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WEEKLY TLMES-ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1906.
4 FROM THOMAS
ON THE JURY
Messrs. Toole, Gribben, 1
Heath and Torner in
, Green-Gayner Trial.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 1*.—(Special
• to • the Tlmes-Enterprlse.)—There
.will be four Thomas county citizens
, on the jury to try the celebrated
V Greene-Gaynor case. • The Jury was
completed today and among those
on the list are Messrs. R. S. Heath,
C. R. Poole, James Gribben, of
fc»‘ Thomasvllle, and N. E. Turner, of
[ Merrillville. The chances are that
j the jury will be held here at least
• four or five weeks and maybe twice
as long. Apartments have been se
cure* for the Jurors at the De8oto
hotel. They will be kept away from
I outside communication upon the
se. Three bailiffs have been as
signed to the Jury and one will look
after the wants of each quartette
, of jurymen.
The other twelve men summoned
on the venire from Thomas county
’ were either excused for cause, or
not reached. They will return to
their homes tonight.
will remain In Waycross, and these
employ about ISO men. '
This removal, coming at Is does
on the very eve of the coming of
the big Coast Line shops, will not
affect Waycross as much as It would
have done a year ago, when Way-
cross i^^pded very largely on the
Atlantl^md Birmingham office force
for much of Its revenue. The per
sonnel of the Atlantic and Birming
ham general officers Is most excel
lent and the loss to Waycross in a
social way Is even more poignant
than It will be In a financial way.
Mr. George Dole Wadley Yester
day sold his line home here to his
brother. Mr. J. E. Wadley.
STOLE $47
FINED $50
Negro Bell Boy Lifted
Pocket Book From
Hotel Guest.
ARMY MANEUVERS.
May lake Place in Georgia This
Coming Sommer.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18.—It is
learned that there Is a movemeat on
foot and which will be Inaugurated
In the next few days to secure the
1*06 army maneuvers for Georgia.
The state’s delegation In congress
will be asked to take the matter up
with the proper authorities at Wash
ington, with a view to having the
mimic battles of peace pulled off In
the Empire State of the South.
Should the congressmen be suc-
.ctasM, It Is suppoSfed that the mlll-
tan base during the movements of
the troops will be Atlanta and vlcln-
GOOD PRICE.
W. J. Taylor Sells Smith Farm On
Ochlockonee Road.
Mr. W. J. Taylor has sold his W.
M. Smith, farm on the Ochlockonee
road, four miles out of town, to
Mr. J. O. Patterson. The farm con
tains 433 acres, and Is known as
one of the best places In Thomas
county. Mr. Taylor acquired the
property only a short time ago, and
It Is understood that the price re
ceived by him was thirty dollars per
acre. Thomas county dirt Is an as
set that can be bandied with the
facility of bank stock.
MOVES TO ATLANTA.
General Office of A. and B. Will
Leave Waycross.
waycross, Oa., Jan. 19.—It was
given out unofficially yesterday that
part of the general offices of the
Atlantic and Birmingham railway
will be removed to Atlanta on Feb.
>6.
Thla- action was virtually decided
when the Atlantic and Birmingham
concluded to run Its line Into Atlan
ta, more than a year ago, and the
setting of a definite time for this
removal Is no surprise to Waycross,
though the loaa of these offices Is
none the less regretted by the peo
ple here.
•’ It Is understood that the depart
ments that are to go are the exe
cutive, and auditing and the general
freight and passenger departments.
It is said that the office of general
superintendent and purchasing agent
will remain here. The heads of the
departments that are to go are Vice
President and General Manager
George Dole Wadley, Auditor W. J.
Swain and General Traffic Manager
H. C. McFadden.
With the heads of departments
and men employed this move will
carry about SS men to Atlanta.
^^ie general shops of the company
LABOR TROUBLE
IS PROMISED
The Contractors Will Not
Grant Nine Hoar
Day.
(From Saturday’s Dally.)
Ten days from date Thomasvllle
may find itself In the rather unusual
condition of entertaining a , full-
fledged strike. If the strike occurs
It will be because the negro brick
layers and plaster masonB' union
has made certain demands wblch the
employing contractors say they will
not grant. Several months ago
there was a representative or
"walking delegate” of the Federa
ted Union Labor body here. He
organized a number of unions among
both the white and colored laboring
men of the city. It was announced
at that time that the unions would
make no Immediate demands but
would take steps later.
The first to act was the colored
union named above. They gave no
tice to contractors, through the col
umns of the Tlmes-Enterprlse on
the first of January, that on and af
ter the first of February they would
put Into effect the nine hour day.
Wages are to be paid at the rate of
forty cents per hour with time and
a half, 1. e„ sixty cents per hour
for all overtime. At present the
men work ten hours a day.
The employing contractors state
that they have no Intention of meet
ing the ultimatum of the union.
They say that they will Import white
labor, which will be more effi
cient and which they can secure
at a less rate than that named.
They think the union has made a
mistake and believe that the men
will see It and continue to work at
the old rate. Thomasvllle has never
had any labor troubles and It Is
to be hoped that they will not be- 1
gin now.
MAN SLAYER RELEASED.
Frank Burns Is Not Held For the
Killing of Joe Tucker.
(From Saturday’s Dally.)
A commitment trial was given
yesterday by Judge Hantell to
Frank Burns, the negro who killed
Joe Tucker at Touralne last March.
The relatives of Tucker did not
Interest themselves In the prosecu
tion of Burns, and no warrant was
Issued for his arrest until very re
cently. Burns was located In Flor
ida, and about ten days ago was
brought in by Sheriff Hlght as one
of his guests.
The only witness present yester
day was the woman In whose house
the killing was done. She said that
Burns was sitting quietly In her
house when Tucker came In the door
with a big scantling In bis hands
and made at Burns with it. She
said Burns tried to get the other
negro to leave him alone, but he
would not and that then Burns
picked up a pistol from the table
and shot him.
On this testimony Judge Hansell
released the man. It is a matter
of note that two grand juries have
met since the killing occurred, and
neither of them took it up in any
way.
Frank Robcirts, colored, paid n
fine of fifty dollars In city court
yesterday morning, and was released
from custody. The fine was Imposed
by Judge Hansell on the charge of
larceny. Thq theft was committed
at the Masury Hotel. Roberts
worked there and was on duty at
night. The man from whom the
money was taken was Mr. Frank
Floral, an engineer on the Atlantic
Coast Line. He arrived In Thomas
vllle on the three a. m. train and
went at once to the Masury where
he secured a room. He was ver.
tired and retired at once.
He awoke later In the morning
and when he put on his trousers,
which he had left hanging on a
chair, he found his pocket book, con
taining $47 missing. Suspicion at
once fell upon Roberts, who was
known to have' visited the room.
The case was put In the hands of
Officer Martin who arrested the ne
gro. He found two. twenty dollar
bills In Frank's possession and the
coon, uhder pressure, confessed to
the' theft. He plead guilty in city-
court and the fine resulted.
BRAND APPOINTED.
Succeeds Judge Russell on Bench ol
Western Circuit.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18.—Governor
Terrell this afternoon appointed C
H. Brand, of LawrencevlUe, judge
of the western circuit, to sudeeed
Judge R. B. Russell.
The Governor leaves tonight for
Tampa, Fla., to Join his wife, who Is
on her way to Cuba.
IN MEMORIAM.
Sketch of the Life and Services ol
T. J. McGahee of Coolldgc.
On the morning of January 12th,
1906, there fell asleep In death the
mortal body of one of the best cit
izens of Coolldge, our loved and
lamented Thomas J. MeGabee.
The loved and loYlng orother, hus
band, father, friend died where man
hood's morning almost touches noon
and while the shadows still were
falling toward the west He had not
passed on life’s highway the stone
that marks the highest point In life,
but being weary for a moment, he
lay down by the wayside, and using
his burden for a pillow fell “Asleep
In Jesus, blessed sleep from which
none ever wake to weep.” '
While yet In love with life rap
tured with the world he passed to
silence and to pathetic dust.
Yet, after all, It may be best Just
In the happiest, sunniest hour of
all the voyage, while eager winds are
kissing every sail to dash against
the unseen rock, and ln an Instant
hear the billows roar above a sunk
en ship, for, whether In mid-sea or
'mong the breakers of the farther
shore, a wreck at last must mark
the end of each and all, and every
life, no matter If Its every hour Is
rich with love and every moment
jeweled with a Joy, will at Its close,
become an event as sad and deep
and dark as can be woven of the warp
and woof of mystery and death.
.This brave and tender man in
every etorm of life was vine and
flower. He was friend to heroic
souls and left all superstition far
below, while on his forehehd fell the
golden dawning of the grander day.
He loved the beautiful, and was
with religious music and sympathy
touched to tears. He loved the
worship of God, and proved Ms faith
by bis works. Was loyal to his
God, and to his church, and more
than the children of his own house
hold have shared of his blessings
In this, life, and would all to whom
he did some loving service bring a
flower to his grave, he would sleep
today beneath a wilderness of bloom.’
We-strive by hope to look"beyond
the heights. We cry aloud, and
hear the echo of our walling cry.
From the voiceless llpa of our unre
plying dead there comes no word;
but hope sees a star, and listening
love cr.n hear the rustle of a wing.
Farewell, dear brother, until that
great and glorious day when thy
Saviour shall bid thee rise, and, by
the grace of God we shall meet
again, and forever join In praising
Him you loved so well.
HIS PASTOR.
STATE OWNS
PUBLICSCHOOL
Deed to South Georgia
College Has Not
Reverted.
The building In which the public
schools are housed, and the campus
surrounding It are the property of
the trustees of the University of
Georgia. The ownership has been
called into question since the prop
osltlon to build another school house
on’’ that site has been agitated.
Capt. W. M. Hammond who Is fa
miliar with the history of the Insti
tution gave an Interesting account
to a Tlmes-Enterprlse reporter yes
terday afternoon. The property
was originally In the possession of
the Florida conference of the Meth
odist church. South Georgia and
Florida were then In the same con
ference. There was located on the
block a coeducational school under
MethodlBt control, known as Fletch
er Institute. The students were
housed In two brick buildings which
became old and worn out, and were
destroyed to give place to the pres
ent building. It was thought that
the usefulness of the school would
be. Increased If it were taken from
inder the control of the denomina
tion and made non-sectarian. Ac
cordingly the district stewards of
this district of the conference made
a deed of gift to the state.
This furnished the nucleus for
the new school. % The next step was
to provide a building. The sum of
seven thousand dollars was raised
by subscription among the publlc-
splrlted citizens of Thomasvllle.
Capt. Hammond was then In the
legislature and secured an appro
priation of $4,000 from the state.
This eleven thousand dollars rep
resents the cost of building and
equipping the brick structure now
in use. The name of “South Geor
gia College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts” was applied to the
school. It was designed to give a
business education to young men and
tain length of time. Later on the
appropriation from the state was de
creased, and finally ceased alto
gether. A few years ago the public
schools began to use the building.
The deed to the property Is still
held by the trustees of the Univer
sity. It Is In the possession of Capt.
Hammond who holds It for the
Thomasvllle School Board. The
trustees would be willing under the
women and to fit them for useful
careers, when they could not con
tinue their atudleu elsewhere. It
was also Intended to be a feeder
to the State University, and Its grad
uates were admitted to the Junior
class of the Athens Institution, The
school did fill this Idea for a cer-
porper circumstances to transfer the
property to the local board at any
time.
An Impression had gained ground
In some way that the propery had
revqrted to the Methodist confer
ence when the building ceased to
be used aa a state Institution, but
as will be seen from the above, this
Is not the case.
New
Spring Goods
<J>are<«>
Beginning
To Arrive
LOUIS STEYERMAN’S
This week. Showing includes the latest
wears in •
JAQUAD SILK ORGANDIE,
SOIE JAPONAISE,
Embroidered Ring Chiffon,
Embroidered Panama.
Corded Silk Chiffon.
Printed Fancies and Mercerized Dotted
Swisses. Mercerized Ginghams. Endless
variety of patterns to select from.
SILKS!, SILKST
Correct varieties to select from. Come and
see them before the choice patterns are gone.
L STEYERIHAIM.
««<»««««« «»««»«•
Mr. W. W. Miller, "the strawberry
man,” was In town Saturday, Mr.
Miller has been raising strawberries
for eight yean, and has never eaten
a dUh of them.
Christmas and
New Year
With all their joys and pleasures are things
of the past.
We take this opportunity to sincerely
thank our friends and patrons, both of the
town and county, for their liberal patronage
which has enabled us to cut our suits to
the following numbers:
125—Mena* Suita, heavy and medium.
25—Youth*a Suita, heavy and Medium.
lOO—Boya* iKnee Panta Suits.-
All of these suits are fresh and up-to-
date, and every suit guaranteed, and they
are going at a price that will please the
customer. We are going to close them
out, they are on the bill and must be did.
So come on boys and we’willsuit you
fit, durability and price.
.
Mallard & Varnedoe