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THOMASVILLE TIMES, VOL. 80
THOMASVILLE ENTERPRISE, VOL. 47. .
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1904.
New Series, Vcl XV—No. 4,
TEN THO W
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Judge W M Jones i
VISITORS AND HOME FOLKS MAKE UR
THAT NUMBER.
Picnic and Barbecue wee Ona of the Biggest Events South Georgia Ever
Saw. Notable Addressee by Roddenbery, Covington, Bacon, Clay
and Grlgge. The Story of the Day In Detail.
The etorv of the day might be earn- nified .bat pleasing manner. He spoke
mcd up in three words—“A grand sue- only »;tow moments, bnt held the closest
oees.” Viewed in this rosy light its in attention of the orowd. He indulged in
cidents are interesting. There was some pleasant badinage at the expenss of
man; a long drawn sigh of relief when his colleague, Senator Clay and Con-
folks on awakening found the son shin- pressman Griggs. This was repaid with
lng. Later Old Sol hid his face behind interest by these gentlemen later. He
a cloud, bat this made the day all ti e expressed gratification and pride at the
more pleasant. evidences of great prosperity on every
HOW THE MORNING WAS SPENT, hand, he stated that he was glad to be
The visitor, began to arrive early in here, and promised to come again later
the day. The first delegation arrived on and talk at greater length on issues
on the 6:00 o’clock train .from Cairo of the day. At present he was a listen
3,1 cuningfrom there. AU the morn- «• Congressman Griggs was next on
ing the team, from the country kept th<>li8 ‘' He was ushered forth with the
the road busy and by ten o’clock every j'nnnonneement. "Read-headed Jim
•table yard, lot andside streetw(u Griggs." Everybody knows
with horses, moles, biggies and wagons. genUl geutleu an. and he was among
At nine o’clock Newsome's Jacksonville, “W He k “>w it and was
band struck up a lively air, and t he|«hisbest. He said he ha i doubted the
orowd congregated at the corner of veracity of the census return, that made
Broad and Jackson where the concert Thomas county sixth in Georgia bat
was given, goon afterward the street * fter «»">* *>» «<""»*'>«»«»'
was cleared for the water fight. The the half had not been told. He was
two big fire hose, each of which poured «*> prosperity of the fanner,
forth a powerful etream were manipn- f ° r n P°» ““ «•!»««>* ‘bo prosper-
lated by two negroes whowere wet a. “Z of »H. When the farm is neglected
drowned rats when rhe struggle was' 8™ws In the streets of the town,
over. The hose sprinkled a good many After a few typical good stories told io
on looker.,' but everybody was good na- jbis inimitable way. he yielded the floor
tnred through it all. After the battle | Mr. Je.ee U Ward Jr., who intro,
was over the t*ud led the crowd to the <b»oed S«nator A. 8. Olay in a fewwell
park. At 10:40 the A. O. L. trains obosen words.
from the north and oast came in togoth. | 8on*tor Otay hasan imposing aJiy.
er. Tho Albany train had oue extra bl»e. » rich, resonant voice, and he
coach. Every seat on both traius was »r<>ke with a vigor that carried the
packed and the aisle* were Jammed. J crowd with him. He said he dearly
These arrivals numbered more than «00; ! loved Thomas county for many reasons,
They made their way immediately to j *>ot tfio least of which was the fact that
the park and arrived Just in time to » Thomas county representative oast
hear the wolcomejipeech of Major Rod
denbery.
THE SPEAKING.
Ou the apeakera atand were seated
Senators Bacon and Clay, Congress
man Griggs, Judge Ooriugton,. Mayor
Roddenbery, Jndge H, W. Hopkins,
Capt. Wm. Hammond, Sheriff Hight,
Commissioner Bryan, Col. S. G. Mc
Lendon, Rev. E. E. Rose, Rev. J. W.
Davis, Messrs J. 8. Ward, Jr., H. H.
Gaddy, W. 0. Bowen, J. J. Ragan,
the deciding vote that made liim Sena
tor. He displayed a remarkable
knowledge of Thomas county’s resourc
es. He spoke of the diversity of crops,
the fine climate, and the bright pros
pects of this section. His remarks were
a fitting close to a splendid program.
After be concluded, the stand was
Cleared for an exhibition of Thomas
county’s best yroduct—tho babies.
BABY SHOW
It takos a person of nnusnai nerve to
act as judge at a baby show. Umpiring
Rev. J. C. Wight, Adams, and others,! a baseball game is easy compared to it.
a representative gathering from the
town and county. If them is a better
master of ceremonies than Mayor Rod
denbery, he has not appeared hem.
His brief address of welcome put every
body present in the best of humor.
Hts witty sallies were appreciated by
the crowd. He said the latch string
was not on the outside but the d<xr
The chairman, in appointing his com
mittee of judges exercised rare good
judgement in getting a collection of in
dividuals representing all stages of hap
piness and nnlmpiness. Mrp. Culpepper
and Mrs Ausley and Messrs Byron
Wight, R. L. Redfearn and Dave Bar-
row constituted the committee. Tin-
judges graded the contestants at the
bad been taken off. Everyone was I band stand jnst before dinner and their
welcome to the Lest the town afforded,
was at’libcrty to do as he pleased, and
was asked and expected to make him
self at Home and to come again. Jndge
W. A, Covington, of Moultrie, spoke
next, Hisjdelivery was]rapid but clear.
He said his reznarks'must of necessity
be “scattering” because tho crowd of
several thousand who* surrounded the
stand were banked on every side and
it was impossible to face them all
His theme was the Brotherhood oi
Man. He expressed pleasure as the ev
ident prosperity of Thomas county but
arid a greater asset than any material
prosperity was the manhood and wo
manhood of the common people of the
great great couuty of Thomas. He
then spoke for fifteen -minutes and
male a beautiful exposition of his
theme, fondling on the work of the
fraternal orders. Capt. W. M. Ham
mond, in his usual felicitous style in
troduced Georgia’s senior senator, Au
gustus O. Bacon.
Senator Bacon is a man of dig-
award was m*de up an4announced later
in the afternoon.
The judges had a most difficult task
in deciding this contest as there was but
one point difference between 4 babies.
Tho prlr.es of £2.50 in gold were awarded
Id Bari Redfearn a« the fluent boy and
ilosaNoel Chastain the Ouest giri,
DINNER.
The biggest, show of tho day was din
ner. The problem of feeding six tfionsr
aud people all at one time and at one
place would stagger the mauagotneut of
a ‘great, united circus,” and perhaps
there were some people who wont away
from the grounds without gottius
enpugh to eat. But by far the major
portion of the immense crowd was well
fed. When it was all over there were bas
kets innumerable left over. Table room
was a bit scarce and sometimes it was
necessary to wait several minutes before
your turn came, When it did come it
proved well worth waiting for* Many
more baskets were on the grounds than
hid been counted on, and they were
filled with inauy more different kinds
of good things than tho wildest imag
inatiou had pictured.
AFTERNOON AMUSEMENTS
Aluq ier of people chased the greasy
pig around the wire enclosure as ar af
ter dinner sport. Mr. J. W. L'utfcm
showed his familiarity with the porcine
tribe ana captured tho shoal aud thfe
three dollars. Then the crowd adjourn
ed to Broad street. Every inch of side
walk was taken and the housetops were
crowded with small boys, while bevies
of pretty girls thronged the stores and
offices.
The ox race made everybody howl
with merriment.' W. A. Curtis was the
most expert ox jockey and won the $3.00
prize. E. B. Johnson with both feet in
a sack made a good sprint and won the
$3. Five entries struggled for the mule
race prize. A. J. McNair with his fast
Balaam came first and J. W. Dutton. 2nd
W. Watson weighing 203 pounds won
the heavy man prize, a pair of pauts.
Tho tallest men here was W. H. Thorn
ton ,6 ft. 8 inches betas he lived in town,
the trousers prize ‘was won by Wm. Mo
Hiliau who measured 0 feet 0 3-4 inches.
There were uo entries in the colt show,
the attendance estimate, the * handsome
man or the ngly man contest so no
prizes were awarded. The awards were
made by Mayot Roddenbery 4:30
o’clock. The crowd then dispersed for
fclieir homes. All were well pleased
There were at least 0000 people on the.
picnic grounds nearly all of them from
ont of town and all went away enthusi
astic.
HOUSE FIRED INTO.
Air Lino Negro Haa Thrilling Ex
perience.—Other Newe*
(By G. M. Stephenson.)
Mr. gnd Mrs. J. L. Wilson have - the
sympathy of the eutire community over
the loss of their little daughter, Luby,
who died on the 17th lust. Little Lucy
had been sick for some time but was
thought to be improving when she was
taken violently ill and died before a
physician could be summoned. Her
remains were iutered In Salem cemetery,
Rev. R. H. Barwick, of the Primitive
church, conducting the services.
Mr. O. J. (Clever Jim) Prosser aud
sister, Miss Janie, visited relatives
south of Boston last Saturday.
We are glad to see Mr. L. C. Laven
der out again.
Quite a host of friends attended tin
barbecue lost Friday from our bur;.
All report a.good time and plenty o. |
dinner.
Indications are that there is to be sev<
era! weddings in our-burg early in the
fall.
Messrs. J^O. Prosser, Charlie Cannon
and the writor have formed themselves
into a “can’t get married” clnb. We
meet ouco a wedfc for condolence.
The quietness of oar community was
disturbed a few weeks ago by somo one
shooting into the honso of George Mack,
an old negro living ou Mr. Jess Sher
rod's place. The shooting occured one
Sunday night about 10 o'clock. Sus
picion rested ou one Tobe \Villiams an
other negro who is reported gone
Nothing was thought of the matter un
til a few nights ago when some one loft
a note on George Mhc&'k gate which
read about as follows: “George you
say Tobe Williams shot your house, its
lie and if you don’t shut your mouth
and leave here we Odd Fellows will
kill you.” Uncle Gecrge, as he is call
ed by his white friends, has a good rep
utation and is advised by them to stay,
but is vbry nervous.
The recent action of the couuty com
missioners ou the prohibition question,
meets with hearty approbation by Kill
good people. Now let them levy a
license of $5,000.00 on the sale of it,
and the various “buzzard roosts” in
the county will cease to exist. It is
evident that the vile stuff is sold iu some
places without restriction.
Mr. Sam'West is the champion cotton
picker in oar community. He is rixty-
five years old and picked 00 1J>h. by
(Hnner.
GRAND PRIZE CONTEST!
One Count
with
Every Dollar.
COUNT THE “ANDS”
AND
One Vote
»with
Every Cent.
Vote for the Most Popular Young Lady.
Magnificent LUDDEN & BATES PIANO and a TRIP to the
WORLD'S FAIR Given away.
ABSOLUTELY FREE
TIMES ENTERPRISE.
This is the season when you want to pay your subscription any
way. These prizes are only a reward for promptness.
Explanation.
•And” Contest.
Tlie perron who .ends in the firet correct ee-
timate of the nnmber qf time, the word ’-and"
will appear in the weekly Time. Enterprise: of
Friday Deo. 80th will get the Piano. If no eati-
mate is correct then tho one most nearly correct
will get the piano.
Yon are entitled to one estimate with each
f 1.00 paid on subscription to either the Weekly
or Dally Times Enterprise. It makes no differ-
enoo whether yonr subscription is behind or not.
“And” Guarantees.
We fluarnntee Tha<:
Voting Contest.
The young lady living in Thcmaa county who
shall receive the greatest number of votes by six
o’clock p in. ou Wednesday Nov. 9th 1901 shall
be called the winner and shall be awarded the
trip to the great World’s Fair at St. Louis.
Yon are entitled to onejyote with each one
cent paid on snbscriptloiAo either the Weekly or
Daily TimeiEnterpriaq. It makes no difference
whether your ’ subscription is behind or
not.
1. No person connected, with the
Times Enterprise shall enter the
“and” contest.
2. That nobody can possibly know
before band bow many “ands" there
will be in the weekly of Dec. 30th.
3. That the Weekly Times Enterprise
of Dec 30th shall consist of 12 pages,
just as usual.
4. that every “and” or abbreviation
lor “and," either in reading matter or
advertisement shall be counted.
5. That a committee of thoroughly dis
interested citizens shall do the count
ing and make up tty* awards.
6. 1 hat the piano given aw$y shall be
the best obthe Ludden & Bates make.
(b) That the regular price of It is $350.N.
(c) That it shall be new and thoroughly
guurflntced.
“Voting” Guarantees.
We (iuarantee that:
1. The trip^to the World’s Fair shall
be awarded to the young lady living
in Thomas County who shall receive
the greatest number of votes.
2. ThaMhe young lady elected shall
be furnished, free of all cost, (a) with a
Railroad ticket to St. Louis and re-,
turn, (b) with entertainment in St.
Louis for onejweek, (c) with admis
sion into the fair grounds.
3. That no vote shall be counted ex
cept it be accompanied by one cent
on a subscription.
4. That no vote shall be counted after
sixoclock p.m. on Wednesday Nov.
9th.
5. That all ballots cast shall be pre
served and that records of the contest
shall be open to inspection of any
person at any time.
Counting the -ands” dosn-t prevent your voting and voting doesn’t prevent'you
‘ FOR INSTANCE
If pay $1.00 on subscription you getjjoth one count for the piano
and 100 votes for the most popular lady.
Remember.
Every cent you pay is applied to your subscription, whether you
count the “ands” or not, or whether you vote or not, or whether vou do both,
Open to both Daily and Weekly Subscribers. Costs you nothing.
Here’s the Coupon, Use It.
GRAND PRIZE AND VOTING CONTEST.
This Blank Must be Used in all Cases.
HDITOR TIMES ENTERPRISE, Tliomasville, C,n.:
•. ■
My Guess at the “ands”
for the Piano is
2
r
One guess allowed for each dollar
paid. No one person to have over
five guesses.
As The Most Popular Young Lady, to he given a trip to St Louis, I cast
.Votes'for Miss
One vote allowed for each cent pnid.
: of Voter' ...1
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