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HEW COUNTY TALK
AND FIGURES.
(From the Bainbridge Argot.)
•‘There is considerable discussion go
ing on in portioci of Decatur and Thom
as counties st to the formation of a new
county from the eastern part of Decatur
and the western part of Thomas. In
this connection it might be well to In
vestigate what tin sections proposed to
be involved, wilt gain or lose by the
transition We'lnvs no figures on
Thomas oouuty affairs, nor it it of such
vital iu'inreal. In the formation of the
Mwebeuty, howewr. lt is proposed to
taka the following distActs from Deca
tur, namely, Whig ham, Higdon’*
Hagans, Pearce, Blowing Cave, Sprit g
Hill,L.,lie Sink, Hells. Thoaecititensot
Thom.a county who are interesting
[ 'themt'elVes in the movement are asking
1 this of Decatur uounty."
••How for a few figures as to the
i amount of taxable property returned Iff
these districts and the lour to these dis
tricts which must accrue from add!'
tional taxation should they sever them
. eelTeS from Bainbridge and Decatur
county- Thu amount of property re
turned Irom taxation is as follows:
“Whigham, *88,858,00; Higdon’s,
*188.448; Hagan’s, fin,(00; Pearce (85,
747; Blowing Oare, 88,888; Spring Hill,
88,681; Lime Bink,«8,t08; Bells, 800,001.
Total *1,098,688.00.
“Bainbridge district alone returns for
taxation *1,700.777.00 or over elx bun
died and ninety eight tbomand more
' dollar* than the oomblntd districts cun-
mcrated above. The district! of Pine
Htl, Iron Oity, DonalaonviUe, Climax
and AttapuJgux. which an among the
moot Important In the county, return
*1,838.243 or about five hendred thous
and less than Bainbridge. It Is also in-
tereitlng to note la the above that BeU’e
, district this year Includes In its returns
the Cohen tobaooo plantation which be-
•long* properly to be returned in the At-
tapclgus district. This would still for-
ther reduce the returns from toe east
lid* abort a hundred thousand.
“By comparing the above figures it
will be seen what the citlxena of the
eastern districts will lacrificu by cutting
loose from Bainbridge and the western
districts. Bainbridge pays over one.
third of the taxei at the oounty. If a
MW county is formed there will be
. court house* to build, jail* and bridges
to build aDd keep In rtpalr, county of
ficers to pay snd many other expenses
that must result in excessive taxation W
l- 'tbe people who eompose the dtlucnshlp
of tho propoued new oounty. Decatur
ha* boUt and paid forgo* of the hand-
corneal court boutua in this section and
her oounty taxes are redoced to a mini
mum. Sensible citizens wlU see nothing
but burden in the proposed new county
.. movement, according to tb* idea -of
many wo have interviewed. In fact»«
an told to-day by n prominent county
official, who baa made it a point to ins
terrogate the citizens from the cut side,
that he found none willing to l**T« Do-
tints 1
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Hnb South 6eov*ofa {Procters.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER ;p ;qo4
matter referred to •’the other fallow" as
the oa* dasiring the new order of thing *.
We Jo not believe that .the movement
will mast with ganaral favor when put
to a voce before the people, although
there may be namben of conscientious
oitixens who believe their Interest lies
in obtaining e new county and who dye
now endeavoring to obtain mme. We
aboald bate to lorn a tingle district or
dtleeQ from Decatur and believe tb*
tame feeling exist* with a majority of
. our dttaani, no matter in which section
they reside.’’
CHRISTMAS MARRIAGE ON
COAST LINE TRAIN
Th« friends of Oapt* William Forr PR-
ter conductor on the Albany Limited,-
are familiar with him in the role of
guido, philosopher and friend to travel
ers, comforter to crying babies and gen
eral dispenser of kindness to all. Aiols
new to him however u that 1 of ■ find
lieutenant to Oopid. A romantic mar
riage In which the Captain played a
a part took plaoe on Ohrlstmae day.
Mr. B. Y. Cooper, of Pelham, one.of
the employees of Uncle Sam, who
carries mall on a rural free delivery
who grew weary of living tha lonely
life oi a widower, and decldeA- tliai tho
quickest routo to matrimony would be
to place hla address and photo in the
odamna of a mitrimonial gftetle.
lie la a handsome and prosperous man
tie received many replies. On- of the,
led to a lively correspondence and a
meelng was arranged with a handsome
northern lady Miss Ina B. Pugh ot Lima
Ohio. She qdckly decided that siie iire
ferred the attractions of the south to
her native home and arranged a meeting
in Albany on Christmas day. :
Mr. Cooper was so aura of his iilti-
mate satisfaction that he procured a
lioense and arranged to atop' at Badbntoh
Christmas morning be marrisd there and
pro.ptd to his homo that night. 1 he
south bound Central of Georgia was
late, fhe south bound A. O. L waits on
no one not even a bride elect, ana die
oouple were unable to reach Bacon i cm
in the morning.
The plans of the happy pair wonld
have been terlously disarranged had it
not been for the kindness of the' genial
Captain. He assured the anxious bride
groom, that lie would hold his afternoon
soath.bonnd train until they were ready
to leave Albany. He would do more
than that* he wonld hold the train at
Bacocton until th* preacher with whom
the license had been deposited, could ar
rive, and wonld allow the oeremony to
be performed on board Hie cars. The
matter was arranged in this wise.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper wen made one at
Bacon ton, with the Captain officiating
a* beet man. They disembarked at
Pelham add began averypoe hopes a
wedded life of unalloyed Mias.
CONTEST DECISION JAI0 MARRIAGES
ANNOUNCED SATURDAY OTHER flftOLIDGE NEWS.
Nfew Series, Vot XV--
By H. B; lifeamitb.l
We doff our hats to Prof. Searcy to
Wednesday afternoon. Scores of esti 4 hie timely Jf against oar great
Tho great "and” contest of the Timec-
*Euterpriae closed on the stroke of si>
WHITELY WILLIFORD
GETS RESPITE.
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Wbitely Williford, the Mitchell
county negro who waa convicted ot the
mnrder of Harmon West lnBeconton,
was to have beefi*hanged jester,lay
The governor however, gavo him are
spit*until Jan. I^ln order that the
Prison Ooramlmlon may have on>or-
tunityto Investigate and see whether
tbe negro should be executed or have
his sentence oommuttd topte imprison
ment.
mates were received that day and a
man was kept busy all day receiving and
recording the guesses. Of course no
more estimates will be receive;!. Tho
paper which decides the matter will be
the regular weekly issue,not yet pruited
of Friday, December thirtieth.
To day the committee of judges
will meet. Tho committee to award
tho splendid piano nre W. Y. Bryan of
Cairo, FreH Folthsm of Bostou, M. A.
P.lcher oi'Meig-, John Turner of Mer
rillville and J. W. H Mitchell of Thom*
asvllle. They will take this paper m I
carefully couut the number of times the
word and apix'ars. Then they wit 1 look
over every guess that has jeon submitted
by the hundreds of people who have
e itered the contest. A most careful
system of checking and recording has
hem med, so that no mistake is fiossi-
b’.e. The correct guess or the guesB
nearest the cumber gets the piano. In
cum* more thau one correct ; ue#s is
made the guess first submitted takes the
prize. The day and hour of, the recep
tion of each guess at this office is re
corded on the coupon used. Thy entile
matter is now m the hands of the
judges They will say how man} ands
there are in this payer. They^will say
who made the closest estimate, and in
case of a tie 'who made it first. Th*»y
will say who gels the piano Their de
cision will be announced in Saturday's
Daily Tiines-Euterprise.
There arc at lea-t fifty men in Thom-
asville who are interested in Williford's
calurand every one iiksd aboutthe fata Theywe the member*.of the
Thou *.vd e Guards who w-ntto Ca
milla to protect Williford when he was
tried a few months ago His attorneys
are puttiDg np a hard fight for his life.
They were, it is raid, angered at beiog
appointed to defend him and are doing
their beet for him. They* appealed his
case to tho Supremo Court hut Judge
Spence's decision was sustained. The
attorneys were endor^d in this pieafor
respite by Judge Spence and Solicitor
Wooten.
BIG BLAZE
BLASTS BIRMINGHAM-
Birmingliem, Ala.. Dec. 88—Fire ear
ly thin morning burned rix building* in
| ib» heart of the eitT'a beriiMM aecticzi.
. P.uon'B Pharmacy, Kennj Tea Co.,
I Koliaoce restanrmnt, Orr A Boberta Grp-
very Co., H.ibei’a drag [(tore, Pape
George confec i uerr, and Miller’* lodg
ing house were destroyed.
—
’o.tpon.d
Wedding Poatponad
The wedding of Mr. G. Bjroa' Bagg.
of Camilla to Miss Koca Davis, which
had been set for,Wednesday afternoon
has been postponed. This was caused
by the serious illuesa of the bride elect.
She lias been quite unwell for several
daje at her home od Broad street. The
marriage will take place as soon as Miss
Davia recovers. Mr. Bangs came down
from Camll'a V *' is'ay bat returned
there in tb* afternoon. Tho u-ij
j friends of Miss Davis hope for her m-
PASSENGERS KICK
AT WET RECFPTIOB?
Number 40, tbe A. O. L. train from
the ea*t rolled in yesterday afternoon a
half hour late in the midst of a pouring
rain storm. The arriving passengers
were compelled to disembark amid a
bombardment of rain drops, and taatiy
loud kicks were heard liecause the train
did not pnll up in front of the depot and
allow them to alight under the shed.
Later it did this and u tow ot the patient
departing ones had a dry passage- to
their teats.
Tho Coast Line officials aay
the reason the passenger coaches were
not pulled up alongside of the station
was that this would have blocked the
street crossing and violated the city
ordinance. .Several months ago the
railroad commit sicn suggested that
trains were run more for the accommo
dation of passengers thau for express
ani baggage employees, and demanded
that passenger coaches, instead of the
other cars, be brought directly in front
of the station. This like many others of
the body teems to be a dead letter; It
was intended to prevent just such oc
currence** us that of yesterday after
noon.
papers devoting so mtmk apaco to, the
whisky advertisers. Parents should see
to it that their sous do not read such
diabolical stuff. *
Marshal W. W. ; titory. ard,family,
spent the holidays With relatives in
Dooly couuiy. Mr. R. M. Dorsey acted
a* chief of pohCe in his absence. , ^
The family of W, A. Jones Jr. spent
Ohrintmak in Moultrie visiting relatives,
Mr. I. M Smith has his suburban roe
idonco nearly completed, We like to
see our peopleVre.iring good and com*
ntodious ies’deo«.e.> atid prewiring farms
for he hotter method of farming, tOf*
wo believe .our southwest Georgia is
easily destined to bo the garden sp H of
tho state. # *-«?■'V*.
On Ute night of the -21st iuat. Mr,
Kirb Brown and Miss Hattie ^Kennedy
were united in.the holy bonds of matri
mony. The ceremony was performed
by ri; B. Nesmith at the residence of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrp. Ddvid
JConnedy three miles eait of pooildgo.
Mr. T. J Grow has just opened up**
now line of ftirnituro Wt- ; the poAt office
build ng where lie i» ready to serve tWme
nes-ding liouso furnUhiugs.
Mr. A. G Falim and wife are on au
extended visit to refatives ^in North
Georgia.
Mr. Green Phillips of west Florida
viaited his sinter-Mi g. J. T. KelK, itere
during the holidays.
A tarpe crowd gathered at the church
Monday night in attendance it the
•Christma» tree, andutmyfhearts were
made glad.
Mr. Frank Megahee is visiting, well,
somebody, in middle Georgia.
Another marriage sipoe beginning to
write., Mr. Boseiuan *ad iMiss
Ireland were happily marrfetl bore
last Sunday afternoon, Judge T. Or
Smith saying the words thot'ninde them
husband and wife,
If you are a taxpayer* vw p ojieny
owner in Coolidge remember the »>o«*ks
close «tonuary 1st. Call at tbe store Jt'
H. B. Nesmith and get yoar re«-tdpt
They are all ready for you.
NEW BUSINESS,MAN-fCHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
| OF SALEM BAPTISTS
COMING HERE.
The foot is evident that people from a
d.sUnce are rapidly realizing that
ThomosvtUe is a good business center.
Mr. E P. Jewett of Marlon, 8.^C. yes
terday purchased the entflfc stock and
business of Mr J. E. Smith at Stephens
and Walcott street. Mr.. Jewett ha» a
considerable «focb of goiieral merchan
dise at ids home city which he will con
solidate with Mr. Smith's stock. ffW
Tlie following aaa^g^frtsQliieasant
Christmas at Salem church was'sent tp
TTlb^imes*Enterprise by T^omanil-tee
npoolrited tor pM paipo*,, iminr^ J.
T. BhcrroJ, 8. A. Shenod and J. M.
MjE^ierdi • —• ‘ ’ **„ V-
latter is conducting 1 * 'fdcsing out sa* & Tber programme was os follows:
uufel February first at which’ time Mr
Jewett will tako cliiu-gc.
Th^newcoocrer is ah'ati of business
ability antHobg jsxpwieoce and will
mat* an undoubted success. IIo caue
here A fe w days ago to visit his brother-
lolaw the Messrs. Patterson aud cfliickly
sxw’thft opportunity for investment. He
rdtiaVned to Marion yost-rjay, but will
txmia bacK in two weeks with his family.
He Will be welcomed a* a dee ded ad
dition to ThomaRvillo's business rankK,
Better schedules
B FROM ATLANTA,
Suiina News Items.
By 8. M btv'h )
Miss lii abetli Hopk
vMie, wLu nas been
m*’r at M mist^e,
tow day with
at .Suftiuo,
The ]V>ci
Bolter schedules t3 aud fro n Atlanta
will go into effect on January eightlu
There lias been considerable complaint
especially during the holiday season in
regard to the rrain service between At
lauta and Thomasvillo. As the schedule
now stands, mail and pa-senders arc
due to leave Atlanta via the Central of
Gjorgia at f;20 a. m. and reach Al
at 7:35 a. m. Then from Albany they
o line over the Coast Lino and are sap
posed to reach here at 10:26 a. m.
It has been a frequeut occurence for
Vie Central train to be late recently n:id
far the Coast Line to leavo Albany be
fore the arrival of its northern connec
tion. Many Thomasvillo people li »ve
been comixdled to waste a day waiting
in Albany aud to get home at Gtl i p. in,
instead of 10:30a. m. Load and* long
And justifiai le have been the complaints
mi 1c.
• Another class of kickers arc tho sub
scribers to tho Atlanta papers; who
Want their mail in the morning and feel
Cheated when they don’t get at. Of
ooarxe the mail has suffered this same
jTh.v ft***!*. Again*, any Candidate
whe Favor. Sale oi Liauor-
tftJby P/ofr L B- Bnnttn. .
PrTynr.byvF. C { Davbl
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yTh* foilfiftinp cefclatiQa (([ were ro^d
and adopted. ' . ^ ikV
Whereas, Tho Lord has been liiifl and
merciful to us through another year In
blessing un in our basket and store*
With His spirit of love He has spaTtV
many of us to meet hero again, ayhi
some of our loved ones have* goue'ai
*ve see their faces no more; thereft
b-j it
Resolved, (1) That we bow^^tf •
reverence to His great namP/^d^^re-
83rving our lives tlnongh tt^r^yfcar.
(2 ) That we do all wacau byj h>gf*'e
of God to make these holiday® ^ays of
praise and tbaubfgivlng for Hip gift of ^
.!• mi- our first Christmas gif^ %fho la
onr life by faith in him.. Cl.), .(WSit wij,,/
strive to live noarer Io God |uTd itaorer.
faithfully next, year (4.) . ' <% * A
rultivato a spirit of love and prayer
all mankind. (5.) That yre ffb All we j
can for the elevation of our children,
our eighbors ami tl ctr chit^rj
higher plane of Christla:
morals and citizenship.
that wo will snp[)ort no mau-*T<
that advocates the sale of intgXiCAttagf
drinks of any kind or form. -
Tiicn followed an address yt
by J. M. Shepherd, a song, mu
Christmas by Elder A. J.
song and dinner.,
.At 1 ;30 p. ra. there was an addrees to
the young jwople by Rev. E. O Red-
fearn, Recitation, "If I were you’ by
Bertha Prcsse-, Recitation "fho Jdltle
Boy Who Laughs” by EF-de KInry r
Recitation, ‘ The Christie;
f «Jeue Qray. Song. ^ « k h e First
hrismias
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RUSSIAN GENERALS
WOUNDED AND KILLED.
Tokio, Deo. 28—-Trustworthy advii
from Port Arthur confirm the report
that. General Kondravitch was killed
and that General Stoessel has ^eu i
jured by falling from his horse. Gem
al Smilnoff is also reported wounded.
The stern of the battlesldp gev&sto.
has sunk in shallow water and the O
is badly d&msged. The
said to be cheerful, however,
solved to continue the struggle
os a single soldier remains. Food prices
ore extremely high,
indistinct print
«r ana me u
garrison is fctt
wever. and re^
truggle as long
${,0 000 meGU,tc *e®toratio4 tQ^eHiii.
Mr. H A. McGee, a popular engineer
of the A. C L. t who makes his home in
this city, is in the railroad hbspitsl at
Waycroes suffering from a badly sprain
ed ankle. The injury was tustaimd
by jumping from Ills engine, in a
wreck near WajCTOO. Reports re
ceived Teuterday state that he is doing
nicely HLd w ill soon Lf « pt zfziz.
