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■ MS, Your attention is called to the elegant stock of Dress Goods, suitable for commencement. We had an especial eye on the selection of our commence ment Dresses, and have the nicest and largest stock to se lect from in this city. We arc showing an elegant stock of White Dress Goods COMPRISING Mia aiH Persian Lawns, Dotted Swisses, Flain anil Fancy Mails, Embroidered Flouncings! All-over Embroideries, Swiss Edgings and Insertings, Cliina and India Silks, Fine Fine French Challies, With White Dress Goods and Trim mings to match. __ WE HAVE AI.SO THE NEWEST STYLES IN Ribbons and Sash Ribbons, The prettiest Fans ever * Shown in Thomasville, The liest Corsets, The daintiest Hdk’fs, The Latest in Gloves, The most Stylish Parasols, T.&A.S. Kaliski’s Fine Shoes Please come and sec us betore making your purchases, and we will save you money. Tbe Leaders of Styles. THE DAILY TINIES-ENT^|PRISE. ALBERT WINTER, City Editor. SATURDAY JUNE 15, 1889 Local Schedule. Fast mail for Savannah Ar... 9 25 a m •* “ “ Lv...l2 40 pm “from “ Ar... 131pm “ for Chattahoochee Lv... 200 pm Train for Albany Lv... 9 30am " from “ Ar... 5 20 p m “ “ for Savannah Lv... 6 50pm Freight ana accoin. from Wayc..Ar... 3 45 p in •. “ “ for “ Lv... 8 40 am •• •• *• “ Chatt. Lv... 4 45 p m *• •• •• from Chatt. Ar... 7 15 a m •• “ “ for Albany Lv... 4 25 pm •t •* •• from “ Ar... 7 55 am THOMASVILLE AND MONTICELLO. Freight accoro. for Monticello LV...8 45 a m •• “ from “ ....Ar...6 20 p m Fastmailfor “ ....Lv...206 pm •• “ from “ ....Ar..l210p m PAYS THE PENALTY! WILL DEBILL ON THE GALLOWS. Last Scenes of the Drama, Which Began in Murder and Ended at the Rope’s End. The last chapter in the life of Will Dcbill ended yesterday, and the tragedy that opened with a murderous ax ended with the hangman’s rope. The closing scenes were hid behind the walls of the jail, and the curious crowd that would have looked on the dying gasps and struggles of the mur derer were compelled to look on them only in imagination. This is wise. The maudlin curiosity that prompts men and women to attend public executions ought to be disap pointed, oud the demoralization at tending the gratification of this sent! ment averted. HISTORY OF THE CRIME. Some time last September there came to Leb, a small station between Thomasville and Cairo, a negro, Will Dcbill, who found employment with Mr. Ed Clay, who has a contract to furnish wood for the railroad rack at that place. Will was a most power ful man, and this expertness with an axe, which was afterwards demon strated witli such dreadful results, made him a valuable haud in the woods. Will boarded with Walter Long and his wife, while he was at work at Leb. It is not the proper place tc lift the veil that hides the sauctity of the home circle, but there is no ques tion but that the green eyed monster, jealousy, paved the way to the crime, Whether Walter had any reason to suspect his wife of unfaithfulness will never be known, or whether lie made the threats against Will, which Will claims as the cause of his crime, is equally a mattsr of doubt. But whether they were made or not, they bore tiie fatal fruit. On the evening of December 12th Wnlter was eating his supper when Will came in to join him at the even ing meal. Will says that Wnlter did not speak to him, but looked sullen and morose. Like a flash it came to Will what lie had heard that Walter ha 1 threatened to do. He went out and catching up an ax he hurried back to the supper room. As he entered the door with the ax drawn, Margaret, Walter’s wife, called out to her husband to look out, that Will was going to strike him with the ax. The warning came too late. One blow went crushing into Walter’s skull, and another quickly followed, that almost severed Walter’s head from lu's body. A groau, a gush of blood, a few gasps and Walter was dead. In the demoralization and confusion that followed, Will made his escape. THE CAPTURE. A few weeks later Sheriff Hurst received notice from Sheriff Patterson, of Decatur county, that a negro an swering the description of the mur derer was at work on the Alabama Midland Railroad, about 30 miles west of Baiubridge. Making all his arraugemens so that a certain capture would be eflccted, Sheriff Hurst went over after his mau and got him. Siuce that time he bos been confined iu our jail. THE TRIAL. At April term of our Superior court Will was brought up for trial. J. Kansell Merrill was appointed by the court to conduct the defense, and Solicitor General Rountree ap peared for the state. In one hour and a half from the time the case was sounded the jury brought in a verdict of guilty and Will’s fa te was scaled. He passed through the trying ordeal with a stolid air of bravado that be spoke a very low grade of intelligence and morality. Since the trial and after sentence was passed, the condemned man has talked freely of his crime. While professing conversion and a readiness to meet the terrible end that awaited him, Will has shown hut a faint con ception of the crime for which paid the penalty with his life. He has boasted that he did his bloody work in a thorough manner, and in his last days has been fed on money obtained from the sale of his body to one of our physicians. AT THE GALLOWS. Yesterday morning Will ate a good breakfast. lie was furnished with the meal by the Stuart House. The drop had been fixed iu the stairway that leads from the lower to the upper floor of the jail, and it is proper to say here that it worked per fectly. At 10:30 Sheriff Hurst aud his dep uties entered the jail. The gate of the yard was closed to keep out the crowi^ and policeman Gordon took his stand there. \\ hile the execution was known to be a private one, still 300 to -loti negroes gathered in the street to he as near ns possible to the doomed man when he went into eternity. At 10:50 Will Debill appeared at one of (lit windows aud made a short address to the crowd. It was principally made up of interjections and asseverations of his willingness to die. He wound up by exhorting his hearers to meet him iu Heaven. While he was talk ing enthusiastic negroes in the crowd would cry, “that’s so,” and “ves, we will meet you in Heaven.” At 10:55 those who were to sec the execution were permitted to enter the jail. As the reporter walked up the stairway Will was standing oil the trap talking in an excited way, de claring with every other breath that he was ready to go, that he had fin ished the work he was to do in the world 1 “I have only four more min utes to live,” he said, “thank God, I will soon be gone.” Rev. Peter Gantt, colored, led in a short prayer, to which Will made loud and frequent responses. As the dread momont approached, it was easy to soo that Will was labor ing under a terrible excitement. He would wipe the sweat from his face, r asp his words and there was a look of almost maniacal wildness in his eyes. At tlio conclusion of the prayer, Will shook hands with the minister and those around him, and when Sheriff Hurst told him he was ready, he mounted the trap with an hyster ical laugh. As he was mounting the steps some one asked him if he was satisfied with the manner in which the law had dealt with him. “I haven’t given it a thought,” he said. It was eleven o'clock sharp when he took his place on the trap. He was pinioned around the ankles and knees by Sheriff Hurst, and Marshal Spair tied the hands of the doomed man. At 11:05 the fatal cap was drawn over his head, and at 11:06 the trap was sprung aud with a dull thud tbe body fell. The drop was six feet. There was not a motion, or tremor or convulsion. The vertebrae of the neck was separated and there was suf ficient pressure on the spinal cord to produce insensibility and a painless death. Three minutes after tbe fall the pulse was normal. Five minutes after the fall it had gone down to 30, to mount to 120 a minute after. At nine minuter after the fall it was 62. After 12 minutes it be came so feeble and irregular as to be almost imperceptible, and 14 min utes after the trap had been sprung the wrist pulse had stopped. A min ute later the heart beats ceased, and Drs. Bruce and Culpepper, who were in attendance professionally, and who had watched the coming of death, pronounced life extinct. Twenty minutes after the trap fell the body was cut down and placed in the coffin. When the cap was re moved, the face was found to he as calm as if the dead man had fallen asleep. There was no, distortion of the features, aud the eyes aud lips were as though they had been set by the touch of living hands, rather than by the rude clutch of the hangman’s rope. Thirty minutes after the fatal drop fell the body was placed in an express wagon and taken to Herring & Wal ker’s where it was left. Every detail of the execution was perfect; there was not a hitch, and Sherifl Hurst, though a novice iu the art of hanging, showed that lie knows as well how to execute the sentence of the law, as he knows how to catch those who have violated it. Marshal Spair gave him valuable assistance in the delicate work. There were very few more people on the streets yesterday than usual. The small, orderly crowd, demonstrated the wisdom of Judge Hansell’s custom of having all executions private in his circuit. Let us hope that it will be a long time before there is another hanging in Thomasville. The new fence, enclosing the South Georgia College grounds, will be com pleted this afternoon. The painters will then take hold ot it. The farmers are putting in some good square work on their crops. May each son of toil reap an abundant har vest. Call and get the FINEST chipped hcef, to order, at A. C. BROW N S, 0-12 at The Jackson st. Grocer. We always undersell any body else al Pickett’s Cash Store. CATARRH CURED, health and sweet breath secured, by Bhilol’s Catarrh Remedy, Price 50 cents. Nasal I iiector free \ Mound lifsnl Opinion. E. Buiubridge Monday Esq. Esq., County Attv., (’lay Co., Tex., says: “Have used Klee trie Hitters with most happy results. MV brother also was very low with malarial lever and jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medicine. Am sytished Electric Hitters saved his life.” Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, Ivy., adds a like testimony, saying, lie positively believed lie would have died, had it not been for Electric Bitters. This great remedy will ward off, as well as cure all malarial diseases, and for all kidney, Liver and stomach disorders stands uneqtmled. Price f*0 cents and $1.00. fS. J. Casskls. Elegant fresh Magnolia liatns at 12 cents at Pickett's. Two, No. 1, Good Horses for sale by B. A. BASS. NOT A PIMPLE ON HIN NOW. Bad with Kxz^mn. llnir nil 4»on<*. Ncnlp covered with crnptioit*«Thoii|il»l hit* Imir would u*Vcr g ow, .Jured by remedic**. llnir wplcinlitl and not a pimple on him. I cannot say enough in praise of the Cuticura Remedies. My hoy, who when one year of age, was so bad with eczema That ho lost all his hair. Hissnalp was covered with eruptions, which the doctors said was scald head, and that his hair would nevergrow again. Despair ing of a cure from physicians I began the uso of Cuticura Remedies, and, am lianpy to say, with die most perfect success. Ilia hair is now splendid and there is not a pimple on him. I recommend theCuticur. Reimdies us the most speedy, economical, and sure cure for skin dis eases of infants and children, and feci that ev ery mother who has an atnicted child will thank me torso doing. Nrs. M K.WOOD8UM, Norway Me Two answers to the mathematical problem published in the Times En terprise a day or two since, have been handed in. One puts the age of the 4th man at 47, and the other at 48. Query: Which is right? A Fever More Eight Years Cured. I must extend to you the thanks of one of my customers, who has beon cured bv using Cuticu- -a Remedies, of an old sore, caused by a long spell of sickness or fever eight years ago. lie was so bad ho was fearful lie would have to have ids leg amputated, but is happy to say ho is nov.’ entirely well,—sound as a dollar. Ho requests me to use his name, which Is If. If. Cason, merchant of this nlace JOHN V. MINOR, Druggist, Gainsboro, Teun. Severe Scale Disease Cured, REID a CULPEPPER’S . ;J 120-122 Broad St., - Thomasville, Ga; : School and Blank Books, Stationery, : Of every style. Pianos and Organs, Sheet Music, Etc. <j BEAR IN MIND' N -THAT THEY HAVE THE- Handsomest and Best kept Drug Store IN GEORGIA. Whore yuu cun liinl fresh mid pure drugs and get prescriptions compounded at all hoars, ys day or night, by competent Pharmacists. They use only Squibb’s preparations in the prescription department and guarantee goods and prices. REID & EIILPEPPER, 120-138 Broad St. .A. T L STEYERMAN A BRO.’Sj 'X’txto Cases o La’wn, At 3 1-2 Cents per Yard. REMEMBER THE PLACE: L. Steyerman & Bro.’s. One Case 4-4 Bleaching At 6 l-3e. 0L0THIN&X CLOTHING-! Our Bargains the talk of the town. Co petition completely baffled. YjKgga-Call and be convinced. L. STEYERMAN & BRO., 129 BROAD STREET. L THOMASVILLE. 1H0MA8VILLE Baiiliag Works, A few weeks ago my wife suffered very much from a cutaneous disease of the* scalp, and re ceived no relief Irom tbo various remedies she used until she tried Cuticura. The dlsen Uromptiy yielded to this treatment, and in Ins short while she wns entire y been no return o< the diseaso and Cuticura ranks *^o. 1 in our estimation for diseases ot the Cuticura IlcniedlCH. Arc a positive euro for every form of sk sculp. and blood diseases, with loss of hair, fr pimples to scrofular, except possibly itchthyo- sis. 8old everywhere. Price, Cuticura, r»oe.; Soap, 25.; Resolvent, $1. Prepared by the Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston, Mass G3jr*Scnd for “How to Cure Skin Diseases,” G4 pages, 50 illustrations, and 100 testimonials. EVERY MUSCLE ACHED Strai Sharp aches, Dull Pains and weaknesses relieved in __ rM ute bv the Cuticura Anti-Pain Plas ter. me drst and only instantaneous pain-kill ing, strengthening plaster. 25 cents. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that all par ties arc prohibited from hunting on our lands around and near Linton lake. This includes all the land we own. A. T. Mclx'n uk. Jk., II. •!. M< Ivn i:i:. May 2~>, 1831). Mil.' I have had weak Lungs nearly all my life, have taken quite a number of Expectorants without any aparent benefit, I a til now us ing Blower’s Lung Restorer and I can safely aftirmitis the only remedy from which I have ever derived any benefit. W. L. Mauii.\. Reid k Culpepper are keeping up with the procession, they have secured the agency of the famous Star Mineral Water, the finest preparation known for dyMMia, It is guaranteed to cure. t 0 tf Picket sells the most elegant Hour manufactured iu America for Elegant collee at Pickett’s pound tinder the market. ISucklcu’N Arnica Halve. The Best Salve in the World for Cuts, Bruises, 8orcs, fleers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 23 cents per box- For sale by S, J. Cassels. Drug Store. Piedmont Hotel, GAINESVILLE, GA. This elegantly furnished hotel is leased by Mrs. M. E. Stafford, late of Biistol Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla. First class table. (’omc early aud Se cure rooms. Address, Mrs. M. E. Stafford, C-14-2t Gaines?ille, Ga. L. SCHMIDT, Proprietor. Headquarters for pure '.arbonated bever ages, at wholesale and retail. Best soda water with pure fruit juice flavors. Fife &Beve rly MEIGS, GEORGIA. —DEALERS IN General Merchandise, -AND ALL KINDS OF- Ice Cream Parlors Specially fitted up for the accommodation of the Ladies. On draught algo, the new Mexican beverage, * “FRT7X MIZ. 5 Xon-alcoholic, delicious, cooling, vitalizing. A NERVE TON If, This delightful bever age is not only the most palatable drink ever dispensed from the soda fountain, but is as well a perfect tonic and system vitnlizer. It improves the appetite, aids digestion and maintains the normal tone of heulthv func- Builders’ Supplies, Lumber, etc. Wo aro prepared to furnish anythin?win ed In tho Li mdeh Link, We make a spoclult Mouldings, Turned Scroll Work, The mostclpborato <1.3lgns will bo faithful y and correctly oiecutoil. Wo oporato the best oqulppsd mills, aud carry tho largest stock of so isoned lumbor In Southern Oeor gin. Parti i, wanting lumberwlllsavo money byconsulting us before placing their orders. FIFE k BEVERLY Commencement Exercises Its Properties: -f l"ir -•d from the nutritious properties fruit juices, combined with the ex tract from a small tropical plant found in lower Mexico, ot which the medicinal prop erties arc invaluable, and its favor delicious. It Cannot Be Used to Excess. Nut a foaming gas drink, causing belching ot wind and unpleasant effects after drink- itig. No ethcral extracts or liquors, but a solid thirst-quenching, delicious drink: an extremely pleasant and cflieient tonic, over which ni;.e out often persons arc enthusias tic with praise. Everybody Likes It, Everybody Wauts H, Everybody Drinks It. "KRI’l Ml/'.’ the finest beverage in tbe worl !. DISPENSED BY L. SCHJtUDT, IlioiiiasviHe Bottling Works. FIS.ES II MEATS. We will open, Monday, April lit. at ihc place lately occupied by Mr. P. II. Done a fine stock of fresh meats. Beef. Mutton anil Pork. Our meals are from our own farms, fat, jUcy and sweet. We will be glad to receive your patronage and will serve you with the best meats ai the lowest possiblo prices. F. P. Hoax tt Baa YOONG FEMALE COLLEGE. Ilaecalaurcafe sermon by Uev. 12.11. Harris, Columbus, Ga., bimdav, June I fitli, 10:30 a. m. | .GRADUATING EXERCISES ’ <|J Tuesday, .lime 18th, 8:00 p. m. AX.WAI. CONCERT, Wednesday,.) uue 19th, S :00 p. m. B. D. FUDGE, THOMASVILLE, GA., DEALER IX -m HARDWARE Stoves, Iron, Buggy aidWipMiliiiilj j Tin and Hollow Ware,! ot’ all kinds, and agent lor . i 1 -J[ King’s Powder Co. - eptl’idUm New York dailies, Times, World. Tribune ^ and Herald, Macon Telegraph and Atlanta and Savannah dailies, every aaf, iH MiSS ADDIS MoCLELLA] Jackson Street.