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• W. Hopkins,
. O. ThcmasriUe, On.; criml-
.second Wednesday in each
i eitil docket, second Monday
h; quarterly term, first
f fa MMteh, Jans, September
nid Dooombor.
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rtisnc* com
ThomairiUe, 887 O, M.-Everyfoarth
Monday, W. H. Bibb and Jno. W. H.
Mitchell, Justice* of the Peace.
Ware, »• G, M.—.Addison Way, Jos-
Mo* od the Pesos ,-oout third Saturday
Epepy-j-
Duaoanfills, 876 G. M.-8.
Bewh Justice of„the Peace; court
fourth Saturday In each month.
OsMssUss, lxn o. Me—
■ertea and p. F.Wxoa, Jsahoee at the
Peeeet eosrt seeead latarday
Oaks, Til a K.—J. J. Ham
J. N. Barrow, Justices of tbs Peace;
eourt first Thursday la sack menth.
Metre If*. 1211, a MO W. Swift
JuiUce of the Peace; court erery third
Chastain, 1111, O. M.—T. C. Smith,
of the Petes; Court every
Mr.T.B. Duron’s Store Again E
diarized on 8unday Morning.
14W, «. M.-J. h. In«rtm
K Tata, Justices at ths Tama;
first Thuride/ in aack sroath.
Metsi, not, a. tc-o. r. sums
tt.O. Smith, JssUoee at the Pesos;
Etetriet—H. a Jortau and
W. H. oslgsr, Jus Urea ef the Peace;
‘ — ‘ nth.
<Mk efi Overt; W. If. Jones, Ordl-
uary; P. S. Heath. Ta« Oolloster; A. J.
SUualaud, County fiurrtyor; postal-
•ce, TbomasrUle, Os.; Okas. Gaudy,
Coroner; J. T. Parker, Treasurer, poet
since, Tbomaavllle, Oa.; John T. How
•J-d. Tec Receirer, poctoffloe, Thomas-
Tills, Oa; County Commleeloner, J. L
Bererlr. B. M. Smith, Thomurllle,
Oa; Jee Burrow, Berwick, Oa;*/. Q.
Oa ; H. C. Cope.knd,
Oa
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Local and Personal.
Mr. T. B. Daren Snndayed at
Ooolidge.
B. D. Hartsfiold was here from
Moultrio on Sunday.
Miss Emma Carman spent Suu'
day with relatives in Touraine.
Mr. C. B. Qniun oame home
•J evening from a business
to Fitzgerald.
r Roddenbery is at home
after a trip to Fitzgerald on
L. Bneklerand wife of Den-
>lo., are at the Maaary for
iter.
era. N. E. Turner and A.
were visitors from Merrill-
Monday.
Meson. Ed and Duff Bruce, of
Tallahassee, spent Sunday
Mr. D. A, Dixon.
t. T, W. Wood and wife of
Cairo, were here on Monday en
route from Camilla.
A. F, Spenoe of Camilla was a
Sunday visitor to Thomaiville
was also Sam Bennett of the same
oity.
Mr. O. W. Stapleton of Birm
ingham spent Sunday in town the
gneit of hie wife’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. Edwards,
Mies Ora Brineon, of Cairo,
who hoe been the gneet of the
Mima Gandy on Crawford street,
has returned to her home.
The x Kirby Planing Mill are ad<
ding another thed 64x80 feet
This oonoem shipped 19 oar loads
of draised stuff to a Nashville firm
last week.
When Mr. Tom Daren came
down to his store on Sunday
morning he made the discovery
that it had been burglarized for
the seoond time within two weeks,
Just two weeks ago he found that
bis book door bad been unbarred
and that some goods wore missing,
The baok door was in the same
•bape Sunday morning. Former
ly he thought that the burglar had
cpasealed himself in the store.
Since the first burglary he has
made it a point to look oarefully
each night, to see that no one was
hidden there. It is now his sup
position that some one has a key
to bis front door, and uses it to
obtain entrance;
In the former robbery he lost
only about five dollars worth of
goods. His last loss will not be
less than 1100 as the thieves help
ed themselves to sugar, Hour, cof
fee, canned goods and other arti
cles. There is no olne whatever
to the robbers.
Chins Chips In.
New York, Feb. 22.—Iu an in
terview, the Chinese Minister at
Berlin, says a dispatch to the
World, says Chinese neutrality is
oply temporary. No one can tell
whata day may bring]forth. China
may be expected any day, says
the minister, to declare that neu
trality is not possible nor desira
ble. He sayp China admires the
Japanese and sympathizes decided
ly with their efforts.
Che Foo, Feb. 22.—The German
steamer Pronto, just arrived from
Dalny, saya Russia lost another
email eraiser by accident. She
ran on the rooks, slipped offi
to deep water and sank. The
Russians deny that a thousand
Japanese at Pigeon Bay'have been
annihilated.
Troops are being rushed to the
Yalu with'all the expedition pos
iible.
The Pronto, while leaving Port
Arthur with lights out for Dalny
to take on refugeee, was fired on.
fifteen shots striking her upper
works- The Russians afterwards
explained that the Pronto was
mistaken for a Japanese torpedo
boat.
WRECKED
Two Go Ashore on New England
Coast Monday.
New York, Keb. 22—During
dense fog two vessels went ashore
today, oue near Bell Port, 1/ I
ar>4tbe other n-or Long Branch
The former waa the schooner Benj
C. Cromwell, of Portland, Maine,
Charleston to Halifax, with lum
ber. The name of the ol her it u»
known yet.
Themate'of the Cromwell wne
drowned. One man reached
shore on a piece of wreckage and
seven others clung to the wre.ck
the hope that life savers would
reach them Repeated attempts
of the life savers to reach the
wreck were unsuccessful, and
close watch was kept for any that
might come ashore. The three-
masted vessel at Long Branch be
gan to break np almost immedi
ately ander heavy breakers.
The tof and heavy, seas made
the work of the life-saver^ ex
tremely dangerous, but repeated
efforts were made to reach the
crew of the doomed vessel. Later
five men of the Cromwell were
drowned, only two of k % the seven
being rescued from the breakers
os they came ashore. The schoon
er was broksn up by tlte waters.
Mr.'.W. A. Cargill, of Columbns
was in the oity Monday. Mr.
Cargill is interested with the
Wight Brothers in the tyrnp husi-
i at Cairo
. Charles M. Chapin returned
i Washington and Cleveland
afternoon, whore he at-
I the funeral of 8enator M.
Ho was accompanied
' i Lewis of Hoboken.
; Elsoma with Mrs J.
SALE—FlrsLdaasaad-
<o Evans A Boa's
14-dwlm
Pay Train Building.
It will be of interest to many
people to learn that the Atlantio
Cost Line will restore its old sys
tem of paying ita employees in
cash next April. For the last
few years the works on that road
have received their monthly sti
pend in the form of oheoks. The
authorities have seen fit to go
baok to the old method, and cer
tainly none can object to receiv
ing coins or ourrenoy.
The pay train for the second di
vision is now beiag built at the
works of the system, at Wilming-
tqp, and will be ready to be in
augurated about April 1. It will
eonsist of four care, one of which
will be the pay car proper. The
other* will be used iu oarrying
store of suppliee, oils, etc., in one
oar, and etationery and office
supplies in the others.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
8om« Items Picked up by a Traveler
Last Waak.
A Times-Euterprise represent*'
tive made a short journey last
week and saw or heard the follow
ing abont people known in Thom'
aaville:
Theatre Policemen.
The City Coonoil held its regu
lar meeting last night and acted
on matters of routine business.
Manager C. L. Thompson of
Thompson’s Opera House ap
peared before the counoil and re
quested that a policeman be pres
ent to keep order at each perfor
mance. His request was granted
and hereafter an officer of the
law Will attend each play.
Rev. Ed F. Cook came home
Monday morning from Macon
aud Albany. While iu those cities
he delivered hit illustrated lecture
in Japan. Mr. Cook-is one of the
best informed men in the south
upon affair* in Japan and Chin*.
HU atodie* have been devoted
chiefly to missionary matters but
his general knowledge of thoee
oriental matters U of peculiar in-
tsrsst just at thU time.
Mr. L. C. Houston spent dun
day iii St. Augustine and reported
trade in hardwire very good
Dr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Herty
and family who spent last season
in Thomasville are now in Jack
sonville.
Mr. C. W. Hudson who was
formerly in the lumber business
here is now . located in Tifton and
is doing well.
Mr. E. J. Allen formerly of
Brnnswiok, another lumberman
now has headquarters at Tifton.
Mr. John Hyde, who frequently
visits Thomasville has meently
transferred his headquarters from
Cordele to Tifton. Hie sister,
Mies Adalyn Hyde reoently a stu
dent at Young’s Female College,
ie making her home with her broth
er, Mr. Earnest Hyde of Lake
City, Fla., The entire family is at
present in Cordele where they were
called by the illness of their fatb
er, Rev! C. H. Hyde.
Ex-senator J. B. Norman of
Obe, Ga., wnsenroate to his home
from Tifton, Sunday. Mr. Nor
man U one of Colqpitt’s leading
oituens. He has doue much for
the development of that county.
He takes special pride in the
growth of the school at Norman
Park, endowed by his liberality.
It has 800 students mauy of them
from Thomas county aud is abont
to out grow its present quarters.
CONSOLIDATION ASSURE
Charts* Hyde Says tl»# B.& B. and A.|
& B. WIN Bs Merged.
Georgians!
^satisfaction,
Savnnnnh, Ga , Feb. 22.—A
special to the Morning News from
Jacksonville, Fla., says:
Charles Livingston Hyde, of
New York, chairman of the hoard
of directors of the Brubswiek and
Birmingham railroad, was hero to
day and stated positively that the
Brunswick and Birmingham rail
roads ate to be Consolidated.
“This consolidation,” said Jfr.
Hyd», ‘‘practic-.lly assures the
buildiug of a line on projected by
us from Brunswick to Birming
ham aud will give the Atlantic
and Birmingham tidewater nutlet
at Brunswick.”.
Mr. Hyde stated that the mer
ger of the two roads may take
place on March 16, the time when
the option held by the Atlantic
and Birmingham expires.
He also stated that the Seaboard
Air Line and the Atlantic and Bir-iyt •
mingham were very closely allied Lk I Oil I C
now, as T. Jefferson Cooledge and a.
his associates held large interests a;
in both roads. "
new pair
or
your,
money
back
on
President”
i Suspenders
Comfort and Service. Notuit or leather
to eotl the ehirt. y> cent* and ft aft
is*.!asrBsajrsssr-
Hade sad Guaranteed by
The C. A. EDGARTON Mlg. Co.
SHIRLEY, MASS.
for big values
WEALTH IN GEORGIA LAND.
The man who own* a Georgia
farm of 200 acres or more, today,
is the man to be envied, for lands
are at a premium and rapidly
and
ll We ’ re
for you.
goiug higher.’ For msDy years jjj Wt*U Meet Yotf T
following the late war many of I” ©
our people were laud poor and un
fortunately, iu not a few instances,
the greater number of aores one
owned the poorer he waa, because
it meant high taxes, heavy mort
gages and ruinous interest rates.
Now the situation is changed.
Very little of the laud in th*
south is ‘listed for taxation at
more than half its market value,
the rate* of interest have gone
down, the mortgage has been
with more and better
fiftl values than ever.
At My Store
find
¥
genuine to
$
| Mains Seed Irish Potatoes, dif-
. .. fsrent varieties,something that
M yon can rely on. Ths price on
— ,K — roota la advancing, but
sails* at '
very low pries.
old price— to
to
A WORD MORE- Jjjj
Don’t forget that I keep n fit
complete line of all goods kept i
in a nrsLOlaas Qrooeiy Store.
Prloss low a* the lowest /f |
'Phone 1
No. 311 E.
30. 1
Jackson St.
Thomasville,
• Georgia.
j
BRITAIN, GERMANY AND
. ITALY GET PREFERENCE
The Hague, Feb. 22.—The ar
bitration tribunal haa decided in
the Venezuela claims that the
three blockading powers, Great
Britain, Germany and Italy, have
the right to preference in the 80
percent, customs dnties collected
at Guaira and Puerto Cabell*.
The litigants pay the ooata, and
the United States is commissioned
to. carry out the decision within
three month*.
Miss Amy Harris of Albany is
in the city for a few days and ia
the guest of the Misses Culpep
per. She was attendant at the
Blaum-Curry wedding in Bain-
bridge. .
I m K
lifted, and Georgia lands today 3? J
are in gnat demand. I ©
The high price of cotton during
the past season has removed prac
tically all the inoambranoes upon
th9 agricultural lands in south
Georgia and made the owners in
dependent and prosperous, while
timber lands have soared to price*
that were considered impossible ■
five years ago. With these im-12;
provemeuts iu his condition and
surroundings the Georgia farmerlS
today looks to be a different man I«
from wbat he was even a year ago. 1
Improvements are going up on hL
every hand, and the farm ia being'”
mado more like a borne than had
been the case ander the bard con
ditions that formerly prevailed.
Heretofore, however much the I Low One-way Settlers’ Rates to
farmer may have wished to pro- . „ . „ ,,-
dace much of his living supplies I Northwest and California,
at home ho was debarred from, . .. „ _
doing so by the necessities of the 80,1908. tSeSrUngton^Skssr^Sw
situation with which he was sur- S°*' w *y orient* tuts* to California,
rounded. All his energies were The reduction is tram 88 to *0 per cent
taxed to the limit to cultivate the I trom th * "Eutar rots*,
number of acres required as a eon- The Way to Go.
dition precedent to getting the Th* Burlington, with It* strong maia
necessary supplies to enable his *■“**. «*«. best reaches
family to live while the crop was Denw ’
being made. I ‘‘The , Burlington-Northern Pacific
He ii now independent of the I wtthobair command 'toorist'Sw^ienTia
store and of the commission mer-1 Png * t Soan<> “d
chant. He is patting oat money
at interest aud investing in en
ferpriscs designed to build up the
community in which he live*. (don of eachmmthat anprataa tTy
And daring all this while his it tr,p-
lauds which heretofore were a drag an sccsrut* and iaformaSra
upon the market, are doubling biqalrlsi.
and trebling and quadrupling in M' N - Merrill,
value all the while he cultivates L. W. Wskeley, Gent'S*. AgSfJ**
them. The farmer* have got the I St/Urals, Mo
speculators and manufacturers of
COCHRAN &
...DENTIST
Office ever National
Thomasville, O
Phase 110-2.
“Work Guarant
STANLEY'S.—-■
BUSINESS
motwsvuiE,
All Graduates Success!
Every student taking combij
course goes direct , to : *
tion.
SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITIN
MISS W. S. WHITNEY!
Experienced Stenographer
Work Called for
and Delivered...
Headquarters
Hay, Corn Oats and Br
Meal And Hulls.
Field Seeds of all Kinds.
’Phone IS6--3
1» JacksonSt.. - Thomurllle, Ga
I
Texas, Arkansas, Louii
California, Cloorado,
Utah, Wyoming,
Oregon, Montana, Washin
and other points
West, Northwest and Souths
I. G. HOLLENBECK.
Disk Passenger Agent.
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R.R.
Homeseekers’ Excursions
These are run the’firstsnd third Tues-
H. S. LIBBEY,
Represents all Mokes
pianos Morgans,
furnished.
Tuning, Re m
Outof townordereeoUoitsd.*
Address, Masury Bout, ThomasriUs,
Wanttd.
:h the
any
the whole earth “coming across,” We would like to ask, through
to him, a. the boy. say. and ail te&TSTEi Gr^T. L*
that he ha* to do now is to not Flower for the cure of lndigeatlou. Dya
sensibly and, within reasonable "***?**« not
limits, ths ‘‘world is bis. ”—Amor- suits, such as sour stomach, ferments
lcus TimesrRecorder. I don of food, habitual oasttveness. nor-
I Jf^f ^JEWTuia., headaches, despondent
Mr. W. H. Boswell and daugh-1 wSoSnM s££ch“ r
ter Mis* Emmi and little son of I b ? en 801(1 f or
Meigs, were among the visitors to andw^rtHh^to^orretposid udth*^™
■ - - and scud you quo of our books free
A new business in
Coolidge.
—We hare established *— (
Fire, Life and Ac
cident Insurance
Agency.
Let ns insure your
Life
the city Tuesday.
ita. If you never tried August Flow,
.arm is cent boWs llreLWc Uve
Mrs. James Goddard and Mis* I never known of Its failing. If so* some-
Ellen Perry of Portland, Maine. I mcce.reriousU the matter with
arrived in the oity Monday to traduced this ymr^ Bsgjltar b S£ ns
spend the season. They an guest# I “““g G OBEDf Wnnin _
I of Mrs, John Slater in Fsarnsid*. j s. h?pri5koo!
And
Property.
SEE 178 FOR RATES:
BELL'S INSURANCE AGE
J. 0. Bell, Manager.
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