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IOMASVIU.E TIMES, VOL. SO
IOMASVILLE ENTERPRISE, VOJ0.47.
series,
Another Hearing Feb. 19.
Attorney’s Repartee and
Tears of Women.
(From Wednesday’s Dally.)
The'flrst legal battle In the Byrd-
Page case was fought at the court
house yesterday morning. It result
ed In the setting at liberty of Mr.
D. W. Byrd on the charge of abduc
tion, so far as thd city court is'con
cerned. The appointment of a per
manent custodian for little i Leroy
Byrd was postponed until Feb. lbtb."
In the meantime the child will re
main with his father.
The developments of the day were
decidedly Interesting. The case was
called shortly after ten o’clock and
the court room was well filled with
Interested spectators. The cynosure
of attention was Mrs. Annie Byrd,
the woman In the. case. She was
JUDGE IS LENIENT.
Groene-Gajmor Jurors, Allowed to
See Their Wives. ,
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 7.—Judge
Emory Speer, of the United States
court, before whom Messrs. Greone:
and Gaynor are now being tried, Is
a very considerate man. ..
As the case has now been on for
about a month and the membors of
the Jury have been taken away from
their families for that length of
Crate and Basket Co., Jail, (70.00;
W. L. Ball, poor house. 12.00; W.
T. Owens and J. Cook, roads 19.26;
thelady members of the;Jurors’ fam
ilies to see them, in the presence of
A Cox, $12.76; H. C. Copeland A
Takes Own Life at Naylor.
salary, $60.00.
Board adjourned.
v E. M. SMITH, Char.
J. S. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
W. J. WINGATE* Uke
Meigs, Ga., February 2, 190$. Foj Jurors at court,
Hnb South Georgia {progress*.
THOKTASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY/ EEBRCJARY 9, it 06.
$125,000 Fire Destroys
Factory, Depot, Ware
house and Laundry.
Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 3.—(Special
to Times-Enterprise.)—One of the
most disastrous fires in the history
of this city occurred shortly after
noon today. The blaze started in
the factory of the Henderson-Cran-
ford Buggy Co., the largest manufac
turing linddstry in this section, and
one of the largest In the South. Be
fore it was gotten under control it
had swept away the factory, the
freight depot of the Georgia, South
ern & Florida railroad, Armour
Company's warehouse. It Is impos
sible at this hour to givd the losses,
Jut they will amount to* probably
$125.0.00. The loss of the Hendcr-
son-Cranford Buggy Company Is ap
proximately $90,000 with $50,000
Insurance. The Valdosta Steum
Laundry loses about $2,000, with
small insurance. A considerable
portion of* the freight in the railroad
warehouse was saved but the loss
there is several thousand dollars.
Fortunately the wind was blowing
the flames away from the business
portion of the city, otherwise almost
the entire southern part of the town
would have been destroyed.
Sumpter, Tattnall,
Washington and
roe, Muscogee,
Troup^Walton,
WilkeB. ^
“ ‘The remaining counties have
one representative each. When it
was decided to add Crisp, Grady,
Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Stevens, Tift,
Toombs and Turner counties to the
137 o!d counties, increasing the num
ber to 145, it became necessary to
make some provision* for the repre
sentation of these bounties,- and ac
cordingly the number ofljj/epresenta-
ODD FELLOWS
HAVE BANQUET
tives to be elected next fall will be
183 instead of 175» as heretofore.
“ ‘The number of senators, which
is 44, will remain unchanged by thc-
c^eation of the new counties.’”
LUMBER COMPANIES.
NEW REPRESENTATIVES.
E*
e£ New County Gets One, and
Thomas Keeps Three.
Since tile creation ot eight new
counties In Georgia the question ahs
often been asked whether the num
ber of representatives In the legisla
ture was Increased correspondingly
with the Increase of the number of
counties, or whether '.he representa
tion of the old counties which were
carved up Into new ones was divided
as a result of the operation.
The Macon Telegraph says;
"Representative T. S. Felder,
whom a Telegraph reporter Interro
gated yesterday, said In effect;
■ “ ‘There baa been no Increase yet,
but at tbe next general election,
which takes place in the fall of the
present year, 182 representatives, in
stead of 176, as heretofore, will be
elected- In tbe meantime, the rep
resentatives who were elected before
the formation ,of the new counties
continue to sense. This makes It
possible for a man to be representing
a county that he does ndt even IJve
In. As a matter of fact this State of
affairs actually exists In one or more
esses. Dooly county, which was
split up Into two counties called
Dooly and Crisp, respectively, has
two representatives. One of these
Utm In Dooly county and the other,
I believe, in Crisp. Yet this latter
representative continues to represent
Dooly county, while Crisp gets along
tbe beet ahe can until she can elect
a representative of her own.
" -There are now 176 members of
the lower house of the state assem
bly. apportioned among the 137
old counties.' The six counties hav
ing the largest populations are al
lowed three representatives each by
Say That A. & B. Won't.Let Cal'K
Go OJT Own Lines.
conn ties are as follows: Chatham,
Bibb, Fnlton, Richmond and Thom.
- -The twenty-six having the negf
largest populations are allowed two
representatives each. They are aa
follows: Bartow, Bulloch, lWke,
Cobb, Carroll, Coweta, De Kalb, De-
eatqr, Dooly, Elbert, Emanuel,
Gnlnett, Hall, Houston, Jackson,
Lauren*. Lowndes, Meriwether, Mon-
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 7.—A number
of complaints were received at
the office of the Railroad Commis
sion from the Savannah Board of
Trade, representing particularly the
lumber dealers and exporters of that
city.
One of these complaints giakes
the charge that the Atlantic and
Birmingham Railroad Company re
fuses to furnish cars for transport
ing lumber to any-place excopt polnta
on Its own line. In other wordB the
Atlantic and. Birmingham will fur
nish none hut Its own cars, and will
not let these leave Its rallB. When
a shipper wants a carload of lumber
from a point on the Atlantic and
Birmingham sent to Savanunh, It has
to be reloaded at swpe junction
point. •'
Secretary Montgomery replied to
this complaint, stating It was the
duty of the railroad to furnish cars
when called on to do so. This can
be required under the law, but the
railroad company cannot be required
to send Its cars oil its own line. It
Is up to the railroad to provide for
the shipment going through to Its
destination, so that If It refuses to
let Its cars leave Its own line, 11
must bear the expense ot transfer
lng the freight to cars of another
line.
The commission will take this mat
ter up with the Atlantic and Bir
mingham, and give the road Instruc
tions to this effect.
Another complaint was as to free
time for unloading cars of lumber
and similar classes of freight. The
Savannah Board ot Trade claims
tbe time la Insufficient. The Rail
road Commission rules allow only
forty-eight hours free time, or time'
during which no demurrage can be
charged. The railroads have been
allowing five days free time at the
ports, and recently^thls was cut
down to tour days. As a result all
of the lumber merchants of Bruns
wick have filed with the commission
through Judge Spencer R. Atkinson,
a complaint about the cutting down
of this time. #
The commission will,.this week,
fix a date for hearing both the Bruns
wick and Savannah Complaints along
this line.
Speeches, Music Feast
ing the Order of the
Evening.
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
More than 100 attended the ban
quet given by the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows last night at thel/
hall on Broad street. A most excel
lent dinner was served in courses
A
and was thoroughly enjoyed by all
who attended. '
The’* gathering was opened by
singing the ode of the order, fol
lowed by a prayer by Mr. B. Ed
wards. After this was the welcome
address by Mr. T. J. McCartney who
turned over the entire festivities to
those present ih a thoroughly ap
propriate manner.
Music next came, followed by an
address from Mr. B. Edwards.
The assembly was then favored
with a pleasing recitation, “When
Father Rode the Goat,” by Miss
Irene Gamble. Music was* again In
dulged in; then there were some
short Intel csting talks by several
members of‘the order. After this
was another recitation by Miss Irene
Gamble, after .jvlilch Mr. Roscoe
Luke, in his original and pleasing
manner, made the speech of the
evening.
Last,, but not, least, was the old
time banquet for which 1 Georgia is
famous. Tables were laden with
good things and even after more
than a hundred had .been fed much
was left.
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
Road Matters, Officers’
Reports and Other
County Business.
J. S. Hollis Buried.
Mr. John S. Hollis, who died here,
was taken yesterday to Nashville,
Tenn., for Interment. Mr. Hollis
was a traveling man who had made
Thomasvllle his headquarters' for
Former Populist of Meigs Poors Hot
Shot Into Divine Call Candidate.
Tuesday's edition of the Atlanta
Constitution gives' a prominent place
to the following from a Thomas
county cittsen:
Editor Constitution: Why Is It
that Hoke Smith and his crowd have
fallen so deeply In love with the dear
people? Why have they not been In
love all these years with the common
people and - writing letters of love,
comfort and sympathy? They never
once thought of the dear people until
the “divine call” that call that is call
ing for votes of any kind or color.
But they won’t gej mine. I have
not voted since I voted for Thomas
E. Watson about fifteen years ago,
but this Smith-Watson deal has com
pletely disgusted me, and I am back
In tbe old line democratic party/to
stay, for I am looking every day for
the republicans of the state to line
up with Smith, If they have not al
ready done so.
I have too much faith in the sen
sible-thinking people of Georgia to
believe they can get very.many votes
with their rallroad-nlgger howl, for
nobody down here In sonthwest
Georgia Is afraid of the negro, and
will give -him a fair deal, so long as
he stays In his place. As to the rall-
Thomasvllle, Ga., Feb. 6, 1906.
Board met In regular meeting; all
present.
Minutes of last meeting read and
adopted.
Mr. J. B. Wight, representing Grady
county, appeared before the Board
and requested this board to join
drady county in the arrangement of
an equitable basis for the division
of the slnte convict fund between
the two counties. On motion of Mr.
Pringle the division of the fund will
ho based oq the school census of 1903
The county attorney, chal rraan of
this Board, and Mr. \V. A. Pringle
were appointed a committee to take
charge of this matter.
Bills of co»©ner referred (o county
attorney. On motion all bills of cor
oner not previously passed cn by
chairman of this Board will be re
ferred to county attorney before be
ing paid.
Petition to change road presented
by E. L. Neel/ C. H. McKimon and
others, referred to superintendent of
roads and district overseers. Peti
tion in change or River road referred
to superintendent of roads ahd dis
trict overseer. On motion Mr. Prin
gle, the district overseer of Coolidge
district, be required to have petitions
for' change in the PaVo^afcd ‘Xtttry-
vllle road to have the new part of
said road put in good condition
accordance with thel* petition.
County attorney makes following
report:
\ Feb. 1, 1906.
To tbe Board of Commissioners for
Thomas County, Gn:
Gentlemen:—I beg to return here
with the petition of G. H. Jaenlcke
Perkins anjJ other, asking that
certain butcher firm be attested as
a nnlsaaee, and beg to advise you
that In such matters your Board In
without Jurisdiction.
Very respectfully,
W./M. HAMMOND,
/ County Attorney,
For support of the poor of
the county
For insolvent costs....
For other lawful charges.
For public roads.
Machinery, tools- $378
Tents $679.13
Harness $407.Si
Feed $39.40
Pay roll $981.74
Books $61.60
Balance cash on band....
163.66
730.75
53.60
,2,627.71
21,286.53
Totals . . . $26,123.95 $26,129-.95
Thomasvllle, Ga., Feb. 5,, 1906.
Hon County Commissioners:
Gentlemen:—I have the honor to
report that for the month of Jan
uary I collected and paid over to the
County Treasurer;
From court costs $ 33.00
From jail fees... 1,40
From hire of convicts 214.1)0
Monthly Statement
JOHN F. PARKER, TREASURER,
Thomas Comity, Georgia.
For the month ending January
21, 1906.
* . Receipt*. “
From balance on handns
por last report $15,267.30
From P. 8. Heetb, T. C.
T. C.
General taxes 1905... 9,594.00
From land sales.
E. -M. Mallette. $126.00
roads, we have not half enough of
H. Feinberg.7.$127.00
From sale bf old carta...
From C. P. Hansel!, J.
C. C.
Court costs $33.00
Jail fee $1.40
Convict hire...$214.50,
Fines and forfeit
ures $730.76
Disbursements.
For building and repair
ing court house, jail.
263.00
50.00
the constitution ot the state. These, 0teni seasons past, and who had. them down this way. Of course, bridges, ferries, and
«... ML.il j. fillatr liava .AM. «..afi like * .a* Lit. ■'
won many friends here, especially
among the Presbyterians, to which
denomination he belonged. The
cause of his sad demise wee pneu
monia, the dread disease that has
taken fiway so many of the country's
leading men ot late weeks. Nash
ville, wee the home of Hr. Hollis,
end the body wee accompanied on
Its trip to Its last retting place by
(tie brother ot the deceased.
they have some faults Just Uke other public improve-
everybody else, but they are too use- j ments .. $
ful to tear up and sink In the middle For sheriff's. Jailer’s, and
of the AtlanUc ocean. I ‘other officers’ fees.,,*
The government of the state of For coroner's inquests...
Georgia cannot be improved by a For bailiffs at court, non
man that is so thirsty after office resident witnesses via
that he la trading for and in all kind! criminal cases, servant
ot pplIUes. , hire, ^tatlonery, and tbe
Net to county...' $248.90:
Fines,and forfeitures .$730.75
Total ...^ $979.63
' Yours truly, :
CIIAS. P. HANSELL. |
Monthly report of County Physl- ‘
eian ' ■ seated near her father, V. P. San- j
The jail and poor house are in a; (ord _ CooIldge . H er young sister,
healthy condition. Both places havo |M , sa Sanfol . di accompan i ed her and
been visited one or more times ^.] md ^ p a ge was seated at the same :
weekly. At the latter, none have| fab]e Bryd was on deck) fioldlng
been received or discharged. One^ mUe boy , n h , a , ap . The young .
has died of old age. 1 s t e r courae d ( d not realize the
Following bills ordered paid: | „ tate affairs, and kept whist-
E. M. Smith, $5.00f. H. C. Cope-1 j lng i aU ghlng, talking to his father
land, $6.00; W. A. Pringle, $5.00; ' and otherwise amusing himself in
W. S. Bulloch, $5.00; J. D. Barrow, 1 t n f an t|ie fashion. Mrs. Byrd was
$5.00; C. P. Hansel!, $100.00; L. nentiy attlied In a green dress and
B. Bouclielle, $25.00; Joe Callaway, k at. She S of attractive appearance,
$17.50; J. S. MontgomeVy, $20.00; ; nnd .i 00 ks ^younger than the thirty .
Eliza 'Hrter, paupeV/ $5,00;~Mi?! y/jre'sbB^wsars. V. . ' " : -.3afc* f!
Owens, pauper, ,$3.00; B. D. CraryJ okrlng to the absence of .certain
nlnd sister, paupers, $16.00;Mrs. M. J necessary papers, the ijase was post-
Blalock, pauper, $7.00; Mrs. W/ poned untl] . the 19th of February at
ten o’clock. At that time the perma
nent custody of the child will be
settled. 1
/ T-. ■
Warren, pauper, $5.00; GeO. Davis,
pauper, $3.00; Sophie Cone and
daughter, paupers, $10.00; J. Watt
& Bro., roads, $103.41; Thomasvllle
Variety Works, roads, $2.10; Em-
mltt Mitchell, roads $11.25; J. W.
Dillon, fifed, $1,011.23; J. C.
Vaughn, roads, $22.35; Moore A
Handy, road, $18.00; W. L. Bibb
and others, roads, $8.50; Good
Roads Machine &>., roads, $82.60;
Atlantic Coast Uae' Railway, roads,
$239.92; J. W. Perkins, court bouse,
$16.26; W. A. Fuller and others,
lunacy, $48.50; Foote'Davies Co.,
roads, $156.85; J. o! Stesnflll, brid
ges, $25.28; L. Steycrman, Jafl,
$19.00: Wm. Jones, $11.00; HU.- time, he passed an order yesterday
Hard Rawls, roads, $6.60: ( Georgia ( afternoon permitting the wives end
the officers having the .Jury In
O. W. Ferrill, C, H., $67.90; R.' c harge.. This little klndneae and
Thomas, Jr., Jail, $2.75; J. T. Cham-, thoughtfulnesa on the part of ther-
Kauai ...J. filOE AA. U.TTI.J . ...
bers, roads, $325.00; James McKin-' c0lirt W a« very much appreciated by
non, feed. $163.80; Beck-Grlgg' the members of the Jury. Several
Hardware Co., roads, $34.00,j Jno. of them baTe their wives In the city,
F. Parker, com. $369.75; Moore but they have been unable to talk
Handy Hide Co., roads, $114.42: to them before. 1
J. F. Evans A Son, roads, $24.50; '
J. W. Peacock, $6.60; W. B. Fam- . \ PREACHER'S SUICIDE,
brough. $6.00; City of Thomasvllle, j _____
$7.80; T. J. Hlght. $113.13; Davis Brother of. Thomas County Man
Co., ■ $121.26; N. Sheppard, $15.00: | -The papers hare been oiled lately
Noah Singletary, $10.60; J. T. Pitt- with,accounts of the recent suicide
mxa A Son. $29.44; J. B. Hicks, 0 f Rev. J. G. Norton who drowned
$7.58; T. W. Davis, $16.80; L. B. himself in a well at Naylor. He
Bouchelle, $2.26; W. A. Pringle, was a brother of Mr. Henry Norton
$1.83; T. J. Hlght, $119.00; Times- of Boston.
Enterprise Publishing Co., $128.25; The verdict of the coroner was
|t. C. Smith and others, $$6.82; R. that death wws duo to Mr. Norton's
J. Lassiter, $3.70; „P. P. Dixon and own act. The pulley or mill wheel
otheds, $7.55; E. S. White, $2,50; which was tied to his neck weighed
T. W. Davis, $13.85; Herring & Hor- about 166 pounds. It was to heavy
ring, $12.00; J. D. Cooper,. $16.60: that he could not lift It, so after ty-
Rachacl .Mallard, $3.00; J. C. lng the rope to it, he rolled it along
Vaughn, $126.00, salary; E. P. until it reached the well, which had
Clay, salary, $50,00; B. L, Daniel, no curbing, and then Into it, the
salary, $50.00; T. M. Youngblood, wheel pulled him In, too. His fam
ily and neighbors say Ghat he has
been acting strangely for several
days, but they had no Idea that self*
destruction was on bis mind.