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, ;sTY, Mterprfee. V'OL. tl—NO. 87. THOMASYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 185)0. $5.00 PER ANNUM LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. SHOES!! We have just re ceived a line of ladies Kid Button Shoes from 21-2 to ¥ wWoh we offer at the ex tremely low price of $2.00 per pair. These shoes will compare wityw jijiiqg ybu have been paying $3.Q0 fqr e|sq- [yflpre. \\\ WO asl$ is a trml. We guar- a n t e e satisfaction with every pair, and besides we promise to save you from 50c. to $1.00 on every pair you buy of us. . As^ to sec the shoes even if you do not intend to buy. Respectfully, l H, Lohnstein. The thermometer keops on the up grade, r County commissioner Bullock was in town yesterday. Mr. Hall Parker has returned from a trip to the far West. Professor Miller, of the South Geor- College, is expected soon. Mr.J.L. Hall made a business ttip toOchlockonee yesterday. Miss Je6sieJ3tuart returned from Albany yesterday afternoon. Mr. C. II. hill, of Montgomery, was at the Stuart yesterday. Are you going to run for a comity office? If so, let t^f. people know it. Miss Emma Lane and daughter, of Tampa, Fla., was at the Gulf yester day. • Mf. H~M. Hdi, ol Augusta, is among the guests registered at' the Stuart. Tnere is ample capital—if it was Utili«-d—to erect a cotton factory in rnomasvillo. Mrs. Frank Thomas went up to Meigs yesterday, to vi.-it her husband at his mill. Mrs. Oscar Jackson and daughter, Miss Bennie, are visitiug Mrs. K. H. Smith, on Jackson street. See notice of thp qpentog ot Jafk- son'street colored school. The Wl term opens on Monday, Sept. j. Mr. and" Mrs. John L Finn return ed yesterday, from a pleasant visit to the Northern resorts. AH are pleased to see them at home again. fetters (rflrp tyv! Clara "lleisher re port her well and anxious to be in Thomasville again. She is in Penn sylvania, but is expected soop. Mr. James lijngsfijyrry, son oil Cap tain .S.T.Kmgsberry, of Quitman, was in the city yesterday, accompa nied by his sjstcr, ar,d cousin, Misses Alice, and Susie Kingsberry. Some ot the benches in the park are sadly in need of repair. In their pres ent conditio’i they detract from the pretty appearance ol the place. They,; should be painted up, and properly distributed in tha ptpjj. • The colored gentleman who broke into a B. F. & W. Ry ear at Boston, last Saturday, was fined 650 and costs, or to work on the chain gang twelve months, in Judge Mitchell’s court, yes- day. He will shovel dirt. A roadway train ran otjt $3 track at Hart^awny Xtatiom yesterday, derail ing four cars apd iujuring three color* gd bauds. Dr. A. P. Taylor went up and had the injured men brought here ou No. 6, and is giving them good at tention. One of them is badly injur ed about the head. He was uncon scious wbaq taken front tb*> H«ln yes terday afternoon, Another one had a leg broken, and the third bad his ankle injured* Borne one entered the residence of Mr. James T. Kottman, on Saturday afternoon, and stole something over sixty dollars i.i money.. A negro woman against whom yjierg ^ strong evidence of gujit, has ijcgn areqsted jtfld lodged in jail. • ‘ ‘ • The prisoner gave bail in the sum of 8300 yesterday, and is now at lib erty. The banks are a mighty safe place to put your money—when thieves arc about > ; ‘ v . K **- The Colored Men gf Q^fq Speaks. An exchange says: A pall for a convention of colored people to meet at Springfield, Qv ftn August 2fl Is an indication that they ape at last beginning to realize that tub price of their emancipation > was political serfdom to the republican bosses. Their call rends like a decla ration of independence. It is a strong indictment of the Republican party for wrongs done the colored race. Stanley Talks. A Morning News reporter has been interviewing engineer Stanley of the Georgia Southern and Florida. Mr. Stanley is surveying and locating the Macon and At'aitic road, running from Macon to Savannah Wo ap pend the, following from the inter view ; * ‘ ' The- road', Mr. Stanley says, after getting out from theOomulgee fur the first ten miles will be heavy, and af- t- r that it will be medium. From Savannah to the Ogeechcc he says the work will only be grubbing and clean ing. Tho rails be be 701b steel rails, with 54 inch’anglo barscovering three ties. The maximum grade willbe but 52.8 to the mile, a very light grade, and one used on the entire system, enabling an engine to draw a greater number of loaded cars into and out of Birmingham, it is Qlffim.ed, than by any road running into Birmingham. Thp system alluded to contemplates 727 miles of railway, as follows: The Georgia Southern and Florida, 285 miles from Macon to Palatka, Fla., and built hy the Macon Construction Company. The Macon and Birming ham, 23ft. miles; iron is now being lain on that road at the rate of 2 miles per day, and It Is expected to have 95 miles of the road in operation by. the middle of October, that is from Macon to LaQrange This road is being built hy the Macon Consi fuation Com pany. He Tiflan and Hiomasville branch of the Georgia Southern and Florida. This branch will be 52 milts in length, llic road in under contract, the contractors arc at mrh on it, and it is to be completed by April 1. The Ma con Construction Company is building this branch road. The Macon and Atlantic road, from Macon tq Savan nah, being -btiih by yhp Mac^n ‘ np0 Savannah' Construction Company, composed of stockholders In tho Ma con Construction .Company,, and nth er capitalists of Savannah and of tho north. ' I r CouflSirWoceedingr. Cotixcit, Uog^s, -Vmf. 25tli, 180U. ru.,i:cll met In regular St-Sciuu. Mayor Hopklis presiding. Alderman Wright, llnj-cs unit fatten pro-, sent. Minute', ftf iu't peeling rend anil continu ed. Petition of Kvani iViv(s (to mercantile li. ccnrc was granted, Petition of J. 8. Muiilgoinery was refered to Mayor llupkins wilp power to act. The ordinaucc introduced hy Mayor Hop kins nt last meeting wna put upon iU final reading and passed to read as follows: Re it ordained hy the Mayor and Aldermen ot the city of fhoninsvillc. Sec. 1 That it shall he unlawiul for any engineer or other person hJ, VV.S " ii‘V tlc of nn^ ^Urgafi’ locomotive within the corporate Intuits of the city. Sso. 2 That any person rlolating the first section of this ordinance shall lie ar raigned as other offenders against the ordi nances of the city, and upon conviction shall lie lined os provided in ecct'on 1 of the general penal ordinance of the city. Sac. 3 That this nrilia^n.* suntl take 9I- fectan the first day of October next. On motion of Alderman Patten, Policeman Drown was ordered paid for the tityichc was sick. Mayor Hopkins offered the following reso lution, which was adopted: Resolved, That a “time book” shall he kept by .the superintendent of water works, which shall show the number of days labor, the party performing it and character of the work done by C*¥fi person employed; nn'd that said time book - shall' utcrimpa'ny all bills pre'seritca for approval to the chairman of the committee ori'whtcr works. Matter of buying a sprinkler was refered )o the Mayor and Alderman Hayes. Account of John Spair for $31.03 was or dered paid.- Account of Moore and Williams was re fered to chairman finance committee. Following nocctints passed for payment. Mitchell and McIntyre, $345.10,1.1, Jj W. 4. Pringie, 25c; I,. F. Thompson & Oo., $3.43. Council adjourned. K. T. Maclkax, Clerk. • — Vance and Gordon. In North Carolina, where Senator Vance opposed the sub-ireasury bill, the Alliance has announced that there will be no effort to defeat a man 01 the broad views and tried experience of the senior senator. To say that the farn.ers o. Georgia are less sensible or conservative than the farmers of North Carolina is to utter an absurdity. The leading politicians” who are fixing up a slate against Gen. Gordon and who are trying to wheedle the Alliance into their scheme are “reckoning without their host-’’ # * * # * # What southern govemot to-day has anything like the reputation or the prestige of John B. Gordon? What state is so prominent as the Emp-re State of the south, and what figure since the honored form of the Southern Chiettan was laid to rest in Metairie last December, is more noble, more il lustrious than that of Gen. Gordon? Whether in Augusta where he started the wheels of a National Exposition; whether in New York where he rode, the knighlliest figure in the Washing ton centennial; whether in Chicago where he preached the peace evangel to the Grand Army ot the Republic, or whether in New Orleans where he led the band of mourners behind the bier of Jefferson Davis, and was saluted himself as the living “Father of the Confederacy,” John II. Gordon has borne the noble title of a soldier, statesman qpfi Ghjispap gentleman.— Augusta Chronicle. True Poetic Inspiration- Edgar Alien Poe thus tracos and outlines with the artistic and fadeless touch of & Master the true poet’s in spiration: “He (the poet) perceives it in the blue distance af mountains, in the tinkhpR of half-hidden brooks, in the star-mirroring depths of lovely wells. He perceives it, too, in the songs of birds, in the sighing of the night wind, in tho repining voioo of the forest, in the surf that complains to the shore, in the scent of the violet, in the voluptuous perfumo of the hya cinth, in the suggestive odor that comes to him at eventide from far-dis tant, undiscovered islands over dim oceans illimitable and unexplored. IJo views it besides in all noble thoughts, in all unwordly tMtWeck In all holy impulses, m i\l\ chivalrous and soil— sacrificing deeds. ' He feels it in the beauty of woman—in the grace of her step, iu the luster of her eye, in her soft laughter, in the harmony of the rustling of her robes. He deeply feels it in her winning endearments, in her burning enthusiasms, In her gentle charities, in fier meek and de votional iudurances, but above all— ah) far above all—he kneels to it—lie \yorehips it—in the faith, in the puri- 2 , in the strength, in the altogether vine majesty of hor love.” There’s poetry in this prose, a poetry of thought which elevates and refines, which robs life of much of its coarser elements, and robes it in tho hues of beauty and loyoUness. A Plucky Georgia Girl. Miss Mattie Hester is the United Stated mail carper qvey thp route from Cofldar, Laurens county, to Montgomery county, Georgia, a dis tance of forty miles, through a sparsely settled region, which she traverses three timea a weeVj. She drives her own mail cart, carries a revolver, and is punctual as the sun at all seasons and in all weathers. Besides trans porting the mails, she manages a farm, gets out lumber, splits fence rails, and contrives to support a wid owed mother, two young sisters and a brother, while she is not yet 20 years of age.—Ex. This Week in Congress. Wasiiinuton, Aug. 24.—The or der of business for the remainder of tho session arranged by the republican committee ot the Senate provides that consideration of the tariff bill shall be completed without interruption, ex cept by appropriation hills and con ference reports. Senator Aldrich, who is in charge of the tarifl hill, will, before the Sen ate meets to-morrow, endeavor to reach an agreement with the demo* cratic senators as to the date on which voting shall begin on the bill and its ameafiments. If successful he will then ask unanimous consent to have voting begin on tho date agreed upon. He will also ask that the debate dur ing the last three days shall be con ducted under the fivo minute rule. Tho democrats desire that the six hours just preceding the final vote on the bill shall he occupied in general debate, to he equally divided between the two sides. Under this arrange ment, if it is carried out, Senator Car lisle will close for the democrats, and Bewttor Aldrich for the republicans. Crisp Will Lead. Speaking of tho organization of the next house, the well informed Wash ington correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle says: “The fight for the speakership of the next House will open immediately af ter the November election, and ns there is no longer any doubt of the success of the Democrats, the next speaker is certain to be a Democrat. The fight will possibly be between Judge Crisp, of Georgia, nud Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, Mr. McCreary, ot Kentucky, Mr. McMillen, of Tennes see, and Mr. Springer, of Illinois. Mr. Hatch who is a farmer and who has recently joined the Alliance, will bo the farmers’ candidate while the other candidates will run on their personal strength. Judge Crisp is, however, the strongest man in the field and probably nns more followers than any two of the others combined. There is danger, however, of a combi nation or of the seuscless cry that the Democrats should not put a Southern man in this place. The latter has, however, about played out. The fight, if one can judge at present, will be between Messrs. Crisp and Hatch.” 1* • Killed in Sayannah. Frank Barclay, a fireman on the Central, shot and killed J. E. Kespass, a clerk in the auditors department of the road, in the depot of that system at Savannah on. Sunday night, just as three trains were about ready to pull out. One thousand people were in and around the depot at the time. The shooting aaused great excitement. The men had fallen out about a trivial matter. The following was the ver dict of the coroner’s jury : We, toe jury, find that J. E. Res- pass came to his death hy a pistol shot, which we believe to be at the hands of one Barclay, and consider it manslaughter. Respass came from Barncsvillc and Barclay formerly lived in Gordon county. Both were young men. Cotton Rates Cut. The Central railroad has announc ed a large reduction in freight rates on cotton to Savannah from all points on tho southwestern division, and on the Alabama lines. The rate from Dawson to Savannah has been reduc ed from 44 cents to 40 cents, and in consequence Savannah factors are al ready receiving shipments from Daw son, with tho prospect of the greater portion shipped from that place com ing to Savannah. The rate from Troy, Altu, has been reduced from 55 cents to 45 cents; from Ozark, Ala., front 50 cents to 45 cents, and other points in Alnbama correspondingly.” The Alabama Midland, now a part of the Plant Bystem, is cutting into the Control's Alabama business. This reduction is the effect of competition. Tho force bill is dead—for the pro-* sent. During Mr. Cleveland’s administra tion it was noAunoommon to hear dis gruntled democrats say that they saw no difference between it and a repub lican administration. Possibly these soreheads sec now what they did not sec then.—News. -AND A— Clean Sweep —AT THAT— Will be inaugurat ed at Levy’s! Levy’s! Levy’s! All of our Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Straw Hats, Etc., must be closed out in 30 D ay WITHOUT -:- FAIL Knoxville to Atlanta. Knoxville, Tens., Aug 23.— The Knoxville Southern railroad, from Knoxville 10 Atlanta, Ga., 220 miles, has been completed and trains are now tunning regularly. A committee of citizens haw passed over the road and inspected it. Three years ago the city voted $275,000 to the company, city bonds at 5 per cent, far twenty years, to be issued for stock to that amount. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU AT R. Thomas BY 120 Broad Street O.S.Bondurant Volunteer Observer Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’clock p£m., Aug. 2,5 1890. TixrxttATcaa. 7 a. m 75 2 p. m 92 7 p. m 84 Maximum for 34 hours..! - 91 Minimum “ “ “ 71 Rain-fall 0.OU Fair stationaty. Our customers are aware that Mr. Levy is now in New York making big purchases for F j^i)Li Li and room we must have at any sacrifice ot goods. Desirable front office to rent over T, J. Balt 4 Hro'ii. store, apply within. 8-23.21 We mean exactly what we advertise, and to be convinced call at once at LEVY’S Dry Goods House. Mitchell House Corner.