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I nterprat VOL 1-NO 111. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20,.'1880 $5.00 PER ANNUM — AND ts Fancy Dress GINGHAMS Arc acknowledged to be the handsomest in the city. They arc selling rapidly, especially those splendid patterns we offer at 8e 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 S5e a, Ya/rd, 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 1G cts. We will sell you a beautiful Ladies’ Union Linen Hem stitched Handkerchief, which is certainly the best value ever offered in Thomasvillo. For 5 cents You can buy a nice colored bordered handkerchief, plenty good enough for the children to lose at school. We have an elegant all wool Saxony wove Jersey at the as tonishingly low figure of #3.00, 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. Weave always glad to see you and show you what we have. Why not St. Marks and The Span ish Hole! To the Editor of TjieTam.ahasseean. The Chicago Tribune of July 30th says: “The much talked of scheme of deepening the Tampa harbor and making thnL a terminal port for South and Central American and the West Indian vessels, is now being brought to the serious consideration of every member of tlie commercial board in the Northwest. “It looks now as if we may yet wit ness the shipping of Southern mer chandise direct to Chicago and the Northwest from Tampa instead of taking it away around to New York and having it shipped from there. “New York now receives 81 '>5,000, 000, worth of commerce which by no Sense of right belongs to her. “All this nmount in shipment arrives at the Eastern port annually and then is re-shipped by cars to Chicago and the Nwrtlnvcst. We want all that merchandise to come by the way of Tampa to save time and heavy insur ance which ships and her cargo is alleged to carry in traveling along the hazardous Eastern coast. This place will not only strengthen the Northwestern commercial interests, but wiiyievelop aud unify the com merce of the South. “The plan proposed is to run a fast line of steamers from Aspiuwall aud Tampa to connect oil the one hand with coasters running along cither coast of Central and South America and on the other hand with the rail road system to be made up of rail roads running between Chicago and the ports of Florida.” Why should Chicago seek Tampa for its harbor on the Gulf when they can get as good ifffot"ti better harbor nearer to it and save at least 200 miles of railroad £ The Spanish Hole below St. Marks is the best an chorage on the Gulf coast, -according to reports of seameu who claim to be well acquainted with the coast. I have been informed by men who pretended to know, that by dredging about fifty yards in the St. Marks river between the Spanish Hole and the town of St. Marks and removing stone obstructions that were placed in the river during the war that vessels drawing 20 feet of wnter could go up to St. Marks and to Newport, where they would be perfectly safe in case of storm. St. Marks at one time was a flour ishing port, vessels have landed at her wharfs and sailed direct for Eu rope and other foreign ports. From two to three million dollars worth of cotton hnvc been annually shipped from her wharfs. Tampa and St. Marks were the first known ports in Florida. When Navarez and DcSoto landed at Tampa they sent their ships to St. Marks. St. Marks at one time was the best known port in Florida. Why she is in her present dilapidated condition is a mystery to me. With two of the most beautiful rivcis uniting at the “Old Fort,” her historical prestige, aud a splendid county North of it, her immense oyster beds, and near the greatest sponge fishing grounds in the Union ought to make her a.thriv- ing commercial city. Near the town aud above it are as fine mineral springs, long noted for their medical virtues, as can be found in the union, which ought to aid in making it quite a watering place. Every farmer aud planter in Mid dle Florida ought to be deeply interest ed in havisgarailroad from the North west to go to St. Marks to connect with a line of steamers to Central and South America. This would enable them to get a much boater price for their products than they now do. Would it not be well to call the attention of the commercial boards of the Northwest to the facilities that St. Marks offers for a good shipping port ?—Tnlluhnsscean. 132 BROAD ST. Sam Jones, the renowned revivalist, has been etirring up the animals in G'artoreville. He is a stirrer. Questions and Answors. The Constitution submitted the fol lowing questions to each of the farmers who went West on the late'excur sion tendered by the Central road: 1. What have you seen on the trip that has impressed you most deeply? 2. What have you seen or learned that, if adopted in Georgia, would prove most beneficial to the State? 3. How do you account for the Ohio farms being in such a superior condition to ours? 4. Do you think the soil of Ohio superior to ours? If so, cannot ours be made to equal it? 5. Why can the Ohio farmers pay so much more for labor than we, and what do they say of negro Inbor? - 6. What benefits do you think will result to Georgia from this trip? To these questions every delegate has responded. The answers cover a variety of impressions, all compliment ary to the thrift and push of Ohio farmers, and all expressing hope for the future of Georgia. To these questions Mr. T. E. Black- shear replied as follows: 1. The general fertility of the whole country through which our trip ex tended. 2. Intensive farming. This can be done only by keeping more stock and planting less cotton. 3. The farmers of Ohio lost nothing by the late war, but on the contrary it gave them opportunity to make money. 4. i, think the soil, upon the! aver age, better than Georgia soil,'and it has greatly the advantage in point of lay. I do not think our opportunities for building up our soil as good, for they have a level country nnd a stiff clay soil. ( It is more practicable to utilize live stock aud their products in Ohio than in Georgia, they having an abundanco of cheap ice to keep but ter and cheese through the summer. 5. The Ohio fnrmers can pay more for labor than the Georgia planters, becaiiee they have small farms and we have large plantations, and -be cause 1 they have labor-saving machin ery dud implements that only intel ligent laborers can use. C. I cannot say what benefit will result to nn average farmer from this trip, but as for myself I have learned it is best to plant less land rthd use more home made manure; have less stock and better stock, nnd to take much better care of stock, which can be done by raising more liny and buliding better barns. Mr. C. L. Moses, of Coweta, replied ns follows: •1. The pike roads that cost 82,000 per mile. Land owners were taxed per acre to build these roads. . 2. More pasture land, thorough preparation before planting, and the planting of not one acre that does not result in profit. 3. I did not meet a farmer who said he was making more than a bare living. Forty per cent of their lands are mortgaged. 4. Yes, their iinmeuse popu'ation renders it necessary for "every rood of land to sustain its man.” The land in middle Georgia can be brought up to equal fertility and be made more productive. They ennnot pay more for the same class of labor. They regard the negro ns an “unprofitable servant.” They rate him below his real merits. f>. We are better satisfied with our own State. We have found that we have a better market for all farm products. We shall cut down our acreage and increase our net profits. We will make our “living” at home, and our surplus crop—cotton—will, in time, make us rich. The value and cost of roads will strike the average Georgian. Good roads are one of the imperative de mands of the age. They make farms doubly valuable. If this excursion, and the observations of the gentlemen who composed it, result in better roads in Georgia, I hen much has been accomplished. FOR COTTON MEN. Captain Gordon intrduces a Bill Bearing On Tare... From the Camilla Clarion: Hon. W. D. Mitchell is the faithful nnd popular superintendent of the Thomasville Baptist Sunday school. His school is flourishing. Mr. M. Y. McIntyre, formorly of Thomasville, now of Savannah, went up to Albany on Monday. His firm, M. Y. it D. I. McIntyre, is one of the most substantial commission houses of Savannah. He will visit Camilla soon, where no one of his family needs an introduction. Mr. Gordon,of Chatham,lias introduc ed an important bill. It is an “Act to amen^l section 1,599, °* She code of 1882, which requires weighers of cot ton, rice and other produce to be sworn, and prescribes their duties by adding thereto a proviso declaring what tare, if any, may be allowed by the weigher for the bagging and fasten ings bn any bale, bag or package of cotton, when it is weighed, and for other purposes." Section one prescribes that section 1,599 of the code of 1882 shall be amended by adding thereto the fol lowing proviso : “Provided that, if the weigher, with the consent of the seller, or his agent,-makes a deduction from the gttiss weight of any bale, bag or packagfe of cotton, bccuse of the bag ging and fastenings on said bale, bag or package, if covered with jute bag. ging, the deduction shall be twenty- four pounds, and if covered with cotton bagging, the deduction shall be sixteen pounds: except in the case of any bale, bag or package of cotton not fasteped with iron ties nor with ropes, in which case the deduction shall be ten pounds if it is covered with jute bagging, or five pounds if it is covered with cotton bagging, so that said sec tion, when amended, shall read as fol lows: “It shall not be lawful for any scalesman, salesman, or other person in any of the cities, towns or villages of this state, to weigh any bale, bag or package of cotton, tierce or half tierce of rice, or any other article of produce disposed of by weight, without first and subscribing dn'oath before some person authorized by law to ad minister it, that he will justly, impar tially and without deduction, weigh all such cotton and all other articles of produce that may be shown to him for that purpose, and tender a true account thereof to the party or- parties concerned, if so required. -■ “The weigher may, nevertheless, make such deductions for wet and other causes as is rcaso nable, when the seller or his agent -shall thereto consent; provided, that, it the weigher, with the consent of the seller or his agent, make a deduction from the gross weight of any bale, bag or pack age ol cotton, because ot the covering on said bale, bag or package of cot. ton, the deduction shall not be more than twenty-four pounds when cover ed with jute bagging and not more than sixteen pounds if covered with I cotton bagging, except in the case of any bale, bag or package of cotton not fastened with iron ties nor with ropes, in which case the deduction shall not be more than ten pounds, if covered with jute bagging and not more than five pounds if it is covered with cotton bagging.’’ The provisions of this act are to go into effect Octobet 1st, 1889. The bill was refetred to the committee on agriculture. The Age of Electricity. The century which is rapidly draw ing to a close is appropriately called the age of steam ; that which will soon be ushered in will be the age of electricity. In all probability peo ple are now living who will ride from Savannah to New York between the rising and setting of the sun. Instead of trains of many cars, there probably will be two or three cars tp the train, and many trains. The heavy “mo guls” that now arc tho pride of rail road companies will no longer pound the life out of the rails, so to speak, or shako bridges or trestles to pieces. Every second or third car, possibly every one, will carry a motor, taking its power from stntjonary dynamos placed at intervals along the track. The loads will be lighter, and, there fore, the grades may be made heavier. The tracks of other roads and the public and private roadways will be crossed either by ttulncls or bridges, and the danger at grade crossings will be obviated; nnd an unbroken line of fencing will otherwise protect the trains. This lightning method of travel will be both safer and quicker than the present one. The development of tho possibili ties of electricity has been so rapid that men who are well versed in other sciences are comparatively ignorant concerning that which is going on in the field of electricity. One of the latest experiments in rapid transit is the Weems electric railroad, the pro jectors of which have been so success ful with their initial plant near Bal timore that they propose having another, on a larger scale. On the Baltimore road, two miles ia length, 24-Inch iguage, a-speed of two miles ft’ minute is made under the Weems system with all ease, and it is claimed that n maximum speed of four to five miles a minute can be attained, or, in other words, that the distance bc- twocn New York and Chicago could be traveled in about three hours. Estimating the distance by rail be tween Savannah and New York to he 1,000 miles, it would require only about one-third of the speed claimed to be possible under tho Weems sys tem for a citizen of Savannah to be aide to eat his breakfast at home and his supper in New York. It is true that the Weems system contemplates at present the carrying of mail mat ter nnd light freight only, the necessi ty for train hands, etc., being obviated, hut the carrying of passengers is only a question of time.—News. Each year the local paper gives from §500 to $5,000 in free lines for the benefit of the community in which it is located. No other agency can or will do this. The editor, in propor tion to his means, does more for his town than any other ten men, and in all lairness, man with man, he ought to be supported, not because you mity happen to like him or admire his writ ing, but because a local paper is the best investment a community can make. It may not be brilliant or crowded with much thought, but fi nancially, it is of more benefit to a conmiuity than the teacher or preacher. Understand us now, we do not mean morally or inlelcctually, but financially; and yet on the moral question, you will find that most local papers are on -the right side of the question. To-day, the editors of the local paper do the roost work lor the least money than any men on earth. Subscribe for your local paper, not as a charity, but as an investment.—Judge David Davis. A New Car. An inventor, backed by St. Louis capital, is building a curious railway coach. The distinctive feature of the car is the fact that it is all iron or steel. No wood will be used in its construction. The roof, sides and ends of the car are made of steel boil er plates riveted together, and it is nothing more nor less than a big boil er. It is not quite round, however, being somewhat in the shape of a horseshoe—the round part being the top. In the bottom are several steel girders packed in cement much the same as in the Pullman cars. Along the sides is an array of windows pre cisely similar to those of an ordinary passenger coach. The top of the car is destitute of Qie heavy roof and ventilating arrangement that is seen on ordinary cars. Ventilation is to be secured by pumping air into the car through pipes. The Dueling Market. From the Rome, Ga., Tribune. There was very little business trans acted in dueling circles yesterday. Challenges is weak, with no takes, and seconds were few and far be tween : I'm 11 .lnrli !t from ticorgia, I'm a fighter brave and bold; I use a seven-shooter that js aivful to behold; I van hit n house at twenty yards—so deadly is my aim— Ami the barn doors creak and shiver at the mention of my name! LEVY’S Latest Success, -FOR- READ, READ! And Profit by the Same. GUARANTEED, EVERY PAIR, BLACK HOSIERY. 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 aud wearing qualities to the fabric, and at the same time re taining all the 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 stocking, for every pair is warranted not to stain the feet and clothing, and to withstand the effects of perspiration as well as repeated washings. Furthermore, any pair not found as represented, re turn them nnd your money will be refunded. • None genuine unless stamped with above trade-mark. FOR SALE ONLY BY L Levy & Co. Mitchell House Block