About The Thomasville times-enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1889-1904 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1903)
THOMAKVIIX*ETIJ f THOMASVILLE E THOMASVILUE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1903. VOL. 17 REIUSE, VOL.. 37 CLOSES TONIGHT. LUCKY DAY. TWO MEN KILLED. CHARITY BALL AND BAZAAR Farmers are Busily Engaged Getting Ready for Spring. Thomasville People Should Attend . Convention in Atlanta. District Conference of Methodist Church's Success. Most of Judge Hansell’s Guests Pray ; to Fortune. Bad Wreck Near Quitman on South Georgia and West Coast Railroad. Behalf of the Thomasville Charity Hospital. Notwithstanding the rainy days of late,-the farmers hare already began to turn land for the spring planting. Out on the Pavo and Coffee roads a great deal of work has already been done in this line. The Pavo district of Thomas county and the adjoining part of 'the Tliomas- ville district is one of the most fertile sections of South Georgia, an^ the farm ers are the progressive kind that raise two crops in one year. It has frequently been said that a crop can be raised in South Georgia with the same amount of labor that is required to The Greater Georgia association meets County .court agoi in Atlanta for organization on Feb. 17, < ' enor of its way : at 10 o’clock. It is held to formulate proportion of the i plans for the systematic advertising of and especially the state of Georgia, with a view to col- ** T “ onizing the state with desirable citizens 8 from the north, east and , middle west, 1 who desire to leave the barren fields and c blizzard weather and come into the ^ south, where exists a soil so fertile that 8 crops are already being planted. The plan of the association is to run 1 short, crisp advertisements in the papers c in those sections of the country, show- 1 ing the advantages, of this state. To/ 1 all answering these advertisements a 1 copy of the book “Greater Georgia,” which will be issued by the association, 1 will be sent. The names of 'every per- 1 son writing to the main office will be J sent weekly to the subscribers, together J with the questions they ask, and every ( country and city must use its own mefch- 3 ods of advertising. The plan outlined for the Greater _ Georgia association was conceived, by • President J. K. Grr, of the chamber of o commerce, and was recently highly ap-> proved by the citizens of Atlanta. It is planned to raise $10,000. This money was to be raised by Atlanta and • by the counties of the state, to he qsed for advertising Georgia. ‘Atlanta'mer- | chants were to raise $2,000, the Atlanta city council to give $2,500 and fifty of J the leading counties of the state were to ■ give $50 each, making the total of $10,- ' 000. The merchants of Atlanta, at Iff 1 enthusiastic Jmeeting, gave mdre than' their $2,500, council has given $2,600, aud it only remains for the other coun ties' of the state to give their share.. Fourteen of the leading railroads in the state, including the T. T. & G. and the Coast lane, have agreed to give a rate of one fare, pins'twenty-five cents, for the round trip to Atlanta. It is to be. hoped that the business men g of Thomasville will realize the importance of Jhe movement and will be represent ed at the meeting. Thomasville cannot affiSfd to remain aloof from this plan. Atlanta* Athens, Macon, Valdosta, -Waycross and in fact all of the import- ant cities of the state have 'selected .del egates who will attend the meeting and banquet of the association next Tuesday. Our mayor and Merchants' Association should see that Thomasville is added to the list. Quitman, % Ga', Feb. 12.—'The South Georgia and*West Coast Railway liad a bad wreck on the bridge over Littlo riv er, twenty miles north of here, about 8 o’clock yesterday morning,as a result of which two men are dead, a third injured and eight cars* and 1^0 feet of trestle are JThe dead are Joseph K. Niles, white, hrakeman, and J. B. Dixon, white, fire man. . Engineer J. K., Niles is injured painfully, hut not seriously. The train was cut in two, and the air brakes failed to work. When the en gine returned it crashed into the cars In behalf of .the Cliarity Hospital of Thomasville, a garden party during the afternoon, followed by a ball in the ev ening, will take place at the Mitchell House during Eve days of March 17th, 18th or l»th, according to the weather, due notice of winch will be given. It is earnestly requested that all will con tribute to this worthy endeavor. The following articled will be particu larly acceptable, and should not be sent later than March 16th, to the residence of Mrs. J. O. Donner, North Dawson street. Fancy articles of all kinds, sandwich es, salads, home-made candy, cakes and flowers. It is earnestly requested that a large supply of these articles will be v Engineer Niles was thrown clear of Jfe wreckage and fell about thirty feet Vfthe ground, escaping^with a sprained ankle and some brOwcs. The body of Joseph Niles, his brother, was found pinned against the boiler. Dixon’s body ies not yet been found, but it is sup- >osed to be under the wreckage*on the Those pref ering to make cash contri butions, will please mail the' same to Mrs. Donqer’s address. The above is a copy of a circular let ter which lias been sent out in Thomas ville. i The Time-Enterprise lias been re quested' to publish the letter, in order that all might know of the affair. Con tributions of every kind from every one will‘be received with gratitude. Albany. Dr. Thompson formerly lived in Thomasville and is very pleasantly remembered here. He will doubtless be greeted by a large audience. the Thomasville djstriot there is an arr of vigor and prosperity. The houses are large and well built and the people live on the fat of the land and always have plenty of it to spare to their friends. ’ ■ Mr. Berry Johnson, who is one of the most successful farmers in Thomas county, lives in the same section. Mr. Johnson raised 4,400 pounds of lint cot- tra on seven acres of land last year, and he isn’t satisfied yet. He proposes to. plant a smaller area and attend to it even more carefully next season and see if the dream of making two bales of cotton to the acre can not he made a practical reality. There are very few places where it could be done, but Thomas county is the place that gives the greatest promise. ROCKEFELLER COMING. ground below,. .The flagman was on the flat car ahead of the engine and was un injured. The coach and three cars in the rear did not leave the track and passengers were uninjured, beyond be ing Thp engine also re-, mained ontnetrac^'thongh dismantled,. 1 its safety plug having blown out when" the' .crash came. The other cprs are 1 lying on the ground below the . track, in all stages of dilapidation. It will be several days before the track is cleared <£5uu-the bridge rebuilt, though transfer of passengers and mail will be . made and passenger service - maintained. No blame c^n lc attached to any one, un- COURTNEWS. Jim Southern Found Guilty of Sell ing Liquor. nth used fen# rails, and ncifc they ifUl have to use rock hammers. I The last case before court lasted hrough supper • time, and even then iras notevfinished. The case was that >f the state yersus Alec Hall of Boston, barged With cruelty to animal?. The Man Who Claims Thomasville as His C " " Home in Trouble. did it. Judge Han sell has not yet pass ed sentence on him. but will do so this morning. Wm. Miller, the mayor of the town of Coolidge, was cleared of the charge against him. The charge, was rather an unusual one, and Mr. Miller’s friends ave congratulating him on the outcome df the case. ", Mack Mitchell was accused of pistol toting, but the case was tried only be fore the judge, and he has.not given his decision yet. Business was turned out in a routine way, and nothing of unusual moment occurred to mar the monotony. ^ The two white men who were lodged in jail at Way cross yesterday under sus picion of haying committed the recent burglaries at Wavnesyille were released .this morning, no evickibce having been obtained against them. The men stated that their namesyvere C. N. Smith of Thomasville and Oscar Woodruff of Bamesville. They were arrested at Bambridge last Friday by Detective Godbold of the Atlantic Coast Dine Railroad, wlio brought them here . for identification. A citizen came np this morning. from Waynesville, and . stated that Smith and Woodruff were the men wanted, and they were re- Baptist OH King Expected in Thom- :afcvllle Next Week. The Most Unique and J5i6 Most Use ful of Aby. Unless he changes bis‘plans John D. Rockefeller the noted financier and edu cator will arrive in Thomasville next week. He lias engaged rooms at the Piney Woods hotel and will arrive next Tuesday, February 17th. Mr. Rockefeller is not in the best of health and suffers from that bane of ex istence, indigestion. In fact he has of fered a million dollar the newspapers say, for a new stomach. The editor of the Times-Enterprise has just received, with the compliments of the publishers, a copy of the Kodol Al manac and 200 Year Calendar. VJ. With a . copy of this publication a^fc hand one is in possession of a Calendar whioh covers the past as far back as the day of onr National Independence,meets all the requirements of the present, and dates as far into the future as near the beginning of the next century. By reference to this Calandar the-day of the week, of any given date in any month of the year, from 1776 to 1976, may be found at a glance. This infor mation can rjot be found in anyother publication extant. , Another feature of remarkable interest that this publica tion possesses, is its weather forecasts, Messrs. E. C. DeWitt & Co., of Chica go, are sole owners and publishers of the Kodol Almanac and 200 Year Calendar, and while several millions of copies are in circulation, they have yet a few hun dred copies of the first edition, and will send one copy to any one enclosing a two cent stamp, with a request for same, provided this paper is mentioned. METCALFE PERSONALS. ‘An Evening in the South’* will be Given Next Tuesday. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. , The entertainment of Misses Hill, Bouchelle and Pringle, which was to have occurred tomorrow night, has been postponed till the evening of next Tues day, Feb. 17. The postponement was decided upon yesterday because of the fact that there are one or two other social events booked for Friday night. “An Evening in the South’’ is an event that the Thomasville. society goers, as well as all other persons, are deeply interest ed in, and many of these will he very much relieved to know of the. postpone ment. A rare treat is in store for those whp are present at the Young Female Col lege building next Tuesday night. RETURNS NEXT YEAR. ~ City Mission Mission Board Under takes an Importaift Work. The City Mission Boarc^will open an Industrial School todav in a roomjof the old West End building on upper Broad street. This school is open to aUJchildren whose mothers are so encumbered with their daily labors that they themselves cannot give any time to this special training of their children. The object of this school is to train them to habits of self-help and self-reliance, so that they may in years to come he self-sup porting. All members of the City Mission Board solicit your kindly interest. ~~ health-restoring. Colored Preacher Pays His Respects to Ex-stave Pension Bill. Daughters of the Confederacy Enter tainment Will be Interesting. pany to the Tifton, Thomasville & Gulf Railway Company at Tifton, Ga., Feb. 15th, 1903- After spending fifteen days on the T., T. & G. it was placed on a track loaded with lumber to be re-mill ed. This track joins tracks with the Georgia Northern Road at .Moultrie,Ga. But for the valuable Car Accountant, tliis car by this time would have gone out of the remembrance of its -owners, who longed to see its familiar face once ihore. They began a vigorous search by wire in Jan. 1903. After tracing this car which had almost become a stranger at home, over ..thousands of miles of road, the gentle news was wafted to far off Texas that the stranger had taken the famous “Thomasville Route” at Tif ton, GaA After March the 1st, 1902, the Tifton, Thomasville & Gulf was unable to give further account of the stranger. It had disappeared as if the , earth had opened and Swallowed it np. It was now up to the T., T. & G. t£>grve an ac count of the wandrerorcome across with the ‘kool kash.’ At this stage of the game the evidence against tiie T.,T. & G. was . Preparations for the entertainment to be given by the Daughters of the Con federacy on Monday night are rapidly completed. The entertainment will be given at St. Thomas Parish House, which will comfortably seat 250 people. Every chair ought |o be filled. The best musical and oratorical talent in the city will take part in the entertainment, and it will be well worth any one’s while to attend. In addition to this the concert is for the benefit of the Winnie Davis Memorial Fund, which fact of itself should be sufficient to guarantee a large attendance. Eastern Field Trials Club wilt Hold Next Annual Meeting Here. CITY COURT. Presiding Elder Cooke Visited the Town Last Sunday. flings Very Quiet In Police Circles. The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Eastern Field Trials Club was fin ished yesterday, and most of the mem bers have returned to their homes. The meeting was one of the most’suc- cessfol ever held and it was unanimous ly decided to return to c ^homasville next year. The members give high praise to the kindness and cordiality of Thomasville people. They express themselves as more than pleased with their treatment While here. Thomasville has^enjoyed the stay of Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 7th and 8th, were great days for church goers at Metcalfe, Rev. Ed. F. Cooke, the new presiding elder, was in town and gave to large and interested congregations three strong sermons. Fifteen years ago he was pastor of this people, .and they now welcome him back as their beloved, for his labors and personality. Miss Mary Williams of Whigham,was visiting Mrs. E. E. Rose, Saturday and A wave of reform seems to have struck the evil-inclined ’denizens of Sandy Bot tom and the retreats where once the A. K. flowed and the. wicked word was spoken are dry and silent. Mayor Cul- pepper’s Saturday afternoon soirees have lost much of their • spice. Sandy Bottom doesn’t observe Lent and it may he a pre Lenten lull. ARBOR DAY. At any rate only three unimportant cases were heard yesterday, and all the cit£ is richer by 3 times five dollars than it was before. ward to the passage of that act, With joy unspeakable, and full of glory. We owe them, and they looked forward to its passage as the farmer looks to the clond for rain. ' We need help from the hills and that right early. >It would have been better for him, to have spent the balance of his Senatorial life, trying to pass the bill, than to have spent the people’s money, deluding us as he^has done. He may be forgiven bnt will never be forgotten. . Oh, how those senatorial clouds gather thick and thun der loud, and not one drop of rain l Yours respectfully, \ John W. Carter, •. . Ex-slave. A Celebration at Merrillville Saturday. these gentie^'-a and will gladly bid them wel'/lae when .they return next year. • Military Advisory Board. Gov. Terrell lias appointed his state military * advisory hoard, which will serve during his administration. The board is composed of leading mil itary officers in active state service, and will form a strong working body. The last advisory board consisted of only eleven officers, hut Gov. Terrell has ap pointed seventeen. He was anxious to have all of the commanding officers of regiments on the board, and also wanted all the branches of the service represented. Col. W. E. Wooten of Albany and’ Merrillville. The exercises will open at 10 o’clock in the morning and will con sist of speeches, recitations' and songs. A basket dinner, such a one as Thomas county folks are noted for, will then he served. In the afternoon Judge S. A. Roddenbery will make an address, mid this will be followed by appropriate re marks by other persons not specially named. Aftertthis the real work will begin. Each patron will plant a shade tree some where near the school house. ”• Professor W. J. Mathews, who 'has charge of the Merrillville schools, is in teresting himself very much in the oc casion, and will be head host for the day. Merrillville people always do tilings in first class shape, and they promise that this reputation will not he impaired on the twenty-first. It is safe to say that undergoing a thorough course of medi cine (paint) comes out looking so fresh and young its latest acquaintances scarcely recognized it. In fact they were in so much doubt, that it was neces sary for ong of the home folks to journey from Dallas, Texas, to Kingwood, Ga., to identify the lost child, which is now resting at Kingwood like a hunted fawn, trying to disguise itself under G. N. 212. I imagine that people taking such liber ties with a stranger would save the poor Oar Accountant endless trouble and an noyance, and the transportation compa nies considerable expense, if they would immediately notify the owners after takingamcli an action under what dis guise they would find the original car. CRUM TURNED DOWN. Senate Committee Knocks out Roose velt’s Negro Appointee. . Mrs. Grace Masury and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stnrges, came down from New York recently and are occupying Mrs. Masury’s palatial country residence, Cleveland Park. Mrs. P. Shea and Miss Mullette of New York are at the Masury.
