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THjOMASVIULE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE
VOL. 47.
_ For Hampton Springs.
The following party left yesterday*
evening for Hampton Springs, Florida r
J.Ii. Briley, W. E. Cochran, Emmett:
Mitchell, G. W. Cochran, Irwin Mac
Intyre and W. H. Bibb, Jr. They will
spend ten or fifteen days hunting and.
fishing.
GIN PROPOSITION BEFORE
PEOPLE OF THOMASVILLE.
ONE HUNDRED DEAD AND TWO
HUNDRED INJURED.
One of the Worst Cyclones in Georgia's His
tory Kills 150 People.
The pupils of the mneic department of
the Thomasville public schools will give
their recital and closing exercises
at the South Georgia College on Thurs
day night June 4th. This department is
under the direction of Mrs. Evelyn T.
Carswell. She is a highly skilled musi
cian and an excellent teacher. Her
young pupils have made wonderful
progress under her instruction and the
program that they will give tomorrow
night will be a delightful one. It is as
follows:
PROGRAMME.
,E. Sorrentino
Eighteen Hundred Dollars Needed, of
Which Amount More Than Eleven
Hundred Has Been Raised—The
Matter In a Nutshell.
^ Thousand People Rendered Home
less and Half Million Dollars Worth
of Property ^Destroyed by Monday's
Tornado;
Mrs. J. H. Stephens and Mrs. Mattie
Yenterf, of Odhlockonee, were among
tha shoppers who visited Thomasville on
Tuesday.
Mr, D. C. Montgomery, of Merrill
vile, was a visitor to Thomasville on
Tuesday.
Gainesville Cotton Mill Blown Down and Many of Its Employees
Killed. Brenau College Not in Path of Storm. Telegraph Wires
All Down and Extent of Disaster Unknown.
IIMPORTANT PURCHASE.
. Some time ago the Times-Enterprise
chronicled the Tact that the Merchants’
of Thomasville was making,
an effort to build a cotton gin here.
Developments came rather slowly and
until yesterday nothing more definite
had occurred. Messrs. Jelks and Diffee
of the Quitman and Bainbridge Oil
Mills have offered to build and operate
an up-to-date cotton gin within the city
limits of Thomasville on condition that
a bonus of about $1,800 is given by the
citizens of this city.
It seems to be a well accepted fact, as
was proved by the limited success of the
Special to the Timee-Enterprlse.
Atlanta, Ga., June 1st, 1903 v
Details have reached this cit^of one ^
of the most awful disasters which has
.ever visited Georgia. Gainesville, 'one
of the fairest cities of the state, was al
most wiped from the map by a terrific
cyclone which swept down upon it ^
shortly after noon today. The tor- i
nado took one hundred and'fifty lives *
and wounded scores of people.
The Gainesville Cotton Mills were 1
destroyed, the city hotels were blown 1
down, a number of business houses, '
cottages and other large buildings were ]
torn to pieces and the city lies desolate. ■
Communication by telegraph with the !
stricken city, is entirely cut off, and only
the wires of, the Southern Bell Tele
phone Company are working. Accurate
information as to the extent of the ter
rible disaster can not be obtained.
The greatest loss of life occurred in
the Gainesville cotton factory, where
five hundred employees were at work.
The two upper stories were blown off
leaving only the ground floor. Many
bodies are supposed to be buried in. the
ruins. v
Five business stores in which crowds
had gathered for protection from the
storm were blown down. Eighteen i»o-
ple were killed in the very heart of the
city. —^ -
Among the larger buildings damaged
are the Southern Depot,the Gainesville
Iron Works, the Cotton Oil Mills and
the Piedmont and Richmond hotels.
The Arlington Hotel and Brenau Col
lege were not in the path of the storm
which passed on toward New Holland
where considerable havoc was wrought.
Gainesville, June 2.—The latest re
ports from yesterday’s disastrous storm
indicate that last night’s figures were
about correct, if anything a trifle too
conservative. The coroner said today
that he had personal knowledge of 100
dead and 200 injured, of .whom 25 will
far available,
The blackberry crop is comiflg in.
■lowly and the proud possessor of a few*
demands ten and fifteen cents per quart
for them.
An important transaction by which
Messrs. W. F. Rudisill and Thad Adams
become owners of the Moultrie News
has just been made public.
The Moultrie News is one of the best
newspaper properties in South Georgia.
Under the skillful direction of Col. J.
H. Smithwick, its former owner, the
paper has taxon a high rank in Georgia
one of the brightest
“Harriet Manfix”
Ethel Dekle, Alien Ramsey. "
“Le Secret" Gantier
j'anie Lee Brown.
“Hungarian Dance”....E. Kirchner.
Pauline Smith, Mae Smith.
(a) “Love’s Dream. Cupid’s Oppor-"
tunity.” (b) “Propitiating the
God of Love.” (c) “Victory and
Defeat.” Class and Jessie Kirk
Cralle.
“Cash money” iswanted and.
offers of old-shirts are spurned with con-
probahly die.
however gives the names of only about
fifty dead.
Thirty bodies have beengtaken from
the pottages at Pacolet Mill destroyed
at New Holland, and about the same
number from the Gainesville Mills.
A general estimate of the effects of
Mrs. Rnfas Hawkins and Mrs. Ben.
Comfort, of Boston, spent yesterday in.
the city on a shopping expedition.
corporation plan, that a cotton gin
per se is not a paying investment. It is
no less certain that Thomasville needs a
modern ginnery probably more than
any other institution.
With the above ideas in view a com
mittee of the Merchant’s Association
yesterday circulated the appended sub
scription list and with the result noted
below.
“The undersigned agree to donate to
any reliable parties or corporation who
will put in, maintain, and operate an up-
to-date 4-70 saw ginnery in city limits of
Thomasville, in suitable locality, by the
liext gin operating season.. Donations
. to be paid on call, in cash, or acceptable
notes, to be held on deposit in either of
the until the ginnery is in suc-
Mr. and Mrs, O. M. Robinson have
returned from a week’s recreation in.
northern Florida.
journalism.' It
and most prosperous weekly papers in
the state.
Mr. W. F. Rudisill, who will be presi
dent of the new company, is an old
newspaper man, having been for a long
time connected with the Augusta Chron
icle. For several years past he has been
in the railroad business, and while con
nected with the .'I 1 ., T. & G. had his
office in Monltrie forSsDme time.
the storm compiled from reliable sources
is about as follows: 100 dead! 200 injur
ed; property loss $500,000; 1,000 home
less; 300 residences destroyed.
Five thousand dollars was subscribed
at a mass meeting this morning for* the
relief of the sufferers. The main need
now is tents and clothing. The Secre
tary of War has been asked for ton's
Governor Terrell has ordered fifty tents
sent here at once.
Relief work is proceeding rapidly, and
contributions axe pouring in from all
The local militia has
Mia« Edna Nussbaum, one of Bain-
bridge’s attractive young women, re
turned to *her home Tuesday morning
after a visit with friends in this city.
John H. Smithwick, who is the proud*/
possessor of the Monltrie News, W3K /
llibmasville on Monday and Tues$^r
5. “The Sailor Boy’s Dream”
Mary Jerger.
6. \“Bolero” Streabbog.
May Arnold, Janie Bet Tharpe,
Alice Tharpe.
7. “Song of the Brook” TheoLack
Ruth McBride.
8. “Bachelor’sDream.”......
Cupid ......... JessieKirk (Mile
Bachelor..... Cecil Baker
French...... Janie Lee Brown
Gypsy .NettieSampson
German Panline Smith
Italian Tempo Cassady
Scotch......... Mary Jerger
Irish j..May Smith
Spanish Alice May Ansley j
Japanese Ethel Dekle j
Old Maid..... Ruth McBride <
American... Evelyn Mitchell ]
9 “The Anvil” Zitterbart
Janie Lee Brown, Eula Kelly.
10. “ValseOp.84No. l”Frederio Chopin ,
Alice Mae Ansley. •
11. “Parade Review” Engelmann ;
IstPiano—Nettie Sampson, Clara Neel !
2nd Piano—Goodie Mitchell, Susie
Brandon. ^
12. “Mrs. Slowly at the Hotel”
Mary Kyle Dallas
Marion Balfour.
13. “Tarrantelle” S. Heller
Tempo Cassady.
14. ‘tftefchrii of the Heroes.” Engelmann
Janie Lee Brown, Alice Mae Ansley
1 15. “Dance” ..Janie Lee Brown
Piano. Susie Brandon
16. “The Rustle of Spring”
Ethel Dekle
L 17. “Valencia”
The many friendsfpt Mrs. Cora!
ratte, who has been so seriously ill, i
be pleased to learn that her conditio
considerably improved.
over the state,
been called out to preserve order, hut
this seems hardly neoessary, as the city
is remarkably quiet under the ciicum-
Mr. Thos. S. Vinson left this morning
at 1:05 o’clock on a visit of two or three
weeks to his daughters in Gallatin,
Tenn. Mr. Vinson expects to return,
about July 1st. * ,
Judge C. P. Hansel! returned last
night from Lexington, ,Ky., where he
has been for the past two weeks- in at
tendance upon the Presbyterian church.
Several Land Transfera at the Court
House on Tuesday.
P. G. Russell, manager of the Cairo
Telephone Exchange was a Tuesday
SHIPPING C^NIONS.
Tuesday was legal sales day and a
large number of visitors were at the
court house during the day attracted by
the various legal sales, the meeting of
the county commissioners, and other
matters .of interest to our good citizens
from the country.
An acre of land
State Committee Issues Description
of Y. M. C. A. Work and Property.
Miss Ethyl Cassells leaves tomorrow*
for a month’s visit to her sister, Mrs.
Jas. Rogers at Tybee.
Relief <St Mitchell Send Carload of the
Fragrant Vegetable to Philadelphia.
Mir. B. F. Dillon, Jr„ of Jacksonville,
Fla., was a victor to Thomasville yes
terday.
Mr. James Dixon, of Savannah came
home last night to spend a few days
with home folks.
Mr. George Mayo a well knownyonnjj-
Waycross traveling man, was in Thom-
asville on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Cox, Blaster-
Jack Cox and Miss Nellie Pringle leave
tomorrow for a week’s stay at Atlantic
Beach.
Messrs. Reid and Mitchell have a large
and flourishing onion farm near the
city. They
ip a great many every
year to the northern cities where there
is a great demand for the succulent vege
table. On yesterday ihey shipped a car
load, the second of season, to Philadel
phia. The city of Brotherly Love and
odorous politics will soon be scented
with the perfume of Georgia onions.
the town of Cairo,
which has been in the possession of M. .
W. Baggett had been levied on as the
property of Mrs. A. L. Richmond, to
satisfy an execution in favor of R. M.
Butler, Henry D. Stevens and Chas. G.
Bell. It was sold to W. H. Hammond
for fifty dollars.
Four town lots in Coolidge belonging
to John Segler were sold to satisfy an
execution in favor of J. Rosenblatt &
Co. J. H, Merrill was the purchaser
and the price paid was five hundred
dollars. '-I
The town lot owned by General James
was sold to Simon* Steyerman for $ 150.
It was sold to satisfy a tax favor
of Louis Steyerman. v
| Lot No. 150 in the >7th district was
s>ld to satisfy a superior court fifa in
favor of J. L. Linton, against Levy
Langley. All of the lot but fifty acres,
belonging to J. L. Langley, was sold to
H. R. Brinson for an even thousand dol
lars. _ • • • ’
A t lire e-fourths, undivided, of a lot
25 x 210 on Broad street between Jack-
son and Fletcher known as the Wolff
store lot, was sold to the Savannah
Banking and Trust Co. for$500. It was
soldjiy virtue of a Superior court fi fa
in favor of^the Savannah Banking and
Trust; Company, and against M. A.
Fleetwood administrator of estate of M.
Y. MacIntyre.
T. B. Duren bought a lot 76 1*8 by 190
ft. on Campbell street in Fairview fer
$100. It was sold by B. F. Kelly for the
.Mozkowskie
Tempo Cassady, Goodie Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell
18. “On the Meadow” ......... Lichner
Pauline Smith.
19. Japanese Wedding S^^^^ce
Go Between .............Ethel Dekle
Mildred Rebekah Lodge No. 28 is the
youngest of the secret orders in Thomas
ville, but it is as strong and active as
any of the older lodges. At the last'
regular meeting of the lodge an excellent
corps of officers was chosen which will pi
lot the destinies o^the lodge in directions
of peace and prosperity :
Noble Grand—Mrs.W. P. Blasingame.
Vice Grand—Mrs. J. M. Oldham.
Secretary—Miss Bessie Vann.
Treasurer—Miss Gandy. ^
Miss Lucy Lester, of this city, who
graduated from Wesleyan College re
cently with the degree of B. A., was one
of the brightest pupils of that institu
tion. At the graduating exercises on
Wednesday, she read a. paper entitled
“Ruskin’s and Tennyson’s Debt to the
Bible.”. She received the Senior essay
medal and tron second honor in her
class.
Slight Blaze in Fletchervllle Wednes
day Morning. 73ut Little Damage
Was Done.
At half past 8 o’clock Wednesday
morning the fire bell clanged, the whistle
blew, “Worry? and “Trouble,” the two
big fire horses went tearing down Jack-
son street, small boys whooped and ran,
and there was every external evidence of
a fire. ,
The fire-let was at the home of Mr.
Ed Ward, an Atlantic Coast Line man.
A defective flue in the kitchen was the
cause. The department made splendid
time and reached the scene of the blaze
while it was still in its infancy. The
roof was slightly burned, but the total
damage will amount to only a few dol
lars.
Ordinary’s Court.
At the regular session of the court of
ordinary for June considerable routine
business was transacted. The will of
Rev. A. W. dishy was probated.
M. A. Fleetwood was appointed guard
ian for Grover and Fannie BgcGuire, and
also administrator Jor the estate of Mrs.
Cora Zeigler. J
In the road case presented to the court
by Mrs. Beu Ballard, the ordinary or
dered obstructions to be removed from
J. F. Allen, a banker of New York
was in the city on Wednesday. He was
a school mate of Supt. J. O. Wardlaw
at Emory College and. spent the day
with him.
Mr. J. P. Chase is in Thomasville to