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VOL. 11— NO. 24.
THOMASV1LLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1800.
$5.00 PER ANNUM
Change-of-Venue
CLOTHING
This week instead of
DRY GOODS.
ATTENTION
LOCAL HAPPENINGS. j The Experiencejof Frank Jones
—-— j in Taking the Census.
The News of the Day Told in j “It is the toughest jol> J ever mider-
Brief—Personals, Etc. j took,” said Frank Jor.cs to a crowd in
front of Reid & Culpepper’s on Sun
il. II. Cray, of Nashville, is at the j (lav, referring to his last week’s expe
rience ns census enumerator in the
I Cairo district.
j “You see there are over two hun-
— | dred questions to ask; (not counting
Mrs. H. M. Sapp is spending some j the qllef ,tion* they ask you.) and then
s .me people do not like to answer,
Gulf.
E. E. Ilixon, of Chicago, is at the
Gulf.
MEN,
YOUTHS’
AND BOYS.
LOOK AT
HIOT.1TIOWN,
Reflect and Act.
NO BAITS,!
NO CLAP TRAPS.
NO MISREPRESENTATION,
Men’s Black Corkscrew
4-buttou Cutaway Suits Worth
§1(5.00 for $12.00.
Men’s Black Corkscrew
Sack Suits worth $14.00 for
$12.00.
Mm's Fancy Caasimcrc
Suits worth $15.00 for $10.00.
Men’s Fancy Cassiincre
Suits worth $12.00 for $8.00.
Men’s Fancy Cassimerc
Suits worth $10.00 for $0.50.
Youths wool suits worth
$7.00 for .450.
Youths wool suits worth
$0.00 for 5.50.
time in Brunswick.
Will Mr. llondurant please place
block of icc on his thermometer.
Cairo shipped her first carload of
melons this season, yesterday.
Mr. B. E. Ilortman, of the 8. F. Sc
W. By., has been transferred from
here to Albany.
George Wooten, formerly of this
place, but now of Wnycross, spent
•Sunday in the city.
• Messrs. Peter McDonald and W. B.
Campbell, loft yesterday afternoon for
a weeks visit to Montgomery.
Mr. Curtis Brown will occupy the
store recently vacated by Messrs. T.
J. Ball Sc Bro after the 1st of next
month.
Mrs. Earnest Armond, of Savan
nah, arrived yesterday, and is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Vaughn, on Madison
street.
Mr. Abe Simmons, of Montieello,
I brought his little daughter up yester
day, to have her eyes treated by Dr.
McIntosh.
Miss Lota Tillman, of Quitman, is
attending commencement of Young
Female College. .-he is the guest of
Miss Sadie Stegall.
The first special watermelon train
ot the season left here yesterday morn
ing in charge of engineer Crovatt
and Copt. Ward, for Albany.
Tho colored folk's* Held services in
Paradise Park (Sunday afternoon.
The preacher held his crowd until the
rain came up and dispersed them,
A lady remarked, on Sunday, afier
emerging from the crowded Mctho
dist church: “1 believe it would be j
swelleringly hot if we had commence
ment in January.”
Jo Beverly was in town yestcrdiy,
full of push and "git up and git,” not
withstanding the loss of his store by
fire at Meigs the other night. It is a
hard thing to down Ids sort.
In publishing the names, Sunday
morning, of the members of the string
baud recently organized by ouryoung
men, Mr. Doshe Winn, whose line per
formance on the (lute is one of the
most pleasing features, was, through :
an oversight, left out. The hand !
while others have to be prompted.”
“It consumes a good half hour,”
continued Frank, “to ask all the ques
tions about the farm and its viel
“How does it pay?” asked a sympa
thetic friend.
“Well, I furnish my own iiorse and
buggy and work about fifteen hours
per day, for three dollars per diem.
At least ail ordinary day’s work will
foot up about three dollars.”
“If any of you fellows want the
job next time, you are welcome to it
so far as I am concerned,” said Frank,
as lie shifted his cigar from one side
of his mouth to the other.
“Why don’t you resign and quit
tiie job ?” asked a gentleman.
“Design ?” said Frank, “i wish I
could; but they fine a fellow three
hundred dollars, and would probably
put him on the chain gang if he quit
his work. O, no, I can’t resign.”
“Then there is the last question to
lie asked,” continued the victim of
farm figures and facts, “It is likely to
get a fellow into trouble. You know
1 am lame, and 1 always make it a
point never to ask the last question,
until seated in iny buggy, and some
distance from the front gate. Then f
turn around and holler back, ‘I forgot
one question : Are you u pauper ?”
‘‘No, I am not a pauper.” is burled
back at me, as 1 meekly drive away,
reflecting on tbc woes and crosses of
the census man/’ ___
With a deep and abiding conviction
that he lias put his “foot in it,” Mr.
Jones returned to his field of labor
yesterday morning.
A Thing of Beauty.
Some poet lias said that a thing of
beauty is a joy forever,. Pretty thiugs
are pretty within themselves, but they
are combined with the useful, they
are still more attractive. The new
store cf T. J. Ball & Bro. is a thing of
beauty, and besides it has all the con
veniences that skill and experience
could dictate. The inside fixtures,
shelves and counters, are of yellow
curly pine, and on each side there is
landsomc plate mirror let into
niches between the shelves. It will
he a novelty to the ladies to be able to
look at themselves while shopping for
groceries, and it is a privilege they
will doubtless appreciate.
The fixtures were turned out by the
\ ariely Works in this city, and they
are a credit to the establishment and
its skilled workmen. The Times-
Enterprise is on record as saying
that the Mess. Hall have the hand
somest grocery store in South Geoigia,
and it clings to its opinion. The hand
some and courteous proprietors and
clerks ot this model store have splen
did quarters, a fine stock of goods
and an ardent desire to please.
Drop in and see this combination,
ladies.
The Encampment
Anything touching the encampment
Mr:
A Colored Concert.
. Broadnax’s concert was quite
Enclose the Jail Lot.
The Coumv Commissioners were in
session yesterday. Only routine busi
ness was transacted. An inform il dis
cussion re'atir.g to enclosing the jail
lot took place. A committee was ap
pointed and action on the question
will be taken at the next meeting.
The principal object in buying a
large lot was to put the jail in the cen
ter of il, so as to keep unauthorized
parties from hanging aroung die jail.
This object will be defeated, unless a
palisade fence sufficiently high to keep
part es out is put up. Then die fact
that prisoners are confined on die first
floor, where they may be conmium-
a success hriday night; a good crowd
was out, and the many cheers were
expressive of the approval of the au
dience.
1 lie songs, dialogues and speeches
were all good. The children exhibit
ed thoroug training, which was highly
gratifying to the parents.
“The Swallow and I,’ by Mattie Da
vis and Mamie Canady was simply
grand.
“The Soldier’s Prayer,” recitation
by Lenox Stephens, was well render
ed. “The Girl of the Period,” by
Maggie Small and others was very
| good. Marion Few very excellently
rendered a piece, “The Lips that
Touch Liquor, Shull Never Touch
Mine. A dialogue, “The Enrolling
Officer,” by S. E. Bacon, S. S. Broad-
nax and others, was rendered with
much enthusiasm, and highly applaud
cd by the audience.
Mrs B. R, Downs presided at the
organ, and as usual, her part was done
well.
“Little Maggie May,” bv Marion
Few, was one of the best pieces ren
dered.
Martin Frazier, age ~>, played well
bis piece, “The Little Boy’s Won
der.”
Many others who deserve mention,
are omitted for the want of time.
at Augusta next week, is of interest
to the Guards and their friends. The
Augusta correspondent of the Consti
tution, writes ns follows:
Nowhere in Georgia could a spot
have been formed which combines s
much of comfort, convenience and
fitness for a camp. The tents will he
pitched in a beautiful pine grove just
outside the exposition grounds. The
pines arc of that variety which run up
like a palm, and have no limbs within
thirty or forty feet of the ground
thus forming no obstacle to the tents
or to a comprehensive survey of the
entire camp.
Bad weather cannot harm nor
convenience the soldiers. Should the
weather prove uupropitious and per
sistently so, and continued rains make
the outdoor camp impracticable in
view of the inadequate equipment
which the stale lias thus far furnished,
still the encampment can lie held
without discomfort, for in fifty steps
of the present site looms up the mam
moth exposition building—the largest
anywhere in the south. Nine hundred
feet long, 125 feet wide, with three
wings running hack 101) feet, it has
floor space enough for camp and drill
round under cover.
Electric light lines, electric car
lines, steam car line, and splendid
roadways lead to the camp, and mains
from tiic city waterworks will furnish
an ample mid convenient water sup
ply.
The race track and the enclosure
within the circular course furnishes a
splendid drill and parade grounds
and the grand stand will afford picas
ant accommodations for the public
who will inspect the inainvuvres of
the men.
The - Old - Reliable
city i
To the Front,
With the most complete line
OF
FOOT-WEAR,
I-( IR
MEN AND BOYS,
LADIES, MISSES
AND CHILDREN,
In The City.
Youths wool suits worth
$ 1 ('.GO for (5.50.
Youths wool suits worth
§12.00 for 8.00.
Boys fall suits from $1.50
to $0.00.
Boys knee pants from] 35
cents up.
The bast unlauntlriea shirts
in the world for 50 cents.
We always do what we
promise. Try
considers Mr. Winn one of its most cited with at will, or supplied with
vduahlc members. | weapons, or anything else, so long as
The card of Summers, Morrison & j the !o: ls lcft llncnclos cd, is another,
Co., commission merchants, Chicago, j am * Vcr V striM, 8 rc3S011 why a lence
appears in to-day’s paper These j Sl1 ffieictu(>■ high to exclude too public,
gentlemen have received during ,| lc ; s h° ul A ,J c erected at the earliest prac-
past few years heavy shipments of
melons and pears from this section,
and they have given satisfaction,
which is enough to he said. The Times
Enteri’kisk is prepared to commend
Summers, Morrison A Co., to ship
pers,
ticable day.
Rev. Mr. McCook left on the 12:02
train for his home in Brunswick. Wc
are glad to learn that he was very
much pleased with his brief visit to
our town.
Fish Dying.
The private fish pond
Farm is almost totally dry, and him • j doubt,
dreds of fish have died. Yjr. Chastain
has taken great pains in stocking his
pond with fine varieties of fish, and
was succeeding splendidly, until the
recent drouth. It is a great pity that
that Messrs. McIntyre ami Alexander, I j ie losing them now in such quanti-
both ot whom made excellent repre- j ties, having successfully stocked
Miss Allots l’ittman will give the
graduating class of Young Female
College a party to-night after the
exerciser are over at the college.
Jersey j pleasant evening will he had,
Things are shaping up for the leg-;
islature in Thomas. Wc understand I
sentntives in the house uro willing to ],; a p uu ,i
go again. It is likely there will he ! ■».+.
other candidates. The whole matter Police Court.
will be settled by a democratic pri- i \r , ,, ,, .,
, , , , 1 Mayor pro-tern Fatten presided in
mary election, and then every demo-' ,i , , ,
J ’ ' j the police court yesterday morning.
J Several cases were on docket, lnit
crat will fall into hue.
132 Broad Street
Engineer F.C. Cross, of Freight No. j none were ready for trial and the
31, was severely httrf yesterday af- I charges against the offenders were
ternoou, by a stick of wood falling on I continued until next Friday, when
him from the tender, at mile post [ they will he investigated.
191. lie came on to the’eity and was -
taken to the Gulf House, where IJr. A Nice Sale.
Taylor, the company's surgeon, at- j E. M. Mallctte has sold the elegant
tendid him, hut on account of the j Burr house on Dawson street, to Geo.
pain he suffered, an examination I W. Henderson. Mr. Henderson is to
could not be made as to whether any j he congratulated upon the acquisitic
hones wore broken. The injured man j of such an attractiv
resides in Waycross. I home.
Thomasvilie’s people arc beginning
to read the Southwest Georgian, We
relieve they are neighborly and would
like to see the entire county do we
This is what ought to be between city
and country. Surely the prosperity of
any individual is so much toward build
ing up Southwest Georgia.—South
west Georgian.
Thomasville does feel a deep inter
est in the welfare, growth and pros-
perity, not only ot the county, but she
rejoices in the prosperity oi every town
in die county. We’re all in the same
boat, and the building up ot one sec
tion helps all the balance of the
county.
I >o not think of your faults; still
less ot others’ faults; in every person
who comes near you, look for wlmt
is good and strong; honor that; rejoice
in it; and, as you can, try to imitate it;
and convenient 5 and your faults will drop off like
Lad leaves, whon their time comes.
Items from theSouthwest Georgian
“Under the rotation it is Thomas
county's time to furnish the state
senator from this district. Col. Boh
Mitchell is prominently spoken ot
a candidate in this convention.
“Mr. F. M. Jones the census re
porter is on hand this week. 11c
a clever and obliging officer, ft
trnngc to sec how few people hav
mortgages on their farms. The
l nited States will he held accounta
ble for all of this lying.
“On Friday night, the 20th, of
this month, Cnpt. K. T. McLean, the
School commissioner for Thomas
county will address the people of
Cairo and vicinity oil the subject of
public schools. Mr. McLean is the
right man in the right place, and has
done more by his judicious manage
ment, for public education in the
country, than any oilier man. f.et
everybody come out to bear him on
the very important subject of edit
tion for the people.”
Wc venture the assertion, without
the fear of contradiction, that there
is not a more efficient, and a more
conscientious school commissioner
Georgia, than Kenneth McLean —Ed.
During tile American revolution an
English magazine published an esti
mate of the future population of the
North American colonies, Flaciu
the population then at 2,000,000, and
assuming that it would double itself
every twenty five years, the writer’es-
timated that in the year 1*90 the
number would have increased to
01,000,000. As a matter of fact, this
is near the present estimated popula
tion of the United States.
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU
AT
I!. Thomas JrV 1?6 Broad Street.
O.S.Bondurantl Voluntoor Observe r
Our line of Shoes
embraces the Best
Manufacturers in this
country, and every
pair of custom made
shoes is sold with a
guarantee.
Gentlemen in need
of a fine hand-sewed
shoe in any style, will
find the famous Wil
liam Kneeland & Co’s
shoe the cheapest and
most durable in this
country.
Our line of Ladies’
and Children’s low
cut shoes range from
75c a pair upwards*
We
at 7 <
ther Rulletin for tin
rlork I*. M., June :
P-
p. m.
7 _
Maximum Hariri hours..
Minimum “ 4 “
Rain-fall
Indication for lo
temporary.
shower stationary
In all lines of shoes
you will find our
stock superior to and
in this market, any
it will pay you to al
ways call and see us,
when in need of
toes.
The Old Reliable
CITY SHOE STORE
M:\T DOOR to LEW’S DRY goods
* norsK.
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Mitchell House Block.