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FRIDAY FEBRUARY, 1908.
NEGRO ENTERS
TWOHOUSES
Both In Same Block—En
, ters Bedroom And
Wakes Ladies.
Two hornet In thlt city were en
ured Sunday night in a very pecul
iar and unacoounUble manner.
About three o'clock the home ot
■r. Hollenbeck wat disturbed by a
midnight marauder.' He attempted
to ralte a window to a room In the
. hack ot-the house occupied by the
aant ot Hr. Hollenbeck. She heard
. the noise made by the opening of the
window and gave an alarm upon
which the negro fled to other parts.
About tour thirty the home ot
Judge H. W. Hopkins In the same
block was entered, In this case the
negro made his way Into the house
and upstairs into a room occupied
by two daughters of the Judge. The
young ladles heard him walking
around the room, the noise haring
awakened them. After going around
a while the negro went to the bed
add shook one ot the ladles. She
paid no atUntion and the same per
formance was repeated. Thorough
ly frightened the young lady scream
ed and the negro departed.
It seems that he had entered by
the back stairway, found the door
unbolted and went Into the room oc
cupied by the girls, which was locat
ed ot the head of the stairs. He
made his saeape in the same manner.
Jumping from the landing of the
stairway Into the mud. Judge Hop
kins upon hearing the screams rush
ed ljgs the room and flndlag what
this trouble was went down stairs to
. sse what could be done. He found
a barefoot track where the ,man had
Jumped from the porch and traced
It all the way to the front gate at
which point it was unable to be seen.
The entrance to the stairs was In
the direct light from the room occu
pied by Judge Hopkins, who naa
awakened and read about four
o'clock, falling asleep again, during
Which time the entrance was made.
Haiehal Stephana was tetaphoned
and told that It had been raining
and that'it was at that time diluting
and ashed if he thought that hie
dogs could track If they were given
a trail. Hr. Stephens stated that
they eouM' not, so the Judge made
an further attempts In that direction.
He howeeer covered the plain track
In the yard near the porch and it can
be plainly distinguished now, being
a large heavy Imprint of a bars foot
From the /acts in the esse It. Is
thought that the negro moat have
heea a crag man. The fact that he
oodld make an endeavor to eater the
home of,Hr. Hollenbeck and then,
about an hoar after eater, that of
Judge Roptdaa la the same block
aonads peculiar. Then be was known
not to have taken anything from
either piece, (bowing that theft am
not Us asottvs. It Is man than prob
able that ho M soma ersay negro, bat
even Own his dotage are most pe
culiar and moat certainly Ukely to
reaalt disastrously for him If thsy
are kept up and ha la oaught.
Smaller Timber Hen Are Beginning
To Start Up In Spite of Dali Times.
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Savannah, < Ga., Feb. Id.—Dull
times. This Is the state ot affaire
wMsh Is most concerning the lumber
men ot the country at large now and
the trade of Savannah Is no excep
tion to the rule. General trade con
ditions are at times slacker than in
several yean past and from the out
look at the momeat there appear! to
be predoua little bopee for an Im
provement for the Immediate future
at least. So much for the outlook .
It Is reported from various sourc
es tbit the smaller mill mea pf the
State* of Qputh Carolina. Georgia
and Florida or a number of them at
least have started operations Spain
and have decided to "cut continuous
ly regardless of prices realised.”
Why the Interior producer should
start up again at this, oftall times.
Is one of the mysteries which Is very
hard to explain. The general de
mand for lumber and timber of all
classes and klnda la very small; In
fnct Is almost entirely lacking and
this being the case It seem Ill-advised
for the mill men to persist In produc
ing It.
In order to set at rest the reports
ot renewed operations the large
wholesale houses of Savannah have
sent out "envoys" through the States
mentioned In order to be tally advis
ed of the true condition ot affairs
and ahould the report* ot the travel
ing men confirm the rumor it
probable that some steps will
taken by the Urge houses which are
financially able to lay In stocks at
the Uweat levels u order to reap
the golden benefit when th* demand
doe* materialise.
BLIZZARDHOLDS
NORTH AND EAST
Wires Down Everywhere
-•May Be As Great as
Tbat Of 1898.
The north and east Is In the grasp
of the blizzard. The Western Un
ion Telegraph Company reported
yesterday morning that they had go
wire north ot Uacon or east of Sa
vannah. The trouble Is said to be
due to a blizzard which la covering a
wide territory In the north and east,
which has borne down the wires un
der the weight of sleet sad snow.
The cold breath of the steady wind
that has been coming out ot the east
all day, together with the evident
fact that the- wires are all down
north and east ot Atlanta warrant
the conclusion that the North and
East are In the embrace ot a severe
blizzard, the worst perhaps that has
been experienced since the memora
ble blizzard of 1898.
Tbomasvllle will, we hope, escape
the Icy breath ot thla blizzard.
Weather Observer Strong la his re
port tor today gives us more rain,
but there Is no forecast that today
will be colder, for which we are duly
grateful.
MR8. REBECCA BRUCH
One of the Oldest and Most Beloved
Citizens of the Const y.
Mr. H. L. Reed and wife of Mans
field Ohio and Hr. C. A. Reid and
wife of Ravenna, Ohio, are in the
city for the winter at the Stuart
House. They have visited Tbomas
vllle. before and are pleasantly re-
-membered by many In the city.
Mrs. Langford and Miss Inez
Landford of Gainesville, Miss Lit
tle of New York and Mr. and Mrs.
Herrick and Miss Janet Herrick of
Bast Orange. N. J„ are pleasantly lo
cated for the winter at the Randall
Honse.
Mrs. Rebecca Bruce, mother ef
Dr. W. W. Bruce, died at th* home
of her ion In thla city Wednesday
moraine at > o'clock. She waa th*
wife ot the Uto Dr. Robert J. Brace
and th* daughter of Thomas Good-
wla Mitchell sad Elizabeth OUra
Alatoi. She waa bora la Thomas
county on the Mth of October Iff*
Her Illness lasted only a week and 1
her death cam* as a shock to her
family and friends. Th* finer* 1
will occur at the residence ot Dr.
Brace, corner of Hansell street and
Remington avenue this afternoon at
Ul o’clock.
The following gentlemen will eel
as pall bearers: R. H. Lester, J. 8.
Montgomery, J. T. Culpepper, C. 8.
Parker, J. W. H. Mitchell and I
Interment at Laurel
IIUI Cemetery.
Her generous, helpful hands era
folded forever show* her brave and
loyal heart and her gUriled spirit
rejoices with loved ones in her &
.iff \
(Item Sunday's Daily.}
A special delivery Uttar addrrased
to John D. Rockefeller was received
U th* city last night, and caused a
good deal of talk aad_*pecbUUoa u
to whether ho was soaring to Thera'
asvUl* again this winter. Th* writer
of th* letter was U Albermarls, N.
C.. and probably waa unaware as to
the whereabouts ot th* Oil King. It
U mar* than probable that whoever
did write the letter had heard that
Mr. Rockefeller was In Georgia and
never having heard of any city In the
state except Thomasvllle wrote to
this place. Of course Augusta won't
feel badly, not to speak of Macon, 3a
vannab, Columbus, and Atlanta. He
has been for the past few weeks In
Augusta and If he does intend com
ing to thla city nothing has been said
about it • i
LAWS WILL BE OBEYED.
Meigs Subscribes *3.000 for Masonic
Hall—Other News. .
In making the law* for the gov
ernment of thU town for lMF.-the
''City Dade" left off an Important
ordinance that was ot force last year
That U reference to selling on Sun
day. ' ,
That sweetremelUng complement jsjf their booty,
ot-the green gourd vino, the goat. Is
forblddan to take even a shady stroll
during th* spring morning! about
taws. He mast suffer all the Indig
nities of . the pound, even to the sale.
It to a vlototlon of the law to
throw paper or boxes on the streets;
and It should be; bnt there la a
greater meaance to the health and
cleanliness of the town than paper
or trash. There are some cowpens
that open on the streets; pig pens
sometimes besoms so offensive as to
he a nuisance two blocks away.
Thera are at least two valuable
doge. In thla town. Bnt there are a
great-lumber ot other bobtail, short
handle pointers, dad yellow cars
that are not worth |<0.00 apiece,
that prowl over one’s premises,
through every open door, and per
chance Into the stove room, or tpoa
th* dining, table. A tax might help
dlmtalah th* number. The tow* are
a good lot. and Marehal Gordon Da
vis, will execute them.
$85 idledto fti&City.
Country Store Pillared
Near Cooildge.
Tuesday night'the residence of
Miss Mollis Smith on North- Broad
street was entered and robbed of *85
Mr.. j>. E. Davis, woo la a boarder ih
the .house upon waking next
morning found thot elgbtyflvo dollars
which be had in his trousers the
night before had been stolen. Upon
Investigation it was found that some
one had entered the house by a win
dow which he left open after de
parting through the front door. The
pocket book which contained the
elghty-flvs dollars waa found
the front walk where It had been
thrown.
No clue was left by the man, who
ever he Was and there Is no way for
the owner of the coin to Identity 1:
It Is getting to be the moat-frequent
thing for someone to enter a bed
room and rifle all pockets while the
owner Is soundly sleeping and then
depart with no attempt to cover any
tracks.
Store Burglarized.
News was brought to this city yes
terday ot s burglary oommltted the
night before at the store of Mr. W.
M. McMillan .about nine miles from
this city and five miles from Cool
idge. It was a country- store but
was well built and substantial, and
Mr. McMillan lived Just aboht a bun.
dred yards from the store. He heard
no noise, although the store waa
broken Uto and many things, token
out.
The amount of stuff cannot be de
finitely estimated hot thqkftare waa
at least one hundred and twenty-five
dollars of-various kinds of merchan.
dlse. Shoes were, left out of th* box
es on the ground showing that. In
their hurry they had dropped 'part
The town of Melgs has subscribed
fit.*** o* the IS.Mo to b«Bd the
Meaenle hall koto. Th* vrork on th*
bulldtag 'will begin at an early day.
is stack tots all bee* taken. At
the same mooting the council ap
propriated *40.00 (or shade drees
to be put oat pa the steels.
Tbs post office department U
■ending out blanks to th* rural car*
rlera upon which they wOl report
A* condition .of their roods. They
or* to locate the exact position ef
every bad place. That portion ot the
different routes tbit la not n public
road will doubtless be "discontinued
unless It be put Is good order.
Newspaper Subscriptions.
The people will notice a great
bustling on the part of the newspa
pers of the county to get their sub-
sorlptlon Hats In order by . Ap
ril lit, to satisfy the new law. Of
course the paper wil suffer some loss
but there are but few local papers
that are not worth three times the
subscription .price. Many papers
have allowed their subscription lists
to go by, for fear of offending a sub
scriber. Now that every one must
be "dunned,” there will be a howl
fn Canaan. I like the new law.
There U no use for the subscriber 1
to get mad with the paper, nor for
the paper to bo worried with the
subscriber. Na paper wishes to lose
h eubscriSer, but the new law re
quire* It to-straighten np Its mailing
lists. At the present Increasing price
of psper, and the penalty imposed by
th* law, bat few publishers of coun
try papere will be able to carry many
"dead” subscriber*: The move will
eventaslly result In good for all.
Many rural routs* will doubtless
suffer also. It Is said tbat It re
quires 1,741,0*0 feet of timber for
every dey In the year to’ produce
paper for printing n*wi papers.
There Is a new dtseaee going the
rounds. That to, ft la sew to me.
Its common name U "Shingles.''
have a.‘Teeltog" recollection of
disease, caused by the sadden, spas
modic disposition of my mothers
right arm that might be called
"Boards,” hot. I don't rometober any
thing (boat "ahlngles."
Rev. C. W. Jordon, decided after
a trial "of a day or two not to cos
ts o services at th* M. E.
church, as the weather waa quite un
favorable and besides many are
suffering from Ugrlppo. Ha will la
n short time begin th* services new
and will be assisted by Rev. J. Shl-
rah. Evangelist. We personally
know Hr. Shlroh and believe the
people of Meigs will like him.
Well’* Bor Sea* Homo.
It will be of Interest to many In
this place to know that the Uttle boy
that was here for several days with
Well’s Medicine Show, known as
‘Rusty” has been sent to his moth
er at Mobile, Ala. "Rnsty” ran away
from the Show at Coolldge sad on
arriving la Thomasvllle Messrs.
Tom Bottoms and A. N. Turnbull ar
ranged .for his transportation to
Mobile. It Is further stated that the
Holloway boys of the Cornet band
left tbe show at Thomasvllle and are
now In Montgomery. The boya are
well known by citizens of this place
os excellent young men.
Mrs. Henry Wurst received the
sad Intelligence of the death of her
father, Mr. Giles, at Merrillville of
pneumonia, Sunday.
Candidates are becoming frequent
■' ' ANOTHER PRIZE.
Daughters of Confederacy Offer
Prise For County Schools.
The Thomas County School Com
missioner, Capt. K, T. MacLean an
nounces that there will be a prize of
ten dollars for the members of the
county schools who hand In the best
essay on the Bubject designated by
the Daughters of the Confederacy In
their big state contest. This prize
will be ten dollars but it Is divided
between two children, six doltors for
the best essay and four for the sec
ond best.
This is in addition to the other
prizes offered and It Is moat proba
ble that there, will be the Urgest
number of contestants from this
county tbat there has ever been.
Tbe puplU of the city have an extra
prise also and are working to that
end. This prise for the children ot
the county schools is calculated
stimulate them to further activities
for no matter what sort of essays are
handed In two of the contestants are
sare to receive prizes. The same
qualifications that govern the state
contest will also govern this contest.
visitors to this place. I like them
because they are so pleasant, even
Chough their smiles and friendly
greetings last only for a short time.
I despise the presence of the man
who carries on his face * frown
that makes It look like a washboard
and makes eveiV thing around him
fell miserable.
Senator For Blelgs.
It Is said on very good authority
that there la a prospective candi
date, for the State Senate right here
in Meigs. They say-this U no'Joke
and Editor Ward,-of the Press, will
at least have n running mate.
Fenoaal Notes. '
Cashier Duncan Blekley ef th*
Bank hare, has returned from
short visit to hi* old home fet Wavy
erly Hall Gk.,
Miss Alice Wilkes, who Is attend
ing Wesleyan will spend a day jor
so at home-about the M, hast, dar
ing the celebration of Washington'
birthday.
Hie- Slash Htftjson of Grady
county was the gnash of hm brother
Mr. B. Carter’s family a- few days
since.
Miss Belva Bailey of Gordon, Ala.,
Is the pleasant guest of her un
cle M. W. H. Hnrstthls week.
Mrs. C. W. Jordon, wife of tbe
Methodist pastor,, after a month
stay In Hacon with her. mother, has
returned:
Hr. and Mrs. Pat Ward of Pino
Park came over to see home folks
Sunday.
Mr. Ell Warren of Albany visited
hie mother here Sunday.
Rev. W. N. Davis weak np to
fill an appointment .at toe First
Baptist church last Sabbath even
ing.
Mr. W JL Meigs and family left a
tow days ago to make their home In
Pike County, near Barn Seville, it la
with a source of pore regret tbat
oar people learns ef the departure
of thla family from th* town. They
have many friends her* that wish
them success In their new home.
Hr. Haywooff Slngjetary accom
panied by his mother. Hr*. W. M.
Singletary spent Sunday la Ochlock-
Hfra Ruby Hit* of Pelham was a
Sunday guest of Him Alpha Brae-
sU. : ’
Hr. W. J. ffratoJ/ratoa, * former
rertdent j* this place, now ot Pel-
, eras her* Sunday.
Candidate McKlanon was a vis
itor hero last week Ih. the Interest
hi* candidacy.
Editor Jesse Ward was making
aoqualmtances here a tow day* since
more In tbe Interest of his paper
to scan th* political field. Thla
side ot the branch will doubtless
giro him a good support for the Sen
ate.
Hiss Dona Gaskins who teaches
near here In Grady county, was a
visitor here Sunday. w
Mr. H. H. Laney of Camilla wqs
here Saturday.
Mr. Johnson of Boston came a
courting to this town Sunday. The
boya have an eye on him.
Mr. W. W. Felkel of Metcalfe
spent Tuesday In the city on busi
ness.
Mr. Leo Wise made a business trip
to Cairo Tuesday.
LYNCHING IN
MISSISSIPPI
Negro Takes Away Frott
Military Company and
Lyached—Dayligbt.
Hrookhavon, Mias., Feb. 11.—Ell
Plgot, the negro who criminally as
saulted Miss Williams, a young white
woman, near here several weeks
ago, waa taken from the custody of
the Jackson military company and A
posse of depatles yesterday and
hanged from a telegraph pole within
leas than 10P yards ef the court
house. He was to have bee* tried
'yesterday for his crime.
Th* military company and the po
lice were overpowered by n mob Of
more than >,600 citizens. Several
shots 'were fired daring the ■ melee
and two members of the mob trero
wounded.
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News From Metcalfe.
(By W.-H. Searcy,) " f
On Sunday morning, February t,
Mr. T. J. Montford came near losing
his house by fire. When ft was dis
covered the root of the kitchen had
burned up and the celling was bon
ing. The lire was on the sooth
side ot the honse and the wind waa
blowing very strong from the north,
la why It did not barn rapidly,'
Mr. and Mrs. Hartsfleld and Hr*.
Hutchison, who have been boarding
at the hotel here, while Hr. Harte-
fleld was at work on the bridges el
the Florid* Central R. R. have gone
back to Florida. They mad* many
friends while hare who radjEilh
to as* them leave. *
Hrs. Kerr who has been a* ill,
are ere glad to report convalescent,
and will soon be out again.
’ Hiss Georgia Donaldson ot Bain-,
bridge Was In oar town Saturday,
looking after the music class. Hiss
Donaldson Is a teacher of nMUty ani'
* woman .ef cultnra an* .,410.: off
doah* h*-qidt* an- aeqnlaltloa to our-
tokn.
Hies Margarita Stringer ot Cairo
is a visitor to relatives In oar
town lest week.
Hlra LI Da Forrest, the. efficient
assistant of Metcalfe school spent
Saturday and Sunday with home
folks at Boston.
Mrs, H. T. Smith (nee Hlra Piney.
Horne) who baa’ boon her* daring
her elster’s illness left Wednesday
tor her home In Gainesville, FI*.
The many employees of the A. C.
L. at thla pine* war* mad* glad
Wednesday by the appearance of th*
pay train.
Bom* yoflng men were handling a -
pistol at th* dapot and In soma man
ner the freapon was accidently dis
charged, th* ball hitting th* front
of Mr. Jim Homo’s store. People
ought to b* bore careful abont
handling Sr* arms, • ■
Quitman, G*., Feb. 11.-
OnitaMa. ThomaevUta and VUfieeto
Electric Street Hall ray and Power
Oampaay waa granted a franchise
find the exclusive rights of to* pria-
<2 pat streets of Quitman at to* last
meeting ot toe Couadl
Th* step le one of greatest Im
portance tad ft to said that toe work
laying the tracks wOl be com-
meoeed some time this year. This
road will alio oonnect Quitman with
Valdosta, Thomasvllle and Bine
Springs. The property nt Bln*
Springs has been greatly Improved
and will be used a* a summer resort.
The right of way to the springs has
been secured and the laying ot th*
tracks will bo pushed as rapidly a*
posilble. ThU enterprise meat*.
much In the way of development foe
Brooks county.
Hiss Hattie Ball of Davenport,
Iowa to In the city for a short visit
to her brothers Messrs T. J. and W.
L. Ball. jffSfefeLjiiEii
