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Enterprise.
AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
[ Ttiomsaville Time*. Vol XII.
i Thomasvllle Enterprise, Vol. XLVII.
THOMA8VILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MAY 31, 1007.
MONUMENT
UNVEILED
r oasands Do Hoior to
"Den. Gordon in
Atlanta.
Atlanta, May IS.—The splendid
equestrian monument to Oeneral
Jno. B. Gordon, who died here In
January 1904 waa unveiled today In
the* pretence of an Immense gather
ing from every part ot Georgia and
many sections of the South.
The principal oration was deliver
ed hy General Clement A. Evans, the
urar friend aad companion of Gen
eral’Gordon. The monument waa
delivered to' the state by Captain N.
E. Harris, of Macon rfnd accepted by
Oov. Terrell for the state.
The monument was unveiled by
Mrs. Burton Smith, of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Caroline Lewis Brown, of Ver
mont, daughter, of Oeneral Gordon.
• The formal ceremonies were pre
formed hy a parade In which the sev
enteenth United States Infantry, the
fifth and Second Georgia Regiments
Nations^ Guards of Georgia, besides
a large | number of unattached mili
tary and civic organizations, had
part.
He monument Is cast In coppei
bronze and cost twenty-live thousand
dollars, fifteen thousand of which
,waa appropriated by the Georgia
leglalature. Tha remainder waa raised
hy private subscription. Solon 1 H.
Banglfim of Connecticut, li the
•ealjnor,
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New Resident Coming.
la a recent totter Mrr. V. F. Sher-
ma, who spent last winter here at
nadhuret, states that aha. wjll re
turn Jn September, and '#111 maka
tor permanent home nere. She win
panfimae a lot Aad built a band'
,J some residence. Mrs. Sberman say.
i that Mat Tuesday In New York was
- colder than any day during thu an-
■ tire -Winter bore, and that Tkomak-
emu has tbe Sheet climate in the
world. Ml.* Shoatea, bar niece,
«, ».i, l!a e... l fftesar£
Mm. She. White, oa v Gordon ave
nue.
New* reached the- city yesterday
of the death at Ringgold, La., . this
week of Rev. Robert C. Grace. Mr.
Grace was a resident of Thomas conn
ty until about twenty years ago.
whoa he moved to Loulalana. Ho
was an unde of Mrr. I. T. Taylor of
Cairo, and Mr. W. R. Brooks, of this
place. The Lake Providence (La.)
paper aaya of him: "It Is with tbe
deepest regret that we chronl-le the
death of this good man. If ttjere
was ever a trne Christian It was Rob
ert Grace. We knew him for years
before be became a minister, when
the world was darl: to him, but ha j nn ,j
MIDNIGHT
JflURDER
J.B. Hagan Slain near
Barwick By Un
known' Assassins
(From Tuesday’s Dally)
Attracted by the circling flight of
buzzards two citizens of the Bar
wick vicinity looked In the woods
Sunday morning, and found there
tha dead body of their neighbor, i. B.
Hagan. He had been shot through
the head, arms and body, and there
waa a long knife wound In his side.
The gruesome find threw the whole
neighborhood into excitement, and
the mystery of the midnight assnrsiiis
has not been solved, though a cor
oner’s Juyy struggled' with the prob
lem all day Sunday.
Mr. Hagan was a well known far
mer, living on the Tallabas.ee road,
between Salem and SummerhiU
churches, about two miles this aide
of Barwick. He waz a cousin of Mr.
A. J. Hagan of Thomasvllle, a pros
perous man with a wide connection
of relatives and friends. His wife
Is a daughter ot tbe late' Rev. Wylly
Massey. He bad eight children, all
girls. Two of them are married, and
the other tlx, all young, live at homo.
The circumstances leading up to
the murder of Mr. Hagan, are veiled
in mystery, and though many the
ories are advanced but few facta can
be obtained. These art as follows,
as presented to tbe coroner’s jury:
Mr. Hagan bad retired as usual
at an early hour Friday nlgbt. He
had during the afternoon, cleaned
and oiled bli pistol. About nine
o'clock, after he had gone to bed, a
man’s voice hailed him. He answer-
ed the call, had a few moment’s con-
venation with the visitor, and then
returned to the house. He did not
wait to dress fully, but slipped on
bit shoea, leaving hit socks behind
He put his pistol in his pocket, and
treat off with tbe man. Mr*. Hagan
thinks that tbe visitor was a white
man and a friend of hor husban f.
That wag tha last time he waa seen
ICY WEATHER
IN THENORTH
Killing Frost in Kentucky
and Ohio-Faint
Echo Here.
Cleveland, May 28.—Tbe tempera
ture dropped to 40 degrees above
aero last night, this record having
been equalled only twice In thirty-
six yean. Much damage to fruit
has resulted.
Lexington, Ky., May 28.—There
was a heavy frost all over eastern
and central Kentucky last night. It
la feared all fruit and early vegeta
bles were killed. It Is the coldest
weather ever known in this section at
this season of the year.
Busy With Street Tax.
The officers keep busy Issuing
summons for street tax. The Indi
cations are that the returns from the
tax will be larger this year than ever
before. All who pay the tax before
tbe first of July will be entitled to a
discount ot 25 per cent, which will
make the tax the old sum of three
dollars. Those that delay pay
ment will have to come across with
four dollars.
About twelve o’clock that night,
throt hoirs after Hagan left his
bom*, tha report* of both guns and
pistols were beard. . In splta of thla
suspicious fact his family made no
report of his absence, even though
ha 'did not return that night, Satur
day nor Saturday night The neigh
bor* who heard tha shooting thought
nothing of It.
Sunday morning. Mad lion Nesmith
and Dan . Godwin, two neighbor*,
heard of Hagan's disappearance and
started to look for him. They saw
buzzards clustered around a little
branch about half a mile from Ha-
gan'a home, and found tbe missing
man’s bloated body lying face down
ward An examination of his body
showed that he had been both shot
cut. Its attitude lead the
overcame It all, and became a Chris
tlan man In every sense of the
word. Peace to hla soul.”
Brunswick Excursion.
Tbe first excursion of the season
will be run to Brunswick on Tuesday
June 4, over the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic. The rate from
Thomasvllle Is only 13 for the round
trip. The train will leave here
Tuesday morning at 8:35, will ran
by way of Fitzgerald, and arrive In
.Brunswick at 5:45 p. m. 'rtje new
Oglethorpe Hotel, under the man-
ement of Harvey and Wood Is now
p, and a serial boat will take the
lionltt* over to SL Simon’s,
will be good to return any
tl®*\fore Monday tbe tenth.
searchers to believe that he had been
In flight, and had fallen across a log.
It Is Impossible to tell whether he
had [alien before or after being shot.
Coroner Gandy was summoned
from Thomasvllle and went Imme
diately to tbe scene. He organized
a jury of some of the best men In the
community. R. L. Redfearn waa
foreman, and the other members
were J. D. Barrow, William Ver
nier, J. F. Hendly, R. R. Re J team
ur.J George Nesmith. They contin
ued their investigations unci! eleven
o’clock at night, but were t 'able to
arrivo at a verdict that would fix the
guilt. They were unwilling to bring
In a verdict that the deed waa done
by parties unknown, and therefore
adjourned te meet again at a future
•\ .'l-sv „t..
date. In their Investigations they
were ably assisted by Dr. S. E. San
chez of Barwick, and they with to
thank him for hla service*. Coroner
Gandy returned to Thomasvllle Mon
day morning, brlnglrg with him the
evidence in the case.
There Is general unwillingness
among Mr. Hagan'i friends and
neighbor! to let the matter drop,
They express themselves aa willing to
spend any amount of time and money
to bring the gnllty partita to Justice.
They feel that auch an awful crime,
under circumstance# so revolting, 1*
one that must not go unpunished.
Many theories are advanced at' to
the Identity of tbe slayers. The gen*,
eral opinion la that the messenger
Was a decoy who' delivered Hagan
otar to hi* 'enemies. Tha fact that
he cabled bit pistol, an unusual
thing with him. Indicates that he ws*
expecting trouble. It la evident that
more than one person Inflicted'the
wound* that caused death.
The lapse of time between tbe
hour of Hagan’s leaving home, and
the midnight shots that caused his
death la unexplained. He had evi
dently been In tbe band* of hla cap
tors as tbe ground was- trampled
•bowing signs of a struggle, but some
distance from where he fell.
Some people, recalling the tact
that three negro churches were burn
ed In this nelgbborbood last week
are inclined to connect this with the
crime. They argue that Hagan may
hare been suspected of this arson by
negroes, been delivered Into their
hands by a false friend and done lo
deatl hy them.
Others suspect enemies of the dead
man. On different occasions he had
had difficulties over personal and fi
nancial affairs. Tbe actions of his
family just after his disappearance
look peculiar, but bis wife explalas
this by saying that he was a man of
Irregular habits, here todsy and gone
tomorrow, and that she thought
nothing of tbe fact that he did not
return. <
But all these are theories with no
evidence to bsck them, and there
seems to' be no way to get at the
truth. Tbe only lips that would he
willing to speak are closed In death
for Hagan’s mangled bedy was In
terred at Salem church on Monday
morning.
WILL PURCHASE
CUBANA SITE
Mission Board Ordsrs
Vashti Home There-'
Subscriptions Made.
The following telegram has been
received from the prealdent of the
Womans Home Mission Society:
Mrs.' James F. Evans, Thomasvllle,
Ga.,
Notify Mr. Pringle that the Board
authorizes him to purchase the La
Cu^na property.
BELLE H. BENNETT.
This communication has given
genuine delight to all tbe friends of
the Vashti Home, which Is now per-
mantly located among the friends
that have nursed It during Its
-fancy, and have stood by It In Its
struggle to show to the people that
Its purpose has been for the up
lifting of humanity, the neediest and
most helpless class.
As a board, our hearts are raised
In praise and thanks to our father
for all hts goodness to us. He has
been our refuge and strength all th«
way, and we are assured that h« will
be till their work is finished.
A committee will begin collecting
the subscriptions for the purchase of
L a Cuban* at once In order
to get fin possession of this property,
that Improvements may begin.
We ask our friends who have
so generously contributed to tbl;
fund to respond as early at possi
ble. —— »’r r "- r. •-
Thanking each of you for your co
operation and asking for a continued
lntereat In thla work a* we go out
Into thla broader field of action, we
pray our Father to blen you In ’’baa-
ket and store.”
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF VASH
TI HOME.
Tltnss-Enterpriie:
. We are pleaaed to record the fol
lowing additional subscriptions to
tto fund with which to purchase Cu
bans* for the Vashti Homs:
A. H. Williams
S. R. Robison .. ,a .
Neel Broa
J, F. Evans
Robt. Dekle .... .-.,
B. Edwards .
J. E. Robison
Dr. T. R. Jones .. .,.
Dr. A. P. Taylor .. ..
B. White
J. B. Burns
J. W. Cochran ft Son
T. J. Ball
Wm. Denham
Berry Johnson
Mrs. Georgia Schuzler .
Cash
J. L. Philips ft Co.
Total amount
Reported previously .
*100.00
25.00
100.00
-100.00
100.00
*0.00
50.00
35.00
50.00
16.00
1.00
, 30.00
25.00
•10.00
1.00
5.00
2.00
100.00
HYDE HEIR TO
- BIG FORTUNE
Ikomasville Man Will
Get Sbare of $350,100,-
000 Estate.
Legal notice has been received in
America that an estate of three
hundred and fifty million dollars in
the Bank of England is ready for
destribution. There are four hund
red heirs in this country, and among
these is Mr. Charles Hyde of Thomas-
ville, a well known contractor.
The principal heirs to this enor
mous estate are Mrs. J. H. Downing
and Messrs. Herman and Charles
Hyde, of Oil City, Pennsylvania, but
all of the others will share lu the
distribution. If each of them re
ceived an equal share, many as they
are, the amount would be $875,000.
The founder of the fortune was
William Hyde, a Roundhead who fled
from England 240 yearB ago for po
litical reasons. H!s Immense estate
was taken In charge by the courts of
chancery, and have been Increasing
ever since. The estate now has the
form of money In the Bank of Eng
land.
Mr. Hyde of Tbomasville is a lin
eal descendant of the English Wil
liam Hyde, and has been kept in
formed of the litigation surrounding
the estate for tbe past fifteen years.
During that time the numerous heirs
have been busy establishing the val
idity pf tbolr claim*, Mr. Hydo rc<
eeived many congratulation* yester
day from those who learned of hla
good fortune. He has not stopped
work however, or spent his Inheri
tance In advance, other than to say
that he wants to do good with it,
and that onq of the flrat recipients ot
hla bounty will be the Vashti Horn*.
BIG COTTON DEAL.
Judge Bn>h of Mitchell Bella Snr-
plus for $00,000.
BIG STRIKE
ON L„ 5 N.
:*'• * a~
All Machinists Go dot
and Action Crip
ples Road.
Louisville, My., May 23.'-
al strike of machinists on the
vllle ft Nashville Railway I
been ordered hy authority of,
tornatlonal Association of
Between six and serea haataft .
chlnlats are working on- tile xaa
and It Is claimed eighty per-cmt
the men will go out on tha arrier I
day.
The machfhrsUrasK fbri
of the union and a uniform i
wages In each shop. Aa In
pay Is demanded.
Louisville, May ?8'.—DTspabJtew
from Mobile, Nashville ami Birming
ham show that there 13 a ja—ggR
compliance with the ntrfkc niu- to
the Louisville & Nashville rafbnadl
machinists.
PICNIC AT MICCOSUKnC
WItat (he People of Metcalf# 1
tog.
799.00
3,713.00
.. 4,512.00!
Camilla, Oa., May 28.—The Ca
milla Enterprise aaya: fudge I. A.
Bush, the most exteosWe farmer In
this section, closed a deal last Satur
day, we understand, with the Oeor- time,
gla Cotton Co., by which be disposed
of bis surplus cotton crop of. the paft
two seasons, of over one thousand
bales, upon a baste of 12 i-4 cents
per pound.
Tbe repreeente over I SO,000 In j Mias Myrtle Knapp, Mr.
cash and is about tha largest Individ-^ stringer and Ml*a Beast*
ual sale ot cotton ever made In this'Mr. Lee Howard and
county and but shows what can bo. Thomas, Mr. u - Carter
Metcalfe, May 28.—The
are very busy fighting; “Mr.
Miss Fannie Lee McCair
brother Walter Hill left toltoir
morning to spend a flaw day* nriKa
relatives In Tlfton. .
We are all glad’ to. cam Mr-ltmx
Smith up again.
Misses' Marie RUssell,
Copeland, Annie Bess Howard
Laur a Russell, with Prof. 8k
and little son spent Saturday
Sunday In Cairo.
Mis* Rosa Brewton of Tfiama■
spent ' Friday with Mlaa 2ft
Knapp.
On last Friday a namfier cCyi
people chaperoned by Mrs. to
and Min LU* Forest spent aw
hours most pleasantly at ttel
Boat riding waa quit* a rear— aa.-
enjoyment, and in addition to ton-
Jovlal spirit which dominate
party tbe lovllneas of the day
tbe plcsle an Ideal one. End
present reported nn unusually
Those who attsndW wars'
Halmon Connell and Mlai
eat, Mr. Elmar Horne and
Smith, Mr. Sidney Howard aad 1
Rosa Brewton, Mr. RusaeR Vann
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•£'. ."1
Rato-
Total amount ...
The Woman’s Home Mission Board
has authorized the immediate pur
chase of Cubana which makes It
necessary to collect this amount.
A committee of ladles appointed
by the local Board of the Vashti
Home will call upon the subscribers.
A prompt response will greatly fa-
clliate this noble cause.
W. A. Pringle,
Chairman canvassing committee.
cotton a surplus crop.
Judge Bush operates quite a large
number of small farms, and we un
derstand that he makes It a rale to
require bis tenants to do all they can
as near as possible so as to be able
to make the greater portion of tbe
cotton crop a surplus, or money
crop. Just how well he has succeed-
Watson-Moore. 1
Miss Cnssle E. Watson and Mr. ‘
Bently.
d
DISTRICT PARSONAOK.
Work Will Begin oa Flag Ha— Fax-
| Presiding Elder This Week* M
* s
1 Materiel la now on tile gronnC War
‘ a-w
tb* erection of the district p—oa-
' - k
age for the presiding elder of tto-
Thomasvllle district of the Kbthodtst
church. Work will begin thtew—k-
.** \4sft
and In n abort time a bandana
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home will be completed.
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It will be altuated on the
R. M. Smith of Valdosta ha* bees
appointed district deputy of the Odd
Fellows for this district, by Grand
master Dozier.
Col. R. C. Bell, one of Cairo’s law-
yers, spent Wednesday In Thomas-
vllle.
W. E. Moore were married just be- Iot> behind the Iocll , parionaaa>
fore noon yesterday at the com fronting on Clay street. It wffDtoa
hoase - 1 two-story frame structure
The couple live In Moultrie and about | 3iS00 _ an(l wll | be „
came In on the A. B. ft A. train In Edition to that part of the c"
the morning. Immediately on nr- vicinity of Clay and ,r
rival they went to the court houso, | ng extensively *
procured a llcenae and were married teratlons
by Judge Jones. t>nm
———“ stone.
Mr. William Johnson, cashier of j t „
the Bank of Ochlockonee, wna here bridge t
Friday. He ha* been 111 with fever cnre thin
for the past two weeks, and was on residence .
hla way to Worthington Springs, Thomasvllle
In Florida. . »«*t point
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