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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,' DECEM
HOMASVII I.E TIMFS, VOL. V
uomasville kntbkfrimf. vol. fi
ber went to his train, which went
north, he was ottered a baggage car
In place of the mall car which he
expected to find but refused to work
.the mall in tho quarters offered. The
mall did not, therefore, go out:. A
number of clerks were jff of their
regu ar runs, and the situation was
not straightened out until today.
All trains Into and out of Albany
have been from one. to olght hours
late, and the express company has
been swamped. The congestion has
been partially relieved. ■
cal, yet many'intelligent people are
unaware that Adam was the first'
labor leader. .
While England possesses 6,000
dally and weekly newspapers, still
she has only sixty, jails. It is even'
more, remarkable, If possible, to find
that we have only 1,000 cemeteries
for our 70,000 doctors to work in.
' Fishmongers never advertise sales
of old soiled stock.
Nearly all the inhabitants of the
great Sahara are total abstainers.
three til
Shackled and Starts
90 Days Work.
following result:
Miss Qoodwyn.
Miss* Simpson..
Miss Stanaland.
Miss- Cromartie,
Miss Neel?,..
Miss Cassadiy..
LITTLE MAC GOES IN.
nneb. i President Jordan states that'
he would like to see M00 delegates
at New Orleans and In view of the re
markable and enthusiastic co-opera
tion of the cotton producers during
their eleven months of organisation,
Mr. Jordan’s estimate may not fall
much short of the desired number.
Tlje New Orleans meeting will be
held under tho nusplces of the New
Orleans Progressive Union and New
Orleans Cotton Exchange who are
defraying all expenses.
Secretary and costs and ninety days on the
Henry Mayo of the liew Orleans Pro- streets after hearing the evidence of
gresslve Union announces that Odd one white man and three negroes
Fellows' Hall has been selected as against him. His attorney W. H.
the meeting place. This Is one of Hammond, gave notice of'certiorari
tho largest halls In the city and Is and S. Sampson furnished preltmln-
on Camp street facing tho square ary bond In the amount of 61,500.
opposite the City Hall, Just five The time for securing the certiorari
blocks from Canal street, Is well heat has elapsed and none was secured
ed and lighted and convenient to | hence Nick went to the city gang,
the various exchanges, the hotels and; • A Tlmes-Enterprlse reporter vis-
all street car lines. | Ited him In the guard house yester-
■ - ■ iday afternoon. He was sitting back
Facts You Ought to Know. ln the cel1 corridor wrapped in an
(From London Punch.) overcoat, *lth shackles around his
The early Babylonians were un- feet an<1 looking thoroughly mlser-
acqualnted with the use of the tele- able. He was asked if he had any-
pljone. thing to say. He said that the Gill
ie Is not generally known that by cers came right tohls place of busl-
subtractlng the number of wet .days ness after dinner and took him away
ln a year from 365 you can ascertain without a chance to put up his books
approximately the number of fine or make any arrangements for carry
days. lng on his business. Mr. S. Samp-
Columbus discovered America to- ] son who was present asked that
ward the end of the fifteenth century nothing be said ln the paper about
and was very properly punished by a the matter. Nick said, “No put It
long term of Imprisonment. In the paper, you must put It In the
There Is no phrase ln the Thibetan paper. But be sure you say It Is
language which will exactly express for selling liquor and not for steal-
’onsclence.” • lng or anything like that.” When
' It Is not actually libellous to call asked why he refused to work yester-
i man a "newspaper Interviewer.’' day he said he had offered'to 1 pay
Before damages can be recovered It out and* they would not let him and
nust be proved that the term was besides he was sick. Mr. S. Samp
led maliciously. son explained that Nick would work’
Though It has often been pojnted today and every other day for 90
>ut that the devil was the first radi- days and would give the officers no
Its attention.
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South Georgia Iprogvess..
MISS RUTH WINS
THE GREAT PIANO CONTEST
A Urge Vote Polled During the Last Few Days of
the Contest Puts Thomasville
Girl Ahead.
From Saturday's Dally.
Miss Ruth Goodwin wins the pin- Indies who were voted for, had tin
no. Th" contest closed last night I hearty support of their friends, and
they are all to be congratulated, but
| the rally of her supporters on th>
1 lust few days of the voting, brought
ek i! ' Miss _Goodwill strongly to the lead,
svlousJ -rim piano will bo sent to Miss
rim of the contest The vote of, Goodwin’s home tomorrow, and she
Miss Goodwin astounded even hth I will receive tho hearty good jrtshet
best friends. Miss Flmpson, of . of o\'eryono for a happy Christmas
Meigs, and Miss Stanaland. of Thom-; The statement of the judges fol
asvillc, as well as'the other young'lows:
This Is to certify that we,tho Undersigned, acting as Jud
ges of (the Time.-■ Enterprise voting contest, have carefully
canvassed tie ballot; and the riethods of conducting the con'ost.
Wo find that all, fairness hoi -.bean* extended to every contest
ant and thatfthe methods Col owed nre subject to no criticism.
Miss Ruth Goodwyni, Jmvfng received the greatest number
of votes, we hereby declare to b c the. winner of the contest and
the piano. . ;
J, I* BEVERLY,
£ T. J. HIGHT,
' t ’. S. H. SUTTON,
.1 udges.
NEGRO HAS
lives for at last accounts ho was
still breathing. Ono of tho shots
was In tho forehead. Eph la not as
good nu anatomist ns the other else
he would have shot at the heel.
FIVE LIVES
'
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Train Porter Gets Cut in
Discharge of His
Georgia Mau Shot in TuIInliassee by
Unknown Parties.
Duty.
1
(From Wednesday’s daily.)
,E. Collins, an employe of the Tal-1
Memphis, Tonn., Doc. 27.—Threo
financial Institutions tailed to open
their doors for business today, the
Merchants’ Trust Company, witty a
capital of $200,000; tho American
Sayings Bafik and Trust Company,
and the Mechanics Savings Bank,
BSoaller Institutions and allied'with
the 'first named concern.
According to a recent statement,
the American Trust Company owed
depositors $005,000.
Merchants’ Trust Co. Statement.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 27.—A coi
densed statement of the condition
the Merchants’ Trust Company at
tlic close of business Dcccmbor 20,
is given out ns follows: Total as
sets, $3,665,065. Indebtedness of
every cbt^acter to depositors, $4,-
112,319. All obligations, exclusive
of capital stock, $889,058. Cash
actually on hand, $30,000.
Eph Jacobs, the negro porte
the Albany train leaving here at 4:30
each evening Is at the City Hospital
with a number of slashes ln his bod
and with the prospectB of a serious
time ahead of him./ The causes that
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led up to his predicament make an
interesting story of Christmas trou
ble. On board the train going north
on Christmas night was an obstrep
erous coon who made considerable
trouble. It finally became neces
sary to eject him from the train at
Hardaway. The Job was not accom
plished without a lively scuffle In the
progress of which Eph hit the other
negro over the head with 4 lantern.
The ejected personage was not of
a nature to quickly- froglve and for-
. get. He nourished wrath In his bos
om the long night through and laid
for Ephraim. .
He organized a party of his friends
and when the train reached Harda
way on Its southbound Journey y
terday morning he and bis friends
raided the tralnr and went for the
porter. He cut Eph . four times.
He^must have had a doctor's knowl
edge of the Ethiopian anatomy for
every slash w*as directed at an ar-
^tery. * None of the corpuscle car-
was reached however, and Eph will
probably recover.
While all this was going on Eph
wai by no means idle. He pulled,
* his pistol and shot his attacker five
times. The n*gro must ha^p nine
luhasseo Light and Water Work
Company was killed In a mysterious j |t
New York, December 26.—Certi-
leates of election were presented
oday to Mayor McClellan and the
other candidates who, on the return*
were successful at the last election.
5ures have not been given
out, but It is known that tho plural’
of Mayor McClellan has been re
manner here last night. He was qt duced by about 300 from tho figures
work in 'a water main with a negro
helper when an unknown voice from
the darkness ordered them to come
out. Collfns replied that ho did not
have timd and Instantly a pistol shot
crashed through his forehead. A
short time after this shooting Robert
German, a young man prominently
connected staggered into a residence
in the same . neighborhood covered
with blood and with his coat on fire
from- a bullet wound in his left
arm. It appeared that he had
been dflnklng. He could not explain
how he happened to have the wound'
Collin* came to Tallahassee from
WrighUvIlle, Ga. —- * • ■ --
T&urale,. Dec. 23.—The striking
railroad men here have proclaimed
provisional government and
ed an’ appeal for support In set
ting up a Russian republic.
MAIL TROUBLES.
Albany Dispatch Tells of Congested
Conditions There.
Albany, 06'., Dec. 26.—The mail
service In this portion of the state
has been In a more demoralized con
dition during the last 36 hours than
was ev6r known except when heavy
rains had made roads Impassable.
The mall clerks were In no end
of trouble. When one of their num-
given out by tho police on election
night, giving him by tho corrected
figures a plurality over William R.
Hearst of about 3,400.
Election bets, however, will be
paid without more delay. About $1,
500,000 has been tied up in the
hands of stakeholders since before
election. «,
KICK TO OBH STEVENS.
Appointed by Railroad Coinitilslon
to Hear Complaints
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—The Railroad
Commission has designated Hon. O.
B. Stevens, one of Its members, a
committee of one to visit various
sections of the state whenever the
occasion demands, to make personal
investigation of all complaints which
are brought to the attention of the
commission such as those regarding
depots and local freight rates.
Mr. Sterns has traveled exten
sively over Georgia and his knowl
edge pf the people and various sec
tions peculiarly fits him for (bis
work.. He proposes to take It up at
once and to be prepared to lay be
fore the commission all the neces
Nick Saippson is going to work on
the streets of Thomasville as pen
alty for being convicted of the keep
ing pn hand and for sale, liquor, con
trary to the city ordinance forbid
ding that. He is the first blind tig
er keeper who ever worked out
sentence from the police court and
the happenings of yesterday created
tntehse Interest among the people
of Thomasville. He was arrested
yesterday at noon by Officers Step
hens and Fuller,' carried to the
blacksmith shop of Tom Everett,
where he was shackled around the
ankles and put to work on the streets
He refused to work yesterday and
was carried back to Jail. He was
defiant at first, jingled the money in
his pocket and said that he had too
much money to work but later he
grew more melting and said that
he had a chill and was too sick to
work but woujd go to work this
morning.
The case was an interesting one,
Sampson conducts a fruity store on
Jackson street. He was convicted of
selling liquor and fined $700 at the
October term of Superior Court. A
few days later his cook was arrest
ed for having in her possesion liquor
that she claimed belonged to him
On the 20 th of November he was ar
rested and 105 half pints of liquor
taken from his store. That after
noon in police court Mayor Rodden-
bery sentenced him to a fine of $99
and costs and ninety days on the
streets after hearing the evidence of
one white man and three negroes
against him. His attorney W. H.
Hammond, gave notice of certiorari
and S. Sampson furnished prelimin
ary bond In the amount of $1,500.
The time for securing the certiorari
has elapsed and none was secured
sary -^cta In relation to any com
plaint whlfefi might be brought td
Bob Balfour and Charley
me from Davidson Col-
.1 Carolina to spend the
The Rudolph piano has been deliv
ered to Miss Ruth Goodwin, the win
ner of the Times-EnterpHse voting
contest. The following letter has
been sent , by Miss Goodwin in ac
knowledgement:
Thomasville, Ga., Dec. 26, 1905.
Dear Times-EnterprJse:
Please accept my sincere thanks
and believe me grateful for making
it possible for me to .receivo such a
valuable Christmas gift as the beau
tiful Rudolph piano, which was vot
ed to me In the Tlmes-Enterprise
contest. r . - v
Please also allow me through you
to tender my heartfelt thanks to my
kind and generousfriends, who sup
ported me so strongly and'liberally.
Sincerely yours,
Ruth Goodwin.
The Times-Enterprise tries- not \o
do things by halves and we, too,
are fond of giving Christmas pres
ents as well as of receiving them.
Although no promise, or even intim
ation of a second prize had been
made, after the result of the contest
was made known by the Judges, the
management of the paper wrote to
in the voting asking her to accept as
a Christmas present and in acknowl
edgement of the splendid face run
by her, a, sewing machine. In reply
to this offer Miss Siirifeson accepts
mdst gracefully. •
Meigs, Ga., Dec. 25, 1905.
Dear Tlmes-Enterprlse:
Your letter informing mo of tho
result of the piano contest has been
received. I congratulate Miss Good-
Win, and at the samo time, offer you
my sincere thanks for the sewing
machine with which you present mo,
ns a second in tho contest. I also
extend to my friends throughout tho
county my thanks for their Interest.
Yours very reepectfully,
' Zoo Simpson.
The machine will be the best in
the store of C. B. Quinn in Thomas-
llle, and will go to Miss Simpsori
before ever being unpacked. Mr.
Quinn makes a specialty of sewing
machines and he knows a good one
n he sees It and he promises to
that Miss Simpson gets the best
that is going. ^
The piano .contest was a success
and everybody seemB to be satisfied
ith the result. In this connection,
is interesting to note the fact that
the first vote* cast for Miss Goodwin
was put In by her father, and the
last by Mr. B. F. Cochran.
trouble. It . seems that the case
against him was so plain that no
further technicalities of law would
be brought into play. Nick’s friends
fixed him up a cot with bedding in
the guard house where he spent the
night and where he will reside for
the next three months.
The case is of considerable import
ance In establishing the validity of
the city ordinance against having
on hand liquors for sale. It .Is also
of interest Inasmuch as Sampson is
the first white man to work on the
streets for liquor selling. Predic
tions were freely made that he would
never work, but these seem to have
gone wrong. The anti-tiger people
feel that ah important step has been
made in breaking up the traffic and
that the sight of a white man on'the
streets will do much to deter fixers
from the illegal traffic. *