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V-O L 1 —NO 117. TUOMASYILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 87, '889 $.7.00 PER AMJM AS USUAL, Out lev Frists AND GINGHAMS Arc acknowledged to be the handsomest in the city. They arc selling rapidly, especially those splendid patterns we offer at 8e a Yiii'd- Make your selections before they arc picked - over too much. Our Fancy Ribbons 3 I ACRES WIDE, . Which we arcydlcring at the marvelously low price of a, Yard, Arc the talk of the town. If you have not seen them yet, it will pay you to call at once and inspect them. Fov lO 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 #1.00, Never before sold for less than one dollar and fifty cents. These are hut a few of the plums we have in stock for our friends; and hits 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 wc 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. Wo arc always glad to see you and show you what wo have. F. lN. Loluisteiii, 132 15KOAD ST. REST. Written for the Times-Union:] “Come unto we all ye thut labor, and are heart/laden, and I trill '/toe you wf." I am .weary, very weary, Heavy laden and distressed; And my soul is dark ami dreary, Lonrf has it been seeking rest. Weary of this load of sorrow, • Weary of the soul’s unrest; Weary, thinking of to-morrow— T am weary, let me rest. I am weary, too, of wandering From the One who loves me best, And my soul is sadly pondering Where it may obtain that rest. Hark! a voice is gently saying— “Come, poor sinner, to My breast; Why art thou so long delaying? Come to Me and find that rest. ‘‘Art thou weary, heavy laden? Take my yoke ; it is the best, It is light, an easy burden, And thy toul shall be at.rest.” Lord, I come ; Thy yoke is taken. It is easy ; l*can rest, 1 shall never he forsaken, While 1 lean upon Thy breast. —F. D. C. Light for the Poor Man. The possibilities of electric forces arc probably only beginning to be dimly realized by the public. After years of confinement to telegraphic purposes, electricity began to be used for agencies until then undreamed of. The telephone, electric lighting, elec- tic railways, and a variety of electric motors followed in rapid succession. Thousands of workers at ni^it bless the soft, steady light of the incandes cent burner. Hut now comes a Chi cago inventor who lias devised a bat tery of round zinc bars and round carbon bars so arranged as to prevent polarization. With this bat‘ory be claims that lie can, by using nine cells, keep the in candescent burners fn a house in full blaze for from thirty to sixty days without renewal. And lie proposes to do this at a cost four times less than gas, and vastly cheaper than the present method by dynamos. The zinc bars can be removed by an un skilled person when not in use, thus greatly prolonging their durability. With this simple apparatus it is said light machinery, such ns sowing ma chines, electric fans, etc., can he run as easily and fat- more cheaply than by the devices now in use. The exceed ing cheapness of the simple mechan ism will bring it within the reach of almost every one, supplanting gas and lamps, and the dangerous and un sightly wires. It is assorted by the inventor that these batteries or cells, which cost only SI each, can lie operated at nn expense of only 20 cents per mouth, and that five lights, each of sixteen candle power can lie furnished one month for only 00 cents.—Evening News, Macon. An inmate of the Georgia lunatic asylum made a member of the legisla ture feel rather small the other day. The committee to inspect the asylum was at Midway, and the inmates of the asylum had a dance the night the leg islators were there. One of the mem bers concluded to join in the dance. Selecting his partner, he was making ready to display his gracefulness of action, when the woman said she did not remember having seen him there before. “Oh, I only came down to day as a member of the legislative committee,” he answerd. "Ofcouise,” answered the woman; “how stupid I am. However, I knew the moment I saw you that you were either an inmate or a member of the legislature.” Among the marriage licenses recent ly issued in Philadelphia was one per mitting Wtaidystawa Buczrinska to wed I’totrowicy Ntadystawa, and an other that will be the means of cement ing Stanisian Tobolski and the fair Maryuna Skinatowaik. The land cuntaiucd. in Central Park, New York, cost originally 86,- 000,000, and is now worth over $100,- 000,000. The maintenance of the park costs $400,000 a year. SOUTH GEORGIA GRASSES. Experiments with Kentucky and Texas Blue Grass. From the Constitution. Thomasvu.i.k, Ga., Aug. 25.—-A great deal has been said and written about grasses in the southern counties of Georgia. Mnny have contended that if some good grass could be found that would flourish here, this section would become a veritable farmer’s paradise. Experiments have been tried with Kentucky and Texas blue grass, timothy and clover, bermuda and orchard grass, and many others, some of which have done well, and others have not. Strange that men should be forever looking beyond. They often trample under foot incal culable wealth, while ignorantly crowding over and beyond it. For generations, men tramped and plowed, anil hunted wild game over the iron and coal and marble deposits of Geor gia and Alabama, unconscious of their immense value. So it is a fact, ensily demonstrated, that while farmers have experimented, and philosophers have written, and everybody nas talkcd about getting sonic good grass for the South, these same farmers have been pouring out their sweat and their money', and both freely, from early morn until dewy eve, to destroy the very thing p>r which they so often prayed, a very blessing in disguise, and a very thin disguise at that. We allude to the crab, the crowfoot and the spur grasses, all of which grow luxuriantly here, often infesting every field, and causing no end of anxiety to the thrifty farmer. Many, so long and still skeptical, will laugh at the idea of good hay being made from these grasses, hut we know that sttefi •«(» be done, for our eyes have seen it, and our hands have handled it, and our nostrils have whiffed it, and our stock have eaten it, and what we have done any one else may do. The incredu lous, after these tests, will remind one of the witness against a barkeeper in Kansas. He was asked what lie bought. He replied, “Sea Foam.” “What did it look like?” “It looked like beer.” “What did it smell like?” “It smelled like beer." “What did it taslc like?” “It tasted like beer.” “And what did you say it was?” "Sea foam,” was the quick reply. “You say it looked like beer and smelled like beer, and tasted like beer, and was sea foam?” “Yes, that’s what I said. It was sea foam.” This liay is genuine, sweet, odorif erous hay, and all stock like it and devour it and flourish on it. It looks, smells and tastes like bay, and while some people will persist in blindly calling it straw, the sensible and un prejudiced can see it is good, valuable hay. Now, everyone knows there is hay, and there is hay both good and had, valuable and worthless, even in acknowledged hay countries. As bread must be made in a certain way to get good bread, and tea and tobacco leaves must he plucked at a certain time and cured in a certain way to get good tea and tobacco, so grasses must lie properly handled to get good hay. Another strange tiling is that men must often live to he old before they learn the simplest thing. So it has been with the curing of these valuable grasses, flic crab, crowfoot and spur grasses, so long held in hatred and terror, hut destined, at no distant day, to become famous in the cherished friends of mail and beast. To particularize: Your correspond ent has visted often the wonderful lit tle fruit farm of Mr. T. E. I flack- shear, in the suburbs of Thomasvillc. Mr. Blaekslicar is a gentleman of un questioned intelligence, industry and thrift. He has made farming of all kinds pay. He is a native of Thomas county, and is over fifty years old, and has always been a farmer, for many years a very extensive corn and cotton farmer, and lie made -corn and cotton pay, and that handsomely. Mr. Blaekslicar formerly lived on Lake Iamonia, where it was sickly, and lie moved to Thomasvillc, not to make money, but on account of his family’s health, having lost several children at his old home. He drifted into fruit culture, and jj^i made a small fortune out of it within the last twelve years, besides living all the time in almost luxurious style. Until recently Mr. Blaekslicar has bought Western hay, having spent large sums of money for this article. Dur ing tha Inst two years he has been curing his own liny, and says it is as goad as the best lie can buy. Wc were at his place yesterday, and a merrier company of hay makers was never seen than those wc saw led on by the strong arms and the stalwart form of this noble soil of the soil. But it took him fifty years to find this out. The yield is enormous, the growth spontaneous, the art of curing simple, the quality of the very best. Let others try it, and let our people now and forever more quit talking about Georgia’s having no grasses. It is a lie and a slander, which has al ready done us great harm, and one that has been fostered by those whom it lias hurt the most. Governor Gordon. The Wilmington, N. C., Messenger pays this handsome, but just, tribute to the matchless mail, superb soldier, and Christian statesman, whom Geor gians love to honor: “Georgia’s best soldiers was proba bly Gen. .John B. Gordon. Gen. Gordon, now the able Governor of Georgia, set the whole country an excellent example in his address of welcome before the veterans of both armies at Cliickamauga, or near the bloody and famous battle field. His sentiments 'were broadly patriotic, noble, just and animating. What he said is worthy to be written in letters of gold upon the walls of the houses of the Federal Congress. Members of that body should study them and seek to be patriotic and country lov ing. The brave and able Georgian uttered the sentiments of every gen uinely manly and patriotic heart when he said to the men of both ar mies : ‘True courage cherishes gener osity as its noblest characteristic, con quers prejudice and passion as its highest achievement and thus brings to the victor the highest possible glory, to the vanquished the least possible detriment, and to both the utmost possible harmony, happiness' and pence. * * Let us bury the foul discord so deep that no blasts of partisan, political trumpet, however wide sounding and penetrating, can ever wake it to service again.’ These are sentiments worthy of the two peo ples, now one and inseparable, who stood up in battle and fought as only brave men can fight.” The Alliance and Politics. W* might write a little volume on this prolific subject, but it can all be said in a few words. The Alliance should allow no man or set of men to lead them into politics, except so far as is necessary to obliterate the ex isting disgraceful and illegal methods employed to secure office. AHiaiiccnien with political lices in their bonnets should he encouraged to resist the buzzing of these persistent bees. The main work of the Alliance docs not lie in the direction of poli tics, although that is an important part of their mission. Another thing, no Alliance man should promise his vote to any candi date. The people should select their public officials, and they can do this without the aid o* the office seekers.— Quitman Press. August Boorfried, a Bohemian stone cutter, of St. Paul, Mina., is said to have discovered a combination of chemicals that will desolve the hardest rocks and allow them to be moulded. He expects to go east in a few days to secure financial backing. He thinks he has struck a bonanza, and if the alleged discovery pans out, he is right. Why Not Go North. Th<; convention of colored Baptists, at Indianapolis, adopted a resolution asking congress to appropriate fifty million dollars for the purpose of removing the negroes of the southern states westward! Ridiculous ly extravagant as their request is, we would be almost tempted to favor it if the request had been to aid them in imigrating to the northern 3'ates. Rut the hypocritical northern sympathizers with the negroes of the south never think of inviting them to their section of the country, or of giving those of them who voluntarily t o there any “rights,” political or social, which arc not accorded to thorn at the south; Prone as the southern negroes are to jump at any offer of relief or provisions, wc believe that even the tender of free transportation to some territory outside of the southern states would not tempt a great many of them. And if it did, and they were left to scuffle for themselves, as the whites arc, they would reverse all the precedents of their race if they should establish a prosperous and pro gressive community or state. But there is not the slightest probability that congress will comply with this chimer ical request. It would interfere with the Republican scheme of keeping the negroes in the southern states, in the hope that their votes may help the white Republicans to carry cdections and obtain office.—Atlanta Journal. Several New England states are being gradually depopulated. The sterility of the soil, the decadcnco of manufacturing enterprises—these are going west and coming south—is causing the young men of New En gland to turn their faces toward the setting sun, or to the fair and inviting fields of the south. And yet we do not sec any movement on foot up there to invite the man and brother to corns and make there home in that region of alleged equal and social rights. A little more consistency in this matter would impress the world with the sincerity of these people in their treatment of the race issuo. LEVY’S Latest Success, READ, READ! And Profit by the Same. GUARANTEED, EVERY PAIR, Or Money Refunded.. Ho Was Not in the South. At Somerset, Pa., the other day, several hundred farmers organized and marched to the jail in that place, to lynch two men who had killed a dep uty sheriff. They proposed to hang several occupants of the jail while they had their hand in, but, owing to the fact that a strong guard was placed around the prison and that a heavy rain was falling at the time, they failed to accomplish their purpose. The affair at Rosailc, Kan., an ac count of which was given in our tele graphic columns yesterday, was most horrible and revolting. If there has been a mere disreputable occurrence of that character in any part of the United States during the last ten years, we fail to’recall it to memory. If it would accomplish any good to publish in southern newspapers ac counts of the murders and other crimes committed in the north, show ing up the lawlessness of that section, a page or two of the Morning News might be filled, with only a lew lines devoted to each case. It is not worth the trouble. It would accomplish no purpose or good in the north. The northern people have educated them selves into the conceit that they arc the greatest and best people on the face ot the earth, and any effort on the part of the southern people to correct that error would be futile. If, however, the northern people would devote to a fair examination in to ‘.heir own affairs the time that they spend in meddling into the affairs ot others, the conviction might dawn upon them that they arc not as good as they think they are. They might get rid of some very cironious notions. The I’ennsylvanains who attempted to lynch men for killmg the deputy sheriff, and the Kansans who wanted to lynch an innocent man and wife, would no doubt want Georgia turned over to Sherman’s tender mercies again if tho negroes, who, within the past three months have killed two sher iffs m this state, had been lynched.— News. Florida will breathe easier after the ist of October. She can then snap her fingers at Yellow Jack. BLACK HOSIERY. THE GREAT SUCCESS Which imr “Onyx” Dyed Hosiery met with hi t 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 good* from Ingrain yarns, thus giving greater strength and 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 ns repeated washings. Furthermore, any pair not found as represented, re turn them and your moucy will bo refunded. None genuine unless stamped with above trade-mark, FOR SALE ONLY BY I. Lavy £ Co., MitclielliHouse Block