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VOL. 1— NO. 303.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY U, 181)0.
$5.00 PER ANNUM
Change-of-Venue
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This wool? instead of
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of the Day Told in
Brief—Personals, Etc.
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Youths wool suits worth
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Youths wool suits worth
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Boys fall suits from §1.50
to $6.00.
Boys knee pants from 35
cents up.
The best uulaundrieu shirts
in the world for 50 cents.
We always do what we
promise. Try us.
Travel is light just at present.
The (armors say they need rain.
Picnics and red bugs are plentiful.
Policeman Brown went down to
Boston yesterday.
Mr. Wm. McKey, of (Quitman, was
in the city yesterday.
Mr. C. S. Ilondurant is spending a
day or two in Savannah.
Mr. J. D. Wade, Jr., of Quitman,
is registered at the Stuart.
Mrs. It M. Cleveland, of Teun.,
was at the (iulf yesterday.
Shall the town go forward or back
ward. It cannot stand still.
Mrs. Frank Thomas is spending
some time visiting relatives in Flor
ida.
Dr. A. T. Bukre, of Atlanta, was
in the city yesterday, a guest of the
Stuart.
Mr. Jerry Halsey, wife and child,
of Mobile, were guests of the Gulf
yesterday.
Mr. J. McC. Thariu, of Savannah,
paid his Thomasville friends a visit
yesterday.
Hon. Isaac Alderman, a prominent
farmer of the 17th district, was in the
city yesterday.
Messis. Homer Young and Charlie
Stegall represented Metcalfe in the
city yesterday.
The school children are all looking
forward to their summer vacation
with keen interest.
County court will lie in session to
morrow, and the several eases on
docket will be disposed of.
Mrs. A. I. Branham, of Brunswick,
nec Miss Bessie Jordan, is spending
some time with her sister, Mr.-,. ). M.
Lee.
Competition in all lines of trade is
sharp in Thomasville. Result: goods
are sold as low here as in any market
in the State.
The contractor was at Meigs yester
day laying off the ground fora new de
pot. Meigs is a coming town and
Joe Beverly is happy.
Police Potpourri.
The number of offenders before the
mayor in the police court yesterday,
demonstrated while business may he
dull in some lines at present, the po
lice have no cause to complain.
Eleven cases wers on the docket,
and the aggregate lines amounted to
nearly 850. The following wtcupipd
reserved seats:
Mary Williams was fined 83, or six
days, for being drunk and disorderly.
Mary Butler plead guilty to a like
cnnrge, and was asked to contribute
85 and costs.
Julia Butler, a sister of Mary, plead
not guilty to a similar charge, but on
being tried the ease was made out,
and she was fined SO and sosts.
Jim Montgomery plead guilty to
smashing in the windows of an old
man’s house, because he was refused
admittance. He was fined 85 and
costs.
Hannah Hutchings and .Sarah Hick
man, were fined for lighting. They
fought on Madison street about the
possession of a hat. The former was
fined S5 including costs, aud the latter
was let off 1 with 83.
Ned Iveed plead guilty to a drunk,
and Being disorderly, was assessed in
the sum of 85.
Arthur Wills was fined the costs
for disorderly conduct.
There was one other case for fight
ing, in which a plea of guilty was en
tered, and a fine of 85 and costs was
imposed.
Rachel Conley was tried and dis
charged.
A shooting scrape took place on
Fletcher street near the railroad, on
Saturday night. It was a olored al
lair. Mattie Johnson shot Alex Coch
ran, iust above the left eye, inflicting
a painful, though not a ‘(liTTgerous
wound. The police arrested the wo
man and lodged her in jail, where she
now languishes. l)r. McIntosh gave
the wounded tr.an medical attention
and Judge Mitchell will attend to the
woman’s case.
We’ll All Stand Together.
Under the head of "Patten Happen-
,n g%? correspondent of the Boston
World, "Raymond,” writes:
"Give the county primaries. That
is pure democracy,” was what one gen
tlemen said to another standing before
Reid & Culpepper’s drug store in
Thomasville last Wednesday. You
are right, Capt. Triplett, stand to the
rack, fodder or no fodder.”
It is not a question of "fodder,” but
a question of the right ot every demo
crat in the county to go to his own
precinct and vote for the man of his
choice at a primary election. This
has been the custon of the democratic
party of Thomas county for years; and
it is a good one. And then, when the
primaries have spoken it is the duty of
every democrat to stand by the nomi
nations. It is our salvation. O, yes,
we shall stand square up to the rack—
as we have always done, "fodder or no
fodder.” That's the kind of a demo,
crat we are.
Miss Irene Henderson, of Atlanta,
who has been spending several months
with her brother, Mr. George W. Hen
derson, is so well pleased with our lit
tle city, that she will prolong her visit
indefinitely.
Mr. II. (). Hicks, a thrifty young
farmer from Henderson, Ky., arrived
last week to test our climate for lung
troubles in the summer lime. He is
stopping at Jersey Farm and we hope
will find his stay pleasant and our cli
mate all that he hopes.
We are indebted to a kindly lady
fricne on Smith Avenue, whose roses
are the admiration ol every one who
sees them, for two magnificent speci
mens of this queen of flowers. The
kind rentembrace is deeply appreciat
ed.
Two happy marriages were con
summated at the growing little town
of Meigs, on Sunday. The parties
were Mr. J. J. Boswell and Miss Lee
Davis, and Mr. W. M. Davis and Miss
Della Adams. Rev. R. M. Little of
ficiated. Double congratulations are
forwarded.
132 Broad Street.
A correspondent of the Morning
News, writing from Tallahassee, says:
W. P. Slusser has closed the con
tract to have a three-story summer
hotel erected at St. Teresa, a popular
resort on the gulf. The steamer Wal-
katomica will make regular trips be
tween St. Marks and St. Teresa. The
hotel is to he completed by July 1.”
If there was a direct line to the
coast, many Thomasville people would
go to St. Teresa for a few weeks. It
is a delightful resort.
Mr. Joseph S. Caldwell, of Shnl-
biua, Mo , who lias been .spending the
winter iu Florida, came to Thomas
ville Saturday and is a guc-t of Jcr
sey Farm, lie is a prominent breed
er of thoroughbred Short Horn cattle
in Missouri as well as a progressive
and successful farmer. Having been
so much benefitted by his trip South,
he is not Certain that lie will not
make it his home. Favorable reports
of this section induced him to stop
over and learu more ol the place.
Should he decide to come South, he
would find a hearty welcome in Thom
as county.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says:
“Tho indications arc that another im
portant railroad move is about to he
made. It is reported that G. Gunity
Jordan, general manager of the Geor
gia Midland, aud Major R. II, Duval,
president of the Florida and Gulf
Navigation Company, are the princi
pal figures in the new move, which
will he to build a broad gauge toad
from Columbus direct to Quincy, Fin.
A charter has already been obtained
for the new road.”
Thomasville will do well to keep an
eye on tho line which will connect
the Florida, Central aud Peninsular
with the Georgia system ot roads.
Articles of association have been form
ed in Boston for the construction of a
railroad to be called the Albany, Bos
ton and Florida Railway Company.
The capital stock, and a large share of
it lias already been subscribed, is fixed
at 850,000. The following are the
directors:
M. R. Maliettc, J. M. Rusliin, D.
Cap Shuman’s Condition.
Dr. T. M. McIntosh returned Sun
day from Aucilla, eighteen miles be
low here, where he went to perform a
surgical operation on Mr. Cap Shu
man, who, it will he remembered,
was so severely shot by Mr. Moso
Linton some time ago. Dr. McIntosh
says that Mr. Shuman is still in a
critical condition, and may not recov
er.
Settle Up.
The following from the News will
interest dealers in Thomasville:
“There are in the state of Georgia
about 25,000 people who pay special
taxes or license for the privilege of
selling tobacco and whisky. The taxes
are due on May 1, and unless paid by
Juim 1', the person selling is liablo to.
criminal prosecution ami must also
pay an additional tax of half the orig
inal amount. Each taxpayer is re
quired to make his returns on a pre
scribed form sworn to before some of
ficer authorized to make oaths.
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU
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It. Thoms JrV 126 Broad Street.
O.S.Bondurant Volunteer Observer
Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours ending
nt 7 o'clock I*. M., May 12 1890.
TrMCU IiAT tiftlC.
2 p. in »■>
7 p. lit ™
Maximum for 24 hours 80
Minimum " 14 “
Rain-full
indication for fair, warmer.
She May Have Lied.
Recently a teacher was trying to
learn a boy his letters- She started
out by chalking a big A on the black
board. That is an A, she said.
"H-li-how do you know it’s A ?’’
The teacher replied that when she
was a girl she had been to school to
an old gentleman who had told her so.
'i he boy eyed the letter for a mo
ment and then asked:
"Il-li how did he know?”
This was almost a stunner, but the
teacher suddenly recollected that he
had told her that when a boy he had
been to school to a lady who taught
him that it was A.
The boy again look suspiciously at
the letter, then burst out with :
“II h-how did he know but she
■lied ?”
The Code Duello.
The code duello has already be
come such a iarcc in Georgia that it
will hardly be made more ridiculous
by the recent episode of a correspon
dence between two cizcns of Elberton
who contemplate the pleasure of killing
h other. The day is not far distant
wnen the disgrace of sending or ac
cepting a challenge to murderous
combat in any decent community will
be far greater than ever was the glory
of dyeing one’s hands in the blood of
human being, under the so-called
code of honor.
Mrs. Wanamaker, it is stated, has
introduced a new fad in Washington,
and has a class of young ladies meet
at her residence twice a week, where a
protessor of physical grace from abroad
teaches them how to walk, to go up
and down stairs, to bow, to smile, to
make eyes and to dispose ot the hands.
—Ex. Now if some one will teach
the republicans to keep their hands
out ol the treasury, it would be a good
thing.
The telegraph thus holds out the
glittering prize (or wealth :
There is hope for everybody in this
country. Twenty-five years ago John
I). ^Rockefeller was a newspaper re
porter at 820 a week. Now he is
worth 8150,000,000, and has a larger
income tlmu any other man iu the
world.
Canvasser—I have here a work
Master of the House—I can’t read.
Canvasser—But your children
Master of the House (triumphantly)
1 have no children. Nothing but a
cat.
Canvasser—Well, you want some
thing to throw at the cat.
lie took it.—Lite.
It is thought that the river and har
bor bill will fail. The heavy pension
appropriations, steamship subsides,
and other jobs, will wipe out the sur
plus, leaving nothing for the improve
ment of rivers and harbors. Shame
ful.
Sam Jones says: "lean take my
Bible and put both the Democratic
and Republican parties in hell any
morning before breakfast.”
Give ’em a chance, Mr. Jones; wait
until after dinner.
If that young fellow, Wilkinson,
doesn’t make Winnie Davis, the Child
of the Conicderacy a good husband,
sonic old rob will wear him to a fraz-,
zle. Take notice, young man.
The Illinois Farmers’ Alliance de
clares itself "uncompromisingly oppos
ed to the principle of taxing the many
for the benefit of the few.”
The democrats of Kentucky mot in
caneits last night, at Frankfort, to
ballot for a U. S. Senator. Carlisle
will lead.
Many ex-Confederatcs will attend
the unveiling of the Lee statute, in
Richmond, Va , on the 2!lth iust.
The West was struck by another
cyclone, on Sunday. Great damage
was done in Kansas and Missouri.
Georgia babies will get a great deal
of kissing this year; the candidate
will he abroad iu the land.
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