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
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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
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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
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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.
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Musical In
struments,
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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.
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Meigs, Georgia.
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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
