Georgia Historic Newspapers

    (Quitman iU'iwricv.
Q IT I T M A IN :
THURSDAY, APRIL IC, 1874.
Our A (fonts.
Tlio following gentlemen nro authorized
Agentn for the Reporter, and their receipts
for Kiibscriptions and advertisements will be
duly recognized at this office, and their con
tracts promptly carried out:
Thos. D. Downing, - - .Savannah, Ga.
A. H, McCardel, - - - Boston, ~
Willif. H. McElveen, Thomasville, ~
It. W. Price, - - Groover Station, “
CHURCH DIRECTORY :
tto ])t ist Churob.
Rev. C. D. Campefll, Pastor.
Services the Second and Fourth Sundays.
Church Conference on Saturday before the
Second Sunday in each month. Prayer
meeting every Thursday night. Sunday
School at 9 o’clock, a. m.
Methodist Church.
Rf.v. Walker Lewis, Pastor.
Services every Sundry at 11 o’clock, A. w.
and 7:15 p. m. Prayer meeting Tuesday
night in each week. Sabbath School at 9:30
a, m. W. E. Barnes, Superintendent.
Pcosbyterian Church.
Rev, .7. A. Smith. Pastor.
Services on the First and Third Sabbaths in
each month, at 11 o’clock, a. m. Sabbath
School at 4 o’clock, r. m.
SOCIETIES: <•
Shalto Lodge, No. 537, F. A.. M.
M. C. Wilkinson, W. AT.: T. A. H u.i,. Sec'y.
Regular meeting on the First and Third
Saturdays of each Month.
o— —
Quitman Oi-ainre.
J. O. Morton, Master.
Meets the First Thursday in each month
at 10 o’clock, a. M.
Quitman Postal dice.
S. M. Griffin, P istmaster.
Mail hours from 7to 12, a. m. . and from
2to 0:30, p. M. Office open on Sunday from
Bto 10. a. m. Money order department
closes invariably at 5:30, p. M.
Traveling Agent.
Mr. J. S. Harris, of Quitman, is the
general traveling agent for the Re
porter, and will visit our neighboring
towns and counties in the interest of
the paper. AVe commend him to the
confidence of the people.
New Goods.
We invite the attention of the many
readers of the Reporter to the adver
tisement of Mr. S. D. Eemoxdson, to
he found in another column. He lias
now in store a large and tasty assort
ment of Spring and. Summer goods
suitable for this market, which were
selected by Mr. J. R. Edmondson,
whose experience m: a merchant is
well known to the people of this sec
tion. He announces his determina
tion to retain to tin fits/; pirn i, and
he is now offering his goods at re
duced prices, for cash, or in exchange
for country produce. AVe would sug
4gest to the trading people of Brooks
and adjoining counties that they may
ifind it to their interest to give him a
.call before purchasing elsewhere.
to;
171 RESIT GOODS just received, which
’ were bought at panic prices for cash,
: and will be sold the same way. Call early
; and secure the cheapest goods yet sold in
■ Quitman. No lramoug at
K ,mix's New York Store.
Sam Goes ‘‘Over the Railroad.”
On last Saturday night a meeting
was held by all the “faithful,” for the
purpose of electing a Radical Execu
tive Committee, as the first prepara
tory step fop the approaching fall
election. Our Postmaster, Sam Grif
fin, was the chief and moving spirit of
the occasion, and had much to com
municate to his delighted hearers for
the “good of the party.” Sam purged
himself of the usual tender expres
sions of love and sympathy for the
“poor colored man,” and after due
consideration by the “meetin’ ” he
and Mose Knight were elected as the
Executive Committee for this county.
A lovely pair, that.
ALL OUR GOODS are marked down
cheap. Don't believe wliafc is told you
by other merchants and interested parties,
but call and see for yourselves how well you
can do at Kayton’s New York Store.
A Hat! A Hat! 1
When we were a boy and used to
wear palmetto hats, (costing about,
twenty cents,) lined with green cam
bric, one of the great objects of our
ambition was to own a real genuine
Panama. At last fortune favored us,
and we obtained one, and we wore it,
and wore it, and wore it. It became
soiled, but our economical mother
had it washed and bleached, and we
wore it again. What ever became of
it, we do not now remember, but we
have no recollection of that hat ever
wearing out, but we know we were
sick and tired of it. But this was
many years ago, so when a few days
since we were invited by Mr. Mabbett
to select for ourself just such a bat as
we liked, we concluded to take a
nice, smooth, white Panama. Now,
reader, if you want a bat you can
find any variety at tho store of Briggs,
Jolks & Go., from the broad-brimmed
“granger,” to tho narrow-brimmed,
high-topped “dandy,” and you will
also find accommodating, reliable
merchants, ready to sell to you at
reasonable prices. If, after trying the
various sorts and descriptions there
shown you, you can’t be suited both in
style and price, you had just as well
make up your mind to go bare-head
ed. ■
How We Dost Onr Walking. Ktlek.
AVe had a stick; some said it was
beautiful; some said it was horribly
ugly. It was presented to us by our
friend Capt. S. L. More, of Thomas
ville, because, although knotty and
crooked and a great curiosity, it was
a very clover, useful stick; and so in
these many respects was thought to
ho by the Captain very much like
unto us. Be that as it may, wo prized
the stick not only because it was the
gift of a friend, but from its intrinsic
worth. On last Friday, while trudg
ing our way home (in the country)
with a heavy bundle under our arm,
we overtook aunt Coney, (a well
known colored woman) and her “dar
ter," in their ox-cart; and she kindly
consented for us to deposit our bun
dle in her vehicle. A few steps fur
ther we overtook three pretty, lively,
frolicsome girls, who were likewise
journeying to the country on foot,
and they being also acquaintances
and friends of old Aunt Ceney, she
asked them to take a seat in her chari
ot. Of course they accepted, and
with our assistance clambered up
into the cart-body, whose dimensions
were perhaps three bv four feet. As
not wish to part with compa
nvTSo agreeable, we got permission for
the editor to ride also, and this com
pleted our compliment of passengers.
There was Aunt Ceney and her “dar
ter” in front—the former acting as
conductor and captain of the craft,
and the latter as engineer, as it was
her business to guide and also stimu
late the motive power so as to increase
the speed sometimes to the rate of
one mile per hour —then those jovial,
bright-eyed girls in the middle and
the longitudinous editor in the hinder
part. Besides there were various
bundles and packages distributed
about promiscuously. The girls had
refreshments, such as nuts and rai
sins, which they generously distribu
ted to those not provided. One of
the fair damsels remarked that our
ride would Uvo been romantic, if we
had only been a single man. "We
ventured to suggest that we might
one day be a widower, but she replied
that she hoped not; but whether it
was meant as a good wish for the
long life and prosperity of our better- j
half, or a good wish for the girls, that j
they would hot have to ho bothered j
with such a specimen as wo wore, we ,
do not know, but as there was a j
streak of mischief in her eyes, proba
bly both uiptives may have had some-;
thing to do with her wish.
But the ride ended, and behold! j
our much prized walking stick was
gone. Whether the lively girls so \
carried us hack to the days of our ;
youth, as to make us believe we were j
“a boy again” and having no need of j
a stick, we threw it away, or whether
some of the niischeivous elfs stole
our cane for the sake of teasing us,
we cannot tell. In fact, wo do not
pretend to remember everything that
happened during that brief ride, for
we may have been somewhat bewild
ered by the surroundings, hut now
having “come to" we know we are
minus a walking-stick, and we will be j
under obligations to any one, be he j
friend or foe, who returns to us the!
one presented by Capt. S. L. More.
j m BUSHELS OF SHELLED CORN
jL U' / for yule by
AV. S. Humphreys.
Farm Operations—New Theory on Ma
nuring.
A trip from Quitman to Boston this
week, by the wagon road, showed that
our farmers were energetically push
ing tlieir operations with cheering
prospects of success. Corn is up and
plowed out the first time; cotton,
coming up; oats, generally looking
well, except occasionally in some |
places the leaves were turning red—
not with rust, however. How far this
will injure the oat crop we cannot say,
but we feel certain it bodes no good.
AVe believe the farm of our friend
and neighbor, Mr. John Perdue,
showed as much evidence of thrifti
ness and careful cultivation as any we
saw. AA T e had but one objection to it,
as seen from the road: there was too
much cotton for the corn. AVe are
satisfied, however, that there is a suf
ficient quantity of corn growifig some
where on the plantation, for Mr. Per
due is too sensible a man to run a
farm on bought corn.
By the way, we took dinner with an
intelligent and successful farmer, who
gave us some new ideas on the appli
cation of manures to the same field
every year, instead of changing con
tinually. He has experimented on
his place for several years past, with
good success. AVe hope he will fur
nish us an article on the subject for
tli As he believes in agri
cultural papers and progressive and
scientific farming, and at the same
time applies it practically and profit
ably to the land on which he lives, l*s
views would not only be interesting,'
but entitled to great considetation. **
Several new advertisements
have been received this week, but too
late for this issue. They will appear
in our next.
A LIVELY TIME AHEAD
(•rand Pantile and Supper by Stonewall
Fire Company.
The 30th day of April is fast ap
proaching, and we are glad to know
that preparations are being made for
its celebration in Quitman, and that it
promises to bo one of pleasure and
enjoyment, long to bo remembered by
our young people and enterprising
citizens generally.
An invitation to the Patterson Fire
Company, of Valdosta, has gone for
ward from Stonewall Fire Company,
of Quitman, to join them on this occa
sion, and a grand parade of the two
companies will take place on our
streets, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon,
and a Fireman’s supper early in the
evening. The place where the supper
will be given has not yet been fully
decided upon by the Committee of Ar
rangements, as they have failed to get
the Court House, but we are confident
that they will do the best that can he
done under the circumstances.
The members of the fire company
seem determined to make the affair a
grand success, and the citizens of the
town generally have contributed lib
erally towards suitable preparations
for the entertainment of their guests.
THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS,
appointed by the Fire Company, con
sists of Messrs. Nathan Gazan, A. B.
Newsome, J. B. Creech, J. L. Ligon,
Bono Kayton, and J. P. Brooks,
who held a meeting at the residence
of Mr, Gazan on Tuesday night, and
appointed the following other com
mittees :
COMMITTEE ON SUPPER.
Jno. H. Purcell, J. B. Creech, and
Nathan Gazan.
COMMITTEE ON INVITATIONS.
A. B. Newsome, Beno Kayton, J. P.
Brooks.
COMMITTEE ON MUSIC.
J. L. Ligon, A. B. Newsome, Beno
Kayton.
COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION.
J. B. Creech, Jno. H. Purcell, N.
Gazan. To this committee was as
signed the duty of making arrange
ments for a vehicle for the Mayor and
orator of the day.
COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS.
A. B. Newsome, Beno Kayton, J. P.
Brooks, .T. L. Ligon.
Mi 1 . J B. Creech was appointed
Marshal of the day, and Messrs. Jno.
H. Purcell and Mathew Elder his
Aids.
It will he seen from the above +1
this affair is in good hands, and all
necessary arrangements will be made
for the entertainment of the invited
guests of our Firemen, and a day of
social intercourse and pleasure.
A lunch and refreshments in abun
dance will be prepared for the two
Fire Companies some time before
noon, and at dinner time our guests
from Valdosta will bo distributed
among our citizens, whose hospitable
doors will be eagerly opened for their
entertainment.
/ 1 REAT BARGAINS, cl. -ip goods, full
V V stock just received at
Kirwr'a New York Store.
County Court in Brooks.
We arc indebted to Judge Harden
for the following facts and estimates:
Since the establishment of the Coun
ty Court in this County the jail fees
have averaged $175 per annum; be
fore said Court the average was SBOO
—Saving $(125 in this item. In twen
ty-two months the County Court has j
tried seventy-five criminal cases,
which if all tried in the Superior
Court, would probably cost the coun
ty in jury fees and other court expen
ses SISOO. In addition, many civil
cases beyond the jurisdiction of the
Justice court have been tried by
Judge Harden, which if tried by the
Superior Court, would still more in
creased the expenses of juries, Bai
liffs, Ac., in that court. For the first
quarter of this year the Judge has
paid into the County Treasury $lB5,
and his salary for said time is $200;
so that the actual costs of the Court
for this time was sls only. Avery
large saving for a very small out-lay.
Fireman’s Parade and Bull.
Editors Reporter:
Please allow me to occupy a small
space iu you valuable columns with a
few lines concerning an enterprise in
which all should feel an equal interest.
Stonewall Eire Company anticipate
having at an early day a grand parade
and hall. Asa member of that gal
lant body, I appeal to the citizens of
Quitman to give us a helping hand
toward making it a success, which
will he an honor to our thriving com
munity. Our organization is formed
of as good men as any in the State,
and I sincerely trust that our citizens
will give this a wise reilection, and
allow their fair daughters, as well as
themselves to be seen at our parade
and ball, where they will be well en
tertained and cordially welcomed. By
doing this all will soon see quite a dif
ferent interest manifested in our
young Fire Department.
Stonewall.
Quitman, April 11th, 1874.
“Lucret in” Again.
Messrs Editors: I am not willing
that you should force upon the ques
tion under discussion a personal phase;
and then cry out “Victory!” before
oven your feeble correspondent has
spoken definitely upon that personal
issue. “Lueretia” might be destitute
of the moral courage necessary to the
performance of her duty; but her im
becility could not condemn the wo
men who have greater devotion to the
cause of humanity and religion. But
wo unquestionably believe that it is
the duty of the women of Quitman
(as well as other places) to canvass
actively against the traffic in liquor.
Look at the following from your col
umn of “Local Brevities” of April
2ml: “Notwithstanding the threaten
ed visits of praying bands in Quitman,
six houses wore licensed by the Town
Council to retail spirituous liquors on
last Monday night, at one hundred
dollars each for the ensuing year.”
And this, too, in the face of the decla
ration hut recently made (in the same
paper 1 believe) that we have no
drunkards in Quitman. How can
any candid man possibly reconcile
these two conflicting statements ?
Pray, whence do these liquor shops
derive their support, and how are
they able to pay such an extravagant
license on so mall an investment?
Do not be deceived. These liquor
shops—every one of which is a Pando
ra’s Box—are sustained, and the liq
uor they sell is consumed and that
too at the expen-e of the more health
fill industries of our community and
county. We are nourishing in onr
midst this evil which will one day
fruit out in drunkenness ami its usual
concomitants of crime. It may well
be doubted whether there is moral
strength enough in our churches ac
tively co-laboring with all the lovers
of temperance to prevent the matur
ing of these fruits, unless the liquor
shops—the tree which bears them—
can be suppressed. We believe that
some at least, of the men engaged in
this business, could be reached by the
direct ami persistent, ami respectful
appeals of the good women of this
community. If they would band to
gether and with constant prayer to
God, press this matter on the atten
tion of our liquor dealers, I for one
believe they would be irresistible.
Some of the dealers would, in advance,
he ready to Lear them, for some of
them are men, and have not lost tlicir
fee lingsof humanity to man and ten
der regard for women. Moral sensi
bility is not yet entirely obliterated
from their souls, and it is probable
that even the silent monitor, which
God has implanted in them, some
times now, unaided, chides them, be
cause of the character of their avoca
tion. Their noble instincts doubt
less often suggest a more philanthrop
ic regard of the interest of their fellow
men.
Allow me to tresspass a little longer
on your patience and the attention of
your readers. The warfare of these
Northern women has assumed a dif
ferent phase. They no longer pray
in the saloons and on the sti’eets in
open disregard of the wishes of the
men who own them. But still they
actively canvass the towns. While a
part of them remain at the churches
to pray, others of them are sent out to
present pledges to the drinkers and
sellers of ardent spirits. Do you ap
prove of this new plan ? If not, will
you please suggest a course, which
may properly be pursued by the wo
men of our land, in order that their
influence may prove effectual against
this evil V Too much publicity is of
itself most trying to our feelings, and
is made more so by the disapproba
tion of those whose good will we would
like to retain. Indeed, sir, it is only
less trying than to behold our loved
ones hopelessly wrecked, body and
soul. We earnestly ask you to speak
out plainly agaiqgt intemperance and
suggest to us some efficient method of
correcting this evil, which comports
with female modesty, which has not al
ready proven a failure.
Lucretia.
Well, “Lucretia,” we hardly know
what to do with you. AVe cannot,
after giving room to your article,
spare the space in this issue of our
paper which it would take to answer
your multitudinous interrogatories.
You ask us to “suggest some efficient
method of correcting this evil, (in
temperance,) which comports with
female modesty.” Why, my dear
madam, do you want to fit us for the
lunatic asylum, by imposing this irk
some task upon us, which unremu
nerative job, even if we had the cour
age to undertake, if it did not totally
dethrone our reason, would starve us
to death before we could complete it?
Men of conceded intellect have spent
then-' lives in vain endeavor to accom
plish this much desired end, and
finally died, having gained naught but
the comrnoq name of enthusiasts.
No, “Lucretia,” unless we had the
power to metamorphose frail and fal
len man into some being of purer ir
stinct and stronger disposition against
till evil, we fear wc would share the
fate of many who have gone before
us, were we to undertake to persuade
modern mankind to “look not upon
the wine when'tis red,” and to forever
discard the taste of strong drink. We
ouly regret our inability to do it.
From the tone of your first article
upon this subject, the reader might
have concluded that the “woman’s
crusade” was the “efficient remedy,”
and that it would soon bo instigated
in our usually quiet town, and, thus
deluded, a youthful acquaintance of
ours, in perfect good faith and all the
earnestness of his young soul, bought
him a bran new hymn book, and in
delightful anticipation commenced to
practice his gosling voice, with the
avowed intention of joining the cru
saders as first “ hynmsler.” Daily,
and even in the still hours of night,
the hoarse, cracked voice of our young
hero could be heard running the
scale, from D below the staff to high
C, until his swollen eyes looked like
two full-blown sun-tlowers just after
an April shower. But the worst of
this sad story is yet to toll. “Lucre
tia," in her next article, did “not feel
called upon to say whether she would
or would not visit the bar-rooms of
Quitman,” and the crusaders did not
come. Imagine the disappointment
of out noble-hearted youth ! llis
pretty little hymn book is no longer his
constant companion and chief delight,
but is closed and laid away, never
more by him to be seen, and we fear
his final convalescence and mental re
covery are beyond all hope. Now,
see wlmt you have done!
•YTTHAT EVERY CUSTOMER SAYS
\ > must bo true, and all say that the
best bargains can be bad at
Kavton’s New York Store.
Tlic Quitman Amateurs.
This troup paid a visit to Madison,
Florida, some five or six weeks ago,
and gave an entertainment to a re
spectable and delighted audience, and
now, we learn, that the Mayor of that
town has addressed them a letter in
viting them to repeat tjjcir visit at an
early day, and guaranreeing them a
crowded house. This speaks well for
“the boys,” and we are reliably in
formed that they will probably accept
the kind invitation.
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Shoes, Huts,
Groceries. Ac., at lowest prices, at
Kayton’s New York Store.
Proceedings of the Brooks County Bible
Society.
The animal iiirchiijmJM
< 111. t;■ tJM
Baptist Church, in nH&j
! evening of the 12th
The exercises of the iV
opened by singing the IISL-a*-.
i them,
J “How beautiful upon the mountains,
’ Are the feet of Him that publislieth peace,
I That bringeth good tidings.
Then followed the reading of the
: 19th Psalm by the President, Rev. C.
D. Campbell, and prayer by the ltev.
I J. L. Lyons, Agent of the American
! Bible Society.
The President then took the chair
and called upon the Secretary, J. G.
McCall, Esq., who read the minutes of
the last meeting, which were adopted.
An abstract of the correspondence
between the Society and the American
Bible Society was read, from which it
appeared that the Agents superintend
ing the Society’s work in this country
numbered 35, with 14 assistants.
County Agents employed by Auxil
iaries, 1(18; Bible Visitors who have
worked gratuitously, 16,5(i4.
The receipts for the year were
$669,607 06.
The payments have been $656,-
419 77.
The entire number of volumes issued
during fifty-seven years, twenty-nine
millions, nine hundred and eiglity-t\vo
thousand, two hundred and fourteen.
The gratuitous work for the year;
amounted in value to $263,865 32.
To the distribution effected directly
by the Society and its auxiliaries must
be added the thousands of volumes
circulated through other benevolent
institutions to which grants of books
have been made.
The Treasurer’s report was then
read and adopted.
The Rev. J. L. Lyons was then in
troduced to the audience by the Pres
ident, and made a very appropriate
address, in which he compared his
labors as Bible Agent in South Geor
gia and Florida to his duties as mis
sionary in Asia. Puling his speech
lie exhibited to the audience several
mementoes of his missionary labors.
Among them was a burr from the
ancient cedars of Mount Lebanon,
also a specimen of the husk from the
Carob tree, which the prodigal son
desired to cat, Ac.
The President also made a short
speech, fully endorsing the great work
of placing a copy of the Scriptures in
the hands of every living creature—-a
work iu which all good people of
every name and denomination should
co-operate.
The following officers were then
elected for the next year :
Rev. C. D. Campbell, President.
llev. AAA Lewis, Vice President.
Prof. R. V. Forrester, Treasurer.
Jno. Tillman, Depositary Agent.
J. G. McCall, Secretary.
The following gentlemen were elect
ed the Executive Committee: H. F.
Mabbett, J. B. Finch, S. A. Graves,
J. A. Irvine and Jno. Tillman.
Josiah Paine, Esq., who had served
the Society as Treasurer, member of
the Executive Committee and Presi
dent, tendered his resignation of the
former office, on account of his health,
which was accepted, and by resolu
tion was made an honorary member.
The Society then adjourned.
C. D. Campbell, President.
J. G. McCali,, Secretary.
How to Discourage Your Minister.
[Some friend lias clipped the fol
lowing, and handed it to us
with the request that we publish. It
contains Homo valuable bints, and
doubtless more than a few of the
good people of Quitman oau find in it
something that will fit his or her ease
exactly.]
1. Hear him “now nnd then.” Drop
in a little late. Do not sing; do not
find the text iu your bibles. If you
taken little sleep during the sermon,
so much the better.
2. Notice carefully any slip he
makes while you are awake ; point
out the dull portions to your children
and friends ;it will come round to
him..
3. Censure his efforts tit usefulness;
deplore his want of common sense ;
let him know that you won’t help him,
because A. B. does, because you
were not first consulted, or because
you did not start the plan yourself.
4. Let him know the follies and
sins of his hearers. Show him how
much he overrates them, and tell him
their adverse criticisms on himself.
5. Tell him, when he calls, what a
stranger he is ; how his predecessors
used to drop in for an hour’s chat
and how you liked him.
(i. Never attend the prayer-meeting;
frequent no special service. Why
should you he righteous overmuch'?
7. Occasionally get tip a little gaiety
for the young folks. This will be
found very effectual about the com
mon reason “there is a time to dance.”
8. Give him. no intimation when
you are ill , of course lie should know,
and your offended dignity, when he
comes to see you, will render his visit
pleasant. On uo account intimate
your recovery.
9. Require him to swell the pomp
of every important occasion , unless,
indeed, there are prudential reasons
for passing him over.
10. If ho is always in his own pul
pit, clamor for strangers ; if lie has
public duties and sometimes goes
abroad, complain that lie is never at
home.
11. Keep down his income. Easy
means are a sure temptation and ful
ness of bread is bad for everyone—but
the laity.
12. .is lie will find it hard to be
always tit home to receive callers, and
always running among the people,
ami always well prepared for pulpit
and platform, you will be sure to have
just cause for complaint the way or
the other. Tell it to every one and
then lament that there is so general,
dissatisfaction with him.
4 LL OF Dr. JAYNES’ Family Medi
iV. fines and other drugs for sale low at
Kayton s New York Store.
COMMERCIAL.
ICriTMAN RETAIL PRUAES CUJUIMiT.
H'
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M"iir Sun
Family
Ginger 10
Lard V 11. 14
Oysters can .... .In 0 25
Peaches "jjl can .... .30 (a)
Pickles jar . .... 25 (it) 50
Potatoes —lrish... I* bush j. . (n\ 200
Sweet.. '(■ 1 bush ... 75 0, 80
Powder plb ... | ... . 0 50
Potash lb ... 10 0 25
Rice m lb . M . . .10 ©
Raisns lb ... 0 25
Salt sack ... @1 75
Soap lb . . .10 (if) 12
Syrup ip) gal 50 0
Soda 'pi lb 0 15
Shot p! lb 12 0 15
Starch Mp! lb 0 15
Tobacco, good ... lb 50 0 1 00
Vinegar gal 40 0 00
Bacon lb 0 12
SPECIAL NOTICES.
qny XDERSIGNED will pay the high
l g-*T cask prices lor Chickens, Ducks,
xcesc. Turkeys and Poultry of every kind.
' 'll. H. GANDY.
Quitman, Ga. March 3d, 187-4.
LOU It AND BACON in largo quanti
. ties, at lowest rates Savannah prices I
nowhere at Kaytun’b New York Store, i
rpo ADVKIMTSKUS. -All
persons who contemplate malting contracts
with newspapers for the insertion of adver-!
tisements should send 25 Cts. to GEO. I*. !
ROWELL & CO., II Park Row, N. L,
for their ONE HUNDRED PAGE PAM
PHLET, containing lists of 3,000 nespa
pers and estimates, showing the cost of ad
vertising.
Avery rapid, safe and easy way to make I
money, is to procure territory to introduce i
the latest useful invention that is wanted j
every day, by every one, every where, who
has a family, a full sized Sewing Machine
with Table and Treadle for only $lO that
does the same work as a Machine you would
pay SBO for, rapid, smooth and firm, makes
a seam so strong the (doth will tear before
stitches rip apart. Eight new attachments
for work and the improved Button Hole ,
Worker used bv us only. Agents only need
show them in operation to sell in every
house they enter. S3O and upwards cleared
daily by smart agents. No such Machine ;
was ever offerad at any such price. 35,000
sold last year, 100.000 Families use them, j
Demand increasing tvrvy day where they!
become known. Ministers, Judges, Law-!
yers, Editors, Machinists, Tailors Ac re- ,
commend them as perfect Rights gives free
to first applications. If there is no agency
in your place, write for it, or buy a Machine
for your Family or a relation, there is none
better or so cheap. Machines sent to all
parts of the country on receipt of price $lO.
Read advertisement beginning “SOO saved
in every Family,” in another part of this pa
per. Address the Proprietors, Robert J.
Mulligan & Cos., 330 Canal St., New York.
Notice
IS hereby given that in the settlement by
mutual agreement between S. D. Edmond
son and Messrs Kirkscy A Scott, of Savan
nah, many notes and accounts were selected
by their Attorney, Capt. J. (7. McCall, for
Messrs Kirksey & Scott, which parties had
better call and settle with Capt. McCall
and save costs.
S. D. EDMONDSON.
4-3 m Quitman Ga., March 12, 1874.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
S. D. EDIONBSOPf,
DEALER IN
General Merchandise,
QUITMAN, OA.
]STEW
SPRING GOODS
JUNT RECEIVED.
Splendid bargains cun now be had at thin
house by
Cash Customers!
CREDIT PLAYED OUT!
Our stock of Spring nnd Summer goods ia
complete, consisting of Dross Goods, Cali
coes. Shirtings, Sheetings, Fancy Goods,
Notions, Hats in groat variety, Boots, Shoes,
&c. Also a good assortment of Choice Gro
ceries.
S. D. EDMONDSON.
April 15, 1871. I J-3m
NOTICE.
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE
Special Taxes
MAY 1, 1874, TO APRIL 30, 1575.
rpHE LAW of December, 24, 1872, re
-1 quires every person engaged in any
business, avocation, or employment which
renders him liable to a Special Tax, to pro
cure and place conspicuously iu his estab
lishment or place of business a Stamp de
noting the paynu nt of said Special Tax for
the Special Tax year beginning May 1, 1K74,
before commencing or continuing business
after April 30, 1874.
The Taxes embraced within the provisions
of the law above quoted are the following,
viz :
Rectifiers S2OO 00
Dealers, retail liquor 25 00
Dealers, wholesale liquor 100 00
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale... 50 00
Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20 00
Dealers in leaf tobacco 25 00
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 500 00
And on sales of over SI,OOO, fifty cents for
every dollar in. excess of SI,OOO.
Dealers in manufactured tobacco.... .5 00
Manufacturers of stills 50 00
And for each still
And f<r each worm mamit'iuwWPW-
M .’rit ;■ t'ir rs .f t<>l>aer<*flfl
M n.:;:... nr., is and
I‘. ML I- '•! t.-lae.’ • tl.
1\ Ml- r> -’t tobacco,
4&bSHE|H
IV Ml. r- •!' t"ki.a ■>. .Vi
1 Ml- l’s •!t. 1 Meet), f, 'UffjK
i< •• ’t ■ H ] •übli.- >■>>nv.-y f
lh’. W’ rs .1 !. ss than
Hi v.. - t ..'B* ban
An\ j’. ! ■'■". s*i
eoiuj ! v v. ith the
XNili I ’ ‘lll ’• -t tl • J..
rr\K -
I his friends amTUi
that lie lias just returned from .nm+,
with an excellent and carefully selected
stock of
SPRING AM) SUMNER
Dry Goods. Dress Goods, Domestics, Ready
Made Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats. Ac.
which he is determined to soil to CASH cus-"
turners as cheap, if not cheaper, than they
can be purchased elsewhere.
The ladies are specially invited to pay me
a visit, as I have many tilings that will meet
favor in their eyes.
JACOB BAUM.
Quitman, Ga., April 1, 1874. [7-2m]
New Millinery JJooTs.
riAIIE UNDERSIGNED HAA'ETUST RE-
I CEIVED their Spring stock, embracing
all the latest styles of Ladies’ Hats, Trim
mings, Collars, Cuffs and a superior Collec
tion of ornamental Flowers, A.c, Ac., which
are now ready for sale at the lowest cash
prices,
MRS. E. R. HARDEN,
MRS. E. IVES
M. C. WILKINSON & SON,
APOTHECARIES
AND GENERAL DEALERS IN
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
QUITMAN, GA.
Have returned to their old
stand, where they are receiving fresh
supplies, and will keep constantly o" hand
everything usually kept in a \
try ding store. . \WAv *■
a Fresh Garden Seeds iwi
MV WI
February 17jJl.j7Dg#B
F. j'vdt -
Sale and Livery Stable,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
Horses and buggies to let to
go to all parts of the country. [B-lrn
Dissolution.
riAHE FIRM HERETOFORE EXISTING
I betwen tho undersigned iu the Drug
buxines, in Quitman, under the name and
style of Wilkinson A Smith, has. by mutual
eonsenH this twentieth day of March, 1871,
been dissolved, by tho sale of the interest of
Dr. A. D. Smith in said firm to M. 0. Wil
kinson, Jr. The books and accounts of tlia
late firm are retained by Dr. M. O. Wilkin
son, and those indebted to him are earnestly
requested to come forward and settle.
M. 0. WILKINSON,
A. D. SMITH.
rplIE UNDERSIGNED respectfully beg
JL leave to notify the public, that they will
i continue the Drug and Medicine business
at the old kUiuJ of the (ate firm Of Wilkin
son A Smith, unebr the firm name of M. O.
Wilkinson * Son, and respectfully solicit
the contiuuance of the patronage of the old
firm and of the public generally.
' m. o. Wilkinson,
n M. C. WILKINSON, Jr
Quitman, Ga., March 30, 1874. [7-4t