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Wednesday Morning. May 16, 1883-
Official Organ of City of Americus.
Official Organ of Sumter County
Official Organ of Schley County
Official Organ of Lee County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
After a somewhat tedious and
lengthy examination of the funds it
the Treasury of the United States, by
a commission appointed for that pur
pose, an excess of three cents stands to
the credit of the Republican party.
No demand for the extradition ol
suspected Irishmen has yet been mad.
on the administration, but such a case
has been under consideration and it has
been decided that no one shali be ex
tradited unless upon proof of some
crime of a non-political chatacter.
New York is certainly malting pro
gress. The- Legislature has passed
and the Governor has signed a bill re
pealing the old Connecticut Blue Laws,
and, therefore, every fellow can kiss
his wife on Sunday, if he has one. He
mu6t not, however, use this freedom to
kiss any other fellow’s wife.
Queen Victoria will celebrate her
sixty-fourth birthday on the 24th in
stant—in fact she is to have two birth
day celebrations, the ‘24th and the 26th
of May. The arrangement is novel,
but it is thought that it will give all
her loyal subjects a better chance to
testify their devotion to the Queen as a
woman and as a sovereign.
The day designated for the corona
tion of the Czar of Russia is the 27th
instant. The show will cost about
$8,000,000, which the Emperor will
pay himself. His income is $13,000, >
000 a year, and therefore he can get
through with a balance of $5,000,000
to his credit in bank. Such exhibi
tions of royal foolishness are well cal
culated to create a desire for Demo
cratc simplicity.
The condition of the country, just
now, in regard to labor and wages is
most deplorable. Strikes in every
direction caused, alone, by the over
production the result of the hot bed
forcing process of a “high protective
tariff,” and the immense importation
of foreign laborers, who are at once
thrown into competition with home
labor. The proper relief is to call a
halt on the forcing process and the rel
egation of thousands upon thousands of
the agricultural department. There
will be much misery suffered by this
absolutely necessary change of base,
but it will be much less than that
caused by the “high protective tariff,”
and the continued strikes for the means
of procuring the actual necessaries ol
life.
Our New Governor.
The inaugural address of Governor
McDaniel delivered on Thursday the
10th inst, will be found in this morn
ing’s Republican. It is brief, pointed
and full of force—practical in its sug
gestions, sound in its views, and means
just what it says. It will be sure to
commend itself to the approval of all
intelligent citizens. It outlines a policy
of State administration at once consti
tutional and beneficial. In intellect,
in morals, in culture, in practical sense,
Governor McDaniel is fully the peer of
any man of his generation. His brief
address shows that Georgia has at the
helm, an able, true and conservative
statesman, one who will manage its
affairs with credit to himself and glory
to thecommonwealtli. In this undertak
ing we hope that he will have the sup
port not only of the Legislature and the
Judiciary, but of all good citizens.
Artificial Flowers Around a Pul
pit.
A clergyman who was supplying for
the day a pulpit which was decked
with “artificials,” happened to bring
into his sermon an illustration on the
growth of the flower from the seed.
To clinch the illustration with the very
best effect he reached to a basket ol
flowers which stood near the pulpit,
and was about to pluck from it a pret
ty flower. “See,” said he, “the rich
colors of this dainty flower. Note its
delicate fragrance. It grew from a lit
tle seed, no larger than the head of a
pin.” Just then, with thumb and fin
ger, he laid hold of the stem of the
delicate, dainty and presumedly fra
grant thing, with a view of removing
it from the basket and holding it up to
view. Great was his sudden disgust
to find the stem made of wire enwrap
ped with green muslin. When in th*
next moment the horrid revelation
dawned upon his mind that the whole
basketful was a lot of counterfeits, he
looked as if green potato worms had
suddenly crawled upon him from out
•of the pulpit desk. The congregation
smiled, and the minister pushed on
■with his serthen as best he could.
McDANIEL INAUGURATED
His Address Received With
Marked Enthusiasm-
Tut. Legislative Hall Paokeit with
People—The New Governor Makes
Pathetic Allusion to the Great
Commoner—An Economical Admin
istration Promised —The Ixai'c.du
al Bali..
Atlanta, May 10.—It was a lovely
morning, and the Legislative Hall was
packed. The Seuate and House mei
at 10 o’clock and transacted the usual
routine business preliminary to the in
auguration. The joint session was
held at 11 o’clock. The families ol
Governors Boynton, Colquitt, McDan
iel and other prominent officials, occu
pied reserved seats iu front of the
Speaker’s desk. Representative Mc-
Donough, of the committee, was most
efficient and polite in seating these
ladies. Governors Boynton and Mc-
Daniel came in arm in arm, followed
by Gov. Colquitt, cx-United States
Senator Miller, Governor Bullock,
Governor Smith, Chief Justice Jack
son, Judges Tompkins, Hutchins,
Hammond and Hillyer; Congressman
Hammond, Major Bacon and the State
House officers. The band iu the gal
lery played during the entrance. A
deeply impressive prayer was delivered
by Chaplain Jones, of the Senate, after
which Governor McDaniel delivered
the following
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly
and Fellow Citizens :
The occasion of this assemblage sug
gests the recent loss of the State, and
of mankind, in the death of Mr. Steph
ens, whose unexpired term in the office
of Governor I have been called to fill.
Moie than any man who ever lived, he
deserved to be named “the Great Com
moner.” He has joined the illustrious
men, whose place in the hearts of the
people of Georgia is but feebly expressed
in the adornments of this Representa
tive Hall. His fame, like that of M
Thiers, is the priceless heritage of
grateful countrymen. In assuming the
duties from which divine Providence
has removed him, I desire to express
my grateful thanks to the people for
this mark of confidence and esteem. I
cannot hope to bring to the discharge
of these responsible duties the varied
experience, profound knowledge and
consummate wisdom which character
ized him, but I may hope to exhibit
the same devotion to all the interests
entrusted to my care.
The fundamental principles of our
government, in (State as well as Fed
eral relations, are expressed in the con
stitution, I need not repeat them to this
assemblage, composed of those who
enact laws, and those who interpret
them, and those who execute them, and
intelligent citizens, who arc accustom
ed to observe and to judge impartially
the manner of the performance of oili
oial duties. Our chief concern is not
with these maxims, which are the re
sults of the revolution and development
of centuries, and whioh are familiar to
all. but with measures of administra
tion designed to carry them into effect.
The office of government is to maintain
order, to suppress crime and to insure
to all the fruits of honest labor and the
undisturbed pursuit of happiness. It
can never be perfect or finished. New
conditions constantly require appro
priate legislation. Laws, wise in ori
gin and wholesome in operation, lose
fitness in the changes incident to mod
ern progress and must be modified, or
yield to other measures better adapted
to the emergency.
Diversities of interest tend to pro
duce diversities of opinion in matters ol
State policy. These conflicts of opin
ion are real and confront us in every
detail of legislation, but there is no
real conflict of interest between the
various classes of the people. Diverse
as may be their occupations, what is
wholesome of one class cannot be liurt
iul to another, and what is hurtful to
one must result in injury to all. It is
i common mistake that the prosperity
■ f one class dependg on laws enacted
for its special benefit. Legislation will
lot supply the want of those qualities
if industry, thrift, skill and prudence,
m which rest alike private and public
irosgcrity. What is needed in legis
lation is that it shall be just to all
•lasses, imposing no burdens that are
not equally borne by all. Within these
limits the administration will be best
vhich is felt least by the people. Tax
ition from the sovereign nature of the
powers exercised, is the most impor
tant subject of State policy. It is felt
in every household. When burden
some, it crushes the weak and clogs
the efforts of all who endeavor to im
prove their fortunes. No tree people
Should long submit to unjust systems
if taxation which can be remedied.
Experience teachers how difficult it is
to carry into effect the wholesome pro
visions of our constitution, that taxa
cion shall be equal and uniform. Much
has been done to perfect the, system, but
much remains to bo done. This must
he left to the skill and patriotism of
-he Legislature, applying the lessons of
the past to the conditions of the future.
Besides improvements in the tax
laws, designed to thoroughly distrib
ute public burdens, a policy to be
patiently and persistently pursued, it
is our duty to maintain the present low
rate of taxation, and to reduce it if it
can be done without crippling the re
sources of the treasury. It is true that
our credit is equal to that of any State
in the Union, that we annually reduce
our debt, that we might pay it off with
in a reasonable time by sales of public
property, that our pride in the financial
condition of Georgia is justified by the
increasing wealth and prosperity of the
people. But those advantages should
not inspire merely a feeling of satisfac
tion and pride—wo must use them to
the utmost as a means to effect these
desirable results.
To accomplish this, economy in ex
pense must be rigidly enforced. The
publio can no more hope to keep mon
ey in the treabtiry without discrimina
ting econo&JsS', than individuals in their
private business. There may be many
worthy objects for which expenditure
of public money would prove benefi
cial, were our resources unlimited.
The constitution does not leave us in
doubt as to what are legitimate objects
of expenditure. These are plainly ex
pressed, and comprehend briefly the
support of the government in all its
departments, the support of the public
institutions for the care of the helpless
classes, the support of the public
schools, the payment of the public debt
and tbo public defense. For these ob
jects wise economy will require ab
much to be done as the State can do
without burdening the people No ob
ject, save the public defense, will justi
fy an increase of public burdens. A
State of abounding territory, rich in
climate, in soil, iu minerals, in forests,
in water*power and in harbors; blessed
with a vaiiety of crops and fruits une
qualed in any country of like extent on
the globe; traversed by nearly 3,000
uiles of railway; with a teeming popu
lation eager to place her in the front
rank of American States in agriculture,
m commerce, in manufactures, and in
ill that manifests the progress of a
,;reat people; surely the task of lightl)
governing such a commonwealth re
quires the wisdom and patriotism of all
her sons. 1 take courage in the fact
that all the departments of State gov
ernment, although distinct and indepen
dent, are wisely burdened with a share
of the duties, upon the discharge of
which depends the common welfare.
These interests will not rest on the
Executive alone.
So far as my power extends, the law
will be rigidly enforced, and all offi
cials will be held to a strict accounta
bility. I may often commit errors of
judgment, never intentional wrong.
Nor are legislative, judicial and execu
tive officers alone responsible for the
enforcement of law and wise adminis
tration of public affairs. All citizens
owe a duty to the country in sustaining
and assisting and defending the work
of their servants in office. Public opin
ion in a free State is all-powerful. It
cau defeat the execution ol every vital
law, such as laws to preserve the puri
ty of elections, upon which depends the
very life of the State, laws for the sup
pression of crime, without the vigorous
execution of which government be
comes a farce, and all laws for the pre
servation of society. No wisdom in
the counsels of the legislature, no dig
nity and purity and learning on the
bench, no vigilance and firmness on the
part of the Executive will prevail
against the baneful effects of a lax
public opinion. Let us resolve, each in
his appropriate sphere, to contribute
all in our power to promote the happi
ness and prosperity of all the people ot
the State by insuring to them the im
partial execution of just laws. For all
mistakes I trust to your forbearance
and to the indulgence of the public,
whose opinions arc the final test of of
ficial conduct. With a painful dis
trust of my ability, but with a firm re
liance in your assistance, and in that
of a high power, whoso presence in our
affairs is reverently and earnestly in
voked, I am now ready to assume the
duties to which I have been elevated b}
favor of the people of Georgia.
The address was delivered in a calm
deliberate manner, and with much dig
nity and impressiveness, and held the
closest attention of all present. The
final sentence was greeted with general,
hearty and prolonged applause.
President pro tem. Polhill, of the
Senate, who presided with marked suc
cess, then handed over the great seal oi
the State, and declared Henry D. Mc-
Daniel to be Governor and Coruman
der-in-Chief, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Governor Stephens.
This was the signal for applause. The
ceremonies closed with a benediction by
Chaplain McClelland of the House,
and playing of “Dixie” by the band.
Georgia has seldom witnessed such a
dignified and impressive inauguration,
and Governor McDaniel surprised even
his warmest friends, and to-day stands
in the front rank of Georgia’s most dis
tinguished sons.
Governors Smith, pollock, Colquitt
and other eminent citiaens, pronounce
his address one of the finest State pa
pers ever presented to the General As
sembly by any State.
The Evening Journal says: “The
inaugural address of Gov. McDaniel
was admirable. It bespeaks a live man
dealing with live issues. We predict
that the people of Georgia will point
with pride to his administration.”
The address foreshadows reform and
a people’s administration, and the mass
es already hail it as the harbinger of a
new era in Georgia.
After transacting some unimportant
routine business and the Governor hav
ing no further communication to make,
the General Assembly adjourned until
July next.
Everything is quiet at the executive
department and no changes are yet an
nounced. The new Governor begins
work to-morrow. A light rain fell
this afternoon but Governor McDan
iel’s reception to-night was a grand af
fair.
Savannah correspondence Augusta
Evening News. The Georgia Histor
ical Society meeting last night was no
tified by the executors of the Telfair es
tate that they were ready to deliver
the legacy bequeathed them, the will
having been sustained by the United
States Supreme Court. The board of
managers were directed to receive it.
The legacy consists of the ejegant Tel
fair mansion, opposite St. James
square, with the entire contents, and
one thousand shares of Waynesboro
and Augusta railroad stock, valued at
SIOO,OOO, with accumulated interest of
7 per cent, for the past nine years.
If worms change the complexion
they have a tendency to destroy the
vital energies that sustain and pro
mote health and life; therefore, at the
first indication of worms, administer
Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge.
The School of Technology.
THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE TO DEPART
NEXT MONTH FOR THE NORTH.
At the recent session of the Legisla
ture, the subject of establishing a
school of Technology in this State took
shape in a resolution:
Itesolved, That a committee of seven
from this House be appointed by the
Speaker to investigate and consider the
propriety and expediency of establish
ing in this State a school of technology,
under the supervision and direction of
the State University and as part there
of, to be endowed by the State; and
that said committee report their con
clusion to the House at the adjourned
session thereof. Said committee shall
have authority, and it shall be their
duty, to meet at some place to be fixed
by the Chairman at some time between
the time when the present session shall
adjourn and the time of the meeting of
the General Assembly in the summer,
to consider and investigate said matter.
Itesolved, further. That in case
said Committee are of the opinion that
the establishment of sncli school in this
State is proper and expedient, that
they he required to prepare a bill to
that effect, and report the same for
consideration to this House, at the
time of making their report as above
provided.
In accordance with this resolution
the following committee will shortly go
north to investigate the matter:
Hon. N. E. Harris, of Bibb, Gli’m’n.
M V. Calvin, of Richmond.
W. A, Little, of Muscogee.
W. A. Wilson, of Sumter.
R. F. Watts, of Ste wart.
E. H. Beak, of Lumpkin.
F. P. Rice of Fulton.
R. B. Russell, of Clarke.
Thos. Eason, of Telfair.
Mark A. Hardin, of Bartow, clerk
of the committee.
The committee will meet at the
Grand Central Hotel, New York, June
Bth prox., and will visit the schools
and teachers at Boston and New York.
Baptists of the South.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION NOW
IN SESSION IN TEXAS.
Galveston, Texas, May 10.—A dis
patch from Waco to the News says:
“The Southern Baptist Convention was
called to order here yesterday with Dr.
Moll, of Georgia, in the Chair. Five
hundred and sixty-three delegates
were present. Dr. Mell was chosen
permanent President, and United States
Senator .1. E. Brown, of Georgia; S.
D. Maxey, of Texas; Drs. Furman, of
South Carolina, and Win. Williams,
of Baltimore, were elected Vice Presi
dents. Drs. Burrows, of Kentucky,
and Gregory, of South Carolina, were
re-elected Secretaries. Dr. Tupper,
Corresponding Secretary of the Board
of Foreign Missions, read a long re
port. The hoard received eight dona
tions of $7,500 from Mrs. Ellingter, of
Tuskegee, Ala. The report shows
mission stations in Mexico, Brazil,
China, Africa and Italy. Tim total re
ceipts for the past year were $54,000.
The balance on hand April 30th was
$6,000. The disbursements for the
China mission were $15,000; African,
$5,000; Brazilian $5,000; Mexican,
$3,000, and the European, $12,000.
The convention will hold three ses
sions daily.
At the afternoon session Dr. Tiche
nor, of Georgia, Corresponding Secre
tary of the Home Mission Board, read
the annual report covering the work
done in the Western and Southern
States and the territories. There has
been $78,000 raised and expended by
the State board. The total receipts
were $45,000. The balance on hand is
$5,018. One hundred t.l(cqsand dollars
are needed for mission work in the
South.
At night a sermon was preached by
Rev. Broaddus, ofKentucky. The sta
tistics place the number of Baptists in
the world at 2,800,000 —in the United
States 2,000,000; abroad 800,000. The
churches of the denomintion number
13,400, and preachers 8,000. A South
ern Baptist Conference was organized.
Strange Affliction.
Atlanta Constitution.
A strange affliction has been visited
upon a young man who resides in a
town not many miles from Atlanta.
Several years ago, when he was a boy,
he was accustomed to passing through
passenger trains that stopped at his
town and soliciting alms, representing
that he was a mute. He did so, not so
much lo defraud as for the pleasure of
perpetrating a joke. He is now in
Atlanta for treatment for deafness and
cannot hear a word that is spoken to
him. The deafness is due to a dis
ease which attacked him while in Tex
as some weeks ago. He spells on his
fingers as an ordinary deaf mute does.
The Supreme Court of Texas has
recently been compelled to pass upon a
new kind of murder. A jury found
murder in the first degree. The clerk
recorded it “fist degree.” It proved as
fatal to the people as the letter “r” is
to oysters. The court upset the ver
dict. There is undoubtedly murder in
the “fist” degree, as where a powerful
slayer uses only his “fist,” but it is
not on the Texas statute book.
The Boston Post expresses the opin
ion that “the party that wins in 1884
will be the party that vigorously fights
against excessive taxation.” Certain
ly, and that is the Democratic party.
How to Get Sjck.—Expose your
self day and night, eat too much
without exercise, work too hard with
out rest, doctor all the time, take all
the vile nostrums advertised, and
then you will want to know
How to Get Well.—Which is
answered in three words—Take Hop
Bitters t
jlrw gttetwmeiitg.
Rev. Father Wilds’
EXPERIENCE.
The Rev. Z. P. Wilds, well-known city
missionary in New York, and brother
of the late eminent Judge Wilds, of the
Massachusetts Supreme Court, writes
as follows:
“ 78 E. M/A St., Xew York, May IG, 1882.
Messrs. J. C. Ayer & Cos., Gentlemen :
Last winter I was troubled with a most
uncomfortable itching humor affecting
more especially my limbs, which itched so
intolerably at night, ami burned so intense
ly, that 1 could scarcely bear any clothing
over them. 1 was also a sufferer from a
severe catarrh and catarrhal cough; my
appetite was poor, and my system a good
deal run down. Knowing the value of
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, by observation of
many other cases, and from personal uso
in former years, 1 began taking it for the
above-named disorders. My appetite im
proved almost from the lirst dose. After
a short time the fever and itching tvero
allayed, and all signs of irritation of the
skin disappeared. My catarrh and cough
were also cured by the same means, and
my general health greatly improved, until
it is now excellent. I feel a hundred per
cent stronger, and l attribute these results
to the use of the Sarsaparilla, which
1 recommend with all confidence as the
best blood medicine ever devised. I took
it in small doses three times a day, and
used, in all, less than two bottles. 1 place
these facts at your service, hoping their
publication may do good.
Yours respectfully, Z. 1\ Wilds.”
The above instance is but one of the many
constantly coming to our notice, which prove
the perfect adaptability of Ayer’s Sarsa
parilla to the cure of all diseases arising
from impure or impoverished blood, and a
weakened vitality.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
cleanses, enriches, ami strengthens the blood,
stimulates the action of the stomach and
bowels, ami thereby enables the system to
resist and overcome the attacks of all Scrofu
lous Diseases, Eruptions of the Skin , llheu
matism, Catarrh, General Debility, and all
disorders resulting from poor or corrupted
blood and a low state of the system.
PREPARED by
Dr. J. C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists: price §l, six bottles
for $5.
Medicine
cure Constipation, Indigestion, Headache, and
all Bilious Disorders.
Sold everywhere. Always reliable.
Local Legislation.
Notice is hereby given as required by law
that application will be made by the Mayor
and City Council of Americus at the
approaching session of the General Assem
bly of the State of Georgia, for the passage
of an Act, to he entitled an Act, to give the
Mayor and City Council of Americus the
power to compel the removal of persons who
have small-pox to a small-pox hospital or
pest house, and to make vaccination com
pulsory upon all persons living in Americus,
and to quarantine all persons who have
been exposed to small-pox. This May 15th,
183. J, B. FELDER, Mayor.
Notice is hereby given by the Mayor and
City Council of Americus that application
will be made to the General Assembly of
the State of Georgia at its approaching ses
sion in July next, for the passage of an act
to be entitled an act to amend the revised
charter of the city of Americas, Ga., so as
to authorize and empower the Mayor and
City Council of Americus to levy and col
lect a tax upon all assessments and values
of property in said city, not exceeding one
fourth of one per cent, tor the purpose of
constructing anti maintaining water worlts
and gas-works in said city, or either of
them. This May 15th, 1883.
J. B. FELDER, Mayor.
Notice is hereby given, by the Mayor and
City Council of Americus, that application
will be made to the General Assembly of
the State ol Georgia, at its approaching ses
sion in July next, for the passage of an act
to be entitled an act to amend the laws and
charter of the city of Americus, in relation
to recognizances, so as to authorize and em
power the Mayor of said city to forfeit any
bond given by a person charged with any
violation of any city law or ordinance, for
his or her appearance before the Mayor’s
Court in said city, upon the non appearance
of such person at ttie time and place speci
fied in said bond. This May 15th, 1883.
J. B. FELDER, Mayor.
Nqticp is hereby given that application
Will be made to the State Legislature, at its
approaching session in July next, by the
Mayor and City Council of Americus, for
the p ‘Ssage of an act entitled an act to
amend an act of the General Assembly
assented on the 27th day of February, 1875,
in reference to the bridge across Flint river,
between the counties of Dooly and Sumter,
owned by the Mayor and City Council of
Americus, so as to give to said Mayor and
City Council of Americus the right and au
thority to sell, lease, alien or vent said bridge
with all the franchises thereto appertaining,
without liability upon the part of said muni
cipal corporation to any person on account
of the negligence or conduct of the lessee or
assignee thereof. This May 15th, 1883.
J. B. EELDER, Mayor.
mayl6-lm
ELAM JOHNSON, JOHN W. M’I'HERSON,
STEVE R. JOHNSON, JAMES B. WILBANKS.
ELAM JOHNSON, SON & CO.,
WHOLESALE
GfISCIiRS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS
—DEALERS IN—
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC FRUITS, Veg
etables and Melons in Season. BUT
TER, CUICKENS and EGGS,
SWEET and IRISH Potatoes.
Consignment, and Order. Solicited.
12 Decatur and 13 Line Sts., P. O. Box 513.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
maystf
LOST !
On or about Saturday, April 21st, a small
memorandum hook containing one ten dol
lar bill and about four hundred dollars in
notes. My name was stamped across the
flap of the book in gilt letters. A liberal
reward will be paid for the delivery of the
book and notes to me. J. J. Hanesley.
apr2B-tf
America Ahead!
All the Honors.
FOR SALE DYALL LEADING DEALERS.
ASK FOIt IT! BUY IT!I TRY ITttJ
mar3-3m
Brushes, Dressing and Fine Combs,
Perfumery, Toilet Articles. Soaps,
<&c., Ac., at Dr. Eldridge’s Draft; Store,
A DOMESTIC SCENE
BETWEEN
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith.
Jjgp” -2" 3 '
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Mrs. Smith— Now, John Smith, what on earth 1 Didn’t I tell you to go to
JOHN R. SHAW’S and get these goods, and here you have gone some
where else and spent OUR hard-earned dollars, and haven’t got much more than
half their value. Why.didn’t yon do as I told yon ?
Smith —Why—er—why—my dear, yon see I thought he had his store torn
up so, that he was paying no attention to getting in new goods, and
Mrs. S. — John Smith, you know that is not so, for I know I told yon
yesterday that I had seen Mrs. Jones, who had been to John R. Shaw’s and got
E\ ERYTHING she wanted, and she told me his store was overflowing
with NEW Goods of the latest designs, and yon know as well as I do, that a
man of Shaw’s business capacity and pash, would bo found in the lead ot “the
Procession,” with the best and prettiest styles in everything. You know also
that I told you he had turned his attention exclusively to DRY GOODS
(Fancy and Staple), NOTIONS, CLOTHING, BOOTS*
SHOES, HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, and
all articles kept in a first-class Dry Goods Store, and if yon had
gone there you could have got just what I sent you for, and at tntich less than
what you have paid for these things you have brought home. No, lam well
aware how it all happened. You let some slick-tongue chap get hold of yon
and pour about a pint of “Com Juice” down that old dry throat of yours, anti
then you were ready to believe anything he said. I reckon hq made yon believe '
this stuff here to be “all wool and a yard wide,” when its only seven-eighths, and!
half cotton at that, and no style about it.
Smith —Well, my dear, don’t be so hard on me this time. I acknowledge
the Corn, and I promise you that I will not go counter to your advice again, for
I am now convinced that I have missed some good bargains by not listening
to you.
Mrs. S. — Now, yon begin to talk sense, and I wish you had heeded my
words when you started out to buy—but I won’t scold you any more. Only
now he sure you listen to the old woman next time, for I tell you she has made,
some of the best trades at .John R. Shaw’s she ever made in her life.
[Smith retires, fully convinced that HIS Mrs. Smith is a woman of decide<t
energy and superior judgment . |
And now, kind friends, we trust you will follow the good advice given by
Mrs. Smith to her better half, and call and be convinced that we can give you
BETTER BARCAINS
than yon can obtain elsewhere.
* I
COME ONE, COME ALL,
THE OLD, THE YOUNG, THE SHORT, THE TALL,
THE RICH, THE POOR, WE PLEASE THEM ALL ;
LET NOT THESE WORDS UNHEEDED FALL,
BUT HEED “THE WRITING ON THE WALL”;
COUNTLESS BARGAINS AWAIT YOUR CALL,
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JOHN R. SHAW’S,
Forsyth Street, •americus, Ga„
‘‘AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT.”
Atlanta, 1881.