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aOMASVILLE ENTERPRISE, VOL. 47,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, - DECEMBER 22 (<305
New Series, Vol XV—No. 41
PIANO CONTEST WILL CLOSE
ON SATURDAY NIGHT, SURE
Many Votes Coming in on All Hands For Several
of the Leaders—Judges Selected.
On Saturday night at 8 o’clock the 1 since Sunday and in order to insure
voting contest will close. The young
. lady who.has the largest number of
votes at that hour will receive ab
solutely free a Rudolph piano. No
votes will be taken after the clock
strikes S and immediately after that
hour the judges will make up their
award.
The judges who will go. over the
ballots and announce the winner will
absolute fairness, thye will hot be
counted again until after thb con
test closes. Not even a member of
the Times-Enterprlse office force will
know how many votes the different
young ladies havo received. There
can therefore be no ill spirited bid
ding at the last moment.
The standing of the young ladies
on Sunday when the votes were last
counted was:
be Sheriff T. J. Eight, J. L.
Beverly
Miss Ruth Goodwyn..-
21,920
and some gentleman, yet to be chos-
Mis3 Zoe Simpson, Meigs....
16,085
en, from Meigs. These riien
will be
Mies Lida Stanaland......
15,985
the first to count the votes ar
d v.hat-
Miss Sadie Croalartlo, Pavo..
2,760
ever they announce will bp true to
MI33 Rhetta Neel, Boston...
3,450
tho letter. “
Miss Tempo CasadV
2,600
The ballots fcave not been
coujited
Mias Ballllu Lilly
730
BAUAYICK BRIEFS,
v o.lilng oji the right line. The old
\
\ v
•‘.skinflints’* now hat *v>
lortua-
FvllSio-'s. E<!u'-:-(k£iai sad
Sig-clal
it* of goinff in a holt* *
lalng.
A Hairs in Northeast Tho
r.rs.
there indefinitely.
■ —:
A community that does not
aspire
For the'past tv:o' v- y.13 th
avans-
to a first clara school is not
worth
: v.
Malone,
day
pen •holding servicea tv.1^5
t the Methodist church. It k; not
ty province to say whether a wo- ‘
lan is called lo preach/ but T w;
3d by way o£*BtiCda! empjbads.ta
■ a women comes along. tk:<l can
something in a better way
Somebody.' said that; “Words fitly
T , • . spoken are like apples of gold in
an a man can, I am going to hear
- r ■ 4 pictures of silver.” Tills muph can
Mr. Malone does not claim to
co said, of one of the periods in Pycs-
^ Idcnt RooaeveU’smtossage to C.ongrea
“This - government; stands for mgA-
hood, first, .nbjfc&tr'bvsineg* only. m
an ofl manhood.” Coming;
from the eourco .they do, tho words
e a preacher, but Mrs. Malone docs
nd truly she is a daughter of. than
cf* find that not “stolen thunder. 1
is logical and forcible. r nteh
» a vein ■profound piitbcr, in all
cr sermons that appeals to_any in- •
ivirtual that is not -joined to. 1,1b ««» to under tu. burden of
lols.” She, is very earnest and to
ic an earnest'.speaker is-always elo
sent. Her advice "to young ladies
such as should go lorth from every
ulpit. She U‘of tho holiness order,
at Is more reasonable than most of
ich folks and-does not preach ev-
•ybody else ho hell. All In all she
tn be a source of much good to any
immunity and all people every-
hero will do well ‘to go and hear
»r. She leaves a pleasant memory
; Barwjck. May her shadow never
■ow less and "her tribe Increase.”
Mrs. Stallings, wife of Rev. Jas.
filings, died from pneumonia last
onday. She leaves a stricken hus-
md and -several children to mourn
leir loss. They have the deep syra-
ithy of all their neighbors.
The Bank building for this place
is beeh somewhat delayed on ac-
,nnt of bad weather but the contract
■, Mr. McGraw, Is putting in all
me possible and will have It ready
ir business as soon as practicable,
e Is a hustler.
Little Sallle Chapman, daughter of
r. and Mrs. John Chapman, Is quite
c|c with fever but she Is doing well
ider the skilful treatment of Dr.
inches and a speedy recovery Is
mfidently expected.
The visitors to Barwlck have been
i numerous recently that I Will not
tempt to give names andTocalitles,
the thought they carry. Here is to
president Roorcvelt, "Hay his tribe
Increase,” and his shadow grow long-
cal world.
THc ‘‘trade edilion” of the Times.
Enterprise wqs a thing cf beauty
and admired by all who raw 1*.
“Clt sad grit”, effect ruucll In tills
.A merry Christmas to The Times
Enterprise and all Its readers. Weika
It not for the space that will'be or
cupled with better matter, I would
like to make a defense for a grand
old man—Santa Claus, Some people
have grown too pious to entertain the
old gentleman.
BOSTON BANK ORGANIZED.
Will Begin Buslness-Fcbruary 1 and
Buys Lot
Boston, pa., Dec. 20.—The present
organization of the Bank of Boston
was perfected yesterday afternoon.
The stockholders meeting was held
at Boston yesterday afternoon. There
was a large attendance of representa
tive business men at the meeting and
It was an -enthusiastic one. AH -the
stock had previously been subscribed
and was represented. The capital
stock is $25,000, sixty per cent of
which Is paid in before the Charter
was obtalnd. The bank will begin
business February 1. A lot has been
purchased and the bnildlng will he
erected at once.
The following officers and direct
ors were elected: President, Z. H.
Clark; vice president, .1. W. Taylor;
cashier, M. M. St^naland. Directors,
J. W. Taylor, J. C. Beverly, N. R.
ipt to give names ana - - ,, _ _ u „
v P U, add. that some of theba*- ^ I Hal
of this Immediate neighborhood "e ftn < w - - _ ft w PM
have no arterial circulation- G. A. Borkan 1M»• *«*“’ « W Fid
heart—and have been advised cock. Z. H. Ctark R. M. MorrUon,
;ek some medical aid lnstanter. T- w - Lewis, R. ■ eaz y.
reral new buildings are In pro- If you don't know what the Times
of erection but not half enough Enterprise piano contest Is ask the
ipply the demand. Several par- first person you see. He or she will
ire anxious to rent houses here know. Then go past Bracey's drug
annot get them. store and see the fine piano that will
s note with *uch pleasure, the be given away Christmas morning.
; improvement In the school In- Then come down to this office and
t of Pavo. The food people are ■ vote.
H. L MERRITT
TURNED LOOSE
Was Released From Cus
tody At Commitment
Trial For Murder.
Balnbrldge, Ga., Dec. 19.—Harvey
H. Merritt was this evening at
o’clock released from custody. He
was tried t6 s6e whether or not he
should be bound over to the Superior
Court on the charge of having as-
sasinated John Harrison a prominent
farmer of near Cairo several ^aya
ago. Ho has been in the jail here
for ten days awaiting a commitment
trial on this awful charge.
Tho trial opened at 2 o’clock this
afternoon before a crowded court
room. The defense was represented
by V/allacd D. Sheffield while S. A.
Roddonbery of Tkomasville assisted
the state as the representative of the
murdered mauls family. About
witnesses were examined. Mr. Rod-
donbory examined.,all of the sfa
witnesses and then questioned aU
of the witnesses for the defendant
but could not connect Merritt with
tho crime./ Tho only damaging piece
-of evidence brought out was that Mer
riifc seen near the homo' of the
T-Ta .Ticsns on the efternobn oi? the
It ytus :i that Mr. Kar-
•rir.cn trus £bot down at his front gate
;; t about 7 o’clock in thd overling.
Merritt proved an alibi by many wit
nesses who sNvore that he was in Pel-
barn from a quarter past 6 until mid
night on the evening of the assassin
ation.
Among the witnesses that came
over from J^lhain.Were. several inubi-
dnwtk of Knfght • . Pythias ‘ lodge
who swore that Merritt was in the
lodge room on tho evening concerned
Tho Pelham Knights aro attending
the regular meeting of the Bain-
bridge lodge tonight and tho affair
is in the nature of a rejoicing
the release of their brother Pythian.
Mr. Merritt was overwhelmed with
congratulations at being freed from
tho grave charge. His many friends
and his faithful wife who has been
here with him, have maintained from
the first that he could easily prove
hIs\Innocence. 'That their conten
tion Is correct is shown by tho col
lapse of the state’s case this after
noon.
IN FINAL STRUGGLE.
Death Grapple Between Rioters and
Government Conics Today.
POSTMASTER
SEEKSJDEATH
T. W. Brimberry of Ca
milla Mashed Throat
and Shot Himself.
Camilla, Ga., Dec. 19.—The town
was throw'd Into a fever of excite
ment this afternoon by the attempt
at suicide pf Thomas W. Brimberry,
berry Shot himself in tho throat with
a pistol and also slashed his throat
with a knife. His desperate atempt
to end hisjlife will be successful. He
Is still aUye at a late hour tonight
but physicians say that there ls_no
hope tor his recovery. Ill health
is the only reason that can bo as
signed for the awful act. He was
jx methodical business man and so far
as is known hl3 accounts are straight.
Ho lu n middle aged man belonging
to a promldnt family cf this section,
He bds a wife, two daughters and
three sous.
PITTMAN WINS HOT RACE
BY MAJORITY OF 41 VOTES
And Split Aldermanic Ticket Elected—Record
Breaking Vote of 476.
From Tuesday’s Daily.
. As a result of one of the hottest
primaries ever held in Thomasville,
J. F. Pittman will lie the next mayor
of Thomasville. He received the'spleu
postmaster! at this place. Mr. Bri^ ,d votc of 200 » nmJ ? rlt J r of 41 0TCT
1,1s nqarcst competitor C. AY. Cooper,
who received 150. J. S. Montgomery
TMOMASYILLE OAT.
Tills City Stay Not Have Team in
Georgia Ball League.
Announcement comes from the
headquarters of the Georgia State
Ease Ball League that Thomasville
may bo dropped from the list
places that will We teams In the
leaguo. There has been little or no
interest displayed In the matter
here and thy,people dec not widely
.-ntk-uEay^yej; ViTgg|§otpe?t* Thom,
- 1 a -great ball town
that was' In tho days far yore,
more Is there that luat for the
swat of the blnglo that once lurked
In oach sportsman’ll breast. In fact
It has-been difficult to get any one
to handle the franchise and assume-
the financial risk. If Thomasyllle
is dropped Brunswick will also be
left out and tho leaguo will then con
sist of Columbus, .Americus, Cordele,
Albany, Vuldosta and Waycross.
There'are many people who would
like to see clean summer ball and
it is still possible that this city may
be Included In tho list. -
AN INTERESTING AVEDDING.
Mr. J. M. Gandy of I*avo AVeds Miss
Addle Johnson of Patten.
Thursday, 14th, at 10 a. m„ this
quiet and lovely scene took placo at
Mr. B. C. Johnson' home at Pattep,
i brother of the bride, when Rev. A. J.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 20.—The ! Taylor made them: man and wife,
proclamation for a general strike at | Mr. Gandy Is a citizen of Pavo, Ga,,
noon tomorow has caused the most j and Is a man of popularity with all
intense excitement. If It can ‘ ' ' *— "
successfully Inaugurated, and main
tained the revolutionaries are 1 confi
dent It will break the government’s
back. Government circles express
their confidence that the proletariat
organizations cannot effect a com
plete tie up, based on the belief that
their extreme program haa already
alienated the sympathy of a large
portion of the workmen. The gov-
that know' him and he has won a
fair prize of much value.
Miss Johnson is the laBt of the fam
ily to he married and Is a daughter
of the deceased, Samuel Johnson,
whom we all knew to Jove and yet
remember. She Is a lovely woman
and.Is loved.by many. She wore a
blue silk suit trimmed In white and
hat to match. After the ceremony
the bridal party, composed of ( Mr. and
ernment's calculations, however. In j Mrs. Gandy, Mr. Levy Williams and
the past have been deplorably at var
iance with real condition and the
strike leaders declare that the gov
ernment Is hopelessly Ignorant of the
magnitude of the struggle confront
ing it The helplessness of the gov
ernment was illustrated last night
Miss Ida VarnyMr. Cleveland Gandy
and Miss Florence Woods and Mr.
Willie Vann and Miss Pansy Vann
drove to the Hotel Pavo where a din
ner was ready for the party.
The couple left at 2:55 for a trip
through the state of flowers, to visit
by the Inability of Interior Mlnlstei, many Florida points. The bride wort
Dnrnovo to get - Instructions through a lovely suit of gray on her trip. AR
to arrest the leaders of the work- ( Join them In wishing for -a trip of
men’s council at Moscow. Five oper Joy and a return of safety. They
atora on the railroad lines refused to will return about March or April and
send cipher messages signed by the will be at home to their many friends
E/hperor. ■ at Pavo, Ga. . • • It*
received 113. The aldermen arc C.
P. Hansel!, who lead tlic ticket, C. It.
Poole, M. R. Mnllette, C. 8. Parker,
James F. Evans, F. H. Smith, AV. II.
Mitchell and C. T. Stuart. This
was the ticket endorsed by the muni-
Ciopal ownership,people except J. O.
J. Lewis, whom Mr, Stuart defeated
by 30 votes,
The-day was the most beautiful
one that the weather man has given
the .people for many weeks and this
perhaps contributed to the' heavy
vote. There were JT6 votes cast out
of a total of 506 registered votes.
This Is 94 1-2 per cent. AVhen It
Is considered that several voters were
out of town It is seen that almost
every voter in town v.oted.' Last
year in the-whlto primary 'there were
400 votes cast. Carriages and
hacks hauled the voters to the polls.
Every hvnllable political worker was
lined up on ono sldo or the other.
It, was a day of strenuous endeavor
on the part of all. There were no
fights and few arguments. Most o:'
-(ho votes were of. tho vest pocket
variety, ‘ It was-ltapbsslblV' to~tell
who wns ahead at any tlmo. Each
of the three mayoralty candidates
was confident all day long.
The managers of the election were
Justice AV. H. Bibb, K. J. .Miller and
H. J. Blalock. The clerks were AV.
AV. Linton tpid Finn Groover.. They
had a hard task before them. They
weFe kept busy all day- iong checking
and recording the votes. There
were 23 nqraes on the ticket. The
qldermanlc board was selected from
a list of fourteen. But few straight
tickets wore voted. Most' of the
electors took a blanket ballot contalu
lng the names of, all the candidates
and marked off those for whom they
did hot wish to vote. There ,wa$
no opposition to Messrs. MacIntyre,
and McIntosh, for the school board,
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr;
B, H. AVrlght and Mr, A. W. Palin
were npt candidates they received
a number of complimentary votes.
The splendid, vote that Mr. MacIn
tyre received was a high compliment
to the young man who made his first'
appearance in politics yesterday.
Clerk Maclean, Treasurer Mitchell
Sexton Franklin and Marshal Ste
phens had no opposition and received
practically every vote cast. The
good records of these gentlemen sav
ed them the pain of contest.
At 5 o’clock the long and tedious
counting the votes began. Tho race
was oneof the hottest that Thomas-
ville ever saw and the counting gave
rise to some dramatic scenes. Messrs.
Pittman and Cooper were ncok and
neck almost from the beginning. It
soon became apparent that Judge
Montgomery was out of the running.
A crowd of about one hundred eager
supporters of the two leaders gath
ered around the windows of the ordi
nary’s room where the election was
held. They cduld hear the votes
road out and kept tally of the resfilt.
At 7 o'clock when the managers
stopped for supper Mr. Cooper was
five votes ahead of Mr. Pitman. - Four’
hours later he was three votes ahead.
Off/Mi during the Intervening time
the men would, bo a tie with occa
sionally Mr. Pittman ahead. Not
- YOU the- rain which began to fall at
I f o’clock could drive the oulohers
to their beds. The announcement of
a vote for either was _ greeted- by
cheers as enthusiastic as,if that vote
settled the wholo'matter.
From 11 o'clock on Mr. Pittman
•gained steadily and he was, 41 votes
ahead of Cooper,'when the'managers-
opened tho doors at a quarter of 2
this morning nd announced the re
sult, TheVaitlng crowd warmly con
rrr.tulatcd Mr. Pittman who had been
it the Court House all tho evening
;nd 'dispersed to a late bed. Among
■ he luterei-ting .Incidents/ of the-May
was the fact that somo vdst pocket
Voter dropped in a check for $16. in
stead of a ticket. Tile full results
follow. It Is noticeable that the mu-
nJcapal ownership ticket wa3 elected
in toto except Mr. Lewis. j
Mr, Poole wns on both tickets. Be
sides the names printed complimen
tary vote's were cast for Messrs.
Peacock, Rockwell, Palin, Wright and
others who wore not candidate.
Hebe Is the story In figures::
For Mayor—J. F. Pittman, 200;
C. AV. Cooper, 159; J. .8. Montgom
ery, 113.
For, Aldermen those elected are:
C. P. Hanseil 362; M. R. Mnllette
337, C. R. Poole 327, W. H. Mit
chell 310, C. S. Parker 283, J. F.
Evans 277, H. Smith 273, C. T."
Stuart 267.
Those who were defeated are:
J. O. J. Lewis 237.,
R. C. Balfour 220. f
J. L Turner 207.
J. F. Lamb 205.
L. Steyerman 165.
W. B. Cochran 65.
The vote on school board was; .
H. J. MacIntyre 414.
T. M. McIntosh 401.
The. votes of tho unopposed officers
were: ’
Marshal Stephens 456.
Clerk Maclean 469.
Treasurer Mitchell .465. V
Sexton Franklin 468.
SAILOR JEAN.
Wandering AVnlkcr Coming to Thoni'
asvillc with His Trolleyetto.
The Times-Enterprlse has received
word that “Sailor Jean” will be here
with his “trolleyetto” tomorrow.
Jean Is a man who started April 1,
1903 at Augusta, Me., on a walking
tour of 22,000 miles. He proposes
to visit every state capital In the
United States and will pass through
Thomasville on his way from Talla
hassee to Atlanta.
been through the north and east and
will make his way straight north
from here ending up at Boston, Mass,
which he hopes to reach by the first
of October, 1906.
I INDISTINCT PRINT
The Scare Over.
Chicago, Dec. 19.—Practically
normal conditions were restored In
the local banking institutions today
and not the slightest surface indica
tions appeared of the disturbance
caused yesterday by the suspension
He haa already of the Walsh banks.
