Thomasville times-enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1904-1905, May 26, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4 /0 i Mnb South $eoi$ta tlPtooreos.. 93 TH0MA8VILLE TIM KM, VOL. So TH0MA8VILLE ENTEUFKImE. VOL. 47. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 26 1905 Nevg Ser ies, Vol XV—Fo. 19 TROOPS MAY MARCH TO PREVENT RIOTING. Breach in Chicago Stoma Conatantly Growing Wider* Chicago, May 23.—A widening of the breach between the lumber dealers and drivers signalized the continuance of the aggressive feeling on both sides in the strike today. Three additional lumber companies were drawn into the struggle today with increasing pros pects of stopping all building construc tion in Chicago. WHERE THE HITCH IS. Chicago, May 23.—Mayor Dunne is in cofnerence today with representa tives of the seven express companies whose determination to take back none of the striking teamsters has caused the hitch in the peace plans. At the same time preparations aie making to call out troops to prevent possible rioting. SIR KNIGHTS TEMPLAR FIX FORINSTALLATION. Mr. Hawes, representative of one of the luge uniform concerns of the north was in town yesterday conferring with the Thomasrille Knights Templar re! atire to tho purchase of Paraphernalia for their new lodge. The uniform of a Knight Templar is most striking, and the Knights are very particular in selection of materials In foil dress a Knight, Templar appears with a long doable bresated cost, out mil itary style, with handsome black bat tons, a chapeau with a white plnme, a baidle of silver across Ills chest and a glittering silver sword. A company of the "Sirs" in line presents a most im posing as well as spectacular appear ance. Knight Templarum is the top of Ma sonry, and a great many of the Thom- asrUla^Hflons arc enthusiastic over the prospective formation of a Commander/ here. The installation ceremonies will be held within a short time. ELKS HAVE GONE TO STATE CONVENTION, l delegation from the Thoma&ville .odge of Elk» left Tuewlay to attend te Ntate corvention of the order which ill be in MMlou at Broun *ick today ad tomorrow. The program arranged >r till* eutortainmeut 1* elaboraie ad includes beside* basi'-es* sessions, a am bake, carriage-ride. boat trip, ;cial sessiou, initiation and other fea- ires dear to the heart of Etkdotu. moug those who weut were State raud Tiler H. Ainsworth, F. W. Boy- \’M. M. Cooper, J. D. McCartuev, 7. C. Snodgrass. FAILS FOR $2,000,000 IN NEW YORK CITY One of tna Largest Metropolitan' Banke Qooe to the Wall- New York. May 2S—The doors of the Merchants Trust Company were dosed today by order of the State Snperintendent of Banks. It is said that the closing of the bank is doe to Inability to secure the eayment of large loans on collaterals which were seonri- tiee of the Hudson Valley Kallroad Company. The capital of the hank la five hundred Ihonsand dollars. It owed depositor* about two millions. INTO BOSTON SEPT. 1ST. GOES GEORGIA NORTHERN. The plnoky little oity of Boston has se-ured tho Georgia Northern railroad. Fer some time the citizens of that place have been endeavoring to increase their railway facilities. The Georgia North ern has had under consideration, the changing of it, southern terminus .from Pidcock to some other point. Qnttman nnd Valdosta were both csndldstes for the honor, but Boston won out over nil. The cdiaetis of that place raised $8200 cssh which wss (fiven to the road to se cure rignt of way and terminals. They then set to work to secure the necessary grants from land-owners! These were satisfactorily adjusted in a short time end yestorday the official an nouncement wa- made by President J. N Pidcock that the road would run trains into Boston bv September first. The extension or new road will be botlt from a point below Barwiok dlreot to Boston. It Jnts off from the main lino at the Spongier farm sooth of Barwiok. The people of Boston anticipate, and will doubtless seenro much benefit from the road. It will give them a direct northern connection with Mon! trie and Albany with good achdulet and pom- patitive f eight rates, NEGRO GETS 6 MONTHS FOR STEALING BICYCLE MCU/ DDCQC !NO TEACHERS INSTITUTE NtW rKtOO I FOR THOMAS COUNTY TIMES-ENTERPRISE INSTALLS Superintendent Maclean Reeom- sinnrou usruiliC mendethatInetaadthe Teachers MODERN MACHINE Attend SummoriSchool Today's Paper Is Prlntsd on a Naw Thomas county will have no Teachers Acquisition That Puta Moat of Them Institute this year. This faot hat been to Bhomo- People who ere observant will notice the! they can read today's paper a bit more readily than they are in the habit dadoing- In fact, he who runs can al- moat read it. The secret of the ohange is a new printing press that is only today maklag its bow to the Times Enterprise publio. It can't be said that the press is brand new, for it has been in the office now fire days in process of erection. Be cause of the extra work and confusion incident to the change, the Times En terprise force feel that they have lived daring those five days a natural press, life time. The press was bought as a good one, the best in all this fection of Georgia, and if it turns out otherwise it will be no less ^surprise than a disappoint men* to tke man who rpent a consider able amount of time in selecting it. determined on by commissioner Mao- lean, and he has sent out circulars to. GOOD SAMARITAN ACT BY THOMAS CO. MAN Old War Veteran Tails of How ha Was Treated In Thomaavllle. The Timis-Enterprife yesterday re ceived a letter from Ur. H.;i’. Williams at Ruth, Ga., telling in most interest ing style of a "Good Samaritan’’ aer- the teacher* announcing the deoision. vice rendered him during, the war by DOCTOR MONTGOMERY WEDS AT MERRILLVILLE Gives Dinner tn Negroes- The colored people tf Thomas count> are alwajH veil treated by their white neighbors. A striking iuc.dent iu .illus tration of this fact has Jest come to light. Mr. J. M. Burch contributed $.*0 to the negroes of the Hadley neighbor- hoed, just over the river, for a b:g din ner. The way those negroes ate would have made the heart of a hungry man rejoice. The negroes appreciated Mr. Burch's generosity aud wished him ‘many happy retnrns." SEVENTH STRAIGHT LOSS CREDITED TU ATLANTA anta. May 24 —Shut out again! to make it unanimous, Atlanta let ill enders beat the sites off them •. Uttle Bock fixed the Georgians icely by a score of 5 to 0. This the seventh straight game Atlan- s lost. Down at New Orleans the ins woo from Birmingliam 3 to 2. phis was eaten up on her own ids by Montgomery by a score of l At Shreveport. Nashville ltd out Porter Hillard a negro, plead guilty yesterday to stealing a bicycle and wss giveu in return #20 and costs or 0 months The bicycle was stolen last Wednes day night from Mr. O. X. Balfpnr. Mr, Balfour had ridden the wheel in the Y, G. A* field day race, and after sup per he weut down to the Jerger home Remington Avo. for a few minutes. He left his wheel leaning against the fence on the outride, but when he got back it was gone. The next day Mr. B ilfour offered a reward for the return of the wheel, and it wa* not long before the offer bore fruit. Hillard wss reported as •etu riding the bicycle, and yester day he acknowledged the fact. .He jn*t couldn't keep that wheel from fol lowing him, it ran so smooth and easy like. Must Cough Up Sheriff Hight locked op Henry Brown, a gentleman of color, yesterday. Brown is accused of getting an amount of coin last winter under falsa pretences from Mr. George Beverly. A RUSSIAN PRINCE Killed by bomb Nihilists Still Working Tsrrors In Grisf Strickon Empire- Buka, Caucasia, May 24.-Governor of Baku, Prince Sakachidza, we •»**•- inated this afternoon by s bomb thrown St hit carriage. Two otliers were killed and the coachman is believed to be fa tally injored. • Dr. D. O. Montgomery of Merrillville wav uurried on Thursday night to Mrs. M. A. Dhren, widow of the lata Pi P, Duron. The ceremony was e'er- formed by Mr, J. J. Turner Esq., at the reatdenoe of the bride at Merrillville. Dr. Montgomery is a physician, and one of the best known men to ilia neighborhood. He it a member of tha Montgomery family distinguished In Thomas connty affairs for many years. He It a brother of Jndge J. 3. Mont gomery and Mrs. D. A Dixon of Thom- asville, and Mr. Joe. Montgomery of OchlLckdnee. The bride, befatv^ier marriage to Mr. Daren,- wav a Knight of Calm and nnmbere her friends by the ecore. The couple will meke their home at Merrillville, where they are receiving nnmberlcee congratn'a- tions. A most nnfortnnste accident occurred on Monday afternoon at the home of Mr. Boyd Stevens, near here. His lit tle son and daughter were handling an axe probably In play, and In tome way, the little girl received a lick on her head. The scalp was cat, bat fortunately the wonnd wont nodeepor. Her Injury waa dressed by Dr. Mont gomery, and lie think ■ there is no doubt of the child's recovery. Both children were only abont eight yean old. Mr. Z, T. Johnson lias moved from Merrillville to Moody Fla. For the present hie wife will be with her fattier, Mr. Melvin, st Berwick. Mr. J. N. Methvin lies come to Mrs. S. W. Mays and Mrs, O. G. Swift were snhjected to a truly fright fnl experience yesterday. They were driving on Remington avenue when their huree became frightened and ran away, ont the avenoe. The animal ran at break neck speed for half a mile, be fore by hard work the ladlee enooeoded In (toppinghim. When an Inventory (was taken it was found that no great damage had been done, although the horse kicked as well as ran. Mrs, Mays and Mrs. Swift are being congratulated an their good driving aa well as their fortunate escape. The Institutes in the past have not been attended by a very large percen tage of the connty teachers, and owing to the short time allowed for instruction the institutes have somewhat fa lied their pnrpoee. The teachers have not been able to gain from them any great benefit, although they were pat to heavy expense to attend the sessions. Norman Institute, in Colquitt connty la arranging to have a rammer school this year, beginning abont Jnne Sth and lasting a month, The oast for both tuition and board for the month will be only £15 00. Mr. Maclean la therefore recommonding to the teaohere of Thom- aa connty that they attend the summer school, where they can gain many times the profit that wonld come to them from a connty lnetltnte. Nearly a Serlo CHECKER PLAYERS ARE LOCKED UP. A oheoker player sometimes thinks that the other fellow ought to be looked np, when lie himself hee been treated to a bite of ’’orow” bat the general pnblio does not often hold that a.checker play er cissies with tlio poker player and ought to be held nnder confinement. It erama however that soma person in Thomaevllle has an opinion distinct from that of hoi pollol. Yestorday while a half dozen dovoteea of the square figured board were crowning kings for each olhor, in one of their accustomed haunts, some soar graped neglect—and It la said that it might have been en officer of the lew—slipped np and looked llie door, He eerried off the key end the den being on e second floor, the captives were powerlees to do otherwise, end so oontlnned their gemes all the afternoon. It mav be that they were not unwill- MerrillvlUe from Oodlldge to Uve.! ,or u ° ,or P““* # Mr. Methvin he. rented the home of j** ***“ Tw ° of “* 9 Mr. J’ N. Donaldson, end hope, to be a j •"» «“ "1 uk “ * * ch '“° permanent resident. FARMERS MUST FIGHT HARDER THAN EVER. The weather report his monlng •hows that reelerday was a rather anososl rammer day. The temperature did not riee above 80 dnring the peat 24 bonri. The coolness of the atmosphere was the direct result of rain and hail- and are trying to hire some body to oomejlock them.np every day, to that no diatnrbing element of homo or' business oaninterrnpt their pastime. DRANK AND RAN BUT PAID FIFTEEN Dank Gardner was asked yesterday to pay to the city the mnnifioent ram of (15.00. If Dank wants the account Itemized, it might read, for getting Mr. J. W. Cochran and Mrs C. JA. Cochran are off at White Springs for ten daya recreation. Mrs. T. A. White accompanied them. •tonne that were almost nnivereal over I drunk *5.00, for contempt of court *5.00 the section. Tnomarallle w.« .objected for leading en offiar on e chew *5.00. to none of the Utter, tboogh the rain Dunk oommltted the tint offence last fell more or lets copioo.ly ell during' week. He we. eeked to appear before Taeeday night. Reports from Pelham «>• M*7or to tell the whye and where- indicate that almost a flood of rain feU fores on last Monday. He must have there Tuesday night. For five hour, a forgot the engagement, for be failed to perfect downpoor did not ceare. Thls»bowup. About one oclock yesterday rain will put the farmere even further morning, officer Dawklo. spied him, and behind then ever la their fight with the *t*rted to run In (be gentleman, but he p,,, ' took to hU lieeU and if Mr. Dawkins hadn't been a sprinter in bU day, Dank the late Judge Thomas Adams. The letter speaks of Mr. Adams aa being from Thomaavllle. Vary few people UNDER MARTIAL LAW CHICAGO MAY BE PUT. Industrie! War Continually Grows - Mora Serious and Violence Again la Imminent, Chicago, May 24.—An industrial war, with the possibility of martial Uw, threatens Chicago today as the re- salt of the Teamsters' ttrik*. The ex press companies having refuted to yield an inoh, the employers and eteamstere •re prepared fora fight of indefinite length. Mayor Dnnno and Sheriff are left who wUl remember the time. B „ rett , re preDimd t0 fclTe the signal Mr. and Mrs. L. .G. Collins are In the would still have been in tbe land of the olty on their way heme to Camilla. free. when the Adame family lived here. Their home was on Daweon street, abont where the Van Dyke place now ie. The honso was burned in February 1865, and very soon afterward* Mr. Adams moved to Boston, where he lived nntil hie death, only a abort while ago. It will be remembered that in the olden days he was judge of tbe so-called Infe rior oonrt of Thomas county. The letter follows: May Slit 1805 I hate notioed In tbe ChriatUn Index the obituary of Judge Thomas Adams of Thomaevllle and as an old veteran who received kind treatment at Ida hands I wish to mingle my tet-re with those of his aged companion. In Deo. 18(U the command with which I belonged was stationed In Macon at tbe time when Sherman’s army waa marching through Georgia and while they were tearing np the Central R. R. from Macon to Savannah, our command waa ordered yla. Albany and Thomaa vllle to Savannah. We had to march from Albany to Thomaevllle through the country, there being no railroad at that time connec ting the two points. The exposure in cident to the trip, wading through oreek and lying on the damp ground withoct tents gave me a fever. We arrived at Thomasvills late in tbe afternoon and our command was put on board freight care just at dark for 8a vannah. My captain teeing my oondi- ,tion ordered ms to get off and stay In Thomasvfflt tllll was baiter’ able to travel.' At that time they wen bond ing a hotel nearthe {depot. I palled my self np on the veranda of tbe hotel and made my bed on a pile of ehmvinga and there epent my first night in Thymat- ville. ) The next morning, hardly able to walk, 1 started out to see if I could get a quiet place to stay till I improved. In passing np a beautiful street, 1 raw a nice cotta<e with a long flight of eleps running from tbe ground np to the first floor. I opened the gate and went in. The gentlemen whom I afterwards learned to be Judge Thomas Adame mat me at the foot of the steps. I informed him of my condition and atked him If ha oonld care for me. He gantly took me by the arm and led me np the etepa and better attention, I am sar* no Veteran ever received. ^fter two week* of the beet of nois ing by tho entire family, I thought I was well enoughs to rejoin my com maod, although tbe judge protested againit my leaving until I was stronger. When I got ready to leave I asked Ur. Adame haw much I owed him. With a twinkle in hie eye he asked me how mach money I had. I told him that I hoped that I had enough to pay him well. He informed me that I owed him nothing and that It I did not have plenty of monoy to meet my want* to let him know and I ebonld have all I needed. I want to aak some old vete ran to place in my name a bunch of flowers on the grave of that noble man. Judge Thomas Adams. Henry P. Williams. to bring state troops into tbe street* at the first Indication of an ontbeeak, and Governor Den. en ie ready to respond at a moment's notice. Secretary Hooper of the Lumber men's Association said that ninety five per cent of the lumber bnsineee of the oity waa orippled and that it was a matter of a short time when that per centage of building operation* wonld CROP CONDITIONS OVER THEiSTATE. Good rains fell in all portions of tbe State the flrat ot the week, caoeing some delay in farm work, but inducing rapid growth of alhoropa. Tempera tures were somewhat low the latter part of the week, bat resalted in no serious hlndrunoe to the progress of vegetation. Cotton chopping continues over the northern half of the State, and isabontoomplotedintbe southern half where plowing of the crcp' hse began; the plants oontinoe healthy and are looking well where cultivated. Many fields are atlll grassy, and In a ontical condition; labor la very aoaroe andpdgh. Peaches are ripening in tl^e sooth and shipping has began In the eamejKotlan; the fruit outlook oontinuee promising over the southern half of tbe State, bnt over the northsrn half the crop will bo small. Corn is making rapid growth; many fields are still groasr and in need of cultivation, and thpre ls‘i Mr. S. M. Olyatt of Tlfton waa in th* elty yesterday. Mr. Olyatt is ttlU receiving congratulations on tb* decision of tbe supreme oonrt of the United States, giving him another trial on the charge of peonage. plaint of iujary by bud worms,' oorn Is being plowed tht ssooad Urns tbe middle section of the Bute, the eoath rams early varieties are nlng to taseel. Wheat la etill j and Is beginning to ripen, generally good, the crop being li in tome localities. Gardena, potato*# and other minor orope are excellent, bnt there it considerable complaint of damage by potato bogs In Mattered' districts. — Vgrloaltural Department!, T PFEISTER SUFFERED FROM SPIDER.BITE. ; Mr. Wm. Pfeister, whose]farm aid vineyard a faw miles f romj.towo Is a hospitable plwe, ’ is just recovering from a eevere ltlneee. Tlia aiokoess waa earned by the bite of a spider, Mr. Pfereter pat on au old ooat that ha had Ufa ka»In« on slta ’wall TTa hal It'd left hanging on tbejwall. He_had b!s shirt sleeves rolled np and a spidfr that had crawled Into the sleevejof the ooat bit him on th* bare arm, and; .on tie side. The arm swelled to alarming pro portions. and Mr. Pfeister waa seriously ,, 111. Ha sent tor hit ]phy«lotan who who palled him through all right, though at one time hejwae so tick that hi* aooa were summoned here. It Is not often that people are bitten by tha web-weavsre, sad when they are, seri ous results follow, aa poison attacks th* whole system. Strom at MentieeHo. Mr Abe Simon was^ln town yester day from Montioello. Ho reports that on Tuesday a most terrific wind and hall storm vflnted th* seotiou just sooth of Moutiotllo. Tree* were blown < and soma house* unroofed, amount of damage waa doo* to | crops and fruit tree*. Tbe fololwedby■ considerable fell in; temperature.

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Thomasville times-enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1904-1905, May 26, 1905, Image 1