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cents, bat are selling now at sixty.
The Columbft* bonds were sold for
An average of uixlv-seven and twenty
eight hundredth cents. I know of a
•ale of SIO,OOO to a Columbus bank
president,recently at sixty.
No longer an officer of your Com
pany, I do not believe my sincerity
will be doubted when I solemnly af
firm that I believe this road will not
be far, if any, behind the Mobile and
Girard Road, in its benefits to the
trade of Columbus, as soon as it
crosses Pine Mountain. Columbus
sunk $350,000 in the Mobile and Gi
rard Road, and is repaid every year,
and I know tbe day will yet come
when her citizens will rejoice at the
investment in this Company, even
thong!) its stock should be lost.
The Central Road cost Macon a
quarter of a million, and Savannah a
half, but ten times the amount would
not repay either city to relinquish the
facilities and benefits it affords.
With renewed expressions of deep
interest in tbe future of your enter
prise, and with thanks for your uni
form courtesy and assistance,
I am vonrs, truly,
W. D. Cuil’LEY.
0 TEEASU It KB’S REPORT.
JJa<tanoe Account Ledger, North <&
South Railroad , to April 1, 1874.
Construction acc’t $710,530 45
Outfit acc’t 23,829 52
•Transportation 16,012 96
Real estate 3,410 04
Talbotton branch survey 356 29
Bills receivable and open
accounts 1,884 50
Accident acc’t 61 55
Cash 968 01
$757,053 91
Capital stock $412,822 82
Bills payable 16,409 39
Trans, freight receipts.. 10,598 07
“ passenger “ .. 12,864 25
Mail receipts 796 11
First matured bond acc't 278,100 00
Due contractors, includ
ing reserves and on
open accouuls ... 26,473 27
$757,053 91
Capt. T. JK Blanchard, President:
The above statement gives tbe con
dition of the Company to April Ist,
1874. The receipts since your last
meeting have been: From freights,
$4,285.82; passage, $4,501.50; mail,
#793,44—t0ta1, $9,680.76, The?e re
ceipts, since the expenses have been
brought down, have more than paid
current expenses, and the surplus
earnings have gone to pay debts con
tracted for necessary facilities for op
erating the road, and for labor and
other expenses incurred during the
first winter (an unusually severe one)
on the green road bed—all of which
was well expended, as no loss or ac
cident ocourred. This includes back
pay to employees, all of whom have
only small ainouuts to their credit,
whore anything at all is duo.
Wx, Redo, Jb.
On motion, all the reports were re-
coived.
DEBATE AND RESOLUTIONS.
The President stated that ho had
secured from the Governor a delay
in the seizure of the road until this
meeting. Tho 1240,000 of State en
dorsed bonds had priority over all
other claims. On the Oth of Way the
interest on these bonds would be duo,
and ho saw no way to meet tho pay
ment. The Governor had already
waited a* year. Tho bonds were en
dorsed last Juno. He did not know
when tho Governor would seise the
road, but it would not be long. lie
had takeu tho Presidency against his
better judgmout, and had corres
ponded with various parties, with a
view of raising money to push on the
work, but not a dollar could be ob
tained. Tho #30,000 floating debt
was the obstacle.
Ex-Mayor Jarboe, of La Grange,
thought that if Columbus and Harris
county would increase their subscrip.
tionß 33J per cent, La Grange, Troup
and Heard counties would do the
same, and thus the road would be
pushed forward, and the State re
lieved of liability. He believed tho
road would get #75,000 from Heard
county as soon as it reached La
Grange.
Alderman Redd stated that Co
lumbus was not prepared to increase
her subscription. Others must now
do something.
Col. Printup said that Rome had
put #IOO,OOO in the enterprise. Sho
was opposed to issuing further bonds,
and unwilling to invest more money
in the road.
Alderman Redd, of Columbus,
offered the following, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the stockholders of
the North A South Railroad of Geor
gia, in snooting assembled, hereby di
roet the President to respectfully re
quest llis Excellency, the Governor,
to Withhold taking any steps towards
seizing the said road until tbo ditcc
tory shall have had more time to see
if they canuot make such a disposi
tion of the road as w ill best protect
the interests of both the Siato and
stockholders.
Ex-Mayor Jarboe, of La Grange,
oflered the following, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the President and
Directors open a correspondence with
the officers of the Cincinnati A South
ern Railroad Cos., with a view to the
consolidation with, or sale to, said
Company of the North and South
Railroad, iu property and franchises.
The meeting then adjourned, sub
jeot to the call of the President.
BY D. W. ff. BOULLY.
FRIDAY MORnTngTmaY I, 1874.
A Jaunt to Columbus.
Not having sufficient paper with
which to print last week’s issue, and
having been invited to take a trip to
Columbus with our young friend
Charlie Johnston, laat Monday week,
we availed gurself of the opportunity,
and were soon seated in his express
wagon, and on our way to the city.
The party consisted of Charlie John
ston, Johnnie Cook and ourself. We
went by way of Brewster’s mill,
where we crossed ou a fiat. We
forded Standing Boy creek, in pref
erence to risking the bridge, from
which some of the planks had been
washed out. The weather, which
looked threatening when, wo started
cleared off, the ride was a delightful
one, and we reached Columbus in
safety a little before sunset.
Daring our stay of two days in the
city we found that business was unu
sually dull, and the merchants gener
ally very gloomy at the poor pros
pects for trade. Most of them de
clared themselves unable to increase
their expenses in any way, and gave
this as an excuse for not advertising.
Asa consequence, we obtained very
few advertisements. They all desired
more trade, but were unwilling to
expend a dollar or two in printers’
ink to secure it; when, really, such
an investment would pay equally as
well now, if not better, than when
trade is brisk.
Wo are glad to know, though,
that the houses represented in this
issue are among the first and best
in Columbus, and we hope our peo
ple will remember and bestow their
trade upon those who patronize their
county paper. In the dry goods
line we recommend the houses of
Messrs. J. S. Jones, and Boatrite &
Clapp; and if you wish anything in
the millinery line, you cannot get
better goods or better prices tliau
at the establishment of Mrs. L. A.
Lee.
There are several firms in Colum
bus receiving a good trade from Har
ris, and desirous of retaining it, who
do not patronize the Visitor. Some
of them have never had a card in it,
and most of them are patronizing pa
pers in adjoining counties. Now,
if they do not value the trade of this
county enough to endeavor to retain
it by advertising, wliilo they adver
tise in other county papers, we think
it a duly the Harris county people
owe to themselves and to the Visitor
to trade with those who advertise
in it.
This is our firm conviction; and
although it may not increase our pa
tronage in Columbus, we have inde
pendence enough to express it in
print, notwithstanding wo are “an
poor ns a church mouse.”
Whilst in Columbus we partook
of tho hospitalities of Messrs. C, R.
Russell and A. F. Johnston. At the
home of the latter .we were treated
to some good musio by tho accom
plished daughters of our host.
Alter the adjournment of the rail
road meeting ou Wednesday after
noon, we took a seat on the crank,
in company with several stockholders,
on our return home, but it was so
crowded, and the weather so threat
ening, that wo got off and returned
to the city.
Next day we got a seat in a buggy
with Mr. Joe Miller, and had a pleas
ant ride with him to Mr. Coen
Clark’s, at whioli point the last break
iu the trestle was being repaired.
About sunset the train left for
Kingsboro; Horn whence, in company
with Col. I.ovelaco, wo walked to
town, where wo arrived shortly be
fore nine o’clock.
Cut Off. —For a week past the
Columbus Enquirer has failed to reach
us, and it ia reasonable to suppose
that wc have been out off from its
oxchange list. As we have more
than once spoken a good word for
the Enquirer and its proprietor, we
are somewhat surprised at this; but
we suppose it is the result of the pro
prietor’s determination to bring his
expenses dowu to tho lowest point.
Being published iu a neighboring
city, we shall tniss its visits greatly,
but it consoles us to know that we
still receive an exchange of two
good Georgia dailies—the Savannah
News and Atlanta Constitution.
Miujsery.—Mrs. Lee has one of
the largest and best stocks of milli
nery goods ever brought to Colum
bus, and her prioes will suit every
body. We hope all our readers, and
particularly the ladies, will bear iu
mind that this is the only milliuery
establishment now advertising in the
Vwrroa, and give Mrs. Lee their
custom. ,
North and South Railroad.
The North and South Road was
seized on Friday last, and Dr. E. A.
Flewelleti, of Atlanta, appointed re
ceiver.
The Governor has no poVrer to sell
the road under six months, nor can
he extend it; so we suppose his pol-
icy will be to keep up the road and
run it as cheaply as possible.
Capts. Blanchard and Wm. Redd,
Jr., were untiring in their efforts to
repair the recent breaks. The first
named gentleman paid for the work
out of his private funds, assisted by
some of the business men m of Colum
bus ; and it looks hard that tbe State
should have pounced down upon the
road before giving these gentlemen
an opportunity to be reimbursed out
of the earnings of the road when the
trains resumed their trips.
The action of the Governor in this
matter was rather hasty. He should
either have seized the road at the
time of the stockholders’ meeting, or
have given the Company a reasona
ble time in which to endeavor to ef
fect a sale.
We hope the seizure will result in
the purchase of the road by some
company that is able to complete it
to La Grange, at least. Once there,
it will prove a paying investment.
Another Ism. —The American mind,
or at least tho Northern portion of
it, is never content unless it is
engaged in bringing before the pub
lic some new topic. Cremation, or
burning the bodies of the dead, is
now receiving a goodly share of con
sideration in the public prints. We
are glad that but few of the Southern
papers have thought it worth writ
ing about, and we hope never to see
the day when it will be put into
practice in this section.
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“To Let.” —The Carrollton Times,
patterning after the Columbus En
quirer, is offering blank space to let
in its columns. In a few weeks we
expect to see half of our country
exchanges with these unsightly white
spots. There is a little excuse for a
daily doing this, with its heavy ex
penses, but none for a weekly, when
it is such an easy matter to “ set up ”
nn extra column of reading matter.
Go to the “ case,” Sharpe.
Journalistic Change Col. I.
W. Avery, who has edited the At
lanta Constitution for the past five
years, takes leave of his readers in a
graceful valedictory, in the issue of
that paper of the 25th, Col. A. has
purchased a third interest in the At
lanta Herald, and we wish him that
success which his ability and nice
sense of honor entitle him to.
A young lady living near
Hamilton wishes to know which is
the highest compliment— to say that
one has no equal, or that she has no
superior ? We think, to say that she
has no equal, is the highest compli
ment that can be paid.
Negroes Hung.—' The three ne
groes who killed Mr. Hall, in Thomas
county, last year, were hung in
Thomasville on the 17th. They de
nied their guilt to the last A negro
who poisoned his wife was also huug
at the same time.
Methodist Conference. The
Methodist General Conference, rep
resenting a membership of nearly one
million, convenes at Louisville, Ky.,
to-day.
Webster’s.— Read the advertise
ment of Mr. Pork, the State agent
for Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary.
The number of postal cards issued
up to April Ist was 100,000,000.
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There is n horse in Houston county
that eats chicken*.
DRY GOODS CHEAP FOR CAyH
BOATRITE & CLAPP,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, &c.,
Have Just Receivet^Their
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Best Spool Cotton 760. Prints in c . Dress Goods and all other roods
1874 SPRING MILLINERY 1874
CHEAPER THAN EVER, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL!
MRS. L. A. LESS
HAS NOW OPENED AT lIER STORE,
75 BROAD ST, COLTJMBXJS, GA, #
StOok Ladie9 '. Misses’ and Children’s Hats, trimmed and
untrimwcd. Flowers, Parasols, Fans and Ribbous. Hosiery, Gloves and
C Aud many other novelties, which she offers cheaper than ever.
Order* faithfully attended to. mayl-2tn
Mere Mention.
A little boy recently fell into a
creek in Hall county, aud was saved
from drowning by his dog, which
jumped in, seized the lad with his
mouth, and swam out with him.
A Talbot county hen lays an egg
every other day, although she has a
brood of chickens only a week old.
A man in Covington lately attended
church for the first time in forty
seven years.
Some seventy odd gin-houses have
been burnt in Georgia since last Sep
tember.
A negro in Augusta was lately
fined $lO for two attempts tocommit
suicide. Had he succeeded, he would
have saved his money.
It is estimated that the defence of
Gaines Chisolm will cost him six or
seven thousand dollars.
The wheat crop in Meriwether is
reported more promising than since
1819.
St. Louis put $175,000 in the Lou
isville lottery, and Chicago invested
freely, but neither city drew a single
prize.
Louisville, Ga., had a snow storm
lately, accompanied by thunder and
lightning, during which the sun shone
brightly. Three inches of snow fell,
and tbe fruit trees were in full
bloom.
Several feet of the track on the M.
& M. R. R., in Alabama, was lately
washed away by a water-spout.
There is a chicken in Meriwether
county with two heads and three
eyes.
The Carroll eonnty negro who
killed the young white man who was
trying to frighten him by playing
ghost has been tried and acquitted.
There is a hen in Barnesville that
hatched thirteen chickens from eleven
eggs.
The negro who was recently
drowned at Columbus was the first
colored man in Georgia to obtain a
divorce.
Major Roff, of Gordon county, re
ports that a hog which he penned in
January gained two hundred and
five pounds in seventy days.
C. N. Rountree, a planter, of
Houston county, has failed, with lia
bilities at #60,000. All cotton, no
corn, and any quantity of guano.
Colorado has eight hundred and
sixty-eight milus of railroad, and five
years ago had not one.
Jacksonville, Fla., ships large quan
tities of cypress railroad ties to Cuba.
The Muscogee Cotton Factory, at
Columbus, shows a net profit of over
$22,000 for the last year.
Mr. Thos. Richards, an old and
well known bookseller of Augusta,
died recently. He had -carried on
his business in that city, at one stand,
for forty five years.
Upson county has a goose thirty
one years old.
The Georgia Legislature, at its late
session, passed a bill imposing a pro
hibitory tax on circus performances
in the State. The shows avoid the
tax altogether by omitting the eques
trian performances.
As two white women in Gwinnett
county were out cutting wood, the
axe of one of them flew off the helve,
and striking the other in the breast,
killed her instantly.
The world uses 250,000,000 pounds
of tea and 718,000,000 pounds of
coffee every year. China furnishes
nearly all the tea, and Brazil more
than half the coffee.
Gov. Smith has offered a reward
of #250 for the arrest of John F.
Chisolm, who is charged, with his
brother, Gaines Chisolm, with mur
dering Penn Bedell.
$400,000,000!!! >
Comrress having passed the Bill making the lesral tender circulation Font Hundred l
lions, look out forti rise in Gold, Cotton and Clothiog.
THORNTON Sc ACRE,
78 BROAD ST-. COLUMBUS, GA,
Saving received their new stock 'of
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING,
For Men’s, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s wear, offer superior inducements to the trsA
Having carefully selected their goods with an eye to. the wants of the trade, and the firuT'
cial condition of the country, and ba-yng purchased their entire stock for Cash, the/*'
enabled to offer great bargains to all buyers of good clothing. 3
Their stock of Furnishing Goods is complete, new, novel and cheap.
Give them a call. spMMim
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO
O •*
John S. Reese & Cos., Baltimore, General Agents
o
CASH PRICE, 856 00 PER TON.
ALSO. ON TIME, FOR COTTON OR CURRENCY
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The use of this Guano for the past eight years has established its charac
ter for excellence and reliability. I need only assure consumers that th
Guano brought into market this season is precisely the same in Composition
and quality as that heretofore sold.
The large fixed capital invested by this Company in this business famishes
the best guarantee of continued excellence. The Company has a greater
interest in maintaining its standard of quality than any number of consumers
can have.
Orders received, and information furnished, on application to my Agents
at various local markets.
COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME,
fob eossposTiiaa with qq'zt ok ess©.
PEBCYIAS GUANO, BISSSLYED AMOSMTED BOSES, LAND PLASTEB, kt., kt.
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W. H. YOUNG, 12 Broad St.. Columbus, Ca.
W. C. JOHNSTON, Agent at Kingsboro. feb2o-2m
J. W. PEASE & NORMAN,
COLUMBUS, GA.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
n>n&sr®s 3 ©blasts*
■ S2KE3M!? -SOUSSty, IFXikimßfib
Rosewood seven octave Pianos from #3OO to SSOO. Geo. Woods A Cos.,
Mason & Hamlin, and other Organs. Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Banjos,
mouth harps, sheet music, etc. We make orders for sheet music and music
books every few days, and anything wanted and not in stock* will fcs
ordered and furnished at publisher’s prices. nov7-ly
W. 3. CHAFFIN,
UOOKSET T,ali:xi cSa STATION 'em.
AND DEALER IN
MUSICS!. INSTRUMENTS,
CKSQ32O3, FRM2SS AK© SSOUS.BS3SCS,
NO. 92 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
A- WITTICH. q. jj. yfisgitT
WITTICH & KINSEL,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS,
JEWILBB9' ill IfitßlfßlS,
NO. C 7 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
W i T nn T a SOT3UMK®
WAittlLS,
raw®*
CLOCKS, .' • ■£* j ATD
JEWELRY, fk
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of tlao Latest Manufaot'u.roaL
An entirely new stock of the best Roods and the latest styles has been recently bought la
Diawoktw y° rkl ”* d 18 hereby offered at tho Lowest Cash Prices.
Eve-Glasses, gold and silver Thimbles, ladles’ and
gcnU Chains, plain and fanev Gold Rings of beautiful workmanship, and every
PI f , V " rlety , of n . Tt, ? le found in a First-class Jewelry Store.
Stencil Plates of every description cut at short notice *
sole Agents for the celebrated Diamond Pebbled Snectaries and Foe ,i. cc .nil A vents
Engraving promply executed. marges.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
CHAPMAN & VERSTILLE
Announce to their friends and patrons that their stock will be kept con
stantly replenished with Seasonable Goods at Lowest Market Pnees,
J * r ~ V ' UI rßoeive in payment Ewjle & l’h-snU money and Gotten at big Wet market mUs.