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THE CUTHBERT APPEAL
r, UL iUliiß KVKHY TtlUltsnvY MoKN’IKG BY
BAWTELL & JONES
II. H. J O N E S, Editor.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 15693
or rct. j. W. Mu.ls, i» our only author*
trsd »tave'ir»g Agent, and is duly empowered
To receive and receipt for monies dueiVtE office.
s@7“ Andy Johnson is a candidate to
the Tennessee State Convention aud
will certainly be elected.
£3C* Several Ja pa new yrntlaa have
been received into tire U. S. Naval
wcudetHV at Annapolis.
X3T J»dge Ezzard has at length
been united upon Tor the mayoralty in
Atlanta, and we hope the happy radical
family are doomed to disappointment
iu Uw success they anticipated.
XSTR i P « strawberries have made
their appearance in Florida, aud the or.
atige crop is very large.
Emigration is already brisk to that
State the present season.
#• * t ■—
UaF* 1 In Rome seven full tickets for
Mayor and Alder nun appear in the pa
rpers,
Verily to rule iu that region must be
pleasant.
Pity that like Sancho Panza each as
pirant could not be made govern r of
•wne Island, such as the famous Burra
taria.
Annexation is likely to be de"
seated in West Porida, by the smallness
of the vote, which was also vety equal
ly divided in the late election.
'J ho whole question must he passed
upon ugam by tire Legislature.
Solon Robinson. —This old gray
bearded representative of a press which
ever breathes out fire and slaughter
against the South, having visited the
Macon Pair for the purpose only of ac
cumulating new sensational material to
he worked up iu his slauder factory at
home, has commenced his foul jo,tings
already.
His statements fortunately are so
bare faced and devoid of truth howev
er, that even tl e bitterest radicals who
were present, expose, and denounce
them as unworthy of credence.
The hoary old sinner was disgusted
v. e learn, because the people ot Macon
refused to tender him an ovation, and
tailed to fete, feast, and pamper his
bloated carcass.
Per contra, Judge Cuprou who,though
a radical, has national views, and is
kindly disposed towards our people,
both in private and in his published re-,
marks, gave utterance to the most cor.
di il and liberal sentiments.
His opinions as expressed to the wri
ter, upon the future expansion of cotton
culture abroad, and the advice given
to planters to diversity' their pursuits,
ho as Out to bo dependent upon high
prices for the staple, were in a remark
a'de degree sagacious and timely.
The judge makes an able and most
industrious public officer, and his month
ly papers upon agriculture are replete
w ith practical aud statistical informa
tion.
The annual reports of the commis
sioner of agriculture, are among the few
V'Jumes of congressional trash, worthy
« f preservation. They should find a
place in every gentlemans library.
Tai.i.ah.vsskk, November 28.—Tim Synod of
(Borgia in session h re have dooid-sd tu remove
Oglethorpe College to Atlanta, Gu„ provided
that city given the land tendered, and the cit’xena
I i.su forty thousand dollars within a reasonable
time.
We think as well of Oglethorpe as of
JUi'y other sectarian college, but wish
She whole of tit- tn would collapse into
■"thing, so long as they arc made the
exponents ut denominational dogmas
and prejudices.
Wiiy carry religions tenets into the
school room ? Bigotry is one of the
most belittling of all blemishes.
If Emory, Mercer, and Oglethorpe
were emancipated from the thralldom of
piiest craft, and made literally scats of
hiencc, they would take new departures
in the road to prosperity und honor.
Witness the un xampled progress of
our State university '(
Religion, and morals should be in
culcated every where. But propagand
ism and sectarian views have no place
in the curriculum of education. The
plastic mind of youth should be adow
«<] to reach maturity without bias or hin
drance. Then wheD capable of forming
just and proper conclusions, with all the
lights before tbom, let each elect for him
self the faith and creed which is most
Ajonsonant with his own opinions of duty
and religion.
Religious propaganda was the parent
.aif the Inquisition, lit the fives of Sruitb
tiold, and instigated the dreadful massa
cre of St. BcH'ihoHotnews day.
We have no fancy for it even in the
modified loan of sectarian shools and
colleges. *
rsr Bald, of “big hickory stick” j
memory, who is ever in the midst of
some ugly etnbroglio either with Bui.
lock or the democrats, yet with au "open
rear” for escape, now essays to poke his
nose Into ibe troubles of the Coustitu
tionulist and Inti lligeneer.
We hate hypocrisy, and hope these
belligerents, whoso quarrel wo sincere
ly deplore, will turn short about and
utterly demolish this sanctimonious
prater and intermeddler in the private af
lairs of others.
A pretty peace maker is Mr. Bard.
We suppose however the late sop
v hieh this Geroeras has received from
his blatant Excellency, who was erst
v bile so foully abused, has made him
rn«>re placable,
AMj the emollient virtues of a little
government pap,
Nrw Papv.r—ft is announced that
Mr. Neville late local of the Telegraph,
hacked by a Stock Company, is about to
fctart a daily iu Macon at $6,00 per au
nUln - ’
"> s jpiu Chinese emigration has been vo-
iu the Teonessee Legislature.
The Cost of Producing Cotton-
In another column ,we give the com
ments of a writer in the Teiegraph and
Messenger from “Laurens Hill Georgia,”
upon onr recent article on the cost of a
pound of cotton wider the. free regime.
We are constrained still to stand by
, the calculations and figures then ad-’
duced.
In assuming as a basis one bale of
cotton to three acres,- and ten bushels of
corn to each, the statistics of the past
four years fall far short of any such
general average. This was the esti
mate in the palmy days of the 4
rarftitution,’’ when there were no carpet
bag meddlers; no mixed political as
semblages; no leaving the plantation at
will; no Saturday holidays; no nightly
conventicle dances and shoutings; but
on the contrary, work, systematic, com
pulsory work, was the order of the day.
At present, what practical planter
will concede that he realizes more than
tw'o thirds of the effective services of
any hired freedman ?.
Again, the disinclination of the free
laborer to perform any task where the
results and pay are not immediate, is
proverbial. Hence, the rice lands of
the seaboard, the richest in the world,
for the most part lie idle, because the
ditches require to be opened and the
dams repaired.
Hence the increasing difficulty to
preserve and keep up respectable fen
ces, when Bumbo won’t split a rail in
the Fall, because true to his migratory
propensities, he “ain’t guine to crap
dere no more.” Hence, leaves and
muck may abound within a stones throw,
or cumber the barn lot, and it is next
to impossible to get the same hauled
out and applied to the land.
Hence, old fields are cropped and
cropped again, with merciless indiffer
ence, when virgin forests teeming with
fertility lift their umbrageous branches
iu close juxtaposition.
The inevitable “fifty cents per day
and found,” must be forth coining in
stanter, cr the new friend aud brother
“can’t see ii,” and matters must wag
on as best they may.
It is safe to say that in Randolph
county and the entire State of Georgia,
for the past three years over a bale of
cotton to Jive acres has not actually
been produced, and corn too from
drought, and inadequate cultivation,
has* fa len far short of the average
named.
If a planter is so fortunate as to own
the land he cultivates, and therefore
makes no cash outlay fbr rent, this
does not change the aspects of the case,
as his real estate is his capital, and be
is entitled to the interest there of.
Our calculation too, included no in
terest on the money value of the mule
employed, (a considerable item) or the
cotdretcmpt which is possible, of his be
ing beater* to death or stolen. In one
particular ouly could we consent to a
modification of our figures, and that is
embraced in the expense of feeding the
mule. Iu the hurry of calculation our
estimate in corn was made for two , where
hut one was intended.
Still wo maintain that other particu
lars, recited, but not used in the esti
mates, more than compensate for this,
and under the present condition of
things, it is impossible to grow cotton
at a less cost than twenty cents per
pound.
The Macon and Western Raii.road.—
Hear what the Athens Watchman says
if it .
On Tuesday afternoon, when everybody saw
that a storm was approaching, all crowded to
the tailway track, anxiously awaiting the arri
val ot a train. There we all- stood—each min
ute lengthening into an hoar—While the crowd
rapidly augmented, showing that not one in ten
could gut at oard the first train. We waited
and waited on, jetill hoping the train would
come. It did not. however, but. the rain did !
And then there was a high old time. The Fed
eral skedaddle from the first Manassas battle
field was not a circumstance to it. Hundreds
of vehicles—from dashing phaetons to wood
wagons drawn by blind mules, equestrians on
dashing horses, negroes mounted on mules, and
thousands of pedestrians—gallant men, stern
judges, pickpockets, beautiful women, staid mat
rons and gushing girls—alt ages, colors and sex
es—this living mass crowded along the over
land thoroughfare to the city—all susbed along
pelt-me'l. maddened by the tierce tempest
which drove the rain in their faces and caused
them to get a thorough welting. After dark we
all arrived in the city—dinneriers, supparless,
and thoroughly drenched! We have known men
to differ in sentiment on all subjects save one.
We do not know a man, woman or child in that
flight through the storm who did not most hear
tily denounce the Macon and Western Railroad.
We ould fill our paper with facts going to
show the wretched mismanagement which char
acterized a'l its movements, out the foregoing
will suffice, and we charge nothing for this
“first-rate notice,” although they made us pay
25 cents each foe all the tickets we bought.
The above we endorse iu full meas
ure and entirely.
A road bought comparatively, for a
mere song, which is at less expense for
repairs than any other in the State,
which abounds in wealth and declares
magnificent dividends, ought certainty
to assert some claim to a decent share
of liberality and self respect.
On the contrary, however, after lead
big the public to believe that ample
transportation would be afforded to
and from the Fair, thousands were left
nnprovided for, and though the presi
dent was present in the City, and rode
on ut least one of the most crowded
trains, not the least extra effort was
made .that we are aware of, to accommo
date the suffering myriads.
The same four departures and arri
vals per day, to compass the distance of
4 miles were adhered to, despite the fact
that delicate females were exposed to
the rain, and thousands compelled to
make the best of their way to their
homes on foot or in open wagons.
This penurious, “penny wise and
pound foolish,” management of the. con
cern. together with the levy of fuU fare
upon poor. ministers of the gospel re
turning from a church synod because
they had neglected to get a receipt for
tueir money, though they proved the fact
of its payment by several witnesses,
will do more than any other cause to
aid in building the proposed road to
Tenuille, which will effectually clip the
wings of this monopoly.
The Macon and Western Railroad
may well be called the Camden and
Amboy Railroad of Georgia.
The Cost of Producing Cotton.
Laorbns Hill, Nov. 18,1869.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
In your i»**ie of last week, I see the fol
lowing calculation upon “the actual
cost-ttf cottOD,” copied from the Cuth
bert Appeal. The writer makes 20
cents the actual cost, taking 40 acres of
land that will make a bale to three
acres, and 10 bushels corn per acre as
a basis, he proceeds as follows :
5 2 3 teles of cotton at 20 cents. ...$640 00
200 bushels corn at $1 00 200 00
Tct il yield SB4O 00
From this must sow toe deducted expenses of
cultivation, as follows :
Bacon lor two hands, four pounds
per week. 420 pounds at 20 cents $ 84 00
Meal, 26 bushels, at sl. 26 00
Wages at S2O per month 240 00
150 bushels corn for mule, at $1 150 00
Three plows and blacksmith work..-...., 15 00
Repairs of wagons, etc 15 00
Rent in cotton, third of $640 00.. 213 33
Rent in corn 70 00
Incidentals -. 10 00
Total yield- #823 33
This sniount, $823 32. taken from the
gross profits, leaves a balance to the
farmer of sl6 67, which would be more
than consumed by the cost of bagging
and ties, etc. This calculation is some
what discouraging to. tenants, and as
these are times we all want to know ex
actly what we are doing, I propose to
make figures with the Cuthbert Appeal,
and see if we can’t make a small profit
on cotton at 20 cents per pound ; we
will take his prices throughout, but will
use less bacon and corn in feeding, and
add an item or two to the total yield,
which he has omitted.
Cr.
62-3 bales cotton at 20 cents $666 66
200 budiels corn at $1 ‘2OO 00
270 bushels cotton seed at 20 cents par
bushel 54 00
4,000 pounds of fodder at $1 per 100
pounds 40 00
Frolics made ou bulging and tits 13 00
Total yield $673 66
Dr.
365 pounds bacon, half pound per day
rations for two hands, at 20 cents $ 73 00
26 bushels meal, at $1 per bu5he1......... 26 00
70 bushels corn to feed mule at $1 ...... 70 00
2,000 pounds fodder for mule at $1 per
100 pounds. 20 00
Wages tor two bands 240 00
Repairs os wagon, (pretty high) 10 00
Three plows and blacksmith work.. 15 00
Rent in cotton, third of $686 (jjj 222 22
Kent in corn, third of 200 bu5he15.,..,.,,, 70 00
Rent in fodder, third of S4O J3 00
Incidentals,,,,., 10 00
Total $769 22
This amount of $769 22, taken from
the grots profits $973 66, leaves a bal
ance to the farmer of $204 44 above the
cost of production—take $204 44 from
$769 22 and we have $564 78 the actu
al cost of 6| bales cotton on rented land,
which is a small fraction less than 17
cents per pound ; take off the rent for
corn, fodder and cotton, which is $305
22. and then take this last amount from
$769 22 and it leaves $464 00 the actu
al cost of 6§ bales without rent, which is
a small fraction less than 14 cents per
pound. Therefore we conclude that ail
above 17 cems is clear profits on rented
laud when the third is given for rent ;
and all above 14c. clear profit when
there is no rent to pay. With these
figures before us, we maintain that so
far from 20 cents being the actual cost
of cotton, that it will pay twenty per
cent, upon the capital invested to make
it on rented laud, and nearly fifty per
cent, on laud without rent. These fig
ures are based upon the the prices of la
bor and provisions as stated by the
Cuthbert Appeal, and on land that
makes a bale to three acres and ten
bushels of corn per acre ; and yet, with
the same data precisely, we differ in our
figures. I would have put the price of
labor » little higher and corn at $1 50
per bushel, but the result would not
have been materially affected by the
change, the expenses and profits both
being increased in about the same pro-
portion. In either case, I contend that
a small profit can be made on cotton at
20 cents, iu a free labor country;
enough to keep capital and labor both
in a prosperous condition, if Jeff. Long
keeps out of the field. Please under
stand, I am not in favor of 20 cents for
cotton without a corresponding reduc
tion in the price of all other commodi
ties. I hold mine at 25 cents, ard ex
pect to get it. But balancing accounts
is a different tiling altogether, and the
figures must be put down as they come.
Farmer
P. S. If any one objects to the price
of cotton seed in my credit list, I rate
them according to my rule. When cot
ton is 20 cents, 1 put the seed at 20
cents per bushel; when cotton is 10
cents, the seed at 10 cents, etc. If they
still object, 1 hope they will bear in
inind that, in a rented field, one month
and a half of the time can be devoted to
other work, without adding anything to
the expenses and add S3O more to the
gross profits.
The Late Meeting of the Press Convention .
—The adjourned meeting of this Body was very
poorly attended, and we regretted to observe,
that no one of the Savanaah Journals was repre
sented in person.
Onr flonrshing Seaport is vastly indebted to
the efforts of the interior press, for that flood
of wealth and prosperity which ever pours
into her lap, and as the centre of the arts and
refinement of the State, should evince greater
interest in this important movement.
The object of the Association is to purify and
elevate the craft in every possible manner, and
effect such combination as will render its arduous
duties at least moderately remunerative.
Piracy, plagiarism, scurrility, the degrading
underbidding principle, all that would tarnish the
spotless escutcheon of the fourth Estate, will be
stamped with the reprobation of the Society.
Little was done farther than to elect perma
nent officers, adopt a constitution submitted by
Col. C. VV. Styles of the Albany News, which
when ratified by a majority of the press of the
State shall be considered binding, and take meas
ures to secure the passage of an Act by the Leg
islature regulating the official printing of each
county.
Joseph Ciisby of the Macon Telegraph & Mes
senger was elected President and A. R. Wright
and C. W. Styles Vice Presidents C. H. Willing
ham recording S cretory, and H. H. Jones Treas
urer of the Association.
An executive committee was also chosen
composed of Messrs Avery, Christy, Dwinel,
Weston and
The above com, ise a brief resume of the ac
tion of the Convention.
We will advert more fully to the same hereaf
ter.
(Published by request.)
| COMMUNICATED.]
At a meeting held on board the steamer C. L’
Fry. Nov. 29tb, 1869, Rev. J. W. Simmons was
called to the chair, and Rev. A. J. Dean appoint
ed Secretary, when the following preamble and
resolutions were passed :
Whereas, The members of the South Georgia
Conference on board said Steamer on tbeir way
to the-ensuing session of said Conference, have
received many expressions of kindness, etc.,
Resolved, That we duly appreciate the
courtesy and kindness of Capt. Abe Fry, com
manding, and Capt. Pratt acting Clerk, with the
other officers, and also, the waiters whose polite
ness commends them to qut kindest considera
tion.
Resolved, That onr thanks are due, and they
are hereby tendered to said officers; for passing
ns from Bainbridge to Fort Gaines at halt fare.
Resolved That a copy of the foregoing resolu
tions be published in the Bainbridge Argus, and
also a copy given to the officers of said steamer.
J. W. Simmons, Chairman.
A. J. Dean, Secretary,
The Commerce of Savannah. —Every
Georgian must be gratified to read the
following fluttering exhibit of the prog
ress of our rising metropolis by the sea.
The Advertiser says :
Os the seventy-six Customs Districts 3n tire
United Slates. Savannah ranks fourth in the
value of her domestic exports, which ,amount'
to more than* twentieth of all the exports of :
the country, New York, New Orleans and San
Francisco alone preceding her on the list. Du
ring the year ending June 30th, 1869, her ex
ports w»re in value three rimes those of Charles
ton and one-third those of New Orleans. Ac
cording to orrsent indications, Savannah will
assume the third plaee en the list next year,
and greatly lessen the gap between ho-se sand
Sew Oilcan, for, while the leceipts of cotton
at the latter port to date are about the same us
at this time last year, those of Savaurah have
nearly doubled.
In addition, we learn From the Repub
lican, that one single tide wafted to her
wharves three ships, five barques, six
brigs, and eight schooners, 22 ves
sels.
Even New York need not be ashamed
to chronicle the arrival of such a mer
chant fleet
With a cotton market, expenses add
ed, better than that of New York, a
large direct importation of goods from
Europe, the establishment of ample
wholesale and jobbing houses stocked
with every variety of merchandise, a
merchant guild, enterprising, honorable
aDd wealthy, surely the ancient city of
Oglethorpe has a proud destiny in store
fir her.
Would that every dollar created by
the sale of Georgia produce, might find
use and employment vtithiu her own
limits.
With Savannah as a market, why
run the gauntlet of yankee speculators,
and iucur the expense of a long and
perilous journey, to procure what may
be obtained on equally good terms at
home ?
-E.ven now the South with her manu
factories, commerce, raw material, and
boundless mineral resources, may, and
should be, in dependent of mil the world
“and the rest of minkiq l,”
Tins Bai.mbridue Cutiirkrt and Coluxbus Rail
eoad.— The corps of Engiueers «f the above
ad. lU9 arrived and thoroughly organized.
W'tu Colonel Claike of Richmond, Va., as Chief
Engineer, and Gee. Walker of the same plaee
as Assistant. The Engineers will commence
the permanent locat on ol the route immediate
ly, and the contract for the buildi >g of the first
twenty miles will be let out in the next ten or
fifteen days, tine of ti e paity’s who proposes
to make a bid for the contract says (and what,
he says is so) lie can complete the road from
this point to Colquitt easily in tour month*.
Now citizens of Allilei, Calhoun, Randolph and
Stewart counties. do:it be backward iu paying
up your installments. You may rest assured
with the assistance you have promised, the road
will be built speed ly.— Southern Sun.
It will be seen from the above* that
ground will soon bo broken on our new
railroad. *
From Mr. Russell, the sagacious and
veteran editor of the Bainbridge Argus,*
who probably did more than tiny other
man in his section towards the comple
tion of the Atlantic and Gulf road, we
learn it is now received as a fixed fact
that the road will be built, aud that
speedily.
Let not one subscriber fail to respond
promptly to his obligations.
General Lee on the Death of
George Peabody —The following is a
noble tribune to George Peabody, which
General Lee, on hearing of his death,
wrote to Mr. Peabody Russell, the near
est relative of the deceased :
Lexington, Ya.. Nov. 10, 18G9.
My Pear Mr. Russell : —The aniiour.ee
ment ot Die death of your uncle, Mr.
George Peabody, has been received
with the deepest regret wherever his
name and benevolence are known ; and
nowhere have his generous deeds—re
stricted to no country, section or sect—
elicited more bear,felt admiration than
at the South. He stands alone in his
tory for the benevolent and judicious
distribution of his great wealth, and his
memory has become entwined in the af
fections of millions of his fellow citizens
in both hemispheres.
I beg, in rny own behalf and in be
half of the trustees and faculty of Wash
ington C"llege, Virginia, which was not
forgotten by him in his acts of gerrerbs
itv, to tender the tribute of bur unfeign
ed sorrow at his death.
With great respect, yonr obedient
servant, R. E. Lee.
More Cotton Burned. —On Sunday
last Messrs. J. and S. A. Pace had thir
ty-one bales cotton destroyed by fire on
the plantation of Mr. John Pace, near
Hatchecbnbbee, Ala., on the Mobile and
Girard railroad. It was the work of an
incendiary. Total loss. This is anoth
er warning to planters not to keep their
eo.ton on farms, but to bring it to ware
houses and insure it.— Columbus Son
New Advertisemets.
RANDOLPH SHERIFF’S SALE.
WILL be sold before the C*m» t house and tor, in
the city of Cuthbeit on the first Tuesday in Jannr,
rv,'next, (187(1,)'between the legal hours of sale,
Lots of land No. 100 am 101 in the 6;b District of
Randolph county .containing 4-15 acres, more or Its l ’.
Levied on as the prope-1y ot Win. Sawyer, by vii
tue ot Rindolpb Superior Court ti fa risued Novem
ber tei m 1860, in favor of L. P. fields vs. Wilti.a,
Sawyer. Property pointed out by L. A. Gontke.
41so Bameiime and place, Lot of land No, 6, in
the 6ib District of B*io county, containing 20f}!
acres, more or lere. Levied on as the property ot
C. W. Jones, for bis (state and county taxes for the
year 1869. Levy made and retained to me by Bai
liff.
Also Same time and place, (110) one hundred and
ten bushels corn as the property of Alston Rivmer,
to satisfy a Merchant's and Facto, 's lie t in favor of
Layton & Lawton vs. Alston Ravnter, issued from'
Randolph Superior Conn, Nov. Term 1869,
Also same time and place, two biles Cotlon, as
the property of L. A. Goneke, to satisfy fi (as issued
from Randolph Superior Cout t in iavor of J. MciC.
Gunn vs. L. A. Goneke. Property pointed out by
Plaintiff. J AS. BDOUANAN,
dec2-td Sheriff.
LOST,
IN this city, on Monday, the 29ih inst,, my Pock
el Book, cou'aiuing seventy-five debars ($75)
iu cut reocy, and sundry uotes and other papers. —
Any information leading to the reqovery ol the
same left »t this office or imparted to the subscri
ber, wi'l lie thankfully received.
_ dec -ts, J. O, A. COOK.
Lost.
IN Macon, Ga , during Fair week, the following
notes: One on Sol. Nmton, for $146, (more or
less.) dated Feb. 22d,1869; due Jan. Ist, 1870,
with interest at 2 per cent.
One on Bass, for $l5O, dated Nov. 6,156? —
part due.
Ail persons are forewarned not to trade fo.r caid
notes, as I shall proceed to have them renewed.
dec2-tl JOHN WEBB.
VALUABLE LANDS -
At Auction.
WILL be soid, before the Court House door in
Cuthbert, on Saturday, the 18th day of De
cember, 1869. Lot of Land ffn. 169, and ooe-halfoi
Lot N". 168, lying miles norlh of Cuthbert on
the Luuipkin road. The i aud IB verv good, well .
timbe e < and under good fence. About 125 acres
mot e or less open.
Sold for distribution. Titles perfect Terms
cash. • W. N. nOOXE,
II L BOONE.
dbc2 3t P. o. ij.xi.bi.BY.
New Advertisements.
HOUSE AND LOT
For Sale.
I offer for sale my House and Lot sil listed on
College Street, and is ooc of tbe most desirable
locations in the city. T%e Lot con'ains4 acres,
good well of water, and all nece'ia; y ontbinld’ ng=.
The house contaias 5 rooms,.all well finished, and
tireplace in each.
Titles perfect and undisputed.
dec2-tf - r. W. AN3LEY,
XOTICE —Mrs. Virginia E. Move has applied
for exemption of peiscnaltv and setting apart
and valuation of homestead acd I wilf pass upon
the same at 10 o’clock A. M., on the 17th day of
December, 1869, at my office.
•dec2 2t M. GORMLEY. Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Randolph County —Seaborn Ivey
applies for letters of administration on the es
tate of Wike Ivey late of said coun'v deceased, a'l
persons interested are notified to file their objec
tions if any they have on or before the next Janua
ry term of the court of Ordinary fir said oounty.
Given under my hand and official signature.
dec2-lm M. GORMLEY, Ordinary.
NO 1 ICE.—Will be sold to liie highest bidder on
the first Tuesday in January next, if not
sold at private sa le before that day, bonds issued
by the O and nary of said county to build a jail in
ibe city ot Cuthbert and for other purposes. Said
bonds will be of the denomination ol five hundred
dollars and will draw seven per cent interest semi
annually payable at the Treasurers office. For fur
ther particulars apply to the undersigned.
dec2-lm M. GOIUILEY, Oidinary.
In the PiMxict Court of the Untied States,
Foi the Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of I
William il. GRIFFIS, V In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. j No. 5< fi.
THE said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all bis debts provable un
der the Bankrupt Act of March 2nd, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all pers ns interested to appear on
the 22d, day of December 1867, at 9 o’clock A. M.,
at Chambers of said District Court before Frank S.
Hesseliine E«q , one of the Register's of said Court
in B.inkruntcy at the office of Hood & Kiddoo in
Cuthbert, Ueorgia, aud show biuse why the prayer
of tbe said petition of ibe Bankrupt should not be
granted And further noliee is given that the sec
ond and third meetings of Creditors, will be held
at the same time and place.
‘Dated at Savannah, Georgia, this 22d, day of No
vember 1866.
deca-lt JAMES McPHERSON, Clerk.
In the District Court of the United States
For the Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of )
ROBERT J. McCbAßY.dec’d, } In Bankruptcy
Bankrupt. } No. 435.
fit HE said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
I by his Cotinsel for a d.seharge from ail his
debts provable under the Bankrupt Act of Vlar.h
2nd, 1867, notice is hereby given to all persons intej
ested to appear on the 224 day of December, 1869
at 9 o’clock, A. M., at Chambers of said District
Court Frank S. Hessdtine, Esq, one of the
Register’s or saiu Court in Bankruptcy at the office
of Ho id A Kiddoo iu Cuthbert, Georgia, end show
cause why the prayer ol said petiiion of the Bank
rupt should not be granted.
Dated at Savannah, Georgia, this 22d day of No
vember, 1869.
nov2s-2 t JAMES McI’OERSON, Clerk.
In the District Court of the United Stater,
For the Southern District of Georgia.
Iu the matter of 1 *
DUNCAN JORDAN, [ In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt ) No 515.
THE said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable un
der the B-anlviupt Act of Match 2nd, 1867, notice
is hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the 2'd day of D icember, 1 69. at 9 o'clock, A.
M., at Chambers of said District Court before Fiank
S. Hesseliine, Esq , one o< the Registers of said
Court in Bankruptcy at tbe office of Hood ft Kid
doo, in Cuthbert, Georgia, and show cause why the
prayer of tbe said petition of the Bankrupt should
not be granted.
Dated at Savannah, Georgia, this 22d, day of No
vember 1869.,
nov2s-2t JAMES McPHERSON, Clerk.
In the District Court of the United States,
For ihe Southern District of Georgia,
In the matter of )
SEABORN A. SMITH, [• In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. ) No. 317
THE sad Bankrupt having petiti ned the Court
for a discharge from, ail his dtbts provable un
der the Bankrupt Act of Maich 2nd, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested.to appear on
the 22d day of December, 1869, at 9 o’clock, A. M ,
at Chambers of said D sL'ict C uit before Frank S.
Il ssebine, Esq , one of the Registers of said Couit
in Bm kruptcy at the office of Hood & Kiddoo in
Cuthbert, Georgia, aid show c use why the prayer
ol the said petition of the Bankrupt should not be
g-anted.
Dated at Savannah, Georgia, this 22d of Novem
ber, 1869.
nov2s-2t. JAMES McPHERSON, Clerk.
New Firm !
NE W GOODS!!
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL your
attention to our large and weH selected
Stock ot Goods, vvaich we have now received and
opened,ou the
East Side of the Public Square,
In the CITY of CUTHBERT,
Consisting' of
DRY GOODS
BTOTIOJSTS,
Ready-Made Clothing,
CLOAK and SHAWLS,
HOOP SKIRTS,
Hats and Caps for Men and Boys,
HATS for Ladies and Misses,
is . 3 R D w.l it /;,
CROCKERY,
SADLER V,
BOOTS and SHOES,
Groceries,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Which w» will be very happy to show you. And
permit us to say, that we hare
Not Opened a Store for the Season,
-j V .
But have permanently located ourselves in Cuth
bert, and expect,
By Fair and Honest Dealing,
To buildup n good and substantial business.
Now we say to our friends and the ‘public gen
erally, come and help us and thereby benefit your
selves ; bur
Goods are All New,
Selected from the very best houses in New York
City, and
Boaght at Very Low Figures.
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We bojie and believe we can sell you Goods as
Low as can be bought in South-West Ga.
oc2S-3;u OVJEII & SEALY.
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New Advertisements.
The Circus of the Perio^i
CIRCUS,
Will exhibit in
CUTHBERT,
WEDNESDAY, Dec., Bth, 1869.
Exhibition Afternoon and Night I
Commencing at 2 and 7:30 o’clock. Admission
$1; Children tinder 10 years of ago 50 cts.
This is the only First-Class Circus
that will visit Cuthhert this Season ,
As the enormous rates charged by the new own
ers of tbe railroad for transporting Circuses pro
hibits them from travelling on it. Stone and
Murray pay this year a large advance over the
price of last sea on, which added to the necessary
expense of giving their performances, amounts to
about $1,300, per day.
. The Artists of Stone & Murray’s Cirens re
ceive more money for their services than the uni
ted salaries of any four troupes in America.— .
This will probably be thfionly and last opportu
nity tbe lovers of circus amusements will ever
have of witnessing in one exhibition the mar
velous performances of so large a number 'of
super-eminent equestrians, gymnasts and ncrobats,
as the troupe Stone & Murrays now possess sur
passes in extent and variety of talent any similar
company ever seen in this or any other country,
and is admitted by the proprietors of rival insti
tutions to be umparagoned.
Head tlxiet Xaist:
Mile. EMILIE HENRIETTA COOKE,
The Premier Equestrienne of the world, the
most gifted and daring Lady Rider ever seen in
any age or country, from the principal Ampithc
atres of Europe, and the
GREAT JOHN HENRT COOKE.
The ncklowledgfed Champion Rider of tbe
Universe, (late of Cooke's Royal Circus, ot Eu
ropean fame) whose extraordinary talents com
mand the largest salary ever paid to any Artist
engaged ill the vocation of amusing the public.
LeJeune Burte,
The Champion Horseback Hurdle Rider
Mile. JEANNETTE ELLSLER,
The Graceful and Dashing Tight Rope Danceusc.
' MURRAY AND HUTCHINSON,
The Peerless Aorobais ! The Nml Feats and
Athleti; Exercises of these skillful perform
ers have wan for them 'a world-wide
fame in every quarter of the globe.
THE SNOW BROTHERS,
Benjamin, William and Alfred, the .Uneqnalcfl
Postures and Equilibrists.
Mr. DEN STONE,
The popular Clown and Humorist, who has the
happy faculty of blending the amusing
with the.ludicrous, without approach
ing .coarseness or vulgarity.
MR. CHARLES BLISS,
And his wonderful Compeer,
MR. ROBERT JOHNSON,
The two BEST TUMBLERS in the World.
THE TALLESN BROTHERS,
Paul a id Jtrome, the sensational Mil-Air Gym
nasts, from the Hippodrome,-Paris.
MISS EMILY COOKE,
The Superb English Manege Equestrienne.-
SIGNOR COLUMBUS,
The Amazing Italian Contortionist,
MASTER GEORGE COOKE,
The Artistic Protean Equestrian.
MR. WILLIAM FRANKLIN,
The Champion Somcrsaul Rider.
MR. WILLIAM KENNEDY", j
The Grotesque Comedian.
MR. BURT LEE.
The Champion Leaper and Vaulter. *
BARRY & REEVES, j
The Cotnique Pantomimists.
ULRIG DANSEFF, j
The Russian Athlete.
MR. H . LOCKWOOD.
The Intrepid Paneratist.
HERR DREXEL,
The Modern Hercules.
LDDORFF & RENTEZ.
The Electrifying Funambnfets.
The above artists will be aided by a large
force of auxiliary talent, super-added to Hutch*
inson's Acting Dogs, Murray’s trained Horses,
Den Stone’s comic Mules, and the
KIT-KLUX RANT AMOR? US.
Stone & Murray’s Circus
• Will exhibit in
Albany, Tuesday, Dee. 7.
Cnlhbert, Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Ft. Gaines, Thursday, Dec. 9*
Eufaula, Friday, Dec. 10.
Dawson, Saturday, Dec. 11.
nov"s 2t
THE ONE PRICE
CASH STORE !
. .
We have now in store, a LA RGE and SPLENDID STOCK of
GOODS, all
Fresh and New!
Everything for
- Me§’, Gents’ and Children’s Wear,
Carpets. Crooltey,
Hardware, Saddles, etc.
We have adopted the
ONE PRICE CASH SYSTEM!
Sett to Jill Mike!
AND AT
Extremely low prices !
tiCSr 3 - Come and examine our GOODS and PRICES for
yourselves. We will .take pleasure in showing you our
Goods.
*l4B- SCOTT & SMITH.
Fresh and Complete Stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS!
I TAKE THIS METHOD OF ANNOUNCING TO MY OLD FRIENDS
and the public generally, that I have just opened a LARGE and COM
PLETE STOCK of
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS,
Rraiymila Clothing, Boots, Shoo3, Etc., Eto.,
Which I offer to the public at as LOW FIGURES as can be bought iir the mar
ket. Mv Dry Goods are all FRESH and NEW. They were not bought at
auction , North, but from FIRST-CLASS IiOJJSES, who do not deal in second
hand or damaged goods. I bought for CASH, got CASH ARTICLES, and when
Goods are compared will show they are as good as the best and as cheap.
I also have a general assortment f
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
Hardware, Hollow and Willow" Ware, Etc.,
Which can be had on reasonable terms.
Connected with my establishment is that accommodating and popular sales
man, JNO. L. BROWN, who is ever ready to show my Stock, and will spare no
pains to give satisfaction to all who may favor me with a call
figjy* Those indebted to me, I trust, will respond promptly, and come up pre
pared to balance at*) accounts. I have watted patiently uutil you gathered your
Cotton, and now I hope you will not put me to any farther inconvenience by
withholding tne same. Your promptness.in the matter will but enable me to sell
to you on more favorable terms in the future.
octl4 3rn ISAAC EASLEY.
Iteopeeisig ©f
CUTHBIRT’ m
ONLY BARGAIN STORE!
:<>:—*
Having just returned from the north with an im
mense and WELL SELECTED .
P STOCK OF GOODS I
Consisting of
% Dry Goods,
Soots, Shoes, and dents Famishing Goods,
CLOTHING,
White and Woolen Goods^s
LADIE’3 AND GENT’S SHAWLS
Or r ooer ies,
| 6 ‘ And many other Articles too numerous to mention.
j ■■ «. - •«?
! pf. b. —Having attended the Latest Auction Sales in New York and Phifa
lielphia, I can assure my customers, and tbe.publlc iu general, that i am enabled
to sell the above Goods, at
I LOWER PRICES than any House in S. W. Georgia I
j All I ask is a»» inspection of my IMMENSE STOCK. Come and see for
olmrselvest, and you will be convinced of the fact. ‘ *
11®* Special inducements offered to Country Merchants acd Planters wishing
id buy at wholesale. [ocll 3rn} M - H* PUL. A SKI*
I SM- VS