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Enb South Georgia progress. 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.