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• . nktptm " VOL. 11—NO. 104. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 181)0. $5.00 PER ANN DM How we apples do swim. Talk is cheap, but it takes money to buy land. Having ordered and received all of our ORDINARY lines of goods for Fall and Winter Trade for some time past, we beg to announce that our Mr. F. N. Lohnstein will leave for New York and other north ern and eastern mar kets to-day tor select the Real Novelties In fabrics pertaining to LADIES AND GENT’S WEAR. It is a well 'known fact that the latest style and real impor tations from Europe are never on sale un til about Oct. 1st, hence, we will just be in time to select for our customers the Latest and Best. We do not wish to DICTATE to the pub* ho what to do nor how to do it, but respect fully ask a continu ance of the many favors shown us here tofore, ‘‘Wait for the wag on and we’ll all take a ride,” Respectfully, LOCAL. HAPPENINGS. The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. Keep to day holy. It is ‘‘Col.” Eason. Don’t talk phosphate to day. More rain yesterday altcrnoon. Judge Hansell is expected back this evening. To some one, the ugliest face looks beautiful. Jake Menko, of Macon, was at tho Gulf yesterday. Mr. Ed Crittendon is now will) Ball & Bro. Kev. J. T. Ainsworth, of Cairo, was in the city yesterday. The man with a monkey nud a hand organ will be along soon. Work is progressing oa the road from Tifton to Thomasvillc. Miss Jimmie Jeter went down to Whigham yesterday to visit her sister. Every man carries a pocket full of rocks. Phosphate lias the floor. Mr. II. M. Solomons left last night for a few days visit to Savannah. Dr. J. E. White has returned from a visit of some lime to Atlanta. Tho Jewish New Ycnr commences this evening at sundown. George Fields, of the Gulf, mens ures several inches taller: it is a boy. Editor Glenn, of the Southwest Georgian, came over from Cairo yes terday. One of tho delivery wagons ol the Southern Express Company broko down on Broad street yesterday. Mr. W. II. Harvey, of Cuthbcrl, was in the city yesterday, enroute from Valdosta, where he bought out Brigg’s drug business. Mrs. India Royal left yesterday morning for Chattanooga, to visit her brother, Mr. John Hardaway, of that city. Mrs. Albert Winter left yesterday for Americus to join Cnpt. Winter. Her many fricuds hope she will be pleased with her new home. Messrs. Jumps A. Leary and Wal lace M. Leary, of Philadelphia, were in the city yesterday, guests of tho Stuart. Everett has declined to meet Felten in joint debate, alleging that the Doctor is outside the party. And it looks very much that way. Sherifl Hurst received a telegram yesterday from Jacksonville denying the report that onp of tho Thornes- vjljo expansionists, a woman lmd been killed there. Col. II. G. Mitchell, of Thomss, the senator from this district, is being urged for President of the Senate. Col. Mitchell would make a first class presiding officer and the Press would bo delighted to sec him thus honored. —Quitman Press. George McDoncll, son of Rev. G. G. N. McDonell, will leave to-mor row morning for Oxford, to enter Emory College. George will win his tray, and the host wishes of hU Thom asvillc friends are with him, Thomasville in Cairo. From the Southwest Georgian: Miss Dora Dekle, of Thomasvillc, spent the week with her sister, Mrs. Glenn. Hon. J. L. Hall, one of Thomas- ville’s rising young lawyers, was in town Saturday on legal business. 2 Mr. James R. Dekle, of Thomas ville, was in town Saturday. Wonder if he was out grape hunting? Hon. A. T. McIntyre, Jr., was in town Saturday. Tom is one of the boys, and they aro always glad to shako his band. WE’VE GOT IT! OLD THOMAS LEADS IN THE DISCOVERY. SURE ENOUGH PHOSPHATE. The Official Report of the State Geologist—The Boom has Struck us at Last. Atlanta, Sept, n—The first re port of State Geologist J. W. Spencer, under the new act reorganizing the geological bureau, was made to Gov. Gordon to-day. It is in reference to the phosphate deposits of Thomas county and is as follows: In a letter from Mr. J. M. McCland- ness dated July as, my attention was called to the occurence of phosphates in south Georgia, the analysis of which showed a high quality. As these were probably the first phosphates ol im portance that hsvc been found in Georgia, I deemed it advisable to make -in examination ai the first op portunity in order to ascertain if the deposits justified investigation of tie belt- Consequently, I visited the re gion and now submit my first report which absence, occasioned by the field tv .irk. has dclaved. ■'lie phosphate bed is best exposed about three miles Irom Boston on the Thomasvillc road and at only a few points is the deposit of phosphate seen on the surface; but • large num ber ol pits have been opened 1 y Mr. Dunwody Jones. In these openings the phosphates is found beneath a depth from four to ten feet of earth, and again appears to pass to even greater depths henealh the earthly coverings. The mineral is in the form or nod ules, varying in size up-to masses ol too pounds or more. The color is variable, var.ing Irom while loyellow, brown anJ green. The nodules of ten make up 50 per cent, or more of the bed, which sometimes reaches a thickness of over ten feet In the bed with the mineral, flinty nodules com monly occur, and even the two miner als arc com ningled. The phosphates arc underlaid by flinty beds, and these rest upon limestope. The geological age of these underlying flints and lime* stones is lower miocene. Thi - wss determinded by the fossils which I col lected in the reeks and referred to Dr. W. H. D ill ol Washington. The phosphates are newer and con tain fragments of the older shells. In tact, both the (lints -rnd plios hales were once beds of limestone, subse quently converted into the secondary forms. SAME AS THE FLORIDA DEPOSITS. Thu* it is found that the geological position of the phosphate beds of Thomas county is the same as that oi some of the Flouda deposits. The phosphate beds are lenticular, or lie more or less in pockets, some oi which are of large size. Besides those deposits seen, the mineral is said to occt r along the Aucilla creek and at other places and at considerable depth. I made several qualitative test of the ore, but have depended for percent ages upon Mr. McCandless* analysis of Mr. (ones’ samples. Tne reports show bone phosphates up to from 60 to 85 per cent. The percentage of clay is low as also the iron. This can be seen in the openings, as the iron colorations arc limited and the clay is upon the surface of the nonulcs and can be re moved by washing, as in the case of Charleston deposits. Water is ne.’r at hand. in paving Quantities. The depth at which the phosphates can be profitably wonted vatles with the volume. The Charleston phos phates have usually a thickness of six to fifteen inches, although greater in places. Under these conditions they obtain from 300 to 1,200 tons to the acre, and can remove from eight to ten feet of earth, according to Dr. Shep ard. Usually 500 tons to the acre are necessary to pay expenses. The heav iest Thomas county deposits would reach 10,000 tons to the acre, yet such a yield could not be expected to con tinue over large areas, but would help to tide over ‘the inevitable expense of the poor ground. Although the de- posies ol Thomas county phosphate is confined in width, there seems no rea son why it should be limite I in length. The present outlook is sufficient to jus tily further prospecting and further de velopment ot an industry so important to the state. I shall give this ques tion of phosphates more attention at an early date, as the preliminaiy in vestigation warrants it, in order to make known the modes ofoccutrence and general distribution to the land owners and others interested in the prospecting and development of phos phates. Died. Yesterday morning, at 2 o’clock, Mm. Alice Wycho Linton, wife of Mr. J. L. Linton. Mrs. Linton was born Oct. 29th, 1840. Sho was mar ried on the 23rd of Oct. 1860. She has always lived in this county, and was highly esteemed for her many noble womanly qualities by a large circle of friends. She was, for many years, a member of the Presbyterian church, and was a conscientious, Chris tian woman. She leaves a husband and fivo children to mourn the loss of wife and mother. In all the rela tions of life, as mother, wife, neighbor, friend, tho deceased always, and everywhere, was the samo gentle, loving, forgiving woman, benring malice toward none, and doing unto others as she would hnvo them do unto her. Tho fuficrnl will take place at 10 o’clock this morning, from the Pres byterian church. Railroad Notes. Ojicrrttor J. O. Beasley has returned from a visit to home folks at Monti- cello. V Engineer Sam Lord expects to leave to day for Tampa,Fla., to spend some time. *** A party of railtoad men arc already bciug made up to attend the exposi tion in Atlanta next month, mid you may be sure they will have a good time. *** The business of tho Southern Ex press Company will soon show a heavy increase, os tho fall and winter busi ness more fully opens. *** The cheap rato from Chicago to Thomasvillc, to bo put on by the Motion, is being extensively adver tised throughout tho country. • ■ It was a False Rumor. The negro excursion returned from Jacksonville yesterday morning, with n talc of woe to tell, saying a woman excursionist bad been killed by a policeman in Jacksonville, nnd that the body had been kept for the coro ners iuquest yesterday. Some of the crowd reported the woman’s name ns Mattie Williams and others as Lizzie Mitchell. The affair caused consid erable excitement among the negroes here, but as the Jacksonville Times- Union, has the following to say of tho excursion, and as no such oc- curancc had been reported at police headquarters, the rumor is apparently groundless. “A very large excursion arrived from Georgia yesterday over tho S. F. & W. railroad and roturned at night. Most of them were colored. They numbered 620 and were orderly aud well behaved.” LIVINGSTON FOR SENATOR. Tlt3 Colonel Sends out a Circular Admitting his Candidacy. Atlanta, Oa., Sept. 12.—Colonel Livingston is again trying to nurse into life a senatorial boomlet for him self. He : s somewhat alarmed for the success of his cherished hope, a scat iu the Senate, since the flood of indorsements for Gov. Gordon has been coming in from every part of the stato, and he is trying to stop them. He is now engaged in sending a print ed circular from Atlanta to a few se lect alliance organizations. They arc dated nt Cora, the colonel’s country home in Newton county, nnd were never intended to see the light outside the secret chambers of the alliance. The circular is signed by Col. Liv ingston nnd states that Gov. Gordon will never be elected senator, as he is already defeated. Ho states further that he is st<U being urged to enter tho race against Gov. Gordon, nnd that he is not opposing him os a can didate, but on account of his opposi tion to the sub-treasury bill. The colonel, in the end of Ids circular, says: “I, or some 0110 like me, will be elected, and not Gov. Gordon,” and yet in the next sentence lie commands the alliance from indorsing anything except the alliance platform, in which is the sub-trersury plank. Not a Pleasing Sight. A bad sight was presented to the passengers and others around tho de pot yesterday. Four white boys who appeared to be from sixteen to ciglit- tcen years of age, were ingloriously drunk. Each carried a pistolt and a bottle; nnd they swaggered around tho depot trying to appear “hold bad men.” They made a miserable fail ure, nnd if they had not left they would nil lmvo been run in by the po lice nnd given on opportunity to so ber up iu the lock up. In Jail. Hcury Wycho now occupies a cell in tho hotel de Husrt. Wyche’s of fence is a serious one, and may get him into serious trouble. It seems that Wyclic and nil old ne gro named C’ato Temple, who is well known here, got into a dispute over the weight of some cotton, when the former became angered, nnd bent Tcmplo terribly. The difficulty oc curred in Ways district. Temple’s recovery is considered doubtful. I. Levy & Co. Mitchell House Block. FOB- Ladies, Gentlemen, [Children, it Less Than An cxchnugc says: “The majority of the State ticket is stated at about 813,000.” Do you see the point? The S., F. & W. nnd the G. S. & F. aro compressing cotton freo in Valdosta. Thomasvillc has no com press. Comment is superfluous. Funeral Notice. The frionds and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Linton, arc in vited to attend the funeral services of the latter at the Presbyterian church this morning at 10:30 a. m. Burial immediately after at Laurel Hill Cemetery. A Tuscarora (Nov.) newspaper prepares the young mind for the coining of a new school principal by the remark that the officials teaching weight is about two hundred aud twenty-fivo poundsnvoirdupuis, which under certain ccnditious might lie made to approximate a ton. Brooks county decides between McCall and Humphreys, next Wed nesday. It is said to be 11 close tight. May the best man win. The Press says that tho matrimoni al market is dull in Brooks. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU R. Thomas IrV 126 Broad Street. R. Thomas, Jr. Volunteer Observer Weather OuUetin Tor Ibc 24 hours ending it 7,0’clock p. iu., Sept, la, 1890. Txui-ibatcb.. 7 n.m -4 2 p. m 8a 7 p. m 74 Maximum for 24 hours 84 Minimum “ “ “ 70 Rain-rail o.ll Local showers stationary temprature. Autumn and Whiter Novel- ties coming in on us daily. 'Beautiful and durable in smart est styles. Aiming to double our busi ness by haloing the profit with our customers; for the small price is the best trade builder after all. We are always perfecting the quality and whittling the cost. Few houses in this broad South carry the extra—care— quality we carry in all depart- ments, and at such prices. This season our buyer has out-done himself, and has sent us the finest that hand, head and heart can produce. Berlin, Paris & London Exhibit Here I Baltimore, Neto York, Boston and other popular marts con tribute their best. Our market has no boundary line. Noth ing new in the world—worth buying—that you can't kiy from us. For the Ladies. We have no end of desirable and seasonable fabrics. Shoes ? Well, you know us. For the little ladies there are nobby dress patterns and cute little caps, while in footwear the styles are legion. Fop the Gentlemen, Our clothing department offers the greatest inducements in tai- lor made garments at ready made prices ever shown in Thomasville. Hard to find the like anywhere. We will tell you, though yon ought to knozv it, that we do a large business iu made to order goods, and tee can satisfy the ■ost fastidious. See our (pan taloon and suit patterns. ITor the Coming Man. Specially tailored rigs for rough usage. An immense line of them and at lowest pri ces. No prudent parent will be induced to buy elsewhere when a clean first class stock like ours is ;within reach and at lower prices. Hals for the seven ages of man. Never was a dollar so elastic, never was its reach greater than now It will go further, do more ami last longer this season than ver before with X. Levy Co.’s Three Mammoth Establish ments, Mitchell House Block.