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South Georgia progress.
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i'HQMASVILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER i tqo 5
tPHlHB. VOL. «7
MADE GOLD BIGHT HOME
NOW IN JAIL- HARDER FLEES
AN EX-THOMASVILLIAN MEETS^ SHERIFF THINKS FLA. &FFI-
TROUBLE IN VALDOSTA AND | C ERS ARE ON GOOD TRAIL
ANO MAY MAKE CAPTURE,
IS ARRESTED.
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Valdoata, Aug. 18.—J. J. Parnell,
a well known white man, waa ar
retted here by Deputy United Staten
Marshal Godwin lent night charged
with making counterfeit money. It
In aaid that Parnell’n epeclalty waa a
85 coin which Wfrnld paaa right along
aa gold. It waa made out of aome
cheap cofspoeltion and core red with
liquid gold.
Parnell haa been working In the
gunaamlth ahop of W. H. Goodwll and
It la clalmen that he waa eery bold
In hla operation, trying to get other
partlea to go In with him. He la Bald
to hare ahown Goodwin aome of the
money he bad made and naked that
gentleman to become hla partner la
the work.' Goodwin waa frightened
by the propoaltton and the first
chance he got at the moulda he broke
them with a bamme. The emaahed
moulda are In the haqda of the offi
cer..
Dr. J. W. Evans, a chlropodlat, waa
alao arretted, but woa not placed In
fall aa the evidence agalnat him did
not appear to be autllctently atrong.
He la being watched, however, for
further development.. It la aaid
that a very atrong case will be made
agalnat Parnell.
Mr. Parnell waa' formerly a real-
’ dent of Thomnkvllle and conducted a
bicycle repair ahop here. He moved
to Valdoata several montha ago. He
evidently expected trouble In Val
doata aa he wrote Wert* A Son a few
day. ago aaylng that he had to leave
Valdoata and wanted employment
with them.
HARD TANGLE
IN FUNDS.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28.—Another
complication which will call for a
aolutlon, growing out of the creation
of eight new counties by the recent
legtalature, la that of the proper dla-
trlbution of the achool fund.
The distribution of the common
achool fund la baaed on achool cen-
aua, the laat one being that of 1802,
and another cannot be taken until
1908,. under the law. Thla cenaua
la taken by militia district, and la
madethe basis of distribution of all
achool moneys.
In.many instances the new county
lines run right through the center of
militia districts, or sometimes cut
off small portions of them. In cases
of this kind the officials will have no
little difficulty in deciding Just how
to make the distribution.
The matter may be referred to the
attorney general for Investigation
and opinion, or school districts
may be urged to reach some agree
ment among themselves as to what
should be done. Just now the mat-
From Tuesday's Daily
Sheriff T.j.*Hight came home
yesterday afternoon from Florida aft-
ter having been four days on a trail
of a negro whom he feels sure la Har
der. Ad impassable river turned
him back from hla search. The ne
gro la on the other aide of the river
with the sheriff of Sewanee county,
T. E. Amaaon and W. F. Outzo on hla
trail.' Mr. Hlght says he Is the right
man and hla pursuers will get him.
fte says Harder called at a turpen
tine camp, gave hla name and got ra
tions laat week and it la only
a question of time.
Yesterday afternoon Deputy Sin
gletary received a telegram from
Newberry, Fla., sent by the 8hcrlff of
Alachua county and asking for a full
description of Harder, aaylng "Have
coon that may he him.” The descrip-
tlonwas sent. Newberry la south of
Live Oak and Is In the direct line of
Harder's supposed flight so * there
may be something In this story.
From Wednesday's Dally.
One of the most Interesting, (like
wise Improbable) Harder stories, yet
hatched, was brought here yesterday
by a traveling man from Whlgham.
He says that he got his Information
from the dthens of Whlgham who
are a unit In telling the same story
Said story la to the effect that on
Thursday, August 17, the day the
crime waa committed Harder waa
lynched eight mllea south of Whlg
ham. The trWellng man says that
the Whlgham people are mysterious
about the mater and do not give de
tails or names of the lynchers^ but
that they firmly declare the deed waa
done at the timo and place men
tioned. This story Is scarcely In the
realm of possibility but a number of
peoplo would like to believe it true.
ONE MORE WEIRD STORY
OF RAPIST HARDER.
Valdoata, Ga., Aug. >0.—Reports
fromBrooks county Indicates that
another negro haa been "Identified
aa Emanuel Harder” and shot down
as he ran from the officers. It la
said that he waa located on the Mc
Intyre place by a deputy and a spot
ter, who knew Harder. The spotter
Is said to have Identified the negro.
The report came here from Olym
pia. on the Valdosta Southern road.
A telephone mesage from Thomas-
vlllo states that nothing haa been
heard from the negro at that place.
PEACE AT LAST
FOR ROSS & JAPS
Terms Agreed Upon Tuesday.
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Japan Yields Many Points, Gets Nd Indem
nity and Cedes Back Nofrth Half of
Sakhalin Island* Victors were
Magnanimous.
Portsmouth, ■ Aug. 28.—An official
bulletin states that the peace infer
ence haa teached complete accord on
all questions Involved and has been
ordered to proceed to the elaboration
of a treaty.
The Japanese yielded practically
everything and accepted the Russian
ultimatum of no Indemnity and the
division of Sakhalin without the pay-
ment of redemption money. The Jap
anese also yielded the Interned war
ships and on the question of limita
tion of the naval power of Russia In
the Far East. The delegates will
be called In at, the afternoon session
and actual work on the elaboration
of the treaty’trill begin.
Portsmouth, Aug. 29 The ques
tion of peace between Russia and Ja
pan practically centered In this morn-
Ing's session of the peace conference.
In the Anal struggle, the Russians
achieved victory for the sake of peace
Japan, with a spirit worthy of her
heroic achievements, met the ultima
tum of the Csar and abandoned the
demands to which Russia refused to
agree, Russia agreeing to the divi
sion of the Island of Sakhalin. Japan
getting the southern half.
The news that peace had been agreed
upon caused Intense excitement. Ev
erywhere there Is delirium of Jubila
tion.
HIGH MARK
Cotton touched Its high water mark
, for the season yesterday. The staple
(sold on the streets here for 10.80.
ter is being investigated by state Tbl , va , ln lpit0 of the fact that the
school comml.loner Merritt but he ^ ^ wu off about „
U ln considerable doubt Just now as Thoma , vl]le ,, ma , ntalnIne
to the course to be pusued. ! , u repuUtion „ a fln8 cuh market
j and is better this year than ever he-
FOR COTTON REPAIRS MADE
AT CITY HALL
The County's Crop.
fore. There are eight firms bidding
r
The weekly crop report for Thomas against each other for every bale of
county says: Week favorable for cotton that comes to town. The far-
cotton picking with the exception of mer Is seen with a sample and a
a heavyraln on the 25 th,'fields are ware house receipt making his way
white with the fleecy staple, picking from office to office. Finally he comes
pushed as rapidly as the limited sup. out with the cash In hla hand and
ply of labor will admit; some prepar- a satisfied smile for he has the cor
ing made'for fall gardens; talnty that he has obtained the very
i sad potatoes doing fairly well, top of the market.
ROBERT GETS
INTO PRINT
Dr. Robert H. Williams, Thomas-
vine’s colored chiropodist, who Is
now in Canada broke Into print
Sunday morning In the New York
American and Journal, all of the
Chicago , San Francisco and Los An
geles papers owned by W. R. Henrst
and a number of papers elsewhere
that get the service of that syndicate
Including the Atlanta News. He
wrote the following letter toRev.
Thomas B. Gregory, a staff writer:
Toronto, Canada, Aug. 8, 1805.
My Dear 81r—Please tell me thro
uhg the American how a boy should
treat bis mother and be kind enough
to send me a marked copy to Thomas-
vllle, Ga. What books could I' read
to help me treat my mother right?
More than one boy la In need of this
Information. Robert E. Williams.
To this the reverend gentleman
made a reply containing much good
advice an two columns of matter. It
began as follows:
Mr. Williams Is quite right ln say
ing that more than one boy and he
might have aded girl) la In need of
the Information specified.
One of the most alarming as well
as one of the most shameful signs of
the age In which we live la the grow
ing disregard of children for their
parents.
COLD HAYS
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From Tuesday's Dally.
Sunday and yesterday came near
filling the proverbial description of
“a cold day ln August." Themercury
reached the low figure of 67. Fire
felt grateful for the first time In
many months and nobody had any
Idea that there were so many coats
In Thomasville. It has been several
years since the August Temperature
In this latitude has reached so low a
point.
The City Hall and fire station are
being repaired and painted upstairs
and down. Bright blue Is the pre
vailing' color. While the sleeping
room of the firemen Is being fixed
they have their bunks ln the mayor's
court room. -
The Cotton Market.
Cotton sold yesterday as hlgb as
10 2-4 In Thomasville. Savannah
was steady with middling at 10 12-16
In New York futures closed steady.
October opened at 10.88 and dosed
at 10.82. The previous dose was
11.01.- '
FIFTY DAYS
NO FUNERAL
Thomasvllle's health record Is re
markable and It almost seems aa If
Ponee de Leon's fabled fountain of
eternal youth has sprung up here.
There has not been a white person
burled In Thomasvllle’s cemeteries
since the 11th day of July. Fifty
dys without a funeral is a record
that Is most remarkable for a city of
8,000 Inhabitants. It Is hardly prob
able that this can be. duplicated ln
any other city of similar population
In the country.
WHO SET
TWO FIRES?
NEGRO STORE AND HOUSE
BURNED EARLY MONDAY
ARSON SUSPECTEO
From Tuesday's Daily
Thomasville had a fire of consid
erable magnitude yesterday morning
at 4:30 o'clock, the store of Jas.
Larkin and the house of Jennie
Wright, both colored were burned.
The alarm was turned In and the de
partment was ready In an'instant.
There was considerable difficulty In
Betting the location of the blase.
Finally the firemen saw the light of
the flames In the direction of Clay
street and went there.
The Are had gained too much
headway to be put out, but they con
fined It to the two buildings. Both
were Insuerd, James for $252 and
Jennie for $250.
They declare that the Are was of
Incendiary origin. Henry has had
some trouble lately with other no;
groes and believes some of hts ene
mies touched the match to his prop
erty. The woman too, suspected
troubleand had tried to find another
place to live during the last few days.
She had made the statement to sev
eral people that she knew she would
be burned out If she stayed there.
There Is no due td the supposed
Incendiary.
WOMAN BOUND
FOR MOONSHINE
MRS. SARAH WEST MADE
LIQUOR NEAR CAIRO ALLEN
BECK DISMISSED.
Macon Ga., Aug. 28—Mrs. Sarah
West, a white woman of Thomas co.
was bound over by Commissioner
Erwin yesterday In the sum of $100
for Illicit distilling and the cas#
against Allen Beck was dismissed.
The case was an extraordinary
one. The woman stated that she
was 52 years of age, and was afflict
ed with an affection that would not
enable her to work.
The small pot still, which wan
found wltholn fifteen yards of her
house, she said was operated by her
husband five years ago, but that bn
deserted her and that since that time
she had made a “little spirits for
her ailment,” but It was proven that
she had also sold some. She wan
bound over to the Valdosta term or
Federal Court There waa no evi
dence against Allen, and the case
against him was dismissed.
TO SHOOT ,
AT VALDOSTA.
The Valdosta Gun Club will hold
Its first annual tournament on Sep
tember 18 and 20. They have Issued
attarctlve programs Inviting sports
men to Join them and a number of
the Cracker Gun Club Will go over
for the occasion. Fifteen and twen
ty target matches will be shot. The
entrance fees are $1.50 and $2. To
each 15 bird event there Is $10 added
moneyand to each 20 bird match.
COOL SEPT.
PROMISED
The tinge of putumn In the air of
Uie Jlatt few days has delighted .the
hearts of everyone, especially the
ean't-get-aways who bare stuck at
their posts during the long hot sum
mer. September has the reputation
of being a hot month, Itself, but this
la a bit undeserved. During Septem
ber It Is often warm during the mid
dle of the day but the nights are cool,
pleasant and sleep wooing.
The Septembers of the last 24
years have been very pleasant, ac
cording to a statement Issued by the
Savannah Weather Bureau.
The normal temperature was 7S
degrees, while the warmest Septem
ber of the entire period produced an '
$15 added money. There will be average of only 80 degreeg. The high-
other special prises. The railroads eat temperature was 87 degrees,
offer a rate of one and one-third fare!reached In 1888 on the 18, and the
on the certificate pjlan. J. B. 8prin- lowest occurred In 1887 on the 21st
ger of Valdosta Is secretary of the and 22d when the mercury dropped
club and will give all details to those to 48 .degrees,
who communicate with hlm.\
CROPS WORSE
SAYS REPORT.
The average rainfall for any Sep
tember during the 84 years was 2.67
Inches. The least monthly precipi
tation was 1.64 Inches, while th»
greatest amount in that period
was 16.58 Inches. The, greatest
amount of rainfall recorded ln any
24 consecutive hours was 4.80 Inch-
■ \ . ea ln 1882 on the 7th. The average
Washington, D. C., Aug. 29.—In ^ number of clear days was 11. The
BIG FIRE
NEAR PELHAM
Pelham, Ga., Aug. 29.—At 10
o'clock Sunday night the bam, In
cluding two horses and two mules,
corn, hay and fodder, belonging to I.
C> Stubbs, several miles east of Pel
ham was destroyed by fire.
The loss Is estimated at two thous
and dollars with about a thousand
dollars Insurance.
The fire Is thought to have been
acendlary. Mr. Stubbs and bis fam
ily were visiting In middle Georgia.
Mrs. Emmett Mitchell returned to
Thomasville yesterday morning For
some northeastern countlea of Texas prevailing winds were from the north
ln Arkansas and portions of Missies- J eaiti wb n e t he average hourly velo-
ipl, Alabama and Georgia Improve-, c | ty 0 f the-wind was 6.4 miles an
ment In the condition of cotton in
indicated and in Oklahoma and In
dian Territory and Missouri the crop
Is ln fair to good' condition. Else
where cotton has not made favorable
progress. Complaints of shedding
are received form every state of rust
from the eastern districts of prema
ture opening from Texas, Arkansas
and of rotting of bolls from South
Georgia and Mississippi. The bolls'
hour. The highest velocity of the
wind was 75 miles from the south
east in 1896 on the 2Btb.
MIDNIGHT FIRE
OVER IN NIGGERF00T.
Night runs are getting popular
with the fire department Yester-
are opening rapidly generally throug j day morning Just after midnight they
bout the belt and picking Is In responded to an alarm from Flet-
progresa ln all but the northerly die- chervllle. They made a ,long run
trlcts. and found .the fire to be the barber
shop and store of Robert Ponder, col-
Albert Salford, a prospective cand- ore( j. fM, Is outside the city limits
idate for sheriff of Grady county, was an(1 many u^ga beyond a fire plug
In the city on Wednesday. Rumor M u, ay eo a i d d0 nothing with It
say. that there will be hotly contest- ^ bnUd|ns burned w tba
ed fights for every office In the county
and that as a matter of course • num-
ground. Ponder says ho was tnaur-
several weeks she bus been -visiting I bar of the boys will be badly disap- ed to the amount of *81* which Will
her parents In Calumet Mich. 4 (pointed. • ,, , t ' \ cover his loss.