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JElnb South Georgia 3>rogrc?s.. TBOMA6VILLB TIMf>, VOL. 10 ThOMASVILLB ENTERFHIME. VOL. 47. . — : —fr THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER f, iqo 5 Nt/i L s, Yo) XV—Vo. 3S ■ ” 5 ' • 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.