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VOL. VI—NO 40.
THOM AS VILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1895.
85.00 PER ANNUU.
The News of the Day Told in
Brief—Personals, Etc. ,
Yesterday was an ideal spring day.
Paradise park needs attention bad-
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Remove the fallen limbs and trash
out of the park. •
The weather of yesterday conld not
have been improved upon.
Advertise your wants in the Times-
Enterprise. Good results are sure
to follow.
A few dtfys of such weather as we
had yesterday and the trees will begin
to bud out.
Mr. P. H. Bone, of Troy, Ala, is
spending a few days with his Thoms
asville friends.
MARCH SHEETS
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Now ready for distribution. Call
and get otic.
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pinned paper patterns
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105 AM) 107 I1R0AD ST.
Sillc Gingham ami Duck
Shirt Wa sts just in.
Don’t mistake cramp colic for the
qualms of conscience. They are en
tirely different.
Services at all the churches to-day.
Visitors are cordially invited. Pews
tree everywhere.
Dealers in garden seed have been
doing a land office business for the
past day or two.
Tbs regular terra of justice court
was held yesterday, Justices Bibb and
Mash presiding.
The Past Mail Company arrived
Sunday night from Albany and stop
ped at the Stuart
Mr. J. S. Kaine. of Atlanta an in
surance adjuster, waa in the city yes
terday looking after some of the recent
firei.
That game of ball between local
and visiting nines at ihe ball grounds
this afternoon will doubtless attract a
crowd.
Proprietor Stuart is keeping the
Masury Hotel up to a high standard
of excellence, and he has a large
number of guests.
Our Baptist friends will soon be
able to occupy their new church. And
it will be r,ce of the handsomest
churches in the city.
The hoarding houses, and there are
many excellen t ones here, are all
about full. A few more days and
every house in town will be foil.
We a-e informed that tfere are
several bad p'aces on tha boulevard
that greatly mar the pVasure of driv
ing over this road. We hope the
authorities will look into the matter
end repair the bad plaoea at once
There never was a time in the his
tory of Thomasville when it paid
bettt r to advertise than now.- Buyers
watch our columns for bargains And
they find rh-m, too. Push your busi
ness instead of allowing ii to push
;cu.
Satiated with worldly pleasures and
entertainments, many will religiously
observe the forty days commencing
with the 27th inst. It is well that
oneshou'd turn aside from the allure
ments of tho world occasionally and
direct thoir thoughts to holier and
more enduring things.
We are glad to know that the
ladies realized somtthing over $8o on
their St. Valentine issue of the Adver
tiser. This will help out the Charity
Hospital some, but the lund should
be increased Irom other sources. This
institution is one which appeals strongs
ly to the charitable for a liberal sup
port.
Rev. Mr. Smith, of Gainesville,
Ga., preached in the Baptist church
Sunday morning. At the dose of the
sermon he took up a collection for the
benefit of the State Baptist Orphan
Home and succeeded in raising about
8125. His appeal in behalf of the
motherless boys and girls of Georgia
was a touching one. At night the
same pulpit was filled by Rev. Mr.
Merchon, of New Jersey, who preach
ed a very able sermon.
Reporting Our Inoome.
Senator Mercer, of the 9th senato
rial district, was taking tho statements
of all those whoso income is over
83,500 yesterday. A subscriber, and
he lives in the country, in a fit of
abstraction, paid a year’s subscription
yesterday and we promptly reported
the income to Mr. Mercer, wbi'e he
was footing up tho wealth of Cashier
Culpepper, of the Citizens Banking
and Trust Co. It is our purpose to
deal fairly and openly with the gov
erament. We took occasion to inform
Mr. Mercer that the next dollar paid
in, and it will probably be received
some time during the summer, will bo
promptly reported to him. He eeemed
to be pleased, and in fact much grati
fled, at this reidiuess on our part to
conceal nothing, but on the ontrAry
showing an evident intention ol meet
ing our obligtsion.8 to this great, good
and munificent government in a sptr
it of fairness and equity.
Robbed tho Store.
Some one robbed Mr. Joseph Fass’
store oo Saturday night. Just the
amount of goods stolen is not and
prohab'y never wdl be known as it is
impossible in tell what is in ssing.
The cash drawer was broken open,
but it contained only a few cents and
these wer.- left unmolested, the thief
evidently being frightened away by the
noise made in opening the drawer. A
side oi meat was taken Irom the meat
box, and probably other articles were
also stolen. The thief was evident.y
locked in the store on Saturday u’ght,
as th : back door was found open on
Sunday and there was no evidence ot
it having been I need open The
police are working on the case, but
they have no clue.
Among j esterday ’a arrivals a), the
Mitchell were: Geo. Zschill and
wife, Brooklyn. J. E Mercer, Leary,
Ga ; W. S. Lambert, wife, two child
ren and two maids, New York; Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Merriam, Weston,
Mass ; J. S. E'liott and son, Mrs. T.
T. Gaff, daughter and maid, New
York; Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Rose, As 1
pen, Colorado.
Toe Ohio party that passed through
here a few weeks ag> brand for Flor
ida and Cuba, passed through agtin
yesterday on route for home. They
attacked Mr. VanDyke's lunch coun
ter at the depot and when the smoke
of battle cleared away the counter
looked as if it had been swept by a
Texas cyclone. They expressed them-
Belvcs as having enjoyed their trip
south very much.
Tho annual bentfir. o-cart ot Mr.
OscarGolde, tho accomplished musical
director of the Piney Woods orches
tra, will take place in the parlor ol the
Piney Woods Hotel on Thursday
evening, the 28th inst, at 8 o’clock.
In addition to an rxcei'c it musical
programme which has been arranged
for the occarioa, Dr G Q Colton will
give some choice leadings and recita
tion's. The tickets are one dollar ai d
can be had at the hotel and principal
stores.
Mr Wm.8. Irvine, a number of
whose poems have appeired in the
Times-Enterpkise, is engaged in
compiling a number of bis verte, into
a booklet to be called "Pine Needles
from the South,” which he will sell by
subicription. Advance orders can be
left at his store on Broad street.
"I am informed,” said Mr. Robtrt
Lester, yesterday, ''that the Duncan
ville road is in very bad condition.”
And the same may be said of other
roads loading out of town. We hope
the road commissioners for this dis
trict will see that the roads »~e work
ed at the earliest possible day,
Scip Gibson, colored, was locked up
again Saturday morning. Scip bssu’t
been off the gang long. While be was
a member of that body be became
involved in a difficulty with a girl of
like color to himself, and tbia is why
bo is again playing oheckera with bis
nose.
Act at Once.
All persons whose business requires
a specific license are notified that
their licenses expire on March rst,
Friday, and that they must renew at
that time. Very few ot them have
made application so far for licenses,
and this notice is given that they may
make the application at once. The
city council will, bold another meeting
on Thursday afternoon for the purpose
of passing on these applications.
I/qu jr dealers will have to accompa
ny their applications with their bonds
and the written consent of a majority
of the people doing business on their
block.
, Police Court.
Mayor Herring held his usual Mon
day morning matinee yesterday morn
ing to a pretty well filled hoiise.
Several cases of disorderly conduct
wero disposed of, bnt as tbe offenses
committed were of a rather mild nab
ure the fines imposed were very light.
None of the eases were of any special
importance.
Mr. Charley Pidcock, wife and sis
ter were registered at the Stuart last
night. They came up to take in the
“Fast Mail.”
Mr. M. E. Wendall and wife, of
Troy, N Y„ and Mr. L. I. Meinhard,
of New York, arrived at the Piney
Woods yesterday. Mr. Wendall spent
the winter here two years ago.
Messrs. J. T. MedliD, traveling
freight agent and W. H. Carroll,
traveling auditor of the Plant system,
left by the Alabama Midland yester
day for New Orleansio be present at
the Mardi Gras festivities lb : s week
“WHAT ARE THE
Spring Styles Saying?”
That athletic entertainment a t the
city halt on Wednesday evening, in
which several local and visiting ama
teur pugilists will demonstrate their
skill in the manly art, will draw a big
bouse. Some rare fun may be ex'
pected.
Senator J. E. Mercer, who is repre'
senting the government in the income
tax business, is registered at tbe
Mitchell. He was busy all day yeas
terday taking returns, of corporations
and individuals whose incomes amount
to 83,500.
There is an extremely bad place
near the eight mikWpost on the McIn
tyre road which shoo'd have imme
diate attention. A team got stuck
thece yesterday and damaging resu’ts
narrowly averted. We hope the
authorities will look into the matter
at onco.
At its meeting yesterday the city
coucctl decided to purchase the
triangular piece of property between
the ptrk and the Broad street cross
ing of the 8, F. & ' W. rai’road, pay
ing therefor 8500. The property was
owned by Mr. John L. Finn. The
price paid is said to be a fair one
At tho Stuart yesterday: Robeit L.
Shipp, Moultrie, Ga.; R. Leslie, New
Orleam; R L. Wylly, J. G. Smith,
Campbell Laug, Savannah; M. Bar-
wald, G. D. Harwell, Atlanta; J. M.
Hous.*, Chicago; C. J. F. Beane,
Cincinnati; W. C. McRae, Valdosta;
L, C. Green, St. Louis; A. De Val-
conrt, Chattanooga, C. W. Pidcock
and wife, Mies Pidcock, J N. Pid
cock, Jr., Pidcoek, Ga.; George B
Glover, Monticello; Chas. F, Halt,
Besemer, Ala.; N. Reese Owens, Bal
timore; T. M. Battle, Bainbridge:
Jno. T. Chambers, Jr, AtlantsfJno,
Skellerin, Chattanooga; C. T. Till*
man, Quitman; W. N. Harrell and
daughter, A. B. Smith, Valdos
ta; B. S. Kennedy,Higginaville, Mo.;
R. L. Hatch, Su Louis; F. I. Me-
Reo, Valdosta; W. JJ Crom, Mont
gomery; Kingsley JMcCallum, Jack
sonville; E. Isbell and wife, Sarato
ga, N. Y,; J. Hogan and wife, Mias
Louise Mitcheil, J. J. Morris, Chaa.S.
Metzger, Gustave Newville,. Frank
Weed, Ed Manley, Chas Leekins,
Chas Bceken; Fast Mail Co.
DAME FASHION’S fair devotees may obtain the de
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. Ve.iiy the SPRING SEASON CF 1895
bids fair to be a record breaker when it cornea to beauty and
variety of its fabrics suitable for ladies and children’s weai|
Bristling with NEW IDEAS is how we would stamp the an
ray. Novelties sure enough from this and the other side of
the water.
L©t This B®
. “Looker’s" Week I
Of course we hope to miss no s ties, and there’s no reason
why tre 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.
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The famous Halvetia.
Swivel Chioa Taffeta.
Fancy Silks,
Satines again have the calls, Beautiful lines.
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The latest novelty for tailor m ide suits, Georgia Covcrfs
manufactured in Columbus, this State. Imported Worsteds,
no too patterns alike.
Serges, Fancy Piques,
Ducks Crepons,
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