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VOL. 1. No. 41.
THOMAS YTLLE GEORGIA. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1013.
TI DROWNED SUNDAY 1 FAIR MEETING IMCDOUSAED
DIVER ON JUNE 14TH. ANSWERS BACK
ROTH YOUNG MEN AND ONE AC. Springs. The river was very swift
CIDENT OCCURRED AT JONES and Mr. Hawthorne and Mr. Mc-
JiltlDGE AND THE OTHER AT Ginnls Anally decided to ewlm down
MILLER’S SPRINGS — RIVER the stream to the sand dredge. Mr.
WAY Ul* AND SWIFT. , Hawthorne was ahead about twenty
i Ove-yards and when they had got-
Tw r o young men were drowned ten more than half way he heard
yesterday In the Oehlocknee river. .\[ ri McGinnis say, "Come here." He
and up to two o’clock this after-. looked back and saw him apparent-
noon neither, of the bodies had been , j y i nert in the water and he hol-
rccovered. The young men were i 0 red again.
William E. Sarrett, sixteen years of Mr. Hawthorne was ahead of him
age. and Ed. McGinnis, aged twen- some distance, which made It ahso-
ty-two. lutely Impossible to get to Mr. Mc-
The Sarrett boy was drowned at Ginnls, so he yelled to the boys up
Jones Bridge, beyond the sand bar. stream to get the boat and go
where so many delightful outings down. The key was not In tho lock
have been had by Thomasvllle peo- on d it took some time to get It
pie. The river yesterday was tin- f ree . By that time, Mr. Hawthorne
uetially high a -d Ailed with yellow, had swum to the bank and ran
muddy water from the hills further back up stream to the place
north was running very swiftly. Mr. where he saw Mr. McGinnis go
J. A. Sarrett, his son, William E. down. He swam off and dived down
Sarrett, Mr. L'eonard Gay. Mr. Al- i for the body. The current was so
fred Conolly and Mr. J. M. Richards swift that he was unable to find It,
ywent down there from the Pittman although he made six attempts until
Place, across the rive? where Mr. he was entirely exhausted. _ Those
Sarrett lives, yesterday morning to around sent an alarm and an effort!
go In bathing. was made to get the body from the
The young boy could not swim, bottom of the river. A pole heavily!
and his brother-in-law, Mr. Rich-j weighted was let down and probed ^
arts, was teaching him how. The aroun d, but the water was so swift |
boy feot over his head in the deep[ that it was Impossible to hold it I
place just around the curve from against the water,
the picnic sand-bar beyond the i The rlver ,„ r „ „ hort distance was
bridge, but Mr. Richards managed! searc hed and nets stretched across
to get him to where he could stand u further „ own |n order t0 t . atch
up. He was about exhausted and ;the body )f , t floated dowa . It
told the boy to stay there on the sllspected . hat the body was wa3hed I
sand, the water being more shallow (oward the banl5 and probab , y lodg .
there. The boy, also exhausted and pd among some bushes w hlch were!
frightened, took another step, pro- seen at the pIace where the Inan I
sumably to get further on the sandi went down la3t j
Mr. McGinnis Is from Cummings, i
for The purpose of getting
OUT PREMIUM LIST AND FOR
MULATING PLANS FOR THE
SIXTH THOMAS COUNTY PAIR.
Saturday. June 14th, the Farmers
Fair Association, all members and
directors and others Interested, are
requested to meet at the Court
House at 11 o’clock. The meeting
Is called by President U. R. Chas
tain and S. L. Heald, the Secretary,
and is done for the purpose of mak
ing deAnite arrangements for the
sixth annual fair this Fall.
t*irr P ——
DISCUSSING THE ARTICLE OF
DR. LITTLE WITH REFER
ENCE TO HOARD OF HEALTH
ACTIVITIES iAND POLITICS.
KINDNESS GOT
II
BEEN LOBBYING
OF MURDER FROM A MAN WHO i CHARGES OF SENATOR TOWN.
WAS DRUNK i:
JAIL—SAID A
OUT FOR HIM.
! A KENTUCKY!
REWARD WAS!
The Times-Enterprlse Is request
ed to publish the following com
munication from Alderman Mc-
Winchester, Ky., June 7.—Shade
McIntosh last night confessed to
SEND THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS BEEN AT IT HIMSELF,
WONT HE TAKEN IT.
Washington, June 7.—The Sena-
lors on the lobby investigating com-
Jailor Mullin that he was wanted | mittee were of the opinion today
for the murder of Robert Murphy, | that Senator Townsend's sensational
Dougald, referring to the health ar-’at Heldleburg, Ky., and that the re- charge last night that President
tide which was read by Dr. Little,
at the State Medical Association
meeting and commented on quite
fr^iy by many Doctors attending
that session. The reference to the
It Is important that every one 1 wh y g wherefores of the pub-
who can attend that meeting for
on the attendance and enthusiasm
shown at that time will rest the
success of the Institution. The
fairs are always well patronized and
worth the time and money which It
takes to get them up and the people
of the county all want one this 3 ear
again.
NDIANS PLAY
IN NEW YORK PLAYGROUND FOR
HENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN
OF THE TENEMENT.!, FOR
SEVERAL DAYS.
New York. June 9.—One hundred
but stepped the wrong way and; Mr . McGlnnls „ from Cummings,i“" d "'1°“ ^
went down into deep water, head 0iorg|B> and ba9 been , Q the dty «“■ *'> vlylfy Longfellow s ver-
nrst. His body was not seen again. {or about „ x maath3t , n the employ 1 8 " °f ‘ h ,° ,am ° us , IeBOnd ’' Hia-
Desperate efforts were made by! the Ward Realty Company. He! t *' lce dalIy ’ from t0day “"'I 1 8llnl1 tr >’ and give you a correct
lication of the article rests entirely
with the editor of The Times-Enter-
prise. We saw it in the Medical
Journal one day last week and
printed It the next day as an Inter
esting item and one that concerned
Thomasvllle, just as we do any other
articles of that character. Dr. Lit
tle didn’t have anything to do with
publishing It, nor was he trying
to raise a fuss. The other com
ments of a personal nature In Mr.
McDougald’s article are, of course,
his side of the matter.
The article follows:
Thomasvllle, Ga., June 7, 1913.
Mr. Ed. Jerger, Editor,
Times-Enterprlse, City.
Dear Sir: Please do me the
courtesy of publishing this open let
ter to Dr. A. D. Little.
A. D. Little,
City.
Dear Sir: : In defense of myself,
as an alderman, and In behalf of
ex-Mayor MacIntyre, and Aldermen
Smith and Parker, (and 'Alderman
Hambleton), I offer the following
reasons why health conditions in
owns of South Georgia, are rotten,
those gentlemen to recover the body j
Is a son of Mr. W. W. McGinnis, of
til July 9, Ri the woods and fields
picture, "without garnishing it with
and many others joined them a» jc um mings, and about twenty-two' near VanCortl,indt i Park ; un<Icr tho scientific phrases.”
soon as the news of the accident
years of age. His father was noti-
had spread. Poles, nets, dynamite • fied o{ the occurrance aad arran3e .
and other paraphernalia wef e (I)l ents have been made to have the
brought out and the river searched ; body sblp| , cd homei if u , g recov .
for about half a mile. Mr. Carl-•' ere( j.
ton Hunley dove down deep into the • Other Reports,
hole and found the body, sometime, xher(! were othpr reports thaf
af’er It happened, but h? was unn- drownlngg had 0CPllrrPd> one at
hie to bring it to the top. When he Chastain’s bridge and that two
went down again he could no*, lo
cate it.
The death of this 3’oung boy
‘direction of *the Woman’s Municipal
League, for the benefit of the Tene
ment Improvement, Play Grounds,
and Education Movements.
The Indian actors include a
squaw, who Is ninety years old, and
this squaw will portray the famous
character of Nakomis, Hiawatha’s
grandmother.
3’oung
causes sorrow throughout the coun * I dation
ty. ii e was a splendid young fel-
low. a member of tho Barnett’s
Crook Methodist church and very
popular with all who know him. Ho
was just sixteen years of ago
follows within three months
•‘••nth of bis brother. Samuel,
wore drowned while divii? for
other two mentioned. Those
reports have proven without foun-
agree with you that usually
they elect tho City Physician with
out regard io his qualifications but
solely on his politics.
To substantiate this will cite you
to the time when you were last
elected in 1912. Your predecessor,
Dr. Taylor, advocated screening all
stores and .stables and had what
ward of two hundred and fifty dol- Wilson himself virtually had been
lars for his capture would be Mul- j lobbying for the tarifT bill, wouldn’t
lin’s for the asking. . | be taken up by the investigators un-
McIntosh confessed to the jailor, I less some specific charges
he said, because the latter treated, male.
PEACE AAAY
BE
WHILE KING GEORGE ENTER.
TAINS SIGNERS OF TREATY,
THE SITUATION IN TURKEY 18
THREATENING. „ „ , . „
London, Jure 7.—King George
entertained the peace delegation of
the Balkan Allies and Turkey at a
heon in Buckingham Palace
today, to celebrate the signing of
tho peace treaty.
While peace Is being celebrated
here, the situation In the Near East
were Is said to be threatening Re
ports from Constantinople, which
him kindly when he was arrested for I The Investigators recessed today, j are still lacking confirmation, state
drunkenness. I preparing for next week’s work, I that the European Powers have de-
: I which will Include the examination ! elded to demand the demobilization
■in mini/ mrn ir nnniinnr ,of the mc ' n * h0 ‘ ,c n, ' imes •»«•*•-| of thn T " rkish and Balkan armies
(WHi HALUl UIlU 111 ljUULIUbli tioned in ,he Senators ’ testimony as to secure peace. It is believed that
j representing the special interests Russian initiated this action.
„ "7 | here. | The position of the Servian cabl-
I*roniinent . <rc ant of n jr President, Not Disturbed by I net is reported unsafe, but no reslg-
Called by Death Yesterday , ToKn3e „,l’ s Charges. I nations have been announced.
Afternoon. j Ti, e white House officials today 1 —- - • ■——
appeared undisturbed by Senator
Friends thrughout Thomas county j Townsend's charges against Presi-!|
will regret to learn of the death of ; dent Wilson. It is stated President
Mr. J. L. Baldy, at Coolidge, at two! Wilson will not take the stand to
o’clock yestarday afternoon. He answer Senator Townsend's accusa-
had been ill but a short time with tions unless a specific charge is
phoid pheumonia, when death made ngainst him.
claimed him. The funeral services l The ofilcials declared that Prosi-
ere conducted at Moultrie today, dent Wilson is confident that the
the body being taken up on the people will take tho position that
morning train. jhe was representing them in Wash-
Baldy was well known fn ington and therefore had a rlsrht to
Thomas, Grady and Colquitt coun- use all of his influence to further
ties, and he was popular with a legislation which the Democratic
large circle of friends. Ills death ' platform promised,
will be learned with sincere regret; An emphatic denial has been made
OFF GEORGIA
MFNSON LINK BOAT # t’SED THE
WIRELESS, STATING THERE
WAS EIRE IN THE HOLD—HAS
A Nl'MRER OF PASSENGERS
AND IS MAKING FOR SOME
PORT.
and sorrow. He has a number of j that the patronage club has been
relatives and friends in
•ville.
1 r
Thomas- j wielded to keep the Senators
j I in
120,000 FIRE III MAM
! The Democratic members o f the
Lobby investigating committee take
j the position that it is up to the Pe-
! publicans to pursue their inquiries
jof whether President Wilson has
Drug, Millinery and Dry Goods used undue Influence with the
Store Burned Last Night—Fire i Democratic Senators. They insist
Made Rapid Headway. that the statements by Senators
... - |Townsend, Weeks and Warren
The town of Whigham suffered a : general in their character,
severe firo last night, in which three ! Senators Cummins said he intend:
stores were consumed. Tho fire to insist that President Wilson fur-
broke out in the Harrell Drug nish somo facts or information upon
Company’s stores and spread to the which he based his charges of “in-
total twenty thousand dollars, in- Wn«hini'ton, Juno 7. Tim Distal-
eluding the buildings, all of which laUoii of a telephone in the Pn-i-
New York, June 9.—No further
advices had been received here this
morning, regarding the steamer
Olinda, of the Munson Line, which
was reported afire, presumably oH
the Georgia coast.
The officials of the steamship line
have received two cables, and aer-
eral wireless messages from th*
Olinda, stating that the fire was
~‘ o ’, confined to number one hold, and
that the vessel was making for port.
The Olinda had a number of pas
sengers. 9
tuners to Rescue of the
Olinda.
S. June 9.—Ad-
• d here today state that
ship Olinda, with fire in
holds, is in convoy of the
s .Wish'.ilk* and Curity-
j’.'H that if will probably
Peacock=Mash
Drug Company,
PHONES 105-106.
idy who took three bi-chlor
ide of mercury tablets still lives
and her condition Is Improving.
Mrs. Kin? today was apparently
better than at any time since her
attempt at suicide. 3he ate dinner
which included as one of the deli
cacies, fresh okra. Her kidney* a re
in better shape than was expected,
but her stomach is of course in bad
shape as a result of the severe
burning which it received from the
poison.
Just what the termination of the
case will be Is not surmised or pre
dicted by the attending physician.
Even if ehe lives, for some time It
will not be for long because of the
severe injury to her stomach.
It-: Dtccmber. Why, 1 d> not
know. Ignorance of who they w.-r *
\oti:ig for 1 am certain, but not ig
norance of what lie stood for a.id
against.
Now, Doctor, you have seen fit t >
classify mo and tho others with
selling out for votes. (The Golden
Rule is better and would prescribe
same for you and myself. No
charges.) But I am not going to
mee the Golden Rule but “mete as
it was meted.’’
Why did you accept the position
as City Physician under a council as
ignorant, and guilty, as this one,
and keep^ mum for twenty-four
months on a subject so vital, that
the medical colleges must be en
lightened? 1^ I was a member of
IT, I would have you impeached,
believing as you ’do, how could you
accept the $25.30 the month and
to t«*ar up another,
that you wore ex|x*rl
illimage suit here, for
and testified that
brother doctor did not treat a case
right, was the reason why no dam
age was done by same. .Now, in
my opinion, this doctor is amon?
the best surgeons and physicians
in Georgia.
But this may be due to the ignor
ance of Alderman—
ARDIS McDOUGALD.
P. 3. If you want your stufT dis
infected and sterilized, "put it out;
in the dew—or rain.”—A. M.