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TEI0MASV1LLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, '8S1>
So.00 PER ANNUM
CLOSING OUT
-ODK ENTIRE STOCK OF—
White Goods
HAMBURGS,
* oftirtac^aig^t.y wtiftwrrtwiy a***”* 1 n—^wit«Hwr, ir4m
—AND—
REGARDLESS OF COST.
They Most Bo,
Look out for a stun
ner next week.
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WHEN?
From tlio Iti< Innnnd Dispatch.
WIicii tlio lion cals gnus lik
Aiul tin* fialiin^ worm swallows the wlinlr;
When terrapins knit woolen socks
And the Imre is outrun by the snail;
Wlini serpent? walk upright ns men
And doodle bugs travel like frogs;
When the grasshopper feeds on the hci
And feathers are fond upon hogs:
When Thomas cats swim in the air;
And elephants roost upon trees;
When insects in summer arc rare
And snuff never makes people sneeze
When fishes creep over dry land
And mules on velocipedes ride
When foxes lay eggs in the sand
And women in dre.-s take no pride:
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer
And girls get to preacing on time
When Hilly goats butt from the rear
And treason no longer is crime;
When the humming bird brays like the ass
And potato bugs sing like the lark;
When plowshares are made out of glass
And fleas can be caught in the dark;
When gas metres cease to tell lies
And the cow jumpeth over the moon;
When Yankees forsake puuipin pics
And the dish runneth after the spoon:
When streams to their fountains flow hat:
And limburger smells like cologne;
When the skin of the white man turns blit
And the hearts of Virginians to stone;
Not till then will they follow the track
Of thy treachery—Hilly Mnhone.
Tobacco Culture in Gadsden County
Florida—An Interesting Letter.
Editor Times Enterprise:
In this article I will endeavor to
give your readers some idea of the
amount of capital and labor that is
being used in the cultivation and our
ing of the fragrant weed, in Gadsden
county alone. I will begin with the
syndicate, as they are by far the Iarg,
est producers of tobacco in the State,
Two years ago, a company of New
York capitalists sent an ag«!bt down
hero to look at the country, its quality
if they wero satisfied that fine cignr
tobacco could he grown here. 'The
result of their investigation was the
purchase of several large plantations,
aggregating about ten or twelve thou
sand ncrcs of land. One of these
plantations lies in full view of Quincy,
and runs within 500 yards of the town
This place is known us Bit 'I tn Clara
Plantation, and is the largest of all
their farms. Four miles west of
Quincy is T.a Cn Ilona, a largo tobac
co plantation. Five miles east is I.a
Violeta, and eight miles northeast of
Quincy is I.a Camelia, making four
largo plantations owned nnd cultivated
in tobacco by the syndicate and their
overseers. Jt is estimated that very
near two thousand acres were, set out
in tobacco alone on these plantations,
and a great many more would have
been set out if the dry weather in the
spring had not destroyed so many of
the young plants. Some idea can he
formed of the immense amount of la
bor required on those farms, when
you take into consideration the fact
that cv< ry one of these yoilng plants
have to he carefully reset in rows, out
on the difTckcut fa,uw,
Next to the syndicate, comes the
farms of Carl Voght it Sons, also of
New York. They own two or three
good farms, hut arc cultivating only
one in to'iiu-eo at prpsept. They plant
from 100 to 150 acroe in tobacco.
These gentlemen, like those of the
syndicate, are growing tobacco for
their own cigar factory, in New York.
Messrs. Schrocder it Hon, of New
York, also have a nice tobacco farm,
one mile from town. Then, in addi
tion to these, nearly every farmer has
from five to twenty acres in tobacco,
which makes the acreage in tobacco
alone, in this county, somewhere near
ten thousand acres. As a general
thing; the tobacco crop throughout
the county is considered good, in fact
considerably above an average.
North of Quincy, and in view of
the town, lies a splendid plantation,
formerly known as the Dupont place,
but now known as "Alsace Planta
tion.’’ This farm contains twelve or
thirteen hundred acres of rich, rolling
laud, and well adapted to tobacco cul
ture. It was purchased last year by
Mr. George Storm, of New York, for
the sum of ten thousand dollars cash.
It is n magnificent plantation, and
Mr. Storm has spoilt thousands of dol
lars in improvements, and in many
ways added to the beauty of the place.
He has had a beautiful circular road
cut out oil the place, of about two
mile in circumference, and had the
high hillH cut down and the valleys
filled up, and it is now a nice driving
place for the elite of Quincy, as well
as for himself.
In addition tn this, Mr. Storm has
had twenty-three nice houses built
around and on this circular road.
Those houses are nicely painted, and
contain five rooms each, with an up
stairs, underpinned with brick, good
brick chimneys, ten large glass win
dows, and well built, at. a cost of six
hundred dollars each, by contract,
making nearly fourteen thousand-dol
lars for the houses alone. These
houses are occupied by Alsatians, who
came direct from Alsace, last winter,
to Quincy. They have from live to
ten acres of tobacco to each family,
and as a general thing, have very
good crops of tobacco. Mr. *S. is one
of the largest stockholders in the syn
dicate property, and owns "Alsace"
separate nnd apart from the syndicate
lands.
It is indeed a rare treat to ride
through Alsace plniiMition, and then
right over on to f-aiita Clara planta
tion, (there two plantations lie broad
side to each other) and take in the
beautiful views that ran he seen so
frequently from the tops of the hills
which abound all through this section
One of these scenes is iudcliihly im
pressed upon my memory. It was
in March, ’R8. I had the pleasure of
seeing this grand and enchanting pic
ture, direct from Nature’s hand. Out
mensc new ground had had the trees
cut and rolled in large heaps, ready
for the mutch. Late one afternoon
your correspondent was viewing the
surrounding hills from the window of
a tall hnrn, when lie heard the voices
of many of Africa’s Sons and daugh
ters, singing nnd whooping, and then
looking to the South, I saw that they
were firing the hundreds of huge log
heaps aluj piles of brush in that large
field. In a lew minutes the scene was
one that beggars description. All over
that high hill, were large heaps of
fire, nnd as the smoke ascended up
ward, and the voices of the hundreds
of laborers could he heard, it seemed
almost like an enchanted spot. To
the right, lay Quincy, in lull view, yet
two miles away, with a quiet, dreamy
appeiifftngp, nnd over in the west, was
the grand and glorious sun. slowly
disappearing behind the lofty hills, as
if it was loth to leave a scene so lull
of grandeur. In the presence of these
lofty hills, appearing as they must
have appeared in the morn c f creation,
how insignificant one feels himself,
ns he reflects upon his weakness and
inconsistency, ns compared to the
strength aiu| si.'tbiliiy of iiies,, iiilis.
I intended, wlicu f started this nr
tide, to say somethingnbout the mode ; tnl(1 t | lov ;m ,
f preparing land and planting tobne- j am | ’ rei „ij, t „ respond
co, but I will have to leave that for
another time.
Yours truly,
I. W. .1,
Quincy, Fla., .Sept, 5, 188f),
A Family Reunion of tlio Hursts.
Just three miles west of Ochloeko-
nce, Thomas county, the venerable
Mrs. Maria Hurst lives with her
grand children at tlio farm homestead
of her son-in-law, the late John De-
klc. He was known ns Little John
Dekle, to distinguish him from two
kinsmen, John and ‘Long John.’
The farm is now in charge of her
grand-sons, ofj whom the kind heart
ed Mr. Ira Dekle is the senior. Last
Friday there was a reunion of the
large family to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of her birthday. She
was born in North Carolina, lint lias
lived in Thomas county more than
forty years. Her husband, John W.
Hurst, died in ISIS. She has had
seven children, live of whom are liv
ing; forty-six grand-children, of whom
thirty live are living, and seventy
great-grand children ; of whom fifty-
two are living.
It was a rare sight to look upon
the hale and cheerful ancestress of a
posterity of one hundred and twenty-
three. people, ninety-two of whom are
living. What a charming picture b>
see her surrounded by a family gath
ering of eighty-live. Her three sons,
I lev. G. T. Hurst, of Cairo, Kev. \V.
E. Hurst, ol this county, and Mr. W.
A. Hurst, of the Hotel Georgia, are
all strong active men and were all
present !nt the reunion. With tears
of joy the mutlier received the em
braces oflier loved ones. The older
ones talked of other days while the
younger ones romped all about or
gathered around the organ to join in
grateful songs. The writer was an
invited guest as the old pastor, of a
large portion of the family, and to
them lie is indebted for one of the
most delightful days of his life.
The children and grand children
had prepared a sumptuous nnd boun
tiful dinner which was spread on a
long tablo under the large nnd shady
grape arbor. The writer was called
upon to preside, and at the close of
the repast, he arose with a glass of
water in hand and said: A great
poet lias said, “The noblest work of
God is man.” That is true, hut the
sweetest work of God is woman, who
weet as a wife, sweeter as a mother
and sweeter still ns a grand mother.
With this water, the heaven horn
beverage our grand mother Evcilrank
in Paradise, I propose a toast to the
mother of all these children.” I!cv.
G. T. Hurst., the eldest of the ,-ums,
was called upon to reply which lie
did most appropriately and gave good
advice to the younger members of the
family.
The next toast was to the “grafted
member.: of the Ilurst family,” to
which a most graceful response was
made by Professor Glenn, of Cairo
who is also editor of the Cairo ion-uni
and whose lovely wife is one of tin
graud children. His congratulation
to “grandma” were very touching
Among other good, things ha said
' The Hursts, like other people, nun
have their faults, hut one thing i.-
TO USE THE 24-HOlJR SYSTEM.
By 1391 Ail Railroads Will Run According
to It.
Said a well known railroader to
day :
“Railroads all over the South are
interested in I lie 24 hour notation
system, and next year may sec it in
general use.
"I5y degrees a uniformity in rail
mailing in America is being adopted,
and when the railroad system is uni
form on railroads North and South,
the 24-hour nolatio.i may lie inaug-
urnled. At a meeting held in New
York u shofl time ago the question
was thoroughly discussed, nnd in-
qnines were sent out all over the
country to the general managers and
presidents of all railroads, asking
their views, and, if favorable to the
system, to state when they consider
an opportune time, to inaugurate it.
‘•‘The 21 hour system is a new
tiling in tlie South, and, in fact, in
all parts of the country south ot the
border of Camilla, where the new
system is in operation. It is prov
ing immensely popular in Canada.
The system dispenses with.the use of
a. in., ami p. m. Instead of repeat
ing the time in the afternoon the
mu.i
itimic
lul
is, when it is
L'liu'k i). m. by the present time it
lie by till' new time Io’clock nod
n liil 21 o'clock, which is 12
irk ai night by the present time,
reached. Then the time begins
n at I o'clock. By this method the
twenty-four hours are measured
and a!I repetition is avoided.
Railroad dispatchers in Canada lire
finding this method to he invaluable
railroad men say. There is now no
cause for an improper or an obscure
order to he given, nud there is never
an occasion to mistake a. m. for p. m.
Several years have been devoted to
efforts to get up a system of more un
ilbrmily than the present system. So
many errorslinvc been made by dis
patchers in giving orders, and so many
terrible wrecks, telescoping of trains,
etc., have resulted therefrom, that the
railroad men all over the country see
the great necessity of a system obviat
ing the complexity of the present
time system. Many of them believe
that the 24 hour notation system is
the requisite, nnd must necessarily
displace the present time system.”
To the Front
AS ALWAYS,
kind hearted
tin
Three Signs
The first sign that a couple are in
love, is when they tell each oilier their
troubles.—Omaha World.
The first sign that a couple are
married, if the event is o| very recent
date, is to sec a (lush of indignation
and manful resentment sweep across
the groom's face, when a fly alights on
the bride’s butter. If the event dates
back some lime, the first sign is, it the
couple are on the street, to see the
man carrying his umbrella so that the
water drips down his wife’s back-
-': i
lien Russell has been promoted to
a 'General” out in Ohio. The balance
of the party are all colonels. IJcn must
fee! lonesome, being the only General
in the party.
suffering
The next toast was p, the ''grafted
ieiiu'ilo luemliers of the family,” ami
tite writer in response said, “It is a
notorious fact that the Hursis can
out marry any men in this country
where the women are all better than
tlie men."
A remarkable coincidence among
tlio grand sons-in-law is tliat four of
them, Mr. Win. Bulloch, of Thomas
county, Mr. Julius God bold, of Mitch
ell, Mr. J, 11. Whstetield, of Ocala,
Fla., and Mr. James I'inum, of
Gainesville, Ga., all married Dekle
sisters, and though not at all related
hv blood, yet all resemble each other,
everyone have a hale, ruddy complex
ion ami a long mustache: are about
the same age, and there is not a dif
ference of two pounds in theirweight. .
1 hoy mm t all show up the same nuiu- j dealt very kindly with me, and 1 quict-
ber ol children, however. It is hard j !v await the silent call front time to
to find four more handsome men with ■ eternity. 1 am thankful that I can
prettier wives. look gratefully upon the past and
1 he Clarion congratulates the hap- serenely upon tlie future. Life has
py family, si-tuls a “God bless you” to j had but one sorrow for me, and that
to the old mother, and returns thanks i is the death of my husband, and I view
for many kindnesses. The day will ] that sorrow with a Christian's resign.!-
never be forgotten.—Camilla Clarion.! tion.’
Elsctricity in the United States.
According to reliable reports, there
arc at present 3,351 isolated electric
lighting plants and central stations in
tlie United States alone, operating
192,500 arc and 1,925.000 incandes
cent lights each night. There are
cam enables of 359,395 horse power
used for electric lighting The capital
invested m tile Aincricon electric light
ing companies during the past half
year lias been increased to the extent
< f 832,210,ico. In April last there
were m tlie United States 59 electric
railways, with 309 miles of track,oper
uting 330 motor cars, and utilizing
a!-out 8,000 horse power for stationary
engines, l-'orty-r.ir.e new roads were
in i-'i t.ruary la-.l being built, having a
total ol 189 miles of track and to use
r ears. Client are also sev
er lactones, some cf them
employing as many as 1,200 men.—
Scientific American.
The widow of President IViik cele
brated her 86th birthday last Wednes
day at her home in Nashville. To a
friend who wished that she might be
spared many years to come, she said:
"I realize that your kind wish must
fail. 1 am reminded that my course
of life lias nearly been run, and that
soon I must pass beyond the river.
'Chi s realization lias no terrors for me.
I am content to hear the final summons,
when it may. Providence lias
The City Shoe Store,
(Mitchell House Block.)
Has just opened up
to the young and old
gents the handsomest
line of shoes ever of
fered in our city, in
all styles, from the
narrowest to the wid
est lasts. Patent
leather shoes, hand
some line of gents’
toilet slippers and
full line of ladies’,
misses’ and children’s
shoes.
Mitchell House Block.