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TH E EAGLE.
Friday Moraine, Uoceniber 20. 1878,
Why didn't Ben Hill memorialize
the legislature to attach hia fee to the
general appropriation bill ?
No man can vote at the coming
election for county offices unless he
has paid all taxes for 1878.
Can’t somebody head a dime sub
scription to pay Senator Hill’s roll
ing mill fee ? Mexican dollars taken
at par.
Gold sold at par in New York last
Tuesday for the first time since 1862
and so continued all day Wednesday
the latest we heard from it.
Governor Hampton, for a short
time after the amputation of his leg,
was quite ill, but the latest reports
are that he is slowly but surely re
covering.
Considering what Senator Hill
started out to prove and the poor
pan-out of the attack, it looks as if
the Senator was a very great lawyer
but an expensive luxury. —Augusta
Chronicle.
Southern papers have a report
that Gen. John B. Hood was finan
cially ruined by a sudden turn in the
stock market on Friday. But he
still has his three sets of twins.—
Chron. & Con . How can a man be
financially ruined when he holds three
pair all the time ?
Davis, independent, and Bayard
Morrimon and Morgan, democrats,
assisted the republican sonators last
week to pass the Edmunds electoral
bill. All the other democratic sena
tors voted against it on the ground
probably that nothing good ever
originated with Edmunds. The bill
is not likely to pass the house.
The Atlanta Constitution with most
commendable enterprise, published
on last Friday a sixty-four column
paper containing the roports of the
committee on the Governor’s in
dorsement of the Northeastern rail
road bonds, together with all the evi
dence before the committee. Our
contemporary shows every disposi
tion to give its readers all the news.
We are heartily glad that the leg
islature has adjourned. A sorrier
body of men than the present lower
house, never assembled in Georgia.
It was a mob of howling dem agogues—
with a sprinkling of really good men.
—Atlanta Sunday Gazelle. As the
Gazette assaults t.ho legislature chiefly
because it postponed the considera
tion of the dog law and the Moffet
register bill, its position is not likely
to prevent most people from having
another and a different opinion.
Mr. John W. Murphy, of the State
treasury department, is decidedly of
the opinion that Mr. Benjamin H,
Hill will not have the handling of the
SB,OOO given him by Mr. W. C. Mor
rill, president of the Atlanta rolling
mill, or any portion thereof. Mr.
Morrill paid it to Mr. Murphy, in the
latter’s opinion, for services rendered,
and he is disposed to keep it. W©
incline to the opinion that Mr. Mur
phy’s title to that little fee is nine
times as good as that of Mr. Hill, or
anybody else.
The Northeastern Railroad Inves
tigation.
The reports of the special legisla
tive committee, appointed to investi
gate tbo executive indorsement of the
Northeastern railroad bonds, com
pletely exonerate Governor Colquitt,
as every one hoped, who had a pride in
the honor of his State or faith in the
integrity of an honest man. We
publish elsewhere the conclusions of
the majority and minority of the
committee. It is utterly impossible
for us to priut the testimony on ac
count of its great length.
There is not the shadow of a par
ticle of evidence implicating Gover
nor Colquitt in the slightest degree.
There is absolutely nothing to show
that the fact of the employment of
Murphy had any thing to do with
his official action in indorsing the
bonds, and he is a vile creature, too
low to crawl, who would dare to in
sinuate that Governor Colquitt was
to or did receive auy part of Mur
phy’s fee,or was in any manner,direct
ly or indirectly interested therein. The
propriety of the Governor’s action in
indorsing the bonds is clearly shown
by the evidence, and Governor Smith
who, before he went out of office,
declined to indorse, but left the
matter to his successor, say s in his
testimony, “I will say that the equity
of the case was as perfect as I ever
knew in any case.”
Of Mr. Murphy’s part, little need
bo said. There is no evidence of his
actual or intended wrong-doing, but
his receiving a fee to represent private
interests before the Governor, while
himself a clerk in the treasury de
partment, is to say the least of it, in
very bad taste and all good citizens
will concur with the committee in
recommending such legislation as
will prevent these practices in the
future.
The three men responsible for this
miserable scandal are W. C. Morrill,
M illiam Goodnow and Benjamin H.
Hill, the first' two republicans, and
the latter a democrat at the time we
go to press. Mr. Morrill, presi-
with the idea that Governor Colquitt
was interested in Murphy’s fee;
though upon the witness stand Mor
rill contradicted everybody with
whom he had any conversation on
the subject. Goodnow, manager of
the rolling mil), willing to go to any
lengths to bring a democratic Gov
ernor to ruin, writes to Mr. Hill all
that Morrill had told him and of
course adds a little out of the abun
dant resources of his fertile imagina
tion. His bad character was proven
before the •ommittea, by such good
citizema as W. W. Clark of CoTing
ton, and William S. Thompson of
Atlanta (the latter the law partner
of Hon. Milton A. Candler and a di
rector in and the attorney of the
rolling mill) who tweer they weald
not believe him nnder oath.
Mr. Hill, keen for hie $7,000 or
SIO,OOO fee, whieh he aays ie due
him from the rolling mill, (denied
however by that corporation,) re
turne to Atlanta and in hia peculiar
way, without seeming to attack any
body, chargee both Governor Col
quitt and Mr. Mnrphy with
tion. He iseuee an addreea, which
he senda to the press all over the
State for publication, but reatrained
by hia friends, countermands by tele
graph kie instructions. He sues the
rolling mill and garnishee Mr. Mur
phy, claiming that the fee paid to
Murphy belongs to tha mill. He
goes to sec the Governor with friend
ship in hia speech and malice in his
heart and insists that Governor Col
quitt shall havs Murphy dismissed
from the treasury, theugh knowing
that over him the Governor had not
the slightest control. All these
things made publio the whole matter
and an investigation was wisely de
manded by the Governor. The re
sult our readers have in the roports
of the committee, from which it will
be seen, that Messrs. Morrill, Good
now and Hill have taken nothing by
their motion.
THE INVESTIGATION
Majority Report.
After reciting the Governor’s spe
cial message and the resolution un
der which they were appointed, they
Bay:
Impressed with the gravity and
magnitude of the matter submitted
to it, the committee have patiently
and rigidly investigated every charge
and every rumor which might in any
way effect the motives and conduct of
the Governor iu fixing the State’s in
dorsement to the bonds of the North
eastern railroad eompany. Every
witness connected in tnr wav with
the transaction has been subjected
to & most thorough exatninaf.ioa.
The committee hes not bean able to
find any proof that has, directly or
indirectly, implicated Governor Col
quitt in this transection iaconsiatent
with the honest and conscientious
discharge of the duties of his high
position. They also find that he
has not brn guilty of any illegal
conduct or corrupt prsetices in the
matter of said indorsement. la the
opinion of this committee he reports
and rumors that connect tha name
of the Governor with any improper
conduct in the matter of the iodorse
ment of tha bonds of the Northeas
tern railroad company ats vilo and
malignant slander.*. This committee
did not investigate tbs legality of the
State’s mdorssmeat- of the bonds of
the NorthessUrn railroad company,
except in so far as the laraa was cal
culated to illnsfrats the conduct and
motives of the Governor, because
they did not beiisve that ths investi
gation of this purely legal question
was within the scope of the investi
gation ordered by the general assem
bly. In investigating the motives
and conduct of the Governor, the
committee have found it neoesaary to
examine into tha conduct of Mr.
John W. Murphy, a clerk in the
treasury department of this commit
tee that Mr. Murphy was not guilty
of any illegal eonduot or corrupt
practices in the matter of the in
dorsement of the bonds of the North
eastern railroad company.
"While we do not believe that any
wrong has been done in this instance,
and while thus exonerating his Ex
cellency, Governor Colquitt, and Mr.
Murphy, we are of the opinion that
the independence of the departments
of the State government, and the
purity of the public service would be
seriously threatened if it were tol
erated, that an official or subordinate
of one department should be per
mitted to practice before or mass
influences upon the chief of another
department of the State government,
with a view to influence his official
conduct. Therefore to avoid any
wrong from such a practice, iu the
future, we suggest the propriety of
such legislation on the subject as
will prevent any officer of the State,
or any person holding office by au
thority cf the State from accepting a
fee, or being employed to represent
before the governor any matter or
claim that the governor is required
to pass upon.
In closing their report, this com
mittee submit all the testimony taken
by them and also submit the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That the report of this
committee be adopted as the sense
of this general assembly.
Albert H. Cox, Chairman H. C;
W. J. Northern, Arthur H. Gray,
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man, Samuel Hawkins, Isaac P. Ti
son.
MINORITY REPORT.
To the Senate and House of Represen
tatives.
The undersigned, members of the
joint committee of the senate and
house of repiesentativee, appointed
to investigate the conduct and mo
tives of his excellency, the governor,
in placing tho State’s indorsement
on the bonds of the Northeastern
railroad company, being unable to
concur fully in all the conclusions
arrived at by a majority of the com
mittee, beg leave to submit the fol
lowing minority report.
From the very general nature of
the matters embraced in the inqui
ries, which the committee were by
joint resolution instructed to make,
their investigation has necessarily
taken a wide range, touching at
times on occurrences which, when
considered separately and apart from
other facts developed by the commit
tee, may not seem to bear any nec
essary relation to the main purpose
of the inquiry, and while recognizing
the impossibility of opening at large,
within the limits of a formal report,
the various facts elicited in the
course of the investigation; yet we
deem it necessary, to a proper un
derstanding of the report we have
felt called on to make, that it should
contain at least a brief outline of
some of the more prominent features
of the testimony. In the month of
October, 1874, tho authorities of the
Northeastern railroad compauy, for
the first time, made formal applica
tion to the then governor, to have
the State's indorsement placed on
their bonds; this application was
not successful; Governor Smith de
clining to determine at that time the
question as to the right of the com
pany to receive the indorsement, on
the ground (among others) that the
application had been prematurely
made, and postponing the considera
tion of the matter until such time as
the condition of the work would au
thorize and require definite action at
his hands. The claim of the com
pany to receive the indorsement
seems to have been brought to tho
governor’s attention several times
afterwards, but in an informal way,
and without definite result, until late
in the fall of 1875, when he was noti
fied by the officials of the company
that the road had been completed,
and requested to appoint commis
sioners to examine into its condition,
and report whether the terms im
posed by the act granting the aid of
the State had been complied with.
The commissioners were appointed
as requested, and soon thereafter re
ported to the governor that forty
miles of the road had been comple
ted and equipped, and that there
were no prior liens outstanding
against the property of the company;
it appeared, however, that no con
tinuous section of 20 miles had been
completed in tho terms of the State
aid act, at the date of the passage of
the repealing act of March, 1874.
Soon after this report was made, the
attorney-general, Mr. Hammond, at
tho request of Governor Smith, fur
nished an official opinion as to the
rights of the road to receive the
State’s indorsement. This opinion
was adverse to the right claimed by the
company, and the authorities of the
road were promptly notified of its
tenor. On being further importuned
by them, the governor suggested, in
view of the alleged “equities” under
lying the claim, that the matter be
brought before the legislature; and in
this situation the claim of the railroad
company stood when the official term
of the present executive begun. The
questions involved were of the grav
est moment to the people of the
State, as well as to the holders of
the bonds; they have been widely
discussed, and diversity of opinion
existed inspecting them, even among
those bn-st qualified for their deter
mination. The claim of the compa
ny was brought before the legislature
as had been suggested by Governor
Smith, and afterwards by Governor
Colquitt, but at so late a period cf
the session that an adjournment took
place before any action was bad in
regard to it, and for some months
the matter rested here. It appears
that the Scofield Rolling Mill Com
pany, doing business in Atlanta, and
having large claims against the
Northeastern railroad company on
account of iron furnished for the use
of the road, had transferred to it, as
a security for the payment of these
claims, bonds of the railroad com
pany to a large amount, some of
which had been used by the authori
ties of the Rolling Mill Company in
negotiating loans from banks in At
lanta, Athens, and perhaps at other
places; and in the spring of 1577, the
Rolling Mill Company, for its own
protection, and that of the banks,
determined to urge anew on the
governor the signing of the bonds,
and to this end legal advice was se
cured.
In the course of the efforts that
followed, attention was called by the
Governor to the propriety of procur
ing the institution of proceedings in
the courts under the provisions of
the repealing statute of March, 1874.
This suggestion was immediately
adopted, and an equity suit com
menced in the Superior Court of
fllarl,e countv. in the name of a Mr.
pany to receive the indorsement
determined. This suit resulted ad
versely to the claim of indorsement,
and the case was carried to the Su
preme Court, where the constitution
ality of that section of the act of 1874,
under which the suit was brought
was denied, and the whole matter
virtually relegated to the Governor,
who, although vary strongly im
pressed wiiii the “equities” of the
case, and notwithstanding the great
concurrence of opinion among those
whose advice and opinions were
sought by him in favor of the right
to indorsement, yet in view of the
magnitude of the interests involved,
felt that it would be the safer course
to postpom action in the premises
and let the whole matter be deter
mined by the legislature, and so ad
vised the parties interested; nor did
bethink of departing from this poli
cy, until near the close of 1877, when
it appearing that suits instituted by
the creditors of the railroad company
were about to culminate, and its en
tire property threatened to be saeji
the executions that would
follow, the &overhor believing tbjat
nothing less than immediate action
on his part would save the compafiy
from impending ruin, after a mo st
careful consideration of all the qufes
tions involved, and in pursuance of
the advice of some of the wisest and
most prominent men in the State, on
the 17th of January, 1878, passed an
executive order for tuo singing of the
bonds, and on the 23d day of the
same month they were delivered to
the authorities of the railroad
eompany. As to the sufficiency in a
legal point, of the conclusions on
which this action of tho Governor
was based, we do not deem it either
necessary or proper to an
opinion, concurring as we do with a
majority of the committee, that this
is a matter not included in the scope
of the investigation they were direct
ed to make. Ic appears further, that
during the year of 1877 intimations
were made to officials of the roiling
mill Company, that for a sum of
money to be paid to an employee in
the office of the State Treasurer, the
indorsement of the bonds could be
procured. No arrangement or con
tract was then perfected, but early in
January of the present year these ne
gotiations were reopened, and a writ
ten contract was entered into be
tween the official above referred to
and the citizens’ bank of this city,
in which it was stipulate and that SB,OOO
should be paid to Samual B. Hoyt, if
the Governor of the State should,
within ten days, pass an order for
the indorsement of the bonds, and
the sigaing of the same shonld ac
tually begin. On the 10th of Janu
ary, by a supplemental eoutract, the
time within which the order for the
signing of the bonds was to be pass
ed was extended to 20 days; the or
der for the signing of the bonds was
passed on the 17th of January, and the
money was paid to Mr. Hoyt for Mr.
J. W. Murphy, then and now clerk in
the Treasurer’s office, on the 23d of
January. The services rendered by
Mr. Murphy,and for which he received
the sum stated, consiste lin procur
ing and presenting to the Governor
opinions, official and professional, of
ex-members of the Legislature, and
of prominent lawyers in Atlanta and
elsewhere, and in arguments made by
himself and by Colonel D. P. Hill,
his attorney, before the Governor,
urging tho indorsement of the bonds.
It further appears that during the
progress of his efforts to procure
the favorable action of the Governor,
Mr. Murphy informed him that he
was interested in the indorsement,
but it is shown by tue testimony that
neither the terms of Murphy’s em
ployment, nor the fact that a fee was
to be paid to him, were known to the
Governor, until after the indorsement
was made and the bonds delivered.
Whatever then may have been the
motives that moved the parties to
this contract, to enter into it, it is
absolutely certain that neither its
terms nor anything growing out of it
could have in the least degree influ
enced the conduct of the Governor
in indorsing the bonds; and we do,
therefore, brand as a libel the insinu
ation that the determination of Gov.
Colquitt to indorse the bonds was in
duced by any sinister influence or
unworthy motive.
But underlying that mass of cal
umny and slander, which has lately
assailed the fair fame of tho Govern
or, and the real occasion for the exis
tance and currency of the loose libels
that have so alarmed and grieved all
good men, the testimony in this case
disclosos an evil too great to be
passed over without notice and con
demnation at our hands. As the
guardians of whatever concerns tho
safety of the Government, and the
purity of the public service, it is our
first duty to point out abuses that
may seem to threaten either, to the
end that they may be removed and
fresh securities provided against’their
recurrence, and it is so to avoid the
imputation of unfaithfuless in this
respect that we invite the attention
of the general assembly to tha evils
that must flow from the toleration of
the practice among officials or em
ployees of any department of the
Govern nent, of exacting fees, or re
ceiving rewards, in consideration of
influencing, or attempting to influ
ence, or pretending to influence, the
official conduct of other officials of
ly a matter of the gravest coccnrn
and one most nearly affecting tLe in
tegrity andjindependence of the sever
al departments of Government. Nor
can it be said that this abuse is not a
proper subject for our animadversion,
since it is out of its operation that
the occasion for this inquiry arose.
It lies at the bottom of “the whole
matter.” It Las banished members
of this body for weeks from their ap
propriate places of duty, and so bin
dered the public seivice; it has filled
the public mind wi.h anxiety and
alarm: it has furnished food for the
whole brood of malignant slander
ers; and, wc rse than all, it has im
periled the peace, the influence, aye,
even the reputation of one whose
honorable fame is among the most
precious of our public treasures; and,
if permitted to go unrebuked, wo
may, under its operations, see each
department of the Government con
vened into a “tolling house” for th e
exaction of unjust and unauthorized
fees. There is small reason to fear
that fhe executive chamber itself will
ever become the scene of corruption
or extortion; but for its perfect pro
tection it is, in our opinion, necessa
ry that the precincts thereof, and the
approaches thereto, be likewise pre
served from all occasion for suspicion
or scandal.
This much we have, uoder a sense
of duty, felt necessary to say in ex
planation of the conclusions we
have reached. If our conclusions be
wrong, these errors have proceeded
from no lack of pains on our part to
know what was right. This pledge
of rectitude we gave to this general
assembly when entering on the dis
charge of the grave and delicate du
ties intrusted to us as members of
the committee; and this pledge we
have endeavored faithfully to redeem.
And, to guard against the evils ad
verted to herein, we respectfully re
commend the enactment of such leg
islation as will prevent the contract
ing for or receiving, directly or indi
rectly, by any official or subordinate
of any department of the State Gov
ernment, any fee or reward for in
fluencing, or attempting to influence
the official conduct of the head of any
other department. Respectfully sub
mitted. Wm. M. Hammond,
R. 0. Humber.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Georgia, White County:
Whereas, James Cathey, ad ministrator of
W C Nix, represents to the court, in his pe
tition, duly Hied and entered on record, that
he has fully administered W C Nix’s estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned, and creditors, to show cause,
if they can, why said administrator should
not be discharged from his administration
and reoeive letters of dismission on the first
Monday in April, 1879.
lec‘2o-td ISAAC OAKES, Ordinary.
i
Georgia, White County.
William Morris, guardian of Mary Craven,
having applied to the Ordinary of said coun
ty for a discharge from nis guardianship of
Mory Craven s person and property; this is
thetefore to cite all persons concerned to
show cause, by filing objections in my office,
why the said William Morris should not be
dismissed prom his guardianship of Mary
Craven, and reoeive letters of dismission
from his said trust, on or before the first
Monday in April next, at the regular term
of the court of Ordinary of said county.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this December 11, 1878.
dee2o-td ISAAC OAKES. Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia, Fulton County.
By virtue of and order of the Court of Or
dinary of said county, passed at its Decem
ber Term, 1878, will be sold at the Court
house door in Atlanta, in said county, on
the first Tuesday in January next, within
the lawful hours of public sales, for cash,
the following lands belonging to the estate
of Thomas Alexander, late of said county,
deceased, to-wit:
Also, one unimproved lot in the town of
Gainesville, Hall county, Georgia, subdivi
ded by “Johnson Survey” into lots Nos.
51, 52, 65, 66, containing four acres (city
acres); bounded on the north by West Broad
street, on the east by Mill street, on the
south by Railroad avenue street, and on the
west by an unnamed s reet.
Also, a half interest (other half being own
by Larkin Smith) in an unimproved lot
west of the lot above described and bounded
as follows: On the north by West Broad
street: east by unnamed street; south by
Railroad avenue and by unnamed street.
Also, the “Frost” tract, containing 625
acres, partly improved and embracing Lauds
deeded by P. O'Conner and Alexander Deal
to George W. Frost, bounded north by
Deal and He..ry Clarke; east by road run
ning from Gainesville to Hopewell church;
south lands of Simpson, Henry Clarke
and Beuj. Reed, and west by lands of Mrs.
Webster and Mrs. L. Morrow.
Also, one hundred acres of Timber lands,
bounded by the Dividing Ridge, “Ste
phens’” land, Head’s land and by Brow
ning’s land; more particulary described in
plat and grant of James M. Smith, Gover
nor, etc., dated April 30th, 1872. The Air-
Line Railway crosses the northern portion
of this lot.
LANDS IN GWINNETT COUNTY.
Land lot No. 268 in the 6th dirtrict of said
county, containing two hundred and nine
(209) acres, besides the land occupied by
the right-of-way of the A. & R. A-L. Rail
way, which pass through said lot, and a
reservation of four (4) acres on the west side
of said lot to Mrs. M.| A. McKerley. This
lost is unimproved timber lands.
Sold as the prpperty of said deceased for
distribution among his heirs. This Decem
ber 6th, 1878.
B. H. BROOMHEAD.
Administartor of Thos. Alexander, de
ceased.
Any one desiring to see the “City Lots”
the “Frost Tract” will call upon A. B. C.
Dorsey, City Clerk.
Pretty and Young.
In every feature but the hair, which had
grown white from fever. This lady at 35
writes us: “I have used Parker’s Hair
Balsam six months and am more than pleas
ed with it. It has restored the natural
brown color of my hair and given it a silky
softness, nicer than ever before. There is
no dandruff, no falling hair, and it leaves
the scalp so clean and nice and cool that I
am ever so much pleased, and I feel and
look like myself again.” Disinfectant prop
erties that enter chemically into this prep
aration render it healing, cleansing and
healthful, and the beautiful, fresh and vigo
rous hair it produces, together with its
property of restoring the hair to its natural
youthful color, leaving the head entirely
freed from dandruff, clean and healthy, sur
prises no less than it pleases. Buy a bottle
from your druggist Dr. H. J. Long, and
test its merits.
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LsoaP. '^J
FOR LAUNDRY USE.
> Fos* Sale Everywhere^
Km i
vV. E. STEVENS,
Attomov at
Gainesville, Ga.
Will practice in llall and surrounding
counties. Prompt attention given to all
business entreated to him
Ocan make nr noy taster at. work for us
than at. anything nine. Capital not re
• pined, wo will stall, you. #l2 per day
at home made by the industrious. Men,
women, hoys and gills wauled everwlmro to
work for us. Now is the time. Costly out
fit and terms free. Address Turns k Cos,,
Augusta, Maine. may2l-6m.
Jilts. .1011N IV. WHITE,
Fashionable Dressnia or.
Will cut and hit garments or patterns
from any figure inYxuy Fashion Book, and
will teach any lady to cut and fit by Gur
ley’s Chart in three lessons, and furnish the
chart, for $2.50. Takes several Fashion
Books. Call and see her at the King house,
octll-3m Main street, Gainesville, Ga.
W. S. WILLIAMS & CO.
Commission Merchants
KEEP constantly on hand a good assort
ment of mixed merchandise, suited to the
wants of the country. Buy and sell coun
try produce of all kinds.
Orders and Consignments Solicited.
Next door to Boone & Rudolph, east side
public square, Gainesville, Ga.
W. F. CARTER
Would respectfully announce to the
citizens of Gainesville and surrounding
country that he has
OPENED OUT
in the store formerly occupied by A. M. &
C. W. West, in the
CANDLER IUjOUIk,
A LARGE AND CAREFULLY SELECTED
STOCK OF
DRY GOODS,
Groceries, Hardware,
BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, DRUGS
and, in sho.t, everything usually found in a
first-class stock of
General Merchandise.
All of which has been purchased in the
chea!?£st markets,
and will be sold at a small advance on orig
inal cost. All kinds of country produce
taken in exchange for goods, at . the
Full Market Price.
The well-known face of T. H. Sanford is
to be seen behind the counter, ready to sell
goods as
Cheap as the Cheapest.
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WHOLESALE HKOCERS
HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR
NEW BUILDING,
56 EAST ALABAMA ST.
ATLANTA, - - - GEORGIA.
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ROBERT NORRIS. LYMAN A. REDWINE.
Norris & Redwine.
WHOLESALE
Fancy Hoods and Notions
1H North Pryor St., over Mcßride & Cos.
ATLANTA, - - - GEORGIA.
BOONS & RUDOLPH,'
PUBLIC SQUARE, GAINESVILLE, GA
DEALERS IN
General Merchandise.
We keep the best staple Goods,
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, Etc., Etc.
THE CELEBRATED
Bay State Screw Bottom Slices,
FOR
Ladies, Children & Men.
They are the best, most comfortable, dur
able, and the cheapest Shoes made in the
Wliol g Country.
Wear a pair
SIX MONTHS,
AND BE CONVINCED.
WE WARRANT
MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP.
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HOOD NEWS FOR ALL !
3T. Menko Sc Bro.
have just received an immense stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes and
Hats, all of which they are selling at the
Lowest Gash Prices.
They still occupy their old stand, corner
of Whitehall and Alabama streets, Atlanta.
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Georgia, Baxes County.
John E Paramour has applied for exemp
tion of personalty and setting apart the
same, and Iw> iii pass upon the same at 12
o’clock m. at my office in Homer, in said
RABUN GAP HIGH SCHOOL
Located in the Beautiful Valley of Head of Tennessee.
Rabun County , Ga,
W. A. CURTIS, 3?r*iiioipal.
The Twelfth Consecutive Session will open on Monday, January 27, 1879, and continue
without intermission, for twenty weeks,
RATES OF TUITION PER TERM:
First Grade Spelling Class A, and First Reader $ 5 00
Second “ “ “ B and C, Second Reader, Writing No. 1 500
Third “ Primary Geography, Third Reader, and Primary Arithmetic 600
Fourth “ Spelling D and E, Geography, Intermediate Arithmetic 800
Fifth “ Composition, Primary Grammar, Common Arithmetic 10 00
Sixth “ Analysis, Intermediate Grammar, Common Arithmetic 10 00
Seventh “ Logic A, Advance Grammar, Higher Arithmetic 10 00
Eighth •* Logic B, Grammatical Aoalpsis, Higher Arithmetic 10 00
Ninth “ Philosophy A, lihethoric A, Algegra, Book-Keeping 12 00
Tenth “ Philosophy B, Rhetoric B, Geometry, Book-Keeping. 12 00
Contingent fee, each student, in advance 60
One-third of tuition due in advance, and the remainder at the close of the session.
No deduotiocs will be made for loss of time, except in cases of protracted siokness
of the student, ol at least two weeks. No student will be admitted for a less time than the
hwlance of the session from the time of entering. Regular exercises in Spelling, Writing,
Declamation and Composition required of all grades, without extra charge.
Board in good families at $6 to $7 per mouth.
Correspondence soiioited with yonng gentlemen and ladies who desire to procure a
good practical English education on moderate terms Address
W. A. CURTIS, Principal,
Raban Gap, Rabun County, Ga.
A USEFUL HOLIDAY PRESENT
wife, daughter or “friend” k one of those New Light-Running
SINGER FAMILY SEWING MACHINES.
Prices Greatly Reduced. Agencies Almost Everywhere.
SIEHSTD POFL OIFtCULi^Ft.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.,
Principal Office, 84 Union Square, New York
.LATEST NEWS
J. R. BARNES & CO.
Are now receiving from Eastern markets the largest stock of
GOOD DRY GOODS
Ever brought to Gainesville, and for a proof of their being the cheapest, we only ak you
to call and examine quality and prices.
Ladies 9 Dress Goods
In an endless variety. We have the very finest, and offer them at the lo west price. Also
a full line of
Fancy Silk, Silk Fringe, Worsted Fringe,
And a fall line of other trimmings.
LADIES’ CLOAKS AT BOTTOM PRICES.
All styles of Ladies’ and Children’s Crocheted Shawls, Sacks and Scarfs. Also, a large
stock of Ladies’ Hats, and other Millinery Goods, We keep the best
CUSTOM-MADE SHOES,
And a large variety of Shoes and Boots, lower than ever offered before.
WE DEFY HORTH GEORGIA
ON
Men’s and Boys’ Olotliing-
For we have a larger stock than we have ever kept before. Ladies’ and Gent’s Kid
Gloves in a large variety. Our notion stock is larger than ever before. These goods have
been bought at bottom prices, and we are determined to sell them as low, if not lower,
than they can be bought elsewhere. Thanking our friends for their liberal patronage in
the past, we respectfully ask a continuance of the same.
J. R. BARRIES & CO.
oct!8
SOMETHING NEW.
I would respectfully announce to the people of
OSTORTHEAST GEORGIA.
°ne of have now on hand and am daily receiving, from Northern and Eastern [[market
the largest and best selected stocks of goods in my line,
Ever Brought to this Market,
CONSISTING OF
STAPLE DRYGOODS,
FAMILY GROCERIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, DRESS GOODS., Eto,
I am also agent for several
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And keep constantly on hand the best grades of flour, suited to the
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
ALSO,
BAGGING, TIES, NAILS Ac HOLLOW-WARE.
I am also prepared to buy and Bell
CORN, OATS, WHEAT. RYE, BARLEY, ETC.
Having added to my business a large and commodious
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE,
Extending from my store to Clayton street, lam prepared to buy or make as liberal
advances on cotton and other country produce as any house in Northeast Georgia.
Special attention is given to the
JOBBING TRADE,
And I can say to the people of Hall and adjoining counties that I can Roll everything in
my line as cheaply as the same goods can be purchased in Atlanta or any other place in
Georgia; and further, that freights can be
Laid Down at Gainesville
On as good terms as if brought from Atlanta. All I ask from the people of the mountain
counties is a trial. Thankful for past favors,
I Promise to all Fair Dealing,
AND
FULL RETURNS FOR ALL MONEY SPENT WITH ME,
And respectfully solicit a share of patronage.
S. C. DOBBS.
o Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
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NO MONEY 282,812
ON Machines Sold rv 1877
COUNTERFEIT jjH BYTHE
SINKER Hint MMIIIES r /\|h lr ger anufacturi ® Co s;
Prices of the Genuine Than in any previous year
f-rVP£ltlv rOflllPDfl Notwithstandign the great ds-
VAlcatiy ICUUtUU pression in business.
No “Singer” Machine is genuine without the above Trade Mark on the Arm of Machine. J
j2SS~BETTEB, STILL ! Daring the months of January, February, March and April, I
1878, the sales of our Genuine Singer Sewing Machine were Sixty per Cent, greater than a
during the corresponding months of last year. Could there be stronger evidence of the ■
hold these unequaled machines have taken upon the publio esteem ? Waste no money e S
inferior counterfeits. Send for Circular.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.,
Principal Office, 34 Union Square, New York.
CENTRAL OFFICE FOR GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ALABAMAM
AND FLORIDA, 42 MARIETTA ST., ATLANTA, GA.
f Augasta, Ga.; Macon, Ga.; Savannah, Ga.; Columbus, Ga. J "
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