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In demanding better railroad cerrlce
~ between South Georgia point* and
Ssrannab. Tbe paper demands bet-
, ter acbednlea, better rolling atoelc
and tbrongh service without change
at Waycroas'or Jeanp.
Tbe Times-E^terpriee ha* com
mented upon'the fact that the roll-
t lng atock haa recently been Improved.
* New and comfortable can hare been
[ pnt In aenrice on the train*. In fact,
we wlah the can between Tbomas-
rtlle and Albany ware aa good a*
I tboae between Thomaavllle and 8a*
j vannah. The train* are In the main
I on time, and the engine* seem good.
1 They do'not break down like tbe en-
i glnea on Ate Albany bnnch bare a
' habit of doing. 8p the complaint of
1 onr neighbor In that reapect 1* not
aeconded here.
But the following excellent aug-
geatlon 1* one that we all ought to
pull for: ,
"We need a tnln which will leave
Balnbrldge, aay at 3 o’clock at night;
Thomaavllle at 10; Quitman at 11, j
with a aleeplng car. And a train ,
from Savannah, leaving that city at
midnight, with a Bleeper.” I
Only within the laat few year* wax (
the double dally aervlce, with aleep- 1
era and parlor car, put on between t
thla city and Atlanta. It took hard i
work to get It Hard work will do 8
a* much for the Savannah aervlce.
Progress,
HI** Annie Moore, of the Proa*
1 pect diocese visited her aunt. Miss
Wsssie Analeyr ;a*t week.
Mrs. M. N. Anderson, of Piedmont
Ala., accompanied by her two chil
dren, Bessie and Marshall, are suit
ing Mrs. BTJ. Lamar, the former's
sUter, at her home on north Stone
street.
Misses Madia Stanaland, Velma
McRae, Miss Olive Gardner and Ge
nie McRae attended the Sunday
school picnic at Dixie laat week.
They report haring a most delight
ful time and a splendid dinner..
Dr. R. Beckham, representing tbe
Lamar, Taylor, Riley Drug Co., of
Macon, was talking drag*, liquids
and lotions to our druggUts laat Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Groover and
Misses Annie Nell Groover and Min
nie Fambrough .went to Httkory
Head, Brooke county, to attend a pic
nic last Saturday. We guarantee i
they had a nice trip and a sumptuous <
repast. t
Miss Thomas, one of Metcalfe’s ■
Mrs. J. B. Way a^d Miss Ellen
Way, of Thomaavllle, visited friends
In our city last Tuesday.-
E. Leon Neel, an employe of the
Southern Express Company, and
stationed at Jacksonville, U visiting
hU parenlit'Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Neel,
at their home In southeast Boston.
Mr. J. L. Beverly, one of Thomas
county’s good and substantial dtl-
sens, was In onr town last Tuesday
attending to business.
The • members of the Epworth
League will give an entertainment
at the residence of Dr. H. A. Vann
on Friday evening, to which all
leaguers are cordially Invited.
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' j BOOK OnVxJTTON.
Moultrie, visited friends and rela
tives here last Sunday.
Dr. W. S. Brown, of Thomaavllle,
’ and one of her leading dentUU, ac-
e companled by his wife, visited Mr. W.
. J ' Brown, hU father, last Sunday
• at hU borne in North Boston.
? Mr*. J. T. Roger* and Miss Julia
1 Stanaland visited friends and rela-
t ttves In Wsycross since my last
epUtle general to the readers of the
1 Tlmes-Enterprlse.
1 J. B. Jordan, of Wsycross, and an
- employe of the Wsycross Journal,
, was In the Hub laat Saturday visit
ing his sister*, Mrs. Anderson and
Mrs. Lamar.
Mis* Florence Stanaland, one of
1 the sweetest, prettiest and most lov-
1 able young ladles of Bdgwqpd, hut
1 now teaching school at the Kirby
Planing Mills, spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. N. L. Stanaland.
Judge M. Baum, of Quitman, was
her* laat Monday on official business.
Bennett Harrell, of Brook* coun
ty, was here last week visiting his :
best girl. j
W. L. Martin, of the Beulah neigh
borhood, was a visitor to Boston last 1
Monday. 1
Miss Velm* McRae I* In Monti- |
cello visiting friends and relatives 1
J. G. Burney, our hardware mer
chant, was called to Savannah this *
week to attend to important business. 1
J. W. Mimma, of Valdosta, was 1
here this 'week. He will move back
to Boston shortly.
Mr. A. Bennett, a .prominent lnsur- 1
once man of Thomaavllle, was here l
last Tuesday. ’
, Mr. T. 8. Leak, a prominent bus- *
iness man of Boston, visited Savan- I
nah this week.. b
Lee Stanaland, Boston's jeweler, 1
la quite sick at his home on south c
Main street. *We hope Lee will soon ><
regain his wonted health and'
strength and resume his loved em- tl
ploy. I
tlon and better business methods,
and much other Information of gen
eral Interest and Importance. It is
the purpose of President Johnson to
place this booklet In the
hands *!
* every farmer In Georgia and to that
* end &e Is now securing lists from
s each county in the state.
* "It la my desire to have every far-
’ mer In Georgia thoroughly famlllan-
Ise himself with the doctrines, ob-
’ jects and purposes of the association,'
President Johnson said today, "for
. w* must look to the cooperation of
, Individuals to attain success In our
work. I want them to know too that
this success is growing and expand
ing as the work progresses, and'as
others come to Join In the greatest
movement of the age.
“In this connection I want to say
a word to the cotton planters, partic
ularly of north Georgia, many of
whose crops have been destroyed by
the recent frosts and heavy rains. Do
not replant In cotton unless you are
absolutely sure that you have a full
and sufficient supply of forage and
food crape. It providence has taken
a hand in reducing the acreage, don't
attempt to defeat It by replanting ev
ery acre, tor you tnay do so to your
own hurt. Produce your home sup
plies first, and then. If you will, put '
the rest In cotton. (
"I sincerely trust that the Georgia .
tanner* will not listen to the try of t
the coming disaster unless we raise 1
a crap of 18,000,000 bales or more. 1
The disaster. If there be any.^rom a 1
crop below that Bgure, will be to the (
It Is |
spinner and not to the farmer,
this, above all things, that he should
seek to avoid.
At the League meeting held at
the Methodist church last Monday
delegatee
The city of Loe Angeles, Cal., did
not suffer from the earthquake which
wiped out 8an Francisco, and the city
la thronged with Mystic Shrtners, and
Billie Hardy of the ThomasviU* Ttm-
«*-Enterprise. Mr. Hardy is sending
some very interesting letters to his
paper.—Balnbrldge Search Light
evening, the following
were elected to represent the Boe- nation sent out by the state school
ton League at the approaching commissioner, and offered to those
League conference to be held In pupils who should make an average
ThomasvtUe In June: Misses Myr- above 80. will be made by School
tie For, Pearl Brown and Bala Mae; Commissioner K. T. Macl-ean.
Williams. There will be music and some mi
lt Whif Adams left last Monday*nor exercises. The public generally
THE MARKETS.
New York Cotton Market.
Open. High. Low. Clo P.Clo.
11.85 11.85 11;B0 11,58 11.40
11.10 11.8811.85 11.87 11.87
10.78 10.80 10.78 10.74 10.74
10.70 10.80 10.73 70.74 10.74
Middlings 18 cents; sales for con
sumption 860; delivered on contract
800; s tone Ann.
New Orleans Cotton Market.
Open. High. Low. Clo P.Clo.
11.41 11.41 11.30 11.38 11.30
11.54 11.66 11.4811.48 11.53
10.70 10.70 10.63 10.63 10.66
10.60 10.70 10.68 10.63 10.65.
Middlings 117-16; sales 1,800;
arrive 600; f. o. b. 300; delivered on
contract none; tone arm.
May
July
Oct
Dec.
May
July
Oct.
Dec.
Liverpool Cotton Market
Open. 3p.m. Clo. P.Clo
May-June 6.04d 6.06d 6.05d 6.03d
July-Aug. 6.04d 6.07d 6.05d 6.03d
Oct-Nov. 5.80d 5.81d 5.77d 5.78d
Jan.-Feb. 5.70d 6.80d S.76d 6.77d
Middlings 6.86d; sales 16,000;
celpts 88,000; ton* easy. ,
Chicago Grain Blarket.
Open. ' Cli
WHEAT—July 811-3
88 00
CORN—July 48 1-3
43 3-8
OATS—July 33 7-8
38 8-3
PORK—July 16 75.
16 75
LARD—July 8 63
8 87
RIBS—July 8 00
8 05
Country Produce.
Thomaavllle, Ga., May 18.
Sweet potatoes.
. 60
Chickens, trie*
.85 0 85
Eggs
15
Chickens, hens.. .. .
.30036
Oafs, feed.....
y 50
Cotton seed meal, sack....
61.40
Bran
1.40
Corn per nusbel
75
Timothy, No. 1
. 1 10
Timothy, choice
1 15
Shake hands all around everybody,
and pull for old Thoms*.
The Populists are coming -back
home. Let them hitch, 'light com*
In and stay a spell.
There la a difference, though, be
tween strains of sweet music and
strains at sweet music.
Sunday's Savannah News had a
splendid write-up of Cairo, and Its
business from the pen of Rev. A. M.
Williams.
Pulaski county has voted out the
dispensary. The wet spot* on the
map of Georgia are getting Aew and
far between.
The Presbyterians have adopted a
prayer book. A prayer that come*
from the heart Is better than one that
comes from a book.
The new Presbyterian marriage
ceremony omits the word “obey.
Mental reservations on the part of
brides had already settled that point.
The old ^sdage: “Vote aa you
pray,” has been Improved to read:
‘"Vote as women pray." They did
that In Bawklnsville last week and
the county wpnt dry.
Jim BlaekahW says the Cairo
Messenger and Grady County Times
should combine threes and name the
paper "The Storms Times." He says
If His!* and Wind will not make
1 he doe* not know what
MEIGS MENTION.
Ronyutfic Marriage, Picnic, News
paper aad New*.
Crater HOI Picnic.
The school at Center Hill, four
miles sooth of Meigs, will close Fri
day, 18th Inst. Aa is the usual cus
tom, the people will unite In a pic
nic/ There will be several speeches,
music, etc. Of course, tbe prover
bial "well-filled basket” will hold an
Important place In the baggage of
those who l|ve near enough to help.
All the defeated candidates are re
spectfully Invited to be present, and
tell us how It was done.
Charch Bell Falls.
Twice during a year’s time haa the
big bell In the steeple of the Metho
dist church fallen. Uncle Demps
Turner, the sexton, is decrepit, and
hurries but little about the affairs of
this life. Lately, while he was faith
fully pulling the line and the big bell
was appealing to the populace of this
town to "come In,” with bis mind
ruminating on the lack of morals In
the rising generation, a crash came.
Uncle Dlmp forgot hts old age, and
those who were enjoying the bright
sunshine of that Sunday morning, on
their porches, saw an unusual phe
nomenon—a fast moving cloud of
dust with a very dark nucleus going
towards the outskirts of the town.
He didn't return.
To Publish Council Acts.
At a meeting of the town council
few nights ago It was agreed that
the acts and doings of the Dads
should be published. As heretofore
paper was published here,' and
these proceedings have not appeared
to the public eye. Our people will
hail the first publication with pleas
ure.
The Meigs Bedew.
Next Friday our people will be
reading the Initial copy of our pa
per, The Meigs Review. Messrs.'
Walker and Griffin, the publishers,
are men of push, energy and exper
ience, and have erected a splendid
plant, capable of running about
1,600 copies per hour.
The merchants are largely Inter
est*] In the new paper, and are
standing firmly behind It, which
meana success.
Religious Affairs.
Rev. A. M. Williams, of Valdosta,
preached at the Methodist ehurch
here last Sabbath and Monday. It
was the occasion of the quarterly
meeting for the Pelham circuit.
Dr. Williams! was greeted on Sab
bath by an unusually large crowd.
Everyone was charmed with his dis
course, being full of gospel, short,
logical and pointed.
Next Saturday and Sunday will be
the regular monthly meeting at the
Baptist church at this place. Those
who do not attend ..these meltings
always miss something good.
I had occasion to visit Center Hill
Sunday school last Sunday. One
would be surprised at the sight he
meets there—the house crowded and
everybody busy and Interested. Sir.
M. Clark la superintendent and
Mr. Emory Butler is secretary.
A Red-Headed Editor.
Mr. Pat Griffin, editor of the
Meigs Review, will move his family
to this place at an early date. Not
that Editor Griffin la one of us, and
In so muCh aa bla hirsute appendage
Is of a roseate hue, the question of
electric lights may rest for awhile,
since he will perhaps give physical
as.well aa moral light.
Is Invited to witness these exercises.
Thesession of the school Is the
first since 1800, nnder the direction
of a board of trustees chosen from
among the people, as such, and It la
the verdict of all that it has been
a success. By legislative enactment
the management of the school has
been for tbe past few years under
the management of the town council.
Movements of tbe People.
Miss Laura Vick taught the 5th
and 6th-grades a few days last week,
while Ifr, F, G. Rose, the head of
that department, was sick.
Mr. uiyses G. Smith has lately
returned from Putnam county, where
he was married to Miss Minnie Lee
Brown. His friends are extending
congratulations.
Miss Minnie Respese, after spend
ing several weeks In Thomaavllle,
Is ualn at home. _
Mr. Simeon Haddock aijd wife, of
Pelham, were here Sunday.
The city council at Its last meet
ing, elected Mr. Gordon Davis mar
shal of Meigs, Hr. Jas. Vick, Jr.,
having resigned.
Romantic Wedding.
A rather romantic marriage _ oc
curred-here Sunday morning on* the
street^- of this town.
Mr. Singletary, a young son of
Mr. Crate Singletary, called on Judge
Stubbs asking that he join In the
holy ties of wedlock himself and Miss
Maybe! Hubbard, of this place.
They did not care to go Into the
house for the purpose, so the church
just across tbe street was suggested
as a suitable place. Bpt it was no
ticed that the church was occupied,
so the couple stopped and were fiiade
one In the middle of the street, sit
ting In a buggy.
Mr. R. R. Sapp has opened up a
new grocery business next door to
the drug store.
Mr. Troy F. Fulford, a former
Meigs boy, but now of Camilla, was
here Monday and Tuesday.
Dr. J. O. Caldwell, of Valdosta,
was a visitor here Tuesday.
REPLIES TO GREEN.
Pavo Man Rejoice* At Way's Con
version, Bat Hurrahs For Cook,
MacIntyre aad Stubbs.
Editor Tlmes-Enterprlse:
I wish to make a reply through
the columns of your valuable paper
to one Hamilton Green, of North Car
olina, who says he w*s not allowed
to vote In that state since the rat
ified amendment of 1800. Please
listen to what Mr. Baughani, princi
pal Pavo High School, formerly of
North.Carolina, says: j ‘In a speech
made by Clark Howell at Tbomas-
vllle, Ga., he made the following re
marks as quoted by the Thomaavllle
Tlmes-Enterprlse. "About one-third
of the white voters of North Caroli
na are disfranchised today.” While
I am not directly or Indirectly Inter
ested In any candidate, It Is right
that the truth should be known, and
since I know more of the politics of
North Carolina than the Hon. Clark
Howell, I think I can truthfully say
that I do not know a single white
man In that state that Is or has been
disfranchised by the constitutional
amendment ratified In 1800, and I
believe bis statement to be absolute
ly false. I speak this only In justice
to the good people of North Caroli
na, as It Is not fair to misrepresent
(hem as having disfranchised one-
third of their white voters.
Say, Mr. Green, who told the
truth? Can you conscientiously say
that Mr. Baugham has absolutely
misrepresented the facta of the
greatest Issue that Is now before the
people of Georgia?
Let every man get right, as can
didate Way has done. He has rolled
the Howell stone from bis eyes and
says: '"l am a Hoke Smith man on
general principles. The time Is now*
ripe for putting the negro out of
politics.” A well known congress
man, of Alabama, says untold bene
fits have resulted to bis state by thd
disfranchisement of the Ignorant
and vicious negro vote. Get your
premium for Mr. Stringer, for there
Is not a white man deprived of his
vote unless he did It himself. We
believe we are on the right aide' of
the queatlon'and when election day
comes and Hoke Smith la elected to
the governor's chair In Georgia “Is
rael" will fall and false gods will
fall. The negro will be disfran
chised, the freight rates will fall, and
.MacIntyre a Commencement Orator, j when Clark Howell goes back to the
The commencement exercises of | city of Atlanta to his own office all
tbe Meigs Graded School will be held j the Idols will be over for this cam-
May 35th, beginning at '10 a. m. j palgn.
Prayer will be made by Rev. Chas. I Here I will leave these two state-
W. Curry, of Pelham. After which 1 mentx of former residents of North
an address will be delivered bv Col. j Carolina. One Is a gentleman of
H. J. MacIntyre, of Thomaavllle. high standing and education and with
The presentation of seven 7th j brains enough to understand the
grade certificates based on an examl- government and politics of his state,
nation sent out by the state school while the other la—well, just a
commissioner, and offered to those j common man—and by his own show-
pupils who should make an average lng, with no education, ye people of
' Thomas take It -as you like It.
Will say to Mr. Green apropos of
Mr. Beater, that I - was not aware
that we sent missionaries to Africa
The labor problem ban reached aa
acuta stag* with the turpentine men,
and a number of prominent factors
in Savannah are considering the ad
visability of calling a convention of
the operators In Georgia, Florida
and the Carolina* to consider ways
and means for getting labor in the
camps. The problem most be satis
factorily solved before the first boxes'
are cut In the fall, or the turpentine
men will be In a hard row, says the
Savannah News.
The producers have always de
pended on negro labor In getting out
their spirit* and rosins, but within
the last two or three years the ne
groes have become so unreliable that
the producers are almost ready to
abolish them entirely os laborers.
It la a fact that the wage* which
the negro can earn In the turpen
tine camps Is higher than that paid
for unskilled labor either white or
black anywhere In the United States.
It Is double what he can make as -
a railroad section band, and the work
Is not *0 hard. It Is a comparative
ly easy matter to earn as much as
83 a day In the turpentine camps and
more If he works a little more rap
idly.
Negro Irregular Worker.
One great trouble which the oper
ators have with negro labor Is that
the negroes can work two or three
days and make all the money needed
for having a good time the rest of
the week. Heqce the labor of the
negro is uncertaui and unreliable.
Tbe factors are vitally interested
In the labor problem, for one reason
that they have advanced large sums
of money In the aggregate to the /
operator* based on their future pro*-
pects. Without labor It will, of
course be Impossible for the produc
ers to reimburse'the factors for the
money advanced. •
A Labor Fonuqla.
"One Italian la equal to four Chi
namen, three Chinamen are equal to
oh* negro,” Is' the equation of the
labor question as formulated by the
operators. The obvious moral la toj
get the Italians. Just how la
chief problem.
Reports from Florida, where Chin
ese labor was Introduced as a means
of solving the question, are to the
effect that the use of Chinese in the
camps is Impracticable, and that It
takes three Chinks to do the work of
on* negro. But with the Italians It
Is different It la said that the Ital
ians are more efficient than the ne
gro a* a common laborer, and ver/
much superior In the matter of stay
ing with their jobs. Tbe Italians are
extensively employed on railroads In
the South, but their development ja
the mainstay of tbe turpentine camps
is of comparatively recent date. Is ‘
the turpentine camps the Italians
can earn double their pay In the rail
road gangs.
Small Crop* Thla Ye^r.
Prospects for the new crop are
said to be good, and with a suitable
amount of labor available, the yield
would be larger than last year, but
nnder the labor handicap the crop
will be undoubtedly smaller Q>y per
haps 35 per cent The only com
plaint about the weather haa bees
that It ha* been a trifle dry for tfi*
best results, but this difficulty has
no doubt -been met by the rains of
recent date. v
Certain office seekers take a very
pessimistic view of conditions in Gqor
gia. They remthd us of the old wo
man who said, “I always feel bad V
when I feel well, because I know that
I will feel worse afterwards.” Some
of those fellows will feel worse af
ter the election.
The senate will now have a
taller, says an
has several
to teach polities, but religion
did not know we must let a
vote to save hts soul. Politics
religion are as far separate as
poles.
Hurrah for Hoke Smith,
MacIntyre and Stubbs.
A. “X. KENNEDY
Pavo; Ga., Route 3.