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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
Tnonmuvllle Times, Vol XXX.
Tbomimville Enterprise, TsL XLVIL
thomasville. Georgia, Friday ji nk i t, mar.
HOLD U. S
RESPONSIBLE
Pretressives, A Japan
esc Party, Bl&ac
Administratian.
Toklo, Jan. 10.—The Connell of
the Progressives today adopted a res
olutions declaring that tie anti-Jap
anese attacks In San Frnnclsco are
not of a temporary aatrrre, and that
the Washington government I ust
he held resjtonslble lor failure to
prevent euch outrages:; that It Is ne
cessary that proper step* be taken
by the Japanese government
maintain the national dignity and
permanently Insure The safety of the
rights and property of Japanese in
America.
B im.T OFF.
OllhTt and Cl«j"s 'Man Says Cotton
Worn In 18 Years.
WILL INVEST
JONES GIFT
Peraanint Incline Frin
53,001 Itqnst fir
tli Rispital.
The three thou and dollar bequest
of Mrs. J. Wyman Jose* to the City
Hoapltal of ThomasvTIle will bs In
vested la permanent Interest bearing
property. The Fund will be known
as' tbs "Mrs. Jones Fuad,’’ and wl|l
be kei>t as a permanent lnvistmsnt,
the Income enly kslat osea for the
Hospital. This action was taken at
a meeting ef. the Board et ^Trustees
of the Hospital yesterday afternoon.
Mean. X H. Merrill, E. It Emltit
and James Watt were appointed as
a commutes to have charge of the
Investment of the In ml.
This disposition ot the splendid
bequest of this good friend of Thom-
ssvlJle will meet with general appro
val, sad through the generosity Of
Mrs. Jones the Institution for which
she did much In her life win be as
sured of a permanent Income.
By order of the Board of Trur-
tees, Secretary E. >L Mallotte yes
terday sent the following letter to
Mr. Cbartcs M. Chapin:
*'We beg to express our profound
appreciation of the gift of three
thousand dollars recently received
through yen from your mother Mrs.
Salome M. Junes.
■‘■Her IdnCly latsmert and generous
"For the eighteen years 1 haw
been traveling 'through the cotton
territory I have never seen a season
when the prospects were so poor. 1
do not behove that with favorable
weatheT from now on a crop of over
12,0(10,000 hales cart be grown. 1
also look for higher prices this sea.
con."
This statenrant was made yester
day by Mr. M. D. Burnley of New
Orleans, representing GIbert & Clay
to a representative of the Morning
News, on the dsor of the Cotton
Exchange. Hr. Burnley Is making
a tour of the cotton growing states,
cij has coverej all except the Car
olina*. to which states he will gu
from Savannah.
"Louisiana and Arkansas are In j
bad shape," continued Mr. Burnley."
In Texas the southwortern ard west
ern sections showed <p very we!l.|** v « *» *«**• «0H»red the And WSat It’s Coming Will Mean to
but central, north and cast Texas J ti ' u * Christ.”
The territories
OPTION FOR
UNIONDEPOT
Piney Wm!s Siti Hay
Be Utilize! For This
Purpose.
Siplth estate, owners of the
block bounded by Broad, Crawford
flmlth avenue and th* Coast Line
railroad, the old Piney Woods site,
built granted an option to W. C.
Snodgrass on the property. The
option expires on the twenty-fourth
of July. The price at which the
property'1* held is sis.ooo.
There have been rumors on the
streets 1 lof sovernl days that the
block had bean sold, and the money
paid over, but the above Is the. true
state of affairs. It Is understood
that the purpose for which the prop
erty Is desired Is the erection of a
Union Depot for all the roads en
tering Tbomn8Vi!le. The option
stands In Mr. Snodgrass’ name. He
I* president of the Mexican Gulf
Railroad, and Is also the local attor
ney for the Atlantic Coast Line.
The people of Tbomasvllle have
recognised the need of a union de
pot, and have been urging It for
some time. They stand ready to do
all In their power to bring about
this Improvement, and Its value to
the town can sarcely be overestimat
ed. The present Coast Line depot Is
In the “backyard" of the town. Then
again the transfers from one depot
to another Is annoying to passengers.
FOURTH OF JULY F
gifts during her Jite were a great: Tbomasvllle will soon have tour
frigrae Tills of Gun
jiti's Fins Fir Great
Event Sere.
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Less than a month distant Is the
Fourth of July shoot to he
Bty«n here by the Cracker Gun Club.
Sportsmen from all over the state
iijfi.be present, and the hosts expect
af,least a hundred entries. Interest
lit the tournament was given a de
cided Impetus by the dlstrloutlon
yesterday of the handsome fifty
page program telling ot the event.
The book Is filled with hdvertlse-
ments of Tbomasvllle business
houses, the arrangement of the sev
eral events, a list of the prizes, and
the membership of the club. Several
handsome views of Thomasvllle
scenes are presented, and the hook
as • whole is a valuable advertise
ment for the town.
Two sets of traps will be In oper
ation, nnj refreshments will be serv
ed at the grounds. The shoot will
laqt for two days, Thursday and Fri
day, July fourth and fifth. Most of
the events will be for twenty targets.
There is ten dollars added money In
each event, and ten events shot each
day. Besides the money division
there are fourteen prizes agger
gating value ot more than (100.
Other prizes In the order names
are as follows; Pair of shoes,
Thomasvllle Shoe Co.; vase, C. P.
help to -us, .and that she .should thus lines ot railroad, and the seed for Bradshaw; years’ subscription to the
proriOe, after she has gone, tor a j a union station will be Increased. It
«o min nation of this help Is a maul- Is to be hoped that the plans now
festatSan of -a deep and abiding In
terest in the Hospital, which moves
us to gums and "admiration. The
loving kindness which oontlnoally
characterised her life showed her to
under way will meet
ruptlon.
with no Inter-
cotton is very poor,
are also in the poor list. The crop
Is everywhere backward, about fotrr
weeks late, 1 should say. In south
and central Georgia the crop is good,
but in North Georgia it is not so
good.
'There is very little scarcity of la
bor in Texas, but it is otherwise In
Loutsiann. Mississippi, Georgia and
Alabama. ! look for the abandon
meat of additional fields of cotton a
little fater when it seems that, they
are choked by firmsr
“While the present high prices for
cotton are such as to stimulate acre
age, it must He remembered that the
rise came after the crop had been
plant*. 3. to *-ave the ef
fect which it would have had earlier
in the year."
A
11KICK WAREHOUSE.
Is Being Built .for Dixon and Rohl-
*on, Ilac* of Tliefr Stow*.
Mr. B. H. Wright 1* building a
brick storage warehouse, on Ms iota
back of the north side of Jackson
street. The building will be 10 by
SO feet, and Contractor Henry Ar
nold lx doing the work.
It will be used as a storage ware
house for heavy goods, by the Robi
son Hardware Co., ’ and A. T. Dixon,
the grocer. Tke'fficrexxlng business
of, these gentlemen has demanded
more room than fa afforded by their
present store*.
PRACTICAL FARMING.
Agricultural Helmut at Atlir u * Yield*
Good Results.
Athens, June 12.—The
mart of agriculture in the TTntver
American Field; silk umbrella, W. j.
Taylor & Co.; Hawes rtav, Neel
Brothers; fountain pen, J. E. Rob
ison & Co.; box cigars, Bracey’s
Pharmacy; half dozen -linen hand
kerchiefs, L. Stcyermnn; half dozen
halt hoae. 8. Steyermnn; pound ten.
W. A. Pringle; Hoodoo Charm Wal
ter Huff; twenty aoda tickets, Harry
Houston. -The low gun gets a year’s
An outside view of Thomasvllle’s • subscription to the American Field,
big new mill being built by J. L. The prizes will be displayed before
Philips & Co., Is presented as fol-lthe event at Jerger’s itore on Broad
THE BIG NEW MILL.
Thomasvllle.
lows In the Balnbrldge Tribune;
"The writer of this went over to
depart ^ Thomasvllle and tqpk a curBory view
of the preparations being made for j
street.
SCHOOL FINANCES.
8lty of Georgia Is not entirely then- 1 ,
, ttle mumniouth mill that will begin , Treasury Now Contains 81,2.10, a
relira] as has been charged on man yl , ... . . 1
the wor* of preparing pine trees for Splendid Showing,
occasions. The students are taught I . .
i commercial purposes very soon. The ,
agriculture In Its practical forms, .... ... i
folks over there tell some big things | At the last meeting of the Bonra
even to the planting and cultivation
0? crop,. This Is evidenced by a j
about this mill and from the looks jot Education, Dr. It. J. Miller, chair-
j the tnjenue they *cem to be true, j ntan of the finance committee, re
record crop that has just been hnr- . ,
The Balnbrldge folks are accustomed; ported;
to having big mills ,.nd armies ot | For Information of the board the
workmen operating them. j following brlel review of your finan-
But Thomasvllle Is to have a btg.ces Is submitted: At the close of
mill. The grading for the railroad i the fiscal year ending July 1, 0S
that 13 to bring the logs there is be- j there was a balance on hand of
lag done rapidly and ties are being I $331.16. July 1, 1906, the balance
placed on the ground for the purpos’’: on hand was $2,313.37; and at the
of-laying steel rails. A ( creek Is tojond of the present year, July 1,
be darned up to furnish a dumping. 1907, there will be on hand (4,-
placo for logs that the water In the 250. of which (3.000 Is iu the bank
Mrs. C. P. Haaaell fa the winner
In the Constitution'* j*maatown con-
teat, Sbe-polled Jl.ota Her near-
eat competitor waa Miss Sue Culpep
per with 10,107. *7
ested
Mr. R. L. Nixon, a student from
Bowden, planted n crop of Canadian
-, eas on a portion of the university
fnrm March 7th. Ninety day* there
from he began the harvesting of tho
crop and has Jnst completed that
work. The result of bis laber is
more than a ton per acre of excel
lent forage.
Samples of this crop are being
laid aside for laboratory work in
the agricultural department next
year.
This Is a sample of the work that
Is being done by the students In the
department of agriculture. Other
crops have been Jett aa successfully
cultivated. When Dr. Soule, the
new dean of the agrlcultnrarl de
partment arrive* next fall and takes
charge ot that part of the unlveralty
he will Introduce a number of new
method* that are expected to yield
splendid result*.
Mir. D. B. Anderson of Ochloeko-
nee was in the city yeeterday.
Rev. R. or Lewi* ' of Cairo waa
among the visitors of prominence on' added to the population of Thomas-
Wedneaday. I vlll,e by thejerection of (hi* mill-
lake might prevent the worms from
ruining tho timber. A mill capable
of cutting fifty thoutand feet of
lumber Is to be 'erected there.
Finishing machinery Is to be
erected here that will remill about
200,000 feet of lumber per day and
that will be one of the largest plants
In this country. To give some Idea
of the proportions of the amount of
material that will be used In this
mill, It Is only necessary to mention
that the estimate I* that twenty
train loads will be required. The
company building the mill will have
three other mills cutting lumber on
the Una of th* road and thla finish
ing mill Is for the purpose of remit
ting the entire cut. It I* claimed
that about fifteen hundred will be
drawing 4 per cent Interest, and the
remainder in cash In the hands of
the treasurer.
This excellent financial condition 1
Is the result of an Increase in rev
enue, and a decrease In expenditures.
The decrease In expenses reflects
credit upon your conservative man
agement, especially when you recall
the fact that on account of the '
growth of the schools, you now em
ploy more teachers than In 1906, an u
pay most of them 10 per cant more
than paid at that time.
It la . peculiarly fortunate that
your financial eoadttlon fa so good,
as It place* It wftbin your power to
Immediately pay for a system of
plumbing, 'stadia beating plant pud.
a new root upon the college build
ing as won aa the exigency- of tl^e
.^demands.
RANK J. WINN
DROPS DEAD
Sudden Death From Ap
oplexy o! Prominent
Citizen last Night.
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Shocked and grieved beyond ex
pression will be the people of Thom
asvllle to learn of the sudden death
of ftr. Frank J. Winn, one of her
most beloved and prominent citizens,
who fell dead at his home on Jack-
son street at seven o'clock last nlgllt.
The cause of bis demise wae apop
lexy. The funeral will probably
take place tomorrow, tbough ar
rangements have not yet been made.
Mr. Winn’a death was entirely un
expected to all his friends, and they
number the people who know him.
He appeared to be In hla usual
health and waa down town last yes
terday evening exchanging pleasant
greetings with hla acquaintances.
He was a man of sturdy appearance
and seemed to be In excellent
health. But tor the past few weeks
he had not been feeling well. About
a week ago ho waa stricken with an
attack of what he supposed to be
vertigo, and fell to the floor of his
bedroom, but soon recovered. Tues
day he consulted Dr. A. P. Taylor,
who told him that ho was In a ser
ious condition, was threatened with
apoplexy, and shoold exercise every
care. He gave him soma simple di
rections an,i advised him to remain
at home this summer instead ot tak
ing a contemplated, trip.
■ ■
Yesterday evening after flapper
Mr. and Mrs. Winn had planned to
go for a walk. Sh» waited for
husband on the front varan da, while
he went to the bathroom npstalrr.
After half an hour had elapsed the
became alarmed at hit absence and
went In search of him. 8he found
that he bad fajlcn to the floor In the
bathroom, and life was extjnct when
she reached his side. Mrs. Winn
was completely prostrated by the
shock. The news , soon sprend
through the city, and the home on
Jackson street was tho center of
pathy for sorrowing friends,'for no
citizen of Thomssvllle wss better
beloved than Mr. Winn.
He was slxty-one years of age,
and had been uorn and reared In
this county. He was a son ot Dr.
Winn, and n member ot a leading
South Georgia family. Ho was a
consistent member of tho Baptist
church, and his sterling traits of
character made him recognized ns a
Christian gentleman and a splendid
citizen, ills three children are Mrs.
Bryan H. Wright, and Mr. T. D.
Winn of Thomasvllle an ( ) Mrs. L. A.
Wolters ot Manistee. Mich. Mr.
Wright, who Is at St. Simons, and
Mrs. Wolters were notified by tele
graph last night, and the funeral ar
rangements will wait on word from
them.
PRESIDENT AT
OYSTER BAY
Left Washington fer
Summer Home Yes
terday Kwi&jS.
....
Washington, June 12.—PmeWcxI
Roosevelt left Washington -vet Mite
this morning for his imnmer Incan
at Oyster Bay, accompaifisfl by Jtn.
Roosevelt, Mrs. Coates. Secretary
and Mrs. Loeb, tag a large ottca
force from the White House
The President hopes to pan the
summer quietly, and with prohabtp
one exception, will remain al ’Oys
ter Bay. until he goea to the naecB-
Ing of the McKinley monument lit
Canton, O., Sept. 13th.
STOCK INCREASED. 4
Thirty-five Million Dollars tu> Carry
Out rimns of A. R. £ A.
Change In UneHVas.
Mr. John L. Turner has purchased
tho Interest of Mr. L. F. Driver in
the Macon Lumber CO., and Is now
continuing the business In the Brigh
ton block. Mr. Driver la sow In the
north, and ha* not yet decided upon
bis fntnre plans, bnt will probably
contlnoe to make Tbomasvllle his
home, x . 1
L. Palmer who represents the
International Correspondence School
terday. Mr. Palmer- formerly pro
moted a northern colony In Thomas
connty that waa brokea np "by the
Spanlsh-Amerlcaa war. He has
the
An Increase In capital stock from
(24,(51,<00 to 35,000,600 of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic ia&-
roau was granted by the secretary et
the state through a charter amend
ment.
Of this Increase of 10,648,<00, the
amount of (2,000,000 will be Issued
at once ,aa a bonus to (8,000,000 la
bonds Issued some time ago,. TU*
amount will be dlstrlbutefl In MOt
prefered and common stock. Ot this
increase (1,818,300 will be par val
ue non-cumulative preferred ale*,
hearing 5 per cent; (8,(M,(00 nriR
be par value common slock.
Under this Increase the company
no* has (10,000,000 preferred atoek
and (25,000,000 In common. Ska
application for ammendmeat was
signed by Vice President P. 8. Ark
wright and Secretary R. F. CoID-
nane. / - *
Statement waa made that wotlf dt
constructing the Atlanta, Blrnfiaa-
ham and Atlantic la now progressing
rapidly, and ot the 650 miles a large
percentage has been completed. Pro
ceeds of the additional stock lsso*
will be applied to completing tha
system, furnishing terminals, ank
other facilities and equipment Ac
cording to this plan ag announced,
special attention Is being paid t«
terminal facilities, passing tracks
and rolling stock with the end In
view of removing nil eon~"'U-'n and ”
delay In the handling of truffle. It
Is stated that the road Intends to
provide Itself with more facilities
ot this kind, and rolling stock ha
proportion to Its mileage, than anr
other steam road In this territory.
It is expected that trains will be
running over tho road into Atlanta
not later than October l.of the preh
eat year, and into Birmingham not
later than March 1, IP08. Con
tracts were let a tew days ago for a
Urge amount of rolling stock. Bids
were opened Saturday for the con
struction of the lash section of th*
mnln line, consisting of heavy work
through the mountains of Alabama.
Work has already commeacefi fin
Bessemer. Work is now gain* oa
on every part of the road with a
force of more than 7000 men. Tho
officials tre putting forth every ef
fort to complete the system wltliln
the time fixed, so as to have trains
c per? ting over tho entire system as
:arly aa possible.
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In Florida waa-lg ThomasvUte yea- Roberts ot MonUeallo waa bare
on business Wednesday.
Awi. j. 8. Searcy, who has beta
visiting near -Whfgham, waa bare
Wednesday afternoon, .on his way
borne.-