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OUR TRADE. Its Growth and its Character istics. [CONTINUED. ] Tile Book and Stationery Trade. The Book and Stationery trade of Atlanta is no inconsiderable item in Atlanta business. Messrs. Phillips A Crew, the first house to which we shall call attention, is a house whose history every boy in the United States should have upon his mind. They started from just simply nothing. The house was or ganized by Mr. Benj. B. Crew, and its nucleus was $4 20 worth of newspapers, cigars, etc. This $4 20 had been earned by selling news papers, as a hundred news boys are now sell ing the Herald. After many months of struggling, Mr. Crew made enough money to regularly open a book store. He was then on the high road to fortune, and admitted Mr. Phillips to a partnership with him. Since then their business has thrived wonderfully. Every season brings new customers, and adds a large per cent to their trade. They have probably the completest book store in the State, and their sales are enormous. They are agents for the famous Knabe piano, and have sold thirteen of them on one street in this city. They are reliable, active, prudent and liberal, and Benj. Crew is a man whose record is as pure and spotless as that of any Christian in the State of Georgia. Mr. Jno. Trimble at the head of the sale department, is one of the best salesmen and general man agers in the city. One of bis good points is that he has read every book that ever was printed, and is now hungry for the coming of the * ‘next new novel. ” Messrs. J. J. A S. P. Richards is an old and reliable firm that do probably the largest jobbing business ot any house in the city. They keep always a heavy stock, and sell at low prices. They have customers in almost every village in Georgia, and hardly ever lose a man when he once commences buying from them. Nothing ever disturbs their trade; come what disaster that may, J. J. A S. P. Richards always sell their usual quantity cf goods. It is a fine old house, and thoroughly identified with Atlanta’s interest, and woven into Atlanta’s glory. J. W. Burke, this indefatigable publisher has just opened a branch establishment of his Macon honse in Atlanta, under the charge of Mr. Hancock, who appears to have busi ness qualifications of a very high order, and who is building up with magical rapidity a big trade. This honse is carrying a very heavy staple goods, and keeps up in all the novelties in their line. There are several other book stores in At lanta,and all are reported in healthy and pros- peaous condition. The books and stationery sales for the past year wili amount to over $450,000. Our Hardware Trane. The very acme of commercial prosperity may be said to be realized by the Atlanta hardware merchants, as a class. Without a single exception they are prospering, and growing and getting richer every year that they live. Without making any especial fuss about it. they are pushing on their business, extending their lines of trade, and getting a growth as solid as the anvils that they sell. The house of Tommey, Stewart A Beck has grown up since the first of January, 1860, when it was first opened here. The Senior partner is an old Columbus hardware mer chant— a 8Afe and successful man. Mr. Stewart is a Newton county man, who began life with less than nothing. He obtained an education, graduating at Emory College, on his own credit, and then taught for twelve 3 rear ^* P^yiog all he owed and accnmulating considerable money. Mr. Beck is a young man of Henry county, whom the other par£ ners have brought up io their store in this city. Now, we doubt if there is a more ex tensive hardware store in the South, or it any bouse is on a more solid basis. They don't cnoe anything. Their sales for 1870 were $100,000: for 71 $120,000; and for 72. $150,000. T. M. Clarke & Co., one of the oldest honses in Atlanta, do probably the leading business in hardware, although two or three other honses push them close. Their sales for the last year must have been $200,000, and this year will far exceed that sum. J. M. Alexander A Co. have a splendid as- aortment of goods, are men of capital, and do a fine business—a business that ia increas ing all the time. Moore, Mar«h <fc Co. ■XHB IABOEST WHOLESALE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN THE 8TATE. This firm are the pioneers of the jobbing trade of Atlanta in the dry goods line. Their success has clearly demonstrated that exclu sive jobbing houses would pay handsomely in this city. They lead, and always have the dry goods business, their trade amounted to over $7,000 last year, and unless something unseen arises it will overreach a million this year. They occupy a four story building, with stone front, on the corner of Decatur and Prior streets. They occupy the entire build- lug, which is one of the largest business houses in the city, being what is called a double store, the dimensions of which are 36 P They have a packiug room 36 by 130 feet They have one entire floor de- Toted to the storage of boots and shoes exclu sively. They have 25,000 cases of shoes and boots in the house, and in addition to their regular dry goods trade, they do a larger wholesale boot and shoe trade than any shoe bouse in the State. OBJ GOODS. . Tb*y have absolutely everything pertaining to this line of goods. They make a specialty cotton rope, and in fact ail factory goods, Jar. Marsh, of this firm, being one of the pro jectors of the Lion Factory, which is one of the most successful factories in the State. They are of course the special agents offer •nperior inducements to buyers of those goods. They include notions, leather, shoe findings, and tots of all descriptions for both sex, un der the general toad of dry good*. They have in the neighborhood of a quarter of a million of dollars invested in their business. Kddleman A. Brown and Oeo. W. Price. By an accidental omission this honse was tell out of our article on the shoe trade, which touesion by the way reminds ns of the play of Hamlet with the character of Hamlet left oat. ilenurs. Ladle man A Brown are by a good deal the largest shoe dealers in the city and a Una of the highest standing and integrity. Jfiey do a business of over $300,000 per au- »um, and stand among the foremost ot At- mntas jobbing merchants. Mr. Geo. W. Bnce, another wholesale and retail dealer was omitted by mistake. He is doing a large »na increasing business. B Fire Insurance. We regret that it is impossible to secure as fn« Statistics of this branch of business as we deaire. Owing to the change of companies lrom one representation to another, and the withdrawal of many companies altogether from the city the agents cannot fnrniah the information desired. local agents. These compose a list of reliable bnsiness men. and their names, in the order of seniori ty in commenting the business in this city me: John 0. Whittier, M. C. Blanchard. W. w.lf“Tn k ' Davis A Clark, 7n k 7.f..^ yd ' J ®°dfrey, J. B. Bridge, J. Gadsden King and Israel Putnam. General agents located in Atlanta are: Wm. J. Whaling, Hartford Insurance Com pany DNr. Daniel Morse, Home Insurance Com- pany. P. Constable, .Etna Insurance Com- j Carley, Duck & CO. J. B. Morgan. Franklin Insurance Com pany. OUR MANUFACTURERS. A ru CLASS house in all its appointments. James H. Low, New Orleans Mutual Insur ance Company. , ^ vmjvi w viuiu ui w Henry Bohi, American Central Insurance j Thest year’s business was about $1*00,000. Company. Enuraged by the growth of trade, the firm Joseph Raine, Manhattan Insurance Com- ' “lelnto” paints, lead, window glass and P an y- lam, and their second years’ business premiums, receipts and taxes. amhted, in gross hales, to over $200,000, As for as we can gather, the premiums re- bei . a ^ Pf* C8nt * . They be- ceived, taxes and licenses paid by all the com- i a ? 3n . ts Southern panies represented here dnring the past three ! Oilorks, Kentucky White Lead Works, and years, as shown by the returns made to the Southern Color Works. .... citv have been as follows: i * farst 8tore room ’ 011 Lme 8treet ’ th ? fc « * 10 _, ™ Unoccupied (25 by 7o) was at first entirely Premiums m 1871 $124,544 00 j toarge for the amount of goods or stock, witortm’oin leV'* Tallin nl' an,bu t ra d e done. At the beginning of their i 22 ^ sea ^ J’ car8 ’ business, however, tne trade qli on baW> increa8e< U that they were compelled to i oi 2” ) reive to their present position on Pryor on " blcb are Ot) by 100 feet, and cellar of "?0 00 j tbuuue s j ze# The cellar is now used for A^n nn ' °^ ,one > aQ d is generally crowded to its full 650 00 ca , c ity, with burning, paint and lubricating The amount of losses sustained by insur-! oiof all varieties. They are now negotiat- ance companies during the same period of m for the remainder ot the present build- Premiums two quartern in 1873 Taxes paid in 1871 “ 1872 Taxes two quarters in 1873 Licences paid in 1871. “ 1872 •• 1873 time, cannot at this time be correctly ascer tamed. From the best data at command, we are satisfied, however, that the receipts ot fire insurance companies have not exceeded their losses and expenses much, if any more, than ten per centum. A. C. & B. F. Wyly. This firm has been in business here for the last fourteen years. They have a liberal cap ital and almost unlimited credit. They car ry the largest stock of any house in the Stu te and are now selling more than one million dollars worth of stock per aunum. Their sales often over reach ten thousand dollars per day. They are both wide-awake, live t^e! I What Atlanta is Doing in the “Producing” Way. [continued. ] Holland Tobacco Factory* One of the most important manufacturing establishments in Atlanta is Holland’s To bacco Factory on Marietta street. It has been in successful operation for five years, and has made a character that makes it famous over the whole South. It is working over one hundred hands all the time, paying high wages and giving pleasant employment. Its capacity is about 3,500 pounds a day, and will shortly increase its capacity to meet the demands of its trade. No difficulty is found in selling all the tobacco made by this firm, as they use nothing but the best Virginia leaf tobacco. A very wise rule was adopted by the proprietors when they started their manu factory. At a risk of losing money for the first year or two of business, they determined THE CARPET STOKE. New Carpets now in Store and Arriving at tbe Carpet Store of CMerM Boynton k Co. In larger quantities, finer qualities, and more beauti ful In design than ever before offered at any Carpet Store in the South. WAGONS, in on account of not having room tcisplav their stock. This will double their j to make only the very best grade of tobacco; j dilay-room and cellarage. They will soon bid a fire-proof warehouse, for the storage orils, outside the fire limits of the city, wch will not only decrease their rate of in- sance, but give them elbow room for the bdling of their immense stock of goods. )f the partuers, Mr. M. A. Carley, the bd cf the establisment, will be found su- jrintending the finances and general rou te, while the junior partner, Mr. H. R. S. and while other factories were rushing off cheap tobaccos at auy prices, and Riaking money for a brief day or two, this firm stuck square to their honest principle, and gradually built a reputation for reliability in their goods that is worth a fortune to them. While strolling through the factory this re porter was entertained by Captain Holland and Mr. G. W. Hall, who, while be was there, filled his hours with joy and gladness, and 3 provincial custom of the house. This m now sends goods to all parts of Georgia, ^ ^ », abama, Tennessee, and North and South business men who look into all tne details of . ir £ ii , D 1 a ’ ,, Tbe 25f* tJ 1 ® 3 * their business themselves; can be found at ■» b »»>ly “pan out" $300,000. Their book- their store from sunrise until dark. Have the ;e P er > dn °: °° - t* of most efficient and thorough capable clerks lek, is generally on the road, and fostering j when he left filled his pockets with twists and plugs of their “very best tobacco.” .James E. Bailer. Among the self-made men of Atlanta, is a QUR STOCK CON8IST8 IN PART OF Wiltons, Moquetts, Axminsters, Velvets, Body ahd Tapestry Brussels, Three Plys, Ingrains and common Carpet?, Floor Oil Cloths from ‘.J to 18 feet wide, China and Cocoa Matting, Window Shades of all sizes, Beal and Nottingham Lace Curtains, Coatalines, Brocatelles, Satins, Reps, Damask, &c., &c. for L&mbriquin Curtains and Furniture, Cornice, Mats, Rugs, Wall Paper and General Housefurnishing Oooda. We make Lambriqulns to order, from $10 to $100 per Window. We are prepared to contract for furnishing houses, WAGONS, FARM lit ROAD WAGONS. qmet, unobtrusive gentleman of slender fig- I cllurohe . and tm,, throughout, with Carpets, Mat- ure, rather ta 1 and having a thoughtful ex-; i. ambriquica , Eugs , tc . presston, well known and highly respected by , “ MF . T RAE CHAMBERLIN, BOYNTON A CO. been steadily increasing every year since they -’rhe*sttok of “tlto*honseTonstataTf lead* I this'article, andit“affo'rds ^"special"pleasure I tr * dealers inc “ rpet8 ' . bid pa^r^r’o^nt^x m *z \ » p»r y >nu.^for i pretty goods or great bargain tos onened \liev t^hink that rt-X I lists’ materials, varnishes, English and ttade and mauutacturmg mterests of Atlanta, i iease P 20 ner cent, this fall d rmerican window glass, all varieties, plain 1 He born 111 Ja8 P er county, Ga., and is | believing that we can and will make ,t to the inter, „rease M percent this fall. nd ornamental ]am chandeliers, brackets, j uow thuty-six years ot age. His parents . r „ , , „ amp fixtures, and all goods usually kept in a j P 00r . aud }» a plow-boy till he was J.C. Peek A. Co. ob bing oil and paint house. I fourteen years old. He then engaged himself This firm of contractors and builders and j t Ls a matter of especial congratulation to ! as a mail-rider at 4.7 per month, and carried manufacturers of s&sh, doors, blinds, dressed Atlanta that this honse has achieved such a ! mail on horseback two years lumber, scroll work, etc., etc., have one of the WO oderfnl success. It is an evidence of the I Wh8n he waa eighteen years old, he went largest establishments in the whole South, immensity of the jobbing trade, and a proof I into the store cf High & Baker, in Madison, They do their work as well put together and as that specialty houses eau now be supported ! a8 clerk and salesman, and there remained neatly finished as any that can be found, and^ er e. The first proof of the growth of a city be came to Atlanta in 1857, and went into is made of superior, well cured material, andj s the classification of its trade. Atlanta has they can sell their work cheaper than it can re ached this point, and we may expect from be bought in the northern markets. Jneirthe remarkable success tbat has attended the . „ „ , . .. great brick building covers a large amount ot ho nses who have been the pioneers in this o1 Butler & Peters. He engaged in this part- ♦k«wt oa iaa u— - •••* nership, without any money whatewer— nothing but his superior business habits, judgment and qualifications, and continued till the war. After the war, he and Mr. Peters went into the milling business, building the City Mills, 7 receiving IO of the Celebrated the store of Wm. L. High. He afterwards formed a partnership in the commission busi ness with W. G. Peters, under the firm name ground, and they have trom 90 to 100 hands^ Q gj Qess t 0 still further develop it, until constantly employed most of them men j 8 folly equipped for the jobbing families. trade. Merchants from the neighboring towns are much more willing to do their wholesale The Wholesale Dry Goods Trade. buying here, when they have stores to select It is worthy of special remark that the dr\ from who deal altogether in the specialty they ^,— ... ^ .. goods trade in Atlanta is becoming more im are seeking, and who are consequently able °* the Western and Atlantic Railroad portant and extensive than any other cityiij to offer better inducements than if they were Bartow street, 1866. before the the South. Atlanta is n^onlinrlv s rnminurl hnvino in smnllpr nnant itips for mired stocks, death Oi Ml. Peteres in 1868, he bought the the South. Atlanta is peculiarly a commerl buying in smaller quantities for mixed stocks, cial city, having facilities for commerce tiai Carley, Duck & Co. is a firm that would do but few cities anywhere of no greater popila j credit to any city. Of large capital, unending tion can boast of. ! credit, and high business capecity, they can From a moderate amount of dry goods oh \ control all the goods they want and sell at at retail a few years ago, this city has gr<wi prices that will force trade, up to be a great wholesale mart, which is e> iectly astonishing to every one who looks at> Water Works for Atlanta. The people of Atlanta have for several |the facts. We have elsewhere noticed the largein-J veara been Clamorous for an abundance of crease of onr trade giving some figures,tnd I ' wa ter, and at last we are in a lair way to have stating that a much larger supply of gods before another summer comes on. We had been laid in, than ever before; and wuld waQ t it to allay the dust, both m summer and here again call the attention of the coutry wintert and for ^nitarv purposes, to the fact that in all branches of trade, lere I W e have a board of Water Commissioners are fully 2o per cent, more goods laid mhan • in who9e integrity, good judgment and prac- ever be ore at this period of the yearand j t j ca i business sense, our people have confi- from 30 to 35 per cent, more of dry gods denC e. The city authorities have granted the nan ever before. * a i d that is necessarv: the Commissioners |H nonng-y merchants W!fl come am ex-; haV6 boe n, and still are, making every uecesl amine, they will be convinced. The Rome Fair. A Glimpse at the Garden Spot of Geor/.a. Rome, Ga., September 12, If3. To the Editors of the Herald: The Agricultural and Mechanical FaiAsso- ciation of the Cherokee country of Gorgia and Alabama is in full blast, and is onsid- ered better than any since its organiation; there has been nearly a toousand entrie. T. J. Perry, Secretary ; A. A. Jones, Presdent. The display of cereal is very fine inded—all the various departments full. “Georgi rais ed” shows a great difference to the n»st of our fairs. Tbe iron interest is well repre- sary investigation before contracting for the work, or deciding upon any measure. They will, however, soon determine their course, and have the work commenced. We are assured that we shall have water works before warm weather comes again. This gives relief to the anxious minds, and is cause for re joicing. The bringing of water from Chattahoochee river, from Peachtree Creek and from South River, and the procuring of a supply from a very large well—say ono hundred feet wide, and of sufficient depth to give one and a half or two millions ot gallons of water per day— are all yet under consideration. The big well is earnestly urged by some of our best citi zens. It may be the better plan, and it may not. We will not venture an opinion, because we are not sufficiently informed; but we doubt if a well would be any cheaper, and we entire property, and haR been its sole owner ever since. He has not only conducted this business successfully, but has made for himself a repu tation of which any man may well be proud. Everything about his mill is in the very best of order. He handles his grain and flour with the greatest care, and his brands are al ways reliable. He commenced making a very superior flour a few* years ago, which he called “The Pride of Dixie,” which we have heard many good judges pronounce the be6t flour ever made or sold in Georgia. It is certainly very superior, and cannot be excelled. DB.7 GOODS. FISH BROS, and MILBURN WAGONS. { Both Thimble Skein and Iron Axie. We offer these | Wagons to farmers and tbe Trade for less money than 1 they can be had any where else in the State. MERLIN. BOYNTON & CO. ARE now daily receiving in their Dry Goods depart ment one of the finest selections of Staple aai Fancy Dry Goois, S8, Gloves, Cloi Hosiery, &c., &c., Ever before offered by them, and invite inspection J makes'birt 7sninu'quantTty oFiCoecMionally! j Sr °“ aU MTCb 81 toatabtotBood*- Partie. mdta j seldom being able to obtain wheat of proper tauce supplied with samples by mail upon application. | quality. When he does make any, it is quickly taken up by those who know its value j and are always anxious for it. Butler is a prince among millers. He' grinds up over 300,000 bushels of w-heat a | year, his mill turning ou^^U> to 80 barrels ! every day. He deserves tnP success he has ! achieved, and the grander success which we I trust is before him. sented; indeed, the people generally uem up U fever heat on this important develoment. fear ifc is !> otl1 impracticable and would be at- The racing is confined to “scrubs,’’but it j with troublesome results. affords amusement, and this is a conidera- tion. The lottery feature is workingpretty well, though the principle is wrong Don’t you think the pian would work well to 4 ‘draw” out the masses on Sunday, should the churches adopt is looked for with unusual interest W. F. Peek A Co. All this country is in the primitive forma tion, and it is believed by many that no point can be selected anywhere in or near the city where a bed of solid granite would not be struck before gomg down deep enough to ob- tain a supply ot water. The prospects for cotton is very fine trough-1 Hut if tnis should not be the case, it is be- out the country. Tbe caterpillars hae made | that a well of sufficient depth and ca- their appearance, but not to do any vey great 1 P a city to supply tbe city would exhaust and damage. Corn is as good, if not betfcr than | dr y U P ad weBs neighborhood— ^ w at any time since the war. This county | perhaps all in a mile ot it. It this should be j proposition of the Holly company, viz., the seems very prosperous, with proapets of a ; result it would be a terrible one. . erection of their works upon a square mile ot bright future. J If we 8° outside of the city, say a half mile j the most inflammable area of the city, we The Herald is popular and ha many or a mile, to dig this great well the cost of i 8 h 0 nld have had a test of the utmost value, friends and supporters. The Sunday edition bringing the water from the well to the centre ( xt is* a test which the Holly people were per- ... - of town would be but little less than to go to j fectly willing to undertake, but which Chief Peachtree creek or South river. Engineer Cheeseborough and the Common These are things to be carefully considered. Council, for reasons satisfactory only to them- We doubt not it will be done, and that tbe | ge lves, were not willing should take place. Commissioners will adopt the wisest course. Xbig te8 t, which would have cost Chicago Water Works at Hyde Park. From the Chicago Times. The trustees of Hyde Park are investigat ing the question of water works; and, at present, seem very favorably inclined to the Holly system. This tendency is in the right direction. There can be no doubt as to the superiority of this system over that of the reservoir and stand-pipe, the latter of which, in this city, has never proved it sell anything save a very costly failure. The expense of the stand-pipe is not less than four times that of the Holly, and then, even with this differ ence against it, will accomplish infinitely less. The Holly system does away wholly with our expensive steam fire engines, and thereby •conomises an enormous outlay. The auto matic adjustability ot the Holly is also of immense value, as it adapts itself to the de mand for water, and is equally ready to fur nish the [amount required to fill a drinking pitcher, or for a vast conflagration. If the people of Hyde Park are wise, they will adopt the Holly pump and its connec tions. Could Chicago have accepted the CHAMBERLIN. BOYNTON & CO. Bepl4-8un2t i. & j. nn MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN MEN'S k ROYS’ CLOTHING COTTON GINS. j The celebrated “Needle/* “Wlnship/* “Gullet" ax ! others. Auy size supplied at abort notice. The above firm deal in dry goois exclu sively. They ignore the boot and sioe trade as well as the hat trade, which met of the wholesale dry goods men make specalties ot. They devote all their capital and energy to tbe wholesale dry goods bnsiness proier, with the exception of an immense stock <r clocks, which they are making a specialty o' and are selling below New York cost. Th.y have a ; COMB AiD l T S. We can not give a formal house-warming for all our friends in city and country. There would not be room tor a family meeting of all who are allied to the Republic Life Insurance Company by stock or policy, even if we could roof in Pryor street from the Kimball House full stock, and are driving an exceleut busi-1 t0 Eepublic Block, but we can do better. We ness. They are very much encour»,ed by the I T rece ? ve “ ngl / ft ° d ®R d way in which their trade has opened One of alw / 8 A .'? e at borne to all. i very man who the firm told ns that he tod aleady sold T181t .“ Atlan ^ 18 .'O^iaily^nvited to call on more goods this month than he calml.tad on " 8 at , our °®“ ,u Iie P ub, ‘ c B ‘ ock ' I . f | ou for the whole month. Mr. Peck ha< nad long i do not want U j e lnsuraDCe “ make8 110 d ‘ tter * exnerience in the business, is an excellent encc ’ , c T e see U * \ We t0 „ /°' julge oi goods, and a first class bujer. They 1“ al “‘ ed wlth y°f’ anJ are dlh f Qtl > lab .°, r - propose to duplicate any New York till. They j 1D « to d ° oar ful1 sh " e a9 a clt,zeD ' a . nd to solicit friends and buyers to call cn them at 1 glve ’, 8 “ f arws can ’ tU V lue and ' m ' No. - Decatur street, Kimball Mode. j (erwi “ ld °. f ‘to mammoth company we rep- m 1 resent to help build blocks, manufacturing The Mormons.-The -Joe hmitlT or anti- i T° rk8 ’ ° r what T r . 8ee “ 8 mo3t de8irab ‘ 6 ln poligamy wing of the Mormon Ob.rcL is now the T » n °to locaht.es where we procure busi- sitting in -general conference" in a grove A “ the promises made by the Repub- abont three miles east of Council Buff s,Iowa. bc Llfe / su T Ce C f °“P an y to tbe Pf P ! « of The Council Bluff, Nonpareil say.: -It is ’ Geor 8 la haTe beea fa,, S , cu " ied out ,-,. The . expected that the number present will not be ' ^“l >a »y ha3a caah ca P ltal of “>««“ of less than three thousand actual members. Of. dollar8 ; cash 888618 ol two and a bali mill.on course the greater number of ‘.hose from abroad have traveled by rail, but a great CLOYER AND GRASS SEEDS In large and fr®sli supply—Orchard. Blue, Herds, Hungarian, Millet, Timothy, Sapling Clover, Alaike Clover. Lucerne Clover. White Clover, Crimaon Clover» Ac.. Ac. Gents’ Furnishing Goods, No. 50 & 62 Whitehall st. IMPROVED SEED WHEAT, | i Rust proof OATS, BARLEY and RYE in any j quantity. We will keep none but the best in i quality, and will sell at the very lowest prices. ATLANTA, GA of dollars ; has over ten thousand policies in force, covering over twenty-five million of and is but three years old,presenting a stand ing both in assets and business never before attained by any company in so short a time. To all who want life insurance, we offer low next to nothing, was not honored even with a consideration; aod mainly, we snppose, be cause tbe aldermen saw no money in it. Our present system of employing enor mous engioea to pump water up in a pipe, aod then employ a vast army of engines, homes, aud men to pump it where wanted, is one of the most expensive and least efficient in existence. It has never proved itself equal to a great emergency; and in lesser cases, it has always done more damage than would have been done by the fire which it subdued. On the other hand, in no place where the Holly system is in use has a fire ever gone , beyond the building in which it originated. ! FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER NEXT, These facts should decide the people of Hyde I Within the legal hours of sale, fifteen and three-fourth N. R. FOWLER. Auctioneer. 1 Guardian’s Sale. Park as to what system they need. Let them repudiate the cumbrous, expensive, aud in efficient stand-pipe aud reservoir systems, and take one wnich ample experience has showu to be the best in use. A Lady’s Reeve.—As Mrs. Carter, whose summer residence is near Sing Sing, was ap proaching the depot in the train from Albany, list week, she put her arm out of the car window to wave her handkerchief to her chil dren, who were awaiting her arrival, and at that moment the cars passed close to an iron post, aud this struck Mrs. Carter’s arm with such violence that the sound of the concus sion was plainly audible to those sitting near. She, however, did not utter even tbe slightest exclamation of pain, but with the aid of her many have come a long distance i. wagons- do ' Ur8 / brauchts '^wemy-eight States, from Missouri, KansaeTNebraska, and distant VA “ r “ " , ' 1 parts of this State. One team on the ground has traveled over four hundred miles, having oome from an extreme southern county in . , , - „ . exomuiuuua ui pain, uui wuu me am oi uer Kansas. Already there are sou*! fifty or sixty j Mock rates, and we invest our accumulations otber ban( j q n j et i y drew her injured arm into tents pitched on the grounds at Parks' Mills, ; rotu / rmK ^ I her lap, and with tightly-compressed lips. waStos, sod large'nnmbers a“nS ! =h 8 ! only looked the pain she was undergoing. -I Among the prominent dignitaries of the Church already here, we may mention, Presi dent Joseph Smith ; President’s councilors, W. W. Blair and David H. Smith ; Bishop Roger* ; Bishop’s councilors, Bliiah Bast* and David Dancer ; Edmund Briggs and Will liam Kelley, of the Council of Twelve . Es- ders E. C. Brand and Henry Stebbins. An exchange says: “Worcester (Massachu setts) papers tell of a woman stopping in tbat city, not yet thirty years old, who is the mother of thirteen children.” [Well, we should think it about time she was stopping somewhere.] ize such a company, or vfill they send their am ^ money out of the country lor insurance. Again, we say, come ami see us. The Re public, our readers will remember, is here “at home,” with the latch-string always out. As the custodian of some of the most sacred family treasures among multitudes of families, we desire to have all our friends know us, and the better they know us the better they will like us, and the liking will grow. William Goodnow, General Manager. Jackson's MagM Balsam is worth Us weighty in gold to all person^ who are suffering with headachy, neuralgia, toothache and rheuma tism. am afraid my arm is broken; but please don’t mention it," she said, in answer to sympa thetic glances. Au examination showed that her arm was fractured in two places, but on the train’s arrival at the depot, she walked quietly to her carriage, hiding her agony lest it should cause pain to those dear to her. Poughkeepsie Eagle. acre* of Lauil, being part of land lot N«>. 149. of the 17th District of originally Henry cow Fulton county, subdivided into twelve lota, as per plat, to be seeu at the office .if Wallace A Bowler, Real EstateAgeuts, aud posters to be iBsued before sale. Sold as the property of Mary Helena Lynes, minor, for her benefit. Terms half cash, balance three and six moneb*. with 10 per cent, interest. T. D. LYNES, Guardian, scp‘J-tds A Teacher Wanted. A FAMILY residing in the country wish to employ a Lady for tbe balance of tbe present, and if desired al«o for the next year, to instruct two young girl*. She must bo qualified to teach Latin, French. Vocal aud Instrumental Music on Piano. Mathematics aud tbe higher English branches. For terms, Ac., stating salary ana giving reference, address Mr. M., box 47. Thomson, McDuffie county, Ga.. or addr*sn \y. H. Barny. care Herald Office. »ug31-6t ALL WHO WISH TO VOTE, rjUKE notice that by a recent Ordinance passed by the Mayor and Council, every peraou who ia old enough to vote, or w ishes to participate in our city elections, is required to come to my office in the City Hall, and register his name snd place of residence. The books for the same will be opeued on the 15th day of September, aad will remain open for that pur pose uutil the 15th day of November. AU failing to attend to this, either white or colored, will be debsred from voting at either or all elections. FRANK T. RYAN'. Allgoat 24-tf City Clerk. Martin Millmore, the Boston sculptor in j Roms, has completed the model for the colos sal figure ?n bronze, which is to surmount the | Wanted-—A Situation. PRACTICAL BOOK-KEEPER who baa had • also mode!- eieewhere. desire* a sltustlou in any capacity that iug a beautiful work for Mount Auburo, rep- lTiSSS!'a* b ‘* seplO—3t and it is now ou its way. iug a beautiful work for 1 resenting tho angel of resurrection. A full at.K*k of PLOWS, cast and steel. Corn Shelter *, Forage Cutters, Caae Miila. Cucumber Wood Pumps. Send for a Price List aad Circula a. J- BEN. WILSON & CO.. Agricultural House and Seed Store, ••P 1 *- 11 Atlanta, Gs*