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THE CAIRO MESSENGER.
Pnblished every Friday at Cairo, Thomas
county. Georgia.
B. \V. ADKINS, Editor*.
B. O. KOLMIB, Bus. Manager.
Application made for entry at the Cairo, Ga.
Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter.
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Advertising rates reasonable, and furnished
upon application.
AN OLD PAPER.
Copy of The Thomasvilie Week*
ly Times of September 8th
1864 .
President Walter Davis, of
the Cairo Banking - Co., has in
his possession a copy of The
Thomasvilie Weekly Times of
Sept. 8th 1864. This was just
about the close of the war of
the 6o’s and as the paper con
tains much news of the struggle
and gives some idea of the anx
iety felt over the situation at
the time, we reproduce some of
the items given under the cap
tion “The News,” presumably
meaning news of the war.
The Times at that time was
published by Leeke & Jones and
the subscription and advertise
ment rates were given as fol
lows:
Price of Subscription, after the ist
of May.... .......$8.00
Advertising eight lines or less ist
insertion__________________________________ ...........3.00
Subsequent insertions............. ...........2.50
Letters of Administration...... ..........5-oo
1 1 * t Dismission from do. ........10.00
Guardianship............ .........8.00
(« 1 * Dismission from do. ....10,00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors......5.00
Leave to sell Real Estate and Ne
groes per square.......... _______ 3 -°°
Sale of Real Estate and Negroes
per square............................................ 3.0°
Sale perishable property per square..2.00
Advertising Wife, 4 times.............20.00
The following from the col
umns under caption as stated
above will be of interest:
The gloom and uncertainty
that has hung around the news
from Atlanta, for the past week,
has at last begun to break up
and as the light of truth breaks
in upon the true condition of
things in that quarter, we are
blessed with freer respiration
and comforted with, the assur
ance that there is life and energy
in the army of North Georgia
yet. And that before Sherman
succeeds in driving them into
the Gulf, as he boasted in com
mencing the Campaign, the
larger part, if not the whole of
his powerful army will find
graves in Georgia soil or their
miserable carcasses be left to
rot and bleach on the hills and
valleys that are stretch out be
fore them.
Though Atlanta has fallen it
will prove an empty trophy to
our enemies, Hood we are glad
to learn, has succeeded in one of
those masterly retreats for which
his predecessor was so noted,
and now has his brave and no
ble arm intact and well in hand
at Lovejoys Station, about,
twenty-five miles this side of
Atlanta, on the Macon road.
While Sherman has turned his
column northward to hide them
selves behind the fotifications,
and to batten upon the imagi
nary spoils of Atlanta.
Gen. Wheeler, who, for over
two weeks, has been unheard of,
has at last turned up on the
Chattahoochee and Nashville
Railroad, with a strong and de
termined force. Well may the
miserable wretches in and
around Nashville quake m their
boots.
The news from Virginia is
still of but little interests. Oc
casional fighting around Peters
burg: and on the Weldon Rail
road, with some advantage to us.
The news from Charleston
would have us to hope that an
other exchange of prisoners
would soon take place. Six hun
dred of our brave bovs are now
at Port Royal, from fort Dele-
’Phone 40
Politics are warming up.
Only about thirty candidates
are out in Decatur.
The B. & B. and the A. & B.
railroads have been combined
into one system.
Not By A Jugful.
When and where will [some
congressional aspirant rise up
in the 2nd congressional dis
trict to dispute the “garden
seed” business with our “Sunny
Jim?” It is said that such a one
is oiling his political automobile
over in Decatur, another in
Mitchell, one in Thomas, and
several other places yet to hear
from. We wish to put the afore
said aspirants on notice that our
Tim is no “ E. Z. mark” when it
comes to runnin’ of a race.—
Times-Enterprise.
Right You Are.
Thus far Jno. R. Singletary,
Cairo, is the only announced can
didate for representative from
Thomas county, although it is
conceded that there may be a
number of others. Thomas has
three representatives m the
General assembly, and Col. Sin
gletary filled one of these satis
factorily and “well during the
past term. His friends claim
that he will again win out in
the coming contest.—Search
light.
Mr. Hight Announces.
In our announcement cohimn
will be found the announcement
of Mr. T. J. Hight, who is a can
didate for re-election to the
sheriff’s office of Thomas coun
ty. As sheriff of Thomas coun
ty Mr. Hight is known to nearly
every school schoolboy and his
record in the office is above re
proach. He has already served
two terms in this office and so
well has he discharged its duties
that it will be a hard matter to
defeat him in the coming race.
Read his announcement.
New Georgia Industries
The Tradesman reports the
following new industries for the
past week.
Willow—Tannic acid plant.
Maxeys—Oil mill.
Vidalia—Waterworks; elec
tric light plant; telephone sys
tem.
Griffin—Cotton mill.
Atlanta- $150,000 ice and
cold storage plant.
Covington—$3 0,000 power
plant.
Albany—$20,000 plant for
manufacture of pine products.
Another Case of Rheumatism
Cured by ChamberLm’s
Pain Balm.
The efficacy of Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm m the relief of rheuma
tism is being demons crated daily.
Parker Triplett, of Grigsby, Va.,
says that Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm gave him permanent relief
from rheumatism m the back when
every!hing else failed, and he
would not he without it. For
sale by Wight & Browne.
Announcements.
Thomas County.
FOR representative.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for
representative subject to the action of the
Democratic primary. If re-elected I pledge
myself to a faithful performance of all the
duties of the office. My past record in the of
fice is open to inspection and relying upon
this I submit my claims to the voters of the
county and solicit their support.
John R. Singletary.
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for
Sheiff of Thomas county, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary, and solicit the sup
port of the voters of the county. If elected I
will give my personal and undivided attention
to the duties of the office and will discharge
those duties to the best of my ability.
J. J. CONE.
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for re-election to the office of sheriff of Thom
as county, subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary. If re-elected I will continue
to give the office my personal attention and
will discharge its duties to the best of my
ability.
T. J. HIGHT.
ware, and a liag of truce for
their exchanges is expected to
day.
A terrible collision has hap
pened on the Macon and West
ern Railroad near Barnesville,
between a train of wounded sol
diers and an up frieght train out
of time, not less than 15 or 20
were killed outright, and many
more horribly mangled.
The Relief Committee tele
graph that they made their es
cape from Atlanta by the peo
ples line, and had arrived safely
in Griffin.
The result of the Chicago Con
vention has at last reached us,
after some days of stormy de
liberations in which Billy Pat
terson acted a part. McClellan
and Pendleton were nominated.
The proceedings of the conven
tion will be found in another
column, we will notice it editor
ially next week.
Atlanta was evacuated by
Hood at 2 o’clock Friday morn
ing. He blew up his extra am
munition and burned his surplus
commissary stores, and drew off
on the McDonnough road at 1
o’clock Saturday. The whole of
our army is now at Lovejoy.
Gen. Gowan and the 6th and
7th Arkansas Regiments of his
Brigade were captured.
In the battle at Jonesboro, on
Thursday, we lost eight pieces
of artillery and many killed and
wounded. All has been brought
to Macon.
Scouts report the capture of
Duvals Bluffs, Arkansas with
two gunboats, and seven trans
ports.
All is quiet at Mobile.
Price has Steele hemmed at
Little Rock.
Nothing Equals Chamberlains
Colic, Cholera and Diar*
rhoea Remedy.
Dr. P. B. Spears, of Pinchard,
Ala., has become acquainted with
the good qualities of Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy and uses it in his
own family and in his practice.
He says: “It beats any prepa
ration I have ever seen for all
bowell complaints. I do not think
of recommending any ether, and
also use it with my own children.’
This remedy is for sale by Wight
& Browne.
We call the attention of our
readers to the full page ad. of
Mauldin Bros, which appears
elsewhere in this issue. None
among Cairo’s progressive mer
chants are more progressive
than Mauldin Bros, and for hon
est values at honest prices and
a square deal every time we
commend them to every person
having either to buy or sell.
Look up their adv.
2 /ou Should 9 /oi
Overlook the Saci,
That Spring time is nearly here, and with Spring time
comes the demand for
F astidious ancy abrics or eminines.
By this we mean that you will need new Dresses
and Waists for Spring and especially the
Slcid faster Season.
It’s not too early to begin to look around for them. We
have them in already and will take pleasure in showing
them to you now.
Our stock of
Cm brotc/eries,
TShite Soods,
Sing hams, Chambray,
Tffadraa, tPiques, Cte.;
is large and new in styles—this seasons buying. There’s
nothing old about them but the Price.
What about the Price? Well, ihe price makes a strong
appeal to your good judgement and Purse, and makes it a
pleasure to part with your money, for you know that you
are getting your money’s worth.
Sell.
Buy.
Come quick and get the pick.
Yours for business,
97/auld/n brothers, Advertisers of S'acts
Cairo, Seorgia.
On the Corner 7/ext to Citizens Stank.
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j An Appeal to Reason, j *■
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3 The to appeal to man’s in this day and time l
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j is through his purse. Save him money and your reasoning hits ►
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4 ; We propose to reason a little right along this same line. ►
i We have a complete line of General Merchandise, consisting of
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, ►
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Groceries and Farm Supplies, t
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3 and it'is a reasonable supposition that we wish to sell them. To f
3 do this we price them to appeal to the reason and sound judg- [
3 ment of prospective purchasers. ;
3 Further than this we always try to make it pleasant for all i
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3 who visit our store by extending them every consistent courtesy, t
3 Their visits are always appreciated. ►
1 We do not promise to put anyone on the corner of Easy [
3 Street and Pleasant Avenue, but if you have a dollar which you [
3 wish to spend well, or if you stand in need ot something, then l
3 we would he glad to have you come in and let us show you through f
3 our line. Our Stock is large and honest values rule. [
4 Yours For Businsss. t
4 POWELL,
; B. F. Cairo, Qa. |
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H. J. Hart.
Tinner nd Ste m itter.
Repair work of all kind at reasonable
Prices. Steam Fittings and Mill Supplies.
Cairo, - - Georgia.
c The City Shaving Parlor, t
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£ j? W. A. ALSTON, Proprietor. t
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/having, /hampooing, Hair Cutting, Massages, Etc. c
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Prompt and Polite Attention, Expert Workmen, Tharp Tools, i
Clean Linen at all times. Public Patronage Solicited. u