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The Weekly Democrat.
PUBLISH KD-EVJBR* THURSD A Y
B. R- RUSSELL I R- M JOHHSTON,
Editors.
JiAtHBRiiKiK, January 2.7th 187.6.
. *i$lE GOVERN ORSHIP-
Tim country press is still tickling tlie
vanity ®! Tom, bick v .Hasry & Co > by
anniwinciu'j? theif several itrdlvi<Jn.‘il names
as the very one for Governor. We don t
ehjaet to-i^ Tfc<ise announcements only
put uic people to thinking, and the more
they tlie more tlieyare satisfied with
tlie afiminWratlon °f Governor Smith.
Tjiw exti^fent Executive does not admin
ister^ office like, a Democrat, but like «
Georjfog. Yven-hanied justice is promi
nent ah every. portion of/his record, and a
leading trait in his official career has been
to serve the best interests of the State, no
ma|4#r. how much enmity lie might
Lhcue.from. tlie hundreds of influential
disappointed aspirants for office in his
own political party. .
Mr. ,£jrath is the strongest man in
Georgia to-day with the masses, and if
agaip $paudiUatc, he will poll the lar
gest vote on record in the State. He will
be voted for by all parties. There is
among the many facts in. favor of Mr.
SuAth, this very significant one : All
thepdpehs that oppose him with any
degree of earnestness, attempt to shield
old Sack Jones, the defaulting State
Treaairec,,cven though that worthy has
made way with some $300,000 of tlie tax
payertf money.
The-New York World. says Mr. Blaine
is terribly inconsistent, for, pine years ago
lie appeared in the House as the special
champion of a universal amnesty, includ
ing, pf; course Jefferson Davis. The
WifrWiurtlier says that on that occasion
Mt..;,BUuic, of Maine, voted side by side
with Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, for an
amejidiocnt intended, to secure “universal
amnesty .and .universal Andy-Johnson-
isr»". In other words, on the 13th of
February, 18(57. Mr. Blaine, of Maine, in
the opinion of Thud Stevens, put himself
on the record in favor of the election of
Jefferson Davis to the Presidency of the
United'States. If not, why not ? If uni-
veiirtamuesty offered by Mr. Randall in
IffHlimeans, as- some of the hackers of.
of MtBlaino now prctei d to believe it
doeSi|l»e election of Jefferson Davis to
tliA Presidency, what else could universal
amdesty •'mean when offered by Mr.
Blaine and supported by Mr. Randall in
1867?
The young editor of the Talboton
SOwdard hays; “We here give notice
that we w ill from this time out w ield our
vokreamlpen in decrying the extrava
gance and wholesale plundering that is
daily going on in the State of Georgia.*
We take the trouble to remind this
yonthfnl seeker after notoriety, that wc
should not, in our attempts to elevate our
selves, lose sight of safety. It is very
easy to stand on another man’s shoulders
anfl look over the heads of those around
us, but our footing, in that elevated posi
tion, will'be much less secure than on the
grdnnd. ’ Have a care, young man.
Probably the most important bill that
will be brought before the Legislature
this session was foreshadowed by a reso
lution sent ta the Clerk’s desk by Mr.
Balter, of Bartow. This resolution
proposes a joint Committee for
the purpose of determining whether or
not the lessees of the State Road have
violated the terms of their lease. This
resolution will be followed by a bill to
sell the road, outright to the highest bid
der.
The New York World very wisely
urges that the record on amnesty should
remain as it is, and says let the responsi
bility of having killed the bill lie with the
Republicans. Let it be assumed that they
begin the Centennial year with the refusal
to-grant amnesty and leave the record in
th4t shape. Amnesty is a nutter of grace
and mercy, and it loses nearly all of its
value when passed as a mere party meas
ure or carried by a beggarly majority of
vdtes. _
A man in Charleston, S. C., has sued a
lawyer engaged by him for damages,
clfiiping that the bad grammar of the
legal gentleman disgusted the jury and
lost him his suit. No doubt tlie whole
cojuntry is interested in this case, to the
extent of seeing if the action will hold
good.
‘Augustus Schell, Chairman of the
National Democratic Executive Com
mittee, has called a meeting of that com
mittee in Washington on February 32, to
n^nc the time and place for holding the
next National Democratic Convention.
The Macon Telegraph, one of the most
-cautions and prudent papers in the State,
says:. “We pity the Georgian whose
hfead dots not approve, and whose heart
dies not beat responsive to the noble
speech of Georgia’s great representative in
Congress, the Hon. B. H. Hitt”
Senator Morton gets five thousand dol
lan a year for telling lies on the Southern
people. About as near as we can estimate,
that is twenty cents a dozen for lies
it is now said that Bishop Haven claims
lb be a son of the South. Well, we sup
pose he las a right to tell of it,but certain,
ly tbe South never will
Th *kk».~—Hon. W. E. Smith, our worthy
aaid able Representative, will accept our
thaaks for the favor of the Congresioual Re
cord, which be is so kind as to send us daily.
- Edwin Booth, the greatest of all American
acton, will be in Savannah one week, com
guvncing February 7th.
GEORGIA—THE MOST EXTRAV
AGANT AND WASTEFUL STATE
GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE
OR AMERICA ”
We are-now ready to assert, without tlie
fear of successful contradiction, that the
Government, to-day, not only retains tlie
whole of Bullock’s extravagances, leaving
out his stealings, but there have been nu
merous additions, until we have in Georgia
the most wasteful and extravagant State Gov
ernment in Europe or America.—Talbotton
Standard
The above startling announcement from
our Talbotton contemporary falls npon us
like a clap of thunder from a cloudless
sky. The pditor of the Standard makes
the assertion “without the fear of success
ful contradiction. ” Now if he is correct we
call for the proofs,—for an exhibit of this
“most wasteful and. extravagant State
Government,” and if the editor can sustain
his assertain by fads, we shall be among
the first to acknowledge that we have been
afflicted with a blindness in relation to
tbe true condition of State affairs but
little less startling than the declaration
copied above.
The Standard charges that the Govern
ment 4 ‘not only retains the whole of Bul
lock’s extravagances, leaving out his
stealings, but there have been numerous
additions.” Now, until Mr. Mumford
presents his incontrovertible facts and
figures, we shall take the liberty of differ
ing with him. Let us now note some of
Bulioeks extravagances that the present
State Government does not retain. Under
Smith the public printing is done for less
than $20,000. Will the Standard man
turn to the record and see how much more
it was under Bullock. He will be astonish
ed. Under Bullock hundreds of thous
ands of dollars of the people’s money
were paid to a portion of the press of tbe
State for advertising the multiplicity of
proclamations issued by His Excellency.
This extravagance Smith’s administration
does not retain. While the present Gov
ernment has more clerks than there is any
necesssity for it does not retain the half of
what Bullock bad, nor is the pay half as
remunerative to each clerk—hence there
is an annual savieg to the State of mauy
thousands of dollars,
Bullocks administration was exh orbi.
tan fly extravagant in the way of subsidies
to Railroads, which cost the tax payers
an incredible sum, and piled up a State
debt of millions of dollars. The present
Government retains none of this extrava
gance, but actually has refused to grant
aid to railroads under any circumstances.
As to the “numerous additions,’* referred
to by the Standard we can think of none
at present save the State Department of
Agriculture, the Board of Hea.th, and tbe
State Geologist. If these additions be
extravagances, we are certain the tax
payers will not grumble at them—the
whole of which costs infinitely less than
the one item of proclamation advertising
under Bullock. The sweeping charge
that Georgia is “the most wasteful and ex
travagant State Government in Europe or
America,” must have been penned in
moment of mental aberration by the editor
of the Standard. Surely he does not place
his own native State in the governmental
scale below the - carpet-bag-ridden States
of South Carolina, Louisiana, Florida,
and Mississippi; or the rotten govern
ments of Mexico, Central and South
America, to say nothing of misgoverned
European countries—yet he is ready to
assert the same “without fear of success
ful contradiction.”
We admit there are many expenses of
the Georgia government that ought to be
cut down. Instead of $7 per day, the
members of the Legislature should have
$3, and all other salaries correspondingly
reduced. And “Honest Jack Jones,” of
whom the Standard is the. apologist and
champion, should be made to replace the
$§00,000 that leaked ’ out of the State
Treasury under his managemeut, or go to
the Penitentiary. Without any more
comparisons, we await anxiously the at
tempt of Brother Mumford to substantiate
his assertions by facts and figures.
In conclusion, we must say that we
have taken hold of this subject, not as
Democrat, but as a citizen of Georgia—
and in that capacity we expect to contend
for the rigb^ of the people. We want
rogues, thieves, defaulters, and all others
who cannot account satisfactorily for
the people’s money in their hands, be
they white or black, Radical or Democrat,
brought before the bar of swift Justice
and punished for their crimes. And if,
by facts, it can be shown that our present
State administration is inimical to her in
terests, we wil be among the first to sound
the alarm.
i Geor-
0UR ADVERTISERS
Next and last is Bain bridge, situated at
the terminus of the railroad, immediately on
the basks of the Flint River—-a boid. stream,
navigable at all seasons for steamers- This
town being in a limestons region, the peo
ple depend entirely for drinking water upon
cisterns. The well water as unfit, for drink
ing, on. account of tbe lime impregnation. It
is a very pretty town, of some 1800 inhabi
tants and ornamented by the most beautiful
oak trees, which afford excellent shade dur
ing the heat of summer. The people are
said to be unsurpassed for-hospitality. Some
three years since this beautiful little town
was visited by yellow fever, a very malig
nant and fatal type,, which destroyed many
of its most valuable and beloved citizens. It
is said to have proved fatal in nearly every
instance. She has rallied, however, from
this shook and looks as blooming as if no
blighting pestilence had ever swept over her.
It is to be hoped that in future no such com
bination of local causes as those which pro
duced the first, wilt ever be present to gen
erate a second pestilence:
The foregoing is an extract from a pub
lishedletter, written by a resident of Th«m-
asville, to an inquirer after lands, in-one of
the Northern or Western States It were
bardly necessary, however, to tell our
readers from what source such a letter
emanated. It has become such n common
thing for Tbomasville to advertise sup
posed defects in Bainbridge that our peo
ple have become accustomed to it; and,
notwithstanding these generous (?) corres
pondents and editors usually sugar-coat
their productions with stereotyped and
worn out compliments, it is easy to per
ceive their real meaning. Why this'tiling
should be so, we know not, but so it is.
For instance, while we know that the yel
low fever visited our town several years
ago and robbed us of some of our best cit
izens, why is it that our neighbors should
be continually advertising the fact by say
ing “she has rallied and looks as bloom
ing as if no pestilence bad ever swept
over her,” Ac., <fce. Now, wfien it is re
membered that this fever happened nearly
three years ago, and is extremely likely
never to occur again, why should it be
made a point to speak of it on. every occa
sion ? He must be a stupid mind indeed
who does not recognize that such refer
ences are injurious to us, while they pro
mote good to no one, not even those who
seek to benefit themselves by such-inge
nius but unfair means. And why, we
further ask, is it that Tbomasville corres
pondents and Tbomasville newspapers
are the only ones that do speak of it ? Is
this not significant ? We hate to even
breathe what we conjecture to be the cause
of this.
As to the foregoing letter in question,
we do not refer in particular to what it
says, for such reference would not be nec
essary to serve tlie purpose of this para
graph. Our people can readily detect its
inaccuracies for themselves, knowing that
there is as milch truth in its assertion
that the well water here is unfit to drink
as in the remark that there are im mos
quitoes in Tlumasville.
We have penned the above remarks in
no spirit of malice or revenge, but submit
that we have remained silent under such
ungenerous dealing as long as we ought,
and indeed longer than any fair-minded
person could expect.
“Specks,” the Washington correspond-,
cut of the Atlanta Herald-, thus al,ude8 °
out immediate Representative, an a
he has introduced in Congress :
“Mr. Smith, of Georgiy who, by the
bye, is one of the most careful and trus
of your members, has introduced a i
intended to give relief to those portions
of the country suffering for a want 0 -
ficient currency. The hill is simp e, u
if enacted into a law would certainly give
relief, by allowing an issue of local cur
rency that would serve as a circulating
medium in the particular localities intend
ed to be affected. His bill is as follows .
“That so much of the statue law of the
United States as impose on national banks,
State banks, bankers, or asssociations, a
tax of ten> per centum on notes of persons.
State banks, banking associations, towns,
cities, or ^municipal corporations, issued
tor circulation, or paid out by them, be
and the same is hereby repealed.
The special correspondent of the Savan
nah Retcs says that it is doubtful if the
present session of the Legislature is ashort
one. Over three hundred bills have
already been introduced, and less than
fifty; perhaps have been disposed of.
While but few expended debates have oc—
cured, much time has been occupied in
the reading af voluminous bills and in the
diseussion of a thousand unimportant
points. The daily sessions commence at
10 o’clock and close at 1 o’clock, which
gives but three hours a day for working
purposes* and nearly one ho.ur of time is
usually occupied with minor and trifling
matters. There is much hard and impor
tant work ye, to be entered upon, and I
predict that the session will be extended
to about the constitutional forty days.
The LaGrange Reporter says : “There
is at least one paper in Georgia which
fears that Ben Hill did harm to the South
by his speech. We suppose that paper
t wants the Southern people to remain per
petually on their knees, and cringe in
silence, like whippped spaniels, while
they are abased and insulted by every
scurvey politician who liyes on the other
side of the line.”
NIGHT TRAFFIC
A bill has been inttoduoed in
gia
ling,
products between the hours of sun’
and sun rise. The Atlanta Herald re
marks -. This bill, as it now stands, only
applies to certain counties therein named.
It is, however, of very general importance
and affects every farmer and producer
throughout the State. The buying and
trafficking with negroes for cotton, rice,
and other products after nightfall, has
been the cause of serious loss to the farm
er and producer . It encourages stealing
by the negroes, and is a sure means to
shield unprincipled white men who,
throughout the State, make it their husi-
ness to encouaage this kind of traffic.
The bill should be made to apply to every
county in the State, and a severe penalty
enacted for the violation of any of the pro
visions of the act. We arc glad to seethe
subject of larceny from the field, agitated
in the Senate, some law making the buy
ers accessory before m after the fact, with
a like punishment as the larceny should
be made, and is the only means of salva
tion for the fanner, and one by which he
can, in a manner, be secured from the
wholesale depredations which we are al-
mos^ daily called upon to chronicle.
EDITORIAL PITH-
The colored Republicans of Washington
have decided to go in for a “third term.”
No douht Mr. Grant has heen whispering
“forty aeres and a mule” to them.
We know that times are hard, and so
does everybody else, then why not knock
down every croaker who says, as soon as
he meets you, “times are mighty hard ?”
Now we hear of another defalcation in
Early County. It is passing strange,
when soapi is so cheap, in quantities to
suit purchasers, and water plentiful, how
many filthy handed officials there are in
the country.
The young editor of the Talbotton
Standard boldly'feays : “The bark of a
small dog often “sets on” the big dog.
Onr barking then, may have this happy
effect, if no other.” It is generally known,
too, that small dogs very often bark when
there is nothing to bark at.
The New York World thinks the amnes
ty debate has increased Gen. Grant’s
chances for a renomination. If it lies
between Grant and Blaine, we, for one,
infinitely prefer the former.
The war clouds between the United
Btates and Spain are growing larger, so
the .papers say, but we are not at all ap
prehensive.
Old Tunis Campbell has at Jast gone to
the Penitentiary. Please accept thethanks
of the public, dear Judge Tompkins.
The Pennsylvania Republicans have
decided to support the Maine hyena for
President.
The Virginia Legislature hasj
against the Centennial appro;
Qua of the effects of the
, A blH has been in
‘{gf* Senate allowing
prove the rightfulness of his claim
the State in the Courts.
The office of the Mobile Register— Hon.
John Forsyth’s paper—has heen burned.
The wife of ex-President Andrew John
son died in Greenville last week.
Grant has begun to squirm, since the bill
to reduce his salary to 25,000 was intro-
ced in the House.
Gen. Banks, of Massachusetts, delivered
a very conciliatory and Statesman-like
speech on the amnesty question, and it
not being received by the Radical party
is proof positive that they don’t want na
tional harmony.
' New York Sun: If there is no danger
and no apprehension of war, why is it
that Secor Robeson is spending so much'
haste in getting monitors ready for sea ?
We are told that fourteen of these vessels
will be in condition for actual service be
fore the end of the month. These moni
tors nave nearly all been laid tip for years.
They are useless for any other purpose
than fighting, and to put them all in com-
mision implies great expense. Unless
there is expectation or dread of war, Se
cor Robeson is wantonly wasting the pub
lic money.
A meeting of tbe State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee is called at Atlanta on
Wednesday, the 26th day of January,
1875, to designate a member of the
National Committee, and for other busi
ness.
The Democrats of Florida hold a Con
vention at Quincy, on the 21st of June,
to nominate candidates for Governor and
State officers. From all indications, the
chances for a Democratic victory are
better than they have been since the war
in tnat State, God grant these
poor suffering people may be delivered.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Office County School Com., Jan. 19, ’76,
Mess. Editors:—The common school fund
of Decatur pays $1.25 per pupil, for three
months. 1 note this for the benefit of the
public. Respectfully,
MASTON O’Neal, C. S. C. D. C.
A PRUCL AM AT I ON,
GEORGIA
By James M. Smith, Gov’nr, of said State.
Mm 1 "
Official information has been
...at this Department that Peter
'itapds charged by affidavit with
breed the Gin House of William
atnr county, and that the said
iell has fled from justioe,
bought proper, therefore to issue
ioclamation, hereby offering a re-
1 m HUNDRED DOLLARS for
tension and delivery of said Peter
vith evidence sufficient to convict,
riff of said county and State,
io moreover charge and require all-
> this State, civil and military, to
at in endeavoring to apprehend the
Mitchell, in order that he may
to trial for the offense with
ends charged.
(lqpr my hand and the great seal of
ate, at tbe Capitol in Atlanta, this
venty-Second day of January, in
ar of our Lord One Thousand
lundred and Seventy-Six, and of
hdependence of the United States
ae Hundreth.
JAMES M. SMITH, Gov.
Jovernor :
^BARNETT, Seet’y of State.
Description’ :
(it 30 years of age, a negro with very
pmplexion ; stammers slightly; about
|0 inches high ; weighs about 175 lbs;
•and heavily built ; has a scar begins
ar the centre of the lower lip and
t down the chin. 27-3t
OLD HUNDRED I
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LIVERY aND SALE STABLES.
We haie.and will continue to keep on hand
a well selected stock of
HORSES and MULES.
Oar Stock is O, K. and prices as reasonable
Vs the times demand. Call at the Brick
Stables on South Broad street.
GRIFFIN & SUDETH
ct -l4-*75-tt
General and Sole Agent for tlie SOUTHERN STATES lot the
New Jersey Chemidal Company
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
TBE W. dt C. GUANO
A Specialty far Cash for 1876, at $38 per ton.
Time Price—400 lbs, Middling Cotton 15th Oct-
FREE. ON CARS AT SAY ANN AH.
I will sell One Ton or One thousand, at Supported, Cash in Hand. AH orders, shipped
on the day they are received by me.
The Analysis of W..& C. for 1876,
Shows about 15 per cent, available Phosphoric Acid, and 2 per cent. Ammonia, obtained
from best Peruvian Guano, which makes it equal to 4 per cent. Ammonia obtained from
Fish. The W. & C. is also 10 to 15 p.r cent drier than most superphosphates, especially
ammoniated by fish, and is therefore
CHEAPER BY 10 TO 15 PER CENT.
Granges and Heavy Dealers will find it to their interest to correspond with me.
W. H. BEACH,
General and’ Sole Agent for the Southern States.
Apply to IIUNNEWELL & HARRELL, Agents foMhe W. & C. jan27-2m
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES,
For the Southern District of Georgia-
NO. 1307 IN THE MATTER OF ) In
ALEXANDER M. LITTLE, \ Bankrupt-
AMER1CUS, GEORGIA. J cy„
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts prov-.
able under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d.
1867, notioe is hereby gives- to til persons
interested to appear on the 3rd day of Febu-
rary, 1876, at, 10 o’clock, a. m., at Chambers
of said District Court before S. Wise Parker
Esq., one of the Register’s of said Court in
Bankruptcy at his office at Americus, Ga.,
and show cause why the prayer of the said
petition of the Bankrupt should not be grant
ed. And further notice is given that the
second and third meetings of Creditors, will
be held at the same time and place.
Dated at Savannah, Georgia, this 22nd
day of January, 1876.
JAMES McPHERSON, Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES,
For the Southern District of Georgia,
NO 1321 IN THE MATTER OF ) In
WILLIAM M. T. TILLMAN, j- Bankrupt-
AMERICUS, GA, j cy.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court foi a discharge from all debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d,
1867, notice is hereby given to all persons
interested to appear on the 3rd day of Feb
ruary 1876, at 10 o l clock, A. M., at Cham
bers of said District Court before S. Wise
Parker Esq., one of the Register’s of said
Court in Bankruptcy at his office at Ameri
cus, Ga., and show cause why the prayer of
the said petition of the Bankrupt should not
be granted. And further notice is given
that the second and third meetings of Credi
tors, will be Held at the same time and place.
Dated at Savannah, Georgia, this 22nd
day of January 1876.
JAMES McPHERSON, Clerk.
GITY ORDINANCES,
An Ordinance to Repeal an Ordinance
passed July 20th, 1876, so far as Lawyers,
Physicians and Dentists are concerned.
Be it ordained by the Corporation of the
City of Bainbridge, that, the Ordinance pass
ed July 20th, 1875, re-enacting paragraph 9
of section 120 so far as imposing a tax of ten
dollars per annum on all lawyers, physicians
and dentists, practicing their profession in
the city limits, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
An Ordinance in relation to the punish,
ment to be inflicted for the violations of City
Ordinances.
Be it ordained by the Corporation of the
City of Bainbridge, that in case of the fail
ure or inability of any person or persons to
pay fines inflicted for the violation of City
Ordinances, the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem,
at his discretion may sentence the party
convicted, to work, without bail- and chain
on the public streets of the City in the charge
of the marshal, or his deputy, for and dur
ing the time they might have been impris
oned under existing laws.
Be it further ordained, that in case the
party so sentenced should refuse or neglect
to do faithfully the work assigned him. or
should be absent(unless providentially)ftwn
such work for any time, or should tail or re
fuse to obey the officer in charge, that the
marshal, or his deputy, abail xwport such a
case to the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem, who
on hearing evidence may fine such a party,-
have him imprisoned iq the Guard House,
for and during the full term of his original
sentence without regard to the number ot
days he has already worked.
Be it further ordained, that the party so
sentenced shall work eight hours per day
for each day ot his sentence and that his
hours for work be assigned by the officer, in
charge; and that during the rime he is not
at work, that he be unimprisoned.
Be it further ordained, that the Marshal
or his Deputy shall keep a true account of
the time that such party is at work, and
while in charge of such party so at work,
he shall be subject to the general supervi
sion of the Committee on Streets.
Be it further ordained, that all conflict
ing ordinances be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
A true extract from the minutes.
JNO. R. HAYES,
Jan. 18, 1876. Clerk of Council.
Clerks, Jewelry, Seing Machines,
Neatly Repaired.
Ac.,
WARRANTE D, Call at
PEABODY’S DRUG STORE,
Bainbridge - - - ~ Georgia
B. F. COLBERT.
August 1874—tf.
1X0, 1346.
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.
This is to gfve notice'that on the 28th,day
of December, A. D,, 1876, a warrant in
Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
Belchers & Terrell, a firm composed ef Ab
ner B. Belcher, Simeon L. Belcher and
Robt. R. Terrell, of Bainbridge, County of
Decatur, and State of Georgia, whahaa-been
adjudged Bankrupts on- their own petition,
and fnatthe payment of any Debts, and de
livery of any Property belonging to said
Bankrupts, to them, or for their use. and the
transfer of any Property by them, are forbid
den by law; that a meeting of the creditors
of the said Bankrupts, to prove theii» Debts,
and to choose one or more Assignees of their
Estate, will be held at a Court of Bankrupt
cy, to be holden at Bainbridge, Ga., %t the
Law office of Whiteley & Donalson, before
S. Wise Parker Esquire, Register, on, the
fourth day: of February A. D., 1876, at 10
o’clock a. m.
2t. W. H. SMYTH,
U. S., Marshal, as Messenger.
TELEGRAPH and MESSENGER
FOR 1876.
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Bower & Crawford
ATTORNEYS AT
Bainbridge, Ga.
Office in Court House.
LAW
D. MCGILL, M. O’NEAL.
McGILL & O’NEAL,
ATORNEYS AT LAW,
Bainbridge, Ga-
Office over E. R. Peabody’s Drug Store.
MEDICAL CARD.
Dr. E. J. Morgan has removed his office
next door to. Post Office, where he can be
found during the day, and at his Residence
on West Street at night, Bainbridge, Oct. 5,
1875. oct-7-ly
I. H. HORNfSBYaMfcW PORTER
Proprietors,
J. I. ROBINSON Agent at Bainbridge
Lumber and Timber commission mer
chants ; also, manufacturers of Ash, Oak.
Poplar and Yellow Pini lumber, and Meal.
Will furnish the citixens of Whigham, Bain
bridge and surrounding country, with lum
ber and meal at the lowest possible rates.
Terms easy. Address,
HORNESBY & PORTER.
Dec. 16, 1875-.tf Whigham, Ga.
property oi Barlett & p.Z Enso ».
south by -street, a B( j w siJT
C G Crawford—levied on as ti/ ^PWy oi
Mary J McGill to satisfy onefe^l *
Also at same tune and pl ac l 75 fs -
r w S l l t Clt *’ boun ded St
of Mrs S F Bruton, east bv ^ ^
by——street, and west by Florid”**’ 50 "'^
levied en as the propertv of d str*^
N Arnett to satisfy one city £
, AlS0 a t same time and place® ^
house and lot in said city bold
property of Mrs E S
street, south by Troup e , re t ^ f , bj V
property ofMrsES Ib-wnelw
the.property e f F Agra moate
city tax fi f a . “ «„
Algo, at same rime and'place
lot in said city, bounded North hr , ^
Railroad, east by Clay 7 A & Q
property of W CSubeJand E 9 ’ Ut S e 0,lth f V
Gremmer, west by Broad street- !^ *■
as the property of A P Belcher „ *
one city tax fi fa. to
Also, at same time and place t
and lot in said city .bounded north W 0 ’*
ty of R H Whiteley, east by
Hunnewe’l & Co., south by 1
west by Donalson street—levied on* ***■
property of Gurley & Russell to satisfy ^
city tax fi-fas. I3I 7 l *>
Also, at same time and place „„„ L
and lot in said city; bounded north hit-
erty of J P Dickinson, east by
south by premises of Mrs J R
west by property owner unknown-fedtf
on as property of Jno C Rutherford tos&tiVfr
one city tax fi ta. , ”
Also, at same time and place, ose wm
lot in said city, bounded north by Mattel
street, east by Clay street, south by promt-
ty of W J Harrell and Mrs Teirell and west
by property of T J Dunbar & Co-fened
as the property of the Estate of James M
Donalson to satisfy one city tax fi fa.
E. H. Smart, City Marshal.
DECATUR SHERIFF’S SALES
W ILL BE SOLD before the Courthouse
door, between the usual houts of
sale, cm the first Tuesday in Febuyary, 1876,
the following property te-wit; ’
One brick, store in Bainbridge, said cou-
ty, bounded west by Broad street, north by
Water street, east by store house occupied
by J. A. Jones & Co., south by store occu
pied by E. R. Peabody & Co_ieyied op u
the property of Thomas Williams to satisfy
one fifa in favor of G, W. Woodruff vs fi, J.
Williams & Bro.
Also, at same time and place, lots of lint
No’s. 82 and 83 in the 16th District of De
catur comity—levied on as the property of
J D Williams to satisfy one fi fa in favor, of
N;N Lester Adm’r Estate of W J Smallwood
vs J D Williams, A C Mills and R E Whip,
ham.
Also, at same time and place, lots of land
numbers 415, 420* 419, anil 42l. nil. in tin
16th district of said county—levied on as
the property of E,. D. Bayes, one of the de-
fendents, who is in possession of said lands.
—also, one city lot in town of Bainbridge,
bounded south by Mrs. M. J. Beynolds,east
by West- street, north by lands unknown,
—levied on as the property of Mrs. Jiif
Williams, Adra’x,(who is in possession of
said property,)to satisfy one fifa in favor of-
VI. W. WilljitinSv Executrix vs AJiff Williams
'Adta’x. and p- Hayes survivor.
Also, at same time and place, the on»-
third undivided interest ofJ. W. McGill in
that real estate bought by W. 0. Fleming of
A. A. Allen and known as the property now
owned by J. W. McGill and W. 0. Fleming
sind John C. Rutherford sis tenants in com
mon, lying cast of the property of Levi F.
Burkett and bounded south by Brongbtoi
street and containing three and one-half'
acres move or less—levied on as the proper
ty of-J. W. McGill to satisfy one fifa in fiw-
of Cornelius Johnson vs John. W. McGill-
Also,, at same time and place, lot of tad
No. 193 in the 15tb District, (sold at ’■*
purchaser Mrs E S Bowne’s risk) and citj
lots as. follows : 13 ami 17 in Luke Main t
Survey as recorded in Book I in Clerks m -
fice, containing f of an acre more or jess.
also lot bounded e»ist by premises of Bon
and Mrs. Hines, and south of Andrews,west
by Kinney and north by old stage row-
containing 3 acres more or less—leviea on
as the property of S S Mann to satisfy o®
fi fa in favor of H M Beach vs 8 -8 Mun
Executor of Luke Mann, deceased,
Also, at same time and place, one torn*
and lot in town of i?ainbridge bounded no
by lot of G A Wight, south by a street rra-
ning east and west between theprenus«>8J
a lot owned by D McLauchlin, o |f w8ea the
street running north jim| Bruton’s Estate,
S^fVkTtTying in front of theboo*
and & half more or less-levied “
erty tff-Mrs Mary J ^jfj
& iu fevor of Davant-, Waples & Co.
McGill and H H Spear, endorser^
January 5th, 1876.
Sheriff-
Citation.
GEORGIA—Decatue Covstt-
1U iif.rfas Mathew Swicokd, ^
VV tor ofthe EstateofAllenJ.^^
represents to this Court in b : r ^ jdi
tiled, that, lie has fully adnunHt'ate
Estate. This is therefore to cite r ^ ]
concerned, kindred and ere j
cause if any they can, why sa. ^ y.
tor should not be discharged - dissS"
ministration and receive let ers 1876.
sion on the first Monday in Februa>7
Nov. 1st 1875, HlBA *Baoc*rff
nov 11-
Levy E.
Wholesale and Retail de^et
PARLOR, CHAMBER and KITE J
URNIT
86 Broughton Street ^
Oxer Jefferson' axd aJb^l
St. Andrew s HaU, Sava® ji^l
11 thelatest style kept on ha { ^\
novating and re P a \ nn f„ Mr sble P^l
ecuted promptly and at r
April 2 1874--ly]
Noticeln BankrupWA
In the District Court of. t 0 i^l
States for the Southern 1 ■
gia—In the matter of " • _ ^
H^Tliis is to give notice once a ^
three weeks, that 1 4 ha 'f thea bove
Assignee of the estate of
bankrupt, why has bee the P 1
runt upon his own pe i»on oy
pourt fpr said
Jag. 13; 1876—3t-