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WHOLE NO. 330. the Quitman Reporter IS PUBLISHED EVERY I'flUltflliAY BY ITO.-4. TIIiIiMAPCi I*r<it 'r. '*s>)e Year. ■.. $2 00 'Si* Mouths 1 00 4'hrec Mofitlis. :. : i. i. 50 All subscriptions nlUst Ito paid invariably in advance— no discrimination in favor of ■Ruybody. Yh paper V*tn Be stopped in all instances til Hie expiration or tile time paid for, unless lubscriptiouH nro previously renewed, RATBB OR ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rate of %1.00 per square—one inch—for first insor "lioti. and 75 cents for each subsequent in sertion, for throe weeks or loss. I’or a lon ger period the following are our rates: 1 M. 2 At. 3 At. 6 At. 12 At. 1 *5 00 SS 00 10 00 15 00 S2O 00 2 800 12 00 15 00 20 00 25 00 3 10 00 15 00 18 00 25 00 30 00 4 12 00 10 00 20 00 30 00 35 00 5 14 00 18 00 23 00 35 00 40 00 te 15 00 20 00 25 00 40 00 45 00 8 18 00 25 00 .30 00 45 00 50 00 t cel 25 00 30 00 35 00 50 00 00 00 I pel 35 00 40 00 45 00 !)0 00 UK) 00 A square is due inch. 'These arc our low est rates, and will be strictly adhered to. All advertisements should be merited for a specified time, otherwise they will be charged under the rule ot so much for the ‘first insertion, and so much for each subse quent insertion. Marriages, Obimarios ,uldTributes ofße *peet win be charged same rates as ordinary advertisements. 117/A.V HILT. A HL DUE. All hills for advertising in this paper are due on the first appearance of the advertise ment, except wbeu otherwise arranged by 'contract, and will bo presented when the ixioney is needed. Dr. E. A. JELKS, Practicing Pliy3ician. QUITMAN ga. Omci: Brick lmitying ncljoiuinfl store of Meswa. Briggs, Jelks & Cos., Scfevcu Street. [l-tf s. T. KINGSHERY, Attorney at Law, qu ft.ua yr, - - a Editor a. astrOFFICE ill new Brick Warehouse. Business before the U. S. Patent OiTice KUao'led in I. A. Allbritton, Attorney at Law, QUITMAN, - - - - GA IN COOBT HOUSE. W. A. S. HUMPHREYS, Attorney at Law, QUITMAN. GEORGIA. Sff OFFICE iu the Court House HADDOCK & RAIFORD, Attorneys at Law, QUITMAN OBJO. Will give prompt attention to ftll business kntrnsted to their care. .£iS~Office over Kay-ton's store. Dr. J. S. N. Snow, DENTIST. OFFICE—Front roOirt rip Rtrtirs over Kay lou’s Store. Gas administered for painless ly extracting teeth. *S~Chargo to suit tbc times. . jnn lit, ly ' E. J. VaVw C. W. Stevens. VANN & STEVENS, ATTOBNEYS AT LAW —AND— ■SOLICITOUS IN EQUITY, MADISON, FLORIDA. Will practice in all the Courts of the State: also, in the Federal Courts. Promptness guaranteed. 21 B. C. POLLARD, Cabinet Maker- BHOP and office' nf Die &h 1 post-office stand, next doctf to Rkpcrteu office. Will offer liberal inducements to parties in Want of first-class COrTAOE FT/K?NITUTiE, and will DEPV COMMMI’tON as to prices, m'akc (9r finish of stock in vary liue. Ftdl l&(t-Iioa'rrt Sets can be contracted lor at remarkably low rates. All kinds of repairing of Furn'ifure, either old or new, done at the shortest notice, and in a satisfactory manner. ORD'EItS SO LICITED. Call amt see nte. JJ. C. POLLAKD. 208- Quitman, Ga. ■■ ■■■ '-' ' ~ „■ -a TO THE PUBLIC! UNUStJAL INDUCEMENTS ARE OFFERED AT John Tillman's! WHO IS CONSTANTLY RECEIV ING HIS EXTENSIVE STOCK OF Spring and Summer GOODS, Which bo is offering fit greatly re duced prices, consisting of I L_ DRY GOODS, ‘ “ r~ ; OF ALL KINDS, \ i Boots and Shoes, j HATS,; _J L | HARDWARE | ' i I ; CROCKERY,; _j L, PLOWS, "I I —AND OTHER — * 1 * * | Fanning Implements ! I Tho price on plows reduced 33J per cent, from last year. My friends and the public generally are respectfully invited to call and examine my extensive stock before purchasing elsewhere. I expect topsoil, if low prices will induce customers, and will keep goods constantly ! coming as they are wanted. JOHN TILLMAN. April 5, 1877. 214 GO TO Badger & Johnson's TO GET YOU It WO U K DOSE ! Patronize Home Industry, Carried 01 by White Men Who are True Blue Democrats ( “ The. Best is the Cheapest ill llic Eml>" WILE DO ALL KINDS OF BUGGY, Wagon, Carriage, Gin, Engine, and plantation tvntffe Upon short untiro, and at HARD PAN PRICES. Will guarantee that no better work can be (lone South of Mason and Dixon's lino than will be done by us. We Use none but the best Northern and Western hickory, oak and ash. Vehicles of every description made to order. We will keep constantly on hand, Hubs, Spoke*, Wheel Kims, Plows, and, in fact, everything needed by the farm ers and planters of the country. Give ns a trial is all we ask. Will be found at the old stand of B. W. Leverett, In addition to (Hit shop wc have secured the services of C. W. HOWELL, carriage and buggy punter, Nov3o-tf HOW TO LIVE —IN— FLOII I DA ! HOW TO GO, COST OF TRIP, COST to settle, what to cultivate, how to cultivate it, etc., etc., all told in each num ber of the FLORIDA NEW-YORKER, po lished at 21 Park Row, New York city. Sin gle copy Iff cents; one year 21. -10 acres orange land for SCO. On line of railroad, country healthy, thickly settled. Address ' J. B. OLIVER, General Agent, 221- Box 5,520, New York. BOOKKEEPING rftHE nndersigned by request, offers his 1 services to tlie;feting men of Qnitnmn for the purposes Of instructing them in the shove science,- and guarantees that nil who pass through a regular course of instruction shall ho able 110' take charge of a set of books by double entry. Those; desirous of information without going through a regular eotWse of instruc tion will ho accommodated. For terms and particulars, apply rtt this office or to 1 Mr. Brass ptirwrtwdly, 51 JOIIN GRASS. SOMETHING BRAND - NEW ! THE Dixie Steel Sweep is regarded by professed planters as being the bust thing of the kill’d evor offered to the public. Call at once at John Tillman's i and procure a supply beforo they arc all sold. 218 QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMHEtt , 1877. FLORIDA ITEMS. Robbers arb at work in Ffirnaudina. Palatka Wants a brass band, if tboy can raiso tho “wind.” Tbroe negro prisoners escaped from tbo Pensacola jail last weak. Tho Grand National Hotel at Jack sonville is advertised for sale. A violent rain storm passed over Tallahassee one day last week. Rov. Author St. Clair was murder ed in Hernando county recently. Gov. Drew arrived in Tallahassee last week, after a pleasant visit to the North. Twenty-five Sisters of Mercy ar rived in tho convent at St. Augustine last week. Senator Conover, after a pleasant sojourn iu Pensacola, has returned to tho North. The Magnolia Hotel, in St. Augus tine, is to be thoroughly overhauled and enlarged. Tho game law is well observed around Tampa. No deer aro allowod to bo killed now. A large lot of cattlo have recently been driven from Orange county to Tampa for shipment to Cuba. The street lamps of Jacksonville, 78 in number, will hereafter bo lighted at the rate of twenty dollars each per year. A manufacturer in Fcrnaudina has received an order for fifty thousand cigars from St. Louis. Advertising did it. Columbia county has now thirty five public schools in operation, at an average of thirty-five scholars to each school. Rot. W. W. Hicks, of Florida, is preaching in the Chicago Methodist churches. We aro sorry for tho churches. Mr. C. A. Finley, of the Lake City Reporter, will make 1,000 gallons of wine from his scuppernong grapes this season. A building in St. Johns county was struck by lightning the other day, and its - occupant, a Mr. Briggs, seri ously injured. Tho absence of the usual rain-fall during the summer has left all the swamp lauds on the St. Johns as dry Ins the upper lands, in the Palatkn j section. The Jacksonville Union has changed hands—E. M. Cheney, Esq., retiring from the editorial manage ment, and Sidney T. Bates, a North ern printer takes his place. The orange crop of Florida this season bids fair to be abundant. Fears are entertained, however, that September gales along tho Atlantic coast will damage the fruit to some extent. Arrangements aro making by which ! the time between New York and Jacksonville will be shortened four teen hours this winter. Wo wish the Middle could get the benefit of these ‘short routes.” For the six months ending July 31st, Drew & Bucki have shipped via Jacksonville 6,241,325 feet of yellow pine lumbor—forty schooners being required to transport it. The freight charges, cost of loading, towing, pilot foes, otc., have distributed about $30,- 000. The Superintend onts of the J., F. & M.road (Mr. Papy,) of tho Florida Central, (Captain Holmes,) and of the Atlantic & Gulf,(Major Haines) met in consultation at Savannah last week, and tbo result was an agree ment on a now passenger schedule which is to go into operation on Sun day next at 12 M. The train will leave Chattahoochee river at 1:40 P. M., Quincy at 3:25., Tallahassee at 5:25, Junction at 7:15, Madison at 3:25, aud arrive at Live Oak at 11:25, where it connects with tho A. &. G. train for Savannah. After a deten tion at Live Oak of two hours aud ten minutes, and connection made with tho train from Savannah aud tho North, leaves at 1715 A. M. and ar rives at Jacksonville at 8. Returning leaves Jacksonville at 7 P. M., Livo Oak 1:35 A. M., arrives at Madison 3:35, Junction 5:55,-Tallahassco 7:35, Quiftcy 9:46 and Chattahoochee river at 11:20. There is to bo no change of cars by passengers on tho J. P. & M. at Live Oak as heretofore, so that the detention there, rendered necessa ry for shifting and in order to coiinoct with tho mail train from the North, will not be so disagreeable ns under former schedules. Besides, Mr. Papy proposes to arrange a passenger coach for sleeping and this will bo an im provement which will be duly appre ciated by through passengers.—Talla hassee Floridian. Letter from Washington, Washington, D. C., Aug. 24. In a newspaper this morning ap pear charges, over the siguaturo of a responsible party, against tho late Commissioner Baker, of tho Pension Office, and J. A. Bentley, the present Commissioner, and tho head of tho special service or detective branch of tho service. These charges appear to have been befox'e Secretary Sohurz since June Ist, but aro now made public for the first time. * Without going into details it may bo said that Baker is charged with receiving a largo sum of money for approving an unsupported claim, and the present Commissioner with con cealing tho facts. This must neces sarily causo an investigation. One has been urgontly demanded on ac count of previous, but less grave charges. Tho Indian Bureau and the Land Bureau, in the saruo department, arq alroady being inquired into, though j privately. The Secretary promises accused parties a cliauco to reply af ter all tho evidence is in. But why should such investigations be secret? In tho caso of the Pension Offieo, mentioned above, if Commissioner Bentley is to bo tried by a body of men appointed by the Secretary, why should he not be allowed to be present? If an open investigation is held, and he is shown to be unfit for the place— as seems likely—he could have no reason to complain of unfairness on the part of his judges; or if it is found by those making the investiga tion that tho charges aro unfounded, tho public will have confidence iu that finding. I have mentioned this case at length because it seems that the receiving of | anonymous and irresponsible charges against public officers, and tho secret investigation of them, are becoming common. It is useless to say that if the officer is honest, an investigation will not hurt him. A fair investiga tion will not, but a secret one cannot be fair. Let ns have everything iu public, Air. Secretary. Our district rulers are making sweeping charges in the offices under them, and allege that irregularities I and frauds have existed to a consid i erablo extent in the administration of ! district affairs for a few past years. | All the improprieties now discovered I have occurred since the Shepherd government was abolished. Mr. Hayes will return iu a few days from tho dazzling reception given him in Now England, to find, without exception, his supporters here look upon tho prospects iu the fall elections as decidedly gloomy. If any “policy man” takes a different view of the situation, he carefully re frains from srying anything about it. I yesterday saw a letter from Augusta, Maine, to a gentleman here, in which the chances of electing tho Demo cratic candidate for Governor aro held to be fair. But for Blaine the Republican party iu that State would have gone to pieces long ago. It will, perhaps, break up now in spite of him. From Ohio the reports are even more encouraging, though the multiplicity of candidates confuses all estimates of votes for tho different ones. Tho Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention adopted resolutions yes terday which aro not models of clear ness on the subject of capital and labor. It was, however, commondably plain in saying that the “induction of Hayes into tho office of President af ter the election of S. J. Tilden, was a high crime against free government.” It took good Democratic ground in opposition to an increase of the stand ing army. It protested “against sub sidies, land grants, loans of the public credit and appropriations of the peo plo’s money to any corporation." The resolutions aro creditable wherever they aro. Austin. A Texas paper claims that its State has now 1,750,T00 inhabitants, and predicts that by 1880 it will have more than 2,000,T00, and be entitled to twenty representatives in Congress. Tho Shakers at Enfield, N. 11., have lost four girls lately by marriage, and are trying to prevent farther decimation by hating one of the hus bands prosecuted for abduction. The democratic candidate for treas urer in Kentucky didn’t have but 74,370 majority. It is not likely to go any higher this year, as tho re turns arc all in. Tho present Legislature is functus officio. The Convention has provided that tho next session shall be held iu November, 1378. CLIPPINGS. —Fashion has brought tho slippers of our grandmothers from retirement in tho garret and placed them upon tho foet of our wives, and now wo can confidently look for reform in the home circle. When button boots and laco gaiters were in vogue, the children of the present generation could not be got at with celerity and facility. But now tho mother of the family can unslipper slipper, and slip per round tbo rear of tho progeny, upon which tho slipper will descend “with neatness and dispatch.” Asa regulator of the rising hopefuls, noth ing has ever equaled the handiness of tho slipper of our grandmother. Look out youngsters! —A young lady was at a party during which quarrels between hus band and wifo wore discussed. “I think,” said an unmarried older son, “that tho proper thing is for the hus band to have it out at once, and thus avoid quarrels for the future. I would light a cigar in tho carriage after the wedding breakfast, and settle the smoking question forever.” “I would knock tho cigar out of your mouth,” interrupted the belle. “Do you know I don’t think you would be there,” he remarked. —Money would bo plentier and times would improve faster if the loafers that infest our towns and vil lages, consuming without producing, would retire to tho country and tackle tho earth for a livelihood. It takes !as much to support such characters as it does tho honest, industrious la borer. —Salt dissolved in slops and given to bogs at night i6 said to be a sure preventive of cholera. A pint of salt is snffliciont for 15 or 20 hogs—less number of hogs a correspondingly less quantity of salt. This remedy, is simple, cheap, easily applied, and should be tried by all who own hogs. —lf the problem is capable of solu tion, we should like to know bow it is that a boy will run away from home to avoid bringing bis mother a bucket of water or an armful of wood, and then “lug bis insides out” all day for another boy’s mother and a cold ap ple flipper. —A farmer says: “Soles of old shoes will make hinges for light gates.” Yes, and if he has a daughter he might have added the soles of old boots will prevent young men in the neighborhood from swinging on his J gates. •—Overcome with the heat and bur dens of tho day, tho tram per now ' lieth down in tho fence corner by tho wayside and trios to tell himself that it is luck that makes people wealthy and consequently happy and respect i ed. —The man has been found who could do all the business ho wanted to without advertising, and has been compelled to advertise at last. He lives iu Florida, and his advertise ment is headed “Sheriff’s sale.” —A wicked young man says that ho has invented anew waltz superior to all others. It is called the “grand stationary,” requires no music and acts on the principle of the maiden’s motto: “so-fa and no further.” —Putting away fodder under the ridge pole of tho barn where tbo ther mometer would stand at 175 degrees, is one of tho most trying ordeals that any farmer’s boy has to pass through. —Wo ought never to believe evil of any one till wo are certain of it. We ought not to say anything that is rude and displeasing even in a joko; and wo ought never to carry jokes too far. —Eggs are worth ten cents per dozen in this market; with chickens in them, five cents extra. Bald-headed buttyr is worth twenty-five cents per pound; with hairs in it, five cents loss. —lf on the street you look at a lady very intontly you are impolite, but if you meet her in a waltz you may hug her all you please, uo mat ter whose wife she is. - The idea of teaching every girl to thump a piano and every boy to be a book-keeper will make potatoes worth $4 per bushel in twenty years from now. —A young lady who lately came out in society ate a bate of onions the meal previous, and Was spoken of as the “seentcr of attraction” during the evening. —Barely does one of our country women achieve that happy moan which makes speech mofo golden than silence. —Billings: If I was in the habit of swearing, I wouldn’t hesitate to cuss a red-bffg right to his face. —Every man half seas over thinks hitnself able to' naVigatS' another schooner of beer. —The most melancholy season in tho year is when Wo have'dog days' and cat nights. —Bettor to have loved a short girl than never to have loved at all. —Any town with a whipping post would bo avoided by tramfis. Real Estate, Etc. "NOT I O EL FOR SALE, A SPLENDID LITTLE FARM. rntiF, place, now iif.ing run by I_ W. It. WILSON, just two miles from town, in now offered for Kale. It contuius ouu hundred and ilitecn (115) acres, about sixty acres clean'd and in a high state of cultivation. The buildings oh tho place are quite adequate. 'Che place can be bought cheap. For further particulars ap ply at the 21(1 REPORTER OFFICE. A SPLENDID PLANTATION FOR SALE! IT CONTAINS ABOUT FOUR HUN DRED (400) ACRES OP LAND, and lays directly east of Quitman; alumt 50 acres inside the incorporate limits of the town, and are eligible as town lots. 125 acres cleared laud on tho place. Good Gin-house and new Gin, a dwelling house and two negro cabins. The land is good for farming purposes, and a bargain can ho had by any one who wishes to purchase, by applying to MRS. C. CULPEPPER, 213- Quitrttrttt, On; VALUABLE LAND for SALE I NOW offer for salo Lot of Land No. IG2 in the 15th district, and south half of | Lot No. 3H>, in the 11th district, all of | Lowndes county, Ga, Lot No. 102 lays on the Withlacoochco River, a part of which < is valuable hammock, tho balance good pine land. Lot No. 310 is first-class farming land, and lays iu a good neighborhood, and is well timbered. Apply to the undersigned, or to R. Y. Lane, at Valdosta, Ga. JOSEPH TILLMAN, 226 Quitman, Ga. Splendid Plantation COMPLETE OUTFIT FOK SALE! —;o: A spKsi.liil PLANTATION in most excel-' j lent repair* NEW (JIN HOUSE* Now Morse Power, New Eclipse Screw, New Gin, New Cabins, An Excellent Dwelling House, Good Out-houses, Corn and Fodder, Mules and Horses, Cows, aud other stock, Wagons and Carts, can be bought cheap by applying to the uiider.siguod. Tho Plantation contains 526 ACRES OF LAND, aud is situated in as good neighborhood as there is in the State. Schools and churches near by. The lnmls are good and productive; I the water is exCclteif*. and health unsur j passed. The place is situated in the centre | of what is known as the Hickory Head set | tlement, and is seven miles southwest from j Quitman. Auy oiie desiring such a place would do I well to confer with irie at once. JOSEPH TILLMAN, 40 Quitman, Gn. $ $ $ IlEAll THIS 1 ONLY ONE - DOLLAR! For one c] oiler flic Savannah Weekly News will bo bo tit, postage paid, to any ad dress for six months. It m one of the cheap est papers published, and is a welcome visi tor to the counting roemi, fufcfeido or farm. It is a neatly printed four-page sheet, com pactly made up, and contains the pbDtieuT and current news of the week; 1 fi compre hensive summary of the telegraphic dis patches and local nows, and interesting sketches and stories. It also contains full reports of the markets. Thus, thOße who have not the advantage of u daily mail can get the news for six mouths by sending one dollar. It is' jrtst the paper for everybody interested in Georgia and Floiidrt. It will bo well invested, and will odW'a’te your children and make home lmpp£. Money for .either paper can bo sent by Post-office ordor, registered letter oV Express, at publisher’s risk. Afdross and. If. ENTILE, 214 Savannah, Ga. Hin Houses nnd their contents insured in an old reliubl ontpany. Terms libcrnl. c S. T. KINGSBERY, Agt, VOL. IV.—NO. 28. The Brooks Comity MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION ARE RUNNING r F 1 iei r JTaUicluy -ON FULL TIME: .*• , , Til HE MOST desirable goods, such as ex- JL act-ly suit tile Mauls of the people afd made liete, ftnd at New York Prices? less the freight to tho purchaser.' BROWN COTTON GOODS. 4 4.SHEETING- Standard Wright. 7 -S SHlßTlNG—Standard weight: 7 and 8 OSNABURGS. ALL COLORS OF STRIPES; YARNS IN BALES, 8s 10s. ROPE—in half and whole Coils. SEWING THREAD—IO balls ttf tho pound: KNITTING THREAD: WRAPPING TWINE. GEORGIA PLAINS. MIXED PLAINS. WOOLEN PLAINS—AII colors. JEANS—AII colors. BsyWOOl: CAIiDING A SPE CIALTY. Tatronizc home industries. Send tbf price list, and wttisfy rotltself Where it will he to your interest lo buy. Address All communications to JOSEPH TILLMAN; President 15. C. M. A. taw University, MACON, GA* rftHE SECOND TERM, laW-ff, _L open on WEDNESDAY, January 3,1877; Advantages ? 1. A full corps of ablo and efficient U'ttt feasors; 2. A comprehensive and strong course of study; H. Ample facilities for iiF struetion; 4. The lowest rates of tuition ana board; 5. A healthful aud b'erttilifitl loca tion: f>. The most splendid aud complete College e A flee in (lie South. Tuition fU) per annum, payable S2O nl beginning ot First Term, and $lO the tirsfr of Jsmujm Contingent fee, three per annum, pa abp iu same proportion Prepayments rigidly required. IJoafd ftf “Students’ Hall” sl2 pef ititfiith'.’ aSP* For catalogues and special informa tion, address Rev. A. J. BATTLE, D.D., President. Mercer U diversity LAW SCHOOL. Three Professors. Next T et'tii tetfinft An liary 3. Tuition SBO for ttftf tfi ploma entitles graduates £o practice. For catalogue or further information ad dress Hon. Clifford Anderson* Chairman of Law School,• or tf£. A. ?. J>A'f?LE, Presi dent Mercer University, Macon, Ga. 41-tf VALUABLE PLANTATION Hall County, FOR SALE! I OI L'lol# FOlt CiALK MY PLANTATION LtUjG OW C4DAR. Oeek, 0 miles east of Gainesville, 7 miles from f jiibv, the junction the North eastern Railroad from AthCiM the Air Line ltailroad; 2 miles from the Whit* Sul-- phur Springs, and 4 miles from the New Holland Springs. The place Contains 300 acres, 200 acres of wh*rch i*s vory rich creek bottom land, with 120 acres cleared and ret out in the and other favorite varie ties of apple trees; about 200 fine peach trees, alt in frill bearing. Good dwelling, and out-houses, with & tenant houses and settlements. % The phmo is hr oxcellont Repair, with as good Water as cafi 1 be found m the known world,• ?ri springs arid w r el>. Thoro are over 200 acres cleared on Die place. The bottom land will produce frblri W t6’ 60 bushels of corn, and frdto 25 to bnslieHs 6t Oats or wheat acre. For’ fi'frthv? particulars apply fir Mss. JAsli A. O'NEALL, 234 -ff GWMCfrrtfle. Gn. BUGGY AM) HOCIAWAY FOR SALE, ANY one i-n want of a *UY or single horse ROCKAWAY, ton new hi sup plied n't a remarkably low price for either one or both. Wo mean httsines#,- *nd in tend to sell, and that soon. Cart fin BAIHWR A JrtfUVSft.Y, At thoir Shop. QhHmhir, Gw.,- August 7,-1877. 2-1 tf