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VOL. 1. No. 18.
THOMASVILLE GEORGIA FRIDAY MARCII 21, 101.1.
14,295,51
conoN miftei 10 years
DURING THE YEAR 1012, SECOND I ATLANTA WOMAN REGAIN HER
LARGEST IN HISTORY—GEOIt- MENTAL BALANCE AND RE,
GIA WAS BEHIND 1011 IN PRO-
DVCTIOX.
TWENTY
MEMBERS THINGS
YEARS AGO,
Atlanta, Ga. f March 1S.-—Local
, physicians are puzzled today over
■The sec-' the case of Mrs. Carrie B. Jordan
Washington. March, 20
ond largest cotton crop ever -grown J of Atlanta, who yesterday sudden-
amounting to 14,,295,500, equiv- ly regained control of her mental
elent 500-pound bales. Including ! faculties, after suffering for the
(Inters, was produced by the farmers I Past nineteen years from a form of
of the United States during 1912,I aberaglon, which had rendered her
the Census Bureau announced to- 1 entirely oblivious of her surround-
day In Its preliminary report of the! |,a 8s. ,
total production of cotton as re-; 'awoke ’ in a hospital where
turned by ginners and delinters. ; 8 ^ e was recovering from an opera-
The number of running bales, I “°2 I16r , formcd flve w * eks ?*?•
counting round as half bales and For nlnetecn years her mlnd has
Including lintera was 14,076,430.
been blank, though ehe remem-
... bered happenings prior to that
Tile crop compares with 16,2a 1 ), t| me Her first request was to see
276 equivalent 500-pound round her daughter who she last "saw" as
bales In 1911, 12,00.»,688 in 191),i a two-weeke'-old baby. That daugh-
13,587,306 In 1908, 13,595,498 In t<sr , 9 now th e mo ther of two chll-
1906 and 13,679,9o4, In 1904, Com- fl ron _
parlsons of runnlgg bales are 16,1 ,
109,349 in 1911, 11,965,962 ia 1 ■■ — ——
1910; 13.432,131 In 1908; 13.305,
265, in 1906, and 13,679,310 In
1904.
‘845,799 bales lit 1911; 1,820,610
In 1910; 1,853,276 bales In 1909;
_ „ . ....... and 1,980,077 bales In 1908. De-
The Department of Agriculture s | ))artnlent 0 j Agriculture eetlmated
of-statistics on December 12, estl-1 1 701 000 bale9 exc i U slve of iin-
mated the total production of the ter9
«rop. not Including llnters, at, ,.o Ul9 i ana : Tot al production 393,-
13,820,000 bales of oOO-pounds 1 314 bales> spared wlt h 403,482
ea<,h - bales In 1911; 253,733 bales In
Round bales Included In the pro-]i9i0; 264,676 la 1909; 486,350
ductlon figures are 81,528, for bales in 1908, and 694,066 bales In
JURY FAILED TO AGREE ON A
VERDICT THIS MORNING, AND
WAS DISMISSED—COURT STILL
BUSY TODAY.
(From Thursday's Daily.)
The City Court continued
grind out civil cases this morning
and will probably be In operation
through tomorrow, owing to the
large number of such cases on the
docket.
There was declared a mistrial in
the case of Hadden versus Cherokee
Saw Mill Co., suit for twenty thou
sand dollars damages for personal
Injuries. The Jury could not agree
and at nine o'clock this morning
Judge Hammond dismissed them,
and declared It a mistrial.
Attorneys Shipp and Kline, ol
Moultrie and J. F. Mitchell repre
sented the plaintiff in the case, and
the Cherokee Saw Mill Company
was represented by Mr. Roscoe
Luke.
1912, 101,5-54, for 1911; 112,887
tor 1910; 242,305 for 1908; 268,889
for 1906 and 296,151 for 1904.
Sea Island cotton producted dur
ing 1912 amounted to 73,641 bales,
compared with 119,293 bales in
1911; 90,368 In 1912; 112,539 In
1905: 104,317 In 1904; 104,933 in
1902.
Llntcr bale.' Included in the to
tal amounted to 605,704, compared
with 556,276 for 1911: 397,628 to'
1910 313,478 for 1909 and 346,126
for 1908.
The average gross weight of the
tale for the crop, counting round
as half bales end including linters.
was -507,8 pounds for 1912, com
pared with 504.4 pounds for 1911,
501.7 pounds for 1910: 496.6
pounds for 1909 and 505.8 pounds
for 1908.
Production of States In equiva
lent 500-ponnde bales, Including lis
ters, comparisons for other years
and the Department of Agricultures
December estimate, which does not
includ linters follows;
Alabama: Total production 1,380,-
756 bales, compared with 1,757,-
207 bales In 1911; 1,223,285 bales
In 1910: 1,049,770 bales In 1909;
end 1,374,140 Jn 1908. Depart
ment of Agriculture estimated 1,
330,000 bales exclusive of linters.
-Arkansas: Total production 825,-
169 bales, compared with 972,296
bales In 1911; 847,874 bales in 1912
734,084 bales In 1909 and 1,058,
089 bales In 1908. Department ol
Agriculture estimated 854,000 bales
exclusive of llnterr.
Florida: Total production, 53,-
874 bales, compared with 5S.08X
bales In 1911; 60,049 balee In 1910
54,947 bales In 1909; and 63,221
bales in 1908. Department of Agri
culture estimated 68,000 bales ex
clusive of linters.
GEORGIA; Total production
1,843,303 bales, compared with 2,-
1907. Department of Agriculture
estimated 435,000 bales, exclusive
of linters.
Mississippi: Total production
1,092,552 bales, compared with I,-
- 252,322 bales In 1911; 1,306,068
balee In 1910; 1,120,676 bales
1909 and 1,704,972 bales In 1908.
Department of Agriculture estimat
ed 1,109,000 bales, exclusive of lin
ters.
Missouri: Total production, 13,-
399 bales, compared with 101,189
bales In 1911; 62,159 bales in 1910
47,070 bales In 1909 and 64,532
bales In 1908. Department of Agri
culture estimated 59,000 bales
elusive of linters. ■
North Carolina: 'total produc
tion 891,880 bales, compared with
1,104,781 bales In 1911; 726,850
bales In 1910; 615,662 bales
1909, and 663,167 bales In 1908.
OLD RELICS
ters.
Oklahoma; Total production. 1,-
074,149 baleB, compared with 1,602,-
006 bales In l9ll. 958,955 bales
In 1910; >a56.069 bales In 1909,
and 706,815 bales In 1908. Depart
ment of Agriculture estimated !,
039,000 bales, exclusive of linters.
South Carolina: Total production
1,215,373 bales, compared with
1,684,096 bales In 1911; 1,191,911
bales In 1910; 1,126,049 bales la
1909, and 1,195,235 bales In 190S,
Department of Agriculture estimat
ed 1,184,000 bales, exclusive of
llntcrB.
Tennessee: Total production 299,-
338 bales, compared with 479,145
balee In 1911; 349,476 bales In
1910; 259,719 tales In 1909, and
359,859 bales In 1908. Depart
ment of Agriculture estimated 280,
000 bales, exclusive of linters
Texas; Total production, 5,120,-
252 bales, compared with 4,4 4 7,-
648 hales In 1911; 3.172.48S bales
in 1910; 2,607,492 bales In 1909,
Atlanta, Ga., March IS.—The
Georgia State Capitol, like the na
tional building at Washington, Is
becoming more and more of a his
toric museum. Its halls and corri
dors are being gradually enriched
with relics and trophies that make
It a chief point of Interest to all
who know the history of the South.
One of the most recent additions
to the front niche, located in the
southern end of the capltol corri
dor, consists of five Iflags carried
by Georgia soldiers In the Spanish-
Amerlcan war. These flags are put
there by Quartermaster W. G.
Obear, In compliance wltl- a legis
lative resolution. Two of these
flags were carried by the First
Georgia Regiment, two by the Sec-
ORDINANCE REEFING THEM OFF
STREETS IS INTRODUCED—
HEALTH OFFICER MAKES
TALK TO CITY FATHERS AND
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
*teBWtne?> Ofend regiment and one by the'. Third
ed 878,000 bales, exclusive of TUT- revlment. These are the first Snan-
If you are going to plant garden seed, you
had better hurry.
We have all fresh seeds that you need,’our
stock it guaranteed to be fresh.
OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE OF
GARDEN CITCTIC
FLOWER OE-E.LO
Just call for what you want, you will find
it here.
Peacock-Mash Drug |Co.
Exclusive Optical Dep't.
Phones 105-106
regiment. These are the first Span
ish-Amerlcan flags to take their
place along with Georgia’s battle-
torn banners of the Lost Cause.
Another valuable acquisition that
will Bhortly adorn the walla of the
capltol corridors will be the hand
some painting of the late Howell
Cobb, of Georgia, who was Speaker
of the 31st Congress during the
years 1849-51. This portrait is do
nated to the State by special reso
lution of the United States Con
gress.
Another treasure of the capltol
recently rescued from oblivion, Is
the ancient seal of King George 3rd
which was recently dug out of a
musty cornor of the Secretary of
State’s office. When found, it
looked more like an ancient cake of
butter or bees-wax than anything
else. It was a great round disk an
Inch or more In thickness and pon
derous, with Latin acclalma of God
and the King. This seal was placed
on an act of the General Assembly j
In Colonial times. It bears the
date of 1775.
and 3.913.0S4 tales In 1908. De
partment of Agriculture estimate.!
4,850,000 hales, exclusive of linters.
Virginia: Total production 24,-
385 bales, compared with 29,891
tales in l$ll; 14,815 bales In
1913; 10,096 bales In 1909, and
12,326 bales In 1908. Department
of Agriculture estimated 24,000
bales, exclusive of linters.
All other States: Total produc
tion 16,036 tales, compared with
24,417 bales In 1911; 17,797 bales
In 1910; 5,891 bales In 1909, and
5,439 bales In 1908.
The Census Bureau announced
that the statistics of this report for
1912 are subject to slight correc
tions in the full report to be pub
lished about May 1.
(From Tuesday's Daily.)
The bond election was formally
declared carried last night, at the
meeting of the City Council. Im
mediately after the opening of tho
body, the Managers for each pre
cinct certified to the scaled returns
as filed with the Clerk of the
Council, and they were formally
opened, the returns consolidated
and the result declared. There
were twenty-five votes against and
three forty-four votes for bonds for
schools.
Immediately after this, Alderman
Elder sprung a bomb Into the ranks
of the on-lookere, at least, when he
Introduced an ordinance to shut up
the cows all the year round. This
was the same ordinance which had
been on the books of the city for a
year before the last council held
the reins of government. There
was some discussion ’of the proposi
tion after it was, ordered to
the Ordinance Committee for re
port, and the introducing alderman
demanded that It -be put on its first
reading. He asked for a second
reading but Alderman Hambleton
objected and It was not done.
Reapir City Hall.
Atderman Hambleton asked that
the. Couacll authorize him to have
the roof of tho City Hall repaired.
He stated that there was a part
which needed re-oovertng and other
portions of it were In bad state of
repairs. He was authorized to get
busy and was given the neoessary
authority to ..spend the money to put
it in good shape.
New Water Mainz.
The Mayor then asked that coun-*
cil order at once three thousand
feet of slx-inCh water malne. He
stated that there were several plac
es In the city badly In need of water,
both for use and for fire protec
tion, and that this three thousand
feet would get at least to three sec
tions not now touched by city wa
ter ; He stated hat he had' bids oa
he cost and found that the pipe
could be bought and brought here
for sixteen hundred dollars and
that* the only ot®Sf expense would
be the ditching, which could be
done, by the city hands. This, he
thought, would make a wonderful
Improvement for many people living
In the city. The Council unani
mously voted to buy the pipe and,
at tho same time, to Investigate
other places for similar Improve
ment at once.
Talk on Health Condition;.
At this Juncture, after the council
had exhausted all the regular busi
ness, Dr. Daniels appeared and
stated that lie had requested a talk
on general health conilltlous from
Dr. O'Shea, of Lynn, Mass., and had
asked the Board of Education
come to tho Chamber for tho pur
pose of hearing what he had to Bay,
also. Dr. O'Shea Is at the head ol
the health department of the city o
Lynn, and his remarks were inter
esting In the extreme.
He told of the methods employed
In that ctly to keep milk up to the
standard, both in Itseif and
cleanliness. He discussed at length
on the different phaees of Its pro-
1 Auction and the ease with which it
I is kept clean and healthy for k hll-
Idren. lie pronounced the fly as the
most deadly enemy of health, the
connecting link between health and
disease.
Dr. O'Shea also discussed the In
spection of school children by medi
cal experts of the Health lioara,
and told of the great good that this
phase of health work had done In
making such unhhealty children
well again, and calling attention and
treating defects which, If allowed to
go on, would seriously impair, il
not entirely kill, the vitality and
energy of tho child.
Maor Luke thanked Dr. O'Shea for
his talk and then he proceeded to
give the council one ot the best
health talks that they have ever lis
tened to. He told tlie Council that
FINANCES IRE
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE AND
THE GOVERNOR WILL TAKE
UP MUCH TIME STUDYING
AND PLANNING SITUATION.
NEGRO DROWNS GAME UW WA!
LI
Atlanta, Ga., March 18.—Legisla
tors In Atlanta on business a,~d
looking forward to the summer ses
sion of the assembly, seem to bo
unanimously agreed that tho big
problem facing that body and tha
slaton administration will be one of
finances!
They realize that tue assembly
must either authorize an Issue of
over $3,000,000 in bonds to refund
the bonded indebtedness that be
comes due 1*1 1915, or must provide
for a special tax to retire that in
debtedness. State Treasurer W. J.
Speer is now engaged In preparing
his annual report. This document
will simply 9tate the situation and
will make no recommendations om>
way or the other.
While making -no recomraenda
tions, the treasurer will put the sit
uation squarely up to tho legisla
ture. It will show that th^e bonds,
which will become due in 1915, will
amount to exactly $3,679,000. Of
this total, $287,000 will come due
in May, 1915, and $3,392,090 will
become due in July of that year.
Mr. Speer’s report wilt also show
that collections by the state treas
ury are very poor, and that as a
result of these slow payments, tho
distribution of pension money,
amounting to about $500,000, will
be seriously delayed.
It Js known that Governor-elect
John M. Slaton is already devoting
a large part of his time to a study
of the state's finances, and^iis mes
sage to the Legislature, it is said,
will deal with the financial prob
lems as the most serious that the
State 'will have to confront during
hie administration.
MR. DUREN HAD NARROW ES- j\ THE CASE OP MR. E.
“79
CAPE FROM DEATH TESTER-
DAY—PARTIES OUT SEARCH
IXG FOR ItODY* OF NEGRO.
MISS WOODSONS HOME DINED
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
A telephoned report from tho
northern part of the county
morning stated that Mr Clarence
Duren narrowly escaped death
the Chastain bridge and that a
gro, who was with him was drown
ed. It seems that Mr. Diir r 'n was
driving across the river at that
point and before reaching the
bridge In a pretty swift current, the
mule stumbled Into a deep hole.
Mr. Duren and the negro were both
thrown from the buggy.
Tho current was very swift and
there was an unusually large
amount of water in tho river, be
cause of late freshets. Mr. Duren
escaped from the place, only by
hard efforts and later rescued the
mule which was entangled in trees
and brush some distance from land.
The negro had disappeared. It Is
believed that he fell under tho buggy
and was drowned, the body later
being carried down stream.
This morning a number of men in
that section of the county went to
the river and made an effort to dis
cover the body of the ne<ro. No
report from there was had by 12
o’clock.
Negro Found.
A telephone message from the
home of Mr. Will McMath at two
thirty this afternoon, stated that lu«
negro had been found In the bole,
where the buggy ran over him.
It Is supposed that tho buggy
wheel held him under water ami
caused death. The gentlemen at the
place had to eelne tho hole and
other surrounding places before they
could find the body.
WILKES WHO WAS ACCUSED
OF BRINGING DEER FROM
FLORIDA—SUIT FOR $20,000
AGAINST CHEROKEE SAW
MILL COMPANY.
INQUEST SHOWS
ACCIDENTAL DEATH
(From Wednesday’s D?.ily.)
This afternoon at two o’clock, the
residence of Miss Woodson,
Fletcherville, caught fire and a part
of the roof of the dwelling wae de
stroyed. The alarm was sent In by
Miss Woodson, who discovered tho
flames only after they had spread
to a large portion o! the roof. Tho
fire deimrtment arrived shortly af
ter the call was sent and In the
course of half an hour had the
(lames under control.
The fire caught from a defective
flue in the chimney and spread un
der the roof to the main portion of
the house. It was blazing fiercely
when discovered. Many people
rushed to the scene and before the
lapse of fifteen minutes much of the
furniture in the house was taken
out. The damage Trom fire Itself
confined to the roof, but water
has seriously affected the interior or
iery room in the house.
Miss Woodson and her guests.
.Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mies Fitzger-
ld, ot Danville, Va„ were Jn the
house when the fire was discovered.
To the Negro Henry Dawson Who
Was Drowned While Trying to
Have Mule in the Ochlock-
nee River Tuesday.
(From Thursday’s Daily.)
The Inquest held 'over the body of
Henry Dawson, found In the hole
at tho roadside where he was
drowned Tuesday night, was held
yesterday at Coolldge. The Jury
brought In a verdict of accidental
death from drowning near the
eleven-mile post, on the river road,
and was signed by Messrs. A. D.
Fleetwood, FdVeman, T. C. Smith,
H. S. Dennard, J. O. Newton, H. W.
Owen a7id J. D. Murphy.
The only witness, of course, was
Mr. Clarence Duren, and he stated
that the mule stepped into the holo
which had been washed at the
river and a road made around It.
He held the mule but the animal
slipped into the hole, the negro
first having Jumped from the buggy
to try and hold him. When the
buggy was going into the hole, Mr.
Duren jumped, but was run over by
the buggy, and when he next remem-
hers was on the bank, spitting up
water.
» then stated that be heard
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
The City Court has been busy !
day as usual. Yesterday afternoon
.Mr. E. E. Wilkes, of Meigs, wan
found not guilty of a misdemeanor,
a case having been made against
him for bringing deer from Flori
da into Georgia, that being against
the game laws of this state. The
witnesses were vague and not at all
certain in their testimony, and the
jury promptly found him not guilty*
The prosecution was caused by
publicity which was given the inci
dent after he had passed through
Thomasville in his car. A large
crowd collected .about him as he
stopped in front of Watt’s store for
short time. It was reported by '
several of the gentlemen in the
crowd to a Times-Enterprise repor
ter that he had two deer In tho
auto. The following item appeared
on the afternoon of December 26th.
1912, in the Times-Enterprise as a
result of that stop in Thomasville:
Mr. E. E. Wilkes passed through
tho city today, en route from Pin-
hook, and brought back with him
two deer and three wild turkeys, j
bagged during his stay at that Hap
py hunting ground.”
It was at that time known by but ,
few that bringing deer from Florida j
was againsf the law.
The witnesses didn’t have the
best of memories while they were on
the stand and none could establish
the date he passed through here.
Mr. Titus, acting as Prosecutor
Protem., had charge of the state's
case and several attorneys defend
ed Mr. Wilkes. The verdict was
generally approved, as nobody de
sired to see him punishd for this
sort of thing, - - ^?
Hnridon Vs. Cherokee Saw Mill Oa
ihe case of W. S. Haddoa against
the Cherokee Saw Mill Company,
suit for twenty thousand dollars
damages for an Injury received last
fall, which broke hit hip, was start
ed this morning and continued un
til afternoon, when the cate went
to the jury. Mr. Luke represented
the defendant and Mr. Titua the
plaintiff in the case.
The court will doubtless be in
session tomorrow and Friday in the
disposition of civil cases.
struggle In the water, some dl*.
tance down stream and went there.
found the mule tangled in the un
derbrush and trees. He had flret
thought that it was the negro. The
mule led him to land and he then
tried to ?et help to search for the
negro. He was found in the hole
Into which the mule stepped, yes
terday at twelve o’clock. The negro
was drowned while trying to save
the mule.
Tiio negro, Henry Dawson, was
well and favorably known in
Thomasville and had many friends
among the white people, who regret
hIs untimely end. He had secured
employment with a Thomasville
groceryman and was to have begun
a this work there within a short time.
it was his intention to draft an or- tomorrow
nance which would force tne people
of the city to either connect with
sewers or have their surface clos
ets sanitary and fly-proof, and fur
ther that he was going to see that
it was done, because of the absolute
need for the health of the city. He
was very earnest and forceful in his
remarks, and showed that he had
been studying the proposition an*’
was ready to make a move toward
a cleaner, healthier town.
The body then adjourned. The
minutes, because of the delay i
certain matters, could '.tot be fur
nlghed the Timee-Enterprise until
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