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WEEKLY TDIE 8-ENTERPRISE, MAY 18, 1»0«.
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AN OIL MILL
IS IN SIGHT
J. R. Sherrod, of Pavo, was a Fri
day visitor.
E. R. Whaley, of Boston, was a
Monday visitor.
J. H. Sherrod, of
Thursday visitor.
Pavo, was a
Ibis and Fire, Lights and
Paving, Talked at
Board Meeting.
Dr. H. Jones, of Coolidge, was a
visitor In the city Friday.
W. J. White, of Coolidge, was here
yesterday on his way to Cairo.
Z. E. Norton, of Pelham, was here
Wednesday on his way to Valdosta.
Mr. Reiner 8lngletary, of the
Ochlbckonee neighborhood,. spent
Wednesday In town.
Mrs. J. W. Cargill,'Of Columbus,
Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ed. F.
Cook on Dawson street.
Mr. H. J. Jordan, a Orady county
citizen, was In the city Wednesday,
selling some One bee juice.
J. H. Brown has opened a branch
of his interior decorating business
in Balnbrldge. John H. Mitchell will
be In charge of this department of
the business.
Mr. J. W. L. Tates, who Is now sta
tioned at Wadssa, Fla. came up Sat
urday morning and accompanied bis
wife and two sons and Miss Duello
Sharp to Pavo where they spent Sun
day at the home of his parents.
BUND TIGERS MIT HARD.
Judge Mitchell Gives Them Heavy
Floes In Quitman.
Quitman, Ga., May X*.—The crim
inal term of Brooks superior eoprt
cbnvened here .this week and a num
ber of cases were disposed of, al
though the docket Is lighter than
dual. The caaey which attracted
most Interest were the blind tlgel
cates. D. J. Alderman entered
Plea of guilty and waa lined $500
and costa J. J. Hardy and M. I.
Walker went, to ’ trial and, although
the evidence-'was not so strong
against them, the jury returned
verdict of guilty and they were fined
$100 each ai|d costa of court The
heavy fines Imposed on the tigers
has had the tendency to stop the
Illegal sale of whisky In Brooks
county.
WILE SUE RAILROAD.
McRee Brothers Ask $37,000 Dam
ages For Loss of Their Basket
Factory By Fire.
The firm, of McRee Brothers, at
Kinder Lou, hat entered suit against
the Atlantic Coast Line for $37,380.-
50 for damage acrulng from the fire
which destroyed their crate and bas
ket factory several weeks ago.
It la'charged In their allegation
that the fire was started In some
crabs ties by employes of the Atlan
tic Coast Line and that it was con
veyed to their factory, ^due entirely
to carelessness of said employes.
Thr cross-ties were along the right-
of-way and were being burned by the
railroad to get rid of them.
The amount of the loss was fig
ured up from the Invoices and the
books of the comniny, and a thor
ough Inventory being given.
It was thought some time ago that
the matter would be adjusted with
out going Into the courts but Is teems
as If the courts will have to decide
as to who will sustain the losses.-
The'case will be watched with a
great deal of Interest, not only on
account of the large amount Involv
ed, but because of the interacting
question of facts and law that will
be brought out
Improve City HalL
At the executive session of coun
cil last night it was decided to Im
mediately put the City Ball In con
dition to accommodate the offices of
City Clerk MaeLean and City Treas
urer Mitchell.
For this purpose. $3,000 was ap
propriated. The contract for this
improvement will be let Immediately
and the work pushed rapidly to com
pletion.
President Lee Neel, who has con
sistently favored Improvements at
the electric light plant, thew out the
suggestion that a bond issue for pav
ing purposes ^as the next thing
needed.'
To the victors congratulation.. He stated that the money now pro
to the vanquished better luck next. posed to be spent for paving was
time. „ . [money originally Intended for la-
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A cotton seed oil mill and fertil
izer factory to cost $50,000 is the
next promised step In Thomasvllie’s
progress.
D. J. Erowt,on appeared before tbe
Board of Tarde at its Thursday night
meeting and stated that It was with
in his power to bring to the city the'
plant described. He wanted the
board to guarantee him $1,000 for
his services.
As soon as his proposition was
understood Roscoe Luke Immediately
took tbe floor, and In characteristic
style, urged that the board take im
mediate action and give Mr. Brewton
the guarantee he wanted.
The enthusiasm was catching, and
Immediately Herbert Brandon, W. A.
Pringle, M. M. Cooper, C. W. Cooper,
W. I. MacIntyre had something to
say, all eager to promise Mr. Brew-
ton his bonus if he succeeded in
bringing the mill to Thomasvllle.
Mr. Luke's motion to guarantee
Mr. Brewton $1,000, to be paid
soon as the mill was running, was
carried unanimously.
Protection Against Fire,
Colonel Luke wanted the Board of
Trade to pass a resolution 'demand,
tng that tbe city council give the
cltlsens better fire protection.
He stated that the oak trees were
all that saved the city from a more
serious conflagration when the Plney
Woods burned, and that the insur
ance companies were not going to
take the oak trees Into consideration
when they compered the matter of
lneredslpg the insurance rates.
He referred to. the fact that the
San Francisco fire had cost the in,
surpass companies about $160,000,-
000, and said the companies were
now going to take advantage of ev
ery opportunity to raise the rates
to replace this large sum.
The city, he said, needs another
hose wagon and another horse, that
It was not right to depend on the
fire laddies to fight a fire with such
poor equipment.
Mr.. Pringle said council was In
better position it) juago of the needs
of the city In this matter thyi the
board, ana he did not want to send
a resolution to the City Fathers that
would be utterly Ignored. He was
pot in favor of dictating to the coun-
ell what they should provide. Her
bert Brandon also opposed making
a demand' of the council.
Mr. Mallette opposed making any
demand of council until It was shown
they had flagrantly neglected their
duty. He stated that the suggested
Improvements would not effect the 1
insurance rates, that the .disposition
of the insurance companies was not
to Increase the rates In Isolated towns
but In congested centers. They would
raise the rates anyway when they
got ready.
"We need not pay them, either,
and could afford to take some risk
If"we had the proper protection,"
suggested Colonel Luke.
Mr. Mallette said he had been a
member of council himself, and had
observed that It did not pay to rub
an alderman’s hair the wrong way, 1
there was no use, dictating what they
should and should not do. *
Colonel Luke modified his motion
to the effect that council be requested
to look Into this matter 'and make
the Improvements In the fire de
partment that their better judgment
dictated.
proving the electric light plant He
was opposed to this money being di
verted from this purpose, but was
just as heartily In favor of the street
pavement movement He thought
the solution to the matter was a bond
Issue for money enough to do the
necessary paving In proper shape.
This suggestion Instantly met with
approval, everyone present favoring
this move.
Mr. Pringle then Introduced a res
olution to the effect that tbe Board
of Trade reeqmmend a bond Issue
sufficiently large to meet any de
mands tbat will aid In the city’s
progress. ' This was carried after
considerable discussion.
Bond to Limit.
During this discussion tbe sugges
tion was made that bonds up to the
limit of the city’s finances, should
be Issued, the money to be used In
Improvements that would contrlbuA
to the progress of Thomasvllle.
One of the strongest arguments
In favor of this plan was that the
-}4imlt could really never be reached,
for just as soon as this large amount
of money was expended In Improve-
monts the limit of the bonded debt
would be Immediately extended, and
tbat only rapid progress would be
the result. ,
Arguments against the suggestion
were that the Board of Trade woulif
lose prestige and influence If Itmadea’
recommendation that was apparently
so wild and reckless.
Street Cor Line.
The discussion of the bond ques
tion and tbe taking of money from
the electric light plant for paving
purposes was brought about by a
statement of Mr. Mallette to the ef
fect that he had recently had a talk,
with a prominent northern man who
had said tbat a new tourist’s hotel
would in all probability be built In
the near future.
This northerner had also made the
suggestion that a street car line
owned and operated by the city would
be a paying proposition.
President Neel Immediately made
his point In favor of spending the
money Intended for the electric
light plant In Improving that pltfii
and getting It In such shape tbit
the city would be In position iff
build an electric line when the time
Was ripe.
WARD ON VOTING.
Tells Former Populists What Be
Thinks of Primary Quali
fications.
R. J. Bacon, a young attorney, of
Baconton, was In Thomasvllle Mon
day on his way home from Moultrie.
JEFF DAVIS'. BIRTHDAY.
Movement on Fool to Celebrate In
Thomasvllle on fails Occasion.
A prominent Confederate veteran
of this city has made the sugges
tion that Thomasvllle celebrate in
an appropriate manner the birth
day of Jefferson Davis, June 3.
This suggestion will doubtless be
met with hearty approval by the Con
federate veterans and sons of vet
erans In the city.
Tbe celebration of the anniversary
of the birth of the only president of
the Confederate Btates of America
Is becoming more popular In all the
cities of the South. It Is understood
that Balnbrldge will celebrate on this
occasion, and It might be well fof
Thomasvllle to fall Into line.
The Kirby Tram Road.
Work on the tram road of the
Kirby Planing Mill Co., which Is be
ing built eight miles south to their
large boby of timber, la proceeding
slowly. It Is thought the delay may
be occasioned by needed side track
facilities where the road leaves the
Coast Line, east of Boston. ^ Four
cars of rails have been received re
cently, and It is aqld the work could
be completed easily In sixty days.—
Boston Times.
Editor Times-Enterprlse:
Since the present strenuous race
for governor began I have not asked
space In your columns to advocate
tbe cause of the candidate that
favor, because I felt that It would
be a iittle preiumptious to ask you
to furnish the means with which to
fight tbe candidate of your Choice;
and I‘do not Intend in this article to
use any argument or reason why tbe
voters of my former party should fa
vor any candidate In preference to
tbe others except that which may In
cidentally occur In handling the ac
tion of the Democratic . executive
committee.
Since the action of said commit
tee I have been requested by cltl
sens In different parts of the county,
who have never voted anything but
a Democratic ticket, to write an ar
ticle touching the printed pledge
which will appear on each ticket In
the state primary.
Your paper has a large circula
tion, and Is supported largely by
cltlsens formerly aligned with thd
People’s Party, and I ask space in
your paper to reason with them on
the subject sbove mentioned. Be
fore entering into this subject I will
say that I do not Intend to persuade
my former political allies to vote
now, or to vote at all. If they feel
that duty does not call them to ac
tion. I have found that the Popu
lists whom I have conversed" with
are a unit In the belief that the
printed pledge was placed on the
tickets to drive them Into a new
party or prevent them from voting
at all,
This conclusion Is so obvious that
the most stupid can see It. Let’s
look back and see If this conclusion
does not form Itself. Even since the
division came. In 1893, opr Demo
cratic brethren have by their tpress.
their committees and their laymen,
been entreating us to come home.
Numbers of my friends have Invited
me to come back and make the fight
for reform Inside the party of our
fathers’. But, lo and behold, as
soon as the battle lines are drawn
for the reform we. In part demand
ed, a cheek rein Is placed upon tbe
ballot wltk^the pretension that the
UNION MEETING.
Baptists to Unite In Interesting Pro
gram At Coolidge,
Tbe following Is the program of
the union meeting to convene with
Coolidge Baptist church July 27 to
19.
Introductory sermon by A. W.
Bealer. J. M. Ruthin, alternate.
’ First Query—What are the scrip
tural qualifications and duties of
deacons? Discussion led by T.
White. A. J. Taylor, alternate.
Second Query—Shall we know
each other In Heaven? Discussion
led by Rev. D. H. Parker. A. C,
Stephenson, alternate.
Third Query—What Is tbe scrip
tural evidence of a call to the gos
pel ministry? Discussion led by A.
C. Stephenson. J. P. McCann, al
ternate.
A full delegation Is earnestly re
quested, and the public generally Is
Invited.
J. P. CLAY,
W. A. JONES,
W. J. WHITE,
T. C. SMITH,
J. F. KELLEY,
J. T. KELLEY,
Committee.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. *
Thomasvllle, Thomas County, Geor
gia, May 11, 190$.
The partnership heretofore exist
ing between A. H. Williams and W.
E. Beverly, proprietors of the Thom-
asvtlle Variety Works, has this day
been dissolved by mutual- consent.
W. K. Beverly retiring. A. H. Wil
liams will continue the business and
assume all liabilities. All accounts
due the firm are payable to A. H.
Williams, and It Is requested that
they be eetUed at once.
A. H. WILLIAMS,
W. E. BEVERLY.
integrity of the Democratje party
demanded It. Ten years ago we had
two Democratic parties In the field,
besides the Republican party, which, 4
as I now remember, polled nearly
*♦.000 votes, hundreds of white men
voting the ticket, and alto the Pop
ulists that contested for every office
in the state, and yet lu the next
campaign no pledge was required
other than to support the nominees
of the party If challenged, etc. But
at this time no Buckner and Palmer
decoy ducks are swimming upon tbe
Democratic lake.
The Populists have had no ticket
nor organisation worth mentioning
for six years, and tile few Republi
cans have retreated to the custom
houses and postoffices In ths large
cities of our state. To make a long
story short, there was no reason
under the sun why tbe committee
should have ruled so radically diff
erent from alj other rulings except
that they hoped to drive from par
ticipating In the selection of their
officers a large element of the stur
dy sons of toll, whose energy, whose
labor and whose taxes are develop
ing our resources and supporting
our institutions. If every -former
Pop. should do as a few that I have
seen, get so mad that they would
have nothing to do with the election,
the victory for the mercenaries
would be complete. >
Now as to the pledge, doubtless
the committee hoped that the voter
would construe It that the pledge
bound him for all time. But not so.
This committee’s time wIR come to
an end. The only national election
In our state this year Is the election
tor congressmen, and there Is.
probability that any of the nominees
will have opposition. Before the
presidential election comes around
new committee will be selected,
ew rules formulated, etc. - A candi
date and a platform may be selected
that' will meet your hearty approval,!
and Instead of 'your leaving. It may
be' In order for McWhorter, Calaway,
Hill A Company to take up their beds
and wnlk. I see nothing In the
pledge, (except that It Is printed)
more than In former years to prevent
a populist from Voting In the state
primary without betraying his honor
any more than the man that voted
tor Palmer and Buekner, or any oth
er party In the past
J. 8. WARD, JR.
May 14, ItOb
Predicts Short Melon-Crop.
The Boston Times says:
"Mr. J.' M. Groover, one oflthe
local melon dealers, expresses the
belief that the crop will be very short
around Boston. In the first place
the acreage planted this year Is about
16 per cent, less than usual. Add to
this decrease the bad stands, and the
slow growth of the vines, and it
makes tbe outlook for a crop of
”J!m Kobbs” rather gloomy. Some
of the growers around here hard
made a good thing out of melons In
past years, but this year prospects
are bad’."
Some Cabbage.
Some cabbages, each big enough
to feed a company of soldiers, were
sold In Thomasvllle Saturday. They
Were raised by Mrs. Mollle Hancock
on the farm of h*r Mr. VStrSWberty'
Miller, on the Coffee road. Some of
the heads weigh 12 pounds, and In
the patch are more than 3,000 head.
Home-Made Auto.
Mr. William Miller Is going
build himself an automobile. He
has a gasoline engine that he uses
In digging wells. Instead of hav
ing to haul this around from place
to place he will fit up a Wagon with
sprockets and make It pull Itself.
Mr. Miller says that there Is a great
demand for small, deep wells all over
this section.
Woman loves a clear, rosy com
plexion. Burdock Blood Ritters puri
fies the blood, dean the skin, re
stores ruddy, sound health.
Torturing eczema spreads Its
burning area every day. Dorp’s
Ointment quickly stops its spread
ing, Instantly relieves the itching,
cures It permanently. At any drug
store. ,
ANOTHER UNION PICNIC.
Colored Sunday Schools Will Ocle-
brate At Park Mhy Bjth.
Imitation Is the slncerest flattery,
and the union Sunday school picnic
held here a few weeks ago was sack
a success that the colored people
want to have one Just like It. Ther
asked permission to use Parafllao .
Park on the 35th of May, and tea
council has granted them this privi
lege, with the understanding teat
they are to preserve good ordet
This they have promised to do. Tha
.men- in charge are P. Duhart, Jot
Taylor, E. Lowery, Ford,
Daniels and others.
Is It Epidemic?
For the past few months Dr.
Walker has been operating every
week or two on cases of appendicitis.
Indeed so frequent have these cases
occurred! until It would lead one to
think the disease was epldemle. Os
Wednesday of this week, Judge
James Hurst was operated apes.
At this writing it’s too early to prog
nose his case, but his condition is
fairly satisfactory so far, and ths
fact that the doctor has been univer
sally successful with these cases, In
spires" the belief that he will near
er.—Cairo Messenger.
Judge Hurst is now doing nicely
and will recover.
AN ESTnA/ RALLY.
Colonel T. 8. Morgan Will Speak to
the Interest of Sqnth Georgia
Candidate
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
1. M. Lucas, a member of thC
campaign committee of Col. EsUR,
oL Savannah, was In the city roster
day In the Interest of Col. Estillk
candidacy for governor.
Mr. Lucas made arrangsmesto
for securing the court house tor s
big Estlll rally for May 18th.
At that time Col. T. 8. Morgan
will speak In the Interest of Col Ma
tin. Col. Morgan Is an orator of as
mean ability, and It Is expected 8
large crowd* will be present to hear
him discuss the Issues of the pres
ent campaign^ . v.
TWEIVE CENTS ON DOLLAR.
CredKorsjif'C. and 8. M. WoUt
Receive Small Dividend
This Week.
A dividend of 12.88 per cent,
been declared on the claims
the bankrupt firm of C. and 8. M.
Wolff, and Trustee C. 8. Parker wfll
mall checks this week to the credi
tors.
This big mercantile house wad
Into Involuntary bankruptcy on tea
first of November. It was first taken
Into the. state courts and later Into
the United States court. The amonat
owed by the merchants was close to
thirty thousand dollars. After aB
the accounts had been collected or
sold, and the stock disposed a(.
there was $6,(00 In tbe hands of the
trustee. Charles Wolff claimed n
homestead exemption of $1,600 and
this was granted him without oppo
sition. The rents, taxes, receiver's
and attorneys’ fees, and costs of ad
ministration amounted to $1,CM.
This left $3,500 to be parceled oat
among the people holding
.1
_ , _ ... I against this. firm.
Doan s Regulets cure constipation, t »
tone the stomach, stimulate the liver,
promot^ digestion and appetite and
easy passages of the- bowels. Ask
your- druggist for them. IS cents
a box.
Hiss R. K. Uhler will not go to
Philadelphia this summer, but will
keep "Old Oaks" open for summer
boarders. . ,*• , ... ..
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There’s nothing so good for a sore
throat as Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil.
Cures it In a few hours. Relieves
any pain In any part.
Cord of Thanks.
I wish to thank my many friends
for their support and patroaaas
while I was connected with the
.Thomasvllle Variety Works, and be
speak for Mr. Williams the same
courteous treatment extended myaelL
W. E. BEVERLY.
Off May 19,1906
We will Have on Sale a lot of English Waie r
that will be a surprise to the public.
COME TO SEE US.
> Just Think of What You Can Save.
25c.
:25c.
6 English Caps and Saucers for
6 English Plates for.
A lot of Bakers and Platters that will be sold
for.. ~SO and 25c.
A discount on everything you want to buy.
REMEMBER THE DATE.
C. P. Bradshaw ft Co..
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