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The Barest
wailing and
Land,
the dark nrss
he daylight
near;
.feo little done, and still muoh to do!
® , ' ie ^ 0r; 8 ni“t>t of cloud and fear,
Without one star to pierce .the shadow
through.
1 hear the ruml 1®
Wains;
I hear the ; burden
* song;
«nd, throngh the hazy
lances,
J see the eun-browned
along.
J P. WAT SON,
JYo. 9, Broad Street)
DOUGLASVILLE, - GEORGIA.
ALLEGE!! BOYV LB Y & t CO,
PARLOR ORGAN
of the swaggoi ing
of the of harvest
light in happy
' reapers pass
-:o:-
And I n$ist lay my sickle-do wn and <*o
From the dim fields that look so drear
*£ and lone;
Wit 1 have so few sheaves to show!
do -p 0t bear tlle faster say ‘Well
^’wr.^ls 1 ‘ e , S ' retI V k (u the past
away- °' !g Bbadows loomed so far
^ ,UC bIast ril * D ^ scerced cn every wakening
-To wait the whispers of land endless'day
So many spent ittoments, wasted hour
Flaying with pebbles on the sea-washed
strand;
■Searching for butterflies, or gathering
flowers,
Instead of telling in the har v t land.
D K AXt Hi It n,
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS
SHOES, HATS, GAPS,
YANKEE NOTIONS, CROCKERY
AND GLASS WARE,
l&C., &c., &o.
to: ——
T INVITE all my old friends and customers
L to call and see my NUVV STOCK before
purchasing elsewhere. I will make it to your
‘nterest to do so.
I have with me, MR. SAMUEIj A, M’KL
WREATH, who is ready and willing, at all
limes, to show yon goods.
I am, also, in the Market for the PUI<-
CHASK OP COTTON. Come, sel
me your Cotton, and let me sell you tn
Goods, if you desire to have the old ladv a n
ch'ldreu meqt you w itfr a smile of approv
|/hen yl|i;g(£hoaie. JP» V\AT£0**
the night, stol’n on Jme like a
And now
•a tSSH? ? dreamt It was scarcely noon ;
8m that the shine is go verv brief!
8ad tb&t the shads w& tan so v§ry goon!
STILL AT THE
OLD STAND-
Roswell street
"aaiOTTA . . . geobuia
carriage.
1877.
m
tntm
1877
5B
wagon work
OP EVERY DE-
Ordera
dly
scription DONE.
Wfclfcd.^n Work Warranted
REID & G1UMLING
'd
gSaevisjt
•dealeh in-
Georgia
TAB
•O for one other hour of God’s brigU
la which to work with 'sinew hear
will, * j
I leave the fields and pass sfvay
To that mysterious sleep where all is
Still!
no
Whwre the Negroes Will Fight,
Wo asked Old Si • whether in the
•vent of ‘Another war, the negroes
would take a hand.
Dar s allns fokes, bofe black an’
white, notch a j ,b fer ter git up a
tidgrytsent ’bout hyar! he replied.
What side would the colored people,
take this time ?
Dat pend#, sah, on de ’monstra
-shuns aide off set ob de sturbitce?
Wbat do you mean by that ?
Well, do nigger don’t etau* on
ifancy prinserpuls, yer kno’?
I know -that.
A»’ hit’* de wages an’de prekwisitos
dat dwy goes fer, roos’ly. Drw o’i soz
dat de bes’ wwy fer ter git de nigger
on yo’ aide is ter git do dry-goods in
«de r offis fast!
« How do yon mean?
Well, de niggers is gittin monghty
akerreo on back-kiverin*, an’ wboeber
^■ts c*8 nst box eb bine ober-cotes in
dis town fer gin’rul sirkelas hin is
gminv to raze de fust ridgyment of
niggers fer d« wah!—Atlanta Sunday
Mmld.
B OU fi L A S V1L L E HEBHJM
IF TOJ/
* Want a Wife,
SWant a /book,
Want a / clerk,
[Want a i partner,
[Went situation,
Want-iv^rervant girl,
/TWaat to sell a piano,
tWsjjt |o sell a carriage,!
Want to sell town property,'
"Want te Bell you groceries,
[Want to sell your dry g0ods4
Want to sell yonr hardware,
(Want customers lor anything,
Advertise Id the SI E I) i U _5I,
Advertising shows that you mean biz,
Advertising brings new customers,
Advertising keeps old ones,
Advertising shows confidence,
Advertising insures success^
Advertising shows energy, . -
Advertising shows pluck,
Advertising is business,
Advertise or' "bust,:’
Advertise longer,
^Advertise weil,.
A D V BRTI8 E
AT ONCE,|
at 'borne,
IN" ttOLOLASV1LLE MEJiYCM
i
t
Surpasses in tone and power,, Reed Organ
; heretofore manufactuf ,- a ^[,; 3
country, dt has beefested
by
judges and! - —
GIVES JSITE]
1,
a life MbiiT
CT15*-
family groceries
KTs'is;
faSI «£#
OFFiC
s
h
AM OF D3J3LA3':7iKj.Trr,
BiUTi: K AT SHORT poofitIT
a call.
ONLY $1.50 PER ANNUM.
nuclii, an eminent French writer on bi m r -
taliic currenojr, being In Washington, has
been introduced te members of theoilver com- I
mission and other Kepresentatives who have ,
given tbe subjeot consideration. He express
es an intention of remaining in this country
until something is done in regard to the sil
ver question. His plan is the calling of an
internaiioual conferenoe to consider the sil
ver issue, and to provide for simnltaneons and
■harmonious action by the leading commer
cial nations of tne globe to protect themselves
against embarrassment and loss consequent
upon tbe v : olent fluctuations in the market
price of silver. It is sta'ed thak it is not at
all unlikely that tbe Amerioim Sitver Com
mission, which is to re ort by the 15th ot
Shis month, jo addition to recomending tbe
Sie-establisbment of a. double meta'lic stand-
»,d, will also favor the participf.tion of lh>
"CnitecUStates in such an international conier-
enoe. " fH : ‘
JENNINGS & ASHLEY,
31 and *« S. BROlil ST., (near (he Bridge.
WHITEiPINE ~
DOORS,'
SASH,
blinds:
MANTLES,
MOULDINGS,
BRACKETS,
STAIR RAILS
BALUSERS, WINDOW GLASS,e tc
JT.IjlftlJ'iljlill liliiji
W
;E have the largest stoefe of White
- ’ Blinds in the
than small
pine Sash, Doors and
South. Our prices are lower
manufacturers or dealers can afford, tllir
terms are strictly Oast.- our prices
ure too low to give credit
to be paid for on delivery
the purchaser resides, fi "
giyesatisfaction.
bu t we <hip g od*-
at the do ot where
a nd gu r ,i.lee them to
■ l -9-'jm
By a skillful nse of thejpa, and of th
ateat knee swell, the mo'M dapted to the
nman voice, ranging from! softest flute-
ike note to a volume of scat
UNSURPASSED SV ANYiSTRUME T
The proprietors have otd carefully fo
many., years the imperils an d needs o
the retd ^instruments, ai^rect their praeti
cal experience to the corjtion of such im
perfections? and their egriments have re
suited in the productioriSia quality of ton
which assimilates so close Ito the
^®i3PO 0P.<3
That It is difficult to dislouish between the
two. This instrument haail
THE L ATEST IlfROVEMENTS
And every organ is fully krr an ted. Large
Oil Polish, Blacf Walnut
Paneled Cases that for| in addition to
a splendid imtfuraij of music,
A Beautiful P1 «i t Ep F Furniture
This [organ-; needs culy | be seen to be ap-
preciatcd, and is sclfet extremely
LOW PRICES 10R CASH.
-AGENTS WnTED—
er
(Male or“ female) ,n efry county fin _th
United States and Ganila. A liberal
count made to Teachers, iinisters, GhurdBres
Schools, Lodges/etc., whire there is no agent
or the Star Organ, Illustrated catalogue
nd price list rent freeSJorrespondene e so-
icited. Address the.manufacturers,
ALLir-i i^R- ffty^LilY & 00., ;
Pfashington, N. J.
it. w. Ai.LEGEh, ir T - B - ii’MnrrniE
^ v.mVAitU^cm^tgj
Georgia——Dosiglas County.
TTTILL be sold, on the First.Tuesday in
VV February before the Courf-House door
n the Tewn of Douglasville, Douglas county,
Georgia, within the legal hours of sale the
following property, to-wit:
One house and 1st in the town of Dousr-
lasville, being lot No. (6) six and block (9)
nine, in said town* Levied on and to sat
isfy a Justice Court fi fa. issued from tbe
Justice Court oftbe 730th District, G. M. in
favor of Y. F. Ergle against S. J. Richard
son for the purchase money of said lot.
Tenant in possession notified.
Also at the same time and plsce, twent;
nine acres of land in the southeast corns
of lot of land No, 'twenty-four in the First
District [land fifth section of originally
Carroll now Douglas county. Levied on
by virtue of and to satisfy a Justice Court
■ fi fa. issued from [(be Juitice Court of the
739th District, G. M. in favor of Windship
& Bro ogainst Parker, Hinds & Wilson,
.evied on as the property of C. T. Parker.
Levy made’by S. I). Harper, L. C. and
turn ed oyer to me,
Also, ar the) same time and place, tbe
east half of lot of land No. one hundred
and thirty-two in the 2rd District and 5th
section, originally Cairoil now Douglas
cojjnly. Levied on by virtu? oi and to
satisfy three Justice Court fl fas. issued
from the Justice Court of the 730th Dist-
trict.G. M. in favor of John S. Bobo,
against David C.. Minor for thepurchasen
money of said land. Levy made by S. D.
Harper. L. C* and tuaned over to me,
Phis January the 9th 1 877.
H. M. MITCHELL, Sheriff
-mmod /
We Intend to accomplish good by the advocacy
GENERAL LITERATURE.
DOUGLAS ND SURBOUNDING ctrCMj
Under all cireutasUnees, andjassist, bo far mJ«I
nterest* of the glorious^d
able, in
Eraintainiiig tfa
COMMONWEALTH OF GEORGIA.
»< «■• 0fE,l0 ' ,Sl “ ta *“ " "
hall be
X.XVT23
the small .suns
VIRGINIA 'HOUSE
(N. E. Corner Public Square,)
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.
MISS K. c. YANCEY, Proprietress.
A few mouths ago an elegantly
dreesfisl woman, the wife of a rich
merchant, was so drunk in a Baltimore
street that she could not stand, and a
policeman art ested her. Hor hneband
■•scored her release and the incident
was made.a seoret. She promised
-never te drink intoxicating liquors
again, Lately she was found' lying
druitk in a. gutter, and this time the
• iitisband wostld do nothing to hide her
eliame, She was pnblicly fined in a
. police court .and discarded by her
ifsmily. pPP •
Iy is sated that (hajoint committee Of the
(Seaate and House on counting the e!ecto v al
■vote have agreed on a plan of pfoceedur^
which will be embodied in a repur.lsigned \ff
■ell members except Morttin and - potsibty a
Democrat on tbe house committee, wMsse
same is not mentioned. The tribunal Which
will bo ohosen to eoant the vote wiil. ‘it is
be tripartite, one branch of which; wiil
include five judges of the supreme court.!
This new Brick Hotel is in elegant orler
and nicely iurnished. All attention given to
(;hd»ccmlort oi G uest , Transient patronage
and day boatdirs solicited. novli
,BURCH & BRO i
(Seullt SKe'Puhiie Square,)
NEW NAN, *■ * * GEORGIA.
K
EEP everything good to eat. You can’
call for anything in the eating but wha
meV can furnish you. It is useless to enu
merate, but just come and get what you want
Restaurant supp)id vitn all the delicacies.
Bpecial arrangements for the white,
2-11-3 m
hunt RANKIN a LAMAR.
f WHOLESALE
O- £3rXS "3? %
11 SOET^rEYOR STREET, ATLANTA, GA-,
Offers io merebants and physicians the
argest and best assorted stock of reliable
MEDICINES,
DRUGS,
PAINTS, |
'"L%~
WINDOW, GLASS,
PUTTY, LI
INDIGO, .1
M Aily EE,
PF.lNT.ti,
bl’lUE, -.
SO DA ,2
SiSirEF,
;-j Lit' GH,
POTASH
E TO.,
111 i
-A
ahd ohgan ekpot
FREYER
Se fartlii* <»'ot»9 of' the severed
winters we b&ve had in many years.—
Tbe Oftio* river i® iced and the Missies
■eifUTi likewise. Suow from Maine to
Latsisisue, and from the Ri««kv Mena-'
taiua to the Atlantic seaboard. The
•eal farniso ip Tecneeee and Georgia
caused by strikers made it a hard
wintef in these parts.
■ - - ■ >s ■» ■-
Next te a dairy, toe must difficult
<hin^ to keei> is a cedar pencil.
Silver bars are pilled upon the sidewalk,
of Virgina Ciiy, Nevada, in such profu a i< n
to suggest that there be no limit to the
„tecious metal.
PIANO
WHILJ4BS,
Atf lantfc, t’eotsgia. ^
Ageutlior fh 0! ,,Worlu-R«uowncd
3ESL AYm S3
f Grajfd^-Sqoare* ond ,Up right
3PI4HO m
THFSB InstrasSwats have been hefera Iho
pnblio fer more than forty years, and bpcS
their excellence bIodb haw stfained an UN-
PURCHASED PRE-BMINENCE which es-
tnblishsa them as UNEQUALLED for the
TONE, TOUCH,% [WORKMANSHIP! and
DURABILITY.
They have received seventy-five gold and
■silver Medals over all other competitors.
Endorsed by the “ TH.4LBERG,” “ GOTTS-
CHILR,” i STltAKOSH,” “ PAUL 1AE Ll'Cf,”
“ LOUISE KELLOGG}” “ ILJM BE MRSIs',”,
■‘ IBIiZiO ” 35ELLS, and others. Also secAur
ng the first and highest premiums at the
INTERN ATION Ai
To b-T fou t i i'l
. FA V OR A
Eu^crS MJliese goo^isisboKld
base before getting oar Prises and
m
Orders promptly filled.
HUNT, RANKIN' SfcLAMAU*
N > 11 North Pryor Sr Atlanta Ga.
-6ia .
MOORE STEVENSON,
Chapd Hill, Douglas (bunty, Georgia.
Qpccial attention givecte repairing
O ; —AlLiOOK}—
OLD ON^SMADRQWDASEEW.
All work warranted to gi}>» satisfaction.
1 Will work on asLsonable terms a
anyone in tho county. j
Office ai Thea. Wi'iiaiasTjear Chapel Hill,
Douglas County. n«
Appfeatiou for Homestead.
D. C. Minor has fapplied for exemption
of personalty and setting apart and valua
tion of Homestead, and I will pass upon
the same at 10 o clock. :A‘ M. oh the 24th
dav of lanuary 1S77 at my office.
janll tf ~ * JOHN M. JAMES,. Ord’y.
KOBT. A. MAbtSLY, r ’
TTORNEY AT I,AW, ' '
A
f v ■■ “ * y 1 *■ e run ni ie3”"‘C(j rn pupm
7 r Atlanta and Coweta Circuits; also
in tne Supreme Court of the State of
Georgia and in the Federal Courts at At
lanta, Refers to any merchant of Atlanta
or any member of the Atlanta Bar,
E. B. FOOTE, M.D.
120 Lexington AYenue,
(for, M 28th 8t., NEW YORK,
in Independent
TREATS ALL FORMS OF ‘
CHEOMO DISEASE,
AND DECEIVES
Jjetter# from all parts of
the Civilized World*
\*° „„, k .f M. ~»>r *» — *""* '** “ a
■. Dou glas ought and shall have a
FIRST-CLASS JOURNAL.
UStir-
'4m
Let every citmn feelthat thisjappe d is m-vl« l “
Address al^communications to
ctly to him and respond iisnidfi ■
\\.3i WADDKY‘
Editor and r’uUlLhor.
, Atlauta,
Seorgia.i
WHOIESALELFLDUR, GROCERS:
-IND-
hwoipion
17 H13 GRiJIMl WAV OF
I a leiinal Practtci
commission m;erchants'
!'~’7 35 Scago’s Old'Stasid
Comb": Forsyth and Mitchell Sired
Wagon.Yard and Cood’.Kooias
CONNECTED ' WITH THE STORE
nov23 '3m
EE IS TDEATINU
numerous Patients in Europe, thf
West Indies, the Doiainion cS
Canada, and in avary State
of the Union,*-
TO P erda 7- Agents wanted
RUtl 1 ” tJfeCU All classes of working peo-
■ e of both sexes, -young and old, make more
money at work for us, in their own localities
-during Uiair spare momenta, or all the time
l uli 1.1 wu else. We offer employment
that iwill pay ti every . hpnr ? s
work, Full particulars, teruTS) v, r..„„
fond ns your address at once. Don’t deTiiyaak
w is the time. ..Don’t Took for worlt or
ness elsewhere, until you have learned
we offer.
*nar.6-l,y.
G. Stinson &Bo„
Portland-, Main
CENTENNI’AL EXHIBITION
rhiSadeSphia, October, 1870.
he pr Jets of uete uTG.L'inti ts ate asflow]
i he exclusive use of lusL-ciaft urai-ena
x 1 allow,. ' , .
n j&S~ Catalogues and niico lists maileiFflNr
application to
PlTvi IJLPS. JIREW & FltEYER.
.-General,
ir- so
TO MECHMCS :
The Ix*»strial is the bcJmagazino of the*
kind in the Unitid States’!Dovoted to the
interest of Mechanics, Invdtors and Manu
factures. A notable featni is tbe “Home
Department,” which is fib w ith choice
reading for. the family. i. m3: l year
Six months, 50 cents; 3 t, n tb 25 cents.
Single copies, 10 cents. PLjghed moiiihly
Address, PublisherskHDUSTSIAL,
6in Mt, MorrisC'Qgie L nty . Illinois.
J.
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T (, . Garruc
'' GAA1 FAs GjRfpE t
t tUENBYS AT T jf ^
■ 0& ox4 s Ville, Ga :
I
ADVICS GIVEN EV MAV4-
, FREE ©F CHAf?GS.
' t -
ITo min^rai imedlcinGa or deleterious dr&gs
Has during tbe past twenty yeafis treated suc^f»f
fully nearty or quite 40,000 ease*. All facts Oo**
fleeted With each 'ease aye carefully reoorde^
wbotfier they be cOinnmnioated by jefet^u Or to
person, or $fc®2pved by fcbe Doctor ^.his
physiciaR3. ¥he latter are all ede&fcifLo ibsd^cal
men. - ‘ ; <
Ail lavaiids at a distance are required to ftt&wei
an ssfomded <^i 0lam questtons, whic^vlll fee
fomtisbe'd by taall £re^ or at tbe o£Sce» ’ A cosp
p&te <si ^ftsterlag pwronte q|
^x&ftyd^n, (^BsslteO, by
m pfe*fefetaafc tf m ^abmsxmk
sss^suitato eon tes IB® t •
A dl^i)*®> & #»W#&9<5> <sf ®
enttaeetaK '-vp.*-- H 'v*~T
m M. woey^Bi^-n
. 789, Hew TTditt.
S'
Db. toaeSL is tho feather a MSwqaS. Osst-
8S2F6S, 1 * a boob that- reached a clreulattefc
si over 250^000 copies; also, of u PeaIU
Tals,” moro recently publiahod, whkh has sold
to the esEtenfe of 70,000 copies; aiteo, of “ SeEBRg^
eej Stoky," whioh is now being pubished la eei\
CONTENTS TABL329
of all, excepting the first-mentioned yrcTk (wfc^
Is ,out of print), will be sent free on anplioat^C
to either Dr. Foote, or the ilti$ay m Publish'
ing O^SRpsny, whose office la 189 Bast iMh Sfeeet
both men and women—wanted te sell
fee foregoing works, to whom a liberal profit wiS
be allowed- The beginnings of small fortunes
have fcagaa in celling Hr. I?otiTE v s populat
worhsi a Plain Home Taut” 1b particularly
adapted to adults, md ** Science in Story w is
fast the thing for the young. Send fbr contents
taJfiea and see for yourselves. The former answers
4 &3&tude of questions which ladies and gentle*
men tee1 a delicacy about asking of their physicians.
There is nothing in literature at all Hke either
of the foregoing works. “ Science in &roBTt w
can. Only be had of agents dr of the ^ubliehecst
Once more, ^ # i
iJ)HRESS AS ADOY8* '1 ' •
A PITTMAN
/[no. 5, COURT HOUSE SQUARE.!
DCGLASVILLE, - - GEORGIA
EAEk IK
GROCERIES, ‘■‘-C
j
Keeps constantly on hand a select as-
soittnent of Groceries and Provisions. I
intend to make it to the direct pecuniary
interest of consumers of these articles to
trade with me, ®2P Country produc
ought and sold.
FARMERS^
OF DOUGLA COUNTY.
A NY Farmer of Douglas or surrounding
Counties that own COTTON GINS out of
order, can have them EFBAIRED at tbeir
own Gin Houses, as weil as at the shop, and
a great deal cheaper, an 1 by an experienced
man in that business. • ■ •
All who wish their Gins repaired will leave
their orders and place or residence with J, B.
Carl er, at the Post office. Douglasville. Ga,,
and they will be promptly attended te. They
will please send in their orders as soon as
possible, so as to get their work done in tinlw,.
For Prices <kc. refer to J.R. Garter, Doug-
lasville Ga.
J.-W. OGLESBY.
3f}. tecs medal a t
E. b: 11. -t. ^ANTHONY & CO.
691 Utoadwcy, mLy 0) ^
(Opp. Metiopolnan liotA ; J* 1
Eatmactut crs. importers awfe./r
BN G RAY ING.
mm
GHROMOb ANDfepg,
87 ER0SC0PE8; AND VILVIS, fes
■ - • ..... ' 1;
GrapSi4»apes,'PlicIogt^
And , linitt g( ( tic Li didst fl
^•ODEl.
^SXTY acres of land one-half mile south
ot the,Court-house on the Campbellton
road. Will Sell in parcels from 10 to 60 acres
as may suit purchaser. Also 40 acres nea
the Atlanta road, foermiles east of Douglas
fie. .Terms reasonable. For particu
ars address F. M. DUNGAN,
12-lfitf Douglasv ille.Ga
SC H OOL |N OTIOE.
F.M. LEDBETTER, Priucipal
DouqlasvUle
W
- ^ Ga.,
the Methodist
■ JILL OPEN school in .
‘ Church the second’Monday in January
1877; Spring term to continue, lor twenty
weeks. The patronage of the. west side or
town, and vicinity especially solicited, sof
eutetc., confer with
F. M. LEDBETTER.
PHOTOGRAPHIC MAtKl
IJ vve are Headonarters fnr creryfn the!
; va >: T of' STEREOPTIOGNS A AG Nil
LANTERNS. Being Mafcftfs^ffrersl
NTTFIC lantein,
SIEBEO-PAN-OPTICON, " ’
UNIVERSITY STEBECPTICC
ADVEbTiSEK’S STiPECP'j
A B.TOPTICOJN,
SCHOOL LANTKliX, FAV J.Y LmM
PEOPLES LANTERN,
mSket. Style bdngthe
Catalogues of Lanterns
lections for using sent cn.application.tf
Any enterprise man ' c ^ “fl
tion wnl do wisely to defer nurd
goods in our line until they comc
" NeW York > ^Eore y hey wl j
greater variety and lu&re moderated
and can select more at their leisure!
we have a concession to sell gomet
ol our goods in the building of VH
partment of Public Comiptr,^
FAIR WARNING.
A -^^Persons indebted to the nndJ
ed are hereby notifiel io ccfflc fl
and make immediate payment. 1 am lI
the funds—the time er year-has come, | -
26- 4t iicspccttuili.
A. S.^ EDM ON 81 ON.
pees 7 t.
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