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SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES.ENTKKPRI8 E, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1914.
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TIE TIMES-EITEHSE
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
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Dally and Semi-Weekly Times- Enter
prise Published by the Times Ea-
terprlse Company, Thomasvnie, Ga.
E. R. JERGER Editor
W. D. HARGRAVE Bus, M*r.
Entered at the Thomasvllie Pott
Office for Transmission Through the
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The fish that were not landed, are
alvays the biggest.
Mr. William J. Gums has decided
not to visit Atlanta until it seta
cooler.
Mr. W. J. Harris has resigned and
will enter the race for Governor In
good shape.
A baseball player’s trousseau us
ually consists of a bat, a glove and
a lot of nerve.
'•Little Joe gives us a
what the most of them
if they dared.
pain.” Is
vould say
Atlanta is already out for the
new Methodist College. That's the
sort of stuff that gets It.
The Georgia Bar Is to meat at Tv-
bee. Good place for one. If there
aren't a good many already.
The Apalachicola Times says that
the old-fashioned girl, who used to
wear clothes, is still in that to> r n.
Mrs. Russell Sage has loosened up
sufficiently to give tea thousand to
MTI1C A COUNT!; BENEFITS EVERYBODY
THOMAS COUXTV needs above all else an organization that
will Insure sufficient publicity for Its many advantageous sur
roundings.
THOMAS COUNTY needs the money and the energetic co
operation of its citizens to spread abroad Its boundless possibilities
and to Induce a sufficient Interest to attract settlers.
THOMAS COUNTY needs more get-together spirit; more work
for the common good; more effective means of dlsplsy of Its re
sources and making known Its wonderful agricultural productive
ness.
THOMAS COUNTY, in plain words, NEEDS ADVERTISING!
What are Its advantages:—
FIRST—A tremendously fertile and productive soli.
SECOND—Hundreds of acres of idle land that will yield im
mense crops if cultivated.
THIRD—Grazing lands, corn lands, cotton lunds and lands
adnided to crops that fatten ’hogs and cattle.
FOURTH—Good water; the most perfect climate In South
west Georgia, and an abundance of labor tliat can be used suc
cessfully on the farm.
FIFTH—The BEST PEOPLE that live in Georgia.
With that sort of an asset, the average man in business would
not hesitate to advertise—to show people his goods, to send out
Inducements to come and see and to purchase.
Is THOMAS COUNTY doing ANYTHING of that character?
Is It making one single, concerted effort to liven up, liroaden and
intensify its assets?
It has but to look at BROOKS COUNTY, and then, it not sat-,
isfled, at COLQUITT COUNTY.
■(ROOKS COUNTY Is making Itself known all over Georgia
through the activities of a Secretary of its Industrial Club, and
is Increasing day by day the demand for its hams—which are
known now all over the State.
COLQUITT COUNTY Is wonderfully active. It has establish
ed a packing house. It Is planting hundreds of acres of garden
truck and making plans to dispose of It at advantageous prices.
It Is showing the state that It can raise truck and do It success
fully and with a good margin of proflt.
THOMAS COUNTY can do either of these things, and as well
and ns profitably as either of those counties. It possesses the
ADVANTAGES of both, but it seems to lack the GINGER and the
GET-UP and HUSTLE of them both.
Things are ripe for a change, unless we desire to stand still,
and, like the merchant who never advertises, allow the people to
hunt us out or discover our possibilities in some unaccountable or
accidental way.
Let the People of the County consider this matter—
It's time to MOVE FORWARD—
IT’S TIME TO DO SOMETHING.
ARE YOU WILLING TO CO-OPERATE AND HELP?
MR. J. B. ELWKLL DISCUSSES
THE NO.FENCE QUESTION.
Editor Tlmes-Enterpriso:
Will you please allow me space
in your valuable paper to reply to
the Pavo Citizen, on the fence or no
fence question.
■Now, Mr. H. C. Ford, your article
In The Press of last week seemed
to Intimate that farming can be done
without expense, If the fence was
out of the way.
I do not know whether you are a
farmer or not, but I rather think
you are not, for If you were, you
would know that It also required
stock, fertilizer and farm imple
ments.
I have been farming nearly fifty
years and nlways found it a big ex
pense, besides the fence.
Now, Mr. Ford, when you asked
your dealer about how many thou- j
to prohibit these “fine-stock” folks
from getting all the blooded stock
they want. Again, they say there
Is no use procuring them, however,
for the ticks from our old “scrubs''
would go Into their pastures and
eat them up. Bpt that Is all bosh!
I heard one gentleman say, while
I. was In Thomhavlllo, a few wqeks'
ago, that he would vote for no
fence, and he stated further that he
did not own any land In Thomas
County or anywhere else. Yet, he
was farming on rented land,
then asked him where could he be
beneflttted by the no-fence. He
answered that It was the only thing
that would stop the hog cholera. I
agreed with him on that one point,
because In less time than three
years there would not be any hog
cholera here, because there would
be no bogs to die from that dis
ease, nor with the axe on their head,
either! Respectfully,
J. B. EL WELL,
sands of dollars worth of wire he Ochlocknee, Ga„ R ,F. D. No. 2.
had sold last year, why didn't you
ask your guano dealer how many!
thousands of dollars worth of guano
he had sold and your stable man
how many thousands of dollars
worth of stock he had sold, and
also your hardware man how many
thousands of dollars worth of farm
Implements he had sold. Guess, It
Is not any use to say anything about
the meat dealer, In your town, as
you say that you can’t get a mess of
steak. If you will only come down
into our community, you can ret a
good steak, and we will be glad to |
have you with us.
away.
Several of the MoGrawtts attend
ed the preaching services at Enon
Sunday morning .
We are having real cool weather
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Pyers, of lone,
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Hobbs
Saturday.
Rev. A. T. Hart, of Thomasvllie
So' come "right 1 vlslted hlB brother, Mr. I. P. Hart
«last Sunday evening.
Probably It will do your side of | Mr. ant * Mrs. Ivey Burgess bli
the question some good If you will et * latter 8 . P areat8 ’ an *|
Inquire along the road ns you come, John Gandy, last Saturday and
as to how many hogs the farmers Sunday . ..
killed last year and how many cat-, Misa Josephine Hobbs visited her
tie they butchered and sold. That • uncle, Mr. .N. Hobbs Saturday
would Indeed be convincing argu- : evening.
men j j Mrs. Joiner and daughter. Miss
1 believe there was probably , 3 0.-j" 'V'. 01 ","’ vl i K !? Mrs ’ J ’ C ’ Pr08 ‘
<100 worth Shipped from Ochloek-! ser Sat, ' r< j“ y ,
nee, and I sold 22 head myself here! Mr - a rtt l“ r „ R f. dd "*1 ! ^ ld . t ?.„'
nt hnrnn for $ i *> ‘,n ner head al* i Misses Susie Belle and Mary Alice
(Jlgti 1 L, M m, boo With',hoi- nBar B ""°
s jMSVsa s >■».?>■*. «»
- — 1'iave returned from a visit to Moul
trie.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hart, visited
plenty of meat until next season.
1 also sold $29.90 worth of pork.
Ycu also said In your article that j « r ’ » ^..THrfuTand
It was the plea of the opponents of R «J 0U » Hobba ,a8t Frlday and
' the proposed law, that Jt would j
only hqrt the renter. However,
There was a large crowd present
SS.lS’.'S-SoW-dKSISL2“J-ts: «'■ “2. »ai- r-
the fund to protect migratory birds.. TAX ASSESSMENTS IN THOMAS.
The law passed at the past session
There Is a chicken in Griffin that 1
has four legs, twenty toes, hair on of the Georgia Legislature relative
Its head, and a few other curious to tax returns was one of the great
things.
should not do so, we will not let this
prevent the printing of them, IF
THE WRITER WILL SIGN HIS
NAME TO THE REQUEST FOR
PUBLICATION. Otherwise, It can-
steps In a forward direction taken no t be published.
by the State in the past ten years. —o
It takes a brave man to umpire almost every county, Boards of. ^ ^ ^ ^ u#
a baseball game, and it usually Assessors have been organized j mQgt disgusting nuisance is the guy
takes a lot of conceit out of some acc °rd with the state law and a , b at hasn't the sense or the decency
of them. are buslly at work - Tbe reault3 1 to refrain from eternally annoying
„ ! that have already been attained In j people wUh th# muttler cut out of
Some of the ladles have about; lar K ely ‘"creased tax returns show;^ pasa , ng aut(J
decided to take that vacation any- arc aware ot the
way. despite the season tickets they laxil >' 1,1 n "‘ kins ret,,rna and are re ‘
have purchased. spending in a measure to the do-
0 ! mands of the law.
Governor Slaton is going to have ! In Thomas County, the tax as-
a senatorial campaign committee of sessors will probably run the tax
ten thousand. Hare you been hon- j ratea to a fairly accurate estimate,
ored with membership? j basing the returns, as they are do-
„ | Ing in other counties nearby. There
! will be strenuous and severe kicks
There is going to be a bird cen-j on the part Qf , and . 0wner8 and oth .
sus by the Department of Agrlcul-1 ^ ^ ^ u no excu8e there .
ture this year. They will be forty ^ ^ that cou , d not b0 bought
thousand years counting the English fop flfty dollars per acre lg being
sparrows. given In year after year for five
! dollars, and by the best men In the
Mr. LaFolletta's speech, whici- coat J county . The tax assessors are going
the government twenty-five hundred I ^ tMg ln6quallty of retur ns.
dollars to print Isn't nearly so ln-j and |( wl „ prove a b00n and a ble8s .
teresting as the average fifiy cent
novel.
Joseph M. Brown says he will not
tun against Governor Slaton. That
means It will be for Hoke’s place or
the Governor’s job again, if he de
cides to run at a 1 !.
After a man sees the grocery bill,
he usually decides that bis front
porch is cool and comfortable enough
without an auto ride as an app*
tlxer.
What Judge Hill said about
Bums he said In open court with i
stenographer to take down each
word, so It could not be aisqvoted
or misunderstood.
Colombia has accepted the treaty
that calls for a donation of twenty-
five millions. Most any olj coun
try would take that amount when It
is that or nothing.
McAdoo Is urged to conquer other
worlds by running for the United
States Senate from New York. He
could reasonably expect the support
and influence of Hon. Woodrow Wil
ton, should he make the attempt.
Ing such as Thomas County has nev
er had before.
Mr. J. Randolph Andersou says
he was never more confident of win
ning the Governor’s race than he is
at the present time. Must have
started in with the Idea of being a
certain loser.
If Huerta takes four or five drinks
In the morning and even then don’t
feel it, how could you expect him
to listen rationally to peacable de
mands from a neighboring nation.
who live in this community,
own small farms, ranging from 10 to
.‘JO acres, who seem to be doing very
well, making a fair living and rais
ing some hogs and cows. These peo-
peojie could not do that, if the no-
fence law became of force, as they
have no pasture. I myself have
only about seven acres that is not
in cultivation, and of course I could
not raise and pasture hogs and
cows on that small plot. .
The “big land owner” could not
raise enough if Jie wanted to do so,
to supply the demand, for there are
at least 75 per cent, of the farmers
that cor Id not raise stock, and there
are easily seven per cent of the "big
lartd owners” right here in this
community -who could not pasture
their cattle and hogs without wa
tering them at a well, which would
take up much of their valuable
time.
Now, Mr. H. C. F., the peanut crop
is the chief crop that can be raised
In Thomas county, without paying
out half its value in fertilizer be
fore planting. You are, therefore,
obliged to admit that the no-fence
would do away with that crop, and
the hogs also.
Again, I would like to ask the
gentleman from Pavo, if he does not
think it would be a very expensive
operation to gather peanuts and
then feed them to hog which were
shut up in pens?
Now, my friend, we have proba
bly eight or ten farmers in our dis- i
trict who want no fence, and some ]
of ,these have pastures already I
fenced and don’t keep their stock In
them.
Some of the writers oq this sub- >
Ject say they want fine stock. There
is absolutely no law under the sun |
who Hart this week, at a sing given In
1 honor ot :Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hart,
of Columbus, who are guests of rela
tives and friends In this communi
ty.
A large crowd attended Sunday
School last Sunday. Rev. A. T.
Hart, of Thomasvllie preached an
able sermon after the usual Sunday
School hour. We are always glad
to see this eloquent man of God, In
our midst, and trust he will come
agalr soon.
Mrs. J. M. Roberts and little
daughter left for White Springs to
day, where they will spend a short
time. Then they go to Jacksonville
and Pablo Beach for a few days, af-
*cr which they will return to their
homo in Birmingham, Ala.
Easy to Misjudge
; f ‘*55
Remedy You Need
h Overcoming Blood Trouble Do Not Be Fooled
By Mere Claims.
Study the Gum and Yon
teental fact mail be observed that the aim
and object of the medicine used Is to permit
a hit, a home run and a sure, safe hit
every time.
Now the propulalve effect of 8. 8. 8. la to
regulate the blood formation, to assist In
development of tluue and to have a decided
bearing upon the lymphatic Influence, all of
which Is in the promotion of blood health.
And tbla propulsive effect will be similar
to the straight bqll pitched to Insure a
safe hit andf not the deceptive gyration*
assigned to fool the batter. 8. s: 8. Is a
plain, straight blood purifier. It la not a
fanciful mixture to move the bowela Mnd
thus falsely play npon susceptible minds,
it Is not a nerve excitant to exhilarate for
the moment and then die away. It con
tains none of those mineral drugs which
dry up the tissues. In other words, it does
not pity to the bleachers nor to the “fans."
It la Just a wholesome, powerful, searching
I Understand Why Some Things Art Deceptive#
serves the active purpose of arousing eaeB
'ilood remedy, one ingredient
serves the active purpoaa of arooalng each
cellular part of the tissues to select, from
the blood the nutriment or materials re*
qulred for renewal of health.
8. 8. 8. Is prepared from natures own
materials, not an ounce of drugs being used.
And yet it Is more potent, more powerful,
more searching and more productive of
restorative results than- from the most
active of all the minerals employed in
poisons that Infect the blood, is one of the
very Important things to know.
You can get 8. 8. 8. at any drug store,
hut take no other so-called blood purifier
falsely claimed "Just aa good."
8. 8. 8. Is prepared by The 8wtft Specific
Co., 000 Swift Bldg., Atlanta, Ga., and If
you have any deep-seated or obstinate blood
trouble, write to their Medical Dept, for
free advice. It will be worth your while
to do to$
(adT)
If You Want To
Buy Good Flour
at Reasonable
Prices
CALL ON
F. B. HARRIS,
The Wholesale Dealer
124 S. Broad St
Dr. John Schreiber
FORMERLY OF OCHLOCKNEE
Now Located on Madison Stree
Opposite Times-Enterprise Office
Tkomatville Georgia.
Office Phone 2d€ Residence Phone 3«
FARM LOANS
5 years time Easy Payment*.
Lowest rates. Lar to amounts a
Specialty.
BARROW LOAN & ABSTRACT
COMPANY.
Pelham, Ga.
MONEY LOANED 0
FARM LOANS PROMPTLY MADE
At 6% Interest, payable annually. Tbe borrower bas the
privilege ot paying part or all ot the principal at any interest
period, stopping Interest on such ayment. I will save you
money. Come to see me, or write. Prompt attention given
all written Inquiries.
W. M. BRYAN,
OFFICE OVHR POST OFFICE, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
NO FENCE COMMUNICATIONS.
Oscar Wilde', portrait bas been
removed from the town hall ot Cbel-
eea and the folks now want to know
whv Byron’, and Shelly’s pictures
are allowed to remain. It is per
fectly evident that tbs moral lapse:
ot these noted men of letters sre
well-known.
The no-fence agitation that has
sprung up In the past month Is cre
ating an Interest commensurate with
that In other counties where It h?s
been agitated. From all sections
the farmers are looking Into and
Investigating the matter as would
best suit their Individual ends and
those of their friends and neighbors
In like circumstances. We hope at
the same time that they are consid
ering the Interests of all alike, and
are not confining their attentions
solely to personal reasons and for
personal ends.
The Tlmes-Enterprlse Is perfectly
willing to give the matter free and ,
untrammeled expression and, with
that end In view, has published tbe
letters and communications of many
citizens on the matter. We have
also a waiting list of communica
tions, many more than we can pub
lish at the present time. These we
shall give necessary attention when
possible.
Several articles have been re
ceived to which no names have been
rlgnod. It U an invariable rulo
that no communication be publish
ed unless tbe author discloses his j
name and on this particular qties- j
tlon we would prefer that he sign '
his name and make It public. If
there ere particular reasons why he
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