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Thomsarille Time*. Vol XXX.
IbommlU* EotnprlK, V#L XL YU.
THOMASVTLLE. GEORGIA. FRIDAY
HELD UP
AUTOMOBILE GOOP
Ytiif lea lave Excit
ing Experience With
Iraikan Negri.
Messrs. Mallory Welch and Harry
Houston had an exciting experience
Buaday afternoon oftl# driving the
former's automobile. The young
men vara coming into town at a tart
rate, and when near the South Oeor-
, gla College a negro stepped Into the
road from th« sidewalk and wared
hts hat at them. They slowed down
In respnoae to the signal but as they
did not see any horse In the road did
not stop. As they came nearer the
negro pulled a pistol from his pock
et, and cursed them saying "let's
see Is they will run over this.”
Messrs. Welch ' and Houston
turned aTound and came to town by
another route, aad secured a shot
gun. They went back to the scene
of the trouble, and hunted tip the
negro, whom they disarmed. They
took two pistols from him which
they turned over to Marshal Steph
ens.
The man was named Levy Thomas,
, h and his companion was West Mat-
rthews. The trouble started earlier
Cjn the faternoon when Levy's mule
iTwas frightened by another machine.
NWhe mule started to run but no dam
age was done. The evidence in po
lice court, where the case was tried
Monday afternoon, was to the effect
that Thomas and Matthews had been
drinking. After the first automobile
had scared his mule he bad made
the threat that he would shoot Into
the next machine that came along.
A crowd of negro men and women
had gatered around him, evidently
/ to see him carry the threat Into
execution. Messrs. Welch and Hous
ton happened to be the first t* 9-
tfms. Marshal Stephens made good
time In getting to the scene or the
negro’s actions might have proved
to be more serious for him.
In court Thomas was bound over
to the city court of Thomasvllle for
aiming and pointing a pistol, and
was lined $15 and costs for disor
derly conduct. Matthews was fined
$10 and costs.
BIG CROWD; SEN. BACON
Goi Teurnamtnt Most
Bcctssfol Ever Held
(From Friday’s Dally.)
With 150 people In attendance
and eleven squads shooting the
Oub yasurday
ed and will today continue the beat
aboOtthtatat* boo ever kgo«n.Repreyefterday at which Senator
tentative* of live states and a doz-
an cities are present, and all are bar-
JUDGE SPENCE
WON’T RUN
Ing the best king of a time. Yester
day’s program was carried through
without a bitch, and the men went
right oa shooting In spite of the rain,
with only an occassional stop to par
take of the tempting array of ro-
fresmeuts that was spread and ready
all.day long.
Roacoe Luke, Thayer Crovatt and
E. L. Marbury of Gordon, Ala., with
175 each, tied for first place among
the amateurs. Catcher of Bristol,
Tenn., and Harry Hall of Albany,
the Peter'a Shell men, with 190 and
138 were the leaders among the pro
fessionals. Other professionals and
their scora were Freemen of Atlanta,
187; Money of Colorado Springs,
183; Huff of Macon 182; Hightow
er of Amerlcus 174; Mason of Sol-
ms, Ala., 171; Hoye of Tuskegee,
Ala., 153; and G. Warded7 oat of
100.
Those shooting the full list of 200
targets and their- scores were Cro
vatt 175, Luke 175, Marbury 175,
Beasley 172, L. T. Way 172. E. M
Jones of Macon 172, Worrell of Tus
kegee 170, Turner 108, Thomas of
Valdosta 1««, Fleming 186, Town
send of Albany 185, Alexander of
Tuskegee 164, Byrd 160, Mitchell
158, Hendon of Tuskegee 158, Jones
of Macon 103, McAfee of Macon
183, White of Macon 150. McNeal of
Albany 150, White .110, W. F. Mar
tin l&Oi Smlthwlck of . Amerlcus
140. Briley 144, Cooper 140,
Chambers 106. >
Those who ehot 180 targets In the
events were Will Hopkins 158,
Stringer of Metcalfe 148, Watson
132, J. W. HuB of Macon 121. Proc
tor 121.
Shooting 160 were J. P. Drink-
water of Albany 126. Brinson of A1
bany 126. Cooke, 119, Tlcknor of
Albany 114, Brandon of Pretoria
110, Jackson of Albany 100,
Other* who shot In less than eight
events were Murray of Albany.
Wylly, Homer Williams.Harry Hous
ton, Floyd Olasner of Baconton
Johnson of Barwlck McNeal of
Amerlcus, W. S. Brown, Morris.
Bracey. B. F. Smith, W. R. Culpep
per, Springer of Valdosta, F. N. Car
ter, Sam Stringer, C. 8. Thom peon,
W. 8. Odom, 8- M. DeVard ..of Tal
lahassee, Long, Von Weller of Al
bany.'’ ’ UpRHT
Got Every Vote-Prolii-
bilitB Fight Warm Again
Atlanta, Oa., July 10.—United
States Senator A. O. Bacon was to
day reelected to the senate by both
hpapeq In Iffc* session. The >ousi
and senate held seperate nomlna-
L^lLjLQ,
PRIZES GIVEN
Mitchell Ci. Maifisi-
tively nit in Rici fir
Cingress froa Hi
Hon. W. N. Spence, Judge of the
Abany circuit, and a resident of Ca
milla In Mitchell county, will not be
n candidate tor Congress In the sec
ond district to succeed Hon. James
M. Griggs. This announcement Is
definite and positive. It comet
4 on the authority of Judge Spence
himself, and lets at rest all rumor*
that he would be s candidate.
This leaves the contest between
Judge S. A. Roddenbery of Thomas
\ couTty a^Hon~r*iu?r I. UIIUI.I 111LUU, 8M
In case the latter’ should decide to trade condition* In Georgia and Flor-
run. He haa not yet made any id*, *s well u adjototog »t*te#
» statement of his Intentions. jxtjp time are, such as tAjfcil
The friend* of Judge Roddenbery jgotteytyd ac$*jfi r 'jtoong the
. believe that this action on the vjt akma tbJKx** h.afc Ji
’ V of Judge Spence*wlll be of decided- test- brains of the manufacturers at
*\ to the fMaotMUs race, aml # tat great latent*te meeting of lorn*
The tournament will ho returned
at eight o'clock this morning with
the shoot for the Ithaca gun, and a
foil ten event program will be car
ried out. -
LUMBER CONDITIONS.
Will be Dismiss'd •* 0*6 Mating *•
Atlantic Death Next Week.
Bacon's nam* was the only one pro-
poood, and his election Was qnap-
Imout. Senator Bacon was Invited
to address the general-assembly, and
responded with an eloquent address
No Important eLgislati*n Yesterday,
Tuesday was unproductive of Im
portant legislation except for th* in
troduction of new bills. But a few
bills have been acted upon by the
recently appointed committees, and
until they are reported upon but lit
tle can be done.
Many Delegates to Argue Prohibition
A number of resolutions for and
against the prohibition bill were
read, but Wednesday brought
the big fight on Impending measures.
Both houses through their commit
tees, considered the bill In the after
noon, and delegations from Savan
nah, Macon, Columbus, Augusta, and
Atlanta appeared before the commit
tees to oppose the bill. The workers
for prohibition are on hand to de
fend tbe menrure and a formidable
array of facts aad figures were pre
sented..
Iar$ Hall and lr. Cn-
vattWere First in
TWO HILLED
a B-J: :
Misunderstand!!! ( •! Or
dirs Causes lead-Oa
Cillisim.
Two dead and two Injured was th#
result of tbe head-on collision two
miles this side of Oualey on the At-
ie. The event* of . the Coal* Un* late night before
last
A misunderstanding of. order* wns
th* cause. The local freight had
With the distribution of the
handsome prizes last night the
fourth and most successful annual
tournament of the Cracker Gun Club
fflPiv
second day were fully a* interest
ing as those of the first. ’ Very tew
,of tbe sportsmen went home and the
ifaps were a scene of activity from
elfht ..o'clock In tbe morning until
•unset! ■
The high gun among tho profes
sionals was Harry Hall, the popular
Peter's Shell man from Albany, who
la very very popular with all the
sportsmen and hit victory met with
great applause. He made a score of
377 out of 400, and was presented
with tbe Jerger gold medal In
appropriate speech by Roscoe Luke.
Mr. Hall responded In a graceful
manner. Among the professionals
Hatcher aad Freeman tied for second
place with 369, and Money with 363
came third.
Among the amateurs Dr. Thayer
Crovatt and Mr. E. L. Marbury of
Gordon, Ala., tied for first place with
a score of 354 out of 400. In the
drawing of lots Dr. Crovatt. won
the gold medal offered by the Wes
tern Cartridge Co. E. M: Jones and
P. C. Townsend, both of Macon,
tied for second place, and Mr. Jonea
was the lucky man In drawing the
tra freight trains at Ousley and the
tl,,
to the largest attendance ever re
corded at a lumber convention, as
on this occasion tbe tawmill people
are face to face with a coudlton and
not a theory, that must be met and
mastered once for always.
At tbe Atlantic Beach conference
reports will be made from the con-
eumlng and wholesale trade In all
parts of the country, a* well as by
the manufacturers from all tbe
South Atlantic seaboard states, re-
gfrdlng demand and tupplv. pro
duction, ect., at this time. Prices
ductlon, ect., at this time. Prices
and comparisons with corresponding
period for last year, stocks, and oth
er features of the situation, such as
will throw llsht on the present
welt ae the future outlook, and
thereby give the meeting a special
interest. Lumbermen In this and
the adjoining states should answer
th* roll-call at Atlantis ".Beach oi
the 15th.
Speaking qf the meeting the South
ern Lumber Journal, of Savannah,
baa this to say: "The Atlantic Beach
Conference of South Atlantic Lum
bermen will be one of the most Im
portant meetings In tbe lumber tradi
Industry in all this territory , for It
will bavt to deal with questions tb
can no longer be brushed aside wltl
a wave of the band, or Indefinite)
postponed for a convenient seaso
The conditions at this time are sm
as to render It mandatory on parts
** —Twanharj-j i--w — “"|1 f" <I " J *
solution for the present troubles or
ferever hereafter be hewers of wood
fl |JBrw4Hp wat«^ L ‘’fh*U*d
" A ws of ie Eltua!
lo be. (
will be participated In by many o]
th* leading and foremoit manufac
turers in the states of Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, North
and South CaraUM and Virginia.
The water famine In the house J gun ca>e offered .by Ja*. Watt and
and senate has been remedied by a brother.
eupply of llthla water, produced In I In tho handicap match for th*
response to a demand for pure wa- Ithaca gun, Frank I. Stringer, of
ter by prohibitionists and antis Mlccosukle, Fla., was the winner
In the handicap for the $40 vase of
fered by th* Hunter Arms Co., Capt.
J. B. Way MCor*d the prize,
The third prize, a pair of mhoe*
from th* Thomasvllle Shoe Co., went
to Worrell of Tuskegee, who shot
$45. John Turner with 844 la the
proud possessor of the fourth prise,
th* Bradshaw vase. J. M. Femlng
$39, camo fifth and secured a sub
scription to the American Field
L. T. Way, 338, shot sixth and will
carry the silk umbrella, donated by
W. J. Taylor and Co.
The handsome head of Roacoe
Luke will be adorned by a Hawes
hat. offered by Neel Brothers, be
cause he shot seventh with 387.
Emmett Mitchell broke 332 and will
write with the Roblaon fountain
pen Louis 8teyerman'a six hand
kerchiefs go to Alexander who made
328. \
J. W. Byrd and Beasley tied for el
eventh with 320, and Byrd won the
throw off getting a half doien pair
of hose from the Steyerman Co.
Jim Briley drink* a half -pound of
Pringle'* tea, as a rewardifor com
ing twelfth with 312, and tbe.taat
prize of twenty Houston'* soda
ticket* goea to J. B. Way, 310. Th*
booby, a year’* aubecriptlon to th*
American Field went to John Cham
bers who zhot the low gun.
All of the visiting sportsmen are
high In praize of Thomas vine's hos
pitality. and they go to their home*
today, promising to return next year
and bring all their friends to the
Fifth annual
l-.-iv-. J
Yiuiig Man Passed
Away in Atlanta-FlB
iral Here T*day.
•v
W. LESTER’S
SUDDEN
AT —
ere shocked yesterday-
morning to hear of th* unexpected!
death fit Mr. Walter Lester, which
took place at seven o'clock yester
day morning to Atlanta. The cutting-
short of this bright young Ilf* so
tin of promise bring* sorrow, to. alt
the friends of the family. -nW),-
crew thought orders read two. They
pulled out and after going about two
miles met the third.
C. Johns, tbe only white man
killed, was a flagman on the extra
and was riding on the engine and
when the collision came he was
wedged so that the ezcaplng steam
burned him to death. Johns home
was In Jasper, Fla., and hi* father
Is sheriff of that county,
Tbe other dead was a negro
tramp who t* supposed to be steal
ing a ride on tbe extra.
When Mr. W. A. Wells, the en
gineer of the extra saw tbe local
coming towards him hi did every
thing possible to stop bis train and
stuck to his post . His thigh was
fractured and he received a few oth
er brulaes, but the surgeons think
that be will be out within three or
four weeke. His fireman was also
slightly Injured.
The other wounded was a negro
on the local freight who had his head
•pllt open. The Injury was not as:
lout.
. .The track was blocked until late
yesterday afterooon, the passengers
on the west bound trains were trans
ferred around the wreckage. Train
85 dne here at halt past lv* o’clock
wac tb* first to com*. through. It
arrived here only a half an boar
late. T0 MOg.VOfl
the matter to the ordinary. They
state that they have tar more than
the required two-fifths of the regis
tration list, though the Cairo folks
claim the signers are coming off at
the rate of fifty n day. It Is said
that nearly all of the Pine Park res
idents have signed the petition,
though Pine Park Is this side of
Cairo and they would have much
further to go to court.
BACK FROM ARIZONA.
W. 8. Blockahcar T'lls of the West
and Its People.
Mr. Walter S. Blackshear hu re
turned from Arizona, where be went
■*T«rsl month* ago. He tajy resumed
■■■ ■
tb* there YrtU b* any *tbcr entries. nth f*st.£r*t*at Indication* points ^ BonU Carolina and Virginia. cent their petition for an ...cum. »» none nr* vary strong an xnrougn m
abJo 5 t el e»t«® «WT
i
Patting up the Coin.
* citizen* of Whlgbam have g^at
for building coun-
jail, to eaastil get riel
alt*"!* rembffiU IW Cairo, to NM Roor
000. Moat of this haa been depos
ited In the bankz. As coon as th*
pot.
of health, and teems to hav* found
It for he looks brown and hearty
He spent most of his tlm* In Phoenix
and from that point as headquarters,
traveled through th* state on a num
ber of plsssant trips. He l*ft Mr.
Hardy, Mrs. Moore, Mr, and Mr*.
Cone, and Mr. Hargrav*, the Thom-
asvtll* colony to Arisons, all well
and doing wall.' Mr. Blackshear
WJI 1 un MM to
th* p*opl* are bustler*. “It te
for a man with a little
Joyed my stay very much and am
A I want, bnt I would hat* to
on tb* ton thirty train thte morning,
and tbe funeral will b* bold at five
o’clock tbla afternoon from tb* Bap
tist church. Re*. Ate*. W. - iSi
officiating. Interment will
Laurel Hill cemetery, ThV’^toil
bearers will he Messrs. Rhett Prin
gle, Edward Jerger, H. J. MacIntyre,
Henry Lester, W. B. Cochran and
Archie MacIntyre. Tbe pall bearers
are requested to meet at Herring aad '
Herring’s undertaking parlors on
Madison street at ten o'clock thte
morning to meet the train that
brings the body, and at the sum*
place at four o'clock thte afternoon.
Mr. Lester's death was entirely
unexpected to hi* friends In Thomas- ,
vllle. ’ lie haa been 111 tor a few ^
weeks with Internal trouble, wan
operated -upon Monday. Eveii then
hit physicians expected an e*TIy re- •
covery and thought h* would bo ab
le to go north to recuperate la ' a
few weeks. But never fully ral
lied from th* operation and th* *nd
came yeatorday morning.
Mr. Lester was the oldest eon Of
Col. and Mrs. Robert B. Lester, and
was 15 years of age. 8*v*ral years
ago he entered the Insurance field
and won markad success for on* of
his year*. H* was rapidly promoted
MdJlMJimHL-BgMoM »»
Shreveport, La„ and Charleston, v ‘ft.
C.- Ho w^a stationed at Macon for
a while, and left there to go to At
lantis to take np Jhe study of mod-
lclne. Ho was engaged to thte pur
suit when bis untimely end cam*.
Hla mother and sister, Mis* Lucy
Lester, worw with him at the Um# of ^
bli death. He' was a young man
bold to th* highest reapect and *o-
teem, and th# tonderest sympathise
of th* community are with th* b*-
reavad parents, brother and slater
In th«lr lost. .
JAPAN MADE
NO DEMANDS
Quick lenlal i! Latest
Vs; did position at fl; FTOM lUt ClflHuj*
pot. Mr. Blackshear went ln seSreh - , — .
Washington, July 10.—From th*
State Department and from tho Jap
anese embassy then cam* swift and
conclusive denlsl-today of th* report
cabled from Th* Hague yesterday
and representing that Japan bad
mad* categorical demand* upon the
United State* for satisfaction to con
nection with tb* treatment of Japa
nese In Ban Francisco, and bad ssrv-
wlth Californian* herself _ If the
notional gov*ram*at falls to do so.
w*st, and they give tbe visiting
brother a royal welcome. But old
Thomaarill* te good enough for me,
delighted to be *t borne
a!.
