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-ENTERPRISE OCTOBER, 12, 1000.
• Mr. and. Mr*. John C, Courtney » lu
WANT COLDHN ?
Salem Notes. (
•' Rev, J. M. Sheppard, Mr. J. K eympathDe with
Herndon and Mr. A. fc. Burgew are their little nine
attending tbe- Beulah Primitive Bap- died recently^
tint Association near Sopchoppy, Fla., Mr*. J. M. Bl
.’this week. ter* Annie Lon
• Mr. U M. Corrington tart Sis' baby Ing In Mlfcon.
boy who died suddenly thl* week. Mr. Jack Cast
The unveiling ot the monument to residing at Wll
T. W. Davl* will- take place on the eral month* hai
’afternoon of the fourth Sunday at A thirteen p<
3 p. m. The Woodmen of the World something to be
will have charge of the ceremony. wells was here
Mr. Ous Davis'* lltle child died nlng hls ears <
this week and was burled Tuesday. news of the a
THE VAUNTED “POWER OF THE PRESS"
AND THE REAL REASONS FOR IT.
South Georgia Progress. _
Published every Friday by the
iME3-EIiTERPBl8E PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
At the Tlmes-Enterprlse Building
' > 1 Thomasvllle, Oa.
aaT.ut—Several ‘ 'good milk
, also a number, of fine work
and brood sows, also a good
m tn and steam engine. Gandy
nUntte JO-6-2td-2tw
publicity. Also almost every politi
cal graft game that has been over
turned has been pushed, fr^m Its
pedestal ot power by the press. The
New York papers are not typical Of
the press as a 'whole, they are as
much exaggerations of the norinal
functions at a Journal *as are their
cartoons of reality. But they are
waging war on the trusts, and doing
It well. They maintain legal bu
reaus and detective bureaus for the
ferreting out of criminals, and when
they start on the trail, be it that of
a monopoly or a pickpocket, they re
turn with a sealp.
WANTED—a boy from the country
who wants to go to school In town.
Liberal Inducements. Address J
F. Knapp. TbomasvilUt Ga.,~R. F.
n No. 1. 2t-d-2t-w
matter.
railroad and turpentine woods
laborers, white or colored; good
wages, stpady employment. 1 Jack-
son Lumber Company. Lockhart,
Covington county, Alabama.
'10-5-lm-w
\The Gazette desires to commend
In the heartiest terms? the treatment
given the “sensation" of Monday
night by the Thomasvllle Tlmes-En
terprlse and Valdosta Times. /These
pa pei b took the trouble to ascertain
the truth of the matter, and their
accounts wore fair and correct.—TIf-
ton Oazettc.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Weekly, One Year
Weekly, Six Months
Weekly, Three Month*
Dally, One Year.
Dally, Six Months..
.Daily, Thro* Month* •
Dally. On* Month.
The genial public ha* Strange
Ideas on this subject as well as many
others. They think the life of the
newspaper iqan Is all roses. He is
regarded as a^ fortunate Individual,
who spends his time smoking good
cigars handed him by admiring
friends,' in riding on "free" passes.
In going to all the shows, free of
’charge, In eating free meals, and In
other ways culling houey^from the
flowers Wt line the wayside. Thlk
is lust a case of what you see and
what you don’t see. The public sees
nothing of the hard work, the petty
trials, the nauseating dlsappolnt-
260 Acres of land in Grady coun
ty, o 3-i miles northeast of Cairo,
41-2 miles to nearest point on rail
road known os the R. B- McCord
old place, but now owned by J. W-
Dixon. Nice, comparatively new (
dwelling, good out buildings, 60 (
acres under cultivation. .One of the
best farming places in the county. ,
Also, one of the finest bodies of <
rotrSrd^timbered land In this section
of the country. .Enough timber oty
place to pay for K. .If you want *
fine place and a good body of timber
st a bargain. I
bee J. D. McCORD, 15. F. lh NO-3,
.OFFICIAL PAPER OF THOMAS
COUNTY.
GUARANTEED CIRCULATION 2,000
The Thomasvllle Tlmes-Enterprlse
declare* that the wont thing about
candidate Hughes is his bl-partlte
whiskers. Bosslbly v the Times-En-
terprise hag been recalling the fact
that Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and
Comer, of Alabama, do not wear
whiskers.—Columbus Enquirer.
MARKETS.
New York Cotton Market.
' Open High Low Close p.c.
Oct. 1106 1122 108AH10 1082
Dec.' Uo 1121 1086 1116 1076
Jan. 1J08 1127 1002 1121 1082
Mar. 1120 1141 1108 1117 1099
Middling 1140. Tone Arm. ,
BUSINA NEWS ITEMS.
■ New Orleans Cotton slaixet.
Open High Low Clow p.c.
Oct; 1111 H*1 1« 98 1134 1093
Dee. 11c 1130 1090,1121 1092
Jan. till 1118 11c 1180 1101,
Mar. 1128 1160 1120 1150 1119
Middling 11c. Tone steady. r
Father Is
SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS OR FOR CASH.
Liverpool Cotton Msrkrt,
Open * p. m. Close p.c.
585
Sept-OcL
Oct-NpV.
Nov-Dee,
Dec-Jan.
Jaa-FSb.
Middling 631. Sales 7,000. Tone
quiet . — . '
Edison, Carried in Stock Here.
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION.
GOOD NEW ORGANS SOLD FOR $62.00.
Pianos of all grades, on easy paymepts.
C. c. COCROFT,
THOMASVILLE, - - - GEORGIA.
Chicago Grain Market '•
■*! Open High Close
Dec. wheat . 74 2-8 73 7-8 74 1-8
Dee. corn . . 42 1-8 41 3-4 42 1-4
Dec. oats . 1 2* 7-8 83 1-4 34 1-8
Jsn. ribs. . . ,..74<L 735 *, 745
WEAREREADY
TO FILL YOUR.
MAIL ORDERS
' FOR
MEN’S, WOMENS’ AND CHILDREN’S
FALL AND WINTER
CLOTHING, HATS AND
FURNISHINGS.
WE (AMT EVERYTHING READY-TO-WEAR.
i', r Country Droduce.
Thomasvllle, Oa.vOct. 11.
' Chickens, fries 15 @ 35
Eggs - i* * * - 34
WBsts, seed 46
r. otu feed! ... . ..' 33
*> Gottorn seed meal •• .... — T.10
Now the'whole thing eeems to be
this. A newspaper cannot create a
condition. It can exploit a con
dition that does exist. In any one of
several ways, all with more or less
effect It Is tolly to say that the
newspapers are to blam* tor the riot
In Atlanta. They did not committ
the assaults that led to the mob
iThey are censured for Issuing ex-
! tras, but when Is an extra, excusable.
Bran ... ... .
Hulls
Corn, per bnshel
Hay, No. 1 .. .*
L Timothy, .Choice
Haas . ...... .. .
Cotton, spot ..
Cotton seed . .
If not In times like that? if we bad
been running a paper In Atlanta wo 3
would have had one out evesy hour,
we would .
There Is a fool religious set known
as the "Holy Jumpers." They ought
to be lumped up and down on a duck
ing stooL
Mr. J. D. Holman, CatoaTe dealer
In. horses and mules hadl some very
effective advertising dons between
this place sad Cairo.
'ARor.aerenl months OC awful aut-
Hartsfield, who
"big type and all.
. have been careful to tell the TRUTH.
There la an ojd story about a rids
young man with a charming flamces,
and wide popularity, who started out
to tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothlag but the truth for an entire
day. When the sun sank over he
western hills he found himself with
out money, friends, fiancee, or aught
else, that makes life worth living, an
the loss being due to the truth reso
lution. This same fate would over-
1f you are Interested In education
you will vote In the school library
contest now being conducted by tGe
Tlmes-Enterprlse.
ferine. Mr. Grimn
lived near Whigham. but was tor-
maty n resident of this iRstiict. died
from cancer tost Tuesday? and was
; Interred In the burial groead of the
i Baptist church here. Mr. Hartslleld
was the brother-in-law ot Messrs,
lo in dud Joseph Castleberry, ot this
-lace. He wss a quiet unassquil...
-.an. end n good cttlsan and father.
. ad -ad the respqct et aR who knew
| :1m. '
Mrs. J. J. Cortes fati ret,rnci! tn
i imr home In TbomagriTn ef’er vKit-
| lag Mends here.
I The many friends and relatives ef
GEORGIA.
comments whleh are prompted by
rather careless reading on your part;
no doubt owing to tbe heavy pres
sure ot your business. Yon say in
’ your comments ’’that they ge furth
er than that,” previously speaking ot
slow fever snd not malarial^ and my
the common house fly Is to blame for
| malaria and not kny one at the do-
! sen other things to wblch the dir- ■
’ ease has been attributed.’”
'■ Tbls to a misstatement ef an tm-.
portant aclentlflc tact, as well as thi j
opinion of Dr. Harris In the traus ;
mission‘‘of malaria. There la m 1
stronger adherent than Dr. Harri j
' of the fact that the mosquito to t e
sole agent In the transmission of ma
lari*. You confuse the public tula-’
# ou this subject by your comment,
' which Is calculated to do harm, es
pecially In our efforts to promote
sanitation and the prevention of dts-
[ erne.
Please re-read the report and you
^ will se that Dr, Harris has made no'
such statemtnt as attributed to him.
A Very truly.
A. P. TAYLOR.
Mallary Bros.
Machinery Co*
'Macon, Georgia
Harvle Jordan, conflrmed optimist,
says that cottoa will reach twelve
cents. Give Harvey a point and he
claims a thousand.
The Atlanta News says “Col. Guyt
McLendon 'has not explained away
•that letter yet.” He doesn’t have to
The Southern States need more
immigrants, provided however they
are good Immigrant^. A commiss
ioner Is now in Scotland trying to
get some of tbe canny scots to come
hither. The porridge eaters make
fine dtlsens. , \
argerl More ToolsI -More Machinery! More and Better
Mechanics to Do the Work.
PRICES ARE LOWER AND WORK TURNED OUT QUICKER AND BETTER THAN EVER* BEFORE.
THE ONLY MODERN UP-TO-DATE SHOP IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA- WE REPAlfc ALL KINDS OF GUNS'
STOCK GUNS, SELL GUNS, REPAIR PISTOLS, SELL PISTOLS, SELL PMTOIri, SELL ALL KINDS OP
AMMUNITION. REPAIR SOWING MACHINES, GASOLINE ENGINES AND SMALL MACHINERY, IN
FACT DO ALMOST ANYTHING IN REPAIRING AND BUILDING THAT A FIRST CLASS MACHINE SHOP
CAN DO. WE CARRY A FINE HAND LOADED SHELL THAT OUTHHOOTJ) EVERYTHING. ALSO FINE
CUTLERY, LOCKS AND KEYS. LIGHT HARDWARE AND HIGH GRADE BICYCLES AS LOW AS *18.30.
SPORTING GOODS OF ALL KINDS. QUICK WORK. BEST WORK. LOWEST PRICES OUR MOTTO.
Hearst’e enemies are endeavoring
to make him appear inconsistent A
plain ease ot record reversal and In
consistency wte made out against
Hoke Smith, governor elect of Geor
gia, but the people believed in his
present protestations, would not lis
ten to hte earlier record, and voted
him In by a Mg majority. History
may repeat lUMf In New York.
OpposLe Polke Barracks.