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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. SUBSCRIPTION HATKS, ONE YEAR *1.00 six months....... 50c THREE MONTHS .25 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. r* 1 *AAU*i* 4 ***A 4 i j An Appeal to Reason, j *■ 4 ► 3 The to appeal to man’s in this day and time l 4 way a reason t j is through his purse. Save him money and your reasoning hits ► j the spot. : ■ 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, ► 4 i ► « : Groceries and Farm Supplies, t * « 3 t ► 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 : 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. | 4 l?rmi TtmTTTTTfm * > >f ? TTl 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 i j £ j? W. A. ALSTON, Proprietor. t * j /having, /hampooing, Hair Cutting, Massages, Etc. c i t Prompt and Polite Attention, Expert Workmen, Tharp Tools, i Clean Linen at all times. Public Patronage Solicited. u