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“THE DEACON” will be produced at the Opera house Friday evening October 9tli. If you want to laugh, see the “Deacon.'* NEWS ESTABLISHED 1872 VOL. XXIII. Our Cut Price Sale Goes On. M \ mm \ 4 \ We strive to please the ladies. We have received an elegant line ladies and misses Hats, all fashionably and handsomely trimmed, and we expect to save our customers considerable money in this department. We have real stylish hats at from 75 cents to $3.50, sold for double else¬ where. A full line of Sailors at about half of which you are in the habit of paying. These goods were bought away below the market and we can afford to give our customers the benefit. Come and see them J. 'R. MANN Edwards, Simmons k Brown The Big Merchants, are offering some exceptionally low prices to their customers in Dry Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes and •t 111 • tact i> i everything ii • kept \ 1 . m • first r* a. class 1 stores. t >> Goods VXUOU .0 arriving* ell I x\ lUg dlilv , COHIP Lome ciutl Olid ovoiniiiP examine fkpnv 1110111, If It /Hioq tloes nnf liot cost dllj- •inv fldiio* tillll^ in to ^et O-At mil* OUl p nvippe 1C ^ 'liul C 1 10J Will ^ 111 please nlnncp * TOCCOA. You are Told that Nickels are Trifles! They are not trifles! But if you *hink ... so. we are after „ your trifling trade. We ,,, 11 ]Ust . give ■ you the same good , treat- ment in your nickle trade as your dollar trade. If you’ll give us the first whack at your nickle trade, our word for it, we’ll get your dollar trade. One thing we’ve learned, your nickles and dimes are worth more to us than bars of gold that we cant get. /l A C.IHIC little Witch vviicn. _Yes 1 es, Witch ucn Hazel riazei is is a a gooc trood thino- tnin to to na\e a by you. It cures lameness and st.ffness of muscles and joints, caused by strains or over exercise, sun burn, etc. Any quantity, any price. You Ought to Paint Your House —it looks mighty bad ; we’ve got the paint and you’ve got ths price—let’s trade. We keep all kinds and prices in our store are never high. WRIGHT & EDGE , Druggists. The Toccoa Times=News. .A J The Up=to=Date Store, Where Merchandise is Sold on a Strictly Fair Basis. When you see it in our advertisement you may know that it is so. **! Know Not What the Truth 7.'ay be, l Tell the Tale as It was Told to Me ." TOCCOA, HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1896. DRESS GOODS All wool, 36 inches wide 43 e 1 Piece extra nice 39 e 1 Piece, a A1 bargain at 33 e 1 Pattern 32 inch goods at 23 c 3 Pieces double faced curtain goods, a rea ^ bargain at c; our pi ice 21 cents, All our Calicos, including our 6 and 7 cent goods go for 5 cents a yard. Embroideries go for a song. E. E. Mitchell’s Old Stand, B. R. AND A. R. R. It is Possible that this Road Will be Put Through. Special Corresoondenee to the Journal. New York, Oct. i.—There has been a mysterious conference in progress in this city for f he past few days that may mean a sensation in railroad circles in Georgia be- fore very long. Early in the week judge William Bailey Thomas, former owner of the little Blue Ridge and At antic road, Mr. W. V. Lauraine, receiver, and Mr. W. 11. Black, attorney-at-law, showed up in New York and registered to- gether at the Marlborough. It was known that one object of Mr. Lau- raine , s V1S t was to confer w5th Mr - W - G - Pin - Coffin ’ the repre- sentative here of the English capi- talists who own the Hlue Rid b re and Atlantic, with a view to clos- ing up the receivership, which he } ias held for the past four years, The presence of Mr. Black could not be explained on the same score, however. All Tuesday and Wednesday Mr. Black was closeted with that arch railway conspirator, Newman Erb, whose ventures and successes in the southern railway world have been so often exploited. Rumor lias . it, . and . know , how . ’ you rumor these tips, r that the conferences . gets have looked to the purchase of the little Blue Ridge and Atlantic from the English owners as a link in 0*e new , j,ne that is • projected • . A f from Chattanooga, to Augusta and from Knoxville to the same point. If you will study the map for a mo- ment you will observe that the Northeastern road, which is already a part of the proposed route to Knoxville, fills the distance from Athens to Lula. Then you will find that the little Blue Ridge and Atlantic runs from Cornelia to Tal- lulah, and that Cornelia is only about io or 12 miles above the point on the Southern where the Northeastern taps it at Lula. This means a track of only a few miles need be built to connect the North- Eastern and the Blue Ridge and Atlantic and offer a continuous line from Athens to Tallulah. That would leave only about 130 miles of road to be built to corn- piete the proposed line from Ath- ens to Knoxville. The rest would be easy. Hence the suspicion which rests over the conference held in this city within the past few days. The little Blue Ridge and Atlantic has at last become a link in an impor- tant chain and its purchase by a new company may be authoritative- ly announced at an early date. Mr. Lauraine has been ordered to close up the receivership and will begin immediate steps to do this upon his return to Atlanta on „ Saturday. Mr. Lauraine’s splen- did work in behalf of this road has made him a great reputation in the railroad world. The road is a small one, but the in : manner which , • , he . . has acted , general , as e man- ager, receiver, auditor, purchasing . agent, general passenger agent, general freight agent, and ly conductor, engineer and fireman, and all with signal success, entitle him to the palm. He has contend- ed with all the ills that such an iso- lated piece of railroad property should naturally fall heir to without annoying the court in any sense, and has easily marked himself a - S; i t // J- < .* CLOTHING Some of my compettitors will howl, but I cant help it. We are determined to close out our stock of Clothing at once. We send the knife still deeper this wee k, and means saving of dollars for you. Come in while they last. Suits that others ask you twice the amount, we only want $8.49. Suits well worth ten and eleven dol¬ lars, we only want $6. Suits well worth $7 and $8, we only want - 3-49 Jeans Pants, all sizes, 49 cents Jeans Pants, well worth $1, for 69 cents Jeans Pants, all wool, extra heavy 89 cents TOCCOA, GA railroad genius. It is but natural then that Mr. Lauraine should have some flattering offers to go to oth- er places. One in particular that he looks upon with a great deal of favor would take him to Guatema¬ la. He will in all possibilitv ac¬ cept this offer, much to the sincere regret of his thousands of friends in Georgia. “It is not strange that the heads of all the trusts in the country are opposed to the Chicago ticket, be¬ cause the Chicago ticket is opposed to all the trust of the countrv. It is not strange that the money-changers are opposed to the Chicago ticket, because the Chicago ticket is op¬ posed to the money-changers’ poli¬ cy. It is not strange that syndi¬ cates which grow fat while the people grow lean are opposed to the Chicago ticket, because the suc¬ cess of the Chicago ticket means that those syndicates shall cease to fat¬ ten on the adversities of the people. I believe, my friends, that the time has come when we must restore to the people the right to run the gov¬ ernment and that we must restore the government to the old policy whereby it guarantees equal rights to all and special privileges to no one -—W. J. Bryan. To My Patrons Having ~ sold out mv former lormer livery .. business. I bave with .1 me ray brother 7 \ Mr.J.L T t t *, Me- ure in tbe * ner ^ business and we nels^at old^ tand^ near Worses* the Simnson nouse, House witii with new new nor.es, and new vehicles of all kinds ready to serve the public both cheaply and ex P e ^ t i° us iy* Tbankin g the P“ bllc tor lts . f £ enerous P a , e 1 ma j n \ ours truly, J. W. McClure. TIMES ESTABLISHED 1890. NO. 4p A NORMAL SCHOOL. Prof. T. G. Hosick Would Like to Start one. The Toccoa Real Estate Ex¬ change is in receipt of the follow¬ ing letter: Meredith, Pa., Sept. 30 . Toccoa Real Estate Exchange, Toccoa, Ga. Gentlemen : I am anxious to se- cure a good location for a Normal Academy for the training of teach¬ ers, and write to you hoping you may be able to give me information regarding your town and county. If you think Toccoa would be a good location for such a school, please let me know and I will send papers which will show the people that I am capable and responsible. Send information regarding the schools of your county if you have such at hand. Yours respectfully, Thos. G. Hosick. From the above it will be seen that Prof. Hosick means business and a normal school in Toccoa, properly advertised, would no doubt, be a great thing for our town. Every person in Toccoa should at least lend his moral support to ev- er y new enterprise that starts in To< ; c ? a > and sboaId patronize all h institutions, . because if suc we are to push u our town . forward ,• , we must support home enterprises _ home enterprises are the me bu *^ U P a * own and niake a \\ e would . . ... like for » the , board , , F J lirat - hand^nd i'' and if it is feasible invesbgate A a enterprise \ Toccoa, to help put it on foot. \\ e can t afford to let grass ^y e afe - n the front and ke.p there.