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Thomsaville Times, Vol TII.
Thomaarllle Enterprise, IUH.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA* FIUDAY MARCH 1007.
BULLARD
JANGED
Condemed Man Almost
CoDsamed with Con-
Marietta, Ga». Mar. 1.—John Bul
lard was hanged here at noon today
for the murder of hit 16-year-old
daughter, Ruby, at her home near
Powder Springs, Cobb county, last
Septembers He died protesting that
the shooting was accidental.
Bullard was dying with cunsump-
tlon, and was bnrtily able to stand
w^Ile the noose was being placed
about hit neck. The pardon board
last Wednesday Tefused to recom
mend a cummatation of sentence,
and Governor Terrell today Tefused
a respite and signed the death war
rant. ■ i .
The execution occurred in the jail
and Bullard’s body shot through tho
trap at 11-22 a. m.
VALMOSTA STILL 1VET.
•Only TW) Saloons Closed on Mairh
the hirst.
Valdosta, March. 2.—The saloon*
of Valdosta, with two exceptions, re-
malnnd open in sjitte of the recent
edict <of four of the councilman. L.
Llppman, who hufl made arranao
medts to move to Jacksonville., dust
ed ftts place, uii Knowles A Com-
P*n>' also deriiWJ to cloaa up anti ,p,>scU that '.they will show ttwhr ap-
iLii-r sewer
FINISHED
'v-
fletdierville Ditch Cost
$20,909 and Serves Big
Territory.
Yesterday at noon the work on the
new Fletchervile sewer was com
pleted and the workmen who have
been busy on that task since the
middle o! July were given their last
pay slip. Two small lateral main*
remain to be put in, but this work
will be done by the stree force
wader officer Walker.
The funds for the sewer were
provided by a bond issue of $18,000.
This approplation was exceeded
by abont $2,000. T*!s was due to
the fact that quicksand and wet
ground made the tlmbeitng of the
ditch much mom expensive than had
been anticipated.
The sewer ‘Starts beyond Magno
lia Park, crosses the railroad beyond
the negro cemetary* runs up the
branch aear'tlre end«jf Broad follows,
Merrill wtretft down to West street,
then down West ta the property of
The Tliomasville Tie Co., and tfctm
fthiotfgh TTitrView and Fletehervile,
It is about two ‘miles and n half fcn
length, und should Improve the *rn-
•lt«ry coni 11 tlon* of the town.
dt its nm\ 'Improvement la w hfrh the
people ef Fieti:herville aad Falrriew
have been mtich Interested and for
which they ftoight hard. It l» sup-
get their money back.
The other sattuon men ^nmint'd
'Opened, and it .In said that ttlrey will
mot 6lose nahns they aiw xndterefi;
tto do so In tie regular tagsA way. :
LEGAL VICTORY
J1R PREACHERS
Waldost&’s Dir
■Wrestle Till Dam M
Mielt&tL
At jk -hate hour last night tie iritri
council of Valdosta was SUB In aee-ij ewnen -midnight march of the two
■tlon, trying to decile the Jttm stf the j [naMkHB. ending In a victory at
.barrooms Ja Valdosta. This is the j agw,, go,, to malie • an Interesting
'•llnal meeting to decide whether or•] Chapter 3n the tangled skein of Val-
tioeta’s iprohibition history.
predation by connecting wtti tte
■newoj tU unrc and a number pi them
have eognffled their Intensions 'ot
■o doing.
'Ov* 'o’iloek yesterday
Wcbn Slav returned ea Ore
'o'clock tadln they had with thwwtl
trm'dftlctUton of the restraining order.
'This was,-given by the Jatg* niter
further -consideration,
tfhe 'former order, n uttlWl
council to set yesterday. It only
ttho- putting Into eflMt
MM* mettaus. WSSftfM iuOgv rtf
mini. sjod.Aprs not at-
—,*■ future action that ooun-
ainanny flake.
This last move was a total sur
prise to the wet element, and the
POST OFFICE
SHOWSJjROWTH
Receipts last Month
More than in Fefap
ary 1096.
If anyone doubts that Thomas-
ville is steadily growing If he will
take the trouble to confer with post**
master Frederick D. Dlsmuke, bis
doubts will be dispelled.
When seen at the poatofflev yi
terday Mr. Dlsmuke’s assistant Mrs.
N. D. Sears gave the newspaper man
a few figures showing the business
done by the office during the month
of February this year, and these fig
ures speak positively for Thomas-
vllle’s steady growth.
The receipts at the postofflee da
ring last month were $1,670.60. The
receipts during "February 1906 were
$1,436.23, showing an Increase In
business of $134.3?,
This te an excellent (blowing.
There is not a men hant In town who
da not feeltag goofl if his tales dur
ing lssst month tf lowed a* good an
IncrcsiKe over tbe same month last
last :yoor.
Carded ;
A report from the money order
department, ably presided over by
Mr.. Goa. M. -Smith, shows that dur
ing February T.4 54 pemtofflee money
orders were issued and for a total
nmouirt of $*J,293.75. The fees on
these amounted to $52.67. Mr. Smith
paid 54 9 orders amounting to $2,<
‘8X7 :*3.
During rflie month about 10,000
ipleaes of imall were received dally,
and about 8,000 pieces were dls-
patched.
The force at the office at present
oogslsts iff Fostmakter Dlsmuke, hi*
Slfii, Bearf’and clerks Geo.
.‘A. R. Hargrave, T. H.
I’d Claude E. Smith. There
dity cartierft and fiver rural
Salaries tor the entire
-excepting : tnral carriers,
amount to MRwffaiT a month.
m
mot the Bale of liquor shall continue
tiro re.
/ The .adhwnts of both aide* have
been waging a lively legal battle for
tthe past th«e days. The first move
was taken <on Monday \.hen t..e
liquor people appealed to tbe United
States cpdnt under Judge Speer, for
an injunction to prevent the Valdos-
-ia oounefi loom rescinding the llcen-
ses.» The Judge refused and in char
acteristic styte delivered a prohibi
tion speech-
The next move was to apply for a
restraining order from Judge Rob
ert G. Mitchell Attorney Custls
Nottingham of Macon, representing
the barkeepers, came to Thomasville
and secured a restraining order from
Jjidge Mitchell, preventing the coun-
. cil from revoking . the licenses, or
putting into effect the Informal
agreement of four of the councilman
to do so.
The next move was made by thp
prohibitionists early yesterday morn
ing. Rev. L. R. Christie, pastor ol
the Baptist church and Rev. Graeme
Forrester, missionary of the Valdos
ta association came to Thomasville
on the one o’clock t/arq yesterday
morning. They went to Judge
Mitchell's residence and remained
there 4* argument with him until
CGlATir COURT POSTPONED.
No Court Room Available Until Next
, June.
Judge Robert G. Mitchell return
ed yesterday morning from Cairo,
wVere he went to hold the regular
term of Grady Superior Court. The
court was postponed until the second
Monday in June, at the unanimous
request of lawyers and Jurors.
• Grady county has as yet made no
arrangements for its public build
ings. The room in which the one
day's session of qpurt was held is a
sAll one, over a store, and accom
odations were inadequate. There
was no place for the Jurors, and no
rcem for the lawyers and witnesses.
As yet there are no funds in sight
for the court rouse of the new coun
ty and no one !:nows Just when it
will be built, a bond issue for tint
purpose having failed. But Cairo's
handsome new city hall will soon be
completed and will afford a conven
ient place for holding court. v That
is where the assembly will be held on
the tenth of June, when Judge Mit
chell will return. The grand Jury
was organized and adjourned over
until that date.
■UM*
VIEWS.
BLACK NAN %
Aplays
f(e{W> Went With Whites
--Blood Tainted, Sent
From City.
The people of Albany have just
had an interesting and unpleasant
experience with a man of white skin
and mixed blood. Tbe Albany Her
ald of last night brings an Interest
ing story of the occurrence,
Paul Zeigler, unable to prove that
he of white blood, and not re
futing or denylhg a story to the ef
fact that he wah of mixed parentage,
waa escorted from Albany between
vmns by a Committee of eight deter
mined young men.
Zeigler came to Albany about
month ago from South Carolina,'to
work for the Virginia Carolina
Chemical Company. He wus
good appearance and pleasing ad
dress, put himself forward in society
and was received in some of Ailany
best homes. . A lady from 3 foi
mer home aaw him a few dnvg ago
in company' with a party of youn
ladies, and dcelafeS that where ho
wus known social recognition
denied him. Letters from other
polatfe.showed that the suspicion
welljfpunded, and his deportation
wrat'the result. '
The young men offered him no
violence, but quietly escorted him
out of the town, put him on board
a train headed for Atlanta, sent him
his belongings, and the chapter 1*
now closed. Zeigler offered no re
sistance and the young men tbrest-
ened\no"violenc*. He said that thi*
n> the third time he had,
same experience?
JUMPED BOARD BILL.
AlVged Evangelist said to Have Left
With Debts Unpaid,
Mxe. B. Jones, who conducts a
house at the
Bone Slag's •an Thomasville
the ‘Searchlight.
The Balnhrldge Searchlight, a
bright weekly sheet'' always bos
something Interesting to say about
ThomasvRle. In the last issue are
the following:
Macon is *till clamoring for a
tourist hoteL May be Thomasville
might unload one or two upon her
If Bhe arere approached in ths proper
spirit.
Thomasville doctor wa*
knocked out by a falling signboard
that city Monday. He Is not
looking for signs any more.
Bob Timmons of the Thomasville
Tlmes-Enterprlse has been* Jam
boree! ng in the Flatwoods of Flor-
oda. That young man has Just found I
out what living really is. |
The VaKloxta Times says that respondent of the Time,-Enterprlw
the city council of Thomasville has! reported a very similar occurrence
adopted an ordinance that will Btop
the sale of alcohol. It looks to us •>* ">•■>< 'he parties are the same
that the 1500 tax would Increase
port* tbe departure «fMNrt r< Ar
rington, his wife, Mrs. Ida ArrIDgton
and ion John yesterday morning,
leaving; behind an unpaid board hill
of til.
The party arrived at her house
last Sunday afternoon. They rep
resented that Mr. Arrington was a
traveling evangelist, she thinks of
the Methodist denomination. She
had no hesitation In trusting him for
a week’s board. Yesterday mornlpg
all three left the house after break
fast, and shortly afterward, Mrs.
Jones says the little bojf came back
and took away the valise that was
their only piece ofyjaggage.
They have not been seen since and
It Is not known whether they left on
the train or went through the coun
try.
Prof. J. S. Searcy, the Meigs cor-
NEW SERIES VOL. XVI. No. 3.
J*. \
MAY BE BARRED
man Mallette Ar
raigns Uncle Tom's Cab
in in Discussion.
The question of the Clansman,
which is agitating the minds of
people all over the south, is a live,
issue In Thomasville. It’s scneduled
appearance here on Mar. 26, came up
for further discussion at the last
meeting of the board of aldermen.
Ths mayor and aldermen had been
approached by citizens and petitions
against the appearance of the play,
while soce sltizens expressed them
selves as strongly in favor of it.
Mayor Would Vote “No/*
Mayor Pittman said “Many good
people have asked me that the play
be barred. At last meeting I said
that if the play came here I would
see it. I am of that opinion still.
But I am willing to sacrifice my per
sonal deBires to the wishes of my
constituency, and if the matter
comes before council for official ac
tion, I would vote against Its’ ap
pearance.
Cooper Says Confer.
Alderman Cooper advised aSainst
discussion of the race question and
thought that It could best be adjus
ted by a special committee conferring
with Manager Thompson.
Evans and Gandy Oppose.
Alderman Evans stated that he
jiad been opposed last week to the
coming of the play, and was still
opposed. It would create strife and
should not be allowed. He said: “I
UNT-tURf**:*'.
dlttcult acrobatic teat, hot everyone
know what the alderman mesgt.
Alderman Gandy aald he waa oppoi.
ed to tbe appearance ot the Clans
man; .»
Vmde^WrCabfcrl
AlderMevOiiiftetfii gw*v‘ 'a very
eerBenriflpitfeet (coring of
'It
SHIP SUBSIDY
NO! PASSED
''Vlw>t»~- -v
Congress Adjourns With
out Acting on Any Dis
puted Matters. *
Washington, Mar. 4.—The flfty-^
ninth congress ended at noon today,
according to the declarations op the
two presiding officers, although the»
clock In the senate chamber marked*.
12:23 and that In the house 12:15*
Resolutions were adopte^ thanking.
Vice-President Fairbanks and Speak
er Cannon for the unvarying Impar
tiality and responses were jnade by'
these officers before the gavels fell.
W&sk'ngton, Mar. 4.—Both house*
and congress met at the unusually'
early hour of 9:30 a. ra.. for the las*/
?UUng of the Flfty-ulrrii conr^ss.
Tiie alter dance was slim at both
ends of the capitol, and the mem
bers present showed unmistakable
signs of weariness from almost con
tinuous sittings ,slnce Saturday
morning. The house proceeded
with its business as if unlimited
time was before it. The senate was
without a quorum, and with the rou
tine business disposed of took a re
cess. It was evident that no further
effort would be made to pass the
ship-subsidy bill or any other dis
puted matters.
The senate adjourned ot noon.
The house adjourned at 12:30 p. m.
Final adjournment was delayed by
an error In the enrollment of the La
Follette bill, which neessltated re
enrollment. The bill regulates the
hours of serlvce for trainmen.
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the sale of the stuff.
Rev. Alex. W. Bealer, an old At
lanta newspaper man, and past^P
of a Baptist church in Thomasville, j
preached a sermon Sunday, which ( board qualified before Judge W. M.
reported In the Tiraes-finter- ^ Jones in the court of ordinary yes-
prise, in which he paid his respects ^ terday. W. A. Pringle, of Thomas-
to Sunday morning loafing, worldly vllle, and W. 8. Bullock, of Ochlock-
amusements, cards, dances, theatres, 0 nee were the county ^mmlssioners
circuses, and the low-necked dre3S-j gW0 rn in, and William McMillan, of
es worn by the women at dances. Merrillville, was the member of the
a stem-winding re- county school board who took the
Beal*)* It
former.
hoarding house at the corner ‘(Arid*.” He said
Stephens and Jeff«r*nf ftreete^jrip* irt&rtfitffett interests ot tho
to$rh to keep this play out of Thom
asvllle, but I feel strongly on this
subject and I cannot keep silent. It
comes with very poor grace from any
colored man to oppose the appear
ance of the Clansman, when he up
holds the production of Uncle Tom’s
Cabin, and wants it scattered broad
cast over the land.
Slanderous and Rotten.
That play is the* most slanderous,
outrageous and rotten piece ever put
bn the stage. It has caused torture,
torment, and shedding of blood, yet
our colored brethren, ^who are so
quick to protest against the Clans
man, uphold it and applaud
am not upholding the Clansman, but
I am condemning Uncle Tom’s Cab
in. I have never Been any play that
could excite the blood, and arise
passion, enmity and venom in man
like this black and vlllianous libel
on the south. I was reared here
among the colored people. I have
always lived among them in peace
and harmony. I have worked with
them, and expect to die among them,
and I ask them as their friend for
God’s sake to choke down Uncle
Tom’s Cabin instead of spreading it
abroad and upholding it.’’
After Mr. Mallette’s speech the
matter was referred to a special
committee consisting of Aldermen
Cooper, Smith and Mallette, who
will decide whether or not the ClAns-
tnan shall come to Thomasville, on
March 26tb, ttyi date set for its pro
duction.
4 Officers Sworn .ni
Two county Commissioners and
one member of the county school
oath.
Doted Jurist’s Funeral
ittbeO|K*
Atlanta, Ga„ March «.—Judse
Logan E. Bleckley, twice Crlef Jus
tice ot the Supreme Court ot Geoi-
gla. died, at b!« summer home,
ClarkavlUt, Go., early today ot
Brtght'a. dlaease, as* *79 years. The
body wilt be brought here tonight,
and will lie In atate at the capitol to
morrow. The luneral will be held
Thursday afternoon,and the thter-
ment will be In Atlanta, where
Judge Bleckley has realded for the
past fifty years.
Judge Bleckley has been In feeble'
health for a long time. He had a
sinking spell about 1 o’clock yester
day afternoon and Dr. J. F. Burns,'
the attending physician .stated he
bad no hope of recovery. Judge
Bleckley was the Nestor of the Geor
gia bar, and waa one of the most*
beloved member <
slon In tbo state.
Members of tbe Thomasville bar
appointed on the escort of honor are
Judge Robert' O'. Mitchell, Capt.
W. M. Hammond and Hon. J.- H.
Merrill.
The venerable Justice waa well
known and greatly admired by the
local lawyers, who are deeply griev
ed at bis death.
Ice Cream Supper.
The School Improvement Club
of Metcalfe will give an ice cream
■upper at the school house la Met
calfe Friday night, March S. This
will be an enjayable occaaalon and /
every body Is Invited to I
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