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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
FRIDAY, June 25, 1875.
Canned and Other Goods—An Ethio
pian in the Wood Pile.
When the packers of canned goods
hold a con vention.and at that convention
pass resolutions looking to the break
ing up of frauds too commonly prac
ticed in that line of trade, the public
are forced to believe that the imposi
tion had become very monstrous in
deed. It is owing to the vigorous
onslaughts of the American Grocer
that many abuses in this business were
dragged into the light and laid bare
before the gaze of the purchasing
world. So unblushing had become the
swindle in oysters, fish, tomatoes, corn,
etc., that the shrinkage, was, in some
cases, fifty per cent. Money made in
that manner out of confiding customers
is no better than the plunder of the
sneak-thief or the bandit. It will not
bring blessings, but curses, upon the
man who thus accumulates it.
Perfectly aware of that truth, the
convention of packers pledged them
selves to regard fixed standards of
quantity and quality, and to brand
every package faithfully with their
name and address. Upon this theme
the Chicago Tribune comments at some
length. We quote: “ The action of
this convention is, of course, in the in
terest of honest packers, who have
earned a reputation for the quality of
their goods. It is none the less in the
interest of the consumers, who are now
regularly defrauded. They are now in
formed by the packers themselves that
the designation of one pound, two
pounds or three pounds on cans is in
variably fallacious, the net contents of
the package never corresponding to
the weight named on the label. It is,
therefore, their right to demand that
they be served by their retail grocer
with the weight they pay for. If cus
tomers refuse to buy and pay for
weights they do not receive, it will
cease to be profitable to deal in that
class of goods. When a man buys
and pays for three or more pounds
of any article, he is entitled to
demand what he pays for. The
same frauds exist in other articles
than canned goods. Spices put up in
packages rarely contain the weight
marked upon them. The Grocer de
clares emphatically ‘that there is
scarcely a single class of goods put up
and sold in this country which is not
short of the weight or measure claimed
foi’ it.’ If this be true, the laws estab
lishing standards of weights and mea
sures are practically defeated. A man
selling goods with a yard-stick measur
ing but two feet, or with dishonest
scijiles and weights, upon detection, is
liable to be punished as a criminal ;
and it is difficult to distinguish from
such an act that of selling a package
declared to contain three pounds when
in fact it contains but two pounds of
the goods sold. The packers appeal to
consumers to weigh the cans before
opening them and weigh them after
the contents are removed, and, when
the weight is short of what it was sold
rui, tu Ut?Lua,u<J Lhe return or a propor
tionate sum of the price paid.”
Is there any way, in this or other
countries, whereby a purchaser can
escape being swindled ? The only
chance we see is dealing with an honest
man, who, on his part, takes care, so
far as possible, to make no bargains
with commercial robbers. Assuredly,
such honest wholesale and retail dealers
can be found, and, when found, should
be patronized. So prone are many con
scienceless persons to cheat their
neighbors, that in numbers of places,
an Inspector of weights and measures
has his hands full in detecting roguery.
Hardly a day passes, in Baltimore, for
example, that large quantities of goods
are not confiscated, and sold for chari
table purposes. There is on record the
case of one dry goods merchant who
had been using a yardstick one inch be
yond regulation measure. The Inspec
tor cut off that precious inch of wood,
had it polished and mounted in gold.
During life he wore it as a breastpin,
and dying, bequeathed it, we presume,
to the Smithsonian Institute at Wash
ington. It is to the interest of high
minded men in ail the walks of trade
to expose the chicanery of those who
take unfair advantage of the upright
merchant and the confiding public-
Tins will be a hard task, and in some
respects a thankless one ; but the press
is doing much to attract attention to
these wicked devices of unscrupulous
dealers, and if the evil cannot be anni
hilated it may be very perceptibly and
substantially checked.
Stephens and Louisiana.— Louisiana
ftp [tears to have reached the bottom of her
troubles, and to be on the ascent again.
There is no use disguising or misunder
standing it, the future looks strangely
bright and hopeful. Politically, we may be
considered as having shaken off our worst
embarrassment-. Financially, both State
and city are improving. Agriculturally,
the news from every quarter of the State is
cheering and reassuring to a degree unpre
cedented.— N. 0. Picayune.
And yet it was upon the vote of Mr.
Stephens that this state of things was
brought about. And still the little
folks are sticking pins in his heels for
voting it.— Atlanta Commonwealth.
Mine vs. State.— The two Senators
from Nevada, Jones and Sharon,
really represent the mines they own
and nothing else. Both dwell in San
Francisco, when notin Washington, and
care for their rotten borough only so
far as it pays in silver.
Bribed—Perhaps.— The general im
pression now prevails that Mr. Bee
cher will be acquitted, because the
jury have been “seen.” Mr. Beach
makes this serious charge, and offers
to furnish proof. When a up
for hog stealing, and every man on the
jury has had some of the pork, how,
oh! how can they have the hearts or
stomachs to send him to jail or make
him pay damages!
True Bill.—According to the Union
and American, the latest dictum with
political rogues who hate the newspa
pers for unmasking them, is that lib
erty of the press is no more possible
under a despot editor than under a des
pot emperor.
The Old Tallassee Manufacturing
Company.
In pursuance of a decree rendered on
the 7th inst., in the Chancery Court of
Montgomery, Ala., all persons having
claims against the Tallassee Manufac
turing Company, Number One, are no
tified to file their claims, whether
bonds, bills of exchange, notes, other
writing, open account, or as “new
stockholders,” with the Register of the
Chancery Court at Montgomery, Ala.,
by the 20th day of August, 1875, or
they will be barred. If the claim be
evidenced by a bill of exchange, note,
certificate, or other writing, the origi
nal must be filed; and if by bond, a
statement and description thereof. In
all cases the claim “must be verified
by the affidavit of the claimant, or
someone who has personal knowledge
of the same, which affidavit shall set
forth the nature and amount or value
of the consideration of such claim,
and whether the same is held as col
lateral security or otherwise, and if
held as collateral security, on what ac
count. All claims not filed by the
time and in the manner herein required
will be barred.” Up to September 20,
1875, objections to any claim may be
filed by the corporation itself, or any
stockholder or creditor thereof in the
name of the company.
Peculiar People.— A religious sect,
in England, called “Peculiar People”
have established a hospital in London.
The World describes what sort of an
institution it is, thus : “All doctors are
to be rigidly excluded. When we con
sider that a physician of unusual moral
scrupulousness has just come forward
in the London Lancet to show that un
dertakers are ia the habit of paying
English doctors a percentage on burials,
this regulation of the “Peculiar People”
may be thought not very peculiar. But
with physicians they exclude also all
medicines. Their doctrine is that when
the Lord will heal He will heal, and
that when He will slay He will slay, and
they hold it impious to interfere with
His decrees otherwise than by prayer.”
That will do very well ; but wait till
the undertakers fee the “Peculiar Peo
ple” in charge of that hospital—then
you will see the same old bills of mor
tality aud the inefficacy of prayer.
Bombastes Furioso. —A witty corres
pondent of the Courier-Journal, writ
ing from Boston, portrays the “hero of
Bethel” in this fashion :
Ben. 8., who has been officiously con
spicuous in trying to spoil the whole pro
cession, appeared, rolling from side to
side on his horse, like a bag of jelly. He
must have been fastened to the saddle with
screws, or he would never have kept it. A
cheer from the crowd, intended for some
other party, was appropriate dby Ben. He
uncovered his bald head, cocked up one of
his horrible eyes, and bowed. Go on, Benja
min, lam sorry for the Centennial.
Ben Butler, as a hero of the Bunker
Hill Centennial, is like a cockroach in
ice cream—nasty, obscene, nauseous,
revolting and altogether abominable.
Ugh!
Dry.— The heat of the past few days
has had its effect upon the newspapers.
Our exchanges are unusually dry, and
every quill or pencil-driver seems to
have lapsed into that condition of com
monplaced ness which needs an earth
quake, a murder, a big war or the swirl
of the cyclone to be awakened from.
The torture of flies in the day and the
fricasseeing process of the lamp chim
neys at night make a man’s brain ex
tremely flaccid; and, after wrestling
with the telegraph till day-break, yo
editor ought to thank Cod that he has
any capacity for intellectual labor left.
The Indians.— Bishop Hare has pub
lished a vigorous defense of the Sioux
Indians. He concludes thus :
As, however, these Indians are a brave
and warlike people, as they love their
homes passionately, and as all the past
has revealed to them that the white man
has no pity, we should not be surprised if,
insisting now on buying with money what
the Indian does not wish to sell, we drive
them to frenzy, our covetous enterprise
end in massacre, and we pay for the In
dian’s land less in money than in blood.
The superior race will drive out the
weaker races or else push them to
their proper centre. Any unnatural
relations forced between the white and
dark races always ends in the giviDg
way of the one or the other.
The Richmond Doctors.— A woman,
as usual, is the cause of a quarrel be
tween the Richmond, Ya., doctors.—
One of them charges the other with
having caused the death of a female
patient by opium poisoning ; the other
fiercely resents such an imputation. A
Western paper proposes to settle the
dispute, not by pistols, but by a scien
tific method. For instance: “ Let the
doctor who prescribed the dose take it
himself. If he dies, it is proved that
he was at fault, and it serves him
right; but if he lives, let him double
the dose for his adversary, and there
by demonstrate to the latter’s satisfac
tion that he knew what he was about.”
The suggestion is horrible, but may
prevent bloodshed.
Alexander, the man who was shot four
times by a police officer in Philadelphia, re
fused before his death to tell the name of
his murderer, and in Brooklyn a similar
case has occurred. A rowdy was stabbed
fatally three times in the lungs, and, when
asked to tell who was his assailant, replied :
“I’d die with the name of the fellow in my
throat before I’d give him away.”—Wash
ington Chronicle.
Virtue would have made those men
heroes; vice made them villains. What
says the poet about the modern Attila:
“A single step into the right had made
This man the Washington of worlds be
trayed ;
A single step into the wrong has driven
His form from earth, perhaps his soul from
heaven!”
We learn from the Detroit Free Press
that tidings of the great scandal have
reached to the very interior of Africa,
and that the natives gather around
Stanley, brandishing clubs and demand
ing the latest particulars. This cor
roborates our own advices, to the ef
fect that one of the chiefs had express
ed a wish to take the stand in support
of Bessie Turner, stating that upon a
certain occasion he lifted his wife out
of bed in the middle of the night, flung
her across a pioket fence, and beat her
over the head with a bolster-case with
out waking her.
CROOKED CIGARS.
How the Havana and New York Deal
ers Import the Cuban Article—An
Interview With an Importer Who
Was Driven Out of the Market.
[Chicago Inter-Ocean.]
The fact is now notorious that mer
chants at interior ports of entry have
been driven from the importation of
certain lines of foreign merchandize
through the inefficiency or corruption
of the New York Custom House officials
in permitting the entry of such mer
chandize at that port at undervalua
tions. Our investigations have been
heretofore chiefly confined to broad
silks and silk ribbons. In these arti
cles the merchants of Chicago and
other interior cities have been forced
from the foreign markes and com
pelled to buy in New York, thus taking
the risk of dealing in “crooked” goode.
We charged this to be the fact six
months ago, and recently an expert
from the Treasury Department found,
by investigutionsat New York, that the
charge was absolutely true. He found
that most of the French silks eoming
to this country are consigned to man
ufacturers’ agents in New York, at from
ten to fifty per cent, less thon their for
eign market value. The result is that
honest importers are driven from the
foreign markets and the customs rev
enue is robbed of millions of dollars
annually.
Conceiving it probable that this class
of frauds exists in other lines of goods,
our attention has been directed to
cigars. Cigars pay nearly or quite 100
per cent. duty. The field for fraud is
wide and the attention to cheat the
revenue great. Heretofore there has
been quite an extensive business done
in importing cigars at this port, but of
late it has fallen off. This fact gives
rise to the suspicion that “crooked”
cigars are finding their way via New
York to Chicago. Desiring to probe
the matter to the bottom, a reporter
was dispatched with instructions to in
terview some prominent cigar dealer.
The reporter called upon one of the
oldest and most reputable houses in
the city, when the following colloquy
occurred between the senior member
of the firm and the “Faber sharp
ener
“How many importing houses are
there in this city ?” the reporter asked,
by way of introducing the subject.
“ There are six houses in the city do
ing an importing and jobbing trade
equal to ours.”
“At what time did the tobacco im
porting business commence in this
city ?”
“We were the first importers, and
the trade commenced during the Fall
of 1870. Our business now in the im
porting line is not so large this year
as it has been in previous years, sim
ply from the fact that we can buy our
goods a great deal cheaper than we
can import them.”
“ How do you account for this?”
“We are prevented really from im
porting direct because there are in this
country agents of New York houses
which lepreseut themselves as the gen
eral agents of Havana cigar and
tobacco manufacturers. They offer us
goods in their line at from live to ten
per cent, less than we can import them,
aud sometimes at even a greater re
duction than this. This effectually de
stroys the importing branch of our
business, because we could not com
pete with them by buying direct.”
“What is the character of the trade
thus carried on ?”
“In New York there are ten firms
who carry on the legitimate importing
business. We receive prices current
from them. We, knowing that we can
purchase our stock at so great a dis
count, offer them an equivalent figure,
but they can hold out no inducements,
Decause their lowest prices are much
higher than those at which we can pur
chase from these agents of Havana
houses. We can buy in Havana as
cheaply as they can. We receive their
prices current, aud desiring to order a
short line of goods, we try to purchase
of these straight houses, and when we
offer from three to five per cent, under
the price current they will not enter
tain our offer, because there are not
sufficient profits in the goods to war
rant it. We have had goods offered by
agents from five to twenty per cent,
less than we buy them in New York.”
“ What is their mode of operating in
the market?”
“ The agents of these Havana houses
come here and offer in the first place
their goods at from five to ten per cent,
less than the goods can be bought in
New York, and then we put in our bid,
which is usually from five to ten per
cent, under theirs. Such bids are al
ways accepted. These agents come
here, three and four at a time, repre
senting different houses. They are
traveling agents. This underselling
business was commenced about a year
ago.”
“ If you can get these goods so much
cheaper, do not the importers like to
encourage this trade ?”
“ No. We don’t want such business
built up. It ruins the legitimate im
portations. We want all houses to con
duct their business fairly and be on an
equal footing. No merchant can im
port cigars if this practice is contin
ued.”
“How is it possible for these agents
to offer their goods at less prices
than the regular importers of New
York?”
“Under the present system of in
voicing goods they save at least twen
ty-five per cent, ad valorem on what
undervaluation there is. Goods worth
S7O per 1,000 are sold at SSO, and on
lots of 5,000 cigars the Government
loses $25. Suppose there are four
houses of this kind. They would do
one-half of the business in the whole
country. The result would be, after
the practice has been carried on for
some time, that the trade would be
confined to these films, and the Gov
ernment would be defrauded of a per
centage of the revenue equal to the
percentage of undervaluation.”
“If it is possible to pass goods in
New York at such an undervaluation,
is it not possible to make the underval
uation still greater ?”
“Yes; these houses will after a while
be compelled to do It. They will get
into competition with each other, and
it won’t be long before there will be no
importing done in this country outside
of these New York houses, and they
will be continually engaged in cutting
the throats of one another. If one
case can be undervalued, the next case
will be undervalued still more, and the
authorities at Washington will never
be the wiser.”
“Have you ever had goods worth S7O
per thousand offered for $50.”
“Yes we have, time and time again.”
“Do these men operate in New York
also?”
“No, they confine their operations to
the West. If they tried their practice
in New York City they would be found
out. Their field is altogether confined
to the larger cities of the South and
West. Outside of New York there are
no houses attempting this kind of
business, but then they do not make
an effort to sell to New York mer
chants.”
“What brands of cigars are offered
in this way ?”
“They are the regular factory cigars,
but under brands unknown to the mar
ket. This they do in order to cover
up their tracks.”
This closed the interview.
Clara Louise Kellogg, the American
prima donna, and Lotta, the actress,
are both said to be engaged to well
born and wealthy Philadelphians,
FI \ERAL NOTICE.
T> FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bryan, and of D.
L. Hopkins and family, are invited to at
tend the fu oral of the infant son or the
former, from their residence, on East
Boundary Street, facing Broad, THIS
(Friday) MORNING, at 10 o’clock.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AUGUSTA WATERWORKS.
WATER TENANNS ARE NOTIFIED THAT
after July Ist, the water from these works
will be shut off from all premises where the
rent fortbe current year is still duo.
If the water is again turned on the cost will
be charged to the tenant. Receipts for water
rent will be given either at the Water Works
Office or the Office of the Collector and
Treasurer.
T. W. CUMMING.
je2s 6 Engineer A. W. W.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Office Receiver of Tax Returns, R. C. I
Augusta, June 19,1875. j
ALL PERSONS OWING STOCK OR
Shares in any of the National Banks located
in this county, are hereby notified and re
quired to return the same to me for Taxa
tion. Those persons who have already made
returns and omitted to include said stock are
required to so amend their returns as to em
brace the same. I am directed by the Comp
troller General to require this return, and to
assess all persons who fail or refuse to do so
for double tax. Parties interested will save
me the performance of an unpleasant duty
by a prompt compliance with these instruc
tions. R. J. WILSON,
je2o-6 R. T. R. Richmond county.
TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE.
I hereby notify all persons interested as
guardian, trustee, administrator, agent, as
signee, or otherwise, that tho State and Coun
ty Tax Digest will close in a few days. Come
forward at once and make all returns re
quired by law, and save me tho unpleasant
duty ol assessing a double tax.
R. J. WILSON,
je‘27-lw R. T . R„ Richmond County.
EXCURSION SEASON
or 1875,
VIA
ATLANTIC COAST and MIDLAND LINKS,
Contmeneing June Ist, 1875.
A FULL LINE OF ROUND TRIP TICKETS
to all Summer Resorts of interest or import
ance
IN
UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA,
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA,
MIDDLE AND WESTERN VIRGINIA,
NORTHERN AND EASTERN STATES,
Will be on sale by all routes connecting
with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad at the Company’s Office in Augusta.
PRICE LIST-TIME CARDS,
And full information furnished on applica
tion to D. H. Van Buren, Agent, Union Depot;
B. F, Brown, Agent. Planters’ Hotel; W, M.
Timborlake, Soliciting Agent.
A, POPE,
my.’B-im General Ticket Agent.
Geo. T. Jackson. John T. Miller.
Walter M. Jackson. Marion J. Verdery.
(10, T. JACKSON & CO,,
PROPRIETORS OF THE
GRANITE MILLS,
AND
General Produce Merclfts.
DEALERS IN
FLOUR,
MEAL, GRITS, HAY,
CORN, OATS,
PEAS, CRACKED CORN,
PEA MEAT,,
Bran, Middlings, Etc.
asr Orders are respectfully solicited,
and prompt attention promised.
apr2s-tf
DANCING SCHOOL.
MONS. BERGER, Professional Teacher,
informs the Ladies and Gentlem>n of
Augusta that he will open a First-Class
DANCING SCHOOL at the Masonic Hall
He wi 1 be there on Thursday, the 24th
J une, from 4to 6 o’clock, to receive pupils.
Mons. 8., being an Artist, teaches what is
really Dancing. He teaches all the new
dances as well as the old ones, which com
bine the harmony of bodies and the poetry
of motion. Mons. BERGER is well known,
and can give the best reference here and in
Charleston.
For circulars, etc., apply at A. Prontaut
& Son. je2o-tt'
WOOD AND SHINGLESJ
ON HAND, and constantly receiving, a
large supply of best CYPRESS SHIN
GLES, which we will sell cheap for cash.
Also, a large lot of OaK, HICKORY and
PINE, suitable for stoves. Wood delivered
in any part of city, at $5 per cord, or $5 75
sawed in lengths to suit customers. Ail
orders left at Dunbar <fc Harris’, next door
to Central Hotel, will receive prompt atten
tion.
jel'J-tjylst JNO. M. COOK A CO.
Rftttf xi tttttt 1 Libel for Divoice.
UErriL M. HULL | Rlchmo n d Superior
James A. (3. Hu11, j
IT appearing to the Court that the de
fendant In the abo > e stated case does
not reside in tho State of Georgia, it is, on
motion of Wm. R. McLaws, attorney for
libellant, ordered . That service of said li
bel upon said defendant bo made by publi
cation in the Constitutionalist, a newspa
per of the city of Augusta, being a public
gazette of this State, once a month for four
months; and it is further ordered that this
order be entered on the Minutes.
Georgia, Richmond Couniy—l, Samuel
11. Crump, Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county, do hereby certify that the
foregoing order has been entered on the
Minutes of tho Superior Court. April term,
1875, folio 309, this Bth day of May, 1875.
S. H, CRUMP.
myl3-lam4m Clerk S.C.R. C.
Cheaper than Ever Known
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF PARLOR
CHAMBER, DINING ROOM FURNI-
T URE will be sold at manufacturer’s prices,
commeucing MONDAY, May 31, and con
tinues for the next three months, to make
room for the rebuilding and improvement
of the rear part of our store. The room
must be had to do the work required, there
fore the goods will be sold as above stated,
rather than store them away. Now is the
time for all to make their purchases.
PLATT BROTHERS,
my3o-dlclm 212 and 214 Broad street.
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WINDOW SHADES AND
WALL PAPERS, opened this
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agents this work is thoroughly advertised
throughout North America. This fact,
together with the large size, elegant ap
pearance, and many new features of the
book, causes it to sell more rapidly than
any work ever published in this country.
Those of my agents who have had experi
ence in selling books, say that in all their
previous canvassing they never met with
such such success or made so large wages,
as since commencing the sale of my work.
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EXECUTORS SALE.
C. V. WALKER Auctioneer.
WILL be sold at the Market House, in
this city, on the First Tuesday in
JULY, unless previously disposed of at pri
vate sale, the following property belonging
to the estate of the Jate Robert Campbell,
viz:
The brick dwelling and lot, second below
the Christian Church, on Reynolds street,
at present occupied by Mrs. Lawhon.
The two-story double brick office on Mc-
Intosh street known as the old Telegraph
office, occupied by Dr. J. B. Walker.
One vacant lot on Mclntosh street, next
door to Dr. Walker’s office, having a front
of 20 feet and 5 inches on Mclntosh street.
One lot and large line brick office, front
ing 25 feet on Mclntosh street, occupied by
J. J. Doughty, Esq.
One lot and brick storehouse, fronting 24
feet 7 inches oil Mclntosh street, adjoining
Musgrove’s warehouse, occupied by J. J.
Doughty, Esq.
One lot, with double tenement house, cor
no of Twiggs and Watkins street- 1 .
Fairview, the large summer residence on
the Sand Hills, near the Turknett Springs,
with 20 acres of land.
Eleven acres of land on the Sand Hills, in
front of Fairview lot.
One hundred acres pine land, back of the
United States Arsenal, and near the Georgia
Railroad.
75 shares Macon and Augusta Railroad
Stock.
20 shares Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta Railroad Stock.
For terms, apply until sale day, to
je24-td J. S. BEAN, Executor.
City Lot at Auction !
W. C. JONES, Auctioneer.
BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY FROM
1 he City Council of Augusta, will be sold
at public outcry, in front of the i ity
Treasurer’s Office, on FRIDAY, the 25tn
inst., at 11 o’clock A. M.,
THE DESIRABLE CiTY LOT,
situated on the southeast corner of Walker
and Wylde streets. Said Lot has a front of
41% feet, more or less, on Walker street,
and extends half way back towards Wat
kins street.
Terms: as usual. Purchasers to pay for
papers.
GEO. R. SIBLEY,
je24 2 Chair’n South Commons Com.
GEORGE G. MULL,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
EXCELSIOR MILLS
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, GA„
MAFUFAOTURES FLOUR in all grades.
The (aid and well known EXCELSIOR
BRANDS
PRIDE OF AUGUSTA,
GOLDEN SHEAF,
EXTRA,
LITTLE BEAUTY,
Always on hand, and their well earned
reputation will be faithfully
maintained.
COEN MEAL,
CRACKED CORN,
CRACKED WHEAT,
GRAHAM FLOUR,
MILL FEED,
BRAN, Etc.,
Constantly made, and orders promptly
tilled at the
LOWEST RATES.
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Valuable Property For Sale.
■fTTILL be sold to the highest bidder, at
V v the Dower Market House, in the
city of Augusta., on next salo day, TUES
DAY, July Gth, 1875: Two Houses and Lots,
adjoining the Houghton Institute on the
west, one on Greene street and one on
Ellis street, having, each lot, a front of
about 58 feet, and the Houses in good repair.
Terms made known on application to the
Chairman of the Houghton Institute Com
mittee.
By order of Council.
D. FORD,
Chairman Houghton Institute Committee.
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Summer Excursion Tickets.
Georgia Railroad Company, i
Augutta, Ga., June 18,1875. j
PERSONS wishing to visit the Springs in
Georgia, North Carolina and Viiginia
can purchase Excursion Tickets over the
Georgia Railroad at the following rates:
Alleghany Springs, Va S3B 05
Warm %prings, 29 90
Catoosa Springs, Ga . 18 50
Tickets on sale at tho Passenger Depot,
Augusta, Ga.
Return Tickets good until November Ist,
1875. J. A. ROBERT,
jel9-lm G. T. A.
WANTS.
Advertisements not over five lines will
be inserted under this Jiead for fifty cents
each insertion, cash.
WANTED— EVERYBODY TO KNOW
that money can be saved by purchas
ing of <’ALVIN A JONES, 104 Broad street.
Sugar, Flour, Rice, &c., Ac , which they sell
at the lowest rates and deliver free in the
city.
WANTED— A SITUATION - as Carriage
Driver or Houso Butler, by the un
dersigned, who can give good references to
any who need his services. Apply to tfm.
Smith, Savannah ltoad, near Harrison’s
Magistrate Office.
WANTED, A SITUATION AS HOUSE
Girl and Nurse. Mary Smith, corner
of Twiggs and Fenwick, below Port Royal
Depot.
WANTED— FIRST-: LASS STONE MU
SONS. Good wages paid. Apply at
Augusta ( anal Lock?. GEORGE T.
WANTED, A SITUATION AS NURoE
and house servant. EMILY LA
MAR, at Tom Hill’s, Walker street, near
Georgia depot.
HOUSES WANTED.
YT7ANTED TO RENT~ FOR THE EN
TV SUING rental voar, from October
Ist, a FIVE ROOM DWELLING HOUSE
with Double Kitchen. A good tenant with
sure pay can be had by apulviug at
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STEAMSHIPS.
INMAN LINE
Royal Mail Steamers!
FOR QUEENSTOWN AM) LIVERPOOL.
Sailing from New York cn SATURDAY cf
Each Week, from Pier 45 North River.
City of Antweip, j City of London,
City of Merlin, | City of Limeriek,
City of Bii.tul, I City of Montreal,
City of lliookiyn, | City of New 1 ork,
City of Bruisick, I City of Purid.
City of Clicter, | Ciiy of Kiehinond
Passengers w ill find these steamers taste
fully fitted up, while the State rooms are
light, airy and roomy. The saloons are
large and well ventilated, the breadth cf
the vessel, and situated where there is least
noise and motion. Smooking rooms. La
dies’ Boudoirs, Pianofortes and Libraries,
Bath-rooms, Barber’s Shop, Ac.
Instant communication with the Stew
ards by electric bells.
The Steamers of this Company adopt the
Southerly Route, thus lessening the danger
from ice and fogs.
Ratos of Passage—sßo and SIOO, gold, ac
cording to accoinmodition, all having
equal saloon privileges.
Round Trip Tickets—sl4s and $175, goid.
Steerage—To and from all points.at re
duced rates. JOHN G. DALE, Agent,
15 Broadway, N. Y.
W. STEVENSON, Local Agent,
inys-3m 221 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
moni:y
AN D STOP AT THE
China Tea and Coffee Store I
IMPERIAL, GUNPOWDER ENGLISH
Breakfast, Old and Young Huysen,
Oolong, Japan, Formosa and LavackaTeas;
Old Government Java, Rio, Maricabo, La
guayra Coffees, fresh roasted and ground
daily. Oh. why will you buy CHEAP
TRASH when fresh and pure goods can
always be had at
The China Tea and Coffee Store !
For its true value and nothing more. The
following list of prices we append, not be
cause there is any money in them, but sim
ply to show a sample of the bargains we
are offering as a result of the CASH SYS
TEM in Grocer buying:
Shadines are here; 2 lbs. good Green and
Black Teas, $1.00; 5 lbs. “A. R.” Gum
Drops, highly rtavore.l. $1; 4% lbs. best
French Candy, mixed, $1; 8 Jbs. best Bra
zil Nuts, $1; 5 ibs. Peacans, Almonds, Eng
lish Walnuts, mixed, $1; 4 31b. can. Peach
es, Aikon brand, $1; 8 lbs. superb Ginger
Snaps, $1; 10 lb. Ginger Cakes, $1; 5 lb. Ho
ney Jumbles, Lemon Fingers, or Luiubas,
$1; 2 gallons Pure Apple Champagne Cider,
$1; 5 gallons best Kerosine Oil, $1;8 ibs.
best Turkish Prunes, $1; 8 lbs. bright,
sliced Pine Apples, $1; 8* qts. lucious
Strawberries, $1; 11 lbs. best Carolina Rice,
$1; 20 liars Hotchkiss best Soap, $1; 1C lbs.
best Soda Crackers, $1; 6 lbs. pure Stick
Candy, $1; 4 cans, eagle brand, Condensed
milk, $1; 10 ibs. good brown Sugar, $1; 3 lbs.
gilt edge Goshen Balter, $1; 5 lbs. best
Cream Chose, sl. my2l
MOSQUITO NETS.
OVER 1,0 00
OP
J. B. PLATT’S PATENT
Open-Top Canopies,
From which mosquitoes can be
driven without any trouble. Are now
iu use in this city. 'They are the only Can
opy of the kind known, and should be used
by every one that wishes comfortable sleep
ing. while mosquitoes are about, especially
with the EXPANDER attached. For sale
by
Brothers,
my3o-dtcm 212 and 214 Broad street.
Summer School
OF THE
FIRST WARD SCHOOL HOUSE,
IN THE REAR OF JONES’ CHAPEL,
commencing
TUESDAY, JULY GTH,
And ending September 24th, 1875. The
charges for the Session will be,
For High school Classes SB.OO
For Intermediate Classes 6.00
For Primary Classes . 500
Payments Srictly in Advance.
je2o-3w DR. WM. PETTIGREW.
TH E I EX V SSI
Cotton Worm Destroyer!
A Sure and Safe Remedy for the Destruc
tion of the
CATERPILLAR.
IT DOES AWAY WITH THE USE OF
Paris Green and all other poisonous ar
ticles; is more effectual, less dangerous,
and much cheaper than any ai tide ever of
fered for sale. Having been extensively
used in Texas during the past year, is said
to be bv some of the best planters in the
State the only article ever used that will
entirely destroy the CATERPILLAR with
out injury to the plant. It is easily applied
and no dan er in its use, costing only
about 25 cents PEB acre. For particulars
as to price, &c., apply to
I>. 14. MULL., Savannah,
General Agent for Georgia.
M, A. STOVALL.
Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Agents wanted through the State. jelß-3m
NOTICE !
ALL PERSONS are hereby forbidden to
HUNT, FISH, or otherwise TRES
PASS upon the Lands of the undersigned
south o* tuo city of Augusta.
The law on the subject will be rigidly
enforced. W. c. PECK,
*V. HOGIiAPH,
J. P. FOSTER,
A. C. HOLT,
J. W. RIGSBY,
T. E. LAWRENCE,
OLIVER AYERS,
A. J. TWIGGS,
G. C. RHODES,
J. B. CAMPBELL,
GEO. S. CASSIN,
GEO. ROBINSON,
W. B. CAPERS,
P. COLLINS,
G. W. GAR MANY,
NEWMAN A CO. L
apr!B-3m D. HALLAHAN.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
“ARROW TIES.”
THE AMERICAN COTTON TIE COMPANY’S CELEBRATED
ARROW TIE,
THE BEST IN USE FOR BALING COTTON. For sale by
BLAIR, SMITH & CO.,
AGENTS AMERICAN COTTON TIE COMPANY.
PRICE LIST AT ALL ATLANTIC PORTS, JUNE 15, 1875.
IN LOTS UNDER 500 BUNDLES .... sV£c per pound net.
IN LOTS OF 500 BUNDLES 2tener cent, off
in lots of i.ooo bundles : ::: ;; percent o.
Freight and dray age to Augusta added. je2o-6
BIjACK
IRON GRENADINE,
SO CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
AUCTION, at
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
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AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA.
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, 1.500 Tons, Capt. ii*elotli.
Huntsville, 1,500 Tons. Capt. Chester.
Ar appointed to eail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS of
each w ek, after arrival of Mornlug Passenger Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public;
Aug-usla to New York A Return. S3O
to New York, Straight. S2O
Augusta to New Xork f Steerage. sl2
Which secures Accommodations in all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can be secure 1 by application to
RICH’D. P. RUNDLE. Agent,
. Port Royal, S. C.
Or to the undersigned,
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga.
Tickets on Sale at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS,
(Adjoining Passenger Depot,)]
MACON, GEORGI V .
SCHOFIELD’S PATENT COTTON PRESSES,
FOR Hand, Horse, Water or Steam Power; FAUGHT’S 'CENTICE SUPPORT GIN
GEARING; STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS; SAW MILLS; GRIST MILLS;
LING for Cemeteries, Balconies and Residences; IRON STORE FRONTS;
SHAFTING PULLEYS and HANGERS; PUMPS; WATER WHEELS; COTTON MA
CHINERA (gears of all kinds cutl. Repairs of Mills and Machinery of all kinds i.n >mpt -
}y attended to. MR. JOSEPH NEAL, formerly Superintendent of Forest City Foundry,
* n^9 rm b*s friends that he is now Superintendent of SCHOFIELD'S
J-hON vv ORKS, and will be glad to have their patronage, assuring them that, with tho
increased facilities we now have, that they will get first class wor k at the lowest figure-.
J. S. SCHOFIELD & SON,
Send for Circulars and Prices.! PROPRIETORS.
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Important lo Planters.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY,
NEAR AUGUSTA, GA.,
CONTINUES TO MANUFACTURE
WOOLEN CLOTH
F O R PLANTERS,
At 15 Cents per Yard for Plains, and 20 Cents for Twills.
IF THE OWNERS OF THE WOOL WISH THE SAME DYED, they are prepared to do
s °— m!i king a Gray—the only color they propose making. The charge for Dyeing
the h illing will be 3 cents a yard extra. The WOOL will be carded at 10 cents per
pound. No WOOL will be received from Depot without the owneb s name is Disrc.cr
ly map.ked upon each Package. Goods to be paid for on delivery,
asr Ail Instructions and shipments of WOOL should be to
ADAM JOHNSON, YOUNG & HACK,
President Richmond Factory. Agents Augusta, Gc.
my2s-d&c2m
Pendleton & Boanlinaii Iron Works, Augusta, Ga.
workmen, can furnish at short notice.
IRON and BRA>S CASTINGS of the best materia! and finish, and M to HI \i KY
•£*£**,£ g™N HORSE-POWER CO FT- to
pulmkll’ £L PliRs ' CAr and WROUGHT rCREW
“TEAM ENGINES, THE IG-ST HORSE-POWER MADE
ALL SIZES GIN LEAR, SAW MILLS AND SUGAR MILLS
Send for Circular for THE BEST WATER WHEEL MADE
WM. PENDLETON.
my2l-frsuwe&e3m * il - . SURVIVOR
L. H. MILLER. } i ESTABLISHED 1857.
MILLER’S
Safe and Iron Works,
BALTIMORE.
Salesroom, 265 W. Baltimore Street, One
Door Above Hanover Factory. Sgaure
Bounded by Henrietta, Clark, Fre
mont and Warner {Streets.
EVERY variety of the Best FIRE and
BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES, BANK
ERS’ CHESTS, Improved Key and Combi
nation LOCKS, BANK VAULTS and
DOORS.
14,000 in Ie and Tested In 80©
Fires. ap3o-6m
NOTICE.
A. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DI
RECTORS and Stockholders of the Planters
Union Agency will be held in Augusta on
Wednesday, July 7th. A full attendance is
requir.d. G. B. POWELL,
jel3swf2w p. B. Directors.
ECONOMIZE!
ALL who wish to practice economy will
please take notice of the following an
nouncement, and if in want of anything in
the way of Dry Goods, should give me a
call ana save money
C. J. T. BALK,
No. 136 Broad, below Monument Street,
Has made favorable arrangements din
with factors, or their agents, which en
ables him to sell beljw market prices.
Good new style Calico at 6%0. ; good new
style Calico, fast color, at 7%c.; best n-w
style Calico, fast color, at ay t c. Alpacas,
lion Bareges, Chatliee, black and colored.
12-4 White Bed Quilts at Jl; Jeans, Ootton
ades and Oassiineres; Table Linens, Nap
kins and Towels; Domestic Homespuns, in
checked, striped and white; White Swis-
Lawns, Cambrics, MuiJe; splendid quality
White Pique at 16c.; t est $1 Black Silk in
the city; Ladies’ and Children's new Straw
Hats, in 50 different shapes, very cheap;
Coats’ Spool Cotton, in black, w'hite and
colors—4 spools for 25c., or 70c. per dozen,
in unbroken pack a :
Prices marked in plain figures, at No. 13d
Broad street. Orders caretully attended to.
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