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VOL. IX—IS O. 309.
TIIOMASYILLE, GEORGIA. .SATURDAY MORNING, MAY G, 189!).
$5.00 PER ANNUM
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of the Day Told In Brief
Personals, Etc.
Worth
Yesterday was another scorcher.
Gret nnr prices on job printing.
Commencement season is draw-
ing ou apace.
The colored revivals continue to
attract crowds.
Beading
Thera is a faint aroma of orange
blossoms in the air.
The blackberry crop, it is said,
will be a total failure.
The streets had a rather desert
ed appearance yesterday.
Heyward Hull is in town, and
his friends are glad to see him.
Quite a number will go out to
the picDic at John A.. McKinnon's
to-day.
500 Yards colored
Piques, worth 12 1-2
and 15 cents, your
choice for 7 1-2 cents.
200 Yards colored
Organdies, regular
20 and 25 cent quali
ty. Come and get
first choice for 10c.
300 Yards Madras
Cheviot, all in desira
ble patterns and good
value at 12 1-2 cents
your choice, 10c.
L Sllfil'M.
— M KA DQf7A KTKK8 FOR—
nothing. Gent’s Furnishings,
Dry Goods and Notions.
— AOFNT FOR—
Standard Fashions
—and—
Dutchess Trousers.
Phone JOS.
The sad accident at the depot
yesterday cast a gloom over the
whole town.
The uumber of tish in the Ocli-
lockonee river was not materially
reduced yesterday.
Do.-h Winn is rapidly getting
his store ready to go into. He
will open up in a few days.
Mrs. Nettie Martin, of Mont
gomery, is visiting Mrs. 8. R
Patou, on Remington avenue.
Attention is called to the new
ad of L. Steyerman which ap
pears elsewhere in to-day’s paper.
We are glad to see Capt. H. M.
Sapp in town He came in yes
terday and will epend a few days
here.
Mr. John 8. Denham, of Key
West, Fla , passed through the
city \esierday jiu ron*» to- Monti-
cello. ' *
Mrs. A. P. Wright, eud>.Miss
Julia Wright, who have bean in
Savanuab the past winter, return
ed home yesterday.
Judge Hansell, who has been
bolding Brooks county Superior
Court this week, returned home
yesterday afternoon.
Train 33, from Savannah, was
delayed several hours yesterday
by a freight train wreck between
here and Boston. No one was
iujored in the wreck.
Mr. C. (!. Williams and Mies
Carrie Williams, of Savannah,
came up yesterday and will spend
a few days with relatives and
friends in this city.
The sad accident at the railway
station yesterday mornlug should
be a warning to hoys who are iu
the habit of carrying pistols.
Pistols are daugeroua things in
the hands of the most careful.
Sweet, innoceut childhood,
With drooping eyelids and tired
limbs, fell asleep last night to
dream of a rolling river, of white
sand banks, woodland scenes, of
swings and birds mid Dowers.
There is but one objection to
the t'chlockouee river for a union
picnic: It. is too near, 'lhe chil
dren want to go further, to go to
some place winch they cannot
reach so easily and so readily.
Mr. M. C. Savage, yard master
for the Plant System iu this city,
left yesterday for Detroit, Mich.,
where he goes to attend the an
nual meeting of the Order of Rail
way Conductors. He wiil be ab
sent about two weeks.
We understand the annual pic
nic, given at the place of Messrs.
John A and Duncan McKinuon,
will come off to-day. These occa
sions are always pleasant, and are
generally attended by a number
of people from towu.
At the Stuart yesterday: K. S.
Miller, Savauuah; Chas. F. Hard,
Greenville, S. C.; Thomas Hod-
gins, Atlanta; J. J. Hall, Cordolo;
L. M. Davidson, Plant System;
T. E. O'Keefe, Richmond; M. M.
Cooper, City; A. Hardy, Louis
ville; H. M. Sapp, Atlanta; Allen
J. Strickland, Atlanta; T. W.
Should*, Bronson, Fla ; Alfred
Watkins, New York.
A GALA DAY.
The Union Sunday School Picnic
Comes off at the River—A Splen
did Repast and a Pleasant Day
For The Little Folks.
A goodly number of the army
of Sunday school childreu, ac
companied by parents, teachers
and friends, gathered at the
railway station yesterday morn
ing for their annual picnic. The
cars were soon tilled, when con
ductor Forrester ca!l< d “a l
aboard!” and the long tr: in, with
Engineer Betjoi*n al. the throttle,
pulled out for Miller’s brick yard
just across the Ocblockonee river.
The ride was a short one—too
short—for scarcely had the crowd
got settled in their seats when the
train sped across the river and
pulled up at the getting off place.
And then there was a geueral
scramble, everybody getting off
and heading for the picnic
grouuds, something over a quarter
of amiledistant. The grounds were
leached after trudging through
sand and a palmetto Hat If some
discomforts were encountered in
reachiug the grounds, the crowd
was amply repaid when they
reached the piece selected. ’Mid
a splendid grove of magnolias and
other growth casting their grate
ful shadows iu every dirtctiou,
were found seats, swings, tables
and all the necessary etceteras of
a picuic. And by these flowed
the Ocblockonee, singing on its
way to the sea, w'th its banks of
pure white sand gleaming in the
sunlight. Burstiug out from the
bauks of the stream, a splendid
sulphur spring gurgled and sent
up ite health-giving waters Soon
the sandbars were alive with
scores of childreu who had dis
carded their shoes, leaving bull
dredg of imprints of liuv feet in
the yielding saud, while the more
venturous invaded the river and
waded through Its cool and shal
low waters. In the mean time
the swinge were put in motion and
scores ot girls and bo vs were soon
swinging back and forth, inhal
ing the fresh air which swept
through the sylvan retreat.
The committee in charge of the
free lemonade stand went t.o work
and were soon handing out
the delicious Leverage bv the
dozen glasses It was a thirsty
crowd, but the supply was equul
to tbe demand. This was one of
the hardest worked committees on
the ground. Their labor was con
tinuous. The basket committoe,
aided by a corps of ladies, spread
the sumptuous dinner prepared on
the long tables, the latter having
been kindly put in place by Mr
Robert Dekle. And wli n dinner
was announced the onslaught
began. But the simply exceeded
tbe appetites, however keen, and
a good Burplqs remained after all
had been fed The feast was iu
joyed by young and old.
Mr. William Miller, by his
presenoe, energy and interest iu
the occasion, contributed no little
to the enjoyment of all. He is
the young people's frieud, ami
cau always be depended upon to
work for their comfort ami pleas
ure.
Mr F. M. VanDvk e catered to
t’he crowd, supplying them with
cooling drinks, ice cream, fruits,
<&c. And he was well patronized.
After a most enjoyable day the
party returned last evening on
the 6:30 train, tired, no doubt,
but very happy.
The only drawback to the pleas
ures ol tbe day was the tragic
death of young Benjamin Orittiii,
who shot and killed himself acci
dentally, iu one of tbe coaches, a
few minutes before the train pull
ed out. There wore many ex
pressions of sy mpatby heard for
the unfortunate boy and his grief
strickeu mother and father.
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas li. (irifliti
are iuvited to attend the funeral
of their sod, BenjAmiu, from the
residence iu Fletchorvilie at ten
o'clock this morning. Interment
in Laurel Hill cemetery.
Sam Bennett, of Camilla, was
in towu a short while yesterday
on route home from Quitman,
where he has been attending
court,
A SAD ACCIDENT.
Little Ben Griffin Fatally Shoots
Himself.
The merry crowd of light
hearted, pleasure bound picmcers
at the depot yesterday morning
was quickly transferred to one of
sorrow and sadness by an acci
dent, the horror of which spread
over the entire crowd.
Little Ben Grifliu, the thirteen
year old sou of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles R. Grifliu, was among the
hundreds of hright-eved little
fellows who, iu their eagerness
to reach the picnic grouuds, had
already entered the cars. He
anil his companions, filled with
pleasant anticipations of the day’s
pleasure, were in the best of spir
its. Suddenly there was a muffled
report, and little Ben, who was
leaning out of one of the win
dows, sank to the floor of the car.
His companions lifted him to a
seat a-id one of them rushed out
after a doctor. Dr. Daniels,
Plaut System Surgeon, was stand
ing ou the platform and imme
diately responded to the call.
When he reached the boy a glance
showed him that he was fatally
wounded ami that, he could live
but a short time. He was made
comfortable as possible on a car
seat uutil a stretcher could be
procured, when he was removed
to the waiting room. Everything
possible was done for tbe boy, but
be only lasted a few minutes.
Immediately after the shooting
the boy’s mother was sent, for and
she arrived just before his death
He was conscious to the last and
recognized those about him. Kiud
bauds lifted the stretcher and
bore the body back to the borne
from which only a few minutes
before little Ben had left light
hearted and happy.
The accident winch resulted eo
fearfully to little Ben came about
in ibis mautier. Before leaviug
home be put a 32 calibre revolver
iu the inside breast pocket of his
coat. Only one chamber was
loaded, but in his pocket he had
several rounds of cartridges. As
he leaned out of the car window
the revolver was pressed against
the car and discharged. The bail
entered the boy’s right side and
ranged upwards. He sank to the
floor, but when lifted to a seat by
companions, lie pulled the pistol
out, of his pocket and threw it
under the seat in front of him.
Then lie colla; 86-1 from the shock.
The sad end of little Ben should
be a warning to those who prac
tic-j tho dangerous habit of carry -
ing pistois.
The grief-stricken parents of
the little fellow have the heartfelt
sympathy of every one in their
sad hour of trouble.
There were numerous Jprivate
picnics, In addition to tbe big
one, yesterday.
.TAKING THE SUNSHINE GROW.
"Mother, what makes the sunshine
gro«V"
My darling said -me day,
•As o'er the hills the heavenly glow
Came speeding on its way,
Breaking the -lumbers of the night,
Flooding the earth with golden light,
And el, thing mountains, dome and
spire
With the baptismal robe of lire.
“From a kind Father's hand, my love,
The precious gift is poured,
Iu the vast treasure-house above
The glorious light is Htored,
It shines for us—it shines for all.
In lowly cot or princely hall;
And many a sorrow doth beguile
W ith the rare sweetness of its smile.
"if 1 could make the sunshine grow,
Mow happy 1 should be.
No cruel blasts, no wintry woe,
Our fair green earth should se-,
All the long year should summer's reign
Make glad the Helds of ripening grain;
All the long year should flowers blow, j
If l could make the sunshine grow. |
"God rules and guides the heavenly i
light
With wisdom more than ours;
Hut we can make dark places bright
And deserts bloom with (lowers,
A cheerful heart, kiad words and deeds.
True sympathy for others' needs.
Fure thought that from pure foun
tains How,
1 liese make the blessed sunshine
grow,"
m lair is hi al Last
And so is Our Entire^Stock of
Warm Weather
Clothes lor Boys and Men.
It will not bo wi-e for you to wait any longer to select
them, as you run chances on not getting the pick of stock.
You know you will need Summer Clothing, Straw Hats,
Negligee Shirts, Cooler Underwear, etc., and now is as good
a time to pick them out as any. We have an immense selec
tion, with lowest prices on them. Qiiftlit a v ('ou.wiflered.
We are catering to your wants,* with the only complete
stock of ready-made gents and boys apparel in this market,
and we want you to call in and inspect.
Shoes! Shoes!
Our shoe department is a veritable feast of spring
styles, both for men, boys, ladies, misses and children.
It is an acknowledged truth, that we carry only
A i Good Shoes,
And every pair sold with a guarantee.
We have as complete a line of shoes as can be found in
a town double the sizeot ours in Georgia, add can tit you.
Give us your shoe trade and we will give you the 1 be-t
goods for the least money of any house in this city.
Yours for business,
The Levy Mercantile Co.,
Mitchell House Elock.