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II B8-ENTEHPRISE, TflOMASViLLft GEORGIA. ATJGC8T 12. HKH.
LEE WARREN DEAD
Resident of Tliomasville Ae-
c-Uer.tiy Killed in Indiana.
ezfeniay afternoon Mr. George G.
arren, of tho Brigluon Hotel received
xhaead news of the death of liiahrether
be in Muncie, lud. His death waxtlie
result of an accident, hat details could
not be learned. His remains will be
. sent to Ids former home in Gainesville,
Fla., and his funeral will take place on
The >uuo(S man had Just passed his
Twentieth birthday. He was a quiet
irdqstriqns boy of good character,
was employed by his brother at the
Brighton Hotel and left here for the
west last April. This is the second
brotlier Mr. -Warren has lost within six
months. Another died in Gainesville
in February. He haa the sympathise
, of all in ills sorrow at his brother'
~tw*lo demi.o.
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A BAD BLAZE.
Hauoe and Injured Fireman
Yeeterday Afternoon-
At a fire a few minutes after twelve
yeeterday afternoon the flie department
wae called to tlie bonea on Young street
"YraedbyMr. W.O. Pittman and ocoop
oil by Messrs. Ben and Bob Withering
-too and their mother. ,
The Are caught from a defective flue
It spread rapidly torn tbe kitchen root
go the other parte of the house, and was
toon blaring merrily. The Are depart'
meat made a^nlok ton to the place, end
eooo bad the Are under control. They
did splendid work in potting ost the
flames which Chd* gained considerable
headway between the roof end oeUing.
The building wee not burned down,
suet the principal damage 'was to the
roof. The oontents wens only slightly
damaged by emoke.and water,
t’Hr. Sterling Sandford.one of the Art-
seen, wee painfully but not eertonsly in-
jured. He wee between the roof end
oeUing, Aghting Are When the ceiling
Eero way. He felt to theAoor of the
room below, severely spraining hie arm
and cutting a gash in Ins head. The
arm. was dressed and several stitchu
taken in bla scalp. Ho was up last
nWtt. *
The department made the ran loan
ordinary farm wagon. The regular Are
wagon was laid np in the shop for [re
.(•Ira. The boys were just hitching op
the snbstiinte when die alarm was turn
ed in. Everything wee la readiness to
they hastened down 'he &ad. They
had no ohemloal extinguishers and at
hooks or ladders, "but they were there
With the damp end the Are went onl.
U1"" ,T OUT.
Won't Run tef Governor of New York
for Democrats.
Hew York, Aug. 8.—Kx-8eoretary of
War Dan Lan out declares that he is
not a candidate for governor of New
York. He] says the cltaucee for the
election of Parker are excellent.
COMMUNICATION.
electric;light co. submits
FIGURES TO COUNCIL.
Engineer to be Engaged to Estimate
Coat of Sewerfln Flstenorvllle. Tun
nel Under Fletcher Street Crossing
Abandoned. Excellent Report from
Waterworks.! .Official Minutes.
RAILROAD FIGURES
What^The Melon end Peer 'Crops
Meant to Thomesvllle
Mr. Heury Mesh has compiled statis
tics for freight agent Boyer, sliowui*
the complete moveuieut of melons from
ThOmasviUe this season.
There were shipped 4161 barrels of
peers, 2400 crates of cantalopea and AS
Oars of .watermelons. Those figures
refer to Thpma*ville alone and take no
consideration whatever of the lmmer-
ooe other shipping points in the connty.
Statistics for other points have not been
compiled. It is hoped, however, that
figures for the watermelon movement
from all south Georgia can be had with
in a short time. These figures will. ap-
priximate 2500 cars, almost one-tiilrd
l than were shipped last year,
i the statistics quoted above, any
65/ pinbn familiar with the prices of melons
and pears can easily calculate for tnrtu-
t exactly what titeae crops
Iliumaaville.
er farming districts of
Tliomasville, Ga., Ang. 8,11*64.
BCooncil]met in regular session, Mayor
Roddeubery presiding. Aldermen Boyer,
Herring, Pittman and Lewis present.
Minutes of lanjmeeting were read and
confirmed.
E7. P.Werd wee granted license for
one bone dray. The mercantile licenzo
of 8. Sampson wee transferal to Chis
holm and Dillon.
The following communication was
read.
Mr. Joseph Beverly, Chairman Light
Committee^ Thomaenlle, Ga.
Dbar&if: Bepiyiqg to yonrs ooncern
ing an incroaao in aeries lights for the
city of Thomaerille I beg to ear this com
pony is now, as itbtselweysbeen, anxi
ous to give the people of Thomasnlla the
bsst possible service at reasonable rater.
A comparison with rates oherged tn nth-
er cities will demonstrate the feet that
the charges made by the Thomaerille
HlectrloUghtdfcGaaOo. are reasonable
For instance Temps, Fla uses 68 arc
lights and pays 9130, peryear; Waycross
Ga. uses 48 aro lighte and pays 175. per
year; Macon, Ga. use 158 aro light*
and pays $76. per-year; Atlanta, Ga.
naea SISaro lights and pay* 978. per
year; Albany, Ga. naea 7 commercial urc
Ughtaataooat of $110 peryear; Val-
dost* Ga. uses 50 ark Ughta and pay*
$75 per year; Valddsta, Ga. also uses 26
It O. P. lights and pays 9>,
per month each; TbcmasrUe’s rate is
75 cente per light per month, end Thom-
xsyllle uses only 81 aro lighte and ipays
9106. peryear. We pay $8.80 per ton
for coal, end 98.85 per cord for wood,
aad.these rates an higher than those
paid in alky other city that we know of.
Wo would bo perfectly willing to da
plicate Waycross contract with tnecltr
of.Thomesvillo.lt. It would not bo fair
to compere rates where water power is
need like Columbus, Ga. Athens, On.
and Tampa, Fla. with rates in towns
where steam is necessarily used.
Thls]compsny is differently situated
from any other oompeny in tho state,
owing to the fact that about four
months we have a large demand and for
eight months in tit* -year a small de
mand; onr capital and power ia there
fore idle two thirds of it for two thirds
the year; notwithstanding onr prices
ere abont^the seme aa other towns, and
leas than Albany'.*, whlok has city own
ership^
If the city desires the eight additional
eerie* lighte which yon speak of, to dem
onstrate tne willingness of this company
meet in a spirit of mutual accomoda
tion the needs aud requirements of the
city, we will be willing to fomlsh t[te
oity without cost eight additional series
lights fret of charge to the city.
We will be glad at any time to take
up*with[yonr committee, or with, the
coonoU, the question and reasonableness
of all onr rates aud compare them with
rates of nny|other city in ^Georgia with
which ThemaijViUeJcould be favorably
compared. We mean by this to say ro
take np rates charged lo the city, or our
rates charged to private consumers.
Yours very truly, ,
ThOmasviUe, El, Lt. A Gas Co.
Robert Gamble
Manager ,
On^notion]tho eight lights offered by
Mr. Gamble were accepted without
ohargejio ilio city and the matter of
THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR8.
Given by Council for THomasvitle
Bookish Other Busin***.'
FIGHT AND BEER
Caused Arraat and Excitement Wed
nesday Afternoon..
The meeting of the city council last
night Was of more than naval interest
and importance, and many matters for
tire public welfare were discussed
A committee from the Board of Trade
appeared, and asked for an appropriation
for the booklet to be issued showing the
advantages of Thonuuville and Tliomas
connty as a resort and place of residence.
Tbe council was alive to the importance
of such advertising aud appropriated $300
for that purpose.
Mr. Bober,"Gamble representing the
Thomasrille Electric Light Go. appeared
and read a letter of considerable length
comparing the prices charged by bis
company with those of other cities,
much to the advantage of the former.
This letter will be published in fall in
the-officUl minutes of- council in to
morrow’s TixehEsVhhpiuse.
A committee from the school board ap
peared and urged immediate actios by
the city, in placing gates at tbe railroad
crossings for the protection of the school
children. Thu matter will be attended
to before school opens next month.
Bar. E. B. Witherspoon, pastor of tho
Presbyterian church at Boston, was in
tbe city Saturday..
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or tbe sewer for Fletcher street and he
jnt authorised to engage an engineer at
a oostSnot to exceed[$76.
E The ordinance introduced ]by Alder'
man barring at last masting* w*» read
three times and passed. The report of
the Superintendent oi Water Works was
read and ordered filed,
The Hnanoa Committee was author,
iron to borrow twelve hundred dollars
for the city and'the Mayor and Clerk
instructed to make a note far same due
Jan. 1, 1805.
The following aooonnts pasted for pay
meat.
Coleman and Adams 9 8 75
B. O. Blanton 60
'j. T. Pittman & Son 81 45
R.H, Hurst.... h^,9 860
Oheran* & Oil Mfg Co. 8 7 50
Taylor and Watson 8p
Buffalo Meter Go 8 8 «2
National Mater Go 9 44 50
Times-Enterpriio Pub. Go 86 00
New accounts were referred" to com
mittees and council adjourned,
K. T. Mac Lean,
, Clerk.
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Too manygieople regard prayer as an
ultimatum. -
We will soon have Teddy in a box—
the ballot-box.
The Naahritie Herald suggest* that
Bt. Petersburg waa on tho bomb last
weak.
It isthebtgi merchants who 'adver
tise, and advertising ls^what makes
them big.
- A fight and the discovery of a barrel
of beer caused unusual excitement in
polleo circles Tuesday afternoon. Tbe
fight was.between Harry Rhodes, a
white man, aud William Jones, colored.
Mr. Rhodes was released from the chain
gang Tuesday morning after serving-a
sentence of-thirty days for disorderly
conduct. Those who observed Ida ac
tions say that he proceeded to cele
brate his freedom by becoming intoxi
cated.
Shortly af er one o'clock he became
involved in a quarrel with Jones, and
stabbed him in the back witk a pocket
knife. The wound is not a serious one
and BUI will have little difficulty
'covering from it. He wears a long
scar on ills neck from a much more se
rious wound. Jonas is u railroad negro
tint haa not worked any for several
months.
The fight occurred in front'of Brown's
restaurant on lower Jackson street.
When tha officers arrived they -found
Jonas with an ax in his band, that he
claimed to have secured to defend him
self with. Rhodes had skipped, but
Marshal Stephen* located him at his
store. Ha and his wife have bean run
ning a smaU business near the variety
Works. Mr. Stephans went behind the
ooontar to took for the knife used and
dliootenid a barrel of beer. It was la
belled "Hop Malt" but looked like the
real thing. Officers Lambert and Mar
tin want down a little later and return
ad with a bottle apiece, and war* tha
center of attraction to the thirsty on
Broad street. The bottles will be kept
a* sain pies until a case ia made.
Rhodes was lodged in the police
guard house and vrlU answer to tbe
charges of stabt ing and bear sailing.
A BEAUTIFUL GAME.
But Thomaavllla Lost. Two to Nothing-
More T—day
SALARIES RAI ED
But Faunas Taken Awav From Su>
parlor Court Judges.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8, IDOL—Free
four thousand dollars.
About sixo'eiock yesterday Afternoon,
a dull sickening thud,- was heard, and
that was Tliomasville dropping tho base
ball game to Madison. The game was
a beautiful one, with only 'one error on
each aide. The home boys played mag-
nificant bail, only a shade leas good than
did the visitors, and their defeat.by the
narrow margin of two td nothing, should
not be mourned over.
The Madison crowd hit town at eleven
o’clock and hiked for the, Mitchell! Five
of them were Madison in name only
Wild Bill Clark and John Cooper had
changed the name .on their uniforms,
bnt played as well as when they were
here with Cordele last week.
Tli* game was called in a slight rain
storm. A good size crowd had gathered
in spit j of the damp and all felt well-
repaid for going, because they witnessed
one of the prettiest exhibitions of Dali
aver seen on a south Georgia diamond.
Thomasrille went to bat firm and went
down in one, two, three order before the
speed and curve* of Frank Anderson,
ex-captain of the University of Georgia
base bail team. He kept np bis fine
work daring the game, yielded only four
hit*, and was backed by almost perfect
support.
Heaekiah Brown of Maoon waa on tho
filing line for Thomasrille. He
Gatling gon of <tbe 1804 model. He
•lipped a cog however in the second in
nlng and allowed three free passes, fill
ing the has**. Then Madiaon’s first
baseman came to the pan and manipula
ted aa assy one. Billy Bibb than gave
a heart-rending rendition of the one act
tragady, entitlen "Tha Ball I Didn’t
Catch." Whan tbe curtain fell Oooper
bad barrelled a run. Tooke had “don,
look’- borne, and the score waa two to
nothing in Madison's, favor. Then
Brown settled down, Madison frowned,
oonldn’t get 'round. Haaskiab yielded
but ooe hit, that to Anderson." 1
From tbe aeoinl inning ou, the goose I and the tax receiver. W*
News Items From Susina.
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i lly H. 11. Beach)
While the people of Tliomas "County
are congratulating themselves upon the
increase of nearly six hundred thousand
dollars in the tax rotnrns for this year, •"
they should also place the credit of this-
increase where it belongs. Maybe they
do, but we have ueitlier seen uor heard-
very much praise for Mr. Howard's
truly wonderful work. Some people
may suppose that the value of property
in Thomaacounty has actually increased-
in one year Hurt large amount, but the
greater part of that increase was ob~ .
tamea by the conscientious effort of the
tax receiver. We believe that next
year’s returns will show a still further-
increase.
In looking over the consolidated re
ams for the county for 11)04, recently
published in this paper, we find the
Thomasrille district has a credit of tax
values of more than half of the total
amount of returns for the connty,
which might lead some people to sup
pose that that district pays over oaa
half of the taxes of the coanty, bnt sped*
ia not tbe case. Under the present law,
non-resident* or their agents, are al
lowed to make tax returns for any prop
erty owned by them in the coanty, ak
the county teat. This accounts for tlie-
Duncanville district being at the tail
end of the consolidated returns, when
it really should be near the top of th
list The large non-raMdent property
owners of this district, such as Messrs.
Wyman Jooea, Hahns, Thorne, Hehard,
Mason, Does, Winn, Mitchell, McIntyre,
Hayes, Hopkins, Maclean, Floyd &
Howell and many others, make returns
of property which is pieced to tho credit
of the Thomasrille district. There ia
no ham dona at all, and the present
method is more convenient to the non
SCRAP IN HOUSE.
A magazine writer says “Marry
girl srith[nerve.” Did you ever sec on
without!
The White House lz having a new
coat of I»int at a cqst of $18,000. Tilings
enu't bo too nice for Parker.
The anti-puss bill almost isisscd the
senate. What the house would do for
it would be a sufficiency.
A liiacldue to make]peopla taller has
beou iuveuted, but what is needed is
something to make them more sensible
Mitchell County Men Mix It With
Doorkeeper.
Atlanta, Gu. Aug. 9.—Daring the ses
sion of the house today Mr. Franklyn,
of Washington waa fighting , the door
keeper. wiio is a son of Mr. Maples of
Mitchell Representative Maples went
to the assistance of his son. Mr Frank
lyn liad some severe blows on his ftioc
and was bleeding heavily when the
combatants wore separated. A commit
tee will investigate.
SAW A METEOR.
Astrological Phenomenon Reported
by Belated'Pedestrians.
, Two belated ciliceus are telling a
wonderful story of a meteor tiiat passed
over Tliomasville at two o'clock Tucs-
day morning. They were at the corner
of Crawford and Jackson streets when
the heavenly traveler made its appear-
aiJbe, coming slowly from the cast and
lighting up"the horizon.
It had, they say, three distinct hails of
tire, arranged about in the" order of a
pawn-broker's sign. A loug tall trailed
eggs were chalked up on tha board with
the regularity of clock works. lathe
first half of Hie ninth Thomasrille al
most, but didn’t score, and the pipe was
oat
The teams play again tilts afternoon.
Wild Willie Clark will perforate the
atmosphere for Madison. A good one
will be in the box tor Thoma*riU«—go
and find ont who. There ought to be
a thousand people there. These two
leam* play real
ball, not
tho kinder-
garteo article or
“one old cat” and the
population ought to turn ont and be en-
tertftiued.
Tlie linn up was os follow*:
ThoauuviUe.
Maditoa.
Brown,
P
Anderson
Williams
c
McClellan
Bibb
lb
Flowers
Tnrnbnll
8b
Clark
Groover
ts
Fleiscfimrn
Liffton
8b
Cooper
Onckran
rf
Tooke
Watt
cf
Dowling
Palin
If 1
Morrow
The homo team all deserve praise, for
tliey played Uke veterans. Groover and
Linton an two of the beet ball players
anywhere and were there With the goods
everytime. Williams is small, bnt fcvery
lnoh a ball player and he took Brown's
hot shots like they avers gently dropping
beaches. Turnbull got two hit*. Coch
ran slammed out oue nice one and ma e, There to considerable hay made last
a sensational oatch in right garden. | year, nudfhe prospects are better thin
Watt and Palin were steady and heady. * rpnr
Bill Bibb redeemed himself for his only "
may therefor*, while accepting the
total amount of the consolidated re
turns aa being correct, none of th* val
ues for any one district are actually so.
Mrs. Mary Hayea carried up a .load
of fine pressed peaches last week which
had been engaged by Thomasrille
buyers.
Mr. Walter Williams, of Thomasrille,
was down here lost Friday looking at
tome cattle with a view to purchase.
Mr. Dan Gwaltney lost a flue mule on
his plantation last Thursday.
Mias Elt.v Quails, of Herod, who
taught school liere last year, and last
term at Metcnlfe. will commence letch-
ing at the Bethpege school on tho
15th. Mb* Quailes is considered
0*0 of the best teachers we have had in
yearn, and the Bethpage school is fort
unate in procuring her services.
Messrs. E. -I. Diekey and A. G, Diek-
er cluiihed together and bought a Mc
Cormick mower and rake, whieh they
brought home from Oairo Inst l-’riday.
error by afcice hit, and a good game at
first.
Montezuma is in the throes of a pro
hibition campaign- Tliey should do
locating the tights was referred to tho J away with open bar rooms aud be - behind and left a faint pink glow in its
Imppy. ' wake t The wanderer was traveling at
a slow rate of speed, aud kept steadily
Light Committee..
On motion tb.oe hundred dollars was
appropriated to advertise the city. The
Mayor and Clerk were instructed "to
mike a note for that amount to J. F.
Evans, President of tha Board of Trade.
On motion the Oity Council instructed
the Special Committee to abandon the
idea of a tnnnei under the railroad on
Fletcher street and to request. tbe rail
road anthorities to place gates on both
ig dormant, getting Jackson and Fletcher streets for the
ly source, Thomas protection of the children.
of which it is Alderman Boyer reported that it
a crop of I would be necessary to engage an an-
OOtton brings, I gineer to assist in .making the estimate
The established way is the good way.
Don't waste your mouey on fake ad
vertising schemes or pipers without a
circulation.
Don't yon somtimes wonder why the
mau who "cau drink and let it alone"
always devotes pore attention to tha
first than the second.
William J. Bryan wants the poet-
tauten to be elected by the people in-
stead of appointed. This is a direct stab
at the pie-counter.
ou its westward jomney, uot passing
ont of sight until several urinates had
elapsed.
Each ef the "astrouomical observers
asseverates most solemnly that he was
perfectly sober, and u Tliomasville is
a dry town, "one most perforce believe
them. They are eagerly watching the
papers to see where the vagrant plane
toid will hit, and are expecting to hear
tbe earth tremble. /As yet no one has
appeared wlto predicts that it is an omen
of tbe end of the world. The Times-
Enter rife trill report developments.
Mr.,T. R Wellscarricone of hlstwiad
daughter-- to Thomasr He last Wednes
day to he Operated on by Dr, T. M.
SLEEPING ROOMS MeRitcsIi The child was only a week
oil, and was suffering from an abscess
Guards Will not Move Armor, to Y. M. on ' ,1 '' T, "‘ opera ion was sue-
. c* A. ! o 6 ****!! Mil tho child is improving every
’ I dir.
. ‘At a meetings f Hie lioard of directors : Sunduy i
of the V. M. C. A. Tcenday moruiu;
t!v*» cUy for the re£-
„ ( ,ular monthly K^rT'Wv at ’ Bethpage
it wasdefhled*to linish a part of the c * ml ph* Kev. K. E Rosa ranie over
second tiory of Hie hnilding for sleeping i ^ rom Metonlfo to eouduct tho services,
rooms. A great inauy reqnrotH for ac- j
comoda'ton there ha-e been filed, aud it
van found ttiat it would he* more satis- j
factory to convert the ^xtra space intoj
? crop is undoubted*
Just a mouth ago we mentioned in
this column the fine condition of the
cotton crop here. Some of tho fields
pow look as though fire had beem
dormitory nppartnteuts than anythin*' thronRll them Thef
ly cut off.
It'vras thought aud hoped that armo-
17 room could be .made for the Thom
asville guards, but owing to the exigen
cies of the case this proved impractica
ble. It was necessary to provide a
sleeping room in the building for the
secretary aud this left uot enough room
for the guards. They will probably re
main in their present location over
Witt's Hardware store.
An eighty-six pound Georgia water
melon has been sent to Judge Parker.
There is evidently some Georgian with
his eye on a cabinet position.—Athens
Banner.
Don't you think that entitles mtto le
secretary of agriculture?;
We note tfiat the eouuty commission*
ers at their last meeting yi-coromended
“that the pension for a bridge at Hard-
ley’s ferry b“ grained as soou as proper
arrangements can be made with Deca
tur County." We hope things won’t
stop right there. Decatur seems to be
lake warm over the proposed bridge. It
would be a great convenience to the
people of both counties, and a positive
benefit to Cairo.
Cspt. Wm. Forrester, whom every
body knows and likes, is taking ^a three
week* vacation from his work and is
spending it here and at Oairo. His place
on the MonticeUo- Albany train is
filled by Conductor J. O. Lewis.
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