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MOULTRIE, - - - GEORGIA.
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U. C LANEY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN' AND SURGEON.
Ai«»ri-1 KIK. CulAiCITT (H.*.,OA.
u* the p*n>|«'.«- Colqsu*
Thoraaaville is hot—but
She is jast going right thead and
knows nothing o* hard timt*-except
from hearsay.
fisTt-rs hi.- hi
a Mcenl I
Moultrie, Oa., Oct. {*, lasu.
Judge Merrill did not attend (he
convention of Ordinaries You al
wuya find the Judge in his usual
place during office hour*.
The PdiimaD Gar Line
BfcTWKK."* ——
Louisville, ('inclnnaii
INDIANAPOLIS
ANO
CHIGMiO m THE NQRTHVftbl.
The Pullman Vedtihul^al Serv:ce
Night Train*, Parlor Chair
Car* on Day Train.
The \touou Trainh make the tastert
lime between the Southern Win-
* • Cities and Summer Ue-
Ilf tl»—
w. H. .
B. W. OLAJJlNO-iBu.’lAKom
IBS Broad Street Thom aa-viUo.
k. W.PALiM BRO.’S
Carriage Shoos.
Lower Brood Stree!, Thunia*viilo, Ga
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 GuftM&tiders.
Talk up your t
Thumaicille is healthy and happy.
Contractor Arnold is making rapid
progress on the new Ball store, on
lower Broad street.
Mr. Horrocks has the brick work
the new Baptist church about
ready for the firat.tiiubeis.
happy.
Mr. J. P. Smith, of Thomasville,
has purchased Mis 8. A. Busbee’s
aubutban residence in Moultrie and
will soon occupy the same.—Moultrie
Banner.
h ii said that Superintendent
Fleming, o! the S. F. & \V. By.,
went from Savannah to the horned
bridge on Sunday, a distance of about
102 miles iu /our hours. This is good
time.
Mr. E. M. MaHettft has sold to C.
T. Gandy the Morehouse farm on
County Line R ad near the city.
Thin place is one of the must desirable
suburban farms around Thonin-vi.le
and Mr. Gandy will ncarcely have
reason ever to regret hi* investment
TLe teachers ct South Georgia are
delighud to have CoimniM-ioucr Brad
well with them He i» doing a
splendid work lor i duration in Geon*
gia. In fuel no one has worked
harder and iu-re methodically to im
prove and elevate the common schools
of the state, than Commissioner Brad-
well.
CARRIAGE. AND WAGON REPAIRING
HOUSE .SHOEING.
Done at reasonaDie rai
purchased a number
anl having the
Best Equipped Shops
THOMPSON
Iron Works,
The Macon correspondent of the
Constitution says:
“Genial aud popular Charley Hau-
sell was iu Macon a ehort while to
day en route to Atlanta from Thom-
Havil’e. This ia the first vi«it he has
made to Atlanta miicc the legislature
adjourned l?jit December. Charley
Uanselt is the right hand man of
lion. Mark Hardin, the efficient and
popular e'erk of the Georgia Iiousj of
representatives. They make a strong
and invincible team.”
We congratulate, aud sincerely too,
r. \V. M. Jones, of Boston. He
has been appointed postmaster of
that place. There is hot a better
man in Georgia than “Billy" Jones.
He will give satisfaction to the public,
Mr. Russell has made no mistake in
this matter. A dispatch from Wash-
ngton to the Journal yesterday says:
“W. M Joma has been appointed
fourth c’ass postmaster at Boston,
Thomas county, vice J. N. Carson
removed. This change was made at
the n quest of representative Russell.
JAt liKOV STUI1HT,
THOMASVILLE, - - - GA
I atn lad lor prepared than
ver to
do any aud all kinds of repair work
in iron aud brass. In addition to long
year* of experience, I am fully equip
ped with the latest improved tools
and can guarantee all work entrnsted
# to me Shops in rear of former resi-
* deuce, on lower Jackson street. Give
me ail apporlunity to make un esti
mate oil your work.
C. B. THOMPSON, Agt.
d&w-t
Monuments.
I represent one of ihe
largest ami most reliable
monument houses in th(
country and can make
prices on monument.-, head-
, stones, clc., lower than any
\ body.
Artificial Slone Curbing
8 for cemetery lots made to
I order.
IROIS FENCING
any and all sfjlos, sold at the most
reasonable rates. Call ami see n
and get estimates.
W. II. BUBCII,
Thomasville, Ga.
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The Demorcst Contest.
There was a very large and' inter*
eatei audience at the Methodist
church on Thursday evening to wit
ness the temperance exercises and
Demorcst contest. A number of
these entertainments have been given
in Thomasville and they * have etch
and til proved very interesting and
entertaining. A banner hung just
over the rostrum bearing this motto :
“For God and Home and Native
Land.”
The exercises were commenced
with a beautiful song by the choir,
which was followed by prayer by Rev.
Mr. Wynn, who also made an inter
esting talk and read some statistics
showing the enormity and iniquity of
the liquor traffic.
After the singing of another song,
a very cordial welcome was extended
the congregation by a class of little
girls.
The first speaker in the coutest was
Mr. Homer Williams, who acquitted
himself well.
“Boys of America,” by Mr H-r»oe
Bouchelle, came next.
One of the most interesting leatures
of the evening was by a class of little
ones known as the “Best Class.
The vocal solo by Mis* Norma Bike
was a gem. Miss Bike has a remark
ably sweet voice and rendered her
selection fauhlenly.
Three other speeches followed by
Messrs. Walter. Craigmiles, John
Watkins and Walter Williams. Each
of *hfse yoUDg men delivered their
orations iu good style.
“Save the Boys,” a vocal aolo, by
Miss Madie Dekle, was charmingly
rendered. Mirs Dekle eiug well.
The two last t*|e-ecbtv followed
Mi*a Dt klt* song. They were by
Ht»sra Chart. J'iumuu aud John
'legal!. The 1*11* r, as he alway*
!•*-*, acquitted himself with credit.
Hi* delivery and articulation is re*
markable for one of his years. A
murmur of approval went over the
whole audience when the judges, Mr.
E. M. Mallette, Capt. Tom Lake and
Mr. D. Elias, awarded him the medal.
Mr. Mallette, in a few very clever
and happy remarks, prerouted the
medal to the successful young man,
who received it gracefully.
While the judges were making up
their decision Miss Grade Jenkins
entertained the congregation with a
splendidly rendered reritation, “Some
body's Mother.” Another song was
sung, the benediction was pronounced
ami the congregation dispersed.
Dr. Bouchelle, who was master
ceremonies, announced just before the
benediction was pronounced that in
one month from that date a gold
medal contest would b* held. None
will be admitted to contest for this
medal but those who have won silver
medals.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown
Was born Dec. a6 h, 1813 probably
in Montgomery county Ga. and was
first married to Massey, who
lived but a short time. She was mar
ried to S. Willard Brown, Sept as,
842, aud they settled io I.eon county
Fla. She had but one child, the
writer of this notice. She died June
30th, 1893, from a sudden attack of
asthma. She died at my home in
Leon county Fla. My mother was
good, Christian woman. She was and
had been a- member of the M. E.
church for sixty years or more, and
while no, demonstrative, was a pure,
practical, religious Christian. If she
had any faults I never found them out.
If she had ac enemy he has not made
it known.
But too pure for earth she has
gone to the Mansion of Light and
there awaits our coming. May we all
meet htr “over there.”
Her son,
Geo. T. Brown.
Their Condition and Obtlook for
-Hie Present Year.
Jumped Through a Window.
We noticed a few days ago the
departure of Mr. J. A. Hurst for Bir
mingham with a negro prisoner * horn
he arrested here last Sunday. The
negro was an escaped convict, and
there was a reward of $50 for his de
livery to the proper parties in Binning
ham. Mr. Hurst left with bis man
on the late train Wednesday. In Mont
gomery, while waiting for the L. & N.
train to leave, the negro owned up to
Mr. Hurst that he was the right man.
All along the trip he was very quiet
and obedient and gave Mr. Hurst no
trouble at all. When the train was
within about fifty miles of Birmingham,
a railroad detective entered the car
and commenced to converse with Mr.
Hurst, while the latter was thus en
gaged, and while the train was skim
ming along at the rate of thirty miles
an heur, the negro suddenly darted
across the a'sle and went through an
open window head first. By the time
the train was stopped and backed
back to the place the negro was out of
sight. There was no sign of him ex
cept the hole he made in the dirt
where he struck and an empty pocket
book which dropped out of his pocket.
Mr. Burst did not make any further
effort to catch him, but took the next
train home, arriving here yesterday
afternoon. He is out about thirty-five
dollars by the negro's escape.
We take^tbe following interesting
article from the. Macon Telegraph of
the 12thinst: ~ *
A gentleman who returned to the
city yesterday frora’atnp.over nearly
Ihe whole of qouihr (^r'sjia ' says 'the
farmers are in ‘ better condition this
year than he has ever known them to
be, _ The crops now maturing, he
says, have been made with a less ex
penditure than at any time since the
war, and whatever is- made will be
clear profit
The hard times last year and the
disinclination of the merchant*'to fur
nish credit forced the farmers to live
at home and itake their own supplies;
This enabled them to come somewhat
ahead, and profiting this year‘ by the
experience of last year they have made
their crops without running into debt,
and buying for cash only such articles
as were absolutely necessary. Not
only this, but their barns and smoke
houses $re full and they have meat
aud corn to sell.
For the first time in twenty-five
years the farmers are actually inde
pendent. They have all they need at
home aud are not in debt to the mer
chants.
At every small town in south Geor
gia the merchants report that they
have sold less meat, corn and hay this
year than in any year since' the war,
and what they have sold is chiefly to
turpentiue and mill men.
In many counties the farmers have
bought uo meat at all. Instead, they
are selling meat and corn to the mer
chants, a most unusual state of affairs.
Corn and meat are to be had iu
large quantities iu the wire grass, and
the merchants instead of selling these
articles to the farmers are buying
from them and shipping to Savannah.
There is -plenty of corn to be had at
50 cents a bushel
One merchant who so’d seventy*
three boxes of meat last year said ho
had only sold one this year, and other
merchant* were found with meat in
stock which they cou-d not dispose of.
At Cairo, down in southwest Geor
gia, the farmers seemed to be particu
larly well situated, having plenty at
home and buying nothing. In Worth
county it was asserted that the far-
had not bought a pound of meat
this year, and they bad 5,000 bushels
of corn to sell. The consequence of
this happy state of affairs is that the
farmers are not worrying their minds
about the financial situation, as the
people in the cities ore doing.
One farmer. sized np the situation
pretty well when he said: “I have
fat horses and mules, fat cows, fat
hog* and plenty of corn in the barn.
owe nobody, and I don’t care a con
tinental if every bank in creation
bursts.”
JACKSON STREET,
NEWS DEPOT.
ALL THE LATEST
PEBIOUIEALS, HAUAZI.MiS,
SHTUU AMI WESiai DAILY fAfECS.
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
OF ALL KINDS,
The Excursion.
The burning of the bridge, between
here and Breton came very near
breaking up Tom Bottom's excursion
to Jacksonville yesterday. The train
win, scheduled to leave here at 8
o’clock yesterday morning, but it waa
afier seven last night before it palled
out. All day long some three bun-
dred darkeys crowded the platform of
the depot and the yards. Had the
train left on lime it would probably
have been tilled at this point, bnt
it was, over one hundred and fifty went
down. Tom Bottoms certainly un
derstands the art of working, up a
crowd and afterwards holding it
through all sorts of advene cirenm.
stances. He is a born excursion man.
—Daily T.-E. Jnly 18.
Another Attempt,
omc one is evidently determined
to wreck passenger train No. 6, leav.
ing here just after dark every night.
Another attempt was made Thursday
night, which makes the third effort
within a week. Cross-ties were placed
on the track on the trestle in (root of
Mr. Blackshear's place, the same as
the night before. The engine struck
Ihe ties, but was not derailed. These
attempts are getting to be entirely too
frequent. There is no due as to the
would-be wrecker.
There seems to be a split among
the members of Jack, Cartel's church.
The present,church is notable to sup
port a paster, and Jack ». in favor of
dropping this and joining another.
Some of the members ate kicking at
this and a split is the remit
Peabody Normal Institute at
v ThomasvtUe,
Under the above head Cot J. Cokl In An Attempt to Wreck Trains
ton . Dynes writes as follows to the
Southern Education Journal:
“Our neighbors in Florida and Ala.
bama as well as the people of 8onth
Georgia will be conscious of a debt of
gratitude tothe State School Commie:
•toner Bradwell for the selection of
Thomasville as the place tor holding
the Normal Institute. Easily accetsi*
wav aiviuim aiwmouma Ajaetij awwusi- . *e* l wv *.
ble from dt pattaof the three Stater, Ndhoyed and up-set.by the repeated
situated on a rolliag platean of bal-
■amio verdure and fragrance, where
the lofty magnolia and piUe away all
the day and night with the breezes
which come^r go with ^EoHan meas
ure end sweetness from-or-away > to
the bine waveeef the Mexican Gulf.
“Much can be said el the'beauty of
Thomasville and its parka, ' glens,
buildings and fifteen milea of boule
varda—the paradise of horsemen and
wheelmen—and its pure, sparkling
artesian waters, delicious fruits and
melons, fragrant cigar* and a thou
sand d ederat, including the mild-
eyed Cabans of Spanish grace and
beauty, oriental indifference to time,
promise or program, whose euphonious
language and dulcet tones are refresh-
ing to those who hoar only‘the jargon
of colder regions.
'Much may also bs said of the bos-
pitslity of ThomasviUe’s people, but
space permits only this: their hotels
and residences are to become the
homes of attend,at Madiera at rates
far below any ever offered to other
brotherhoods of-earnest workers. Six
teen dollars per month, or five dollars
per week is the highest. The ever
ready and genial County School Com-
missioner, Captain MacLetn, will
secure homes for any who apply.
" ~ " if the Ice
“Mr. Keefer, President ol
Company, says so far as an abundance
of lree ico is concerned, he’d try to
make us thiuk we are in Alaska
instead of Georgia.
''Tbs Normal will be held at the
South Georgia College, the largest
and handsomest building and campus,
and the best equipped college in
South Georgia. Among the members
oi the faculty ot the Normal is Pro
fessor Lane, of the Technological
Institute, and he will deliver, in ad
dition to his daily lecture, his two
famous side-splitting lectures on
Laughter and Books. The faculty,
as a whole, is an unusuaUy strong
one and is certain to please.
Now, Mr. Editor, with such a
prospect before the teachera it will bo
seen that Captain Bradwell’, choice
promise, both pleasure and profit.’’
on the S. F. ft W. Ry.
Two trestles were burned between
this place, and Boston on Saturday
night, and it was by mere chance that
train Was not wrecked iu cohse-
authorities of the 'raj
attempts that bare been made to
wreck trains on this road.. Three at
tempts were mads .last week on
bridge, within the city limits to wreck
pamenger truns by placing cross tire
on tie trade. The railroad people
Were at aloes to know who, it was
that harbored such.ill ieeiihg toward
them, as to seek revenge in this man
ner, and the matter was a pohrre of
no little annoyance and alarjp to them.
True, none of these attempts were in
any way successful, but that WHtbe
fault ot the poor judgment of,the tendance.
wonld-be wrecker. It is , plain that
his intentions were of the most mur-
This is the way the farmers see
things now. The result is that they
aro not so set upon the idea of free
cuinage of silver for which they were
so clamorous a year ago. and the
Populists even have quit demtndiog
that the government put up ware
houses and advance money on their
products. They even say in some
counties that Mr Watson need not
extend his lecturing tour in that di
rection, as they arc no longer interest
ed in his doctrines.
These reports were a! made by a
reliable man who is well acquainted
with the territory of which ho speaks.
That the farmera of Georgia would
have meat and corn to sell in mid
summer would not have been believed
two years ago. That such things
have come to pass is undoubtedly
true, howerer, as Ibis report only
corroborates previous reports of the
same character. It is even said that
money is easier among the farmers
than in the cities and the financial
stringency which has almost paralyzed
commercial interests of the whole
country is hardly felt by them. If
this bo true their condition is indeed
a happy one.
With good crops this year the Geor
gia farmer will be in a position to be
envied. With poor crops even he
will be better off than io mauy pre
vious years, when his crops hardly
sufficed to pay the merchante for sup-
plies secured at time prices, and he
was often compelled to throw in his
moles and farming implements with
the crop.
Mr. Albert Mounseer Dead.
Mr. Albert Monnaeer died at bis
home in this city on Thursday evens
ing after an illness of several weeks.
Thu death u a peculiarly sad one.
Mr. Mounseer was about 3d years of
sge, and up to a few weeks ago was
the very picture of heiUtb. He was
probably ihe finest specimen of
physical manhood in this section of
the country. Tall, heavy set and
very muscular, he was almost a giant.
His trouble waa inflammation of the
bowels. Only about two weeks ago
his wife died. Within the brief space
of a few weeks husband and wife
have both passed away, leaving none
but the aged and infirm parents of Mr.
Mounseer, to whom the deceased was
the only means of support Daring
a residence in this city of some ten
yean Mr. Mounseer won the respect
and esteem of all who knew him and
was regarded as an honest upright
aud industrious citizen. The aged
father aDd mother of the deceased
have the sympathy of the entire oatm
inanity In their great loss.
Tho funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon at the house by Rev.
Mr. Wynn, after which the deceased
was laid to rest beside bis wife,
who bad preceded him but a few short
weeks, in Laurel Hill cemetery.
A Fire in the Country.
We regret to learn that the dwell
ing house of Mr. W. B. Hambleton,
some four miles from towfi, was*de-
sttoyed by fire on Friday* last: Mr.
Hambleton ; and some help be bad
ding him in gathering pears, had
only' lift the bouse about ap hour
before they saw smoke coming
through the roof. It is not known,
bow the fire started. The building
wasentir.ly consumed. Mr/ Ham
bleton had the place ttsuiad for about
fifteen hundred dollars with Hansell
& Merrill.
Mrs. Duggan in Trouble.
A writ of lunaey has been sworn
out before the Ordinary against Mrs.
Duggan. According to the law,
notice has been sent to the three
nearest relatives and upon their
acknowledgement a trial will be held
as to the sanity of the person.
She has been in the habit of visiting
the Fust Office so many times a .day
and raising a disturbance, that the
offiials there have been obliged to
take this step in seif defence. On
Tueeday this person btandiahAl a long
knife and dared the Fori Mariet
open the door. If she is not insane,
and is accountable for her actio ns,
proceedings wifi be taken against her
on another charge.—Valdosta Times.
This item will be read with interest
by Postmaster Bike and Uaeariatanta.
Mrs. Duggan, while staying in llxpn-
asville recently, waa a regular patron
of the Poet Office. Her coBoquiea
with the young man at the general
delivery were something to be re*
membered.
Speaking of the weather reminds
us—but never mind what it remimb
usof.. The least said about it is per-
baps the best. t s
The Combined - Peabody and
County Institutes Organized.
The Peabody and Connty Institutes
which are held jointly here this week,
were organized yesterday afternoon.
It waa the intention of State School
Commisrioner Bradwell to organize
yesterday morning, bat oa account of
the delayed trains many ot the teach-
ere failed to arrive and the opening
was postponed until four o’clock In
the afternoon.
The counties of Decatur, Brooks
and Colquitt are bolding their annual
institutes here in conjunction with the
Peabody and Thomas county. The
Decatur and Colquitt teachers ar
rived yesterday, but it was late last
sight before the Brooks county teach
ers got in, they being delayed at the
Commisrioner Bradwell and many
other noted educator! are here in at-
derous character, and the railroad
determined if possible to prevent any
further'attempts in this direction.
Accordingly detectives were put
on the case and every bridge in the
neighborhood of the place where tbe
attempts bad been made was guarded
and watched by one or more men
every night. - •
Just as the peopK were beginning
to feel secure agcun, tbe fiend-tranw
ferred tbe scene , of his operations
some right or nine miles east of here,
and on Saturday night applied the
torch to two trestlee, one of which
was one of the most important be
tween this place and Boston.
This one waa over the Aucilia
creek. Theothet waa some distance
the other side and was comparatively
a small one. It is thought that the
large one was fired first, as the fire
had made greater headway on it
when discovered.
The first known of the burning was
about six o'clock Sunday morning
when tbe night passenger from Sa
vannah, No. 5, made tbe discovery.
The train ran on to the first trestle
before tbe engineer discovered that it
was on fire. It hadjdoriunately, not
been burned very badly and the train
passed over safely.
This, coupled with the previous
attempts made to wreck the traio,
which no doubt flashed to bis mind
once, excited the fears of the en
gineer and he ran very slowly and
cautiously from there on, and when
the second burning bridge came in
right he had no difficulty in stopping
his train in time to prevent it from
going on to the burning bridge. The
wires were immediately put to work
and soon the railroad people were
making arrangements to transfer pas
sengers snd mail. This was rendered
extremely difficult on account of the
creek and the low lands surrounding
it. The wagons had to go around a
distance of several miles. Eassengera
and mail that should have reached
here at 6:30 did not get here until
near the middle of the day. .
Work was at once commenced to
rebuild the bridge and aeon upwards
of 200 hands were at .work. Super
intendent Fleming was . wired in Sa
vannah and in a few hours he was on
the scene. Tbe work was kept going
all Sunday night and aB day yester
day. Every train had to bn transferred
until late yesterday afternoon when
the fait mail was enabled to cross.
The railroad is to be complimented
on the . manner in which they hnve
handled the business under three ad
circumstances. They have
worked hard to repair the damage
and in the meantime have dispatched
(heir business with as little delay and
inconvenience as possible. The rail
road people are very much wrought
np by these repeated attempts to
wreck trains, thus endangering their
lives, and if the guilty party is caught
not unlikely that he will be
roughly bandied.
AgBESTED ON SISTICION.
Sheriff Don, ex-sheriff Hurst and
Marshal Hight, of Boston, went to
the wreck Sunday and caught on to
certain circumstances that pointed
to a negro living -in Boeton and he
waa arrested and locked np.
Promptly at four o’clock yesterday
afternoon Commissioner Bradwell
opened the combined Institutes.*
The exercisre were opened with
prayer by Prof. Baker, after which a
beautiful instrumental piece was ren
dered by Miss Mamie Thompson.
Mayor Hopkins, on behalf of the
citizens made a short address of wel
come. He waa followed by Prof.
Baker in behalf of the teachera of tbe
town.
These addresses were very appro
priately responded to by Professors
Lytita, Moody and Fredrick, mem
bers of the faculty.
Commissioner Bradwell, who pre
sides over the Institute, theu made
quite a lengthy and ia'ere.tiog talk,
settiog forth the object of these Insti
tutes and outlining what was to be
done here during the sessions. Capt.
Bradwell is a plain, but forcible and
interesting laiker, and he impressed
all very favorably. At the conc'usion
ot his remarks ho adjourned the scs-
sion until this morning at nine o'clock.
Two sessions will be held daily. The
morning session will be from nine
until twelve, the afternoon from 1 four
until ha't past five.
The public are dordially invited to
attend.
• THE COLORED IN8TITU1E.
The colored department of the
Peabody Institute was called to order
at 3 o’clock p. ui. in Ciay slreeet
school house
After prayer by Rev. S. S. Broad-
ix, Couuty School Commissioner
. T. Mac'ean was introduced, who
made the address of welcome in the
place of Mayor H. IV. Hopkins, who
was detained on important business.
A response, in behalf ot Decatur
connty, was made by J. R. Hutto
and in behalf ot Brooks by J. C.
McCraw.
Alter singing, “Reap What We
Have Sown,’’ the State School Com
mission spoke to tbe teachers about
tho object of the Iostitutc and gave
other very good advice, and appointed
Prof. R. R. Wright, chairman, and
Rev. F. Sneteon, secretary.
The Institute then discussed some
matter* pertaining to general business
and adjourned to meet at the 1 A. B.
church to-morrow at 9 a. m.—Daily
T..E.;july 18.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS,
Paragraphs of Prominent Pithy
Things and Peopw.
Reduce the pension roll. Pass this
cry along tbe lines.
Justice Jackson has granted a re
hearing of the Southwestern road.
The French have kicked up a rum-
bus in Siam. And England is watch-
ing the corks.
Blessed be the town caught without
a boom on hand daring these days of
general distrust.
Another fast young man, Mr. Crane,
is behind the ban in Atlanta. \ He
only forged s few checks.
Tbe druggists of Georgia will meet
in annual convention on the roth and
tith of Angnst in Rome.
There’s nothing in s name after all,
“Lucky,” 4" town out west, was de
stroyed by fire the other day.
You couldn't convince some of tbe
advocates of free coinage of silver in :
congress that stlence is golden.
We presume it is too late to file an
application lor a place with Peary’s
expedition to the north pole. Jnat
our luck.
Washington, July 13.—The gold
reserve in the treasury has increased
$206,000 since yesterday and now
stands at $98,063,141.
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South Carolina is living under the
dispensary law but they do say that
all you hare to do is just to wink
with your other eye and n stick will
be put iu it.
Netvnan Herald: Good grain crops
make it ccrain that we will get
enough to eat this year, even if a few
of us do fail to make connections with
federal offices.
Corbet: has two fights on hand now
one with Mitchell ot England and the
other with the uegro, Peter Jackson.
Corbett, like Sullivan, will go into the
ring once too often.
The Thomasville National Bank
Make a_Good Showing.
Yesterday morning we pqblished a
report of the financial, condition of
Tho Thomasville National Bank at
toe dose of business on Wednesday,
the 12th inst, Tim 'government is
very rigid in exacting from]National
banks aworn. statements as to' their
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called for at irregalarTlat'rvals, so
that the banker never knows when he
is going to be caiied upon for a state
ment until the last moment. . It trill
be gratifying to every one to see
what an excellent showing the bask
makes. Safe, conservative and lib*
enl, this bask, although among toe
comparatively new banks in the state
has made a moat enviable reputation
for careful burin ere methods.
Will Kurnell Kockrell please train
his guns for a brief period on the
SAcesdoniste of Colorado. Give us a
rest down this way. We’re not in
the be«'aess any longer.
Tho country is not gomg to tie
demnition bow wows by a long shot.
There is meat in the emokehotue,
Cora in the crib, tatere in tbe patch
and dried puokin in the loft.
An exchange has this item:
It is claimed that about $24,000,-
000 are takeo from the southern states
annually on acnount ot insurance, and
yet we wonder why we are poor.
Blood flows not in tbe classic alley
ways ot Athens War has smoothed
bis wrinkled irout, and peace reigns
again. Editor Reed and Clerk Mitch
ell have made up. This is well.
Iron Hall Matters.
Many of our readers are interested
in the efforts being made to put the
Iron Hall on its feet again. A dis'
patch from Indianapolis, Ind-, yester
day says:
“At the Sopreme Sitting of the
reorganized Order of Iron Hall to
day, a decision to resume business
next month, if the Courts shall con
sent, was reached. Somerby, of Phila-
deipbia, Who is al the head of the new
order, will seek at once to incorporate
it in Pennsylvania, having failed to
do so in Maryland or Massachusetls.
In any event, the order proposes to
resume under the laws of Indianapo
lis. Meanwhile an attempt will be
made to oust Somerby.
Supreme Trustee Wing, of St.
Louis, says that ho has received from
the reorganized order, of which Som-
erby is the head, an affidavit to the
effect that Somerby iras expelled from
the order last November, and that bis
subsequent acts are therefore null
and void.”
A Reward Offered.
As will bo seen by reference to the
Governor’s proclamation published
elsewhere a reward of one hundred
mud fiffy dollars has been offered for
the apprehension and delivery of
Henry Bpencer, who murdered Moses
Green on toe 28to of June, in this
connty, to the Sheriff of this county.
Spencer has never left the locality in
which the murder waa committed, but
remains there defying the officers and
swearing vengeance on the memben
of the 8beri&’a posse who tried to take
him last Monday. This reward will
bring him.
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New York, July 14.—A cable dis
patch received at a late hour to-day
said: “There has been taken from
the bank of England, for shipment to
America, ^17S,ooo in gold.
The Christian Endeavor member
ship has grown from sixty-right in
1881 to 1,500,000 in 1893. This
doesn’t look as if the cause of religion
were suffering from retrogression.— /
Uniontown News.
The editor of the News and Adver
tiser, Albany, has it down fine. He
says: “Every day something annoy-
ing in a business way comes up to
convince us that the true philosopher
is the man who marries a woman that
will support him.
An exchange asks: “Is the world
filling up?” Weil, over here in Geor
gia it is, but in Ssuth Carolina,
where the dispensary law is in force,'
the filling up procere is not going on
to any great extent However, it is
not unusual to see a man who is foil.
A dispatch from Washingtoo says:
Representative Russell baa had
Frank Perry appointed postmaster at
Camilla, vice W. T, Brimbeny, and
will effect changes at Broowood, in
Terrell county and Boston in Thomas
connty, within a few days. Sir. Rot- '
sell will leave lor home on Friday. ■
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Devil’s Lake, N. D., Jnly. 13.—
Secretary Hoke Smith has visited the.
Fort Totten Indian agency. Ho waa
met by 200 pupils of toe Indian in-
dnstrial school, led by an .Jnditn
band. The Indians made known
their grievances. Chief Waanatan
presented the secretary with a pipe cf
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