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ELLAVILLE. HA., <>t'T. lit. isst,,
A. J. Haup, Editor and Froprletor.
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FOR CO NO If ESS,
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H)lt i ... a X x ro < Ol.t.u t , ve'rolt ion.
1 HKIIKUY ann mm. eniv of Tax name i ellrciur as
diitnu fur (lie oiliee
for Hclilev iii countv at nekt. the wilt approaching U ,ery
elaotlon January voters Schley county
thankful to the of
to ale give me their support. M. Jl. HI XX.
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FOR SHERIFF.
The friends of William Allen announce
hi- na’i'ie as candidate for Sheriff ol
Hctjlov-.'ounty at the ai)proachin« elec¬
tion in January next. *'
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FOR SHERIFF.
1 utidatc rnnpoclftlily for the announco office of my sheriff' mime us of
CHl election in
Schley county at the ensuing
January next. L. A. tin.KS.
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Our Own <'oinuge.
Atlanta wants a Lottie factory.
If that isn’t a dead give away on
prohibition, what isjt?
The Enterprise is entered at the
postoffice as second class majl mat¬
ter but a first class newspaper.
The editor is away tliis week,
which will account for any short¬
comings iu this issue of the Enter¬
prise.
Eureka! Rev. Sain Jones’ ser¬
mons, in many places, read wonder¬
fully like HrMrbe» OatfipeUs lectures
white washed—or vice versa—
which ?___
Verily, Texas is a great state, and
Georgians who leave (;oiyifortable
jiOiiieh and friends and go there to
burn, starve or drown display
jjreat pluck, at least.
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Surely tj.e wind is being tem¬
pered to the shorn lamb. Whisky
pifist go, but wild just at this opportune been
moment a coffee lias
found which “makes drunk come
quick and stay a longtime.”
The president lias appointed his
wire’s Cousin Hen to a good fat
consulship. This may remind read¬
ers of “David Copperfield” of the
circumstances under which Old
Doctor Strong obtained hisyoung
Wife’s cousin a distant appointment.
In all accounts of the terrible
distress from drought, prairie fires
and the recent gulf storm in 'Texas
great stress is laid upon the fee'
that the Texas steer is in
troui |e. If large numbers of people
perish the fact is sometimes inci-
dentally mentioned in connection
with the cattle; biff it seems in tlie
average Texan’s creed that it were
better that ninety and nine ordi¬
nary Wien, women and children
Should’ hot escape than that one
broad-horn steer should suffer.
President Cleveland lias received
many invitations to come south
from various fairs,commercial
volitions, expositions, etc. Jlc in¬
variably professes to be anxious to
come and promises to “consider”
tlvo jpafter \ hljt he always refuses.
We once mot his n pred¬
ecessor down in tiie Florida ever¬
glades fishing—and he had splendid
luck, too—tint Mr. Cleveland can’t
get so far from home. It really
looks as if he is afraid to risk his
precious <)}d Ayriifdltpois among
thc’peojde who elected him.
The Commission Miim <•».
A properly constructed railroad
commission is capable, perhaps, of
doing some good, but not under the
present unjust and oppressive law.
Railroads have’built up antVdevel-
pped tiie resources of this state
bqore than all absolute other enterprises
combined. The authority
given tiie three men composing the
commission is, as they have already
sho\yn, extremely dangerous to tiie
best interests q( tip, state,. v (kmipe¬
tition will regulate charges and
keep them just ami reasonable. No
tribunal can exist in this state that
denies to citiaens the riglit of ap
'
peal. The commission is'Wy.mg ;, in
principle, and lias proven u just
and oppressive in operation.
The IlluMruH-d Grapliic News.
1Ia« secured ihc services of John
McGovern, who resigns the edit-
qrship id the Current to take the
editorial edntrol of the great picto-
rial weekly. John McGovern is a
man identified with the intilieetu-
,d development of the west (he
people Graphic of News the west now giiur$iite6? first-class the
a
^ry lining to the handsome picture
ni^daTibrfs^f*Jate^Ite newtedltor
ran commandneccsyary tiianu- the
scripts to make his share of
work a tine success; In connection
H»*e^ronri™OT orthe^’a^Uj !cews[
is about to open a large establish-
jilent at Chicago for the publication
'l'his excellent weekly. An end-
aent artist is to take lull charge of
raphte valuable News’ possession portraits'will ,to p’rovi sub-
•i any
t’ i .r,t*r.
||gj fe ao d High Waters!
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4 ■|,1 TL’XtN.
r'I K y i FlHKi !
i-ate advices from Indian Terri-
tory tydmotive Lt;ile that the tires most extensive known
ever
that territory are sweeping over
rieli T kta-iug :r: u!!\ laiuis, win, i . ‘
days ago were covered with a luxu-
riotis growtli ol gfass, are now her-
wMieK. *?“ • The * area burned over
extends from \ until on the north
to Muskogee on the south and nu
cither side of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway as far us tlv • jt
cun see. Large numbers ot oat tie
have been burned to death, and im-
mense quantities of hay, baled and
loose, which was to have been used
f ir fodder during the winter. < ’attic
men will l»e compelled to drive
their herds elsewhere to save them
from starvation.
TliF. FI.OOD AT SAB1XEPAS8.
The latest new.-, from the dissis-
te^iit S'abiW Rass fully sustains
the worst rumors that have preced¬
ed it. The tidal wave which swept
away the town came with a sud¬
denness that left but little time for
incident. The list of the dead is
appalling. The number of lives
lost in proportion to the number
expdbed is remarkably large. It is
known that at Sabine Pass and
Johnson’s bayou as many as ‘221
lives were lost. The survivors are
destitute.
They have lost ail—even their
clothing. Their homes are swept
away, and it is doubtful if the lots
on whieh their homes stood would
npw cqir mand enough to pay the
taxes for which they are assessed.
(iAt'NT KAMINK.
In the counties of Jones and Stone-
wall, Texas, rain lias not fallen for
fourteen months. The majority of
the settlers have left there, and
about four lnin'dred faiiiilies who
are unable to go are in extreuip
destitution. The region lias been
transformed into a desert, Tiie
sufferings occasioned by this terri¬
ble drought have left the cattle in a
very weak condition, so much so
that they can not possibly survive
tin coming winter.
Thc Lsielljiir Hell llllinorisl.
Fred. II. Carruth is the name of
the editor, owner, publisher and
humorist of t),e Kstelline (|)ak.)
Hell, whose witty paragraphs have
been so widely quoted recently.
Speaking of his paper the otiier day
he saitf: “Peop|h sometimes write
to tell me tymrt'H i>i°oining lVell. success This
I am making of The is
ill right, tint there isn’t much moti-
ey in it; for you see there are only
250 people ail told in Estelline, and
NV | l0I1 y 0ll deduct from t .esc the
the women, children and Italians
uoj taxed, you can’t have a very
large subscription list left. How¬
ever, I have no fault to find, us 1
make a living and something over,
and have a good deal of fun between
times. I owe all the fame I have
got to the kindness of the press in
copying from my paper.*—New
Y’ork Tribune.
The Farmers’ llpiipf Association
of Schley county meets in the court
house on the fourth Saturday in
this month. Farmers generally
are invited to meet at 10 o’clock.
I.EU AND U KANT.
It must he admitted, says a writer
in tiie Southern Bivouac, that when
the two great Captains met face to
face upi.n the Rapidan, in May,
1861, Lews reputation rested upon
more battles fought—bloody, terri¬
ble battles—and victories won
against greater odds than could be
claimed for Grant.
For three iopk 4 caps vyliqie
power of the federal government,
with it* unlimited resources, had
not been able to reach the capital of
tin* confederacy, and when Grant
took command of all the northern
armies, Richmond seemed to lie
really less in danger than Wash¬
ington.
The maxim, “better is the place
of the defendant,” is as true in war
as in law, and is especially npplica-
1,lP ,n !*ko that bet ween
oyer, tiie Racial; liUKleru and fiurtiiworks, flu-Janies. defended More-
by modern artilVerj’ and reppatteg
rifles, are much more difficult of
successful assault than were
go, Radajoz or Aibuera, wliereWel
jnignui won so much yenown in his
PeniKsular eampaign. * .
When Grant crossed the Ilapidan
he found he hail a different army,
under a much abler leader, to cofi-
tend with th'fc than Rattle any lieh^d ipet lie-
f orc .. | n of the Wilder-
ne8Sj after repeated attacks, in
w idch the union troops, Jed by the
^ <l?s^Ja^o<i «>?"*''« prodig’ioH ^vision oogm,and- of
stubborn valor and covered t^ie
ground for miles with the deafipf
arn,ie ’’» Orant was repulsed,
(U ‘fr ated a " fl
and leave the field in possession of
the i^iemy; and the killed, wounded
an( j missing of the. union army
,ar 8 e, y oGtiiumbered the confeder*-
loss. But Grant was determined;
was unused to defeat; he pro-
posed ti» “fight ii out on Unit line, if
it took ;i|J hu minor,” regardless,
.wmiiijjly, or the fearful .. , , cost, . 1-or
....... the first time in ....., I.L l,fe, how ever .
he tried to avoid the enemy and by
ii Hank movomont to reach
svlvaniu courthouse, liut when ho
arr , V0ll tlu>re am , WM |>rt , |iar e,| to
aswuUt ; liV Waa rofl(lV) 01lUt . n( . h ed
Wll hing the ushhuU, which was
as !u . rui( ., lts pm-sistent, as de.dlv as
—*•- .....•«<■>•"••••» - **»»
successfui. At the expense of over
|U , KH| (}rai , t |>a tnt .d tluq in
t j mt |j| n d of warfare Lee was
The battle at Cold Harbor,
fought within a month, ended the
(dowdiest campaign in history, and
tlip federal government abandoned
die attempt to take Richmond by
assal ,|( t withdrew to the south of
t | u> j ame8 an d begun the long
paign of siege and starvation.
He could have placed his army
south of the James three months
sooner than he did, and without flit,
loss of the sixty thousand men who
fouglit their last battle between the
llupidan and the James, and that,
too, without danger to Washington,
After the siege of Richmond began
the repeated and unavailing as-
siiults ,>f the union army upon the
confederate lines, extending as they
did for a distance of over thirty
miles, and defended by less than
■>0,IMM) nieii, are the best evidence of
tiie skill of their commander as well
aa the valo» of the besieged. Not
until the following year, and until
his base of supplies was threatened
by other converging ,mien armies,
was Lee compelled to evaeuate the
city.
Had it not been for the approach
of Sherman from the south and the
tirilliant and effective campaign
Sheridan, in which lie easily routed
the force sent by’Lee to protect Ids
communicatioli will, Iivi.chburg,
there is no telling how long the
federate capital might have held
Ollt.
Tiie defense ef Richmond will al-
ways stand out in history as one of
tiie most remarkable military
achievements of any age.
it is true that Grant’s men had
confidence in their commander and
in ids ultimate success. It is not
true that they' had equal confidence
in his strategy. His pounding
methods, so prodigal of life, inspired
no personal enthusiasm or attach¬
ment. Lee, on the contrary, laid
theprofoundest sympathy, even the
heartfelt affections ol his men.
They would die for him e\ en sooner
than for the cause ort which they
had staked their all. He embodied
their ideal, both of manhood ami
military skill.
The confederate camp was full <h
stories, true ns well as false, prov¬
ing his personal sympathy with
them in their sufferings, and his
masterly superiority as a general,
This enthusiastic confidence, in a
measure, supplied the place of num¬
bers and achieved victories wjtei e
defeat seemed inevitable. In this
highest military quality’ that in¬
spires the ‘ unquestioning devotion
of liis soldiers, Lee wqs indeed one
of the most remarkable generals of
any age.
In comparing the military history
of these two men, the historian of
another 'generation will say that
they were strikingly alike in those
characteristics that lit' at the foun¬
dation of military success, in quiet
confidence, in that combination of
moral and physical courage, that
heroic persistence which pq t in,un¬
ity can defeat, whieh feels the as¬
surance of victory in the very hour
of disaster. He will also say that
in mental power, in the capacity
for rapid combination, in strategic
invention, which is seen in the skill¬
ful disposition of his troops before
and in a battle, in the go ins that
enables a general with inferior
numbers to gain tiie stronger posi¬
tion, and to have more men at the
point and moment, and e.s-
peeiallv in the power of personally
inspiring ills men to endure and
achieve, L,'e was beyond all ques-
tion tiie greater commander.
FREE Tlt.VUK
'Tiie reduction of internal r(*ve-
nue and the taking off of revenue
from Proprietary Medi¬
no doubt has largely benefit-
ted the consumers,as well as reliev-
the burden of Hqurffs inauulact -
Especially 18 this the case
with Green’s August Flower and
Boschee’s Oenpiwi..Syrup, as tiie
reduction of thirty-six cents per
has been added to increase
size of the jiottles containing
remedies, thereby giving one*
inore medieiqt* in the 75 cent
The August (.‘’lower for Des¬
and Liver Complaint, and
German Syrup for Cough and
troubles, have perhaps, the
sales of any medicines in
world. The advantage of In-
size of the tattles v, ill I e
appreciate Dy tbo
afHtetefl, In every town and
iii ci vilized countries. Sam-
bottles fo, 10 cents remain the
size,
V
Pl-,e '1 elegraph says: Tiie gulf
carefully dodged ajl
of the world covered by 1
parts
predictions of the weather
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I ho Atlanta ... * (onstitnin says,
Sonio , judgment ,£ should . beexercised
ln r lu . ws . Nev.s | a notul-
way* flr for publication. The inter-
eats of morality, society and good
government r«Mjuire the auppres-
” ion ° l s,, " u ‘ U,i "« s ’
Tu whieh t,u * Tt ‘ it *K ra l ,h promptly
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1 »>*?; ‘‘A P'vsun.vd, is what tin
„
it was Wiggins’ destiifyto teach the
rmistitutioii and then perish.
It is doubtful, however, if it wa.^
worth Mr. Wiggins’ time to go
through so much to accomplish so
little,
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True, i,m Awfully Old-Fash
lotted.
“My advice to you am to keep
rigiit on being coipumn folks, if
j >' hord ou want pay to cash git fur above your de groceries, common
let odder folkses woodpiles alone,
! whisky and sich at arm s
length, put fn six days a week at
hard work, read mo’ skule books
j lin< * fewer novels. You may not
become a ^upofgon nor a l’lato,
hut you’ll be remembered in your
own neighborhood when de names
of state governors hev been for¬
gotten..’
.silver <’cr«lica(cs.
Ns
'Die issue of one-dollar silver cer¬
tificates since October 1 lias been
about $1,000,000. Many more might
have been issued had the printing
bureau been able to supply the de-
‘"and. The effect which the issue
of small certificates will have upon
the circulation of the dollar pieces
will tie watched with interest at the
treasury department, as well as’by
I those " h '> study the currency ques-
tion. J lie treasurer believes the
j small et'i>tir»l<- certificates change in will the make circulation noper-
of the coin for several months.
’I’liiil Alwiidinetil Again.
From the Telegraph.
Tiie .Chicago 'Times says that
“New Y'ork ought to put up that
I monument to Grant; it might re-
mind tiie Grant family of himoeca-
sionally.” Tiie suggestion is timely.
The editor of tlie New Y'ork Sun
lias recently paid the rejected bill
of $•'>00 for embalming the general’s
body, and in the absence of
I tors the family will be prepared
■Ei .r^"fiii",‘.sw.
Clipped I’jtyi.
After nil, iiiere are but few men
1 who can go into the loafing business
and make a success of it.
It is a curious fact that fleas are
hatched from eggs. Curious, be¬
cause one would hardly think Unit
a flea could sit still long enough to
lay an egg, much less to set and
hatch one, or it nestful.
A girl in » moment of pique
Gave her lover a slap on the ehique;
Not a word did he reply,
But he left her with u sv,
And didn’t go hack for a vique
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Mrs. Nubbins -ays she never al¬
lows her boy Jim to eat any jam,
for her husband died of the jim-
jams'and’she don't propose to run
any chances with the boy.
No amount of legislation can ever
force the manufacturer to payout
regularly 'more wages than he re¬
ceives in profits. But the strikers
can not understand this.
Tjie rumor that a terrapin has
been caught near Mapleton, Vol!” Ga.,
inscribed “1865. J., 75 (). is
not generally credited in this state.
No Ohio troops ever let anything
they could eat escape in 1865.
\ l v his work
A wasp came buzzing to
And various tilings did tackle;
He stung a Ivy and then a dog,
And made the roosters cackh .
And then upon an editor's cheek
He sat him down to drill;
He prodded there for half an hour.
And then lie broke his hill.
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The Ellaville DRUG STORE is
the place to get eunp;
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
SODA i
CREAM TARTAR AND
FAMILY MEDICINE;
p\TF\T MTDIC’iWS
NOTIONS,
PERFUMERY, .
TO I LET ARTICLE^,
STATIONARY,
L.yMP GPODS I
»»y other article u.*rpa|ly kopt in j
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drug store.
D/» <*. ir. Smith,
EHaviDr. Ga
When you <**o to Amerieus ) you will save money by buying
v r OUI Dry Goods and Clothing* u-t the Mammoth Stores ol
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THORNTON '.Z- WHEATLEY 7 *
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Iii8stock is the largest,
l|j!j Ills styles nre t he latest,
price's lire lowest,
His terms are cash.
Remember the place } \V heatley’s Mammoth Stores.
WHEATLEY’S CORNER Amerieus Ga.
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THORNTON WHEATLEY, Sole Proprietor. s 23 - 3 m,
“or r -jr
A M E R I C A N F A it M E li
FREE
TO ALL OUR SUBSCRIBERS!
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» i reao the American
mm IT HAS | GET MADE IT FREE M£ FICSPERGUS WITH AND HAP., fltoNT REAP ANY.
' MY COUNTY PAPER. KOT EVEN MY COUNTY PAPER.
WSR* 111 > ? ; .'-.A- T" ■hgflH S; ' k “ IT DONT PAY.
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OUT SU DGl’S WilO jljlY SU |) 11 011 UCCOlllltS tt)
this paper in full t, date, aiid one year in advance, will
be presented ]yith one y(sir's subscription to the
\ Asricoltuial Agriciimivalimhllci.tu.us Magazine,; iuhiKhetl by C. A. Ha'ketf, at Fort Wayne, Indiana and which is ranidlv taking
• I.'a . I 1 ! ei,dl “'- “i" 1 *W ho oT tb loi ■ cfa'oUry. 1 It is devoted exclusively Von to •.heinternsisof iiioVarmciy
Tw on i-‘r oJih«.peo|. t lY'‘n ’ , co c?.' Ibr ,,,a 1 ^orld. ‘ the l-avua'^ The .-ul.x V s< iptioii ‘ - price oxvry W Oh* species ftolhtr of iiulustrv per Vear. .mete,I Kara;, with,I,at areal ,•!;*,t-et . ,r-
. rs rnu.oiv
tVi^lr flic home "V \ happy, OI,t !t * <k the 1 > oun^ ioiks }deaH ehcerlul,if.c in 'to thor inimls. growler It contented, ti-:«rlior them the downcast how to farin' happy, with and profit the cfeniagogiie * > thfniKdvts Inmost. It nitikes*
Notice i >r Leave to So; I Land
\ PIM.ICATTON'will be* made to the
il court of Ordinary ot' Xctiley county,
expiration Georgia, at tiie first regular term this after
ofl'anr weeks from notice
for 'leave ol’ to .lames sell liuhis Fbamlioi’S 1 ;e longing’ Into of to said the
estate
county deceased for the iienetit of the
heirs an creditors of s.iid deceased, Sept.
6tll, 18Sli. rt.C. Ha.KKO 1.S0N 1 , '
Adnt’r., of J times Chambers,
89-Jt. Decoas'ed.
G150UGTA- Scnr.KY county.
Will bo sold on the first Tuesday in
Oct. issfl. the reversionary interest in the
Bu.-k creek Camp Ground, containing
fifty-two acres more or less off of lot jNo.
9 in 3rd district off of of Schley lot notfli county .of also the
nine acres same
Camp Ground land, sold for tlfc benefit
of tin? bier* and creditors of the. estyteof
\V. It. A: Ingram deceased. Terms rush
J. N. Chkney, Adm’r, debonisiipn.
BUENA VISTA HOUSE,
BFF.NA VISTA, GEORGIA.
J. H. Lowe, proprietor.
Table sup. .Wrbmmodatioiis tied with the Test the market
affords. good reasoKriilv. first elasie
in every respect. Rate*
4SloUU,UUUScii(l V.hlM 1 a if tin presents given sway.
11 s 5 cents postage,
and by mail 1 you will get free a package
of goods in work of largo that will i aim. ;ft , that bring will start
you in All abofit the $200,000 once ill you
money. work that with cnc)i4>V>x. Agents pres¬
ents
wiuit(>d cvcrywlicrc, ot' cith;.v sex, of ill I
aff<!s, for all the time, or squire time only,
to work for us at their own hoYnes. For¬
tunes for all worker* iibsolutely ('o.', assured.
Don’t delay. H.Ii.u,i,et *V janUiy lYirtlfind
Maine.' •* ;< ' •
SOU Til W ESTPK
Furniture [louse, A mcriciis, Ga.
Gkohok STAHUirojv wishes to inform
bis Schley supply‘them < ’minty friends'"(hat he
ready to in General Slcr-
cbundisc
FIIUNITTICF A SFFmil'I.
constantly A nice suit’of ,tock, ifurnituye for !f20 toipf).
in stud uli gnujes of
furniture at Atlanta sincl Macojiprices!
Mu. wait Own his Dixkon iriotids i* and always wii! givetliem ready 'to
on
Special Barirains, ' 1
GEORG I*. S I’ _ \ i’LETON,
!*'<“ I" urniture Mult,
Amerieus, (ta., sept, .’to, is8«-3m.
—
Cotton Market.
Wcdiicsday I\1 m
Good Middling 8-5-111
Middling '"ta
Low Middling ii
DRUGGISTS,
‘UMAR S l llKK r,
AllHTH'IIS. Ha
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Keep ns Urge and well se’ccted slock
mo eiuods os as given any house lowest in prices. America*. Give
at
a <-uU ' eswuis
1)LY(J BROTH lilts 1
DEAEKLS IN
i(| foods, Groceries, Provisions, Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
Crockery, Hardware and Furniture,
s20-ly. Ellaville, Ga
a y
1111 in i
G-sl.
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THE MOST COMPLETE I’URNITCRE HOUSE
IN SOUTHWEST
1 DEFY COMPETlTIOi
* * 5 > k . ( — « .
1 have stock of kind of fflP'V .
a complete every HcdsU-atjA of every
tore; such ns fine parlor sets, lkireaits, YVardvObt’S,
and prices to correspond. I cannot be excelled in quality iu tin- <w
and pfices uiiyuliere. 'iliert' is mitLing about your tiotlse
nay of furniture tiiat 1 eaiinot furnish. 1 have nil surls and flatter my-
seif that I can siijt you, if you will give me a Trial, Call atid exaiuiiff‘
my stock. To those who have or lire ttliout to get married and will want
to furnish their fipuses,’ I insist that-you'give ine! trial;
A nice line of .Silver Plated apd (.’rpck< ry \vare; also ii nice line of
clocks and^mnp goods qt prices Uni t defy competition.
D. B. HILL. WlKHirrs. 7 GA
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Decembpv -fth, 188y.
BRICK WORK m PLASH,
" ll»«vejiad ,, ork , , an experience d. and . of ... reasemdd mx year * 1
jnmrants Address. .T. A. Langley, on
terms
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