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THOJIASVTLLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JANUARY 31, 1008.
RECORDS OF THE
DURING THE YEAR 1907
Many Important Transactions, Including Paving!
Sewers, Sunday law, $10,000 Locker Tax
•-Alderman Parker Attended Every Meeting.
,1 body were .ought for and he was al
I ways ready. He It was who passed
the ordinance that there should be
In looking over the minutes of the
council of last year there are some
. .kJ ways ready. He It was who passed
striking figures In regard to the ....
efficiency and seal displayed by the
retlrinc board of aldermen of this
city. They have accomplished more
than any other previous council and
have been very efficient and pains
taking men.- Their time and atten
tion have been devoted to the Inter
est of the city without pay or even
thanks.
There Is always a class who will
criticise the efforts made by any set
of aldermen In the discharge of their
official duties. This council baa been
remarkable .free from this on account
of the way that they have seen fit to
discharge these duties. With the
city's good at heart, they have
labored and labored well for It’s ad
vancement and progress.
Mayor Pittman In the discharge of
hl» duties has been from a financial
polut of view by far the best mayor
B that the city has ever had. The po
lice court will bear witness to his
watchfulness and care that all of-
* fenders should suffer for their mls-
' doings. In other ways his business
j ability and carefulness have
been
i marked. He has only mlseed two of
. the thirty-three meetings and this
i was on account of slckm
Alderman Hanseil doting his term
was also very efficient end was a
t const., nt attendant- ’ missing only
1 four meetings out of nineteen. He
Introduced the ' ordinance that all
'^terl of electric light should
* possesj a meter and that there
t should he no flat rate users of the
j city's juice. He authorised the or
dinances that all parties within reach
( of sewers should be made to con-
t t with them, - talni of using
cess pools and water systems of
their own; that horses should be In-
| i- eluded In the empoundlng ordln-
' ance In regard it) hogs In the streets;
1 '-' and the ordinance that there should
f be a strict observance of the 8unday
| law, nothing being salable except
drugs, soda water and Ice being
barred. He was chairman of the
<, street committee and until bis re
tirement on account of his business
| Jin Atlanta, successfully Jnanuvered
. •> fee street paving with all Its vlctsai-
*4 tudes and worries.
Alderman Parker was the most
consistent and faithful attendant of
• the whole body being present at
every meeting that the body has held
during the past year. Always on the
alert he bad his say on all matters
which came before the body. He ac
cepted the street chairman’s place
after the retirement of Alderman
Hanseil and carried the paring to a
most successful termination. The
" ^troubles that this alderman baa had
are many and various, from all kinds
and conditions of men and be has
managed It with rare judgement and
ability. For this alone he deserves
the thanks of the. whole population
of the town. He introduced ordln-
Ubces In regard to the width, height
and else of the awnings allowed by
the city under the new paving con
ditions and also the one that hacks
should not be allowed to stand on
the streets at any and all time* but
that they abonld be kept moving to
come within the prescribed law.
Alderman Cooper atended twenty.
K two of the meetings and took • Uve-
- 1y and unqualified interest in all that
I the city did. Hts Judgement la Bne
and bis business ability of the best
so that naturally his services to the|
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A NEW JUDGE
IN OUR TOWN
He’s & Native Bat Brings
Home Some Big
Fees.
He
no occupants in hacks except the
| driver and passengers that b* may be
taking. This was to prevent a nui
sance that was becoming annoying
to all patrons of backs. He
chairman of the health committee
and his record Is a matter of great
pride.
Alderman Evane was also a very
consistent attendant at the meetings
of that body being present at twen
ty-nine. He was elected mayor pro
tern and acted In that capacity twice
in the absence of Mayor Pittman.
His methods and ability are unques
tioned and his devotion and Interest
In the city of Thomasvtlle has been
remarkable to one who does not un
derstand the character of this gen
tleman. Others do not expect any
thing else from him. He was chair
man of the water and light commit
tee and tbls Is the hardest and most
Irksome of the city Jobs. He de
voted his time nnd energy with a
good will and made the plant under
bis direction the best managed and
best paying municipal plant In the
state. His efforts will be hard to
duplicate and It ia certain that It can
not be excelled, even by the present
Incumbent who la thoroughly cap
able and efficient to handle this bus
iness. Mr. Evana introduced the au
tomobile speed ordinance, the one
compelling the monthly ( reading of
the water meters and the famous tan
thousand dollar locker club license
ordinance.
Alderman Mallette as chairman of
the finance committee coaid not be
Improved upon. With 'uls under
standing of financial affairs be has
engineered the greatest money year
cf the council with great skill and
despatch. The city has always been,!
fortunate In this rcapcct and t^ts
year was doubly so In view of th.
fact that a good head was sorely
needed to finance the paving and
■ewer propositions of the year. Al
derman Mallette attended twenty-
six meetings, and introduced the or
dinance making It necessary for all
electricians doing business In the
city to apply for licenses and stand
examinattoua.
Alderman 8mlth attended twenty
■even of the meetings and made a
good efficient officer. He waa chair
man of the public property and
printing committees and these affairs
under hla supervision have been In
no wise neglected but have hen Im
proved to a great extent. His faith
fnl service will be of great benefit
to the new council.
Alderman Gandy, chairman of the
fire committee did hla duty as he saw
4ud did if S«S>' nir* never wa
anything that came before the body
that he wasn't ready to defend or at
tack as hla Judgement dictated.
Without fear or favor and for the
best Interest of the town hie work
was of the kind that count* and J>l*
stands In several things have made
him many friends among the voters
of the town. He attended twenty-
four meetings and Introduced the
ordinance making the license on Al
cohol $6,160.
Alderman Mitchell waa chairman
of th* ordinance committee and only
attended six meetings of the body.
He had tb* ordinance business at-
There's a new judge in town,
is not a courtesy judge. He's been
on the bench. He, has tiled a case
—two of them and he Las big law
yers say to him "If the court please '
His name Is Titus and his front name
is Theodore. Theodoie wasn't elid
ed by the peop.e for he is not oue
of those poltti, lane whom the Times.
| Enterprise, J. L. Philips, et al. h.
iCeattaxed «a N» «•)
been accusing of being reH»onsiM?
for all the Ills that flesn Is hoi.- to.
He was selected by the aitorneys in
the cases aforesaid. It came about
this' way; a couple of weeks ago he
went to Camilla to prosecute a case
before Judge Spence for a client and
wont It “Jest as easy.” There was
another case on cal), a claim affair,
in which Judge Spence was disqual-
ffled and Titus was taken from the
hotel back to the court room nnd
sworn as judge to try It. His rul
ings were so satisfactory to the at
torneys that he was telegraphed
Camilla last week to try a b!g case to
which the Western Assurance Co.,
of Toronto, Can., and the Pelham
Cooperage Co., of Camilla were the
parties. J. Slaton, of Atlanta, repre
senting two big Atlanta law Arms ap
peared for the Insurance company
and Pope and Bennett for the (\>op-
erage Co. The cashier of the Bank
of Camilla, agent of the insurance
company, had insured the Cooperage
Company for $6,000 making the pol
icy payable to his bank. As soon a?
notified of the risk, the Insiirnhce
Company ordered the policy cancell
ed but the Cooperage Company
claimed that n clause in t!m policy
provided they must have 5 Tniys no
tice before the cancellation and be
fore the 6 days expired tne property
burned. There were several nice
questions of law for the court to pass
upon raised la the case—whether or
not the bank had an Insurable Inter
est In the property—whether or not
the cashier of the bank was an agent
of both companies, thus voiding thb
policy. . Attorney Slaton pleaded
strongly that the declaration did not
show that the money was to be paid
to the bank to Indemnify Its Interest
but Judge Titus intimated that ne
believed this to be the fact and
would rule that the declaration could
be amended to cover that point. Thla
intimation tended to knock the pyopa
from under Mr. Slaton’s case and he
asked for a 5-mlnutes recess to con
fer with the other side. Granted and
a compromise was effected taking
the case and Its five points from tne
new judge.
A Cotton Case
A case which will be of Interest to
cotton speculators was recently won
by Judge Titus in (he United 8tntes
•urt at Macon, tf 9M the case oT
Bailey and Grantham, New York
Cotton brokers, against Phillips of
Tlfton, Ga. Phillips bought cotton
futures of the New Yorker, the mar
ket went against him and he refus
ed to settle on the ground that It
was a gambling debt and unlawful.
Bailey and Grantham employed Mr.
Titus to sue Phillips In the United
States court. He built his case upon
the fact that the New York Cotton
Exchange is sn Incorporated body,
one of its rules being that all cotti
bought on future contracts must be
delivered when called for and a
member refusing to deliver the actu
al cotton Is subject to expolstdn.
Thus the deals of Its member* are
LEAGUE FOR
SOUTH GEORGIA
Thomasville Has Been
Mentioned As A Prob
able Uub.
The Georgia state league which
was In operation for a short time
last year is being thoroughly discuss
ed throughout the south Georgia
cities and ft Is* though will be reor
ganized. Tampa nnd Jasper Florida
have been tonslderd as probable
clubs and In "the event that they de
cide to come Into the league the
name will probably be changed to
the Georgla-FJorlda league. Bruns,
•.vlck and Fitzge^pld are sure to be
members of the league, nnd the ones
In prospect arc Valdosta. Albany,
Cordele, Americas, Columbus and
probably Thomasville.
Nothing has as yet been done in
this city but If the proper induce
ments can be given it Is more than
probable that some of the sporting
element will take a hand and en
deavor to bring a club to this city.
Some are of the opinion that It will
be a go but on the other hand manv
disagree and think that a club here
womd not pa> Further devoTo*-
ments will bo awaited with Interest
by •'•ins In this cltyl .
boriaflde business r transactions, and
not gambling like other future deals.
Judge Speer and the Jury accepted
the theory of Mr. Titles and gave his
clients a verdict of about $15,000,
sne third of which he brought home
to Thomasville as his fee
MAYOR AND NEW COUNCIL
DULY SWORN IN AS ELECTED
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Mr J. C. Straw&ridje Petitions For Privilege to
Macadamize From Monument to Hanseil St.
New System of Bcoks For City.
Far the last time the 1907 council the popularity and high regard In
of the city of Thomasville met at the I which he la held by those with whom,-
City Hall at seven thirty, hut were \ he Is to serve during the coming
MARRAIGK8 AND RUMORS
MARRIAGES.
OF
I.nap Year IVomisea Many Things In
that Dirrrllou fur Thomasville.
Whether It Is leap year that Is
worklag the trick or not Is a matter
of conjecture, but It Is rumored and
In most cases authentically that
there will be about a doxen marriages
lu the city before many months have
passed. The Tlmes-Enterprlsc does
not vouch for the correctness of those
reports but they have In the last fer
nays come to the attention of tin-
community.
There will be given In rotation the
numbers spoken of and each man,
woman or child In the city la allowed
to guess at them. The dne coming
In to thla office the correct list will
receive complimentary the Tlmes-En.
terprlse for one year. These guess
es must be handed In by next Satur
day night for them to count. No
names will be divulged under any
conditions nor will anyone but the
editor of the paper see the lists ss
handed la
The rumors give the following far
speculation:
A prominent society girl of
thla city and a merchant living In a
prommlnent North Georgia city.
2. Thomasville young lady to a
traveling man with headquarters In a
western city.
3. Popular young merchant In
thla city to a widow In a neighboring
town. .
4. Prominent young lumbermen
to young business woman In tbls city
6. Thomasville belle to out of
town physician.
6. Professional man of some
prominence to society woman both In
thla city.
7. Eighteen year old girl to man
In telephone bualneas In another
town.
— g, in April Thomaavlll* girl to
traveling man from large Georgia
city.
9. Government efficial In another
unable to begin on account of a quor
uni, until the arrival of Alderman
Cooper at eight. Upon a motion
Alderman Mallette was elected to
serve this meeting as Mayor Protem
In the absence from slcknese of both
Mayor Pittman nnd Mayor Proteni
Evans.
Finance Report.
The auditor employed by the city
to audit the books and recommend
a new system of bookkeeping for the
years to come made a concise arid
definite report occupying some little
space of time. The report was ac
cepted, ihowlng according to Mr.
Metta that the city of Thomasville
was In a very satisfactory and fine
financial condition. He was very
com; llmentary In hla words to the
city and recommended some Impor
tant and time and money saving sys
tems for the future.
$10,000 Docker Clubs
The ordinance Introduced at the
last meeting and read the second
time for the license on locker clubs
to be $10,000 was brought up for
passage and unanimously passed to
take effeet at once.
Manager's Report.
The uport on the recent election
waa heard from the manager! In
charge of the election amt properly
signed nnd s-vorn to by them. Thla
was received by the retiring council
and upon the authority of this re
port, Judges C. P. Hanseil at this
juncture administered the oath of of
fice to J. S. Montgomery for mayor
and to the following gentlemen ns
aldermen; M. M. Cooper, J. M.
Dekle, W. II. Mitchell, L. H. Jerger,
IV. P. Grantham, W. A. Pringle.
Montgomery's Remarks and Com.
mJttecs Appointed.
Mayor Montgomery then in a man-
- nnd straightforward statement ad-
■ >--scd tho new council and appoint
cd the standing committees for the
coming year.
See Mayor Monti 'Mery's speech In
official minutes.
Cooper
At this time there was a sugges
tion that It would be In order to
elect a mayor protem. Alderman
Jerger proposed the name of M. M
tyor Monti Mery's ape.-
ilnutea. \ •y.
toper M«yo\ "protem.
year. This was a deserved compli
ment to this gentleman.
Petition for Paving.
The clerk read a petition from
Mr. J. C. Strawbridge asking that he
be allowed all rights and prlvlledges
within the. province of the city to
construct a macadam road from the
monument on Broad street to Han
seil street, the approximate cost of
which will be $1,000 thla to be paid
by this gentleman alone. The
road is to be six Inches of brick cov
ered with granite and stone and mak
ing the best and moat durable street.
in the city. The council immediately
accepted this petition granting it
with a feeling of gratefulness and ap
preclatlon for the generosity and
good will shown by Mr. 8trawbrldge.
It Is rarely that a city hae the prlv-
lledge of receiving such remarkable
and unsolicited generosity and there
Is not a citizen of the town who wilt
not voice the sentiment of thankful
ness and appreciation for this great
b.-on. To say that Mr. Strawbridge
l* the most whole hearted generous
citizen that has come wltbln our
borders would be expressing It mild
ly. This will mean that thla city
will have the best and finest street of
any city In the state and It should be
a matter of personal pride and satin
faction that It was given by one who
baa always had tho good of the town
at' heart and bjsa always done much
toward Its progressiveness and beau .
ty.
The body then ordered that the
auditor as soon as possible prepare
the set of hooka as recommended hud
submit came with Instruction* to the'
city treasurer. The report of th* au
dltor In order that all might be able
to see the financial condition of tho
city was ordered printed In book
form, it being much too lengthy to
be printed In the minutes. The
chairman of the printing committee
waa ordered to arrange for thla nt
once.
Bonds Accepted end Officers Sworn Iw
The new mayor then swore to
Clerk Maclean, Treasurer ' Mitchell
and Marshal Stephans for the coming -
year their bonds baring been submit
ted and accepted by council. The
Cooper and nil tho aldermen wers election of city officers was postponed
quick to £cond the nomination. He until the next regular meeting ofitbe
was unanimously elected, showing body and then council adjqurnad.
rtate to popular young woman here.
10. Young business man and at
tractive girl, both having lived In tola
city for only a abort time.
11. Man of Fourth Estate In an
other town to bright young girl of
thla city.
12. Thomasville aspirant tor poli
tical honor* to girl from another
state.
13. Railroad official to woman
prominent In churc'a work here.
14. Professional woman here to
bookkeeper for large concern.
16. Professional man to young
woman from northern atat*.
16. Thomasville bualneas woman
to professional man In another city.
17. Prominent young bualneas
man to girt from another lUt# who
visited here last year.
16. Young woman employed In
large business firm to "Tha first man
who asks her." . ,, •
Clerk Groover III,
Clerk J. IV. Groover of the Super
lor Court was taken suddenly sick
Sunday and had not been able to be
out since. He waa unconscious for
several hours and waa considered
seriously 111 for a short time. It I*
with pleasure that hie many friends
'earn that he la much Improved and
hopes to be out soon again.
Mr. John Denham Dead.
News waa received in th* city yes
terday of the death In Montlcallo of
Mr. John Denham of Tallahassee, hut
formerly of Montlcello. He suffered
a stroke of paralysis Wednesday
morning and paaaed away Thursday
at 10.36. He was well and favorably
known In this city by many who will
bo pained to learn of hi* shddsa
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