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PROFITS
I Oljtci if!
Room
IS WHATWEWANT
—AND
Room
WE MUST HAVE!
Our buyer, Mr. C.
Wolff, is now in New
York, where he will
spend about G weeks
looking up the new
est and most desirable
goods on the market
for our fall and win
ter trade.
No Pains, Time or
Money
will be spared to ob
tain the very latest
importations in
Dress Goods Novelties.
This department, as every
one knows, is our “hobby,”
and we conlidentlv promise to
show the ladies of Thoinasvillc
the most elegant fabrics ever
placed on sale in this city.
No department of our busi
ness shall be neglected, but
each one tilled with everything
that is
New!
Nobby!
Stylish!
So we advise yhu to wait and
see our stock before making
any purchase whatever of fall
and win er goods. The ex
treme novelties are just com
ing into the Eastern markets,
and oiil* buyer will
get liK'iii.
You ai'o invited to come unit buy
what you want in .Summer Materials
almost
At Your Own Price,
As we are determined not to pack up
any summer stock at all, provided
LOW PRICES
will move what we have left.
You will positively save money
buying of us all the dry goods you
need during the remainder of "the
heated term.” Favor us with a call.
Very respectfully,
H. Welti & Bro.,
Leaders of Styles and Low Prices.
109 & 111 BROAD ST
THE DAILY TIMES-ENTERPRISE.
ALBERT WINTER, City Editor.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1889.
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU
AT
K. Thomas Jr’s* 126 Broad Street.
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Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours ending
at 7 o’clock I*. M August 2G, 1889.
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Mr. W. J. Wilson, of Boston, was
in the city yesterday.
Mr. 1). A. Shaw, of Quincy, Fla.,
gpeut Sunday in the city.
Mrs. Calvin Carroll left for a trip
up the country yesterday.
lion. Robert Alexander returned to
Atlanta yesterday morning.
Mrs. Lula Converse and daughter,
of Atlanta, arc guests of the Stuart
House.
Justice court, 637th district, was in
regular session at the court house yes
terday.
Mr. J. S. Whiddon and wife, of
Albany, were at the Whiddon House
Sunday.
Messrs. F. J. McRae and J. A. Las-
seter, of Valdosta, were at the Stuart
Sunday.
We are glad to learn that Mr. T. J.
Ball is improving and will soon be up
and out.
Only one or two eases greeted
Mayor Hopkins in the police court
yesterday morning.
Col. A. P. Wright, who has been
North for some' weeks, reached home
on the noon train yesterday.
A man who pays taxes on a SI,000,
would only have to pay 02-1 cents per
annum, to purchase the Park.
Mrs. Dr. Watkins left yesterday
morning for Bartow, Ga., where she
will spend a couple of weeks with rel
atives.
Mr. C. S. Stephens and family, of
Bruns wick, arc visiting Mr. Richard
Adams, a brother of Mrs. Stephens, on
Smith avenue.
Mrs. J. C. Cronin and daughter,
Miss Hannah, who have becn-at the
Stuart several days, left yesterday
morning for Albany.
Mrs. \V. A. Davis left yesterday
morning for Gainesville. She will
spend two weeks in the “Mountain
City” of upper Georgia.
Mayor Hopkins, who has been
taking an outing, visiting some of the
principal resorts on the New England
coast, has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Love Wilder have re
turned home. Mrs. Wilder has been
absent sometime, visiting in Jones
boro and other places.
Mr. Frank Jones has returned
from a trip through the North and
Canada. He is looking much im
proved and reports a delightful trip.
A parasol was left in the post oflicc
on Saturday. It is at Reid & Cul
pepper’s store. Owucr can get it by
calling at Messrs. Reid & Culpepper’s.
Evans & McLean handle cotton
with neatness and dispatch, at their
extensive brick cotton warehouse,
coruer Jacksou and Madison streets.
Some of the lithographing for
Cleveland’s minstrels is at Reid &
Culpepper’s. These minstrels open
the opera house for this sersou, Oct.
4th.
The protracted meeting at Frcdo-
nia church closed oil Sunday. Thirty-
six additions were made to the
church. A number of the new con
verts will he baptized by the worthy
pastor, Rev. A. C. Stevenson, in the
Ochlockouee river at the. county line
bridge, on the third Sunday in Sep
tember.
Thoughts Worthy of Soiious Considera
tion—Every Voter Should Read
and Ponder,
Ed. Times-Enterprise:—It is pass
ing strange to me that any citizen of
Thomasville should oppose the pur
chase of Paradise park.
Ten years ago, in 1879, the entire
taxable property of Thomasville did
not reach eight hundred thousand
dollais, while to-day, il our hotels
were included, would exceed two and
a half million dollars. What has
brought about this great increase? It
is certainly not our cotton receipts, for
these are at least 33J per cent less
than in 1879.
Our constantly increasing tide of
winter visitors alone will account lor
this increase. They pationize our
hotels, boarding houses, livery stables,
grocery and dry goods stores, our
hardware stores, drug stores and bar
ber shops. They buy and build among
us, give work to masons, carpenters
and laborers and help pay our taxes.
Their presence and faith in our town
gives increased value to our real es
tate. When our people have spent so
much money in building these hotels
to accommodate these welcome visit
ors, it does look like a very small con
tribution for the town to make towards
holding this travel, by purchasing this
park. Individuals have done every
thing, and at the head ol the list stands
ol course, that ideal citizen, T. C.
Mitchell; and the public has done
little.
It is a very small outlay for the
town to buy this properly, and when
it is remembered that it is to he paid
for at such a slow rale—fifteen thous
and dollars in thirty installments, cov
ering a period of thiriy years—it is as
1 said, passing strange that there
should be any opposition. Suppose
wc put the taxable properly of Thom
asville at two million dollars, and let
it remain at this figure. At $1,500 a
year, what rate of tax is necessary
to meet the payments on park
bonds ? Well, let’s sec: ten
per cent on $2,000,000 is $200,-
000; one per cent is $20,000, and
one tenth of one per cent is $2,000 a
year. But we only have $1,250 to
raise, and to do this we will have
actually to levy a tax of five-eighths of
one-tenth of one per cent. A man,
for instance,who pays tax on $1,000
worth of property would contribute
towards paying lor the park, the sum
of sixty-two and a half cents a year,
and a citizen worth $2,000, would pay
a dollar and a quarter a year. There
fore, in thirty year^ a man worth
$2,000, if he grew no richer and no
poorer, would pay out $37.50 towards
preserving a most valuable piece ol
property for public use. We, ' the
public,” certainly owe something to
our visitors, who certainly pay pretty
well for all they get, and to those ol
our citizens who have put their money
in hotels and boarding houses. If
they will stop and think a little, Mr.
Editor, I do not believe a single citizen
of Thomasville will oppose this pur
chase.
It is not a matter to quarrel over.
It is too important for this.
Park.
Dead.
We arc pained to learn that Mr.
John A. l’owcll, formerly of Cairo,
died at White Sulphur Springs, in
Florida, ou Saturday last. The de
ceased was a model citizen, a man
who walked uprightly before God ami
rnnu. The writer knew John Powell
well, and a more amiable and lovely
character we have rarely known. He
was a great suffer for many years, hut
bore his afflictions with a fortitude
born of faith, of a faith founded on
the goodness and mercy of God. His
remains were put away at White Sul
phur Springs, on Sunday.
Wc learn from Cashier Smith, of
the Bank of Thomasville, that Mr. B.
II. Wright has been promoted to the
position of book-keeper, and that Mr.
T. I). Winn will take the position
formerly held by Bryan, that of ex
change and collecting clerk of that
institution. Mr. Winn entered upon
the discharge of his duties yesterday
morning, lie is a careful and com
petent young man, fully equal to the
responsible position which he has as
sumed.
M. M. Johnson, colored, died Sun
day night. He was a carpenter by j
trade, and was a member ol the Car-1
peuters Union. He also belonged to j
the fire company and several other j
prominent colored organizations in
the city.
Broad Street Ablaze With Electric Lights.
At 7:15 last evening, parties loung
ing in front of the drug stores,
and those passing along the street,
were startled by sudden flashes of light
lrom the apparatus suspended at the
intersection of Brord and Tackson and
BrOad and Fletcher. Quick as thought,
quick as the flash of the mysterious
fluid, two bright lights flooded the
immediate vicinity. Thomasville re
ceived her baptism of electricity,
Many had never seen the light before.
Soon considerable numbers gathered
to see the new and strange light.
Repairing to the works on Stephen
street, where the electricity was being
generated, the reporter found Messrs
Reynolds, Hargrave A Davis, Mr. C.
M. Chamberlain and Mr. S. Welch,
the latter two gentlemen practical elec
tricians, surrounded by a small hut
deeply interested crowd, who was in
tently watching the dynamo, as it
whirred and hummed like a thing of
life. The room was brilliantly illumin
ated by a dozen lights. The dynamo
has a capacity of fifty arc lights. It is
a beautiful piece ot machinery and
runs as steady as a die.
Charley Taylor, colored, a caretul
and efficient engineer, started the ma
chinery which gave Thomasville her
first electric light. Under the skillful
direction of Mr. Chamberlain and Mr.
Welch, everything worked smoothly,
although it was only a trial of the new
machinery. The working of the ap
paratus was very satisfactory. Several
ladies were present to witness the op
eration of the new works.
Later in the evening a number of
ladies and their escorts promenaded
Broad street, the new light bringing
out their profiles and outlines in sharp
shadows.
The Guards, too, turned out (it was
their drill night) and marched through
the streams of new light.
Wc congraulatc the town and the
public spirited gentlemen who inaugu
rated the movement, upon the intro
duction of electric lights in the Me
tropolis ot south Georgia.
The Match Yesterday Afternoon.
There was a gathering of the Gun
Club, oil Broad street, yesterday af
ternoon. Guns, shells and all the
paraphernalia of a match were plenti
ful. Bob Balfour said I10 was loaded
for “bar;” Dock White said little, hut
looked like lie meant business; Dr.
Culpepper had blood in his “eve;”
The Mayor handled his gun like a vet
eran, while Frank Jones said lie
would try his hand, if he didn’t hit a
pigeon. The demeanor and hearing
ot the other members escaped the
eagle eye of the reporter. The fol
lowing wan the score.:
First match—Six singles and two
doubles: White 1st, Balfour 2nd.
Second match—Six singles: Young,
White, Culpepper and Hopkir.s tied ;
Hopkins won in shooting off.
Third match—Five doubles: Young
and Hopkins tied on first; Hopkins
won. Culpepper and Balfour tied for
second; Balfour won.
Fourth match—Six singles: Cook
1 st, Young and Culpepper tied for 2d;
Young won.
Young made the best average score,
breaking 23 out of 32.
Dr. White broke 10 straight along
without a miss.
“Hieroghyphieul, mathematical and
paragraphical” is the way a hand hill
reads, for an entertainment at the
City hall on the evening of the se
cond of September.
Read what “Park” says a in clearly,
and tersely written article elsewhere,
on the subject of the proposed pur
chase of Paradise Park. It is the pro
duction of a gentleman whose varied
information, close observation, good
judgement and deep interest in every
thing concerning the future of Thom
asville, entitles him to a respectful
hearing. Read the article.
That live firm, Messrs. Morehouse
& Brandon, are jointly and equally
interested with West & Fcarn, in the
extensive new warehouse now being
erected near the railroad track, between
Fletcher and Lee streets. The ware
house will he of iron and two stories
high.
Florence McGuire, colored, will
open the Seaside Restaurant, near the
depot, on Lee street, next Sunday
morning. Tito following has been
adopted us the motto of the rea.tau-
rant: “Call for what you want, and
pay for what you get. In God we
trust; all others strictly cash.” That
ought to fetch ’em.
To Write Up the South.
Mr. Albert Winter, one of the edi-
ors and proprietors of the Thomasville
Times-Enterprise, has been engaged
by the Chicago News and the Chicago
Herald, the two most preeminent news
papers of that city, to write a series ul
articles on the resources ot the south,
lie will travel extensively through the
south, writing letters from every im
portant point between Richmond and
Galveston. Mr. Winter was specially
chosen to do this work on account of
his ability as a journalist and his thor
ough acquaintance with the affairs ol
the south. A better selection could
not have been made.
“I have just returnedIrorn Chicago,”
said Mr. Winter, yesterday, “where I
went by request of the Herald and
News concerning the work which they
want me to do. I shall make Atlanta
my headquarters, and I think that I
can do some good work for our people
in this section. Chicago, you know,
is anxious to secure the great national
exposition, to be held in 1892, cele
brating the 400th anniversary ol the
discovery ol America, by Columbus.
Its people are aroused over the mat
ter, and I come hack thoroughly in
sympathy with them. I think it is
probable that a large delegation of the
most promirent business men of that
city, including the mayor, and other
distinguished officials, will attend the
coming Piedmont exposition in Atlan
ta, for the purpose not only of seeing
what the south has to show, but also
to talk up Chicago's claim to the na
tional exposition.”—Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Captain Winter is peculiarly fitted
for the work cut out for him by Chi
cago’s two big dailies. 11c has a
broad and inviting field.
Hank Rosenbaum, one of the clev
erest commercial fellows cn the road,
dropped into Thomasville lastevcning.
"Hank” is at home here, as lie is, in
fact, everywhere.
To the farmers: Thomasville mer
chants will not allow themselves to he
overbid in buying colloti this season.
I’astc this in your hat. Our mer
chants mean business—business right
lip to the handle.
Mr. Win. Gray, son ot the late
John Gray, of the 17th district, is on
a visit to his old home and friends in
Thomas. Mr. Gray left here in 1874,
going to Arkansas, where iic has been
living ever since. The gentleman has
not been here since leaving in 1874.
11c saySjThomasvillc dues not look
like the Thomasville of fifteen years
ago. IL is possible that Mr, Gray
will move hack here.
A dispatch to the News yesterday,
from Albany, says:
“What promised to he n bloody af
fray, was amicably settled yesterday
between the contracting parties, Dr.
11. A. Shine and B. K. Smith, of this
city, liy their friends.”
Mr. Smith, it will he remembered,,
passed through here recently with his
bride, nee Miss Salim Bird, of Monti-
ecllo.
Methodist Church.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Stewards, will he beliTtit the
Raster's study to-night at 8 o’clock.
Members please attend.
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