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TIMES-ENTERPRI8E THOMASVILLE GEORGIA SEPT. M 190*
HISTORY
REVIEWED
THE ROAD LAW WAS PASSED
ALLIANCE LEGISLATURE
<N 1891
Editor Times-Enterprlse:
In my open letter published in the
two last issues of your paper to my
friend;*, Dr. Cook and B. H. Pope,
I trust the public and especially my
former political associates will un
derstand that no personal animosity
has prompted the writing. If any
had existed of course they would
not have been singled out but as
they had been prominent in their re
spective sections in the councils of
our party and as so much strenuous
opposition had developed among the
men who were responsible for the
passage of the act, I took that meth
od to get them to cast about and
endeavor to find where they were at.
Now, I said that the Populists o!
Georgia (composed largely of farm
ers) in convention assembled real
ised that a change was needed in
our road working system for they
demanded that the convicts be put
upon the public roads.
But let’s go back a little farther
and let’s see who passed the alter
native road law. By referring to
•Georgia Historical and Industrial”
I And that it was passed by the leg
islature in 1891. I was of the im
pression that it had only been a law
five or six years until recently I met
some officials from a county that had
adopted 4t eight years ago. Now
if the alternative road law was pass
ed inlS91 it is an evident fact that
the celebrated ‘‘Alliance legislature”
elected in 1890 were responsible for
the act. This legislature I suppose
was the only one since the war a ma
jority of whose members were farm
ers. Who should know the value
of good roads so much as the farme-
crs? Who are compelled to use
these good or bad so much as the
farmers? The alternative road law
then was the product of a popular
uprising of the progressive farmers
of the state, who realized that Geor
gia had stood still long enough in
many things, one of the most im
portant of which was the worn oy*
faulty system of road making.
Every man that will turn his
memory back to the red hot cam
paign of 1890 (the last that has
polled much over half of the farm
er vote) will remember the great
interest then taken. Two well
known citizens of Thomas, A. W.
Ivey and Jerry M. Parker, were in
the lower House and Col. R. O.
Mitchell In theupper Hour''. . The
people rallied under the leadership
of that progressive and p iblic spir
ited citizen G. W. Forester -.lded by
J. A. and B. H. Pope. Tho latter as
I now remember was county cjere-
tary of Thomas County Alliance. The
section now composing Spence and
the upper part of Cairo districts ral
lied as one man to tho support of
their candidates who were elected,
and who aided the ue*t year in pass
ing the alternative road law.
This as its name suggests provides
several modes for working the roads,
either or all of which will take mon
ey and, of course, taxation to carry
out. Now according to the Georgia
road manual tho alternative road
law provides as follows for working
the roads:
First. They may work a chain
gang.
Second. They may work free hir
ed labor and those who do not pay
the Commutation tax.
Third. They may do the work by
contracting parties, provided they
use the chain gang, if one Is organ-
ed in the county.
Fourth. They may combine any
or all of these ways in order to have
the roads worked in an acceptable
manner. Now this law does not ap
ply to any county until the grand
jury recommends its adoption. The
jury does not say which particular
mode should be adopted. That de
tail is left to the proper officials,
elected by the people. Therefore,
the people should be able to control
the manner of working. Now this
Is the law that the very people who
are responsible for its adoption are
raising such a cry against. One of
the most uncompromising Populists
in the old county said to me some-
time ago that he was agin ahy new
county but this road tax had to be
a “peeled.”
Now before leaving the political
status of this question or those who
are so much In favor of sticking to
the old way of working the roads:
As you took more Interest in elect
ing the legislature that passed the
new law, than you have in any in a
quarter of a century, and then as you
went forth and joined a party that
said In their platform, "Go forward
make this or something similar a
law for the whole state,” I ask in
all candor, “who's deserted the ship
, and who’s hauled down the flag?”
Those of you who have conceived
In your minds that I am taking the
stand that I am in this matter in or
der to be popular with somo clique
or to bootlick the Thomas co. com
missioners will please set your com
pass and see wher^you are at. Nat
urally I was glad when I saw that
tho chairman of the board had real
ized that he could never get the
roads worked under the old system
and as a last resort was coming to
GA, NORTHERN
CAN’T ENTER
BOSTON LADY ENJOINS NEW
ROAD FROM CROSSING
HER LAND
The' Georgia Northern Rilroad
was yesterday enjoined from enter
ing the citV of Boston. ' This action
was taken by Attorney Theo. Titus
representing Mrs. Octavia Moore,
and the members of the Stone fam
ily. The road must cross the land
of these people f)s Its only method
of Ingress to the city. The Georgia
Northern had failed to make any
arrangements with them for the use
of the land and had made no pay
ment for the right of way, hence the
application for a restraining order.
The order was issued by Judge Mit
chell and is set for hearing on Sept.
30. The road Is about ready to be
gin running trains and the matter
will probably be amicably settled
before the date set for the case.
County Court Jurors.
The jurors have been drawn for
the next term of county court which
meets on October 11th. They are
J. A. Chastain, S. G. Clark, T. P.
Walton, C. W. Winter, M. M. Mash,
T. E. Blackshear, T. A. Powell, K.
P. Wight, R. B. Cchran, i
Megahee.
THE PERFECT WAY.
Scores of Thomasville Citizens Have
Learned It.
If you suffer from backache,
There is only one way to curelt.
The perfect way is to cure the
kidneys.
A bad back means sick kidneys.
Neglect it, other urinary troubles
follow.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are made for
kidneys only.
B. Sweet, Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public, residing at 52 Thomas
street, Waycross, Ga., says: *’I used
Doan’s Kidney Pills and can recom
A Prize
In the Pocket
OF EVERY PAIR OF .
UNCLE SAM OVERALLS and PANTS
In the pocket of one out of every ten dozen pair will be
found a ticket entitling the. holder to a fine watch free.
Fine Goods—Guaranteed Goods
$J per Pair.
If your dealer does not keep the U CLE SAM brand, mail
$i to us and we will send you a pair, prepaid.
South Georgia Clothing Company
Thomasville, Georgia
Cane Mills
LOCAL VISITORS
AND TRAVELERS
The best Cane Mill on the market today is the
Southerland Cane Mill
Twenty sizes and styles for steam or horse p-wer, two and
three rollers. All who place their order on or before October
first will be given wholesale prices. We manufacture
Crate Bars and Furnace Doors
for syrup furnaces. We have just received two car loads of
Engines, Boilers and Duplex Steam Pumps
General Foundry and Machine Shop, Catalog and prices
on application. All inquiries given close attention.
D. T, SUTHERLAND
Machine Works and Foundry, Bainbridge, Ga.
the new way. Why should I or you m end them very highly. I took
haul down our colors when reinforce-! them for backache and klndey trou-
ments come to aid us In carrying ble from which I suffered for a num-
out our law, and our plan? jber of years. Thcro was a sovore
In my next letter I hope to show pa j u across the smal of my back, con-
that the old way even If men would jutant, dull bearing down pain and
work when they go on the road la fth« secretions from the kidneys were
too expensive because we can never Lark and full of sediment. Since us-
usc labor saving mnchlpery under ]i ng Doan’s Kidney Pills my back .Is
stronger and the pain has left me. *
tho old system.
If the most hide bound stickler
for the present system of road mak
ing was to pass by my place and see
mo trying to plough with an old
woodcr. plow he would say at onco
-i j : now Ward was a crank, but now
! know he Is craxy.”Or If he should
this day of reapers and mowers
pass by W. D. Roddenbery’s well or
dered farm and find Esau Whlddon
with his force of negroes down on
their knees with old fashioned reap
hooks cutting tho grass and the
grain, he would say at onco that
Roddenbory was a bac knumber.
Why not say that the county that
depends upon the weeding hoc and
Dixie plow with unwilling hands
hold of thorn Is a back number also.
J. S. Ward, Jr.
think Doan’s Kidney Pills aro a very
reliable and a vory effective remedy.
Thoy proved to bo so In my case after
I had failed to got relief from the
use of several other remedies.”
Emphatic endorsement can bo had
right here In Thomasville. Drop In
to R. Thomas Jr.’s drug store and
ask what his customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price BO
cents. Foster-Mllbnrn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y„ sole agent for tho United
States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take no other.
Mrs.Ralston Wylly with her young
son, camo up from Savannah yester-,
day to vlslst her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Redden Smith.
We Are Now Ready
To Quote Prices jnd Submit Samples of
FALL GOODS
For Men, Women and Children
We carr_ t everything ready-tc-wear and all orders will
receive prompt and and careful attention
ALWAYS REMEMBER
i. We send goods by express C. 0 D. subject to ex
amination before accepting.
2 We send two or three styles of garments for
selection.
3. We allow 10 per cent discount for cash, except on
contract goods.
B, H. LEVY, BRO. & COMPANY
The Big Store Savannah. AJa.
HIDES ANTED
Write for quotations to
J. W. Watkins & Co.
•230-282 W. Jackaon 8t. -w
ThomuvilU. G*.
The best organ can be bought from
C. Cocroft at a low price and. on
four own terms.
Mrs. G. B. Baggs came down from
Camilla yesterday morning to visit
relatives here.
Col. A. E. Smith of Valdosta was
here yesterday on his way home
from Meigs where he spent Sunday.
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Mr. Frank Smith of the Thomas
ville Shoe Company is now on the
road selling shoea for a Northern
wholesale house. He reports busi
ness good on his maiden trip.
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A new lot of pianos and organa Just
received by C. C. Cocroft and more
are coming. Ask him for prices. ;
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Money talks load too, when yon
buy ,a piano .from .C. .C.. Cocroft
because the price is always right.
Try it.
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FOR SAWS— 1 TV ft* Wfr,
der for cash, id head of fine cattle,
more or less, at the Huber place, four
and a half miles south past of Molga,
Thomas county, Ga. Sale la made
for the purpose of a division among
the heirs of the estate of A. Haber,
Mrs. Laura Speight returned yes
terday from a visit to Quitman.
...
C. T. Begga was In Thomasville
Monday.
Mrs. Cora S. Cassells with Misses
Valeria and Ethel Cassels, returned
yesterday from Savannah. They have
been away for fourmonths. Y
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Wertz to .Build.
M. N. Wertz and son applied to
council last night for permission to
erect In the rear of their present
store on Jackson street an addition
The new building will cover some
throe hundred square feet of floor
space. It will be of wood Inclosed
with corrugated Iron. The repair
business of Wertz and son has grown
to such proportions that their present
capacity are no longer adequate. ,
... /
Mrs. Proctor Chese Welch arrived
In tho city Sunday afternoon from
her home at Tuxedo Park, N. J.,
and will spend two months as tho
guest of her parents, Dr. and Ur*.
John Coyle at their suburban home
Pinehurst. / Mrs. Welch’s host Of
friends are delighted to welcome
her back to the home of her girlhood
where she la moat popular with ail
who know her.
Little Miss Bessie Humphrey . of
.Waycross who has for several weeks
been the guest of her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Humphrey,
has returned home.
...
In a letter to a friend, Mrs. Lil
lian E. Finn writes that she baa ar
rived In Boston from Naples and will
reach home In October.
' Col. J. F. Stone, well konwn In
Waycroaa, la a candidate for clerk
of the Superior Court of Grady Coun
ty. The genial colonel may count
on the solid Waycross vote.—Way-
cross Herald.
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HOT WEATH ER? w* Yes!
But nothing to compare with the good warm things that we have just received for
the cold days that are sure to come. Our Fall stock is now complete and we assure
you that you will do yourself a ’great injustice if you do not see it before buying.
Our Miss Harvey of New York, has just arriv d and can show you the latest metro
politan styles in headwear. We guorantee you the lowest prices, quality considered.
Yours to please,
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