Semi-weekly Sumter Republican. (Americus, Ga.) 1875-188?, May 16, 1883, Image 2

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<||je |ejmbHcair cTwThancock, e-DiTOiß* pnoPitiE'i'Oß. Ai11EBI(!US) OEOKGIA* 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 ' " ’ ——— ■ "■*' ' 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, - - JOHN R. SHAW’S, Forsyth Street, •americus, Ga„ ‘‘AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT.” Atlanta, 1881.