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VOL. II— KO. :i(i.
TtIOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 185)0,
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| LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
j The News of the Day Told
Brief—Personals, Etc.
THIS WEEK.
J. I\ King, of Detroit, o slnppirij
at the Gulf.
T. M.
One ease figured Lttwu at
8c per yard.
One ease light Calico at 5c
per yard.
10U dozen Ladies Collars
all styles and shapes at 10c.
CLOTHING REDUCED.
Nice Summer Coats for 50c.
Suits from 5.50 to IO.00 all
wool.
SHOES! SHOES!
New Lot Received.
Live eases Ladies Kid .But
ton Shoes we will sell for the
next 30 days for l.oo other
houses sell tor l.oo.
Smith, of Valdosta, was at
the Gulf yesterday.
C. M. Chase, of .Savannah, was
the city yesterday.
E L. Nixon, of South Carolina,
stopping at the Gulf.
~IIon. D. A. Fin lay sou, of Monti
cello, was in the city yesterday.
The Tournament of the Hussars,
July 4th, will bring a great crowd to
Thomasvillc.
Messrs C. R. .Shine, of Tallahassee,
and It. A. Shiue, of Albany, were in
the city yesterday.
A little work on .Jrckson street
beyond the railroad, would greatly
improve its looks.
15. I'. Colbert and daughter, of
fiuiubridge, were in the city yester-
day, guests of the Gulf.
II. D. Hawthorne is proprietor of
the Gulf House harbor shop. His
motto is neatuess, and dispatch.
Hein the ladies of the Hussars com
mittee, when they call on you. Thom
asville is proud of Iicr cavalry corps.
Our Willie Spitz is taking a vnea
lion at Suwannee Springs, Fla., hat
will return the last of the week. He
has been much benefitlcd by his trip
Hon. II. A. Connell, of Whigbam,
was in the city yesterday. He is as
enthusiastic as ever over the future
of his section. He reports good
crops.
STRAW
Mi
STRAW HATS!
Boys ittitl Misses at
almost any price.'
Look through our immense
stock.
.Summer is upon us and we
will sell you more Goods for
less money than any other
house.
l'6'J Broad Street.
It is just as well to romember that
there are sneak thieves in the city.
It is only the part of prudence to
keep an eye on your money drawers,
safes and hack doors.
Why is it that the farmers around
Thomnsville do not plant melons ?
Our soil suits the crop as well as any
in .South Georgia, and melons certain
ly make money move nt a time when
it is most needed.
This is the time of the year when a
man will meet you, and while mop
ping his brow with one hand, and
using a fan with the other, will ask
with a bland smile, “If it is warm
enough for you ?”
Capt. J. L. Finn leaves to-day for
New York City, and other points in
the Empire .State. lie will spend
several months there, returning in
time for the opening of the business
season,
Mr. 1\ ]}. Newman mid wife, nee
Miss Fannie Kveritt, formerly of this
city, and who have been on a visit to
friends and relatives here, left yester
day morning for their home Fnirvicw,
Texas.
The Cairo baseball club weie the
guests of their Thomnsville friends
last night. The exchange of visits
between the two tennis, is pleasant,
with just enough of rivalry to make
the games interesting.
The Times-Entekituse is in re
ceipt of a cordial invitation to attend
the commencement exercises of Leba
non Academy, near McDonald, the
nights of the 26th and 27th Inst.
This academy is under the charge of
Prof. J. B. Stewart.
The iollowing party from Monticel-
lo was in the city yesterday : Misses
S. Mills, N. Penick and C. Oakley.
They were accompanied by Messrs. C.
B. Oakley and Bobbie Johnson. They
stopped nt the Stuart.
Thomas county will miss the penr
crop this season or at least that much
of it that fell a victim to the cold in
March. It is possible, however, that
the part of a crop that will be market
ed will bring as much as the big crop
of last year did. All other kinds of
fruit are scarce this year, and the pears
will, therefore, bring high prices. <
A BIG INCREASE.
Shipments Compared with Last
Year.
The following figures, which are
official, either show that the melon
season this year is much earlier than
last, or that there have been nearly
four times ns many melons planted.
The following are figures fir 18HD,
and 1890 up to June gist. On June
21st of last year 50carloads of melons
were shipped. Up to that date the
total number of carloads melons
moved was 240. On June 21st of
this season, 177 carloads of melons
were shipped, and the total of this
season’s shippedjup to that date was
1009. The total number of ears
melons received in Evansville Ind.,
up to that date last year was .'5, and
this yenr 27S. These figures apply of
course to the melons moved by the
>S. F. Si W. Evansville Ind. has
the largest increase in the receipt of
melons of any Western city, and
of course, this can be attributed to the
notion ^of the exchange in making
that place the distributing point.
Melon Mention.
There are likely to be some rather
startlingdevelopments concerning the
tanding of several commission hous
es that have been selected ns the agents
of the syndicate, it is a misnomer to
call it uu exchange.
The president of the Melon Grow-
s Association, Capt. Geo. It. Mcltee,
has written a letter in which he uses
some exceedingly strong language
concerning at least one of the agents
of the syndicate. He does not hesi-
ite to say that he has conclusive
proof of rascality on the past of the
Partition of the Real Estate of
the Late S. Alex. Smith.
It is well known that the late Mr. S.
Alex. Smith had a large area of land
contiguous to town. It was in such
a shape that it was impossible to sell
it in a body, and so by consent of all
the heirs at law, five commissioners,
Messrs. T. U. Mitchell, S. G. McLen
don, K. M. Mellette, Joseph Jerger
and II. H. Sanford were selected
divide the land into six equal parts, to
be drawn for, afterwards, by the heirs.
These commisioners employed Mr.
W. II. Rogers, county surveyor, to
survey the land, and open streets
and make plots ot the same. Mr.
Rogers made a splendid job of it.
Yesterday the partition was made, and
the papers are now all signed up.
It would be impossible, unless we
were to give a diagram of the proper
ties, to mention the lots that were
drawn by the heirs, so as to give
idea of their location.
Mrs. S. J. Ca5sels drew the gin house
lot, the lot on the opposite side
Mansell street from it was drawn by
Mr. Achilles Smith. We mention
these lots because their location
well known.
The value of the lots is as nearly
equal as disinterested gentlemen could
make them, and all of the parties are
satisfied.
It is too early to say whether or not
any ot the lots will be put on the
market.
THE SAME OLD STORY.
Cairo Downs the Home Team.
Thomasville's team lias met defent
again. The score yesterdny afternoon
wns2.‘l to to 21 in favor of Cniro.
The visiting team was ns follows :
Williams, Mitchell, Sapp, Wight,
Griffin. Hudson, Glower and Hodden-
bery.
The home team was composed of
McDougald, Stuart, Butler Wnlthour,
Chisholm, Linn, Dekle and Smith.
Prof. Gleen, of Cairo, filled the
difficult position of umpire to the
entire satisfaction of both teams, and
as we take it, thia is about the only
time on record when such a thing
has been. The boys were fairly beat
en, and they take it with equanimi
ty.
The -
CITY
house referred to. The president of
the Association is in thorough sympa
thy with any effort to help the grow
ers secure good prices for their mel
ons, and lie recognizes,the good that
mild come from the exchange idea,
hut lie is pronounced in his opinion
lliut good cannot come, unless good
men arc to handle the crop at the
other end of the line.
The Times-Enthiii’iusk lias t-.ikcn
occasion several times to point out
what it considered to be mistakes that
were being made by the syndicate. Tt
has realized and still realizes the pro
portions of the undertaking the ex
change lias on its hands, and it has
called attention to these mistakes, in
order that they might be corrected in
time. ,
The melon business lias come to stay
in South Georgia, and if the syndi
cate should make even a partial fail
ure, this season, it will react disas
trously on the future of the industry.
The idea that is back of the syndi
cate is a good one, and if that idea
has any basis, it is that the profit of
melon growing comes from a proper
distribution of the crop.
Beginning at this end of the line,
growers must realize that it is a great
injury to the business to ship anything
hut good stock. Ship, therefore, only
good stock and distribute it properly,
giving each market what it can con
sume, and the future ot the melon in
dustry is as safe ns any in the coun
ty. ^ _
Mr. Frank Thomas will hereafter
he with Messrs. J. L. Beverly Si Bro.
These gentlemen will move their mill
te Ochlockonee in a few weeks, and
will also open a store there. Their
planer will]remain at its present loca
tion, Meigs, for some time yet. Mr.
Thomas has been with Sir. E. O.
Thompson a numbe. ol years, and is
thoroughly at home in a saw or pla
ning mill.
Rev. C. I. LaRoclie made a very
interesting talk to the Sunday School
classes of the Connecticut Industrial
school at their concert Sunday night.
The singing by the classes was partic
ularly enjoyable, and the close atten
tion given Mr. I.aRoche showed his
audience was interested in what he
was saying. His closing remarks to the
parents of the children present were
specially appropriate.
Not Altogether Pleased.
The Savannah Times had a rep
resentative with the party that went
to Montgomery last week. He was not
altogether pleased with the manner
in which Montgomery treated her
guests; lie complaius ol a want of at
tention, .-ays the hotels wanted to put
seven in a room at full rates ; that
the hall where the banquet was held
was miserably ventilated, and that
the capital city ought to come to .Sa
vannah to learn some points aboui
hospitality. I’art of the Thomasvillc
delegation had a royal time, of which
they speak in glowing times. They
were captured, and taken to tho new
brewery and held captives all day.
Their chains were made of the creamy
froi.li that rises on the beverage of
the Fatherland, and their only pun
ishment was the drinking of numerous
tankards
Sudden Death.
The TiMits-E.VTKiti'itisK had a short
notice yesterday morning, announcing
the sudden death of Mrs. Stuart Bob-
son. Mrs. Bobson was 55 years old,
and was a native of Baltimore. She
was the wife of Stuart Bobson, the
eminent comedian, and was a most
estimable lady. Sho leaves one
daughter, Airs. Crehoro, who is the
wife of a prominent Baltimore bank j
er. Mrs. Bobson died nt her summer I
home in Coliassct, Mass., and ns she
was in perfect health, her death was
altogether unexpected.
Up At Ochlockonee.
Sheriff Hurst and Coroner Johnson
were called up to Ochlockonee yester
day morning by a telegram, which
said there was a negro dead there.
They went up on the 8:30 train. The
telegram was not very explicit, and it
was impossible to gather from it, who
the negro was, or how lie had come
to his dentil. A Tr.mks-Extewrisr:
reporter was on the alert to catch
these officers when they returned in
the afternoon at 5:40.
Tin: Siiooti.nii Scrape.
Saturday afternoon a crowd collect
cd in the villnge, to see tire Ogden
Show ; about 8 or 9 o’clock, Henry
Williams, colored, was sitting on Mc
Millan’s store steps, eating a lunch.
Hardy Barwick, Martin Perry and
two Sigler boys pnssed him. Barwick
kicked the paper bag that held WilJ
lintns’lunch out of bis band, aud a
dispute followed,
Sonic hard words were passed and
a moment afterwards five pistol shots
rang out on the night oir.Tnd Wil
liams after staggering a few yards fell.
He lived till Monday.
The Inijukst.
Coroner Johnson impaneled a jury
yesterday morning, of which Mr. II.
M. Little was foreman; after having
all the evid:nce obtainable they render
ed the following verdict :—“we the
jurors sworn in the inquest held over
Henry Williams, colored, deceased find
that he came to his death by a pistol
shot in the hands of some party
unknown to this jury.
II. M. Little,
Foreman.
Such affairs ate very unfortunate
and are greatly to be deprecated.
All good citizens will hope that the
party that did the shooting may be
discovered and punished.
To the Front, 5
With the most complete line
OK
FOOT-WEAR,
FOR
MEN AND BOYS,
LADIES, MISSES
AND CHILDKEN,
In The City.
Our line of Shoes
embraces the Best
Manufacturers in this
country, and every
pair of custom made
shoes is sold with a
guarantee. - - -
The Work Done.
To-day at 11 o’clock Capt. Spald
ing Paine will finish taking the cen
sus of Thomasvillc. He lias been
very careful in his work, and the
probabilities are, that while other
cities are complaining that parts of
their population were missed Thom •
J asville will get credit for all the people
she has. Under his oath it will be
impossible for Capt. Paine to give
way his information, and so our peo
ple will have to wait for the returns
to he sent back from Washington.
The Summer Exodus.
Each returning year witnesses
steady increase in the number of
peoplo that go away from Thomas-
villc for the summer, to find health
or rccrealiou at the seashore, or
among the mountains. Our city lias
already been well represented at
Suwanne and White Sulphur Springs
Fin., at Tybee, St. Simon’s and Cum
berland. A little later others will
leave for more distant or more pre 1
tentious resorls. The Times-Extek-
prise cannot get away, but it be
speaks for these sojourners by sea aud
mountain, abundant health and a
pleasant return.
An Enthusiastic Meeting.
The ladies of the General commit
tee in charge of the Hussars festival
had an enthusiastic nucting at the
Library yesterday afternoon. The
festival will be held in the court
house, and all that have subscribed*
provisions are re quested to send them
in by nine o’clock the morning of the
4th. The ladies have taken hold of
the project with great enthusiasm
which ensures success. All of the
arrangements were perfected yester
day at the meeting, and they will he
given later.
Have You Been Counted.
As stated elsewhere, Capt. Paine
will finish the census enumeration to
day. If you have not been counted,
look him up and have your name ene
rolled and help Thomasville’s popula
tion. Do not neglect this important
matter, but attend to it this moroiug
SIGNAL SEKVIOE BUREAU
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OSBondurant Volunteer Observer
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at 7 o’clock I’. M., June J1, 1890.
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Our line of Ladies’
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you will find our
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