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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
1
The column describes holiday preparations as Christmas nears with turkey, Santa Claus appearances, and orange flower scents in the air. It mentions Mr. A. J. Hurst from over the river sending a fine sugar cane crop sample and notes his habit of taking the best of everything.
Thanksgiving services were conducted at the Methodist church by Rev. E. D. McDougall and at St. Thomas church by Rev. Whitney. Both were well attended. The Daughters of the Confederacy urge eligible individuals to visit the library, obtain blank Bronze Cross of Honor applications, and submit them promptly to determine medal orders.
The Macon Telegraph reports 99 pension recipients in Thames county with Disabled 25 drawing 1445 dollars, Indigent 53 drawing 1980 dollars, Widows 21 drawing 2560 dollars, totaling 5885 dollars yearly. Epworth League held a literary meeting on Georgia history with Miss Leta Pittman, Prof. Dean, Miss Mollie Lowman, and Grace Jenkins among participants.
A large funeral service for Mrs Annie Lester Thompson was conducted by Rev EB D McDougall. The ceremony at Laurel Hill cemetery drew a large crowd of mourning relatives and friends as her mortal remains were laid to rest.
A telegram to Mayor H. W. Hopkins from Representative Mitchell dated December 1, 1900, Atlanta instructs that the bill for public schools is now law and to begin advertising for the election. The message was received yesterday and directs action by the city.
In Atlanta on Nov 30 Mr Seed of Taylor introduced two measures taxing telephone and telegraph companies with annual chief executive officer returns showing county property values to the controller general. Another bill by Mr King of Fulton would require a voter to swear a full property return before registration.
A morning blaze in Moultrie Georgia destroyed the brick Wiggs block on College Park and damaged multiple shops including McCall Exam Co Winn and McCrae Max Ehrlich and the offices of Mattox Parker N M Reynolds. Total losses estimated between 50 000 and 60 000 with partial insurance. Firemen saved neighboring buildings and the origin remains unknown.
Lord Roberts reports from Johannesburg that the De Wetsdorp garrison of two guns with detachments from the Gloucestershire Regiment Highland Light Infantry and Irish Rifles totaling 400 men surrendered at 5 20 p m on November 23 Our losses include 15 killed and 42 wounded notably Maj J H Anson and Capt Digby The enemy is described as 2500 strong Four hundred troops were sent from Edenburg to relieve De Wetsedorp but failed to trench there in time.
The Statist reports that tomorrow the government may propose opening negotiations with Commandant General Botha and Gen DeWet to end the war. It suggests civil authorities in South Africa initiate talks, naming Sir Alfred Milner or the Cape Colony chief justice or Mr Hofmeyer as possible mediators.
Manilla reports the U S auxiliary cruiser Yosemite wrecked on November 13 during a Guam typhoon. After her cables parted she grounded on a reef near San Luis de Para and flooded. A launch carried five sailors who perished when the boat swamped.
United States battleship Kentucky arrives at Smyrna causing palace and porte to quicken a settlement with the United States. An irade calls for purchasing a cruiser at Philadelphia with a price including a $40,009 Armenian indemnity.
New York officials report a rapid spread of smallpox from two initial cases to twenty four known cases by nightfall. The board of health is monitoring the outbreak and advising precautions for residents.
Sunday afternoon the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O Rilley was quietly laid away in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by Rev E D McDougall. It is well with the child.
Last evening at 6 o clock the city registrar Evans closed the books. The figures show Whites 334 and colored 136 totaling 470 ballots recorded.
Gov Samford was sworn in as Alabama governor in his sickroom in Opelika on November 29. Col W D Samford sat up that morning and, surrounded by family and doctors, took the oath administered by his son who serves as a notary public.
A young man, Emmett Sims, was shot at close range with buckshot near his boarding house while returning from a social visit. Twelve buckshot entered the right side and seven the left arm. he died within minutes. No assassin is identified, and witnesses offer no clear lead. Sims, 24, studied at Stanley's Business College and had no known enemies. The crime remains a mystery with post event details and funeral planned in Valdosta.
Sheriff Doss and deputies, plus the entire police force and Mr. Stanley, have exhausted efforts to uncover the crime, but, as of the latest report, the jury has not announced its findings and no result is known.
The event featured children singing and playing under Miss Henderson with a Kindergarten theme teaching giving and cooperation. Mary Merrill sang a Thanksgiving Hymn as the luncheon followed a basket gift tradition for less fortunate children.
Yesterday afternoon at 4 30 Mrs Annie Lester Thompson, daughter of the late Henry Wyche, died at her daughter Mrs E L Mitchell’s residence. She leaves three daughters and two sons. Funeral today at 3 30 from Mrs Mitchell’s home corner Dawson and Jefferson streets with pallbearers named. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery.
At the courthouse yesterday the race between J W H Mitchell and Judge Massey for Justice of the Peace drew 264 votes with Mitchell receiving 176 and Massey 88. The result makes Mitchell the winner in the 637th district election.
Good ladies active in reform work announce Sunday school services starting tomorrow at 3 o clock in the mission house below Stevens street. The program aims to gather neglected children and teach them that a better life is attainable with helping hands.
Charles Edgar Mauldin and Iola Lee Powell wed at the Methodist church in Cairo in a richly decorated ceremony. Rev. J W Arnold officiated with organ music and a bridal party including Maggie Powell and J W Crapps. reception followed at the bride's home.
President Hatin of the Panama Canal Company met Secretary Hay to discuss how the canal might be affected by upcoming congressional action. The company has not yet offered the property to the state department but has submitted a full statement to the Isthmian Canal Commission outlining terms under which control could be transferred to the United States if the route is chosen.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a sentimental young man urging a girl to wait at heaven's gate and she declines avoiding endless waiting outside.
A thief broke into B H Wrights stable in Fletcherville on Saturday night and stole a dark brown horse about 15.3 hands high eight to nine years old a tan buckboard nickel trimming single harness with new bridle a black whalebone whip and a lap robe. Wright offered rewards for information. Police scoured the countryside Sunday hoping for leads. The thief is suspected to have headed toward Tallahassee.
Christian women at the newly founded Mission House hosted a generous Thanksgiving Day meal for thirty three benevolent guests including twenty three children and seven adults. The feast impressed recipients though gratitude is hard to express. The givers felt God and man approved their charitable work as they prayed in thanks.
Sparks' circus delivered the best performance ever seen in Thomasville on Thursday. The popular price show impressed all witnesses with a clean bright up-to-date act and features that surpassed those of larger organizations. The balloon ascent closed the afternoon show to a large audience with a safe landing near the old baseball park. Sparks has earned a reputation in Thomasville likely to bring liberal patronage if he returns.
The passage paints a tranquil Thanksgiving morning with a cloudless sky, warm sun, and a gentle autumn breeze. A hazy horizon blends earth and sky, suggesting a glorious Indian summer as dawn promises a perfect day that unfolds to meet the description.
Arch Davenport sustained shotgun injuries while quail shooting with Bill Bibb Jr. A bird affront Bill shot, but Arch was hit as the load dispersed. Doctors removed several pellets from Arch’s arm side and hip. He returned to work the next morning with the bones unbroken and no lasting damage reported.
The itemized notes cover political defeats and votes in state legislatures, railroad expansion in Nashville and Berrien county, debates on disfranchisement, upcoming presidential elections, congressional representation, tone on revenue stamps and Filipinos, Congress timing, population shifts in Irwin and Colquitt, a Webster quote, US Turkish relations, Thanksgiving football, casualty tallies to come, Texas Democratic control, Lease's Thanksgiving, and Mary Ellen's divorce filing.
Three candidates du Bignon Pope Brown and Joe Terrell appear likely to enter the forthcoming race for governor, with political observers watching for official announcements and campaign plans.
The measure died as voters in Georgia favored the local option law, ending Wright's push for statewide dispensary regulation.
More than 21 933 petitions were filed this year in insolvency with liabilities totaling 292 158 153 dollars and assets totaling 46 531 980 dollars.
The Gary bill to accept the Soldiers' Home is set for consideration tomorrow and has a good chance to pass the house.
With a growing population South Georgia pushes for higher standing in the upcoming state convention. The group argues it has long been underrepresented and seeks to shift the balance of influence and leadership.
The legislature has two weeks left to act on pending measures. Observers hope lawmakers focus on passing or defeating bills rather than other business.
A social custom is described where every woman kneels and bows her head to the floor before addressing her husband each morning. The remark emphasizes gender roles and cultural norms observed in a Chinese context.
The text predicts limited meat supplies for the Democratic party over the next four years and anticipates significant political backlash and spirited reactions as a result.
The New York Evening Post criticizes northern voices for hypocrisy over racial violence noting that the Colorado lynching will silence northern newspapers and politicians from reproaching the south for wrongs to negroes.
The Macon Telegraph notes the death of the man who captured ex president Jefferson Davis last week. The obituary recalls his service as a wet nurse to George Washington and his status as the last survivor of a famed Alabama crew.
The Mobile Register quotes Mr. West affirming that the nation has already groped for alliances with groups that have no sympathy with democratic doctrines, arguing for a clearer stance and principle in foreign policy.
Editor Sidney Lewis notes that South Georgia, rising from Middle Georgia’s red hills, gains political power with population. The region is set to influence state conventions as its influence grows within the Georgia empire.
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