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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,' OCTOBER 27 >065
fl ©MASVII I«E TIMES, VOL. HO
H OMASTII.LE i ENTERPRISE. VOL. 17.
New Series, Vol NV—Nj. 44
Frost Causes Quarantines
In Be left and Cases
; To'Decrease
tspublican President
Treads on Ground Made
Sacred By Jeff Davis
l4w 0rIeans.HOct. 2S.—With the Most,of the time of the Superior
llttlag of qtutrantine8.br/ Mississippi Court yesterday was occupied with.
Kharkoff, Russia, Oct. 24.—A set i- The grand Jury continued to make
ous conflict between troops und i>eo- presentments yesterday up until the
pie during which there' were many j time of their adjournment. Two true
casualties on both sides, occurred hills were returned against’ B. P.
here last night. A meeting of twen- Kelly, the upper Broad street roer-
ty thousand citizens, students end chant and his clerk, Mr. Ed Mc-
workmen w'as Interrupted. by Cos- Math. The charge against tbpm is
sacks, which caused- a panic. Many selling liquor. In addition to these
were Injured In the crush. Later a hills Indictments
The Tlmes-Interprlse voting contest
i for the past week has been one or
• many startling changes. Miss Sac
i Simpson, who held third place has
i mnde wonderful progress and now
i leads last week's leader. Mis* Uuth,
i Goodwin by live votes. 1 Miss Rhc-tt*
i Neel of Boston and MIse Sadie Ciem-
• artie of Pavo have both made healths'
1 advances and the supporters of these
■ ladles say that they, too, must take
i the lead. The others, stni; hold their
1 former places with some slight in-*
crease. The standing is as foiiowm:
Miss Zoe Simpson, Meigs 4,670
Miss Ruth Goodwyn. tlfdfi.
1 Miss Sadie Cromartle, Pavo. J2;3*5r>
Miss Rhetta Neel, Boston... 1.T2H-
! Miss Tempe Cassady 1,506'
Miss Jeanne Brown...... 92K
Miss Louise Bottoms S50
Miss Sallllu Lilly. S25
TJie names of those whose total
vote is less than 509 are omitted.
and a contihuance of the cold anap.lt the.case of Jack Miles, colored, charg
is believed that practically all re- ^ w 'th assault with Intent to raur-
ttrlctieea4>Mw^0fc the two states will der. At 6 o'clock In the evening the
New Orleans J ur J brought In a verdict of guilty
today is assuming a gala' appearance with no recomendatlon for mercy.
In anticipation of the President's This means that the Judge will prob-
vlsit and there la no longer evidence bly give Miles the limit of the law,
of yejfbw fever oV quarantine. There *K e Imprisonment. The details of
are only 73 eases under treatment the case are very Interesting. The
and these will be discharged Soon. attempted assassination almost cost
Jackson. Miss., Oct. II.—A pro- tbs life of Mrs. Belle H. Parker, daug
clamatlon by the State Board itif bter of Capt. John Knowlton. Capt.
Health raising the* quarantine Is Vi- Knowlton Is superintendent of "Wild
fective.'fct '■% o’clock this evenlHg. wood” the country home of Charles
Several .towns Will maintain 'qliar- H. Thorne, who is a millionaire mem
antine fqr'a few days. Jackson has b fr of the Arm of Montgomery, Ward
decided, to. keep her restrictions Ip * Co. One evening last winter
frfree'until further notice. It is fie- *bUe Mrs. Parker was crossing the
Moved how^rer, that- within ’ two or toom in her father's cottage a shot
three days .^inless warm weather in* crashed through the glass and by
tervemes, all . barriers *wjll be re- her head, barely missing her.
moved not oply here but throughout At first there aeemed to be no clue
the State.' * to the would-be assass|n but clever
.New Orleans, Oct. $2.—only one detective work fastened the evidence
new case_of .yellow Tfever 'and qo on Miles. Much of the case was
There Is.reason to believe that the worked up by Andrew Hosteller, a'
'new case, that of a baby, Is not act- colored detective. Miles was Jelled
nally yellow fever.' after , a commitment trial before
! time this morning. The city Is beau-
. tifully decorated. The platform
. from which the President spoke was
. made of $30,000 worth of cotton.4n
i original bales. The Prezident was
: met at the station by a committee
1 headed by Mayor O. S. Lewis and es-
i corted by a company of militia to the
t college grounds where he was greet-
t ed by the students of the institution
. and the public school children. He
made a brief address and at. Its con
clusion left for the colored normal
and Industrial institute.
Tuskegee Institute, Oct, 24.—The
President's train -was run into the
1 , grounds of the institute where the
’ j President was met by Principal Bcok-
' er T. Washington and faculty and
' trustees. The Prezident and parly
were escorted to a platform, where
they reviewed a parade of 1,500 stn-
: dents followed by 61. floats represent-
1 tng the various Industries and re
sources of the school. After the pa
rade had passed the President was
taken for n hurried drive over the
grounds, then to a special platform
where he addressed the students and
faculty President was Introduced
by Principal Washington. He spoke
about 15 minutes.
At JJontgomcry.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct/24.—The
President's reception here was enthu
siastic.
...... returned
crowd came la conflict with a de- against Andrew Oneal, the Boston
tachment of calvary. Revolver desperado who gave the officers of
shots were fired by civilians ahd that town such a light and against
small bombs were hurled among the, Emaunel Harder, who assaulted Mrs.
cavalry. The latter thereupon fired Outze.
Denial from Mr. Porter.
To the Public aadCltlxens of Thom-
aaville, Ga.:
This Is to certify that I understand
B. F: Kelly has been Indicted before
the grand Jury for selling Intoxicat
ing liquors and thgt the courts ex
pected to prove it by we. ■ I will re
lieve the public mind of such ex
pectations as I have never bought
such goods of Kelly In. the "last two
yWrs and longer.
, Respectfully,
G. T. Porter.
P. -8,, I went to Kelly’s store as
I stated and saw a bottle and took a
drink of It but never bought it from
Kelly.
destroyed apd all work Is stopped at
others. TbP scarcity of the neces-
otbers. The scarcity of the neces-
Cotton steadily cltme up. Mid
dling sold in Savannah Wctii
at 10-1-41
holding a -big Industrial exposition
In Atlanta ln 1610 Will be launched.
Hon. David Francis, president of the
St. Louis. World’s Fair,and other men
prominent fn the affairs’ of the sev
eral Southern states wlll.be Invited
to aid the Chamber in settling-upon
the very best plans. It is, the idea
to adopt the best features of past
expositions and eliminate as far as
possible, all objectionable features.
■December futures,clsoect
In New York at 10.00 agalr.st 19.40
he day before. May futures cToscdT -
at 10.99 as against 10.80 on TUct-
day. Middling In New York brought
10.65 and the-market was atawtSL
Locally there Is still very little activ
ity in the market. Farmers gener
ally are holding for higher price*,
pjlnelng ten and a half or eleven an
heir inlnimum selling price.
morning extending to the Gulf coast %hlch was couched in these words:
The temperature went down to 86 “Gemmen of the grand Jury, I/sever'
degrees in Jackson. I done thlsthing. Them two men have
: Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 23.—Inde- ( fixed up' a pack of lies on ipe.” It
pendent quarantine was raised this, did not take the Jury long to decide
morning and Hoi Springs Is open to that Miles lied. H. W. Hopkins and
all points. Theo Titus assisted the solicitor In
* — the prosecution and W. H. Hammond
MADE* Uirriirr a I'P <:ared for the defense.
[YIIIKr HI I I .Hr \ Gus Johnson who was accused of
I11UIU4' 111 1 vllLiJ the murder of Bnother negro at Pine
E*AD linir nnn Park six years ago was acquitted by
I 1 IIII f\f,If 1,11 \ the Jury. Dave Wright, colored, ac-
* cused of burglary, also drew a verdict
" of “not guilty.” The Jail cases are
, Cord^lei Ga., Oct. 24.—The new now cleared and It Is probable that
countiei It seems, are continually some of the blind tiger cases will be
striking breakers. In the shape of taken up today.
arrived promptly at
noon from Tuskegee and was met at
the station by a committee headed by-
Governor Jelks and Mayor Teague.
He was escorted amid booming can
non and masses of color covering,
buildings to the state capital,1 where
a stand had been' erected wlthiii a
few feet ot where Jefferson Davis
took the oath as president of the Con-
There he made an ad-
The general meeting of the
Thomasvlllo 'district, Mercer Baptist
Association wilt be 'bold Friday to
Sunday, October 27-29 with the Frc-
donla church. A number of Baptists
from Thomasvllle will attend. An
Interesting prdgram has been prepar
ed. At T1 o'clock Friday morning,
Rbv. T. R. White wll preach the In
troductory'sermon. Rev. A. C. Ste
phenson Is bis alternate.
A number of queries will he dis
cussed. Revs. T. A. White and Mat
thew Page , will handle the topic “Is
there an obligation upon every Bap
tist to attend a Sunday School of
his 'faith.” Revs. H. B. Nesmith
and J. B. Alllgood will lead the dis
cussion “Do the Scriptures teach to
tal abstinence from strong drink?”
Revs. D. H. Parker and J. P. Mc
Cann will speak on "Can a Christian
of today afford to give less to tua
work of the Lord tlian did the Jews
In therlr day.” On Sunday morning
at ll'o’clock the missionary sermon
wtir be preached fiy Rev.' Matthew i
Page. 1 I
Washington, Oct. 25.—The censuG
bureau today Issued a bulletin show
ing that the cotton, ginned' in tfie
United States to Oct. 18, was 4,940,-
728 hales, counting round bales
half bales.
federacy.
dress.
New York, Oct. 25.—The Hoif. A.
0. Bacon of Macon, senior United
States senator from Georgia reached
NeW York this morning hfter an ex
tended tour.' Senator ' Bacon will
spend a day or two Vlth hill daughter,
Mrs. Manly B. Curry, Add wifi then
proceed to Washington gplng from
there direct to Macon.
! Senator Bacon’s health has been
greatly improved by his tour.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 25.—Moi;e than
halt of European Russia is in the
grip of the striking rglliWad men and
the strike continues to spread rapidly
In all direttons. The roads In the
Volga regions are at a standstill and
today a general was proclaimed on
tho remaining two lines out of Si.
Petersburg. Before tomorrow morn
ing the capital is expected to be cut
off from the outside world by way ot
involves the
Mr. T. J. Crow, of Coolldge, is now
authorized to solicit and collect.for
ubscriptlons to the Times-Enterprise
Mr. Crow is well known over the en
tire county and it will be a matter of
convenience to the many patrons or
this paper' to be allowed to settle:
their accounts with him. The stri
ng contest of to Ti mc.--1 ; ::t:eri. ri
s arousing widespread interest Over
his section and the necessity for ad
ditional solicitors for the acco: min
ion of the public became so a;;p.\r-
lut that it cdhld not bo disregarded.
Mr. Chestnut, who has represented
‘Mb paper for many months 00 the
•oad with Mr. Crow, will form a work
ng team that will pull big results.
This week's Issue of the paper is
lxtcen pages and such a bargain In
lowspaperdom has never before been
rat out from Thomas county, fifty
two issues Bf the Tlmes-Entcrprise
■.re worth the price as old wrapping
taper, oven if they had nothing print
'd on them. 4
county. Among t£ese cases Is .that ( Peter Preer, who Is a candidate for
of Ceorge Bundrick, arrested some the lmutenant colonency of the regl-
time ago for the killing of John Shro- ment and who will no doubt be elect-
wder, near Raines, about three 1 years ' ed to that office on the 30tb of tl^s
agp. ./ (month, lives at Columbus and both
... . ■■ ■ the military companies of that place
WST m DHTE*D' DV¥ ¥ i are members of the Fourth. A num-
her of changes have recently been
I made in the personnel of the officers'
B r n 11 nil 111 of the regiment and for this reason
Is no other, a reunion would be deslr-
! able. The-distance of Cohimbas from
most other stations-, however, will
s , , . / make the cost of transporting -the
road commission-of Georgia today 1 ■ ,
. „ . ", „ 1 companies very-great and it is hard-
held Its Hast meeting since the retire- , ■ , , - .
. , „ _ _ _ r , |ly likely, that the Invitation of the
ment of Hon. J. Pope Brown and the „ , . „„
- ■ . Columbus military can be accepted,
gwearing, In of his successor, Hon. 1 T
O. B. Stevens and the hoard was rear-| Mr.'S. M. Beach, Susina’s well
ganized by the electloiTof Hon. War- ( known resident, was Inthe city Wed-
ner Hill chairmen: nesday. •%
the continent,
suspension of all postal communica
tion. The Leagues of Leagues liar
come to the support of the railroad
men and advised favoring a general
strike- in all professions. Telegraph
operators are, Joining in the move
ment. The situation is critical, and
pregnant with dire possibilities. Hof
cow it facing food and water famine
New drleans, Oct. 25.—To noon
today two new cases of yellow fever
and one 'death were reported, making
.the totals to date 3,371'cases and
438 deaths.
Mr. C. W. Winter has begun work
on the task bf remodelling bis resl-
town.
denes Just on the edge
Mr. Winter’s present home it as neat
a cottage as most people have bnt
he Intends enlarging It by, the addl-
tlpn Of a second story and in various
It will be on the modl-
Primltlvc Baptists.
The Primitive Baptist Association
will convene with the Tired Cre'>-
church in Grady county on Saturd ■'
the fourth of November, holding o •
Sunday and Monday. Everybody ’
invited to come. We think the m-.
ing will be of especial Interest.
W. H. Goodwin.
Four Cases at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 26.—To noon
today there had Deen ^reported here
four new cases of yellow fever and no
deaths. It Is thonght that.lt now
will bo but a very short time before
the fever Is entirely stamped out
and business placed again on its reg
ular footing.
. ——<r—srwp*;
other ways,
fled colonial style with large pillars
and extensive porch roopi.' With bis
new house completed, and bis dairy
In ship shape, Mr. Winter will hare
a model suburban home. \
Dr. H. C. Ramsey Is spending
:ral'da>'8 in Atlanta on professii
business. *—"v*
