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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. H ' 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.. I ' ' 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. 1 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. . . -s 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. 4