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VOL. 1 -NO 157. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, !889 New Arrivals When out ping, ladies will do well to drop in at LOHNSTEIN’S and inspect the va rious lines of new goods, just being opened. They are very handsome and at very attractive prices. We are very busy and havn’t time to say much about them in this issue, but will be sure to please you if you will give us a call. Respectfully, 132 BROAD ST. No Fence. Metcalfe, Ga„ Not. 11, ’89. Editor Timet-Entirprise: Dear Sje—I desire space in your valuable paper to discus the no fence question. All the bright aud good sides have been shown up, and liberally discussed through the columns of your news paper and otherwise, bnt nothing is said to the contrary, or to show up the disadvantages and evil results that may follow from the passage of such a law, forced upon an unwilling poor class of people, both white and black. In the start, I believe the law un constitutional, both state and national, and derogatory to the interest and just rights of a free people. All laws ought to be conformatory to the con stitutional rights, of the United States, and if the state geoeial assem blies are allowed to pass laws disen franchising her citizens, creating therebyHdass and oppressive laws, our constitution is a dead letter. New let us see what may be some of the bad results to follow. 1st. Have not tbo press of the south, ns well as her orators a 11 over the country, ever since the war, been trying to educate the farmer* and planters, that all cotton and western bacon was what made them poor, and kept them poor, and the only hope of tho south was for them to quit this cut-throat policy, by diversi fying their crops, and raising stock, and making their farms and homes selfsustaining, and your teachings have been heeded, until we have had plenty, and some to spare, even lueses to lick, and many other good things for health and co.ufort of tho inner man, and to help grow children; making the south the most prosperous and wealthy part of the union, and her people happy. And now, Mr. Editor, this goal of happiness just in sight, is dashed from our grasp—by cutting off at least two-thirds of meat supply—for pasture will not maintain more than one-third of the stock we now have, Bad they will have to be cared for the whole year around, the poor people will not have the feed, and landowners, it is safe to say, will not supply it, what then will be the result., all cotton and western bacon, with old, poor, worn out lands to produce it, then how about guano bills tacked on to this. It will also create a heavy demand for western bacon, and run up prices to fabulous rates, and none but the rich will cojoy the luxuries of fresh beef, mutton, kidd, butter, rai’k, etc., which is now in the reaoh of all. The no fence law of Florida is giving us lots of cheap beef, as the stock of the poor has to be gotten rid of, showing the bad results cropping out of that sec tioo, and I havo not seen any poor man that is satisfied at it It is like the boys in the fable, Storming Frogs, it is fun to big land owners, but death to frog tenants. Again, it is claimed that the fencing costs more than all the stock in the county is worth—how about western bacon tacked on to the stock side. Right here let me remark that stock is the biggest half of the living of every family in this good land and country, tho poor tenant not except ed, aud pays annually more than the cost of repairing fencing, and how many farmers can you find who would give their stock for fence re pairs. Besides all this, I believe it will be impracticable to fence stock, and will lead to bitterness between land owners and tenants, make more thieves, trouble and lawsuits, and ex- ponso, than land ownors can carry. Respectfully submitted, R. H. Manning. I think it must somewhere be writ ten that the virtues of mothers shall occasionally be visited on their chil dren, as well os the sins of fathers. The secret of life is not to do what one likes, but to try to do what one has to do. They are Coming. Camilla, Ga., Nov. 11th ’89. Dear John Triptit: Wo are coming. Tho Mitchell County Confederate Veterans Associ ation, at their meeting on Saturday, voted thanks to the people of Thomas for the invitation to the barbecue, and resolved unanimously to come down and meet the boys. John, all of them are getting gray except you and me. You had no beard when you rode by the side of tho gallant Vaughn in Tennessee, Kentucky and Vicksburg. I was almost a boy when I rode near you, carrying the orders of the noble Garrett and Fettus, of the Alabama troeps. ' We two are young yet, John. One good woman has taken good care of me. All the confederate daughters have taken care of you. God bless them and the memories of their mothera. Won’t it do ns good to see our brave old broth er soldiers of the South one more time? Then John, we didn’t get much barbecue at Vicksburg and Petersburg, and tho boys are hungry yet. We are under marching orders, but will march without rations. We have done that before. The war is over, and the union is saved, all honor to Lincoln and Grant and the federal army for that. The Constitution is saved, and the confederate army saved that. Thank God 1 His provi dence has done it all. To Him bo the thanksgiving. To us be the sorrow for our dead comrades, love for the living and the joy that all was not lost Yours until Friday, J. L. Undsuwood. Mitchell County Veterans. Editor Times-Enterprise: Dear Sir—I am instructed by the Mitchell County Confederate Vete rans' Association, to forward to you a copy of the following resolutions unanimously adopted at their meeting on the 9th iust. Resolved, That tho hearty thanks of this association are hereby tendered to the Confederate veternnsof Thomas county, and their patriotic friends and neighbors, for an invitation to attend the Stock Breeders’ Show and Confederate barbecue, on the 15th inst. In such kindness wc recognize the gratitude of our couotrymen, which is all we can get, and all we ask for. Resolved 2nd, That our secretary be instructed. to send a copy of the above resolutions to-the gallant editor of theTiME8-ENTERFAisE,and request also its publication in our own home organ, the Camilla Clarion. J. W. Pearce, Secretary. • 41 A Cotton Bagging Factory. In conjunction with Dr. L. S. Led better, of Cedartown, we have deter mined to at once begin the work of raising the money to build a cotton bagging factory for the state of Geor gia, The goods to be made and sold at actual cost of manufacture. The Southern Alliance Farmer is to do all necessary printing to put the matter before the people, and Dr. Ledbetter will receipt for the funds and answer all correspondence. For this work we ask no pay. We only want to be paid for stamps and stationery. Dr, Led better proposes to make good sufficient bond to secure to the subscribers all the money they send in and turn .over to the proper authorities, when the necessary sum has been raised. We begin this now so that we may be in time for the next crop. This is an im portant matter to which Dr. Ledbetter and our paper are willing to devote a great amount of valuable labor and time without any hope of reward ex cept such as comes in the success of our brethren. Cotton bagging can be made and put on board the cars for nine cents or less, and we have deter mined that the Alliancemen and farm ers of Georgia shall have it at actual cost of manufacture if they will only co-operate with us. In our next issue we will furnish a full statement of the )lans, and will give other valuable nformation in regard to the enterprise. Would Knock Out the Eiffel. W. L. Judson, the inventor of a pnenmatio street railway system which bears his name, has designed a tower for the World’s Fair, which on paper use superior to the invention ofM. Eiffel as to be practically an original conception. In the first place the proposed tower is to be more than half as high again as the Eiffel tower. Its height is to be four times its diam eter at thn base, which is 400 feet. Two spiral inclines, one for vehicles and tho other fora tramway, will wind around the outside with an 8 per cent grade. The inclines will begin at opposite sides of tbo struc ture and will wind one above the other. A drive up the incline for vehicles of about 1200 feet, or once around the tower, will bring one di rectly over the point of starting but nearly 100 feet higher; another drive of 1200 feet wi". elevate one another 100 feet, and so on. The total length of the drive will be three and onc-balf miles. The patron of a tram car will similarly mount 100 feet in the air for every 1200 feet traveled on the spiral iodine. Mr. Judson naturally expects to have the tram car operated by his system, but by almost any cable system the top could bo reached in twenty minutes, ns it is designed running at holf-a-minute headway. In placo, therefore, of being shot up a dark elevator shaft, as in the Eiffel Tower, those who mount the Ameri can improvement will ascend by slow and easy stages, os if going up a mountain, the view around them ex panding until at tbo top 175 miles of land and water will be visiblo on a clear day. It costs nearly 82.50 to go up ono of the Eiffel elevators, but trains of the improved tower could ‘carry 96,400 people a day of twelve hours, whiob, at a dollar a head, would make a good revenue. Tbit would be largely augmented by a tariff on vehicles and foot passengers. Inside the spiral inclines are to be ten circular floors, 275 feet in diameter, which may be utilized for many pur poses. If occupied as lodings they would have plenty of customers on hot summer nights. The top of the tower would manifestly be a good place for an observatory. The cost of the proposed structure, tho chief material of which, as of tho Eiffel tower, would be iroa, is estimated at 82,600,000,a sum which a revenue any thing like 8100,000 a day would before pay the World’s Fair was half over. The plan of the tower, together with the tram and carriage ways, is said to have been approved by some of the best engineers in the country, among whom are Adolphus Bonzano, of tbo Phoenix Bridge Company, who claims td have offered a design similar to the Eiffel Tower to the Philadelphia Ex position, to which the memorial build ing was preferred ; and Capt. G. W. Syncrus, of the United States Engin eer Corps. The Phoenix Company bos so much faith in the tower that it has offered to take big stock in the company for its erection. The tower could run inside of a year, - os its va rious sections could be constructed simultaneously and put together as fast as they were finished. Effects of Close Shaving. Do you know what a close shave is? I never did until I looked at a face the other day, through a microscope, which had Deen treated to this luxur ious process. Why, the skiu resembled a piece of raw beef. To make the skin perfectly smooth requires not only the removal of the hair, but also a part of the cuticle, and a close shave means the removal of a layer ol skin all around. The blood vessels thus exposed are not visible to the eye, but under the microscope each little quiv ering mouth holds a minute blood drop protest against such treatment. The nerve tips are also uncovered and the pores are unprotected, which makes the skin tender and unhealthy. This sudden exposure of the inner layers of the skin renders a person liable to have colds, hoarsness and rore throat. A Merchant’s Story. Macon Telegraph. Here is a true story as related by a well-known merchant of Macon on yesterday: Fifteen years ago a prom inent mercantile house in Southwest Georgia failed, owing thousands ot dollars to merchants and others in Macon. Year after year has rolled by and the leading member of the firm gradually laid up a snug sum, until finally he saw an opportunity of going into the fruit raising business. That was five years ago. Last week he visited Macon and on entering the office of a house which had lose $x,2oo by his failure, called out the proprie tor. There was a smile on his face when he introduced himself to the Mconite and said, “I owe you a little bill, do I not.” The merchant was thunderstruck. He had always looked upon the fail ure as an honorable one, but had giv en up any hope of ever receiving any part of the debt. "Why, it’s outlawed,” came the reply when the merchant recovered himself. ‘•That does not matter,” replied the gentleman with another smile. “I told you that if I ever got any money I would pay it. Look up the amount.” When the books had been closely examined, it was found that the house was out just $1,214, including interest from the date of the failure. The vis itor drew out a roll of bills and paid the merchant, and requested that no mention be made of it. The banks, however, got hold of the story, and it is said that now, if the fruit raiser needed cash, any one in the city would gladly accommodate him. Thfs was the last oi a dozen accounts, and now Mr, R. once more is even with the world. The gentleman alluded to, was Mr. Lewis Rumph, of Marshallville, as honorable a gentleman as ever lived. -■ ■ ■ To Kickers Wherever They May be- This poem was written and dedi cated to those peoplo who are ‘oppos ed to a mighty sight more than they aro in favor of.’ ‘St Peter stands by the heavenly gates, bis hands on the strings of a lyre, and sings a long song as he pa tiently waits for tho souls of these who expire. He hears in the distance the chorus of songs that swells from the foot of the heavenly throne, and smiles as the music is wafted along, and warbles a lay of his own. 'There is room in this region for millions of souls, who by sorrow and woe were bereft; ’tis for those who havo suffer ed the melody rolls, but tho kickers must turn to the left 1 There is room for the peoplo who, when they were young, persisted in sowing wild oats, yet who boomed up their town with sinew and tongue, but the kickers must go with the goats I There is room for the people who pointed with pride to the beauty and growth of their town, who kopt singing its praises aloud ’til they died, but the kickers will pleaso amble down! They’d say that the music was all out of tune, and the angelia robes ‘hand-me-downs,’ and they’d send for a jeweler off to the moon to sample the gold in their crowns. So while there is room for a million of souls, who by sorrow and woe were bereft, we want no complaint of the marie that rolls, so the kickers must turn to the left I’ Thera was a stampede of Texas steers at Kansas City in the streets last Sunday. They created some ex citement, scaring the women and children. Many of them had to be killed in the streets. Farming was once considered the one vocation at which any man who was good for nothing else could suc ceed. That day has passed; it now takes more talent to be a successful farmer than to be a United States senator, crier at a circus ride show, or anything of that sort—Ex. ',$5.00 PER ANNUM THE LEADING IN THE CITT. Still another in voice of choice dress goods just received. Our Ladies’ Broad cloth in all the leading colors is certainly worthy of yotir attention. We are 60c. per yard under New York retail prices on them. In Carpets and Rugs we down ev ery in this market, and we invite fa comparison of pric es with other ahd larger markets. In Ladies, Misses and Children's Wraps we are head quarters, as we Are in everything else pertaining to our line. Levys Mitchell House Block* m-;