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..... ~~-r- ^ V' ^ ^ TIMES-EtfTERPRIS THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, JANUARY 31, 1903 T state Claims land. There are two lots of land in Thomas, lots 10 and 100, which belong to the state. Present occupants, and supposed owners, will doubtless be surprised to learn of this. Governor Terrell, says the Constitu tion, has determined to take steps to re cover and devote to the purpose for vi hich it was originally intended, a large amount of land, situated in different counties, principally in the southern part of the state, which was. set apart by the legislature in 1818 “for the education of poor children.” There are seventy-five of these lots, about half of them of 490 acres each and the rest of 250 acres each, title to which it is said, still rests in the state under the legislative act of 1818, and their erage value is put at some tiling n than |500 each, or a total of about $40,- 000. Beyond a doubt considerable of this property will be, recovered. During Governor Terrell’s service as attorney general he recovered 2 of the lots which were set apart under the same act, and they brought $500 each. There seems to be no reason for tliinking that any others recovered will not bring a similar sam, and some of the land is now, per haps, even considerably more valuable. Under the act of 1818 the legislature set apart land lot No. lOand land lot No. 100 in “each surveyor’s district for the education of poor children.” So far seventy-five of these lots, which were never sold by the state or used for the original purpose, have been located in the counties of Appling. Baker, Ber rien, Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Echols, Irwin, Miller, Mitchell, Pierce, Thomas, Ware and Worth. In each case they are what were originally known as lots Nos. 10 and 100 in the va rious surveyors’ districts in these coun ties. Governor Terrell says the title of thcso lots is still in the state, since there can be no squatter’s rights as against the state. The knotty jiroblem will come in the cases where fte land has been Sold for taxes, and deed given by the sheriff. However, it is not believed that there are many such instances. A sheriff’s deed transfers the title under the law, as against all claimants, But whether this will hold as against the state itself, has not been decided. The effort to recover these lands in volves the filing of something like 225 suits in the superior courts of the various counties in which they are located. Ob viously the attorney general would not have time to attend to all this large amount of litigation, and for that rea son Governor Terrell entered into a con tract yesterday with three attorneys, who will do the main part of the work, assisting Attorney General Hart in re covering the property. The attorneys with whom the contract was entered into yesterday are John W. Haygood and B. B. Cheney, of Irwin county, and Eldridge Cutts, of Wilcox county. These attorneys have already done a large amount of work in connec tion with the claims of the state on this property, and some days ago submitted a lengthy report to Governor Terrell, giving the status of each piece of prop erty involved. They have been at work on the matter for two months, and have gone over the county records on each piece of property involved. For their services these attorneys are to receive 25 per cent of the amount re covered. The state is to be put to no expense in the matter outside of regular court costs, and the fees of witnesses and the cost of interrogatories are not to be chargeable under this head. is stipulated that no case shall be settled without first being submitted to • the governor and attorney general for their approval. WHAT IT MEANS. The signing of the Panama Canal treaty is a matter of no small impor tance to the South. The Atlanta Con stitution paraphrases Horace Greely’s advice and says: “Come South, young man, and grow up with the country!” Continuing it says: “The formal signing of the treaty with Columbia for the construction of the Panama canal by theJUnited States has no greater future domestic signifi cance than its certain effect to wonder fully accelerate southern development. “There will be a striking of new bal ances now in population concentration, trade and varied industry. The long overlooked south is to hav9 her delayed grand inning. She will be the “new south” indeed. “For almost a generation the south bravely delved in the debris and ashes of the civil war to cleir the right of way for the golden car of progress hith erto rolling undeviatingly westward. Had there been no war, in all probabili ty the center of population would no\* be within the southern states. The south had more than the west genial and seasonable climate,, undeveloped natural resources, an abundance of cheap land susceptible of high product ivity, great markets at her door, and plenty of room for home-seeking mil lions. But the south was under a ban. The emigrant tide swept by .her to the west, ignorant of the vastly better op portunities to be found near home. The west filled up and the south lay fallow for the few who knew the “ground floor” when they were on it. “The opening of the Panama canal to the world’s traffic will more directly aud largely benefit the cotton belt than any other section in the country. The vast current of overland traffic to the Pacific will be in a large degree diverted to the South Atlantic and gulf seaboard, stimulating southern railrqjid building proportionately and building at southern that will rival the Vr,e0.im*!Ul of the north. AIJL&j VIMith will be transformed into a teeming industrial community, where the manufacturer has every advantage of conv« cheap raw material and coal, unequalled facilities to compete with Iris rivals else where at home or abroad, and a short haul to sliipboard or the great continen tal centers of population. Such trenien- duons industrialism will create a mag nificent home market, and the husband man no less than the tradesman and labor in all its branches will prosper. The south will become the workshop and market place of the western hemis phere. “Tliis being the fact—and no specula tive probability could be more self-evi dent from environing conditions—the ap propriateness of our paraplirase of Hor ace Greely’s famous advice is apparent. The young man who has his fortune to hew out with liis strong hands and plucky heart, can emigrate to no field of scanty exploited possibilities to begin to compare with the southern states of the union. Here he will find his opportunity, if the stuff is in him, and a cordial wel come. “The guide posts of future material supremacy are pointing south. A number of Georgia capitalists are making plans for the biggest peach or chard in the United States, near Ameri cas. A half million trees will be plant ed, and $100,000 expended in making that section of the State bloom and The Savannah Press says tliat a mem ber of the Missouri legislature blew out the gas the other night. Happily At lanta hotels are furnished with electric lights. The Savannah News says that when Senator Teller gets back to Washington his first care will be to have the gun powder odor washed out of his toga. Way.eross hopes to sfirike oil. We trust tliat our "neighbors over there will all be Rockefellers before long. YELLOW JOURNALISM. Governor Pennypa:;ker of Pennsylva nia is going to make a determined effort to suppress yellow journalism. We say good, and more power to his elbow, for we have no love for yellow journalism. It panders to low and depraved tastes, prostitutes public opinion, and is, short, an inventidfi of the devil. But yellow journalism has of late ceived more than its share of condemna tion. It is a fruitful theme for the bitious young writer who desires to make the English language sizzle and crackle and coruscate. Would it not be a good idea to let the yellow journals enjoy a sweet siesta, undisturbed by the lurid language of the reformer, [and let that gentleman turn his attention to some of the other Saffronhued things that loom large the persjiective side of this day and age. It seems to us that yellow politics is about the most bilious tiling in sight, and we move to amend the subjects of the pliillipics, invectives and other lava like speeches, by inserting the words yellow politics, instead of yellow jour nalism. RUTS The walking sick, what a crowd of them there are: Persons who are thin and weak but not sick enough to go to bed. “Chronic cases” that’s what the doqjprs call them, which in common English means—long sickness. To stop the continued loss of flesh they need Scott’s Emulsion. For the feeling of weakness they need Scott’s Emulsion. It makes new flesh and gives new life to the weak system. Scott’s Emulsion gets thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nerves and gives appetite for ordinary food. Scott’s Emulsion can be taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. There’s new strength and flesh in every dose. We will be glad to send you a few doses free. Be sure that t SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $!; all druggists. Why not hire Kipling to turn loose some poetry on Teddy? We haven't forgotten that Thomas- ville needs an opera house. Venezuela is a small country to have enused so much turmoil. The latest reports say that there more trouble in China. Somebody wants to know who wrote Little Drops of Water: It was certainly not a Kentuckian, says the Timcs-Union. Congressman Jim Griggs of Georgia says he is “sux-prised aud disgusted” at the way things are run socially at the white house. Squeezed between*the -tobacco trust and the cabbage trust, the New York Sun asks, “What is the downtrodden consume^going to smoke?” The Savanhah Press thinks that Roosevelt had better try to be elected President of Liberia. He could make acceptable appointments there. The New York Telegram remarks tliat “the state of Ohio is now known as the mother of six presidents; mid the Lord and Senator Hanna knows how many more.” , WISE WORDS. Miss Helen Gould is an example of what a womanly woman ought to be. She realizes the lesponsibility entailed upon her by her vast wealth and applies it to useful purposes. At a recent celebration of the Young Men’s Christian Association in Wash ington, she gavo voice to the following wise sentiments which will raise the : 1- ready high opinion of hex which sensi ble people have: “To some it may seem superfluous and inappropriate that women should be engaged in work for the benefit of oian, and yet with the conditions ruling in our country, it seems to be particu larly fitting that some of our efforts should be directed toward his wellfare. In the United States women are accord ed privileges and opportunities that they are given nowhere else in the world. They have greater protection before the law, and many of them have a beautiful leisure which they highly prize. All these tilings have come through the chivalry and the ardent self-sacrificing labor of our men, and it seems particu larly appropriate to me that we should show our appreciation of all we have carved by devoting at least a portion of our time and thought to movements that benefit the men of the country. One ;of the finest among these is the Young Men’s Christian association, which recognizes not only the physical and intellectual nature, but the spiritual as well, and holds up as an example, the ideal man—Jesus Christ.” It is true that southern women real ize more fully than most, the privileges of this “beautiful lesiure,” aud “greater opportunities”. They are content with their present position of high esteem in the hearts of mankind, and are pursu ing a most sensible and admirable mid dle course. They are by no means neg lecting the golden advantages to be ob tained by higher education and culture now offered to their sex. They are not losing on their so-called pedestals, and waiting for adulation to be showered before their shrine. They are keeping pace with the world and the world’s work. But they have evinced no desire to join the short-haired sisterhood, that clamors for “equal rights” and is at the same time unwilling to relinquish spe cial privileges. We commend their ex ample to others. North Carolina Corn Whisky ^ $ I -5°) 1 • 75, 2.oo, and 3.00 per gallon. Bye ‘Whiskey at $2.00, 2.50, 3*00 and 3.50 per gallon. Direct to consumer, saving middle man’s profits. All Express Charges by ”35 P* clc ag e s °f two gallons to the limit of Southern Express Compan, Cash with order. Send your order and write for descriptive circu lar of Wine and Brandies. Reference commercial agencies or any merchant here. J. H. WOOLLY, - Cherryville, N. C. Engines, Bniiers. GristMills Ginning Machinery Let us have your Orders far Mill Supplies or Shop Work. Maliary Bros Machinery Comoanv. “no'L'ii 0,111 Macon, flia. EDWIN A. HABDIJT CO., Inc. Salesrooms, 78 and 80 Peachtree St. Warerooms 71 and 73 N. Broad St. Ground Floor Eng.-American Bldg., ATLANTA, GA. Largest Dealers and Best Repairers South : io.ooo Satisfied customers. Whole sale and Retail Dealers in Williams Typewriters. New Model No. 4 for 1903. The senate committee on military af fairs has ordered a favorable report on the bill introduced by Senator Foraker providing an appropriation from the national treasury for the erection of headstones to mark the graves of Con federate soldiers buried in the north. Tiie amount of the appropriation, at the suggestion of Secretary Root, was placed at $200,000. The original bill of Sena tor Foraker provided for only $100,000, but tliis amount was not deemed suffi cient for the work. Ben Franklin said “Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.” If, as this would seem to indi cate, the man who learns in the school of experience is a fool, what is the man who will not learn in this school. The census shows that there are in the United States 2,000,000 more bache lors than spinsters. Judiciously used, this information should enable the spinsters to direct the thoughts of the bachelors to more serious matters than ping pong and theater parties, says the Chicago Clironicle. The New Orleans Picayune says: “The idea is that a buncombe anti-trust bill can be put through Congress. It will sound well, but it will have no real meaning or force, aud will never ac complish any real results, but will take the fancy of the people until its worth lessuess can be established, and it may therefore assist in carrying the elec in 1904. But as for any revision of the tariff by the Republicans, nothing sub stantial can be expected. Possibly they may find some i^eans of continuing fool the people.” The Sparta Islimaelite says: “A lit tle more than one fourth of Georgia’s taxes is swallowed up by pensions. A morbidly sentimental fellow may per suade himself that that is an evidence of sublimated patriotism on the part of the people. To a more rational person, however, it has the appearance of a fool and his money making haste to part company.” The White House lias a new $15,000 piano and it is said that it can play “Ooon, Coon, Goon” to perfection. Any Man or Woman in the U. S. Can have^a paying business, distribut ing the products of onr M’f’g. Co. among their neighbors. We have a great many men and women taking orders for our goods (which have been sold wholly by our agents for 25 years) and who are earning good wages the yoar round. If you want a permanent business around home in your spare time send a self-ad dressed, stamped envelope for full par ticulars to A. Lea Wade (P-137) Boston, Mass. w A few days ago, J. Pierpont Morgan drew the largest check that has ever been drawn in the history commercial transaction in any country. The check passed through the New York clearing house, and called for $22,500,000 in round numbers aud was given in" a transaction involving the payment of the Lake Shore’s interest in the Readiug Railroad, control of which was held by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., for the Baltimore and Ohio, and to which firm the check was payable. The bank paid the check promptly. , A Cold Wave. 'The forecast of sudden changes eather serves notice that a hoarse voi< . and a heavy cough may invade the sane tity of health in your own home. ■ ;*i. people have a bottle of One Mu ule Cough Cure always at hand. E. H Wise, Madison, Ga., writes: "1 am in debted to One Minute Lough Cure loi my present good health, and probifBS my life.” It curss Coughs", Colds, La- Grippe, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and all Throat and Lung troubles. One Minute Cough Cure cuts the phlegm, draws out the inflammation, heals and soothes the mucous membranes and strengthens the lupgs. R. Thomas, jr. Sleeping Car Line to Allan* DAILY, VIA Central of Georgia Railway. Lv. ALBANY 8.35 P. M. Lv. ATLANTA 1.40 A. M. Ap. ATLANTA 7.25 A M. Ar. ALBANY 7.15 A.M. Sleeper Is ready for occupancy in Union Station, Atlanta, at 10:00 P. M. OTHER SCHEDULES BETWEEN ATLANTA AND ALBANY AS FOLLOWS: Lv. ALBANY, 4 00 wa 11 49 im 2 1 1 pm Lv. ATLANTA, 7 50 am) 9 00 ui 4-05pa Ar. ATLANTA, 11 20 is 7 45 pm 755,. Ar. ALBANY. 3 45 pm 2 44 pa 11 lOpa Far Berth Reservations and further infoi n apply to nearest Ticket Agent or to J. M. MALLORY. T. P. A., 352 Second Street. MACON. GA. G. B. FLINT. Union Ticket Agent, ALBANY. GA. J. C. HAILE, Gen’l Pass. Agt., Savannah. Ga. # Peninsular and Occidental Steamship Company. United States Fast nail Routes for Key We-r, Cuba and the West Indies, Via Port Tampa and Miama, Fla. Proposed sailings in effect as shown below. Subject to change and individuid postponement without notice. MIAMI-KEY Wt-ST-MAVANA L NE. Commencing January 15, 1903. Sun., Thur 8:30 a 5:oo P m Sat., Tues 12:30 pm Sat., Tues 4:00 a m Fri., Mob hORT TAMPA-KfcY WES1-HAVANA LINE Commencing October 30, 1902. Sun., Tues., Thur. Mon., Wed., Fri . Mon., Wed., Fri . Tues., Thur., Sat. \\ t 5130 pm.. Wed., Fri., m Ar Havana Lv 1 MlAMI-NASSAU LINE. Commencing January 15, 1903. m Lv Miami.......Ar m Ar Nassau Lv 1 Commencing February 2, 1903. Tues., Thu s., Thur., Sat s., Thur., Sat . Miar Nas 6:30 a Wed., 1 ri., > pm.Tues., Thur. Commencing March 30, 1903. * Mon., Wed., Fri . 2:00 pm Lv Miami Ar 6:30 am.. Wed., Fri., Su Tues., Thur., Sat. 6:30 am Ar Nassau Lv 2:oo pm .Tues.,Thur.,Sj Above hours are based on 90th Meridian Standard Time, except that show for Nassau, is local or Nassau time. For Rates and other information, apply to any Railroad or Ticket Agent, c CHAS. L. MBYERS, nanager, - - - - - Jacksonville, FlaJ uM* Visible Writing. 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