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The News of the Day Told in Brief, Personals, Etc. Yesterday was a scorcher. The Quincy ball team returned home yesterday morning. The Can't-Get-Aways should all attend church today. The fair will open on Tuesday, the 26th of October. Bear this in mind. Some very fine watermelons are finding their way to the home market. More than one girl will miss her beau when starting to church tonight. Mrs. W. J. Daniels, of Marian na, Fla., is visiting her parents in this city. Mrs. T. C. Mitchell and John Mitchell have returned from a visit to Atlanta. Don’t forget that the excursion to Savannah leaves at 1 o'clock sharp tomorrow. Mrs. Blythe and children went up to Cordele yesterday morning to visit relatives. Mr. D. C.C. Bacon, the well known saw mill and lumber man, was in town yesterday. Miss Bessie Morrill went up to Macon yesterday morning to spend a while with friends. The excursion to Savannah leaves here at one o'clock tomor row, Monday. Two dollars round trip. The Misses Cochran, of Camilla, who have been visiting friends in this city, returned home yester day morning. Mr. and Mrs. Avery, of Quit- Man, came up yesterday on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sparks, on Dawson street. Harry Linton, who went down to Savannah and played with Quitman yesterday wired this of fice last night that Quitman won by a score of four to two. There will be the usual services at the Baptist church this morn ing, conducted by the pastor. An nouncement as to night meeting will be made at the morning hour. Horace Bouchelle returned from St. Simon yesterday morning where he has been all the week with the Guards. He says that the boys are having all kinds of fun down on the Island. We regret to chronicle the death of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Knight, which oc curred at the home of its parents on Clay street night before last. The remains were taken to Ousley yesterday afternoon for interment. Dr. Thompson is back from the district conference held at Pel ham, and will fill his pulpit to day. The conference was largely attended and much interest shown in the reports of the preachers. The good people of Pelham opened their homes and hearts to the del egates. The next conference will be held at Metcalfe. We were in error in stating yesterday morning that the excur sion to Savannah would leave here at one o'clock Tuesday. We should have said Monday. This excursion is one of the cheapest, ever run on the Plant System. Two dollars pays the round trip fare and parties are allowed two, days and nights in the city. Quite a number will go down from here. Dutch Wilkes, of Meigs, spent Friday night in the city and re turned home yesterday morning. Mr. Wilkes is longer interested in grape culture at Meigs and he talks interestingly of this delight ful and profitable business. The crop in and around Meigs has been a good one this year, and although prices have been much lower than the last two or three years, the growers have all made money. The growers of that sec tion have made on an average something over thirty dollars per acre on their vineyards this sea son.
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Thomasville Daily Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Sun, Jul 25, 1897
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