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VOL. I. Xo. 70.
THOMASVILLEJ, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1013.
*1.00 PER ANNUM.
REAGAN GETS
FROM THE STANDARD OIL COM-
PANY—KENNEDY SUING THE
A., B. & A. FOR FIFTEEN THOU-
SAND IN CITY COURT.
AND PUMPED FULL OF BIRD
SHOT—NEGRO DOES NOT KNOW
THE NAME OF HIS ENEMY.
A neK'o was am’jtfshel and shot
last lilglit near the mill of Mr
N POUNDS OF FISR
TAKEN FROM ONE SMALL POND
YESTERDAY — THREE THOU
SAND PRESENT AT DAM OUT-
TING NEAR PAVO.
The city Court of Thomasvllle. Homer Williams, out from town,
yesterday afternoon awarjed Mr. j He states that he was stopped
«. W. Reagan, of Ochlocknee a ver-! front of the mill and shot by a ne-
dlct of ten thousand dollars for dam-lgro. His wounds were given medl-
■ages. jcal attention at the City Hospital
The case was Drought because of j where he was taken as soon as the
the death of Mrs. Reagan, tho plain- police learned of the accldont.
tiff charging that the Standard Oil The identity of the assailant is a
Company Bold gasoline for kerosene,
which resulted In her death, the ex
plosion occurred as she poured the
explosive stuff Into her stove. The
verdict Is for just half of the amount
of the suit. The matter will In all
probability be taken to the Court
of Appeals.
Kennedy Suit 'loony.
The suit of C. J. Kennedy versus
the A. B. & A., was started this
morning ' and continued through
the afternoon session, the arguments
starting about twelve o'clock.
The suit Is for fifteen thousand
damages. Mr. Kennedy claims that
he stepped from an A. B. & A. train
on a dark night, at ten o’clock, near
Coolidge, the porter having previous
ly honored, "Coolidge next stop.”
He stepped onto a trestle and thence
to the ground, fifteen feet down, sus
taining Injuries for which be asks
damages. Messrs. Titus and Luke
represent the plaintiff and Messrs.
Stiles Hopkins of Atlanta, and J. H.
Merrill of this city the railroad.
JifiE FOSTER
WILL PRESIDE
AT THE FALL TERM OF THE U. S-
DISTRICT COURT IN PLACE OF
JUDGE EMORY SPEER.
matter which the police hope to es
tablish In a slioft time. They have
been working on the case for several
(hours this morning.
The negro, Ed. Taliaferro, says
that last night, with two smaller
negroes he was coming to town,
when suddenly a man appeared
the road and.demanded that they
give up their money. An three de
clined with thanks, because they
were short of change. The bandit
then demanded that they take
their clothes as he had to have
something for hie trouble. Title also
the negroes declined to do, because
they were en route to visit In town.
The next they knew, Ed. was shot
fn the side, the shot-gun used being
fired at close range and severely
wounded him In the right side. He
stated today that he did not know
the negro who stopped them. His
wounds will not prove fatal, al
though a big wad of shot tore a big
hole near the waist.
THAW PLAYS
FOR CROWD
JUBILANT OVER 1IEFEAT OF JE
ROME, HE CELEBRATES WITH
RAG-TIME ON THE PIANO —
WILL GO TO CONCORD TODAY.
Ten thousand pounds ot tlsh were
caught yestorday from the Adams
fish pond, near Pavo. This pond,
some seven hundred acres In area,
was advertised throughout this sec
tion for fishermen for three days. A
part of the dam has been cut and the
water was allowed to run off. Fully
three thousand people were present
and many hundred went Into the
pond to fish, using nets, seines, gigs
and any and all dther kinds of para
phernalia for the purpose of getting
the fish.
Everybody had a good string.
Trout, bream, suckers, Jack and other
.fish were caught in abundance,.and
hundreds of camp fires were built
and parties from various places
cooked and ate their fleh on the
ground. There were people pres
ent from every town In this section
of the state, as far east as Valdosta,
north to Tlfton and west to Albany.
Some Thomasvllle -people were also
on the ground and participated In the
great sport.
The fishing privileges were sold
for one dollar and are to last for
three days. It Is estimated that as
many more pounds of fish will he
pulled out during today and tomor-
The sight was one which has
rarely been equalled In this section
of the State.
LECONTE GIVEN
Sim YEARS
TRIAL HELD
MOUSING 1IKFOKE JUDGE
1'AllK OF ALBANY CIRCUIT—
SENTENCED ON FOUR COUNTS.
Macon. Ga., Sept. 17.—(Spe
cial.)—Eil. LeConte, the negro
who murderously assaulted the
Hodiford family, in Grady county
several weeks ago, pleaded
guilty l>efore Judge Frank Dark,
of the Albany Circuit, in Macon
today, to two charges of assault
with intent to rn|>e and two |
charges of assault and battery.
In the first two cases, he was
given a sentence of twenty
years eaoli, and in the second
two cases, ten years each, mak
ing a total of - sixty years in
the penitentiary.
Two otfier charges, in which
he is charged with assault with
intent to murder, were held up,
to see whether Mr. and Mrs.
Hodiford would recover.
MACON THIS | Mk . j. WILLIS MOORE MAKES PUBLISHED RUMOR TO THAT EF
MERGER DENIES FALL NEAR;
SOME COMMENTS OX TIIE SYS-]
TEM OF RECORDS FOR COIN-1
TV COMMISSIONER. I
FECT HE SAYS WAS ABSO
LUTELY WITHOUT FOUNDA
TION — WARRANTS AGAINST
PROMINENT GRADY HUNTERS.
Thomasvllle, Ga., Sept. 17, 1913.
Editor Times-Enterprlse:
We have In Thomas County 800
miles of county highway, which has
cost In labor and material less than
$1,000 per mile, equal to.. $300,000
County Court House and
grounds
County Jail and grounds.
County Poor Farm ....
County Stockade and
Grounds
County Warehouse . . .
Equipment, Tools. Mules,
etc 33,000
50,000
25,000
15,000
10,000
1,500
SENTENGED
ONE GETS TWO YEARS AND THE
OTHER EIGHTEEN MONTHS,
AND ROTH ARE FINED FOR
BEING WHITE SLAVERS.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 17.--.Tudge,
Rufus E. Foster, of New Orleans,. 1
the coming term of the United States,,
court, in the place of Judge Emory j *
Speer, against whom charges are j
pending In Congress at this time. j
The case against Thomas E. Wat- •
son. who was at one time a candidate
Littleton, X. H., Sept. 17.—Harry
1 K. Thaw today moved on to Con-
. . . , . , . ' | cord, the state capital, to await his
has been designated to preside over, 4 ’ , . , . #
0 fJ ‘extradition hearing before Governor
iTeikner Tuesday, knowing that ft
! he loses out in that bearing, the
’iiited States court will revjew the
•ooe, on the habeas corpus writ.
Thaw w»s light-hearted and smil-
for President on the Populist tick- j ,n * toda >'- 1,6 "' lpbrated :,la co,,rt
et. and who Is charged with send-: vktor >’ over V! " lam Traver.e Je-
lnst obscene matter through the 1 rome b >' l’ la > ,ln!! a I'"" 0 ln ‘ he h0 ‘
malls, will be tried at this time. ! ,el whero hc ,a '> uartered ' " bn ® an
| admiring throng crowded around.
S|teer Declined to Serve. , Ex-Govemor Stone, of Pennsyl-
Washington, 3ept. 17.—It Is un-vanla, was the only lawyer with j building,
derstood that Judge Emory Speer,Thaw today. The others will Join
doesn’t wish to preside over his him at Concord for the extradition
court, pending the outcome of the hearing.
charges against him. This was thei • — — —
reason for naming Judge Foster, of ( Dr* B. H. Ingram left last night
New Orleans. The term opens in for* Miami, where he will spend sev-
October at Augusta. jeral days with relatives.
TIMES BOMB
A
PARCEL POST CARRIED DYNA
MITE CONTRAPTION, AND LOS
ANGELES IS DEEPLY STIRRED.
jOs Angeles, Sept. 17.—Officers
today are beading every effort to
uncover some trace of the person
> yesterday sent a dynamite bomb
through the mail to General Harrison
Gray Otis, proprietor of the Los An
geles Times.
The detectives are certain the
sender of the bomb lives in the down
town district, because the package
was put in a percel post box there.
The dynamite used in the con
struction of the bomb was the same
kind hb that used by James B. Mc
Namara in blowing up The Times
WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU
NEED FOR YOUR
Fall Garden
Irish Potatoes
Onion Sets
AU kinds of small seed
and Buists Winter
Lawn Grass.
Our seeds of proven worth always make good,
and you never miss a crop that is a
credit to any gardener.
Agents: NUNN ALLY’S CANDIES.
mmmt
pHNtolllcc Authorities to Make
Rigid Investigation.
Washington, Sept. 17.—A rigid
investigation will be made by the
Postoffice Inspector of the latest at
tempt on the life of Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis, at Los Angeles. No offi
cial report has been received yet of
his finding of an infernal machine
in his mail.
I San Francisco, Sept. 17.—Maury
1. Diggs, forpter State Architect of
California, was today sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary, and
he was also given a fine of two
thousand dollars.
F. Drew Caminnetti was sentenced
to serve eighteen months, and pay a
fine of fifteen hundred dollars.
The two .men were convicted
violating the Mann \Vhite 31ave Act,
when they trffffaported two young
women from this city to Reno, Nev.
Dime she Tom was
FIITEES f££T L08G
TOTAL $936,500
The above represents the property
owned by the county.
Supervision by County Com
missioners, per month. . $55.00
Clerical force 33.00
TOTAL, per month . . . . $90.00
Or, for the year, a grand
total of $1,080.00
Is there another Investment in
the county that pays in proportion
so little for supervision?
Does any man in the county know
the money spent on a.iy mile of road
in a year?
The road forces are On gaged lit
repairs, betterments and construc
tion, adding each year to the value
of the county property. All tax-pay
ers are stock-holders and supply the
funds to carry on the work.
Do they get reasonable results
Are the records of supplies, ma
terials and labor so kept that a dis
satisfied tax-payer after Inspecting a
section of roads could go tn tile of
fice of the Clerk of the Board and
see .what the work on that mile or
section cost?
I will suggest tnis remedy: Make
a suitable room in the county court
house for the Commissioners. Pay
a Clerk not less than $75.00 per
month and require the County Treas
urer to make his office iti the same
room with the Clerk. Place the
Clerk under the Road Superinten
dent and I**t him check everything
bought by the county and deliver
land account for everything that Is
ordered out by the Superintendent,
i write letters and make monthly
statements for the Superintendent.
Employ an engineer to set stakes
for cuts, fills and ditches; locate aud
supe-lntend the placing of .’ulverts
and bridges; superintendent the mix
ing and placing of concrete and the
erection of bridges, and Inspect all
county buildings, and see to repairs
tnadf to same. A competent man
State Game Warden Jesse Mercer
was In the city for a short time to
day. He was en route to Nashville.
Ga., from Cairo. While in Grady
county he made a thorough investi
gation of the charges which had
been brought to his attention against
prominent men of that county for vio
lations of the state game laws. —
While giving out no definite in
y
EAGER XO BEGIN DOVE HUNTING
—STATE GAME WARDEN MER
CER SAID TO RE IN FAVOR OF
EARLY OPENING AND CLOSING.
With the advent of fall, the heart*
of sportsmen throughout Georgia
will naturally be turned to the hunt
ing fields. Reports coming from all
over the 'date of the unusv.al abun
dance of birds this year gives every
assurance that there will also be
plenty of shooting.
While the open season for birds
nearly two months and a half
. the hunting licenses for 1913
formation, It Is understood thatl llave already been placed on eale
cases were made against several and the response of the hunter* la
very prominent men, and some of, evcn no *’ found ln the ready de-
them on three or four counts, and | mand that Is being found for lleena-
that warrants will he sworn out to
a short time. There have been de
predations of many kinds on prop
erty which the owners determined,
with the Game Warden's aid, to
stop.
No Washington Job.
Mr. Mercer stated that there was
not the slightest foundation In fact
In the published statement that he
was going to get a Job In Washing
ton. He stopped thero for two hours
while en route from Boston to At-
es. Of course, many are taking oat
their licenses early |n order that
they may have an opportunity to
hunt squirrels and foxes, the sea
son for which game opens several
weeks earlier than that for birds.
Say Birds Migrate. d.
So Impatient are the hunters to be
gin their annual sport that Game
Commissioner Jesse E. Mercer Is re- •
reiving complaltns, particularly from
North and Middle Georgli, about
the lateness ef the season prescribed
U. S. MI
SOLZERIHAS
jikM.. ■ - JH®
- ’ i* i - >
OX THE NEW YORK PRIMARIES
YESTERDAY OUTSIDE OF NEW
YORK CITY—TAMMANY WAS
BEATEN EXCEPT IN THE ME-
TROPOLIS.
New York, Sept. 17.—The Im
peachment of Gov. SuUer played a
big part In yesterday’s Democratic
primaries ln Now York state. The
rovernor's friends declare It was
largely responsible for the defeat
of the organization candidates.
Suiter's fight for direct primar
ies was helped, his friends main
tain, and in the biggest cities out
side of New York City,“the organi
zation which lined with Tammany
was badly beaten. In New York City
the Sulzer Issue was not apparent.
MANY ACRES RESTORED
Washington, Sept. 18.—Public
lands to the extent of seven nundred
and forty-eight thousand, nine hun
dred and forty-three acres, were re
stored to entry during August ln the
United States, the Geological Sur
vey announced today. The most im
portant tract was ln Montana, where
more than one million acres were
thrown' open to home-seekera.
And Big Around ns a Man Willi
Twcnty.Fnur Rattles, Saiil to Have
Been Caught With Poisoned
Cheese.
i
Fish stories are common, some or
them awfully common, and snake
stories sometimes seriously stretch
the credulity of folks. Tho latest
along this latter line of remarkable
stories comes from a negro woman
who lives near town. She Is a thor
oughly tillable negro and one who‘<a^ l>e secured for $100 per month
evidently believes with all possible When not otherwise engaged, 4 ie
fervor that her statements are ahso- could make a profile or the road
lutely a:id totally correct.
It will be remembered that there
was a rather precarious experience
by an employee ot the .Southern Bell
Telephone Company, at the Parsons
place, some weeks ago, when the
gentleman barely escaped the fangs
of two monster rattlesnakes. The
woman who lives on the pla'e decid
ed that she didn’t care to have the
other snake hanging nround those
diggings, especially so close to the
house, as It was on the former oc
casion.
She therefore systematically pre
pared for Its death. Mie first se
cured a piece of cheese, not too
young .either, and with the aid of
rat poison she thoroughly Inoculated
it. This she placed inside of a rab
bit which she caught and laid the
tempting hit where she believes the
snake would find it, and waited de
velopments.
Two days later she found the
snake. It had swallowed the rab
bit and was dead, so dead that the
skin had turned b’ack, the poison
working as the negro believed It
lanta, and he thought that the rum-‘ bv ,aw - 11 ls ur Red that b y the time
or emanated from that. He denied j the opting date of the season,
all connection with any position of: N ’ ovember 20 * arrives nearly all the
that character. I doves from the Northern and Mid-
Mr. Mercer would make no state-j (,,e sections ot the state have mterat*
ment ns to the possibility of his re-! 0(1 to Georgia. ^
appointment, but his friends in tiiisj Mr. Mercer nimseir is not averse
section «lncerely hope that he will; to an earlier opening date, but he
get the place from Governor Slaton. J would also have the season c’ose $
month earlier than at present, which
would make It close February 1, In
stead of March 15 Discussing the
j bird situation, he says:
| “Inview of the great abundance of
j doves this year— have received re
ports from all parts of the state In-
jdlcating that they are more plenti
ful than they have been before In
j many years—t feel quite sure that *
the season could be opened six or
Washington. Sept. IV.—Every (n-jeight weeks earlier for these blrdg
dication is that tho United States j without serious menace to them,
will keep a number of Its battleships| fg V || n f Uniting.
Mexican waters, despite Presl-j „ Th|i , Parl | Pr fiowevW. la
dent Huerta's declaration that they, rond|(lone[1 on str|ct
would he unwelcome after another! of thp ,, rnvMnn ot tho m . aealatt
i halting There Is -no habit of hunt-
Tho administration officials lndl-; prs n|or „ , lestrilotlye t0 [he Mrds
cato today they would keep the VPH -lthan
scIh nearby, as long as American '
property was unsafe.
it is pointed out that, under the
international law. the United Sta*es, 1
has a right to continue its warships:
month.
there, with an injunction to Huerta
not to offer any indignity to the sov
ereignty of Mexico.
system of the county and Indicate
u-IHjn it sand beds and deposits of
clay, suitable for top-dresr.lng; lo
cation of each culve-t and bridge,
giving length, helghth and width and
kind of bridge, whether wood, steel
or concerete. and length and diame
ter, and kind of «u*h culvert: show
the road and mile that each struc
ture is on.
Let each foreman keep a daily
record of work done, number of
men, free or convict; show time left
ramp, reached work: time left work
and time reached camp: mules and
machines used.
When a fo»*'e begins work iu a
district, let the Commissioner of
that district go over the road to be
orked with the ^utierlntende/it and
give information as to flow of water,
suitable material and the cutting of
side ditches to prevent water from
abutting lands flowing Into roadway.
Allow the commissioner not less
than $3.00 per day for each day he
Is so engaged.
Let the Superintendent have a free
hand In reporting what is seeded
would. She took the snake, and for: and what should be done and hold
fear It might contaminate or poison him accountable for proper results,
chickens or other animals, burned | Teach the people that when a road
the entire thing. , i« as much as sixteen feet and over
The incredible part of the story In width to have two drive ways.
tion. By election, the people say
they have chosen from each road
district the most competent man they
could elect to the board. Who shall
eay the people erred? I shall not?
Yours truly,
J. WILLIS MOORK.
iting. and vot it seems to be
the feature of the law which we
‘game wardens experience more dlffl-
jculty in enforcing. I have known
men who were hlghlv honorab’e la
every other respect, who have been
guilty of violating the law against
'baiting. So prevalent Is the custom,
that. I find certain feed houses to
I be putting on the market prepared
i feeds, made up principally of what
, was a mixture of cracked corn and
| sun-flower seeds."
| Mrs. F. A .Crittenden of Pelham
I spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Herring.
conics with the description of the
animal. She says it was fifteen feet
long, had twenty-four rattles and a
button, was fully as big as a man
and had fangs almost as large as a
defe’s tooth. Sho Insist that this is
correct, but the snake had been
burned and there Is no proof.
The snake must have been puffed
up over the poison, and to her Imag
ination and somewhat limited idea
of measurements. It must have ap
peared that'size.
Anyway, the snake has been kill
ed and the negroes living ln that;
•section are mighty glad. 1
everybody "Keep to the right," and
that will be equal to two ro;*ls and
will lessen the number of bad places
In w’et seasons.
I hope soon to see many farmers
use motor trucks for long hauls and
heavy loads, and every blessed one
of them using a good automobile for
their family's comfort and pleasure.
With good material for road build
ing on every mile of road In the
county, Thomas county can have a
magnificent system of public hish-j
ways at possibly a smaller cost per:
mile than any county In the state.
But this Is a big business proposi-^
PALL CLOTHES
You ’ll • probably spend-
your money for clothes
and naturally you want
tho value you can. for every doilai
You take some risk with your
money when you buy clothes. Most
men can’t tell whether «iothes art
good or not. You know the color
and pattern you want, and the style
of coat and trousers. For the rest
you’ve got to take somebody else's
word.
Hart 3chaffner (c Marx know
about all the things that go to make
the right klsd of clothes: right in
fabric, In style, in workmanship.
We’re glad to recommend these
gooi clothes to you.
Here’s a fine new line of the lat
est fall suits and overcoats: also a
beautiful assortment of shirts, neck
wear, socks hats and furnishings.
Everything we get together for you
is intended to do away with any
risk when you buy. Our service is
at your disposal.
C*rrri*H Haft Scfcaffccr k Mars
Louis Steyerman,
The Shop of Quality
On the Corner.
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