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THE ENTERPRISE J *
».». Adamn. 13ditor.
ELLAVILLE, UA„ Jt K IS, ISsT.
A WORD TO THOSE SEEKING
A HOME.
Areyou looking for a real lmme
where you can enjoy health and
make money, if there is any to he
made farming? Then you should
never think of buying until you
visit Schley county and give her
lands a thorough examination. \V<
meau that, for Schley county lands,
as a rule, will bear close inspection.
We do not promise that the nat-
ur.il land will produce a bale of cot¬
ton per acre and 75 or 100 bushels of
coi n, with other tilings in propor¬
tion; but we (to say that we have
some natural land that will do that,
though tin! majority falls far be¬
hind those figures—that can only be
realized in some bottoms or unusn-
ally rich places.
Schley county lands are mostly
level with a clay soil, and in t he vir¬
gin state covered with oak and
hickory with some pine. All that a
man puts on these lands in the Way
of fertilizers are never washed
away or lost as there is no cause for
its wasting, and the clay prevents
evaporation. In those few sections,
however, where the country is bro¬
ken or roiling the stiff clay pre¬
serves itself, or where there is a
sand soil it is easily preserved by a
littie care on the part of the hus¬
bandman.
With a little of the proper care
any of our lands can be made to
produce large yields for small out¬
lays of effort and capital. Any kind
of furtniug implement can be used
here, (hereby increasing facilities
and decreasing the expense of cult¬
ure anti harvesting. These are not
mere assertions, hut we write with
the facts before our eyes.
A lew days ago we visited the
home of a getitlcuian of Schley
county, and oil approaching his
house saw a good sized field of oats
sown in drills 3 feet apart niul just
ripening for the harvest, while in
between those rows of oats was
young cotton almost ready to be
chopped. We took pains to inquire
of that gentleman A'uat were the
am Hints of yield from that field
alone. His answer was that the
oats were as good or better tha last
year and he thought the cotton
Would be, and last year lie gathered
30 bu lids of oats per acre and after¬
wards gathered from the same land
about two-thirds of a bale of cotton.
That was one year’s crop from the
same land which was about like
the other land around him. Now,
say lie realized 50 cents per bushel
for the oats and 10 cents for the
cotton, you might safely claim as a
harvest $50 per acre; and yet to our
knowledge that—or land just as
good—can be bought in this county
at from $5 to $12 per acre. Of course
as a rule you can’t buy the best
lands here for $5 or even $7, but for
these figures you can get lands that
you can with little trouble and ex¬
pense make equally as good or bet¬
ter than that relerred to. Another
beauty and advantage to be consid¬
ered is, that you can grow any fruit
possible in this climate, peaches,
pears, grapes, figs, pomegranates
with the usual berry crops, many
growing spontaneously. This sec¬
tion is usually watered by small but
never failing springs, the largei
streams being rather scarce owing
to the level condition of the country.
Our county site, Ellaville, is not a
p pulous city, and therefore can’t
boast of her thousands of inhabi-
tannts, but she can boast of a beauty
of situation that one seldom if ever
sees, while our citizens are quiet,
sober and, with few exceptions,
Industrious, earning for themselves
comfortable livings and a good
name abroad.
‘ u e have a good school, two
churches, Baptist and Methodist,:
good courthouse and a rotting jail—
the latter being seldom if ever used.
There is no liquor sold in out
, mmty, and there lias not been any
Held here for years, hence the ab¬
sence of crime and uselessness of a
jail.
Tip* Buena Vista & Ellaville rail¬
road is an outlet for us, making a
terminus at Anderson on the Centra!
railroad, but recently changed to
Americus and having its present
and future terminus at that place.
We need not try to speak foi the
future of this section. It speaks for
itself, and any live man who kno.vs
a good tiling when he secs it needs
only to see these lands and wl at is
done by their cultivation to be sat¬
isfied with risking a home here.
CLOVER.
Mr. D. W. Rainey brought to the
Enterprise office a lew days since
a handful of red clover as a sample
of h patch planted the 14th of Feb¬
ruary.
Thisjclover now measures nearly
two feet iu height, is well devel¬
oped, green and luxuriant.
This is a small thing it is true, but
it tiply goes to show what our farm¬
ers! an do with a little pains, the
„ -su'd - -if whi: ;i Will wot ■
for the farmer*.
I he stock law will soon be a real
itv in this county, and then our ag¬
riculturists will have to rum their
attention to menus ot support lor
their cattle by growing forage for
them, such ns clover and grasses Uf
various kinds.
Mr. Rainey is moving in the right
direction in this matter, by first
getting him a fine Jersey to cross
with ids common stock, making a
hardy and sure breed, and then
growing something to teed them
with. If half the open lands in this
section a cre utilized for this pur¬
pose the farmers would realize
more money for less labor and ex¬
pense. Mr. Haincy has also tried
the Italian rye grass, but thinks it
will not suit this section of country
us it can not stand the heat. We
hope to give our readers something
more on this subject next week.
PEABODY INSTITUTE FOR1887.
Extracts IToin Mr. Orr's Circular
Letter.
Another Teachers’ Institute, sus¬
tained by appropriation from the
Peabody Fund, will be held in the
city of Atlanta the present year. L
will begin on Mouday, the 18th day
of July, and will continue in session
four weeks, wit It the following
corps of Instructors:
Geography, Itev. Charles Lane,
of the Alexander Free School,
t Maeon; Arithmetic, \V. M. Slaton,
of the Boys’ High School, Atlanta;
English Grammar, Lawton B.
Evans, Superintendent of the
Schools of Augusta and Richmond
county; Algebra and Geometry, W.
It. Thigpen, Boys’ High School Sa¬
vannah; Theory and Practice of
Teaching,including methods,school
management, etc., Dr. John Han¬
cock, of Cliilicothe, Ohio; the Nat¬
ural Sciences, Dr. L. B. Clifton, ol
Macon; Iiow to Teach Reading Dr.
II. H. Tucker, ex-Chancellor of the
University of Georgia; Drawing,
Horace Bradley, artist, New York.
It is expected that Dr. Hancock
will be present the first three weeks;
Dr. Clifton the last two, while the
times of Mr. Bradley and Dr. Tuck¬
er, each of whom is to give a limit¬
ed number of lessons, will be duly
announced in the daily papers.
Dr. A. \V. Calhoun, the eminent
oeculist, will deliver two or more
lectures on the Eye, and how to
preserve it.
Other widely known scientific
gentlemen have been invited todTT-
cuss suitable themes, and it is hoped
that their acceptance will] be re¬
ceived.
The undersigned will be iu charge
of the whole work, and will lecture
as may suit bis convenience, on
School Law, Constitutional and
Statutory.
His Excellency Gov. Gordon has
consented to deliver the address of
welcome.
As usual, there will be two
schools, one for white and one for
colored teachers. The schools will
be taught in different buildings,
but by the same instructors.
The county school commissioners
are invited to be present Tuesday,
the 20th of July. The highest
school authority has decided that
the county boards of education may
allow the the commissioners their
per diem for the few days of their
attendance. It is Imped that every
commissioner in the state will
come.
All the railroads represented by
M. Slaughter, Esq., commissioner,
and this includes all the long lines
and their dependencies in Georgia,
will return persons who have at¬
tended the Institute at one-third the
highest limited fare. This, in the
case of most of the roads in Georgia,
will be one cent per mile. In order
to get the benefit of this reduction
the person seeking it before coining
to the Institute, must obtain from
me a certificate which must be
presented to the agent at the depot
where he purchases His ticket on
starting to the Institute. In this
certificate he must write his name
in the presence of the agent, who
will fill up properly the blank fol¬
lowing the name and sign thereto
as agent his own name. The same
certificate with an endorsement on
the back thereof containing a state¬
ment signed by me to the effect
that the holder has been in attend¬
ance on the Institute, must be pre¬
sented by him to the agent in this
city from whom he buys his return
ticket. Observance of the foregoing
instructions will secure the
of the return rate at any time
the opening of the Institute and till
24 hours after its close, but the re¬
turn trip must be continuous with¬
out any stoppage over.
Gustav us J. Or it,
State School Commissioner.
A Strange ©l«t Circular Letter.
Found eighteen miles from Iconi-
uni sixty-five years after our Sav¬
ior’s Crucifiction, transmitted from
the Holy City by a converted Jew,
and faithfully translated from the
original copy, now in possession
the Lady Cuba’s family at Mesopo¬
tamia. This letter was written by
Jesus Christ and found under a great
stone, both large and round at the
foot of the cross, eighteen miles
from Iconium, near a village called
Mcsipobiniia. Upon this slope was
written or engraved:
“Blessed is lie who shall turn me
over.”
All the people that saw it pra.ved
tottod earnestly, and desired Hint
lie would make known to them the
meaning of this writing, that they
1 might not attempt in vain to turn
it over. In the meantime there
came a little child about <i or 7 years
old, and turned it over wii h >ut any
help, to the admiration oi all the
people that stood by. And under
this stone was found a letter writ¬
ten by Jesus ('hi 1st, and was ear¬
ned to the city of Jconium, and
there published by a person belong¬
ing to the Cuba family; and in the
letter was written the cominand-
meats of Jesus Christ, signed by
Angel Gabriel, seventy-eight years
after our Savior’s birth, to which
was added King Agarbus’ letter to
our Savior and our Savior’s answer;
also his miracles, anil I.eiitulus’
Epistle to the Senate of Home.
Lrttrr of Jesus Christ.
Whosoever worketh on the Sab¬
bath day shall he cursed; I com¬
mand you to go to church, and keep
the Lord’s day holy, without doing
any manner of work; you shall not
idly spend your time bedecking
yourself with superfluities of costly
apparel and vain dress, for I have
ordained it a day of rest; I will
have that day kept holy that your
sins may be forgiven you. You
shall not break my commandments,
but observe ami keep them, written
with my own hand and spoke with
my own mouth. You shall not only
go to church yourself, but also your
men servants and maid servants,
and observe my word and obey niy
commandments. You shall finish
your labor every Saturday in the
afternoon by (i o’clock, at which
hour the preparation for the Sal -
bath begins. I advise you to fast
five Fridays every year, beginning
with Good Friday and to con tin i e
the four Fridays immediately fol¬
lowing, in remembrance of the five
bloody wounds which I received for
all mankind. You shall diligently
and peaceably labor in your re¬
spective callings in which it hath
pleased God to call you. You shall
love one another with brotherly
love, and cause them that are not
i aptized, to come to the church to
receive the sacraments, bapti-m
and the Lord’s supper, and be made
members of the church; in so doing
I will give you long Ffe and many
blessings; your land shall flourish
and your cattle shall abundantly
multiply, and I will give you many
coinforts in the greatest tempta¬
tions, and they who do the contrary
shall be unprofitable. I will also
send hardness of heart upon them
till I see them; hut especially im-
j enitent unbelievers. He tl.a hat i
given to the poor shall not be un¬
profitable. Remember and keep
holy the S. b'oath day, for the sev¬
enth day I have taken to rest my¬
self; and he that bath a copy of
tuis letter written with my own
hand and spoken with my own
mouth, and keepeth it without pub¬
lishing it to others, shall not pros¬
per, but he that publiaheth It to
others shall be blessed of me. And
(hough his sins be in number us
stars in the sky, and he believes in
this, he shall be pardoned, and ifhe
believes not in this writing and
this commandment, I will send my
plague upon him and consume both
him and his children and his cattle.
And whosoever shall have a copy of
this letter written with my own
hand, and keep it in tiieir own
house, nothing shall hurt them,
neither pestilence, lightning nor
thunder, shall do them any hurt,
and if a woman be witn a child and
labor, and a copy of this letter be
about her, and she firmly put iter
trust in me, she shall safely be de¬
livered of her birth. You shall have
no news of me but by the holy scrip¬
tures, until the day of judgment.
All goodness and prosperity shall be
upon the house, where a copy of
this my letter shall be found.”
[This concludes the letter said to
to have been written by Jesus
Christ. Next week we will reprint
a letter which it is claimed was sent
by the ancient King Agbarus to our
Savior, also our Savior’s answer.
Beside this we will print “Christ’s
Cures and Miracles,” and “Len-
tulus’ Epistle to the Senate of Rome,
containing a Description of Jesus
Christ.” These papers are very old
and curious.— Editor.]
The Recorder, when fired by the
tardiness of her citizens to plank
down the paltry sum of .$5000 to
meet the probable sum of $25,000 to
he given by the stockholders of the
B. V. & E. railroad, in order to
change the terminus of the road
from Anderson to Americus, began
to preach pretty tl tho true doctrine when it
said for Americus to fail now .... im a is
for the road to he completed to
Columbus fr/mi from tsutna Itncn'i Vi-Ta vims nnd
from Anderson to the coast.
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.Several friends have sent us out-
to " Mooms ,his ww * k - W, ‘
Oate these kindly remembrances,
hut we are just now noxiously
waiting for the nice, clever, free
hearted, whole smiled, gentlemanly
man, woman or child who will
bring us the FIRS!' WATKR-
M KLON.
We pause for a response—
And a melon.
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i»no©thcr Kvuuino Simmons Liver Regulator.
Nobody Doubt* it in (*:ilulku.
One of our ’young merchants has
given the following testimony:
“One of iny customers, at the age
of fifteen, had a severe attack of
rheumatism. His father had to lift
him about. He was in bed for six-
weeks. I sold him a dozen bottles
S. S. S., which entirely cured film.
I regard 8. S. 8. as very potent in
rheumatism.” Yours truly,
J, TL Johnson,
A I-ITTUi MEMORANDUM.
After l had rheumatism for four
years in my right hip, I tried S. S.
S. It at onee built up my health
and the rheumatic pains were al¬
layed, and finally disappeared en¬
tirely. I regard it us the best pos¬
sible tonic; and it never fails to
bring my system yp to, the hestcou-
ilisiou whenever run down by sick¬
ness or overwork. I have come to
regard >S. S. S. as a necessary house¬
hold medicine. B. l’EAKCR.
Gainsville, Fla., Jail. 25, 1885.
Election Notice.
Notice is hereby iriven that the lefrnl
number of freeholders required under
section 1455 of the Revised <;od«* of Geor¬
gia has petitioned mo to order an election
in and lor the 882d district <1 M. Schley
county, on the Question of fence 01 stock
law in said district. Unless a counter
petition be presented to me within the
next twenty days, I which ahnll proceed the question to or¬
der an election in
w ill l>e submitted to the under qualified official voters
of said district. Given my
signature, May 19, US7. ordinary.
T. J. Dozier,
Appilcarton .... for Letter* “« .... .
GEORGIA-Scuuky county
w j, oni ,( ma y concern, Mrs. Emi-
p,- Bhickshear of dhtmissfrm having tiled of the tier estate petition ol
fw letters there
, w> Keid> ,i ece asod. Those are
foro to eiU- and admonish all and singu¬ liie
lar, the kindred and creditors, before to
their objections in my office on or
'Vhv ''said ^ppUcatiJn should"^
tliis the 7tli dav ot March, 1HS7,
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When you go to Americus, you will save money by buying
yOUr I)rv Goods and Clothing; at the Mammoth Stores of
THOKNTON WHEATLEY.
Ills stock is the largest,
His styles are the latest,
UN prices are lowest,
His terms are cash.
Remember the place, Wheatley’s Mammoth Stores.
WHEATLEY'S CORNER. Americus On.
THOKNTON WHEATLEY, Sole Proprietor. e23-3 m.
ENTERPRISE JOB OFFICE.
SATISFACTORY WORK AND LOW PRICES.
We have recently added to our office a new and first class
Rotary Power Job press, Fine Inks and a Complete Line
of Stationery, and are prepared to execute, at Low
Prices and in Good Style, all Kinds of
COMMERCIAL AM) FANCY JOB
PAMPHLETS, LAW BRIEFS,
CODES, RECORDS,
BUSINESS CARDS, RECEIPTS,
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Anthing you want!
I
The EllftvlIIe DRUG STORE is
the pluce to get pure
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
SODA,
CREAM TARTAR AND
FAMILY MEDICINE;
PATENT MEDICINES,
NOTIONS,
PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES,
STATIONERY,
LAMP GOODS
or any other article usually kept in
a drug store.
I)r. C. H. Smith,
Eiiaville, Ga.
BUENA ViSTA BOUSE,
BUENA VISTA, GEORGIA.
J.'H. Lowe, proprietor.
Table supplied with the best the market
affords. Accommodation* good iirst class
in every respect. Kates reasonable.
Shiloh’s Cough ami consumption Cure
is sold by us on :i guarantee. It cures
consumption. For sale by l>r, Smith.
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Mexican
Mustang
Liniment
OTTHBa
Sciatica, Scratch m. Contrasted
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3nrns, Stitches, Hoof Ail,
Scalds, 6 tiff Joints, Ecrew
Stings, Backache, Worms,
Rites, Galls, Swinney,
Bruises, Sores, Saddle Galls,
3 anions, Spavin Piles.
Corns, Cracks.
THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY
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The Lumberman needs It In case of accident.
The Housewife uoeds It for general faintly use.
The C'analer needs it for his teams and his men.
The Mechanic needs it always on his work
bench.
Tho Miner noeds It In case of emergency.
The Pioneer needs It—can’t get along without It.
The Farmer needs it la his house, his stable,
and his stock yard.
The Steamboat mail or the lioatmnn needs
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MOST COMPLETE FURNITURE HOUSE
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l DEFY COMPETITION.
ture; such as fine par 1 <,r‘sitIYur?•!i!\\ urdrobes,Vicdsteads of .
description and prices to correspond. I cannot be excelled in uuaJitv n
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A nice line of Silvt-r Plated and Crockery ware; also a nice line of
clocks and lamp goods at prices that defy competition.
D. B. HILL. A ME I! ILL'S. GA
December 24th, 1886.
WEBSTER WAGON COMPANY
Is closing out its business and
has on hand
a fine stock of
OVER 4 § 00 !
I v&V Of their Celebrated Truss AxleWagwr
v “ k - i; igi&js&gg:-' of ali styles and sizes, which, will be soW
"IBM II -AT A
fslistl GREAT REDUCTION.
SO THE T2ME TO BUY AT A BOTTOM PRICE *
\ " ;tt;on mode from ' 1 1 Virginia Oak, Hickory, and Poplar, tho best qnalitv pro.
7 ltb '- ■ a ,(} super!,.r in every particular to inferior grades now
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one year.
Our farewell offer. WEBSTER WACOM CO..
Write far prices and terms. M0UNDSM1LLE, Marshall C»„ VI. Va.
CJLSHSTORBI!
HAVE JUST RECEIVED a New and Complete Stock of Dry Goods
Notions, Hats, Shoos, etc., etc., and invite the public to call and marked exun''
me Goods and Prices before purchasing elsewhere. We have
our goods without credit prices, and CAN SAVE YOU MONEY.
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Wc have just purchased a Full Lini‘ of the tastiest styles of LA I
HATS and BONNETS, and Ilat and Dress Trimmings, which w< i 1
pose to sell
CHEAPER THAN ANY AMERICUS HOUSE
MRS. CHIPLEY will the Ladies. Call her and she vvi
serve oil
show you BA RG A1N S.
jjd"w prices
BALL OR WEDDING CARDS,
EXCURSION BILLS,
COMMERCIAL headings,
LEGAL BLANKS.
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