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Mr. J. L. Oliver is another
our advettisers.^Read what he
has tojsay on the^front page.
Read the adv of the
Front Store injthis issue.
Geo. W. Hurst is its
and will be glad^to serve you in
h is line.
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Mr. H. J. Hart has a card in
this issue- He repairs
thing from rag dolls to locomo
tives. Read his adv.
Messrs' Raggett and Lewis
have something to say iii this
issue. Look up # their adv.
Rev. aod Mrs. Reviere are ex
pected home from Thomasville
The social meeting of the
Epworth League will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. K.
P. Wight next Tuesday night.
We“direct attention to the
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card of the) Citizens Bank in
this issue.
, Wight & Brown, the popular
druggist,^are among the num
ber of the business men repre
sented in our colums this week.
Look up their ad.
Mr. J. R. Evans is advertis
n 10 cent store in
the Messenger. Read what
he lias to say and give him a
call.
Read the advertisement of
Mr. C. F. Sanders which ap
pears on the first page of this
paper,
The Sapp Hardware Co. are
also believers in advertising and
are represented in this issue.
Read their ad by all means.
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Citizens’ Bank.
APITAL STOCK $25,000
w. s. wight, Pres. F. M, BRANNON, Cashier.
Opened For Business January 1st.
The Patronage of the Public Sollo
ited.
H. J. Hart.
Tinner and Gunsmith
Repair work of all kind at reasonable
Prices.
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Cairo, - - Georgia.
5 ? ETER
Shells are the best ammunition for field and
trap shooting. They are uniform, because
y FACTORY LOADED
They are used by millions of sportsmen
who have found by experience that these
SHELLS
Are superior to all others. The “LEAGUE” (Black Powder),
44 REFEREE” (Semi-Smokeless), 4i NEW VICTOR” (Smokeless),
“IDEAL” (Smokeless), “PREMIER” Dense Smokeless),
I 44 HIGH GUN” (Dense Smokeless)
ARE THE BEST
Have you ever used Peters Metallic Cartridges ?
Do you know that they are used by the World’s
Champion Rifle Shooters?
^ U ASK YOUR TEALER^
Paper at Cairo.
Mr. B. W. Adkins, formerly of
the Camilla Enterprise and Ca
i milla Daily Mail, will establish a
i weekly paper at Cairo. It is his
'ntention to call the paper the
Cairo Messenger, and it will prob
ably issue its first edition
week.
Cairo needs and ought to sus
tain a first-class weekly, and Mr.
Adkins m tullv qualified to do the
job. The Democrat extends the
new venture the right hand
fellowship.— Bainbridge De m o
crat.
This Mark Means l *5*i
Q U ALITY.
Sold by J. L. Oliver.
The Popular Route
TO ST. LOUIS AND THE EAST,
Kansas City.tha north and Wa»t,
OKLAHOnA
TEXAS
TENNESSEE
MISSISSIPPI
ALABAHA an41
THE SOUTHEAST
An up-to date railroad, operating’
latest improved electric lighted trains,
observation eafe cars and superb dining
halls, all under the management of
FRED HARVEY.
THE FRISCO SYSTEM
offers excursion rates throughont the
year to the famous health resort and
watering place,
EVBEKA SPRINGS
The Crescent Hotel is, since being
remodeled, maintained as a strictly
first-class hotel, and is open the yea;
round
For information regarding rates and
routes, apply to
J. C. LOVRi-EN
*IViSI«N »»*•«. JOPI *W. HO
rr
Relic of Slavery Time.
Mr- J. L. Mauldin hands us
the following relic of olden
times, It was found near the
j j academy and the paper upon
whjch the list was made shows
1 signs of its sixty years wear.
i We reproduce the items as they
appear on the list.
List of articles sold the fourth
of February 1841, by Ephram
Sanders, administrator of the
estate of Stephen Sanders, de
j ceased.
5 scooters, plows, Betton $1.25
3 doz. ploAvs, 87^0 ditto 2.62
6 shovel ditto, §1.05 D.
Brown 6.30
Lot of old iron tyres &c
ditto 3-23
Lot of old wheels, Brown, 2.50
2 spades and 1 shovel
Theus 2.40
4 mattocks, 50c, Sanders 2.00
3 iron wedges, Carpenters, 2.00
Box sundries, Johnson, 1.00
2 axes and a hatchet, E.
Sanders 4.80
7 old axes, Snell, 88c
3 axes and 1 broad axe, E.
Sanders 3.00
| 1 lot gear, Mattox 3.25
Lot of clevis irons and bolts
Snell, 3-25
3 plow points and 1 darw
knife, Tneus, 38c
Plough stocks, Mattocks, 375
8 hoes, Betton 1.75
5 ditto, E Sanders 5.00
2 large sweeps, A. John
son 2.75
3 ditto, J. Johnson 4-38
1 wraught iron chain, John
son, 2.88
1 frow, WmMcDaniel 88c
etc E.
Sanders, 2.13
Lot square, auger, adz etc
Wm. McDaniel 88c
i cross cut saw, ditto 3-50
1 ox cart. Brown 7.00
1 wagon and gear, Snell 40.00
Sugar boiler D, Brown 41.00
1 ditto mill, D. Brown 12.90
2000 sugar cane, Brickell 15.00
1000 sugar cane, O. Cain 5.00
1 bay mare and mule, B.
Gause 175.00
i Gray horse mule, I Lee 100
3 year old filly Mrs Sanders 50.
100 bushels corn, Hunter 100.
100 bushels corn, dotto 100.
50 busnels corn, I. Lee 51.00
25 bushels corn Sparkman 23.50
23 do do Hunter 20.00
16 head cattle, Mrs Sanders 80.00
1 yoke steers, W. Forbes 32.06
1 pr young steers A. John
son 12.00
2 heiffers, D. Brown 12.00
1 bull, Haze, 9.00
7 head cows, E. Sanders 40.00
Fodder, O. Cain 30.00
Sow and four shoats Lewis 10.00
1 do and 7 do, A. Rodgers 19.00
2 do and 7 pigs Mattox, 10.50
25 bushels potato slips 9.50
4 hogs 11.09
5 hogs, Sanders 10.62
1 rifle gun, Mattox 16.00
1 pr steelyard, E. Sanders 1 .13
6 chairs, Mrs. Sanders 3-oo
4 ditto, Lee 50
1 steel mill, E. Sanders 1.25
1 spinning wheel L. San
ders 50C
Copy Memois Whitfield
Forbes 65c
1 do Josephene, John Har
vey 21.00
1 copy Life of Christ, I.
Sanders 2.50
1 do Revolutions in Eu
rope, Snell 1.00
Lot pot ware, Mrs. Sanders
7.50
1073.78
Sold 6th, Eliza and child 950.
Delia and two children Jim
and Bob 1025.00
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Your
Job
Printing
Should be done
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in such a manner
as to successfully
advertise your bus
iness.
Good paper, new
type and a compe- m
tent workman are
necessary to up-to
date job pr inting.
When you need m ,. •? ; NV ■>'
job printing of the 7
right kind send an
order to
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Cairo, Ga
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