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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS'
Thomsavllle Time*, Vol XXX. -
Tbomasrillc Enterprise, VoJ. XLVII.
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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 18 1966.
New Series Vol. XVI, No. 1
TRADE BOARD
HELPSCOLLEGE
Will Raise $2,000 For
New Dormitory at
In line with the (rowing and in
teresting sentiment In favor of a
.larger, broader and eve* more pro
gressive TbomasvlHe, wan the action
of the Board of Trade Thursday
.night in endorsing the work already
.done by President Hunt of Yoons’*
.Female college and pledging Us fu
ture support to this institution.
The Board of Trade has- caught
itbe spirit of President Hunt's deter
mination to make his college the
lending female educational Institu
tion in South Georgia, with the ulti
mate end in view of making Thomas-
ville the educational center for this
.section.
$2,000 Needed.
(Citizens who are Interested in the
; progress and prosperity of the city,
rand who are always willing to help
those that help themselves, win
•pond without hesitation to a com
mittee composed of C. W. <
Roacoe Luke and L. Steyerman that
-Will call upon them in the Immedi
ate future for their share of the email
■sum rot $>,000 which Is needed to
put Young's college In position to
•spend Just about $>7,000 in Tbom-
-sstlUe-next year.
The board of trade started the
-movement with a whirl Thursday
-night; by Individual subscriptions
-ai.V<ttittng to about $400', and only
sevAteen, out of a membership of
•Sbty‘tbree, were present. f
The'$>,'000 needed is to finish the
'Interior ajfd furnish the new bnlld-
- frigs at the college now in coarse of
•construction.
President Hunt Speaks.
In a short concise, business-like
ispeech President Hunt showed bow'
the Improvements already made at
the college bad caused an increase
3a the attendance. The immediate
turns to the City in cash last year
•was $1,000, figured on a basis of tea
•per -sent. v
He showed that the amount of
TO DIVIDE
Movement on Foot to
Spffl Up Judge Mitch
ell’s Territory.
A tmovement is on foot to divide
the ^Southern Judicial circuit.
siU( .movement is still In an em
bryonic state, but later it may do,
veklP .into such proportions as to
cause some action to be taken in
ths.ima.tter.
A prominent Thomasvlile attorney
asking of the matter yesterday eald
tkatihe .believed the movement would
■With the hearty approval of
nearly every lawyer In the circuit,
and that while he could not apeak
autborltlvely, he believed it would
be approved by the Judge.
The' Southern circuit la at present
composed of the counties of Thomas,
Brodkt, 'Colquitt, Grady, Lowndes,
Berrien, Echols and Tift, /
The-proposition at present Is to di
me the circuit ao that Thomas,
Brodka, 'Grady and Colquitt will
form -the ' Southern circuit and the
other four counties another circuit.'
It'It advanced by those favoring
the movement that toe creation of
two-new-counties in this section has
made -the circuit cumbersome and
top'heavy.
It'is not likely any action will be
tahen-oo-tho matter in the immediate
’bat it is being considered
ana -tot -division may come in the
mmttfs»y»ar*.
COOK, STUBBS, MACINTYRE
FOR THE LEGISLATURE
— <
Howard and Gandy Re-elected—Primary Yester
day Interesting but Quiet—1,180
Votes Polled.
money that would be turned loose in
'Thomasvlile by the college and those
.connected with the Institution next
year wonid be about J27,o6o, end
« fen per cent, le realised on toll
amount, it means a met profit to the
City of $>,700.
He showed that about fifty fa
thers of Thomasvlile are being saved
about $160 a year by reason of the
/fact that their daughters are in col
lege at home.
More room la needed at toe col
lege and must be ready by Septem
ber 1. to those who will, contribute
their share -of the $>,000 -will be
asked to do ao Immediately.
gi.OOO/OOO Endowment.
Professor Hunt stated that a som
ber of northers men and women who
had seen that the town jras witling
to do Its share towards supporting
the college bad become Interested,
and be saw no reason wby this in
terest should not crystallxe into a
handsome endowment of $600,000
or $1,000,000.'
ATTACk ROOSEVELT.
Senator Bailey Says He lb Very Com
mon Clay.
■ Washington, May 1>.-—Senator
Bailey, of Texas, In concluding an
attack -on President Roosevelt today,
■aid: "Let's have no more talk of
the Iron-man. He is clay, and very
common clay at-that."
BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS.
Mr. Beverly'Retires ..and .Mr. Wil
liam. In Active Charge Thom-
asvillq. Variety Works.
Elsewhere in the columns of toe
Tlmes-EnterprlM there la printed
this morning an official notice of toe
dissolution of toe partnership of A.
H. Williams and W. B. Beverly, of
the Thoumovllte Variety Works.
Mr. Beverly leave, the 'business,
and from this time on Mr. Williams
will be actively In charge, wnd takes
wlth.the bmdnees toe good 'Will of
Mr. Beverly. •
Both Mr. Williams find Mr. Bev
erly are young business men of -ster
ling worth. Under toe direction -of
Mr. Williams the variety works -Will
continue, to grow. Mr. Beverly has
not yet-decided what business he Win
go Into, but it is understood that he
will continue to make Thomasvlile
his home.
CANDIDATES
Land Sale.
Mr. A. C. Brown, of this city, has
told to S. M. Beach, of the Busina
neighborhood, 600 acres of land ad-
Wlth this opportunity Thomasvlile ’ j 0 |,j ns the Courtney plantation. Mr.
cannot afford to be found wanting sold 1>6 acres known as the
In contributing liberally to the «up- Taylor and Bentdn, places, to L. B.
port of Young’s. (Andrews. In turn Mr. Andrews sold
Professor Hnnt stated that he did tb( timber on this place to Bowman
not appeal to too city until after he j MacIntyre, who will sawmill It,
had first given toe Presbyterian
church an opportunity. Thp church • pointed a committee of throe to.take
has contributed about $6,000. j the matter-in haad. This eoihmlttee
Mr. Mellette, Mr. Cooper and Mr. ( wjll make a thorough canvass-of
Pringle all made strong speeches in toe town. . It to believed that toe
favor of ahowing the proper Interest small amount asked wilt ha raised
In tola Institution, and on motion j without toe slightest effort
*t Mr. Mslletto, President Neel ap-| ■ * -
Representative
Cook -..
Davis...
MacIntyre.. ..
Stubba
Way
Sheriff
Hight.. .. .. .. .
Clerk
Groover., l. ..
Treasurer
Parker
Tax Collector
Heeth.. ., ,.
Tax Receiver
AUlgood..
Buntln J .. .
Howard
Kent..
Surveyor
Stnnaland...... ..
Commissioners
Bulloch..
Pringle.
Gandy.. .
Johnson..
I' i r j i i
Griggs..
434
174
13SII68
1231168
791126
-4>| >6
1»|158
86
864
410
665
788
423
1,142
«
1,161
1,163
1,161
171
134
666
T83
1,107
1,138
1.141
002
34$
1.142
Tire Legislators.
As a result of yesterday’s Democratic primary, for county officers,
M. L. Cook of Boston, J. B. Stubbs of Ochlockcmee, and W. I. MacIn
tyre of Thomastllle, will represent Thomas in tbs House of Represen
tatives that assembles In June, 1907.
Coroner Cfass. Gandy was Sleeted by a majority of 246 over his
opponent,. Berry Johnsoa.
Geo. W. Rpwsrd was xgala made tax receiver by a handsome vote,
exceeding that of li^s'three opponents. • - ^ , Ija. ;
.' . f f „ . ,Complete , -■ ..... ■, . ..
The complete unofficial retun/a are conrotldsredIn the table
above. Only The Glasgow precinct Is missing. This cannot be reached
except by messenger, and toe vote will not change toe result, as there
are only 28 registered voters lu tbs precinct.
A light Veto.
There were 1,180 votes east Out of a total registration ot 1,849.
la the Thomasvlile district there were 464 votes cast hut of a registra
tion of $$$. OWing to the great interest la top result It Is a surprise
that a heavier vote was not polled. Practically tbe entire vote was
cast for Sheriff Bight, Clerk Groover, treasurer Barker, Tax Collector
Heeth, Surveyor fltanaland and Commissioners Bnlloch sad Pringle,
who had no opposition. Ur. Parker led toe entire ticket.
How the Day Went.
The day was a threatening showery one all over the county, but
everywhere the workers were early at the pells. Tbe osuaty precincts
closed the hoses at-;3 o’clock, and owing to the light vote In many,
their returns were anon In. The Tlmes-Enterprise had provided a com
plete telephone sendee, from mil districts, through the Southern Bell,
and answered hundreds of inquiries ss to the result
At the Com* House. .
The eosaty districts were all heard from by seven o'clock and at
nine toe counting at toe court house was finished. Managers Mitchell,
Hambleton and Lester and. Clerks Groover and Bnckhalt did rapid
and accurate work. The polls opened at six-totety sl m. and closed at
five-thirty p. m.
| Incidents of toe Day.
None of toe detested candidates feel in the least sore—all were
good men and made a good showing. ^
Cook’s lead over Stubbs was 76, Stubbs over MacIntyre 133.
Captain Way waa fourth man, coming 232 votes behind toe young
attorney. It waa neck and neck between Way and Davis. The Meigs
man Is 13 votes behind toe turpentine operator with Glasgow yet to
hear from.'
In every ease except toe legislature contest the result was net
tled by toe country vote, and tbe town box only increased majorities.
- Uncle Charles Gandy beat a popular mas and has every reason
to feel good over the result.
George Howard Is one of the best officials in Georgia. Otherwise
he could not have defeated .three atrong men.
NEW SYSTEM
BOOKKEEPING
increase In City’s Bus!
ness Demands Modern
Methods.
The city ot Tbomesville is to have
an up-to-date system of bookkeeping
that will keep every department of
city activity separate, show the in
come and expenditures from each,
and beveal at a glance the exact state
ot tbe city’s finances. The new sys
tem will be Installed by John F. Par
ker, treasurer of the county of
Thomas, and one ot the best book
keepers In this section. He has
contracted with the city council to
open the new set of books. He will go
back to the first of January and en
ter all transactions slnce^ that time.
He is to receive twenty-five dollars
for each month’s business that he
transcribes.
The old system of books answered
very well before the city grew to
Its present stxe, and before the light
plant went under municipal owner
ship, but since the first of the year
It lias been Inadequate to the .de
mands. Treasurer Mitchell's books
are neatly and correctly kept, and
there Is no criticism of him, but a
change and modernising of the sys
tem will be a progressive step.
Tbe new set of books waa. de
signed by Mr. Parker and will be
ordered this week from toe manufac
turers, In the set are a dally collec
tion book, a cash book, a light
record, a water record, and double
entry Journal and ledger. By means
Of these books every officer connected
with toe city government wilt bo a
check upon every other officer.
It wllf probably he toe first of
Ju(y before the new system is In
wafting'orffer." \ - \
HAD HER OWN WAY.'
WILL BUN EXCURSION.
Holing of Passenger Association WiU
Not Effect the Annual
Excursions.
A recent ruling of toe Southeastern
Passenger Association which pat the
base on popular priced excursions,
NEW INDUSTRY.
J. P. Cindy, of Montlcello, Flu,
Opens Cement Building
Block Plant.
”“j. F. Clady, late of Montlcello,
rase on pviiiuv ynccu wuioiuua,: . > . . . .
ah account of which waa published ™- h “ °‘*> ned Pl«ut at the
ie of the Atlanta papers, may
have lead some to believe that the
annual excursions which are so popu
lar la tola section would not be run.
Tom Bottoms, toe popular travel
ing paaseqger agent of the Atlantic
Coast Line waa seen yesterday by
representative of the Tlmes-Sn-
terpriae and asked about the matter
Don’Oeo worry," said Mr. Bot
toms, "the new ruling has no effect
upon the regular excursions.’’
You may state. If you like,” con
tinued Mr Bottoms, "that the an
nual exenrslonto Tampa will be run
on schedule time. May 28, and I
also have la mind the matter of run-
eld Williams brick yard about six
miles from town where ho will man-,
nfactnre cement block, brick and
sidewalk tiling.
Mr Clady was formerly with the
Cement, Brick and Block Co., of
Montlcello, and la thoroughly famil
iar with the work.
He is a man of great energy, and
believes in doing things. Thomas
county welcomes blip as a valuable
citizen.
The. cement building block indus
try has grown (o considerable propor-
. _ - . , tionsoftate years. This new build-
—*»«*—«—*
ture." ;iu Thomasvlile and In the county.
Colonel Hopkins Tells of Unique
Wedding Ceremony Performed
' By Judge Bibb.
Colonel Tom Hopkins is a great
one tor remembering and telling
stories and Jokes on bis immediate
contemporaries.
While waiting for some Nigger
Foot witnesses in a case before Judge
Bibb yesterday the Colonel was re
minded by something said of an ex
perience the Judge had several years
ago when he wae called upon to per
form a marriage ceremony.
The lady wae a widow and a wo
man of considerable experience and
many children, and had her eay in
tbe matter of wording the ceremony.
Judge Bibb had reached that
point in the ceremony when fhe ques
tion Is asked of the bride: "Will
you have this man for your lawfully
wedded husband for better or for
worse and forsaking ail others cleave
you only unto him,” etc.
"Walt a minute, Judge,” broke in
the strong minded bride, "I alnt go
ing to make no such promise.’’
“Well, how will you have him,"
asked the Judge.
"I will take him to the beet ot
my knowledge and belief, ao help
me God, and keep hfm as long as
he treats me right, end. when he
don’t I’m going to whip him.”
According to Colonel Hopkins the
Jsdge saw there was to be nothing
gained by, arguing the question with
her, so married them according to
her own ideas of what .too vows
should be, since the bridegroom pat
In no objection.
BRYAN MIGHT
ACCEPT AGAIN
"Do Not Want It Unless
Circumstances De
mand It.*
Chicago, May 11.—A dispatch to
the Tribune from St. Louie says that
M. C. Wetmore, a personal friend
of William J. Bryan, has received
a letter from the Nebraska states
man, in which he lays':
“I am satisfied that the thing* I
have been fighting tor are growing,
but who will be tbe most available
man in 1908 cannot be answered
now. I shall not do anything to se
cure anpther nomination, and <\o
not want it unless circumstances
seem to demand it Time alone can
determine.”
SUSINA NEWS ITEMS. "•T
(By 8. M. Beach).
'A merciful'man is merciful to
bis beast” Hitch your horse in toe
shade.
Messrs. J. J. Halt and J. M. Black-
shear, Jr., spent Saturday and Sun
day ,1a Thomasvlile. The tatter gen
tleman paid a visit to the chambor
of horrors and had some dental work
done. f
We were pleased to tee Mr. Henry
Quarterman'down here last Friday.
He was on hm way fo spend a few
days with bis brother, Mr. Willis
Quarterman.
Messrs. Herburt Brandon and J.
R. Sutter, ot Thomasvlile, were here
on business, last Thursday.
' Mr.j M.'-M."' Mash, for many years
a. dtSiip of thlS. place, waa here a
ago,purchasing work Irons
few-i
Against Whigham Dispeosur.
The town of Whigham, In Grady
connty, ha* * dispensary, hut it
seems thdt It may lose it A peti
tion signed by 62 voters of Whig-
ham will be presented to the legis
lature, asking it to repeal the law.
Co). R. R- Terrell, Grady's .first
representative, made his race on an
anti-dispensary platform,
ni . V-A—wasr-*w*
for use upon his sawmill In Florida..
Judges „H. W. Hopkins and S. A.
Roddenbery, Messrs. Steve Cook and
Joo Beverley, ot Thomasvlile, spent
several 'daya fishing down here last
week, making their headquarters at
"Sherwood.”
Mr. Tom. Walker Is on the licit
list with a simple fracture of one of
his ribs, caused by falling on'a bed
stead which he ,waa moving.
Several parties ot picnickers have
been down to Lake Iamonla during
toe week, but were disappointed at
getting no fish.
Mr. Thos. Andrew* went up. to-
Whigham last Saturday to spend a
few days with relatives.
Mr.’ and Mrs. W. M. Mathis, ot
near Cairo, are visiting their daught
er, Mr*. Neel Thomas. ' '
Miss Pet Atkinson, of Thomasvlile,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eidridge
Atkinson.
Mrs. L. E. Finn, of Thomasvilie,
has sold to S. M. Beach 260 acres
of land, known as the Aiken place.
Mr. John Castleberry went over to
Ochlockonee list Sunday to visit hie
daughter, Mrs. Ross Johnson.
Mr. Dan Gwaltney and family
went down to the lake last Saturday,
and while in that neighborhood in
spected soma'mllch cows with a view
to purchased
Mr. Dave Gwaltney had done a
good-died, and had been' taken ad
vantage of, and feels sore. Eearly
in the year $ party of white.people,
came a toot to hie home hunting
work.. Thera were two‘white wo
men and three men in the party. As
Mr. Gwaltney was In need of hands,
he took these people in, provided
for them, and made a contract with
one of the men, who said his nsmo
was Jim Shields, to work a two-horse
farm. Everything worked along
nicely until about two weeks ago,
when what was Ur. Gwaitney’s sur
prise to find one morning that his
hands bail decamped during toe
night carrying with them everything
possible, as well as a good supply of
rations which they had drawn a day
or two before. This is to notify any
person who should know ot Shields’
whereabouts to Inform Mr. Gwalt
ney. - , ’ ABB
Tho domestic eggs produced In the
United States In two months are
worth as much as our gold mines
produce In a year, says a statistician.
Eggeactly!