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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. — 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 8 V 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. ' % ■FCil