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TIIO.UASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNIMtt, APRIL 10, 181)0,
$5.00 PER ANNUM
HIGH-WAVS AND HV-WAVS
OF THOMAS COUNTY
T1S,
INDEED, A
LAND.
GOPDLY
Homes of Plenty, and Plenty of
Homes for all.
Something About Boston
AT
On Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday
next,beginning Mon
day morning at 10
clock we will place on
sale 5,000 yards Plaid
white Nainsooks for
ladies’ and chilrens’
wear, at
It is the purpose of the Times-En
terprise in tliesketchcs that will fol
low under the above head, to give a
bird’s eye view of Thomas county
These sketches will lie continued
until every section of the county has
been pictured; to avoid the stilted
style that might, or would almost
luevitably follow, if the dry didactic
form of mere description were adopt
ed, I shall endeavor to write as though
I wore addressing n personal and pri
vate letter to each one into whoso
hands the papers may fall
If there be one instinct that is
stronger than all others in the human
heart, it is the love of home, which
sentiment when it takes a wider sweep
than the circle that gathers around
one’s own hearthstone, firings out the
best development of humanity, patri
otism, love for our country.
The captious may say that I am a
bit enthusiastic, and the croaker may
say that I nm drawing the long bow.
To these gentlemen I will only say
follow me patiently to .the cud, and
you will be convinced that only the
truth, if indeed the whole of that ltts
been told. It bus been my fortune,
and I say this in no spirit of egotism,
pot was an open common, and as late
as 1885 Col. Bennett raised a tall flag
pole on this common, in honor of the
inauguration ot President Cleveland.
Such a thing as a brick store in the
village was unknown, and it might be
said undreamed ot. A few hundred
bales of cotton were annually sold, a
(ew barrels of naval stores, a few cars
of melons, a few crates of pears, a
great many chickens and eggs, made
up the business of the town. Under
neath the friendly shade of the oaks
of Main street the business men and
the non-business men of the village
daily assembled to while away the
hours with chickens, and it is even
whispered that on drowsy summer af
ternoons the ancient game of “mar
hies” was inlroduccd and cries of “tat’
and “don’t fudge” rung out on the
ambient air.
Boston then had no warehouse,
brick stores, no sprightly newspaper,
but the element of her prosperity
were even then at work and it did hot
require the gift of prophecy to foretell
that she would develope into a thriftv,
prosperous town.
It so happened that Dr. Jim Cul
pepper played the role of host to the
wandering scribe, and this is not an in
appropriate place to pay a passing
compliment to the charming manner in
which he performed the duty. The
scribe told him that there was a future
for Boston, and driving together over
the high hills that overlook the fertile
lands south of Aucilla, they drew a
picture of what Boston would be, that
least in some small degree resembles
the reality that has come. Such Bos
ton was: Here is what she has grown
Lie.
The open common is now covered
with a handsome block of brick, a
warehouse stands along the rataoad
Irorit; a saw and planing mill makes
erry music all the day and the cheer-
throb of its engine beats a pleasant
confidence undiminished and untar
nished. This confidence did not, how
ever, lead them to stand and wait for
fortune to come to them; they were
and are yet willing to work for the
good they expected aud expect to re
ceive. Take these combinations—
a fine farming country, filled with
thrifty farmers that know how to do
their own work if necessary, a town
filled with live, alert aud active busi
ness men, full of confidence and will
ing to work, and you have the causes
that have made Boston what she is,
and that will make what she will
be.
Such are the two pictures that tell
of the B03I011 of eight years ago, and
the Boston of to-day. The companion
picture would he what Boston will he
after the lapse of another eight yenrs,
But the last one is hidden in the
womb of the coming years, aud it is
not allowed to men to lift the veil that
covers the future ; we can only stand
and wait the personal uufoldingof the
panorama.
This much we can do, however; we
can recall the past, and it will now be
my pleasant task to go hack for a time
to the early days of Boston, and tell
what I may of the men and events
that followed the first settling of the
whites in Thomas county, while yet
the red men wandered over the pine
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU
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K. IliomM JrY 126 Broad Street.
O.S.Bondurant Voluntoer Observer
Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours emling
at 7 o’clock P. !!., April lit, 1800.
TnirKPATCBc.
7 a.
2 p.
7 p. m
Maximum for 24 hours
Minimum " “ “
Rain-fall
Indications for clear, warmer.
A PAPER WANTED.
Any of our old subscribers having
a copy of the Tiiomasvili.e Times
dated October 22d, 1887, will confer
great favor by mailing it to this office,
We will give one year’s subscription
or other fair compensation, for that
Temperance Talks.
A temperance meeting, to which
ali friends of temperance arc invited
will he held iti the Methodist church
on Thursday night, commencing at
o’clock. A number of short speeches
and addresses will he made. -Conic
out and help the ladies.
Married.
Yesterday, morning, at to o’clock
in this city, Rev. C. I. LaRoche, of
covered hills, and the "dun deer” ficialing> Miss E. L. Rea of Pittsburg,
scampered through the glades, and Pa > and Mr> Rdwarij Simonds of
along the margin of the winding Oclt- New Orleans.
lockonee and picturesque Aucilln
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(to be continued.)
ful
regular price 25c
no bettr bargain ever
offered in Thomasville
attend the
SAL.ES
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132 Broad3Stil
to travel in nearly all of the states
east of the Rocky Mountains; within I accompaniment to the march of pro
the past year I have traveled over I gress and the hurrying tide and bustle
nearly all of the South; I have seen of trade. Other brick stores have
tjie marvelous mineral wealth of the I sprung up and at one place a hand-
region. I have looked over broad I some block stands where vacancy
sweeps of mountains that held hcauti-I stood out in bold relief eight years
ful and fertile valleys in a loving I ago,
clasp nud yet I honcsily believe that I The Boston World, one of the
Southwest Georgia is the garden spot I sprfghtliest weeklies in the state, now
of the union Thomas county is my I makes its periodical visits to hundreds
home, and under the rules I have laid I of happy homes, and it bears messages
down, I am bound-to hold up her I °f cheer at) d promises |o them all.
cause ns against the world. I Its voice and influence has been and
It is not hard to find other reasons I will he the most important factor in the
for my partiality; reasons that have continued growth of the town. It
made themselves felt wherever the I does not always follow that honest ef-
fame of our county has spread. For I fort receives its proper measure of ap-
yenrs Thomascounty has been, not in-1 preciation and support, and it is not
aptly, called the baunsr county of the yhe least of the good things that can
state. ^e said of Boston and her people,
Within her borders can ho found I that they support, cherish and foster
thrift, enterprise, push aud success. I their home paper. Whetner this trait
No other county in the state can show I is the legitimate aggregation of the
such a blight galaxy of prosperous I causes that have made Boston pros:
towns and villages and neighbor-1 perous, or whether it stands as the
hoods. I cause that has made that prosperity, it
If by what I say I am able to itn is useless to argue ; but this it is not
press a keener appreciation of lnrae, I amiss to say: Boston people do sup-
or incite a single aim that looks to the I port their paper, and Boston is pros
upbuilding of individuals and perforce I perous. The few hundred bales of
thereof of the community, I have not I cotton that were sold in Boston eight
labored in vain and will be content, years ago have grown into as many
So much by way of prelude. I thousand, and the trade of her mer
it is in order to skip the preface if I chants has increased in equal ratio,
you so desire, and plunge at once into I The fame of the enterprise, push and
what follows; I thrift of her business men has gone
two riCTURES, I out > and ‘ h ey levy a heavy tribute on
There can be no better way to bring trade ,hat < orn »er!y sought other mar
out fhe effects of a picture than l0 kefs, some of it across the Florida bor-
draw its contrast, or to make my I der and sorae * rom ‘he grand old
meaning clearer, the nostrum vender I coun ‘y Broeks,
paints two pictures, one before, the I Within the eight years the acreage
other after taking. I will describe the annually planted in melons has doubled
Boston of eight years ago, and then several times; extensive pear orchards
Bucket Shop Speculators Caught
Columbus, Ga., April 14.—The
pork speculators here are still very un
happy. Saturday afternoon they were
radiant over the pron»iseS-t>f Manager
H. C. Pickett ot the exchange to set
tle Monday morning. This morning,
however, things were different. About
9 o’clock Mr. Pickett left his office
before any settlements were made and
has not been heard from since.
A sensation was created amone the
speculators when it was learned *that
a deed front II. C. Pickett to two Co
lumbus gentlemen, conveying his store
on Broad street, had been filed for
record, the consideration being $8,600
and the- date of deed April 14. This
afternoon \V. D. Scott attached all the
office furmtuft, blackboards, etc,, in
the exchange for margins owing to
him. Whether Mr. Pickett has just
gone to see his principal, Mr. Phelan,
in Atlanta, or whether lie lias given
Columbus a final farewell is not known.
At any rate many pork speculators
here are anxious to see him. To
night his whereabouts are still un
known.
Amertcus mourns the absence of
McDonald the manager of the ex
change in that city. Rome also got
caught in the swirl. Phelan, of the
Atlanta exchange, has gone to the
wall He is said to be short 850,000.
Phelan has been arrested, a number
of warrants have been sworn out
against him in Griffin charged him
with swindling.
Nashville, l'tnn., gets caught for a
round hundred thousand dollars.
Speculating in futures, through bucket
shops, does not appear to be a vety
profitable business. There should be
a law to suppress this wild cat busi
ness.
The newly wedded couple left on
the 12:35 train for a bridal four
through Florida.
The bride has spent several winters
in Thomasville and is highly esteemed
by those who have met and known
her.
O, hut it’s dry.
Wc were plensed to meet one of
Leon’s rising young physicians, Dr.
Christy, of Miccosukie, in town this
wetk.
The Hussars have ordered their sa
bres. They expect them, as well as
their uniforms, in time to pniticipatc
in the exercises of Memorial day.
Royal Arch Masons will he interest
ed in the announcement that Mr.
Charles Wesalaskey, of Albany, will
confer degrees in the chapter here to
night. Go out and see the work.
Mr. David McCartney left for his
home in Fort Howard, Wis., yester
day. His daughter, Miss Emma
B. and Miss Maria McGinnis, who has
been hero with them this season, will
leave for their homes next week.
Miss Bessie Randnll, who has been
employed in the Western Union Tel
egraph office here ft r some time, left
for her home, Scranton, Miss., Sun
day. Miss Randall’s friends would
he please to see her in the office again,
next season
Attention is called to the notice of
a temperance meeting to be held at
the Methodist church on Thursday
evening. The cause of temperance
is one which appeals to every good
citizen and lover of order and sobriety,
Go out, hear the addresses and join
the pledge if you are in earnest. Tffis
is a practical way of dealing with the
evils of intemperance. You can per
suade men to quit drinking—you ca*n-
not force them to do so.
At LEVYS.
set over against it the Boston of to-1 * lave come * n ‘° hearing and yield a
day. I fine income to'their owners.
A very vivid picture of what it was I There was one peculiarity present
eight years ago is present always in I ‘^* en ‘F a ‘ S ‘‘H holds its place at the
my mind, for it was my fortune to I front. It would have been hard then to
"write up’’ the town in 1882 for a pub-1 find a cleaner or neater village, or one
lication, which, as Dickens would say, I w *‘h better kept streets; to-day it
has become one of the lost works. I would be hard to find a cleaner,
Boston was then an unpretentious I brighter town than Boston,
village, with a few wooden stores I Another thing is worthy of corn-
scattered or clustered along its one I tnent. Boston people then had con-
thoroughfare; between the main busi- j fidence in themselves and the future
Gribben & Levick.
Attentiou is called to the advertise
ment of Messrs. Gribben & Lcvick,
contractors and builders, in nuother
column. These gentlemen have had
considerable experience in their line
in Thomasville, and need no indose-
ment from us. Their work on every
hand speaks for itself. They are en
ergetic, thorough working men, and
give satisfaction. It you want any
building done, see them.
Dr. A. 1\ Taylor left yesterday for
Brunswick, to attend the meeting of
the Georgia Medical Association.
, , . . , Yesterday was one of the warmest
ness portion of the village and the de*1 of their place, aud they still have that | days we havo had this season.
"What were your husband's last
words?’’ "He hadn’t any,” sobbed
the widow, “I was with him.”—New
York Sun.
Hurrah for Rhode Island. Sho
snowed Harrison aud the republican
party under, and endorsed aud em
braced pure democracy.
Tommie Reed may seo some of tho
effects of his autocratie rulings as
speaker, in the result of the election
in Rhode Island. The result must
have made Harrison sick.
LETT’S
A job of 200 pieces Embroideries
positively 25 per cent under val
ue.
At LEVY’S.
20 pieces Angora Homespun
•Suitings 15c per yard.
At LEVY’S.
We have made a large purchase
of Boys Knee Pants from 4 to 14
years, which are now being of
fered much under regular prices.
Call early, they are selling rapid-
*y-
At LEVY’S.
Have you seen our French
Batistas, our Domestic and
French Satincs, our Foreign and
American Challies. None pret
tier and cheaper in the land.
At LEVY’S.
Plenty Dry Goods in town—yes,
but few to compare with ours.
Having established an outlet for
fine goods wo can afford to buy,
and do carry the finest line in the
city. Our popular low prices
for fine goods insures a ready
sale for them.
At LEVY’S.
Wc have brought out an unusual
large and exquisite stock of
White Goods. Our goods in that
line must he seen to be appre
ciated.
At LEVY’S.
The prettiest spring goods al
ways sell out early in the season
Wc would advise our friends to
call early to select their wants
for the season.
We offer at all times the most goods
tor the least money.
The last word uttered by Mr. Ran
dall, uttered just before he expired,
was “mother.” There is a volume of
love aad pathos in the dying states*
man’s last word, “mother.”
HOUSE.
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