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PPEItS. I WINE
AUGUST 24, 1000.
SELLING.
•pent Mo'n-
. Augustus Sea, was In the city
on builneu Thursday.
M. D. Acker, the Iron City lumber
man, was here yesterday.
Miss Frances Chisholm went-
Kenderlou yesterday afternoon.
Gasolene engines repaired and sold
l>y Wert* ft Son. dftw -lw
Mr. W. if. Taylor has returned
from a business tr|p to New Tork.
Miss Lillian Beeves went up to
Ocblocknee yesterday for a short vis
it .
It Is Still Under Ban of Prohibitive
Licenses In Thomas County.
Mr. R. I. Beasley, of Boston, was
attending to business here yester-
day. ^ 1
Gasolene for. gasolene engines now
for sale St Werta ft Sons, dftw-lw
- Miss Dollle Weldon of Albany IS
the guest bf her uncle Mr. R. A. Wei
don.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Parker, are
now making their home with Mr. F.
C. Smith on Madison street
J. F. Knapp, of the Metcalfe neigh
borhood, was a Saturday visitor to
town.
Gasolene engine oil, cylinder oil
made for the purpose, at Werta ft
Son. I dftw-lw
Mrs. L. C. DuRant, and Misses
Dorothy and Esther DuRant have
gone to Jacksonville to visit Mr. Lee
Stephens for a couple of weeks.
Mr. Mike Atkins and family leave
today for Macon, where they will
make their home In the future.
Thomasvllle loses these good people
from her list of dtlsens.
Electrical work done at less than
cost to dispose of onr stock/of tlx.
turee that the 'city would not bny by
Werta ft Son. dftw-lw
VOTES CONSOLIDATED.
County Executive Committee Meet
yesterday at Court ( Haase.
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The members of the county demo
cratic executive commute headed by
Chairman Roddenbery met at the
court house yesterday and consoli
dated the returns for Tbomas coun
ty. |«*s»«u> i
The result was just as given In the
Tlmes-Enterprlse Thursday morning
with the exception of the.Glasgow
district. In the gubernatorial race
this district changed’the total of on
ly one than, that of Hoke Smith,
■welling his just fourteen votes, the
total number cast In the district
This gives Hoke Smith a total of
904 votes In; Thomas.
The consolidation shows that 1,-
18E vote* were cast,' This is a
much smaller vote than was expec
ted, It being jhought that at leaat
1400 or 1500 votes would be phlled.
Of the total Judge Robert Mitchell
received more than any other can
didate, hta vote being 1,181,.only
three men scratching his' name. This
was a aeat , compliment paid Judge
Mitchell
county.
Judge
the dt|
IL
„ denbsry, annpupced thatf
the names’) of ^he delegates to thfe
state conwntlon. In Mfcon w
month woujjd ’b 1 . given qU( as soon
Hoke Smith was hsard from as ti
his selection of d01oga(*aT '
The following,, gentlemens signed
the consolt a*ed>'^tbfraj'^ij'ge J,
W. H. Mtt> i4(;: j , J.', Wrner. .>. ,W.(
Lewis. D.
Smith. J. C. r)wi«*tW>xAF. ptfrai ]($.
B. Everltt a d
The Soi iH Qeorgle WlUuui.
Mr. DavidH^yfaf^^r&dttot of
- the Bank of
'elbam, and formerly
of Thomaivllfe has organ-
The recent decision of the Su-
preme court to the effect that Thom-
asrille’s’dry ordinance Is illegal was
the subject of much comment here
Sunday and yesterday. The. ordin
ance as It now stands provides a pen
alty for ‘‘hairing on hand liquor for
sale”. The court holds that this Or
dinance Is void because It does not
differentiate between liquors that
can be* gold legally, and those which
are an Infraction of the county law.
The city council will frame another
ordinance similar in meaning, but
a alight change In the wording, that
will be equally iron clad. It Is pos
sible that the mere Insertion of the
word "Illegal”, before the word,
sale, will make the ordinance all
right The council will doubtless
wait until the full text of the decis
ion of the supreme conrt reaches
here before they take any, action. In
the meantime the lid Is still on in
Thomasvllle.
Former dealers In domestic trine
were much Interested In the decision
thinking that It might permit them
to engage In the business again. Le
gal opinion la to the effect that such
la not the case. This Is owing to tbe
prohibitive tax that hai been placed
on the sale of wind'hotb 1q the conm
ty of Thomas and the city of Thom
asvllle. Tbe county tax Is 92,000
and the city tax Is $1,000. There Is
further protection (o this In the form
of a state law''that , prevents the sals
of domestic wine in cities and coun
ties where the local authorities have
placed a tax unless the tax be paid.
Lawyers say that It la not safe for
any one to sell domestic wine unless
they have first paid the tax, and pf
course no one Is going to pay $8,000
for'tbe privilege of selling the home
made product.
BET. A, M. WYNNE DEAD.
Former Methodist Pastor Here pass*
es Away In Colnmbns. I
RISING FROM RUINS.
Sandy Bottom Will Be'Bettered by
Six New Stores.
The burned district on Jackson
street will soon resume Its business
like appearance and will look bettor
than It did before the great fire.
This was assured when Mr. Bryan H.
Wlright yesterday closed a contract
wlfh Henry Arnold, for the erection
of a block of six brick stores. These
will be erected on the north side of
Jackson street and will extend from
Stephens to the Grantham block.’
Tbe stores will be pne story In
height and will be built of the best
red pressed brick. They will take
the place of a number of old frame
shanties that were occupied as stores
and tenant bouses before the fire.
Tbe' building of this structure will
make tbe block between .Jltephen*
and Oak, on tbe north ride of Jack-
son a so^Id front of brick stores.
When tbe street Is paved It will pre
sent a substantial and business like
Impression that Is guaranteed to
please the beholder on the drive
from the depot, much better than the
old aspect of things.
Two stores halve , already been
built and plana are being made for
several more. • It is safe to say that
within a year al) traces of tbe confla
gration will have been removed and
tblnga on Jackson will look better
tiian ever In the history of the town.
News reached the elty yesterday
of the death in Columbus Friday af
ternoon of Rev. A. M. Wynne. This
venerable figure In Georgia Method
ism died at an advanced age, after
fifty yeara active service In tbe min
istry, and six years as superanuated.
He had been In 111 health for a long
time. He was twice pastor of tbe
Thomasvllle church and is held In
loving memory by all- members of
that denomination. Hla last-service
in Thomasvllle was about fifteen
yean ago.
Dr. Wynne Joined the Georgia
Methodist conference at Marietta, In
January, 184j9, and served It faith
fully for over half-a century, his
last charge being at' Sandersville In
1900. He was one of the two first
missionaries sent by the Southern
Methodist church to the California
gold fields In 1850, and spent sev
eral years there.
He was pastor of a Savannah
church during the later part of the
war, whan that city was occupied by
federate, and the union soldiers fell
Into the habit of attending his serv
ices In large numbers, many of them
were pleated with his sermons, while
others took dlspleasure-mt the open
manner In which he espoused the
effuse of the confederacy. At one
time certain of the federals threat
ened to hare the church aelzed and
-placed in charge of a chaplain of
their owl(,' who would preach accept
ably In every way, and pray for tbe
success of the northern arms. The
preaching was not discouraged or In
timidated however, notwithstanding
j fact that he received some
ireatenlng leters from certain fed-
jralB, but continued hla course se
renely. The majority of the union
soldiers were pleased, and one of
them published a communication
-ommendlng him highly.
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
And College Almnnae Start to Work
, . For Young's.
DOTHAN IN TROUBLE. -
Wild times in the Alabama City for
i tbe Past Week.
NEW PAINT.
A. B. ft A. Depot Being Freshened np
a Bit.
David Porter, the popular local
agent for the A. B. ft A. here la hav
ing a fresh new coat of paint put on
hla 1 depot. The A. B. ft A. expects
to do al big'winter tourist business
ddfing Che, coming seaffhn and Mr.
nts his depot to present a
heatvamjj attractive appearance to the
ora upon their arrival.
Ahothw Improvement that has just
-"■-‘eted by th.e A. B. ft A. Is
>al bln Installed near the
icackallust tjelow the depot. ^
1 -All the News,
rtlonj returns were. display-
;h#j Tlmes-Enterprlse *ln :
large Carivass bn'Madison
ier* were h’undrVds- of peo-
atched from eight o'clock’
until after midnight.- The lantern,
chaperoned by Rev. Ed.,,F, .Cffik.
worked well, the bulletin, ,jpijrl!!<>
Dothan, Ala., Is just settling down
again after the wildest kind of times
for the past week, There has beqn
little said In the metropolitan news
papers but the local Journal, the Do
than Siftings, tolls of a' shocking
state of affairs. It seems that some
person, doubtless a negro, has been
making frequent and persistent at
tempts to enter the rooms of white
people. He has been unsuccessful to
date, but the lepltltlon of his at
tempts shows’ him> to be a man ol
desperate character.
The white people became so en
raged at the failure of the officers to
capture him that they took the law
In their own hands, and the worse el
ement of tbe town dynamited the
■tore* of three negr 0 merchants, who
Seem to have been In no way con
nected with the offenses. This rous
ed the better element of the whites
to action and they have held mass
metlngs and protested against these
actions. The tension of the situa
tion was added to by the fact that
the city was In darkness, the elec
tric light plant being out of order.
Hundreds of dtlsens hare provided
themselves with firearm, and the
night police force has bqen added
to. - The last two nlghta have been
quiet, and It la now thought that the
miscreant has left town and that the
worst of the trying condition Is over.
BIG COTTON.
Stalk of Short Cotton Six Feet High.
400 Bolls.
i Probably tbe largest stalk of short
cotton ever seen In .Mlomasville was
brought here yesterday by Mr. S. R.
Wood and was raised on tbe farm
of Dr. Peacock down below town.
The stalk was six feet high before
being cut down, Is an Inch In diame
ter and contains four hundred and
six bolls In all stages ot development.
In fact the stalk Is so large the l a
man can hide himself behind it.
Municipal Ownership.
Washington, Aug 23.—Gas In
Nottingham, England, la 60 cents
per 1,000 feet and at Wldnes lu
Lancashire with a population ot only
bout 30,000 It Is SO cents and large
consumers will pay from 22 to 2$
cents. This la undoubtedly the
fljeapest gas In the world, but the
profit on the gaa works to the munic
ipality that owns them was $22,887>
15. This information Is official and
da .reported by onr Consul F. W. Ma
te department.
(From Sunday’s Dally.)
At an enthusiastic and well atten
ded, imeetlng yesterday afternoon at
the library & alumnae association
for Young’s college was formed.
The officers In charge pf the work
are Mrs. Jas. Watt, president; Mrs.
G. S. Whitney, first’ vice-president:
Mrs. Cadar Parker, second; Mrs. L.
H. Jerger, third; • Miss Stella Wil
liams, fourth; Mrs. JUaRer L. Tay
lor, fifth; Mrs. James Reid, sixth;
Mrs. Royall J. Miller, seventh; Miss
Alberta Walker, secretary; Miss Ma-
rybob Huson, MiV Frasier MacIntyre
and Miss Nell Pringle, correspond
ing secretaries; Mlsr Lula Harley,
treasurer.
Little .beside the formal work of
organisation was accomplished. Mrs.
Taylor, Mlsa Harley, Mrs. Rockwell.
Miss 8allle Baker, Miss Bessie Mer
rill and Mrs. MacIntyre are a com
mittee to draw a constitution and
by laws. These will be presented
for ratifications at a meeting to be
held on September 4,
Other members of the associatlr-
besldes those mentioned, are Miss
Lula Baker, Miss Willie’ Baker, Mrs
W. A. Britton, Mrs. M. M. Cooper
Mrs. Oenie Bell Henry, Mlsa Mary
Rockwell, Mlsa Cora Stephens. Mis-
Mae Smith, Miss Mae Patten, Miss
Stella Pitman, Mlaa Lilly Williams,
Mrs. Alvan Rowe, Mrs. B. A. Dan
iels, Mrs. J. T. Watt, Mlsa Susie May
Watt, Mrs. . John Coyle, Mrs. J. C.
Schwencke, Mrs. James Dillon, Mrs
Mallard,Miss Jennie Wynn Dillon,
Miss Rena Bouchelle, Wist Evelyn
Mallard, Mlsa Annie Pringle, Miss
Marlon Varnedoe, Miss Ruth Well
ington, Miss Bessie Blackshear, Miss
Emma McIntosh, Mrs. C. A. Lloyd,
Miss Val Cassels, Miss Lncile Linton.
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PINE PARK.
People Going And Coming.
N Iterm of Interest.
I
LUKE FOR HOKE SMITH.
Solicitor Quits Howell Because of
Attacks on Roddenbery.
(From Tuesday's Dally.)
Solicitor Roscoe Luke returned
from Lumpkin Sunday evening, and
was busy . talking politic* to his
friends yesterday. Much to the sur
prise of everyone he announced that
he expected to vole for'Hoke Smith.
He puts this change of front on the
ground i of the attacks that hav%
ticen made upon bis law partner
and friend, Hon. S. A. Roddenbery.
Mr. Luke said to a Times-Enter-
prlso reporter yesterday. “Yes, It Is
true that I expect to vote for Hoke
Smith. I had all aloug been a Clark
Howell supporter. But when they
attacked Judge Ttoddenbery’s de
mocracy 1 changed,my opinion. Per
haps Mr. Howell knows nothing of
these attacks and Is .not responsible
for Hum. I'll*. i-nvcrthclesa they have
appeared In his organs. I do not In
tend to countenance them by voting
for him. Mr. ROddenbery is my
friend, ancj when I say friend I mean
it In the highest and but sense of
the word. When they attack him
I for one, vote with him. He Is no
fakir, and biff democracy Is as good
as that of anyone In Georgia. From
now on I am for Hoke Smith, and
I came home to vote for him."
The new convert-spoke last night
at Pavo, and will address the Hoke
Smith rally tonight at Thomasvllle.
NOT INTERESTED.
C. W. McRae of tbe City Drag Store
Not a Partner in the Purchase.
On account of the fact that It I*
being rumored on the streets that
I have an interest in the stock of
the Price Drug Store which waa sold
at public outcry yesterday. I want
to say that I have nothing to do
with It In any way.
It takes all my time at the City
Drug Store and I shall continue to
give my attention to the ' business
there. C. W.McRAE.
POSTPONED BY RAIN.
Compress
Reception Will be Held
This Morning.
The hour for the reception at the
plant of the Atlantic Compress Com
pany yesterday morning found the
toifn In the jnldst of a downpour of
rain. It ~ was ‘Impossible for the
many people who wanted to visit
this Interesting place to do to. f
Superintendent Hudglna la deter
mined thlrt the public shall not be
disappointed so .the affair will take
place this morning, and the'weather
man la kind enough to predict fair
weather. Ten o’clock Is the hoar,
prearranged program of
music and luncheon will
oat All the public la cor-
Last Friday/the closing ot one of
tha most successful terms ever
taught at the Walker school bouse
was celebrated by a picnic. -Quite a
large crowd attended end It was a
day that will be long remembered by
all who went. There were visitors
from .Thomasvllle, -Cairo, Meigs,
Wblgham, Metcalfe and other neigh
boring towns. ,
Miss Agnes Owens, teacher at Bar
nett’s Creek, and Miss Erie Hand,
teacher at Chosen school were pres
ent with their pupils. The house
wu beautifully decorated and do
pains were spared In making the
grounds attractive. Among the chief
attractions was the lemonade stand,
which seemed to be much more al
luring to some of the young folks
than the speaker's stand.
About one o’clock dinner was
spread which waa unsurpassable.
The table fairly groaned under the
burden, of good things to eat It was
good evidence ol the prosperity, of
this community.
In the afternoon three most In
structive educational addresses were
rendered by Rev. Charles A. Jack-
son. of Cordele, a most noted Meth
odist minister who was visiting his
sister, Mrs. Jno. Berwick. Col. Led
ford one of Cairo’s most prominent
lawyers and Dr. Bouehelle of Thom-
asville, one of Thomas county’s old
est and moat successful physicians,
were present.
^During the past term our teachers
Mr. David P. Belcher, principal and
Mis* Emma Rogers assistant have
bent every energy In the discharge
of their duty and have won the most
profound love and respect of both
pupils and patrons.
Miss Rogers will teach a private
term at the Walker school house be
ginning the first Monday In Septem
ber.
Rev. T. A. White, will begin a se
ries of meetings at the Pine Park
Baptist church next Thursday.
Rev. Merritt is conducting a pro
tracted meeting at Pierce Chapel.
Dr. Kincade of North Georgia, has
located here and hts prospects seem
to be very good. We are glad to
have the doctor In our midst and wish
him tbe most possible success.
Miss Myrtle Knapp, who came up
to attend the picnic Friday, and vis
it her cousin. Miss Ethel Stringer, re
turned to her home In Metcalfe Sun
day.
We are sorry to note that Oscar
Hughs who Is visiting his brother,
Mr. W. P. Hughs. Is 111 with fever.
Mr. Wta. Hughs of Monttcello Is al
so a guest of his son, Mr. W. P.
Hughs.
H. D. Barwick of Whigham visit
ed his home folks last-week.
The citizens ot this place are high
ly pleased with the new depot agent
Mr. Homer Mpllin ot Alabama.
A number of picnickers enjoyed
a social entertainment last Friday
evening at the home of Mr. J. II.
Barwick.
Mlsa Ethel Stringer entertained
Saturday evening In honor of her
guest, Miss Myrtle Napp.
Miss Ollle Rogers of Meigs came
over Friday to attend the picnic.
Some Sections Badly Damaged bf
This Insect.
Mr. O. W, Davis, one of Thomas
county’s best farmers, living near
town waa here yesterday, and spoke
ot the discovery ot a boll Worm, or
weevil In his cotton. He says he
first discovered the pest on last Sun
day. He noticed' that the fruit was
dropping from the stalk, and had at
tributed this to the wet weather, v
something that Is always counted on
by a cotton grower.
Further Investigation showed that
in some cases three or more well de
veloped bolls were falling from the
same stalk. Some of these were.
nearly as large as a guinea egg, and
he knew that wet weather could not
have caused this. He made a close
Investigation and found that the
fruit had been stung by some sort
of boll worm or boll weevil. He
found some of these to he no larger
than the point j>f a pin, and others
as big as a straw. Further search
showed open fruit rotting. It seem
ed that tbe fruit bad been bored In
to when the cotton was In the square
Mr. Davis had planted -four and
one. half acres and says that the weed
waa the finest he has ever had. He
had expected to raise at least five
kales but he says that the damage
done by the peat will reduce this one
half, and that he will count himself
lucky If he gets two bales. The
fields ot several of his neighbors are
In the same fix, though the damage
to them Is not so bad. Mr. Davis
says that the principal harm Is to
the late small cotton. The older la
In better shape. He figures that If
the pest continues Its work that
Thomas county will not have more
than half a crop. He says that Sun
day night between sundown and dark
he was In bis cotton patch and saw
swarms of little brown files about
like the kind that buss around a
light, only smaller, and lighter - In
color. He thinks these lay the egg
that produces the worm that damages
the crop. ^ ’ y \
This Is the first report of any d{-C^r
structlve agency of this sort at work
In this section of the state. The
Tlmes-Enterprlse Is making an In
vestigation In other parts of the
county to ascertain If the damage Is
general, and will make a further re
port later.
E. C. DICKEY DECEASED.
DEATH IN FLORIDA.
Smith Pomunore, Native- of This
County Dlad at Madison.
Madison, Fla., Aug. 20.—Smith A.
Parramore, a native of Thomas coun
ty, Georgia, 72 years old died at the
residence of his son-in-law, Theo
dore Randel, Saturday. He was bur
led yesterday afternoon iu the fam
ily cemetery by the side of his wife,
whom he had survived for several
years. His father moved to Florida
before it became a state and he lived
there until his death. He was a
Conferedate aoidler, as captain of a
cavalry company, which, under Gens.
Flnegan and Dlcklson, rendered val
uable service In East and South Flor
ida. A large 'gathering of citizens.
In which were a number of Confed
erate veterans, attended the’servlces,
which were conducted by Rev. Cole
Ot tlff WMbt church.
Former Thomasvllle Man
Away In Florida.
News was. received here yesterday
that Edward Clower Dickey had died
at his home In High Springs, Fla.,
yesterday morning at 1:20 o’clock.
He was brought here on the midnight
train last night and the funeral ser
vices will take place at the Dickey
-tome at number 14 College street
and were conducted by Rev. A. W.
Bealer, at four o’clock. -
Mr. Dickey was an old Thomas
county boy having been raised . In
Tbomasvtlle. The Elks and Odd
Fellows will officiate.
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The Barwick Budget.
Barwick has been much Interested
In Jaseball ot late. Our team de
feated Dillon 18 to 8 list Friday, and
Boston 19 to 11 lest Monday.
Miss Lou Redfearn and Mrs. M.
C. Parson returned from Indian
Springs Monday, Where they hare
been attending camp meeting.
Rev. Bennett preached here last
Sunday.
Mr. G. N. Thornhill la ill with fe-
yer.
Mrs. S. E. Sanchez and Miss Fan
nie Ragan visited Moultrie Monday.
Mr. John Howell of Moultrie, who
was to speak here on Monday night
In behalf of Hbke Smith, tailed to
show up.
Miss Tessle Drew was the guest of
Miss Jessie Redfearu Sunday.
D. H. Redfearn came over from
Mitchell county and spent Sunday
with home folks.
A. E. Massey of Cairo spent Sun-^
day with friends here.
Messrs. Massey, Pope, Suber, Cros
by, Strickland took a days’ outing at
White Springs, Snnday.
Clyde Rountree of Boston
Sunday’s yrelcome visitors.