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SRMT-WEEKLY TRIES ENTERPRISE. TI ESnAY. SEPTEMBER 23, III 13. THE TIMES-EUTERPRISE SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. Issued Ever/ Tuesday and Friday MEMBERS associated press. Daily and Semi-Weekly Tlmea-Entar- prlse Published by t-ba Timea-Ea- terprlse Company, Tbsmasvil'e, Ga. B. B. JKRGKK . . . W. !>. HARGRAVE ,. -. Editor. . IIim. Mar. Entered at the Thomnaville Post Office lor Transmission Tnrough the Mails as Second Class Ma'l Matter, Subscription ilatee: One Year *‘.00 <;irls are always surprised when you propose but they try to waive it appear as if they their natural desert expected it The people of Grady County s< seriously disturbed because the ne gro Ed. LeCoute was tried and v vioted of his crimes in another county. Thomas County has ginned three times as much cotton up t-> this time as was ginned to the same date last year. And it is bringing a bet ter price. The ladies in Boston fashionable canes across faces with good results, about the only excuse wc for the things. use their mashers’ This is could see HOW ABOUT IT? A distinguished foreign visitor says of Americans that we are a nation of hysterical neurasthenics and »aw-breaher«. That wo load our statute hooks with laws that cannot be enforced and do it to the tune of hysterical speech-making in our assembles. How about it? Of course the tirst feeling is one of resentment against the criticism, hut isn’t there a lot of truth in it? Most of our j associations, all of oar cities, states and even the nation, are loaded down with a superabundance of rules, or dinances and statutes until one tan scarcely breathe without breaking the law. Most of our law3 ami rules are honored in the breach rather than in the observance. A rule that is good today may not ap ply to advanced conditions as found a year hence, for with all the waste of nervous energy, and because of it, we progress rapidly in this coun try. One of our legal friend} said to us not long ago that "what ifcil country really needs is to turn up the statute books and tnrow most of the lawyers overboard where they can’t swim back again.” While we were attending the Atlantic City convention the striving for rules, more rules and more legislation brought these things to mind. It is easy to make rules and laws and it [is not so very difficult to get them Atlanta Is now starring with mov-^ agged u , g d | fflcu)t t0 cnforce ing pictures of Harry Thaw’. Noth ing like having some likeness to -the original even if you are beaten out of the first sensation. Three hundred women at Lima, Ohio, fought for entrance to a baby show. They carried the crying mid gets on their arms and some o? them were hurt in the rush for admission. Thomasville men are figuring again in the McNaughton case. Xo stone is being left unturned to bring all sorts of pressure to the Governor to commute the sentence cr pardon the Doctor. them and many times they have become obsolete through change in conditions before they become effec tive. As to hysteria, we see a good deal of it sometimes in conventions, but one should not make the mistake of diagnosing as hysteria well cal culated oratorical effects made by men who calculate cold-bloodedly on the results of their speeches. The j real hysterical condition is that \ manifested by the majority of the voters when they fall for a well planned speech and vote with it even against their own personal, convic tions before the talk swerved them. To be able to pump hot lir effec- Prisoner, in an Ohio penintentiary [ ^ ^ much , g # were treated to an unusual delight ry effective asset so’metlmes on the recently when some one on the out- of B conventIon nnd often it „ side poured beer Into the gutter so| a fold . blooded commerrIaI caIcuIa . that the prisoners with tin ««», tor who ha , the gIft . Not always. could fill at the drain pipe In the but often prison yard. ^ Another form of hysteria or man- — <> I ifestation of neurasthenia is the con The boys corn club has learned stant seeking of excitement of our how to beat the old folks at raising people in places of amusement, in that product and the gl'ls canning summer resorts and similar places, club has taught the men and the where the pace is fast and money ■women, too, to save their garden flows freely. It is a form of rest- truck for the long winter months, lessness that reminds one of a sud- Both have performed a worthy ter-, denly disturbed ant colony. At At- vice. I lantic City we could not help won- o I dering where the crowds came from A SUCCESSFUL MAX. ; and where they got the money to ; spend and* what they really got out This is the way the Chicago Hec- • G f a u except overwrou-ht nerves ord-Herald describes a successful ( a „ ( j greater boredom and unrest. To K&a: J wa*cl» the overdressed, much made- up crowds restlessly turning Horn one thing to another In search of new sensations, the hard faces of many .and the bored looks of nearly all, j we did not wonder at the foreign ‘ visitor’s estimate of Americans. The j same conditions exist prem- much .all over o.ir country. They are only exaggerated at Atlantic city, where e come for a few days or few s to spend more money than can afford, frequently money which it has taken months to save ‘t this vacation time, and then Tie Great Ponnlarity Contest $1.47 For A88 Thomas County. — GIVEN AWAY IN PRIZES — $1,475 The following list of valuable prizes are to be given away Absolutely Free Divisions First Selection of One— 3 I*ie» e Parlor Suit, r. Piece Parlor Suit. 4 Piece Library Suit. 3 Piece Bed Hoorn Suit, l Sowing Machine. Nice Range. 110 Piece Haviland China Dinner Set. Unifold Davenport Bed. Grap'naphone and 32 Records. Studebaker 1-horse Wagon. One Phonograph Machine. GRAND AND DIVISION PRIZES 1st (iriim] Prize, .3 Passenger Ford Automobile, -ml (.'rand Prize, Horse and Buggy nnd llarncs Division 1st Prize—Division A Division 2nd I’ri/.e—Division A .$600.00 . $350.00 . . $30.00 . . 835.00 Division 1st Prize—Division B $50,00 Division 2nd Prize—Division II $35,00 Division 1st Prize—Division C $50.00 Division 2nd Priz^—Division (’ $35.00 Division 1st Prize—Division 1) $50.00 Division 2nd Prize—Division D $35.00 Division 1st Prize—Division K $50.00 Division 2nd Prize—Division K $35.00 Divisions Second Prizes. Selection of One— Set Double Harness. 35 Pound Genuine Texas Saddle. Ladies' and Gents Gold Watch. Gentleman’s Tailored Suit. LadieB Coat Suit. Duofcld Davenport Bed. 9x12 Willow Velvet Art Square. Kitchen Cabinet (Ideal.) Breach-Loading Shot Gun. Colored Prizes. 1st Casn Prize (in Gold).. 2nd Cash Prize tin Gold). 3rd Cash Prize (in Gold) . .$50.00. .. 30.00 . . 20.00 CONTEST STARTED SEPTEMBER 10.1910 CLOSES JMK10,1914 Pay your subscription and help one of your friends win one of these handsome presents. Weggive 1,000 votes for every dollar paid us: FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS, FOR ADVERTISING or FOR JOB PRINTING. The Plan is Simple. The named merchants will give with every 25 cents paid them for merchandise, or on an account with them, twenty-five votes in this con test. Xo votes will be given for a payment of less than 25 cents, nor will any votes be given for the frac tional part of a quarter. Votes will also be given for all credit purchases closed by note at the time the transaction is made. Locked boxes for receiving votes will be kept in plain view, by each of the merchants in their places of business. Votes can be deposited at any time prior to the 10th of the month following their issue, except January votes, which must be voted by 6 P. M., January 10th. The votes may be cast for any can didate the customer may choose. The standing of candidates 'will be announced weekly In The Daily and Semi-Weekly Times-Enterprise, and the Thomasville Press. Remember: It costs nothing to enter the Contest. Every Dollar you pay, whether on subscription, advertising or for printing gets 1,000 votes for your contestant. The following merchants are in terested in this contest: Neel Brothers, 3mith-Harlcy Shoe Company, Pringle Company, R. V. Ballard, Thomasville Live Stock Company, Logan Auto Exchange, H. H. Vann, Robison Hardware Co., W. E. Beverly, Grand Theatre, .In gram Drug Co., Thomasville Press, John Dixon, Thomasville Steam Laundry, The Tlmes-Enterprise, L. H. Jergcr, Evans & Son, \V. H. Burch & Son, Miss Laura Jones, Thomasville Motor Co. $1.00 Gives 1,000 Votes $1.00 from The Times-Enterprise Company. He worked all day. And he worried all night; He shattered his nerves A:id lie ruined his sight: He scolded his children, And he rai ed at his wife He lost all his friends And bartered bis life For a pile in the bank And a swell lot of bricks — And now he makes Ills home In a hole two by six. Contest Ru.es and Regulations This DON'T WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE !• DO A THING. and if , elopi Head the followin don’t think this mu ing the truth: When does the man buy priHtiug? When the last ei used and there are ten thousand circular letters waiting to be mailed. When the book keeper is da>s over due with the statements, and there are no more blanks to be found high or low. When the display advertising brings in a great volume of requests for a catalog, Which has only begun to crystalize in the advertiser’.* mind. When the printer is so everlast ingly busy that he has to work night and day and go without his meals in order to keep out of the Ananias Club. Then!—and not an instant before, will the average business man pry go ba< k more work. again to toil more weary, rve wracked and less fit to Why can’t we get sensible tell-! ; »n*l t:ik really bout it? restful Exchange. holidays u Appel MC. drivr*. rly-Ban in. Mr. J. L. Beverly, Jr . uid Mis iiz*d Damn, of Jacksonville, were urried last week in that city. The •tiding will come as a surprise to e friends of Mr. Beverly and his family in Thomasville. The bride is a charming resident of Jacksonville and Mi. Beverly has moved there some time ago, and is valued employee of the Livingston Young Electric Company. The two have been sweethearts for two years and decided last week to have the happy ceremony performed. Mr. Beverly's .father was absent from the city and learned the news when bt returned. Friends in this kh»»lf loose from on order for r|ty w „, be deM „ Med t0 tear the printing. “***■ t is open to all, person*, not to any society cr organl-' /.:*tion of any kind, contestants being, recorded in the division or territory in which they reside, except for tin* two grand prizes, which Is <> -n to the world. A Five Pas-, wager Ford Touring Car being the first grand prize, and a Beautlfu*. Horse Rubber-Tire Bugay and Har ness being tiie second grand prize. 2. Thomas County shall ue di vided into five separate divisions, designated by the letters A. B. C. I>. K., and in addition to the two first grand prizes, there shall be a first :>nd second prize offered for ich r! the live separate divisions. Division A., shall consist of the •Rowing territory: All that sec-, (•ti west of Little Oohlocknee river 1 where it empties into the Big Oeli-j lock nee river, then all of that sec-, tioi. west of Big Ochlocknee to the ioiuty line. j Division II., sha'I consist of all i that territory west of the A., B. &| A. railroad, to the boundry line of i division A . and South to city llm-i its of Thomasville, then following the Montgomery branch of the A. C. L.. Railroad to the county line. Division C.. shall consist of all that territory east of the A., B. & A. .railroad and north of the A. C. L. Railroad, going east from the City Limits of Tlioniasville, to the county line; Division 1)., sha'I consist of all that territory in Thomas County South of the A. C. L. railroad, except that portion within the City Limits of Thomasville. Division E., shall embrace all that territory within the city limits of Thomasville only. 3. The party receiving the high est number of votes cast, irrespec tive of residence, whether in or out o' Thomas Countv, shall be declared. at the close of the contest, the win ner of the First Grand Prize—Five Passenger Ford Touring Car. Tne paity receiving the second highes: number of votes east, irre- spo. live of residence, whether in or out of Thomas County, shall be de clared, at the close of the contest, the winner of the Second Grand Prize—The Beautiful Horse, Rubber Tire Buggy and Harness. 4. The parties winning the First and Second Grand Prizes shall not participate in the awarding of the Divisiou Prizes. The party receiving the second highest vole, residing in the same division as the winner of the First Grand Prize, shall be declared the winner of the First Division Prize, and the party receiving the second highest vote shall be declared the winner of Second Division Prize for that division. Except in the possi ble event, both the First and Second Grand Prizes should bo awarded to contestants residing in the same di vision, then the party receiving the third highest vote would be dcclar-* ed the winner of the First Division Prize for that Division, and the party receiving the Fourth highest vote would be declared the wince.'* of the Second Division Prize fo r that Division. 5. The party winning the First Division Prize in any or all of ‘.he Five Divisions, may select for them selves any one of the prizes in the list bended Division First Prize. The party winning the Second Division Prize may select for themselves any one of the Prizes in the list headed Division Second Prizes. ti. Xone of the Firms, Proprietor*, their employees, or members of their immediate families shall be eligible to participate in this contest. 7. In the event cf any question about the conditions cf this con test, the issue shall referred to cast. the conductors of the contest, ^ho shall be qualified to render dec is ions. S. In the event of the withdrawal of any candidate, such candidate shall not be allowed to transfer, to another candidate, any votes already 9. All voting tickets issued bj the meichants during the month of ■September will show September on their faces and all voting tickets Issued during the month of October will show the name bf the month on their face, and so on for each month during the contest, and it shall be necessary to cast ull votes before the tenth day of the following month, otherwise they will not be counted For instance, September votes musr be cast before the 10th of October, and October votes must be cast be fore the 10th of Xovember and so on throughout the contest, except as to votes issued between January first and January tenth, which votes must be voted by 6 P. M., January 10th. Colored Division. The above divisions shall not af fect the colored population. All col ored people living In Thomas County, whether In or out of Thomasville. may contest for the three Gold Cash Prizes, as listed In the Colored Sec tion of Prizes . Mis. MLS'4S tin* President’e Wife, She is a id Housewife mid lias Put ented An Egg Beater. IU‘\ -Mrs Atlanta. Sept. 20 S| per, formerly Fannie Hoyt Georvia. first cousin to Mrs. Wood- tow Wilson, and the only v/oiuan in ibe family who rivalled Mrs. Wilson in kitchen lore, In their girlhood days, has blossomed forth as an in ventor. I.ike the President's wiv, Mrs. •Jpeer was the daughter of a well- known Presbyterian minister, and the two families were intimate. Mrs. Speer, then Miss Hoyt, was the cham pion cake-baker of the family; in fact, she was a veritable queen of cake-bakers. Whenever there was a w edding in the family. Fannie Hoyt was the one who m°de $ie wedding cake. These facts are not irrelevant They have a direct bearing on the invention. Fannie Hoyt’s pretty bands and slender wrists used to get tired beating eggs for those cakes, ami so Mrs. Speer has invented a wonderful egg-beater tnat will beat up the whites nnd yellows at the same time separately. She has had It patented at Washington, and friends expect It to bring her fame. Mrs. Sppor Is the wife of a retired physician and lives at Cornelia, Ga. POTATO WART LATEST FEST J be wife-murderer, or is he simply |fhe unhappy victim of night-mare* [ hallii inatlons? That Is the ques-j tion a judge and Jury will have to .\ M \ | r i*h Potatoes Fr< TRIED TO STRII6LEIWIPE Man Went to Sleep Peacefully and in His Sleep, Would Have Killed Hts Wife. Atlanta, Sept. 20.—la A. L. Brew er of this city a brute and a wou’d- thresh out, following the arrest of j Brewer on complaint of his wife. : ! She tells a most hair-rals ng story. She says that last ntgnt Brewer | kissed her good-nlgnr, as usual and J lay down beside her to go to sleep. She says that she fell peacefully to J preventatlv sleep, and that during her 3leep she the potdto dreamed some-one was choking her. She awoke suddenly, she saya, to find her husband bending over her, with his knee on her chest, and his fin gers tightly clutched around her throat. With superhuman strength, according to her story, she tore her self free from his grasp and tied, screaming Into another room. Brewer says he hasn’t a thing In the world against his wife, and that he had no idea of hurting her. He declares further that the affair has ain Are Being Quarantined For Purpose of Preventing Spread. (By Associated 1 irss.) Washington, Sept. 22.—As a asalnst the spread of art, the federal horti cultural hoard w'ill continue Indefi nitely the quanantine against pota toes from the British Isles, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Xew Foundland, and the French Islands, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence. f The Board reported today that the 1913 crop was in a promising condi tion, and probably no Importation of potatoes will be required. ley, in Thomasville: ‘‘Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott Bon- durant request the pleasure of your company at the marriage cf their daughter. Mary Burton to Mr. Mar tin Givahn Dudley, on the evening of Saturday, the fourth of October at half after eight o’cloik. Fivo hundred and four River Street, Val dosta, Georgia. At home after tho fifteenth of October, Greenwood. Mis sissippi.’* OCTOBER FIFTH HUSH. AMERICAN DAY IN NEW YORK Dudley-Bondurant. The following invitations have been magnified by his ‘.notfcer-in- been received by friends of Miss law. Mary Bonduant and Mr. M. G. Dud- T E (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 22.—To add I ther Interest here In the Home H Bill for Ireland, tho Irlsh-Am cans will unite In a monster ri Sunday, October fifth. Among those who will nddi that meeting will be John Pur Mitchell, one of the candidate* Mayor, Mayor Adolph Kline, and : prcsentatlve Jamea M. Graham. Illinois. safe