WEEKLY TTMKft-RSTBUrRME FRIDAY, DECEMBER ao. 10OT.
WANT COLUMN
goods and chickens; In the other dl-
TMon his cow and calf were compla
cently nibbling hay. Verily ha un
derstood the science ot moving.
No Hog and Hominy. ep
1-can’t see what we are to. do (or
stare ribs and backbones this win
ter. Host ot the meat hogs died In
the early eumer, and the nine, (at
Juicy pigs that were left to eat the
hundreds ot acres ot plnders are be
ing killed and shipped away, back
bone ahd all.
There are no greaterr luxuries on
the farmer’s table than "Georgia
oysters,’’ (chitterlings) liver pud
ding and plantation fruit cake,
(crackling bread)' ’ ,
Personal Mention.
Mr. Jeff Oauldlng ot Colquitt coun
ty was a visitor here a few days since.
Mr. Felix Carlton, a former citl-
sen of this place, late ot Colquitt
county, has moved his family here.
He formerly tore calico for O. L. Du-
ren. He has many friends hire who
will be pleased to welcome him back.
Miss Trudle Hay Carter spent
Wednesday in Pelham.
Mrs. W. Gordon McLeod and Miss
Claudia Baldwin of Pelham spent
Saturday with relatives here.
Miss Carrie Pullen of Grady coun
ty spent several days with relatives
south of town this week.
Miss Emma Wurst and Ella But
ler of the Ceater Hit district were
among tbs hundreds of shoppers here
last week. »
Mrs. W. 8. ‘Brown who spends
muck time here, left Sunday to
R.NTKRTAINMHJnr AT-MHI03.
Mr. H. A. W«*t of Quitman tjent
tie dxy Ift ThomasrilU •« baslnocs
Monday.
GAS PUNT OPERATION.
Lucian H. Tymg Compares Public atitf
Private-Ownership, r-j \ ..
Thiw Days In Christmas Week—Oth
er Interesting Item*.
flUu Been Prominently Mentioned fer
Bishop ot Georgia.
Rot. Dr. Chauncey C. Wiliams for
mer rectar of 8t. Paul Episcopal
SALESMAN WANTBD—In Thomas
County, fit s* per week easily
earned; pnnititn permanent, stan
dard fast-selling good*. Be first,
write today. Southern Supply Co..
12I2-13M Broadway, New Terk
oty. , l$-l$-li.
Lndim II. Tyug contributed to the
August Ismte of Moody's Ungarine a
strong nrtlcle on "Private vermis Pub
lic Operntlou of Gas Companies." from
which ws take the following:
"Making money out of a gaa plant la
not like picking gold eagles out of tbe
street. f Dd » franchise to run the gas
business In n community IS .no gold
mine. It may be developed Into a
source of groat profit, but only in <ym-
Junction wttb capital and business abil
ity, especially the latter.’ which If not
employed In the particular gw buai-
usee In question might be securing
greater returns In some other Held.
“There Is no more logic Id the belief
that the surplus earnings of a buccess-
ful gas compuuy over a certain per
centage on tbe Investment should go
to tbe municipality than that a whole
sale grocer should refund to bis cos-
tomer alt profits over 6 per cant, say,
on the capitalisation of bin company.
Tbe aucceas uf tbe gas company cornea
from the Use of- proper Judgment, en-
Mr. J. M. Llntea x prominent res
ident of the Pave section spent Mon
day la Tbomarrille.
I By J. S. Searcy.)
The merchants Of this lace, with
the exception of> one firm, have
agreed to give a three days enter
tainment to the people ot the sur
rounding country on the 26. 27 and
28 of December. On the first date
mentioned there will be a grand pub
lic suction open to all entries, at
which anything that anyone wlahea
to roll will be placed on the block
and knocked off to the highest bid
der. On the other days the mer
chant!, except one Arm will offer ev
erything In their stocks at a great re
duction in price.
All Sorts of Amusements. /
There win be some amusements,
perhaps, horse swapping and all
aorta of exchanges and trades made.
The tallest man. the biggest and the
ugliest man will be on band. The
trains run so that one may come and
return home the same day. People
will come from the four counties sur
rounding this place. It will b« the
blggeit boom Meigs has aver had. A
Tlmee-EnterprlM representative will
be preaent to accommodate subscrib
ers who wish to pay up or renew.
Ordination of Minister.
One tha first 8abbath In Jnna W.
' | U. Davis, a licentiate preacher will
' be ordained at (ha Baptist ohorch In
‘ this plaee.
’’ Pleasant View and other churches
i called him to be their pastor, and
' requested that be ha fully set apart
, to the work of tbe ministry. The tol-
. lowing presbytery was chosen. Pas-
. tor T. A. White, Rere. J. A. Cone and
, W. EJ. Murphey, Pastor White will
^preach the ordination Mrmon and It
The entire
Misses S. B. Beach and A L.
Blackahear Were la the city for a
few hoars shopplig Monday.
FOR SALE—I will sell oa January
Ird 1*« my farm tools, 60 bush
els saed plnders, 76 bushels seed
potatoes, 11 bushels feed sate, 20
moat hogs, I caws, wagon and
■ buggy. 8. B. Dixon. Near Patten,
IS miles east ef Tbomaavltle. 11-St
and evening. He is a man of very
pleasing appearance and delightful
personality, both outside the church
and during bin work there. V
1« will be remembered that Dr.
Williams was tbe rector ot 8L Paul*
church In Augusts for twenty-nine
years. Rev. G. S. Whitney, who Is
ao well known and loved hero aac-
needed him in that city.
During the talk of who shall suc
ceed to the place of bishop of Geor
gia at the next convention. Dr. Wil
liams has been very prominently
Mentioned as a possible candidate.
As yet nothing hM been done toward,
that end but his many friends all
over South Georgia are of the opin
ion that ha will be the man. The
good people of* Thomasvllle were
charmed with him and should ha he
delected It would doubtless meet with
the approval of that denomination
Imre.
FOR SALE—On Doe. llth, I will
, sell toe mules, wagons, buggies
aad general farm Implements, etc.,
oa the farm of O. Baker, deceased
to the klgkeet bidder. Term* cash.
D. M. baker, Agent 12-lS-lt.
LOST—Note given by W. M. Carlisle
to W. R. Culpepper, $t6.»0 due
Oct. 1st |S5 credit. Reward for
return: ••
Mist Hallle Covington baa returned
after a abort visit to relatives la Bos
ton.
Mlaa India Turner has returned to
her home In Quitman after a visit to
Mr*. D. A. Flnlayeon la Montlcello.
Rev. C. C. Jarrell, pastor of the
Grace Methodist church at Atlanta
le the guest of hie brother, Capt W.
W. Jarrell.
Judge B. A. Roddenbery returned
yesterday after a few days spent In
the northern part of the district.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Nussbaum, at
ter a pleasant vlelt to Mrs. II. Wlae
In this city have -returned to their
home In Balnbrldge.
. Mr. J. L. Barrow of Whtgham was
la town for a white Monday.
Mr. G. W. Lovell was In tbe city
for a faw hours Monday.
tntelllgent attention to operating rust
aad Investment of large smoauts of
new capital when needed df* able to
reduce the cost of making gis suffi
ciently to secure n greater total profit
out of selling s large amount of giw at
Dr. W. H. Crow of Coolldg# spent a low rate dban was befott received
-.a.. a,,...*. wb « nrn boelneee
Mr. I. 8: Spence of Ochlockonee was
In the city on a business trip Wsd
Boston Platoon Equipped.
The members of this company In.
Thomasvllle recently organised In
-the city of Boston to All out ths re
quired number to pass the coming
Inspection by the state officials, were
la tbe city last night to be properly
/equipped. Nearly all of them cams
Avar and wera given the necessary
accoutrements by Oapt. Jarrell of
^Company A. An election for the
2nd Lieutenant was also held by tbe
part of the company and confirming
tha action reesnty taken by the Boa-
ton platoon, Mr. Fred Feltham was
uannlmously elected to fill that office.
This will at the Inspection probably
snake one of the best showings ol
any company In the state.,
Miss Clarice Lldyd returned last
night from Baltimore where she has
been visiting her. grandmother Mn.
fihmuel Jucquee lor the past few
months.
I "But M is only by tbe meat aggros-
five and Intelligent business methods
I that a gas company can hope to sue-
eeed under sucb conditions, Tbe abil
ity to handle tbe business In this way
is something that a uiunlribaillty ran-
not bny at a salary. Tbe onxlrtualttea
In other Unas of business are too great
to those with tbe capacity that enables
them to develop the hlgbeni, earning
power oof of a gas company at a low
margin of profit for-(be product"
Hr. J. J. Parramore of Bos ton was]
la ths city for a short visit Buaday.
Mrs. J. B. Chisholm has returnsd
•ifter a short visit to bar daughter
Mrs. Frank McRae la Kiadarlou.
Mr. Russell Davis, the mill maa
from Han sell, spent Monday la tha
city.
Mrs. John Monahan of Pelham
spent ths day la ThomMvIlls oa a
shopping expedition Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Henry of Men-
ticello were visitors to ths city Mon-
PUBLIC BUSINESS NEGLECTED
Ns Privets Enterprises Could Have
Been 8a Badly Managed Without Col-
j will be worth bearing.
. exercises will be very Interesting as
, such proceedings are not common.
Woodmen Election.
r The W. 0. W. Camp No. 1167,
r held their annual election Tuesday
evening, .Dec. 10, at their hall and ol-
, acted the following officers: B. L.
, Howell, council commander, W. A.
Carter, advisory Lieutenant, J. W.
r Mohcrlef. escort, A. R. Pope, watch-
map.' J. (a Bennett, (entry, H. W.
Mbncrief clerk, O. L. Duron, J. D.
I Robinson and J. H. Alllgood, man-
. egert.
i Death of Infant
The death of the little child of Mr.
and Mrs. Claud V. Ham occurred at
Haneell daring the past week. ItX
remains were Interred here . The
sympathy of all la extended to these
bereaved parents.
Simms Not. Guilty.
It wilt be a matter of Interest to
many In this section to learn of the
outcome of the trial ot Simms, who
killed Ben pightfoot at DeSota, a
short time since. The Jury found
from the evidence of about 60 wit
nesses a verdict of not guilty. Mr.
Llgbttoot Is a brother of Mr. J. H.
. Llghtfoot who Is well known here,
and who was until this year a cltl-
, ten ot the Center Hill Community.
, Meigs Graded School.
The tall term ot the Meigs Graded
8chool closed Thursday afternoon af
ter a successful session. Prof. W.
W. Linton who has been at Its head
Is recognised aa one ot the best teach-
ere In the county, hls method being
the kind that brings results. He will
-meet Saute,Claus In Thomasvllle.
Miss Sara Bennett, a very compe
tent young lady, who has had charge
of tbe intermediate Department will
leave In a day or two, to visit home
(oiks at Madison. Ga, Mtis Stella
Duron, who hat successfully held
hway over the Infantry .aide of the
school will eat turkey at her home
at "The Poplars’’ In this place.
Farmer/! Moving.
The moving of families from one
farm to another has begun In earnest.
Not a day passes that one does not
witness wagon .loads of household
goods swapping aides of tbe county.
Saturday I witnessed a novel sight.
'A farmer who was on the move, had
a llrfce, wagsn coupled out .very long.
Tftf quo division of the greet frame of
a body were hls family, household
Mrs. L. C. Milter of Florence S. C.
Is In the city for a visit to her daugh
ter Mrs. 8. L. McCarty on Dawson
street. '
< ‘alias Aline Sieyernian has return
ed from college to apeud Christmas
with home folks In to-ra.
It Is a stern Imt not a pleasant dnty
to call occasional attention to the way
events continue to stultify the claims
of the munk-l|/a! ownership advocates
that tbe public dres Its own business
as well is or better than tbe Individual
docs bis.
Take three enterprises or present
moment No private Individual or
corporation constrained- by a profit
making purpose and upholstered by
ths taxing power would make-such
creiy and corrupt coo tracts for a
building aa those which Investigation
shows the state of Pennsylvania made
fpr the Harrisburg capital. (No private
enterprise would biro so little to show
for six years of work on a simple en
gineering problem as the municipality
has In the Manhattan bridge. Xq In-
dividual able to keep out of the bank
ruptcy court* nod tbe Insane asylum
would have spent, us Father Snicker-
bocker has apent. $7,000,000 for a ball
of records, taken (even yean to build
It and tben found tbat It would not
bold bis records.
Tbe base debt of tbe metropolis. Its
narrow borrowing power, tbe condition
of Its street*, dock* end parks and tbe
confusion of Its tax system, all are ex*,
plained and Illuminated by these con-
temporary Incident*.-Editorial In New
York Mali and Express.
Rev. C. T. Holloway aad wlfa of
the Bold Springs District ol the
Methodlet church were In the elty tor
a tow hours Wednesday as the guests
of Rev. J. M. Outler.
weak: kidneys make weak
Kidney Diseases Cause Half ths
Common Aches aad Ills of Thom-
Col. J. Haneell Merrill, Chm. of
the Executive Committee of the Gear-
gteBar Association left for Atlanta
last night to attend a masting ot that
body tailed for the nineteenth.
chain, so weak kidneys weakan the
tha final
whola body and
1 breaking-down.
Overwore. strains, colds and ether
causes Injurs the kidneys, aad when
5 their activity Is leaseaad tha wheh.
1 body suiters from tha excess of nr»
prison circulated la the blood.. ’
1 Aches dud pains and languor and
urinary Ills come, and there Is an
ever-increasing tendency towards
i dlabetls, and fatal Bright's disease.
> Thera la no real help tor tha sufferer
except kidney help.
Doan’S'Kidney Plllt aft directly an
. the kidneys and care every kidney
111. Thomasvilte cures are tha proof.
> D. Melvin of Albany, Ga., sail:
”1 always speak a good word tor
i Dean’s Kidney Pills. I have some
t ef them on hand now aad always
k wilt have a supply handy. My back
r and kidneys have formerly gives
ma a 1st at trouble. I often gut
- wet and sometimes whsa I taka cold
. It settled In my back. ‘Dean's Kid
ney Pills have knocked this sort of
, backache out ot ma several times.
I used to think It was malaria and
, took savers! different kinds of mad
i trine, besides rubbing my bank with
llalmsnte, but I have come ts Bad
. ] out that It was ths kidneys. To
. take Doan's Kidney Pills la Juat like
oiling a squeaking wagon. They ae>
the kidneys going and as long’ as
they contlano to act properly there
It never any backache. , Ton oan
put me down aa a (Mead to Doom's
j Kidney Pttle. Whsa J go fishing I
. want a rod- Whsa I go hnnung
; I want' a gun. When I have the
j backache I want 0000*1 Kidney
iPIlte”
| For sate by all dealers. Price M
; Mats Feater-Mllburn Co.. Bnffak
Mr. J. L. Brooks, e prominent far- Sew Tork. sole agents tor tha United
mer from over the river, was IA town ; S, *^ emb4r the cams—Dean’s—
Monday. i and take no ether.
Mrs. O. W. Fulford and little
daughter, Olga left Sundaj; to visit
relatives In Jacksonville.
Mr. O. E. Davis and wife ‘ spent
8unday in Albany with Mrs. Davie’
■later,
Mr. B. Irior of Morvnn, Ga., spent
a few days here during the week
with hls son. Dr. tsler.
Prof? J, H. Sinclair of Statesbore,
Oa., was the guest of hls sister, Mrs.
8. E. Greenfell, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Alllgood were
called to the bedside of their son.
Joe C. Alllgood at Waycrots. He has
been pllroad agent at iron City but
Is noir at Waycross In the hoepltt^
and Is dangerously III ot typhoid
fever.
Rev. and Mre. W. E. Murphey
spent Sunday in Pelham, where Mr.
Murphey preached.
Mr. Alfred Collins of Tyty, Oa.,
waa here several days this week.
Mr. J.' 8. Hurst of ThomacVllle
was the guest of Mr. C. G. Lunsford
here Sunday.
Mr. J. R. Macon left with hie fam
ily Thursday morning for ‘ bis new-
home near Montlcello, Fla. Mr.
Macon Is a prominent saw mill and
turpentine, man He has taken ac
tive part In church and town affairs
and will be greatly misted of Mitch
ell county.
Mr. Mac. Wtlkca will occupy the[
residence lately vacated by ■
Mr. Macon and will he a welcome dt-
lien * !
Thors Was s Reason.
Some of the forum of graft practiced
In certain Inilluus cities which hare
gone Into the municipal owuerablp
business may be peculiar to those
towns. In oue of thsm. which owns
and ruua Its waterworks system, us
Rochester doe*, tbe city waterworks
were Insured for $32J)0a A cement
water tank carried $26,000 Insurance,
though it could not be tired If ■ thou-
sand Incendiaries went to work at It
It happened tbat Id. that town one of
the Intluentlnl officials worn agent for n
fire Inaumuce company which Und
"risks" on the water tank and other
properties.—Rochester (N. Y.i Demo
crat nnd Chronicle.
MAKE A GOOD START
ihis Christmas season. Put your
money In the bank and put your bank
Book In an old stocking Instead of
of tha cash. A good bank hook Is
Jots of use to you. but Isn’t worth
.• cant to the enterprising burglar.
So It you (tort the account you lore
nothing If fie steals that Old stock
ing. That’s a whole lot better than
If you bad contlftued to laeve your
cash there. Think It over.
RANK OF OCHLOCKONEE.
H. A. Wiliams Cashier.
Familiar Story From Pertamauth. C.
Portsmouth. O.. waa among the first
to Install Its own electric light plant,
which It operated until a street rail-
way system waa Installed. At tbat
time a contract was made with the
street railway company by the term*
of which It took charge of ths lighting
plant nud furnished light to the city
for a *|/eclficd sum. This contract
continued In force until about three
years ago. when the practically worn-
out nud out of dnte equipment was
sold to the street railway company
because the city wa* unwilling to ex
pend the money necessary properly to
reequip the plant.
A Cordial Invitation
Ml SOUTHERNERS
The JELL-0 Booth
at the ,v
Jamestown Exposition
\MM Back to the farm!
That's where you
get good coffee.
None of that “fresh roasted loose
by die pound” store Muff from
nobody knows where, full of dust,
atmosphere and soiled hands, but
the real old, genuine egg and sugar
coated Aybuckle* ARIOSA
Coffee, which die folks keep in
the original package and grind in
the kitchen.
That’x Coffee!
" r' -‘ - ‘ *ifnfi- i’-iit
6‘wdUw.r.m.i Ns.204l.fc6wWi 1‘inu
in Chelvalis. Wash.
According ti> the mayor of Chcball*.
Wash., "the city own* the plant, which
was leased some time ago to a private
party. That party now owns nearly
all the machinery raeaecttd with the
Flant. The city at tbe time U.aftnt-
edfibe plait did set make a financial
success far the reuse tbat. the city
wu at that thne very sown sad lx
