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THOMaIvIujI ?NTEfepWSE?VOt.. <7. j 5 - \r. ‘ « V. ^ J 1 ,,w - — Til OMA£ V1LLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 i<;o 5 New St. s, Vol XV—No. 37- SPECIAL TRAIN ROAD LAW RUN IN VAIN CONVICT HIRE TOOK ARMED §QUAD TO JAR- NEW ARRANGEMENT STARTS JANUARY 1ST. INCREASED PRICE FOR PRISONERS. RETTS, FLA. IN FRUITLESS PURSUIT OF HARDER, Interest was temporarily revived In the Harder pursuit , but'like so many other reports and rumors the last one has to date resulted la noth ing. But there was enough founda tion In the story to send a score of men hurAdng on a special train to Jsrrett, Fla., where It was said that the rapist was surrounded In a swamp. They returned without any ersults In the a'fternoon. The newa came yesterday morning of Interesting developments at Mon- tlcello. A negro entered a hard ware store there Tuesday 'evening and gave an order fhr four different! kinds of cartridges. The elerk who waited on him thought It suspicious that one negro should be In. need of so much ammunition. He asked his customer If ho knew any thing about Harder. The negro dented It at first. Then sheriff Bird was called la and arrested him. Under pres sure he confessed that Jlarder was to a swsmp neap Lake Mlccosukle and six miles south of Metcalfe. The story came so straight that the Moutloello people believed It and sent searchers to the swamp. At • o'clock yesterday morning a tele phone message was received here from Jsrrett to the effect that Hard er was su rounded In a swamp there and that they needed a dosen men in the unrsult. The Montleello story ‘ “ •• ) v and , veriB- catlon of the report. t Immediately twice the requested dosen were ready to go with guns In hand. The Atlantic Coast Line offi cials were communicated with and a special train was aranged for. This pulled out over the Montleello branch at 10 o'clock. Sheriff Hlght had lost one of his dogs and did not go. Marshals Stephens and Martin head ed the party. When they reached the place they found the hut of an old negro named Taylor. He was not there but the women and children about the place said that he had been hiding Harder and bad fled at the aproach of the poeae. They had no means of track ing Taylor. They did however search through the edges of the swamp and In several negro houses but found no traces of the man. Most of the party returned on their spe cial train,at 1:20 In the afternoon and the others came back on the reg- ulr train an hour later. • •Opinion la divided as to whether the man In the swamp Is Harder or not. Others go so far as to say that had alrmulifVSached Thomast^i the phone"message came as a vei August 22, 1905. met in regular meeting, all Went into eaecutlve session to open- sealed bids for misdemeanor convItA of the county for ensuing yeait & ' Tbo. misdemeanor convicts were to Messrs. Mills and Wll- Thomas county, they being it. and best bidders, vis. <7$4 per month for each and every convict) for the year beginning Sep- , 1905,and the chalrmanand attorney were Instructed bond and enter Into contract Mills and Wiliams, '.committee appointed, to visit other counties to Import syste.:s of rood *or 1 lag made the following re port which was umylmomily adopt ed Report at Road Committee: To the Board of County Commis sioners, Thomas Cwcty Your eommt'.'oe a,totaled to visit the counties of Donater and Early for the purpose of .'iBrest'galldg the operation of th» alternative road law system beg leave to report that we have done sc and hav» also vis ited the eonntv ol Dougherty That gbur ra^mlllM Was met with an extremely hoepltable reception. Carrikges were at oar disposal with companions willing and competent ed. We Were honored by Decatur with the company of Hon. E. J. Wil lis, mayor of Balnbridge and Chair man of the Board of County Commis sioners. By Early county, wtth the Hon. D. W. James, Chairman of the Board of County Commlsloners. By Doogherty county with the Hon. F. L. Wilder member of the Board of County Commissioners. All of these gentlemenleft nothing undone to make our stay pleasant,' of our Information complete. We compiled a few questions covering the ground of our needed tyqulry which were answered In every detail with promptness. We attach hereto the result of our lnvesffgatlon In the counties before mentioned, which we ssk to become a part of this report snd be recorded on our minutes. We would recommend' that the al ternative road law system be put Into operation January 1, 1909, ns al ready resolved by a committee upon tbls question' and adopted by tills board. We would also recommend that this board name an early date upon which to meet to adopt plans and rules and to arrange fully all LIGHT PEOPLE IFIRE LADS DO WRITE LETTER- QUICK WORK SAY THEY. WILL SOON GIVE | DAILY PRACTICE SHOWS PHE NOMENAL TIME IN GETTING 1 OUTR-AOY FOR WORK. DEFINITE INFORMATION AS TO BUILDING PLANT. When the rumor was spread abroad here that letters had been sent to the this Is another fake. Bo that as R ' det> ns necessary for the proper put- L may Harder Is still at large. Mon-' tlcello and Metcalfe people are wat ching the swamp. The residents of that section are thoroughly aroused over the awful ting Into operation this system. Respectfully submitted, • W. A. Pringle, J. D. Barrow, Decatur County. 5,000,000. ■* crime and are determined to spare ^ no efforts to capture Harder. i ’ Tax rate, county proper, 3 2-10 mills. Mr. Ed Bailey of Montleello has . Tax, roads, 2 mills had printed and circulated nt his own For commutatlou taI> , 18>0 00. expense an account of the crime and j A collector for this commutation a good description of Harder. tax Is apointed In each militia dls- trlct, whose duty Is to collect this tax and pay same Into the county Industrial Organisations. During the past week the follow- treasury; taking a census each year lng new Industries were organised In of those subject to roa.! tax and Wing Georgia: Columbus, cikar factory; seme with the cle-k of the Board o.' MUledkevUle, (near) 0200,000 power County Commissi Jderi, for which plant; Jesup, bottling works; Win- service he receives ten per ent of tervllle, cotton gin. | the money collected; also to act as j Inspctor of pbllc roads and bridges A new fence obsoures the view of In his district, reporting any repairs the Mitchell House from Jackson needed, and by 'instructions of the street It runs just back of the post chairman of the Board to hire a suffl- offlee excavation. dent force to pnt the unsafe parts A recent clipping from the Talla hassee Free Democrat praises their Municipal Investment Company de- fire department for “getting out In crying the business condition of l fl ne shape and In something like two TljomSeville, a number of public spirited cltixens wrote the company denying the deprecatory statements. These cltixens received In answer to their communications the following circular letter: Columbus, Ga„ Aug. 10, 1905. Dear Sirs—We thank you very much fer your statements and facts, which will greatly assist ui when placed before our peopfe. We hope minutes.’' This may. do for an old town like Talahassee but Thotnas- vlUe's revised flre department can b^at it. Under the supervision of Chief Hary Linton the boys are hold ing dally drills so as to beready for an emergency when the time comes. Yesterday afternoon they hitched up In tyre seconds by thewatch and clear- cd the door of the station, ready for } the run In seven seconds and a half, the decision of our people will bej^uu j, phenomenal t.me. The boys to build In Thomasvllle regardless ot ! hKve been lucky and have not had a the present opposition. Which oppo- | flr , ltnca the department was reform sttton we now understand Is practl-J^j, Ev ery one Is confident of their cally the present company, with prob ably a few personal friends. We will advise the people of Thomasvllle de finitely In regard to the matter Im mediately on the return of our Mr: Sutter from 'Chicago. Thanking you and the people of Thomasvllle for the courtesies and encouragement shown us, we are Yours very truly, Municipal Investment Co. r to handle It when It does In passable condition for whichser- vtoe he le to receive $1.26 per day' for actual time engaged. Their rodd working department Is divided Into foar squads, each fur- Early County. (System fire years old.) Tax value, $2,500,000. road machine, one$n*te,,county proper, $ 3-10 mil to. number 5 plow, one number 3 stump puller, one wagon, and twelve mules, manned with free labor consisting of one foreman at $00 a month and eight hands at from $1 to $1.25 per day each. Wheeled scrapes are used when claying the road bed or grad ing a hill. These squads are operat ed at a cost of $350 per month each, or $10,800 for the four squads for one year, exclusive of wear and tear of apparatus. One squad has stam ped; graded and worked 21 miles of road in four months, costing $00 per mile. Decatur estimates that they can take one road working machine, six mules and three hands and work live miles of road bed each day after It has been widened, stumped and prop erly graded. They have one thous and miles of road In the county. Dougherty County. ( Tax values, $4,500,000. Rate, county proper, 4 25-100 mtllg, Rate, roads, 05-100 mills. Commutation tax, total, $8,000. The commutation tax Is obtained from an assessment of $3 each upon every one subject to road duty, and Is collected by one specially appoint ed tor that purpose, who receives $300 per year for bis services. Their roads are worked by convict labor at a cost of about $8,000 per yeas. They use very little road making machin ery; wagons with which to clay their road beds, i heavy horse roller and one road working machine. These requiring about ten mules and keep ing busy about thirty convicts. Tbls county takes tbelr share of the state convicts, using upon their roads and elsewhere as many as they can profitably handle. The surplus of misdemeanor convicts are hired out to parties operating under prop er authority from the State. This ,1 LAST YEAR'S CROP 13.693,279 BALES i Washington, Aug. 21.—The census bureau today Issued a supplemental from the crop of last year, iwing the total growth as fixed by >rs at 13,093,279 bales, count- round bales as half bales. Rate, roads, 0000. Commutation tax, total, $6,000, This commutation tax Is collected by the tax collector of the eounty in the usual manner of collecting the other revenue of the county and for tbo same compensation, after 'he roiu! census tar. been Jurnlshil him by a compiler appointed In each militia- district. The district com piler's fluty Is to summon every one subject to road duty, notifplng them •o pay. to-the collector before 8ep- ti’.ioer 1, the sum of $? or after thut Jute the sum of $3. F.ir such ser vice the .distriet compiler ro:oiten thy sum of live cents for ea.-h name fie- orded and summons Issued. The road working department Is* divided Into two squads,- furnished with two road working machines, the Light Champion, twelve -mules, two wagons, one stable tent and manned wtth free tabor, composed of one ^superintendent, who furnishes a foreman.. Salary for both $100 per month; three to four hands at from 75 to $1.26 yer day. These two squads are operated at a cost of about $360 per month, exclusive of wear^ and tear of apparatus. Tbls county maintains slj hundreds miles of nice road which are worked over once a year. Far the first two years they used three machines. Tbe road or commutation tax was fixed at $3 or len days work each year and the Decatur county system for collecting said tax us reported by tbe committee was adopted. The action of the Chairman In of fering a reward for the arrest and delivery to the sheriff of Thomas county of Manuel Harder , the assail ant of Mrs. Outs was approved and secretary was Instructed to have printed 100 postal cards giving de scription of Harder for the use of surplus brought in a net revenue' t j, e ,herttr. On motion the chair-, of $8,700 for' the last year ending | man wu instructed to have built a July 1, 1905. They have three hun- u f e an d secure bouse for the sher- and sixty miles of nice roads, 1B . g dog( per cent of which has been graded j Board ' -Mourned. 25 per cent changed. They work 1 * , E. M. Smith, Chilrmun. over their roads at least once a year. J S. Montgomery, Clerk. STATE TAXES NO LOWER. INCREASED EXPENDITURES WILL KEEP RATE UP„ TO PRESENT FIGURES. Atlanta. Aug. 22.—When Govern or Terrell and Container General Wright fix the state tax rate some time the latter part of this week, they will make every possible effort to keep It down as low as the rate of last yepr, which was $4.80. on $1,000, though from present indica tions that will practically be out of question. SPECIE TAX AUTHORIZED NEW COUNTIES CAN BORROW MONEY* FOR ORGANIZATION- OTHER'DETAILS, Atlanta, Aug. 22.—According, to ne* county bill, as passed By tbo leg islature, the eight new counties gre eted—Stephens, Jeff Davis, Toombs, Grady, Tift, Crisp, Jenkins, and Tur ner—are to become counties January 1, 1000, When the office nr elected . this tall will assume the lines of coun ty government Each bill provided the date for sr The tax.levy tbla year will Include ^special election for county officer! a* for the first time the additional $200,'followa: Stephens county, the first 000 glven'lo the public schools from 1 Wednesday In December, 1005;. JaM direct taxation this appropriation hdr! Davis, the same data; Toombs, the lng been increased to $1,000,000. Iflrst Wednesday In October; Grady In addition to this nmopnt the she first Monday In January, 1900; legislature which just adjourned gave $76,000 to he immediately available for the construction of n new water works system at the State Sanitarium and the pension fund had to bo In creased ffip about $27,000 on account of a deficit. Altogether, therefore, It will be neceiaary to raise about $200,000 more this year than last. Of this $300,000 increase n little more than $300,000 will come as s result of the Increased tax valuations this year, amounting to a total of $46,000,000. This leaves the state under the necessity of raising about $100,000 more than last year. Eve a with the largely increased tax returns It will require n rate of nearly .$5 on $1,000 to do thla. ... The last tax dlgeet that of Glynn coflnty; waa received^nBQt. “Tip'* Harrison of the Controller OeucralV report the tbtal net gains In the val ues of taxable prrperty throughout the state over (h* returns of lne: year are found *to be $37,804,084. C.ynn showed a pain .of $170,096. Only three cointics in the state stoned a decrees*:, as follows: L'l-luls, $951; Jasper, V'lil, and Taliaferro, 1,415. But theio ns M apparent did no: marisrUlly affect tut- net Increase In the valuation of cor poration property over last year. The total Increase will be about $46, 000,000. CASHIER WARD GETS PROMOTION From Tuesday’i Dally. Mr. Ed Ward who has for a num ber of years been cashier nt the At lantic Coast Line depot went to Bos ton yesterday where he will make his home In future. He goes to succeed Mr. O. Nelms In the railroad and ex press agencies at, that place. Ill health Is the cause of Mr. Nelm resignation, Mr. Ward’s many friends here are pleased at his promotion and only regret that It takes him away from Thomasvllle. His suo- cessor at tbe local office la Mr. Con rad Hoyle of Montgomery. CASE OF FEVER WAY UP IN MISSOURI Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 31.—A case of yelow fever Is reported from Greg ory, Missouri, eleven miles south of Keokuk. He Is a laborer on railroad conatractlon. Being quarantined, he reported that be came from Natchez a few day* ago. Tift, the first Wednesday in October 1906. Crisp and Jenktan selected the same date as Tift, while Thmarr selected the first Wednesday In De cember. . .No Representatfver. ' It Is provided that'there shall iff no election to- the general assembly from these new counties until the general election next faR. Tbe comi ty officers who live in the newly/ created counties, but who am offi cers In the parent counties, are to. hold the same offices In the new ties as those to which they were ted in the parent countfee. thorlxed to levy n special tax at and the new county officers are au thorised to levy a pedal tay at once,, and make a loan Until the taxes are- collected, for ttje purpose of defray ing the ekpensee of the now coun ties. In the meanwhile the counts lines will be pin unrecorded. LONG INSANE NOW DEAD. 'Ordinary W. M. Jones hag i notification from Superintendent Powell of the Georgia State Sanitar ium of the death at MllledgevUle of: a former resident of tble county. This was Mr. Rowan Mime who* passed away from heart disease on. the morning of Saturday, ''August 10.' He was given a Christian boriall at the Institution. Mr. Mtmn wan- sent to thd sanitarium oa July 1 J.. 1873. He resided In the Southern, part of the county and has many re latives still livink there. INCREASED Mrs. L. C. Du Rant nod her daugh ters, Dorothy and Esther, have gone to Waycross and to Jacksonville and other Florida cities fer n visit Tbe complete tax returns Iran* Georgia's 137 counties have been re ceived. The total Increase is $37,- 804,034, shwing that the state wan never in a more prosperous condition. South Georkln fur outstripped thw northern port of tho State in its In crease. Only three flountlee—Ikb- ols, $051; Jaaper $067, and Tallaftr- to $1,445 show a decrease. The larg est increase was In Fulton -county-, { $3,816,000. Thomas county with an increase of $482,013 Is excelled in Increase by 25 of the <17 counties. ' ■ “ Mn. W. C. McMUlin,formerly popular railroad employe now city ticket agent for the I era' In Savannah was a Sunday ' tor. i