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HOMA8VILLK TIMES, TOL. 80
HOMASVII.l.E KNTEKPRISE. VOL. 17.
THOMA.S VILLE,' GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER i up 5
New Series, Vol XV-No.
THOMASVILLE WILL OWN
AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
By Vote of Twelve to One Municipal Ownership
Plan Is Carried. Only 24 Votes .
Against.
Twelve to one. ■ That la how the • nmj > | V I WIT
Vote stood FOR municipal ownership. JjJ]\J\ 11AL LAW
The vjfctorywaa overwhelming, al- (
mast unanimous. The city owner-1
ship proposition had more than two
hundred votes to spare. It was neces
sary to carry only two-thirds of the
vote cast and the final count showed
that eleven-twefths of those who
voted at all were In favor of the city
owning the electric, light plant.
Thd 'vote was somewhat lighter
than iiad been expected but this Is
accounted for by the fact that a con-
allerahle number of those who favor-
iyussiA
Laboring People Have
To Lie In Bed For
Need of Clothes.
PRIMARY DATE
IS DEC 19TH
Mass Meeting Also Se
lects New City Execu
tive Committee.
The miss meeting of white voters
of Thomajsvllle at the court house
last night fixed Tuesday, December
19, as the date tor the primary to
choose municipal officers. It also
chose a new executive committee to
serve for the next two years. The
meeting was called to order promptly
at 8 o’clock. About fifty free hold
ers were scattered throughout the
court room. Things organised by
the choice of W. A. Pringle ss tem
porary chairman and W. M. Hardy
St. Petersburg. Nov. 18.—The work- 'as momentary secretary. If was de-
council threaten, the country !"«<»*
ed city ownership were busy sbout wtth another general itrlke to com-| mme « ¥ “ compo<s ' 5<1 Mt W- A, _? r '“‘
other matters and knowing that their I , the ampl07en 0 f St. Petersburg '**?• H ' Watson, A. H, S. Cooke,
vote was not esentlsl did not takO| who lojfced'out seventy thousand *• L - BoveTly and J. S. Montgomery,
the time to cast It. Three hundred j mcn yesterday, to reopen their doors,
and twelve ballots to all were eount- | Tlle men retused to return under the
ed. Less than a dosen of these were old conditions. Delegates have been
by negroes, and every negro but one nt to the Interior dtles to aacer-
favored city ownership. After *U. j ta | n jf they will support the movo-
a voto of three hundred white people ; ment . Destitution Is causing many
la not small and to view of the prac-1 WO rkmen to turn against the aglta-
tlcal unanimity developed by tha| torg During the last strike actual
proposition, is more or'less remark-, 8 tarvatlon prevailed. Men bad mon
able. i ~ J - ley to buy neither bread nor bury the
The advocates of mownershlp <M a ,dead. Many remained at home In
not rest upon their oars till the last .gq faring pawned all clothing to re
vote wai cast. A committee stayed, j| ey0 ^ hunger of their families,
around ihe polls all day long, and at, The Iatea t dispatch from Sevaato-
any hour, they could have told Just) po j gayg t j, at y, e mutineers forced
how the mutter stood, juat'how many tbe ofllC g r a nd crew of the cruiser
a***" 1 P 10 * otchakoff to leave the ship. The
rMipinfc Just’ who they were. crewg of the gh i p , Rostislav and TrU
The" f«w votes that were east svlatltalla, so far as at present known
"against” were scattering, came from not mu tined. One reserve bat-
no particularly faction or hardly from tal | OIli however, has joined the mutt-
any paiticulary aectlon of the city. neen Several companlea of the
A considerable percentage of the v „ na reg ini en t have arrived at Sevas
Flecthsrfille vote went favorable j topo , from T j, eo dosla. Martial law
Even the man who had stood outl j hgg been declared In the fortress.
‘ * *—"“"inst" The government announced today
that unless the mutineers at Sevasto
pol surrender before night armed
force will be usid.
longest and most fiercely "against’
voted “fey. 1
The men who have worked so long
were the recipients of many congrat
ulations last night and a feeling of
harmony that the town has not
known for months seemed to prevail.
TRANSFERJANI
' |j . r —
The city of Thomasvllle will take
charge of Its new purchase. v the elec
tric light'and power plant on the first
of January. There are certain pre
liminaries and formalities of trans
fer that could not well bo completed
before that date. The first of the
year is a very convenient time for
starting with a dean slate. The new
regime can be Inaugurated on that
day with leas troubls than at any
Other ilme. Already the people who
wanffo use. electric power to the day
time ;.ro figuring on the cost of mot
ors. There were even some prudent
and far sighted foiks who talked
about electric fans Jresterday. There
seem* to bo a general sense of satis-
factlci at the result, and even the
few ’Tin voted against the proposl-
no chagrto
X)Ii VISITORS. - - '
Brown Entertained at Fire
O'clock Tea.
Mary E. Motley and Lucy
Montgomery are the attrac-
of Mrs. W. S. Brown. She
most pleasantly at her
In their honor, on Thursday
following young ladies were
at 6 o’clock tea: Misses Lily
Gertrude Lloyd, Minnie
Vt’inims, Hartley Fatten, Lillian
Speiu ti and Ella Sanford.
AUTOMOBILE CLAIMS VICTIM.
Prominent New York Woman Killed
Yesterday Morning.
New York, Nov. 25.—Mrs. Fran
cis Burton Harrison, wife of one of
the candidates for lieutenant govern
or of New York at the laat state elec
tion was Instantly killed by an auto
mobile accident at Long Island City
today.
Mrs. Harrison was the daughter of
Chas. F. Crocker, of San Francisco.
The accident today was caused by
the breaking of the steering gear
while the vehicle was traveling at a
yery rapid rate. The chaffenr lost secretary,
control and the automobile was upset
Mrs. Harrison under. The other oc
cupants were thrown clear of the ma
chine.
The men chosen to serve for the next
14 months are W. A.' Pringle,
chairman, U. M. Cooper, C. T. Gan
dy, RoscoeLnke and J. L. Beverly.
A lively feature of the evening was
the motion of Mr. Lorn Atklnson^that
only "known Democrats” be put on
the committee. The motion was ndt
put, probably because of the difficulty
of defihlng a "known Democrat”.
The next business of the evening
was the cfiolce of • primary date. H.
H. Brandon suggested the first Tues
day after Christmas. R. J. Miller
nominated the 19th of December. It
seemed to be the desire of the voters
to gejt the matter out of the way be
fore the Christmas holidays aod the
earlier date was chosen by a good
maporlty. The meeting adjourned
at 8:20 without a stogie reference to
the cow, thongh M. C. Ball was there
to resist any encroachment upon
bovine rights.'
FARMERS MEET
ON SATURDAY
ORDER DISBANDED.
Sons of America Have Surrendered
Their Charter.
The Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
ica, a secret and fraternal order
that had a number of members here,
has disbanded and surrendered Its
charter. The lodge was organized
several months ago by B. L. Lyden,
of Vladosta, the national organiser of
the order. Its membership was prin
cipally among the young men of the
city. The order Is a strong one, es
pecially to the north and west The
The present officers are N. R. Spen secret order field* to Thomasvllle la
gler, president and .E. R. Whaley,, well filled by the older organizations
I secretary. j that have been here for years and It
At this meeting representatives 1 la difficult for a new one to gain a
will be chosen for the state conven- foothold. '
The Indications are that there will
be hundreds of farmers from all Over
the county to Thomasvllle on next
Saturday, December 2. The object
of their coming will to at
tend the reorganization of the Thom
as county division of the Southern
Cotton Growers’ Association. Ofi
the same day a general reorganiza
tion of the entire association wll take
place and meetings will be held to
every county to the south. '
-i
OR GIVE UP
Solt&n Is Still In A
Bad Way
With Powers.
Consthntli bple, Nov. 28.—Detach
ments Won!: the international fleet
landed at ifilty lene Sunday after
noon according to instructions and
occupied the customs and postal
bultdltigs. .The governor protested
but ufiavlijlng. The fleet will take
no iiifther action until the evening
of ihursdby, when. If the Saltan
falls id utilise the Interval to accede
to the demands of the powers the
fleet win occupy the Island of Tea-
docs off (he coast of Asia Minor.
contlnuea Its effort to
location of the terms
,1 control of Macedonia,
Imlty of the powers,
ermany, as 'a necessity,
lllng a full acceptance’of
ds appears complete and
diplomatic circles are satisfied that
the Porte before long will see that
nothing can bo done but to" bow to
the will of Enrope.
MEIGS GIRL
STILL LEADS
Contest Grows Warmer
As Only One Month
Remains 7
COUNTY ENJOINED.
Cannot Sell Certain Lots Advertised
for Next Tuesday.
The sale of certain lots advertised
py Thomas county cannot take place
noxt Tuesday according to jmhedtile
The titles of ^wo of the lots are to
dispute. Mr. James H. Atkinson
claims, them. Hit attorney, T. N.
Hopklns^-wdnt ‘down to Valdosta yes
terday and obtained 1 a restraining
order from Judge Robert G. Mitchell.
The sale of the lota Is forbidden until
after a hearing-on January 8th to
.Thomasvllle, at which time the coun
ty most show cause why the restrain
ing order ahall not be made perma
nent. So the saje of lots will not be
completed until February, If then.
Sutton Case Postponed.
The famous case of Neel Button,
OGONTZ LEASED.
New Yori/ Han Secure* Mrs. Finn’s
Residence for the Winter.
Mrs. Lillian E. Finn has leased her
tlon. Georgia’s gathering will be
held on the first Wednesday to Jan
uary at Atlanta. President Harvlo
Jordan has Issued an enthusiastic ap
peal for a general attendance of these
charged with the kidnapping of Alice'meetings. He points out that this
Skeltob, a former' Thomasvllle girl, j organisation to date has been the dwelllns on Broad street beyond the
was not heard at the November term j result of crudo and hnrrled methods, parki through E. M. Mellette, the
but nevertheless has accomplished renting agent, to Mr. Henry Clay
wonders. The necessity of united Irong o( Naw York city. Mr. Irons
action la apparent to every cotton wllI uke possession at an early date
grower and all to this section will and lpeni tbe ^ter to Thomasvllle.
give their time and attention to the
matter. j rOLICY HOLDERS TO MEET.
On the .saihe day the policy hold
ers of the Thomas County Insurance
Company will meet. There are
Of Decatur Superior Court . x was
carried over nntll the May term.
Her First Trip.
Capt. Covey, conductor on the pas
senger train between Albany
Boston told a Tlmes-Enterprise rep
resentative yesterday of an unnsnal
passenger that he had carried. She
Those Interested to Farmers Insure
ance Co. Called Together.
was a lady who bad lived within five j abont 400 of ttega and they wU1 Considerable business or import-
miles of Monltrle for^8 years, had. add , , to cr0W d at the court ance con<!ernlng the !“»«•
been married four times and baa a honse ance Company of Thomas County,
large family of children and grand- ' having developed to the last few days
children yet yesterday was her first Messrs. W. C. Bell and J. S. Weath the policy holders are requested to
trip on a train of any sort. She did ( ers, who are the factors to the hust- meet at the court house on Saturday,
not seem greatly alarmed bet would | ling Cairo law firm of Bell At Weath- the 2d day of December,
catch hold of the seats at every curve, ers, were to Thomasvllle Thursday. Robert Alexander, Agent
When the votes were counted last
night It was just one month until
some one of the contestants would
receive the Rqgolph piano. There
will be much work done and thous
ands of votes cast to those thirty
days. For that matter the seven
days that have elapsed since the last
eount have been by no mennB Idle
ones with the supporters of the eight
fair daughters of Thomas county,
who are leading to the race for pop
ularity and the piano. Miss Simp
son of Meigs again resumes her place
at the head of the Hat where she has
been for much of the time since the
contest started. Miss Goodwin of
Thomasvllle is only five votes behind
her. It Is an Interesting fact that
one of Miss Simpson's supporter*
from Meigs was to fihomasvUle yes
terday end put to some hard work
for hla favorite. Miss Cromartle of
Pavo and Miss Neel of Boston have
both received many additional votes
slath the last count and have moved
up ahead of Miss Stanaland. Miss
Louise Bottoms has Increased her
total by a substantial (core. The
figures:
Miss Zoo Simpson, Meigs... 11,885
$Hss Rnth Goodwin 11,880
Miss Sadie Cromartle, Pavo. 3,760
Hiss Rhetta Neel, Boston...!
Miss Lida Stanaland... , v
Miss Tempo Cnssady
Miss Louise • Bottoms... .
Miss Sallilu Lilly.....;.,..
FIRE FIEND
PLAYS HAVOC
Two Disastros Conflagra
tions Cause Loss 0!
Properly
Two disastrous fire losses .were via- '
lted upon residents of Thomas county
this week. Mrs. S. J. Elliott, wh»
lives near Ochlockonee lost her ham*
Und smokehouse by fire on Tuesday
at noon. Mrs. Elliott had just thw
day before sold the home and tons
to Mr. Remer Singletary for the sura
of $2,750. She had planned to go
to Texas immediately hut the fire win
delay her departure. She saved the
furniture of the home. Mrs. Elliott
was Insured to the Farmers Mutual
of this county.
' On Monday night J. H. Griffin ot
Pavo lost his hom^and storehouse by
a visit of the fire fiend. He carried a.
policy of $210 in-the same company.
3,460
2,150
2,600
1,850
700
RAWLINS TO BE
RESENTENCED
Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 29.—The Su
perior Court grand jury Is making
a diligent Inquiry Into the Rawlings
Carter case for the purpose of ascer
taining If Tim McDonald, whosename
has been used so often In connection
with tl|e case,, really had anything
to do with It. A score or more of
witnesses have been summoned and
many of them were beard last week,
but Solicitor Thomas has been work
ing to get other evidence before that
body.
Tbe grand Jury at the special term
had a presentment against McDon
ald and hla young son, JameB, but
no bill was returned. Solicitor Thom
as has been diligent in tbe matter
and has had a detective engaged
in work to that section for the pur
pose of trying to find out If McDon
ald or hla boy were present on the
night of the killing.’ The Carters
testified at the/Rawllnfca trial that
they were there, but whether there
Is any corroborative evidence
mains to be seen.
McDonald In to be tried next week
for stabbing Carter to the*conrt room
at Lower Fork during a trial there
several months ago. McDonald
one ot Rawlings staunchest Mends
and was also one of ’Carter’s bitter
enemies.
J. Q. Rawlins has sent word to.
Jndge Mitchell asking him to give
him twenty or thirty minutes for a
statement when he goes to pass the
death sentence at the end of the court
this week.
Rawlings says that ho wants to
tell the truth and that he will tell all
of It If given the opportunity.
Miss Mamie Parker went to Mari
anna, Fla., yesterday.
J. I. GANDY
DROPPED DEAD,
News reached the city last night'
of the sudden death yesterday even
ing of Mr. J. I. Gandy. He dropped
dead at his home near Cairo, the
cause ot his deaih being heart failure
He was the father of Mrs. C. H. Eu
banks and Mrs. J. W. Estrldge or
this city, and a cousin of Mr. Charles
Gandy. The deceased was one or
the oldest and most prominent citi
zens of tho county. Ho was a Ufa
long. Democrat and a man noted Car
and wide for his hospitality and gen
ial nature. He was among the oldeai
est subscribers to the Ttmes-Enter—
prise and on n recent visit to Thom
asvllle stated that he had taken this:
paper almost since Its first Issue. He
was a casndidate for treasurer In the.
Grady county primary and mado a.-
strong race. Tho death of this good:
man la regretted not only by hts large-
family connection but by all who
know him.
CONVENTION PROGRAMME;
For Union Meeting of Baptists at Big.
Creek Church. ;
Tho Thomas county district of the-
Mercer. Association will convene with
Dig Creek church, Friday before the
fifth Sunday In December. Tho fol
lowing la the program as adopted by.
tho church: ' .
I. Introductory sermon, Rev. R.-G. .
Jackson, alternate, J. F. Duncan.
2. Can Christians of today af
ford to give less than tho Jews of
old,"'" by Revs: J. P. McCann and J.
B. Aliigood.
3. “What are the fundamental-
principles of the Baptist church?” by -
Rev. Alex W. Bealer and A. C. Ste
phenson.
Saturday at 11 a. m., preaching:
by tho appointment of tho commit
tee.)'’
“What Is tho best method to
secure tho attendance of non-attend
ing members.’’
By Revs. T. A. White and A. X.
Taylor.
Sunday, missionary sermon by Rev
D. H, Parker. A full delegation to-
earnestly requested. ’ •
H. B. Nesmith, Pastor.
County papers please publish.
Miss Emma Griffin of Valdosta and
tho Misses Carson of Commerce, Ga..
aro the atractlve guests of Mrs. A.
Watson at her suburban home.