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VOL. 1 --NO 147. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY.MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1889 S5.00 PER ANRTtTM ~ANr We have heard people wonder why it is that at Lohn stein’s you can al Ways find more customers than at any other place in town. This question we can easily answer: The people like to trade at Lohnsteins store, 1st. Because they receive every possi ble attention and consideration from the proprietor, as well as from the salesmen. 2nd. Because they find a better selection of goods Rfoat Lohnstein’s than §■ at any other place in town, and Last, but not least, because a dol- lar goes farther and reaches deeper at Lohnstein’s than anywhere else. politeness,square honorable dealing, excellence and great variety of stock, small mar gins and quick sales; These are the cardinal reasons for our flattering and unprecedented suc cess. And the good work still goes on. and see us this week. * We will divide profits with you. Dry goods, cloth ing, shoes, hats, complete in every department. Bar gains in eVery line. They are waiting for you. Come and THE TEEEBBAM. “Is this the telegraph office?'’ Asked a childish voice one day, As I noted the click of mj instrumeot With Its message from fair away. As I ceased, I turned; at mj elbow (Stood the merest scrap of a boy, Whoso chiIJieb face was all aglow With the light of a sudden joy. The golden curls on his forehead, Shaded eyes of the deepest blue, As if a bit of summer sky Had lost In them Its hue. They scanned my office rapidly,. >■■■,' From celling down to floor, Then turned on mine their eager gaze, As he asked the question o’er. “Is this the telegraph office?” “It is, my little man," I said, “pray tell me what you want, And I’ll help yon if I can.” Then the blae eyes grew more teger, - And the breath came thick and fast; And I sew within the chabby hands, A folded paper grasped. “Nurso told me,” he said, “that the lightning Came down on the wires some day; And my mama has gone to heaven, And I’m lonely einco she’s away, For my papa is very busy And hasn’t much time for me, So I thought I’d write her a letter - And I’ve brought itfor ydtt to see. “I’ve printed it big, so the angels Could read it quick, the name, And carry it straight to my, manta, And fell her how It came; And now, won’t you pleats to take it, ‘ And throw it good and strong, Against the wires in a funder shower, And tholightniog will take it along." Ah! what could I tell the darling? For my eyes were filling fnst, I turned away to hide the tcnr3, - But I cheerfully spoke at last; ‘I’ll do the best I can, my child,” ’Twos all that I could say; “Thank you,” he said, then scanned the sky, "D t you thick it wlll funder to-day 7”. But the blue skies smiled in answer, Lost some of its gladsome,light,: “But nurse,” he said, “Iflstay so long, _ , Won’t let me come any more; So good-bye, I’ll come to see you again Bight after a funder shower.” —Good Housekeeping. them, will pay you. It f?-., I : •> , The Great Leader, and Benefactor, 132 BitOAD ST. : West Virginia's Feud. ■ Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. >9.—Lin coln county, or at least thafpajrtof it around the county 1leaf, is now in a ferment of excitement concerning the fearful tragedy enacted within the bor der of the county on Thursday night of last week. There is quite a degree of interest manifested to get accurate details of the double killing, at 'Omni Shouls on the above night. The' in telligence from that section is meagre, but enough is known to - satisfy : ,the most credulous that Oreen McCoy and Milt Haley were riddled with bullets on the night In question by an organ ized force numbering about sixty armed men. The last report received—and from a reliable man who was detained sev- eral days—is to the effect that McCoy and Haley implicated other prominent patties in the Bluefietd tragedy, alleg log that they, McCqy and Haley, were hired to kill little £1 Brumfield, his wile and Parson Brumfield, and that they received $500, or were to when the job was completed. The attempt on little Al and hi* wife is well known, a fid that the programme was not fully carried out was because the Brumfields nere.too hot on the tracks of the as. sassins. The report further says that the result of these disclosures has brought about open hostilities, and that the entire district is arrayed either on one side or the other, and that they are congregated, well armed, and that the aspect is most threatening. The Dead Fireman’s Baby. From the San Francisco Examiner. “What is the matter with my par par Steve Neall’s five year-old daughter had caught sight of her dead father in his coffin last Friday evening and asked the question ot those who had gathered around, the bier. “Papa is asleep,” they told her. “Why is papa in that ugly box ?” she persisted. “He can sleep better there. “Good night, papa.” She passed into an adjoining room and was soon asleep. The mourners sat about the coffin of the dead fireman all night. Shortly before 1 "o’clock in the moniing the gong on the wall that had so often summoned him .on his duty clanged an alarm for the Folk street fire. It had sounded once and was repeating the alarm when the little girl came flying into the room in her long, white nightdress, She looked at the silent watchers, and then ran to the side- of the dead man. Climbing on a chair, she reached into the coffin and shook her father by the shoulder. “Papa, papa, wako up 1” she cried. “There’s.a fire I Wake up!” The looks of the people in the room and the strange stillness of her fath er frightened her. - “Wake up, please, papa,” she pleaded, her voice beginning to quiv er, “Can’t you hear the bell ? You’ll miss the. fire.” The father still not opening, his eyes, she looked around wondcringly and then added what she thought could not fait to bring him to his feet: “Wake up, papa. You’ll miss the fire and be fiiredl” When he did not stir she knew that A:,i U.C sun shone doling bright; something was wrong, and turned her .And bis face, as ho slowly turned away, - - tearful, puzzled faco to the Older peo ple. 7.;{" “Never mind the. beH/^Tfiil’Itng,- some one 'answered,.“papa won’t go to the fire to-night.” ” “But,” persisted the baby, “he al ways .got up, before when the bell rung—why wouldn’t he wake up ? What’s mamma ’ crying for ? What’s everybody crying for?” And the troubled little child burst into tears, and, crying piteously at what she did not know, was gently parried back to her oot to cry herself to sleep again, Could Not Wed. Boston Courier: “And what an swer do you make to my appeal ?” he asked, as ho knelt at her feet. 7 “James, I will be frank with you,” she murmured. “Oh, speak!” he implored, “and relieve mo from the agony of sus pense.-” . - “Then let me say it cannot be. “Why noCT* Oh, why not?” ■ “Because, James, I do not feel able e ffort ,0 be made to enforce a to support a husband,” I of the system..—London Truth. They Killed It. The Constitution'says: The bill by My. McDaniel, of Car- 'roll;'entitled an act to protect sheep raising industries of the state, came up again yesterday. The bill was voted upon once and lost, Then it was reconsidered. : Mr, McDaniel, the author of the measure, made a strong speech, in favor of its^mage. - Mclver, of Liberty, followed in a quaint—but sensible—speech' Oppos ing the bill. Once befoie Mclver spoke:on the bill, and that time on the other side. The vote was 72 tor 60. Not having the requisite constitu tional majority, the bill was lost. Condition of London Cemeteries. Tbp recent official return on the condition of the London cemeteries is unsavory enough. In Brothton cemetery, with an area of 38 acres, there have been buried within less than 50 years 155,064 bodies, while in the Tower Hamlets cemetery, with twelve acres less, in about the same time, the number -is 247,000. When it is remembered that these masses of subterranean corruption are accumu lated in the midst of populous districts; that the soil is peculiarly unfitted for the purpose, and that, in addition, every artificial means is adopted for ptoloogiQg the natural process of de composition. Surely it is dear that the time has come for a practical effort to be made to enforce a reform A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. How a Man Feels .When a Swordsman Oufs Apples on his Head. I once let a professional swordsman cut apples in two while I held them on my head and ou the palm of my hand, arid 111 never do it again, lays a writer in the St. Louis Globe-Dem ocrat. The experience is ton thrill ing for the plain citizen who is not military in his tastes. I was with a show when the regular assistant of the swordsman went on a strike. The swordsman was in a dreadful fume as he thought of disappointing the crowd of spectators that night. He came behind the scenes at ia rehearsal and called for a volunteer. “I’ll give 825 to the man who’ll hold the apple for me,” said he. No one volunteered, and I daringly put in my oar. ‘Til do it if you will give me a rehearsal.” “No rehearsal,’’ he said, emphatical ly; “it will shatter your nerves so that you will tremble like an aspen leaf when you come out at the perform ance.” * • So I went out when night came, the upper part of my body covered with a thin silk vest. It was cold, anyway, hnd I trembled abominably. He saw it, but said nothing to me. 1 held the apple on my extended hand, and it shook. I could feel it shaking, and felt ashamed, but I couldn’t control the nervousness. I turned away my head; he made a few rapid feints, and I knew by the ap plause that the applo had fallen. I. didn’t feol-the blade as it eutthrougb. Then I knelt down, and he put another apple on my neck. I kuew this was really dangerous, for if his hand slipped he might decapitate me. I shut my eyes. In a. second, which seemed an kourto.rae, I felt . a thin cold line touch my neck, and there was more appluae.w In that instantjjhoufirht.of- Mme. Roland and the guillotine, and came near fainting. lie told mo to get up, and I followed him, feeling rather dazed, to the dressing-room. I thought I must he cut, the touch of the steel had been so plainly felt but the look ing-glass showed me that there was not a mark on me. But I was aw fully pale. The next night we got a regular man ta hold the apple. this company will bid twelve and a half cents, and should Governor Gor don approve the bill, there is little probability that the state will get more than the minimum price for this vast and valuable area. ' It is to be regretted that the legis lature should favor the sale of this part of the public domain, which is constantly increasing in value, with out any reasonable chance of obtain inga fair price for it, and at the same session should show a determination to hold on to a railroad which is now the source ot serious complications and h liable to be a troublesome piece of property as long as it belongs to the state. The legislature would have been wise if it had reversed its policy on these two questions. It ought to have kept Okefenokee and sold the State road. The Okefenokee Swamp Bill. From the Telegraph, There- ia no good reason why the state should now put up the Okefono keeWamp for sale, and the determi nation of the legislature to throw it on the market is to be regretted. There are grave objections to the bill which has passed both houses, both on general principles and rela tive to its particular form. The time for advertising is not long enougb nor is sufficient provision made for publication of the value of this great tract. Tho minimum price is ridiculously low. There are nearly half a million acres in this area, most of it heavily timbered, and n great portion of it susceptible of easy drainage. A large part of this so-celled swamp is higher than the surrounding country, and can be made very valuable for agri cultural purposes and a source of tim ber supply, i And yet the .bill pro vides that it may be sold for as little as twelve arid a . half cents an acre. This bill, as it was first offered, pro posed to sell the property to,a specifi ed company at. this nominal price, and, Strange to say, eyen in that form it was reported favorably'by a major! ty of the committee to Which it was. referred. The amendjnent requiring advertisement and sal* to the highest bidder, improved the bill vastly, but it did oot make it worthy of passage. The agents of tb^ company in whose interest this billies first in troduced, have made an,:xamjnation of the laud uud possess;/ advantages which no other bidden can hope to obtain within tho limited period dur ing which this valuablfffproperty is to is advertised. It is ’announced that •- Lf -V _ -- . Fertilizer Works Burned. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29.—Fire which threatened to destroy the mam moth packing houses of Armour & Co., in Kansas City, Kan., was discov ered in. the fertiizer works of that city this morning. The fire started in the south end of the building and spread with amazing rapidity amid the inflam mable contents. The firemen of Ar mour & Co.,were quickly on the scene, and were soon followed by the depart ment from this city and Kansas City Kan'. Their combined efforts to extinguish the blaze were of no avail, and in an hour and a half they gave up the fight and directed their efforts toward saving adjoining buildings. In this they were successful. In three quarters, of an hour after the fire was discovered the east wall fell, and soon afterwards the entire building was in ruins and its contents wholly destroyed. The loss is estimated at $iio,ooo, $30,000 on the building, $60,000 on the machinery and the balance on the contents. The whole is fully covered by insurance! When' the fire started there were three negroes asleep in the third story of the building. The watchman saw two of them escape and went to arouse the third, Robert Parton, but was driven back by the flame and smoke, and it is thought that the negro perished in the flames. Why they Often Fail- Young men may fail to get on in this world because they neglect small opportunities. Not being faithful in. little thing, they, are not promoted to the charge of greater things. A young man .who gets a subordinate situation sometimes thinks it is not necessary for him to give it much attention. He waits till he gets a place of re sponsibility, and then he will show people what he can do. This is a very great mistake. Whatever bis situation may be, he should master it in all its duties faithfully. The habit of doing , his work thoroughly and conscientiously is what is most likely to enable a young man to make bis way. With this habit,' a person of only ordinary abilities would outstrip one of greater talents who is in the habit of slighting subbrdinate matters. But, after all, the mere adoption by a young man of this great essen tial rule of success shown him to be possessed of superior abilities. The Safest Part of the Train. That was a keen observer who ex claimed, as he clambered over the wreck at Ninth and Brown streets yes. teiday, that he would not ride hereaf ter on either end of a railroad train. The middle cars are always the safest.. They do not receive a destructive blow from either a front or rear collision; if the engine leaves the track they usually remaiu in place, and they are never snapped off as the rear car sometimes is. Almost ihe only case in which the middle cars suffer, Is when they. arc thrown off track by the breaking ot a coupling or some part of the running gear, and that is as likely to happen: 10 one part of the train as another.—Phil adelphia Inquirer. -A.- Now Going on -AT- LEYY’S DryMHotss. Our Mr. Levy having closed out, while in N e w York, large lots of -IN- New Markets, Modjeskas. ALSO A LARGE LOOT, Misses’ and Childrens’ Cloaks & Reefers, direct from the manufacturers, we feel confident in as serting that our Prices on them are FAR BELOW the cost of manu facture. Call early before the choice ones are picked over.