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TIMB8-EKTKRPW, THOMASVILLE, GEORGiA, nB ,J i EM BBS 10, 1001 A HARP EXPERIENCE. Major R. L. Wylly Tolls of Forced Marches at Manassas. Major R. L. Wylly who was in coin mand of the first battalion of the First Georgia Provisional regiment at the Maneuvers arrived in Thomasville yes terday morning, having been called home in advance of the troops bv burl boss duties. The major looted as if he had betnjn a real, war and talked in an Interesting manner of the experiences of the Thomasville boys. He «aid, •■summing np the whole ttjp. I should .say that the experience gained, was simply invaluable. We thought we knew something of military ilfe, but we found that we were in the A, B p's. We learned bow to handle onrselver, and others in the field. Actual warfare oonld not have been liarder, and the experience gained was of the kind teen mulcted by a child who sticks Ms finger in the fire.snd learns not to do It again. • Our[train wss Into in arriving and we spent two nights In the cars. The first day ws did nothing betarrange otr camp. Itwasa good one, on a high bill, with artesian water, and there wss not a cate of sickness from fever uf any. thing else. But how everybody suffered from blistered feet. ••We wouldibe ordered out at three o'clock In the' morning and forced to march from eighteen to tWenty-five miles a day over the Virginia hills. Snch fjroed blkingfseemed unueceiraxy atd xnthtng short of brutal for raw troops. TheCregulers kicked morn than the Georgians. Our boys distinguished themselves for endurance. They were on abort rations most <4 the time, and after drinking ;op (heir days supply of water In’an hour wooldjgct no more for mady horns. But there was no nnnbor. dination, no drunkeness and far better order than is futual £at stats encamp- "Onr battallion wqnjthree victories in the throe days fighting, and captured a time of MarylandcnJ three timet as strong as onr owa. They would report for duty with jom feet and march all day. They staid with it to the end, though the Second Georgia petered ont and was not present at the^final review. ••One of the feature* of the affair was the artiitio conglomeration of ltea sent ■ out. Pol. Hopkins wss not relieved of hit oommand by a regular army offloer bat commanded the regiment every day bat one. That daygirls hone failed Mm and I took commauu.l There was no tronblejwith any negro regiment, and bo threats of ball cartldget, nor wm there anything hot blanks used. “She boys look, set and feel like vet erans. They have learned more in a week than they bad In all the rest of their lives, hot not many of them wonld want to go back tomorrow for another • week of it, Many of the northern sol' filers say they will qnlt as soon as their enlistments expire. Bat 1 hardly tMak the Georgians feel that bad abont it. Bat It was a hard experience," con. cluiled the major with a reminiscent nigh. /MERCER ASSOCIATION, Big Baptist Gathering Will Bring 260 Visitors Here Next Month, The Merotr Baptist Association, one of the largest In Georgia will meet in ThomasviUe on the Tuesday after the seoond Sunday to October. This is Toesdny, October 11. The association will meet at H a. m. and after erganzi- tion tlie introductory sermon will be pmaohed piy (Rev. Caleb A. Ridley of Quitman. His alternate is Rev. A. J. Taylor of Payo. On Wednesday night the missionary sermon will oe preached by Rev L. R. Christie of Valdosta. His alteraateis Bev. JVM. Rushtoof Bos ton. Rev. Rnshin is the moderator, of the AtsociaUon.gHe is a man to whom every member of thejbody feels the ut most confidence. No pastor to the As- soclation|wlelds a wider influence than be. The Woman's Missionary Union, an auxiliary body, to the Aisooiation will meet on Wednesday morning. Its pro gram will bo anntmnoed Infer. The two bodies will^bring abont two handled and fifty vialtoia toJJThomasville. The ThomasviUe Baptist Church will enter tain there and Ool. B. E. Lester is chair man of a committee now at work to provide for|them.( [Anjon? who wishes to eatertain any of the delegates should oonferjwlthlhlm. The Association has CO churches to all toclnding|tbose|in Moultrie, Quitman, Tnomasville. Valdosta and intermediate points. Six of these churches have been establiahed'slnce the last meeting of the Aasociatioa.^ThomasnUe will welcome this body of Godly men with her usual hospitality. The program for thelrjeutertainment has been arranged by Her. Alex W. Bealer. Among other distinguished divines whojwlU be present is Rev. Eu banks, formerly^iaator of the ohnroh at Thomaston who waa chosen reoently by tlie exeontive committee to act as mis stonary for tha Association. METCALFE MENTION. Groom of Seventy and Bride of Fitly ZPIlghtTheir Troth, (By E. E. Bose)" Mr. Robert Berry, of ThomasviUe, ■pent Sunday liere "with Ms parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Berry. Miss Lottie Drew, who is “central" at the telephone in HontlceUo, visited her mother hero Sunday. Misses Maria RuiscU and Annie Bess Howard are In Lloyd among friend* this week. ‘ Mrs. W. F. Walker of OoMockonee, spent several days last week with Mrs. Dekle near town. Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Wilson, stopped off here from their home to Tallahassee and spent the time visiting Mrs. Wil son’s sister, Mrs. Horne. Mr. Cornelius Lilly who for several months has been to Macon attending Stanley’s Bnatoeas OoUege, Is at home for a few days. Mr. A. F. Berry waa called to Dnnel- Ion, Fla. on laat Friday by a telegram announcing the serions illness of Ms son Nathan of that town. The young Mr. Berry is well known here and all hope for his early and complete recov ery. Onr whole community regrets to lose Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Dixon and family who left for their home lu Pavo on last CONCERNING NEW COUNTIES. ; At the election o» October fifth tin people of Georgia will vote on revere! coustiflutionnl amendments. Among them is that providing for 145 counties in the state. This i- an increase of 6 over the -presold number of 1S7. Tlie people of Thom-s'-nurity should vote against this amendment and wo toilet* from tlie expression of opinion that we have heard that they will do so. < The friends of the amendment ad j ance two arguments in its favor. One is that it wUl be more 'convenient for the citizens of the county who have to go to court, to hgve the county rest near at hand. The other is that it wUl increase south Georgia's political strength . These sound very well, but when they are snnlyzdd they fall to pieces. Tfia greatest objection to tlie' for- mav-uu of now couuucs is the great ex pense that wUl attach to their or- ganizatlon. In the first place a court house most be bnilt, and a jail No progressive community wants'to DO represented by a shack for a coart house and a hovel for the detention of its prisoners. The first must be hand some, and the second substantial and thus in the beginning the new coun ty is confronted by a debt of from (1\000 to (80,000 for grounds and buildings. Then tlie poor most be pro vided lor by a poor farm and month- |ly .stipend. The clerk of court, tlie , ,, , _ ,, ru _! oouuty judge and solicitor, the sheriff, Thursday. For two years Mr. Dixon , . - . , , - ... . , i jader, ordinary, and au tlie other conn, was to oharge of the reboot here and ? ' - 8TORB8 WILL OLOSC. Greet PienlelDay IWIII Be Observed By AlCMerehantt. A PIPE .ORGAN. Baptist Church will Install Fine In strumental Once The'Baptist church of this citT will add greatly to tlio musical services, by the installation of a pipe organ. .At present the Episcopal church is the only house of worship in tlio city equipped with this necessary adjunct of harmony. At tlie meeting of the congregation on Sunday morning immediately after the olmrch services tlio Judies of the church offered to pay (OfS of tlio (1230 necessary for the building of tlio organ. Tho other members of the eongrega- . tion of coarse could not do otherw Everybody to town Is working with a most encouraging unanimity for tlie suooess of Thomasvilie’s great picnic day. The stores of the oRy will close from 19 o'olook noon until 9 p.m. to order to be present at the dtouer The following merchants have'tigned the agreement to close. Ohurchwell.A Co., Neel Bras. L H Jerger, JOhiskolm A Dillon, Jas. Watt A Bra. O W Cochran, O B Quinn, J T Pittman, EMMallette, SB Prioe& Co. B Shoehlg, Coleman A Adams, J B Smith, JD Stringer, J'T’ Dixon, H Folnbmrg, EjRampson, O B Dixon, Joe Goldberg, Belfonr A Sturdivant, A Sampson, J W Dillon, Jas. McKinnon, Wertk&[8on, City Bakery, A O Brown, Joe Fast, Patterson Drag Store, H Dan iel, 8 Monsor, A, Rosolio, Joreph Thom- as, N Hangea, A Korea, T Sampson, Joe Adams, Robt. Mitoliell, J E Robi son, ThomasviUe Shoe Co. C G Goeli- ring, E L Alderman, D A Dixon A Sou* J F Evans A Son, Watt Supply Co. J W Peacock, R E McDonald, Cochran Bros. Williams & Mitcjiell, W A Prin- gle, W J Wilson, W if Austin, R Thom- MISSIONARY CONVENTION. Home and Foreign Societlee of Thom* esvitle District M. E. Church to Meet Here. made many strong and lasting friends among ns. Oar town was enlivened for a little wbUe on last Thursday afternoon when it was known that Mr. E. D. Stringer and Miss Pattie Hardy had driven to the parsonage and were qnietly married by Rev. E. E. Rose. No community can bout of a bettor beloved ooo pie than these who have thna plighted their Uvea eaeh to the other. One of the Interest ing featoree of the marriage was the age of the contracting portlet, the groom being eeventy odd, and the bride to her fifties. Metcalfe is not to be desuised ae a ootton market. Today’! receipt! will cany the number of bales for the sea son beyond the tlionsand mark. Tlio j ty officers mast hove their salaries and feet. The furnishing of books, blanks, fnrnitnre, etc , lor these of ficers it an expense that tons well np into the thousands. The rials and bridge! most be kept in good repair. In the very beginning thepnrehaseof road machinery is a start Ung Item. This month the county commissioners of Thomas county paid bills amounting to (1889.03. More than (1090 of this amount was for the ordi nary running expense! of (he county. Any community that forma a new conn-1 ty wUl have to issue bonds and start ont with a heavy load of debt, or stagger un der a crashing load of taxation for many years. These are foots and should . be looked sqnarely in the face. Now what benefits will be derived nyrli. Tlie courts are convenient nunngli, and there is too much litigation for little or no cause. Any resident of this county can easily reach tlie county seat on the train and most of them can return the same day by the system of doubia daily train schedules. Then when he comes as witness or jnrer lie o ’joys Ids visit to the city, his opportu- u.ty to meet old friends from different parts of the country, and the trip is a real pleasure. Then again a very unpleasant conten tion in any new county is apt to arise over the question of prohibition or bar. rooms. In Thomas county tins is settled to tlie satisfaction of every one, and we do not believe theoiizeus of any part of the county want to be plunged (into the tnrmo ! of a prohibition campaign. In short tt e present situation is satis factory. Why change it? Thomas county is proud of every one of her splendid body of citizenry, and does not want to lose a single one of them. The formation of a new county wonld be expensive, wonld cut down the polUtcai strength of this immediate sec tion and wonld add little or nothing to the convenience of the . people of the county. For these reasons we advise every one to cast their votes against the amendment at the election on October 6th. CONCERNING VACCINAHWI.; * At its next meeting Hie city connil is to decide whether or not compote my vaccination shall be put in forca m ThomasviUe. If they decide that ft •hall, they will be acting on the prinei* pie that an ounce 6f prevention is worth a pound of cure. There is not at pro* enfc an*epidemic of small*pox or any thing else in Thomasville. But •*cs How that Rarsian bear has shrunk. Makeadatewitlryoarself to come to oar September picnic. These "’Fore Day" dabs remiutl us of Lie poet’s spasm. “It may be for days and it may be forever, "t “The bear that walks like a man’ may now wear the sobriquet of tho Uor who rane like a hare. Since the Time*-Enterprise ’’ami contest started people have quit naming their boys Alton and are dabbing them Aod-rew. laoilitlee for ginning offerea by the two f rom tbe new coanty? Undoubtedly gins here coupled withonr wide-awake ; thet0WD , that woula bocom „ c£innt , merchants who pay the highest poaaibie wonb j ^ helped It would bring price for the fleecy staple wilt bring at I bnf , nMli to least a thousand bales here this reason Ilmvul * utWumsyvteU imve a. tot an.- wlilph have heretofore been going else- bitionthe idea of becoming a county seat, where to market. j Butthe great mass of the population the We agree with the Timee-Enterpriw farmers who live and work in tlie conn- that it is fasMonble now to have "Be-1 try WO old to notetter off for the dii- fore Day Globe. ” It it very doubtful tnrbauco of existing condition!. The to tha mind of the writor, if such clubs exist to this community, bntif there are snch, the proper way to look upon them le not as the negroes an a race or ganized against the whites, for we.feel that snoh is not the caso. Thera are negroes and negroes jolt aa there are whites and whites, and it is the wont element in both cases which is to be feared. Let tlio white men working witli tlie best uogroes, and there are plenty of good ones, unite in stamping oat lawlessness and soon thore will bo no “dabs” even it there are now. Let the members of either race do nothing rash or hasty. TIRED BUT HAPPY. people of Sooth Georgia have always followed tlie safe role of conservatism, and tliey will not now make this radi cal departure for what will be bet a doabtfnl benefit. Let ns briug the matter home by a lo cal illustration. There has been some talk about a new county to be formed from a port of Tltomus aud. adjoining territory. Suppose tills should be done.. The result would be a distinct loss to’ this county. It is now ono of tlio larg est and tost to tlie state with a jtopula- tion whoso prosperity is its pride. A mat) is proud to ray, “lam from Tliom- as county," So far as wo know, there is uo one who suffers from being in Thomas county, or who feola ashamed —■— : of lioiug a tesideut of Thomas county, Johnnie Came Marching Homo From ; Then why exchange the preseut pros- A Pennsylvania judge fined a woman 67 oeuti per each for baths, lint some, times a good cats word is worth a dol- ar to a person surcharged with passion. A states ticlan says that cigar ashes are worth one-fifth of the price of tliedgur, as fertilizer. Some people ought to to able to raise a bale to the shirt front it thut be true. ’ A Savannah preacher, a Brunswick editor and the Second Provisional Regi ment of Georgia Infantry are all after Governor Terrell. The governor Is plump hut pugnacious and will probably give as good as is rent. Here’s a whole sermon in a paragraph from the Savannah Press. If every mau and wpman wonld, ou llttog in the morning, resohe that, with God’s aid, all evil wonld be by them avoided that day, tho earth would gravitate heavenward or tlie heavens bend lovingly toward tlio earth.•’ Berrien county lias lot Ihe contract tor tlie erection of a new court l ouse and jail. Tlie two will cost (60,000. The citizens of Worth coanty are given tho option of paying for these buildings this year at $16 on the (1,000, or voting twenty year bonds. Au elec- tioj has been called for Chat purpose. wise to prepare for what might e< With the adven t of cooler wentherwkew tho disease flourishes, and the increase of the migratory colored population In. cident to cotton {picking, danger fima the scourge iucrea*es. Vaccination is tho*only sure preventive of small-pox, and it is a sure preventive. In case tlie city authorities decide to en force this measure, no one. need fast any alarm nor raise any objection tn the process. Medical science has ad vanced to vaccination lixe everything else, The virus furnished is now pares, and will not prodoce virulent empties or pain or sickness. Doctors say that the oases wher! there is trouble with the arm are dne to attempts to vsA away tlie virus, or to dirt getting to tha wound. Ordinary cleanliness or care will prevent these. > People who have once been vaccina ted, and had it “ take” wdi arc not neo- essarilv releived from over repeating the process. The efficracy ot tlio virns may pats away after a term lasting from ten to twenty years, though it may last a life time. It is better so ha oa the safe side, and be vaccinattfi again. If yon need vaccination yon of coarse shonld have it. If yon fia not need it, the virns will not take efi fed, and the operation will he no mm than the scratch of a pin. Thomasville people to whom modem methods are accessible need give thsna- selves no uneasiness on the soon at vaccination. That it Is a wise measaxh the men who know most abont it agne* Die Westmorland, Harris and Taylor are to a position to know wliat should be done, aod it is safe to follow their advice. Many Thomasville. people will do this whethor the vaccination ordi nance is passed or nut- Certainly cry child who will outer’ the pal schools this monlli should be vaccina ted. They are more apt to come to Coutact with tlie disease than grown people. If every child is vaccinated, ifo alarm wonld be felt shonld a cose »**• pen to appear in the family of a child attending school. Vaccination can da no harm. Bettor attend to it at ono* REWARD OFFERED. Officers Want Will Drayton for I dorouft Assault Manassas Tuesday Night. Among the important gatherings scheduled for next mouth is tho meeting of the Homo and Foreign Missionary Societies of the Thomasvilto’ district of tlie Methoditt church. Tho first 3 ! vice is to ho held oa Thursday evening than accept this proposition, especially | October «th and services will continue as tho Ladies 1 Auxiliary showed that J through Friday, Saturday nud Sunday, ’they had $5txi already in hand for this The convention was held in Boston purpose. last year aud was a most profitable and Thecontra,. was let .Testerilay to Mr J I ' le “ aUt 0CC “ l0U ’ T,le I>r0Rram l>rC pared for this year’s meeting is a spleu- John Brawn*'v h<> has been here for gey-, , . , . ■ * . _ v j did ouo and includes many addresses oral dnys/fUwj-ho has built more than j an( j discussions by noted South Georgia 40 organs in GM’i irjiia.- Tlie instrument; women ou missionary topics of live in- will be in place by January first, and j to rest. Among the speakers are Mrs. will bo situated in the alcove back of | Suiio B. Wight of Cairo, Mrs Nell a, t .-x v , A Blasintrnmo, Miss Mollie Lowwan, Mrs the pulpit. It will bo of the finest niv * „ 1 i Ed F. Cook, Mrs. James F. Lvuus, Miss tertol and of a Mae corresponding to the Aun|# Ue , th) Mi8H Qm#Wj Rl , r . Kd K . Co. C. of the First Provisional Reg iment composed of detachments from Thomasville, Valdosta and Haiubridge arrived homo from Manassas at 6:4ft Tnesdav night. They left the Virginia bat tle field at U o’clock Sunday night reach ed Albany at 11:20 Tuesday morning and came home on the regular train in charge of Capt. Brown and Liont. Col. Hopkins. The boys looked like they might have been assisting at the siege of Port Ar- thur. They were mauuever- messed and travel-stained but in high spirits and perfect health. Capt. Brown expressed tha sentiments of ail the local company when be said “It was the haniest work we ever did, but the greatest military j experience wo oonld have had." Nqt a mau was missing and tlie officers complimented their behavior highly. The men went at once to the armory and then scattered about the dimensions of the church. Cook mid Rev. K. Read. peiity aud cunient tor tore? doubUUl lu- Amusing stories of Manast os hardships come from returned soldiers. The geu- Wnat fciil be the result? The heavy • eral sentiment is expressed in an ane- expense above discussed will surely 4 come. What else? Increase of politi cal power? No indeed, on the contrary a decrease of 100 per cent could aud in all probability, would result. Thomas and Decatur couuty now have three and two representatives, respectively with a votiug strength of five m the^ House aud P> in congressional and state con ventions. It is certain that if a new county is formed from parts of tliese two that Thomas wonld uo longer have three representatives or Docatur two. aud the new couftty could hope for but one. Then tho condition might easily arise that Decatur would have one representative, Thomas one and *‘New” one. This is a reduction of two representative and four in the conven tion voting strength. This is how the vaunted incease ot political jiower works out. A deep cut in the strength dote related of a' comiiauy of Georgians who lmileda passing battalion of Massa chusetts men swinging by in perfect time:-—“Hey, are yon all regulars.” “Yes” was the answer. “Regular damn fools just like you Georgians.” \ Hon. James M. Griggs will stump the states for Parker. His eloquence will win many a wayward voter. Tnesdav afternoon Sheriff T. J. Hight sent out postal cards offering % reward of $25 for the dolivory at mmj jail in the United States ot Will Dray ton, a colored tmpeutiue hand who made a murderous aigunlr. ou two peo» p!c last Saturday night. The crime w«a committed on H. T. Vann’s place, six miles‘from Boston. Drayton who haa au Dgly temper became enraged at bis father-m-law, Pompey Bell, und struck him on the head with au ax making wounds from which the old negro can not, recover. He then fallowed liiawifte. Cora Drayton to the cotton field and beat her unmercifully with the soma . ax. She however has a chance for re- ’ covery though she lay where she fell for several hours before she was dia- covercd. Drayton is a dark mulatto, witli a heavy mustache. He is nearly • six feet tail and weighs 16G pounds. He has a scar ou his forehead, ! aud two stiff fingers ou his left irnnd. j The officers all over tlie country will bo | on tlie lookout for him and he will doubt less be captured. Tho colleges of learning are opening all over the country, but the college of hard work keeps its doors open from January 1st to December 31st. Two yoang people named Pate and Wi6Q were married the other day" The second generation of Wise Pates ought to lead their classes in school. Hotel Painted. < Thq Stuart Ilcofe is now being paiuted, and yesterday big scaffoldings were built along its immense siddt area. Eight men are flapping the paint brush. streets where each wss tlio center of a j 0 f tills immediate section, group of friends w ho fired volley after | a* to conv enience to the courts for the volley of questions at them. ’ caunty residents. This is more or less u Uncle Sam Knows It The United States government J taken official cognizance of picnic day Iuub Solomon said “whoso fludeth a j September 23rd. Undo Sam and erery- wifeflndeth a good tiling.” If Sol had j body elso knows of the great event,.and known any South Georgia girls he | the post office will obserro Sunday hon» would hay e been more enthusiastic, j on that day.