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TOWN AND COUNTIE
Church Directory.
Services at the Baptist Church on the first
and third Sundays, and Saturday before the
third Sunday, in each month. Bev. M. J.
Wellborn, pastor.
Services at the Methodist Church on the
fourth Sunday in each month, and Saturday
before. Her. D. R. McWilliams, pastor.
Services at the Presbyterian Church on the
second Sunday in each month, and Saturday
before. Her. Mr. Maxon, pastor.
Tne Cash System. —As we have to pay the
ca-h for everything we use about our iiouse
and office, we are compelled to do a strictly
cash business. We will take wood or provis
ions, at market prices, in pay for subscrip
tions. Although anxious for patronage, we
prefer a limited cask business to an extended
cieditone.
KORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the
Passenger train will leave
Kingston) at 8 00 a st
Columbus at. 3 20 rx
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays the
Freight train will leave
Kingston) at 8 00 a m
Columbus at 8 20 pm
Freight train has passenger coach attached.
On each Monday a passenger train will
leave Columbus at 6 am, and on each Satur
day a passenger train will leave Kingston) at
0:30 pm.
MT The following is among the
decisions of the Supreme Court of
Georgia, rendered last week:
North and South Railroad Company
vs. R. M. Win free. Assumpsit,
from Harris.
McCay, J.
An instrument in the following
form, to wit: “July 8, 1871—1 here
by subscribe for one share of the cap
ital stock of the North and South
Railroad Company of Georgia; and
do hereby own and acknowledge my
self indebted to said company in the
sum of one hundred dollars, payable
to the order of said company on de
mand ; provided, the same is not to
be paid, or any part thereof, until
said road is graded from Columbus,
Ga., within one mile of the court
house in Hamilton, Ga., within one
year from date,” is an agreement to
pay the company one hundred dol
lars, on demand, after the prescribed
conditions are fulfilled, and not an
agreement to pay what may be the
market value of a share of the stock.
Judgment reversed.
Charles H. Williams, by R. J.
Moses, for plaintiff in error.
No appearance for defendent.
Old Papers.v-Di\ J. W. Cameron
has handed us a bundle of old news
papers, among which we find three
copies of the Georgia Journal, pub
lished at Milledgeville—dated res
pectively Sept. 29, 1818, Nov. 3d,
1818, and July 15, 1823—one copy
of the Southern Recorder (also pub
lished at Milledgeville) of Aug. 4,
1891, m>u wfj “* -
Republican of Oct. 18, 1845. The
Milledgeville papers are about the
size of the Visitoh, are well printed
for that time, and when contrasted
with the sheets of the present day,
show the great improvements which
have been made iu journalism since
that age.
Salk Day. —Last Tuesday was a
wet, gloomy day, and but few people
were in town.
Notwithstanding a good deal of
property was advertised by the
Sheriff, none was sold except three
pieces of land to satisfy tax fi fas.
Forty acres of land in the 3d dis
trict, belonging to Geo. H. Bryan,
sold for 12£ cents an acre.
Twenty acres in the 20th district,
belonging to E. D. Pittman, sold for
20 cents an acre.
Forty acres in the 18th district, be
longing to E. W. Champion, sold for
25 cents an acre.
Personal. —We are glad to wel
come back to our midst Mr. J. W.
Gamble, of the firm of Gamble &
Copeland, of this place, who has
just returned from New York, where
he informs us that he succeeded
in buying goods very cheap, and that
he will be enabled to sell at lower
prices than he has ever done before.
His stock is now' on the way, and
due notice of its arrival will be given
in the Visitor next week.
A Mistake.—ln the local columns
of the Columbus Enquirer of Satur
day last it is stated that “ a traveler ”
suggests that a box be placed on the
passenger car of the North and South
Road, etc. This is a mistake. The
suggestion was made by a citizen of
this county, through the Visitor, in
its issue of March 27th. We fear
the local of the Enquirer does not
scan the Visitor closely.
Send the News. —Many items of
news occur in the county, from time
to time, which do not come to our
knowledge. If our friends would
oommunicate to us any local news
transpiring in their respective neigh
borhoods, they would not only confer
a favor on the editor, but add to the
interest of the paper.
Special Notice. — No names are
entered upon our mail book until the
subscription price is paid, and all pa
pers are discontinued at the expira
tion of the time paid for. This is a
rule from which we make no devia
tion. Parties ordering the paper, or
wishing to continue their subscrip
tions, must send the money.
David Grange, Harris County.
To the Worthy Master, Officers
and Members, of David Grange, No.
417:
Your committee, appointed at the
last regular meeting, to give an ex
pression of opinion by resolution in
regard to the planting interests of
our community, beg leave to make
the following report:
Profoundly impressed with the
truth, that if the present practice of
farming is continued among us, in a
few years we will be reduced to ab
ject poverty, and seeing that the I
remedy lies within our own reach—
indeed, in our own hands—
Be it resolved, That we, the mem
bers of this Grange, will use every
exertion in onr power to raise all our
supplies and make our farms self-sus
taining.
Ist. By planting at least two-thirds
of our best land in grain, which will
enable us to raise our own meat and
stock of all kinds.
2d. Systematize our work; re
duce our expenses; pay our debts as
speedily as possible; discontinue the
credit system; abandon the mort
gage system, and every other system
that tends to prodigality and bank
ruptcy.
Bd. Foster mutual understanding
and co-operation, and endeavor to
develop a higher standard of man
hood and womanhood among our
selves.
4th. Advancing the comforts and
attractions of our homes and strength-,
ening onr attachments to our pursuits.
United by the strong and faithful
ties of agriculture, we mutually re
solve to labor for the good of our
order, onr country and mankind.
Respectfully submitted.
W.J. David, 1
Jos. L. Biggees, C Com,
W. H. Ham ee, )
Complimentary.— We have been
the recipient of so few compliments
since coming to Hamilton, that we
cannot refrain from publishing the
following, which we find in the For
syth Advertiser:
Friend Foully.—We have not the
honor of a personal acquaintance of
onr confrere of the Visitor, but wel
come each week his paper with pleas
ure. There is always something
somewhere in his paper that is a true
iudex of the man. We wish it was
so with all of our exchanges. At
each visit of the Visitor, we put Out
c&sd— shaking its
his health and prospects. In this
vale of sadness and sorrow we may
never meet, old friend, hut here’s to
you, wishing you long life aud suc
cess.
Isp”The Macou Telegraph prints
the following:
Can’t Dr. Green find “ room for
one more” in his institution at Mil
ledgeville ? A man named Trammell
writes from Harris county to the
Chronicle and Sentinel a defence of
the assassins and incendiaries of the
French Commune, declaring his be
lief that they were “ humanity’s he
roes,” and their scheme of govern
ment “ the most splendid conception
the world has ever known.” He
ought to be shut up in Dr. Green’s,
or some other State institution.
New Goods.— Mr. J. H. Cowsert,
of the firm of Cowsert & Kimbrough,
gave us a call last Wednesday, and
informed us that his house is now
receiving a large and well assorted
stock of spring goods, which they
will sell as low as any one else in
Hamilton. Their stock is now daily
arriving, and will all be in store and
ready for inspection in a few days.
Full particulars will be given in next
week’s Visitor.
Complimentary.— The La Grange
Reporter, in noticing the retirement
of Supt. Cbiplcy from the North and
South Railroad, says:
But for the energy and industry of
this gentleman, the road would never
have gone three miles outside ©f Co
lumbus. We are very glad that his
merit has been recognized by a Com
pany which will be able to pay him a
just remuneration for his services.
CF* If John’s father is Joe’s broth
er, what rMation is John to Joe’s
mother ?
We find the above in an exchange,
and present it to our readers for so
lution. '
Rain.— There was a heavy rain
last Tuesday, with some thunder and
lightning. We had more rain on
Wednesday, and a thunder storm in
the night.
We are frequently asked what
has become of “ Rattlehead ” ? We
can only answer with tire question,
What has become of “Rattlebead,
Jr.”?
Frost.— -Frost was visible last Fri
day and Saturday mornings, but we
have heard'of no damage being done
to either fruit or gardens.
j®-The amount of “ stealing ” be
ing carried on at the present time by
a majority of the Georgia press is un
precedented.-
“Here We Come.”
Ed. Visn-oR— The “Danbury News
■bsu” gets off a right good thing
wuh The Clerk of the Court and his
Pet Calf,” but wo are inclined to think
the idea did not originate with the
clerk, the calf, or the reporter; but
with a young man of Marianna, Fla.,
and a huge black bear. The manner
in which the saying, “Here we
cornel” originated was in this wise:
In a certain town in North Carolina
stood a large hotel, which was built
with several stories and a bar-room
underneath, and a commodious yard
in the rear. The proprietor of the
hotel owned a very large bear, which
he kept chained in the yard, and on
one occasion, as several of the college
| boys were in the yard playing.a game
at foot-ball, they cansed Bruin to
break his fetters, which spread ter
ror in the hearts of all around him.
The excitement was so great that the
bar-keeper deserted hi* colors, and
fled up into the hotel for safety. Onr
Florida friend was in tliia crowd, and
| with the bear right at his. heels, ran
into the bar from the back way, ex
claiming: “Here we come; dang
our fool souls! Mix drinks for two!”
Catania, Ga., April Bth. G.
Basket Picric.— The Patrons of
Husbandry will have a basket picnic
at Hamilton on Friday, May Ist, 1874.
| All the Grangers in the county aie
invited to and bringjjieir bas-
I kfts, and let mi have a day.
schools in town are illited to
join with us. . ,^T
By order the T!
I V J)-T. JoHNSONy Sec.
Hamilton, Ga„ April 9, 1874.
A Victory. —Connecticut has elec
ted a Democratic governor by a large
majority. The Legislature is heavily
Democratic, and the Democrats will
be able to elect a .U. S. Senator.
This, with the late election in New
Hampshire, shows a decided and
hopeful change of feeling against the
party in power.
Diptheria.— A South Australian
man has just discovered a cure for
diptheria, which has been used in the
colony with great success. It con
sists of a dose of four drops of strong
sulphuric acid in three-quarters of a
tumbler of water for adults, and a
smaller dose for children.
IHere is a curious old Gaelic
“‘H'MiWWAmyjD' longevity
horse; ]
Thrice the age of a horse is that of
a man;
Thrice the age of a man is that of
a deer;
Thrice the age of a deer is that of
an eagle;
Tlnioe the age of an eagle U that
of au oak tree.
Notice.— From and after this date
I shall be compelled to present my
bills for collection within thirty days
after rendering the service.
John W. Cameron.
Hamilton, Ga., April 10,1874—3 m
Notick.— The office of the County
Treasurer will he open for business
every Tuesday and Thursday.
H. W. Pitts, County Treasurer.
Second Distribution.
FIRBT PREMIUM ABOUT $4,000.
A MAGNIFICENT CHURCH ORGAN AMONG
THE GIFTS.
PRESENTS FOR COUNTIES AND AGENTS.
Determined to carry to complft
tion onr original design till all our
subscribers are in advance upon onr
books, mstny being unable to panici
pate in the first Distribution, we now
offer the following, under these ex-
press stipulations.
1. These presents shall be awarded
tfc-snbscribers without change in any
respect whatever.
2. These presents shall be awarded
without reference to the number of
subscriptions received.
GRAND LIST.
One-fourth interest in The Comti
tution Building, valued at $8,750.
One magnificent, painting SIOO.
One dewing Machine $75.
Fifty other presents S3OO. 1
To be awarded without change in
any particular.
For the largest number of subicnb
ers sent by aDy county a magnificent
church organ, $750.
Second largest number from any
county a sewing machine. (Fulton
county excepted.)
fob agents.
To the agent sending the largest j
number of subscribers SIOO in gold.
Agent sending second largest list,
gold watch, SIOO. . i ,
Time for subscribing, sixty days
from January 15th, 1874.
Terms of subscribing the same.
Make up clubs. Send snbscriptions
at once. W. A. Hemi-iull & Cos.
HARRIS SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be sold before the Court-bonse dcor
in Hamilton, within the legal hour* of sale,
on the first Tuesday in May next, the fol- j
lowing property;
The house In the town of Hamilton known
and designated as the Male Academy, to **t
iKfv a fi fa issued from Justice Court of t.TZd
diet. O. M. in favor of Richard Ragland Vs.
jo*! T Johnson and otheis, Trustees of the
Hamilton Male Seminary. Levy made and
3STOTICJE-
The firm of LOUDENI'ER & BltO. i. dis
solved by mutual consent, ihe debts of the
concern wili be settled by F. W. Loudonbor.
who will continue the business
F. W. LOUDENBEK.
„ , , „ JA. LOUDENBER.
Columbus, Ga., April 1, 1874.
F. W. LOUDENBER,
(Successor to Loudenber & Bro.—Established
April, 1871,)
Cigar Manufacturer,
RANDOLPH STREET,
One Door West of old Sun Office Building,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
I will sell at as low prices as can be had
anywhere. I solicit a call from my friends
and the public.
aplO-lf f. W. LOUDENBER.
Bead this carefully and jadge for yourself
In our telegraphic columns 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 has
ibeen awarded to that Company. We note
.that several other companies claim to have
.received this award, and now we believe the
public to be interested in knowing to which
company the claim in jiistice belongs. Time
will soon enable us to know the facts, and
until the facts are known, it is better to re
ceive these statements with a reserve of judg
ment.—[New York Graphic, August 22d.
AJS® HSftß ARK SHIE 7 ACTS:
The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany and the Vienna Exposition.
The following Cable telegram, which ex
plains itself, was received in this ciijr, on
Wednesday morning, by the Singer Machine
Company j
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,
Inslee A. Hoptbe,
Pres’t Singer Mannfact’g Cos.
.• [New York Herald, August 23d.
Our popularity is shown by our sales.
1,200,000 in daily use!
219,758 sold the past year!
45,670 in excess of any other one
company!
The only perfect and most successful
Sewing Machine in the World!
It is THE WORLD’S FAVORITE!
Agents in every county, from whom you
,can purchise one on easy terms of payment.
Tub Rinofr Manufacturing Cos,
0. A. VOBBURGH, Manager,
T ~ Savannah, Ga
TH ■- , „ 1 noln.nl.iw (la.
Having heretofore held stock in the Geor
gia Home Insurance Company of Columbus,
Georgia, I hereby give notice that I have sold
said stock and transferred the same, and un
der section 1490 of the Code of 1873, 1 am
hereby exempt from any liabilities of suid
Company. GEORGE B. CARHART.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 23, 1878—Cm
take notice.
All persons indebted to me, either by note
or account, are earnestly requested to settle
by the first of February next. AU failing to
settle by that time, will find their papers In
the hands of the proper officers for collec
tkm' JAMES LOVELACE.
Hamilton, Ga., Jan. 7, 1874—tf
MiLTON FEMALE COLLEGE,
HAMILTON, GA.
The Spring session will begin on Tuesday
the 27th inßtant.
Tuition is from $2 to *5 per month, ac
cording to grade of studies.
Musi® on Piano, Organ, Guitar, etc., is So
per month. , , .
Pupils will be charged from the beginning
of the scholastic month In which thojr enter
to the close of the session. No deduction
will be made for absence, except in cases of
protracted sickness.
One-half of the tuition will be required In
advance—the balance at close of session
Board, in good families, is *l6 per month.
jan23 J. H. LOVELACE, Pres't.
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GEORGIA —H arsis Cooxtt.
Whereas the estate of M W Gattox.decd,
late of said county, is unrepresented, and not
if any they bavebytbefi™t
i :
200 COOKING STOVES
’- : *
FOR SALE AT PRICES TO SUIT HARD TIMES, BIT
W. H. ROBARTS & CO.,
who invito the attention of the public to their large and complete atbek;
consisting of
Oooltin* and Beatlns BTOVBW,
. (Charter 0$ and other flrst-clasS patterns),
Crates, nollow Wart. Wood and Willow Ware, Silver, Plated and Britanaia Goods,
Crockery and Gila Wure, Pocket and Table Cutlery, of our own ihijortatida.
Manufacturers <f Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware of every description.
Prices as low as the lowest. [Columbns, Ga.) NoVi 88, 1873.
J. H. HAMILTON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BAGGING) TIES, BACON,
SALT, SUGARS, COFFEE,
&£■ Ac., Ac!
ALSO, ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF
. Plantation & Family Groceries & Provisions.
Junction of Franklin, Warren and Oglethorpe Sts.
COLUMBUS - - * GEORGIA,
All pufcKases delivered fHeE of DRAYAGE iii the city and suburbs. feWliir
MOUND CITY
Commer&al College,
Formerly called Rice & Stewart's,
210 and 212 R. FOURTII ST,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Establiihed 14 Tears.
Students admitted this year 275.
THE MOUND CITY
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
—HI A—
MODEL BUSINESS SCHOOL.'!
The Principals and Professors are men of
thorough literary and scientific education, of
eminent ability as teachers, and accountants
of 16 yeara’ experience. ' , .
The Commercial Course is confined exclu
sively to those branches applicable to busi
n6The latest and most approved methods of
teaching are used.
A strict morality is taught by example and
new and improved methods, under
talented teachers, the student becomes, In a
short time, a rapid and fine penman, a quick
and accurate accountant, a thorough doos
keeper, a fluent speaker and writer, ft wide
awske business man. ......
With a corps of teachers equal to that of
the best university, the Mound City offer* to
students unequaled facilities In the following
Commercial Course: . , , ...
Business Penmanship, Commercial Arith
metic, Mercantile law, Grammar and Bust
ness Correspondence, Book-keeping and Com
mercial Law.
TO YOUNG MEN
SEEKING EMPLOYMENT
we offer sxtraobmsa*t terms. lt haalways
been one of the main feature* of till* InSUtn
tion to provide employment for graduate*.
For this purpose we have labored foryeow to
establish an aoqnalntanceand reputation with
business men In all sections of the West..
We new are able to ouarahtbb to furnish a
situation on completion of course, or to refund
one-half of the entire fees.
References to atudffld* from Northern Ata-
Wr,. and all parts of Mississippi, will bo fur
nished on application. „ , .
Board can be had In the family of one of
the Professors, at reduced rate*.
Send for circular of <**•
School, to THOS. A.
augl-lyr President,
fob bale.
i SO. 4 FOLDING DOOR, FIRE-PROOF SAFE.
NEW—NEVER BEEN IN USE
COMBINATION LOCK.
Manufactured by Marvin & Cos.
LATEST STYLE--A SUPERB SAFE
The undersigned offers the above I
sale cheap, and on easy terms With this
Hafe on band, you can be your
and fear no fire, burglars or suspeoskma. Lor
particulars apply to
THOS. 8. MITCHELL.
Hamilton, (fa.
A STANDARD INSTITUTION.
LARGEST, CHEAPEST A*D BEST IN THE SOOTH.
The only Business School in the South con
ducted by an experienced Merchant and Prac
tical Accountant. The actual expenses of
students are from fifteen to’ twenty per cent
less than it will cost them to attend second
class, or imported institutions. I
The Course of Study it conducted on Actual
Business Principles, supplied with Banking
and other offices, combining every known
facility for imparting a Thorough Practical
Business Education in the shorteet possible
time and at tbe least expense. Graduates of
this Institution, as practical accountants, stand
pre-eminent over those from any other Busi
ness School in the oountry.
The established reputation of this Institu*
Mon, the thorough, practical course of Its
study, and the success of Ha Graduates, ranks
it the leading]
BUSINESS SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH.
• •" ■ ■ •••
Our course of actual business training, M
the best and most practical of the age. No
vacations. Students admitted at anytime*
No classes. Business Advocate, containing
full particular*, mailed to any addreas;
•'* S' fu
B. F. MOORB, ▲. M., President.
T. S. SPEAR, Agent/
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TODB “ SnWfilHß
SEWING MACHINE DEPOT/
, . . • 'V <!',
No. 09 Broad Sr., Colombo*, Ga,
m Witches, Jewelry, Diartoads.
SPECTACLES" a sMciAiTt.
tjJTa > I 4! ' *’ •’ *v i
Silver & Plated Ware;
>,,Xf,
Watciie*, Clocks and iewdry promptly re
paired.
laOUTISO HIAVLT BOSS.
All Order* will receive prompt attention.
R. W- MIXaX.FOTO>
WITH
J. M. BENNETT A CQ
No. 131 B**a BL, Coltuabwm Ga.,
Wholesale and Eetail Dealer* to
All kind, of COOKING STOVEBandOBATEB;
TIN WAItE, HAUDW ARE, HOLLOW and
WOOD WARE ; POCKET and TABLE
CUTLERY, &., &e.
* Alao. *ll kinds of Tin and Sheet Iron wk
done at short notice. .-.1.’ ■ j
Agent tor the CblnniNl niftde
per- Price* ns low a* any In the otty-r
sptt-lf