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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
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Thomasvllle Enterprise. Vol. XLVTI.
THOMASVII.LE. GEORGIA, FRIDAY APRIL 5, 1007.
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LEGAL CIRCLES
-' • - ARE BUSY
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Doings o! Interest in the
Court—Legal Sales
*W Today.
Tbo first Monday sad Tuesday ot
each month fire always busy days at
\the court house. The legal sales
! i are made, the ordinary .holds bis
court, and the county commissioners
f meet.
Ordinary's Court.
Ordinary Will Ian M. Jones held
his court on Monday. The follow-
‘1ng business was transacted: Mrs.
M. E. Martin was granted leave to
tell land belonging to the estate of
Robert Martin, of which she Is ad
mlnistratrlx. .1 A. Epp’y was made
permanent administrator upon the
estate of Elrrman Epply. Mrs. Daisy
i F. Shenton was granted twelve
months support from the estate of
* her husband, Albert Shenton. An
drew J. Bond was made permanent
i administrator upon the estate of A.
F. Hand. Lewis Jones, guardian of
Righteous and Lou Jones was grant
ed leave to sell land for the main
tenance and support of sat'd minors.
H. A. Fleetwood was made perman-
j ent administrator upon the estate of
Llizle Austin.
Legsl Boles.
. Several legal soles are scheduled
f. to take plage
L ibis xaortfhtg. T. J; Hlght, sheriff,
wllj sell under a city court execution
BUSINESS OF
COUNTY
Tranced by Com. at
CourtV^nse Yes- j
te rda^
Board met In regular meeting. All
present except Mr. Copeland. Min
utes last meeting read and approved.
On Motion of Mr. Pringle the Grand
Jury April term Superior Court will
appoint a committee to hear com
plaints in reference to tax values.
Mr. Barrow reports adversely an ap
plication of J. T. Clay. Report adop
ted.
Foudres Mitchell and Dr. Culpep
per as a committee from Baptist
church appeared before Commission
ers and asked them as representing
the county to Join them In a request
to the city for the paving of Broad
street, between Jefferson and Wash
ington streets. Action on the mat
ter was deferred until next meeting.
Lee Hurst of Glasgow district was
relieved of road duty on account of
disability and Mr. J. T. Bullock, El-
labelle district excused from road
duty on account'of bis physical con
dition.
On motion the action of this Board
at Its last meeting relieving W. J.
Manning and S. B. Fielding from
road duty was rescinded and each
of them on motion found subject to
road duty;
JACK FROST
PAID VISIT
Damage in Thomas Conn
ty Light-Melons and.
Gardens Touched.
•Oa motion Nathaa
wafflnr account of disability exensed
l" acres on the Coffee road, bound.J
by the Watkins, Chastain, W. H.
Mitchell axtfl Winn" property, and
levied on by James McKinnon,
against J. A. Mitchell and J. W.
Reid. B. H. Wright and A. P.
Wright, executors ot the estate of A.
P. Wright, win sell a lot on Holder-
neta street In Atlanta, tor the pur
pose of distribution among the
\ heirs. Sheriff Right will sell under
tax flfas tor three years, a lot <tx
11)7 on Clay street, the property, of
C. B. Wilson. Robert Gilmore, ad'
mlnlstrator ot the estate ot Wesley
Gilmore, will eell 2 lots 50x100
j‘- Stephens street. M. A. Fleetwood.
administrator of the estate ot John
Vick, will sell 80 acres In lot 807 of
the thirteenth district.
Deeds Recorded.
Two warranty deeds were record
ed by Clerk Oroorer Monday after
noon. The Virginia Carolina Chem
ical Co. sold to the Comfort Trading
co., 225 acres of the Joe Massey
place In lot 286 of the thirteenth dis
trict. The price paid was 81200.
W. H. Hammond aold to T. J. Hlght,
for 8100, a lot 50x116 In Falrvlew
on Horrocks street.
In Superior Court.
Judge Mitchell at chambers, on
the thirtieth of March, validated a
81200 bond issue for the town of
Boston. The purpose of the Issue
Is the erection of a municipal water
works. On the sixth of April, J. J.
Parramore will appij to the Super
ior court, for the partltln of
In Boston 200x400 feet. Jonas,
Will and Jane Daniel and Jim Gooi*
By are the heirs of Jane Goosby, who
died, slezed and possessed.
, Commissioners Meeting.
The meeting of the Board
County Commissioners Is of more
than the usual Interest. The trus
tees of the Baptist church will pre
sent a proposition to the Board by
means of which they hope to hare
the conrt house block paved ou the
Broad street front. The usual road
matters will come up for action and
the routln of buslnes of the county.
from road duty for 1806.
On motion the case of Will Jack-
sob road defaulter will be heard at
next meeting of thla board.
On motion peddlera license for
Tbomaa county was fixed at 860 for
the year.
James Bryant on account of hit
physical condition was sxeussd from
road duty.
Mr. J. W. Wilson rsquastad to In
vestigate the cases ot Mr. J. W.
Herndon nnd John Brackatt as to
their physical condition relative to
roed duty.
Cept. Smith was on motion
quested to get bids and look after
the matter of electric lights In court
house.
County Physician's Report.
The Jail and poor house have heen
visited weekly. Both places are In
good condition. At the latter, one
has died, none received, or dis
charged.
I have made several visits to the
convict camp. There has been con
siderable sickness, but all are well
now. The camp baa been changed,
and we reasonably expect less sick
ness In the future.
L. B. BOUCIIELLE.
Monthly Statement,
he monthly statement of John F.
Parker, treasurer. Thomas conn 1 /,
Georg's for the month ending Mnr\h
31, 1 907.
RECEIPTS.
From balanco on hand
as per last report... 15,492.71
From P. S. Heeth: gen
eral taxes
From C. P. Hansell:
court costs 837.50;
jail fees 831.65; con
vlct costs returned
863.95
From Road Taxes:
Merrillville dlst. 836.
00; Pavo dUt 830.00
Ways dlst. 827.00;
Murpheys dlst. 842;
Meigs dlst. 8201.00;
Ochlockonee- district
827; Boston dlst.
There was heavy frost yesterday
morning, and the temperature the
night before fell close to the freez
ing point. The question of moment
among the farmers was at to the ex
tent of the Injury done. All agree
that there was a pretty good frost,
but opinions differ as to Its effect.
The principal damage wai to the
watermelon vines and potatoes In the
country surrounding Thomnsvlllc,
Observer Strong of the weather sta
tion had Issued frost warnings hud
some of the farmers had taken steps
to protect themselves. There was
little hurt done to gardens in town
hut replanting will be necessary In
some melon patches.
Peaches and pears were both a lit
tle backward In blooming this year.
The earliest varieties are not yet In
full bloom and no one seems to thlnl:
that they were hurt by the frost.
The only plantings of cotton and
corn that are up are the earliest.
The corn does not seem to have been
hurt and there Is little appreciable
damage to cotton.
Reports from other points In
South Georgia show that there was
slight damage but that on the whole
this section got off light. - North
Georgia suffered more severely. As
far south as Amencus vegetables,
and corn and cotton were Dipped.
The peach crop seems to have es
caped damage.
852; Defaulter! 810
426.03
768.81
Total
DISBURSEMENTS.
For building and re
pairing court house,
Jail, bridges, ferries
and other public Im
provements
For sheriff's, jailer's,
and other oncers'
fees. ...,
For bailiffs at court,
non-resident witness
es In criminal cases,
servant hire, station
ery and the like....
For Jurors at court...
For support of the poor
of the county
For public roads, labor
8610.74; convicts,
8259.74; mule feed,
8978.92; Road sup
plies and repairs
8105.38; Salaries
8248.33; Commts
slons 8105.23; other
expenses 844.36....
ges
Balance on hand
Total
816,819.61
107.97
100.00
2,352.70
19.60
13,275.78
816,819.62
BANK DEPOSITS
RE HEALTHY
Four Banks H&ve $732,-
0®0—Large Re
sources.
$
The' prosperity of the city of
Thqma stitle ts shown by the hank
statements ot the various financial
Institutions In the city. The state
ment. ot ^Be hank appeared In yes
terday’s pfiper, and three others are
In another column of today’s.
The total amount of deposits In
the four banks of the city Is 8732,
185. Thtt doci not Include depo.
Its of about 2150.000 which are car
ried In thgF,ybcal branch of the Ogle
thorpe Savings and Trust Co., a Sa
vannah Institution. The deposits
are divided ns follows: Bank nl
Thomnsville 2353,479, 'Citizens
Bank 8205,893, ThomasTllle Nation
al- 8156,390, People's Savings 816,-
421. Whenit Is considered that the
People's Savings Bank has been es
tablished but four months, and that
there are banks In Boston, Pavo,
Ochlockonee, Meigs, Coolldfre, nnd
Berwick the showing Is a remarkable
one, and should be a source of pride
to the officers of the several depos
itories.
The resources of the four hanks
total more than a million dollars," to
be exact 21,192,36b These are di
vided as follows: Bank of Thomas-
ville 3515,823, Thomasvllle National
1348,591, Citizen's $283,412, .and
Pe«ple.>WV7*w
TB banks will s
jrlll all declare good
dividends. In the statements the
undivided profits, less current ex
penses and taxes paid, show the fol
lowing: Bank of Thomasvllle $27,-
713, Citizen’s 827,511, Thomasvllle
National 223,756, People's 23.462
ANOTHER ROAD
SEEKS CHARTER
Savannah 6 Southwes
tern Plans to Build
to Gulf.
LIE GIVEN BY
ROOSEVELT
Alleged Letter From E.H.
Harriman Brings Vig
orous Denial.
Still another railroad company Is New York, fiprll 2.—A letter
applying for a charter, and propos- ^ dated In December last to Sidney .
lug to pass through Thomas county,' Webster and algned by K...H. Harrl-
Cairo, In Grady county, and to deep .man was made publle fill tv. It
water on the Gulf of Mexico. The J sets forth that President Roosevelt,
newest addition to the railroad in conference with the writer, repre
world Is to he known as the Savan
nah and Sauthwestern.
It Is to be about 350 miles in
length nnd will start at Savannah.
From there it Is proposed to run
southwest through the counties of tlona aad harmonize the belligerent:
seated a desperate Republican out
look In New York state In the cam
paign of 1904: that he aiked Harri
man to secure campaign contrlbu-
Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Tatnall,
Appling, at Baxley, Jeff Davis, Cof
fee at Douglas, Berrien, Colqult, fit
Moultrie, Thomas. Grady, at Cairo,
Leon, Gadsden, near Quincy, Liber
ty, Flunklia, at Appulachlcola, Cal
houn and Washington.
The charter sets forth, the capital
stock Is to be seven million dollars,
and the bonded Indebtedness Is to be
limited to 82,000 per mile. The
factions. Hgrrlman said.the main. 6f-
l-v
difficulty arosef -from objections to-
the re-election of Cbauncey M. De
pew to the senate, and added that
the president promised to appoint
him ambassador to Paris if neces
sary.
The letter continues:
“In Jhe president's presence I
principal offices are to he Savannah I called up an Intimate friend of Sen-
and the petitioners make the usual | an.r Depew and told him that 2$08.%s 1 '
declaration that they Intend to go; 000 would be necees „ y to Ne * .
ahead Immediately to construct and . ...... J.
operate the road. Y ° rk 8tato: that lf he »°“ ld heI P* I
Tho Incorporator, are D. C. W °"“ 1 K,Ve * 60 ' 000 ' He a * reed '
and the amount was raised. Checks
were given Treasurer Bliss, who gar®
them to Cortelyou."
The letter says ot Thomas F. Ryan
W. A^Walkeraf Palp- s.ta that Al * »Uuee«s du lUlfflfeMllif MW
rltob] of Colquitt. porations and politics Is die to the
BAPTIST MEETINGS.
Dr. M. Athbey gone* Preaching
Winsome Gospel.
Dr. M. Ashbey Jones, of Columbus,
has arrived In the city nnd has taken
charge of the revival services now
being held at tha Baptist church.
Those who beard Dr. Jones Monday
night were completely captivated by
him as a preacher nnd a man.
He struck the chord of love in his
opening sermon, nnd this great
theme will be the keynote of the
meeting. Many of those who heard
him last night and the night before
say that he Is preaching the most
winsome gospel ever heard In Thom
asvllle. Large crowdi will doubt
less attend the services both morn
ing and evening. Hours of service
from 10 to 11 o'clock a. m„ and 7:45
o'clock p. m.
Purse, P. .McNeil. J. C. Rowland, E.
M. Frank, J, J. McDonough, J. H. H.
Entclmnn of Chatham, H. R. Brown
of Bibb, C. W. Dean of Appling, J.
W. Quincy, of Coffee, W. B. Rodden-
beryVnd
JrA.Ca'rl
Capt. Purse Is a well-known pro
moter and several years ago was at
the head of a similar movement that
secured a charter, but no steps for
bulldlt'g were taken, Mccm-s. no*;-
denbery and Walker are leading cit
izens of grady county and are inter
ested In sereral projects to give Cai
ro another railroad.
There Is no Thomas county capi
tal Interested in tns project, os most
of the people of this county are con
cerned In the Mexican Gulf move
ment. The plans of the Savannah
and Southwestern are additional
proof that tha project of * road
from Thbaagvllle to the golf is a
feasible on# and that some such road
will be built In the near future.
23.636.01
1.136.90
133.10
3,345.37
. S. Heeth, Tax collector. In ac
count with Thomas county.
DR.
Tp general tax on di
gest
To general tax collected
not on digest ......
To tax collected from A
C. L. railroad ... .
To tax collected from
A. A B. railroad ...
To tax collected from
Ga. Nor. railroad . .
o tax collected from
So. Bell Tel. and tel
Co
To tax collected from
So. Express Co
To tax collected from
Atlantic Postal Tel.
992.83
141.47
64.91
18.18
& Cable Co
13.74
To tax collected from
Boston T«J. Co
4.08
To tax collected from
Western Union Tel.
Co
37.34
Total ' *
229.891.88
CREDIT.
By cash paid county
treasurer Oct. 3. . .
309.00
By cash paid county
treasurer Nov. 5. . .
2,087.00
By cash paid county
treasured Dec. 3. . .
3,695.00
By cash paid county
treasurer Dec. 21 ..
5.118.97
By cash paid county
treasurer Jan. 7, '07
15,447.00
(Continued on Page
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decision against liquor dealers who
ship wet goods to minora has stirred
them up. They are planning to
■void arreot In lnganlous fashion.
The Albany Herald has the fol
lowing telling ot thslr plans:
“Tha dealers claim that tho feel
ing against tham la so strong among
certain prohibitionists in the dry
counties that traps will be laid for
the dealers by the means of orders
from minors, and that It will he dif
ficult In the extreme to escape being
caught In this way, unless extreme
precautionary measures are adopted.
“At first a scheme was proposed
which would require that all orders
for liquor shipments be made
printed blanks furnished for that
purpose, and on which the person
adroit mind of Elihu Root,”
“Deliberate and Wilful Untruth,"
Declares President.
Washington, April .President
Roosevelt characterizes tho ‘TLirfL
man letter" aa a "deliberate and wll
ful untruth, which by rights*
ha characterised by an even shori
and mors ugly word."
ln_. ■ minor, do not deliver
It, but return samo at our ex-
CTrtfoi s'J - r>in I d 11 /
"Albany llqnor dealers believe
that this little slip ot pap«r pasted
on u’.l packager of liq-nr shipped to
dry counties, will solve tho problem
which confronted them with the de
cision of Judge Mitchell, and which
at tint threatened to bo a hard blow
to the Jug trade In thla stats.
Whether or not the rase will prove
effective remains to bo proved by its
actual operation.
STILL TALKING LIQUOR.
| they were not minors. This plan
i was cast aside, however, because It
! would require the signatures of wit
nesses and the seal of a notary pub-
tlve.
“Finally a plan was adopted which
j the dealera believe will relieve them
qulry as to the age of every person
TO AVOID TROUBLE.
Liquor Dealers Plan to Dodge Law
Against Sending to Minors.
Judge Robert O. Mitchell's recent
place that responsibility upon the
delivering agent of the company.
To carry out this plan, small slips
were printed in red ink, to be pasted
on the packets containing llqnor
shipments, and bearing the follow
ing words;
“Notice—To Agents of Southern
Express Co •
“This package contains alco
holic liquors. If tha coaslgnao
Prohibition Preacher la 'Warned by
Valdosta Saloon Men.
It Is reported that the llqnor situ
ation In Valdosta is not regarded aa
settled by either side, and that mat
ters are still at fever heat over
there. It Is said that Rev. L. R.
Christie, Baptist minister and pro-
hlbltfon leader received a warning
letter supposed to' have been writ
ten by the liquor men. The letter.
It is reported, warned Mr. Christie
to desist from his activity in the
prohibition fight. In case he failed
to do so the writers threatened to ex
pose bis past career to Baptists and
make the town too hot to hold him.
What effect the letter had pa the
minister Is not known hero.
Mr. J. B. Owens former clerk at
the Wainman Hotel In Balnbrldga
has accepted a position with the
Stuart House.
Judge Addison Way sprat Tuee-
3iv In town.
Mr*. P. L. Hollingsworth ot Per-
ham spent Thursday shopping In the ’
city.
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