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Thomasville, Friday, Novenber 17, OUR "LEADERS." Referring to our attitude on tjie trblte primary question the Bain- bridge Democrat says we "are gallop ing with the wrong herd as our lead ers propose” to do this and that. The Times-Enterprlso has no lead ers, Brother Brown. ;>ablUhed every Friday by the ! i Ties-Enterprisc Publishing Co. at the Time-Enterprise Building. Thomaanlle. G». This paper Is Independent In thought and polities. We wear a fifteen collar, and It- Is every Inch our own, Nobody's else. We are not bound to a slavish agree ment with any man or set of men in the State. We may often go yrong, but when tie do we have the satisfac tion of knowing that the mistake Is all our very own. ,No second band opinions, not for us. INGLING BROS world's cunwt sMMM GREATEST JlIU If J Wilton M. Hardy, Prooldenr. '•he D. McCnrtney, a«c. & treat' Bntered at the postolllco at Thomas villo, Ga., as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION KATgS. ■Veekly, Ono Year .11.00 " Mix Monti is.,.. 60 ” Three Months............ 16 ally,One Year........... .45.00 ■' Six Months 3.6o Three Months.... 1.16 •• One Month 6 Ifficial Paperjof Thomas County Guaranteed Circnlation . Quitman Is not the only town that Is Infested with that demdn com monly called the "Blind Tiger.” Our neighbors In Thomasville have their! share of the tigers fudging from the number of convictions In the Superior Court there last week. There was a number of cases and the fines ranged from 5250 to |T00 or ten months on the chain gang In case of failure to pay the fines. Tho good people of Thomasville, the people who want law hind order not necessarily the class known as the ’dry” class only, have resolved themselves Into a vigilance commit tee with a determination to stamp out the Illegal sale of whiskey In The Thomasville Tlmes- Tho quail and the debtor are trying to dodge the hunters theso early November days. that city. Enterprise comes out In a strong edi torial which we reproduce and which we heartily commend. The Illegal sale of whiskey should be suppressed by all means and every' good cltlsen should assist the officers In their work for maintaining the law.—Quit- man Advertiser. A new and good definition of a friend Is “A person Who knows all about you and likes you Just the same.” \ Tboraoavlllo Wo agree with tfie Times-Enterprlso and Atlanta "News that the Journal and Constitution cut out their abuse of each other.— Quitman Advertiser. I.en Broughton and Tom Dixon are squabbling in Atlanta. . Go It. That’s a case of dog eat dog. ’’Gambling” In Augusta has bean .stopped by the police, but we pre- slums bucket shopping goes right on. Hoke Smith having met Dick Rus sell and a switch engine on the stump the same week. Is prepared to give the locomotive preference next time. —Savannah Press. What’s the use of worrying about the Bupreme Court Judgqshlp Either Atkinson or Fish would do excellent ly well. The chairman of thb canal com mission says Panama will soon be a pleasant place to live In. Probably It, like Hades, only needs water and good Boclety to make It habitable. The genial Macon News refers to the Tlmes-Enterprlse as "very origin al and always delightful." Hat off. Bow made. 1 The average quality of blind tiger brought'with him several copies of whiskey has been proved out In Kan- the paper that were Issued at various sas. There was a smashing of 6,000) dates from 1875 to 1885. The events bottles of Illegal boose In a court of from twenty to thirty years ago house yard and the fiery stuff killed “b><® interesting reading to those of all the grass. i younger generation. Evary man to his taste. The first thing President Roosevelt spoke of on his return to Washington was the “glorious” storm at sea. A German paper warns the people not to Immigrate to the South, as there they have to work at the pis tol’s point. Of course this la a lie, but It may give a pointer to some employers. Washington has gone nutty over a Dutch' princeling who Is visiting America. His name Is Louis of Bat- tenberg. The question Is “does Bat- tenberg lace?” I Hearst should request Judge Mit chell of Thomasville to cbme to New York and tackle the Tiger. ' The Judge is effectively engaged In put ting blind tligtfs in Thoms* county out of business^—Macon Nesw. The newest dictionary contains 15,000 words that have not been printed In any others. The Journal and Constitution will need them’all If the row keeps up. There Is lots of moonshine being made In Thomas county, cay the rev enue officers. In other' words the favorite song Is ‘Oft In the stilly night” ' Miss Alice Roosevelt says she can not understand why so many lies are printed about her. They are told about everybody and printed about all the notables. Rev. H. 8. Bradley, a famous Methodist pastor has been accused by a brother narrower in faith, of heresy. Bnt the church as well as the world. Is getting broader and and the ijivine was acquitted of tho charge. —— ' —s 1 cKl'K.Sli| AND South Georgia Progress. Czar Nick ate his dish of crow with pretty good grace. ==!g~..i Santa will get his claws on our pocketbooks next month. Life Insurance Is a fine thing for your family—If you happen, to be a McCurdy. It might be remarked that as a usual thing the game Isn’t worth tho scandal. =4===s=r , Rawlings grinds out confessions as easily as a big phonograph does squeaking tunes. If Joe Hill Hall should be elected governor he would deserve to . be known as the Hall of Fame. Speaking of the "big stick.” We have several big sticks on the Geor gin Congressional delegation. ; If the slang habit continues to grow the language of the saloon will become the language of'the salon. Dick Russell has swapped eating tobacco' with thirty thousand voters since the campaign opened.. That Is ’running some. THE GEORGIA NORTHERN. Without reference to the legal a poet of the case t he’ people of Thom as county arc a unit In hoping that the tangle In the affairs of the Geor- Jn Northern Railroad Will no/ make any difference In keeping the south ern terminus of the road at Boston. Already that busy-litle city has seen t!i" beneficial effects of the road In a business booth'that Is making ev erything hum. Tho Moultrie Observer discusses tho case , as' follows: “It wouJjL be very unjust for the rail road commission toforce the road to build back to the vacant spot called Pldcock where there Is no hope of ever developing a town or any busi ness If there were a half dozen rail roads. It would be a great hard ship on - the railroad, the people of Boston and the traveling public to force the road to discontinue the Boston connection.’’. The covered wagons are dally to be seen en route to tidewater, where they will load up with salt mallet and pickled roe. Some come from ’way up In Georgia, and do not seem to mind the long trip If they succeed In getting an abundance of the much coveted mullet.—Montlcello News. We heartily commend the action of Judge Mitchell In Imposing heavy fines on the blind tigers of^ Thomas county. We trust he will keep his sights up until he visits Colquitt In. We certainly dm never get rid of our tigers’ as long as the fines are lowef than reasonable license on selling Uquor. Moultrie Obaerv- PRESS BOUQUETS. The Tlmes-Enterprlse prides It self upon possessing the friendship of its brethren of the craft, as evi denced by the following fragrant press boquets: (From the Macon News.) We most -cordially congratulate Messrs. Wilson M. Hardy and John D. McCartney on the oelebratlon of the third anlrersary of tbelr owner ship and editorship of theThomaa- vllle Tlmes-Enterprlse. For three years they bavo been in control of this splendid paper; had bare made It one of the most - Interesting and Influential Journals In Southern Georgia. Long may the paper contin ue to be popular and prosperous. (From the Savannah Press.) The Thomasville Tlmes-Enterprlse has passed Its third year under Its present management The weekly edition Is fifty years old and the dally has prospered for sixteen years. Messrs. McCartney and Hardy hive made great improvement^ and won derful progress In their paper.' (From the Fitzgerald People.) The Thomasville Tlmes-Enterprlse has Just passed another mile stone In Its careor and In mentioning the event Messrs. Hardy and McCartney recount, no doubt with justifiable pride the marked improvementsmadq In plant and business since they ac quired It three years ago. The T.- Is regarded as “one of the best’ 1 throughout South Georgia, and Is a credit to Its managers and the town In which It Is created. (From the. Savannah Press.) . Is no secret that the Thoraas- rlllo Tlmes-Euterprlse and its editor, John Triplett, are 60 year- old. They are twins, so to speak. The veteran h«» '•tired and Is trav eling. but the boys who bought out the paper are making It bright and newsy. mDmoTfrmo The Most lavish, Extravagant, Largest, Costliest Amusement Feature Ever Devised. 1,200 Characters, 300 Dancing Girls, a Chorus of 200 Voices, 2,500 Magnificent Costumes. A whole Train load of Armor, Ancient Weapons, . Paraphernalia, Banners, Golden Hangings, Scenery and Accessories. A whole City of People. Half a thousand Gorgeously Trapped Horses. A Dazzling Picture of Beauty, Life, Color and Motion. THE GRANDEST SPECTACLE EVER DEVISED BRINGS OLD PAPERS. Mr. T. C. Benton ,who lives at the forks of the river was a visitor to Thomasville on Saturday. He has been reading the Tlmes-Enterprlse ever since the war and carefully pre serves every copy of the paper. He brought' with him ‘several copies of the paper that were issued at various The people of Thomas county have been wearing out horses and mules long enough on bad roads and are anxious for good roads to be built. They are willing to foot the bill, and will be money well spent. The roads we have been using are a dls- / grace to our civilisation, and it penny wise and pound foolish’.’ to neglect them any longer.—Boston Times.- While thb moralists are at work stopping nasty postal cards and pre serving the purity of the malls and the stage they would do well to turn their attention to a line that has heretofore been neglected. That Is the penny slot machine that shows moving pictures. These dens of in iquity have not yet found their way the smaller cities of the south but they are headed this way. The pic tures that can be seen for a penny are evil enough to .blast the purity of the Imagination for a hundred years These things ought to be stopped.' Sweet Sixteen. The weekly edition of the Thom asville Tlmes-Entsrprlse is fifty years old and the dally Is Just "sweet six teen.” Here’s hoping for many hap py returns.—Valdosta Times. The biggest, most complete zoologicahcollection in the world. Over 100 cages, dens and tanks. 40 Elephants a whole caravan of Camels and Dromedaries. The only pair of full-grown Giant Giraffes ever seen in Amer ica. Only Rhinoceros in captivity) only North Sea colossal Albino Ice Bear; giant 6-ton Behemoth: curious monster-eared African proboscidian marvel. THE WORLD’S GREATEST ZOO Ringling Brothers New, Big 6-fold Circus, fully 375 arcnic artists, exhib iting all that is new, unusual, sensational, novel and interesting in the circus world. 60 funny clowns, 30 premier bareback riders, 60 acrobats, more than 60 aerialists and whole troupes of gymnasts, contortionists and other spe cialists. All the world's best and greatest acts, combined with the greatest show of trained horses, trained elephants and wonder-working performing animals ever seen, constituting the biggest, most novel, highest class circus the world has ever seen. At 10.00 A. M., free upon the streets of every city visited, tbs GRANDEST, LONGEST, RICHEST STREET PARADE ever seed. 65 railroad cars. 1,280 people. $3,700,000 capital Invested. $7,400 dally expense One 50-cent ticket admits to everything. Children under 12 years, half-price. Doors oped at 1.00 and 7.00 P. M., performances begin at 2.00 and 8.00 P. M. / ’ Admission Tickets and numbered re served seats will be on sale show day at Peacock’s Drug Store at exactly the saiiie price charged at the regular tik- et wagons on the show grounds. m Save the Profit for Yourself Tu (Mss. IMS Factory *08.50 By buying Pianos and Organs direct from the factory! Pon’tpay big profits to agents when you can get the com mission yourself. We give you a double guar antee and protect you in every way, saving you from $75,00 to $150.00 on a piano and 520.00 to $40.00 on or gans. -We are Southern represents ive* of the fol lowing widely known lines: This Fine Plane. Direct Crest Facteiy te Tear Home, *147 50 MKHL1N « 80'5. BUe la B0A1.ITV ADD FK1CX BRAM8ACH. HI THE YEA< IS13 BECHT PIANOS. Bsfore you buy, be sun to write us for Catalogue A, with prices and full information. RtftrtxctM-Axy B*nk fir AtUxU. Becht Piano Co. the A Promise. TV 3. .lomsville Tlmes-Enterprlse Is lb.ee years old and Is one of the most premising youngsters of our ;u uj',alntap<*».- Rome Tribune. That is three years old with Its second wind. Columbus Enquirer: There Is * good thing about political campaigns. After It Is all over no gentlemanly agent can pass among us offering tickets to a concert. Corn Wanted. Highest cash price paid for shell ed corn. Rice threshed and cleaoedc every Saturday. Chastain Urom 5IUL lci-form Hopes. The Tlmes-Enterprlse Is right. The wave iif reform all over the country Is proceeding along health ful and effective lines and we trust, as Editor McCartney says, it will keep moving.’’-‘-Atlanta News. Refreshing Springs. And what we said above concern ing Editor Neel Is also true of the editers of the Thomasville Tlir.es- Enlerprlse. “As cold water to a thirsty, soul,” so Is the refreshing flow from the intellectual springs In their tuAny minds.”—Macon News. INVITATIONS READY. Big Banquet of the Elks o Twenty-third. During the comlng'wcek the Thom Seville Elks Club will Issue two hun dred Invitations to their house warm ing and banquet on tbe evening of Thursday, November 23, Th|s w|U bo Uie first largfe social affair thqt this exclusive club has given since it has occupied the handsome new club house on Jackson Btreet, The amusement committee have been at worty on this affair for sev- oral weeks and they promise to spring sonic absolutely new and unique features that will keep the guests entertained between the cour ses of tho elaborate banquet that will be served. An Albany orchestra will furnish .music for the occasion and it Is probable that a cotillion will be danced after thej banquet and so cial session. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Jtemedy. This is the most successful medicine In the world for bowel complaints, and It~«y remedy that wll cure chn| hoea. Every botle Is I {/.,fjfiid. For sale by J. W. Peacock IwiiUas- vllle, Ga. Goes to Odessa. Mr. Charles M, Rpblpsoq leaves Monday morning for Odessa, Fla., where hp will make headquarters for several months. He has * fine orange and grape fruit grove there. Ho will remain there during the fruit season. Mrs. Robinson will re main In Thomasville for the present.