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PROHIBITION REtiOLl'TION.
_BKLV TIMKS-ENTEKPRI8R.
AND
South Georgia Progress.
RA WRING'S EPITAPH.
FENCE FENCE! FENCE!
M ethodist Conference Wants St alt
Wide Mow* met it Ilcguu.
Old 3fan Prepares it Before He is
Hanged.
Five Catloads of American and Ellwood Fence
int sale at right prices hy
One important action of the South
Georgia Conference which met!at
Valdosta last' week, seems to have
escaped the notice of the state news'
papers. We hare reference to a
e-illation which expressed the views
of the conference on the
VasMi Home Passes Ten-
thousand mark. Bos
ton Leads.
JAMES WATT & BRO.
—— | Dear Mother:
j 1 am sorry.. I brought all this:
rens. ■ trouble on you and tne rest of my
J people and friends but I don’t want
_ any of you to grieve after me, one
W bit. I would hare been glad to see j
mail some of my people if J could; I am
* not guilty of whnt I am nccused 'of;
my boys are innocent of that crime;
■ they did not do ft, or hare cnything
jjj j t° do with It In any way. I believe
0.25 I the negro will own the crime when
whiskey
question.' ,' ' ''
The resolution was introduced "by
Judge W. A. Covington, of Moul
trie, and dealt in no uncertain terms
with the whiskey traffic. It endor-
the anti-saloon
Christian
GEORGIA,
n. McCartney, 8e<
k. M. H. Timmons, Man
THOMASVILLE,
In the midst of their Christmas
preparation the people ;C it .O n
and country have not jC,._.i .sat
ihe Tlmes-Enterprlse will make two
handsome Christmas presents In
Thoma8yil!e and Thomas county. The
voting in the contest for the two
prises, piano and library bss been
ively. As a result the Vashtl Home
has passed ' the ten thousand wars,
while the Boston school leads with
Metcalfe
.MONDAY SEVENTEENTH.
Y.'M. C. A. ... ....8,780
Masons . 2,225
Elks ...1,825
The school contest has been no
less lively. Boston Is a sticker at
the bead of the column and scarce
ly. a day goes by without the record
ing, of votes for the school. In the
Hah of east Thomas. Metcalfe Is
an equally stubborn second,, but can
not gain much on Pavo which Is
third, only a thousand votes behind
the leader. During the last ten
days Meigs has made a sensational
rise and is now In fourth place hav
ing passed Ochlockonee, and being
less than 200 votes behind Pavo And
less than 1,500 votes away from the
top of the column.
The complete list Is as follows;
Registration Board Will Meet to Fix
Voting List.
sed the work of
league, of the Woman’
| Temperance Union and endorsed the
action token by the North Georgia
Conference and the State Baptist
Convention In regard to the matter.
The resolution called for out and
ont state prohibition and requested
that the .ministers take the matter
up through their churches with the
representatives of their respective
counties, while the presiding elders
were instructed to appoint commit
tees from their districts to appear
before the legislature at its next
session and urge the passage of a
prohibition bill.
The resolution was passed without
a dissenting vote.
_ Judge Covington, who Introduced
tho resolution will be In the next
legislature and will again Introduce
his state prohibition bl|I.—Moultrie
Observer. *
Weekly, One
WeekbvBIx*
Weekly, Threv
taafir. One Yei
pay for it. .On the other side of this
sheet you will see the words i.want
put on 'It,
iAL TAPER OF THOMAS
COUNTY. 'I
« WEED CIRCULATIONS,000
a slight majority
with Pavo third, and Meigs, having
polled mgny hundred votes becomes
rector in fourth place.
The subscribers to the paper are
again reminded that only a few days
remain In which they can vote. It
costs nothing to vote, and one vote
is given with each cent paid on sub
scription. The contest will close at
the strokh of the city bell (or eight
o’clock on Christmas eve, December
24th; one week from next Monday.
A committee of cmeens in ho way
over
Your wayward boy?
J. G. RAWLINGS.
This is the epitaph written on the
reverse of the letter:
“J. G. Rawlings, born June 19th,
1865. Hung at Valdosta, Ga., Dec.
4th, 1906. This bark was well built
but misguided, ran bard on the rockr
of destruction.”
Where Hoys Will Be. ,
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 7.—By special
request of the Cherokee Brick Com
pand, at Macon, Jesse Rawlings will
be sent there next Tuesday. The
brick company'said It wanted him to
operate a steam shovel. Milton will
MARKETS.
Country .Produce.
Thomasrllle Dec. 6.
, fries 25' 0 85
80 0 85
■ ■•/, 80 @ '40
85
•Ma ssed .
Ms ffeed
(Mton seed meal
Sum ...
Mb
Mam per bushel .
■v, No. 1. ,,, .
Timothy, choice ,.
■>*
fblis. Spot ....
MEAT LAW DISCUSSED.
connected with the management of
the paper will count the votes, and
announce the result, thus Insuring
perfect fairness to, all.
The prizes are very desirable; the
value of the piano being $500 and
South Georgia, and the handling of the valu ® of the Hbmry of 200 vol-
pork and beef will be In a measure ume * be,n * ttt le4,t » 300 ' The P<“-
Interfered with by a recent meat no ’* OD exhibition at the Thoraas-
fnspectlon law passed by the lastj v ili® Soda Company and the 11-
leglslature. I irary at the Tlmes-Enterprlse office.
Touching thU matter the Atlanta | The management wishes to Impress
the fact that votes sbotild be cast at
Rountree' Tells
COURT. HOUSE JOTTINGS.
*e race suicide In Thomasville.
•» first grade children that
a* grade has been divided.
Courts and Officers Keep Busy With
Important Matters.
Christmas' is coming and In the
meantime the courts and officers are
not idle. Sheriff Hlght has a new
guest at the Jail In the person' of
Ernest Mitchell.
The good news comes that tKb ne-
VB officials in Georgia nr# to be Bred
•r the president.
He Is accused of
assault with intent to murder, and
the qhnrge may be murder, for the
object of his assault may not live.
He shot another negro named John
Bivins, a son of Cy Bivins, near Bos
ton this week. The wound was
made with a shot gun, and took the
top of Bivins’ shoulder off. Ernest
does not deny the shooting but says
'it was accidental.
Will Martin, the negro who is
charged with assault with Intent to
rape,- will have a Committment trial
beiore the Justices of the peace this
morning. He is (he negro who hid
on top of the bolleri at tho compress
and who knows how hot the hinges
of'Hades are.
Judge Hausell held a short ses
sion of city court for ths trial of
civil cases yesterday morning, and
will havo another this morning.
rotor Penrose is championing
negro battalion that tho presl-
Bred. The pen In his name la
.4* hug kind.
Georgian has an interesting inter
view with J. B, Rountree, mayor of
Boston and former representative
■ b probably Just ns well that
Mb sentence of the Rawlings > boys
anB commuted.
If they have any
knees they have suffered the
of death many times over.
A Woto'ctivc, who caught Thomas-
9MVA. K. dealers Is now charged
4W taking orders tor liquor. That
m «fcat you would call pickled .in his
•■■..medicine.
Hey eay John D. Rockefeller’s
••tail has shrunk about $140,-
MM99 daring the last few weeks.
Mb know just how he feels. Lost
ie tho other day.
.ITIiiendon is trying to shed
.(‘l*hM uz the game between the
oaitroaiT men" and the shipper, en-
iffitaC. “Car, Car, Who's Got the
AGEI) LADY GONE.
rounding counties. I shipped the
bulk of this meat to Florida, and we
are building up a flue business on
this Georgia-raised product.
“Under the new taw we cannot
ship meat out of the itate unless it
has the government Inspection tag
on It A farmer producing the meat
can ship it without the lnepoetton,
but a dealer cannot. I guess - the
thing for us to do is to self our
meat in Georgia. I believe we' can
do It.
“Farmers In my section raise
peanuts by the acres «nd turn their
hogs loose In the Helds.
Funeral of Mrs. Martha Jane Walker
Tube* Place This Morning.
The many friends of Mrs. Martha
Jane Walker will regret to learn
.’.lat she departed from this Hie yes
terday morning at nine o'clock; The
deceased had been 11$ for only a few
days and her death came as a severe
shock to her relatives and friends,
many of whom live in Thomaaville.
The deceased was a daughter of
‘bo late Daniel Dixon of Leon county
Fin., and n alster of Messrs D. -A.
and tom Dixon or this city. 8he
leaves several brothers and children
She was married
We do not ordinarily bVltcve la
%wehtag. but some strenuous pun-
Hint ought to be devised for the
mm* who goes about destroying the
Mfrf of children in Santa Claua.
to mourn her loss.
In I860 to Mr. B. C. Walker of Hall
county and they made their home In
• thnt county for several yoars, later
coming to Thomai county. Her hus
band died eleven years ago.
She Joined the Methodist church
In childhood and has ever since been
■i rnl:hful and loyal member.
Tho funeral will he held today at
Bold Springs church near Cairo at
eleven o’clock this morning.
Peanuta
are very line food for them, and
can be raised very cheaply- - One
small farmer I know raised 25,000
pounds of meat last year.”
"Mr. Rountree agrees with Com
missioner Hudson In the statement
that farmers
A-good sign of the growth of
Moth Georgia towns Is the fact that
rnawy of them hare Just been made
lall stnfibns-In the various denoml-
astlbnr instead of half time appolnt-
saesrtar. X ttxvn Is In k good way
Sen it can support preachers of Its ]
Vkss-
generally over the
state are in a bad way thlg year. He
attributes it to adverse conditions
for farming,' Increased coat of ratt
ing cotton, the labor
Be wunder that the governmeht
the to make appropriation! for de
bits te the mall service. They pay
•rifcwtds enough fay carrying mall
> PUT the entire cost of Ihe opera;
PtiN passenger trains. And the
"'irastds act as It the/ don’t appre-
Edltor W. W. Carroll, of the Mon-
tlcello News, Is a candidate for re-
election as mayor of that city. Ho
baa been making life a burden for
blind tigers In that burg, and la In
dependent In seeking re-election.
He says he does not expect the sup
port of the taw-breakers and that if
chosen again he will poke It to them
harder than ever.
problem and
failure of farmers to diversify In
their crops.
“Within the 'post few days 8ea Is
land or long staple cotton has gone
from 25 to 35 cents per pound,”
said Mr. Rountree. “The crop is
short and ths qualify of the staple
poor.' I bought four bales from one
man a few days ago; I paid him 27
cents a pound.’ Next day'I sold It
JUST LOOK
Over our Stock and you will be surprised at what nice things
we have that will make plad the heart of a child on Christmas morn
mg
A full stcck of Juvenile Toys on the road and a 20 per cent re
duction on all 1906 Motile Wheels, in order to close them out
I. Terrell for vice presl-
tbe Democratic ticket for
here are plenty of people
' second the motion, but
Is apt to cause the Hoke
nnent to rend the air aa
r not done In many moons.
1 like to help Joe, but we
announced v our allegiance
Senator Clay haa Introduced a
'bill providing for.-an increase of
wages of the rural free delivery
carriers from $700 to $900 per an
num. This should certainly pass
for It any set of men on earth earn
$900 h year tt Is the faithful R. F. j
r>. hoys. ■ > j gif
L A. Powell of Cairo waa a Tues
day visitor, to the city.
Opposite Politt Barracks.
umes betn^ at ledst $300. The pia
no It oo exhibition at the Thomas
ville Soda Company and the li
brary at the Tlmes-Enterprlse office.
once, as In a few days It will be too
late. The vote costs nothing, and
helps some worthy object, therefore
should be cast at once.
Tbe standing as published doos
not tell all the story by any means.
There Is a vest pocket ’vote that
must be reckoned with, in this as in
all other conteats. Many dollars
bave been paid on subscription for
which coupons have been asked,
and the votes not cast. These will
begin to come In near the close of
the contest.) There are more of
these votes held back In this contest
than in any other that the paper
has ever conducted. Therefore no
school or organization need despair
its not heading tbe list, for this si
lent vote may go to any one. On
the other hand those that lead may
well congratulate themselves as it
Is human nature to want to vote for
the winner, and many votes are at-,
tracted by the leaders In a case like
this.
The list of votes for the piano In
clude! only those that havo more
than a thousand votes and there are
several organizations with less than
that whose names will reappear
when they reach that ilgure. /
The principal gain since Sunday
has been by the Vashtl Home which
■vas 18 votes abend of the Y. M. Z
A. last week, but which now has a
lead of more than 2,000. The
friends of the latter Institution pre
dict that it will again take Brat
place when tbe votes are counted
Saturday night, there to remain un-{
tl) Christmas morning, when the!
piano’ will be delivered. The friends
of the Home say differently.
The vote is:
Vashtl Home 10,794 !
Boston j. .
4475
Metcalfe
Pavo
3420
Meigs
Ochlockonee
214b
Fredonla ...
Merrillville
Coolldge
UAIon Academy ... .
300
Ozell
100
Summer HIU
The Board of Registers have fixed
Moqda/ the seventeenth at ten in
tbe morning, as the hour for hearing
excuses, and explanations from vot
ers whose tax record it not clear.
The registers Messrs. Merrill, Trip
lett, and H. J. MacIntyre have gone
over the books and fonnd a number
whose taxes do -not appear to hare
all been paid. ' Summonses have
been Issued for these, and If they
can produce receipts they will be al
lowed to take part in the city pri
mary. Otherwise their names will
be stricken from the roll.
PAVO HAS A HOT FIGHT.
Opposition to the Local School Tax
Law Has Developed.
Auto-Dog-Horse.
An addition to the runaway bul
letin la of a peculiar nature. The
other day Mr. WilUs Quarteman, who
tentlon to It. The dog became
frightened, jumped out on the
horse’s back, and scared him, so that
he tore lose, ran away and smashed
the buggy.
PINE KNOTS.
Local Dealers Ship Car Load Llght-
sroodl to Pennsylvania.
Mr. T. C. Cooper a well known
merchant of Pavo was In Moultrie
today transacting business.
“We have an election on hand M * aara ' w - H ' Bttrch * Son -
thnt promises to be warmerthan the Thomnsville’s popular wood dealers
gubernatorial election,” said Mr.
Cooper to n representative of the
Observer. “A district school elec
tion has been called and a good-deal
of opposition has developed to the
propoied local school tax. Many of
the best friends of education are
heartily In favor of it, and we think
thnt we will win ont, but It will not
bo without a warm fight for there Is
some very strong opposition.
Pavo used to have a very fine
school but of recent years there has
been some, division over ehnrch
matters and other things that has
caused Independent schools to spring
up near hy and the cause of educa- _ __ , . „„
Good Officers Chosen at First Wlilte
tlon has been retarded. Recently Primary.
the school has been greatly revived i
and there are bright prospects for
have shipped to Mr. Clement
Grtscom a full car load of pine
knots. , Mr. Grlscom is a regular
winter visitor to his plantation near
here and the fact that he ordered a
full car load of Georgia pine knots
to be shipped all the way to Br;
Mawr, Pennsylvania, shows
other people besides those who
In South Georgia know the value^if
pine knots for kindling purposes.
This Is perhaps the first lull car load
that waa ever shipped so far north'
from this section.
BOSTON'S ELECTION.
the fufure If the district votes the
local tax Into effect.—Moultrie Ob
server.
Mr. B. H. Pope ot
here Tuesday.
Akridge was
Boaton, Ga. Dec. 6.—Boston held
Its first white primary yesterday for
the election of mayor, counctlmen
and marshal. The following were,
elected: J. B. Rountree, Mayor; J.
M. Jones, J. M. Groover, R. I. Beat-
E. C. Milligan, D. M. Horn, ai-
'rmep; W. W. Burney, marshal.
NEW BANK
Bank of Ochlocknee, Ochlocknee, Ga.
DEPOSITORS INSURED AGAINST
ALL LOSSES.
Put your money where you con.t lose It. 5 per cent
Paid on time deposits. Courteous treatment to all.
Give us your account. Yours truly,
BANK OF OCHLOCKNEE,
WILLIAM JOHNSON
CASHIER.