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Tbomaaville Times, Vol XXX.
Tbomssville Enterprise, TsL XLVU. ■
THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDAY
AFFAIRS OF
THE COUNTY
Many Natters of Impor
tance Transacted By
Gem. Yesterday.
FARMERS UNION.
Tbomasvlle May 7, 1907.
Board met in regular meeting.
AS present.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved. On motion of Mr. Prln
gls tie county will bear their share
ol the cost of paring, when tbe. own
ers -of property on west side or
Broad itreet decide to begin the
work ot paving between Jefferson
ad Washington on Broad.
Mr. Herndon Of Merrillville
excused from road duty on account
oT physical disability.
Tbe case of John Brocket contin
ued.
County Attorney W. M. Hammond
reported In favor of paving Clerk J.
"W. Groover 1300 in full for bis bill
of Insolvent costs, adopted. County
Attorney Hammond renders tbe legal
oplalon that under the preeent law
ill parties between the ages of 16
and 50 are subject to do road fluty,
with tbe exceptions of tbe law
makers.
Tbe following communication ad
dressed to the commissioner! by tbe
read overseers and signed by -more
than 50 citizens of tbe county read
sad ordered spread on tbe mlnutee.
• April 2, 1907
To tbe Board of Commissioners or
Roads wnd Revenues, Gentlemen:
In connection with tbe regular -re-
county Organizer Forma Branch at
Salem.
(By J. M. Shepperd.)
Salem, May 7.—A. L. O. Stephen
son. county organizer for tbe Far
mers’ Union, met
farmers at the Arllne school house
Saturday night and organized a lo
cal unlob with eleven members. Mr.
J. T. Sherrod was elected president,
M. Herndon, vice president, J. C.
Ralford, secretary and
THIS OFFER
NOT GOOD
r'nunlr'Tf T, Vasbti Hi me Site is Only
Store Building in En
terprise Florida.
The Ocala, (Fla.) Banner prints
treasurer, tbe folowlng interesting fact*' about
We hope to see tbe Farmers- Union jta# new slto offered for tki Vashtl
hi a protperoue condition \ doing Ha31 e. as plret- by Rut. Thomas
t»«*
great good in our community a: Griffith.
abort time. It is a move in the rla A- _ . ,
■■ . . J J An Mis* Tucker’s agent, I went
direction, and all honest men ought|-f<w .. J . _ ...
' „ . t ‘CTprlse, Fla., and closed a deal
to It, and work together I
to belong
with «. A. Denison for tbe Brock
Tot the betterment of onr fellowman, I... . .
j estate, w. „-h
morally, socially and financially.
What do we live for If not to elevate
tbe world to a blgber standard.
^a This day made by n( iiatothe
condition ot tho public rood* -and
bridges in our respective districts;
tbe commutation money collected;
and tbe progies* thus far made un
der tbe aarw system of road working,
wo think R proper to submit tbs fol
lowing statement.
Bines tbe prsesrwj syatem we* put
in operation, wo bave in tbe
charge ot otnr duties aa District
Overseers, had opportunity to-ob-
asrvs tbe oetbods punned, the preg
resa mode, and tbe character of tbe
work thus far dose, as compared
with that done under tbe old sys
tem.
Tbe Alterative Road Law was put
In operation by you n little
than a year ago, during which time
nearly all tbe overaeera now In office
have been discharging tbe duties
prescribed by your body, and out
lined in tbe law Itself; tad while by
reason of tbe difficulties that neces
sarily attended tbe Inauguration of
tbe new eystem, tbe amount of work
done up to this time has been much
less than may be expected to be done
conveniently U ar to tbe roads not
yet fully Improved, reasonably esti
mate that the time required for pas
sing from their homes to adjacent
towns and vlllhgee, has been reduced
by nearly one-fourtb, and the weaT
and tear to vehicles and work an
imals, by even n larger percentage,
thus saving to our people thousand!
of dollars that would otherwise have I
been laid out for the purchase of
mules and borses and for repadrs to
vehicles.
It is further to be noted that tbe
Improvement In tbe safety and con
venience of our publle bridges
throughout tbe county bnt qept
pace with the improved condtton of
tbe public roade. and claims for
damages nn Account ot detective
bridges will soon become n thing of
the**«e*-
Anotber benlfldal effect oT tbe
new system,* already' 1 ’ par
tially • realized by' ‘ own-
of tbtlr property,
tlmsies place tbo advance market
vain# of inch lands st from 15 per
cent, to Id per cent., white'the de
mand Is constantly Incrervln*
We feel that the beneficial effects
already secured, have been chiefly
doe to tbs wtsa administration by
your Board ot tbe newly atebpM
system, and wa bate no doubt that
ytm will receive tbe hearty approval
and support of all our 'people In
yowr further effort! to develop to'
the fell, a system which baa already
procured for them reenter so valka-
ble. Believing tbst there will be no
falling off In your efforta to carry
out fally tbe provisions of tbe new
syetem and assuring yon of our pur
pose to further tboee efforts In every
way possible, we remain,
Very Respectfully,
M. D. Redfearn, J. W. Cone, W. A.
Cone, R. R. Chastain, district over-
Indndes tbe Brock
House, is very fine three-story bote),
well furnished and equipped in every
way, several other bouses, a large
aamber ot lots In tbe town of En
terprise and about 1,400 acres of
good land adjacent. It Includes
also, tbe famous Benson Spring, tbe
waters of which are admitted to have
tbe very highest medicinal pro
prieties. The hotel ss It stands
must have cost at least $26,000. The
estate la a magnificent property,
right on Lake Monroe , acrose from
Sanford.
“Since that time Mlts Tucker baa
secured several other buildings, one
a large two-etory structure, baring
several Targa stores below and
rooms above. This Is called ’The
Arcade,*' and la tbe property Miss
Tucker is offering to the ladles of tbe
Home Mission Society, on condition
that they toots ttVaehool'
the Vashtl Blaslngame
Homa.mt Tbomasrille, Os., to Enter
prise, Tte.
,.maj/ r .. continued Mr.
Grifittb. "this is not a Ttsscne
Some* at all Ur the'usual meaning
-WHITE AM) FETCH.
=
Xew Firm Buys Hardware Business
of T. D. Winn.
i)
t A business change of Interest, to
nil the people of Thomasvllle and
Thomas county took place yesterday
Jhen $ev. T. a. White and Mr.,T.
A. Futeh purchased the hardware
itor# of Mr. T. D. Winn on Broad
■iriet. Tbe style of the new firm
rUH be'.White & Futch. They wJU
continue tbe business nt tbe ' old
•tend, 122 Bread street, wheieilMy
have a complete line of hardware
and farmar's supplies. They state
that It Is tbelr purpose to enlarge
tht, stock, sad will welcome
lo of all their friends In tbe town
county. Both ot tbe partner*
are substantial men of buslneai ex
perience and Influential acquaintance
and' connection. It la a foregone
conclusion that they will make a
splendid success of tbe business.
llr. Wlan baa not yet declded-upon
hi*-plans for tbe future. He will
rot enter any active bualaesa for (
time, but will, spend his time at his
country borne near town until bli
health Improves.
era lands convenient to tbe newly
worked roads, la theI hereto* valuoK ** MU an orphan school
for young glrte-wim, though honest;
are Juuneleta. Her* they are educa
ted sinfl trained to live* of useful
employment Mias TadterP aim Is above stated,
the Brock House and say;
Tor a single track only, and desires
the right to use It lor a term of
ninety nine (99) years, the period
of duration of a railroad charter, and
that said right shall be exercised
subject to all duties that may be Im
posed by the law* of tbe etate in
connection with such use.
That In building mid roadway It
will be necessary to construct same
across such , of tbe public road* of
the copaibas its proposed rout* may
Intereeft^ 1
Wherefore petitioner* pray. tbat
tbe sight to Use and occupy a portion
of said Blacksbear street or roadway
and - to crock such other streets
.oadways sr may lie la Its' rout*
/rum ^ThomlsriDe southerly till tn*
Florida line be granted to it and its
successors and assign for tbo period
VICIOUS cow
HOOKS CHILD
double wedding.
Romantic Marriage nt the Metcalfe
Methodist Parsonage 8unday.
Little Daughter of Mr.
P. G. Seaman In
jured Yesterday.
While,playing in front of her fa
ther's home little Julia Mary Seu-
maq was booked by a vicious cow at
five o’clock yesterday afternoon and
narrowly escaped being seriously
hurt. Tbe cow was being. driven
along tbe sidewalk and without any
cause whatever deliberately tosseo
the little gif' In the air. Fortu
nately tbe child was not dangerously
hurt, although she bears a painful
wound on her left side where she
came In contact with tbe borns of the
beast.
MlBfortune teems to pursue tbe tit
tle girl as It was only a little over a
month ago, when driving with her
mother she was thrown,, from^a bug
gy and was mlracousiy saved from
being crusbed under the wheels.
She is tbe three year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Seaman, who
reside at 115 Washington street.
When bearing of tbe sccident her
father In his excitement threatened
to kill tbe cow, but found that It be
longed to his next door neighbor, so
he refrained from doing so.
in a like period hereafter, yet re- * eer *- K - w - McKlnnoon ’ J ' A ' Ch **-
sults already obtained warrant ua ta,D - Jam *‘ McRInnon, A. J. Stan-
in the opinion that tbe Immense ad- alaDd ' w - L - Hancock ' J - L ' Hancock.
E E. Ferltt, J. A. Mlnter, L. B. Me
re uadlaA* a great Method IK home,
-tor various interests of the 'chunk,'
each as a horn* for snporaaauaked
preachors, a Bible Chautauqua, auf-
Infirmary for 'invalid*, 'ate. It la Ja
th* mlh4 of these notto bturted
Christian workers tbst this splendid
retreat shall eventually beceme the
property oT the Methodist church.”
From this it would appear that
tbe site offered is not tha hotel prop
erty, but merely a store building, and
this reduce# tha probability of tha
Horn# bring moved.
vantage of the new system over the
old has been already fully proved.
Many milee of our principal high
ways are now fully equal to the best
to be found in our section of the
state, although the final work of
surfacing and rolling, has not been
fairly begun, and the Increased ease
and safety of travel, and ot hauling
already secured, gives sure promise
of what will be realised from a vig
orous and continued operation of the
work now in progress.
No argument can be necessary to
convince intelligent men of the great
benefits that result from well graded
and well kept publle roads, and we
receive from all sections of onr coun
ty, and from all classes of onr peo
ple, repeated expressions of entire
satisfaction with the working of the
aystem which yoq have put In oper
ation.
' Property owners whose land* are
Klnnon, W. I. MacIntyre. M. B
Jones, R. 8. Bureh, F. M. Joses, W.
E. Suber, J. K. White, E. A. Carl
ton, W. B. Singletary, H. C. Quarter-
man, I. W. Rowland, C. I. Kennedy,
J. O. Patterron, T. L. Rooks, H. J.
D. Johnson, B. L. Hudson, W, H.
Bibb. T. L. Dixon, Charles Vann. C.
M. Jones, T. P. Applewhite. M. N.
Wertz, J. E. Chastain. R. B. Patter
son, L. C. Varnedoe, L. C. Varnedoe
Jr., B. H. Wright, J. B. Watkins,
William White, J. 8. Stewart, R. S.
White, O. E. Braswell, J. T. Stew
art, W. J. Taylor, J. F. Wheeler, A.
J. Fleetwood. P. S. Heeth, H. J. Mac-
Intyre, B. F. Knapp, Roscoe Luke,
O. L. Duren, P. C. Duren, Lem Sin
gletary. T. J. Hlght. Robert' Dekle,
W. F. Sanford, J. F. Pittman.
The following petition read and
granted.
Thomasvllle, Oa., May 7, 1907.
To tbe Honorable Board of Commls-
* oners of Reads and Revenue, t->:
Thomas County:
Tbe petition of J. L. Philip* A
Company, a corporation of said coun
ty, respectlfully ih*ws that It de
sires to construct, maintain and op-
erntc a railroad from the Easiern
part of the city of Thomasvllle in
Thomas county Southerly _ through
Thomas county to the Florida line,
and that In order to do so It Is de
sirable and necessary that it should
have the right to use for s right of
way there for a pertlon of what
known as Blacksbesr street iu the
map and survey of part of the estate
of S. Alexander Smith, of parts of
lots fifty two (52), fifty three (53)
and forty one (41) In the 13th dis
trict of Thomas county, Georgia,
made June 7, 1890, by Wm. H. Rog
ers, then county surveyor, said street
extending from the Boston road in
tha eastern edge of Thomasvile due
south to Augusta Avenue. The por
tion of said street or roadway de
sired to be used Is from the corpor
ate limits of the city of Thomasvllle
South to Augusta Avenue; that It
desires to use said street or roadway
J<- L. PHILIPS A'.CO'.,^ u>
By J. ' Pim
To The Honorable ‘'Bdard of- County
CqtumUslonriY, Thomas County,
Georgia.
Gentlemen:- 'Tha Time*-Enter
prise Publishing Company beg leave
fa ssbmlt the folowlng bid for the
publication of ydur minutes, notices,
and the like, for the year ending May
1,1*9*. —
All for tbe lntn’- of one hundred
delta!*. ($100) net. “
TIMES-ENTERPRISE PUB. CO.,
, J. D. ’McCartney, Secretary.
On motion the above bid was a
cepted. f
Continued further.
Capt. W. W. Jarrell submitted
report ehowlng disbursement of
fund appropriated by county to the
military company of Thomasvllle.
Jim Brinson and wife placed on
pauper list at $5 per month.
Petition for aid for Henry Macon
referred to Commissioner Barrow
and County Physician with power to
act.
The case of Mrs. Elizabeth Law
referred to Commissioner Bullock
and County Physician, with power to
act.
Dock Cole placed on pauper list at
)5 per month.
L. H. Smith exempted from road
duty for this year, on account of
wound.
On mo'tion, Mr. Holland, overseer
Boston district requested to order
out road bands who have not paid
road tax and who are convenient to
camp of road squad.
Mr. Pringle offered tbe following
resolutions which were adopted:
Xbat a committee of three be ap
pointed to inspect the court hone*
valuta with a velw of shelving same.
To determine the kind ot shelving
and coat of same and report'nt next
regular meeting ot this board.
Committee,' Pringle, Bullock and
Barrow.’
That a committee ot three, includ
ing the chairman be appointed to
center w^th the city council In’ref
erence to piecing a dock In cupalo
of court bona*. Said eommttU* del
egated with power to act.
Commttt**, Smith, Pringle, and
Copeland.
Tbat a reward of $60 ho offered by
the county tor the. apprehension of
violators' of tha prohlhltioa laws
with evidence fp convict
That the tax aeaaaaor ha required
to submit to this board before com
pleting his books any and all re
turns ot property which hare not
bean accepted by him as satisfactory.
A representative of Hudgins Pub
lishing Co., was preset and snbffltt-
ted maps of other connttea. On mo
tion of Mr. Pringle this board do
contract with the said Hudgins- Pub
lishing Co., to make for the county
six maps ot Thamas county
showing all the public roads and R.
R. and towns, all school houses,
bridges, and public buildings In tha
county for $125, giving tha said pub
lishing, company tbe right to sell
■aid maps to citizens in tha counjy,
for all maps wanted by county more
Ala tlx the pullshlng company
makes the price $2.25 each.
J. W. Jackson was arranged as
road defaulter for 1906 after hearing
evidence he was fined ten dollars
and costs or 30 days on gang.
Dan Rountree of Boston district
was excused from road duty being
under age.
On motion of Mr. Pringla all boys
coming 16 years old after April 1st
are not subject to road duty that
year.
County Physlcans’ Report.
The Jail and poor house nave bad
weekly attention. The Jail needs a
coat of paint Inside, around the cell*.
Two have been received In the poor
house, one has died, of consumption.
None have been discharged.
There ha* been considerable sick
ness among tbe convicts, hut all are
well and at work, except Charles
Ford, who was shot, while trying to
escape tbe sheriff and pose, and he to
Miss Nomah Monroe and Mr. Wil
liam H. Stringer and Miss Lucy
Greene and Mr. S. H. Monroe were
married at the Methodist parsonage
at Metcalfe last Sunday afternoon.
Nearly all the young and old people
of Metcalfe were present to see the
marriage of Miss Monroe and Mr.
Stringer, "but the marriage ‘of the
latter couple came aa a great ear-"'
Prise. Mr. Monroe drove from Pine
with his bride to Thomasvllle,
procured a license, and caught tbe
train to Metcalfe. To show that nq
one suspected tbli marriage, a rival
of Mr. Moaroe’s made a brag that he
would eacort the young lady to her
home. ,
Mr. Stringer is a prominent young
business man of Cairo while his brlds
to the attractive daughter of Dr. W.
A. Monroe of Metcalfe. Mr. B. H.
Monroe is the elghteen-year-old
brother of Airs. Stringer and la ag6ut
for the G. F. and A. railroad at El-
dorendo, while his bride to the
daughter of a prominent farmer ot
the Pine Park neighborhood. Par
ental objections on account of the
youth of Mrs. Monroe, who to only
sixteen, was the cause of the runa
way.
doing well.
L. B. BOUCHELLE.
MONTHLY STATEMENT.
Monthly Statement of John F. Park
rr, Treasurer, Thomas eouaty,
Georgia, For the month ending
April 30, 1007.
L .RECEIPTS.
Fronj balance'os band as .
per last report $13,275.7$ 1
From “If damaged corn 12.40
From road tinea: Boston
district, ll.m.OOl El-
labells, district $420.-
00; Glasgow district
$000.00; Meigs district
$300.00; Merrillville
dtatftot $604.00; Met
calf* district' $070.00;
-Murphy district 04$$.-
00; OeblockoM*dis
trict $000.00; Pavodte-
■ :■*.
’W-
•OT
villa district $1,557.00;
Waye district $$**.00. 7,040.5*
Total
00i.$f
$15.1$
. $21,237.0$
DISBURSEMENTS.
For bulldlngi and repair-
lng court house. Jail, ’ ^
bridges, ferries, and
other publle improve
ments
For sheriff’s. Jailer's, and
other officers' fees... .
For bailiff* at court,
non-resident wttneesea
la criminal cates, ser
vant hire, stationery,
and tbe like
For Juror* at court , ...
For support of ths poor of
the county . ..
For public rotds
For other lawful charges.
Cash Balance on hand..
412.5*
158.00
125.70
1,055.6*
152.50
15,454.47
Total .$21,237.63
Respectfully submitted,
JNO. F. PARKER, C. T.
Thomas county Georgia:
Statement of 'receipts and dis
bursements, month of April 1*07.
RECEIPTS.
From Ad Valorem tax
amt. bat. forward from
April 16st $1,339.96
Commatattou. Tax.'
From Tbomssville district 1,057.00
Ochlockoneo district .. . 048.00
Meigs district 300.00
El label!* district 4*6.00
(Continued on page 4.)
