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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
Thomsavllle Times, Vol XXX.'
Thomasville Enterprise, Vol. XLVIL
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1906.
New Series Vol. XVI, No. 28*
MORE QUIET
AFTER RIOT
Assault on Wbite Women
lead to Ruthless
Race War.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 24 .(Special to
Tlmea-Enterprlse)— Everything Is
quiet tonight, and the situation Is
brighter than at any time since the
rasa riot began. The military au
thorities hare dismissed all the out
ride companies ot the national guard
» Jered here, and Bacon, Barnes-
rille Jackson and Gridin companies
returned to their homes this after
noon. The local companies are held
In service. They are at their
armories under arms and ready to
respond If necessity arises. There
are 12 companies, about 400 men on
- duty. It is not believed that there
will be further trouble tonight.
The business streets have resumed
their normal appearance. The
schools have all been open today.
All saloons are closed and K will re
main so, until all possibility ot
trouble has pased. 'The street cars
are running on regular schedule. But
few negroes are to be seen, and many
business houses are handicapped by
the absence of negro labor Hard
ware houses have been ordered not
t,, sell firearms and ammunition.
Recorder Broyles Is sending to
the stockade, without the alterna
tive of lines, all men accused of'in
citing riot. Ten known deaths have
been reported, and It Is thought that
many more have taken place. The
Grady hospital Is Oiled with Injured.
So far no deaths of white men have
been reported.
Atlanta, Ga.,. Sept. 24.—(Special
to Tlmes-Enterprlse)—After two
days and nights of Intense excitement
and scenes of terror, due to the Worst
race riot Georgia has ever known, At
lanta has quieted down, and the po
lice and militia are In control of the
situation. But before this came
about more than a score of segroes
were slain, and many scores were
wounded. The exact number of the
dead and hurt cannot be obtained,
and probably never will be, as the
negroes are afraid to report them.
The city Is now patrolled by armed
troops who patrol the streets and
who have quelled the disorder. The
city is not under martial law, but the
military and civil authorities are co
operating. Col. Clifford L. Ander
son Is In commnnd of the troops. All
of the Atlanta companies were called
out. Companies of militia from Ma
con, Rome, Barnesvllle, Cedartown,
Marietta, Griffin and Jackson were
ordered Into the city. They were
put on duty at once and are In the
suburbs today.
The troubles were the result of the
repeated assaults on white women by
negro brutes. Nine of these assaults
were committed during the past
month. In few of tbhse cases were
the assailants brought to justice. The
public mind was Inflamed by this
awful state of affairs and the lndig-
natjon burst all bounds -Saturday-
night when reports In extra editions
of the afternoon papers showed four
cases of 'attempted assalut, within a
few moments of each other, on Sat
urday afternoon.
The downtown streets were
thronged by excited crowds. About
ten o'clock they began to chase ne
groes off the-streets, bqt there was
no disposition to kill them. The
crowds were composed largely of
young men. The real trouble start
ed when a negro showed light and
cut a white man with a knife. Then
It meant death or injury .to any per
son with a,black s£ln.
1 'Negroes were pulled off the street
cars, and cuj^^nd shot to death.
There were tenf’s./j^vand people In
the mob and they ^no reason
or discrimination In thei.^*e 4 ->cks.
Negroes were attacked who.
found and It they Sid not make their
escape were killed. Property was
not regarded. Windows were
smashed In the Kimball House, trol-
lay care were wrecked, and stores
gutted. In mad pursuits.
The' lire department was called
out, and swept the streets with- hose
but the mpb.- would form again bn
another street Mayor -Wood
ward made tfirs* speeches Saturday
night in a vain endeavor to quiet the
mob,
Ftaallyafba? tour hoars of I wild
disorder the tnllltia began to form at
2 o’clock Sunday night, and the mobs
dispersed. All day Sunday there
were excited throngs who paraded up
and down the struts. They stood In
little awe‘Of the soldiers. Negroes
were chased In the suburbs, and
hundreds of them left the city on
every train. Bodlep of dead negroes
werb slipped out of the city .for burial
and the wounded were nursed under
cover. But few negroes appeared In
the street cars, or on .the streets.
The mobs did nothing except ehout
snd march, so that the soldiers could
not arrest them: With the advent
of darkness hades broke loose again.
Near the camp of the toldlers a mob
chased a negro Into the Marlon Hotel
and killed him on the steps Sunday
night. A negro was shot, out on the
edge of the city, but the arrival of
troops saved hie life. Negroes fired
on a car and shot a white conductor,
but did not kill him. The negroes
were by this time thoroughly fright
ened and did not attempt to light
back, but only to get away from the
city. But at midnight Sunday things
had quieted down and the militia
seemed fa have .control of tbs. city.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. OB.—(3/ieHc!)
following the killing of County Po
liceman Jamea Heard by negroes at
Brownsville last night troops sur
rounded negro settlement this morn
ing and arrested 257 negroes, of
whom seventy-live, the ringleaders,
were held as witnesses. The othors
were disarmed and released.
Bodies of two negroes Paul Fam
bro and Georgia Wilder, who were
killed In a fight with the police were
found toaday by the troops.
Will Moreland and James Fletcher,
two negroes, were shot to death in a
pitched battle with the police this
morning at 6 o’clock. Another ne
gro died tonight.
This brings the known death list,
since Saturday night up to 18.
The day has been quiet and every
point Is well guarded tonight. No
outbreak Is anticipated.
1 Three new companies of troops ar
rived tonight from Jackson, Athens
and Madison, called here by Gover
nor Terrell. Thus augmenting the
guard by more than one hundred
men following the citizens meeting
0 f this morning.
The clay council met this after
noon and at the request of the citi
zens permanently revoked the li
censes of 57 negro saloons and res
taurants. Most of these are on De
catur street, the negro quarter where
most of the criminals congregate.
Atlanta, G.. Sept. 25.—Shortly
after 5 o’clock this morning state
troops began a raid on Brownvllle, a
negro settlement south ot Atlanta,
with an estimated black population
of 1,500. Two hundred and fifty-
seven negroes were arrested. A ma
jority were heavily armed. One ne
gro tried to escape and was shot.
Every prisoner who had a weapon
was put on a car and sent to police
barracks.
One ot the first men arrested was
CITY VALUES
SHOW CAIN
J ax Returns Increased,
Negroes More So Than
Whites. ~
The--tax returns for the city of
Thomasvllle are all In, the council
has long since finished lta work and
the books turned over to Treasurer
Mitchell by Clerk Maclean.
The total returns for this year
show an increase over laat of fits,-
*71.40,
The books for ISOS show at fol
lows:
Whites $2,773,805.70. Negroes
$3*2,260.
Total $3,10$,066.70.
The books for 1606 show as fol
lows:
Whites $1,7*1,367.30. Negroes
$$41,430.'
Total $2,962,808.30
This shows that there was an in-
crease in the taxable property of the
whites of only $52,438.40 and an In
crease In the taxable property ot the
negroes of $90,834
The total Increase Is not as large
as was expected by a great many peo
ple. When asked as to the cause of
this yesterday one citizen remarked
that It could be attributed to the
system In vogue in Thomasvllle.
Very few citizens In Thomas
vllle ' make any returns, and It
left to council to fix the valuation.
Many think this System should be
changed,
However a total increase of over
$140,000 Is better than no Increase
at all,
L. J. Price, the negro post!
who Is charged with aupplylng
munition to the blacks.
The negroes In the settlement are
hemmed In by the militia, ths Gov
ernor’s Horse Guard and the county
police. The troops have a gatllng
gun.
During a battle In the dark last
night In South Atlanta between ne
groes and county officers, Policeman
James Heard was Instantly killed.
Hla partner, Officer Frank Jordan
using the dead body of his pal for
breastworks, poured several rounds
from his pistol into the rankB of the
negroes. It Is believed that five or
six were killed.
While Sam McGruder and Wiley
Brooks, two negroes suspected of
being Implicated In the killing of
Hoard, were being sent to tha bar
racks on the last car, a mob attack
ed that car and during the ensuing
excitement the negroes -ran off. They
were pursued and ran upon the
porch of Park Commissioner Manley,
on Crew street. Mrs. Robert Thotnp
son, who was soon to become a
mother, and who resided next door
to the Manley home cattle out on
her front porch In time to see the
negroes shot down by the mob’ She
fell to the floor and soon expired
from heart failure brought on by
fright. \ '
While attempting to kill Bicycle
Policeman Geo. H. Maddox m! p.
C. Smith, this morning shortly after
6 o’clock, at No. 2 Mcg-lidar .troet,
Will Moreland and Janies Fletcher,
negroes, .were shot to death by the
officers. The negroes had barricaded
themselves In the house and .were
shootlbg at every white person who
passed.
Sheriff Nelms has sworn In 450
citizens as deputies to cope lii'a the
situation.
Atlanta. Ga.. Sept., 26,—Every
thing Is quiet today^ There, was no
serious disorder last night.
tibe governor this morning, asking
that rewards be offered for the in
stigators of Saturday’s mob. He
takes the matter under considera
tion.
The service of the militia here
from Saturday till today cost the
state $7,000. p.
The Marietta Rifles are thinking
of asking leave to disband, because
the mayor of Marietta had a case
made against Captain Fred Morris,
tor ringing the riot alarm to get the
company together to come to At
lanta.
At eleven o'clock last night, In
the suburbs, a party of negroes fired
upon a squad of mllltla, but none of
Uhe soldiers were Injured.
. Business, which has practically
been suspended since Saturday was
this morning. It Is now
that all trouble Is over
;b the officers are still on the
UlqrtN
force* of dtl-
» W 1
sworn in as dep-
S«*rd. The Slight
est sign of-Trouble will be dealt with
Instantly.
The people kjt grill fixclted and ap
prehensive. jhe terrible lesson dealt
the negroes has thoroughly cowed
them tor the i^nt# JtSvffg bnt it Is
feared that they will give trouble at
some future;date. /The colored pop
ulation. Is sullen and does not seem
cant4fct to lit matters quiet gown
permanently. For ,4h!s reason the
whites,'especially those-living Ii^ the
suburbs, are not easy ,in their mlndB.
Until every vestlgd of ,i
past the cltlsens of Atlanni will In
no wise abandonthe vigilance which
haa characterized them. Protection
committees have been organized In
all the communities throughout
town. Every household In Atlanta
Is protected by firearms of some char-
BIG DEALS
AT^ MEIGS
land Is Improving Iir
Price-Other News
Items.
(By J. 8. Searcy.)
Bic Land Deal.
Mr. J. R. Macon, once a prominent
turpentine man here, but more lately
a farmer, sold his plantation a short
time ago to the Pelham Land and
Improvement Co. He bought the
land-from Mr. Jas. Vick, Sr., about
two yarn ag 0 and has farmed and
run a saw mill, on it since. The
price he received for the farm was
about $10,600. He will move hla
s»m wlmfwpysbrdd ec thramtfedsc
saw mill to the; lands of Mr. W- E.
Alllgood, perhaps this week,
loads Doubling la Value.
The aale of the Macon land, and
other property within a radius of a
few miles'of this place show that
the lands have doubled la value in
the past few years. The above
mentioned place was offered three
years ago ror $6,000. A portion of
It has been sold by the recent pur
chasers for a profit above that.
Schools Prosperous:
In spite of the extreme scarcity of
labor to gather the cotton crop
farmers are liberally patronising
the school here. The enrollment is
more than for years at this season
ot the year. Many more pupils are
promised after the first of October.
Building -Brick.
There is a steady demand for lar
ger houses and more houses here.
Building goes on but the houses do
not come fast enough.
A Young Inventor.
Besides being an artist and song
writer and other things that require
genius, Otto Carter, a yotlng pupil-
In the Graded School here, and son
of Mr. J. N. Carter, Is an inventor.
•Vf-He -has lately, with hos own hands,
constructed a light making apparatus
that for simplicity "beats the
band.” He Is one of the busiest boys
In school and when he Is out never
finds time to smoke cigarettes nor
louag about the streets.
Theatrical Notes.
The Armstrong Electric show has
been here for several days. We
failed to see the electric part.
_. Mayor Wilkes has booked two good
acter. The hardware stores report performance at the opero house
nhat they have sold out their lmme- ----- -
filate supply of guns and pistols and
ammunition. Thousands of ground
less rumors have been flying over the
city and have -caused excitement
among the women and children.
Many of the women have been on the
verge of a nervous panic and the man
have had all they could do to pacify
them. Hundreds of the most sen
sational reports, and those coming
from seemingly reliable sources, have
upon Investigation, turned Out to be
nothing more than Idle gossip mag
nified a thousand fold by being pass
ed from mouth to mouth.
The papers have pledged them
selves to print nothing but matter
which has been verified, and all sen
sational rumors are left out. This
has been done to prevent confusion
and put the citizens on notice of just
wjigt Is. going on around them so
they can size up the situation In Its
true colors.
Governor TerrelH-Colonhl Clifford
L. Anderson, In charge of the state
troops here; Sheriff Nelms and May
or Woodward expressed the opinion
that the worst was over. They said
they would be prepared for anything
however. Many negroes who desire
to keep nut of trouble are leaving
the city on every train. Some are
going out of the state. Others to
towns and cities in South and North
Georgia. Some of the most promlm
eat negroes in Atlanta h$Me come
forward and Informed the authori
ties that they will aid the citizens In
putting down the lawless element of
their race.
Many school .teachers are working
r their respective schools to
:urc the magnlflclent library that
this paper will give away.
Messrs W. L. Adams and W. I.
Adams, two of Pavo's leading bus
iness men, were In Thomasvllle Sat-
A company, of citizens called on' urday.
about th* last of October. No mon
keys, nor dogs.
Educations Fbfi.
'That was a fine sertnon a synopsis
of which appears this week preached
by Rev. Ed. Cook on education. If
Doctor Cook or some one else will
convince the people that they are
doing more to hinder the education
of their children than all other
causes combined, be will do a lasting
good to the cause of education. In
stead of helping to make It a suc
cess they do all they can to tear It
down. I heard a quondam teacher
say a few days since that he would
not mind teaching school If there
were no old folks In the world.
What a commentary ,on their good
sense. They are driving the best
teachers Into other business and the
education of their children Is falling
Into the hands of the Inexperienced,
and In tnnny cases, Incompetent
teachers. Many of whom are using
the school room as a stepping stone
to some other profession. But still
there are a few gum logs In the pro-
feslon that they can’t drive out.
Personal Points.
Messrs R. D. Walker, of the
Meigs Review, B: W. Atkins, and
others are preparing a trip down the
Ochlockonee river to the bay. 7h<
Meigs Lumber Company are build
ing for them a huge boat or batteau,
They will place It tn the river at
some point near here and float down
the river tolts mouth. Of course
they will walk back*
Mr. _R. L. Braswell, who left
about the first of the month to re
sume his studies, wa3 called home
Tuesday on account of the continued
low state of health of his father, Mr.
A. S. Braswell.
Mr. J. A. Montgomery. Vho’hns
been here r.i I’nemnn for the itoll
Telephone Cown-ny will In the fu
ture serve the Bell folks In the same
capacity from Thomasvllle or some
other points. He left for. that place
Tuesday.
Mr. W. H. Braswell Is In Vidalta
a few days this week closing a con
tract for a piece of turpentine prop
erty that he has over there.
Mr. J. H. Pullen, wife and children
spent Sunday at Hansell with the
family of Mr. E. C. Vick.
Mrs. H. M. Mitchell spent Monday
In this place with relatives.
Mrs. Mary Wilkes spent a day or
two In Pelham this week the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Roy Sapp.
Rsv. G. W. Stewart, and Mr. Dick
Akrldge of the Heartsfield vicinity,
spent a night very pleasantly at the
home of-Judge Stubbs.
Mr. Robt. Johnston a former res
ident of this place, bnt now ot FJo-
rala, Ala., was a visitor here Mon
day.
Little Schley Duren sallied forth
Saturday morning with a dozen
packages of “fresh blled peanuts.”
for which this place Is noted, and an
nounced that he would give hit en
tire sales that day to the Orphans
Home. Being a chip.-off of the o!
block any way, It is useless to bi
that his sales Increased.
Mr. George Sweat of Leland w
here Sunday.
Mr. W. E. Duren and wife of
Thomasvllle were visitors here Shn-
Jay. __
Mrs. Della Drew and two children
have returned to their home In St.
Petersburg, Fla., after a pleasant
visit to relatives here.
Miss Mamie Ott spent Sunday and
Monday with the family of Mr. Se*r-
ler near town.
Tax Collector Heetfl was Bern
this week on his first round. The
old saying that nothing- fir sure Bnt
death and taxes, forgets the waslri
woman’s bills.
Mr. S. A. Miller spent Sunday and
Monday, In Thomasville, hla old
tramping fcroqnd.
Fray Fulford and Dan Miller <ame
down from Camilla 8uuday.
C. S. and, Lewis Denward of Al
bany were her* Sunday.
Roy Rupp: of Ochlockonee wan
perambulating our streets Sunday. -
Miss Lucy McIntosh, a charming
viator from Boston is her* this week
the guest ot Mrs. L. H. Singletary.
Mr. H. B. McCormac from About-
and-About, always s welcome visitor
was here this week.
Mr. William Hamilton of Colquitt
county pased through this place
Wednesday afternoon driving 82/t
sheep to West Florida where he la
going to sheep raising.
Messrs. Jamed Vick and N. C. Ed
moadton wade a visit to Pelham. Sun
day.
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS. ”
Hughes, Insurance Investigator, Gets
Gubernatorial Nomination.
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 26.—After
last night’s late session the Republi
can State Convention reassembled
this morning and after finishing pre
liminaries nominated by acclamation
Charles E. Hughs, of New York, for
governor. M. Lynn Bruce was simi
larly nominated for lieutenant-gov
ernor.
SEWER WORK GOING WELL.
City Baring Money and Good Progress
Being Made.
The work of sewer extension it
Thomasville Is progressing most sat
lsfactorUy. , Engineer H. Si Jaudont
Is In charge, and the city hires the
labor direct This method has’ proved
much better than sub-letting the
work by contracts.
The work began at Magnolia Part,
and a wide stretch of territory has
been covered In quick time. The
negro cemetery has been passed dur
ing the last few days and yesterday
the men were working near Broad
street, and the railroad Crossing ot
the Albany branch. The work to
date has been handicapped by the
fact that the ground passed through
has been marshy and swampy. Thin
has made progress slow and difficult.
Immediately In front of the workmen
now there is a 22 foot deep cut to be
made. This Us the deepest cut on
made. This Is the deepest out on
the line of march. After this has
been dug the depth will be in the
neighborhood ot five or six feet, and
progress will be more rapid.
There has been some difficulty Is
securing labor, as la the case with
any enterprise at thlB particular time.
Eighteen men are now on the force-
and they are making good time. The-
plpe being used is-of good quality
and comes up to the specifications.
The city authorltes state that the
cost of the work will be within the
appropriation ot $18,000. in a
short rime sewer extension will be a-
realized fact.
In this connection the ruling of the:.
Board of Health and the'city coun
cil to- the effect that all open closets
must be discontinued by the first of
May, is recalled. There are many
houses, even In the center of town,
not .connected with the sewers
Owners of these must betW condit
ions, under penalty, within the next
seven months. Several of them
are already moving to that end, and
many connections are being muds.