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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1891.
SMITHVILLE!
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA’S PRIDE KNOWS NOTHING
SUCCESS!
BUT
Something Aoout the Town and Its People—A Screed
That Deals Only In Facts-What Smithville
Was, What She Is and What She
Will Be in the Future!
_ MXTHVIIXE, Ga., October 20.—
C f [Special.]— 1 “Srnithville !j|All out
for Smithville! Change cars fo r
^ Eufaula, Montgomery and all
foreign points!”
I did not change cars, for my objective
point was Smithville itself—and a busy
little city I found it, for which reason I
little city
propose
to tell tbe readers of The
Timks Rkoohdkk something about it.
In the first place, Smithville is, as
everybody knows, In Leo county. It is
on the old Southwestern branch of the
•'Central" road, twelve miles south of
Americus, twenty-four miles north of
Albany, and is situated only one mile
from the Sumter county lino and three
miles from the Terrell county line, thus
placing it, as it were, in a corner be
tween three countios.
The fact of the business Is, this town
has got “a corner” on a good many oth
ers.
When one leaves the train here, with
the intention of stopping a day or so,
the first place lie makes for is the hotel,
of which Col. A. U. McAfee is the pro
prietor. Situated as the hotel is—just
at the depot—it is ono of the most con
venient hotels to he found on the line of
the road, and the name McAfee is a
-iiarantee of its comforts and homelike
ness.
And talk about oatingi There is where
you find something at every meal to
tempt the appetite of an epicure! Ev
erything about the house is as clean and
neat "as a lady’s parlor,” and the ser
vice is above criticism; but beyond all is
the hearty welcome that Col. McAfeo
and his excellent wife extend to every
“Her price is above rubies”—so say
the Scriptures—and if that doesn’t ap
ply to Mrs. McAfeo some one will have
to get out a search warrant and look up
the person to whom It does. She and
Col. McAfee make one wish to live In
Smithville all one’s life.
Along in '67 Col. William McAfee, the
father of the present proprietor, had an
offer held out to him by the railroad to
open a dinner house in Smithville, prom
ising that Smithville should always bo
the dinner “stop.” The upshot of the
matter was—the house was opened and
has been successfully conducted ever
since, Col. A. II. McAfeo succoeding his
father ic its management. It was re
built in ’88 by tlio latter, who for thirty
years has been a railroad man, and it
stands to-day as ono of the most popular
hotels in the Empire State.
Something about Smlttivllle.
N’ow I’ll toll you something about the
biggest little town In Georgia—for its
size!
In the first place it was founded in
KjT and was called Dranchville—being
«»n the Southwestern branch—but it was
not until 180:1 that it was incorporated.
In that year .an act to incorporate Smith
ville alias Renwlck was passod by the
legislature and in accordance with that
act the place was known as Kenwick.
•Subsequently, by act of the legislature,
the name of the town was changed to
Smithville—and tliero you are!
by the provisions of the act the limits
the town extended two miles from
tHe depot, but in 1808 this was amended
and the circle reduced to three-quarters
of a mile, which is now the present in
corporate limits.
Smithville is situated in the heart of a
Kreat cotton and fruit producing district
un 'l' s a growing little city of about 1,000
inhabitants. For years, after its incor
poration, the town lmd only a gradual
growth, but in 1800, the railroad autlior-
itks erected a handsome building, at a
<o>t of about £7,000 and moved the gen
era. «»ilii*es of the Southwestern division
l " this point.
^I* it in August 1801 the Richmond and
anvilie system became the lessees of
*°ad and out of a spirit of economy
•^"hshi.,1 the general ofiiccs of the
Southwestern division at Smithville.
**ut notwithstanding this, beautiful llt-
1,0 s,n >thville is traveling along the higli-
* ay to prosperity at a rate that will take
1e "iml out of the sails of some of her
competitors!
*inith V -ilie and Its Surrounding*.
Ia ken altogether, Smithville is a very
j t*>wn; and its inhabitants are some
° 1 ** Ver y best people on God’s green
* arl h. Generous, hospitable, cultured
D< refined, they are possessed of every
*t that, goes to make up God’s noble-
cn, and I am not overdrawing the mat-
* 1,1 the le ast when I say this.
1(J streets are laid off almost due east
say for beside the architectural beauty
of the buildings, the surroundings count
for something. The flower gardens—or
to put it in a more homely phrase, the
front-yards— in Smithville are beauties
perennial. Roses of every variety and
name are found there, and other flowers
in profusion. One’s soul is overcome
with the “fair and faint perfume” that
lingers in the air, and-One poetically in
clined can, like Bayard Taylor, hear the
“far-off tinkle of camel’s bells as they
toil through desert sands, bringing with
them that priceless perfume of the des
ert—the attar of roses P
Smithville, situated as she is, is a com
ing factor in the growth of Georgia. On
every hand thrift and enterprise are visi
ble. Nothing is wanting to show what
these people mean. They are energetic,
full of life and business, and some time
in tbe future Smithville will be heard
from in a way that will surprise those
who have not taken her in account.
Smithville is somewhat different in
her city government from her sister cit
ies, for five councilmen are elected once
a year and they select a mayor and clerk
and treasurer from their number. This
year the roster is as follows:
D. G. Avera, mayor;
J. F. Johnson, clerk and treasurer;
C. A. Rhodes, E. M. Kearsey and J. L.
Paul, councilmen.
Mr. R. F. Salter is city marshal, and a
mighty good one he is, but at present he
is sick, and town affairs are looked after
by Mr. B. F. Yeoman, who is a worthy
substitute.
The city hall is a wooden, two-story
»cd
bourse
e8t and north and south, and of
one who wishes to build can
get a frontage to suit.
n Smithville one can find more pretty
Ies —and by homes, I mean what I
honj,
structure on Main street, the city prison
being in the first story, with the second
reserved for the use of the council and
mayor, where those who transgress the
laws of man answer to Mayor Avera.
None of the city officers receive any
salary, therefore there is very little com
petition for offices. The town’s expenses
are paid by the receipts from licenses
and street taxes, and there is no proper
ty tax levied in Smithville, and the town
has neither debts nor bonds—that’s
something to boast of!
Th. Smithville Improvement Company.
Id July, 1800, tbe Smitlivillo Improve
ment Company was organized with tbo
following officers: D. G. Avera, presi
dent; J. F. Johnson, vice-president, and
\V. D. Wells, secretary and treasurer.
The capital stock of tho company was
810,000 and the past yoar with it was
lucrative enough to authorize the cash
payment of a dividend of 12 per cont.
The Company Is In a splendid condi
tion and its officers being men of well-
known ability and business reputation
have the entire conlldcnco of all inter
ested parties and tliero is no doubt but
that they will urgo Smithville on to
prosperity.
Snilthville'. Cotton Warehouse.
One of Smittvillc's institutions is her
splendid cotton warehouse which was
built in 1885 by Captain It. E. McAfee
whom ovorybody in Loo county knows,
honors and trusts. The warehouse is
eonvenicntly situated on tho railroad,
within a stone's throw of the depot and
it is claimed that cotton can bo handlod
In Smithville, through this warehouse,
cheaper than can bo dono in neighboring
cities.
Captain McAfee is ably assisted by
Mr. W. G. lleunett, than whom a better
man nevor lived; anil Mr. Hcnnett de
serves the contidonco that Capt. McAfee
reposes in him. These two gentlemen
are too wdl known for a pen like mine
to endeavor to sound their praises.
Smithville'. Svliuol Fmellltfe..
One institution of which Smithvillo is
justly proud is the school over which
Captain G. M. Pattison presides. Cap
tain l’attlson's school boasts of over a
hundred pupils and is conducted on a
plan that never fails to give satisfaction,
which is a rare qualification. The wor
thy principal is most ably assisted by
Miss Sebie Wooten, who is well known
in Americus, and lias made a most envi
able reputation in tire school room.
Another assistant will l>o added to the
faculty in a short time as tho outlook
for a prosperous scholastic year is very
bright.
Home of Smithville'. Itu.in... Houaea.
The business men of Smithville are of
that caliber that always Indicates suc
cess. Some of them have done business
for even two decades In the same house
and a failure is only heard of—never ex
perienced in this thriving inland city.
There's J. F. Johnston, who slthough
a young man 1b one of tbe “oldest in
habitants" and he has been in tbe drug,
fancy goods and stationary business for
tbe past eleven years. He carries a
stock of $(,000 and does an annual busi
ness of about (12,000. Hs is sbly assist
ed by Hr. W. T. Sadder who Is a young
man of sterling worth and splendid
character. Mr. JolinatoD, besides his
other offices in the city is a county com.
raissloner, aud he is known all over the
country in a most favorable way, and
wherever he is known he is honored and
respected.
Mr. T. S. Burton, who deals In general
merchandise and fertilizers, besides buy
ing cotton, is one of Smithville's
staunchest bnsiness men. He carries a
stock of (10,000 in merchandise and does
a business amounting to (.'10,000 per
annum. Ilis right bowers are Messrs. J,
n. liandall and Walter Jennings and
they do him most excellent service.
Mr. Burton is one of those keen, shrewd
business men, whom it is always a bene
fit to know; and his interests in Smith
ville are large and growing. He began
business in 1882, and succoss has fol
lowed him closely through the inter
vening years.
The only livery stable in Smithville is
owned and operated by Mr. A. S. Ansley
who began business here in December
'00, and whose veliiclos and horses aro
too well known by the traveling public
for me to say much about them. I can
say tbis however, whenever you want
rig of any kind in Smithville go to An
sley and yon can gut it.
The firm of Rhodes & Salter, com
posed of C. A. Rhodes and R. T. Salter,
which does business on Main street, is
ono well known to everybody In Lee
county, and as both members of the firm
are general favorites they do a good
business. Tbe Arm carries a (1,000
stock and do about $5,000 business per
annum.
C. C. Ansley is one of the prince of
merchants in Smithville. He occupies
ono of the oldest buildings in the town
and carries a stock of about $8,000 with
which lie docs a business of $15,000 a
year. Mr. Ansley has been in business
for himself seven years, and in that time
lias not only gained hut retains the con
fidence of all the inhabitants of Smith
vilie aud Lee county.
The Blue Saloon, of which Evans &
Wobb are the proprietors, is another big
business house, for besides a large aud
well-selected stock of liquors, tho litm
carries a splendid stock of groceries,
hardware and furnituro. Messrs. Ev
ans & Webb carry a stock of (4,000, and
do a business of $12,500. They aro both
young men of many tine parts, and if
they don’t succeed—well, success isn’t
Dr. W. A. Smith (who, by the way, is
a son of the original founder of the
town, Mr. Griffin Smith, after whom the
town was named) is the pioneer in the
drug business in Smithville. He estab
lished business here in 1870, and is
widely and most favorably known. Car
rying a stock of (2,500, he does a safe,
lonservative business of from $3,500 to
$4,000. Besides drugs he handles a
large stock of stationery, tobacco, pipes,
and cigars, and following liis motto,
‘Merit wins,” tho doctor is, of course,
ono of the leading men in Smithville,
Now wo come to tho postofflee, over
which Mrs. V. B. Jossoy holds Bway,
and right well does she hold it, for she
was appointed in 1884, under Garfield's
regime, and has held the office ever
since. Every one is loud in praise as to
her management, and Lee county, to a
man, hopes she will always fill her
presont position.
The ladies of Smithville would bo at
a loss ns to what to do if the firm of
Miss M. E Chappell & Co. concluded to
remove elsewhere, for that firm fur
nishes the millinery for the town. The
latest stylos aro always found here, so
that the ladies of Smitlivillo never think
of leaving home to gain their desires,
for—there is Miss Chappell & Co.
Messrs. J. B. Cochran & Son, who deal
in family and fancy groceries, are also
on Main street, and that firm carries a
stock that would do anyone's heart good
to examino. It amounts to about $7,500,
anil they do a business of about (10,000.
Everybody knows tho Hr m; aud what's
more, they trade at tho Bturo.
Burton & Hill is tho stylo of a firm in
Smithvillo that does a tine business.
This house deals in furnituro and hard
ware, anil began business in 1880. It
carries a stock of from 8f,500 to $2,000
anil holds a trade amounting to from
(4,000 to $5,000 per annum. Both mem
bers of tho ilrm aro live, progressive
men, and ono can always depend on
what they say.
T. A. Holloway’s beef market Is ono
of Smithville’s features, and that gentle*
man furnishes the town and a good deal
of tlio surrounding country with some
tiling fresli to cat. Mr. Holloway is a
good eitizon, and what's more, im is a
good butcher.
Now here’s another saloon of which
Mr. Kearsey is proprietor, and he keeps
the best of everything. Of course, being
a newspaper man, I was debarred the
pleasure of “looking upon tho wiuo when
it was red,” but l can say tills much
about Mr. Kearsey, that ho is one of
those men that it is always a bcnctit to
meet. Mr. Kearsey (I ought to call him
Colonel) is a South Carolinian, and he
began business in Smithville In January,
18110. He has the able assistance of Mr.
A. J. Jennings, whom everybody in T.ee
county knows and likes. Besides being
one of the successful business men of
Smithville, Col. Kearsey is a member of
tho town council, mayor pro tem and a
director of tbe SmltavUla Improvement
Company.
Captain Oliver Hays is not really a
resident of Smithville for his elegant
home la three miles from the city; but
there’s ono thing certain that Captain
Hays usos all his broad influence for the
benefit of of the town. He has an ex
cellent grove uf LeConte and KelfTer
pears and he markets an immense
amount of fruit every year. He cleared
over (750 on two acres of pear trees tbis
season and ho Isn't stuck up about it,
either.
And right here I want to say that Cap
tain Hays is a man of "inflooence” for
he chartered a special train and sent mo
t > Americus—it was a crank car!
Mr. D. G. Avera, who besides being
mayor of Smithville, is a dealer in gen
eral merchandise; and if ono should go
to the town without meeting Mr. Avera
one bad best not go at all. Mr. Avera
is a gentleman of the school now named
the old school; not that he is old, but
that civility and courtesy are a rare
quantity la this day and generation.
T. J. Avera began business in Smith
ville in 18(15 aud D. G. Avera succeeded
him in 1874. The house carries a stock,
of general merchandise amounting to
(10,000 and does a business of from
(35,000 to (40,000 a year. Besides his
largo mercantile interests Mr. Avera has
a pear grove of ten acres from which he
ships, when the seasons are good, about
1,000 crates of fruit.
Mr. Avora is one of the foremost men
in Smithville and without him the bus!
men would be at a loss.
The LeConte Nursery at Smithville Is
worthy of a better pen than mine, for
can’t do it justice. Situated in the heart
of the town it covers 50 acres aud it
adds so much to the beauty of the town
as to make it a most noticeable feature
to every one who visits Smithville. The
straight, long rows of statoly trees that
rear their heads in tho acme of porfec.
tion, bending and bowing to the soft
southern breezes that chase like sun
light across the fields of green, gives ono
an indefinite longing to stay with them
forever!
Outside of town, about a mile from
the depot, tho LeConte Nursory has an
other grove of fifty acres, and from the
two groves from 8,000 to 10,000 bushels
of pears are shipped annually.
Mr. W. W. Thompson is the proprie
tor and manager of the these magnificent
groves and lie is ably assisted by his son,
Mr. O. L. Thompson. Those two gen
tlemen make a strong tenra, and for that
reason the pears and troes from this
grove are shipped all ovor tho United
States.
Mow, to Clianxe the Subject.
Tho future of Smithville, one of the
brightest diadems in Georgia's crown of
glory, depends mostly on its inhabitants,
and I'll wager anything on earth that
they aro going to do their part. The
town is so situated that It can, and docB
demand a great deal of attention; and
the people in it are of such a nature that
they will see that every hope for the
town is fulfilled!
The health statistics or Smithvillo aro
surprising, for in the past decade there
has been so little sickness that even now
two physicians attend to all the patients
not only in Smithvillo, but the surround-
ing country.
Smithville handles a good deal of cot
ton, and tills year the receipts will run
up to 4,000 bales. The staple is han
dled hero very cheaply, and so Smith
vilie docs the business.
Niue years ago Smithville got weary of
tho “inocuotis desentude" in which sho
had lain for years, and to put it mildly,
got a move on herself. Up to that time
not a bale of cotton was sold in tho town
but now—well, sho handles all the way
from 3,000 to 5,000 a year! Tho business
meu of the town mean business, and
they are going to have it—that’s all
there is about the matter.
In 181)0, when the depot was built, the
railroad company built a “coal shute” at
Smithvillo and at the present timo about
Bixty tons arc handled dally. This is
easily accounted for when it is remem
bered that about thirty trains pasj
Smithville daily. The splendid depot
here is still occupied by train dispatch
ers, aud tlio bridge supervisor, and its
elegant waiting rooms are always tilled
when “train time” is near at hand.
The Fruit Crops.
Lee county is tl.e centre for tlio cul
ture of the LeConte and Kcifier poar
and if the season had boon good, over
100,000 boxes of tho luscious fruit would
have gono from this place. In 1880,
there wore 30,000 bushels of pears
shipped from Smithville and only the
eezo of last March prevented tho ship
ment of nearly three times that amount,
tliia year.
The largest growers of fruit in Lee
county are W. W. Thompson, O. Hays,
I), (i. Avera, J. D. Reichert and Mr.
Atkins, and if anybody wants to know
anything about I.oContc pears let them
write to either of these gentlemen.
Some Ollier Meu I Met.
Smitlivillu lias a splendid weekly pa-
per—The Nows—and Mr. George Ed
ward Clarke is its controlling genius.
Although young, Mr. Clarke is a man of
wide experience, anil lie graces the tri
pod in a way that stamps him as a real
newspaper man. He is bold and fear
less-aggressive, in other words—and he
is doing some mighty good work for
Smithville. He is only twenty years of
age, but since he was thirteen he has
been In the business. When he was only
sixteen he was editor and proprietor of
the Stateaboro (Ga.) Eagle, whioh paper
be sold to remove to Smithville in '80.
Since hia advent In thla place Mr. Clarke
bse made tome warm friends, and he
deserves them, for George Clarke is one
of those men who, true as steal to bis
friends, always gives the opposition
chance. If he doesn't Inscribe his name
"away up yonder” in the newspaper
business it wont be his fault.
And talking about newspapers brings
to mind that Smithville is tbe place
where Frank L. Stanton stepped from
“the'case" to fame; and you just ought
to hear the folks down there talk about
him!
Hon. J. F. Watson, judge of the Lee
county court, makes bis home in Smith
ville, but it is more than probable that
after January he will become a resident
of Americus and enter the legal tourney
for which his largo experience and
depth of legal lore so well befit him.
Whilo his removal will bo a loss to
Smithvillo it will be a gain for Ameri
cus. He has worn the ermine as county
judge In Lee county for six years, and
every legal light in the county burns the
brighter for his presence.
One of tho leading men in Lee eounty
is G. W. Warwick, attorney-at-law. Mr.
Warwick is one of those men whose ev
ery presence spoaks of the majesty of
the law. Deeply versed In jurlapru
deuce, as it wells up from Blackstone
and permeates the whole of the elvillzed
world, he is of that well-balanced na
ture that knows only justice. He is
honored, respected and beloved by all
who know him, and, what adds to the
beauty of his well-rounded character,
he is an ardent churchman. He is, of
all men, sans peuer et sans reproach.
1 met Hon. W. D. Wells, the senior of
the firm of Wells, Burton <fe McManus.
He is the representative from this coun
ty, and, like a damascene blade, is as
true. He Is a worthy representative not
only of this county, but of his father,
Mr. William Wells, who years and years
ago built the grist mill on Muokalooohee
creek, the pretty stream that steals
away down the grassy hollows and
through the pretty valleys of Lee coun
ty. Tne mill furnishes meal for Lee
aud adjacent counties, and It is expected
that, when certain Improvements about
the mill proper and tho sidetracks are
put in, tho mill will turn out about 500
or 1,500 bushels per week. Mr. Wells
says that he will sco that every detail
that goes to make up a perfect mill is
carried out, andSmitkvillo'acitizons are
looking forward to groat thiDgs from
the Muckaloochee mill.
Of Mr. Wells himself, too much can.
not be said about that gentleman. He
fought vigorously for every measure
that was introduced in the lately ad-
journed legislature for tbe benefit of
Smithville and Lee county, and there are
already indications of higher honors
that aro to be thrust upon him.
Smithville is so healthy that physi
cians are never needed—that is, hardly
ever—but whatever wants the people of
the town have, so far as a family physl
clan is concerned, are attended to by
Drs. W. T. Simpson and J. F. McMatb.
Thoso gentlemen are favorites In all the
families In and around here, and they
look closely after the temporal welfare
of tho residents of Smithville and Its
vicinity with an energy that Is worthy of
emulation in larger places.
To use a homely phrase, “they know
their business and they attend to it”
Last, but not least by a good deal, le
J ustice J. D. Snellgrove, who holds the
scales for the blind Goddess, so far as
Smithvillo and its district Is concerned.
He Is a man of many excellent parts and
is nn honor to his town and county.
Now In Conclusion.
I have tried faithfully to give you
some idea of what Smithville Is and if I
have failed in any degree it has been an
error of the brain instoad of the hoart,
for I am really in love with the place
and tho people.
Tliero is no doubt but that tho rosy
tinted fingers of the Future are already
upon the hasps and clasps of the gates
to Success and Prosperity, and when
once they aro opened Smltliville will
win the race by a length!
The sterling worth of the business
men of Smithville—tho keen, shrewd
men who always inako a town—have de
cided Smithville's future and having
dono bo, tho results may confidently be
expected.
Keep an cyo on Smithvillo 1
Fiiaxk Hamilton Coxoi.ev.
Give mo quinine, antipyreno and I.
W. UABI'KR Whiskey, and I am armod
against disease.” So says ono of Ken-
tuckuy’s most celebrated practitioners,
and scicnco hows to tho common sense
and simplicity of tlio great physician.
Tlio I. W. Haui'Eii Whiskey can bo se
cured in any quantity from
THE RESULT,
When it was recently announced
that Thornton Wheatley’s nsnal
pilgrimage had been made to the
Eastern markets, the pablio waited
to see in these columns, the report
of what had been done for their
benefit in the way of novelties in
goods and revelations in low prices.
AT tHngs being now Ready vob
the n’i>-.8T, the people of Americas
and tbe surrounding country are
invited to come. They are not ex-
S ected to have on their Wedding
Iarments, for Wheatley's is the
Place where the'people must go
to be properly decked out for an
appearance, either at a feast or at
business; and nobody can have
the trade mark that a Perfectly
Dressed Man always bears, nntil
after they have been to
itaton Vultyi
and have been supplied with
iEtters Patent of Elegance !
By that establishment.
The Times-Recorder isn’t half
big enough to hold even a cat
alogue of the Elegant Goods, and
the Super-Elegantly Low Pbices
attached.
Only the general heads can here
be outlined; the trne inwardness
of the feast can’t be understood
until the guests go through tbe
whole Bill of Fare in person at
Wheatley’s.
Nosuch complete and elegant
stock of
Gentlemen’s, Youths’ and
Boys’
has ever been brought to Americus
and the MOST ASTONISHING
THING about them is the LOW
PRICES!
HATS!
Stiff and crashed, that CANNOT
FAIL TO SUIT.
A specialty in GENTLEMEN’S
UNDERWEAR: Scrivon’s Patent
Elastic Seam Drawers, and the
Cosmopolitan Shirts in suits or in
sopnrato garments, FROM THE
VERY CHEAPEST TO THE
VERY FINEST.
A hnndsomer line of DRESS
SHIRT8, TIES, SCARFS AND
HANDKERCHIEFS was never
seen in Americus.
Fast Blk. Hose, ABSOLUTELY STAIN
LESS, ONLY 25c PER PAIR.
KID GLOVES,
Dressed and undressed; all colors,
grades and prices.
A Gold Watch anil $204
That Ih what every agent receive* who gels
up a club on our tl per week plan.
Our 14‘karat gold-filled cine* rtc warrant
ed for 2D year*. Fine Elgin or Waltham
movement. Stem wind and net. Lady’* or
Gent’* *Uo. Equal to any 150 watch. To
•ecu re agent* where we have none* we sell
one of the Hunttog Case Watches for the
Club price 12* and tend C. O. D. by expreae
with privilege of examination before paying
for same.
Oar agent at Heath Spring, 8.0., writes:
•‘Your watche* take at sight. The gentle
man who got the last watch said that he ex
amined and priced a Jeweler’* watches in
Lancaster, that were na better than your*
but the price was 94 V
One good reliable agent wanted for each
place. Write for particulars.
Eapiaa WATcn Co.,
ATTENTION MOTHERS!
Boys’ Shirt Waists, 35c to $1.25.
Boys’ Jersey Suits, 3 to 8 years.
Boys’ Clothing in all styles and
prices.
UMBRELLAS enough, to stand
off a CLOUD-BURST!
Satchels and Bags enough to
hold all the elegant goods at
Wheatley’s that you will need wheu
you go abroad aud want to present
first-class and stylish appearance
Every Long, Loan, Fat, Short,
Big, Little Man in a dozen coun
ties can get JUST THE FIT in
the odd sizes and lengths stock
that is curried at
LIFE WILL BE A BURDEN
to nil who spend their monoy else
where, and find wheu too late that
they missed getting tho choicest
and best bargains in the neatest
and most stylish goods ever
brought -to this market.
DON’T MAKE SUCH A MIS
TAKE, but go to Wheatley’s and
get yourself made solid.
Remember the place:
Thornton Wheatley's Comer,
So-called bocause you can get a
’cornor” for the smallest cash con
sideration, upon tho largest, cheap
est aniAuost goods ever shown in
Americus.
Yours for business,
THORNTON WHBATL1Y.
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