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TIMK8-.ENTKItP.K8K, THOMASVILLK, GBOflGlA, HEP'i'EMBKB». 1904 T. F\ Dyson DEALER IN ' General Hardware, QUNS, PISTOLS, AMMUNITIONS, STKAMFITTING; BELTING. U PIPEING, MILL SUPPLIES, WAGON AND OABT MATERIAL. , -—Manufacturers of——' TURPENTINE, PARM WAGONS.TIHBER OAK STEAM TANK8 AND EVAPORATOR . COOKING SYRUP. I WANT HARDWOOD LUMBER ANY SIZE X. T, McLean Thomasville, Ga. Life, Health Accident Fire Insurance Sell and Thoroughbred Chickens. Barred Plymouth Rock and White Wyandotte EQQS. Price $i .00 per setting 15 eggs. C. W. COCHRAN & BRO., - Thomasville, Oa SHOOT AT BAINBRIDGE Cracker Cun Club wIK Compete for Money end Medal. The Balnfcridge Gun Club it arrang ing for a .hoot on the 16th, liith, and 17th Of this month that wjll be worth attending. They are inviting different dabs over all the state to join them, ‘ and among other prises, they have of fered $75.00 in gold and a handsome [Milter bap. The Cracker Onn Clnb at its last meeting considered the qaestlon' of Batiibridge'a invitation. The invita rio was accepted and a team of flv, men will be selected to .represent Thomas ville. Messrs C. W. Cooper, Roscoe Luke, H. W. Hopkins and J. W. Peacock have been appointed as a committee to select the team. There will be ten events each day for three days and the sport will be worth going miles to partake of. 500 DOLLARS IN BE eiVEN Mr. Adrian Robinson, principal of the Coolidge school was in town on Satur day. He reports excellent progress in the school which opened last week. He is a teacher of experience and is well qualified to succeed in his work. awHmmmmmmmtnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfc I WHERE ARE YOU GOING § My pretty maid! I'm going to Tybee, Sir, she said. And—« that's the place where the people are going this year to 3 have, a good time. ' ~5 IHOTEL TYBEE Witnice many attrsetiona, its fine orchestra. Its splendid: bathing and its oxoellent ontsine is the most popular seaside: retort on the Booth Atlantic Coast. Rates $8.60 per day s \ 818.60 and $16.00 per week. | The Pulaski House. Is the most popular piaoe in Savannah and should be your! — headquarters when in the city. Write for Illustrated booklet. : “ CHAS, F. GRAHAM, Proprietor. : “For what is worth In'anything ’ ' But so much money as ’twill brlng.”-Butler. We deeire to call attention of our customers this week to a larg line of Buggies, Wagons and Farm Implements. We handle the- , Weber Wagon and the Virginia Wagon, the Oxford Buggies and the Rex Buggies, and the McFarlane Buggies and Surries. We have combination corn and cotton planters and combina tion guano and corn drills. We have the best line of. Fertiliser Distributors weovqr saw. You oau put out with them from one hundred to two thousand pounds of fertilisers per acre. We alao carry a full line of two hone riding and walking cultivators aud weeders. We are atill offering bargains in —Flour, Sugar and Tobacco— aud have on hand yat some select North Carolina Seed Pinders. • that we give with each 25c cash purchase a ticket en titling jfrtwa chance at the beautiful Amea stick seat ruu about on display in our window, which will be given away on May 28th. One of our customers will get this beautiful run about. You may be'tbs lucky one. COME to see na. Comfort Trading Go. A BLOODY DAY. Series of Terrible Accidents In.Mile Vicinity Frldey. Yesterday was a tragic day for this immediate seotien of the state. It waa marked by a series of bloody accidents, suoli as is rarely crowded Into so brief a space of time. Besides the awful death of Miss Nellis Parnell told in an other column there were three othets. MAN KILLED AT PELHAM. Ahoat six o’clock Friday morning the engine at the sea island ginnery of the Hand Trading Company in Pelham, ran away, killing the engineer, a colored The fly wheel flew off, and the other parts of the engine wore scattered broadcast. The gin. house wva riddled with the flyiug steel and some of it flew through a twelve Inch brick wall and as far as the oil mill several hundred feet distant. The engineer was siruck by part of the machinery, directly in tho month, a Jingo gash was ent in his head and he dted immediately. BOSTON MAN LOSES ARM. Mr. F. 8. Norton a son of Mr. Joe Norton, of Boston, had his arm out off is a cot toil gin Friday %t Boston. The young man was working in the gin when Ills hand was caught in the machinery and drawn onto the knives. He was so badly oot and mangled that amputation above the elbow was necessary. Guess how many grains in one gallon of Shelled Corn? N N We are going to give to our customers, $500.00 in Gold on December 1st, 1904. Here is the Plan: We have had placed in 4 quart jars, one gallon of corn, and sealed by Judge S. A. Roddeubery, mayor of Thomasville. One of these jars is placed at Evans & Son’s Warehouse; one at Neel Bros. Store; one at A. F. Churchw'ell & Co's; and one at the Thomasville Shoe Co’s. With every dollar Cash spent with any of the merchants signed below, between September 1st, 1904 and Dec. 1st, you will be entitled to one guess at the total number of grains in the four jars. With every bale of cotton ginned at the Fanners Gin Company yon will also have a guess, and another gness with every bale of cotton weighed at Evans & Son’s Warehouse. The following gentlemen have consented to act as judges in the contest; W. H. Godwin, E. P. Clay, J. ,S. Ward, Jr., J. Q. Bryan, Geo. M. Dekle. Ad. Way, Jr., T. J. Bran don and T. W. Lewis. The person guessing nearest' to the number of grains in the four jars will get $ i 00.00 in Gold. ■ir 'I'l U'"I|!1 i J H IN jjiH iir'ij! 1-1 Hull! Mr. T. J. Brandon, brother of Memo. W. H. and H. H. Brandon, of thieolty, had Ills hand badly bnt in a gin Fri day. He Is a prominent farmer, who reeideijmt across the Florida line in the Sonny HiU neighborhood. He was superintending the work at his gin, when liii hand waa caught in the machinery aud ent and slashed to the bone. A messenger was dispatched to Metcalfe who phoued the news to Thoma8ville. Dr. T. M. McIntosh left Immediately for the scene of tiie acci dent w - GEORGIA. CONFEDERATE REUNION. South Georgia Gota its! Orders From Gonsroi Sweat. The annual reunion of the Georgia Confederate veterans is set for Septem her Utli and 16th, at Rome, and many pleasant anticipations are felt by the veterans in this part of the state. J. L. Sweat, of Waycross, Brigadier General commanding the South Georgia brigade wages that every camp in this part of tiie state be represented. He orders the names of delegate,s sponsors, maids of honor, camp oflicers aud members to be reported at once to Wm. M. Crumley, Adjt, Gen.. Atlanta. Miss Leila Cassil, of Bruuswiok, is sponsor for the South Georgia brigade, with Miss Maggie Young, of Coffee oonnty, and Miss Ola Johnson, of Wayne oonnty, as maids of honor. Thomasville, will of course be wel represented at the reunion, for wbic Borne is making great preparations. Next nearest will get 2 next nearest will get 5 next nearest will get - 20 next nearest will get - 40 next nearest will get - 50 next nearest will get - 50.00 in Gold. 25.00 each. 10.00 each. 5.00 each. 2.50 each. 1.00 each. [||l r, i|i Ml Mull; llliuiltil IlliutDl In case of a tie for one prize, it will be divided among (the peo ple guessing the same. (To explain—Should two people tie for first prize, they will receive $50.00 each. Should two (or more) guess next nearest the prize will be divided equally among them, and so on. MORAL—Bring your cotton to Thomasville; soend your money with us; get the best goods for your money (or you needn’t buy them); get into this contest and maybe you will get one of these prizes. EVANS & SON, NEEL BROTHERS, CHURCHWELL & CO, THOMASVILLE SHOE C® THE JAPS WIN. Mighty Battle Avers The t Brown Mon. Tokio, Sept, a.—In the greet battle of Liao Yang all reporta now point to a decisive Japaneae victory. The tide turn ed yesterday wljAthe (Jape forced the Gxar'a men to rflpkt. No newa if being aeut ont from % Petersburg showing the Japs to have possession of the wires and railroad. There ia general rejoioing due to a report that the Japanese have captured the town and fortifications at Liao Yang and set them on fire. Work Started, than Stopped. Contractor Henry Arnold started work Friday morning, on tho site for the Elks’ home, and the ground wm bro ken for the foundation. A number of anxions Elks had been questioning the building committee several times a day for a month as to what progress waa being made, and to ease their anxhraa Bools, a small chunk of dirt from the tint shovelful waa seat to each. This is tiie last they are liable to ree for some time, as work stopped abruptly Fri day afternoon. This wm done at the request of Mr. J. T. Pittman who Uvea next door to the site of tho boilding. He fears that tiie digging might produce fever. In deference to ilia desires, work was stopped. The matter will be dis cussed by the lodge at its meeting on Monday. It ia probable that no legal steps will be taken hot that the work will be delayed for 80 days until the arrival 'of cooler weather make* Mr. Pittman satisfied for the work to go on. To Meigs With Your Cotton The J. N. Carter Company desire to say to their friends and patrons that their’modem gin plant is now in operation and that Cotton intrusted to them will be handled to the satisfaction ol the grower. We have eliminated every feature of middleman’s profit and aud are in position to pay the highest possible prices for all cotton coming to us. It shall bejour policy to protect fully the interest of our patrons, therefore we do not hesitate to solicit their business. We are well up in all lines and you can make no mistake if you buy of us such goods as you may need. Our prices are always in line. Every transaction with us—At the office or over the count* ^will oe brought to a satisfactory conclusion. J, N CARTER COMPANY, Dealers in Everything, Meigs. - - Ga.