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TIMKS-KKTKRPRIBE'THn-MASVTt.I.F OKI l DFCEWP.ER 9, HUM ) mssssBsmm AYegelatile Pre paralion for As- slmil-lting the Food and Iicgula- ling ttic Stomachs andBowels of promotes DigcstioibChecrfub ness and Resl.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral NOT "NARCOTIC. fh^ie^oua-nyvamaaR W- HZOStJa- Apcrfeel Remedy forConsBpa- lion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions,Feverish ness nnd Loss or Sleep. Facsimile Sigonlurc of new yohk. CASTORiA MANY MENTIONS NEWS OF THE STATE. OF MANY KINDS For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of AN IMITATIVE OOON. Thin in a story of a pet coon, ni the real kind, not tHo swarthy non of Ethiopia, who AometirmH beam that un dignified appellation. A certain rest- doi t of Thpmnsvllle lies* young coon that la die pet of the place. tie la roguish, imitative and delight. in do mischief. The other day Ida master wrote a long and importaot letter and Ipft it lying on ;the desk, This la how he tells the storyi in perfect good faith. "And don I went ondt of der rooiP, and ven leame back twenty mluntea later, that devfllah ocoa had pnt both of hia bonds in der ink well and had written all ofer mein letter. Next time I hope he wlU take a blank page when he haaa notions to Write." exact copy or wrabzer. Thirty Years CASTORIA H P Dyson General Hardware, GUNS, PISTOLS, AMUNITIONS, STEAMFITT.ING3 BELTING. N AND oAbT'MATERIAL. PIl’KING. MILL8UPLIKS, WAQON —MnunfactnroiH of ^|_Y , TURPENTINE, FABMWAOONB, TIMBER, DARTS. BUQOIES, HTFAMTANK8 AND EVAPORATORS FOR COOKING SYRUP. I WANT HARDWOOD LUMBER ANY SIZE. MEIGS, - GEORGIA. A ycung white man down in Chari tt n county killed a negro who onaaed. 1dm They are strenuous down there. CAIRO FURNITURE COMPANY. Cario, Georgia, The cpth rooms and fnrmahitiga of the Elks in Rome were destroyed by fire lb other day. Tint yon can't down th TSika. They are preparing to rebuild at once and will give a big Christina* tre to the poor of the city besides. “For what is worth in anything, "; ' » But so much money as ’twill bring.”-Butler. Wo tlosire to call attention of our oustomert thi* week to a large itno of , Y V, ' . ■n Baggies, Wagons and Farm&pplements. -Wn handle the Weber Wngon and the Virginia Wagon, the Oxford uggies and the Rex Buggies, and the McFarlane Buggies and Surries. We have combination com and cotton planters and combina tion guano and corn drills., We have the beat tine of Fertiliier Distributors we ever eaw. Yon can pat oat with them from one hundred to two thousand ponuds of fertilisers per .tore. We also carry a full Hue of two horse riding aud walking cultivators and weoders. 0 Y ' ‘ *We ere still offering bargains in —Flour, Sugar and Tofcaccc— and have on hand yet aomebeiect North Carolina Seed Finders.' Reutember that yre give with each 26o cash purchase a ticket on titling you to a chance at the beautiful Ames stick scat run about on display in our window, whioh will bo giveu a way on May 2Mh. n» of our customer* will get this beautiful run about. Yon may lie the hAn'.'.' lucky one. COME to see us. :r ANY Comfort Trading Co., BOSTON, - - GEORGIA. mwMsi WHY, OH WHY? A comio opera of established fame has for one of its principal characters a loutish comedian Wfto never opens hia bedaubed countenance except to exclaim “Why. Oh Wtip?” Sometlmea the ex preaslon ia trooellant, sometlmea mala JOpos. Bnt all of this is brought to mind bT the fluency with which the qnestlon, "Why, oh why?" is naked the newspaper man. Said a .citizen yester day, "why, oh why, do popple want to ton for alderman. The prlnoipal emolu meut la a olioioe batch of otualng. There la no salary attached and a man la bound to make enemies. Why, oh wbr, do they ran?" The answet is that aome people have a high idea of their doty to the oommnnlty. The average aldermen serves the town faithfully and totlw best of hia ability. He endeavor* to do Ilia duty conscientiously and effectively And Ills motive in this la merely that the municipality and hia neighbors may be the better for his efforts. Tho nows paper man, wonld write a poem to the ThomasvUle aldermen if he oonld The* deserve ail the pood that can be said of them, for If they err it ia not because of malicious intent bnt through mistake. Now of oourae, their path ia not all rooky. The tenao of Importance ia vory pleasant. Due fat oitr papa says it warms the very cockles of hia heart to set in a big chair with hia feet on the green table, amoke a big cigar, and raiao otlier people’s taxes. , Brunswick is engaged in the samb laudable enterprise as ThomasvtUr. building a city hospital. They are to have a big hospital fair this week anil ore of their enterprising business firms has made a cash donation of $000 to the fair. Here’s an example to pattern after. Columbus is to have the hottest kiUd of an uldermanle primary. The two newspapers,re on opposite sides, one boosting the proaedt power in politics, the Commercial Club and the other fighting it tooth and nail. The election takes place to-day. A Oothbert man has as a rello a$80 colonial bill issued in 1778. He has been offered ISO in real money for the bill, but lias declined it. Bobby Walthour, Atlanta’s bhiefest claim to fame lias gone to New York to participate in a six day race. Andrew Oeroegto’s offer of $10000 for a negro library has been accepted by Atlanta's city oounoll.' The city gives $tnno a year for maintenance, and tho negroes of the olty will furnish a site. Judge Henry O. Sheffield of the Pku- taula circuit, silver-haired Jurist, well known in ThomaiviUe, was according to rumoy about to resign. As it usnel in Georgia a hungry bunch of candidates announced for hia place. Nowthohome newspapers of the Judge (trikes audden terror to thoi? aspiring hearts by laying that Sheffield may not resign after all. the last. In ohecklng up hia cash yesterday ths bookkeeper in the Timea-Rutarpriae offloe found a ernmpiod dollar Mil with the following sad Inscription written in red ink with quavering penmanship, This is the lest of a misspent fortune.’ It may have been a hoax, it may be the valedictory wait of aomo derelict on life’s ooean. It may have been spent for food, or lodging or boose, or lost in a orap game, or given in charity. In fact the "last dollar" opens np an end lest field for the exeroise of a lively tm. agination. Each ean draw Ills own con- elusion, thorn is nothing certain about it, exoept that the dollar wasn’t mis spent when it went for a subscription to tho Times-Kntorpriae. Mrs. Kata Massey Dead. Mra. Kate Maaeay, sister-in-law of Judge J. M. Massey, of this city, pnaaod away at the residence of her daughter in Whigliam, Ga., on Thnraday at 19:110 . This news will be of sorrowful interest to the many who knew the good old lady In this olty. She we years of age*nd Was taken tiok in Louisiana several months ago. She was here at her brother's home for out time, end was also in the hospital. If ore lately the was taken to Whig ham where the en^came. \ FIRE DESTROYS COUNTRY HOME. The residence, barns, and outbuild. Inga of Mrs. R. G. Gay were;destroyed by.firo at an early hour Wednesday morning. The qrigin of the fire is nn known and before it wee discovered it gained anch headway that the contents and aU the bn tidings waa destroyed. The lose will amount to severs: hundred dollars but was covered by Inmutanoe in the Farmers Mutual of Thomas county. Mrs. Gay’s home ia aix miles from town on the Jones Bridge road. Washington county aeems to bo ;a paradise for office holders. One man attar completing four terms as clerk baa Just been elected to Ills eighth term as ordinary. Camilla ulaima $.10,000 worth of im provements now going on. JUST RECEIVED lOOae’a Pare White China Cup* and Saucers! Good size, and sensible *• shape. 75c set. Nice assortment of the best Hearing Store* on I he market $1.75 to $7.00. A Mg lot of giaaawareand lamps, at attractive prioea. 1-S gallon glass pi tcher l«c. Large covered glass butter dish. A big assortment of Glassware your choice of the lot lOo. Our line of Bed Boom Butts. Odd Beds, Dressers, Chairs, Bookers, Sec,, is complete and onr prices very low. Don’t forget that we make Pierim Frames and Mirrors and re-silver Ord Mirrors. Window glass, allelzeg, always to stock. Come to see us. We cah do you good. Cairo Furniture Company. Cairo, Georgia. B. L. VakLANDINGHAM, Manager. Carter & Borough Valdosta, Georgia, / Largest Organ Dealers in U. S. Sell the reliable ESTEY, CRO WN, and'Loddenand Bates Organa at lower prices than the same grade of Organs can he sold elsewhere. Every one uf them tolly guaranteed by ns, and onr guarantee is made good to year home without espouse to the purchaser. We are also State Agents for the LESTER. MATHUSHEK. IVERS ft POND. LUDDEN & BATES, CROWN, OHIOKEKING, and MoPHAH, Piano.. Catalogues and prides furnished on your inquiry. Represented in Southwest Georgia by W. F. LEE, ol Cairo, Ga.- and others. . CARTER A DOROUGH, Valdosta and Tifton, Ga. A $860.00 LUDDEN ft BATES PIANO WILLJBE GIVEN AWAY IN THE TIMES-ENTERPRISE "AND” CONTEST. SAV MILL MAGI We Manufacture ttia bast Saw Mill on the market. Engines, Boilrs, Ginning Machinry, Grist Mills, Shingle Mills. COMPLETE OUTFITS A SPECIALTY- MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY. Mallary Bros., Machinery Co. Mention this paper. MACON, GEORGIA. A Tilton man lua discovered crude petroleum oil in Florida. Hoke Smith and his law partder H. O. Peebles have dissolved partnership end hereafter each will go it alone. Alderman Ben Jones Is authority for the statement that gamblers regard Macon as the gamblers’ haven, where there is much money and few troubles Gov. Terrell luu settled the dispate over the treasarershlp of Murray coun ty by confirming the appointment of Marion Gregory, which was the first one made by Ordinary Overbey. The or dtaary .claimed that Gregory did not quality and appointed Williams, it wm shown, however, that the ordinary had gone with Gregory to the bank and directed that the county funds be turn over to him. The Woman’s Christian, Temperance Union in Savannah has arranged a boy cott for aU grooery stores that handle liquor. Rev. A. M. Wynn, one of the most venerable mtoisten in ths South Geor gia Conference is wall known in Thom as vilie. Ho is now on; the superannu ated list, and the report from him at McRae ia that “be is exceedingly fee Me bnt that the reUglona habits ot his life still move him to daily worship and Sells K.T. McLean, Thomasville, Ga. Life, Health and Accident Fira nsuranc OCHLOCKONE'S ^NEW DRUG.STOR Carries a comolete line of Drugs, Medicines, oilet Articles, Sta tionary, Fine Perfumery, Soaps Combs, Brushes . , . , , The only up-to-date Soda fount in town, serving all kinds of cold end fancy Drinks snd Ice Cream, fine line of Tobacco and Cigars, Fancy and Family Groceries, hanking you for past patronage and soliciting same in future. H V BUNTIN COMPANY Ocklockonee, Georgia. It is an interesting study to note the inclinetioa as the different state papers to the gubernatorial race. Jut at present the majority of those to 8onth Georgia seem to favor Pol, J, EL Katill. MILLINERY Choice, Tasty, Stylish. I have just retumedjfrom the eastern markets and Wia to ^present a mostjieautifui line of „ hats Our facilities for trimming are the best. MISS LAURA JONES 131 Broad Street, Old Progress Stand. Thomasville, Ga .J