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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER f, iqo 5
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STATE BOARD BLACK BACK
recommends! GETS FLOGGED
OISCUSSES EVER SITUATION
AND SAYS Kill THE
I SKEETER
1 NEGRO WHO TALKt DO TO
1 MUCH GETS PUNI6HE0
! WITH HEAVY STRAP
Dr. A. P. Taylor retarded yester
day from Atlanta tvhero he attended
a meeting of thestate board of health
The meeting waa a most Interesting
one. It was made doubly Important
by the fact that while the board was
In session a case of yellow fever was
reported In Atlanta. The case was
that of a refugee from Pensacola.
The board censured Atlanta for not
having declared a quarantine, and
advised Thomasvllle to Institute a
rigid quarantine agalust all infected
points. The same advice was sent to
ether cities and aeted on by them.
Atlanta has refused to quarantine
of her own volition and questions
the authority of the state board to
make her do so.
Dr. Taylor says that an Impor
tant resolution passed by the board
was one stating that the mosquito
Is the only known means by which
yellow fever is now transmitted, and
on this account the tight for the pre
vention of the spread of the dis
ease ahoyld be directed toward the
extermination of this mosquito,
which exists practically In every por
tion of Georgia Florida and Ala.,
Including Atlanta.
Under" the law creating the Bd.
of health, a fine of may be lev
ied against local boards of health
for failure to report to the secretary
of the state board of health cases
or suspected cases of such Infectious
diseases ns yellow fever, cholera and
the like.
The law also gives the state board
authority in certain cases to take
charge of local quarantines and to
enforce them. Should Atlanta or any
of the other cities named, fall or
neglect to Institute quarantine, the
state board has the power tot take
charge of such quarantine and make
the city pay the expenses.
BANKRUPTCY NOTICK
In the District Court of the United
States, for the Southern District of
Georgia, Southwestern Division.
In the Matter of
Boston Mercantile Company, In Bank
ruptcy.
Notice of Sale
To the creditors of the Boston
Mercantile Company, of Boston, In
the county of Thomas and the dis
trict aforesaid, a bankrupt:
Notice Is hereby given that on
Friday, the 15th day of September,
1905,the assets of the said bankrupt,
the Boston Mercantile Co, will be
sold at public sale by the trustee,
J. M. Jones at the place of business
formerly occupied by the bankrupt
at Boston Ga.,th!s action being with
the content of all parties concerned.
The assets of the said • bankrupt
consist of a stock of general merchan
dlse, dry goods, shoes notions, hard
ware and a few groceries, lnvoic-
inr'ln the neighborhood of $8500.
The tale will be at public outcry
and to the highest bidder for cash,
provided, however that the sale shall
not be closed until the same has been
snbmltted to the Referee In Bank
ruptcy for confirmation or rejection.
The bidder shall be required to
deposit tea per cent of his bid
as much as ten per cent of his bid,
as an evidence of good faith and to
be forfeited In case bis bid Is ac
cepted and he should not make good
his bid, as made.
So ordered at ThomssvllleOa.8ept
2nd, 1905.
J. H. Merrill
Referee In Bankruptcy.
, From Tuesday's Dally.
| A happening early Monday morn-
. tng, before the sun rose, should be
I taken to heart by members of the
colored race who are Inclined to talk
too much. Two negroes, Calvin Por
ter and Louis Flowers, had been
heard by several people to make re
marks about the Outxe assault.They
are said to have stated that they
would help Harder Vo escape If they
had a chance and that the only iAis-
take he made, and the only thing
that got him In trouble was stealing
the gun. ' - ,
So,very early yesterday morning a
gentlemen called on Calvin and L
la and took them for a little w
out Jo the golf links. The links have
been very quiet all summer, but
there was something doing then. A
Jury was formed, and the two men
were tried In duo form. Louis was
acquitted for lack of evidence. Cal
vin was found guilty and received a
real good sound and long continued
thrashing with a thick leather strap
with five thongs.
Of course no one knows Just who
did the work. It la understood that
the weapon of punishment was'the
same that was used on an Impudent
hotel negro about a year ago. It-la
also said that the leather has not
been disposed of, but Is kept for .fu
ture use, whenever occasion de
mands. It Is further said that the
users of the same have several oth
er names on their little Ust for the
same sort of business, and that the
offenders aro lively to be called on
at any time. It Is also understood
that the whippers nre determined
to stop all lawlessness among both
jivhlto and black and that needless
talking will receive particular atten
tion.
Some people think that the deed
was done by a crowd of good people
from South Thomas and across the
Florida line who are apt to call a-
galn In Thomasvllle. And finally, It
Is said that both negroes confessed
that they are better cltlsens since
the erefj. ,
WATCHMAN
STRUCKDOWN
Coolidge Oa. Sept. 6th. (8pedal
[to the Tlmea-Enterprlie). — Thla
| morning when the employees of the
! Stetson Lumber Co. went to work,
they were shocked to find the un-
' conscious body of J. B. Elwell, the
night watchman , lying in the yds.He
j was stretched full length, and had
a ghastly wound In his head, made
by some blunt Instrument His pock
ets had been rifled, and the sum of
$65 taken from hlm.PhysIclans were
immediately summoned, and be is
now under their care and slowly re
gaining consciousness, but has not
yet been able to give a coherent
story of the assault upon him.
1 Leave To Sell Land.
GEORGIA, Thomas County:
Notice is hereby given that the uu
deigned has app.ied to the Ordinary -I
. said County for leave to sell land, n d
one mole belonging to the estate of »'re
M. r. Benton for the payment qf da., t.
Bald apptkntioa will be beard at, «
regular term of the Oonrtof Ordir rr
'for said county to be held on the £ »«
Monday In October 1906.
. This Sept. 4th. 1906.
M. A. Fleetwood.
A dm. Mrs. M. I. Benton.
Bept. a 4i.
PRESIDENT ITWO MURDERS
ATKINSON AT PELHAM
CHANGE IN OFFICERS OF AT BROTHER’S-IN-LAW OF PROM-
IANTIC.AND BIRMINGHAM j 'NENT FAMILY KILL EACH
RAILROAD j OTHER THERE
Atlanta, Sept. 4.—At a meeting of. Pelham, Ga., Sept. 3.—Fletc'j
the officers and directors of the At-. Maples and Bud Akridge, brothers-in*
latnlc and Birmingham Railway Coni-! law, shot und killed each other las:
pany held yesterday afternoon In the night near their homes about sic
office of William G. Raoul In t!,o' miles front Pelham. It seems that
Equitable building, H. M. Atkinson a quarrel arose between tbe two men
of Atlanta wes elected president,
George D. Wadley vice president,
W. J. Swain auditor and R. J. bed
ding secretary. Capt. Raoul hav
ing resigned the presidency It .be
came necessary to elect his accessor
and Mr. Atkinson was named for
tbat place.
The directors of the company are
W. BG. Raoul, 41. M. Attflnson, Geo.
Dele Wadley, Morris Brandon, P. S.
Arkwright, Gordon Abbott of Bartow,
Percy R. Pogue and F. L. Etheridge
of New York. The condition of the
road was revelwed by the offloers of
the company who stated that the
property was In good shape and 'hat
the business of the rond was quite
satisfactory.
All of these gentlemen connected
with the rond nre well known i»
Thomasvllle and have the" beet wishes
of the people of theclty.
when each drew his pistol and emp
tied It Into the other, eight shots
being fired In all.
Akridge died Instantly. Maples
died this morning about daylight.
Fleaher Maples was a son and Btid
Akridge, a son-in-law of M. I. Maples,
who represented Mitchell county In
the legislature last year.
ONCE MORE „ y
WRONG MAN
After several daya of quiet there
was again an exciting afternoon in
tbe HaiXler case on Sunday. At 4:20
m. Sunday two young white men
A. P. Knight, and I. B. Butler, brou
ght from Jennings, Fla., a negro sus
pect who aald bis name was Taylor.
He was taken to the court bouse
by the officers for examination. The
news quickly spread abroad and In
a few mlnutea nearly a hundred clt
lsens had gathered In front of the
court bouse, anxious to know If Mt
was tbe right man.
Tbe negro was greatly frightened
but told a straight story. He said
he had been working In the cotton
fields around Jennings. He answer
ed tbe description it Harder ae to
bad teeth, aear, height and weight
but waa a little light In color.Bealdea
he had a moustache of alx months
grow and Harder waa clean shaven
when he left here.
The negro was kejt In custody and
taken by his captors on tbe3 o'clock
train yesterday morning to Valdosu
where It is thought he might be
wanted:
WILL A. & B.
TNEER SAVH.
The Savannah Press prints the In
teresting rumor that the A'.’cntlc and
Birmingham Railroad may secure a
seaboard gateway at Savannah. The
Press points out tbat the Broxton,
Haxelhurst and Savannah railroad
which is already partly bnllt is back
ed by A, and B. capital and Is really
projected by the-A. and (i.
The evolution of the Atlantic and
Birmingham from a line of a few
miles, built out of Weycross for lum
ber purposes to a line now having
more than 500 miles in Its make
up, Is simply In keeping with the
development that has taken place
In that section of Georgia during the
past few years. The line Is now bea'g
extended to Birmingham anl will
probably reach that point about »
year hence. The Boston people be
hind the A. and B. have money, the
same Interests controlling the Old
Colony Trust Company of Boston
that control the A. and B. They are
exceedingly conservative and they
see a good thing In the construction
of the A. and B .and other lines or
they would not be In It.
It is said tbat tbe Broxton, Hnxel-
hurst and Savannah people are will
ing to make a traffic agreement with
the Atlantic Coast Line, but that they
will only pay a reasonable sum for
It. If the charge la excessive they will
build Into the city.
HONE PEOPLE
TESTIFIED
Numerous and Worthless,
Everything Is In the name when It
comes to Witch Hasel Salve. E. C.
DeWltt ft Co., of Chicago, discovered
some years ago how to make a salve
from witch haxel that la a specific for
pllea. For blind, bleeding. Itching
and protruding piles, ecsema, cuts,
burns, bruises and all skin diseases
De Witt’s Salvo hnsno equal. This
has given rise to numreous worthless
counterfeits. Ask for DeWItt’s—the
| genuine. Sold by Bracey’s , Phar-
The sensational Evana case, In j “acy.
which a number of Thomas county I
people figure, Is the talk of the day SHERIFF'S SALE
In Tampa. Mr. J. W. Evans has sent By virtue of a Justice court flfa
the Times- Enterprise a copy of the in favor of M. A. Fleetwood, Adm.
Tampa Tribune containing a full ac-' nfalnst Jesse D Slater,1 have this day
count of his acquittal of the charge levied on tbe following property, to-
of having caused his ^wife’s death, wit one fourth lot of land number
A number of depositions were Intro- 400, containing $0 acres, more or
dated from CooUJse people. The He- less , One fourth of lot no. 3*1, con-
fcnJant produced letters of recom-' mining sixty two acres, more or
xendation from Mayor Roddenbery, or less situate, lying and being In
Judge Hopkins Capt Maclean and the 19th district of Thomas county
Judge Hopkins Capt. Maclean and Georgia. Levied on as the property
Dr. Cnlpepper which went to show of J. D. Sinter, In favor of M. A.
bln good character. The charge was Fleetwood, Administrator Martha
made by Evans father-in-law, Mr.T. Slater.—This Angast J9rd, 1905.
C. Smith of Coolidge. T. J. Hlgbt, Sheriff.
NO FEVER
IN BAINBR3DGE
DISPATCH DfN'iUNCES FAKE
REPORT AS LIE FROM
WHOLE CLOTH
BuloArldge Ga. Sept. 4th(Special
to the Himes Enterprise). The people
of Balnbrldge are very Indignant at
false reports of yellow fever contain
ed In this morning's Savannah News
and other papers. The story Is utter
ly false and unfounded. There Is not
even a serious caso of sickness of
any kind In the town. The story
gave as Its authority a doctors daugh
ter, but there Is no doctor’s daugh
ter absent from the city. The whole
story Is denounced as a lie out of
whole cloth. ,
Coolidge Items.
(By H. Megiftiee.)
We are glad to note that D. M Ba
ker, the man tbat was so seriously.— — « — —✓ —
Injured at the cotton gin, is improv- cents on the thousand more foan It
lng. was last year. There Is no doubt Mr
Mr. Remer Jones, of Emanuel f\\ bout foe fact that the alternative sys
TAX RATE
VERY LOW
COUNTY RATE FIXEfif AT
FOUR FIFTY, BY C0MMIS-"
SIONERS TUESDAY
From Wednesday's Daily.
The Board of County Commission
ers held their regular monthly meet
ing yesterday morning at the court
house. The principal business of the
day Was the fixing of the annual tax
rate for the county. This was set at-
$4.60 on the thousand dollars worth
of property. Thla Is an extremely low
rate. It la the lowest of any county
In ths state that "has the' alternative
road law.-There are more than fifty
counties that do not have the alter
native road law whose tax la higher
than Thomas’ with the liaw. ,
The people of the county are much
pleased to learn that the law can he
put Into effect with so slight an in
crease In tbe rate. It la only fitly
l« here on a visit to his brother
W. H. Jones. f
Mr. J. W. Evans, of Tampa, paid
Ccolidge a short visit on Tnusda;-
Ho took baek with him his two chil
li: en.
Mr. C. P. McDonald, o! Moultrie,
war In our city on Tuesday.
Mr. M. W. Covington,of Thom .4
ville waa a visitor here this week.
MrT H. B. Parish hat resigned iho
position of telegraph operator hero,
and Mr. F. E. Lackley will fill the
vacancy.
Mrr. D. C. Clark, who wa» very
slclt on Tuesday, Is Improving.
Messrs T. J. Megahee and''Emory
Evans were among the excursion-
lots to Mnoon and Atlanta.
Miss Ella Jones, who hah been on
a visit to her brother, Mr. H. Jones,
left yesterday for her home In Eman
uel county.
Cchlockoncc Happenings
t Mrs. J. H. Stephens, after spend
lng some time with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. J. N. Bullock, returned to
her home In Birmingham Ala. on
last week.
Miss Alllo Montgomery left
Wednesday for Metcalfe, where she
goes to visit relatives and friends.
Mrs. Freeman Cardin waa the
guest of Mrs. J. F. Singletary, Wed
nesday.
Mrs. T. T. Thompson and Mrs. T.
C. Beverly are visiting relatives at
Warm Springs.
Mrs. H. H. Vann of Thomasvllle,
Is tbe guest of Mrs. Buntln this week
Dr. J. B. Palmer i» spending this
weeH In Auguste.
Mrs. Martin Perry of Florida Is
the guest of relatives aad friends
at this place.
Mrs. Jesse Pinson of Albany Is
spending pome time with her mother
Mrs. T. P. Buntln.
Miss Addle Perry 1» spending this
month with her sister, Mrs. Garri
son, In Savannah.
There wll be services at the Bap
tist church Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Nannie Venters has Just re
ceived a full line of tell and winter
hats. All at reasonable prices. Cell
to see her.
Mr. Walter Singletary, of Grand
Ridge Fla. waa shaking hands with
his friends and relatives test week.
tem Is tbe best In the world for good,
roads. The commissioners have made
a careful study of the whole attnar
tlon and fel sure that their action /
In instituting the new system will
give almost -universal satisfaction,
when It is once put Into operation.
The commissioner! will be con
gratulated on every hand for keeping
the tax rate so low, on the magnifi
cent Increase In tnx value*, on- the .
general prosperity of the county.
The full official proceedings or
the meeting and the order putting
Intb effect the alternative road law.
will be printed to toroori’ow’a Timee-
Bntcrprise.
TAX REVISION
ORDER OF DAY
The city council Is now engaged
In tbe arduous labor of revising the
tax lists. The board la holding night
ly sessions and are going over the
books carefully- Thin In one of the
hardest tasks that the board Is ever
called upon to do. They go at the
work with the heat .grace possible*
bat some of them nre "beard to mar
iner end to say that the City ought
to have a tax i
New Store Opened.
Mr.J. E. Smith has opened on lov
er Broad street a grocery and gen
eral merchandise store. He occupten
the handsome stone store house re
cently built by himself. He did bin
first day’s business at the new stand
yesterday and he says that It wan
very satisfactory. He has been In ban
lness here a long time and has s
well established-trade which he In
tends to Increase by a well directed
advertising campaign.
Caterpillars In South Thomas.
Cltlsens from the southern part of
the county report that the deadly cat
erplllar is getting In Its work on the
cotton fields of that vicinity. Every
effort is being made to market the
crop as rapidly as possible bat labor
Is scarce.
Tax Notice.
First Round.
I will be at the following places on
the dales nf—eA for the purpose of col
lecting taxes ter the year 1906.
Duncanville, ...Monday, Sept. 1*.
Metcalfe Tuesday, ••
Cairo, Wednesday, "
...Thursday, “
....Friday, ••
Monday, ••
Ocklocknee Tuesday. ••
Onolldge Wednesday, ••
MerriUrille,..Wednesday, “
Boston Thnnday,
Pavo.............Friday, ••
Fatten, Friday, ••
P. 8. Heath, T. 0„ T. 0.
Portsmouth la better than: the
non'n mouth.