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AMD SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, .1906.
New SERiis VoL'. XVI, No.
as we say wd do, should we not give
emphasis to them by voting (or
them? We have voted for the poli
tician'and (or the scheming candi
date In thy past, and’sbls promises
have proved of little worth after he
got into! office. He treated these
great reforms as things of minor
Importance. Tell me, would .It not
man, Mr. McLeod, was to be cashier
of the Bank of Meigs, was an error.
Mr. Duncan Btckley was previously
elected cashier and Mr. McLeod as
sistant cashier. *
The Little Folks.
Last Baturday afternoon from, two
to four o’clock was
Mrs.St&ndifer Is Indicted
For Murder By'Atlanta
Grand Jury.
Financiers Are Figuring
On a Feasible Plan
For Railway.
joyous’ time
A>r a number of tots In this, place.
Little Miss Lillian Ross Invited a
few of her little friends to help her
celebrate her birthday. The pretty
oif all occasions, h^s stood for these
principles and who now makes them
matters 01) prime importance, de
manding suitable legislation of their
I enforcement* 1
I Would you settle this matter, so
far as you are concerned? Then,
call a conference In your hope; in
vito your mother and wife and child,
and your conscience and your Ood
to be present—consider the Subject
seriously; then go out and vote in
accordance with the conclusion
reached. If your wife and child and
Atlanta, Ga„ March 28.—Mrs.’
Willie 8tandlfer, who shot and killed
her sister, Miss Chappells Whise-
napt,.on March 8th, because of al
leged relatibns between. Mrs. Standt-
fer’s husband and the yOung woman,
wa[s Indicted on the charge of mur
der by tttf grand jury of Fulton
county today.
The crime for which Mrs. Standt-
fer will have to answer is almost
unique in the annals of Georgia. It
is seldom that a woman kills another
for alienating the r affections - of a
husband, but that ah own sister
hfiould be stayed on this charge is
most nnnwal. , • . •*’ , ■
Although the crime'll net appar
ently, countenanced by -law, ft is
generally conceded that Mrs.-’Standi- I
fer will oonie clear at the .trial. « A 1
man who ’kills anotheri (a- * the de
fense of Us home is. almost Invarja- /
Hr eshonorated by a jury, and It 1
Is .likely that Mrs. Standlfar’s acquit- '
tal Will come area more easily than
If she were a man. r
-Several Thomasviile financiers
are Interested in the project of a
street railway tor this city. Tbelr
plans are still 1A an embryonic state, j
but give projhjse of developing In |
the near future. The project has 1
been suggested before, and- the pro
moters propose to work under an
old franchise’that waa‘granted sever
al yegia. aim. The prospects fer a
road are. regarded as deqldedly more
favorable now than they have ever
• Cairo, Ga., March 27.—A meeting
of the cltisens of Cairo was held In
the town hall yesterday evening to
discuss and consider a proposition to
bring another railroad to this place.
Cairo has grown to that etteht that
shells la sore need of better freight
rates and general railroad facilities,
and her people are determined to
About a hundred
.Valdosta, Ga.,’ March 26, 1906.’
Quite an Interesting damage Suit
has been filed In the superior court
• It Is brought by Johnson and Lit
tle,, attorneys for Miss Queen Belote,
who sues A. N. Newsome for five
thousand dollars fir damages which
accrued to her through hit failure to
carry out th. marriage contract, or
rather a promise of marriage, ' . .
The-allegations in “the case ere
lengthy.andjhlghly'interesting. They
relate to tile relations.'that had exls-
ted.’iqtweqn, ? the pinintiff and the
defendant‘and of how the plaintiff
was lad to .pot confidence in p;
isM.mads by ithe defendant-on 1 ,
see these promises disappear ilk ,
fabric’Of a vision. . < J ‘
Besides the" suit for 'damAges a
restraining order has been sought to
prevent the defendant from disposing
of bis property slid also to preven't
agement of ^he affair. If it takes
fun and pretty girls to celebrate a
birthday, it was -well done. The
boys, toe, were.handsome and played
the gallant wyll. Refreshments
were served and th<’ frits Was’‘re
sumed and lasted till “the sunset
turned the ocean blue to gold.”
Long may she live to offer many
such occasions to her friends.
Mr. Ghas. Williams retumed Sun-
day from Winder, after a few- days
supply this need,
of the most Influential cltlzeni Were
preeent at- this meeting and the en
thusiasm which was manifested - Is
■ure to ripen into definite and suq-
cessful action In'the near tutor*.
Not only Cairo, hut Grady county,
will get behind the movement and
the necessary capital will not be
lacking. It was not decided which
route would be best of two or three
proposed, although it Is likely that
the line finally adopted will run from
Camilla or Albany through Cairo to
Quincy, Fla., thence towaxfi the most
promising seaport on the Gulf coast
of the latter state. Mr. R. L. Vin
Landlngham, Mayor of Qairq, pre
sided over the meetlpg and After
several rousing speeches from, prom
inent business men, a committee
composed of\W. B. Roddeqbdry, J-
F. Stone, W. C. Jones, cJ. H. Wight,
and A. C. Forrester were appointed
to maker definite recamroepdhtions to
another meeting to be’ calied ht an
early date, after which a petition
for charter wlli be made without de
lay.
The proposed toots to be taken
by the road would be along Dawson
on ’Handel and Broad, Remington,
Fletcher.-, and Jackson aad out ..to
the Country Club. TMs wpnld take
In the restdfnce. and buslnhes. por
tion of the' cityi would go. to the
favorite place-of resort, would pass
the parks, and would be Of conven
ience -to school chlldreh In going to
and from the building In Flptcher-
vllle. ’ , 1 , /
The motive power -would: of course
he electricity. If the road is estab^
llshed It would aid the city In se
curing a day' current’ from the muni
cipal plant It is thought that the
cost of equipment dan readily be
absence from on? town.
Mrs. G. C. .Lunsford has returned
froyu a tjeo’iWeekB’^yieU to relatives
IA Columbus. AmerlcUs ahd Dawson.
Mr. Marvin Hancock left Sunday,
to attend ..his i brother, Robert Han-!
cock, who is sick, In .North Georgia-
Mayor B. E. WIBtes accompanied
Mrs. Wilkes to Valdosta a few days
since on her way fp Tampa to spend
a, short' time. 1 ’ tof:
Mrs. L. ’. Holzendorf Jeft, Monday
for Savannah to visit bar son who.
Is sick.
Messrs. Wells Simpson And Earl
attended preaching In Thom-
IGS AFFAIRS.
Hunt
asvillo Sunday.
Mrs. Lucetta Moore, of Florida, |s
hero on si visit. 8he has many
friends here who will he glad t^ re-
Prof. Searcy Sighs For An Ode to
tWe Georgia Collard.
There are one or two hotel prop
ositions before the Board 'of Trade
and investors which provide for a
suburban site for a dew tourist;’
caravansery. In cdqe.any of these
'jpnn out,” and It seeml assured that
some of them will, a street road will
be a necessity. Toe men behind the.
proposition lnslst'vthat It Is entirely
feasible, and declare, t^at the road-
will be built.
: *' ****fBjf”i‘."Hi Searcy.)’ ■
The year 1906 Ought to be re
membered’ in South Georgia, at
Jeast, as the “vegetable year.” There
has not been a time In my memory
that there were more fine turnips,
collards, cabbages and other vege
tables. If I had the genius of Hor
ace or Homer, thA first thing 1 would
write would be an ode to tlie Georgia
collard.
new’ her' acquaintance, after an ah-’
sence of several years.
Mr. and Mrs. Sim Haddock came
down from Pelham Sunday to
preaching.
Rev. W. E. Murphey preached In
Ochlockonee_ Sunday for Rev. Curry,
who was unavoidably prevented
from filling bis regulaT appolnt-
Qultman, Ga., March 27.—A mass
meeting was held In the city hall
9
last night, at which the following
municipal ticket was nominated.
For mayor, E.
Lumber bulls oversold.
Meeting of Saw Mill Association At
Valdosta Holds Price Sta
tionary.
McRee Brothers Will Seek Bamnge*.
without opposition;
S. H. Sutton Resigns.
It will cadis genuine regret to
the people of this vicinity, to learn
that Mr. 8.' H. Sutton, who has boon
connected with the Dyson Machine
Shops at this place, has resigned his
position and will doubtless locate
elsewhere. He has the confidence
of everybody, and It will he diffi
cult to find one who can fill his
place.
Tucker Baptists.
-The union meeting of the Tucker
Baptist Association
L^ Jelks; for aldermen, G. W. Av-
Carnlval At Melgt.
Surely we’have the street carnival
with us this week—a sure ’nough
one,-too. There's the steam flying
Jenny that gives delightful(7) free
music to all the citizens; the big
headed'gifli thp goat that can roll
a ball up an Incline plane by stand
ing on It, knives and sticks to be
The show folks are clean
rett, 'J. R. Avera, J*. D. Wilson, E.
C. Bridges, J. DeLoach, S. H. Wade;
for school board, L. W. Branch, E.
A. Jelks, N. C. Hendry, J. B. Roun-
ttee, G. D. Raysor.
All of the officers succeed them
selves except S. H. Wade, who was
elected In place of W. W. Walker, as
alderman, the latter not being a can
didate.
A number of Important municipal
Improvements have been Inaugurated
govern nfhnt,
- The local lubermen who attended
the meeting of the Georgia Interstate
at Valdosta,
Dr. NnnnaRy Appeals for Support of
Them aad Iridrti Victory
For Conviction.
Sawmill Association
came home yesterday morning bring
ing Interesting accounts of the meet
ing. The attendance was the largest
In many months. The members re
ported the business already j booked
thirty to
of McRee Bros.’, at Klnderlou, sly
miles west qf here,-yesterday even
ing. The factory was set on firs
from burning discarded cros-” -
and the Owners may decide to
suit against the road for tbs lo
The value of the plant and
contents Is placed at between forty
and fifty thousand dollars, with In
surance of only eighteen thousand
dollars. In addition to the m; riilc-
cry and building the factory con-,
tain about fiv* carloads of straw
berry baskets, three cars of birch
hoops,, six cars, of pine-apple crates,
five cars of cantaloupe crates, one
hundred kegs of nails and a carload
of twin*
To the Voters of Georgia;— 1
There are several candidates ask
ing for your support In the race now
pending for governor. In some re-,
ipects they; are all agreed, and It 1s
possible that the material Interests
of the state would be as well con
served by one as by another—as wel)
_by.me as ny any other candidate.-
Rut there are certain great Hpral
ringed.
and orderly And will collect all the
sheckles possible.
Sapp Moves’to Tampa.
Mr. R. R. Sapp has moved his
Uvery business to Tampa, Flif.
There Is a good opening here for
another.
Hancock and fafh-
sufftclent to carry
ninety days, which would average at
least sixty days If the mills do not
take another order in that time.
The demand was shown to bo ur
gent, and starting at an advance of
f 2 to 66 above the list prices.’ The
Price 'Committee however, notwith
standing this condition of affairs,-,re
commended that the prices be not ad
vanced, but the present' list be re
affirmed on coastwise and Interior
trade. This action took the form of
a motfSn, and was unanimously
adopted by a rising vote.
The president was Instructed to ap
point delegates from this association
to the annual meeting of the National
Manufacturers’
Baptist Association will convene
with Midway 1 * Baptist thuroh, two
and a half miles south of Meigs,
on the 27th, 29th and 29th of April.
A large delegation from all the
churches will be expected and the
public generally Is.
*The following queries are to be
discussed:
“Are wo as Christians, doing our
duty In bringing souls to Christ? lit
not, how can wo lead lost souls to
Christ?’.’
Discussion opened by Rev. H. P.
Jackson; Rev. A. J. Cone, Alternate.
2nd. “It the sinner puts hia faith
In Christ and accepts Him as his
Savior, will bq ultimately be saved?”
Discussion opened by Rev. R. L.
Rachels;Rer W. E. Hurst alternate.
3rd. “Dow Ood always answer
prayer? If not, why not?”
Discussed by Rev. W. L.^Curry;
M. C. Taylor alternate.
4th. “Was John the BapUst bap
tised with or in water? It not, why
not?”
Discussion led by Rev. J. F. Tay- c
lor; J. A. Finley alternato.
W. N. Selgler, E. 8. White, J. I
M. Pilcher,pJ.- W. Hall, D. K. Bras
well, committee. „ J
| by the present city
; among them being the_ paving of the
I streets and sidewalks and a complete
, sewerage system, and there was a
I general Sentiment in favor of a re-,
i election without opposition of Ihe
, present officials.
The Quitman Graded School Is now
i In a more prosperous condition than
ever before lq Its history and the In
dorsement by the mass meeting of
the present school board Is exceed
ingly gratifying to the friends and
patrons of the school.
lssnes for wb|ch I especially stand,
qnd which would be vitalized and
emphasised by my election. I
stand, as no other candidate stands,
for Humanity, for Home, for Wo
man, for Motherhood and for the
Children.
I stand:
For~better marriages and' divorce
laws;
For better Sunday laws;
For better prohibition laws;
For better child-labor laws. " v
Have we not, as citizens and
Christiana, as fathers and brethren,
been talking and praying and work
ing for years to bring about an Im
provement along these lines? Mave
we not discussed these themes before
our congregations and before great
conventions? Have we not appealed
to the people and begged them to
elect men to office who would reme
dy some of these evjls? Have w#
not memorialised general assemblies
'and begged for legislation that would
correct some of Usee wrongs? Now.
tell me, can we consistently vote
against them In the coming election?
/ Mr. “General’
lly, of Colquitt county, loaded’ all
their earthly effects on the cays here
Tuesday and left foe Seffner. Fla.,
to. make It their future home.
Bluffed the Weather.
During the cold days of last’Week
our old friend G. C. Lunsford, wore
a brand new straw hat. On looking
Into the cause of such, incongruity,
I found that ..he had opened the
milkshake season a few days be
fore, and was running a bluff on
the weather. >
This Ideal weather Is causing the
men of this town to have “that tired
feeling” that appears to be incident
to moat men In this climate. They
will, no donbt, be organising a lodge
of the “Sops of Rest” before the
mocking birds annonqce the eomlsg
of spring.
All Day Singing.
Professor Buntln, the sieging man,
will be here next Saturday, and San
ds^. March 2lst and April 1st.
There will be An all day singing at
the Baptist church both days. Ev
erybody Invited to’attend.
NO LEGISLATION.
Canal Question Will Go By Default
to President Roosevelt.
Association at St
Lonls May 8 and 9.
The car shortage -was reported'as
bad as ever, ^he export trade on the
coast is improving very perceptibly.
The car standard question is In the
and Is being
Washington, March 28.—Canal
legislation at the present session of
Congress is regarded as extremely
Improbable. The Senate committee
has devoted two months to investi
gation. and Is unable yet to framt
a hill. - The House committee Is not
disposed to accept the testimony
taken by the Senate committee as
to the feasibility of lock or sea-level
canals. The witnesses before the
committee have been divided as to
the better type to adopt.
No action would leave the Presi
dent and Canal Commission free t<*
adopt, a type, and In Buch event the
lock system would prevail.
Oeneral sentiment favors con
Johnstown Is Visited By Second
Great Disaster. '
hands of attohieys
pushed.
Florida ratesThnd demurrage were
touched upon but nothing was done.
The Hoo-Hoos had a great parade
after which they had a concatenation
and banquet. There were thirty eight
captive kittens led through the
streets In chains, and all were pat
through the mysteries of the ord«r
afterwards. ' '
Folks may hava to take their
peaches and cream witb'ont • the
peaches this year.