About The Thomasville times-enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1889-1904 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1903)
i -A - 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
