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A new line of Steel and Pearl Buckles. A new line of all Silk Ribbons, all shades and widths just received at LOHlTSTEIirS, 132 Broad Street. VOL. 1—NO. !305. TEIOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1890, $5.00 PER ANNUM LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. Close tip the railroad subscription. Capt. Tom Lake and family liave returned from Savannah. Conductor Joe Gilbert will have charge of the picnic train to-day. Dan Herht, of Savannah, was in to >n yesterday. Thomas Hailey, a prominent citizen of Athens, was in the city yesterday. L. 1’. Watson, of New York, is stop ping at the Gulf. Close .up uhe Railroad Sub scription. Capt. J. Cronin, of the Southern Express comp iny, was in the chy yes. terday. Among the guests lately arrived at the Whiddon, is William A. Russell, of Macon. There will be a colored excursion from here and other points to Bain bridge on May 23rd. Quite a party of gentlemen went down to the Shelton pond and seined it on Wednesday. They aught about five hundred fish. Parties never (ail to get fish out of the Shelton pond. We learn from Mr. Whaley that Boston and vicinity was flooded, on Monday, with the heaviest rainfall experienced lor years in that locality. It amounted almost In a cloud burst. Fencrs, in many | i.-ice , 'ere washed away. Mrs. I-abel Baldwin and Mi-s Bca'rice I.iEroy, o' Toronto,Canada, and Mrs. J. E. Crawford, ol Mo.. who have been spending die winter here as guests ol |udgr Merrill, left for their homes ye-lerdav. The ladies were delighted with our place and people. Hon. H. C. Tuck, representative of Clark county in the legislature, is spending a few days in the city. Mr. Tuck, though a voting man, is one of the nblest members of the legisla ture, anil Athens is proud to claim him. Wc trust the gentleman will find his stay a pleasant one in the wire grass city of Thomasvillo. HIGII-WAVS AND BY-WAYS OF THOMAS COUNTY. ’TIS, INDEED, A GOODLY LAND. Homes of Plenty, and Plenty of Homes for all. Metallic Touched Up. Friendship church, of which men tion was made in another connection, was organized between 1840 and 1850, by a few devoted men. seven in num ber, who labored faithfully for the cause of the master. The old church records have unfortunately been lost and the names of none ol the first members is known except one, Mr. Sugar Forrest, wh j died a few years ago The first church building was of logs, but a few years afterwards it was replaced by a frame strusture, which stands a few miles east of Metcalfe. A burying ground is attached to the church, but none of the marked graves bear a very remote date. Mr. John T. Rushin was clerk ol the church for many years, but has made way for Mr. J. F. Knapp, who now holds the re sponsible place. The present mem bership of Friendship church embraces many of the leading men of the com munity in which it is located, and the ci;cr<;li wields a strong influence in haping the morals of the membership and the congregation, Ii will be readily unrlerstood that it is imp is 1 l>le, within lie linnls of this article, 10 name all of 11,e important men and events of the past. 1 would and will have a fair crop of fruit the present year. One mile south of Metcalfe Mrs. M. J. Beau lias a model farm, and she lias, perhaps, the finest field of cotton in the county. Her success in farm ing demonstrates beyond all pernd- venture that there is money in farm ing. J. S. Montfort, who lives across the Florida line, has a splendid farm, and is ope of the substantial men of his con raunity. ] rate in the afternoon we reached Mr Bass' place, where we received a warm welcome from W. M. Bowman, whp has it in charge. lie is one of the .roost successful practical farmers in the state, and though he is at preseut a resident of Florida, he cherishes a warm feeling for his old home and old friends, pir. Bass owns nearly 3,000 acre3 of ldpd in one body, and has three miles of;front on lake Miccosukie. It is his pip-pose to go into stock raising large 1 lyj and to this end he issettinga large area in Bermuda grass ; he will also devote considerable attention to forage crops, besides planting cotton largely. His ranch, as he calls it, has all the advantages one could wish in a stock farm. We slept that night in a tent on the banks of the lake, and it sweet er sleep ever settled on my eyelids, I have forgotten the time and place. It may be that the number of bream I had eaten for supper had something to do with my rest; I know not, whether this he true, I merely state a fact. The next morning a number of gentlemen gathered to see the work ing of the Ammons Cotton Chopper, but owing to the non-attendnnee of the expert who was to make the test, fain if time and space and the .pa-. Ij&f machine was not given a thorough tience of my readers allowed gather up all of the scattered leaves from lire past and weave them into a garland tha' con'd be presern d. H'c care 100 little in this day lor the perishing me mentoes of people that made a na’.on for us; at some fu'ure time 1 may travel over ill yround again, but just now I am too thoroughly imbued with the restless spitil of the age to dwell longer in lie corriders of years that have faded awav as a dream. Pear Crates. Mr. Daniel A. Horn, of Boston, advertises pear crates. Mr. Horn has been in the business 11 long time and is fully prepared to supply the demand. See his card. At the Lake. A large paity of young gentlemen from here have been spending the past couple of days at the lake. They carried boats nnd touts, and have no our doubt bceu enjoying themselves huge ly. They will return to day, and fish stories will be in order. Married. Mr. W. G. Coats, and Miss Addie McClellan, a grandaughter ol the late Major Stegall, of Warren street, were married Wednesday night, Rev. W, J. Williams officiating. Congratula tions to the young people are in order. Notice. The Annual meeting of the stock holders of the Thomasville Real Estate and Improvement company will be held at the Court House in Thomas- villc at 8 o’clock p. m., Tuesday the 13th, of May, 1890. Jno. F. Parker, 3t Scct’y. Improvements for Meigs. The S. F. & W. By., will soon erect a neat depot at Meigs, to take place of the box car that has formerly done service in that place. Mr. J. C. Coulter has the contract to build the depot. Mr. J. Cronin, of the South ern Kxpres; company, will also estab lish an express office there. Close up the Railroad Sub scription. INCIDENTS AND IMPRESSIONS. It was my good lortuie not many days ago to Icav. Thomasville late one afternoon behind the spanking team owned and driven by Mr. B. A. Bass. We were bound for I.ake.Vlicco sukie, where Mr. Bass has a fine place, of which more anon. It need not be said that in our minds eyes we could see vision; of sundry and innumerable blue bream, that we were in the act of drawing into boats. In other words we were going fishing, not mostly to fish but we expected to catch a few. We drove out the old Magnolia road, nliicli when Thomasville was a rude hamlet was the thoroughfare to sal: water on the Gulf, and therefore the main artery along which passed the tide of trade. We drove part the cosy home of Mr. C. L. Bowker, by the splendid farm ol Mr. A. F. Prevail, and across Wards creek, pastille large farm of Mr. David McCartney. Since buying this place Mr. McCartney has greatly im proved it, and it is now one ol the best kept plantations in the county. Next we t ome to Mr. Walter W. Wil liams place, and a wonderful change has been made in the last year. Fields that were given over to sedge and shrubs are nowin cultivation, and give promise of producing abundant crops. The next place we passed was that of Mr. W. T. Knapp, and he has one of the best places, and is one of the best young farmers in the county. test. Messrs. Christie, Blake, Miller, Fntch, Hines and Carter nnd perhaps others were present to sec (lie test working of the chopper. On another evening it was my good fortune to rido out from Metcalfe to .Spring Hill Church, with John T. Bushin, who is one of the substantial men of the place, and one of the pros perous farmers of the community. Sonic of the results of our observa tions are given in the “Leaves Irotti the past.” We passed the cosy home of Larkin Mims, whom we found busy at work in his fields, though he has passed the three score mark in the journey of life. He has a fine crop, and is content to sit under the shadow of liis own vine, and therefore, he is one of the happiest of men. We next vis’ted James Terrell, who, though he has passed the three score ten years allotted to man by the Psalmist, is able to do a good day’s work. He moved to Thomas county in 1820, when lie was ten years old, from Noah county, North Carolina, and through a long life has preserved the respect and confidence of his neighbors, which is as high a compli- mcn as can he paid to any man. We then visited the homeof Emory 1). Stringer. As we drove up a flock of pigeons was c'-oing softly ; cattle were feeding, and the surroundings bespoke the happy country home, and at last there can he no happier gath ering of the household gods than in the quiet hush of couutry life, where the sweetest and best sleep follows la bor. Mr. S. makes a success of farm ing. I know of no stronger term of praise to use. Among the other prosperous farm er; of the Metcalfe neighborhood, are I,. W. Carter, who has as well order ed a farm as can be found anywhere. He has recently started a saw mill, and is prepared to furnish lumber to the public. Dr. E. B. Young, another successful artner,captured the premiums offered ing what may lie a rich phosphate bed. The rocks crop out to the sur face, nnd the supply is simply inex haustible. Mr. J. M. Rushin is another one of the successful men of Metcalfe. He has recently built himself a handsome cottage in the village, but he still pays the necessary attention to his fine farm a lew miles south. Mr. James F. Lilly, besides bis ex tensive interests in the village, has a splendid farm four miles distant, and ho has made money out of his chosen calling. Messrs J. A. and O. A. Thomas arc also prosperous farmers, and the Knapp boys. J. F. and D. F. Knapp, are makiug money out of mother earth. IN CONCLUSION. When Byron brought his Childe Harold to a close, ami it is without doubt the noblest production of hu man genius, he said : “What is writ is writ, would that it were worthier.” I soy the same. In what I have said I have followed the truth closely, aud if I have erred at all it has been on the side of snfety. It can be seen at a glance that any section that can support as many prosperous men as I have named, and I have not named them all, has abun dant natural advantages, and that it will be even more prosperous after thorough development than now. The opening of the T. A: M. B. B. brought a new era to this section of the county, and as the years roll on the tide of prosperity nnd thrift will widen nnd deepen till it makes the country contiguous to Metcalfe as prosperous as any in all this broad land, and no man is willing to work more zealously for this end than my self, and no man will hail it with more pleasure. W. The Guards. This crack Military company held an important business meeting on Wednesday night. Captain Hnnsell was re-elected Captain and Lieu’t. Hawkins ro elected. Lieut’s Wilder nnd Smith having resigned, their places were filled by the election of Mr. L. II. Jerger and Professor A. G. Miller, of the South Georgia Col lege They will make splendid offi cers. Lieu’t Miller is one of the best drill officers in the state, and the Guards will soon snow his careful handling. The company regretted to have Lieu’t Wilder sever his connec tion with them. He lias taken great interest in the company since its first organization and has contributed largely to the present, effective status of the company. The Augusta encampment was discussed, informally. The general sentiment was in favor of going, and Captain Hausell will doubtless notify the Adjutant (icncrnl, on or before the 15tli, of the purpose of the com pany to take part in the encampment. The Guards, in persouel, uniform and equipments,will compare most favora bly with any company in the Slate. Augusta is going to do the hand some thing by the Military on the occasion, and we hope Thomasville will be represented. The training Mr. T. J. Horn is on the old For- at one of the Thomas County Fairs, rest place aud he has a fine farm. He ! years ago, for the best yield of cotton is devoting much attention to melons, j on five acres of land, and has a very promising crop. One 1 The yield was five hales, one bale mile front Metcalfe John B. Thomas I per acre, and it may be interest- lias a nice home and a well kept farm; ing to state that the fine crop was he has an orchard of bearing LeContes 1 raised on ground immediately adjoin- nnd experience to bn gained by par ticipating in the encampment, not to mention the social enjoyments to be had, will he worth much to the com pany. They Will be Missed. Every one will regret to learn that Mr. Love Wilder, who has been man ager of the express office here, for tha past two years, will return to Albany, bis former home, where he will take an interest in with his father in bus iness. Mrs. Wilder who lias been a favorite in society here, will be equal ly missed. Mr. Wilder Bostick, who has been assistant in the office for 1 some time, will assume charge. Mrs. John Sharon, of Baiubridge, J is visiting Mrs. W. M. Hammond. Water mains are beiug Inid down Jefferson street, to the Variety, Works. Bcv. W. J. Williams expected to go to Fort Worth, Texas, to the great Baptist Convention, hut could not leave 011 account of his pastoral duties here. Call and see our N e w Challies, N ew Drapery Nets,New Fans and many otl^er New Goods. LEYTS HOUSE) MITCHELL HO08K CORNER.)