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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 19, '889
$5.00 PER ANNUM
AS USUAL,
Oar lev Prints
AND
Fancy Dress
ginghams
Are acknowledged to be the
handsomest in the city. They
arc selling rapidly, especially
those splendid patterns we offer
at
8c a Yard.
Make your selections before
they are picked over too much
Our Fancy Ribbons
;3 INCHES WIDE,
Which we are offering at the
marvelously low price of
25e aYard,
Are the talk of the town. If
you have not seen them yet, it
will pay you to call at once
and inspect them.
For lO cts.
We will sell you a beautiful
Ladies’ Union Linen Hem
stitched Handkerchief, which
is certainly the best value ever
offered in Thomasvillo.
JFor 5 cents
You can buy a nice colored
bordered handkerchief, plenty
good enough for the children
to lose at school.
Wc have an elegant all wool
Saxony wove Jersey at the as
tonishingly low figure of
#1.00,
Never before sold for less than
one dollar and fifty cents.
These are but a few of the
plums we have in stock for
our friends; and lots more to
show, if you will just take the
trouble to come and look at
them. We intend to make
things lively this season, and
we have the goods and prices
to do it with.
We extend a cordial invita
tion to all to visit our establish
ment, whether you buy or not.
We are always glad to sec you
and show vou what we have.
Plant Trees.
The crowning glory of Albany is
her wealth of forest trees, that spread
their umbrageous houghs protecting-
ly over her beautiful streets. But
they arc not as numerous as they
should be, and the News and Adver
tiser desires to encourage the planting
and caring for trees. There are many
ugly gaps in the rows of beautiful
trees that fringe our streets and side
walks, and those gaps ought to he
filled in.
The News and Advertiser ran
across the following directions for the
successful transplanting of evergreens
the other day, and commends it to the
careful consideration of those author
ities who have charge of setting out
trees on our streets:
“In reply to an inquiry, Editor L.
B. Benedict, of the New York World,
thus rdvises: Commouly, it is said
you may trnusplant trees at will,
either in the fall or spring, and for
deciduous varieties either way will be
successful If done carefully. Many
think fall the best time, for the rea
son that through the dormant period
the earth settles firmly around the
roots, and the young tree takes an
earlier and more vigorous start in the
spring. For evergreens the best time
is when the sap is just starting in the
spring. This is especially true in sec
tions where the winters are long and
cold. All plants exhale moisture
from their leaves, and with evergreens
this process is going on to some ex
tent through the whole dormant pe
riod, so that in a cold climate there is
danger, while the roots are inactive
and also mutilated by the removal,
that the plant may become weakened,
or perhaps entirely deprived of its
natural juices by this evaporation
through the leaves and twigs, before
the roots can obtain a fresh supply
from the soil. Merc contact with the
soil will not produce absorption of nu
triment by the roots. Along with
contnct. there must also be moisture
and root growth. In removing large
evergreens it is important to have at
tached to each as large a clump of
earth as possible, in which the minute
feeding roots will remain unbroken.
In all cases of tree removal of any
variety, where there is a great loss of
roots there must he a corresponding
reduction in the brnnehes, for the
parts above the surface of the ground
and those below it are so mutually
dependent on each other for support
and existence that a too serious dis
turbance of the equilibrium will not
he sustained.—News and Advertiser.
We have urged, for years, the im
portnnee and advantages of a liberal
planting out of shade trees. Nothing
adds so much to the beauty, attrnc
tions and comfort of a town. We
hope that our city fathers will / favor
ably consider the suggestion that, they
could build no higher or more endur
ing monument to themselves than by
lining the resident streets, avenues aud
thoroughfares of the town with shade
trees.
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132 BllOAD ST.
Waving the Bloody Shirt.
It is now generally supposed that
the editor of the Chjpgo Tribune has
inserted a clause in his will, directing
that his remains be wrapped in a
bloody shirt when he is buried. Not
withstanding the fact that Chicago is
trying to get the support of the south
for the location of the great exposition
in 1892, the Tribune continues to fran
tically wave the deep dyed garment.
The Herald of Chicago thus excoriates
the bloody organ:
The mossback Chicago Tribune
snivels about surrendering a principle
for the sake of gaining votes for the
world’s fair in Chicago. The bourbon
Tribune has but one political principle
—which is lying—and the Herald,
speaking not for a Chicago of war
times, but for a Chicago of peacc,asks
in behalf of Chicago merely the tem
porary abandonment of a vicious hab
it. There are times when lying will
react upon the liar, and the occasion
a few weeks hence, when Chicago will
ask the vote of the south for the world’s
fair, may be one of them. The pre
tense of these hateful and mendacious
writers of the republican press of Chi
cago that any moral issue is involved
in their monstrous libels upon the
southern states will deceive no one.
The question of to-day is this, simply:
Wil^hese bloody fools shut up, or
will they continue to drive men who
are naturally friendly to Chicago into
the New York camp ?
Common Schools Six Months.
The bill by Senator Bradwell that
passed the senate is a very important
o.ie.
It provides that oil and after the
year 1800, the term of common schools
shall consist of six months, 120 school
days. The county hoards of educa
tion in each county shall have author
ity to determine what months of the
year the schools shall he closed, on or
before December 15.
All children witliin the school ages
studying the elementary branches
shall he entitled to draw from the
common school fund their pro rata
share for the time actually in attend
ance at school during the common
school term or terms of the yeai
prior to the 15th day of December of
each year.
All white aud colored children be
tween the ages of 6 and 18 are free to
attend, except that white and colored
children shall not attend the same
school.
The governor, the attorney-general,
the secretary of state, the comptroller-
general, and the state school commis
sioner, shall constitute the Georgia
stare hoard of education. Of this
hoard the governor shall be ex-officio
president, aud the state school com
missioner the secretary and the chief
executive officer.
The bill provided that the Bible
should not, under any circumstances,
be excluded from the common schools;
hut this provision was stricken out.
The state school commissioner shall
be appointed by the governor and
confirmed by the senate. An appeal
can he made from his decisions to the
state hoard of education. His salary
will he 82,000 per year. He shall
visit the various counties os often as
possiblo and examine into the admin
istration of the school law.
The school fund shall be appor
tioned equitably among the counties.
Each county shall constitute a school
district.
The couuty hoard of education
shall have power to establish as many
schools in their county as they may
deem proper; provided that the num
ber of pupils taught by any one
teacher shnll not be less than ten nor
more than fifty, and shnll appoint
three trustees in any sub-district when
three competent men of such sub dis
trict fan ho induced to serve.”
The license obtained in any county
^hnll be good in any other county,and
the children in any sub-district may
attend school in any other.
Iowa’s Wonderful Lake.
The greatest wonder of tho Htatc of
Iowa, and perhaps in any state, is
what is called the “Walled Lake,” in
Wright couuty, twelve miles north of
the Dubuque and Pacific Railway,
aud 150 miles west of Dubuque city.
This lake is from two to three feet
higher than the earth’s surface. In
some places the wall is ten feet high,
fifteen feet wide at the bottom, and
five feet wide on top. The stones
used in its construction vary in weight
from three tons down to a hundred
pounds. There is an abundance of
stones in Wright county, but •sur
rounding the lake to the extent of
five or ten miles there are none. No
one can form an idea as to the means
employed to bring them to the spot
or who constructed it. Around the
entire lake is a belt of woodland one-
half mile in width, composed of oak.
With this exception the country is a
rolling prairie. The trees must have
been planted there at the time of the
building of the wall. In the spring
of the year 1856 there was a great
storm, and the ice on the lake broke
the wall Jn several places, and the
farmers in the vicinity were com
pelled to repair the damages to prevent
iuundation. The lake occupies a
grand surface of 2,800 acres; depth
of water as great as 25 feet. The
water is clear and cool, soil sandy aud
loamy. It is singular that no one
has been able to ascertain where the
water comes from, or where it goes,
yet it is always clear and fresh.—
Burlington Hawkeye.
A Solid Foundation of Prosperity.
In the current, issue of the Manu
facturers’ Record there are some sur
prising figures relative to the recent
progress and development of the in
dustrial resources of the south. Sur
prising ns these figures are, it is prob
able that they do not cover the whole
ground or tell the entire story.
The Record, which is a recognized
authority on these matters, says that
the railroad mileage of tlie south has
been increased by the addition of
over 20,000 miles since 1879. Since
that ’year over 8800,000,000 have
been spent in lmilditig new roads and
improving old ones, The assessed
value of property has increased over
81,300,000,000 since 1880, aud the
increase in 18S9 over 1888 will prob
ably be about 8175,000,000 or more.
This does not show the full iucrease
in the value of property, since there
is a very large amount of manufac
turing property created since 1880,
which does not appear in the tax
assessments, being oxempt by law
from taxation. In 1880 the south
made 397,301 tons of pig iron, in 1888
over 1,100,000, and in 1889 it will
produce about 1,500,000 to 1,600,000
tons.
In 1880, 6,048,571 tons of.coal
were mined in the south ; 1888 the
output was 18,000,000 tons, and in
1889 it will probably be not far from
23,000,000 tons. Cotton mills have
increased from 161, with 14,323
looms, and 667,854 spindles, in 1880,
to 355 mills, with 45,000 looms arid
2,035,000 spindles, while many new
mills are under construction, and
many old ones being enlarged. In
1880 there were 40 cotton seed oil
mills in the south, with a capital of
83,500,000 ; now theso are 263, repre
senting an investment of over $20,-
000,000.
The value of the south’s agricultural
products for 1888, was about $800,-
000,000, against $571,000,000
1879, while 1889 will probably show
S900,000,000 to $950,000,000. The
value of the south’s live stock is now
$575,000,000,. while in 1879 in was
$391,400,000. The production of
grain rose from 431,074,630 bushels
in 1880 to 632,666,000 bushels in
1888, and this year will probably
show over 680,000,000 bushels, an in
crease of nearly 250,000,000 bushels.
In the last three and a half years
the Record has reported the organ i
zation in the south of upwards of 11,
000 new industrial establishments,
covering every line of manufacturing
from making pins to building loco
motives, and the building of over
8,000 miles of railroad, and the pro
duction of the largest crops ever
raised in this section, which yielded
good profits to the farmers.
Thus in three yea's the south lias
raised about 21,500,000 hales of cot
ton, over 1,500,000,000j bushels of
corn, nearly 150,000,000 bushels of
wheat, aud 240,000,000 bushels of
oats, the total value of these ami
other agricultural products, according
to official government figures, reach
ing the enormous aggregate of up
wards of $2,500,000,000, or an aver
age of over $830,000,000 for each
vear.—Constitution.
Close of the Cotton Year.
(Kron the MnconTelegraph.)
In its issue of last Saturday, the
New York Commercial and Financial
Chronicle giyes its statement of the
cotton crop of the United States for
year ending Sept, ist, 1889.
The Chronicle puts the total crop
for the year at 6,935,082 hales against
7,017,707 for the year iS87-’8, and
6,513,623 bales for the year 1886—’7.
It states the weight of the last crop,
however, at 3,437,408,499 pounds, as
against 3,407,068,167 pounds for the
preceeding year. The stock on hand
Sept, ist, 1889 is 56,364 bales against
181.225 hales Sept. 1st, 1888 and 82,-
068 bales Sept, ist, 1887.
The total receipts at Atlantic and
Gulf ports for the year just closed are
placed at 5,547,757 bales against 5,-
602,632 bales last year, and 5,320,642
bales in i886-’7. Exports—1,742,745
bales against 4 938,981 bales last sea
son, and 4,458,326 bales the previous
season. Liverpool received out of the
crop of i888-’9 2,779,248 bales.
The number of hales used in manu
factures in the south is given by the
Chronicle at 485,603 against 443,373
in ,887-’8, and 397,927 in i886-’7.
In reference to the new crop, the
Chronicle has this to say:
“It is several years since the 1st of
September has afforded so clear and
definite a promise of a large yield of
cotton as that date affords this year.
Ufcourse there is some room for dis
appointment even yet. But the fact of
a larger yield than has been obtained
in either of the past two seasons,
seems to be generally accepted now.
Beyond that it would be premature to
speak with certainty.
“With regard to the date of maturi
ty, there is no doubt that the crop is
properly called a late one, as last years
crop was. It does not tollow, how
ever, from that circumstance, that the
receipts of the first three months will
not be consideraly larger than they
were in the same months of’88. There
are fewer obstacles to a free move
ment. Morever, the high prices ruling
are a special inducement for rapid
work, leading the planters to hurry
forward their early cotton. But an in
fluence contributing more than all the
others to swell the first arrivals, is that
this season's crop is very abundant in
certain sections of the Gulf states,
where the earliest cotton is raised, so
that the marketing from these quar
ters in September and October will no
doubt be materially in excess of one
year ago. It is satisfactory to know
that this cotton will find an eager
market, the mill stocks of the raw ma
terial being, as we have, -shown? low,
riot only in this country, but in Eu
rope.”
Bradstreet’s, of Saturday, says :
“The actual count of the cotton
crop of the season ending Sept. 1, ac
cording to the former statistician of
the New York Cotton Exchange, was
6,939,284 bales against 7,046,833 bales
in the preceeding year. The decrease
here shown, of about 107,000 bales,
was more apparent than real, when
the relative weights of the hales are
considered. The high price of bag
ging, rain in harvest, and other condi
tions caused the bales in the season
just closed to exceed the previous
season’s weights by about nine pounds
per bale, the proportion being 497.06
pounds to the bale in r8S8 ’9, against
488.05 pounds in i887-’8. The re
sult is that the crop for the season just
ended was equal in weight to 7,067,-
000 bales ol the preceeding season’s
weight, an actual production of 11,000
hales gam. As regards spinning ca
pacity, however, it is probable that no
gain can be shown over the preceeding
year’s crop. Bradstreet’s cotton re
port, published December 15, 1888,
indicated a yield of 6,850,000; 89,000
bales, or about 1 2-10 per cent, less
than the actual count of crop made
nearly nine months later.”
New Mode of Tanning.
Sax Francisco, G'ai.., Aug, 22.—
From the State University at Berke-
ly conies the report tL.:t experiments
have determined that a certain com
bination of fat and oils, with sulphur
compounds, when used for tanning
purposes, have the effect of rendering
leather impervious to wnter and so
pliable as to render it almost indes
tructible.
Before the war the higwatcr mark
in cotton was 5,300,000 hales. The
crop of last year is not yet entirely
out of tho hands of the planters, hut
those whose business attention is ab
sorbed by the staple place it at 7,400,-
000 hales, au iucrease of 300,000 over
the year preceeding. This season,
with average weather, it will be
8,000,000 bales, worth ncnrly four
hundred million dollars, or five times
the value of all the gold and silver
produced in the United States in one
year.
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HOSIERY.
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THE GREAT SUCCESS
Which our “Onyx” Dyed Hosiery
met with last season, and the univer
sal satisfaction given by these abso
lutely fast dye goods has stimulated
us to still further improvement for
this season, by producing the goods
from Ingrain yarns, thus giving
greater strength and wearing qualities
to the fabric, and at the same time re
taining all tho excellent qualities of
dye, which have been so thoroughly
tested and approved in previous sea
sons.
Try a pair of Onyx, and you will
never wear any other Rocking, for
every pair is warranted not to stain
the feet and clothing, and to withstand
the effects of p^rspiratiou as well as
repeated washings. Furthermore,
auy pair not found as represented, re
turn them and your money will be
refunded.
None genuine unless stamped with
above trade-mark.
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Mitchell House Block 1