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THOMASVILEE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUDY 4 . 1903
Coast Line Will Positively Build in
the Near Future.
Gives His Views on Depletion of Tim
ber Lands in South Georgia.
Government Issues Report of Weath
er For Last Month.
Atlantic and BirmlnghaniBuys It and
• the T.dk NT E. •; .
The Times-Enterprise is able to an
nounce an item of much interest to
Thamasvllle people, and that is .that the
Atlantic Coast lane will build a fine
new freight depot in the near future.
Rumors as to this action have'heen
floating around but nothing definite had
been decided until yetesday.
• Yesterday morning GenT. Manager J.
R. Kenly and Chief Engines E. B.
Pleasants, who came hero from Wilm
ington for that purpose, went oter the
ground with Agent Boyer and it was de
cided to build a ne^r depot.
This will oocapy. the site of the old
one, but will be a building fully com
mensurate with Thomasville’s needs as
a busy shipping point, and will be a
credit to the town. A transfer platform
will be built, and every arrangement
will be made to handle the freight with
ease and dispatch.
_ Plana have not yet been drawn, but it
is understood that the building will be a
handsome one. No one will regret to
say good-bye to the present shed, which
is entirely inadequate to Thomasville’s
needs, and our people will watch with
interest for the* erection of the new
depot.
, BACk AGAIN.
The Tifton and Northeastern railroad,
a line 25 miles long, from Tifton ^to
Fitzgerald, has been sold to the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company. The
money was paid and the stock trans
ferred in Atlanta, President H. H. Tift
making the transfer to attorneys repre
senting the trust company. The cash
price paid was J248.750 and the stock
was transferred in blank. Beginning
today the Tifton and Northeastern will
be opeptted by the Tifton, ThomasviUe
and Gulf, that read assuming the man
agement.
Manager T. W. Geer of the T. T. &
G. also has charge of the T. & N. E.
Train Dispatcher E. T. Gibson will act
in the same capacity for the T. & N. E.
Mr. Gibeon is now engaged in moving
his offices to Tifton.* Hejwill make his
headquarters in that city, and beginning
today will operate both roads from^tHat
point.
The Tifton andNbrtheastern was built
in the spring of 1896 when Fitzgerald
was in ite infancy by H. H. Tift, who
utilized 18 miles, of his saw mill tram
road already built in completing the
line. Since then it has been one of the
best paying pieces of-railroad property
in the state, considering its length. Its
net earnings for the past five years hav-
ingieen between $35,000and$10,000 a
The following clipping from theAt-
i lantaOonstitutidn shows that the genial
Captain J. W. Hightower is still wide
awake and jolly enough toattract at
tention even in so hustlinga burg as
Atlanta. /
1 "Captain Hightower, of ThomasviUe
now, but well known in all parte of
Georgia, has been spending some time
The Georgia Section of Climate and
Crops, the monthly weather report, has
just been issued.. According to the bul
letin the month was characterised by
temperature below normal^iuSd rainfall
in excess of the «ves«g9 ^lA tibemiddle
and southern divisions. In the northern
section the temperature and precipita
tion were practicaUy normal. The
weather during the first half of the
month was cooler than usual and rain
was prevalent. During • the letter half
of the month the temperature was gen
erally seasonable, and for a i>eriod of 8
to 12days little or no rain feU. Exces
sive rains occurred in numerous locali-
- ties over the southern half of the state,
particularly in Camden, Jefferson, Mc
Intosh, Muscogee and Stewart counties,
where the total fall for the month ex
ceeded 10 inches. The amount st St.
Marys, 18.46 inches, is the greatest on
record for May. At several southern
stations there was rain for 10 days in
succession during the early part of the
-month. A destructive hailstorm oc*
' curred in Jefferson and Putnam coun-
• ties on the afternoon of the 8rd, causing
'Ttensive damage to crops. It is re-
' ported that in some places the ground
was covered with hail to a depth of a
foot or more. Mention was made of the
heayy hailstorm wliich passed over a
portion of Thomas county on the 4th.
As a rule the weather of the month
was not favorable to crops, the heavy
rainfall, lack of high temperature and
sujjphine in the majority of sections be-
detrimental features. Cotton made
poc^r growth -and at the dose of the
month plants were very small for the
season. Stands of the early planted
crop were generally poor, and much re
planting. was necessary. Cultivation
was retarded. An inferior yield of
wheat and spring oats was indicated,
hut fall oats were fair to good. Corn
was undersized and stands poor in many
sections. Sugar cane made excellent
progress. The quality of late peaclies is
believed to be fully up to tho average,
but a short crop is expected.
The mean temperature for the month
was 73.5 degrees, wliich is .6-of a degree
less than the normal. The highest tem
perature was 97 on th0^25th and the
. lowest 57 on the oth.
The rainfall was 5.79 inches which is
l.ffa inches above the normal. Theie
were 11 rainy days in the month, anden
one of these the precipitation was 1.88
inphes.
As a whole the month was a poor one
for props. In reading the bulletin, how
ever, a feeling of gratitude always
spreads over the heart of a Thomas
countian because we are so much better
off than our neighbors. .
Vacation Trip.
Messrs. Will and Hansell Watt leave
tomorow for a month's vacation in
Michigan. At Guthrie, Ky., they will
i be joined by Miss Ethel Davant, of
, Memphis, and Miss Emily Tyler, of
jilClarkesville, Tenn. Both of these young
l wadies spent the winter in ThomasviUe
'‘and have many friends here. The party
• will be the guests of Mrs. F. W. Can-
field at Manistee and other Michigan
points during the month of July.
AU Togetner. • *
Our three representatives are working
in harmony. The house calendar shows
the followin|^iewbills:
By Messrs. Mitchell, Rountree and
. Singletary of Thomas—To repeal an act
v repealing an act incorporating the toton
of Meigs, in Thomas county.
By Messrs. Mitchell, Rountree fend
. Singletary of Thomas—To amend ’the
. charter of the town of Metcalfe, in
Thomas county.
Notice has previously been given of
this proposed legislation and the purpose
o&the acts is fully understood.
®*l}{idge S. A. Roddenbery returned Wed
nesday morning from a business trip to
Gulf railway 1ms changed owners. For
some time negotiations to this effect
have been going on in Atlanta. Not
until yesterday, however, was the deal
made public. ■ ,/
The Atlantic and Birmingham, the
purchaser, is a 189 xrii)e'railroad*running
from Waycross to Montezuma. The A.
& B. management under George Dale
Wadley, general manager, takes charge
of the T. & N. E. and the T. T. & G.
Sfr. T. W. Geer is Manager of both
the latter roads with, headquarters /at
ThomasviUe and reports to Mr. Wadley.
jMr. H. C. McFadden, General Freight
and Passenger Agent of the A.&B. f
has charge of traffic matters on both the
Tl TV & G. and T. & N.'fe. Mr. Mc
Fadden arrived in ThomasviUe last
night and assumed control.
Of the future policy of tho road, and
plans for further development the rail-
road officials are non-committaL <
The A. & B. is ah independent'road
ahd has plenty of capital back of it. It
^s in noway connected with the Bruns
wick and Birmingham, commonly
known. aB the B. & B.
1 Interested in railroads and timber lands,
; he has taken a prominent part in th$ de
velopment of, certain sections of the
state. Talking to a number of friends
’• in the hotel lobby, Captain Hightower
spoke especially of the depletion of the
t^taber lands in the Georgia pine belt.
Referring to a section of the state around
where Fitzgerald is now located, he
called the attention to the fact that xml-
lions had been made from the timber cut
from these lauds.
‘^‘But what are
going to do when
the supply of timber is exhausted, when
the trees have 1 aU been cut away?’ ”
some one asked. That is a question fre
quently asked nowadays, since the fact
of the rapid depletion of Georgia's one
time great forests is becoming more and
more impressed upon the public mind.
"That is a matter I have often thought
off,” Captain Hightower said. I don’t
see much hope now except in some ac
tion on the part of the legislature. The
turpentine man now goes ahead of the
saw mill, and lie is boxing the
trees that will yield a drop of gum.
Then the saw mill comes along and
makes two-by-four sticks of timber out
them. If the legislature would pass a
law forbidding the boxing or cutting of
trees under 12 or 18 inches. in diameter
it might help considerably.”
"The depletion of the Georgia pine
forests lias had considerable
called to it of late. Recently $ study of
the situation Was made by Professor
Charles H. Herty, formerly of the State
University, but. now erf the Bureau of
Forestry, United States Department of
Agriculture. Professor Herty has re
cently been sent by the government to
the south of France to study the turpen
tine industry ini that oountxy. Profes
sor Herty lias sounded a note of warning
relative to the southern pine forests,
those of Georgia, Florida and Alabama,
wliich rank commercialism refuses to
spare, grasping the present dollar rather
than awaiting the far greater reward of
future growth. But there are other
questions which enter into the destruc
tion of the pine' forests, important to the
people of the state, and do' doubt the
matter will soon be made one of public
consideration.”
Death of Mr.>Hammond.
Mr. G. A. Hammond, of Chicago, who
occupied the Linton residence on Han
sell street last winter, died reoeutly in
Chicago. He was a very sick iron while/
here, and his death -though deeply vglr
gretted is no surprise. *
The sympathies of all are with his de
voted wife, who made many'friends
while here. ;
Killed a Mad Dog/
Officer Martin's services as caniw^ ex
ecutioner were called for Wednesday
morning., A dog belonging to J. F.
Lamb displayed symptqns of hydropbo-
phobia. When the officer arrived the
canine became so active that he oould
not get near enough to use his pistol;
William Proctor and fiis new Winches
ter appeared upon the scene in time
cut short the existence of poor Fido.
Miss Luc^ Parker will attend the' t
summer session of University of Geor-
gia. She'left"for Athens on Tuesday
route number two.
Soldier Boys are Home From Griffin
After Week in Camps. ’ r
" The new arrangement is of more than
usual local interest to ThomasvjLUe peo-
ple. They have always felt an interest
in the welfare of theT.T. & G. railroad
and anything telling of ite increased
prosperity is weloome news to them.
At Fitzgerald the T. &N. E. connects
with the Atlantic and. Birmingham for
Cordele, Montezuma and Waycross.
Through trains will be operated from
ThomasviUe to Fitzgerald, arrangements
having been made with, the Atlantic
Coast line to use their tracks at Tifton.
Enthusiastic 'friends of the T. T. & G.
predict that the assumption of closer re
lations between the two roads is merely
a sample of what is to come. They say
that before many years the system will
extend from Augusta to the Gulf. Of
course all this is conjecture, but it is not
impossible, and is,'to say the least, a
pleasant dream.
Under the capable management of Mr.
Geer the T. & "N. E. is sure to prosper,
and all parties concerned are to be con
gratulated on the change'.
w Rural Free Delivery Now ln
Force and Giving Satisfaction.
ThomasviUe is now the proud posses- v _ .' • _
Bor of two rural free delivery rout*. ' dMra - John p - F
Boute number one h» been in bptaa-
Hon for several month., and route num- T *ne»t. of Hr.-
b« two family two dayn. • , J-.fotKyf- , -
The new mote serveeone of’ tte-best lire. A. L. Obandler,
neighborhoods in the vicinity of Thom- Burns undMibs Eunice Lee
aavilie. Tlie itinerary is as follows : mee,-Fla. . were guests of'
Beginning at the poelofflce in Thom- yesterday.;
asville the carrier goes west to J. B. _ ' ~
Jones’—6 miles; thence to Bitter’s, 1 ’ ’ lasingame
1-2 miles; thence sontheasfand east, 3 ..T 1 Amerious ’
1-2 miles; thence northeast to Gandy’s, ** Mass. :
2 miles; thence northwest, 3 miles; mU8p6ndthe snmroCT ’
thence easterly toNebochnroh. 3 miles ; E. E. Terrell who has l»i
thence north to. Ohustain’s, 1 mile; »tStanley’sBisiness Colle,
thence south to postofflee, 5 mi&s., yesterday morning for Ms
The total length of the nmte is 23 Wilmington, Ohio, where i
miles. The area covered is 15 square in the future.
miles and there are 103 houses on the „ -——— :
rente. A population of 610 is served. ■*“ 881110 HarleF lef
Mr. Young WMte is the carrier. morning for Athens. Sh s
; ; the summer at the Classic (
Mitchell In the Chair. •' dance upon the University
Under this caption the Atlanta News summer school, r ' ' l .
has the foUowing in regard toone of our - , r ■' '—
brilliant young legislators : . ames'W. Dillon re
1 ‘FondrenMitchell, of Thomasconn- Savannah where
ty, presided during most of the session ° exerclses in Cl
of the hqnse yesterday, in the absence of b, ’^ ntenal y nhniversj
Speaker'Mortis. Mr. MitcheU is per- edBy ’* birtb ’
haps, the best parliamentarian in the Mrs. R. R. Evads, Mrs.
general arekntdy, and is therefore quite toh.nnd Mrs, MacIntyre w
atihome as a presiding offleen Itissaid nial party, who left ypsterdr
he knows every rale in the manual by BIO. They will spend
heart, and is never frustrated by a point there,
of order. They Romany members who B _ R Smit h and j
Semi-Annual DlvIdencL
The Oitizens Banking and Trust
Company declared their semi-ahiraal
dividend of ''three per cent yesterday.
This bank is one of the most conserva
tive, safe and prosperous institutions in
onreity and its good showing is a source*
of gratification to our citizens.
while he is |
Attached to the 3:20 p. m. train of the
Atlantic. Coast Line Tuesday afternoon
were five extra coaches. They were for
the accommodation of^ those t&klng ad
vantage of the ten day cheap rate from
Florida. About a hundred of the ex
cursionists stopped'here. Most of them
wfere of a dark brunette complexion and
claim Tampa as their home.
D. A. Denmark, the popular Valdosta