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Hnb Soutb (Seorgia ipvooress. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 28 tqo 5 Ncsj £v .s, A •!' N\ — t 32 Both rawlings guilty MERCY FOR LEONARD groorthe Father Gees on Trial Tc- day at Valdosta-' Valdosta, Ga, July 26. n was a quarter | sst five o’clook thla f ternoon before the jury in the case of Jesse and Leonard Bawling* returned with a verdict the Jnry having been out nearly four houra without dinner when the agreement waa reached, The ver dict waa that of guilty with a recom mendation of mercy for Leonard Bawl jugs. The court room waa crowded when it waa announced the. the Jury . waa ready witli the verdict. Judge Mitchell naked U they bad agreed upon a verdict and the foreman B. H. .Tones replied in the afflrmatlve. After the reading of the verdict ars ons waa taken until tomorrow morning when either Alf Moore or J. G. Raw! Inga will be pot up for trial. The oourt will have to appoint a lawyer for the negro. The verdlot this afternoon waa about what nine out of ten men expect ed and it i^generally approved. A phy sician haabeen tent to the Jail eeveral times today to aee J. G. Rawlinge but hit trouble ia aatd to be nerrouam moie than anything else. The verdleta in the two oaaea that have been tried have aurpriaed him and he begibe to fear that it will be equally aa bad with him. FIRE FIEND DESTROYS THREE NEGRO HOUSES At 12:35 yeaterday afternoon the Are alarm wblatle called the depart ment to thq,corner of Clay and Oak streets, where three hbusea occupied negroea wore in flames. Two of them- were burned to the ground and third partlaly datroyed. The liAa was about $600 with no Insurance. The Are caught in the house of Spencer Everett, colored. No one was at home and he suspects in cendary origin. This is the third Are from which he has suffered. Some time ago he was completely burnt out. A few months sclnce bis house waaflred in the night time, but the flames were put out before serious dmage waa done. The frequent recurence- of. these events leads him to suspect some enemy. His house was burned to the ground and only a email portion of hts furn iture saved. - The other two houses belonged to Mrs., 8.” A. Luke and the wreck • of one total. Both were occuped by negro tenants. Mra. Luke's own home was burned a few months ago. She carries no Insurance on her many houses In different parts of the city. , The department ran a hose line from Broad down Clay to the scene of the conflagration. There was not enough hose to reach and the wagon had to return to the station house for more. Aa a result there waa considerable delay In getlng water on the flames. When the stream did begin to play the story was soon told. .SCORES . . .,|,HIT AT CAMILLA Lar-e Crowd of.Mitchell County Peo ple Listed to Platitudes [From Wedtie6clij'fi Dalit] Hoke Smith up ike to a t audience variously evimated at from 500 to 2000 hearers, at Camilla yesterday. Hot held forth in a grove back of the court honae aud Was^Jntmdabed;. liy Col. E. M. Davis inahrigli? 6 minute talk. Judge I. A. Bnyh was master of cere, monies and man^oittfena occupied seats on the stage.' Camilla ia a Smith stronghold and he waa greeted witjr great enthusiasm Hla speech was divided into three parts and dealt with tH? railroad and corpo- ration question, education, and negro ditfranchiaement. Mr. Smith, made a complimentary men lou of Hon tt G. MoLendon of Thomaavllle who was in the audience. He said Col. McLendon’s article 'on railroad capitalisation in last Sunday'! Constitution, ,was along the right line. </'• He spoke in high terms (of Joe Hill stall. He .told again the ,‘lya" story about the Atlanta Constitution and spoke in aarcastio terms 'of Clark Howell. Ur.Smith,aaya Thonsasvile people who were on the ground, ia a splendid "mixer" as well as speaker and if the eleotton were to be held at once they think he wouid carry |Mttobell comity, OLD TERNS E1J3f THEIR ANNUAL DINNER Thomas county has among its vet erahs two who observe a pretty cus tom. . Mr; Ransom Whieferwlbp lives near the city and Mr. Joseph erger were comrades in arms. Both be longed to the same coqtmand and were wounded during the war. Each 22d of July the anniversary of the Bat tle of Atlanta, these two veterans dine together. For forty-one years thla engagement haa been religiously kept and'last Saturday It waa observ- d for tha forty-Arst time. Only once In all thesa years haa Mr. Jerger fail ed to act as Mr. Wheeler's host. Or that ocaaloa Mr. Jarger waa In Eu rope and hla place was Ailed by hla oldest son, Mr. L. H. Jerger. That the two may live to enjoy many more reunlona ia the wiah of the Tlmes- Entreprlso and all their friend*. GOVERNMENT REPORT MAKES COTTON RISE New York, July, 26.—Cotton price* bounded upward instantly today upon receipt of the government revised re port of the acreage. October reached 11.17. Tremendous selling followed, and October waa beaten down flftean points. The market was excited and Irregular. ACREAGE REPORT SHOWS DECREASE Washington. (Jqly 26.—The Depart ment of Agriculture report on the cot ton acreage, issued at noon today, ' shows a decrease of U.fl per cent com- WStrad with last year. ARBITRATING BOARD GIVES $526 TO PLAINTIFF The arbitrator** in the case Quinn ve. Quinn made public their verdict yeaterday, slowing Mr.Her- rlngQuin the sum of $526 with an aportlonment of costa between plain US and defendant. This case has been suspended In the air for a long time. The elder Quinn was aneing the Junior for the value of a bouse over the ownership of uhlch there was a misunderstanding. By mu tual conant the question was with drawn from the court* and left in the hands of a board of arbtrators. It Is understood that their decision settles the matter. Capt. Hammond represents the plaintiff and W. C. Snodgrass the defendant. CHARITY'S SHARE A Thommsvllle gentleman who has just returned from Atlanta tells of an Interesting plan htat Is worked tbers. A friend of bis Invited him to take a drink at Hoke Smlbt'e bar. Each bad one and hte Atlkntian took another making three In all. He paid for two and when called back by the Indignant .bartender be eald. “Oh, that goes to the charity amount and I might as well have It aa any body else. Charged It t oCharity.” TIMES-ENTERPRI8E TEN CENTS COTTON CONDITION LITTLE IMPROVED Government Report for the Week Showe the Steple In Slightly Mnre Promleing Light Washington, D. C. July 25.—Al though improvement it indicated parte of nearly all of the cotton state* it is neither gene.al nor marked, while the staple has grown rapidly and is gen orally fruiting well in portions of Geor gia, Alabama,' Texas and Missouri,|oom, plaints [of unsatisfactory fruiting are reoelved from the Osrdlinas, Mississippi Alabama, Tennessee and Oklahoma and rnst if shedding from alt seotions- In testa ara causing considerable damage to [ootton gin localities [In Texas bnt generally no great injury is reporlek llie cotton crop is opening ln[the South ero portion of the belt and pioking is under way in Southern Texas. NATIVE OF HONOLULU PASSES THROUGH CITY 7K*!. “ -v. Misses Dagm&r Swarenson and Fanle Gray Pearce passed through the city yesterday on their way to Montgomery. They, with the Miusoe Borden of San Francisco, Capt. L. B. Pearce, the popular Coast Line conductor and father of Miss Pearce had formeda week end party at At lantic Beach. Miss Swarenson is native of Honolulu having arrived In America only twd weeks ago fob a year's study In music. She talk ed most Interestingly of herfather; land and Is very proud of the island .if her natlvty. Her stories Honolulu life show that It Is in very truth an American city whore American people, and customs and OvSiP* American slang, are typical as in old Georgia itself. She says that In the city and even in the lea advanced Islands the natives are in a hopeless minority and cut but little greater flgure than the negroee In the South. Hawalana are In tensely pattriottc nd take as much Interest In elections aa ThomasVIll* people do In the light'question. Mies Swarenson aaya that at tb* next Congressional election Prince Cupid'' tb* native who now rep resents the lalande in Congress will man, owing to n reversion of feeling throughout the islands ngntnst na tive officers. As nn Illustration of how thor oughly modern her city la. Mis* Swarenson cited the existence in Honolulu of lodges of both the Elke and Odd Fellows to both of which a brother of hers belong!. DR. M'LLER BUYS THE BARRATTE LOT Dr: Royall J. Miller has purchased from Bernard and Jules Baratte, lot of land luextlO feet adjolnng hla lot. Tbs purchase makes Dr. Miller the owner of the entire block where his home Is situated except the Baratte home and Its 260x10$. HOSPITAL WILL OPt ON AUGUST F.RST . • \ Building* ara Computed ane lent* Will be Received Nest Weak- Tlle]Thonittsville City Hospital wil open Jon Acgnst flrst. No particulai ceremony will beotserved, bnt that da; will be none the - less a notable one in the>|hutory of Thomasvillo. It will mark'the completion of a most -om. mendable charity, the consummation of years Of labor and hope and trials Those good citizens men'and women, who lihve seen At to Interest themselves in the hospital have labored In. season and out of season, for n soluble home for the work. That home is now prac- tioally complete and the few flniahlng touches that are to be added; in these next fly* days will only make more nearly perfeot the superb equipment of the hospital- ||MIaa O. L. Ransom of AngnsU, who will be head none lias already arrived aod|ia taking a great interest in getting all thing* ready for the opening day. POSTOFFICE BUILDING T. HAS BEEN BEGUN feTbe city[etreet force commenced] to txoavate on. Jackson street' Monday for die foundation of the new postoffice building- The city is doing the work injojdor to get the dirt for use on the street. Offloer Dan Walker is In charge The new bnildleg will close up the Jackson itreet entrance to the Mitchell Home yard. The now part will have an 80 foot fronton Jackson, extending from Wolff’s store to the present ■ post- office building. This building will be bemod*lJ*4 and made nnifonn with [the now. ThVreenlSvrttt be a ‘ handsome two-story artificial stone building front ing 115 feet on Jackson street and 60 feet on Madison>treet. It will be one of the best appearing blocks In the oity. The lower floor will contain tb* poet, office with Its Pled rotunda, aitd three long store room*. Tb* seoesns floor will have fifteen handsomely appointed offices. Mr. W. O. Snodgrass may well feel proud pf his new building. NEW ORLEANS COTTON REACHES HIGH WATER New Orleans, July 25.-The cotton market reootded a new high level of prioes today. October sold at 11.25, December 6 points higher, and January at 11.6$. KENLY WON’T LEAVE. Wilmington N. C, July 25.—Tha report sent out from Wilmington and and repeatedly published that John R. Kenly, fourth vice president of the Atlantic Coast Line had resigned and had accepted a position with a leading Eastern trunk line ie offi cially denied Mr. Kenly la still at Johns Hopkins HosplUl, Baltimore, and haa no Idea ot leaving the coast . ■ - . » ■ ii METHOO'ST ORGAN SOON TO BE HERE The splendid ;nqw pip* organ of the Methodist church Is ready for shipment and will reach her* from Boston during August. Tb* Instrument was purchased at a cost ot $2,600 and la one of a*, be**, man ufactured. The board of stewards ot the church have about completed negotiations with an organist who will bgve charge of the instrument. The gentleman they have n mind Is a real artist and Is the equal.of any found in Atlanta, Memphlaor other Sfuttyern cites of that class. He will instruct pupils In vocal and In strumental music and a large number of young people will doubtless take advantage of this opportunity study under a celebrity. BIAOY COUNTY BILL DEFINES BOUNDARIES Duncanville District la not 'ncluded In the Territory Specified. The bill tn errate i he county of Grady Introduced iu tl.e House of Uerncsoiita- tives by John R. Singletary of Thomas is of interest tn)]aU at' this particular juuotnre. The original bill does not provide for the; incorporation of the DjncauviUe[dlstrict In the proposed oiunty. The hearing of tb* bl'l fcefrie the new{couatj joint committee of tt • House {and Senate willjbe on July 81st Should the bill be amended so as to in- dude the Duncanville distrtot, there will be]another bearing on the amend, ment. Mr. Singletary's bill provides that tbs new county shall go Into effect on January 1st, 1906. On the flrst Monday in next January the poop'e are to elect an ordinary, clerk, theriff, coroner,tax collector, tax receiver and county surveyor. The or dlnary Is to lay off the ooanty into mili tia districts, and Justices ara to be elected In these, bnt all the old jnstloes are to oontinue to hold office until tlieir term expires. W. 8. Wight. W. B. Roddenbery, John K, Godwin, D. O. Pearce and P. H, Herring are by the bill to be constl- fated a commission to secure within the limits of Cairo, the county site, either by pnrehase or donation, grounds for pttblio buildings, and any expenie Incurred shall be taxed in the general expense fond against the pew county. The new eennty is to be attache! to the Second Congressional District bnt the senatorial andjndioial diet riots to which it shall belong are left llank. It's limits are described as follows: P^jinnlng at the northwest corner of land lot 20 in the 17th land distriot of Thomwi connty, thence east of the ori ginal ooanty line between Them ooanty and Mitohall ooanty, to the northeast aoraer of land lot 13 in the 11th land district of Thomas county, Georgia, tlienoe sooth on the original lsndlot lin* to whose said- original lint crosses Barnett's Creek between land- •The rivalry to produce the flrst bale In tha different Oeorgla counties la keen. Thl'first from BrooHo ap peared Monday was raised by J. W. Aver* and bronbghi 14 1-4 cents par THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR HIKE FOR THE COAST The A. C. L'o two delar and a half excursion to Jacksonville proved very popular with. Thomaavllle people The train palled out Monday at noon with Are coaches'crammed with coons and four well Ailed with white people. The excursionists had a hot day for their journey but the train puled out almost on time and the crowd waa good naturad and seemed not to mind the heat. After brghtening np the ead sea waves , driving on the shell roads, gating at the os trich farm and enjoying the other delight* Incldant to Florida’* big tows, for three day* the traveler* will ratura horn*. lou 211 and 311, thence sooth dctsa tlis middle prong of BaiuoCSt Otsslreo FIRST BALES SHOWING UP. where mid prong empties into Bar nette’s Creek proper, thence down Bor nstto’s Crook sooth, to where said croak emprise into tha Ochlooltonee river, tbenoe south down tb* Ocblock- onee river, to tha Florida, Mas, thence •sst along the line between Georgia and Florid*, and [between Florida and Decatur ooanty, Georgia, to tha south west fractional corner of land lot 103 In the 23d distriot of Derator connty. Thance north on the original landlot line to tbe Mitchell ooanty like or tc the northwut corner of land lot 888 In the tflth land distriot of Decatur ooanty Georgia, Thence east along tb* otigi nil land line, between MitobeU and Decatur oountiee to the itarting point, HEBARDS WILL USE OKEFENOKEE TIMBER It is said that Daniel and Charlea 8. Hebard who own tbe Okefenokee swamp and live In Thomaavllle about six months In the year are about to begin work on tbe lumber in the awamp. They purchased tbe greater part of this body of land two yean ago. The company owning It la known a* the Hebard Lumber Co. and Is Incorporated under the law* of Georgia and article* were filed In In ClerkGrorer’a office here. The property is worth thousand* and thousands of dollar*. Indeed It Is hard to estimate Just how great the value ia. Tha principal difficulty Is In getting the lumber through tbe swamp to market. The Hebarda will build a furniture factory at Folkaton. This la a small town In Charlton county and la about the nearest point to the swamp. Here they will manufacture the rough limber lato furniture, chain and the like. RAWLINGSES LIKELY TO BE CONVICTED Defence WalvecfTestlmony and Gets lOeenlng and Closing: Yaldists, Gu ,JnIy 25.—(By Western Union.) In the trll of Leonard and oesno Rawlings this afternoon Attorney Cooper of the defenso sprung a sur- ; when he announced that he ... 1 not introduce any wtnesses. 2 •. Is more counsel for the defense h - ihe opening nd closing argu ments Mr. O. M. Smith made the opening speech. Mr. Smith was fallowed by G. A. Whitaker for the prosecution who made made a strong argument point ing out the corroboration of Alf Moore’a evidence In every essential by the other witnesses for the State. While addressing tbe court Attorney Cooper turned to Soldtor General W. E. Thomas and In an Impassioned manner exclaimed “Mr. Thomas, while you are cracking necks here 1 am afraid that If you are not careful you will break some lnocent necks.” During the progress of Col. Whit aker’s speech he aald that it was an evil day when a citizen could not lay down In bis home at night and feel secure from assassns and incend- arles. Instantly Mr. Cooper was on hs feet with "I object, may It pleaso your honor. Such argumet Is not - or admissible and I movo now a mistrial In the case.” Mr. -fltaker Immediately wthdrew the da saylag that he did not wish to prejudice the to the court. . ill;-- structed the jur a... by the remark lq overruled the motion for a new trial. */ Solicitor General Thomas and Mr. Cooper will make their argu ment* tomorrow morning nd It la believed that the case will go to the Jnry s.ioo after noon. The el-l-r nam ings has been lick today. Hte trial will come np hnmedltely after the concjnslon ot th* case# against hte two sons. A LONG TRIP. Rev. J. M. Outler, paatcor ot th* Metbodtet Church, who la now on a month'* vacation recently hgd tthe unexpectedly pleaalure of a long trip through the north. He left Louls- lle where hte wife and family ara . company with several friend* and ent to Chicago. From there he Is iking the lake trip to Detroit, Mack inac laland and Sault Ste. Marie OANGEROUS ACCINENT AT MERRILLVILLE Mra. Will Ruahln a daughter of Mr. it. M. Cargill of Thomaavllle, came near being crushed to death by the 11:41 train here Sunday. She started to run across the track ahead of the trala and fell scrota the track only a few steps ahead of the engine and the only thing that saved her life waa the fact that aha rolled off Instead of trying to get up. Two Hundred Hava Paid- City Treasurer. MUehell la aotborlt for the statement that only 300 of Tbomaavilla'a able bodied cltteen* have paid their street tax. Many more than that an liable. The eammoaaae almost all been leaned and then will too in camp when tb* offloan gat t'.e delinquent*. TlMES-ENTERPRISE TEN CBN A WEEK. ' . m. ■ '•'•vrijaHr