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TOWN ANP COUNT*
Church Directory.
_ Services at tlie Baptist Church on the first
4h<i third Sunday*, and Saturday before the
third Sunday, in each nK-nth. BeV. M. J.
Wellborn, pastor.
Services at the Methodist Church on the
fourth Sunday in edeft month, and Saturday
Ttefote. Rev. D.R. McWilliams, pastor.
Services at the Preßbyferian Church on the
sec uml Sunday in eacfr month, and Saturday
before. Bev . tUSon, pastor,
■Tin! Cash Ststbm. —As we have to.pay the
cw-h for eyery.hing we use about our house
and oliice, we are compelled to do * strictly
i u>h business. Wo will take wood or provis
ions,, at market priers, in pay for subscrip
tion*. Although anxious for patronage, we
prefer a limited cash business to an extended
credit one.
NORTH 2ND SOUTH RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the
Passenger train ‘will leave '
kiugsboro at A *
Cohtwbiaftt. • .3 20 p m
On Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fridays the
Freight train will leave
King-boro at.... r §®® AM
Cohimbusat.-. t• ■ • -‘’ 2o * M
. k Freight train has i aseenger coach attached
On each Monday a passenger train will
V fcstre Columbuwat 6 * n, and on each Satur
day a passenger train will leave Kmgsboro at
6:Bopm. rr--.:
A Conscientious Guano A^entT
Our good, friend, Maj. -—tells
“tlie following good one on himself:
On one occasion, returning from a
visit to hia post office, he met an ox
cart containing two men, and lie, be
ing an agent for a chemical compound,
thought the present a good opportu
nity to effect a sale.
After conversing about the weather,
etc., he learnt that they lived in a
little nook under the mountain, and
had been to Columbus to sell a bale
of cotton,- and- get bagging and ties
for another. He introduced the_guano
subject, and was told that they had
never used op seen any of it. After
telling them of its merits, and giving
them a handful Of circulars and cer
tificates, he rode away, and fell into
the following soliloquy:
Have I done right in giving those
flaming certificates to the men I have
just met? At home they ate pro
tected, by their retired location, from
guano agents, sewing-machine agents,
life insurance agents, and, in fact,
agents-of every description. Here it
is the middle of February, and they
still have cotton to pick, while mine
has Jjecn picked, sold, and gone to
pay guano debts three months ago.
If they buy guano, I am afraid they
will not haul any more cotton to mar
ket in February, but will have to
pick it out and sell by the first of No
vember, to pay up their guano bills.
I wish I had those circulars back in
my pocket. I would feci better, at
any rate, if I knew they would decide
not to buy.
N. <& S. Road.—The Columbus
Enquirer has seen a letter from Pre -
sent Blanchard, who is now in New
York, dated the 25. h ult. It consid
erably encourages the hope that the
State will be relieved of any embar
rassment in this important enterprise
—so urifortunately crippled by the
panic—and that its completion to La
Grange and Franklin may be secured.
The Enquirer adds:
Of course, a change of ownership
must occur; but on this point there
Will be no contest, as all parties will
probably avail themselves of any terms
which will secure the road.
The Rome end will also be disposed
of so as to build it to Cedartown,
which is all the Romans want.
The whole question will be in shape
for definite action by the stockhold
ers at their meeting on the 22d of
this month.
Road to Greenville. —Atlanta is
talking about building a narrow-gauge
road to Greenville, for the purpose
of securing the trade of Meriwether
county. Meriwether want 6 a rail
road badly, and its trade will flow to
that city which furnishes it. Do the
people of Columbus not intend mak
ing an effort to secure this trade?
Atlanta will have to build seventy
tnilea of road to accomplish its ob
ject, while Columbus can obtain this
desirable trade by simply buying and
laying twelve or fifteen miles of iron
ob a road already constructed. Cer
tainly Columbus has too much public
spirit to let slip such a favorable op
portunity for increasing its business.
Fatal Accident. —Master William
Bray, a nephew of Mr. Joe Bray, oC
this county, was accidentally killed
in Columbus last week. He had been
hunting, and was returning home in
an express wagon with two compan
ions. Bray was driving, and his gun
leant against the seat with the muzzle
up. A companion asked Bray to
move the gun, and while he was do
ing so, it went off, and the load of
shot entered his back, causing almost
instant death.
And yet, in spite of these terrible
and repeated warnings, parents per
used in allowing their children tbe use
of fine-arms.
tw Can the Standard tell us what
has become of the project to build a
branch toad from Talbotton to some
joint on the North and South Bail
road ?
Written for the Yiritor.
Formation of Society.
Outside of the political world, it is
society,.which, in the main, directs all
of our affiurs. The spending of our
money, to a great extent, is prompted
by the mandates of society, and its
jurisdiction is to settle manners and
reputation; hence we should all exert
our influence to raise the standard to
a high degree.
Almost imperceptibly a youth ac
quires a manner altogether his own:
though very little may have been
done in the formation of his manner,
he none the less has one that is often
the most decisive in his character,
and one that will fix his social posi
tion.
It may be argued that the subject
is of little consequence. Since we
are a free people, and at liberty to
act as we please, it matter? not what
ideas of society we advocate, so long
as we can each form manners for our
selves. In this we are • mistaken.
1 he fact that a person is allowed the
privilege of exercising his own pleas
ure, so far as Bis manners are con
cerned, does not by any means free
him from the pressure of public opin
ion. We should endeavor to culti
vate a style of manners both courte
ous and dignified, which is no more
than shonld be reasonably expected
in an enlightened country such as
ours,
Some of onr leading journalists
have done much in this direction, by
boldly denouncing those vices which
are so repugnant to good society. If
the truth was known, it might ap
pear that the influence of those jour
nals has saved our country from feuds
and murders of which it is horrible
to think.
Our country is prevalent with vices
which sap tle foundation of society.
Young men upon whose brows are
placed unmistakable marks of genius
and usefulness, are treading in the
footprints of an innumerable host who
have fallen by the blow of intemper
ance, and have gone down to fill a
drunkard’s grave—a disgrace to them
selves, and a dishonor to their par
ents. Many add to this vice a sin of
a deeper dye—gaming. Many squan
der their earnings with the vain hope
that they may add something to it.
Vain hope ! for the “ sharpers ” who
hang around these “gambling hells”
are sure to send them away empty
handed. An incessant habit of pro
fane swearing is a vice from which all
good men turn away in contempt and
disgust. God, in llis infinite wis
dom, did not make man “a little
lower than the angels,” to have him
blaspheme with his tongue.
The power of the united press is
almost unlimited; and were they tq
combine in denouncing these vices,
the result would .be, a marked im
provement. Let them urge ladies
and gentlemen to shun the company
of those who persist in participating
in these vices, and let them raise the
standard of society so high that such
individuals will not be admitted into
it. By concert of action much good
may be accomplished, and in this the
press must take the lead.
Cataula, Ga., April, 1874. G.
Crops in Florida. —By a private
letter received from Jackson county,
Fla., dated March the Blh, we learn
that fanners in that section began
planting corn the first of February,
and at the date of the letter it was
up nicely, and plowing it had com
menced.
The same letter states that cotton
planting was the order of the day,
and farmers generally were pushing
their planting ahead rapidly, in order
to get the advantage of the caterpil
lar, which proved so disastrous to the
crop of the past two years.
We see from the above that plant
ing seasons are a month or six weeks
earlier in Jackson than in Harris, al
though it is only two degrees farther
south.
Tit for Tat.” —The Carrollton
Times does not like receiving half
sheets from some of its exchanges.
Right here several maxims suggest
themselves. We give two for the
consideration of the Times: “ Those
who live in glass houses should not
throw stones.” “Do nnto others as
ye would they should "do unto you.”
The Visitor has never sent out half a
sheet to any of its exchanges, nor
even a badly-printed one intentionally
(unless in return for a similar com
pliment), but it lias more than once
received a half sheet, or a whole one
so poorly printed that it was a dis
grace to look at. And one or two of
these came from Carrollton!
■
|3f“ Mayor Cleghorn has been se
lected to deliver the oration at the
decoration of graves of Confederate
soldiers in Columbus on tbe 27th.
Having made a gallant soldier him
self, be is a fit person to represent
bis dead comrades-.
Special Noticb._Ao names are
entered upon our mail book uutitthe
subscription price is paid, and aU pa
pers are discontinued at the fixpira
tion r.f the time paid for. This is a
rule from which we make m devia
tion.' Parties ordering the paper, or
wishing to continue their subscrip
tions, must send the money.
r, ■
ffSITThe Enquirer says that the
warehouse in Columbus which has
advertised the most liberally, has, for
the past three years, obtained more
cotton than any other in the city, and
is ahead this year.
Pitman’s Phonography has hitherto
been considered the shortest, most
perfect and rapid system of Short
hand’'Writing, It, however, has
several and important defects: being
difficult to learn on account of its
numerous rules, with an array of
exceptions to them, and from the
fact that several sounds have a mul
tiplicity of signs, which are apt to
delay and confuse even an experi
enced writer, who has to think whioh
form he should use when he ought
to be free from all thought except
as to what the speaker is saying.
These defects, and the necessity of a 1
more simple and uniform system,
have led to the perfection of anew
system known as Edeography, (de
rived from two Greek words meaning
pleasant writing,) which is free from
all irregularities, and is much easier,
and thirty per cent, shorter than 1
Pitman’s. The whole principle of
this new art may be acquired in a
few days, and a month’s practice of
one hour daily in reading and writ
ing will enable any one to use it with
facility. The “ Manual of Edeo
graphy ” is published by Messrs. T.
W. Evans & Cos., a responsible firm
of Philadelphia.
Magnificent Offer. —Mr. Lewis,
of the Western Rural and the Young
Folks’ Rural, makes the following
tempting offer to all who choose to
take advantage of it: To any person
who will send him only $1.50, before
May Ist, he will in return send the
following: Ist, the Young Folks’ Ru
ral for one year—the regular price of
the paper being $1.50; 2d, Vick’s
Floral Guide for one year, price 25c.;
3d, an order on Mr. Vick for $1 worth
of vegetable or flower seed, to be sent
postpaid ; 4th, two lovely landscape
chromos, oixßi, entitled “ Morning
on the Mississippi ” and “ Sunset on
the Sierras,” mounted and postpaid.
This is a truly splendid offer, as the
paper itself is worth all that is asked
for it, and should be in the hands of
all young people. Enclose thetnoney
(only $1.50) to H. N. F. Lewis, pub
lisher, Chicago, and say you saw this
offer. Mr. Lewis will do all lie prom
ises. You can have the paper and
chromes addressed to your boy or:
girl, and the seed order and Guido
to you, as you may wish. A sajnple
paper will be sent postpaid for ten
cents.
A Present—Farmers and Gar
deners. — To every subscriber send
ing 50c. for the Ocoee Register one
year, a Southern land journal, I will
mail postpaid a package of the Japan
Peas, that will produce from five to
ten bushels of peas. The pea grows
in the form of a bush, and does not
require sticking. Address L. L. Os
ment, Editor and Proprietor, Cleve
land, Tenn.
Notice. —The office of the County
Treasurer will be open for business
every Tuesday and Thursday.
11. W. Pitts, County Treasdrer.
iiaai • .
Second Distribution.
FIRST PREMIUM AIIOUT $4,000. '
A MAGNIFICENT CHURCH ORGAN AMONG
THE GIFTS.
PRESENTS FOR COUNTIES AND AGENTS.
Determined to carry to comple
tion our original design till all our
subscribers are in advance upon onr
books, many being unable to partici
pate in the first Distribution, we now
offer the following, under these ex
press stipulations.
. l. These presents shall be .warded
to subscribers without change in q.ny
respect whatever.
2. These presents shall be awarded
without reference to the number <fjf
subscriptions received.
GRAND LIST.
One-fourth interest in The Consti
tution Building, valued at $3,750.
One magnificent painting SIOO.
One Sewing Machine $75.
Fifty other presents S3OO.
To be awarded without change in
any particular.
For the largest number of subscrib
ers sent by any county a magnificent
church organ, $750.
Second largest number from any
county a sewing machine. (Fulton
county excepted.)
for agents.
To the ngent sending the largest
number of subscribers SIOO- in gold.
Agent sending second largest list,
gold watch, <llOO.
Time for subscribing, sixty days
from January 15th, 187*.
Terms of subscribing the same.
Make up clubs. Send subscriptions
at once. W. A. Hemphill & Cos.
GEORGIA—Habbi.i Couktt.
R. A. Murphey applies for exi-mption of
personalty, and getting apart and valuation
of homestead, and 1 will pass npon the same
on the 4>h day of April, 1874, at my office.
mar2o-2t J. FC. WILLIAMS. Ord’y.
DEBTORS & CREDITORS’ NOTICE
Ail those indebted to the etate of John
Westwood, deceased, are heteby notified to
make immediate payment; and those having
claims ngsin-t the eet ite of said deceased are
notified to present them duly authenticated
within the time prescribed by law,
mar 120 tit JAMBi A lm'r.,
Bead tbis carefully and judge for yenrself
In onr telegraphic column* of this date ap
pears a dispatch from the President of the
Singer Manufacturing Company, announcing
that the first prize and grand medal for sew
ing machines at the Vienna Exposition hit*
been awarded to that Company. We note
that several other companies claim to have
received this award, and now wo believe the
public to be interested in knowing to which
company the claim in justice belongs. Time
will soon enable ns to know the facts, and
uptil the facts are known, it is better to re
ceive these statements with a reserve of judg
ment —[New York Graphic, August 22d.
AND asms A&S THE S’ACTS t
. The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany and the Vienna Exposition.
The following cable telegram, which ex
- plains itself, was received in- tbis city, on
morning, by the Singer Machine
Company'
Vienna, August 19, 1873. ■
Singer Sewing Machine Company, New
York City, Vienna Exposition, first prize, the
medal of progress, awarded the Singer ma
chines ; also the medal for the best specimens
of work done, and three medals to employees
for superior excellence of productions.
Insi.kk A. Hopper,
Pres’t Singer Mitnufact’g Cos.
[New York Herald, August 28d.
Our popularity is shown by our sales,
1,200,000 in daily usel
210,758 sold the past yearl
45,670 in excess of any other one
company 1
The only perfect and most successful
Sewing Machine in the World l
It is THE WORLD’S FAVORITE!
Agents in every countv, from whom you
can purchase ono on easy terms of payment.
The SiNora Manufacturing Cos,
. C. A. VOSBUEGH, Manager,
Savnimuli, Gn
J H Brumliall, Agent, Columbus, Ga.
NOTICE.
Hiving heretofore held stock in the Geor
gia Home Insurance Company of Columbus,
Georgia, I hereby give notice that I have sold
said stock and transfeired the same, and un
der section 1496 of the Code of 1878, I am
hereby exempt from any liabilities of said
Company. GEORGE B. CAKHART.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 28, 1873—6 m
TAKE NOTICE.
All persons indebted to me, either by note
or account, are earnestly requested to settle
by the first of February next. All failing to
settle by that time, will find their papers in
the bauds of the proper officers for collec
tion.
JAMES LOVELACE. t
Hamilton, Ga., Jan. 7. .1874 —tf
I mm femaTe college,
- HAMILTON, GA.
The Spring Feieion will begin on TueaJ ay
the 27th instant.
Tuition is from $2 to $5 per month, ac
cording to grade of studies.
Music on Pi -no, Organ, Guitar, etc., is $5
per month.
Pupils will be charged from the beginning
of the scholastic month in which they enter
to the close of the session. No deducti on
will be made for alwence, except in cases of
protracted sickness.
One-half of the tuition will lie required in
advance —the balance at close of session
Board, in good families, is sls per month.
jan23 J. H. LOVELACE, rres’t.
LOUDENBER & BRO.,
MANUFACTURERS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
CIGARS,
Ox* Dooh Wssrr of “Son” Builihxo,
Randolph St., COLUMBUS, CL,
Have reduced the prices of Cigars as follows:
Cigars that we have been selling for $2.50
per hundred we now offer for $2.25 ; Cigars
formerly at $3.50 we now offer at $3.25.
Genuine Havana Cigars at $5 per hundred;
former price $6.60.
Remember, you can’t buy such goods any
wheie in the State for same money. We are
selling cheaper than anybody. Call on us if
you want bargains.
Country trade solicited. Samples of any of
our Cigars will be sent to any merchant or
dealer on application, free. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
Columbus, Feb. 11,1874. jan3o-3m
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GEORGIA—Harms Covwtl-
Whereas Urn estate of M W Hattex, dec’d,
late of said county, is nnrepresented, aud not
likely to be i uprisen lad—
Ail persons concerned are hereby notltieu
to show cau>c, if any they have, by this first
Monday iu Aprd next, why the Clerk of the
Superior Court should not I* appointed.
Given under mv hand offi< lull)', March -d.
marti td J. F, O. W ILLUME, Ord y.
200 COOKING STOVES
FOR SALE AT PRICES TO SUIT HARD TIMES, BY
W. H. ROB ARTS 8c CO.,
who invite the attention of A* public to their targe and complete Btrick,
of
Ooolting
(Charter Oak other first-class patterns),
Grata, Hollow Wore, Wood ard Willow Ware, Silver, Plated and Britonnit Goodi,
Crockery and Glass Wore, PoekeUnd Table Cutlery, of onr aWa Importation:
Manufacturers of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware of every description.
Prices as low ae the lowest, [Columbus, Ga., NoV. 88, 1878:
J. H. HAMILTON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BAGGING, TIES, BACON,
SALT,I SUGARS, COFFEE,
&c f &c. y &c3
ALSO, ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF
Plantation & Family Groceries & Provisions.
Junction of Franklin, Warren and Oglethotpe Sts.
COIAJMBTJS * • ‘ GEORGIA,
/SB' All purchases delivered FBEE of DRAYAGE In the city and suburbs. fob2lly
MOTJND CITY
Commercial College,
Formerly called Hie* A Stewart’s,
210 and 212 N. FOURTH ST.,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Established 14 Years.
Students admitted this year 275.
THE MOUND CITY
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
—U A—
MODEL BUSINESS SCHOOL. 4
The Principals and Professors are men of.
thorough literary and scientific education, of
eminent ability as teachers, and accountants
of 16 years’ experience.
Tho Commercial Course is confined exclu
sively to those branches applicable to busi
ness.
The latest and most approved methods of
teaching are used, i.
A strict morality is taught by example and
precept.
By onr new and improved methods, under
talented teachers, the studont becomes, in a
short time, a rapid and fine penman, a quick
and accurate accountant, a thorough book
keeper, a fluent speaker and writer, a wide
awake business man.
With a corps of toachors equal to that of
the best university, the Mound City offers to
students unequaled facilities in the following
Commercial Course:
Business Penmanship, Commercial Arith
metic, Mercantile Law, Grammar and Busi
ness Correspondence, Book-keeping snd Com
mercial Law.
TO YOUNG MEN
SEEKING EMPLOYMENT,\
we offer bxtbaobdix asy terms. 11 has always
been one of the main features of this Institu
tion to provide employment for graduates.
For this purpose we have labored for years to
establish an acquaintance and reputation with
business men in all sections of tbe West.
We now are able to ouabantkx to famish a
situation on completion of course, or to refund
one half of the entire fees.
References to students from Northern Ala
bama and all parts of Mississippi, will be fa ft
n ilic<l on application.
Board can be had in the family of one of
the Professors, at reduced rates.
Send for circular of this Great Business
School, to ltfOß. A- piCE.
augl-lyr President.
FOK BALE.
1 NO. 4 FOLDING DOOR, FIRE-PROOF RA^E.
NEW—NEVER BEEN IN USE
COMBINATION LOCK.
Manufactured by Marvin <& Cos.
LATEST STYLE--A SUPERB SAFE
The undersigned offers the above Sofa for
sale cbeaf. and on easy terms With this
Bafe on liund, yon can be your own banker,
and fear no fire, burglars or suspensions. For
particulars apply to
TIIOB. 8. MITCHELL,
Hamilton, Ua.
- ; * *i -
ESTABLISHES 16 TEARS.
A STANDARD INSTITUTION.’
LARQKOT, OOTAFSBT AND HIST IN TOT SOUTH.
Tile only Business School In the South'con
ducted by an experienced Merchant And Prac
tical Accountant: The Actual CxpeDsey of
students are from fifteen to twenty per cent
less than.it will cost them to attend second
class, or Imported institutions. ,
The Course of Study Is conducted on Actual
Business Principles, suppiMd with Banking
and other offices, combining efe^y,knpwrt
facility for Imparting a Thorough rfactlcaf
Business Education in the shortest possible
time and at the least expense. Graduates of
this institution', as practical accountants, stand
pre-eminent over th6s6 train any other Busi
ness School in the country.
The established reputation Qf this Institu
tion, the thorough, practical course of its
study, and the success of its Graduates, ranks'
It the leading.
BUSINESS SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH.
Our course of actual busixMS training td
the best and most practical of the age. No
vacations. Students admitted at any time.
No classes. Business Advocate, containing
fall particulars, mailed to any address.
B. F. MOORE, A. M- President.
T. S. SPEAR, Agent~
ten 43 sra(S®R
SEWING MACHINE DEPOT,
No; 99 Broad Sf., - Columbus, Ga,
, QoW WatoheS, Jewelry, Diamonds,
SPECTACLES A SPECIALTY.
Silver & Plated Ware.
•-
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry promptly re
paired:
ssaaATUKo mnY soas.
All Orders will receive, prompt attention.
—
R- W MILLFORD
WITH
J. M. BENNETT & CO..
'8b?: 731 Broad St., Columbua, Ga.,
Wholesale and Retail Deaden in
All kind, of COOKING STOVES and ORATfib;
TIN WARE, HARDWARE, HOLLOW and
WOOD WAKE ; POCKET and TABLE
CUTLERY, Ik:, See.
Also, all kind* of Tin and sfeilt Iron work
done at short notice.
Agent tor the Columbus made b'toves.
ptr Prices as low as any iu the city.
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