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VO' THOMASVILLE, GEOIUHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE*2G, 1890. $5.00 PER ANNUM AT 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. The - Old - Reliable CITY SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU AT R. Thomas Jr’r 126 Broad Street. O.S.Bondurant Volunteer Observer Weather Bulletin for the ‘2 4 hours cuuing nt 7 o'clock I*. M., June 2*», 1800. Trmi’ebatchk. To the Fronts With the most complete line OF FOOT-WEAR, FOR MEN AND BOYS, LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN, 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. 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 upwardsi 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 7 a. ui p. in 7 p. m Maximum for 24 hours Minimum *• 11 “ Rain-lall Indication for fair, stationary temperature. 1 Mitchell House Block. NEXT DOOR TO I.KVY'3|I)RV GOOD ItOl'SE.