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Newspaper Page TextIfttffoPUitge c liej»infte$ rUIII.lHIlKI) HV •- T. rpf (hePaperoncyoar $2 00 'of tho Papor six months 1 oo tot tlio Paper three months 00 Ibera outside of Troup county, must prepay “ '.ho rate of twenty cents a year. no club rates, but a copy of the paper for ono glvon to any one Rending fl yearly RiibRcrlbera. Jona inuRt bn paid In advance. The paper will When (he time Ih out. professional Cards. W*'-- -• ----- - - tuutusst Dll. *). A. CIIAPI'LR, JJKNTAL huroeon, ..Georgia. i Y| Charges very moderate. DR. ENOCH CALLAWAY BR h'a profoBRlonal Rervlcea to the citizens of La- ll K e nu.i Vlciulty. Office at drug ••tore of Calls- ftorman. Can bo found during the night ut Ills nsldonco. inrlMMy HOW. H. WH1TAKE11, Attorney at Law, LAGRANGE, GA. (hco In T. 0. Cronahaw’a Counting Itoom. •T attention given to business In Troup and titling counticH. Will lile petitluiiH In hanimipt- ’or Adm'ra and GuardiauH In Ord'ysCourt.etc. ipoudily made. JanlH-ly L. M. II All HIM, trey at Law & Colleotina Agent, teat Point, - - - - Georgia. REPERKNOE81 larlow k Co., KuKillop At Sprague Co., Cochrau. & Co., K. H. Jaflray A: Co., New York; Darly At (more, Md.; Crane, Boylstmi, At Co., Charles- ., W. C. At L. Lanier, West Point, Go. iuay23-tl. a JAMES 8. WALKER, SEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, SOLICITOR IIANOERY AND PROCTOR IN ADMIRALTY, If the United Staten. Office up stairs in Sterling jJVatchcs and Jewelry. - THE JEWELRY AND FANCY STORE „ Of La Grange, Georgia. {ALBERT LEHMAN I now, and will keep always on band ut his old ud, East side of the Public Square, a good and WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF ELRY AND FANCY GOODS, Constating, In part, of |}old and fclilver Watches, Stem and Key-Winders, of the best make. J£-4 Mb Ud Gold and Silver Watch Chains, C L, O C KB, of all sizes, makers and prices. Table Warc, ‘W VPLATED WARE, Of all kinds d stylos; Table Cu lery , and Fine Razors, *»«*•■ AT 111 repairing all goods in my line. Too many of Las of Troup and udjoiuiug counties have tesUd ■ to require a word from me uh to the character Will, Uowevei, warrant all* my work, If properly t have always done, and respectfully ask u share |janl7-ly] ALBERT LEHMAN. ff. |ASH'8 CONSUMPTION CURE. Iniue days, and can talk with TEAD, of Atlanta, Kuys:“Thrash’B Cure is the on- bat will cure consumption.” I RANKIN A: LAMAR, of Atlanta, say: “The do- If Thrash’s Cure is increasing overy day, and it is liver sal satisfaction." RWILKINHON, of Memphis, Tenn., says: “Ship ‘‘Br gross of Thrash's Cure. The demand has in- .onderlully." dD, HENLEY At CO., of Nashville, Tonn., write: 'a Cure will push itself.” kittles 36 cents. For sale by hmmml aivd w*:wi ALL AND WINTER COODS. 15ALLIS & GRAY low RECEIVING AND OPENINO TUB LARGEST STOCK IF FALL. AND WINTER GOODS HAVE EVER DEFORE OFFERED. JDS IN EVERY VARIETY TO 3BJ UIT THK TUAUK AND RRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. VOLUME XXXIII. LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 15, 1877. 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TRUITT, LAGIIANGK, GA., DXALEB IK ROCERIES, PROVISIONS, PLANTA tION SUPPLIES, BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE, OUANO, &C, I WIU Boll |WBW ARROW TIES «t $3.00 per bundle. 8PUGED TIES, $3.10 per bundlo—weight 63 to 051bs per bundle. Lagging ukc p«r yard. MAILS $8.60 per keg. An AMD BARLEY $1.36 por bushel. U Ik. SODA (or $1.00. I to 10 ft. SUGAR (or $1.00. TEXAS AMD THORMTON RUST PROOF OAT8 ut ftc p•» bnebel. MtiBoU 6U per Ik by tbo case. AMDERFON SMITH’S CHAIRS $6.00 por set. MUMBER OME BUOOl OB WAGON HARNESS $13.60 A DOT OF NUMBER ONE BUGGIES very low lor * CMb. In Met everything uenelly kept In a tint cl.se business Loom, .1 corresponding prices. Bui, psymsntu of provision accounts wilt secure credit J.O.TEUITT Under u pledge from Atlanta to furnish thu State of Georgia with ample quarters for the ac commodation of the Governor, Legislature and Statu Mouse Officers, for ten years, free of cost to the Slide, the capital wa« removed to Atlanta. The first HOHHion mot itf the City Hull, 4th ol July 1808, and remained in session, if I mistake not, 05 days. Much dissatisfaction was express- ud, on account of the sizo, and incouveuiunco of the IiuIIh &c., &c., and Atlanta began to oiiHt about for more commodious quarters; for_a re turn to Miliedgeville was threatened. Mr. 11. I. Kimball appeared on tho ucono He was in Atlanta, an ollieer of thu Pullman Sleep ing Gar Compan,. Tho Morpheus, a now ear ol the line, arrived in Atlanta, and thu Legisla ture, e/i masse, was invited to visit it. At tho eutrauco to il, was a magnificently lilted up bar, Irom whiuh was dealt out to the assembled wis dom, Wlue, Brandy, Whiskey, Gin, Cigars, &o., all of the costliest varieties, and without money, and without price, tor the.o was a bi 1 pending to change thu constitution and return tho Capital to Miliedgeville, and Mr. Kimball was the busi ness manager ot a company, who had purchased the iuchoutu Opera House, which he nnd his co- eoiiHpirators intended to make the future eapi- tol v I Georgia. The bill to return i he Capital to Miliedgeville passed thu House of llopreseo- talives 24th Sept., 1868, by a vote ot uyes 82 nays 37. Ou thu succeeding day the House re fused to reconsider its action, by a vote ol ayes 50, nays G7. This same bill passed thu Senate by u majority, but not being a two thirds majori ty, it was lost. 80 it will be seen, that a major ity ot tho legal liepreseutalives ot tho. people in 1868 voted to remove back to Miliedgeville. Again on the Oth ot Muroh 1860, the House ot liepresontatives voted ayes 78 nays 51 on the bill to amend the constitution and return the capital to Miliedgeville. Thu Legislature was then s ttiug in the Opera House—aud H. I. Kim ball sal iu his small aute-room, within 20 feet of the speaker’s desk—in which ante-room was au elegant sideboard, tarnished with cut glass decanters, kept coin-tautly tilled with the choicest liquors, tree to all members, while the luxurious chairs aud Ottoman.^ furnished tho weary legis lator with cosy seats, while eujoyiug the gen uine Huvannu, which the lloyal Kimball dealt out with no unsparing hand to every .raombor who called. This would all have been very well hud 11. I. K. been satisfied with the vote of thunks for the promptness with which he hud finished up his old rickety Opera House—but he had a deeper laid 8( home—he wished to sell this outrageous piece of patchwork, putty, aud paint to Georgia for a capitol—to relieve Atlanta from a bargain with which she could not com ply, and forever to seal Atlauta as tho capital of the 8tuto. Soou the insidious aid of a committee is invoked. The majority of the committee re ported iu favor of releasing Atlanta from her contract, aud of buying the Opera House for $200,000. There was a minority report, of which we will speak hereafter. Upon the adop tion ot tho majority report, every ruse known to pailimeutary law was exhausted; when the chivalrous, high toned, and honorable Flournoy of Washington county, rising iu his.place, gave notice that “ho would not be present wheu such a tout wrong was being perpetrated upon the people ol Georgiu” anil called upon those who agreed with him, to follow him—and they’ did follow, and loft tho House without a quorum. At night tho House reassembled, and the vote on the majority report was [ayes 51 nays 10, lacking 28 of a quorum. Speaker McWhorter reserved the announcement ol the result ’till moriiiug—this was March 17th, 1801). Duriug that night, “there was hurrying to aud fro,” aud Speaker McWhorter’s room iu tho National Ho tel was visited by the a-tuto and learned* ex pounders of parliamentary law; by the lobbyist, whose bread aud buttor were staked on thu is sue—well, every body was at work that night— every body’s influence was invoked iu Atlanta’s interest, uud agaiust the empty Georgia treasu ry aud the poor lax riddeu aud oppressed peo ple—and the accoucheur in thy morning, de clared there had been a happy delivery—and the people have found out, to their cost, that no “insignificant mouse was born.” Though a “ridiculus mus” has been raised throughout the Statu about it. Tho Speaker, when the House assembled on the 18th, announced, that notwithstanding a quorum did not vot*, the resolution was adopted. Thus did Georgia become the happy possessor of the 11. I. K. Opera House; but “the best laid schemes ot men aud mice ifco," are oiteu doomed to disappointment—lor by a vote of ayes 55 nays 65 the decision was overruled, and 11.1. K. or somebody else, than the 8.ate ot Georgia, as is the case now, still owned the Opera House, monograms, paint, putty and all. The next time we hear ol this monstrous prop osition, it is carried through the military senate o! 1870, aud came to Uh- House as organized by tho military appointed Clerk, pro tern, A. L. Har ris of Ohio. Now, tli re was not a respectable newspaper, or honurable Georgian, who did not brand a majority ol tho Legislature ol ’70 afraud at the time; aud even to this day, ail light think- ig men characterize the scenes enacted in its or- anization as a base wrong and barefaced usurpa tion. One member was uuseated because he hud once beeu a road overseer, aud many, very ma ny wore excluded from tho seats to which they were legally elected for reasous, if possible, more triviul. Aud yet a Legislature thus villain ously palmed off ou Georgians as their legitimate Representatives, purchased thu Opera House. Ou the 5th of August 1870 the resolution to pur chase the Opera House for $380,000 passed the Senate by a vote of ayes 20 nays 9, aud ou Au gust 19, 1870, the House concurred iu thu same by a vote of ayes 78 nays 48. Now, such was the action of a fraudulent leg islature, in tbe face of the following fao's: .. Atlanta pledged itself “to furnish suitable and sufficient accommodations for all the purposes of State Government at this p)aoe(AtlauUt)for ten years, free of any expense to the State. u Ou March 16th, 1869, W. H. Hulsey, Esq., Mayor of Atlanta, says iu a communication to the Gcueral Assembly, that “the propositions of the City Council of Atlanta, (relative to tbo State purchasing tho Opera House) are uot in tended to relieve the city from furnishing a man sion for the Executive &o.” After the resolution was finally adopted in the House to purchase the Opera Howe, Fitz patrick ol Bibb offered tho following; “Where as it is currently reported, that certain members of tbo Legislature, and others in authority, have used undue influence for the purpose of controll ing votes in favor of the purchase of the Kimball Opera House (or a State Oapitol, Therefore be it resolved, that a committee ot five from this House be appointed for the purpose of investi gating what influence, if any, was brought to bear upon mem ers of this House m favor of the purchase." This resolution was lost. This history, uecoossarily short, is based ou facts, aud suggests the query: “Has Atlanta complied with her contract with tho Constitu tional Convention of 1868?” We think not, as tho following statement will show: Ani't. paid for llin Kimball Opera IIouho f Ain't paid lor I'urnifdilnK Kimball Opera IIoiinm.. Ain’t paid lor .lames’ House for Executive IWun- Aln’t paid for Repairs, flee By Opera IToubo ’ess mortgage, f HO ,000, By James' Mansion (perhaps) Cush to balunco, . $000,01*0 . 10.1100 . 020,60.1 $030,BOO The ton years have not yet expired, and more than half a million dollars will be required ol tho State to pay for that which was to cost noth ing. Where are the $l00,000 oi Atlanta bonds which wero donated to tho State to aid in pur chasing the Opera House, and which were a part ol Lho consideration, lor releasing Atlanta from her first contract ? Aud fn the words ot Atlanta's proposition ol March 8th, 1869, has the Opera House “become tho property of thu Stute?” Did not Atlanta kuow ol tho existence of tho mortgago on the Opera House, when t-ho made titles to thu Slate ? Instead of the Statu propos ing to r< liovu Atlanta from her contract, did she uot bring all her influence to bear to lobby through tho legislature tho resolution to buy this House and lelieve her from ull further ob ligations? Did uot one of Atlanta's most influ ential eitizous, aud one of her largest taxpayers, say iu a speech before her City Council wtieu it was discussing the pioposltiou whi h was made to the Constitutional Couvcntiou iu 1868,“Prom ise liberally, gentlemen, it will never cost us a cent"? Will Atlanta pledge herself, in 1 he event she is called on to fulfil her pi6sent ( promise, (to build us good a capital us thu one in Millcdgc- villo) uot to ask the Legislature to relieve her? Will she provo to the hutislactiou ot the citizens of Georgia, that thero are no mortgages on the City Hall square, uud that thero shall bo uo un satisfied meohuuios' liens ou the State House, when built ? “I know ot uo way ol judging the future, but by tbo past,” aud 1 should like to kuow what there has been in the conduct of “Atlanta,’ to justify those hopes, with which “those would solace themselves,” who vote for Atiautu under tho impression that her proposi tion to build a new capitol is binding iu law, aud can and will bo enforced? Tho citizens of Atlanta, among whom arc as high-toned aud honorable gentlemen, as cuu be found in Geor gia or anywhere else, have uot ratified tho ac tion ot the City Council—aud who Uuoas that they will ? Georgia, poor as she is, aud even now taxed almost beyond the endurance ol her citi zens, can, wheu she needs it, build hurowu cap itol. She has now, iu Miliedgeville, a capitol amply largo lor all her wants tor tho next filty years. It do ’t leak very much, since tho mis erable root ol Loug Island pebbles, put ou it by Mr. Architect Fay, bus been replaced by a good tin roof. There are elegant hulls lor the two Houses of tho Legislature; a inuguifiouut Su preme Court Room, and Committee aud Clerks’ rooms, and uinplo offices for all the bureaus. Tax-payors of Georgia, look well to your inter est, aud vote with Common Sense. p. S. For our remarks on Legislative actions iu this transaction, we refer the reader to the House Journals of 18G8, ’69 a id ’70. d. S. ATLANTA Oil MILLEDGEVILLE. Editor Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Having been asked by many persons why I am opposed under present circumstauces to tho removal of the capital from Atlauta to Miliedgeville, I will, with your permission through your paper, an swer all these inquiries at once. I am opposed to tho removal now on account of the great loss which the State will sustain thereby, one which we are poorly able to endure. I do not under this bead, oouut tbe expenses of removal and the expenses of au extra session of tho legislature this winter, which must be coiled to provide for the expense of such removal amounting to a considerable sum, probably fifty tbousaud dollars. I shall only count up losses in public property, sufficiently great iu my judgment, to d' ter prudent men from voting for removal at this time. The State has paid tor the present capitol iu Atlanta $250,000 iu gold bonds, which have all beeu and are now recognized as valid, and the city of Atlanta has paid for the same capitol $179,000 making the cost to the State and city of Atlanta $429,000. This amount paid by the city ol Atlanta was paid ou the condition that Atlanta should remain the ca ital, and will have to be refunded as soon as it is removed. It will uot do to say that Atiautu has acted in bad faith ubout the capital, and therefore wo will uot regard her claim to iu- demuity lull aud complete. The late conven tion, by a committee of some of its very 1 est men, reported to tho convention, to which re port no objection was offered, alter full research into all the tacts that Atlauta bad acted in the utmost good faith uud paid every dollar that she agreed to pay, that the city authorities, be sides closing this, had paid off a mortgage judg ment ol $79,000, which was a valid lieu ou the capitol building. The claim of Atlanta h r com pensation will be made aud ouunot be resisted, aud by removal we at once lo.se $179,000. This sum is now us much as the oapitol would bring if sold, aud the loss if made, curries with it as a matter of course tho loss of the $250,000 paid by thu State. This, however, is not the only loss from removal, as the execu tive mausiou, costiug the Slate $100,000 in gold bauds, now a part ol the public debt, must also be sold, and will not bring more than $50,000, so that theie is another loss of $50,000 to be added to the other losses, mukiug up a sum total ot $179,000. Another luss consequent upon a removal is tbo loss ol a sp'eudid offer ol the city ut Atlanta 10 subscribe toward thu building ot a new cap itol, the very choicest building lot in the whole oily, uud also u sum of money sufficient to build a capitol as good us the one ut Miliudge- ville, which at tho least calculation will bo $65,000. This proposition of tho city of Atlanta, which has not boon equalled aud euuuot bo equalled by that ot auy other city or town iu tho state, it is said it is au electioneering trick, a fraud aud uot intended to be executed, etc., that it cannot be carried out according to the new constitution,etc. To which objection 1 reply that as Atlanta has hitherto acted in the best laitli, not only with the State but with her creditors, it is unjust aud wrong to mako such accusations. She has uot flinched or failed or refused to meet her prom ises or debts. In the lexicon of the people of Atlanta there is uo such word as “fail.” Tho constitution ot 1877, if adopted, ptovide* iu itself for the acceptance and execution of this offer ot the city of Atlanta, so there is no diffi culty from want of power to carry out her promise by tho city of Atlauta. There is one other view ou this offer of ihe city of Atlanta which I deem perfectly conclu sive, aud that is \Yo have tbe means iu our own power of forcing Atlanta to comply with lier offer by amending at any time the constitution so as to remove the capital, aud nothing would be easier to do or moro certain to bo done should Atlanta act in bad fuitlL Add the loss of accepting this offer to tbe other losses above enumerated and we have losses by removal $779,000, nearly oue million of dollars. What is the loss by remaining in Atlanta? The capitol and mausiou iu Miliedgeville are ostiffiatod by good judgos as worth $85,000, whioh is all wo would lose by not removing to Miliedgeville. If, however, it is necessary to remove from Atlanta to secure honest legisla tion, 1, (or oue, say lot us make uuy and all sacrifices. Is it necessary, and will such legis lation bo Boournd by u removal to Miliedgeville ? What says tho history of the past on this sub ject? This history says that three millions and a half of dollars of tho present public debt arising from State aid to worthless railroads was created in Miliedgeville, while tbe portion of said debt iucurred for the samo purpose, in At lanta does not amount to throe hundred thou sand dollars. Tho history sayi further that through the old Central bank by tho worst aud most corrupt Legislature at Miliedgeville one half million of dollars of public money was wasted on partisans and favorites. This history says lurthur in Miliedgeville iu 1866 was set the precedent of paying members of tho legisla ture nine dollars per diem and their clerks aud their doorkeepers aud messengers liiuo dollars per diem. To show how little place has to do with the purity of legislation I refer to the fact that tho democratic legislature which sat in At lanta exposed the Hullock frauds, repudiated his dishonest administration, his Slate aid scbemqrs, and denounced the fraudulent bonds; that ihe Democratic legislature ol 1875 aud and 1876, whieh was held iu Atlanta proposed an amendment to tho coiistituliou repudiating the bogus bonds; that the legislature of 1877, which sat in Atiautu, called thu constitutional convention; that the convention of 1877 was held iu A'luutn; wherefore I think it may be safely concluded that the place of ho.ding tbo legislature haft nothing to do with the proeeed- n^s of tLe general assembly. Tho purity aud honesty of legislation depends on the constitu tion of tho State, aud the men sent to tho legislature. Somo persons may argno, no matter what it costs, lot us rebuke tho fraud of removal from Miliedgeville to Atlanta. To this argument I say, that fraud has been fully rebuked by the action of the convention in submitting tbo lo cating ot the capital to tbe people. Its loca tion now, under tbin action, depends on tho reasons lor and against removal to bo consider ed and acted ou by a free people. If Atlauta is retained as the capital the fraud will be removed aud the location will bo fixed by tbe votes of Ue people. Again, ou this head, I would say that when tbo constitution of 1868 fixing Atlanta as the capital was submitted to the voters of tho State, tho unterrified people ot Atlauta, surrounded with soldiers, aud liv ing under tho hardest nnd severest military con trol, voted uguiust removal to Atlauta. In view ot these facts, what good man iu the State will say that tho people of Atlauta are promise- breakers, and have concocted a .great fraud to deceive tho peopie'of Georgia? It is not nec essary to incur the losses above stated, fiecause Atla ta mnot'ucccssiblo to thu peoplo ot the State for she is accessable to more peoplo ol the Sta’u than any other city ot town in it. It is not necessary to make the losses above enumer ated because living is so expensive in Atlauta, as uo city or town iu tho State cau afford to pro vide and does provide for legislators and visi tors so cheaply aud substantially as Atlauta. Il wo throw out of tho calculation the $250,000 paid by the S’ate on the capitol, aud tho $50,- 000 paid for tbo executive mansion, over ami above its value, on the ground, that tho loss would be estimated only ou the present value of the property, uot counting as worth anything tbe prospect ol a great increase m tbo vulue ol the public properly iu Atlauta from tho growth of that wonderiul city, then tho loss bj tho re moval ot the capitul irom Atlauta to Milledge- villo would bo fully $450,000. What then is the wisest solution of the capital question ? Iu my opiuiou it is to retain the capital at Atlauta, accept the offer of the city, require Atlanta to mako u deed to the city hull square, deposit iu tho State treasury the amount promised by her, aud then with this money nnd the proceeds ol the snle of tho capitol building iu Atlanta build a couveuieut aud comfortable State house. This sum of rnouey will be ample for tho purpose, aud we will have disposed of tho whole matter without costiug the State anything. Very re- spectfullj’, W. M. Reese. Wushiugtou, Ga., October 27. 4# 99 PJ MO.OOO WORTH OF DRY GOODH. WORTH OF IlOOTlS vV1V1> MHOJCH $3,000 WORTH OF CLOTHING. $1,000 WORTH OK* HATM ANI) CAFM. $3,000 WORTH OF* NOTIONN, CROCKERY, GLANHWARE AND HUNDKIEH. CASSIMERES, JEANS, &C DRESS GOODS. Rlaek Silk $1, $1.35 and $2 per yard. Drown Silk, all grades. lVarl colored Silk, all oradoB. Glove Cloth, latest colors. Tbe Halkan Figures. Victoria Drillautinos. Manchester Mohair. Pacific Twills, all wove, 25o to 75c. Meriuoes, Dine, Duff, White and Rose. Dluck Alpaca, 20c, 30c, 40c, 50o, 75a uud $1. Drab Alpaca. Drown Alpnca. White Alpaca'.- Largo lot Fringo and Borders, for above goods. Prints from 5c to 7c. TABLE LINENS. White Linen Damask, 50e, 75c aud $1. Turkey Ri‘d Damask, ull grades. Turkey Rod Doylies. White Linen Napkins, all grades. CLOTHING. Men’s Business Suits, $8, $10, $15 and $20. Boys’ Suits $5 to $9. Youth’s correspondingly low. Lurge stock of over-coats. SHIRTS. Full line of celebrated Star shirts from $1 up. “ “ “ nulaundried Shirts for hoys and men. “ “ “ Linen and Paper Collars. Largest and best assortment of Gents’ Scarfs, Ties, Bows, etc. CR( )CKERY, GDANH-W A 11 Ifi, POCK ET CJIT T E R Y. 10,000 YARDS JACONET KMHROIDERY, A N E W LOTOFOIJR OWN IMPORTATION^ FROM FIVE C'TS. A. YvUtI) UPWARlW. Ladies' But inn Boots. Ladies’ Foxed Gaiters. Ladies’ Pebblo-gont hUoor, perfectly water-proo*. Miles’ Hlu'cs a ftncoialty. Gents' linnd-nmde Shooft and machine work, al ways on hand, at Atlanta prices. I buy tbeie goods from manufacturers, and can sell lower than any house in town. Copper-tips and Leather-tips, good assortment. Brogans, iSaud-seam Boots, Wax Boots and Sewed Boots. Maryland Kerseys. CuHsimeres, all grades, for boys and men. 200 pieces jeans, Kentucky aud Columbus. Waterproof, Navy-blue, Seal-brown uud other colors. Rob Roys. FLANNELS. Red Flannel, I80 to G(Jo. White Flannel 18c to 60c. Medicated Flannel, lor Rheumatism. Plaid Opera Flannel, Black aud Scarlet, Blue Pink &c. BUTTONS. Silk Dress-buttaiA, every shade. Solid colors, Grey, Blue, Brown, Black, Rose, Fish Scale Button Crimson. Linsoy, all grades and colors. BLEACHINCS AND COODS. 10-4Bleaching j 6-4 ('tiling new, BROWN 4-4 At Atlunta Prices. 3-4 “ | Sea-Islands j Full stock always ou hand. HATS, SHOES, &C. New Styles Gents’ silk handkerchiefs, nil colors. Gents’ Silk Hats, Broadway Rtyle. Gants’ Helmet Dip Hats, something new. Gents’Stiff Hats, latest stylos. GeiitR* Fur Hats, “ “ Plautors' Wool Hats 40c to $1.50 Shoes -largest and best assortment iu the cify, aud we warrant every pnir. Will sell ut wbole- Bmoko-colored Pearl, with eyes, so fer worsted goods. Vegetable Ivory, for Full Prints. Rubber coat nod vest buttons. Pearl shirt-buttons. HOSIERY DEPARTMENT. Ladies’ Flesh-colord Balhrigau. Ladies’ solid colors. Ladies’ White IIoso 10c to $1. Gents' Half-hose, British uud colored. CLOVES, TO I LET PARTICLES, ETC., ETC. Ladief and Gents’ white and colored Kid Gloves* Ladies' and Gents’ Cassimoro Gloves. Gents’ Duck Gloves. Full line Stationery, Pens,\Ink, Ac.^ Soap, Cologne, Extracts, Lily-wliito Rouges Ac. Corsets at 50c to $2.50. sale prices to farmers, iu lots of a dozen pair. Madame Foy’s Skirt Supportei'6. E. R. BRADFIELD, North East Corner'Public Square, LaGrange, Ga. CHIPS AND 6VIIUTSTO.VE9. CIODU IN UEUT. BY HORACE GREELEY. Half the young men in tho country—with many old ouongh to know better—would “go into business,” that is iu debt,to-morrow,if they could. Most poor men are so iguoraut as to envy t o merchant aud manufacturer whose life is an incessant struggle with pecuniary difficul ties, who is driven to coolant “shining,” and who, from mouth to month, barely evades that insolvency which sooner or later overtakes most men iu business; so that it has been computed that but ouo in twenty of them achieves a pecu niary success. For my own part—aud I speak from sad experience—I bad rather be a convict in a Stafu-prison, a slave iu a rice swamp, than to pass through lile under tho harrow of debt. Let no man misjudge himself unfortunate or truly poor so loug as he has the lull use of his limbs and luculties, and is substantially free from debt. Hunger,cold, rags, hard work,con tempt, suspicion, unjust reproach, are disagree- ub ; but debt is infinitely worse (ban them all. I . . pea-, my young lrieuds, avoid pecuniary ob ligations us you would pestilence aud luurim-. I. you have but filty cents, aud cau get uo more lor a week, buy a peck of corn, parch it, and live ou it, rather than owe auy man a dollar! Oi course. I know that some men imi.-t do busi ness that involve risks, and must often give notes, and other obligations, aud I do not con sider him really iu debt who can lay his baud directly on the means of paying, at somo little saonfice all he owes. I speak of real debt, that which involve^ risk or sacrifice ou the one side, obligation and dependence ou the other; and I say, irom all such let every youth humbly pray God to preserve him evermore 1 NOW AND THEN. It is only now and then that such men as Hon. Alex. II. Stephens, Ex-Gov. Smith and Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., endorse a medicine for the throat and lungs, aud when they do it is pretty good ovidenco that the roinedy must be good for tho cure of coughs, colds and lung aff ections. They recommend tho Globe Flower Gough Syrup, and their testimonials are to be seen round the ieii cunt sample bottles of the Globe Flower Syrup, for sale by Bradfleld & Sledge. A sample bottle relieves tbe worst cough aud will cure sore throat. Regular size bottles, fifty doses, $1. 46-ly A VERY GOOD REASON. The reason why only oue sample bottle of Murrell’s Hepatiue for the liver will bo Hold to tbe same person for ten Cents, by om* druggist B r ad field A Sledge, is because of tbe enormous expense of importing tbe Hepatiue into this country; bnt as there are fifty doses iu tbe large size bottles,it seems two cents per doso is cheap enough after all for a medicine that Cures dyt ■» popsiu and liver Con plaiut. All who have not hud a sample bottle are entitled to ono for ten ctt*. at Bradfleld & Sledge's Drug-store. Three doses relievos any case of dyspepsia, oonstipotiou, in digestion or liver complaint, iu the world. Reg ular sizo bottles, filty doses, $1.00. 46-ly Tho lady who made a dash has sinco brought her husband to a full slop. It is better to love a person you cannot marry than marry a person you cannot love. The dearest objeot to a man should be hiB wife; but it is not uufrequently her clothes. “Did you over see tho Cutskill Mounfeins?" • ‘No,'sah, but I’vo.seeu urn kill mice.” With a maguificent diamond, a gentleman cau generally cut his^namo upon the hurdcst female heart. An old bachelor says it is mighty hard when a man has tbe reputation of being a bear, that ho never gets a hug. When a Virginia gentleman* iisks another to drink ho blandly says-..“Shall wo give the publio debt a lift?” Aud they lift. “I am astonished, my dear youug lady, at your eutiments; you make me start.” “Well, l havo been wauling you to sturt ior the last half hour." A little boy was asked if bo knew where the wicked finally went to. Ho answered that they practiced law hero awhile aud then go to the Legislature. Au Ala’ ama editor winds up au editorial on ie corn crop with the remark: “Wo have on exhibition in our sauctum a pair of maguificent ears.” A woman’s journal advises girls to take uouo but healthy husbands,whereupon a bachelor ed itor suggests that they hud better take any they can get. Theodore Hook once said to a man at whoso table a publisher got very tipsy: “Wby, you ap pear !o have emptied your wine-cellar into your bookseller.” How do I look, doctor ?" asked a painted youug lady to the family physician. “I can’t tell, madam, until you uncover your face,” Was the crushing reply. A fashiouable youug lady in Cbb ago was heard to remark that she hadn’t got auytbing new this fall, aud did uot expect to get much “until alter father fails.” “Can you see mo dearest?’’ said a Chicugo man to his dying wife. “Tell me, can you see me?" “No,” she faintly whispered, “but I cau smell your breath." Speaking of Hayes’ habit of saying “we” in stead ot “I,” Colliding says there are three clas ses of people who do so: emperors, editors and men with a tape-worm. A Sunday school cluss in Wilmingtou was asked who was tho author of tho Psalms. Si lence, at first; then a little hand was held up. “I know." “Who?” “Sara.” “My dear,” said a wile to her husband, “did you ever rend of the plague iu Loudon ?” “No, I don’t want to road it, it’s enough to have a pi igue in my own house." An old bachelor having been laughed at by a party of pretty girls, told them: “You nre small potatoes.” “We may he small potatoes,” Haid oue, “but we are sweet ones." “I am speaking,” said a long-winded orator, “lor tbo benefit of prosperity." “Yes,” said one of bis hearers, “and if yon will keep on much longer your audience will bo here.” “Will you take a wmg ?” gu-hed a young swell, extending his arm to a sensible youug la dy just out of church. “Not of a gander," she quietly replied, aud walked home with her mother. “Colonel Pornpey, how is you dis morning ?’’ “Look’ee here, niggah, don’t you cal) me Colo nel no more, siuce de white folks done run dis tin.; in de ground. I’so a Major, or nuflin arter dis time.” When tho substantial of the dinner had been disposed of by tho visitors, Mrs. Clementina Fi delia Dobbs said to her hired girl, “Now, Betty, you may bring on the Sahara." “Mum ?” “The dessert, stupid." “Yis.mum.” I was born in Bath,” said a dirty looking customer, as be harangued a crowd at a political meeting, “and I love my native place.” “You don’t look as if you bad been there since,” said one of bis bearers, as ho prooeedod to laud un opposition candidate. “How would yon make a believer of an in credulous man ?” asked one gentleman of ano ther not long since. “I think the surest way would be to set him over a beehive,” was tbe re ply; “and I calculate that after he had been stung once or twice he would become a bee-leav er in earnest.” A married man says there is a great deal in the expression of a back comb to denote the state of the domestic atmosphere. When his wife’s comb nestles quietly iu its proper place, all is well with him; but when it is lifted nnd leans forward, he says: “Look out for squalls. A very tall.thiu Highlander Snid that “lie had a cold iu his bend originating in wet feet.” She looked at him slowly from head to foot and back again, as if measuring the distance the cold had to travel, and then ejaculated, “Gracious me ! You arust have got your leet wet some time last year/’ A young lady dressed in much false hair was warbling at the piano, and when her mother summoned her to assist in some household du ties her rosy lips opened poutiugly snapped out: “O, do it yourself;” and then went on singing : “Kind words can never die.” LAGRANGE MALE HIGH SCHOOL. corapli y edifice,woll adapted to school J purposes, with ample accommodations for _• hundred aud filty pupils. TH1 NEW BUILDING SOUTHERN FEMALE COLL IE. J.A(JKA\<JI£, GA. FACULTY. , President, Muthcmutics n Audc Will be supplied with furniture of the n?6nt approved style. Everything necessary for the successful operation of a male school of hi«h order will bo provided. Tho Institution is located near the center of the city on grounds well selected which ure being GRADED AND BEAUTIFIED. „ „ „ ^ T , Mns. M C. COX, Ilotany aud English Branches. Tho Principal elected by tho City Council bus for ' M iss A. M. COX, Modern Laugunges. NINE I EARS Miss ELIZA R. TOOLE, Primary Department. MUSIC DEPARTMENT. Mis.s_HAI.LIE C. COX, Piano, Organ nnd Violin. Miss ALICE M. COX, Piano, Guitar, and Vocal Music. ART DEPAlITM E N T. J. M. TOMLINSON, Portrait Tainting, Theory of Col- Miss M. E. STAKELEY, Drawing, Painting in Oil, Water Colors, etc. Miss FLORA HANSON, Wax, IIuir,aud other ornumcntal work. This institution has been under its present manage ment lor nearly twenty years. 'Ihe teadiers in all the departments have loug held tin-ir present positions, and tratod their fitness for the pi tees jlof Natur: Bophical apparutu Music department is furnished with ton pianos, ON A FIRM BAHIS, it aommends itself to the patronage of the public. All the branches of au ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL EDUCATION will be thoroughly taught. DISCIPLINE MILD BUT FIRM, looking always to the good of tho pupil. TUITION 8’4, 83, $1 OR ST 9 at the I BOARD IN GOOD FAMILIES AT MODERATE RATES Fall Term begins MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1877. aud Council J. A. CAItSWKI f 4 . Principal. FACULTY: Rev. J. R. MAYSON, A.M.. President, Professor of jral Science and Mathematics. G. Q. SMITH. A.M., Professor of Rhetoric and Natural Scienco. MibrLELIA RICHARDRON.M.A..Governess audTcach- of French and English Liu-raturu. Mihs JENNIE McFAIL, Teacher of Latin, Calistheu- Mns. FANNIE J. MAYSON, Primary Department. MUSIC DEPARTMENT. Mns. E. C. MALLARD, Teacher of Piano, Guitar, kc. Miss OLA SIMMONS, Assistant in Music. ART DEPARTMENT. Misft LUCY CARPENTER, Teacher of Fine Arts. Assistants will be procured when tlfc necessities of the College demand their services. This institution graduated its first class in 1846, aud since that time lias sent lorth tundrods from its classic walls to mould uud bless society. LOCATION. Tho College is located on a high omineuce overlooking the beautiful city of LaGrange and tho surrounding •ountry; remote irom tho «tir of tho city and yet suffi- r to church aud the < BOARDING. -uieucoB of business. iharts The art facilities 1 Drawing, Vocal Music u Unusual •uhilng iu ull departments is tho cgfi have repeatedly borne off pre- amph- for thorough art culture. ;l CaliKthonics/rM of charge. in penmanship; und departments is thorough aud practical. The pupils of this College have repel' “* * rnium* for excellence in music and a s huve been reduce 1 to a specie basis. Tuition. literary or music, per annum, $50. Palutit g, l. per annum, with washing, lights aud luel, $155. Tho e ih-giatc year of nine and a hall mouths >peus Hi. last Wedn sday in September and cl hcs the !0th of Jure. Tuition lrcni 1st of January. $33. Board $100. No dedm-tiou for lost time except lor protracted sickness. Uniform lor public occasions: blacu alpaca to , .... j pialn calico. For catalogues cou- 14 I. F. COX, President EMOET CO-LLEGrE—1877' OXFORD, GEORGIA. V nile from Covin^ A ujusta- •trpot, between Atlanta and iryin Railrruiri, rpHE SPRING TERM BEGINS THIRD WEDNESDAY 1 in January. Speciul uttoution is called to tho desirableness of Ox- lord ua a place to educate young men, its locution and liealthfulnc-ss, as well as its social and religious lea- ires offering peculiar udvuutagcs. Four large and well appointed buildings, besides the two Society Halls, ufford ample facilities lor all the work tho College. The Faculty has been strengthened by providing folly for the chair of English Laugnay'- a$.d Literature. EXAM - A Ail ON S. There will be thrr.- examinations of all the classes each year. The first will be held at the close oi the Fall Term, the second at the middle oi the Spring Term, uud the third ut the close ol tho Spring Term. Iu addition to tho regular studies of tho course, these examinations will embrace the elementary studies, Gecg- raphy. Arithmetic and English Grammar. All examiua- tiona arc conducted In writing. FACULTY: Rev. ATTP.US G. HAYGOOD, D. ] Prolessor of Menial and Moral Sci< Rev. GEO. W. W. STONE, A. M.. Vice-President Pnrft-Ksor of Mathematics. Rev. OSBORN L. SMITH. Language. Rev. ALEX. MEANS, M. D., D. D., LL. D. President ud D., Professor of Latin Professor lor board at d tuition oue-lialf iu udvauce and balance the middle ol the term. Each pupil boarding in the Col lege will be required to furnish one pair sheets, one pair pillow cases, one coverlet, aud half dozen towels. For furthor Information address, 3 Rev. J. R. MAYSON, President. rof Greek Language and FARMERS* HIGH SCHOOL. MALE AND FEMALE. CLASSICAL A D COMMERCIAL. Locatod two miles northeast of Houston, Ga. THE ONE PRICE SCHOOL. JgXpRClSES BEGIN first Mouday in Feb- ruary, 1877. Six mouths, first session; four mouths, second. LEONIDAS JONES, Prof. Mathematics, Principal. Mns. EMMA T. HENLEY. Music aud Primary De partments. B. H. MATHF.WS, Penmanship and Book-keeping. TERMS, PAYMENTS, kc. loug* 4. No deduction for absence will be modo except for sickness protracted ono week or louger. 5. Music ou piano with uso of instrument, $3.5C per r the school, cau be had at reasonable rates. For other partichlars addkens LEONIDAS JONES, Prin.. janl8-3m Houston, Go. Language and Literature. H. A. SCOMP, A. M.. Profuse Literature und of Hebrew . JOHN F. BONN ELL, A. M., Professor of Natural Science. R. M. MeINTOSlI. Professor of Vocal Music. RUFUS \V. SMITH, A. M., Principal of ACudemie De partment. tERMS: Tuition, Spring To ^Tuition, spring T* *ary Classes, $25; Academic Classen, $31. Board, iu good fumilies, including all expenses for fuel, lights, etc., from $16 to $20 per month. A year’s tuitiou in College may be awarded by the Principals of tho Academic Department, and of Collins- worth institute, at Talbotton, to the best scholar in tlioso schools. Two tree scholarships are offered to local andjaymou iu oac.i Presiding F.tder's District PyVBRV DESCRIPTION OF OFFICE PRINTING Dono in the most fashiouu'blc manner at tho Reporter Job Office. LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS. NOTE HEADS, STATEMENTS, BUSINESS CARDS, ENVELOPES. ffSrOrdnrs from abroad will rocoive punctual attention, City bills duplicated. SO GENTfS I l ER BOTTLE. BAILEY’S SALINE APERIENT This is the cheapest und lilOftT DELIGHTFUL PURGATIVE Before tho public. Is n delicious beverage, uud ns pica#* ant uml spurkling us a glus3 of sodu water. Fur superior to Riokouing pills. It is held in high impute by physic ians and surgeons for the speedy cure of Constipation. Biliousness, Torpid Liver. Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Heartburn, Colic. Sour Stomach. Flatulency, Sick Headache. Kidney Affections, Etc.. Etc. For tlioso who lea.l a sedentary or closoly couflucd life, aud bccomo of a constipated habit, it acts liko a charm. It is specially prepared for thu niasRcs, is put up in largo bottles, aud sold by all dru . — — lly, uo mother, no ouu tr sewing girl, should fail to i J. P. DROMGOOLE, k CO., Prop’s, Louisville, Ky. For S&lo iu LaGrange by O^bLAWAY 4b WATERMAN. utes Tickets, Show Cards. Lnbuls, ito. flood and hard time prices. A u excellent assortment of LEGAL BLANKS for County Officers ulways in stock, and sold at THE REPORTER PRINTING OFFICE I S turning out more and better printing thou any Job Office in thin purt of tho State. We have new one of tbt bcstappoinlc.d country Job Office's In Georgia, aud

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The La Grange reporter. (La Grange, Ga.) 184?-193?, November 15, 1877, Image 1