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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
Tfcomsavllle Times, Vol XXX.
Thomasville Enterprise. Vol. XLVn.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1007.
NEW SERIES VOIi. XVI. No. 152
AUTHENTIC
STATEMENT
G. P. A. of A. B. fi A.
writes about Road
to Tampa.
(Prom Tuesday'. Dally)
Urn Tlmes-Enterprise presents
this morning the lint MaMmont from
authority, as to tho Tampa Northern
BaQroad. This road found Its way
lain the pablle prints oa aeeoaat «I
tho recent appointment of Cist W.
9. Denham as general manager at
rtlte line. It was reported that this
meant extension oa to Thomas tine,
thus giving tho Atlanta, armlngbam
rand Atlantic a through*Tine trom
.'Atlanta to the Galf Via Thomatville.
In a letter to the Hmes-Enter-
prlse la response to a query Wr. H
C. McFadden, General Freight and
Passenger agent of the A. B. A A.
says:
“This line is toeing constructed toy
the Atkinson Interest Trom Tampa
to Brooksvine, a distance of Ofty
' miles.
“It Is Intended principally to serve
an Immense timber belt which Is
owned by the same Interest In that
territory.
"It Is possible that fbe road will
some day he extended trom Broota-
vllle, north, hut I do not think any
definite decision has yet been reach
ed In that respect.
"Capt. Denham Win become Gen
eral Manager of the lino on Fobru
ary first. His services were secured
because the Tampa Northern needed
fa railroad man la charge of lts-oper-
.mtftin and Captain Denham is that
Thus ir.fi seen that'these ertH.be
no Immediate' extonsmn of the Has,
though this may he m development of
tho future. It ts the history of
Georgia ran roods that their growth
and extension corns* Asst Tn
successful and paying operartlosi of a
short lumber Hue. It H hoped that
this may prove true of the Tampa
Northern.
DISBANDMENT A FAKE.
Nothing to the Story that 4th. Reg
iment Wm be Mustr sed Out.
(From Wednesday's Dally)
A fake story originating In Au
gusta and recopied D> Columbus la
to the effect that the Fourth or the
Third Georgia Regiment* might be
disbanded. The Third ha* Its head
quarters la Augusta, and little Is
■known of Its condition here. The
Fourth's regimental headquarters
are In ThomaavlUe, and the state
ment comes from headquarters that
St will not be mustered out.
Col. R. L. Wylly was seen In re
gard to. the report yesterday,
stated emphatically that he had re
ceived no order* or Intimation of
any such action from the adjutant
general, furthermore that the
Fourth was In better shape now
than It had been In months. Partic
ularly la this true of the local com
pany, which has a full enlistment,
and Is drilling regularly with en
thusiasm, and a better attendance
than at any time for 3 vara.
The story originated In the al
leged necessity for increase of Ihe
companies to 58 men, under the
Dick bill, but recent orders sent out
trom state headquarters make no
mention of this, and leave the min
imum at 40 men, as It has been for
some time.
Every family In Thomas county
read tho Tlmes-Enterprise. If yon
have a message send it to thorn
through this medium. .
BLANKER jt ATE
MEANS JSJ.CH
Coast Line kips Shipper
in all small Towns
on its Road.
One of the moat important move*
that has been maul* recently by n
railroad in Georgia in freight rat*
matters was the recent announce
ment of tho Atlantic Coast Line,
which established a basis fpr rates
from Western points to local sta
tions which win be "approximately
the same aa to their conmpeUtire
points. The new rates will be ef
fective it is expected, within 89
days.
The Importance of the announce
ment," said an ex per lanced freight
tsaffle official, “has hardly impressed
.any except the moa* experienced Of
ficials, but I regard it as being the
most radical change in rate matters
!!n Georgia In a long time. ' The .ef
fect la not felt much now star Im
mediately after the change, hut It
will spread later cm.” >
This action on thi part of the'At-
lantlc Coast Linn Is called "blanket
ing" and all the station* In their
terrlttory have'been put under cov
er.
The establishment of the new ba
sis will enable a merchant tor an Il
lustration at Cairo, Ga., to ship a
car load of grain from St. 'Louis to
Cairo at approximately ■ the same
rate as applies between St. Louts
and Balnbrldge or ThomasVIlle for
bis grain, but through this new ad
justment he can get his supply from
Western points as though he bought
from Balnbrldge or ThomasVIlle Job
bers.
Tho new adjustment win effect
rates in South Georgia to n •great-ex
tent and It win apply directly over
entire Atlantic Coast Line hi Geor
gia. The stations not competitive
points, will no longer he put »t a dis
advantage, and under She hfflircnce
of tho competitive point, hot can 'en
joy the same approximate rates.
TURPENTINE COlnVlACT.
IWas In Litigation fas VoUesSn Chart
This Wash.
Valdosta, Jan. 31.—In the City
court yesterday n verdict was
turned In favor of tho plaintiff a
i of R. P Ketchum vs. J., B. Fen
der A Co. It was n suit for $3 000
oa a. breach of contract Ketch n
i-Vimed thru he bought a turpenUai
!*ioe from the Fenders for <53,000
and paid $3,000 cash. He says they
did not make a good deed to the
testy and the trade was, there
fore, declared off. Fender claimed
that Ketchum did not raise the bal
ance of the money and the $3000
was merely to bind the trade and
that his failure to raise the balance
made him forfeit that amount. The
question for tho Jury was as to which
failed to keep the contract.
The case of /Miss Lucie Polkow
against the city of Valdosta for $10,-
OpO damages for falling In an open
man-hole was continued
CONTRACT LET
FORJ48,000
Second District Will have
. Finest Agricultural
College in State.
Dr. M. R. Mellette of Thomasville
and Mr. J. B. Wight of Cairo have
returned from Tlfton whore they
went to attend the meeting of the
Board of Trustee* of the new agricul
tural college for the 8econd Con
gressional District. Tho principal
business that came before the meet
ing was the awarding of the contract
lor the building of the new cellege.
The aucceaaful bidder was the Gres
ham Construction Co., of Atlanta,
who also have the contract for the
college In the Fifth District.
The building will be completed by
the 1,5th of August and the college
will open for the reception of pupils
about the middle of September, thus
giving a full nine months work for
dhe first year. The price of the
buildings, as per contract, will be
$48,700. This Includes an adminis
tration building, a workshop, and a
dormitory..
About five thousand dollars more
than this contract calls for will be
spent on the buildings, giving the
second idlstrlct the finest agricul
tural building in the state. This Will
be made possible through the con
tinued generosity of Capt. Tift, the
patron saint of the college. The
specifications called for tin roof,
wooden steps and wooden sills.
Capt. Tift maintained that this was
not good enough far the Second Dis
trict, and gold he wanted, dote or
tile roofs, stone (tope, and stone
■111* for tho doom and windows.
Governor Terrell Informed Mr. Tift
that Inasmuch as be was putting up
the money he could havw anything
he wanted, and be wllL
Dr. Mallette visited the grounds
where the college wm be • located,
they are two miles north of Tlfton,
on the Georgia Southern and Flo
rida railway. The Doctor says the
tract la fine rolling land, that will
raise anything. Thirty acre* of tho
tract were under cultivation
year, and failed a hair bale of oottsn
to tho acre.
There were sixteen of tho eighteen
trustees present, with much enthu
siasm exhibited, and all Indications
point'to a most tneceasful opening
year for this SecoJb Dlrfrlet'a now
college.
TO FIGHT AGAIN.
Taddoota Saloons May Be Closed on
the first of March.
Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 6.—Valdosta
ls apparently scheduled for a hot
prohibition fight , notwithstanding
the city council passed an ordinance
In December, closing the saloons af
ter the first of March.
The antl-probibitlonists are mak
log an effort to have council rescind
their action, and a strong petition qf
the business men of the city was so-
the j cured today, which will be presented
March ‘term. The case of Bush, to council. The last regular meet
against the West Yellow Pine Com- lng before March 1, when the ordl-
pany for $5,000 for damages for j nance will go into effect will be held
Injuries which he received while, tomorrow. The petition will proba-
loadlng a car of lumber, was next, bly presented at this meeting. It Is
called. A demurrer was entered, equally divided over the question
and most of the balance of the day and the petition of the business men
was spent In arguments upon that. Is expected to have much weight.
- 1 ■— | The ministers of the city and lead-
T»:C Tlmes-Enterprise Job depart-^ lng prohibitionists held a meeting
COMMISSION
KEPT BUSY
Matters of County Road-
sand Revenue Present
ed at Monthly Meeting
(From Wednesday’s Dally)
Board met In regular mooting. All
preseiit. Minute* of last meeting
read and approved. Mr. Barrow re
ported that Maria William* wa* des
titute. On motion $5 per month
wa* allowed for her support
Form for Bills.
Mr. Pringle offered following res
olution, which wa* adopted.
Resolved that all : bill* presented
for payment against the county must
be approved first by the chairman
of the various committees, ot this
Board, and left with the chairman
of the Board prior to the meeting
at which payment is expected.
Tram and Convicts.
The matter of bufldlng tram road
acroBB public road by Derr & Co.,
was on motion referred to chairman
and county attorney. On motion of
Mr. PHngle, Mr. E. M. Smith was re
quested to take up the matter of
transferring convicts from Mills
& Williams back to county.
• Deeds and Taxes.
Petition of Mrs. Schoenfleld fOT re
duction In' taxes on county property
declined. Dr. McIntosh appeared
before the Board representing his In
terest In and exhibiting a deqd trom
C. C. Atkinson to a certain city let
which the county commissioners at
a later date sold at public outcry
to Homer WIllladiB. On motion this
matter was'referred to C. P. Hansoll
the attorney 'who represented the
county 1n this sale of this lot, who
made the following report:
Gentlemen:
This piece of property Was report
ed to yera ai ode ot those that bad
never been sold by you or your pre-
deoeccor*. It wo* advertised and sold
and the purchaser, or on holding
under him, I* In possession. The
only course open, that I can see, 1(
for the claimant to bring suit for
tho land against the party la pos
session, It he recovers tl
(ha parties or party to whom you
sold have their remedy sga
yon or your warrantee; If be falls
to recover then he must look to tho
party who warranted the title to
BIG BLIZZARD
IN THENORTH
People Freeze to Death
and Traffic is
" Blocked.
(From Wednesday’s Dally)
Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 5.—Advice*
from Midway Tennessee report deep
snow, followed by bitter cold weath
er. The heaviest snow In ten years
has fallen In southwest Kentucky.
New York, Feb. 5.—The heavy
snowstorm which set la' yesterday In
this vicinity grew during the night,
and this morning traffic Is much
crippled. Rail and water transpor
tation Is far behind schedule, or at
a stanfihtlll. Nearly a foot of dry
snow sad a high wind render trav
el difficult and sometimes risky,
Blsmark, N. D-. Feb. 5.—A tele
phone report from Goodrich says an
unknown woman and five children
were frozen to death there last
night.
Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 6.—The heavy
snow storm which began yesterday
continues today. The thermom
eter registers ten degrees below ze
ro.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 6.—Traffic
here today Is seriously hampered by
the storm which developed last
evening and grew during the night)
bringing the heaviest snow of the
winter. Similar reports come from
all parts of the state'.
St. Paul, Mian., Feb. 6.—Street
thermometer! today registered from
23 to S3 degrees below zero, ac
cording to exposure of the Instru
ment
THE FOURTH
WILL STICK
Adjutant General Knocks
Military Fake in
the Head.
-.*■% —
Atlanta, Feb. 6.—Assistant Ad
jutant-General A.J. Scott authori
tatively denies reports printed in Al
bany, Columbus and other point*
that either tho Third or Fourth reg
iment would bo mustered out udder
the recent ruling of tho War De
partment requiring a minimum com
pany strength of 58 men. He says
that there la absolutely no basis for
the reports. All efforts are now be
ing bent towards securing money to-
equip all companies to tho new min
imum, but enlistments will not bo
increased.
WHITE THREATENED THAW.
meat la now ready to turn out your^ last night, at which the question was
commercial work promptly and In discussed, but It ls not known yet
good stylo. Telephone No. 13 what | what farther actions will bo taken
yen want and the job man will call by thorn,
to see you and get your order. Both sides are secretive. M
Feb. 5, 1907.
Respectfully
C. P. HANSELL, Attv.
Mr. M. D. Redfearn, road overseer
Pavo district reported having sum
moned Ed Sneed (col) a road de
faulter for the year 1908 to appear
before Eoard to answer for his de
fault.
On motion of Mr. Pringle Ed
Sneed was fined $10 and a warrant
Issued for his arrest.
Auditing of Books.
The following report was read:
To The Hon. Board County Com
missioners: <
The grand Jury,. Thomas county
at the Oct. term 1906, appointed J.
E. Robison, R. J. Miller and R. R.
Chastain a committee to examine
the books of all county officers and
make report to the grand Jury
April term 1907. To be effective
this work should have the coopera
tion and assistance of your 'honor
able body. On account of the char
acter and magnitude of (the work to
be done, the committee under au
thority of the grand Jury present
ment* will employ an expert ac
countant to aid them; at the per
diem authorised by the grand jury.
We therefore respectfully sub
mit tbs matter to your honorable
body for such action and suggestion
as you think will assist us in n
thorough discharge of, our duty as
■aid committee..
Respectfully,
J. E. ROBISON
R. J. MILLER.
W. A. Pringle and W. S. Bullock
appointed a committee to moot with
above committee.
Road Report.
Tho following report from the
superintendent of roads was read:
To Tho Honorable Board of County
Commissioners:
I beg to make the following re
ports: I have fonr gangs at work
all are getting along as well as could
bo expected. Have one squad In
Meigs district that will finish all the
roads In that district this week, one
on Pavo road near Pelham; Dae ex
tra aqnad near Battle's Mill doing
patch Work, and the chain gang on
Monticello road near Florida line.
Have 23 convicts on gang. Have had
several cates of sickness during the
month which haa hindered this
gang to some extent, though they
are all able to be at work at pres
ent.
I find the following roads need
ing work very badly: Read from
Thomasville to Merrillville, Road
known as River Road.
Respectfully,
E. P. CLAY, Supt,
Treasurer's Report
Monthly statement of John F.
Parker, treasurer, Thomas county,
Georgia, for tho month ending Jan.
31, 1907:
'RECEIPTS,
From balance on hand ' as
per last report 10,015.50
Froirf P. SI Hccth, gen’I.
.taxes 190$ 15,447.00
From R. J. Lastor, road
fines 1 5.00
(Continued on Fourth Fags.)
Ladles Leave Court Room to Avoid
Hearing Oaths.
New York, Fob. 6.—Tho crisis In
the Thaw trial which threatened a
disruption between counsel for
Thaw last night appeared to have
passed this morning, when Attorney
Delmas, of San Francisco took
charge of the defense. It 4s report
ed that Delmaa delivered an ulti
matum that he would withdraw from
the case unless given a free hand In
conducting the fight for Thaw's life.
A consultation between Jerome
and Deltfaas resulted in Jerome with
drawing hla objection to testimony
Intended to show the existence of In
sanity In collateral branches ot tho
■Thaw family, provided tho defense
would withdraw certain questions
naked yesterday. This was agreed
to, and witness Benjamin Boman
was recalled to $b* stand.
When Boman took the stand Jus
tice Fitzgerald announced that If
there were any ladle* In the court
room whose sense of propriety would
not permit tho hearing of tho testi
mony they might leave. Several la
dies Including Mrs. Carnegie
*nd ths Countess of Yarmouth, left.
Boman testified that he heard Stan
ford White threaten to kill Thaw,
calling him vile names. Boman
told this to Thaw.
On CMOS examination, Jerome
subjected witness Boman to severe
questioning regarding hi* life for
the past five years, eliciting, thd in
formation that Boman was doorkeep
er at the Madison Square roof gar- '
den until Febrnary -1104. - Since ‘
than be ban bold various other odd
jobs.
On the cross examination of Bo
man Jerome incited the statement
that on Christian ova, 1103, when
White threatened to kill Thaw,
White did not mention Thaw’s name
saying only, “O’ that Pittaburger.”'
Martin Green, n newspaper man,
followed Howard on the stand. H*
described the tragedy In the roof
garden.
William C. Ward, a piano dealer,
was called a sthe second witness for
Thaw.
Quarterly Sing at Berwick.
Prof. L. B. Bunttn announces that
there will be a quarterly"slug at Bar-
wick on the fourth Sunday In Feb
ruary, which the the 24th day of tho
month. These are always Interest
ing tnd largely attended affairs.
Cold Wave at New Orleans.
Now Orleans, Feb. 4.—The tem
perature dropped fifteen detrees in
an hoar here this mornln?, f itlowlnf
a heavy tbpndsr and lightening,
stem, I^ffll