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II —NO. -19. TIIOMASVILLE, GEOBGG\, SATUBDAY MOBNING, JUNE 28, 1890, $5.00 PER ANNUM / ,<mi» i'eil Want At lieil. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Pic Nic at Barnett’s Creek. I Several of the surrounding Sunday The News of the Day Told in j schools joined in a union pic nic at Brief—Personals, Etc. Harnett’s Crock Church, yesterday. | The g 'oil people of the several cotn- .: 11»| > 11c■ Dr in tin .'di-teal e, was Ladies Underwear. A Fall Line Just Received lollll IIitlillH •it y yesterday. Hob Thompson, ear inspector lit Ilivor Junction, was in town yester day. Mr. John West returned yesterday from a few days visit to St. Simon’s Island. -AT— LOHNSTEIN’S Several scholars of the Connecticut Industrial School, left for their homes at other poiuts yesterday. Repairs are being made on the cistern on Ilroad street, between Fletcher and Jackson streets. Miss Odessa Morris returned yester day from Atlanta, where she has been attending school for several months. Yariiiuastcr Parker, of Jesup, has been sent here to take charge of the railroq^I yard during the melon sea- SKIRTS, GOWNS, Soda water fountains arc about the most popular things in town, and palm leaf fans come in for a share of favor. Are you going to I’ablo to-day? It would lie a very pleasant trip, and the rate, So.20 for the round trip, is very low. Mr. W. M. Reese and little daugh ter, Miss Bessie, loft yesterday morn ing for Americas for a short visit to friends and relatives. ‘ Thomasville’s Postmaster appears to be a white man and a white man’s man. Hurrah for Smith say we.”— Bainbridgc Democrat. them all. No Messrs. Willis Singletary, By ron Alderman and Isaac Alderman, Hou. Tom MacIntyre Jr w has re- tlu; writcr is i,ulel,tcd for tl,e nrrau g e ‘ turned from a *isit to Colquitt court* of the program, and other cour- CHEMISES Etc. If If! MONEY than ran buy tint goods and make them. LADIES Are respectfully invited to in spect these Goods. Satisfaction Guaranteed AT ty, where he went on business con nccted with the G. S. <6 F, Ry. A party will leave here for St. Theresa on July, 8th,to be gone about ten days. They go to St. Marks and take steamer there for Bt. Theresa The general opinion is that only a few pears were blown off by tbe wind Wednesday. This is a source of grat isficatiou to the growers, and of profit as well. Remember the Tournament of the Hussars the afteruoon of July 4th. A good crowd will be in the city, mid the gallant corps will reap both pres tige andjieiicfif A visit to the variety works will show you that there is plenty of work on baud in its line. Tbe merry hum of the machinery there is an excellent antidote against the blues. No. 7 was over an hour late yester day, caused by six trains being block ed up at Bostou. Freight 4.5 which came in a minute or two abend ef the passenger, had 50 or more box cais. All excursion train passed through the city yesterday, enroutefrom Bain bridgc to Valdosta. Quite a crowd of colored excursionists were on hoard, and they were joined here by quite a number more. niunitic.-s sent fine delegations of fath ers and mothers, and the children were there ready to do full justice to the delights of the day. The writer, in company with him self, after vainly endeavoring to get a companion for the trip, started out for the pic nic. I)r. Bouchcllc and Mr. Steve Cook soon overtook him on the road, hound for the same destination. After drinking a cooling draught Closing Week. The exercises of the closing week of the Industrial School were pleasing and varied. Rev. C. I. LaRoche made a very interesting talk to the Sunday School classes at their concert on Sunday night. .The singing by the classes, led by Miss Goodwin was particularly enjoy able, and ihe close attention given Mr. LaRoche showed his audience was interested in what he was say' ing. His closing remarks to the parents of the children present were specially appropriate. . . The entertainment by the inter- of the waters of the spring near t le mcd j ate gradcs on Wednesday even churcu, the invitation was extended ing was wel| attcnded- A broom tor all presnt to assemble for singing dri| , by , 2 gir|s> conduc , ed by Miss an l s P eaki "S’ I Weld, was one ol the features of the The service of soug was the delight- | even j ng The changes in the movements dur ing the march showed careful training A number made declamations, and . . recitations, and all grades were repre- speaker of the morning, prevents any | sen , cd (he sjnging The final programme was carried fill features of the morning services. The songs were well selected, beau tiful uiidjrere well sung. The writer’s intimacy with the | remarks, good, had or indifferent, as lie lias a regard for his feelings. His name was John Smith ft is customary to praise pic nic dinners, and there arc plenty of ste reotyped phrases coined for such occa sions. But the goed cheer spread out your hungry correspondent L hureh o(rered tIle say that he never oares to feast ou more toothsome viands. This voices the sentiment of the crowd. The ladies and gentlemen of the out Thursday evening at the colored Baptist church on Madison St. The crowded house bore witness to the interest of patrons and Iriends in the school. Rev. S. S. Broadnax, pastor of the ' ---1 church onerea the opening prayer who left Ins home breakfustlcss, would I ., ,, „ , c . , ’ I /a the close of the exercises several use more fitting terms. He can only I „»„ . • • , , , u ^ t ° r. i J I ministers spoke encouragsngly to teachers and pupils. This has been a most prosperous school year. , , . Tlitre has been a full attendance communities represented, deserve spe-1, , , , , , ? ’ ‘ both of day and hoarding pupils, cial mention, hut we cannot name . . , „ . . , ■The total enrollment ot hoarding girls for the year was filly. The next session begins 1 early in October. Will Not Serve. The Times Enterprise regrets to learn that Col. A. P. Wright, who lias been chairman of the Democrat ic Executive committee of the county tesies. Having to leave soon after dinner, the speech of the evening was missed. 1 know that tiic crowd was highly on- fettained, for Dr. Bouchcllc is an en tertaining- speaker. He talked to the M or ^’e past Hi years, will not serve little >olks, and he can always catch I * on S 01 ’ *» that capacity. The mass their attention. I meeting called to meet in this city, The pie nic at Barnett's crock was! July 12th will elect a new committee, one of the pleasant occasions of my I a *id Col. Wright will not allow his lif„ J, L. II. | name to he used. Sixteen years is a long time and, am! in this instance Melon Movements. I j t carries one hack to the dnrk days Melons are moving. If you have | 0 f reconstruction, and there comes up pictures of the struggles the party lepot in this city any time lute in the I mn( ] e to redeem the county from afternoon, and watch the long trains | negr() domination, of cars loaded with the luscious Kolb Gems. The - Old - Reliable CITY A CARD. Capt. John Triplett ; You were kind enough some time since, to sav that I was willing to serve the |icoplc again as a member of the lower House of the Legislature, This is a mistake. It has lieeu my ambition for years, to secure competitive rates for Thom- asville and Thomas county. I thought that I could better serve this object by being in the legislature. With the present status of the roads leading in this direction, I can be of more service to my people here at home, than elsewhere. Withlthe consiousness that during I With the mostjcomplete line my term in the legislature, nothing 1 was left undone or untried, ou my part, to protect the interests of the people of Thomas county, and with thanks to those friends who have as sured me of their support again, I respectfully decline to enter the race, I and subscribe, myself, Very Truly Ac., A. T. McIntyre, Jr. To ihe Front, Mayor’s Reception. Mayor-pro-tem Patten did not have a large attendance yesterday tnorn- iug at the mayor’s reception. The following were invited guests, and were given a warm reception. Robert 'Smith, an express driver, was found guilty of disorderly con duct, and was asked to prance up $3, which he did. Lillie Tankcrsley and Sallie Bur ney were fined S2 and costs each for quarreling. The case against Mac Montgomery continued. FOOT-WEAR, I-'OK MEN AND BOYS, LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN In The’Clty. Our line of Shoes embraces the Best Manufacturers in this James Norris, a stranger here, who country, and every is a cripple was up for getting drunk. pair of cugt()m made He was released on Ins promise to I*, . leave town immediately. | SllOCS is SOld with. a guarantee. To The Conference. The delegates to the District Con vention at Blakely, left yesterday. Those who went from here, were Rev. Mr. McDonell, Miss Bessie Herring, Messrs. G. \V. Herring. Robert Dc- kle, Robert R. Evans and Rev. Mr. Ryder. Among the other delegates to pass throught enroutc were Rev. Mr. Stuart and E. *• famous wu- expect to return home the early part of next week. negro domination. Through all those years Col. Wright has served the party and the county faithfully; W.crday afternoon melon trams lie has beeu conservative and prudent, were parked on the Monticello track | au j Ule S(||i(1 front thc party ha , prc _ s’nted, the absence of independentism, V'Vj: Broad Street. Mr. E. O. Thompson is fitting an office and store room, on thc corner of Stephens and Jefferson streets, adjoin ing his planing mill, and will move his slock cf piping aud fixtures (here in a few weeks. Thc election for a Justice of the Peace, to fill thc vacancy caused by the death of R. B. Mardrc, comes ofl to-day. There are three candidates in the field Messrs Lcbbcus Dekle, W. F. Youngblood and II. B. Mar tin. You can take your choice be tween them. There is some trouble with the melon exchange. Mr. T. J. Horne, of Metcalfe, sold a car to the ex change, and when the draft, with bill of loading attached, was presented at the Bank of Thomasville, payment was refused, on the ground that orders had been received to cash no more 1 draft)!. for half a mile or more, and every side track a*, the depot was full to overflowing, and thc Chattahoochee, Savannah and Albany division tracks all had melon trains. It requires a vast deal of pliiloso- of schisms, and the success that has come to Democracy in Thomas coun ty are in no small degree attributable to the wise counsels of the executive phy, patience and executive ability, ] lea ,| committee, with Col. Wright at its to handle such a block, hut assistant superintendent, A. A. Aveilhe, is un doubtedly the right man in the right place. He never loses his head, and however great the rush, and notwith standing the responsibility involved j in handling so many trains, he is in variably courteous and accommoda ting to shippers, aud these traits are properly appreciated. Whoever the new chairman may be, if lie pilots the party with the same prudence, the county will have nothing to lour, aud its future tri umphs will lie hut thc echo of its past ones. Gentlemen in need of a fine hand-sewed E. R. Whaley, of Bos- I shoe in any style, will ,of Cairo, and|Wm. findthe ^ liam Kneeland & Co’s I shoe the cheapest and most durable in this country. Very Ill. Mr. Charlie Starks received a tele gram yesterday from Gainesville Fla., saying that his brother Mr. Gus Stark had been taken suddenly very ill.probahlyjwith paralysis. Mr. Stnrk left last night for Gainesville. Mr. Gus Starks has been spending some weeks at Pablo Beach and other points in Florida. The voters of this district should not forget that an election for justice of the peace will he held to day. It is very important that a good man lie | elected. Let every voter turn out. Our line of Ladies’ and Children’s low cut shoes range from 75c a pair upwards. Mr. McIntyre Declines to Run Elsewhere wili he found the card Every employe of tlia S. I*. & W. I of Mr. A. T. McIntyre Jr., aniiounc- Ry. is worked during thc melon sea- ing that lie is not in Ihe race for the son to his utmost capacity, and that legislature. Mr. McIntyre made a thc immense volume of business is I most faithful and efficient represeuta- handled without accident, shows that I live-, working late and early for the thc road has a splendid lot of men, | good of his county, section and state, and that those at the head of allairs He gives good reasons why his ser- umlcrstand their business thoroughly, vices would, at this juncture of affairs, lie worth more here than anywhere The Outlook For Pears. I else. A commission house of New York No man has worked harder for sity says that there is a constant in- competing lines of railway, and Tom quiry for pears there, and that they McIntyre is not the man to turn hack would bring extreme prices, if first when lie puts his hand to the plow, class in quality. If the pear growers Public spirited, with an indomitable 1 of South Georgia will exercise proper I will, thoroughly devoted to work of care iu selecting and crating their building up this sectiou, Mr. Mc- crop this season, they will realize fine Intyre, whether in thc legislature, or prices. The almost entire absence of at home, will always he found ready In all lines of shoes you will find our The election for Justice of thc Peace, for this district to fill the va cancy caused by thc death ot Mr- R B, Mardrc, comes ofl to-day. There are three candidates in the field, Pc- stock superior to any 1“ «>«■ market, and sturdy democrats, while Mr. Dekle it Will pay yOU tO al- caI .‘ and se « able to fill the offices acceptably, and I WllGH in need of there is no reason that a change I SllOCS. should he made now. The members of thc Hussars aro | practicing every afternoon, and arc improving lapidly in the art of cut ting oil heads, catching rings, aud other tourney feats, while their horses arc at full run. R. M. Mixon, contracting agent of Louisville & Nashville R. R. and Nashville, Chattanooga A- St. Louis Ry.,has joined thc army ol raih jad solicitors in the city. His line all other kinds of fruits, will make a I to co operate with any public enter- known as the “Famous Fast Freight good demand for pears. {prise. | Route.” The Old Reliable CITY SHOE STORE NEXT Hi 1011 TO|l,EVY'3.UUY HOOD tiorsE.j I Mitchell House Block.