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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MAY 6, 1893.
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GEO. S. HOLLISTER,
PHYSICIAN AM) SURGEON.
Physician and ts^eos,
MOULTKIE, - • - OKORGIA.
IN THE TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
DURING THE WEEK.
Interesting Items Picked Up All
Over the Country and Care
fully Prepared and Serv
ed to Our Readers.
The Guards may lake a dip in tbe
surf at St. Simon island this summer.
Charley Williams will very sooo
e two hundred thousand brick
kiln.
Thomasville is fast getting to be
known as the center of the cigar and
tobacco industry iu Georgia.
Mr. Burch has already commenced
to put up the court house feDce,
which arrived a few da)’a ago.
Those large rose bushes in the
Mitchell House park present a beau
tiful sight all clothed in fragrant white
roses. .. :J:
The Sundday School chidren are
all looking|forward;tothe 12th of May.
They will invade Bainbridge on
that day.
Glorious May, with its budding
ilowers, soft, balmy air, and blue
skies, is with us. Thrice welcome to
tbe lovely month of May.
Business houses and dwellings are
iu demand in Thomasville. There
are very few vacant ones in the place.
This speaks well lor the place.
Tin- troai the Quitman Free Press:
It is now ihe proper caper to speak
Spanish iu Thomasville. The Cub&na
are popular, aud everybody wants to
talk to them.” »
Have the Guards given op the
idea of going to St. Simons for ft
week’s camp this summer? We
haven’t heard anything of the pro
posed trip in some time.
Mrs. Kate Stevens, of West Poiut,
Ga., is in the city. # She is the guest
of Miss Enina McIntosh. The lady
has a number of friends here who are
delighted to welcome her to Thomas-
vdle.
A tin box, cut open, was. found a
day or two since near Clerk Groover’s
house in Fairview.It was filled wiih
slips of paper the size of bank bills.
Did some one hereabouts get bit by a
greeu goods sharper? It looke so.
That amateur party of fishermen
who went to Eason’s pond on Wed*
ncnlay, composed of bank officials,
tell a pretty straight tale about the
number of fish caught. It looks a
little suspicious that they all put the
figures at 75.
1. W.PALiiia BRO.'S
Carriage Shoos.
Lower Broad f*? reel. Thomasville, Ga
CARRIAGE A® WAGON REPAIRING*
Best Eqni Shops
JAMES GR1BBEN
Contractor and-bunder,
TIIOMASVIELE, - - - *
Messrs. Bendurant, Khett PriDgle
aud L. F. Shelter have returned from
a fishing frolic over in Gadsden coun>
ty, Fla. They report plenty of fish
and a good time generally. P.
They do not give exact figures, but
deal iu glittering generalities.
Here is an item from the Atlanta
Journal which will interest those
contemplating making investments in
cotton manufactoring establishments:
“The directors of the Ncwnan
cotton mills held a meeting last week
and a dividend of 7 per cent was de
clared. For the year just ended the
net earnings on the capital stock was
‘25 ptr cen*. The Block holders held
a meeting on Monday last.”
What has been done in Newnan
can be done in Thomasville.
GA:
J»u5!
furnish plttis and spu-ili
If you want any buil.iin,
and I will puhinit fstira i
tract is awarded me or n
tec satisfaction in nil my
the many building* t
Thomssrillc, and to all v
have worked. Shop
door from Broad.
■all
whethi
1 will guuran-
k. I refer to
d by me in
turtles for whom I
Fletcher street, 2nd
nov 11 d-Iy.
The Pullman Car Line
LouisviUe, Cincinnati
INDIANAPOLIS
AUD
CHICAGO AND THE NORTHWEST.
The Pullman Vestibuled Service on
Night Trains, Parlor Chaiz
Cars on Day Train.
The Monon Trains make the fastest
time between the Southern Win-
- Cities and Summer Re
mits of the Northwest
W. U. McDOEL, General Manager,
JA8. BARKER, G«n. P. A.,Chicago.
Farfartter Information aiMreaa
88
B. W. GLAMNGUlnu’l Agent
IU Broad Street Thom asrlUe.
Mr. S. B. Zeigler spent several
days in Florida last week. He says
the company that recently purchased
Miccosokie lake have given qp the
idea of draining the lake by ditching
and now experimenting in other di-
lb ™ rections. Their idea now is to let off
the water by boring holes through |a
distance of 80 feet to a subterranean
passage through which the water will
go to no one knows where.—Boston
World.
While they aie making arrange
ments to drain Miccosokie Iamonia
is rapidly filling np. It will be some
time however, before fishing is as
good in Iamonia as it was before it
went dry.
Senator Pasco, of Florida, received
his friends at the “Leon” in Talla
hassee, the other evening. It was a
brilliant reception. Many of Florida’s
fairest women and most gallant men
graced the occasion with their pres*
ence. The Tallahassee correspondent
of the News thus refers to the occa
sion: “Senator Pasco was accompa
nied by his wife and his two accom
plished daughters, and was assisted
in the reception of the guests by Gov,
and Mrs. Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs.
Theodore Turnbull, Mr. and Mrs.
John Denham, and Miss Ida C. May
of your own city”
Miss May is one of Georgia’s most
charming young ladies and she no
doubt sustained most admirably, the
Empire state of tbe south on the oc
casion. The young lady passed
through Thomasville a day >or two
since ecroute home.
THEY MISCONSTRUED IT.
The Savannah News Criticises
A Thomasville Inquiry.
Many of our readers doubtless read
an editorial in Sunday’s Savannah
News headed “An Inquiry from
Thomasville,” which criticised the
Thomasville Manufacturing Company
prelty severely on account of an in
quiry made by it to that paper, asking
what inducements: Savannah offered
to manuiactaring'-'enterprises. The
News has for weeks pqst been claim*
ing that Savannah possessed superior
advantages and offered greater in
ducements to all kinds of manufactur
ing enterprises than any town in the
state. This being the case, the in
quiry of the Thomasville Manufactur
ing Company was a very natural one
and totally undeserving of the jcrili-
cism of the News.
reporter of the Times Enter*
prise called at the office of the Thom-
asville Manufacturing Company yes
terday and asked President More*
house what his company had done to
provoke the editorial in the News.
Mr. Morehouse said:
I am glad you came iu, lor I de
sire to be put right before the people.
Here is a letter which I have just
dictated to the News aud requested
them to publish. It will explain the
whole ell air.”
Below we give Mr. Morehouse’s
letter:
Thomasville, Ga., May 1, ’93.
Savannah Morning 2Vet«, Savannah,
Gentlemen: —We desire to correct
some false impressions which we fear
have grown out of your editorial
headed “An inquiry from Thomas
ville,” and which we suppose is iu
tended for an answer to our letter of
28ih inst, and upon which you will
see after being possessed of the facts
in the case, that you have put a very
wrong construction—one calculated to
do us an injury. Our letter was not
intended for publication, but was in*
tended to be treated as a private mat-,
ter, and addressed to you because we
wished to be enlightened and thought
you or your correspondent, whose
article headed "Savannah wants Fac
tories” was clipped and attached to
our letter, were the proper parties
with whom to communicate. We
simply meant to answer your corres
pondent's communication by asking it
Savannah taxed manufacturing en
terprises. and could a manufacturing
enterprise come into your midst with
the assurance that you would support
the same by giviug liberal patronage
and cooperation on this liue. We
intended to imply nothing more.
From your article the inference is
that it was our desire for Savannah to
donate a site, build a plant, furnish
the money with which to operate, and
then supply the customers.
Instead of speaking of moving our
Thomasville plant to Savannah, we
should have stated that “with proper
encouragement we would establish and
operate a large plant in your city.”
It has never been our iatention to
move the Thomasville plant, but the
same will remain here just os it is,
and the Thomasville business be
pushed as much as ever, and in all
irobability owned and operated solely
>y ourselves. We love Thomasville,
her people and her business institu
tions, and would like always to l ave
some interest here.
That you may thoroughly under
stand our position in this matter will
say that our arrangements have been
perfected to establish a plant in your
city at an early date, as a number of
your leading citizens know. We have
not asked Savannah to subscribe any
of our capital stoffc, nor is it likely
that we will. We have never offered
any of our Savannah stock for sale,
nor do we contemplate so doing. On
the othe* hand, we do want, and shall
expect the hearty co-operation of
Savannah’s citizens and business men
in giving us their patronage, thereby
extending to us a helping hand in our
efforts to help develop the manufac
turing interests of your city and the
South. Very truly yours,
Thomasville Mfg. Co.,
A. W. Morehouse, Pres
The Thomasville* Manufacturing
Company, under Mr. Morehouse’s
skillful management, has been a sue
cess from the start It is no venture,
but is doing a large and profitable
business, which is rapidly increasing.
It is an enterprise of which any town
would feel proud.
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
Delivered*" by Col. J. Colton
Lynes, April afith.
To Albany on Wheels.
Bob Evans aud Jim Pittman, two
of Thomasville’s most expert wheel
men, went to Albany Sunday on their
wheels. They left here about five
o’clock and pulled into Albany at
eleven forty-five, making the distance,
considerably over sixty- miles by the
route the boys took, in less than
seven hours. They left there in the
afternoon on the return trip, but
darkness overtook them at Meigs and
they spent the night there. The
roads in many places were very bad,
and they lost their way a number of
times. Bob Evans says he can make
the round trip between sun np and
■an down when the roads are in good
condition. Both of the boys looked
bright and not the least bit fatigued
yesterday. ~
A good man; Northerners still
linger with ns. They are loth to leave
this fair sunny land of oura.. April
and May are the most delightful
months of the year in Thomasville.
Ladies of the Memorial Association,
Honored Veterans and Comrades:
It is needless for me to speak at
length as to the object of our assemb
ling here to day. The murmurs that
pass from lip to lip proclaim it, tbe
place and the preparation betray it,
and heart answering to heart tells un
mistakably what brings us .here.
This is no political demonstration.
With the issues of the present we have
now and here nothing to do, and it
were no less profitless than sad to
revive the issues of the past. We
come merely to lay our yearly offering
on the altar of heroism; to do home-
age to spirits as knightly as ever struck
for right; to commemorate the chival
ry of those whose hearts bounded to*
wards duty, as they conceived it, and
whose feet did not loiter nor hands
stay in its performance. Yea, ladies
of the Memorial Association, in * the
face of misconstruction you have held
them in your hearts with the strength
oi religious convictions. No mis-
judgment can defeat your purposes
for the future. As you cherished them
in sorrow, in poverty and humiliation
when living, they, being dead^emind
you of the’great truth that a people
without memories of heroic deeds,
heroic sufferings and sacrifices, is a
people without a history; that to cher
ish memories and to recall such a past,
whether crowned with success or con
secrated iq defeat, is to idealize prin
ciple and strength of character; to in
tensify the love of country and convert
defeat and disaster into pillars of sup
port for future manhood aid a noble
womanhood. Vea, honored veterans,
your aspirations have been lifted
by the mereforce and energy of
surrounding conditions to a plane
tar above the paltry considerations
ot partisan triumphs. The honor
of the American republic, the
just powers of the Federal govern
ment, the equal rights of the states,
integrity of the constitutional union
and law, and the enforcement of
order have no class of defenders more
true and devoted than the ex-soldiers
of the south, and their worthy descend
ants.
Comrades, the great chief of our
brotherhood has well defined our po
sition in the ranks cf noble orders.
“It is a brotherhood over which the
genius of philanthropy and patriotism,
of truth and of justice, will preside—of
philanthropy, because it will succor
the disabled, help the needy, strength
en the weak and cheer_ the disconsol
ate—of patriotism, because it will
cherish the past glories cf the dead
confederacy and transmute them into
inspirations for future service to the
living republic—of truth, because it
will seek to gather and preserve as
witnesses for history the unimpeach
able facts which shall doom falsehood
to die that truth may live—justice, be*
cause it may cultivate national as welt
southeru fraternity and will condemn
narrow-mindedness and prejudice
and passion, and cultivate that broad
er, higher, uobler sentiment which
would write on the grave of every
soldier who fell on either side: “Here
lies a hero—a martyr to right as his
conscience conceived it.”
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
regarding our beloved dead, it
ennobling fact in the history ol society
that honorable meed has ever been
accorded to those who displayed
lofty heroism it matters not what may
have evoked it. Tbe eye that sees
nothing bat the humao in the lives of
the martyrs—in their meek but earn
est and unswerving maintenance oi
faith even on the field, on the gibbet
or at the stake, glistens with a tear as
it beholds their devotion, while a voice
from within breaks forth into expres
sions of admiration and sympathy.
Men do well to acknowledge their
obligation to those whose patient
labor and diligent researches have
grouped and classified trees and herbs
aud flowers and demonstrated the
wonderful processes of vegetation; to
those whose ingenuity and tireless en
ergy have forced the metals from their
fancied security in tbe rocks and so
wrought upon them that under the
vibrations of electrical touch they be
come man’s most potent auxiliaries
for overcoming tbe forces of nature.
Encomiums are mot withheld from'
those whose baffled faculties spurned
to desist until through sleepless vigfla
they record the birth and death of
worlds as one by one these stepped
into the azure field and wandered till
startled by the climbing footsteps of
approaching day. A rank above their
fellows is allotted to those who haye
separated the useful irgtn the hurtful
and by their discoveries have alleviated
the suffering of their kind. Iu fact
every art and every department of
science has its devotees to whom a
proud pre eminence is assigned, but
wc feel most for those who have ex
celled in heart-work. Science mgy
dazzle tbe eye, but it can not start a
tear. Art may make the . marble al
most speak and science may chain
the elements to her triumphal car, but
true as the lapwing to her home in tbe
fen; true as the roby to the lips ot the
fair; true as the .murmur to the shells
of the ocean the heart turns from'all
else and quickens tbe poise of thought
of the heroes tried and true.
Science and art may enable the
poles of earth to whisper to each
other of the movements of innumer
able worlds above them and the mind
staggers with applause of tbe trans-
Cendant achievements, but to-day at
distance of over two thousand years,
all hearts, sure as the Moslem to the
sound from the Mosque bow to the
very name of Thermopylae.
Those to whom misfortune is but
the stroke that wakes the bell; but the
thorn in the bTeast of tbe nigbtbird
that sings all the more sweetly for the
pain; those to whom adversity is but
the fire that tempers the Damascao
blade rise fro<p the level of their fel
lows like mountains that lift their un
awed brows amid the revelry of storms.
And it matters not whether success or
defeat crowns the efforts of the hero,
wrecked in everything save principle,
we honor him none the less for his
failure. The heart not invariably
twines its wreathes for the successful,
but always for those who deserve suc
cess. 'Only let hearts know that a
heart has been weighed in the balance
and not found wanting, has been
tempted and yet not yielded, has been
menaced and yet has not swerved, has
been tortured and yet not flinched, has
been called to the sacrifice and has
hurried to the altar, and homage
flows spontaneously and as a light
from the bursting flood-gates ot the
morning.
It is needless that I speak more
particularly of the thousands for whom
we intend the tribute we hero pay to
these who lie immediately around us.
To-day. throughout the southland of
our nation woman drops garlands
woven more with her heart than her
hands, upon confederate graves, while
sturdy manhood yields a deep amen!
So let it be with each recurring year;and
so it shall be, lor we ye the descend
ants ot those noUble matrons who,
standing upon the threshold andlookiog
forward to orphanage, to widowhood
and to want, still proudly bade them
Yes: so shall it be, for those
same women or their descendants,
with rent heart and sable veil, stand
our surety lor honor.
But I will not longer detain you.
Go, strew your garlands. Meet it is
that such noble women should honor
such noble dead.
Give them the meed they hate won in the
pa-t,
Give them the honors their future forecast,
Give them the cbaplcls they won in the
strife,
Give them the laurels they lost with their
life.”
A SAD DROWNING.
Rufus, Sonxif Col. R. U. Mitch
ell Drowned While in Swim
ming Yesterday Afternoon,
The town waa shocked Saturday
afternoon about half past four
o'clock by the news that Rufus Letter,
the 14 year old son of Col. R. G.
Mitchell, was drowned.
The school children of the South
Georgia College, chaperoned by
Misses Roberts and Arnogton, went
out for a picnic at Linton's pond.
In the* afternoon, Rufus Mitchell
and Clyde Neel'went np the pond to
go in swimming. Both boys could
swim pretty well and neither thought
oi danger. Rufus got out fuither
than he intended and his strength
gave out betore he could reach the
shore. His companion rendered him
all the assistance possible, and os
soon as he sank went out' and gave
tbe alarm. Parties immediately went
to work to rescue tbe body, but it
was something over an hour before
their efforts were successful. Dr.
Taylor and Dr. Horrocks went out to
the pond and every thing possible
was done to resuscitate the young
man, but to no avail. He bad been
dead too long. The body of the un
fortunate boy was taken to his home
by friends.
Rnfus Mitchell was one of the
brightest and most lovable of boys,
and bis sad and sudden death is a
severe blow to bis parents and brothers
and sisters. These have the heart
felt sympathy of all in their deep
affliction.
Asleep.
The last sad rites over the remains
of Rufus, Lester Mitchell were held on
Sunday afternoon. The funeral
services conducted by Rev. D. H.
Parker, pastor of the Baptist church,
were unusually impressive. A large
number of rt latives and friends gath
ered at the residence at 4 o’oclock.
After the services the body was borne
to the hearse by a detachment of
South Georgia Cadets, to which the
deceased belonged. With the presi
dent of the college and the faculty
they followed their young compinion
to the grave. A large concourse,
with uncovered heads, listened to the
last words of the preacher beside the
flower laden coffin. The casket was
literally covered with beauliiut and
appropriate floral desigrs. In the
calm and hush of the Sabbath after
noon while tbe setting son was kissing
the’ tree tops, the schoolmates of the
dead boy, gently lowered him to his
final resting place. Slowly and sadly
relatives and friends turned their tear
stained faces homeward, leaving the
youth to his long last sleep.
The Trade Off.
Any thing officiating- the status of
the Plant system, Thomasville’s great
highway, is read with interest here.
There have been many rumors about
Mr. Plant buying tbe F. C. & P.
road. Here is the latest on that sub
ject from tbe News:
“There has been some surprise ex
pressed at the renewed activity on the
line of the Florida and Northern rail
road, the South Bound railroad ex
tension to a connection of the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad in
Florida. The work of grading in the
neighborhood of Savannah is being
completed and rights of way are bes
ing settled for from what appears to
be|a good bank account. The bridge
across the Ogeechee river is nearly
done excepting the “draw.”
When the rumors cf a sale of the
South Bound and the entire Florida
system to Mr. Plant were started there
was apparently some slacking up in
the work or it was thought by some
that there were indications that there
was no hurry manifested in complet
ing the construction.
There is little doubt that tbe Flor
ida Central and Peninsular people,
not these at home, but those in New
York, were anxious to unload the
whole business, and came very near
doing so, but the deal did not materi
alize. It now appears that the new
line to Florida will be pushed forward
and completed by Oct. 1, according to
the Florida Central and Peninsular’s
contract with the South Bound. If
the Florida and Northern is "gob
bled” it will not be until after it is built
and SavanD&h has a new line south
ward.”
Hammond at Cordele.
A dispatch from Cordele to the
.^tlanta Journal says
‘The people of Cordele were treat
ed to an oration from the lips of this
profoundly eloquent gentleman that
they can never forget and to which
they will always refer to with pride.
For one hour and thirty minutes- he
proclaimed to an apprehensive audi
ence in words of unsurpassed beauty
and eloquence the holiness and justice
of the principles for which the men
who wore the gray laid down their
lives. He wanted to know where that
section of country was located that
some have denominated the “new
south.”
He thanked God that there was no
“new south,” bat that it was the same
“old eouth,” for which Lee drew his
stainless sword and for which Stone
wall Jackson poured oat his life blood;
the same old south under whose ban
ners in the days that are gone had
rallied Stuart and Ashby, Hampton
and Beauregard and the- many others
who went forth to battle for constitu<
tio&al libery and chartered rights.’
Report of the Condition of the
Chanty Hospital.
To the Board of Directors Charity
Hospital: x -
Gentlemen:—The Undersigned, ap
pointed by yon, to examine the ac
counts of the treasurer, beg to report
that they h&ve carefully gone through
the reports of the president to the
treasurer, showing what money pass
ed through his hands from various en
tertainments and benefits and volun
tary contributions which went direct
to him, and the receipts and expen
ditures of the treasurer from August
1st, 1891, to March 14th, 1893, and
we find that all money that has come
into the hands of the president, and
of the treasurer, has been fully ac
counted for with proper vouchers for
all items of expenditure.
We find that a lot with certain build-
ingsen it was- purchased for 81,000,
with four years in which to pay for it,
the notes to be made for 8250 each,
payable at one, two, three and four
years, but interest on all that remain
ed unpaid to be paid each year, said
interest being 7 per cent, per annum.
The first of the notes wa3 paid April.
1st, 1892, the second will be due
April 1st, 1893, and there is money
enough on hand to meet that, with
the exception of a few dollars of inter
est on the unpaid notes.
We find that putting the buildings,
not originally intended for this pur
pose, in proper condition cost a con
siderable amount for carpinter work,
material, etc., then furniture had to
be proem ed to supply what was not
supplied by gifts. The management
of the Hospital being in the hands of
the lady managers, all expenditures
for servant hire, nurses, food, etc , are
made through them. While the
medical attendance costs nothing, the
bills for medicines foot up a very con
siderable sum.
The showing made 13 a very grati
fying one, in our opinion. The
worst may be said to be over and the
institution firmly established, and if
it continues to receive the support it
so richly deserves, there will be no
trouble in paying the running expens
es, and at the same time, putting
ide money enough to meet the re
maining purchase money notes at
their maturity.
Chas. P. Hassell,
Arthur Patten.
Since writing the above report the
second note has been paid.
C. P. Hansell.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
Paragraphs of Prominent Pihyt
Things and People..
Perham is making the Waycross
Evening Herald fairly sparkle.
An attempt has been made to kill
Mr. Gladstone in London
Here’s “hopin’’ that Jim Blount is
“havin’’ a good tftno in Hawaii.
Mr. Carlisle is handling the finances
of the country in a masterly manner.
The world never witnessed a .finer
naval display than was in New York
harbor yesterday.
On to the fair in Chicago. None
but the brave (and rich) deserve the
fair—or can see it.
Sixty war ships were in liue in New
York harbor yesterday. They did
not bombard the city,
Chicago thieves start out well.
They have attempted to steal the
(reputed) ashes of Columbus.
Chicago, April 28.—The liberty
bell arrived at Chicago to-night and
was greeted by an enthusiastic
multitude.
Fifteen hundred years ago the
orange was a berry no larger than
the wild cherry. Its present size is
the result of cultivation.
The republicans organized in Balti
more the other day: and they passed
resolutions leaving the colored con
tingent out of the organization.
About the heaviest blow which
Mr. Carlisle has received since he
went into Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet is
the endorsement of Bill Chandler.
he Irish are fighting among them*
selves over home rule. But an Irish*
in ii in his natural element when
gaged iu a promiscuous scrimmage.
Mr, Cleveland has told Congress-
in Kilgore, of Texas, that ail extra
ision will be called between the
t and 15:h o( September. This
The Sunday School Picnic.
All arrangements have at last been
completed and the annual union Sun
day School picnic will be held in
Bainbridge on Friday, May 12th.
Mr. J. E. Robison, who had been ap
pointed to look after transportation,
heard from General Passenger Agent
Davidson, of the Plant system, yester
day, stating that he would furnish a
special train to leave here about eight
o’clock in the morning, and return
about seven in the evening at the fol
lowing rates: Over twelve years of
age 50 cts.; twelve and under, 25 eta,;
five and nnder will be carried free.
This price is for the round trip. Mr.
Robison at once telegraphed Mr.
Davidson that he would take the train
at those figures. The juvenile mind
need no longer be worried about when
and where the picnic will be held
this year. Bainbridge is the place
and the 12th of May the time. - They
will all be delighted at the selection
of location. Bainbridge is the choice
of every one, and we know they will
all enjoy the day spent in the beauti
ful Oak City. We understand that
there will be no side spreads, as there
have bcenin the pa$t, but all baskets
will be spread upon one large table.
This is the way the committee in
charge desire it and we, think it much
the nicer way.
Funeral of Mr. Arnold.
The funeral of Mr. John P. An
took place Friday afternoon from j
the residence, two miles from town, at
three o’clock. The services were con
ducted by Rev. D. II. Parker, pastor
ot the Baptist church, iu a most im
pressive manner. At the conclusion
of the services at the grave the re
mains were escorted by a large num
ber of the friends of the deceased to
Laurel Hill cemetery, where they
were taken in charge by the Masons
and interred with Masonic honors.
In the death of Mr. Arnold Thomas
county loses oue of its best citizens.
He was the very personification of
honor and integrity, and we think it
can be truthfully said of him that he
had not a single enemy. None knew
him but to like him, aud we have
heard many say, since his death, that
better man never lived.” Mr.
Arnold had reached the allotted time
of man’s life, being seventy years
age. He leaves a wife and six chil
dren, and an endless number of
friends to mourn his death. To the
bereaved family we tender our sincer*
est sympathy. ^
Mr. Cleveland has gently hinted to
the Georgia Congressmen that he
thinks Georgia has about received her
full share of offices. And yet the
2,4i>7 a~e net nil supplied.
Uttle Effie—Do you love me very
much, mamma?" Mamma (a widow)
— ‘Yes, my darling.” Little Effie —
‘ Then why don’t you marry the man
at the candy store?”
The Redwiue case drags and drags.
Mr. James the prosecuting attorney is
ick; some of the grand jury are sick;
dwine, himself, is sick, and every-
ly else is sick—of the case.
Doss Col. Blount’s action in haul-
g down the American flag in Hon-
id a, come under th-* head of a long
rfliort haul? Respectfully referred
to the republican press.
What a Kentuckian Thinks of
Revoke.
If the people of Thomas and sur
rounding counties do not breed their
best mares to Revoke at the present
low advertised rate of service, they
will be standing greatly in their own
light, regarding the improvement of
the stock of this section of Georgia.
Revoke is a magnificent animal and
has proven himself to be a fine pro
ducer, even from common mares. J
endorse Revoke because I know him
and without any solicitation on the
part of his owner or any one elso. I
would like to see the stock of this
section improved and it can be done
by breeding to such horses as Revoke.
Respectfully,
Jas. II. Smith.
Hon. Ben E. Russell passed through
the city Sunday en route home from
Washington, where he haa been since
tbe inauguration. Mr. Russell looks
as . though hustling for the Georgia
colonels had agreed with him. He
says the "water is boiling up there,
and it won’t be long before Boas
Buck will get scald.
Here’s a sensible remark by the
itor of the Waycross Herald:
“If the energy, money and muscle
invested in baseba’-l in the south were
turned in some other direction, the
country would be better off.”
The Savannah Press puts the presi
dent on notice as follows :
’resident Cleveland will please
tike notice that Georgia is the Em
pire State and there are several
colonels left without office.”
Miss Fuzzie—I want tc biefik ...
engagement with Mr. Sapple, but I
don’t know how to doit without driv*
ing the poor fellow to suicide.
Little Brother—Why don’t you let
him see you iu curl papers?—Good
News.
Mrs. Cleveland was taken ill during
the naval parade in New York. She
returned promptly to Washington,
arriving at the White House just be
fore midnight, on Thursday night.
Mr. Cleveland went on to Chicago.
A New Cigar Company.
Another cigar. Manufacturing com
pany has been formed in Thomas-
viffe. Mr. R. C. Govantas, Mr. M.
Leal and Mr. W. H. Mitchell have
entered into a copartnership to man
ufacture cigars and will commence
work in the old City Hall this week.
Messrs. Govautes and Leal arc from
Key West, Fla., and have large . ex
perience iu the cigar business. They
are both clever gentlemen and we are
glad to know that they have become
permanent citizens.
The office hunters about Washing
ton are having a hard time. There
arc more di;—appointments than ap*
pointmeub. Pie is getting scase.
And still the hungry crowd hold on,
hoping on and on. ’Twas ever thus.
The lynching of the negro Peterson
in South Carolina is a crime against
law and order and humanity. The
perpetrators should be brought to
justice. Every iqan, white and col
ored, is entitled to a fair trial for his
life.
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Richmond, Va., April 27.—J.
Taylor Ellison, president cf the Jefe
fers m Davis Monument -Association,
will go to New York aud escort Miss
Winnie Davis to New Orleans and
back Lore on the occasion of the re
moval oi the remains of her father to
this city for reinterment'next month.
It is not thought that Mrs. Davis will
j be able to come here on account of
I ill-health.
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