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M * * Jl Jt * * * * J« * J* Official Organ Thomas County itncs-cnterpnsc SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION Why Wait? Send in Your Subscription NOW. ************ 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.