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AT H. WOLFF & BKO.’S J' WE ABE DAILY IlECEIVIMG STOCK Which is the tiand- somestwehave had in years. Your kind inspection is solic ited. H. WoHI & Bra., . Leaders of Styles and Low Prices. 109 & 111J3R0AD ST THE DAILY TIMES-ENTERPRISE. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 188S. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAUS) R, Thomas JrV 126 Broad Sired. O. S. Bondurant Vounteer Observer Weather Bulletin for the 2+ bonra ending nt 7 o’clock P. M., Sept. *20, 1889. Temperature 7 a. 2 p. m _ 1 p. TO Maximum for 24 hours 8 - Minimum “ “ “ Rain-fall We told you so. • Mr. J. Mayo is making improve ments on his cottage in East End. Mr, W. J. Wilson, of Boston, was in town yesterday. Mr. R. L. Dodson aud wife have taken rooms at the Whiddon. Mr. J. W. Roddenlutry, of Cairo, was at the Whiddon yesterday. A party of East Enders picniced at the river yesterday. Mr. H. A. Mayer, of Atlanta, was in the city yesterday. All the saloons were closed yester day on account of the election. Mr. H. T. Vann, a merchant of Boston, was in the city yesterday. Mr. A. C. McLeod, of Meigs, was in town yesterday. Mr. W. H. Barnett, of Memphis, was at the Stuart yesterday. Mr. Will Baker, ot Kentucky, was registered at the Stuart yesterday. Judge Hansell went down to Mon- ticello yesterday afternoon. The fall trade has begun, and the merchants are feeling good. A good many strangers were in town yesterday. We understand that Mr. Frank Winu and family will move to town at aa early day. Look out, dealers! The Governor has signed the bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors. Several parties were noticed “spit ting cotton” yesterday: the bar rooms and beer saloons were closed. The poles for the three electric lights on Warren street were put up yesterday. Mrs. Glenn, of Cairo, has beeu vis iting her father and mother here. She returns home this afternoon. Mrs. Jennie Carrol! left yesterday noon lor New York, to buy a stock of millinery goods for her store on lower Broad. A (i-mule team, loaded with seveu bales of cotton from Mr. Hugh McIn tyre’s plantation, was in town yester day. It looked like old times. We hope the concrete pavement on the East side of Broad street, down to Stark’s corner, will be completed before the winter travel sets in. Mies Moselle Hayes, of Eufauln, Ala., is visiting the family of Mr. S. L. Hayes. She has many friends in the city who are pleased to sec her here again. ■ Every one is glad that the park question is settled. And it is settled to the entire satisfaction of nine-tenths of the property holders of Thomas- ville. The excursion train from Albany to Vnldosta passed through yesterday about 10 o’clock. Very few went from here. The train consisted of eight coaches. The Dixon Bros, were in town yes terday with twenty bales of cotton. This makes 102 bales they have mar keted here. They expect to market 150 hales. The Dixon's arc hustlers. Thauk the Lord we arc through dlwu^sing the park. Now let public Attention he directed to some other public improvement, A live town never gets its growth. When a town gets the impression that it is fully grown, theu decay sets iu. This has been demonstrated in a thousand in stances. The Thomas County Stock Breed ers met at Judge Mitchell's office iu Thomasville last Saturday and decid ed to hold the annual fair on Friday, the 15th of November next, and have agreed to oiTer quite a premium list. We trust it will be a grand success.— Wbigbam Advance. CTJRTRIGKHT & DANIEL Are now receiving a large and elegant assortment of the celebrated Zeigler and Reed’s fine Ladies Shoes. J. S. Turner’s, Stacy Adams’ and Bannister’s Men Shoes. Boys’ and Misses’ School Shoes a Specialty. Sign of tlie Bier Boot. BONDS CARRY. The Park Election Yesterday. Thomasville settled the question as to whether she would purchase Para dise Park yesterday; and she settled it in no equivocal way, as the vote below will show. Of course there were some who did not vote, and who arc known to be opposed to the pur chase ; at the same time many were absent who are known to he in favor of the purchase. The vote shows that the voters of the towu are, prac tically, a unit in favor of the park. This unanimity speaks well for the town. It shows that the citizens, white and col'-red, are ready to join hands to promote the welfare and prosperity of the place. This is the proper spirit, and it always tells. Some gentlemen—though they are few—were conscientiously opposed to the purchase. Now that the majority —and an overwhelming one—have spok?n, let all hold up the hands of the city authorities in building up the town. Happily there have been no scars left. Differences have existed, but all have been tolerant of the opin ions ot his neighbor. The following is the official vote: For Bonds 2U8 Against Bonds 11 Totut Vote 279 There are 373 registered voters, 'lwo-thirds of these, 249, would have carried the bonds. Nineteen more than the two-thirds were polled for bonds. It will be interesting to know the complexion of the vote. One hundred and seven colored votes were polled for bonds, and one against; one hun dred and sixty-one white votes were polled for, and ten against. Another Fire. Yesterday morning, about 3 o’clock fire destroyed a one story dwelling situated near terminus of Remington avenue. The house belonged to Amos Davis, colored, a porter for Jas. Watt & Bro. Amos was insured in West chester Insurance Co., of New York Hansell & Merrill, agents, for $300. Of that amount §150 was on his house and the balance on the contents. He has no idea how the lire originated, as no fire hid been burning in the house, Amos is one of the steadiest and most reliable colored men in Thomasville. His many white friends sincerely sym pathize with him in his loss. A number of firemen and others went out to the fire and aided the best they could. A New Stenographer for the Southern Circuit. Judge A. H. Hansell has appoin ted Air. Joseph M. Dreyer official stenographer of the Southern circuit. Mr. Dreyer, though still quite ayoung man, has lteelt giving the science ol short-hand writing careful study, and he has, already, become quite an ex pert. With pratice he will soon be a first-class stenographer. Short-hand writing is one of the best professions of the day, aud we congratulate our young friend on the acquisition of a profession which is in such general demand. Our Railroad Outlook. Mr. -Jessie Thompson, of Augusta, and Mr. Sturdivant, chief engineer of the Augusta and West Florida Rail road Company, were in the city yes terday, taking n topographical, sur vey of the country from Thomasville iu the direction of the proposed road. It is quite probable that an engineer corps will be put in the field locating the road at an early day. Our citi zens look upon the present movement with much favor, as presenting the most feasible aud probably successful solution of our railroad difficulties. The connection of Thomasville with Augusta would place us in a direct connection with old and favorite lines and insure a paying line from the jump. Not only tins, it will open up to us a fine country heretofore undevel oped, and a section which would nat urally seek our town for its business. We hope the company will push the initial work with vigor aud afford us- the pleasure, at no distant day, of an nouncing the definite plans of the projectors. Beautify Thomasville, Soon our growing city will be filled with yisitors. It is the duty ot every citizen—even in the absence of visitors — to make his home as attractive as possible. And this can be done at a small cost. A little care and taste will make every home in Thomasville at - tractive and inviting. Only a few days since, we published an article from the Floridian, urging the citizens of Tallahassee to beautify their homes and premises by a little timely atten tion. Below we print an article from the Times Union, Jacksonville, on the same line. What is proposed in Jack sonville will apply with equal force to Thomasville. Let every one read the article. Here is what the T.-U. says: “Now is the time to begin beautifying the city, clothing it in bridal garments as it were, for the reception of the thousands of expected visitors. A walk through the city discloses an as tonishing neglect that could be easi ly rectified. This neglect obtains he fore numberless private residences, on many of the most beautiful streetsi and is one that a few hours labor would totally obliterate, in the places to which we refer; the sidewalks, either of wood, brick or stone, are partially overgrown with grass and weeds, the grass plats themselves, are uncouth and unlrimmcd, and many ’beautiful plants are choked and dying in a wil derness of tangled growth. Neat and t well kept yards and flower gardens have been the pride of the city heretofore, and have won many com pliments from the transient visitors of the winter; to let them go into decay now will create the very opposite im pression from the one desired. If every household will attend to the beautifying of their own premises, the rerult will be one that cannot fail to add to the general beauty of the city, and be strong evidence of the taste and culture of the people. There is so much that the children { can do. A litte portion of the cool morning and evening would clear the sidewalks Irom the drifts of nature that now threaten to entirely cover them from sight, and the benefit to the youth would be a series of object lessons that art cannot duplicate. These suggestions are thrown out to the home public with the hope that they wil! be heeded, that each one will do his or her part, and that when the north begins its much desired invasion, Jacksonville the beautiful, and not Jacksonville the neglected, will be here to greet them.” They Won’t Bite ’Em. Florida’s mosquitoes (at least) are more voracious than California’s— Exchange.] Very naturally. This splendid climate endows them with r.n all-devouring appetite. Whereas, in California, the mosquito goes about with a disordered liver, a sick head ache, a had taste iu his mouth, a billious complexion and sick stomach. Besides, he doesn’t have such rich food to feed 011 as does his Florida cousin.—Times-l'nion, Jacksonville. Bottcr come to Thomasville where what few mosquitoes we have have been educated not to interfere witli visitors. A mosquito which mistook a Northern nmu, who had boon res tored to health iti this incomparable climate, for a native, and inserted his hill in the renewed corpus of the visi tor, was promptly expelled by his fellows. The natives here cancel all the bills. These only bleed the pock et—and that only to a moderate ex- teut. O, yes, Thomasville mosquitoes are well trained iu this respect. With the building o’ fires at the commencement of cool weather, there is more or less danger of fires. Flues aid chimneys should be carefully inspected before the fall fires are lighted. Verdcl Davies, son of Mac Davies, who has been in Chicago and other Western and Northern cities, return ed home yesterday afternoon. Capt. Shuck Whittaker, not having registered, could not vote yesterday ; but he got in some good work all the same : he placed every vehicle in his stables at the service of voters. Cap tain Shuck is a hustler. The No Fqpce Question. Every land -holder south of the railroad, is interested in the no fence law. If the bill becomes a law, by the vote of the people to whom it is submitted, that portion of our county will be one of the most pros perous sections in South Georgia. A gentleman living on this side of the railroad, and a good farmer, remarked the other day: “If the no fence law carries, south of the railroad, I intend to sell and buy a place in that, section of the county.” There has been some talk about the colored labor leaving that section iu ense no fence law car ries. There is no danger of this. The intelligent colored laborer and tenant will soon find that it is to his interest for the law to pass. In this connection we may refer to a conver sation recently had with a prominent farmer in Leon county, Fla., where the law is now in force. Among other things, he said: “When the question of a no fence law was first agitated in our county, there was a general and marked oppo sition to it, on the part of the colored people. Since they have seen its workings, and how it. protects their crops from stock running at large, the great majority of them have changed their views, and nre now heartily in favor of the law. I know of no laborer who has left our county on account of the existence of the no fence law. It will be worth thous ands and thousands to the farmers of Leon county. Our people would not go back to the old regime for any amount.” Wo respectfully call the attention of our readers, those who arc to vote on this question-at the en suing election, to the views of tho gentlemen above quoted. He is a cool, clear headed man, and has given the subject much attention, soon os the law went into force in his county, ho has had an opportunity of seeing it thoroughly tested. Of the seventy odd counties in Georgia, which hnve adopted tho no fence law, there is not a single one of them in which the old rail fence could be voted back. In determining this and other questions, the experience and observation ot others is a good and safe criterion. There arc, of course, some good men in the territory mentioned who are opposed to the no fence law, hut if they will take the trouble to post themselves as to the working of the law in other counties, and under similar conditions which exist and prevail in the section of Thomas alluded to, they will, wo are very sure, change their views. In any event it is tho duty of every man to post himself on the subject before making up his mind. It is n most important subject, oue which should claim the earnest attention of every land holder south of the railroad. are daily receiving -OF- Fall -AND- Winter CLOTHING! and our line ot Light AND- Iu buying hams this hot weather don’t fail to get the Magnolia. Pickett’s Hamlet Flour is the finest goods oil the market, and costs you only S5.C5 per barrel. Pickett lias special figures for parties buying iu quantities, aud boarding houses. Magnolia Hams keep through the summer better than auy other brand, and Pickett’s is still headquarters for them. HOUSE Foil ItEXT, A good C-room dwelling house on Magno lia street for rent, Silo per month. / pply at Works. 1-w. Ficsh Salmon, Pickett’s. 18 cents a can, nt Imported sardines 15 cents a can, at Pickett’s. ATTENTION Laboring Man of Small Means. I have a few very desirable lots which I will sell you on the most farorable terms. Call at my office soon if you would secure one. This is a golden opportunity for you. 9-19 4t GEORGE FEARX. Gin House Insurance, * —WITH— Hansell Merrill, Thomasvillo, Ga. d&wto octl-le I MUST 60! Call and get OTTPL Prices before buy ing at ANYBODY’S Cost Prices, and we will v YOU MONEY Clothier?, and) Furnishers, IOS Broad St.,|JThomaBvUle, Ga