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(QuiUmn | ‘ic-jioriei^
JOS. TILLMAN, Ktlitoi-.
THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1877.
Tins liiavi .-!: Circulation.
TLo gaaut’ct has been thrown
down, and we take il up.
The editor of the /■'/ .■ Press most
positively inserts that In- ini : ln< l;ir
gpat civenlalion in I'mi ks county ol
any paper pub'i he 1 in the con .tv.
This is a very hold section for n
man to mate without knowing posi
tively that it is true; and huh ■ 1 we
think, you, wo feel fully ii rounded
that such is not the fact. We want
our friend over the way to kr.ow that
we are not an interloper, but a citi
zen of Brooks county; with all the
rights of any other citiz< n ~y< a, a h\
tore; having invested our money
here. AYe have cast our lot for weal
or woo, here, and hero we expect to
spend the remainder ot our days.
Asa part of our avocation we pub
lish tho Quitman liEiMitTKU, a paper
we found twelvemonths ago, when
we took charge of it, in a comatose
Bfate;8 f ate; yea, in the Inst throes of death,
which to all human appearances
would have gono under in an <x
decdingly short time but for tbe
timely assistance rendered it.
For this we claim nothing except
the gratitude of our fellow citizens.
AA’e do claim however, that so far as
we know, wo have publish, 1 a paper
wholly acceptable to the community
in which we live, and one that has ta
ken a front rank in the State, as one
Of the very best weeklies in it. Of
this we feel proud, and are again en
couraged to take another step in ad
vance; by soon enlarging to an eight
noluuin paper, to meet the prospec
tive demands upon us.
AYe have strenuously devoted our
energies to the development of our
chosen section, and expect to contin
ue to work to that end.
Mr. Mclntosh says that justice to
himself and readers impels him to
demand his rights. To this wo an
swer, that we are not a suppliant in
this cause; and simply say that if ho
has rights that are infringed upon by
tbe Reporter in any way, that he has
onr consent to have them remedied
at the bitter end of the law; and wo
will sec him thero and go him “ two
better.”
Tbe law says : “If there bo no
paper published in tho county. 'Jht'n
in the neared newspaper haring the
largest or a general circulation in the
county shall the publications be made.”
The Quitman Reporter is published
in Brooks county, and we claim that
it has the largest number of bona fide
yearly subscribers of any paper in the
county, and that it is more accepta
ble to a majority of the citizens than
any paper published in the county
now, or ever before; and accords in
tone and sentiment with tbe leading
citizens not only of this county, but
of file State, of tho Southern States,
of the Northern States, and of the
whole country; and is receiving a lib
feral patronage from every section in
the way of new subscribers and ad
vertising.
By way of digression, and for t lie
sake of argument, we will ask, is not
a paper more acceptable that circu
lates extensively, than one that only
claims to circulate in the county in
which it is published ? Arc people at
a distance not frequently interested
iu the legal advertisements of a coun
try paper ?
If they are not, upon the score of
economy the county officials in each
county may have issued a circular of
their own that will answer their pur
poses just as well as a paper, or what
purports to boa newspaper that
claims to circulate only in the county
in which it is published.
We intend no disparagement to our
neighbor in any way; nor do wo wish
him any harm; but lie must not ex
pect us to stand idly by and see that
which is our r'ujhl wrenched from ns;
nor do wo expect to encroach upon
his rights in any wise.
Another thought in connection
with what has already been said.
It is presumed that a newspaper
of a county reflects the moral, social,
intellectual, and political condition of
Its immediate section.
The present editor has always en
deavored to make the Hkpoutuu re
flect the moral and high-toned com
munity of Quitman, and Brooks conn
tv. As to the social status of the
Itiii'OitTEn, wo need say nothing. In
tellectually, our articles and selec
tions speak for themselves; we may
add though, that the columns are
carefully guarded, so that nothing
may appear that would lead the
young into error.
Politically, wo know that the liio
FOltTKit is a safe guide; and wo feel
confident that it is a true exponent of
the wishes of the great majority of our
jieoplo.
Mr. Blaine takes iced tea, with su
gar and nutmeg, at tlie White House.
T
DON'T FORGET TO GO TO THE
POLLS ON TP ESI) AY, THE
12TII BAY OF JUNE NEXT,
and VOTE with all your MIGHT for
our candidates for tho CONSITTU
’FIONAL CONVENTION:
Hois. A. 13, 15n^soll,
Ho i. J. L, Stovard,
.5. B. (Teecli,
Henry (Jay.
And fur F. M. AYALKER for Senator
from this (7th) Senatorial District, to
fill the unexpired term of tho late
•Tames McDonald, deceased.
WJiul I)o You Want J
Do you want to make times easy ?
Do you want to see money plentiful?
Do you want to see tho people of
good old Georgia flourish and build
up their waste places? Do you want
to see the public expenses reduced to
one-third of what they are now? Do
you want to bee the Capital moved
back to Milledgeville— the seat of
government founded by out fathers,
and where corruption lias never been
implanted ? Do you want to remove
from onr midst, and out of sight for
ever, the last memento of vile, vil
lainous Radicalism ?
Do you desire to see blotted from
tho statute books of noble old Georgia
the blot, tho shame that was heaped
upon her by the vile, brutal -John
Pope, military commander under tho
arbitrary, unconstitutional and op
pressive reconstruction acts of a—if
: possible—viler Radical Congress? Do
you wish to live under a constitution
made by such a horde of hell-hounds
—negroes, carpet-baggers and scala
wags?
Do you want a constitution made
by tbe wisest and purest men of our
State—one that you can afford to live
under and leave as a rich legacy to
your children and their children for
ever after? Then prance square up
i to the polls on the 12th day of June
i and render the day immortal by cast
| ing your vote for A. 11. Ilansell, Jas.
L. Seward, J. B. Creech and Henry
Gay.
Armies of Europe.
AVe have thought that to give the
relative forces of the Old AVorld,
which can scarcely fail to be brought
’ into the fearful struggle now impend
ing in Europe, will be about as iuter
; esting us anything we could say to
the readers of the Reporter. The
following figures, relative to the Otto
man Empire, together with the States
tributary to the Sultan’s dominion,
[comprises 13,000,000 Turks; 1,500,-
000 Arabs; 000,000 Tartars, Turko
mans and Zingarccs; 5,123,000 Ron-
manians; 2,000,000 Greeks; 1,800,000
I Bulgarians; 500,000 Servians, and
1800,000 Bulgarians professing the
Mohammedan faith. In Servia there
are 450,000 Roman Catholics, and
100,000 in Albania.
Altogether, the population <4 the
Empire of the Turks reaches 52,092,-
OGS; but this is inclusive of nearly
11,000,000 Nubians, 5,000,000 Egypt
ians and 8,000,000 Roumanians and
; Servians.
The armies and navies of the differ
ent powers are as follows: Russia,
1,189,571 soldiers under arms, but
lean be wonderfully increased; Ger
many, 1,218,834; France, with her
territorial army, 1,117,525; Austria,
I 904,268; Italy, 871,871; England, 655,-
! 808; Turkey, 029,736. In the Turkish
| army there are 154,376 regulars, and
475,360 irregulars. France has 63
' iron clad and 366 other war vessels;
(treat Britain, 01 iron clad and 449
I other war vessels; Russia, 81 iron
■ clad and 124 other war vessels. Tur
| key has 21 iron clads; Italy, J 7; Aus
: tria 12; Germany 8, and Greece 1.
The Toledo Wade, (Radical) sar
castically remarks that the “Democ
ratic party is splitting up wonderfully
in South Carolina. An election was
held in Fairfield county tho other day,
to supply the [daces of two legislators
who would not abase themselves
sufficiently to bo received by the
Hampton Legislature. Last fall the 1
Republicans carried tho comity by COO
majority, but this time tho Domoerats
carried it by 1,200 majority. We
cannot but remark upon the eagerness
with which the old Whigs abandon
tho Detnocracy.”
A private letter from South Car-:
olina gives the information that Got’- [
or nor Hampton is to marry tho widow
of the late Governor Pickens, of the
same State. She was tho second
wife of her late husband and was
much his junior. She was a noted
beauty and created a great sensation
in St. Petersburg, whither Gov.
ernor Pickens took her as a bride
when he was smt Unit!,-or a?? a min
ister.
Aro You Siilisfird
Tlmt the following named persons
are suitable and competent to frame
a Constitution for tho great State of
Georgia? If you are, then see to it
that every man who favors reform
and good government, wholesome and
economical laws, goes to tho polls on
Tuesday, tho Pith day ot June, and
lend a helping hand to dig the grave
in which to bury the last vestago of
filthy radicalism so deep that there
will bo uo chance tu ever again resur
rect any portion of its malignant and
hideous form to again haunt our
peaceable domain.
Charles J. Jenkins, George R. Sib
ley, Robert If. May and Adam John
son have been selected as delegates
for tho Constitutional Convention
from Richmond county.
Third district—Seaborn Hall, of
Appling, and C. C. Grace, of AVayne.
Sixth district- 15. L. Stephens, of
Lowndes; J. D. Knight, of Berrien.
Seventh district—A. H. Mansell,
and James L. Seward, of Thomas,
jJ. J 5. Creech, of Brooks, and Henry
Gay, of Colquitt.
Eight district—lsaac Maples, of
Mitchell; R. G. Chestnut, T. G, Den
ud'd, of Decatur; J. S. Clifton, of
Miller.
Ninth district—lt. J. Nisbot, of
Early, J. 11. Hand, of Baker, and P.
l'l. Boyd, of Calhoun.
Sixteenth district—K. L. Stanley, of
| Laurens; Neil McLeod, of Emanuel,
and J. D. Meadows, of Johnson.
Nineteenth district—John S. John
son, of Warren, George F. Bristow,
of Taliaferro, and M. AV. Lewis, 0.
N. Hurd and D. N. Saunders, of
| Greene.
Twenty-third district—B F Ilarpe,
| J. M. Davis, John Troutman, of Hous
| ton; AY. S. AYallaee, of Taylor; M. D.
Stroud and it. AY. Sanford, of Craw
ford.
Twenty-sixth district— E. AY. Beck,
John Stillwell, of Spalding; M. A : .
McKibbeu, of Butts; Paul Favor, of
Fayette.
Twenty-seventh district —Pope Bar
row, ol Clarke; Andrew Jackson, of
Oconee; T. A. Gibbs, of Walton; J.
M. Pace, O. S. Porter, of Newton;
J E. B. Rosser, of Rockdale.
Thirty-fourth district —B. F. ATal
and James Polk, ofDeKalb; Dr. Tyc,
of Henry, and S. G. Howell and It.
I). AVyun, of Gwinnett.
Thirty-sixth district—John J. Giov
j er, of Douglass, John T. Lav-gins, of
Campbell, Hugh Buchanan and L. 11. '
Fcathcrston, of Coweta, and W. A. J. I
| Philips and W. A. D. Bender, of Mori
j weather.
Thirty-seventh district—lV. O.
Tuggle, 31. G. Swanson, L. L. Har
-1 dy, sr., of Troup, S. W. Haines, Ik j
W. Rowe, of Carroll, and T. M. Aw- j
try, of Heard.
The insanityof Dr. Ayer, the patent!
! medicine man, is said to be incurable.
I The Boston Globe says his fortune
i amounts to about $15,000,000. “He ]
first showed symptoms of insanity
about thirteen months ago, just after 1
returning from a trip to Chicago and ;
among the most prominent mauifesta- 1
tions was the writing of a number of:
strange and improper letters to vari
ous persons. The cause was attrib
j uted to a too close application to
business, added to which was a mel
ancholy disappointment on account
of being defeated in an attempt to
gain an election to congress.”
The throne-room of the sultan at
j Constantinople is gorgeous. The
guilding is unequelled by any other
building in Europe and from the
ceiling hangs one of the superb Ven
; etian chandeliers, whose two hundred
[lights make a gleam like that of a|
! veritable sun. At each of the four
corners of the room, tall eandlebra iu
| Buccaret glass are placed, and the
throne is a huge seat covered with i
red velvet and with arms and back of
* pure gold. In the daytime floods of j
brilliant light pour into this room
; from three gl'ent windows looking out
|on the Bosphorous, Scutari and the !
j sea of Marmora.
Many papers in speaking of the j
crisis in France use the term “nation
al assembly” instead of the “chamber
of deputies.” The “national ossein-1
bly,” after establishing the republic,
and defining the powers of the differ
ent branches of the government, retir
ed to give place to regularly consti-1
lutional president, the senate and the
chamber of deputies. Previous to i
February 25 1875, the legislative
power was exercised by the national
assembly. Now the legislative power !
rests iu tho senate and chamber of:
deputies.
Nineteen engines are to leave the
Baldwin locomotive works, in Philn-,
delpbia, on the Ist of Juno, each huv- j
ing its engineer and fireman, on route j
for Brazil. The total number to go !
out during tho summer is forty-one.
A number of machinists accompany
the engines. The expense of all the
men are to be paid down and back,
I provided they bind themselves to stay
! there three years.
Tho number of wolves in Russia is
estimated at 200,000, and tho annual
consumption of flesh 23 cwt. per
head. Last year they ate, among
other items, 161 human beings, and
it is estimated that, in one way or an
other, they cost, the country $10,000,-
000. Hunting has declined since the
emancipation of the serfs, and the
wolves have increased.
Dr. J, C. Ayer's condition preaches
its warning sermon to the great North
American door-dio buisiiess man.
110 worked twenty hours out of the
twenty-four. He lived to make mon
ey. His devotions were unceasing at
the altar of business, lie lived in the j
shop and could never get out of the
shop. Tho great, globe, with all its
beauty and grandeur, with all it had
to give of thought, associations and j
sett Undent, was for Dr. Ayer but a
huge pill and a place whereon to sel!
j Dills. Mind thus shoved, forced,
'pressed and crammed into one idea,
at last that idea dominates and mas
ters the man. Too much pleasure for
years of pills and business. No other
thought or occupation to serve as a
balance. Tho regulator gives way.
Now ho wanders about tho grounds
of a private asylum, and the man of
fifteen millions is overjoyed if ho can
drive an imaginary bargain with his
keepers for an old window sash and
realize ten cents by it.
Tho Burlington Ilawleye lolls of a
solitary Ohio man who demanded, in
a husky voice, at tho office window in
the railway station: “Tik’t” “'Where
to?” naked tbe unruffled monopolist
behind the window. "Anywhere!
Anywhere!” was the frenzied response.
“‘Anywhere ! Clean through ! Clean
aerost ! To Burglary, or Prooshy, or
j or the Danube, or DiiTeudorfer, or any
place. Auy whore out of an ungrate
ful county, that coldly turns its back
upon its deserving children. Any
where out of America!” And he
] bowed his head and wept. He was
the only man in Ohio that didn’t get
an otliee.
Here is another industry which
j may betaken up by the farmers of
the South. Onions do well in all the
i Southern States. Some years since a
; foreigner made a crop of onions on
I ten acres of land oil the Jackson rail
road, (now the New Orleans, St. Louis
land Chicago railroad,) that he sold
lin New Orleans for s:S,O(D, without
j the excessive manuring required in
j (lie Northern and AYesteru States.
! The Creoles on the Lafourche raise
I onions for market every year. A gar
jdeneron Bayou Tcche one year made
onions in his garden at tile rate of 1,-
200 bushels to the acre.
Eli Perkins lias been conversing
; with Brigham Young, and thus re
! ports a part of the conversation for
the New York Times: "How many
| wives and children ljave you now?”
I asked the prophet, after a few mo
ments of preliminary conversation”
I think I hnvo 15 wives now that I
am taking care of. I’ve had 45 chil
li i on, and I don’t know how many
| grand-children.” ‘‘Do yon know, Hi
ram, how many grand-children there
are ?” he remarked, turning to his
double son-in-law. Mr. Clawson
didn’t know.
Ardahun, the town in Asia report
ed captured by the Russians, is on
the lino between Butonm and lvars,
and on the military road extending
through Ard.a.iodj toward Trebizand.
Ardianud one day’s march from Ar
dahan, is the point at which the divis
ions of the Russian army were ex
pected to concentrate for the move
ment on Trebizoud.
A coliation ministry is forming in
Greece, which favors war with Tur
key. Now is the time for Greece to
get hold of Thessaly, Lower Albania
and Macedonia. These are still peo
pled with Greece-speaking people,
and if once united with tho Greek
1 kingdom would greatly strengthen it.
! The Washington Star, of Thursday,
says “H. M. Turner, of Georgia who
seconded the nomination of Senator
Blaine at Cincinnati for the Presiden
cy, and made a ludicrous failure of it,
! too, had an audience with the Presi
dent to-day. He wants an office;
. “only this and not Ling more.”
An English bride walked from the
church door tit the altar on a carpet
■of evergreens flowered with roses,
lilies and violets; but it won’t be a
year oefore she will be scratching her
husband's back with an old clothes
brush in the moss prosaic and satis
j factory manner.
New Advertisements*
Notice of Guardianship,
Ordinary's Office,
Brooks County, Ga. , May 27, 1877.
Whereas, Thomas N. Arrington makes
I application to me or letters of guardianship
! of the person and property of Ida Jane Ar
; rim-ton, minor, a daughter of said Thomas
j N. Arrington.
This is. therefore, to cite all parties iuter
: ested, kindred and others, to be and appear
[at my office on the first Monday in June
| next, to show* cans , if any they have, why
said letters should not he granted to said
applicant as the law directs.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture. ‘ A. P. PERU AM,
222 Ordinary.
NOTICE "
TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE KECOM
JL moiuliition oft.be Grand Jury at tlie May
! Term of Brooks Superior Court, 1K77, I will
receive at the office ot the County Court of
i Brooks county, tor the next 30 days,
SEALED PROPOSALS
! to place a i>ow roof on the Conrt House at
! Quitman, Ga., with first quality heart pice
j shingles, one-half inch thick, 1 inches wide,-
{l9 inches long, to show 0 inches. All the
shingh s to be carefully drawn and jointed,
and roof to be covered with three solid coats
of tire-proof paint, of the best quality man
fact; tied. Both contracts to be let to the
same contractor, reserving the right to re
ject all <>r any bids. Tho contractor will be
required to have this work done by a lirst
elass, expert meehan'i.’, and if ft person not
himself a mechanic submits proposals, when
lie makes his bid he. will be required to name,
tho m I'hanie who will lie employed to
superintend the work. Tho work to be
completed in (50 days after the contract is
let. and to be paid for on the Ist November
next.
edwalvD ik Harden,
Judge County Court Brooks Cos.
Quitman,- Ga., May' l(r,- 1877.' 22r1-Jr£)
Til St: C IIKAP
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DAVID WEISBEIN,
No. 1150 Street,
vn . vrvrv ail, <v v.
ARE CONSTANTLY IN RECEIPT OF A GREAT MANY
inquiries from all parts of this State and Florida, where we do not advertise,
so that we find it almost impossible to answer each inquiry separately. AA’e
now take this method to explain to tho readers of THE REPORTER all
the particulars necessary for them to know. In a very short time wo will
publish in this paper as COMPLETE A PRICE LIST AS IS POSSIBLE.
AA 7 o now call your especial attention to this:
1. AYc will send samples to any one who will writo ns for them, with
prices attached, provided a 3 cent postage stamp is enclosed and every arti
cle mentioned which parties desire, and can be sampled; but do not writo
us to send you samples of everything, for that is impossible. AA rite ns for
samples of such goods only as you have a notion of purchasing. Remember
also, samples only give an idea of what the goods are, but do not give the
article full justice.
2. Do not have any hesitancy in ordering tho goods you want, for we
(guarantee every article to come up to sample, and if unsatisfactory, it can
be returned to us at our expense, and we will ret and the money.
3. Should rthy article turn out unsatisfactory, which might occur
through aii oversight, or otherwise, do not prejudge us of having done so
intentionally, but give us the benefit of the doubt, and before returning it,
write us your complaint, so that, if possible, wo might arrange matters
satisfactorily, without the trouble and expense of returning.
4. Calicoes we ennuot always inalcli in
the pattern, as we sell large quantities of
goods and it is impossible to keep every
pattern for any length of time. Such and
similar goods we guarantee to till, by giving
the same quality, and as near the pattern as
possible.
5. We ask as a favor, that parties order
ing goods be very particular in writing their
name and shipping point in plain letters, to
avoid mistakes; also, to make their order
as definite as possible, especially ou articles
of which samples cannot be sent, we would
ask to give us a limit in the price, to enable
us to form a proper idea of what the article
is to be/
8. Do not order any goods unless you
liave the money ready to pay for them.
0. Wc prepay the freight on all orders
amounting to twenty dollars or over. This
is the very best we can do, for our profit is
so slight (as wc retail our goods at wholesale
prices) that we cannot afford to do better*
We admit there are houses who pay freight
tm ten dollars worth of goods, but common
sense teaches plainly that their profit must
he larger than ours, or else they could not
afford to do it, and, therefore, in mch eases,
the party ordering the goods of such a house
pays the freight after all only indirectly *
Wc have endeavored to be as honest and candid in our statements as the
language at our command can do it, and if this fails to convince, we do not
know what can.
Wo hold ourselves legally responsible to carry out the above assertions
and consider this a binding contract, entered upon by us freely and volun
tary, and affirm it herewith by our signature.
Very Respectfully,
D.VYI 1 > \TJEINBEIN,
No, 160 Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga-
PItOPHIETOIt Old
THE CHEAP DRYGOODS HOUSE.
Whenever it is we prefer
the money to accompany tho order, but we
will send the goods 0. O. D. (cash on de
livery) by Express, and if requested, we will
instruct the agent to open the package for
examination before paying for it.
7. We do not sell on credit under any
Consideration. If previously arranged, we
will take a cotton factor’s acceptance in
payment.
Savannah Advertisements/
MEIN H A RD
HItOK&CO.
WHOLESALE
JIOOTti, SIIOJBM, IIA'L'iS;
Gents’ Furnishing Goods*
AND MANCFALTUIinitS OF
UF.ADY-MABE CLOTHING)
Non. 129 and 131 RiujutiiiXON NrmtiTj
SAVANNAH, GA.
Office not! and 098 Broadway, N. T.
210-2 1 H! Orders Onrefnlty Executed.
I. EPSTEIN & I!HO,
JOBBERS IN
PLAIN AND FANCY
Dry troods,
NOTIONS, BOOTS, SILOES*
HATS, Etc., Etc.
Particular attention paid to country orders;
NO. 137 CONGRESS STREET,
215-200 SAVANNAH, GA.
M. W. NEIIEUKGER*
(SCCCESSOB TO FEED. GOEMAN,)
Watchmaker and Jeweler*
DEALER IN
AYATCHES, CLOCKS, JEAVELRY,
Knives and Pintols,
180 Bryan Street, Opposite J. G. Watts,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Repairing done at shortest notice.
215-
Weed & Cornwell,
DEALERS IN—
HARDWARE,
IRON,
AND
M T JE id L 4
173-175 liroiußilon Street,
208-234 SAVANNAH, liki
Cormack Hopkins
MANUFACTURER OF
TIN WAIIK,
AND DEALER IN
HARDWARE
STOVES,
TIN "W.Arons,
—AND
House Furnishing Goods.
COSTRAGTOR FOR TIN ROOFIXU
AM) COIiMCE WORK.
17 BROUGHTON STREET,
208-234 SAVANNAH, GA.
James It. SlieMon*
Cotton Id act ov
AND—
General Com mission Merchant;
102 Ray Street,
Savaimali, - - - - GA
Consignments solicited, upon which lib
advances will ho made. Bugging (Writ
Ties always on hand.
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