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fflM/tntBtfe nqmuMix, sititoat noRnmo, October m>, 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. ^