About The Thomasville times-enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1889-1904 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1903)
t V THOMASVILLE TIMKS-ENTERPRISE, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31,1903. . I {every Saturday by the ftSs-Enter prise Publishing Co. [ At the^TJiine-Enterprise Building. 3RIPTIOS BATES. r eekl Year $1.00 'feix Months 50 Three Months 25 ily, One Year $5.00 Six Months 2.50 Thre e Months 125 On$ Month 50 Official Organ Thomas County. When change of address is wanted he old, as well as the new address ihottld be given. Until February 16, any i subscri- to "the weekly Times-Enterprise, and any subscriber who pays up all arrears and renews will be made a pres ent of a year’s subscription to the Amer- Farmer. Jag. T. Burdine and P. B. Braswell are the only field agents of the Times-En- terprise authorized to receive subscrip tions. Pull together for the upbuilding of jour town and county. All three Bainbridge papers are clam oring for a dispensary. We don’t blame Cordele has fallen into the grasp of the octopus and is to have a Carnegie library. a Tin- Atlanta Journal suggests that Joe Hill Hall would fairly revel, in the Col orado legislative fight. Atlanta ismaking strenuous efforts to mild up a million dollar university. d one she cill succeed. Is it the Sultan of Sulu who is dead; • the Sultan of Jclo?—Macon News, is Jo-Jo, the dog-faced man. What do we care if Germany discrim inates against American porl£> We can f turn up our noses ftt their Limburger cheese. I Do not for a moment overlook the fact that the newspaper can be of more value to a merchant (cost considered) than any other adjunct to his business. Louis Morrison has presented Foust i Atlanta, and given the funny men ai otb^fe>pportunity to spring that tim honored joke about playing the devil. The Albany Herald thinks that the Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States senate had better have the hose ready to turn on Senator Tillman, of South Car olina, when the confirmation of Crum comes up. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS The presentments of the grand jury for the adjourned term of the Superior court, which appear in another column are worthy of the careful perusal of every citizen in Thomas county. The grand jury is composed of men of high character and integrity, and their utter ances carry great weight. They pay a deserved tribute to the of ficers of Thomas county. We are in deed blessed with competent officials. Our books are neatly and correctly kept our taxes are colected with zeal and vigor yet without offense, and our few law breakers are brought to the bar of jus tice with unerring certainty. The Times Enterprise endorses the commendation of our officers. The commissioners recommend that a small building at the poor farm be ranged to house comfortably negro pau pers. Tins is a splendid idea and should be done. The paupers are a public < and it is our duty to see jthat they well treated. The course of action mapped out by the jury is humane and at the same time economical. We are indeed glad that attention has been called to what the grand jury calls the deplorable condition” of our coun try roads. It is a fact that our public highways are by no means in keeping with the high state of civilization in Thomas county, but partake rather of the nature of backVoods by-ways. The best that could be done, under the pres ent system, has been done, but we are glad that discussion has commenced on the system. We are confident that our efficient board of county commissioners can cope with this problem in theirjusual sensible fashion, and that they will find some so lution for the difficulty. It is hardly probable that many per sons will differ with the grand jurors in .vhat they say regarding the necessity of passing some law to regulate the sale of alcohol in Thomas county. Likewise we will all agree most heartily with the compliments paid Judge Mitchell and Solicitor Thomas. “What is man?” asks Mrs. Editor My- rick, of the Americus Times-Recorder. And then she adds: “Man that is born of woman is small cabbages and few in a patch. In infancy, he is full of colic, paregoric and catnip tea, and in old age he is full of cuss words and rheuma tism.” Col. William Jennings Bryan has been drawn as a juror for the February term )f court in Lincoln. Being a naem ber of the bar, he might claim exemp tion, but it is believed he will serve. The Savannah News thinks that if any octopus is arranged before his jury, it if pretty safe to say there will be a hang ing. The Richmond Dispatch declares “the tiling for the democratic party to do to stop booming candidates and boon/ principles’ ’ and there is sense in suggestion, says the Montgomery Ad- ^ vertiser. If the party can be harmoniz ed and united on the old-time principle policies the man will be found, may be one of the number who have b»en prominently spoken of or he may be some new man, but he will be forth coming. If democratic leaders and newspapers will set themselves to work to “boom principles,” we have no fear of not finding the man when the time comes. Congressman Adamson was one of the principal speakers upon the bill to create a new department of commerce which is now pending before congress. Judge Adamson strongly advocated the passage c£the bill, arguing particularly in favor of the incorporation of the bureau of labor with tliis department which under the bill is to be the de partment of commerce and labor. Judge Adamson was a member of the subcommittee mhich drafted the bill. He expressed his conviction that the time has come for the creation of such ^ a department and disagreed with those who oppose the incorporation of the .abor bureau under it. 0 MAKING FARM LIFE BRIGHTER. One of the bugbears of life on the farm lias been its exile. The farmer, located ten miles away from town, was under old conditions practically out of the world if he attended to his business l the farm, says an exchange. But modern development lias greatly ameliorated this condition. By the es tablishment of rural routes the citizen living in the country can now read Iris daily newspaper. By the use of the tel ephone he is put in touch with all the world. Country life now has no terrors for the educated. By the use of the ap pliances named the farmer’s home is made brighter and better. Without leaving it he can sell his crops, order •lies, save weary travel and loss of time. The establishment of rural postal routes, added to the campaign of educa tion on good roads that has been waged for several /ears, has added greatly to the improvement in country lrighways and the means of getting from farm to market. Now, if farmers in a given locality, whose lands adjoin, or are near together, some given point, would locate their dwellings in a group near together and go out, from them to tlnur farms like spokes from the hub of a udieel they would give their families th9 benefit of society as well as protection. This is a feature worth considering in locating the dwelling on a farm. FOR SUNDAY. Under the caption of “Saturday Eve ning” the Atlanta News is running a series of articles winch make most excel lent Sunday reading. We take pleasure reproducing one article, which is couched in especially beautiful language. The scattered amber-days set amidst the encircling grayness of mid-winter not without their message and their meaning. Winter, which is the winding sheet of summer’s buried blooms and tumn’s crimson largess, is also the protecting coverlet beneath which the glories of the spring lie slumbering until the touch of southern winds shall wake them into life. These sunny days, rem iniscent of summer and full of the hazy mystery of the fall, come like those hours when hoary-haired old men muse of the brighter times of youth and know not if the dreams gain their colors from the memories of dead Augusts or glow with golden hints and hopes of some eternal spring to come. From rosiest youth to whitest age these sun-tinted periods of hope are woven tl trough the warp and web of existence. And never in this life the full 4 earnest of the covenant v make redeemed. From the pale portals of birth sheer to the somber gates of ;ath the magic music of the Angel !ope pulls as by a silver cord about or hearts. “We are like the children who follow ed the Pied Piper of Hamlin Town—and never caught up with him. “And after a time we may grow dis gusted, and say that Hope is but a lying piper after all—a will-o’-the-wisp that lures us on and leaves ns bogged deeper in the mire. We grow cynic-wise and mock the promises of life’s spring, as we follow her violet-stained feet; and the beckoning banners of morning, and the luring whisper of the winds, that they are full of deceit the wlrile we obey their calling. We weary of our ambitions, and we despair of realizing our aspirations, and we float our ideals; and yet when Hope smiles on ns again leap up and gird ourselves anew for the journey. Perhaps it is only in the winter of their lives that men begin to realize what these hints and promises mean. When all the dearest and most cherished earthly desires of the heart have failed of fulfillment, and the laughing piper still plays the ma^c tune, then it is, perliaps, that men fully realize for the first time that the music leads through the gates of that city of which it has been said that-the streets are paved with gold. Senex, who has seen so many summer uoi)e8 and chilly disappointments come and go, may see their deeper meaning best; but each of us can draw some hopeful lesson from these winter days when the earth stands musing with the kiss of Paradise upon her lips. A BROTHER’S BEAUTIFUL TRIB UTE. The knightly soul of the brave man, loyal friend and devoted brother whose name has graced these columns since the birth of The State 12 years ago has crossed the river and the paths his will ing feet have trod shall know him no more. But along their ways, from the seed he sowed, flowers are blooming and the air he loved to breathe, the air of his native state, is sweet with the incense of his noble wa#s and deeds. To die for his State;, even by the loathly hand that struck him down, sweet to him. During the four days of mortal agony that followed his cruel wounding no word save those of love and sympathy for his bereaved kindred passed his lips. He died a with Iris face to God, a gentleman unafraid. With heavy hearts his work is^taken up by those who loved himjvell, and his name The State is pledged anew to principles for which he gave his life.-- Ambrose E. Gonzales, in Columbia State. EXACTLY AS STATEDI There is no special merit in integrity, because we ex pect to find this virtue in all people; yet it is a daily experience with us to have customers express gratified surprise to find that this or that article advertised by us Is Exactly According to Representation In Fabric, Quality and General Description. That’s why folks know that There is no String to Any of Our Propositions. ROOSEVELT AGAIN. His accidency, President Roosevelt, lias startled the country according to newspaper reports, by entertaining ne gro guests at a white house reception. On closer examination it appears that it has been the custom to invite certain important federal office holders to cer tain white house functions, regardless of color or social position. Probably nothing would have been thought of the matter if the super-stren nous gentleman, who occupies the presi dential chair, had not of late been dis playing so much affection for the ebonv- hued denizens of this country. Coming, after his dinner en famille with Booker Washington, the presence of a few Ethiopians at a large reception should cause but little comment. It ap pears to us that we need not worry much over such matters. There is an old saying that if you give a calf enough rope he will hang himself. It may be necessary to pro vide Theodore I, with a few extra reels of hemp, but if let alone he will surely perpetuate an act of justifiable political homicide upon himself. And that is just what the democratic party wants. Wool Dress Goods. Zebra Voile, in black and blue only, per yard $1.25 Silk Mozonetie, in black and cream, only 1.25 Spot Crepe in tan and blue 1,5| Silk Downe in all colors at |.M Black Silk Downe 1.25 Black Voile. 1.25 Elack and blue Etamine 1.25 Wash Fabrics. Mercerised Striped Grenadines 75c Mercerised Homespuns 85c White Mercerised Oxfords from 35c to 75c White Mercerised Madras from 33c to 59c White Embroidery Swisses from 49c to 85c Mercerised Crepe de Chines 50c Anderson’s Madras 53c French Ginghams in Stripes and Plaids 25c American Ginghams, fast colors 19c That poor freak of fortune, Mr. Roose velt, is still playing the black, and still losing. He ought to do something to change Iris luck, says the Atlanta News, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot: Secretary Shaw wants to promote Pan-American trade by having a common language and interchangeable money. The money might be arranged for, but we object to the infusion of the common language Castro used when he heard what had happened"to his fleet. 'wlabo Joseph Wharton of Philadelphia will build an addition to the University of Pennsylvania costing $200,000 for the accommodation of the School of Finance and economy \n that institution, which he founded several years ago. His total gifts to the university have thus far amounted to over $700,000. Rockefeller still has him “gkinned’ few millions though. • VERY POOR ADVICE. new York paper recently printed tins statement: “The other day the dean of one of the largest of our colleges for women made an impassioned appeal to young mothers not to waste their time in the personal care of their babies, but to give them over to trained nurses kindergarteners, wlrile they devoted themselves to study and such oat side work as would fit them to be compan- for their children when they were grown.” This, says The ^ommoner, is just about as poor advice as could be given. The child in its early days should be kept in close touch with the mother, is the office of the mother to train the child and the woman who surrenders tliafc duty to others, in the vain notion that she is fitting herself to be a ci panion for her cliildren when they grown, may discover when it is too late to provide a remedy that the substitute for the mother has not succeeded training the children that they will be a comfort to the mother in her old age. The old fashioned methods of the mothers cannot be unproved upon. It, w^old be better for the cluidren -f the future if th« mothers would adhere more closely Jh> those old-time methods. A mother oan do jusace in hCrself without neglecting her cni dren. The Bainbridge Argus wants the Con stitution to put up $50,000 for a Georgia exlribit at the St. Lonis Exposition. Maybe the Constitution will. We doubt it! Experiments in the use of electricity \ an anaesthetic are about to be made i human subjects by a French doctor at Nantes. Wonder what Ben Franklin would say if he was alive. Millard Lee, in Atlanta, who shot to- death Iris sweetheart last summer, has been respited again. The Savannah Press thinks a good way to do a like Lee would be to hang him first and examine into his sanity afterw ard. EXAMPLE. V \ a The smallest cmUf in town who has attained a reason able age knows Absolutely and Positively that its parems will be shown and offered exact value proffered at the price indi cated. Can you wonder that we set the pace. Its too good an opportunity to hesitate over. Louis Steyerman, Broad and Jackson Streets, Thomasville, Ga. Agents for Standard Patterns. is being persistently rumored that a prominent democrat and a very smooth politician of an adjoining county, will oppose Judge Griggs for Congress next year.—Moultrie Observer. But it isn’t recorded that the great claimeris worry ing much. Twenty-seven loaded cars of a Denver <|y Rio Grande coal train broke away wlrile the train was pulling into a switch at Red Narrows, Utah, and ran wild for 7 miles down the long, steep grade to Thistle Junction. All the cars left the track and were smashed to kindling wood. No one was injured. We didn’t know there was that much coal in the whole north. H. L. Morse, a citizen of Buffalo, lias- voted for fifteen democratic candidates for the presidency and cast a straight democratic ballot at sixty-tliree State elections. A noble man, tliat. He will get to heaven sure.* Tha* * A'lf»nta police investiga ion seams to have been caused by too mu :h “Engl-hli” on the Chi-rif Bp”. We p e- sume Tom Lo/iev. would ■ j 1 1 -his » bat we -wve been look ng ’ • llin to come up CO the 8.U vtch w A before rov>.—Oedartewa Standard. An other editor daV.iug in the muddy poo 1 . No clii’d, young girl or woman can be employed more than 60 hou rs a week in Canada, aod the law is strictly en- forced. This does away with the o’d adage that “woman’s work is neve* dooe.” The New York Sun is inclined to be somewhat sasp eioas o ;! the year 1908, because of the fact that ; t coia' ?s the figure 13, pH of the fig' es add up 13, a id >n three months of the ye? —Fe - i a.- y, M> eh and No/en'ie.—the 1C h f "s on FJdpy. TV:r*-». ’e has Y ci no bad luck so far. Accoidiog vO the B‘ a- ‘ un Aj.- He •'d, “RocseveH, V p *; v dov. a in i'isto „• as tae g t age or >e., hs MoFi-’ey was the budge ba'lder over the cVvU betweea 4 he sec tions.” ESTABLISHED 1SS5, SAFE TRANSFER AND LUGGAGE SERYICE. Landaus, Nice Closs Carriages far Parties #f Six. Careful Handling, Prompt, Polite and Relia- able Service. ANY HOUR. DAY OR NIGHT. WESLEY WILLIAMS, Proprietor. THOFfASV1LLE, «A, Ts ephon* 262, Corner Stephens St. and Tcok’a Lane. A New Store but the Old Stand Where new goods, consisting of Handsome Clocks, Gold Brooches, PI a Gold. Cuff Buttons, Sterling Silver Novelties, Gold Rings, etc., can now be seen at No. 120 South Broad street. Open at night till 9 o’clock till De cember 25th, o_ gk Slow Starvation If your food remain* undigested it can’t bunt mp body. In fact, It does actual damage by decaying m stomach and poisoning the system. K0D0L?r;„c, Xodol is the sensible remedy. By digesting whnt yen eat it strengthsns the body and at the name time rants the stomach. This rest soon restores perfect fcsaltft. Cathartics and stimulants only reash the irympWw. Kodol cures. It is Nature's tonic. Fire yun ago a dlooaee the doctor* called dywpepela took rack a held on m* tkat I anlld scarcely go. I took quantities of papal mand other medicine*, tout nothing helped me. Xoa drowning man grasp* at a straw I grabbed at KodoL I felt an Improvement at earn, and aStria a few betUao am oound and welL Onoaon 8. Kabsh, Attarnoy-at-Lnw, Havana, 'Son. It can’t help but do yea good. 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