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COLUMBIA LEiiER.
BUDGET FROM CAROLINA’S
CAPITAL.
The Llp«omb-Thom«s Difficulty as Re
ported by Rtchlanrt— The Lien Law ♦
Breeding—Telegraphic
Trouble*— •he • «mreu Peo
ple .ind the Public
Schools— Mr. Calvin's
School Bill.
(From Our Own Correspondent)
CorrMßLt Senfr.mb'jr 22. —A very un
pleasant affair occurred at the State House
last Saturday, which has not been men
tioned before in thia correspondence be
cause it was regarded as very unfortunate,
and it was the desire of all parties that no
publicity should be given to it. But the
State paper? have published accounts of
it, and the correspondents of Northern
and Western papers have telegraphed it to
those onrnalF, so that it is no longer a
■eoto allude to the difficul’y between
001. James N. Lipscomb, Secretary of
Sts’", and Mr. J. P. Thomas, the Gover
nor’s private secretary. Os course there
are always two side? to any question, and
I shall endoavnr to both sides of this
one.
It »'pears that the Superintendent of
the Penitentiary had requested the Gov
ernor and Secretary of State not to let the
newspapers know when convicts were par
doned, until the papers were executed and
the prisoner released, and this request
was made because it frequently requires
several days to make out the official par
don after it has been granted, and if the
notice of the pardon appears in the news
papers before the official papers reach the
Superintendent he is greatly annoyed
thereby. The request of the Superintend
ent was therefore respected and the cleri.s
in the Governor’s and Secretary’s offices
were instructed to withhold such informa
tion and let the reporters obtain it from
th» Superintendent.
A saw days before the difficulty occurred
A pardon had been granted to a man named
z Paulk, and it appeared almost immediately
thereafter in the News and Courier. As
this was contrary to the rule established, it
was somewhat of a mystery how the re
porters had obtained the information. Mr.
Thomas and Mr. Lipscomb’s clerks were
standing at the door of tho Secretary of
State’s effl -e discussing the matter, when
001. Lipscomb walked to the door, and.
overhearing the discussion, said that it was
possible that Mr. Gonzales, the Columbia
correspondent of the News and Courier, had
gotten the information surreptitiously.
Mr. Thomas replied that Mr. Gonzales was
his friend and be regarded it as only
proper for him to say that he thought Col.
Lipscomb was mistaken and that Mr.
Gonzales would not do anything dishonor
able. Col. Lipscomb repeated his state
ment and added that Gonzales had lied on
him, and it was not bard to believe that he
might obtain news improperly, or words to
that effect. Mr. Thomas again defended
his absent friend, perhaps with some feel
ing, and said that he did not believe Mr.
Gonzdes would be guilty ot such an act.
•Inst at thia time he was called into his
office, which adjoins that of the Governor,
and a few minutes afterwards Col. Lips
comb walked in and said : You called me
a liar and I will not submit to such an in
sult ; and without further words slapped
Mr. Thomas in the face. This blow was at
once .resented, and gathering the iron
water’pm off the stove, Mr. Thomas in
flicted several ugly blows upon Col. Lips
comb’s head. Friends rushed in and at
once parted them before serious conse
quences resulted. Mr. Thomas claims
that when 001. Lipscomb approached him
in the former’s office that he disclaimed
any reflection upon him. Col. Lipscomb
states that Mr. Thomas nossibly intended
to do so, but that he did not allow any
time for explanations. The whole affiir is
universally regretted and deplored.
It was rumored on Sunday that
Mr. Gonzales would renew the matter
by denouncing 001. Lipscomb on the next
day. This rumor reaching Governor
Thompson he sent Capt. Bachman to see
Gonzales and endeavor to dissuade him
from such a purpose. Oapt. Bachman hav
ing failed to accomplish this result, the
Governor had a warrant issued for Mr
Gonzales’ arrest and had him placed un
der a peace bond. Since then Colonel
LiDßComb has, in the Register and News
and Courier, denounced the report of the
affiirmadeby Mr. Gonzales to the latter
paper, and Mr. Gonzales has replied in a
very cutting letter in which he defends
his report and criticizes 001. Lipscomb
very severely, and here the matter rests at
present, and here it is hoped it will forever
rest, until all parties can be induced to
forget their differences and renew their
old time friendships.
As usual, about this time of the year the
papers in the State have begun a discus
sion on the lien law some are anxious for
its repeal, some want it to stand and others
are undecided. Some think the law the
cause of rhe poverty of the small farmers
and the misfortunes of the large ones, and
predict that agricultural thrift would fol
low fast upon its abolishment. Others
con**'nd that it is the only means tenants
and the landless have of making a crop,
because it gives them a credit that th°y
would otherwise not have; while the op
p nents of the law say that this very class
are most injured because they mortgage
their labor in advance and n pay enormous
interest on supplies fur-ished by mer
chants and receive a min mum result tor
their labor. If it is a good crop year the
advocates of the law say it is unnecessary to
repeal it, and if it is a bad year they say
it is absolutely necesear to keep
the law in force a year longer
tn enable the mass of the laboring popula
tion to exist. There is one thing un
doubtedly true and that is, that with rare
exceptions, the crops grown under liens
are far inferior to those produced with
out incumbrances, both in quality and
quantity, and the annual failure of so
many of this claps of crops reduces materi
ally the average production per acre of the
wh-de State an prevents us from making
M creditable a showing in this respect as
we otherwise would. The law, however,
was passed to enable people to obtain
credit and it will probably remain on the
statute books just so long as such credit is
needed.
Stock breeding in the State is grow
ing very rapidly. There are now eight
stock farms where only thoroughbred cat
tle are raised, six where both thorough
breds and grades are bred, and thirteen
where only grades are reared. This makes
twenty seven full cattle farms, besides
se-vend where horses, sheep and gbats are
bred, and all of these except two are north
of Columbia, which is the direct result of
of the no fence law, as it was in force sev
eral years in the northern connties before
it was in other parts of the State.
I have notices frequently at our annual
fairs that more than three-fourths of the
exhibits are made by the upper counties,
and fully as large a proportion of the vis
itors came from the same section of the
State, and can only account for this from
the fact that the people in the middle and
lower part of the State devote so much at
tention to cotton, to the exclusion of other
crops, that they do not feel the same inter
est in the fairs, and possibly do not have
the time or money to attend them, while
. the up country people, having more di
versified indu tries, are greatly interested
in the mowers, reapers, pulverizers, en
gines and other improved agricultural im
plements on exhibition, and besides bring
splendid horses,cattle, sheep, Ac., of their
own breeding to exhibit.
Theie was, however, at the last fair a
slight improvement in this respect. An
unusual number of low country people
were present, and it is hoped that at the
next fair in November the attendance will
' be larger than ever before.
The Secretary is already receiving en
tries of cattle and the live stock show
promises to be the largest ever known.
The Columbia B ar J of Trade is arranging
a series of entertainments for visitorsand
every preparation is being made to ac-
CHHONICDE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 1883.
commodate and please the large crowds
that are expected to be present. The en
tertainments during fair week will em
brace day fireworks on Wednesday, a
torchlight procession on Wednesday even
ing, a grand promenade concert on Thurs
day night, and a =plendid display of fire
works on Friday night.
Two young boys who had been . “cram
ming” with dime novels left their homes
here this week with the avowed intention
of going to sea, possibly to become pirates.
They were arrested by the police in
Charleston and returned to their parents
in Columbia. To be arrested by a com
mon policeman and locked up in
an ordinary station house was prob
ably not what these youthful adven
turers expected, but while their expedition
ended rather unromantically, they will
probably soon realize that it ended wisely.
A car load of wire belonging to the
Southern Telegraph Company was attached
by seventeen of their laborers for non-pay
ment of wages. The paymaster of the
company was prevented by sickness from
reaching here in time to pav the laborers,
but he has arrived with sufficient funds to
liquidate the indebtedness of the company
and is trying to settle all claims without
the expense of a lawsuit. It is expected
that the poles between here and Charlotte
will be up this week and the wires in two
weeks.
Dr. P F. Griffin, superintendent of the
State Lunatic Asylum, left the city
several days ago to visit the asy
lums of several States, before at
tending the Penal and Charitable Insti
tutions Cor.vention to be held at Louis
ville. Col. T. J. Lipscomb, Superintend
ent of the Penitentiary, has gone to this
convention also, and will afterwards visit
several of the penitentiaries of the North.
I think it safe to say that he will find that
the South Carolina Penitentiary, which he
has managed with signal ability, will com
pare favorably with any he may visit, and
that instead of getting "points” from the
managers of other similar institutions he
will be competent to make suggestions to
them for the improvement of their peni
tentiaries.
Our State Treasury is being repleted by
the.payments of phosphate royalty and
fall taxes that are now beginning to come
in. 001. John Peter Richardson, the pop-*
ular Treasurer, stands at his desk and
pays out money with the same genial ex
pression that illuminates his handsome
face when he receives it. Very few men
can do this.
Three hundred and thirty-four white
pupils have been enrolled in the graded
schools of this city, and it is expected that
five hundred will be in attendance and six
hundred or more colored children in the
colored schools. This is a better begin
ning than was expected in the white
schools, as it was thought that the linger
ing prejudice so knany have to public
schools would have to wear away before
they were liberally patronized. There is
a growing disposition to adopt, in this
State, the plan proposed by Hon. Martin
V. Calvin, the able Representative from
your county in the Legislature, to
appropriate all the taxes paid by
white tax payers to the sup
port of white schools and the
taxes of colored citizens to colored schools,
and unless some such method can be pur
sued it would not be surprising if a gen
eral attack on the whole school system was
made. It is undoubtedly true that, in
nearly every case, all the Radical political
devilment in the State is perpetrated
by the colored school teachers at the
instance probably of the few white Radical
office holders. These fellows are the super
visors and deputy marshals at all elections,
and always the convenient witnesses in all
of the political trials, and yet during the
year they are supported by the men whose
liberties they are ready to swear away, if
necessary, to please the Republican party,
and when the colored convention met in
this city some months since it had the
audacity to denounce the Democratic ad
ministration in the State, and demand the
c Election of more taxes for the education
of the negroes, when they knew that the
white people—the Democrats paid 90 per
cent of the taxe* and 50 per cent, of it
was devoted to the education of colored
children.
If Mr. Calvin’s plan can be put into
practical operation it will probably prevent
the repeal of that section of the Constitu
tion which levies the two-mill schooltax in
South Carolina
This correspondence has been interrupt
ed by sickness that has kept me confined
to the house for several weeks and from
which I have not yet recovered. This ex
planation is wade as an apology, both for
the quantity and quality of the material
that has been sent you lately. Richland.
SIDNEY LANIER’S FLUTE.
A Story of Prison Life Told By One of
His Lonely Companions.
(Fiom ihe Observer.)
“It was at Point Lookout, twenty years
ago, that I made the acquaintance of Sid
ney Lanier. We were in the Confederate
service, and both, though running at dif
ferent times, had been captured at sea by
a blockade boat. I was the first to en
counter my fate, and had been already
some weeks a prisoner when he was
brought in.’
“It was a trying time, the midsummer
season, and the ‘long yellow days,’ as one
poor fellow termed them, made the hos
pitals full and death rates appalling. Late
one evening I heard from our tent the
clear, sweet notes of a flu;e in the distance,
and I was told that the player was a young
man from Georgia, who had just come
among us. I forthwith hastened to find
him out, and from that hour the flute of
Sidney Lanier was our de.i’y delight. It
wks an angel imprisoned with ns to con
sole us.
“Well I remember the improvisations,
and h w the young artist stood there in
the twilight (it was his custom to stand
while he played) breathing what seems to
me now the first dr»am of his wonderful
‘Marsh Hymns.’ Many a stern eye moist
ened to hear him, many a home sick heart
for a time forgot its captivity. The night
sky, clear as a dewdrop above us, the
waters of the Chesapeake far to the east,
the long grey beach and the distant pines,
seemed all to have found an interpreter in
him.
“ ‘His heart found neighbors in great hills
and trees
And streams and clouds and suns and birds
and bees,
And throbbed with neighbor-loves in loving
these.”
“His music embodied the charm of his
verse, the same deen wave like, passionate
I swell of the long, full Hues His “Magic
Flute” was his soul’s mouthpiece for many
; a year before he wrote poetry. In all those
■ dreary months of imprisonment under the
keenest privations of life, exposed to the
daily manifestations of want and depravity,
sickness and death, his was the clear
hearted hopeful voice that sang what he
uttered in after years:
“ ‘Sweet friends.
Man’s love ascends
To finer and diviner ends
Than man’s mere thought e’er compre
hends.’
“We lived as fellow-prisoners for more
than six months, and at the end of that
time were exchanged together. The boat
that brought us to Aiken’s landing was de
' laved for some rime before reaching the
wharf. While we were impatiently wait
j ing a steamer from Richmond came along
side, and some one called out to a man on
our deck to inquire if Sidney Lanier was on
board. The flute had betrayed its dear
master again; but this time it told of a
i captive’s release, and never were tidings
more joyfully hailed.”
Steamer Sank.
Memphis, September 24.—The steamer
Centennial, Captain Wm. Burke, from St.
Louis to New Orleans, struck a log yester
day afternoon five miles above Hales
Point, Tenn., and sank in nine feet of
water. The Centennial had a large cargo,
including 1,000 barrels of flour and other
goods in the hold which will be seriously
I damaged. The passengers were brought
I here to-day by the steamer Genevieve,
LETTER FROMCIPL EVE.
His Retirement From the Directory ot
the A., E. de C,—S /me Reasons That
Induced His Resignation—The
Management of the Affairs
of the Company Criticised
—A Meeting of the
Stockholders
Should Be Held
Editors Chronicle :
My views as to the power and authority
vested in us as Directors in the A., E. & C.
B. R , being so little in accord with the
majority, if not the remainder of the Board,
■ necessitated my>resigning from that body,
and self-respect requires my giving my
I reasons to the stcckholders to show that it
' was from no pique, but from what I con
ceived to be good and just rea ons that I
did resign.
Ist. Feeling that we were only tem
porarily in office, accidentally almost, that
our actions would be criticized as we were
Directors; only by some thirteen of us
petitioning for a charter, I have believed
in an early eall of the stockholders to elect
officers and ratify and endorse our ac-ions,
more especially after we had collected the
first ten per cent, installment. Instead
of that we have filled vacancies in our
Board, called in thirty per cent, of the
subscription, and, although the 12;h
month since we have received our charter
is at hand, I have heard of no move look
ing toward an early convocation of stock
holders.
2d. It has always appeared to me that
our surveys have cost entirely too much
time and money, and that the route should
have been determined by the stockholders,
or a directory chosen by them, obviating
the necessity for so many surveys a good
thing for the surveyors—but costing more
money than we c .n afford.
3d. As to the grading, I cannot conceive
how we (the A., E. 4 0. R R’ Directors,)
could do work more cheaply, i.e., better
and more quickly than contractors could
who owned mules, carts,and tools and con
trolled experienced labor, whether hired
or convict, and had built and are building
railroads all the time; in other words,
whose regular business it was and is, when
we did not own a pick, and to say the least
of it, would lose greatly when we finished
the road and had to dispose of broken
down mules, carts, etc.
4th. As to the guage, many of the stock
holders seem to be unaware of the fact that
there is from Elberton to Toccoa City a 53
mile 'narrow gauge road; that Elberton
(and not Chicago) was our objective point
when we, or at least I, subscribed to con
nect with a “toy road” that is doing all the
business of that country and could do
twice as much. While it may sound ab
surd and ridiculous to the President and
Board of Directors, it is but just to the
stockholders to have an opportunity of
voting upon a question of such vital im
portance to them for all time. A broad
gauge, seventy-six mile road, is to be built
to Elberton, there to connect with a fifty
three mile narrow gauge road that has
been in operation for years. Are we in a
condition to purchase or lease and alter the
grade and equip the 53 miles necessary to
connect with a broad gauge road at Toccoa?
The difference in cost of construction has
been estimated at a saving of more than
forty per cent, in favor of the narrow gauge
by reliable and experienced railroad ex
perts. Admitting it to be but twenty-five,
a mere bagatelle to our wealthy (?) corpo
ration, the difference between $75,000 and
SIOO,OOO is $25,000, and between $750,-
000 and SIOO,OOO, $250,000, when the
cheaper road can carry more than the coun
try produces, developing our country just
as effectually, giving us a daily mail and
communication with tho world, and saving
more in construction than the road would
earn in ten years.
sth. As to time, time seems to he no ob
ject. Instead of Laving 100 or more
hands employed and as soon as a mile is
graded and ironfed, so that construction
cars can be used, the whistle of the loco
motive convincing doubters that we mean
bnsine-s, and gaining subscription, we
have a few carts and hands employed who
have been months employed in grading 3
or 4 miles through an almost level, sandy
country, as I am informed, when with the
30 per cent, called in on over SIOO,OOO
bona fide (claimed) subscription, it seems to
me that nearly ten miles could have been
t raded (and if money gave out more in
stallments could have been called in) ex
clusive of bridges and tressling. $30,000
will finish a great deal of work it judg
naatically expended. These are some of
the reasons why I differ with the board.
Thanking you for the use of your columns
for this explanation, I am, resoectfully
and yours truly, F. E Eve
Eubanks P. 0. Columbia County, Ga,
September 14, 1883.
Extensive War Preparations.
London, September 24 —A dhpatch
from Vienna states that Russia is making
extensive military preparations along the
Austrian and Garman frontiers. Tenders
have been asked for 36 000 military beds.
All the railways have been ordered to have
their military cars in readiness. A list
has been mtde of private steamers in the
Black Sea, and their captains have been
ordered to prepare for the transportation
of ammunition, troops and provisions
These vessels have ceased executing pri
vate orders, and the caniage of corn is
thus interrupted. Enormous provision
depots have been established along the
frontier and two army corps have been dis
tributed between Vistula and Bug rivers.
A list, has been made of ail persons, who,
io the event, of war, will be deported from
Poland to the interior of Russia
Won’t Play With Negroes.
On their recent visit to Toledo the Chi
cagos refused to play the local club if they
presented Walker, tbeir colored catcher,
in the team. Walker had a sore band, as
it happened, and was not down on the bill
to play. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Severe Storm. --
Buffalo, September 25. A heavy storm
here to-day raised the wa er io the Labor
to a level with the wharves. The water
was very rough on the lake and much dam
age was dene to vesse’s. Several wrecks
are reported, bn’ rn 'neo of life.
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School Notices,
THE ACADEMY
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istiv Physics, Physiology’, rd HvSne, C S:
TA C 2^ B i Ca l *2l Department—Major
D, » A* sl ! Professor of
Mathematics and History.
C. H. WITHROW, Professor in the School
ot Language (Latin, Greek, Lnglisb, French
ana German),
~ J? - Adjunct Professor in
the Classical and English Department.
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8. L. OSBORNE, Instructor in Penmanship.
For particulars, address any member of the
Faculty. Q. H. WITHROW.
Secrete ry.
Southern Home School For Girls,
197 199 N. i Luries St., Baltimore, Md.
MRS. W. M. CARY, MIbS CAW.
Established 1842. French the language of the school
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year begins 1 hursday, September 20th.
Circulars sent on application to the Principal.
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MAgQNaCA.
milE FORTY-81 ATiWKinual Session will
J- begin September Iffih, 1883. The most
elegant College building in the South,furnish
ed with all modern appliances looking to the
health, happiness and comfort of its inmates.
Unsurpassed advantages in Literature,
Music ana art at moderate rates.
Apply for Catalogue to
REV. W. 0. BASS, President,
jy2s-2m or REV. C. W. SMITH, Secretary.
TUU HIGH SCHOOL,
FOR GIRLS.
SITUATED on Reynolds street. Rev. W.
S. Bean, Principal; Mrs. S. A. McWhorter,
Assistant.
The School has been renovated during the
summer, and will begin its session October 1,
1883. Young Ladies wi 1 be received and
given a first class Education in all the higher
branches.seG-tuwe&sutiloct 1
UNIVERSITY OF MIL
P. H. MELL, D.D., L.L. D., Chancellor.
THE 83d Season of the departments at
ATHENS, GA., viz : FRANKLIN COL
LEGE, STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICUL
TURE AND MECHANIC ARTS and LAW
SCHOOL, will open Wednesday, 3d Octoter
next. Full course of instruction in Literature,
Science, Engineering, Agriculture and Law.
Tuition Fbee in Franklin and State Colleges.
For catalogues and information address the
Chancellor. LAMAR COBB,
Sec’y Board of Trustees.
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St. Mary’s College.
Garibaldi, Gaston Co., N. C.
Conducted by the Benedictine Fathers. Terms
$l7O per Collegiate year of TEN months.
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The Public School System
OF Richmond county will open its Schools
October 1, 1883. The office of the Com
missioner is 628 Grefene street; hours from
10, a, m., to 1, p. m Those persons desiring
to enter children, or gain any information in
regard to the system, will at ply to
L. B. EVANS,
sep6-tdSec’y Board of Education.
52d Y£AR OF THEI
Medical College cf Georgia,
AUGUSTA.
THIS INSTITUTION constitutes the Medi
cal Department of the State University.
The Diplomas are signed by its Ohancellor.
The session will commence on the FIRST
DAY of NOVEMBER, and will end on the
FIRST of MARCH following.
Apply for Circnlar to
augß-w GEORGE W. RaINS, Dean.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Session begins on the first of October, and con
tinues nine months. Apply for catalogues to the
Secret ary of the Faculty, P. O. University of Vir
ginia, Albemarle county, Virginia.
JAS. F. HARRIsON, Chairman of the Faculty,
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Georgetown University I
SCHOOL OF LAW
OPENS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3d, 1883
COURSE cf studv extended and rearrang
ed.
Faculty: Rev. James A. Doon&n, 8. J.,
President; Hen. R. T. Merrick. Hon. Jere.
M. Wilson, Judge W. A. Richardson, Martin
F. Morris, LL D.; J. J. Darlington, Esq., and
John W. Ross, E q., C W. Hoffman, LL. D.,
Dean Terms, sß'-J; er annum For Circulars
address, S. M. YEATMAN, Secretary.
410 sth Street, N. W., Washington, D. 0.
CHARLESTON
Female Seminary
Miss Kelly, Principal.
A BOARDING and day school designed to
meet the growing demand for a more
thorough and libera! edccition o r girls. Full
colJeriate co rse with lectures and elective
studies for senior cla-s and post.graouates.
French, German and Italian taught according
to the Natural Method by native teachers.
Special attention given to primary and pre
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to 20; a numbe- sufficiently restricted to in
sure individual training and home care.
Health record has a'ways been excellent.
Clo ed its 13th year with 170 pupils on regis
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tober 2nd, 1883 For circulars apply to
MISS KELLY, 119 Wentwoith Street. Charles
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Holman Liver Fads !
LONG TRIED AND TRUE REMEDY
JjIOR fever and ague, daub ague, re-
- mittent and intermittent fevers, indi
gestion, periodical and lite lo- g sick head
aches. A sure preventive of < ongeetive fevers
and all malarial and miaamat c diseases that
are developed in blood poison.
A postive and radical cure for malarial and
bilious patients, if used accoiding to direc
tions.
Price $2. Bent to anv address by mail on
receipt of price.
i J H. ALEXANDER’S DRUG STORE.
Estra Fino Teas.
riIHE same Eitja Fine Teas as heretofore
JL kept—OOLONG (Black) and GUNPOW
DER (Green i. Approved as superior in puri
ty and flavor by the best connoisseurs in Au
gusta, at
J. H. ALEXANDER’S DRUG STORE.
For the Vermin I
Polk Miller’s Italian Insect
Powder.
HUNDREDS of citizens will testify that it
is by long odds THE BEST. It is the
most efficacious and is cheaper to use.
BE NOT DECEIVED !
By claims advanced on behalf of any other in
sect nowder or vermin destroyer. POLK
MILLER’S ITALIAN has NO EQUAL.
Sold in bulk by the ounce or pound, or in
sealed bottles of any size desired, from 10
cents to 50 cents, at
J. H. ALEXANDER’S Drug Store.
Hog Cholera.
FARMERS, SAVE YOUR
HOGS.
MORRIS’ VEGETABLE CoMPoUND
manufactured from native Roots and
Herbs of Eastern North Carolina. The only
preparation which will surely prevent and cure
Hog Cholera and all diseases of Swine. It pre
vents Trichinae, and will put Hogs in a thrifty
condition, clearing the liver and kidneys of
worms and parasites. If given in spring or
summer you will have no disease among your
Hogs. It will put them in condition to
fatten in half (he usual time, thus saving
half the feed. For sale at
J. H. ALEXANDER’S DRUG STORE,
Augusta, Ga.
Packages weigh 1% pounds; price, 75c., or
mailed for SI to any address.
SEEDS
for
FALL SOWING.
CaßßAGE.—Buists’ improved stock of Late
and Early Drumhead, Flat
Dutch, Winningstadt, Jersey
Wakefield and other popular
varieties; also true North Caro
lina Buncombe Cabbage.
TURNIP SEED—Buists’ stock of Prize Pur
ple Top Rutabagas, Early Flat
Dutch and Red Top, White
Globe, White Cow Horn, Yellow
Aberdeen, Etc., Etc.
BEETS.—EarIy Red Turnip Beet, Long Red,
Yellow Globe Mangels, Long Red
Mangels.
SPlNACH.—Buists’ Broad Leaf.
SALSIFY, RAPE, LETTUCE,
RADISH, WINTER SQUASH,
COLLARDS, CARROTS.
KALE, MUSTARD.
Mail orders promptly cared for when ac
companied by cash, at
J. H. ALEXANDER’S Drug Store.
Grass and Clover Seeds
RED CLOVER, BLUEGRASS,
ORCHARD GRASS. TIMOTHY,
HEARD’S or RED TOP GRASS,
TALL MEADOW OAT,
JOHNSON or MEAN'S GRASS (to arrive),
VETCHES,’
LUCERNE, and
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER.
Correspondence promptly answered.
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J. H. ALEXANDER’S Drug Store.
AUGUSTA, GA.
BRiDFfELD’S
Bradfield’s Female
Regulator
Is a Special Remedy for all diseases pertain
ing to the Womb, and any intelligent woman
can cure herself by following the directions.
It is especially efficacious in cases of SUPPRESS
ED OB PAINFUL MENSTRUATION, THE WHITES
and Partial Prolapsus. It affords immedi
ate relief, and permanently restores the Mens
trual Functions. As a remedy to be used
during that critical period known as “Change
of Lift,” this invaluable preparation has no
rival I
Holmes’ Liniment
Is an inestimable boos to all child
bearing Women; a real blessing to suffering
females; & true
MOTHER’S FRIEND.
When applied a tew weeks before confinemen
it will produce a safe and quick delivery, con
trol pain, and alleviate the usual dread, agon
izing suffering, beyond the power of language
to express!
Pryor’s Ointment
Is a sure and speedy cure for Blind orßu«d.
ng PH«a. Sores, Ulcers, Tumors, Fistula,
Burns, Corns, Felons, Sore Nipples, etc. Its
effects are simply marvelous, and it is an
inexpressible blessing to all afflicted with either
of the above complaints. Try it!
For circulars, testimonials, and full particu
lars, address Sole Proprietor and Manufac
turer of these
3 GREAT REMEDIES
J. BRADFIELD,
*o. 108 Sonth-Pryof St., AITiASTA • A
i
FOR SAM.
jQI.EOP.GIA Railroad 6 per cent. Bonds,
City of Augusta Long Date 8 and 7
cents.
City of Savannah Long Date 5 per cent.
Central Railroad Scrip.
Atlanta and West Point Scrip.
Central and Georgia Railroad Stocks.
National Bank Stock.
Commercial Bank Stock.
Planters Loan and Saving Bank Stock-
Augusta Factory Stock.
Enterprise and King Mill Stock.
All Securities bought and sold on commis
sions. Loans Negotiated.
JOHN JAY COHEN.
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I. W. HARPER’S *
Nelson County Kentucky
WHISKEY
Is Indorsed by the Medical Profession throughout the
United States: a
is preferred by C< no'9teurs’ and
Is used largely in Private Families;
BECAUSE it is an Absolutely Pare Kentucky Product, made in a district famous for its fine
whiskies for nearly a century. Distilled from carefully selected Kentucky Grain, made in the
old fashioned way’by hand, aged by natural process, it has for years stood in the front rank of
Fine Kentucky Whiskies. The Distiller makes it a rule to sell neither to J )bbera nor Rectifiers
and this rule is never violated.
HARPER’S WHISKIES
Are shipped direct from the distillery to the retailer. Consumers can therefore rely on getting
the pure article from the dealer.
Sold in All First,** Clhm>4 Saloons and Drug Stores
Throughout the South.
Bernheim Bros. & Uri,
SOLE PROPRIETORS,
Paducah Kentucky.
_septl4-lmd
bit mSSi i
BY THE
BOARD OF HEAI .TH.
THE KNELL HAS SOUNDED!
THE MUFFLED TONES REMIND IIS
THAT THE
Straw Hat Must t£o!
IT HAS BEEN OBDAINED IN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL THAT
On and After October Ist, 1883,
THE
STRAW HAT MUST BE WITHDRAWN
FROM THE PUBLIC STREETS OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AND THE BOARD HAVE
MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE
London and Liverpool Clothing Bouse
TO
FURNISH EVERY MAN AND BOY
NE W FAL L HA T
—AT THE—
LOW PRICE OF FROM $1 to $3.
THIS ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE BOARD AS A PROTECTION TO THE
HEALTH AND APPE ■ RANCE OF OUR CITIZENS. BESIDES WHAT LOOKS
SO BAD AS A WORN OU I' STRAW HAT AND THE FADED SUMMER
SUIT AT THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR.
THE LONDON ASH lAffIPOOI. CLOTHING HOM,
816 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga ,
HAVE EETFRnr.NF.n TO BR!’<G A VKW SUIT WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL.
WE ALSO GUARANTEE i»UR GOODS TO HOLD THEIR COLOR AND SHAPE
AND WARRANT A PERFECT SIT. OUR STOCK IS LMi GE
BSOCONPLKTK t H ’.T WE CA W FIT THE TALLEST,
THE > HORI EST, THE SLIMEST AND BIG
GEST. IN FURNISHING GOODS WK
SHOW THE FINEST LINE OF
Foreign and Domestic Goods
THAT MONEY CAW PURCHASE.
GOOD GARMENTS A SPECIALTY.
WE NEVER BUY CHEAP GOI!DS AND POORLY MADE GOODS LIKE THOSE
SHOWN BY OTHER DEALERS, BUT OUR STOCK IS WARRANTED
'IO LOCK WELL AND WEAR WELL. CALL EARLY AND
SECURE A !»UIT BE * ORE THEY ARE
ALL PICKED OVER,
THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING HOM,
816 BROAD STREET, AUCUSTA, CA.
D. SILVER & BRO., Proprietors.
SYRACUSE STEEL BEAM CHILLED PLOW
i .
FOR
LIGHTS® OF DRAFT AND BASS OF HANDLING
WE ALSO OFFER FOR SALE
Watt Plows, Brinly Plows and Everv
Variety of Plow Material.
BONES, DOUGHERTY Ac CO.,
Hardware Merchants, Augusta, Ga.