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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
Thomsarille Timet, Vol XXX.
fhomu villa Enterprise, Vol. XLVII.
THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDAS SEPTEMBER, 13, 1007.
GEO. COLLIN'S
TRAGIC feT-B
Body Crushed Under
Moving Traia-Funer-
al This Morning.
■ (Proifl Friday’s Dally. V
George Collins* o£ this city, was
killed yesterday at Amerlcus.
' 'He left home early yesterday
morning to go to Gadsden, Ala where
he had arranged for employment. He
changed cars at Albany taking the
Central of, Georgia train and at
Amerlcus stepped off to speak to a
friend, It Is supposed though full de
tails haVd not been received.
■J* some manner, as yet unex
plained, he was thrown under the
and .almost Instantly killed. It
r ’ is supposed that be was talking to a
friend uhtil the train started and In
attempting to get aboard missed his
footing.
George would have been 19 years
oft tomorrow. He was an exem
plary young man ,a member of the
Baptist church and respected by all
ymo knew him. He was born nt
Montezuma, Ga., but has lived here
some time with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. L. Collins, 523 Hardaway
street. He leaves five brothers and
four sisters. His father left for
Amerlcus yesterday afternoon and
* '%U1 bring the remains to the city on
10:20 A. C. L. train from AI-
this nftfnlng.
The funeral will be condgcted
from the depot Immediately on the
arrival of the train. Rev. Alex. W.
Dealer will have charge of the ser
vices.
The following young men have
been appointed pall bearers and are
requested to meet at the undertaking
parlors of Herring & Herring at ten
o’clock this morning: Messrs Wil
liam McKay Jr., Frank Ward, Thom-
* as Teate. John Griffin, Clinton Var-
nedoe and A. W. Jones.
MORE ABOUT
... V*3E DEBATE
What Sunny Jim Said to
the Judge and His
Reply.
Fredonia Items.
The people are all busy now pick
ing cotton. We have had some line
weather lor the last week or to for
gsthering cotton.
Mrs. W. T. Smith and Mrs. J. L.
Floyd visited relatives at Chastain
last week.
There was quite a crowd of young
people at the hospitable home of
Mr. Robert Parramore Saturday ev
ening to an Ice cream supper. There
was plenty of Ice cream and good
music.
The music was furnished by Mes
srs. Jack Fleetwood, George Kelly
and Ed Philips.
They played games and all bad a
good time till eleven o'clock when
all went home feeling that It waa
good to have been there.
Mrs. I. L. Barwlck Is visiting In
Cordele this week.
There Is a gentlemen In our neigh
borhood who frequently goes cat
fishing and we hear he don't catch
anything but heads. When they are
pulled to the top of the water and
see him they pull their heads off
rather than come out. Wonder what
makes 'em do that way.
There was a sing at Mr. W. T.
8mtth's Sunday afternoon. Every
one seemed to enjoy It.
SI.
Lost Boy Found.
Mr. C. C. Vick, of the Boston dis
trict, has found his son Fulton, aged
sixteen, who disappeared from home
several weeks sgo. The father fear-
^\ed foul play, but discovered him
working st a sawmlfl In Funaton,
near Moultrie.
The Thomasvliu people, and In
fact all throughout the congressional
district are much Interested In tho
first joint debate of the campaign be
tween Orlggt and Roddenbery. The
opening speech of the Thomasvllle
man was presented In yesterday’s
paper. At the end of his hour the
house was swept by applause, ming
led with cheers for Griggs, as his
big lrame loomed up In the center ot
the stage.
{ The Congressman Calm.'
| Judge Griggs was calm and smil
ing. His manner was quiet, except
j when he Imitated iu ridicule what be
j called "the grotesque antics" of his
opponent. His speech was full of
pointed anecdotes that pleased the
crowd, making them laugh and ap
plaud.
Big Mouth, Little Tongue.
He said Roddenbery reminded him
of the grape-stealing fox, who said
of the bell with which the farmer
tried to frighten him, “Big mouth
little tougue, devil of a noise,
but no harm done."
“You Keftp Quiet."
Mr. Walter Burch yelled “That’s
you for 10 years,' and Griggs point
ing his finger at tbe Tbomasvlll
man said, "If you are a gentleman
you will sit there and keep your
mouth shut. For a whole hour my
supporters have respectfully put
with hts ridiculous antics and now
I am Insulted by one of his men."
Town Politicians.
Earlier In the dispute Roddeube
ry had referred to the Albany dele
gation saying "No crowd of town pot
Itlctans could dominate the suffrage
of the Second district" Griggs said,
"Talk of town politicians. Take
away the Thomasvllle men and t^pre
are not 50 voters In the house tor
him."
Never Lov*d Griggs.
"Thomasvllle is a fine city, but It
never loved me, until Anderson
started to running for Congress. He
has an Idea that it takes a big man
to go to Congress. If that Is so he
will rattle around like a pea In
pod."
No Orator.
‘I am no orator, and when I see
Anderson, I thank God that I am
not. He reminds me of the nigger
preacher who got mixed up In bis
mad flow ot words and said 'My nom
inative case has got separated from
my verb, but thank God, I'm on my
way to the promised land.’"
“I Get The Crowds.
He said tbe reaaon Anderson
wanted a Joint debate waa his failure
to get crowds In hla lone hand ap
pointments snd that In Decatur, his
native county, he had 25 men from
Thomasvllle and 134 from elsewhere
“He needs some one to bear him
make a noise and depends upon me
to get it.” He called Roddenbery
the Sancho Panza - of Georgia who
was fighting wind mills pf his own
erection. He referred to his efforts
ss having caused the defeat of a
25 cent war tax on erery halo ot
cofflon. "He saved the south- a
millian dollars, by this alone, and
had earned his Increased salary of
17.500 for a hundred years.” "I
I’m not worth It get somebory else,
bu.t for God's sake not Anderson.”
A Flood Tide.
He said, "Anderson Is ashamed
of the wave on which be Is trying to
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
SIZZLED WITH PERSONALITIES
Griggs and Roddenbery Locked Homs at Tifton
Before Big Crowd in Red Hot Speeches—
Thomas County Man's Supporters Claim
Many Converts As a Result of the
Grilling of Griggs—More
Debates This Week.
V.
Sharp and stinging was the battle,,
(Continued on page eight)
of words that a thousand voters of (cent conversion to prohibition ranks,
Tift county heard Monday afternoon and said that we had been securing
when James M. Griggs and Anderson I remedial legislation by the cork-
Roddenbery clashed vocabularies in! screw route long enough. He said
what was the first of a series of that Griggs had voted against the
joint debates. The campaign for . bill to abolish the army canteen and
the congressional nomination opened had always voted with the liquor m-
wlth a sizzling Interchange of per- terests, In spite of his assertions to
sonalltles In keeping with the weath- the contrary. He had also voted for
er. I the sale of liquor In the Phlllfpln*
Tho Result. | an( f to seat a Mormon In the House
Judge Roddenbery’s friends say of Representatives,
they are more than pleased with the * The Mall Box.
result. They exhibit badges with A Tifton band marched into the
the Inscription "Jim Griggs for Con- ( ware house bearing a banner “Jim
gress," taken from the coats cf Griggs the Farmers' Friend," sur-
voters, and say that what was a-mounted by a mail box. Roddenbery
Griggs stronghold Is now swinging, lashed him unmercifully for this,
Into line for Roddenbery, Judge j asking, "shnll we sell our franchise
Griggs' friends claim entire satis-1 for a tin mail box?" which was an-
factiou, and ns is always the case swered by cries of No! No!! He said
with a Joint debate the only certain 1 that Tom Watson was the real fa-
result was to arouse hotter enthu-jther of R. F, D. and cited Watsons'
slnsra among the supporters of both, example as showing what a new con-
In a Warehouse. gressman enn do. He said that the
The forensic bout was held in a seventh district with less territory
big warehouse where the heat made ( and less people had as many R. F. D-
the big audience shed coats, and col-J routes as the second. He said that
lars, and made the speakers swelter i to hear Griggs talk you would think
with the exertion of their sharp Jabs.;the farmers would get no more mall
CAN’T IGNORE
PUBLIC NOW
Corporations Must Adopt
Changed Attitude To
ward People.
Roddenbery’s famous black alpaca
coat was wet through and Griggs
peeled even His light coat of brown
linen.
Tlie Division of Time.
By arrangement drawn up before
If he were defeated. ‘ * " ■
Recent Activity.
He spoke of Judge Griggs’ recent
activity saying: “A fanatical candi
date behind him makes him think of
the people.” In answer to a shout
the fray Roddenbery was to open in - from the audience "Tell us what you
an hour followed by Griggs In an
hour and 20 minutes with Rodden
bery to have 20 minutes In rebuttal.
This was adhered to except that tho
congreisman used only one hour and
five minutes of his time.
More to Follow.
Judge Griggs has accepted the
challenge of tbe Thomaa county man
to divide time at Aahburn Tuesday,
and again at Georgetown Wednes-
are going to do,” he exclaimed, ”1
am going to give Jim the worst de
feat you ever saw.” TblB was greet
ed by cheers, which Roddenbery an
swered by saying, “If you cheer
every time I puncture a politician’s
tire I will have no chance to speak.
Referring to soil surveys recently
promised be said: “We want them
but Lord, bow I had to get In be
hind Jim to get them.
day. He laugha at the Idea that ho Franking Campaign Literature,
Is afraid to meet Roddenbery on the
atump. He said “I will nieet him
In Thomasvllle, where the audience
will be like this—for Griggs—for a
Thomasvllle man told me this morn
ing that every Roddenbery man In
Thomasvllle was here today." To
this Roddenbery replied that be
would meet 8unny Jim not only at
Tbomaivllle, hut Dawson and every-
where else In tbe district that he
could get him in the same room.
Jumped Into It.
Roddenbery was Introduced by Dr.
W. H. Hendricks, and Jumped at
once Into a vigorous and Impassion
ed appeal. He had the crowd yel
ling In three minutes and kept them
that way all through bis talk. Both
speakers were enthusiastically ap
plauded, the frequent personal hits
being especially enjoyed.
No Apology.
Roddenbery said be had no apology
to make for running for office. Re
ferred to his right to usk for prohi
bition support, on bis record, but
said It was a moral Issue nnd he
would not claim political credit for
It. He would support an antl-Jug
law, and would vote to drive from
America’s shores the whiskey traffic
with Its pernicious Influence in pol
itics: «
A Convert.
He congratulated Griggs on his re-
4L"
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He accused Congressmen Griggs
of “prostituting a branch of the
government Into a campaign ma
chine," also for sending out cam
paign literature under a frank. He
Bald that the attempt to use the gov
ernment foT these purposes was "as
bad ns Insurrection and little better
than tyranny.
Congressional Schooling.
He said “Jim has had 10 years ot
congressional schooling, and la just
beginning to show his learning. I
won’t take that long.” He accused
Griggs of voting with the Republi
cans on Immigration and naturaliza
tion laws that allowed a million for
eigners s year to come here, and
be registered and voted by that
party.
' Tho Albany Demijohn.
At this point an Albany delegation
of 76 Griggs rooters came In. An
excited gentleman named Smith
Pickett yelled "Albany greets Jim
Griggs, the greatest congressman
Georgia ever had.” Roddenbery
said: “The gentleman marchea be
hind a banner bearing a tin mall
box. A demijohn would be a more
appropriate emblem.” Later In the
debate this same gun Interrupted
Roddenbery again.
“An Infernal Foo*.”
He aald “I will not say tbafi this
man Is no gentleman, aS Judge
New York, Sept. 11.—“The time
has gone past,” said Judge E. H.
Gary, chairman of the board of com
missioners ot the United States Steel
Corporation, who has Just returned
from bis vacation abroad, “for great
corporations ts Ignore the public
and public Interest*. The 'publlc-
be-damned’ policy, If that phrase was
ever actually used, will not go these
days. The heads of our great Indus
tries can never adopt that attitude,
not alone as a matter of policy, but
In the Interest of their own under
takings. There has been a great
change of late years In the attitude
of corporation*^ l$wgrd the pubUc
and toward udnr.Employes.”
Judge OutjKFlri speaking of the
movement Woking to the Improve
ment of the steel rail, said the com-
mission expects to consider tbe sub
Ject, and will probably report In two
or three weeks. He said It would
be found that the steel manufactur
ers and the railroads will make
every effort to adopt a standard to
Insure the safety of tho public.
HOKE’S TALK
AT SPARTA
May Run for Senate-No
Extra Session—Agricul
tural Schools to Open
Griggs said of one of my supporters,
but I will say he Is an Infernal fool.”
Things Look Squally.
At this point things assumed a decld
edly warlike hue.PIcket made a start
toward the platform. Several Rod-
denbery men gathered round the
rostrum. Motions toward pistol
pockets were seen all over the au
dience. The Judge laid “You all
sit down. I’ll look out for Radden
bery.” Judge Griggs Joined In the'
effort to restore order and things
were toon at the normal.
t
Campaign Expenses.
Rofu’ery said he wo I'd pitch
hit campaign on a high plane and
would publish every Item of cam
paign expense.
The State Campaign.
Roddenbery then took up the state
campaign, and Griggs’ attitude
against the reform movementHe said
Griggs was too busy with national
affairs to have a primary later than
May, hut that he could come down
In August to fight against disfran
chisement and for corporation dom
ination, and the like. He read an
anti-Hoke Smith letter written to the
voters of Terrell connty, where
Griggs said a vote agalnat Howell
was a vote against him.
An Eloquent Close.
Judge Roddenbery closed with an
eloquent statement to the effect that
he would fight for the repeal of tbe
14th and 15th amendments Jn so far
as they relate to the disfranchise
ment of the negro. He said “l will
fight to the bitter end, the rum
power, the Immigration of foreign
scurf, tbe alien and African vote.
My record #111 differ from that of
policy and duplicity made by our
present congressman.” A turmoil
of applanae greeted hie dose, and
also the appearanee of Ur. Griggs.
The congressman told anecdotes
that made the crowd langh and ap
plaud for tn hoar. He was follow
ed by Roddenbery la a whirlwind
speech of 10 minutes In rebuttal.
Sunny Jim’s grilling of Little Ander
son snd the latter’s tart reply will be
published In tomorrow’s paper.
Sparta, Ga., Sept. 10.—^(Special to
Tlmes-Enterprlse) There was .*■
huge crowd present today to hear the
speech of Governor Hoke Smith. It
had been expected that he would uin-
nouce that he would be a candidate
for reelectlon as Governor and would
at least Intimate that he would
a candidate for the Senate. Hfs at'
ance on this point waa an follows:-.
"I have no doubt that betbre fSe
end of my present term as governor
I will he able to say to the people of.
Georgia 'We have accomplished ’’
what we. undertook when we made
the fight In 1906.’ “
This Is taken to mesA that fie urfll
be In the race for the Senate, ad he
has previously said that hla only ob
ject In seeking tho gubernatorial
chair was to carry out reform*:
The governor urged pure election^
commended the railroad commission
as reorganized but promised fair
treatment to the roads, plumed, him
self for having discharged Joe
Brown, saying that the commission
was now a unit. He said that the
agricultural schools will have enough
money from fertilizer tax, food and
drug funds, etc., to operate, and
there will he no extra session of the
legislature.
'' Mctcalfo Item*.
School openecMSept. the 2nd’
Prof. Searcy as principal and
LUla Forest as assistant. Vfe are
fortunate Indeed to secure theft m
they are fine teachers and did much
to advance tbe school last term. Npw
If the people will only come together
and work for the school we will have
something to be proud of.
Miss Annie Walker and Mr. Travla
Cheek were married at the Metho
dist church Sunday mornlng’hy .Her..
W. C. Embry. - - :»«(>
Mrs. Charles Thompson man cfilF-
dren returned from Boston several
Jays sldce where she had taken her
little son for trestment. We are ve
ry sorry to say that the little one 1st:
mo better. ‘ *’
The Metcalfe School Improvement*,
club will give an Ice cream sribper-
on the afternoon and evening: atr Hegt
20 th at the achool house. In enter- to-
raise funds to carry on tba improve
ments begun last year. - The dab-
did good work then and! hope the-
people win give their atfi’ as- In. tfie>
pact. Every ofle la cordially invited;,
to come and pass a pleasant awulng;
as well as help In a good cause.
Both glniprys are* going now.
though the cotton b rather stow
coming In, we ante with: In ter set. %
that many ot the- hand*-, ares Hamm
boys who are earning- goo® Wages.
j SUBSCRIBER, .
A BLACK LEAGUE.,
Have Colored Faint w«rP
Together for Higher TYag*n.
Mr. W. E. Daren was here Wed
nesday, from Cairo.
It Is rumored that the negro fains
laborers of Thomaa county have,
formed a mien and propose to de
mand higher pay, as soon as they
are completely organised. A negro
preacher told a prominent farmer
that the orgsnfeatlon had been form
ed and that ft already had 300 mem
bers. He said that as soon as they
got 500 mon on fhefr list they pro
posed to demand two dollars a
for thefr services, and pledge th<
selves not to work for less.