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Council Proceedings.
Council Rooms, July 18, 1908.
Council met in regular session, Mayor
Culpepper, presiding.
Aldermen Herring, Mallette, Pringle,
Hambleton_and Boyer, present.
0 Minutes last meeting read and con
firmed.
License of Charles Mitchell for one
horse express wagon was transferred to
George Eseridge.
License of J. E. Robinson for restau
rant was transferred to Mary Robinson.
City Marshal made the following re
port:
ThomasviUe, Go., July 6, 1903.
To the Hon. Mayor and Aldermen.
Gentlemen:—I beg leave to make the
following report:
Fines for May $ 63.00
Fines for June 101.00
In the translation of that immortal
Tennesseean, Bob Taylor, the melody of
the mosquito reads, "Buzz, buzz, buzz;
no hair upon this head. Buzz, buzz,
buzz; we’ll make old baldiered. ^There'll
be a hot time in the old town tonight.”
If Bob had sung this little ditty last
night instead of three months ago in
ThomasviUe he would have received
even more than ordinary applause. The
bald heads and the bare arms that our
friend “Amos” has feasted upon lately
would have risen up and cried ‘‘aye
verily,” and the sound of the many
voices would have been as a mighty
watef.
To dost in plain facte, ThomasviUe
lias now completed her summer quote of
mosquitoes, and they have come to be
an annoyance.
The object of this editorial is to put a
counter buzz in the ears of a people who
are anxious for relief. There is no bra
zen serpent available, bnt we have a
remedy to Offer that is pronounced ef
fectual, for the sinner as weU as the
saint, the faithless as well as the believ
ing. The remedy is kerosene oil.
It has been determined beyond the
peradventure of a doubt that yellow
fever is propagated by a certain sort of
mosquito. To kiU out ths disease in
Cuba, the United States struck at the
cause, and the weapon employed was
nothing else than kerosene. How effec
tual it has been can be inferred from
the fact that in more than a year now
there has been not a single case of yel
low fever on the island. This is the first
time in 200 yean that such a thing has
happened. *
If kerosene will kiU yellow fever mos
quitoes, why will it not be equally in-
wholesome for the pesky varmints that
flourish on our own oess pools? It lias
been used as a means of almost rooting
out moequitoee in their own camping
ground* Hew Jersey, the home of the
galenipper; even Atlanta, has tried the
plan with success.
The outlay required from each indi
vidual citizen is so as to amount to
nothing more than a little vigilance.
The plan oonsiats of simply patting &
very small amount in oil into every
pint *of standing water to be found. ,A
tablespoonful to. a barrel of water is a
great sufficiency.
Mosquitoes simply cannot live without
standing water, and water that is taint
ed with kerosene oil is as poisonous to
them as arsenic is to human beings.
Dr. T. S. Hopkins, one of the most
prominent medical authorities in Geor
gia, urges the general adoption of the
kerosene cure on both social and physical
grounds.
It would entail neither expense nor
hardship for the city authoritiesithem-
selves to take np'the work:
A South Georgia city devoid of sum
mer mosquitoes, would be idealistic.
“Amos’ ” forms our sole drawback.
Let’s kill him.
A CARD FROM MANAGERS AND
TRUSTEES.
that Mwsrs.-G. 8. Cox and P. B. Blain,
of this city, and Mr. B. F. Havens, who
is more a resident of ThomasviUe than
anywhere else, were elected three out of
the five directors.
This is an industry that local capital
is largely interested in, and our only, re
gret is that it could not be located in
ThomasviUe, rather than Bainbridge.
The greater quantity of uncut tim
ber and the accessibility of the Flint
river made Decatur comity seem prefer
able to Thomas. f
The capital stock of the 'Bainbridge
Turpentine and Pine Product Company
is $60,000. Twenty-five thousand of
this is paid in, and to make up the bal
ance an issue of $35,000 of bonds wiU be
made. These bonds have the very nnu-
sualjCQnditions of bearing s guaranteed
8 per cent, interest ana of alsb participa
ting in the earnings of the company.
It is stated that the plant will cost
$50,000, and if expectations are fully
realized, the bonds, as well as the stock,
wiU earn an enormous dividend.
There seems to be no doubt about the
fact that “a new king haa arisen in Is-
raeL ” This distilation process of manu
factoring turpentine is a boon to South
Georgia. It enables us to re-enter the
naval stores world with the same power
as of old, and just at a period when the
exhaustion of oan virgin forests bade
fair to displace us.
When it was first pot upon the mar-
country, and the movements of the At-
ant railroad mani, who, as a representa
tive of one of, the big Southern Unes,
visits Macon at intervals.
“The Atlantic and Birmingham is go
ing to figure in one of the big railroad,
propositions of the day in f ie near fu
ture. It will|be of importance to Geor
gia and will have a big bearing on the
railroad situation beyond Georgia.
“The ‘Frisco line is at Birmingham,
and the Atlantic and Birmingham will
offer a logical extension to the tidewater
at Brunswick, one of the best, if not the
best South Atlantic ports. The men
controlling the ’Frisco have demonstra
ted their ability to paddle their canoes
without calling upon their neighbors for
help. Now here’s another pointer for
yon, and it will reveal a gigantic project,
haying as its objective the construction
of a new. trans-continental railway.
“The Enid,San Diego and Pacific rail
road, incorporated in Oklahoma,which is
to build a line from Enid, Okla., to San
Diego, CaL, with its principal offices at
Enid, is a ’Frisco project. The head
man of the enterprise is John B. Lin
den, president of the Denver, Enid and
Gulf, the ’Frisco extension from Enid to
Guthrie. The capital stock is $30,000,-
000. - ✓ -<r
“The line from Enid to San Diego
will be 1,000 miles, and from Enid via
Birmingham to Brunswick will be about
1,500 miles, which would make the pro
posed line shorter than any of the pres
ent trans-continental railways.
“Another pointer to bear in mind:
The Southern Pacific is the only real
trans-continental line in operation in
the United States. The Union Pacific,
the Great Northern, the Northern Pa
cific and the Atchison, Topeka and San
ta Fe are trans-continental lines through
connections east of Chicago. The ’Fris
co, by the extension east from Birming
ham to Brunswick, and west from Enid,
Okla., to San Deigo, will be the only
real trans-contioentai railway extend
ing from a deep water harbor on the Pa
cific to a deep water port on the Atlan
tic.
“A glance at the map of the United
States reveals this important condition.
The proposed line will be the shortest
line from ocean to ocean, and will be,
with the exception of the Southern Pa
cific, the only one below the snow line.
“The cost of the operation and main-
tenance will, therefore, be much less
than its great competitors to* the north
ward. It will also be the only trans
continental line that will directly tap
the South, whose rapid development
promises immense traffic in the future.
In 1900, 700,000 bales of cotton were
shipped from the South via Union Pa
cific, Great Northern, and other trans
continental lines to Yokohama, Kobe
and Nagasaki, Japan end Hong Hong,
China.. In 1901 about 1,000,000 bales of
cotton and and 27,000 tons of cotton
goods went from the South over these
lines to the same destination. The
’Frisco tapping the southern territory
directly, will be a formidable competi
tor for this business. It will bring, the
Reasons Why the Presbyterian Col
lege Should Receive the Cordial
Support of the Citizens of Thcmas-
ville.
To the Citizens,of ThomasviUe l ;
For the first time-in its history, Young’s
Female College comes before the public
to make an appeal for aid. • In 1859, Mr.
Remur Young gave $30,000 to establish
the college and since that time the in
stitution has never received a single dol
lar from any individual or corporation.
This school was at one time a power
ful factor in Thomas and surrounding
counties, and the advantages that have
been derived from it by this section are
manifest in the host of excellent women
whom it has equipped for the duties of
life. But on account of insufficiency of
funds, the coUege could, not maintain its
original high plane «id extensive sphere
of usefulness. For this reason, the
board of trustees concluded to enter into
an arrangement with the Macon Presby
tery by which they hope to make the
school more widely useful than it has
ever been. This arrangement provides
that the title to the property shaU re
main vested in the board of trustees, a
majority of whom, according to the
terms of Mr. Young’s will,, are to be
bona fide residents of Thomas county.
All contributions made to this cause will
therefore be spent in ThomasviUe, and
wiU be used in improving the present
buildings and constructing new ones,
the necessity for which is apparent to
all. That the coUege will be of great
value to the community no one denies.
Every man who lias a daughter to edu
cate, every business man, every property
owner, wiU derive direct and material,
advantage from this institution. To
give weight to this assertion, we cite the
fact that other towns; such as Valdosta,
Americas and Cordele, when similar op
portunities seemed to be within their
grasp, subscribed thousands of dollars,
one of them thirty thousand, to secure
the establishment of such an institution
in tlieir midst. We beUeve the citizens
of ThomasviUe wiU be as quick to ap
preciate the moral, educational, and ma
terial advantages of such a coUege, and
wiU, like the cities above named, express
their appreciation by substantial con
tributions.
On the part of the Board of Managers,
appointed by the Macon presbytery, let
it be understood that while the coUege
is denominational in its management, it
will not be sectarian in spirit.
The Mayor lias appointed a committee
of citizens to make a thorough canvass,
for subscriptions in the city, -end it is
hoped tliat their efforts wiU meet with a
liberal response.
Board of Managers:—
Ohas. P. HanseU, ThomasviUe, Ga.
W. O. Vereen, Moultrie, Ga. *
W. O. Pease, Columbus, Ga.
J. W. Wheatly, Americas, Ga.
Rev. R. E. Douglas, Macon, Ga.
Rev. S. L. McCarty, ThomasviUe, Ga.
Trustees:—
A. H. HanseU, R. G. Mitchell, T. C
MitcheU, W. H. Brandon, M. R. Mal
lette, T. M. McIntosh.
i Thomas County.
Total $164.00
All of which have been paid to city^
treasurer.
^ Respectfully, *
J. J. Stephens,
Marshal.
City Treasurer made the foUowing re
port:
Treasurer's Report May ist to July
1st. 1903:
Expenditures May'and June. 1903.
Salaries. $1,888.07.
Streets 929.84.
Water 668.33.
Fire 119.71.
Public Property... 311.24.
Cemetery .. 77.58.
Health 314.00.
Sundries 115.62.
That Kentucky peace was only tem
porary. Man lynched Wednesday.
method met with exceedingly strenuous
opposition from the old turpentine men.
They justly feared its competition.
Now, however, the good qualities and
commercial value of the new product
has been thoroughly demonstrated and
the opposition has been almost killed
out by its own hopelessness.
That the demand for spirits will in-
crease.in almost the same ratio as the
price diminishes, *is almost without
doubt. There is no good cause for fear
ing an overproduction. The greater the
.quantity of distilled turpentine that is
made, up to a limit that we areinno
danger of reaching,the more advantage
ously can it be marketed.
There is an abundance of room in
Thomas county far the establishment of
a creosote factory. If some of the
town’s'spaxe money were put into that
business it wonid bid fair to make 12
per oent where it is now drawing a pal
try four, in somesavings bank.
Receipts May 1st
Licenses
Fines *
Taxes
Cemetery
Water
Bills Paya&Ie
Sundries sale of old
$3,165.84
Cash on hand Jan, 27, 1903.. .$12,058.07
Rets for Feb. prev. reported.. 570.82
“ ** Mcb. “ •* 3,204.84
“ *‘ Apl. ** “ 1,968.03
“ " May and June as above 3,165.00
$20,967.60
Expend, for Feb. prev. rep’td $8,370.04
*• “ Mqh. “ “ 2,277.96
“ Apl. “ “ 2,292.69
“ for May and June as above 4,424.39
Cash on hand July 1, 1903. 3.602.52
$20,967^0
To the Hon. Mayor and Board of Al
dermen—I beg leave to submit the
above report.
Respectfully,
Wm. H. Mitchell,
City Treasurer.
Street tax for 1903 was fixed at $3.00
or 6 day’s work.
Alderman Mallette introduced the fol
lowing ordinance and it was read 2nd
time:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of City of Thomas-
ville, that on and after the passage of
this ordinance a charge of- ten dollars
shall be made for connection with any
of the city sewers, provided that where
any property owner has paid his pro rata
share of the cost of any sewer, when
same was laid and has not yet made con
nection, that such property owner shall
not be subject to said charge of ten dol
lars . All connections shall be made
under supervision of superintendent of
the water works and the city shall be
at ho. expense for labor or pipe in laying
lateral branches. /
Following accounts were passed for
They axe going to drive the devil
oat of New England so they say. . We
hope he won’t come south.
A sensible yoqpg lady of Kansas made
the following request of her friend:
“Do not lay me down by the rippling
brookside, lest the babbling water wake
me from my dreams, nor in the beauti
ful cemeteries in the valleys lest sight
seers cooing oyer epitaphs distract me;
but let me sleep under the-counter of
the merchant and badness man who
never advertises. There is the peace
that passeth all understanding, and
deep is the sleep in which neither the
buoyant footfall of youth nor the weary
shuffle of old age will ever intrude.”
The stunned country is just recovering
from the fact that William J. Bryan
stayed at home and made no speech on
July Fourth.
Forty-five percent of the young men
of this country board away from home.
What a chance for the land lady’s
daughter I
FRUIT CROP ESTIMATED.
The Southern Railway Company today
Hied a copy of contract for 147 new en
gine* and 700 new freight cars, to oost
$8,285,170. Of this ainount $700,000 is
to be paid in cash. The contract is
made with Blair & Oo. of New York.
way should there be so much com
ment about the college graduates who
went to work in the wheat fields of Kan
sas? There* are college graduates who
are doing newspaper work; and we’ll
leave it to any editor, if that isn’t hard
er than the wheat field.
Eight Hundred Cars of Peaches, Two
Hundred of Cantaloupes.
The New York Packer, an authority
on market subjects, has the following:
T. E. King, agent of the 'refrigerator
car lines, says the peach crop of the state
of Georgia will not exceed 800 cars this
year. Mr. King bases his figures on per
sonal observations.
He lias, not traveled in the northern
jut has had direct information
'from growers and from refrigerator car
people who travel in that see*-’''- T *'
ijtimate^ia: F—‘
viile,--x M ....,
of Macon, 100; Atlantic uoa*.
balance of state, 250.
Mr. King, who is directly from Flori
da, says that about 200 cars of cataloupes
will be shipped from that state. This
movement from Georgia between Way-
cross and Albany and Way cross and
ThomasviUe will be about 200 cars. Mr.
King is arranging to handle shipments
of cantaloupes and truck from this
point.
It’s quite fashionable to , jump on
“Unde Tom’s Cabin. - ” As we are tired
of condemning Rooeevdt, Hobson and
Brougham, we are thinking of joining
the anti-tour movement.
Newspaper names are a study of inr
terest to curious minded people. A uni
que name is that of the Epitaph, Tomb
stone Arizona- Eldorado, Tex. rejoices
in the possession of a journal that sim
ply calls itself The Paper.
, There are 1,5)5 Young Men’s Chris
tian Associations in America,.. with
828,824 members and $28,000,000 worth
of property.
The ThomasviUe members have lots
jbf company.
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V Henry Watterson has the secret of
Appy living, without a doubt. He
’ays: “When I stump my toe, I do not
Minn4hp universe for my carelessness;
w, instead, I thank God that I did not
bkmyneQk.”
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New accounts referred to committees.
Council adjourned.
K. T. Maclean. Clerk.
. What a Whopper I
Speaker Morris has announced that he
will not be a candidate for the speaker
ship of the next house. Hon. Fondren
MitcheU of this county and Hon. Dave
Howard of Baldwin are mentioned as
probable candidates.
Mr. W. M. Parish informs the Times-
Enterprise that Conductor C. H. Ma
loney of the Atlantic Coast Lino yester
day presented his family with a fine
melon weighing sixty-seven and one-
half pounds. Mr. Parish says the melon
was as good as it was big,
The^Roporter wants LaGrange to make
an effort to secure the extension of the
A - B. railroad to that city.
A Family Jar.
This one was not of the fruit contain
ing kind, but it brought forth fruit in
three arrests and trials before Justus
Bibb on Tuesday. The life of poten
tates and powers is a checkered one
these days at best, and the King family,
in trying to Uve up to their name' in
dulged in a busy scrap. They were
brought in from their rural abode on
the Winn Plantation, and the three
Kings, Jam©, Betti© and Susie were ar
raigned before Judge Bibb’s augusttrifc-
unal. It’s a tame ending but we are
compeUedto admit that aU were re
leased. ,
\ Wiley, of the bureau of chemis-
tfie department of agriculture, is
‘decide by experiment whether
.tobacco is harmful to the system,
. rge portion of mankind believes
.'Kipling that “a woman is only a
W but a good cigar is p
le” and Jhey will continue to puff
veed, whatever the Doctor discovers.
People are perishing daily from heat
in’ New York. Georgia is the proper
place to spend the summer; and the
spring, fall and winter, too, for that
matter.—ThomasviUe Times-Enjerprise.
We would like to stay in Georgia all the
time.—Way cross Herald. Youwant to
live always, dp you? -
We like best to call
SCOTTS EMULSION
a food because it stands so em
phatically for perfect nutrition.
And yet in the matter of restor
ing appetite, of giving new
strength to the tissues, especially
to the nerves, its action is that
of a medicine.
409-415 Pearl Street, NewYork.
Soc. and *t.oo; aU druggist*.
Saved From Terrible Death.
The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbitt of
Bargerton, Tenn, saw her dying and
were powerless to save her. The most
skillful physicians and every remedy
used, failed, while consumption was
slowly but surely taking her life. In this
terrible hour Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption turned despair into
joy. The first bottle brought immediate
relief and its continued use 'completely
cured her. It’s the most certain cure in
the world for all throat and lung trou
bles. Guaranteed Bottles 50c ana $1.00.
Trial bottles free at J. W. Peacock's
Drug Store. w
castor 1A
for Infants and Children.
TBe Kind You Han Always Bought
Blgaatar. -f
"Pike’s Peak or bust” is the motto of
the westward bound Weekly Press Asso-
elation, ,