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WEEKLY TIMES-EXTERPRI8E, APRIL 8, 1908.
,£KLY TIMES-ENTERPRISE . bhantlevs liquor kill.
AND
'South Georgia Progress.
Published every Friday by tho
Wilson M. Hardy, President.
John I). McCartney, Sec. an(TTreas.
Congressman W.
a keen mind, trained in the Jntrlca-
sies of the law, and he has drawn up
a measure, which he thinks will go
a long way^toward the solving of
vexed question. That vexed question
is the shipment of liquor into dry
counties, on the C. O. D. plan.
The hill makes it an offence for
the express companies or other com-
E r & th# ‘useS ! mon “> “»«into a dor co..
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Weekly, One Year......... .$1.00
Weekly, Six Months.0.50
Weekly, Three Months 0.26
Dally, One Year. 6.00
Dally, Six Months 2.50
Daily, Three Months........ 1.18
Dally, One Month 0.50
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THOMAS
COUNTY.
GUARANTEED CIRCULATION 2.000
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Open. High. Low. CIo. P.Clo.
Jnn. 10.57 10.60 10.66 10.69 10.56
May 11.21 11.21 11.13 11.18 11.14
July 11.17 11.18 11.10 11.14 1109
Oct. 10.65 10.67 10.52 10.55 10.50
Closed quiet and steady.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.
Open. High. Low. CIo. P.Clo.
Mhj’ 11.27 11.'31 11.25 11.27 11.19
July
Oct.
11.39 11.41 11.35 11.37 11.80
10.49 10.58 10.46 10.48 10.4j
Dec. 10.60 10.55 10.47 10.49 10,
Closed steady.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
* Open. 2 pm. CIo. P.Clo.
April 5.91d ;5.95d
Mny-June 5.Old 6.94d 5.9fld
July-Aug. 5.92d 6.95d 5.90d
Oct.-Nov. 5.68d 6.70d 6.72d
Closed steady.
CHICAGO MARKET.
Opening.
Closing
WHEAT—May
78 1-ff
TY 8-4
CORN—May !
44 7-8
46 1-8
OATS—May
31 3-8
81 1-4
PORK—May
10 10
16 12
LARD—May (
8 47
8 85
Country Produce.
, Thomasvllle, Ga., April 5:—
Sweet potatoes 50
Eggs 121-fl
Chickens, fries...... .30032
Chickens, hens..'
Oats, feed
Cotton seed meal, sack.
Bran 7.
Corn per bushel
Timothy, No. 1
Timothy, choice.
85
50
21.40
1 35
76
1.00
1.10
Mncon le striving for n tourist
hotel. j
Rinse out the good old bait lag.
Fish are ripe.
ty from a point outside of the state
In which the county is located, whis
key In any kind of package, the am
ount due for the whiskey to befool
lected y>y the agent of the .railroad
or express company and remmitted
to the dealer.
In other words If the Brantley bill
become a law, It will not be possible
to ship C. 6. D. express packages
from any state Into Thomas County
or any other dry county In Georgia.
Stripped of the legislative verbage
by which every measure introduced
In Congress must be adorned, the
Brantley bill provides:
"That splritaons, malt, vlnOus
and Intoxicating liquors of all kinds,
when a part of Interstate commerce,
shall be a special class in such com-
merce, and .the transportation and
sale thereof shall be specially sub
ject to the control and direction of
cohgress, and that any railroad com
pany, express company, or other
common carrier or other person who.
shall, in connection with the trans
portation of spirituous, vinous, malt
and Intoxicating liquors of all kinds
from onfe. state or territory into an
other state or territory, collect on,
before or after delivery, from the
consignee of other person, the pur
chase, price, or any part thereof of
such liquors, or who shall In any
manner act as the agent of the con
signor or seller of sUch liquors for
the purpose of eelllng or completing
the sale thereof, saving only In the
actual transportation and delivery
of the same, shall be subject -In so
doing to all the police powers of the
state or territory Into which such
liquors are transported' and dellver-
ed, and for this purpose in, all cases
of the sale spirituous, vinous, malt
nnd intoxicating liquors of tall kinds,
In Interstate commerce; where the
same Is sold 'collsct on delivery,’ the
place shall be deemed and held the
place of sale.”
It congresk will pass this bill, the
state of Georgia can pass a bill mak
ing It an offense to ship liquor from
a liquor town tn Georgia to a dry
county.
so does the “no fence" law econo-,
Brantley haa I mlze over the P rosent conditions. |
Not only Is this the cose, but the
grade of stock would be very great
ly Improved under the new condl
tions. There would then he- induce
ment to bring up the breed of the
cattle, Us well as their physical con
dition.
We have discussed the question
with a number of prominent men
who are In position to know whereof
they speak, and they-are for tbe
law to -a unit They believe, with
us, that it would work a eavlng of
labor and time, as well as timber.
THE CHINESE AND THE "COON.”
* The labor problem is something
thatjOccuples the mind of every em
ployer. Just now It looms large on
the horizon of the world because of
the great atrlke of the coal miners.
Coming nearer home, every house
keeper goes up against-It when she
tries to keep her cook after dark,
or make her come for early break
fast, * The turpentine men, too, have
troubles of their own.
An Interesting experiment Is .be
ing tried down In Gainesville, Fla.'
That Is the nsq of Chinese coolies
to take the pfpee of negro labor. A
9rm there has recently put sixty of
the little yellow men at work and
tbe result of'thelr experiment will
be watched with Interest. They can
be hlred > for very much lees than a
negro can. The Ethiopian hates
Isolation; He refuses to Immure
himself in the sylvan fastnesses.
He likes company and he. likes to
go to town at night, so we distillers
have found It almost Impossible to
get enough men to work their box-
But It seems that the Chinese
Is not the settlement of the prob
lem. He Is not exactly laxy, but he
seems to have n firmly axed Idea
that he is Incapable of any hard la
bor. Five or six of them, It Is said,
will cluster around an object''and
struggle with It, when one negro
will p|ck It up and move It In
Jiffy. So It takes about ave Chinese
t<rdo the work of one negro. There
fore, although they' work much
cheaper than the negro, the net re
sult Is not saving, and operations
are cumbered because It Is
•ary to employ a greater number of
hands.
Lumbermen and turpentine men
are finding out that convlots make
by far the. most satisfactory «fasa
of labor. They are willing to pay
more for them now than ever be-
LADY KILLED
BY kerocine!
COUNTY’S BUSINESS.
Matters of Roads and Revenues Dis
cussed By the Board. •
Mrs. S. J. Kingsley, of
Boston, Burned to DeatH
OBy Lamp Explosion.
There seems to bo general appro
val of the "no fence” Idea.
The county campaign busted Into
full bloom at one tall swoop.
Maybe March went- out like
lnmb, but It was a gloomy, gray old
mut.
Georgia has thirteen morning
dallies. But there Is nothing un
lucky about that.
- Congressman Brantley wants a
sub-treasury tor Georgia. The cry
ing need .as we see It. Is a full treas
ury.
The trouble with many reformers,
both religious and political Is that
. they begin operations too far away
from home.
The pharmacy schoola.nre turning
oat heapis of graduates. More
farmers and fewer pharmacists
, would be better.
Tho white shoes, and peek a boo
waists now appearing are harbingers
of spring that agitate (he optic of
the normal man.
A Waycroes man has been discov
ered to haVe three wives. And Ed
itor Greer, of the Waycroes Journal,
cannot get even one.
An Atlanta man was fined 216.75
for snoring In church. We tear that
this wilt have a tendency to reduce
the attendance cit men at &e Atlanta
houses of worship.
WILL SAVE THOUSANDS,
The Tlmes'-Enterprlse believes tlmt
the passage of the "no fence” law
In Thomas county will save our clt-
liens thousands of dollars every
year and will be a boon to both the
farmer and the cattle raiser.
It is a safe estimate that the
fences of^the county cost every year
more than .the combined worth of all
our cattle and hogs. A gentleman
who made a thorough canvass of the
situation In one of thq districts of
Thomas county several years ago,
by comparing the taxable value of
the stock In' his district' with the
cost of the fences, found that the
ctock was returned at only one-
fourth what the fences cost.
It was a debatable' question eyen
when thousands of acres of wood
land lay open for range;- whether It
would dot have bethi more profita
ble and ecanomlcal to adopt the
stock law, but In this late day, when
a large percentage of the fertile
land In the county Is under culti
vation, nnd when labor Is so scarce
se to command exorbitant wages
It unquestionably seems .better to
do away with the fences' Timber
has already, become so valuable In
Thomas county that wlffi fences ase
coming to be the rule rather than
the exception, and every day adds
to the expense of keeping up these
miles and miles of fences.
It Is generally conceded that the
cattle raised on the “ranges’* are of
Inferior quality, and hardly worth
killing. The “wire grass” steer is
a very byword for his sorriness.
Just In proportion as the Helds ex
ceed the pastures- In extent, and the
product of the Helds exceed the pro-,
dnet of the pastures In value, Just j better to do. .
- * - •' . • . hi
times as much for each convict as
she did ten year's ago. ‘The free
laborer Is here today and gone to
morrow. There ore labor agents by
the dozen, on the road, who entice
the men from one mill to the oth
er, by promises of higher wages and
shorter hours. It .Is no uncommon
thing for a mill to shat down with
a full force, on Saturday night, and
And no employes when Monday
morning comes. If any candidate
for governor were to offer a guaran
teed solution of the labor problem
we believe he would be elected,
world without end.
The whole county was shocked
yesterday rnofnlng to learn of the
death of Ml’S. s. J. Kingsley, at her
home In Boston, the death resulting
from terrible bunis from an explod
ing oil lamp, Mrs. Kingsley was the
oldest daughter 'of Sheriff T. J.
Hlght, and leaves a husband, a son
of six years, and a little daughter
of thirteen months. She was a lady
of many Christian virtues and was
beloved by all who ^tnew\her. The
tragic death cast a gloom over the
entire comtaunlty. Her funeral will
take place at ten o'clock this morn
ing. '
The > accident wab particularly
tragic In ita' details. Mrs. Kingsley
was alone In her home with her two
children, her hnaband having gone
to prayer meeting. The youngest
child In 'toddling aboffl* the room
pulled a table cloth from a table on
which there was a lighted lamp.
Kingsley sprang from t!
no, at which she bad been seated
and seized the overturned lamp. As
she picked It up, it exploded and
the burning kerospne spurted over
her, causing . terrible barns. Her
cries word heard by neighbors who
rushed to her assistance, but too late
to save her life. The accident took
place at half past eight o’clock, and
she lingered In agony until four In
the morning. She was tally fcon-
sclous until twenty mlnntes before
her death. She expressed Christian
resignation, and her sorrowing
friends comfort herself with the
thought that all Is well with her
soul.-
Mr. Hlght received the news by tel
ephone a few moments after tbe ac
cident. He went down to Boston
on a freight train, and reached there
about nine fifteen, remaining with
his daughter until the end came.
Mrs. Hlght, Mr. Walter Hlght, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Redden Jones, and other
relatives and friends went down to
Boston yesterday.
-Thomasvllle, Ga., April 3, 1906.
Board -met in regular meeting, all
present.
Minutes of last meeting, read and
approved.
Bill of cost presented by sheriff
of Florida referred to Capt. Smith
and county attorney. /
Petition of Stetson Lumber Com
pany referred to Chairman Smith
and county attorney, with power to
act. On motion tho-time for paying
commutation road tax was extendsd
to May 1st. next
Petition of F. W. Carter declined.
The matter of peddlers’ license
was on motion referred to county
attorney and chairman Smith.
Prince Byrd wae, on motion,
placed on pauper list with an al
lowance of 25.00 per month.
The petition for change In River
road citation having been issued and
no objection Hied, It is ordered that
change as petitioned for be granted,
provided petitioners put new part
of road tn as good condition as old.
On motion Lee Collins was placed
oh pauper list with an allowance of
25.00 per month. —
J. A. Chastain, overseer Tbomas-
vllle district, reports:
Road hands recorded 608
Amount collected 21,440.00
Defaulters : . 120
J. P. Hancock, overseer Metcalfe
district:
Amount collected 3909.00
T. C. Smith, overseer Murphys dis
trict: *
Collected ..’ 3411.00
R. J. Laster, overseer Ways dis
trict:
Recorded fiames 340
Collected .....3849.00
T. W. Davie, overseer Pavo dis
trict:
Recorded names 220
Collected i 3795.00
Treasurer's Report.
Thomas County, Georgia.
For the month ending March 31
1006:,
Receipts.
From balance on hand as
per last report 320,534.31
From P. S. Heeth:
General taxes for 1905 478.00
From R. E. Park, treasur-
J. D. Barrow, 35.00; W: S. Bullock,
$5.00: J. C. Vaughn, 3125.00; E.
P. Clay, 350.00; L. B. Daniels,
350.00; F. M. Youngblood, 350.00;
W. R. Mitchell. 350.00r C. P. Han-
sell, 3100.00; L. B. Bouchelle,
325.00; J. S. Montgomery, 320.00;
Joe Calloway, 317.60; Mr. Owens,
38.00 D. B. Cravy and sister,
310.00; Mrs. M. Blalockf'37.00; Mrs.
W. Warner, 36.00; Geo. Davis,
33.00; Sophia Cone and daughter,
310.00; City Hospital, 320.00; J.
W. Dillon, 32.06; Beverly i. Brily,
323.24; Adame £ Rountree, 314.66;
Palin & McComon, 323.10; J. B.
Grant, 31.50; Beck & Gregg H. Co.,
336.00; Dr. Ainsworth, 32.85; Ar
nold Brick Co., 31.50; A. Of L. R.
R., 317.28; IT. J. Cone, 336.50; B.
H. Wright, 36.70; Jno. F. Parker,
3103.24; J. C- Schwinche, 311.00;
G. D. Williams, 376.00; Cooper Co.,
344.93; J. W. Perkins, 385.70; J.
C. Vaughn, 10.11; Atkinson Mercan
tile Co., 31.00; Brandon Gro. Co.,
32.66; A. C. L. R. R„ 388.80; A. J.
Hagan, 36.26; J. W. Cochran £
Sons, 381.23; Geo. D. Barnard £
Co., 312.50; James Watt & Bro.,
320.42; J. T. Pittman £ Son,
325.68; Singletary £ Lindsay, 36.00;
R. Thomas, Jr., 38.45; J. B. Haln-
son. 33.50; G. D. Barnard £ Co.,
34.65;. Foote Davies £ Co., 38.00;
Foote Davies £ Co., 313.63; Noah
Sheppard, 322.35; Robt. Dekle,
33.20; W. A. Pringle, 38.60; T. C.
Smith, 342.40; T. C. Smith, et al,
335.37; J. P. Hancock, 3100.65; J.
A. Chastain, 3204.80; R. J. Laster,
3109.35; T. J. Hlght, 331.71; T.
J Hlght 391.60; E. S. White,
320.40; M. C. Scott, 3147-50; T.
W. Lewis, 364.20; T. W. Davis,
3111.50; E. S. White, 50 cents; R.
R. Chastain, 313.00; T. W. Davis,
38.50; P. P. Dixon, 3102.90; R. R.
Chastain. 350.20; Vinson Reed,
34.00; E. S. White, 321.10; Evans
£ Son, 31.26; P. P. Dixon, et al.
33.80; Lee Collins, pauper, 35.00;
Prince Burch, pauper, 35.00; J. W.
Wilson; 35.75: James Hornor,
33.50; J. P. Hancock, 331.50; Ra
dical Mallard, 33.00.
Board adjourned.
E. M. SMITH, Chairman.
J. S. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
POLITICIANS FINED.
Billy Osborne's Henchmen P«y$t,000
Each For Illegal Registra
tion of Greeks.
GREAT STRIKE UNDER WAY.
Coal Miner* Hang Up Their Picks
the Country Over.
Chicago, 111., April 2.—Three hun
dred and fifty coal mines In Illinois
fore. Thomas county gets three cI ?* ed . down toda Y- A « mIn > n *
Tbe new road system Is working
might^ well. Though It has been
In operation only three months,
everything Is now running smoothly,
and things arq getting Into fine
shape. Thomas county will coon
have the fineet system of public
rqadS in South Georgia, and there
will be a monument of gratitude to
the wisdom of the county commis
sioners for instituting the alterna
tive system.
Thomasvllle Is pulling the teeth
of her "blind tigers” every chance
She gets. The man who sellB whis
key there mast not only pay his
fine, but serve time on the chain-
gang as well. This method makes
Thomasvllle a dry town for certain.
Batnbrtdge Tribune.
A bishop named Doane passed
through Atlanta the other day. wear
ing knee panta and headed for
Booker Washington’s school on a
visit. - The btshojp.mlght find sonfe-
thlng better to wear and something
operations have come to an abrupt
stop throughout tbe state. About
53,000 miners quit. Only pump,en
gineers and firemen, and workmen
needed to preserve 1 the property, are
allowed to work. The operators have
taken no precautions against vio
lence, as they accept the promise of
President Perry that order will be
preserved by the strikers.
Looks Like Holiday in Mining Towns
I of Pennsylvania. '
Philadelphia, Pa., April ), 2.—Re
ports from, the anthracite coal fields
state that the suspension of mining
Is complete today. A tew men were
oh-the streets in the several mining
towns early .this morning to see if
there had been any desertions from
the unions, but no one reported for
work. No disturbances are reported
from an'jT section, and the day had
the appearance of a holiday.
Shut Down Everything, But There is
No Disorder.
Fort Smith, Ark., April 2.—Five
thousand miners In this state and alx
thousand In thta territory are now
idle. It Is predicted that an agree
ment will be reached with the Indi
vidual companies soon.
Kansas City, Kan., -April 2.—
There in' a complete shut-down tn
the bituminous fields of Mtssonri,
Kansas territories and Texas today.
No disorder Is reported.
Wtlkeeharra, Pa., April 2.—There
Is a total suspension of mining In
the Wyoming district today, hy the
order of President Mitchell.
Captain John Triplett may go t^
the legislature from Thomas. Small
State convict hire..;.. N 1,926.39
From E. M. Smith, chair
man;
Sale of land, t,....... 5.00
From C. P. Hanself, J.
Court costs 319.50
Convict hire... 3*79.05
Fines and forfeit
ures .......3199.40 897.95
From rpad taxes:
Boston district 349.00
Meigs district. .3342.00
Ochlockonee Diet. 3117
Ella Belle Diet. 327.00
Pavo district...372.00
Ways district. .1201.00
Merrillville Diet. 3138.00
Murphey’s Diet... .348.00 31.094.00
Disbursements.
For building and repair
ing court house, Jal)
bridges, ferries, and
other public improve
ments 3
For sheriff’s Jailer’s, and
other 'officers’ fees....-
For coroner’s,Inquests...
For bailiff’s at'court, non
resident witnesses In
criminal cases, servant
hire, stationery, and
the like
For Jurors at court
For support ot the poor
of the county
For Insolvent cost
For other lawful charges.
For public roads:
Pay roll 31.433.82
Feed 3137.06
Machinery ....3307.10
Commissions ..3211.65
Incidentals 326.90 2,016.42
Balance on hand 321,268.26
632.41
517.65
16.00
64.61
lp2.00
120.00
199.40
99.00
Savannah, April'3.—In the United
States court this morning, James
McBride, Harbor Master, and J. J.
Garrlty, an employe of the city, en
tered pleas of guilty to participation
111 the fraudulent making of citizens
In the city court ot Savannahs
These are two of the - men who
were Indicted a short time ago and
who jrere to be tried In the United
States court during the present
month.
Judge Cann accepted the pleas
which were made with the consemT
of United 8tates District Attorney 1
Ackerman, and sentenced the de
fendants to pay affine of 31.000 each.
This snds, so fJsr as these men are
concerned, a case that has attracted
a great deal of attention In Savan
nah. McBride was Indicted on sev
eral counts.- The other indictments
against him will probably be nol
proceed.
There still remain others to be
tried upon the same charges as those’
to which the defendants *today en
tered pleas of guilty, ft Is not known
definitely what will be done about
these other cases.
Total . ■. .324,936.65 324,936.65
Respectfully submitted. Jno. F.
Parker, county treasurer.
Thomasvllle, Ga., April 3, 1906.
To Hon. Commissioners Thomas
county.
Gentlemen:—I beg to make the
following report: The weather con
ditions are now favorable and I am
glad to report that the work Is pro
gressing satisfactorily.
I have one squad at work on dis
trict line road In Meigs district, one
squad south of Boston In Boston
district, one on Albany road west of
rtror, one patching the old Montlcel-
lo road. Alter this week will have
each squad on separate ,road3 and
will work them tq county line. The
stock Is holding up, well and are In
good condition.
Respectfully,
J. C. VAUGHNr Supt.
City Judge’s Report.
Thomasvllle, Ga., 'March 30,1906.
Hon. County Commissioners.
Gentlemen:—I have the lionor to.
report, that since my last report I
have collected and paid to the coun
ty, treasurer the following amounts:
From convict hire, net 3679.05
Erorj costs, net...... 19.50
honor for the man who twice helped
ttomlnate the only successful Demo
cratic candidate foi president In
half n century.—Savannah Press.
Net to county.........13698.55
From fines and forfeitures.. 199.40
Total 3897.95
Yours respectfully,
CHAS. P. HANSELL,
Judge City Court.
The Jail and poor house are well
kept, and the 'inmates comfortable.
At the latter no admissions, no dis
chargee, and .one death from hemo-
rhage on the brain.
L. B. BOUCHELLE.
Following bills ordered paid:
E. M. Smith, 36.Q0; H. C. Cope-.
land. 36.00; JV. A. Pringle, 35.00^ j» bottle,
THE RICHEST MAN IN THE
\ WORL.
The richest man In the world can
not have his kidneys replaced nor
live without them, so it 4s important
not to neglect these organs. If Fo
ley’s kidney Cure Is taken at the
first sign of danger, the symptoms
will disappear and your health will
be restored,,as it strengthens and
builds up these organs as nothing
else will. Oscar Bowman, Lebanon.
Ky., writes: “I have used Foley’s
Kidney Cure and take great pleas-
ire In stating It cured me permanent
ly of kidney disease, which certplnly
would b»,vo cost me my life." Mont
gomery & MacIntyre.
The Jast cold ware Is explained In
part. *A Thomasvllle man has Just
Invented an- Improved tea-making
machine.—Savannah Presf.
THE ORIGINAL.
Foley & Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foley’s
Honey and Tar many Imitations are
offered for the genuine. These worth
less Imitations hare similar sound-
fag names. Beware of them. The
genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar ts
in a yellow package. Ask for it and'"'
refuse substltue. It ts the best rem
edy for coughs and colds.
AN UNTIMELY DEATH.
An untimely death so often follows
neglect ot alight'cough or cold. If
Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of SFfeet
Gum and Mullein ts taken In time
It will prevent any evil results. It.
cares coughs, colds and consumption.
At druggists, 25c, 60c, and 31.00
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