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Editor, Tlmes-Enterprise:
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Please do not expatriate me. I am absent only on furlough. No
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man or woman ever lived la Thomasville who did not always thereafter
regard it as home and call it home. Born and reared there, breathing all
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M my life Its balmy and therapeutic atmosphere, holding as I do above
W price the esteem and friendship of Its high minded and honest, golden i
L‘ hearted people, loving as I do its rod soil and the sough of Its stately
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ft pines, and beilvit'g that there Henren and earth are almost In spe&King
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[ distance, It would be treason Indeed If I did not call it home. May God 1
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L bless the dear old town, and the County ,nnd the good people who dwell I
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Ej there. This Is my Christinas wish.
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Atlanta, Ga. S. G. McLENDON.
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STATE OF GEORGIA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTJIENT.
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Atlanta,
bar 21, 12(7
Death, within the last few dais, of those near to ua, has brought a*
much sadness, that I cannot write with the cheer expected for the Chrlat-
tnas season.
Brought In close contact with the bereaved families, upon my mind
Is the thought of how thankful we should be when death has not enter
ed Our Immediate household, and how our hearts and lives should be full
of sympathy for all In trouble and distress, and'how we should strive to
so live as to be ready for the Master's call.
But there Is even n bright side to affliction. Distress, endured with
Christian resignation, mellows our lives, and prepares them for a harvest
of tisefullness.
Let us turn from the shadow In to the stmshlne. In every life there Is
much for which to be thankful; we must keep our thoughts upon the
bright things and only contemplate the clouds to help appre
ciate our blessings. We must sing
"Count your blessings," and
"Let the blessed Bunshlne In."
I send my love and Christmas greetings to all the children and
grown people In Thomas county.
'. HOKE SMITH
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Thanks to the kindness and cou r tesy of the management, I am per
mitted to renew, briefly, my association with the readers of the Times-BIn-
terprise, an association which was severed five years ago on the lqf of
January. It is a pleasure to note the progress and improvement of tho
paper since that date. Abreast of t^o times, it has been a# Important
factor in tho ^oUd gr 'vfh and ever «* nrosnerity of tho town.
The writer first saw Thomasville in t865, just after the closo of the war.
r-fc'Mistod ind bankrupted by four V ears of war, with federal bayonets
at her throat, passing underr the ro i of reconstruction, even then her
citizens showed those sterling traits of pluck and endurance which char
acterized them today. Looking forward, not backward, tho citizens of
Thoiiiasvllle have wrought well. From a struggling village of two thous
and, without any modern Improvements, the place has taken rank with
foremost Interior cities in the state. This Is something to be proud of.
But there remains much to he done. No town or city can stand still. <t
must go forward or backward. We have an me elements here to make
a most prosperous and thriving city, but It will require earnest co-opera
tion and consistent and continued efforts. Let prejudices, Jealousies,
bickering and potty differences he relegated to the rear and every citizen
shown and take no active interest In the further building up of Thom-
asvillc and it will go forward and upward by leaps and bounds.
JOHN TRIPLETT.
A beneficent Providence heralds another Christmas season. Peace
attends our way, plenty nils the land, panic knocks In vain at the door
of our prosperity. Let the handmaidens, faith hope and charity, dispel all
burdens of care and let tis not forget that tho greatest of these Is charity
' Hearken while the voice of the children bring us cheer, the baby's
first Christmas rattle multiplies the households'* joy, the gleeful hearts
around tho Christmas stocking acclaim' a gladsome Christmas morning.
What a benediction! Childhood, tho joy of home, hope of the people, Is
happy. Forgetting all else, lot the hearts of the people, Ailed with glad
ness and gatltude, hall tills dawning of another birthday of the world's
greatest Redeemer, while around tile Christmas fireside we consecrate
anew the altar of Christian devotion and on It "Crown him Lord of all."
Lot every tongue sing for a Christmas Carol, all hall, the natal day
of tho child of Bethlehem; this Christmas morn, Oh King, wo gree thee,
for thou nrt risen, and llvetn again, having tho earth for tliy footstool,
and tho hearts of thy people for an a biding place. ,
8. A. RODDENBERY.
Times-Entorprlse Publishing Co.,
Thomasville, Ga.
Gentlemen:
Mrs. Young joins me In extending
to you and our other TrlemtH In
Thomasville good cheer mid best
wishes. It has been many years Rlnco
we lived there, but our thoughts fre
quently turn to the good old days
spent In your midst.
Thanking you for your courtesy,
I am Yours very truly,
T. SLOAN YOUNG.
New York.
Dear Times-Enterprise:
I respond very gladly to your request for n
word of Christmas greeting to my old friends
among whom I have spent this happy season for
the past nlno years. A Southorn
Chrlstmus has many delightful features of Its
hut It also h as one to which I have never become
fully reconciled, namely, tho noise of tho fire
works. I believe In giving the small boy all tho
fun possible, but tbe celebration of the Festival
of Peace on Earth with the implements of war.
will always seem Incongruous. My plea Is for a re
turn to tho original nnd only true observance of
the day as a religious festival In a religious way,
coupled with the happy rouulons of family umi
friends. Such a Chrlstmastlde—ono full of holy
joy that "Unto us a Child Is Born"—full of love *
and peace and goodwill, I wish for all my friends
In dear old Thomasville.
G. S. WHITNEY.
Augusta, Ga.-
Dear Mr. Editor; ,
I never wrote anything for a news
paper In my life, as your paper might
come under that head I hesitate now.
I have absolutely no advice to give
anybody unless I suggest to you that
you print all your nows Items In the
first column on tho first page so that
they can be easily found.
With best wishes to your talented
editors nnd tho public who appreci
ate them and everyono else, I am.
Sincerely,
W. IRWIN MacIN'TYRE.
On this anniversary of the coming •
of the greatest power tbe world has I
ever known;- when men's hearts are |
drawn closer together by a common I
bond of sympathy for tbe unfortu- ,
pate, and made soft by seeing the '
happiness of little children with their
toys; It Is with pleasure that I offer I
hearty Christmas greetings to the
people of our grand old county.
I congratulate them on their hav
ing bad a good year, aad for each and
all of them I wish that the year 1908
may bring continued happiness and
health aad prosperity.
, J. B. STUBBS.
Ochlocknee, Ga., Dec. 25, 190>7
For Christmas Edition of the Thom-
asvllle Tlmcs-Enterprlse:
As memory recalls the friends and
Beenes of the long ago, the tenderest
chords of my heart are touched.
Though Thomasville has been trans
formed from a village, as I knew It,
Into the city beautiful, yet I doubt If
the young people of today, with i all
their modern privileges, enjoy such
a genuinely good time as did -the
boys nnd girls of twenty years ago.
If you question this statement, sup
pose you ask some of them about It.
LUCY LESTER WILLET
Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 19, 1907
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