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svggi THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER bPECIAL TRADE EDITION. Section two INDUSTRIOUS THOMASVILLE The Best Place ' Living in, in the World to Live in v' >; i ■ a Place Where Honesty and Frugality Abound. and to Make a Industry steal culture classes, study classes, weekly religious meetings, In short everything that the whole man needs (or hts harmonious development. City Hospital. The sick are made well here..The balmy climate with Its ptney tang will do much. Is a "dry" club. In that no Intoxicants are allowed on premises, but there Is no aridity lit the fraternal good fel lowship that abounds, whether it be In lodge ball, writing or reading rooms, or around the billiard tables and' cafe. The Elks have one hun dred'members and are yery much alive. The Are of Masonry Is kepf burning on the altars of the blue lodge by many loyal hearts 1A Thom- asvllle Lodge, No. 369. A select body of Knights Templar Illustrate the principles of, Christian Knight hood In Crusader Commandery. Dur- ingthe last few years the sturdy teents of Odd Fellowship have had a re markable growth and then are 140 wearers of the three links who have trod the path from Jerusalem to Jerl cbo. The Knights of Pythian have in Star Lodge No. 31 one. of the old est and very best lodges of that noble order In t^e state The Woodmen of the World meet regularly and af ford Insurance and burial, as well os fraternity til a large membership. , The Churches. Did you think that we_had^forgot ten the churches? Not at all, we were merely leasing up t<f*them. There are five— Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal and Catholic. Each la blessed with a good minister, not a pastoral pianola,who tinkles out a text each Sunday In response to a‘ nickel In the basket, but a vital Most towns can be described by some apt phrijso that sticks in the memory like a picture on the wall. The same Is scarcely true of Thom- . asvllle. There are a nuber of these descriptive terms that different peo ple apply td this city but the fact that no one of them la generally ac cepted by all shows at a glance that the town possesses a mutlform com bination of good qualities. Some say ^Thomasvllle, the city of ever bloom ing roses.” Others say “Thomasvllle tho white city,” referring to the homes that blossom anew each year with snowy white paint. Others say "Thomasvllle, the city of pines.“.But It requires a 'double phrase to truly mirror tho town. “Thomasvllle, the/best town In the state to live In, and to make a living In.” To Live In. -• Why. the beet to live In. That Is easy to tdll but bard to tell briefly. The old time poem that we recited on the Friday afternoon* of our school days sets forth a long list of ' things that did not make a state and ended with the phrase that brought 11 forth clarion tones from the youth ful throat “But men—these make a : state.” So it la with Thomasvllle. ' . Her chief rgsource is the character ’.; and culture of her men and women. Association with them carries out the favorable Impression made by their cordial hospitality to the strang er within, the gates. They are pros perous, they are busy, they are healthy they are happy and the new comer soon falls Into the strain of ■ cheerful optimism’that _ makes life In Thomasvllle a loy. Home Evidences. You -do not have to take these thlngson faith. There are kutward evidences of Inward grace. The peo- _ The .Schools. Perhaps the first thing the pros pective home seeker looka after Is the schools. Now Thomasville’s schools are her pride and her school children are her greater pride. A / well organised system of public are the symbols of Thomasvllle. they are as hard to find aa a Blbld Read an after-taking, patent medl- reading school boy on circus day. cine advertisement and you will There are no barrooms, no disorder- know how the resident of this city 'v element, the colored people are looks. tractable and industrious, labor The Climate. troubles few. “Why that is Just tho Then you might live and be heal- 801 * ot pIac0 1 wouId ,,ko t0 llvo tby In an Ice box or a bake ovon. ln ” you 8ay ' Tbat «*> you do ■?* But’ you wouldn’t be ecatatlcally 80 lt y0B are a . 8en8lbIa P«rabn. happy there, would you? Well you But yoa are t0 be pardoMd « >' ou can be happy ln Thomasvllle, If the n8k the que,t,on ' " What can 1 d0 assurance of living In absolutely the t0 make a llvln ® 7 " best climate in the world, adds any- ■ •'How Make n Living, thing to the sum total of human The answer Is simply that in any happiness. Thla pronunclamcnto ( line of endeavor that you may may sound a bit extravagant but It words of praise. We .will even ad- is capable of easy proof. Thomas- mlt that like all works of mankind’ vllle la the favorite winter resort choose to follow you will have am- There are nine phy sicians to assist nature. There Is a new city hospital where the latest and molt scientific equipment ti fuond and cleanliness and comfort la the keynote. This la an Imposing array of public Institutions, say you not? Most of them are of recent origin,' most of them are built by the donations of home people. Do they not say that the people are pros perous and that they know how to use their prosperity. The Vashtl Hoqie. At the edge of ttown la the Vashtl Home for Qlrls. This is supported by the women of the Methodist church, aided by the, contributions of their friends. It Is ln no sense 1 a rescue home, but takes young girls 1 who are homeless or the children of Ignorant or pepraved parents and trains them to lives of useful Christ- t ian womanhood; Thd is l unique in |ts sphere. There Is none 1 other like lt. That there la a need 1 for it Is shown by the fact .that notf 1 ln the third year of Its existence lt i has thirty girls, all,under the lnstruc- c tlon of trained deaconnesses, matrons t play. There Is a business college and a splendid college for girls that la more fully described In another column. Yes. Indeed, Thomasvllle has a full complement of schools. The library. , The first cousin of the school is the public library, where a splendid assortment of books Is kept. There ln the home of the books on Craw ford street, can be found magazines and newspapers for the alert, fiction for those who have time to while and the beat lot of references Christian man. The flock la worthy THOMAS COUNTY COITItT HOUSE. of those famous ln politics, statecraft J pie opportunity to mane a living and finance. It Is the retreat of | and a mighty good ono, too, right presidents and the happy hunting here ln Tbomasvlllo and Thomas ground of millionaires. These peo- county. Of course we would not ad- plo have the means and the oppor- vise you to come boro and go Into tunlty to go to any places on this the newspaper business. The Dally terrestrial ball that they wish. Tho Timcs-Enterprlse has served tho peo- Land of Flowers beckons to them plo of tho city for seventeen years and the River!a stretches bands and they hare not yet given «vl- across the sea, the, Carollnas try to deuce or wanting anything else, stop them in their Southward flight. Then there Is the Weekly Tlmes- butthey, come to Thomasvllle. More Enterprise that has theblggcst sub- than that, they return to Thomas- scrlptlon list of any country weekly vills and they stay here. They build published in the state. There is also magnificent country homes. The our splendid contempdrary, tho second and third finest country Thomasvllle Weekly• Press, that Is houses ln all this big Union are a Journalistic gem ln Its modest right here. The residences In Thom- was. So the M w: away outside the wall* of colleges, Carne gie libraries, not excepted. Christian Association. - The Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation building looka at you from this page. But boards and nails can not measure nor can paper and lpkexpress the good effect .that thla ELKS’ CLUB HOUSE. newspaper field is covered. Business Lines. As to the business barometer, it reads fair weather. Tho splendid list of business enterprises that ap pear Inother columns are all suc cessful. The banks have nearly a million on deposit. This proclaims lira: loud voice that there Is plenty of money ln the country. How could It be otherwise when cotton wiggles about between the ten and twelve cent mark. . The farmer Is really the base and foundation of tho com mercial prosperity of any country. So Just a word about tlio farmers ot Thomas county may not bo out ol of Its shepherd. Thomasvllle Is a church going city, and .the men ln the church are not sparsely sprinkled like currants In a bakery cake, but are ln the pew op Sunday and they carry their religion ,into their dally work. The Health. , Thomasvllle ha* never bad a se rious epidemic of *n.» kind. You are sure ta live long enough to en joy the pleasures we have written of above. But fourteen white peo ple have died here ln the last six months. Pretty low average, for a town of this site. The yeilow fever scourge Is unknown In this city-and that common 111, malaria, and- Its more dangerous sitter, - typhoid, are no playfellows -of ours. How could they-come here when - the drainage la perfect, the sewerag^ system complete and the water <rf- ton tested and found never to be anything else than the. purest ar tesian, cold, clear and sparkling. The clear eye and the rosy cheek that is best. - Yet there is no lack of society. - The ladles have their after noon card clubs, their afternoon teas and receptions Just like ladies do everywhere. The young people have their dances, their parties, their moonlight rides, and a: this particu lar season of the year that ne plus ultra of indolescent Joy, their sugar boilings. In fact the amusements of Thomasvllle pre the same aa those of anyother sane, well-regulated town. There la the Opera House of which you read elsewhere and the many musical and literary entertain ments by home and Imported talent. The Frnternrfl Order*. The men find much ot their amuse ment In the fraternal orders. You will see the picture of the new club house of the Thomasvllle Lodge, 638 B. P. O. E. This Is sin eleven thou sand dollar Investment that yields plump dividends of good cheer. It THOMASVILLE PULIC, LIBRARY. > Thomas County. The same remarks that were made about the people ofTbomasvilleapply with equal truth to the people of Thomas county. There were 31,000 people in the county when the cen ter, the sensible man looks around Institution baa niton the Uvea of the ter those things that make life wortir. people of the “>*»• 11 carrle * ou< living. And Jt is ln Thomasvllle that the triangle Idea of the asaodatlon-r he finds them. The public Instltu- body, mlnd ( and spirit. There la a tlons are greater ln number and mors well/equipped gymnasium, basket varied in character than those of any ball and tennis courts, swimming other city ot equal size In the stated pool, library and reading room, phy- (Continued on last page) /