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"Vi 0 f §§S :W *5 • „ •">' HH»refe£g : ' v - *. *>if jt- “•: : ‘. --V VOL. 1—NO. 294. --- : - L ' TUOMASYILLE, GEORGIA, SAT UR DAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1890. $5.00 PER ANNUM : . LOCAL HAPPENINGS. I — The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. II. Morris, of New York, is a guest of tl\e Gulf. J. D. Smith, of Brunswick, was iu town yesterday. H. C. Preston, of New York, is at the Stuart. i I ■ -i JgpgSv Kg£ CD A. J. Mayer, of New York, is at the Stuart. Earl Richardson, of Troy, Ala., was in town yesterday. S. J. W. Livingston, of Albany was in the city yesterday. T. E. Blackshear returned yerter- day from a trip to Alabama. O. S. Middleton, of Charleston, S. C., is in the city. Adolph Jerger’s silk worms have begun to weave cncoons. Miss Gertrude Remington is visiting friends in Valdosta. The Hussars are boasting of their new horses and their new uniforms. Mk •The fish in Iamonia, have not bit ten quite as well os usual this week. E. M. Mallette returns to day from a business trip up on the Alabama Midland By. C. M, Robinson left last night for Savannah, to take in Merchants’ Week. I Mftfrilt *•'• 1 "r W. fl. Anderson, of Gainesville, "the mountain city” was in town yes terday. . The Convict Question. The Times-Enterprise has framed from the discussion of the ques tion o( the lease of the county convicts, during the past week, because it pre ferred to leave the merits of the Grand Jury untrammeled and because it had implicit confidence in the wisdom and conservatism of the gentlemen com posing that body. Two weeks ago we look the position that the town ought to lake the gang and pay the county for it; nothing has since occurred to change our views on the abstract justice of our position then, but in view of certain develop- uenis the Grand Jury has seen fit recommend a modified compliance with our pos tion, and with this dec! sion we are content, and all good men in the county should share in this feeling. This solution disposes of the question for the pretent and future; to seek to make adverse criticisms on the contract under which the town has held and worked the convicts in the pa^t is a work of supererogation. To impute bad faifh, or trickety, either in the procurement or contmuancejjf the contract that has lapsed, is to impugn the honesty of our Board of County Commissions, and of every'Grand Jury that has been sworn while that contract was in force. The Times-Enterprise prefers to believe that the gentlemen composing the Board of County Commissioners, and that have served on the Grand Juries during the past five years, are and have been, .honorable men, and have not stultified themselves by heed less extravagance, negligent and waste ful expenditure, nor have they been HIGIMVWS' AND BY-WAVS OF THOMAS COUNTY ’TIS, INDEED, A GOODLY LAND. Homes of Plenty, and Plenty of Homes for all. Chapters From Cairo. Messrs. E. F. Richter & Sod, ad joining the city hall, begun business in Cairo in n very small way ten years ago, and have built up a fine trade. They make a specialty of country pro duce, and their store is headquarters in this line. The senior member has wide and pleasant acquaintance with nearly all of the people that trade at Cairo, and.this added to his fine bust ness qgaltie8, his well known straight forward methods, and his taste in.keep ing what the people want, are the key notes of his success. Messrs. Duren & Co., started busi ness in Cairo last January, and have built up a good trade. Mr. G. L Duren, the managing partner, is well known in Thomasviile, and is a shrewd and energetic business man. Messrs. Paulk & Johnstou have a well equipped drug store, next door to the postoffico, and are doing as good a trade as the health of the country will allow. Mr. D. Q. Pearce is a native of Cairo, and has hosts of friehds. Dr. J. C. Johnston locatedan Cairo, Quite a large number will go over m *de l he fools of designing nen, j|, 1887, having practiced hia profes- to Savannah next week, to attend the gaieties. ir S3 m Herndon Brandon, of Marehopsl _ Brandon, went down to Moiiticello yesterday. J. S. Clifton has'rented the Wright cottage on Madison street, next door to the Stuart. The improved machinery for Moore <C* Williams brick yard has arrived from Michigan. James Winn, who has been visiting his brother Frank Winn, retfirned to Altanta yesterday. A few of our guests yet linger with us, and they are charmed with our spring weather. ‘Fair and warmer” arc the Signal Office predictions for yestci day and to-day. Send us a rain. Are you going to Savannah next week to take part in the festivities and gaieties of Merchants’ Week ? The dry weather is making the farmers despondent, and trade dull. Spring gardens are things of the past. Where are yon going to spend the summer months ? The mountains and the sashoro both offer attractive inducements. We have not heard of many that expect to go to Europe. The mayor had only one ease be fore him yesterday morning. Victo ria Lanier plead guilty to disorderly conduct, and was fined 82 and costs which aha paid. Charlie Lowell and family, of Brooklyn, who have spent several months visititing the family of W. S. Keefer, have returned home very much pleased with their visit, They are relatives of Mrs. Keefer. either in town or county. We might point to the fact that.the public build rags of the county arc in splendid con ditions, that ililj)ridge s anre in fine order, that taxes have Deen low that the county i •• practically out of debt, in spite ot extraordinary expen ditures, as evidences that theaffaiis of the county have been and are well managed, blit these fruits of the labors of the Board of Commissioners, and of the vigilance of our Grand Juries, are known and read of all men. This much we will say, however, with all the emphasis that thorough convicttor can lend, that the man or men, that seeks to sow the seeds of discord in Thomas county,'whether he, or they, be from town, village or county, lacks as much of being a patriot ns the devil lacks of being an angel ol light. Thomas has come to be known and called the banner county, because in the past her people have been unitea, and have worked harmoniously tor the welfare of all; whenever this ceases to be the rule that guides them, then the era of prosperity will come to an ab rqpt end, and a new one of discords, bickerings, divisions and disaster will be usnered in. The Times-Enterprise prefers the good old way, and it has confidence enough in its people to believe that they, too, are content with the past record ot our public officers, and that while errors may have been made, as in the nature of all finite beings there must be, that these mistakes will serve to guard against like occurrences in the future, rather than be the fire brands that will consume our unity and destroy our prosperity. sion in Macon before his removal here. He is a graduate of the St. Louis Medical College and School of „ JMafipepitoctico.,/.:_ J Mr Kedar Powell occupies what is known os the Griffin store, next door to the one that Wight & Son did busi ness in. so long, and ho is one of the most popular and most successful merchants iu the town.* Being familar from boyhood with the.trade, coming to Cairo, and being provident, conserv ative and careful iu bis dealings, he has gathered a large circle of friends, who have become hie customers Mr. John Crawford has a well fill ed storo, aoroBs the street from Wight & Son’s old stand, and which is head quarters for the alliance trade. Singletary & English is among the new firms doing business in Cairo. They Tiro exceedingly popular and clover gentlemen and their trade is tendily increasing. SiDglotnry Hurst, S. B. Singletary and Ira Hurst are next door to Kedar Powell. “S. B.” ns he is familiarly called, is ouc of the pet institutions of the town he started business in Cairo with 817.50 about teu years ago, and to day he rnnks with the solid men of the town. He is authority ou all matters pertaining to fishing. Dr. W. A. Davis has retired from the . mercantile business, but docs a heavy business in guanos. He has sold upwards ot 500 tons the present year. His pet just now is a large melon field, which ho watches with assiduous care. I Any one going to Savannah to day on an excursion ticket, can leave on the 12:35 train. This is much more convenient than the first order, whioh compelled them to wait until the night train. Letters Prom a Distance. A gentleman here showed the re porter a letter yesterday from Carter Contone, manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He also bad a let ter from William F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill.” They were written at Milan, Italy, and were dated in February And March. V : •• Attention Hussars I Meet at Varnedoe’s stable at 3:30 o’ dock Tuesday afternoon in uniform, for first stated parade, and to do hon or to the memory of the Confedrate dead. K. T. Maclean, Capt. R. R. Evans, 0. S. The Oat Crop. The continued dry weather has al most ruined the oat crop, and it is safe to say the crop harvested will not be more than one-third of the usu al average for Thomas county. The loss of this-important crop will fall heavily on the farmers, but as it lot- lpws the unusually good com crop of last year, it will not be felt so serious- tj/fk it otherwise would. Dr. J. L. Oliver started a drug business in Cairo in 1884, he having moved to the place from Cuthbert. He made hosts of friends and his busi ness has kept place with the growth of the town. His wife keeps a stock of millinery and fancy goods for the ladies. Mrs. J. M. Swicord also has a millnery store and dress making establishment and is doing a good busi ness. Dr. W. P. Clower, an old resident of Thomasviile, has enjoyed a fine practice in Cairo and neighborhood for a number of years. He numbers his friends by the score and he is altogether one of natures, noblemen. Mr. J. W. McCord has a brick-yard half a mile from town, at which he made last year over 800,000 brick. Mr. William Powell, besides filling the responsible position of railroad from the small beginning of a few years ago to its present proportions FRUITS AND VINEYARDS. Mr. J. M. Parker has at his pleas ant home half a mile from the depot oue of the best LeConte pear orchards in this section. Healsohnsa fine selec tion of other varieties of fruit. Mr. William Powell has also a fine orchard of LeContcs, in full bearing. Mr. J. W. Maxwell has several acres in the same popular fruit, and Dr. Rodden bery quite a number of bearing trees. Mr. George A. Wight has extensive orchards of the same, Mr. J. W. Wal ker also has a bearing orchard, and indeed it would' be hard to find home in or around tho town that did not have at least a few bearing trees. Last season over 10,000 crates were shipped and the probabilities are that a still larger number will go forward this season. TIIE SOUTH WEST GEORGIAN. A paper has recently been started in this prosperous town with the above name. It is owned by a stock company composed of the leading men, and is bound to succeed. Messrs. J. B, AVight & J. M. Glenn are in charge of it and they are making it a credit to the town. If I might be allowed to say one thing to the busi ness of Cairo, it would be: support your home pauor. It will serve you well and faithfully. I was placed under obligations to Messrs. AVight & Glenn, for which I here tender my thanks. CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. Cairo is well supplied with churches and schools. The Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian congregations each have handsome, roomy houses of wor ship at which devoted ministers preach the gospel of gladness to large and attentive Congregations. There are also two Academies, one under the charge of Profs. J. B. AVight & J. M. Glenn, the other in charge of Prof. J. E. Dyson. Each has a building well adapted to school purposes. Prof. Johb It Singletary, who is mayor of the towu, has a nourishing school at Midway four miles south of Cairo. He is assisted by Miss Belle Lewis, and has an enrollment of uearly 100 pupils. As I said before, the mercantile business and tho professions are well represented in Cairo; that she has abundant church aud school facilities, aud there is nothing to retard her onward march to still greater prosper ity. It was ray good fortune when I was not enjoying the hospitality of kind friends, to bo tho guest of Mrs. Van landingham, who runs the only hotel iu the place. There are some things concerning which I enu speak advised' ly, aud knowledge of a pleasant stop ping place is one of them. I was fully satisfied, and the same is true of all that stop with Mrs. VanlandiDg ham. AV. At LEVY S. A job of 200 pieces Embroideries positively 25 per cent under val ue. At LEVY’S. 20 pieces Angora Homespnn Suitings 15c per yard. At LEVY’S. AVe 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- ty- At LEVY’S. Have you seen our French Batistas, our. Domestic and French Satines, our Foreign and American Challies. None pret tier and cheaper in the land. At LEVY’S. Plenty Dry Goods ia town—yes, but few to compare with onrs. Having established an outlet for fine goods we can afford to buy, and ao carry the finest line in the city. Our popular low prices dfforfinc goods insures a ready sale for them. At LEVY’S. We have brought out an unusual large and exquisite stock of AVhite Goods. Our goods in that line must be seen to be appre ciated. At LEVY’S. The prettiest Bpring goods al ways sell out early in the season AVe would adviso our friends to call early to select their wants for the season. AVe offer at all times the most goods for the least money. LEVY’S First Stated Parade. Capt. Maclean gives notice to the Hussars to meet at Varnedoe’s stables next Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’ clock, in full uniform, fer the first sta ted parade of the command. After wards tho command will take part in Memorial Day services. The new uniforms of the Hussars are very hand some, and the command will make a dashing appearance. HOUSE MITCHELL HOUSE CORNER.) Works Like a Charm. The grand jury, by invitation of Mr. VanDuzer, went out Thursday af ternoon and inspected his stump pull ers at work. Every one was convin ced they are just the thing. A num ber of theso pullers will doubtless bo bought by the farmers of Thomas for clearing the stumps out of every field in the county. AVe understand that the entire outfit of one of these pull- srs, costs only about 880. Two or three of the neighbors could club to gether and buy one of them. They do the work most effectually. m