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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SUNDAY, July IS, 1875.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
A vote was taken at Macon yester
day to determine the location of the
i Confederate monument. The ladies
have been working for it for many
years.
The Savannah News is responsible
for the following scandalous state
ment : That Beecher business has de
moralized some of our most pious citi
zens. We heard a prominent merchant,
who rents a front pew in church, actu
ally say, yesterday, in the most em
phatic mauner, “Damtheflize.”
Hawkinsviile Dispatch: “A party of
citizens of Wilcox went out on a deer
hunt the other day, and after proceed
ing a short distance the report of a
gun was heard. They rushed to the
place and found that Rev. O. D. Mulkey
had killed two fine does, which does
look like the preachers can shoot to
the mark sometimes.” (They should
not kill deer at this season of the year.)
Bismarck having taken exceptions to
the warlike attitude of Judge Loch
rane, we And the following diplomatic
note in the Atlanta Herald : We hear
that Judge O. A. Lochrane has written
a letter to the Captain of the Lochrane
Guards asking that the name be
changed to the Cleburne Guards. This
is a pretty abnegation of an honor in
favor of a dead countryman that does
Judge Lochrane credit.
Macon Telegraph: Yesterday was
unanimously declared to be the hottest
of the season. At six o’clock the ther
mometer stood at 85, and a few hours j
after it climbed up to 98, and lodged j
there. It was a sweltering day. There I
was no coolness anywhere in the neigh- !
borhood. People fried in the sun and |
simmered in the shade, and though
there was some breeze the most of the
day, it did not suffice to alleviate the
torridity of the atmosphere.
It does seem hard that Mr. George
H. Hazlehurst should be thrown out of
employment in the reconstruction of
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
For full fifteen years he has worked
night and day to build it.
staudiug energy and honor as pure as
that of au angel, the misfortunes of the
road are unjustly thrown upon him,
nevertheless ; and now, after all his
toil, after having got up the money to
build it, worked when other men
quailed, pressed on when everybody
else gave up- in despair of its being
finished, he is thrown aside with scarce
ly a polite word or a sentence of
thanks. A better heart is not in hu
man bosom. There are still some soft
spots in this hard world, still some
men who have that noblest of all gifts
of God— gratitude ! And although the
stranger has been called to enjoy the
fruits of Mr. Hazlehurst’s long years of
toil, patience, hopes and disappoint
ments, he shall yet gain his reward.
There are noblemen without employ
ment —noblemen unheralded, unre
garded, under a cloud —but noblemen
still.
Athens correspondence of the Atlan
ta Herald : Chancellor Tucker has re
turned. We have conversed with num
bers of the studeuts and citizens on this
subject, and to a man, they condemn
his undignified and iusul'ing course,
and do not hesitate to assert that his
re-election will injure the University.
Per contra, Col. “Insouciance” Jones
writes to the Macon Telegraph : This
excellent gentleman and Christian is
by no means au ordinary personage.
Possessed of an ardent love of letters,
inflexible integrity, corruscating wit,
a naivete and insouciance refreshing in
these artificial times, Spartan resolu
tion, tempered by the most genial be
nignity, and literary attainments and
experience of a high order, he is cer
tainly well qualified for the Chancellor
ship. Those who know him best can
readily understand also a certain
brusque and original conformation of
character, which sometimes tells
against the Doctor when among stran
gers. We venture the assertion that
no man in Christendom would stand
forth more promptly, and do and dare
more to preserve and defend the rights
of the humblest student, than the pres
ent Chancellor.
Hawldnsville Dispatch: In the year
1872 a package of money sent per Ex
press from Savaunah to Havvkinsville
lost on the way one hundred and lifty
five dollars. With all the characteristic
shrewdness of the company and its
detectives, the real and only guilty
party could never be detected.—
Therefore the company determined
to make up the loss by collecting
/.ro rata from each of the agents
through whose hands the money
passed.., There were five of these
agents, and the amount levied on each
was thirty-one dollars. Four of the
parties raid their pro rata, but Mr.
Thomas Henley, agent at Hawkins
viile, refused to pay a cent of it, and
has persistently adhered to this deter
mination since 1872. A few days ago
he was removed from the agency of
the Southern Express Company, and
another gentleman has been ap
pointed in his stead. Mr. Henly,
however, will continue to discharge
the duties of agent for the Macon and
Brunswick ltailroad, in whose employ
he has been for many years. Hawkins
ville is the largest shipping point on
the road, and Mr. Henley has always
given satisfaction. We presume the
Express Company has adopted the plan
of the African King, who, whenever he j
became sick, imagined that one of his j
wives had “flicked” him by some evil
means, aud had prepared a cup of
poison aud made all drink alike.
The Home Commercial makes the ;
following report of the remarks of
Judge Underwood to four young law
yers who had just passed an examina
tion in his Court: “Young gentlemen,”
said the Judge, “I want to say a thing
or two to you. You have passed as j
good an examination as usual, perhaps
better ; but you don’t know anything.
Like these young fellows just back
from their graduation college, you
think you know a great deal. It’s a
great mistake. If you ever get to be
any account you will be surprised at
your present ignorance. “Don’t be
tco big for your breeches. Go round
to the justice’s court and try to
learn something. Don’t be afraid—let
off upon a high key. You will, no
doubt, speak a great deal of nonsense.
You will have one consolation—nobody
will know it. The great mass of raan-
Jcind take sound for sense. Never
mind about your case, pitch in—you
are about as apt to gain as lose. Don’t
be ashamed at the wise looking justice.
He don’t know a thing. He’s a dead
beat on knowledge. Stand to your
rack, fodder or no fodder, and you will
see daylight after a while. The com
munity generally suppose that you will
be rascals. There is no absolute ne
cessity that you should. You
may be smart without being tricky.
Lawyers ought to be gentlemen. Some
of them don’t come up to the standard,
aud are a disgrace to the fraternity.
They know more than any other race
generally, and not much in particular.
They don’t know anything about sand
stones, carboniferous periods and an
cient land animals known as fossils.
Men that make out they know a great
deal on these subjects don’t know much.
They are humbugs—superb humbugs.
They are ancient land animals them
selves, and will ultimately be fossils.
You are dismissed with the sincere
hope of the court that you wilj not
make asses of yourselves,”
SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE PAItKER TRIAL.
j Carpet-Bagger Huge Makes a Bpeech
—A Long Rigmarole of Platitudes —
Parker as a Public Benefactor —
Stealing No Crime if You Spend the
Money!
i [Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Columbia, S. C., July 16, 1875.
Mr. Youmans concluded his speech
in defense of Parker at three o’clock p.
m., yesterday. He was careful to avoid
any of the true issues of the case as
presented iu the elaborate argument of
Col. Rion. He was plausible in tick
ling the jury, making Parker out a
martyr and the victim of press perse
cutions. This was all.
To-day Hoge, the carpet-bag repre
sentative from this district in Congress,
by the way, to be routed out of this po
sition, we hope, when the next Congress
meets, is delivering a regular carpet
bag harangue. A low tone of morals
runs through it, and as an argument
it is beneath contempt. But as a part
of the proceedings, I send a synopsis of
a portion of it. It may amuse by its
absurdity.
Mr. Hoge said : He had great confi
dence in tiie juries of the country, and
especially in this jury, notwithstanding
the criticisms made against it by the
Tress as ignorant, etc., and, uotwitl*
standing many of them had not gradu
ated from colleges, yet when he had
watched them and looked into their
faces, he was satisfied that this jury
had the intelligence aud insight to hear
and determine this case according to
the law aud the testimony.
He alluded to the Attorney General’s
expression iu his opening address, that
he had for many months past been
compelled to hang his head in shame
on account of the doings of this defend
ant aud other members of the Republi
can party. He said that in the last
campaign, when these questions were
discussed before the people, he too had
made pledges as well as the Attorney
General to inaugurate a good govern
ment. He stood here so pledged to
day. But when we said we would have
good government in future, we meant
that we would go forward iu the work
of reform and not look back to the
past, except so far as would be neces,
sary to vindicate our government. (Oh
no! we would never mention that, if we
can help it.) It is now admitted on all
sides, even by the Democrats, that we
have a good government under Cham
berlain. Still, the Attorney General
hangs his head in shame. Let us do
in this case what will permit him to
stand erect, and that will be to find a
verdict for Parker. Then the Attorney
General will be able to raise his face to
the beautiful sunlight and say to every
body that we have done our duty, and
shown ttiat Niles G. Parker is an hon
est man. (Isn’t this rich ?)
It is charged that Parker took from
the Treasury $450,000 of coupons, and
you are asked to give judgment against
him for $150,000, which the plaintiff
claims was his share.
Here the Attorney General inter
rupted Mr. Hoge, and said that the
plaintiff claimed $225,000 from Parker,
one-half the face value of the coupons.
Judge Hoge—l know that is in the
complaint, but if there is anything in
this case, that $450,000 was divided.
This is a civil action, and in asking for
this judgment they have taken all the
advantages that can be taken. They
have put Parker iu jail and kept him
there three months. A term of the
Court of General Sessions has been
held since he was arrested, and a grand
jury has been in session, and yet no in
dictment was given out against Parker.
Why was this? The reason why the
prosecution did not take criminal pro
ceedings against Parker was that in
that case he would have had better op
portunities of defending himself. He
would have had a better chance in se
lecting the jury, aud he would have
had the benefit of the reasonable doubt.
In this case, it being a civil one, the
other side will argue that the jury mu#t
be governed by the preponderance of
testimony. This gives the State every
advantage. Besides this, Parker is the
defendant, aud the great State of South
Carolina is on the other side. If Parker
gets a lawyer he has to pay him out of
his own pocket, while the State pays
ail the expenses of the prosecution.
And before the State gets one dol
lar from Parker they will pay out
fifty dollars of the people’s money.
Well now what is the evidence
on which they will base their claim ?
The State must first prove the taking
of the coupons. This they have not
done. Ami if they prove that, they
must then prove that Parker took
them. This too they have not done.
Now 7 I do not intend to go into this
array of facts and figures as they have
been argued by the counsel for the
State. They have nothing to do with
the case. The jury must determine
whether any were taken, and if so, did
Parker take them? Now they talk
about unwilling witnesses. I think they
were very willing. They told all that
they knew, and some told more than
they knew. As to Kimpton’s testimony
it is not necessary to discuss that. When
the Attorney General heard that testi
mony read he said he was taken by
surprise and was not ready to go on
with the case. There is nothing in it
against Parkei, but many things in his
favor.
Mr. Hoge then read the report of the
Attorney General to the Legislature in
reference to the resolution instructing
him to prosecute Parker for issuing
fraudulent bonds, in which the Attor
ney General says that he was not at
that time in possession of sufficient
facts to enable them to commence a
criminal case with reasonable hopes of
success. He said that Capt. Ladd was
most ungrateful in giving his testi
mony against his former friend and
patron who had fed him at his table
and given him a home, and from whom
he had got every dollar he had leceived
since 1868 till very recently, and that if
Capt. Ladd had had one particle of
manhood in him ho would have
crawled away, either across the
line to North Oaroiia or across the Sa
vannah into Georgia or somewhere
else to keep from testifying.
Parker may have bought these cou
pons. Kimpton was a broker. He
had a right to buy and sell bonds and
coupons, and Parker had a right to buy
them from him. Scott had dealt large
ly in bonds and stocks, why couldn't
Parker do so too ’? The State had un
dertakea to prove that certain coupons
which ought to be in the treasury are not
there. But he had no doubt that every
coupon which ought t 6 be in the treas
ury is there now, and claimed for the
defendant tflat the proof of the loss
was not made out.
The State claims that no division of
the $450,000 of coupons was made.
But if Ladd’s statement is true in any
part it is true in all, and the jury must
conclude that the division was made
and that Governor Chamberlain got
$50,000. For his own part he believed
that just as much as he believed any
part of Ladd’s testimony.
Here Judge Carpenter interrupted
him to say that no reflection against
any other department would be per
mitted in this court. Mr. Hoge replied
that he did net iutend to reflect upon
Governor Chamberlain, He meant to
say that ho did not believe any of
Ladd’s testimony. He wished tbe jury
to remember when they went into their
room that they were there the masters
of the situation, aud that no power on
earth could interfere with their verdict.
They shoqld show that they had appre-
ciation of gratitude, and he compared
Captain Ladd to the serpent in the fa
ble which stung the bosom of its pre
server.
Because somebody had said that
Parker and Neagle had made too much
money, was no reason why they should
fiud against Parker. He could well
suppose that the citizens of South Car
olina should object to men coming
here and making fortunes, which they
carried away. But Parker had invest
ed his money here. He had built Par
ker’s Block, and in so doing had given
employment to the mechanics of Col
umbia, some of whom were on the jury.
Parker’s money had been put in circu
lation in Columbia, and every man
upon the jury, every man doing busin
ess in Columbia, had got some of it.—
He had got some of it himself.
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Hoge’s
poor tirade, Mr. Youmans asked for his
colleague, C. D. Melton, Esq., the indul
gence of the court until to-morrow
(Saturday) at 9 o’clock a. m., in conse
quence or his lack of sufficient physi
cal strength to go on with the case to
day. The court granted the request,
aud adjourned.
As things look now, the case will not
be given to the jury before Tuesday
next. Home.
“Ramm on Facts” —Speech of C. D.
Melton—Soft on Stollbrand—A Col
ored Juror on the Rampage—Parker
Supposed to be Safe Through Ve
nality and Ignorance.
Columbia, J uly 17, 1875.
The only legal authority referred to
by Hoge iu his speech iu defense of
Parker yesterday was “ Ramm on
Facts.” We do not suppose that Ramm
counsels his disciples to misrepresent
and distort facts, but Hoge certainly
did this when he said that the Con
servatives in the General Assembly,
including Hon. George A. Trenholni, of
Charleston, had voted to acquit Car
dozo, the present Treasurer, upon ex
actly the same state of facts as had
been shown to exist in the case of Par
ker. Mr. Trenholm. on the contrary,
after an examination of the books,
said that a huge fraud had been
committed against the State, that
a false account had been enter
ed on the Treasurer’s books, but that
it had come down to Cardozo from his
predecessor, who was no other thau
Parker. Again, he showed the petti
fogger, in expatiating upon the absence
of Owens, wondering why the State had
not required him to be present—the
man who funded $286,000 coupons for
Parker in June, ’74, when it is a noto
rious fact that he is the mere crea
ture of the defendant, and keeps away
to subserve his interests. It may be
admitted at the same time, that the
State should have had him here if it
had been necessary to handcuff him to
bring him.
This morning Mr. C. D. Melton fol
lowed for the defense and will, in all
probability, consume the day. There
is a manifest falling off in the attend
ance but few being out to-day. Mr.
Melton is accounted a lawyer of fine
parts and attainments, and is a fair
speaker. He deals generally with hard
facts and the well established principles
and rules of law. In this particular case,
however, I judge that its exigencies
will compel him to follow somewhat in
the line of his predecessors on the same
side, and make Parker out a martyr
and the victim of injured innocence.
In his opening this morning he claimed
all the advantages of the law’s pre
sumptions against fraud and guilt. He
demanded that everything charged
should be so proven as to leave no
shadow of doubt that it was true. He
maintained that the coupons which
were the objects of search in this suit,
as to what became of them, were never
in the Treasury, or rather it was in
cumbent upon the plaintiff to s.how
they had been there, which had not been
done. If not in, if never paid and
turned into the Treasury, it was
simply impossible that the defendant
could have taken them out. The com
plaint, again, does not specify what
class of coupons are missing. The de
fense has the right to require specifi
cations, class, number, denominations,
etc., before they auswer. This right
they would have insisted upon, but
were in no condition to endure longer
delay which it would have caused.
And then the learned counsel touched
upon the sad condition of his client,
shut up in prison walls, etc.
It was noticeable, but may have been
merely accidental, that iu exhibiting
the Treasurer’s books, to show how the
entries were made, aud the accounts
kept. He confined himself to Stollbrand,
showing them to him eacli time ex
clusively. Stollbrand is the bright par
ticular star of the jury and is on
Parker’s bond, aud although the At
torney General has promised aud had
It put upon record that if the State
got a verdict against Parker it would
uot take any action against his sure
ties, still it would look better if he had
been excluded from the jury, and in
Parker’s counsel if they did not indi
cate that they have special regard for
him, and his opinions. Another juror,
Tom Carter by name, (colored) who is a
penitentiary guard, said a few
evenings since when whiskey unsealed
his lips, that he would see h—ii frozen
over before he would hurt a hair of
Parker’s head.” Another, it is said,
has been tampered with, and fixed im
movably in his purpose to fiud for
the defendant. Thus you see the tactics
which keeps Owens out of the way,
which tried to ruu off Ladd (who, it is
said, was offered SI,OOO to leave, aud of
whom it was further said that he was
on the point of leaving, although he
has positively denied this, is working
upon the susceptible and ignorant
minds of some of the jury. Money is
the lever which the South Carolina
Radical loves always to use. He knows
its power. In all probability Carter
will not have to wait for the change iu
the temperature of the lower regions.
It would be hard to effect iu these sul
try days. The jury will probably divide
and a mistrial result. The jingle of
gold blinds the eyes of justice, as well
as heals the hurts of honor. Home.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON.
The Political Field—Three Tickets
Likely to be in the Field—Compro
mise the Order of the Day—The
Chances—The Gallows in Siglit-
Reign of the Dog Star.
[From Our Regular Correspondent ]
Charleston, S. C., July 17,1875.
Iu spite or fcho unprecedentedly warm
spell which has well nigh demoralized
the good people of the “ City by the
Sea,” and which makes everybody look
limp and moist, like so many animated
wet towels, the political pot has fairly
commenced to simmer, and political
wjres are being laid in ail directions,
and by everybody The interesting
topic which will engross the entire time
and attention of average Charlestonians
from now until October next is the mu
nicipal election which fakes pjape jn
that month, and for which a thousand
and one slates have already been made
up. It would be impossible at this
eaily stage in the campaign to give an
accurate and reliable resume of the
situation, for the feasop that the situa
tion changes with every shifting wind.
Enough is known, however, to say,
with a reasopable degree of certainty,
that there will be three pickets in the
field. J think the Conservative tax
paying element in the city will support
Cunningham, the present incumbent,
with a compromise ticket composed half
and half of Conservatives and Republi
cans for the Board of Aldermen. Bowen,
the Ashantee King, will have a full
fledged Republikin ticket in the field,
baited with one or two doubtful Demo
crats to catch Democratic voters, Who
will be his candidate for the Mayoralty
is not known ; he has, however, made
promises in a half dozen different di
rections, all of which he will doubtless
break. The third ticket which is talked
of is one that will be run under the au
spices of the German element of the
white population. This ticket will be
headed by General John A. Wagener, a
very estimable gentleman, who was
elected to tbe Mayoralty in 1871 by the
Conservatives, but who by a weak
kneed policy of knuckling too much to
the negroes disgusted his white consti
tuency and lost the election iu 1873. I
am not certain that the Conservatives
could do better than support Cunning
ham with a compromise. He has made
a very good Mayor during the past
two years, is a large property owner, a
shrewd business man, and is himself
unobjectionable, except in his politics
which are of a mild Republican type.
In the city as well as in the State the
wards of the nation have such an
overwhelming preponderance of votes
that compromises are the only chance
left the white trash. The result of the
last State election demonstrated the
wisdom of this policy. A combination of
the Independent;Repub)icans and white
Conservatives was formed, and a Leg
islative and county ticket elected, upon
which were eight Conservatives. Its
significance is to be found in the fact
that Charleston is now represented in
the Legislature for the first time since
reconstruction by a delegation of white
Conservative tax-payers, headed by
Hon. George A. Trenholm. So I thiuk
we will, for the present, be compelled
to adhere to the compromise policy, on
the well known and highly appreciated
principle that a half loaf is better than
no bread.
The Gallows in Sight.
On the 30th of the present month the
two negroes convicted at the last term
of the court of the murder, on Edisto
Island, of Mr. James Goraty, will pay
the penalty of their fearful crime.—
There can be no exercise of Executive
clemency, for the reason that the
rogues were convicted upon their own
confessions.
As usual, the cell occupied by the
condemned men is the scene of daily
prayer meetings, iu which most of the
colored congregations in the city join.
The murderers themselves seem to be
perfectly unconscious of the doom that
awaits them, and while both of them
have professed religion, they do not
carry it with the bravado which mark
ed the last moments of Bimch and
Hardee, who were recently hung here.
In a conversation with your correspon
dent to-day, one of them (Tony Smith)
remarked : “Well, boss, I specks dis
poor nigger will swingand he said
it, too, in the most matter-of-fact man
ner imaginable.
The Summer Exodus
has begun and the steamers which
leave for New York carry out full pas
senger lists daily. Our own little sea
side resort, Moultrieville, is crowded
with Charlestonians, and with a num
ber of families from Augusta and the
interior of the State.
The thermometer performs iu the
extreme verge of the nineties every day
of the week, and the unprecedentedly
warm weather has completely demor
alized the can’t-get-away club.
Qui Vive.
City Contrasts.
A bare-footed etiild on the crossing,
Sweeping the mud away,
A lady in silks and diamonds,
Proud of the vain display;
A beggar blind on the curbstone—
A rich man passing along—
A tiny child with a tamborine.
Wailing out her life in song
A pauper in lone hearse passing—
Hurried away to the tomb;
A train of carriages, music grand,
And the flutter of waving plume.
For the one there is never a mourner,
He cumbered the eartli alway;
For the other the flags at half mast droop
And the city wears black to-day.
A soldier with one sleeve empty,
That sadly hangs by his side,
Another shuffling along the walk,
In the Hush of health and pride.
A cripple girl slowly toiling
Through the vexe I and crowded street,
And tearfully gazing at those who pass,
With hearts as light as their feet.
A wreck of a woman flaunting,
As if proud of her very shame,
A purer sister, whose modest cheeks
Would crimson e’en at the name;
A petty thief stealing in terror.
Afraid in your face to gaze.
And one who has robbed by thousands
Courting the sun’s broad blaze.
The millionaire in his cairiage,
The workman plodding along,
The humble follower of the light,
And the slave of the giant wiong.
The murderer* eeking a refuge,
Looking ever warily back,
And the sleuth-hounds of the broken law
Following silently on his track.
The Judge, freed now of the ermine,
Pompous of place and power;
And the shivering wretch his word will
doom
To prison within an hour.
The miser clutching his pennies—
The spendthrift squandering gold—
The meek-eyed Sister of Mercy,
And the woman brazen and bold.
The widow in weeds of blackness,
Meets th ■ bride at the church door—
The future for one holds nothing but tears,
But joy for the other in store
A cradle jostles a coffin,
Orange flowers with honeyed breath,
As wove by the self-same lingers
That but now made a cross foe death.
Dives and Lazarus elbow
Each other whenever they meet,
And the crumbs from the rich man’s table
Feed the beggar upon the street.
And penury crowdeth plenty,
And sin stalks boldly abroad;
And the intidel holds his head proudly
As the child of the Living God!
The bee, in its ceaseless searching,
Finds sweets m each flower fair.
And the noisome spider creeping up,
Finds nothing but poison there.
And so life is made up ol contrasts—
Rich and poor, coward and brave,
Virtue and vice, and all will find
Equality in the grave!
The Creed of the Future.
[Fraser’s Magazine.)
“ I don’t believe in either God or Man,
Conscious Automata, we nothing can,
Save as our atoms feel tyrannic chance;
All is heredity aud circumstance.
Conscience—P'reeu'ill— absurd! Aud if you
ask
How on these terms fulfill life’s daily task?
What motives? And what conduct?—look
at me;
One more respectable you’ll scarcely see.
As family man, friend, citizen, professor,
Be you, or public judgment, my assessor.”
“ Good, my dear sir!—but wo must wait. I
doubt,
To notice how your grandchildrcu turn out,
Born in the doctrine, reared upon the plan,
Of total disbelief in God and Ma i.
Let this experiment be fairly nmde,
Nor Science mourn, by her high priests
betray’d;
Oh, let her teach them, from their tenderest
youth,
The Truth, the whole Truth, nothing but
the Truth-
Material Atoms, and Mechanic Force;
And sends the boys and girls rejoicing on
their course?”
Summer Excursion Tickets.
Georgia Railroad Company, )
Augutta, Ga , June 18, 1875. j
I>ERSONB wishing to visit the fipringsl
Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia
can purchase Excursion Tickets over th 9
Georgia Railroad at the following rates:
Alleghany Springs, Va S3B 05
Warm h prings, N. O, 29 90
Catoosa Springs, Ga 18 50
Tickets on sale at the Passenger Depot,
Augusta, Ga.
Return Tickets good until November Ist,
1875. J. A. ROBERT,
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The Kitson Machine Compy,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON, President,
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
BUILDERS OF
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
LAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
RAO DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CAHD-CLOTIIING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
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THE cotton is spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then Unished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
KITSON’S PATENT ETENER
Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the laps when ready for
the card, onlv vary one-quarter of an ounce to the yard. The cost of picking by this
system is only about one mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from fire than the card room.
AST There is also a great saving of room and power over the old system.
These Machines may bn seen at the mills of the Augusta Factory, Langlev Manufac
turing Company, and at the best mills at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester,
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a few among many testimonials which we have received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : \Ve have been running your Compound Opener Tappers and Finisher
Tappers, with Eveners, for more than one year, and frankly say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, aud cordially recommend your Machines. ,
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
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OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, j.
Langley, S. C., April 14, 1873. )
The. Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass:
Gentlemen : I have been running your system of Compound Opener Tappers and
Finisher Tappers, with Eveners, for more than two years past at the Cotton Mill of the
Langley Manufacturing Company, aud have found it to work the most satisfactory oi
any opening and picking arrangement I have ever seen. We h ive no* weighed a pound
of cotton upon the picker apron since starting, yet we have had a remarkable regularity
of numbers. The staple is not injured by over beating, and it leaves the picker without
being curled or knitted; the seeding and cleaning is very complete. Over forty per
cent, in labor in this department is saved over the old system. One of the greatest con
siderations with this arrangement is its secur ty against fire.
Yours, <fcc., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
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OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILTS, /
Lowell, February 20, 1874. i
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mas l ?.: ,
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty of your I lnisher Lappers, with
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of these machines have been at
work for ten years or more, and have always given us satisfaction, doing a large amount
of work, doing it well, at a low cost tor labor and repairs. In our ‘ Prescott Mill, where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,267 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Cost one
14-100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a tirst class machine in all re
spects. Yours very truly T>A „ VT , r .
v F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MBRIUMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I
Lowell, January 23,1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass :
Gentlemen: We have been using some of your Compound Opener Lappers and
Finisher tappers, with Events, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
our cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, and both in quantity
and quality of their work have answered the expectations formed of them.
Yours respectfully, JOHN C. PALFREY, Superintendent.
(The above Company have in use eight Compound Opener Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher Lappers, with Ev>-ners: ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO viPAN V.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer
jy6-3m LOWLLL, MASS.
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS,
(Adjoining Passenger Depot.,)]
MACON, G E ORGIA.
SCHOFIELD’S PATENT COTTON PRESSES,
TTIOR Hand. Horse, Water or Steam Power; FAUGHT’S CENTRE GIN
F GEARING; S'tfEAM ENGINES and BOILERS: SAW MILLS; HlhiSl M LLS,
IRON RAILING for Cemeteries, Balconies and Residences; I HON si ORE FRO NIS,
SHAFTING PULLEYS aud HANGERS; PUMPS; WATER WHEELS; CGI ION MA
CHINERY (gears or all kinds out). Repairs of Mills and Machinery of all kinds prompt
ly attended to. MR. JOSEPH NEAL, formerly Superintendent of Forest City loundry,
in Augusta, would inform Ids friends that he is now Superintendent of SCHOFIELD h
IRON WORKS, aud will bo glad to have their patronage, assuring them that, with the
increased facilities we now nave, that they will get tirst class work attlielowest iiguies.
J. S. SCHOFIELD & SON,
Send for Circulars and Prices.’ PROPRIETORS.
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WILMINGTON, N. C„ LINES,
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fast Freight Route to All Points South or East.
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore and Southern Steam Transportation Company,
SAILING FROM BALTIMORE
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 M.,
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
NEW YORK,
CLYDE’S WILMINGTON LINE,
SAILING FROM NEW YORK
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
IVING through Bills of Lading to all points in North and South Carolina, Georgia
lx and Alabama. For North or East bound freight, to Baltimore, New York, Phil
adelphia Boston, Providence, Fall River, and other Eastern cities. Also, to Liverpool*
Glasgow’, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points.
These Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad; connecting at Columbia, S. C.. with the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road,
and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
At Amrusta Ga with the Georgia, Macon and Augusta, and Central Railroads, and
with their connecting roads, offer unequaled facilities for the prompt delivery of
Freight to all points. The Steamers of those Lines, ou arrival in Wilmington stop at
Railroad Depot, the Freight transferred under covered sheds to Cara without delay,
aud forwarded by the Fast Freight Express that evening.
No dravaire in Wilmington, and no transfer from Wilmington South. Rates guar
anteed as low as by any other route. Losses or Overcharges promptly paid.
Mark all Goods “VIA WILMINGTON LINES.’’
For Further information, apply to either of the Undersigned Agents of the Line:
EDWIN FITZGERALD, Agent Baltimore Line, 50 South street, Baltimore.
WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Agents New York Line, 6 Bowling Green, New York.
A. D. CAZAUX, Agent Baltimore and N. Y. Lines, Wilmington, N. C.
E ; k! BURGESS, Agent W. C. & A. Railroad, 263 Broadway, New York.
JOHN JENKINS, Agent, Augusta, Ga.
A, POPE,
o vs Gon’l Freight Agent, Wil > ington, N. 0.. and 263 Broadway, New York
L. H. MILLER, r -i ESTABLISHED 1857
MILLER’S
Safe and Iron Works,
BALTIMORE.
Salesroom, 265 W. Baltimore Street, One
Door Above Hanover Factory. Sqaure
Bounded by Henrietta, Clark, Fre
mont and Warner [Streets.
EVERY variety of the Best FIRE and
BURGLAIi-PROOF SAFES, BANK
ERS’ CHESTS, Improved Key and Combi
nation LOCKS, BANK X AULTS and
DOORS.
jy 1:4,000 in Use anrl Tested in 400
Fires. ap3o-6m
NOTICE I
ALL PERSONS are hereby forbidden to
HUNT, FISH, or otherwise TRES
PASS upon the Lands of the undersigned,
south of the city of Augusta.
The law on the subject will be rigidly
enforced. W. O. PECK.
W. HOGRAPH,
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. OASSIN,
GEO. ROBINSON,
W. B. CAPERS,
P. COLLINS,
G. XV. GARMANY,
NEXVMAN & CO.,
apriß-3m D. HALL AH AN.
THE GREAT SUMMER ROUTE MORTH,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON, PORTSMOUTH,
• *A-'SjjV
AND
The Magnificent Sidewheel Steamships
OF THE
OLD DOMINION LINE!
WHICH leave Portsmouth, Va., upon the arrival of Trains via the Atlantic Coast
Line, at 7:30 p. m., in the following appointed order:
Steamship ISA AO BELL, 1,600 Tons Gftpt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
Steamship WYANOKE, 2.040 Tons Capt. COUCH, Wednesday.
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 210 Tons Capt. WALKER, Saturday.
And upon the above named Schedule during the entire Summer and Autumn The su
perior a com modations, luxurious tables any absence of all unpleasant and dangerous
ocean navigation, commend this Line to the attention ot North-Bound Travelers as the
most pleasant Excursion Route to New York, and within six hours of all rail time.
State Rooms and Berths engaged by Telegraph upon application to all Agents of the
At antic Coast Line, and Through Tickets sold at all Railway Ticket Offices.
Baggage checked to destination, and equal facility of transfer and delivery in New
York as by other Transportation Lines.
W. H. STANFORD,
Secretary Old Dominion S. S. Company, No. 197 Greenwich Street, New York.
W. M. TIMBERLAKE, Agt. Atlantic Coast Line, Augusta.
B. F. BROWN, Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
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lSaTand savings bank;
NO. 233 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability ‘
TRANSACTS A
General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business.
6 Per Cent, allowed on DAILY balances, subject to
CHECK AT SIGHT.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits as may be agreed upon.
T. P.l BRANCH, President.
J. T. NEWBERY,
CASHIER.
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS on Great Britain aud Continental Europe
in sums of £1 and upwards. mh3o-tf
Pendleton & Boardman Iron Works, Augusta, Ga.
WITH increased facilities and experienced workmen, can furnish at short notice,
IRON and BRASS CASTINGS of the best material aud finish, and MACHINERY
of all descriptions. THE GEORGIA COTTON PRESS, HORSE-POWER COTTON
PRESSES, WATER POWER COT ION PRESSES, CAST and WROUGHT SCREW
PRESSES. PLANTATION STEAM ENGINES, THE BEST HORSE POWER MADE,
ALL SIZES GIN GEAR, SAW MILLS AND SUGAR MILLS.
Send for Circular for THE BEST WATER WHEEL MADE.
WM. PENDLETON,
my2l-frsuwe&c3m SURVIVOR.
Important to Planters.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY,
NEAR AUGUSTA, GA.,
CONTINUES TO MANUFACTURE
WOOLEN CLOTH
FOR 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
so—making a Gray—the only color they propose making. The charge ror Dyeing
the Filling 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 owner’s name is distinct
ly marked upon each PACKAGE. Goods to be paid for on delivery.
W Alt Instructions and shipments of WOOL should be to
ADAM JOHNSON, YOUNG & HACK,
President Richmond Factory. Agents Augusta, Ga.
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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. F’alrcloth,
Huntsville, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Chester,
Are appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS o£
each w ok, after arrival of Morning Passenger Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public:
Augusta to New York &: Return, #3O
Augusta toNew York, Straight, #520
Augusta to INTew York f
Which secures Accommodations In all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can be secure! by application to
RICH’D. P. BUNDLE, Agent,
, Port Royal, S. U.
Or to the undersigned,
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga.
tar Tickets on Sale at Plauters’ Hotel and 1 icbet Office, Union Depot je4-3m
B£jAOl^
IRON GRENADINE,
SO* CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
The best in the world for the price, just received from
YUCHON, at
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
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