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Church Directory.
Services at the Baptist Church on the first
third Sundays, and Saturday before the
"bird Sunday, in each month. Bey. M. J.
Wellborn, pastor.
Services at the Methodist Church oh the
fourth Sunday in each month, and Saturday
before, liov D. B. McW diiams, pastor.
Services at tire Presbyterian Church on the
second Sunday in each month, and Saturday
before, liev Mr. Maxon, pastor.
Tus Cash Systkm.—As wc have to pay the
ou-li for everything we use about bttrhousc
and office, we‘are compelled to do a strictly
iU-h business. Wc will take wood or 'provis
ions, at market prices, ill pay for subscrip
tion*. Although anxious for patronage, wc
prefer a limited cash business to an extended
credit one. ■
NORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the
Passenger train will leave
Kingshoro at............ t.. • - -80 A M
OolSmbus at-... >D.v.y*.... v.\t> 20 p m
On Mofidays, Wednesdays and Fridays the
Freight train will leave
Kingsboro at: y.
Columbus at.'..-....- •••* 20 i**
Prtsigiit train has passenger coach attached
aOn each Monday a passenger train will
jeave Columbus at 6 am, and on each Satur
day a passenger train wifi leave Kingshoro at
5:30 r m. ’
The Late Bain Storm.
On the night of Wednesday,
April 8, fell one of the heaviest rains
ever known in this section.
As we put oar paper to press on
Thursday, and the news of the freshet
did not reach here till we had began
printing, it was impossible to notice
the storm in ottr last issue.
The bridge at Dowdell’s mills, at
Johnston’s lower mills, at Brewster
& Hudson’s mills, Luttrell’s, Holdy’s,
Walker’s and Mitchell's bridges, on
the Mulberry are gone, and the Osa
hatchee bridge on the Columbus
road.
The dams at Johnston’s upper and
lower mills are both gone.
Sixty feet are gone of the rock
dam at Marshall & Stanford’s mill.
Bigger’s new mill house and bridge
are both gone. The mill had only
been completed a few weeks.
Phillip’s dam and saw-mill are
gone.
Hadley’s dam was broken.
Mrs. Ely’s gin-house was washed
away.
No serious damage was done above
the mount main freshet being
on the Mulberry.
The rise in the Mulberry is said to
have exceeded the Harrison freshet.
The storm was most severe in
Harris) Talbot and Muscogee coun
ties.
Only two mills are reported left
In Talbot county*
We are indebted to Judge W. I.
Hudson, one of our county commis
sioners, for the above information,
which may be set down as reliable.
Judge H. also informs us that the
estimated cost for repairs will not
exceed 13,500 or $4,000. The county
is out of debt, and no very great
additionnl tax will be necessary.
No Court.— The Judge failed to
put in an appearance last Monday,
but sent word that Court would
stand adjourned until the fall term.
This will save the county nearly a
thousand dollars, and suits our farm
ing friends very well. Many bridges
are gone, and the late freshets have
done harm to the fences and young
crops—giving the farmers plenty of
work to attend to at home.
Cowsert & Kimbrough.— Read
the advertisement elsewhere of this
firm. It will be seen that they offer
goods very low—especially in the
way of prints and domestics. Give
them a call, and they will sell you
goods at such prices that will please
you—-especially if you bring the
money along.
The Picnic. —ln our last issue ap
peared mi invitation from Hamilton
Grange to the county Granges and
schools of this place to participate in
a basket picnic on the Ist of May.
We are requested to state that the
invitation is made general to every
body, whether members of a Grange
or not.
Frost.— A cold north wind blew
all last Friday, and frost was reported
Saturday morning. We have heard
of no injury resulting therefrom. We
sincerely hope this is the last of the
Mason.
Granor Premiums. —Would it not
be a good idea for our Granges to
offer premiums this year for the best
crops—say S6O for the best acre of
corn, S3O for the best acre of cotton,
etc.?
To Tax-Paters. —Our tax re
ceiver, Mr. Wisdom, publishes, in
this issue, a notice of his appoint
ntents, that all may be ready to give
in when called on.
More Rain. —Another heavy rain
fell last night, accompanied by wind,
and thunder and lightning. It did
not equal the severity of that of last
week.
White Labor.
Ed. V isitok —Pressing business en
gagements have prevented my Writing
sooner. As the negro preacher said,
we will commence where we began.
I suppose I am dne someone an
apology for what I wrote about the
Grangers, and I am more than will
ing to make it; but lam ia the aw
ful predicament Davy Crocket was
when a member of Congress.
While in Washington, on one oc
casion, he was admiring a fine speci
men of the monkey tribe. Turning
to some of his friends, he remarked:
“That monkey reminds me of Col,
—naming a member of Con
gress from the West.
1 he gentleman mentioned happened
to he standing by, with a bundle of
dry goods hanging to each arm, with
a woman hid in each bundle, and
hearing Crocket’s remaik, demanded
an instant apology.
“With all my heart,” answered
Crocket; and glancing first at the
monkey and then fit Col, —, he
said: “ Sir, I ahl willing to make the
apology, but really I don’t know
whether to make it to you or the
monkey! ”
Now, Mr. Editor, who shall I apol
ogize to—you or the Grangers ? [To
the Grangers, of course.— Ed. Vis.]
Now, my fellow-laborers, where do
eight years of toil find us ? Let me
answer for the majority: Poor, dis
couraged and in debt, witn not hiuch
more reliability about us than a wild
ass’ colt—unsettled, heaving and surg
ing to and fro, a restless mass; work
ing without a purpose, caring nor
thinking nothing for the mighty, un
fathomable future. What is the cause
of our present condition ? At whose
door will we lay the sin ? Let us
sum up our own faults. In the first
place, it seems almost an out-and-out
impossibility for Us to realize the
stern fact that we are to work at all.
Who work ? Me work!— l, who was
raised without work, sent to college,
educated for the law, the ministry,
or some other profession! Why, sir,
my father owned fifty negroes, more
or less; my grandfather was a great
and very rich man; my wife’s father
owned a dozen plantations, owned a
stage line, bossed a railroad, kept a
store, owned a wholesale grocery,
went to Congress, etc., and of course
my wife shall not work. But what
will Ido ? Oh, I will clerk, study
law or physio (I have no money),
keep a country grocery, peddle, steal
a little—in short, I will do most any
thing before I will work—yes, before
I will go to the field and work and
toil for an honest, square living.
But alas! for all our hopes. Ne
cessity, stern necessity, that cruel
master, drove us to the field. What’s
the consequence? Most of us must
move every year, hunting for a good
place, a fine man, good land, etc.; or,
in other words, hunting for a man
that will furnish us plenty of rations,
plenty of clothes, plenty of money, a
horse and buggy, hire a cook and
washerwoman for our wives, pay all
our old debts, including our grocery
bills, and fifty cents to the preacher,
and then pay our day hands and give
us all we can make besides.
Brethren, these things ought not
to be. Settle down at one place, and
stay there. Wake up to the stern
fact that you must work out your
own salvation. Nobody cares what
you, your father or grandfather were
worth —nobody cares for the past or
its relations: it is the present we
must deal with. Cease to hanker
after broadcloth, and crawl into yonr
jeans. Lay aside old habits, cheap
cigars, mean whisky, and your old
fangled, foppish, fool notions, and be
a man. Raise your supplies at home.
Realize the important truth that you,
who expected to be a member of
the Congressional thieving ring—that
you, who had more brains in your
stomach than in your head—must
plow and hoe for a living.
But here is another sad chapter in
.our history. Some of our wives can’t
accept the situation. Oh, no! While
they must live in a cabin on the farm,
they must also keep up with the fash
ions ; or, at least, let none of the la
dies upon the place outdress them.
The husband may pack his bacon
home by the piece, and his flour by
the wallet-full (if, indeed, he has it at
all), but, live or die, dressing must
come. Fifteen yards of calico, and
other goods in proportion. Palpita
ting bosoms, where nature don’t fur
nish them; false teeth, false hair, false
hips, of an enormous size, ear-bobs,
etc. And then you say the owner of
all this unpaid for foolery must not
work one lick. It must be a cook
ing-stove, and a negro to run that;
a washing-machine, and a negro to
run that; a cradle, and a negro to
engineer that; a sewing-machine,
and, la, me! I’ll try to run that.
And wbat else? A poor, fool hus
band, or his employer, to back the
whole concern. Now, I like women,
but I want none of that sort in mine.
V S leat trouble, with us is, we
all want to commence where Daddy ;
and Mammy left off. We are not
willing to go back and start at the
foot of the ladder, and climb up.
What is the result? Distrust is
written upoh every countenance. 1
farm, and under this system L of
course, come out in debt. What
must I do? Try again, and correct
matters at home? Oh! no. I must
first denounce the man I live with as
a thief, liar, etc. Then, if the mer r
chant wants his pay, I must bank
rupt, hoitaestead and personalty, and
armed with this trio of dishonest
legislation, I can snap my fingers in
his face, and tell him to go heaven
ward, or to the other place, just as
ttiy amiability may dictate.
Just so long as these evils exist,
times will only change for the worse.
Labor will grow less reliable; offi
cers will become more corrupt; capi
tal will stand aloof, and panics will
cover us from head to. foot.
I only intend this cap for those it
will fit; from whom I beg no pardon,
nor ask any favors. More anon.
Rattlehead, Je.
A Good Postmaster.— Col. Jocq
T. Johnson (he ought to be a colonel,
if he isn’t) is one of the best post
masters in the State. He manages
to get a mail through from Columbus
occasionally, train or no train. We
got a mail Sunday, another Wednes
day, and another yesterday. The
salary at this office ought to be
doubled, at least. Mr. J. accom
plishes more than many postmasters
who get twice as much.
Bill Harris, a freedman, died
in this place on the 9th instant, just
after our paper was printed. Several
physicians visited him, and were un
animous in the opinion that his life
could be saved by performing an oper
ation, but the friends of the deceased
would not permit it. Had they con
sented, the hoy would now, In all
probability, be alive.
Harris Ahead. —Harris still claims
the honor of being the banner grange
county of Georgia. There are twenty.
one granges in the county, .i
Fine Cigars. —Storey has the
“Venus,” “Small Party,” and “Fair
Play,” brands of cigars, either of
which we can recommend to smokers.
Special Notice. —No names are
entered upon our mail hook until the
Ihbscription price is paid, and aU 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.
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 —8m
Notice. —The office of the County
Treasurer will be open for business
every Tuesday and Thursday.
H. W. Pitts, County Treasurer.
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Second Distribution.
FIRST PREMIUM ABOUT $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 our
books, many being unable to partici
pate in the first Distribution, we now
offer the following, under these ex
press stipulations.
1. These presents shall be awarded
to subscribers without change in (iny
respect whatever.
2. These presents shall be awarded
without reference to the number Of
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.
Sedond largest number from any
county a sewing machine. (Fulton
county excepted.)
FOR AGENTS.
To the agent sending the largest
number of subscribers SIOO in gold.
Agent sending second largest list,
gold watch, SIOO.
Time for subscribing, sixty days
from January 16th, 1874,
Terms of subscribing the same.
Make np clnbs. Send subscriptions
at once. W. A. Hemphill & Cos.
HARRIS SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be sold before the Court-house door
in Hamilton, within the legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in May next, the tol
lowing property:
The house in the town of Hamilton known
and designated as the Male Academy, to sat
isfy a fi fa issued from Justice Court of 072d
dist. G. M. in favor of Richard Ragland vs.
Joel T. Johnson and others, Trustees of the
Hamilton Male Seminary. Levy made and
returned by J. B. Davis, L. C.
a[*lo-td B. H. WILLIAMS. Sheriff.
NOTICK.
The firm of LOUDENBEU & BRO. U dis
solved by mutual congeut. .he del.is of the
concern will be settled by If. W. Loudenber
who will continue the business
_ F. W*. LOUDENREU.
J A. LOUIIENBKR.
Columbus, Ga., April 1, 1874.
F. W. LOUDENBER,
(Successor to Loudcnber& Bro.—E4abli lied
•- ;■ April,lß7l,)’
Cigar Manufacturer,
RANDOLPH STREET,
One Boor West of old Sun Office Building,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Orders liy mail promptly attended to.
I will sell at as low prid’s"as can be had
anywhere. I solicit a call from my friends
and the public.
aplO-tf F. W. LOUDENBER.
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Read this carefully and judge far yourself
In our telegraphic columns of this date ap
pears a dispatch from the President of the
Stager Manufacturing Company, announcing
that the first prize and grand medal for sew
ing machines at the Vienna Exposition hat
been 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 justice belongs. Time
will Roon 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.
AKD HBBK ABB THE VACSS i
The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany and the Vienna deposition.
The fallowing cable telegram. wliFh ex
plains itself, was received in this city, on
Wednesday morning, by the Singer Machine
Company:.'
Vienna, August 19, 187?.
Singer Sewing Machine Company, New
York City, Vienna Exposition, first prize, the
medal of progress, awarded the Singor ma
chines ; also the medal for the best specimens
of work done, and three medals to employees
for superior excellence of productions,
Inm.be A. Hoitkb,
Ties't Singer Manufact’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 1
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 purchase one on easy terms of payment.
Tug Kinovr MAxuvACTUEUia <3O,
C. A. VOSBURUH, Manager,
Savannah, Ga
J H Bramhal], Agent. Coluropp". Ha.
“notice.
Having heretofore held stock in tlie Geor
gia ll ome Insurance Company of Columbus,
Georgia, I hereby give notice that I have sold
said stock and transferred the same, and un
der seotion 1490 of the Code of 1873, 1 am
hereby exempt from any liabilities of said
Company. GEORGE B. CARHART.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 23, 1873—6 m
TAKE NOTICE.
All persons indebted to me, either by note
or account, are earnestly requested to settle
liy the first of February next. All failiug to
settle by that time, will find tbeir papers In
the hands of the proper officers for collec
tion* •
JAMES LOVELACE.
Hamilton, Ga., Jan. 7, 1874 —tf
UAIIILTON FEMIBIOLLECr
HAMILTON, GA.
The Spring sea-ion will begin on Tucsd ay
the 27th instant.
Tuition Is from $2 to $5 per month, ac
cording to grade of studies.
Music on Piano, 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 deduction
will bo made for absence, except In cases of
protracted sickness.
One-half of the tnition will l>e required in
advance—the balance at close of session
Board, in good families, is sls per month.
jn2B J. 11. LOVELACE, Pros’t.
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GEORGIA— Haw aConanr.
Whereas the estate of M W Hattox, dec’d,
late of said county. Is unrepresented, aud not
likely to be represented—
All persons concerned are hereby notified
to show cam e, if any they have, by the first
Monday in April-next, why the Clerk of the
Superior Court should not be appointed.
Given under mv hand nflkfafly, March 2d.
maPbhi J. JVC. WILLIAMS, Ord’y.
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200 COOKING STOVES
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FOR SALE AT PRICES TO SUIT HARD TIMES, BY
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who invite the aueiilion of the public to their large aria Complete stock,
consisting of
Oooltins and ECeatinc STOVES,
(Charter Oak and other first-class patterns),
Grates, Hollow Ware, Wood and Willow Wart, Silver, Plated and Britannia Goods,
Crockery and Glass Ware, Pocket and Table Cutlery, of eur owu importation.
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Manufacturers qf Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware of ewrtf
Prices as low as the lowest; [Columbus, Ga., Nov. 28) fB7S.
J. 11. HAMILTON
\vholksalel.nd itirrAiL i>ejt.ku in
BAGGING, ' ties,**. . * . BACOty
f SALT, SUGARS, COFFEE,
. N#Ac, f / &c3
Also, always on hand a full stock of
Plantation & Family Groceries & Provisions.
Junction of Franklin, Warren and Oglethorpe Sts.
COLTJMBTJS - mm • GEORGIA;
J&9~ All plirrhnses delivered FREE of DRAYAGE in the city and suburbs.
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MOUND CITY
Commercial College,
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Formerly called Rice & Ptewatit’l,
210 and 212 iV. FOUHtI! S'T.,
ST. LOUIS, Md.
Established 14 Years.
Students admitted this year 275.
THE MOUND CITY
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
—IS A—
MODEL BUSINESS SCHOOL.-
The Principals and Professors are men of
thoromih literary and scientific education, of
eminent ability os teachers, and accountants
of 16 years’ experience.
The .Commercial Course Is confined exclu
sively to those branches applicable to busi
ness. 1
The latest and most approved methods of
teaching are used.
A strict morality fa taught by example and
precept.
By our new 1 and improved methods, under
talon ted teaeheis, the student becomes, in a
short time, a rapid and fine penman, a quick
and accurate accountant, a thorough bhok
keeper, o tiuent speaker and writer, a wide*
awake business man.
With a corps of teachers 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 Bust*
ness Correspondence, Book-keeping and Coin'
merefal Low.
TO YOUNG MEN
SEEKING EMPLOYMENT,
we offer v.xTraobdinary terms. It bus 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 the West.
' We new are able to guarantee to furnish 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 he fur
nished on application. #
Board can be bad In tbSfefaroily of one of
the Professors, at reduced rates.
Send for circular of this Great Business
School, to ' THOS. A. BICE,
augl-lyr President.
fTOK SALE.
h 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 Safe for
sale ciiRAV. and on eaey terms With this
Safe on hand, you con be your own banker,
and fear no fire, burglars or suspensions. For
particulars apply to
THCS. S. MIT< HELL,
Hamilton, Ua.
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The only Business School in the South eon*
ducted by an experienced Merchant and Prac
tical Accountant. The actual expenses tit
students are from fifteen to twenty por cent
less than It will cost them to attend second*,
class, or imported institutions.
The Course of Study fa conducted on Actual
Business Principles, supplied with Banking,
and other offices, combining every known
facility for imparting a Thorough Practical
Business Education in the shortest possible
time aod at the least expense. Graduates of
this institution, as practical accountants, stand
pre-eminent over those from any other Uusl*
Hess School in the country.
The established reputation of this Instltu*
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study, and the success of its Graduates, ranks
it the leading)
BUSINESS SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH
Our course of AtrtiAt Bcsixuss training fa
the best and most practical of the age; No
vacations. Btudehfa admitted at any time.
No classes. Business Advocate, containing
full particulars, mailed to any addreun
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8. F. MOOSE, A. M., President.
T. S. SPEAR, Agent,
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ma® ■“ siH®aiß
sewing machine depot,
No. 08 BftoAb Sir., Cotuj.nu., Ga,
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Gold Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds.
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SPECTACLES A SPECIALTY*
Silvsr & iPlftiicd Ware.
Clock* and Jewelry promptly re
ajffQßAYXßa ttBAtLY DOSES*
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All Orders trill receivo prompt attention.
K W- mil£fori3
WITH
J. M. BENNETT k CO..
No. 131 Broad Bt.- ( Columbus, Ga.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In .
1 SjdffillLE *
Also, ell kind* of Tin aikd Sheet Iron woik
done at short notfee.
Agent tor the Columbus made Btove.‘
Mr- price* as Ww a* any in the city.
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