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Tin Weekly Times-Enterprise.
THOMASVILLE, GA.
John Triplett,
9. L Spitz,
• • Ed.
nsiness Manager
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1903.
A Chicago skirt daucer says she
gels only $20 per week and Ibal is
why she is kickiog.
They are comparing General
Smith to Herod, to the disadvant
age of the former.
The beef trnst promisee to be
good, aud restore lower prices, if
the government will let op on it,
made
R. G. Erwin may
president of the Coast Line, which
absorbs the Plant System
1st of July.
And now it is necessary to bor
row $200,OuO if the teachers are to
be paid. There's bad financier
ing somewhere.
The trusts will not lose any
sleep so long as the republicans re
main in power. Thev are in the
hands of their friends.
Bob Taylor gets $25,000 this
year for lecturing. That beats
playing governor of Tennessee or
going to the senate.
Beef has never been known so
high but once before; and that
was when the cow jumped over
the moon.
If beef gets much higher we
may have to fall back on mule
meat Some of us tried mule
steak at Vicksburg.
In bis fight against the beef
trust the Btr uingham News notes
with pleasure that Attorney Gen
eral Knox seems to have taken the
bull by the borus.
TT"
An American chiropodist an
nounces that be “has removed
corns from all the crowued heads
of Europe?”
iVe suppose they footed the
bills.
One of the local surprises re
cently developed in the gaberua-
torial campaign is the number of
E'lill men It is now couceded
by tbe beet informed local poli
ticians that tbe race in Dougherty
couuty is between Terrell aud
fistili —Albany Herald.
8tate Entomologist W. M. 8cott
says that many iof the peach
orchards in tbe state are sofferiog
from brown rot, caused by ex
treme cold and rainy weather and
that from one-fourth to one half
of tbe peaches have been de
stroyed. He is of the opinion,
however, that a fair crop will be
realised, and does not think that
there is any cause for alarm—At
lanta Journal.
THE SOUTH IS the coMINg- sec
tion OF THE COUNTRY.
William J. Baldwin, of New
York, one of the wealthy philan
thropists who recently met at
Athens to consider plans for a
broader and more general diffus
ion of education in the eoath, in
speaking of the meeting to a
representative of the Constitution
in Atlanta, said: «
The south does not begin to
appreciate its vast opportunities.
Io the very nature of thiugs it
cannot be expected to as yet.
Tbe most powerful of productive
possibilities and energies have
beeu dormant. Industrial educa
tion and industrial education
alone will quicken and vitalize
these posibihties until yon will
bave a section which will be a
marvel to the whole world. Yours
is indeed a glorious future. You
bave the people—American-born
of the best people type—tbe cli
mate, the soil and tbe mineral
wealth. When yonr people aod
these natural conditions are taar-
moaized aod brought into frail*
ful contact by tbe powerful baud
of an education which is discrim
inating and which tends to adapt
the individual to bis environment,
the most wonderful results will be
attained. Tbe sphere of your in
fluence will be world wide.
“Education, intelligent, dis
criminating education, will work
oat your race problem. There is
no country on tbe globe with a
nroblem of similar proportions
bat wbatcan trace it to the igno-
rauce and tbe wasted energies of
tbe subservient class China has
a problem, Iudia has a problem,
Turkey has a problem—all tbe
problems of an ignorant class of
population. Education, and edu
cation alone, will bring these couu
tries to tbe front. They are
watchiog you.
“The conference at Athens
demonstrated beyond tbe degree
of a doubt that tbe south has
wakened to tbe importance o'
this paramount question. It was
assemblage of earnest, intelli
gent, thinking southern men;
oot a gathering of impracticable
theorists Tbe discussions showed
that the subject in its broadest
aud host souse had been grasped
There was nooe of the idle vapor-
ings of tbe old school pedagogue
Tbe theories were those that can
and have been applied to prac
tice.”
You Gan
LeadaHorse
water but you can'i
make him drink.
You caft’t make him e:
either. You can stuff toed in
to a thin man’s stomach b
that doesn’t make him use it.
Scott’s Emulsion can mak
him use it. How? By mal
ing him hungry, of cours.
Scott’s Emulsion makes a thi
bodyhungryallover. Though
a thin body was naturally hun
gry didn’t you ? Well it isn’t.
A thin body is asleep—not
working—gone on a strike.
It doesn’t try to use it’s food.
Scott’s Emulsion wakes i;
up—puts it to work again
making new flesh, That’s the
way to get fat.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & ROWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. V
Chicago bolds life cheaply. A
judge who was trying a divorce
case, in which it was shown that
the husband had beat bis wife,
said:
44 A woman owes it to her sex to
get a revolver and kill eoch a
brute as this man was proved to
be. If she is afraid tc do it, ber
male relatives ought to do it for
ber. A wife baa a perfect right
to shoot aud kill a husband who
'beats 5 *er. The law of self-de
f enee is the first law of nature.”
The Daughters of the Confeder
acy in Georgia appreciate the lib
erality of the northern gentle
men at Athens in appropriating
$4,500 to tbe Winnie Davis Me
morial Hall. It ie conditioned,
however, upon tbe ladies raising
ao additional$4,500 by Jan. 1903
They have $6,000 in band, aod
the hall will cost $15,000.
do not doubt but that tbe ladies
and their friends will raise the ad
ditiooal amount necessary to com
plete the building.
Who will be Cupid's next vic
tim?
Col. Estill isn't writing any
cards, but he's mixing with tbe
people in a mighty friendly way
44 Ie yonr father at home?”
44 No—gone fisbiu* ”
••Well, where'e yonr brother?'
••Gone to borrow a wheelbar
row to wheel dad borne!”
—8taoton.
'f: Hawkinsville New* aod Dis<
patch: “There are in Georgia
fourteen elective state bouse posi
tions. Drawline a jo* os tee
center of tbe state and yon will
find that only five of these posi
tions are filled by men living
south of the line. Four of tbe
five live near tbe western bound
ary of tbe southern half of tbe
•tate, leaving only one anywhere
near tbe center ef South Georg
This fact, as brought ont .by tbe
News and Dispatch, ought to bring
oar people togetb er. No wonder
' we fail so often, for it appears t o
b e next to impossible to get oor
. people together. In north and
middle Georgia, as a rale, they
stand shoulder to shonlder, and
conse^aently they succeed.
'“iMl
The Albany (N. Y) Times
takes a verv hopeful view of the
outlook for the success of the dem
ocratic party. It says: 4 ‘8tra'
show which way the wind blows,
and slowly but surely the demo
cratic party ie approaching entire
unity. The signs of the times
multiply, and while the repnbli
can newspapers endeavor to make
a mountain of factionalism out of
each mole hill of difference with!
tbe democratic ranks, their actions
are those of desperation for the
prophet has read tbe writing on
tbe wall ”
Atlanta's depot ie in eight. Tbe
Journal says that President
Spencer approves the plana,
be does that settles it.
The campaign for governor is
warming np somewhat. And as
tbe day for tbe primary ap
proaches, it will grow bolter etill
The Baltimore Sun thus com
ments upon the meeting of the
8ootbern Educational conference
at Athens: “This educational
awakening ie the beginning of
an educational development that
will probably mean more to the
sooth and to humanity than any
similar movement in oar genera
tion.**
HOLD SOUTH GEORGIA IN LINE
Tbe papers of tbe neighbor
hood indicate that, tbe p*opie <
this section show a disposition I
line up for tbe candidate fro'i
south Georgia for governor, in
spite of tbe claims made in
middle part of tbe state This
strikes us as loyal and proper. Tbe
coutest for the nomination in
Georgia is just beginning Tbe
past week has witnessed greater
activity than ever. Tbe peopl
are only commencing .to manifest
an interest iu tbe campaign
South Georgia, if it proposes now
in the future, to elect a
goveri or, should go luto tbe con
vention iu Allauta with its coun
ties in line for its candidate
Tbe eff ct of such united aod
steadfast support would be good.
It would show that south Georg
is iu earnest iu ber belief that she
is due tbe nomination from the
rest of tbe state.
Earlier in the year, when Col
Estill's candidacy was announced,
tbe politicians of north Georgia
doubted whether south Georgia
was io earnest in presenting
name, <or whether this sectio
ould outer the convention uuited
n favor of a candidate from this
part of tbe slate, it has been
the history of these movements
that before tbe csmpaigu was
over south Georgia would divide
aud tbe prestige of its candidate
would be lost. Whenever a man
enters a race from A north Georgia
that part of tbe commonwealth
lines up behind him and from tbe
mouutaiusto tbe Air Line rail
road gives him solid support
Col. Candler, when he ran for
governor in 1898, bad just this
backing, aud Sieve Clay when he
stood for eeuator iu 1896, was
likewise supported by the for
midable phalanx.
Now, if south Georgia wants to
be a factor in state politics, let it
enter tbe list here aud uow, so
that every countv from tbe Flor
ida line, from the seacoast to the
Chattahoochee, aud stretching as
far up as a line drawu through
Columbus, Sdacon and Augusta,
shall be praclicallv behind one
This is the only way south
Georgia can assort itself in a elate
convention aud make its lufiu
ence felt now aud hereafter.—
Savannah Press
COL. ESTILL SPEAKS
JUST A VERY PLAIN TALK.
DID HOT Mines MATTERS AS TO
AHY QUESTION.
Tha State’s Finances and the Heees.
•lty for u Uy1.( Within Oar
Means** Dwelt Upon—Favors Pen
sions for All Needy Veterans and
Needy Widows of Voterans, bat No
Others-Georpla Has No School Sys
tem—One Is Needed and Counties
Should Bear Their Share of the
Dahlonega, Ga., April 22.—Col. J. H.
Estill, the Lower Georgia condidate for
Governor, waa here to-day and met a
large number of citizens of the town
and surrounding country. He met with
a very enthusiastic reception, and was
gratified to find so strong a sentiment
In his favor. In response to a request
for a talk, embodying ’ his views on
state matters, he spoke as follows:
Jnst a Plain Talk.
Fellow Citizens: I had decided not
to make speeches In my campaign for
C4 against the liquor traffic would be
The prohibitionists
would consider that their work was
finished. They would point to the state
prohibition law as evidence that they
question
the state and shut their
to the actual condition of affairs.
With the enactment of a state law
there would cease to be active educa
tional agents, and there would be.
practically, & restoration of the old
condition of affairs In all of the coun
ties in which local option has estab
lished prohibition.
Would Be ■ Step Backward.
I believe that state p.ohibition would
be a step backward. The open saloon
might be closed, but the people would
be supplied with whiskey. You cannot
make a man stop drinking by means
of a statute. The fact that you say
he shan’t have whiskey makes him all
the more determined to have it. -What
Is the condition of affairs in prohibition
states?
Kansas,
3,107 United States liquor licenses
Issued, against 1,486 In Georgia. In
Maine, where prohibition has been the
law for fifty years, with a population
only about one-fourth that of Georgia,
there are 1,502 United States liquor
licenses, against 1,486 In Georgia. In
visiting different parts of the state 1
con truly say that I have found Geor
gians to be a sober people. There Is, of
the gubernatorial nomination, because
1 am not an orator, and have had no
experience in making public addresses,
but some of my friends think that I
would be able to reach more of my fel
low citizens if I should make brief
?R? eches at the ^ious places I visit.
" hat I shall say to you will hardly
reach the dignity of a speech. I shall
make a plain talk to you upon some
of the more important matters which
are involved in the campaign.
The office of Governor—the office
which 1 seek—is the highest In your
gift. It is honorable and right for any
man to seek it. I am not a self-nom
inated candidate, but was placed be
fore you by fellow citizens, who
thought well enough of me to suggest
my name as a candidate from Lower
Georgia, which has not been honored
with the governorship for eighty years.
I am a plain man, a business man,
not. a politician; 1 am a Democrat,
who has been ever true to his party
and his people. In the days of re
construction, in the days of Mr. Cleve
land and Mr. Bryan, I have followed
the banner of Democracy. I know not
the means of corralling the voters of
Georgia in my interest. I have noth
ing to give, except the promise that if
I be elected, I shall be Governor of all
the people and for the people.
The issues in this campaign are clear
and simple; they have, to some extent,
been presented to your attention by
the able gentlemen who are my rivals
for your suffrages. Just here let me
say that they are honorable
men, and have qualifications
that should command your re
spect. You doubtless know their
platforms. I differ with them, in
some particulars, as to what is best
for our state, but their opinions on
state affairs are their own and they
are welcome to them. There are, how
ever. In my opinion 10,000 or more men
in Georgia, any one of whom has the
ability to make Just as good a Gover
nor as either of us. I am glad to
know, however, that all those eligible*
are not candidates.
Should Be Honorably Gotten.
The Governorship of the Empire
State of the South is an honor that
can fall to but few men In a srenera-
and it should be obtained only by
honorable means. If It comes to a
. by means other than honorable,
ill be to him like Dead Sea fruit.
The office Is the gift of the people, and
A dispute has been going on
about whether Col. Estill je a
Methodist ora Presbyterian. He
is neither. Col. Betlll is an Epis
copalian. Bat what does that
matter? Cborcb and state are
widely separated under oar form
of government, and happily so.
Col. SstiU’s religious belief has
nothiog to do with his fitness for
tho office of governor, » position
which he woold fill with credit to
himself, and to the satisfaction of
tbe people.
THEY ARE ON THE RUN.
Referring to the beef trust, tbe
Americue Times-Recorder says:
••Already ibe beef baroos are
on tbe ruu and bave Dromised to
restore prices to former figures
within a mouth, *>y which time
they will have gouged many ad
ditiooal millions of dollars from
tbe people. This anuouncemeut
was made Suoday by one of tbe
•bosses' and tbeagreemeut is prob
ably due more to tbe fear of hurt
ing the lepublican party thbn.to
aoy fear of punishment iu tbe
courts. Tbe republican party bas
always stood for, fostered and
encouraged trusts of every kiud,
and rather than injure tbe pros
pects of their good friends in tbe
next election the beef kings bavt
agreed to be satisfied with pos
sibly one measley hundred mill
ion dollars made by Ibe ‘squeeze
aod play quits uutil tbe storm of
indignation uow raging blows
over. Then thev will toss the
people into the hoppe^ and
They still talk about a deadlock
in tbe state convention.
Yesterday was May Day, all
the world oyer*
squeeze them some more.”
Tbe great combination an
nonneed to stomp tho state tor
Gnerry, Junes, Broughton, 8mall
and Wright bas petered ont.
Small and Wrigbt say they can*
oot participate in tbe campaign,
Tbe Barnesyille Gazette says:
••Pike connty will cast ber ballot
for Hoo. W. B. Merritt for state
school cobmissionqr Tbe people,
here know bim aod will vote for
him.*’
They call - it
•0W. .
'•Morganizing'
should be given to the candidate whom
they think can serve them best—he
vho will serve all the people rather
than a few friends.
There are times In men’s affairs
hen it is well for them to examine
ito their financial conditions, and so
1th states. Georgia to-day needs
iuch attention.
lave been going for the past
three years we shall soon hav
floating debt. Notwithstanding th-
big
public property fund,
everal hundred thous
and dollars, has been turned Into the
general fund, the state, this year, will
have to be a borrower, as she was last
year, to pay the school teachers. From
this statement It must be evident to
you that there Is something wrong
dth (
r financiering. The t
will be that we shi
lay of payment
keeping our expenses
■ income. If we continue to
re than we get from
, the result
t Into debt. The
be put off, but
harder
! when payment will
be made. It will be much
Lo pay a big debt than to pay
:o along—to keep our expenses
•ithin our incomt
I do not believe that you want the
tx rate raised. There Is no reason
why It should be raised If we admin-
ernment economically,
;rictly, and introduce j
I do not wish to deal in generalities.
I have urged for a number of years
biennial sessions of the Legislature.
This change ’
350,000 a year
*1 have urged that pensions
>e paid only to those who are in such
lrcumstances that they are not able to
provide for themselves. Now there
persons drawing pensions who
bet-
pay taxes than a big per-
•entage ot the taxpayers. If this
form were made there would be
>f many thousands of dollars
annually.
Taxation ami Prohibition.
Therfc is Inequality In taxation
ie tax laws were reformed so a
at assessments on an equal • basis
throughout the state the revenue would
be greatly increased, and, that too,
without i
burden of the
farmers heavier. I notice that
of my opponents used my name In hls
favo
I take this opportunity of stating that
I favor making railroads and other
corporations bear their full share of
the expenses of the government, and
also every individual. If the laws re
garding taxes are not enforced, I shall.
such means the burden of taxation will
be lessened.
The prohibition question Is brought
into this campaign by a Democratic
prohlblton
candidate standing
platform. I am, as you
opposed to stat
reason that
proven a success in any state
In which It has been tried.
course, drinking everywhere, in prohi
bition counties and in those that are
. but I will venture to say that
there Is less whiskey drunk, per capi
ta, in Georgia than in the
states which have state prohibi
tion; and this is because of
the education in the direction of tem
perance that has been effected through
local option efforts. A state
prohibition law, and .that education
would cease. Therefore, a state
law would result In harm rather than
good. One of the reasons urged by
the prohibitionists for a general prohi
bition law is that Atlanta, Savannah
and Augusta now send whiskey Into
the prohibition counties by means of
Jugs. But a general prohibition law
would not stop the Jug trade. It If
Just as easy to get whiskey from cities
outside of Georgia as from cities in It.
In fact. It would cost but little, If
any more, to get It from Baltimore
and New York than from Savannah
and Atlanta..
The only ^ sure way to put a stop
Hls Position on Bdn
Now, as to education. This Is a
question In which every citizen Is In
terested. If we are to keep pace
white and black, both at the
time. If we can. If we can not. thei.
the white children first and after
wards the black children.* The Con
stltution of Georgia provides for thi
education of the state’s children, and
should see to it that it is done,
promise you. If I am elected, to i
take upon themselves a part of the bur-
lty and the welfare of their children
counties in which there are goo-
schools, and In those counties tb
signs of prosperity are the most num
erous and the evidences of comfort
contentment most apparent. I do no
Intend any reflection on the state sup
erlntendent of public education whet
i system of edu-
It Is no fault o
m informed.
you know, well define*
views on the pension question,
a question that Is steadily Increasing
in Importance. ’ The pension charg-
has become so large that the peopl
wondering where the money
meet It Is to come from. And the ult!
mate amount of this charge is not ye
known. It is Increasing, and promise
only to needy Confederate veteran-
and needy widows of veterans—thos
who have no incomes and are physl
cally unable to
wish It were within the ability of tb
state to give a pension to every poo’
every poor
Confederate veteran, and
widow of a veteran. There is
of them, I feel assured, who is
deserving. These veterans responded
promptly when their services were
needed on the battlefield. They did
make any sacrifice.
not hesitate _
Ereat, for the cause which
They followed Lee
howev
they supported.
ajid Johnston and Beauregard and
i proud of them and’ the glorl-
their old
for the necessaries of life ... U1U
shmild nC l,!iL Pe0 ?] e * d ° *°} lnte nd they
on an T> *** “ many
need
But there
should suffer.
Rawing pensions who do
e not In any way de-
them. They are either
sufficient for’ theli
them—who
pendent up
earning lncomi
comfort or have Independent" mea'na
it is not fair to the needy veteran*
that this class should share In the
state’s hour*- *" —
give should _
of assistance.
Would Accept National Aid.
of those Confederate Vet-
) to those who a
erans who would, not object LU pen
sions for needy Confederates from the
national government if they were of
fered. I would not ask for them, but
I do not believe that. If we are not
able to make our needy veterans <
fortable In their declining years
’— Pride stand In the'way
Indeed, 1
question if
The national
North. We contribute to its support
and our young men split their blood for
|t In Ooba^and the Philippines. There
'* ~ J therefore, why
national government
sions from the national treasury,
t. 41 *“ Istance
is their privilege to refuse
the chief ones that
ing brought to your attention In this
with your
economical administration of
.„ . government; the equalization
there were any evidencq drawn from of the burdens of taxation? education
(1WI.U-*- — otherwise, that prohlbl- of our children, and local option- Fur-
tlon prohibited, I should not be against , chermore. I believe that the best
it I am a prohibitionist in practice, should be appointed t
L., T believe It would be a great mis- political wire pullers,
take to enact a general prohlHtlon law 1 ^ M ^^
* office, and
New York newspapers are pre
dicting a marked revival io bi
cycle riding during tbe current
spring aod approaching summer
and autumn. Signs of the revival
they lay are already to be seen
It is not expected that tbe boom
of some yeare ago will be repeated
bat that tbe number of wheels rid
den for utility and pleaenre will
be considerably increased. Dur
ing tbe past year or so bicycles
have been employed largely as
business vehicles, tbe proportion
of pleasure riders being compare*
tlvely email. It is to be hoped
that the revival will eventnate.
Wheels are cheap, and tbe oxer
cise and fresh air that the use of
them affords (cannot fail of being
beneficial.—Morning News.
Diary ( of a Himmcck.
•‘Wbeu I br<gau serving old
Rudd's family tb-re were three
daughters, and they all wanted to
get married. There was Angeli
na, tbe youngest. Ba^f 1 chud
dar when I think of ber. She was
the soHiest and silliest of ibe trio
used t ».gel d zz when .-be sal in
me aud o>d b-r line uf (uik io
tell you the truth. 1 was a-haioed
or my j »b, but she lioa'llv mad*-
good wub a bank c erk, aod l go?
rid of ber. 1 -.vi-n’l corry, e. her
Nosooner bad Aui'eliii* quti
dodging the moon'*, rave that used
to steal dowu t. rough tbe branches
of these trees on Himm »«* ‘veunigt
than daughter N >. 2 c-toi* a'ong
aud 1 bad to help her gr*l> off a
husband I’bev ca led b«-r Pe-triio
and say, sue wa* a poai ( i .So
wasn't worse than Angelin-, be
cause that would btva been a.
uipossibility, nut she w.s no*
more than fourteen inch** from
the limit
Tiiis Pearlie look iaiiat am;
went out after a voung dentist
who smoked cigarettes and raid
eallv’ aud *(), in? * l Couldn't
staud this, you k .n*. soot.e nigh*
hen they were both sitting prac
ticaliy in one SpO'. with their head*
so cIob-j together that you couldn't
distinguish who was who, l just
threw up my hands aud collapsed
Tbe next thing Pearlie and the
dentist knew they were oo the
ground. I know it was a mean
trick, bnt I cau tell when l have
enough Pearlie aud her young
man used to move me around to
keep me out of the likbt, and they
n me seveu uigbtsof the week
long after the lights in old Rudd's
bouse bad beeu turned out
Bnt one night they failed to
show up and l didu't know what
the trouble was until l beard old
Rudd say to bis wife oue night:
‘Well, I’m glad Pearlie's got
the dentist. She’s been a pretty
expeueive luxury for some time.*
Then l knew that Pearlie had
followed Angelina, but still l
didu’t breathe easy, for there was
still another. Gweudolyu had lo
be provided for. She was the old
est and bad a mighty hard time
ettchiug ou. In fact, i heard old
Rudd say oue uigbt that he was
afraid her case was hopeless. But
it wasu't.
“A uew preacher came to town
and he badu'l unpacked his books
before Gwendolyn nabbed him.
The way she froze oo to that
preacher wa* a caution l used to
see them walking about the yard,
but she couldn't land him my wav
for a long time. One night, bow-
ver, when there was a seductive
full n:o-)U, the preacher fell a vic
tim to her charms, and the uext
thing he knew he wa-* sitting in
the middle of my back, with
Gwendolyn iu bis lap. I sort of
liked Gwen, as they called ber,
aod I didu’t move, for fear of
frightening the preacher After
that first uigbt you couldn't bave
kept Mr. Clergyman away from
me with a slauding army. I beard
bim propose to her, aud could
hardly keep from laughing, for he
seemed afraid she would refuse
I kuew better. Gweu had been
too busy corraiiug bim to take any
chances, to she giggled aud
bloshed aud mumbled *Yes * Then
I beard a loud smack, but I uever
have beeu able to make up my
mind whether he kissed ber or
the noise was made by tbe break
ing of a limb in this tree over
here
‘•I’ve simply been telling yoi
what I bave doue You see what
l am, so there's noueed of further
OJmuueut. Old Rudd'didu’t even
think euough of me to put me into
winter quarters this veaF; and al
together I’ve had a bard time of
it. Tbe one thing that hurte me
more than an? ether ie that my
successor won’t bave to marry off
«uv of Rudd's daughters I've
cleaned up the list.*'—Chicago
rribuue.
Council Proceedings.
Council Rooms, April 28, 1903
Council met in regular session.
Mayor Culpepper, presiding.
AMerxen Bayes. Pringle, Herring,
and Uaa.bl-;toa present.
Minutes of last meeting read and con
firmed.
A tenant of Mrs. D. C Clark was refer
I to the fioance c- inmitt* e with power
C’liairmiu . f committee »u public prop
erty was authoriz'd to haveen><ine home
repaired.
A Herman Herrinc of tbe ordinam-e
committee iecoimnended that the col-
tric lor printing the ordinances be let
t-» the Mor.ing News Publishing Com-
pAl»y, they being the lowest bidder.
The following communication was re.* d
by i!apt. Ham': oud and referred to ihe
street.'eommitte*:
Th* tntsville, lit.. April 2s», 1902.
ue lfianr.-tble 2a>or and Couucil «*f
ribe:
Sheriffs’- Sales For It}, 1901.
Will be aold before the court bonoe door -
the city ot Tbon na»ille, Ga . Ie wt«n
he ‘e*al hours of aale o j the first Tuesday
wit:
1902, (he tollowiug properly v
Th* following described nroperty, (o-«it;
That psn-el of innd iu the city ot TbonikS.
Till**, Ga\ n-ar the mid he of tbe rquare
ooutiiie by ' Jeck^ou, Stephen, Jefferson
• nd Oak ft'tela, bounded ou the sooth by
an alley tenaraiiug it jrern tbe A. t.
Wrigbt estat* prope.ty. On tbe southwest
by Mrs. R. A- Cook’s property; or tbe
uonhweat by whnt was known hm tbe Leb
Jekle p:op«r*y and on tbe nortneast by
Geuileuiou—i beg «o advise you, thai
the am >uut of tax claimed and asseased
by the city against the Western Union
(V)egrapb Company 'h regarded by the
com pan v as excessive, and nn'easonable
ts well as unequal and unfair.
engaged i-t interstate business,
the c mpauy Is n^t subject to tw* taxed
the f rai of license fees, nor in any of
the usual modes of municipal assew
meat; but can only be made to pay a jm
and tea-: cable rental for the grouud o
cupied b.- the p »les wi bin the city limits.
The company has 8 or 4 poles on the
railroad rUht-of-way, and only eight
on the city afreets, and they are on the
south side Madison street- and placed on
the outer edge of the sidewalk, io fact in
the drainway, thus putting them eotire
ly out of the possibility of inte-'erence
eith* r with pidestrians or vehicles
The space covered by the holes varies
from 1 i to 18 inches, and it is the rea
sonable r<nt of this mu< h space that
most determine the amouut that can be
exacted by the city, and no reasonable
man could or would place it at three dol
lars ($3).
There was a distinct agreement four
years ago with the city authorities to set
tle the matter definitely by the payment
of rent at the rate of $2.00 per hole; this
however, war, for some reason, ignored
by th>- next cuncil, and rent was e act
ed aud paid at $2.60 per hole; but last
year thf eity collected $25.00, or $3 16%
Another telegraph company having a
very large number of poles on yonr
streets and the most of them on ; our
most 'requented thoroughfares is as ess
ed $3 for S of its poles and a nond-
—one dollar perhaps for the
remainder, -i discrimination that can b<
neither just nor reasonable, and which
destroys he essential features of
fortuity and equality.
The Western Union company ia
ctly willing to submit to a fair, equal
and reasonable assessment of rent, but it
should not. be «>vertaxed;that it mast sub*
mit to and pay similar assessments iu
many thousand towns, cities and villag'
and that its anunal outlay on this
account is very great. It therefore
spectfully prays your honorable body
that the proposed assessment be reduced
to such amount as will be reasonable an
rent for its 8 Doles, assuring you of its
readinesi o pay the same without pro
test
Respectfully subumited.
The W. U Tel. Co.
By its Attys. Hammond & Hammond
Following communication was read and
referred to the fire committee:
Thomasville, Ga., April -’8, >9 ! '2-
l’o the Honorable Mayor and Council:
G ntlemen—I hereby make application
to your honorable body f r the position
of city inspector in connection with my
present position (as ch‘ef of F. D.) In
doing this you will enable jne to familiar
ize myselt wiih the construction and lo
cation of all the buildings in the city,
which is necessary for me to know in
answering a fire alarm it depends upon
me to know t^ese th ngs. And during
the nejt eig ht months the fire depart-
ment'has practicably nothing to do, and
will give me ample time to attend to the
duties of inspector, at the same time I
will be in touch with the department at
ail times by telephone, and in many in
stances I can be at a fire by the time the
department arrives, and it will also ena
ble me to earn a little more to add to my
very small salary and at the same time
save the city at least two-thirds of tbe
salary of a regular man. Thanking
you for past favors I am yours obedi
ently. G. M. Powell,
v Chief F. D.
Following accoantc passed for pav-
0. F Coleman $2.15
New accounts referred to committees.
Council adjourned.
K. T. Maclean, Clerk.
>i>ience let of the party ol the stcond
ai , iheudcl oa the ailej n*xt to the
Wright property -nd on the i.oithweat,
next to the Dekl* property being each oU e
bu<dr*dand twenty (IS') te«i un.re or
683. the ends next the Ro:.ch J.’operiy be-
“B eighty 180) teet more or ! e *a.
Levied on as tbe property of Mrs. H. E.
loach to Satisfy a cjunty court fita issued
larch term, 1902. in favor of Bant of
rh masville v» H.*E. Roach. Defeud.uit
lOtifii-d in writing.
Also at the same time and place the f.»L
'owing ptoperty: One 2-room frame dwell
ing flouting on Oak street ”<0 feet, runuing
back east 7o feet more or leii. % bouud« d • n
the w«t by Luke alley, on ihe south by
Ruben Res.-’ property. Levied ou as tbe
orhperty of Isaiah Brown to saiiatv a .-t«te
and county tax fifa tor 1*01. Levy made
and returned to me by T. C- Sparks, L.
Also at tbe same time and place the fol.
lowing real estate to wit. Twenty acres
of laud iu lot No 105 in the 13th district of
I’homna county, Ga., bounde i as follow*
fronting 2
of said lot and running back about 10 acres
southeast and west by
and bounded c
.nd» of R. O. Thompson and c.
by land- of Greeu Johnson, and having
Uiereon a two room log house aud barn.
Levied oa as the property ot H. H Alex-
atisfy a state and county tax
tifa for 1901. Defendant notified.
Also at ihe same time and place the tol-
owing prope. ty to wit; That tract of land
n tbe 14th district ol Thomas coumy, Ga.,
being par. of lot 'o. 134, containing 1 6
lees, same having gone to the
defendant, W W. Baldy. from his father’s
estate in general distribution, same being
bounded by a line beginuiug at the north
east corner of said lot and running thence
west fifty-five and 80-100 (55 Su-100)
chains to a stake, thence south thirty four
and 75-100 (34 75-100) chains to a stake,
thence east fittv-five and 80 100 (55 80-l»N')
Suppose a British general had
issued orders io 8oiitb Africa to
kill everything over 10,” tbe
New York Journal asks, what
would the American people say?
What would the civilized world
say?
There's a campaign flavor
about the prosecution of the beef
trust by tbe republican party.
Tbe suit may drag aloug (or
years, while the trust fattens on
thejr ill gotten gains, when, if
tbe republican party really want**
ed to protect tbe people, it could
remove tbe protective duties on
foreigo meats. That would bring
instant relief.
$4,500, oue half tbe balance
necessary to complete the Winute
Davis Memorial hail.
$7,500, to provide fifty three-
year scholarships of $50 each at
tbe Georgia State Normal school
to duplicate the forty-six scholar
ships provided by the women of
Georgia.
An offer to duplicate for a period
of three yesrsall new scholarships
of £50 each that the women of
Georgia may provide bef ire Jan
uary 1,1903. to a number not ex
cseding fifty.
This was tbe contribution of
the general education board to
tbe women of Georgia at Athens
at tbe meeting of tbe board there
last week. Tbe contributions
come from a number of rich north
ern men, who are taking a deep
interest iu educational matters in
tbe south.
According to Secretary 8haw
in a recent speech, the states will
soon be swallowed np by a strong
centralized government. That
will be a sad day for tbe great
tepnblio.
Peuny postage is, of course, a
thiug to be desired, though it is
thought iu tuatiy quarters that
there are some other things
connection with cur postal service
more urgent. Considering the
vast urea over which the govero-
meut transports mail, 2 cents for
a letter is oot excessive or burden
some. The reduction in tbe rate
to 1 cent may be deferred if nec
essary until other enterprises now
confronting the postoffice depart-
maul are taken up aud disposed
of. Among these propositions is
the reduction of the charge for
money orders, which is now mneb
too.high. Tbe success aud popu
larity of the rural free delivery
system warrant its extension and
should be given farther consider
ation. The abase of the second
dasB mail privilege is still a mat
ter to which attention should be
given. Then there is tbe matter
of wages of the letter carriers,
which needs readjustment upon a
more just and liberal basis. “
sides, tn»re are those . *who think
that a start ought to be made to
ward the establishment of postal
eatings banks and a parcels post
system before tbe penny post plan
is a| opted.
A- raraLexchange suggests that
the*piesent price of beef is calcu
lated to force many men to fish on
Sunday.
r original c
chaius to .» stake c
thence n-irth along the line to starting
point. Levied on as the propetty ol W. W.
Baldy to satisfy a county court" fifa issued
March quarterly term 1902, in favor of
The Gitizens Banking ana Trust Co. vs
W W. Baldy. Te; aut in possession noti-
t the same time and place All
r parrel ot land situate, lying
fied.
ALo a
that tra _ ^ ^ ^
and being in tie city of Thomasville.
Thomaa connty, Ga , known as the south
west half of lot numbt-r eighty three (83)
in blovk three. (3) column four (4) ea*t,
fronting on Young street, containing one-
half (i J) acre more or less. Said property
MiUan't
ol M. A. leetwood, admr estate Hattie
Godbold vs. Charles McMillan. De'cnfant
T.J HIGHT, Sheriff.
GEORGIA—Thomas County.
Notice is hereby given that the under-
signt-d bas applied to the orjinary of S\id
county tor leave to sell land and personal
property belonging to the estate of ffm.
H. McCartney for the payment of debts.
Said application will be heard at the
regular term of the court of
or«ucary tor said couoty to be held on the
first Monday in May, ltq)i.
Martha McCartney,
Admx Ea. Wm. R. McCartney.
GEORGIA—Thomas County:
Under power of security deed from Tern-
pie Owens to me on the 3rd day ot Feorut-
ry, 1W01. made tor the purpose of securing
her indebtedness, 1 will sell at public outcry
before the court house door iu Thomasville,
*aid county, on the first Tuesday iu May
next the following described real estate to
wit; All that tract or parcel of land situ
ate tin the city of Thomasville, said state
and county, described as follows:
Commencing at the corner of Oak street
and Webster street, thence running along
Oa-t street fifty-two and one-half (521)
feet and down Webster street one hundred
and five (105) feet, thence al »ng a lane
fiuy-two and one-half (52J) feet, thence
back to starting point, being a p»rt of lot
No sixty-five (65) in column four (4) block
four (4) and being the corner of said olock
and being the place whereon tbe lat* Tem.
pie Owens resided. Tertna cash.
A. H. S. COOKE.
GEORGIA—Thomas County.
To all whom it may concern.
Mrs. Mary Candace Land, executr x of
Mrs Lizzie Brooks, deceased, hm in - ue
form applied to the unlersignod tor icavo
sell certain land* described in application
belonging to the estate of tbe said' deceased
and said application will be heard on tl
first Monday in June, 1902.
Wm. M. JOSES, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Thomas County.
Persuant toaectiou 2546 ot the c'tvi
of 1893, notice is hereby given that a .
tion will be presented to Hun. Aug. H. Han-
nell, judge of tbesnpeiior coart, Thomas
county, on the 24 day of May, 1902, at the
court hou*e in said county by Robt U.
Mitchell, guardian of Snsie Reid Mitchell,
Praying leave to Sell her one-half (}) icter-
c-rtain read estate in said connty, de
ad ibed as follows.- That tract of ladd lying
in t .-e 13th district. 6ai I couuty and bound-
follows: on^sou h by Coffee road.
e*st by lands formerly owned by B F.
Hawkins, on north lands of H. W. Hopkins,
Kitty Davis and John Groom?, on west by
land oi R. G Mitchell, said tract contain
ing thirty (30) acres more or less and being
the place whereon the late W. D. Mitchell
resided at the time of his death, and being
part of lot No 54. This application for
leave to sell ia made for the purpose of r-i
investment of proceeds in property situat
ed Id tbe city of Thomasville, Ga.
R. G. MITCHELL, Guardian.
Notice to Otbtors and Cr.ditori.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors oi
the estate ot J. A Dixon, late of said coun
ty, deceased, to render in tne account of
their demands to me within the time pre
scribed by law, properly m de out; and all
persons indebted to said deceased are here
by requested to make immediate payment
to the undersigned
J. B, F. DIXON,
Admr. J. A- Dixon.
This 2l8t day of April, 1902.
GEORGIA—Thomas Connty,
M. A. Flfgtwood, guardian of llartba A.
Coulter, haviog applied to me to be die.
charged from such guardiansnip, tet all
persons concerned show cause before me at
the court home in said connty on the 5th
daj of May, 1902 why such application
should not be granted.'
hand and official signature.
Witness my i
this 24th day of March, 1902.
Wm. M. J0NE4, Ordinary.
City Marsha] Sale.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
May, I9O2, before the court house door
in Thomasville* Ga., during the legal
hours of sale the following described
property towtt:
Oue atore house and lot situated
J^^eon street intoaid city, occupied by
J. D. Stringer* as tenant, sold as the
__ tenant,
property of Mr*. R. A. Cook to satisfy 1
“ity tax Ufa for the year 1901, in favor of
®ity_of Thomasville va. Mrs. R. A.
“ osaeasion notified.
Stephens, Marshal.
Teddy appears to be setting tbe
triggers for tbe nomination in
1904.
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