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CAKTF.KSVITXi:, GA.
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WILL sii Watches, Clocks and Jew
elry, Kpv.-tacles. Silver and Sil
wor-p'.ated Goods, ail will sell them as cheap
a* they can be tiought iii-ytyhere. Warranted
to prove as represented.
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tetion. Give me acalb lan QT
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Ai.l, ... ho would have leet troo from CORNS
di e - the feet with with a view to health,
tc ioit taste ...id comlort. Shoes my
MODELED FROM ‘.NATURE.
jin essentially different style, and latest im
provements.' Thev press tt.o foot evenly, giv
ino KLASTICITY IN WALKING, and by the
juvenility of their construction they appear
SMALLER than they really are,
i/ving an elegant 'appearnnee even ; to the
nrirest and clumsiest feet
b WILLIAM J. MALONE,
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<rcU ■giSroad Streetr, 4T|r4f TAj GA.
Travelers’ Guide.
THE COOSA It IV Klt gTEAMS&S.
Steamers on the Coosa River will run as per
schedule a* follows:
Leave Rome every Monday at 1 pm
Leave Rome every Thursday 8 air
Arrive al Gadsden Tuesday and Fridav. .9 a ni
Arrive at Rome \v ednesdav and Saturday 6 p m
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CHKKOKEE U.tII.ROAI).
FROM and alter this date the following
Schedule will he'run on the Cherokee Rail-
Leaveßockraartat 7:00 A.M.
“ Tav’orsville 8:f)0 •*
“ Still shoro, 8;25 “
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Leave Cartersville 3 : uo P. li
Stdishoro 3:50
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Arrive at Rock mart 5:15 “
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On aud after Sunday, April 29th, trains on
the Rome Railroad will run as follows:
DAT TRAIN— KVKRY DAY.
Leave Rome at 7 45 a m
Arrive at Rome .2.15 a m
SATCRDAY EVENING ACCOMOOATION.
Leaves Rome at ~..4 45 p in
Arrive at Rome at 8 p ni
WESTERN A ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
The following passenger schedule took et
fect March 18. 1577 :
SIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 3:25pm
Arrive at Cartersville 5:26 pm
“ “ Kingston .5:44 pm
“ “ Dalton 7:24 pm \
“ “ Chattanooga 9:21 j) in j
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN —DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga .4:°5 p m
Arrive at Dalton 6:Gopm
“ “ Kingston .7:lßpruj
“ “ Cartersville 8:15 pm !
“ “ Atlanta 10:17 pm
DAY P.YSSENGEK|TKAIN—UP.
Ijeave Atlanta a ni j
Arrive at Cartersville 8:54 a m
“ “ King.tim >. 9:22 am j
“ “ Dalton 11:04 am j
“ “ Chattanooga 12:45 pin j
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN —DOWN. '
Leave Chattanooga 6:45 am !
arrive at Dalton 8:45 am 1
“ Kingston 10:41 ain i
•‘ “ * artersville ]l:10am !
•* “ All.anta 1:10 pm 1
Tlie Morning News,
SAVANNAH, GA.
npilE political campaign of 1878, which !n-
I eludes National. State and County elec
tions, anil which undoubtedly wili be the most
active and hotly contested of any since the
memorable canvass of D6ft, is now fairly
opened. The National Democratic Party will
this year make a bold, vigorous, and doubtless
successful struggle for the maintenance and
supremacy ol tlio?e principles which are vital
to the prosperity of the nubile, and essential
to the well-being of the people.
In addition to the Presidential election, the
people in Georgia and Florida will elect new
State Governments. In Florida the eul-ipuifrn
promises to he unusually vigorous, and there
fs a probability that for the lirst time since the
war. the people of that Radical-ridden State
w ill elect a Democratic State Government. In
ttiese campaigns the people are deeply inter
ested; and every intelligent citizen, who has
the welfare ot his country ami hi. section ut
heart, should acquaint himself with every de
tail of redemption and ieform that is now going
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in circulating the savannah Morning News,
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dent of the political campaign of 1876.
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
What a New Constitution Ought to be
and What it Ought not to be.
To the Editor of The Express :
As the discussion of the question
! of “Convention or no Convention’’
! is notv in order, and as many of our
great men have expressed their
views on this important question,
I, as a small one, propose to make a
few suggestions. “ Retrenchment
and reform 1 ’ seem to be the leading
object of those who favor the hold
ing of a convention, while its oppo
nents oppose it on the ground of
economy, as they consider it w ill
cost more than the labors of a con
vention will be worth. The letter of
your distinguished townsman, the
lion. Warren Akin, seems to have
elicited more favorable comment than
that of auy other gentleman who has
publicly expressed his views through
the press. And why ? Simply be
cause he favors practical retrench
ment and reform. He favors the
abolition of one branch of tlie gen
eral assembly, and a great reduction
of the other—to 100 members. His ;
plan would save, or ought to, at least |
one-half our legislative expenses.
So far, so good; but why not go fur
ther on the line of retrenchment and
reform ? I will suggest a plan
(equally as feasible as that of Col.
Akin’s) which will save at least nine
tenths or what we now pay our law
makers. It is is as follows :
Abolish the senate, and constitute
each Congressional district a repre
sentative district, and let each dis
trict elect one or two representatives
(one would cost the least ), and forbid
them to employ more than two clerks
to transact the business of the body,
and have one man to act rd door
keeper messenger and page, and fix
the pay of each member and attache
at five dollars per diem . (I can find
plenty of mPtl )ip will serve the !
pnblio for that amount,, It would be
considered an honor to be a member
of such a body, and our people
VffinM select, for their lepresenta
tives, the vesy bd gpr} ablest men
in tlit:. 1 ' respective districts, The !
constitution should require that all
the representfltiyes should be law
yers of at least seven yp&ff) con
tinuous practice. Some may object
to this at first view ; blit let such
consider a little and they will agree
with me. How can a set of men j
make laws who know nothing of ex
isting laws. I hazard the assertion,
without the fear of guccesaful
diction, that nearly every bill intro
duced into the legislature is drawn !
up by a lawyer, cither a member or
outsider. How can a man perform a
work, either in a profession, mechan
ics, or anything else, that he knows
nothing about ? Would you employ
a rough blacksmith to unkp or re
pair a fine watch for you ; a brick
mason to set your type and print
your paper, a lawyer to do your fam
ily practice as a physician, or an M.
D. to conduct an important suit
through the courts ? How can you
expect men to do a thing they know'
pothint; übout ? Our laws do now',
and have always, [. believe, required
that the Judges of the Supreme and
Superior Courts should be lawyers,
of a certain number of years of prac
tice, before they are eligible to those
offices. Their business is to execute
tlie law's; hence, our law’s require
that they should be skilled in life
laws. Is it not as important —and
I insist that it is more important—
that our law-makers should under
stand the laws as well, if not better,
than those whose duty it is to exe
cute them ? A man of 01 dinary ca
pacity can h-arn to run a locomotive
on a railroad track in a short time;
but it requires a number of years of
incessant labor to learn to build a
locomotive. I may be answered
that members of the legislature who
are not of the legal profession can
easily command the services of law
yers to draw' up their bills, and in
struct them how they should vote.
That, I admit, is all very true, but as
we are all after reform and retrench
ment, why not dispense with the ser
vice of those who are incapable of
| performing the duties of wise legis
j la tors and thereby save the expenses
i of their per diem to the tax-payers of
1 the State ?
j There are various other subjects of
i retrenchment, as w’ell as that of a re
duction of the members of the legis
lature. The salary of the Governor
should be reduced down to $25,00
per annum, and the state house of
ficers to $1,500, and clerks in all the
departments to about SBOO. Reduce
the salaries of all high positions, and
(HIP best and wisest men would seek
them from a sense of patriotism and
j the honor the office confers, and not
| for the high salary.
Our Superior Courts are becom
ing to be the most burdensome iristi-
I tution w T e have. V r e now have in
!
Bartow county tw'o sessions a year,
pt our Superior Court of five weeks
each--rone fifth ol fclje year consum
ed in holding courts, requiring a dab
ly attendance of four or five hun*
died persons—including juries, par*
ties and witnesses. Calculate the
| value of the time of say four hun
dred men for sixty days in the year,
j aggregating twenty-four thousand
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MOKMSG, JOE 1,1877.
days, which, at seventy-five cent* a
day would amount to SIB,OOO, a dead
loss to the {people of the couifty, bn*
1 sides the enormous taxes levied and
collected to pay the expenses of the
j courts. Cannot the convention‘de
vise some plan to shorten the terms
! of our courts by which we can les
■ sen the expenses ? I think they can.
Too much of the time of our courts
is consumed by the lawyers, in long
speeches. Insert a provision in the
constitution requiring the judges of
the Superior Courts, to adopt as one
of the rules of court, limiting the
speeches of the law'yers to one hour
each iu a case- most of them coaid
tell all they know' in that time that
would benefit their client. The
; United States House of Representa
: tives adopted, many years ago, a rule
j limiting the speeches of members to
one hour and have adhered to the
rule ever since. If it is a good rule
for Congress, is it not as important
to have it exercised in our courts ?
Such a rule would save a great deal
of time and expenses.
Another heavy item of expense is
our jail fees. There are now' so
many prosecutions for misdemeanors,
that it keeps a large number of per
sons in jail all the time. Change the
constitution so as to authorise our in
feriors judicatures to give a speedy
trial, and to inflict a punishment that
will be the least expensive, and at
tlie a tun jin!** be more effectual iu
preventing crime, and that mode, all
will admit, is the whipping post.
The sheriff* could inflict the punish
! mein in a few minutes, and say to t}ie
offender, “go thy way and sin no
more,” and he would go, and not he
near so apt to repeat the offense as if
he were impiisoned for a few month*
in a oomlt.ruble jail, and be well
fed at the public expense.
The homestead is a question that
will bring up no little discussion in
the gQpventiop. It yyij 1 probably cre
ate a gi-eaUf diversity of opinion
than any subject that will be before
the body. It is a question that has
two strong sides, and upon which
o greav dva} pap be said pro and con.
It is insisted by* the advocates of a
homestead that it is wrong to take
all from the women and children.
Rut pp the other hand it is claimed
that all should be required to pay
their debts, before being permitted
to keep uuythlug for their families!
It a man owns property and is in
debted, is it right that he should be
screened from paying his honest
debts i ft \n true that prnpPHy
bound for the purchase money } but
how' often property purchased on
credit and sold, and the proceeds of
the sale vested in other property,
and then homesteaded and thus
evade the clause in the constitution
making property liable lor the pur
chase m°pey ? I s it morally right
for a man to hold and possess prop
erty, while he is indebted ? I hold
that it is not. Would it not be bet
ter for the convention to expunge
the section in the constitution au
thorizing any homestead against an
honest creditor ? I hope and believe
that the wise and good men who will
ppnstitute the convention, will refuse,
in onr fundamental law, to authorise
the granting of any homestead.
When a law is adopted that a person
can withhold nothing against the
payment of a just demand, he wili
be exceedingly cautious in contract
ing debts.
The subject ot public schools will
probably be an agitating question in
the convention The present public
school system w 7 a@ incorporated into
the present constitution by carpet
bag influence ; and will the conven
tion permit that objectionable pro
vision to remain as a part of our or
ganic law' ? I am a friend of ed
ucation, and would lifee tp see pypry
one in the land educated, provided
they can afford to pay their own ex
penses in obtaining it. Education is
a good thing to have, all will admit;
so are lands and houses, money, etc.,
desirable objects to possess; but can
we possess them at other people's
expense ? It is claimed by some
that the State should give every
child within its limits a reasonable
education, by taxing the whole peo
ple, thereby ejtortinp; from one to
give to another. Why not, with* the
came property, contend that every
one should have a reasonable quanti
ty of property, and levy a tax upon
the owners of propriety to give to
those who have none ? Is there not
a a much justice in this as in taxing
the property of the Stale to give ev
ery one an education ?
Retrenchment.
Nineteen engines are to leave the
j Baldwin locomotive works, in Phila
delphia, on the Ist of June, each
i having its engineer and fireman, en
; route for Brazil. The total number
to go out during the summer is forty
one. A number of machinists ac*
j company the engines. The expenses
; of all the men are to be paid down
and back, provided they bind them
selves to stay there three years.
Washington eorrnaponrtents an
nounce that Secretary Evarts has
made his last pleuding before a court
during hla contlnuuuee in office,
His continuance to argue the case
before court of appeals of the Stat* of
New York is explained by a previous
special engagement which he could
uot cancel.
IDTCATIOXAL
A Htet t the CUmMjtf CarUmßl* m
lo the Editor of The Express:
The educational advance of our
common wealth is traceable in large
part to her editorial corps. Many
of that class have enriched ,their
papers with brief, studied, earnest
articles on the subject, and by tasteful
notices and discreet criticisms have
cheered college, and school and in
structor, and moved parent and leg
islator to intenser and more informed
zeal for this great interest. Among
such I chance to know' that none
have excelled you. Western Georgia
can well boast of the impetus tlie
LaGrauge Reporter gave to education
While you were its editor, and its ed
ucators can never fail to honor you.
The beautiful town in which you
now edit owes to itself a better
‘ehoaen system of schools. Yet its
youths whom I meet at our college
show either an excellent preparatory
training or more than ordinary tal
eat, It is represented in the senior
class, at Oxford, by Mr. J. W Akin, i
a student of a high order of mind
s*d character. Indeed, it is said
that he excels in capacity in that
gifted class, but has not neeu ambi
tious of an honor. In thiis he reminds
me of his father, a man of highest
grade, yet lie struggles not for place
or power, Should not Car at i
once, like Dalton and LaGrange,
found schools consonant with tlie
beauty and wealth of its surround
ings and the intelligence of its popu- I
lation-)
Col, Akin’s characteristic letter
concerning the convention question,
published a few’ week* ago, has elicit
ed much inquify n f 4 ftfiPfOYfil in
Middle Georgia, and lie is mentioned
w ith emphasis as the next Governor
of the State, classed iu virtues with
Governor Troup and Jenkins.
Tacit i j i.
FOR TURK AND RUSS.
Enormous Shipments of Coiitrabuml Goods
to the Belligerent*.
New York Tribune.]
The niqnyfapiqrp qf ar-Wbt and am
munition iu the United States for
the belligerents is more extensive
than is generally known. Both the
Turks and Russians have been active
in the shipment of munitions of
war from this country. Each gov
ernment has ito qgeOto quietly at
work. Tlie Turks have sent two
steamers and one sailing vessel from
this country laden with arms, and !
it is believed that others have gone.
The Russians have loaded pot lesw
thap siting vessels with val
uable cargoes of this character, and
the American brig A. J. Rettingill,
C’apt, Kdwurd Hall, aud belonging
to J. S. Winslow A Cos., of Portland,
Me., is now loading with amunition
at Prentice’s stores, Brooklyn. Capt.
Hall was not on board onThursday
ehiieTl. " Thp gang was
busy loading the vessel. Over one
thousand barrels of percussion caps
for field guns had been put on board,
and one hundred barrels more were
expected. A lighter was alongside
ioaffui wit D hermetically settled
boxes ar* rifle cartridges. Each box
contained about one thousand car
tridges, packed in smaller boxes ot
fifteen cartridges each. About 2,500
boxes hod already beeu taken qq
board, and a* maAy mutn Were ex*
peeled. It was stated that ammuni
tion came from Bridgeport and New
Haven. The vessel’s destination is
the Baltic. , , , , T ANARUS,
i’w’o other vessels, the barks Pan
nie and Denora. \yi(h pargacs similar
to that of the PettlDgili, have left
this port, and it is staled that the
Benora has been waiting outside to
be conveyed by one of the vessels of
the Russian fleet, It is rumored that
contracts were made ny agents of the
Russian goverument for 20,000 bar
rels of powder about three months
and that about one-fifth of it has
already been shipped. r l he other
portions of the cargoes of the vessels
mentioned oomprisfe about two hun
dred tons of brass metal, and 3,000,-
000 to 5,000,000 cartridges. It. is also
stated that orders have been received
for an increased supply of Smith A
Wesson revolvers, to be furnished
to the Russians, and that the total
orders already given would amount
Id 200,000. It is reported that nego
tiations are pending fr furnishing
25,000,000 cartridges to the Khedive
of Egypt, and as a large part ot the
Khedive’s army is armed w ith the
Remington rifle, the cartridges eoukl
probably be furnished lrom this
country at less cost than lrom Eu
rope. , .
Tjip information obtained yester
day strengthens the belief that the
Russian fleet has gone to sea for the
purpose of cruising off the Atlantic
coast and intercepting some ol
the Jvessels having munitions ot
war on board for Turkey. It was
stated that the commandant el the
Russian fleet had been informed that
a iiiuamship was tu Uuve the
vicinity of New Haven for Turkey
with botli arms snd ammunition.
To confirm this a gentleman interest
ed in the Winchester Arms Compa
ny stated to a reporter of the Tribune
yesterday that the Turkish govern
ment had be n preparing for wur a
lUpnher oj years. In a contract
waa made* with the \VhmifUiter
Anus Company to fqrnish the lurk
jsh government with (JOO,UUO rifles.
This contract was sub let to the
Providence Tool Company a few
months ago, the Winchester Arms
Company receiving an additional
contract from the same source for
furnishing a large quantity ot am
mqnitjqri, $nA {bp mrW
employs 1,500 men during the day
and the same number at night to fill
this contract. The Providence
Tool company has also an extra
force employed in the manufacture
of the arms, and it is stated that the
pontract is peqriY PU'hhjhßM; Y es *
seU aa loaded and dispatched as
rapidly as possible, and it is believed
that tlie Russian fleet is now keeping
a strict watch along Uwi! H’oast lor
these vessels,
One vvonmn had four babies born
to her, in St. Louis, the other day.
No wonder they say. “Just wult a
hundred year* mid we'li hn the big
gest. tuwu in the West,"
A Western man complains that
Mr. Hayes’ attitude uu the temper*
a nee question “will raise the price of
cloves,"
Worcester Press: It is announced
that Prince Tu, of China, U dead.
THE rMSUMOCX.
] **• W*H 'ffcat Cnmm
1 mr. Hay—'M Etttfc.
Nkw York May 22.—The Gaaphie
ttfa afternoon publishes the follow
' log dispatch :
Washington, May 22.-,Tliere is a
j secret history connected with the
postponement of the extra session of
j Congress, which it is high time the
! country was informed. It citue to
the knowledge of the administration
I that the great desperate army of
offleeseekers in the republican no less
than in the Democrat.c party had or
ganized a vast conspiracy, having for
! its objeet the inauguration of Samuel
J. Tiiden, and so give us two con
testing presidents of the United
I States. The design was to intro
! duee a resolution into Congress as
soon as it met, which would in effect j
declare that, as Samuel J. Tiiden
had the undoubted majority of the
j popular vote.r.nd as the records show, |
a majority of the electoral vote he :
is, in the opinion of eongresg, the
honest President elect, and that he
be invited to take his place m the
White House. It was expected the
party machinery would be used in
the caucuses of both the senate and
House to force the Democratic ma
jority to indorse these resolutions, j
aud it was believed that there was,
a sufficient number of ftwgry repub- '
liean especially those known
as carpet-baggers, reinforced by the
discontented offieeseekers of both
parties to give the resolutions a snut:;
but decided majority in both housi.
of Congress. The person expected
to push this matter in Congress was
none pther \W UfiviU Dudley Field,
and Bus is thy secret of the great
anxiety of Mr. Tilden’s especial
friends to have a Democratic Con
gressman resign, so that Mr.
Field could be chosen as represeuta- •
tive ijj his plfttti*
it is stated here that Benjamin F. I
Butler has said that such a scheme
was in contemplation, and he was j
not clear that such resolutions \yqqld
not secure fi upqo;'i|y jp pqih houses,
+t IS umtefttoud that Mr. John Bige- j
low, speaking, fui* Samuei
J. Tiiden, says that in the emHl
he passage of such a resolution by I
”o*a houises of Congress Mr. Tiiden
will proceed W) Washington and be
sWbl'b into oflice.
Tne bitterness of tlie New York
Sun in speaking of Httyts as the
“fraudulent president’’ shows that it
is in the counsels of the conspirators.
Tlie country is, of course, unprepared
for any suejj ueUon by the national
legislature, hut it should be remem
bered that the administration! has
sorely offended ninetenths of the
mwiioers of Congress in declining to
endorse their nominations for office.
The refusal of the President and his
cabinet to even consider the claims of
Cop grew men on the public offices
for their friends has developed a
powerful opposition, aud it only
needed the opening of Congress to
show ivhere the discontent was.
Under the circumstances it was con
siderable best for the extra session to
be postponed.
Daviu Dudley Field is also required
here for the purpose of pushing the
quo warranto before the supreme
court. Tlie Democrats seem deter
mined upon keepiug up the agita
tion and showing politics to the
Chlh/!UyiUU. ,le li/ 0 bf the present ad
desperate one, for the discontented re
publicans intend to use the democrat
ic party in such a way as to force Presi
dent Hayes to submit to their terms,
It is believed here that Mr. Hayea is
not to be intimidated, and that he
LUiievbS that if the administration
gives prominence to business ques
tions, the country will stand by the
cabinet as opposed to the politician,
who wish to qstl thfl machinery of*
thp government limply for their own
ends. The democrats mean mischief
while the republicans who pretend
to side with them do so to bring the
administration to terms.
At tne beglning of the reign of the
Emperor Nicholas a noble Russian
lady gave birth to a son for whom a j
suitable wet nurse could not be found ,
A young nobleman, fi neighbor,
however, offered one ot his serfs.
The otter was accepted, and the
child’s life was saved. The young
noble said, “madame, you owe me
the life of your son, and I hope you
will in return gra.nt me a favor.’’
What the nobleman asked is not
known, but, whatever it was, it was
refused. He threatened to take
back his serf, and the mother appeal
ed to the highest tribunal of Russia,
Nicholas died and Afexamkr li. be
gan (0 feign, but the case dragged
slowly along. The other day during
a brilliant review a messenger clashed
up on horseback to the handsome j
young Colonel ofjthe Czar’s staff, and
presented an official looking envelope ;
saying “Colonel here is the judgment i
of the Senate." The judgment!
What judgment ?” Then the Colon
el opening the envelope read: “The
Senate in his high visdom, decides,
after ripe deliberation, that ihe wet
nurse of Raron X. shall nurse the
son of the noble Baroness Z- for the:
space of twelve months and six !
weeks." The baby mentioned in the
judgement was the Colonel. He i
was then thirty-four years old.
THE PILORPfS Hips*.
Rome. May 24.—The pope re
ceived the American pilgrimsto-day. j
The archt isiiop of Philadelphia read
an address to his holiness, express
ing the devotion and affection of
the American Roman Chtholics, and
affirming ihat the sufferings of the |
people are theirs, and thfit djaUi.,oe
ipprtiißpd thelp devotion.
Another bishop read the address of
the archbishop of New York, express
ing the same sentiments,
Subsequently nine of the bishops
present presented the Pope the offer
ings of their dioceses, amounting
to $25,000. Other offerings were
presented by a representative of the
American Oatjirfljc association.
li is holiness, in reply, expressed
his joy at seeing himself surrounded
; by tlie faithful, who had come from
such distant lands. He spoke of
faith in tlie infallibility of the church
and dwelt in detail upoq the progress
of the chmuh In Atpeiica, He allud
jto to tne persecutions to which the
j church is subjected in Europe, and
in conclusion, thanked them for their
offerings, and gave them ids bless-
I ig. _
A private letter from South C;v;y
lina gives the information that Gov
ernor Hampton K to marry the
widow of the late Governor Pickens,
of the same State. She was the
1 second wife of her late husband and
was much his Junior. She was a
great beauty and created a great sen
sation In St. Petersburg, wihtherGov.
Pickens took her as a bride wheu he
was sent thither as a minister.
All New England is suflbHng from
i drought.
Important to Everybody!
I liftve just received one of the largest and and most, complete stock of
SPRING AMT SUMMER QOOTS,
CONSISTING IN
DRY GOOI>S.
LAOIEM AX OEXTN I'l
iLOTHnro,
BOOTS A$D sSIHAKS,
TBI’AKS, “
IJATS. At ~ Ar:„
EVER RROIOHTTO THIS HAKKKT.
The goods were all selected by he in B 5 paid
CASH for my entire stock, bought them at remarkable YoW
prices. Now, as times are hard ajnd money scarce, I will sell
my goods at such prices as will enfible evervbodr to buy what
they want AT FIGURES NEVKIt BEFORE'KNOWN IN
THIS MARKET.
Call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
M. LIEBMAN,
Formerly S. Ar W. Eiebnuau.
West Main Streel, April 5, 1 SiT 2m.
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T. 'W. BAXTER,
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT,
KOU >ALI. or STANDARD
FERTILIZERS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, GINS,
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THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, HORSE 3AKEs
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STILT, AT THEIR OLD STAM).
STOKELY $t WILLIAMS
DKALKHS IN
TAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes.
WE desire to state to onr old friends ami* patrons that wc are still 'running on* business
w i'll our paying p Crons on the usual time heretofore given.
But will Expect Prompt Payment at Maturity.
Those paving cash at purchase will get the beueflt of a hcwy deduction. And we would
most respectfully request those purchasing for cash to say to us at the time: “We wi.l ca-ti
this hill.” as we will then the more readily affix prices. 11 there i nothing said our prices will
begivenatti.it 'rates. srOKHLV * WIU.IA.HS.
Nn Those owing us duo paper will do 11s a great favor by calling and in akineury pnv
. D. nient. (march 2) tsTUKKLY A \\ lAA.I .v A.I>’
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The want of a small portable engine and boiler, so con
structed ms to be luruished at a price within the reach of
el gitle is thoroughly tested to twice the working power
Any Intounntion will heMurniShed npoui application to
at these Prices s
T. W. BAXTER,
SPECIAL NOTICE.
To Every bdy and the
Rest of Mankind.
•Mount am
Two fine new and unused
Pianos can be bought at The
Express office tit first-rate bar
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gains.
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Three good sewing machines,
bran new, can be bought elieap at
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