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TO BOYCOTT CARNIVAL.
D. D. Gwaltney, a prominent citi
zen of the Busing district, was
among this week’s visitors to town.
ThonUsvilh
Whiskey Flask In Pocket Tells the
Reason lor the Happening.
Some Coming, Some Going and
Some Are Stationary.
An Interesting Incident occurred.,
several days ago when the Greene-;
Gaynor jury was out on 1 a stroll. In.
charge of deputy .marshals they* were*;
Salter $6.50 Monday night for tear- The south bound Atlantic and
Ing tip a carriage top / for.hlm. One Birmingham train, which reached
of his hacks got caught in the mesh- here at 9 o’clock Thursday night ran
es of a low hanging electric light over and killed'John Holmes, a ne-
wlre and the top was damaged to the gro man twenty-two years of age.
above extent, according to the Idea He was discovered lying on the rall-
of the council. road track, between the rails, just
north of Sunset. Before the engine
Mr. Chas Wolff, who has been couM „ e the ^4,. had
touring Louisiana and Mississippi
for an Atlanta millinery house, came crushea tbe ilte trom hl » bod >’'
home for a few days on Sunday. He An examination of the body re
will go to Atlanta this week. His. vealed a pistol and a half-empty
wife and daughter will accompany whiskey flask. The latter tells the
him and they will make that city
their future home. ;
A 'circular advising the colored
citizens of the town to stay away
from tbe Carnival that Is* coining
here tomorrow, was scattered
through the streets yesterday. The
carnival management Issued a no
tice that on Thursday, the twenty-
second, the grounds of the carnival
would be reserved for white people
and that no negroes would be al-
leaders
. They
Mr. John B. Wind spent Sunday
i-flr-Std-ltw In Ochlockonee.
G. E. Butler, of Meigs, wah among
’s visitors to TbomasvlIIt.
WE ARE OFFERING 15 to 20 fine
horses and about 80 high-grade | Friday’
Kentucky mules, cheap for cash
or good note. Davta-Stewart Stock Judg
Co., Quitman, Oa. 4-2t spent ’l
enjoying a walk In the country, ,
when they came upon a newly
plowed field. The upturned sod- -ij
looked most | Inviting to the members^ - '4
pf the JurJr over half of whom ars ^
farmers.
They looked longingly at the fa- ’ ;
miliar furrows until one of them,
not being able to restrain^ bis nat
ural impulse, said to one of the
marshals: .
"Say, Dave, for goodness’ sake '
let me take a turn at that plow.”
The marshal looked across the-
broad area of field and there, sure,
enough, was a farm hand coming,
toward the jurors, guiding a plow.
Got Twlxt the Handles. ’>
The marshal had no objection,,
and when the man behind the plow
got within hailing distance Mr. C.
R. Poole, dragging one of the depu
ties after him, made across the fur
rowed field to the plow.
The darkey was not averse to be
ing freed from his work for awhile,
but he looked Mr. Poole over several
times, as If In doubt as to whether
that Individual could properly guide-
the plow. His compunction was re
moved, however, when the juror
presented a dime as an argument.
And stralghtwayNtbe negro drop
ped the lines, and Mr. Poole, jerking
off his coat, got between the han
dles, cried.
FOR SALE—Improved Pearson Wa
termelon seed. Price 60© per
pound. Address J. M. O. Den
mark, Quitman, Ga. - 2-1214tw
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Coopey spent
Sunday with relatives In Pelham.
lowed. Some of tbe race
took exception to this action,
have put out a circular stating that
no colored people ought to visit the
grounds on account of this discrim
ination. They say that they have
no desire to stir up race feeling, but
'that they are Americans, and love
Washington as much as anybody, so
they think they ought not to be kept
the grounds on his birthday. The
circular Is not signed but It la
known that some of the negro mer
chants are responsible for the print
ing of It.
Manager Weaver of the Amuse
ment Company did not seem at all
worried over the matter yesterday.
It would be a difficult matter to
keep the average negro away from
the attraction of the show grounds,
and there will be considerable curi
osity as to the outcome, and to see
whether or not wounded race feel
ing can triumph over the alluring
tents. As a usual thing there 1 Is ab
solutely no trouble of this kind In
Thomasvllle.
R. L. VanLandlngham, of Cairo,
was ( ln the city yesterday.
reason for the accldem. The re
mains were left at Sunset. The ne-
o spent the day there. He en
deavored to catch the north bound
rain, and ran after it for 'some dis
tance.
I. S. Spence ,a prominent man of
Ocklocknee was In town yesterday.
Miss Victoria Collier Is expected
to arrive from Albany today to be
the guest of Miss Sue Culpepper.
Miss Collier has visited here fre
quently and has many friends among
the young people of Thomasvllle.
Dr. D. Q. Dallas and W. L. Adams,
of Pavo, were in the city Tuesday.
He failed to make It and
probably started out to walk to his
destination.
H. L. Groover and J. R. Ingram
were* here yesterday from Boston.
The liquor he had Im
bibed pro'ved too much for him and
be fell' by the wayside.
Messrs. John Barnes, John Gar
wood, Jr., Earnest Smith, and Robert
Henry, spent Sunday aod Monday
In Thomasvllle.
T. L. Watson was in town Satur
day on his way from Cairo to Al
bany.
TWO BAD ONES.
SEED CANE FOR SALE.—5,000
stalks best solid green cane, $1.00
per bundtred. Bunk Partin, R. F.
D. No. 4„ Thomasvllle. 2-l2-10t
Something seems
to be very attractive over there for
the Montlcello young men.—Montl-
cello News. '
Tlit-y Get Their Deserts in the
Court for Theft and Pistol
Toting.
Mr. Alfred Robinson returned last
{light from a trip to Florida orange
groves. \
ECAN TREES should be planted
everywhere In our section. The
O. M. Bacon Pecan Co., between
here and Albany will send their
beautiful catalogue "C. 2,” free
to enquirers. 2-ll-dw-2w
John W. Dukes a prominent cit
izen of Boston was In the city yes
terday.
"Come up there, Beck,”
and plowed a dozen furrows without
stopping.
"I just wanted to get my feet In
the dirt again,” he said when be had
finished.—Savannah Press.
C. H. Mize, frqm near Meigs, was
a prominent citizen who spent yes
terday In town.
Mr. Cal Cochran returned to Flint
yesterday morning after a Sunday
spent with home folks.
your Inspection both as to prices and
quality.
Mr. Montgomery, the manager,
will have associated with him a force
of competent help who will always
be glad to ahow every courtesy and
attention to our customers.
We would be glad for you to make
our Store your headquarters while
in town, and'It we can serve you In
Thanking our
J. F. Forester, who counts his
friends by the hundred, was among
tho Saturday visitors from Grady.
Mrs. R. Alexander Shine, of Tal
lahassee, Fla., and sister. Miss Lila
Brooks, of Boston, were visitors in
the city Tuesday.
anyway, call on us. 1
friends In advance for any consider
ations which they may show us, we
are Respectfully,
J. 8. MONTGOMERY, JR..
W. I. MACINTYRE.
Atlanta, Feb. 17.—Attorney Gen
eral Hart, who had plapned to go
to Washington today to argue bn
Monday tor tbe adv$nce of the Raw
lings’ appeal on the docket of the
United States court, will not go-
Judge Hart found that he had Im
portant casea to be argued before
the supreme court 'of Georgia Mon
day, and tor that reason he could
not go to the national capital.
All necessary papers In the Raw
lings’ appeal, however, have been
sent by Judge Hart to Congressmen
W. O. Brantley and W. M. Howard,
who will make the motion before
the United States supreme court to
have the cases advanced on the dock-
Mr. Leon A. Wolters arrived yes
terday from Manistee, Mich., and
will spend the remainder of the sea-
Jackson
son with his famlly
street.
The family of Mr. J. H. Wade, and
the house-party that Is being enter
tained.thre went down to Dr. Yar
brough’s place In Florida yesterday
for a few days hunting. N ,
Time of Train Changed.
The time of the evening train
on the Atlantic and Birmingham
railroad has been changed. In fu
ture It is scheduled to reach here
at 8:10. The former time was 7:20.
The train has consistently been late
and it Is hoped that the revision will
enable It to live up to Its program.
The stilly vaistness of the Februa
ry morning yesterday was violated
at one o'clock by the report of a
pistol on Brood street. The wakeful
Officers hastened to the scene and
found there one Walter Mitchell,
colored, who had shot his pistol, on
his belated homeward way, just for
pure cussedness. The city authori
ties are determined to break up
this dangerous habit and when Wal
ter plead guilty in police court the
Mayor put the fixings to him In the
latest and most approved mode. It
looked like thirty dollars and. costs.
Mr. J. N. Donaldson has accepted
a position with the Cairo Messenger,
and will be ; Its traveling representa
tive in Grady county. He Is a cir
culator of ability and was formerly
with the Ttmes-Enterprise.
'. The Mule Mart.
Chief Stephens conducted a mule
mart at tfie corner of Broe<^ and
Jackson yesterday morning, He sold
two mules, the erstwhile property
of the city, that had been replaced
by better animals. F. C. Davis purr
chased a white Jarhead for the sum
of $101, and a bay Baalam went to
H. W. 'Hopkins for $41,
Where is Taylor Tippln?
Etna, Ark., Feb. 18, 1906
Editor Times-Enterprise:
I have a - brother named Taylor
Pippin who when last heard from
was in Pavo.* Our parents names are
Calvin and Sarah Pippin. Any In-
formation as to his whereabouts will
be appreciated.
BERRIAN PIPPIN
P., & We are shut up by snow
and the weather is (reeling..
Mr. S. R. Blanton announces
through the 'eolqms of the ”.Bain-
bridge Tribune that he has leased
that paper for k year. He and-bis
two young sona will edit and man
age the paper.- .j .<-
WE ARE OFFERING 15 to 20 fine
•horses and Bbout 30 hlgh-gTade
Kentucky mules, cheap for cash
or good note. Davls-Stewart Stock
Co., Quitman, Ga. 4-2t
FOR SALE—Improved Pearson Wa
termelon Seed. Price 50c per
pound. Address J. M. O. Den
mark, Quitman, Oa. 2-12-4tw'
TO THE PUBLIC.
We, J. 8. Montgomery, Jr., and
W. I. MacIntyre, are pleased to an
nounce that we have purchased the
drug business of Mr. J. W. Peacock
and will conduct the business a^ the
same stand and in the same satisfac
tory manner as our predecessor, un
der ths firm name of Montgomery A
MacIntyre. /
We shall at all times keep a full
stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines,
Seeds, Paints, etc., and we Invite
Miss Janie Alexander returned
last night '‘from a stay of several
weeks In Florida.
Miss Dora Hlllbouse Dozier, of
Gainesville, Is the ghest of her sis
ter, Miss Kate Dozier.
Mr. O. G. Fleetwod and his bright
young son Leroy were In the city
Tuesday from Ocklocknee.
The Lewis Barber Shop is the gay
est place on Broad street. It has been
recently treated to a new coat of
paint.
H. Benton, of the Chastain
neighborhood, was among the preem
inent vlsitoas to Thomasvllle on Sat
urday. -
Miss Ethel Taylor, of Macon, and
Miss Eddie May Thomas, of Co-.
InmbuB, arrived last night to be the
guests of Miss Pauline 8carlett on
Broad street.
Miss Bessie Keyes has returned
from New York, where she purchased
the spring millinery stock tor Miss
Laura Jones' Broad street store.
Mn. J< 7. Brooks and her young
sons are the guests of her mother,
Mrs. 7. 7. Buckalew, on Bartow
street. Mrs. Brooks Is from Ten-
nille.
Mr. Simeon J. Drake Is In the city
and is at Oak Hill for the remainder
of the season. Mr. Drake is a long
time visitor to Thomasvllle and has
many friends here who are delighted
to welcome him. He says that the
winter In the narth has been very
mild and that toimst travel to Flori
da has been lighter than ever before.
Mr. Robert Alexander has secured
the agency for the Georgia Mutual
Fire Insurance Co., and will repre
sent It In connection with the Thom
as county company which was recent
ly organised. The local company
will not insure any house not oc
cupied by Its owner, nor any other
extraordinary risks. ' The Oeorgta
Mutual will accept them all.
Mr. Charles T. Stuart, of Thom-
asvlile, announced some time ago
that he had retired from the hotel
business Thomasvllle, but the
Tlmes-Enterprise of Tuesday has a
card from him In which he says that
he will take charge of the Stuart
house there again about the first of
the month. Hla many friends here
will be glad to know that his health
has so greatly Improved that he Is
going back Into harness again.—
Valdosta Times.
City court held an informal ses
sion yesterday morning at which
Walter Mitchell and Robert Moore,
both colored, were the guests. Wal
ter's case was an aftermath of his
firing a pistol on Broad street tbe
other night. He was fined in police
court for that and In city court for
carrying the gun. Walter Is Capt.
Hightower's factotum. During the
absence of that gentleman In Cali
fornia he Is In charge of the.place.
HIs eapture was caused through
vanity. He wore a red japonlca
and carried a cane, and\lt was easy
for the officers to locate a fancy man
of this description. Walter will do
nate $48 to the cause.
Robert Is a Chief. Saturday night
he slept In the same room with Arch
Baxter. When Arch awoke to the
glories of the February Sabbath he
found that hla trousers lacked sever
al dollara and a knife that had been
their proud adornment when the
shades of slumber overtook him.
Robert, too, was g&ne. When he was
found he was haled Into court, and
there the ermine clad majesty of
the law said pay seventy-four dol
lars and a quarter or work. He will
take the latter alternative.
SHOP SHUT UP.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Crawford,
who occupied rooms at the home of
Mr. Wells on Smith avenue, and who
were burned out on Wednesday
night, wish us to express their grat
itude and appreciation for the, many
kind attentions of friends and neigh
bors at tbe time of the fire and since.
Mrs. Crawford suffered from some
painful burns but none have proved
serious. >
Mr. Sidney Fleming, who has been
one of the popular salesmen at Rob
ison’s book store for a long while,
will begin work tomorrow with the
Coast Line railroad as receiving
clerk at the freight depot. This Is
the position now occppled by Paul
Dickey, who will be promoted to
weighing clerk. Gene Fleming, who
haa held the latter position for many
months, will go with the Thomas
vllle Ice Company on the first of
March.
Judge Robert Q. Mitchell wait out
on crutches yesterday afternoon for
the first time In several weeks. He
has been having a severe tussle with
his old enemy, rheumatism. Dur
ing the time he has been confined
to hla home he has been heqrlng
motions' almost dally from his sick
bed. The Judge allows nothing to
Interfere with; his duty.
Foreigner Couldn't Make It Without
Piy>flts From Booze.
AFTERNOON EUCHRE.
Mrs, Jem Ison's Guests Entertained
at the Elks' CInb.
The fruit store of Arthur /Eptl-
more, on Jackson street, has been
closed on account of rent due to
the owner of the building, Mrs. F.
J. Winn. The closing of the store
Is an Indirect result of the crusade
against blind' tigers. Eptlmore is
a Greek, who was heavily fined for
selling liquor, who quit the sale,
and who could not make money with
out the profitable aid of the Illicit
traffic.
A 'Possum Supper.
. On Friday evening the Fraternal
Union of America enjoyed a 'possum
supper at the Masonic Hall. Mr. B.
Edwards, who Is Fraternal Master
of the local chapter, presided over
the festive board, and the ready wit
of the guests added sauce to the al
ready appetising 'possums. The boys
say there was meat in abundance,
and the time they had was fit to
preserve in salt water. They consid
er themselves under great obliga
tions not only to "Mr. ’Possum,”
but also to the Masonic fratejrnlty
tor tbe use of their hall.
One of tbe pleasant social func
tions of the week was the afternoon
euchre at the Elks’ club on Friday.
Tbe club house was the gathering
place for two score of Thomasvllle’s
society ladles, and many beautiful
toilettes were worn. The hostess
was Mrs. -J. B. Jemlson and the af
fair was given In honor of Mrs. J.
McF. Williams.
The guests were Mesdames Cox,
W. L. Ball, Alexander, W. H. Ham
mond, Cooke, Driver, Merrill, Rl'ey,
B. H. Wright, Emmett Mitchell,
Scott, Dlsmuke, Heath, Swift, Bra-
cey, Clyde Neel, Daniels, Byrd,
Crawford Mays R. G. Mays, Ferrlll,
Britton, Cooper, Greene of Athena.
R. R. Evans, Misses Sallle Hansell,
Ludle Ansley, Nettle Smith, Patten,
Glenn, McIntosh, Louise Hryes, Ma
rion Hayes, Reese, Bolfcnlllet, of
Macon, Roberts of Lavonla. Fh!*ip<
of Columbus, Kelley of Atlanta, Ju
lia Wright, Annie. Wright Lluton,
Pauline Mitchell, Annie Pringle.
Miss Sallle Hansell won the first
prise, Mrs. Cox, the lone hand and
Mrs. Alexander the consolation.
AT OAK HILL.
Large Number of Guests Are There
.This "Winter.
Oak Hill has alwaya had a large
number of prominent people as' its
guests through the winter months
and the list this year Is up to the
usual standard. Tbogj who are
there, and where they are from
are: Mrs. R. C. Ware, Miss lutt-
gens, Wayne, Pa.; Mlrs Clarkson,
Lakeside. 111.; Mrs. J. F. Clarke,
Miss Clarke, and Mrs Clarke, of
Brooklyn,, N. Y,; Mr. and Mrs. Leff-
Ingwell, of New York City: Mr.
Simeon J. Drake, of New Fork; Dr.
and Mrs. Joseph Neff, of Philadel
phia, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Green, Miss Green and Miss Fox,
from Milwaukee, Wia.; Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Heath and child and maid, of
Columbia, R C.; Mr. and Mrc. John
C. Magnus, City; Mr. Willis Brown
ing, New, York, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
and Miss Jack, of Halifax, Nora
8cotIa, Canada; Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Spaldtpg, Miss Cushing, Glenn,
Mass.; Miss Josephine Cogar, Misses
Laura and Grace Hayden, Rochester,
N. Y.; Miss Parish and maid, Mew
York’ City; H. E. Collet, Menomi
nee, Mich.; P. R. Kendall, Green
PINE PARK PERSONALS.
News Budget Told in Interesting
Manner.
(By Lola Ballard.)
Pine Park, Ga., Feb. 20.—Roy
Ballard, of Thomasvllle, visited his
mother, Mrs. I. F. Ballard, last week.
Miss Ethel Stringer went to Och
lockonee Monday, where she will be
hi school for several months. dw|
bbtcI
O. W. Stubbs went to Thomasvllle
Baturday.
Miss Lindsay, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. C. E. Stringer,
returned to her home In Ochlocko
nee last week.
Rev. R. G. Jackson, accompanied
by his daughter, Rosa, • passed
through here Sunday afternoon on
bis wiy home from Suslna, where
he had been to fill his monthly ap
pointment.
Clarence Free was a visitor from
Cairo Sunday.
William Massey, of Pavo, was here
last week.
G. W. Stubbs went, to Cairo on
business last Tuesday.
Dr. A. B. Cook and his wife,,
daughter and prospective son-ln-lajr
were here Sunday as the guests of
Miss Jennie Alderman.
Mr. J. L. Fuller, operator at Met-
calfe/was the happy guest of Miss
Willie Greene Sunday. He seems
to be as fond of vegetables as'ever.
Look out neighbors! The mumps
are in this community. Hr. D. P.
Ward has been suffering for several
days with a severe case. Mr. J.
G. Moore Is also a victim of this
malady. I
Mr. Graham Ward called on hla
teacher Sunday afternoon. He ap
pears to have long since learned the
"first rule!”
The A. C. L. has made some
slight Improvements here lately.
There has been an addition to the
old platform used for the accommo
dation of local shipments and with
other Improvements, an agent
Saturday night two cars of a
west-bound freight train jumped the
track. The workmen succeeded In
getting the cars on the traclf Sun
day at 2 o’clock p. m.
NOT LOST.
Mr. William Outs Tuns np Safely
in tb* City of Waycross.
It has been reported for several
weeks that Mr. William Outs was
missing. Outs was working on Mr.
J. J. Cone’s farm. About tire weeks
ago he suddenly disappeared -and no
one could account for the occurence. ’
HIs wife stated that she had no idea
of bis whereabouts and his friends
could not account for bis actions.
It has been learned after consider
able investigation that he Is in
Waycross working in the Coast Line
yards, and is enjoying his old good k
health. .