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COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1886.
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hwtitutions for Teaching the Young Idea 1
How to Shoot.
the Beat NfHtvwi of l’ablle Schools In Georgia—A
First-ClAMN Hnhinww School-Select School for !
Olrlfi—Boy*’ High Sc tool-Other Educational
InutlUtlona*
Few cities of its size can anywhere be found
hitter provided with educational facilities than !
Ooluinbus. Besides its splendid system of public !
schools, which have no superior anywhere, there
are a number of private schools ot the best char
acter, including elementary schools for children
high schools for boys and for girls, commercial
schools for special business training, and schools j
of music and art. The large attendance at there j
institutions and their financial prosperity utterly
refutes, as for as Columbus is concerned, the
common slur that manufocturing cities do not !
value education and are always deficient in in- 1
tellectual and literary culture. We believe that \
ao city of its population in the south has a larger j
school attendance and a smaller percentage of'
illiteracy than Columbus. The schools of our |
olty provide amply for the thorough education j
of our youth of both sexes through
the most advanced high school course. 1
For a complete collegiate course, however, j
tor young people are compelled to go away from
home. This is not as it should be, and we feel |
convinced that it will not be so long. In the 1
oase of our girls, especia’ly, there is no reason j
why one of them should ever be compelled to '
leave home to complete her education. For
rears Columbus supported a flourishing and
splendidly-equipped female college of the highest
order. Its complete destruction by fire a few .
years ago was one of the worst blows that our
city has ever suffered. Every year since that
cventour people have felt more and more strong- I
ly the urgent need of such another institution, j
Public sentiment on this subject is now rapidly '
orystalizing, and will, undoubtedly, soon mani
fest itself in some practical, definite movement. 1
Already a number of our leading capitalists have '
expressed not only a willingness, but a strong de- (
sire to contribute liberally towards such an eu- j
terprise, and the indications are that at an
early day a joint stock company will be formed
for the purpose. So we regard a first-ilass, ex
tensive, thoroughly-equipped female college as |
almost certainly among the coming institutions :
of Columbus, and one that will be here in the j
very near fhture. In the meantime we take
pleasure in presenting to the world abroad the |
following brief sketch of our principal schools as 1
they now are:
COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Over Sixteen Hundred Pupils on the Boll—The '
Best System of Public Schools In the Stale, j
Whit. Columbia Is Using In Behalf of the j
Bising Generation.
The public schools were established nineteen .
years ago. Since that time they have increased
rapidly and steadily in interest and attendance. ,
Bach year demonstrates the fact more folly that •
this is one of the moet worthy institutions ever J
naugarated in Oolambua. It is one of the ;
broadest avenues ever opened up to the prosper- |
ity and growth of the city. The present system !
of the schools is well nigh perfect,and never be
fore in its history has it been in a more prosper- j
ous and healthy condition. There are hundreds
of good citizens in Columbus to-day who came iu (
from all parts of the country so that their chil- ,
dren might have advantage of this excellent sys
tem of schools.
THE WHIT* SCHOOLS. j
The last report of Prof. A. P. Moody, superin
tendent of the schools, was highly compli
mentary to the able corps of teachers and the
onergetic and efficient board of trustees. 'Die re
port shows that the s ibool has not only grown
in numbers, but has increased the rate of attend- 1
auce and climiri; hed tardiness, and improved in
discipline and any other point from which they
may be viewed during the post year.
The enrollment of scholars at the close of the
last term numbered 786 in the v\ hite schools, |
with an average attendance of 634. Of these 337
were males an 4 419 females.
The treasurer of the board of trustees in his
last annual report, from Jane, 1885, to June,*1886,
fires aa the following statistics of the finance* of
the schools:
EEC BIT HD.
City appropriate -$1M64 00
ifahoter*. a.491 (ft ;
917,955 05
Balance do# treasurer 7 28 !
$17,962 33 (
„ B tSBtTBSRE. I
Teachers'salaries » $13,243 a< j
Superintendent’s salary 1,600 00 j
School books and stationery - 1,053 32 I
School house and forniture 562 28
Fuel 367 05
Piano (tuning and moving) 16 00
Printing (newspaper) 28 10
Insurance 213 74
Hack hire » 00 i
$17,088 86
Balance brought forward from session
M#4 and 1885, due treasurer 873 47 ,
$17,962 33 i
THE TEACHERS.
Most of the old teacher* have been re-elected.
They are as follows:
Prof. H. W. Battle, principal ot boys’ school.
Miss Mira Birdsong, principal of girls’ school. ■
Miss Annie Patten, Miss Joe Brooks, Miss A»-
uie Williford, Miss Mary Peabody, Miss Foruie
Holmes, Miss Mary Diegnan, Mias Bettie Brown,
Hiss B. H. Bailey, Miss Annie Pond, Miss Bailie j
Waddell, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Robinson and Miss
Worrell. Mias May Moshell was elected ausiatan'
teacher. Mrs. Nora L. Hussey was elected music
teacher.
ft will be seen from the above list of teachers
t hat no patron of the school need fear that their
child may not receive proper attention. They
arc all teachers of high ability and reputation, as
those who have patronized the Institution will
temiiy.
The following gentlemen comprise the
board or trustees:
B. F. Coleman, president.
John Peabody, vice-president.
N. N. Curtis, Isaac I. Moses, B. II. Crawford.
N. J. Bussey, A. O. Black mar, W. B. Need-
C. A. Redd, John King, James Smith.
THE SCHOOLS RROPRNKP
for the terra on Monday, the 27th of September.
As bright and interesting as their past history
l as been, a still more brilliant and successful
future awaits them. The system is firmly estab
lished in the affections of the citizens ot Colum
bus. They realize that the boys and girls of the
country must be educated carefully and system
atically, and this is now being- done as thorough
ly and economically as it can possibly he done.
4WLOKED SCHOOLS.
»!«• Hundred aud Ninety-Nine Pupil* «>"
Roll.
The Columbus public colored schools have not
been neglected. Columbus is doing a* much or
more towards bettering the condition of the col-
°red race than any city in Georgia. The Mercei
street and Clnflin schools are both in fine condi
lion. The report of the superintendent in Jm ,e
foal showed that there were on the roll 999 pupils
with an average attendance of 601. The follow,
teachers were re-eletrted at the last m»eti a*
R ‘ B> Ilod 8 r es, Fmncis F. p».
tors F. V. Cant), V. Huff, O. V. Posey, Emily
A p 0 T’ t A Ross ’ A - w - Canty, h. M Martin,
A. Canty, F. A. liobinson, L. L. Lewb, l!
Weeks, Henry Murray. Ann Wadsworth
Floating Teachers-Ida Hell amljthe wile of W
it. spencer were elected floating teachers
The teachers are all competent aud worthy
negroes, and under their training a marked im
provement is noticeable among their pupils.
, c 8011001 bnlldinga are very comfortably and
and conveniently arranged. The city divides
her favors equally among the white and colored
schools. We feel safe In saying that no educa
tional institution of the kind has acquired a more
commendable reputation for beneficial results
than baa been attained by this school undor its
present management.
COLUMBUS BUSINKKS SCHOOL.
Professor Hough’s Splendid Hntvrprlse-lt* Won-
derfol and Rapid Sureesi -It Is a Permanent
Fixture Among us.
Columbus has heretofore possessed every
facility for merchandise, manufactory and educa
tion, except one facility for education. It has
had no business or oonmercial school. There are
many hundreds of young men in this and
adjacent cities and in the intervening territory
who have not the means or the inclination to
spend four or five years in obtaining a classical
education, and who with the proper facilities at
hand could fit themselves up thoroughly for the
business world with all its burdens and techni
calities and complications. Heretofore a first
class school for such a purpose has been want-
ing; bat now it is wanting no longer. Four or
five months ago Prof. Hough resigned the pro
fessorship of bookkeeping and commercial law in
Emery College, where he was snngly ensconced
for life in a paying professorship if he had so
elected. But Professor Hough declared that it
was his ambition to found a commercial college
in some promising city of Georgia, whose
thoroughness of training and completeness of
curriculum would be superior to anyfsimilar col
lege Georgia has yet known, and which would
equal in capacity and actual work such institu
tions as Poughkeepsie and other first-class busi
ness schools of the north. He selected Colum
bus as the most favorable locality for such an en
terprise. His intention was, and is, to make the
school a permanent institution, a fixture forever
in Columbus. Four months ago Professor
Hough came to Columbus and opened and ad
vertised his schools, and it was evident from the
first day that it was destined to receive a wel
come and a patronage which even the-professor,
sanguine as he was, had not dared to hope for.
In other words, the school was filling and filling
completely the traditional “long felt want.”
Young men from Columbus and the suironnding
country, from Alabama, and from hundreds of
miles away have flocked to the “Columbus Busi
ness School,” for such is its name. Professor
Hough had to send to Athens,
Ga., and employ an assistant, Professor
James E. Mcliee, who graduated under Professor
Hough at Emory College. Gold medals are regu
larly awarded as prizes, and every inducement
and facility is offered for quick and thorough
work. Prof. Hough is a law graduate, and is
thoroughly conversant with the principles and
practice of commercial law. He delivers a course
of lectures on commercial law to each class, when
they have reached the requisite stage in the
course. This feature is an innovation in south
ern business schools: in fact, Profes
sor Hough’s is the only one in
the south where regular and thorough commer
cial law lectures are incorporated in the curricu
lum. They are of immense value to young men
just entering business life. Under Professor
Hough’s course of lectures they learn in a few
weeks that which it would require years of ex
perience and many cost!v mistake.* to learn, if
they entered the business world unequipped
with the informat ion these lectures contain.
During this winter Professor Hough propose*
to change and enlarge the Columbus Business
School into a regular organized and
chartered buslnes college. Two ne"
professors will be added to
the faculty, and in addition to the regular com
mercial course, stenography and telegraphy will
be taught, so that a young man can fit himself
for any and for every one of the standard branches
of business. This splendid enterprise of Professor
Hough’s deserves the encouragement and pat
ronage it is receiving. It is a credit as well as a
valuable adjunct to the ei‘.v.
Professor Hough is well known in Columbus
as well as throughout north and middle Georgia.
He graduated with honors at Emory College,
Oxford. Ga., in which town he was raised. And
he is unprophet-like in the fact that he
is honored perhaps more than any
where else in his own town and bis own country.
He possesses remarkable executive and organiz
ing powers, and his business tact is as boundless
ns the avenues through which it is called to ope
rate are numerous. He has never taken hold of
an enterprise that did not succeed, and in this
pet plan of his life he is »ot likely to fail. Co
lumbus welcomes him as a citizen aud a teacher,
and we feel assured in saying that his career
among us will redound to his own and to t> e
public good.
KKLKIT SCH fOL FORLIHLS.
Oneuf the Leading Instructors of the South—A
School to Fill a >oeessl») iw ColumbM*-Prof.
Chappell’* Select School fo** Hirh.
There iR no educational institution in Columbus
of which she can be justly more proud than the
-ielect High School for girls only, Prol. J. Harris
' .’happen principal. This school is pleasant ly lo
cated on First avenue, jus', back of the Episcopal
church. No small girls are taken. The Professor-
now has .% pupfi.S which is as many as he wishes
to teach. Recently he has been compelled to de
cline quite a number of very desirable puoils, as
his school is already fall. He employs no as
sistant* but devotes his whole ti e exclusively
to the instruction of the minds of his pupils The
curriculum of hit* «whooI «ttnds through that
course of study pursued by junior cl*
best female colleges.
Prof. Chappell ranks nigh among tti<
rooa i skilled educators iu the country. His rep t-
lotion as a teacher extends both tor and wide.
He is well versed In every branch of learning,
and his methods of imparting knowledge meet
Villi ‘re iighMt commendation from those with
whoni he lias been thrown in cornu*, and who
ore able and competent judges. He seem, to be
peculiarly capacitated to hit the position of high
trust and importance which has bee "
Fortunate indeed are those gnis
i the
t incat and
“nThe h P amr u f“prol ! .'Chappell. On the girls of
to-day depend the future happu^oi U.e oat °£
Should they develop into good, useful and n k
__ ..n ic ...oil Such pure mens anil
Iples as Prof. Chappell
of his pupils will nuke
women, men
noble and general
enthuses into the
an impression
linger with thei
Under his train
womanhood, a
up m men in
, till th ?ir lives
ng they will bios
Ii.-ssiuu Ml their
: been spent,
into glorious
fauiilu
D ZZ 1 mT»* accomplished sehoiar. Prof
n is •» nv»n of high moral churactci. and
Chappell • i* .he reject and admiration
one who commands the respect a ^ ^ ^
of all good people " h " ^ ^ re , i)fItWl the
hiKh rdueat.onB P. N(jr „,al College
l, r:7w-eeksagu,c return to hi, first love-
only a f. ins,motor iu ,b« south is held
Columbus. No m,lni eotnsnuiUlv. wut
iH t,Igiim- estem by an en.tue
HI a* rUg—*** **•» Art ** UUm
able educators. His capacity was fully demon-
stmt oil in tho Columbus Female College, and ,
will ever be demonstrated in any position that
he tuay bo pleased to accept. Oolutnbus is proud
of such a citben.
BO IN’ IIIUU 8UI100L.
One of tho Bowl Places to Kdaratv Roy« in Iks
South—A Han Who Know* fflist tv Bo With
Boys.
ttopt. ,T. J. stade’n high school for boys has
been in successful operation for many ytMirs past,
and he has educated hundreds of boys who are
now numbered among the best business young
men in the city. Capt. Blade makes a specialty
of preparing young men for competitive examina
tions for the United States military and naval
auodemies, and has beeu remarkably successful
in this as in other respects, and a number of his
former pupils have won distinction in these in
stitutions.
The captain is too well known to the citizens
of Columbus and the surrounding country for us
to dwell at any great length upon his abilities
and accomplishments. The tuanj' years of labor ,
which he has devoted to the youths of Columbus
have brought forth wonderful fruits. All of the
jewels of a boy’s mind are brought into promi
nence and are nicely polished by Captftin Slade’s
skill fill directions. The froita of his labors will
be lasting. Many years hence those who are '
now hia pupils, and will then have achieved
eminence in their respective avocations, will
recall their school-boy days with a thrill of pleas
ure and give thanks to their teacher who made
them what they are.
Slade's Ilall is delightfully situated near the
public park. Those who have boys to educate or
to prepare for college will do well to consult Capt.
Blade. The captain gives his undivided atten
tion to the training of all pupils placed in his
charge, and it goes without the saying that none
of them will be neglected.
The captain’s past and present record is cer
tainly all that could be desired In a teacher.
It is a question of serious doubt if there is a
more able and capable instructor in the entire
south. The fall term of bis school is now in op
eration, and has been since September 15th,
though boys can be entered at any time. The
parent who entrusts his boy in Capt. Slade’s
hands need have no fear of the results. Tuition
is us low as it can possibly be afforded and young
men will be prepared for any class in college that
may be desired. There is not a college in the
country where the course of study is more
thorough, or where the advantages a boy receives
are superior to those of Blade Hall, and parents
who send their boys to this school, either for a
finished education or preparatory to sending
them oil’, will wet the part of wisdom.
Other Private School*.
There are a large number of other private
schools in the city, and perhaps no
city in the south has better educational
facilities. These private schools are on a high
plane. There are schools for girls exclusively,
and schools for little boys and girls. If any one
desires to give their children educational
advantages, Columbne is the place to do so. All
the teachers are worthy of the highest, com
mendation. Conspicuous among those are Prof.
Crowell’s school for boys, Miss Mary J. Thomas’
school for girls and very small boys, Mrs. Spen
cer and Miss Backus’ school, the schools of Miss
Ruth Moore, Miss Barab Tea si ale, Bt. .Joseph’s
Academy. Mi’s. Mayo and others in various parts
of the city. These schools are all first-class, and
pupils receive every attention calculated to ad
vance thorn in an educational way.
UKYf FEATURES IN FURJUTUIIK.
The Largest and Most Progressive Furniture Huunf
In (’olnmbuR—Superb Nets and Elegant Carpets-
An Establishment. that Take* the l*ea<l.
The farnlture business of Columbus has always
been large. For this is emphatically a city ol
houses. Nearly all the young married couples go
to housekeeping, even if they have to buy furni
ture on ti e installment plan. Besides, it is the
market in which many smaller towns and many
connties in Georgia and Alabama buy their “hires
and penates.” In consequence ofthis the (bruittire
dealers ofthis city do an immense business, and
carry stocks, the size and magnificence of which
would surprise dealers in many larger cities.
But the great mogul of the furniture business
here is Mr. T. T. Edmunds. He carries an enor
mous stock, covering four floors of one of the
largest buildings in the city. He deals in ftimi-
ture of every quality and description, and in
carpets, window ahadus, children’s carriages,
portieres, curtain poles, etc. His stock of car
pets, Turkish rugs, ottomans, cassocks and other
goods in this line cannot be surpassed in the
south. It would surprise even our own citizens
to go through every department of tills mam
moth establishment, where these kinds of goods
are kept.
The furniture in Mr. Edmunds' establishment
is adapted to every class and condition of people,
and to purses of every size. He keeps sideboards
ranging from $12 50 to $150, and chamber sets
from $15 to $300. His parlor Rets are superb and
rich enough to grace a palace. He has them in
mahogany and walnut, with coverings of silk
plush and mohair plush. These parlor sets range
from $42 to $150. Mr. Edmunds, who is one of
the ablest business men of this section, buys
from the manufacturers for cash, and thus
gets the best of terms, the benefit of which he
gives to his customers. His general manager,
Mr William Chalmers, keeps this vast estab
lishment under his eye and under complete con
trol. No move is imw e which he doer, not ser
and sanction. His business tact, experience and
energy 10 the for tune of the institution.
Mr. Ob aimers mrid iu sjx^-a king of the business:
“We never want to buy for anything but cask.
We get our own terms almost, and we can’t afford
to bn.v any other wav. Our business this fall Is
far abend of what t on* ever been before."
Mv. Edmunds, keeps a cabinet shop for the
service of the bouse only, and be also keeps a
large a«wortroent of burial case*. His prices on
these, as well as on everything else in the store,
will compare favorably with thoee of any north
ern retail house. The increasing trade of Mr.
T. T. Edmunds’ firm is only a deserved recogni
tion of the energy, enterprise and integrity of its
proprietor, and the acknowledged fact that be
is always willing to compare prices aud qualities
with any of bis competitors for public patron
age.
The chief ami most attractive feature of the
great furniture of T. T. Edmunds is the confi
dence placed in the integrity of the firm by its
nearest and most regu’ar customers. Nothing
like loose work or cheap veneering is ever
handled or sold by T. T. Edmunds. His good*
are always just as represented. And a customer
unfamiliar with furniture and its current prices
can secure as good a bargain from T. T. Ed
mund as an expert can possibly get. The regular
customers of this firm who have been patronising
it for years a»e the people who speak the most
complimentary teims of its goods, prices and
treatment of patrons. The firm deals entirely
upon the principle iba* it is a permanent fixture
in Columbus and that customers must be treated
well in order to he retained Hence it never
looses a customer. Ur business i.s steadily iu-
e/easing every year, and the time i* not f#r dis
tant, if its present in rrea-se of business is con
tinued. when the fora of T. T. Hdrounds will
have m* superior in sl*e tn tbs state, fts U now
rt*:-* OW 4Vou'j £ .'. ..J9.
""Kli
Merchants Who are Fully Up in this Par
ticular Line.
Tl»e Progressive sad Rnteiprlslug Buslnes* Men
Who Clothe the People In This Section—A More
Promising Trade for the Knsuing Year Thun
Ever Before Known -The Lurge*t and Best As
sortments Ever Bronghtto the City.
It has been a subject of remark by strangers
that Columbus is emphatically a woll-dressed
city. The averago business man here when he
changes his suit to go to go to church on Suiidny
as a rule does not change a coarse suit for a finer
one. The fhcl that Columbus is a well-dressed
city, after the primary cause of the taste and
culture of her citizens, is attributable next to
the unusual facilities afforded to the city and the
general public by her numerous and and enor
mous clothing establishments. They are be
coming a marked nnd prominent feature of our
commercial business.
The clothing houses and merchant tailoring es
tablishments here have worked up a business for
themselves far beyond our municipal limits and
the adjacent country. The business of our cloth
ing men during the past year has been exceed
ingly heavy in all the departments of their trade,
and $ince the season has opened they agree, as
one man, that the prospect for the business year
just beginning is better than it was last year-
better even than it has ever been before. This is
shown by the fttet that the clothing dealers have
brought out a larger stock than ever before; and
the trade has Already opened up with the most
brilliant prospects. Below may be found most of
the prominent clothing dealers in the city.
There are other prominent merchant tailors and
manufacturers, a notice of whom appears else
where. Conspicuous among these are G. J.
Peacock’s clothing in an ufactory, C. A. Lovelace
& Co., and A. C. Chancellor, merchant tailors.
All of these are reliable merehutits, and we take
special pleasure in commending those who are
found in these columns.
NOTHING SHODDY ABOUT IT.
A Merchant Who Believe* In Dealing in Good
(lothinff- -Goods »t All Prices, But No Nkodriy
In It -One of tho Lending Clothing Merchants
of the City.
It is h&rdly necessary for as to sny that G. E.
Thomas is a clothier. In that capacity he has
caterer! to the taste of the Columbus public for
years. He has studied to please and un
derstands this irt perfectly. He long since de
cided t hat the proper way to conduct the cloth
ing business successfully was to dval onlyin first-
class goods and to keep well up with all the
latest styles and novelties in clothing and gents*
furnishing good*. In pursuance or this idea he
bought none but the best, and moat sylish goods.
Thin won for him the reputation of being the
“NO flifOlinv CLOTH IB H
of Columbus,” and his stock of goods to-day frilly
sustain., his reputation as such. 'Hie knowledge
that a suit of clothes or a hnt came from Thomas’
is a sufficient i uarautee that it is of good quality
and of late style. While on the rounds tjie other
day the reporter stopped in at his elegant store,
just north of the Gankin House, and had a very
pleasant chat with the proprietor and took a look
at his stock. The first tiling which attracted the
attention of the scribe was the artistic nnd beau-
tifnl manner in which thego«*?.<! in the show win
dows were displayed. They were arranged
nv A MASTKn HAND,
and are as pretty ns any in the city. Next the
scribe’s attention was calk* 1 to his fine stock of
men’s nnd boys’ hats, oil of wh ch were of the
; best, quality amt of recent styles. Am-*ngtheni
were the celebrated Stetson hats, made especial-
i ly for Mr. Thomas. The latest style $4 Btetson
stiff* hat is a regular beauty, nnd set-, off a suit of
new clothe* nicely. His stock of clothing is all
f -at could he desire I. Those business and dress
• suits are perfectly lovely, and they fit as none
1 hut Thomas can make them fit -g.acefuJly and
perfectly. lie makes a specialty of
WROWNU GOODS,
and gentlemen who contemplate matrimony
1 should hasten to inspect his stock of goods. They
will find every article uecvnsary to complete a
gentleman’s wardrobe. No man wishes to look
. otherwise than handsome on the most auspicious
j occasion of his life his wedding day and even
{ if nature has not blessed a man with persona!
! iKuiul.y, such clothe*, such perfect fits and ex-
j quisite styles a* Thomas furnishes will do much
| to remedy any defect with which nature may
' have afflicted you. If so much can be done to
} improve the appearance of one who bits not been
i blessed with a handsome figure, then how won-
| derfnUy well would a perfect form be set off by a
j suit of these clothes? The effect could not be
otheiwi-e than pleasing.
ovtmcoArs
J Mr. Thomas has now, and to arrive, one of the
| largest and handsomest stocks of boy*’and men’s
1 overcoat* ever brought to this city. They are all
j strictly “no shoddy" goods, and are warranted
lo be c?xactly as represented. Go early and
secure one of these before the stock has been
I picked over. In other words, get the first choice.
j WHY THOMAS* OOODS ARE SUPERIOR.
Many wonder why this prince among clothiers
i sells nothing but first-class goods. The reason
; of this is simply because he buys no other kind.
Most of his goods are manufactured expressly
; for him, ami a* long experience and a naturally
refined taste has fully qualified him arid ripened
: his judgment, he.is not likely to suffer any infe-
i nor goods to be imposed upon him. Bo implicit
i reliance may be placed in what he ells yon.
ORGASM AN Ar- D WILSON.
J. 8. B. Grossman and Bar ow Wilson, two of
. the best ami most gentlemanly salesmen in the
; city, are still with Mr. Thomas, and are ready
and anxious to nerve their friends and the pub
lic generally. He has also in his employ a com
petent tailor who will promptly remedy any de-
i fed in the fit of the garment sold be ore it is
; taken out of the house. Don’t forget the “ no
| shoddy clothier” when you need anything In his
J line.
f’LOTniNU AND DRY GOODS.
< 4 Bonanza in Bargain* iu Clothing *nd Dr>
(tomb, at the Fstahlbkment of Mr. O. John-
It will be remembered that Jan. A. I/ewis A Co.
bought out the stock of the late J. T. Johnson,
and the closing out of that stock having be«n
brought to a successful termination, Mr. I^ewis
sold out his interest to Mr. Q. C. Johnson, who
at once began to enlarge and improve his stock.
Mr. Johnson's fame as a
FI ILST-CLASH Cl//TUI KB
spread through the country rapidly. He tested
the value of printer’s ink freely ami the result
was gratifying indeed. It became known every
where that the clothing store with the sign of
the “Hed Star” was the best place iu the city to
buy goods cheap, and the goods when once wold
advertUed themselves. People wondered how
such fine goods could be sold no cheap, but they
v'On found out (hat the inau who was selling
ing dealers in the. state in quality and variety,
and none of them can surpass his low prices.
Mr. Johnson is the agont of several well-known
business houses, among them the Btuten Island
djing establishment, which is doing a fine busi
ness here through him. lie has also the agency
fora collar and cufY laundry, the business of
which now amounts to something over loot)
pieces per wcok. lie is agent for
MKHSIUL ItOGL'RR A f'BBV,
the lurgoftt clothing house in New York, for
whom he lakes orders for every conoeivable kind
or quality of goods.
Hut not being satisfied with doing one of the
largest and most profitable business in hats,
clothing and men’s furnishing goods in the city,
he has decided to embark iu the dry goods busi
ness. He has recently returned from New York,
where he purchased an immense
STOCK OP DRY <H)01w,
which he has just received and opened up to the
public, who are requested to call and examine
them before they spend their money else
where. These goods are all fresh and
new, and embrace every variety of goods usually
found in a first-class dry goods establishment.
Mr Johnson will sell these goods for the cash oh
low as they cun bn bought in any retail house.
He is aw old hand at the dry goods business, and
has spent much time and care in selecting life
rtock, which Is especially adapted to the wants
of the people.
The two stores, No.’s 80 and 83, or new No.’s 1186
and 1138 Broad street, have been
TURNED INTO ONR,
I and is now one of the largest and most attractive
stores in Meergla.
Such men as Mr. Johnson are the life of a
town. They are always busy, active and push
ing. Always energetic, vigorous and enterpris
ing, doing all they can to benefit the city and
tbeir customers as well as themselves. Such
men deserve the respect, admiration and patron
age of the people, which Mr. Johnson commands
In a large degree. Any one who net ds anything
in the way of dry goods or clothing are in
vited to call on Mr. Johnsonn, where they will
find s full force of polite ami attentive clerks
ready to serve them.
Don’t forget that he is located at Non. 1136 and
1138 Broad street.
■ r. R. P. Nonmfrakanip
is now handling M. Greentree’s magnificent
stock of clothing, hats and gents’ furnishing
goodH. where his record for square dealing, won in
other branches of trade, shall be strictly ad
hered to. He wishos his numerous friends, one
and all, to give him a trial when needing any
thing in his line. Mr. Bonunernkamp is one of
the best and most reliable salesmen in Columbus.
He is attentive to his business and is ever ready
to serve his hosts of friends and the public gen
erally. Gall on Mr. 8. and let him show you
through his stock of goods. Don’t forget that he
can be found at M. Greentrnc’s, No. 1043 Broad
street, and that he will sell you a suit of clothes
or any article in his line as cheap as they can be
bought anywhere.
IfKAlift rilft LIST.
One of the Largest anil Most Rnterprislng
(llothlng IInose* In the Ntnt*—An Rraporinm
of Fashion and Nlyle-Llve i«4 Progressive
Merchant*.
It was with a feeling of genuine pleasure that
the knight of the quill halted in front of J. K.
Harris A Oo.’s clothing store, No. 1138 Broad
street, a few mornings since, knowing what a
handsome display awaited him. “Come in.”
said Mr. Harris pleasantly. “I want to write
you np for our trade issue,” the reporter re
marked as soon as Mr. Harris was at leisure. “I
want to !>c written up, too,” was the reply.
“Jnst come this way and I wilt show you through
our stock, which is the largest and best assorted
that was ever brought to this city.” The reporter
paused for several minutes to admire * magnifi
cent display of
MCA UPS, TIBS AND CRAVATS,
which was bj far the loveliest he had seen
daring the season. He was next shown their
line of dross and colored shirts, fiver-shirts,
drawers, collars and general line of gents’ fnrn-
i'hing goods, which is unquestionably one of the
largest a d best selected in tho state. Here a
man cun find anything he wants in tha' particu
lar Hue.
HATS AW I) CAM
were found in abundance in all of the newest and
nobbiest styles. Mr. Harris informs us that ho
will sell these goods as cheap as anybody. Our
attention was next, called to an unusually fine
line of va-ltaes, canes and nmbrellas, of which
Mr. Harris probably hus the largest stock in
the city. He has also a nice line of water proofs
of all kind . His stock of clothing is
BUHPHIHINGLY LAROK
and is of every imaginable class. You can find
anything here from a coarse jeans suit to the
finest wedding raiment of broadcloth. You can
be suited also in prices as well as in the variety
and texture of his goods. HU stock of men’s,
boys’ and children’s clothing Is certainly com
plete in every detail.
MANDKRUCHIKHS AND HOSIERY.
These departments present an attractive ap
pearance and are in keeping with his entire
stock. The reporter noticed the neat and tidy
manner in which all of the goods in the store
were kept, also the close and piHte attention
which the salesmen gave their customers. One
could readily see that the most pleasant relat ion
existed between merchant and customer. The
troth i>, there Is not a more
GOMPLRTB CLOTHING BOr.HB
In Columbus or in the state of Georgia. A repre
sentative of the Knouirkr-Hun has gone through
it from front to back door and from garret to
cellar. They have clothing in all kinds of suits
to fit any form, and at any price one may wish to
pay. They have brought eut the largest and
most complete assortment they hnve erev under
taken to handle, and their motto is to sell the
goods; consequently they are marked so as to
make them go. In addition to the large line of
ready-made and custom-made clothing, and the
Largest and most superior stock of gents' farnlsh-
i ing goods ever brought to this market, their stock
I of notions bears favorable comparison. In addi
tion to the vast aggregation of the many articles
enumerated above, they have a vast array of
notions and specialties beyond enumeration.
They invite the closest scrutiny of their stock
and if they do not offer inducements superior to
any house in the city, they make no hesitancy
in saying that they are willing for customers to
go elsewhere.
This firm in composed of enterprising citizens,
who do credit to the city us business men and a-s
merchants. When needing anything in their-
linr give them a call.
LIVES I I’ TO II1S MOTTO.
to cut off large profits and the energy and pluck
to leave all com petit ois far behind iu the way of
prices.
His stock of clothing, hats and men's furobib-
Mr. Meyer Greentree, the reliable clothier, two
doors below the Georgia Homo corner, cast side j
i of Broad street, is now offering his immense !
j stock of clothing, furnishing goods, hats, caps, i
! trunks, valises, etc., at a greatly reduced price, j
I, He is determined to sell the go als. You will be
astonished to see how low they can be bought, j
He has a great variety of overcoats which he is
selling at prices ranging from $1.7 * to $22, for
merly sold at $3.30 to $fr). He is selling odds an 1
•i.vls in sails below m vtiufaciarers’ oast. If you
ttave «u»h b* invest in cloth mg try the reliable
« tothier. You will strike some wonderful bar
gains. The bent goods for the least money la Mr. :
the entree’s motto. Heeing Is believing, and a
• p»i*»nal inspection ofhls stock and hia prices [
i will coovluce yon fhat Mr. GrveuEre* lives up to i
; .uvTJo. i
A NOTH ft U NT \ (TIM (1(1 BUSINESS FI KM
Presented to the V'nblle— 1 The Largest Slunk af
Sash. Door*. Blind* and (Jenera! Lina et
Building Materials in the VMj at Frioac Ftlat
Defy Competition.
It has afforded the E.vqniRRR-SuN much ploaa-
ure to note the progress being mode among Mm
manufacturing and industrial institutions of III*
city. These have been fimud among those wkm
manufacture and deal in cotton fabrics and other
textile goods. Among those who work in wood
and iron, and among various articles and mer
cantile pursuits. We have already devoted mooh
attention to some of t hc.se leading houses, all Of
which we commend as reliable lo
each and every particular. Anokhor
of our solid and extensive biistnoo
firms is that of Willingham A Oo., <1 eaten
in sash, doors, blinds and general building ma
terials. The couirnodinus establishment is located!
just north of the union passenger depot, and In
in charge of
MR. K. G. WILL! HUH AM,
a young man of extraordinary enorgy, enterpaten
and vim. Though young in >ears he is mahnse
in experience, and understands every detail nf
his business perfectly. He gives his personal at
tention to all onle.s sent the firm and is carelM
that no goods of inferior quality are put offwpn*
his customers. The firm does a large amount mt
fliwiAL onm-rn work
and can famish vou with any of the fate aud
artistic designs in wood work. They mnhn a
specialty of stair work, which they can frrvmteh
in any style in oak, ash, cherry or walnnt. Tlwy
have on hand a large assortment of fine poplar
doors and poplar monldings. Also a beaatMd
stock of cabinet mantles, which cannot be ngnal
ed by any other house in this section of tkm
country. These goods are all of a very superior
quality and ore sold at pri es which abahhrteif
I1KKV OOIHPKTZTION.
Mr. Willingham informed the scribe that his
house furnished the magnificent front doom far
most of the houses in (he city which prtssMk
such a handsome and attractive appearance.
This firm lias a larger and greater variety wt
stock in sash, doors and blinds than all ofaer
dealers in the city combined. The trade of khte
establishment is by no means confined to Gotana-
bus. 'Hie orders come pouring iu from all parte
of the country. The prices and quality #f fan
goods coupled together
WIN TIIKIR WAT
with the trade, hence- the steady, yet vapM ha-
crease of tire business of the firm.
Tlie house kee;is constantly on hand a tenge
quantity online, which they sell at rock boMena
prices.
'The business here is a branch of fan
WILLINGHAM LUMRHU OO.,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., which is the largest •••-
corn of the kind in the south. This company kM
enormous facilities, and ship goods from Mtimm
to Texas. The. supply the branch house fefaa
with any article they may need, and as this teat
course done at inamifiicturern’ cost, the 1
this city stands in t he same relation to Urn I
that they would if the goods were man a
here. They can sell their goods as cheap an ■mg'
nmnnlUeturer in the south.
SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK SALKS
is the line on which the firm does bastsw
They have the goods and are determined fa Ml
them, if inducement* are worth anything.
All those who need anything in their line and
want to make their money go as far as pomfate,
will find it to their interest to consult WlWaw-
hatn A Co. Remember all goods sold by faw
firm are warranted to be just a* they are rupee-
Merited and prices guaranteed to be ns low an fan
goods can be sold anywhere in the neafa.
Orders by mail will receive prompt attention.
A BID I! Ait!)If ADD HOdNi.
What Two Young »h<I (lifted Mti Are Deiag far
Themselves and (telaabait.
The hardware business has always been a lagge
one In Columbus, nnd of lute It Is assuming o»-
usual proportions. The city is a great centre far
this species of goods, frirnishing supplies for a
large adjacent territory, besides satisfying fae
immense demand to be found for them wllhhi
the city limits. The leading hardware house wf
Col tun hus, and one of the largest in the slate, is
I he firm of Fra* r .V Dozier. It is composed of
two young men who have the cool caution ef
age and experience, coupled with the push, suap
and energy of youth. The firm 1ms a standing.in
business circles second to none, and it ban
already won a reputation of which the pre-
prietora might boost without being fkvemed i|M-
iD'/desf. The firm of Frazer A Dozier boy tbeir
goods direct from th** factories, far which they
pay cash and obtain large discounts. They Kre
thus enabled to offer to the public the very bent
hardware manufactured or found in the market
at the very lowest, prices obtainable anywhere.
They keep constantly on hand and ii large
quantities Ferguson’s iron foot stocks, Stair
hame* and traces, Oliver chilled plows, Thomas
burrows, Howe scales, Dupont rifle and
blasting powder, Attn a dynamite ftzsee.
Their store is also headquarters for
agricultural Implements, mill supplies, paints,
oils, plaster pans, barbed wire, belting, packing,
railroad a»d steamboat supplies. They also keep
large quantities of cement, and offer special
prices to parties desiring to buy by the car load.
Of late Messrs. Frazer & Hosier have largely ia-
creiMed tbuir business. In addition to their im
mense retail business, they are rapidly gettlag
into a large wholesale business. In a few yearn
nvore I hey bid fair to be running the largest
hardware establishment in the state.
Columbus feels justly proud of this sfeaoack
business house, ami the history of It Is coeval
with that of Columbus. Of course Columbus
was a town before either of the proprietors was
born, »s > hey are both young, active and viguiv
ouh, but the bouse has been in existence far
many years, and they are successors to those wbe
themselves were enterprising and energetic mer
chants. The proprietors, however, do not par
ticularly desire to run cm prestige, but baea
claims to patronage on the present merits of oav
of the most enterprising establishments is the
state “Not what our predecessors were, hut
what we we are,’’ is toe all Important question,
a ad t he opinion of an outsider is that they ami
men of the right *tamp both as to business quali
fications and in their dealings with their fellow-
The policy which Messrs Frazer A Dozier
mapped out for themselves at the beginning at
their career, and are still following, will tell, aad
will be successful in spite of all competition.
They believe in large sales and small profits;
they believe in giving every man his money**
worth and in giving him just the quality of
goods they promise him. They take advantage of
no man’s lack of information’ but treat him fairly
because it is right and because it pays them to (fa
it. By pursuing this policy they keep every cus
tomer they g'-t. Men come to them from other
dealers, but never leave them to go toother deal-
era. They have yet to hear a complaint from a
customer.
Messrs. Frazer A Dozier are two young men of
whom Columbus is proud, notonly as mershants,
but as men. They have taken a stand high up
i n public favor, and nobody doubts but that
they will keep it. They are gentlemanly and po
lite lo rich and poor, great and small. They are
honest, truthful, fair-leafing and }ost. With
t uese elements and essentials of success, there is
nothing left but for them to grow honestly richer,
as they are doing every day, until fortune shall
have sated both with its blessings. Such a fate
s the prediction of their friends, and sash a on*