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Thomasrlllr KliUrprlK, \ ml. XLVII.
THOMAS YILLB. GEORGIA, FRIDAT APRIL 19 1007.
MURDER CASES
NEXT WEEK
A. B. & A. TO SAVANNAH.
Reported Be j. Whereby Road Will
Reach * *’> Jjeaport.
Broxton, Ga., April x r *t} m —What
is believed to rnsan that the ' *u-
ta, Birmingham and Atlantic K*.
way contemplates building into Sa-
vanah, is a deal }ust closed whereby
Wednesday. the Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad
Civil Business April Term
o! Court Finished
PROMINENT
LADY DIES
from Broxton to Fitzgerald became
Tbs Superior court finished the the property of the syndicate repre-
civil business of the April term Wed- seated by H. C. McFadden. •
nesday morning and the petit Jury The management took charge
was discharged. Monday, and will operate temporar-
The grand Jury will be tn session ily, until a new charter can he se-
the balance of the week and the cured, under the old charter of the
criminal buslneec will be taken up. Broxton, HazlehurBt'and Savannah
next week-. { Railroad. The use of the prerent
* Several true bills against alleged charter will be lmpractible because
murders were returned by the grand the section of the road from Broxton
Jury W^Inesday, among them being to Hazlehurst was sold recently to
-one against Elijah Hardy who is ac- the Georgia and Florida Railway,
fused of the murder of Arthur It is seml-oRIclally announced that
.....—
Mrs. J. Wyman Jones
Passed Away in New
York Monday
MA NUFACTUKER'8 MONEY.
Sawmill Association will Cut Brokers
out of £i Cent Refund.
(From Tuesday’s Daily)
Mrs. J. Wyman Jones, one ot
Thomasville’s first and best beloved
of the winter residents, . 'died at the
Roosevelt hospital in New York city
at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. Thb
immediate cause of Mrs. Jones’ death
was not announced, but it is under
stood that she underwent an oper
ation last Thursday from the effects
of which she did not recover.
Mr Jones who died about a year
ago was tb* first of the prominent
Brown, against B. B. Glasher, charg- a new charter will be applied for! Northerners to discover the adwan-
ed with the minder of Charles Ford,. at once, and the change so hade as to
against Dudley, John and Doc aiJc*,- the road to be built via BaxKiy,
•Neftns, charged with the teurder of GJccinville and Hinesvllle into Sevan-
Charles Mathis, against Tom Reid, naJh, and from Fitzgerald west to
charged wM. the murder of Lewis some point in Alabama. This, bow-
Swain and Charles Hill, cVarged wlth t ^rer, is denied by some, who alleges
>the murder of his uncle Lewis Hill, j while Mr. MeFaddea resigned la;*. ■ their friends from the .north
All of the men indiened are tn jail. ».veek as general peoenger ttgcnl of! tenslvely at their country home, and
These ca**s will doubtless eccupy ‘the Atlanta. Birmingham and Allan-! H was largely throagh tbelr influence
tages of this section as an Ideal place
•for a winter home. He and Mrs.
Jones came to Thomssvtne tin ism
and purchased the old A. T- Macln-
trye plttce which they named Elsoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Joses entertained
most of tube time of the cotrrt next
week.
Two divorce cases were Trtvd yes
terday. John Mobley was granted w.
tic system, he dia tu. In ordor to take ( thitt the large wtater colony was es-
hold of thh proposed new division of Uldished
the Atlanta, Birmtzigham and Allan
tic Railway frone Fitzgerald to Sa-
total dfrorce from Lis wife Elfcm 1 vannab.
Mobley and R. E, 'Oementw a totril
divorce, from his wife D«51a Clem
ents.
The following gratienraa were "ap
pointed deputy game wardens by ^he
couft: Burell Griffin Jtrr District
\ 1221. W. A. Rehberg Tor DWtrict
- ’16C®, and L. R. Tumi ftor ZMIttlct
, f ,^v •
(From TseeRny's Dally)
Ttonsiderahte hsndnesn wss ttran,-
aeted at the Bnt dnyVomSIan C the
' Superior court ItaAay.
TTtae divorce docket-' "t
a-verdict was jvmgeredRti The
of -the Virginia Pharmacist 'Gw. ws
William Hiller In tavor «f the rplatn-
'tiff,, and Several Ho tire vrs, -spent In
arguing the case of 'Van Duets vs
S.'A. Roddenbery et tal.
Tbta j ft one mt Oa’yuSi tfnter-
•esting features ot the Chiton jywter-
dsy. AttO/OOf Titus dor itne spiaiu-
'tiff Offtrad a demurrer to the de-
'fetfdanta jpswer to fW* case va the
ground that the aaewer «ontain*U no
legal defence to the action. Judge
Mitchell overruled the Demurrer and
sent the ease to the Jury.. The -cane
Mrs. Jones vuas one of Thonue
xtille's best friends. She took a koeii
[interest In the welfare of the town
The Athnnta,'Afcvmlngtiam a»ul At- •‘the was Idetttffled .tn an uncwXr n
lantlc is said to have kought hralua- 'tloua maame.r v.-.lth a number of chnri-
ble tenuJnals in Savannah. It is
safe to predict that Savannah will
have axmther nnilroad within .twelve
to twenty months .
Jonee, I. G. JtuttersOT. jW.llf.Howii'l,
J. G. Han^btflt, B. VU. ifitano, H. X.
Cooke, 31. Thomas, -3r„ J. B. Botin-
tree,’ E» J. TOwuns.'X X. Hurra,JJ. J.
Parrmmre, IV. : H. Brandon, P. W.
Lank. Sr.. JkO "Way, 3. <B. Spann. C.
A. CMhrax, Uyron"'THIBBr, 'Vi- P.
Gnantham, Bt. S. 'White, X3>. Hol
land. and Tun iWlKla.
They Immediately gdt to wotk and
retained The foltowfhjgTipBseaanenU:
York Koom, simple Uurceny, true
bill; Jim Edbonba, aassolt .nail bat
tery. no MB; Dan Pander, misdemea
nor, true hOl; Aaron Trotmen, mls-
drnifsam. epedhd pmestmedt Dally
Strange, misdemeanor, true ‘hill.
(From TVcttw-afluyn Dally.)
The earn ttgalnst ea-Mayor Rod-
denbery. Marshal- Bte|rbens, -and the
Will -he the first case triad-this morn- j city police foroe was dlsmlMeil yea-
Ing. This is the eaee Jn which Tlfr. terday. After hearing the evidence
Duren Is suing Judge # Jtoiddentiery, 0 [ (he plaintiff. Mr. Tom Duren.
J. J. Stephens, S. P. Doss, and H. B. Judge Miteheil aonsulted the case
Martin for the value of some whis-| 0 n motion of the deteadant’e attor-
key which was found in Mr. Dimu's ney and the covte were aaeesscd
store and destroyed during the time a g a inst the plaintiff,
that Jndge Roddenberv was mayor.j The consideration of the case took
Attorney Theo. Titus represents Mr. „ p the mosl 0 f the morning, and
Duren and W. H. Hammond repre-^ the afternoon the only case taken up
sents Jndgo Roddenbery. j waa that of Aaron Adams vs A. I.
The -fallowing divorce casen were Johnson et al. Thin was dismissed
disposed of Monday Mr. Harry -on demurrer.
Martin vs. Mrs. H. H. Martin. A to- The grand Jury continued to work,
tal divorce was granted, both partlei and will probably reach an adjourn-
heiag relieved from all disabilities ment by Friday. The court docket
as to contracting another marriage, j wlij be resumed this morning and the
I.eona Ballard vs Dtlllon Ballard, cases taken up in order. Those on
Total divorce granted. ; yesterday's docket were postponed
James Everett vs Alice Everett, to- or settled out of court.
1 divorce granted. | —
Lizzie Stephens vs Thomas Steph- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sparks who
total divorce granted. ■ were married In Orangeburg, 8. C.
ssie Barrow vs J. W. Barrow, 1 will visit Thomasville on their wed-
divorce granted. ding tour, before going to -Albany,
table moveinKits and contributed lib
erally to -thtiirald. She was an ardent
friend of the ‘City Hospital.
Mr*. Jhmcn was.a sister ot Uc late
Senator Mark Hanna, afio of Mr. It.
L. Haonatand Mrs. J. C. Morse. She
I* mrvlKad
Th« April meeting of the Georgia
TloSfck Saw Mill Association was]
In Jacksonville, Fla.
airman Tift, for the 2c rate ad-
vaA$e corrmittee, reported that the
'erne c/ urt had fixed April 22Tis
^Jate U r hearing argument, but
thfct a de Islon was not probable be
fore late in the year.
For the Florida railroad commit-
tee, Messrs. Waymer and Welton re
ported that the circuit court had
held that the Florida car equipment
law was constitutional, but that
there, would probably be an appeal
to the state superior court, to come
up late In the year.
Reports of members showed
great deal of improvement In the
labor situation; indeed, but few
Complaints were made.
The car problem was about as bad
as ever, with no prospect of an early
solution.
Prices were hot satisfactory, and
appeared to be getting worse, es
pecially for the lower grades, nl
thought this did not appear to b(
^van^inted by the demand r which
'was fairly good. Prices on higher
grades showed little decline.
The resolution drawn up at the
special meeting held at Tifton in
March, to be submitted to the Jack
sonville meeting for consideration
was taken up. This resolution pro
vided' that in event the 2c per
colfected by the railroads under the
advance in freight to Ohio river
point* and decided* by the courts
be llleral was collected from the
railroad* that on shipments made
for, brokers on mill delivery prices.
IMMIGRATION
FQR THOMAS
Chaphn.
The Xtmeral twill take place in
CierefauU next 'Thursday.
PKR80NAMB.
371101 ■Vxgiie Are Doing at The flab
07 'Thomaa.
Mia A. W. Battle of Moultrie
vliltei tier [parent*, Mr. anil Mr*. J.
C. SttMlaoJ iat tbelr bom* >on Boutn
Stephen* street since my last gen
eral epistle to the Gentiles.
The Boston Annanlas Club ha*
been neorgazltzed for the lummer
campaign. Application* for member
*h!p must be lent to the (ecretary
on or before The full moan In each
month, avoompanled by the [Initiation
fee of f5. According to the bylaws
one half of Ibe Initiation lee can be
appropriated for rick benefit*.
Mr. Jno. Dngger of Quitman was
In our town Inst Friday transacting
business.
Joe L. Cook has opened a branch
of his market In tho bSsement of
th*. sqm refunded should be divided
between tSe 'bfoker and mmufnc-
>
turer..
After a lengthy and interesting
discussion. In Mich several member,
participated, the following resolu
tion was unanimously adopted;
Resolved. That the mawntacturer*
are entitled to the sum to be
funded In- the advanced Tates made
on pine laHhtf by the M&oads. in
tbe event ot the snccsaafal termina
tion oFthe Association's contention.
Messrs. Wm. B. Stillwell, F. E.
Waymer, Geo. T. Belts, J. B. Con
rad and W. 8. West, niter being
placed in nomination were elected
as delegates to the annual meeting
or the National Lumber Manutac-
ttrers' Association, which Is to he
held May 28 and 2*.
The next meeting, which la the an
nual one, at which the annual elec
tion of offleers will take place, will
be held In Tifton, Wednesday, May
8th.
the A. C. L. and one of said road
right bowers, was In Boston this
week the guest of Mr. A. J. Whipple
and Mrs. M. A. Wilson, mother and
the city hall and J. W. Cnflodge has grandmother.
charge of same. Boston was represented at the Al-
'* Wallace Martin of Mayvlew spent Imny Chautauqua last Wednesday In j grants.
Sunday In Boston In the interest of j the persons of the following well I gfiy Iler cent of the farming lands In
Chairman J. A. Betjeman
Talks of forming £dun
ty Association.
EGYPTIANS DEFEAT..
Invading Army From Thoinasville.
Hon It Was Done.
(From Thursday's Dally)
Mr. J. A. .Betjeman, whose official
residence Is Albany, but upon whom
Thomasvllle’gtill lays a st»ong claim
was In the city yesterday shaking
hands with his many friends, and
throwing out some wholesome sug
gestions which If followed will
help to relieve fhe distressing ( labor
situation here;
As everyone knows Mr. Betjeman
is at the head of the. Immigration
movement in Georgia, and he says he
stands ready to help his old home
town and county In every way pos
sible. ‘ -
While hers he consulted with
President Loo Neel of the Board of
Trade la reference to an organiza
tion of the Thomas County Immi
gration Association.
When seen by a representative or
the Tlmes-Entcrprlse he said: "Of
course Thomas county
It is an exceedingly sad 'and pa
thetic epic—this account of a recent
visit of the Thomasvllle Y. M. C. A.-
baseball team to the capital ot the
neW county of Grady. i
Yes, 'tls true v j* ajtfflr'st #guely ^
hinted and reported,that the* Egypr
tlon force from Ca*o played Mb
with the Invading hosts
land which flows with milk an
ey, In and around and about 1
vllle,' „«*»( • - * {
■Various and “stte-drled*
for the defeat will be givd
members of our own helm
ing army, but for the re a-,
foolish fanatic can cast _ ....
upon the error column of the Wo
Ten errors In one game Is end*
to make the head whirl and y=
henrt sink with n sickening sudd ;
♦' jm?
ty (whatever that may be.) Jc.
Watt was the only man not houoi
with an error, v .V' rifrsft*.
The mighty Nurmah, the man with
the strong south paw, probably feels
the defeat keener than any member
of the home team. After winning
his game Norman threw it away’by
two bad throws to first in the lyt
wants and h a if 0 f the ninth inning, and, of
muSt have ter quota of the imrai- C0lirse , when this
I com wtr, wu«u im» happened the
grants that we intond to bring to Egyptian hordes went wild with de-
deorgla to relieve the labor sltua-1 ](ght_ lk "J w (
tlon In the immediate future. What'
I want Is for the leading men of the
county to decide upon a tlmo and
place when they can get together,
and then notify me nnd I will he
present at the time of the organiza
tion of the local association and will
outline the plan necessary to follow.
"The county organization must be
composed of .at least one represen-
tatlve from £cth militia district,
and besides, of course sot as many
other builnec* men as are Interested.
"Organisation Is absolutely neces
sary, and It la necessary for the rea
son that we must have minute de
tails. For instance, If a man wants
a certain number of families to set
tle upon farms we must know the
number of acres In the farm, the
kind of land, wbat It will produce, if
there Is a well upon it, how far from
towg, etc. This Information will
I’retty Work. -it
Just previous to this air ship trip
of Norman's the husky southpaVr
did somo work that^was as pretty as
was ever witnessed upon'a big teagu^
diamond. In the last half ot thR
eighth Inning with the bases alMull,
and nobody out, Norman fanned in
rapid succession three healthy Egyp
tians. This looked good to the esi
nunapr *f tbs V. M. C.
bit heart swelled with pride. But
afterward#--Well, the best pitcher^
la the buriofxs will lose their heads
■omotlmea when the score Is doss
and they art playing before a howl
ing; populace on foreign soli.
81s Vmpshlp. , '■mm
SpssfoftbeT. M.C. A. hoys bad a
tendency to roast His Umsehlp. Dr.
Jll- M. Bearer, tot eomejil. hit deds-
U, |ons, ,and (fR halls snd strikes. It sp-
m
forwarded to our representative lu | ** ^ hV WS* a Uttle off col-
Europe. 'He In turn will inform th*.* r ,l tlmes/bnt the writ
writer Is positive
parties on this side of tbs family |* h “ ‘ he *« *« 8 • non 0,8 he “ 1
tv., -.tn h. un t it i. i. n n.m.. and not of the heart, for tb
that will be sent. If It la a German.“““ “ ol “ ,8 he8rt ' fo f ther8 u n0
family, where It b^a resided and all f * ,r * r ln 8,1 8 o uHl °' or S la tSea
about it* members. In other word*,
both parties Interested will know ex
actly wkat’s what.
"I want It distinctly understood
that no fees will be charged to appli
cants for labor. There will be no
cost, and no trouble except the for
warding of the necessary informa
tion.
"You have no Idea of the terrible
needs of Georgia in this line. I have
recently received between eight nnd
ten thousand applications for immi-
I am informed that»at least
ra Williams vs Corsey Williams where they will make their home,
total divorce granted. j ' 1 ~ —
The grand Jury met and selected Mr. D. C. Barrow was down from
Dr. J. T. Culpepper as foreman, while Pelham on business Friday. He
Young was appointed says that tobacco culture has made
bailiff. , money plentiful in North Florida.
The members of tbe Jury are as The stock for a bank that he recent-
folio ws: - j ly organized there was subscribed
T. Culpepper, foreman, J. M. three timee over.
his best girl.
Grover Whipple an old Boston boy
but now living at Montgomery and
one of the A. C. \L.’s valued em
ployees visited his mother Mrs. A. J.
Whipple at her home on West Jef
ferson street since my last epistle.
Miss Julia Stanaland spent last
Sunday at Prospect the guest of her
friend Miss Wesley Arsley.
Miss Ona Neel visited the Metrop
olis of the county last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. Fred Feltham. our efficient
postmaster visited Waycross last
Sunday to assist in celebrating his
father’s birthday and joining the bal
ance of the family in a reunion. ,
Ben Whipple, a grandson and cit
izen of Boston but eleaming Macon
as his domicil# being connected with
popular Dr. 8earcj.
As has been previously remarked
the real cause of defeat can be found
in the error column, but in extenua-
tion # of the blackness of this column
it may be said that the condition of
the diamond at Cairo had much to
do with the ragged work of tlie boys
who have been used to playing on a
much faster field. « * •.
Starts off With Whoop. ' i
The game started off with a whoop
when Oscar Groover pasted one
out for three bags the first time up.
Palin followed this up with a pretty
sacrifice. After Fleming had sawed
i ifsS
known and prominent young folks: Thomas county Is idle. What would
Mrs. Ellis McKinnon, Misses Lota ft mean for this county.if even half] air, McKeown landed for a two-bag-
Rounrree, ..eitie Stanntanri, Maggie . G f this idle land was being cultivated ger, and McQueen followed this up
Burney, Frank Turner, Wessle Ans-
ley, Julia McIntosh, Minnie Ingram,
Essie Taylor, John G. Burney, Hen
ry Witt, W. W. Burney.
Dr. Everitt Daniel of Moultrie
was in Boston last Monday enrouto
by industrious German farmers?”
North Boston.
Marshal W. W. Burney will sell at
public sale on Saturday the 20th be-
wlth a single neatly placed.
The ojr*y time that the Egypttana
caught on to Norman’s curves was in
the sixth inning. In tUs round they
landed for four hits ln straight
to Savannah to attend the Georgia mat5 of swine and those needing
fore the city pound a heterogeneous "concussion" after two men were
Medical Association.
Rev. E. B. Witherspoon and J. D.
McCulIum attended the Macon Pres
bytery at Columbus this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McGanghey
formerly citizens of this place but
now of Havana, Fla., were in Bos
ton last Tuesday.
, Mrs. Dr. Everitt Daniels of Moul
trie Is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mr*. J. W. Taylor at their home In
such might do well to attend the
sale. Said hogs are sold to pay Inn
pounding fees, feed etc.
Little Lucille Reid who was so
painfully burned last Wednesday
week Is, we are glad to say, a shade
better. f „
A large contingent of Boston's
citizens are In Thomasvllle this week,
some serving as grand Jurors, some
as petit Jurors, some as witnesses.
out. These four hits netted them
three runs. It was In the seventh
Inning that Wilhite, who did splen
did work ln the box for Cairo, had
his explosion. In this Inning home
talent landed on him for five bits,
one ot which was a double.
Sapp, Wilhite, Searcy and Red-
fearn showed up best for Cairo. All
the boys on tbe home team played
(Continued on fourth page.)