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WEEKLY TIMES-ENTERPRISE M ARCH 15, 1007
WEEKLY TIMES-ENTERPRISE
and
SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS.
■ Published every Friday by the
MMES-ENTBItPItlSE PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
At the Tlmes-Enterprlse Building
Tbomasvllle, Ga.
Wilson M*Hardy, President.
John D. McCartney, Sec. nud Tress,
Robt. H. Timmons, Manager.
Entered at the post office at Thomas-
Tllle, Ga., , asseeond class mall
matter.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THOMAS
COUNTY.
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A unique figure has passed with
the demise of Judge Bleckley,
answered the demand of Epictetus,
the sage of Epirus, who said, “Give
me one man that cares how he. shall
do anything, that not of the gaining
of things, but thinks of his own en
ergy."
The discovery that a supposed ne
gro had been associating with tho
society girls of Albany caused a
shock to South Georgia’s sensibili
ties. He was very gently dealt with,
but was of course forced to leave
town. A resident of the city, writ
ing to the Herald, seizes tho occas
ion to preach n powerful sermon to!
young women about care In the
choice of their associates. He makes
a point that there is little danger of
them meeting a man of mixed blood,
fiut large probabilities that they will
meet a mAn of black morals.
A PROSPEROUS PEOPLE ber, for I suppose that I have given
Georgia’s great development is ln' awa >’ a * least half of what I h.ive
no way better indicated than by the j killed." ^ i
great increase in the number of That started the ball to roiling and
banks during the last year. Thom-j for the next hour we enjoyed.the
as county has led the procession in j stories immensely,
this regard. During the year 1906 | Said Mr. Way: “I was near Bos-
three new hanks were chartered in J ton a few years ago and concluded
Thomas county. In fact Thomas
county in’s more banks than any
,other county in the state. There
are eleven regularly chartered
banks in Thomas county, besides a
branch of a Savannah bank making
twelve In all.
All of the old banks, and new
ones too are prosperous. There is
not a bank in the city of Thomasville
that has shown a falling off in de
posits, and this, In spite of the fact
that new ones are continually being
established.
The people are not averse to in
vestments. They keep their money
turning over, but they are conserv
ative and do not bite at »wild-nat
schemes. People wno save are peo-
that I would go out and look for
some turkeys one afternoon. *~My
friend''and myself drove out a few
miles and had the good fortune to
flush a good sized flock. It was
made up of* an old hen and her
hard by the dog that he ran right
into the water. He soon got
yond hi3 depth, and then it was an
easy matter for *the dog to catch and
kill him.”"
“Ohe thing about a turkey I have
learned,” put in Mr. McElvey, “is
that you can run a gobbler down in a
little while’if you know how to man
age him. I once owned a hound dog
that was a fine turkey hunter. He
was very slow, but mighty sure. If
he ever struck a trail he would be
sure to put up the turkey if you just
young brood. They were fully j gave him time. I soon learned that
grown, but a little unsophisticated. a turkey especially if iTis a large
The old hen flew off down the creek bird, will not try to fly whert he is
and the others scattered to right andj running up hill. He will only rise
left among the trees. It was getting
late and we concluded to lei
rest until the next morning. By day
light we were back there. My
friend concluded that he would go
down in the direction taken by the
old hen, while I decided to try my
luck on the young bflslg^ I settled
myself by a tree and began to yelp.
BANK OF COOUDGE
COOUOGE, GA.
Capital paid in
Undivided Profits
Depositors Insurance Fund
Financed by Bankers Financing
which has a paid Capital of
$15,000.00.
$1,500,00.
$200,000.00.
Company (Inc.)
$200,000.00.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
Pie who are prepared for emergen- 4 fl ne young gobbler lit In a tree ai
des. So If bard times do ever come. m oa t directly over my head. I bad
Thomas county will be In shape to him on the ground In a few moments
meet them. As long ns they stay and was ready for more business.
away 8ho is busy, prosperous and
progressive in all lines.
The editor of this paper wa^ In
1 college with tho late Logan Bleak-
ley, and was a junior when tho
Judge was a freshman. Yet tho
Judge was three times us old ns the
editor is. The occasion was tho
•visit of the venerable jurist to the
University of Georgia, where he
spent severai days taking a special
AN OUTSIDE VIEW.
Editor Glessnor, of the Griffin
News is an editor that carries his
eyes with nim on a trip, and a brain
to think with. On the occasion of
n recent trip to South Georgia, he
penned the following lines for his
paper:
“Every visit to South Georgia ac
quaints the visitor more and more
with its resources and possibilities.
“As the vast forests of timbered
wealth are consumed there come in
their place vaster Acids of the great
er wealth of orchard and farm.
“Tnc true .voalth-produelng power
of this country will not be known
till the turpentine still and the tie
camp are followed by the farmer.
“Tho true wealth of this great
country lies In Its soil and not In Its
timber.
- “The raising of peaches alone will
make this belt the richest and moat
famous section in the world in ten
years. The quick growth of the
W. H. Crow,
Pres.,
W. A. J. Paramore,
1/. Pres.,
J.F. No lea.
Cashier.
courso In mathematics. His brief | trees, the early ripening of the fruit,
fcollege eweor wag a source of great I tnc ^surpassed market facilities, nil
pressure to the college boys, and he • ua lto to make this possible,
was as young at heart as any of I “Pecans will bring in a fortune to
them. He sat tn chapel with tho I the owners of groves. It takes a
boys, and when he entered wn* | little longer to realize ton than other
rheered by the familiar cry, “Hl-yl- [ things, but it is i>, lasting income—
Jl, Hl-yl-yi, Hi-yi-yi, Logan.
Hia hotter than life Insurance or bank
adaptability to circumstances, his | H tock.
and
never falling sense of humor,
his wide personality mado him a
marked figure in Georgia history
If the written law was ns effec^ivo
as the “unwritten law,” tills would
be a better country.
Commenting upon tho statement
of the Times-Enterprise that Thom
asville Is enjoying a religious reviv
al and Industrial boom at the same
time, the Way'cross Herald says:
“Revivals enhance Industry. Al
ways encourage revivals. When we
want to put up a new $175,000 ho
tel, double the capacity of the car
works, get an approval from the city
council to pave the streets; or, want
tnythlng In fact, we always suggest
9 a revival and get it. Then the wom
en folks induce our martied men or
the aldermen to attend the services
they get good, better, best and then
we hand around the stock subscrip
tion list. We always get what we
Tell you revivals are great
things for Industrial development.
> They drink Juice In Way cross,
Perunp. In Quitman, alcohol In
Thomaavllle, and anything they
please In Bainbrldge—Balnbrldge
Searchlight. ^ * . **•
Thomasville Is a church going ci
ty. All of the houses of worship
were thronged Sunday. The people
of the city evidently believe with the
Ancient Mariner that It is sweeter
than the weeding feast to "Walk to
gether, to the kirk with a goodly com
pany." . Now if they will go a
further and agree that “he prayeth
best who loveth best all things both
graet and smtll.” they will be doing
jrel?. . '
“Berry growing will make the
ones engaging in It a handsome In
come. #
Trucking and vegetable growing
presents wonderful possibilities to
tho man who takes up that line of
farming.
"This section has advantages as n
stock country that cannot be equal
led on earth.”
WILD TURKEY TALKS.
(A. W. Bealer in Atlanta Journal)
It so happened that I was thrown
among a company of turkey hunters
recently and I had the pleasure of
hearing them talk. We were spend
ing the night in upper Florida look
ing forward to a day’s sport on Mlc-
cosukie Iuke, where ducks are pleu-|
tiful from the opening to the closing
of the hunting season.
After we had enjoyed a splendid
supper, prepared by Mrs. Chambers, i
wife of the well known hardware;
drummer, John Chambers, we ad-j
jonrned to the front porch. The;
party was made up of Mr. J. B. Wa.v,
Mr. C. W. Cooper and Mr.
Williams, of Thomasville; Mr. J
One strange thing about young tur
keys Is that the report of a gun does
not seem to frighten them much
They will recover from it In a mo
ment and will begin yelping almost
before the echo of the gun has died
out of the woods. As soon as I had
secured my bird I yelped again, and
another turkey came flitting into
nearby tree and I dropped her. Weil
to make a long story snort I stood
almost in my tracks that morning
and killed five young turkeys. I
thought that was enough for both of
us, and calling my friend we were
back In town in time for breakfast.”
Then Homer Williams spoke up.
He is a very modest young man, but
he is gifted as a turkey hunter. Ho
can take a rose leaf and applying n
to his lips can make It yelp in such
a- way Hint it will fool the sharpest
turkty that ever made a track in
tho woods. (
“I hesitate to tell It,” ho said,
"but I once made a hog of myself
to kill n turkey.”
“If that is the only time you over
did such a thing,” said Charlie Coop
er, “you are lucky.”
“Well”’ continued Homer, "I am
not going into particulars on that
line. I am simply telling you of one
occasion when I acted the hog to get
a turkey. I had a bunch of turkey
scattered in some pine woods. One
of them, In answer to my yelp, lit
in n tree just on the edge of a log
road that wound through the woods.
He was in plain view and I saw that
there was no way to get within gun
shot of him. I could not reach him
without crossing that road, and I
could not cross that road without
his seeing me. Just then a hunch
of 25 or 30 good sized hogs came
alcng. They were moving slowly
through the woods, feeding as they
went. IT occurred to me to fall In
with them, and I dropped down on
my all-fours and tried to look as
much like n hog ns possible. I
never did see hogs that had so much
time to fool away. They stopped
under every oak trae to eat acorns,
and It was fully half an hour before
I go| near enough to the turkey to
shoot. He never once suspected
me. As soon.as I got within range
I arose to my Knees took aim and
fired. The shot was all right, and
I had a turkey In return for* my
trouble. I was satisfied, even if 1
did have to hog it to get hlnu”
"The queerest trick I ever saw on
when he is on the down grade,
When that dog struck a trail I hur
ried him on whenever we struck a
hill. When we started down hill I
let him take his time. That made
the turkey do his level best going up
his and quieted him down when he
was running down the grade. In
this way I wearied down many a tur
key and caught them with a dog."
“That makes me think of George*
Beverley’s turkey tale,” said Homer
Williams. "I won’t vouch for it
but give it for what it is worth and
you know George Js a truthful man,
even if he does hunt turkeys. He
and Amos Bottoms were out one
morning early and had spotted some
turkeys. Amos was doing the yelp
ing and George was ready to shoot n
hen that was' answering from the
bushes. An old gobbler had yelped
close to where Amos was sitting. It
was a moment of excitement as any
of you will know. Suddenly George
heard the flap of wings and then the
gobbler jJcurrted away over . the
bushes. The report of the gun held
by Amos had barely died away be
fore he ran into the bushes and caine
out tho next minute with a great
big possum. He had been watching
for tho gobbler, and knew exactly
where he was but could not see him.
Suddenly he heard a tremendous
fluttering and at the same time ho
saw something leap into the air. The
gobbler rtulfered away and rising
up he saw tho possum trotting along
a log. Seeing that the turkey was
tost to him he cracked down on the
possum. He wanted meat and pos
sum meat was better than- none at
an.”
“Well, I think that will da to gi
to bed on,” was the verdict of ev
cry one present and after good nights
were said wo ail turned in' io
ready for the sport that was
fore us on the morrow.
The Thomasville Times-Enterprise
directs attention to tae few sheriff's
sales advertised nowadays Hi the pa
pers of Georgia. It Is probable that
no other state In the Union shows
less sales under the hammer than
this state has done in the past year
or two.—Amerieus Timcs-Kecordcr.
The Following Machinery Ottered for Immediate
Shipment, Subject to Prior Sales.
8—15 H. P. Tubular boilers.
6—12 H. P. Tubular boilers.
1— 12 H. P. portable boiler, on skids.
2— 15 H. P. portable boilers, on skids.
1—20 H. P. portable boiler, on skids.
ALSO.
1 —15 H. P. portable boiler, on wheels.
1—20 H. P. portable boiler, on wheels.
These portable boilers can be furnished wfth engines mounted, if de-
silred. n
If interested write at once for prices. All brand new.
J. S. Schofield's Sons & Co.,
Macon, Ga.
Impure blood runs you ctowa
—makes you an easy victim tor or
ganic diseases. Buttlock Mood
Bitters purifies the blojtb—cur«« the
cause—builds you up.
Ilomer the l >art °* a turkc >* was *hen one of
i them took to a pond of water just
Green, of Camllln. and Mr. T. J. Me- Uk* ■> "’minded deer,” Bald Mr. Way.
Elvey of Pelham..
“My grandfather,” said Homer
Williams, as he pointed to the silver
lake In front of us, “killed enough
wild geese on that lake in one winter
to make a bed out of their feathers,
and it was a good one, too.”
DUNN'S
Friction feed
Drag Saw. Operated by 2 h.p.
engine. 5 1-2 ff blade.
Dunn Machinery Co.„ Dept H,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Wearing
Apparel
Until you see our
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Giving descriptions and prices of
CLOTHINGand FURNISHINGS
FOR
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B. H. LEVY, BR0. & CO.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
The South’s largest Mail Order House.
*ank of Ochlochnee
0CHL0CHNEE, GEORGIA.
Every depositor in this bank is insured in
the Depositors Guarantee Fund which has
$200,000 to protect the depositors in this bank.
We appreciate all accounts and extend to
our patrons every courtecy with good and safe
banking.
We pay a high rate of interest on time
deposits.
B. B. Anderson
President.
W. S. Bulloch
Vice President.
Wm. Johnson
Cashier
JUST LOOK
Over our Stock and you will be surprised at what nice things
we have that will make plad the heart of alchild on’Christmas mom
"It was a very large gobbler.
JumpedTip Just In front of me and I
winged him as he passed between
two trees. As soon as he hit the
ground he started to run. My dog j •
took after him and down the hill; A o
they went at a break-neck speed. 11
•V killed "ducks enough last win- » ft " r lhcm - ’ rh <' re wa » a sood-
ter,” said Mr. Way to make a bed, slzeJ pond at the foot of the hi., and d uct } on Qn ^ f QOG MOtlle WHCClS, in order to close them out
from their feathers for my little »be turkey ran straight toward it.
girl This winter my wife has made; "’hen I reached the pond I was sur-
three flne feather pillows from the "> «“ log
A full stock of Juvenile Toys on the road and a 20 per cent re-
ducks I have killed, and that doei
not represent anything like the num-
the water dragging the turkey after
him. The bird had been pushed so
WERTZ & SON,
Opposite Police Barracks. * THOMASVILLE, GA.