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V'OL. II—NO. r>.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 181)0,
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Change-of-Venue
CLOTHING
This week instead of
DRY GOODS.
ATTENTION
MEN,
YOUTHS’
AND BOYS.
LOOK AT
QIOTATIONN,
Reflect and Act.
NO baits,
NO CLAPTRAPS.
NO MISREPRESENTATION,
Men’- Black Corkscrew
4-buttou Cutaway Suits Worth
$1 <;.<)<) for 812.00.
Men’s Black Corkscrew
Sack Suits worth §15.00 for
$12.00.
Mm’s Fancy Cassimer
Suits worth $15.00 for $10.00.
Men’s Fancy Cassimere
Suits worth 812.00 for $8.00,
M on’s Fancy Cassimere
Suits worth 810.00 for §0.50
Youths wool suits worth
87.00 for MAO.
Youths wool suits worth
80.00 for 5.50.
Youths wool suits worth
$1<’.L0 for 0 50,
Youths wool suits worth
§12.00 for 8.00.
Jloys full suits from §1.50
to $0.00.
Boys knee pants from 35
cents up.
The' best unlaundrieu shirts
ji] the world for 50 cents.
Wo always do what we
promise. Try us.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of the Day Told in
Brief—Personals, Etc.
Joe I.ovtnslein, of Savannah, is in
Ihe city.
Mr. Joe Mardre returned to Ameri-
cus yesterday.
G. G. Jefferson, of Winston, N T . C ,
is in the city.
\V. L. McKeown, of Harrisburg,
Pa., is at the Stuart.
O. L. Wheatley, of Norfolk, Ya.,
is nt the Whiddon.
A lot ol auction goods were sold on
Jackson street yesterday.
G. .1. Stark has been spending
few days in Jacksonville.
J. I'. Wesley, of Albany, was
guest of the Gulf yesterday.
J. F. Goodwin, of Sumter, S. C., is
registered at the Whiddon.
Little Mardre came down from
Americas again Inst night.
James Blackshcar and son, of Dun
cauville, were in town yesterday.
J. H. Davidson, a merchant of
Metcnlfe, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.C. B. Townsend is spending
Sunday with his family at the Gulf.
132 Broad Street.
A lot of fresh bream from the lake
were for sale on the streets yesterday.
The Guards are getting ready to go
to Augusta. They will go with full
ranks.
Kev. Mr. Clisby will occupy the
Presbyterian pulpit to day, aud again
next .Sunday.
Alex. II. Jones returned yesterday
from a meeting of the Bar Associa
tion nt Augusta.
W.F. Herbert, formerly of this city,
but now of Mueon, is spending several
days at his old home.
A party of commercial men from the
Stuart went out to J.inton’s pond fish
ing vesierday afternoon.
Miss Berta Dillon, a popular young
lady of Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting
her uncle, Mr. James Dillon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis, of Mitch
ell county,who have been visiting their
daughter, Mrs. E. T. Harman, hav
returned home.
The Official Figures.
A short time since the postmaster-
general sent an order to every post
master in the United States, requiring
them to make out and forward to the
department, a detailed statement of
the business transacted in their respec
live offices, for seven consecutive days
beginning at 6 o’clock on Monday
morning. May 5th, and ending at
o'clock on Monday morning, May 12th
In accordance with this order, Post
master Smith has lorwarded hi
turns.
We take the following items from
the report, as they will show the
character and volume ol the business
at this office.
Number of letters :i,78G
Drop letters 1
Postage on same .870.
Wrapping parrels, local delivery r
Second class matter (mailed l,y pub
lishers) fit 7 pic
Mailed by parties in county (free of
postage) 344 piece.
Third class matter P8
Fourth “ “ 47
Total number of pieces i;,41
weight “ illll
'* amount postage $84
This makes a creditable exhibit of
business for one week, although it em
braced a very dull period of the year,
In the winter these figures would Le
trebled and quadruped.
The Apostle of the S. F. & W
At the depot ot Pelham on Monday
last,while Capt. Tom Lake's train was
at the depot, and his tall form and
silver beard were shining in me door
of the car, an old negro woman whose
religious zeal had lasted all throne
the night, said to another:
“Well, honey, did you go to church
last night ? ’
•‘Well I did, and I t. II y .u dal man
has a face jes like an apostle.”
Captain Tom is a good fellow but
he says it takes a negro imagination
just from a good all night meeting, to
make him anything like an apostle.
Camilla Claaion.
Tom may not resemble any of the
apostles in some respects, but he is
all right, atid when* the procession
starts up yonder Tom Lake won t be
in the rear.
Dr. J. T. Culpepper has returned
from Atlanta, where he went to at
tend the biennial session of the An
cient Order of United Workmen.
Miss Rosa Budd, of Monticello, who
has been spending a few days in the
City visiting visiting Mr. and Mrs T
N. Hopkins, returned home yesterday
afternoon.
The farmers say that crops are do
ing well. The rains of the past week
were refreshing, and they canto in
just the right quantities not to inter
fere with work.
This is the-Sabbath. Leave all the
troubles and worries of tho past week
out of your head ami heart fnr to day
nt least. Go to church, and profit by
the lessons of wisdom that tall from
the lips of the uieu of God.
Mr. E. M. Mnllette bus sold the
Jeffers property on Jackson street
to Mrs. Bessie J. Branham, of Bruns
wick. Mrs. Brnnham, who is the wife
of editor Branham, of the Brunswick
Times, is a former resident of this
city, and has always been a firm be
liever in its real estate.
Home is a good place to spend the
summer. You will find more com
forts and conveniences here than auy
where else.—Thomasville Times.
How about home, as a winter re
sort, neighbor?—Waycross Head
light.
You forget the ozone, aud the piues,
neighbor. These are not to he had in
winter homes in the north. Besides,
Thomasville gives the •‘comforts and
conveniences” of home to her thous
ands of visitors. 1
A Fireman’s Fall.
Charlie Ivey, one of tne firemen of
the Vigilant company, fell in a well at
the fire Friday night. He was
running toward the burning house
with a section of hose, and did not
know of the well until he had fallen in.
The water was about twelve feet deep,
but he was fortunate enough to retain
his hold on the hose and was drawn
out by his comrades.
IMitor Timks-Kntkiiprisk :
The following extract from a letter
of date, May 1-ftb, front n prominent
northern gentleman, and who has
much interest in Thomasville, financi
ally, and in sentiment, may lie of
value to the prosperity ot our town
as it is a prophecy upon a question of
public interest. The letter says:
I hear of Thomasville railroad
talk, biR sincerely hope the projected
lines will not remain on paper merely,
and all the schemes end in smoke.
Unless there are speedy now avenues
to and from Thomasville, little can he
expcctc 1 in tho way of development
there.”
Thcgcutleman writing tiie above is
a well known capitalist. He has made
large investments here,and will make
more if Thomasville gets out of the
woods. And we think that the assur
ance can be safely given him, that
this will undoubtedly be the case.
The projects, looking to one or more
new roads here, will not “end in
smoke." They are in the hands of
me-i who will put them through.
However, we thauk tho gentleman
for the kind iutcrest shown in our
town, aud beg to assure him that ’tt:t
duly appreciated. The present op
portunity to put ihe town on an inde
pendent plane, will not be neglected.
Miss Lela Tillman who lias been
spending some time here attending
school has returned home, Quitman; ,
Experimenting With a Rattle
Snake.
Judge Hopkins, Jitn Iteiil and other
gentlemen, had quite a lively time
Friday experimenting with a rattle
snake which had been captured alive,
His snakeship wan placed in an
closure ut the shooting park, and
live rat thrown in. It was promptly
struck, and died in three minutes,
Afterwards a stuffed pair of pants aud
Ieggins was placed near the snake to
see how high he would strike a person
It did not strike much higher than
the ankle. It. is said that deer will
kill every rattlesnake they see, but the
deer in Gleu Arven park would Iinve
nothing to do with this one, when pla
ced in their inclosure. The snake,
and it was a large one, was finally
killed.
Still in the Ring.
Thomasville has some fears as
her future, inasmuch as it is not know
when attractions greater than hers may
be offered to the winter,tourist, and
her huge hotels may become useless
monuments of man’s short sightedness
With her advantages, enterprise and
nature's lavish blessings, such fears
arc only phantoms.—Ex.
Thomasville is still in the ring. She
sjust taking a fresh “holt,” and will
move forward with elastic step to the
music of progress which is ringing
throughout the grand old Stale ot
Georgia. O, yes, she is going to keep
time to that music.
To Teachers.
As will be seen by advertisement
elsewhere, the hoard of trustees, South
Borgia College, will meet on the 17th
f.Tune, to electa president for that
nstitntion. Correspondence is solicit
ed. All communications should he
addressed to Wm. D. Mitchell, Chair
man.
Weighed Five Pounds.
Conductor Tom Lane broughtdown
Kolb Gem from Camilla yesterday
that weighed five pounds. It was
grown on his place, and is the largest
seen in that section this season.
Willis Moore’s friends will lie pleas
ed to see him out again, after an ill-
of three weeks. His indisposition
has caused the commencement of work
on his new bouse to he built, to he dc-
:iyed. The plans show that it will
lie one of the handsomest residences
the city, and quite nil addition to
Fletcherville.
Capt. C. 1’. Uanscll lias returned
om Atlanta, where he went to attend
meeting of the A. <). U. W's.
Charley will be in Atlanta again,
when the legislature meets. He is
one of the most popular attaches of
the legislature. Hois faithful, effici
ent, polite and thoroughly posted
about the routine work in that body.
8. M. Beach, who has formerly con
nected with the Cash Drug Store, aud
then with Mellae Bros., here, is now
traveling for the linn of Lamar & Son,
Macon. His territory is in West
Florida, and he will find agood many
opportunities to visit his Thomasville
friends,
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU
AT
R. Thomas Jr’r 126 Broad Street.
O.S.Bondurant Volunteer Observer
Weather bulletin for the 24 hours ending
atJ7§o'clock I*. JI., May 17 1800.
2 p. in
7 p. m
Maximum for 24 hours
Minimum “ 11 “
Rain-fall
Indication for rain, cooler.
on the
A Nashville Editor
Heart.
Nashville American.
The mind of man may be educated up
to boudoir ears and to damask table
clolhs and to gold and silverware and
fo the com forts of elect riei tv, but the
human heart was just as old the day
it was slowed away behind the ribs
of man and woman as it is right now.
You can't leach the human heart any
thing. It rebels agaist the direction of
outside influences and in all the vicis
situdes of mind and body, it alone re
mains true lo the Boil who gave it.
This same heart, to-day, as in those
days when Robin Hood was a pastoral
doily and did his high-handed picnic-
with faithful Maid Marian,
throbs with sentiment and apprecia
tion at the thought of such sport. The
lads and lasses of this day love the
ante skies, and brooks, and breezes,
md arc susceptible to the very same
nlliicni-rs which swayed those of tho
long ago. It is just as pleasant now
to loll on the soft grass at the feel of
auly as it was in the merry days
of old England, of which Shakespeare
written, and Greene and Reel and
Nash. It, is just as pleasing to touch a
fair hand in walking an improvised
bridge across a stream as it was then,
and the same pleasure attaches (o the
songs of the birds, tho music ol the
spring winds through Hie forests, the
dancing abottlMay poles. The playing
nines, and the cakes and pickles
ml other prearranged edibles spread
out upon Hie face of the earth.
The Titnes-Union, Jacksonville,
ays: During the argument outlie
ub treasury bill bef'oru the ways and
means committee on Thursday, Mr.
Flower showed that the staple crops
had fluctuated more than 50 per cent,
within thirty years, and he asked if
that did not demonstrate the instabil
ity of the proposed currency repre
senting crops in government ware
houses. Beiug subject to such fluc
tuations, a thousand millions of such
etirreucy might suddenly be called iu,
‘in which event,” said lie, “may
heaven have mercy upon this coun
try'”
Tho general conference of the
Methodist Church South will elect
two now bishops to-raorrow, one to
take the place of the late Bishop Mc-
Tuyero, and the other to a new see.
.V motion to elect three bishops was
defeated.
Carlisle Carries the Day.
John G. Carlisle was nominated
yesterday for United States Senator
by the democratic caucus at I'rank-
fort, Ivy. It will be “Senator Car-
isle,” fnr the legislature is strongly
democratic, and will elect Mr. Car
lisle on the first ballot.
A dispatch from Frankfort, giving
te closing scenes of tho exciting con
test, says:
Vt the opening Stale Represcnta-
e Settle withdrew from the contest,
lien Representative Cooper, .for ex-
ov. Knott, withdrew his name amid
Leers from Mr. Carlisle’s friends,
ballot was taken and stood : Car
le 52; Lindsay 32 ; McCreary 23.
Senator Smith withdrew ex-Con-
grossman McCreary and the fight was
ended. I he ninth ballot was taken,
when the announcement was
made that Mr. Carlisle had received
votes, above the wild cheering was
heard a voice moving to make the
omiimtion unanimous. The motion
ns carried.
Mr. Carlisle’s vote gave him fifteen
ijoritv.
There arc general congratulations
here to-night over the result, which is
in harmony with the wishes of a lnrge
majority of the state. The newspaper
offices here were serenaded, aud crowds
marched through the streets cheering
iu honor of the ovent.
A Special Sale of seasonable
Dry Goods will take place this
week at Levy’s Dry Goods
House, beginning Monday
morning. It will pay you to
examine the Real Genuine
Bargains that will be offered.
Call early for best selection.
Levy’s Dry Goods House.
He Fightee Millican Man.
A chinanuut made application to
join a fishiug club in Conn., the other
day. He was black balled and re
ferred to as a “heathen cbinee.”
Thereupon lie hied himself to his
laundry and penned the following
challenge:
President Mi-Cmin, Iloseda'.o fishing Club
You insult me calling C’ltu Foug
Haytben Chinee. Me no haytheu.me
Clistian. Me want to fight like Milli-
cau man. Me meet you on Itosedale
dock some night. You get gun, me
get gun. You say 5 May, me say all
light. Me kill you, marry widow
ami take care children when you die.
Me mean business.
Cm: Foxi;, Clistian.
The American life insurance compa
ny of Philadelphia, closed its doors
Saturday morning.