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VOL. VIII—NO 13C.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 18&7
85.00 TER £NNUM
Will be one of my specials
for this week.
200 yards of silk worth 65c,
and when you examine same
you will agree with me on the
ab )ve price. The value is to
your interest and my interest
to dispose of the goods regard
less of what they cost. Con
sequently down comes the
price to
39 c
Mates Ginghams
Another big value I am
giving my friends in these
goods Colors are good and
one of the newest things out
this season. Some of them
knickerbocker styles and
others will make up in styles
equal to silks. These goods
are richly worth 25c; down
comes the price to
16c
Q-xen.a,ca in©,
A cotton fabric which in
quantity thousands of yards
have been sold this season.
The patterns and class of
goods are strictly good value
at 25c, but 1 sold them at 2oc
in the beginning of the season
and now down comes the
price to
lOo
Wool Chillies.
loo yards to close out. The
patterns are certainly rich,
pretty and dainty. These
goods are splendid value at
25c, which has been my regu
lar paice, they are full 36 in.
wide, Down comes the price to
18o
h
I have about iO doz towels
to close out in this special sale
for this week. Call and ask to
see them; you can buy them
cheap.
Last but not least of my
specials for this week will be
a lot of Boys’ Sailor Suits.
They are made of Galatea
cloth and somo of them are
worth 82 76 a suit, Down
comes the price to
49c
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of the Day Told in Brief'
Personals, Etc.
Quite a number will go down
with the Guards this morning.
Melons and pears continue to
go forward and they still bring
good prices.
Manager Davidson is anxious
to get to work on the fair grounds
and buildings.
Every summer is the hottest
and every winter the coldest—
according to some people.
Mr. Pollard is doing the paint
ing on the new residence and
store of Alderman Herring.
There were no services at any
of the churches Sunday evening.
This was a very uuusal occurrence
Mrs. T. C. Mitchell and son,
John Mitchell, went up to Atlanta
yesterday morning to spend a few
davs.
Not a church bell broke the
stillness of last Sabbath evening.
This is something unusual in
Thomasville.
A big erdwd of colored excur
sionists will be here to-day from
St. Augustine, Jacksonville and
intermediate points.
Dr. Underwood Cochran and
Mr. Ernest M. Davis, of Camilla,
passed through the - city Sunday
en route to Savannah.
Mrs. N. L. Coyle left yesterday
afternoon for Louisville, Ky.,
where she will spend sometime
with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Meyer,
who have been visiting relatives
in this city, returned to their
home in Savannah yesterday.
Members of the Guards were
out last night telling their sweet
hearts good-bye. The parting, in
somednstancos, was very tender.
Mrs. C. Lang and daughter,
Miss Mamie Lang, of Savannah,
arrived yesterday and will spend
some time with friends in this
city.
Mr. D. S. Brandon passed
through the city Sunday en route
to New York, where he goes on
a business and pleasure trip com
bined.
Manager Brux passed through
the city yesterday with his ball
cluben route to Eufaula, Ala.,
where they will play the- club of
that place.
George Robinson and Wni;
Grant will have a big cake walk
and walking contest at the city
hall to-night for the benefit of the
excursionists.
Attention is called to the ad of
the 'Union Female College at
Eufaula, Ala., which appears
elsewhere. This is one of the
best known iemale colleges in the
country.
Headquarters for Dry Goods,
Clothing, Gents’ Fur
nishing Goods and
• Notions,
We have been requested to
state that from now until the 1st
of October, outgoing mails will
close at 8 p. m. instead of 9, as
heretofore. Take notice and
govern yourself accordingly.
Capt. Henry G. Turner, of Quit-
man, who so long and so ably rep
resented this district in congress,
was in the city a few hours yes
terday en route home from a visit
to relatives in Monticello, Fla.
It was reported on the streets
here yesterday that the Valdosta
base ball club had been disband
ed. This was brought about, no
doubt, by the defeat of that club
last Friday by Quitman and the
consequent loss of considerable
money by the Valdosta people.
The Valdosta fans evidently
haven’t got very good staying
qualities.
Mr. J. M. Massey, formerly of
the Arm of Massey & Whaley,
Boston, Ga., died in south Flori
da a few days ago and will be
buried at Summerbill church to
day. Mr. Massey bad consump
tion and went to Arizona for the
benefit of bis health. After
spending a year and a half out
. there he went to south Florida,
where be died.
Building a Railroad.
Baiubridge isn’t making much
fuss about it, but she is going
ahead and will soon have a com
peting line of railway. President
J. P. Williams, of the Georgia
Pine Railway Company, writes as
follows:
“The railroad traversing the
country between Bainbridge and
Arlington, Ga., is now under con
struction, and about ten miles of
the road have been completed.
The work will he prosecuted as
rapidly as circumstances will per
mit. I hope that the whole line
will be completed between Bain
bridge and Arlington on or before
the 1st of November next. The
length of the road is about thirty-
nine miles. It is of standard
gauge, and we are putting in
forty-five pound new steel rails.
We are putting the roadbed in
thorough order, And are using
2,800 crossties per mile, the object
being to make a first class rail
way. The road will be equipped
entirely with new engines and
new rolling stock. In reference
to sawmill Bites, there are
several very fine mill sites
along the line ot this road.
1 do not think that I would exag
gerate in expressing the opinion
that at Colquitt, equidistant be
tween Bainhridee and Arlington,
there is one of the finest sawmill
sites fora large plant in the south.
I have had inquiries from parties
regarding the erection of several
small mills, but have had no ap
plications for sites lor the erection
of large mills along the line of
the road.” This road is located
in the extreme southwestern por
tion of the state, and traverses
parts of Early, Miller and Deca
tur counties, forming a north and
south connection between the
Central of Georgia and the Plant
System. It passes through Col
quitt, the county seat of Miller
county. The officers of the com-,
pany are J, P. Williams, of Savan
nab, president; A. L. Hawes, of
Bainbridge, vice-president; H. J.
Bruton, of Bainbridge, secretary,
and G. W. Haupt, of Savannah,
treasurer.”
When this road is completed,
Albany, Bainbridge, Quitman,
Valdosta aud Moultrie will have
competing lines.
And there is a significant lee—
son in all this for Thomasville.
Will she heed it f
In Police Court.
Mayor Culpepper had a big
crowd of mourners in police court
yesterday morniug. Every avail
able seat in the house was occu
pied, many of whom were specta
tors, however, who came to see the
fun. As is usually the case a ma
jority of tho offenders were of the
female persuasion.
Tho fines were all comparatiye
ly light, but notwithstanding the
additional fact that many were
not convicted for a lack of evi
dence, the proceeds of the session
considerably enriched the city
treasury.
Baltimore Robinson paid five
dollars and costs rather than work
the streets.
Lula Smith took her choice be
tween paying two dollars aud
coBts and working ten days, and
chose the former.
Cynthia Crawford came across
with three dollars and costs.
Kate Smith was let oif with oue
dollar and costs.
Willie Powell had to pay two
dollars and costs.
Five'dollars and costs or fifteen
days was the way the sentence
read entered up against Sallie
Ann Jackson.
Maggie Brown was assessed
three and costs.
BAKERY BURNED OUT.
H. Robinson’s Stock Destroyed
By Fire Sunday Morning.
The Tennille, (Ga.) Chronicle
contains the marriage notice of
Mr. H. D. Atkinson and Miss
Tnllio A. Cason, at the residence
of the bride’s parents last week.
The bride is said to be a most
charmiDg and accomplished young
lady. Mr. Atkinson is a son of
Mr. C. C. Atkinson, of this city.
The Timbs-Entbrprisb extends
congratulations and wishes for the
couple long life and happiness.
Miss Ida Blackburn, of Mont
gomery, Ala., is visiting her
young friend, Miss Pauli no Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Smith, in Fletcherville.
Fire was discovered in the
bakery and grocery store of Mr
C. M. Robinson, on Jackson street,
about half past three o'clock Sun
day morning. An alarm was
promptly sounded and the depart
ment was quickly on the scene at
work.
The fire was on the inside of the
store aud smoke was issuing from
evory crack in the building. No
flames could be seen, but the front
windows were cracking and
breaking, showing that the heat
inside was intense. A hose was
ruu through the alley and a stream
thrown through the back door. In
a few minutes the fire was extin
guished, hut the entire stock of
groceries, etc., was almost entire
ly destroyed by smoke and water
The fire must certainly have
been the work of an incendiary
About halt way of the store runs
a partition which separates the
store from the bakery. The fire
was started in this partition
close proximity to a large kero
sene oil can. A considerable por-.
tion of this partition was burned
There was neither lamp or stove
any where near this partition, and
the bake oven is some twenty-five
feet distant, Mr. Robinson
closed the house up himself at 12
o’clock Saturday night and says
he locked up the back door him
self, yet when the firemen got
there they found the back door
closed but not locked. Mr. Rob
inson thinks some one robbed the
store ank then set fire to it to hide
their crime.
Mr. Robinson had $1,000 insur
ance on stock and $500 on furni
ture and fixtures, in the Palatine
insurance company, John F. Par
ker agent.
A New Canteloupe.
What will probably prove to be
one of the finest canteloupesgrown
in this section, was tested at this
office yesterday. It was grown
by Mr. Shackelford, aud be in
vited Messrs. R. E. Lester, W. H.
Bibb, L. H. Jerger, D. Elias and
E. M. Mallette to taste and test
the quality, of the melon. And
they all pronounced it the best
they ever tasted. It was very
large, but sweet as the smaller
varieties. Mr. Shackelford has
raised some which weighed
much as 22 pounds. The melon is
a cross between the JapaueseGreen,
and tbe Golden canteloupe.
We take the liberty of naming
it the “Beppo,” and predict for it
great popularity.
Will Ploy Quincy Thursday.
Mr. Tbeo. Titus, manager of the
Turks, received a letter from the
Quincy base ball club yesterday
asking for a game in this city 011
Thursday. Mr. Titus promptly
answered that he would play them
on that date and we presume they
will come. Quincy has a good
ball team this year, and will play
the Turks a stiff game.
At the Stuart yesterday: J. B.
Crawford, N. O.; H. Barrow,
Haylow, Ga.; W. W. Crocker,
Atlanta; D. S. Brandon, Iron City;
J. D. Hammond, Crede, Cal.; II.
S. Leete, City; E. J. Flood, Phila
delphia; Barnes Moss, Atlanta;
Chas. O. Newsom, Detroit; Under
wood Cochran, N. Y.; Ernest M.
Davis, Camilla; M. M. Cooper,
City; J, Will, Monticello; H. H.
Whitworth, Nashville; Tenn.; Miss
Lillie Desmond, Biakely,Ga ; Sig
Nussbaum, Joe H. Gilpin, S.
Hinds, B. B. Bower, Mies Bower,
Bainbridge; B. F. Hawkins, Ga.;
T. Nowhaos, Baltimore; Gus F.
Harvard, Savannah; A. Gredig,
Chattanooga; M. J. Epstein, Sa
vannah;' F. I. McRee, Valdosta;
B. M. Cuiry, Pelham; Miss Ida
Spence, Camilla; Buck Ellington,
Winston, N. C.; D. McEachin,
Savannah.
Dr. J. A. Thompson left yester
day afternoon for Pelham, where
the South Georgia District Con
ference will be in session this
week. Tbe following are the lay
delegates from the church here:
J. F. Evans, T. C. Mitchell, S. L.
Hayes, Robert Deklo and W. A.
Priugle.
Buck Ellingtou dropped into
town last night.
ii-Mir
Which takes place at the
Lire, Progressive Place.
IT’S OUR
Annual Carnival,
And JULY Is the Month.
It will last for two weeks trom date and
July .31st will close the great bill.
Every day sends new attractions.
RECORDS BROKEN
To “smitherines” by our big cut in prices,
and a big race between our 3 choice
department, Dry Goods, Clothing
and Shoes to see which depart
ment can make the win
ning record during
this sale.
Oar Annua! Stock-Taking
Has put the men in each department on
their metal, and we can assert positive
ly the} have direct instructions
from us that all summer goods
t Be Closed Oot
during this Carnival and annual stock tak
ing sale. We are not selling out, but
out selling any concern in these
“diggins.” We will refrain from
QUOTING PRICES.
As absolutely every article w'*l be sold at
reduced prices for next two weeks at
THOMASVIL L £\
Agents Butterick’s Patterns.