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MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH.
B y CLISBY & REID.
MACON. GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER *25, IS69.
No. 2879.
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COLONEL E. HtrLBERT,
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Saturday Siykt, A uffutl 28, 1809.
r.ndmtn: It I* myd««ire, on tbu occasion,
u . , word or two m to the object which
rAjo, together. It cannot be better stated
rTi ar cireoUr, *n extract from which I
’SliTon. In that circular I said:
••Oar immediate aeetion abound* in reaonrces
developed by the Well-directed and
"JLic application of labor and capital, it ia
to aatimate.
“TZbtdied in oar mountain*, almost every.
,r« deposits of the richeat Iron and other
nZT'wboae development will give profitable
J^bT»«nt to tbooianda of people and to miU
A of capital.
■Vane resource* of our State, skill folly and
(•rrrrtieally developed, will, in a few yearn,
^jfihe Inn Crop of Georgia to exceed in
nlM b«r pneent Cotton crop. An examine-
cm <T them i* all that ia needed to demonxtrate
proposition and convince the moat akepti-
ctL
la that I meant business, nothing more—noth-
It «aa to afford an opportunity to examine
thn«. is part, aa to quality, abtmdanco, and ex-
^t, that thia exconion waa projected. Their
tciu are nndefined—their apeedy and proper
j-irlepment ia a matter of vital importance to
^ whole State. Look at Pcnnaylvania and
ml. the hiatory of the development of her cool
mi iron field*, and ita effect upon her increase
a population, mannfsetnres, commerce, and
w^th. The remits therd show ocmelnaively the
radon of the policy punned. As in North
Gairgi* we have these minerals in abundance,
it ii unpoaribla for yon not to perceive the great
afnatage to the State of their development.
Bet I spoke of Pennsylvania because tho ro-
them tie a practical illustration of the
knits of the policy I would pursue in Geor
gia Twenty-five yean ago, only, ibe adopted
ike policy of development. Persons present
turn how rapid the growth of her ooal and iron
atutsl has been, and to what it is to be attrib-
tad. Ii is mainly due to the liberal manage-
ecst of the Pennsylvania railways. They pur-
■ssd the policy of reducing freights on coal and
Ins to low rales—lower than those of any other
roods in the oountry. The burden of expense
to >t one time so great and the profits so small
thatthoy were almost ready to give up the ox-
Diriment in despair. But they persisted ; tho
besioess began finally to increase, slowly but
SMdily, until, after a few yean, they felt jnati-
fed in making a still further reduction. Their
bainevi continued to increase—fine profits were
tMlircd, snd now, I believe, the profits on ooal
od iron freights alone, on the linos doing n
itgnlar heavy business in theso articles psy a
bubonic dividend on their aggregate capital
The Suto Road of Georgia, in conseqnenoe
of in position, has hitherto had the monopoly
of Ibe carrying trade between Tenneeaoe and
lie West and Northwest, and a largo portion of
ikUma, and all of Georgia and Sonth Caroli
na Taking advantage of this position, high
ubilnry rates were exacted, to the detriment
of i£Tiealtnml and other portraits, especially of
Ibe Coal and Iron interests. Deeming this a
niiUken policy, I hare reduced the rates on
ooal and iron, (hy which tho development of
tbeee interests has been stimulated,) and on
rocb leading articles of food as baoon, oom.
■host. Hour, etc. A second reduction has had
tie effect of still further stimulating their de
velopment, hut at the aacrifioe of immediate
pipit to tho road. Vto are now, probably, car-
lying ooal and iron at lower rates than any other
to«d in the country. Now for the practical re
«l!S:
Fuel, like food, is an article of primo neecssi
ly to rich and poor alike. To cheapen it to the
eoosmaer ia to do a material service. Until the
might was reduced nearly one-half, ooal was
"tattle used in Atlanta. Since the reduction,
aovDTrr, the consumption for domestic pur
poses has more than quadrupled. As one ton
u kmI is claimed to bo equal to threo corda of
»«>d for heating properties, and as cosLis sold
mv in Atlanta at $5 50 per ton, it i« dear that
a generally nsed, the saving to the soven thou-
■ad (or more) families of Atlanta would ap-
pmiimate 8200,000 per annum.
Tike Other interests. The Rolling Mills and
foundries of Atlanta uao about fifty tons of ooal
•"day. The previous high freights made it
unest impossible for them to cover expenses.
*hsy became disoouraged—disheartened—and
anlemidated aliandoning their enterprises. I
"duosdthe rates on coal—they took courage
twafresh start, and are now making money.
Betides, eotl is about being introduced more
•"•rally into the cities of Augusta, Maoon,
twambus and Montgomery. Connecting roads,
“king a liberal view of tho matter, have agreed
J? Pju-mte with the State Road, bo that the
mijjht on this artide is much reduced, and I
*jobt not the quantity which will be transport-
fr, 1 ™ *‘ c “ on amount to not less than
w.000 tons.
Thia, gentlemen, you will perceive that while
pnrate consumer is benefitted, our manufao-
™“* are encouraged and assisted so as to give
Bpwrment to tho laborer, and tho production
**“ miM " !■ so stimulated as to give
aptoyment to yet other laborers—benefiting
p ^dulS? * ”* dy r<M * marlft for
UmutufieS^rt^der low ratal the con*
~™ptson of coal in Atlanta, Augusta, Mont.
£“£*“'} .«* other points, will increase so
"pay U»*t in a few yean it wUl require all tho
‘ JwIrtH>° UTe **° Wer road to moy© thia
Before leaving Atlanta I ordered a sched-
pwpsred for coal trains exdnsively, soar-
SW that they should stop only for wood and
**•«. and make the dose connection* needed
*»pply the rapidly increasing demand.
sim??'** *° lron » 'which enters into all the
“•“Uictures, and without which agriculture
--^“ftheworkiug of the miueu,cannot be
1/7®. . Coal cheapen* the production
i‘" the laborer by reducing the
«tof living, and cheapens manufactured arti-
jJW time immemorial we have been import-
w,'® 0 * n <I »*«d for our plow-shares, and ae-
ndr tt T* •** •» ,ht "onkritff loo**
* P*opoeo,to change the pro-
enoourage the development of thia
f°T ,entlou8ly believing we have
h«7f™.r* 1 L U *“ P°^““8 ■» great advan-
S chf *X Pf 0 * 1 ®*! 0 '! of iron asGen-
Tennseeee, the advantages of
hmra 18 unsurpassed anywhere. I
I >wii. “ Te , “ umer °us furnaces at short in-
L ***1 th ® Un ® of ro * d ’ tche^firre
t! f® 0 ®* arui ,erve n* landing ad-
* vSuAt t abundant* of our reoourret,
■•ieir a?!-?* th ® I****™! pdicy which stimulates
riw Jr^fdoppent Hence, I propose to all
tQ the old, or build new furnaces;
to ./L*" 1 .*° ct *ot 8 saw or cotton mill; or
• m8n ®I 8 ®tnring on tho line, to
machinery, their building mate-
t ^sviumi>er, Ume, rock, etc.,) and to lnv sido
fust.ti needed, free of eliaro* ; and lpio-
’3transport irou and eoril for tliem
JT" 8 at the ir own prioe—as low or lower than
WnY_. *° y other ro.id in tho country. I
Iku*h fm °f my earnest cooperation ;
to „)i Tr* Advertise their business; help them
tUi,^ th *‘5 goods; give them low rates for
^osnufactmad articles, and aid them to the
■^■WtayaMlity, and if they do not make
p*. 1 , i- will tie their fault, not mine.
vjrtf 1 ,p°° kl ut Mountain northward ar.d cast-
.Wd “ d *°uthward in Alabama
tkero , ar « '< 8 * t mineral resources
KhKel PmeDt ‘ 0find “
theR0 ^source®, capital is re.
We may not have i^ or if we have.we
bji ;,° invest it in a business new to us. But
ja..ung out proper inducements—by show-
ing to capitalists elsewhere how profitably it
can bo employed here, it win come by hundreds
of thousands. There are men all through .the
or *h—men of capital, energy, experience and
enterprise—who have strong desires to come
South, but they hesitate about coming note. To
all such I have said “come! bring your capital
atid experience, and help us to develop and
build up, and you will receive a hearty wel
come:’’ ThisdesureexistafromMainetoOmaha,
snd we have only to adopt and punrao a liberal
line of policy, fit aU retpecU, to secure aU the
beneficial results so much desired.
Aware of this very general desire on the part
of Northern men; of the opinion generally
prevailing that the South was unhealthy: and
that we over-estimated our resources, I eon-
ceived the project of offering low rates of fare
to persona wishing to visit and examine proper
ty in the South with a view to investment and
settlement. Accordingly, I issue a can last De
cember for a Convention, which met in Atlanta
in January. Two days were spent in consulta
tion. Conceding that the roads might be the
victims of fraqd to some extent, it was never
theless determined to try the experiment, and
the fare over nearly all the leading roadt in the
Sonth was reduced to two cents per mile, nntil
July 1st, 16C9, to all coming South in good faith
for the purposes indicated. I had the honor of
being appointed chairman of the Standing Com
mittee, charged with c-xecnting the details of
the plan, and am pleased to report that, al
though the arrangement did not become gener
ally known in the North until after the
uied to dccelop the re-
had been put in tho ground, many hundi
have visited onr section within the past
months, all of whom have been favorably im
pressed, and many of whom have invested, and
will mako their homes here.
The immediate results of this experiment were
so satisfactory, and promised snch really incal
culable benefits, that I cosily obtained the con
sent of three-fonrths of the roads originally con
senting to the reduced rate, to extend the time to
July, 1870, while some of the remainder agreed
to recognize the eertfleates from October 1st,
I8«!f, to May 1st, 1870. This liberal action will
induce many additional thousands to vkut the
South for investment or settlement, who, but
for it, would not have done so. Thus will our
population be increased hy farmers who will im
prove our wild lands, and add to our products;
and by skilled miners, and machinists, and man
ufacturers, who will bring or command capita],
and develops our mineral and other resources,
augmenting onr wealth, influence and power.
Then was conceived this Excursion for the
Press of Georgia, believing that by giving you,
gentlemen, an opportunity of seeing/«r pour,
uitee, a portion of the vast resources of our
immediate section, and the publication through
your journals of your observations, would be
the simplest, cheapest, and surest way of get
ting the desired information before the oountry.
Northern journals will repnblish much of what
you will write, and Urns Northern labor and
capital will be attracted to our fields, mines,
and water powers.
Now, gentlemen, a few remarks as to the
policy of the State Road, as to competing lines
building and projected, and what ahonld be
done for its protection.
Tho prevailing idea has been, that the road
waa projected and built with a view to its pay
ing money into the treasury. Consequently,
taking advantage of its position as a trank line,
poaseased of a monopoly of travel and freight
lietween great sections, high and military rates
of freight have been exacted.
Dissenting from this view, and under the oon
viction that the wise statesmen of the past who
originated this great work—which, when origi
nated, waa regarded a gigantic
contemplated tte being need to
tourcci of the State, I have adopted
potloy, already indicated in my opening remarks.
To cheapen food to the laboring eontumer, I re
duced rates on article a of food of prime necessi
ty, as already stated; to cheapen fuel, and stim
ulate the search for, snd the opening and work
ing of ooal mines, and thus •nonumge the erec
tion of furnaces, and foster them afterwards, I
reduced the rata on ooal noarly one-half; and,
still farther to encourage the' production and
manufacture of iron, I very materially reduced
the freight on pig, and merchant bar iron. But,
gentlemen, I did not stop here. I told connect
ing roads that I wanted liberal through rates—
that I proposed to reduce to very low rates—
and that I wanted their co-operation, no a* to
place our iron product before Northern dealer*
in their oicn market*, where lira* ran rinerda com.
parieon would be adeantageous to the Southern
product. Some demurred at first, bnt finally
consented, and the transportation of these ar*
tides has greatly increased.
I do not oensnre any one for the policy here
tofore pursued—bnt had it been broader and
more comprehensive—more in accordance with
what ita projectors contemplated, farnaoea and
S undries would long sinoe have been established
l along the line, devdoping these dormant re
sources greatly to the advantage of all the other
great interests.
It ia well known that the State Road has been
regarded and nsed as a political machine—and
that the payment of money into the State Trea
sury has been considered a strong card in tha
hands of the party in power. It is fair that I
should state that I could easily pay forty, or
even fifty thousand dollars into tho Treasury,
instead of twenty-five thousand. I could do it
by simply neglecting the road itself, its motive
power, or by increasing the freisbton oom, and
the other prime neoeasaries of life transported
over it. Butin the one osbo the property would
soon become valueless—in the other I would
take the additional profile out of the pockets of
the poor man and the day laborer. Every dollar
thus paid into the treasury would cost the people
tiro—development would cease—capital would
be discouraged—snd then laborers would be
without employment
Thus, gentlemen, while money may not be
taken from the pockets of the people, by high
rates of freight, that it may m paid into the
Treasury and squandered by reeUeas legisla
tion, tho policy I have endeavored to inaugurate
will improve tho road every year, reduce rates
of freight on food and fuel, thus cheapening liv
ing, and encourage the development of dormant
resources, affording employment to the laborer,
increase tho comforts of all, and enrich the
State.
It is generally believed that the road is in
good condition. This is a mistaken idea. To
make it a first-class road in nil respects would
require half a million dollars. If left to the dic
tates of my own judgment—the profonnd con
victions of my own mind, an to what I thought
for the best interests of the State in regard to ita
management—I would use every dollar of its
surplus earnings until ita entire length was well
ballasted, all its depots pnt in the best possible
condition, new rail of the best manufacture
placed wherever needed, all the bridges built of
the best material and on the most, approved
plan, and commodious, substantial, fire-proof
shops built In every detail, from the most im
portant to the minutest, I would have it first-
class. Having done this—still keeping in view
the great leading idea that tho road was origin
ally projected and built not to build up and
subserve tho interests of this or that partisan
organization—not merely to pay a few dollars
into the State Treasury—but to develop the inter-
e*t$ and build up the power and influence oj
Georgia—I would find the net profits, and then
reduce tho rates c* freight to the lowest possible
point that would pay current expenses and main
tain tho road in aU its appointments in a first-
class condition.
By this policy the protperity of Georgia would
be increased to a wonderful extent, andthe in
creased ealue of aU taxable property would cause
to be paid into the Treasury a much larger
■amount than has been or is note paid by the
road.
X word, now, as to the future of the road, and
toe effect upon it of other lines building or pro-
ject. d—and ; -rmit me, gentlemen, to ask your
Au I have already intimated, the position of
the bt ite road has enabled it to exact high rates.
This w:,s because it enjoyed a monopoly of the
ir.vi, I mid trade from the Northwest and from
East Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia to
the Soutb-Atiantic States—South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, a largo portion of Alabama,
and even a part of Mississippi. Bnt now it is
different. Lines already built have taken away
a portion of the travel andfreight, and lines be
ing bnilt and projected, and which will certainly
be completed, will take away still other and
greater portions.
Let me demonstrate my propositions, taking
Nashville, Tenn., as an initial or central point.
Heretofore freights for Montgomery and points
in central and Southern Alabama have been
transported tit Chattanooga and the Western
and Atlantic railway, the distance being 401
u.:'"-. «.•!. grades on the Nashville and Chatta
nooga railway of 105 feet to the mile. A road
is in operation from Nashville to Decatur, 122
miles, from which point one is being bnilt to
Montgomery, 183 miles, making the distance
only Mj miles, or 159 miles less than rid the
State Road. The highest grade on these lines
is about 80 feet, or less, per mile.
The distance to Columbus, Ga.. from Nash
ville rid Decatur and Montgomery, Ala., is only
402 miles, over an easier grade, against 42S
miles rid Chattanooga and Atlanta, showing an
advantage over the State Road even to that city
of 26 mues t
The Selma, Romo and Dalton Road is com
pleted and working between Selma and Rome,
and will soon be completed to Dalton. The dis
tance from Naahville to Montgomery ria Chat
tanooga, Rome, Lime Kiln, andthe Montgome
ry and Decatur railways is 426 miles, while rid
Atlanta and West Point it is, as before stated,
464 miles, showing a difference against the
State Road of 35 miles 1
The Alabama and Chattanooga railway,between
the latter city and Meridian, Mias., is being rap
idly poshed forward to completion.
Thus yon will observe that the travel and
freight between Nashville and Montgomery is
os good as lost already to the Western and At
lantic railway, and that at a day not remote, we
shall have to compete for travel and freight
with Alabama roads for Columbus business even,
in th© Stat© of Georgia.
Another line projected, which will doubtless
be built, is that from Griffin, Ga., to Decatur,
Ala., which will be 2S7 miles long. By thislme
the distance from Nashville to Columbus, rla
Newnan and West Point, will be 418 miles,with
lower grades, against 428 miles via Chattanooga
and the State Road, or 10 miles in distance
against tho latter!
The distance from Naahvillo to Macon, ria
Decatur, Ala., and Griffin is 419 miles, against
892 miles by the State Road, showing an advan
tage in favor of the latter of 27 miles. But the
of the line via the Griffin and North Ala-
town, and across the northern portion of the
State to where it would intersect with the Blue
Ridge railway. This line, as yon are aware, j
would traverse a portion of Georgia including
soil of rare fertility, iron ore, and copper mines
of immense value and extent, medicinal springs
and vast water power.
By the local business of these aide lines the
Western and Atlantic railway would i>e inde
pendent of through freights, aid in deeetopiug
untold treasures and be self-sustaining. f With
out the development of this vast portion of the
State, and the construction of these site lines,
tho State road, (if the lines building and pro
jected, to which I have directed your attention,
are completed,) wUl not cover operating expenses.
In conclusion, gentlemen, we should give onr
hearty co-operation to tho various railway en
terprises now in progress or projected, while at
the same time guarding the interests of onr
K State work, and extending to it a helping
by building ode lines, whereby our vast
rarces may be developed, the valnc of taxa
ble property increased, and a local business
crested, which, nnder all circumstance, would
maintain this valuable property in a condition
worthy the people of the great State of Georgia.
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MACON, GEORGIA.
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I,.,-, Road (to Decatur, Ala.,) aro enough
lighter than those of tho Nashville and Chatta
nooga, (over which freights mast pass to reach
the Western and Atlantic,) to counterbalance
this difference in distance.
Theso are our present and impending dangers
on tho West Y’ou will observe that n portion
of travel and freight once ours is already gone,
while roads projected, and others progressing
to completion, will shortly take away a portion
of what ia left. •
Now, let ns aco what is doing on tho North
and East:
As I have already stated, tho entire travel and
trade of East Tennessee has heretofore been
monopolized by tho Western and Atlantic Rail
way. This has been tho only railway over
which tho peoplo and products of that prolific
region could reach Georgia, Eastern Alabama,
Florida and Sonth Carolina. As already shown.
Middle, Southern and Eastern Alabama, are lost
to ns; nnd wo aro threatened with tho loss of
oven that portion destined for Columbus, on
our own soil. The distance from Knoxville to
Montgomery ri<J the Selma, Romo and Dalton
Railway is 347 miles, against 385 miles ri'<i tho
Western and Atlantic Railway—a distance against
ns of 37 miles.
The Bine Ridge Road, from Knoxville to
Charleston, will soon bo completed. By this line
the distance between Knoxville and Charleston
will be abont 400 miles, against 518 miles ria
tho State Road, a difference against ns of abont
118 miles. So that travel nnd freight from this
direction is as good as lost to us.
Tho distanco ria tho Blue Ridge, and tho Co
lumbia nnd Augusta Railways, to Augusta, Ga.,
is about 295 miles against 381 miles by tho
Western A Atlantic Railway, n difference against
us of atxrat 86 miles. So that travel and trade
aro lost Not only that—the Georgia Road can
compctowitb tis for both nearly half-way its lino
from Augusta.
Gentlemen, theso facts need only to be told
for yon to perccivu that the East Tennessee bu
siness for Sonth Carolina and Eastern Georgia,
once ours without competition, is irrecoverably
one.
Tbo Georgia Air Lino Railway from Atlanta
via Gainesville (ami, probably, Walhalla, on the
Blue Ridge Railway) to Charlotte, N. C„ is in
progress, and will very likely bo completed to a
junction with the Blue Ridge Railway, by Jan
uary, 1871.
An extension of tho Georgia Railway from
Athens to Clayton, Ga, or a jnnetion with the
Air Lino Railway, somewhere botween Gaines
ville nnd the South Carolina line, is in serious
contemplation, with strong probabilities that it
will bo built.
Tho construction of this last named lino will
taka away from the State Road a largo portion
of tho East Tennessee business left by the Blue
Ridgo Railway. Look at, and ponder tho fig.
urea.
Tho distanco from KnoxvtUo to Augusta via
Clayton nnd Athens, is abont 336 miles, against
881 via Stato Rood, a difference of 45 miles
against ns.
Tho distance from Knoxville to Atlanta is 210
miles, while the distance from Knoxville to Ath
ens ria Clayton, is only about 220 miles, and to
Union Point abont 260 miles; and to bring tho
matter to o nice point,- I will state that the dis
tance to Union Point, on tho Georgia railway
ria Western and Atlantic railway, is 317 miles,
against abont 2G0 miles ria Clayton and Ath
ens ; showing a difference of about 45 miles
against the State road.
In conclusion, on this point, I will remark,
that tho completion of the Bine Ridge road to
Knoxville, and of the Air Line railway to a
jnnetion with it, will form n competing lino with
tho Stato road, even from Knoxville to Atlanta,
so nearly equal will tho distance be !
It is, perhaps, proper to state that exactness
is not claimed in every instance. Where roads
aro completed nnd in working condition, the
ares ore official; bnt whero partly construct
or projected, the distances have necessarily
been estimated, and, consequently, must be re
garded as only an approximation—yet I think tho
estimated distances sufficiently correct for all
practical purposes, and to make good tho argu
ment based on them.
Now, gentlemen, yon will naturally ask what
policy should bo pursued: what measures can
be suggested, by which to mako up what is lost,
prevent further loss of business, or secure other
business from new sources.
First, then, there is the railway projected
from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, in which, as
you all know, I feel and have taken a gre
terest. This, when bnilt, will do an inn
business, of which this road will get a fair 1
share, though it will bo divided by the several
other lines radiating from Chattanooga. But
even a large portion that we might have secured (
for Eastern Georgia and Sonth Carolina will be I
diverted by tho Knoxville and Kentucky Rail- j
way, which will tap the Cincinnati Railway at
or near the Kentucky line.
Another proposed remedy has already been
discussed at length—namely, the encourage- 2VXXT iTiB,
meat by low rates of freight, and byevery other | BOILERS, BRIDGE BOLTS AND CASTINGS,
means in onr power, of the development of onr
mineral resources, and of the introduction
among ns along the lino of the road of shilled
labor of all kinds, and of the surplus capital of
the North. AYhat you will have seen before
this excursion is over, will supply you with all
the arguments needed to persuade labor and
capital that this is the country in which to find
profitable employment.
My next suggestion is the purchase by the
State of the Home Railway, and its extension to
tho Alabama line with tbo least possible delay.
From this point it is understood parties stand
ready to build it to Decatur, Alabama. This will
shorten the distance between Memphis and At
lanta about seventy-four miles: while the dis
tance between Nashville and Atlanta will be
eighteen miles greater. But this distance will
be more than compensated for by the grade be
ing so much lighter on tho line from Nashville
to Decatur than on that from Nashville to Chat
tanooga— there being a difference in the maxi
mum grades of the two roads of twenty-five or
more feet to the mile.
Next, build the road from Cartersville to Van
Wert, that that vast mineral region may be de
veloped, made useful to the world, and add to
the greatness and power of Georgia, while en
riching her people.
Then build a road eastward from Cartersville,
up the Etowah and amid the mineral wealth
which lies imbedded in the mountains on either
side of that stream, awaiting the coming of the
miner and the locomotive, to swell still more the
volume of Georgia's contributions to tha com
forts and commerce of the world.
Then build the road from Dalton to Morgan-
for »U daraMlUx, ita>-
•team power,
,J1 ro »wc\i*
_ ^ ooerettii the
kiad'of J sra*th*r“’»h l e d, Pr»is^bsiaTin'^the boa»£ rainy* a •^o°obstac!7 to«5feaff
wooden screws* Another advent*** L«, when you rat ^choSeM’. Pr»». you bsvo u PruM for aU Utno. and ono
not liable to decay or breakage, a> it in* ea-ewjiU theoU wooden terew*. and most other iron eerawt and
preset. This is erid.nt froia the fact tb»t th* screw ia iron, either wrought or cast, and tho frame* sra of
wroegbt iron, and no part of tho IV*** liable to decay louche* tho «round. The frame* may he m.de of
wood, at tbo opt on of the planter. Planter* may I tire hare tlther theierew andnnt alone, and pat the trim*
and box of wood to it themsetvra. or may purchase tho screw, not *nd iron frames, and rut the woods® box
to it, or they m»y purchase th* Pres* oonspletr. with rcraw, nut, iron frames and box, making the most oom-
plote Pres* In nso. Presses complete, as Inst named, ore in more genera) use. snd give grrat satisfaction to
all parties aeing them, as will be seen from letter* in my possession. Parties ta need of Cotton Prease*
do well to eall. if possible, snd examine mine; or if they should favor mo with their order, they m<
upon ratting a Prow that is nil I o aim for it.
Haring th* most oxwnsivo Iron Works in the city, and tha irantast variety
mbit to tarnish parties with soy kind of machioery or casting* at short notice.
would
may rely
rof patterns of ail kind*. Inm
or. s. scEOE’isirr).
HAND POWER PRESS.
The above At shows the Pi
four hand*. Tbs-e aro all that
ordinary bale. " h
half aahi
tour, snd pot np again in little over that time.
?RXCJE> FOB. ?Ol7EE:
Wrought Iron Screw Press, complete/..— $118 001 Wrought Iron Screw.... ....—.WO 00
Wrought Iron Screw, with Iran Frames ISO 001 Cast Iron 8cr*w 70 (f)
HORSE POWER. PRESS.
W. E. TANNER.
ALI.X. DELANEY
METROPOLITAN WuRKS
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Conor of Seventh and Canal Streets.
¥M. E. TANNER & CO.
IRON AND BRASS WORK.
I RON and WOODEN TRUCKS for Cars. IM
PROVED MACHINERY of all kinds built and
repaired.
Also, Agent tin the Southern Stater for
Mb’s Patent Stone & Ore Breaker
H. XL. BROWN, Ag’t,
5cpt4-djtBrly No. 62 Second st., Macon. Ga.
TUTT’S VEGETABLE LIVER PILLh
Cere* diseased of the Liver and Stomach.
HIT’S KIPKCTOBWT.
A j-Iex-art care f^r Cou^h*. Colds, etc.
rurrs sarsaparilla A*qr ekvs delight
The great Alterative iind Bio d purifier
mrs IMPROVED HAIR DTK.
Warrested the best dye in aac-
Thes« standard preparations are lor rale by
HARRIS. CLAY A CO- Agents.
Thia Pro** for Horre P wer rtey he of either cait or wroazbt Ir.'*© screws, wrought iron screws being cut
with three inch pitch fjr Horse Power, it rasj be put no either With or without ir^a frames, an iron irmme
bcin* preferable, e* it cannot break, end will never need repair*, as is the caso with wood. In patting them
ap complete at mv establishment, they do not differ from the Hand Power only in pitch of- thread of screw
end different kind of levers for working* Dec horse can pxok five to eight hundred poands on this Press.
FOB. HORSI! POWX3B:
Wrought Iron Screw
Wrought Iron Screw.
This Pres? to run by
’ PreM, complete 001 Wrought Iron Scrcw.....^. .......................
. with Irou Frames- .150 (X) I Ca t Iron Screw...™...... ......
»y voter power, for which I furnish the necessary additional machinery $50
SCHOFIELD’S
SUGAR CANK MILLS AND KET!
ie-growers of Georgia to need any re :ora;
These Cane Mills have beenl»w long used by the
other than planters using them. They are pat
turned. Par lie* wanting Mills can be furnish
ining for themselve*.
PHICE8.
sed by the cane-growers or Georgia to need
pat up in the best style and of best quality
lisbed. the best, by sending me their order.*,
or calling i
SYRUP KETTLES
30 Gallon. 40 gaitsn. SO gallon, 60 gallon..
80 Gallon, IOj gallon
GI\ GEAR.
8 feet Gin Gear, with Gadgeons and Colts. ....
ra$3S 50110 feet Gin Gear, with Gudgeons and Bolts..
. 20 00110 feet Gin Gear, with Bolts
. 18 00110 feet Gin Gear and Pinion -
. 28 50 j It feet Gin Gear, with Ovl icons and Bolts.
. 22 W) j 12 feet Gin Gear, with Bolts
$31 50
25 00
23 50
20 75112 feet Gin Gear and Pinion —
COTTON GINS.
G-ullet’s Steel Brash Cotton G-ins,
Dan’1 Pratt’s Eureka and Swinging Front G-ins,
S. Z, Hall’s Cotton G-in Feeder.
©jg” Circulars, giving teitimoni
Samples on exhibition a*.W. A
june2t>-d£wtf
A new and valuable.machine, worthy the attention of Planters*.
I*^.i great numbers from persons well known, furnished on application.
irrF v, S, corner Cherry and Third Streets. Address
JOHNSON,
Agent. Macon, Georgia
F. S.
apr2-d*wly
ZEILIN k CO..
DgUGGI3T8.
MA<*on. Ga-
TROY FSMAIU SEMINARY.
This Institution offers the accumulated advantages
of over 50 years* successful operation.
Every facility ia provided lor a thorough course of
useful and ornamental education, under the direction
of a corps of more than twenty professors and teach
ers. For circular*, apply to JOHN H. WILLARD,
Troy, N- Y-
*ug21-d2m
MRS. K. DESSAU
HAS OPENED. AND lS CONSTANTLY RECEIVING. THE LATEST
NOVELTIES in
MILLINERY,
DRESS G-OODS
TRIMMINGS, GLOVES, POINT LACES, EMBROIDERIES, etc.
68 MULBERRY ST., MACON, GA.
lOSABAIIS!
'l’HE
l He
S GREAT AMERICAN HEALTH
Preae aa put up eompleto SCJlOFIXLD'h IRON WORKS, for working b>
it ere OMMury to operate It, end have pecked as much ae 1100 pounds in tise of
©n put up aa shown above. U may he taken down at an* time and placed on a waj
ut o
1 Scrofula,SyphUML&kinDl»cwe.«. Hheumn-
I tlrm. Diseases Of WiMMD. qni ail t'hronic
Affections of tho Bio d. Lnrerand Kidney**.
K. • tj; r*. s* t i>y t he M oil io:»l Faculty and
| morni theugoodaerfour best citizen*. Head
the testimony of Physicians r.ud patients
. who have used Ro*adaJlss send for our
Rosodslis Guide to Health Book, or Alma
nac for this year, which wo publish for
gratuit' u-i distribution: it will give you
much Valuable information:
Dr. K. W. Carr, of Baltimore, fays— I
take pleasure in recommending your Koga-
delis aa a very powmshl liter mis. I have
t seen it used in two esses wi:b happy remit*:
, on© in a ©as© of stioondury kyphili*, in
which the patient pronounced himself
oared after having* 'taken u v u bottle* of
rjOttV Ot©dicin©o Tilt Othor - ■ case o!
scrofula of longstanding, which is rapidly
improving under ita use, nnd the indica
tions are that tho patient will *oon recover.
II have osrsmnr ovimWii the formulas
w!ii ■ i ymir lb - i.lalis i inode, and find
, it an excellent compound of altcrativo in-
1 (Tedienta.
Dr. Srarks, of Nicholasvillc, Ky. sayshe
hasufed Roeadsli* in onset of Scroluln und
| Secondary .Syphilis with satisfactory ro
salts'—at a cleaner of tho Blood I know j.o
1 better remedy. _
.Samuel G. McFadden, of Murfreesboro.
1 Tenn.. soys:
i Ihavourod seven bottles of Rosadslit,
land am entirely cured of Rheuni:ni»m;
! send me four bottle*, ns I wit-h it for m
brother, who hsa Scrofulous boro Eye*.
Beniamin Bechtol.of Lima,Ohio, write*:
I havo suffered for twenty year* with an
inveterate eruption over my whole tody; k
abort time eiuco I purchased a bottle of
RoaadaH* end it ©ffeoted a perfect care
HOs^ABALiI J»
j , 15 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
( ©w-Laboratory. No. 61 Exchange Place,
j Baltimore.
Drs. Clements, Hive© A Co.,
i Proprietors,
j For salo by
j. h, co
I iulyS-tf
DEHUNTER
/^ONTIMUKS t.* treat all private disease . phfib
V in all i* forms,Gonorrhea, Gleet. Str <ture,
OrcliitL. und all urinary dl5c:i*<y-, and t :o effect* ot
rnurcu... arc completely eradicated: Spermatorrhea
orSczaiua! Weskness, resulting from .«elf-ahu*e or
other causes, end which product s rsdc »-f tho fallow
ing effects: Asblotchea. bodily wriKuc.--. indication,
constipation, aversion to society, unimnlino.- . dread
of future events; lore of memory, indolence, nocturnal
entiaaion*, «i»4 finally prostration of the vital pow er*,
can be fully reatored to health. Per?orp affl.ctcJ
with thif, or any other delicate, intricate, or long
standing constitutional com plaint, should give the
Doctora trial. He never fails.
Tho Doctor publisher :i medical cirf jJ-'r that gives
a full exposition of venereal nn 1 private dire a.- , thnt
can bo had free at h:i office, or by mail i <r one >:;.mp.
It gives a atferdeUnoattcn o:
condition* resulting from the Inrnngeiuezit <d th-
mornl laws, exc» ^es, indulgence-, expo no*, and jiu-
prudcnci in married or single lilc. r*very sentence
contains instruction to the afflicted, nnd enabling
them tv determine tha precise nature of their com
plaints. . ' . *
ThcestnbtW: ident. compr .ng t*n ample room-,
is central. Whr-u i'is not copv«*rti« nt to visit tho
city. ih©'Dt»etor*s c,dnion can be tlr.e l by giving
a written statement oftheca-e, and mvdi -inc- on be
forwarded by mail or exwers. In seme instances,
however. • pir-onolegamina-ioa .8 absolutely neces
sary, while in others, daily i . n’tenti'-n isre-
S uired, and for the a h r.
icrc are apartments tisMu'ctei with tho office that
are provided with every p**;uiMte that is calculated
to promote recovery, including me ii. a tod vnp or bathe.
All prescriptions arc prepared in the Doctor s own
J<aVerst©w>, mnderhjs persesai-suwyr '- ' .Modi
<®ai pamphlet at office free or by mail for two stamp*.
No matter who have failed, read what he say*.
•Office No. 183 Third street, between Green nnd
V Inut streets, near the Pcstoffice, Louisville, Ky.
Office hours.‘J i. u,, to T y. m. ; Sunday?. lO i. u.. to
12 m. july-i-dewly
CfllNUI! OFJCHEDKLB.
SO CHASO'lr.f OARS BETWEEN S A VASSAlt
AVGUSTA AND MONTGOMERY. ALA.
Taa; rsroRTATiox Or pic
Savaksah. Ga.. Ac
AND AFTER SUNDAY, 10th
v-f GBR Trains on tho Georgia i
will run tut follows:
UP DAY TRAIN.
SUcmi
Milledgeville
Connecting
gu*tn aJL-ra.
Vow.tv
win, trslL that leaves
DOWN DAY TRAIN
7:1-0
Savannahs
Antrtlria
Conncctii^v w
gusta at
ith train that lcav* o
Savannah.....
UP NIGHT TRAIN.
C. R. K..
rust U, r
.s'fT., PASS
5:38 ]
8:58 .
11:00 :
Connecting with tn-.ina thnt leave Au-
gnit'i &t - ft33 “
D0VTN NIOHT TRAIN.
Macon -S:2S r. *
Savannah — ■*- u
Milledgcvillo 4:30 ?. u.
Eatonton .....2:40 r. m.
Connecting with train that Ioave3 Au-
guata at - —— 9:33 p. m
«TA. M. Trains from Savannah and Augusta, and
p. m. Train from Macon, connect with Milledgeville
Train at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted.
43rP. M. Train from Savannah connects with
through Mail Train on South Carolina Railroad, and
p. if. Train from Savannah and Augusta with Trains
cn Southwestern and Muscogee Railroads.
[Signed]
auglS-tf
A RARE INVESTMENT.
I OFFER, for sale roy Steam Saw Mill situated in
Montgomery county, Texes, and about 14 miles
from either Cypress or Hockley Railroad Depot of
the H. and T. C. K. R.. consisting of about four thou
sand acres of the best Pine—well watered with Dwell
ing-houses, Workshops, Stables, etc., etc., thereon.
One 40-horse power Engine, all in running order, and
all tools and implement* necessary.
Titles warranted and terms liberal. For further
particulars address the owner,
F. STEUSSY,
ITockly P. 0., Harris county. Texas.
Or P H. MOSER, Real Estate and Land Agent,
Galveston, Texas. juS-6m
“LIVERY AND SALE STABLES.
1 MIE undersigned has taken charge of the well
. known “ Chapman's Livery Stables’* in Macon,
opposite the passenger shed, on Plum street, where he
will conduct a general Livery Business in all its
branches. Anything you may want in the way of
transportation, by horse or mule, buggy, oarriage or
hack, will be furnished on short notice imd at reason
able rates. Drovers will find this an old and popular
stand at which to dispose of their stock,
febll-ly S. H. HOLMES, Agent*
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