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COLUMBUS SUNDAY ENQUIRER: SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1877.
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COLUKBUS, GEORGIA:
SUNDAY AUGUST 5, 1877.
SALISBURY fit CO., - Proprietors.
A new secret organization, called the
1 ‘Iron Hearts,” takes the place of the
Molly Maguires in the coal regions of
Pennsylvania.
The imports of dry goods for July, re.,
veal cn increase of $570,338 over the
same months last year, which is a favora
ble showing.
Ex-Gov. Moses’ testimony before the
South Carolina Investigating Committee,
criminates Chamberlain beyond a doubt,
and the documentary proofs are said to be
overwhelming.
Mb. Alexandeb H. Stephens has writ
ten an article on the “Letters of Junius,”
for the International Review. He dis
putes every claim to their authorship that
has ever arisen.
Db. Edwabd Warben, formerly of
North Carolina, but latterly of Egypt, has
been created a Knight of the Order of
Isabel the Catholic, because he success*
fully treated some noble Spaniards.
The Jewish population of Palestine is
about ten thousand souls. These are di
vided among four principal “communes,’
viz. : Jerusalem, Safed, Tiberius and
Hebron. Just half of the population re
side in Jerusalem.
Thebe is a funny political muddle in
South Carolina. A committee of the
Legislature is investigating Senator Pat
terson’s election, and that Republican
worthy has employed Senator Butler, his
Democratic colleague, as his attorney.
Mb. A. H. Stephens is going around
with the whirligig of time. He appeared
in Court in Georgia the other day as the
attorney of a blind colored man. What
would his friends have said to him if he
bad done that thing twenty years ago?—
N. T. Tribune.
He did that thing more than twenty
years ^ago, and his friends thought him
* ‘some pumpkins, ” too.
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It is now thought that Mr. Hayes will
not make his visit to Virginia until after
his trip in September to the Louisville In
dustrial Exposition. One of the plans
under consideration is for the President
to return from Louisville by way of Nash
ville, Bristol, Lynchburg and Richmond,
and it is quite likely this route will be
chosen.
The Mississippi Convention has nomi
nated J. M. Stone for Governor; W. H.
Sims, for Lieutenant Governor; K. Fal-
ooner, for Secretary of- State; S. Gwin,
for Auditor, T. C. Catchings, for Attor
ney General; J. A. Smith, for Superin
tendent of Education. Lamar’s speech
before the body is greatly commented
upon and approved generally. He ap
proved Hayes’ Administration so long as
It maintained its Democratic and liberal
policy.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette says the Postal Conven
tion, recently assembled at Old Point
Comfort, had a secret caucus to discuss
the Speakership, and resolved that vigor
ous efforts should be made to put John
Goode, of Virginia, in the Speaker’s chair.
The Virginia delegation may have
bad a secret caucus on this subject and
passed good resolutions; but we do not
believe that any serious attempt was made
to influence the Speakership.
New York has just been called on to
witness a^new Juliet in the person of a
young Washington lady just fourteen
years of age. Miss Boyle is described as
petite, handsome and girlish—not the
full grown woman, matured by the sky
of Italy, as Juliet was at fourteen. The
public appear to have been delighted.
The newspapers are fpir, no doubt, and
yet keenly critical. The Sun and World
see in her fine promise of future success,
wfien maturity comes with years and fin
ish with experience. Her reading is pro
nounced by the World almost faultless,
And her manner natural and graceful, and
wholly unaffected.
The Savannah and Memphis Rail-
boad.—The reports of officers at the an
nual meeting of stockholders yesterday
are encouraging. They show a gratify
ing increase of business, and a prospect
that a connection with Childersburg and
Talladega will be effected at no distant
day, thus securing a through route North
and West. The road will soon be fore
closed and purchased by the bondholders.
Municipal corporations which have paid
subscriptions in bonds, and regularly met
the interest will be furnished new bonds,
dollar for dollar, in the coming organiza
tion. This secures the $100,000 of bonds
which Columbus has in the property.
This road cannot be of any benefit
to our city until we can have a
xeasonable rate over the Western Railroad
of Alabama, and it is hoped this desirable
result may be attained.
Mb. Arthur gives a brief history of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, of
which he is at present the chief, and of
its purposes. The society is at present
one hundred and ninety-two subordinate
divisions, he says, and we learn from
other sources, that it has in fact about
thirteen thousand members and a fund of
nearly half a million dollars. Mr. Arthur
Bays that among its objects one is to insure
tbejlives of its members, securing to the
family of each, in case of death or disabil
ity in the line of his duty, the sum of
three thousand dollars. The society has
paid nearly a million of dollars as insur
ance and fifty thousand dollars more to
needy members. This at least is good
work. It is generally admitted, we be
lieve, that the society requires of its
members sobriety, faithfulness to duty
and general good conduct.
No two persons, says Emerson, read a
Book alike. Each one gets ideas, or sees
things, that no other one gets or sees.
And there seems to be a variety of mo*
tives for reading books; but perhaps none
is more original than those told of a cou
ple of Providence ladies by a recent wri
ter in a Providence paper, who has
been giving some attention to the circu
lating libraries of that city, and their
readers. One lady takes out books “be
cause,” she says, “it looks well 'to see
new books lying around.” She never
opens the books. Another lady frankly
explained her motive as follows: “O,
no, I don’t read the books, that would be
too tiresome. I just look over the be
ginning till I find who the characters are,
and then I turn to the end to see how
they come out. Then if anybody asks
me about the book, I say, ‘O yes, I’ve
Aeen it;’ and I tell bow it ended, and so
£et the credit of being quite literary.”
RATIONALE OF VERSE
Edgar Allen Poe in his article on this
subject rightly contends there never was
written a good long poem. Those of
length which we are accustomed to extoll
are made up of occasional splendid pas '
sages which atone for the dullness of the
dreary pBges which lie between. Let
anyone take Homer, Virgil, Spencer, Mil-
ton, Dante or any of the grand singers of
the past or present and he will find, no
matter how cultivated his tastes or keen
his perceptive faculties, that he has to
wade through many tiresome plattitudes
and weary prosa to reach the gems which
sparkle with delight and become more
ennobling by (he contemplation. Mil
ton’s Paradise Lost, as well as the rest
that are termed sublime or beautiful are
merely composed of brilliant short poems
with many a plodding waste to be travel
ed over before they are reached—dread
ful stretches of commonplaces intervening
from that which exalts the soul.
The same original and forcible writer
oontends that the foundation of ail true
poetry is beauty,and its essence is a spirit
of sadness and sorrow which is not akin
to pain. He thinks this emotion the most
delightful of which the human heart is
capable and that it evokes the sweet men
tal sensations which are, like the memories
of joys that are passed, pleasant yet
mournful to the soul. Under this ruling
he selects the following from Tennyson’s
Princess, as being the most perfect and
beautiful poem of the language. It reads
altogether different than when heard in
song to the tedious air to which some
wretched, drawling composer has attempt
ed to adapt the words, and to which we
are sometimes compelled to listen from
pretentions lovers of harmony :
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from tbe depths of some divine despair
Rise in the heart and gather in the eyes,
In look'ng on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the under
world,
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns
The earliest pipe oi half-awakened birds
To dying ears, when into dying eyes
The casemeut slowly grows a glimmering
square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.
Dear as remember’d kisses after death.
And sweet as those by hopeless iancy feign'd
On lips that are for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O Death in Life the days that are no more.
EACH MAKES OR MAKS HIS FOR
TUNE.
The motive principle which underlay
the late strike was the trite saying, “the
world owes me a living.” It is the inva
riable excuse of the idle, vicious or dissi
pated who are averse to labor. It is as
frequently the plea of the dreamer, who
dissatisfied with the present, ardently
anticipates something in the beyond, who
endeavors to subsist on hope. That as
we all know is a very immaterial substance
that quickly vanishes into thin air. The
world gives nothing to men beeaDse of
any obligation it is under. What we call
luck sometimes appears to deserve the
name we give it, the resnlt of a fortunate
accident, bat the instances which fall
nnder the allotment are very rare. The
lucky ones probably worked years after
years to take advantage of the opportunity
when it arose. Why the esteem in which
a man is held depends upon his own ef
forts to please.
Hon. A. H. Stephens, in writing to his
brother, Judge Linton Stephens, when
the latter was a student in the University
of Georgia, says: “A man is generally
treated by the world as he treats it, and
to get from others their good will, esteem
and confidence, he must generally yield
the contribution of his own.”
On the same line Bulwer’s son, better
known as “Owen Meredith,” now Viceroy
of India, in his poetical novel “Lucille,’’
has this :
“For let a man once show the world that he
leels
Afraid of its bark, and ’twill fly at bis heels:
Let him fearlessly face it, and ’twil leave him
alone,
But itwill frown at his feet if he flings it a
bone.”
Both are truisms of their kind. The
world appears to know what is it abont and
it seldom gives a man anything unless he
asks and eagerly works for it. There’s
nothing like success, but few reach its
heights, toil as they may ; yet they are
possible to all.
THE CONVENTION.
Yesterday salaries of Sudges were re
duced. This, we think, an ill advised
move. It affects not the present incum
bents. If gold continues to decrease, and
the country becomes prosperous, when
the time for the election rolls around, the
pay may be considered desirable by as
first class men as we have now. We
really regret however that fixed salaries
were placed in the Constitntion. The
Convention as far as it has gone has
acted prudently and with marked wisdom.
No jJHncipal feature has yet been adopted
which is not an improvement on
the present Constitution. There may
be opposition to the instrument, as there
is by the discontented to everything
where they fail to accomplish their par
ticular purpose. This dissatisfaction will
gradually disappear as the excellence of
the new Constitution becomes apparent.
Certainly we shall not aid in its defeat for
the little that has been done that we did
not favor.
The action of leaving the election of
Judges to the Legislature is wise. It was
done before and in the times when Geor
gia was as great and more prosperous
than now. The office of Governor
loses some of its power but none of its
dignity. Able men do not require enor
mous command of appointments to im
press their characteristics upon the Legis
lature of the State.
A New York letter says the dry goods
merchants of that city are speaking very
hopefully of the prospects for a good fall
trade. The riots, they say, could not
have happened at a better time for them
than thus “between seasons.” There
were but few goods to be forwarded to
the interior, and the interruption of
transportation, therefore, was not serious
ly felt. There are many Southern and
Western buyers in town who will take
hold in a day or two. The certainty of
abundant crops warrants the belief that
the West is going to be a more liberal
purchaser than any season since the panic.
Secretary Thompson will resume hiff
examination of the Government. navy
yards by visiting the Kittery and Boston
Navy Yards some time daring the present
month. At a later period he will make an
examination in person of the Pensacola
Naval Station, and will visit the Charles
ton Station, near Beaufort. This last
point has been recommended to the Sec
retary as possessing marked advantages
for a naval station. It is claimed that it
has thirty feet depth of water and can
readily aocommodate the entire navy of
the country.
THE SOVEREIGNS.
THE ELECTION OF JUDGES.
GEO WING DI8CJNTENT—THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERALSHIP.
Special correspondence of th# Enquirer.]
Atlanta, Saturday, Aug. 3rd.
The best debate of the session has jost
closed. It was had on the manner of ap
pointing judges: As before said there is
a strong party in the Convention who are
bent on cutting down the Governor’s pre
rogatives and some of them are radical in
their opinions on this subject. They
would barely leave him with his official
shirt on his back. They are willing to
any diminution of his power, any shorten
ing of his term, any reduction of his lit
tle salary. This party led the fight for
the election of Judges by the people,
and they managed their side admirably.
Judge John Collier, of Fallon, was one
of the most enthusiastic advocates of
this new mode of election, and made a
long speech in support of it. The rea
soning of his effort and of all those who
agreed with him, was just about this:
“If you can trust the people to elect a
Governor who shall appoint Judges, you
can trust the people to elect the judges
themselves,” and Gov. Jenkins made the
strongest speech of tbe opposition to this
movement. He seemed thoroughly
aroused in his antagonism to what he
pronounced a most dangerous movement,
and his effort was one of the very best of
the session. The Convention refused to
agree with him, however, and by a good
majority deolared that hereafter all our
Judges shall be chosen by the Legislature.
The election for half the Circuit Judges
will take place next year; the remainder
to be elected in 1880. The Supreme
Court Judges will be elected at
intervals of two years, the first being
chosen in 1880. The Attorney General is
tojbe elected in the same manner and at
the same time as tbe Governor. This
action of the Convention has already
caused a wide difference of opinion
amoug its members. There are some men
who regard the proposed manner of elect
ing the judiciary as really dangerous.
They opposed the election by the people
because they feared that the bench of
Georgia would be full of demagogues
and political tricksters. Their fears are
not yet allayed for they are aware that
the Legislatures are two often governed
by rings and controlled by lobbyists.
When the election comes off in 1878, if
the Constitution is adopted, the plan
will be put to its severest test. There
will be a rush by all the legal
ambition in the State for the various va
cancies. Tbe Legislature will see what a
trial the Governor has been subjected to,
and will have the delicate duty of select
ing between a score of candidates for
every vacant bench.
The time of final adjournment may be
fixed at the very last of week after next,
that is, so say some of the members. It
seems to one who sits in the hot galleries
and nods over the slow proceedings that
the great law machine is good to turn for
four weeks yet. There may be some
patent way of dispatching business which
is soon to be introduced, some clap-trap
method of cutting off extra windiness
which now is so abundant, but with the
present slow methods, an adjournment at
the time named is scarcely within the
limits of probability. The Sovereigns
make haste slowly, and it would really be
incompatible with their dignity to rush
matters in any way whatsoever.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr. Francis Fontaine of your county,
offered a resolution a few days since that
all the circuit judges in the State be com
pelled to alternate in holding courts, so
that each Judge should go the entire
rounds of the State. The resolution was
supported by many of the ablest men in
the Convention, but a motion to table,
cut it off. It is founded on a good princi
ple and if put into operation would cor
rect many abuses.
The Trustees of the State University
are here, that is a majority of them, and
are busily consulting abont something.
The management of the institution is not
at all popular, and a change is expected.
Gloomy reports as to the future have
created a strong opposition to the present
Chancellor. He is an able man, one of
the ablest in the State, but, in the opin
ion of many, is not fitted for the office he
holds.
Mr. Porter Ingram continues in his in
veterate opposition to waste of time. He
evidently came here to attend to busi
ness. Tat.
Selaver thus explains the causes which
led to the personal encounter: “I helped
Gould at one time out of the tightest
place he was ever in. I told him if ever
I found him deceiving me I would thrash
him, and I have done it. He tried to
make me sell stocks when he was buying,
and in doing so tried to over reach me. I
told him I would thrash him, and I have
kept my word, even if he could not keep
his.”
A woman asked the Adjutant General
of Maine for a pension a few days ago,
on the ground that her daughter wanted
to buy a new dress to wear to camp meet
ing, and when he declined to accede she
departed muttering that he was “a regu
lar hog.”
TRINITY CHURCH IN DANGER.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF WALL
STREET HAD BEEN BOMBARDED BY GUN
BOATS.
Gen. Hillhouse, the Assistant Treasurer
in charge of the United States Sab-
Treasury called on Commodore Nicholson
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday
last, to see what assistnee he coaid ob
tain from there in case of an attack on
bis building. The General felt very so
licitous about the immense treasure in
bis custody, and he expressed his fears to
tbe Commodore, and asked him what
help he coaid render.
“I will move a gunboat down the river
opposite Wall street,” the veteran navy
officer answered; “and if a crowd at
tacks you I will turn the guns on them. ”
“What do you think will be the effect
of yonr firing?” Gen. Hillhouse asked.
“We would knock down Trinity steeple
with some of our shells ”
General Hillhouse said that he hoped
that such would not be the result, ana re
quested the Commodore to instruct his
gunners, in case they were called on to
bombard Wall street, to aim so as not to
hit Trinity church.
In tbe United States Assay Office, ad
joining the Sub-Treasury, the prepara
tions made by Thomas C. Acton, the
Superintendent, to receive raiders were
most extensive. Pipes were laid for
throwing vitriol and other deadly acids,
of which considerable quantities are kept
in the building.—N. Y. Sun.
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Babies should be too highly prized to
permit them to suffer with Colic, Flatu
lence, etc., when Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup
will at once relieve them. Price 25 ceuts
a bottle.
GEORGIA HEWS.
—Mr. Noah Cloud, of Crawford county,
is dead.
—Mr. James E. Withington, of Savan
nah, died Thursday.
—Warren and Hancock counties pre
sent gloomy reports of crops.
—Miss Mulligan, of Macon, has been
declared not insane but dangerous.
—Mr. John S. Lee, an old and highly
respected citizen of Crawford county, died
last Monday evening.
—The 1 elegraph-Messenger has receiv
ed sweet potatoes of the pumpkin yam
variety of this year’s raising.
—Wash Golden, aged eighteen, shot
and killed Lee Pierce, aged fifty, in Har
alson county, one day this week.
—Irwin county will not be on short ra
tions next year. She has planted 4,909
acres in corn, and 1,335 in cotton, this
year.
—An infant of W. S. Holliman of
Hawkinsville died from the effects of a
dose of morphia given by mistake for a
bismnth powder.
—At a game of base ball between am
ateur clubs of Augusta, on Friday, the
score stood 13 to 7. Why can’t Colum
bus clubs play that way?
—The fanny man of the Constitution
is running the State Fair, and of course
it will be a fiasco. He’s too funny, and
he loves to air it too much.
—Mr. Howard Callaway, of Long Cane,
has recovered a gold watch a negro stole
from him. It and the thief were captured
by the Marshal of Opelika.
—Do the Convention orators know what
tbe Chinaman said abont the lawyer who
lost his case through too much speaking ?
“Too rnuchee dam chin chin.”
—The $1,000,000 issne of Georgia rail
road six per cent, bonds, authorized by
the Georgia Legislature, to take up out
standing liabilities, will be ready in a
short time.
—At a ‘ citizens’ meeting in Macon a
a committee was appointed to memorialize
the Convention: W. W. Leman, John C
Curd, A. R. Tinsley, Samuel Waxelbaum
and Robert Flanders.
—At West Point last Wednesday a thief
stole Rev. D. M. Poor’s coat, pants and
vest, the pockets of which contained $30
in cash and $1,000 in notes. All recov
ered bat the pants and cash.
—Mr. Dave Mann, a mail carrier be
tween Hawkinsville and Irwinton, whose
horse became sick while on his route,
shouldered tbe bag and walked thirty -
five miles to Hawkinsville in one day.
—A popular physician in Newton coun
ty was plowing in his shirt last
Saturday. A party of girls saw him.
They blushed; the Doctor let loose the
plow handles and hid himself in the bush
es.
—Mr. R. Berry, who has $100,000 in
real estate in Atlanta, has put $10,000 in
the cotton factory at that place, and has
been elected Treasurer. He calls npon
the people of Atlanta to aid him mate
rially.
—The Constitution's man accuses us of
taking a paragraph from his brilliant col
umn of funny sayings. Can’t be spare
U9 just one little thing ? If we copied it
at all, of which we have no recollection,
we thought it was a floater. The child is
too funny to live a minute.
—Simon Hill cut Robert Hurst’s throat
from ear to ear wish a razor on la9t Mon
day night. Robert was dead from tbe
time he fell to the floor. Both parties
were negroes. The cutting took plaoe on
Col. Penn’s place, nine miles north of
Covington. Up to this writing Simon
Hill has not been found.
—The first bale of new Georgia cotton
was received Friday, August 3d, by
Messrs. Welch & Bacon, of Albany. It
was raised by Mr. Primus W. Jones, of
Baker county, and sold for seventeen
and a half cents. Last year Albany re
ceived its first bale on August 1st and the
year before on July 28th.
—The New York Journal of Commerce,
in relation to the clause in the new con
stitution making lobbying a crime, thinks
that “it will be impassible to make any
such legislation constitutional, and adds,
that the true remedy lies in electing high-
minded, intelligent men to govern the
State, who can neither be bought, nor
bullied, nor cajoled, and in creating a
public sentiment that will ostracise the
lobby. Otherwise, even a Constitutional
provision will not avail.”
—The following petition is circulating
in Macon for signatures: The undersign
ed, doing business in the city of Macon,
would respectfully suggest to the dele
gates representing as in the Constitutional
Convention, now in session, that as the
looal freight rates now established by
some of the railroads in Georgia discrimi
nate against certain towns and cities in
favor of others, you would take such
means as in your judgment would be
proper and right (if it can be done with
out interfering with the vested rights) to
adjust the matter satisfactorily to all par
ties.
—General Toombs, in the Convention,
has presented the final report on educa
tion, which provides for a State School
Commissioner, or such substitute as the
Legislature may think proper, and a good
system of public schools. The existing
local school systems are not to be affect
ed by the new Constitntion. Col. Scre
ven’s section is reported, that the State
University may accept bequests and do
nations, and the Legislature may make
appropriations to its support. Public
schools shall be free to all children, but
separate schools for the white and color
ed races.
—Chatham county digest for 1877 shows
white polls 3,681, blacks 4,271—total
7,952; aggregate value of city or town pro
perty $10,193,587, of which $139,285 is
owned by negroes; aggregate value of
whole property $17,458,311 of which
$220,689 is owned by negroes. There are
six persons and corporations paying taxes
on property valued at between $250,000
and $500,000,8ixteen who pay on between
$100,000 and $200,000, forty-three who
pay on between $50,000 and $100,000,
one hundred and seven who pay on be
tween $20,000 and $50,000, and one hun
dred and eighty-five who pay on between
$10,000 and $20,000. There are forty-
two colored persons who pay on $1,000
up to $3,000, and eight who pay on $3,000
up to $5,000.
—This is what the Constitution said. Ex
planation bas since followed aud the rail
road takes papers as usual: “Several days
ago Col. Price, of Lumpkin, came into
the Constitution office and told ns of a
piece of downright rascality which he
witnessed on the Air Line Railroad.
Somebody,. whom he did not know, when
they met the train in the morning com
ing from Atlanta, got a copy of the Con
stitution that had been mailed to Jeffer
son, Georgia. He saw the man tear off
the printed name on the paper and throw
it down. Col. Price had missed his pa
per frequently, and thought he had a clue
to the trouble. He brought the pieces of
the printed name to this office and told
us what he saw. We mentioned the mat
ter in an editorial next morning, and
called attention to the fact that papers
were stolen on the train and sold. Yes
terday we were informed by Mr. W. Jinks
Honston, the adjutant of the great rail
road man who was educated nnder Mr.
Wadley (Mr. Foreacre), that on account
of this editorial our paper could not go
out on the early train any more. This is
abont as small a piece of meanness as we
have ever heard of >n a railroad
official occupying the p s ion Major
Foreacre does. We all know that Gen.
McRae, Col. Grant, Mr. S. K. Johnson,
and even Mr. Wadley would have been
above anything like this. ”
—The memorial to the State Conven
tion relating to public carriers, containing
the constitutional provisions of various
States, and decisions of the Supreme
Court of tbe United States, establishes,
we think, beyond dispute, the following
propositions, with which the memorial
closes : “That the right of the State of
Georgia, in every case where a maximum
of rates was not invited by the corpora
tion and put in its charter, to provide, by
proper legislation, a rule of uniformity to
res adjudiiata. No objeotion can be
made, no appeal be had. It stands as the
paramount law of the land, commanding
obedience from all persons, whether na
tural or artificial. It now appearing that
tbe convention is the proper forum, and
that it has the constitutional power,ought
it not now in good faith to all the towns,
cities, villages and the inhabitants of
Georgia, to compel a uniformity of rates,
leaving to the wisdom of such carriers to
fix their rate9 in conformity with said
proviaons. That any private person has
the right, in his own business, to charge
what he pleases, and to discriminate in
favor of or against a class of persons is
conceded; but when a corporation de
pends upon the will of the sovereign to
carry on a pnblio business, it oonsents to
the exercise of supreme power to take
cogniz&noe and provide suitable laws for
its guidance.
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ALABAMA NEWS.
—Senator Morgan is in Washington.
—A fisherman caught a shark in the
Alabama river near Selma.
—Thomas AtchinsoD, an old and esti
mable citizen of Mobile, is dead.
—Baptiste Harvey, a nine year old boy,
was drowned in Mobile while bathing.
—At Montgomery on Friday, the St.
Elmos, of Mobile, in a game of base ball,
beat the Internationals by a score of 29 to
11.
—Montgomery bas received to date
67,121 bales of cotton, against 70,802 last
year, and has a stock of 779 against 1,*
439.
—Mr. John Green, of Selma, recently
an engineer on the A. & C. R. R.,has been
licensed to preach in the MethodiBt
Church.
—Three negroes under indictment for
larceny, escaped from the roof of Living
ston jail. The Sheriff shot at and wound
ed one in the thigh but all escaped.
—The Baptist church in Dadeville is
enjoying a revival of religion. Abont
twenty accessions have been made by
confession and as many more by letter.
The pastor, Rev. Mr. Cumbee, is assisted
by Rev. W. H. Carroll, of Opelika.
—The Lee family in Shelby county is
composed of eleven brothers and sisters,
the youngest is 57 years of age. Five
brothers and four sisters live in this coun
ty, one brother lives in Etowah and one
in Calhoun, all enjoying good health.
The oldest is about 84.
—Reports of worms sometimes come
from the country around Selma; bat the
most searching inquiries elicit nothing to
excite uneasiness. The most intelligent
aud observant planters hope forexemption
from serious damage from this source.
Selma commission merchants confidently
expect 100,000 bales of cotton here the
approaching season.
—Senator Morgan and Representative
Forney, of Alabama, are in Washington
urging upon the Government the restora
tion of mail service on the Alabama river.
The Postcffice Department is favorable to
the proposition, but Judge Key says it
will be necessary for Congress to make
the surplus of last year available for the
current year before the service can be re-
stored.
—On July 25th the mill rock of Mr. D.
S. Brasfieid’s steam mill, near Demopolis,
exploded, killing one man and wounding
three others. The miller, who was stand
ing by the mill post at the time of the
explosion, had his leg and thigh so badly
shattered that amputation was necessita
ted. Mr. Brasfield escaped, having just
left the mill to attend to the engine.
Strange to say a like accident happened
to the same mill about five weeks ago.
GE0RGIA~C0NVENTI0N.
SALARIES OF JUDGES REDUCED.
To Continue Two Weeks.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.}
Atlanta, August 4.—Salaries of Judges
were cut down as follows: Supreme
Court, $3,000Circuit Court, $2,000.
The reduction will not effect the pres
ent incumbents.
The Convention is good for two more
weeks. F. H. R.
PENNSYLVANIA REBELS.
LEHIGH VALLEY IN SOME ORDER.
Wilkesbabre, August 4.—All trains,
except night trains, are rnnning on the
Valley Railroad. Freight trains come and
go with regularity. Gen. Henderhoper’s
division is stretched along the road for
twenty miles, guarding it from blockade
and destruction. Affairs throughout the
Valley are quieting down. Lehigh and
Susquehannah Company will not attempt
to open the road for several days.
MINERS DEMAND TROOPS BE REMOVED.
Wilkesbabre, August 4.—The miners
held a large meeting in Dana’s Grove this
morning. They sent an invitation to
Mayor Loomis and Sheriff Kirhendall to
come and inform them why the military
are here. The Mayor was present and
made a speech counselling them to be
peaceable.
They adopted a resolution asking that
the military be taken out of the valley.
A part of them marched through the
principal streets with a band of music.
Gen. Osborne and the third division
was to-day relieved and sent to their
homes, their places being filled by mili
tary from other sections of the State.
The Lehigh and Susquehanna road will
start trains on Monday.
Fire In Canada.
Orangeville, Ont., August 4.—A fire
last night destroyed Parson’s hardware
store and the large general store kept by
Johnson Lindsay. Loss $35,000.
Tom Ochiltree’* Drink with Wales.
New York World.]
Those who remember how Major Tom
Ochiltree was appointed United States
Marshal for the State of Texas—persuad
ing President Grant that he, Major Tom,
was seriously injured in the defense of the
President’s good name against a crowd
of Texas ruffians—will not be prejudiced
against the truth of this other story anent
him as told by a New Mexico newspaper :
“On one occasion he was in England, a
guest of a nobleman who had come in
contact with him daring a visit to this
country, and who had fallen an
easy victim to Tom’s unsurpassed
impudence and powers of fascina
tion. The Englishman had taken Tom to
London and was exhibiting him to his
friends as a genuine American lion. Tom
was plentifully supplied with funds by his
noble friend and was catting a grand
figure. One day Tom aad bis friend met
the Prince of Wales at a club. The
nobleman asked permission of the Prince
to introdruce his American friend. Leave
having been obtained Tom was formally
introduced to the heir apparent. He
grasped the royal hand and shook it
heartily and then burst out, ‘Wales, old
fellow, I am devlish glad to know you;
let’s take a drink.’ Tbe horror of the no
bleman was changed to amazement when
the Prince gave Tom’s hand a hearty shake
and replied, ‘Don’t care if I do.’ Cheek
carried the day.”
THE BELLIGERENTS.
Bi'eclicr Guarded try Policemen.
New York World.]
Thirty policemen in civilian attire,
under the command of Sergeant Rodgers,
were at the instance of the Police Com
missioners, and without any application on
the part of the church, distributed in
various parts of Plymouth Church at the
services Sunday morning, the Commis
sioners being in reoeipt of several com
munications notifying them that an at
tack upon Mr. Beecher was contemplated,
on account of his alleged utterances in
relation to the workingmen on the previ
ous Sabbath. But little importance was
attached to these commnnioations by the
Commissioners, nevertheless it was
thought best to take some precautions.
There was, however, no disturbance man
ifest at either service.
STILL MORE ABOUT PLEVNA.
RUSSIAN POSITION IN THE BALKANS DANGER
OUS—TURKISH FLEET IN BLACK SEA DOING
GOOD SERVICE—ENGLISH CHANNEL FlJEET.
MORE OF THE RUSSIAN BOUT AT PLEVNA—
PRINCE 8HACKOW8KY LOSES 7,000 IN
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
London, August 4,—The Daily News'
dispatch from Simnitza, August 1st, says:
At Narrow Bridge, near Bnlganni, there
was wild confusion and a complete bloek.
Tumbrils, ambulance wagons, provision
wagons, officers’ coaches, led horses and
carts filled with wounded — all were
jammed in an indiscribable chaos. These
had been wonnded all along the road, bnt
the bulk of the wounded began a little
way beyond Bulganni, and extended in
an unbroken lino for seven miles along
the road to Sistova. They were mostly
carried in ox carts, severe cases in ambu
lances, and larger numbers tramped on
foot. Immense numbers of wonnded had
tramped the whole way from the battle
field, and were already enterieg Sistova
at six o’clock yesterday evening. They
must have walked forty miles in twenty-
four hours. The wounded, however, con
sisted of men who had somehow managed
to walk out of tbe battle. The bad oases
were mostly left where they fell.
The staff officer, with whose estimate
I am inclined to agree, thinks the whole
number lost is between six and seven
thousand men in killed and wonnded.
A brigade of tbe 32d division has suf
fered most heavily. Besides this terrible
loss of men they sacrificed the imperial
banner of one of its regiments.
The whole of the 30th division has
been smitten very sorely. All of the bri
gades of Prince Shackowsky’s command
are for the time in a state of disorganiza
tion.
SIX THOUSAND MORE EGYPTIAN TBOOP8.
A News dispatch from Alexandria says
it is reported and generally believed six
thousand more Egyptian troops are mov
ing to Constantinople.
EGYPTIAN TROOPS AT UNPRONOUNCEABLE
PLACES—GREAT GRIEF.' WHAT NAMES.'
London, August 4.—The Bucharest
correspondent of the Times telegraphs
from Dobrudscha: We learn that the
Egyptian troops are reported to have ad -
vanced to Beeramederer, between Ba-
zardjik and Medjidjie, and to be threat
ening General Zimmerman’s corps. This
movement is meant to protect the rear of
Mehammet Ali who is near Rusgad.
THE RU8SIANS MEAN TO DO SOMETHING BUT
don't—BRIGHT TELEGRAM.
The limes’ correspondent at Verna tel
egraphs, August 2d: Operations of the
Russians in Dobrudscha have come to a
perfect stand still. While one of their
columns stands on the high road from
Mejidjie to Silistria, the second and
main colmnn which had advanced to
wards Bazurdjik has again retired to
Mejidjie.
SUCCESSES OF TURKISH FLEET IN BLACK
SEA.
London, August 4.—A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Sakum Kaleh, da
ted August 2d, says: The Turkish frigate
Manmondicli bombarded the Russian bat
teries at Tchamtchira on the 30th ult.,
silencing every Russian gun. The Man-
mondich was considerably damaged, and
several of the crew were killed and wound
ed.
Near Tchamatzera were 6,000 Turks in
a critical position, owing to the advance
of the Russian army. Hobart Pasha em
barked the entire force safely on the 1st
inst. under cover of the gnns of the fleet.
This completes the withdrawal of the
Turkish military expedition to the Cau
casus.
Hobart Pasha has command of the en
tire Black Sea forces, consisting of twen
ty men-of-war and transports.
TURKISH RE-INFORCEMENTS.
Vienna, August 4.—The correspondent
of the Times hears from Constantinople
that re-inforcements are daily arriving
and being immediately dispatched to
Adrian ople.
ENGLISH CHANNEL FLEET.
London, August 4.—The Daily News
states the channel squadron is ordered
south to Vigo. Whether it will proceed
further to Gibralta and the Mediterra
nean, or return home after a cruise will
depend upon instructions whioh are to
await its arrival in Spain.
The Times' Bucharest correspondent,
reviewing the situation thinks the panic
in Roumania is groundless. The Plevna
defeat will certainly be retrieved.
RUSSIAN SITUATION IN THE BALKANS.
Discussing the Russian chance of bold
ing the positions in the Balkans, if
obliged to retire to them, the Times' cor
respondent, who recently passed through
the Schipks Pass, telegraphs that it is
strongly occupied and fortified. There
are already within it, many trains of pro
visions and forage. Prince Mirsky and
Gourka might hold it for a fortnight on
full rations, or longer on short rations.
FATALITIES.
dr. McClelland dead.
SUICIDES—BEN DE BAB STRICKEN WITH PA
RALYSIS.
Providence, August 4.—Jno. A. Champ-
acert, cigar maker of Worcester, was ar
rested, charged with defrauding the Rev
enue, on being placed in a cell, shot him
self through the head, dying instantly.
DEATH OF A NAVAL DOCTOR.
Philadelphia, August 4.—Dr. Jam9S
McClelland, U. S. N., is dead.
BEN DE BAR STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.
St. Louis, August 4.—Ben DeBar, pro
prietor of DeBar’s Opera House in this
city, arrived home yesterday, suffering
from a paralytic stroke which attacked
him in New York, about a week ago. His
physician pronounces the case very
serious, if not hopeless, there being
besides a paralysis of limbs and part of
tbe body, a softening of portions of the
brain. Mr. DeBar is the oldest theatrical
manager in this country haviDg been on
the stage 46 years.
California Treasure and Mining.
San Francisco, August 4—The export
of treasure for the month is seven mil
lions.
The Sutro’s shaft is within 800 feet of
the Savage Combination shaft. The
.blasting in the tunnel is heard in the
Comstock mine.
Weather.
Washington, August 4.—Indications—
South Atlantic and Middle Atlantie States,
stationary or rising barometer, north and
east winds, stationary temperatnre and
clear or partly olondy weather will prevail.
WASHINGTON.
SCANDAL OF EX-DETECTIVES
ATTORNEY GENERAL REFUSES TO FURNISH
SARGEANTS’ FAVORITES—PITTSBURG PETI
TIONS FOB A GARRISON—MARSHAL DOUG
LASS TO BE RETAINED—POSTMASTER GEN
ERAL KEY THANKS HIS EMPLOYEES—DAVID
PORTER APPOINTED SURVEYOR OF CUSTOMS
AT SAVANNAH—TREASURER HAS TWENTY
MILLIONS OF COIN—SAM BARD AFTER A
POSTOFFICE—RUSSIAN ATROCITIES ON
HELPLESS TURKS.
SCANDAL OVER EX-DETECTIVES CUNNING-
.. HAM AND BELL.
Washington, August 4. —There is a
great scandal over tbe affairs of detectives
Cunningham and Bell. It appears that
Cunningham was sentenced to the Missis
sippi penitentiary for a long term, upon
evidence given by Bell. Cunningham had
Bell arrested on the same papers from
Texas. Judge Wylie issued the papers
for Bell’s arrest. Bell was before Judge
Humphreys on habeas corpus, and was
discharged on the suspicion that the requi
sition was bogus. The Republican cap
tions its city item on the subject: “Dis-
gracing the Ermine—Justice Humphreys
Making an Ass of Himself—His liemark-
able Conduct at a Hearing—Laughing
Lawyers—Surprised Prisoners and Aston
ished Officers Witness his Shameful Con
duct.”
ATTOBNEY GENERAL REFUSES TO FURNISH
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The Attorney General decides that no
copies of recommendations for offioe shall
be given from the departments. The
qaestion arose from an application by the
San Francisco Chronicle for documents
of this character, by which it hoped to
justify an article which Senator Sergeant,
of California, claimed to be libellous.
PATTI-CALX.
PLEA OF HUSBAND MARQUIS DE O AUX GRANT
ed, patti’s refused—her guilt with
NIOOLINI PROVED BY LETTERS—NEITHER
CAN MARRY.
Paris, August 4.—Adelina Patti’s case
has been decided. Both the lady and her
husband had filed applications for judicial
separation. Madame Patti’s application
was refused; her husband's was granted.
The sentence states that Madame Patti
does not even offer to bring forward any
proofs of the facts she alleges. On the
other hand the documents placed before
the tribunal, particularly correspondence
addressed to Madame Patti by a third per
son show that her conduct did the gravest
injury to her husband. The Court,there
fore, pronounces against her petition for
separation of her body and goods, and
condemns her to pay costs. As divorce
is unrecognized by French law neither
party can marry again.
The sitting was public. Tho Marquis
DeCaux was present. The decision was
rendered by the tribunal of the first in
stance.
PITTSBURG WANTS A GARRISON.
Washington, August 4.—The Commit
tee of Safety of Pittsburg, address a let
ter of thanks to the Secretary of War and
requests that a good garrison be main
tained at the Alleghany arsenal.
MARSHAL DOUGLASS TO BE RETAINED.
The Department of Justice has decided
to retain Marshal Douglass, of North Car
olina, in office—at least until the expira
tion of his commission in June 1878. The
charge against him involved no question
of integrity, out was one of an executive
character, affecting the management of
his subordinates.
KEY GIVES THANKS.
Postmaster General Key, in a circular
letter, compliments his postal clerks and
messengers on their good behavior during
the strike.
DAVID PORTER SURVEYOR AT SAVANNAH.
The President has appointed David
Porter Surveyor of Customs for the Dis
trict of Savannah, Ga.
TREASURY HAS $20,000,000 IN COIN.
The Treasury has $20,000,000 in coin
over and above all coin liabilities.
8AM BARD AITEB SOMETHING.
The Star says Sam Bard has written a
letter to President Hayes unanimously
condemning the ^Southern policy. He
has not yet selected his postoffice.
RUSSIAN BRUTALITY ON HELPLESS TURKS.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Washington, Angnst 4. — Austarchi
Bey, Turkish Minister, furnishes the fol
lowing : The Minister for Foreign Af
fairs has addressed the following circular
to diplomatic agents of the Porte abroad :
I continue to perform the most painful
duty in calling your attention to the new
acts of barbarity which,from the telegrams
received by the Sublime Porte, are com
mitted by the Bussians in the cities and
villages they invade. They don’t limit
themselves to plunder the Musselman
population of all towns, bat they also sub
ject the women and children to most
shameful and dreadful tortues, and that
even the day after a proclamation by Em
peror Alexander, wherein was promised
to the Mussulman inhabitants security
and justice for their persons, for their
families and their property.
Intensely Thrilling in a Horn.
New York, August 4.—Chief of Police
Hicker, of Chicago, telegraphed to Su
perintendent Walling this afternoon that
a lady had kidnapped three children
there, and had come to this city with the
intention of taking them to Germany by
to-day’s steamer. The father, being rep
resented as a worthless man, made com
plaint to Chief of Police Hicker, who
telegraphed as he did. Superintendent
Walling, being satisfied that there was
something wrong, sent the party to Jef
ferson Market Police Court with a detec
tive, where they will probably be dis
charged.
They are discharged from custody.
Statement
from Congressman
Goode.
Norfolk, August 4.—Hon. Jno. Goode,
Representative in Congress from Virgin
ia, pronounces as utterly untrue the state
ment which has recently appeared in sev
eral newspapers that he had been writing
letters to members of Congress, asking
them to vote for him as Speaker. He
has written to no member on the subject,
except in reply to friends who have re
quested him to become a candidate.
Saratoga Races.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Saratoga, August 4.—Mile for all ages
—Virginias won, Bombast second,Rhoda-
manthus third, in 1:42?.
Fools averaged— Rhodamanthus 400,
Bombast 175, Mary 95, Virginius 85.
Finish very close.
Five furlongs, for two-year olds—Hique
won, Withers’ filly second, McDaniel’s
war Dana filly third, in l:04j.
Two and a quarter miles—Whisker won,
Ochiltree second, Achliue iu 4; 02.
Why Suffer Uyspeptlc Tort Ures
When the fmous regulator of enfeeble,) ’
or bilious stomachs, H .stetter’s Stomar',' ^
ters, will cure you? Could you read the,'
mony of the myriads of dyspeptics whom
cured, though you mtght be of a ake^’
turn, you would be convinced. Lvideuce 1 ^' 1
efficacy is constantly multiplying, and th° i
lates not only to cases of dyspepsia, b nt Wft i
liver complaint, constipation, urinary an* 1
erine troubles and malarial disorders r
success which has attended the great stoma '
ic has incited unscrupulous parties to- ma^
facture cheap imitations of it, which th
tempt to palm off as the genuine article ^
so familiar is the public with the real e'/
that these nefarious attempts are rare!
cessful, Neither imitation or comper D<
affects the popularity of the standard art)'
T XX E
Atlantic Coast Lint
Passenger Pontes
TO ALL POINTS NORTH and EAST
Reorganized for the summer oi
1877.
Present the following attractive Lines tot
attention of all North-bound Tourists )
Travelers :
Route No. 1—All Rail.
Via Macon, Augusta, Wilmington and Ki
rnond. 43 Hour* 25 iniiui.es
Columbus to New York.
TUis being; 4 Hour* Quicker rin,
Ilian by any other lane
Solid Day Trains trorn Columbus to Augu.
with Pullman Sleeping Car attached at ;
Macon lor Wilmington. Through
train Wilmington to Rich
mond and New York,
with Pullman Sleeping Cars attached at K,
mond for New York.
ALL, CHANCES at SEASONABLE HOife,
and into CLEAN and PROPERLY
VENTILATED CARS.
Route No. 2—Bay Line,
Over the same Lines to Wilmington as
Route No. 1. Thence by Through Train
Portsmouth, Va. Thence at 5:40 p m da,
(except Sunday) by the magnificent Steam- ’
oi the Hay Line to Baltimore. Thence by tv, j
York Express—arriving in New York at s
V M.
A 51 hours run, only 7 hours in excess o! n 1
rail time, with the advantage oi undisturt-
night’s rest, and superior accommodations
the Chesapeake Hay.
Route No. 3—The Old Be
minion Line.
The samo Lines to Wilmington and Pur:
mouth as Routes J and 2. Tneuce on Month;.
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 5 4 ' p m by t.
magnificent side-wheel Steamships oi the h
Dominion Company, which invariably arntt
at their New York wharves by 9 p a.
A through run of 59 hours, combining the et;
sential elements of cheapness, speed amice
fort.
Passengers should leave Columbus Snntlj;.
Tuesdays and Fridays to connect closely wit
this Line.
For Tickets, Checks, Time cards, and all:
formation, apply to W H WILLIAMS, Tick
Agent, at Passenger Depot, South wester.
Railroad. A 1‘OPK,
General Passenger Agent. ;
J H WHITE, Southern Passenger Agea:
aug5 ‘dm
PAM HIGH SCHOOL
TUSKECEE, ALA.,
R E-OPENS for Hoys its 21st
session September 10th, 1877.
Institution owes its successlul and<
persistent life to careful and sys
tematic msetruetion ; energetic,
skiliiul teachers; thoroughness in
every department; healthful location; reir-
ment, culture and good morals of people;aim
it does and what it has done, and its exceedin',
moderate charycs.
Send lor new oatalogun.
JAMES F. PARK, A. M.. j
aug5 eod2w&.wlm Principal. ]
Buggy for Cash!
A S I INTEND leaving the State 1 ofe \
my Buggy for SEVENTY-FIVE HOl/l
LARS cash. It Is in thorough repair; hat.I
high back and steel tires, and is, 1 think, aH
most as good as new.
F. H. ARMSTRONG. '
Yongesboro, Lee Co , Ala
W AN T E D.
5,000 Bushels
DRIED PEACHES
au5 w4w]
L. HARRIS.
114 Broad St., Columbus, Ga.
G eorgia — muscogee county- j
Catharine McArdle, Executrix of the 1> j
tate of helix McArdle, deceased, makesapy
cation for leave to sell all the roal estate it- j
longing to said deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite all pers ■
concerned to show cause (if any they have
within the time prescribed by law, why leaa j
to sell said real estate should not he grants;
to sai-3 applicant.
F M BROOKS, Ordinary.
Jnly 31st, 1877. auo oawlw'_
EORGIA — MUSCOGEE COUNTY- ;
Bennett H Crawford, Administrator
the estate ot John M Starke, deceased, mate j
application for leave to sell the real aud per- j
sonal property belonging to said deceased.
These are, therelore, to cite w j
persons concerned to show came (if sc;
they have), within the time prescribed by K* I
why leave to sell said property should not w j
granted to said applicant.
F M BROOKS, Ordinary
August 5th, 1877—oaw4w*
G eorgia) muscogee county-
Lionel C Levy, Jr., Administrator
Jonathon H Jenkins, deceased, makes apf-
cation for leave to sell all the real estin j
belonging to said deceased.
These are therefore to cite all P er v;; 1
concerned to show cause (it any tij:
have), within the time prescribed by law,wi-j ,
leave to sell said real estate should not 1 .
granted to said applicant.
F. M. BROOKS. j
Ordinary.
August 5th, 1677.—oawdw
FOR SALE AND RENT.
For Sale or Rent.
DESIRABLE six-room
Residence, corner Bryan and
Forsyth streets. Possession
given on or before the 1st of October i
Apply to JAMES B. AL
At M. Joseph’s Dry Good.
au3 oodtf
Desirable Real Estate In
FOR SAI
EING the two Brick Met-
i:.
TS al-roof Two-story Stores 4 iV-ik*.
Nos. 151 and 153 Broad street
(at present occupied by E N|p
Hays and Mrs Kirby), second
story suitable for Hotel. If not .lisp< ■
private sale by August 14th, 1877, they «
sold at 11 o’clock A. M.on that day by U ^v
rison, Auctioneer, at Abbott & News"®;
ner. Titles good and premises in exeere
pair. JOHN BLACK-MAw
Agent Miss Pauline Au»
jyl9 til aug!4
Camp
FOR SAEF.
Hill (Ala.) Property
T HE TTNDERSIGND being
desirous of moving West
offers for salo his entire Prop
erty in Camp Hill, Ala., con
sisting of about 100 acres ot
Land and several Business Houses in
Camp Hill is a delightful little
about 500 inhabitants, has four char'
emy and Masonic, Grange and Goo<
Lodges; Is located on the S. K M. K
miles above Opelika.
Call on or address B. OCR
aug2 eod&wlw Camp H
For Rent.
o :
B-oad
J.
Dry ty
NE STORE
treet, next t
first-mass stand fi
Goods or Fancy business.
Also, two Stores on Kan
dolph street, formerly occupied by Mr
p>er as an Ice Cream Saloon and Confect
and the other by Mrs. John Howard a-
linery Shop.
Also, No. 25 Broad street. Apply
to T. C. Dempsey, Macon, Georgia, ort
W.S.NEEl'HA
jy29 eod2w Columbrn
Moscope County Billie So®
(Auxiiliary of American Bible Soviet.' ^
DEPOSITORY AT W. J. CHAF* 1
BOOK STOKE,
Broad Street, Columbus, Georgh • ^
Bibles and Testaments sold at Fu l,l ‘'
prices. u!l
Hoads of families (of this eounU ^
able vi buy, turnlshed giatu,
