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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,' DECEMBER 15 ^05
New Series, Yol XV—No. 40
FOMASVIU.E TIMES,
HOMASVH,EE ENTEl
Engineers Return to Their
Work After Mutual
Concessions.
Prominent Yonng Citizen I Prominent Pavo Business
oi Pelham Accused of Man Takes Mor-
Assassination. phine.
The strike on the Atlantic and
Birmingham railroad baa been de
clared off. The englneera and fire
men returned to their places yester
day morning. The 7:40 train pulled
out on time with the old crew in.
charge. The details oi the settle
ment have-not been made public. It
Is stated George Dole Wadley, vice
president and general manager of On
road made certain concessions to the
engineers. The strikers also made<
concessions from their original de
mands and there was a peaceable
adjustment of the difficulty.
The strike commenced Monday-
morning. It looked-as If it would
continue for some time and every one
Is glad of the settlement During
the three days that the trouble was
on there were no freights moved on.
the entire system. The passenger -
trains ran on Irregular schedules and
Irf charge of shop men or tram road
engineers. There was no violence •
connected, with the strike. Many
amusing and at times dramatic. In- •
cidents .were reported. The unions ■
and their sympathizes did'not fall
to Jeer at the "scabs” as they call
the men who took the strikers’ places
Many people were Inconvenienced
by the delay and the road lost thous
ands of dollars. A number of en
gines were burnt out and ditched",
by unskilful handlers. The force
now at work will’soon restore things
to their normal condition..
Pavo, Oa., Dec. 11,—The town was It may be said that the voting cbn-
shocked to learn today of an attempt test fob the Rudolph piano Is in the
* ■ ‘ • ' j, Mr. Oi home stretch. Everybody In South
From Tuesday's Dally.
' For the first time since the At-
■ lantlc and Birmingham railroad en-
1 tered ThomasvIUe there was a se-
; rious derangement of trafflo yester
day due to a strike. The strikers
. were the members of the Brother
hood of. Locomotive Engineers' and
the Brotherhood of Firemen, to
which orders almost every, employe
of the toad belongs. For a time It
looked as If there would not be a
wheel turned on the entire system.
The morning tratn due to leave here
at 7:40 did not get away nntil 11:50
p. m. There were several passengers
bound for North Georgia who went
over to the A. C. L. and left-at
9:35. The .opening of the court of
the new Tift county wai delayed.
Judge Mitchell was on hand to gp
to Tlfton but was compelled to
postpone his departure nntil the
train left. The train due to arrive
here at 12:10 p. m. came in only
half an'hour late. The northbound
train due to leave at 4:10 p. m. did
not go out. The evening train from
Fitzgerald had not arrived at the
time of going to preas. There were
no freight trains on the whole sys-
tem moved.
Some time ago tho engineers and
firemen demanded an Increase' In
• salary. One of tho strikers said
. yesterday: "All wo ask Is that the
f road pay n* scale wages. We have
I been working for far less than cm-
1 ployes of other roads receive. Thrcd
I dollars and a half a day Is the max-
i lmum paid an engineer and then we
: are suspended If anything happens
to an engine. All we ask Is that
they pay us what other roads do.
We will not go to work until they
do and they cannot get men to fill
the places. We gave them warning
thirty days ago that this would hap-
ipeu but they have refused to even
give an audience to our offerings.”
General Manager George Dole
’ From Tuesday’s Daily.
One of the most sensational affairs
that has ever taken place In this
paft of the state was the killing of
John Harrison last Tuesday night
near Cairo by an unknown assassin.
This has been followed by an equally
great sensation in the verdict of a
Coroner's jury fastening the com
mission of the deed upon Harvey H.
Mr. Merritt Is
at -sniclde made yesterday.
<L. Hopson of the firm of Hopson 41 'Georgia knows what the contest Is.
Redfearn, merchants, took some It is to decide who is the most pop-
optate proabbly morphine. The rea- ular yonng lady In Thomas county,
son for-his rash act cannot be imag- the one to whom the Times-Enter-
I'ned by his friends as his health and prise subscribers award that honor
Three oi the Leaders in the Times-Enterprise Voting Contest.
Merritt of - Pelham,
a young man of good family who
stood high In the-community. Hie
arrest yesterday caused tremendous
surprise to all who knew him.
The deed was committed last Tues
day evening at 7 o’clock. Harrison
was called to bis front gate and shot
down without warning. No one saw
the man who shot him and aa he
died Instantly there was no clue to
the assassin. It was not even known
whether he was white or colored. It
Is said that some damaging evidence
against young Merritt waa Intro
duced at the coroner’s inquest, which
tends to connect him with the crime.
It Is said that there has been a fend
of eight years standing between the
Merritt and Harrison families. It
Is further alledged that on more
than one occasion Merritt had ot
tered threats against Harrison's life,
Yonng Merritt will be tried In Dee£.
tur county at the crime waa commit
ted in Decatur territory. Not since
the Rawlings case has ther* been a
happening pausing so much excite
ment In this section.
MISS ZOE SIMPSON
of )Mp.
bu*ldej£jj(fy seemed prospermia and
happy. He Is still alive and seems
likely to recover. He Is in the care
of of Dr. J. F. Harris, who had
aroused him sufficiently to walk
about last night. He left a note'
giving directions, about his funeral
and asked that his sister be notified
but gave no reasons for the deed.
He Is unmarried.
receiving a magnificent piano aTa
Christmas-gift The readers of this
paper know also that the contest Is
by far the most Interesting and suc
cessful of the many that have taken
place under the auspices of this pub
lication.
The votes are coming thick and
fast now. Between this date and the
close of the contest a week from
next Tuesday, the vote will be pub
lished several times each week so
that the friends. of the contestants
may know how each stands. Sever
al thousand votes have been polled
since last accounts.
Miss Ruth Goodwyn has increased
her lead over Miss Btanaland and is
still at the head of the list. Miss
Zoe Simpson of Meigs who was third
at the last count Is still In that po
sition bat has decreased the distance
between herself and Miss Btanaland.
She received more than a thousand
votes yesterday and her friends say
that Is nothing to what Is coming.
She will be a factor at the end of
the race.
Remember that the time is short,
that "is costs nothing to vote, one
hpndred being allowed on each dol
lar of subscription money, and help
your favorite. The ataadlng to date
la as follows:
Miss Rath Goodwyn 20,420
Miss Lida Btanaland 15,785
Miss Zoe Simpson, Meigs,.. > 15,735
Miss Sadie Cromartle, Pavo, 3,760
Miss Rhetta Neel, Boston,.. 3,450
bliss Tempo Cassady...... 2,800
Miss Sallllu Lilly HO 1
Alleged Assassin of Har
rison Will Have
Trial Tuesday.
Batnbridge, Ga„ Deo. 13.—The
committment trial of Harvey H.
Merritt, charged with the assassina
tion of John Harrison near Carlo
did not take place this afternoon.
At the appointed hour the prisoner
with his counsel was on hand but
the state declared that, some of Its
most Important witnesses were ab
sent. - For this reason the trial waa
postponed until next Tuesday, De
cember 19th, at 2 p.^m. The pris
oner was returned to the jail. The
fact that the state/s witnesses were
not on jiand leads the public to be
lieve that they will be unable to in
troduce- witnesses connecting Mer
ritt with the crime. His friends,
and his wife who is here stoutly
maintain that be la- Innocent.
Tho Pension Commission of Geor
gia has granted a number of now
pensions to veterans and their wid
ows. Ordinary W. M. 'jonos re
ceived the list of those for Thomas
county yesterday. Tho new names,
on this roll of honor Include the fol
lowing:
«Jrof. John E. Parker, Capt. Ed S.
Law, John W. Blnslngame, H. C.
Cone, J. W. Merritt, Joseph E. Mor
ris, William J. Thursby, Arthur W.
Watkins, Mrs. Sohpronla Bruce, Mrs
Margaret Butler, Mrs. Ellzebatb
Horne.
All of thee wll begin to receive
pensions In 1906 and the payment
will continue for tho remainder or
their natural lives which all hope
will bo long ones.
Yesterday was white folks after-
Almost all
noon at the city court,
of the offenders who appeared before
the judge were of Caucasian extrac
tion. The heaviest fines were Im
posed upon a quartette of men who
bad a general rowdy, time and drunk
en fight at a Broad street boarding
considerable
road was completed to LaGrangc.
He refused to gl’^e the men a con
tract and refused 1 to accede to their
last demand for more pay. H. E.
Willis of Cleveland, O., and Assis
tant Grand Master Fireman Timothy
Shea, of Toledo, Ohio, ere In Way-
cross handling tho strike. A simi
lar strike Is threatened on tho Cen
tral of Georgia. The Order of Rail
way Conductors is In sympathy with
the strikers buf their members have
not been ordered out and are still
at work. The following special
house. They
sand last Friday afternoon. One was
fined 930, two others'$20 each and
the fourth paid out 910. The men
are carpenters; painters and the like
employed at Col. Payne's country
p&ce. They seemed to have plenty
of money and each paid his fine.
Two other white men got In a fght
and paid five slmoleons-eacb for the
rlvllege of passing a few licks. The
total amount realized tor te city was
almost 9100.
ward and passed away Tuesday
morning at nine o’clock.
He was a young man of good char
acter and a member of the promi
nent family, the members of which
lire throughout the county. He
leaves a wife and one child to
mourn his terrible death.
PRIZE STILL REGION.
Georgia Destroys More Illicit Booi
Factories Than Any Otlieg State.
The ThomasvIUe public school sys
tem will receive from the state this
year the sum of 93,632. This ap
portionment has just been made by
Soperintendent Merritt. In addi
tion to this a large portion of the In
crease of the schools Is obtained from
the city taxes, which Is 92.59 upon
the thousand of property.
The ennwcof of the school board
The manage-
A GRADY PRODUCT.
Master Howard Malloy of Cairo
was In the city on Tuesday. He Is
a fine specimen of Grady youth. He
is eight years old and weighs 116
pounds. The Timcs-Entcrprlso
would like to hire him to be cus
todian of Its natural history museum
and guard the tall corn, the Iengtay
cane, tho four foot potatoes, the
mammoth turnips and the other sam
ples of things raised In Thomas.
“Waycross, Ga., Dec. 11.—Tho
strike situation here gives no prom-
iso of settlement tonight. About
nlnoty of tho engineers and firemen
are out. Tho officials of the road
refuse to treat with them and saj<
that all trains will be running as
usual tomorrow. T^ie strikers de
clare that tho tie up will ho madoj tied at 940.117.19.
complete tomorrow. All of tho arrests made In cot
Mlanta, Dec. 12.—According to
figures given out today by H. A.
Rucker, Internal revenue collector,
Georgia is the banner illicit distill let:
state of tho Union. There were d*-
On Federal Jury.
From Tuesday’s Dally.
Several Thomaevllle people are on
the juries for the Federal court,
which is In session under Judge Em
ory Speer at Valdosta this week|
They will leave today for the scene
of legal conflict. Among the num-
ber are M. C. Ball, G. W. FerrIUt, S.
H. Robison, James Reid and C. F.
Coleman. They will all probably
be back for tfce primary next Tues
day but will miss the tan of the last
week before election. Milt Ball
■ays that the Federal authorities are
conspiring against Candidate Frank
Pittman.
MaUette Buys More Property.
E. M. Mellette has bought.from
Redden Smith, the six acre tract,
fronting on Oak street beyond Cap
tain Walters and about corporate
limits of the dty.
are in splendid shape,
meat Is economical and careful. . la
spite of the fact that the Increased
attendance has necessitated more
teachers the income exceeds the ex
penditures. The board wHl wisely
invest the surplus In a new building
which will soon be started. .
Boston Is the only other <fty In the
county that receives money from the
State. Its aportlonmeat fils year
Is 9621.94.
For Mrs. Bryan.
Mrs. Mary.E. Bryan, the famous
Southern writer was Internally en
tertained last Monday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stone.
NO COUNTY COURT.
Yesterday was the regular day fo#
the monthly criminal term of county
court Owing to the-absence of the
solicitor and other good and suffi
cient reasons there were no cones
tried.
, Miss Emma Parkhlll, of Monti, Mr. J. W. Byrd has opened hie
cello, Is In the city, the guest of lumber office on the second floor
friends. . 1 1 * of the Mercantile Block.
R. H. Brinson et Cairo visited
ThomasvIUe on Wednesday.