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J I® WL/ALY 1 lJV.ES-F:MERPR.i AND South Georgia Progress. t'atilislieil.cvtn- Friday ty the TfMies.Enterprise Publishing Co. Wilson M. Hardy, Preeltfent, John O. McCartney, sac. A treas At the Tiiuo-Enterpnse Building. Thomasvillo, Ga. Kutored at the postoffice at Thomi: - rille, Ga., M 'tecoud] class mail matter ' - SUBflCRIFTIO Weekly, One Year.... ... « Six Months..,.. « Three Months... , OneYear......... •• Six Months........ ♦* Three Months.... • « One Month, ATKH. $1.(0 IDEAS ADVANCED BV THOMASVILLE PEOPLE. ..-veral ANOTHER BOOKLET. SO .. w . ,$6.C0 .. ».ro .. 1,86 .. so Official Paper of Thomas County Guaranteed Circulation 2477 Harvto Jordan is .till oryinj. to yonr cotton,** Scientists say tlie moon I, craotcd. Man In the moon most have turned Re pnbliesn. Most of us are aadly impreta-d by tle now proverb. “Where tbem’a a'bill there’, a way—to .pend it." * Llent. Peary eoj. Artio cold enrr. baldne... We liad rather lire When wo don’t ueed the hlr.nto thatch. Atlanta’, pyfoteolmlo major-elect Woodward ha. .tartod out wrong by getting angry with tho newspaper re porter*. The friendship of a new.papci man la tuoro to bo desired than that ol the King of England. Poor old Dr. Ohadwtok Is to be plump ed Into Jail a. toon aa be return, from Enropo. Ho 1. re.li.iog what many a man haa found ont In a lower degreo, that it’a bad to be tied np with tli- wroug kind of a woman. When it come, to figuring on the Sonth’a reproaouta-ion wo will .how tliat While we permit the negro to register WO oannot permit him to vote and con* grew wilt have to credit us with thoao darkle, who are qualified.—Columbia State.. e V. Here i« a center shot from the Au gusta Ohrouicle. Senator Uaoon says he was misnuder- ■tood a. to hi. attltndo on the negrodla- franohlrement question. Well, hi. Mend, are glad to be ket right—beo.tue they had always regarded A. O. Bacon Ma.talesman of blggor mould than that. “Tonngman, come South,*’ more tlian erer beforo, this la good adrice to day, say* tho Albany Herald. There la no doubt conoernlog the future of this Motion, whose prosperity Is causing the whole world to marvel. It U a land of opportunities, whore honest labor yield* rich fruit, and where Damo Fortune lend, a willing oar lo tho earnest plead er. The South la one of tho garden .pots of eorth “Young man, com. Bonth.” There 1. no rest for tho weary,, nor the advertiser. A Thcmtrville mat has found this ont. He said to the ed.tor the other day: “I am going to get after onr Boi-rd of "rad. this spring and make them torae another booklet if 1 can. The racoess Of tie Tbomaarille booklet lias shown * the need of this. The new booklet ought to deal with ilie advantage* of the town and oonnty as plaoe of residence. I am confident that it would do great good.’’ The gentleman ia right. There are thousand* of intelligent people In the north who would welcome an opportnnh to ekeape from the ngora of winter sea sons. Bnt they do not know, or atany rate realize only dimly, the advantages jf this section. The “among the pines' 100k was not intended to appeal to them and does not. Bnt n book telling them in terse, attractive style, of the business and agricultural opportunities, rhe how and when of making* living, would bring immediate remits The money for the book oootd aasUy be raised. The oonnty towns wonld do heir part. W* hope to see the ononly booklet a development of Aha near fa* tore. ELBERT HUBBARD OOMJ.NO. ‘I received a let ter the ocher day from Elbert Hubbard, editor of the Pbillstin. magazine “said a Thomasville lady In » Sunday conversation. “He writes e mutt Interesting latter and one of Ui moat interesting things lie said was thu he is planning to ooma to Thomasvill this winter.” Hnbbard ia one of the characters t> America The lank apoatle of qoee tom la dtno need as a freakish fake h hundreds and regarded as a muter min by thousands. He Is a shrewd mone- maker, a literary qoack, wield, an ni ine stylo and uys what he think* D« *u always regarded u somewhat ► pouur, in bia nnconventloual ideas ni- ’ll a divorce suit brought him- Into ma lodorous repute. Then it was font c that he did exaotly like he said If lu oomes to Thomasville the.- people who meet him will certainly be entertained and one can forgive much in a person who is entertaining. And the Elks ought to giro him a social session for he onoe paid ihem a beautiful trlbnte entitled “The Honorable Elk,” that hangs framed In nearly every Elkpodge In America. The following comment Is made upon a beloved citisou ot onr town bjth* Macon News: “JndgeH. W, Hopkins is a wheel horso In Tbomu oonnty politic*. The people down there Jost won't beat him, and they dare anybody else to try It. His oonstitnente bestow lint one office upon him, and then-another, and when the sopply of looal posUlcns give, ont they .end him to the state senate. Inst week. In a hot popular election, Judge Hopkins was chosen a member of the Thomas- Tills school board.” Onr neighbor Florida wonld seem to be a good state, for ambitious youths. The governor who retires from office next weak went to Florida singing songs from the back ot a Wlaard Oil wagon and tho new governor onon oooked tn a schooner. But fee that ualtar a great many governor* have mad* remarkabl* records. The governor ot Minnesota is a son ot parent* who Ueed In'.the pan per boos*, and the governor of Mama- oknsetta used to oobbl* sh-s*. Thu* men ought to tM’lbt* to gtt* an' admin iteration broad and sympathetic with *11 classes. OARNEQIE A>D THE WATER WORKS. Andrew Carnegie, the hrew Sootamau Is acting u the tail to Oasal* Chadwick’* kite In the pnbllo prints jost nowand anything pertaining to bis name to: with avidity. Everybody knowiothu philanthropy, and Snpt. J. A. Epply of the Thomuvlllo water work* clipped a good story from a northern paper the other day. Ills partlenlarly appropri ate now that ThotnasrlUt 1, on the ere ot haring two new pipe organ.. To a village In Massachusetts the great Iron mss ter presented a pipe organ, whlon wu pronounced very fin*. The first recital stirred the whol* oonnty, Some mouths later Mr. Carnegie WSI urged to ooetribute toward the Improve ment of the waterworks -system of the village, whereupon, feeling hlmstlf lm- posed upon, he replied wrathfully through bit private r.ecretary that he thought it aa little u the community ooold do to take oare of Ua own ctr- porate neoeasltlea; that It waa to th* moral and phystoal welfare ot the (eo- ple to improve their waterworks them- selves, &o. The answer to this letter by tho authorities of th* village con tained thto statement: “Onr waterworks wu entirely satis factory for all onr needs, until yon gave na that splendid organ. We find now that the pressure ain’t snfilcient to pump the organ, and thought you’d like to assist pa tn purchasing a new boiler." Oarewgl* haa th* letter framed In Bklbooaaiie. Here’* hoping Tbomaa- viUa Wont have to ask him tor aid in tarnishing eoctoaUitlcal harmony. n mighty bad shafe. j. rr There was ona yearling about su>flusl from lack of atteniion. Tho cattl put lu there and arc not given any food. If their owners do not call for them ip a day or two the cattle get tn horrible shape. The city ought to feed them Slid mako their owners pay, for it. At any rate lomethlag should be done and the cattle onght nut to be made to antfer.” The newspap,r man inter viewed Marshal Stephana in regard lo thto state of affaire. The mmelial said. “Cattle are never allowed to suffer in the pound. Their owners wonld like to see the olty fatten them bnt they kick like everything when the bill to pre sented. The law allows ten cents a day as a feeding fee for battle. On account of the owners’kicks we ha/e not, oom menced to feed them tha minute they are put in. Wo sometimes notify the owner aud wait a day nntil he can come and get Ins cow oot, before we begin lo feed. But none ot them Jgo hungry long. In regard to tliat yearling he waa only pnt in thto morning and was hardly able to walk when we took him np. So it Isn’t onr fault.” It seems there are two sides to the pound controversy. Nobody wonld con sent to let the animals snffer, and the officers statement that they do not will be good nowa to those opposed to cruelty The Inmate* of the stale sanitarium had a special Christmas dinner. There were only »,W6 patients at the instltn: clou and it only takes the following One hundred and sixty-seven turkeys, M geese, 800 ohlokens, 50 barrels of ap plet, 60 bartttoo! oranges, SO bunches of ■ananas, 1,000pounds of assorted oandy, 1,000 pounds of assorted nuts, 1,000 xmnds of assorted frqit, 800 pounds • t stains, 400 ooooannta, 1,000 pounds ol weet crackers, oaks*, eto. Many of. tin unfortunates look forward lo Christmas ■a one of tho happy days of the year, •early every patient receives boxes ol ,-ood things from their friends and rel utve* at thto season of the year end the •anltarinm hat had to ran extra wa- <ous handling the paoksgee from tho ex press efilce. THE RIGHT KIND. The relations of the Oen-ral of Geor gia with the traveling public and the newspaper* have always beeu most Whon there la .any defect in ihelr service they reallr seem grateful when attention to sailed to it, and If possible they remedy to The Time*- Enterprise recently called the attention of Central Fa-wan gar Agent J. O. Hall* to the annoying delays often Inflicted upon passengers between Albany and Thomasville. and the delay In the mall ■errto*. Mr. Hall* In replying tail* ot step* which will remove the cause of complaint. He fertbar say*. “We an very anxious to have tha aarrioa betwaen Atlanta and ThomasriUe reliable end il to cur purpose to leave nothing undone to aooompitoh thto result." Hit actlpoe prove hie word*. Compliments of th* to the Central of Ueorgla. A FOUND CONTROVERSY. A gtopped In Ectarprtoe office yeaterday and sold “I wish you vroald bit lham amp about STILL BOILING. ntroversv started by the IStt of Oiborne ou state politics. Is srill boil ing with no signs of abatement. Ever; day some new development in (he affair oomes to light. It has already h shown that the Hou Fondien Mitel,ell waa “butchered to make a cor..oration holiday” in the last ape-kci-hip One of bis opponents, Hou'. Enj-rsoh H, George of Morgan county has an inter esting interview lo yesterday’s Atlanta Ooustitntloa Be indorses as tree the warning to D-tuocrato sounded by Mr. O»lx»rno He says in regard to the speakership race, “Mr Morris, ia the rare for speaker nnnanttonably had the *i.p,*rt of some of the best men in the house This is true of evrrv ballot. I apply It with pleasure and emphasis lo the tost bailor when a Urge uisj-trity of the tuen who bad etood steadfastly to me, nntil over their protest I withdrew from the race, voted for Mr. Morris I myself voted tor Mr. Mitchell, a^d have never seen any cause to regret - my vote. Undet the same ^circumstance* I wonld _do sc CLIMATE. Tha next man who writes a dictionary will probably define climate as tot thing to kick about. Even hen in Themasvtll* where thlbgf spell perfec tion, men have bean so ungrateful at to cuss the weather. A trne understand- ing of great men to obtained whan sever al hundred yean have passed away, To get the right perspective on' onr climate a person onght to transplant hlmseU several hundred miles tn either direction. Then when he gets book home he a 111 knowhow to appreciate things, Th'ie art various cities that advance claims to being the center of things. Every state haa a town that vannto It self aa tho geographical center, the oen- ter of population the manufacturing center or something similar. We want to adranoe the claim that Thomaarilte 1s the elimatk) center- of the United state*. Here the cold of winter to tempered by the «arm beams of the ardent ran. The heat of rammer to modified by the cool gnlf breeze*. The lauguor of sprit g to dispelled by crisp mornings and cool nights. The melancholy of autumn 1* driven away by the bright cheer of ver dure. The weather allow* a healthy hearty happy Ufa, Then are maay good things about Thonatvill* but the “Who elected Morris! If yon mean was he eleoted solely through the influ enoe of one rat of men, I must answer that he wa* not. A great many of bis votes were doe to personal friendship and admiration, a great many voter weio doe to the gtogasphy of the start If yon mean, oon’d he have been eleoted without the Influence ol the corpora tion*, I answer frankly that in mv opinion be ooold not. Thto to only an Oitulon; a man knows very little, except on hie own side My opinion, however, oandlilly expreeied is, that but for the mom stubborn resistance, the moat tat and bitter fight made b.v the corporations sgniort Mitchell, the latter wonld have been eleoted. I liudlj think that there ean be two . pinions on chat subject. Did the corporations light me? They were too buy fighting Mit- obeli. Had Mitchell been ellmlnatsd, they wonld have fought me nnqnea- tionably. Then along oomes Jaatoh Carter, the Atlanta correspondent of the tJavannah Press and the Anguta Chronicle. Mr. Carter, knows all about politics, or at any rata think he dot*. HO suggests that Mr Osborne to out -*fte£ ..Judge Hamilton UoWhorter the king bee of them alL He says that the^dual by which Mr. Mitchell about In thto manner. “Two yeata ago there. for speakership, the candidates being Messrs. Morris, Steed, Mitchell and George Ur. Steed had 18 or *) voeea and Mr Morris needed them. It to said that a oonfarsnoe was held which wu attended by Messrs. Harry Flshar, John D. Utile,. Albert Howell and Senator Olay. A* a result ot th* oeoferenoetl to said Mr, Steed withdrew from th* rao* and hi* support want to Mr. Mor ris- It to alt Mr. Morris agreed to rap port Mr. Steed for president of the t ato next year. Lest spring a conference to said to have been held In which Maasis. Os borne, Little and John Bennett took part, whloh looked to the election of Mr. WattofLowndee u president of the senate. Trade The Churchwell Way—Save Money W: FACTORY REMNANT SALE. Begins Thursday Jan. 12 1905 and Lasts Eleven Days Odds and Ends. Something Great. Only Place Starke Corner, Thomasville, Ga ‘•Money Savers to Mankind.” The’season for shooting birds if now open. If yon are going to make any reputation as a marksman you must have gd'Gan, If you wish to achieve the best results you must have, the best Gun, You may get the best for any game from. Jno. G. Burney's Hard w te Store, Boston,G. Everything in. Hardware. their pound end the way U I* ran I huritotheeUma**. Later a eeoond oouftreooe to said to have bean had, in which 'judge Mo- Whorter took pa<t. Judge McWhorter to said to have agreed to,’Support Mr, West if hr. Steed thould.'not be tn the rue*. Another report «*ya hi* rupport wan promised unconditionally. W hen Mr. Steed’* friends heard of the conference they told him he wu about to be side tracked and advised him to go to wurk, which he did, and it to now said be haa enough vote* pledged to lucre i to election. Mr. Osborne, finding that be did not reoeive tho aastotano* whloh he rappoeed lie wu going to reoeive, opened fire, with the expectation, some believe, of toning Mr. Steed ont of the raoe. Mr. iteed’a election Is regarded u so aertain that there to not the slightest possibility that be will retire. The statements made in thu dispatch are from beat information obtainable and without any intention to prejudice the cause of tho gentlemeojnamed. There to no Intimation in any quarter that anything more was said or done than to usual in oonfsreooes tliat are bald by all politician* from time It to eialmed that there to a diffareoce between lb/ Oeborne and Judge Mo- Whocteratto what wu agreed to at "Do You Wish To MAKE MONEY Growing Good , Watermelons NEXT YEAR FROM . EDEN SEED? It so, I can help you 'start right by rallying superior reed at a reasonable Last Spring the ravage* of rat* foroed me to plant my watermelon crop three times before a stand wu secured Con- htquently my melons ripened too late for profitable shipment and Instead of allowing • hem to deny I saved seed in the following painstaking manner from Ijerfoctly shaped, sized and_ ripened . re- market melons, the first on live vin s. Both ends of each melon were cut off end thrown awa., the melon split and he perfectly matnred.aeed taken from the center and dried with special ears No teed were saved from rejected or d- o»td melons I guarantee these seed lo he strictly first clast, as good u have ever been grown. I _ will plant my next year’s from seed In ‘tha earns box from whloh I will eeU Corny customer*. Aa I have only one thousand pounds on hand tha sooner orders are eeht in the surer they wl lbe filled. Prioe 60 cents per pound, eaali. As t* ng responsibility I refer to any Merean- Agency or reapooribl* toslneae HENRY D. STILL, Blaokvtlle, S. a EDEN SEED. n-a8 am Periodic Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills are n most remarkable remedy; fo ’ “ for the relief of periodic pains, backache, nervous or sick head" ache, or any of the distress ing aches and pains that cause women so much-suffering. As pain is weakening, and leaves the system in an ex hausted condition, it is wrong to suffer a moment longer than necessary, and you should take the Anti-Pain Pills on first in dication of an attack. If taken as directed yon maw ‘ ' ' fc have entire confidence in thei effectiveness, as welt as in the fact that they will leave no dis agreeable after-effects. •They contain no morphine, opium, chloral, cocaine or other dangerous drugs. “For a lone time I have suffered xreatly with spells of backache, that seem almost more than I can endure. These attacks come on every month* and last two or three days. I have never been able to get anything that would rive me much relief until Ilm- began the use of Dr. Mile** Antl-P&la ri»* same wav, ha* used Uwm with •Dr. MllasP Antt-Mtn PIB* are ■ wlh guarani Mills and Factories of the country ran sacked for Values,, the best selected and will be Sold During This Sale, at from 25 to 50 per cent off regular price. Accumulated during the recent Holiday Rush will be added at give away prices to spice up things. 4 Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Inti