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WEEKLY TIMES-ENTKRPRIHE JULY 26, 1007.
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ST ATE TOPICS
IN GENERAL
R.H. Timitis Writis •!
Hi Sms Ml
'Hears. -
Romte 0»., July 17.
Of count Thomnavllle people arc
Just like other folk, and at tbla time |
other (oik lo Georgia are Inteuaoly
interested In the flgnt (or prohibi
tion that Is now being so strenuously
. waged before the legislature.
Business carried die to Atlanta
last week on the day the opening
guns of both dry and wet batteries
were turned loose on the committee.
Of course I could not resist the temp-’
talton to go over and watch the bat
tle. My newspaper training of
several years will assert occasslonal-
ly and I'll gather with the crowd to
see "what's doing."
The one thing that Impressed me
more strbngly than anything else
about that Initial hearing was com
plete unpreparedness of the men who
were opposing the passage of the
law. They seemed to be "locked"
and IITat ease. They looked, acted
and talked as they knew and felt
that they were leading a forlorn
hope. Aa the baseball fan would aay
they had no "ginger."
On the other hand the mon who
were championing the course of pro
hibition bad that confident masterful
aim of men who felt that they were
rapidly approaching that turn In the
battle which meant victory complete
and' absolute.
By all odds the strongest and most
convincing speech that was made be
fore the committee was that of Dr.
Ainsworth of Savannah. He mado
those North Georgia crackers sit up
ind take notlpe. Some of thein did
not know before that there were men
In South Oeorgla Who could speak
tike He could. His speech was de
void of the fulsome slush that you
often hear from a prohibitionist,
but It was eolquent and chuck full of
good common sense, hard cold facta
Md convincing arguments. I wla 1
ed at that time that our own Andy
Hoddenbery could have followed Dr.
Ainsworth. I understand that later
on fib did give another example of
how a South Georgian can talk.
. Yon know, the more I see' and
know of Georgia, the prouder I get
of the fact that I am a South Geor
gian. I am still a dttaen of Thom
asvllle and Thomas county, am still
a voter of that precinct, andl'llcome
near being “Beb on the spot” when
the hext cow or congressional elec
tion Is pulled off. '(*< >| wn
But back to tie happenings around
tho state capitol. A funny situation
exists there. Not a few people In
Geirgls were of the opinion tliat
srhsa t**'. UfMature convened a f,.w
re.'i.-ru picatt'ro advocated by Gov
ern* Smith would b 0 quietly rot
through, tho leglilnture would ad
journ and the boys go home.
But godnesa, no. When the leg
islature convened It took the bit In
Its teeth and at the m-t crack of the
whip began to kick the dashboard off
the loeal option buggy, and with Its
tall In tho air began to cavort and
frisk at Its own sweet pleasure.
Truth is, you hear powerful little In
capitol corridors of any of the pro
posed reforms, 'TIs true the Wright
kntl-lqtikylng bill pasred tho bouse
but while the boys were voting for
it they were thinking about and talk
ing about the prohibition bill, and
many ot them expressing entire sat
isfaction over the fart that the pan-
aaga of the bill would not drjr up Xi-
Change in Schedule-.
The Atlantic Coast Line train *2
which by the present schedule leavA
here at 6 a. m., for Jesnp,’ Savannah
and the East, will effective tomorrow
morning leave at 6.50. The train
number 72 from Montlcello will ar
rive at 6:40 a. m. to make connec
tion with this train. None of the
other schedules will be affected.
Lost an Eye.
A very serious and painful no
cident befell Mr Donnld Rehberg day
before yesterday when a nail struck
him In the eye and burled Itself. Mr.
Rehberg was building a barn and tn
driving a nail Btruck a false lick, the
nail reversed and flying backwards
struck him in the eye causing the
loss of sight in that eye.
GEORGIA'S OLDEST NEGRO.
Claims to be Descendant of Abi
IU r e In Africa.
Jim Brimberry. colored llYea six
miles southwest of Camilla In Mit
chell couty. He claims to be 127
years eld, and can give a very intel
ligent account of his life and satis
factory proof of bis extreme age.
He claims to have descended from
the Abo race in Africa, was born tn
the Blue Ridge mountains of North
Carolina In 1780, and served' In the
Mexican war as body-servant to Gen.
Gaines. He went os oody-servant
with Gen. Campbell from Louisville
to the Indian War.
The oid negro has lived In. Mitch
ell county since the Civil War, has
farmed successfully aa a tenant for
come of tho best planters of this
sreU’.n. He Is well preserved: has
never been arrested for crime; has
never had a caso In court, and
perhaps the oldest living person In
Georgia.
THREE ASSAULTS.
Sheriff and Deputy Have Busy Time
Yesterday.
SLOTH GEORGIA RAILROAD
Two Projects Show Proap'ct of Ear
ly Fulfillment.
Sheriff Hight was called yesterday! Atlanta, Ga., July 18.—The Gulf
morning to the Jones’ place near the' L)n e Railway Company was granted
city to arrest a negro woman named ‘ a ch>rter yesterday by Secretary of
Property Transfer*.
Clerk Groover recorded the fal-
lag property transfers yssterday:
,860. Thomas Ftllder to Tbonni
W. Ballard, 60 acres In lot 47 In tae
18th district.
8260. W. L. Adams to the Ma
sonic Lodge 172 Pavo, lot In Pavo.
8400. Thomasville National Bnnk
to E ,M. Mallette lot 112, Column 6, | hubbard, and entering
Block 4 containing 1 aero In city of
Thomasville.
Ruby Butler on a
rant sworn out by Idetl' i
Simpkins. It Is alleged that Ruby
had a grevlence against the Simp
kins woman and for sako of ven
geance did strike her over the heal
with an Iron rod until the blood did
run. She gave bond and was re
leased.
Robbed Tidy Cart.
Deputy Sheriff Singletary arrested
Bill Stafford and thereby robbed the
tidy cart of Its driver yesterday. Bill
Is charged with making an assault
with open knife on one Charlie
Bush, anotner negro, who had pro
voked him.
Caught at Pelham.
Clarancc Vinson the negro Wno Is
alleged to -havo done tho cutting on
the perron of Bob Howell in the row
Sunday, was apprehended at Pelham
and brought to Thomasville by Sher
iff Hight. Vinson was placed In Jail
and says he will plead glllty when
his case Is called for trial. /
Carried to Asylum.
Frank Light, the negro" from Bos
ton who was adjudged Insane at the
Ordinary's Court Monday, Was car
ried to Mllledgevllle yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff W- A. Fuller to be
placed In the state sanitarium.
To Savannah.
The Atlantic Coast Line will run tho
annual excursion to Savunnah on
August 12. The cost of a round
trip tlckot Is 83.75. This excursion
will afford, many an opportunity to
visit the sea shore and to see one of
the most beautiful cities In the
south. , „ ,.
TO INVADE 5LACON.
Thomasville Gunners will go i n Spec
ial car to Tournament,
The ever-actlve Charles Cooper,
secretary of the Cracker Cim Club,
is organising a crowd to go to a big
snoot that will be hold in Mv'tid
on the 7iu. 8th and 9th of August
Already about fifteen ot the crack
shots havo signified their intention
of going, rnd they oil! occupy a
special cur. There aro sono of the
h-t shots In Oeorgla alllrd with the
local club, and It Is beyond pet ad
venture of n doubt tnat .bey will
bring hacr-. nionoy and Ptiros.
l n trrisl| ,, g BaselMlI.
Tile Othlockoneo Bad Pavo base
hall teams met pt Chastain, ila, on
ilia eighteenth of July and played a
fast game. Tho scoro was a Uo, l
to t. nad tie timo o.' gams >!., cue
hour and twenty minutes. 'Hie
teams will probably meet again to
play off tho tie.
junta before they left for home.
Cal. MacIntyre was tad only mem- ways believed In taking advantage
bar from Tbomaa .county I had the. of his opportunities Thomas' Inter
opportunity of tuning- Irvin Is rap-! cuts will not suffer at h!s hands,
idly catching on to tho Intrtpatc ways j while tramping over the ntate I
of n Oeorgla General Assembly and think often of my many friend* of
Is making*hi* Inlinena* felt- Irvin's, Thomasville. and unless my plans
philosophical turn of mind stand him | art changed this full and winter will
ix good (tend In tht Isglmnture. The fl n< j Mrs. Timmons tad I there,
ntronk. of Irish honor In his Scotch) ROBT. H. TIMMONS
make-up has tn excellent opportu-)
nity while spending fifty days with Mr H 0 jjarsh of Savannah was
jjho Georgia lawmakers, nnd Irvin *1-| h, re yrst-rday.
"HUGGING MOLLY"
Colored People Excited liy HtranKe
Mid n lg!it Visitor to Tlicir Homes.
The colored people of the city are
much excited over a chain of j>ecu-
llar happenings during the last few
nlghtr. The story comes from many
quarters ot a midnight visitor to
their homes. They call the thing
"Hugging Molly.” A number of them
claim to huve seen It, and some tell
of Its having visited tholr houses.
The apparition, so tho stories tay.
generally gets In Its work about mid
night. It wears a woman's mother
tho houses,
solxes u woman In Its arms, gives
her a squeeze and then goes out,
without any attempt at burglary.
Some of them think It la a crazy
woman, others that It Is a man in
woman’s clothes, nnd others still
that the vlfltor Is a supernatural
one.
The superstitious are In great
alarm over the mysterious and ghost
ly prowler who enters their homes
In the dead of night. Tho nioro prac
tical minded are determined to stop
It, and have armed themselves with
this end In view. Tho hardware
dealers all report an increased sate
of cartridges for the past few
weeks. Be tho visitor a he, a she.
or an tt, great excitement has been
created, nnd “Hugging Molly," Is all
the topic of conversation among the
colored people.
State Philip Cook. This la really a
-renewel and extension of the charter
of the Flint River and Gulf Railroad
now In operation from Hawklns-
vllle through several of the counties
named In the petition
It Is proposed to operate the Gulf
Line railway through the counties of
Pulaski,' Wilcox, Turner, Worth.
Mitchell, Grady and Decatur to
point on thp Florida line In Decatur,
thence through Florida to the gulf
coast. The length In Georgia will
be about 130 miles, and tbe capital
stork of the company will be 8400,-
000.
The Incorporators of tbe company
are C. A. Alford, R. H. Pinson, of
Sylvester, T. R. Bennett and W. N
Spence ot Camilla, Morgan of Tomp
kins, J. J. Whitfield, T. B. Ragan, T.
E. Lovejoy. W. C. LoveJoy, Henry
E. nodes, and T. H. Bridges of Haw-
knsvllle, and James H. Taylor of Ma
con.
C. A. Alford, one of tho lncorpora-
tors, stated that he did not know
just when the proposed extension
of the line through Georgia and
Florida would be made, as railroad
building Is In abeyance Just now be
cause of the large amount of anti-
rallroad agttaton
To Camilla.
Cuthbert feels encouraged over
tho prospect of a fourth railroad.
The road from Camilla fo Newton
has been determined upon, nnd con
struction work will begin soon and
Georgia School
of Technology
nmiiN rut sciolauhik assigned to each
COUNTY n GEORGIA
Wrtu it «cci rtfuhsj tho i;poHunlty.
ijSRE GEORGIA SCHOOL OF T1GHN0L0CT U fcttsr
equipped sad orfulitd In all Its departments
this ever Defers. Advanced courses In Mechsn-
Icsl, Electrical, Ttxfile, Mialnf, and Civil EnflneerinJ,
Engineering Chemistry, and Chamlstry. Extanslva
and aaw equipment of Shop, mu, Laboratories, etc.
Naw Library and new Chemical Laboratory. Demand
hr School's graduates much greater than the supply.
Nixt session begins Sept 2J.
For illustrated catalogue and lofortcitlan address
K. G. MATHESON, A.H..LL.D., President,
ATLANTA, GA
DO YOU HAVE
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8oof Stomkch?
Belehlng of gas?
Load ha tho Stomach?
RAPID PROGRESS.
itr--w Mm ts Make Patliu Quicker
On Jackson .
Tho laying of brick on Jackson
street commenced yesterday morn
ing. The width Is much less than
thnt of Broad and progress Is notice
ably more rapid. Tho second block
of Broad will be thrown open for
travel the latter-part of tho week.
The ateam roller was out on Jack-
son in front of the postofflee jester
day morning and on the wbol* tho
work Is going on well. It looks as
If the the contractors will be able
to make good their promise of cav
ing everything don* by tbe tlmo the
first hale of cotton Is brought la.
Forem r n as Sextons.
There have been seventy bills
regulating railroads Introduced In
the General Assembly this year. One
of the seventy Is by Representative
MacIntyre, of this county nnd pro
vides that aectlor foremen mast bury
carcasses of animals killed by the
trains.
Col. H. H. Merry of Pelham was
among Thomnsvtlle’s visitors Sun
day.
The Right Name.
Mr. AuRnst Sherpe, che popular
overseer of tbs poor, at Fort Madi
son. Ia.. says “Dr. King's New Life
Pills, are rightly named: they act
mors agreeably, and do more good
and make on* feel bettor than any
other laxltlve. Guaranteed to cur#
biliousness and constipation. 15
cents at all drug stores.
A FOUNDATION OF A FEW
DOLLARS,
has boen tbe nucleus of many a for
tune. The way to accumulate mon
ey I* to necH track ot what you spen
You can do tbls perfectly by paying
..' ro \gh (hecks oq
THE BANK OF OCHLOCKONEE.
That will give you an account
of and receipt for every dollar yon
pay oat Besides paying by check
is decidedly n more dignified way of
doing business. No account is too
small to raceira consideration.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, Cashier.
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INDIGESTION
or
DYSPEPSIA.
Palpitation of Um Homt?
Henrttwm?
Water Brash?
,t:rr
that part of tho road Is expected to j gTllCfl yOU haVC
be completed by Jan. 1. This Is a
part of tho old graded roadbed of
the Cuthbert, Newton and Camilla
Railroad, graded years ago from Ca^
mllla to Newton. The grade has
been found to bo of valuo and adopt
ed by tho projectors of tho now rail
road. In Randolph and Calhoun
counties portions of the old Cuthbert
and Albany Railroad, gaded under
Rulloch's administration, and which
Is of much valuo now, will most
likoly bo adopted.
Tho road from Camilla to Cuthbert
Is almost an air lino and would tra
verse some of tho finest sections
Mitchell, Baker, Calhoun and Ran
dolph counties. Cuthbert had a com
mittee of citizens from the
Board of Trade at tho railroad meet
ing In Camilla, and they have re
turned feeling greatly encouraged
over tho prospocts of a fourth rail
road to Cuthbert. Tho now line
would strike tho towns of Leary and
Morgan in tho county of Calhoun .
Rydale’s Stomach Tablets
Quickly relieve and cum permanently^
the wont forms of
Indigestion and Dyspepsia.
These Tablets are sold on a guaran- |
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money refunded.
They im inoMHdkip|ffct ds-tt
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Their elect on the stomach h tonic,
strengthening and rtinmlatiog. They aid '•
onturo ia the digestive process, mi e*- ;
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YET MUST WORK
. “Man may work from sun to bud
but woman's work is never done.’'
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo and often
suffer in ailenoe, drifting along from
bad to worse, knowing well that
they ought to have help to overcome
the pains and achea which dally
make life a burden.
It is to these women that Lydia
E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound*
made from native roots and herbs,
comes as a blessing. When the spit*
its are depressed, the head and back
achea. there are dragging-down pains, nervousness, sleeplessness, and
reluctance to go anywhere, these are only symptoms which unless
heeded, are noon followed by the worst forms of Female Complaints.
MRS. AUG. LYON
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keeps the feminine organism In a strong and healthy condition. It cures
T nil am mutton* Ulceration, displacements, and organic troubles. In
preparing for child-birth and to carry women safely through the Change
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Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl. Pa., writes:— Dear Mrs. Pink-
ham:—“Fora long time I suffered from female troubles and hsd all kinds
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Mrs. Pinkham’s Invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness are Invited to
write Mrs Plnkhsm. at Lynn, Mass. Out of her vast volume of ex
perience she probably has the very knowledge that will help your
case. Her advice is free and always helpful.
The new Gun and Bicycle Shop is now
ready to do. your work such as guns, bicycles,
trunks, sewing machines, typewriters, adding
machines, gasoline engines, and all kinds of
musicle iutru niiti. • All w:>rk gjiraatJeJ
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f 07 Madison Si., Thomasvill, Ga.
The effect of Scoffs Emulsion on thin,
pale children is magical
It nukes them plump, rosy, active, happy.
It contains Cod Liver Oil, Hypophosphites
and Glycerine, to make fat, blood and bone,
and so put together that it is easily digested
by little folk.
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