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COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1886. 3S hwtitutions for Teaching the Young Idea 1 How to Shoot. the Beat NfHtvwi of l’ablle Schools In Georgia—A First-ClAMN Hnhinww School-Select School for ! Olrlfi—Boy*’ High Sc tool-Other Educational InutlUtlona* Few cities of its size can anywhere be found hitter provided with educational facilities than ! Ooluinbus. Besides its splendid system of public ! schools, which have no superior anywhere, there are a number of private schools ot the best char acter, including elementary schools for children high schools for boys and for girls, commercial schools for special business training, and schools j of music and art. The large attendance at there j institutions and their financial prosperity utterly refutes, as for as Columbus is concerned, the common slur that manufocturing cities do not ! value education and are always deficient in in- 1 tellectual and literary culture. We believe that \ ao city of its population in the south has a larger j school attendance and a smaller percentage of' illiteracy than Columbus. The schools of our | olty provide amply for the thorough education j of our youth of both sexes through the most advanced high school course. 1 For a complete collegiate course, however, j tor young people are compelled to go away from home. This is not as it should be, and we feel | convinced that it will not be so long. In the 1 oase of our girls, especia’ly, there is no reason j why one of them should ever be compelled to ' leave home to complete her education. For rears Columbus supported a flourishing and splendidly-equipped female college of the highest order. Its complete destruction by fire a few . years ago was one of the worst blows that our city has ever suffered. Every year since that cventour people have felt more and more strong- I ly the urgent need of such another institution, j Public sentiment on this subject is now rapidly ' orystalizing, and will, undoubtedly, soon mani fest itself in some practical, definite movement. 1 Already a number of our leading capitalists have ' expressed not only a willingness, but a strong de- ( sire to contribute liberally towards such an eu- j terprise, and the indications are that at an early day a joint stock company will be formed for the purpose. So we regard a first-ilass, ex tensive, thoroughly-equipped female college as | almost certainly among the coming institutions : of Columbus, and one that will be here in the j very near fhture. In the meantime we take pleasure in presenting to the world abroad the | following brief sketch of our principal schools as 1 they now are: COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Over Sixteen Hundred Pupils on the Boll—The ' Best System of Public Schools In the Stale, j Whit. Columbia Is Using In Behalf of the j Bising Generation. The public schools were established nineteen . years ago. Since that time they have increased rapidly and steadily in interest and attendance. , Bach year demonstrates the fact more folly that • this is one of the moet worthy institutions ever J naugarated in Oolambua. It is one of the ; broadest avenues ever opened up to the prosper- | ity and growth of the city. The present system ! of the schools is well nigh perfect,and never be fore in its history has it been in a more prosper- j ous and healthy condition. There are hundreds of good citizens in Columbus to-day who came iu ( from all parts of the country so that their chil- , dren might have advantage of this excellent sys tem of schools. THE WHIT* SCHOOLS. j The last report of Prof. A. P. Moody, superin tendent of the schools, was highly compli mentary to the able corps of teachers and the onergetic and efficient board of trustees. 'Die re port shows that the s ibool has not only grown in numbers, but has increased the rate of attend- 1 auce and climiri; hed tardiness, and improved in discipline and any other point from which they may be viewed during the post year. The enrollment of scholars at the close of the last term numbered 786 in the v\ hite schools, | with an average attendance of 634. Of these 337 were males an 4 419 females. The treasurer of the board of trustees in his last annual report, from Jane, 1885, to June,*1886, fires aa the following statistics of the finance* of the schools: EEC BIT HD. City appropriate -$1M64 00 ifahoter*. a.491 (ft ; 917,955 05 Balance do# treasurer 7 28 ! $17,962 33 ( „ B tSBtTBSRE. I Teachers'salaries » $13,243 a< j Superintendent’s salary 1,600 00 j School books and stationery - 1,053 32 I School house and forniture 562 28 Fuel 367 05 Piano (tuning and moving) 16 00 Printing (newspaper) 28 10 Insurance 213 74 Hack hire » 00 i $17,088 86 Balance brought forward from session M#4 and 1885, due treasurer 873 47 , $17,962 33 i THE TEACHERS. Most of the old teacher* have been re-elected. They are as follows: Prof. H. W. Battle, principal ot boys’ school. Miss Mira Birdsong, principal of girls’ school. ■ Miss Annie Patten, Miss Joe Brooks, Miss A»- uie Williford, Miss Mary Peabody, Miss Foruie Holmes, Miss Mary Diegnan, Mias Bettie Brown, Hiss B. H. Bailey, Miss Annie Pond, Miss Bailie j Waddell, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Robinson and Miss Worrell. Mias May Moshell was elected ausiatan' teacher. Mrs. Nora L. Hussey was elected music teacher. ft will be seen from the above list of teachers t hat no patron of the school need fear that their child may not receive proper attention. They arc all teachers of high ability and reputation, as those who have patronized the Institution will temiiy. The following gentlemen comprise the board or trustees: B. F. Coleman, president. John Peabody, vice-president. N. N. Curtis, Isaac I. Moses, B. II. Crawford. N. J. Bussey, A. O. Black mar, W. B. Need- C. A. Redd, John King, James Smith. THE SCHOOLS RROPRNKP for the terra on Monday, the 27th of September. As bright and interesting as their past history l as been, a still more brilliant and successful future awaits them. The system is firmly estab lished in the affections of the citizens ot Colum bus. They realize that the boys and girls of the country must be educated carefully and system atically, and this is now being- done as thorough ly and economically as it can possibly he done. 4WLOKED SCHOOLS. »!«• Hundred aud Ninety-Nine Pupil* «>" Roll. The Columbus public colored schools have not been neglected. Columbus is doing a* much or more towards bettering the condition of the col- °red race than any city in Georgia. The Mercei street and Clnflin schools are both in fine condi lion. The report of the superintendent in Jm ,e foal showed that there were on the roll 999 pupils with an average attendance of 601. The follow, teachers were re-eletrted at the last m»eti a* R ‘ B> Ilod 8 r es, Fmncis F. p». tors F. V. Cant), V. Huff, O. V. Posey, Emily A p 0 T’ t A Ross ’ A - w - Canty, h. M Martin, A. Canty, F. A. liobinson, L. L. Lewb, l! Weeks, Henry Murray. Ann Wadsworth Floating Teachers-Ida Hell amljthe wile of W it. spencer were elected floating teachers The teachers are all competent aud worthy negroes, and under their training a marked im provement is noticeable among their pupils. , c 8011001 bnlldinga are very comfortably and and conveniently arranged. The city divides her favors equally among the white and colored schools. We feel safe In saying that no educa tional institution of the kind has acquired a more commendable reputation for beneficial results than baa been attained by this school undor its present management. COLUMBUS BUSINKKS SCHOOL. Professor Hough’s Splendid Hntvrprlse-lt* Won- derfol and Rapid Sureesi -It Is a Permanent Fixture Among us. Columbus has heretofore possessed every facility for merchandise, manufactory and educa tion, except one facility for education. It has had no business or oonmercial school. There are many hundreds of young men in this and adjacent cities and in the intervening territory who have not the means or the inclination to spend four or five years in obtaining a classical education, and who with the proper facilities at hand could fit themselves up thoroughly for the business world with all its burdens and techni calities and complications. Heretofore a first class school for such a purpose has been want- ing; bat now it is wanting no longer. Four or five months ago Prof. Hough resigned the pro fessorship of bookkeeping and commercial law in Emery College, where he was snngly ensconced for life in a paying professorship if he had so elected. But Professor Hough declared that it was his ambition to found a commercial college in some promising city of Georgia, whose thoroughness of training and completeness of curriculum would be superior to anyfsimilar col lege Georgia has yet known, and which would equal in capacity and actual work such institu tions as Poughkeepsie and other first-class busi ness schools of the north. He selected Colum bus as the most favorable locality for such an en terprise. His intention was, and is, to make the school a permanent institution, a fixture forever in Columbus. Four months ago Professor Hough came to Columbus and opened and ad vertised his schools, and it was evident from the first day that it was destined to receive a wel come and a patronage which even the-professor, sanguine as he was, had not dared to hope for. In other words, the school was filling and filling completely the traditional “long felt want.” Young men from Columbus and the suironnding country, from Alabama, and from hundreds of miles away have flocked to the “Columbus Busi ness School,” for such is its name. Professor Hough had to send to Athens, Ga., and employ an assistant, Professor James E. Mcliee, who graduated under Professor Hough at Emory College. Gold medals are regu larly awarded as prizes, and every inducement and facility is offered for quick and thorough work. Prof. Hough is a law graduate, and is thoroughly conversant with the principles and practice of commercial law. He delivers a course of lectures on commercial law to each class, when they have reached the requisite stage in the course. This feature is an innovation in south ern business schools: in fact, Profes sor Hough’s is the only one in the south where regular and thorough commer cial law lectures are incorporated in the curricu lum. They are of immense value to young men just entering business life. Under Professor Hough’s course of lectures they learn in a few weeks that which it would require years of ex perience and many cost!v mistake.* to learn, if they entered the business world unequipped with the informat ion these lectures contain. During this winter Professor Hough propose* to change and enlarge the Columbus Business School into a regular organized and chartered buslnes college. Two ne" professors will be added to the faculty, and in addition to the regular com mercial course, stenography and telegraphy will be taught, so that a young man can fit himself for any and for every one of the standard branches of business. This splendid enterprise of Professor Hough’s deserves the encouragement and pat ronage it is receiving. It is a credit as well as a valuable adjunct to the ei‘.v. Professor Hough is well known in Columbus as well as throughout north and middle Georgia. He graduated with honors at Emory College, Oxford. Ga., in which town he was raised. And he is unprophet-like in the fact that he is honored perhaps more than any where else in his own town and bis own country. He possesses remarkable executive and organiz ing powers, and his business tact is as boundless ns the avenues through which it is called to ope rate are numerous. He has never taken hold of an enterprise that did not succeed, and in this pet plan of his life he is »ot likely to fail. Co lumbus welcomes him as a citizen aud a teacher, and we feel assured in saying that his career among us will redound to his own and to t> e public good. KKLKIT SCH fOL FORLIHLS. Oneuf the Leading Instructors of the South—A School to Fill a >oeessl») iw ColumbM*-Prof. Chappell’* Select School fo** Hirh. There iR no educational institution in Columbus of which she can be justly more proud than the -ielect High School for girls only, Prol. J. Harris ' .’happen principal. This school is pleasant ly lo cated on First avenue, jus', back of the Episcopal church. No small girls are taken. The Professor- now has .% pupfi.S which is as many as he wishes to teach. Recently he has been compelled to de cline quite a number of very desirable puoils, as his school is already fall. He employs no as sistant* but devotes his whole ti e exclusively to the instruction of the minds of his pupils The curriculum of hit* «whooI «ttnds through that course of study pursued by junior cl* best female colleges. Prof. Chappell ranks nigh among tti< rooa i skilled educators iu the country. His rep t- lotion as a teacher extends both tor and wide. He is well versed In every branch of learning, and his methods of imparting knowledge meet Villi ‘re iighMt commendation from those with whoni he lias been thrown in cornu*, and who ore able and competent judges. He seem, to be peculiarly capacitated to hit the position of high trust and importance which has bee " Fortunate indeed are those gnis i the t incat and “nThe h P amr u f“prol ! .'Chappell. On the girls of to-day depend the future happu^oi U.e oat °£ Should they develop into good, useful and n k __ ..n ic ...oil Such pure mens anil Iples as Prof. Chappell of his pupils will nuke women, men noble and general enthuses into the an impression linger with thei Under his train womanhood, a up m men in , till th ?ir lives ng they will bios Ii.-ssiuu Ml their : been spent, into glorious fauiilu D ZZ 1 mT»* accomplished sehoiar. Prof n is •» nv»n of high moral churactci. and Chappell • i* .he reject and admiration one who commands the respect a ^ ^ ^ of all good people " h " ^ ^ re , i)fItWl the hiKh rdueat.onB P. N(jr „,al College l, r:7w-eeksagu,c return to hi, first love- only a f. ins,motor iu ,b« south is held Columbus. No m,lni eotnsnuiUlv. wut iH t,Igiim- estem by an en.tue HI a* rUg—*** **•» Art ** UUm able educators. His capacity was fully demon- stmt oil in tho Columbus Female College, and , will ever be demonstrated in any position that he tuay bo pleased to accept. Oolutnbus is proud of such a citben. BO IN’ IIIUU 8UI100L. One of tho Bowl Places to Kdaratv Roy« in Iks South—A Han Who Know* fflist tv Bo With Boys. ttopt. ,T. J. stade’n high school for boys has been in successful operation for many ytMirs past, and he has educated hundreds of boys who are now numbered among the best business young men in the city. Capt. Blade makes a specialty of preparing young men for competitive examina tions for the United States military and naval auodemies, and has beeu remarkably successful in this as in other respects, and a number of his former pupils have won distinction in these in stitutions. The captain is too well known to the citizens of Columbus and the surrounding country for us to dwell at any great length upon his abilities and accomplishments. The tuanj' years of labor , which he has devoted to the youths of Columbus have brought forth wonderful fruits. All of the jewels of a boy’s mind are brought into promi nence and are nicely polished by Captftin Slade’s skill fill directions. The froita of his labors will be lasting. Many years hence those who are ' now hia pupils, and will then have achieved eminence in their respective avocations, will recall their school-boy days with a thrill of pleas ure and give thanks to their teacher who made them what they are. Slade's Ilall is delightfully situated near the public park. Those who have boys to educate or to prepare for college will do well to consult Capt. Blade. The captain gives his undivided atten tion to the training of all pupils placed in his charge, and it goes without the saying that none of them will be neglected. The captain’s past and present record is cer tainly all that could be desired In a teacher. It is a question of serious doubt if there is a more able and capable instructor in the entire south. The fall term of bis school is now in op eration, and has been since September 15th, though boys can be entered at any time. The parent who entrusts his boy in Capt. Slade’s hands need have no fear of the results. Tuition is us low as it can possibly be afforded and young men will be prepared for any class in college that may be desired. There is not a college in the country where the course of study is more thorough, or where the advantages a boy receives are superior to those of Blade Hall, and parents who send their boys to this school, either for a finished education or preparatory to sending them oil’, will wet the part of wisdom. Other Private School*. There are a large number of other private schools in the city, and perhaps no city in the south has better educational facilities. These private schools are on a high plane. There are schools for girls exclusively, and schools for little boys and girls. If any one desires to give their children educational advantages, Columbne is the place to do so. All the teachers are worthy of the highest, com mendation. Conspicuous among those are Prof. Crowell’s school for boys, Miss Mary J. Thomas’ school for girls and very small boys, Mrs. Spen cer and Miss Backus’ school, the schools of Miss Ruth Moore, Miss Barab Tea si ale, Bt. .Joseph’s Academy. Mi’s. Mayo and others in various parts of the city. These schools are all first-class, and pupils receive every attention calculated to ad vance thorn in an educational way. UKYf FEATURES IN FURJUTUIIK. The Largest and Most Progressive Furniture Huunf In (’olnmbuR—Superb Nets and Elegant Carpets- An Establishment. that Take* the l*ea<l. The farnlture business of Columbus has always been large. For this is emphatically a city ol houses. Nearly all the young married couples go to housekeeping, even if they have to buy furni ture on ti e installment plan. Besides, it is the market in which many smaller towns and many connties in Georgia and Alabama buy their “hires and penates.” In consequence ofthis the (bruittire dealers ofthis city do an immense business, and carry stocks, the size and magnificence of which would surprise dealers in many larger cities. But the great mogul of the furniture business here is Mr. T. T. Edmunds. He carries an enor mous stock, covering four floors of one of the largest buildings in the city. He deals in ftimi- ture of every quality and description, and in carpets, window ahadus, children’s carriages, portieres, curtain poles, etc. His stock of car pets, Turkish rugs, ottomans, cassocks and other goods in this line cannot be surpassed in the south. It would surprise even our own citizens to go through every department of tills mam moth establishment, where these kinds of goods are kept. The furniture in Mr. Edmunds' establishment is adapted to every class and condition of people, and to purses of every size. He keeps sideboards ranging from $12 50 to $150, and chamber sets from $15 to $300. His parlor Rets are superb and rich enough to grace a palace. He has them in mahogany and walnut, with coverings of silk plush and mohair plush. These parlor sets range from $42 to $150. Mr. Edmunds, who is one of the ablest business men of this section, buys from the manufacturers for cash, and thus gets the best of terms, the benefit of which he gives to his customers. His general manager, Mr William Chalmers, keeps this vast estab lishment under his eye and under complete con trol. No move is imw e which he doer, not ser and sanction. His business tact, experience and energy 10 the for tune of the institution. Mr. Ob aimers mrid iu sjx^-a king of the business: “We never want to buy for anything but cask. We get our own terms almost, and we can’t afford to bn.v any other wav. Our business this fall Is far abend of what t on* ever been before." Mv. Edmunds, keeps a cabinet shop for the service of the bouse only, and be also keeps a large a«wortroent of burial case*. His prices on these, as well as on everything else in the store, will compare favorably with thoee of any north ern retail house. The increasing trade of Mr. T. T. Edmunds’ firm is only a deserved recogni tion of the energy, enterprise and integrity of its proprietor, and the acknowledged fact that be is always willing to compare prices aud qualities with any of bis competitors for public patron age. The chief ami most attractive feature of the great furniture of T. T. Edmunds is the confi dence placed in the integrity of the firm by its nearest and most regu’ar customers. Nothing like loose work or cheap veneering is ever handled or sold by T. T. Edmunds. His good* are always just as represented. And a customer unfamiliar with furniture and its current prices can secure as good a bargain from T. T. Ed mund as an expert can possibly get. The regular customers of this firm who have been patronising it for years a»e the people who speak the most complimentary teims of its goods, prices and treatment of patrons. The firm deals entirely upon the principle iba* it is a permanent fixture in Columbus and that customers must be treated well in order to he retained Hence it never looses a customer. Ur business i.s steadily iu- e/easing every year, and the time i* not f#r dis tant, if its present in rrea-se of business is con tinued. when the fora of T. T. Hdrounds will have m* superior in sl*e tn tbs state, fts U now rt*:-* OW 4Vou'j £ .'. ..J9. ""Kli Merchants Who are Fully Up in this Par ticular Line. Tl»e Progressive sad Rnteiprlslug Buslnes* Men Who Clothe the People In This Section—A More Promising Trade for the Knsuing Year Thun Ever Before Known -The Lurge*t and Best As sortments Ever Bronghtto the City. It has been a subject of remark by strangers that Columbus is emphatically a woll-dressed city. The averago business man here when he changes his suit to go to go to church on Suiidny as a rule does not change a coarse suit for a finer one. The fhcl that Columbus is a well-dressed city, after the primary cause of the taste and culture of her citizens, is attributable next to the unusual facilities afforded to the city and the general public by her numerous and and enor mous clothing establishments. They are be coming a marked nnd prominent feature of our commercial business. The clothing houses and merchant tailoring es tablishments here have worked up a business for themselves far beyond our municipal limits and the adjacent country. The business of our cloth ing men during the past year has been exceed ingly heavy in all the departments of their trade, and $ince the season has opened they agree, as one man, that the prospect for the business year just beginning is better than it was last year- better even than it has ever been before. This is shown by the fttet that the clothing dealers have brought out a larger stock than ever before; and the trade has Already opened up with the most brilliant prospects. Below may be found most of the prominent clothing dealers in the city. There are other prominent merchant tailors and manufacturers, a notice of whom appears else where. Conspicuous among these are G. J. Peacock’s clothing in an ufactory, C. A. Lovelace & Co., and A. C. Chancellor, merchant tailors. All of these are reliable merehutits, and we take special pleasure in commending those who are found in these columns. NOTHING SHODDY ABOUT IT. A Merchant Who Believe* In Dealing in Good (lothinff- -Goods »t All Prices, But No Nkodriy In It -One of tho Lending Clothing Merchants of the City. It is h&rdly necessary for as to sny that G. E. Thomas is a clothier. In that capacity he has caterer! to the taste of the Columbus public for years. He has studied to please and un derstands this irt perfectly. He long since de cided t hat the proper way to conduct the cloth ing business successfully was to dval onlyin first- class goods and to keep well up with all the latest styles and novelties in clothing and gents* furnishing good*. In pursuance or this idea he bought none but the best, and moat sylish goods. Thin won for him the reputation of being the “NO flifOlinv CLOTH IB H of Columbus,” and his stock of goods to-day frilly sustain., his reputation as such. 'Hie knowledge that a suit of clothes or a hnt came from Thomas’ is a sufficient i uarautee that it is of good quality and of late style. While on the rounds tjie other day the reporter stopped in at his elegant store, just north of the Gankin House, and had a very pleasant chat with the proprietor and took a look at his stock. The first tiling which attracted the attention of the scribe was the artistic nnd beau- tifnl manner in which thego«*?.<! in the show win dows were displayed. They were arranged nv A MASTKn HAND, and are as pretty ns any in the city. Next the scribe’s attention was calk* 1 to his fine stock of men’s nnd boys’ hats, oil of wh ch were of the ; best, quality amt of recent styles. Am-*ngtheni were the celebrated Stetson hats, made especial- i ly for Mr. Thomas. The latest style $4 Btetson stiff* hat is a regular beauty, nnd set-, off a suit of new clothe* nicely. His stock of clothing is all f -at could he desire I. Those business and dress • suits are perfectly lovely, and they fit as none 1 hut Thomas can make them fit -g.acefuJly and perfectly. lie makes a specialty of WROWNU GOODS, and gentlemen who contemplate matrimony 1 should hasten to inspect his stock of goods. They will find every article uecvnsary to complete a gentleman’s wardrobe. No man wishes to look . otherwise than handsome on the most auspicious j occasion of his life his wedding day and even { if nature has not blessed a man with persona! ! iKuiul.y, such clothe*, such perfect fits and ex- j quisite styles a* Thomas furnishes will do much | to remedy any defect with which nature may ' have afflicted you. If so much can be done to } improve the appearance of one who bits not been i blessed with a handsome figure, then how won- | derfnUy well would a perfect form be set off by a j suit of these clothes? The effect could not be otheiwi-e than pleasing. ovtmcoArs J Mr. Thomas has now, and to arrive, one of the | largest and handsomest stocks of boy*’and men’s 1 overcoat* ever brought to this city. They are all j strictly “no shoddy" goods, and are warranted lo be c?xactly as represented. Go early and secure one of these before the stock has been I picked over. In other words, get the first choice. j WHY THOMAS* OOODS ARE SUPERIOR. Many wonder why this prince among clothiers i sells nothing but first-class goods. The reason ; of this is simply because he buys no other kind. Most of his goods are manufactured expressly ; for him, ami a* long experience and a naturally refined taste has fully qualified him arid ripened : his judgment, he.is not likely to suffer any infe- i nor goods to be imposed upon him. Bo implicit i reliance may be placed in what he ells yon. ORGASM AN Ar- D WILSON. J. 8. B. Grossman and Bar ow Wilson, two of . the best ami most gentlemanly salesmen in the ; city, are still with Mr. Thomas, and are ready and anxious to nerve their friends and the pub lic generally. He has also in his employ a com petent tailor who will promptly remedy any de- i fed in the fit of the garment sold be ore it is ; taken out of the house. Don’t forget the “ no | shoddy clothier” when you need anything In his J line. f’LOTniNU AND DRY GOODS. < 4 Bonanza in Bargain* iu Clothing *nd Dr> (tomb, at the Fstahlbkment of Mr. O. John- It will be remembered that Jan. A. I/ewis A Co. bought out the stock of the late J. T. Johnson, and the closing out of that stock having be«n brought to a successful termination, Mr. I^ewis sold out his interest to Mr. Q. C. Johnson, who at once began to enlarge and improve his stock. Mr. Johnson's fame as a FI ILST-CLASH Cl//TUI KB spread through the country rapidly. He tested the value of printer’s ink freely ami the result was gratifying indeed. It became known every where that the clothing store with the sign of the “Hed Star” was the best place iu the city to buy goods cheap, and the goods when once wold advertUed themselves. People wondered how such fine goods could be sold no cheap, but they v'On found out (hat the inau who was selling ing dealers in the. state in quality and variety, and none of them can surpass his low prices. Mr. Johnson is the agont of several well-known business houses, among them the Btuten Island djing establishment, which is doing a fine busi ness here through him. lie has also the agency fora collar and cufY laundry, the business of which now amounts to something over loot) pieces per wcok. lie is agent for MKHSIUL ItOGL'RR A f'BBV, the lurgoftt clothing house in New York, for whom he lakes orders for every conoeivable kind or quality of goods. Hut not being satisfied with doing one of the largest and most profitable business in hats, clothing and men’s furnishing goods in the city, he has decided to embark iu the dry goods busi ness. He has recently returned from New York, where he purchased an immense STOCK OP DRY <H)01w, which he has just received and opened up to the public, who are requested to call and examine them before they spend their money else where. These goods are all fresh and new, and embrace every variety of goods usually found in a first-class dry goods establishment. Mr Johnson will sell these goods for the cash oh low as they cun bn bought in any retail house. He is aw old hand at the dry goods business, and has spent much time and care in selecting life rtock, which Is especially adapted to the wants of the people. The two stores, No.’s 80 and 83, or new No.’s 1186 and 1138 Broad street, have been TURNED INTO ONR, I and is now one of the largest and most attractive stores in Meergla. Such men as Mr. Johnson are the life of a town. They are always busy, active and push ing. Always energetic, vigorous and enterpris ing, doing all they can to benefit the city and tbeir customers as well as themselves. Such men deserve the respect, admiration and patron age of the people, which Mr. Johnson commands In a large degree. Any one who net ds anything in the way of dry goods or clothing are in vited to call on Mr. Johnsonn, where they will find s full force of polite ami attentive clerks ready to serve them. Don’t forget that he is located at Non. 1136 and 1138 Broad street. ■ r. R. P. Nonmfrakanip is now handling M. Greentree’s magnificent stock of clothing, hats and gents’ furnishing goodH. where his record for square dealing, won in other branches of trade, shall be strictly ad hered to. He wishos his numerous friends, one and all, to give him a trial when needing any thing in his line. Mr. Bonunernkamp is one of the best and most reliable salesmen in Columbus. He is attentive to his business and is ever ready to serve his hosts of friends and the public gen erally. Gall on Mr. 8. and let him show you through his stock of goods. Don’t forget that he can be found at M. Greentrnc’s, No. 1043 Broad street, and that he will sell you a suit of clothes or any article in his line as cheap as they can be bought anywhere. IfKAlift rilft LIST. One of the Largest anil Most Rnterprislng (llothlng IInose* In the Ntnt*—An Rraporinm of Fashion and Nlyle-Llve i«4 Progressive Merchant*. It was with a feeling of genuine pleasure that the knight of the quill halted in front of J. K. Harris A Oo.’s clothing store, No. 1138 Broad street, a few mornings since, knowing what a handsome display awaited him. “Come in.” said Mr. Harris pleasantly. “I want to write you np for our trade issue,” the reporter re marked as soon as Mr. Harris was at leisure. “I want to !>c written up, too,” was the reply. “Jnst come this way and I wilt show you through our stock, which is the largest and best assorted that was ever brought to this city.” The reporter paused for several minutes to admire * magnifi cent display of MCA UPS, TIBS AND CRAVATS, which was bj far the loveliest he had seen daring the season. He was next shown their line of dross and colored shirts, fiver-shirts, drawers, collars and general line of gents’ fnrn- i'hing goods, which is unquestionably one of the largest a d best selected in tho state. Here a man cun find anything he wants in tha' particu lar Hue. HATS AW I) CAM were found in abundance in all of the newest and nobbiest styles. Mr. Harris informs us that ho will sell these goods as cheap as anybody. Our attention was next, called to an unusually fine line of va-ltaes, canes and nmbrellas, of which Mr. Harris probably hus the largest stock in the city. He has also a nice line of water proofs of all kind . His stock of clothing is BUHPHIHINGLY LAROK and is of every imaginable class. You can find anything here from a coarse jeans suit to the finest wedding raiment of broadcloth. You can be suited also in prices as well as in the variety and texture of his goods. HU stock of men’s, boys’ and children’s clothing Is certainly com plete in every detail. MANDKRUCHIKHS AND HOSIERY. These departments present an attractive ap pearance and are in keeping with his entire stock. The reporter noticed the neat and tidy manner in which all of the goods in the store were kept, also the close and piHte attention which the salesmen gave their customers. One could readily see that the most pleasant relat ion existed between merchant and customer. The troth i>, there Is not a more GOMPLRTB CLOTHING BOr.HB In Columbus or in the state of Georgia. A repre sentative of the Knouirkr-Hun has gone through it from front to back door and from garret to cellar. They have clothing in all kinds of suits to fit any form, and at any price one may wish to pay. They have brought eut the largest and most complete assortment they hnve erev under taken to handle, and their motto is to sell the goods; consequently they are marked so as to make them go. In addition to the large line of ready-made and custom-made clothing, and the Largest and most superior stock of gents' farnlsh- i ing goods ever brought to this market, their stock I of notions bears favorable comparison. In addi tion to the vast aggregation of the many articles enumerated above, they have a vast array of notions and specialties beyond enumeration. They invite the closest scrutiny of their stock and if they do not offer inducements superior to any house in the city, they make no hesitancy in saying that they are willing for customers to go elsewhere. This firm in composed of enterprising citizens, who do credit to the city us business men and a-s merchants. When needing anything in their- linr give them a call. LIVES I I’ TO II1S MOTTO. to cut off large profits and the energy and pluck to leave all com petit ois far behind iu the way of prices. His stock of clothing, hats and men's furobib- Mr. Meyer Greentree, the reliable clothier, two doors below the Georgia Homo corner, cast side j i of Broad street, is now offering his immense ! j stock of clothing, furnishing goods, hats, caps, i ! trunks, valises, etc., at a greatly reduced price, j I, He is determined to sell the go als. You will be astonished to see how low they can be bought, j He has a great variety of overcoats which he is selling at prices ranging from $1.7 * to $22, for merly sold at $3.30 to $fr). He is selling odds an 1 •i.vls in sails below m vtiufaciarers’ oast. If you ttave «u»h b* invest in cloth mg try the reliable « tothier. You will strike some wonderful bar gains. The bent goods for the least money la Mr. : the entree’s motto. Heeing Is believing, and a • p»i*»nal inspection ofhls stock and hia prices [ i will coovluce yon fhat Mr. GrveuEre* lives up to i ; .uvTJo. i A NOTH ft U NT \ (TIM (1(1 BUSINESS FI KM Presented to the V'nblle— 1 The Largest Slunk af Sash. Door*. Blind* and (Jenera! Lina et Building Materials in the VMj at Frioac Ftlat Defy Competition. It has afforded the E.vqniRRR-SuN much ploaa- ure to note the progress being mode among Mm manufacturing and industrial institutions of III* city. These have been fimud among those wkm manufacture and deal in cotton fabrics and other textile goods. Among those who work in wood and iron, and among various articles and mer cantile pursuits. We have already devoted mooh attention to some of t hc.se leading houses, all Of which we commend as reliable lo each and every particular. Anokhor of our solid and extensive biistnoo firms is that of Willingham A Oo., <1 eaten in sash, doors, blinds and general building ma terials. The couirnodinus establishment is located! just north of the union passenger depot, and In in charge of MR. K. G. WILL! HUH AM, a young man of extraordinary enorgy, enterpaten and vim. Though young in >ears he is mahnse in experience, and understands every detail nf his business perfectly. He gives his personal at tention to all onle.s sent the firm and is carelM that no goods of inferior quality are put offwpn* his customers. The firm does a large amount mt fliwiAL onm-rn work and can famish vou with any of the fate aud artistic designs in wood work. They mnhn a specialty of stair work, which they can frrvmteh in any style in oak, ash, cherry or walnnt. Tlwy have on hand a large assortment of fine poplar doors and poplar monldings. Also a beaatMd stock of cabinet mantles, which cannot be ngnal ed by any other house in this section of tkm country. These goods are all of a very superior quality and ore sold at pri es which abahhrteif I1KKV OOIHPKTZTION. Mr. Willingham informed the scribe that his house furnished the magnificent front doom far most of the houses in (he city which prtssMk such a handsome and attractive appearance. This firm lias a larger and greater variety wt stock in sash, doors and blinds than all ofaer dealers in the city combined. The trade of khte establishment is by no means confined to Gotana- bus. 'Hie orders come pouring iu from all parte of the country. The prices and quality #f fan goods coupled together WIN TIIKIR WAT with the trade, hence- the steady, yet vapM ha- crease of tire business of the firm. Tlie house kee;is constantly on hand a tenge quantity online, which they sell at rock boMena prices. 'The business here is a branch of fan WILLINGHAM LUMRHU OO., of Chattanooga, Tenn., which is the largest •••- corn of the kind in the south. This company kM enormous facilities, and ship goods from Mtimm to Texas. The. supply the branch house fefaa with any article they may need, and as this teat course done at inamifiicturern’ cost, the 1 this city stands in t he same relation to Urn I that they would if the goods were man a here. They can sell their goods as cheap an ■mg' nmnnlUeturer in the south. SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK SALKS is the line on which the firm does bastsw They have the goods and are determined fa Ml them, if inducement* are worth anything. All those who need anything in their line and want to make their money go as far as pomfate, will find it to their interest to consult WlWaw- hatn A Co. Remember all goods sold by faw firm are warranted to be just a* they are rupee- Merited and prices guaranteed to be ns low an fan goods can be sold anywhere in the neafa. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. A BID I! Ait!)If ADD HOdNi. What Two Young »h<I (lifted Mti Are Deiag far Themselves and (telaabait. The hardware business has always been a lagge one In Columbus, nnd of lute It Is assuming o»- usual proportions. The city is a great centre far this species of goods, frirnishing supplies for a large adjacent territory, besides satisfying fae immense demand to be found for them wllhhi the city limits. The leading hardware house wf Col tun hus, and one of the largest in the slate, is I he firm of Fra* r .V Dozier. It is composed of two young men who have the cool caution ef age and experience, coupled with the push, suap and energy of youth. The firm 1ms a standing.in business circles second to none, and it ban already won a reputation of which the pre- prietora might boost without being fkvemed i|M- iD'/desf. The firm of Frazer A Dozier boy tbeir goods direct from th** factories, far which they pay cash and obtain large discounts. They Kre thus enabled to offer to the public the very bent hardware manufactured or found in the market at the very lowest, prices obtainable anywhere. They keep constantly on hand and ii large quantities Ferguson’s iron foot stocks, Stair hame* and traces, Oliver chilled plows, Thomas burrows, Howe scales, Dupont rifle and blasting powder, Attn a dynamite ftzsee. Their store is also headquarters for agricultural Implements, mill supplies, paints, oils, plaster pans, barbed wire, belting, packing, railroad a»d steamboat supplies. They also keep large quantities of cement, and offer special prices to parties desiring to buy by the car load. Of late Messrs. Frazer & Hosier have largely ia- creiMed tbuir business. In addition to their im mense retail business, they are rapidly gettlag into a large wholesale business. In a few yearn nvore I hey bid fair to be running the largest hardware establishment in the state. Columbus feels justly proud of this sfeaoack business house, ami the history of It Is coeval with that of Columbus. Of course Columbus was a town before either of the proprietors was born, »s > hey are both young, active and viguiv ouh, but the bouse has been in existence far many years, and they are successors to those wbe themselves were enterprising and energetic mer chants. The proprietors, however, do not par ticularly desire to run cm prestige, but baea claims to patronage on the present merits of oav of the most enterprising establishments is the state “Not what our predecessors were, hut what we we are,’’ is toe all Important question, a ad t he opinion of an outsider is that they ami men of the right *tamp both as to business quali fications and in their dealings with their fellow- The policy which Messrs Frazer A Dozier mapped out for themselves at the beginning at their career, and are still following, will tell, aad will be successful in spite of all competition. They believe in large sales and small profits; they believe in giving every man his money** worth and in giving him just the quality of goods they promise him. They take advantage of no man’s lack of information’ but treat him fairly because it is right and because it pays them to (fa it. By pursuing this policy they keep every cus tomer they g'-t. Men come to them from other dealers, but never leave them to go toother deal- era. They have yet to hear a complaint from a customer. Messrs. Frazer A Dozier are two young men of whom Columbus is proud, notonly as mershants, but as men. They have taken a stand high up i n public favor, and nobody doubts but that they will keep it. They are gentlemanly and po lite lo rich and poor, great and small. They are honest, truthful, fair-leafing and }ost. With t uese elements and essentials of success, there is nothing left but for them to grow honestly richer, as they are doing every day, until fortune shall have sated both with its blessings. Such a fate s the prediction of their friends, and sash a on*