About Thomasville times-enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1904-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1905)
i'lHKK-BSFl'ERPRIJiC. I’HO * a 8V1LLE,GEORG : A. FEBRU i KV 8, WMJJMB Jacksonville U hnvlug a revival. "When a seaport towu torn* to religion .things look brighter. Tort Valley falls In. lino *nd colls fbr municipal ownership of sloctrio lights. Fltigsrald U to rote ou tba sub* qnos- ftanriflnial Stood is la dabgfrot get ting tbo retiring habit. Tint speaker- skip, then Sonato piotldency, what next? . • The poblio attention la being directed to the methods of the great life insur ance companies. An Interesting bit of nows along this line is that many or them are large holders of Russian bonds If the present unsettled conditions in worse the' UN Berne Trf one is W years old. no old lady has the Times-Enterprise fkinoaS about IS tear*. bat is ine* AS risky as we are. * Russia continue to grow bonds may not be worth the paper they are written on. A bill'is at present pending in the Texas legislators to make the companies invest a portion ot their premiums collected in that state, in Texas property. Good idea. The money that goes away from home oarer oomes bank any more. AIN’T IT TRUE? What to the natter with Captain John Triplett as a South Georgia man and old soldier candidate for gorentor. If everybody In the state knew him, he would ret every rote cast in the pri mary.— X-nitric Observer. Betides the Otaerver and the Timet Enterprise the Darien a see Its. the Brnnswick Journal and several others art in the Triplett bend wagon- By the way would yoa call the Triplett wagon a baby carriaget In sober earnestness, there to some thing sad about such things at the Chadwick holiness. Homan nature to a pretty good old nature after all. Host people are honest, many art credulous and trustful. When this trust to be trayed, as to so frequently the case, it has a bad reflex effect, and ounces trouble tar above and beyood the finan cial lose 000‘£$ AMSfr.'jtf?* V£\ TIMESENTERPR.SE, AND South Georgia Progress. every Friday by the prise Publishing Co, President. S*a« D McCartney, sec.* trsss At the Time-Enterprise Building. Go. mail V? ■ — *1.00 I 00 :hs.„ *« 10.00 00 — : 5 " c County Guaranteed _ id 2477. There it nu pardon for Pardee's de- ’enteof Bwnymi Billy Oiborne J a * t let go n moment to spit on his hands. the new broom to,weeping elesn. n short month, Lot's all get busy for Thomasvilie The listener to first lieutenant to tils _ , gossip. Don't bo etthor. It is a rod day for >11 of us when the bill collector comos round. One mouth of tho now year gone. Any nnbu.ted resolutions left? They say King Oscar of Swedon may follow Bleed's examplo and abdicate. The Daritu Gale US eayS Jud*» B|Ser want, to bs the Republican candidate for vtce-prwidebt in 1806, and to of the opinion tliat I,o elands n good chance. Preside it Buo-evelt wants tome sts- ttottoe on marriage and divorce. Nona have beeo complied slues 1886. There has been manyabatoof liay widows since Tho history and minutes of tbs las •South Georgia Conference have; Jut been issued, Methodism, especially Sooth Georgia Methodism; to growing stronger every dnv. Governor Terrell, oveilooklng the op proprlateness of (he thing refused to nl low Georgia io bs lepretcoied by color ed troops Ht R jo-evett'e Inauguration For this he » aa ouugrutulsled by Gov, Vnrdeui.ii. The Hju W. 8. West's fr.euds are beginning to fear that he may than tha fate of lira inuocent bystander in that Osborne-Morris oontrovsroy.—Aogui ta Chronicle. Well, Ira hasn't withdrawn yet. Oapt. Richard Fraraon Hobson has been "aeelu' things at night. He fears n oombin d movement for the lelinro of China, “to tha exclusion of the Uni ted State*, Great Britton and Japan, a more that would set the wortd on flrr. Tho bnlnnoe of power -between those groups to so evenly potoed that War and (shoe may hinge npou the a'tivity of America in naval preparation doting tho next few yean." The captain thinks sixty million dot tors will tom the trtok Georgia railroads made 8 million dot* lan last year. No wonder they can hi: • political agent*. A non-partisan observer euggoets th names of Watson and tlaneonfor new couutlos. An exchange laments beoaose nothing that yon can eat? ever alnmpe in price Th* Fitxgarald Enterprise has it alaei op this way. "Tho Valdosta and Tbomanille edi tors feel kindly toward BiUy Osborne. Billy booked Mitohtll, a Tboaievltle m-.n for speaker of tba last hooft-henoo Thomnsvilie'e gratitude. And now Billy to reputed to be managing the oampalgnof West of Vnld-ratn for the presidency, of the senate, and of oogre* 'twoold bo impolite of tho Valdostana not to look pleased when Billy tpeakr. Tho cotton situation and the political mess ore giving a lot of authore the chance of their live*. The Otar's subjects have uhangtd Ids mull- from “Llttlo White Father" to “Great Red Tyrant ” Blncotjio.ra tws deaths* gnat many people are thankful that they don't live In a poor house. * Americas to to have a Y. M. C. A. building. It will amply repay the town in benefit tor any expenditure. At least that's boon our These oheerfnl words are from the At- lento Constitution; Tli* situation should cans* no reptnlog. It may In volve •acrilloes and I noon vent* Doe* for the time being, it to true, bnt all south ern internets must stand together in tnpoi t of th* weakest links in the cotton holding chain and two that no farmer to toned to surrender. There to enoagh money In lira eouth to tide over the prer ent emergency, and tho cotton farmer's credit is good He has an asset that to aa good at gold." A $30,000 LICENSE. Tho Nsw York World wanted to .know aU ab»l (has *30,000 liq tor Boone down at Wayorots, ...and accordingly wired to the Waycroa Journal as fol lows: “Filo two hundred worit explaining why Wnycroav hat raised its liquor ii- cense to thirty thousand dollars. Are there any applicants at new rate?" The Journal telegraphed to tho World the following Intereating reply: “For sixteen yaarrthe city license for eeUitig liquor lisa been thirty tbooaand dclSsra. Eaoh sacceedlng'council fixes it, no ohenge hes ever been mad* and no une has applied furprivl eg* within that time. This tax ataloTledaa prohibitive and h-a boon effective. Not only to the legal tn'e prohibite I, bnt illegal rolling it kept to the tuiulnmm end four police men keep order in tins town of nino thousand. Ninety per cent of white peop.o own their homer. There are no pan;ore, no poorlionse, no loafer-, and 98 peroenlof the oliiidren attend school. The town support* twenty churches and nil are well attended. Swearing to r.uely heard on tho streets and one does not toe a drunken man in three months. Two large railroad shops and one cay factory are operated here because the men are found to bo more reliable than in ltqoor towns. These are tome rea son, why Wnyorons keeps the license at thirty thomand.’J Bvrsy other dry town ha* some If not allot time* advantage*. News From Meigs. Edited by the renowned leader of the POPULIST PARTY. is a monthly publication. The first issue is dated February 1905. The price of it regularly is $1.00 per yedr. You can get it Io Club with the Times-Enterprise FOR 60 CENTS PER YEAR. TOWN TALK TOLD TO THE TEMAN caufobni* eauthqu axes. ^n interesting story oomes t ■ light, In Ohlrngo tho other nignt a child three years of age, who had uevur be fore spoken a word, had 11 bad droam and suddenly net up in lied nud began talking about it Tho doctor* of the Windy City are all poxx'ed about 11. They uover. before hoard ot a sodden Shock developing the power ot speech. But ton's ii just about as odd that a normal child of threo years should never have spoken? In this part ot tho country it a child were to go three year* without power of speech its par ents would think something the matter. wnicli strangely enough has been sup pressed tty nil newspapers. There have been mo. e than fifty teto- mlo ebook* In and near Sen Fmaolsco, California daring the last few weeks, 'f hto information oomes tg. Thomasvilie In aprivate letter written to a Ban Fran ciscan who to spending the wint*r here. The people it that section an natural ly much troubled. None of lli- shocks have been violent, and ii to more through of what may follow than anything else that worries the Paeifio coasters. It to interfering seriously with one of their important tonne* of redone. Tlito to the tourist traffic. Tourist come there, stay a flight, get well shaken up^fy the rumblings of old mother earth. aUd de part for qnlAer fields. flit moral ot all of this to come to Thomntville where the earth nover quakes. (By J.i*. Searcy) Miss TsMtha Daren of Thomaevil e, lias been a plettktot visitor nt tin home of her routine. Misses Maggie end Stella Daren, this week. Mr. B. A. Smith, n prominenttarpen Une mu, made n barineee trip to Pel ham Saturday. Mr. Hease Fniford It at home again after •pending several wreke in Urol trie. Mrs. J. L. Johnson spent Saturday in Ctunilln with relative*. Mr. W. O. Thompson of Albany, was here Tuesday. Mr. Tbooiprcn wee a former resident of tins town. He la now an attache of the Albany Northern railroad. Vr. i.ud Mrr. O. E. Boswell are here frtm Camilla. Mrr. Eoswell to just op from a spell < f typhoid fever, and it to hoped that the will econ regain her osnal strength. Mr, John H'lllngeworth, n prominent citixen of Decatur county, was here a few days elate, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dnncu Fniford n few miles west of town. Mr. HoUlngawortn visited this place a few ;. ear* ego, when i* was only a level place in tbe woods, Co thinks the town now, with its SCO tub, bitantr, splendid choioto, beautiful street!, bank,-and biick blocks, ho* mi da some improvementoiiitaformereor - undinge, when he need to boot deer and wild tur key ou this voiy s.te. Verily “Meigs do grow.” Mr. J. D. Rcllmon went down to Thomasvilie Bsturasy jut to see. Yi n •so Eick read* tbe paper and went toste it was really so. Mr.’Wells Simpson, litely of Pc'* metto, Fla to again babied the counters of tbe Atkinson Mercantile Co. Mr. J. B. Reyptlds, cf %bomaevllle, acimpanted by Mr. McNea), spent Snn-j day here. Tbi* to hi* old tramping ground, snd be Ira. many: pend. a..re Priprentin C .PHILLIPS| & CREW COMPANY, of Atlanta. That is, $1.60 will give you Tom Watson's Mag azine and the Thomasvilie Times-Enterprise both one year. Old subscribers can obtain this rate by paying up all arrearages. > , See G, W. CHESTNUT, Circulating Agent, or send Postr ffide order to Times-Enterprise, THOMASV1LLE. GEORGIA. about*. Ratal Rome In. 1 actor Bran an was ben Monday.' Not'tub* be found tho roots* jnst where they were, when Ira was here before. Mr. A. B. Joiner and wifa of Camilla were visitor* Iran Inst BenJsijt^, U a* Julia Arliua -ot,jfttham visited relative* at ll.e Ho 0! daArliijj, Sunday. . W. J. Ytug, nturrsiifiom a C. C. Cocroft, HILLIPEI & CREW COMPAQ Expert Piano Tuning. STEIN WAY KNABE FISHER HaHDMAN and Standard Pianos.) | Ereirtldog In Musical In struments, Write for it*- formation. Your old Piano Taken in Kx- Thomnsvilli . olrang* for a Now one. Moderate j rices I t mu rea-onaMe, - - - G* orgia. wumi visit to Flint, SaiMmy.. jjbjO %ont 10 al to d tier ding liter, kto. 3. 11. Davir, mXWIVXLT COUNTY. ' A certain lawyer to liav^g Inn mak ing plans about the faints. Wmm Cairo gets her now ocutlty l.o says it will leave a nepromajority in Thoms* coun ty. He will pi cored to organise the I Audray, sf TI.om.ui Uie, spent Sunday who tuts lo**u rery kick* Mr. P*.t 11 n.lock iccomjamecl Ij MImcm OIino Quattlel niiru and Hat*! Stephen* cf Oih oeieuet', wire r.ere Sunday. g^Agunt Lather Singletary apent Sou- day night in Oihkcku ee. Mro. Mollie Hains*y and her aou, nogrooz and yo‘h whoever I owihIih iuio: WJ f|, relative** lieie cflice. He will vo*a for n dfor-eusary and tnaUo hitmolf Fuperiutemlont of it I Mr. Jodie B.uino , who it still listen ing to the music of tbe emi ie. tho Pel- He will liavejii* black homlimun vole u» m , onina l. vlfib.. w» a visitor here I to change the name ot Thomas county to Roosevelt. county. Hu will make other startling, and to most of us nn pleasant changes. Of course all this ii wradin a spirit of jes and levity, bnt Btraoger things have happened, and all or part of these very thing* might come Do you favor a new county? 0- Tunouon with west, “l am through with Bill Weit" said an influential citixen yesterday When askod why, he said. “Because lie dis owns hia friend*. -Billy Osborne was Ida inend. Oiborae canoed Steed’s retire ment No sooner is Steed oat than West runs np to Atlanta, holds up Irie wrists aaks the mereenaries to stick the hand coifs on him and they do it. Then he ran* hook to Valdosta, writes a card disowning Osborne, ,and prates of hto record. I am through with Bill West nnd am for Mnmhey Candler. Weak ii a whipped man by the throwing down of hit friends. A politician can't do Ibis and live." If It Is In The Implement Une 8uurt "-V i And is a good thing, you will find that We carry it. We Those who witnessed tin walking handle nothing but High (IradeGoods,and you can make no match ulohg the public jo.d between! mistake by cominc to 11s for your Hardware as we handle all two cbotuing young todies und * young I Heavy and Staple lines such as Nails, Stoves, Ellwood Fence man enjoyed it. it is said tliat this trio Implements, etc, in car lots, and thereby, are. prepared to give walked six mile. last kabu.tu afternoon' you the very best prices. Coicc to see us. Jno. G. Burney's Hardware Store. Boston, Qa. from* ntijihooriug town to tin* place, t). title hack on lira train. Farmer* are tutoring iuio tl.eir work I with a vim. Mach land to being prt-i pared for food crop*. - TI*o scarcity o t f-rrn labor last season taught us a' let - sin stoat the *1 cittou.y.teui. We had twosliows.tlilj week, one on tbe first and auother on the second day of February. Mias Lilia Pilcher and Ur. Henry Alligood went np to Pelham on bu incss Tuesday. We have bad tin jgypsies cicampcd about us for a week, Barely they do tome good; for whilo they take away many good dollars, they curry off n number of mi. hty sorry males. Work on lira brick buildings.pow go ing np li-re appears to be, for tbe moat part, at an eqd for at least throt weeks, for took of bricks. Dr. Iverson R. Anltman left Wooes- day to take a post graduate couas at tha Medical college in Augusts. NEW CENTRAL HOTEL Mriern, Up-to-date,.Convenient— Centrally Experienced Management -Dates (2.00 Best ot Livery Bervice in Connection. W. M. SINGLETARY & J. J. ARLINE, Proprietors & Managers. Meigs, Georgia. HIDES WANTED Write for quotations to J. Watkins & C c. 280-282 W. Jt cl mi St. TbomasTille, Gf. Goffee it Tea spoons. Souvenirs of Thomasvilie and the South, here are some of the subjects: ^ Confederate Monument, Negro Eating Melon, Piney Woods Hotel, Mitchell House, Indian Head, Georgia State. ' Floral, Big Oak Etc. O.IQ.IGOEHRINQ Jawelsr 120 South Broad St
