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Thomasville Enlerprise, VoL XLVE
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^^-AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. APRIL 20, 1906.
New Series Vql. XVI, No. 6.
INSURANCE
j VERYSMALL
But Thomasville People
Plan to Rebuild on
^ Better Scale.
Plain For Rebuilding.
Tb« smoke from the embers of
rhomasvtlle’a mlgl*y conflagration
ried upward all'dap yesterday, and
» people were busy with plans for
building while the ashes were still
The' Smith heirs will take no
i»s to rebuild the Fluey Woods
!, but business men are figuring
ivera! projects to utilise the site.
-A factory Is one of the projects. It
ns probable also that''the Board of
{Trade will take up a proposition with
| the officials of the'two railroads lo
build a union depot there. The re
moval of the old hotel has crystal-'
i**d the endearor to bolld a new one.
All of the property owners on Jack-
: eon street have announced their ln-
tentlon of rebuilding ln s a more sub
stantial form and In a few months
' that street will present a very dlff- ;
erent appearance. The movement
-to pave Jackson has already gained
new Impetus.
~ Only g 12,2.10 On HotoL,<
The valuation of the Flney Woods.
Hotel Is set at sixty thousand dol-
:Iars, including the contents, few of
which were saved. r The Insurance
on this was $12,250. It Is divided
as, follows. Hartford Fire Insur
ance Company, $1,500; Home In
surance Company; $3,750; Sun In
sir.inr,* Company, $2,500; Pjlptlne
Insur,anel Co," $2,000; Wllllaihsburg
CKy Fi)jO ;,f3urance Coi, $1,500. The
esrets 'rr cottage, known 'as' the
parsonage of the chnrch, Wi
sured for $1,000, and this will, bo
collected. The little cottage on the
Broad street side was Insured for
$600, but did not burn.
, Little Insurance "^ere.
.There was but little Insurance on
.any of the Jackson street stores.
{Rates there* were so high as to be
Almost prohlbltlre. All that were
Insured were 8. Sampson, on the
building occupied by T. .Sampson,
$1,000 In the Hartford Ins. Co.
B. H. Wright, tenement houses, $300
Ih the Underwriters Agency, of Ne-y
York,, and Hendricks and Atkinson,
meat market fixtures, $200 In the
Home Insurance Co.
- Thus It will be seen that the total
•mount of Insurance la only $13,-
750, while the property loss will foot
up nearly $76,000.
A Complete List.
The tabulated result of tho
flames Is ns follows; Flney Woods
Hotel, owned by Smith estate, loss
$60,000, Insurance $1$,350. S.
Sampson, brick store on Jscksod
street, loss $2,000, Insurance $1,000.
B. H. Wright, tenement houses and
stores owned by B: H. Wright, loss
$700, Insurance $300. Hendrick?
and Atkinson, market, toss' $500, in-
suranc/$20p.
The following were uninsured
Two tenement houses on Mac Lean
arenas owned by W. C. Snodgrass,'
loss $300. On Jackson street:
Frame bnllding owned by J. L.
Bereriy, loss $$00. Tom Vann’s
market flxturei and stock of moat,,
.loss $600. T. Sampson, stock o(
fruit and confectionery, loss $750.
Frame building owned by J. L. Bev-
erly. loss $$00. Framed bnllding
owned by T. P. Applewhite, lost
$200. Charley ^heeler, barber shop
fixtures. loss $150. Four, wooden
bnUdlngs owned hr Homer Williams,
joss $800: Robert Jenkins, colored
restaurant fixtures. loss $150. Ike
Rosass, barber shop fixtures, loss
|I50. Hammond Daniels, store
room, grocery stock and barn, loss
$5,000. George Metjosen. barber
FOUR YEARS
AND $575,000
Tferriffic Fines For Green
~ and Gaynor Imposed
by Judge Speer.
.Savannah, Ga., April A.—Judge
Emory Speer, la the United States
court today sentenced Greene and
Gaynor each to n term of four years
and to; paj. a fine of $575,719.1)0,
the amount each Is charged with
having fraudulently token from the
United States government. Each
defendant had been fond gUIlty on
aB the counts of three' Indictments
charging conspiracy, embezzlement
and presenting false claims.
Sentences were pronounced upon
three indictments, respectfully for
.two, three and four years, but tho
court ordered that they be. Berved
concurrently, tbe Imprisonment to
be In tbe federal prison at Atlanta
The defendants win file a bill of
shop fixtures, loss $200. Bill Donl-
sou, restaurant fixtures, loss $150,
Chas'' Stephens, shoe Shop,ttlpoh; $5^
Mrs. -D. C. Montgomery, ' tenement
houses, loss $750. William Gordy,
restaurant, loss $150. Aaron Jones,
blacksmith^shop, loss $150. T. M.
McIntosh, store room, loss $160.
These losses are In many cases those
set by the parties burned out, and
are based on what It would take to
replace the property. This loss foots
up $73, 400. -
Other Lossch.
In addition to these figures there
are losses to the wires of the tele
graph companies, and to the wires
Of the electric light, belonging to
the city of Thoinasvllle. The fur
niture jfrom every bouse In the
neighborhood of the Flney Woods
hotel was moved ont, and their was
some loss from breakage. The
•goods from all the stores near the
Sandy Bottom vicinity were scat
tered about the streets and there was
some loss here also. It is to the
credit of all thnt there was no thelv- ;
ing We ported, for In the confusion
and excitement this would have been
easy.
What .They Will Do. 1
Nearly every one of the Jackson
street colony w lllresume buslneess
at one place or another Immediately.
T. Sampson will move on upper
Jackson. Mr. Vann spent yesterday
fitting up the vinson store in the
Grantham block for his occnpancy.
Hammond Daniels will probably he
located temporarily on Oak street.
He will rebuild with a brick store
HOWELL IS
VOTE WINNER
Se Explodes Disfranctalse-
ment Theory to Big Au
dience of Voters.
” A Vote Winner,
la a-clear, eloquent and vote-
wtnnlng speech. Hon. Clark Howell,
candidate for governor, addressed
the people of Thomas county yester
day .at noon. He was heard by one
of the largest audiences ever seen
in the Thomas cbunty court house.
Every seat downstairs #as taken,
and there were more than a hundred
In the gallery. The aisles and en
trances were crowded with people
standing up to hear the speech, 'and
extra chairs vjere brought in to ac
commodate a dozen or more ladles
who brightened the scene with their
presence. The speech was Just an
hour in duration. During that time
Mr. Howell held the closest atton
exceptions, and have asked for an ,tion of his auditors. His hearing
order .extending thirty days time
for a preparatory bin and that the
order act as a supersedeas.
was most respectful, and there wus
no disorder, or Interruptions, The
speech made a good Impression, and
won votes for Mr. Howell. He was
greeted by hearty applause when he
took tbe speaker’s stand, and the
enthusiasm of his supporters In
creased ns he proceeded. His friends
here are highly pleased at the show
ing ho made.
Capt. Hansoll Introduces.,
The speaker was Introduced by
Judge C. Pi Hansell, who referred
to the long and honorable public
career of Mr. Howell. His reoord
showed his acts,’ "arid the editorials
In his paper, the "Atlanta Constitu
tion,” showed his thoughts. There
was nothing hidden, and even his
enemies could not attack the honor
and Integrity of his character, nor
could they pick flaws In his record.
Captain Hansell referred , to the
charges that he bad not supported
General Gordon and showed their ab-
on his old site.
y -
Wild Rumors Unfounded.
One could hear almost, any sort
of a rumor on the streets .daring
the fire and yesterday. It was re
ported that a negro baby was
burned In one of tbe Snodgrass ten
ement housea. This was nntrue.
It was said that a tody wan run over
and seriously hurt by the fire wagon.
Nothing to It. It was that the
Valdoeto fire departifient wag her*.
It did not even start. This rumor
is a credit to the efficiency of the
local department that wee every
where at once, and with the limited
apparatus at their command did
wonderfully well to keep the town
from being burned up. f* s
All Are GratefnL
tried to help every body
TImes-Enterprite could
Ith cards of thsnjts this
Particularly/grateful Is
whom volunteer work-
, Iped, and wfcosa property they
by the statement: "And now I have
the honor of Introducing to you, the
man who ought to be, and whom I
believe will be, the next governor of
Georgia, Hon. Clark Howell.”
An Appeal to Reason.
Mr. Howell began hts address amid
enthusiastic applause. He expressed
pleasure at having an opportunity
to address the citizens of the wire
grass metropolis, a'city In whose de
velopment the whole of Georgia felt
an Interest. “In presenting my
claims for the governorship, actuat
ed by no HI will or malice, dealing
not ns do my adversaries In glittering
generalities, but In cold fsets,
make my appeal to your reason, not
to yonr prejudices and passions, and
It I could be elected governor, with
out opposition, by arraying man
against man, race against race, I
would not do it. ' ]•
' Stands on His Record.
' "I, stand On my rfidofd Of 18 years
In the house and senate, and ask
you to compare my deeds with those
of my opponents for the same length
of time. They try to divert atten-
tion from the real Issues of the cam
paign. Only the other day I read
In Mr. Smith’s paper that I was not
fit to be governor became my friends
In Swains boro had hired a negro
brass band to play when I spoke
there. I did vote against Gordon
for the Senate, and for my fellow-
townsman, N. J. Hammond, but In
M$ fight for governor no one gave
the general more loyal support .tlijMi
My adversaries fought Mm, but
they have forgotten that
Disfranchisement.
JURY SYSTEM
MAINTAINED
Supreme Court oi U, S.
Decides Against the
Rawlings Family
Washington, April 16.—The Unit
ed States superme court tylay decid
ed Adversely the cases of J. G. Raw-
Hugs ahd Ms sons, Milton, Jesse and
Leonard. , The tour men are charged
wltft murdering two children of the
Carter family. In Lowndes county,
Georgia. On trial all excepting Le
onard Rawlings were found guilty
of murder end sentenced to death,
Leonard receiving a life sentence.
j Tho supreme court of Georgia
affirmed the sentence of the lower
pourt, and the case was brought to
the fediral court on an allegation
of discrimination In the selection of
tho Jury.
- The supreme court held that the
men had not been, deprived of any
constitutional rights, and sustained
the decisions of the state courts.
and both occasions the farmers of
Georgia rose en masse against it.
Why? For thrfe reasons. (1.) It
would demoralize labor conditions.
(2.) It would disfranchise many
white men who now vote. (3.) 'It
would enfranchise many educated ne
groes who cannot now vote. Have
you studied and discussed this dis
franchisement proposition? No man
Is more In favor of legal disfran
chisement than I: no man would do
more to.repbjd thp. 14th and-15th
amendments than l.Tiut a state can
not change the constitution-of the
United States.
What It Would Do.
"The only way In which any dis
franchisement can be brought about
Is by educational and property quali
fications. In none of the bills pro
posed la the word "negro," even
mentioned. Does this look like dls-
. . . , ’ , . Tranchlslng the’negro, and no one
surdity. His brief remarks closed
else? What will this educational
and property qualification do? t
will tell you. It will give the right
of the ballot to 75,000 negroes; It
will disfranchise 36,000 white men.
Why should we change, from a plan
that has worked satisfactorily,; that
allows absolutely no negro to vote;
that debars him In n legal manner?
Georgia's Plan the Best.
“Georgia has the best plan, put lp
the constitution by wise old Robert
Toombs. The cumulative tax plan
and the white Democratic primary
absolutely remove tbe negro as a
factor In politics. There Is no more
danger of negro domination than
there la from the Chinese. The peo
ple of this county, and every other
county settled that long ago.’’
Watson and .Smith.
The speaker qubted from Tom
Watson's words, ip 1893, and again
In 1904, In which Watson said that
|t waa "infernal cowardice” to fear
negro domination. Bu,t Watson had
changed. Smith had been opposed
disfranchisement, and had
changed to get Watson’s support.
Hoke. Smith himself admits that hls
plan wilt enfrancMae 35,000' ne
groes; now none can vote; why
change? I make no personal attack
on Mr. Smith or‘Mr. Watson. Tot
my adversaries say because 1 wrote
a letter to Mr. Watson, calling him
‘Dear Tom’ that* I made a bid for
his political support. If anyone will
produce n single line that I ever
wrote, asking Watson’s support, or
if he will say that I ever wrote a line
asking Sis support I will get out bf
the race for governor.
"I am opposed to this so-called
disfranchisement movement This
movement was tried twice before.
"They point to other itates, to
(Continued
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fourth page.) ■
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A BIG DEE
IS CLOSED
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Atlantic Compress Co.
' °At High Figures. ^
The Georgta-Alabama Compress
Co., of which Mr. E. M. Smith Is
president and B. H. Wright secreta
ry and treasurer, has sold out to
the Atlantic Compress Co. for
$85,000.
Tke deal has been pending for sev
eral weeks, but was perfected only
yesterday by- special representative
D. I. MacIntyre. The Georgla-Ala-
bama, Company la a corporation of
large capital, the stock of* which
Is owned almost entirely by Thomas-
vllle. people. The property of the
company consists In the Thomasvllle
compress and the Dothan, Ala., press.
The price paid was above par, and
Is a good Indication of the value of
Thomasvllle as a cotton centre.
The Atlantic Compress Company,
of which C. C. Hanson Is president.
Is allied with the Gulf Compress
Company, the same man being at the
head of the other concern, is the
biggest cotton factor In the -country.
They own sixty compresses, covering
the entire southern and western'ter
ritory, and handling, three million
bnles of cotton per year. This Is
one-third of the product,-knd by no
means all of the cotton raised ever
sees the Inside of a compress. The
Atlantic company owns compresses
at njne ^liferent points In debrgfa,
and with the acquisition of the
Thomasvllle plant, gains control oyer
practically the entire situation. They
hnve for the past five years leased
tlie property of the Georgla-Alabama
company. The lease expired this
year.
920,000 Improvements.
Mr. MacIntyre announced that It
Is tbe Intention of the Atlantic com
pany to expend $20,000 In Improv
ing their new property before the
beginning of another season. Ad
ditional shed room will he built, and
In various other ways the facilities
Increased. Already .the capacity of
the Thomasvllle plant' is 1,000'bales
per day. Last season It handled
some 40,000 bales altogether, and
Mr, MacIntyre says there Is no reason
why. this .cannot be pushed np to
the 100,000.
A Warehouse Possible.
It Is possible that the company
will erect a large standard cotton
warehouse In ThomaivUle. They
have eight acres of land surrounding
their plant, and the importance of
Thomasvllle and this territory is at
tested most, forcibly by the invest
ment of so much money here by n
concern that known Its business as
thoroughly aa does the Atlantic Com
pany.
They are now bnllding In Atlanta
an immense compress and warehouse
costing $250,000. This warehouse
Is’of tbe so-called "Standard" kind,
with automatic fire sprinklers. The
Insurance on cotton In these ware
houses Is only one fifth of one per
cent. Tbe plsn Is yet In the experi
mental stage, but it to understood
that If It proves successful the com
pany ^111 build a large' number of
other warehouses Just like It, and
Thomasvllle will surely come In line^
The Atlantic Compress Company
wljl operate abont three-fourths of
the compresses In the South next sea- ’
son, after ,th*ir campaign of acqui
sition. ,y
Mr. B. C. Hudgins, who has been
the local manager for the compress,
will still continue In that capacity.
Maxim Gorky
to be a bad
HOLOCAUST
500 Dead? 1*000 Injured.
Appalling Property toss
In San Francisco
San Francisco, Cal., April 18.—
(Special to Ttmes-Enterprlse.)— Five
hundred dead, one thousand Injured',
and a property loss of fully one hun
dred million dollars from' earth
quake and fire Is the situation at
San Francisco at ten o’clock tonight.
Fire la still raging In the city and
seems to be far beyond control.
Almost the entire water front has
been swept away. The Palace Hotel,
the Orand Opera House, , the city hall,
the offices of the Call and Examiner,
and many large office buildings have
been wrecked and burned. Not un
til late In the afternoon was there
enough water supply to furnish tho
fire fighters.
The first earthquake shock came -
nt 5:32, a. m., and wrecked many
buildings In the* lower part'd the
city. Including the water works.
The shock lasted three minutes,-and
hundreds of buildings were wrecked,
their inhabitants being crushed. To
add tb the horror, fire broke out, and
the wreck ot the water works made
It Impossible to check Its advance.
At eight o’clock there was another
shock, which completed the work of
destruction began by the first.
Thieves began their dreadful' work
and United States troops from the
Presidio were rushed to the scene; -
Oakland- and, Berkely, residence-su
burbs, also suffered. The buildings
of the University of California are
at Berkely. Most of the damages'
to property and loss of life Was In the
business and tenement portion of the
city. ,
New York, April 18.—(Special to
Times-Ehterprlse.)—Many wires west
of Ogden, Utah, are down, and It Is
Impossible to gain detailed informa
tion of the San . Francisco horror.
Sacramento suffered a severe shock, -
with thousands of property loss, but
no deaths. Los Angeles to reported
unharmed. The Belsmlc disturbances
reached across the entire continent,
and slight vibrations were recorded
In the government office at Washing
ton.
The news of this catastrophe, one
of the worstWhat the United Stats*
has ever known, created Intense in
terest In Thomasvllie, and the Times-
Enterprise answered hundred* of In
quiries In regard to the situation.
The difference 1$ time between San 1
Francisco and Thomasvllle, to three
hours. The above accoiint to an au
thentic epitome of the correct news
at ton o'clock: Mr. Robert Watt, a
brother of Mr. James Watt, of this
city, resides at Oakland, and owing
to the condition ot t&e telegraph his
relatives here cohjd get no Informa
tion from'Mm yesterday. Dr. Kerr,
who visited the Watt family last
winter- also resides in San Francis
co. Miss Brown, who to with Mrs,
Talbot J.' Taylor,-also has relatives
there, and'many citizens have friends
and acquaintances In the western
metropolis. All will rejoice to learn
that the horror will not reach to the
extent that was at first feared.
Trainmen Complimented.
Trainmaster C. E. Bruner, of the
Atlantic and Birmingham, has writ
ten a letter congratulating his men
on their efforts In saving the road’s
depot. In last week’s great fire.
Those who did the work were Con
ductors W. C. Harris ond O. 3
Crary, and Engineers H. H.
and T. T. Buckalew.