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THOM AS VILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,’ NOVEMBE 24 tqos
Ne* L tries, Vol XV-N>.
ANOTHER
METHODISTS’ COTTON
TIGER CASE ANNUAL REPORT
■j | I ■ I f: meeting!
Five Barrels of Liquor ( Thomasville Church Has Thomas County Growe s
^Confiscated From Mr. Made. Wonderful j called Together
Pifren’s Store.
Progress
on Dec 2.
Mr. Tom Duren will appear before The fourth quarterly conference ,
„ , , . J of the Thomasville Methodist Church
police court oa next Monday after-,
Capt. N.R. Spengler, president of
the Thomas county division of the
ture. The work of the association
Is not by any means over and they de-
noon to answer io the charge of bar- j *“* h °‘ J ,nsl nlBht at ^* JJ hUr ®?' Southern Cotton Growers' Association
. a . nr ' In v ,„ ! 11 wa8 preslded over by PrealdlDg E1 ' was In the city on Friday. He 1. en-
ing on hand liquor for salo, in vlo- d Ed F . cook and attended by the , *, * .. , . ..
V n*• t 9 thusiaatic over the work that the as-
Iniion of the cityNjrdlnancea. The members of the Board of Stewards. ... , . . .. . .
i ^ ’ sociation has already accomplished
officers searched his place, found the trustees and a number of the and hopeB for great things in the fu-
flre barrels of bottled goods, and the members of the church,
bo-tles were later smashed until the The reports for the year were
guard'house swam with liquor. Mr. Tbey ahowed tho chu " b tob ° sire to preserve a compact organixa-
, in the most prosperous condition of * K i-
# . . . , . . .... u , i 4 * tion during the coming year. To this
Du.cn furnished bond for * • Mr '.lU long history. The figures show end ther0 ^ , genBra , rc ^ rganl .
Charles Davl, being his surety. most el0 quently tho generosity of the ^ of the entlre a880clatIon
The circumstances leading up to, members of the church. No church the <eBpnd of Dectjmber- 0 n that
ibe raid were Interesting and the ( ,n tbe conference will make a better : g atur( j ay tbe Thomas county division
events exciting. • The officers arrest-1 report nt tbo Americus gathering, i w m mee ^ a ( the court house In Thom
ed a negro named Jesse Slater on the ' , '‘ vory c,a,m ba ‘ been pald In fu ” j asvllle and elect officers for the ensu- officiate and the remains will be laid
charge of Honor to a „ e . J “ n<1 th ° T**" 11 * beeD m0re j lag year. The present officer, are to rest at Laurel Hill. The pall bear
charge of selling liquor to a negro ^ met Ia nany caa<B . The report R _ prei|dent gnd * * ^ Me „ r> . B . H _ Wrlght ,
R. A. WRENCH
IS DEAD
Superintendent of Green
wood Passes Away
Suddenly
The community was shocked to
learn of the death yesterday morning
of Mr. R. A. Wrench, superintendent
of C01. O. H. Payne's plantation
"Greenwood.” Heart failure was
the cause of his demise which took
place at his residence at "Green-
woodi" | His last Illness was of brief
duration, lasting only a few, days.
Several months ago ho had a severe
attach and at that time bis physi
cians told'film that a recurrence
would be fatal.
Hi* funeral will take place this
afternoon at 3 o'clock nt St. Thomas
church. - Rectof G. S. Whitney will
woman. He was caught with the, oa the general state of the church
bottle In his possession and strenu
ously denied thkt he bad sold It. He
■aid tbat be and the woman had to
gether contributed the sum of $lTl&
and were going to mix a “splosh."
He said tbat be bad bought the
liquor from Mr. Duren _ himself not
twenty minutes before. He also said
that be had frequently purchased
-whiskey from Mr. Duren. TTpon
these statements Marshal Stephens
and Offlcera Martin and Doss, under
orders from Mayor Roddenbepr pro
ceeded to search Mr. Duren 1 * prem
ises on Jackson*street.
They found five barrels, each about
half full of bottled goods. The bar-
- rels were all standing under the
front counter of the storo a few feet
from the front door. An examina
tion of their contents showed tbat
tbere 'were about two hundred pint
bottles of Manhattan cocktails, an
equal amount of gin, about two hun
dred and fifty'halt pint bottles of
corn whiskey,- fifty bottles of "Old
Kenton" rye. They were loaded on
Henry Smith’s dray and taken to the
guard bouse. The officers point to
t hfcact that the liquor In Slater's
possession was a quart bottle of this
brand, that It was In a case similar
to the cases around each of the bot
tles In Mr. Duren’s barrel and that It
was wrapped In blue paper, similar
to that contained In a roll on Mr.
Duren's front counter. All these
the fact that the liquor in Sinter's
amount of liquor confiscated they
think gives them an absolute certain
ty of conviction.
The negro Is In the guard house
awaiting trial on the charge against
him and will testify against Mr. Dar
en. During the afternoon, the bot
tles were smashed by the officers
against the side of the guard house.-
An Interested crowd watched the pro
cess of destruction and saw the
equivalent of several hundred dollars
soalc into-the ground. ,
Whaley, secretary.
At this meeting representatives
will be chosen for the state co nvon-
tlon. Georgia's gathering will be
held on the first Wednesday In Janu
ary at Atlanta. President Harris
Jordan has Issued an enthusiastic
appeal for a general attendance of
these meetings. He points out that
the organisation to date has been the
result of crude and hurried methods,
but nevertheless has accomplished
wonders. The necessity of united
action Is apparent to every cotton
grower and all in this section wlif
give their time and attention to the
matter.
DEATH AND DISASTER.
b Visited Upon the Family of t 1
Rainey. 1 '
;\
New* reached the city yesterday
of the death last Saturday of Mr. I.
I. Rainey. He passed away at his
country home, 14 miles south of
town, on the Florida line. He was
a prosperous and respected farmer.
Many of his relatives reside in Thom
asville, and they in common with all resigned.
who knew him, mourn at his death
He was borled in Olive church on
Sunday. Last Wednesday, while
Mr. Rainey was lying desperately ill
Us barn and ail contents were de
stroyed by fire involving a consider
able financial lota.
indicates a decided improvement In
the religions activity and In the at
tendance upon divine worship and
other services. The increase in the
church membership amounts to 145.
The reports from the Sunday school
and Epworth. League shof a healthy
and substantial growth. By their
Sunday collections and without spe
cial appeal the Sunday school raised
the sum of $315,.$5 r of which $82,
went to missions. The Epworth
League contributed-more than $75 of
which $50 went tom lesions.
The reports on missions present
tho most surprising and gratifying
totals. A grand total of $2,021 was
contributed for this purpose. In the
home and foreign fields. Of this
amount $225 Is the regular assess
ment for foreign mlsgl^ns, $876 went
to the support of the church's spe
cial worker, Dr. Price, and $094
were contributed by the mission so
cieties.
Tho contributions to the benevo
lent claims paid oery assessment In
full and the salaries of the pastor and
presiding elder were both overpaid.
In adltion to this the church has in
stalled a pipe organ, secured an or
ganist and choir master and made
many material improvements.
What.Is true of the Thomasville
church Is also true of the other
churches In this district. Mr. Cook’s
district will. phow that every claim
has been fully met. This will be went in the right direction,
one of the most remarkable reports
ever made to a conference. Mr. Oht-
ler is serving his first year as pastor
of the local church and deserves the Thorne Plantation Has a Loss by
T. Culpepper, J. C. Schwenke,, W.
A. Pringle, L. Steyerman and James
Watt.
Richard Augustus Wrench was
born in England in 1850. He was a
son of Rev. H. O. Wrehch, who-was
a chaplain In the British army. He
came to this country a number of
years ago. He lived in Thomasville
for seven years, coming here from
North Carolina. He was first in the
employ of te late 8. R. Van Duser
and for the last four years with Col.
Paytj^ He leaves a widow, tour
girls and two boys to mourn hit loss
He was a quiet reserve^ man, with
few Intimate friends but respected
by all who knew him.
ANNUAL HEGIRA
Thomasville people did not have
to wait until today to see a parade.
Broad street was the scene of an In
teresting semt-anuual event yester
day morning. Mr. Hall Parker made
his fall pilgrimage from country to
town and transferred all the equip
ment of bl. dairy to hi. suburban were summoned by telephone to low-
er Jackson street where it was said
WIFE CAUSES
MAN’S ARREST
Yesterday evening
Marshal Stephens and
at 6, o’clock
Officer Doss
A RECORD
BREAKER.
Miss Goodwin Receives
Many Votes But Has
SlightMargin.
GREAT RISE
IN COTTON
Thomasville Man
Makes Big
Haul
The voting contest last week broke Th# 0 “"“ bUre8U ye8terda >’ *
all record, thus far. Something llkel* Ued “ bu “ etln pIacine tbe
twelve or fifteen thousand votes were ° f '° tton Blnned ‘“November 14, at
Issued. At least two of the con- ’ ,167 bal ? 8 '
testants have now reached up Into La8t year the quant,ty * Inned “>
the five figure realm. Miss Goodwin f NoTembeI ’ wa «
having 11,340 votes to her credit 1
Thd. report today based on avails-
this morning. Miss Simpson has| ble atat,atlcaI avera ^. indicates a
gone up proportionately. Not muchly ““^ mura e8tlmate ot 10 ’ 260 ’-
fewer than three thousand votes have
been east for her during the past Tbo market Jumped up 8 cent *
seven days. Substantial gain, hnve P° aad <“ "»P° aa e to this unexpeeted-
been made all along the line, from J bU * lsb repor ‘'
first to last ' I j8 - nuary °P aa «d In New York at
The three Thomasville leader, are' 70 ®®' The bl,h po,nt reacbed waa
winning faater friend, every day. Cer I “ t 7 ° and tho n,8rket cl0 » ed - at » : «-
tain enthusiastic supporters of twoi 8 Was 89 polnta above Mondays
of these young ladle, give « sly wink i Cl °“ of 10 ' 82 ' Tbe 8en8atlonal ad *
and declare that the day of reckon-| y ““ e Was tbe cau8e ot w,Id
, _. . i ai a av * n * he New York exchange. The lo-
Ing will bring a revelation to those i *
whothlnk they are now In the lead. cal market for 8pot cotton ’I”
The vote today atands: -ettled and there was little mid.
Mias Ruth Goodwin 11,340
Miss Zoe Simpson, Meigs...
Miss Lida Stanaland
Miss 8adle Cromartle, Pavo.
Miss Rhetta Neel, Boston....
Miss Tempe Cassady
Miss Louise Bottoms.....
Miss Sallllu Lilly
10,885
3,160
3,145
2,660
2,000
860
700
EQiniABLE COUGHED.
place. The parade was an Interest
ing Industrial exhibit. There were,
100 bead ot cattle in line, all In fine
condition. The negro with his bugle
the horses with their pom poms, the
nlpe wagons, all made the scenes
gay. Hr. Parker himself acted as
general and saw that the eavolcado
BARN BURNED.
unqualified praise of the community
for the splendid work that be has
done. Mr. Cook Is completing his
third year in the district and is
eligible to serve one more year. He
ia universally acknowledged to be , ongB to Mr Charles H. Thorne, a
the best presiding elder that the dls- member of the Chicago firm of Mont-
Flre.
The large barn on the Thorne place
six miles from town was burned a
tew days ago. Tho plantation be-
trlct has ever bad. His friends are:
gomery. Ward A Co. Tbe horses
a unit In hoping that. Thomasville - Tehlc i eB that were in the barn
may be his residence
year.
for another
that Mr. George Puckett was beating
his wife almost to death. When
they arrived at the scene of conflict
they found numerous bystanders to
confirm the story and Mrs. Puckett
herself said that It was true. The
officers arrested Mr. Puckett and car
ried him to jail. Later on when they
came to Investigate the cose further
the wife denied the whole story. Up
on this-denial Mr. Puckett was' re
leased from custody and summoned
to appear before pollco court on next
Monday.
PICKPOCKETS INDICTED..
Grand Jury Alter Valdosta’s Despoil-
ers With True Bills.
Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 21.—The grand
CHANGE OF PRESIDENTS.
Erwin Succeeded-byt Emerson
Coast Line President.
Richmond, Nor. 21.—The annual of them shot at Capt. Noian’a daught-
meeting of the stockholders of the er, Mrs. Belle Parker, a few .months
Atlantic Coast Line today elected ago. The negro. Jack Miles, Is now
T. M. Emerson, of Wilmington, N. C., serving time in the state camp,
president, succeeding R. H Erwin, I Neat Offices.
were saved. A quantity of feed and j Jury for the November term -.of
bay was destroyed. The origin of I Lowndes Superior Court has r*
the fire is not kf own. It Is possible j turned indictments against a num
that It was of incendiary origin. The her of pickpockets who got It
superintendent of the place has had their ^ork here clrcns day. The
some trouble with hi* negro em- men were pulled .oft a Coast Line
ployes. It Is remembered tbat one train while en route to Thomaaville
and 'were arrested by the Valdosta
police. The head detective ot the
The dealers were afraid to quote a
prices on account ot the agitated! "
condition of the future market.
Local speculators were mostly on-
the ball side and were highly delight
ed at the advance ot $5. a bale. It ia
reported that one riroad street man-
had a hunch yesterday morning and •
bought 800 bales before the govern
ment report was issued. He put up
81,000 to margin the deal, sold oat
near the top of the market and was
$4,000 better off last night than he
was in the morning. It is said that
nearly every one of the local cllqfcff- *5
of future dealers were bnlls and poll
ed down neat profits.
COTTON
\ DECLINES
Liverpool, Nov. 22.—Following
tbe tinners’ report and high Ameri
can prices, th6 cotton market opened
excited and 35 points higher. Nor
mal fluctuations followed, and at
noon prices were 33 points above yes
terday’s close.
Some of the neatest offices in town
It is not known what effect the are fonhd in the Mercantile building
change will have on the policy of j The rooms of Col. W. C. Snodgrass
the road and whether or not a gen- j have been »ewiy painted and carpet-
eral ahakeup will result Mr. Hr- ed. The three offices occupied by the
win has been president of tho syi-j Cotton Plates Insurance Co., have
Rlngllng shows says that the menrfT
cam* south with President Roose
velt, left him at Memphis, and have
been with the show ever since. Res
idents of Moultrie, Quitman and
other towns testified against them
The evidence seems to be conclusive
and they will doubtless get heavy
sentences. A number of other import-
tern for several years and is one of been similarly dcorated and every- ant matt*rears before Judge Mlt-
It, Too, Contributed' t<> Republican
Campaign Fond*
New York, Nov. 21.—United 8tates
Senator Thomas C. PJatt testified as
a witness this morning before the
insurance investigation committee,
declaring that tbe Equitable contrib
uted $10,000 a year tb the Republi
can state campaign fund. He said
tbat the contributions were In cash
and were sent by messenger to hi*
office and he turned them over to the
slate committee. Such contributions
be said were unsolicited.
John A. Nichols, the lawyer who
wrote the letter to Senator Depew re
garding the “Friend who usually
gets round this time of year,” testi
fied that he had' been employed by
the Equitable for more than 20 years
nnder an annual retainer of $10,000
He is still under retainer. * He was
recently employed by the Mutual.
Senator Platt said that $10,000
was frequently paid as a contribution
to the state campaign fund, bnt not
at a regular thing. He could not f
recall what years It was paid. The j markets is regarded as responsible
New York Life also contributed to, for the downward tendency today,
the fund but not so much. Platt I New York Decline*,
said he was expected to return for! New York, Nov. 22.—Cotton fut-
the contribution, to Influence legis-lures closed slightly lower today than
lation hostile to Insurance eompan-j yesterday. December closed at 11.-
lee. v j IS as against 11.26 the previous day.
Nichols said that Depew’s “Friend” | May declined from 11.72 to 11.65.
was W. S. Manning, of Albany, who ( Only 847 hales were sold. The mar-
was employed to bring charge* ket was steady. i
against the Equitable that the reserve j —
wad not so large as it should be. Doea Ftao Worfc
The money was paid to Manning un-i The •**“• ,n the windows of the
der various false names on the com- “ obIson book * toro ha™ attracted
pany book* to protect him. conalderabie attention on account of
their neatness and artistic appear
ance.! The Initials W. K. A. in one
corner indicate that they aro the
Is Now Proprietor of the BUnton work of ^ w K Atkina0D who
******* is employed In tho storo. Ills let-
, , Iter work is especially fine.
Mr. John C. Stegall yesterday pur
chased the beef business of Mr. E. j The local commandery of Knights
D. Blanton. The stall is located in j Templar Initiated into the order last
the city market house and Is. one of night Messrs. C. M. Baggs of Pelham,
the best businesses in the town. Mr.! H. H. Jones and A. T. Jones of Sale
Stegall Is favorably known to the peo j City. Among the out-of-town mem-
plo of Thomasville and will doubt- hers present were D. C. Barrow, D.
less mako a success of his new ven- [ M. Rogers and N. T.~ Jones of Pel-
At New Orleans.
New Orleans, Nov. 22.—The cotton
market opened this morning one
point lower and further declined
seven to t eight points. Failure of
Liverpool to fully respond to yester
day’s sensational rise In American
STEGALL BUTS.
the'best railroad men ln the country, thing if Vw and fine.
chelL It probable tbat a true ture.
ham.