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Preparatory to going North for my fall stock. I Will sell, for the next thirty days, my entire stock of summer clothing at ACTUAL COST. This is
a bona fide closing out sale, as the goods must be sold to make room for fall purchases. This sale will be for the Spot Cash only.
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LETTI-lt FROM TATF, SPRING.
MUCH FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN IT.
It Ought to be Carefully Read by Every
Citizen of tho Town.
Tate Bering, Tens., )
Aug. 8, 1889. j
Dear Times Enterprise:
I write to corroborate the plain
truths set forth by “T. M. Me.” in
his recent letter, anil more especially
the accuracy with which you so fre
(jucnlly picture the necessities of our
town. How truthfully you have said
that the city paper should mirror
the business of the place. Only re
cently, I wanted the address of a man
doing a thriving business in Thomas-
villo. My first thought was the pa
lter. I found a copy of the Times-
Enterprise and looked it over from
Alpha to Omega, hut there was not
the slightest evidence that that man
or business existed, or ever did exist
at all. I think the profits in this one
instance would have paid for an ad
vertisement for a whole year. The
business men certainly stand in their
own light. Not only do they dwarf
their own business, hut they dwarf
the growth of the town.
There is nothing on God’s grten
earth that pays better than printer’s
ink, properly used. Take for exam
ple. patent medicines. Some of them,
though possessing no more virtue than
Cold water, bring to their proprietors,
in a short space of time, the luxuries
of untold wealth. See the rapid
growth of Atlanta. Birmingham and
many other cities. Now, what docs
this? The answer is plain: it is print
er’s ink. If men could not read of
these things they would not go to the
villages to make them cities, nor
would they purchase the useless nos
trums.
Now, you can bring persons to
Thomnsville through use of ink, blit
to make friends of them, and hold
them as citizens, is a much harder
thing than to bring them. The plncc
must lie attractive. There must he
beauty to adorn, and industry to en
thuse. Wc must have entertainment
for the rich and labor for the poor.
We must have parks, we must have
mnnufuctorirs, we must have railroads.
In these things we are rfbort, notwith
standing the characteristic inertia of
southern towns docs not prevail there-
Thomnsville tins more brain to con
ceive of her necessities and make
plans to produce them, than any
place of like population I have ever
seen. Still, she is lacking, lacking in
monied men with nerve to put into
action the beneficient plans produced.
She so often projects devices which
would redound greatly to her prosper
ity—goes wild over them, and then
quietly settles down with nothing
done, that she may be likened unto n
Christmas siz-wheel: n great splutter
of scintillating fuss and fume, and in
the next breath all is darkness and
quiet. She is the Micawber of the
.South when it comes to railroads and
mnnutnetocics. She is waiting for
them to come. It would be well to
remember that the Lord helps most,
those who help themselves. Let for
eign sources produce these necessities,
and she would be like a capon carry
ing chickens: just as much crowing
and blow ing ns though he had laid
the eggs and hatched the chickens
himself.
“T. M. Me.” is certainly no pessi
mist, or he would never have con
strued that “ninety per cent, of cli
mate” decision into a compliment.
It parallels with a remark I heard on
the road to Asheville .last week. A
gentleman said he was at a certain
watering place paving high board,
but all he got was the water. A guest
of that very house was once asked if
he was a guest. He replied, “No, I
am a victim.” Neither water nor eli
mate goes foi much without accompa
niments. ,
Our business lethargy may be de
rided, but here it must stop. We
have better churches, better schools,
better drives, better livery stables,
better boarding houses, bett^ kept
hotels, than any place in the South,
and a better winter climate than any
where in America. With all this, wc
are sadly lacking in productive enter
prise, and it takes but a little going
about to convince any one of our
backwardness in this direction. No
town will rise to greatness unless her
citizens, each with the other, put his
shoulder to the wheel and his hand in
his pocket, and vies with his neigh
bors in moulding attraetiohs which his
city paper can herald to the world,
and like the zealous cock, call others
to participate in the worm, lliomns-
villc is one of the most widely known
resort towns in the land. All that is
necessary, is to make her attractive to
labor and capital, provide ready and
comfortable means of access, and her
prosperity is assured.
Let us own Paradise Park. It will
be one of the best investments the
town can make. Not only do wc
want Paradise, but we should have
College park, and any others within
the city limits which can be bought.
Parks and open squares are the lungs
ot a city. Without lungs there can
be no life. Pew of our citizens know,
as I do, the number of visitors brought
to Thomnsville by that, readily access
iblc piney woods, lung-healing park—
Paradise. To refuse to buy it, would
be one of the mist detrimental nets
the town lias ever committed.
•Wc cannot improve, nor can any
one detract from, our climate. That
is the result of nature’s immutable
laws, and cannot be modified by man.
Some complain of cold there. That
kind of a man would abuse you if you
gave him the world—if you didn’t
fence it in. I wish it was colder; not
because of the prevailing idea that
malaria is killed by cold, for Ibis is
fallacy indeed. Soothe results of ma
laria in the North, where the mercury
goes, below zero and remains there for
weeks at a time. See Tonnawanda,
X. Y.,near Niagara Palis. It is a hot
bed of malarial, yes, the borne of that
«,»/* Jiiluh». The microscope reveals
the fact that bacteria live on after a
winter’s residence in a block of ice, so
wc can not hope for their destruction
by cold. The truth is, we have but
little ftf that sort of tiling to light, and
with proper observance ol sanitary
measures we will maintain a remark
ably healthy city, even after we have
attained the largest population in the
State. We want the cold because it
is inure invigorating, and with it
conies dryness. This, with our already
proven relative humidity and oqtii-
bility ot temperature, would be the
means of restoring even more diseased
lungs than now is the case. It is the
sudden and great changes and damp
ness which hurt. In the nearly per
petually cold land of the Esquimaux,
consumption is al ot’nnknovu.
Yours truly,
.1. G. Ilni'KlNs.
A NEW ERA IS DAWNING.
THE SOUTH THE COMING SEC
TION.
Real Estate the Investment of the Future.
The Towns Have Felt the Quick Pul
sations, and the Country will soon
Be Thrilled Into New Life.
The Views of a Close
Observer of Things.
This is No Joke.
“All! bow do you do, Smith?”
“Pretty well, I thank you, Jones."
"Where do you keep yourself now?
I haven’t seen you for an age. The
boys used to lie always speaking about
you, but I never lienr them mention
your name now.”
“No, 1 don’t suppose you do.”
“But you used to bo one of the
most popular as well as one of the
jollicst fellows among us.”
“1 know it. When I used to go
around with the hoys and spend inv
money with them and neglect my
wile and children,I was a splendid
fellow, lint since I began to respect
myself and give my wife and chil
dren the attention and comforts to
which they arc entitled, .and which
should have never been withheld
from them, 1 have lost my popularity
among the boys and mu now regarded
as one of those ‘meau cusses.’ But I
guess I can stand it.”
“I guess you can,” said .Jones. "I
never saw you looking better in my -
life.
Ed. Ti.meh-Entekprise—This pres
ent time may be fitly called the re
naissance period iti the south, the re
naissance of the industries which make
nations great and rich, the renaissance
of a property which promises to eclipse
all former periods of prosperity, and
astonish the peoples of the earth in its
startling approach to the ideal Utopia.
As a direct result ol the salubrity of
its climate and the great case with
which the battle of life is fought, the
natural increase of its inhabitants will
alone soon populate all its waste or
unoccupied places. But its great nat
ural resources of soil and clima'c, its
incalculable wealth in mines and for
ests, its marvelous opportunities for
doing the manufacturing for the world,
will attract henceforward to borders
an army of workers from all sections
and all lands. The signs of the times
arc unmistakable, and thoughtful men
already see the golden rays ol the ris
ing sun of the sou'h’s industrial glory.
One great fact should be borne
steadily in mind by the people. As
the country grows rich and richer,
money will be necessarily more plenti
ful, and the interest rates will fall low
and lower. Owing to increased pro
duction and improved methods, all
articles of agriculture, mining and
manufacturing, may be expected to
decline in price.
The vast surplus wealth, no longer
needed in the commerce or industries
of the country, will eagerly seek every
form of safe or ptofnablc investment.
First class stocks and bonds ol every
kind will rise in value. But the great
est advance will be in real estate val
ues. As interest rates decline, men
will naturally turn lo real estate where
in to invest their surplus cash. This
will bring about a competition which
may be expected to rush values to a
point now not dreamed of. The be
ginning of this very result is already
seen in many cities and sections of
country. Tfib end no man can foresee.
The cities and towns will feel this great
movement first, but all country lands
will also be stimulated after. Those
lands nearest cities, and towns, and
villages, and railroad lines, and water
lines, will feel it first and more power
fully.
Tiler? is nothing over which to be
gloomy. There arc no signs to please
the pessimist.
As a result, Georgia lands will grow
in demand and consequently ifi value.
To come nearer home, these old farms,
these broad acres of stately pities of
old Thomas, are very valuable,and the
near luturc will demonstrate it. The
bottom has been touched. The Ru
bicon has been crossed. Henceforth!
there is a crown of success for all the ;
faithful. A sudden and tremendous:
jump must not be expected. All great
and permanent movements come slow;
but once started they are sure, and the
movement hitherward and upward has
already begun. Wc do not advise
people to bold their lands. If they
have more than they need or can use,
better sell; but let this fact be remem
bered : the landlords of the luturc are
the buyers of to-day. The tenants of i
the future arc the sellers of to-day. |
The youngest infant in Thomas j
county will never live long cnouglt to ,
sec lands as cheap in this county as
they arc ibis year of grace, 18S9.;
There is no possible contingency that
could check these results. A ten year’s j
war between the races might do it,but
such a war is not a possible contin gen-1
cy. In fact, a long war of any kind in '
these days ol dynamite and electricity, j
is impossible. A century of peace and I
prosperity is before the nation, and the |
roan.who could predict this century's {
achievements, wouljj be considered |
crazy. j
E. M. Mam.ette. j
RAILROAD NEWS.
Work on the Augusta, Tallahassee and
Gulf Railroad Bridge Across tho
Ocklockoncc River Bogun.
The steam pile driver Jias reached
its dcstinatimi on the Ocklockonee.
The piles arc all delivered and the
long talked of railroad bridge is at last
begun.
Capt. Gibbs, who is in charge of
the building of the structure, will push
the work as rapidly as possible.
Chief Engineer Cook is nt ilirj'ivut.
The above brief but interesting
overland grape-vine telegram was
received by the Floridian Friday from
Cara belle; it tells its own story, and
those who were waiting for assurances
that this road would be built to begin
improvements and the establishment
of new enterprises and industries in
Tallahassee need not longer delay.
The Floridian has every assurance
that the Augusta, Tallahassee and
Gulf will now be pushed to rapid com
pletion, and if unforeseen delays do
not occur, Tallahassee and Carabcllc
will be linked together by glistening
hands ol steel in time to convey pas
sengers and freight over Ibis new
and beautiful route 10 the Gulf this
winter.
The completion of this road will
result in developing and opening up
to the world the rich phosphate beds
of Wakulla ; our Gulf fisheries will be
enabled to ship fresh fish and oysters
to all the great markets; the rich
farming and timber lands along its
line will conic into active demand;
new villages will spring into existence
and a new and bustling era will open
up for tins part of Florida.
When the road is built to Augusta 4
its northern terminus, a new and pop
ular route of travel will be QpfDed up
and the growing demand for accom
modalion, will force the erection of
new and palatial hotels in Tallahas
see ; manufacturing industries will
come in and Tallahassee will boom as
she has never boomed before.
The Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf
will give us better and cheaper trans
portation facilities—a long felt want
—and the citizens of Tallahassee and
those who live along the line of this
road, should do all in their power to
entourage and aid the company in
securing rights ol way, land for depots,
and by giving them a liberal share of
their shipping business when the road
is completed.
The stockholders of the Augusta,
Tallahassee and Gulf are men of large
means, and, if they meet with proper
encouragement in this enterprise, will
invest heavily in the Tallahassee
Country and aid us very materially in
developing its resources.
Now, a word ot advice to property
owners of l.con, Wakulla and Franklin
counties : Get your property in neat
shape ; be ready for a rush of settlers,
for there is no doubt about it—the
Tallahassee Country will boom this
winter. But do not get excited and
frighten would be settlers away by
fixing the price of your lands at too
high a rate. Offer inducements lo
actual settlers by selling them homes
at reasonable prices, and soon ibis
will develop into one of the grandest
and most thriving portions ot the
globe. Cut your large plantations up
into small farms and sell alternate lots
to energetic farmers on easy terms and
at small prices: they will improve the
property and in a short while your
reserve lots will be in active demand
at double the prices you could have
obtained before the aforesaid ener
getic farmers were induced to make
homes among us by your liberal plan
ot selling them homes at low rates.
Give this plan a trial.— Floridian.
Mr. Willie Flepnng is on a visit to
bis mother and relatives here. Wil
lie is located at Thomnsville with the
\V. F. Telegraph Co., and is justly
popular wherever known.—Bain-
b ridge Democrat.
The new Gulf has on its first coat of
paint.
AT—^
LEVY’S
Our Mi*. Levy is now
in New York making
Fall purchases, and
lie lias 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, all
Spring aud Summer
goods go at old
“Knocked Down
Prices.”
Remnant table full
of choice bargains
every week.
Igevys
Dry Ws Hoist
Mitchell House Corner.