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numutinr Enterprise. Vol. X1VJI.
THOMAS VILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDA! AUGUST 23, 1007.
D. W. TV US
SHOT DOWN
Sheriff of Grady Desper
ately Wounded By
Negro Convict.
..Cairo, Ga„ Aug. 19.—Special to
Tlmes-Enterprise.)—D. W. Tyua,
sheriff of Grady county, lies at his
home here, seriously and (whips
fatally wounded, In the discharge of
LEGISLATIVE
ENACTMENTS
Resume of What the So-
Ions Did and Did
Not Do.
(From Tuesdays Dally)
There are some things the legis
lature did and some It did not do.
Very few general bills of .any Im
portance were passed. In fact the
his official duties. The wounds were only genral measures of any con-
inflicted about noon today by a ne-. sequence enacted Into law were the
gro named Chas. Williams, who | state prohlbtton bill, the disfranchise
made his escape and is now being ment hill, which has yet to go before
pursued through the woods by a j-tha people, and the Candler railroad
pome with dogs. j commission bill. The general tax
Sheriff Tyus had gone to Malloy’s act and the general' appropriations
turpentine still, four mile, southwest j bll! are merel >' routine matters,
of Cairo to serve a warrant on the' thon * h occasionally they furnish a
negro. Williams Is a desperate j fleld lor Interesting legislation,
character and offered resistance. He! Locker Tax $500.
got the drop on tite officer and shot I general tax act was finished
him twice, before the sheriff could comparatively early in the day, with
draw his gun. One bullet ent'ered 1 the ««eption of the club locker tax,
his right lung, and ranging dotvn-
, that being the one item which held
ward came out of his left hip. The :the S eneral assembly into the Sun-
other wound Is in the back of hls ] da >' “orning hours and was finally
neck. We was brought at once to flxed ^ at 1®®*-
his home, and Is now having the j Appropriations,
best treatment, but his recovery is 1 The general appropriations
doubful. i was passed with some material
The negro made his escape, but‘Changes. The house adopted the
other officers are on his trail th rou gif fenate amendment increasing the
the woods south of here. Dogs common school fu,nd to $2,000,000
were brought from Dothan, Ala., on j for 1908 and to $2,250,000 for
the afternoon train and are being ; 1909. The house had fixed these
used in the chase. 'figures for 1909, and it was by a
“Doc” Tyus la Qrady county’s first aarro1,r vote that the increase was
ACT AGAINST
TELEGRAPH COS.
Strikers will Try to An
nul State Charters
of Companies.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19.—A special
to the Georgian from New York says
that Daniel L. Russell, of the strik
ing telegraphers, Is prepared with le
gal counsel to consult with Attorney-
General Jackson, to begin action
looking to toe annulment of the
state charters of both the Western
Union and the Postal telegraph com
panies.
BOSTON THE
VICTIM
Turnbull's Terrors Win
TAX BILL
DISCUSSED
By Good M&rgin n
Wet Grounds.
Looks Like It Will Cause
Extra Session of the
. Legislature.
pie at the next general election."
Railroad Commission.
The railroad commission bill was
passed with five members, the two
addltioLul members to be appointed
by the Governor, and to be elected
In 1908. It took some hard work on
Turnbull’s Terrors were in action Indications last night were that
yesterday and Thomasville's 4 to the Governor would call an extra
Boston's 1 tells but half the tale. | session of the legislature to meet
The only unpleasantness of the Monday morning. No definite in
evening was caused by the rapid fire, formation can be given, because of
kicking of one, Mr. Girardeau loaned' inability to hear from Atlanta The
<9 the Boston team by Montlcello. j telegraph striker'll still on In full
In the first half of the third inning force, and no messages are being
this became so offensive that Mr. j received or sent from here. Efforts
Ardls McDougal gave up the sponge were made to reach the capltol by
tfnd Dr. Daniels was called to take the long distance wfres of the South
his place. After this Inning every- ern Bell Telephone Company from
thing was like clock work. half past five until half past ten last
At half past three o’clock n alow night, but there was nothing doing,
rain was falling and the players had This was probably on account of tao
to wait until ten minutes to five immense business now being transac-
o’clock when Boston came to the ted.
bat. The grounds were wet and
Atlanta, Aug. 17.—At 2 o'clock
every time the ball hit the grass it' h „ afternoon Oovernor smith had
was covered with slime which made { a ca „ tor an extra ses .
'the part of theTrlend." of the admln-i U exceed,D *' y hard for thB p,tche " slpn of the legislature, although the
to handle. TTet balls work hard-'
lstratlon to get the bill through,
! opinion in legislative and official dr
with five members instead of three.
ships on batters as well as pitch- c]es „ [hat such . call „ lnev „ aUle .
The senate finally came around. It!
hill j is charged, under strong persuasion I ,
| showed up In great form
The Sen-!
I steady all through the
to the!
I worked out of several
t-4 .
sheriff Is a brave and effclent offl-
ter. He haa > wide family connec
tion, and Is well-known In Thomas
county. Several years ago he waa
a candidate for sheriff of the old
county on the Populist ticket. Hit
wounding, following close on the kill
Ing of Martha) Dm*, has created
great excitement, and If he should
die and the negro be caught, It will
igo bard with Williams.
MAC TALKS
OF SESSION
Tells How They Kept
Brooks County from
Barwick.
Getting
Representative W. I. MacIntyre is
at home again after two months
spent In Atlanta In attendance ot the
Georgia legislature. Mr. MacIntyre
was kept busy ' yesterday shaking
hands with his constituents. He
looks well and says he enjoyed the
teuton. He made a good record a»d
although a new member was on
number ot Important committees.
Explanations.
Mr. MacIntyre talked at length
to a Tlmes-Enterprlae man yesterday
afternoon on the legislation of ths
session. He said. ‘‘A number of the
members always made It a point
to use ths three minutes allotted to
them to explain their rotes. I did
not take the trouble to do that be-
cause I knew 1 would hare to ex
plain at home. But I am prepared to
explain and defend every vote 1 cast.
I am not going to taka up the time
of the people to do so .however, un
lees I bars to do it on the stump.
The Fertiliser Tax Bill.
‘‘I regret that the bill to raise the
price ot fertiliser tags TroffTTen ffh
twenty-five -cents failed to pa as the
senate. I voted for the Incro’S* - I
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defeated In the house when the mat
ter wjs first up. Whan the senate
put’ In the Increase enough house
members came over to make It flaw!.
Deficiency Expected.
The genral appropriations bill as
pasted carries $3,770,000 for 19M
and $4,880,000 tor 1100. Besides
till* the general assembly passed
the general deficiency MU carrying
about $13,000. It killed the Income
tsx on corporations, snd'tt Is highly
probable that the state’s revsnusi
will be considerably lau than the ex
penditures which the legislature has
ordered.
Health Board's Cosh.
. Another serious point of disagree
ment between the house and senate
was on the appropriation Included
In the bill by a senate amendment to
give $3,500 additional to the State
Board ot Health for the purpose of
purchasing diptherla antl-toxln for
free distribution. The house tried
bard to cut out thla amendment, but
the senate Insisted, and after m
couple of conferences the Item was
passed by both bodies an3 remains In
the MU.
Disfranchisement Passed.
The disfranchisement bill was fi
nally passed, the Senate coming to
the position of the house at a late
hour. The senate receded frfom Its
position tnd concurred lu the house
amendment which makes the good
character clauee of the bill perpet
ual.
Joe Hill Hall’s Opinion.
Ia speaking of the bill Hon. Joe
tl'll>s.u said:
“It Is now possible for the regis
trar! to register any one they see fit
By the provisions of the bUl they eaa
defranchise the white men as they
wish. Thus they have absolute pow
er over all elections, and In thler
discretion can grant or deny to any
person the right to vote regardless
of color. The law Itself does not
disfranchise any one, but the whole
power Is vested In the registrars.
In my opinion no more dangerous
amendment to the Contsltutlon won
ever proposed, but It Is up to the peo-
from the executive office,
ate first refused to concur
House amendment making to num
ber of commissioners fixe, but later
reconsidered and the second vote on
the amendment was 21 lo 21. Pres
ident Akin had to break the tie, vot
ing for the Increase.
Drastic Drug Law.
The General Assembly also passed
the bill regulating the sale of narcot
ic drugs under which It Is a misde
meanor for any druggist to sell drugs
of this class except on a bona fide
prescription ot a licensed physician
ia actual attendance on the case.
Unlawful To Fish on SundaT.
It must not be overlooked that on
the final day of, the session In the
early hours of Sunday morning, the
Senate passed the bill by Mr. White,
.or Screven, making It unlawful to
fish on Sunday. It, la therefore, a
Sunday bill around. It now goea to
the Governor for his signature
All of the measures were finally |
disposed of on the last day of the
session. The only other state meas
ure <>f Importance waa the State pro
hibition bill passed early In the ses
sion, and the provisions of which are
generally familiar.
What Wasn't Don 8 .
There Is a good deal also that the
Legislature failed to do. Not a lit
tle talk was heard In the closing days
ot session about the Macon platform,
but only two of the Macon platfofrm
measure! were enacted, the disfran
chisement and railroad commission
bills.
The anti-pass bill and the anti-lob
by bill are left high and dry on the
■hoala. The Senate and Hou|e were
so helplessly split on both of these
measures that It was evidently Im
possible to get either ot them
through at this sesalon. In the case
of the anti-pus bill the Senate pass
ed the administration meuure, while
the House passed what the adminis
tration wanted In the way of a° an
ti-lobby bill.
It la now that the Governor would
rather have the Hall anti-pan bill
than none, but upon these meas
ures he would not have called an ex
tra seulon. There waa a good deal
of extra seulon talk towards the
clou of the seulon, and It doubt-
leu had Its effects la spurring the
two houses on to getting through
with their work.
era, which evens matters up.
Mr. Seagroat the new twirler
was
game and
hard holes.
Six strike outs and only four hlta
are to his credit. Only two men
were walked by him and one man
Wheeler was bit. Yet Seagroat made
good. |
Mr. Rees as back stop did good J
work. This was another hard Job andi
yesterday at It was mighty hard to
stop those swift ones from Mr. Sea
groat. The pSWng of Wolfurd at
third was big league style and that
kid will make good. It was Reiner
MacIntyre's hit that started the ball
to rolling and Remer’s hue running
also deserves special mention. He
only'stole three bags In the game: •>
Oscar Groover at first played his
regular steady game, getting one of
the three hits. He took all kinds ot
Chances and not an error was charg
ed against him. Harry Linton was
there ia his old time form at short
and bis timely hit scored one of the
runs In the seventh.
McKeown scored the first ryn
and notwithstanding his two errors,
he played s star game,
i The visitor* were up to snuff
ts Riddick’s pitching was good and
Jacobi, his backstop wu one of the
stars. Jacobi was the only Boston
man to scoro. He got to Brat on %
single, was shfiflffceS To second b7
West and scored on Wheeler's hit.
The score by innings Is as fol
lows:
Thomuvills |0|OJO|0[0|0|4|0|x|H3-E3
Boston . . . fD|0.0|0|0j0]0|l|0jH4-E2
Summary:
Stolen Bases—MacIntyre 3; Lln-
ton 1; Groover 1; Broom 1; Jacobi
2; Struck out by Seagroat (; by Red
dick 4. Base on balls off Seagroat
2; off Reddick 4. Hit by pitched
ball Wheeler. Umpire Dr. Daniels.
The team plays la Boston thla af
ternoon leaving hen at two thlrty-
Atlnnta. Aug. 17.—The house this
mornlcg passed the bill of Senator
Singleton, which bad already passed
the upper house, providing that all
pensions paid by the state to Con
federate veterans or their widows,
aud amounting to $50 or more per
annum, shall, after March 1, 1903
IV
be paid \, lartcrly.
A resolution by Mr. Chandler, of
DeKalb, was adopted providing that
during the remainder of the session
all speeches on meuures other than
the general tax bill and the appro
priation bill he limited to five min
utes. This action wu taken In the
hope of staving off an extra sesalon.
Tbs house Is debating the senate
amendment to the general tax bill
placing a tax of $10,000 on clubs
maintaining lockers In which mem
bers or others keep Intoxicating
liquors. There Is considerable op
position to the tax, and the outcome
In the house cannot bo accurately
forecasted.- . * ii j *>-
The house has decided that the
senate tax of $100 on dealera In
cigarettes Is too high and bu chang
ed the amount to $25.
In the Senate.
The eenate this aborning pnssed
two bills. One empowers the gover
nor to borrow $200,000 to meet cas
ual deficlences In revenue, and the
other authorises him to levy a sink
ing fund tax. ~
PEACE FLAG
HELD OUT
Govorur GUni Confers
WithSiuthecn Railway
Abaot Situation,
New York, Aug. 20.—Another
move In the Interest of peace be
tween the state of North CiisUha
and the Southern Railway ha^ beam
made. a
Governor Glenn, of North Caro
lina before his departure for Raleigh
last night after spending several
days here, suggeated to General'
Counsel Thom, of the Sonthern.
ratlway that as a first step toward:
bringing about a better -understand
ing, the taking of testimony, both fia
the United States circuit court and
the state court In which action*
have been brought, be suspended un
til the supreme court of the Unljed
States can pass upon the question at
Jurisdiction of the circuit court fn
the North Carolina ease. As a part
of the understanding It la to- be left
to the railway company and to the
state to govern future action ae
events shall suggest after the su
preme court's decision Is handed
down. '
In the meantime the railroad Is to
endeavor to live up to the North.
Carolina law, giving It a fair trial,
and If It develops that the railroad
cannot do Justice to Its stockholder*
while operating under the said fiw.
It Is to be left to the fair-mindedness
of the people of North Carolina to
right the wrong.
General Counsel Thom told Gov.
Glenn that he would bring the mat
ter to the attention of the oOclale of
the Southern railway and communi
cate with the North Caroltyia author
ities at ths earliest possible date.
The conference between the gover
nor and Mr. Thotn was cordial.
FIRST BALES
ROLLING IN
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Citliife Gets Two, Bos-
tei Three &ni C&ir«
One-Giei Prices.
five and returning- at halt past five
o’clock. Mr. Nicholson the star
pitcher of TtlTBFull's Terror! will do
the twirling.
The Boston- teem stopped over
here yesterday on their return from
Montlcello where they were defeated
Guards Monday nlgbt First Sergeant
W. A. Watt was promoted to First
Lieutenant. The election was a se
cret ballot, without any nomination
and Mr. Watt recelTSd a large ma
jority of the votes cast.
The Dick bill requires each com
pany to have fifty-eight enlisted men
and In order to have a fall company
It may be necessary to form a pla
toon In one of the towns sear Thom-
Barilla. In^thls case the second
lieutenant of Company K. will com
mand the out of town members. For
this reason a second lieutenant was
not elected at the last meeting.
Neat Monday the Guards will par
ticipate In a sham battle on the
by g score of $ to 1.
KDUTABY MATTERS.
The battle will be spectacular, as
blank cartridges will be used, end
a continuous skirmish fire will be
heard. The problem to bo worked out
Sergeant Wat* Elected First Hasten In this battle has not been agreed up-
ant of COmpaay K. | on, bat It Is probable that a squad
will defend the elub house while the
At the meeting ot the Thomasvttle 'other members will attack It
Coolldge Ga., Aug. 20.—(Special
to Tlmes-Enterprlae)—This sec
tion's first bale of new 'cotton waa
received at Coolldge this morning. It
waa grown by Mr. J. T. Vinson ot
near Chas tain. The bale weighed
517 pounds and classed as good mid
dling. It was ginned at the Coolldge
Ginnery, owned "by White and
Bsldy. Mr. J. L. Baldy purchased It
paying lS eents a pound.
Gaines Batten, a colored man, liv
ing near town, waa a dose second.
He had his bale In ths gin yard bo-
fore the first bale waa ginned.
Boston, Ga, Aug. 30.—Boston re
ceived three bales of cotton yextar
day .the first for this season. The
first bale wed brought by D. A. Beas
ley and sold for 15 1-2 cents. The
second was brought by C. Oldag, and
■old for 12 1-3 cents. The first
bale waa bought by Rountree end
Milligan and 7 the second' by J. W„
Taylor A 8on. “
Cairo also received its first bale
Monday. Mitchell county’s first bale
waa received several days ago, and
dealera at Pelham and Camilla ex-.
P**t a thousand bales this week.
The first bale here Is expected some
day this weak.
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