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WEEKLY MMES-ENTERPRISE, FEBRUARY 2, 1000.
BLAZE BURNS
COTTAGE ROOF
Incendiary Fire at Hor-
rocks Home Threatens
Randall House.
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The house on Crawford street,
near Smith avenue, known as the
Horrocks cottage, was damaged by
fire yesterday morning at five o'clock.
The origin of the flames is supposed
to have been incendiary as the house
had been vacant for several months.
# The alarm was turned In at five
minutes after*flve by Officer Martin,
who had just gone on duty. He was
informed of it by a negro porter
of Vann’s meat market on his way
to wotk. -The firemen tumbled out
in the cold and hastened to
scene. They found the roof
flames and confined the damage to
the upper part of the house. Only
one room, tho bath room, was in
jured. It is said that the depart
ment did fine work. Assistant Chief
^Weldon, of the Albany Fire De
partment, was the guest of relatives
near tho scene and saw the whole
fire. He says that he never witness
ed a better fight against flames than
that made by the Thomasvllle de
partment. It is reported that neigh
bors have seen men entering and
leaving the’house at night, probably
tramps. A basket and some old
clothes were seen there a few days
ago but were not in sight yesterday.
An umbrella was found on the prem
ises. The only way to account for
the fire is that it was set maliciously
or by vagrants who built too big
a fire in an endeavor to keep warm.
The house was not insured at
the time of the fire. It was the
property 'of Mrs. V. A. Horrocks, of
Cleveland, O. She had always car
ried insuranco until recently when
the house became vacaht. The rate
o£V-n*urance on unoccupied build
ings is so high that she flowed the
Insurance to lapse. The afternoon
before the fire, E. M. Mallette, the
real estate man, representing Mrs.
Horrocks, who is now in the city,
sold the residence to Mr. L. Kuder.
Mr. Kuder made a payment to blntfr
the sale and the deeds of the place,
which are In Cleveland, were tele
graphed for. Mr. Kuder had In
tended to move Into the property
at once. It is not known whether
or not the fire will interfere with
the consummation of the sale.
The place Is next door to the Ran
dall House, which Is full of board
ers and northern tourists. The
proximity of the flames caused no
little excitement and alarm. There
were lively times in the hotel for a
little while. The fact, that the build
ing has a tin roof doubtless saved
It from going up in smoke and leav
ing the tourists out in the cold with
out their trunks.
most every man and woman in the
county. Mr. Steyerman will still
conduct his grocery and supply bus
iness in the rear of the Steyerman
Company's store and he will have
his office there. , •
The dry goods business will be
continued by Mr. Steyerman’s son,
Harry, and his son-in-law, Edward
Lonsberg, who have been actively
engaged with -him for several years
in the Steyerman Company. They
dre both young men who have proved
their ability by their works-, and they
propose to give Thomasville a truly
metropolitan dry goods establish
ment. Preparatory to the .change
a large special 1 sale will be begun
by the Steyerman Company on next
Monday.
CARNIVAL COMING.
St. Louis Syndicated Amusements
Rill be Here Week After Next.
During the week of February 5th
the sound of the drum and the voice
of the cryer will be heard abroad in
the land. The St. Louis Syndicated
Amusements will hold the boards
from Monday till Saturday. This is
the same aggregation that showed
in Thomasville the week before
Christmas of 1904. Thb manager,
Mr. E. W. Weaver, has been in
town and has secured from Mayor
Pittman the rate of $30. per day,
license, If he stays a week, or fifty
dollars a day if he stays less than a
week. The proviso is made that if
the show' is objectionable it cannot
stay at any price. The concern
brought good recommendations, and
made great claims to being pure and
noble. As a matter of fact. It ap
pears to be cleaner than most of
its kind, and to be honestly man
aged. The vacant lot next to Evays’
warehouse will be used.
SCHOOL FEES
Cause Trouble at the Hands of a
Balnbridge Attorney.
Balnbridge, Ga., Jap. 26.—The
school question continues to provoke
agitation and discussion. One ot
the leading attorneys of Balnbridge
Is out with a card In which he calls
the trustees of the school to task
for requiring each pupil to pay a
stipulated amount each year for the
purpose of remaining in school. He
takes the position that the trustees,
under the past rulings of the Su
preme Court, have no authority to
make such demands.
8. STEYERMAN RETIRES.
Dry Goods House Will Be Conduct,
ed By H. Steyerman and Ed
ward Lonsberg.
Mr. Simon Steyerman will retire
from the dry goods business. Mr.
Steyerman has been In business In
Thomdsvllle for thirty-live years
and he has occupied his present
\ stand for twenty-four years.- His
name bar spread far and near over
thA territory surrounding Thomas-
•tfjjile, and he has sold goods to al-
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t- ; ■ • i .-jV-ASi-.-Jf
EDITOR HAPGOOD ACQUITTED.
Not Guilty of Libel in Notorious
Town Topics Case.
New York, Jan. 26.—The Jury In
the "Town Topics” case has re
turned a verdict that Editor Nor
man Hnpgood Is not guilty of crim
inal llbeL ,
Prosecuting Attorney Jerome to
day continued his argument to the
Jury. He said he was unable to ex
press his loathing for some of the
witnesses he Introduced. He de
clared that the trial bad shown ex
hibitions of human weakness and fol
ly and degradation. He declared
that the law should be applied to
other New York newspapers, scarce
ly one of which doesn’t print vile
scandals and obscene matter,
said that such stuff was printed to
pay dividends to the stockholders.
The papers were run from the stand
point of the counting room. These
papers, he said, have not reached
the condition of "this vile sheet,”
but he was not there to justify
"Town Topics.”
Balnbridge Pastor Called to Moultrie,
Balnbridge, Ga., Jan. 26.—Tho
membership of the Baptist church
In Moultrie has extended a call to
Rev. Carl Minor of the Balnbridge
Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Minor
only accepted the pastorate here last
September, coming from Fittgerald.
He has made friends rapidly, and
his church has rallied to him. It
is not known whether he will accept
the call to Moultrie. Not only bis
own congregation, but Balnbridge at
large Is hopltg that he may see lit
to remain here. >
FAVORABLE REPORT.
Senate Committee Concurs In Bouse
Action on Statehood.
Washington, Jan. 26.—The Sen
ate committee on territories agreed
to report favorably the statehood
bill as passed by the house, with
a few minor amendments.
200 Braised.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 26—A
Missouri Pacific express ' train
crashed Into a freight train on the'
maTn track here today, bruising 200
passengers,, bat killing none.
$400 FINE
FORLDUREN
With a Six Months Work
Sentence Should He
Re-SeU Liquor.
In the City Court of Thomasville
Tsterday Mr. Tom Duren was con
victed by a Jury on the charge 1 of
celling liquor. He will be sen
tenced this morning uy Judge Han-
■loll at half past ten o’clock,
that time his attorney, Theo Titus,
will make a motion for a new trial
and the matter will be carried to
tho Supreme Court.
Detective Heft*.
The trial was interestihg from
start to finish and was at times son-
ational. The striking of the Jury
was the first thing that occupied the
attention of the ’ attorneys. The
final choice wns of the following
nieji: T. E. Blnckshenr, J. D. Hoi
land. I. M. Nesmith, J. W. Wilson,
K P. Groover, T. L. Klngry, J. H
White, W. R. Milton, W. M. Sin
gletary, H. Redfern, Wm. Sanders
and W. A. Rehburg. The principal
witness against Mr. Duren was W.
F. Harrell, of . Montgomery. Mr.
Harrell testified that he was In
Thomasville on the fifteenth of last
July. That on that dny he went
to a negro named Jones and askei!
him where he could get some whis
key. The negro said at Duron’s and
Harrell gave him tho money. The
negi'o went In the back door of Du
ron's store and Harrell waited at
the front. At the door of the par
tition between the front and back
rooms of the store Daren gave the
negro n package. The negro brought
this to the front and gave It to Har
re!!. It contained whiskey, rye
whiskey. The same afternoon Har
rell sought the negro and the trans
action wns repented In the snme
way.
Three Men Hired Him.
On the cross examination by at
torney Titus Mr. Harrell admitted
that he might be called a detective.
He testified that he nad been doing
detective work against blind tigers
In Quitman. While there he re
ceived a letter from Mr. Lee Neel,
asking him to come to Thomasville
and take up similar work here. He
roplled that he would come and he
was hired. He was paid his rail
road fare (p and from Thomasville.
He received two dollars end a half
a day. The salary was paid him for
several days and w*as not contingent
upon evidence that he might secure
but was to be paid under any cir
cumstances. His employers, be tes
tified, were Lee Neel, Rev. J. M.
Outler, and S. A. Roddenbery. An
endeavor was made to show by At
torney Titus that the witness had
a bad military record. It seems that
he was a member of the provisional
company that went from here under
command of Capt. Brown, to Ma
nassas. The defense tried to show
that-he had- stolen an overcoat and
had been in the guard house, but he
denied having been In the guard
house and says he returned the
overcoat to the company at Baln-
brldge. Mr. Harrell formerly lived
In Balnbridge but Is now railroad
ing out of Montgomery. Mr. Jim
Gandy testified that he had bought
liquor from Duren. Officers Doss
Martin, and Stephens testified to
have confiscated large quantities of
rye, corn, cocktail and the like from
Duren's store. v
Titus Gets Salty.
Attorney Titus made a strong
speech to, the Jury, In which he
stressed the fact that the charge
against Duren was not from Indict
ment by the grand jury but through
a detective. He put It as follows:
“Not from the efforts of the upright
and honorable men of this county,
bnt through the instrumentality of
a man hired by private funds.” He
also called attention to the fact that
status of that case Is as follows:
The cake was certlorarled to Judge
Mitchell. He denied the certiorari,
and the case was appealed to the
supreme court. He bases his hopes
tor the setting aside of the sentence
of Mayor Roddenbery upon the
wording of the act In, the city char
ter that gives authority for the pun-
nshment of having on hand liquor
for sale. The word “Illegal" Is not
found In the city ordinance, and Is
found in all state documents. In
this particular the city law may
differ from the state constitution
and Mr. Duren may evade the sen
tence. It the supreme court cannot
see It that way he will have to serve
the full sentence. •
Sentence This Morning.
There is considerable curiosity
as to what kind of sentence Judge
Hansell will give Mr. Duren and
a large crowd will doubtless be on
hand to hear it pronounced at ten
thirty this morning.
Only one other case was tried yes-
terday, that of Levi Williams for a
misdemeanor, and he was found not
guilty.
Prlco Not Tried.' .
The case against S. H. Price, the
Broad street druggist and his negro
porter, Mitchell Glasher, for sell
ing liquor, wns not heard. They an
nounced ready for trial but the state
was not ready. Tho principal wit
ness for the stnte Is C. W. Cook,
the sales manager for the Grlfflng
Brothers Nursery Co. Mr. Cook
was said to be out of town and
officers could not locate him at his
office or home to serve the witness
subpoena upon him. It wns said
that he would arrive on some of
the trains yesterday and there wns
a bailiff at every train, but Mr. Cook
was not found, in spite of the anx
iety of the state to proceed with
Its case.
Jury To Be Drawn.
Sentence of 616 and costs was
placed upon Garrison, the contract
Jumper by the court and his attor
ney, Fondren Mitchell, gave notice
of an appeal. J. N. Dunlap, another
of the same, was fined 610 and costs.
From Sunday’s Issue.
Mr. Tom Duren was yesterday
sontenccd for liquor selljng by Judge
C. P. Hansell, In the City Court of
Thomasville, to pay a fine of 6400
Including costs, and to serve a term
of six months on the county chain
gang. But the latter part of the
sentence Is conditional. It is to
be suspended If tho fine Is paid and
Is not to be enforced unless the
Judge belleveB that Mr. Duren has
again started to run a blind tiger.
In other words the sentence Is 6400
and good behavior. In order for
the latter part of the sentence to
be enforced It Is not necessary for
Mr. Duren to be again convicted by
process of law, but he must so con
duct htmself that Judge Hansell (ball
remain Satisfied that he la not sell
ing liquor. A motion for a new trial
was presented by Attorney Theo Ti
tus and the matter will probably be
carried to the Supreme Court. * '
v About thirty people were on hand
to hear sentence passed. In re-
spone to the Judge’s query If the
defendant or his counsel had any
thing to say before sentence was
passed Attorney Titus spoke at
some length and with considerable
eloquence. He called the attention
ot the court to the fact that sqveral
of the Jurora stated voluntarily to
him that they had considered re
commending the guilty man to thd
mercy of the court, and only failed
to do so because they did not know
whether or not they had that right
He said that Duren's conviction, ac
cording to the Jurors was based on
the evidence of one witness, Mr.
Jim Gandy. That Mr. Gandy's tes
timony related to a sale last No
vember, a day or two before the
officers found some whiskey In
Duren's store.
Tltue said that Dnren was already
under severe sentence for that, to
wit: 90 days on the streets, 60
days In Jail and $99 fine. That as
Duren’s attorney, he had done every
thing poestble for him and had caC-
ded the matter to the Supreme
SLOCUM’S CAP.
FOUNDGUILTY
Sentenced to Ten Years
For Criminal Negligence
in Permitting Horror.
New York, Jan. 27.—William H.
Vanschalck was today found guilty
of criminal negligence In falling to
have fire drills on the steamer Gen
eral Slocum, which he commanded
In June, 1904, when the steamer w;
burned with a loos ot more than
thousand lives. He was Immediately
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
by Judge Thomas, of the United
States district court.
The Jury disagreed on two other
counts In which Captain Van-
schatck was charged with criminal
negligence by using life preservers
of poor quality on the steamer.
The Religious Forum, formerly pub
lished by Dr. Broughton and Dr.
Bernard, will be merged Into the
new' Maglztne.
The editorial and reportorial staff
Is such that the success of the pa
per Is assured. The following is
the aggregation:
Editor in chief—Will D. Upshaw.
Associate editor—Arthur E. Ram-
seur.
Business manager—W. F. Up-
fchaw. .
The department editors are Dr.
Broughton, Dr. C. H. S. Jackson,
Miss Louise Hodges and Miss Tuck-
Sam P. Jones, A. C. Dixon and
A. W. Bealer will be editorial con
tributors but will in no other way
be connected with the publication.
FIRE NUMBER TWO.
Occurred Yesterday But a Small
One At Negro House.
Fire number two, in the trinity
of conflagrations that are always
supposed to come In succession In
Thomasville, took placo yesterday
morning. It was a very small affair
and took place at tho residence of
Annie Price on Remington nvenue.
Annie Is the widow of Sam Price,
the negro who was killed whl'« re-
sisTing arrest by Officer Dawkins,
about a year ago. Since Sam's de
mise Annie makes a living taking
In washing. She had some clothes
drying In front of the fire, old So!
being In no heat-producing mood
yesterday. Tho clothes caught fire
and from them the mantel piece
Ignited. Beyond the loss of n few
garments and n slight hole In the
wood work there wns no damage.
Now the people are wondering where
fire number three will be.
FRANCIS ELDER SHOT.
Neighbors and Friends of Small Boy
Much Excited Yesterday
Morning.
Little Francis Elder is now con
fined to his bed suffering from a
rifle shot which entered hlg foot.
Early yesterday mining while a
number of small boys were out shoot
ing sparrows with 22 calibre, rftles
William Grantham attempted to
cock his gun preparatory to firing
when by accident It went off, the
bullet entering the foot of young
Elder. Dr. McIntosh was summoned,
extracted the ball ffom’ the boy’s
foot and dressed the wound. The
boy was very brave In the operation
and It is thought that his only mis
fortune will be about ten days con
finement to hid bed.
GEN. WHEELER'S FUNERAL.
Will Take ’Place ii
With Military
Washington
Honors.
Duren was now nnder sentence from Court, but that they bad little hope
the dty In police conrt, for 90 days
on the streets, 60 days In* Jail and
$100 fine for the sane offense. 'The
of getting'any relief there. He said
that Mr. Daren did not belong to
the class of people that usually sell
liquor in Thomasville, foreigners
who come here with nothing and en
ter the traffic for money, that Du
ren was one of our own people, a.
Thomas county boy, born and raised
here. That the object of the lalw
was to prevent a recurrence of the
violation of the law, and that this
had already been done. He asked
the court to take all of these things
Into consideration and to deal with
the guilty man with all the leniency
that he deemed proper.
Mr* Duren then arose and said:
"I have not much to add to what I
have already told you. I just want
to ask you to be as low as you pos
sibly can. I am put of the business
and do not expect to engage In It
again.”
In passing sentence the Judge said
the commission of a crime such as
Duren was guilty of deserved
heavier sentence than would appear
at first thought, because the prac
tice must have been engaged in with'
deliberation and forethought. The
object of the court was not to wreak
vengeance, but largely to warn oth
ers that they must not transgress,
He felt every sympathy for Mr. Du
ren’s family, as hehad been reared
here In Thomas county. , Taking
all these facts Into consideration he
Was about to Impose a sentence that
might seem too light to some bat
that the defendant would doubtless
consider ft heavyi enough, and one
that the court[ thought would keep
Mr. Duren from again engaging In
,the traffic and would deter others
{rom entering upon it. He then
gave sentence as above.
THE GOLDEN AGE.
Washington, Jan. 26.—General
Joseph Wheeler wlllbe burled in*
Arlington cemetery with full milita
ry honors. The program provides for
the funeral to be held In St. John’s
Episcopal church here Monday after
noon, and an escort from, all branch
es of the service will accompany the
body to ihe cemetery.
Change of Firm.
Mr. C. C. Cocroft, who has been
conducting a high-class piano bus
iness for several years, haa now as-,
sociated with him his brother, Mr.
L. G. Cocroft, who Is thoroughly ex
perienced In the business.
The business will be greatly en
larged and no doubt the new regime
will enjoy a large share of this bus
iness all over .this section of the
state. They propose to maintain
their high standard of selling only
good pianos and organs and doing
expert tuning.
Chinks In Washington.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Several
members of the Chinese Imperial
commission spent today visiting tho
Washington public buildings, paying
a long visit' to the treasury depart
ment. The chief event'of the day will
be n banquet to. the commission at
the Chinese legation this evening.
The Invited guests will Include twn
members of the cabinet and promi
nent members of the senate, the su
premo court and army officers.
New Religions Publication of W. D.
Upshaw Will Be Issued Feb. 22.
Washington's Birthday will he
the date of the entrance ot the Gol
den Age, a publication devoted to
religions subjects with Will D. Up
shaw as editor In chief. It will he
an Inspirational weekly for the home
and dtlxen and wUl have for Us
motto, “Piety In the Home,Purity
In the Lite and Power In the State.”
1
Rockefeller Refused to Appear. .
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 26,—Frank
Rockefeller refused to appear before
Attorney-General Hadley to testify
today In the hearing of the state of
Missouri vs. the Standard Oil Co.
Rockefeller was sieved with a
subpoena last night The deputy
reported this morning that Rocke
feller said:
. "I will not appear, i can't ap
pear, and there Is no use talking
about It. They may send me to
Jail If they wank to.”
_ Will Visit Cuba.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Lieutenant
Generals Young and Chaffee, Major-
General Bates and other prominent
officers will attend the dedication
in Cuba, February 14, of the monu
ments erected lo commemorate the
battles of the Spanlsh-Amerlcan war
at El Caney, San Juan Bldge and
La Gulsima.