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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
Thomas vllle Tima, Vol XXX.
Xnumasvllle Enterprise, Vol. XLVII.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JANUARY 1
NEW SERIES VI
HOKE SMITH MORE STOCK
FOR SE^TE! NAME CHANGES
Speech Made YesterdaV 0 !v'tnas\ille and Gull Will
Taken to Mean This
is His View.
Atlanta, Qa., Jan. 21.—Hon. Hoke
U. ■; These Steps
of Progress.
The air Is full of railroad rumors,
Smith, governor-elect, In a speech at aa d ^ seems certain that Thomas-
the Technological School said today
that he Intended in the future to de
vote his time and energies to the
problems of Georgia and the South.
This Is taken to mean that he will
give up his law practice and also that
he has his eyes on a United States
senatorshlp.
W. D. MITCHELL CAMP.
Held Interesting Meeting After Robt.
E. Lee t’ole'ii iiii n Friday.
After the morning exercises and
the dinner given by John B. Gordon
chapter U. D. C., W. D. Mitchell
amp. No. 423 was called to order
by R. P.'Doss, commander. J. S.
Ward, Co. A 55. Qa. Regt. Infy was
elected a member of the camp.
M. Daltle for the memorial on de
ceased members submitted a report
as follows:
Commander and Comrade.
Your memorial committee begs to
make the following report. :
It is with sadness and sorrow In
Vtiur hearts to hare to report that
death, the dread monster of all the
ages, has laid Its blighting hand very
beavlly upon us. We And that In
the short space of one year ten of
our comrades has fallen victims to
merciless touch as follows.
Dr. M. M. Hutchlngson.-
Dr. H. L. Watkins' T ~ ~ “ 9
Junius Smith.
J. W. Bradley.
B. P. Floyd.
A. T. Beny.
W. P. Coyle.
C. C. Atkinson.
Cyrus Snodgrass.
John E. Baker.
All of which Is a potent
vtlle Is to have another railroad
built tn the near future by some one
of-tho several partiea that are Inter
ested In the proposition of a connect
ing link between Thomasvllle and
the sea.
One of the bat established of
these possibilities Is that of_ the
Thomasvllle and Oulf. The promo
ters are going steadily ahead with
their plans, and hope soon to have a
definite announcement of progress.
Two Important steps In the progres
sive movement are now under way.
One is the contemplated Increase of
capital stock and issuance of boqds.
This is a necessity before the work
goes further, and a stockholders
meeting to consider the matter will
be held on the eighteenth of Febrn-
ary at the office of President Snod
grass.
The other step is the contemplated
change of name to that of the Mex
ican Gulf Railroad Company. This
change has been voted by the stock
holders and an application for
amendment to charter to that effect
Is being asked of the secretary of
State. This fs done In order to pre
vent confusion with other roads.
There are several roads bearing the
initials T. ft O. and the name is sim
ilar to the old T. T. ft 0., which ran
between here and Tifton and which
Is now a part of the A. B. ft A
TRUST PROBE
OF GOVT.
It Will Poke Into the
Timber and Turpen
tine Business.
CLARK OUSTS WILLIAMS.
As Democratic Leader In tho House
Says Chicago Dispatch.
Chicago,Jan. 12.—A Tribune spec
ial from Washington says that pled
ges have been given which insure
remain- the selection of Champ Clark, of MIs-
>or that the old soldiers are decern! sourl, as Democratic leader in the
Ing the hill towards tho sunset at n House of Representatives and party
very swift pace. candidate for speaker, tn the place
By a comparative statement we J of John Sharp Williams, the present
find that since the camp was orgdn- j lender. Williams’ friends have tof.
lzed in 1833 to 1906, making thir-j given up tho fight but there is renaou
teen years, during that time we had to believe sufficient support has al-
twenty-slx deaths, an average of two, ready been pledged Clark to constl-
per year, or that the death rate for f ,i( e a majority for the Missourian,
thirteen years
Savannah, Jan. 22.—According to
the reports that come to Savannah
from New York, the movement of the
government against the alleged tur
pentine trust in which Savannahlans
are interested has already begun. As
sistant United States Attorney Aker-
man was here yesterday and he Btated
that evidence had already been taken
tn New York before a United States
grand jury. Much documentary evi
dence was examined by the Jury, and
It Is said the case la a very complete
one.
Among the papere exhibited are
slad to have been those by which
certain banded together for the
grasping of all business possible and
the pooling of receipts with a divis
ion of the profits.. It Is said with ap
parently good authority that one
large exporter had one of his ser
vants ship certain documents to an
other servant In his employ in Mass
achusetts, and that the government
succeeded tn getting possession of
these papers.
With the government probing the
turpentine trust and getting ready to
probe the lumber trust, Southern in
dustries are In a bad way. Mr. Har
vey Granger chairman of the lumber
committee of the board of trade says
there is no such thing as a lumbor
trust.
REWARD FOR
Govenor Offers $150 for
Capture of Futch
Marauders.
OLD SOLDI KH DEAD.
Mr. D. R. Collins Leaves Many Rel
atives In This Section.
was approximately “
28 1-6 per cent, for the past year tborlzed to order 50 of the badges
ending today. The death rate movc-l In ho and remain tho property of the
up to this alarming high rate of ten camp and to bo placed In charge of
per cent of death of our comp. j th( , cuslol j|an to be named by the
They are going.
One by one the roll calls answer
ed.
Swiftly passing one by one. j d 4 r! ”« lbe mettln S ani elercUeB »t
Out beyond the pain and heart-! the day on which the meeting takes
aches, ^Tlace and returned to the custodian.
camp, brought to each meeting, and
furnished to the members to be worn
Belovpd old comrades of the gr.rv
The mystic river they'are crossln -
Looklng forward towards tin
shore
Joining comrades gone before.
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. FLEETWOOD
T. A. WHITE.
J. M DEKLE.
J. M.. Dekle was chosen as custo
dian.
| The commander was authorized to
draw his warrant on the treasurer to
j pav for said badges.
! The adjutant was requested to pre-
pare cod keep an alphabetical list
( of the members of the camp and
have the same at each meeting so
that the roll an be ailed.
By a unanimous rising vote the
cartfelt thanks of the amp were
of the mlnnta of the amp and on returned to the ladla of the Jno. B.
motion the same committee towftr Cordon chanter U. D, C. for the de-
T. A While, Jno. M. Dekle, and W Hghtful entertainment prepared and
A. Fleetwood were reappointed for; furnished to the confederate sol-
•• the ensnlag year. I dfers present.
On motion, the badge Uke ample! Adjourned until April 26, 1(67.
submitted was adopted a the badge) R. P. DOSS,. Commander.
yf%t the camp and the commander an-; P. J. WINN, Adjutant
Htg many friends throughout the
country will regret to learn of the
sad death of Mr. D. R. Collins, which
occurred at his home near Cairo last
Saturday at 10 p. m. He was 111
only a few days. The cause of his
death was paralysis.
He was known far and wide as
"Uncle Doss” and enjoyed tho esteem
and respect of all who knew him. Ho
was seventy-two years of age.
He Is survived by his devoted wife
und five children who are Mrs. Thom
as Rawls, Pelham, Mrs. D. Grawtlny
Suslna, Mr. W. H. Collins, Jr., this |
city, Mr. Doss Collings Jr., and Miss
Kate Collins of Cairo, and was an
uncle of Mr. Charlie Eubanks who
lives near this city.
The last sad rites were said Mon
day at eleven o'clock hnd he was
laid to rest In tho family cemetery.
The family have the sympathy of
many friends In their great sorrow.
His niece, L. E.
Public interest In the Futch mys
tery was rewarded yesterday by the
'offer of a reward of $150 offered by
Governor Terrell for the arrest with
evidence to convict, of the person
who has been attempting the life
oit these people. It may be said with
authority that this offer of the state
will be supplemented within the next
few days by further sums offered by
friends of the family.
The proposition of the Governor
Is as follows:
A Proclamation.
Georgia:
By J. M. Terrell, Governor of Said
State.
Whereas, official Information has
been received at this department that
an unknown person did, In the coun
ty of Thomas, on tho day of
— 1907, seek to deatroy the
3,200 PERSONS PERISHED IN
HORRIBLE KINGSTON DISASTER
Harbor Saty to Be Sinking—City Sliding Into
Sea—Lunatics Let Loose Upon
tbe People.
house of Mrs. Allle Futch, and kill
tbp animate thereof by explosives,
and reaped and Is now fugitive from
Justice; and whereas, the malignity
of the crime and the promotion of
Justice require that said unknown
person be brought to trial for the
offense with which he stands charg
ed.
I have thought proper, therefore,
to Issue this my proclamation here
by offering a reward of ($160.00)
one hundred and fifty dollars for tho
apprehension and delivery of said
unknown person with ovlcnce suf
ficient to convict to tho' sheriff of
Thoma3 county, Georgia.
And I do moreover charge and re
quire all rffleers In this state, civil
and military to be vigilant In en
deavoring to apprehend tho said un
known person In order that he mpy
he brought to trial for the offenso
with which he stands charged
Given under my hand nnd seal of
tho state, this the 17th day of Jan
uary 1907.
J. M. TERRELL, Gov.
By the Governor.
PHILIP COOK.
Sec. of State,
lit yesterday’s Atlanta
Now York Jan. 17.—The shores
of Kingston harbor are sinking, and
there is great ’terror there lest the
city slip Into the sea. This Is ac
cording to private utspatches re
ceived by a mercantile house here
today from Port au Prince Haytl.
The bed of the harbor Is said to be
sinking and tbe 'wator In many places
Is now a hundred feet deep. Every
whalf which was not burned Is re
ported to have sunk Into the sea or
to have been rendered worthless.
Loudon. Jan. 17.—Graphic detallB
of the Kingston disaster are given In
despatches received here today un-
uer Tuesday’s date from Holland
Bay. The entire- city, says one dis
patch, seemed to shrivel up under
the first shock. Fire followed Im
mediately at three points In the city.
Tho fire department was wrecked
and made helpless, and the confla
gration continued, unchecked, until
Tuesday morning, when the entire
business section had been wiped out,
the damaged area covering a square
mile.
A conservative ortimate of tho po
lice of tho dead makes the number
3,290 and even this estimate Is like
ly to be Increased. The entire city
will have to be rebuilt. Unofficial
estimates place the property loss at
$25,000,000.
London, Jan. 17.—The latest re
ports of the Klngsten disaster tend
to confirm and accentuate the gravi
ty of the calamity there. The col
onial office, to 2:30 c-.lock this af
ternoon, was unable to give official
figures of the extent of the destruc
tion, but other sources of Informalon
agree In showing tbe growing pro
portions of the catastrophe. It Is be
lieved that every house In Kingston
has been destroyed, and the city Is
a heap of smouldertng ruins. Port
Antonie Is practlally unharmed Es
timates of the dead vary from 400
to 1.200. Several thousand are in
jured, and about 10,000 are home
less'.
Iiua"c Alylum Destroyed and In
mates Escaped.
London, Jan. 17.—A later dis
patch reports the destruction of the
Insane asylum at Kingston and says
hundreds of lunatics have escaped
and are now running at large.
Thousands of persons are home
less and are sleeping In tbe streets
and parks, their principal food being
bananas.
JOHN FUTCH IN FITZGERALD
Paper of That City Says- Both the
Brothers are Now There.
The Fltxgerald Dally People says
"The Futch brothers, residing
near Thoihasvllle, whose' lives and
thnt of thetr aged mother have been
attempted so frequently within tho
past few months that It was found
necessary to have a guard on duty
day and night about their home eight
miles out of Thomnsvtlle, are In tho
city.
"The elder brother has been here
for several days and tho younger be-
NEGROES RIOT AT FT. RENO.
Which report was read and ado.,-
ted and ordered on a separate pew*
Discharged Brownsville Soldiers
Caused Trouble in Dice Game.
Chicago, Jan. 22.—A special from
Lawton, Okla., says that a negro riot
created by Lane Dixon, who. It Is re
ported Is a discharged member of
the Twenty-fifth Infantry, occurred
at Ft. Reno last night. In which one
negro was killed and several were
wounded. The negroes disputed over
a game of dice, and a pitched battle
followed. Fifty arrests were made.
issarlos will be Intercepted In 'a fur
ther attempt, by the closo guard now
Journal' being kept. Others quoted are Rev.
there la a long story by one of their j t. A. White, Allle Futch, Judson
reporters. Royal Daniel, who was 1 Fcwcll, the guard at the Futch home,
here Investigating the caHO. Ho gives' Mrs. Futch In answer to the quos.
a full history of the nine attempts! tion why she did not leave the place
at assassination which have been ful-j said that she had a large home
ly detailed In tho Tlmes-Enterprlse. I Metcalfe, but had no assurance that
The period of time Involved In thesej the attempts would not tio continued
sxtends from June fourth of 1906 to: there. “What would become of my
January thirteenth. property hero? We run a very
The story Is a rery Interesting obe.. large plantation and have many ton-
Accordlng to the Journal Mrs. Futch j ants. Who would feed the horses
nnd her son, Allle, beliove that the ^ and milk the cows. Wo arc under
hand of God, and the Intervention of contract to many peoplo here.
coming worried, urns up last night.
The numerous attempts made to
poison and assassinate the Futchea
has attracted attention throughout
the state. It Is the result of a
neighborhood quarrel and feud, al
though the Identity of the would-ho
assassins has never' been dUceveretf. ■
The brothers will return to their
home +n the next day or two.” t
NATURAL HISTORY.
Tlionuu County Bests the Record
With Two More Freaks.
12,167,873 BALES GINNED.
Of crop of 1606 to January 16, Ac
cording to Census Report.
Washington, Jan. 23.The census
report today show* 13,167,87$ balsa
of cotton ginned to January 16 from
tbe erqp of ll()6. The active gin
neries number 21,616.
Providence alone has saved them.
No attempt Is made by the reporter
to fasten the guilt, or to prove a mo
tive, but those who can read between
the lines, think they see a confirma
tion of their suspicions, In the write
up.
Attorney Fondren Mitchell Is
wo fled for safety all of our property
would soon be ( gone. There
nothing to do but remain and hope
that the vigilance of tbe law and
friends will capture this person who
so persistently seeks our destruc
tion.”
A significant statement in the ar-
quoted as saying “They haven’t an tide Is the following: “The popu
enemy In the world, made so by any 1 laton of the lower half of Thomas
act of their own. It’s ell mystery, county is busily engaged In speculat-
deep, weird, and up to the presenting upon this strange case, and gos-
tmpenetrable. I am moving heaven | sip hoe connected many persona with
and earth to find the guilty man. j the crime In which romance, lore
Others ere doing tbe eame thing. We and Jealousy figure In rensatlonal
all have theories, but the facta are j human Interest, but tbe evidence Is
still bsyond our reach.” Mr. Mlt-j lacking.”
chell Is quoted as saying that he be-j The offer of the reward will
llsves negroes are implicated but’ doubleas cause even more rigorous
are not tbe chief conspirator, and; efforts to be made to capture toe
that he thinks the plotter or his em-! perpetrator of tbe seclee of crimes.
The strange history of natural
history In Thomas county continues
to have now additions. The hog’s
foot with five toes was not long al
lowed to remain In solitary gran
deur. Yesterday two now Items
developed. -
Touralne, In the northern part of
tbe county Is In mo'hrnlng. A lew
days ago a cow gave birth td twin
calves, both boys, but yesterday one
of them died. Tbe other Is alive,
.veil and growing every day.
Sexton T. J. Franklin la the own
er of a healthy chicken that has n
peculiar protruding underlip. The
lower half of his bill extends about *
an Inch. The upper part is normal.
Ho It a sprightly bird, and manages
*o pick up s good living despite the
fact that he Is debarred from pick- ^ /
lug up grains of corn like the or
dinary chick. Mr. Franklin has ent
ff the protuberance several times,
but It grows again.
Thomas county beat! tbe world.
Balnbridge Prohibition Election.
The Balnbridge Tribune brings
the news' that there was a prohibition
meeting there Monday afternoon,
and that Judge W. M. Harrell was
made chairman of the executive
committee to direct the campaign.
An election will be called, bo the pro-
hlbltlonlsts hope, sometime In March
Jin'! they believe that they can make
Decatur eonnty dry.