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SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES ENTERPRISE, Tt'ESDAT, Al'OUST 12, 1013.
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IDE TIMES - ENTERPRISE
MEIGS AND THK NEW COUNTY.
EDITION.
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ter prise Company, ThemastU'e, Qm,
B. K. JERGKU Editor.
W. D. HARGRAVE . . ,.Bus. Mgr.
Entered at the Thomasrille Pest
OflSce for Traosmieeion Through the
Mills as Second Class Mali Matter.
Subscription Rates:
One Year $1.00
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The solution of the state’s real
problems by the Legislature do not
come to expectations by any means.
Chicago is to have r» new hotel,
which will contain eleven hundred
rooms and the ground on which it
is to be built costs six millions.
The Waycross Herald is of the
opinion that the best policy for Mexi
co at this time is an insurance poli
cy. Fire, of course.
Corporations don't favor the plan
to increase the occupation tax in
Georgia. Can’t much blame them,
for it takes from their revenue hut
not to any great extent.
The people of Grady County seem
to ha e quieted down since the hor-
*r»bie tragedy of a few days ago, and
it is hoped that all of the would-be
victims of the negro’s axe will sur
vive.
Here is one of the latest; we are
sorry we cannot give the name of the
author, hut here It is:
Mary had a little calf and it was
fat and fit;
And everywhere that Mary went,
It was seen through the slit.
*—Brunswick News.
Two distinguished men of Alabama
died Friday of {bis week. Senator
Johnston passed away after a short
illness, in Washington, and Major
Screws, editor of the Montgomery
Advertiser, and one of the most
prominent men of the state, died
suddenly of acute indigestion. The
Fourth Estate will feel keenly the
passing of one of its most distin
guished and serviceable men.
The citizens of the Meigs district
in Thomas county are united in de
claring that they would Infinitely
rather remain as a part of Thomas
county than to be incorporated in
the new county of Hansell, with Pel-
ha ui as the county site. This is the
result cl a mass meeting of promi
nent men held in that district last
week. '
Thomasville, and in fact every
portion of Thomas county, including
tlie Othiocknee and Ellabelle dis
tricts, which were affected by the
Meigs Hansell county movement,
opposed the plan from the first. Tiie
people oi the county did not desire
to lose any more territory, not even
to gratify the ambitions of Meigs to
become a county site. They were
honest in the opinion and open and
frank i:i their attempts to head off
the movement. j
The wind has shifted, however,
and the shoe is now on * the other
loot. Meigs is opposing the new
county as consistently and as fierce-
ly as they formerly advocated it.
It all results from the position in
which they are placed, and proves
beyond a doubt that the only desire
for a new county was for the co i-
venienee and profit of the Meigs dis
trict. We predicted that this would
happen when the matter was first
brought up.
Tho.nas County, however, is ready
and willing to stand by the people
of Meigs in their attempt to defeat
the new county movement. We
Ftill want them as much as ever and
it will not be from any failure of
the mother county, to work against
Pelham and Hansell county, that will
aid in its adoption. We are opposed
to the new county, have been nil
the time, and will be until there are
some more decided reasons for it3
establishment.
The people of Meigs can confi
dently count on the aid of the whole
county in their efforts to keep
out of the hot water into which
they have precipitated themselves.
BIRDS OX TIIE FARM.
The Department of Agriculture at
Washington has Issued a very valua
ble Farmers’ Bulletin, entitled “Fif
ty Common Birds of Farm and Or
chard,” which ought to go into every
farm House in the country.’ Accur
ate picture* in natural colors are
made ot each bird «o that they will
be easily recognized. The feed
habits of these birds are given, and
the study of the naturalists shows
that they are the farmers’ greatest
friends—even the crow, the owl and
the hawk, which will be a surprise
to many.
Entomologists nave estimated that
insects yearly cause the loss of up
wards of $700,000,000 to agricul
tural interests in the United States
and that the loss would be very
much greater if it were not for the
birds. In fact, successful agricul
ture would be impossible without the
aid of the birds.
The crow is mischievious in the
•spring, to be sure, but be eats many
inse<ts. white grubs, cut worms a id
mire, and he is regarded as more
helpful than harm:' :I. .So also owls
and hawks destroy vast quantities
of insects and harmful rodents.
Birds do not live long, but they
live fast. They breathe rapidly and
have a high temperature and a
rapid circulation. Therefore, a large
quantity of food ip necessary; in
fact, they devote most of their wak
ing hours to feeding, being able to
move quickly from place to place
where food abounds.
In the stomach of one hawk was
found one hundred grasshoppers,
which represented one meal.
In s the retreat of a pair of barn
owls have been found three thou
sand skulls, ninety-seven pet cent
of which were of mammals, the bulk
of which were field mice, house mice
and common rats.
A tree swallow’s stomach wai
found to contain forty entire chinch
hugs and fragments of many others,
besides ten other species of insects.
A swallow in Texas devoured
sixty-eight cotton boll weevils, one
of the worst insect pests that ever
invaded the United States; and thir
ty-five swallows have taken an aver
age of eighteen weevils each.
A kildee’s stomach taken In No
vember in Texas contained over three
hundred mosquito larvae.
A flicker’s (yellow-hammer) stom
ach held twenty-eight white grubs.
A night-hawk’s (bull-bat) stomach
collected in Kentucky contdined
thirteen May beetles, ti\e adult form
of white grubs. Another night hawk
froirf New York had eaten sevency
five ants. 3tUl another nighthawk
had eateu three hundred and forty
grass-hoppers, fifty-two bugs, three
beetles, two wasps and a spider.
A boat-tailed grackle from Texas
had eaten at one meal about one
hundred cotton boll worms, besides
a few other insects.
A ring-tailed pheasant’* crop from
Washington contained eight thou
sand seeds of chickweed and a dan
delion head.
More than seventy-two thousand
seeds have been found in a single
duck’s stomach taken in Louisiana
in February.
This is a very valuable little pub
lication, and ought to have the wid
est circulation and study.-—Ex.
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
The Old Standard general atrengtheninz tonic
c; HOVE'S TASTKI.KSS chill TONIC, drives on
Malaria and builds up the system. Atruetoni.
and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. 50c
adv.
ALU GOAL TO BE TRIED
On U. S. Cruiser and if Found Cowl,
Will Sore the Government Much
Money Knch Year.
Washington, Aug. 8.—An actual
test of Alaskan coal will be made In
a few days 0:1 the armored cruiser,
‘Maryland." according to a state
ment issued today by the Xavy De
partment.
Hf the Alaskan coal possesses
a steaming quality sufficient for use
in the Navy, it will save hundreds
of thousands of dollars annually
for this government.
At the present time, all the coal
used by the battleships on the Pacitic
Coant has been transferred around
Cape Horn from Norfolk, Va.
BUNN-BELL INSTITUTE
Waycross, Ga.
This school with an «ole faculty of eleven experienced teach
ers offers the young people of this section the very best of good
training at a very moderate c ost. The school Is finely located,
and well equipped. Thoroug h courses are offered In piano and
vocal music, violin, expresslo n and art. Courses in book-lreep-
Ing. penmanship, tvpewrtttn t and stenography equal to tb« bes.
in the State. We offer a sp eclal—
One Year Normal Course
for teachers, and those Prap arlng to teach. livery young per
son expecting to teach sboul d take this special training. Posi
tions are secured for our graduates without charge. Write for
our catalogue, and full Information concerning any course In
which you may be Interested. Do not d lay writing. Write today—
RIGHT NOW', while you think of It. Address:
PRESIDENT W. 8. PETERSON Waycross Ga,
Money Loaned
TELEPHONE MUST Till OUT
Campfire Girls Go to rump.
A party of Campfire girls,
twelve strong, chaperoned by Mrs.
Scott Hunter, will leave Thomas
ville on Wednesday morning, the
thirteenth, for a camping trip of a
few weeks to North Carolina. They
will go in a special car over the At
lantic Coast Line, via Albany, leav
ing here at 9:30 A. M., and expect
to arrive at Hendersonville, N. C., in
time for breakfast the next morn
ing.
They will go In camp near Bat’s
Cave, a well Known camping ground
in one of the most delightful sec
tions cf Western North Carolina,
sixteen miles from Hendersonville,
There are other parties camping
tJiere, which will render it all the
more enjoyable. They will be gone
several weeks and will no doubt
have the time of their young lives in
the beautiful “Land of the-Sky.”
Among the members of hhe Camp
fire Girls to take this trip will be
Misses Mabel Evans, Ethel Evans.
Blanche McDonald. Katherine Bal
four. Rose Evans, Carmen Evans,
Georgia McKay. Florence Vaughn.
Mary Patterson, Isabel Peacock, Hat
tie Brandon. Mrs. .1. Scott Hunter.
Guardian. Rev. and Mrs. S. L. Mc
Carty and familv will accompany
the party as far as Hendersonville,
going from there to Alexanders for
several weeks.
Washington, Aug. 8.—The Inter
state Commerce Commission today
ordered all common carrier tele
phone companies to furnish, by Oc
tober first, a detailed statement of
, their organization, equipment, physi
cal and financial operations.
This Is the first order of its kind is
sued by the Commission since the
beginnfng of the telephone investi
gation.
FARM LOANS PROMPTLY MADE
At i% interest, payable annually. The borrower has the
priKJlep© of paying part orall 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
•U written irquiries.
W. M. BRYAN,
OFFICE OVER l-OST OFFICE, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
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MALLARY MACHINERY CO.,Mac.a.Ga. *
The Misses Bottoms Entertain For
Visitors.
For their guesT, Miss Louise Tuten,
of .lesup, Misses Louise and Gladys
Bottoms entertained on Thursday
afternoon with a very delightful
porch party.
Potted plants were grouped effec
tively on the porch and cut flowers
were arranged on the tables’in vases
and bowls.
There were seven tables of those
playing the game of heart dice,
which was much enjoyed. i
A delicious ice course was.served j
afterwards.
Among the guests present were
Misses Louise Tuten, Alva Balfour,
j Carmen Evans, Ethel Evans, Ethel
Spence, Marion Spence, Florence
Pringle, Florence Ellis, of Dothan,
Ala., Louise Grantham, Martha
White, May Taylor, Helen Baker,
Mary Ferguson, Sarah Amason, Hat
tie Brandon, Emily Andrews, Lou
ise Shelfer, Evelyn Shelfer, Nell
Patten, Marshall Ramsey, of Lees
burg, Sarah Peacock, Janie Bet
Tharpe, Marion Wakefield, of Apn-
lachicoln, Woodie Oriffen, of Lou-
verne, Ala., Louise Bottoms, Mamie
Bottoms, Gladys Boottms.
Mesdames Vallie Hawthorn, J. T.
Culpepper, Jr., J. B. Harris, W. R.
Harris, Claude Smith.
HARRY STEYERMAN’S
Annnal Mid-Summer Sale
Here are the goods that you need! Here are the prices that will save you money.
Here 3s the Sale You’ve Been Waiting For.===
Ladies Lingerie, Linen and Lawn
Dresses—Prices Cut Exactly
in Half!
Percale House Dresses. $1.30
quality, now
Bla< k and White Striped
Voile. :M in. wide
quality, now
xtra l ine Texture VOILE, in tan,
Brown and navy; silk striped.
"<• quality, now 18c
Very Sheer and Pretty Cotton
TISSUE. Stripes and
Plaids.
quality, now
18c
Figured FLAX OX, in a number of
I Yet t y Patterns. Looks Like
Printed Linen Lawn.
1 9c quality, now L‘L f
Ladies Silk Shirts and Shirt
Waists.
$3.00 quality, in Tan, Blue,
Green and Lavender striped
wash silk. Sale price #1.1*8
$4.30 quality. Black and
white wash silks. Sale price.£1.50
$3.00 quality; fine quality Tan
Pengee. Sale price £1.80
White Wash Chiffon and French
Ioanns.
19c, 23c, 33c and 39c qualities
now.... l-lc. 18c, 25c and ;M>c
Imported White Pique
with black and blue stripes.
A beautifully finished ma
terial. Regular price, 50c.
St!a price /. 20c
Not a sale of Left-overs, unsale
able at regular prices;
Not a sale of odds and ends picked hete and
there from our big Mock, but a sa|e that includ
es every yard and piece of white and wash gccds
every piece of summer ready-to-wear, every jjair
of summer shoes.
In fact a sale of fresh, clean, desirable sum
mer merchandise of genuine worth, at prices
you’ll find unmatchable at any place else.
EVERY ITEM A BONA-FIDE
BARGAIN.
Tan Button Ox lord*., Patent
I.eatli-
ei\ Gnn-Motal and Tan Pumps.
English or Cuban Heels, welt
.soles. $3.50 quality, now* * .
.*3.23
Infants Sundals
Whit-*, Tan, Pink and Blue.
,1 Sixes 3 and 4. 50c quality,
now
•»v-
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Misses Pumps
All leathers.. $2.30 quality,
•now
Patent Leather and Giin-lfetal
Pump*.
Medium Soles, Cuban Heels.
$2.00 quality, -now
KIRO CORSETS
Broken Size* in n Few Models Which
We Wish to Discontinue
$2.50 Models, for $1.25
$3.50 Models for $1.75
Patent Leather, Gun-Metal, Tan Calf
and White Canvas Pumps.
High or low heels, with or
without strain, welt or turn
soles, $3.00 quality now'...$2.00
Misses White Canvas Pumps
Oxfords "ami Pump*
atent Leather, Cun-Metal
and Kid. $1.50 to $3.00
quality, sale prive 75c
Prices Cut Extraordinarily Deep
in Women’s, Misses and Child
ren’s Oxfords and Pumps.
. Lack of space compels us to quote but few
prices here, but big reductions are made in the
price of every Summer shoe in our unusually
complete stock.
During this sale no shoes will be
sent out on approval.
Infants Tan Sandals
r5c quality, now* Oilc
Gun-Metal and Patent Leather
Pumps.
Removable straps; low, med
ium or high heels $2.50
quality, now $1.75
Children'* Tan Barefoot Sandals.
All the same good quality ^priced
accordin gto size:
$1.50 *Izes, now $1.10
$1.25 sizes, now..,.; 08
$1.00 sizes, now 80
MEN’S SOISKTTK NEGLIGEE
SHIRTS.
Tun and Light Blue.
.00 quality, now 50c
(Sizes 14 and 14^ only.)
White Wash SkirtN, of Linen, Littcne,
Pique, Itatynete anti W ide-Wide
Bedford Coni
$1.50 quality now $ .75
l.oo quality, now 1,00
2.50 quality, now 1.25
3.00 quality, now.... 1.50
3.50 quality, now 1.75
Silk Marquisette
A few pieces Li tne following
shades: Navy, tan, pink,
old rose and lavender; were
75 cents; now ,qoc
All-Silk Figured Foulards
75c quality now* 48c
$1.00 quality, now 75c
Yard-Wide White Taffeta
$1.50 quality, now' 75c
iou auu n Li a nn\A
BROtO STREET HARRY
One Lot Figured Silk, and Dining
Taffetas
Prices were from 50c to ?5c
per yard. Sale price, now..22Me
Fine White Persian Lawn
25c, 29c, and 25c quality,
now 13c, 17o and 10c.
Solid Colored Organdies
10c quality Figured Lawn,
now ,0e
15c qvallty plain white Mad
ras-sale price .. ., ,. . j .. 10c
25c quality, now *, lie
i Hntynettc,
In white, tan, light bl;ie and
amethyat, 25c quality, for... 10c
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