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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
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THOMAS YILLE. OEOrffllA, 1
OCTOBER 11.
THE FIRING
OF LITTLE JOE
Mysterious Letter to Gov.
Smith Caused Quick
Dismissal.
Of particular Interest to the people
of Tu' matvlllo i nd Thornes county,
vis a recent political event that stir
red the state: the removal of Rail
road Commissioner Joseph h. Brown
and the appointment of B. O. McLen
don In his place. Just why the re
moval was made at the particular
time it was. and the exact circum
stances leading up to It have never
been printed until they were learned
In Atlanta the other day by a repre
sentative of the Tlmes-Enterprlse
and the Rome Herald.
A Letter Did It.
It was nothing more or lees than
that which has caused thrones to tot
ter and easpires to fall, to say noth
ing of divorces and breach of promise
suits:—a letter. It was a letter
written to the governor by Mr.
Brown. It reached him under such
circumstances as to anger him—and
cause the suspicion that It was of
an Insulting nature. It came In a
mysterious sealed letter that the Irate
executive did not read. What was
liythe sealed enclosure is as great a
puxxle as is whether thv man chose
the lgdy or the tiger. It bids' fair to
remafit unsolved as loot • ** that
duery. unlsas In response to the ex
posure of the. circumstances, Mr.
Thrown sees lit to breakhls silence—
and the seal.
The State of Affaire.
It will ho recalled that during hts
campaign that set Georgia aflame
from the Blue Ridge to the Wire
Grass. Governor Smith made the fre
quent statement that he would sus-’
pend Railroad Commissioner Joseph
M. Brown should he be elected. The
legMlatere had mot-wad adjourned
after a stormy season, and “Little
Joe" still sat sereah and steady In
the boat, unflred sad unafraid. It
was on the night of the nineteenth
(or morning of the twentieth, rath
er) of August that the legislature
cried “sine die."
What the Governor Pound.
When he went to his ofllce on the
morning of Tuesday the twenty-sec
ond. he found a big envelope on his
desk bearing his address, and in the
right hand corner the business card
of his law firm, “Smith, Berner,
Smith A Hastings." But the most
prominent feature of the envelope
was the heavy underscoring, which
leaped to meet the eye. of the word
“PERSONAL.” j
What the Governor Thought.
I Mr. Smith has resigned of course
from the law Arm. but supposed that
It was some matter of unfinished bus
iness sent by his former partners. He
opened the envelope, was much sur
prised to find the contents a letter
from Mr. Brown reading about as fal
lows:
What Might Have Been.
Hon. Hoke Smith. Governor of Geor
gia.
Dear Sir:
During the recent campaign you
referred to me as “the card-wrltWfc
commissioner.” Enclosed you will
And a card that might have been
written and published.
Very respectfully yours,
JOSEPH M. BROWN,
i Made Governor Angry.
’ The governor lumped at the con
clusion that the contents of tho seal
ed enclosure were of an Insulting na
ture. He felt that by using the en
velope of the law firm that Mr.
Brown had obtained an audience un-
'der false pretenses. He deemed the
proceeding Improper, feeling that If
ATTEMPT TO
CUTJHROAT
Disgraced Architect
Tries Suicide io
BakerCounty.,
Newton, Ga.. Oct. 7.—Newton
was thrown in-o a state of Intense
excitement about 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon by a report that J. W. Qd-
lucke, the Atlanta architect confined
In Baker county Jail, had committed
suicide. »
In a few minutes dime a crowd of
people surrounded the Jail. When
the doors were opened Oolucke was
found lying on hie cot, blood pour-r
lng from wounds on his wrist. He
lay In what appeared to be a stupor
and this led to the belief that he bad
also taken poison ef some kind.
<»
Sheriff R. H. Perry*quickly bound
up the wounds and a physician was
summoned. In the course of about
an hour the Injured man revived
safflclently to talk, and Is now In no
danger. The injury he had done
self was palnfUl, but not dangeswMj
Ike wounds Included a cut oa the
throat, and had been Inflicted with a
piece of broken glass. A negro con
fined In the Jail saw the Atlanta
man’s desperate act, and called for
help, which was promptly rendered.
A note writtdkj by Golucke
found by the Sheriff. In It the des
perate man atated that he did not
have one dollar of Baker county's
money to which he was not entitled.
He admitted, however, that he had
failed to look after the building of
the Baker county courthouse as he
should have done. He said further
that Mi believed R. F. Hemphill, one
of tj)t f)n> of contractors also under
indJstmMYtor forgery In connection
srltb tin building of the courthouse
k ‘f.*Hllt fig-honest failure.
^ fWMkn-iriatt »fM m
stand the confinement in Jail and the
disgrace It had brought upon him
and his family, although all of them
have repudiated him.
Golucke Is held In default of $20,-
000 bond In connection with the re
cent loss to Baker county of about
that sum in connection with, the fail
ure of the Atlanta Fireproofing Co.,
while holding In Its possession the
entire proceeds of an Issue of $30,-
000 worth of bonds, and when tho
courthouse was but one-fourth to
one-third completed.
GREAT VOTING CONTEST
WITH BIG CASH PRIZE
Times-Enterprise Will Give Ten Per Cent, of Casta Cbaige of Ginning and
Receipts on Subscription to Most Popular Socie
ty or Institution-Most Liberal Offer Ever
Made By a Georgia Newspaper.
Mr. Brown bad anything to comma
nicate to him he should have gone
about It In a different way.
Sent it Back.
The Governor Immediately I
the letter and Its enclosure back to
the commissioner. He never broke
the flap of the enclosure. He kept
the original envelope. And In l
time than It takes to discuss It he
wrote an order euapendlng Mr.
Brown and appointing the Hon. S. G.
McLendon of thta city, in hla stead. -
Did He Do Bight.
Of courye, one's hindsight is bet
ter than his foresight In these mat
ters, and opinions will differ as to
whether or not the Governor acted
right in not reading the enclosure.
That will be for the legislature to
decide. When It meets next June it
will say that the governor did right
or did wrong. Wbatfverjt does will
be like locking the barn after the
quadruped has been purloined, for
Mr. Brown’s original term of service
expired October first
Two Theories
There are two theories dlscuaaed
In regard to the mysterious enclos
ure. One Is that the governor's Idea
of an Insulting and Improper comma
MANY COTTON
REFORMS
"What about your voting con
test?" la a question that has been
asked many times of the Tlmee-En-
terprlse during the last few weeks.
The annual contest with tSSIV splen
did gifts have been a feature of ev
ery autumn with tnla paper, afford
ing Interest to the readers and a
substantial Christmas present .to
some person or organisation. 'Flan*
have been made for the 1$07 contest
that are sure to make It the most In
teresting and successful of aqy that
has been held by thii paper.
A Cash Christmas Present.
The custom hat been to give a
piano, organ, school library or some
thing of equal value to the Individ
ual at Institution receiving the most
votes. The new management desir
ing to eclipse all past’teAwlt. will
IMPORTANT
RESOLUTIONS
Improved Mfetbods Will
Add $25,000,000to Cot
ton Crop’s Value. -
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9.—By a vote of
_ AtUnU ' Ga ’ 0ct - *— Kep0rU 01 4 to 1. the bodies composing the ft,-
; “>« ■ ectlonal eommitteta and the ternatlonal Association of CotlW
tlrcly free from red tape. U costs discussion of their recommendations • Growers and Spinners today voted to
nothing to vote. Every dollar that formed tbe program of the morning’s re j er ^ Heiin resolution, attTffg
formed the program of the morning's ref#r ^ Hei , n rew)lntlon> g^
la j*ld goes on subscription at Its a ^! on of the Internatlonal “"[congress and the British parliament
face value. Ten cents of every dol- enco °* Cott ° n Growcra and anu '.to investigate cotton exchanges, to
lif received will go to the cans, that ***"""" „„ ^ „ or .| tha d,fferent bod, “ ,ar lnd,Tl < 5naI
. ; ’ . , v The con, * renco “ 1,ea action. The Southern Cotton As-
ISjrdnouwed moat deserving by the „„ by p^ident McCall, and the ?e-' toe j at|on ToUdln
the committee on growing ^ u prlct|ra|ly
and handling cotton was presented, rtroylng ^ ^ gf CoDgnmmul
records otthe contest will be Acopimendlng that all planters ee- He#|n . f re , olut|on whlch „„ „ med
b ine pnhllc af all times. The lect and , Me seed for the new crop. ^ u] eotton cr .
Jit contests by this paper ere a u>e object being to Insure a higher ehM
itee of the absolute felrnees |Un(Jard; thlt all eotton he picked
vn.. ......... hfl < . . - CJlosei
ed on subscriptions to the Dally or
Weekly Tlmes-Enterprlse, between
now and eight o'clock on the even
ing of Deoember 24, will be paid ov
er at a Christmas present to thf re
ligious or charitable organisation, or
the publte InstiThtlon In Thoma*
county that receives the most vote#.
Tho Rules.
The rules are simple and easily
understood. One vote will be allow
ed with each cent paid on a suV
scrlptlon. One dollar secure* one
lit one. The accounts win bo
and the votes counted by a
■ , . to the gin.
ilttee of eltlsens. The cssn will
he a very welcome Christmas pres
et to some worthy cause that can plained of the dampness
nee it to good advantage.
probable Contestants.
which they puroved Is not acquired er# tnd Spinners. The report of
pronaoie wmt'mi". ,n the holda of ■h' 1 ”' 11 *** recom " | this committee, which was debateff •
The field la a wide one and there mended that a, faat “ ;yesterday at length and seat back to
ara many worthy objecta that will
probably receive votes. All of the
dhnrches of the county have mission
societies, and all ot these of any de
nomination and ellgable. There It
also the General Benevolent Bdclefy
that doea a great work In this city
The City Hospital, and tho Young
Men’s Christian Association are moat
wprthy, and are In need of funds at
all time*. Then there Is the Vashtl
linme; no doe# to the heart, of We
people, the PubJIS Elbraray, a pub-
llfi institution, and othera all of
which piay fie .voted for.
To a Worthy End.
AH of the aubaerlhers may he as
sured of one thing, that the money
scrlptlon. One dollar seeorta one ^ ^ *votefi to some good pur-
hundred votes. The money may be ^ ^ w Bot Be the one that you
; pwn-ow bock subscription or In a *1^ T<n .: >olt . be worthy.
»«««• The remittance must , a, just what to#
eompanled by a coupon Stating which
Institution or soclet^ the voter fav
ors. The coupon will appear In
Tuesday's paper, and will be fur
nished at this office.
No It«d Tape.
Thl* eyatem la very plain, and en-
Tlie content will be lost *tet Wo
readers make it. The paper fiuarau-
tees ten per cent ot ell the receipt#
from this date until December 24.
Thl. la a fittMt generoua offer, but
the paper Is wining to make It for
the good that will he done,
nlcatlon te correct. The other Is
H1CBVIUU - ---
that the epistle was oj a conciliatory gaw Mil] Aaociatlon Wants to Keep
nature. Mr. Brown desiring to bury
the hatchet, perhaps hoping for ap
pointment to one of the two new
places created by the Candler hill.
Which la correct? Echo answers
"which?" It Is up to Mr. Brown to
tell.
The letter or rather the manner
of Its writing, was the reel direct
cause ol the suspension, an act nn-
paralelled In Georgia political his
tory. Political theorlzers have won
dered why Mr. Brown waa not re
moved aooner, according to the ut
terances of Mr. Smith on the stump.
Soon after the Inauguration the
governor asked Attorney General
John F. Hart If he 4°“M remove the
commissioner. The attorney gener
al told him that he could not while
waa going to let Mr. Brown serve
hnt the letter made him change hi*
mind.
Not on McLendon's Account.
Others have said that the auspen-
slon waa so that Col. McLendon
might be appointed, »nd thus get the
chairmanship. Col. McLendon would
It was the letter.
AGAINST OUTSIDERS.
Them Out of Rebate Share.
Macon, Oet. 7.—Tho case of H. H.
Tift vs. Southern Railway Co., et'.
ol,, a case in which n majority of the
saw mill men ot Florida and Geor
gia and practically all of the railway
systems In these two states are ri-
tally Interested made Its appearance
once more yesterday when a motion
court on August 30.
al told him that ne couio ~ par t|es In the suit tins allow- , nd they have been highly eompn-
the legislature was in session. The, ^ thoM not originally connected mentC d upon the appearance of the
governor then gave up the Idea and U)e (u | t j,, p»rt( c |pata In the ot^ , n< i the reeaoneblo rate et
benefits of the case.
Attorneys for the defense stated „
in a communication to Clerk of the M )« next Tuesday,
court Ceqll- Morgan that a date satis
factory to counsel for both $ldea
would be agreed upon later for tho
Little Change In Lumber.
Sasannav, Oet. 7.—Practically lit*
hearlng^f"arganienta"upon the mo- tie If any change, developed In the
chairmanship. Col. McLeidon wou d ^ ]Q ^ ^ ft>t ^ mo tlon local lumber market during the week
have been .pointed «"• oI the |boo]d u ^ , t wUl g, Te „ , n . ju.t ended. The volume of Inquiries
two new me*, anyhow, and would Urelr n „ turn to the famous lumber was limited. .« whet business wns
have been elected chairman Just he ^ ^ ^ ^ tS(ct , numbef offering w« for .mall rm,nlrem«.U.
" of lumbermen-in botfi Florida and There ha. been preclo'us f«|V large
came.
more.
Shipping of Fleecy Sta
ple Recommended.
forty to sixty days before being sent
European spinners have long com-
of cotton,
Closer Trade Relations Sontff. *
Closer trade relations between the
grower and spinner was the tub-.
Jcct of today’s session of the Inter-
-natlonsl Conference of Cotton Grow-
planters, either as Individuals or by
communities adopt
sing and that the Egypllon form of
bale be adopted as fast as P°** lb ' e '[ the South'and the apW-
Thls Includes the burlap or similar _# ^ »« -
material Instead of Jute.
| the committee for elaboration and
gin compres-, some c h»nges, was reported back
this morning. It commits the eotton
The member* of this committee
were Interested lh the talk of Sec
retary person, of the national so
ciety. who stated that through the ef
fort! of th* department of agricul
ture, (here had been, discovered
twenty>fM» apedes of ‘darnlvoroo*
birds that'feed on the boll weevil. A
resolution was adopted urging the
government to give financial support
to the Audubon Society tot protect
ing these birds.
Th# report of th* eommttte# on
transportation, also presented, rsc-
omrnended the adoption of. a stand
ard type ot contract, either by gov
ernment or by association delegates
from cotton exchange*, eotton row
ers and spinners, classifications to be
made on grad# and color alone. This
should embody fifty thousand pounds
Instead of a tiundred bale*, net
weight, actual tare to be allowed and
the matter of damp cotton regulated
by uniform rule* governing th* com
mittee.
Georgia and as a result the outcome
of the hearing will be awaited with
much interest by those concerned.
For TOg Sale.
Alderman C. T. Gandy ba3 gone
to Kentucky, St. Louis and other
stock markets of the west. ‘ : While
was filed In the Federal court for the there he will purchase 100 of the
defendant companies to vacate prac- finest lorses to bring hero for the
tlcally all of the order Issued by the big auction sale, which Gandy A
Mallcttc will have on Tuesday, Oc-
The motion asks that so much ot tober 16th. Mr. Gandy 1* a good
the order passed on that date by the judge of horse# and will bring back
court ho set aside as allows the In- . lot which will M sure to prove
terveatlon In the esse of the mem- rery attractive bargains,
bars of the Georgla-FIorida Sow The sale In Augult conducted by
Mill Association who were not orlg- these gentlemen proved s big success
Inally parties In th# suit thus allow- , nd they have been highly eompll-
whlch they were sold. If you want
horse end a good on# wait for the
ners of Europe and America to a
campaign of revolution In the meth
ods of handling eotton ,and provides
that more care be used In the selec
tion of eotton teed In order to In
sure better eropa; that eotton, after
being picked, be kept? In pen* at
ton time to dry anfi-thns • remdvtng
saute of long continued complaint
of European edtton, that tV* BgyiR
Rffb form ef bale bead opted, fndTK-
fag a bale ef uniform she with a
belter quality ef begging for Baling.
Th* loan by poor hailing was sta
ted to be at least twtaWv* mltBEf
dollars yearly. It - wfifi urged tfufC.
planters install thslr own gin esot-
preatas, either Individually er tn. ;
eemmunltlM, as t necessary stop fn
th* desired elimination ef middle
men and cotton speculators. - • jj
Report Finally Adopted ""j
Th* report of. th*. committee on
better trad* relations between grow
ers and spinners was finally adopted,
after several changed hsd hech mode
In th* recommendations of the eom-
mlttee. One of the change* of Im
portance was the conference goes
on record as favoring a square bale
of the Egyptian type, a square bale
being preferred by a majority ot the
■pinners. The paragraph relating
to housing freshly picked eotton wan
elaborated. As adopted. It provide#
that "every gin be pot In the best
order possible, for th* reason that
much cotton when first picked is
green and Immature. We recom
mend that all each cotton be housed
In a good pen for at least thirty
days before being ginned. By this
process, the immature fibre contin
ue* to grow, evens np In style, and
by the absorption of ell Is. given a
rich creamy color; Is much stronger
and more* flexible, and has a great
er commercial valne.”
and substantial orders or even in
quiries received during tile past*
month and while It Is reported la
some quarters, that the lumberman
are “hopeful” of the-outlook. It .to
rather difficult to see Just where Ufo
much desired Improvements Is top
come from. Certainly there Is no
evidence of any Improvement at fMs
time. f