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Tbomsarillr Times, Vol XXX.
Tbomaarille Enterprise, V/
SOLONS SAT
SATURDAY
Spent Tibi 11 Tax aid
Local Biilfi-BrHgsNiw
Uiier Bai.
Atlanfh, Ga., Aug. 10.—After set
ting the bill to increase fertilizer tax
for next Tuesday the house this
morning took up the general ap
propriation bill and parsed a num
ber of sections without debate. Most
of these were for salaries of capitol
officials.
When the -house adjourned for the
morning It was debating a proposed
increase of school funds of $2,000,-
000 for ms. $£,250,000 for 1B09.
The. senate passed a number of
house bills, and passed all the bills
restricting sale qf certain drugs.
THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA, PIUDAS AUGUST 0, 1007.
GLIMPSE OF
THE
J °nt,
HUNDKtDS
WALK OUT
Strikt if Telegraphers
Beciaung General HI
Over tho Country
New York, Aug. 10.—The strike
of the three thousand telegraph op
erators in New Yonc in sympatny
wJtli the Chicago strike will be con
sidered at a meeting to he held to
morrow. President Ahearn. of the
local i(iiion, eald early today that it
was likely that New York would be
Involved in the strike. The union
has done all in Us power to prevent
the strike, but the company has not
acted faTMy, he said. He believed
the stirke would become general
throughout tho country.
At ten o’clock this morning all of
the operators in tho Western Union
office at New Orleans walked out,
and the Postal men also quit work.
At 7:-30 the keys In the Minneapolis
BIG STRIKE FRANCHISE BILL
STILL ON! GETS THROUGH
Newspapers and C<her
Business Tied up By
Silett Keys.
(From Wednesday’s Dairy.)
Vote in* House Was 159
t« 16—Other Legis
lative Acts.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 14.—Th'e WI1-
The big eU:..j of the telegraphers Uams-Felder dlsrranchisement bill
is still on, and Thomasvllle is shut passed the house by -a tote of 159 "to
off from tho outside World except 16 ’
WILL TAX
R. R. INCOME
for such communication as comes
through the telephone and mail.
The local offices remained closed
all day yesterday, and rcelved no
word aboue resuming work.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 14.—The house
gave practically the entire morning
to consideration of the Williams-
Jtffer dlsffranchlsement bill, contln-
j u’ng the debate which consumed
■sterday afternoon’s session. I r
now appears certain that a vote will
. be reached shortly after d o’cloc k
thi- afr^-noon
Senate Pushes Important Rill.
A bill introduced in the senate by
SQLONS
An Observer Ttils Inside
History of The House
' This Season. .
The Associated Press operators
seized the opportunity to go out too,
and the newspapers everywhere are
short of foreign news. The smaller,
offices that depend on reports over
tho commercial wires a re completely
cut off, while the larger ones, with Senator Farmer of McDpffie, and in
direct leased wires, only get a smnt- which there Is wide interest, passed
office were left silent. Night and j terI »8 of the news - | tl,e u W er l hou *' e W 8 mornlng ’ 1
day men at Houstot^Tex., struck. Capt. Strong the weather observer Is a measure in which provision I
Sixty-five quit at Nashville. At half, has received no report from the jfmade for the legal condemnation of
past one o’clock every operator do- other stations, and has been able to lands for use in the development of
eert**d the Memphis office. The, sent out none. No weather map was Avater powers, and passed by a vote
Postal men joined the Western Un- issued, because there
(By W. W. Linton.)
It In a common saying in grammar
that the exception proves the rule:
As all searchers after the true con
struction in grammar W'ell know
there are few constructions in this
art that do not have exceptions. It
is, therefore, seemingly possible that
thoser members of the Georgia legis
lature who oppose the admls!ftra-
tion measures horn the midnigfi:
oil in search of that particular part wb ° adv0cale8 reform to «<*ompllah
no mes-
ion in the Kansas City tie up. The‘sages to tell the tale. No forecast
workers at Meridian, Miss., are also was made because there was no data
out.
of 27 to 12.
Governor Sends in Nomination.
Several appointments were sent to
at hand to (to. on. Tne p'ole at tho • the 8ellnt0 thls morn , Ilg by Gover-
station has flo^ the United States
flag, instead of the usual signal.
Uncle Sam Is very Jealous of hlj
rights and insists that his buslncii
shall have right of way over a!U 6th
ers. There was a rumor over t!f<
them being the
memb#ra are expected to vote ac
cording to the rules. Get the thref
together, and there Is no chance for
any bill to pass that they oppose.
It 1. worthy of mention that one of ra||road wlre yeiterda y evenlns th ,(
government officials would take the
these three took the stump in oppo
sition to what was the popular lead
er of the reform element.
Sit on New Members. ’
What chance has a new member
of the rules of the bouse that will
anything under the rules? One of
oreroome a
help them. It ha. been rhown on the unwritten rule, of the hou.e
many occa.lon. that theae rule, fit < and tbe,e unwritten law. are be
any option and that It 1. lmj»*t- comln * tbe *«.pUon'that .trlvea to
prove the rule) la that no new mem-
bebr can accomplish anything in the
way ot state legislation. One of the
.bbllla Introduced by Mr. MacIntyre
mm to strike at the conditions that
oppress the peopl. and that la, to
prevent any common carrier charg
ing for transportation where Mats
are not provided. It Is probable
that this bill will not be reported,
not from any lack of merit, but be-
cauee It was Introduced by a new
member. The trio eat down hard
an Wallace Sheffield of Decatur
when ho wished to have the Clubs
pay Into the state treasury ten
thousand dollars for the locker sys
tem of running a babrroom. Dyed
In the wool prohibitionists and the
leaders ol the filibuster were Instru
mental In Bhowlng this brainy little
giant from Decatur that he must be
seen and not heard. And the pro
hibition bill was amended by al
lowing clubs to do business for three
hundred dollars a year.
Scab and Joe.
Seab may rail Joe Hill a liar on
the floor of the house and It Is all
right, after a due space, the speaker
of the house, .who by the way la
from Fulton county, calls them into
his room and It Is Joe and Seab aa
of old." They were playing politics
probably. If a new member had
done inch a thing, there would hare
been found In those rules some
phrase suitable that would have
compelled the Impudent member to
undergo some show of deference to
ble for a majority
“filibuster.”
The Hole*.
These rules are reported and adop
ted by a committee on rnlea who
are past masters In the art of so
shaping the English language that
no man can expound them the same
way continually. It Is contended
(hat the majority is not always right
but if the people demand certain
things and the rules prevent legisla
tion covering their demands, what
must the people do? It Is true that I
no deliberate body could do things
without rules of procedure and it
would be loollsh to try. In the
great filibuster on the proMM-'m
bill as passed by the present hoes?
of representatives, the good ladles of
the state arose to the occasion and
by popular agitation, caused tbe fil
ibustered to surrender.
ThKo “Whole Thl n g».”
The present legislature has s«v
eral old members among Its law.
makers who are the whole thing,
it Is because they are Imbued with
the spirit of those rules tad ere
highly Intelligent that the reforms
demanded by the last state primary
hove been partially Ignored. By
their personal popularity, they have
overcome the tidal wave of reform
voters and held a place In tbe halls
oT legislation that Is well night im
pregnable. It Is necessary to mention
but three of tteae members for they
are ubiquitous when state legisla
tion is being agitated. Joe Hill
matter up and endeavor to force tbe
Western Union to transmit the
weather messages.
nor Smith, among
following:
Rufus R. Burns to be Judge of the
city court ot Oconee for four years
Jf! jgdtn next November.
Robert Ash to be solicitor of the
same court from January 14, 1908.
Nathan A. Milton to be Judge of
the city court of Pierce for four
years from next January.
FUTURE OF
THEJHILITIA
Col. Wylly FaVors Ma-
' toon System and Fay
For Men.
Those Interested in tho military
are uow wondering Just what ^ this morning passed ‘the governor**-.
£ffect of the provisions of tho Dick occupation tax bill to make street
bill will be upon the National Guard j car and railroad corporations p*y a
of Georgia. Arrangements have been j tax of 1 per cent on their gross ln-
mnde to reorganize the,- militia, come.
in accordance with tho terms of j This Is a reconsideration of t&0*
this bill, which is a United States action of yesterday when the bill was:
law. When this Is done tho militia' defeated by a vote of 84 to |3.
will receive large sums from the Na-,^ 00 ^- Stubbs and "‘MacIntyre voted
tlonal Government each year. for ^ or Lhe bill. Mr. MacIntyre offered
an amendment exempting railroads
in course of construction, which was
voted down.
■•use Reverses Itself
and Fites forGiv's.
Fla ti Raise Miiey.
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Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 9.—The house
PENSACOLA MAY GO DRY.
Prohibition!?ta Are Organizing Down
There and Will Fight.
the support of the troops.
One provision is thnt each com
pany must have a minimum of 58
men. It Is believed that If this Is
rigidly enforced It will mean the
disbanding of the companies of all
the smaller cities In the state.# In
fact experience has shown that it is
Impossible to keep up this large a
company In any city less than 10,-
000 people ,? *d c f tcn not thon> Now
It ^ls readily apparent that the
troops are needed for purpose of
protection, far more In the rural
communities than In the cities. Yet
even the latter have to call upon • * • - -
their smaller neighbors for help in j will tho passenger service of the
tlpie of trouble, as was the case in j Atlantic Coast Wne be sliced in
the Atlanta riot. half when the new 2 1-2 cent rate
Col. R. L. Wylly, commanding of- j aw goes Into effect. This is an in-
ficer of the Fourth Infantry, is In fa- ^ teresting question about which thdre
vor of Inaugurating a Platoon »yd- has been considerable*comment re-
tem, if this Is possible under the J cexitly. Local trainmen have heard
terms of the law, and there arej a rumor that such will be the case
many advantages to the’idea.' For , 0 n the first of .the month, and the
WILL TRAINS
COME OFF?
RimirTlvt fo&stLioe
Passcng’erSftrvice Will
Be Cot ii Mali.
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ROOSEVELT HANDS OFF.
Probably ■ Won't IntCTf.ro lb Tele-
gfaph.ro Strike now In Progress
Washington, D. C., Aug. 14.—It
is altogether unlikely that President
Roosevelt will Interfere In the strike
of the commercial telegraphers
the country. He Is showing an in-
! clinatlon to leave the matter
Mr. J. H. Smlthwlck la up from
Penaacol a for a tew daya on a visit
to his wife and children who are
il>endlng the summer here.
Mr. Smlthwlck says that the pro-j
hlbltionlat. are organising at Pensa- “rely to tbe Bureau of Labor,
cola and be Believe, they will vote, »evln* that It would be poor policy
the city dry In the next few weeks. ln ‘ erfcre at th “ tlme ’ However '
The prohibition sentiment started « b °“> d tbe * tlrke become general “
from a tent meeting conducted by >“» “ 09t » er l° u *'y embarrass tho
Rev. Culpepper, who figured in the,*' ede «‘ 1 government. Operator, are
campaign In Lowndes county. The, em h"»' ed ln every executlve de P art '
sentlment wai agumented by the j ment gnd bureau, while the weather
success of prohibition In Georgia.! and cr °P reporting service, depend
Somt of the wealthiest cltlsen. ot alm0>t entlrel > , upon tbe telegra P h
Pensacola are Interested in the move
and there will be raised a large sum
for the dissemination,of their mat
ter. An added feature to the dan
to carry on a campaign of educa- * er If to be ,oun<1 ln the facl thttt
t l on a widespread walkout of telegraph-
Mr. Smlthwlck Is himself chair- ert ma >' re,ult ln dlBa,ter * at ,ea - ,or
man of the platfofrm’committee and the turr,c “® ,eaton on the Atlttntlc
It I. a part of hi. business up here '» a PP r °achlng. At the preaent time
to engage prominent prohibition marlne « d *Pe» d «Pon the Informa-
apeakers of ttal. atate. He will In- tlon concern,n « the weather ,ar -
vlte Judge Covington. Judge Rod- ( nl,bed by tbe 8°'-*™ment.
denbery and Seab Wright and others
to go down and address the people^
of the city. The prohibitionists ».
have bought them a large tent an,
Hall, Seab Wright and Murphy ‘ be OU,raged d,gn " !r of ,hat a “* u,t
Candler are thi- three. When theae
three divide on any question, the
fight is on to a finish and the new
Ssiy. A law has been passed
against that bug-a-aboo, lfce lobby-
(Continued on page 8.}
Strike is Still CM>.
(F'tm Thursday’s Dally)
a telegraphers strike is still
cn, and the operators of the Asso-
they will hold their meeting, under clated PreiS lre aIt0 olir yet- Word
this tent in various portion, of the from AtIanta Ia|t „ t0 tb<
city during the summer, and fall un- fect tbat there „ n0 lmpr0Tement ln
til the election come. off—Moultrie the , ltoatlon Hanager of
Observer. , f—tr Western TTuTon received several
] messages by mafl yesterday forward-
Dr. Jone, Raya Home, ed .through Uncle "Sam from Atlanta.
Dr. T. It. Jones has purchased the r , uaMy about 300 message. . day
property known as the Blackahear ara lian di«d here. The tie np aiK
cottage on Dawson street from D. B. ^ ^ CMnplet ,.
Price. The Doctor will Improve the _______ V
property and will make his home Mr y n . Wlght p ,„«d through
there. The deal was made through the city Friday from Augusta where
the Parker and Smith real estate he attended t.ie meeting of the Oeor-
agency at a price of $3,500. gla State Horticultural Society.
Instance there might be two divis
ions of a company at Thomasvllle
and Melga, or Thomaivllle and Bos
ton, with a lieutenant In charge *of
each, and a captain In charge of com
pany headquarters at one or tbe oth
er points. Platoon drills could be
same rumors have been heard ln
Moultrie according to an article ln
the Moultrie Observer. ■ |
This la not ballovod by the gen
eral public, bat the railroad men
seem to think there will be quite at
shake-up on the Drat of next month
regularly held, an3 company drllla: when the new atate rate law gone in-
at stated occasions. Under such a to offset. It Is said that the railroad
system there would be no difficulty crews now'on passenger trains Dm
ln placing many companlee ln terri- been notified that moat of them «U1
torlea where they are greatly needed, have to rtttrfh To freight work,
but where none are now organised, .According to the rumor the through
owing to a acarclty of men. There t ra)Di between Savannah and limit-
are only two military companiea be
tween Savannah and the Alabama
line. In South Georgia, the ones at
ThomaavIUe and Valdoata. Both of
theae would probably be pnt out of
buslneaa by the rale ot 58, but ma
ny new onei could be formed under
the platoon syitem.
Under the Dick bill two regular
drills a month are required.' Col.
Wylly thinks that tho,officers and
men should receive the pay of the
regular army for a day's work, for
each drill they attend. He thinks
that this might be profitably be done
either by the National or State Gov
ernment. He believes that this
would be an Incentive to the men
to attend and that the men wonld
retnrn a moat of tbe money In tbe
way of additions to their armory,
equipment and the like. ,
Col. Wy^ly has written Adjutant-
General Scott concerning these mas
ters, and If there ta a possibility of
haring them enacted Into law. will
Interest hlmselft In the legislation
Mrs. J. L. ‘Avers, Mrs. T. S.Cook,
of Albany, Misses Berthai Clark, Ma
rie Avera end Minnie' Weldon, Abner
Clark and Will Tilman left yesterday
for Valdoata where they attended
the marriage of Mlaa Ada Solomon
Mr. Fred Carr, which occurred at
the Baptist church Hit evening.
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Mr. H. C. Copeland came up from
Metcalfe Tuesday.
gomery reaching here from tbe east
at 1:05 a. m., and from the weet at
3:10 a. m. will both be discontinued
aa will the JeaujhBalnbrldge ""abort-
arriving In the attfernoon at 5:30'
and departing ln the morning at
6:60. It Is hardly probable that tiro
through night trains, which have
Important connectlona, and carry
sleepers, will be taken off, bat the
other train has been In operation
only a few years, and might be dis
continued. This would make only
one train a day to and from Savan
nah, arriving at lp:80 a. m. and de
parting at 3:35 p. m. If all theae
changes ere made. i
It Ik also said that the old one
train a day plan between here and
Albany will be retained, leaving at
0:25 a. m. and returning at 1:15 p.
m. Th# train arriving In the morn
ing .and departing In the evening has
been on about 5 years and'ls one
of the moat Important on the rogll •
for Thomasvllls merchants. - It la
utfderatood that In case these
change* are made passenger coaches
kill be attached' To through
freights and passengers allowed to
ride on them. y
Grady Transfer Passed.
The house of representatives has
passed the hill of Representative
Terrell transferring the county ot
Grady from the Southern Judicial
Circuit, presided over by Judge
Mitchell,, to the Albany circuit pre-
elded over by Judge Spence. ,.