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nr ctoniaf cwatracu with other*. Ilniiln
Mac tally prvfaml, nU< r jrm ni at udy
had pmrltcr, In and ail kind* of llltl work
la the beat workman-I'kr manner. 1 *ll
Altai for all \m if Mill licktien
af Ike nliml improved pattern*. and pnu
anti* In aril them at Manufacturer*' nno
Injpnrtci' price*. including the rririaatnd
•OOKALTgft IMUIHt AND TUB
Lefel Doable Tarbiae Water Vkeei
French Burr Monra, Eureka Kmutt'.ut
Machine*, etc, Alki,
E. Fan Winkle & Co’s
SAW MILLS, MILL H’.'INDMW,
SHAFTING, GEARING, ETC.
Id abort, anything in tbe line of Mi
Machinery
Now, if yon want anythin); in my lint
I promise eat refaction in woi icmautbip and
price. Call on or addmw
J-W. DUCKETT
Mill Contractor,
Dee. 2-ly. ELLIAY. GA
J.W.GRAY’S
-AT—
BLUE RIDGE, GA.,
Is open at all hour* for customor*.
Persons transferred to and from Mor
gan ton at very Reasonable Kates.
Don't fail to call on the man who ha*
fine stock, elegant vehicle* and atten
tive driver*. Sale and feed stab e
also in connection with Livery S table
THE CELEBRATED
CHAPMAN
nnjj|iiu'
SODA FOUNTAINS,
SB6. $45.* S6O. SBO.
Over 28 year* in practical uo in every
• pait of the civilized world.
Cheap 1 Practical! Handsome!
and Economical.
These Fountains arc shipped ready for
ftae. No generator* or other extras to
buy. They dispense the most healthful,
pure, delicious soda in existence, and will
staud liy the side of any #4’) 0,000 as
Fountain and sell fire glasses to its one.
A child has often made S6O u day at a
public gatlicnug with one of these Fount
ains. JuM the thing for picnics and fit
for the finest store. Bend for Catalogue,
Address. CHAP AN A CO.,
Madison, Ind.
DUCKETT & DUNN
ARK READY
To do any kind of CARPENTER work
hi IcstVif style and at one*, or LUMHKIt
on shoit notice is furnished by us. We
have two Saw Mills, Plaining Mill, etc.,
which enable us to do work as rapidly ami
On os short notice as any other carpenters
in the country. The personal attention of
J. W. Duckett given to such contracts.
Call on or address,
DUCKETT &, DUNN,
Ellijat, Oa.
THE BARBER SHOP!
AT THE
Hightowar House
At which place Will Weaver, the ever
polite and accommodating barber, can al
ways be found, ready to attend to cus
tomers. 9 10 tf.
Dr. BIGGER’S
iilli
CORDIAL
The Great Southern Remedy for ail
BOWEL TROUBLES
AND CHILDREN TEETHINC.
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mu* mit> Crowing of oor mountain*
and hill* bat v*rr fvwr Ifce fiid, that
purple berry. %iik*t s au> of us
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25 that restores
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COLEMAN A KIRBY,
Editors A Proprietors
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OPPICUL Oltu.lS Op GILMKK Go.
Oppicial OitiiAN or Fapnin Cos.
< )mmi. Okoas >p Pickens Cos.
THE AUGUSTA A CHAT
TANOOGA.
In reporlir.g the progress and
movements of this railroad, the
Gainesville Eagle rays:
From private letters lately re
ceived in this city, we learn that
Major Slone, chief engineer of the
Augusta and Chatlanenga road,
though much hindered bv the
recent heavy rains, is making sal
isfactory progress with his survey
of the route between here and
Chattanooga. He found consid
erable and fficulty in crossing tbe
Hightower river, but alter about
a week’s work at that point, suc
ceeded in finding ft passage that
is feasible. We also learn that
such of the profiles of the road as
have been sent to the directors,
are very satisfactory, and just as
soon as they are all in, arrange
ments will be made to put on a
large force and push the entire
work with vigor.
THE GILMER COUNTY
BIBLE SOCIETY.
On last Friday night at (he
Baptist church in this place, Rev.
H. D. Myers, agent of the Amer
•can Bible Society, and Rev. Geo.
S. Tumlin of Marietta, organized
ihe Gilmer County Bible Society.
After preaching by Rev. Mr.
l'umlin, Rev. Mr. Myers spoke of
the objects and benefits of this
Society, and the good it had done
in furnishing the Bible lo desti
tute place where peple were un
able to purchase them. Dealers
in Bibles are making from 100 to
300 per ceut. on their books, but
this society furnishes them at the
cost of manufacturing. Dr. J. R
Johnson has been especially ac
tive in starting this movement,
and its decided success is greatly
due to his individual efforts in its
behalf. Some thirty-five persons
joined and a collection to start
the ball resulted in S2O, to which
the society at Marietta adds sls.
Dr. E. W. Watkins was elected
President of the Society, Rev.
B M. Hipp % Vice President, Dr.
J. K. Johnson treasurer, and W.
S. Cole mail secretary ; on the ex
ecutive committee, which con
sists ol the officers who are ex
officio members, Messrs. C. B
Lackes, J. P. Cobb, Jr., and W.
A. Oor r were chosen. A good
large house greeted the move
ment and much enthusiasm man
ifested. The executive commit
tee wilt have a meeting soon to
dispose of some important busi
ness before the Society. Much
good is expected from this move
ment in which so many of our
best and most influential citizens
have taken a hand.
they ask'Tt TO COME.
The city of Knoxville voted on
last Saturday $275,000 subscrip
tion lo the Marietta aud North
Georgia railroad. The agree
tnenl between the try and the
road authorities is that this a
monnt will be paid at the expira
tiuu of IS months if the road be
completed in that time with a
standard gauge, and on to Atlanta
as its southern terminus. This
assures the early completion ot
litis road to Atlanta from Marietta
and from Murphy lo Knoxville,
which will give through connec
tions and make this road a great
trunk line.
As to the Legislature granting
a change of charter to this road
so as to admit it into Atlanta, is
only a question of lime. If li e
present Legislature will not grant
it, the people will next year by
electing new representatives. A
speedy and effectual remedy can
be bad at the ballot box for all
such cranky moves of a body pur
porting to reflect public sentiment
in the enactment of laws. The
Legislature will have to back
down from such an untenable po
sition as that. The Stale has no
special or constitutional claims for
property protection superior to
to that of her citizens—she has no
special prerogative to disertmi
nate against her privite citizens
in any manner where her proper
ty is likely to suffer. The State
must bear the misfortune of cotn
! petition as well as her citizens, it
! she proposes to invest in realty.
, We repeat, that if this Legislature
: stilt refuses to grant the privilege
asked by this road of entering
Atlanta the next General Assent
bly will come pledged to look
after this pet claim of the Stale
for special protection.
SELL IT.
A bill b now pending before Ibe |
Senate committee on finance in
the Georgia Legislature, intro
duced by Senator D- an of Floyd,
to dispose of Ibe State road b)
tale. This bill pro|fneea to receive
not lest than sß4*oooo (or the
property and more if possible, the
nine tj be applied to the liquids
lion of Hie State deb*.
This measure, in our opinion, it
a wise one, and we hope it will so
impress (lie Legislature. Thi
road was built at a lime when
railroads in Georgia were almost
unknown to our people, and at the
lime, was the best investment the
N'.ale could have made. But the
accelerated strides of progress
nave transformed us, we occupy
a different relation to tlie com
mercial world to what we (hen
did. This properly in its con
struction and fixtures cost the
State well nigh *ll her present
indebtedness. Railroads have
beej built, intersecting and bi
secting nearly every quarter of
our common wealth, and the spe
cific want which (he Slate road
metal the time of construstion
has been displaced by - the multi
plicity of railroads subsiquently
constructed. Hence tbe State
need not engineer commercial
enterprises as she once did, and,
we repeat, the necessity of its
construction and maintenance by
the State now is not imperative
as it once was. There can be no
reason, then, for the State’s re
taining possession of this property
save only as a business invest
ment. Let us examine, then,the
feasibility of such an investment.
The annual tax on the people ol
the State to pay the interest alone
on the debt contracted to con
struct this toad amounts to about
$487,500; and the income on the
same property amounts annually
to $300,000. Now, the difference
between the expense and the in
come of this property is $187,500
in other words, the Stale pays
$187,500 annua.ly just to have i;
said she owns a railroad. This,
we think, is an injud.cious policy
and is ruinous !o the tax payers
of Georgia. The properly cer
tainly will never become more
valuable by the continual con
struction of parallel and compet
ing lines, and tbe lime has come
when some sort of wise disposition
should be made of it. As between
a re-lease and a sale, we say sell
it. The Legislatures of Georgia
have already squandered money
enough on this vexed question ot
the “State Road'’ to almost sup
port her charitable and education
al institution*. Sell the property
liquidate the Slate debt, and stop
this annual expense of debating
“What shad be done with the
Stale road.”
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
During the second week in
August I visited the ft Mowing
public schools and found them
progressing finely :
Miss L zzie McMahan, E■ li;ay
Seminary, enrolled 44, present 34;
Mrs. Belle Cobb, Ellija.v Acade
my, enrolled 63, present 42; Miss
Delia Craigo, Warlick’s School
Douse, enrolled 27, present 21;
Rev. E. B. Shope, Flat Ridge, en
rolled 76, present 67; Miss Alice
Redmond, Oak llill, enrolled 62,
present 42 ; T. S. Inlow, Bereen
School House, enrolled 46, pres
ent 3D; J. W. Raper, Shady
Grove, enrolled 54, present 44;
J. M. Russell, Giddis School
House, enrolled 66, present 49;
T J. Gales, Upper Town Creek,
enrolled 48, present 40; B. L.
Henseley, Talona, enrolled 45,
present 35; Andy Alexander, col.
Pi’s Grove, enrolled 32, present
30; W. L. Harris. Mount Vernon,
enrolled SS, present 50; J. J.
Thompson, Clear Creek, had sus
pended school for a few days on
account of a protracted meeting;
Miss Laura Kirby, Kentiemur
School House, enrolled 48 pres
ent 36; -fames O. Akins, Degail
see, enrolled 76, present 47; T
A Magness,Ayer’s School House,
enrolled 49, present 41 ; Miss M
K. Watts, Oaklaud Academy, en
rolled 52, present 40 ; M. A. A1
ten, Oak H 11, enrolled 55, present
44. W. F. Hill.
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Money-Makiug at Hand.
Mr L. O. Edwards of Barrettsville Ga.,
has bet-u in town a day or so Die agent of
a very comprebeusive cti-rt called “Tbe
Tree of Methodism ” It is tbe moet his
torical, uuique aud comprehensive thing
of tbe kind we ever saw, and uo Methodist
who wants to know his church history, can
well afford to do without it. It is a neat,
veil-printed chart on good canvas doth.
Me offers Pickeua, Uil.uer and Fannin
counties for tale as lerritwy tor agents
The IVrKit* baa one on exhibition at Ibis
office, aud he baa left several charts aud
the right to sell territory with Deputy
Marshal James \V. Findley of this place
who it aotboriacd to contract tbe mle of
tbe same tn tbe abarnce of Mr. Edwards. |
Call aud t-samim: tL
WASHIMQTOM LETTER.
Secretary Wbtin<y i**arnetW
and Vigorously pushing forward
ibe great work of recona'racliug
the United Slate* Ntvjr, tbit week
having closed a contract for the
eooalracitnn of taro aleet gun
boa'.* ol 1,700 lons displacement
and three steel cruisers of 4 000
tona displacement, at a coat not
to exceed $4,500,000 The lest*
of speed and capacity exacted by
the G .vernmenl from the contrac
tor* are the severest ever imposed
and afforded a *■. ffi.-ient guaran
tee that the work wilt be well and
faithtully performed, for (he ship
Luilders are under heavy obliga
tion* to fulfill their contracts lit
erally. If tbe United States if
soon on her feet as a first class
naval power, which I feel safe in
predicting will come to pass, sh®
wiil be more indebted to the able
administration and fine business
methods of Secretary Whitney
■ ban to any other source for that
most desirable result. I believe
that personally as well as ■ fficial
ly, none of the Cabinet are more
popular than the accomplished
Secretary ol tbe Nav/.
To dale, applications for pre
payment of interest under Secre
tary Fairchild’s bond circular have
been received amounting to near
seven million dollars. A state
ment prepared by the Treasury
shows that the cost of silver bull
ion bought by the Department
for the coinage of silver dollars
for 'he fiscal year, ei ding June 30
1887, was $44,503,615, while the
cost of the bullion delivered on
purchases was only about one
hundred dollars in excess of the
above amount and the numberof
s lver di 1 ars coined was $33 266,-
831. The issue ol standard silver
dollars for that week from the
mint amounted to $472,213; for
(he same period last year it was
$555,272.
Toe Commissioner of Patents
tias just made a decision of great
importance lo patentees, to the
t-ff ct that the working of a claim
must be specifle and not so gen
eral and indefinite as to
future improvements. Tl.e Com
missioner rules that a patent must
indicate his special invention in
order that other inventors may
not be debarred by a patent with
doubtful claims—such effect being
to bar all future improvements.
This week, for the first time in
ten years, a patent was extended
by special enactment of Congress
ibis power was formerly vesled
in the Commissioner of Patents,
was a matter of common occur
rence, but now, such an undertak
ing is difficult lo accomplish, as
Congress is reluctant to exercise
its authority in this respect.
Under a resolution of Congress
the Natiousl Museum will this
week ship to the Minneaptlis In
dustrial Exposition a number ol
exhibits containing E-quimaux
and Indian costumes and blankets
and many implements of savage
waifare and weapons used in (he
chase, to say nothing ot the many
things ot a civilized nature too
numerous to mention—the idea
being to lend the Exposition e
nough articles to give a sort of
synopsis of the contents of the
Museum, such as cannot be con
veniently sent or duplicatd; t
mnng the number Gen. Grant's
relics and the Easter Island image
will be photographed and the
picture sent on.
Secretary Bayard will deliver
ihe address of welcome to the
International Medical Congress,
which meets tu Washington eaih
in September. Every civilized
nation will be represented, amti!
is expected that fully 5.000 physi
cians aud surgeons will be in at
tendance—not to mention the
thousands of visitors who will be
attracted thither by a meeting
the like of which Ihe world has
never seen. That important re
sults, both lo the advancement of
science and the wellbeing of hu
manity, will follow the delibera
tions of this vast assemblage of
the deciples of the healing art,
goes without saying.
In the words of Hoiv Writ, al
though that good Republican,
Forger Harvey, has not yet gone
to glory, but the Albany peniten
tiary instead, “His works do fol
low him,” !nr during llte past
three days 150 horse claims al
lowed upon the recommendation
of that enterprising individual,
have been cancelled by the Trras
ur.v officials; all business that
Harvey had anv connection with
is being carefully scrutinized.
Among the recent promotions
of the Interior Department was
that of a full-blooded Indian, ap
pointed in 1881, from • clerkship
of SI,OOO to $1,200; he was educa
ted at a mission school; he often
sets as an interpreter,and is prob
sblv the only one of his race hold*
mg such a lucrative Federal ap
pointment.
THE ELLIJAY COURIER.
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Pomona Hill Nurseries.
POMONA, n. c„
Two and a half miles west of Greens
boro, N. C. The main line of the R,
vfc I>. R R passes through the grounds
and within 100 feet of the office. Salem
trains make regular stops twice daily
each way. 1 hose interested in Frnit
and Fruit growing arc cordially invited
to inspect this, the largest nursery iu
the State, and one among the largest in
the South.
The proprietor In for many ye fs
visited the leading Nurseries North ad
West, and corresponded vih those of
foreign countries gath ring every fruit
that was calculated to suit the South,
both native and foreign. Ihe reputa
tion of Pomona Hill Nurseries s such
that many agents going out from Greens
boro, representing other nurseries try
to leave the impression that they are
representing these nurseries. Why do
they do it ? Let the public answer.
I have in stock growing (and cat
show visitors the same) the largest ant
best stock ot trets, etc., ever shown ot
seen in any two nurseries in North < ar
olma. c nsisting of apple, peach, pear,
cherry pluu , grape, Japanes persim
mon, Japanese plum,apricots, nectarine,
Russian apricot, mulberry, quinces.
Small fruit: Strawberry, raspberry,
currant, pecans. English walnuts, rhu
barb, asparagus, evergreens, shade trees
roses, etc.
Give your order to my authorized
agent or order direct from the nursery*
Correspondence solicited. Descriptive
catalogues free to applicants.
Address,
J. Van. Lindley,
6-9 Pomona,
Guilford county, N. Ct
FiNESTOGK I
For the People of Gilmer
County. Come, Exam
ine for and
Be Convinced.
I have now on hand fire Jaoks, cme fine
young gaited Stallion, and one thorough
bred Jersey Bull. I bare more money
invested in fine breeding stock, and a
better collection of animals of this kind
than any other man has ever bad in the
history ot Gilmer county. There is but
one way to improve oor stock, aid that
is for onejaan who is able and willing
to keep the males, and then let all tbe
faimtrs in the county support him with
their patronage. It will not pay more
than one man, and if divided will be
neglected and go down. Farmers, sow
all the clover,and grass possible. It will
pay. I invite all my patrons, who want
to buy, sell of show their colts, to meet
at my bara on Tuesday of October court,
every year. I will give *75 for tbe best
horse colt, tdd for tbe best mute colt, and
I® for the best Jersev calf. 1 invite al
of my old customers, and tbe public
generally, to patronise my stock.
Terms of service: Horse, *l} Jacks
$4; Jersey Hull, ffi.3o. fie* my Circular*
•Wly. T. 11. Tenon.
Ellijay, Os