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About The Hawkinsville dispatch. (Hawkinsville, Ga.) 1866-1889 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1872)
Town and County News. Democratic Convention. DEMOCRATIC Voter* of Pulatki HBtmty are requested to assemble in con- at Hawklnsville on FRIDAY, the UM)th of SEPTEMBER, at 11 o’clock A. M. Pl|t the purpose of nominating Representa tive to the General Assembly from Pulaski ceunty. CIIAS. C. KIBBEE, Chm'n Cos. Ex. Com. O. C. IIORNE, Secretary. Methodist Bpiscopal Church. The Fourth Quarterly Meeting will he held on Saturday and Bunday nezt. Preaching on Saturday, at 11 o’clock a. m., on Sunday at 101 *■ ni., * n 'l "I o'clock p' m, by Rev. J. E. Sentrll , Pr-siding l-.lder. Election Tickets. IVe are prepared to print Election Ticket for adjoining counties at fifty cents per hundred in lots of four hundred mid upwards. For a less leas num: «'sceuta per hundred. All orders • cash will receive prompt ntten' I\!»u if i- E JWimberly M ewls i' n .y, lor years past a H zci. W • nity, hut formerly e! it. .1 on Ids plantation n ir A! ' ic i Tuesday night, 10th hkst. \i i l ' rly had been in declining . or r while. i*..parlor Courts ftydge ' *s this w-k holding Superior ii Dooly county. Next Monday (being tne third) is the usual lime for Wil cox Superior Court, hut Judge I’atc in form us that lie lias instructed the Clerk of that Court to issue an order adjourning the same till the first Monday in Decem ber next. The last term of that Court was held illegally, and the business trans acted will have to he legalized by an act of the ensuing Legislature. Superior Court will convene in Jlrwin county on the regular day as heretofore— the same being Friday, 27th of Septem tier. Saad Rye. Those wauling Seed Rye can find plen ty at the store ol J. S. Willis. Heavy Cotton J. H. Kendrick A Cos. received yester day a bale of cotton weighing 715 |>ounds They received one last year weighing eight bundled pounds. If there is only u certain price foi shipping cotton by tiie hale, then it may 1m- best to pack heavily O. Rhodes’ Column V e know our leaders will not fail to read the advertisement of D. Rhodes, it occupies a whole column, ycl is brief and attractive. In fact it is mutt it m in pareo. By energy and persistence, Rhodes lias worked up a splendid business, which in creases with every season. He wants the news scattered broadcast over the entile country that lie is up with the limes, and lias in store goods of every deseiiption, which inu«t V m/d. Read for yourselves. Death of Mrs. Oabloy. Mrs. Oakley, wife of Dr. J. 11. Oakley of ilawkinsvillc, died of heart disease, a'.iout 1 o'clock, on Tuesday morning last. Mrs. Oakley was a member of Ruth He lickuli Lodge of this place, by which Lodge, in connection with that of the I. o O. F.'s, her remains were escorted on Wednesday morning to Orange Grove Ccmcteiy, ami interred therein. Ruin (storm iti C'<M-krun, We learn from passengers by the train that Tuesday evening last the town of Cochran and vicinity had the heaviest ruin that lias probably fallen in that sec tion for twelve months. Large quantities •fluiil accompanied the ruin, and also violent wind, which prostiatcd chimneys, feuces, etc., and doing great damage to open cotton. Dissolution of Copartnership WiilcoxA Sparrow having re Jcently dissolved their copartnership m tae uorcmille business, Mr. Willcox, advertisement in this week’s paper, informs tlie patrons ol the old firm that he will continue to supply them with all the goods they w mt. He has just received a new slock, which lie proposes to sell on a tank In min, and to cash customers he prom ises superior inducements. He wants the cash custom—the genuine currency of tire United States, which will always go fur ther in the purchase of goods thsn the com mon words of—“just charge the bill for a few days, and I will call and settle.” To avoid this, read the advertisement. The Great Eastern Circus We are to have snotber Circus in Hawk insville. It will be here with its many dens of wild animals, hundreds of men and horses and liviug wonders, on Monday, the 30lh September. If the great Eastern Circus, Menagerie, etc., is ail that it is rep resented to be, then the people of this sec have never seen a greater show. They have had erected a plank paling entirely across the old McCabe lot, which is now covered witli the most gorgeous and at tractive pictures ever posted in the town. Rememlier that it will be in Uswkinsville on Monday, the last day of September. H. llorrlsosi. a We are requested to state that the new EPall and Winter Goods of M. Harrison are Scoping in rapidly. The proprietor will home soon. I Railroad to Terry. BUT he people of Perry arc rejoicing ever prospect of an early completion of the railroad from Fort Valley to Perry. New housea are being built, and business ap* pears on the increase. The care, it il thought, will be running soon. - ’ -*T« W A- Ferguson We are pleased to announce the return of our fellow-townsman Mr. W. A. Fer guson, who, for several weeks, has tieen absent in New York purehasing Fall and Winter Goeds. More especially are we gratified to sec Him wearing the Greeley tile with such becoming dignity. JWe rejoice at his conversion, or more appro priately speaking, his final acquiescence in the action of the Rultimerc canvcntion ; for Mr. Ferguson was never an enthusiastic blantonduncanite, er jocosely styled “strayed-out.’’ He lias been Into the ene my’s country, ascertained their objects, and now, as nil conscientious and free-thinking ;n must, he yields to the n« ccssities of the important occasion, nnd will vote with us for Greeley nnd lirown. Three Children with Six Grand Mothers Tkmi-kraxck, Tki.kaiu Cos., i September 12,1872. J Elitor Hatolcinsville Dispatch: Please allow me spare in your pa|ier to relate wlisl would seem to lie a most curi ous circumstance. lam acquainted witli a family living in tins vicinity that lias three children, and these three children have six tiring yrmui mother». I simply ask, can there lie found s similar case in the United States? Respectfully, W. T B. [Wc have tried in vain to solve this mat ter. It is too incomprehensible. Say, kind friend have the three children the same father and mother, or have they great -grea t-grea t -great-great-grand moth ers ? You mustn't send us such puzzles without sending the answer. Wc cannot look further into a millrock than other poor mortals. Enlighten us, if you please, en this question of children and grand mothers] Amount or Colton Kerelvcil till* tieiuon. We have made efforts to ascertain the actual number of bales of new cotton flint have Ik-cii received in Ilawkinsvillc to date, nnd find that up to uonn on Tues. day last the receipts of the crop of 1872 were as follows: At the two Warehouses 419 hales At the Depot 144 bales Total Receipts 563 hales. For the same date last year (17lh Sep tember) there had been received Hut 38 bales, allowing that 528 more bales have tieen brought to market this season Ilian last. The depot receipts are separate train the shipments. Thus far 4:it) hales have been shipped—3Bß of which have gone to Savannah, and the remaining 44 luiles to Macon. It is evident the crop is much earlier this season that it lias ever hern. Price of Colton, Provision*, Ac, Cotton is selling in Hawklnsville at ltij to 18} cents. For several days It has been declining in Northern markets. Bagging—locents by the roll; 80 cents retail. Flour—Be-t article*?.'! f.Q per hundred ; common giade $1 to (ft 25 per hundred. Salt—s 250 to $:) per sack. Bacon—Sides 12J to 12 cents; shoulders, 10* to 11. Syrup-Buying from wagons at 60 cents; selling in store nt 7! to 85 cents. N.dls-#S 50 to s'.i per keg. I tils). The goods of laivc A Laidler just bought in New Yoik by the junior of the firm, are arriving, and them is a strong appearance of “hi/.'’ in the house. Jim hasn't yet reach ed his linir, hut the pen rests gracefully lie hind his ear. It is feared some greater evil will befall him yet—for instance, turning out “those” young mustache, DIED On Wednesday, the 4th inst., at 7 o’clock p. m , Ryiian, Lee, only son of Thomas J and Zeinmic F. Andeison, aged one year two months and sixteen days. Little Byron was a sweet child, sent to make glad, for awhile, the hearts of his devoted parents, Imt. too pure and lovely for this sad world, he has been called to join the heavenly throng, around the throne of Hint who said “suffer little rhil dren to come unto me." "How vain is all beneath the skies, How transient every earthly bliss, Ilow slender all the fondest ties Tliut hind us to a world like this.” "But though earth's fairest blossoms die, And all beneath the skies is vain, There is a brighter world on high Beyond the reach of care and pain." «'•* • • • • "To Zion's peaceful courts above, In taith triumphant may wc soar, Embracing in the arms of love, The friends not lost, hut gone before.’’ M. For Representative. We are authorized to announce Dr. C. H. GOLDING as a candidate for Repre sentative of Pulaski County, subject to the nominating convention ot the Democratic Party. aug!s-tf For Representative. We take pleasure in presenting to the voters of Pulaski County, the name of Hon. JACOB WATSON, as a candi date for the legislature, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Con vention. NOT A FEW, BUT MANY VOTERS. augls-tf. For Tax Receiver. We are authorized to announce Mr. N H. MOBLEY ass candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Receiver of Pulaski County, subject to the wishes of Ids old triends and constituents. If nominated and elected, he will endeavor to serve them faithfully and satisfactorily. au£97-t£ The Monarch & Mastodon Coming. o Hawklnsville, Monday, September 30,1872. THE ONLY SIX TENT SHOW IN THE WORLD! A Great Zoological and Arenic Triumph 1 Great Fastern Menagerie, Museum, Aviary, Circus. A Stupendous World Exposition by Railroad, At an expense 0ff!,400 daily, which it pays out in tlie cities and towns where it exhibits, requiring seventy-six cars and three large engines to tmn.s|»ort it in it* overwhelming magnitude and elegant perfection, large enough to swallow up hall n do/, n exhibitions such as usually parade the cauntry and inlhuuc the public with sensational advertising and delusive pledges. 450 MEN AND HORSES-1,050 ANIMALS AND BIRDS. Avalanche of Buffaloes! Herd of Elephants! Dfrove of Cam»ls 9 \ Twenty-Six Gold and Crimson Dens * n * ma * a an< * Bird*! Lispla-y of Wonders, Natural, Scientific and Instructive. Twelve 13<juesti'iaiis! lO liiuly Rider* R. . T\v ! ;!• * *: 1 1:*■ t r -»- Three Bra** and ll*-. <1 Band* ’ Iw aSRJt* GRAND MUSICAL STEAM PIANO! •*»• And most Gorgeous, Costly and Elegant STREET PROCESSION, Ever given, reminding one of the fabled Oriental Pageant ol the Olden Times. Double Circus Troupe and Double Circus Performance* given in separate tents at tfile same hour. A gratuitous Balloon Ascen sion will be given prior to the afternoon exhibition. Six Colossal Pavilions, covering three solid acres of ground, and aggregating ten thousand yards of canvass Two Glorious Performances Given Each Day and Night. ADMISSION to tlie Monster Six Tents, to w hirl, there are three separate entrances, is the usual price charged to shows of one sixth the Great Eastern’s capacity. Adults *1 Children 50 cents. Three Ticket Wagons are used to avoid all crash and jsm. $1(10,000 that the Great Eastern is the biggest show on earth—the public U> la; judge, r** Look out for the Brilliant Proeeasion with the Linns. Tigers and Panthers ha«e in the ojien streets. M REMEMBER! This monster exhibition—positively the largest and mast expensive on eaith—will visit Ilawkinsvillc on Monday, September 80U., 1872. Come andL witness the wonders ot this World's Fair. _ _ * ___ ■epti9-2t 7! ' A. R. SCOTT, Agent. New Goods. LARGE LOT OF BACON, CORN, MEAI * FLOUR AND TOBACCO. We have on hand a splcii lid stoC* of various brands of Liquors, Fresh Butter, Hams, Pickles, Brandy Peaches and Champaign, togetlu r with .good stock of GROCERIES, All cheap for the money. McCORMIOK & OLIVER, may9-tf At the Brick Corner. Livery and Sale STABLES. BROWN &L HENDLEY, Having finished their NEW STABLES os Jackson Street, would respeclfkilly inform their friend* and the public Hint they a« now prepared to buv, sell, hire out, or ltd " care of Stock left with them. Saddle ni l Harm-** Horse* and Buggies and Carriage * for hire. We also expert to keep on hand Wsgoi, and Drays, and will do hauling as chop as the cheaiio*t. Will pay the market price for Com and Fodder. C. P. BROWN. W. 11. HENDLEY. Ilawkinsvillc, Un., Sept. 5, 1872. 4m i oman Hippodrome, Egyptian Caravan and BALLOON SHOW! WOLFF & BROTHER, j DEALERS IN Southern Paper, Paper Bags, and Twine. j Paper Bags printed to order at tlie lowest Northern rates. | Highest Cash prices paid for 'WOOL, MILES, FURS, ! Beeswax, Sample or Waste Cotton, Scrap Iron, Rags & Dried Peaches. CORNER CHERRY ST. AND COTTON AVENUE, ] *«-t4-rm M*«w, o*. Team of Horned Mooses! FURN ITU RE! Wc offer for sale, at Cheap Cash Price- Cabinet Furniture PARLOR ANI) BEDROOM SUITS, Also Patent Spring Bed Bottom* AND MATTRESSES. ("hairs of nil descriptions and all ard every variety of Furniture kept and mas-.- faclured by finsl-cluas workmen. Ki k’s Patent Metallic Buriul Cases, The lies! article in tlie market. Also Coffins ill Wood nnd imitation el Rosewood, and other styles neatly finished Schneider & Starowski. Corner of Broad and Jackson Street* lUwaiNHVii.l.K, Ga. febHct-l y. SCARBOROUGH HOUSE, COURT HOUSE SQUARE, jr.i WKIXHYfLLK, GA The undersigned having rented the above named House from Col. C. 1. Ijithrop, solicit* a share *>f the public patronage E A BURCH. junes-tf Cotton Gins. The K. Carver Premium Cotton Gin. The Taylor Gin, made by W. G. Clem ons, Brown Si Cos., ColuinluiH, Ga. Tin "Old Reliable” Griswold Gin. O W. Massey's Excelsior Gin. All rtToinmended to tie splendid Cottnjf Gins. Call and examine tlietn. Term* made easy. On hand and for sale at Warehouse of J It. KENDRICK A Cos. augls-tf Shingles! Shinglesi Tlie uwtersign' and arc agents in Hawkins ville for ttie *»le ot the BKAUTIFUI PINE SHINGLES manufactured by Sumner, Mullin A liills. at Eastman, G* r who authorize us to warrant all the Shin ?;les to be Niqtcrinr to any ever ntad4r f it iiorgia A g.ssl supply constantly or? hand at our Warehouse. Cali mo See them. J. If KENDRICK A CO* Warehouse A Commission Men hunts. sug22-.'.m Uawkiusviii*, Ga
