Weekly times enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1905-????, November 30, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextAND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS DMAOTIUuB, GEORGIA., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1006. NEW SERIES VOIi. XVI. Nau ■ REVOLTING JlSSADLT Negroes Arrest Member of their own race and laOim. William Robinson, a negro farmer Is In the Thomas county jail, charged with an unnatural and revolting as sault upon his six year old daughter, Hattie. The girl is In the City Hos pital badly Injured. The capture of Robinson was effaced a an early hour yeserday morning by four members of his own race, headed by Out Larkin a brother of Robinson’s wife. The assault Is siipoeed to hare taken place Thursday night It was kept a secret even from the negro neighbors of the man, and came to light when the child was brought to Thomasrllle for treatment The Robinsons lire seven miles north of ThomasvllU and the man Is about fifty years of age, and has never been In trouble before. Sheriff^lght was In Boston after another criminal, but as soon as Deputy Singletary heard of -tji'e mat ter be took the road In search of Robinson, who had lied from home. In the meantime a npmber :of n«6 groes had heard of the crime and they too started* to hun^Q&own the man. They i at the liwful deed, and the relatives of the man’s wife threatened to kill Robinson on sight. They located 1 him late Friday night In hiding In Thomasvllle. By this time they had decided to let the law take Its course and they sent to-the jail tor tome one to arrest Robinson. The on cers as related above, were all away, but Mrs. Singletary, wife of the dep uty, told them to bring Robinson to Jail and she would lock him up. They did so, four of them, besides Larkin, being In the party that cap tured him. He Is now In confine ment, awaiting trial. The, white people unite In com mending the colored men who made the capture, and feel that If they will act In a similar manner In all cases of assault the evil would decrease. SLICK SWINDLER. Is Working New Scheme on Farmers and Loan Men. BKHKAR OF THE CHURCH Tbomasvllle Methodists Make Fine Showing for Conference. Rev. J. 1L Outlet lett yesterday afternoon to attend the South Geor gia Conference at Valdoata. takes with him a report showing that the ThomssvUle Methodist church hi In the fires* rank of the conference. Rev. Ed. Fi Cook, presiding elder of the TbomaitVUle district goes this morning and hit report will show that Oils district is the most pros perous and liberal of any In the con ference. The total sum raised by the church for ell purposes during the year was $8,344.17. This la a re markable. showing whan It is ‘con sidered that there have been no pub- J. J. SPAIR INJURED Well Known Citizen Hurt In Peculiar Run&wa Accident John. J. Spalr, tor many years city marshal of Thomasvllle, Is very dan- - gerously wounded as the result of i> r. naway accident yesterday" nyarn- lng. Ur. Spalr Is now supprlnteft- *nt of Uelroee Plantation, the prop erty of Mr. H. il.Kauna. The ac- ciden occurred while he wet on hie way to town, and was peculiar In na ture, He was driving to Thomas vllle tin hie buggy, und following him wae a nogro In a light wagon with a spirited team of Mr. Hanna’s line horses. The vehicle was ■ a one horse affair from which the shafts had bben removed and a'tongue put In. Coming down the htll near tho Cralgmlle’a place, a bolt came loose and thV pole-slipped and the double- sermons preached or appeal* .for aid made, it hla been the outpour ing of the voluntary generou? spirit of-Thomasvilts Methodists. The ckureh rdlliihdws .t700 Mem- hen oT the church. Jhis year there were 105 ^gjtlc^^lw jjpCh»rch. makes a total diet gain for t^e two lie collections taken and no special Meet struck the horses on the heels. They bolted and the negro could not hold them. -'Mt Mr. Spalr was at tho foot of the hill In his Su^y, and could not,"get out of the way. T'u- team dashed Into his vehicle, and ono of tho horses Jumped on top of him. Ho tree thrown from tfie 'buggy and led by one of ‘ tho horsfcs. ribs were • broken, hist be was -bruised The officers of Adams county, llllnlos, have sent out warnings through the south, tellfag of a slick swindler who has a new scheme to fleece farmera and those who have money to loan. Thomas county people would do well to be on their guard against him or his confed erates. His name Is John L. But ler and be uses the aliases of Hoov- ' er, Kline, and other names. He la about 58 years of age, weighing nearly 200 pounds, 5 feet 8 inches in . height, with dark hair mixed with gray, and brown eye*. • His method of operation Is to find out what farms In a community are for tale, and pretends that he wants to buy, offering e good price. When the farmer agrees to Mil he takes him before a notary to draw up the papers. He then asks some lawyer in the county Mat to draw np a deed In proper shape. He forges the farmers name to the deed, and abstract, from the real papers which he has ien, then borrows money on the forged deed, gives e take mort gage, and skip* town. yean of Mr. Outler’a pastorate of 112 |£)m£ers. The Church ta well organized In ev#y department anil each has done Its tart. tiRpllx. Juqansed -«rtc $3,231.53, divided at follows: For ministerial -support, $2,014.30; for incidentals, $1,000.86; for the poor, $126.37, The Sunday school has contribu ted $392, the Epworth League, $320, the Foreign Mission Society, $406; the Home Mission Society, $620. For the Vashtl Home the church gave $1,32.7, and to the Orphan’s Home $200 was contributed. For missionary and benevolont purposes the contributions totaled $1,843. Of -this amount $1,000 went to Rev. B. D. Lewis, the mis sionary In Soo Chow, China, who Is suported by the Thomasvlllo church. The amount raised from all eources for foreign missions was $1,810 and for home missions $2,- 341. The report le ono ,of which the pas tor and hla people way well be proud and one that will not be excelled by any church In the conference. It la the unanimous wish of the church that Mr. Outler may be re turned for a third year, to continue hla successful labors. ^ggahept in i MAKING GOOD TIME. The A. B. 4 A. Extension Now With in a Few Miles of La Grange. La Grange, Nov. 27,The track layers of the new Atlantic and Bir mingham railroad have crossed the Troup county line and are heading towards La Grange at a rate of about'a mile a day. They are prob ably within eight miles of the city at the present and have a force of nearly 300 hands at work. , Grading baa been completed through La Grange and la being rap idly pushed In Alabama to Birming ham. Nearly every town along the line of this new road ha* felt the coming of the A.,B.1A In great activity and none have shown a greater growth perhaps, than LaOrange Traveling men say that LaGrange’s progress la truly remarkable. ran on a mile further. Mr. Spalr was taken back home and Dr. McIntosh was auinmoned. He says his patient la seriously hurt but is doing well, and should continue to do so, unless unseen complications a^lse. Mr. Spalr ti highly esteemed by scores of friends here, who hope for his early re covery from the peculiar and un fortunate accident. POLICE CALLED IN. They Helped Rev. Alex. Bcalcr Ont of Trouble in Atlanta. . Rev. Alex W. Bealer has returned from Marietta, with hla usual crop of jokes and stories. Here Is one that be did not tell, but the Atlanta Journal tells It for him: “Because be did not know that a combination lock could be opened fom the Inside, Rev. Alex W. Bealer one of the best known ministers of the Baptist denomination of Geor gia, was an unwilling prisoner In' the store of his brother, P. M. Beal er, manager of the Atlantic and Pa cific Tea company, for several hours Friday night. The minister was finally forced to call the police to open the door. When they arrived they told Hr. Bealer to turn the knob of the lock, which he did, although he barely gained the train which he expected to take. x Mr. Bealer arrived In Atlanta Friday night. Having some work to do at tho office of the Christian Index, he left a grip', overcoat- and hunting dog with hla brother, curing a key. When he returned shortly after 11 o’clock, he unlocked the. door, placed the key in hts pocket, and the latch closed behind him as he entered the store. 'He attempted to open the door later, bnt be coaid not He waited until 1:30 o'clock, and then nails-' ing that the train would leave at t o'clock, he called np the police and asked them to let him ont. The police arrived and told Mot how to unlock the door.” COUNTY MASONS ORGANIZE Seven Lodges Will meet Here in First Convention. - The seven Masonic lodges In Thontks county will form a county convention'and will mefet in Thom- asvtlle. for their Ant session on the saadtf: Thursday In January 1907. Thomasvllle lodge number $$> will be the hosts of the convention. This action Is taken In response to the recommendation of the last gland lodge. Several meetings of the county association will be held each year, with the different lodges. Tho work will be exemplified and the meetings will'bo of much benofit to all ^lodges. Especially will it help tho lodges In the smaller towns. Many of these are not able to enter tain so large a body as the district convention, and the county body will supplement the work of the dis trict gathering. Thera are seven flourishing Ma sonic lodges In Thomas county. They are situated at Thomaavlle, Boston, Pavo, Meigs, Ochlockonee, Metcalfe, and Coolldge. . The first meeting will be held In Thomasvllle and at that time the time and place of-the next meeting Will be fixed. S. W. Davis, master of the local lodge and district deputy, will "preside. FULL WEATHER STATION. Thomasvllle Ha. Chance to Secure Important Improvement. Mr. Norman B. Conger, Inspector of weather bureaus has recommend ed to the chief of the department that Thomasvllle be made a full weather station. This means that the town will have an additional man to assist Observer Strong, that a local forecast will be Issued, and a map made and mailed from this offics. At present the weather .maps used here are sent from Macon, and the forecasts printed are mad* there, and wired here. The full stations In Gorgln are Atlanfa. Savannah, Augusta and Macon. This leaves a largo territory In South Georgia, South of Macon and west of Savan nah, without any direct local ser- vlce. Thomasvllle Js the logical point fdr the eatabllshmeut of this full service, as It is In the center of the territory affected. The recommen- datlon of the Inspector, If carried In to effect will benefit Thomasvlile by the brlngng of addtlonal help here, It will, and this la more Important, be of service to the entire surround ing community, by giving k quicker and more complete map Mfvlce. The forecasts are of benefit to fruit growers,* truck gardeners, tur pentine men, and other* In giving them warning of approaching storms and In telling them what kind of weather to expect The forecast now used corns* from Macon, and la supposed to cover all of South Geor gia. Of conrse this section Is so large that one portion of It may hare rain or cold, and the other part en tirely different weather. It Thom asvllle la made a fall station the forecast will be made by local obeer- vatlons, and will be for Thomasrllle and vicinity. The matter will be taken np by the. authoritlM In Washington and if the proper intenet la shown by Thomasvllle people the Improvement will be sn assured tact.’ BISHOP WARD PRESIDES V This District Makes Good Report to Con ference. ' Valdosta, Nov. 28.—Tho South Georgia Conference opened here this morning at nine o’clock, with Bishop Seth Ward, presiding. Bishop Ward had Just finished holding the North Georgia Conference at Mll- Icdgovlllo. - He la a splendid presid ing officer, and all are highly pleas ed with him. It'hkd been thought possible that Bishop Candler, who had Just returned from abroad, would be In charge, but he la In At lanta resting from his trip. Rsv. A. M. Williams; who has been out of active work for a year, will resume It again this year. There Is a possibility that he wll be made presiding elder of the Thomasvllle district The ten presiding eldsrs. made their reports, and showed the work to be In fine shape with an unusual ly large number .of additions to the church. The Thomasvllle district as repotted by Rev. Ed. F. Cook Is at the very forefront of the confer ence. The roll of superannates waff call ed and some very touching speeches were made. Among them was that of Rev. W. C. Jones of Cairo. - Rev. J. R. Stuart of Nashville spoke on Sunday school , work, and Dr. Hamll of Nashville also address ed the conference. Rev. Whitley Langston of Blakely preached tonight Quitman, Balnbrldge, Columbus and Dublin will Invite the conference to meet with them In 1907. The Conference Is now well or ganized and hard at work, with a large attendance and much enthu- slnsji. TURPENTINE OPERATORS. Factors are Trying to Get Thom All In the Association. Circular letters signed by all the local factors iu the turpentine trade and the QoWtathg company of Bruns wick are being distributed among the naval stares factors by Secre tary R. M. Hitch of the South Geor gia Turpentine Association. The letter lg being mailed by all the local houses to their customers throughout the turpentine belt, and Is accompanied by a blank applica tion of membership. The letter Is Intended to Impress upon the oper ators the Importance of affiliation with the society. There are estimated to bh 1,000 operators in South Geor gia, and as the majority are custo mers of the various factors wboM names are signed to the letter. It Is anticipated that several hundred members for the association Will be the molt of the canvaM. A meeting of the Executive Com- mlttM of the association will be held In Savannah in‘December to decide upon the steps necessary to bring all the operators Into the or der. It le believed that by New Tear’s a membership sufficiently large and influential to control the production of naval stores will have been formed. For Disturbing Public Worship. Hr. Elmore Winn, a white man living near Ochlockonee, wan ar rested yesterday by Sheriff Hlght, over la Grady eonnty. He was in dicted by the October grand jury charged with disturbing public worship. THE NEWS FROM MEHSF Auction Thanksgiving Personal Mention and the Like. (By J. S. Searcy.) If the counties that seem eo vms- fous for one of the AgrtcaUanzM schools would put the amount* sir their bids Into their local school, tons, fold more good would com*, of Ik *». the farming hi teres ta. There- am - already plenty educated men to da- - rect, from their offices the mlTIEnac - who do the work. The only bop*. In my mind, for an educated farm ing public, of real farmers, doaa asm lie In agricultural schools; bat- la the common schools at. the ntate. My experience with the cailoge EBte. points more to base and foot hall aa- erclses, than to any hankering after the gentle and health giving exer cises accorded by the various *av- qulrements of farm- life. “Mite Box” Opening. The little folks of the Method*. Sunday school had their "mite box’’ opening Saturday noon. Several dollars was the result. It is aztonU&Cec: how much comes of a united effr-r: . In any direction. This mite hex. brigade, consisting of about ten tit tle fellows Is under the direction of the Woman’s Home Mission Aid'So ciety, and they have , sent In over $30 this year, on account of wfc-1 they have been promised anhazata tlal help, perhaps four times, tire amount, on the furnishing of the new parsonage. Christmas Auction:, The merchants of the place had se meeting Tuesday night, for the pur pose of starting on foot a hovcj en tertainment for the general puttis (luring Christmas week. It IS yro posed that every body bring al~. use affects and contraptions they wish ta sell and have them auctioned: off. the auction to last for several day*. ' Of course there will be a harass uwapers convention and a fiddles* contest attachment. Due notice win be given, and a lull Christmas i will result. Mule Shoers- The firm of Crowelt and* < shoe more mules than any In tie several counties around here- Mr. Crowell Is an expert in hla lino, aadl mules and horses are brought twenty miles to get the benefit of hla sun j Thanksgiving Service. Our people oa usual will observe Thanksgiving day. They were' labs about it, but have, arranged to ham ■ preaching morning and. evening. Be sides there will be a shore cxeman rendered by the children and a talk, by Editor Remer Braswell, who attend'wlll be well repaid the time. Personal Mention.. Mr*. Fred Singletary and' Olivia Lindsay, of Ochlockonee. wi visitors kero this week, guests Mrs. L. H.. Singletary. Prof. Av.T. Lindsay, who ha aided for the past few years ■ miles east of this plan chased s place from Hr John 1 north of Molgs, and b moved to it. He ’ is preparing 4m- build. He Is at present teaching; m flourishing school at Sale City. Rsv. A. J. Cone a Baptist" ter, has lately moved from near t place ta Poulan. He’has won himself a good'name and cany w hlm^thc best wishes of the he has served .so lang. - (ConlWtied on Fourth Page.)

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Weekly times enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1905-????, November 30, 1906, Image 1