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LaG-range Reporter.
». T. WATERMAN, Editor.
K\(l HA JKlE.TfA., SEPT. 18, 1871).
THE HOOD ORPHANS.
LuG range anti Troup comity ought
to do something for the orphans of
Don. J1101 R. Hood, Lot us not bo bo.
Mud other conmmnltlos in t ho State.
Wo suggest that contributions bo loft
at the LaOrange Bank, with Mr. ,T. T.
Johnson or Mr. George A. Spoor. \Yu
have not consulted these gentlemen,
Jml wo feel sure they will receive and
forward the money given in so good a
cause. Sorely no appeal is needed for
this object. Let each contribute what
ho can.
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.
Young man, don't hold cilice.
Resignation has the biggest boom of
ail.
Murphy's resigned and so are the
people.
fs the Democracy of Jfe
combination donkey?
The investigating propensities of the
Legislators extend even to the oyster
saloons.
Isn’t it about time for Col. Peterson
Thweatt to throw another bomb-shell
athwart the startled sky—or words to
that effect.
anee with the spirit of that instrument
and of your legislation, if you consider
It proper reparation for any mistake I
have made, I hereby offer to place to
tlie credit of the State, in its Treasury,
all commissions received by me since
tlie adoption of the Constitution of
1877.
My office is an onerous one, with but
a small salary. All that I desire, if
conducive to public interests that it
should be tilled by another, is an op
portunity to retire from it in a manner
honorable to myself.
I am, very respectfully, yours,
.T. W. Renfboe.
To His R.reellawij, Alfred H. Colquitt.
Governor: I hereby lender to you my
resignation of tlie office of Treasurer
of the State of Georgia. My reasons
for this course have been stated in a
communication to the House of Hepre-
sontatfves and need not be repeated
here. I am yours, truly,
J. AY. ItarnoE.
IMPEACHMENT NO. E.
TOE MAJORITY REPORT IN THE RENFROS
CASE.
(From the.
Some say that Judge Hiram Warner
is too old to be Governor; but that is
not so. He paid up his subscription to
the Reporter, the other day, to Jan
uary 1, 1887. You see he intends to be
C'U hand a good while yet.
Tt is right and proper that the ban
ner Democratic State in the Union
should be foremost in holding her of-
I'eers to a rigid accountability. Geor
gia Democracy cannot tolerate even
the suspicion of corruption.
If the New York Democrats lose the
election in that State, the Democracy
of the Union will be emancipated from
tlie control of New York. It may be
worth while to loso the State election,
to*bring about so desirable a consum
mation..
RESIGNATIONS.
J here have been several attempted
resignations among the State officers
iu Atlanta. As a part of the history
•■r the times, we publish copies of the
letters of resignation which were ten
dered :
State of Georgia, Comproller-Gen-
rrul’s office, Atlanta, Ga., September
) >, 1878.—His Excellency, A. H. Col
umn, Governor: Sir, I hereby tender
icy resignation as Comptroller-Gener
al of the State of Georgia.
Respectfully,
W. L. Goldsmith.
Executive Department, Atlanta. Ga.,
September 15, 1879.—Hon. W. L. Gold
smith, Comptroller-General: Dear Sir,
Yours of this date tendering your res
ignation of the office of Comptroller-
General, of the State is received.
Under ordinary circumstances it
would be my duty to accept the resig
nation, and I should not hesitate to do
,Vf. But the House of Representatives
lias preferred articles of impeachment
unta Constitution.)
The committee to examine into tlie
office of the State Treasury, made tlie
following reports this morning:
MAJORITY REPORT.
Mr. Speaker: The special committee
of nine, appointed under a resolution
of the House, with Instructions “to in
vestigate thoroughly and completely
the affairs and operations of the Treas
ury Department of the State,” beg j
leave to report:
That they have proceeded to the per
formance of the duties assigned them,
and have instituted a thorough exam
ination into the operations of the
Treasury Department. This examina
tion they are still prosecuting, but
have not yet completed, and they beg
leave to submit at a later period their
report upon the general workings and
condition of the Treasury.
The committee have found at the
very threshold of their investigations
such conclusive evidence of malfeas
ance in office by J. AV. Rcnfroo, Treas
urer of the State, that they feel it their
imperative duty to lay the same before
the House, without delay,in t his special
report.
The testimony taken by the commit
tee discloses the following facts: In
January, 1876, J. \\’. Renfroe was
elected by the General Assembly of
this State to fill the unexpired term of
John Jones, who had been removed.
In January, 1877, lie was re-elected
Treasurer by the General Assembly for
the full term of four years. Among
the sureties who signed his official
bond as Treasurer in 1876, were A'. R.
Tommey, B. J. Wilson, S. B. Hoyt, II.
H. Richards and J. AA’. Murphy. These
same gentlemen, with the exception of
S. B. Hoyt and B. H. Richards, again
signed the Treasurer’s bond after his
re-election in 1877. Under the terms
of the act of 1876, allowing the sureties
on the Treasurer's bond to limit their
liability, A". II. Xommeybound himself
ou tlie bond of 1876 for $30,000, B. J.
AVilson for $30,000, S. B. Iloyt for
$30,000, R. II. Richards for $30,000, and
J. AA'. Murphy for §5,000. On this bond
of 1877, V. E. Tommey bound himself
for §60,000, B. J. Wilson for $10,000, and
J. AA'. Murphy for $30,000.
At the date of the execution of the
bond of 1876, Mr. Tommey was presi
dent and B. J. AVilson a director of the
Georgia Banking and Trust Company,
The testimony further dtcloscs that
about the first week in November, 1878,
by direction of the Treasurer, the pay
ments from all the banks on this ac
count were discontinued, By an ex
amination of tlie evidence it wilt be
seen that under the arrangements
above detailed, the four banks named
have paid to the treasurer and three of
his sureties the large sum of §33,198.65
for the use of public money deposited
with them. Of tills amount the Treas
urer received for his share the sum of
§10,358.81, the remainder having been
received by the three sureties, as fol
lows: Mr. AVilson receiving $050.41;
Air. Tommey receiving §583.11, and
Mr. Murphy receiving $6,607.33. Of the
amount received by the Treasurer,
$5,058.19 was paid to him prior to De
cember 6, 1877, and $5,800.02 was paid
subsequent to that date. This money
was received by the Treasurer for ids
individual beuelit and converted to bis
own use with the full knowledge on
li is part that it was paid by these banks
for the uso of the funds of the State
deposited with them by him. The
Treasurer, however, claims that in re
ceiving tliis money lie lias not violated
the law or boon unfaithful to- his offi
cial duty, for the reason that it was
stipulated and agreed between himself
and his sureties and so understood by
j tlie banks, that no particular time was
specilled for ids deposits to remain,
! and the entire amount in each bank to
j lie subject to bis check at any and all
times. The testimony shows this to have
been the understanding and ngree-
| meat but the committee are of the
opinion that in this matter the Treas
urer has been guilty of a plain, direct
and palpable violation of the law and
breach of his official duty. Prior to
the adoption of the present constitu
tion the law controlling this question
is contained in the eleventh paragraph
of section 12 of the act of the General
Assembly, approved February 25,1875,
which is in these words: "The Treas
urer shall not, under any circum
stances, use himself, or aliowothers to
use,the funds of the State in his hands,
and for every violation of this section
lie is liable to the State for the sum of
tive hundred dollars ns a penalty, or a
forfeiture of his salary, if such forfeit
ure will pay the penalty incurred.”
AA'hile, therefore, it is true that the
stipulations already recited were made
between the Treasurer, tlie sureties
and the banks, and were intended to
meet tlie letter of this law, yet thecon-
traet between the sureties and the
banks for the payment to the sureties
of interest on the State deposits, and
the receiving by the Treasurer of his
portion cl' those payments, is clearly
and unquestionably a violation of the
law in ils spirit and substance.
Again, more than one-lmlf the entire
amount received by t he Treasurer from
this source was paid to him subse
quently to the 5th day of December,
1877, on which day the present Consti
tution was ratified and adopted by the
people, and became tlie organic law of
true to the higlTtrust reposed in him.
The committee therefore recommend
Hint the said J. AA'. Renfroe, treas
urer of Georgia, he dealt with accord
ing to the constitution and laws of
the Slate for ills uialfensauce in office
as abovo recited and set forth. To
that end they submit herewith the
testimony taken by them and which
has already been printed mid laid be
fore the House, together with tho ex
hibits thereto attached, and also a re
script of tlie proceedings of tho com
mittees ; ami they further submit to
tho House tho following resolutions,
which they recommend be adopted:
Resolved, That J. AA'. Renfroe,
treasurer of the .State of Georgia, be
impeached for high crimes and misde
meanors in office.
Resolved, That the accompanying
testimony, exhibits and rescript, to
gether with this report, be referred to
the Committee) on tho Judiciary, with
ii s ructions toprepuroami report,with
out unnecessary delay, suitable arti
cles of impeachment uf said J. AA’.
Ren froe, Treasu rer.
Rcsolml, That a committee of sev
en of this House be appointed to pro
ceed forthwith to the bar of tho Sen
ate and there impeach J. AA’. Renfroe,
Treasurer, in the numes of the House
of Representatives and of all tlie peo
ple of Georgia, of high crimes and
misdemeanors in office, and to inform
that body that formal articles of iin-
peuohmcnt will in duo time be pre
sented, and to request tho Senate to
tako such order in tlie premises ns
they may deem appropriate.
Hespectfally submitted,
A. I,. Miller,
Reese Crawford,
H. T, Hollis,
Rout. A. Nisbet,
Geo. II. Siblev,
AV. C. Sheffield,
A. J. Kino,
J. F. Awtrev.
MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL.
As will be seen elsewhere in this im
pel' tilings are humming in Atlanta.
In the midst of his trial, Comptroller-
Goldsmith tendered bis resignation to
tho Governor. Tills was virtually n
confession of guilt. The Governor
very properly refused toaceept tlie res
ignation. The trial went on. Gold
smith’s counsel deelinod to introduce
any testimony or to argue tho case.
Yesterday the vote was taken. He was
adjudged guilty on the first article by
a vote of 10; none opposing; three ab
sent and not voting.
Article second was rend and on it tho
vote stood; “guilty” 8, “not guilty”
32, so on that article ho was declared
not guilty.
On the third article, relating to issu
ing 11. fas. before time had expired, the
vote stood, gnilty 40, not guilty, none.
On the 4th article the vote stood
guilty 34, not guilty 6.
On the 5tli article the vote stood guil
ty 40, not guilty none.
On the 6th article the vote stood guii-
THIRD ANNUAL FAIR.
FALL ANN OUN CEMENT. ---1879.
Gr
WESTERN GEORGIA FAIR ASSOCIATION
LaGrange, Georgia.,
OCTOBER 14,15, 16 and 17,1879.
LIBERAL CASH PREMIUMS FOR
Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock, Poultry,
Manufactures, Merchandise, Fancy
Goods, Needle-work. Fine Arts, &c.
Again It Is my pleasure to comoboforo this community wflli a larger and
more attractive atock than 7 over before brought to this market. I think I un-
derstniul tlie wauls of the trading public, and with unusual care ru the pm'ohaso
of my present stock, I have endeavored teget the best goods for the money in
vested and foot ooolldont that in variety, style and prices I can please you. My
stock of
DRESS GOODS
Embrao
In tho
) mil the I'utcst novelties with suitable trimmings for every piece.
Notion Department
You will have to decide whether ft embrace
enumerate tlie articles hero.
i any beautiesaslt is impossible-
MANY NEW AND ATTRACTIVE FEATURES!
TRIALS OF SPEED EVER7 DAY!
Liberal Purses for Rac ng and Trotting!
A GRANT) TOURNAMENT?
LADIES’AND GENTLEMEN'S HORSEBACK RIDING'
MANY PROMINENT STATE MEN ARE INVITED TO EE PRESENT.
Half-fare Ratos on th Ra Loads!
FUN FOR THE MILLION!
W1IEELBAHHOW RACES, BAG II i
MULE RACES, AN t
AMUSE ' .
I’i!REE-LEGGED RACES, SLOW
!N 1 I’’ 17 THE
Cloaks from $2 SO to $25.00. An elegant line Dolman
en .lleos corie y of Tie.. An elegant assortment Balbrig-
gnn plain and. striped Hose for children, ladies and
Mi: es. Beautiful opera cloaks. A large stock
launrlr ed nd unlaundried shirt-collars at 12
cts. each. Gents* un.derwi.ftr, li-le thread
and riped half-hose. Splendid aseort-
mcn piece goods. An immen a
. eck of ready made clothing.
An I ; ilUi
; imp
sni''
' rv
fo
i'er
tipi
r J he I arge-st stock children’s, misses’ and ladies shoes in LaGrange.
Planters’ Boots and Shoes by the hundred.
Ladies’ finest shoes in foxed, morocco, pebble and grain.
Gents’ Hats from 50c to $5.00.
The colebratad Stetson hat. Gant3' fi.no shoos, cheap and in great variety.
No Entry feos required on Articles E.jl
Exhibitors. Bring in you.' A.rticl
AND LET '•'• ' V!
S;'.l N IN A :
to;. jj!1 aro cordially invited to be
of Hait of every Description
OVERCOATS THAT WILL CERTAINLY PLEASE EVERYBODY.
din
eg and jalcheL.
tliis State, and whatever justification ] ty I, uot guilty, 36.
or excuse may be set up by thoTreas- I On the itharticle the\otestood guil-
^gjgainst you as Comptroller-General j of At lanta, both also being large stock
’otiri the Senate has taken eognizan
holders therein. Mr. Hoyt was presi-
nf the ease, and is now sitting as a high flent ond y [r HR-hards was cashier of
court of impeachment, and the truth of
l he charges, preferred by tlie house of
Representatives, is now pending.
Under this state of facts an accept
ance of your resignation might embar
rass a co-ordinate department of the
government in the discharge of its offl-
oiul duties, and I must, therefore, re
spectfully deeline to accept the resig
nation as tendered by yon.
Respectfully,
‘Alfred H. Colquitt.
Statu of Georgia, Treasury Depart
ment, Atlanta, September 15,1879. Col.
John W. Renfroe, State Treasurer, Sir:
Since you have been State Treasurer
you have been kind enough to make
me your clerk, and I shall ever appre
ciate your friendship, hut believing
thereisdissatisfaction iDsomequarters
calculated to injure you,in conseqnence
of my connoetion with your office, I
therefore respectfully tender tliis, my
the Atlanta Savings Bank, together
they owned about one-half of the en
tire capital stock thereof. These four
sureties signed the bond of 1876. upon
the condition, assented toby the Treas
urer, that they or certain of them
should select particular banks in which
the Treasurer should deposit the pub
lic money, or at least a large portion
thereof. In pursuance of this agree
ment, the Georgia Banking ami Trust
Company, in which the Treasurer was
already depositing, and tlie Atlanta
Savings Bank were selected by them,
and the Treasurer proceeded to deposit
therein large amounts of tlie State
funds. For the use of these Slate de
posits, the Georgia Banking and Trust
Company paid on the average monthly
balances a commission or interest of
five percent, per annum, tho payments
being made monthly to Mr. B. J. Wil
son, who paid over to the Treasurer
resignation as a clerk in tho Treasury 1 Gvo per cent, thereof,-and divided the
Department, to take effect at once.
Respectfully,
John W. Mdrpbt.
To the House, of Representatives: In
view of the proceedings recently had
in your body, in connection with the
Treasury department, I desire to pre
sent toyoureonsideration the following
facts:
I feel conscious of a faithful discharge
of the duties of my office. No time or
labor has been spared in, protecting
the large interests confided to me. The
money to the last farthing is now and
and always has been, since my official
term commenced, on deposit to their
credit in banks of undoubted solvency.
I realize that my efforts for the welfare
of my State have not been unavailing.
But as I candidly and frankly stated
to the committee on the Treasury, I
buve received some commissions on
the State’s deposits, and it appears
that a majority of that committee
think that the public interests demand
the infliction upon me of the severest
penalty which can be imposed upon a
public officer. If tlie public weal de
mands tlie sacrifice, and the law au
thorizes it, I have to say that it will
not be the first time that I have stood
prepared to lay iny all, even to life it
self, upon the altars of my State,
I am no lawyer, and perhaps not as
mrefill a student of our present Con-
stitotfon as I ought to have been. Itis
true that I am legally charged with n
knowledge of its provisions, especially
of those that relate to my office; but
r,s a matter o( fact, and as is the case
with many members of the bar, and of
the General Assembly, my attention
had not been called to these provisions
prior to October or November, 1878.
Since then I have not received a penny
In the way of commissions. All my
conduct in connection with this mattor
has been based upon,an unbroken Hue
of precedence, endorsed in the resolu
tions of December 8, 1871, in the most
solemn and pointed manner by the
l Adhembly. It is true that the
I remainder between himself and V. H
: Tommey. This continued until the
j early part of 1877, when Mr. Wilson
j withdrew from the arrangement, after
| which, said bank paid Air. Tommey
for the year 1877 the fixed sum of §1,500
for the use of the State’s deposits, and
for the year 1878, the same percentage
thereon as for 1876 these payments be
ing made to Mr. Tommey, who paid
over to tlie Treasurer one-third of the
entire amount, except the last pay
ment for 1878, of which the Treasurer
received no part.
For a like use of the public funds de
posited therein, the Atlanta Savings
Bank, during tlie year 1870, paid to B.
J. Wilson two per cent, per annum on
the average monthly balances as com
mission or interest thereon, and tliis
entire amount so received by Air. Wil
son, was by him paid to tlie Treasurer.
This continued until tho early part of
1877, when Air. Wilson withdrew from
the arrangement, and a new agree
ment was made by the bank with Air.
J. W. Murphy. As has been stated,
Air. Murphy signed tlio Treasurer’s
bond in 1876, binding himself for§5,000,
and again 1877, binding himself for
§30,000.
In February, 1876, lie was appointed
by the Treasurer, Clerk in the Treasu
ry, and that position he lias held from
that date continuously up to tho pres
ent time. In tho early part of 1877,
Air. Murphy applied to the Treasurer
to be allowed to make with certain
banks in Atlanta an arrangement sim
ilar to that made by tho other sureties
with the bank already named.
To this the Treasurer assented, and
with his permission Air. Murphy con
tracted with tho Citizens’ Bank, the
Bank of the State of Georgia and the
Atlanta Savings Bank, that they should
pay him (Alurphy) live per cont. per
annum on the average monthly bal
ances ol the public deposits—Mr. Alur
phy agreeing on his part that, the
Treasurer should deposit large sums
of the public money in said banks.
These payments, as commissions or
ftjlmlitution of 1877 contains provisions | interest for the use of the State’s fund
""' l i**™ 1 *" 1 ' ** 1 —*"
ui'ev, under the language of tho statute
just cited, he certainly could not mis- j
take or misconstrue the plain, positive
and comprehensive provision of the j
Constitution upon this subject. Para- \
graph five of section two of article five j
of that instrument provides that “the I
Treasurer shall not be allowed, direct
ly or indirectly, to receive any fee, in
terest or reward from any person, bank
or corporation for desposit or use in j
any manner of the public funds, and
the General Assembly shall enforce
this provision by suitable penalties.
Again, paragraph 1 of'seotion 9 of ar
ticle 7 provides that “The receiving,
directly or indirectly, by any officer of
the Slate or county, or member or offi
cer of the General Assembly of any
interest, profits or perquisites arising
from the use or loan of public funds in
bis hands, or moneys to be raised
through his agency for Slate or county
purposes shall be deemed a felony and
punishable as may be prescribed by
law, a part of which punishment shall
be a disqualification from holding of
fice.” The mere reading of these two
provisions of onr supreme law is suffi
cient. They need no legislation to
make them operalivo in their prohibi
tory power. The Treasurer lias un
questionably done what they clearly
forbid, and in thus violating deliber
ately the plain and positive prohibi
tion of the Constitution, ho lias, in
opinion of the Committee, boon guilty
of a high crime and misdemeanor.
The testimony further shows that the
Treasurer, for signing officially the
coupons on the bonds of the North
eastern railroad company, indorsed
by the State, charged said railroad
company therefor IK per cent. Janu
ary, 1878, he received from officers of
tho company §547 in payment of that
claim, which sum of money ho con
verted to his own use and benefit.
The committee know of no law which
justifies this charge on tlie part of the
Treasurer, and if there be law, custom
or precedent on which tlie charge can
he sustained, the constitution again
interposes and prohibits tho Treasur
er from receiving this money for his
own use. Such is the plain language
of paragraph seven, section two of ar
ticle five, which is in the following
words: “Tho Secretary of State, the
Comptroller General and the Treasur
er shall not be allowed perquisites or
compensation other than their sala
ries, as prescribed by law, except their
necessary expenses when absent from
the seat of Government on business
for the State.” It is also provided by
section eleven of the act of 1876 tnat
the Treasurer shall receive no perqui
site for any official act,but that the fees
prescribed by law shall bo collected
and paid into the State Treasury. The
committee are therefore of tlie opin
ion that in this transaction also, the
Treasurer lias clearly violated tlie law
and tlie plain provision of the consti
tution.
Again, it appears from the testimo-
ny-that some time in the early part of
present year, the Treasurer, while in
tho city of Augusta, applied to Gener
al E. I*. Alexander, President of tlie
Georgia Railroad, for u position under
said Company, for ono of his, the
Treasurer’s personal friends, propos
ing in return therefor to deposit in
the hank of said Company large
amounts of the public money, the sum
to vary from fifty thousand dollars
to ono hundred thousand dollars.
The evidence shows that tho Treasur
er, in thus attempting to use his
official power and position for the
■MMa
ty 6, not guilty, 34.
On article eight the vote stood guilty
18, not guilty 22.
And so, on eight out of the seventeen
articles, lie was found gu'lty. The
sentence had not been pronounced on
him at last account.
Not wit lisiamli ng Treasurer Rcnfi'oc’s
letter of resignation, the House of Rep
resentatives, after a spirited discussion
determined to impeach him, mid ap
pointed tho following committee to
present him to the Senate for impeach
ment: Messes. A. L. Miller, Reese,
Crawford, Nesbit, Sibley, Sheffield of
Early, King and Awtrey.
It is very evident that the Legisla
ture is determined to have every de
partment of the State government
thoroughly investigated, and to have
all wrongs made right. This is well,
and in so doing our law-makers have
the hearty approval of every honest
and fair-minded man in tho State.
This business is expensive, but it is
worth all the money and timo that are
spent on it. Let tlie good work go on
until it is completed.
Ample Space will be Provided for all Exhibits. First-rate
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
Stalls for Live-stock
incLlarr cr
THE STAR SIIIRT, UNHi-iR SHIRTS, DRAWER.
•FS, (“OFFBUTTONS
: ITFUL LINE OF SCARFS, BOAVS,
Large crowds will be
if. li. CAR I', 1*nr.x'T.
D. N. SHEER, Gkn. Mitf’t.
T. II. WHITAKER, Sr.c’v.
ITEti, AND .iir.lv iiANDKERCIIIEFS, Etc., Etc
GEORGIA NEWS.
An old negress of Griffin says a poul
tice from okra blossoms will euro sore
eyes.
The ludies of Augusta in ono day
collected §184.25 for tlie Hood or
phans.
Tho Savannah Recorder’s presiden
tial ticket is Thurman and H. V.
Join.son.
Robberies are frequent in Savannah*
One store was burglarized in daylight.
The Enterprise Factory at Augusta
lias sold all its goods and lias orders
months ahead.
Mr. J. C. Martin of Cuthbert, lias
donated ten gallons of wine to be sold
for tlie Hood orphans.
A farmer in Pike county, expects to
get sixteen bales of ootton this year
off of sixteen acres of land.
In Emanuel county, last sale day,
land ranged from fifty-four cents to
three dollars and fifty-live cents per
acre.
A sweet potato twenty and one-half
inches in circumference gives an idea
of what Screven county can do iu that
lino when she tries.
Tendall gold mine, in Wilkes coun
ty, is paying from thirty to sixty dol
lars per day, with little expenses, says
the Washington Gazette.
The managers of the Athens Fair,
which comes off iu October next, are
putting forth every effort to make the
exhibition a success. Several fine
ruuning and trotting horses are al
ready on tho grounds undergoing
training for the races on that occa
sion.
The Athens Banner says that Mr.
H. L. Stuart is still in a most critieal
condition. At times he appears to
rally, which excites much hope on the
part of his friends, but so far no per
manent or reliable change for the bet
ter lias taken place. It is thought by
his physician that there is but very
little hope of his recovery. Later news
tells of his death.
Griffin lias received fifty bales of
new cotton so far. By this time last
year the receipts there were about live
hundred bales. Tliis is evidence of
the backwardness of tho crop.
Several car londs of iron have ar
rived in Columbus for the North and
South Railroad. Tlie time specified
for completing the grading over
HEYMAN, MERZ & CO.
ARE TOG BU
IMMENSE -TO . OF FALL .
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September 11, 1870.
E. R. BRADFIELD.
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GEORGIA STATE i AIR
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR
LINE RAILWAY.
Shirts of Superior Iluslin, Extra Fine Linen Shield Boson.,
French Yoke, and completely finished for
$7.50 A .DOZEN! ^ ^
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Oct. 27th to Nov. 1st, 1879.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
The Moot Magnificent and Best Ap
pointed Grounds in America!
LIBERAL CASH PREMIUMS
In all Classes, and tho largest offered by any
Fair in tho United States.
TROTTING AND RUNNING RACES!
Every day, by some of tho
MOST NOTED HORSES ON THE TURF!
Music will bo furnished by a
CELEBRATED MILITARY BAND.
Many of the Prominent Statesmen,
Now boforo tho public, will attend the State Fair
as visitors, and several will make addresses.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES FOR
Freights and Passengers, on all tho Rail
roads in tho Btato.
Atlanta, Ga., Juno 3,1879.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
O N and after June I, trains will run ou this
roud as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN—EASTWARD.
Leave Atlanta 4 00 a. m
Arrive at Churlotte 3 20 p. in
WESTWARD.
Leavo Charlotte 12 10 p. m
Arrive at Atlanta 11 80 a. m
NIOHT TAB8ENOER TRAIN—EASTWARD.
Leave Atlanta 3 30 p. ra
Arrivo at Charlotte 3 20 a. m
WESTWARD.
Leave Charlotte 10 40 a. m
Arrivo at Atlanta 10 30 p. m
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN—EASTWARD.
Leave Atlanta 6 SO a. m
Arrivo at Central 6 20 p. m
WESTWARD.
Lonvo Central 6 50 p. m
Arrivo at Atlunta C 15 a. m
Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and
Southwest.
Connecting at Chnrlotte for all Eastern points.
Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville, 8onecu
City, Greenville and Spartanburg to all points
East and West.
G. J. FOREACRE, Genorul Managor.
W. J. HOUSTON, G. P. ft T. Agont.
A. P. JONES,
PRACTICAL CARRIAGE MAKER,
LAGRANGE, - - - GEORGIA.
A cordial Invitation is extended to you to bo an
Exhibitor, and you are requested to write to tho
Soeretary at Macon for a Promlura List und other
Information.
GUARDIANSHIP.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
Ordinary’s Office, September, 2,1879.
Jennie P. Townsend, and Fannie N. Townsend,
non resident minors under fourteon years of
age, this Is to cite all pontons concerned to show
cause, If any they can, w hi^h<MrunrdlaruMpoL
SOMETHING NEW IN LAGRANGE!
HARDWARE! HARDWARE!
WE HAVE ON HAND AT LOWEST CASH PllICES A FULL ASSORTED
STOCK OF HARDWARE.
IRON, STEEL, HUBS, SPOKES, Etc.,
CUTLERY, LOOKS, CHAINS AND PLOWS,
AND A VARIETY OF OTHER ARTICLES.