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Thomsavllle Time*, Vol XXX.
Thomasrille Enterprise, Vol. XEVII.
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, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1906.
New Series Vol. XVI, No. 4.
BONDS CARRY
WAY YONDER
Vote Was 1(7 to 22 In
Favor o( Sewer Ex-
■ tension. A
fact, there were mo ticket! printed
hr the uiipiJUeei and any mao who
wanted to eete agalnstbonds had to
take the treeble to write hla ballot
There were wrfly two or thref no-
connty attorney, W. K. Hammond,
and the chairman of the board, E.
11. 8mlth, aa a committee with pow
er to act. They will investigate'the
legality of the proceeding. Capt.
Bmtth stated that he thought that
the matter conl^ be arranged, as
Brooke county formerly rented con
victs from Thomas for the Brice
camp. A decision will be reached
as soon as Captain Hammond re
turns from Moultrie, as Mr. Stetson
has under advisement several bids
which he wishes the county to make
for him, and la anxious to have the
system started at once. The Stet
son Lumber Company, until a tew
months ago, leased the Thomas
By a vote of 337 to 11 the citl-
sens of Thdmasvllle decided to
sue binds to the amount of $15,000
tor the purpose of extending the
sewerage system throughout Flotch-
ervllle. This Is much more than the
constitutional tWofMrda majority re
quired.
The election wan ia quiet one, and
there was little eommotlon at the
poOa. There wan mo organised op
position to tbs project aa Is shown
by the small wets against It ‘InUnit Probably Meet the Latter Part
to the camp of Mills and Williams,
near Beaton.
state wacmnn committee
of
aTT.
LAW LEAGUE^
TAKES A HAND
win Vote Agatast Dispen
sary Legislators and
Asks Tax on Wine.
The Law and Morality League has
decided to take a hand in the poli
tics of the county. At their last
meeting Aey passed a resolution to
the effect that the membejra of the
county convicts. but they now go ,L “* ue »° uW *°«>P ort n0 ““ tor
The maiaavere-Wt the election prere
C. F. Cslsm—. *H. J. smack and B.
J. Miller, the derke were -J. 8.
Hopkins wad T M. Massey. These
live gentlemen had an easy $tme
while the poll! were open, from
eight uwfliave. The voting was stow
'and they tad all the bsllote couqbed
a lew esc meats after the polls eloedd.
The nnwe wae received with Joy, de-
pertsJty by The residents of Fletch-
crrilte, Who worked with carriages
during Am day getting out
The returns will he read at the
meeting WT ''etty
committees
at onco to hare the
malde lata according to the epeelB-
eatlons In' the election order.
The victory for bonds is regarded
as a distinct forward step in the di
rection of progreee aifd Indicate! elo
quently the spirit of progress that
la in the air. There were maay ex
pressions of gratification from pub
lic spirited cittsens yesterday even
ing. The general opinion^seems to
be that this ta the second step In
the program of progress. The pur
chase of a municipal light plant wa*
first, and it Is freely,predicted that
aslU he the 'third.
Chairman M. t. Yeomans, of the
Democratic slate executive Commit
tee, has written letters to the mem-
hers of the committee asking them
What date would anlt. them tor a
meeting of the committee. It has
been customary tor the committee to
meet some time In Mareh, bqt the
primary for state officers Is at *
Tatar date, this year according to a
resolution of the last convention.
There Is considerable anxiety for the
committee to meet and name a date
far the primary, also to settle the
rules for the eteglblltty of voters
The latter question, has canted more
dMCdtqlon this year than ever be
fore, some favoring an open primary
.-..ait which all wkft* man than ba.aa-
_|-fltled to'fbte, and othbra wtehlhg a
strict party allgnmant.
WUson M. Hardf, ot Thomaavffle,
Is -one of the three representative!
-on the committee for the’ Second
Congreslonal District. Mr. Hardy
wrote Mr. Yeomans favoring the
assembly of the committee at the
earliest date practicable. Mr. Yeo
mans, In his letter, stated that the
two dates of April list and , April
£8th were under discussion.
H» CONVICT CAMP.
Stetsons Plan to Establish One At
Their Sawmill At Coolidge.
There it a probability that the
Stetson Lumbe^Company win
tabltoh a big convict camp at their
sawmill near Coolidge. They plan
to hire convicts from several coun
ties, and consolidate them at the
mill. These phae were made known
yesterday by Mr. Pate Stetson, ot
Macon, who appeared before the
board of county commissions™ In
connection with the project.
It seems that a private Individual
cannot lease convicts from a county
other than that In which he resides,
but one county can rent convicts
from another. The county of Thom
as will therefore have tel do the con
vict-leasing for the Stetsons. The
lumber concern to willing to pay the
county |300 per annum for this ser
vice end to give the county an in
demnity bond for the conduct of
affairs. If this done the county will
have thV supervision of the camp at
Coolidge 'and will be responsible for
the good treatment of the convicts.
Mr. Stetson stated that he was
driven to take this stop by the qx-
treme difficulty In obtaining labor-
ers: that their mill was at present
'shut down because all thqhr hands
had left them Sunday, and gone to
otter mills, under tin Influence of
labor agents.
The antler was referred to. the
FEDERAL QUARANTINE.
Din Passed House of BepreerataUvre
Yesterday Afternoon.'
Washington. April 4.—By a vote
eg.£03 to 33 the National Hones ot
Representatives this afternoon passed
the national quarantine hill.
. The bill place* the control of nil
quarantine stations, grounds and an
chorages under the secretary of the
treasury, and directs that, ns soon
as practicable after the approval of
the act, he shall select and desig
nate auch suitable places for them
and estatfllsh the same at such
points, on or near the seacoast of
the United States and on the Mexi
can border, as in his Judgment are
best suited for the samd. In order
to prevent the Introduction of yellow
fever into the United States.
The bill was passed nnder a rule
reported by Mr. Williams, of Mis-
stostpl, from the rules committee,
limiting tye debate to four hours.
There was some very strenuous op
position to the bill, on the grounds
that It Interfered with states’ rights,
Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, and Mr.
Henry of Texas, speaking against It.
representative’s places, who was not
unalterably opposed to the eat* ot
liquor In any form. This means
that any candidate who may .favor
n dispensary for Thomas county. Of
for any town ia the county, aa wall
as anjr ’’wet” man, who may desire
to mgke tho race, will have_ to do
ao without the support of thetosgne.
Another Interesting resolution re
quests the mayor and city council
to place a tot on dealers on domes
tic wine,' as ll permitted hy the act
of 1*04. The Complaint has been
mad* that oeftein dealers la wine
peddle It from wagons, and that
employee! ot cartels firms, make a
practice of drinking this win*, sad
as a result their week Is demoral-
A third resolution commended the
mayor and aldermen; for their re
fusal to 'gait the governor to par
don Mr. Tom Daren, who to nnder
n heavy sentence of fine nd labor,
ter riolatlng a rity ordinance against
the toivtoa OU. hand of liquor for sr ’
! 'SETTLEMENT.
Even flVre Seale Wa* Signed Coal
AHnex* Are BUH -Out.
Flttoburg, Pa., April 3,—The ex
pected resumption of work In the
mines of this district. Where the sente
was signed yesterday, failed to ma
teriattoe today. This ltd to a gen
eral holiday yesterday, and few
plants are In full operation today
It Is expected that week* will elapse
before normal conditions are
stored.
New York, April 3.—President
John Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers of America, said this morn-
DAY
APRIL 18TH
Candidate For Governor
Will Speak to Voters
at Court House.
lag with reference to the confer
ence ot anthracite miners with the
operators this afternoon that there
had been no change In the situation.
He refused to express an-opinion
regarding the outcome of the confer
ence. A general feeling prevails that
something will occur to avert
struggle between the miners and op
erators.
Indiana operators, employing
3,000 of the 15,000 miners In the
state, have signed the scale. Their
mine* are scattered nil over the state.
DELEGATES TO NEW ORLEANS
Several ThomasvBIe
Attend Rondos- There.
HIGHER LICENSE.
Thomasvllle will be well repre
sented at the Confederate reunion
which convene* In New Orleans on
the 35th ofXhto month. The del
egates frjjin W. D. Mitchell camp
are John |Triplett, W. H. Bibb, A.
Q. Moody, C. P. Hansel] and Charles
Gandy. They will probably be' ac
companied by a number it others
Bainhridge Ban Raised to *1,000 who desire to attend the reunion and
’Per tsssis from $37s. ito see the attraction that Now Or-
— leans has to offer. .The railroad*
Bainhridge, Ge., April 3.—At a are making the very low rate of
regular meeting ot council last night one cent per mile to end from-New **y that Mr. Tho* Whitfield has bsen
the city license on saloons was raised Orleans. It is stated by Passenger
from *175, to 11,000. This action Agent Bottoms that be trill furnish
on part of the cog poll was taken In a special Pullman to ThomasvtUe
order to force a lot of lower clas* people If enough can he found to fill
saloons oat at business. It
Hon. Clark Howell, the Democrat
ic candidate for Governor of Georgia,
will be In Thomasvllle on Wednes
day, April 18 th, week after next.
He will address the voters of the
county at the court house at eleven
o'clock. Superior court will then
be in session, and he will doubtless
be heard by a large audience. Judge
Robert a. Mitchell hse accorded him
tlto usual courtesy given to candi
date*, and will adjourn court early
In order to give him time to bo heard
at the noon rttnas. Mr. Howell has
expected to come on Monday, the
13th, bnt found It Impossible to get
here on tbat dnto. He has made his
arrangements to come two .days
later,-on the J.8th.
He Will be the first of tho guber
natorial candidates to apeSk to
Thomasvllle and wHl be accorded
the cocrtoots welcome that this city
accords tb nil distinguished (takers
accords' to tel distinguished Makers
tor the suffrage of Che voters. Col.
Jl H. Estlll his* been here twice,
mlnglteg with the voters in a face
to fsc* canvass, bnt has made no
speeches. Hon. Hoke Smith spoke
at Boston several months Ago, and
the Hoke Smith club of Thomas
county qre endeavoring to have h
come Hare eomctlmo this month
Dr. Ntwjiaiy hs* also accepted an
invitation to come here in the hear
future, and Messn. James M. Smith
and R. B. Russell are liable to drop
In almost any time.
Mr. Howell to an orator of elo
quence and ability. HI* speeches
during tgls campaign have been full
of ginger, -and have not failed to
make bis auditors sit np and take
notice. HF has many supporters In
the county who will rally to his
standard, and those who are opposed
to him Will also be on band to hear
what sort of gospel he preaches.
His speech will repay all who. hear
It, and he will donbtless be greeted
by a large gathering of Interested
voters.
TWO NEW SAWMILLS.
Near Soslna—Otter News of Prep
erty and Personal Interest,
(By 8. M. Beach.)
Justice’s court, 576 district, G.
M., Grady county. Regular term, held
on the fourth Saturday In each
month.
The Thomas County Lumber Com
pany to making preparations to pnt
In It* sawmill on the railroad be
tween Metcalfe and Thomasvllle,
which will have n capacity of 60,-
000 feet of lumber n day. The com
pany to now advertising In this pa
per for fifty laborers at good wages.
A large part ot this company’s Um
bered land lie* In Grady county.
Bowman and MacIntyre have lo
cated their sawmill on the Smith lot,
where they have ‘purchased a fine
tot of Umber. Mr. Wm. Bowman,
who has charge of the mill, was for
merly a member ofvthe firm of Dekle
and Bowman, and Mr. W. I. Mac
Intyre Is well known as one of
Thomas county’s wealthiest cUl-
sens, and n candidate for the legis
lature from Thoms* county.
While we are wriUng on the sub
ject of sawmills, ws might as well
ell, G. J. Dickey and A. M. Beach,
having been appointed by Judge R.
G. Mitchell to partition off the lands
owned Jointly by Mr. Robt, L.
Gwaltney, Mrs. M. M. Gwaltney and
her ward and niece, Daisy Leo Gwalt
ney, went down last Thursday to the
Gwaltney place to perform this duty.
Judge P. H. Herring, Grady’s ordi
nary, and Col. H L. Ledford, one of
Cairo’s leading lawyers, were pres
ent. Mr. John Mitchell, oi Thom
asvllle, and James M. Blaekshear,
Jr., were,there just to see things
well done. Owing to the unex-
pected absence of Mr. D. A. Jon**,
our county surveyor, It was found
to be Impossible to fully accomplish
the partition of the lands mentioned,
and these gentleman will meet for
that purpose sometime later.
Hiss Grace Beach came home from
Youngs Female College last Friday
to stay over Sunday.
Our road commissioners, Messrs.
A. C. Dickey, 8qu.re Tienry Mitch el
and J. M. Blaekshear, Jr., held
meeting last Thursday to consider
the working of our roads In the near
future. Our roads are In good eon
dltlon, and are a credit to these gen
tlemen, and the overseers.
The system of allowing voters to
register to their own precinct with
one of the justices of the peace, we.
think, will increase the number of
registered voters, and be n great
convenience to some.
Mr. S. M. Beach went over, to Ca
ro on the 33nd and took the oat's
of office a* notary public and ex-
offlclo, J. P., tor tbto district for h
fourth term.
Mr. E. Dickey want to Thom
asville last Friday. ./••/
Mr- A. C. DIckey, went to Thomai-
vlllc last Monday, and to Cairo Tuea-
FLOODS SWEEP
ALABAMA
Life and Property Lost In
tbe Wide Spread
Inundation.
aw,’.
Mr. w. I. SacintyflK'Sf vtiomuvess of the State is In (he Interest
sawing right along; being unable to
keep np with ', orders. He has alio
been taming out some shingles, and
will soon cut some hard wood staff.
Messrs. A. C. Dickey. Henry Mitch-
ville, was here last Thursday looking
after hie sawmill Interests.
We are still without a school, and
the patrons are not ilow in giving
vent to thely expressions of jltocon
tent. We hope our county school
commissioner will soon attend to
this matter. We ton® ta tola dis
trict about forty square miles of
territory without a white public
school In operation. It to a useless
task trying to induce white settler-
to come in here unless we have pub
lic schools. This to the coming sec
tion of Grady county. We have
good landb which are .cheap, plenty
of timber, Uttle sickness end a warm
welcome for new comers, but we
must have schools.
The Thomas brothers, Neel and
Man, went to Thomasvllle last Mor.
day.
Mrs. W. R. Gwaltney to home
again- after ministering at the bed
side of- her niece,. Mis* Annie Lou
Klnchen, who to qujte sick at her
home over the river.
The projected railroad tq run
from Thomas villa to Quincy, Fla.
If built, would open up a very line
country, and the publishing of the
application for a state charter has
already had the effect of stiffening
land vnlnes here.
Since our -last communication
there has been horn Into the home
of Mr. and Mr* William Walker, a
fine girl.
NEW DEPOT FOB BOSTON.
/
A. C. L. Officials Have About Decided
to Band One;
(By John G. Burch.)
Boston, On., April 3.—The A. C.
U to planning to bnlld n new mod
ern depot In Boston. Plans tor the
structure have been presented for
the officials consideration and It to
expected that work will be corn-
soon. The new depot will
face Main street, and will be In line
with the progress of the city.
Advertising costs a Uttle money,
but golly how it pays.
Mobile, Ala., April 3.—The flood
situation In the* Alabama and Tom-
blgbee river lowland* grows worse
continually, until now steamboats
are compelled to discontinue their
service, as the landings for 160
miles abovo'Moblle are adder water.
Several steamers are tied up owing
to a lack pt fuel.
The situation has already reached
the disastrous proportions of 1888,
and threatens to reach that of 1871.
Cattle are starving and pneumonia
has appeared among thorn and other
livestock with disastrous result*.
Tbe inundated area now cover*
150 square miles. There (t ad war
ot estimating the damage. Only cue
or two hnmaa Jives have been report
ed lost eo far.
PADDLING OWN CANOE.
Col. Estlll Says He I# Not Running
In Interest, of Clark HowcH.
Savannah, Ga., April 3.—Col. Es
tlll makes vigorous denial of the re
port 1 that his candidacy Is la the In
terest of Hon. Clark Howell. He
says In the Morning News:
"A report Is ■ being persistently
and. Industriously circulated, espe
cially lit the First', Second and Third
aongrSSStonal district, by Hun. Hoke
Smith and his .friends that my
of Hon. Clark Howell. I have denied,
this report,In the moat positive way
whenever It has been brought to
my attention,, but It to still being cir
culated with the hope, no doubt,' that
It will,cause my friends to. become
lukewarm in my behalf. I take this
method of denying It again and In
tbe most positive manner. The idea .
that I would make such a canvas*
as I gtj making in the interest of
another' candidate to preposterous.
I am making a canvas* ot the state
for the purpose of beating Mr. How
ell and Mr. Smith anil every other
candidate for the nomination for
governor, and, with tho help of God
and the votes of my follow Demo
crats, I hope to be successful. I am
a candidate In my own interest, not
in that of another candidate. My
platform, other than the constitution
and the law* of the state, to the en
forcement ot the laws', tho treatment
of all people and every Interest with
Justice and falrnps. I ask the sup
port and Influence of all who believe
In a square deal for everybody, and
business administration of the
affairs of the state..
(Signed) “J. H. ESTILL.”
BUYS CLUB LAND.
8. M. Green, of Milwaukee, Purchase!,
SJto for Suburban Home.
Mr. & M. Green, of Milwaukee,
has purchased from tho Glen Arven
Land Company seventy acres of
land near the grounds of the Coun
try club. This is the piece of prop
erty that the club decided to sell %
tew days ago. It to one of the most
desirable building sites-In the en
tire surrounding country, and Mr.
Green to to be congratulated upon
his purchase. He will doubtless
utilize It for that purpose and will
probably be numbered among the
home-owners in Thomaavllle’s win
ter colony. Mr. Green has been at
Oak Hill during the season, and left
with his wife and family for their
home yesterday. This city’s fame
aa a place of winter residence to
growing and every season sees ad
ditions to the number of i
m
