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r - Bftfr Soutb Georgia Jptogress.^- THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, [904. New Series, Vol XIV—No. 37. Chock System on the At lantic Coast Line- Atlantic Coast Line has this returned to the pay oar system. time the men have drawn stipend in the farm of checks, checks, lost checks, trouble in itification and other drawbacks made the road go back to the hard plan formerly in rogue. The is rery Satisfactory tom men. The pay car ia Jest out of the shops, 'Wilmington and reached Savannah it car is said to be one of the finest *t equipped to be need forsneha 10. It will be in the charge of 'aymaster W. W. Dowell, who will be ipanied by Assistant Paymaster Sidney Bayies. It will be in Thomssrille about April 18th. World’s Fair Bates W. A A. Railroad Season Excursion Tickets will be cold beginning April 88th, with final limit Dec. 16th, at a rate of about 80 per dent, ".of the doable standard one way fares, making a rate for example, from Atlan ta of ttOidO for the round trip. A Sixty Day Excursion Ticket will be add beginning April asth, good sixty , ' days after date of sale, at a'rateofabout ’ 1 >A fares, or for example *86 05 from At F' i r lantlji tt A Fifteen Day Excursion Ticket will j be sold beginning April 25th. good re turning fifteen days after date of sale, at a rate oi about one faro for the round .! trip, or terexample at a rate of *90.86 ! from Atlanta. All the above named tickets are good in coaches or Pullman cars. In addition to above rates coach ex- union .tickets will be sold on May Itith ' ^Mmd list at a rate of less than one fare . for the round trip, or for example *14.80 i from Atlanta. These coach excursion tickets will not be good ia sleeping oars, and will bear final limit of ten days from date of sale. For'parties of thirty five a special coach will be furnished. For further information address, or call upon any Agent of the W. Si A. R. R„ or the undersigned. C-E. HARMAN, General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Delegateato Sugar-Cane Gathering. Governor Terrell has completed the list of delegates from Georgia to the in- terstafeoauo growers’ convention, which. Will be held in Jacksonville, Fla., May 4/6 ant 6. Lost year the convention was held at Maoon, Ga. A number of representative citizens of Thomas county were appointed and no sectionjwill have abetter delegation than this one, which is'as follows: Tbomasvtlle; Byron Wright, Cairo: W. B. Roddenbery, Cairo; L. L, Berwick, Cairo; W. L. Adams, Pavo: E. L. Whs. ley, Boston; William Culpepper, Boston J. D. Barrow, Berwick; Dr. J. F. Har ris. Pavo: Hon. J. B. Roontree, Bas trick; William Wilkes. To Colquitt:Court The A. & B. train yesterday morning carried a number) of people to Moultrie where Colquitt County Superior Court is in session this week. Among tboee who went were Judge Roberta. Mitch ell, Attorneys W. M. Hammond and Roscoe Lake, and Cot JohnW. High tower. IRON WORKS AFIRE. Kiro broke out I^ednesday night after cloven o'clock in Thompson's 1 Ironworks. Jhe mtnldiug room was ablinyr and for a time things looked dan gerous for all tliat end t! tire town.. By good vork the departmeut'eovn had the fire n ider control and httiebdamage was < one. , r girlsteroas girl is nicer thwart hois- (boy- OchlockoneaMan le Urged to Make Race for County Commissioner. Some of our beet citizens have for some time been dlscnssiiig the advisabil ity of patting oat a man for county oomraiedoner from onr vicinity. After looking about, the name of Mr. Reamer Singletary has been suggested along with some others. Mr. Singletary does not seem to earn for the office, at least I hare never heart! him mention the thought of announcing. However, if Mr. Singletary had the promise of sup port from other points we think perhaps lie would make the race. In onr opin ion Mr. Singletary would make as good a man in that place as we could get. We believe that he would do the Very best thing that lie could for the welfare of his people. Mr.,Singletary Isa man of good sound judgment and is well posted. He keeps abreast-ofthe times, therefore we bhlleve film to be the man for the place, provided he and his friends decide for him to make the raoe. Mr. P. P. Dixon who now has in oharge^he old Dr. Boston store has been making*some decided improvements in the way of a partition through the cen ter of the building, getting it in readi ness for the new firm, Messrs. Buntiu & Co., who will do the business that wss mentioned in last week’s issue under the name of H. V. Bnntiu. , % Mrs. Pats of Sylvester returned home Tuesday after having spoilt some time with her mother, Mrs. H. Stubbs of this place. Mrs.!. F. Singletary accompa nied her home and will return Satur day. , Mr. Ed Clark, who reoently camo here to aooept a position with the At lantic Coast Line, was disappointed by the company not giving him work, has gone to Helena where h$ has accepted a position with the Seaboard Air Line. Mr. J. H. Anderson is traveling in West Florida'thls week in the interest of the Asbell Cane Stripper, manufactured by the American Manufacturing Com pany, Chattanooga, Tenn. There la talk of brick stores for Ooh- lockonce. How 1 we do nged them. When the present wooden bnildlngsgive way to new brick structures and Ooh- loekonee gets a bank and some few oth er things that go to make np a live, np- to-date town, we will hardly know our selves. But it (scorning. Jnstwait and see the salvation of the Lord. Mr. W. Bailey of Valdosta lias been here two days this week baying lum ber. s The two Sunday schools hjve Organ ized their teachers into a olaas, meetlrg every Tuesday night, fok the purpose of preparing the lessons and discussing ar.d obtaining from each other the,best ideas for conducting to the best advantage an^ interest their classes. Rev. H. P. Stubbs preached a regular missionary sermon at the Methodist chn.eli Sunday night. Rev. Ed. F. Cook of ThomaaviUe was in town last week. - Mr. D. B. Stanaland of Pidcock was in town last week having been called to the bedside of his brother who is very ill with what is thought to bo pneumonia. GOOD REGISTRATION. More Than Three Thoueend Voters on Thomas County's List. Registrar P. S. Heeth states that more than 8000 voter* have enrolled their names on his books opto date. The books for the state primary does on April 9tb. Mr. Heetb has made the minds of the county to give the voters an ppportnnity to register, apdis now at ids office in the Court House every day and will tie until the books dose. All who paid taxes for 1808 and regis tered at the time of pa> ment are enti tled to vote In the dection of 1804, Those who have not done so, still have until Saturday evening to do so. An unusually large number of colored people have. registered this year. In the fall the presidential election occurs. They are entitled to vote and they like to eqeiciae their right of suffrage for the Republican nomine". The bocks for the ooonty dection will remain open until ten days before the primary, or In other words until August ninth. Mr. Heeth will not make another round of the county, bnt all who wish to register can do so at any time between now and then at the conrt lionse. It is probable that tire already heavy registration will be in creased as almost every otie wants to have a say in administration of county affaire. Easter At Metcalfe. Metcalfe, Ga., Apr,4,1904.—On Sun day night the Methodist people here cel ebrated Easter by a carefully arranged and appropriate program, consisting of song and recitations. By oommon consent the services .were the best of the kind ever held in the town. Every one connected with the arrangement and carrying out of the program did well his, or her!, port—be it said to tbdrcredlt. The musical selections, under the skill ed apd faithful directions of Miss Bes sie Copeland, assisted by Messrs. String er and Wheeler, Mias Qualiea, Mr£ White andothera called forth the warm est commendations. Several of the re- citationaXwere of a high order, and were well | rendered. Look of space alone makes It impracticable to mention the names of those who deserve high praise. A special feature, which, was well re ceived, was a song by tlio children of the town. Great credit is dne Miss Cope land for her antiring efforts in direct iagtiie program. Also to Miss Elis Qoailos, for her invaluable service ren dered. , < MR. W. P. BLASINGAME. Wall Known Citizen Passed Away Sunday In Tallahassee, Mr. W. P. Blasingame passed away on Sunday morning at half past ten o’olook in Tallahassee, Fla. The an nouncement brings sadness to'many hegrts in ThomaaviUe. He was {senior partner of the Blasingame-Morgan Lumber Company, and was spending a few montiis in Tallahassee looking after business interests there, He was strick en with appendicitis and died as a re sult of a surgical operation. He is sur vived by his devoted wife Who was with him when the end came. Mr. Blaalngame wait born In Morgan county about fifty years ago. He had made his home in ThomaaviUe for sev eral yean and was a member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows and Re- bekaba. Those who knew him best ad mired him as a man, of exalted Christian character. His splendid gift of the Vasliti home at a memorial to his moth er la still fresh in the memory of the people. Hisjwife was a prominent member of the Ladles’ Home Mission Society of the Methodist'clmrcli, under whose control the Vashtti homo is. That organiza tion sent many floral tributes to his faneral. Yesterday afternoon at the churoh they held a memorial service t6 hit memory at whioh] several speeches were made and hit many good deeds were recounted. His funeial took plaoein Americas, Ga., to whioh point his remains were sent MondayJ afternoon. It was held at the Methodist olinroh, by Rev. J. P. Wardiaw. Mrs. Jat. F. Evans and Mr. Blaein- game’s father. wont to Talbdutsee on 8ubday to be with Mrs. Blasingame She hat the nndvided sympathy of the community In her bereavment. MORE INFORMATION —Q Is asked. Before Election from Light Petitioners by Council. The city council held ite regular meet ing Monday night. The principal topiocf interest - discussed wss that of the pro posed election for municipal ownership of the eleotrio light plant. Alderman J. F. Pittman, on behalf of the special committee' to which the mat ter bad been referred stated that the proposed method, providing for the plant’s purchase without bond lease was legal. The council lisa requested how ever, that before an eleotion be ordered, more definite information be presented by the petitioners. They wish to know (1) the amount which it is proposed tc pay for the plant, (9) the rate of interest at which the purchase money can be borrowed, (3) the number of years in which it is proposed to make the deferred payments and (4) the estimated cost of operating a plant of the capacity, needed by ThomasvUle. The gentlemen who have been head ing the movement for municipal owner ship are well posted on the qnestion and will doubtless present to the oonncU tlio desired information. In case they do an election wUt be ordered at once. UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL. Rings Recovered. A sm*U colored girl, who went a&et laundry work at Mayor S. A. Hodden- bery’sj home Monday morning, stole two fine rings, one a diamond, belonging to Mrs. Roddenbery. The rings were missed immediately and Officer Martin went to the girl’s home in search of them. When he appeared she cried “I ain’t got ’em’, before lie lisd said a word. Tho rings were found on the ground in the yard where she lisd thrown them. Store Improvement*. Tlie store- of Dr. M. L. Gassady is participating in the repairs which are goiflg on at the corner of Jackson and Madison streets. His place of business now rejoices in a handsome plate glass front which was pat in yesterday. Duryaa Suea. H. B. Dnryea, of the Eastern Fields Trials clnb, who visits ThomaaviUe each winter, has had indictments for criminal libel sworn out against the American Field. Thia ia a sporting paper publish ed in Chicago. Its editors G. W. StreU and Jas, E. Berigg.t charge 1 tliat "intrigie "and” farthering schemes" was the motive that influenced the jndgea at the meet of the United States Field Trials clnb in Grand Jnnction Term, last January. Mr. Dnryea it president of tliat club, and an officer of the Eastern Club that holds its annual field triala here. ENGLAND’S MEDIATION. In Eastern Imbroglio la Rumored and Hopud for. New York, April 6—A dispatch from a Berlin correspondent says that the re port is prevalent that King Edward has taken steps to ascertain if Rnssiais dis posed to accept an offer of mediation. It is alleged that such an offer from tho King of England would certainly be accepted. The trend of events in the far East ia.attribntcd by optimists to the fact that negotiations have already began, t las Bright Proepecta. Thomas Coun ty Taaohsra Will Attend.' The bulletin of the recomlannual ses sion of the University of Georgia Snm mer School is about ready to be sent ont to the teachers of this and adjoining states. Tills school will open July 6th and will close August 6th, and will be attended it It believed by mure than one thousand teachers. The first session of the 'school was held last year. Daring that session there were six hundred and seventy teachers in atteifdsnce and there were ninety-two counties In Georgia and fourteen states of tlie anion represent ed. A number of Thomas county teachers were there hut year and many have an- nonneed their intention of going this summer. Mr. J. O. Wardiaw, superin tendent of the Pnblio Shools is registrar of the Sumner Sohool. Released on Bond. Mr. R. D. Girbett of Boston charged with selling liquor wet released on bond yesterday morning. Bis brother came up here from Boston and is his snrety for the amount, of *200. Burton’s Punishment Kansas City, April 6,—A special from St. Louis says that the United States Senator Barton was today given a sent ence off six months imprisonment in jail and pay a fine of *8,600. ORDINARY'S COURT. Muoh Buslnesa r Transacted by Judge Jonas Monday. Monday being the first Monday in April Jndge W. M. Jones held the reg ular conrt of ordinary. Tlie following business was transacted. J. H. Merrill was discharged as execu tor of the estate of Arthur Patten. James M Rnsliln, of Boston was ap pointed administrator on the estate of of Fannie M. Groover. M. A. Fleetwood was appointed per manent administrator for the estate of J. W. Wheeler, discharged as adminis trator for the estate of Leon Sauls and Geo. Laney, and granted leave to sell land belonging to the estate of W.B Moore. W. T. Owens was appointed at guar dian for tlio fonr minor childien of the late Mary L. Owens. E. ,C. Jarrett of ^Merrillville was ap- liointed guardian for the tyo miner children of Ida M. Jarrett, deceased W. W. Alexander was discharged as administrator of tlie estate of Ilia father, J. W Alexander. INS AND OUTS BY RAl AND HORSE AND FOOT Polnters'.:and Personals AbouMHoms 'Folks and Stran-ers—You3and]Your People slid Where You ArelGolng. H. D. Gore of Quitman is in the city. L. A. Wingate of Melga spent Wed nesday in town. . Mr. Z. E. Norton, ol Pelham was in town yesterday. W. D. Oarliart, of Atlanta, was here yesterday. \ Miss Anmtntn Culpepper entertained the Every Wednesday Clnb yesterday afternoon. Messrs John W. Masnryaud Stnrges, ovme in from New York j esterdayjeve- ning and arc at t Cleveland Park. Mr. Isaao Johnson proprietor of the Johnson Marble Works at Qnltman was in town Wednesday.J Mr. J. L. Pintoa camo iiome yester day morning from n visit to Mra. Mag gie L. Wade, In Boston. Mrs. Iff E. Nnsbnnm returned to her homo in Bainbridge yesterday morning after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.^Wiset Messrs, Will and Hansell Watt will informally entertain a few of their friends at their homo on Hansell street tonight. The Brunswick Jonrnal says that tlie paragraph column of the Timos-Enter- prise "glitter* with word plays.” We hope no one will be unkind enough to remark tliat "all is not gold tliat glit ters’’ Thoinasville Affords an example of peace and harmony to the Democratic ■world. Parker and Henrst hero dwell together in unity. Only they are a firm of plnmbere and tlie jnntor partner spells his name Hnret. Sualna News Items. Master Robert Taylor, son of Mr*. O, L. Taylor is sick witli pneumonia. Rev. S. E. Rose went down to Beth- page last Sunday to bold tlie regular monthly service. Mr. W. W. Williams of 'Thoinasville came down Wednesday en business. Messrs. Mac and John Glower who formerly resided in Cairo, were down here last week on a visit to relative*. Fish are biting on Lake Iamonla. Mrs. Jolm Poulk of Cairo drove down there last Friday and brought book sev eral fine itring* of breaih. Aunt Rhody Hadley, better known as Aunt Rhody Hayes, died at thia place Monday morning. Annt Rhody who waa quite aged, lived fora number of year* In the service of the late Jndge James Hayes, and waa known far and wide for her excellent cooking, and waa respected and liked by white as well as colored people. We need rain, and need it badly. Onr present mail carrier’s contract will expire in Jnly. We nndi that a colon-i man has taken tlie con tract for the ensniug tour years., Mr. Fred Borne* Dead. News lias reached the city of the deatii in Bainbridge on Sunday night, of Mr. Fred Bornef. Ho was a fireman on the Atlantic Coast Lino and was well known here where ho lived with bis fa- tlier, Mr. Jacob Barnes, until a few years ago. A wide circle of friends will be saddened by the death of this splou- dil ytjnng man. Mr ; W. S. Bulloch, one oi the best farmer* in all the Ochlocliuec district was a visitor to town Wednesday. Mr. Bulloch says that people in ills neighbor hood are planting lets of cane, bat little more cotton than they did last year. Mr. P. M. Beater who has been in the olty for a few days left Wednesday morn leg for his home in Atlanta. He took with him his three children who have been with Rot. and Mrs Alox W. Beal- er for the last three montiis. FOR SALG--Lot 6oxxoa feet on East nonroe St. at $400. half cash. 1 will lend as muchns $1000 to buyer to bulfe hou-e and accept pay an whole In *18 monthly payments. B. n. nsllotto d&w it. Mr. J. Heyward Poole left last week for .Savannah. While there lie enlisted with the U.' 6, Marino Corps. Mr, Poole is an experienced military man, as he was Quartermaster Sergeant of tho ThomaaviUe Gnards. The local com pany willSniae him bat his friends pre dict a bright future Tor him In hia chosen career. In Japanese “whang” means yellow, s' Maybe'that is why so many of onr ex changes continue to whang away at Willie Hearst. The county finances according to Treasurer Parker’s report, are In good condition. Omar Khayyam to the candidate; The Worldly Hope men let their Heart* upon ' ■■■"■ "JA. ’ Turns Ashes—or it prospers and anon, LikoJSnow upon the Desert's dusty Face. Lighting g little Jhour or two—waa 1Pee. , • * The office holding bee i* buzzing in many .Thomas £connty bonnets but in only a few instances baa he Jeecai- - in to the open. Tito city conncU is after the trading ; tamps with a’sharp stick and au’ordi - j ance fixing the license for stamp com panies at *1000 per annum. A South Carolina paper wants’.to know tf Capt. Triplett wilt have one or three votes in! the NationalfConvcnt .<a. Wo would bo willing for'Iiim to cast al