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VOL. XXVIII.
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
GEESLNIG & HOBBS,
We are now receiving our STOCK FALL
and WINTER GOODS,
Consisting in part oi
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS SHOES
HATS, DOMESTICS, CALICOS, I HIESr
GOODS, NOTIONS, Etc,
GROCERIES,
Our lines of Groceries are full and coni
plot*'. BACON, LARD, MEAL, FLOUR.
GRITS, RICE, SUGAR, COFFEE.
Full line of including everything in Hard
ware, Cutlery, &c.
GEESLING & HOBBS.
Main St., Thomson, On.
U. T. POSAILi, J> LNTIST,
Will be found at his office in Thomon tn
first Monday in each month and
remain two weeks.
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT 1A IS rj.WE If </,•/
A SPEC fA LTY
—— or* 11 a
Phoenix Xlkug ©twice
11 '** *■ Lnr J 0~-i Inwt a Lh.
I* IJII I£s*rjT and SST OiC ,
NJIW ateoo th tun murablw Era.
WOLDuIWOI rHLUK DHUUB. Full- .ud BM T , n u. *
DRUGS and PATENT MEDICINE *'
sr- '
-.EADERsVoTO L^ 8 ' WE AHE TH *
UR. A. J. MATHEWS.
(Hucc.Haor to IJK. J W QUILLIA’f,)
MAIN HTKEKT, THOMSON, GEORGIA
JAMES JLQ. CMATt,
DEALER iy
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS,
BOOTS and SHOES and HATS.
/ carry a Large and Select Stock of Vlrnt-CldT
G-roceries,
—CONSISTING OF-
Bacon, flour, Moal, Lard Sags*,
Coffee, Tobacco,
ALSO
PLOWS, SHOVELS, HOES and all
Farming Implements.
Gibson Drug Gompnay
Eare offering DRUGS and I’ATENT MEDICINES at prices that
defy competition. Look atourprices and judge for yonrseif, ans. when
you need medicines, come trade with the people v/bo bring prices
dorn.
Regular Onr
Pries. Price.
SYRUP SARSAPARILLA $1 00 75a
SCOTT’S EMULSION COD LIVER OIL.. 100 750
S. s. S I 00 750
ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER 50c 30c
FOUTZ’ CATTLE POWDEItS 25c 15c
GILDER’S PILLS 250 150
CARBOLIC SALVE 25c 150
ALLCOCK’S PLASTERS 20c 10 c
HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA 15c 10c
SALfS ........1b.... 10c 5c
Everything else in proportion.
GIBSON DRUG Cos.
MAIN STREET
Thomson, Georgia
A PLEA FOR CHILDREN
Dr. J, L, M, Curry Addresses
Georgia Legislators.
HIS SUBJECT WAS “EDUCATION.”
Favor* DigfV&nrhlseraput of tvor) Voter
Who Cannot Head Hl* Hal lot— v raises
tho State School Coinints*loncr.
Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the agont of
the Peabody fund* addressed the geu
ehal assembly of Georgia at noon Fri
day on the subject of education.
The two houses had convenod in joint
session for the purpose. A commit*
tee from the two bodies escorted the
speaker In, who was accompanied by
Governor Candler, State School Com
missioner Glenn and others.
Dr. Ctirry said that the proudest
boast of Georgia should be made of
her state school commissioner,
who was one the best iu the entire
country.
He represented no corporation.
While the lobbyist were abroad, ho
oue bad engaged the members ill be
half of the Children of the state. He
came to plead for these and for all of
them,
“Yv list are Tiin going to do with the
pcolter class of children?'* he asked.
“How are you going to educate them
to make usefull citizens of them, and
how many are handicapped by their
unfavorable environments?”
The wealth of Georgia is not alto
gether in material things, ho said, blit
is more in these children who are in
the homes of those who sent the law
makers here to enact laws for them,
'i hero was a waste of brain power in
the Rtftto.
“Georgia lias doUhte tlio territory of
Mas-AehUsetts, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, and yet Massachusetts iu in
vention, in science, in literature is far
ahead of this state in the education of
her children. There they have a niue
months’ school term, while here we
have three or four. The average school
aitendance hero is two or three years,
while there it is seven years. Massa
chusetts gives S3O for the education of
a child, while Georgia only gives
per child.
Horace Matin did more for this
ccnutry than Daniel Wohler, yet Mus
pnrhuFoUs erected a monumon to
both. Man gave that state its admiral
t-ohool system. Isn’t a Georgia child
as good as a Massachusetts child, and
isn’t there as much latent talent iu
your children to be developed?
“The state can educate all the chil
dren at half the price that the church
orludividuals can educate one-fourth
of the children.
“ 1 alk about the paramount issue! I
have been through many of these
crisis, and yet we are still going on.
The confederate constitution is the
most perfect instrument iu the
world regarding political wisdom. It
provided that the president should
hold six years and be ineligible for re
election. Exalted citizenship is Ibo
remedy for the evils of governmental
partnerships in private affairs iu vogue
iu onr country today.
“Every School in the land should
have industrial education:”
Dr. Curry favored the disfranchise
ment of any voter who could not read
the ballot he put in the box, be bo
white or black,
Horae oue had said that this was an
inherent right. This is an absurdity
stuffed down the throrts of the people
of this country, and is done simply to
justify negro suffrage. Ho was going
to speak bis mind and not those of
the members, and he expected to say
some things that would not be relish
ed by his auditors.
“The Republican party, to punish
the south, gave the balance of power
to the negroes of Louisiana, Missis
sippi and South Carolina by enfran
chising them and disfranchising many
of the whites and then they establish
ed tho Frood man's bureau.
‘‘Homo people say the negro is in
capable of education, if they will go
with him to Spilrnan seminary, where
everything is a neat us a pin, and
which is in charge of such godly
women, if they do not think tho
negroes there capable of some degree
of education they should go to their
homes on the backs of jackasses ”
“►Shall Georgia Rettle this educa
tional problem for herself,” ho said,
“or shall it he left to others. We
must uplift the negro or he will drag
us down. No two such races can oc
cupy the same territory without fric
tion and it is our duty to provide for
these.”
“It all depends on tho legislature as
to the future progress of the state. Is
educational legislation of this session
to be generous and full, or niggardly
and hurtful?
“Georgia’s children should bo en
abled to compete with any in tho
land, and it is due the members to
vote their convictions irrespective of
their constituents, as the conscious
ness of duty well done would bo their
highest reward.”
DIVERGENCE DEVELOPS.
FuiiUliment of l'rlnce Tuan and Other*
C aiiHe* Division Amonc Power*.
“A serious divergence has arisen in
Pekin,” says the Tien Tain corre
spondent of the London Daily Mail.
“Japan, the United States, Russia and
France favor demanding a milder pun
ishment than the execution of Prince
Tuan and the others, while Great Bri-
Inin, Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Italy deem anything less tbau the
death penalty uuelesa.
THOMSON. (JA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1900.
§The Red Dot
Shoe Man
Always has Red
■Hot Bargains in
First-class Slues.
R. G. TARVER, Mgr.
Good Sol Sloes A Specialty.
Your Shoe bill will be just half what it is now if
you buy your Shoes from
IE GREAT EASTERN SIDE CO.
R. G. TARVER, Mgr,
1)07 Broad St., - Augusta, oa.
MUST PAY SPECIAL TAX.
I llipoHiliit tlrcisiotl of (liuii'itln ditto
Cottri Anont Stvcet Hallway*.
The supremo court of Georgia has
rendered U highly important dettisirin
affecting the l ight of Cities to levy a
special tax ou street railway Compa
nies.
Tile tinso w..s that ol tlto SaVriilmtlij
Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope railway
vs. mayor and aldermen of the city of
Savannah, beforo Judge Falligant, iu
the Chatham superior court.
Tho city of Savannah levied a lax of
8100 per mile on tho street railway
above mentioned, or $1,300 for its 13
miles of Iraek. Tho company refused
tt> pay ftnd the matter was carried be
fore the superior court of Chatham,
which hold that the tax could be col
lected,
ThS supreme court affirms Judge
Falligant, and makes it ptissiblo for alt
municipalities of Georgia to lovy a
special tax ou street railways.
ZINC DEPOSITS ARE FOUND.
.Shaft* Aro To ll Huttk ami Work Hctfun
ai Onco N*mm- Knoxvlllr, Tcttit.
Another extensive deposit of zim*
has heed found near Knoxville* I’eun.,
on the farm of Captain Frank M.
tfmith. A company has leased the
property.
Shafts will he sunk 300 feet. The
ore is said to be richer than any found
in the Joplin, Mo., district.
George Currans, of Mattooca, 111 ,
has leased extensive zinc properties at
New Market, Tenn., and will develop
it without delay.
Roe us lost heavily.
They Havo Two Knirag;mnnf h "With Brit
ish and urn Badly WoiHted,
A special dispatch received in Lon
don from Middleburg, Transvaal col
ony, says that in the surprise of tho
outpost of the “Buffs” (Third artil
lery) southwest of Balmoral, Novem
ber 10th, Boers lost sixty men killed
and wounded. The burghers, tho dis
patch adds, simultaneously attacked
a garrison of Fusiliers on Wilge river,
but were beaten off with tho loss of
120 men killed and wotuded.
Cement Mills Combine.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says
that .ho fourteen cement mills located
in the vicinily of that city and Jeffer
sonville, Jnd., which supply the
greater part of the United States, have
in contemplation the formation of a
combine.
Kruger Observes Subba h.
Mr. Kruger passed Sunday with his
family at the Hotel Scribe in Paris,
observing tho Sabbath in accordance
with tho customs of his futheilund.
Jfis apartments wore closed to visit
ors.
GOOD .•SHOWING MADE.
I'ostal Affair* In I * *•. *ll pplnes Are In Fir,*
Shape—llia; Surplus Shown.
J. W. Valiie, director general of
posts of the Philippine islands, in his
annual report to the postmaster gen
eral, shows a surplus of 810,023 to the
credit of the Philippine-postal service.
Tho revenue to June 30 last was 8117,-
818 and the expenditures 888,220,
making both years of the departments
existence show a surplus. Decided
progress has been made in opening
pos toffies.
EPEDEMIC OF SMALLPOX
I* Canning Mitch Alarm Among tho Peo
ple of itoHne County, Tenn*oe.
A Chattanooga special nova: Tho citi
zens of Ito.ne conniy, Tenn., are
greatly alarmed over tho many cases
of smallpox in that vicinity. All along
tho Cincinnati Southern road in that
county there aro numerous bad eases
and it is daily spreading. At Kings
ton, which is the county seat of the
county, gourds have been placed out
ou all roads to prevent any suspects
from catering the plane, but still a
number of eases have shown up there.
lIS MIS ItSA D Y TO ENTHH TOC*
SA HE OX OUR SVIIBCJIIJ'TIOy
is OKS. you WILL SOT MIHS Tits
SMALL HUM XSOSSSAIiI TO J 1 ROOMS
OUB (IUHTOUSB.
(KWHY CONCEALED'
T-VllA Colnli:Ion of (Kur of llttHtifn Ib ’S*
Rill y fil lup NVithlic.lili
tfrditi three sourocß of information,
diicdt y connected With us many min
if tiles of date* tho St, Petersburg
>. orf< spofidelit of the Associated Press,
.°i: , .vlnv l - Afot i iainod tfcftfc imperial
offieiala are becomiug eiifemciy pessi
mistic regarding the condition of
Emperor Nicholup, and assert that the
j Livartia bulletins conceal the guitity
| of his illness.
| In spite of the notorious case with
j which an alarmist rumor can be circu
lated in the Russian capital, many
good judges believe that the chances
of tho cfcai 'fl reCoVery tue diminishing.
Ono report says that the emperor,
in addition to typhoid fever* With pec-
complications, has brain icvcr,
ibd result of the blow he received from
afauatical pobecman during his tour
in .la) an; and it is even asserted in
some quarters that trepanning has be
come necessary.
McKINL! Y IN PHILADELPHIA*
IVft* CUdhl at lU|5 llunqnet of Union
Lcittfuit Ciiuh.
Saturday night, at Philadelphia*
: President McKinley was the guest of
j honor at the “Founders’l)ny” banquet
j of the Union League, one of tho oldest
! and most influential Republican organi-
I zations in the country.
In addition to Mr. McKinley, there
j were .present Theodore Roosevelt,
• vice-president (dec!; tho members of
■ the cabinet, with the exception of Foe
i rota? yof War Root, who is in Cuba,
I and Senators Lodge and Wolcott.
President McKinley's reception ivos
! most enthusiastic, and much import
ance was attached to bis address, ns it
| was his first public utterance since his
recent victoi y.
BBY AN NOT PH A ZEI>.
IIIh Frequent Staloinontfl Irullcuto That
Hn Will Try A^uln.
In a letter received at Mexico, Mo.,
Friday from W. T. Bryan he says:
“Still believing in the principles set
forth in the Chicago platform, I shall
continue to defend them, believing tho
American people w-ill yot seo the ne
| cessity for tho repudiation of Repub
licanism.”
This statement is the third made by
Mr. Bryan since election indicating
that ho intends to continue in the po
etical field just as lie has been.
VIOL AT LI) LtXAL OPTION LAW.
| Colored er In Florida Charcon
With I<urmlng llllixl Tljjer.
1 James K. Clark the negro postmas
ter at Eatonville, Fla., a town popu
lated entirely by the Colored people,
lias boon arrested on a charge of vio
lating tho local option law'.
Clark is the leading citizen and
. practically the emperor of the town
It is not the first time that he lias
been before the court on this charge.
He gave bond and is again bad:
I transacßng Uncle Sum’s business at
bis reetilar Dost.
ALOEH3IEX SOL!) VOTES.
ScrloitK ( lutrypH Jiltwlc A (fit hi rI JU.mher*
of Cievclniid, Ohio, City (otiidl.
A sensational affidavit by Cbailes
W. Lapp, a member of the Cleveland,
0., eily council, has been made public.
Councilman Ijapp swears that, Council
man White told him that “the Rant?,”
meaning certain members of council,
received £5,000 for Ibeir votes ou tho
' Gamewell police alarm contract,and in
timated that £5,000 more was to bo
paid for their votes on a contract for
the new city fire alarm system.
Scarcity of Coal In Birmingham.
Because of a scarcity of coal tho
Gate City rolling mills and all of tho
departments of the Birmingham roll
ing mills except the sheet mill were
idle Monday. Tho shutdown waa tem
porary and tho fires were lighted again
Monday evening. This is the first
sign of a scarcity of coal in tho dis
trict.
fifty Demands Ilcr Streets.
Suit was entered atDes Moines, la ,
Tuesday to oust tho lowa (Bell) Tele
phono Company from tho streets ol
lies Moines ou tho ground thot tho
franchise was expired.
Men’ Stylish Single
and Double=Breasted Suits.
IVo are well aware that wo can offer an exceptional op
portunity to onr many patrons amt friends of (his county,
when wo show you onr large and excellent stock of SUITS
of all sizes, patterns and the very best of quality. For
Furnishings and Hats we can certainly please you.
Soixxetliiiig: 3XTew
Is our Ladies’ Department, tilled with the latest Tailor-
Made Suits, Skirts, Silk Waists, Flannel IVaists and many
other handsenio novelties.
IC. LEVY’S SON & CO.,
Tailor-Fit Clothiers,
338 BROAD ST., - AUGUSTA, GA.
G. E. LYNDON
...DEALER 1N...
Camps, Buies, Ptalois, Sorrow and Waps
QT* iYXjIj JSISSX2JOG
I have on hand one of the largest stocks of CARRIAGES, BIJGGIEB,
riIAETONS, SURREYS, TRAPS and ROAD WAGONS ever brought to this
section of the state. Also a large and well selected stock of
Harness, Hailes, Biles, laws lateral,
wapi and Bio Malarial, Lap Bote, Whips,
Collars, Horse Boots, Axis awl Harness OH
And everything usually kept in a first-class ( arriago Repository, Cheap for
Cash, or on timo to responsible parties.
Those wishing to buy on time and who are strangers to us would save
time and trouble by bringing letters of credit from reliable parties.
I am now opening up
A CARLOAD OF BUGGIES AID CARRIAGES
which I intend to sell at old prices. If you want a Good Vehicle cheap,writo
or come to see mo.
J. S. BARNWELL
Manager.
Washington, Ga., July 27, 1900.
G. R EMBREE,
WITH
O. -A- WYLIDS,
DISTILLER OE
Pure Corn .
AND DEALER IN
WINES AND LIQUORS OF ALL KINDS
ioo Proof Corn Whiskey at $1.50 per Gallon.
Country Trade Solicited and Prompt Attention Given to All Orders.
803 Broad Street, - - Augusta, Georgia.
Cottcn. BF’suctor,
—THOMSON, GEORGIA—
— —.mmrnrnm
I hereby announce *o the Purmora of MoDnfflo and neighboring
countloa that I have built in Thomson a
COTTON WAREHOUSE
IOR THE PURPOSE OF
Storing and. Selims Cotton.
I giva this business ray strict personal attention, and by selling
direct to export buyers, hope to bo able to givo the farmers the benefit
of the
Ytryßest Prices fur their Cotton
I am prepared to make advances on Ootton at a reasonable ruts
of interest, with goodsecurity. I solicit and hpe to merit a liberal pa
ronage. Very rosp:ctful!y,
JOHN E, GEOS9,
Our Job Printing Department
Is complete and up-to-date. We are prepared,
therefore, to fill your order with promptness,
assuring satisfaction by doing good work at
such prices as
WILL SAVE YOU MONEY.
NO. 43.