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All Early Strawberries Are
Killed
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RAIN IS BADLY NEEDED
Negro Is Arrested For One Crime
and Wanted for Another—Dog
wood Blossoms Get Caught Out
In Cold.
The early strawberry crop around
Thomasville has been suddenly cut
.abort by the cold, and although the
■vines will put on another crop it
will be much later.
Robert Alexander, a grower, says
that the'frost ruined more than a
hundred quarts of due berries for
him in one day. The berries were
just ready to be picked and were
"unusually fine. Mr. Alexander
had been bringing them in at the
rate of a dozen or rno.e baskets a
day and selling them readily at 25
cents a quart in the local market
and his whole crop would have been
in fine condition in a week but for
the destruction wrought by the cold,
Hall Parkor, the largest grower of
strawberries here, lost his crop also
as did many others- Mr. Parker
sayB that there will be another crop
coming on soon but the present
fruit blooms were all killed. The
crop was very much ahead of thiflt
of last year.
Tbomas County Wants Rain.
Thomasville pedple are hoping
that the old adage that three white
frosts brings a rain will be verified
here as there is nothing quite so
much needed as a good old-fash
ioned, long continued rain. With
the exception of a light shower
which was not enough to lay the
dust, there has been only one rain
here this year, and that was the
first- week in January. With the
passing of the ’cold wave spring
planting will open up in earnest
and the farmers are very anxious
to soften the soil as in many parts
of the county the earth is very hard
and dry.
The question of water is getting
serious and many wells are reported
dry. Instead of the series of “wet
years” which some of the weather
prophets thought would begin this
year it looks now as if the same
conditions would be repeated which
have prevailed here for several
years.
Dogwood Tradition Falls Down.
It is said to have been tradition
among the Indians in this section
of the state that the dogwood bios
sorns were never hurt by the cold,
as when they bloomed all danger of
a killing frost was past and it has
been generally supposed to hold
true, until the cold this week dis
proved it. A man who had been
down ten miles from town across
the Florida line brought back
branch of dogwood blooms badly
blighted from the frost and ice.
He said, however, that it was only
the Florida dogwood which had
been caught out too soon as he saw
none at all until he crossed the
Florida line and upon examining
the trees as he returned he found
that the Georgia blossoms had been
too smart for Jack Frost' and had
not come out enough to be hurt.
Arrested for One Crime; Wanted
lor Another.
Malncahi Wilson, a negro who
was wanted in Thomas for having
-killed another negro near Merrill-
•ville, six years ago, was brought
from Quitman Saturday, Wilson
had been arrested as being connect
ed with the shooting of John Joyce
a prominent white farmer of Brooks
county two weeks ago. While in
Quitman he was recognized as the
negro who was wanted here, and
Sheriff Singletary was notified.
Important Real Estate Deal.
An important real estate deal o
which the papers were signed Sat
urday is tho purchase by A. J.
Stanaland and associates of 16,000
acres of land six miles southwest of
Thomasville. This property, while
all in one body, was owned by sev
eral persons—J. C. Beverly, Walter
Hammond, J. B. Way and others.
The purchasers will subdivide tho
land into lots of from 100 to 200
acres to be put on tho market. The
company who has purchased this
property has been receiving many
inquiries for farms of from 100 to
200 acres from parties in North
Georgia and from North and South
Carolina. It is at Beverly, a small
station on the Florida Central Rail
road, end is bounded by three
county rords. There is an artesian
well on the property and several
good farm houses. The timber
holdings have been sold to the Phil
lips Company, which will cut it at
once.
Mr. Stanaland states that he has
had many inquiries from the West
for farms of forty or fifty acres, but
that the prospective settlers from
the Southern states all want larger
tracts. He says also that these make
better settlers than those from f-he
West as they are more accustomed,
to the conditions of labor, etc., and
are better satisfied with what they
find. They come from a good class,
too, and are people who will help to
make good citizens of the countv.
New Railroad In Two States.
A railroad from Metcalfe in
Thomas county to Havana, Fla.,
sixty miles, will be built soon. The
projectors of this road are Messrs.
Upchurch of Raleigh, N. C., who
have large milling interests in Ral
eigh and also are owners of mills
near Metcalfe. It is said that the
ultimate destination of this road is
St. Andrew’s Bay, on the Gulf
coast.
Lots of Fresh Sausage Now.
That it is an ill wind that blows
nobody good some of the farmers
are realizing in regard to the recent
cold which, while although it may
have injured their early plantings
of vegetables and their fruit trees
somewhat, has vet enabled them
to kill the balance of their hogs.
Atlantic Coast Line to Improve
Thomasvllle-Montlcello Branch
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
has engineers and a large force of
hands working on a branch road be
tween Thomasville and Monticello,
Fla. The branch it is understood
will be very much improved in many
ways. The curve in the road will
be straightened out.
The people of Monteeello hope
that this is only the preliminary
work before the extension of the
line to Perry, which it is reported is
the railroad’s ultimate object. This
extension has been talked of for
some time.
Held lor Alabama Olftcers
Charged with trying to dispose of
fraudelent mortgage bonds, B. F
Freeman and D, E. Freeman, two
men from Alabama, are held in jail
here waiting for officers to come
from that state. These men were
carried to Thomasville Monday from
Coolidge.
To Inspect Thomasville Guards
The annual inspection of the
Thomasville Guards, was held
Thursday, For the last two years
they bave'ranked next to the Savan
nah companies in the report sent
out.
Notice.
The Tired Creek Musical Associa
tion will hold its second quarterly
meeting for this associational year
with Live Oak, some 6 miles north
of Cairo, on the first Saturday and
Sunday in March next.
Every body cordially invited to
.attend bringing all and a full basket
P. E. Gilliard, Sec.
REPRESENTATIVES SPENDS
HOURS IN PRISON CELL
Moss Bucked Against Judge
Newt Morris.
At'anta, Feb. 28.-Representative-
H. B. Moss of Cobb county, promi
nent in the last Legislature, spent
several hours in jail in Cherokee
county yesterday as the result of a
tilt with Judge Newt A. Morris of
the Superior Court. Judge Morris
ordered Mr. Moss to draw up a
verdict against one of his clients.
“I have never yet drawn up a
verdict against a client of mine, and
don’t see why I should do it now,”
Moss replied.
“You’ll have to do it in this
case,’* said the court.
“I’ll be d—m if I do,’* 'retorted
Moss.
“Well, I’ll fine you $10 or five
hours in jail for contempt,” ^aid
th& court.
r Moss refused to pay the fine and
was taken to jail by the sheriff, re
maining there several hours until
his law partner, Mr. Mosely of
Maritta, who hoard of the affair,
went to the clerk of the court, paid
the fine and Mr. Moss was ordered
release.
Pleasant Valley.
Last week’s-letter.
We are having some very cold
weather now.
The singing was well attended
Sunday afternoon.
The party that was given at Mr.
and Mrs. Moore’s Wednesday night
was enjoyed by many.
Miss Mamie Kent spent Satur
day and Sunday with her aunt,
Mrs. Will Singletary.
The singing that was given by
Mr. and Will Singletary Sat
urday night was enjoyed by many.
Mrs. R. F. Ponder visited her
daughter, Mrs. Gus Gilliard, Sat
urday afternoon.
Miss Mattie Gainey was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Charlie Rehberg,
Saturday and Sunday.
There will be singing at Pleasant
Valley school house every third Sun
day afternoon. Everybody is in
vited to come.
New§ is scarce in this section.
Hope to do better next time,
Guess Who?
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Spring Hill.
Last week’s letter.
Rev. Jesse Cannon filled* his reg
ular appointment at New Hope
Sunday.
Several of the farmers of this sec
tion went to Cairo to see the Educa
tional train.
\
Mrs. Henry Mobley gave a fruit
supper Friday night in honor of her
sister, Miss Ruth Moore, of the Cy-
rene Institute.
C. E. Barwick and wife dined at
T. M. Whigham’s Sijhday.
M. Cox attended tb business in
Pelham Monday.
We are glad to know W. H. Wil
liams has recovered his horse which
was stolen one night last week.
Well begun is half done.
Bob Cox has got Btarted to house
keeping. There is no place like
home.
Bili,ica Sam.
Negro Killed in Machinery
Bainbridge, Ga., Feb. 25.—A
negro, Simson Blue, was killed at
the oil Mill Thursday afternoon just
as the whistle was blowing- for
“knocking off.” His coat t
caught in a set screw and he whs
jerked into a piece of machinery.
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