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Newnan, Ga., Friday, August 5tn, 1887.
THE GREAT FRESHET.
Immense Damage to Crops. Railroads
and Other Property.
Atlanta Constitution.
Augusta, Ga., July 31.—Augusta to
day reminds one forcibly of that beau-
t iful city, Venice.
Almost the entire place is one smooth,
but pretty expanse of water, dotted
with boats of every description, from a
sailing yacht to the smallest canoe.
Boats drawing five feet of water can be
carried over tliree-fourths of the city
without danger of running aground.
People were piling in the boats pell
mell from midnight last night till
noon to-day, seeking places of safety
from the rapid rise of the waters, and
then boats were so scarce that many
had to sleep in the second story of their
houses.' Dams were built in front of
many yards, and even before the doors
and windows on piazzas, but these were
quickly overflowed, when those whose
houses had two stories fled to the sec
ond, but those who were not so fortun
ate were compelled to mount chairs and
beds, awaiting the arrival of boats.
Many floated out on hastily constructed
rafts.
A number of those who own boats
have acted very badly, charging as
much as a dollar ajiiece to remove peo
ple from their houses that were rapidly
filling. Of course, poor people had to
pay this extortionate rate, as they fear
ed drowning, and each and every boat
man has made from one to five hundred
dollars.
As was predicted, the river continued
to rise.all last night and to-day, when,
at 2 o’clock, it reached its height, thir
ty-five feet. Since then it has fallen
slightly, and to-night one inch fall is
registered.
.Shortly after 2 o’clock your corres
pondent secured a boat and first crossed
the river into Hamburg. In many
places there the water is fully eigh
teen feet deep. I noticed water up to
the roof of many small dwelling houses,
and there is not a house in the entire
place that the first floor is not submerg
ed. Not only all business has been sus
pended, but tlie- entire populace have
moved with their live stock over to
.Schultz hill. Many liogs and cows
were drowned, and wagon bodies, tubs,
chairs, and all manner of household
goods may be seen floating around on
the water. None but foot passengers
were allowed to cross the bridge, and
they were all advised not to make the
attempt.
The South Carolina train was unable
to get nearer than a mile to the bridge,
400 feet of the Hamburg trestle having
been washed away. The Charleston,
Columbus and Augusta, nor the South
Carolina train didn’t go out this morn
ing, as the bridges were deemed unsafe,
but this afternoon both trains went out,
after delaying some' hours. The
Charleston, Columbus and Augusta
trestle is all right in Hamburg, but the
Port Royal trestle leading to the bridge
three miles below the city, has been en
tirely washed away, and no trains are
running. I then rowed up the river to
the eastern portion of the city. There
near the bank the water is running into
the second story of the houses. Out of
some four hundred houses in that neigh
borhood, there are now hardly half a
dozen inhabited.
Batteaux were being paddled through
the lower floors of many houses, and
the water is from five to twenty feet
deep. We then rowed up through
Broad street from the Planters’ hotel
to the extreme upper end, and there
the water is flooding all the stores, not
one having escaped, and is in the first
floor of many dwelling houses. We
then proceeded out to Green street,
above the Enterprise factory, which
has water all over the ground floor,
and the stores in the neighborhood are
covered in two instances over the coun
ters. On account of the height of the
canal bank we were compelled to go
back and come down Ellis street, which
was flooded as much as Broad. On
Green street, near McKinnie, all per
sons living on the south side were com
pelled to leave their houses, and we
there found the canal bank leaking
near the bottom. As the water in the
canal was six feet above that in Green
street, and it was feared that it would
break in a short time, a messenger was
quickly dispatched to the superinten
dent, who, in a short time, arrived and
patched it in such a manner as to pre
vent it breaking, unless another rise oc
curs to-night.
Turning a corner, we were carried
down by the swift current on Kolloch
street to Berry’s flour mills, which were
surrounded, and thence to C. F. Lom
bard’s iron foundry. There the dam
between the second and third levels of
the canal had broken, and a perfect tor
rent was sweeping around the foundry,
the water being at least ten feet deep.
It was expected every minute to be
swept away, but has so far been unin
jured. From appearances in that sec
tion, which is a very low portion of the
city, all the houses were covered over
the first floors, and were deserted.
Here again all manner of household
- goods were to be seen floating in the
waters, and many boats were so busy
removing the people that they had not
time to pick them up. The water was
up to the Georgia railroad trestle at the
grain elevator, and cars loaded with
coal were placed upon it to keep it from
floating away, the bridge immediately
ing farther, we found the greater por
tion of Dublin under water. And there
again many houses were vacated.. The
water extended all down Walker street,
past East Boundry, covering the South ;
Commons park, the cemetery and ex
tending over all the land between there
and the bend in the river below the
city. In coming back our boat, which
was rowed by two strong men, became
unmanageable, owing to the swift cur
rent floating through Cummings street, j
at its intersection with Green, and we j
were swept into a tree, when the boat j
was capsized. But I fortunately caught
to the tree, which I climbed, and where
I remained until rescued by a passing !
boat. The two oarsmen climbed on a
fence near by. After leaving the wa- j
ter I took a tour through the balance j
of the city and found the only dry por
tion to be that narrow strip between
Green and Reynolds, below Campbell.
Thus it will be seen that fully seven-
eighths of Augusta is inundated. Thous
ands of people have been to view the
overflowed portion, and it seems that
every citizen of Augusta has called at
the bridge to watch the rise of the wa
ter. The boys have enjoyed the over
flow hugely, as each and every one has
been able to go in swimming in front of
his own door, and all have taken ad
vantage of the opportunity.
That portion of the city which is
not overflowed is very much crowded
to-night, the hotels and all other avail
able space for sleeping being occupied.
At this hour (Op. M.) it is still raining
here, having been pouring down almost
every minute since five o’clock this af
ternoon.
Telegrams from Anderson and other
points above here on the river are to
the effect that heavy rains are falling,
and although the river has fallen slight
ly, another rise is apprehended. If
this proves true, the damage to Augus
ta will be very great. The foundations
to hundreds of houses have already
been seriously damaged by the swift
currents of water, and it«is to be hoped
that another rise will not strike the
city.
The locks have been in great danger
all day, and a large force of hands have
been sent up to repair the leaks, etc.
The telephone wire poles have been
washed down, and wires broken, conse
quently nothing definite can be heard
to-night, although wild rumors have
been afloat that the locks were entirely
gone, and that a deluge of water would
soon sweep over the city, but the del
uge has not come yet, and it is evident
these rumors are groundless. Word
comes from below Augusta that many
farmers have had their live stock
drowned, and I learn Mr. Crawford
Rhodes has lost $5,000 worth of blooded
horses and cattle.
Augusta, Ga.. Aug. 1.—At ten
o’clock to-night the entire city was
thrown into an uproar by “Big Steve,”
the old lire alarm bell, sounding thirty
taps, which signal is to call the whole
city out. The people rushed out into
the dry streets in their night robes, and
those in the flooded district ran to the
windows. Ladies and children were
screaming, and the entire city thought
a wave was to rush over and swallow up
Augusta.
Men were rushing around frantically,
many to their wives and children,
while others ran in every direction, not
knowing at any moment what would
happen. However, it soon became
noised around that tlie canal bank on
upper Green street was breaking, and
that the water would flood the entire
city, the water in the canal being six
feet above that on upper Green and
Broad streets. Every merchant in the
city then rushed to their stores, with
all speed, and are still at this hour, 2 A.*
31., at work, removing thrir goods on
shelves and in the second stories. As
soon as the fact was noised around,
your correspondent secured a boat and,
rowed by two powerful oarsmen, set
out for the scene, but the water was
coming down Green street in such tor
rents that the boat was capsized. Be
ing unable to reach it that way I se
cured a tall horse and reached the
scene by going a circuitous route, and
nearly swimming the horse. There I
found a force of hands at work throw
ing in sand bags, but their efforts proved
futile, and the bank is washing away
very rapidly. Already there is a breach
twenty feet in width, which is enlarg
ing rapidly. Through this the water is
flowing at an inconceivable rate, wash
ing away everything in its track. Small
wooden houses in the rear are being
washed around into the street, and it is
feared all brick houses in the neighbor
hood will be undermined and mined.
The water is rushing down Green
street, near the break, at a rapid rate,
and is rising fast into the houses.
Fortunately all the occupants of the
houses near by have been removed, and
there is hardly any danger of loss of
life. The water is rapidly rising in
Green, Telfair, Walker and Fenwick
streets, and is rushing down below
McIntosh. It is feared this break,
when it enlarges a little more, which it
is rapidly doing, will flood all that sec
tion from Green street south two or
three feet higher than it now is. Many
boats are now being carried there to
remove occupants of the houses, if
found necessary.
No one is asleep, but many seem de
termined to remain in their houses to
the last moment. At 2 A. M. the river
has fallen about three inches from the
highest point, which was reached at 2
o’clock this afternoon, and is now at a
stand. It is feared the heavy rains
which are reported from up the river
this afternoon will cause another rise. |
This, together with the break in the j
canal, will cause a loss of many Iiun-!
dred thousands of dollars, perhaps!
millions, in Augusta. Streets are washed
so badly that it will take six months j
work to again put them in good condi- j
tion. Nearly every sewer is bursted, j
and, nil in all, affairs are in a terrible j
condition.
The disastrous floods of tlie past few ;
days-will result in appalling loss to far-1
mers. From a few miles below tlie head :
waters of the Savannah to where it |
reaches the sea its banks are overflowed. J
and the water covers vast areas on i
either side of its channel. Tlie situa-!
tion in Augusta this morning is more
than alarming. At least one-half the
city is under water, and the rain is de
scending steadily. Notwithstanding
the rain, however, the river is slowly
falling. But another and greater ca
lamity threatens us. A little after
dark Augusta was startled by a general
fire alarm and the rumor spread like
wind that the third level of the Augus
ta canal had given away. This meant
an inundation of from two to five feet
of our highest streets, and the probable
loss of many lives.
Men, women and children thronged
tlie streets, and cries of fear and la
mentation were frequent and distress
ing. The hundreds that had relatives
and friends near the reported scene of
the break rushed in that direction cry
ing for help to follow to the rescue.
The break was visited by your corres
pondent, most of the distance being
compassed in a boat, and it was found
that while the break really existed, it
was small and wearing away the em
bankment much less rapidly than was
at first believed. But there seems at
this writing no possible way of stopping
it, and because the canal is five feet
higher than our highest streets, the
city must be entirely flooded and to an
alarming depth. The stores on Broad
and other business streets are open, and
merchants are busy moving their goods
to the upper shelves. So far no loss of
life has been reported.
Macon, Ga., July 31st.—Middle
Georgia has been damaged to the ex
tent of a million dollars by the freshet.
The water, according to Captain Jim
Simpson, reached a point six inches
above the high water marks of the
Harrison, Centennial, and the freshet
of April, 1880.
Tlie valley homes in East Macon
were all abandoned, and tiiat locality
presented a very deserted appearance.
Some of them had their furniture
ruined, and all lost more or less. Luck
ily there were no lives lost.
The Ocmulgee' is raging like a
mountain torrent. Great white pools,
like breakers on the ocean surf, foam
and lasli themselves into fury, finally
bursting with insane glee against the
solid piers of the bridges. Whole trees
torn up by the roots came floating
along on the yellow tide, and beat and
hammer the bridges in their headlong
career.
The swamp lands are submerged for
miles, and as far as the eye could reach
is one broad yellow sea. All the fine
crops of corn and cotton are under wa
ter, and some of them totally ruined.
The levee at the Central City Park
broke in several places, and the turbid
tide went rushing in on its errand of
destruction. Captain Simpson ordered
the street gang to the front, and they
labored hard to stop-the influx of the
water, and with partial success. Al
though the mile track is under water,
there has not been sufficient current to
make any bad washes.
A wrecking train started up the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road
to-day to make any necessary repairs.
There has been no passenger train on
the road from Atlanta in twenty-four
hours.
Cemmercial travelers, on the various
lines of road south of here, report the
flood as a general calamity all over the
State.
Fears-are entertained for the safety
of the city bridge.
At nightfall yesterday the crowds
that thronged the city bridge gradually
dispersed, and the pallid light of a
summer moon shone feebly through
banks of ragged clouds on a scene of
desolation far-reaching and terrible.
By midnight the flood had- risen to a
height of fifteen inches higher than
the highest flood mark of which history
gives a record.
Great muddy surges writhed and
twisted and dashed themselves against
the bridge piers with an incessant roar
that was appalling.
At an early hour to-day crowds be
gan to flock to the river, and all day
long they have huddled about the ap
proaches to the bridge and thronged
the high bluff west of the river.
To-day a large crowd was assembled
on the bridge when a big tree came
plunging down the maddened current,
and like some dying monster it writhed
about the middle pillar and lashed the
bridge savagely, knocking a big hole in
the wood work. The scene beggars
description. Those who were on the
bridge stampeded in mortal terror, aud
many outside cried, “The bridge is
going r which added to the fright of
those on the trembling structure. Dur
ing the excitement a little two-year-old
boy of Mrs. Barlow’s went’into convul
sions with fright, and is still critically
ill.
The embankments at either approach
of the Covington and Macon railroad
bridge have been badly washed and
broken, and the track is resting on the
trestling at this end. The new . iron
bridge itself has sustained serious dam-.
age. One of the main piers has been ! sevcmi towns along the line and cut I
moved slightly, and the bridge has been ; them off from any railroad c-onnec- j
thrown out of plumb. ' tion?. It i? stated thousands of acres,
At the park the destruction is wide-j of the most promising crops of corn
spread. The mile track will be almost I and co - ton are simply ruined, and thq i
ruined by the strong currents of water 1 land reined for future use, the flood ;
that have been rushing through it for j leaving a deposit of sand and carrying
twenty-four hours. A good deal of un
easiness is felt in regard to the State
Fair buildings.
This afternoon the condition of the
wagon bridge was so critical that the
authorities thought tit to patrol it, and
keep the people off it.
off all the soil. Reports reaching the'
city this afternoon from the fanners of i
this c<funty along tlie Chattahoochee j
river, say all the crops are lost. Mr. ,
.Tim IIudmon, a hitherto prosperous j
planter, is reported to have lost all his '
crops, and several head of fine cattle.
Your correspondent obtained leave j Travel is almost suspended, and no
to cross and examine the broken por-1 trade from the flooded districts. The
tion. The big tree is still twisted about Western railroad passes trains over
the great pier, and the flooring has
been knocked off the footpath and the
balustrade is broken.
The -water is very near to a level
with the sills. The embankment be
yond i? ten or fifteen feet high, near
the bridge, and the water is lapping
along near the top of it.
The water has been stubbornly hold
ing its own all day, and some even
claim that it is rising. On the alluvial
soil the damage promises to be still
greater, as the torrent eats away the
foundations of the buildings. The
harm done will be incalculably worse
than that done by the freshet of 1S86.
Trains cannot run on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia road; nei
ther is there any communication with
points above on account of damage to
the telegraph lines.
The washouts on the Georgia road
prevent the running through of trains
on that line, and the same may be said
of the Covington and Macon.
Should the wagon bridge go, which
it may during the night, communica
tion between east and west Macon will
be cut off except by the Central rail
road bridge.
Some citizens are of the opinion that
the water from the floods above is just
now striking us fully and that the river
will rise still higher yet.
Texnelle, Ga., July 31.—The old re
liable Central accomplished a great
feat to-day, making one of the
most extraordinary transfers on record,
thereby sustaining their well-earned
reputation for reliability and prompt
ness in running their trains. Steady
rains for two weeks have made the
Oconee river six feet higher than ever
known. When trains No. 1 and 2, con
ductors Powers and Bobee, reached
there, they found the road ijnpassable
for three miles. Undaunted, they made
the transfer of passengers, baggage and
mails in pole cars in a pouring rain.
The embankments and trestles were
submerged in many places.
Columbus, Ga., July.29.—The Chat
tahoochee, from this point all the way
down to Apalachicola, is booming over
its banks, and an average, width of five
miles of bottom land is under water.
The loss to farmers in the region re
ferred to cannot be less than $1,500,-
000.
When the rain began to fall, it was
greeted as a pleasant change from the
exasperatingly hot weather of the past
few weeks. Night closed in murky
darkness,, and the rain continued to fall
in torrents, making streams as large as
little rivers, which cut through the
earth, plowing their way to the Chatta
hoochee river. Yesterday the Chatta
hoochee began to show signs of the
floods which were pouring into its bos
om, arid then the waters spread out
until large plantations were covered.
Woolfolk’s Bend is entirely sub
merged. Woolf oik Walker has one
hundred acres under water, from which
he would have gathered fifty bales of
cotton. The crop, of course, is entirely
ruined.
Flournoy’s, on the Alabama side of
the river, was swept ruthlessly by the
flooding waters. Many cattle were
swept away; colored* cabins floated
away like toy houses, while the in
mates ran to the inland in terror of
their lives.
Around Wright’s Bend the scene is
pitiable. Colonel Hatcher’s plantation
is under several feet of water, which
causes him alone a loss of 300 bales of
cotton and 6,000 bushels of corn.
The 1,000 acre plantation of Mr. J.
Kyle is another which has been com
pletely destroyed. It was worked by
Manuel Baker, James Baker and Reu
ben Baker, colored. These colored
men were among the most prosperous
of their race in the State, making from
fifty to eighty bales of cotton each.
As the waters crept in upon them,
they not only saw their maturing cot
ton swept away, but stock, cabins, fur
niture, and all, went booming down to
the gulf.
Chimney -Bluff is another scene of
disaster, where John Bass’ plantation
is nothing but a marsh.
This strip of country is the richest
bottom land in the South, and from
Columbus to Apalachicola was bearing
an excellent cotton crop. Not an acre
which is under water will produce any
thing this year. The majority of the
plantations were worked on shares by
colored men, so that, added to the loss
of the bottom crop, the suffering of the
tenants for food and from exposure
must be considered.
Opelika, Ala., July 31.—Details
from Tallapoosa county, through which
the Tallapoosa river rises, are fearful
in the damages to farming, and all bus
iness in reach of the raging waters be
tween Jackson gap and Goodwater, a
distance of about twenty miles. The
Columbus and Western railroad is so
badly broken that the officials say they
their washouts, and all the wreck is
raised on the track, save the first-class
coach airil sleeping car. Manager Gal>-
bett is still on the scene and gives per
sonal supervision to the work. The
people of West Point are alarmed over
the swollen condition of the Chatta
hoochee, and are apprehensive of an
other flood. The damage to this im
mediate section and to the territory
upon which Opelika is largely depend
ent is far greater than at first anticipa
ted, and an accurate estimate cannot
yet l>e reached. The night is yet
threatening and more rain expected.
It has been raining all day, with few
short intervals.
West Point, Ga., July 31.—Though it
is the Sabbath, the scene on the streets
is one of active life. Wagons are being
driven hurriedly along with every con
ceivable article of merchandise in them.
Some are storing goods on the hills,
others are laden with provisions against
the siege of waters, which are now fast
circumventing our movements. In
deed, the town is completely surround
ed by the flood element. The stable
men have removed their stock to the
heights. Merchants, many of whom
have provided scaffolds in the rear of
their stores for hoisting goods, have ele
vated their stocks. The rain is falling
steadily. Mercilessly the river en
croaches upon the main streets. The
influx does seem to promise, greater
disaster to the place than tlujt of
March, 1886. To-morrow the spectacle
will, no doubt, rival all former ones.
The loss will not be so great, owing
to timely warning and lessons
dearly learned in the past. Boats
are being rapidly constructed and
launched and there are many ply
ing the seething waters of the broad
and yellow Chattahoochee.
. Social Circle, Ga., July 31.—Never
before in the history of the place has
there been such a tremendous rainfall
as that which began here Thursday
morning, continuing almost incessantly
until this morning, at times pouring in
torrents, which, in connection with high
winds last night and the night before,
have done untold damage to crops and
other property, public and individual.
Alcova river was said to be four feet
higher yesterday than ever known be
fore, and rising at an alarming rate.
LaGrange, Ga., July 30.—The far
mers of Troup county report great dam
age to both cotton and corn from the
rain and wind. Cotton was blown down
and bolls and limbs broken off, and
can’t be plowed, because the stalks are
lying across the rows. Anything like a
true estimate of the damage is impossi
ble as yet, as the rain continues. At
present, the river is higher than ever
known at this time of year, even by our
oldest inhabitants.
America's, Ga., July 30.—The rain
fall throughout this section the past
week has been almost unprecedented,
but having fallen slowly very little
damage has resulted except to crops,
which, if the rain continues, must be
greatly injured. A rise of eight feet in
Flint river is reported.
Fort Gaines, Ga., July 30.—Heavy
rains have prevailed here, and some
strong wind. • The Chattahoochee river
at this point has risen thirty-two feet
and is still rising. Boats cannot pass
under the bridge.
Eufaula, Ala., July 30.—The river
rose seven inches in four hours this
morning and is way out of its banks.
The land in the bottoms is all over
flowed for miles up and down, and the
crops are totally ruined
Rome, Ga., July 31.—Light rains have
fallen in the last twenty-four hours, not
sufficient to injure crops in this county,
as far as heard from. The rivers are
rising very slowly, and there is at this
time no apprehension of a freshet. We
have been very fortunate thus far.
Opelika, Ala., July 30.—Reports are
coming in slowly as to the damage don,e
crops by the rains in this immediate
section. Com is almost a total loss,
while cotton has suffered greatly. Bot
tom lands have been inundated and
great damage done to the soil. Every
railroad has suffered more or less. The
damage to the Western railroad is the
greatest of those suffering from wash
outs. All of the wreck has not yet been
cleared away. The Columbus and Wes
tern has eleven washouts between this
city and Goodwater, and all communi
cation is cut off. The passenger train
on the Columbus and Western is still
in the ditch and travel is suspended.
Milledgeville, Ga., July 30.—The
Oconee river is at the highest point ever
known here before. It rose rapidly last
night and this morning was ten feet
higher than the great freshet of last
year. A house that has never been
touched before was washed away this
morning. The Georgia railroad bridg&
at this place is swept entirely away.
The wagon bridge over the Oconee, and
a railroad trestle at Tobleris creek, are
Georgia road passenger train, due here
yesterday at 4:20, is caught between two
washouts and can move in neither di
rection. Three benches were washed
from under the Central road bridge
over Little river and travel is suspend
ed on that line. Reports say that all
the bridges over Little river in Putnam
county are gone. Several fine millS on
tlie stream are washed away. Farmers
along the tremendous scope of country
now covered by water are ruined, and
depression is painted upon the faces of
tlie unfortunate victims. An estimate
of the loss in Baldwin county alone is
impossible, but it is not believed that
$250,000 is a wild estimate. The wires
are all down, there are no trains, and
business is suspended. .
Monroe, Ga., July 31.—It has rained
here incessantly for forty-eight hours.
All the bottom'corn is injured at least,
half its value. The damage to nulls
and bridges will be immense. There
lias been no such freshet since 1840.
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Attorneys at Law,
Newnan, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of the Dis
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Newnan, Ga.
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Attorney at Law,
Grantville, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of the Cir
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Attorney at Law,
Newnan, Ga.
Practices in all the State and Federal Courts.
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Newnan, Ga.
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will have to abandon the present}both nearly all washed away. The
course and remove what is left to aa' houses in the lowlands, stock, fences,
old surveyed route. TJhs wUJ- ruin] and timber are carried away. The
J. S. POWELL,
Attorney at Law,
Newnan, Ga
Collections made.
G. W. PEDDY, M. D..
Physician and Surgeon,
Newnan, 3a.
(Office over W. E. Avery’s Jewelry Store.)
Offers his services to the people of Newnan
and surrounding country. All calls answered
promptly.
T. B. DAVIS, M. D.,
, Physician and Surgeon,
Newnan, Ga.
Offers his professional services to tlie citi
zens of Newnan and vicinity.
DR. THOMAS J. JONES.
Respectfully offers his services to the people
in Newnan and vicinity. Office on Depot
street, R« H. Barnes’ old jewelry office. Res
idence on Depot street, third building east of
A. * W. P. depot.
(Educational.
Ll’VW'VW '.'N.'V
SOUTHERN
FEMALE COLLEGE.
College of Letters, Science and Art.
FACULTY OF SEVENTEEN;
SCHOLARSHIP HIGH.
Library, reading room, museum, mounted
telescope, apparatus, twenty-one pianos, com
plete appliances. Elocution and Fine Art at
tractions. In Music the Misses cox direc
tors, vocalists from Paris and Berlin, distin
guished pianist., and ladies’ orchestra. Board
and tuition, $207. School begins Sept. 2?tli.
MRS. I. F. COX, President.
LaGrange, Ga.
THE GEORGIA
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE,
SCIENCE AND ART.
One of the best Business and Normal Schools
South, and only one having a separate Female
Department, offers a select, un.-ectarian,Chris
tian home Ao young men and young ladies,
providing Tuition and Board, including
Washing, Fuel, Lights, etc., lor only $12 per
month each! Penmanship, Book-keeping,
Shorthand, Type-writing and Music thor
oughly taught. Full Business, Normal, Col
legiate and Irregular courses of study. Su
perior Preparatory Department. Healthful
ness unsurpassed. Over 200 students the past
year, lfith year begins in Sept. Early appli
cation is necessary to secure a place- For cat
alogue addrsss at once,
TERRILL E. SIMMONS, Pres’t,
Norcross, Ga.
THE
36th SCHOLASTIC YEAR
—OF—
COLLEGE
TEMPLE
WILL BEGIN
Monday, August 29th, 1887.
Having recorded our moat successful year,
we present the claims of able instructors,
high scholarship, moderate rates and health
ful locality. . For particulars, address,
M. F. KELLOGG. President,
Newnan ,Ga.