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V'OL. 1—NO. 006.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1890,
$5.00 PER ANNUM
Change-of-Venue
CLOTHING
This week instead of
DRY GOODS.
ATTENTION
MEN,
YOUTHS'
AND BOYS.
LOOK .A.T
QUOTATIONS,
Reflect and Act
NO BAITS,
NO CLAPTRAPS.
NO MISREPRESENTATIO
Men’s Black Corkscrew
4-button Cutaway Suits Worth
§16.00 for §12.00.
Men’s Black Corkscrew
Sack Suits Worth §15.00 for
$12.00.
Men’s Fancy Cassimere
Suits worth $15.00 for $10.00,
Men’s Fancy Cassimere
Suits worth $12.00 for $8.00
Men’s Fancy Cassimere
Suits worth $10.00 for $6.50
Youths wool suits worth
$7.00 for 3.50.
Youths woo! suits worth
$0.00 for 5.50.
Youths wool suits worth
$10.00 for 6.50.
Youths wool suits worth
$12.00 for 8.00.
Boys fall suits from $1.50
to $6.00.
Boys knee pants from 35
cents up.
The best unlaundriea shirts
in the world for 50 cents.
We always do what we
promise. Try us.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of the Day Told in
Brief—Personals, Etc.
It is to come off very soon.
Good advice to melon growers: sell
at home.
All the churches will be open to
day.
have
cotton
Thomnsvilie mn.4
compress.
Close up the Railroad Sub
scription.
The mornings for the past few day
have been quite cool.
Thomasville merchants are carrying
splendid stocks of goods.
The summer schedule on the rail
roads goes into effect to-day’.
The drummers will be here to-day
by several majority.
Both the colleges are getting ready
for commencement.
A.TRIP TO WHIGHAM.
Picnic Pointers.
Mrs. A. J. Branham, of Brun
wick, was in the city yesterday.
T. S. Marks, of Cleveland, O., is
among the strangers in the city.
Mr. W. I). Peeples, of Valdosta
was in the city yesterday.
Dr. A. P. Taylor has returned from
a trip to Baltimore.
An awning has been put up in fron
of Curtright ifc Daniel’s.
The most of the Thomasville party-
have returned from the lake.
Don’t get left to-day on account of
the change of schedule.
William Kelly, of St. Louis, Mo.
is a guest of the Stuart.
Next Wednesday is county court
day. A number of cases have been
set for trial.
Two colored women had a fight on
Madison street yesterday morn in
The police gathered them in.
Judge A. II. Hnnscll returned yes
terday' from Brooks court, which has
been in session during the past week.
John W. Masury and family dirt
not leave yesterday as expected. They
expect to get off on Wendcsday.
A few uusightly china berry trees
still mar lower Broad street. Why
cumbereth they the ground?
There is a great variety of opinions
about the LeConte pear crop. One
thing i9 pretty certain; it will be
short.
Capt. W. M. Hammond returned
yesterday afternoon from Quitman,
where he 1ms been attending Brooks
county court.
The cases which were on docket
fur last Friday, have been set for
Monday. Several eases will then he
disposed of.
W. W. Linn, who has been con
nected with the depot for some time,
is now with L. F. Thompson it Co.
He is popular any where you put him.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Itipicy, of
Buffalo, N, Y., who have been spend
ing tho season at Tallahassee, Fla.,
were guests of the Gulf yesterday
en route home.
132 Broad Street.
Several private picnic parties went
out to tho river and other points Fri
day, and judgiugfroni the jolly crowd
that passed down Broad street Friday
afternoon, in wagons decorated with
moss, evergreens and vines, a merry
day in the woods was spent.
Commencement is the next event on
the tapis in Thomasville. Invite your
friends to come; it is a good way to
advertise these institutions. Do this
much for your colleges.
Mayor Hopkins will bpgin work on
the boulevard very soou. A thirteen
mile boulevard will be something to
he proud of. And Thomasville is go-
iug to have it.
Close up the Railroad Sub
scription. I
Thursday afternoon aTiMEs-E.NTER-
i’RIse reporter and Mr. Joe Love
boarded the west bound train for
Whigham.
The big picnic was to come off next
day, and with the foresight that is ha
bitual with the reporter and his com
panion, they set out to he the first on
the ground. At least this is what
a gentleman said who saw the reporter
and his companion on the way to the
depot.
The truth is, the two gentlemen
were hooked for a trip to Forest Falls
and a night at the hospitable home of
Hon. Rufus II. Connell, a few miles
north of Whigham. The trip was
made without incident, and when the
prosperous little village was reached,
the first thing seen was a busy prepa
ration for the affair of the next day, by
the kind people.
Ill the beautiful grove near the pas
senger station seats and long tables
were arranged, and a few yards away
the historical spring sent forth a boun
tiful supply of water for the crowd
that would attend. A lew minutes
later Mr. Connell made his appear
ance, and another half an hour after
tiio arrival of the train we were oil our
way to the falls. We rode past the
mill of Dr. G. M. Jones, on a creek
fed by never failing springs, which no
drought affects ; past Trinity Church,
past the sawmill of Win. Maxwell,
and Spring Hill Methodist church,
where a new and commodious church
building is soon to lie erected.
On either side of the road were
prosperous and well cultivated farms,
and rolling hills, covered sometimes
with pine forests aud again with hard
wood, as fine as any thatoan ho found
in tiie south.
At last we reached the falls, the
Lime Sink” as it has been erroneous
ly called. Tho scenery around the
falls is a9 picturesque as any tiiat can
In; found ; high hills enclose a basin
into which pours a stream of pure and
sparkling water, a sheer descent of 83
feet. The water falls over a rock wall
ami half way down it strikes a pro
jecting point that breaks it into sheets
of spray.
The face of the rock wall is covered
ith ferns of several varieties includ
ing the maiden hair, and mosses that
grow green the year round, fed by the
moisture of the spray. At midday
the breezes that blow in this “cave of
the winds,” set in motion myriads of
tiny rainbows that mingle with and
cross each other in a most fantastic
fashion. At the bottom of the basin
the water gathers and rushes off in a
parkling stream that find a subtorra
nean passage to, who knows where?
The hidden stream gives back a last
note of gladness as it tumbles over un
seen rocks, as if rejoiced to leave the
world behind. Whether it finds its
way into some of the beautiful lakes
to the south a few miles, or bursts up
in mid ocean no one can say. Just
under the sheer wall over which the
water pours, there is an entrance to a
cave of unknown depth, that has been
explored several hundred feet. One
adventurous party went into its mys
terious depths till they camo to a sub
terranean lako of unknown size, and
over whose dark waters the lamps east
the first light they ever reflected.
The sloping sides of the basin are
covered with a forest growth of many
varieties of trees, and huge boulders
of rock stand grim sentinels to guard
the mysteries and beauties that are a
part and parcel of their domain. As
wc came up the hills that hold the
falls in such a tender embrace, the last
rays of the setting sun shed a flood of
mystically soft light over the scene,
and under the spell of this and with
we left, wc could feel that we were
welcome.
A night ol peaceful sleep, preceeded
by a beautiful supper and succeeded
by a fine breakfast and we were ready
for the days duties.
Mr. Connell has a farm of nearly
2,000 acres, and he has planted for
ioo bales of cotton this year. He
raises plenty of provisons and lives at
home. Of course he is making money.
After breakfast he drove us over the
country north and east of his farm.
The first thing that attracted notice
was a commodious academy that he
has built. It stands in a beautiful
grove and it would seem that the some
time steep ascent of the hill of knowl
edge had been so smoothed down that
it can be easily mounted amid such
pleasant surroundings. We drove past
fine farms, beautiful forests, rolling
hills, and acres? sparking brooks, fed
by springs of as pure free stone water
as anv that bursts from the sides of
mountains.
AT THE PICNIC.
We reached the picnic grounds a
few minutes before the special train
bearing the children and the grown
people pulled in. It was a sight to
see the little fellows tumble off the
train; their faces were as bright as so
many sfars, and their happy laughter
was pleasant to hear.
Tnomasville was well represented,
Cairo sent a delegation,Duncanvillewas
there and half a dozen other schools
sent 'heir quota ol liltle folks and big
folks.
The Whigham Hand played k salute,
the oak trees waved their rustic arms
in sympathy and the hearts and hands
of the citizens of the town and neigh
borhood spoke in no uncertain tones
of the kindly reception they gave to
their guests.
Rev. L. B. Wilson of the Advance
made an address of welcome that was
cheered, and Mr. J. L. Hall responded
in the name and behalf of the visitors,
and then the fun and frolic began. It
is just as much an impossibility to
describe the pleasures of a picnic as it
is to paint a rose or bottle its fragrance.
As a lady said of her beau, he must
be seen to be appreciated; so say we,
a picnic must be gone through with to
appreciate. Every one into whose
hands these lines will fail has had and
expects to have experience on tins
point and so it is left to their imagina
tion to picture w-iat the delights of the
day were.
Dinner plays a conspicuous part on
such occasions, and there was plenty
dto spare of good things; more than
the seven baskets of fragments were
left, and everybody had enough.
At s o’clock, sharp, the return trip
was begun and an hour later the Sun
day school picnic of 1890 was over. 1
NOTES.
Ben Russell come down to “shake”
with his Thomas county friends.
New Oehloekonee church Sunday
School had some charming represent
atives.
Whigham is a growing and coming
town.
Editor Wilson had a plcasnat word
for everybody.
"Is he married?” asked a young la-
day from Thomasville.
"O, yes,” said the gentleman ad
dressed.
“That’s too bad ; I thought he was
single,” she said.
We hope editor Wilson will not let
his wife sec this item.
Baiubridge sent over two pretty
young ladies.
Whigham will soon have a crack
brass band. They play well lor ama
teurs.
1'owltown was represented by two
charming ladies.
Not an accident occurred.
The dinner was bountiful: and of
early love budded and bloomed, in
sylvan nooks and shaded retreats.
Ah! well, ’tis the same old, old story
The speeches of Messrs. Wilson and
Hall, tho first welcoming the crowd
to Whigham, and the latter accepting
the hospitality, in behalf of the Sun
day Schools, were models of brevity,
being to the point, and expressed in
the happiest language.
The ride on the earn, going and
coming, was very much enjoyed
Jo Gilbert is a model conductor; he
is careful, kind, attentive and pru
dent.
Whigham has a spledid new depot
Wc should like to have our county
line extended so as to take in Whig
ham. But then Ben Russell would
raise a row about it.
A party was made up to attend the
camp meeting at Green Shade,
August.
The lemonade stand was well pat
ronized. In this connection we would
not forget to mention the kindness
and labor of Mess. J.F. Evans, George
Carroll, Remur McIntyre, B. P. Wal
ker, F.rny Dekle, Mr. Moss, and per
haps others, in preparing the cooling
drinks and waiting on the children and
crowd. These gentlemen worked
faithfully. Ant! they were kept busy.
Most of the party strolled around
and took in the pretty little town.
“Whigham” was indulged in by a
good many. But there was no nickles
dropped in the slot. This, like every
thing else, was free.
The ladies in charge of die baskets,
and the preparation of dinner, deserve
the thanks of all. They acquitted
themselves well.
The train, when it pulled out on the
return, was a moving mass of waving
green boughs.
Joe Crovatt handled the train care
fully. He had a precious load of liv
ing freight.
Tired, but happy, the little tots re- j
turned to tumble in their trundle beds,
and sleep,—perhaps to dream of the
days pleasures. May their lives be as
full of sunshine in all of the future, as
was the case at the picnic.
Odd Fellows Picnic.
Tho Odd Fellows Picnic partici
pated in by the colored people Friday
was largely attended. They made
quite a procession ns they marched
down Broad street to Paradise Park,
where the day was spent in various j
amusements.
The Guards Inspected.
Capt. T. A. Clayton, of Albany,
Adjutant of the 7th Georgia Battalion,
inspected the Guards Friday morning,
and they stood the test well. Capt.
Clayton, in a conversation after the
drill with a citizen, spoke in fluttering
terms of our company. He says tho
uniforms fit well, and the drilling was
especially good. His report to Adju
tant, Kell will no doubt be favorable.
Methodist Church.
The pastor expects to hold services
at this church, during the coming
week, every morning at !) o’clock and
7. Jo p. m. Rev. J. M. Lovett, of
Quitman, Ga., is expected to assist :
him. The public is invited to attend
these services.
the music of falling waters in our cars 1
we drove away through the silent 61c best.
forests. j Whigham is proud of her splendid
at home. I grove and beautiful spring: and she
I’here is a peculiarity about Mr. I l |; is a right to lie.
Connell that is worthy of comment; There were a good many soft things
from the time we entered his home till! said. At least three or four cases of
If there are any teachers in Thom
asville, Thomas county, or this section I
of Georgia, who would like to make a
cheap and pleasant trip, the opportu-1
nity will soou present itself. A tench-
ers excursion is being mode up lor Ju- |
])•. The primary object is to attend !
a meeting of the Northeastern teachers !
at .St. Raul. The trip will carry the
excursionists through Manitoba, Ycl- j
lowstonc Park and Alaska, returning j
through California and western Uni- j
I ted States. Arrangements have been |
I made for two hundred teachers, and ;
the entire cost of the trip, including |
hotel, sleeper and railroad charges,!
will he about 810“ for each person, j
the trip lasting thirty days. For fur
ther information, address Prof. V. E.,
Orr, Atlanta, Georgia. ;
Call and see our
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Drapery Nets,New
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other New Goods.
LEVY’S