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'm m - v~- VOL. 1—NO. 292. IM&l THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MORNING, APRIL 24, 1890. $5.00 PER AITNCTM SAIi-B AT LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. L. H. Church, of Louisville, Ky., is in the city. Mr. J R. Hall, of Boston, tvas in town yesterday. W. H. Howell, of Valdosta, was in the city yesterday. J. R Mock, agent for the S. F & '•V. Ry., was in town yesterday. Among the latest anivals at the Stuart are Mr. and Mrs. TafT, of Louis' ville, Ky. See the notice of auction to take place, by auctioneer L. A. Drcyer, Saturday at 12 o’clock. Mrs. E. B. Bailey and daughter, of Monticello, were in the city yesterday stopping at the Whiddon. Frank Jones, who was arrested here charged with the burglary at Whigham was taken to Baiobridge yesterday for trial. On Monday, Tues day and Wednesday inextv^ginijinff Moil day morning at \ clock we will place on sale 5,000 yards Plaid white Nainsooks for ladies’ and chilreris’ wear, at TeguJar price 25c no bettr bargain ever offered in Thomasville attend the S-A.IL J. AT The offenders were up in court yes lerday, if heing criminal day. The prevailing idea was to trust rather to the mercy of the court, rather than to that of jurors. Attention is called to the chaiige of Revoke, from Trout Lake farm to the livery stable of H. B. Ainsworth, on Jackson street. Ho will remain her during the rest of the season. Wilder Bostick who was with the Southern Express Company here for some time, is now express route agent between Jacksonville and Monlgom .ery. Mr. Pete Bone, the former ns slstant clerk in tlTe office, succeeds him, and Mr. Artie Stuart takes Mr. Bone’s place iiHtho office, .. - Mrs. E S. Burbank, who has been spending the winter at her cottage on Remington Avenue, left Monday for Colorado Springs. She has spent many .winters in sunny lands, bn both sides of the Atlantic, but the one just passed in Thomasville, was the bright est in sunshine and flowers of them all. Miss Delano, Mrs. Burbank’s sister, will spend some weeks with the family of Judge Merrill, before going north Married, At the residence of the bride’s mother, on Madison street, yesterday afternoon, at 6 o’clock, Rev. W. J Williams officiating, Miss Bettie Bruce and Lieutenant Lunsford Daniel, United States Army, The bride has been a general favor ite in Thomasville society and she will be followed to her Western home by the best wishes of old and young for her happioes. Lieutenant Daniel is a brilliant young officer in the 6th Regiment ol Cavalry, U. S. A., and has a bright future before him. The newly wedded conplo left last night for New Mexico, where Lieutenant Daniel’s regiment is stationed. _ What Public Spirit Say^. Editor Times-Entebpse : There seems to be, just now, con siderable discussion as to what dispo sition shall he made of the county con victs. The writer has some views on the subject, which will be given you in a wholly abstract manner looking only upon (he matter in a business, just and moral way. First; if hired out to any person, for any sum. the county treasurv gets none of the money, but the state and county solicitors get it. The town and county do not wish to support these. They are weffequipp ed men and can take care of them selves. They are neither mendicants nor feeble children. The town of Thomasville l.as been using the convicts for 1 long lime and should continue to use them. It is not * practicable, and therefore not profitab'e, for the county to use them in the country, lor the extra guards, transportation to and from work to the jail, for safe keeping, would con sume too much time to make the labor a source'of profit. In the city these objections do not apply and the convicts cau be used to good advan tage and should he so used. But the town, like the legal gertlcman, above mentioned, is not a mendicant, and should he willing to pay the county for the convicts, and what I mean by paying for them, is simply to relieve the county of all expenses attached to their keeping. The ques ion of the relative amount of taxes paid by each district.o'town or county has no bear ing upon the question at all, for upon any basis, upon which the question may bv settled, each district will share the fcame relative proportion of expense or profit. That feature of the subject is as broad as it is long, as any one .gpo readily see., Jltyt Jhotnasville, |* t. ...—.4 it. . ' gets valuable labor, useless to' any other corporation, the county is re lieved of any part of expenses of keep ing; they do not come in competition with honest labor, as the work they do is public work, which would have to be done by individuals as public duty or paid lor out of public funds. It seems to the writer that no one could possibly find the least objection to this adjustment. Public Spirit. 132 Broad m mm . U-s. Painting the Town Red. Yesterday a Times-Enterpkise re porter passed down Jackson street, by Evans & Maclean’s carriage and wag on repository, A Jong train, or more properly speaking, several long trains of wagons, in bright red, suggested to the aforesaid reporter that these gentlemen were painting the town red, with wagons. They are both very quiet, and would not, of course, paint the town in another way. They have the largest and best ar ranged ware room for their latge stock of wagons, buggies and carriages in southwest Georgia, and they carry the largest stock. They are also making a specialty of machinery, and can supply any or everything needed to equip and run a cotton gin, corn or saw mill.- Besides their large stock and com modious quarters, Messrs. Evans and Maclean are prepared to sell as cheap as anybody in this or any .other sec tion. When yon need wagons or ma chinery, go and see them. i 'a e rpora ion, has uved the’convicts should continue to use them arid should pay lor them. She should not claim any advarltage as her right, be cause she pays a large proportion of the taxes of the county. The cost of keeping the convicts should not be a burden upon tax payers, whether from town or coun'y, their work should not be brought into competition with lion est labor, and because the county can not use them with profit, or hire them so as to increase its revenue, and be cause Thomasville is in a position to use them to advantage, and with i saving to the county treasury, I sub mit that the true solution of the ques tion is for the town to take them and relieve the county from expenses after conviction. I am not versed in the law and cannot, therefore, treat the legal side of the question, but I do not believe there is any logal cnacmcnt for hiring the convicts outside the county, and I am positive ther- is no moral enacmentfor it. If punishment is meted out for any purpose, it is to restr tin and prevent the criminal from other crimes, and to make his punish ment an example to society in general. Fear of punishment prevents many «eak or bad people from crime when punishment meted out to others is constantly visible, the effect is who!- somely preventive on such people. Again, while each crime should have adequate and just punishment, it is wrong in morals and law that in the infliction of such punishment there should come direct or incidental profit to individuals; punishment for crime should never be carried further than the spirit of the. law intends, and should not be made a bone of conten tion for mercenary individuals a theme for political demagouges, nor its sub jects suffered to become the object of cruelty from irresponsible keepers. The convicts should be kept «t home, well clothed, well fed and well worked. With the chaingang used by .the town, as it has beeD, humanely and justly, and as a relief to the tax payer of the town from street duty, which would otherwise have to be paid for out of the city treasury, and with relief to the county treasury and citizens, equal to the amount now paid by the county for their keeping, the town The Ammon’s Cotton Chopper. Yesterday afternoon Mr. B. A.JBass invited the members of the grand jury aud a few others nraougithem a Times Entertrise reporter, to go out to the place of Mr. J. L. Farrior on the Tal lahassee road, two miles from town, to seethe Ammon’s Cotton Chopper at work. The machitle consists of a number of small plows fashioned after the sweep, arranged on a horizontal beam at regular intervals. A mule is at tached to the chopper, and it runs down the cotton rows at right angles. Sufficient room is left between the plows to leave the cotton at proper in tervals in tho rows. The conditions under which the chopper was tried were not favorable; there was not a good stand of cotton, aud the ground was so dry it did not work well. There was considerable division of sentiment among the farmers present as to tho value of the machine to the planter. It was agreed, however, that if the conditions were favorable, a good stand of cotton, perfectly level land, no stumps and no thisb, the chopper would block out tho cotton nicely. . •. X But ns it is hard to find all these conditions in combination, it was the geuecal.v^^tUjtft9lW^ hoe and its usual accompanimen the best cotton chopper yet brought before the public. Mr. Bass will make another test of tlft chopper on his Miccosukie plantation next Tues day 29th inst., under more favorable conditions. Auer the test half been made Prof. A. Q. Moody, Rev/.A. C. Stephen son and the reporter rode to Glen Arven Park, by wa i ot the Boulevard; the gentlemen express themselves as being greatly pleased with the beauties of ihe park and its surroundings This afiernqo'n a party will go out to see the stump pullers at work on Mr. S. R. Van_Du?erV^Gi££nwood” place. In Court Yesterday. The criminal docket was taken up yesterday morning. . The following cases were called and disposed of: The State vs Dawson McLeod, ..charged with assault with intent to murder. The defendant entered a plea ol guilty. The case of the State vs Cassius Cummings, charged with horse steal ing. The plea of guilty was entered. The Stale vs Willie Smart, charged with forgery, was settled by the de fendant paying the costs irmhe case. The case of the State vs Wash Anderson, charged with murder, con sumed the greater part of the day. Mess. W. M. Hammond and A. T. McIntyre Jr., represented the defend ant and R. G. Mitchell Esq., assisted Solicitor General Rountree in the prose cution. The case was given to the jury late in the evening and at a late hour last night no verdict had been rendered. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU AT K. Thomas Jr'r 126 Broad Street. C.S.Bondurant Volunteer Observer Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’clock r. 51., April 23 1890. Tesh-ehaturic. 7 a. m S3 2 p. 77 7 p. 71 51aximum for 24 hours - 78 Minimum “ “ “ 56 Rain-fall Indications for rain, cooler.. The Convict Question. We give place, elsewhere, to the Boston World to reply to the article of Judge Hopkins on the convict question. , The writer „ asks if the county has been ‘•bonefitted.” It is not a question of benefit, but one of avoiding expense. This tho town proposes io do, by relieving the coun ty of all expense. If hired out, the county would, it is true, be relieved of tho expense, hut that is all; not a dollar would go into the county treas ury. Tli3 county is under no obliga tions to pay insolvent costs. There are thousands and thousands of dollars of insolvent costs in the counties of the state. It is not a charge against any county in the state. The grand jury‘may he relied upon ,to do what is right and just in the premises. They will deal fairly by county and towns. They will see to it, and this appears to he the burden of complaint, that in the future no cost attaches to the tax pay^ts of the county on account of the chain gang. This is what the people of the county ask; this is what they have a right to ask, and this is whnt the grand jury will see is given them. We had intended to say nothing further on the subject, feeling full con- . the ability, and fairness of At LEVYS. A job of 200Jpiece8 Embroideries positively 25 per cent tinder val ue. the grand jury to handle tjie question In fact, we declined to insert a com munication, day before yesterday, signed “Public Spirit,” ou the sub ject, But, as a matter of courtesy, as well as of right, having again opened our columns to the World, we publish in this same issue, the communication referred to. It goes to the heart of the question, and treats it in a fair and business like manner. As the article meets some of the points made by our Boston cotemporary, it is proper to say that the author had not read the Boston World’s original articles, nor had ho seen the communication else where from that paper. The whole matter will be disposed of by the grand jury in a way which will he satisfactory to all parties in terested. The Alliance Mass Meeting. The grand mass meeting of the Alliances of the county, which will be held at the Court House in this city, next Thursday, May ist, promises to be well attended. It is important that all members of the order be present, tor the most important question that has ever come up for discussion and settlement will he presented. The question we refer to, isThe Fertilizer tactory and Oil Mill that it is proposed to build. In a question of as much importance, it is better to have a full and free canvass of the matter before any discussiou is reached, and the best way to secure this, is to have full attendance of the Alliancemen. 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 ly- At LEVY’S. Have you seen our French Batistas, our Domestic and French Satines, our Foreign and American Cballies. 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 we can afford to buy, aud do carry the finest line in the city. Our popular low prices for fine goods insures a ready sale for them. At LEVY’S. We have brought out an unusual large and exquisite stock of White Goods. Our goods in that line muet be seen to be appre ciated. At LEVY’S. spring goods al arly in t* The prettiest ways sell out early in the season Wo would advise our friends to call early to select their wants for the season. We offer at all times the most goods for the least monoy. LEVY’S Drill To-night. The Guards will drill to-night at 8 o’clock, in front of their Armory on Broad street. They will be under command of Lieutenant Walter Tay lor and will be in full uniform. pie Hussars received their new uniforms yesterday. They are said to be very handsome. Their sabres are expected on Saturday. The company will soon rank with the best organized cavalry companies in the state.. '■ - •' Florida’s New Marshal. Washington, April 22.—The Sen- ato to day confirmed the nomination of E. C. Weeks as United States marshal for the Northern district of Florida. Emperor William, of Germany, says he wants peace. Then let him disarm. The big strike among the carpenters in Chicago culminated in a riot on Tuesday. Another man was killed at White hall street crossing, Atlanta, yester day. Tunnel, or bridge, gentlemen. HOUSE, MITCHELL HOUSE CORNER.)