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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, EEBRUARY 4, ,tso5
Nei i cries, Vol XV—Fo. 47,.
NEW EXCHANGE
OPENSJEB. 1
Clarke & Go. Will Handle
Fuhires—Daily Report
Fortius Paper.
Th* x cotton, stock and grain ex*
tuange of Clarke and Co. will open
their Thomasville branch In' tbe
building at the corner: of Madison
and Jackson Thursday morning.
Thq business will be managed by Mr.
Chet Clarke, Jr., and the telegraph
operator Is Mr. C. W. Pate. These
gentlemen are both In tbe city get
ting things In readiness for the open
ing. . .
Mr. Clarke, In speaking * to a
Tlmes-Enterprise reporter yesterday
gave an Interesting sketch of the
business methods o(.,the firm ahd the
way. In 'which they propose to handle
the exchange. • He sald-i “There
seems to be an Idea that we are
'Mickct shop' people. This Is by
no means the case. We do a strict*.
]y legitimate business, and do not
handle less than 100, bales of cot
ton, 5,000 bushels 'of wheat, or 50
shares of afhek, in each transaction.
Our firm has its maln'offlce'ln Al
bany, and’ we have branches at
Amerlcus and Etifaula, Ala., besides
Thomasville. Our references are
the Third National Bank In "Alba
ny, The Planters’ Bank in Amerl-
cus.'and the Bank of Bnfaula.
DENMARK'S. KINO DEAD.
^Christian IX Gone-to Join Shades of
His Ancestors. V
Copenhagen, J|ln. 4, 2*.—Kla*
Christian of Denmark died at 3:2®
o'clock this afternoon. •/
The king passed away surrounded
by the crown princes and children
and the Dowuger Empress of Russia,
daughter or the. dead king. The
news spread. rapidly and' signs of
the greatest grief are seen every
where.
Christian IX, King of Denmark,
was born April $, 1818, and would
on tbe corresponding date of thd
present year have been 88 years of
age, had he lived until then. He bad
occupied the Danish throne slncd
1863, his reign covering forty-two
years. He succeespd his
Frederick.
HIGHT RAIDS
GAMBLING DEN
NEW COUNCIL
IS AT WORK
Ten Negro Card Players Treasurer’s Salary Raised
$25 Per Month-Other
Business Done.
BIG PEACH dRCHARD.
1,000 Acres Will Be Planted At
Waycrose This Year. ■
Waycroas, Ca., Jan 28.—Ware
county will soon claim the distinction
of having one of the largest peach
orchards In the state. The big Folks
farm at Watertown Is to be turned
almost entirely Into a peach' orchard.
Dr. Folks has sold \ half Interest'
in tbe place to W.F.AiW. ft G. A.
Moore of Marietta, and 1,000 acres
are being planted In peaches.
While It hardly possible to com
plete the setting out of. the entire
farm thin year at leaat, 7$000 trees
will be planted within the if&xt two
months. In and around Waltertown
..last year. Dr. Folks plantad about
(0,060 tree*, covering about 300
Another fruit which’ will be enltl-
vated exienslvely at Waltertown W
the plum. Arrangements are being
made to plant an orchard containing
20,000 trees. Up to a tew yearn
ago peach orchards were very uhsum
censful lh Ware county, but the’iliip-
eratlon of improved measures
■praying,has proved that the fruit
can be grown aa successfully hern as
in the more northerly parts of thd
,ute ' ' . V -: *♦ '' •
Carnival Postponed. .
The carnival, v^hleh wan to have
come here next Monday, has-been
postponed for a .week or so. The
flying Jsnny eased In ahead'; of the
cfirnlval people and gobbled tbe on
ly available vacant lot. Hr. Wea-
vew of the Amnsement company,
~AJ» he will bring his show^here
when the ground clears.
Broad Day Light.
Yesterday was a bad day for the
gambling men In Thomasville.
Sheriff Hight raided a restaurant on
Jackson street and before the sun
had winked his farewell blink on the
jail bouse ten dusky gamblers were
reposing behind tbe bars. The offi
cers received Information that n big
c&rd game was running In broad,
open day-light at the hash house.
The Bhcliff descended on the shrine
where the brunette gamblers were
wooing the fickle goddess of for-
tutfo. Tbe game hud just broken up.
The covOy^had been flushed before
the officers arrived, and some of the
bl'ri^i had flown, but there was good’
evidence against the entire lot.
Officers Doss'and Stephens did a
little pointing out for the Sheriff
and Mr. Hlglit put the bracelets on
three of them then and there.
Then ho and Deputy Luke Lang
ford went out ou the trail and nab
bed Seven more. They wero popped
Into the cell at the court house until
It was filled to repletion and then
1 oovey was transferred to the
county jail. - The negroes who were
arrested are all high rollers among
the colored fraternity and the Joint
that was pinched must have been
a regular sasslety resort. Those
who are peeking out from the Iron
windows are Boh Mitchell, Lee
Mitchell, Peter Savage, Tjjm. Ever
ett, Ed Flowers, John Davit, Chas.
Gilmore,'Bob Jenkins,. Chas. -Odom,
and Yort Moor.e. Several of them
have owned'up and will plead guilty
is the city court of Thomasville.
They Say They Did.
The negro gamblers who were
foiled In the raid Monday are grad
ually confessing. Six out of the ten
arrested have plead guilty and paid
their fines. Tbe amount Imposed
upon them (y Judge Hansell In City
Court was |10 and costs, or .six
months at labor. .The costs bring
the amount of each fine
350,30. The four -who have not'
dtVorced themselves from the half
hundred are out on bond.
FOR HAZING. •
Court Martial Now Frying Charles
ton Boy for Military .Offense.
, Annapolis,. Md., Jan. * 30'.—The
ooart-martlul at the Naval Academy
today began the trial of Midship
man Richard L. Dcsaussure, of
Charleston, S. C., against whom
there la a charge of haxlng^ support
ed by seven specifications. The
offense Is alleged to have befon com
mitted last September, while |the
defendant, with others, was com
polled to Jose part of his leave on
account of deficiency In his studies.
Wood Yard Changes Hands,
Dopaon’s wood yard has been
leased by W. H. Bnckhalt and 8on.
Mr. Bnckhalt hat large holdings of
timber -near the city that will afford
him an almost Inexhaustible supply
of -good wood. Hr. R. V. Bnckhalt
la the Junior member of the new
firm, and he with his father will
make a team hard to down. Tl}e!r
yard is on the: Coast Line railroad
just behind Cooper’s grocery ware
house.
- ■ Grocery Moving.
■ The stock of Neel Brothers’ gro
cery to being moved today from the
Winn building to the Mitchell House
corner. It will open for bnstdfess
there tomorrow hnd will serve Its
customers at that stand nfftll the
postoffice la transferred (o Its new
Quarters. The grocery will then be
found at the corner of Madison and
Jackson, in ths room now occupied
by Unde Sam’s, matt dispensary.
Council Room, Thomasville, Ga.
Jan. 29, 1966.
Council met in regular session,
Mayor Pittman presiding. Alder
men Evans, Lewis, Mallette, Parker,
Hansell, Neel aqif Smith present.
Minutes qf last meeting read and con
firmed.
.John Clark was granted license
Tor a restaurant.
License of Joseph George for mer
chandise was transferred to'T. S
Vinson.
The mercantile license of E. Samp
son was transferred to Cieorge Samp
son. Fish license of E. Sampson
transferred to George Sampson
Alderman Hansel Introduced the
following ordinance, read-the third
time and passed:
yfle It ordained that the olectrld
rates per meter heretofore adopted,
be Increased 26 Ver cent. Be It fur-
ther ordained that the treasurer ha
directed to allow a discout of 29 per
cent, to all parties paying up the
amounts due Mr light beMre the)
10th of the following month.”
Council went Into, executive ses
sion and fixed the salary- of the clerk
at-320 per month, and treasurer at
375 per month.
The marshal and clerk presei
their bonds approved by the flnan-e
committee and took the oath of
office.
On motion 3150 was appropriated
for work to be done on Laurel HU!
cemetery.
On motion the tax book closed,
and tbe eleTk instructed to Issue 11.
fas. for all unpaid taxes.
The petition of E. M. Smith, agent
for Mrs. Alford, was granted.
A committee consisting of Alder-
men Smith, Lewis, Evans and Par
ker were appointed and instructed
to get estimates on making two offi
ces In the City Hall on the first floor
now ocupled as s market. The offi
ces to be fitted up for tbe clerk and
the treasurer.
Ordinance' committee requested to
ise thq ordinance fixing specific
TEACHERS
INSTITUTE
Die First Monthly Meeting
Will Be Held Next
Saturday.
The first of the series of monthly
Teachers’ Institutes will be held at
the court house on next (Saturday
In the paBt It has been the cus
tom to hold an annual institute
lasting a week. This plan was
fraught with many drawbacks and
the county Board of Education lias
settled upon the monthly gatherings
as far preferable. Every county
teacher Is required to attend, or be
subject to a fine of five or ten
ilollflrs. The Thomasville teachers
and the general public is Invited.
The program for Saturday's meeting
shows the names of some of the
ablest [bachers and most entertain
ing talkers In the county, nnd tiles'
will make things Interesting. > The
program Is ns follows:
Paper—"How can the cordial co
operation of parents be best se
cured?”—Mr. I. C. Hunt.
Discussion—Mr. W. W. Linton.
Paper—"Shall prizes and rewards
be offered for superiority of scholar
ship?"—Miss Julia Glbsou.
. Discussion—Miss Bessie Merrill
Paper—“What are the prominent
Paper—"What are the,promlqet
causes of faiture^fn^ teaching?’
Miss Mary BUtch.
Discussion—Miss Luclle Roberts.
Paper—“What disposition should
a teacher make of his time out of
the school house?’—Mr. J.-S. Sear-
ey.'
Discussion—Miss Agnes Owens.
The meeting will begin at ten
o’clock.
DAZED BY FALL.
Horseman Thrown/On His Head and
' Loses Memory.
ravls
lmen
On motion of Alderman Evans
committee 'was appointed to re
vise the system of city bookkeeping.
Mayor appointed on the commit
tee Aldermen Evans, Smith, and
Neel.
On motion chairman of finance
committee and city-marshal were au
thorized to dispose of two of the
moles belonging- to the city and to
buy two new mules-
Followlng accounts passed for
payment: Evans ft Son, 31-59; Ar
nold Brick Co., 314-26; Thomasville
Ice Co., 50c; W. L. Ball, 85c; Stan
dard Oil Co., 241.26: Cotton Stated
Belting ft Supply Co., 320.18; Cot
ton- States Belting ft 8upply Co.,
37.35; Cotton States Belting ft Sup
ply Co., 312.86; The General Elec
tric Co., 3329.25; The General Elec
tric Co.. 226.46;
New accounts referred to commit
tees and council adjourned.
K. T. MACLEAN, Clerk.
Sunday morning ^the crowd of
mall waiters at the postoffice had
something to detract their attention;
A grey horse flashed by on Madison
street In a mad gallop, with a rider
clinging to his neck and shouting
wildly for help. The man was-
thrown back of the Methodist
church. Mr. Jim Hurst went after
him In a hack and found him In a
bad condition. He was dtzed by
the fall, shaken and bruised by the
horse falling on him, and in a bad
shape generally, but no bones were
broken. For more than an hour af
ter the accident the man could nof
recall any of the events preceding It
and was suffering from a total loss
of memorV. Hq did not even know
the name of the town he was In,
when he had come, or anything else
about the, eventq of the morning. He
finally collected his faculties, and
went to the Stuart Houae, where he
■till Is, and Is slowly recovering
from the effects of bis fall,
X-RAY REVEALS
lANYTHjNGS
Bat the Balfet in Threl-
keld’s Neck is Not
One of Them. ;
The X-ray machine was yesterday
employed upon Newton Threlkeld
to reveal the whereabouts of the
bullet that was shot Into him-by
young Drew. The bullet was not
found. One thing was demonstrat
ed, however, that the lead pellet
was not anywhere in bis neck.
Threlkeld, who Is confined In the
county Jail here for the killing of
the older Drew, was taken by offi
cers Singletary and Walker to the
office of Dr. B. A. Daniels for' the
examination of his wounds. They
have not been giving him trouble
but he desired to get the bullets
out. Two holes were* found In the
right side of his neck. On the
left side of his neck, exactly op
posite one of the holes, was
found a slight hernia. A simple
operation revealed the fact that this
was caused by the presence Just un
der the skin of one of tbe bullets.
It was extracted, and was found to
be of 32 calibre, and to-be as sym
metrically perfect as when put into
the cartridge. It evidently . struck
no obstruction In Its path through
the man’s neck. Threlkeld was born
lucky In one respect. The bullet
did not miss his wind. pipe a hair’
breadth tfardly, and had it cut the
pipe, woe would have followed.
The X-ray was used to findlthe
whereabouts of- the second bullet.
Dr. Daniels has just bought a pow
erful X-ray machine,-and the work
ing of It on Mr. Threlkeld waamer-
feet. The Crook’s tabe, In which
the ( Roentgen ray is produced, was
placed on one side of the patient’s
heck; The rays showed directly
through, revealing the structure of
the neck, but showing no trace ot
a. bullet.' A photograph was taken
of the neck as ft appeared by the
ray. A highlit sensitive photographic)
plate Waa placed dote against the
part of the body to be photographed.
The plate was wrapped' In paper
Impenetrable by ordinary light, but
which the X-ray paid no more at
tention to than If It were not there.
The ray, held on the opposite side
ot the man, went through with suffi
cient strength to Impress the photo-
grardi on the plate' In an exposure
of cnily fire minutes.
It Is presumed that the bullet, not
showing itself in Threldkelfi’t neck,
must have ranged downward -Into'
bis cheat Capt W. M. Hammond,
who Is defepdlng him, waa present
during a part of-the operation.
COTTON TIPS
ARE TABOOS
Director Says No Use For
' Government to Give
Reports.
Washington, Jan. 31.—Director
North, of the Census Bureau, toda^
replied to the criticisms of Presi
dent Jordan, of the Southern Cat-
ton Association, and others^. upowi
the methods of the bureau In hand
ling and publishing the cotton sta
tistics. He expressed the belief that ;
In view of the apparent efforts- at.
the Southern growers, for whoso-
benoflt the'Statistics were' prepared.
to discredit the reports. It was hard-,
ly worth- while for congress to ap
propriate two hundred and fifty,
thousand dollars annually to get
them up.
OFFICERS FIGHT.
Moultoie may not be In favor of
the disfranchisement of Cnffy but
It Is after Dinah, all along the line.
They recently organised a domestic
laundry to pnt the washwomen out
ot business and 'now they are going
to import german servant girl* to'
take the place of the dusky cook
Attorney CralgmUes Admitted.
' Ur. Joseph E. CralgmUes has been
admitted to practice In the Georgia
conrti. He Stood the bar examine-
He li Mr. A. Waterloo, au English-, before Judge Robert O.’ Mitch-
man, claiming New York a* hie 8
home. He tome In on the 10:20 ell In Tifton last month and received
train yesterday morning and went af his license yesterday. He will con
once to Davis’ livery stable, leaving tlnue in the office of Roddenbery ft
hie luggage at the depot. He *e- L„lto. Mr. Cralgmllee received his
cured a hone and went to took for Uw tAtolIlg , t ae university of
•jnx’K 1 aZstlk 4— v“
of horsemanship, and brought back profession,
his lint mount A spirited llttlA, - ; 1 -
(ray was given him, and she bolted i Qollar Bone Broken,
a* toon ms he mounted. The acci- » Joseph Dnke, son of
dent and tl .pemUUr effects upon US ^ one of Thomas .
victim gave the Sunday crowds some-
thing to think about *«>*'« *«»» know » wlnter
„ ______ had hi* collar bone broken yester-
Mrs.Brlmberry Postmistress. day While on e fox'chase. The hurt
< Hr*. Lena Brlmberry, df Camilla, we* painful but not lerlous as he
has bpen appointed postmistress to was able to he out again yesterday
succeed her husband who committed afternoon. Mr. Dnke fe stopping
shlclde several weeks ago. Mr * Scott*.
rHbHH
Sheriff of Lowndes County and Chief •
of Valdosta's PoUce Have
Difficulty.
Valdosta, Ga., Jam- 39'—An al
tercation between Sheriff Passmore
and Chief of PoUce C. Dampler cre
ated a good deal of excitement od-
Central avenue yesterday afternoon:.
Chief Dampler was driving hy the
court house when Sheriff Passmen
ran out and called to him to- stop. .
The sheriff, charged the chief' with -
accusing him of being dilatory fn- re- -
gard to bringing a prisoner back to -
this city from.Montgomery and the -
sheriff denounced the statement,. "
Some warm words were passed antf '
Chief Dampler stepped from his bug
gy. The sheriff Instantly drew his
pistol and warned the 'chief to came
no further. The two men' grappled
and the sheriff’s pistol wai-flred, the
bullet, striking the pavement and do
ing no damage. Frle.nds ran be
tween theifi and separated them.. '
It 1* understood that the sli'enir
and the chief of police have not been
on the best <of term* for
months, and It is also said that 1
bodies bhve helped to keep tlio reh
tlons between them'strained. It
not believed that there will-lie ns
more trouble between them.
PATENTS GRANTED.
Tcatc nnd Bamsry Will Handle N-
Mcnsuring MncMne.
Mr. T. A. Teate has received
United States patent for hie' fabric
measuring machine. He has sold a
half Interest in the Invention to Dr.
H. C. Ramsey. The machine in a
very Ingenious device. It ’ '
by revolution laces, ribbons
all other goods can be
measured as fast as It i
off. The goods can be i
again and left in as good' i
at first. The device was
for stock taking and has
complete success.
Ramsey will pnt the i
market at once.
Mr. Teate has patented s
and has another patent
plans for which .are i
tent office. The patent
sued In February. He I
Ing at odd times still :
of something yet i
thinks it will be a |
he states It
practicable for u
He has disposed c
