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BOMASVliLE KNIKUI'KISE. VOL. 47
THOM AS VILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,' JANUARY 5, 193.1
New Series, Vol XV—No. 43.
MURDER BY NEW DISTRICT
A WOMAN IS ORGANIZED
m
John Lawson Wes and W. S. Bulloch Succeeds
Jury Calls His Wile J. Q. Bryan on Board
a Murderess. of Commissioners.
(From Wednesday's dplly.l
John Lawson, colored, di^<l
terday morning and a coromr's j u r,
that Investigated hla death
nounced It,murder at the hnij|
his wife, Mattie Lawson, j bett*1
known as “Big Black Matt.j’ l- a "
son Is the victim of the only rhrisi
maa tragedy that ThomaSvil e hnd
He was shot on Christmas Arnin
by hla wife at the negro biardim
house of Eugefiia Williams oi
Stephens street. For a ,-u lui'-
looked as If he would'recovi
the ugly pistol wound In
side. He was taken to the Ci|
pltal and given the best of
his life went out about 11
yesterday.
The Jury that lnvestlgat<
case was composed of J. D.
ney, foreman, Orrm Swift,
McRae, C. C. Atkinson, T. J.
lln, B. F. Herring. They
the scene of the dead and [ exam
ined the Williams woman, this only
eye witness. She told of hqfw the
pair were drinking, of the, J
between them, and-of the fa(
fl red by Matt.
Coroner Chas C, ndy swoi
,,a warrant charging her wit!
der. It is said that she is atjMW|
,ville, where Lawson worked, five
imiles from town and the <|fri< rs
vlll probably put her behinjd tie
bare. '' f 1
January 2, 1S06.
Board met in regularmeeting. All
I resent.
/Minutes ofj former meetings read and
^proved. ]
Complalht 111yd against Vann’s
utchor pin; referred toCapt. Ham-
nd a rid'Capt. Smith.
The commission appointed to lay
I on; and define new. militia district
; b i he <■ following report which
j was' adopted.
I The new district to be known as
j Kiln Belle! district NO. —O. M. Be-
! ginning whore the Big Ochlockonee
s the' line between Col-
homas, In lot No. 115, In
trlct running west over
the little Oehlockonce
17th district, thenfce
WAYCROSS SHOPS.
Neighboring City Will Soon Get Half
■, Million Plant of A. C. L.
Waycross, jGa., Jan. 1.—The new
year brought the official anBnnee-
ment from Wilmington that the At
lantlc Coast Line ls^asklng for bids
for the construction work on the
$500,000 locomotive and car [shops
to he located here. The ahpounee-
. ment cornea from Mr. R. E. Smith,
general superintendent of motive
power and states that the plaps for
the new shops which have recent
ly been completed, can be soenjat his
office at Wilmington. The Mlrosui
company Is advertising for bids in
the Engineering News and Manufac
turer’s Record and the advertise
ment reads as follows: J
"The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company Invites Inspection . of* the
plans and specifications for the grad
ing, sewerage ( water v supply, brick
OUtllWHld
down the ilttle Ochlock-
inetj river
to the Junction with big
Ot htockon
re, thence up the blk Och-
hi. itmee t
(I We reel
the starting point,
mmend that the precinct
established ,at aelgler's Mill on
J4t pt lazjd No. —
R. R. Chastain,
W. At Bustle,
W. T. Mills.
Commissioners,
ily appeared before me R,
|in,. W. A.. Bustle (tnd W. T.
ant I made above report under
1111am Jones, Ordinary. '
Joard went Into executive ses
sion to clyct officers for onsulng year
On mot loll of Mr. Pringle Capt. E.
if. Smith was unanimously elected
chairman for next year. ;//
On motion the salary of the clerk
was fixed :at $20 and J. S. Montgom-
eryeiected clerk. i
I>r. L. i B. Bouchelle wai elected
county physician at a salary oi $25
perLontf.
N Sheppard was elected kcoper of
pauper home .at $10 per month.
M -. it. n. Chastain was elected
district overseer for "Ella Bello” dis
trict
Mr. j. W. Groover tiled his bond
a. ' lt*rk of city court which was ap
proved* 'Ey board.
Mr. J. Q. Bryan who Is now.a cit-
iien jpf Grady county, after extend
er hla thanks.to each member of
the hoard for kindnesses shown him
tendered his resignation as a mem
ber 9( tk’,8 board to tako effect at
once.j Capt. Smith and Mr. Pringle
and steel buildings and all I other j »PO»^’.ig for the board expressed re-
work in connection with the construe j srebrf that the county he has served
tion of Its new locomotive and car j 80 ^ely and faithfully must now
shops at Waycross. Ga., excepting! lo8e *>'« valuable services,
the machinery and equipment there- motion his resignation was ac-
of. The plant will Include .1 ’round
house, oil house, store house, ma
chine and erecting shop, blacksmith
shop, coach shop, paint shop, planing
mill, foundry, pattern storehouse,
dry kiln and frame freight c^r re
pair shed.
“The proposals to be submitted are
to cover the plant completed, except
machinery and equipment. A depos
it i of ,{$2,000 will be / required with J Court coats
each proposal. Bids will be opened
at noon, Jan. 29.
cepterl and Mr. W. S. Bullock was
unanimously* elected to fill his un
expired term.
* ' f ihomasville, Ga., Dec. 27, 1906.
Hon. County Commissioners:
Gentlemen—I have the hopor to
report that since my last report I
have paid over t)> the county treasur
er the following amount: *
From hire of convlcIa^.» r.. f 684.00
21.00
Misses Lucy and Bessie Parker
and Miss Grace Beverly left yester
day afternoon for Gainesville where
they will resume their studies in
Bren&u College.
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Mr. nda Mrs. John T. Chambers J
have rented the J. H. Spence cottage
on Love street Mr. and Mrs. Spence
are at the home of C. C. Stone on
| Jefferson street
1 I - - —
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Net to county $ 705.00
Fines and forfeitures $ 25.00
j $ 730.00
Yours truly,
1 *
Charles P. Hansell.
Monthly report of county physi
cian: 1
The Jal) and poor htrnse have re
ceived weekly visits. Both places
are in gobd healthy condition. At
GRADY GETS
GOOD START
New County Formed, Offi
cers Elected and Pros
pects Bright.
Cairo, Ga., Jan.' 1, 1906.—The
election of county officers for Grady
County, for the year 1906 yas held
In Cairo today, It being provided by
the act creating this county that all
votes at this electlop should be cast
here. All of the candidates that
were nominated on October 17th last
were elected without opposition. At
that time the people of the county
cast a very large vote thereby mani
festing their lively Interest In the
reaulf. To | day they have shown
their satisfaction at that result by
voting'less than.200 usllots. Those
elected are! P. H. Herring, ordin
ary; W. T. Crawford, clerk of Super
ior Court; D. W. TyuS, sheriff; M.
O. McManus, treasurer; W. R. Wynrf,
tax receiver; Roy W. Ponder, tax
collector; D. A. Jones, surveyor, and
E. O. Harrell, coroner. The people
of the new couuty could nop Intrust
the administration to myre compet
ent men. After these officers have
been, commlsloned then Grady county
will become a legal entity, and will
begin Its lfte under the most favora
ble prospects. It will not have to
wait Inorder that It may gath recog-
nitlqp' as one of the leading counties
of the, state but will from the be
{inning rank among the first. Grady
has a good area,. possesses th’e best
lands in the country and Is composed
of a citizenship the . character of
which will compare with that of any
community in the state. The clim
ate is excellent and the health con
ditions arei not siijrassed In tfc^
south. These .are the reasons, be
side^ others, why Grady Is not simply
coming to the,front but will be in
the front from rhe beginning of Its
existence. ; ’
The court house question has hot
yet been much ^Agitated. A - few
however, have expressed themselves
on the subject and those In' favor of
bonding the county for funds for the
purpose of erecting a good court
bouse In the near future seem/to be
practically off set by others who are
inclined to wait a year or so until
everything Is In good working order
and then levy a tax for one year suffi
cient for that purpose. No tempor
ary arrangement for a court house
has yet been made.-. There are only
two available places, the old city
hall, where Justice court Is now held
and the other the first floor of the
new building Just completed by John
111
dc’termlno this matter In the near
future. Most of the officers will, for
the present have offices In the Craw
ford building.
CUT IN TWO
BYENGINE
John Reynolds Killed ill
Coast Line Yards by
No. 185.
Switch engine number 185 had an
other accident last night. This time
It killed a man. John [Reynolds .^raa
the name of the unfortunate.
- The accident happened about
eight o’clock, In the Coast Line
yards, near the shop houses. Rey
nolds was a negro BWltchman, who
has-been In the business for-a.long
time, loa£ enough Indeed to grow
i.
engine was In charge of eh-
Carlton Hunley, and Rey-
nolds was working with him. They
were switching In the yards, and en
gineer Hunley saw the negro, wave
his lantern to him to come ahead,
and then wall for the engine, as
if to mount the cow , catcher. He
thought ( that Reynolds , had done
this, till he heard some' one hal
low to him that he had killed a
man, and heard a groan from under
his engine. It is supposed that the
man's foot slipped and that he fell
directly across the track/ The body
was'cut in two at the sfaist, and was
horribly mangled otherwise.
Reynolds lived lp Thomasvtlle and
had a number of relatives here. He
i was regarded as a good ndgro, and
his death Is regretted. The body
was taken to the Herring undery
taklngvparlors, where It was dressed.
’ Switch engine number 185 has
hud rather unpleasant history/ for
sevens months. It Is the Ba uie one
that ran'off the track two different
times in the same week,
GLOBE CIRCLERS m.iii:.
Bicyclists On Tour fit AVei-ld I-hitA'- Bines: Informal
tnln Street Crowd.
MISSIONARY
INSTITUTE
Methodist Preachers and
Laymen to Meet Here
Next Week.
Two itlnerafi
claim to be on n
were in ThOmasvllI
entertained a big
street f<
-X—
COMES ACROSS.
McCall Returns The Two Hundred
and Eighty Thousand.
New York, Jan. 2.—John A. Mc-
call, president of the New tort Lif»\
paid the company $28^,000
anced to Andrew Hamilton and n.>t
accounted for by him. A check for
eighty-flve thousand and/ a note for
hundred and fifty thousand were
received today and a meeting if the
trustees is called for tpriiorrow when
It is expected McCallreai.nation
will be received. /
>1 cyclists, who
*r of the world
yesterday and
•wd on Madison
The men say
that they are from San Francisco
and are bound next to Cuba on their
ircllng expedition. They have
now liberi'-o(it seven ^i.onth*. They
are nyfonlAhly clever riders. Their
lamci a refHah*y fowler and “Rube”
Shields. They can' mnke~n*bicycle
do anything, but/talk. In addition
to Mb hiding ability Shields Is no
mean comedian and kept.the crowd
d humor by his Jokes. They
for 1 the coin and Shields
is one < f the most persistent collec
tion takers in the world.
mean cjm
In a gokd
are ou
DRATH FROM LOCKJAW.
Little Grandson of Mrs. Harley In*
Jurcd ChMstinas Burled Yesterday.
Ballard Property SoJ.
(From Wednesday** dal? )
There was olny dne leg I sale
yesterday. The 12^ acre to
17th district belona
tate of Hiram Ballaf
by J. G. Moore for)
- U
the es-
• Th* friends of the Harley family
will *«gret to learn of the sad death
in Vildosta of Lamar, the little son
of dr. and Mrs. J. H. Harley. The
lad received the Injury from which
JOth / ensued on Christmas night.,
A cannon fire cracker exploded in his
face and a piece of the paper from it
entered his forehead. A physician
idressed the wound and he was able
■to be upand walking last week.
Saturday the wound became very
inflamed and the physician was again
summoned. The boy grew rapidly
worse and lockjaw set in.
His funeral took place yesterday
morning at 10 o’clock at the family
residence on Oak street in Valdosta.
Mrs. Harley and Mr. Pierce Harley
went over be present on the sad
occasion. Ttw? sympathy of the peo
ple in Thomavyille is with the be
reaved ones. j t y y
r
-A gathering of much Interest and
Importance will take place here next
week on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Jt Is the Missionary Instl
tuts, and Preaclieiy' meeting for the
Thomasvllle district ot the. South
Georgia' Conference. Presiding El
der Ed F. Cook will prcajde, scores
of preacher^ and delegates from
South Georgia will be present. Many
topics of Interest will be discussed.
fhG sessions will be held at the Meth
odist church. Those of the Mission
ary Institute will be open to the pub
lic. The institute will meet In the
afternoons and evenings and the
preachers, will hold their sessions In
the morning.
The program Is as follows;
Tuesday, Jan. 9 from 2 to E^p, m.
—Devotional service, J. L. Funder
burk; Informal discussion, lenders
limited to ten minutes; addresses,
general topic, the making of a Mis
sionary Church. *
Missionary Education from the
Pulpit, W. C. Embry.
Missionary Principle and Priu ilcc,
M. W. Carmichael.
' Motive Instead of Enticement ■ In
GUflnVi .William M. Blttch.
The Ldyqian’s Placo in the Cam
paign, W. T, Nicholson.
Organization and Education 'Cor
MlsHlonnry Work, J. N. Jones.
Tuesday 7 p. m-^Devotional ser-
vlce; addresses; Present Day Oppor-
tunitles for Mission Work, C. II. Led
better; Present Day Resources for
Mission Work, Whitley Langston.
f Wednesday. Jari. 10, from 2
5 p. m., devotional service, J. W.
discussion, lendors
limited fo ten minutes.
Modorn Inventions, N. T. Pafford
' Commercial Expansion, O. S.
Smith.
Tho Awakening fn the East, D, B.
Merritt.
Wars—Chino-Japanesc, Spanlsh-
Amerlcan, Rufcso-Japanqse, H. P.
Stubbs.
-.Wednesday. 7 ' p. ni.—Devotional
service, 8. E. Grenfell; addresses,
general tuple. Reasons /Why the
Home Church llntt Go Forward.'
God Commands, E. b\ Rose..- m
HeatheircTainTsLinil (ftjjrtstian Duty
J. C. Parker.
Abundant Ability, J. A; Smith.
Dangers that Threaten if Work is
Delayed, T. H. Thomson.
Thursday, Januaryll, ‘ 2 to 5 p.
m.—Devotional service, J. W. Wells.
Informal discussion, leaders limited
to ten minutes.
The Sunday School and Missions
Why? What? How? II. J. Jones.
The League and Missions. The
Work, The Way. A. P. Harley.
The place of Prayer in Missions, C.
W. Jordan.
Ten Reasons for Tithing, J. W.
Connors.
Thursday, 7 p. m.—-Devotional ser
vice. Address, The New Testament
Conception of the Disciple and His
Money.
Jesus’ Conception, C. W. Curry.
Paul’s Conception, Reese Griffin.
What Business Has the Business
Man With Missions? J. M. Outler.
BIG TORNADO
HITS^ALBANY
Death and injuries Be
sides Immense Prop
erty Loss.
Albany, Gn., Jan. 3.—Albany was
visited .by a destructive tornado this
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, that killed
one man, Injured several and de
stroyed thousand of dollar’s worth
of property. The tornado passed
within less than one hundred yards
of the Albany Academy which was
crowded with school children and
teachers. Had tho storm Struck
tho building tho.loss-of, llfo would
have been frightful.
This evening's Albany Herald con
tain* the following account of the.
disaster.
The terrific wind came from a
southwesterly direction, first strik
ing the sparsely populated district
on the edge of the city. It complet ■
ly demolished tho big acid rhamh ,
of the Virginia Carolina Chemical.
Company.
Ben Jones, a negro employe,, was
Instantly killed, being caught under
the falling timbers. Tho largo
brick structure containing the ovens
was also destroyed.
Dozens of small frame dwellings-
on Residence, North, Madison, Flint
and Pino streets were either v hotiv
or partially demolished.
Tho principal destruction wap
wrought among cottages largely oc
cupied by negroes, on Madison street
between North and Residence street-
and on North c.i.ct west'of Mob
son.
Several, of tho houses occupied b.i
the families of employes of the Vtr-
glnla-Carollna Chemical Com. in the
grounds of the plant were complete
ly demolished.
The negro C. M. E.
ernl stores were compl
/
h and &ev
dfinoTfch-
ed.
The storm then rose and passed
over the city until it reached a
point 6ver Washington street, where
It began afresh its work of demoli
tion. The large hull house of the-
Georgia Cotton Oil Company, the*
for the new storage house of
stal Ice Company, and a score
in the railroad yard were de
molished.
’hlfi delivery yegon of v
was blown from Wt
into the iXIlroed yaM and 1
Tchro- WoodiJ, J
jood
IntreMed in Engagements of
Two Popular Men.
The Fag End.
The fag end of the storm that play
ed havoc in Albany evidently passed
over Thomasville yesterday after
noon about 2 o’clock. There was a
high wind, the sky was dark and rain
fell In sheets. The weather condi
tions were not especfoUjr unusual,
however, and exeryone will read with
surprise tois morning that a neigh
boring city has been devastated
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
trong
ir of
igk
Ga., Jan. 3.—Mr. Hnd Mr^ P art ln
Dudley Chittenden of Tall* Hancock,
mssee, Fla., have announced the ,r< i Sherrod,
ngement of their daughter, aepherd, Pliny
Augusta and Mr. Walter Lee Wrd. Robbie Re-
he marriage to take place ore!, Edith Drew,
■ary 18th. '.y Vann, short
Miss Chittenden ts a channlnOna Sherrod
oung woman of social attainment Eva_
and many accomplishments. 3Cr. V
Wight Is a prominent man of Csfrau ,
!>elng now engaged ln the naval '
stores business and well known Id
business circles in both Georgia •»*
Florida. After their marriage, they
will make a trip to California and'
will Vlsl8t many points ofinterest in:'
the West.
Cards have been Issued by Mr.
Mrs. Robert Felix Reynolds of New F--j|
Orleans announcing the approaehfn£ ' •<p'* rgt a
marriage of their daughter, Mia WiN-. 'dgs/ reg ’
i Cordelia to Mr. David L. Wmiaaav ‘
wblch will take place on January
Mr. Williams Is a citizen of
and a highly saeeearfat
ness man and has may
this , part of the state who
imueh latereeted .la tbo
p-
ths
;'ind
jror
• ini-
rate
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