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THOMASVILLE, GEOIUHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE*2G, 1890.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of the Day Told in
Brief—Personals, Etc.
at
THIS WEEK.
One case figured Lawn
:k per yard.
One case light Calico at
per yard.
10u dozen Ladies 'Collars
all styles and shapes at 10c.
CLOTHING REDUCED.
Nice Summer Coats for 50c.
Suits from 5.50 to 10.oo
wool.
SHOES! SHOES!
New Lot Received.
Five cases Ladies Rid But
ton Shoes we will sell for the
next 50 days for l.oo other
houses sell for l.oo.
II. <. I* iekett, i.f American
the city.
(J. B. Townsend was in town yes
terday.
I). A. Shaw, of Quincy, Fin , is at
tho Stuart.
,1. L. Conoley, of McDonald, was
in town yesterday.
Ed McDonald, of Cuthbcrt, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr. K. B. Whiddon is still loading
melons at the depot.
Dr. M. It. Mallctte, of Boston, wrs
jo 111 town yesterday.
Mr. P. G. Blalock, of Mad’sonville,
Fla., is stopping nt the Gulf.
Mr. Henry West, of Monticello,
was at the Whiddon yesterday.
II. B. Young, of Valdosta, was iu
the city yesterday at the Stuart,
H. H. Tift, a prominent citizen of
Tilton, was in the city yesterday.
F. H. Chase, of Minneapolis, Minn ,
is among the strangers at the Gulf.
The pear shipping wiil soon com
merce, and it is proper to say that it
will soon be over.
Mrs. Geo. W. Henderson has gone
to Atlantic City, N. J.. where she will
spend the summer.
A special watermelon train passed
through yesterday, collecting up the
cars along the line.
Mr. M. V. Mahoney, of the E. T.
V. & G. By., is in the city looking
after melon shipments.
New Potatoes—first of the season at
T. J. Ball & Bros. They were grown
by “Primus” Vnrucdoe.
The showers every day cool the at
mosphcrc considerably, but still the
mercury mounts up every day.
A loaded box car ran off the track
at the depot Tuesday afternoon, and
was not got on again until yesterday.
The St. Thomas Church Guild Fes
tival at Ball’s old store this evening,
from 5 o’clock through the evening.
T. A. Clayton, of Albany, adjutnnt
7th Georgia Batallion, was in the city
yesterday, representing the Central
%-
It you ask a farmer in this section
who he wants to represent him in the
state senate, lie w’’l tell you quick,
Col. R. G. Mitche”.
all
STRAW HATS!
STRAW HATS!
Mens, Bovs and Misses at,
almost any price*
Look through our immense
stock.
Summer is upon ns and we
will sell you more Goods for
less money than any other
house.
Cupt. J. L. Finn lell yesterday
for New York. He wi’l spend a few
days at Tybee, anil then take a
steamer for the great metropolis.
H. Roberts, of McDonald, who
attended the South Georgia College
here dving the pr :t reason, lias re
turned home to spend the vacation.
You can go to Pablo Beach and
return for 83.20. Ticke*; w‘’l he
| placed on sale for Priday night’s tram
and Saturday trains, good to return
through Monday.
Ice cream and ice cold sherbet are
very grateful this warm weather.
The ladies of S„. Thomas Church
Guild will serve you this evening at
Ball’s old store.
About Our Post Office.
The following dispatch appeared
iu Tuesday afternoon’s Savanuah
Times.
“Disgusted Republicans nt Tliomas-
villc have.iuade charges against, Post
master Smith, who refused to place a
negro in his office. Ilis bondsmen
a.ie worth 8300,000 and it was un
derstood that he should not he ham
pered. Pcklc, who was iu the posl-
olficc with Smith, is after the office,
and the charges made against Smith
are being investigated. Inspector
Carnes made an investigation a few
months ago, and his report was un
favorable to Smith. Charges have
been made against Carnes which, if
proven, will lose him his scalp.”
A Times-Entekpkisk reporter in
terviewed Postmaster Smith yesterday
on the telegram quoted above, and
front him learned the following par
ticulars
Early in the year Mr. Smith np
plied to the department at Washing
ton for additional pay to employ
clerical help in the office, and asked
that ail inspector he sent down to
investigate the business of the office,
as such investigation, in Mr. Smith’s
opinion would substantiate In's claim
that additional help was neccssaiy in
order that the public might have a
satisfactoiy set vice.
Inspector Carnes was sent down
by the dcparnient, and when he nr
rived Mr. Smith turned over the
office to him, and gave him all the
assistance n< rded iu making his in
vestigation.
It seems, however, that Mr. Ca'-iit-s
was not satisfied with the means of
information obtainable from the hooks
of the office, and prominent business
men of the city, hut attended a caucus
of colored republican held in San
Souci saloon on Jtekson street. Tak
ing his cue from the expressions of
thg disgruntled, there assembled, he
made n report unfavorable to Mr.
Smith. It is this report that is being
investigated at Washington. It
seems that some whisperings of the
unique methods employed by inspec
tor Carnes reached Washington, and
lie in turn is being investigated, and
the indications are, that he may lose
his official head.
It is but the barest justice to Mr.
Smith to say that he has materially
increased the revenue of the office
sictic it lias been in his charge, and
that he has given Thomnsville better
mail facilities than she ever hud be
fore.
District Conference. •
The S. F. & W. Railroad wIM sell
round trip tickets to delegates attend
ing the District Conference nt Blake
ly, for one fare, good until July fith
An Albino Quail.
There wrs on exhibition nt the Stu
art House yesterday, an albina quail
that was pure white except a few brown
spots on the hack. The curiosity be
longed to a drummer, and attracted
a great dee' of attention.
Excursion to Pablo.
Excursion tickets to Pablo Beach
Florida, will he sold on the cvcniug
train of to-morrow and all trains of
Saturday, good to return t'll Monday,
June 30th, from this place at 83.20,
and correspondingly low rati : from
all adjacent points. Pablo ; s a delight
fill place to v’sit, aud the cheap rates
ought to draw a large crowd.
Festival this Evening.
The ladies of St. Thomas Church
Guild will dispense icc cream sherbet
and cake this evening at the store for
merly occusied by T. J. Ball & Bro.,
for the benefit of the church. The
festival ‘ will open at 5 o’clock, and
continue through the evening. Call
round and be seized by the ladies and
aid the good cause.
Try Again.
Another challenge will probably
be jir'sed between the Ca> r o and
Thomasvi' , c teams vety soon. The
Thomasville boy, are nor yet satisfied
or convinced with thc : - two defeats,
aud the young men that represent
Cairo arc so confident of tlieb- ability
to do up our team again, that they
offer to back their judgment, and they
will find plenty of takers
Hard Wind.
There wn a hard wind storm that
came with the rain yestovday after
noon, a little before 2 o’clock. It is
feared that the wind blew off a great
many pears, rml the orchards were
sufficiently bare, of them before.
Lightning strur.k one of the telegraph
poles in the depot yard, and tire report
caused the teams gathered there to
meet the mail train, to scatter.
1'6'J, Broad Street.
It is too late to mourn over it now,
hut yon may have missed gettiug that
gold watch by failiug to put in your
guess in time. At any rate, you fail
ed to help the Hussars.
The conductors, eugineers and tram
men of the S. F. & W. Ry., arc hav
ing a hard lime just now, and so aro
the telegraph operators and agents,
on account of the heavy shipments of
melons. The crop seems, notwith
standing its volume and early move
ment, to have been moved with more
despatch than heretofore. Mr. A, A.
Avcilho, assistant superintendent, is
devoting his whole time to the busi
ness, with headquarters at Valdosta.
The Other Side.
We give place in another column
this morning to an article clipped
from the Fruit Trade Journal, ofXew
York. It will he seen by rcfereucc
to it, that the Journal, which is the
organ of the commission men, is not
very favorably inclined toward the
syndicate. This was to he expected,
! and does not argue that the syndicate
is wrong in its motive or methods
It shows, however, tlmt what the
Timeh-Enterprise has already said
of the mistake that was made in con
fining the shipments in any one mar
ket, to any one or two houses.
The Journal says that the agent of
the syndicate iu New York offered a
car of melons for 8200 grogs, and that
it had a depressing effect on the mar
ket.
If this was done it was a grave
mistake.
The syndicate is just now the most
important matter before the people
of South Georgia, aud we shall en
deavor to keep our readers fu'ly
posted as to its movements.
A Great Strike.
The freight conductors and train
men on the Chicago division of the
Illinois Centra’ railroad arc on. a
strike, and freight and passenger
trains arc blocked. It is likely that
the strike w"l have some effect -on
melon shipments to Chicago, as the
road was carrying a large proportion
of the shipments for thnt market. Tho
most serious results that could hap
pen, however, would he the sending
of melons by some other route Into
Chicngn.
The Military Display.
The Albany Guards and the Val
dosta Yidettes, have been invited to
take part in the cannonading here, on
the 4th of July. The cannon will
probably be secured from Albany.
With the Albany Guards, the Vi-
dettes, f if they occept the cordial in
vitation extended to them,) the | candidate for the Fifty-second Con-
Shall we Have a Battalion En
campment Next Fall ?
Thomas; lie can almost. ecrt -,: uly
have the 7tli Georgia Battalion to go
into encampment next fa". Col.
Wight, of the Battalion, ! s wi ,,! ng to
Gave the encampment : n our city,
and other officorj of the command
would he agreeable. It would he a
splendid scheme to have the encamp
ment at the time of the stock Associa
tion Fa-- is held. Thomasville
would do her part by the citizen sol
diers. Let up have tho encampment.
The Congressional Convention.
The executive, committee of the
ir.d congressional district met in Al
bany Tuesday. As will be seen from
the tall published t clow the nomina
ting convention will meet in Albany
July 31st at 12 o'clock,
CONGRESSIONAL EXECUTIVE CONVEN
TION OK THE SECOND DISTRICT. ’
By direction of the Executive Com
mittee a convention otthe Democratic
party of the Second Congressional
District is called to meet in Albany,
Ga , at 12 o’clock M., Thursday, the
31st day of July next, to nominate
Guards, the Hussars, the Cadets, and
a detachment of artillery’, quite a mil- j
jtary display will he made. A big |
crowd, and a fine time may be ex- ,
pected. 1
gress. Each county will be entitled
to twice the nrimber of delegates it is
entitled toroemtx rs ot the Legislature.
W.M. I). Kiddoo,
Chairman Ex, Com.
June 24th,, 181/0.
The Watermelon Trust, pr Syn
dicate.
As was reported some few weeks
ago, a syndicate or trust was formed
at Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose of
controlling the shipments of melons.
That they have so far been unsuccess
ful is very evident, ns the commission
merchants have advices of large ship
ments. The first attempt made by
this syndicate was early in the week,
when a representative offered a load
of 1200 melons for 8200 in the New
York market which caused a tempo
rary break in prices. This was evi
dently done to affect the home mar
ket, and the grower be thus induced
to patt with h : s crop at a low figure,
Fortunately the melous in the bauds
of the commission merchants were
held with some firmness, and the
scheme of this concern was frustrated
These little tactics on the part of cor
porations pretending lo control or mo
nopolize on industry, which, if sue
cessful, would do great injury
growers and shippers, should be
watched by those interested ; and in
the meantime we would say ship only
to commission houses which arc relia
ble, and have established a trade for
your goods, and you will bo safe.—
New York Fruit Trade Jocnal.
An Officer Was Needed
It is earnestly hoped that when
another game of base ball is played
here, a policeman] will be on the
ground the preserve order among the
mall boys It is an undoubted, but
sad reality that Thomasville has a lot
of rough hoys, and at the match
game Tuesday afternoon, they tnxed
the patience of every one by their
misconduct, such as hiding the
visiting team’s suits, throwing sticks
aud rocks at tho players, aud guying
each, and every one without consul
oration that the players were for the
time our guests.
It is Out.
We mean the new and attractive ad
of Messrs. I,. Steyerman & Bro
Their store is like a bee hive and
eager customers are ready to gather
the honey of the bargains to be found
there. An early visit, before the
cream is gone, will pay you. The
whole corps of courteous clerks stands
ready to serve you, and they will
make your vtsit at least a pleasant one,
perhaps a, profitable one.
Mr. Joe Drcycr left yesterday for
Pelham, where lie will take a position
with J. L. Hand, the melon king, ns
secretary and stenographer during the
melon season. Joe is a good one.
Bear in mind the Hussars festivnl
it the court House Friday, July 4th.
The lady friends ot tho Hussars will
sorre seasonable rc.'.-eshments from
some time in the forenoon till late nt
Private C. S. Bondurant returned
yesterday from Augusta. He went
with the Guards, hut stopped over to
visit relatives for a few days. The
boys ore glad to see him back again,
as they were getting uneasy over his
long absence.
The lightning played queer pranks
at the depot yesterday. Besides
striking the pole and knocking down
the horses attached to the .Stuart aud
Whiddon busses, a large hole was
knocked in the passenger depot build-
The electric holts caused by the
lightning took complete possession of
the telegraph office for great balls of
electricity were rolling all around.
It is strange that some one was not
hurt.
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