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WEDNESDAY MAY 29, l»8f.
Road Congress.
Now that the road congress has
met and adjourned, and Atlanta has
had the pleasure of entertaining the
delegates, and taking in probably $io,-
ooo in the way of hotel bills, goods
purchased, kc., and it, is universally
conceded that the congress was a good
thing, and ill the members are entitled
to t^e prefix Hon. to their names, as
are other members of congress, it will
be conceded that the roads are in
■ condition to remain as they were be
fore. In fact, all the buncombe about
the roads, and the ways devised for
their improvement, are unnecessary.
The present road laws are good enough
probably, if they were enforced. Look
at Thomas county. 'Ve have the best
and only practicable system. We use
our convicts to work our roads and
supplement their work by the common
road law, which authorizes a levy of
fifteen days on all hands over 16 years
ol age and under 6o. These two
Uctotpltinedl will keep all the public
the roads in the county in good condi
tion.
The talk of levying a tax for the
, purpose of hiring the roads worked
has been tried and proven a failure.
. In the county of Houston, several
years ago, a special act was passed to
leavy a tax, employ a road overseer
and sub-overseers, purchase mules,
wagons, &c., and it all amounted to
thexounty commissioners being en
joined from carrying out the law, and
having a heavy bills for damages in
broken contracts with overseers, &c
The question is a serious one,! and
■ should be carefully considered, it is
true, but it properly belongs to each
county. . What would be a good! sys
tem for Thomas would be impractica
ble for Colquitt, &c. Let the present
law be rigidly enforced, and we will
have good roads.
Georgia’s Bounding Wealth.
The article in the Chronicle yester
day, <iu\'Get>rgia ;Now and Then” 1ms
'attracted^ .ijonaidenlblc attention.
There are some remarkable points in
this review, and first will be noticed
that the farm yield in Georgia for
1888 exceeds the yield ior 1860 by
several millions of dollars. W lieu
wc consider the amount of slave labor
swept away and the great demoraliza
tion iucident to the war, and when we
further remember that this revival
has been really brought about in ten
years of work—the period covered
since 1880—this record is a remark
able one.
Another striking lesson from these
figures is thnt in ten years the value
in improved lands have been greater
than in stocks and bonds, and that in
the last year the increase in live stock,
farm implements and farm products
has been greater than the increase in
city and town property, cotton manu
factures and railroads.
One argument made by those -who
insist that the people of Georgia are
growing poorer in spite ot this appar
ent increase of values, is that wealth
is accumulating in large centres and
gravitating to the control of the great
corporations. But when we read the
growth of railroads we must remem
ber that every line enhances the value
of thousands of acres of farm land,
and thnt the large mill and mining
interests rapidly accumulating are
every day creating better markets for
the products of the farm.
Viewed in whatever light, the
showing made for the recuperative
RELIGIOUS PROGRESS-
energy .nnd bounding wealth of Geor
gia is a wonderful one.—Augusta
gia
Chronicle.
SOME nIvTfACTS
The Savannah Newt.
„We printed a little item sent us by
a friend and subscriber of the Savan
nah News the other day, complaining
of the bad printing, and referred it to
our fnend, Estill, knowing thft he
would have the matter remedied,
possible. We arc glad to know that
it has been; but it is not generaljy un.
derstood by the many reidersof news
papers that the art of properly print
ing is a very nice thing, and must be
thoroughly understood. Now, in the
case of the News, the paper is printed
from plates—not type. The type is
set up, proven and then made into
matrixes, from which are cast the
plates, which are fastened on turtles;
these are placed on the large cylinder
of the press, and the paper is worked
off Now, it the stcreotyper is not an
expert and thoroughly competent, the
printing will not be clear, and there
are many stages of the work where the
.least trimble would cause a bad print.
We arc sure that our friends of the
News are doing and will do all that
can be done to make the News a first
class paper in every respect, and the
tact that its readers complain when
they have difficulty in- reading it is
only an evidence of the importance
they attach to it
Our combined facilities are sucli as
to enable us to turn out all kinds of
job printing in the very best style, at
abort notice and on the most reasona
ble terms. Prompt attention given to
orders from a distance, andjirices
guaranteed MS loW U Can '
I any-
About a Great Scheme--An Elaborate
Work—Harry Edwards’ Story.
Macon, Ga., May 26.—The Cou
stitution has noted at length the pro
posed location of an experiment or
model farm by the Georgia Southern
and Florida road neaf Tifton, about
96 miles from Macon, on 1,000 acres
of land given the road by Mr. Tift.
Iu couuectiou therewith the follow
ing new facts are uow given. Profes
sors Irby .and Fitzgerald, graduates
of ' the Mississippi Agricultural col
lege, one an expert and the other an
experienced horticulturist, will soon
arrive to begin their labors. The
Georgia Southern will pay the gen
tlemen about $2,000 and 81,200 each
respectively per annum, to superintend
the farm and give lectures and in
structions at any station along the
road that the management sees fit to
require. These lectures and instruc
tions are to be give i the farmers, nnd
it is lioped by this means to inculcate
into the farmers new lessons and ideas
nnd mnke them appreciate the value
of raising fruits, vegetables and all
kinds of truck. It is the desire of
the management to conduct the model
farm on an elaborate scale, and make
it as well known and as valuable as
the proposed State experimental farm.
On every Saturday the model larm
will be opou to public inspection, and
the farmers along the line of the road
will be invited to visit the farm, and
Professors Irby and Fitzgerald will
give explanations and instructions
about the growing crops to all who
come. At “Cyclonctu,” the name of
the model farm, so called because it
lies in the direct path of a cyclone
come years ago, when great destruc
tion of trees, etc., were done, will be
grown every kind of garden and field
crop,and special attention will belaid
to the raising of fine cattle. The
most elegant railroad eating house in
the south will be established at “Cy-
cloneta,” and the table suDplied from
the model farm. No town will be al
lowed to grow up around “Cyclone-
ta.” It is proposed to have a series
of model farms established by indi
viduals adjoining the road's farm,
and in ten years it is expected that
model farms will stretch the entire
length of the line.
The expert horticulturist, on his
arrival at Macou, and before com
mencing work at the model farm, will
be sent by the Georgia Somtheru road
to Augusta, to remain a month with
Mr. Berkniau and study Georgia
plants and floweris fruits, etc, ^
The Georgia Southern management
will publish an elaborate work on the
woods, lands, towns, ferns, mosses,
fruits, flowers, etc., along the line, and
it will be profusely illustrated in the
highest degree of art. Au accom
plished- artist will soon arrive to take
sketches, and these will lie printed in
fine oil colors.
Mr. Harry S. Edwards has been
engaged to write a story, which will,
among other things, he descriptive ot
the Suwanee River route, ns the
Georgia Southern is known, which
will he a part of the handsomely il
lustrated book. The work will cost a
largo sum, hut it will be elaborate, in
teresting, valuable, handsome, and
will be preserved.
What Has Been Accomplished in a Hun
dred Years.
From the Providence Journal. - '
II is fitting that with the comple
tion of the round of centennial anni
versaries which have been going on
during the past fifteen yearn, some
notice should be taken of the religious
progress made during the first century
of our national life. It will he found
quite as remarkable as the material
progress which has made this country
the wonder and the envy of the world,
and it is still more promising in the
future. In 1789 it is estimated that
there was one church member to
every 14.5 of the population, at which
proportion the whole number could
not have been more than 200,000;
uow the churches claim one in three
of the population, or upwards of 20,-
000,000. One hundred years ago the
Episcopal church had just secured the
consecration of three bishops for this
country, and had barely completed an
independent organization; the Meth
odists had, perhaps, 100 churches; the
Congrcgationnlists were unknown out
side of New England; the Presbyte
lianshad just formed the general as
sembly, and the Roman Catholics
scarcely existed. The present strength
of these influential branches of the
church is too well known to require
mention. It is evident that the foun
dation work of the last century, dur
ing which a footing has been secured
in every center of population through
out the country, lias been well done,
and the results are far beyoud what
any one would have dared to predict
n century ago.
In other respects religious progress
has been even more marked. One
hundred years ago the theology of the
churches in this country was mninly
that of Calvin and Jonathan Edwards.
The preaching of the time was almost
entirely doctrinal, and had little in
fluence upon daily life. The morals
of the laity were ofteu corrupt. Pro
fanity, Sabbath desecration and in
temperance abounded even more than
now. There was little intelligent in
terpretation of the Bible. Missionary
enterprise was unknown. There were
few colleges, no theological seminaries
and no religious newspapers. The
century which has passed has seen the
influence of the Calvauistic theology
decline until that hard, uncompro
mising and narrow system is without
a vestige of its former power. Not
one of the doctrines but has bceu
i estated and made more rational.
The century lias witnessed the devel
opment of a vast system of religious
education, under which, at great ex
pense, each denomination has been
compelled to establish and sustain
academies and collogcs in every state
for the instruction of laity and col
lege. It has seen the multiplication
of Bible societies, the establishment
of .Sunday schools in every church,
nnd the growtli of the religious news
paper from the most insignificant be
ginnings to a position only second in
influence to that of the pulpit. It has
seen religion invoke the aid of culture
and become foremost iu efforts to dif
fuse knowledge and a love of sound
learning’among the people. It has
been characterized by a complete
change in religious methods, under
which activity has taken the place .of
idleness, and the use of intelligent
means that of waiting for what used
to be called au “outpouring of divine
grace.” The sphere of Christian ac
tivity has been continually widening,
and many kinds of humanitarian ef
forts arc now seen . to he distinctly
religious, and are carried on with
zeal and energy, which once had not
come within the comprehension of the
church. Perhaps most significant ot
all the present century has seen is the
resumption of that missionary enthu
siasm which was the distinguishing
feature of the church during the first
century, and the main cause of its
rapid growth,and work 1ms been done
abroad which by the close of another
century may have doubled the nower
and influence of Christianity in the
world. Without interesting itself less
in diviufr things, the church has
learned that its proper study is man
kind, the most praiseworthy efforts of
the individual not to save his own soul,
but to reclaim that of his brother,
wherever ho may be found, from the
chains of ignorance and vice.
Along with this change in Christian
conceptions and methods a correspond
ing change has taken place in the
attitude of the world toward Christian
ity. A century ago it was looked up
on with open hostility. Many of the
most gifted men of the time did their
utmost t) destroy it, not only denying
the truth of its doctrines, but disput
ing its claim of being a blessing to the
world. Now, however, Christian
character commands respect, skepti
cism has grown deferential, as the
whole tone of Prof. Huxley’s recent
attacks prove, while uo one whose
opinion is entitled to the least respect
will venture to deny the great and
good influence which Christianity has
exerted unon morals, education, liter
ature, or even in the development of
science. It is perfectly plain that tile
church uow occupies a position iu so
ciety which, from a variety of causes
—its inordinate claims, its irrational
theology, its intollerancc and internal
dissension—has been denied it in every
previous age.
What will be the degroe of its fu
ture progress is the.interesting ques
tion. There are some both among its
friends and enemies who think that
iii changing its methods and yielding
so much to the spirit of rationalism,
Christianity shows signs of weakuess
and decay. An impartial study of
its present position and the sources of
its influence will show that this is the
language of uuuecessary fear on the
one side and of unfounded hope on
the other. Iu yielding something to
the demands of criticism it has sint-
ily placed itself more completely iu
jarmony with the ebauged conditions
of human life and thought, while
throughout its whole history it can be
seen to have obeyed that law of devel
opment which has slowly fashioned
these institutions of society which are
most promising of endurance. When
wc consider its more spiritual concep
tions, its improved methods, its mis
sionary activity, never greater during
its entire history, and that it has dou
bled in numbers during the last cen
tury, the prospects for the continued
growth of the church would see -n to
be excellent. In this country espe
cially, where foundations have been
so carefully laid, where it has invoked
so largely the aid of education, where
a narrow conservatism has always
yielded easily to the claims of a wise
liberalism, and in which . the church
has always depended upon the zeal
and enthusiasm of its members, we
may look for a far more rapid growth
during the second centrfry of our na
tional history.
Tliomnsville Variety
Reynolds, Jargrave S Davis, ProR'rs.
Manufacturers and Dealers
ROT! Of 11 DRESSED
LUMBER.
LATHES,
pickets;,
.SHINGLES,
MOULDINGS,4
BRACKETS,
SCROLL WORK,
MANTLES,
BALUSTERS,
STAIR-RAILS
Newel Rosts,
OFFICE, CHURCH & STORE,
Furniture.
STORE FRONTS,
Wiiv Screen Doors nnd Windows, Sash,
Doors nnd Blinds
TO ORDER.
STAIR BUILDING,
When you are con
templating- a pur
chase of* anything- in
our line, no matter
how small may be
the amount involved
,LY
?$??•
AND INSIDE HARDWOOD IT NISI I A
SPECIALTY.
Flapping of a Fly’s Wings.
In his book “On the Hetties, In-
stiucts and Intelligence of Animals,”
Sir John Labbock records some of his
later observations, among which are
these:
“The slow flapping of a butterfly s
wing produces no sound, hut when
the movements are rapid a noise is
produced, which increases in shrill
ness with the number of vibrations.
Thus the house fly, which produce^
the souuu F, vibrates its wings 21,120
times a minute, or 385 times n second;
and the bee, which produces the
souud of A, as many as 20,400 times
a minute, or 440 times iu a second.
On the contrary, a tired'bee hums on
E, and, therefore, according to theory
vibrates its wings only 330 times a
second.
Marcy has succeeded iu confirming
these numbers graphically. He fixed
a fly so that the tip of the wing just
touched a cylinder, which was
moved by clockwork. Each stroke
of the wing produced a mark, of
conrsc very slight, but still quite per
ceptible, and lie thus showed that
there was actually 330 strokes in a
second, agreeing exactly with the
number inferred from the note pro
duced.
BgyCOURENPUNDENCE SOLICITED.
FRESH MEATS.
Wc will open, Monday, April 1st, at tiic
plate lately occupied by Mr. P. 11. Bone
a fine stock of fresh meats. Beef, Mutton nnd
Pork.
Our meats arc from our own farms, Lit,
juicy and sweet. Wc will be glad to receive
your patronage and will serve you with the
best meats at the lowest possible prices.
F. P. Horn A Bro
MILLINERY.
Took Off Hi* Iliulcr I/ip.
Eight years ago a cancer catne
my lower lip. I had it cut out while
it was yet small, and it healed up ap
parently, but soon broke out again,
and commenced eating very rapidly.
It took off my under lip lrom one side
to the other, and down to my chin.
I had it treated by burning, and got
so weak that I did hot think I could
stand it much longer. After much
suffering I discarded all other remedies
and began taking Swift’s Specific, ajtd
the cancer sold began to heal, and in
a short time it was completely healed
and I was entirely ’ well. It is now
over three years since I got well, aud
there has been no sign of any return
of the disease. I know it was cancer,
and I know it was cured alone by S.S
S. E. V. Ferrand,
Rustort, La.
S. S. S. cured me of malignant sore
throat and mouth, caused by * impure
blood. The trouble extended down
to my left lung, which was very sore.
The doctors practiced on me for three
years without relief, when I left them
and took S. S. S. Four bottles cured
me. Ben Riley,
Meridian, Miss,
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Long advertisements of “im-
Tieuse stocks below cost,” at
tract attention, but it is the
quiet work that tells. We
haven’t as big lists in the pa
per as some people, but what
we say in the paper we confirm
in the store.
Let us attract your attention
by bargain's in Hats, Ribbons,
Flowers, Plumes and all fash
ionable head-wear.
You can buy two hats from
us for the price asked for one
elsewhere. Is it not to your
interest to save your money
rather than waste it on high
prices and big profits.
Pic nic hats a specialty this
week.
Eupcp.y. ,
Tliis is wlmt you ought to have, in fac t
you must haw it, to fully enjoy life. Thou
samls are searching lor it daily, and mourn,
ing because they find it not. Thousands up
on thousands of dollars arc spent aniuihlly
tiy our people iu tile hope they may obtaia
this boon. And yet it may be-lmd by all.
Wc guarantee that Electric Bitters, if used
according to directions and the use persisted
in, will bring you Uood Digestion and oust
the demon Dyspepsia and install instead
Eitpcpsy. We racommcud Electric Hitters for
Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver, Stom-
aehe and Kidneys. Sold ut 5l)o end #1 1)0
per bottle by
S.J. CASSKLS, Druggist.
By coming to look
over our large and
well selected stock of
Clothing, Gents’ Fur
nishing Goods, Hats,
etc., that is new and
seasonable.
Decide Quickly
To buy of us., After
seeing the prices and
examining the qual
ity of our goods you
can’t resist them. It
is impossible to do as
well elsewhere.
Mrs. Jennie C’arroll,
Low Price Milliner,
Lower Broad St.
GEORGE FEARN
REAL ESTATE AGIYT.
OFFICE IN MITCHELL HOUSE BLOCK.
Cilj and Comity Property for Sale.
HOUSES RENTED
A {Ml Tax cm l'» let.
EOANS
NEGOTIATED.
Bring me a description oi your property
Election Notice.
Notice is hereby Riven that, iu accordance
with a resolution adopted, by the Mayor and
Council of Thomasvllle, Georgia, at a regular
meeting.held May 20th 188'.*, an election will ho
held at tho court house, in said town, on the
28th day of June, 188*.*, at which election the
question Of “Bonds” or “No Bonds,” will bo
submitted l# the qualified voters of said town.
The object of said election is to submit to the
voters of said town tho question of (stoning
bonds not to exceed in the aggregate fifteen
thousand dollars. Tho proceeds arising from
the salaof said bonds, If issued, to bo applied,
Wall paper at low prices, select put-
nns. Geo. W. Forbes,
M&sury Building
Best dried pcacheslic.
Iw T. J. Bam. a Btto, Alro«
Saw Mill for Sale
A good ;}J-lior*e power Enginr, «#4
mill complete, with a new Sweep-stakes
Planer, 4 mule*, log carts, wagons, etc., atid
125 acre* of fresh timber. Mill just put
dow n, and within 0 mile* of Tliomasvillp. w
offered at a bargain because the owner lias
other busiucss requiring bis .attention. Fur
ther particular! on application aftjtbp Timf.s-
Extxbfbisk office,
first, to the purchase - ....
pdtfes, and the balance, if any, to lo used in
paying oil any Indebtedness there may be of
said town for Water works, or be applied to tho
Improvement and extension of tho water works
system In said town. Thin notice is girrn in
accordance with an Act of the General Assem
bly ot Gcorgla, approved 8qpt. 21st, lH8u And
it is ordered thnt this not leu be published in
tit - newspapers published iu said town ot
Thomasville once a week for four weeks prior
tp said ejection,
lly order of the Council.
Jl. W. HUPKINS, Mayor.
Jt. T, MclqK.VN, CJlerkt
Latonia Ico Go,
Ice ruude IVom vure wutci nud'delivered
utiywhere in the ci y daily. Send in your
orders to works mar the pvyieugcr depot,
jan) ly ...
FOR SALE!
A Manvel Wind-Mill
With complete attachment*—one lift pump,
-•no H,000 gallon tank, and water towor with
pfpe, etc., ready for use. Original cost, $300.
Will sell for $200.
mayl9*d3tw2t
H. W. HOPKINS.
NO
Can be found. We
get the choice of the
best goods on the
market, andbuy and
sell them at
LOW.
That our prices are
the lowest, our as
sortment tlio most
complete, and our
quality the highest.
Dont fail to call on
us.
C. H. YOUNG & CO
Clothiers an^Furtiithciv.
• M06 Brbafl St.