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COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1886. 17 i/u» A City **u»t be Known by K» Commerce nnd Trade. •nrWkeln*]* RhIrm* litrrail*,,. Do ^ er j, •r*»Ur Dcvelopncnt—The litiril TerrIUr, H©*«ialed Is the 8oHh-Iot llt-hlnd An, on Me*(ht Bate*--What llanlae*. Hen 8a, iboat It. All hands will at once agroe that a oity ■will be known by its commerce. This will hardly need any argument. Of *11 the commerce of a city, it is the whole sale trade that gives it more general imminence. There has been a wonderful increase in the wholesale trade of Colum bus during the past ten years—greater perhaps, than even many of our business men are aware. This is encouraging from the fact that the future growth of our city will be more or less determined by the de velopment of this branch of trade. The natural territory for such trade is unequal- ©d in the south. The freight rates are equal to any city that could possibly com pete with us, and better than many of them, and we ore offered as good rates out of the city as any other competing city. We mention these facts by a way of sug gestion that our wholesale trade ought to be largely increased, and in this direction we hardly know of a more inviting field than that of the grocery business. Bread and meat, with attendant necessities and tunries for the inner man, is the most im portant of all others. While Columbus does a large local trade In this line, and while we have several grocery houses that will sell in as large or as small quantities as may be desired, we want business houses devoted exclusively to the whole sale of groceries. One of the best business | about 8000 horse power, or something like oue- a»en in Columbus said to an ENQUIRER- ■ tenth part of that available. The total capacity WRALTI1 II WATMR. flufalfloeat Water Power at Colniabia-i Volta* Ultiag <6,000 Horse.Power—At lasltiag Klalil for tbe Insootnent of Capital. IS at are baa given to Oolumbm a wealth of sew ter power almost nnuqualod elsewhere. Here terminates the mountain range of eastern North 1 America, which northward is continuous to the j Artie sens, and is known in various localities us ' Blue Ridge, Allegheny, White •nUktll, etc. The ' last southern rock in that vast range In the Ohattahoochec river is Just south of the Eagle and PUeuix dam in Oolumbus. It is this term inating, and the results of the mountain streams seeking the lowlands that gtvos to Oo lumhus her water power. Below this city, is a free, uninterrupted navigable channel to the Gulf of Mexico, where numerous steam boats constantly ply ami give to the city Its most valuable commerce. Above are granite rocks, torrents and water falls. Tho current of the river from here to the gulf scarcely oxceods four miles an hour, while above it is from ten to thirty miles un hour. Within two nnd a half miles of Oolumbus the fell in the Chattahoochee river is 126 feet. The volume of water at the lowest stage equals 300 horse power to the foot fall, on a total of 37,600 horse power for the two and a halt miles. During nine months of the year, the average volume of water is double that of the loweBt stage and would give 76,000 horse power. To one unacquainted with the facts, these figures will appear marvellous, but to ho who will visit the river and view the grand sight of its rushiug waters, and hear their incessant roar, at almost any locality from the city of Oolumbus to the Columbus factory, will fully believe they are below what they should be. But this is not all. To the 125 feet fall to the Columbus factory, we must add an additional fall between there and West Point of 237 feet, or a total within thirty- three miles of ColumbUB of 362 feet, or 100,000 horse Dower for the lowest water, and nearly double that for average stage. Only a small portion of this great water power is now utilized. In this city the Eagle and PhenU, Muscogee, and Columbus mills are drivcu by it, and aggregate 80,000 spindles and 2000 looms. To drive this machinery requires J A*. M. LENNARD, Attorney at-Law. Ufflo* bock roost over 0.1. Hdfletb shoe stum. Bun representative yesterday in sneaking on the subject, that “we have so much territory not worked that I venture the as sertion that an exclusive grocery house with ample capital and thoroughly equip ped, by displaying the enterprise of some at our merchants in other branches, can work up a business of half a million dol lars the first year, and double it in two years.” -Columbus also needs a large and exclu- sively wholesale clothing house. Any en terprising firm with capital, skill and ex perience can work up an immense busi ness in the wholesale clothing line here. Columbus offers advantages to men con templating an enterprise of this kind pos sessed by few cities in the south. The ad vantages of our local market may be Bald to be complete without a single exception. of the local water power at Columbus is sufficient to drive over 800,000 spindles and their accom panying machinery. It is too early in the cen tury to multiply these figureB by three iu order to take iu the entire fall for thirty-three miles. I'll is power, with other material advantages, renders Columbus an inviting field for invest ment of capital in cotton and other manufactur ing. TUK HOliNE OP HILL A LAW. Its Splendid Resources—Its Still Better Priees. And Best of All Its Character. Of the many dry goads houses which are at once a benefit and an ornament to Coiambus, none surpass and few eqnal the splendid estab lishment of Hill ft Law. This firm handles every species and device known to the dry goods trade anywhere. They buy for cash, obtain discounts, sell rapidly, and their goods are always new, fresh and in tho latest styles. No firm in the state of Georgia has a better reputation and a The materials used in the cheaper and 1 clearer record. It numbers among its customers Medium grades of clothing can be bought j the Pf°P le in ‘ he ^ aud ““ rr ° u “f n8 . . .... - , ... country. The reputation of Messrs. Hill & Law in large quantities from the woolen mills I )nt „„ P ritv „„a t,n„e„tv wt, „,e„ here cheaper than the same class of goods ore sold by New York commission houses through whom all northern manufactur- J L. WILLIS, Attorney at lav. Ufiioc over Crane's cornea. JAR. Q. MOON, Attorney-at-Law and Real Mate Afwi. Office corner below Swift’s wench owes JAMES M. RUSSELL Alto rney-at-Law. Practices in the statu and federal courts of Georgia and Alabama. Offloo over 12*7 Broad St. B. B. UATCimtt. I. D. PBABOUV. J J ATCHHR ft PEABODY, Attorneys-at-Law. Office np stairs over 1119 Bread street. “TELL THE TRUTH," AND “HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST," Ar« Foundation Principles in the Successful Upbuilding of the Mammoth Business of J. A. KIRVEN & CO. and Wrap yy A. TIQNER, Attorney-at Law. Office on teeond floor of Garrard bwfkttng. S P. GILBERT, . Attorney-at-law. i 0values* Offiot T. J. CM APPKU. ■. n. oowrcHiua n OBTCHIUS ft CHAPPELL Attorneys-at-Law. Office up stairs in the Garrard building. yy B. SLADE, At! orney-at- law. Office on seoond floor of Georgia Home build ing. yy ALONZO CARTER, Attorney-at-law. Office up stairs over R. S. Ora ns. J OUIS P. GARRARD, Attorney-at-law, J. U. M’NEIUL. jyjoNBILL ft LEVY, a. a navv. Attorney*-at-law. PHYSICIAN**. ars buy at an additional coBt of 71 per ©cot. Labor here is plentiful and cheap. Waterpower can be utilized at light ex pense and with but small investment on the plant. There are a number of suita ble buildings here which can be leased at a low rate of rent. And the present sys tem of selling goods, so far in udvance of tiie actual wants of the trade, will allow for probity, integrity and honesty both as men and as merchants, is well known in this city and far beyond its confines. And it is a guaantee that no customer who trades at tbelr store will j be allowed to pay more for anything than it la J worth. The clerical force of the firm of Hill ft Law is one of the finest in the city. They are without exception a creditto any firm that might ; employ them. They are: E. M. Seabrook, cash ier, John McGough, Willie Hunter, J. L. Hardin, I Willie Watt, Miss Eliza Barden, and Miss Lucy Watt. j From morning till night this emporium of I splendid dry goods is crowded with shoppers many goods to be sold before being made ' audeveiy clerk is kept busy and at his best. Mp, saving quite an item of interest. Co-I Columbus is justly proud of this great establish- lumbns is now recognized as a valuable distributing point, our wholesale trade in all branches aggregating millions, and it ie growing every year. It is beyond gain- baying that we possess an opening for two or three wholesale clothing houses to be ftjond nowhere else; and parties at a dis tance desiring more data than is given raent, whose size and character would make it an honor to any sity Fruit and Confectioneries. Mr. W. T. Robinson has one of the host and nicest assortments of fruits and confectioneries in the city at his store on lower Broad street. Mr. Robinson has been in the business for many years, and exhibits fine taste in buying his goods, which he soils as low, if not lower, than here can readily obtain it by addressing a dealer in this market, letter to the Enquiber-Sun. But what is true of dry goods, groceries and clothing by wholesale, is true of other knee of goods. There are several exclusive -wholesale houses in the city and they are doing a good business. J. K. Orr & Co. tell us that they have doubled their busi ness since they quit the dry goods and went into the exclusive shoe trade. A conversation had with Mr. Orr yesterday Will illustrate the point we desire to make. He informs us that during the past year he has been able to ship goods to Borne, Go., Selma, Ala., and to points within a few miles of Mobile, as well as about two hundred miles below Jacksonville, Fla., and the intervening territory. This shows Whether or not we can send goods away after we get them here. In feet Columbus wholesale men where- j ever their drummers penetrate, appear to be given the preference over the wholesale dealers of the other cities of Georgia and a4jacent states. But there is still a vast /CHARLES R. RUSSELL, territory which belongs to Columbus by Attorney-at-Law, Columbus, Go. Tight which is yet unpenetrated by our commercial travelers. The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. The assertions made by Mr. Orr, in regard to developing our wholesale trade are borne out by J. S. Garrett & Son, J. Kyle & Co., M. Joseph and other leading establish ments. It helps the city in various ways. None better advertise a city than the . hrannON ft BATTLE, of traveling men. And speaking J-* C. TICKNOR, Practicing Phyaurian. Office at Robert Carter’ll drug stm. Q EORGE J. GRIMES. Physician and Burgee*. Office np stairs over Oity Drag Stoat. JOHN NORWOOD, Practicing Physician. Office at City Drug Store, 1143 Bread street J W. CAMERON, I Practicing Physician. ! Office up stairs over Central Drag Hbum*. j J E. G1LLEHPIB, Practicing Physician. Offic at Robert Carter's drag store. j 0 D. HURT, Practicing Physician. OUR SI LKjQ ress AND 8 DEPARTIENTSi*^ !SS Slik Department. Striped Silks at 2f> cents. Black Gros Grain 60c, noth ing like it elsewhere. Our 75c Gros Grain and Glace is well worth fl 00, and SOine so-called baignill houses shown in Columbus, and our Btock of get that for similar goods. , WOOL DRESS GOODS is far in advance Our climax bargain in this Of any of our former purchases in variety department is our One Dollar and vaU,ca - °« r French Novelty suits Black Silk, absolutely the best *»««>« stripe, a*ie puid, Freize stripe, ever offered in this market j and erabroidered in silk and Beads. Have undergone a m rkod change in quantity and quality. We are now dis playing the greatest variety in COLORED BILKS in street and evening shades over ,, Dl.,,.1. cull., •• and ate them. (Jnr block ot other Wool! — — “■»**-> — lor tile pi ice. Black hulks ill I . », . entild not sell thf (iiinntifip^v i, , , „ i i Goods c'mprises all the desirable fabrics | tuuiu uui oi.ii uiu ijudiiuiies Call Onr stock of other Wool TZE^IDMCLMIIIISrG-S. Feather Trimmings 35c to $2 00, all colors. Wool arid Silk Moss Trimmings, Astra- kiin Trimmings in 2, 3 and 4 inch widths. Silk Loop Braid- Bead Edging, all kinds and colors. Bead Gimps and Ja bots; Bead Panels, Fronts and. Vests. Largo stock of latest novel ties in Metal Buttons, at prices* that must be right, or we all grades and fabrics. of tbe seuaon. we do. Upward and Onward IS OUR MOTTO! One of Progress! Our History is is to Excel I Many will remember the small beginning we made in 1876. By push, pluck and hard work we grew each year, and have increased our business until we now stand without a rival. During the Christmas times he will have a large variety of toys, embracing all of the latest and fantastic novelties in these goods. Ho will also have an immense display of fireworks and other things to make the children happy. Give him a call. _ Sublimity. I hear in the voice of the thnnder The glory and greatness of God; I see In the flash of the lightning The sweep of his glittering rod, 1 feel in the rush of the rain The flow of his meeting tears, And I hear in the midnight winds The music of all the spheres. 1 see in the limitless ocean The swell of his heaving breast, And I long for the hour when I shall sink To his bosom of infinite rest. —John A. Joyce. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. LAWYER**. JOSEPH K. POC, Attorney-at-law, Office up stain over 1111 Broad street. of drummers, these “merchants of the wayside” are to-day acknowledged a very Important factor iu the wholesale trade. He must combine versatility, sagacity and tact^must know thoroughly all about the business he represents, and frequently a g reat deal about other people’s business, ut he knows how to talk up his town • and he does it. J. IV. Miller. This gentleman is at liis old stand on lower Broad street, where he always keeps u nice sup ply of fresh fish and oysters, deals largely in ice, and is prepared to furnish the trade with anything in his line at the lowest prices. He is located conveniently to Broad atreet depot, and his delivery wagon stands ready to supply the city trade. Mr. Miller is one Of the best known and most reliable dealers in his line of goods in the city, and merits the good Will and patronage of the public which is being accorded him. He will reopen his restaurant in a short time, which he will keep supplied with the best eatables that can be procured. Give Mr. Miller a call when needing anything in his line. He will giye you only the best quality of good* ♦ULe It west pLa*. Attorneys- at-Law. Office second floor llurruB building, corner Broad and Twelfth streets. rj'HOMAS W. GRIMES, Attorney-at-Law. Office up stairs over Robert Carter’* drug store. W. W. BBOCB. •ram BBCob. -yy W. BRUCH ft SON. Practicing Phyaiciaw. Linen Department OTTIR, PETT. To* oan get. more than a fair exchange for your money in buying our It would take all our spuce to enumerate the priees. We confidently say we have , the best value in LINEN TOWELS at 10c, 12Jc, 16e, 20c and 25c ever shown by any house Booth of New York. Our TABLE SETS are marvels of beauty and are reasonably low. We oan do yon good, and will do it, In the way of saving money for you. Price onr goods before buyiug. HANDKERCHIEFS, Wo carry a larger variety of these goods than any other house in this city. Choice lot of Printed Cotton Goods for children at 3c and 5c. A large variety of Hemstitched Ladies’ Handerchiefs at 10c. Great assortment of finer goods. GENTLEMEN, NOTICE. W have a large lot of Gents’ Hera- stiehed Handkerchiefs at 15o, 25c and 35c, every quality, worth nearly double tho price. And Just here, while we are talk ing to the gentlemen, wo call attention to our Sixty-Jive Cents Shirts, The best shirt bargain In the United States Gloves! Gloves! fi Button Length Sued Mosquetaircs 76c. IU Button Length Sued Mosquetaircs fl_ 6 Button Dress Kids, colors and black, 50c. 6 Button Dress Kids, colors and black, 76c and fl 00. \ Button Embroidered Back, colors and black, ft 00. 6 Hook Real Kid, “Kirven,” fl 50. Gents’ 2 Buttons fl 00. Also a great variety of other Gloves irv fur tops, &c. Good Jersey Cashmere Gloves at 26<\ A small lot of slightly spotted Kills, oil©- fl 00 and f 1 50 qualities, at 25c. MERINO UNDERWEAR For Children, Ladies, Boys and men, at bargain prices. This department is com plete in all grades and weights. Bee onr Jersey hand-knit Vest for Ladies, made np- of the finest Bn> ony Wool, a real comfort- 0 rn m JBTO. J. MASON, Practicing Phyaiciaa. Office at City Drag Store. WE DO NOT CUT A XL SLASH, BUT j^HTH N. JORDAN, Physician A Bargee*. W. BATTLE, Practicing Physician. H. GRIGGS, Practicing Physician. «. B. SCHL0Y. I*. T. BCHLVT. j^CHLKY & SCHLEY, Homeopathic Physicians. Officer over Hochstrasaer’s. Dr. P. T. fichley’s residence 1520 Second avenue (Jackson St.) QARLISLE TERRY, Physician and Surgeon. Residence 214 Reach Bed Rock Bottom in Our Prices FROM THEE STAIR/T, consequently our reputation for fair dealing and good values is well enrned*- IIIMIKIN. r M. A. LITTLE, Attorney at-Law. Office over R. S. Crane, corner Broad and Miller also [ Twelfth streets. W. Q EO. W. McELHANEY, Dentist. Newmarkets, Jackets Short Wraps, Fine Beaver Newmarkets, stylish Cheviot and Boucle Newmarkets; Jer sey Jackets in endless variety; Boucle Jersey Jackets; Sponged Plush Short Wraps; Brocade Silk Short Wraps; Handsome Frieze Short Wraps; Elegant Aslrachan Jackets. $500 Worth of Chil dren's and Misses’ Wraps. We always have kept and sold the best variety of Children’s Garments, and ex pect to continue to do so. Our BHAWL stock is complete. Cash- mere Scarfs and Shawls, Shoulder or Breakfast Shawls. We cannot enumerate. We have exactly the Shawl you want; come right along and get it. We carried over from last season one rair of Blankets; therefore our stock is not dust-marked nor moth-eaten. Entirely All Wool 10-4 Blankets for $5.00. Other qualities in 10, 11, 12 and 13 quar ters, in prices ranging up to $25 a pair. We have a few pairs only of the $20 and $25 goods. They are lovely, and the finest goods ever brought to this market* Quilts! Quilts! Quilts! 10-4 Crochet Quilts at 85cj, were sold last season as a bar gain at $1 00. We know we have the best Quilt for fl 00 in the city. A large stdfck of Crochet and Marseilles Quilts^ Is full of good bargains. • We luck room to name the styles and prices. We mentiont Nollingham Curtains from 75c- to #4 no a pair, and Scrim and Antique from $3 50 to $20 a pair. JAM HH M. SMITH. i MITH & THORNTON, Attorneys-atr Law. Office up stairs over J. Marion Estes & Son’s Shoe Store. c. J. THORNTON, Office up stairs over Wittich St Kinsel’s, In Garrard building. 1 GRIGSBY E. THOMAS, JR. I 'IIHOMAS & CHANDLER, imM. J. FOOLE, Dentist. Office over Rothschild Bros., 12i7 Broad street. Our GRIGSBY B. CHANDLEB. Attorneys-at-Law. Office up iUuiA u'iU C. iL Iu.iL:. By Enterprise and Perseverence House is placed far iri advance of all rivals, and it is our aim, by continuing in the course we have maintained hitherto, to merit and hold our position. * J^R. T. OSBURN, Dentist. Offi'.'C lltSl dCOltw IL.Iil.aia LilwC. *X == “KIX T^*'