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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
THOMASVILLE TIME**, VOL. » . '
THOMASVILLE ENTERPRISE, VOL. «7.
TIMES-ENTERPRISE WILL IN- COUNTY’S RESIOENTS
AUGURAFE ANOTHER OF
ITS PRIZE AFFAIRS
The Times-Enterprlse is about
to put on another of its famous sub
scription contests. This one will be
gin on the 20th of September, and
will he a high roller.
Everybody who has lived in these
parts during the past three years
knows what a Tlmes-Enterprlse con
test is, and when the announcement
is made that another one is booked,
the public knows that something
worth while is in store.
One of the things for which this
•aper prides itself is the wonderful
success achieved by the subscription
campaigns. This will be the fourth
large contest put on by the Times-
Enterprise in three successive years,
and the management proposes that
the 1905 proposition shall go aheai
of the record.
Prises worth many hundreds of
dollars will be offered to be awarded
with absolutely no element of chance
connected with the award and wifh
the utmost fairness. %
Announcements as to the partlcty-
lars of the affair may bo expected
within a few days.
MUST PAY FULL AMOUNT
TO OLD
CLOUDY TALES
OF A MOB
From Tuesday's Daily
There were certain more or less
well defined rumors afloat In town
yesterday about an atempt to capture
another supposed flardcr. Saturday
night a negro named Sylvester, prom
ised to turn over a man whom ho had
been harboring and whom he said
was Harder. The place of delivery
was to be a negro frolic In South
Thomas. Sylvester had his man
there , but It was the same old story
of the wrong man and the crowd of
citizens who wentdown to get him
were disappointed. In connection
with their trip It Is a coincidence
that a negro from that neighborhood
with a shot arm came to town Sun
day to have the wounds dressed.
There has been considerable dis
cussion ot the tax matters In the new
counties of the State and for the In
formation ot those who may be In
doubt on this question the very ex
plicit law on this point Is quoted here
with.
Sec. 10. Be It further enacted Ac,,
that all taxes due the state and coun
ty by persons residing In the new
county or upon property Included
within the limits of thenew county
at the time of the creation of the
new county shall be payable to the
Tax Collector of the county from
which said territory was taken and
the Tax Collector ot said original
county Is hereby authorled to lssae
executions for the collection ot such
taxes and the same shall be enforced
and collected by the officers of the
county or counties from which the
territory of,said now county was tak*
CAR PLUNGES TO STREET IN
NEW YORK CAUSING
DEATHS
New York, Sept. 11.—Several per
sons were killed and many Injured
on the elevated at Fifty-third treet
and Ninth avenue at 7 o'clock this
morning.
'A south bound train crowded with
passengers at the Junction with the
Sixth avenue line. It is reported,
struck an open switch. One car fell
Into the street, turning over In Its
descent and landing bottom upwards.
Several cars were left hanging from
the structure.
Mikasa, The Mikado’s Veteran Ship, Goes Down cl ”
With Six Hundred Brave Men and AH
Her Officers
ISTS FAIL.
Tokio, Sept. 12.—The navy de
partment announces that the battle
ship Mikasa has been destroyed by
Are and the explosion of her maga-
*lne, causing the loss of 599 lives.
Tho fire started from an unknown
cause at midnight Sunday. Before
even the. officers could be rescued the
lire reached theafter magazine of the
vessel which exploded, blowing a general public,
hole In the port side of the vessel be-
The city council has told the Munl-
== " ~ jClpal Investment folks to" shoot or
ternoon was delivered by George M. glvo “P ttle sun. This decision Was
Whitaker of Mostoa, who took as his reached at a conference the other day
subject, “The Field and-Functions of ol those interested In municipal ova-
the Farmers’ National Congress.” jersblp some of the city officials and
•’The sessions of 4he congress are others who are familiar
Coroner Scholar sayB that the death low the water line and causing the
list will he at least ten and the Injur- ship to sink.
with tho
to continue until the end of the week ( u fiM situation. * Notice was sent to
and judging from the program of the company at Columbus that they
addresses and discussions prepared niust give a definite answer to the
they will be of much Interest to the c *ty council by noon on next Monday
as to their intention.
Their failure to do so wflT
Tho above Is from the bill known
ns Joe Hull’s omnibus or blanket bill
entitled “An act to proVido for the
organization' of new counties In the
state, &e.
GREATERHOTEL
AT SUWANEE
MITCHELLFARM
CHANGESHANDS
The T. C. Mitchell plantation near
Metcalfe has been sold to H. C. Cope
land Jc Co. This is one of the finest
bodies of land in the county and con
tains 2,250 acres. The site where
the town of Metcalfe now stands was
once a part of this plantation. The
sale was made by W. C. Snodgrass,
who purchased the plantation some
time ago from the T. C. Mitchell es- ju^erolTanager of “The Suwan-
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bowen, of
the Stuart, returned from Suwannee
Springs, Fla., where Mr. Bowen went
to attend the stockholders’ meeting
of that resort and to look after Im
provements now helng made In the
hotel property. Among these Is
large electric lighting plant just com
pleted and turned over to the com
pany by the contractors. The hotel
and all of the cottages, bath bouses
and grounds surrounding them are
large arc, lights over the swimming
pool, which makes bathing at night
more popular than ever among the
gueata.
At the meeting of the company It
waa decided to enlarge the hotel at
once, so as to increase the capacity
for the coming wlfater business as
the Inquiries and engagements
commodatlons already more than
warrant the additions. There Is also
an electric railroad to be built by
January 1 from Live Oak to the
Springs thus making the place easy
of access from all points.
Tho recent rains which caused the
Suwanee river to rise and overflow
some of the resorts has not affected
the Suwanee Springs In the least, it
being well protected from all high
water.
At the meeting Mr. Bowen waa elce-
An Investigation Is being made, to
determine the cause ot the fire.
Among the *11 led were a number
of seamen from other ships of the
Japaneso fleet who, noting that the
Mikasa waB. on fire, had hurried to
the assistance of her crew.
The Mikasa waSythe largest flght-
tate. Mr. Copeland Is one of Met-
nee Sulphur Springs Company,’’ and
calfe’a leading merchant, and 1. be-, now haye th - entlre , upenrl , lon
ing congratulated on hit important
purchase.
CITY RATE
IS $9.50
of all the company’s holdings. Inclu
ding the New Hotel, springs, electric
railway and. In fact, sill of the com
pany’s interests will now be In hie
hands and under his personal man
agement. This together with hts
interests in.the Stuart will keep him
pretty buey to keep everything
tine. The Suwannee Springs Hotel
Tim city tax rate for the coming Is open now ond will be open contln-
year has been fixed at $>.50 on the nously through the fall.
thousand ot property valuation. !
This is the same rate that has pre- They Will Marry,
vailed for a number ot years. It U j judge W. M. Jones yesterday Is-
dlvlded as folows: |B per thousand med a marriage license to G. M. Qri-
for general expenses, f J.50 per thon- ffln and Miss Susie Myrlck. Both
jaa4 for school funds, II per thoni- are residents of Thomas county near
anda for bonds. tho Colqnit line.
e< thirty or more.
It is believed tltat the switch was
lelt open to ton the train 3U*t into
Fifty-third s.reet. After Hm first
car took tho switch It Is reported
that-the switch turned, sending the
second car down Ninth avenuo. This
car fell to tho street and tho third
ear was loft hanging over the street.
Tho coroner has caused tho arrest
of tho conductor and fou.' g amis of
tho train.
The bodies of six dead were taken
from the wreck—three unidentified
men and one unknown woman. Two
of those Identified are E. P. Schlelb
and J. N. Hnuspachem.
The fourth car struck against a
building at the southeast corner or
Ninth avenue and rested against the
fire escape. Passengers from this
and the fifth car were able to save
themselves by entering the windows
of the buildings on the Are socape.
At 9 o'clock nine persons were
known to be dead. Several of the
Injured fatally hurt.
The coroner said the accident was
undoubtedly the fault of the switch
man. who attempted to correct his Rlchraond . Va - ^P 1 ' 12 -The Far
mistake of turning, the train Into mers ' Nat,onal Coagroe, I. celebrat-
Fifty-third street by turning the lta »»ver Jubilee of the 25th on-
partly Blv crsafy by holding the largest con-
FINE HELP
FOR HOME
be considered by counlcl as lndlcativer
of their intention not to make ubq
* of the franchise to operate an elec.— .
jtrlc light and power pl^nt, recently
granted them by the city council?-
Mayor Roddenbery has a fund of
$.3,000, donated through the citizens
committee, for the purpose of estab-
lishltg a street lighting plant. All
plans had been made to spend the
money for the purpose named, when
action was delayed by tho appearance
, ) on the scene ot the Municipal I&-
the heaviest armor and armament of tw Q thousand feet. These con-j ve8tmen j Carapaliy . The raa yorsays-
The Vasilti Home has had another
uplift in'the last few days. A lum-
ing craft under the Japanese flag and *>°r company near Cairo, Grady eoun-
the pride of the navy. She was of to Has donated a carload of lumber.
15,200 tons displacement and carried A company of our town has donat-
ships of her class. During the great- itributlops with others that have been
er part of the war Just ended she was tcade make it possible for the Home
tho flnghlp of Admiral Togo, from Enlarge its borders, open up a
whose bridge he directed the fight in j Sweater sphere of usefulness by open-
tho Sea .of Japan, which resulted In i lng the doors to a number of girls
the destruetky# -.of Rojestvensky’s that are standing/oa the outside
squadron.
FARMERS CONG.
IN SESSION
switch after.the trains
over the svmbh..
was
TARTARS KILL
•J ARMENIANS
A state ot war hai been proclaim
ed In the Caucasian districts of Zan-
gear and Jeabrall, where Tartars iyye
massacreing Armenians without dis
tinction ot sex or age. The. country
Is swarming with Tartar bands and
many thousands Tartar horsemen
have crossed the Perso-Russlan fron
tier.
Three hundred Armenians were
slaughtered at the village Mlnkend.
Dispatches say that mutilated chil
dren were thrown to dogsand the few
•urvlvors wore forced to embrace
Islamism to save their lives.
POPULIST
MASS MEETING
Thomasvtlle, Ga., 8ept.ll.
By request of State Chairman J.
J. Holloway of the People’s Party of
the State ot Georgia, I hereby calf
a mass meeting of the Peoples' party
vention In Its history. Nearly every
state and territory of the Unllon was
represented among the hundreds of
delegates who faced President Har-
vie Jordan of Georgia,, when ne
called the great gathering to order
at 10 o'clock this morning. State as
far distant as California, Oregon,
Waahlngton and tiie Dakotas bad del
egates on tarn], while the states com
prising the great agricultural belt
of tho middle west were strongly It
evidence.
The Initial session was given over
knocking for admission.
Work will soon.begin on the build
lug. Money will bo needed to pay
the laborers, so there Is room
for all to help In this work.
One of our merchants reports a
nice contribution from his dcalero—
three mattressos and springs, one
rocker and one art square. A friend
sent In half a dozen chairs last week.
One of our grocerymen sent In a
barrel of flour, another a box ot Ivory
soap and will send a box of laundry
soap when needed.
These contributions all help with
our current expenses—(150 per
month as economical a basis as possi
ble about M per capita. Our fam
ily now consists of twent-flve healthy
robust girls, beside the ladles In
eharge. All eager for a good sub
stantial meal three tlmee a day. God
has been very good In dealing with
us. Our friends know In whom we
trust and are very patient In wait
ing on ns. New friends are being
raised up that will come to our res
cue. Owing to the scarcity of labor
It has been Impossible to raise corn
says that unless the company goes
ahead with Its plans he will spend,
the gift fund at once. It Is under
stood that a contract has been drawn-
up tor tho street plant and that it
will bo closed next Monday, should:
the Columbus people tall to make -
good.
COUNCIL’SWORK
ON TAX LIST
to the usual formalities atendlng the
opening of a great gathering of this aad P 0 * 100 * “ we dId la,t year ;
kind. After an Invocation bad been
God hat tent a bountiful harvest
delivered the,visitor, lllteued to C or- throughout ou. section so we won*
dial greeting, from Governor Manta- “ k ot our frlenda tbat are th,Dk,ng
gue, who delivered a welcome on be-, 01 bulldln * new bar “ ,or tbelr ,ub -
half of the State of Virgluia: Mayor a ‘ a ““ to remember our empty store-
McCarthy, who spoke for the city ofl™ 0 ”- °“r bo "° and cow must be
Richmond, and Hon. E. G. Lolgh, Jr., (ed '
The Home needs many articles that
who extended welcomo fn behalf of
areset aside as unseless or out of date
the Chamber of Commerce. Respon-
to these address ot welcome! 10 man r bomea that wonld add mucb
to the convenience, comfort and plea
sure of the girls. Lamps are needed,
cutlery, crockery, especially plates,
table linen, sewing machines. Ac.
In making this statement to our
friends we do so with hearts full of
were made by Hon. B. Cameron of
Stagvllle, N.,C„ Hon. Joseph Strong,,
of Marlon, Ind., and other oSfflcen.
The session closed with thi appoint
ment of the usual committees.
After luncheon the delegatee reas-.
sembled for ths afternoon session, appreciation for whnt they hive done
The feature of the afternoon was the > nd “ k of tbem a co “ tlnued ,nter “*
annual addre* of the present, Hon. , and ~operaUoa «» «>ts matter that
Hrvle Jerdan, of Georgia. Preel- lle * “ “*« tbe he * 1 of our
Heat Jordan .pol'd at considerable,* 110 baa a ““ red ™ tbat ' Ho W ‘ U
I iV u -aw fnvsslra ihoA ”
of Thomas county on first Tuesday in doncth anil t’.i.ihtd upon a wlds range
October at 11 p’clock a. m. It Is Jot political, economic and Industrial |
earnestly hoped that all the Popu- ^questions of live Interest to those
lists and nil true reformers will be at |engaged 1n agriculture. His address |
the meeting . Turn out boys as as a whole was of s most optimistic;
never leave thee nor forsake thee.’ 1
Board of Directors.
A State Meeting.'
I It Is announced tbst the Supreme
there Is business of great Importauoo I tone and bis remarks were frequent- circle Benevolence of Georgia will
to be attended to on that day. |ly punctuated by loud applause. The j, 0 |j ,tale convention in Thomas-
G. C. Lumsford, Ch’m. only other formal address of the af- T m e on October 4.
Council Room, Sept 5,.
Thomsville,-Ga.
Council met In adjourned session
for revision of tax books. Mayor
Roddenbery presiding. Aldermen
Lewis, Evans, Hambleton, Cochran
Pittman and Kirkland present Coun
cil adjourned at 11:20 p. m. to moot.
Thursday night at J p. m;
J. F. Pittman,-.
Acting Clerk..
Council Room, Sept. T..
a Thomasvllle, Gn>
Connell met In adjourned sseetnsin
for revision of tax book*. Mayor
Roddenbery presiding. Aldermen-
Evans, Cochran, Hambleton, Kirk
land 'and Pittman preient Coun
cil adjourned at 12 o’clock to meet.
Friday night at 7 o’clock.
1 J. ,F. Pittman,
Acting Clerk.
Connell Room, Sept 8,
Thomasvtlle, Ga.
Council met In adjourned session
for revision ot the tax books. Mayor
Roddenbery presiding. Aldermen-
Evans, Hambleton, Lewie, Cochran-
Kirkland and'Pittman present
Alderman Evana offered the fot;
lowing motion: "Tbat the mayor
appoint a suitable man to canvaaa
the town to ascertain whnt property
if any, has been left ot the tan'
books. Carried.
Alderman Evans offered the fol
lowing motion: ‘‘That all ^ school* ,
be charged ten cento per thousan*
gallons of water. Carried.
Motion that bill of Dr. Daniels be:
laid on tbe table. Passed.
Alderman Pittman offered the fol
lowing resolution. Resolved that
tbe tax rata for the year 1*05 be
fixed at one-half of one cent for gen
eral purposes, one-fourth of one-
ceut for school funds,
one cent for bonds.
J. F. :