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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
GREENE COUNTY.
Tbc Greene County Fair That is to
Begin on Jnonday.
Gr.EEN.sTOK, G*., Octoter 13.1873.
Editor! Constitution: Please allow ire to lnfoun
your readers that the fair of the Greene County Pair
Association Las cot been postponed, but will begin
at Greensboro on Monday next, and continue until
Saturday, the 16th instant.
There are positive assurances that there will be a
large number of entries, comprising everyth*ng the
county produces, and many thing*, such as line stock
and cattle, machinery, mannfactcred goods, works of
art, etc., from abroad.
The premiums have been ordered from the best
manufacturing establishments, and will, in every ln-
ttancr, come fully up to their published value. If
we can rely upon the expressed purposes of thousands
of the citizens of Middle Georgia, the number of vis-
itora will be Immense, and ample preparations wi!l
be made for the comfortable entertainment of all.
In addition to the contlnnona display cf all article*
on exhibition, there will be speeches by Rev. Dr.
Weems end Hon. A. II. btephens, and on Toesday
evening there will be a grand ball On Thursday night
there wiJ be a magnificent display of fireworks.
Jim Mcrideth’a famous baby-waker will be on
hand, while the Greenesboro brass band will enlivsn
all the cxe.cUe* with sonl-stlrriDg music.
It la the purpose of the olfieers and committees of
the association, all the members and the people gen
erally, to make the exhibition equal in Interest to any
other In the Bute, and with tbe brilliant anew ss of
last year to cheer them on, there esn be no donbt of
the most satisfactory results. T.
FORSYTII COUNTY.
Ezzard’s School—Interesting; Exer
cises.
Editors Constitution: It was my good fortune to
attend thecloslog exercises of Captain G. W. Hazard’s
school on the night of the 3d Instant. Tha school was
taught at Midway Church, in ths southwest corner of
Forsyth county. I failed to go to the examination,
but was informed that it was satisfactory. After the
examination was over, our school commissioner.
Judge Clement, addressed the school very forcibly on
the advantage of education and did not fail to gain the
confidence and affection of the scholars and commu
nity.
The scholars, about fortv In number, acquitted
themselves creditably, convincing all. parents
and friends, that their teacher understood his
busiress, that his administrative ability could
not be excelled—his scholars all love and yet fear
him. The exhibltio < excel'ed anything I Lave wit.
neestd for years, espe tally in this section ol the
country, constiering ths number of scholars and
their advancement in knowledge, it was not only
amusing but gratifying, to see fiose little boys and
girls, the youngest only four years old, standing erect
upon the stage, renting their pieces; their demeanor
would have done credit to older heads. The ept eches
and dialogues were systematically arranged and varied
from the aablimeaod pathetic to the most comic, in*
terspersed with music from two violins, witch also
performed their pnits to t v e edification of the school
and audience. The stage was isstefnlly decorated
with evergreens and flowers, by ths ladles of the
community.
The gills were all uniformed. Tbe scholars foimed
a procession, beaded with music, marched some dis
tance and then in tbe house. The procession was
greatly admired by the spectators
The introductory remarks were made by Mr. James
Spence, which were very appropriate.
The exhibition was opened about seven o'clock by
Miss Mattie Orr. There wore stout thirty-five per
formances on the stage. There were present e great
many spectators. Everybody seemed to enjoy them,
solve*, and 1 have no donbt hut that each parent
resolved that in the fntnre th*y would be more prot
In sending tbeir children to school. This examina
tion and exhibition wll! do good In this section.
It will increase the ocsire for iduc&tion&l
improvements. After the exercises were over,
there eras an invitation given to anybody
that wished to address tbe people, which was re
sponded to by Judge Ezzard, and Dr. Allen, who did
honor to themselves and their country. After Which,
our teacher imade a few remarks, thanking bis schol
ars and patrons for their kindness, tried to Impress
npon their minds, the advantages In education. I am
glad to lerrn that it is being impressed npon the
minds of the up country people, that on educational
knowledge will increase the morals of the rising
gene ration. | which would prove a blessing to our
country, j P.
A Call for the Scliool Fund.
Tbe Second Annual Report of tbe
Superintendent* Mr. B.
Ration.
Tbe Scbcole In Satisfactory Condi
tion* Doing Good Work and
Constantly Improving.
ATLANTA’S GLORY.
EE POET or THS SUPERINTENDENT.
To the Hoard of Education of the City cf Atlanta:
Gentle men—I have the honor to submit the second
arnutl report of the condition of the schools nnder
your charge.
The schools were opened ic September last, (1872,)
after a vacation of two months, with full numbers,
and a complete organ:'zation. The enthusiasm cf both
scholars and teachers, which was so noticeable in all
the schools during the first five months of their ex-
lstcnce. seemed not in the least to have abated.
Oaring the year, however, the novelty having some
what passed sway, very naturally certain defects in
the details of instruction and management have ap
peared. There defects are cot serious; they will be
remedied by time and the increasing power and skill
of the teachers, and by tbe inherent virtue of the pub-
school system itself.
In the main the schools are in a satisfactory condl
tion, doing good work, and constantly improving.
The organization and c.aesitication are nearly perfect;
the course of study is liberal end well-planned, ad
mirably combining the practical, the disciplinary,
and the aesthetic; and tbe teachers are rapidly improv
ing both the Instruct! ,n and the discipline of their
schools.
I invite your attention to the following statistics of
the schools for the year ending August 31,1873:
ATTENDANCE.
Population of Atlanta accordirg to United
States census of 1870 21,789
Kumber of children between six and eighteen,
according to enumeration returns of 1872.. 9,138
Total number of pupils enrolled during the
year 8,594
Average number belonging 2,731
Average daily atte- dance 2,268
Enrolled in High Schools 301
Enrolled in Boys’ High School 131
Enrolled in Girls' High School 170
Enrolled in Grammar Scbooles 3,293
EaroUsd in Colored Schools 1153
Enroffe! in White Schools 2.441
Number of Teachers 17
Number of Teachers in High Schools
Number of Teachers in Grammar Schools.... 50
Number of Teachers in White Schools 43
Number of Teachers in Colored Schools 14
Number MaleTeachers 8
Number Female Teachers 49
Average number of pupils to teacher 48
Total number of Schools —. 10
Number cf lligh Schools -
N umbtr of Grammar Scboois ;white) 5
Number of Grammar Schools (colored) 3
•1NAKCES
Total expenses of the ecuools lor the year
ending August i 1, 1873 „ $49 956 04
Amout of Xeacnerb’ salaries 40,651 00
Cost per scholar per annum for instruc
tion 15 00
Coat per scholar per annum, including all
expenses — 18 20
receipt a.
From City Tax Collector 43,675 18
From Peabody Fund 2,000 00
From Sate appropriation 6,53130
Total $57,206 48
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries, (of Teachers, Janitors, Superin
tendent and Treasurer) $40,851 00
Building and repairs 1,780 16
Bents 3,286 66
Supplies 2,064 02
Furniture **• 35 00
Printing 511 50
Insurance 438 00
Interest 928 35
Incidentals 61 35
Editors Constitution : Thera is considerable talk
and some excitement abont the failure of the State
authorities to pay ths teachers the money due them
for teaching under the laws of the State. And the
question is oiten asked, why is the money not paid ?
Some time since Mr. Orr gave public notice that
them was a large sum of money (ninety thou
sand dollars if recollection is not at fault),
ready to be sent out to .the counties of the State.
Weeks, yea months hsve elapsed and yet the
money ia kept back. Why to it, Mr. Orr, that the
money t* not paid to the teacher* as yon promised it
should be? Let the people have the facts, put It is
said Mr. Orr to not to blame. It Is currently “rumor
ed on the streets” that the Governor has ordered the
money due tha teachers to be placed in a bank, or that
the Treasurer has done it on his own motion, and that
tre money cannot now te had. Isthistrue? Letthe
facts be known. There to one (“it is rumored.”) con
nected with tbe Executive office who to ever ready to
furnish statements that seem to benefit his employer
in pnblle «timatlon. and it to desired he will famish
tbe facts in this case. Who is to blame? Is it the
fault of Mr. Orr ? Has he made an announcement to
the public that it ia not true? No one believes it
Has the Treasurer placed the money in a tank or
banks where it cannot now be bad ? If so, by wbst
a ithcrity did be take the State's money ont of the
Tn saury of the Store without a warrant drawn by
the Executive? Has the Governor ordered
the money of the State placed in any other cu c -
tody than the Treasurer, in. whose hinds the law
places It. If so, by what authority did he doit?
Who has made money - Interest—by this ? Why does
the Governor refute to draw his warrant on the
Treasurer for tbe money due each county ? We want
the facta. Lst Mr. Sniffle famish them tf be can, and
that without coloring. The offer to give orders on
the Tax Collectors to not sufficient. The question is,
where to the money which ought to bs now in the
Treasury oi the State? Why is it not paid
out to the teachers to whom it is due”
Has the State suspended* Let ua have tome
of the “omnipotence of truth.’’ The scarcity of
money is no answer Why is it scarce in the Treasury
of the S ate? What has become of it? Again we ask
for the facta—the whole truth—and let the responsi
bility rest on the proper person. It no one la at fault
justice to faithful officers requires that the truth be
knownandthey relieved from censure If any officer of
theState.no matter how high in position hs may be,has
been osier the people's money to aid a friend or ben
efit himself, let the fact be known. The teachers are
generally poor and needy, and they ought to be paid
what is jjistly doe them. They were not expected
to bs paitj out of the taxes yet to be collected. Let
theTreMU-erteU the people through the newspapers
where the money is. An early and explicit state
ment is expected. Inquirer.
To Merchant? .—Bear in mind that The Cosmic.
tton Job] Office has no superior in this sonny land
It 1* thoroughly equipped to do everything in the
eha r e of Job Printing. We fear no competition, and
are willing to compare prices and work with any
similar establishment in this State, or out of it.
Total $49,956 04
Balance, applied to reduction* f indebtedness
of ths Board. $7,250 44
The inoebtedness cf the Board at the beginning of
the school year, Sep tenner 1,1872, was $15,253 This
amount has been reduce! to $8,002 56, and, with
strict econrmy in tbe management of the schools, we
may hope to free onraelves form: all indebtedness by
the close of another year.
The number of scholars enrolled daring the year has
been 3.694, against 3,842 the fiist year of the schools.
The cost per scholar, per annum, has been $18 29
against $18 32 last year. With the extension ef the
schools from year to year, the average cost per schol
ar, will continue to diminish, since the enlargement
will be chiefly cf schools of lower grade. It will,
however, prove a false economy to endeavor to hold
this cost much less than $20 per annum. It cannot
be done except at the sacrifice of the interests of the
schools. Either the salaries of teachers must bs
made so low that teachers of proper qualifications
cannot be retained, or the number of scholars to the
teacher must he made so great as to forbid effective
teaching; or still lurther, suitable apparatus and other
faculties for instruction, most be denied to the
schorls.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
The school accommodations have been considerably
extended and improved during the year. In March,
the building corner of Washington and Mitchell
streets, formerly occupied by Oglethorpe College, was
leased from the trustees of that coUege lor three years,
for the use of the Girls* High School. The house was
thoroughly repaired, and on tbe first of April, the
Girls’ High School was removed to that buUdlog.
Oa the first of May the Haynes street senool was
opened for colored children This school accommo
dates abont 250 scholars, with four teachers.
By the lioerality of the City Council, a new school
building has been erected on Marietta street, to take
the place of the old Lnckie street house, which was
unfit for school purposes. The Marietta school
building, like the other school houses built by the
city, is a two-a-ory wooden building with eight rooms.
I; has several improvements on the houses previous’y
built. The school rooms are larger, the hall 1^ wider
and unobstructed, there is a cloak and hat room
attached to each school room, and an extra room for
libra-y. with shelves tor books and apparatus.
Tbe house ia weU built, complete and admirable in
all its details and appointments, elegant in its general
appearance, and is altogether an ornament to the city.
For this valuable addition to our school accommoda
tions, the Board of Education and the community
generally are under obligations to the City Council,
and especially to the efficient chairman of tbe Com
mittee on Public Buildings, Hon. D. A. McDuffie, for
his zeal and faithfulness in supervising the work from
its inception to its completion. The architect was
Mr. Calvin Fay, to whom is doe the beauty of the de
sign, and most of the improvements in the plan and
details of the house.
COURSE or STUDY •
The course of study remains the same as last year,
and seems to require no change at present. It will be
found in tho appendix to this .report. The following
changes of text books have been m«da by the Board.
Sinfocd’s Common School Arithmetic is used in the
first, second and third grades if the Grammar Schools,
instead of the Analytical Arithmetic by the same au
thor; Stephens’ History or the United States to in the
third grade instead of Holmes’United States; and
8 win ton’s Word Primer is used in the sixth and
seventh grades. Holmes'Sixth Header is used in the
High Schools.
These changes of text books have in no way al
tered the con-se or study.
LANQCAOB.
The course in this department to full, and of the
most practical kind. Facility in the right use of lan
guage to aeqnlnd not so much by the study of the
fo.-mal rules of granm rand rhetoric, as by the cot-
stout practice of speak in/ aid writing coder wise
guidance and judicious criticism. Tbe following
cjnrse is chiefly relied on to give.power and skill in
thensnof our own language:
Spelling, both oral and written; reading, with a
thorough study of the fkords, sentences, and the
thoughts expressed; daily exercises in copying, dic
tation, writing or reciting the snbslance of reading
lessons, oral and written descriptions of pictures, re-
p odnetion of incidents and stories read or related by
the teachers, writing letters, written recitations and
examinations in the various studies, translations in
French and Latin, both oral and written; weekly
composition begun in the fourth grade of the Gram
mar School, and continued throughout the entire
course; English Grammer s’udied thoroughly in the
Grammar Schools, and reviewed in the High Schools;
rhetoric, and an extended course in English literature
with a careful readirg of the principal English clas
sics ; Latin, French. This is the regular course
which all are required to take. Boys who are pre
paring to enter coUege take Greek, and omit French.
MATHEMATICS.
Arithmetic is completed in the Grammar Schools
and reviewed in the High Schools; where Algebra,
Geometry, and Trigonometry are taken np in suc
cession.
SCIENCS.
In the Grammar Schools, Geography, the simplest
and most lmpoitant oi the practical sciences, is
taught in the fifth, fourth, and second grades, and
continued as Physical Geography In the first year of
the High Schools. Natural Philosophy, Chemistry,
Physiology, and Astronomy complete the course in
the High Schools. History of the United States and
England occupies two years in the Grammar Schools,
in tbe third and first grades. General History,
ancient and modern. Is read in the High Schools.
MUSIC.
Instrumental music cannot, for obvious reasons, be
conveniently taught in the public schools. It is,
thereiore, properly left to private instruction, and is
attended to in time outside of the regular school
hours.
Vocal music occupies*a place in the regular course
of study and is taught in nearly all the schools. The
instruction is given by the regular teachers, hut, since
few of them are speoially qualified to give instruction
in this branch, the results are not so satisfactory in
all the schools as could be desired. Still, they, by
exchanging with one another or by combln-ng two or
more classes, are enabled to accomplish very credit
able reenlts. The children ore taught to read aimple
music, to sing in correct time, and some attention is
given to musical taste and expression.
A special teicher in this department is greatly
needed to ic struct the regular teachers, and to supervise
the work in the schools. The propriety of introduc
ing vocal mu-lc into the schools is generally admit
ted; bul it is by many considered only a recreation—
an amusement. Ids more than this—it is a refining
influence in the school. It is an excellent physical
exercise, and often safely carries off the restless ener
gies of the children, which would otherwise find vent
in troublesome disorder.
The general cuhivitiohof music in our schools will
not ouiy render school life more pleasant and attract
ive to oor cuildren, but by means of it their moral
nature may lie peweifully and favorably affected.
HIGH SCHOOLS.’.
The High Schools nave been well sustained through
out the year. The number enrolled in the Boys'
High i-chool has be-n 131; in the Girls’ High School
170.
At the close of the schools in June aclass tvssgrad
uated from each of these schools, consisting of eleven
lrom the Girls’ School and five from ihe Boys’. This
was the first graduating c’ass of the Public Schools.
Their graduating exercises, which were held at the
Representatives Hall, in tbe Capitol building, on the
evening of the first of July, were of an interesting
character, and were largely attended by the citizens
of Atlanta.
The Girls' High School has a course of study for
four years, and at present consists of four classes with
four teachers.
The Boys’ High School has a three years’ course of
study, with three classes and three teachers. The
course in the Boys* hchool is too limited; it should
occupy four years. It can be so extended as soon as
the nnmber of pupils will justify tbe formation of
four classes.
The two daises in the High Schools, consisting of
fifty girls and forty-five boys, who were received at
the beginning of the school year, have been very suc
cessful in their work, and ail cf them who have been
in attendance tnroughont the year have been advanced
to the next grade. '
They were promoted from the Grammar Schools list
year on examination, and were consequently better
prepared for High School work than were the classes
preceding them.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The nnmber of these schools Is eight, -five for
whito children, and three for colored. With tbe ex
ception of two or the colored schools, they are all
named after the streets upon which they are located.
They are here named in the order of their organiza
tion, as follows:
Ivy Street School, Crew Street School, Walker
Street School, Decatur Street School, Luckie
Street School (now Marietta Street School,)
Store’s School, (colored) on Houston street, Summer
Hill School, (colored) on street, and Haynes
Street School (colored)
The Luckie Street School house was abandoned at
the end of the school year In June, and during the
next year the school will occupy the new Marietta
Street house.
The number enrolled in tbe several Grammar
Schools during the year to as follows:
Ivy Street School , 475
Crew Street School — 484
Walker Street School — 681
Luckie Street Schoal...
Decatur Street School 245
Store’s School 442
Summer Hill School 363
Haynes Street School ,343
Tctd in Grammar Schools.......—.. 3,293
At the annual examination in June, the number of
scholars promoted to the High School, was as follows:
Eojs. Girls. Total.
Ivy street School
16
27
Crew Street School
14
25
Wa’ker Street School.......
9
16
25
Lnckie Street School
13
22
Decatur Street school
1
3
Total
60
102
In the Summer Hill and Haynes Street Schools
there were no scholars who had completed the usual
Grammar School course, and therefore, no classes
graduated from those schools. In the Stair's School
the first class, numbering thirty-one, completed the
Grammar School coarse in Jane, end left the school,
no provision having been made by the Board for con
tinuing their education in advanced studies.
colohed schools.
There are three schools for colored children under
the care and supervision of the Board.
Tne Siorrs School, on Houston street, was original
ly established, and for several years maintained, by
the American Missionary Association. Ths bnlldlng
and grounds are owned by that society, but are given
to the Board free of rent, the American Missionary
Society nominating the teachers subject to examina
tion and approval of the Board of Education.
The Summer HU1 School, on - — street, was es
tablished by the Freedman’s Aid Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and the house and
grounds are now owned by that society. The house
is given to the Board free of rent, the Board appoint
ing teachers, and agreeing to keep the building and
grounds in order.
The Haynes Street Schosl occupies the building
known as the old Friendship Baptist Church, (colored,;
corner of Haynes and Msngham streets. The house
was rented cn the 1st of January, 1873. It is divided
into four rcoms and accommodates 250 scholars.
These three schools have received nearly all appli-
cants daring the year just closed, hut the schools
were very much crowded. It will probably be neces
eaiy to considerably increase the accommodations for
another year. It will be better to enlarge the present
schools, if practicable, than to Increase the number of
schools.
There has been a manifest Improvement in the
character of the work done in the schools, dne chiefly
to the increased Brill and success of the teachers.
Near'y all the teachers hsve. in a good degree, se
cured the confidence and affection of the children un
der their charge, a* d have maintained go-d discipl ne
without resort to violent measures. There has also
been an evident improvement tn ths qnallty of the
instruction given, as shown by the results cf the
m >nthly, term, and annual examinations. The
te cfaers. almost wt bout exception, have exhibited
great zeal in their profession, availing themselves of
every opportunity for instruction in normal class and-
elsewhere, in oraer to belter fit themselves for their
responsible duties.
The teacher's duties are by no means so'simple and
so light as many people suppose. To keep fiby children
in order for tbe six hours of the school day, to train
them in good habits, to keep them well’employid. to
restrain the wayw-rd, to stimulate the Lile and slug
gish. to Keep them all interested in the work of tne
school, to spend an hour outside.of school in o erect
ing the written exercises of the day, and another honr
in preparirg for the work of the next day—wills >
tax the vital energies of a faithful teacher, that there
are few who can hear the nervous strain without se
rious detriment to health.
NON-RESIEENT PUPILS.
At the regular meeting of the Board in August last
the following resolution in relation to tbe admission
or children whose parents are not residents of the city,
isawdopted:
Begj’ved, That non-resident pupils be admitted to the
Pablic Schools on tbe'r paying tuition in advance each
term, and provided that there is room, so that they do
not prevent the admission of resident pnpiis.
The rates of tution were fixed ms follows:
For Grammar schools, per annum, $15,00.
First term, four months $10.00
Second term, thn e months 7.R0
Third term, three months 7.53
$25,00
For High Schools, per annum, $40,00.
First term, fonr month* $16 00
Second term, three months 12.00
Third term, three months 12,00
$40/0
Tbe tuition mnst be paid in advance each term to
the Treasurer of the Board.
DEFECTS.
'While the organization and classification of our
schools, the course ot study and in general our school
houses, are quite satisfactory, it must be admitted
that many ot the schools have not at’aineda h'ph
standard of discipline. There has been too much
noise in th* movements of the scholars, too mnch
(ommunication with oue another at their seats, and
generall v too mnch disorder allowed.
The teachers are aware of this defect, and are mak
ing earnest efforts to improve the disciplins of the
schools and make it what it should be. Perhaps the
most valuable results of good school training are the
habits or obedience, of self-control, of quiet and or
derly bearing, of punctuality, of Industry, and of
syst-matic attention to duty, which are sure to be
attained in a well-conducted school. These haoits are
of more importance in ths formation of character,
and. have more to do with success in life, t.bsn the
amount of knowledge acquired in the schools.
I trust tbit at the end of another year I shall be
able to ray that the discipline of the schools is greatly
improved, and that all the teachers have learned how
to control the hearts, the thoughts, and the hands of
the children nnder their care.
OPPOSING ELEMENTS.
The general education of tbe people of a com
munity and the best means of attaining such result
is the most important of social problems. Yon. gen
tlemen of the Board of education, have endeavored
to solve this great problem for the city by the estab
lishment of Public Schools. The great body of oor
people werepropared for and desired their establish
ment, and are row satisfied with the echoolB. It is
not to he denied, however, that there are several
classes of our citizens who are opposed to them, either
wholly or in part, while there are other still who are
not pleased with their management.
It is impossible that so great a public interest,
touching as thts does all the families of our commu
nity, should be so managed as to give satisfaction to
all. There are chronic fault finders in every commu
nity, men of peculiar views, and there are those also
who look with disfavor npon every project cot d -
vised or directed by them-elves. Prejudice and a
narrow.self-interest influence others, and lead them
to oppose the schools. In ail the schools, too, there
are a tew children who are not >nccess'nl, and wbn
do not advance with their classes, owing often to
their msntal incapacity, perhaps, bat due sometimes,
no donbt, to the want of skill and tact on the part of
the teachers. To the parents of snch child en the
schools of course appear to be a failure.
Time, and tbe successful onward march of the
schools nuder your wise management, will gradually
remove both prejudice snd misapprehension and
rednee to a minimum the number of those who are
opposed to the education of all the people by a gene
ral system of pub|jc schools, free to all, rich and
poor.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, I desire to retnm my th&nkB to the
Board oi Education for their kind personal considera
tion, and for tuelr readiness to supply everything
essential to the welfare of the schools. The various
committees of the Beard have had respoosible duties
to pei form, exacting mnch of their time, but they
have discharged them faithfully, in the Interest and
for the good of the schools, without compensation
other than that which comes to all who labor disinter
estedly for the public good.
I feel it incumbent on me to make special mention
of the efficient and impartial manner in which the
Committee on Teachers and Text Books have dis
charged their onerous and often thankless duties. I
hsve been profoundly impressed with the singleness
of purpose of this committee, and of the Board gene
rally, in laboring for the best interests of the Schools.
Tnis would be unnecessary, and Indeed wonld be
improper to mention in this connection but for the
fact that some of the disappointed applicants for the
position of teacher, and their indiscreet friends, are
ready to prefer charges of favoritism against this
committee and the Board.
I wish also to express my thanks to the teachers of
the schools,whq > haveslwsvs'cordially co-operated with
me in all plans and methods suggested for the tin
provementof tbe schools.
Very respectfully,
B. Mallon, Superintendent.
Atlanta, September 25,1873.
IRON WAREHOUSE
Scofield Rolling Mill Compaq
Atlanta* G-eopgla,
NO. 28 PEACHTREE STREET
Bar Iron of all kinds, warranted; equal to any made, wholesale and retail at4£c.nfcs
Call and examine the stock and get a Price List.
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Administrator’s Sale.
B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of
Fayette county, Georgia, I will sell before the
conrt-hoare door, in the town of FaystievlUe, Fayette
county, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in Nnvem-ier
next, the following described land: One handled and
fifty acres or land, number (193) one hundred ana
ninety-three, in the 6th district of Fayette county
sold as the property or Marcus Varner, deceased, o’
Said county, for the benefit of the heir, and to pay ex
penses of administration.
^“Terms.’cash.
October 6,1873. M. W. SWANSON,
octll-wtds Printer's fee $1J Administrator.
im ADVJEBTISEMESTS^
Ask your druggist for this^Er *0 CS
Remedy. A box of PtLuS Aka A JU fib »
with each bottle, and Is
TE TT fl B Taken-
> rare noA A V Xl JKother A5UB-
r *7’ __ _ _ , „ CUBE—A*^
O NT ICS* Kre»s Fews-
v * w’Tonlc 'Ittotheaafetcsk
on’t Forget the Warrant. If it tau> to.
:ure you. Get Your Monet Back.
«• €. RAM is.TON & COt*
Cincinnati. Uhl*w
A llRKAT SENNA IKON! Agen
Wanted. Cash Salary, or Commission
lowed Strictly honorable. Address,
F. A. KLlS & CO., Charlotte,
Administrator’s Sale.
' ^Yjvirtneof an order of the_Conrt of Ordinary of
Fayette county, Georgia, I will sell before the
' mse door in the town of Fayetteville, Fayette
Georgia, on the first Tuesday in November
tween nsnal hours of sale, one hundred acres
of land, it being the north half of lot of land number
count;
next.
25o) two hundred and fifty, in the 1262d district of
fayette county Sold as the property of Jennie L
Hilsmin, deceased, for distribution among the heirs.
0i7“Term3 cash.
October 6, 1873 W. S. MILNER,
octll-wtds Printer's fee $10. Administrator.
GEORGIA * DeKalb County.
Ordinary’s Cfpice, October II, 1873.
A AHON SHIRLEY having applied to me for ex
emption of personalty, Iwtil pass npon the same
in my office on the 23d instant, at 12 o’clock.
JOHN B. STEWARD.
ocll4-w2 w Printer’s fee $2 Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Oidirary of
Favette county, I will sell before theconrt-honse
door, in the town of Fayetteville, Fayette county,
Georgia, on th-> first Tuesday in November next, be
tween the legal hours of sale, two hundred and fifteen
seres ot land, numbers nine’y-fonr end ninety-nine,
194 and 99.) In the lower 7th district of Fayette county.
Sold as tho property of George W. Stlnchcomb, de
creased. lor distribution among the heirs.
£®“Termh cash.
October 6.1873. PHILLIP STINOHCOMB,
octll-wtds Printer’s fee $10. Administrator.
Taliaferro County.
Craweobdville, Ga., October 11,1873.
Editor Constitution: CoL C. W. Howard organized
a Grange at this place to-day with the following offi
cers, and maximum nnmber lor an organizitio-:
Henry D. Smith, Master.
John Rhodes, Overseer.
John T. Chapman, Lecturer.
W. D. L. Googer, Steward.
Q. Riqjiards. Assistant.
J. E. Henry, Treasurer.
B. L Anderson, Secretary.
W. C. Rhodes, Gate Keeper.
James W. Aebnry, Chaplain.
Mrs. Q Richards, Ceres.
Mrs. A. O. Anderson, Pomona.
Mis. James F. Held, Flora.
Mrs. F. Gorham, Assistant Steward.
TAKE pleasure in announcing to my friends and
the pnolic generally that 1 am new ready to re?
Celve
COTTON . ON STORACE
stray Agricultural Warehouse, corner Alabama and
Forsyt i streets, and would thank my friends, both
merchant and planter, to favor me with a portion of
their pa.ronage. I solicit
CousignexLts of Cotton
for sale here, or for shfpmentto my correspondents at
Savanaab, Charleston, New York or Liverpool, upon
which I will make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, on
liberal terms. My cotton business is
STRICTLY COMMISSION
and no pains wilt be spared to get the
HIGHEST MARKET VALUE
for cotton entrusted to my management.
Entrance to Warehouse on Forsyth Street front.
aepBl-dfcwlm. MARK W. JOHNSON.
Administrator’s Sale.
B Y virtue of an order of the Conrt of Ordinary of
Milton county, Georgia, will cell before the
court-house door, in the town of Alpharetta, on the
first Tuesday in Novemoj next, 33 acres of lot of
land No 168; 20 acres ot 1 ot No. a35, and 3 teres of
lot 202, all lying in the 1st district ot tecond section
of said county. Sold ss the property of Wm. Fuller,
tote of said county, deceased, for aistribntion among
the heirs.
EST'Terms Cash.
JOHN B. WATSON, Administrator.
octlO-wtds Printer’s f e $10.
Administrator’s Sale.
B Y virtue of an order of the Conrt of Ordinary of
Fayette coanty, Georgia, I will sell before the
court-honre door, in the town of Fayetteville, Fay-
ette county, Georgia, between the usual horns of sole,
the following decribed land: One hundred meres of land
off of lot of land number (71) seventy one; sirty-six and
two-thirds (66*() acres of land of lot of land number
(53) fifty-eight, in the lower 7th district of Fayette
county. Sold as the property of Sanford Adam b, de
ceased, for distribution among the heirs, and for the
benefit of the creditors.
__ ,1873. BENNETT ADAMS,
octll-wtds Printer’s fee $10. Administrator.
yTHE MILD POWER (
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HUMPHREYS*
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
H ave proved, from the most
ample experience, an entire success. Simple,
prompt, Efficient and Reliable. They are the only
medicines perfectly adapted to popular^ use-^so
simple that mistakes cannot be made in using
them; so harmless as to be free from danger; ana
coefficient as to be always reliable. They have the
highest commendation from atl, and will always
render satisfaction. Trice, in large three-drachm
rials, with directions:
Nos. Cores. Cent*.
1. Fevers, Congestion, Inflammations, . . 51
2. Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colie, . . 50
3. Crying-Colic, or Tee tiling of Infant's . 50
4. Diarrhoea, of Children or Adults, . . 50
5. Pyseutcrj-, Griping, Bilious Colic, . . 50
6. CLolern-Morbns, Vomiting, .... 5*
7. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, ..... 64
8. Neuralgia, Toothache, Fncenche, ... 50
9. Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo, . 50
Is. Dyspepsia. Bilious Stomach, ■•••*[
It. Suppressed, or Painful Periods, . . . 50
'.2. Whites, too Profuse Periods, . ... 50
75. croup, Cough, Difficult Breathing, . . 50
14- Nr.lt Kheain, Erysipelas, Eruptions, . 50
Rheumatism* EheumaticPains, . . . 50
1«. Fever ami A,"«e. Chill Fever, Agues, 50
1". J’lles, bhnd or Bleeding, • - 50
L>. and Sore or Weak Eyes, . 50
19. r-'-to.rh, Acu’eor Chronic Influenza,
hv,EnlargedGhmds^SweUings, , 50
iHDebilitJ, physical Weakness, . 50
Ri'.-KitvS-.-cretions, . . . . 50
•11. >croi'ai
24. Geucral- ......
25. 'Dropsy and 8caiity beeretions,
26. Sea-S»cli!iess, s>. Jrness from Riding, .
nr lti<l»»er-l*ise:i*::» Gravel, - - ; • •
n* Hrt voa l Debility, Seminal Weakness,
or lurid-n: n.ry Discharges,
»i e Nr-rAh, Canker, ....
■rVeatitcsa, Wctiia-rtaoEofi, 13
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W0RKIN6 CLASS^e^StS.
Respectable employment at home, day or evening:
capital required; full instructions and valuaole packrrgt-
of goods sent free by mall. Address, with six cob
return stamp, M. YuUNG & CO., 173 Greenwich
street., N. Y
MIIRIIPR ? *°> * e wonld only call attention-'
HIUflUG.il S Jo our WELL AUGER, with which At
man can earn $25 per day in good territory. It borao*
any diameter and ordinary wells at the rate oft
150 feet per day. Farm, Towneh-p and COnnty Ri^hito-
for sale. Descriptive book sent on receipt of 9 cexfite-
postage. Address, AUGER COMPANY,
St. Louis, Ho.-.
•OR PORTABLE AND STATlQNASS?
STEuM EWQINES.
PACE’S PAY ENT PORTABLE
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS.
To cat from 300 to 3,000 feet pe hour wafer
one saw. Gang. Muiey and Sash Saw Mills, Portaoi
Grist Mills. J effel’s turbine Water Wheels, and energy
kind of Machinery acceten y to the manufaciuiwosT
Lumber. Address. GB». PAGE Ac CO..
No. 5 n. Schroerier 8t.,B-ttm -re. Bn
E&~8end ferD -scriptlve Caleb-uueann Price lisk
WASHINGTON andSdk
AGENTS WAMTEDfor a complete history ofrooT
National Capital. Its origin, growth, excellencies-.
abn-es, beauties, and personages are all portrayed-ta,
hat graphic style which has placed the author, Ok,
Alp Townsend, amoDg the foremost newspaper cor -
responden s of tbe time It gives bold •urtlbs.
truthful inside views or Washington life, and Con
gressional and Lobbying Jobbery. Books leadyfarr
delivery. Ex'ia terms forthia State. Address.
8- M. BEm« * CO.. Cincinnati,
^OMES7YCI
'Ygoixts Wanted.
send for catalogue
DOMESTIC- JEWING MACHINE G0M~
PANY, N W YORK.
Write for Large Illustrated Price®.
AdciroBH .
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^MITHFIEIDST PITISBUHGH PA,
Breech-loading Shot Gnus $40 to $300. Doaitfa.-
Shot Guns $8 to $150. Single Unrs $3 to $20. E12r»
$8 to *76. Revolvers. $6 to $25. Pistols. $l to $0-
Gun Material. Fishing Tackle. Large discount 1m
Dealers or Clabs. Army Guns, Revolvers, ala.,,
bought or traded for. Goods sent by express C. Or D5
to be .xwitmd before raid for.
NEVE
Neglect a Couth. Notbirg is more certain-tso-
1,y the foundation for fntnre evil consequences.
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS
are a sure core for all diseases of the Respiratory 6t»-
gans, Sbre Throat, t-'ods. Croup, Dipthena, Asthma*
Catarrh, Hoarseness. Dryness of the Throat, Windr-
pipe, or Brochlal Tabes’ and all diseases of t&fe
Lungs.
In all cases of sudden cold, however takai, tiasr-
TABLETS should be promptly and iree.y used. TE
equalize the drenlatlor of the blood, mitigate 1
seventy of the attack, and will, in a very short r*~
restore healthy action to the affected organs.
Wells* Carbolic Tablet* are put up onl^r
in blue boxes. Take no substitutes. If they can*lba-
found at j our druggist’s, send at once to Bjoo:
agent In New York* who will forward tines*,
by return malL
Don’t be Deceived by Imitations*.
Sold by drnggiBis. Price 25 cents a box.
JOHN Q. KELLOGG, 18 Platt street, New Yorfv
Send for Circular. Sol-Agents for United Wist—
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'-\*o i uagr-tieiu and Eruption;!, .’.5 I
r.VEIt-T V.XKTX . !
t. T'ooti \
t so r-u.-'Liri 5f YlVrewri--- • •-■■■ 1 ' 8 00
li-e-io remedies u.e K.-ut Ly »b«
, „ • ’ -r’.fc box to any part cf ihro
Uunto/ V o- rvcd.'t
price. )
VEG.ETABLE )
K 1/VER PlLL%i y
of
Hum S5lS& S a?Slc®e-ciP2«« Z
At whol3Kl3by ^jaryC. Pope, Retail by Collier &
Venable, aad acu-i.Tiann, Atlanta Ga.
aprlS—deodAwly-Mpage.
WATERS’ CONCERTO PARLOR ORGANS
the most beautifnl in
Myle and perfect in lone
ever made, The CO N -
[CEKTO STOP is the best
ever placed in any
Organ. It is vroauceil by
ail extra set of reeds pe
culiarly voiced, the
EFFECT of X’hirh *
OSTCIIAHMINU
& SOUL, STIR
RING, while Us 1.71-
ITATION of ihe III.
MAN VOICE is SI-
PEBB. Terms liberal.
A GREAT
FFER. HORACE
Raters ^son, «i
first-
class makers* inducting WATERS’, at ex
tremely lowprices for casb*orpancoffi,and
balance in small monthly payments. New 7-
I Octave first-class PIANOS* all modern
improvements,/™- 8275 cash. ORGANS 5-
Octave* «70. DOUBLE-HEED ORGANS
Sioo; 4-STOP Slio; 8-STOP* 8125, and up
wards. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES MAILED. A large
discount to Ministers. Churches, Sunday-Schools, Temperance
Societies, Lodges, etc. AGENTS WANTED,
sept26-deod4wAw4t
THE ONLY KNOWN MEDICINE.
THAT AT THE IAM1 TIME
PURGES, PURIFIES AND STRENGTH
ENS THE 8YSTEM.
Dr. Tutt’i Pills are composed of many in
gredients. Prominent among them are SarsaparBla
and Wild Cherry, so united ss to act together; Ha--
one, through its admixture with other substances^.
purifying and purging; while tbe other is strength
ening the ayetem. Thn* these Pills are at the tarns -
time a tonic and a cathartic, a desideratum loag.
sought for by medical men, bnt never before dis
covered. In other words, they do the work of two
medicines snd do it mnch better than any twowe-
know of, for they remove nothing from the systex*
hut impurities, so that while they purge they tf so
strengthen and hence they cause no debility and are-
followed by no reaction.
Dr. Tull’s Pills have a wonderful influence-
on tbe blood. They rot only purify without weak*3-
ing it, bntthey remove all noxious particles from the
chyle before it to converted into fluid, and thus makes
impure blood an utter tinposibtllty. As there is no
debilitation, so there is ho nssusea or sicknesB ah
tending the operation of this most excellent medicine,
which never strains or tortures the digestive organs,
hut causes them to work in a perfectly natural moa
ner: hence persons taking them do not become pale -
and emaciated, but on the contrary, while all impuri
ties «ie being removed, the combined action of the-
8srs<iparUto and Wild cherry purifies and Invigorates
the body, and a robust state of health is theresnltof
their united action. Price 25 cents a box Sold by
all dr ggists. Depot 49 Courtland street. New York.
* Hundred Symptoms am A One
Core.-Thkre is rcarcely a symptom o: any known
disease which the confirmed dyspeptic does not ex
perience. He to billions, nervous, has violent palp
rations, as in heart disease, to tffltcted with severe
headaches, ss is either constipated or sabjeetto diar-
rhoeal or dysenteric discharges. Every organ am-
Inaction of th9 body sympathizes with the diseased
and half-paralyzed stomach. In all snch coses
Tarrant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperiunt
afford* Immediate rdlef; effects, if persevered in a
thorough renovation of the digestive organs, and re
ttores to htalthfui activity the whole aatm.i m._
c&inery. Bold by all druggists.
oct8-dtaw2w«fcw2t
Tin. Pirest JDivlsion-.
O? THE
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Compai?
OFFER FOB «at.«
1,500,000 ACRES f
PRAIRIE, .TIMBER [ANB
:MEAD0W LANDS.
PRICK’S RaNGE FKORK
$4 TO $15 PER ACRE*
Ten Years’ Credit Given When
Desired.
TOWN " lots
at HI•»DEBATE PRICES IS
TOWNS AT RAILROAD
STATIONS.
GOVERNMENT LANDS*.
still to be had, under Homestead Law. along all ftm
of this company.
ON THE MAIN LINE,
between Benson and Brecxenridge, we a Iso sell
WHOLE SECTIONS AT SIX DOLLARS
DCB anor
On 3H Years’ Time, trt’e «f Interears*
on conai’io-, that the purchaser breaks the whole **r—
tion within a year from purchase and plants forty
acres in timber, for which the Company will fumtoA
young trees or seed, gorpa'tifn'.ra addr ««
HERMANN TBOT5-
Lsnd Commissioner, at. Foul, I‘
sep25-deod4w£wlt