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VOLUME IY
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FOR 1S74.
We only want to sendonr paper to
those who desire to read it, and those
who do not express their desire to take
it are ^presumed not td wahtit. Thosb
who have not renewed had better have
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eness .on 4be only plan that precludes
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ties that the credit system engender.
We have now several hundred dol
lars Jn smalt sums due which would
coat ns one half the amount to collect.
We are going to spend about ten dol-
LOTE ON A LOG.
“Miss Becky Newton?”
“Well, sir.”
“Will you many me?”
“No, I won’t.”
“Very well, then don’t; that’s all.-’.
Mr. Fred Eckerson drew' away his
chair, and putting his feet upon the
piazza unfolded a newspaper. Miss
Becky Newton bit her lips, and went
on with her sewing. . She wondered if
that was going to be the last of it.—
She had felt this proppsal coming for
a month, but the scene she had antic
ipated was not at all like this. She
had intended to refuse him, but it was
to be done gracefully. She was to
remain firm, notwithstanding bis m“st
eager entreaties. She was to have
told him that, though respecting his
manly worth and upright character,
she could never be to him than an ap
preciative and earnest friend. She
had intended to shed a few tears per
haps, as he knelt writhing in an agony
of supplication at her feet. But in
stead, he had asked her the simple i
question, without any rhetorical em
bellishment, and on being answered,
had plunged at once into his newspa
per, as though lie had merely inquired
the time of day. She could have cried
with vexation.
“You will never have a better
chance,” lie continued after a pause,
as he deliberately turned over the
sheet to find the latest telegraphic re
ports.
“A bett.-r chance for what?” she
asked, sharply.
“A better chance t > marry a young,
good-looking man, whose gallantry to
the sex is only exceeded by nis bravery
in their defence,”
Fred was quoting from his newspa
per, but Miss Newton did not know it.
“And whose egotism is only exceed
ed by his impudence,” retorted the la
dy sarcastically.
‘Before long,” continued Fred,
“yqu’Il’be out of tile market. Yonr
chances you know, are getting slim
mer every day.”
Sir?"
It won’t be agreat wliil- before you
are'ineligible Toil will gi'Sw old and
wrinkled and ”
Such rudeness to a lady is mon
strous,’’ exclaimed Newton', ris
ing hastily, and flushing to the tem
ples. . /
“I’ll give you a final, opportunity
Miss Becky. “Wi'U’you mar ”
Not if .yoii- weie the Ring En
gland,” interrupted -Miss Newton,
throwing down her work. “I am not
accustomed to such insults sir.”
And so saying she passed into the
house and slammed the door behind
her.
“She is never so handsome as When
she is in a rage,’’- thought Fred to
* 'fuffig6tf7"'afteF Shb ~hfd gone, as he
led up his paper and replac-
rpocket. *‘I was a fool to
goad her so. I shall never win her'
in thftt.way. But I’ll have her,” lie
exclaimed aloud. “By Heaven, IT
have her, cost what it may!”
Very different was Fred' -Eckerson/
of the present, pacing up and down
the piazza, from the Fred Eckerson
of a few moments ago, receiviug his
dismissal from the woman he loved,
with such a calm and impurtnrble ex
terior., For. he loved Becky Newton
with all his heart. The real difficulty
in-the way, as he half suspected, was
not so much with himself as with his
pocket. Becky Newton had an insu
perable objection to an empty wallet.
: Thi>-daughter of-a wealthy Louisiana
planter, reared in luxury and the re
cipient oj a weekly allowance of. pin
money sufficient to pay Fred’s whole
bills for a month, .she had no idea of
changing.: her situation for .one of less
comfort and independence. Besides
it had been intimated to her tliat a
neighboring planter: of ; unusually aris
tocratic lineage looked upon her With
covetous eyes. To be sure, he was old
and ugly, but he was rich; and in her
present mercenary state of mind Miss
Becky Newton did not desire such a
chance of becoming a wealthy Widow
to slip by unimproved
But alas for. human nature! If
.Becky was Tcally saindjffereutto Fred
why did she run up stairs after that
interview, and take the starch all out
-of’her nice clean pilh&rghams by cry
ing herself into hysterics on the bed.
I eipect to
he replied.
at that time nearly at the height of its said Becky.
‘spring rise.” Its turbid waters rush
ing swiftly toward the sea had nearly
filled the banks, and in many places
bad broken through the levees and
flooded the lowlands for many miles.
A crevasse of this description had been
made in the farther bank, nearly op
posite tli£:house, aud the windows of
the Newgete mansion commanded a
view of vast and glittering inland sea,
not laid down on the maps. The main
current of the stream bore on its cof
fee-colored bosom an enormous muss
of floating timber, which was dashed
along the boiling flood, rendering
navigation wholly impossible.
Now it happened by a curious coin
cidence that Miss Newton also resolv
ed to have a look at the river. She
dried her tears, and putting on her
ffOfl
long, 1
“Marry her? Why you—you pro
hat slipped out at the back door to
avoid Fred, anc soon found herself atr whlf ebbM^talit so Coolly and niicon
‘Yes, but you .refused. I told yon
then that yon would never have smoth
er chance.
Becky was silent again. It is a
matter of some doubt whether, had
Fred at that, moment; sitting astride,
that cottonwood log with his feet in
the water and bis arm surpund her Waist
proposed to her a second time; she
would have accepted him or not To
be sure a martelloiise change had
come over Becky’s feelings since her
tumble into the river. She felt just
then that one strong arm like that
which supported her was worth a
thousand old and decrepit planters;
and she recognized the fact that * man
"si.,—.-YVv-.-s-cii:. •- . I< . -I -
the foot of a huge cottonwood tree on
the bank below the house. Throwin
herself nj.on the grass, and lulled by
the bubbling of the rapid flood be
neath her, she soon fell fast asleep.—
Had she possessed any power of fore
seeing the future, it would have been
the last thing she would have, 'for,. al
though it was very pleasant dropping
asleep there in the shade, with the
oft sunlight filtering through the
leaves overhead, the awakening wasn’t
at all to her mind. A terrible crash
made chaos of her dreams; the ground
slipped from beneath; the tall cotton
wood toppled and fell; and miss Becky
Newton found herself suddenly im
mersed in the cold flood, with her
month full of mnady water. In a mo
ment more somobody’s arm was.
around her, and she felt herself lifted
up and placed somewhere in the sun
shine, though precisely where she.was
vet too bewildered to tell. Getting
her eves open at last, she found Fred
Eckeison’s whiskers nearly brusliing
her face.
“Well.”
“’Well”
“Where am I?” asked Becky,
shivering and looking around her.
“You are in the middle of the Mis
sissippi,” replied Fred, “and you are
in the tork of a cottonwood tree, and
von are voyaging towards the Gulf of
Mexico just as fast as the freshet, can
carry yon.”
“How came you here?”
“In the-same conveyance with your
self Miss Beeky. In fact, yon and I
and the tree all came together, to say
nothing of a portion of yoiir father’s
plantation, which I fear is lost to him
forever,
Becky was silent. She va; think
ing not of the apeident or their peril
ous position, but her appearance
when she was lying asleep on the
grass. -
‘Yon had no right to be there,’ she
said coloring, ‘a spy upon my move
ments.’
‘Nonsense!’ he replied. Yon intrud
ed on my privacy, and while you slept
I watched;over yon* like the sweet lit
tle cherub that's aloft.’
‘Thank you for your service, I’m
sure,’ she said bridling.
‘Yon snored awfully.’
‘Mr. Ecker c on, remove your arm
from my waist.’
‘Then pnt yonrs around my necki’
/Indeed I shall do mo such thing.’
‘Then you will fall into the river if
yon no not.’
Becky was silent for several mo
ments while their unweildly raft whirl
ed along in the current,'Tolling from
side to side, and threatening every in
stant to turn completely over and tip
them off. At last she said:
• “What are we to do?”
? “I think now that Im started, I
shall go on to New Orleans” he re
plied.
“To New Orleans ?” exclaimed
jJecky. ‘It is a hundred miles.’
‘Yes, and the chance of a free pas
sage such a distance is not to be neg
lected- You can go ashore if you pre
fer.’ . . . r-
She burst into tears.
‘You are cruel’ she saidj ‘to treat me
thus.’
‘Cruel!’ exclaimed Fred, drawing
her close - to him quickly; ‘cruel to
you?”
There was no help for it, and she
not all pique. There was somewhere
deep down in Becky’s heart a feeling
be sorry for wbat:
She
lars in dunning these parties by mail;
and will then be forced to consider a “But the'A^c^ trying hot
a dead loss all claims that are not * w itli the WnitooH™ voiS
paid voluntarily, for we now lay down,
the rule that we will not annoy our
self with suits at la\y ( hut appeal oqjv
to the Cou^ 0F Honor. Those who
dQ hot feel.honor bound to pay us at
once, can feel that we have charged.
- * nogs account, .
[ n- itli the recollection, “he was so rude
ilting! I never could live with
,n—never!". . 4 -
When Fred Eckerson had walked
off somfe of'his fefeluigs oh the piazza,
lie concluded to take a .look at the
river Mississippi, which flowed within
cernedly in a situation of such extreme
peril was of no ordinary courage. But
she was quite prepared to give up her
golden dreams. The dross was not
quite washed out of her soul, .and- she
did not yet know how much she loved
Fred Eckerson. Besides she did not
-half believe him.
The ciumsy vessel floated on, now
root fast sideways, and half submerg
ed by the boiling current. Their pre
carious hold became more uncertain
as their fingers became chilled by the
cold water, and every, .plunge of the
log threatened to cast them once more
into the river. In vain Fred endeavor
ed to attract the attention of some one
on the shore. The cotton-wood re
tained a course nearly in the middle of
the stream, too far from either bank
to render their outcries of much avail.
Yet to die in a man’s arms seemed
-not wholly a terror. She could bard-
lv think, if death must come, of any
way in which she would rather meet it.
Was it possible she loved him and
must need be brought within the val
ley of’ the shadow before she could
know her heart? Had she loved him all
Along? While she was thinking about
it chilled by the exposure, and the
night air she fell asleep-. When she
awoke the stars were.all out, but she
was warm and comfortable. Raising
her head, she found herself enveloped
in Fred’s coat. .
‘Fred!’
‘Well?’ -
‘You lia%;e robbed yourself to keep
life warm." 'Yon are frezing. •
‘No, I aic‘.;I took it off because it
was so awful hot;’aiid taking out his
handkercheif with his disengaged
hand, he made pretence of wiping the
perspiration from life brow.
‘How loug have I been asleep?’
‘About three hours. We are drift
ing in shore now.’
‘Shall we be saved?’
‘I don’t know. Put your arms around
my neck, for i am going to take mine
away.’
Becky diddhis time as she was. bid.
She nt t only threw her arms aronnd
his neck, but she laid her bead upon
his,breast without the slightest hesita
tion. In the darkness i Fred did not
know that she imprinted a kiss upon
his shirt bosom.
‘Hold fast’now, ha cried: ‘Hold on
for your dear life.’
The log had been gradually nearing
the shore for some time, and now it
shot suddenly under a large sycamore
tree which overhung its branches in
the brown flood. Quick as thought
Fred seized the limb above his head,
and pulled with all his might.
The headlong course of the cotton
wood was checked; itsplunged heavily
and partly turned over; its tops be
came entangled in the sycamore, and
a terrific crash ensued. With a sud
den spring Fred gained the projecting
branch, taking life' clinging burden
with him. In another instant the cot
tonwood had broken away and contin
ued its: voyage down the" river,- while
the bent sycamore regained its shape
with such a quick reboud that the two
travelers were nearly precipitated into
the water again. Fred, half-support-
wasin
all the air Becky, who had maintained
almost ntter silence since their escape
from the cottonwood, was no less si
lence DOW.
Fred himself did not appear parti
cularly communicative, and many
miles of long ride were taken without
a remark from either. It was Becky
who spoke first.
‘Fred,’ she said.
‘What?’
’You have saved my life have you
not?
“Happy to do it any day,” he
remarked, not knowing what else to
say.
‘I thank you very much.’
‘Quite welcome,' L m sure. ’
There was another long silence,
broken only by tho sound ortho horse’s
hoofs upon the road. Fred himself
seemed to have lost some of his habit
ual ease, for he kept his whip iu con-
stantjnotion. and held the reins ner
vously. -
‘Fred?
‘What?’ -
‘Are you going to write to that
young lady in New Orleans?’
I s’pose so.’
‘-Hadn’t you—better—try—again—
before you—before you write?”
He turned his eyes full upon her
and opened them wide.
‘Try again! Try wbat?”
:P ve been thinking through the
night,’ said Becky, bending low to
hi jo her face and carefully seperating
the fringe of her mantilla, ‘that—per
haps—if you had asked me again the
same question—that you did yesterday
morning—I might answer a little dif
ferent 1
Becky’s head went against Fred’e
shoulder and her face became imme
diately lost to view.
“You darling! he exclnimed; ‘I nev
er intended to do otherwise. ■ The
young lady in New Orleens was whol
ly a myth. But when may I ask, did
yon change yonr mind?’
‘I have "ever changed it, she mur
mured. ‘I have loved you all the time,
but never knew it till last night.
And so to this day, when Mrs Becky
Eckerson is asked where she fell in
love wiih her husband she ansvi
“On a log.”
Necrology for 1873.
Death has been busy with the
crowned heads and great men of the
world the past year. We give first a
brief notice-of some of tliemore promr
inent Americans who have died in tliat
period of time:
Americans.—John W. Geary. Pa.,
sometime governor of Kansas and af
terward of Pennsylvania; Bishop Mc-
Hlvaine, of Illinois; Judge H. H.
Leavitt, of Cincinnati; W. H. McGuf-.
ley, the distinguished educator and
author of a serious of class books;
Cheif Justice Salmon P. Chase; Oakes
Ames, of Credit Mobiler notoriety;
Rev. Dr. Joel Parker, a prominent
Presbyterian divine of New York; Rev.
John Atwood, of New Hampshire,
nominated by the Democrats for gov
ernor im 1850, and thrown overboard
for avowing anti-slavery sentiments;
Daniel Pratt, a pioneer manufacturer
in Alabama; Horace F. Clark the groat
railroad operator; Lewis Tappen, me
morable for his philanthropy; Hiram
Powers, the eminent sculptor; Jesse R.
Grant, father of the President; Gen.
A. R. YVright, member of Congress
from Georgia; J. F. Wilson, M. C.,
of Oregon; R. S. Storrs. Gardiner,
Spring, Todd and Solomon Hdifard,
four distinguished clergyman of over
sixty years’ service each; Gen. Edw.
S. McCook, killed in an affray at
Yankton Dacotah; Silas Totton. I). D.,
an able clergyman of the Episcopal
Houston County Court;
NOTICE is hereby given that the Quarterly
Terms of this Court provided for by law for tho
trial and adjudication of cases of contract whejV
the amount claimed is over one hnndred dollars"
principal will ber held regularly on tie Third
Mondays in January, April, July and October res
pectively at the Corut House in Perry.
Courts will also be held regularly fSl flie trial
and adjudication of all other business, civil and
criminal, within the jurisdiction of the Court,
regularly on the Third Mondays in each of the in
tervening months, and such other days (Sundays
and public hollidays excepted): and at suchplaco#
as sba'lbe indicated in the writ or summons, or
as shall be agreed upon by the parties or ordered
by the Court,
SAMuei. D. 111.T.Tar,
im County Judge,
JOBSOR
tent-, apparently, to remain in Fred’s
aims, and evincing no" disposition to
It was not all wrath or vexation, it was rebel. For once in her life she was
dependent on a man.
I want to go to New Orleans, contin-
very much akin to remorse. She was ue«l Fred after a pause, because there Becky could not walk without great
hot siwe that she would npfc.-pne. pAj i j --
way to the trunk by a seri- s bf gymnas
tics that would have been mo discredit
to Blondin, and-in a moment more
both had reached the ground in safe-
ag&xn relasped into silence .quite con- ; “That’s a business we" are well out
of,” he said whpn he bhdiregained hfe
breath.—.‘Nov, where are We?”
He looked about. A light was glim-
mering.frpm a habitation behind them
a short distance from where they stood.
had no .doubt that she could, be very some intention cr£ inviting into this
happy as -Fred Eckerson’s wile after --*-*■■*——* "
all.
is a.young lady there of my acqui^. j p a j n . HDC i Fred lilted her lightly in
tance Eresiding tbecs,/ wjbpm.. I' have this arms and stated for the house.'
neighborhood.
•Oh!’
‘If we dou't go to New Orleans,’ if
we get safely out of ibis scrape, I shall
write her to come any way.’
‘I shall obtain board for her in St.
Jean whioh will be eohvenietit for me;
I can ride over after breakfast every
morning, you see;'
• 3 * — — — inenusuip oi one
five hundred yaras"of the "house, Was ‘She is; an intimato friend, then, morning was bright and clear, and the not found wanting;
pitality. Here their wants were quick
ly attended to, and under the cheering
influence of warmth and shelter Becky
o
They drove home the following day
Fred having procure the Moan of the
planter’s horse and chaise for that pur
pose, promising to return then ’
Newton’s servant the day afte
1
Friendship.
“Friendship,” says Geothe, “is an
elective afiiinity, based upon the spir
itual consanguinity which, though co
existent with, is different from any
tie or nstinct of blood relationship.”
Friendship has its origin in the na
ture and condition of man. He is a
social being, and loves to frequent the
society of those who are like himself,
but still he finds his happiness in
complete unless participated in by
one in whom he places hfe eutire con
fidence, and considers his friend.—
When in difficulty and distress, he
looks around for consolation and ad
vice.
We can scarcely open any volume of
antiquity without being reminded
how excellent a thing is friendship.
But it is to be feared that, in modem
timesj friendship is seldom remarkable
for similar devotedness.
Wbat indescribable happiness must
it be to possess a real, true friend—a
friend whom we can rely on; who
when enemies gather around, when
sickness falls on the heart, when the
world is dark and cheerless, will bear
a willing part in our calamity.
Adversity tries true friendship. If
you have a friend who loves you, be
sure to sustain him in adversity. Let
him feel that hfe former friendship is
appreciated, and that hfe love was not
thrown away. Real fidelity, while
rare, still exists in the heart. Who
has n<»t felt, its powe”? They only de
ny its worth and! power who have nev
er either loved or labored to make
others happy.
The good and kind, the affectionate
and virtuous, see and feel the heaven
ly principle. They would sacrifice
ing ball-dragging Becky, worked hfe. worth and happiness to promote the
happiness of others; and in retnrn,
they receive the reward o e their lave
by'sjTnpatliizrng hearts and countless
favors when they have been brought
low by distress and adversity-.
If you have a friend, try to retain
him, for tue time will come when you
will be willing to give all you have,
and ever hope to have, for one true
and sincere friend.
TS-'is a-fayorite theory of mine that
all ,oqr disappointments and reverses,
are the results of our own folly. If
we are truthful and honorable in all
things, and do as nearly right as we
can, there’ll not mnch happen to dis
turb us. Our friends will not forsake
us without provocation.
I don’t mean those summer butter
fly friends. They are not worthy the
name., But I do expect you to be
careful of the few friends you have,
and stand by them through storm
and sunshine. Keep them; for when
the dark day of yonr desolation comes
there is no anchor like the true," firm
friendship of one you have tried and
DR.
33B2STTIST,
PERRY AND HAWKINSYILLE 6L
a E WILL SP- XD the first half of rach month
in his office in Perry, over the «ld drag store.;
and one-fourth, or the latter half of each month
will be given to his practice in HawUnaviOe, at
Mrs. Hudspeth's. ifilfiSS t
, A School Wanted.
to-
ned
B Y a young man thoroughly competent to
instruct in English Latin, Sciences
Mathematics, who will wori cheap.
Apply to J. M. 3., Box 51,Perry, da..
Sheriffs Special Notice,
A FTER this date I will advertise no levy
for sale unless the advertising fee is
paid iu advance. The law requires it, and
Church; Lewis Gaylard Clarke, editor ! I cannot afford to pay the charges myself
of the old Knickerbocker .Magazine: ’ whwe & 0 ^ #re settlement
or otherwise. W. D. I’iERCE,
John Early, senior Bishop of tho M.
E. Church South; Laura Keene, the
noted actress, at whose playing the
late President Lincoln was present
when assassinated; Gen. W. J. Hardee,
ia noted Confederate leader; Mrs. R. E.
Lee, widow of the celebrated Confed
erate General; James H. Lucas the
richest man in St. Louis; ex-Senator
John P. Hale, of N. H.; ex-Seuator
Yates, of Illinois; Bishop Armitsge,
Wisconsin; Louis Agassiz, the great
scientist; Samuel Nelson, ex Justice of
the United States Supreme Court ;.Jbhn
Hopkins, tkeiBaltimore philanthopist.
Europeans. -Ex-Emperor Napoleon;
Sir Edward Bulwar Lytteii, the great
novelist; Rev. Baptist W. Noel, Vis
count Assington, Speaker of the Eug-
glish House of Commons; Charles
Kniglit, the great English author and
publisher; Amandee Thierry, the
French author; W. C. Macready, the
actor; Justus Von Liebig, the cnemial.;
Earl de la Ware, of England; Jolui
Staurt Mill, political economist; Rat-
tazi, a leading statesman of regenerat
ed Italy; Samuel Wilberforce. Bishop
of the See of Winchester; Lord West,
bnry, ex-Chancellor of England;’Prince
Esterhazy, the richest man iu Australia;
by suicide; Dr. Nelaton, the greatest
of French Surgeons; Gberazzi, Dicta
tor of Rome in 1849; Edwin Lanseer,
the great English animal painter, and
Sir Henry Holland, a noted English
traveler.
During the past year more than one
million people died whose graves will
never be marked; more than one mil
lion who will be forgotten before this
year expires; and other millions whose
memory and name will grow less astime
grow* on. The niches in the Temple
of Fame are all full, and none get a
place there now only as they knock
aside some dry bones which have lost
the label.—Augusta Constitutionalist.
Professional Cards.
Cards inserted atone dollar a lin< per annnni
if paid in advance, otherwise, two ,
dollars a line.
C.J. HARRIS,
attorney at £,
MACON GEORGIA.
WILL practice law in litigated cases in the
If comities of the Macon Circuit to wit: Bibb,
Houston, Crawiord and Twiggs.
J. A. EDWARD I,
Attor n ey at Law,
MARSHAULYILLE GFOHGIA.
W. H. REESE,
Attorney at Law.
XT* TLSTTAT.T.V1T.T.F. GEORGIA.
J3®"Special attention given to cases in bank
ruptcy.
DUNCAN & FILLER,
t Ij»w.
PERETand FORT VALLEI', GA.
tat.C. C. Duncan, Penry, office on Public Square;
A. L. Stiller. Fort Valley- ofiicc in Mathew's Hall.
B. m DAViS.
11 Q 3T 33. e 3T &,t; ,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
iVTILL practice ill the Courts of Hou-ton
f V" and adjoining counties; also in the Su
preme Court and U. 8. Distriirt Court
NOTTINGHAM & PATTEN,
^.ttomoys at Itaw
PEBRT, GEORGIA.
PRACTICE in the Courts of Houston and u
joining counties. Prompt attention given to all
business entrusted to our care. Collections ol
claims a specialty. - C " - - --Ji.
ang 2 :i. - ti.
u. M. CONN,
Attor»©y at Xi-aw
BTBON", S. W. E, E. G.V.
j^-Special attention given to nollecfionis.
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E. W. CROCKER,
Attorney at Xj»w,
FORT VALLEY, GA.
j^-CollectionB and Criminal Law a specialty
Officu at Miller, Brown Sz CoV;
Nov 8 t f.-
Sheriff
SCHOOL NOTICE.
TTiffE fjj'ring Session of tho
Porxy Malo School.
Will open on the Second Monday in January next.
Tuition will bo $2, $3, $4, or$5 per school month
of four weeks, according to advancement of pu-
iiiie, and will be required at the end of each
mouth.
t@.Dednotions mads only in cases of protracted
sickness,
dec 2-31
8. LEWIS.
County Court.
■v OTICE is hereby given that the gonuty Court
*> has been duly organized according to law, and
open for the transaction of any business comiTJ
within its jurisdiction.
For the present and until an office can be aped-
ed in the Court House, the office ef said Court
will be kept, in my law office. The trial of cases
before said Court will be held in Hie Court
House of the county, except by agreement at
parties in special cases.
A Quarterly session of said Court will be held eo
the third (3d) Monday in January next G874)
SAM’L. D. KILLtjf,-
Counfv Judge.
Dee. I8th, 1874. 2 W
JOHN B. COFIELD.
Photographer & Portrait Painter"
Perry Georgia.'
prices, aud guarantee satisfaction. He In
vites everybodv to call and examine his speci
mens, aud to compare his work with that of any
other artist. In price and Btyle of workhe defies
competition.
Gallery on Carroll Street,
JTP Sfairs, where he has good sky-light and iff
«J otherwise amply prepared to serve those wlto
may cSH.
Dec. 13, M.
w
M.KERS H,
(late of S. C.,>
DEALER IN
General Merchandise:
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, CAPS,
AND NOTIONS,
GROCERIES
PROVISIONS,
LIQUORS, &C. &Cj
JS3-Spedal inducements In quality aud prion.
eyHighest cash price paid for COXTOJT.-
Call and see me before purchasing elsewhere;-
Apl 19-tf. W. M. KEBSH, Perry,- Ga.-
FURNITURE FREIGHT FREE
N entirely New and Elegant Stock of
Jnst received ar>d for sale at Foit Valley
and Macon prices,
AT HOME.-5^
A Hearse can be furnished to order at any'
time, on short notice. I can be foimd in
toe day time at my store, next to .the Hotel
nt night, at tey residence, adiofeing that
Dr.Hitvis.- • V.- . "
Furniture
to Order,
and repaired at short nodee. I will s
you Furniture as CHEAP AS IT "CAN" 1
BOUGHT IN MACON.
GEORGE 3?^AXJI^
TERRY, GA*#