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ST.; fi SIMONS»9 IcT E MS.
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CSIMOS8P8PITAL
FOR SICK AND DISABLED SEAMEN,
ST. SIMONS MILLS, GEORGIA.
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NOTICE.
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Dr. i.
I thallleeve St Simon* .
to be abient about twow
my profeaalonal business win do entrusted to ur. a.
B. Boblna, of Brunswick, who win srlatt the Island
■un. to respond to all calls. I can consistently
Recommend Dr, Boblna aaa&MUfU and 1 competent
physician, Orders at ^^..nSrSmy
B. J, MA88EY, M. D.
St, gimons Mills, ft*., Sept, ad, 1883.
Mr. J. G. Foote, yard master of St.
Simons Mills, has been rusticating
and raiding on peaches among the
rural shades of the suburbs of the
Gate City. He returns much im
proved. During his thirty days’ ab
sence, Mr. John E. Toung dispatched
the business with the tact and ability
of one who is master of his profession.
Hall county boasts of a saw. mill
that actually cut, in the month of Ju-
ly, one hundred and iuxnly-five thou
sand feet of lumber— the heaviest run
ever made in upper Georgia. Come
to see us, friend Lawsha—we will take
great pleasure in showing you
through a mill that oertainly averaged
ninety-six thousand feet per day
through the month of August, or, in
round numbers, did cut, during the
twenty-six business days of that
month, two and one-half million feet
of hard pine lumber.
Miab found a snake’s nest in the
mill the other day—that is, a female
rattler with a whole nest of little ones
—Dock Stallings says at least fifty,
but Will Gowen says nearer a hun
dred. The young ones were seven
inches long, and at first were all con
cealed in the body of the mother
snake. They were dead, however,
when found, and had evidently come
down the Alamaha, as they were first
seen coming up from the boom on a
large pine log being hoisted for saw
ing.
We were shown, a few days ago, an
instrument of writing dated 1813, of
very artistic penmanship, said to have
been executed by a most accomplish
ed youug lady, a native of St. Simons.
The lines were delicately wrought,
and the letters of a superbly beautiful
rounding. In fact, the whole pre
sented the appearance of a splendid
copy-plate engraving. This young
lady afterwards was the moving spir
it : i the management of one of the
largest estates in Georgia, married a
talented young gentleman, who after
wards for many years faithfully and
honorably represented Georgio in
Congress, besides filling several offices
of trust and great importance, and
was prominent as a candidate for the
Vice Presidency before the convention
that nominated Harrison and Tyler.
Although this great man and good
wife have long since been gathered to
the homo of their reward, evidences
of their good works are all around us.
Miab says that there is a great pro
ject on foot; that but few persons on
St Simons know of it. It is simply
this: That the St Simons
Mills having boen so prosperous there
will be a similar establishment, only
on a much larger and improved scale,
placed either on St Simons or.
be of the grandest proportions—all
the modem improvement* and appli
ances will be adopted. Every labor-
saving machine connected with mill
ing and building .will be investigated
and every one of merit is to be made
available; that there will be nothing
but white labor employed, and that of
the most approved kind. The em
ploye*' houses will be of a more per
manent and superior character than
those generally put up for mill handn
that, as a compliment to the valuable
buHiuess attainments of a prominent
young lumberman (whose name we
are not at liberty to tell), the place
of Superintendent will be offered him
with tbo tender of a magnificent
three-storied cottage, with oil the
modern appurtenances and conven
iences, os a place of residences, adorn
ed with alcoves, verandas, porches,
bay-windows, niches, plate glass front,
etc., supporting a most distingue man
sard roof of finest and latest finish.
[Several items omitted this week
for want of space.—Ed. Ad. & Ai>.
Clacton, Ala., Aug. 26,1882.
Mr. Editor:
having “worn out my welcome”, in
is time to test the patience and hos
pitality of the Alabamians. Making
the entire trip (190 miles) by daylight
I had an excellent opportunity of see
ing the oo on try. Large, extensive
corn and cotton fields were to be seen
on either hand, bnt poorer crops I
hope never to see. All the good things
said of Brooks county farms and
farmers cannot be said, I’m sorry to
say, of Mitchell, Dongherty, Lee and
in fact the entire seotion of country
through which I passed. I have of
ten heard of ground “too poor to
sprout cow peas,” bnt never before
have I had the pleasure^) of coming
in contact with it The monotony of
this hanger threatening scene was
somewhat relieved by the arrival of
the train at “Artesianville” (Albany).
I viewed the "ville”from afar, bnt the
“artesian” part the short stoppage of
my train forbid my seeing, and once
more the iron horse was moving, at
the rate of thirty miles per hour,
which soon hauled up at Smithville—
eating house. After partaking of as
hearty a meal as I could iu the short
time allowed and changing cars, I
again sallied forth and in a few
hours more the train was crossing the
Georgia line—Chattahoochee river,
spanned by an immense wire bridge—
and in a few moments Eofanla was
reached. Having &n hour or two to
spore I availed myself of “doing up
the town.” Eofanla is a beautiful lit
tle city of six or seveu thousand in
habitants^ tuated on the western bank
of the Chattahoochee, up which large,
steamboats ascend at all seasons. This
flourishing city, of Barbour county,
is at the terminus of the Montgomeiy
& Eofanla railroad, and of the South-
westers Georgia Railroad, whioh con
nects with the Vioksburg A Brunswick
Railroad. The oity is beautifully laid
out, and contains some fine, handsome
residences and public buildings, also
seven or eight fine churches, several
banks and three or four magnificent
hotels :,nd a femaie college. Both
daily and weekly papers arepublished
here. Among some of the priadpai
manufactories are cotton, furnitnre,
carriage and wagon works, saw-mills,
eta The surrounding country is said
to be very productive and I presume
it is for they claim to ship thirty or
forty thousand boles of cotton anna
ally. Judging by the way thecitizens
of that burg are flyiug hither and
thither, and how that the streets (160
feet wide) are orowded to their ut
most capacity, with country wagons,
loaded down with the various and
sundry farm products, the rumbling
of the many engines uml the continu
al, never oeosing “ding-dong” of their
respective bells, and the steady, untir
ing “puff) puff” of the various facto
ries, I would most assuredly conclude
that Eafaulaivas a thriving and pros
perous city. Around afime of flic
handsome, palatial reafdenoea of tier
most prosperous citizens were to .-be
seen large, bountiful flower-gardens,
artistically laid off and neatly kept—
There is also situated here large and
extensvie flouring mills.
^Btfribi%w§tn'Ot.cDy destination, and
the writer was warned pretty soon by
the conductor's “all aboard for Clay
ton” that his stay in this eity had
drawn to a close. Clayton—my des-
tination—twenty miles distant, is sit
uated at the terminus of the Vicks-
ing, straining every joint, and avail
ing ONr
“that the law allows,” one is forced
to etdaim in the language of the im
mortal “SrL*Sk” “why is this ttras-
ness?” Hb thft' Inquiry, ’ I Ieartied
that Clayton was situated upon a hill
nearly ifodr hundred; feet above Ea-
fauia, three hundred pf which takes
rise within^ the short distance of five
miles. Winding itsxvay along through
and over this; seemingly, succession of
hills, now plunging, as it were, into
the very bowels of the earth and the
next instant leaping ont in mid-air,
apparently, twisting this way and
taming that way, like a crawling
snake in the agonies of death, r Bnt
all things earthly have and end, so did
this interesting journey by arriving
atC.
Clayton is a thriving little town of
nine or ten hundred inhabitants—the
connty-seat of - Barbour county—and
is by no means, as some suppose, a
“finished town.” Neat and' cosy resi
dences are a marked feature of the
town—bnilt and being built. Several
new briok stores are just receiving the
finishing tonohes. The soil is red elay
thongb there is a mixture of sand, ren
dering it unfit for brick-making, con
sequently all brick are brought from
Eufaula. In some portions of the
county the soil is dead poor white
sand, necessarily healthy—too poor to
support any kind of disease—though
many an old farmer, with proper ap
plication of fertilizers, waxed fat and
grew rich (in negroes) in ante bellnm
days. The people here are of a red>
rosy, robust appearance. The chil
dren, of which, by the way, there is a
bountiful supply, all look healthy.—
That annual epidemic, sore eyes, is
going the rounds. It is no respeetor
of persons—the writer has had his
dose.
Although with only a population of
probably less than a thousand, Clay
ton has four churches—Episcopalean,
Methodist, Baptistand Presbyterian—
all in a flourishing condition. The
Presbyterians, though numbering on
ly abont fifteen members, have recent
ly erected a handsome three thousand
dollar wooden church of Queen Anne
style. The prosperous condition of
this denomination is acoonnted for by
their not having but three male mem
bers. All honor to the ladies 1
There was celebrated here a few
days since, in tho Presbyterian church,
the nuptials of Mr. Oberly, of Camps,
Ga., and Miss Elvira Campbell, of this
place. Miss Campbell is one of Clay
ton’s brightest stars and a favorite
with all, both old and young. In her
Clayton has sustained an irreparable
loss, but Mr. Oberly has won a valua
ble prize. I .congratulate myself in
that Alabama’s loss is Georgia’s gain.
The happy coupile left for a abort bri
dal trip to some of the principal Geor
gia cities, after which they Will go to
his home at Campe.
Clayton has the name of being “one
of the worst places in existence.’.’ bnt,
two
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LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S
SOOTS & SHOKi
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At greatly reduced prices. The object is'to dose out our SUMMER STOCK
and make room for our > Lm. * . SVt iSt i ' m.
MW FALL & WINTER GOODS
Nice piques, per yard 8 cents
Ginghams, per yard .........i. 8 cents'
Figured lawns, per yard..s..... 8 cents
Pure dress linen, per yard 15 cents
Summer woosted, per yard. 10 cents
Cambrics (30 inch), per yard 10 cents
Silk handkerchiefs 60 cents
Lace fichues....'. 50 cents
Lace mits 35 cents
Japanese parasols 25 cents
Ladies’ collars 121 cents
Lisle thread gloves .20 cents
Lisle thread gloves. .7. 15 cents
Novelty Stripes. .7. .T. 20 cents
Flannel dress goods reduced to 25 cents
Large assortment of prints. 5 cents
Efceersucker stripes 8 cent!
fobU-Ulloctta
though 1 have bean
weeks, I have failed to
denccs of this statement, bnt on the
contrary, a more sociable^- hospitable,
whole-souled people I have never met
1 would like to say to yon, Mr. Edit
or, privately, that I’ll wager a drink
of buttermilk that Clayton has more
pretty girl*,to,'the square iuch than
any town in Georgia, and were your
bumble servant ready to take unto
himself a “better-half” ’twould not re
quire much persuasion to inducq him
to shift helm aud steer his ubutriuioui-
pl car for tnis port L i I ] ’ I f
An interesting and enjoyable feat
ure among the young folks here are
burg &' Brunswick Railroad. This moonlight picnics, where, by invita-
short line it .owned by the county, or,
rather, will be when pqid for, which
is. being dope by an annual tox on the
Barbour countians. From whence it
gets its ipmj[ I have been 'unable to
find out, but suppose it ia a section of
a railroad of some former scheme to
make Brunswick the outlet for the
products of tho groat West
To one who has made South-east
Georgia his home, the route along this
tion, assemble any number of couples.
It isn’t necessary to tell what they do.
They enjoy themselves qs only yonng
folks can. I attended one of these
bn a dark, dismal night, when the on
ly moon visible was the occasional
flashes of lightning, which sometimes
happened to the chagrin and mortifi
cation of a promenading couple. *
Bnt duty calls me from these scenes
of pleasure so I bid farewell to Clay
ton and her good folk*.
Very respectfully, N. H. G.
SPRING & SUMMER
SCHEDULE
GA. Jb FLA. INLAND STEAMBOAT CO.
STEAMER DAVID CLARK
Leaves Brunswick every Tuesday sad Friday eve-
aing and will arrive at Savannah every Wednesday
■and Saturday. Returning, wUI leave Savannah ev-
‘ Thursday, arrlviag at Brunswick
(Alf
everyTueeday and Friday morning
STEAMER CITY OF BRIDGETON
Will leavo for Fernandiiift every Thursday and
Sunday morning.
Pupengtrs and freight for Satilia river will be
forwarded weekly per Steamo? HOWARD DRAKE,
on application to Agent.
Extra ■teamen are held in reserve to aupply ev
ery demand. v '
W. P. PEKNIHAN. Agent,
aprlllO-am
W.F.PEMMAN
GENERAL
Merchandise Broker,.
BRUNSWICK, GA.
r goods iro
F. PENN1MAN. Agent,
OoUlas’ Wharf, Brunswick.
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Merchants wishing to make orders for go
requested before doing so to get quotation, o
from me. Will furnlah on application the lowest
market rates on goods delivered here, inch as
Grain, Hay, Meats, Flour, otc., etc.
I represent at present at this point—
KENTUCKY FLOUR CO Loulavlllo
KENTTCKY MODEL STEAM BAKERY.. .Lonlevlllo
8. H. RICHARDSON k CO.. Grain, Mast... .Chicago
B. JONES. Genoral Groceries ....Olnclnnat
MIAMI f?AP* .v^indanat
F. WARNKE,
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Meroliant Tailor.
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For thssneeot season to of nneqnalledi
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Brunswick, 6a.
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GREEN GROCER AND
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Provision Dealer,
BBCNSiyiCK, GA, ,
FRESH BEEF, VEGETABKES,
POULTRY, EGGS, FRUIT,
And* general dock of - f , , , i.
©RocaBias.
SPECIAL CONTRACTS
Made with Vessels.
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PARSER'S
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cures Female Complaints, Ncrvouxncsv Wake-
| fuinex.-. 7-4 ail disorder* of the bowel*, stomach,
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