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nwin VOL. i_^o. TIIOM ASV1LLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY UOLiITJAG, MAY 6, 1800, $5.00 PER AlfNCTM 0 CD h H (l) y b) H 0 P P* 01 £ o Si K- <!D ** b* CD W. n- O Q ^3 —■I j i— to £ o o GG £ >> GG ^ — i— 1 Hj O 3 3 (*D h—! port • —* • ◄ ^ CD CD rt- P* GC to e' er o P GG <• 22 GC PT- 88 CD GG P P P- l—'• P- er GG LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Now—Or Never. j Messrs A. T. McIntyre Jr., and \V. The News o. the Day Told > n i j[ Mitchell have returned from Ma Brief Personals, Etc. i con where they went to consult with j the authorities of the Georgia South T. E. Blaelfshear is shipping straw- j ein about the construction of that road a 0] n 5J H a III H <1 til b berries. WillL. Landrum, of Mayfield, Ky, is at the Stuart. J. L. Beverly, of Meigs, was in the city yesterday. There is only one prisoner in the jii’l at present. Hon. It. A. Connell, of Whighnm, was in town yesterday. E. J. McKca and II. I). Twitty, of Vnldostn, spent Sunday in the city. T. E. Bartlett anti wile have r - turned from a trip to Savannah and Augusta. You will find tickets for the Sunday school picnic for sa'e at a' 1 of the drug stores. flon. J. AI. \V''kin.son, a promine.it lawyer of Valdosta, pns-cd through the city yesterday en louto to Aionti- cello. Will Thomasvillc now hesitate about a few hundred dollar.-, when the eon strucilon of a ra :, road depends upon prompt action ? The spring poet is getting in his work; the people mourn and groan, and the editor indulges in language not used in the Sunday Solum!. 11 this place. The result of their mission may be vety briefly summed up: the Georgia Southern stands ready to redeem their promise to commence and complete the line to Thomasvillc, when they are given the tight-of-way into the town, and the ground selected for dept pur poses. This is their proposition iu a nutshell; we learn that itwi'l require somethin like 82,000 more t i comply with the proposition. Two or three gentlemen met yesterday oft>10011 and raised 8400 additional. The balance < and must ho raised. It will not do lor a town represent ing more than two midion dollars worth of property, to hesi'ate about a few hundred dollars in a matter which affect the future of the place so v; tally. We have neither 11 te space nor the inclination to argue the importance of the amount necessary being promptly raised. The argument lies been ex hausted. Does Thtimasville want t new road? If so, then put up this few lacking hundreds. Robert IlMincs, colored, was before Judge Mitchell yesterday morning, charged with simp e larceny, lie was found guilty anti sentenced to pay a fine of 818 or go to the chain gang for three months. He went to jail. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. 8. Kteyerman ^deeply sympathize with them, in the loss of their little infant son Linton The child, only a few months old, died on Sunday morn ing, and wns buried yester lay in Lau rel Ilill Cemetery. Air. O. Nelms and Miss Mamie Blood, of Boston, were married yester day morning, by the Rev. J. II. Her better. The bridal pair passed through here on the 110011 train, en route west on their bridal tour. Miss Alamic lias been a great social favor ite in Boston, and she has many friends in Thoumsville who will ex- tend congratulations. We regret to announce the death of Airs. Isaac Griffin, in tins city yester day morning, at hall past nine o’clock. The deceased was horn iu Knoxville, Tcnu., in 1835. For live years she has been a resident of Thomasvillc. She was a conscientious and consistent member of the Baptist church, and was greatly beloved by till who knew her. The husband has the heartfelt sympathies ol the community in his sad loss. .See fetera 1 Jtotieo elst - where. A Serious Accident. Jsam Malone, a negro hand 011 the 8. F. W. Ivy train, met with a seri ous accident near the depot yesterday morning. He was seated on the rear end of a Hat car, when the trn’n was hacked against nuothcr ce- with con siderable force, the jar causing him to lose his hahtnee, and fall between the moving wheels. The wheels passed over one of his legs below the knee, almost severing it f'om his body, and a'so lacerating otic ol his hands. lie was rescued os soon us possible, and in the absence of Dr. Taylor, the road’s surgeon, Dr. McIntosh wns summoned and amputated the lintb. Alaloue canto here from South Florida a short while ago. The accident is attribu ted to his carelessness. Here’s Our Hand. I’ite Darien Gaz:tte has just past its seventeenth post. For seventeen y< ars Editor Grubb i as been a faith- 11 sentinel, watching over and work ing through sunshine and clouds, through adversity and prosperity for r town of I Drier. The Gazette is one of the cleanest week 1 }’ papers in the stale. Its influ ence has always been for good. Staunch end true to the democratic, party, the paper hits never’ swerved from the right, hut hnsalways been in the front rank, where the fight was thickest. Whether climbing Lookout Mountain with the gang, or inhaling the aroma of Armour’s packing house, or dining in the Tilt story of a palace hotel in Kansas City ; whether g»iug up to the lakes at Augusta with Pat Walsh, or entertaining a North Caro linn .Senator at Murphy, S. <’.; wheth er eating crabs with Il.-dly Est :, l at Tybce; whether witnessing a hull fight i.t Cuba, or paying tribute to Neptune on the Gulf; whcthcrat home or abroad, Dick Grubb is nil right. Long may the Gazette and it« clover editor live and prosper. County Commissioners Court. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held yesterday, a full hoard being present, except Commissioner Lilly. The matter of the lease of the coun ty convicts was Itronght up, and on motion of Com. Mnllettc, the proposi tion of the city to take them and re lieve the county of all expense after conviction was accepted. Said prop osition to take effect from the first of the present month. The contract between the city and the county w• 1 1 be ratified by the Com missioners at the regular June meet- Chairman Alallclte, of the commit tee on Public Property, reported that he had examined thenew.jail and that he was satisfied that the Pauly Jail Building and Alanufacturing Compa ny had f’u'ly complied with its con tract. On motion the budding was receiv ed, and the Board passed orders for the payment of the company, as fol lows: 80,228.40 December 20th, 1800; 5,000 payable March 1st, 1881. Mayor Hopkins come before the hoard in the name of the city with 11 proposition to lease for the city a por tion of the old jail, as soon as the new one is occupied, to lie used as quar ters for the chain gang, t :l l the city can hir’d quarters. The lease was made at a rental of 85.00 per month. The petition of the G. 8. & F. By Company to l.e allowed the privilege •rossing the public roads in the county' was granted, w ith the provision that the said railroad company com ply with the law in the matter of rossings ami the approaches thereto. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU It. Thomas Jr’s' 120 Broad Street. CS.Bondurant Voluntoor Observer Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’clock I*. M., May 4 1300. TEM PER ATI II rf. 2 |>. Ill Z'> 7 p. 70 Maximum for 24 hours 77 Minimum “ '•* “ Of) Rain-fall M Continued ruins, .national)- temperature. For Bainbridge. Mr. J. I,. Hall, of the commiltc: on transportation etc., infot.ns us that the Sunday school picnic train wiil leave Friday a. in. at 8 o’clock. Owing to the trains coming this way in the morning. The rai'road officials find it unsafe to leave here later thin the above stated t'nc. Mr. Blount's Pet Bill. E. P. S., the Wa-h’ugtim eoires pondent of Columbus Euqu’r. r-Sci, says: The House committee on postoftices ait 1 post roads agreed to repot t Air. Blount’s b'M providing for the erec tion of a postolliec building iu every town in the Cnion with a population of .‘1,500, and whose postal receipts approximate 85,000 annua 11 }’. The buildings are to ho ot uniform design, blit will vary in size according to the necessities of the office Thirty mil lion do'ktrs are given, 82,000,000 of which w M he expended annur’ly. None of the buildings will cost ex ceeding 825,000. It is regarded as a conservative bit', lor the rents now paid by the Government lav exceed the interest the Government would have to pay on these investments. The Georgia towns named in the bill as beneficiaries are. Albany, Americas, Athens, Bainbridge, Bruns wick, Cartcrsvillc, Dalton, Gaines- ille, Grilfiu, HawkinsvHle, La- Grange, Marietta, Al'Uedgcville, New- uatt, Rome, Tallapoosa, Thomasv'Ue, Valdosta and Waycro-s. It is a cold day in Washington when the republicans do not violate some provision ia the constitution. Verily Thin Is True. The Albany News and Advertiser caking ot the efforts being made to push " Albany to the front, tTtus" goes tor those who are lidding back, wait g tor somebody else to come along and boom the town: ‘ Don’t sit down and wait for foreign capital to come in and build up your town. It will never come, it Micaw- ber like, you sit down and wait. The history of all cities proves this. The citizens first start the ball tolling, and capital is afacted by proofs of pros perity and enterprise. Von must in vest your money, to persuade outside people that you have confidence in your own city." It is not business to ask others to invest in yoi” city, when they know that you wi' 1 not invest yourself.” Truer words were never spoken. We beg to apply these remarks to a class of citizens in Thomasville who are waiting for others to push the town. Evety man, woman and child in the place are interested in the future growth and prosperity ot the town. Let everybody take hold, put their shoulders to the wheel, and aid in building up the town. No one or two men can do it Lets a'l pull together. There never was greater need for united action on the part of the citi zens of this town. Other towns around us are pooling their capital—many of them with much less capita 1 than is here—.while Thomasville drags along in a manner not at all complimentary to herself in this day of progress and improvement. The town needs a shaken tip, and we propose to do our share in the shaking up bus'ness this summer. f he Telegraph says: Several sur- v.vors uf the immortal charge of the sN hunched at Bala'dava a-e paupers in England, while in the United States there arc men getting good pensions who never saw a battle or smelled gunpowder. We hope while gentlemen arc ca pering around thejstate, talking about “higher education,” they wi'l not for get the three R’s. They tu-e a mighty good foundation for a higher or any other sort of an education. And now Atlanta wants s i elephant. The Constitution has spoken. And the elephant will be forth-coming. We know severe', citizens which have ele phants on their hr ids, already. Senator Vest has introduced a bill to put express compnpies uudci the inter-state commerce act. For Sale. 1.1 Wig sullii't. gentle Cm mil. payable i Mitili.-ll'llou-.i miily hor .-■ I moat new vn I linv ' me u goo'l .See me .1. WINN Just Arrived. A large and select lot of straw mat tings from the lowest pi ices to the best GEO. W. FORBES, May 4 tf Masury Building. * How 19 This? Tollm en ul 10c per loot Como mol .'~ee uml gel these unheard ot prices. ::ii cents per yard, in- uf the weed at .l.t v It. A. HASS, el, TlioinnsviUc, Gil. Enforce the Law. From the Sumter County Times. The new postmaster-general has decided that postmasters who fail to notify the publishers when the sub scribers re nove or fa ; l to take papers '■orn the pnstofiice, shall be responsi ble for their subscriptions, and the new postal law provides that persons who subscribe and receive papers through a postoffice and then refuse to pay for The Georgia Bar Association w "I j them are subject to criminal prosecu- I lion. Let the law be rigidly enforced. meet in Augusta on the 15th inst. Air, Carlisle, ot Kentucky, will deliv er ad address on the occasion. Every now and then some liiut is dropped abeut a “dark” horse for gov ernor. It may be a black one. Secretary Nisbet, ot the State Agri cultural Society has resigned. It is said he will stump the state lor Mr. Northern. Brick 1 Brick! 100,000 lirst-rlass Itrirk now rcruly tor delivery. Parties supplied expeditiously nod at reusonuhli' priees. Apply ill my voids or address me through Host (llliec. JOHN H. ARNOLD. Thomasville, (in., April -O, i!\w tf. Something New. Bamboo book shelves, tables and easels. GEO. W. FORBES, May 4 tf Masury Building. Notice. From May I.-t, to August 1st, the Banks will open at s a. m. and close at :i p. m. The Imsiacss public will please govern them selves avcrdioglv Thomasville National Hank, w Hank of Tlmmasville. Here is a Pointer For Vou. ng your Laundry to me and get collars and cuffs Laundfied at i t-a each. May t ;,t SAM. M. WOI.l'F. Poor Oat Crops. The tanners wiil understand what this means. I’nor oat erops, I ItA VK GERMAN Mil.I.FT SUED that will he just the thing to supplement the poor oat erops, Come and Ian before the limited si| ply is ex hausted.’ It. A. BASS, llo Broad Street, Thomasville, Ga. May :t d.V w Mosquito Nets- Three sizes, round or squ tre tops, canopy frames ,Vc. GEO. \Y. FORBES, May 4 ti. Masury Building. Call and see our New Challies, New Drapery Nets,New Fans and many other New Goods. LEYY’S HOUSE! UITCHKI.L HOWK CORNER.! A GREAT SALE. Valuable Lots on DAWSON Street I'crlmps hut unit such Opportunity iu a Lift; Time. Agreeably to an order of his lion. A. II. Ilansell Judge of (he Superior Court, will be sold at public outcry, at tlie Court House door iu Tliomas- vide, (la., during the usual hour of sale, on Tuesday the 13th day of May lS'JO, l.uts Nos. 51 and 52 Block (5) Column (3) east. Better Known as the Old Haulaway l!c>idcn« La «»IRVS9X Nrrri, Containing Two Acres more or less, Sold for a division among the heirs of Mrs. K. \V. Hardaway, deceased. ! Terms Cash. ROUT. (i. MITCHELL, May 1st, 18W. Trustee, i