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60 DOWN DEEP.
The atate of New York hee appropria
ted }50000 for ^legislative investigation
of IlnMiranee affein. This msy look
like throwing Rood money after bad,
bat If any relief ie afforded It will be
moBey well epent. We hope the affair
will not take the aeoal oonree of lagio-
latlre invoatigatlons and end op with
aooploaeflapping of the.white waeh
broth and no remits. Thie ie an age
of graft end .tlie inenrance companiee
teem to v hare gradual, d in iiraftology
with the degree of magno cnmBlande,
Let the investigating committee |go
down deep and reetore affein to a rea-
The trueteee of Mercer Unirerelty
baring at last secured a president
doubt leu know now how It feels to
look for a coo't.
WC 3VLY II HES-P.N TERPR.SE
—r
South Georgia Progress.
INSTITUTE
Published every Friday by the
TimessEaterprise Publishing Co;
At the Time-Enterprae Bailding.
ThomastUle, Os.
A North Georgia man swam Are
milts the other day to get two ktuea.
Better immigrate to Booth Georgia,
yonng e.low They ar- cheapar and
Joat as good down here.
Military and Co-Educational
Tbe chincut Md maateaten or Gottorn [LOJ. spsill to
psttnt, alio deolft to lead th*i» «°o» Md daoshlmtos Mtosl eksn
OKoal, mtnttoa sMIeoI HU to Si-rissU la
WsrisM-ojioOto tt. Wsbw Sosns. Oorioa Jmliws lo sse-
tccutua. bat Chrlrtlan Iff It* tofloeaec*. We fleetPWo Is
Bne bot oot Hi 10. tb« torttel teimeee bemeea teeeawme eWSewe
belbs pejttculetly uoU«ebl«. Mtutenr 0«I»««oot wSwet Anil-
leer, Cintry ud Infumr. oaOef dlreetfce of U. S' Soar oflcei.
fy. drummer who bee never been
to Thomaevllle eald In Valdosta the
other day that Dallas, Tex., Montgom
ery, Ala., and Valdosta, werelnetbree
prettiest townshe ever eaw.
Two tnoro new conntles "Kell" and
•Atktnsou” bare hunt opon the scene
The flibtle from pane of Tattnall and
Liberty, and the oeoond from App.lug,
Pune end Wen.” This brings the
total op to 21.
A good many people ale wondering
why tbte heete In leasing tbs state road,
as provided in a till before the present
legislature. Tbe lease now in force hoe
14 yean to ran, A great deal can hap-
Hflclai Paper of Thomas County
Quaranteed Circulation 2,470
The news comes from Massa
chusetts that General Milea will
never desert tbe Democracy.” This
Isn’t the first time that Democracy
hai suffered from adhesive plasters
of tbo wrong kind.
cntofMw true.
,-ovlded
Why all this fuse about John
Paul Jonef ? Titers are a great many
Joneaea left.
TIMES-EFtEBPRISK THOMASVILLE GEORGIA JU Y 18 Iff
Left move the weather man off
the lid.
Figures don’t lie—except govern
ment reports.
What wouldn’t you give for an ap
petite like a mosquito. (
Oo North and dt# from blit Uar
the newepaper’dlepatchee. ,
Wo have \ machine of oar own
and It Isn’t political, either.
Bad to relate the mosqnttoes don’t
seem to mind the hot weather.
They My there will only bo a Jialf
crop of Georgia peaches. We waat
our half.
A GOOD BILL.
The liouso committee on ways and
means has made a favorable report af
ter some dieouesiou on tlie biU bv or,
Ashley, of Lowndes, providing for ,t„
and ooonty boards of Isx sssvvro)
The measure provides that there vh-il
be a elate hoard of three assessors a|>.
pointed by tbe governor and count
boards of seseoeort named by the em u
ty commissioners or ordinary. The
state board ie to pace on all tax returns
of corporations such ss are now made
to tbs comptroller general, and the
ooonty boards ere to determine aur
dispateaaq to retonu between tbe pro-
party owners and the tax receiver. Mr
Ashley ie very hopeful that the bUl will
meat with the same favor in the house
and that itwill go through at this Joes-
DO.
Thera can be no logical objection to a
bill of this character. If everybody
paid taxes oo all hie property Jit would
make the harden lighter on the pr or
people, and on the honest people. The
Representative Rountree ofthis onfln- ^ Uf woa|d
ty voted against the child Ubor bill In
the committee on labor. Fortunately
only n few others were twisted on ibis
tnujeet and the bill was favorably re
ported 17 to S. Tho Timen-Enterprise
hqpee it will pass and brooms a law.
Tbe Bennington has been floated
They must have had tome New
York bond dealers In the scheme.
It Isn’t hot to speak of—In other
word! the weather shouldn't he
talked about.
The pension question has bobbed
up In tbe Equltabfe row. Pensions
always did cause a fuse.
The legislators do not Intend to
give tbe conductor an opdrtunlty to
"punch, punch, punch with care."
Tbe Albany Herald Ie not callng for
a new deal at long aa Deal Jackson
continues to produce tho lint bale.
The bucket shop bill ought to puss
the House. These gambling Join!a
should bo shelved along with the old
oaken backet.
Tbe law against curbing Conceal
ed weapons le uu excellent thing.
It would be u belcr thing If It were
strictly enforced.
The Atchison Globe says; "There
le a difference: Lovers make up a
quarrel because they enjoy 11, and
married people because they have
Any proposed new oosnly's chance of
rration lajnttoaela four. Unless tlis
legislators mores mere rapidly the
ehinoes will not be that good.— Buvsu-
Prese.
sy far the state to sure
be by having biennial ses
tlie legislators Then we
e nM par school teachers salaries and
pensions piomp.ly.
A characteristic Inscription on the
walla of the Orady county headquart
ers at the Klmbal House Is this:
‘‘Cairo hai made Georgia cane ayrup
famous.” And wa might add that
Georgia cane syrup has made Cairo
famous.—Balnbrldgo Searchlight.
Thomaevllle seems to be a house
divided against Itself on the ques
tion of Grady County. Some of her
politicians are pulling for It while
others are against It—Moultrie Od
server.
Not so badly divided. Two poll
poltlclns and all the people against
IL
Make those new counties uowl For
pity's sake don't lajsct those rnoasses
into the general primer? end elections
of next year!—Brnnsaios Jonruul.
Don't fret Bam. these rocostes will
be Injected whether the cnu-itio- ere
made or nut. Mora then one pall'l al
grave lies been excev-tad this vert
year.
"New Oonnty" or no -‘New County"
now reeks the brain of ear two, end
Thomas countv's three representstive«
—by day end pesters tlielr slumbers at
night- ntfd e»ch on- of them who lie's
to the «yr"tt song of the new ronntv
schemers court, hi, own political dea-h
end doom, now, henceforth and f„r-
ever • -B unbridire Deunc.-at.
The Ttnios Enterprise luu been told
tliat the Grady oonnty advocates era
printing with pride and saying with
glee that "eveu tho mayor of Tliomu.
vllle favors Grady county.” Maybe he
does, bat they should go on and say
that he ie jnst half the population that
does. (So fares we know only one
other gentleman does. The remainder
of the 6,000 towit SIMS ere opposed to It.
Sanitarium commission
They say It costs
day to keep each
lot of sane folks
that.
patent the
Hoke Smith’s
airf
e fortune eel-
Nev, nay, my eon, don't yon believe
that the editors are the only ones who
may say mean things about their com
petitors la business. Jnst .keep yoar
ears open mv boy. end yoo may hear
some phyelctan eulogise In the negative
some professional brother, don't bo tar-
prised if yon hear some lawyer friend
•ay uncomplimentary things about
tome brother ot tlie bar, and don’t be
shocked even if von I tear some brother
of tbs cloth ear things sb <ot another
minister of the gospel that would sound
very human, for really they are si-
homan, Jnst ss much at ths rest of at.
-Ex.
THE EOITOR-A PROSEJPOEM
How’d yon Ilka to ba the editor and
tntheeanctam roost, and skin through
old exchanges end write for Ji
boost; and give Yoaug Bpora a calling
down, Old Skade a ripping np; daeoriba
Mlse Dash’s now silk gown Jand plain
Bill Sykes' pop? To taka in throe odd
dollars and pay oat sixteen more; to
•olieme to make two dollars do the
work of more than foar, to clip one
paste and sweat and swear, and In. yoar
pants big lioln to wear; to cnee yoar
look and write liot naif: be slow
anger, quick to bluff: don old sub-
eortbere, ne’er get bias, go chase
news at tbe J7:02? I think it le Joet
lovely and so,” no doubt, do yon?—Ex-
ohanae.
AN INCREASK.
Twenty-one Georgia counties ehow
net gain la tax returns of 43,183,251
for 1903 over 1*^04.
This Is tho beet showing made la
tie history of the State. While
heavier Individual gains have been
shown la the past neved before has
there bn such nlnbrokn rcor of ma
terial advancement.
Every one ot the 21 counties re
ported to the comptroller tenoral
to date ehowa big Increase., None
of the big counties has reported yet.
Thomas belongs In this clnsst'lca-
t'.on and her returns will bo In be
fore August 1 In all probability The
law seta this as the last day but In
the big counties where there
much clerical work on the tax digest
an extension of time Is sometimes
necctnrp nnd la granted.
The editor of tlie Moultrie Observer
has his own opinion about politicians
who swap their influence for pay, and
he Is not backward aboal expressing it.
He lays: "Witness the reoenl scenes
in Atlanta with hundreds of profession
al attorneys and lobbyists there polling
for tho establishment of new counties.
A law that would require all tbe appli
cants to snbmlt their petitions in
writing well attested, weald save tlie
members of tlie committees thousands
ot dollars aud would uot be such au
impediment In the working channel of
the house and the senate. Ot course it
Is most Important that professional and
paid lobbyists sliall be kept off the floor
of the hoose; bat we would welcome a
law that would keep lobbyists of every
cliarscwr away from the state capitol
and If possible away from the capital
city.
“It ie a disgusting exhibition of greed
and a deein to get mote than Justice."
EDITORS AND FIGHTERS,
A petgresqne and unexpected aide
show to tbe gubernatorial circus has
just been pulled off In Atlanta.
Certain remarks of Representative
RevlII of ' Merlweather county
forth an editorial by Editor Gray of
tbe Journal. Mr. Revell took ex
ception! to the article and made a
scathing speech In which he bitterly
attacked Editor Gray. Ha remarks
tingle with tirades and drip with
gall. He himself fa a newspaper
man tad he haa some choice eklo
blistering seats aces that are worthy
of the'late lamented (more or lees)
Braun of Iconclast fame.
Mr. Gray befog unable to reply
la the House and not wishing to
hand e tbe matter In hie newspaper,
sent for Mr. Revel] and when the
latter came be hit trim la the mouth.
Tbe editor le a big man, and he la not
,i coward mentally, morally or physi-
•Ically. He wanted to settle the af
fair with nature's weapons as gentle
men should. Ha was unarmed but
the legislator had a choice aeort-
ment of weapons, Including a gun, a
knife .and an umbrella, all of which
he attempted to use. Fortunately
no Urea were lost.
Hoke knows, Are don’t e gma with
Mr. Gray'* politics bat he acted
creditably In this affe'i nnd showed
his manhood. We are hooeitly til
the opinion that very few pji'r'.e
to fight. The world ft getfng better
educated In that regard than It used
to be. The expression n ate tv
gentleman"can now be dismissed by
the retort “you are no Judge,” when
It need to be a call to arms. But
our trsnng sttir calls ter the
sonal clash when the lie ft passed
or when certain epithets are applied.
The newspaper fraternity haa to
do Its share of scrapping. There I,
hardly an editor In the world that
won’t take care of himself with hfs
flats as well as his pen. And he Is
called upon to do it, too. The min
ister In his pulptt, or the lawyer In
the court room ran say things un
challenged which would mean a
(ght f put on the editorial page.
When trouble cornea bis way the
newspaper man may net be leaning
our of‘the front window daring It
across the street but be certainly
does not scuttle out pt the back
door to avoid It
And be It said to the credit oTWhe
fourth eatate that tta members light
with their fists. You ffon't hear of
them taking refuge behind a revol
ver or equalising aft* with a atllleto.
They may get whipped but they
fight falrand they don’t try to kill;
The Tillmans and the murderers are
on the other side. Editor Gray fal
lowed the traditions of the craft.
Nothing To It ,
In a recent Issue the Moultrie
Observer haa an nterview
with a "prominent citizen,"
who says that bribery la the House
of Representatives la common He
cled an instance In which he was In
terested, tbe removal of a county
tie from one town to another. In
thla case he says money was freely
used In the form ot direct bribes.
The article was shown to ex-
Senator- Hopkins of this city who
was chalkniun of last session’s com
mittee of Investigation on bribery.
The Senator said: "1 do net believe
there 1s any truth In this ctory. Our
committee Investigated these matters
fully and foud absolutely nothing
or tbe sort. The Moultrie man should
give his nume and his charge should
investigated b ythe present leg
islature. even though the article does
not apply to them.
Oallahtful Cnih»te—ld«a! Environment-Convenient Location
■» *—» i'JunnSs JSm IS ts* sets-*
Add^GORDONlNSTITUTE, Bam«viII*. Ga.
Mallary Bros. Machinery Co.
BOILERS,
ENGINES,
Cotton
Machinery,
Corn
Mills.
Saw
Mill
Machinery,
Shingle
Mills.
COMPLETE OUTFITS A SPECIALTY.
Ws Will Itsks It to Tsar Intsrsst to FlMrs With Os.
Mallary Bros. Machinery Co.
MACON, GEORGIA.
LIME, CEMENT,
Sewer Pipe, Fire Brick, etc. Public Dray.
H. P, Gone«
Thomaxville, Ga.
FIRST BALE
AT BOSTON
Pavo.
for the Week Just
Past.
Pavo aud the surrounding com moult y
it having plenty of min which is re
tarding tho |/rogress of fodder pulling
Other News of Interest! to some extent.
Mr. Gardner, after a few day* vaca
tion i* again looking after tlie iottrcit
of the Pavo Drug Co.
Mr. M. M. Audnrson aud daughter
MU* Annie have returned from an ex
tended visit to their old lisme at Haw-
kinsville.
Mesan. Carrington & Harris of Pavo
are doing a flue real eatate basinet*.
Their sales represented several thous
and dollars the past week, in fact when
the people look at the property in our
town and the farm lands surrounding
os they pay the price without a word.
Uncle Joe Redfearn has porcluued
the water mill near town. #
Mr. J. H. Butler, oar farnltare man
has aa his gaest this week his brother
of Gainesville, Fla. ^
We see the market has been treate*:l
to a new pair of scales.
Messrs. D. W. Reese, Georgs Wiucy
and Isaac Viucy retained Saturday
from Paueca Springs sud report a nice
time. They say they feel better- We
hope they do fui it is very unfortunate
to feel bad and look bad.
My friend we want to iuwist that
there wm no "nose holding" m (hat
call made to Hon. Hoke Smitn but to
the contrary the air was saturatid with
nghtoounes* and the music of Justice
and fairuess wer» echoing melocitu*
A lively exchange says: "It is as
tonishing bow many people appear to
think that It is tbe business of a news
paper to jump in and lambast every
thing in sight.—Thomasvilte Times-
Enterprise.
Almost all newspaper men see it in
the same light in the beginning. Un
fortunately ssme of them never out
grow it.—Columbns Enquirer-Sun.
Right. A little lambasting row and
then is relished by the best of men.
But continual gurry grumblings grow
fearfnlly wearisome. Tbe tohadeswitb-
evrything newspaper, It not the bean
ideal of the fourth estate.
TIMES-ENTERPRISE TENCENTS
A WEEK. « # XiilH
J. D. Cooper, one of the Boston dis
trict progressive farmers brought in the
first bale of cotton last Tuesday. This
bale is the earliest of any cotton ever
brought to Boston by at least five days
eb. H. O. Cook is spending the sum
mer at Lktbia. David and Florine, her
two children aopompanied her.
Mrs. S. W. Register, of Homsrville,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. E.
Jordan.
Mr. Israel Folsom, of Jefferson coun
ty, Florida, is visiting his daughter,
Mrs. O. P. McRae at her home on south
Main street.
W. H. Brandon, of Thomasville, aud
senior member of the Brandon Grocery
Oo., wa* here la»t wtek {interviewing
oar merchants a« to their wants in tlie
grocery line.
We see in an exrhange where Hi'U-
borough county, F rrida, has pnrchaMd
a poor farm. It stiikrs us Out it would
have beeu bettvr to have bought a tich
one aud taved guano bi.ls.
Mrs. Self, of Tampa, is visiting her
sister, Mr*. Lula B. Clark at her home
on East Jefferson street
Robert ami Powell Aruold, if Wa;.
tross, who have been in our city ton e
time left last Monday for Cairo, to vimt
friends arelatives.
J. G. Purney, Poston’s leading hard-
wan* men. bant i ud Coy Adams, of the
firm of Adam*. Rountree & Co., visited
Valdcs»n last Tuesday,
Rev. H. C. Jones accompanied by his
wife aud children l*.-ft last Tuesday for
Macon. Mrs. Jones’ health which has
been very precarious for tome time ne
cessitated the trip, as she goes to con
sult a specialist regarding treatment of
her case.
Judge W. H. (Kiger aud wife, of
Mayview, were visitors to our city last
Tuesday.
Miss Ella Mre Wade of Evergteen,
and Walter Allen of Greenville, Fla.,
were married last Wednesday week a:
the home of the bride Mrs Wesley
Davis aud Miss Wessie Ansley of Boston
attended the nuptial?, besides a multi
tude of friend* from various sections of
tbe country.
Postnuater Fr.d feiluic, visited
stratus to the citizenry cf the Empire
state of the Scuth. We are uot game
utid are uot looking for a fight but
neighbor don’t back us iu tlie jam aud
growl.
V^aycross this week to see his fatlur
and mother.
W. E. Stansland, wife, children aud
sister, Miss Mamie, of Susina, spent the
day last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. N.
L. Stanaland.
Mr. J E. Harrell, of Quitman, visited
his best girl last Sunday. She
tahernaebs at ^Edgewocd, a ►uburb of
Boston.
W© are pleased to report that Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Jordan's bi-by who lias
been very sick for ccveial days is con
valescing.
We waut biennial re«sions of the leg
islature for two reasons: One is to stop
the drain on the state treasury. The
other is tlie stopping of so many laws
being enacted. We lutve now some
thing !es« tha*i a million of laws which
ar« Lever euiorced a*ie au incubus
n tlie st itute a ux s. ^
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