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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
Tbomsavfle Times, Vol XXX.
fhomaaMUe Enterprise, V«3. XLVU.
THOJIASVILLK. GEORGIA, FRIDA? 8EPTEMZER, 20, 1007.
CAMPAIGN
PROGRESS
*#?
These Griggs Badges—
dllor« debates Next
Week.
BRANCH HOUSE
OF BIG FIRM
Swift and Company Plan
to Handle Meats in
This City.
(From Friday'* Daily. It Is more than probable that Swift
.1 fudge S. .1 .Uoddaubery cam tome * “Co., will estaHilsh a branch house
.yesterday morning lor a few days,
iafter three Ktrenxuus Joint debates:
/With his «opoa«at for Oongresa,
Thoaiaavllle within a few weeks.
Whet Mr. J. D. Carroll manager
.*1 the Pensaerila branch of toe big
packers came to Tboinasvllle for a
.James M. Griggs In spite of the!vacation Swift & Co., asked film to
.hard work the Judge la In fine shape, :^°°k over the‘ground and see what
! bualmtss he thought a branch house
.and will tackle the Congressman wouW do „ Thomasvllle. They
.again next -week. He haa an AP-1 have been considering Thomasvllle
. .... . .. _ |‘for some lime and Mr. Carroll’s fa-
, polntment to divide time at -Newton vorable repoft on the condi tion. win
:<the thriving county site of Baker. | probably determine that action,
con Monday, nndsugain at Fort Cadnrei Such a Indue would be of Immense
V 1 * vjil*e tD Tfeomasville as tne city will
fin »Clay owntyocn' Wednesday- I receive frech meats direct from the
Tbe KTUrir at Ashborn. | Packing houses In car load lot*. and
’ the goods tflll be distributed to all
( There tarve aten some Interesttts; ( the sninllnr towns surrounding.
i-developmetfs »bi the cam>aJgz mat® | ™ n wI11 ^ c J large, l m * d
: om? traveling man with two clerks
liht debate sat'Hilton. already lufty.wftl make headquarters here,
-described an these columns. In fact' “ i
« | every state in the union, bnt there
the race ta the sensation of Georgia , .
j was no law against trying to work
pdlitlcs, aod^nrary papeMn the State j ^ ^ ^
is devoting much space to it. Not on-i Jt A _
Tner^fore, immediately after the
: ly. die district tout, all of Georgia is 1
Interested lai it. There was a splen
did crowd «t ’Ashburn, and Judge
"ROdflenbery ’isentirely satJstied with
' Mg prospects :tn the new ooanry or
Tqririr. JnfkgcTOriggs had the oyen-
• ing a.ul coiufluton, but nevertheless
■ the'.Thomas «ouoty man held his
own. An account of the debate ap-
' pearly; in yesterday’s SaTaSnah
News xinder a Tifton date line is
fromWiather jnrrtisan viewpoint, tbe
irftbtls of RodQenbery think.' The
t report *ays that *. debate advertised
for Sylsester fsir -.the latter part of
■the mon h bad S*een cancelled as
.Judge Q»‘ddenber v v “evidently found
• it necessary to take»a rest to renew
his supply of ammunition.” The fol
ly of this istatement:is shown by the
: fact that there aw -two debates on
;for.-:nextvs*eek, and ntlll. another for
'Nashville cm the twenty'third while!
.Judge Rodkenbery will deliver the*
• opening address on Farmer's Day at
. 8ylverter, for the Worth county fair, *
.on T.a^adsy tse twentHfourth. )
About the «fame line of .argument
ifta: in tihe tw* previous .debates was
(Carried out at Georgetown, in Quit-
itnsn covnty. This Is counted as a
siuro Roftdeobegr county, and the on-
*.ly regret of bb friends b that iris
mat larger. Grtrgs again said Rod
man Wry was ashamed of the wave he
was trying to ride into ofllce 00, but
| csnclustcoi of the debate, Roddcnbe-
i fy men who were well known as such
went up to the other Roddenbery
| men who had decorated themselves
j with Griggs badges, and removed,
I with a ;great deal of ceremony, the
j bits of tfbbon which bore the name
I of the present congressman.
■“Such was the manner In which the
1 tnopblee of Roddenbery’s triumph at
i Tifton was secured,
j “The story comes from a source
1 which 3s txy be considered absolutely
: reliable. It was given to a represen-
I tatlve of the Herald by a Thomas-
1 ville gentlemen than whom no one
, stands higher in the respect and con-
| fidence of his community, and he re-
| celved his information from a Rod-
jdenbery supporter who was a mom-
j her of the Thomasvllle delegation
I which attended the Tifton debate.
“The story is Interesting, though
perhaps not important.
This Tale Denied,
All of the Roddenbery men who
went to Tifton emphatically deny
that any such trick was worked.
They declare that the badges taken
off were genuine conversions. Judge
Gtlgga referred to the matter in one
of his speeches, quoting as authority
Mr. H. J. MacIntyre. This gentle
man states that he never wrote
Judge Griggs a line oh any subject
TAX RATE COUNTY UNION
and never made the statement here
-which was .carry!.;? him out to tea. , «
«. .v. .v .1 , ,, or elsewhere concerning the badges.
In the Public Eye.
The treat Interest In the campaign
Is shown by the amount of space de
voted to tt by the newspapers. The
Atlanta Constitution gave two col
umns on Its front page to the Tifton
debate, together with photographs of
the candidates. The Journal and the
Georgian both enlarged upon the af
fray. The Journal has a double
To this the alpaca coated statesman
replied tluc It tots strange that
Griggs was .trying to ride on the
same were. That as the wave re
ceded be saw girlggs in a boat, wav
ing a copy of fils prohibition letter
to. Davis of Albany, and going rapid
ly out to the same sea.
Those Gritats Badges.
Wednesday’s Albany Herald re-
THE SAME
Council Fixed it at $10
Per Thousand-Other
City News.
Thomnsriliete *;fty tax rate will be
ten dollars on ihe thousand of prop
erty, the name as last year. The de
cision ns to :tbe rate and the ffniito-
!ng of the tax assessments was the
principal business of the hoard of
aldermen at their last meeting, when
all hut Aldermen Cooper and Hitch-
ell were .present.
, Inrrensed Tlcturns.
The Jong labor at the boobs was
concluded shortly before midnight,
Jtnd the olty lathers were able to
figure a healthy Increase. The exact
Itgures will be announced in a few
days by Crelk Maclean. A number
of new houses have been built, that
will add •» the sum total of tax val
ues returned. In most cases the as
sessments were not raised from what
they were last year, as the aldermen
did some pretty husky hiking In!
1906. ind think they have things at
about the right figures.
How it Is Divided.
Although It costB more to admin
ister the affairs of the city govern
ment every year, the growth in val
ues enables the aldermen to keep
the rate the same. The division Is as
follows: For general purposes fif
ty cents on the hundred dollars; for
school purposes, twenty-five cents on
the hundred; for bonds, twenty-five
cents on the hundred. This Is a re
markably low rate for a city flic
size of Thomasvllle, considering the
number of public Improvements such
as paving, sewerage, lighting and the
like.
In the Hole.
The city Is Bomewbat to the hole.
The general fund hat been exhausted
and a loan of 13,000 has already
been negotlatedr The Mayor was au
thorized to make another borrow of
13,500 to tide things over until the
tax money begins to como In. This
will be about the fifth of December..
A Quiet Session.
The dlsctuolon of the loan, the pay
log of bills, the routine business was
about all that was done, before the
council went Into executive session.
This settled the tax hash, passed the
revised awning ordinance, and ac
cepted the resignation of Fireman
Brown. These and the other mat
ters are found In the ofllclal minutes.
ORGANIZED
Slate Organizer Address
ed Large Mass Meet
ing at Court House.
(From Thursday’s Dally.)
At a mass meeting at the court
house yesterday the Thomas county
organization of the Farmer', I'nlon
was perfected and many propositions
f.-om Ihe state organization were ac
cepted.
The chief event of the day was
the speech of the state organizer Mr.
J. M. Lee. Every seat In the audi
torium was filled ana the audience
was enthusiastic. Mr. Lee spoke of
the necessity of having thla organiza
tion to prevent speculators from con
trolling the market prices of all the
crops raised by the farmers.
His tribute to the south and the
southern farmers were greeted with
rounds of applause and the address
had a decided efTect on the meeting
behind closed doors afterwards.
It was at this meeting that the
plans and organization weie psrtoci-
ed. The following officers were el
ected permanently: R. R. Chastain of
Ochlockonee, president; J. M. Pil
cher of Meigs, vice president; Thom
as Davis of Meics, secretary and
treasurer; and Jefferson i*. of
Melgt, trade^ agent. There are now
nearly a thousand members of the
union In Thomas county, and several
districts are yet to be organized.
They will be brought Into line as
soon as tbe organizer can reach
them. >
The state organization has 80,000
members and is growing rapidly
every day. The members are stand
ing together for all the principles
they advocate and tbe effect la al
ready being beneficial. One of tbe
propositions from them and endorsed
yesterday by the county union was
In reference to the manufacture of
all farming lmpllments, vehicles,
guano and tbe establishments of
trading posts. >* ’ ’ M *i ,
The manufacture of these products
has been tried with much success in
many of the southern states and the
plant for the Georgia organization Is
already In course of construction.
Mr. Lee left yesterday afternoon
for Macedonia church where be will
address the Grady county farmers
and organize a county union.
80 ROOM
BUILDING
V&shti Industrial School
Now Building Great
Institution.
(By E. E. Gibson.)
Tbe principal, since arriving In
Thomasvllle has been too much oc
cupied with other thoughts to prop
erly attend to tbe Important duty
of reporting through the press the
progress of bis work'.
We are now moving on, however,
at a satisfactory rate, and It noth
ing unusual Interferes we will occu
py the new home In October. At
present the lathing Is half done. Most
of the material to rplasterlng Is on
the ground, and nearly all other ma
terial except that for Greek portico
has been ordered from the mills.
The main building wilt contain
over eighty rooms, consisting of six
ty-eight rooms for girls, recitations
rooms, etc.
In addition to the three buildings
now on the ground, ono and possi
bly two new houses will be erected.
The one already planned, a three sto
ry building, possibly of brick, will
contain dining room, kitchen, study
hall, hospital and dormitory rooms.
We realize that
Thomasvllle have the Interest of the
Vashtl Home at heart, and we hope
to keep them better informed
through the press In future as to the
progress of our work
'Ti e Home has Just received bills
of biding from Southern Cotton Oil
Company of Savannah of the follow
ing valuable donations;
One large can of “snow Drift”
(lard), one box of soap (100 lbs.)
These valuable donations come
through the Influence It seems of our
friend Homer Williams, to whom we
are all very grateful.
EDUCATION
THE TOPIC
Hoke Smith Tells Needs
Of Trained Teachers
and School Tax;
Summerville, 0«„ Sept., 11.—A
great educational rally of those In
terested In the public schools of Chat
tooga county was held here today.
Tho program of exercises wax elabor
ate, beginning at bait past nine and
continuing until late In tbe after
noon, with a picnic itfnvuw at 1
o’clock.
The principal address was made by-
Governor Hoke Smith, who devoted.
himself mainly to the needs and op
portunities for improvement of the
rural schools, In which he has al
ways taken very great Interest.
Mrs. Walter B. Hill, widow of the
chancellor of the university spoke In
the interest of the Georgia School
Improvement Club.
Tne program Included an address
of welcome by- the Mayor, Harr. C.
D. Rivers, a response by Prof. S. L.
Williams, declamations, rccitatlocr.
a spelling contest, music etc. The
medals were delivered by Judg*
Moses Wright of Rome.
Governor Smith's Adhsesm
Governor Smith, who was given a
cordial reception, spoke very earnest
ly of the necessity for improving the
rural schools, urging particularly
the importance of having trained
teachers. He did not say that the
Chattooga county people should
adopt local taxation, but he called
attention to the fact that the good
schools in the cities and towns were
obtained by supplementing tho
states appropriation through local
taxation. The education of teachers
the people of j * n normal schools ho advocated aud
stressed the Importance of having
trained teachers and men consecra
ted to educational work put spoil
county superintendents of education.
He showed the importance of having
schools large enough to afford two
teachers, as he said graded systems
brought better results. ’
LOST HIS NOSE.
Joe Aiken Shot In Drunken Riot nt
Boh Mitchell's Dance Hall.
TENDER OFF TRACK.
Eight Hour Delay Caused Much .
noyanco to Passengers.
OPEN WITH RALLY
RAIDED SKIN GAME.
(From Wednesday's Daily)
In the. very early hours of yester
day morning Joseph Aiken lost the
tip end of bis nose on account of this
member being hit by a pistol ball
fresh from tbe gun of Lester Mar
tin.
It was almost the whole popula
tion of the colored tenderloin that
had gathered in the dance hall of
Eob Mitchell and were malting mer-
(From Wednesday’s Dally) '»
The passenger train from Albany
due here at 6:15 night before bat.
did not arrive In ThomaavUTci until!
half past two o’clock yesterday:
morning.
The delay was due to tho tact that;
the tender of the engine Jumped Our-
track between Baconton and Flint;
and tore up the track In such a man
ner that It was Impossible to get to
the trouble until seven hours had
elapsed. The train ran at least an
'eighth of a mlie with tbe trucks of
the tender crashing every Woss tie.
Aid was summoned frdm Albany and
the track had to be repaired keforo
the extra engine could get to tho
wreck.
There were many passengers oa
the train but no one was InJured.Tha
wreck caused considerable annoy-
Barwick’s New ftchuol Building one
of the Most Complete In State,
The new school building gt Bar-
wlck will be completed tbe latter
part of this week and Its formal
opening will be celebrated wltb a big
(erred to tbe article in this paper to co j nnil ed |torlaI commending in tbe ’ educational rally and picnic on Mon.
tbe effect that Roddenbery’. friends „ ronge , t term , the determlnatl0I1 ot day , September 36
claimed to have taken badge, from Judge t0 publllll .
the coats ot voters. - The Herald BC - fledoIe of campalgn eIp€n ,
M><: ■ > j ses, something hla opponent has nev-
"Either before or during'the de- er , gr(N!d do Saraonah
bate, It occured to a zealous Bod*m- Pre „ and gtiaunnh New. both
bery supporter who had gone over as dea , vlth the , n th(!lr new , and
a member of the Thomasvllle delega- * editorial ^' columns. Residents of
tton to help “whoop ’em np” tor many counts, fn tb6 dUtr icU are
Thomas county’s favorite son. to pla da „ y .ending In' subscription.- to
Griggs badge, on the coats of Rod- the Tlme^Enterprl.e In order
denbery men who. were were either keep up wlth the Th ,
unknown In Tifton, or whows prefer-1 Balnbrldge Post, a new semi-weekly
ence In the congrerolonal race had ‘at Balnbrjdge devote, the major por-
not become a matter of public knowl-j of , u , pace (Q the campa ,
edge and make them the means, af- aBd flghta Judge Roddenbery with
ter the debate of raising a little po- ‘ the „ gor at , ta commS nd. while
Iltlcal ammunition for the Rodden- the Bainbridge Democrat U equally
bery cause. | warm In his support. Everybody
f . “» ™ an oId trlck ’ » nd h * d been know, there Is a -campaign In the
‘' ~>-d thousands of times before In Second.
The building Is one of the most
complete buildings for a small school
In South Georgia. There are four
large recitation rooms on the first
floor and a large auditorium on tbe
second floor. The equipment
modern in every particular and the
cost of the building Is 36,000. Tbe
money was raised by private aub-
scriptjon, an d the spirit In which It
was given reflects credit on the com
munity.
Tbe rally on the last day <ft this
month will be'an elaborate affair.
There will be many of the most
prominent men In this section on the
program. The Berwick people are
now making extensive preparations
for the entertainment of tbe crowds
that are expected.
I >
Much of the "bottled sunshine” j * n ce on account of tha loss of ttm*.
— j hod entered the aystein of the I —
Sheriff Hlght Drought 81x Gamblers dancers and It was on tills account j HLLCHE.S M-UiniED.
From Boston. j that Lester unconsciously drew his! Well Known Winter Visitor Weds
j pistol. It was accidently fired and | ’Massachusetts Sian
Sheriff T. J. Hlght returned yes-, the fast travelling ball hit this Aiken 1 ____
terday from Boston where be with! negro squarely on the tip of the nose j Hlsa Edith Belches, of Boston,
Deputy Burney made a raid on a. mixing flesh and lead in such a start- Mass., was married on September
skin game tbe night before and cap
tured six negroes.
Tbe game was going on In a rail
road service car and nearly twenty
negroes engaged la it. Two were
caught Id the car but the others es
caped, the officers getting four yes
terday morning.
Those now In Jail are, Sam Sam
uels, Morty Jones, , Henry Moore,
John Green, Tom Everett, and Joe
Jackton.
Mr. J. W. Gardner was here today
from Pavo. Mr. Gardner ie chair
man of tbe school board at Pavo and
he says the school opened there Mon
day wltb the largest attendance they
have had at a fall opening and with
fine prospects - for « very successful
term of school.—Moultrie Observer.
ling ipanner that neither have been j fourteenth to Mr. Walter DUIabj
seen since. j Pratt, of Brooklfif, Mass. Tis
Both actors In this tragedy are' weddln * took place at Walpnfap K.
well known among the Inhabitant of j H ‘ N Is ot lotereat to many taTbana-
the colored tenderloin, and the'Whole I strill# who are frtende of the young
affair will be hashed out next Mon-] ’*dy. She li a daughter of Mr. Jobs'
day at the police matinee, where all j A - B «Iches, and baa spent several
tbe old time offenders will appear us rioters here. Tbe family made their
home at the Miller cottage on
street, and Miss Belches was popular
with the young society eet.
either wttne
or defendants.
Ll'KE IS CONFIDENT.
The Atlanta Journal Has the’Follow
ing Interesting Note.
"Colonel Roscoe Luke law partner
of Judge Andenon Roddenbery, can
didate for congress from tbe second
district, was a visitor yesterday at
the etate capltol. Colonel Lake Is
confident that Judge'' Roddenbery
will be elected.”
-.1
Death Frnre
Melge, p-
ohlld
died ,
dlphth.
tor .g f.
Dr. Cr.
ton - and
Thomas ville
short time b>