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THORNTON;
OR, THE
FISHERS OF OKEECHOPEE!
A STORY
OF THE EARLY DAYS OF FLORIDA !
RY THE AUTHOR OF “DUNCAN M INTOSH, "
“LOUIS MACON,” ETC.
Written for the Sunday Enquirer.
COPYRIGHT SECURED.
CHAPTER I.
IS TAMPA RAY.
On the west side of Okecbopee Lake,
in the centre of Southern Florida, there
is a bay known of old as Mikasawkee,
where dwelt a band of Indians, a branch
of the great Creek family, from which the
bay takes its name. It was beautiful
then —it is beautiful now; for in that glo
rious southern clime, where tree and her
bage are ever green, and flowers never
cease to bloom, and even the storms soft
en and glow tame as they near it, there is
but hide change in the face of nature.
Hoping banks of emerald green rolled
down like billows to the water’s edge,
and then hung, reflected with the flowers
that j.weled their breast. To the east
and south there is a swamp, but at the
point named the lazy waters beat upon
pebbles white as snow, or whisper through
pink shells that stud the beach like the
flowers of Ocean, in the ears of which
the water whispers its words of mystery,
as do the softest zephyrs of middle spring
to the blushing flowers on shore.
Spain still held Florida, and at the time
of our writing the mail-clad warriors of
t hat now distressed land believed, though
Ponce de Leon was dead, that in Florida
they could find that prophetic fountain of
youth—lor which so many hoped, and to
reach which so many died. Ah, me ! it is
only by death we can reach the eternal
fountain as youth; and after all, though
the legend be forgotten, the motive of
the chivalric Spaniard moves the people
of th'is later day.
On the great gulf, at this time, the buc
caneers of’Morgan held sway. He had
conq sered an empire to the south with
his outlaws, and on the shores he had es
tablished stations for the refitting of his
ships. One of these stations was at Tam
pa, on Tampa Bay, near where the town
of that name now stands, though it has
changed for the better and the worse since
then.
It was May, and one ship, with furled
sails, rode at anchor in Tampa Bay. For
that time her hull was a model of naval
symmetry, and as she lay, with her white
.-.ails furled like great wings, she looked
like a beautiful bird mirrored in the lim
pid waters. At a distance she appeared
like a modern clipper, or great pleasure
yacht, but to the men on her decks, she
was the very perfection of warlike prep
aration. About her, three raking-masts,
boarding pises and cutlasses stood in the
racks, leauy for use in a moment, and six
brass pieces, now covered and run back
from the closed ports, were ready to hurl
forth death, or echo salute to foe or friend.
About the clean and polished deck three
<jozen bearded sailors lay, lazily smoking
their pipes and exchanging the oft told
yarns, that never lost their interest to the
men who believing them were ever ready
to speak of deeds equally marvellous and
true in their own experience. Two men,
armed with muskets, paced the quarter
deck and forecastle as guards, though, at
that moment, the shores of tue bay and
the distant gulf bore nothing indicative
of hostility. While this was the case, the
waters at some distance from the ship
swarmed with canoes. The fishers had
come over with their frail crafts from
Okeechopee, and they plied their vocation
with joyous shouts in the waters that
teemed then, as now, with the finest fish
in the world.
The guards on board the Julia yawned
as they walked their posts, and the only
interest th"y manifested was in glancing
at a long blue cutter that fi >ated with
oars ready close by, or in watching the
companion way that led to the Captain's
cabin. Four in the afternoon, and the
waters seemed tired out even by the ac
tion of the tides, that fl »w like the great
arteries of mother earth. Th’e gentle
breeze of the morning had even gone to
sleep, and the long red penant hung
languid from the mainmast. The air was
ladr:n with the odor of the flowers on
shore, end the laden bees filing over
the ship homeward, seemed by their slug
gish drones to be ready to fall on deck, as
if their proverbial industry were being
done under an order they had decided to
revolt against. Four o’clock and the men
lounging on deck and the guirds walking
at their posts, turned, attracted by a
quick firm step and the clanging of a
sword against the railing of the compan
ion way.
All eyes with a softened expression,that
could hardly be expected from faces so
rough, were turned onjtlie man who came
oa deck. He was of medium heighth,
and so splendidly proportioned that the
immense sirength of the man would not
be 1 bought of by one not accustomed to
considering those reservoirs of strength
—the breast and shoulders. His hair was
long and dark, and his gray eyes seemed
brozed like bis strong manly face. A
black moustache shaded his ’short firm
upper lip, without detracting from the
firmness of his month or hiding the pear
ly whiteness of his teeth, when pe spoke.
His dress while conforming to tbe very
peculiar naval costumes of that day, was
nevertheless so far different from them
as to give him more freedom of limb,
while it served though without design to
show off his magnificent form to advan
tage. From his sword belt the silver
handles of two pistols protruded, and
from a chain that came over his neck and
hung in front a long dagger bung, like a
thing of ornement more than use.
Ihe cutter is ready, Captain Thorn
ton, said a tail brown bearded sailor,
walking over from the ship’s side and
raising his velvet cap aa the young
Captain came up. Captain Thornton
raised bis cap to return tbe salute, dis
playing as he did so, his broad v/hite
forehead and s tying in reply :
“Have you selected the men I desired,
Mr. Costillo ?”
“Yes, Senor."
“Very well. You, of course, will take
charge of the ship in my absence, and I
will not return till morning unless you
signal me.”
“All right, Captaiu, and I will not sig
nal you unless there be actual dinger.”
“No, Mr. Costillo, signal me at the
shadow of danger, for Morgan’s ships are
near by, and they know I am looking for
them, and I doubt not they are looking
for me," said the Captaiu in a firm tone.
“It shall be as you say, Captain, and
may you have success in your mission,”
said Costillo, the first officer, as he turned
to signal the men who were to man the
cutter.
Six sailors obeyed his order, and the
cutter being ready, Captain Thornton de
scended the ship’s side, and seizing the
tiller ropes, he headed the cutter for the
shore.
CHAPTER 11.
AT SEA.
While the Julia lay so quietly at anchor
in Tampa Bay, with the fishers of tbe
Okeechopee paddling about her, another
vessel, of greater hull and more powerful
armament, lay becalmed out of sight
about twenty miles below. From her
mizzen mast—useless as was the warning,
there being no merchantman in sight—
there floated, or rather bung, the black
flag of Morgan’s buccaneers.
From each side of the great hull, whose
ports were open, twenty-four guns pro
truded like the teeth of a bull dog, and
on deck nearly two hundred men—the
desperadoes of every nationality, held in
subjection by the iron will of their master
and his subordinates —lay aboubthe decks,
like alligators on the surface of some a
stagnant stream.
Back near the helm, on tbe high quarter
deck, a group of officers were g ithered,
the central figure being Captain Henry
Colgate, Morgan’s second in command,
and the most desperate and vindictive of
that band of ocean robbers, whose depre
dations bad nearly destroyed the com
merce of the civilized world.
“Morgan is raising a fury in Cuba. I
wish he could raise the wind here, Mor
ton,” said the armed giant, Captain Col
gate, as he looked over the waters, now
glowing in the hot sunshine like an im
mense mirror.
“If you can’t raise the wind he can’t
By the way! you came here of your own
selection, and, as I think, on a foolish
journey,"said Lieutenant Morton, a fresh
looking, fair haired man of thirty
years.
“What do you know about it Morton ?”
asked Captain Colgate, with a shade of
anger in his swarthy face.
“Oh, nothing; I obey orders and only
think that instead of being within tw’en’J’
miles of Tampa becalmed and in search
of a little clipper, we might be with Mor
gan growing rich in the dwellings of the
dons of Cuba,” said Morton with a laugh.
“Growing rich is not the great object
of life.”
“I know that Captain. At least I be
lieved so once.”
“Wealth is a good thing, but revenge
is better. Do you know why I asked Mor
gan to permit me to search and destroy
this young fellow ?”
“No, I do not,” said Lieutenant. Morton
frankly.
“Then I will tell you. Walk to one
aide.”
The two men left the group of subordi
nate officers that stood uninterested about
them, and walking as far astern as they
could go, they stopped and sat down—
“ Morton, you are an Englishman,” said
the Captain, looking into bis companion’s
frank face.
“Yes, and all my family since before
the conqueror.”
“AU right, but you are the only Eng
lishman I ever met that I did not hate.”
“Sorry for your taste, but go ahead
Captain.”
“I am twenty years older than you,”
continued Colgate, as if ignoring his
companion’s remark.
Morton looked into the Captain’s face,
and the smile on his own hardened as he
replied.
“Well, yes; an impartial observer
would say you had the advantage of me by
at least twenty years.”
“ I was born in Wales, and Edward
Thornton, the father of this same Edward
who is now seeking me, was a cousin of
mine, and born in tbe same town*—
“Yes; I am listening.”
“He crossed me 1 Do you know what
it is to be crossed ?”
“ I can’t say I do.”
“ Did you ever love a woman ?”
“ Ever love a woman ?”
“Yes.”
“Gracious powers! I have loved a
thousand. Never saw’ a pretty woman I
didn’t love,” said Morton, with a gay
laugh.
“Baugh ! If I did not know you were
brave as an eagle, I would think you were
unstable as the wind.”
“By my word, I am captain in matters
of love. But pardon me ; go on.”
“I was going to say Edward Thornton
and I were schoolmates, and served as
midshipmen on the same man-of-war in
the English navy. We became men to
gether, and as we grew up I learned to
nate him. He was one of your good, gen
tle kind—always right, while I was
wrong—though I will say be had courage;
that was in our blood. We were both
Lieutenants at the same time; and he,
taking advantage of my absence, married
the woman I loved ”
“Did she love him better ?” asked Mor
ton.
“I don't know and I don’t care. I tried
to kill him when I returned ; and failing,
I left the country and came out to join
Morgan. It was he who made me a pi
rate.”
“Well, he can be proud of his job, for
you are a good one.”
“I am tired of your levity, Morton. I
came to this western world, and for twen
ty years I have helped to make a terror
the name of the Brethren of the Coast.
Four years ago England sent this Captain
Thornton out to punish me for my trans
gressions, but we met him two to one,
and sank bis ship off the Isle of Pines"—
“But. the Cuptain. What became of
him ?”
“ Not one of his men lived to tell the
t ile ; though I gave it to the world I took
him prisoner, and after seeing him waste
away till my vengeance was glutted, I
shot him with my own hand, and all his
men walked the plank to become food for
fishes.”
“And this young man is the son of the
Captain Thornton referred to?"
“The same.”
“And why comes he here ?"
“To avenge bis father, I suppose. He
is rich, and has equipped his ship under
royal commission.”
“Then, by my faith, there is no child’s
play awaiting us in Tampa Bay; and I
know not that it be prudent to invoke the
Saints of tbe Sea to stir up the wind,’
said the light-hearted Morton.
“You did not hear me out. I did not
kill every person on board the ship.”
“No! lam glad to hear that, though I
believe the people saved were very help
less and useless,” said Morton.
“Yes. I only saved one ; and, strange
as it may seem to you, that one was a girl
of fourteen, beautiful as the pictures of
angels in the old chapels, and she I should
have killed had I followed out my im
pulse, for she was ”
“Was who?”
“She was Mary, the daughter of Cap
tain Thornton, and the sister of this young
man.’’
“What! is she white girl you have se
creted over on Mikasawkee Bay, with tbe
Fishers of Okeechopee?"
“The same.”
“What are you going to do with her?”
“I did not. kill her at first; for I thought
I would disgrace her, but she has grown
so beautiful I have determined to make
her my wife.”
“Couldn’t nutty the mother for love;
going to marry tbe daughter by force.
Well, Captain, that is aecotding our code,
but, if I do not mistake, we will find this
young Thornton and his ship, the Julia,
ready to contest your right to enter Tam
pa Bay, and communicate with your
friends, the Mikasawkees.”
“Morton, there is no talking with you
sensibly. This fellow, Thornton, will be
a fern before the storm when we strike
him.’’
“I hope he will be a sand bank, we can
scatter that, but a fern rises invariably
after a storm.”
“My figure of speech may be unfortu
nate, but it is as good as your sense," said
Captain Colgate, rising and walking for
ward.
The sun was nearly down, and the black
flag that all day had hung so lazily to
tbe mast now streamed out, and the mir
rored surface of the mighty water was
broken up by the rising breeze.
Captain Colgate seeing the change gave
his orders, and at once the reclining fig
ures leaped to their feet, and the sails
were dropped and filled, and the Hercules
was headed under full sail for Tampa Bay.
CHAPTER in.
THE ALARM.
Captaiu Thornton guided the cutter to
a white beech on the northern curve of
fampa Bay; and the beautiful craft, urged
by the stalwart rowers, seemed to leap
from the water at each impulse of their
oars. A large crowd of Indians was gath
ered on the shore, and when the head of
the cutter grated on the white gravel and
Thornton leaped out, and telling his men
to remain in the boat, he started in the
direction of a garrison-like structure that
rose from an acclivity a few hundred yards
back from the water.
The Indians looked with undisguised
admiration on the handsome young offi
cer, and opened their ranks with graceful
gestures to let him pass through. Doffing
nis velvet cap, Edward Thornton, with
light, quick steps, walked in the direction
of the square, blank-walled building,
reaching wnich an armed guird raised his
flint-lock in salute, and then opened the
massive oaken doors to permit the young
Captain to enter. The open doors discov
ered a square plaza surrounded by flow
ers, and from the centre of which a foun
tain of the cleares twater tossed its liquid
jewels into the sunlight, and fell in a
misty spray on the dark green orange and
lime trees, making more resplendent their
burdens of golden fruits.
Tbe gate swung to behind the Captain,
and walking into the garden, where he
had been several times of late, he saw the
doors and windows flower laden surround
ing the enclosure, and native servants and
Spanish soldiers, in picturesque costumes
and gay uniforms, walking to and fro.
“Is the Governor here ?” he of a
servant that, passed him.
“Yes, Senor. He and Senorita Isabella
are in tbe casa on the opposite side.”
Following the direction given him, Cap
tain Thornton walked through the wind
ing walks till, hat in hand, he stood be
fore an open door on the opposite side of
tbe plaza.
“My regards to senor, the Comman
dante,” said the Captain, bowing.
“Ah! you, Senor Capitan. Welcome
ten thousand times. Enter ; here is the
senorita, and I doubt not she shares in
my joy at your visit.”
Ssnor Valdey commandante of the gar
rison at Tampa was a tall dark complected
man of nearly fifty, with a moorish cast
of face, and a fine military bearing. His
daughter Isabella was a brunette of the
most perfect type, not more than eighteen
years of age, and her well fitting castillian
costume of warm colors served to heighten
her youthful beauty.
“Ah welcome Capitan my father the
commandante and I have good news for
you,” exclaimed Isabella as she rose and
in both her little palms seized the Cap
tains sun burned hand.
“Be seated Capitan and Isabella will
explain all,” said commandante Valdey
motioning to a seat near his daughter and
then turning to give a whispered order to
a servant for wine and fruit.
“Yoli are burning with anxiety to hear
me Capitan and I will not keep you wait
ing,” said the Senorita turning to her
young guest after he had taken a seat.
“I am indeed Senorita,” he replied in a
tone of deep earnestness.
“Then I shall plunge into the mid
dle of the subject. It is not one
hoar since the Mikasawkee whom
I sent by your r- quest to lake Okeechopee
returned. He wont to the Bay, whore be
had often seen tbe beautiful white girl
who calls b >r h elf Julia, but she was not
th- , uuu had been carried a few days
before to tbe Sacred Island, in the centre
of the great lake, where she is under the
care of her guardian, the old priestess of
whom I spoke. But she is well and
strong, and I was going to say, happy ;
but a prisoner can never be happy. He
told me more—that the white man, Col
gate, who gave the girl to the care of the
priestess, sent a messenger some days
since, saying the time had expired, and
he was coming to claim the beautiful
white girl, Julia, for his wife.
Captaiu Thornton grew ashy pale ; and
noticing it, Isabella Valdez continued :
“The majority of the Indians are
friendly to me and my father, and I doubt
not we can lay our plans to have them
carry her off and bring her to her brother.
Remember, Capitan, we Spaniards hate
the buccaneers as much as you do."
“You have not the reason, Senorita,
that I have,” said the Captain with com
pressed lips.
“No my father is not dead at their
hands as is yours, but they would treat
him in the same way had they a chance.”
“I want to see this Indian, that he may
tell me all,” said Captain Thornton,
rising.
At this moment a servant entered with
a silver tray containing wine and spark
ling goblets. —A—
“Do not hurry, Captain, I will sand for
the Indian messenger, but first join me in
a glass of wine," said Commandante Val
dez, motioning to the servant.
Captain Thornton sat down, and joined
his host, and while engaged in conversa
tion, the short twilight of the tropics pass
o’er and they found themselves in dark
ness. A light was brought and with it
came tbe Mikaswkee Indian whom Cap
tain Thornton wished to see.
The Captain was about to speak
through the interpretation of Isabella,
when he was stopped by the unexpected
appearance of a heartless Spanish soldier.
“Capitan! Capitan ! your ship is signall
ing, and a large ship, a buccaneer is com
ing up the bay.
Hurriedly excusing himself, Captain
Thornton hat in hand, rushed out, and
hurrying across the plaza he rushed
through the gate and in the direction of
the shore. *
As be ran he saw the darkness cut by
the signal rockets’from bis own ship, and
he heard the shouting of his men. He
reached the shore, but the boat was not
there. He shouted for his men, but no
response came. A crowd of Indians were
about him, and their voices rose in mur
muring threats ; but he heeded not this at
the moment.
“Have you seen the boat—has the crew
left ?” he demanded of an Indian.
“I know nothing," was the reply.
At this moment htf heard the rattle of
ropes and the flapping of loosened sails
A few seconds of silence and then a gun
boomed from the buccaneer ship, and a
broadside from the Julia rang out in re
ply.
[This thrilling historical story, written
expressly for the Enquirer, will be con
tinued in the February 22d number
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H.F. ABELlica
G-rocers
AND
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Have just received and will sell LOW—
-40 Bbls. Seed and Table Po'
tatoes.
10 Bbls. Pearl Grits,
50 Bbls. Family Flour,
25 Bbls. Sugars (all grades,)
50 Sicks Ground Peas, w
Bacon, Bulk meat and hams
Liverpool and Virginia Salt,
Florid t Syrup and Oranges,
Piper Heidsick Champagne,
Imported wines and liquors
Canned Goods of all kinds,
Capers and Horse Radish,
All kinds of Sauces.
Purchases Delivered.
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33 -A.KTISL,
Columbus, Ga.
W, L. SALISBURY, Pres’t.
A. 0. BLACKMAR, Cashier.
Tt bfl-lt
T. E. BLANCHARD,
123 BROAD STREET,
Continues to Offer his Entire Stock of
DRY-GOODS
AT COST FOR CASH !
He knows that it does not ‘‘PAY” to sell
butdie is determined to reduce the capital
necessary to carry so large a stock in
these times of money stringency.
Fob fl it
TO THE PUBLIC!
-
TfjKgF’’ We ere now offering tho Celebrated
” ’ World-Renowned
W I LSON
SEW UNDERFEED SHUTTLE
SEWING MACHINE
AT A
Great Reduction of Prices,
port o-ajszetj
Parties desirous of purchasing a FIRST CLASS
SEWING MACHINE will consult their interest
by calling and seeing the WILSON, or address us
before they buy.
We have adopted a different rule fioin other
Agents and dealers in Sewing Machines, bj’ doing
away with canvassers and sub agents, which com
mands such enormous commission to sell Ma
chines. Wc propose to give their commission to
the cash purchasers, by reducting that amount
from the price of the Machine. You can plainly
see by this rule that we make the same profits as
heretofore. Canvassers and Agents of other Ma
chines may try to prejudice you against the WIL
SON, but our advice to you is that they are not
interested in your welfare, and they are only talk
ing to induce you to buy their machine so they
can pocket a pretty sum for selling.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
We continue to sell the WILSON at regular
prices, on easy monthly payments.
For full particulars, call on or address
BALDWIN & UNDERWOOD,
15 Broad St., Columbus, Ga.
feb6 It
A Valuable Plantation
FOH SALE.
T OFFER for sale tbe valuable place known as
the HILL PLANTATION, on Flint river,
three miles north of Everett’s Station, South
western hailroad.
The entire place, containing about 5,300 acres,
will be sold on exceedingly favorable terms.
I will sell if desired, the Jones place separate.
This place contains 1,300 acres
The levees on the place nave been recently put
in order
Hotter or more productive lands are not to be
•'ound this side of the Mississippi. Location
healthy. Fino settlements on the plac*.
Mr. Wooldrigde, on the plantation, will showthe
place to any one desirous of looking.
T. E. BLANCHARD.
Columbus, Ga , Feb. 6,1871. spll&wtf
Prices Mmei to Suit the Times.
Sash, Blinds and Doors.
8x o sash unglazed 8c and glazed 2Cc per light.
I 1 xl2 “ “ 1c ‘‘ “2c “
12x14 “ ‘ 12c “ “ 35c “
12x10 “ “ 14C “ “ 37c “
12x18 “ “ 16c “ “ 41c
12x2 > “ “ 18c “ “ 51c “
12x24 “ “ 22c “ “ 57c ‘
Lip sash 2c. per light addi’ional.
BLINDS 50c. PER. FOOT, measuring length,
and not over regular sizes in width.
■? panel doors, 1% in. thick, 3x7 feet, plain, .$2 75
4 “ “ 1> 8 ' “ 3x7 “ - - 3 flo
Fifty cents per side for moulding doors extra.
R. R. COETCHIUS & CO..
Corner .st. ClH.tr it nd Jackson Sts.,
(OLIYIBUN, KJEOHCtIA.
Messrs. Bradford & Snow
Are connected with us in the
House, Sign and Ornamental
MUHIN, bWMM AND GLAZING.
Mixed PAINTS, PUTTY and GLASS of
all sizes by the box or Single Light.
Fob 0-lt.
A Card.
HAVING sold out my stock of Drugs, Chem
icals, &c , at 15“ Broad street to Dr. F L.
BROOKS, I hereby return thanks to my friends
lor their past pationage; and in retiring tom
business, 1 solicit a continuance of the same for
my successor, who I am confident can please both
in regard to price and quality oi goods.
Respectfully,
R. A. WARE.
Dr. F. L. BROOKS,
Successor to Dr. R. A. WARE,
Manufacturing Druggist,
130 BROAD STREET,
3d door above Rankin House, Columbus, Ga.
Fresh Drugs and Chemicals
(warranted pure) are being daily received.
Pure Wines, Brandies,
Whiskies and Cln,
for medicinal purposes, always on hand, and sold
at the lowest panic prices.
French, English, German and American Perfumery,
all tbe latest novelties and styles, at
very low prices.
Lamps and Fixtures, OHss
Spices, Laundry and Toilet Soaps, Stationery,
Teas, Combs, Brushes, and Fancy Goods of
every description, at extremely low prices.
The Finest Cigars
At the lowest prices to bo had in the city.
Prescriptions carefully compounded by ao
experienced Druggist at all hours.
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FOR THE PEOPLE.
Every person who has called has been convinced of the
statement made some months since by
JO.SEIPH &; BFtO.,
When they announced they intended to quit the DRY GOODS BUSINESS, and that
they would sell at COST FOR CASH. They continue to sell at prices in many cases
lower than COST, and to float off the fine stock of STAPLE DRY GOODS now on
hand, they have secured such SPRING GOODS as are in demand, of the best quality
JOSEPH <fc BROTHER are always glad to see their friends and
prove by demonstration what they say at
69 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
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WATT & WALKER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
PROVISION DEALERS,
Corner Under Rankin House,
HAVE EVERYTHING USUALLY KEPT IN A
I'llSl ■ MI M!
Bacon, Bulk Meats, Corn,
Flour, Oats, Syrup, Whiskey,
Sugar, Coffee, Shoes, etc.
We would also state to those of our customers who have not paid their accounts,
that unless they settle with us satisfactorily by RETURN DAY, we will be compelled
to place them in suit. Come and pay, and save Cost and hard feelings.
Phßlt WATT & WALKER.
Feb 6-lt
BOATRITE & CLAPP,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
& MMT BIT
CLOTHING, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, CARHETS, 4C„
127 Broad Street, Columbus, Georgia.
Have a large Stock now in Store at prices far below cost,
and will soon open our usual FALL LINES of every
variety for the SPRING TRADE. Cash buyers will save
money by buying of us.
mttt BOATRITE & CLAPP.
T. S. SI ’EjAIL, A.gent,
No. 99 Broad Street, (Next Door to Ennis’ Hardware Store. 1
Columbus, Georgia,
GOLD WATCHES, JEWELRY AND DIAMONDS,
SPECTACLES A SPECIALITY.
SILVER AND PLATED WARE. ENGRAVING NEATLY DONE.
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks Repaired Promptly.
ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
s£■*!£=* Singer Sewing Machine Depot. - *
Feb 0 It
Chattahoochee National Bank.
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DIRECTORS:
GEOP. P. SWlFT—Pres’t of Muscogee M’fg. Co., and Flint River and Franklin Mills.
R. L. MOTT—Pres’t City Mills and Vice Pres’t Mobile and Girard R. R. Co.
JOS. KYLE—of J. Kyle & Co.
H. H. EPPING—of Epping <& Hanserd.
S. G. MURPHY—of Swift, Murphy & Co.
S. H. HILL—of Southern Express and Adams Express Co.
C. C. McGEHEE—of Flournoy, McGehee <fc Co.
This Bank transacts a general Banking business, pays interest on Deposits under
special contract, gives prompt attention to collections on all accessible points, invites
correspondence. Information transmitted by mail or wires when desired.
H. H. EPPING, President.
H. W. EDWARDS, Caithier.
Feb6lt R. M. MVLEORD, Ass’t Caah'r.
The Mother of Presidents.
VIRGINIA BEARS THIS PROUD NAME,
AND
The Virginia Store
OF
Peyton, Gordon db Co.
Is the old and genuine DRY GOODS STORE that bears and tries to honor the 011 Dominion’s
name. This splendid store is on the west side of Broad, below Randolph, the old site of John
son, Redd & Co •
PEYTON, GORDON & CO. have a splendid stookof winter and spring dry goods, which they
are selling at the lowest prices. T > beconvinced of this call, even if you d > not purchase, for
they consider it no trouble to show that what they state is true. The trade of mechanicsand
farmers solicited. febj—lt.
J. W. PEASE & NORMAN,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
BOOKS, STATINOERY, PIANOS,
SHEET MUSIC, and all kinds of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STRINGS, Etc.
Large stook of CHROMOS, FRAMES and MOULDINGS always on hand. Frames
of any size made to order.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
February fl-lt
W. J. CHAFFIN,
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,
AND DEALER IN
Musical Instruments, Chromos, Picture
Frames, Moulding and Croquet.
MAYBIE AND TODD’S GOLD PENS, assorted, NEWSPA
PERS AND MAGAZINES.
No- W 92 Broad Street, - Columbus, Georgia.
IS S3DUIL.IJXr<3*
His Entire Stock of Fur and Wool Hats
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
February fl-1 t
