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ntcrprtac 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>