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homosmlU (times -Bnb South Georgla lproovess.. n>3!ABVILLE TIMEM, VOL.1W OMASVILLE ENTERPRISE. VOL. 47. w M ;»n„ THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 14 tqo 5 New Series, Vol XV—Vo. 29 NEW LIGHT CO. : ASKS FRANCHISE I ORDINANCE INTRODUCED AND READ TWICE. In accordance with expectation., the Mnnicical Investment Co., of Chicago, With a branch office at Colombo., pe titioned conncil for a franchise to erect an electric light plant. The petition .tipnlatea 10 oenta per thousand a. a maximum charge forin- condesoent lighu and (70 per year fcr aro light, if more than SO araued,|7S if leaa than SO, thaae light, are to bam all night and every night. Where few er than three indndaeoent light, are need, the maximum flat rate charge la to be 78 cent, per month. The compa ny offer, to famish meters at lte own WE LACK FAITH SAYS MR- PRINGLE County Commlaeloner Telia of Treat' m.nt Accorded Committee In Neighboring Counties.' Onesentenoeof the petition is portlo- nlariy striking ‘-This tranehiee shall not be auigaable except by approval of It Is stipulated that the city shall have the privilege at any time of boy ing the plant at 1U oost price, lew two per oent per annum for depreciation, or at a prloe named by a board of arbitra tion, udd prioe not to exceed the oost figure.. The petitioners offer to begin work within 80 days and to flniah within 8 months. , The communication which was drawn In the shape of an ordinance, ,was in* traduced as snob by Mayor Rodden- bery and passed to Its second readlpg. It will come op for final adoption or discussion and amendment, at probably the next meeting of council. Mr. brans of the special joint com mittee of citizens and councilmen, ask- tifti an extension of time on hi* re* port, pending action on the new fran. chlse bill. It U supposed that his com* mittee will favor the new franchise. With a few minor amusement*, as a so* lot on of the light question. President Hunt of Young’s College, appeared before conncil and asked for the privilege of closing that part of Young street which cats in two the College Park. His petition was refer red to the street committee. MR. TUTTLE LOSES CHILD The little five months-old baby of Mr O. M. Tuttle died early ye.terday mor ning. Thcohild'a mother preceded it 'tobar long rest exactly two montha ago yesterday. The little baby had baen ill for a long time, and death did not come aa a surprise. The funeral was held at four thirty yesterday afternoon from the Tnttle home, with Rev. 8. L. McCarty offl dating. FOR THROWING A BRICK. 8nmter Han Ison, a negro yontb, waa arrested yesterday afternoon by officer Martin. Harrison Is wanted in Tampa, Florida, fur throwing a brick into a train. He came here a few days ago, and will make the retain trip in company with a Florida official. Miss Elsie Bennett of,North Carolina is the attractive gnest of her relatives. Or. and Mrs. A. P. Taylor on Madison street. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Poole after a a pleasant honey moon at White Springs came home yesterday and will be at heme to their friends at the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. James Miller on Smith Ave. Mrs. Clara Manning has retorned from a short Tistt to Boston. Mr. and Mrs. John Grant have re turned from their vacation. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Spence and fami ly left yesterday fora two month va cation in Rock hold, Ky. Times-Enterprise:—I notice in your Issue of the 8th you state that Decatur oouuty it heavily in dabt on aooount of the cost of road making aparatna. I will atato that while Decatur baa a •mall floating indebtedness contracted for the purpose named, on aooount of the haste with which they bad to put Into operation the alteroatlve'.Road Law System. This little floating debt la nothing for Daostur, whose rate of tax- ation la vary low. I was told this rate will not bo Increased In order to oanoel ali obligation! this year. Their finances arc in fine condition, they having coot' pletad about a year ago, a beautiful ooort boost at a ooet ot something leas than 180,000 without tailing one dollar’s worm of hoods or incurring any float ing indahtadnaia whatever. I waa particularly impraaaad with tha patrlotio spirit with which they entered into any afloat touching tha public good. As you pass around and through this elegant adifloa, your guids, with a gnat deal of pride, calls attention to the fact that avarythlng .which could possibly bo to obtained in tha construc tion, was made in Decatur ooonty first, and Georgia next. "This beautiful brick,” he would say, "waa made in Da. oator ooonty from Decatur day; this interior wood work and finiahiag, from tha woods of our forest and by the •killed maobaniosof oor variety Works," and spun every topie touched you find them bnbbUng over with patriotism, polliog steadily us one man with an •ye tingle to the development of home industries, and the boilding up aqd beautifying of their dty and common wealth . Nor is the spirit confined to Decatnr. Euiiy and Dougherty over which w> had occasion to put, are blooming >nd float idling from the tame sentiment that prevails in Decatnr, We were impressed with the hospital ity extended ns as representatives of the Board of Commissioners cf Thomas county. Companions end carriages were furnished os at each place. De catur honored ns with the company of Hon. F. J, Willis. Mayor of Bainbridgo and Chalrmanjof the Board of County Commission. Early wlth.Hon. D W. James Chairman of Board of County Commissioners and Doogharty with the Hon- T. L Wilder. Each of these gen tlemen took especial pleasure in show- lng na ovar their county and dty; ex- plaining the advantages of this and showing ns the fertility of that. Bat Mr. Editor we saw nothing in •oil, climate, or dtlaanahip for Which wo would exchange oor Thomas ooonty advantages and privileges. Nothing in commercial or manoafctnrlng develop ments but what oor grand dd county offer groater advantages Nothing in personality or accomplishments but tint we can show a greater distinotiun. Tat there Is one thing we laek and tliat one is easy to overcome. Bat without It the efforts of a few can accomplish notbfog. That one little requisite is FAITH. Very Respectfully, W. A. Pringle MR. HUNTER RESIGNS FROM THE Y-.M- C. A. General Secretary Will ILonvc Thom- •uvllla on September First- Mr. J. S, Hunter, general secretary of the Toung Men’s Christian Assoeiation, hat resigned his position, tha resigna tion to take effect on September 1st. Mr. Hooter came to Thomasville something ovar two yeara ago to take oharge of the Y, M. 0. A. when it waa first organised. Ha resigned the plaoo of Financial Secretary of the Mont gomery Association to take np tha work hero. Mr. Hunter hae been oonxtderlng hi* •tap fur tome weak*, and about tha first ot June notified tha Board of Directors of hit latannon. Tha Board rafosed to aoospttbs reasgnation, and asked that bo rrcoaslder and remain at I 4noSarytar?" A meeting Of the Board waa held yes terday afternoon, to which Mr. Hontor stated that carefully weighing tha dr- utanoaa he fait it to be for the bast Interests of tha AsrooUdoa that a naw man with new tdaaa and ntw toergy ha saenrad for tha oocning fall campaign. At haa organs request, tha resignation wasaoooptad. Mr. Hooter hat' become thoroughly identified with TbouutvlUa .during his two Tsars residence hare, and it it to him mora than to moat everybody also pat together that the association haa aohlovoditt magnificent tacoeta. Hail fellow, well met, with- every man) woman and child bit friend, he haa wielded such an. Influence for good among young man aa will probably never beloat. The retiring secretary has not folly matured his plans for tho future,though they will probably take blui to either Kentucky or North Carolina. A thoroughly competent and wide awake man will be seemed to succeed Mr. Hauler as secretary of the Y. M. C. A. and an especially active cam paign began far the spread of the work Into wider channels. Wm. CARGILL SHOT BUT STILL LIVES Victim Suyu Hlu Assailant Was Wm, Stephens a Prominent Man. Mr, Wm.;OurgUl, a large farmer liv ing near Metoalfe, whom name la known far and near, waa shot Monday night at Olivt ohnrch. The bnllott entered Mr. darglU's month and waa ont'ont from back of his nook. Dr. W W. Jarrell, who went down from Thom, aavtlle to attend him, says there Is no reason why Mr. OarglU should not re oover, though hit wound la serious. Mr. Cargill says that bit assailant was Wm. Stevens, a prominent man of the neighborhood. Ont of Mr. Oargill’a sons married a titter of Mr, Stevens and another only raoently married a dough ter of Mr. Stevans, but daspita this oon- Motion tbsre aeeme to have been herd feelings between tha heads ot tho fasti. Usa foe some time. lOeoems thf&oa Monday night Mr. Ofirgill and item* of hit family drove down to Olive church to preaching. after services, tha story goes, whan Hi. OarglU want out to unhitch hip bona that * ifcet rang out. A moment latsr ha was found prone on the ground The wounded man was taken to tho homa of Henry Shuman, nearby, and la still than. Oliva ehuroh, where tho crime waa oommltt||g, is about two miles acroea the Florida line, and tho Florida sheriff was at onoe put ou the oase. Sheriff Htght and Deputy Singletary fo Thomas went down Tuesday to help roond np tho min who did tho shoot log. They found that ha had already snrronderod to the Florida authorities. EXPERIENCED NO TROUBLE III FOREIGN COUNTRY HEETH AND SHEFFIELD ENLARGE HEETH’S BAKERY Tbs Heath's Bakery is schedoted for a big enlargement. About tho first of August Mr, R. S- Htotli will take in with him a partner, Mr. P. S, Sheffield of Quitman. Mr. Sheffield hu con ducted a grocery and ermoker basinets in Qaitmsn, and it a successful mer chant. He is now disposing of his holdings and will mova to Thomaaville. Messrs. Heeth and Sheffield will add a oomplete stock of groceries to their Thomasville business. They intend to donbla tho capacity of their bakery .and to put on eeveral delivery wagons, and to otherwise posh the trade, Mr, R. 8, Heeth has bean la tho /bak ing business in Thomasville for s ten yeara and ho it universally known at a capital man. Hit friends will con gratulate him on spreading himself. COME HOME QUICKLY AND SAVE THE CHIGKS MINN. LUMBER COMPANY BEFORE REFEREE MERRILL {The bankruptcy case of theMinnesota Lumber Co., ot Valdosta, was np be fore Referee Merrill J yesterday. Ar guments were heard as to priority of claims. The liabilhlei of this defunct Company remain at about 8100,000, while the assets are now known to be only J about (10,000. A formidable array of foreign legal talent we e brought to the city by tbe oase; among the number were Mr. {B. M. Davis, of Macon, W. W. Gordon. Jr„ of Savan nah, 0. L. Smith and E. K. Wilcox, of Valdosta, and Halt Parker of Moo'trie. i i iiTrfa The boya who have frequented the Hall of Fame, better known as tha Capitol, are telling a good joke on one o tbe well known farmers who went to Atlanta in the interest of Grady. It will bo remembered that when tbe legislature first opened, (several success ful farmers went np to open lieadquai ■ tors. They announced their intention of staying "till the monkey died" and in response to tho query as to what would become of their crops, they re plied “Oh, the neighbors wi't cultivate them.” The latest is, that before tho boys had been away hardly a week, one of them received a telegram from bis wife about as follows: “Come home quick, the neighbors are cultivating onr chickens.” The only feature of the stoiy that cgn be absolutely aut'ienticrted is that he came home Mr. Jas. Hopkins is being kept busy relating to Ids friends "how they do things In the old coautry.’.’ Mr. Hop- kme left Thomuville early la Aurll, and a good psrt of tho tbreo mouths that have since elapsed he spent In Eu rope, with a party composed of himself Mrs. Wellman and Miss Wellman. They spent most of their time in London and Pans, going down ou tho Mediterranean sea to Monte Carlo, for only a short while, Mr. Hopkins de niet any c.nnection with the breaking of the bank down there. He says his party met op with Jack Chadwick and Jerry Livingston, both frequent visit ors to ThomaeviUe in Paris. The far- mer is living there. Mr. Hopkins says that he suffered no mishap, nor even an exciting experience and that although no member of hit party could speak the French language, they found littlo difficulty in getting along. COUNTY COURT YIELDS . OVER THREE HUNDRED Negro Raya Five Dollars tor Killing a Neighbor’s Chlckon- The regular monthly term of county orimtnal coart woe held yeeterday be fore Jndge Hauselt. Ed Carolina, a negro from beyond Boston plead guilty to two charges, shooting at another and carrying concealed weapons. On the two connte the Jndge fined him 8200 or 22 monthi on the gang. Ei thinks he’U find the money. Amanda Wright, the worn in who clubbed another negro Amazon over the iiead not long ago ont on Craw ford •treet, plead guilty, and she too will Iiuto to servo eleven months orieis site can scrape np a cool bnnd-ed. Robt. Irwin, a third negro, was charged with klll'ng a chicken. He fonnd a yellow ljgged pci'et belonging to his neighbor eating np hit garden one day and he forthwith proceeded to slay it. The Judge thought there was credit coming to Robt. for not taking bis ven- goanee off the (roost, and he therefore let 1.1m tff let fiS.CC.* ac. NEWSY BATCH OF NOTES FROM BUSY MEIGS. (By J. 8. Soaroy.) Mayor Wilkes has returned from hit western tour and is at hit accustomed place in the J. N. Carter Co’s office. Mr. Julian Beckett ot Boston Is super intending the patting np of the Meigi Telephone Co's pales. Farmers are telling their cotton that has made them feel rich for so long a time. Dr. Isler teems to be tho livest than in this section, Between visits to patients he makes It corn enient to go by where a largo force of hands are erecting hie tel ephont poles and manages to get a live ly hnmp on thsm tome way. oels cer tainly showing hit enterprise In tbe way he it going ahead with the tele phone tinea and deserves tba patronage of everybody in town. A man who doubtless had on too much of "tbe orerjoyfnl” tried to corner the parched peanut market here Saturday. He bought out one boys' paannta, anoth er stepped up and was likewise nllaved ot hit load. In a short time a third waa ‘on.’ By this time the £flnt returned with a fresh lot of hot peanuts, and so on the fan went until the man had ax- hanated hie funds. Ha started for hit home In tbe oonotry with perhaps 60 sacks of panned paannta, Mrs. Genie 8tnbbs Lines of Mare and Mrs, W. 0. Glenn of Talbotton, are vis iting the family of their father, |Jndge 0, 7. Stubbs on Quality Square. “Return” for grapes an oomlag in, and for tho moat important part are sat lsfaotory. The crop la fine and the air it redolent with the mellifinenoeof the npefrnlt. Mist Annie Lon Johnston of Florals, Ala., is spending same time with her relative* in this county- Ihji young lady has always been a favorite with eveiybody litre Miss Kqte Blackman of Eureka afie' •pending some time with Mies Zoo S'mpson and others retorned home Thursday. She is a very pleasant visi tor and added mucli to the life ot the town during her stay. Rev. G. P Rivletedid some flue talk- i-ig ut the Methodist ohurcii Sunday. It wni about too bringing np of children And lie said many thinge that woold cat deep into the hearts of aime parents who were not there. He wanti the boys and girl* to bo educated, bus bo lteves that education without charterer it nothiog, and la dangerous. Ho said that the woman give* character to the homo, state and coonty. That tha young ladle* of a town are resposlble for tha moral as well aa the social itatns of tha circle in whtob they move. There wore bat few of the older people in at- tendance, bat of course It was those who were not there Who should have heard it. Some of these days some family in this place will bo mourning tha loaa of one or two boya who habitually go to tho trolna which pats this place, Only a few day* ago a Uttle tot was jerked from under a moving train. Whan parents neglect the matter the mayor and marshal have tha nower. Let them do their doty and enforce the ordinance applicable to tbe situation. Quarterly Conference of the M. E. Ohnrch for this circuit will be bold at chnroh In this place on the 18th and 14th of August. Mr. Thomas Perdue and wife of Pel- hum were tbe guoata of Mr J, M. How ard's family Sunday. 1 Mr, and Mrs. E. R. Shepherd of Daw son and Mr. Ernest Joiner of Camilla, were the guests, for a few days last weak of Mr. and Mrs- Goo, Joinor. Last Sunday Rev. A. J. Cone baptized 17 candidates for ohnrch membership at Sardis chnroh ten mile* east of this place. He it now conducting a series of meetings at Pleasant View, two milee north of town. Kre, M. H: Atkinson, Mrs. J. M. THOMAS’ REPRFSeftTATlVES MUST WUSX HARD. Names of Mosers. Slnglotvry, Noun tree and Mitchell on Many Committees. The Themis ooonty representatives in the legis'atnre will be kept bnsy if speaker Slaton haa anything to do with it. He has made use of tho three local men on seventeen of hie standing oommttteea, 1 and if this is a criterion, ha has only half atarsed. It la evident that the services of Thomas ooonty men are in high demand. Mr. Fondren Mitchell la a member of the oommittaea on Ways and Maana, Amendments to Constitution, Ganent Judiciary, one of tba mart Important of all tha oommltteaa, Education, Manu factures, University of Georgia, Privi leges of tha Floor and Halts. Mr, Rountree Is oaths Appropriations immlttee, KaHroads, Panitentiary, General Agriculture, Labor, Auditing and Wild Loads. Mr. Singletary slta with tba General Judiciary loommlttee, Ooonty and Ooonty Matters, Banka and Banking, and Blind Asylum. The ooznmittee on new oountles tret not named because Speaker -Slaton la finding groat diffienlty In getting to- getheijtho requisite number at men who aro entirely impartial. Vary little naw ooonty work will be done on til this oom mittee Is In working order. It la entirely possible that even than the en tire question will be passed over to the next aeetion. TWO BROAD ST. STORES TO BE IMPROVED Work will begin very aoon on tho Broad street stores occupied by Ooch- rah’s barbershop and McDonald’s Ten Cent Store. The ’ buildings belong to Mr. W. A. Pringle, and he has already had placed on the ground a part of the material lor the improvements. The old fronts will be torn ont and handsome iron and glass fronts pot in. It Is possible that a second will be pat on. The fronts will be constructed with tliif purpose in view, though it may not be immediately oairied out. Tha pro perty if lu tile beat bueinesa eeotion of Thomaevllto, aid after tho' remodeling is finished, will bo an ornament to the oity. the 14th lnetant leave for a stay at Indian Spring, Mist Ids May Thompson of Ocholock- onee, it visiting her lister Kre. E. M. Singletary. A senes of meetings will begin at tha Baptist chnroh at this place on the 14th and continue ^through tha following week. Everybody la urged to attend these servloee night and day. Sfrs. W. M. Singletary left last Mon day for Panaoaa Springe, Tin. She will bo rone about ten days, • Mrs. Dsn Miller it spending tbs weak' in Thomasville. Mrs. L. H. Singletary after spending a few days in Boston is at homa. Mr. and Mrs. Singletary have taken tha res idence lately vsoated by Mr. R. T. Lew- la on Quality Square and will aoon be gin their first boose keeping. Mis* Foylie Zeeigler of Pelham wti here Sunday the guest of Miss Alpha Braswell. Mines Bet tie Reagan and Mary Lon Rooks of Ooholookoneo distrlot wore the guests of Miss Jewel Arllne at tha Central Hotel a portion of this week. Those two young ladiee wore pupils in Pine Grove sohoql last term and mad* moat excellent marks. Married, Sunday' Jaly 8th by Rev. A. J. Cone Mr. Guyton Fnlford to Mia Dolls Bown. Mr. Fnlford is a young man of this place bat haa raoently re sided in Florida, and is tho ton of Hr. G. W. Falford. The bride It tbe popu lar daughter of Mrs Bown, a faw t Simpson and Mrs. Cams Hall will oo tooth of town.