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VOL. III. REGULATOR The & Old Friend And the best friend, that never fails yon, is Simmons Liver Regu lator, (the Bed Z)—that’s what you hear at the mention of this excellent Liver medicine, and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do. It is the King of Liver Medi¬ cines; i8 better than pills, and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. It acts directly on the Liver, Kidneys life and the Bov/els whole and gives new This ’to the medicine sys¬ tem. is you ■want. Sold by all Druggists in dry Liquid, made or in Powder to oa taken or into a tea. Bm *srEVERY PACKAGE'S® the Z Stamp in red EhilkleipUl*, on V ranpon iST” <Si CO., THE TIMES Official Papir of the City of Toccoa and Coun¬ ty of Habersham. Silver Convention Would it not be a good idea for the people of Habersham county who are interested in having silver restored to its proper place,on a par¬ ity with gold—to send delegates to the free coinage convention at Grif¬ fin on the iSth of July? If no convention be called we hope Col. J. W. Robertson of Por¬ ter’s factory will attend and repre¬ sent old Habersham. We are cer¬ tain he can do it with credit to himself and our people. We suggest that a county con¬ vention be called to convene at Clarkesviile July 2, for the purpose of selecting delegates to attend the free coinage convention aforemen¬ tioned. We shall be glad to hear from those who .are interested in regard to the county convention. Toccoa is making an effort to secure electric lights and water works.-j-Carnesville Tribune. Mr. Debs’ experiment with cu¬ cumbers as a substitute fpr bromide wa# not altogether successful. All those desiring to wear Gen. Gordon’s senatorial shoes- will please spdak quickly as the people are a little bit interested. The Times is the largest paper . iu North-east Georgia. It is eight pages and 48 columns, chock full qf reading matter. No other paper in' thjs section prints within twelve fo twenty columns of as much news as The Times. The Toccoa Times has for the present changed its publication day from Friday to Wednesday, and came out this week in eight -page form. The Times is hustling along with the times.—CamesvilU Trib¬ une. V We are pleased to place on our exchange list this week the Toccoa Times. The Times iA not only a lively,neat and interesting weekly, but it represents a town whose cit¬ izens are noted for their energy and hospitality.—Lavonia Standard Gauge. The Auditorium Tbe erection of the auditorium i® progressing nicely,. Now that wt have such a grand place for holding public meetings, would it not be a good idea to hold a chau tauq here ? Nothing could be more profitable and pleasant for our people, and besides if it were advertised {judiciously, would bring great crowds to our city white it lasted. The Nor^ ^ ■ w mmm. 4 •». , W Vf . "4 ISKill a EL fSS oS83 il mm A W •■- A m aef > , m t l “" i PP? m . #K It ** W ;;>^, ■ - a ;- v < | m A : ’ w .-■ tv-- v - hv. --..a rim V >5 . A . PSI m$mm TOCCOA, HABERSHAM COUNTYy GA., JUNE I 9 , 1895. . WANTED . ' o - ” A ‘ Thouéand .and calculatihg, Ton eyes, bright to look 1 over our store and see how we succeed in keeping down { prices at every point Without depreciating values. . _, ARRIVING AND IN STOCK ,; large quantities; of Ladies" fine dross goods, such as cash- , mores, lawnsflboth plaifl and dotted—walso something new in Moire dress skirtings, Iladies’ and children’s hose; f ans, frOm 5 cents toafiifil, Corsets, curlers, and lots of things too ‘ numerous to mention this hot. Weather. . _ ‘ , _ ’We have some specially pretty belt buckles; at 25 ctsg‘ that are worth 50 cents in New York, also fine silk belt“~ .7 ‘ing in all colors, worth 50 cents per yavrdywo are Selling ‘at 30' cents per yards. You Can neycr buy as cheap again. ‘ INSTRUMENTS MUSICAL ' +- x Are you musically iiiClined? , If 'so mum in and Boo , our musical instruments. »We have a nice asoortnieht’fof 5': Guitars, Banjos, Violins,_etc., at prides to suit even; the " ‘ I most, close fisted. ‘ , ' ' I o : ;_ Special‘for Next ‘Week: A large assortment 01' 1yHat—sé I find Shoes; Don’t” buy till you see'om' new Stock. I _ MATH'ESON MERCHANDISE COMPANY, TOCCOR,‘ Ga... r Soa&I 0 pjP Personal A picnic party to Tallulah Falls will be given Thursday by Miss Marie Bruce, complimentary to her guest Miss Robbie McDonald'. Miss Emma Davis and her mother, Mrs. M- A. Davis, have gone to Philadelphia on a visit to relatives. Mis| Malette.of San Antonia,Tex. is the guest of Miss Willie Me Avoy. L I*. Vickery, Teed Cawthan and Misses Lula and Etta Jennings visited Demorest Friday. Mrs. J. M. Cannon and her daug hter Miss Lily of Bowersville spent the latter part of l&st week in Toccoa with J. M. Cannon. Misses Jessie Martin, Coralie McAvoy and Birdie Mae Jones visited friends on Tugalo last week. Miss Henry of Elberton is risk¬ ing the family of Mrs. J. B. Craig. W. C. Simpson and family visited relatives on Tugalo last week. Mrs. W. R. Bruce has bcen*Vcry this week, but is improving at writing. Mrs. XV. M. Ward is visiting in Madison, S. C. Fred C. Wilson, son ot our pop and highly esteemed fellow Mr. Jas. Wilson, returned last Wednesday from Anderson, S. where he has just graduated from Patrick Military Institute. Fred a very promising young man and honor to Toccoa. We congrat him upon hU successful com¬ pletion of bis college course. In the absence of Rev. Fennel at Hartwell, Dr. Alyn of Harmony preached at the Pitesbyterian two good sermon# Sunday noon and night. Mayor Matheson returned Sat after a week spent most pleas¬ antly at Brunswick in attendance of the Bankers’ association. Mrs. M. J. Hunter will close her millinery business July 1st till next September, Mrs. Hunter has been in business continuously for four¬ teen years, and she says she needs a *st and will take it this summer. Miss Mamie Ramsay is visiting friwids 00 Tugalo. We are glad to repost; that it,, B- S of si Baa: Mrs. J. B. Simmons returned last r week from a visit to Rev. B. P. Allen and family at West Point. Robt. L. McMillan of Porter’s Factory was in Toccoa last neday and Tlmrsday on business. v Monday Roy Capps left to at tend a business college in Atlanta. Roy is a bright young man and we predict much success for him. Jas. Cooper, the -efficieM- book* keeper at the bank visited his pa¬ rents in Avalon last Sunday. Miss Myrtle Yow of Avalon was' the guest of her cousin, Miss An¬ nie Lee Freeman, a few days last week, returning home Sunday. Sheriff Wheeler of Franklin coun¬ ty was in the city Monday. Rev. M. S. Williams,'of Missis¬ sippi, is visiting friends in Toccoa. Will McCurry son of Dr. McCur ry of Hartwell visited his aunt Mrs. S. J. Busha for a few days last week on his way home from Athens where he has been a student in the University. W. A. Ramsay, of Seneca, S. C., has fully -recovered from the effects of a pistol shot wound re¬ ceived April 26 at the hands of a negro who was resisting arrest. Miss Reppard McAllister leaves Monday on an extended visit to relatives in Dalton. Gen. Clement A. Evans changed cars Monday in Toccoa for Hart well, where he delivers the literary address at the Hartwell Institute one day this week. Clarence Mason was in town this week and also took in the Com¬ mencement at Hartwell. Miss Marie Perteet, a beautiful young lady of Wilkes county, is a guest of her cousin, Miss Carice Mcjnnkin on Falls street. Mrs. T. Vickery visited the Gate City list week. • Allen Craig, rate clerk in tbe Southern’s Charlotte office, is vis¬ iting home folks. Friday will be the longest day in the-year. E. Schiefer ha# returned from a business trip to Baltimore and is now in Clarkesviile with the com¬ mittee examining the books of the county officers. BUnt and Miss Nora Edwards of Sboai Creek stopped over Tues and Wednesday, on their way Jr : K 2 . Uwouiswiadbus Mr. Jerome Greene who lias been in Baltimore for the past month returned home Saturday. Mr. Greene will travel for a hard * f T' " !“J . T0C mi ° C y ,’ lng ‘ a ,,e '“ M °" y ” S fi tS ' tr ' P ' No doubt Jerome r will make , a suc cegg c f j| 5 j s ]j Us i n e ss as he has all 0 {hg rs with which he has been connec ted. Geo. Garret arrived last night and Ralph Wilson is expected to¬ night, They will be the guests of their college mate FredC. Wilson. Paul Divver oN Atlanta was among Toccoa friends last week. Dr. Snclson spent last week in Lavonia doing dental work. The picnic last Thursday was well attended and thoroughly en¬ joyed by all present. It was a day well spent, R. A. Nunnally of Banks county was a caller on The Times last week. A New Departure. Thit Times is putting in a com¬ plete stock of stationery for the re¬ tail trade . 4 We are compelled to carry a large stock of printing papers and by buying in large quantities we are enabled to sell cheaply. We have writing papers of fine quality at 15 cents per pound. We handle all kinds of paper and solicit the trade of our people. We do printing—the best that can be done outside large cities—at extremely low prices. We can get you out a catalogue as cheaply and as good print and binding as can be done in Atlanta. We guarantee our work to be first class. Jobs from 25 cents up. We also keep in slock, pens, pencils, muscilage, ink, etc. Call on us when in need of any¬ thing in our line. The Times That Prize. A lady from Walballa, S. C., i# the first to send in an answer to tbe quotations published in The Times of June 7th for which there is of¬ fered $5 in gold for the naming of 22 of the 34 authors who wrote the lines. Let u# hear from you. The Cause of the Trouble. The Physician—“Great Scott! young lady, you say you had dishes of Ice-cream, four soda terl and a bam sandwich. Carr you wonder why you’re sick?” The Young Lady (feebly)—“It hm Iwm tko ham uiulwH>k. ii ,’V ______ THE TOCCOA I j of One -'^ -- of -:p History Industries. A reporter for The Ti ed on Manager H. St Toccoa Leather Co., jdst the . was flunvn through £ introduced to the process facturing leather, which describe in a later This is of the » largi one nerys in the south. The o is composed of H. M. Liy II. McAllister and W. C. The plant embrace# four P“j buildings, a power hotise : : i r 1 -ii .... 1 ___ .u.J _ ! finishing house eonsistinj m A. stories; ulso Kn office b These are fitted up with modern appliances necesa such a business. A new t for finishing feather, W w do the work of a dozen n lately been added. w W. C. Allen, of the c< has devoted a live time to t ness, and understands it* p so thftt the manufacture of is carried on under the mo#! direction. Avalon. Special Correspondence to The Times. There was a Sunday schoql or¬ ganized at Grover, Sunday. Ben Cleveland, Supt.; E. S. Clodfelter, assistant Supt.. The school meets every Sunday evening. Prof. S. Ben Yow’# school will close on the 14th and he will take in the commenceMent at Athens. W. Bruce and Miss Anna Bur det were married one day last week. Our chickens are about ripe and we are ready for the preachers ro visit us. Hurrah for The Times ; may it ( cast bread upon the water# for a t fnture gathering. Wliat’s the use ot always fretting At the trials we shall find Always strewn along our pathway? Travel on and never mind. / Pkowood. NOT BY CHANCE. j It is not by chance that * our business has grown to its present proportions. Knowledge of the business, good goods and low prices have done it. Anybody who will come into our office can see the evidence of this. Per Cent Discounts, W. A. Fowler Stationery Company* Toccoa, Ga Personal Mention. Gen. Joe Wheeler, president of the board of visitors at West Point, was graduated from that institution in the class of ’59. Curiously enough his son graduates in the class of ’95—an exact reversal of the figures. William McManus, the origina] of Kipling’s Private Mulvaney, is' now a resident of San Francisco. The incidents of his life are very similar to those related in “Sol* diers Three,” and he describes Kip¬ ling as “a plucky, inquisitive little Wlow in the civil service, who P AMcd h » ««> und a ™ on K privates a«d then got us t<r-teil all the yarns of the barracka-room’', Jutes. Verne’s latest is “The Screw Island,” On which nullipn wander at will through tbe tropics. The Rev. Anna Shaw of Boston ^ -' - * . ... m * Nae? :3». itau.,»:.z:'-_: ti is , - Tan bark of whic quantities are used an one of the chief item* connected with the found right here at ho secured by the compan V > expense to eastern ma: Labor is fifty percent* at the North. Good v found in jibundonce. F and abundant. So in e the expense of the me the Toccoa company ha tage over its Northern .1 The grades of loathe are the very beet that c The company ha# sal® mm n goods it can turn out, highest market price#, shoe leathers are tb kinds manufactured.' I is not bandied. The demand far the good# has been #0 c ha# not shut down a the hard times, but h paying business, an< m leather which the m the tannery could tu Thirty-five hands « ployed. The weekly ■< hides ; this will be ini: or 700 by next fall. The manufacture hand bags and vali* we made mention in a a department lately I plant. This is in char j pert workman. If l prove# a success as f look indicates, : an will be erected soon necessary machine! fifteen men put to w< part ment. t; f The goods now t are of the highest 9 be excelled anywht ship and style. * This, is tb this side of ing these goodi be a big thing 1 r an eye-opener facturers. W. M. W ing the com| these • ‘ • ' . terprise. This con are to be Tb ■1 T :