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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY FEBUARYJL8, 1893.
NEW SERIES, YOL. I V—NO. 35
THE PINBY, WOODS HOP.
MR. J. M. RUSHIN DEAD.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
The First Fall Dress Affair of
the Season a Big Success:
He Takes an Overdose of Laud-
, anum by Mistake.
P:thy Paragraphs of Prominent
Things and People,
WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
DURINGTHE WEEK.
Jackson Streets
Mr. Eiffil can’t see his great tower
over the prison walls.
Mr. Gladstone will push his home
rule bill in parliament.
Interesting Items Picked Up All
Over the Country and Care
fully Prepared and Serv
ed to Our Readers.
ATES.
buried yesu
afternoon at
The Georgia Southern hzs ju&t
issued its new combined descriptive
folder aud time table.
Children Cry
Castoria
Ir. Hooper Alexander, so well
known here, will be an editorial writer
on Atlanta’s new morning ]t»per,
•*The Sun.”
*• <"a>; .r.\ iV *o v. 11 a ’npt.vj t-i cfclMrm tb*t
:• i-c-a;.i>*t»l ii ns i-n- 1-1 m.y j r.t,crintto3
^si- mu-.’’ A. Ar. -nva. M. D.,
South Oxf.-n u.. V-os-Vys, N. V
The friends of Hon. Seaborn
Wright are pleased to se$ him in the
city again. lie has joined his family
on Jackson street.
hi my nM fSiid iV
SUMACH to affect!-nft '•Hil«Wn. M
Aixx. KwuruT.o.i, it. IX.
105; Svi Av*\, York.
ptr.»r*rftl krowi<?o ray that
promotc-i. TMffcstlim* M»i
l'.i P'i it'.- 1 i&lir
\'i 1 K-verifhncia
E. M. Mallette has sold one ot the
Linton cottages on Broad street to
Mr. W. C. Pittman. It wiii be over
hauled and occupied by Mr. A. C.
Pinson.
S. '•
Physician and Surgeon,
MOrt.TlUE, ■ - - GEORGIA.
C-»’*i»iitt m -i Adjacent counties.
G. C LANEY, M. D..
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Mill!LTK! K, COLQUITT CO.,GA.
0‘Vcrs hi.Yservices to the people Colquitt
HERRING Sc WALKER,
UNDERTAKERS.
OGC». HOLLISTiUR ;
riiVM'.lAN a Nil SURGEON.
Miss Belle McKay, of Madison,
Mis? , !s visiting her relatives here,
Mr. and -Mrs John Parnell. The
yo.ing lady will spend some time in
Thomasville.
Mr. Goddard, who has been spend
ing some time in the city, left for his
home in Indiana jesterday His
family will spend the remainder of the
sea sou here.
Some dever.-iona, bicycle and horse
racing, foot and base ball, and other
such amusemeuts, would afford enter
tainment to many cm who.«e bands
time lags heavily.
The new fence for the court house
square is probably on its way. Mr.
Burch received notice from the factory
several dajs ?go that it was about
ready for shipment.
Miss Nettie Chastain,of this county,
left Sunday evening for Decatur county,
where she goes to take charge ot a
flourishing school. Miss Nettie has
been 2 successful teacher in this
county for several years.
The friends of Mr John H David
son. of the firm of MacIntyre & David
son, who re now constructing a por
tion of .he Sam road was in the city
for a short while yesterday.
repre
cles.who ha
weeks in the
turned home
II,
D.-Saussure, a cf.armmg
r of Char es'on s »cial cir-
; been spend ng some
city visiting relatives, re-
yesterday to the n. gret of
jnusviiie lriends.
they
mind visitors th;
are cordially invited to drop in at the
rooms of the Library Association on
Crawford street. They ml! find many
] of the standard works on the shelves
j and a fine selection cf current Incra-
i tore on the tables.
Atlanta, G ., 34th Year.
A Ilia'll t-r::• Bu4nehK Training
Sc*io .1 !»-»•».keeping. Banking
Shorthand.'cm*. Term* reasonable
in* •'h >: 1. L’in uUn f/?<*.
! Mr. JIrsiry Arnold, of Baiubridge,
j was in low n yoterday, He caruc
over to secure a house and will move
his family here iu a few days. There
isn't a bctltr mechanic in the country
than Henry Arnold, and wc ate glad
to welcome him aa a citizen again.
Scientific American
Agency for ^
Mr. Lucius Taylor left for Atlanta
last night. He has accepted a posi
tion with Maier & Berkele, popu’ar
Whitehall street jewelers. Thomas-
ville regrets to lose Lucius and he
carries with him the best wishes and
recomv.endations of hosts of friends.
Mayor Hopkins is making the
police force toe the mark and comply
with the ordinance in every respect.
He wi l have some of them before
him on Monday for violating the
rule which says that no police shall
stay iu one place more that five
minutes
® C J>abiic by anoiico given ircooTcbargYiauia
wnttfic J^meriatt
Lfuvpst circulation ot any scientific paper In the
world. Splcmtidlv illustrated. No Intelligent
n>*n shonld.be without it. Weekly, S3.OO a
years f I/O six ranntlw. Address MUNN A OO,
PUBiasuuis, 301 Uroadway, New York CUy-
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being cflteacioMe ia
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•titution, when im^elred
properties juitify g, in guaranteeing a
CCMT CDCe or wokoirtcl ccrm.
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BLOOD BALM CO., ATLANTA. QA.
For sale by bo idu-aot, Peacock 4 Co.
Tribute to Mrs. H. L Brandon.
The members of the M Woman’s
Foreign Missionary Society” of the
Methodist church, is sadly, sorely be
reaved in the death of our dear sister
and co-laborer, Mrs. Brandon. It is
hard, indeed, for us to realize that she
will never meet wilh us again, to en
courage and insp:re us by her sweet
and loving spirit; her fidelity to duty,
her loyalty to Christ and His church,
her earnest consecration to every good
word and work, and her constancy
and zeal in the good cause ia which
we are engaged. As a band of sisters
in Christ, and servants in His church,
we desire to record our tribute of lore
and affection to her true worth and
merit in all the walks and relations of
life, in which she so beautifully illus
trated the virtues of true womanhood
and the graces of Christian character
and active, useful piety and service.
1 hereforc
Resolved, That while we deeply
deplore the removal by death of our
dear sister and c i-laborer in the cause
of Missions and every good work, we
would bow with Christian acquiescence
to the Divine will and providence,
cherish her memory iu our hearts, and
humbly seek to imitate the virtues and
graces that adorned her heart and iii3.
Resolved, That a copy of this
paper be spread upon our minutes
ane a blank page inscribed to her
name, also a copy sent to her lamily.
Mrs. Julia Robison,
Mrs. S. L. Hayes,
“La Cubana City.**
The correspondent of the News,
writing from Thomasville, has this to
say about the new suburb:
The chain-gang is now at work on
the Clay street extension, which will
load out to La Cubana City, the new
Spanish city which ts to be built near
Thomasville. This street will be three
miles long and 100 feet wide, making
it the finest street in the city. It pass
es for a mile and a half through the
property of the Tnomasville Real Es
tate, Investment and Banking Compa-
A street railway 1 ne will be con
structed along this street from La Cu
bana City to Broad street, down Broad
to Jackson street, and down (ackson
to the Savannah, Florida & Western
depot. It has nor yet btfBn decided
htther the road wiil be a dummy or
electric line. The real es ate of this
company consists mainly of the Mac
Intyre tract of 800 acres, beautiful,
gentlv undulating land. I his tract
has been divided in avenues and
streets. The avenues run north and
south and have Spanish names, as
Morales, San Rafael, Bustamante, etc.
The streets run north ar.d south and
are numbered, First street being next
to Jackson street.
Mr. W. D. Boyce and family, of
Chicago, who have been making a
tour of Florida and Cuba, returned
yesterday and are again at the Piney
Woods. Mr. Boyce is proprietor of
the Chicago Saturday Blade and
other newspapers of Chicago. The
Blade enjoys the distinction of having
the largest circulation of any weekly
newspaper in the United States.
“At Home.’'
Mr and Mrs. J. Hr.nscll Merrill
were “at home” to a largo number of
friends from five to seven o’clock, and
from eight to eleven o'clock on Thurs
day afternoon and evening. The oc
casion was one of the most brilliant
and pleasant social events of the sea
son. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill are de
lightful entertainers, deservedly pop
ular with young and old, and they
excelled themselves on this occasion.
They were assisted by Misses Emma
McIntosh, Annie Scott, Mamie Mer
rill, Nettie Smith, Jennie Barker and
Mamie Hansell, and by Messrs. J. E.
Robinson and B. H. Wright, in re
ceiving and entertaining tho guests.
Many lovely costumes were worn.
Between two and three huhdrod ladies
and gentlemen called during the
hours mentioned. Mr. Merrill’s pret
ty residence was a bower of beauty
inside. The decorations were in ex
quisite taste. Very elegant refresh
ments were served. No social event
since the season opened, has drawn
together a more brilliant and fash
ionable assemblage. Many compli
ments have been showered on the
fair hostess and those who assisted her
in receiving and entertaining the
steady flow of callers on the occasion.
Last night witnessed one ot the
gayest and most fashionable gather
ings that ever graced the beautiful
ball room of the Piney Woods Hotel
The occasion was the first full dress
hop of the season tendered the guests
and friends of the house by the man
agement. Tho Piney Woods is now
filled to overflowing with guests, and
the youth and beauty of a dozen stales
lent their charms to the occasion.
There have been larger assemblagen
and more elaborated affairs, but,we do
not remember to fmo seen any that
surpassed this one in point of bril
liancy and excellence.
The art of entertaining handsomely
is indeed a difficult one, and few
reach the height of perfection in it,
but Mrs. Bower and Manager Davies
possess, in an eminent degree, the
happy and rare faculty of managing
and engineering an affair of this kind
in a manner to make all enjoy them
selves to the fullest extent.
The music was by the famous or
chestra of the house, under the direc
tion of Prof. Oscar Golde, and better
could not have been desired. Keep
iog time to its inspiring strains the
merry dancers were lost in the “poetry
of motion” until near the midnight
hour.
During the evening choice and
delicate refreshments were served.
Many of the gowns worn by the
ladies were marvels of the dressmaker’s
art and showed unmistakably the
artistic touch of Worth. We regret
that space forbids a description of
them. The gentlemen were all in
the regulation fall dress.
The following is the order of dance:
March— Plymouth Moses
Lanciers—Robin Hood De Horen
2. Waltz—f Stories from the ) Strauss
\ Vienuu Woods J
3. Polka—My Favorite Wahauka
Lanciers—Allamadia Wie^aud
5. Polka Redowa— (York)...- Suauss
6. Schottisch—Girlish Dreams Holst
Lanciers—Lenox W iegand
8. Waltz—Forget-me-uol Waldteufcl
Where there were so many it was
almost an impossible task to secure
the names of all that took pari, but
below we give the list as near perfect
we could get it:
Mrs. Boyce, Mrs. McAvoy, Mrs.
(Jumiasero, Mrs A (J Ely, Miss Me
Avoy, Miss Florence Clarke, Mis*
Kauteltz, Mrs Colman, Mrs Dr.
Morton, Mis Davies, Miss Baugher,
Mrs Jergor, Mrs »S C Hebard, Mrs
Cobb, Mrs Canfield, Misses Wing,
Mrs Ainsworth, Mrs Boynton, Mrs
Ewart, Mrs fckotesbury, Mrs Dr Tay
lor, Mrs Hosteiter, Mrs Hall, Mrs
Loose, Miss Knight, Miss Berry,
Miasea Eyer, Mrs Paxton, Mrs Van-
Duzer, Mrs Winu, Miss-Adams, Mrs
White, Mrs P Ely, Mrs Jerger, Mrs
Hopkins, Miss Annie L Scott, Misses
Nettie Smitti, Lucile Linton,
Bessie Tharin, Thorese McKelvey,
Goodwyn Sapp, Jeunie Barker,
Mattie Ikrsver Winn, Johnnie Sloan,
Mec Young,Ella Stuart, Bessie Black-
shear, Mamie Biackshear, Birdie
Smith, Mrs Dowie, Ztehr and
Miss Sumner: The gentlcmeu were
Messrs Boyce, Hopkins, Jerger,
Heartt, Dr Taylor, Brinton, Stephen
son, Dunham, Hall, Dr Morton,
Limburger, McDonald, Bud-
long, Coleman, Canfield, Buckley
Parsons, Sid, Houghton, Kerr,
Hostetter, Stotesbury, VanDuzer,
Ewart, Dickinson, Davies, Cohnfeld,
Russell, Wright, Hebard, Schurmeier,
Hammond, Wright, Wylly, Tharin,
Love, Balk Grausman, Lane, Bond,
Jerger, Dowie, Hill and others.
Teacher*s Intitute.
Teachers institute for white teachers
will meet ia the court house in Thom
asville Ga., on the 4th Saturday in
March at 9 o’clock a. m.
Programme.
Orthography.
1. Definition—Miss Fannie Wat
kins.
2. Letters and their divisions—J.
B. Wight.
Reading.
1. The beat method of teaching
reading—Miss Jesse Powell, Miss
Mary-J. Smith.
Writing.
1. Writing* as a science—T. H.
Parker, W. B. Fambrough.
English Grammar.
1..Grammar in general.
9. English grammar in particular—
J. F. Mitchell, A. Q. Moody.
Georgraphy.
1. The earth and its nature! divis
ions, continents, oceans, etc.—M. E.
Alderman, S. A. Roddenbery, Jr.
Arithmetic—W. H. Hudson.
1. The origin of figures.
2. The elementary principals—C.
C. Lowe.
Science and Practice of Teaching.
1. Organization—II. R, Hutchin
son.
2. Rules—John E. Bsker.
History.
1. Definition.
2. Explaining the five points of
history, who, what, where, when,
why—J. T. Gardner, J. Colton Lynes.
The law provides that all teachers
holding license to teach in the public
schools in this county must attend
unless they have “permanently re
tired from teaching,” and for neglect
to attend they will be fined by the
board of education.
K. T. Macleans,
C. S. C.
Capt. M. W. Harris, accompanied
by his wife and daughter, of Eau
Claire, Wis., arrived last night and
have rooms at the Masury. Capt.
Harris is a regular visitor to Thomas
ville, he having spent many winters
here. He thinks there is no place like
this lor health, and says that he begins
to feel better as soon as he makes up
his mind to come here. His numer>
ous Thomasville friends are delighted
to have him with them again.
Purchase of a Fine Horse.
The thoroughbred stallion,“Revoke, 1
so well known in this section, will be
brought back to Thomasville. For
the past few years Revoke has been
in Kentucky, and was sold there the
other day to Mr. S. Rtchy, ot this city.
Mr. Richy will have the horse shipped
here at once. Revoke is one of the
best blooded horses in the country,
and is the nre of a number of very
fine horses.
The following is extracted from the
society news otthe Montgomery Ad
vertiser;
♦‘Miss Honorine Mitchell, of Thoms
asville, Ga., visiting'Mrs. R. A. Bal
lowe ia a most charming woman; tall
and stately, she has a superb figure of
Venus de Milo proportions, a band-
some intellectual lace, and beautiful
gold-lighted brown hair. Miss Mitch
ell will no doubt be the recipient of
Safe Keeping.
It Is not often a witness is commit
ted to jail, but tbe sheriff of Worth
county brought Richard Singletary, a
witness in a murder case, here yester-,
day for safe keeping. Judge Bower
had so ordered. Singletary has de
layed trial and cost the county a great
sum by keeping out of the way for
four years. Their was a $200 reward
for his capture.
Nothera visitors send numbers of
boxes of lovely japonicas through the
many social attentions while with qs % mails and express to friends at home.
After Many Years.
Richard Singleton, who was
brought here from Worth county for
safe keeping, is a witness in the
Kearce murder case. The crime
was committed tomo ten years ago.
The mardereis, Clem and Chiff
Kearce, escaped at the time of the
murder, but were captured four years
ago and have since been in jail.
Richmond Singleton was an eye
witness to the killing, in fact it is
said he held the light while the others
did tbe deed. He was afterwards
spirited away by the murderers, and
siuce evaded arrest until a few days
ago, notwithstanding a reward of
8200 was offered for his apprehension.
The murder of Tom Watts, of which
these men are accused, was a brutal
one.® He was decoyed to au old
hous3 and then killed. Jealously is
supposed to have been the cause.
The accused are all negroes aud arc
said to be of tbe meanest type. They
will doubtless suffer the full penalty
of their crime, as it seems justice will
not be longer delayed.
Mr. James M. Rusbin, ct Metcalfe,
died on Sunday morning at his home
at that place from an oyerdose of
laudanum taken by mistake. Ke had
been troubled some time with insom-
onia and took the opiate to induce
sleep, Mr. Rusfcia was a well known
and highly esteemed citizen of this
county and a prominent merchant of
his town. He leaves ihr children.
His wife preceded him to the grave
about a year. By thrift and frugality
the deceased accumulated a good es
tale, which he now lcav<?3. He was
A Beautiful Extract.
Mr. Blaine’s death has brought out
the brighter spots in the man’s
chiiraotcr. That he was among the
foremost orators in the republic goes
without saying. Here is a beautiful
extract from his oration on the death
of President Garfield : ^ '
“As the end drew near, his early
craving for the sea returned. The
stately mansion of power had been to
him tbo wearisome hospital of pain’,
and bo begged to bo taken from its
prison walls, from its oppressive
stifling air, from its homelessness, aud
ship cemetery.
its hopelesncss.
Gently,
silently,
the
•ore of a great
people bore tho
p?dc
sufferer to the I
ongod lor
heal In-
g of
tbe sea, to live
or die, as
God sL
tould
will, within sig
ht of Its 1
leaving
bil- j
lows, within so
uud of- :
its man
ifold j
Gradually the names of Mr. Cleve**
lamVs cabinet will leak out.
Q,ueen “Lil,” we cut it short, and
Coi. Mary Ellen Lease, are both out
of a job.
Mr. Cleveland shows his independ
ence by appointing Judge Gresham
.-•ecretary of state.
With wau, feverd foe
Editor T:aik3-En rERi’EiSE:
I have noticed iu the Inst two issues
of the “Thomasville Review” commu
nications in regard to physicians from
other places corrfng here to practice
only during the winter season, when
our town is full of visitors.
While the writer agrees with
“Justice” that these physicians should
pay a license, lie doubts whether any
pecific tax could Be properly or legal
ly imposed by the city council, to
which, ah j, the local fraternity would
not be liable. But, the temporary
physician should also be rondo to pay
the state tax which tho resident
physician pays.
The evil of incompetent physicians
and quacks being allowed to pursue
their calling, should be remedied by
the passage of a law applying to the
entire state,.of requiring each physi-
who practices in the state, to be
examined and licensed by a state
examining board. The legislature is
the proper body to make this law.
As to the matter of the practice that
the temporary physician may pre
vent the local one fr-mi doing. T can
ouly -say that thi.s condition is
one that is incident t-» any resort
town, and while the writer would
prefer not to have their com petition, he
must dissent from the implied reflec
tion upon the personal ami professional
itanding of all of those who are our
temporary rivals: If they are gentle
men and educated physicians,they are
entitled to the courtesies which are
due such attributes and as one of ?he
physicians of Thoaiasviile, who wants
all the practice he can ge:. honorably
and meritoriously, the writer desires
to say that lie does not feel unkindly
toward these temporary compel--:ors,
provided, always, that their practice
j tenderly lifted to th? cooling
he looked out. wistful
he looked out. wistfully
ocean’s changing wonders; >
sails, whitening in the morning light;
on its restless waves rolling shoreward
to break aud die beneath the noonday
sun; on the red clouds of evening,
arching low to tho horizon ; on the
serene and shining pathway of the
stars. Let us think that his dying
eyes read a mystic meaning which
only .the rapt and parting soul may
know. Let us believe that in the
silence of the receding world he heard
the great wave3 breaking on a further
shore, and felt already upon his wasted
brow the breath of the eternal morn-
The Billviile Banne".
A town that pays till preacher and
supports the editor is so close to
heaven that it’s almost in competition
with i:.
The only office that ever seeks tho
man is that of treasurer of a church
that’s §10 ia debt; aud it generally
strikes him without warning.
Fashion’s a. queer thui:
tlmy \\ure the breecaes; etc
suipeuderj, and now—they're goiu’
to git into the umbrellas!
We leave for Washington to mor
row, carrying one war record aud a
week’s provisions liaviug voted six
times lor Cleveland we waut to sec
that he goto iu when his time comes.
Our wife has gone to the woman’s
congress at the world’s fair. We’ll
bet 810 sbe’il be running the whole
business ia less than six weeks.
Sometimes we. actually think she dis
covered America
While we Jire in Washington .-t is
our purpose to try r.mi get a pension
New Orleans reports tne present
otton crop as being two million bales
than that of last year.
■tour inmates in an insane
iear Dover, N. H., perished
on Thursday night.
The Watson-Black contest still
drugs its slow length along. Its a
dismal proceeding—for the pee wees.
General Beauregard, who has been
very ill, is better. He is the last of
full generals in the confederate army.
We <
glad to see Judge Ferham
in editorial harness again. His good
work is showing, already, on the Way-
cross Herald.
Judge Gresham’s appointment to a
cabinet position will probably be fol
lowed L*y jther surprises. The guess-
ers ore away off.
The stars at.d stripes float over
Hawaii, and the scream of the Ameri
can eagle is heird in the middle of
the Pacific Gcean.
Montana, Washington and Wyom'
ig, are keeping the country in sus-
ense. They should hurry up and
icct their senators.
on threatens to withdraw the
Judge Jackson it he ia not
r confirmed and send in the
a republican.
cb. 9.—Forty-'four persons
n Marseilles to day of chol
ic. Nine of the cases were
y like Asiatic cholera.
become of the much
ded sk:rt, if th-s hoop-
ome in fashion again.
: go together very well.
questionable mcthoc
T. M. M<
projected and built
L’uut tie Lesseps, goes
year®. And he is
That’s pretty tough
Amateur Theatricals.
Amateur theatricals will soon be the
go. Three are already on the tapis.
It is understood that home talent will
compose one. Some of the guests of
the Piney Woods will also present an
entertainment, while the student? of
the South Georgia College will appear
in minstrel. Tbe latter have already
been practicing. The programme
promises to be interesting. There will
be college songs, some novelties
introduced on the slack wire, fancy
bicycle riding by a wheelman who won
four medals in tbe west, local hits and
many other things. Tbe entertain
ments will be given in the interest of
charitable and public institutions.
Rev.J. P, Marion.
The Morganton Herald, speaking
of the above gentleman’s departure
from North Carolina, says:
“Rev. J. r. Marion, who for two
years past has been pastor of the
Fre«bytenan Church in Morganton,
haa accepted a call from the Presby
terian church at Thomasville, Geor
gia, and will at once take charge of
that church. Mr. Marion is a ripe
scholar, a man of great earnestness
and of deepest piety, and aa a preach
er has few equals in the church of
which he ia a member. The people
of Thomasville are to be congratu
lated on securing him as their pastor.”
The new pastors, family arrived on
Thursday and have occupied the par
sonage* of the Presbyterian church.
They will receive a warm welcome at
the hands of their church, and also
from the people of our little city gen
erally. They will, in fact, be made
to feel at home.
Some Statistics.
Coroner Johnson furnished the re
porter with some interesting statistics
ol his office yesterday. Mr. Johnson
finished his second term as coroner
last Monday and was sworn In again
for the third. Daring the fouc years
that he has been coroner be has held
twentyxseven inquests, three in 1889;
nine In 1890; seven in 1891; seven in
1892, and one so far in 1893. Nine
of these were cases of accidental kill
ing; three came to' their death lrom
their own hands; four are termed mur
der; one manslaughter; four died from
natural causer, five from unknown
causes or by unknown hands, and one
is put down as justifiable homicide.
Without Gloves.
Police court docket was unusually
light yesterday.
Busan Gray and Georgia Young
were the only offenders -against the
peace ot the city. They were up for
indulging in profane language and
other acts of disorderly conduct on
the streets. Mayor Hopkins handled
them without gloves. He gave the
women quite a lecture and then
sentenced each to five days in jail
and $21, or on failure to pay the fine,
thirty days on the chain gang. The
court, he said, was not in the habit of
putting women on the works, bnt in
these cases it was about time to make
an example. No fine would be ac
cepted in lieu of the first part of the
sentence, five days in jail.
Advocating a Prunary to Elect a
Postmaster.
Editor Times Kn'it.ri*i:^c:
These are days of prisnarias. V.V
have primary elections for candidate: 5 ,
or for delegates to conventio ls to
nominate candidates for nil odices
from President of the United States
down through the stare officials to the
county officers.
The postmaster of a town ri :< per
son ia whom the individuals of a com
munity are more interested than, any
other official. They come in daily
contact with him. They are please'd
or annoyed daily at the way in which
he discharges the duties of his office.
While one mao in ten may have busi
ness with the sheriff or ordinary, every
one of the ten has business with the
postmaster.
There are some less than a dozen
applicants for the Thomasville post-
office—all of them good men—and
about half the people in town have
signed two or three different petitions
to the president. Everybody who
took an important part in the political
contests of last year lias been impor
tuned for signatures and for letters to
our congressmen or senators.
Let me then suggest to the various
applicants that they submit their
claims for endorsement of their fellow
citizens to a primary election, as a
means ot relieving the embarrassment
of the various citizens as to whose pe
tition they shall sign; the politicians as
to whom they shall endorse; Mr.
Russell and Gen. Gordon, as to whom
they shall recommend, and the presi
dent as to whom he shall appoint.
Mr. Cleveland ts too good a demo
crat to ignore the result of 6uch an
election.. What say you, gentlemen
to a primary?
Fair Play,
The Technological Snho
jc go hI feature about the
iiawtl; the now govern-
•n’.jitly repealed the lot-
sc recently granted by
That's a step in the right
two young
Recently lie
muuufoctur
concern
a young man skilled iu
cal arts. He made au
and found that ever
number had lucrative position?, and
that lie coukl not get one to accept
the proffered place. All of tfw
thirty-two graduates are either super
intendents in manufacturing enter
prises, or ia electrical plants, except
a few who are engaged in teaching
others what they learned of mechan
ical arts at the Technological school.'»
Married Yesterday.
Squire Martin jomed a couple in
marriage at his office yesterday.
Robert Sinclair, and Gensic Moorg
were the twain, to embark on the
matrimonial sea. The ceremony was
solemnized in the presence of quite a
gathering of relatives and disinterested
onlookers.*
The billiard room of the Thomas
ville Club was the scene.of some ex
cellent billiard playing last night. The
best players were Messrs. Soule and
Wright, who ~ played a match, the
former winning. Mr. Soule is by long
odds the best player that has yet
twirled the ivories in the club rooms,
though Joe Fass will push him mighty
close.
A formed Georgia
mpany Governor
uguration. Wash-
ts eye?, when the
ride down Penn
ine- -“Mr. Siuoix, you ought to be
a-foamed to say so many mean things
about us women. I cannot imagine
where you get your ideas.” He—
“From other women mostly.”—In
dianapolis Journal.
Endorses Fair Play.
Editor Times-Entei:prise.
I endorse Fair Play’s suggestion in
Sunday’s issue of your valuable paper
that we have a primary to settle the
matter as to who is the choice of the
people or Thomasville for postmaster.
Quite a number of candidates arc in
the field, and many of them have the
signatures of tbe same prominent citi-
ins endorsing their petition for post
master. I think a primary would be
the very best way to decide the peo
ple’s choice, aud I say let the citizens
of Thomasvilio have the privilege
of saying who they want for poet-
master under the Cleveland adminis
tration.
One Interested.
The effort to repeal the Sherman
bill has failed in the house, as it did
in the senate. The house refused to
take up the bill by a vote of .153 to
142. Bo there will be no silver legis
lation during thin session of congress.
Some cabinet rumors may not pan
out. There’s many a slip ’twixt the
Ott£ and the lip.
Rev. i. L. Underwood.
The Washington correspondent of
the Atlanta Journal says:
“The Rev. J. L. Underwood, of
Camilla, Ga., has a worthy desire to
represent the United States during
the Cleveland administration as con
sul general to Havana. Brother Un
derwood is a veteran newspaper man,
a lifelong democrat, a splendid
preacher and a first class man all tbe
way around. Thousands of people
all over Georgia would rejoice at his
success in securing whatever he
wants.”
Mr. Underwood is a cultured chris-
tairi gentleman, and all would be
pleased to see him represent ibis coun
try at Havanna.
It is that the extraordinary cold
snap of some time ago resulted in
;reat damage to the game in the Vir
ginia forests. A Richmond dispatch
“Partridges are reported to
have frozen iu whole coveys, and
hares have been frozen and starved in
large numbers.”
There is one good feature about
the proposed annexation of Hawaii:
it wo’uli not eo3t much to pension the
whole army, as there are only thir
teen privates aud twenty nine officers
t. This is a pointer in favor of
the scheme when we come to consider
our home pension roll.
Honolulu, Feb. 1.—Shortly after
the sailing of the last steamer, the
provisional government received cer
tificates of recognition as the defacto
government from Japan, France,
Great Britain, Chiiie, Denmark,
Germauy, Austria, Hungary, Spain,
Portugal; Peru and the Netherlands.
It is sa : d that Judge Gresham, not
being wealthy, cannot entertain lav
ishly as Secretary of State. Mr.
Cleveland wants brains and honesty—
not entertainers. Mr. Carlisle is a
poor man also. The next will be
known as a poor man’s cabinet. Well,
that speaks well for the integrity and
honesty of the men who will consti*
tuto it.