Thomasville Weekly Times Enterprise (Newspaper) - January 11, 1907, Thomasville, Georgia fi ' ri M. ' - V t has been to the booli oC in the Futch f i lu eight miles south of told of what he to be another upon the life of bin mother and by of a bomb the of his bed and flred shortly before midnight Monday and track dogs Mr. Futck oa his return to T. A. White immediately to the and other friends from were The things they only the of mystery that hangs around the whole history of the case is still iresh in the public Mrs. and her two John and are prominent whose lives a number of attempts at have been At or five different times tJie last few months placed in the food of the At one time A. P. a Thomasville physician who had been called ate some of the or dranic and made ill. Detectives were summoned from and as of their negroes who on tlie Ollie and Laura were but was not evidence to secure an indictment against and after a trial they bound over in ihe sum of and are at present at nave not back place since they were from inmates of the house on night only Allie ine and his John home last saying that lie was going to South for a long Allie says he was at eleven o'clock by an his Ilc Aie house Was on amd ran into his mother's She returned with and they put out tne investigators fordid that the instrument or that the explosion had been made from a twelve inch piece of tin probably a part of a guano This had been filled with One end was pushed through a hole that had been made in the directly beneath the head of Allie's The hole was just at the point two of matting came It had been freshly cut with a It may have been cut Monday or may have been made a few days There was no sign of shavings the no marks of where a man had been kneeling ' lying to cut toe and Fateli no noise of cutting or The was with a fuss from tbe lower It exploded flame and but witb little and did no damage beyond person who tlie bomb came through the where were three but these were not alarmed by and made no so Mrs. After firing lie made his When went to the barn to get his horse to come to Thomasville r 0 HI S a 111 r n s a i 1 Jan. 5.Shortly before noon today a man giving fl ' u the annual banquet of the Freight held at tlie last CoL as G. E. Williams railroad Into tlie on resulting in ' tlie W. n. ier of 1 tore fn and ire the of whom two may had demanded a loan of from President H. which was slight firo followed tiie explosion of the bomb and the tenants of the building Policemen quickly the bank and placed the vaults and securities under heavy Rushton he believed the man to be a a sensation and { er effect In made will have he were Married by W. C. W. C. Embry of Metcalfe performed an interesting marriage ceremony at seven o'clock Sunday The contracting parties were Miss Viola who lives near and Mr. Allison a section master of the A. C. L. residing at Ga. The ceremony took place at the residence of Mr. F. A. Tryan near this The friends and relatives of the popular young people witnessed the They start their life with the best wishes of all know the best horse in the stable the barn door and three mules loose When the deputy got there the dogs about three hours after the explosion they found this horse standing bridled in the road near the The dogs took the trail and followed it about three hundred yards to a Here they and the officers think that the person who did the work had hitched the horse and made his escape on it. The however gave little signa of and it may have been taken from the barn only to prevent search of the nearby fields and woods revealed a mysterious It was a of and two caps. The whole was in an Atlanta bearing the name on the subscription label of a maa living in The the fose and the caps were brought to town by Rev. T. A. White and are in his added mystery of thie on top of the strange attempts at poisoning last make tne matter the cause of speculation and little else was talked those heard of it The members of the family believe that this was another fiendish attempt to slay and that it failed only the assassin did not how to a deadly Others this was done only to the and that not the Bach las investigated the case has his and his own ideas as Uie perpetrator of the that was today paying higher rates other state in the than any other spot in the He advocates as a remedy the extension of the state road to the will connect the Atlantic the Tennessee river at and thus open up a vast system of waterways yill allow the state of Georgia to dictate the rates that the railroads shall McLendon said in is now the greatest problem demanding by the thinking part of the human The world beginning to realize that it is paying too much for Indeed if it were not for the cheapness of the world would be unable lo distribute for the use of its staple products of the and unit of transportation is the cost of moving a ton a The cost of water transportation per ton mile averages 1-2 a mill per ton The cost of railroad transportation per ton mile in the United States averages 7 1-2 The railroad charges for thia from 2 to 6 The people of Georgia pay more for freight per ton mile than do the people of any other state east of the possibly more than any other state in the possibly more than any other place in the whole The speaker quoted figures from Georgia tariff sheets that cities pay from 6 to 10 cents per ton This for what costs the roads not 7 1-2 but 7 1-2 McLendon referred to the one hundred million dollars that New York has spent oh the improvement of the Erie and termed most stupendous machinery for rate reduction and rate in He spoke of Chicago's drainage and the Lake I at fhc I the situation of Georgia lo hese and said this state had the greatest naval stores port in the and the third cotton port in It York and go could afford to spend this mone ' Georgia can afford to do so He If matter Of the disposition the property as the Georgia will be settled this at Athens when the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia This is an important question and one in which the people of the city arc much S. G. McLendon is now in Atlanta and go to Athens tomorrow to be present at the Board meeting and ask a reconveyance of the property to the city Board of The history of the tlon has thoroughly discussed during the few Three parties were to have an equity in the the Methodist the Board of Trustees of old college of Agriculture the Mechanic and the city of At a mass meeting held last month at the court house the people convinced that the city of Thomasville had the best and asked that the title be transferred to the Board of Col. McLendon will therefore ask the University who now hold the to transfer the title to the board of for continued use as a public school former trustees of the college wore recently rechartered It been supposed that they ask the reconveyance of the property to they in turn to convey it to or make such disposition of the as they saw No one seems to know whether or mot they be represented before the University Capt. W. M. Hammond and H. W. two of the were seen yesterday by a and both stated they did not know whether or not the old would represent its It scarcely probable that they and it seems that if the University Trustees any transfer it will bo to the Board o-f Education of the city of a cost of five million dollars by coordination of her and by building less than oOO miles of additional place herself in touch with one of the chief highways of and exert a potential Influence on a rate area of almost continental I do not doubt that this caa he done when we have sons of heroic mould out of to closing contractual of the state over its own the concurrent power over the Philistines robbed Sampson of his they could not rob of his With 3,000 convicts to 3,000 corporations 10 rising to her ' 3hs McRae Jan. 9.Miss Janne McRae one of Thomasville's attractive and popular young ladies who is now visiting her sister Mrs. J. D. Huddleston of had a most experience with a shark last Friday While out rowing with her little nephew and niece a shark was attracted by her hand trailing along in the He approached the boat at once snapping his Miss ever noticed him in time tastily pulled for The shark kept right along with the boat till they were within a few feet of then Ms teeth in York has can by a judicious of her make herself mistress of her own of her own Hot At an election held Tuesday for municipal the entire old members of the town's former government were The only place that was contested for was that of The charter arranges that out of the number elected the council shall elect one for At this election the name of Dr. I. R. Aultman was offered on the ticket against that of the present Mayor E. E. In the election held Mayor Wilkes by 7 At a former election he received of the vote of Fulford the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank of Hansell was buried at the cemetery at this He was a very bright little child and was the pride of his fond Fe died of membraneous and was sick but a few Rev. A. J. Cone performed the burial ever there was a neglected spot in the town of Meigs it is the present It is the place of all others under human care that should be the pride of every living If it is the business of no doesn't some one take up the matter? Why do hot the ladies of the town take the matter in Not because you have loved ones but for humanity's opened in fine shape last The number of matriculates far exceed the sanguine expectations of those The number en rolled will exceed that of any previous Many new pupils kave and others are expected lo in next committee of ladies has been canvassing the town and vicinity for money and goods - to the at this is that everybody will help iu us it is a the success of which concerns not the Methodist but every one A large amount of church and town should go along with ones duty in this If the Lord some people only as they give to such they would soon go to the Quarterly first quarterly conference of the Meigs and charge will be held at the Methodist church in on January 19 and 20. There will be some important business as this is the first quarterly meeting of the circuit lately formed of these two churches and two other places of holding are plenty of fine hogs here about ready killing when the is cold and that will Then those who have enjoy all the plantation fruit Happy are preparing for another Their a melodious and these balmy mornings makes one believe that his is the life of oii birthday of Robert 13. 1.100 is observed appropriate in Of especial interest are the to be held here on nineteenth in commemoration of 100th anniversary of the great Confederate leader's to The of the day Is Capt. W. M. He Is one of the most read men in an orator of great eloquence and wide On this occasion will be at his best for he add the charm of personal s vv his other He was a member of General Lee's staff during the The will take place at the court house at o'clock in the They be in charge of the Daughters of the and the public is cordially invited and expected to Following the exercises a dinner be served to all Confederate veterans ths best that Thomasville housekeepers can At this dinner only the veterans will be of C. P. Hansell will act as master of and the organizations will march in to the music of Gordon's played Nellie in the folowing Children of f Daughters of the Sons of the The prayer wall Be delivered by J. M. pastor of the Methodist will by the Messrs. and Hammond's This will be by a violin o of Honor will be presented to the veterans by Misses Jessie Watt and J. P J. J. Doss T. W. J. W. S. D. A. Malachi A. C. Jarrett The cross of will be given to his this interesting ceremony the John Children of the Confederacy and then the veterans and audience will the stirring strains of are Old Time will then be lo the basement of the court house where dinner will be served to the following is the invitation of the U. D. cordial invitation Is extended by the John B. Gordon chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy ttt members of the W. D. Mitchell Camp of Confederate Confederate veterans or not they of to of to all daughters of Confederate Veterans in good standing to of the Confederacy and to all and visitors to attend the in honor of the one of the birth of Robert E. Lee at the house ia Thomasville where an address be was a of Lee's staff during the war between the f
