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1A1TERS ABOUT MUSCOGEE.
T»i« Wealth of the County ts Shown by
(he Tax Return*.
jAaeeilefR.il Rotate lit **(tr»*«te Tlllf ot
tti Property—Tbe Karel fttotrtrt nd It*
MiltiMlltf for Ijirlnltiril PinilU-i Largo
luriw Or or Lilt Tear.
Muscogee county la not ao large in area
«a many other countlea In the state, but in
point of population and wealth it is one of
the moat prominent. In other columns
we have referred more at length to the
wealth and enterprise of Muscogee county,
aa embraced within the limits of the city
•f Columbus, her capital. In this article
we shall therefore more particularly, and
almost exclusively, confine ourselves to
the rural districts. In speaking of the
general outline of the county, we can do
no better than to forage a little on the
trade edition of the Enqcireh-Bun of a
recent date.
MUHOOQER COUNTY
Hes in the western part of the state and is
within the southern portion of the temper
ate zone. No finer climate can be found
•n the continent, being alike exempt from
the rigors and other discomforts and dis
advantages of a cold climate, and the de
bility and disease incident to tropical
regions. The mean annual temperature is
between sixty-four and sixty-eight degrees.
The surface is rolling, and the soil gener
ally red, with here and there a liberal ad
mixture of gray, and is strong and pro
ductive. Muscogee is in the centre of
the great cotton section, or the Bection
where the soil will yield a greater
amount of fruit than a like area of
equal fertility in any other part of the
state. All the cereal crops are cultivated
and yield in their greatest abundance. Im
proved systems of culture are obtaining
very generally throughout this section and
m a consequence production is progress
ive. Of fruits, the apple, pear, peach, fig,
grape, melons, and in fact every variety,
ether than tropical, are grown with the
greatest success. Melons are grown to
great perfection and constitute quite an
important item of the commerce of this
aeotion. The forests and abandoned fields
abound in nuts and berries in large va
riety, furnished by nature without care or
»anltlvation.
THE COUNTY’S WHAL.TH.
In the county there are 131,261 acres of
improved land, valued at fl,042,184. The
real estate, not including the city property,
in valued at fl,186,736, and the personal
property is placed at $6,030,530, making
the aggregate value of the property $10,-
410,106. The figures for tho state and
county taxes show an inorease over lost
year of $220,185, and of $2,107,240 over 1880,
most of which is in the city. The increase
must bo gratifying to every citizen, ns it
shows that Muscogee is making rapid
progress in tho accumulation of
The following are the figures:
wealth.
1885
1886
2797
31
25
No. acres of land
131,429
131,25-4
fl,042,184
4,185,735
850,000
68,206
1,550,722
1,485,819
203,337
600,500
191,090
260,248
48,840
137,749
22,629
4,580
6-1,523
*4,015,692
64,35 8
1,484,109
1,469,370
211,528
702,500
126,840
227,304
40,057
152,691
16,361
2,136
62,709
Money ami notes
Block and bonds
Plantation A mechan’l tools
Buggies, carriages, ate
Total
$9,986,980
#10,216165
BY DISTRICTS.
The following shows the value of property In
each district:
Upper Town $ 5,867,997
Lower Town 2,781,123
McCrary’s 654.976
Steam Milll 82,422
Upatoie 41,204
JXdwards' 78,884
. JBoaaman's - 609 666
Total returns of whites $10,016,262
Total returns of freedraen 198,713
WUd land 1,200
Total.., $10,216,166
WILD LANDS.
There will be notioed that there is a con
siderable falling off in the amount of wild
land returned. This is due to the change
In tho law, whioh requires all wild lands
to ba returned in the county in which they
lie.
WHAT THH OOLOBHD PBOPI.H OWN.
The colored people of our county are aa
■> Intelligent and industrious as are to be
V ibuud in the south. Slnoe the war aomc of
Vthem have worked hard, and by living
economically have managed to accumulate
property. The returns Bhow that they
now own in the county $198,713, an in-
orease over last year of $15,616.
POPULATION OP THH COUNTY.
In 1870 the population of Muscogee
county, as shown by the oenBus, was 10,663
end of the city of Columbus 7401. The
enu Deration of 1880 showed an increase of
9630. The incroaso was mado in the city,
while the rural districts about held their
own. The population is shown by the fol
lowing table:
City of Columbus 11,772
Edwards' district H02
Nance's district 3,603
Steam Mill and Upatoie 1,666
.Bozeman's district 2,950
Total 20,293
Of the above there are mules 9309,
females 10,984, natives 19,766, foreign 528, !
Whites 9564, colored 10,729.
While the above wire the correct fig
ures of the county, they do not fuirly pre
sent the population of Columbus. Within
a radius of one mile of the court house in
the city there was a population of 19,262
at that time, and since then it. bas in
creased until the number is marly 26,000. |
Many of our citizens live in the suburbs—
Wynnton,.Northern Liberties, Beallwood,
Girard and Brownevillc. These men make
their living in Columbus and should prop
erly be counted as inhabitants of the city.
RKRK M RWKIYNMI.
The Prlle of th* Lsdlsst Ik* fsf kf CklUrea os*
1'npsltr With Everybody.
There Is not a man, woman or child in Colum
bus who has not heard of Adams * Bowers’ con
fectionery, either while it wee known aa Strap-
per's or since it hea paused into the hands of
such enterprising young men. Its hsndsome
plate gloss front and its attnwftive array of beauti
ful goods, as handsome, as varied, as elegant as
is evsr seen In a first-class confectionery store,
makes it deserve the name of n crystal palace.
The place Is popular with the ladies because it is
so clean, so fresh, so pretty and they get ao
many good things there. It is popular with the
children, for they can find toys and candies and
confectioneries In endless variety. It is popular
for the boys because it Is headquarters for fire
works of all kinds.
It is aseless for us to say that Adamas A Bowers
are keeping up the reputation of this establish
ment. It is the largest of the kind in the city,
and perhaps no other similar establishment has
such an extended circle of trade. People who
come in from the country know that all they
want in the way of confections or Christmas
tricks can be had at this store, and at the lowest
possible prices. They have candies of every de
scription, from the finest French and other im
ported goods, to the common stick of domestic
make. They deal in toys by the million, notions
in numberless varieties and baskets for every
body. They are large dealers In foreign
and domestic fruits, and they make
a specialty of bringing the finest fruits to Colum
bus that are grown in the world. There is noth
ing to be found in a first-class confecth nery that
iB not to be had at Adams A Bowers’ store. They
always keep a full line of Qerman fhvors and can
supply an entertainment at any time.
Among the numerous other things that go to
add to the creature comfort these gentlemen re
cognize that nothing can take the place of a good
smoke. They make a specialty of Key West
cigars and cigarettes of all kinds. Their motto is
to keep the best goods and sell them at anch
prices as to command the trade. There iB not a
more enterprising, live, reliable and go-n-hesd
firm in the city, and it is such yoang men who
are an honor to Columbus.
WITT I on A KIlfHKL.
A Bailable Jewelry House Where Goods are
Cheap.
One of the finest watchmakers’ and Jewelry
establishments In Columbus or any other city it
the splendid firm of Wittich A Kinsel. Their
store is an emporium and headquarters for
everything in their line. They keep the newest
goods, the beet stock, the finest quality and the
most tempting designs of any firm in the
oountry. They make gold badges and medals
to order on the shortest notice, and
their designs and work in this particular
is equal to the beet done in the oountry,
north or south. They also repair clocks and
watches to the satisfaction of every customer,
and guarantee the work. They also do engrav
ing In every stylo on the shortest notice. In
making badges and medals and in engraving
Wittich A Kinsel cannot be excelled in New
York city. The firm is composed of two high-
toned gentlemen, and the public can place every
confidence in their representations.
01 OF THE CITY'S JEWELS.
Tinware Manufactured by the Thousand
Pieces.
H. F. Fvorrtt the Proprietor of i Large Institu
tion—A Dealer in Stores, Crockery and House
Furnishing Hoods Generally—One of the Live
Institutions of a Prosperous and tirowing City.
H. F. Everett ranks among the largest mer
chants of Columbus. His well-known business
acumen and his good qualities of head and
heart have made him prosperous and won him
many friends. His energy and tireless industry
have built up for him a business and a reputa
tion of which any man might well be proud. Mr.
Everett is the city’s largest wholesale dealer iu
tin ware, crockery, stoves, grates, hollow
wareand house furnishing goods. His establish
ment is situated at 1111 Broad street. He makes
a specialty of manufacturing tinware; he keeps a
frill stock on hand and turns out none but the
best. His manufacture of tinware embraces al
most anything in the way of tin from a teaspoon
to a bathing tub. His buckets, cans, pans, coffee
pots, bird and squirrel cages and anything else
that he manufactures is tirst-class in each par
ticular and no better goods can be obtained. He
haa these articles at wholesale and retail. Mer
chants can make it to their interest to buy from
him in job lots.
▲ more beautitul and excellent lot of grates has
not been brought to Columbus than are to be
found in his stock. He puts in the grates and
guarantees tho work done in first-ciass order.
Mr. Everett keeps the largest, freshest and most
complete assortment of everything in his line
that can be found in the state of Georgia, or any
where else, for that matter. A walk through his
mammoth establishment will convince any
doubting Thomas of this fact. He is constantly
receiving shipments of stoves, and his beautifully
arranged slock will not fail to attract the eye of
the customer. He is sole agent for the celebrated
New Light House, the New Enterprise, the
Charter Oak stovos and Othollo ranges.
On his hundreds of shelves can be found
every article and every imaginable kind of goods
that can be needed or desired by housekeepers.
His stock of lamp goods caunot be excelled and
scarcely duplicated any whore. The superior
skill ot his workmen, of which he employs a
large number, is evidenced in tho mechanism of
every pioce of tinware that leaves his establish
ment. Their work has not only given satislko-
tiou to employer and customer, but
it elicits warm commendation wherever it goes.
Those who desire to buy anything in the line ad
vertised by him, cannot do better than give him
a oall. If ho ha* not got it in his stock it will uot
likely be found in the city. Customers will be
trebly pleased—pleased with their treatment,
pleased with what they purchased, and
pleased with the prices offered.
This immense store and tin manulkctory is at once
the pride of Columbus and the pride of its owne r
who intends to achieve even greater things in
the futuie than he has in the past, ether men *n
the same business acknowledge that Mr. Everett
gives ’’rock bottom prices" and that it is
impossible to undersell him. This trib
ute from business competitors is all
the more weighty because it is given with reluc
tance. In communities where his goods have
gone they invariably bring him other customers,
tbui proving that it pays man a to manufacture
ami sell the best qualily of goods, since it gives
lnm a reputation for honesty and fair dealing
which is in itself a fortune. Everett cannot be
undersold, and he cannot be excelled
in the quality of his goods and in
the truthfulness of the representations he make*
to customers, if he ever foils it will be on account
of his extremely low prices, and not from any
diminution of his custom or any mismanagement
of his business. The establishment is an institu
tion and a iixture in Columbus, wh« re it ranks
with the best iu the toinutest'particular. Mr.
Fiverett also deals in canary birds, wholesale and
retail, and sells Thurber’s bird seed, which will
make any bird sing.
Columbus* Only and Unequaled Oouflat
•nd Aurist.
A Rk«t«h sf Dr. W. L. Ballard—HU Career aa a
Stadeat aad NpeetalUt—Pnnaiag HU Stadlaa oa
Doth Sides ef the Water, aad Then Nettling la
Colaabu—What He Has Done aad Can De.
Up to a decade or two ago physicians who
patented medicines or advertised as specialists
were ostracized and tabooed by medical fraterni
ties. This ostracism emanated from the foct that
patent medicine men and specialists excelled the
regular fraternity in their particular lines. It
was a contest between mediocrity and genius.
It was a war of the many with one. If any man
of any trade or profession can perform his work
more successfully and skillfully than the rest of
mankind he need not despair. He has only to
wait and the world will weed out a path to his
door, into which they will pour the Macedonian
cry, "Come over and help us." This proved
true in the cases of patent medicine men and
specialists. Twenty years ago their backs bent
under the load of the contempt and contumely
heaped upon them. To-day they are the autocrats
and the aristocracy of the medical profession.
This fact is not one of the conditions of change
ot chance. It came about as n&tuTally as water
seeks its level. It is another illustration of the
survival of the Attest. While there are patent
medicine men who are oar noblest physicians
and pharmacists, they, in common with the
world in general, have to contend with another
class of patent medicine venders who prostitute
the privileges of a national patent and deceive
the public with wares and nostrums that are not
neutral medicines, but simply unmitigated curses
turned loose to despoil and to slay. Bat with
specialists it is different. A specialist can’t be a
fraud longer than twenty-four hours.
If he is not competent, the
constant scrutiny of the "regulars" and
the incessant testing of his skill by various
patients will disclose it at once. Adam Smith,
the father of political economy, proved by
syllogisms that there could be neither skill nor
prosperity in a community without what he
denominated "division of labor." In political
economy "division of labor" signifies devotion
to one branch of labor to the exclusion of aU
others. As long as four men work jointly in pro
ducing hats, clothing, shoes and furniture, the
hats, clothes, shoes and ftirniture turned out
will prove indifferent, if not bad. But when one
man works alone and always upon hats, another
upon clothes, another upon shoes and another
upon ftirniture, the products of their labor wiU
first improve and then approximate perfection
itself. The specialists have in augurat d the princi
ple of "division of labor" in the medical profes
sion. For this move they deserve the thanks of
humanity. And it is a pleasant reflection to
know that in the old world and the new civiliza
tion is pouring its gratitude and its gold into the
specialist’s lap.
The healthy normal human body possesses five
senses—hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and
touching. Of these, hearing and seeing are vast
ly the most important. Without either of these
two senses man is miserable; withont one of
them he is crippled. Hence the profession of oo-
ulist and aurist, for they go together, has be
come one of the noblest in the world. The first
oculiBt and aurist of whom wo have
any account spat upon clay and
salved his muddy medicine upon the eyes
of the poor. He was the Na<:arine Jesus who
made the deaf to hear and the blind to see, and
to whom blind Bartimeas cried from his seat by
the wayside: ‘ 'Thou son of David, have mercy
on me." His was a mission of mercy, and in an
humbler and reverent sense, such is the mission
of the oculist and aurist of to-day. A man who
iB selfish and uusympathetic cannot succeed as
an oculist and aurist.
Columbus is anead of most cities in the south,
in the tact that she can boast of one of the finest
oculists and aurisiu ou the contiueut. This is
wruten advisedly and the sentence means what
it says. This man is Dr. W. L. Bullard, who
is esteemed in Columbus no less as
a man than he is as a physician. Dr. Bullard
is a native of Washington county, Ga., and has
been known to the writer from his childhood.
He came from a family whose record is clean for
many generations back, and which ranked first
in a section of ucorgia where the best blood and
culture of the state preuomiuatcs. Naturally
quick, iron-nerved and cool, Dr. Bullard is ntted
by nature to guide the kuue through those fear
ful ordeals of surgery, in which to veer a hair’s
breadth to the right or the left would make the
physician a murderer. Besides this natural fit
ness he ha* every advantage oi cducaiiou that
money could procure in Europe and America.
Alter a thorough oourse of judicious reading at
home, Dr. Bullard entered the Maryland Univer
sity in Baltimore, where he soon became a favor
ite with the professor* on account of his unusual
aptitude for medical studies and his startling
skill as a surgeon. After graduating at the Mary
land Umveiwiiy, which is one of the finest medi
cal schools in tne country, Dr. Bullard entered
the New York Eye and Ear Hospital, where he
graduated. He then took a past-graduate course
in the eye and car department of Belieview Hos
pital. During his past-graduate course at Belle-
view Hospital he was retained by Dr. Mittendorf
in his ofllce as assistant in his
private practice. Dr. Mittendorf is one
oi' the most tkiilftil oculists and aurist* in the
world, and haa a large practice among the npper
classes of New York city. Dr. Mittendorf parted
with Dr, Bullard with regret, and predicted for
bim unusual success in his piofeesiou, a predic
tion that Dr. Bullard is now verhying more and
more every day.
From New York Dr. Bullard went direct to
London, where he matriculated at the Royal
London Opthalmio Hospital, where a thousand
patients are treated every day for diseases of the
eye. Having finished his course at this institu
tion be entered Gray's Inroad Bar
Hospital, where he graduated again. To
finish his education, Dr. Bullard
entered the world-renowned Soho Square
Hospital in London, in which the diseases
of the ear, throat and chest are treated. This
hospital is under the superintendence and direo-
tiou of the celebrated Dr. Morell McKenzie. Dr
Bullard finished his education in this hospital,
and then went to Paris, where he spent a con
siderable period pursuing his investigations
among the hospitals of this great city, most of
his time being spent in the company of a noted
oculist and aurist of France, Dr. E.
Laudott, who is also a much quoted author
on diseases of the eye and ear.
Before returning to America Dr. Bullard deter
mined to spare no trouble and expen&e in pro
curing the best instruments to be had in the old
world. The instruments used by oculists and
aurisU are numerous, costly and compli
cated. He discovered that one kind of instru
ments were most skillfully manufactured in one
country of i.urope and another kind in another.
He selected his instruments personally in Lon
don, Paris and Vienna, and it is no exaggeration
to say that no specialist in New York or the old
world even is better equipped with instruments
than Dr. Dullard.
Dr. Bullard, though quite a young man, has
already acquired a practice that is widespread
and lucrative. The fact of Dr. Bullard’s having
settled In Columbus has made the place a sort of
Mecca for sufferers from eye and ear diseases.
They come to bim nearly every day from long
distances, and it bas to be a desperate oase in
deed which he cannot cure. While a de
scription of the instruments used by oculists
and aurists would be Interesting,
it would require too much space. Dr.
Bullard has one instrument, though, that Is
worthy of nolioe. With it he performs a painless
operation by electricity. It Is a magnet used for
extracting filings and steel motes from the eyes
of men who work in four dries, and who some
times get such small bits of steel embedded In
the eyeball that no ordinary instrument would be
delicate enough to extract them. This magnet
is connected with a battery, and then applied to
the eye and the steel filings leap out of the suf
ferer’s eye on to the magnet. Dr. Bullard’s uni
form courtesy to the humblest as well as the
wealthiest patients, has made him a favorite
with all classes of people with whom he Tomes in
contact, and his almost magic skill is making for
him simultaneously a reputation and a fortune.
With all her factories, mills, and great mercan
tile establishments, Columbus could better spare
almost anything within her borders better than
her only and unequaled oculist and aurist.
Pa. M. WALSH Jk CO.
■annfoctnrcn Artificial Ice, Cider, Mineral and
Carbonated Waters—Steam Bottlers—Foreign
and Domestic Beer, Wines, etc.
This establishment, the largest of its kind in
the city, has made itself fomous for the superior
quality of its goods, and the cleanly and attract
ive manner in which they are placed in the
hands of dealers and customers. They for a long
time recognized that success could only be at
tained by merit, and therefore placed on the
market a beer—the Christian Moerlein Brewing
Co’s., Cincinnati—which had and has no superior
as a wholesome, invigorating and nutritious
beverage. It did not take long for the public to
discover its superior qualities, so that
now it is a household necessity
The working man returning from his daily toil,
the tradesman from his bench, the clerk from his
office and the merchant from his store, stops at
one or the other of tho many respectable houses
that retail this strength giving beverage, and
having quaffed a glass or two pass on to their
homes, their appetites made keen thereby, and
enjoy the food placed before them. Ladies, also,
enjoy its tonic virtues, which refreshes them and
enables them to give their children an amount of
nutriment that makes them strong and hearty,
and though, to a certain extent, it interferes with
the physician’s practice, honest doctors recom
mend it to the parents.
We note that this firm has recently placed in
position a fifty-horse power boiler. On asking
what such a large concern was for, we were
told that it was for the purpose of being able
to distill a qantity of water sufficient to make
mineral waters, of which their foctory turns out
immense quantities. Any one that knows the
danger arising from drinking carbonated waters
made from impure water will accept this as a
boon. When water is derived from a pare source,
and then again is distilled, it becomes much
more wholcsomo than ordinary water which in a
climate like ours, and after heavy rains, must
contain a very large percentage of organic matter,
the washings of fields containing rotten vegeta
tion, gnano, etc. This is the only factory in the
state that uses condensed water exclusively. We
would direct the attention of families to these
wholesome beverages: Lemon Soda, Cream,
Wild Cherry, Orange, Ginger Ale,
Strawberry, Boot Beer, Apollinaris,
Seltzer, Vichey and other flavors and minerals
can be ordered by the dozen or case, put up in
the cleanest and most attractive manner. Cider
will also be sold by the barrel or half barrel.
Country merchants or drug stores having their
own fountains can have them filled at the lowest
price per gallon consistent witii a good quality of
water. The‘ National’’export beer in casks of
ten dozen will bi shipped to any part of the
country, as also patent-stopper beer in cases of
four dozen. E. M. Walsh & Co. would direct the
attention of the public to those bottles which are
never sold and always remain their property, and
if used withoui their permission are liable to at
tachment. So all persons are cautioned against
buying them. Culmbach, Shuringer, Kaiser and
other impoited beers are also bottled by them and
sold to the trade. All orders for ice by the sack
or quantity will have prompt attention, and
packed so that it will reach it destination with
very little waste.
The gentlemen who compose the firm, Messrs.
E. M. Walsh and M. T. Bergan, are equally inters
ested and are among the most reliale business
men of the city. The superiority of their goods
and the honorable and foir manner in which
they deal has given them a large trade in the
states of Georgia, Alabama and Florida, and it is
continually extending. They are the largest
dealers in their line in Columbus and the enter
prise they display helps greatly the progress of
the city.
TOWI LOTS
For tele atWsverly Hall, tiesrgla.
We will offer for sale on November 1st, 188P, at
the above mentioned place, immediately on the
line of the Georgia Midland and Gulf railroad (a
new road that is being built from Columbus to
Athens, Ga., connecting with the Central, East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, Richmond and
Danville railroads). Lots suitable for building
residences, stores, etc. Waverly Hall is situated in
the "garden spot" of Georgia, forming lands
yielding above an average. The best school and
church advantages already established. Society
is as good aa any city in Georgia or elsowhere.
People are alive to anything progressive, aad
willing to lend a helping hand to any who may
locate in our midst. It is one of the best trade
points in Harris county, being thickly populated
already, and only needs the new railroad now
being built to make it the nioeot town in the state.
Health ftilaem of the place is unexcelled. Water
the beet. Between 1800 and 6000 bales of ootton
will be shipped from this point coming season.
This alone will be worth the consideration of
thoughtful business men who wish to do a good
business without having any heavy expense. To
those who wish to give their children the very
best educational advantages, our people especial
ly ask them to oome and locate among us. All
parents are well aware of the advantage of edu
cating their children in the country than in the
cities in a moral point of view. Lota will be
sold without reservo or limit to the highest bid
der. Any ftirther information or inquiries will
be cheerftilly answered by applying to
I. H. Pitts A Sow,
sepldwod.se,td or W. I. H. Pitts, P. M.
Columbus Purchasing Agency, *
Being frequently called upon by parties at a
distance to purchase goods and quote prices in
this market, have decided to make it a specialty
in our business, and hereby solicit orders from
all who may wish any assistance in the matter
of buying or having goods made up in any par
ticular style. We are supplied with all the latest
Paris and New York fashion books, which we
consult in selecting buttons, trimmings and dress
goods, also in purchasing cloaks, wraps, gloves,
bonnets, hate, and every article that is required
in making up a complete outfit for a lady.
Sp« cial attention given to bridal outfits and ball
room costumes. Our most accommodating and
experienced merchants will give us the benefit
of their personal aid aud gord taste in filling all
orders. Address ail communications to
Miss Mollis Lewis,
Columbus, Ga., P. O. box 118.
sepl2-lm-wed&se
A Few Plain Faot* About M Enterprising
Institution.
Firm. Wkleh Speak forTbeaielvee aad 8kow the
Clin lanflHtarli,CoaNir I. a Lira Coaeera.
Keeping Up with the Progreu of the Time.,
Mew Goode Bill, leaefaetered—Deaieed for Ite
Products Exceedingly Gnttfytig—i 8toek Com
pany Talked of.
Perhaps none of the great Industrial establish
ments of our city have exhibited more energy or
achieved larger success lor the capital invested
than the Clegg Manufacturing Company, whose
mills are situated just north of the Columbus and
Western railroad ou Second avenue. A few years
ago this cotton factory was a small wooden build
ing and made no pretensions to any prom
inence. It soon, however, became fomous for
the beauty and excellence of its fabrics, and it
was found necccssary to enlarge the capacity of
the institution. In order to have better railway
focilities and to get as much room as desired,
A I.AROIS BRICK BUILDING
was constructed just beyond the railroad at the
—oint designated above, and even this was built
with a view of extending it, arrangements being
made therefor in the construction. They can at
any time double the capacity. Notwithstanding
the increase in the capacity of the mills, they are
run on foil time, and the warehouse is clearer of
goods than it has been at this season for years.
The company iB at least six weeks behind with
orders, and remunerative prices are obtained for
the products. The mill is under the manage
ment of one of the oldest and most skUlfol man
ufacturers in the city, and the goods are among
the very best turned out in Columbus, and as for
beauty cannot be excelled in their line. This
mill
OIVBB EMPLOYMENT
to about fifty operatives. They ran fifty looms in
making checks, which turn out about three-
fourths of a million yards annually. The motive
power is steam and the machinery is run by a
fifty horse power engine. All the new appliances
are used in the way of saving foel, increasing
speed and everything of the kind. While all the
economy possible is used in the establishment,
the management spares no pains or means to se
cure all modem appliances and improved
machinery.
THE PRODUCTS CP THE MILL
-make a most gratifying exhibit, and foirly Illus
trates the manufacturing spirit of Columbus.
While the checks It makes are equal to any in
the south, this foctory has taken a new departure
and now have eight broad looms manufacturing
the celebrated Mitchellue bed spread. These
magnificent spreads are made in every conceiva
ble design and color, and are beauties upon
which every one must gaze with admiration.
They also have four looms for weaving fancy
Turkish towels, and goods more beautiful are not
made anywhere. They now purpose to make
STILL ANOTHHB STRIDE
In the way of progress, and will soon go into the
manufacture of tablo cloths, napkins, window
curtains and of damask goods generally. Already
they are arranging for this, and in a few weeks
the mill will be turning out a line of goods that
will make the northern manufacturers green
with envy. Such goods as this institution makes
will never be a drag on the markets of the coun
try. The spirit of progress in manufacturing
seems to be on a boom in the south, and the
Clegg Manufacturing Company is determined
not to get left. The retail merchants throughout
the country, and particularly in Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida and other bordering Btates, have
introduced these goods into their sections and
the demand is constantly increasing. If this
mill were to
\J
WALK EASILY, WORK CHEERFULLY
OR STANDJCOMFORTABLY, UNLESS
YOU ARE PROPERLY SHOD. YOU
CAN DO YOURSELVES (and us) GOOD
BY CALLING AT
The Old Shoe Store
AND SELECTING FROM OUR STOCK
SOMETHING MADE FOR JUST YOUR
SHAPE OF FOOT. OUR INCREASING
TRADE ON WAULKPHAST AND SOLID
COMFORT LINES SHOWS THAT THEY
ARE MADE ON CORRECT ANATOMI
CAL LASTS. IN OUR STOCK OP
FINE DRESS SHOES WE CAN SHOW
YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU REQUIRE
TO GO WITH A NOBBY SUIT, OR TO
ADD TO A DAINTY COSTUME THE
FITTING, FINISHING TOUCH OF EL
EGANCE THAT GIVES TO THE
WEARER THE SERENE CONSCIOUS
NESS THAT IT’S ALL JUST RIGHT
FROM THE GROUND UP!
OUR ENTIRE STOCK IS MADE TO
ORDER. WE HAVE CAREFULLY
STUDIED ALL WANTS IN THE SHOE
LINE, FROM DITCHING TO DANCING,
AND CAN FURNISH GOOD8 OF EX
CELLENT QUALITY, SUITABLE FOR
THE PARLOR OR THE WORKSHOP;
THE STREET, THE FIELD OR THE
RAILROAD TUNNEL.
WE ALSO
Keep Sflle, Upper aoJ Ranees Leather, Law
Leather, Bane Strings, and a full Stock of Shoe
makers’ Supplies, Ife call special attention
to a fine assortment of Shoe Uppers in French
and American Calf, just received.
WELLS l CURTIS,
1143 Broad Street.
V. R. CANTRELL & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DOUBLE ITS CAPACITY
all its products would still find ready sale. And
we are told that there is a probability of this at
an early day. Mr. Clegg tells us that several ap
plications have been made for stock in the estab
lishment and that he has about concluded to
organize a joint stock company, increase the
capacity of the mills and go more largely into the
manufacture of specialties No more profitable
investment could be made, and the probability is
that no difficulty would be found is raising t be
required capital. As a matter of interest to those
who desire to make such an Investment it would
not be amiss to consult with Mr. Clegg.
TBS CLBOO FACTORY,
like other enterprises of the city, Is strictly a
home institution; has been built and equipped
with home capital, and is a monument to the en
terprise of the managers. It is true that they do
not make a great deal of noise, but the superior
qnallty of the products sails all they can make.
It is with difficulty that they can supply the de
mand for their goods. There is not a more con
venient location for a foctory In the city, and we
expect to see It grow to very large proportions. It
Is in a stone’s throw of the railroad track, and
side-tracks can be so arranged as to dump coal
into the bin and to reoelve and dis iharge freights
right at the very door. It is encouraging to know
that there is a probability of
BNLABGINO THE MILL,
as it is a profitable institution, and we like to
see snch things in Columbus. If the proprietors
use any energy in an effort toward ralslug the
stock company to which we have alluded above,
there certainly will be no difficulty in obtaining
the desired capital, as It is not easy to find whe e
on investment would prove more profitable. The
mill la located on a level plat, with several sores
attached,all as level os a yard floor. It is in a good
neighborhood and of easy access to aU parts of
the city, and the street railway passes In front
of the door. We ate glad to see this mill making
snch
sapid snuDns,
and while it is already manufacturing goods at
pretty os are to be seen In all this ooantiy, this
is only foreshadowing what they contemplate
doing in the very near future. The Clegg Manu
facturing Company is an institution of whioh
Columbus is justly proud, and it Is hoped that Is
will reach the highest ambition of its enterpris.
Ing management. They have worked bard to
build np a good trade, and by first building np
the character of the goods manufactured, have
snoceeded beyond their most sanguine expecta
tions. .Everything about the mill is new, clean
and In splendid order. The bands are satisfied
with the remuneration received, and while it has
achieved great results, there is for it a brighter
and bettor future than ever.
A NECESSITY.
And It is Acceptably Filled by as Enterprising
■an.
Among the prosperous and thriving business
men of Columbus none have accomplished more
in so short a time by energy, industry and foir
dealing than Mr. E. Philips. Mr. Philips has
won a deserved reputation for integrity among
his customers and the public generally. Mr.
Philips keeps a general assortment of wood, coal,
terra cotta pipe, brick, etc. He keeps constantly
on hand at the lowest prices the celebrated
Montevallo lump coal, the popular Henryellen
grate coal, anthracite and blacksmith coal,
besides the best pine and oak wood, terra cotta
pipe, fine brick, chimney tops, fine clay stove
and chimney flues, border brick and other goods
in this line. Mr. Philips fills orders promptly,
and the strictest attention is paid to'the smallest
as well as the largest order. Those who patron
ize him testify to the honesty of bis weights and
measures and reoommend him as a man to be re
lied on.
GROCERS.
Leaders of Low Prices.
Corner Tenth Avenue and*
Lumpkin Road,
COLUMBUS,, GhA~
WILL GIVE
PERMANENT RELIEF
To all persons who are suffering in any way from
Nervousness or Nervous Exhaustion. Everybody
knows that a strong, vigorous nervous system »
essential to good health.
MOXIE
Is recommended by clergymen and endorsed by
eminent physicians.
It contains no alcoholic or other stimulant.
deep.
©Mly BS* • $mt Bottle.
For sale, wholesale and retail, by M. D. Hood A
Oo„ Geo. A. Bradford aad Evaaa A Howard.
aptdly nna
it is noi a a rag.
It la a food: not a medlclm
It lndaoea a good appetite.
It Insure* sound, healthfol
It Is perfectly harmless.
FOOD
and Feeding of li. hints, moiled free.
DO LIBER. OuODALB a CO.. Boston. Mono.
TAX NOTICE.
State and County Taxes for the Tear 1SS6
Are now due, and my books are open for colleo*
tion ol same from and after Monday, Septen**
ber 6th. D. A. ANDREWS,
Tax Collector Muscogee County.
Office: Georgia Home Building.
sep7 eod tdecl
Electric Belt Free
To introduce it and obtain agents we will for the next
sixty days give away, free of charge, in each county
in the U. 8. a limited number ot our <»erinnn
Varicocele, Kmlsajoas, Impotency &c. $joo.oo Reward
paid if every Belt we manufacture does not generate
a’.renuinoelectriccurrent. Address at once ELECTRIC
BELT AGENCY. R. 0. Box 1/8. Brooklyn. N. Y. ^