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[OMASVIU.E, GEORGIA, JULY 4.1'JUd
► They Look at Ltf& v A<
> Different Ideas.
x Thomas'ville/Ga., June'29,1908.
Mr. Editor:—I note jn your issue of
the 26 th a telephone message from
.“Widow,”. FriendSof thfe-cow^ould
like to know whojihis lady is. Tliomas-
ville is noted for widows that fortune
TC't^jC WTr'-s
lias smiled* upon and blessed. This
might be a widow lady of this kind.'
There are four ; girls in Thomasville
who look at life 1 , from four different
standpoints. See if you recognize them,
v Tbe Society Girl—Life ■ is v a./bali witih
men, salads, drives, candy arid flowers
as adjuncts.' The intermissions in’the
music* are* some' 'chaperbites’kiiii many
Camilla, Ga.^ June'26.-Special to the
Times-Enterpnse. News has reached
this city of the lynching of three negroes
at. Newton, two miles from this city.
The names of the victims ^re Garfield
McCoy, George. McKinney and Coon
An»e. * ' "
The mob called uptm Sheriff Screws
about tweltc o’clock Tlturadaynightfo
admit them. tcTth^ jail. IHe complied,
and the circumstances-seem to indicate
that B. C, Tucker, a BjAer county
bailiff,yyasinIeagne with theiyn^hors.
The,.cause of the> d^edrWas $ie f killing
of JPrank BulianL a, prcanincm^finner,
living pni^r a teyr, miles from ffeyrton,
idr. Bullard endeavored t^ quiefc a rpw
that jhrtjrtaxted at * negro d^ito,to one
of his cabins last Saturday pight.. Xhe
three negroes refused to bequiet &Ufi be
gan shooting,. with- the result that lytr,.
Bullard reived. several wp^nd^r flrqnj
wliicli he died Tuesday..^
In the melee at t^e dance ^ -negro, wap
alse killed, and four. Qthbrwounded. 0
The thtee assailants. were arrested
Monday, and at t a commitment trial it
was concluayely shpwn that they were
the guilty parties. % A j : \
Baker county 1 is one of the fpwin the
Theri tourtelflie hLabldtb keep-'ab'
and stall fe&T tiek cbw,‘ now where
is the -Widow thatrtOilB from mom until
mglittbafchas little children that oWifs a ,
mK*L-sx cut' nV.vf t mjhi Uut ;
This cow is a souroe of a- blessing to
her, and lessens. the cosb of ; her living.
There , are numerous widow? of this
kindtn our town. Let ns> he charitable
and nob-drive away .from theae ^people
part of their maintenance.. I am aooW
owner, and an oldOitizen of Thomasville.
I havfe no- cqws running! at large,but:I
am always for the working- class ofpeo*
pie in anything to help them lessen their
cost of living.' o'f ,•! ' • itf-v. .
A friend to those who eaxnthcir living
by the sweat of their brow.
last? advertisement in- this column ?
Did'yofrread our .
It certainly was a ii strike.* -
,... Mafl.y .not only read it,.but tqok ojir hint and advantage
pf.the lqw prices.which we quoted.. ;j ... :
WHY NOT YOU ?
Messrs. B.F. Smith and C. E. Martin-
dale' went down to 'Boston yesterday
rifternoou.*''. ' ' '' °
Miss Maybelle White of Cairo is the
jp*estof Judge Roddenbery’s^ family'at
pndtefusculinje. ( ... ,
TheFlptatipup Girl—, . * „; r
Life is ^a big flshpon^.. Yon sit op
the bank becomingly clad, and cast yomf
hook, baited with a smile. - Men are sp
easy to catch .and it’s such fun towatcli
them squirm. The only trouble is tliat
sometimes the book may get caught ,in
youy finger. Pretty soofi you get old
and gray and fish aren’t so easy to catch
more. - r
The Domestic Girl—Life is a huge
hoxqe, the husband a god, and the ba :
, biea Uttle angels. It’s a real pleasure to
sew, and the preparing of meals a
weighty problem. The big shadow is
that so many other, girls appeal to men
as so much more entertaining that yon
.are apt to sit alone in the comer.
Percales
this
week,
,i5C
PI’dLinen
this
week,
■ I 5C
Madras
this
week,
15c ....
Siikaleens
this
Week,
Ginghams
this
week,
MEIGS PICN(Q.
Speeches and ri General Gobd Time
'r.j.at Midway..
state that has neither a railroad nor a
newspaper, and it is rather difficult
to secure information, but tp all appear
ances the lynching was entirely unex.
pected. The mob was small, but they
did their ,woric with certainty. .
Yesterday 'was a gala day in the vi
cinity oPMeigs. Several schools have
clq?ed recently in that neighborhood,
and yesterday they 1 all joined in a union
picnio at Midway church. Several good
speeches ‘helped to pass away the time
pidisantly. Messrs: Irwin* McIntyre,
Blanton and Wilder were the orator?
of the day, and Professor Searcy, as
master of cere&omea, introduced them,
in a very entertaining style. Several
people frpip -Thomasville went up to
joinin thefrolio. { .j - A . rx -.y
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT.
J. S. Clifton Buys a Nome on Rem-
T.'S,.Vinaon, has returned to Thorny
asville after, a visit of several weeks to
his daughter in GaUatih, Teim.
ington Avenue.
J. S. Montgomery, the real estate
agent, . has Tsddl to J. ’ S. Clifton the
Frank Remington home on Remington
avenue. This is one of the most desira
ble residences in .the city and Jfo. Clif
ton is to be. congratulated on his acqui
sition. - : , -
The cottage is at present oocupied by
Mr .and Mra/Cliftonand Mr. and Mrs.
T.;W*jGeeri who will' continue to reside
there.' -. 111 :. t- • r.. •
Thp following invitations have been
received by friends of the contracting
parties in this city:
1 1 “Mr. and Mrs. B. Edwards
1 request the Honor of your presence
‘ atthe tnarrikge of theijr daughter,
! -Bertfe Alice, ‘
Mias, Jennie Johnson, an attractive
young lady of Albany, will be the guest
€d friends in this city for several days..
, I5C ,
Handk’fs
-.this
week,
^ .Entertelning the Industrial School.
The Woman’s Home Mission. Society
entertained the children of .the Indup-
fcrisl achpol, togetber with their mothers,
at the; Epworth League f room of thej
J^ethpdi?t churdi Friday , sfternqon.
There was musiQ, recitations and, other
features of ajnu,sement, *and the grapho-
phone, which was Jtindly furnished by
Mr^Goehringj afforded muebpleasure.
Delightful refreshments we^ served on
the chprpb lawn. The ch|idteu4te4<ui
exhibition, some samples of their, work
done in the Induatxial soiiQol which re
flected numb credit on both teaclier and
'pUpOS.-. , \ ;v - ■
■ Mrs. Sallie Smith, of CamiUa, is the
guest of her father, Honi W, PL Bibb,
in this city. * * • « r f -V { <
-T. B. Twitty, who claims. Charleston
as bis headquarters and Camilla as his
home, iisin the city.
Mr. Oliver Wesley StSpleton,
j WedheS^y morning, July fifteenth, 1
( -nineteen hundred and three,
at ninfe thirty o’C^6ck,’ : •’>'
115 CSrawford Street, Thomasville, Ga. 5 ’
Miss EdWards is well and favorably
known here. ! ' v - ; '•
' Mr,’ Stapleton 1 is a resident of Birining-
hasn. -' ■ ■ v
Colored Teachers Examination.
' County Coinmissioner K. T. Maclean
Si>ent a busy day Saturday looking after
the colored school teachers examination.
A number of applicants for license took
the examination.
N. B.—-Lest you might not have noticed the HINT we
:at briefly we are looking for customers,. wTbo'know
l things apd bargains when they see them.
Tliese,prices will positively hold good only one week.
SUPERIOR COURT .FRIDAY,
AdjourneU Term Met But Lithe Bust- ‘
! ’ ness Was Transacted.
Hon. T. C. Mitchell, wife and saps,:
Frank and T. C. Jr., have returned from
’Atlanta; i-’r *•' ■ ./* ‘HT "U
Louis
■ The adjourned term of Thomas coun
ty superior court was called to order
tkiday morning at iOo'clock with Jodge,
Robert G. Mitchell, presiding, '- and
Solicitor Thomas Representing the state..
No busintes of special importance was
transacted.' A motion for a new ferialin
A SPLENDID GIFT.
Brofad and Jackson Streets, Thomasville, Ga.
Agents for Stand Patterns.
Odd . Fellows Give Sewing Machine
to Industrial Nonae.
Still At It , u -
. The opening dance at Harris Lithia
Springs, S. G., was the event of the sea
son. about 50 couples participating. The
German was led by Mr. Geo- Traylor,
Jr., and Mrs. J. B. Reilly, of Miami,
Fla. • ■• ■. -•-k: -
the case of Ed Mitchell, colored, had
been made, but by the consent of-, both
sides the case was ilismissod and Mitch-
in win serve his sentence, of life impria-J
Prof. G. W. Threkeld, pne. of the
county’B igood school teacher?, is. in
town. ’
Evidences of a charitable spirit
me continually' being given by . the
members of the Thomasville lodge of
Odd FeUpws* Last Christmas the order
donated $2$ to the. work of the city mis
sionary society., A few weeks ago, they
gave- a similar. amount to the sufferers
from Gainesville cyclone. . , /;,• .
. Ajt .th^ir last meeting an appeal was
mejje by the ladies in, charge of the In : .
dustni^j, jHome , ^or i help. One of
greatest needs of, th^ -^•^titut?' -^.Isa
sewpjg ,ntechiqe. f —1 , al article I
serjtes double porposV, 'of..making
Hon. Nat Turner of MerriUville fa
vored this city with a visit iti the recent
PMt. . ; t .
Jim'BlacUfihear, Jr., a chip oft hie did
; block, S was telling' fl* stories to'bis
friends on Broad street yesterday after- 1
noonj b • _■ •:
Court adjonmed to meet on Monday,
Octo^i»Ui,lS03. ■
waving returned our expenses to one-half for the sum
mer months,-June,'July and August, we will give the lowest
prices ever offered on new clothing in this city. You cannot
get anold carried over suit from hs, but yon can get
The Best Tailored ! The Best Fitting I The Best All Wool Suit for
the Least Money! A. Bull Tine of, Importeii and Dpmestic
Furriisli.ings, Always New.
. Our new arrivals in. light fur hats for summer Are-peaches
for style and beauty. . Straw hats to fit everybody 1 Fsoiu 25c
. Mr. Clias. T. Bro|«m j left on Thursday
morning for Montgomery .to. accept a.
position with the A. C. .L., He has been
with the same road for 19 years in tliia
fity and his' mahy friends will regret liis
departure. His family will follow him,
later on. ,
’-Prof. JWillian^ 08c»ir Hon- » v is
Sign Your Name, - ;r..
The Times-Enterprise,, like All other
newsi»pere, has a rale Requiring all ?r-
ticlea sent for publication, to .be signed
te* iie name of f the write^- .. The.
nam,e is not necessarily for publication,
but for the inforin^tion fit , the^ editors.
The new^sity f or tMs rule can easily
seen. Sign yoqr name ( if you want your
^qbUcation to appei^r^ f f
* >•'. • New Tria« Darted.' v * «
! Judge Mitchell' heard-* a txwmdes
county case in chambers yesterday
morning. 1B. W. Thompson, •'a 'negro,
had been convicted apd sentenced, J. M.
Johnson, his. attorney, made . a motion
for a new ferial. This was denied and
the case will be carried to the supreme
court. ' Solicitor Thomas represented
'the state. . - : . .
left<yesterday to spend'
months in Clarksvilie, Ga.
dele. He wui sp^-. ^ - T7r: .
city, as t^e guest of his parents and will
then return to Thomasville to plypui
usual avocation of selling pianos.
voted Thomasville with their presence
yeisterday.' •' ”‘*'.; ‘ ' \
,Mtes Marg^ Biyk of Gneeneboro, Ga., \
is the guest of Miss Lucy Lester. The
young ladies were classmates at We?- '
leyan Collcso. ; - - -
Mr. J. C; Wardlaw, Shperintendent of. .
’the city sdiools of ThomasviUe. Ga., is '
-ini Athens. He will assist-Registrar
Harper in his work during the session of
the University Summer School.—Athens
. Capt. Thad Adams, i editor of the
Moultrie 'News, was a visitor to Thom- i
asville on Saturday. •’ • ’; 7 . ,
: Mr. Singletary’’s Bril.'
Among this flew bills' recently intro
duced in the house is one by Hon. John
The editor of the-Thomasville Enter
prise alleges that ke has proposed seven
times, and is still unmarried. What a
homely cuss he must be,—Fitzgerald
Citizen. A mighty good guess for one
that - )jas never seen us; However, we
remember the Bible story about seventy
times seven, and we are working on our
eighth case now. : ', ; v .• ' »
Mr, H. H. Tift of Tilton cut from the
stump Wednesday, three cars of timber,
hauled. iV to ids mill' and saWed it up
into lumber.. The lumber waa looded
ninni—**.**.*>1... ,,,...^, , on - Atlantic Coast Line cars «» same
Oscar Groover, wHd is playing fine ’day arid by 10 a. m. Thursday reached
baseball with the Quitman team, waafc' ’Brunswick, was loaded on a vessel the
Stops the Itching. Stops the'
. Inflammation. It Cools. It
kere
Him mb Collier, of Albany, who has who,
beeh apending the week very pleasantly agaij
With the Misses Sandford on Hansell D -
street left Friday for. Qnltman where .
she is to spend a few days >lth relatives . 8
* naWend V——1^- V C
Mr. Frank' Ansley, wife andchild, are .that
in the city for a few, days on a visit to of yo
■his mother, Mrs. F. M. Ansley.. Mr. *k>y
GEORGIA
•*nd8pringDell„ t y.
in my Gro’< I
8 k- k___ lily town yesterday. • Hof rejoined liia'teain
Tabitha Duron . attended the last ntefht and iw,' witl. ihM ... tear
:e .last night and goes' with them to Jack. Ugh t. yj&g1 0 n the water in thlrty-sii
sonville today. . , hours after it was cut from the forest.
if c
. 20C ;
Embro’d’s
Sateens
- this
this
week, ^
week,
tic.
He.