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PAGE EIGHT HISTORY OF THOMAS COUNTY the election ot Grover Cleveland, and the Democratic ticket. , In the issue.ot November 29, it ap pears that there is a regular tri-week ly hack line between Thomasville and On Thursday evening, February 12. 18S5, the- grand' opening ball ot the ' Plney Woods Hotel was given. One hundred fllty couples- were on the 1 floor • and the occasion was epochal for/ThomasviUe. Stuart’s Hotel, of Valdosta, burned on March 2. On March 7, Messrs. A. P. Wright, James Watt, E. M. Smith and others had erected a large building for the purpose of manufacturing a standard guano near the cotton-seed oil mill. The REPRESENTATIVES FROM DECATUR, THOMAS, LOWNDES, COLQUITT, BROOKS AND GRADY 184H921 " ' 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 hundred tons the first year. On March 14, it appears that CoL A, T. MacIntyre had awarded the con tract to Mr. T. Romadell to rebuild his office building on Broad street. On Tuesday night, March 17, a bril liant ball was given at the Piney Woods Hotel In honor of the Georgia Press Association. In the issue of April 4, we learn that the City Council were negotiat ing with Mr. S. Alexander Smith for the purchase of ‘‘Yankee Paradise” a permanent park for the city. f In the issue of May 9, we notice that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Paxton, after haring occupied their handsome new residence in Tockwatton for the sea son, had left for their home in Wheel ing W. V- On Saturday, June 13, Mr. William Jones, age eighty-three years, died a the home of his son, Dr. S. J. Jones five miles south of Thomasville. On June 30, Judge H. W. Hopkins sold the lots of the ‘‘West End’’ addi tion to the city of Thomasville at auction. On July 14, Mrs. Rachel A. Taylor died. On Thursday afternoon, July 29, the Thomasville Baseball Team, composed of F. Sullivan. J. Sullivan, White, G. Stallings, E. Stallings, Cole, Whiting, Burke.and MeCants, defeated the Al bany team, composed of Burke, Ligh- ton, Rental, Beall, R. Stickney, W. SLickney, Brooner, Wolfe and Ponsky. On August 1, 1885, Mr. Joseph J. Beverly died, aged 65 years. On Wednesday, August 12, Maj. M. M. Mash died on his seventy-third birthduy at his Duncanville home as a result of a rattlesnake bite. On August 11, 1885, the new Metho dist church was dedicated. On August. 20, Prof. O. D. Scott died in Atlanta. He was succeeded as Thomas County school pommissioner by Mr. K. T. McLean. On September 1, 1885, an ordiunce went into effect requiring owners to keep their cows from that portion of the city bounded by JefTerson street, Dawson street and the railroad. In the issue of January 16, 18S6, we notice that the L. and N. It. R. had gotten out a handsome booklet adver tising Thomasville. On January 19, 1886, H. W. Hopkins was elected Mayor and S. J. Cassels, K. T. McLean, A. P. Wright. W. W. Williams, A. F. Prevatt and H. Wise v 'were elected Aldermen of Thomasville. 'T^he new Mitchell House was open ed 6n February 1, 1886, under the man agement of Mr. Welch. Id the issue of March 13, appears a letter from Mr. C. J. Ryder, Superin tendent of the American Missionary Association, stating that a new negro college would be erected, in or near Thomasville: and. in the issue of March 20, we notice a movement on foot to build a new Presbyterian church. On March 27, Col. A. T. MacIntyre was appointed trustee of the Georgia Sanatarium. In the issue of April 10. we notice that Messrs. Perry and Linder have put up the fir3t bottling works in the city. On May 8, ex-President Jefferson Davis was given an ovation at the sta tion when he passed through on the train. In the issue of May 22, it appears that the American Missionary Associa tion had collected the insurance upon their building destroyed by fire at Quitman and would immediately erect a colored college upon the property next to the Poorhouse, upon land which had been donated to them. On August 7, 1886, a bond issue of $15,000 was voted for city water works. On Sunday, November 21, ex-Con- gressman James L. Seward died at his residence in Thomasville. Col. Seward was one of the most gifted and conspicuous Georgians of his time. He was one of the state’s greatest statesmen and ablest citizens. He served in Congress first and long est of the several representatives this county has had. On January 15, 1887, Mr. Nathan Wolfe died in Thomasville. - On Saturday, January 29, Maj. Wil liam Stegall, one of the oldest and most unique citizens of the county, died at his residence near Thomas- . ville at the age of seventy-six. On February 22, 1887, there was a very brilliant ball at the Piney Woods Hotel. In the issue of March 12, Mr. George Tern and Mr. E. M. Malette were Advertising auction sales of lots ad- > pining town. v In the same issue, Mr. C. H. Macy, A r ew York merchant, has an article commending Thomasville which was also published in the American Grocer; and, in the issue of March 26, copy of letter written to the Bos ton Medical and Surgical Journal ap pears commending the city. By this time articles all over the United States commending Thomas- * ville became too numerous to men tion. In the issue of April 23. we notice that both the Mitchell House and the Piney Woods Hotel * had closed after successful seasons. The editor men- tions that many people go to Califor nia for the winter and expresses grati fication that Thomasville still holds Its own. On Wednesday, April 27, Mrs. N.. Fondren, another old citizen of the j county, died. ' la th* issue of April 30, we notice that Messrs. Hand, Carter and Fife, who had recently lost their extensive mills at Meigs, would rebuild. In tbp same issue, we notice that cotton was bringing from eight to eight and one-half cents. In the issue of May 14, we notice that the LeConte pear trees were shedding their leaves, which gave the owners some concern. v In the issue of Jnne 11, 1887, we ' notice that the plans for the new > Presbyterian Church, submitted by Mr. W. W. Thomas of Athens, had been accepted and that* the building would be started at once. In the issue of July 9th, we notice that Mr. H. S. Walch had purchased a lot and had gono to New York to buy machinery to establish an ice plant in ThomasvjHe. ' . On Monday, Aug. 8. 1887, the Thom asville National Bank opened its doors-to the public, with Mr. Samuel as President and Mr. James HMiTftrfi* 1S43 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849-0 1851-2 1853-4 1855-6 1857-8 1859-0 1861-2 1863-4 Martin Hardin. Thos. J. Johnson. Duncan Curry. John Bell. Duncan Curry. Geo' R. McEloy. Geo. R. McEloy. Duncan Curry. Duncan Curry. Levin Clifton. Geo. R. McEloy. J. C. Hawthorn. Thomas Hines. Kedar Powell. Thomas Hines. Duncan Curry. Thomas Hines. Jno. W. Keith. \Vm. Chester. B. F. Newton. B. F. Newton. Felix D. Arnett. Wm. Chester. Thomas Hines. Wm. Chester. Wm. Chester. Wm. Peabody. Elias Camp. William Martin. J. Donalson. Jas. J. Brewton. Jas. J. Brewton Thomas Hines. Thomas Hines. Wm. Williamson Wm. Williamson Thomas Hines. B. F. Powell. B. F. Powell. B. F. Powell. B. F. Powell. R. T. Terrell. J. P. Dickenson. K. Powell. W. O. Fleming. W. H. Crawford. T. A. Swearingen, B. F. Powell. B. F. Powell. B. F. Powell. John Higdon. A. N. Bruton. J. D. Williams. T. A. Swearingen A. Nicholson. D. McGill. F. T. Maxwell. W. W. Harrell. H. Brockett. J. D. Farnell. Thos. J. Johnson. S. D. Hadley, S. D. Hadley. Edward Bryan. Edward Bryan. Moses Daniel. Daniel MacIntyre. Moses Daniel. Moses Daniel. Jesse Carter. b Carter. I. Sermans. t. Sermans. Jno. Blackshear. Jno. Blackshear. Daniel MacIntyre. W. H. Reynolds. W. H. Reynolds. . Henry Blair. Jno. Blackshear. Jno. Blackshear. W. W. Harrell. J. D. Farnell. B. E. Russell. J. O. Wilder. J. D. Harrell. Rufus A. Counell. J. D. Harrell. E. A. J. Rich, j J. D. Harrell. I Wm. E. Smith. Wm. E. Smith. E. C. Mosely. G. M. Jones. G. W. Kendrick. Ariel Cook. W. M. Harrell. Ariel Cook. M. N. Paulette. B. B. Bower, Jr. Herring. B. B. Bower, Jr. C. A. Monroe S. R. Brinson. S. R. Brinson. E. M. Donalson. W. D. Sheffield. E. M. Donalson. Moses Daniel. T. E. Blackshear. T. E. Blackshear. Japies L. Seward. James L. Seward. James L. Seward. Randolph Revel. Moses Daniel. Archibald McMillan. Moses Daniel. Archibald McMillan. J. B. F. Dixon. Fabian Adams. B. F. Dixon. Robert Ivey. Robert Ivey. Robert Ivey. Robert Ivey. James L. Seward. James L. Seward. Arch T. MacIntyre. James L. Seward. James McDonald. J, C. Browning./ Joslah J. Everett. J. H. Whaley. Peter E. Love. Benning B. Moore. Benning B. Moore. J. McDonald. W. 1). Mitchell. ^ F. McQueen. F. McQueen. J. R Evans. W. C. Carson. Jasper Battle. A. F Atkinson. A. F Atkinson. |J. Battle. Wm. M. Hammond. Ilsaac- Alderman. Wm. M. Hammond. Burch. Wm. M. Hammond. H. Wilmot. Wm. M. Hammond. H. M. Sapp. Arthur Patten. N. R. Spengler. Alexander. S. G. McLendon. P. J. Franklin. S. G. McLendon. Robt. Alexander. T. MacIntyre, Jr. W. Ivey. M. Parker. A. Rodenberry. L. Hall. M. R. Mallette. H. W. Hopkins. Wilkes. Arthur Patten. Frank Harris. Fondren Mitchell. Fondren Mitchell. E. E Wilkes. F'ondien Mitchell. J. B. Rountree. Jno. R. Singletary. Jno. R. Singletary. Jno. Blackshear. Joshua Kemp. Joshua Kemp. Archibald Graham. Benj. Sermans. Israel F. Waldhauer. Benj. Sermans. Geo. Carter. Jno. W. Spain. Jno. W. Spain. Colquitt Geo. Carter. William Jones. William Jones. William Jones, lyilliam Jones. C. Brinson. C. Brinson. Geo. Carter. Israel T. Waldhauer. Henry Radford. Henry Radford. James Carter. Wm. Howell. W. D. Howell. W. D. Howell. S. W. Baker. A. Converse. A. H. Smith. W. A. Carter. C. H. M. Howell. P. B. Whittle. L. Cook. J. B. Stubbs. I. MacIntyre. Henry Gay. Henry Gay. Henry Gay. Isaac Carlton. J. B. Norman. Cha’s. R. Pendleton. J. W. Harrell. Lev! J. Knight. J. W. Hagan. James H. Hunter. M. B. McClelland. John Tucker. H. L. Watkins. Geo. F. Newton. W. B. Bennett. James H. Hunter. J. H. Hunter. Henry G. Turner. Henry G. Turner. Henry G. Turner. T. N. Arrington. D. W. Rountree. J. W. Hopson. W. S. Humphreys Geo. A. Alderman. W. S. Humphreys. W. S. Humphreys. J. B. Norman, Jr. Geo. F. Newton. G. G. Henderson. R. F. Ousley. Robert L. Shipp. E. J. G. W. Newton. C. R. Ashley. J .McRee. Randall Walker. R. Ashley. S. Brinson. T. Parker. J. T. Lane. B. B. Bower, Jr. W. G. Harrell, Sr. J. T. Lane. A. B. Conger. E. H. Griffin. E. H. Griffin. J. W. Callahan. E. H. Griffin. T. M. Hines. \V. M. Griffin. that Mr. John Masury thought the A rope was drawn up and each of produced many strong editorials town needed another hotel and pro- the workmen descended by the rope against the Democrats, particularly j Gulf House burned, posed to build one and citizens were to a ladder fifty feet below*. -against Col. Seward and Judge Love, i getting up a petition asking the May The crowd was held in breatnless j In the issue of April 28, it appears i or and Aldermen to place the Masury suspense and the lour men were saved ’ that an effort was being made to in- Hc-tel on the same footing as to by keeping their nerve. jtroduce a new agricultural product in W. I. MacIntyre. M. L. Cooke. J. B. Stubbs. W. I. MacIntyre. H. W. Hopkins. J. Reese. H. W. Hopkins. B. C. Reese. J. A. Bowers. H. W. Hopkins. James B. Burch. J. A. Bowers. I. MacIntyre. M. Jones. I. MacIntyre. M. Jones. L. Converse. J. F. Fender. R. Ashley. L. Converse. W. H. Griffin. O. K. Jones. W. H. Griffin. J. E. Webb. W. T. Staten. O. K. Jones. A. Whitaker. O. K. Jones. \. Whitaker. J. E. Webb. A. V. Simms. W. A. Covington. W. A. Covington. J. M. Walters. Jno. A. Carlton. M. E. Nesmith. W. A. Covington. R. J. Lewis. W. S. Humphreys C. Wade (Died). W. W. Walker. W. W. Walker. S. S. Gaulden. L. W. Branch. G. C. Edmondson Hodges. A. J. Hodges. S. M. Turner. J. C. McCall. S. M. Turner. J. G. McCall. C. H. Ramsey. S. M. Turner. * Roche, Whitney. Cornell and Mr. He flins who ts mtll wit* os. In the Isni of Fefcnaur 1, ft ap pears that the Boston Alliance Ware, house Company had purchased the warehoese of Dr. X. R. Hallefte and would operate same after Avgust it. bi the Issue of Ftbrvary 15. It ap pears that lira. Bower had leased the Piney Woods Hotel for five years, the rental being $10,000 per yeaj^ On Tuesday, March 11, a reception was given at Glen ^rven in honor of the completion of the pavilion. On March 20, 1890, the Boulevard was being constructed. On Thursday, April 2. a Urge and enthusiastic Farmers* Alliance meet ing was held at Bold Spring. In the Issue of April 19, there ap pears a communication from Boston which, among other things, stated (hat In the *30’s Messrs. Graves and Wat. son. two New Englanders, settled at Old Boston, three miles from the pres ent town of Boston. A post office existed at Old Boston until the railroad was built through the present site of Boston. The Presbyterian church, which the oldest ot that denomination in the connty, and the post office were re moved to the railroad and the present town started. Mr. Thomas Adams bought the land where Boston now stands In 1S65. Among the first merchanU of Bos ton were Messrs. Youngbiood and Seward. Messrs. Harmon and Stone, J. W. Taylor, D. R. Blood, and O. B. Bennett. In the issue of April 26. there ap pears a communication from Cairo, giving its history since 1S67, when the railroad was built. Among the first business men were Messrs. George A. Wright, B. L. Hern. Cadar Powell ami Dr. S. A. Roddcn berry. About 1875. Capt. Robert H. Harrti began a very prosperous school. Among the early seiners in the vicinity of Cairo were Rev. Prior Lew is, Uncle Jimmie Singletary, John Hin son. John G. Tyua. Messrs. Henry Norton, McCrone, Collins and the Hawthornes. On May 23. Mr. R. B. Madre. anoth er old and prominent citizen, died. On Aug. 16. 1S90, the district State Senatorial Convention at McDonald nominated Hon. Robert G. Mitchell as the Democratic candidate from this district. In the same issue appears a copy of a letter written by William Powell to Mr. S. H. Trulock anted June 12, 1S36, the original being in the posses sion of Mr. G. B. Trulock. The letter states that an express had arrived in Bainbrldge the day be fore stating that there was a body of Indians on this side of the Chattahoo chee River who were pursued by whites from Stuart and Sumter coun. ties. Twenty-seven whites had been killed. A meeting was being held in Bain- bridge on the day of the letter for the purpose of making concerted plans for asrin. Benevolent Socle:! was tort. J la toe Issue ot JOsaair 16, ISM. it appear* that Hr. B. T. Somers, a blind citisea at TbamuTiU In* the tret time. Ia the teas ot May'23. w learn that the campaign committee of the new Third party, at which part. Hr. X W. Ieejr wo* • member, was mak Us* a systematic effort to get converts an over the elate. Ia the torn of Jaly years old. MendrTr there !e s card from Dr. T. H. Hdptoeh ursine that a parkins hoase heVeUt and de scribing it as one ot Tbomasvllle's greatest needs j On Salat day, July M. MM, there woe a very excited Democratic moos meeting at the caarthoaae. The purported issue was between the Rorkrlbbod Democrats and those who were accused of being too friend ly with Um Third Party. Some vefy strong language was used and person, a) relationship* became strained. On Saturday. September. 16. a Urge Democratic meeting and bnrbecne was held In Paradise Pork sad Editor Triplett woe convinced that the Third Party had no chance In Thomas Coun ty. At the October election. IMS. the Democrats won over the Third Party, the former getting eight hundred nine ty-eight votes and the latter four hun dred tour. , On February 11, 1S93, La Cubans was being laid off and plant developed for a great cigar manufacturing Indus, try. It was planned to have *n electric car line from the A. C. X station In Thomasrillo to the main cigar factory In !.s Cubans. The rroasUea were laid along some ot the streets ot Thomasville for the proposed track. in the iss.e of ojiriury 11. :s»4. Mr. A. F. Boynton of Clear Field. Pa. and a guest of the Piney Woods Hotel, in discussing the climate of Thomasville with the reporter, submitted the fol lowing memoranda of his experience for the past five seasons: 1SS9. Stayed s» days from which take off five Sundays, leaving 39 driv ing days. Drove 28 days. 1890. Stayed 170 daya minus 15 SumV's. leaving 92 driving days. Drove SO day«. 1891. Stayed 73 days from which take ten Sundays, leaving slxtyjkren driving day*. Drove fifty-four days. 1892. Stayed SO days. Subtract eleven Sunday*, leaving sixty-nine driving days. Drove fifty-nine day*. 1893. Stayed 91 days. Taking off thirteen Sundays and three days spent In Florida, leaves seventy five driving bicycle sixty. W. H. Collins. W. H. Collins. W. D. Barber. B. L. Weston. Jno. R. Singletary. Brandon as Cashier. was tied to a brickbat and William editor, a leader In the “No-Nothing" Hamilton had leased both the Masury In the Issue of Aug. 20, we notice Walden caught it at the first trial. I party before the Civil War. and he and the new Brighton Hotel. On Wednesday night, March 13, the On Wednesday. March 20. the first german of the new Masury Hotel was given In bettor of Its opening. taxation, as the Mitchell House and on Friday, December 23. Mr. Stu- *he county. Mr. Gibson had invented soUUjy^Mra Lavinia Jones V Piney Woods Hotel. art’s Waverly House with its contents a machine for preparing the fiber of, i) Uzer . * ’ On Sunday. Aug. 21, Isabella Flip- was destroyed by fire. j the rami plant and he prposed to per died. She was bought by her on January 7 1888 Mr J T Chas ra,5e the P roduct u P° n a tract of laad V!} y 4 \ . ar ety. wille he was still in bondage. One of lisher of the Thomasville Times. Hei Bridge road ’ i Thomasville The writer would her sons graduated from West Point was succeeded by Mr. S. B. Burr who, I In the issue of May 5. the editor „ rate(ul „ he could see of (h .ud hor-imo on nUi.c. TT C ..-i.l. 't--: ....... ... , noted the elevation of Mo.. Melville 5‘ “ CUUIU see a COpj Ot me and became an officer In the IT. S. with Capt. Triplett, the editor, began notcd the elevation of Hou. Melville fir3l , ssue the old Watchman it the Army. Another became a Bishop in the publication of a daily newspaper, w - Fuller to the position of Chief Jus- 8ame is 3lU; in th Adams the A. M. E.. church: and another the first in Thomasville. He® of the Supreme Court of the Uni-: the , , . . President of Atlanta University. A few days thereafter, on January ! ^Vthe* S'of'S I that tbe “>* n held auction TO On August 31. 1856. a slight earth- 15, Capt. Winter, editor and proprietor \ntn»Tin wm,«o 1 1 of 18s7 i chase Paradise Park and that an elec- qu*ke was f?lt in Thomas County. of the Enterprise, also launched forth- “ nouse. j Uon would be held on June 26, to de- On Monday. Sept. 19, Mr. John T. with a daily newspaper. | ° n Ma Y 12 * ^ r - T - s - Hopldns told side the matter. Watt, prominent merchant died. \ In the issue of Feb. 4, 1S8S. we no- of the 1)00111 in Brunswick in 1838,1 It a , 0 aDDears « n fhiR ax.. On^ept^me. S. G. McLendon t^e that the growing of alfalfa in :aU ni8hl |the LeConte pears were bligbrtng tmt and P. J. Franklin were nominated In Thomas County~is being discussed. i al the old Oglethorpe Hotel. r Jt was b oped not wr j 0U8 i y the county primary for the Legisla- In the Issue of February 11. we no- • 9° Tuesday, May 15, Mr. S. Alex-; In the |ggue f , £ lt ftODfkar . ture. tice that Mr. W. S. Keefer of Coving- :aod ^ Smith another old and promi- th 2 ^um> was soon to K In the issue o! Oct. 29th, we notice ton, Ky., has arrived in Thomasville: nent citizen, died. new jail, that the County Commissioners had to begin the manufacture of Ice. the ‘ In the issue of May 26. we notice! Times-Enteprise sed being of 10-ton that Mr. Masury had bought thirty-1 On Saturday. June 29. 1889 appears two acres from Mr. T. E. Blackshear j VoL 1, No. 1 of the Thomasvilie Times- named the Boulevard, in course of machine to be onstruction around the town ‘‘Boule- capacity. card Sanford” in honor of Mr. H. H. Sanford. At that date the Boulevard In the issue of February 18, we no-:on the Boston road. ; tice that the courthouse was being ! Enterprise, the two papers having In the issue of June 2, we notice been combined with John Triplett edi- be- renovated, the work being done by j that Mr. Charlie Smart had bought the j tor and S. B. Burr business manager. *an. mscare Pflvffc Waverly lot and proposed to build a • in this issue it appears that Mrs. M. the Mitcheli Her son. Mr. Davies, held the lease at the time of ing constructed between the Duncan- j Messrs. Eaves and Chase. ville road and the home of Col. Mac- 1 In the issue of March 3, we notice j new hotel to be known as the Stuart; A. Bower had leased Intyre. j that* the boarding-house of Mrs. Livy ? House, he having sold the Stuart Ho- House for five years. On Tuesday. December 6. the water Jones on Hansell street, had burned. [ tel in Valdosta to Mr. Converse. tower, in course of construction on the j In the same issue we notice that In the issue of July 7, appears a the Piney Woods Hotel. courthouse square, fell while eleven, Gov. Rush of Wisconsin, was spending cablegram from Mr. Peter Lindsey to t In the issue of September 7 it ap- raen were at work on the top of the ; the winter at the Mitchell House and Mayor Hopkins acknowledging the re-»pears that the No-fence law was be wail. The work was progressing as ; was being boomed for the«Republican membrance of his Thomasville friends ! ing agitated in Thomas County for the usual when the foundation of the cen- nomination for president. upon his recent birthday. i first time ter pier gave way. pulling the scaffold- • In the issue of March 31. appears a] In the Issue of July 2L 1888. it ap- In the issue of Septentoer 28 it ap ing from its fastenings, breaking off card from Hon. Robert G. Mitchell r-s-jpears that the city will soon have appears th»> ia the park bond election near the ground and knocking out a . fusing to become a candidate for Con-; new opera house on lower Broad • two hundred sixty-eight voted for the large portion of the outer wall. AU gress. : street. j bonds and park and eleven voted On March 30, there was a severe I In the issue of July 28, it appears j against. At time some suffered tester had left the day before for Thomasville, as an express, to try and get volunteers. It appears on August 30. that Mr. Thomas L. Humphreys was preparing manufacture cigars In ThomasviUe. On September 20, It appears that the editor and others were very much ex cited because it was thought that phosphate rock had been found in Thomas County. The best exposure was to be found three miles from Bos ton on the Thomasville road. In the issue of October 18. it appears that Messrs. A. W. Ivey and Jerry M. Parker were the only candidates for the House of Representatives from Thomas County. In the issue of November 4, 1890, Mr. P. H. Cherry, a visitor to Thomas ville, and a United State* soldier dur Jug the Civil War, explained how he and several otlwr escaped prisoners lived in the vicinity of Thomasville twenty-five years before. After having hid elsewhere and hav ing had several exciting experiences, Mr. Cherry found that two escaped prisoners were in hiding upon Green wood Plantation and he joined them, where they were well supported by the slaves. In the meantime, they made a map and gathered other information about this section. In the issue of ‘November 29. we learn that the experiment with the rami plant and its fiber, being con ducted in Thomas County, was appar ently successful. On January 2. 1891, the Boulevard around town was formally opened and dedicated to the public. In the issue of January 24, there ap pears a communication advocating the building of a city hospital. On Friday, February 20, Mrs. La- vlnia Jones, one of the county’s oldest residents, died. It the issue of February 28. It ap pears that Joseph Jafftes. a Thomas ville negro, had just returned from Liberia. He preferred this vicinity to Africa. On June 12. 189], the new Gulf House was destroyed by fire. In the Issue of October 11. H ap pears that phosphate rock was thought to be on the Foy place and the Eason place. On October 22. Mr. Thomas H. Chas tain died at bis borne near Chastain. had been a resident of Thomas County aince 1839. and was born in Washington County. Georgia, Septem ber 17. 1826. In the issue of November 14. 4 ap pears (bar the Citizens’ Banking and Trust Company was doing a flourish ing business, this institution having begun operations on July 15. before. On December 21. Mrs. J. G. Hopkins. President of tbe General Benevolent Association, was accepting gifts. In cluding furniture, etc . for tbe charity of the workmen went down with the? walls exoept foar. J. C. Parnell, W. j rainstorm and the dam on the fish-; ?.hat the new building of the Bank of l from Influenza. colored men, William > pond of Mr. T. C. Mitchell, known as! Thomasville was in course of con-; la the issue of January 4. 1290, it Spering and two , Walden and Joe Earnest, who were Trout Lake, broke, left clinging to the wall seventy feet above ground. Messrs. T. J. P. Romadell, the con tractor, and Joseph Moore tried to cling to the outer wall but were knock ed off by the falling pier. Both fell outside of the works and were instant ly killed. The scaffold and a large quantity of brick and material fell on the In side with five colored workmen. It was perhaps an hoar before the men under the debris were rescued on the Inside of the toWer. Limus Wells soon died but Joe Fabyan. Tenny Dorsey, jstmetion. I appears that the winter was On April 14, it was announced that! in the issue of August 4, it appears. ably mild, there having been but one the contract for the new Masury Hotel j that the Georgia Horticultural Society killing frost up to that date, had been let; that Mr. Hayes had soldi was holding its annual Session in; On the first Sunday in to Mr. Vauduzer a portion ot the block iThomasviUk. ;189fi, tbe first services were bald in the BDOn which h» IHtmI- and that Iho T.in ! i n - — - upon which he Bred; and that tbe Lin- j in the iaxoe ot August U. it appeal-, ■ new St. Thoms Episcopal church. In ton property opposite had been sold to j that a good melon crop was being' 18*3, s few commnnicanle In Dr. John T. Metcalfe. ■ I raised In the county, f In the issue of April 14. there ap-! on Tuesday. August 14;'Hr. Robert pears a write-up ot "Elsomo,” the-win- H. Hardaway another promf&eut citi ter home ot Mr. J. Wyman Jones, re cently purchased from Mr. A. T. Mac Intyre, Jr. Tbe Issue of April 21, informs ns that the remodeling of the eoarfhons, has been —*ft—-* .** thnt w.) t. Warren Cnnnignn and Joe Tate were ’c. Bryan, the old edtior of the Thom- not fatally injured. lasrUIe ~ In the meantime, the four men on I top of that portion of the wall still! standing were thrown n cord by Mr. I of Os late . Bryan was bon August 15, In ThoamgriUe and was the ago Joe MeCants. Tne end of the i Bryan. Maj. Bryan ■ and a strong irfcsP’. On August 24, the In run from ThossasriUe to I On September 29, the the load between Her. James S. Ftskstsa A year tour, the pariah war organ, [toed with the Her. Charles Grant as rector. Col. A. P. Wright doeated a let M Remington arense, on which a wory In the issue of Norember 24. | pntraH (O tllfifr deCtrfC ed. Afterwards, Mia. M- A. Bowar appears that the firm ot : the lot OB Mriena « n rectory stood for i The rectors si j. Brown. In the Isaac of Jannary 2, 1892. ft appear* that the first Masonic meet ing held In Thomas rule was oa May 9. 1846. and Vos under authority of dispensation to William Jl Brins: W. M.: Robert A. Pierce, a W. art W. Reeres. J. W. St. Thomas Lodge Mo. 49. was c assured and for twenty-four years loL iowlng was in good stsrtlng art held iMfHihf meetliuu. to 1979. the lodge forfeited Its char ter art was snsjwndrt for day*. Drove and rode eljtlir days. On Februery 23. 1894. there was a ns.clonal escape from the Thomas county jail, six prisoners. Including Henry Spencer sentenced to be hung, making u safe getaway. Jailor Toot S. Singletary was shot through the face nnd cheat, baring been knocked down by Jim Kannedy whom he was pleaclng behind the bare. All the escaped prtaoner* wore cap tured except Jim Kennedy, who wsa killed and Spencer wa* duly hung on March 2. thereafter. From a teledrum to Sheriff Don* from McDonald mow Puvol, It appear ed that Parish Bryant had killed Jlm- Bob I*om. In the i«8oe of June 23, It appear* that the old Allen house sod the old Long house on Jackson street, bad been removed to make room for brick stores. The latter was at one time the home of Hon. James J. Scarborough and In It was born Mrs. Thompson, previous ly referred to us th, first white child bom In Thoniu*ville. In the Issue ot August 10, It appear* that Mr. Gasper Del id no. manager of the Cubana Cigar Factory, had closed a contract with n firm in St. Louis for seventy.flve thousand cigars per week. On Wednesday, September 19, Hon. Thomas E. Watson spoke to a large Populist gathering in Paradise Park and on Friday, the 2Sth. Messrs. Fleming. Dubfgnon and Hoke Smith answered him to a still larger crowd of Democrats. On Wednesday, October S, the Dem ocratic ticket for both state and coun ty officers was elected over the Popu list by a vote of nearly two to one In the issue of October 13. It ap pears that La Cubana city was grow, ing rapidly. On Friday afternoon. November 3, the Board of Aldermen eb-ued Mr. S. L. Hayes Mayor In lieu of Judge II. W. Hopkins who bod resigned. in the issue of December 22, there It published an interview Irom Judge Richard H. Clark given In Atlanta." "1 was In the Senate In ISO," said Judge Clark, "when Juilae Hansell was first elected judge of the Southern Circuit. The Judge wo# s Whig and I was a Democrat. We nominated Morgan who was not very popular and. Judge Hansell. being universally popular, tbe Whig* beat us," The Judge continued: "Tbe ap proach of Christmas reminds me that Shy years ago on Christ mas Kve, In 1844. i attended a boll In Tbomaaville. It was given In tbe wooden hotel of Mrs. Atkinson. Thar* were bailee and beaus from Albany. TsBohossee. Bainbrldge. Madison and other ear. rounding towns. "Tbe planters were rUA and kept fine horses and carriages. I met at tbe boll, among others. Mias Mettle Remington. Mrs. James L. Seward, who had recently married. Mine Gabrieile Outlay and her aimer, now Mrs Laarrie, Miss Aliilosuo, art the Misses Bryan, daughters at Mr. Hardy Bryan." Tbe Judge promised that eoasstime in tbe future ha would write the edi- r some soar, about TbomaerOta. to the Issue of January 5. BM. ap pears a letter from Dr. O. Q. CHInn ss the aabjrot of ageasHiosla Dr. Cot ton claimed that Dr. Horace Walla gam on exhibition of the effect of an aetbeato cm Dscemh* to. 1944. to the presence of Dr. Coium art others. The gss was give* to a yooac man named Cooley who, who* under Its Oa October M. 1886. a aew eharia woe granted to R. B. Madre. W. M. & J. Caaesis. EL W- art 8. L. Moon. J.W. Thu TbomaavlUe chapter of R. A. as owe Mol 44. was organised Seder charter issued May L 1*57, MAE Haasidl. it CL Smith art W. H. Ran- ». Urt Star ; of Pythias, was and oa February 14. 1194,1 1 the, stags art badly knitsd his legs. Cooler took a soot by Dr. Teds who obeervad a flow of Mood sat prised the totaled ana who Walls then said to Dr. CaRms.- caaaot this gaa ha wort to dea- i next day Dr. Oottoa west loth# at Dr. Walls art odrtatolmad i gaa art had Dr. ~ • deraysd