The Daily times-enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1889-1925, July 31, 1889, Image 1

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K*:- jpc'?-■ Wt:- & V) td m ? o ■} t t Public Pdrk, r _ Albany mjjrt bavo^ pttMiefpajk;. . I With no public place of amusement but the artesian well, our citizens find timo hanging hcirUHy on their hands when, lay ing aside business fora time, they go out for a stroll. This conclusion is forced, not by the pressing need of our citizens, lint for the absolute need of the city. It has been the desire of Albany for years to mnljp this city n winter resort. Without adequate hotel facilities, it lms_ never attracted the large crowds it otherwise would. That we will at some future time, have increased hotel facilities and will become a popular winter resort, is an assured fact. The tide of Northern tourists is swelling every winter. Albany has already been placed.on the tourist rntc sheets of many of the large Northern roads. This will result, at some time, in a large hotel at this place. l)iirsuppose we do have a large hotel, and plenty of Northern visitors, what arc we going to do with tfiera—how are we going .to entertain tjiem ? -Arc we simply to fill tiieni'ijp witli arteslqtf wat'er* nnd^et lay nrountt the hflttuf' '■ To invitc.Northcrn visitors, and to insure thair coming, we must hnv^ something more than hotels. We must have some place of amusement or resort where they can go for idcasure, and break the monotlny of a quiet jonrn in the Artesian City. - Uut avein of selfishness 'also actuates us We ne?d this placc of resort 1 'for .our own people, for our little boys and girls, for the young people, nud Uie old people to wnndcr through its avenues or lounge on its lawns, gathering happiness and pleasure. If some citizen wishes to perpetuate his mcipory among tills people, let him donalc the city a hundred or two acres of accessible group# for park , purposes. Then let the city take it in thud, nnd, by the judicious expenditure of niiincy, make -it' “a tiling of beauty and a joy forevjr.” . - . . ' But in cose no one Is so generously in clined let the city make the necessary ex it are -jiiiy thq property, if 0) i "n" 1 "" "**™ | will come afterwards.—Aerrs "ml Aderrtiier. . / The above eminently correct view of patks suggests food for thought lor our people. It is, without doubt, true that Thomasville is indebted for her popularity, as a winter resort to her noble natural parks—her vast pine forests, which ofier an asylum to the delicate invalids ol ihe North, who come with a view of inhaling the heal ing balsam ol the pine, and our own -Paradise Park has had no little to do with bringing many thousands to Thomasville. In truth, no city can get along without a park. They are on’c of the cssentia's; and the sooner Albany, and Thomasville, too, recog nize that fact, the better it will be for them. It may be now within the range of possibility to provide, ade quate parks for our young cities A few years hence it would be, while a greater necessity, still a much more expensive necessity, and hence we can give no better advice than to at once provide parks. Thomasville fortu nately is blessed in this particular We have Paradise Park within our grasp, and it can be made one of the most attractive parks in the South. The sooner i*. is ’commenced the bet ter. Sait.’- Bayonet Rule Recommedeil- One Dudley ought to be enough, even for the Republican party, but recently Mr. L. Edwin .-Dudley of Massachusetts has h6bbed,njv into a notoriety which is calculated to arouse the jealously of his Jjtdiananamssake. The Massachusetts Dudley was com missioned by a set of; Massachusetts republicans, who feel that the salva tion of the oountty is incumbent on them, to spy out the land- of South Carolina, to ascertain why the re publican party has disappeared from that part of the earth, and, 'if possi ble, to discover some - method by which it may be re-established there. Mr. Dudley went, saw, returned and reported. His observations and recommendations have been - publish* ed. They present'soipe interesting points. Mr. Dudley's description of the condition of the remnants of the Republican party in-South Carolina is probably accurate. He; - says; “Very few! white mien of any promi nence or'standing in-the state are iden tified with the Republican party, and these few arc simpjy the -men who held federal offices under former ad ministrations and who are How look ing to hold them again.” Jtr. Dud ley found scarcely a single white man of any social - standing identified, with the -South Carolina SBphblicans. They keep up, the semblance of party orgauization, it is true, but. he says they have done nothing for thirteen years except to send delegates' to na tional conventions and make claims of federal patronage. One of the things that pained Mr. Dudley most was the discovery that many of the negroes in are, woweditod active democrats. Dike most pooplcf In the North ho had supposed that every uc- establiab, the domination of ignorant negroes, led by' such white men.. ns' could be bought with promises of fed eral patronage.' Thiscontestlm- been had once in South. Carolina and the- result proved th^ inevitable tJUtcome of all such trial# of strength between the higher and |be lower element.'. The ignorant add irresponsible can ‘ not, though backed by bayonets, rule the virtue, wealth and intelligence of the community. If Mr. Ditdley lacks the common senso to see the certain kesult of; the policy ho advocates, he has only to refresh his memory of re- ceut history in the South to see to what results it would.' lead. One reason the South is solidly deraocratio now is.tQ be found in the folly and shame of the reconstruction policy, Free Passes. The Georgia railroad and the At lanta and West Point railroad deserve special recognition and approval by the people for not complimenting the members of the Legislature with free passes. Thoir example could be fol lowed by the other railroads of the state with wholesome effect. If the members did not have free passes, there might not be so many adjourn ments nod so many leaves of absence. It is possible, too, that the length of the sessions might be curtailed. We are opposed to the dead-head system. ^ It ought to be abolished in loto. It is all wrong. The fact of giving a free pass is based on the id- of something in return. The fact of receiving one implies an obligation. The Springfield Republican, common- It is upon the idea of you tickle me ting on the plaJjf- suggested by Mr; and I will tickle you. It suggests and Dudley, slys: “Any political combi- pation or ottt&iization that- counts upon tke ignorant vote eti bloc is pro damned.” J.L While Mr.J Dudley’s report will hardly provokf any practical attempt to carry out the plan ho reentnmends, it is,' in a' sens#,, usefbL It demon strates the bouplessness.of any effort to build up thf Repnplican party in the South at this time.—Telegraph. Mi" w gro is a republican ns a matter of We an: glad to sec our able contem porary, the Augusta Chronicle, has found one-article, salt, that it is will ing should be put ou the free list. Isn’t it about time the people were having some protection, as well as the monopolists? The salt combine opens up an inviting field for action by the next Congress; but the republicans, who control the house, arc so deeply steeped in the doctrine of protection that it is not likely the people will get any protection from them. To the democratic party, alone, can the people look with any degree of confi dence for relief. In the language of a great railroad magnate, the republi cans say: “The people be d ■■■■d.” These little matters will come up for re-adjustment in ’92. , Parnell voted with the government tlio other day, when the question of an allowance for one of the royal princes was up. And so did Mr. Gladstone. “Vic” may knight Par nell* yet, * course, and was not prepared to see five negro democrats in tho legisla ture. In Charleston he was surprised still further to sec one negro lieuten- aut and seven negro patrolmen ou tho police force, and to lenru that they had been democrats bofore their ap pointment to these positions. Mr. Dudley says: “The white people ore prevented from uniting with the pres ent republican organization in the state because of a dissatisfaction with its record and character, and a disbe lief in its ability to command tho re spect and confidence pf a sufficient number of people to place it in con trol of the state at any time in the future.” And yet Mr. Dudley is sur prised at the determination of the white people “not to he ruled by ig norance and vice” and at the frank ness with which they justify extraor dinary preventives of suclt a calamity. He does not consider it worth while to try to build up the Republican party in South Carolina on the rem nants of its former organization; these lie considers too poor for any use. He would start a new organization of whites and negroos on the basis of an equal share of federal patronage and would make the chief test of party fidelity adhesion to the policy of a pro tective tariff. He thinks he discerns signs of dissatisfaction in the ranks of the democracy which are favorable to the success of such a scheme. Rut there is one pre-requisite to the build ing up of an effective republican or ganization in South Carolina, with out which Mr. Dudloy intimates very plainly all other pfforts will be in vain. It is “that congress shall en act some law, and back it up with federal authority, to control elections in the state and help tho independ ents, by its interference, to get into the returns all the votes that—bq; cause of the machinations of an all- powerful party—are at present either not cast or not counted.” In other words restore in South Carolina the regime of rccomtuction. Ho admits that there is hardly a white man of social slauding to be found among the republicans of that state and and that some of tho more in telligent negroes are democrats, and A Big Street Car Deal. ’ Chattanooga, Tenn , July a8.- Messrs. Charles A. Lycrly, Ed Watkins and 8am W.? Diven, who own and operate the im&v electric railroad sys tem in th : s cij^, which has been suc cessfully operated for about a month, have closed t|a -trade with; the city railway compwy for a controlling in terest in that Jfy.stcny The dcitl was about $450,000. The city street rail way company owns and operates about twenty-four miles ol -street railway, using thirty-five cars and operating five different lines running into various parts of the city. The new company will discontinue the use of horse power as soon as possible and adopt electpi city on all the lines. Ten milts ofex- tension ol the two lines are already un- impliea that one good turn deserves another. There is reciprocity at the bottom of it, and when men ih public station receive free passes it means that they ore in position to grant pub lie favors. t ' The fVee pass system should be abol ished. Editors and members of Con gress, legislators and judges, and other public officials, should be mnde to pay their way on railronds, just like ordi nary mortals hnve to do. The whole thing is vicious, and should be done away with,—Augusta Chronicle, The South of the Future. Some of our exchanges are repro ducinga' 1 remarkablo prophecy mode by Wendell Phillips not long before hjs death. The Now England orator ; ,• HTKfi handwriting is Iso plain op 'tfcWT'mnte-bntaTool trwtfr mistake it. New England is doomed, just as sure as natural laws will pro duce fixed results. Now England has no soil worth mentioning, and her wealth lias been derived from her manufactures. These are gradually leaving her, aud .eventually thoy will nil go; some to the west; the most to the south, where the advantages for PRICES! -AT- LEVY’S der contract and are being pushed to completion. Take the Bridle Off. Mr. (ire-is is endeavoring to build a rail road from llawklnirillc to Irwinvillc* For the sake of the people of Hint section who will lie bonefitted by the road, we trust that tbc West l’oint Terminal company will not crush out the enterprise after the plan sug gested by its president nnd published in another cqlnmli.—Atlanta Journal. The effort of the big roads to crush out smaller nnd .competing lines, should receive tho full measure of popular indignation. What right have these big railroad Trusts to say: “You shall not build any more roads, they will compete with us?” profitable manufacturing arc all lo- Oklahnma’s Sooners. The decision of the land office, oust ing the “sooners,” ns those who entered Oklahoma before norm of April 22, are called, is causing excitement Two hundred men were in line yes terday morning, waiting for the land office to open, a large majority of whom were waiting to file ou claims already cutcred by “sooners.” The effect of the decision will bo felt every where throughout the territory, and endless trouble seems in store, thought by many that in equity, the same ruling must apply to town lots, when GOO or 700 persons in Guthrie alone will he affected. If it does not, then when other parts of Imjiau terri tory are opened whole cities may be oxpected to spring up before the opening day. _ The Cutbert Liberal plainly and pointedly says: “The Liberal is ex pected to blow ihe town, blow its schools, blow for new railroads, blow for everybody, while " there arc plenty of business men in the town who could buy everything ihe proprietors of the paper own fifty, times who never use a line of advertising nor otherwise patronize them to the exteut of a nickel, outside of the subscription ho would invoke the bayonet to | price. catcd. The coal and iron in the south arc easily gotten nt nnd inex haustible in nniount, nnd the jron mills, the foundries and machine shops can go to them better than they can be carried to the shop.;. Then the cotton nnd woolen mills must go there, for the raw materials are, and arc to lie, produced there more cheap ly, uniformly nnd better. Then look at the advantages of the extra hours of daylight in a year’s run. This of it self is no small matter. Ab the .South grows stronger anti stronger, the wealth, culture nml power of the country will be centered there, until she will become not alone the mistress of America, but the central empire of the world The case of the Florida man who had his love letters read in court not long ago is attracting considerable at tention—at least the love letters arc. In a post-script to one of the letters lie oflered to deliver 1,000,000,000,000 kisses to his best girl. The Boston Globe thinks the contract was a very big one, and it says: “Whoever will take the trouble to figure it out will It is / ltu l that even if this amorous south erner should give the lady 15,000 kisses a minute (aud we affirm that no person could hope to do more than that), aud even if he could keep up this rate of osculation twcuty-four hours a day, never pausing to cat, sleep or take breath, working 365 days every year, ’ it would take him more than 100 years to complete the contract. And by that time, it is painful to reflect, the ardor of his love may have cooled. Evca. at the end of 100 years, counting 15,000 kisses a minute, there would remain an unde* livercil balance of more titan 200,000,- 000,000, a number which in itself might well appall the most indus trious.” Ilowrcn is making Rome howl. “Wet” or “dry,” is the question. Our Mr. Levy is now in New York making Fall purchases, and he has sent us word to KNOCK DOWN PRICES on all sum mer goods, and make room for our immense Fall and Winter stock that is coming. So, from now on, a 11 Spring and Snmmer goods go at old “Knocked Down Prices.” * Remnant table full of choice bargains every week. JLievys Dr; Ms House Mitchell House Corner. ■i ; _ - Is3l ■ rfiiy