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:*A;; JHf you. 11—no. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MOllNJNG, JUNE 24, 1890. $5.00 PER ANNUM A_T THIS WEEK. at 5 C Ouo case figured Lawn 3o per yard. One case light Calico at per yard. LOU dozen Ladies 'Collars all styles and shapes at 10c. CLOTHING REDUCED. Nice Summer Coats lor 50c. Suits from 3.50 to 10.oo all wool. SHOES! SHOES! New Lot Received. Five tmses Ladies Kid Hut ton Shoes we will sell for the next 30 days tor l.oo ether houses sell tor l.oo. STRAW STRAW HATS! Mens, Hoys and Misses at almost any price. L >ok through our immense stock. Summer is upon us and we will sell you more Goods for less money than any other house. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The News of the Day Told in Brief -Personals, Etc. \V. C. Itcefo, of New York, i# at the W'liiddoii. Miss C. E. White, of Atlanta, is a guest of the Gulf. Master Johnnie I'ittnian It ft yester day for a visit to Valdosta. J. \\ r . Morris, of the Atlantic Coast Line, was in the city yesterday. Mr. A. W. Moller, lias photograph ed the Thoinasville string brand. Mr. Joe Ball left yesterday for a few day’s visit to St. Simon’s Island. H. West, and J. M. Henry, of Monticello, spent Sunday at the Whid- dou. Mr. J. L. Conoley, of McDonald was in town yesterday, a guest of the Stuart. __ _ Mr. Joe Love is spending a week or two visiting Brunswick and Cumber land Island. Miss Lela Ellis, of Valdosta is visit ing tee family of Mr. Joshua Carrol on Warren street. Mrs. T. J. Barrow, of Boston is visiting the tamily of l)r. J, T. Culpcp per on Remington Avenue. Mi. Robert Bearden and wife, of Moultrie, were in town yesterday. They arc always welcome. Mr. Sam Mallard has left for St. Simon’s to join his family. He will spend a few days on the island. Mr.W. A Pringle and daughter Bessie left yesterday morning for llrnnswick and adjacent islands. Messrs B. C. Adams, W. M, Me Elvay and S. J. Burney, of Dawson, stopped at the Stuart yesterday. During the past week the [Stuart has the record of Imviug entertained one hundred and eighteen drummors The Guess Jar and the chances at the gold watch close to-day at 12 o’clock. Do not wait till it is too late. Mr. C. T. Stuart received tlio sail intelligcuce yesterday of the sudden death of his sister-in-law Mr* Stuart Robson. Mr. Harry l.cvick returned yester day from a visit to bis old home in Europe. He was glad to get back home again. The following party from Bain- bridge, was at tho Gulf Sunday. Messrs J. E. Reynolds, W. E. McGill, J. E. Wooten and A. II. Russell. 13:5 Broad Street. Mr. Jack Wright, who has been visiting his parents in the city for a few diys, I ;ft yesterday lor points on the Georgia Southern and Florida Ry. The excursion train of eleven coaches left here yesterday ino.niug about (1 o’clock for Hruuswick. About four hundred colored people from here went. 1 \yo melon trains were locked up on the sidetracks here Saturday night, because the conductors on them re fused to carry them farther. The trains moved off Sunday night. Mnj. C. A. Withers, of H. II. Mil ler & Co., commission merchants, Cincinnati, went up on the Albany division yesterday. Maj. W. is a Georgian, aud his house holds au en viable reputation amnog the business men of the “Queeu City.” The First Tourney. The Hussars held their first prac tice tourney in Paradise Park yester day afternoon, Tlioy found knock- iug heads of! posts, catching rings aud such other feats, quite diflorent from marching by command, but judging from the beginning, they will ere long become experts in the art of cut ting off heads, while at full run, with their sabres. They wiil pracfice fre*, quently betweeu now and the Uh. Tho greatest trciddo now is to get the i horses in good training. “Fun Among the Railroads.’’ The Timks-Enterpkise is in re ceipt of a letter from Mr. .). A. Sams general southern agent of the ‘ Fast Freight Route,” via Nashville Tenn, The letter was brought out by article that appeared in those columns the 19th inst., which will doubtless be remembered by oor readers. Replying to a paragraph in said article which read as follows: “It cannot be said that any one line has made better preparation, or lias worked harder to give shippers better advantages or lower rates.” Mr. Sams says: “The Nashville Route, season of 1^80, lmd 1000 ventilated fruit cais, and having built 1200 since, has over 2000 clegaut ventilated fruit cars, which they are trying to furnish the melon growers to use, as they can go to any and all points north and west, without transfer or delay, aud as cars will be badly needed this season nnd as the Nashville route is practically the only one west or north of the state of Georgia that has fur nished any ventilated cars for the melon shippers of Georgia, aud as other western lines liavo furnished very few if any at all, and practically have none to furnish, I think the Nashville route in the matter of cars will be of some assistance to shippers. In the matter of rates, I have been fortunate enough to secure to some 50 cities in the northwest lower rates than shippers would have been fur nished were it not for my efforts. In the way of lower rates aud ears, the Nashville Route nnd its agents have been of more assistance this year to melon growers than all the rest of the Western lines put together." It will bo seen that Mr. Sams is not at all modest in claiming advan tages for his route. To those familiar with the Nns'li- ville Route, and with the energy .Mr. Sams has shown in working for his line, it is unnecessary to say that shippers in Georgia and Florida, fully appreciates the merits of the line and the efforts of Mr. Sams. We are incliucd to think, however, that Mr. Sams has drawn the picture n hit too strong, and we arc sure some of the other lines pointing westward will join issue with him sharply. Rut with this wc have nothing to do. Ml that the Timks-Entkki'RIsk contends for is that all lines that come into the melon licit lie given an equal chance at the business. If this is not done the roads cut oil from the business will retire from the field, and with all Mr. Sam’s interest in the shippers, nnd we arc not disposed to underestimate it in the least, we doubt if lie would work as hard for the ship pers, if lie hail a monopoly of the business. The Mail Service West. The department nas not yet put on mail.semce for allpoints west ofTliom- asville, on trains 5 and 6, leaving and arriving at Thomasvdle, at 7:20 a. 111. and 5:55 p. m. As soon, however, as the service is put on the Alabama Midland, it lias been ordered on July 1 st, it is supposed that route agents will make the run to and from Bain- bridge and, perhaps, to and from Montgomery. In the meantime post master Smith has been instructed to make up a special pouch for Bain- bridge on the morning train. This will be a great convenience to our business men, as it will enable them to hear from their liainbridge correspon dents the same day letters leave here. Fun Arnongthc Melon Solicitors. It need not he supposed that the railroad solicitors are having all tho fun to themselves, or that they are alone in consider failing to secure what they fair proportion of the Imsi- i lie r 1 - I -;: .solicitors or more prop erly siK-aking the representatives of commi-sion houses, nnd in some eases the buyer:-, that arc operating outside the exchange, arc coming in for a share of fun, if so it may he called. The T:mi:*-Entei:it.ish would like to see flic exchange a success; above above ail ii would like to see the melon growers make money, and as there area number of growers that have not seen lit to co-operate with the exchange, either by sale or consignment, it believes a fair field for the independent buyers to ho one of the methods by which the most satisfactory results can bo attained. These buyers came down here, aud are willing to pay tlicir good money for melons, and they ought to be allowed to do so, provided they find parties willing to sell. A proscriptive poiiey is not the way to make melon growing a success. For years the growers have asked that buyers come down and pay for the melons on the track, and thereby relieve them from all risks attendant on shipping. Granting that it would be better for all tlio growers to go in to the syndicate, inasmuch as they have not, it is at least fair to allow them to sell to men that are willing to boy, and. certainly fair to allow the men that Lave come to purchase, to do? So in peace. .ust Saturday, the representative of T. II. Kepner & Co., of Baltimore, was negotiating for the purchase ot a jar ot melons on the Albany division, vlien a representative of the Ex change threatened to. throw enough melons on the Baltimore market to break it duwn.dr the purchase and shipment of tlio ear in question was made. . 1 / it dues not require a great of busi ness foresight to see that it will require very earefiiL mai^etticut to make the exchanged sluices.*, and it is bad poli cy to make any antagonisms, that can he avoided. Already title impression lias gone oat that the exchange is disposal to he dictatorial in its nietlt- and it is certain that some of the transportation eoiiquinics and a great many of the commission men arc in clined to think they have not been treated fairly. Some of tiie commission men thus dissatisfied,. are veterans tbut have worked lmne-tly and faithfully to Iniild it trade idr melons, very often in the face of shipments out ot alt pro- Meeting of Stewards. The regular monthly mectiDg of tiie Bonrd of Stewards of the Metho dist Church, will he held this evening at 8 o’clock, in the pastor’s study. A full attendance is desired. G. G. N. McDoxF.r.r., 1’nstor. Mr. C. II. Norris, representing the well known commission house, T. H. Kepner & Co , Baltimore, is on the line of our road, buying melons. There is 110 house in the “monumen tal city” better or more favorably known than Kepner it Co. Mason’Maddened. CrricAoo, June 21.—The republi cans of the Third Illiuois district to day renominated William E. Mason to congress. After he had been nom iuated. Mr. Mason was brought into the convention hall and made aspeech on national issues. Among other things he said: We are not going to wave the bloody shirt, but when they stand in Richmond and decorate the statue of the father of their country with the rebel flag, I say that the man who docs it is as much a traitor as any rebel was thirty years ago. The man who played smart in thus over doing the confederate flag racket at Richmond, may have meant well hut he locked common sense, on all public nccasions there is some one ambitious of making a fool of himself. This man appears to have succeeded most admirably. Let usliojic that he will, whoever lie may be retire on his laurels and recognized length of his ears. The Federal Elections Bill. The federal elections hill is most convincing evidence of the despera tion of the republican party lenders. They have abandoned all hope of car rying the next house except by force and fraud. They are not satisfied with expelling southern congressmen from the scats to which they were fairly elected, hut now they have de termined by means of a force bill to control elections in the south. By fiaudulents returns from enough southern districts the republicans in tend, if possible, to control the next house. The force bill ii conclusive testimo- my. It shows the desperation of the republican party.—Chronicle, Au gusta. There is a baic possibility that the iniquitous measure will be defeated in the senate. iMiiau ls oi their mar- transportation lines • have eati.-j lor coiu- > been in the field for ml others that have me prepared to offer any lines bidding porti"!i to tli" kc-ts. S.un • of t that think th plaint, Lave ... ■ - many years, at just entire.: k ; as good facilities for tile frail . it i- not the province of the Times- Knii:i:!' 1:1-1: 10 light any effort that is being made, or that may hereafter lit: made to benefit tiie melon growers of Ninth Georgia, hut is its province to sec. as lays in its, power, that all men have a fair showing,at what they have a right to ask for. Has The ('air. 1 fay and will play a Ball To-day. line will come over to- A Field Full. A correspondent of the News credits the following gentlemen as having been mentioned in connection with legislative honors from Thomas county: A. T. Meloutyrc, Jr., Robb Alex- Miss Mary Laurie left yesterday auder, 8. ti. McLendon, A. It. Jones, noon for Philadelphia, where she will N. It. Spongier, \V. B. Hambleton, j S , JCIU ] t ; lc su -,., m cr- Miss Laurie was Nat luruer, .1. A. l ope and A. \\. . , , , , , , . r 1 m charge of the music department of ame witii ti e South Georgia College nine on the campus till- afternoon at .’J o’clock. Go out and sec the game, as the home niuc are under contract to do the visitors up. World’s Fair Commissioners. Washington, June 21.—President to-day appointed the following com missioncrs-at-largc to the world’s fair at Chicago: Gorton W. Allen of New York in place of Edward II. Am midower,declined; William Lindsay of Kentucky in place of Samuel M. In man of Georgia, declined, with Pat rick Walsh of Georgia as alternate. Brazil’s Fever. WASitington, June 21.—The marine hospital bureau is informed that a yel low fever ship from Rio dc Janeiro is detained at the Delaware breakwater quarantine for fumigation, etc. Three deaths occurred on the vessel on her bust voyage, but there nrc no eases on her ut present. Ilarrisoh hedges, He says he didn’t intend to say that if the free coinage bill was passed, he would not be a candidate for re-election. He now formally notifies the gang that he will be one of ’em in 1S02. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU — -AT K. Thomas irY 126 Broad Stmt. C.S.Bondurant Volunteer Observer Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours enuing at 7 o’clock 1*. M. t June 23,181)0. Tkmpekatcre. Iv & The corrcs|K>ndcnt forgot to meti- tho .South Georgia College during the tion Prof. A. (J. Moody, who is, as ! term ! ust ‘- io :ed and her management yet, the only pronounced candidate in ] ami instruction of her pupils gave f the field. 1 universal satisfaction. 1 a. in 2 I*, m 7 ]>. m Maximum fur 24 hour.-* Minimum “ “ “ Rain-fall indication for Iij;lit showers, Matin temperature. The-Old-Reliable CITY To the Front, With the most complete line OF FOOT-WEAR, FOR MEN AND BOYS, LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN, In The City. Our line of Bhoes> 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, ill 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. In all lines of shoes you will find our stock superior to any in this market, and it will pay you to al ways call and see us, when in need of shoes. The Old Reliable CITY SHOE STORE •NEXT DOOR TO. I,KVY'S|DRY GOOD IIOr.SE! Mitchell House Block.