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—i THE DAILY TIMES-ENTERPRISE. JOHN TRIPLETT, - - -'.>Editor.i 8. B. BURR, - Business Maqnge.r, fhc Daily Tirks-Ekterfris* ii publish'd every morning (Monday cxoptcd.) The Weekly Enterprise is published every Thursday morning. JThe Weekly Times is published every Sat urday. Subscription Hates. Daily Times-Esterprise, . . . . W: kkly vEnTerpiUSe, Weekly Times $5 00 . 1 00 i oo Daily Advertis no Rates. Transient Rates.—50 etc. per square for the first insertion, and 40 cet ts for efl u subse quent insertion. One Square, one month, - - - • $ j 00 One Square, two months - - - - 8 One Square, three month’, - - - 12 00 On.’ Square, six months, ... - 20 00 One Square, twelve mont as, - - - 35 00 Subject to change by soccial arranf ement. ■ N. fl. ill icit. Hi,allies* Mi,linger* JiPKCIAI. MITli r.. In order to insure pri mpt insert 5 n, all advertisements, changes, locals, etc., should oe handed in by noon be ore the day of pub lication BVSIMNS >OTI< i:. Parties leaving Thomasvillc for the sum mer ean have the Times-EnterpiAse sent to any address for 50 cents per month. Ad dresses ean be changed as often as is desire^ 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.