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VOL. VI—NO 39,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1895.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of 'he Day Told in
Brief—Personals, Etc.
To-day U 'the last Sunday before
lent.
The Fast Mail at the opera house
to-morrow night.
Attention is called to Mr. Sihmidt’s
locals elsewhere. Read them
Farmers and gardener’s will b; ins
tcrested in Capt. Hicks’s new ad
That dance at the Mitchell Houte
to-morrow evening will be a. twell
afliir.
The ladies will be interested in the
new ad of C. & S. M. Wolff in anoth-
er column. -
MARCH SHEETS
-FOR-
Now ready fur distribution. Call
and get one.
agent for IMPERIAL
Pinned paper patterns
n Miaaeniiiuaii n hiivi
105 ANI) 10? BROAD ST.
Silk Gingham and Duck
Shirt Waists just in,
- See-what Messrs. L. Steyerman &
Bro. have tg say in their column ad.
this morning.
The new ad. of the Thomasvite
Shoe Company will be sure to attract
attention this morning.
Read the new and attractive ad of
the Levy Mercantile Company on the
first page this morning.
Mr. Anton P. Wright, ot Savannah,
came up yesterday morning to .-pend
a tew days with home folks.
Miss Ruth Mitchell went down to
Marianna, Fla., yesterday afternoon
to visit friends for a few days.
Air. J. A. Hurst, deputy U. S. mar-
shal, went down loWaycross yesterday
afternoon on business connected wilh
his office.
L. & N.
ONE KILLED AND THIRTY
INJURED.
Sse notice ot a green purse lost
containing a sum of money. Leave
at this office or Mitchell House and
be rewarded suitably.
Mrs. Bowden, nee Miss Anuie
Aikwright, ot Savannah, came up yes
terday and is visiting- the Misses
Woodson in Fietcherville.
Miss Margaret Whittaker, of New
York, has joined her mother and is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. D.
Fudge, on Dawson street.
Miss Flossie Duilin, a most chain)
ing and accomplished young lady of
Savanuah, is spending a few weeks in
the city, the guest of her friends,
Misses Liltie and Birdie Smith, at Pine
Summit.
Mr. Max Whittelshofer and wife, of
Grand Forks, North Dakota, ate here
for the remainder of the season. iThey
are the guests of, Mr. and Mrs. H.
WolS, in Fietcherville.
Rev. Albsrt L. Merehon, of Bound
b.'ook, N. J , will preach at the Bap
tist church to-night. Mr. Merehon is
quite a scholarly young divine and
the people m»y expect t> bo bith
entertained and instructed,
We understood that a match game
of ball will te plavt-d between local
and visiting nines at the grounds be
yond Paradise Park at three o’clock
next Tuesday afternoon, The boys
are at work practicing and a goed
game may be expected.
•
Miss Minnie O’Hearn, of S\ Au
gustine, Fla., arrived yesterday and
will spend some time in Thomasville
visiting her sister, Mrs. B. D. Fudge,
on Dawson street. Miss O’Bcarn is
quite a social favorite in this city
and her numerous friends and admir
ers will be pleased to learn of her re
turn.
Mies M. Block, 'of Cleveland, Ohio,
who has been spending the past few
weeks in Thomasville the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Wolff, left yesterday af
ternoon for New Orleans to attend
Mardi Gras. She will probably return
to Thomasville before going to her
northern home,
Gen’l. Superintendent Dunham, of
the Plant System, accompanied by his
private secretary, Mr. Thomas Le
Page, passed through* the city yester
day enroute to Montgomery from
Savannah. He stopped here Just long
enough to shake hands with a few of
his friends.
Seven Cars Derailed and Burned
—A List of the Killed and
Wounded.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 23, 1895—
(Special)—A dispatch to the Morning
News from Montgomery, Ala., says
Passenger train No. 1, for New Or
leans, on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, was wrecked two miles be'ow
Greenvi'le, Ala., and 47 miles south
of Montgomery, this morning at 9:30
o’clock. The train was going about
fifty miles an hour when the rails
spread, and the tender of the engine
jumped the track and the combination
baggage, mail and express cars,
smoking car and two pasienger coach
es were thrown over the fifteen-fcot
perpendicular embankment aud plow
ed into the mud. The first Pullman
sleeper left the rails, while two other
sleepers and a private car of the
Chicago and Alton railroad with of
ficials on board remained oa the
track.
Engineer Campbell and fir-man
remained at their post, the engine
jerking loose from the tender and es
caping damage. The mail clerk,bag
gage master and expressman all made
mraculous escapes, receiving but
slight bruises. Conductor Keeler got
out uninjured.
G. A. Walsh, of Birmingham,
thought to be a barber, was instantly
killed.
Those injure! are: Mrs. G. H.
Armstrong, of Buffalo, left shoulder
and arm broken, cut and bruised
about the face and left side.
Mrs. G. W. Moody, of Shelby villo,
Tenu., jaw broken and cut, left ankle
sprained and foot cut. Herdaughtir,
Margaret, sustained a few bruises.
W. H. Johnson, of New Castle,
Ind., seriously hurt in the back and
groin.
Miss Stella JohnsoD, of Birming
ham, right leg scalded by water from
heater.
Mrs. W. J. R. Thompson, of Mont
gomery, knee sprained.
Mrs. S J. Wisdom, if Montgom-
ery, face and head cut, left leg
sprained, possibly injured internally.
W. H. Schoolcraft, of Montgomery,
head cut and right hand mangled.
C. R. Johnson, a traveling man of
Toledo, hip cut and arm lacerated.
There were more than 325 passen
gers aboard and of that number at
least thirty were more or less injured,
very s'ight cuts and bruises being the
extent of the damages done those
whose names are not given.
The mail and baggage cars, three
coaches aud two Pullmans weie burn
ed. One sleeper aud tho Cnicago and
Alton car escaped the fire, which
originated from tbo stoves iu the
coaches.
At 10:30 o’clock a relief train left
here bearing seven doctor), together
with Gen. Supt. Evans and other L &
N. officials and the relatives ot local
people a the wreck. This train return-
d at five o’clock this afn rnoon.
The track has not yet bten cleared,
but travel is goiog forward as usual.
The mail burned was from Montgom
ery, Birmingham. Nashville, Louis
ville, Cncinral, Chicago and the
West.
The following parties registered at
the Piney Woods yesterday 4 Frank
Scott Willock, Mrs. John S. Hays,
Miss Hays, Pittsburgh; Charles W.
Troughton and wife; New York,
Among yesterday's arrivals at the
Mitchell House were H. R, Fitzgerald,
Danville, Va; G. R. Sherman and
wife, Nellie M. Douglass, Port Henry,
N. Y.; Eli Whitney, Mrs. Whitney
and maid, New Haven.
Sacred concerts will be given at
the Piney Woods Hotel and Mitchell
House to-night. They will both
doubtless be well attended.
A Pleasant Dance.
A Washington Birthday dance was
tendered the young people by Mr. and
Mrs. Redden Smith, at Pme Summit,
oa Friday evening, and it was an
occasion long to be remembered
Dancing was kept up until a late hour
and every one spent aa exceedingly
or joyable evening.
Among those present were: Mr.
and Mrs, Stembridge, Mr- and Mrs.
Selkirks ' Misses Daisy (Selkirk, Mec
Young, Katie Winn, Bessie Black-
shear, Lillie Smith, Flossie Daffin,
McGowan, Mamie Blackshear, Minnie
Dillon, Estelle Carroll, Bessie Mills,
Camilla Hilliard. Daisy Scotf, ValUe
Casse’s, Annie Thornton, Susie Cas-
eels, Birdie Smith, Olive Blackshear:
and Messrs. Howard J. Marrs, Bryant
H. Wright, T. E. Blackshear, Jr., J.
E. B. Love, Chas. Winter, Ollie
Keep, W. H. Phillips, Martin Cooper:
Lee Wylly, W. H. Hammond, L. R,
Wylly, Dickson Thario, C. Exum,
Jas. McDonald, Jock McDonald, Sam
Baker, H. B. Stowell and Mr. Glover.
Among the visiting yonng ladies
participating were; Miss Daffin, of
Savannah; Miss Annie Thornton, of
Montgomery; Misses Estelle Carroll
and Bessie Mills, of Atlanta; Miss
Hilliard, of Troy, Ala Miss Mc
Gowan, ot Philadelphia, and Miss
Selkirk, of New York.
Rumored Deal.
Rumors have beea rife for several
days ot a change in the management
of the Cubana City Cigar Factory, but
so far as we hare beeD able to learn
no change has actually taken place
yet, though there is hardly any doubt
but that there will be very shortly,
probably in the next jday or two. It
is said, upon pretty good authority,
that Mr. S. Steyerman will put a good
nice pile of moiey in the business acd
associate himself with Messrs, del
Pino and Pilgrim, and that the capac
ity ot the factory will be increased.
The reporter saw Mr. Steyerman yes
terday and while that gentleman nei
ther denied or confirmed the reports
he left (he reporter under the impres
sion that the rumors were true. II
Mr. Steyerman gets the management
of this business he will make it hum
He is not only one of our shrewdest
businessmen, but bps ample cap : tal
and energy to greatly increase the
already large business of the factor-.
Steyerman, del P.no and F.Igrun
would make a strong team,
J. R Battle Dead.
The following special was received
at a late hour on Friday night, too
late far insertion in yesterday morn
ing’s paper.
Boston, Ga., Feb. 22, 1895.
Times-.Enterprise ;
J. R. Battle died at G p td. wi l be
buried here at 3 p. m. to-morrow.
J. J. Parramore
Dr. Battle was ono of the ablest
ministeis in Thomas county. He was
was a man of strong convictions and
strong mind. As a miuister of the
gospel he was zealous and untiring
and his life was a continuous example
of how a Christian should live and
labor. He was buried yesterday af
ternoon.
After life’s fitful fever ho sleeps
well.
Nederland Life Insurance Com
pany.
Elsewhere appears a large adver
tisement of the above life insurance
cimpany, of which Mr. W. P. Sparks
is the local agent. The Nederland
was established in 1858, and is recog
nized as one of the safest and most
reliable companies doing businets in
the United State;, and claims to be far
the cheapest. Read the advertisement
and if more information is desired
Mr. Sparks will cheerfully furnish it.
Mr. John Larmon and family, of
Kansas City, arrived yesterday morn
ing and are stopping with Mrs. James
Larmon, on Dawson street.
See fourth page for further local
matter. |
“WHAT ARE THE
Spring styles Saying?”
DAME FASHION’S fair devotees may obtain the do
sired information by making inquiries at our counters.
Our DAILY SHIPMENTS disclose, as they are un»
packed, an almost limitless aggregation of new effects in the
dress goods line. Veiiiy the SPRING SEASON” CF 1895
bids fair to be a record breaker when it comes to beauty and
variety of its fabrics suitable for ladies and children’s wear*
Bristling with NEW IDEAS is how we would stamp the af*
ray. Novelties sure enough from this and the other side of
the water.
Bet This Be
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Of course we hope to miss no sales, and there’s no reason
why we should, but one thing is certain that e very calle will
be accorded the best attention whether a purchaser or not.
The following will give but a faint idea of what we will
have on display commencing with to-morrow, Monday, Feb.
25tb.
SILKS.
The famous Halvetia.
Swivel Chioa Taffeta,
Fancy Silks. <'
Satines again have the calls. Beautiful lines.
Exclusive designs with side bands, somethtng now.
Greorgia, In It Too.
The latest novelty for tailor made suits, Georgia Cover's
manufactured in Columbus, this State. Imported Worsteds,
no too patterns alike.
Serges, Fancy Piques,
Ducks, Crepons,
C repets, Etc , Etc.
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