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VOL. II—KO. 114. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORJTIHO, SEPTEMBER 26, 1890, They all Sing -THE - “We’ve found the store where buyers get the very best attention, With great variety of goods, too numerous to meut ; on. So low the prices are, they beat the lowest calculation; Which mnkes us as a family sing out like all creation.” And that, isRhe reason wc trade with v ' -THE- FAIR and SQUARE PLA.CE TO BUY Staple & Fancy DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Furnishing Goods, NOTIONS, «&c. ALWAYS Stocked with a full line of new and 1 ALWAYS Beady to make you the lowest prices, quality considered- ALWAYS Beady to serve you well and fnve you money. F. N. LOHNSTEIN, 13? Broad St. * LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. ’ Joe Massey was in .ihe city yester day. Sheriff Hurst went over to Cairo yesterday. Mr. Bartow Clewis, of Cairo, was in town yesterday. If you have anything to s ill let the people know it. Mr. S. B. Burr is in the city. He arrived last night. Mr. Jesse Stegall returned Jester day from Savannah. Mr. John F. Knapp, of New York is stopping at the Stuart. The Messrs Steyermnu have t splendid line of fall and winter goods The cane grinding season is rot long off, to the delight of the yourg fo'ks. The protracted meetings at the Methodist church have been well at tended. Mr. J. S. Dickerson, of Mailison, Fla., was in the city yesterday, stop- pir.g at he Gulf. Mr. Z I. Fitzpatrick and wife, of Albany, were in town yesterday, stop ping at the Stuart. Mr. Curtis Brown lost a valuable horse yesterday, which lie hud pur chased only a few days ago. See Mr. Godwin’s card. On count of .his business, he has decided to withdraw from the race for Sheriff. Quite a number of pupils for the Connecticut Industrial tel iiool arc Ur' riving daily front-Savannah and;other points. Watch C. H. Young & Co’s, cloth ing column. Tbeso gentlemen are carrying a superb line of clothing nnd gent’s furnishing goods,- Mr. Joseph Leppcrt, who came here recently from Indiana, with bis family, has rented the Mitchell cot tage in Magnolia Place. Thomas county democrats, as they always do, will roll up a rousing ma jority for the regular ticket next Wed nesday. Do not fail, in passing Levy’s, to look at the big window full of neck wear. You will seo an elegant as sortment of this line of goods. Thomasvtllc cjnliou.s to pay li e very highest prices for cotton. Farm ers are convinc ed of this who i>rirg the'* cotton here. Now that the- season is nearly upon us, let the benches in Paradise l’aik be repaired and painted, and properly distributed throug out the grounds. Mrs. James Drake and children, of East End, left last night tor a visit to Mrs. Drake’s father, in Kentucky. They will be away about two months. Mr. Elmer Tompkins and wi e, of Columbus, ()., arrived last night, and are stopping at the Stuart. Mrs. Tompkins will spend some time here. William Parker, who- was scutcuced to jail for seven months, or pay a fine, has concluded to serve out his time behind the bars. AH right, William. The police had their eye on two or three suspicious characters iu town yesterday, whom they suspected were tramps. This is uo place for tramps. Mr. Charles McAllister, wile and two boys, and Mr. M. Garfield, all c f Spence, Iowa., arrived Wednesday night, and are stopping at the Stuart. They are expected to spend the sea son here. There is an exodus of negroes go ing on. They arc le4vtng to work on the Georgia Southern and Florida, South Bound and other pftw roads.' Recruiting agents are here drumming up hands. An Art School. The citizens of Thomasvtllc ore to be congratulated upon the fact that a lady of very rare accomplishments, and thoroughly versed in herpiofes- sion, Mrs. J. P. McAuley, has opened a school of art in Thomnsv’He. She teaches art in the South Georgia Col lege in the afternoons, but from 9 to 12 in the morning, she will give les sons in the room hack of the library in the samo building. It is n retired and very desirable place, and we hope the lady will soon have a goodly num ber of pupils. Her rates will be very moderate. Mrs. McAuley 'has studied under the most distinguished teachers of the scho6ls of the Metropolitan Mu seum, and of the Cooper Union, New York. Special attention is called to her card, elsewhere. Here is a rare op portunity to study art under an excel lent teacher, and at a' moderate cost. Railroad Notes. Baggage Agent B. M. Comfort has returned from hf£ vacation. * ,, The order of Railway Conductors is preparing to get up a convention on Thursday, October 26th, next, in At lanta. The purpose' is to secure an interchange ot views on subjects per taining to the welfare of the order. An arrangement has been made with the Piedmont Expos lion directors to set aside that day to be known as railaoad men’s day. A party of them are talking of going from here. **.* T The tourist ravel has set in to both Thomasville and,Florida. Every train now brings some in. To the Public. )wing tiTilio Vohdltibn of my lu Boss ft lacune in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 24.—Dr. C. W. Macune, chairman of the legisla tive committee > of the National Farm ers’ Alliance, is; in the city to-day with his private si:cri’tary. They are on their way to the wt st. This afternoon they held a secret conference with Livingston, Peek ay id others; for the purpose, it is sutspc'sed, ol making further preparation /of entering Pat Calhoun in the raoa as a dark horse for the Senate against Gov. Gordon. It is a significant fa ct that Mr. Ma cune and his allies, i n their efforts to defeat Gordon, act in secret. This fact will not commend Mr. Macune and “Fixer" Brown to the confidence ol the democracy •( Ge o.rgia. The Track Couldn’t Stand the Weight. Jasper, Fla., Sept. 24.—The south bound local freight of the Georgia Southern and Florida was wrecked three miles north of here Monday afternoon. Sallie Johnson, colored, was instantly killed. Three other passengers, Conductor Anthony and the flagman were slightly injured. The wreck was caused b y the track breaking under a car loaded with lumber. Won the Race by an Hour. Queenstown, Sept. 24. — The steamer City of New York won the ocean race, from New York, with the Teutonic. Time, five days, twenty- three hours and fourteen minutes. The Teutonic arrived .an hour later than-the New York. This ocean racing b usiness has been carried to the dan ger line. Some grtst ship, with its 1 tundreds£ of pas- sengers, .will, gey to, (he hottom of the ........ . . Jsi-a ana then ahVtibaybqcilled. .luss affairs at "this time, and In order ci • ‘ * Chickamagua Park. Washitgton, Sept. 23.—The Chickamagua park commissioners or ganized at the war department to day. It was found that much of the preliminary work can be done before the government obtains jurisdiction over the land to be included in the park. The commissioners to-day laid out this work, and will push it vigor ously to completion. This will ena ble the commissioners to mark the po sitions of the troops immediately after the laud has been acquired. Robert G. Samuels is a negro and n citizen of Arkansas, whp says he in tends to leave the republicans because, as be puts it, “The republican party promised us everything, nnd gave us nothing.” Further he says: “I have turned democrat for the simple rea son that I believe the interests of the races in the south are identical. We h.we fought our "neighbors- long enough. Democracy may not give us anything, but when we vote that ticket we will have the consolation of knowing we are standing by our per sonal frisnds.” to do justice to myself and my credi tors, I am forced 10 withdraw frbin the race for,Sheriff o this county; and I wish to sav to my friends who have given me their encouragement and support, that I feel very grateful to wards them, and I hope that at some future time I may be in i position where I can enter the race to stay, and I safely promise my friends that I will prove myself worthy of their support. A. M. Godwin, The tide of Northern travel is set- ting iu this direction. There are quite a number of visitors here for the winter already. And Thomas- vi’le has a cordial southern welcome for each and every one of them. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davies arrived home last night from an extensive trip to Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul ana other Western • ities. Their numerous friends are glad to have them at'home again. Piles tnd piles of new goods are be ing received in Thomasville. ’ Buyers from the country will find here the finest and largest stock of goods ever seen in Thomasville. A id they ure being sold cheap.! Mayor Hopkius is industriously at work arranging tko right of way of the boulevard, from Sanford’s west ward. He’s bound to put it through. It will boa lasting monument to lus administration. 'Dr. T. S. Hopkins has been pre sented with quite a curiosity. It is a part of a petrified stump, found down at the Suwannee Springs. The specimen is a very handsome one. Frank Da.is, a small negro gamin, was arrested yes erday afternoon by the police. He is charged with ma licious mischief. His hoard costs hitii nothing now. Mrs. Jennie Reynolds, mother of Mr. J. E. Reynolds, of the express of fice here, was in the city yesterday en route home -from a business trip to New York. There is no excuso now for idleness among laborer.;: the demand for hands to work on railroads insures every one a job. Broke up in a Row as Usual. Marianna, FrX„ Sept. 24 —The Republican Convention of. the First Congressional / district was red hot and lots of billingsgate was exchanged between the speakers; and delegates. Special delegates werr.- expe led from the meeting. J. EJ A. Davidson brother of R. H.,‘ M. Davidson (present Democratic: Congressman), was nominated,, and the convention broke up in a-general row. Against the Sub-Treasury. Nashville, Tenn., Sept 23.—A special trom. Bowling Green; Ky. says that President S. B. Irwin of the farmers’ alliance of Kentucky, and editor of the official organ, Kentucky State Union, published there, has come out boldly against the sub-treas ury scheme, and has created much comment by so doing. Columbia Shaken by Earthquakes. Columbia, S. C.. Sept, 23.—Six distinct shocks of earthquake were re ported as accuring about 3:20 o’clock this morning. ,The last shock was noticeable,{for ’nearly a minute. A rumbling sound accompanied the shocks which seemd to conic from the south. Big Salaries. The salary of President McLeod, of the Reading railroad, has been in creased to $40,000. The salary of Chauncy M. Depew as president of the New-York Central is $50,000, which is the largest salary paid to any railroad president in the world. A Hidden Pang. Strive ns we may, we never can Tell who arc happy, who forlorn; The cutest little shoe of tan May hide a very painful corn. The familiar autographs of Generals Beauregard and i Early have suddenly disappeared from the newspapers. The "Monthly Drawings’* of the Louisiana lottery have disappeared, alia, May they never appear again. Per laps the lottery company will rot be so keen now to pay the state of Louisiana one and a half millions per annum, for the privilege of bleeding the public, The Augusta Chronicle, savs: “Speaking of the opposition to Governor Gordon, Hon. M. W. Lewis, one of the strongest members of the Alliance in Greene county, recently went to the core of the matter when he said, substantially, {that this prin ciple was whether the Democracy of Georgia should submit to the dicta tion of an ailen and Republican.” An agricultural fair in Virginia of fers a prize of $1 to the man who eats the most pics in three minutes, and the society generously offers to furnish the pies. There will he crape on the victor's door. The friends oi the de ceased will attend the funeral at the appointed time. Two democrats, Venable, of Vir ginia and Elliott, of South Carolina, were made to “hit the grit” in Wash ington, this week. Walking is usually good at this season of the year. Both the gentle men will ride back to the 52nd con gress. The joint conference committee on the tariff cannot agree on binding twine. And the chances are that this difference will hold congress to gether several days yet. “Blessed ! be the tie that will not let us part.” Your Choice -OF- We’re waiting apd watching for a circus to head this way. The saw dust ting always draws in Thomas- vide. Come this way, Mr. Lowlow. Railroad cars a-e to lie lighted wi h gas. This beats the oil lamps. Now let the deadly stove give way to some thing better and safer. Georgia democrats should touch el bows next Wednesday. / ul they will. Call is stumping Florida. He want3 to go back to the Senate. Congress will, it is confidently in serted, adjourn next week. Bismarck, it is said, will re-enter public life. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU R. Ilonas irV 126 Broad Street. R. Thomas, Jr. Volunteer Observer Weather Bulletin Tor the 24 hours ending at 7 o’clock p. m., SepL;25,J1800. TeuraiiATOBo, a.ra.. p. m„ p.m. Maximum fur a» hours Minimum « “ Bain-fat!.. .....’.’.'..0.46 Loaal showers stationary temprature. ART SCHOOL AND STUDIO in Hear ot Library, ThoraasviUe, fia.. VI rs. J. P t McAuley, Student umltr distinguished teachers of th« Schools ot the Metropolitan Museum of AH and ot tho Cooper l nion, will give Icsjom in the Arta or Design. Terms moderate. Hours, 0 a. m. to 12 ra. 8 24 If 25 Gents, 35 Cents, 65 Cents, 75 Cents. See our for choice. windows I. Lety A ** Three