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_ WlfiKtY TIMES'RNTBRf'RifiE South Georgia Pfflg/eSS, mf P»WUh«d every Friday bjr the Tiffles.Eutefprlse Publishing Co, At the Time-EnterpnfO Building. ThomairvlUe, Ca. Wilaea M. Hardy, President. Uhn D. McCartney, aac. & treat: Entered at the poetofflce at Thomas Tille, Ga., as second class mall matter. SUBBOBlPttOg Bans. Weekly, One Tear. ,f 1.00 <• .Six Months.. SO •• Three Months 38 Sally, One Tear .$8.00 " Hir.Months 3.80 " ThreoMonths l.SMJ 11 One Month 8 Xficial Paper of Thomas County Guaranteed Circulation ' McCall and McCurdy, McMoney— for themselves. They now Say Sick Russell-wants to be chief justice. Dick Is a great wanter. . Autumn weather In South Georgia la just as pretty.as a pair of red shoes. Who says women are not humor- istat Evo’a debut waa a side split ting affair? Senator Mitchell broke -a' rib -he ’ther lay. Most senators put in their time breaking <nws. London haa a sensational preacher named Beet. No doubt he gets red In the face when he orates. Florida has nine Inhabitants to the square mile. No wonder these Floridians feel big. It Is as dlfflcult to find a Republi can nominee for mayor of New York aa It to Snd a king for Norway. Tho Chicago Intef-Ocean plaintive ly Inquires "Will mankind die of thirst?" Not In a blind tiger town. Mitchell county farmers have or ganised and will hold their cotton for eleven cents. Here'* hoping. Jack Rockefeller advises every body to "be like a pump.” He haa pumped a lot of water Into Standard Oil stock. The Moultrie Observer wants to know "whose country Is this?” Why It bolongs to the life Insurance com panies of course. It we were a candidate we would hate to have little Joe Brown plant his atlngaroo In our epidermis every Sunday. , It Is to be noticed that John Tem ple Grave* has not turned the Atlan ta News into an organ to boost bis candidacy for Senator. In connection with the tourist movement this winter, the railroads ought to try to bring some good Ger man farmers to Georgia. Did you ever notice how many yOung people clfoose the church and the theatre tor public speaking, when they ought to listen? The daughter of Senator Money married a man named Kitchen tho other day. Kitchen-Money Is n One combination to start housekeep ing on. Some song writer once said that here were only three things In the rorld to talk about—Business, lore ud politics. All three are on tho ■oom In Thomasvllle. A remarkable resemblance Is de- eloping between Ilf* lnsuranoe sen and politicians. Mmldent Mc- !all says of the former “They never ytlgn, they die." Editor McCartney of the Thomas^ He Time# to winning laurel* aa a se - ball umpire. So many Helds e opening up to the editor.—Moul- te Observer. Wo made more run* than any her man on ottr aide „ 9! tM- I? ofgtalKd eommitsiaa to lavasti< gkliiB w. a teis? ua tba tiUut'»«« tw attur ia and mho? Hew wOuld bh Uu'ulCfli thh pill nin» edutttfi&. Mblvlllo 2, Ingalls, pres- m JH mmi BPBHPMHP t t db fur* Utfiffr hi ih» ifittrifiM Nest month should bring P's to us nil—’possum; persimmons, pltmp- kins and pies.—Macon Telegraph. And politics we hkve always with A Wnycross paper says forty young men etand around the etreet corner there every bight and don’t know wbat to do. Myt How the Waycross girls' have changed elnce we knew them. , ' A number of Pennsylvania physi cians want a doctor In the cabinet. Hpw would Dr. Munyon, the pill man do fqr secretary of Interior?—Thom- aiville Enterprise. Or "Col..”Frank Dillingham, the “Plant Juice" man for secretary of war?—Brunswick Journal. At a recent populist msetlng In Thomasvllle, a speaker stated that Hoke Smith was running on a plat form (Populist) and no one present disputed It, ^Notwithstanding, how ever, the meeting was against'Smith. Perhaps they thought Mr. Smith was trying to steal something.—Way cross Herald. \ Do you know that the highest praise a man can receive to the ver dict of the public contained In the simple sentence " He to good to his wife," or a boy, "He to good to his mother." It crowns with a laurel wreath the successful and It makes many a shiftless Incompetent be re garded In a more kindly light. Of coarse folks like and admire the man or youth who Is polite and gallant to all women. The graces of a cour teous bearing always recede their due meed of recognition and pralso The world to, however, a pretty keen Judge of human nature and It has a respectful corner in Its heart re served for the man who to good to his own women folks. AUTUMN TIME. Autumn time In Southern Geor gia 1s such a swirling symphony of ecstactic joy that we are sorry that every one cannot migrate here to enjoy It. There’ Is a wlne-Uke tang to tho air of morning that makes you glad that you are alive. The sunshine caresses the earth at noon day and warms the heart to kind ness. Even the rain falls with a gentle benediction upon the world. There Is the lilting note of the mock ing bird for the aesthetic, and the choery grinding of the canemlll turn ing out liquid sunshine. There Is Inspiration for the soul, gladnqss for the heart, quickening for the brain and tweet potatoes for tho stomach, during the autumn time, In South Georgia. 1 SWEARING. . One of the encouraging signs of the times to the crusade that is being made against profanity. In New York they have formed an organisa tion known as the society of the Holy Name. Its members aro pledg ed against the use of profanity and that they are Btrong and In earnest Is shown by the fact that 18,000 of them took part In a parade last Sunday. If there is any bad habit that Is utterly without defense It to that of profanity. The English lan guage 1s picturesque and expressive enough without the embellshment of oaths. In fact the habitual user of swear words makes them take the place of every other expression much as the school girl does "lovely” and awful”. The devotee of nicotine defends his practice on the ground of soothing comfort, and the tippler excuses himself on the plea of a lit tle wine for the stomach’s sake hut there was never a swearer who had the nerve tq defend his use of the Lord’s name la vain. 8top swear ing. AN EPIDEMIC. The question of municipal owner ship Is epidemic all over the coun try and Thomasvllle Is only one of the many places where the fever burns. So Important a body as the National Civic Federation haa taken up tha question and has a regulsr- ldBnt of the Big Foul railroad to at’ iy hehd bi the cbmtalsslon. After Accepting hid place at the head of affairs he said "A tremendous pressure for municipal ownership is abroad and It to our duty to the pub lic to give them all the facto we can get: together. You read both sides In the public press, one showing that it to a success while the other records a failure. Wbat to good for one country to not good for another. The great fault we are liable to fall into Is to try to do too much. -We want to study gas plants, electric lighting plants and especially water plants. I consider this Investigation a public duty and if we put the facts before, the American public we will give them a history of today and we Will do a greater work for our coun try than ever was performed by any Statesman.” ?i & Copslti town ntiid&y. Alii.. Mis! Ray Kraafi Of Satttlii U spending several day* lli the city this week, the geust of M irsAi Rdsolio. J. J. Turner of Merrillville was In town yesterday. COUNCIL^H ■minutes Mr. Gordon. Bower, a prominent young attorney of Balnbrldge spent yesterday In the city. James Horne/ the Metcalfe mer chant was a Tuesday traveler t< town. 1 Dr. Glover of Montlcello was among Tuesday’s visitors of prominence. Miss Lula Baker went to Macon yesterday and will, spend, several weeks there visiting friends. FAIRS?. .NO. -The State Fair to in dlfflculty be cause the ministers of Atlanta have taken steps to prohibit betting on the races. We hope that the'min isters will be successful in their cru sade. Really most of these falfs and exhibitions have llttlq excuse for being. The old county fair where the housewives compared pastry and the farmers swapped Ideas and hor ses was all very well In Its way. But the modern fair, or carnival, or whatever name It masquerades un der, Is about as dlffereat from-the old sane and wholesome affair' as day Is from night. Just how far they have degenerated is shown by the fact that the managers of the State fair are threatening to call It off unless gambling is allowed. Thomasvllle has had her own ex perience with these affairs. Thom- asvllle to no hog. She knows when she gets enough and she does not have them any more. She has learn ed from experience that the fair or carnival to not so very pleasant to town or (visitor, .to certainly not profitable to either one. They en- i n Punch of Itinerant grafters and hurdy gurdy men to walk off with money that ought to be kept at home. No more fairs for us please. An old fashioned county picnic like the one we had here last year Is worth a doien such. NEW BLOOD. Without a desire to either boost or batter the candidacy of any of the excellent gentlemen who now are or are about to be opponents for con gressional and senatorial-honors we wish to make the suggestion that u little new blood In the delegation would be no bad thing. Just ba- causo a man has been honored onco Is no reason why he should bn sent back to tho same place again nnd ,agaln. Such action has a tendency to make him think that he owna the place and dull his sense of duty to his constituents. Georgia has the habit of continuing tho men In pow er and too often said men have eith er neglected or mlsued their oppor tunities. They have an ppettte like Oliver Twist and they remind one ,of the story of the little boy who forgot his politeness. He was given a chocolate and when he failed to respond with the expected “thank you" met the sharp query: “What do you say?" "More” was hts reply. Too many Georgia politicians want more. WON’T STOP N. Y. LIFE Atlanta, Oa„ Oct. 10.—Comptrol ler General Wright who Is also lasur- ance commissioner for Georgia de clined today to demand the withdraw al of the license of the New York Life Insurance Company to do busi ness In this stats, although request ed to do so by Clarence N. Vcnner, of 33 Wall afreet, New Ypr|c. Both Mr. and Mrs. W, P. Granthan e reported sick at their home on Smith avenue. TIMES-RNTERPRISE TEN CENTS Mrs. John Paulk of Cairo passed through Thomasvllle Monday. Mr. Walter Hight returned to Bos ton Monday after spending a day with his parents here. Mrs. E. L. Alder:.- ta and son. Leu. wood, will leave this morning. for a visit o^ several weeks with friends in North and Middle Georgia. capt. and Mrs. T. S. Paine of W-iy- cross are the guests of relatives In tho city. They w.te formerly well known residents of Thomasvllle and they are being warmly welcomed by •lielr hosts of friends. Mrs. Calvin iarrolll left yester day morning for Lumpkin Ga. She wa* summoned there by the serious illness of her aged mother, Mrs. E. J. Jones who Is very ill with pneu monia. Col. J. H. Stone, candidate for clerk of the Superior Court of Grady county spent Tuesday in the city. The colonel to an old newspaper man and knows all about how to conduct hot political canvass. He says he has his opponents scared up and that he will win out. Ho has friends In the city who hope that his rosy hopes may be realized. VALDOSTA BANKRUPTS The court foom of tho referee In bankruptcy was filled with witness es In the cose of the Minnesota Lum ber Company yesterday. This big concern has been tn the courts for several months and is now approach ing n settlement. Af number of claims were allowed whllo others were turn ed down. Among the larger of these that went through was that of the Citizens’ Bank for $2,200. The claim of the Merchants' Bank was heard In part and continued until tomor row at which time It will bo resumed. Among the Vnldostans hero foi; the case were E. P. S. Denmark, J. T. Blalock, J.' G. Crawford, C. L.- Smith, O.W.. Smith, E. K. Wilcox and W, H. Orlfllp Of Savannah, W. W. Gordon Of Savannah was here al- Another case set for yesterday was that of Prescott & Tomlinson, proprietors of n Valdosta bar room that failed the other day. They were here tor a hearing, but the lum ber people used up all the time and the booze case was postponed until tomorrow. WHIGHAM • MARRIAGE Invitations were received tn this city yesterday to the wedding of Miss Charlotte Bess Peebles and Mr. Thorn well Byron Trulock of Whlgham. The ceremony will take place at the Methodist church In Whlgham at 8:30 on the evening of Wednesday, October 26. Miss Peebles is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Leslie PjeeWps. She has often visited In Thqmasvtlle aqd has many friends kpr*. Mr. Trulock to a prominent young business man of Whlgham. A number of Thomasvllle people will go over to attend' the wedding. Thomasvllle. Ga., Oct. 9. Regular meeting of Council, Mayor Roddenbery presiding. Aldermen Pittman. Lewis, Cochran and Evans present.Minutes las meeting read. The following ordinance lntroduc ed and passed second reading: Be It ordained thaton and after the passage of this ordinance the fees of the marshal or policemen shall be for Impounding each hog 80 cents, for advertising 28 cents and for feed ing ten cents per day, all ordinances In conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Accounts ordered paid as follows: Hersey Manufacturing Co., $117.60; J. W. Dillon, $18.19; Neel Bros., 78 cents; S. T. Thornton $2; Thomas vllle Variety Works, $8; R. Thomas, Jr., 46 cents; J. W. Dillon, $18.88; R. Thomas, Jr., 38 cents. Petition of Messrs. E. M. Mallette and Guy Youngblood for water pipe to be laid on Monroe street granted Petition of Fondren Mitchell and others for water main on Fletcher street granted on following terms, The city to furnish and put down a one and a half Inch pipe from Hansell street down Remington avenue to Mitchell street and the petitioners to furnish at their own expenso pipe from Mitchell street to their residences and the city to put said pipe down, the total cost of pipe furnished by petitioners to bo approved by council. Petitioners allowed to take up cost of ptpo In consumption of water, taps nnd con nections to be paid for regularly as other consumers. I No other business council adjourn ed to Tuesday the 10th at 8 o'clock ttlMMlSHfWteHS' MINUTES, lfeimrt bi futility Xfuaiuwf and Bill* Ordered Paid. (Continued from Last Issue.) EVANGELIST PITCHES TENT Evangelist John E. Dunn of Nash ville, Tenn., hap reached Thomas vllle. Mr. Dunn Is an evangelist of Uie Church of Christ sent out by the Campbell Street Church of Louisville, Ky. He has a tent which he will erect on the vacant lot coi ner Fletcher and Madison streets and begin a protracted meeting Fri day night, Ootober 13. Services every night continuing indefinitely. The people of the town and county are Invited to attend the meeting. Mr. Dunn Is a Southern gentlemhn born anr reared ip Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was educated at the Nashville Bible School and comes well recommended by the churches of Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Kentucky. BOSTON PLANS GALA DAY Citizens of Boston who wera in the city Tuesday tell of great prepara tions for that growing town’s gala day on the 26th of this month. The plans inclde a barbecue, political speaking and all around good time. The committees who have charge of the work are a guarantee that the arrangements will be complete. The invitation committee consists of B. Rountree, W. Z. Brantley, and N. R. Spengler. The subscription committee has the following mem bers: A. B. Cone, J. W. Moore, J.. G. Taylor. C. P. McRae, P. W. Leak, J. M. Groover, W. T. Mardre tmd D. Comfort. sriiiic Captain John Triplett, odilor of the Thomasvllle Times, is in Moultrie today. Capt. T:*5 .'lett'a coming to Colquitt court has been an important semiannual evout to his many friends here for yearn and years. Here is hoping that hli f.'.m- Monthly statement of Jolin F^Parkerj Treasurer, of Thomas Couutj. Georgia, for the mouth ending S 'pt. S*'. RECEIPTS. From bathnee on hand as per last re port $8616 27 From J, W. Groover, Clerk Convict Hire $332.90 From dins. P. Hansell. Z\ O C.- County Court Costs $17.00 Convict Hire $823.00 Fines and Forfeitures $84 00 $954.f-C DISBURSEMENTS Fo«* building and repairing court h ms?, jiil, bridges, ferries, and other public improvements $863.5(1 For Sheriff’s, jailer’s and other of ficers’ fees $494,86 For Coroner’s inquests $16 00 For bailiffs at court, noo-resident wit nesses in criminal ca6ci>, servant hire, stationery, and the like ....$19,76 For jurors at court....... $24 00 For support of the poor of the coun ty $129.61 For insolvent costs $84 00 For other lawful charges $14.41 Cash—Balance on l aud . ...$8157.08 9803.17 9803.17 Respectfully Submitted John F. Parker, Following bills ordered pail: fi. M. Smith .....$5,00 W. A Pringle fi.oo H. C. Copeland 5 00 J. D Bryan 5.00 J. Q Barrow 5x0 C. P. Hansell 83.38 L. B. Bouchidle 25.00 Joe Callaway 17 60 J. S. Montgomery 10.0J Mrs. Owens, pauper 3 00 B. D. Cravy & Sister ,..10.00 Mrs. Bla’ock P. Haskins. Gordon Hatfaway vlrs. W. VVarran qo Nathan Young & Wife i0 .C0 Mr?. Redden Carter qo Hardy Godwin Gbo - Da,,i8 8 00 M. C. Davis...' 20.48 Foote, Davis Co 18.40 Dopson Woodward g ^ G. W. Ferrlll, C. H fu’ture 102 80 J - p - 1.28 J. F. Parker 34 56 J. J. Cone j gg J. W. Parker 30.94 The Wheeler Co 5.07 City Hospital i 0 00 A. J. Cumbach 19.60 B. Sinulererv 70.16 Robert Dekle ...." 13.32 Thomas Wight j.31 Sherman .Evoritt 0.6O B. Bouchelle o.90 W. S. Dawson o.25 Thom. Plumbing Co 24.75 J. R. Burch 20.67 Electric Light Co 5.90 J. T Pitman & Son 30.25 W. M. Jones 11.00 W. F. Selgler 5.35 Mrs. E. Carter 10.00 Wight Bros i.7o T. J Right 10.5.13 Board adjourned. E. M. Smith Pres. J. S. Montgomery Secretary. BOODLE GIVEN REPUBLICANS New York, Oct. 10.—Walter R, Gillette, vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company today testi fied before the Insurance Investiga tion committee that the company contributed $40,000 to tho Republi can National Committee’s campaign fund in the last presidential election. He^also stated that the company con tributed $35,000 to the Republican National campaign fund in 1900 and $15,000 in 1896. He justified the contributions on the ground that the Democratls platform and the free silver Issue were a menace to the policy holders. Mr. L. A. Morgan is In the city. Mr. Morgan was the daddy of tho American Press, one of the most pre cocious children that ever sprang up JlUr face may he seen at our courts In the field of Georgia Journalism, for many years to come.—Mo-iUrf.; Mr. Morgan now represents a large , f“%Krver. wholesale paper house.