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TIMES ENTERPB18B.THOMA8VILLI5, GEORGIA, JOB'S 29 ISoL ABSOLUTE HONESTY. - Coo of the biggest blots on the more or 1 «u bespattered record of the llepub- -lien party is the appalling extent to sihj. h graft, corrnptlon and dishonesty have lieen carried by public officials. It is almost enongb to make oven the man with an ever-bubbling spring of faith and hope In hla heart, despair and grow pessimistic. Especially to this time when one thinks of the cor- responding dishonesty to other than of ficial circles. The sitnatloo seems to demand an to- ptintlialt and a qnlok return to the standard* of absolata honesty. The proper (place to bvgin the reform it to small things. If we train up*. generation of chil dren who will not tell unnecessary lies, who will not steal watermelons, and later on, souvenir spoons; who will pay their debte and keap strictly straight and atraightiy strict, things will be bet ter, We will then have fewer abscond ing bank ctahlers, and treasurers of sec ret orders who elopo witb^frotemol funds, and the like. The old motto "1 would not steal a • pin" has been a punching bag for the short arm jobs of would'be wits for many years. Bat it is better. lhan the modem spirit of "swipe tho pin factory if you can take it to Oanadn with yon, 1 We have an abiding faith to the basic honesty .and .sterling manhood of the Anglo f axon cliarauter. Bat it needs • east deal ofijoltlug, into consciousness, and.trktnlng Into roctituds orTYhie par- tlcular.line. Heredia a good chance for oontiderable sermonizing. Some of the ministers who are condemning Sunday newspapers, barking at oatebail, put- terfng in polities and ths like would do batter to sound the slogan-of "absolute luuestr In things gnat and small," and keep sounding it for the .next twenty years. DRUG STORE STORIES Xn Thomasville the drag stores centers of ioaflstical interest. These gentlemen who have a plethora of time and eloquence alt around to the 6hade of the sheltering showcases and divorce themselves from philosophical pronun- ciaments on every subject from cows to tbo presidency. Many Interesting events occur there. SPECTACULAR. A clerk who lores to jolly tholoafor* madehlsappeantnce the Other day with a "tpeetacular” badge adorning Hla manly hoaom. It was a miniature pair of spectacles, one eye bearing the por trait of Roosevelt and the other of Fair banks. The badge created much ad verse comment and one aged pldlsopher ■aid “them fellows won’t be to it fitter Parker his speech of exoeptlon of the iJomlnatibn.” There are more Republicans in Tbomaiville, by the way, than is usually the case to south era towns. This la doe to the largo pro portion of northern resident* who come - to Thomasviile as visitors and remain as permanent residents to enjoy the nest climate on earth. The McKinley electors oarried Tin mas county id the elections of 1808 and 1930, bat .bets that Teddy won’t are without taker*. SELL IT. There seetnk to he a growing senti ment (u favor of the sale of tho stat« railroad- Tho honse of Representatives haa tabled a bill which proposed to em ploy the stato’s oonvlcta to bnltd the road from Atlanta on to the sea. The eitenitonxitttherqad would pflyY Com plicate mattersplready auttldtqndy ini volved. After it had beed extended to the sea, some one would want to extend it to the Ohio river, and from thereon to the north pole to compete with the treat systems. The roadfmay be ptofi table financially, but its (oecsslon con tinually tempt* jthejfctate to|nnethica aetjon. 8cll the road and pay. tho bond ed debt, ' * ' ' GOODjWORK. Whatever*!** may ha said of Ooo- gieuman Jauie^lL Griggt- be is a man Whbdoes tl tings. Hia wont {enemies will not dispute this fact. Be is celts ttaeally securing advantages for hia district. The recent plaotng of a seoond mall ear on the A. O. L. between Thom- asville and. Albany, for the aooomoda- ttoe of local residents, and tba new route of slmllsr oliaraoter on the A. and B. are resent iu-tenore of this active interest In oav belialf. MUCH HUMILITY. The people at Thomas’ volunteer weather bnrean are bombarded with questions at to how warm, it is. Some express unbelief when the figure, usual ly a low one is mentioned. Yesterday waa undeniably warm and a perspiring inquirer whan told tliat the thermom eter registered 91 degrees as the max- Imiuarsrid he reokoned it felt hot he- oaoae there wasao darn much ‘Tinmidi- ty" The "hninility" is always aUght however and Thomaaville has an average temperature three or four degrees lower in summer and higher in winter than Quitman, Batohridge, Valdrew, Way- cross and oilier south Georgia towns. This is largely due to the preservation of the virgin forests around the city. Very oftor some distinctly encourag ing and plesslog events in |the political world call for special mention. Daring the post week two inch havoJooourTed. One waa fat away and one^naar at home. Tliey were the nomination of Joseph Folk, the anti-boodler, aa gov ernor of Missouri and th*|~other the nominathm of Bon. J. L. Hand aa HtateRenatoi from the Ei^th district. National ani)l<K<al politics*!* the bet ter for the presell-’« of snelt men. TbePTltzgcrald Enterprise says with out even a prospect of contradiction, that Wire Grass Georgia gives promise of bchigttlie greatest agricultural sec- taut ofRhc South. Tic possibilities of t -s soil and climate are far beyoud the imagination of the moat sangnine. lilnre dollare worth of more kinds of -ultural products can be produced sera, with lMsexfenae and effort, n a v country we Lave ever seen id tlie tiealtlifulDess of the climate Is ; or on - nwtret advantages. Lto .. .cane u tdg enough tv- gk to make • rlattocm Folk, the anti-boodler, bas the gov era ersh Ip of Missouri cinched aa a re sult of his nomination by tba Demo crats. Honesty sometimes wins even in politics. The new Board of Tr^de might be called an Evangelist leal hodJ, after Preiident J.F. Evans. We trust that its commercial evangelisation will be attended with swift, sure rerrio}*. - KNEW HIM NOT. ... I’l apttgjklfcrktyilody In town - know me," »idi heitvy-Wellit^B^^W, the mcdlcatod parliament, but myself- conceit had a severe- setback the other day. I have been here four year* and am a city papa This I felt sure would keop main the lime-light of publicity. But I waa introduced to tho wife of a well known eltiaen the ot her day who wanted to know U t lived here, if I had a family, eto Maybe the town oould get along without me after all. WHEN DONE WHITIN’ A call lor eye brow penoila brought forth this from one of the jeoneree do ne: “I went stilting the oilier night and arrived a little before the usual time. I asked for Mire Locreria and the maid of midnight hue who answered Vy rin* ■old, ’ Yasser, have aeeat,. Misa Lame tia will be down aa soon at the It done wiltin' her eye brows." And so the stories go, day after day till ths parrot thrleka to sad self pity. Poor Foils I Poor Polls!" To yelp at Bryan dost not help Parkar. If somebody doean't speak op soon we will claim to be the original Davis Henry G- Davit waa once a brakeman bat he won’t retard the wheels of Dem ocratic victory. They are Now Laws. Among the first batch of laws passed ay this session of the legislature, and signed bv dm governor, were two of lo- oal -importance.. Both were introduced by Senator H. W. Hopkins, and were approved by the votoe of the city at the primary last December. They provide for the election of a city dark br the qualified voters, and for {he examina tion of all teachers in the public schools of TlioasarriUe. The clerk it now ap pointed by the oooneU, bat aspirants for -*—* office moat submit their daime to the voters of the next primary. In ths past, school teachers hare bten •xemined only by the direction of the Board of Education, bat hereafter aboh examination will bo oompnlamy. Railroad Gossip. There la considerable activity in sooth Georgia railroad circles. The'latest proposal comes from the citizens of Quit- man who want the Georgia Northern to extend from Pavo or Barwick'to the Brooks county town. The citizens of Horton made a similar attempt a few weeks ago bat it seems that nothing has been accomplished by their effort*. Tbe Parker brand of bathing suit* baa not yet been invented. ^ Parker and Davis debt an now tramps In the game of politics. The war olond seems about to extend ing it* hovering eftmt over all Europe. The gas faotory haa been dosed up. Let the Board of Trade remember this. The Smart eet in Newport has been reduced to 900. Let tbe good work go The summer maxim of the mercury seems to be, "there is plenty of room on top.” The auti-bneket shop bill Will prevent the separation of many a citizen from Ula fat wad. The Sparks Cyclone is tlia latest ad vent to Georgia Journalism. Of course it will be breezy and will sweep every- thing before it. The BandenvUle Herald is keeping fast company. It- says it la led by the Goddesa of Liberty and gnlded by tbs Star of Betblabem. Word oomes from the World’* Fair that the people crond twenty deepaboot the nooth wherefreoGoargiaeane syrup ls gniuual to find such a ofdeUghliuf Georgia’s bottled lunahtoe' ftre of charge. TRAGIC DEATH. Mr. Peter Hunter Killed by»Rail road Train and Burled Thursday. A terrible accident on .the Atlantio Ooart Line raUroadRanaedythe death ot Hr. Peter Hunter and he waa boiled Thursday afternoon. Mr. Hunter was a switohman to tbe A. 0. L. yards here.; Ha waa badly orulidd between twooare a few months Ogo, hot since hi* retovsry had resumed hia regular duties. ■ On Wednesday night lto went out with the "plok-np" train on the Meotl- oello branch. When tbe train returned to Thomaaville he was not on board. I search was immediately instituted aid the train crew went out on the Una ,ust traversed. Mr. Hunter’s remain* were found about midnight two miles from town. He had boon dead about an hour. Hia body was mangled by tbe train, whioh had severed bis right arm and shoulder from tbe body, crashed bis .eft arm and gashed hla bead. How bo oama to fall under tbe wheels is un known. Hla remains were brought back town and taken to tlie residence of Ids father in Fletoherville. Tbe funeral ceremonies were conducted by Rev. K. Read, at the residence Thursday after noon and tho remains were laid to rest in Laurel Hill. The young man was only nineteen years of age. Ho was of industrious character and high integrity. The un timely ending of his bright young life wilt cause deep>orrow to all who knew him. A Delightful Picnic. (From the Quitman Free Press.) A delightful outing was had at Blue Springs Tuesday afternoon by the fol lowing congenial party: Mr. and lifts. Leo Neel, Mias Evan*. Messrs. Clyde Neel, Bhatt Pringle. Ed Jorge r, of Thomaaville; Misa Sadie Flowers, of Blakely; Mr. and Mrs. John Townsend, es Rebecca S Mabbett. Nona Hendry, Iff Blanche Chapman and ■fitoorgeNeel, Edwin Pothilland JohnLowrenoe. And fresco sonar was enjoyed and ths party returned by moonlight to tho early evening, If the state would shod a heavy load let ’em sell their old railroad. Col. McLendon, wo mart confess, has ventUAted a railroad mess. - * Tim melon season is almost o’er, bat Elbert* poop* to at the open door. They say that to labor is to pray, Lot no one petitions eight hotui a day. They taxed Panins the other day, but the coon sticks cloee to hia old A. K* Judge Parker takes • daily swim. Cleanly person* will vote for him. Other ooeottes with envy born, bo cense of Thomas’s tax n turn. Well done sirloin steaks are rare, because of that awful strike affair. Rythmical squiblets will sometimes flow, like water down a ’tater row. These things are poetry sore enongb. Not like that Alfred Anstio staff. How thaw babies named Alton P. will cuss when they grow np. Hally Parker pomes the plate in church Here's hoping that lie’ll pass Ted in the larch. Weather and politics, baseball and war. This it all and there ain’t any Watteraon castes the paragraph part. Henry should learn to retain hi* shirt. Those who would lav op treasons to hbaveu, should go to church today at eleven. Great Grovor cries to accent* clear, ■Steady Democrats, steady,” Bat tho enemy chant* in quaking tear Teddy. Republicans, Teddy." anYAN-PERKiNS. Recant Wadding In Valdoatabfintsr- aat to ThomasvHI* Rsoala. t «__• (Prom the Valdosta Tiroes.) The name of Hr. Goloy Bryan, at 109 Well* Street, was the roan* ofa quiet, oat pretty wedding lert bonday morn- lug at lo o’clock, the contracting parties being Mr. William Ab Perkins, of ThomaiviUa. and Min Rena Bryan, of chi* oitj. The wedding oeremeny was pdnormoa m a very unpwlve mat by Rev. 0. A. Jackson, of the Methodist oluuroh, to the pnaenoo of the family and a few Intimate friends of tbeoOn- riactiag partis*. The happy couple spent the day to Valdosta and left that night for Thom- Orville, wliicbjrity will bo their future home. The groom is toenector for tbe tele phone system at Thomarrille, bat was formerly with the Bell Company of this city. He is a young man of sober nab- ita, industrious and la a very fine elec trician. Hit bride is one of Valdosta's prettiest young women, who is admired by a large circle of friends for her many graces of character, as well aa her womanliness and charm* of person. The Time* joins their friends in con gratulations and good wishes SOUTH GEORGIA SUMMER. Rev. Alex W. Beeler in the Atlanta Joornal, gives a true and beautiful de scription of summertime in South Geor gia, and hits the cows a deft back liand lick without stopping. He saTs: It is summertime in the laud of the wiregrass and pine.' The sun shines hot from a sky us blue as that which bends above tiie land of Italy far away and famed in song and story. Across the wide spread ether sea that reailies from horizon to horizon, like white icebergs from the erotic zone, great pile* of cloud move with a stately sweep. With half dosed eves I love to lie upon my back to tba shade as I peed to do in tht'happy days of boyhood, sad watch the vultures as they wheal to circling flight across sky and thread their way {among the distant doud banks. In lazy mood th* mookiiw bind sits within tbe china tree nntil a panting dog comae by and then, with a spitefal "chip" he dip* down to ke the in tinder on the back; oat therein theean, the graashopoer poises himself on whirring wing and seems to out tremble the quivering air that holds Urn tofta grasp. Over yonder to tho shadaiof a greet tree two black faeee are buried in the crimson heart of a water melon and closer by two ooirs (the sa- cred anlmgl* of Thomaaville, at whose shrine the local poUridana how, with Lared beads, willing bands and mur- mnring Ups) two cows chow their coda and wink tbs other eye. Over all and throogh alt and about all there mores a breeze that ia as soft n baby’s ftoe, at sweet as a baby’s breath and aa refreshing aa It was, when called of God, it lowed from out its ooean bad and came wandering over the bounding waves' to kiss tbe fares of weary and land looked men. amendment by which people who can not nod oonid tell ooe ticket'from an other, and for that reason the bill will (ail of passage. Mr. Rountree will op ine the bllL" ,Tbe aedlcn from-the bill is. Sec. 14. Be it farther enacted, That to case any elector ia unable to rend htg ballot or ia prevented by physical disa bility from preparing the samo, he shall have the assistance of one manager oe more, to hia discretion, to aid him to the preparation at his ballot, who shall go to a booth with Idm for that purpose, said manager or managers to beohoeen by said elector. HOPKINS FAVORS BILL. Discusses Australian Ballet Measure Now Pending In Ss.iat*. Tl KKH-ESTERPniSB: Tod mozt be mistaken as to Mr. Rountree’s statements aa to the cante .of hia opposition to the ballot reform bill. The bill pasaed the house by a vary decided majority and is now pend ing in the senate. I Is sole object is to purify the ballot to Georgia. To make the matter clear please publish as part of this communication your interview with Mr, Rountree followed by Sec tion 14 of the bill which I enclose. The bill may die in the senate as it did tart year after- getting through the House. The chancre are that it will. . I am for it, nevertheless. H- W. Horanm. The quotation referred to is aa fol* lows: 'Hon. J. B, Rountree, who haa been sick at his boms to Barwick haa re turned to bis legislative duties to Atlan ta. Before leaving home he spoke of the Austrelion ballot bill and prophe sied its defeat. Ha says the adherent* of the original measure woold permit ns SPICY SPEECHES. On Light Question Enlivened Council Masting- The council meeting latt night waa enlivened by some spicy speeches on the absorbing topic of municipal ownership of electrio lights, last night. CoL S. Gr. McLendon, attorney for the electrio light company appeared to behalf of his clients. He read tlie general electrio bill, which has caused -considerable dig cession, explained its history, and asked its endorsement as a guarantee that tlie motel right of investors should be re cognized and protected. Ha was followed by Mayor Hodden- bery who spoke aa a private citizen, fa voring the local bill and objecting to tho general bill aa an attempt to cloud tba issue. At the suggestion of Alderman Herring no action waa taken by council on the matter. The general bill, its history and arguments to its behalf have just been issued by the Thomasville Electric Light Oompany from tbe Timre- Enterprise press. They will give it gen eral distribution and it will be read with great interest. Another matter of importance waa a petition signed by more than 330 oltl- fen* and presented by Mr. J. F. Lamb. It asks for a sewerage system for Fair- view and FletcberviUe. The mutter waa referred to the committee on Louis Steyerman. Special Sale for this week only. Did you read our last advertisement in these columns? It was certainly a a strike. Many not only read it but took our hint and advantage of the low prices whieh'we quoted.? Why not You? 35c Giughams, for this week 12 1-2 i5cSilkalines “ *• “ nc ^5c Plaid Linen “ “ “ nc 12 i-2c Percale u “ “ .. n C 15c Madras “ .■* •* .V nc 15c Hose “ “ nc 20c Jap Fans “ “ “ 15c Embroidery “ “ “ 15c Handkerchiefs “ “ nc 15c 40 inch Lawn “ “ 12 1-2C N. B.—Lest you might not have noticed the hint, we repeat briefly, we are looking for custo mers who know good things and bargains when they see them. These prices wifi possibly hold only one week. Louis Steyerman, Owner Broad and Jackson Sts. Agents for Standard Patterns.