very handsome aQdl THE WORTHLESS CHKCK-GIVKRj “crazy about her.’ Be ready to vote on the twelfth of March. The future welfare of the Perhaps the most coutemptahli Ihildren of Thomasville will be set- the many varieties of swindlers /led at that time. the man who under the guise EX-GOVERNOR NORTHERN IU of ; _ , Atlanta, Feb. 24.—Ex-Governor friendship prevai’s upon you for Northern is in a more serious con- At the Thomasville Press succinct- various and sundry personal reasons i dit,on t!,a “ U108t of hl8 friends " ' " Al- ly says, ‘‘Which shall it be, brother,' , , , , , . 'throughout Georgia realize. Al- J " Pressing needs, to cash a ohec* | though the principal thing he Is suf- vote bonds and go forward bonds and stagnate.’ 1 Huerta anil Diaz seem to have put one over on Madero, but it was a piece of treachery that will proba bly be meted out to the successful •nes before they have 1*»en enjoying Jhe spoils for long. uses his friendship and knowing that he has not the money | fering from is simply a carbuncle ....... .... i °n the neck, it has been ne.essary i ie ank w th whic.i to pay «t. | to operate twice on the aged Geor- He is a cheater of the worst sort, Rian, and while the operations were successful, his condition, the physi cians state, is still bordering ou personal relations to secure money | critical. For several days past he has been nefely holding his own, and this A local merchant was recently: morning, while lie had not become stung by several of these pests,and wor8e » were no symptoms of j Improvement. decided on a novel way of paying them hack . He pasted four checks he knows is not able to pay. tlon to the building and is quite or namental in many respects. The lights add materially to the appearance of this hoatlery at night, bein.? on two posts at either end of the awning and with one large cen ter light, surrounded by four smal- ler lights on each post. They at tracted no little attention last night. Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, lec- the insiue of a glass show-case. GIRLS DENY ANNOYING RUMORS lures Mr. Roddenbery, of Georgia, where every person who came into i aad, of course, Mr. Roddenbery will the store could readily see and read I lecture back. Old Miss Democracy of the acts of the mist shudder to think where that! names were signed. •ort of thing may lead Georgian. ventual'y.- BOMK KK4L COl \TY NEWS. I We do not mean to accuse every person who gives a check that is turned down, of being •naturally de praved or a thief, because in many i instances it is given w-ith a-provision which would of course clear him of J that, stigma. The majority of them ' however, are not of that calibre and ' they deserve punishment. It would he a splendid thing if the merchants l and others of every town would get a regular bulletin board and post in This is interesting news to Thom- a conspicuous place with the checks as County folk* and a somewhat' of each I )er » on the hank had new departure from old and estah-1 turnel down - 11 w °uld rid the city llshed customs, if there is anv real * of some of this BOrt of K raft and ex * thought of takJn? the Duncanville I,OBe HOm * of the K raf ters so they Hon. Hansel 1 Merrill. of Thomasville was a visitor to Cairo last Friday. Through him we learn that Thomas County would like to trade for a little atrip of Grady county—the Dun canville district. if Thomas wants to swap up Meigs district for Duncanville, we believe the deal would through—Grady County Progress. District. That portion was lost with the rest and there are many of os who are sorry that any of It had to go . As far as swapping Meigs, Grady will exist for many years without any such addition. Proba bly they wouldn’t want to take it when tho bow county anpiretions of tfcftt tows ond surrounding territory tmtm »oulil not be allowed to work thei (tame on others who are unsuspect ing. They are having a right warm fight In Moultrie over the Postmast ers' job . Congressman Roddenbery lias already, asked (or the names of all candidates, jnat aa if they hadn't Set him know Atlanta, Feb. 24.—Pretty working girls of Atlanta, interviewed thi.i morning, deny the truth of the sen sational story given out yesterday by one of their number to the effect that workmen women as a class are continually annoyed and insulted on the streets of Atlanta. The young woman who said she was, furnished the newspapers with photographs of a revolver and black-jack, that she said she had to carry to protect herself from mash ers. “The idea!” says the other girls this morning. “There are few silly mashers here, as there are in all cities, but most Atlanta men are made of more decent stuff. Carry a pistol In Atlanta to shoot mashers? Did you ever hear of anything more stupidly ridiculous?’’ TO SE FORMED A meeting of several of the prom inent' citizens of Thnmasvllle inter ested in the organization of an As sociated Charities fo rtbe city was held this week and matters were put In shape for the organization of •he association. Another meeting will be held soon and the time fixed fo rthe general mass meeting of the citizens to be called at which the formal organization will take place Mach Interest is beltrg taken In ‘he matter and repora are being hal from other titles where the Ansoclat- Itfe* bare done a great work. Enormous Revenue in Addition to the W. & A. Earnings. Atlanta, Feb. 22.—A proposition to lease the unimproved property of the State of Georgia, independent of the improved \V. & A. railroad prop erty, following out the ideas of Senator W. J. Harris, will be sub mitted to the incoming legislature, and will, it is stated, receive the endorsement of Governor Slaton and j the incoming administration. It is exected that a Western Ar I Atlantic commission will be created j by the legislature this summer. It i will be recalled that a bill provld- J Ing for the creation of such a com- j mission was framed by Senator Har ris last year and passed the Senate; I the session closed before It could be j put through the house, so the meaa-1 ure will he introduced to the assem-1 bly again. Senator Harris’ idea of leasing the! ® @ ® ® ® V’•§?® ® ® unimproved property Independently HIGHEST BRICES— Raid Tor Fur* of the railroad property is based oi., Hides and Wool. J. B. Watkins|estimates showing that the revenues * Go. from the former would be. equal to ! the revenues from the road Itself; also the leassees would be required to put up substantial buildings, which in the long course of time, would eventually revert to the state. The whole W. & a. problem wi’.l robably be settled during the Slaton The L. & N. no* OFFICE OVER POST OFFICE, THOMASVILLE,, GEORGIA. : - WANTS i MAKE MONEY—Spars time. Easy- Work. Almond Sales Co. Cnar- lotte, N. C. Mon and Fri. DESK SPACE \n Singer Sewing Machine office for rent. Apply ai Local Office No. 121* S. Broad St. FOUND ON DAWSON STREET— Two bunches of Keys, owner can obtain by calling at this office and settling for advertising. tf LOST—Ladies gold hunting case watch, evening of Feb. 21, west oi Hotel Tosco. Finder will be lib erally rewarded if returned to this office. 24-2t. WANTED—A lar.se tract of good land (timbered land preferred/ .Must be a bargain: give full de scription and lowest price first letter. L. A. Wood, Carrollton, Ga. 26-tf. BAKERY FOR RENT—New, said to be the best oven south of At lanta. Apply to J. H. Jenkins, 202 West Jackson 3t., Thomas ville, Ga. 22-tf. WANTED—Two men with teams to sell and collect on sewing ma chines in Thomas and Brooks County. Apply to Singer Sewing Machine Co., Valdosta, Ga. 21-3td-4tw. administration. JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT UNION SUCCESS and PRIDE 0F|THE|!UNI0N FLOUR MADR EXPRESSLY FOR OUR TRADE. Thomas Union Warehouse [Co, Thomasville, Ga. K. K. Moore [Mgr. pays $35,000 a month in rent, which goes to the public school fund. This lease runs out in six years. Senator Harris’ plan has already been ap proved by Mr. Slaton. It Is esti mated that the property at Chatta nooga alone is worth about $0,000,- 000. SLAPPED AT A PIGNIG Wife Raised a Row With Husband Who Chastized Her With a Blow on the Cheek. Atlanta, Feb. 22.—That a Sunday School picnic is an Inappropriate time afid occasion for a husband to slap his wife's face, even though he deems that she needs correction, is set forth in a divorce suit filed this morning by Mrs. George Page Por- terls against Victor P. Porterls. The young woman sets forth that it was not the pain she minded, but the terrible humiliation of belns struck In the face In the presence of her friends . GENUINE 8EED POTATOES— Spaulding Rose No. 4. per 150-lb bag. 12.65; Red Bliss Tilumph, per 150 lb. bsg, 12.65. Can furnish seed GRIGAGO IN SLEET STORM Chicago, Feb. 22.—The damage caused by the sleet storm which griped this city for thtrty hours, Is grown either In Maine er New York today estimated at a million dollars. State- We guarantee our eeed to V the best and true to name. 10 yea Hi the eeed business, not. a dlsa*tl» fled customer. American Produce Co.. Jackaonville. Fla. Although the rain and sleet stop ped this morning, the city Is stl'.l practically Isolated from the out- elde world. Nearly all wires are down and It will bo 24 hours before Cantaloupe Seed We offer for sale our Celebrat ed Eden Gem Stock seed, grown and reselected at Rocky Ford, CoF orado, under the personal supervis ion of our Mr. S. C. Mayo, of Red dick, Fla. There are none better. Pr.ces on application. JOHNSON-BROWN Co., Albany,[Ga. or S, C. Mayo, Reddick, Fla. W ateremlon Extra select Tom Watson Watermelon Seed, fifty cents per pound. Theee seed were saved from large shipping melon* ot my own growing. No seed were saved from culls, 111-shaped, or off-colored melons. The end ■ of melons were clipped off so aa to avoid saving faulty seed. M y supply of ttese select seed is lim ited. Send In yonr order at once. W. B. RODDENBERY, CAIRO, G\. Ate. the repairs can be completed.