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Hnb South Georgia progress,
/ THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,' JANUARY u, 1906
VOL. V
IPUIi-E.VOL. «7.
round tbe market house and Are sta
tion. Work was commenced yester-
•day. A huge 'pile of sand and a
goodly number of brick will be util*
Ucd In the Improvement of tbe walk
ing facilities.
that part of the, road wblch has re
ceived the most work, with the road
machine Is the worst there Is.
Mr. Robert Aiken died of pneu
monia at the home of Mr. Andrew
Sessions one day last week, and was
burled In the Spring Hill neighbor
hood. Mr. Aiken was a brother of
Miss Minnie Aiken and Mrs. M. A.
Jones.
> Mr. S. M. Beach has purchased
from Mr. W. I. Mao^ntyre of Thom-
nsvlllo, one hundred and twenty-
acres 06 land, originally part of the
old John Harvin place.
of the unsold cotton was being held:
for higher figures. I am already In
possession of letters from certain,
firms addressed to spot holders who-
have on hand from fifty to one hun
dred more balea of cotton in which'
a proposition la made. Spot holder*
are warned against these Ingenious
devices. If the spot cotton passes
Into the hands of buyers and mills,
the Strength of the market will be
wlpod out. Stand pat and demand
the full price. We are sure to Why
If we firmly hold the small balance
of unsold crops for 15 cents. 1 '
No Professional Base Ball
, In Prospect for Com- |
ing Season. ,
Heavy’Freight Business.
W. D. Webster, traveling freight
..gent of the Goorgla Southern and
Florida with headquarters In Valdos-
t.i, Is In the city. He says that traffic
la heavy and on Monday hla ^joad
received at Macon 130 cars of freight
From Wednesday’s Daily.
Tbe work of the Mlslonary Insti
tute and Preachers meeting of the
Thomasvtlle district at the Methodist
church Is progressing with zeal and
spirit. Elder Ed F. Cook makes an
Ideal presiding officer and the papers
presented yesterday gave many new
Ideas tor the furthering of the Mas
ter’s work. The public was invited
to the afternoon and evening services
and many of them took advantage of
the eportunlty.
In the morning the preachers had
their meeting. The general topic of
discussion was “The Preacher Him
self.” The leaders and their line
of thought were:
The Organized Preacher, W. M.
Blltch.
The Preacher’s One Work, C. W.
Jordan.
The Preacher ns an Evangelist, C.
W. Curry.
The Preacher as a Pastor, W. C. Em-
broy.
The Preacher and Bible Study, N.
T. Palford.
The Preacher and Prayer, J. N.
Jones.
The Preacher's Study Hours, O. A.
Smith.
The Preacher and Debt, D. B. Mer
ritt.
Reading—Why? Whatf How?
C. M. Ledbetter. •
Pulpit Decorum, T. H. Thomson.
Length of Sermon, S. E. Grenfell.
Each leader was allowed five min
utes and all took part In the Informal
discussion.
The preachers meeting this morn
ing will be In seslon from 9 until 12
The general subject will be “The
Church." The topics and leaders
are:
The Organised Church, E. E. Rose.
The Organized Official Board, J.
0, Parker.
Organising for the Revival, J. M.
Outler.
Organising for District Work, Ed
F. Cook.
Full Assessment* Our Habit—
Why? How? H. P. Stubbs.
The Social Life of the Church, J.
A. Smith.
Building for Utility, C. M. Ledbet-
[ Recent developments make It prob-
atile that the Georgia State League
f will be reduced to six clubs. It hav-
. lug been found Impracticable to In
clude Thomasvllle. Jk
^ With J'homasvllle out of the cir-
I cult originally proposed only seven
clubs would be available and as It
la Impossible to conduct a league
with seven clubs six have been de
cided on, Brunswick and Thomasvllle
_ ' being the two cities dropped. (
The 8avannah News says: After
Investigation It was found that Thom
Seville would not support a club and
that it was also Impossible to secure
■. a park there without considerable
‘ expense. No one could be secured
I who was willing to invest their mon-
H .4^ in a club there and (he project
1;^ was given up. I
This left the- league In a rather
f’.'awkward position—with seven clubs
if to go Into the league. After much
’ ' discussion It was decided that Bruns
wick was too far out of tbeNdrcult
X and was the most logical dty to be
: y' dropped. Expressions,from the maj
ority of franchise owners was that
* .jfeywjcii should l;e left out. This
J uc” . ,i'or: will probably be ratified at
\ tbe, j meallng of tbe league directors
J ,which will be held In Savannah Fri
day. • Brunswick would undoubted
ly make a good city for the lengue,
I but It would be foolhardy to assume
the irge amount of extra railway,
L fare which would be entailed by
| bringing Brunswick ldto a six league
; Columbus, Ga., Jan. 10.—Special
to the Tlmes-Enteprlse.—The great
joint debate between Clark Howell
and Hoke Smith took place here thtB
afternoon In the Opera Houbc In the
presence of 5,000 people. Five hun
dred of these were seated on the
large stage. The Immense audience
was orderly hut wildly enthusiastic
and each candidate received tumult
uous applause at every telling point..
Three-fourths of the audience were
! Howell men and that candidate nat-
I urally received the major portion of
j the cheers. There was no disorder
l and no personal conflicts during the
day. Friends of both the candidates
are perfectly satisfied with the show
ing made by their man and each
acquitted himself ably.
Mr. Howell opened with a speech
of. one hour. Three-fourths of this
time was devoted to discussion of
Smith’s alliance with the Populist
party and attacks upon organized
Democracy. Mr, Howell created a
tremendous sensation when he read
a letter from James Sibley of Augus
ta, right hand man of Tom Watson,
,ln which Sibley promised Howell the
support of Watson and the Populists
It the candidate would favor dis
franchisement of the negro.' Howell
read his reply In which he stated
that this was contrary to bis convic
tions and/ he would not barter them
for office. He discussed the dis
franchisement proposition at length
and took up the railroad question.
Smith then followed with a speech
of a full hour. It was along the lines
of hts other speeches. He called How
ell a trimmer and said that be was
opposed to the franchise tax bill
and was the tool of the corporatlops.
He defended bis position on the ne
gro disfranchisement, denied alli
ance with the Populists and made
spirited personal attack on Howell,
i. well then replied In a half hour's
speech In which he too grew very
personal and answered the arguments
and attacks of Mr. Smith. Colum
bus Is a Howell stronghold, and It
Is not probable that many votes were
changed either way.
Smith Is a man of more Imposing
presence and a better orator than
Howell and had the advantage from
a forensic standpoint. Both sides
claim the honors of the day and It
Is Impossible from the nature of the
case to decide this question from a
non partisan view point.
Supreme Court Decides
liquor and R.R. Case
o! Great Importance.
U. D.C.WR1 Serve Din
ner and Confer Crosses
of Honor.
Atlanta, Jan. 9.—The Supreme
Court has reversed Judge Cann In the
Injunction against the railroad com
mission to prevent the enforcement
I of certain store rates from Atlanta,
Home, Daiton and Rockmart. Sav
annah parties Bought to enjoin the
commission from enforcing the rates,
and Judge Cann grunted the Injunc
tion. The Supreme Court today re
versed Judge Cann on the ground
that tbe Chatham court- had no jur
isdiction. Tbe ckurt does not en
ter Into the merits of the case.
The Supreme Court also upheld
a mandamus grafted by Judge. Pen
dleton of Fulton^unty to force the
Southern Exprets "Company to. haul
liquor to Lawrencevllle. That town
passed an ordinance fixing a license
of $1,000 to send liquor Into that
place. The express company refused
to pay tbe same or to handle liquor.
E. M. Rose of Atlanta, sougnt to
compel by mandamus. The supreme
Court held that the Express Company
was a common carrier and that the
Lawrencevllle'ordinance was null
and void. ,
This decision Is of particular Inter
est to all dry towns. The city of
Moultrie has recently passed an or
dinance similar to the one In ques
tion, but Its enforcement will prob
ably not be attempted now.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
have announced their plans for the
observance of Lee’s birthday. This
occasion Is on January 19th a week
from tomorrow. The day will be
especially devoted to the pleasure of
the veterans. Every veteran In
Thomas county will Be the honored
guest of the John B. Gordon-Chap
ter, Daughters of the Confederacy.’
cordial dnVit-
Likos the Change.
The County Board of Educatlom
Is composed of a set of .safe men.
who appear to be In earnest about
school matters. Heretofore the an
nual teachers Institutes have been
very poorly attended, some teachers
declaring that they had nothing to'
learn from those who were the mov
ing spirits. Now that we are to
have monthly ihstltutes, and that
a fine of not less loan five dollanv
will be placed on those teachers who <
do not attend, we will await with In- -
terest the coming of those teachers
who know so much- that # they can
not learn, for It'will be a season of'
refreshing, to us, who for'- several'
years have done our best'to learn
something.
.School Opening.
The spring' session of tho Meigs
Graded School opened Monday un
der flattering circumstances. Every
body Is talking “school,” and tbe
children are simply ‘running over."-
Mr. Linton the principal Is hot un
known to our people. Mr. F. G:
Rose, of the Intermediate department
Is fast building for himself a reputa
tion. Miss Annie Brundage, over
the Primary department, .lives here
and Is known and loved, by every
body. She has lately been away at
Monroe College. The people arc-
believing that they will have A sue--
ccssful session and they will.
Easily Tired.
A man said "I am tired of paying-
tax to run the schools and not get
no benefit.” By actual count, be
sides his poll tax, less than five cent*
of bis money goed Into the schoor.
fund. Like many others who pay
from twelve to twenty’dollars for-
tobacco and whiskey without a mur
mur, the man must be convalescing
from an attack of typhoid , dlspop-
sla, and la easily tired.
Much Moving.
One of the best signs of prosperity
with the-farmer Is the great amount
of moving going on. We never saw
the like. You knew where they
lived. Now you don’t. The tcach-
The chapter extends
atlon to every veteran In the county
to ba present, w! D: Mitchell''will’
attend, but the presence of'every vet
eran la espdalally desired, whether
or not he fsA member of the camp.
The usual interesting ceremonies
The exercises
will mark the day.
will be held In the Sundays school
room o fthe Baptist church at 11
o'clock, sharp. Crosses of honor will
be conferred upon several'veterans
and there will be special .music.
The orator of the day will be Mr.
Irwin MacIntyre. He Is one of the
most brilliant and eloquent young
members o fthe Thomasvllle bar.' His
speech will be a stirring one. He
was Memorial dSy speaker a few
years ago and all who heard him then
will be anxious to near him again.
The exercises at the church will
last for one hour. Promptly at 12
the veterans will be escorted to the
court house where they will be en
tertained at a dinner served by the
U. D. C. This annual feature Is al
ways onq of the most pleasant of the
day. There Is always an abundance
of good things to eat and during
the course of the dinner many stories
are told songs are sung and the pro
ceedings end with the old time rebel
yell. ,
The league will enter the season
1th Albany, Valdosta, Amerlcus,
| left out of the original plans. At
'the meeting next Friday a schedule
for the coming season will probably
be adopted, amendments to the con-
t stltutlon will be suggested and pass-
ed upon and a full report of what has'
r: been • accomplished In the way of
F signing teams, etc., will be made by
the Club owners who will be present
EVERETT IS MAYOR.
NEARLY ALL PICKED. An<1 "• SpM Aidcrmanic Ticket Is
! Elected In Boston.
Vnd Nearly All Ginned 8ays Cotton
Association. .. Boston, Jan. 8.—There was a llve-
f ly municipal election here today with
Atlanta, Oa., Jan. 8.—The South- two full tickets In tbe field. J. B.
irn Cotton Association today Issued Everett was elected mayor, defeating
i statement showing the percentage w. Z. Brantley, the present lncum-
>f cotton picked to January 1 to be bent. - W. R. Forster and J. M. Qroo-
18.39. Cotton ginned to same date, ver on the Everett ticket and T. |S.
l7.55.,The figures by states are: Leak and J. W. Taylor on the Bjgnt-
toridk, 99.99 and 99..98; Georgia, ley ticket were elected aldermen.
19.99 and 98.44; South Carolina, The defeated candidates were H. T.
The Missionary Institute will con
vene for tbe second day’s work this
afternoon at 2, and again this even
ing at 7. The program is as follows:
Afternoon—Devotional service, J.
W. Hines; Informal discussion, lead
ers limited to ten minutes.
Modern Inventions, N. T. Palford.
Commercial Expansion, O. S.
Smith.
Tbe Awakening In the East, D. B.
Merritt.
Wars—Chlno-Jaanese, Spanish-A
merlcan, Russo-Japanese, H. P.
Stubbs.
Evening—Devotional service, 8.
E. Grenfell; addresses, general topic.
Home Church
NATURAL CAUSES.
held an Inquest over the body of a ' Atlanta, Jan. 10.—Cotton buyers
negro found dead there Monday af- and cotton mills who are short on
ternoon. It was found that the body cotton aro said to be again making
was that of Bedford Banka, a well an effort to borrow cotton In order to
known character. He was * sort of j secure not only what they need, but
doctor and medicine man among the! to beat down tbe price by taking the
Ignorant negroes. He was seen In j staple out of the bands of those who
Ochlockonee Sunday and afterwards j are holding It for the purpose of
■went to a little cabin about a mile | keeping the price up and advancing
from town. Whtlq there-he was evi- 1 It. President Harrie Jordan of the
dently taken 111 and died some time ( Southern Cotton Atsoclatlon, who
Monday. A purse with a single pen- sounded-a note of warning last spring
ny in it was found by his lifeless when the same thing was attempted
form. He . leaves a daughter, Ra- Is again, exposing the scheme,
chel Banks of Thomasvllle. j Today President Jordan said ’'In-
The Jury that brought In a ver- formation Is being received at bead-
dlct that bis death came from natural quarters of the association lndicat-
causes was composed of P. P. Dix- lug the ‘same plans are now being
GRADY’S SCHOOL AFFAIR8.
Board W1R Be Appointed In March
and J. B. Wight Is in Charge Now.
All of the npw counties with the
exception of Grady and Jeff Davis
have organized their county school
boards. Over In Grady the board
will not be choeen until the Superior
Court meets. Judge Robert O. Mit
chell will hold tbe first term of Gra
dy Superior Court In March. The
grand jury chosen at that time will
name the county school board. Until
that time the school affairs will be
In charge of Mr. J. B. Wight He
was formerly a member'of the county
board of education In Thomas coun
ty and a man well Informed on all
educational affairs.
jNews reaches us of tbe advent of
little daughter at the home of Mr.
id Mrs. Henry E. Butler of Plaln-
/Id, N. J., on the 5th Inst. Mrs.
htler Is the only daughter of Mr.
Id Mrs. A. H. Mason and is well
own in Thomasvllle.
drs. F. R. Vah Brunt has recover-
from her illness and went to
omasviiie last Monday with Mr.'
“Reasons Why the
Must Go Forward.
God Commands, E. E. Rose.
Heathen Claims and ’ Christian
Duty, J. C. Parker.
Abundant Ability, J. A. Smith.
Dangers that Threaten if Work Is
Delayed, T. H. Thomson.
The Institute will come to an end
tomorrovf.
country stores In this neigh t
id are “out” of a good many
goods, owing to the bad con-
of the roads. For tho first
-tfMVthe recollection of the
.f has been Impossible to haul
over, our roads. Strange, too,
Laying the Pavement.
The city really can pave. It has
proved that by starting to work on
the cement side, walk that will sur-