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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS ^POIUSVIIXB, GEORGIA, IWU MARCH, 20, IMA. Investigation to Be JIade By State Chemist-Pois on In Tie Food. Criticizes Financial Bill In Strong Speech In The Senate. (From Thursday Dally) j i Coolldgo, So., Mor. 18. (SpoeUI to Tlmes-Enterprlse)—Dr. 'll. Jonas ond two llttlo girls wort severely poisoned lost night after eating rap per. It la not known tho exact .«*- (Continued on page 4.) BAND CONCERT BIG SUCCESS Great Battle Between Rival Forces Witness ed By Large Crowd , Monday night the two brigades from the rourtn Ueorgla met on Mellette Heights about nine o'clock and gave battle. The redoubt on the. hill where the old golf links were, was valiantly held by Capt. Jarrel and tea men. From the woods to 'the rear of'the bouse, their well ulgll Impregnable position was attache* by Lieutenant Watt with a brigade composed of ten of the moat Aery warriors that ever donned the kha- After passing tbs tear of the house they opened Are on the en trenchment,. behind which the co- borts of Capt. Jarrell were eateonaad The 'outposts thaawa by the defend ing party were on the alert and re- warning their comrades of the ap proach of the enemy After th<9 -were sighted at a range «t three hwn dred yard*, Artag became general and the boom of Um guns an# the clarion notea of <he hagile calUug <h« ; men to arms ran* eat 'dearly onWb< night air. The whole town was thoroughly aroused, men women and cBBdrct anxious for the Me of their hus bands, brothers -end sweethearts!' lined the bin aide mear the same ol [t battle, hut wdll without th> of tie am# ’Wilted with baasry Items From Metcalfe. (By W. H. Searcy.) Messrs. B. F. Smith rad Jas. Hra- cok represented Mttcalfe Lodge F. and A. M. In the convention at Faro.. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Powell (pent, last weak at Cairo. Mr. frbwell wont orer to place himself under treat ment of Dr. W. A. Walker. Miss Claud Copeland was t visitor to ^omasTille last Friday. Mr*, A. C. Berry and daughter, Mias Adslla, went to TkcmaevUie last . , At eight thirty the ThomatvUle Friday, returning Sstnrday. The, occasion of their going was the bur- 01 * ** ba «“ «*•» « one * rt Is! of Mr. A. Curtis Brown. j Opera Hons* Tuesday, evening. Prot. Mr. rad Mrs. Bryan Smith were In the city Shopping tost Satwrday. I Mrs. Harmon Monroe, who has been on a visit to relative* here, left Monday for Oeolidgt, where she Boys Acquit Themselves Very Creditably—Large Crowd Attends. (From Thursday Deity) Jennlson who has had charge ot the Band for the put few months hss worked wonders as those who beard ‘the concert will tcstlfy.The affair was carred of In faultless style, lust enough local celebrities being sand- gom to lot* her husband at that;^^ )n ^ pl . rln , of place. Mr. and Mr*. Spring and little daaghter, Catherine of Ulcoosakle, visited friends In Metcalfe Tuesday. Miss Lato W1U1* of Lloyds. Fla., returned to her home Sunday after a abort stay with- rotative*. the band to maks things lively all the way thre^hh. Prof Jenalao* with the baton load the band throaljh three pieces and they were played with the confidence aad.ability ot <e!d timers. Tho mu- • ale wan not a* that mushy-claaa but thIrd to be dhpoee* -dr and pol Dr. WClb, the medicine maa to of a high order. Their rendition of turned the fir* v at tha earns time, spending She weak to Metcalfe. 1 Serenade nmnsa waa especially don't kwow anything about hla mod- trines, toft tils shew to good. Hits Stand Carter has moved her aDIlnery into the new room recently sdde# to (he poatstBce Wilding. '. Ml*. Y C.',8.' SSaueQ his tw opened up a line of xitUlnery la the front room *t the held. Mr. 'Chestnut haf returned after a visit «f two or threw horn* ‘in Florida. plearing, Arne and hsrmony ,b( perfect rad the solo parts being well Professor Ernest Mallard went ap peared la <one ot hla highly entestoln- lng vppdvllla performance and .'sur prised even his most erdeet sdnKrers Hb twtofllon of a railroad train was perfect. The staging ot the delight ful IvcSlme melody “If I had sofa* erase I’d go home.'* brought down the a-udlenoe and as an emenra he gave a clog that woald do credit to Rtott«awe tne order for the chargS' and (With .Uw valor .of the famous six hundred, snowing every. Cling down with the fierceness ol their fire, advancing In rnstoss the forces of the taraSer slowly bnt surely approached the ramparts the city. Before their withering fire ' : all the scout* were forced to setlre to the entrenchments. One lone soon! .on the left pf the line when .*p- itnoachtng the bunker was chased by ' (two fierce and bloody denlsens <ol .the wood and barely escaped their -mighty laws. There Is some doubt ee do itbe . identity of these animals hnt many of the spectators are sure that these .fierce beeete were the potato! dogs of two. of the hunters of the city and that they" had been placed there -to protect the defending pari! and attacked 'the scouts by mistake. Foot niter foot and step after step with frightful slaugber. the Invaden were ted to the ramparts. Volley sf- ter voltiy thundered on the night sir soldier liiter/soldler, fighting bravely for bis home and sweetheart, fell — mowed by the bullets of Capt. Jar rell’s regulars. Ther valor and cour age were rewarded. After twegfy minute* of magnificent fighting they reached the tort of the defenders an® caused, by thb very magnificence ol their courage, their complete and de- f*lve surrender. The sword of the conquered wat turned over to the victor and thoee men who fought and bled for their home and country were surrendered withont condition to the enemy. They were marched to the center of th€ rity and paraded before the sorrow-, lng multitude by the arrogant vie) tor*. It waa truly a magnificent sight bnt one that will ever be re membered as the bloodiest rad most /horrible In the history of Thomas- vltle. The city today to In the hand * of the invaders. Its most sacred relic* /- are In their dutches, our people art ' at their marcy, ThomasvlUe has sur- The MacIntyre eSbeol wen epaamdiu evfl'man in a minstrel sham. 0* tost koatoy, t)S MB tost, If l] -Nentlti^jers. Sparks, Mallard, Blas- R Bataev, who W toto ramptarSi^^^^rt .p^rri! to whit* ; unltarntopild sang Haney Bey at the same (tin)* giving a vary Attractive a Saw-month (term In Cefiqultt ty. There am jtaaady (enrolled 31 pnplto and we am ezpedtog -oflhan to asm In next mask. Spring has, at the faemst Is fast being clothed In a mantle of (ream, which to greatly to (be etollglft of mray poor oews who roam over these kills. The |daggers are taking advaatage of this good weather and are meet ing the (problem of the scarcity of drill keeping time to the mwtlc. Prot. net eokb “Love me and the world to mtoeCJ :He has a fine repertatlon In the doy for a good performer and If therefwa* ray doubt on that:score It was settled at that time. His ren dition-of this popular fraldass. I The Intermission at this time only help by taking early start* and with , Dei « amd the enthusiasm of tthe au- coats ,oll. .-Some of them are plaailag corn sod <cano and others whl plant cotton soon. I \ Our people compose rw lW°o»isld«r- able part nt Thomas' population, ev en If we am eomewto'>‘”'»^tofj! ) «i the center at municipality- Vet we ask A nook In your paper to chron icle some of the events which may transpire from time to time. The elck ones are again on foot, for which we are greatly Indebted to diene* And tho next three selections by the hand were enthuStostlcally received with grpat applause. In the tost piece Mr. Louis Mallard who a ramarkable voice sang very beautifully with the accompaniment of the band. The llthte were spec ially arranged to contrast with the scenery rad was made very effective and beautiful to accord with the music. Washington, March 17.—-Declar ing that the recent financial strlngen cy In the country was brought about by the Influence of "Standard Oil," and J. Plerpont Morgan, Senator La Folletie, of Wisconsin, In a speech (hi Aldrich currency bill today entorad opon a denunciation of men high to the financial world. "There were no commercial reasons for panic,'’ said Senator La Felle. "Thar* were speculative, legislative and political reason* why a panic might serve special Interest*. There were business scores to settle. There waa lagtolatlon to be blocked, and a currency measure salted to tthe Ifi; to be secured. There was bands are to be urgency circuit- Ides to be discredited.' Senator La Folletts severely crlt- claed the provision of toe Aldrich bill by which railroad mad* kecurlty for cl tlon. He said. "When' once the, government in- vttea the national banks of the contry to Invest ka'them for the pat riotic purpose or averting financial (Vaster, these railroad bonds will iieeom* aocred latper, and the good faith of the country will be pledged to defeat any legislation that tng- gests a disturbance of the foor per went dividend upon the stock.' that the helpless children are the main ones to suiter. There must be some cause for existing conditions, and It la a question that should Inter est not only the parents of the child- ten, but every cltlaen of the county, as the general welfare of every com munity In which there la a school la at stake. In u experience extending over a quarter of a century I have noticed that during the times of high prices, parents become more Indifferent to tb* educational advantage* and when they can find some work that a child may do, will keep hfm out of school, little dreaming tha amount of m. chief he to playing In schoel general ly. Suppose that Id a school ot 40 ten pupils are absent during a weik. Suppoto each ot those pnplls are In six ot the daises. The proper way would be for the teacher to require each of those pupils to make up the missed lessons. Ten pupils with tlx lessons each will give the teacher 40 extra lessons. Allowing twenty minutes to the recitation, it would require two days and a half, of eight hours each to haar tha extra- recitations alone! What will bo- come of fifty that were present! Tat It to a common occurrence lb country schools, that even more than this number are oat, not only one day, but several days, daring a week. Can tha teacher do hla doty to swch children? He la obliged to let the children Into their regular What to tha ressttJ what you got makes Just a little hit mere.’’ Professor Jennlson and Mr. Down then entertained the an- dlraoe In a atjfle that was beyond the expectations eft anyone present mAyrnwa iwaaw r- ——— Chan, ilennlaon then HayMeaa cor- ^ on various lustra- maI anlii “I /two mm ar/I thm wnrld (l _ • meets and accompanied on the piano by Mt. Dntcher In perfect accord gave a moat creditable exhibition aad one which -cannot be duplicated’ tn any amateur performance In the state. Mr. Batcher's accompral- They become almost a dead -weight to the class, having become disgus ted with their faille efforts to farm, cook, keep he use, and to go to school at thd same time. . What to tha effect on tha teacher? He drops into a sort of "painless" method of doing things, knowing that to do what ho will, he ■ever succeed, rad polls through to move on at the end of the term to take another teacher’s place, who has died a similar death under the same i splendidly rendered and A parent has no moral right In the werld to nob hla CUM of u edu cation, nor to sell hla opportunities In life for a few dollars worth at meats shows hto musical ability In any sort of en The audience was a very large one and there had been yet one who will not say that the show, was fine and lota letter than they would have thought possible In Thomat- vllle. a kind Heavenly Father, as well as Next came Alex Tnrnbnll la hla to our kind M. D’s. We have mray kind people out here, wjya never let the sick raffer for want of attention, and with good aarslng and sbperlor medical skill the alck rarely ever die. More anon. rendered! Truly It waa a SHAM battle. One party this morning asked very Innocently whether or not the cele bration of St. Patrick’s Day in the dig. was general or whether It waa confined to certain localities. He told of hearing fire crackers popping very distinctly in the North part of town. Miss Maude Shackleford, whs hat been a student at the Thomasrill* Business College, has been placed In a position a* Stenographer la tht law offle* ot W. R. and J. C. Smith, at Tlfton, Ga. fifteen minute discourse. Those who heard the famous local celebrity i amazed at ibe reaourcefullnes* and oratorical powers displayed by the brilliant ex-legfotator a* well as his versatility In making hits <m other local enthassets. He discussed la that apace of time five subjects of great range and scope. Hia ringing eloquence, combined pith hto magni ficent delivery made the hall ring as It never bad before, only the next minute to rexoond at some Joke or witticism. Red Alex 1s still thare with the goods and don't yon forget It. Hia bits were to the point and Ir reslstgbly fanny. It I* more then probable that he could draw a crowd ed house alone If he would make the attempt. The following gentlemen dressed a* zouaves then came oat and coder the direction ot Prof. Jennlson gave a very floe drill 'after which they sang "Every Little Bit Added to NEWS AND NOTES FROM MEIGS County School Attendance Shows a Decrease. Other Items of Interest. (By J. 8. Searcy) At a meeting of the stock holders of the Bank of Meigs, a few days ago, Captain E. M. Smith of the Bank ot ThomasvlUe. was elected president and the capital stock was raised to 820,000. The other ofllcers of the bank will'remain as heretofore. Mr. Dnncan Blckley, whom everybody likes, to to remain the cashier. Captain K. T. Maclean, the worthy county school commissioner. Is send ing out an appeal to teachers and pat rons ot the county public schools, containing the startling statement that the schools ot the county are not being patronised as they ahould be; that the enrollment of pupils is not so large as It has formerly been; that some schools that haTe hereto fore enrolled 50 or more have this year fallen as low as 25 or 30. gerloos State of Things. Certainly this to a serious state of things, when it to to b* considered Geod Subscription Offer. Notice. I will for the next two days take meet, cotton seed, corn, pease, simp, chickens and market value, oa back subscriptions to this paper. This offer to made at my own suggestion as I am pared” to use the above named arti cles st once. A bunch of bananas In full bloom In one ot the early spring products In the yard of Mrs. J. S. Searcy. A swarm of bees settled on a small tree on the school campus Tuesday. It was quite a curiosity to tha boys and girls, many of whom had never seen such a sight. They were taken In tow, by Mr. R. T. Rouse. tore ot th* poisoning nor who was st fault, bnt soma think that if was dona with tha Intant to kill tha num ber* ot that household. Tha-food has bean examined rad the aerrigs* of tha state chemist will be called la to solva tha mystery. It la sot known that thare are any enemies at the family nor to ther* any raaaon known to have Instigated 1 tha dead. has th* champion hen. She la of IS* Hondan strain, rad walks night and! day. Ia 78 days ah* laid U eggs, hatched a brood ot chicks,, weaned', them aad laid three- atona eggs, to wards raising another Umiljr.. Personals;. Dr. L R. Aultman left Monday om an extended trip through Florida.. Will be gone several days. Mr*. C. B. Johnston spent a day to. Camilla daring th* past week.. Misses Lilia aad Lou Flitter ma nners, spent Tuesday la Albany vli ning the grand millinery opening la that city. Mr. T. W. Carter had: hi* buafneaa eye turned toward Pelham Sunday evening. Rev. W. M. Darla of this place preached at First Baptist church d> Pelham, Sunday evening. - Mr. W. E, AUlgood mad* a busi ness trip to Thomaavffl* Tuesday. Mr*. Daniel- Miller of Camilla, spent several days of last week with the family of Mr. G. W. Fulford, near town. Mr. A. J. Richardson of tiamlll*. was here a few hours Sunday after* noon, as the guest of Mrs. I. R. Autt- Elevra Weddings. There ought to be about eleven weddings here before long, taking all things Into the consideration. Forest fires are keeping people busy In these parts. People who fat fire into the grass should remem her that they violate the law except under certain conditions to be com plied with. It pays *10 advertise. I asked the person who bad borrowed my garden hoe to keop It a whllt longer. Bnt, whether the hoe felt naturally In clined to com4 to light, or felt the 1“ pulse of the notice to the paper, It came up and at a very Inopportune time. The ohaaplba Hen Mr. R. R. Sapp, th* stableman, Mia* Ellen Pope of -PalhaiA, after spending several days with Mrs. Everett Moncrlet of this place, has returned home. Mias Ella' Butler on* ot tb* hast teachers of Grady county, was her* Sunday on a visit to tha family of her father, Mr. G. B. BuUer. Mr. W. C. Dixon of Camilla was here Sunday. Mr. Dixon has a farm near hers. Mrs. Surles ot Pelham cam* down from Pelham Sunday and spant the time with the family of Mr. A. B. Brnndag*. Col. Luke ot ThomasvlUe was here a few day* since. > Hr. E. E. Simmons of Nashville, Ga.. was here Saturday. Kr.'’Sim mons they say, to trying to revive a little matter that he has been nurs ing with patience for several years ' Soon may this case of Simmons’ ~ ripen. Mrs. H. H. Laney ot Camilla was here Saturday on a visit to tha fam ily ot Mr. Wm. Cook. ' Miss Mollie Field alter a lengthy visit to Albany Is at home again. Mrs. N. Q. Edmondson and Miss Sara Bennett spent Saturday la Al bany making a business trip. Mr. C. Harrison of Grady connty '