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Bnb South Georgia (progress. !lKi!±i ENTOfcpiUHRV iV- — 'CJF - THOplASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 5 1005 - New Series, Vol XV—No. 18 NMCNT WILL PERMIT {AUTOMAh^,,,^- «*0ARD lEW v P0ST0FFICE BUILDING. FOUTELEPHjttjiE'fcJkiwANGE gSnirui Decision and Strue- WIU Ba Built at Once- tur>. jUa.ta.to have its ntyr p-st- I buiUtng,sfter all. Several dits - George O^j dent of the 1 and appropriations jrat his teto t project. He said that he wonltl t consider anything else than the rs- r the present oorder site. 1 action brought forth a vigorous I from Postmaster Dismnkt who set his heart, on a new two story nsxt to the present site and [ on Jackson. Ho had dreamsd Lnew board will lighten the labor* of > often of that atoade its tiled floor, i modern fixtures to give np without la draggle. So well did he plead his | cause, seconded by the able efforts of Mr. I Snodgrass who is to own the new bnild* I ing, that Mr. Wood ravened Ms decis ion. Ho yesterday wrote Mr. Dismnko to go ahtad on the new site, and there will he no hitch in the proceeding*. The new building will soon be a reality. TEACHER'S COMMITTEE . TELLS rfF SITUATION 4By H. W. Hopkins.) To the Public: While it is the desire of the Board of Education ti give preference to a large majority of tbe teachers now employed . ia the publto schools, in the Jevenl they Great improvement Promised Thomesvllle'e Hells 8yetem There are great Improvements in store for ThomasviUe'a telephone system, and tbe people are-promised a service thst will bo suunXmu pone. The prln cipal alteration wfU bo the installation of an antomatic switch board. This will do away with the ringing'jot the belt. All that will have to be doue nader tbe new order of thlogs is to remove the re ceiver from the hook and yon will be greeted by the pleasant hello of (lie cen tral operator. This will save muoh time and llbor for each individual', The f*jie girls In the central office, and .will on*. Me them to gnawer much more prompt* Iv, as it does away with a great deal of tbe meohaq'jfsl work of making conneo- tiona,, manipulating oordt, and the like The now hoard ia now being built, at a cost of several thousand dollar* in the shops An oil oentlr to map the town and the Improve' tnenti will be mqde before the rammer U over. Ooe result will be the eularg ing of the offloe, and its removal to oom modio e making overt! FINNY THOUSANDS ' SEINED BY SPORTSMEN Sho phone ery n eqnipl the examinations require should they see lit to do- wish to assure the ctttxena an attend the school and mousy support it that tharf wilt matortaUrom Watch to as- t farther "hotloe than a Male, tnentinthejlo'wlpaper we have el- ready twelve applications on Die by ling to tart 'the KAPI The seining of Shelton’s pond Toes- day was conrammated In all its abond ance. Hot deterred by a steady down poor of rain, the eothnsiaata bled them- aelves from every quarter for a look at tbe fnu. At leaat one party of piscator ial artists braved the terrors of the twenty mile drive by night. They an free to aoknowlege that they spent the night "out." - The seine, furnished by the redoubt able O H Carter of Pidcook, was S50 feet long. It reached almoet across the lake and waa a task for forty men' to poll. At one haul there ware two thousand fish brought in. The total catch waa generally estimated to be about five thousand. Ineluding negroes, there were more than a hundred people pres, ant, and an honr after dinner yon could haidly have found a minnow left on the £ank. What they didn’t kill at the din company.,| *er they oaptured and took home with i here re* Among the leaders in the fan were Mr W I Maointyre, Frank and Mltoh Jones, Oapt 0 P Hansell, E B Whaley, GD Williams, W W Linton, Harry Linton, Artie Smart, Guy Youngblood, Thayer Orovatt, Oscar Groover, Will Proctor, Boh Pollard, Paul McGee, W Hopkins, 0 W Winters, H H Vann, Tom Vann, 8M WoUf, Theo Titus, Tom Jooss, J M end F O Jones, Lem Ooehkan, W H and T 0 Mitchell, Em, met Mitohsll, Lathrop, James. Mitchell Bosh, Walter Hammond, Dr Alnaworth, Jim Pillion end others MEIGS TO HAVE HAVE «EW LIGHT PLANT The Week's News as Chronloled by by Professor Searcy Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bespcss attended the Bespest—Parham reception in Thomasville a«jw days since. I am sorry td See tbe friction in the Publlo Schools of Thomasville. I am raising a daughter for a place in that excellent systaiqaad hope to see thifags easy going before many days. This has been 5 * bed season for having school. The assure cold, lagrippe, me*' •let, mumps, whooping oongh and other diseases have, played havoo with attend. ALLEGED ASSASSIN LODGED IN JAIL. BQSTON Will GET GEORGIA NORTHERN. 1 Negro Boy Charged With Attempt On *T > ' .. w- Mra. Parker’* Ufa- I Think* Judge Jordan. Other News of, " the Week'fjromtho Hub. | Stephens and Alva Ben Hatohings and Mr. r attended the Bap fcnrday and Sunday at V?-' Golding, y* est tele- sarly sv- iiroso is the mod. rved and IAPTER The f raten Toesdi pa Alpha rlile met Edward Eke r*4#Hi#Sa0 TNbUt Eft been given aathoriiv to advertise move ex. tenslvely if nscosaary. This ba* oot bow done herstofors, preferng to give whoso work hss been satis!aclory. The change of teachers in 41 gradsd school is of decided tv less detriment thun in t others whore (lie same teacher inatract* hosami ph i mii yi»r. ti jrith few except Ions, the children have a nkw ini tractor each year and tbe teachen have now popils brought abou by the advancement of the children (ram lower to higher grades. I H.W. Hopkins, Chairman Committee cn liulm. Jerger on Xtotohox street and organised an alumni cliapter of ths order -Kappa .AlfiJtttfofcuftbs leading college socle- Mad in it^as chapters in all .of tho sou thard colleges, Susina News Items. (By S. M. Beach.) Oapt. B. P. Does, Dr. W. B. Ooohran, and Sqnlre Bibb of Tliomaaville, at the Lake lest Tuesday. Fifteen balsa of.ootton wen by has* last Thursday id ths Cairo mar ket. This eraa.part of tbs outran -held Ly the late Dir.-%.»! Bdtfgjwi^ftomw^.,. t - -j™,— the 1P03 crop. Tha prloe paid was *i*f"U ,h >»- “ Misses H< nett, Bev. O. Haywood list meeting Cairo. Uisaos Lina preeu and Emma Peart Taylor of, Pattern, were the guests of Mrs. E. E Wliras 8unday. Mr Lyourgtil C. Hairs and wife of ThomasvUle, pare visitors hare Sunday the guests of tho family of Mr. J, T. this place, will be “'lie for the next braue. . I. G. Battle ware rial lee Sunday, of Camilla, was hut Sunday, tfr. Dixon has a farm near here and oomei down occasionally |jatt to see the oom grow. LOST—One set of pale brown lAna- taehe. Last teen straggling ’about the month of Diok Bohinsoc. Return to hit admirers (Or Mr. G. L. Doran has bean to Thom, asvilia several days this week attending hi* mother who Uvea near that, olty and who la very aiok. A gentleman waa hare this week by Invitation. 1 who did some rig- light Jack Miles, a twenty year old negro boy, waa jailed Wednesday afternoon, charged with assault with intent to murder Mrs. Belle H. Parker. This is the crime whioh .created snch a tens*, tion here a few weeks ago. Mrs. Par- ker is a daughter of Oapt. John B. Knowlton, plantation superintendent for Ohas. H. Thorne, a Chicago million aire whose beautiful country borne “Wildwood” ia six milts from town. On the night of Msroh (1st. while Mr*. Parker was croating a room of the lodge at ’-Wildwood,” a 88 calibre ballet oreshed through the window gtau, whizzed by her head, and buried itzelf in the walk She fell to the floor, and this act probably saved her life, aa no other shot followed. .Wednesday after, noon's arrest was tbe sequel to the deed. Offioers investigated the aoqne and fonnd tracks where th* would be a*, sauin had dropped on one knee, a few feet from the window to take oarefnl aim. Several people were suspected but all proved alibis and for a time it looked as if the murderous attempt would re main In the realm of mystery. It was determined to spare no expense trouble, to And th* man and deteolives have boon working svar since. Their Industry and shrewdness his been re warded by what they olaim Is unmis takable evidence against Miles. He was arrested yesterday morning, oharged with a miner offense, that of taking Mr. Thoms'* horsss from hi* bam and riling them at, night. Ha plead guilty to this and waa Stud and oosta. ' Hi* fine was immediately paid, and do sooner wss th* money pat in Jadge Hansell’* hand!, than th* sheriff pot him under arrest again, on tha mare serious oharg*. is fraten J. John! WiU 1 ger, Jo Moore, soil vs thevai tor ma future, high re did on neljprs E- B. Jerger, Secy. southern K. A.’a immond . Parker, rard Jer- i, K. 0. oaororal -now at ten plan iia in the rill take ill aplen in Bon. ce prat. THE SOLDIER BOYS HAD GREAT DAY.' GUARDS DIDN’T GO BUT OTHERS DID. The day in Albany waa a complete raooem and tboss who braved the weather enjoyed it. There were nine teen companies in line. These formed two provisional regiments one ef which tree commanded by Lieut.-Col. Hop*.ins and the'oilier by .Major B L Willy. The ThoOusrills Guards was the only company in the entire Fonrt Regiment not represented. The regimental officers expressed thsir surprise and mortification, at ibis failure to appear in no uncertain termr, and the local . company is not receiving any compli m'ents from them, The rain fell all the morning, bat the parade wss held notwithstanding. Governor Terrell and a goodly number of his famous colonels reviewed tlio parade. The weather wss clear in the afternoon, and the Thomasville crowd had a chan-e to dry out before their re turn at nine o’clock tonight. The attendance of Thomaaville people at Military Day in Albany waa slimmer than canal. Wednesday morning many an alarm olock shrilled its warning at half past Are, bat a glance at tbe skids caused the awakened sleeper to harrow his head in the pillow for another nap, About a dozen of the Thomasville Gourds were on hand at the Aimoty. Even to this faithfnl few the prospect of a tramp throng(i muddy streets did not appeal, and the company did not go. Four or five of them went on tlioirown responsibility however. Among the ptasongers on the traiu were Misses Blanton, Olancie Pinson, Blanche Cairoll, May Hopkins, Daisy Dekle, Ella Sanford, Loui-e Bottoms. Messrs. Grover Cochran, Webster Ed wards, J. B. Reynolds, l-Vaiik Mitchell, Archie Pittman. and eleven-sixteen tha. lire. K. T. Madean and Mias Oynthla Maclean of Thomaaville, spent Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mr*. 8. M. Beach. Mr. F. B. Van Brant and Willi* Rob ertson went to Cairo l*it;Thurtd*y. Mr. and Mrs. J L, Polk, Mias** Luoy OJnm. Lena Mauldin, Hattie Mauldin and Messrs. Bio hard Pearoa, Goa Poole and Jamas Sapp, all of Cairo, enjoyed a flab fry at tbo Lake leal Wednesday. Mr. W. E. Stanaland and sister Mias Mamie B tan aland went over to spend So^ay at Boston. Mire Graoe Beach came home from ThonusvlUe last Thursday on tbe aiok list. Mr. Willis Qoarterman want Thomaaville last Friday. Matter Albert Moller came home last Friday from Thomasville where he is going to soliod, to spend Sunday with horn* fdka. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Culpepper of Boa- ton, passed through here lest Monday on thsir way home from Conoord, Fla, where they hive been visiting. Mr. D. D. Gwaitoey was one of the jurors who made Barrow a free men. Mrs. W. F. Robertion and brother, Hr. Wash Ban tannin, and Mr. Van Brant went to Thomasville last Friday. Mira Mamie Stanaland, who is teach ing onr school, is detetving of great praise for the competent manner id which she is perlormiug her duty. . «In fact It it .almost, oartain fre sobn tohave mtn light on rarest, A gallant will bo pot In it it hot that we th* and it ii hoped that it will ba extended throughout tbe town. Somebody of tbe Boll Telephone Co. promised us a booth at ths Telephone offloe here. It would greatly improve tha servico, and add mnoh to (ho boai There is muoh dissatisfaction in the present, arrangement, Th* lnstru meat is situated in Hie largest business hone* hare and besides ths noise from tbe crowds who fraqnont tbe store, one does not ears to disclose bit business to everybody in th* plaoe. Mr. E. M. Singletary went to Ooh ockonee Sunday. Farm work np to date has progressed satisfactorily. Cotton ohopping ia bo- in^ rapidly poshed and moch’ young ootton ha* been plowed tha asoond tlm*. This town is suffering a plagne of Hire Every lions* has Its share and that is not a small portion. Mr. V. E. Walton and others attended the quarterly conference of the Metho dist ohnrcli at Oohlookone* Wednesday. FIRES INTO TRAIN AND HITS PASSENGER Visitor to Chautauqua Gets Bullet In His Lag Wednesday Nlglrt- Rjv. J. W. Arnold, wife and t tor, Wessie, spent a day and night ko- onr city the guests of Dr. H. A. Vann and family. Mr. Arnold was forma rly pastorof the Methodist ehnroh at tb.t». place but is now stationed in Wayeroea,, Ga. He is note domiciled at WMkfc Springs, Fla., trying to reoupemt® hit, health which lias been vory precarious,, for several months. v Miss Alma Roberts assisted by Kta*. Bertie Brown gave an ontertainmank last Thnrsday evening at lier home nit Main street to a select party of hag- friends which was vary wells Those present; report a most evening. A select party of our young folks hkrt, themselves off one day last week to tiatg ■inks and had a moat delightful pteajta. In this bevy of yonng man and yoooy; ladies were th* following: IsHdi Graver, Murray Molotoeh, nuganq. Varnede, George Dopson, Sam Forroft, and Misses Hattie Fambrongb, Luoy- Molotosh, Marlon MoMnrny, Jan*.. Vann and Alison Wade. Tbo Chat. King Dramatio Co. will he-. gin a series of entertainments at th* Opera House this (Thursday) evening tfe continue three nlphte.^ Daring ttuic- engagement they will be the guest* ot that well known and popnlar hotel,,thte Roberta House on Main street. H. M. Myriok and J. W. Alford, tw* of Boston’s good citizens visited Val dosta last Sunday returning Monday- The following quartette of soma q£ Boston's leading citizens visited Albany- this woeV to attend tho Chautauqua^ Mrs. David Comfort, Misses Julia and. Luoy Belle Molntosli and J. D. I tosh. F. O. Jones of Thomaaville, Snndsy tiers visiting his brothers, J. 1 -~fAhrj."W.'3r<Snas. t; VJj The following, namod officials 0 Georgia Northern R. B. Co. ’ last Tuesday to confer with a c of our leading citizens men regarding t our city. Messrs. J. l cock. Geo. E. Smlt J. R Hackett. : can glean we are assured pletion oyald road into t Capt.Jfe Way of Mayviewv yr'Tj A COUPLE MARRIED IN ORDINARY’S OFFICE. Nctftiea the Board- Mr. C. A. Keith yesterday notified tbe Board of Education that he did nrt expect tn apply for s position in the position in tho public schools unit year. Mr. Keith is a University of Geor gia man. a scholar of attainments and Rev. G. S Whitney came home from Wuycrcs Wednesday afternoon, went to ss.f.t ia the dedication of the beautiful Episcopal church there. He was accompanied h me by Mr. E. O. McAllister, traveling secretary of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew Mr. Mo- Mr. and Mrs. B. Lubln of Cuthbcrt, Ga., are too guests of Mr. and Mrs U. Rosenberg on Monroe street. Mrs. Lubln is plensuutly remembered here as Hiss Barron, and she was married from liar sister's homo last February, 'i'll!- Is lier first visit siuco tlm: time. Yesterday afternoon the^onrt-house clique had the pleasure of witnessing a marriage The scene of romance wns the office of the-ordinory, where tho huge safe and dusty law books smiled ou tlm loving pair. Tho participants were Mrs. Annie L. Tomlin and Mr Henry Jones. Boll, are residents of the Beulah neighborhood, with Mr, Frank Grinulev, woodsman for tbe Biggston Lumber Co. at Pelham, waa shot Wednesday asjhe wa* starting to leave tho train at Pelham. A huge crowd waa returning from th* Albany Ohantanqaa. Among tho number were a crowd of boys, most of whom were from Fulham. On* of them bad a pistol and fired promiscuously from tbe platform. Train master Bate* hsppened to be on board. Ho saw the boy (Ire a shot, and Immediately wont for oondactor Lewis. When they got’ hook the boy with the pistol w*z stand ing on the step* of tbe asoond oar from the rear. Mr. Lewis asked him his name, and be stated that it was 8mith and that j i e. this scribe, he lived at Pelham. Mr Lewis ao.-nsed j Surveyor, A. J, him of firing his pistol from the train j was in oar oily last Wi Ho denied it, hot Immediately jumped; log on hi* numerous friends, off fhe car.. The traiu waa jost palling into Pelham, and abynt the time' it had advanced two oar lengths another shot rang out, and Mr Grimaley oried that hs was lilt 6 The bullet hole wss found through the rear door of the la-t coacli Mr Grlmsley had just start ed to go out of tills door when lie receiv ed the liollot io his right leg,after it had passed through a grip that lie waa cany- An exchange says, sometl man oango home and tell as salt was told to her. a love story. An (rid bachelor says, the catches a' man, never does it 1 nlng after him, bat by i from him. We don’t believo i The Atlanta Journal says, *100,000 whioh de is to be spent on t lag in tho expeotaney of somo d ting oar there of it,” nndso BIG MELON SEASON IS EXPECTED in/. It in thought fhut the wound i« not eerioa*. bat otery effort wilt be used to catch j lie miserable miscreant who did | the d»*cd A number of women and friends in Thomas (ouuty, where tl.ceo fdmiiits prominent. Tho br:u« is a widow and her husband ajocug farm* er. Justice of !he Peace, John \V. H. Mitchell, pc fonmfd the ceremony in customary felicitous style, and mid children were in the car, and it wns a metier of prod fortuao that uone of them wore hurt. Mr. who have beVn has taught ia the high school since ikfct sddreFscd tho meu cf St, Them* • September . as at the church WaJaoBdny night. H L, Durkins laid nsile lus police* j couiratolatioua f,om the tua'tabled of- vlhittn^,> 4 ^i^!(^||tghter Mrs. Emmett mau> club loj;g enougu t > talio in Chau ntqua Wedncifd/.y »the rcung jol dicing. i went their way llitcheU ior their home tu Cylcmf t,;-5i|^rh. Tno indhnthas are that county will li tre one ot melooBiosons in. yeam. Reps other places wh?re the loseiotn « melon and the dainty cantelo | Bliow that the acreage has t J 35 pgr cent. Bat th?re in a gtory here. Tha acreage coirity has been iftcidised a much. Conditious bo t tirc’.y favumble and | luppr oil tho way. Mtloo 1 fruit firms nil over tho country « hi/-thdr afrjuReWeate to j here ounng June, Ja Tij^ ti lo^Jicue and I u'O mahiup/ l'HMd > thv* on Wrf* ago* &.>.(!»■