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THE TIMES
JOHN TRIPLETT,
Editor etnd Proprietor.
THOMASVILLE, GA.
Saturday, June 17, 1876.
Agents lor flic Times.
The following gentlemen, arc au
thorized to receipt for subscription to
tlio Times: . „ . _
Robert II. Harris, editor Cairo De
partment, Cairo, Ga.
A. 11. Carson, editor lloston Depart
ment, lloston, Ga.
Dr. T. Jeff Drown, lamonia, Ha.
John II. Stephens, Oeholockonce,
Ga. „
A. D. Patterson, Moultrie, Ga.
I). F. Robinson, McDonald, Ga.
Rending Matter
OX EVERY PAGE.
Georgia-gmphs.
Hon. A. H. Stephens is still im
proving. This will be welcome news
to his many friends in this section
of Georgia.
The delegation from Georgia to
Si. Louis will leave next Saturday
morning. They will arrive in time
for breakfast at* Si Louis, Monday
morning.
Ed. Mum ford and Christopher
will take a centennial “julep” in
Philadelphia on the 4tli of July. As
that is the first one, they will not
count it. “Here’s to you and your
family, may you live long and pros
per.”*
College commencements are plen
ty as blackberries.
It said that Markham of Atlanta
will be the radical candidate for
Governor. Mark-lnni.
A colored moke wanted a white
barber to tickle his face the other
day in Darien. No go.
A number of Georgia journals are
urging the repeal of the two-thirds
rule in the coming convention. Let
ter let it stand for this year at least.
Its repeal would cause dissatisfac
tion, whilst the old rule cannot lie
objected to on the ground that it
does not express the sentiments of
the people. And that we apprehend
should be the first and highest aim
of the convention. Let it stand.
That “circulaire” is troubling
many of our exchanges. Keep cool.
The Cnrtersvillc Express, Berrien
County News, and the Atlanta Com
monwealth, in discussing the guber
natorial question, arc talking about
“The distant thunder in the wire
grass.” Gentlemen, the wiro grass
hasn't thundered yet
The Geneva Lamp illumined our
sanctum this week. It is running
over with “Jodies” terse, well point
ed ideas.
Gallant, Game, Little Florida
has put on the warpaint, dug up the
hatchet, smashed into smithereens the
pipe of peace which she has been try
ing to smoke witlj the thieves and
carpet-baggers in that .Slate since the
war, and now declares her determina
tion to he douc with compromises.—
With Geo. F. Drew,for Governor; the
spotless Hull for Lieut Governor; the
chivalrous Davidson for Congress iu
the 2nd Dish, and the gallant Finley
in the 1st, she will mako a splendid
light to redeem herself. God grant
that she may do it. The nomination
of Mr. Drew was unanimous and
git cs the liveliest satisfaction through
out the State. George Drew will carry
Florida like a Hash. Now up aud at
'em, boys. Push them to the wall.—
Make the light an wjyrcssict one. You
have the vantage ground. Give them
no quarter, hut let them have red hot
shot aud shell, iu Hank and rear, until
their thieving cohorts arc driven back
into that obscurity from which they
spning to steal and plunder from the
public. Go for ’em.
The Cincinnati Convention.
Wc had hoped to give our readers
the result of the Convention this week,
hut owing to tlio two first days hav
ing been consumed in wire working,
laying plans to defeat each other,
buucombc speeches, &c. t we are un
able to do so. Blaine seems to be
leading, with Conkling, Bristow and
Morion following. The great un-
kuowu may vet turn up and carry off
the coveted honors. There is a strong
disposition on the part of the last
named trio to combine against Blaine.
Hayes in this event, may be the com
ing man. But if Blaine lias the mag
netism to hold his followers to him,
his chances arc good—though it is
thought by some that Conkling and
Hayes will make a ‘‘spurt” and come
in several lengths ahead—the latter
having the sccoud place on the ticket.
However, this is all speculation. We
give it to our readers as reflecting the
latest phases of the Convention as gi
ven us by telegraph.
LATER.
Just before going to press the fol
lowing kalloticgs were received l*y
telegraph from Cincinnati.
.FIRST BALLOT.
Bristow,
Blaine,
Conkling,
Morton,
Hayes,
llartranfl,
Jewell,
Necessary to a choice,
SECOND BALLOT.
Blaine,
Bristow,
Conkling.
Morton,~
Ilaycs,
J/artranft,
Wheeler,
Washburn,
Till HD BALLOT.
Blaine,
Bristow,
Conkling.
Morton,
Hartranit,
Washburne,
Wheeler,
Hayes,
FOURTH BALLOT.
Blaine,
Bristow,
Conkling,
Ilartraclt,
Ilaycs,
J/orton,
W ashburnc,
Wheeler,
125.
380.
111.
203.
121.
IK).
113.
The Union and American, Grecnc-
villc, Tcnn., publishes a list of thirty-
eight young ladies who arc to repre
sent the different States at the 4th of
July celebration in Grecncvillc this
year. The committee of arrangements
naively adds that “they will have no
speeches to make; iu fact will have
nothing to say.' 1 Now our recollection
Tennessee girls, flatly contradicts
this part of the programme.
In case of a general European War,
which seems imminent, everything in
the shape of provisions ought to be
cultivated to the utmost capacity of
the fanners. Peas, potatoes, and every
thing eatable which cau yet be planted
aud grown this season ought to he
;ivcn the broadest possible area. This
always the true policy, but more par
ticularly is it applicable just uow on
account of the threatening aspect cf
European affairs.
Bullock called on Graut the other
day. A good pair of—knaves.
Our friends who have plauted lice
extensively will be pleased to learn
that there is a good prospect of the
Hawaiian treaty bciug defeated. It's
confirmation would seriously cripple
the rice and sugar interests of the
South.
If Proctor Knott had pulled Blaine's
nose or kicked him soundly, as lie
deserved, he (Blaine) would have
been nominated for President.
108.
Speaker Kerr lias passed the or
deal of tin* false charge trumped up
against him by the radicals—solely
for the purpose of breaking the force
of the well established cha
against leading members of i
own party. Tito blow has recoiled
on tluir lie ads. So clear and so pal
pable was llioperjury of Harney, the
ladieal pimp, that Mr. Dan-
forth, a leading Republican from
Ibe West and a member of tlic com
mittee who investigated the fid:
charges, in closing liis address to the
House on the subject, said:
-I am glad here to be able from the
heart to say that watever shadow this
momentary imputation anight hav
east on the days of the distinguished
gentleman, the Speaker of the House
—days which some of us lear arc num
bered already—it is the unanimous
voice of the people through their rep
resentatives that the ;vgis of a long
aud honorable life has protected him
from the euvenomed shall of malice;
that the. cloud is removed, avd that it
his sun goes down, it shall go down iu
liili honor and in the esteem of all
houorablc nicu of whatever parti’.’’
(Applause on both sides of the Jloii'c.)
The House by a rising vote, 210
voting, declared without a dissent
ing voice, that Mr. Kerr was inno
cent, and that Harney had sworn to
a lie for the benefit of a rotten, cor
rupt and sinking party.
Little "l’iegan” Phil Sheridan iu an
address bcfdj-u die Army of the Poto
mac re-union the other day said lie
was in “favor of living on friendly
terms with his late enemies,(meaning
the cx-Gonfcdciales.) hut before con-
eriing honor on them desired to sec
signs of repentance," and added, “but
these signs In bad not seen/' What
The 2nd of August.
.Some of General Colquitt’s overzeal-
is organs arc showing their teeth at
the Executive Committee, for having
called the Convention to nominate a
overnor on the above day. It is in
bad taste for the organs of any of the
aspirants to charge, or even insinuate
that the Committee were influenced
by the personal claims ol any of the
distinguished gcutlcmeu who have
been prominent as aspirants for Gov
ernor, in fixing the day for the Con
vention. JFc do not doubt for one
moment but that the Committee were
actuated wholly by a desire to insure
the success and unity of the democrat
ic party in Georgia. It little becomes
democratic papers to ascribe any oilier
motives to their action. If General
Colquitt is the choice of the people
now, there is no reason why he should
not be on the 2nd of August, ylnd if lie
is not their choice on the 2nd of Au
gust, why lie will not be nominated
nor should be—that’s the whole of it.
It shows a weakness to allege or iuli-
matc that any aspirant’s chances might
wane between now and tlic time fixed
for holding the Convention. A can.
didatc who cannot maintain himself
until that time, deserves to be dcfcat-
Thc ouly mistake the Committee
made, in our judgement, was callin;
the Convention so early. September
weuldliavc been ample time. That
date would have hedged off the raeli
cals by leaving them no lime to organ
ize an opposition, or to take advautaj
of any dissatisfaction which might
j from the result of the Conven
tion. Beside there is no necessity lor
nvas of the Slate. Georgia
mocvacy is, or ought to lie a unit,
nomination is equivalent to an elec
tion. However, we cheerfully
quiesce in the time named by the
Committee, and trust that in the end
it may prove to have been the best
lime for the interests of the parly.
is the party we arc lighting for, not
for any particular man, and we think
if some of our respected eotemporarics
would take the same view of it, there
would he less growling.
Retrenchment.
The indications aic that there w
be a deadlock on the appropriation
bills. The rads iu the Senate wont
agree to the sweeping rcductl
expenses made hy the democratic
house, and the democrats swear that
they will staud by them. The fiscal
year cuds the 50lh ot ibis month, be
yond which time no appropriations
have been made. So, if the deadlock
continues, tlic wheels of the
incut will stop. Well, lot them stop.
1’liey need overhauling aud repairiu:
inyliow. They have bccu ruu a hun
ited years and have gotten mighty
rickety. Lets have them repaired
and not “greased” so much as they
been. The machinery would
run with less friction, aud at a much
A to the tnx payers. Stick by
pproprialions, democrats.
Constitution has a letter from
v about rings and the Johnson
t circular*." It publishes tlic
following extracts:
-A secret circular cmauated from
Augusta, and copies ol it have been
sent to a few prominent nicu ’
uuty of the State,
iv promiucut
leaving
dnesday alter
Cairo Department.
Thomasville Times.
ROITT II. HARRIS,
The rains liegtui last Saturday,
since which, showers, some of them
quite heavy, have passed through
our section daily and nightly. As
a consequence, vegetation of all
kinds has wonderfully improved,
the stalks of corn and* cotton are
running foot races with each other
in the fields, transplanted potato
vines are taking root and growing
off without wilting and the lately
somewhat neglected dinner pot is
fairly shining with delight at the
prospect of renewed stuffings from
the gardens. The only danger now
appeal’s to be that the wet weather
will continue so long as to make
the glad corn overshoot itself. How
ever, well take the “resk” of that,
as “Little Will” says in a horse
swap, and we cheerfully give up the
pleasure we anticipated from fishing,
during our brief vacation, for the
sake of the beautiful rain.
The Georgia delegation to St Louis
will be found ready to concentrate
Mr. Bayard, or any other souud demo
crat.
OCIILOCKOXEE FORK.
June 7th, 18!
Ed. Turns:
Having recently taken an excursion
through the above named section of
country, I feel it my duty U say
something concerning the farms and
present state of affairs. Many Mays
have passed with larger coru, plndcrs.
cotton and garden vegetation, but
never have I witnessed a more pros
perous and larger area of the same,
except cotton. I will not mention
grass, as 1 have none to mention.
For several months, some parts of
this locality have bceu in a continual
disorder; caused from over doses of
strychnine which have been promts-
cously distributed over woods aud
about premises for uo other purpose
than preserving r.licep. The person
or persons w ere successful iu placing
the poison convicntly for the predom
inant and, doubtless innocent curs,
which, when they cat it were soon
hurried into the happy hunting
rounds.
I learn that a woman and young
infant were found in the the woods
the other day. Nothin" is known as
to whence they came or wlnthcr they
w’ent.
Some parties are, and have been
lying in the swamp of the Big Odi-
lockoncc most of the present year.—
They were disfranchised from this
tart last year tor hog stealing. Bad
Bay is their home aud refuge in the
day, but they plunder aud steal at
night. Why not take them to town,
wc ask? There’s something for you
to do. Mr. Sheriff.
Mr. John Lewis is ou the verge of
eating water mcllons. lie has a
great many iu his patch. Look out!
lie may carry a load to market. “IIow
it he’s allcrs a head of us?’’
Aurora.
Editor Thomasville Times.
Dear Sir:
For the benefit of Chas. J. Holder,
who has recently “slopped over” iu a
card published in your columns, we
ask you to publish the following “one
original article” from our Musical
Magazine which seems to have raised
his dander. Here ii is:
TRAVELING TUNERS.
Wc hear of a traveling tuner
Florida by the name of 'Holder or
Iloldcn who claims to have bccu in
our employ. Wc arc entirely unac
quainted with said person, aud from
the complaiuls made to us by parties
whose instruments he has impaired,
we have no hesitation in advising our
friends not to employ him. No tuner
of auy reputation, w ho lias ever been
iu our ciniiloy is now traveling in the
South, and our patrons will do
favor by promptly reporting all per
sons who make such pretensions.”
The intellujcnt public will observi
that wc have not in the above article
stated that Charles J. Holder was the
imposter who is traveling through
Florida using our name—and wc will
say further, that wc do not know pos
itively that it was Chas. J. //older.—
In fact wc dou’t know Chas. J. //old
er from the man in the moon, and
therefore lie can't be “much iu our
way” aud as for his selling “Superior
Piauos,” it may be so but we never
heard or kucw that he ever sold any
either good, bad, or indifferent,
much, however, tec do know, there
was at Cedar Keys, Fla., not long
since, a person by the name of //older
or Holden, who, falsely claimed to
have bccu in our employ*,'and also in
jured several instruments which wc
had sold there, either from ineompe-
tency or maliciously. If this man
was Chas. J. //older, then wc pro-
nouucc him a fraud, but if Chas. J.
Holder will demonstrate that he is
not the man, we will most cheerfully
stale the fact for his benefit in our
next issue. Whether he is, or is uol
the mau, docs uot however, warrant
him iu his scurrilous “card.” Wc
gave simply facts, aud arc not to
blame tor a similarity of names, but
if wc unwittiugly done him injustice
will make him amend lour fold.
Ludden & Bates.
t,* c«
prof iled Mr. Frye, otic
bottle-holders, and, “iu si
enough to be heard,” said:
Th. re i.« u*»i much piety iu tin- ic-
mark, but a vast deal of truth.
Ex-Speaker Blaine had asuustiokc
hist. Sunday in Washinglcn. superin
duced it is supposed hy the severe
mental strain to which he lias been
subjected iu the last few weeks. lie
was unconscious for several hours, but
is fast recovering.
each
■bicli these
;rcc to baud
the couutics to Johnson at the
edition, when it assembles
to nominate a candidate for Govern-
The cimdar is too sacred for the
vulgar eye ot the public, the people
must not s-ee it. but j'roni four to six
leading men in each couuty sign it,
and that does the work. Of course,
l.iopeopk; have Uytiiiug to do with it;
just so a levy leadiug men decree it,
that settles it.
This contract has bccu siirud for
the deliverance ul Kichmoud^Grceae
Clarke, Morgan, Bibb, Fulton, Mou-
roe. Bartow, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon,
Jefferson, Glascock, Whitfield, aud
no doubt every other county iu the
State, but it is r.ol known to the \vi
ler further than what is here slated/
Thomas county is not in the market.
Parties may save trouble aud postage
stamps in this matter, by leaving old
Thomas out.
IIow Advertising Affects Busi-
ncs*.
The man who advertises his bus
iness. if what he offers for. sale is
honestly w liat lie represents it to be,
what it ought to be. is constant
ly assisted in his business bv those
lio have been attracted to him,
and tested him. A buyer has lead
his advertisement, and gone to liis
store, or workshop, or warehouse,
whatever it may be, and tried what
was recommended. If it has satis
fied him lie is pleased and recom
mends it to his neighbor, who is
likely to go to the sumo place aud
tell his neighbor in turn. And
thus little rills started by his adver
tisement flow in upon him from :dl
sides, and the current of his busi
ness grows stronger aud wider aud j viously invited aud th*
more rapid, aud he prospers aud
grows rich, all because to strict at
tention iu business he added judi
cious advertising. But for this he
might have lingered on in the com
munity for years and liis business
would scarcely have been beard of
by anv one.
On Saturday morning last, seat
ed, by invitation, alongside our
friend Mr. Jno. ltoddenbury in bis
buggy and iu company with those
clever gentlemen and excellent fann
ers, Messrs. John Godwin and Tom
Forrester, we made one of the pleas
antest trips of our recollection to
Bold Spring.
On the way we noticed that the
crops along the road were, almost
without exception, clean and in fine
growing order, needing only the
rain with which they were favored
before the day was over, to make
them remarkably good. This was
especially the case with Mr. Rod-
denbury’s fields of Peabody corn, in
the edge of town, Mr. J. L. Parker’s
roadside field of the common varie
ty, Mr. Hardy Browning’s whole
crop, in sight, and the cotton of
Gillmore Singletary*.
Arrived at Bold Spring church,
we found the concourse gathering
in force and, ere long, the grounds
were crowded with people from ear
ly part of our section and, mixed in,
a pretty fair sprinkling from beyond
the river.
We were apprehensive of a fam-
e, when we saw ail those boys
from Thomasville, but Guyte reliev
ed our anxiety on this point by as
suring us that they had all stopped
and taken “a bait” of black berries
ou the road, so wc then proceeded
to enjoy ourself, by revolving round
among our many fricuds and
quoin tances.
Iu the meantime, w e could not
help observing that Triplett man
aged somehow, to keep himself
mixed up with a certain group un
der the oaks, near the old church,
and that Hansel], under pretence of
perpetually striking matches ou the
' ogs to lite his pipe, maintained a
position suspiciously near the old
puilding. After a while, we found
out what all this maneuvering
meant. Those baskets, trunks and
boxes of “wittles” were stowed in
that house and that group under
tlic oaks consisted of the superin
tendents of the commissary depart
ment.
The Grange remained a long time
m session in the handsome hall over
the new* church and we were be
ginning to get a little lonesome, all
the boys having become scattered
off and* captured, in detail, by the
feminine enemy, except Hugh*, w ho
liad been gobbled up by the Grang
ers, and those seventeen ugly old
men who had captured us were ex
plaining, for the nineteenth time,
the shade of difference betw een the
relative effects of plowing with a
joplicr and a wing sweep, when
the session adjourned and
hauled out our pocket knife. But
uot yet was that weapon to be used.
A dripping rain set in that for
long while kept the anxious crowd
in a cross-eyed coma, with one op
tic aimed at the clouds and the other
fixed on the front door of the old
church, from whence it was sup
posed the baskets and things would
make their debouch arc. Triplett
moved round to a jposition just six
teen inches from the door, in the
hollow square formed by the impro
vised tables, where lie button holed
every Granger who chanced to pass
within his reach and plied him with
questions upon the best mode
of fertilizing broom straw and kind
red topics, as an excuse for main
taining his station; Charley moved
up in front and frantically cracked
matches by the dozen, as time
on and no diuuev appeared; aud we
—put up our knife.
At least an ormistic was proclaim
ed from the clouds, the tables \
almost instantly covered with every
thing good for the inner man,
hearty invitation was extended to
all preseut to partake of the feast
aud for a few moments silence reign
ed, interrupted only by tlic reitera
ted admonitions of the Gran,
for all to leave oft' bashfulness and
“wade in.”
Just along hue, wc forgot to no
tice anybody or anything except the
mathematical curves and angles
described by the point of our pock
et knife; but, after a while, we came
to, just in time to see Hugh swal
low a big glass of water w ith i
whole lot of “pies’ll things” in i
and to hear Gaulden gently mtir
niur. “from that hand, who* would
not V the hemlock of Socrates were'
—but here we seized the victim
of the }x>tion and hurried him oft'to
the spring.
After dinuer, s^icaking was de
clared in order, Mr. John II. Ste
phens, of Oclilockonee, leading oft'
iu a very interesting address, con
sisting principally, of a review of
authentic statistics, showing the
pecuniary advantages to be derived
from truck farming, aud an exhor
tation to the people to make them
selves self sustaining and then de
vote their energies to the cultiva
tion of such products as were shown
to be most profitable.
Mr. S. having closed, several oth
ex-s were called for, come of whom,
ho were mjt farmer*, had been pre
invitation
dinner and big dinners
had been mixed all along
through the initiation ceremonies.
The Judge was enthusiastic and
got us pretty near in the notion of
having our name black-balled in an
application for membership.
Rev. E. F. Richter followed, in a
series of well-timed remarks upon
the importance and economy of wa
ter fertilization by means of thor
ough irrigation: upon the best
method of supporting ourselves at
home; upon the improvement and
beautifying of the homestead; and
the true plan for improving our
stock.
Capt. Hanscll, of the Enter]>rice,
was then called upon but gracefully
excused himself, and thus closed
this part of the exercises.
Soon afterward, the crowd began
to disperse and we believe none
could have gone away without pleas
ant recollections of the day.
For our part we can say wo en
joyed ourself most thoroughly, as
we always do among the whole-
souled people of this section; but
wc were most pleased in witnessing
the unmistakable evidences of sub
stantial prosperity among the citi
zens.
Barnett’s Creek Grange is a pow
er for good in the laud and under
the able administration of its pres
ent master, Mr. T. AY. Ballard, we
doubt not it will continue to accom
plish, as it has done tinder the di
rection of its late efficient master
Mr. R. H. Bowen, the most impor
tant results. Wc do not mean to
discriminate, where all are equally
deserving, but, with such members
as those named and Hon. Isaac Al
derman, who in addition to being
among the best of our state legisla
tors is one of our very best funnel’s,
making, as he does, from fifteen to
twenty bushels of corn to the acre
on uumauured pine land, with these
men and others like them and, to
crown all, with a set of the most
energetic and thorough going wo
men in the country as members, the
Grange must aud will accomplish a
vast amount of good.
Boston Department.
Thomasville Times.
A. D. CABSOX, .-
Editor.
TIESIEj LATEST I
Elder Harris of the Christian
church, commences a series of meet
ings in Boston Monday night They
will continue evpry night till, and
including Friday night
Mr. Geo. B. Massey has sold,
through T. T. Stephens, his house
and lot in Boston, to Mrs. N. W.
McCollum, widow of the late Col.
John McCollum.
The season for commencements,
examination, and closing exercises,
is upon us; and the crop is a good
one. It will doubtless take several
months to gather them.
Mrs. I)r. Carson lays upon our
table a boll of cotton about half
grown.
Nelson Wood has brought ns iu a
cotton bloom. Though rather late
it is the only iu our sanctum.
The market for watermelons open
ed on Wednesday, 14th inst., prices
i*auging from twenty to thirty-five
cents.
Mr. AY. G. Thetis is first in the
market with melons, ns he was the
first to eat roasting cars.
Z. AY. Howell brought in a nice
lot of fish lust Friday. They went
oft* rapidly at low prices.
Mose Butler ground one hund
red bushels of corn last Saturday
between o’clock, A. M., and sun
set, uiul says he can do it again.
Copious showers, and plenty of
them, since Saturday last.
Saturday last was a good day for
the officers of 754th District, as well
setting out potato vines.
The thermometer ranged high in
this locality for some days past.
strenuously insisted upon by a com
mittee appointed by the Grage for
that purpose, but only a few res
ponded.
Judge Hayes made a brief
speech, declaring that the first de
gree he had taken in the Grange
was a big dinner, the last was a big
The Ladies’ Baptist Aid Society,
of Cairo, oiler an elegant ease of
handsome wax flowers, to be award
ed at the Society’s fair, next fall, iu
a premium to the member who
shall l-aisc the largest sum of money
for Society purposes, between this
and that time.
On our way to Bold Spring, last
Saturday, wo were struck with the
enoiTnous quantities of black ber
ries to be seen on every side. Eve
ry little briar is absolutely loaded
with fruit and the rains which com
menced that day came just in time
to make the largest yield of this
aud whortle berries perhaps ever
known in this country.
Tlic myriads of green cones that
throng the pines and the millii
upon millions of little acorns to be
icon clustering and crowding
the branches of tree, bush and
ner, satisfy us that tlic largest mast
kuown for years may be confidently
expected.
All these things seem to prove
that nature is straining every nerve
to convince complaining, grumbling
men that the people of this country
not in such imminent danger of
starvation as they would force them
selves to believe. Verily, friends, t
bountiful Providence is smiling up
on us, regardless of the fact that
we are so utterly undeserving; anel
we believe it is a crime not to
strue these natural evidences
safe and certain augury of a most
fruitful year. The late drouth has
uot hurt us. Many of the farmers
in this section were overcropped.-
The drought enabled them to get
their crops clean and, in many in
stances, saved them from a failur
During the elry weather, the coi
and cotton sent their roots deep ii
to the earth iu search of moistur
the fertilizers applied have, cons
ejucntly, not been consumed in ma
king the stalk; now that the rains
have set in, tlic lateral roots, th
•take the fruit, will start out in eve:
direction and the ear and the boil
will tell the rest in harvest time.
Mrs. B. L. Hearn, of our villag
may well feel proud of the fine
grape vine we have ever seen in tbii
country. It is, we think, of the L
abolla variety and, through only tw
or three years olel, is very large and
literally loaded with fruit.
Friends anel fellow citizens, this
eminds us that wc have seen the
observation somewhere made that
this section of Georgia is the garden
spot of the world. Every thin
that is worth making at all can be
el here and, in our opinion, the
healthy man who will not make
everything he wants iu the way of
table comforts, at home, deserves to
be confined to a diet of imported
tad pole soup until he repents.
Ale have ever l>cen the champion
of that portion of Thomas county
west of the Oclilockonee, not from
motives of personal benefit, for on
that score wc expect nothing and
are independent of opinion, but
from a conviction that it only need
ed to be known fur its importance
to be recognized and acknowledged
and we are glad to see that others,
and many others are coming to the
views that wo hive advocated, in
public and in private, through the
press aud from the stand. AYe now
look forward to the day as not far
distant when this section, including
“old North Carolina,” ol Decatur,
will be universally acknowledged as
th»- garden spot •}' the garden sj»ot
of this whole country.
Gentlemen whose names we pub
lished three or four years ago, as
reliable correspondents are receiv
ing letters of inquiry, from every
part of the country; through the
influence of these ‘correspondents,
very many good citizens have been
induced to move in among us, some
of whom say they would not give
the cheaply purchased property
they own here for all the plantations
around the places they left in other
sections of the county and country
aud we are informed that some of
the be.*»t citizens of Ti;o:ua-> who
have; never been over this way until
recently say they are astonished and
delighted with the region. AYe like
this kind of chat. Come again,
Alajor, and keep coming. AYe
won’t such men as you among us;
men of broad views, grit and vim,
and we are satisfied it will not re
quire many visits to convince you
that vour interest calls you hither.
New ^tbucitiscmeiits.
Tills Is To liive Nolice:
That Mr. S. L Mallard is no longer
Agcut for this company. Wc have ap
pointed Mr. //. C. Peeples agent.
For Sale and Collection Only,
for Thomas county and vicinity. All
parties indebted to this Company arc
requested to make prompt settlement
with Mr. Peeples, or remit direct to
the office of the Company in Savan
nah, Ga.
The Singer Manfacturing Company,
C. S. Beatty, agent.*
172 Broughton Street.
juuclO-lin Savannah. Ga.
Mo* Igage Sale.
Will bo ho lil, be foie tlic Court hoiiMS ..c>r in
lioiuuHvillc, between the legal bourn of Halo, ou
ic tind Tuesday in July. 1876, the following
I laud No.sc, in the 13tli
itv, <2a.. described an to -
stake at the north-east
running wet on the land
line •-f wild >ot crossing the old Gr-ovctvi.lc
nod 10 chains and 7 .links to a stake by side of
I)r. S. S. /Mams’ fence, ami tkence somli II
aid railroad, aud Ii
On and uiTsr this date we will closo out our
ENTIRE STOCK OF SUMMER 8000S,
CONSISTING OF
White Goods,
Lace Piques,
Lawns,
Blaek Grenadines,
Dress Linens,
Cottonades,
CsisaiMKMMS, Jgcmr Tins,
(Mil Hats, Boots aod Shoes,
"Witliovit Regar«i to Cost
It is a noted fuel that We were the pioneers <i| 1 >\v prices ii
Thomasville, and wc have endeavored from the shirt !-> heej
all goods in our line down to
BOTTOM
which Inis made ours the lending
tion.
We take pleasure in extending (o our pull-ons* our grateful
acKnowledgcinents for their liberal support and nssure them
that this, our third annual
03L.0SI3STC3- OTJT SALE,
of Spring and Summer Goods will he nnten for the greet in
duction mudo iu eveiv deportment.
Our IMIotto:
No Leaders, Xo I tails, hut Fair I trail at/ In All
WAXELBAUM & KERR,
lMojKjrty pointed u
l». F. LI KE.
STONE <Sc JACKSO3ST
PROPRIETORS
ATLANTIC & GULF MILLS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Office 142 St. Julian <Sc 141 Bryan Sts.
TIME CARD.
1UPAULA SW.QR.T LINE
Montgomery & Eufaula R R
PRICES,
Drv Goods House of this see-
TlloMASVIU.I., i. V
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Centennial Year!
8CHIFF & JUSYKIt,
in:\i.i;i> IN
GEN’L MERCHANDISE.
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NOTICE
TO RENT.
(.OM FOOT ABLE I
Assignees' Xolict- of Appointment
In the District Court of th* United Stiles
ARSON BROTHERS.
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C. S. S3aa.ncla.rs
NEW
The only House that brought out ft Com
plete Stoe I’evsoimlly Selected by
One of the Firm in New York !
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LADIES
Wil l. KIN'I> AN KI.Ko.WT AssOliTMKNT ")
WHITE GO'.DS. HOSIERY.GLOVES, CORSETS
Ati'i iu fact our a*-.->:tiuu»t in ibi* line ii complete, >iMwiili>.t4ti<hug th*. • ...
£&2r*AII our goods will be sold
according to the times.
IN MITCHELL S HOTEL.
21k patronage of the public u respectfully eoUclteJ.
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