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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
.Ttoim'tavillit Titnrs. Vol WX
yhoma^vlHi’ fcnterpnt***. Vol. }
TIIOMAHVIIjLB, CJKOBGIA. FiUDAT XOVEMKEtf O, 1906;
Millionaire Resident’s Fs
/ tate Goes to Wife
and Daughter.
Charley Fc rd, well knows
Negro, Killed %
Another.
Y. M. C. A. Increases Lead
Pavo School is Now
Ahead.
State School Commis-
, sionsr Approves T.-E,
Library Contest.
The will of Jay C. Morse was Clod As s the result of a Debt la Om
for probate In solemn form jester* public road near Dillon, Chadv
day morning. In the court of ordln- Ford, a well known negro Is daML
ary. No estimate of the value of and Bee Olasher, the man wha la
the estate Is given In the will, In fact said to have killed him la a fagSr-
lt contains the provision that the es- tlvo from the officers,
tate shall not be Inventoried, but a The k:IHIng la supposed tohe don
reading f the will shows that It to trouble over a woman. Tkaa
amount, to many hundreds of thou- were two witnesses ^ to the sftss.
sands of dollar*. The will was made Ford was well known In Thom**-
in Cleveland on the ninth of No- vlIIe ' He w “ employed by fl. JL
vember 1904 and Mr. Morse died on Arthttr ' m4n ** er . ot the Tom *"
the 22nd of August 190«. Md otlen drOTO “ r ' Artta '
The executor, of the will are Jas. t0 Thom “ Tllle - He dr8w
. . v. „ „ wages and was of/ the "sporty am-
H. Hoyt, of Cleveland, H. O. Dalton „ _
.. _ , , „ _ - . , . , . rloty.” dasher also lived .at
of Cleveland, and Robert L. Ireland Toun|s<> „„ ^ .
of Thomasvllle, The attorney. ^ 0 „ r Ford ., wIfa>
representing the executor, are J. H. dlaappeared . d .„ ako . M
Hoyt of Cleveland. W. M. Hammond dIgappeared a fow da)rs ag9 . M
of Thomasvllle and Joi. Ilansell „ ont , a Marcb of her u, wajowm.
Merrill of Thomasvllle. taking Olasher with him but did ns*
The principal benflclary of the wlil g nd tb8 sroman.
Is Mr. Morse's daughter, Mrs. Caro-j The men were In ThomassBto
lyn Morse Ely. She is given a cash | Tuesday and left for their home la
bequest of 9100,000 and two thirds uhe evening In the same baxzx-
of tho estate, goes to her and her They were seen to be quarreling ww
son Jay Morse Ely. They are to re-j the road. Tho killing took pbm
celve the Income from this, until the j after what the witnesses say Mai
boy, now aged 13, Is 25 years of been a heated conversation, sheet
age, nnd no distribution is to lake ’ ihe woman. Ford is .said to has*
piano until after that time, or until I remarked, “Well If all that 1* trzm
after the deaths of Mrs. Morse and you might as well kill me.” sat
Mr „ EIy ' ' held up his hands over t hls head.
Mrs. Seville H. Morse, the widow, ola,ter 10011 hlm at fcls * rord ’ ”*
receive, one third of the estate, and 8 ' JOt ' j:m «>™ugh the heart with *
„ . .. , ■ . piste!. Pcath was Immediate,
all of the personal property of tho . .
. ....... . It Is said that Charley had pr*
deceased except the bouce, and . .. . . ... „
« • . . . -vlously said that he would iUmm
grounds nt Wheaton, III., w.-.Ich lJ/„, . . - . . ... . ,, .
'Olasher to shoot him, and tans
given to Mr3. Ely, The splendid _ , , ... .
“lasher did not have the asrssL.-.
estate here. "Inwood” was given to when Kl0 negroc ., rcmala ,
Mrs. Morse some years ago a. a! „ am!n( , a <1SB wn3 found ls bW
birthday present, and only the rocoat Eaclt , Hla rema : n , wore brought *»
purchases of land belong to (ho es- Thomasvllle, and shipped to Sjliea-
ter. yesterday for Interment.
The only other direct beneficiaries j t was rumored that Clas'ier bet
of tho will are his sister, Mrs. Fan- surrendered to the officers yo3t»w-
nle V. Moody, of Palnesvlllc, O., h!a day but such Is not truo. Tfcsr
sister Sirs. Cclcstla Whltlaw. of J think they know of his wheroaboaba
Paris, Ont., and his niece, Mm. Kate nnj ho util doubtlcu bo capture*
Whltlaw Eond,' of Montreal. Each within a few days ,
Votlnc in tho TIme3-Enterprtre
contest has been brisk since the last
count was made. There la scarcely
an entry on the list that has not re
ceived' substantial additions to Its j
vote. In the contest for the piano
the aetlve workers for the Y. M. <E
A. hove slightly Increased the lead
of pat Institution over the Vaahtl
Home, though both have received
ireny hundreds of votes. In the
school contest the Pavo school has
made remarkable gatna, and has
lumped from the foot ot the list to
the' head, with Boston, formerly
loader, as second. '
The handsome piano, on exhibition >
at the store of tho Thomaavllle Soda
Company will not go to any one or
ganization with a walk over. The
Y. M. C. A." the Vaahtl Home, the
niics end the Masons are all well up
In the running. During the past
few days the greatest gains have
been made by the Y. M. C. A., but
many votes have been cast for the
other threo organizations, while the
remaining secret orders have also
swelled their total. - - .
Thu piano la going to be given to
of the contestants, “h
night nt well he mine,
What alliul be done with the South
Georgia College building? This Is a
question that tho people o/Thomaa-
vllle will bs {.called upon to consider
aa-the result of a resolution passed
by the Board of Education at their
regular monthly meeting.
The resolution la as follows:
Resolved: That the president ap
point a committee of three members
of this boacdfto present the inter
ests of tblgHpd In the University,
ot Georgia Aperty located In Thom-
asvtlle to trStee* of the University.
Resolved that the committee be em
powered to employ an | attorney, If
The library contest of the Tlmcs-
Enterprlse has the endorsement of
the highest educatloncl authority In
the state, Hon. W. B. Merritt, super- 1
lntendent of schools for Georgia. Mr.
Merritt wea In the city yesterday,
and- In conversation with a Times-
Enterprise reporter.be said:
“1 notice that the ’ Tlmes-Enter-
prlse proposes to give away a school
library. The list, of books la a
spleddld one, and any school ought -
to he glad to have It. I think tho
Idea Is a good one, and your sub
scribers are to be congratulated on
having such an opportunity.
"I eiall try to Interest other pa
pers throughout the state In^the tamo j
Idea and thus benolt the schools, it;
will be my pleasure to make men
tion of your action In my annual re
port. and I know Capt.- Maclean will
Incorporate-mention of It’ In hla re-
• men.
port to me. i
Chicago
“In the .meantime I want Capt . ..
to tho A:
Maclean to write me tha details of lng a ; 10w
tho rlan so that I can have them pub- | 0d ’217
llshed in the Southern Educational Congress
Journal. It is n great thing to W |. b B . x
arouse Intorest In libraries - and I D f which
trust your contest will ho very sue- publicans,
cossful." . | rndla
v--Mr.. Merritt was much Interested Indiana
ed by the figures available early
thlj morning. V/UIlam R. Hears:,
Democratic and Independent- League
candidate, had a plurality In every
burough of Greater New York, bill
Hughes’ -Jp-slate vote overtame
this margin. A number of districts
are missing, which.may change the
figures several thousand elthef^Vay.
Hcarst held to tho linpo of his
election until 2:15 o'clock this
merging, when he echo up. The 2
o'clock edition of Ilearst’s “Amer
ican"’ says editorially that HugVes
secretary record b(m as ^o voting.
He alao-Mandunced - that he would
not sign a warrant-as president of the
board, for the payment of the fee of
any attorney that the! committee
might employ.
Dr. McIntosh said to aVepresenta-
tlve of the Tlines-Enterprlse yester
day morning, “Yes, I voted against
the resolution and I want the people
to know It. I said I would not slgu
some one.
sny the mem-'
bora of the different ones, or those
interested In'their welfare, and thus
the confeu goes merrily on.
The derailed vote la as follows:
T. M. O. A j.\;. 3,920
Viiohtl Home 3,X25
Mesons . 1,900
Fil'S ‘ 1,100
Odd Fellows 625
K. of I>. ... 250
Woodmen 100
There has been a decided Increase
o.’ intoreit In the library contest dur-
vouchers for attorney’s fee and T
want the public to know that. 1
want the public to know all about
this matter, and about all other mat
ters In connection with the public
schools. At the proper time I Intend
to Inform them, not at a board meet
ing, but In a mass meeting that will
be called fot that purpose."
The meaning of tho resolution Is
that the majority of the board pres
ent at tho meeting has decided to en
deavor, to obtain for the city of Thom-
asrllle a title to the ground and
building where the public school Is
now located. This Is known as the
'Ifjouth Georgia College.”
Many year* ago that portion of
Thomasvllle . was Incorporated ns
the town of Flotchorvllle. Tho
their lifetime. Cortsln other nonb-
ews end nieces ere provided for fa
the eve.it of'tho death rf Mrs. Cly.
before receiving her cash toquesi of
31.00,000.
Ths iloce-scd roque3ts that'Sh ev-
ecniors nse inra la the Inve jtniest o.‘
nil shcnlca and' rhall prefer chah-
XD HEARING.
Prominent Milchc'l County
Siain Near Pelham.
oUce^ The toucher of one enter-
j prising school Is bolding several
thousand votes, enough to put his
I nrlioel In the lend any time he wishes
to turn them in.
The feature of the last few days
1 1 thO remarkable strides made by
tbc school ft P^vo. Thli ^ls a flour-
Is'-lsc Institution and the people of
that vicinity seem to think that a
library would help it very much.
The Boston school comes to tho
frovt with an Increased total, and
Ochlockonee has passed Metcalfe In
tho race. Fredonla and Meigs have
increased their totals and Ozell Is a
new entry in the race.
This is how they staOd:
r » T « 1,930
I Boston 1,925 :
Ochlockonee .: 1,275
Metcalfe ... ... ’1,045
Meigs ... ... 675
Fredonla ... 500
°“ :l 100
. llco court yesterday tborgh quite a -j-.qj
crowd l ed assembled to hear tors France**® Democrarir.
;• spicy evi-ernes that was esportcj to, blashvlUc. Tens., Nor. 7.—!n~om-
he Introduced In the race of Chester ilctn returns Indicate the election o!
afij Rhodes, charged with dlsordcily Fatterscn. Dcumcrat, for governor,
/’by 13,000, over Evens, reinbll’an.
61 . conduct. This rasa nai postpons 1 -
Ifrh rt ITMurrs from Xpw \prTc.
"j until next Thursday afternopa. Cor- yert York _ Kov% 7 ._nevl el ro-
- oral other cssc3 wore continued un-
• ' til next Monday. The lines for the
if week were ns follows: Lulu Me-
Leod $15 and rosia, Tohe Williams,
r . 94-and costa.
I against tho negroes charged with
m
V blockading the tide walk on circus
1 / day.- The case of Aaron Davit, eharg-
I: ed with the same offense was <-on-
l dinned until ..eext Monday. Lottie
I - Powers $15 and coats. Henry Taylor,
I f|; Calvin Poe. 94; Jim HU1, $5:
I r Ed Brown, $5; Joe TIbey,. 4lt;
I' . Green Wiliams $5; Ed Miller, fS;
I; Oscar Bird, $10.
1^ The offenses of most of the above
If.' were on account of drunk and dls-
I orderly on circus day here. Still
Ithe record was not a bad one. There
K:* /’were only 11 cases made here that
nBtdey Aut/a Valdosta on circus day
la c, .iitasr than those Iocs sccura
bearing 'blgber Interest.
Too will provldoj for tho dispo
sition ol
acre blocks. All but one9 block
was sold. This was preserved for
school purposes. ■ The South Geor
gia Conferenco of the Methodist
church became the owner ot the
school block by,a provision ot the
will of the gentlemen who gave It.
A school known ss Fletcher Institute
was conducted then. After the war
Prof. J. B. Scott and Prof. Mallard
conducted a private school there. By
an act of the legislature of-1878
"the South Georgia College of Agri
culture and Mechanic Arte** was es
tablished and allied with the Univer
sity of Georgia.
ono pf tho largest eratev
over ndmlolutored In a Ouorglu
court.
There were the cater
court house. Moot of the time wee de- ling obe of the women, asked, tms.
voted to the hearing of ceies of road negro wee in the honee. She rajEkE
defaulters. The commissioners ere that he wee not. Mr. Afcrligs f—-
after these with a sharp (tick. They j ed the door and as he did, .the msmi
tried several cases, and wherever the | shot one side of his heed, off, nmn-
men were found guilty they were; taring tbp brain* over the Boor, Sic
fined ten dollars and coats, a anm-j wad from tho gun lodging In lb
ber of these paid their fines. heed.
Thl* usual routine matters of pay-! The nexro' made hla escape wM
ing Mils end the like were attended i last report iiad «ot boon (hand. lh>
to. The commissioners round ft lm- tiro negro women arm tibder unset,
fioselble to get through with *11 the J Mr. Arkrldgq was stoat 99 jim»
defaulters easel a*d adjoarned to old and has a family. He wqa mM
meet again on Tuesday the twentieth,! thought of by all who knew him. Efe
After that date their full official >u a Free Mason and tho loft*,
proceedings will be flubllahed In the from Sale city and Pelham -•—
Tlmes-teterpriie. 7 .hisfnneraL
The property was
deeded by the Conference to tho Uni
versity trustees with the understand
ing that an annual appropriation of
92,000 be made by the state. A
number of the citizens of Thomas
vllle donated about 87.500 for the
building. Ponds 'for itg completion
were laoklng and the state gave 88,-
600 with which the* present brick
structure was finished. For three
or four years after the state gave an
nual appropriations of 13,009 tor
■Washington, /Nor. 7.—President
Ttooseyelf today rent a mewign of
-ohgratnlatfnn to Governor-Elect
Hughes, of New York.
Mr. end Mrs. H. E. Stackpole,.ar-
, rived yesterday afternoon 'from
their Massachusetts home, and an
again with Dr. Culpepper' on Rem
ington aveane. They are - among
j t 1 '® -most popular of Thomaerille’i
winter residents.
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