The Daily times-enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1889-1925, July 27, 1889, Image 1
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TEOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 27, '800
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RAILROAD RACKET.
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Work on the Augusta, Tallahassee, and
Gulf to be Resumed Immediately.
"What do you know in the way of
railroad news?”
“Well, you can say that the Au
gusta, Tallahassee and Gulf is all-heel
ed and ready to resume work.”
“Is that straight goods ?” .
“Yes; you know Mr. Harry A.
Blake, president of the road, went
down to Carabelle last week? . Well,
he took the contractors with him,
showed them over the road and gave
them directions whut to do. He came
hack AVednesday and immediately
returned to New York, but the plan
of work is all laid out and will begin
at once. First, the big steam pile-
driver is to be brought up to the Och-
lockonec river, then a large force of
workmen arc to be put to work build
ing the bridge. As soon as this is
completed, so that the engine and
construction train can cross over, the
work of laying track on this side will
be begun gnd it will then be pushed
forward just as fast as an extra Jarge
force of --hands nnd plenty of ready
money can do it.”
“And have they sufficient funds?”
“Oh, yes, they have raised all the
money needed and more; and the
company has established an office at
No. 10 Wall Street, New York.”
“I sec that a company has been
organized in Georgia, under the name
of the Augusta and West Florida,
that purposes coming to Tallahassee,
and I hear that they aic investigating
the harbor facilities of Carabelle; is
this in any way connected with the
Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf!”
“I don’t think 'that it is. Front
wlmt I can learn I look upon it as a
npeting line. 'fhg incorporators
intend to build the road; in
which case Tallahassee will bccomo
just that much nearer being a great
railroad center.” *
"Do you think the several other
roads chartered to como toTallahassco
will be built?”
“Yes; you know my businoss places
me on the inside with nearly all the
Florida railroads, present and pros
pective, and I know more than I am
nt liberty to talk about; and right here
let me caution you not to give away
my name in writing up what I hnve
told you."
“Certainly not; hut what about the
other roads?"
' “Well, there urc two roads char
tered from Gainesville to Tallahassee,
one known as the Bronson road and
the other as the Rice road, Dr. Bron
son being the- promoter of one and
Hon. Albert L. Rice, of the other,
both of which roads, I have every
reason to believe, mean business.
Then, there is the Alabama, Georgia
and Florida, G. Gundy Jordan’s road,
which is now being surveyed, and will
be built cither to Quincy or Tallahas
see, running in connection with the
Florida Central and Peninsular. The
old-Bainhridge, Cuthbert nnd Colum
bus has also been revived, and would
like very much to come to Tallahas
see, and probably will. There are
other roads and other things that are
promising, of which I cannot talk
now, but you can say to your renders
that if Tallahassee does not enjoy a
big railroad and tourist boom next
winter, then my nnmc is Dennis. Ta,
ta, I have only fifteen minutes in
which to catch my train; will tell you
more later.”—Floridian, Tallahassee.
New York is moving to capture the
great four hundredth centennial cele
bration of the discovery of America, in
1S92.
"In fourteen hundred uiid ninety-two
Columliin runic over the ocean blue
lie found a «ild nnd savage shore," etc.
The South American republics will
join with the United States in the cel
ebration. The progress made singe
Its discovery, is, so far as we know,
without a parallel in history. This is
the biggest country out of doors.
Letter from St. Simons-
St. Simon’s Island Hotel," )
July 24th, 1889. j
Editors Times Enterprise.— A
merry party of six left Thomnsvillc
on the erening of the 22nd for a
week on the sea shore. The car was
not over crowded, still there was
quite a number of passengers aboard.
The scat fiend was on hand, as usual,
thfe time in the person of nu amiable
matron, with two very small boys.
This good lady managed to monopo
lize four full seats, though it was evi
dent from the size of the boys, that
she had paid only one fare for her
whole party. The way it was done:
She laid each hoy out on a full seat,
she arranged her packages on another,
which she watched with a very care
ful and determine eye, then she
spread her own generous person over
the fourth seal. AVc alluded, to this
seat hyena as an amiable person, and
we mean it, for she had a kindly face
and freely offered to divide her lunch.
The vender of fruits and illustrated
literature was also aboard as is the
custom. He offered lor sale in a
bland and sincere voice, “California
pears, four for a dime,” which we
knew came from Blackshcar’s Lo
Conte groves, and “Arabian grapes
all the way- from Arabia,” which we
knew grew in Lovejoy’s Concord
vineyard. This enterprising fruit
veuder reminded us very much of
Dick Swivclcr in his complexion,
swagger and general mode of wearing
his apparel. He had a profusely'il
lustrated paper which lie held aloft
and tried to sell us because it contain
ed John .Sullivan’s picture. AVc offer
cd ns an excuse that we were no ad
mirer of the famous slugger. “It’s
got Kilraiu too,” was the reply. AA r o
told him wo didnfjt like lvilraiu dither,
:re- is
prevefflrthe whole race o( boxers
from being thrust upon us we bought
the paper. \
The masher was along too", mid mak
ing himself generally useful (?) as is
his way; raising windows, lowering
.blinds, turning scats and fetching
water. Ho wore very long whiskers,
which called to mind the horns on a
Texas steer, a flannel shirt and an
alpacca coat. The masher is not al
together .bad, ami when properly
matched, it is rare sport to sec the
contest.
The loud talker was also aboard.
He had a seat far up in the car and
was surrounded by a group of admir
ing friends, but we could easily hear
him, as he portrayed in exaggerated
language his marvelous deeds in
hunting, and told of wonderful snakes
and fishes He seemed to think this
was the opportunity of his life mid
that he was making an immortal rep
utation for himselt.
Thus musing upon the follies of
mankind we rolled into AVaycross at
one o’clock in the morning.
AA r e were out and ready for the
Brunswick train nt live. The ladies
said they had not slept a wink, for
the bugs—well the bugs are not to be
blamed, but dog gone a hotel man
who puts his guests to bed with bugs.
Mosquitoes are bad, but they are the
aristocrats of insect pests. Fleas are
bad too, but there is a plumpness, a
refined nnd graceful agility about a
ilea that pleases, and then be lias no
smell; but deliver us from bugs. Bugs
arc plebeian, in some respects worse
thaiflice. Bugs arc slow and ungrace
ful in their movements, in color un
attractive, and in form uncomely.
Bugs arc odoriferous but we have
never noticed in any list of colognes,
“Extract of Bed Bugs.” AVc candidly
do not believe it would sell, even if
the New York dudes were to use it;
wc can’t think it would* become gen
erally the rage. AVc once read upon
the inside of the door of Charley
Stuart’s hotel, No. 5, iu Valdosta, an
inscription whicli ran about thus:
“Guests will please report at the office
any inattention from servants or any
attention from bed bugs.” AA’e
thought then Charley Stewart was a
good hotel proprietor, for we knew he
was determined to keep up with the
bugs. May he live long and prosper
and slay a million more. Speakingof
hotel proprietors and bed bugs, we
heard one of our comrades intheAYay-
cross misedventurc, who was also a
fellow passenger next morning, tell
the following experience: He had
been unable to sleep ina certain ho
tel, and next morning lifted the cover
to get an idea bow many there were
of them. He swears there were half
a bushel. He called the host and
asked him how in the devil could lie
expect a man to sleep iu a place like
that, pointing to the bugs. The pro
prietor was equal to the emergency
nnd answered: “How can you expect
a hotel man to keep bed bugs out of
his house?” but enough of such.
AA’e reached Brunswick at 8 o’clock,
took breakfast at the Ocean House,
the Oglethorpe being closed, left on
the boat at 10 o’clock and reached
the famous St. Simon’s beach and got
comfortably quartered at the elegant
St. Simon’s Hotel for dinner.
AA’e may write iTgain and tell about
the bathing. E. M. M.
A Bill,
To lie entitled an act to amend an act
approved February 24th, 1873, creat
ing a Board ot County Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues for the coun
ties of Camden, ThtJmas and Echols,
so as to have the commissioners of
Thomas county elected by the grand
jury ; to prescribe their terms of office
and when the terms of the present
board shall expire ; to confer addition
al powers, and for other purposes.
Section i. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgia,^That
from and alter the passage, of this act
the County Commissioners of Thomas
Jury <ff Thomas county!
Sec. 2. That the terms of office ot
the commissioners shall be five years ;
provided, that nothing herein shall
effect the terms of the present incum
bents
Sec. 3. That the Grand Jury in ses
sion next preceding the expiration of
the term or terms of said commission
ers shall elect his or their successors,
and upon failure, to do so the succeed
ing Grand Jury may elect.
Sec. 4. That should a vacancy oc
cur the Judge of the Superior Court
shall fill said vacancy until the next
Grand Jury meets, when the Grand
Jury shall fill the vacancy.
Sec. 5. That upon the expiration of
the terms of the present incumbents,
the Grand Jury shall elect, five com
missioners; one for five years,
one fur four years, one for
three years, one for two years and one
for one year, and thereafter commis
sioners shall be elected accordingly, it
being the intention of this act that one
commissioner shall be elected earli
year.
Sec. 0. That from and after the
passage of this act, no commissioner
shall be eligible to election for two
successive terms ; provided Ibis shall
not apply to those persons who may be
elected for a period of less than five
years.
Sec 7. That the present incum
bents shall not hold their office for a
longer period than five years, consec
utively.
Sec. 8. That the said commissioners
shall have the right to punish road
commissioners and overseers for fail
ure to perform their duties by a fine
not to exceed one hundred dollars.
Sec 9. That it shall be the duty of
the Judge of the Superior Court to
charge the Grand Jury as to their
duties under this act.
Sec. 10. That l|y: Clerk ol the Su
perior Court shall at once send, under
his seal of office, to the Governor of
this State, the action of the Grand
Jury, within three days alter they arc
discharged.
Sec. 11. That the Governor shall
issue commissions to the commission
ers elected by the Grand Jury.
Sec. 12. Repeals all conflicting
laws.
Warned by White Caps.
Sandersville, Ga., July 24—A
dozen lines of brevier type threw San-
dersville into a state of some excite
ment this morning. On the front door
of the court house, and in several con
spicuous places the following notice,
printed on small slips of paper about
four inches square, was posted. They
were placed there some time during
last night. The notice reads as fol
lows :
Camp of the White Caps, )
Headquarters in the Saddle, j
General Order No. 1.
This is to notify the public that we
are fully organized and now ready for
business. There are two vagrants
near here, one a white man and the
other a very black one, who arc very
intimate associates and have resorted
to dishonorable! means to disturb the
people. AVc advise them to stop ly
ing and go to work or they may lay
down in the green pasture together.
The good people of this county have
endured a great deal, but' patience is
about exhausted and they are now
ready to administer justice.
Hercui.es Sampson,
Chief of the AVhite Caps.
By some it is regarded as a light
matter, but others think of it more
seriously, as the county could proba
bly furnish several characters answering
to the description of the menaced in
dividuals. Neither arc Hercules
Sampsons extremely scarce. The
citizens impatiently await a second
note lrom the AVhite Caps.
After the Boodle.
This is eminently a booulc admin
istration. One T. S. Hopkins, a pen
sion agent at AVasbiugtoji, a Grand
Army of the Republic man, through
whose pores oozes and exudes an un
ceasing and undying love for the old
soldiers (this is a characteristic of all
pension agents), sends the following
to Jiis ‘.‘dear comrades:”
“Dear Sir and Comrade: If you
know, as I kuow, how great a change
has taken placo in the policy of tbe
pension office since Corporal Tanner
became Commissioner, you would ap
ply for an increase ol pension at once,
provided you think you are entitled
to one.
“The policy of the new Commis
sioner is not to throw technicalities is
the way of the deserving soldier, but
rather to help him. Every deserving
soldier will now receive the kindest
attention from the office.
“Thousands who are not aware of
flic fact, arc entitled to higher ratings.
The new examining boards ol sur
geons arc being composed of liberal
men who urc friendly to the soldier.
“I advise you to apply for an in
crease if you think yourself eutitied.
It will cost you nothing.”
This is nti open, undisguised bid for
a general steal. How the sharks nnd
vultures gloat nnd gather around the
doors of the treasury! No democratic
watchman there. Tanner holds and
turns the keys..
Scranton, Pa., .July 24.—A cave-
in occurred in Hyde park this morn
ing, over a vein of the Central mine.
Over six acres of ground were affected
and the Fifth ward public school
building wty badly damaged. Fully
a dozen private residences have crack
ed foundation walls and jammed doors
ns a result of the cave-in. Large fis
sures may be seen iu the earth and in
the center of the affected district the
earth has settled fully 10 feet. The
damage enmnt be estimated. AVithin
the mine six chambers were affected
by the cave-in, and the miners nnd
their laborers arc unable to proceed
with their work.
Bride—“George, dear, when we
reach town let us try to avoid leaving
the impression that we are newly
married.”
“All right, Maud; you cau lug Ibis
valise.”
A correspondent asks what i»an
“all-round newspaper man?” An all
round newspaper man is one who can
write all around a subject and never
touch it.
Knocked Dow
PRICES!
AT-
LEVY’S
Our Mr. Levy is now
in New York making
Fall purchases, ana
he lifts sent us Avord
to KNOCK DOWN
PRICES on all sum
mer goods, and make
room for our immense
Fall and Winter stock
that is coming. So,
from 110AV on, all
Spring and Summer
goods go at old
“Knocked Down
Prices.”
Remnant table full
of choice bargains
every Aveek.
JLevys
Dry Goods House
Mitchell House Corner.