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ifPlcE Under Whithead House. | VOL. 2.
L OC A L :
Parties indebted for the legal ad
vertisements to the Courier are here
by requested to pay up. All lega
Svertisements are due when ibe bill
is pres nted, and iu no case will in
dulgence be granted longer than the
time for which said advertisements
are to run,
Hon. Jno. B. Estes, of Gaines
ville was in town to day. Col. Estes
ia favoably spoken of as the next
•J udge of his judicial circuit.
Mail trains will arrive Sundays at
the usual hours.
The parties who signed that peti
tion are notified that tney are invited
m an oyster supper at the Whitehead
House, next Tuesday night. The
supper is given by the new down
Council-
Oysters young and Roysters old,
Oysters hot and oysters cold,
Oysters long and oysters short,
Oyst.-rs \iou :h to make ’em snort!
Several parties have been trying to
buy ival estate in and around town,
recently.
Lindsey Granger was arrested last
Wednesday night .by constable \V T.
(),vens and brought to town next day.
He was turned over to the Sheriff who
'••n', him to Newton jail under the
charge of Capt. W II Wardlaw, Gran
g*r is charged with assault, riot, and
forgery,
Some people seem to forget that
the new Oon-titution is in force. For
tunately they are for the most part
people who do nit read the papers,
and it is to bo expected that such
will make mistakes and btuaders in
business.
The regular night passenger trains
on the 0a- Hli have been discon
tinued, and t.tio mails now arrive on
the day trains. Mr-Jones our Post
Master will receive mail up to the ar
rival of tiie trains,
Mrs, Tingle was not sent to the as
ylum as was reported by our contem
porary, last week.
Kev. A: Means, DD is preparing
for publication a volume of his own
poetry.
Mr. W, B. Seam, one of the editors
and proprietors of the Sunny South
gave us a pleasant call the other dav.
We are gratified to learn that the
Sunny South is growing in populari
ty, and increasing in merit. It dese
rves a liberal patronage.
We regret to learn" that Dr 0 L
Smith. Vice President of Emory Col-
Jo 'e, died at his home in Oxford, last
Pairs lay evening Deceased was an
able and zealous Christian minister,
an I his death leaves a void in Meth
odi-ni that will not soon be filled,
New Sheriff’s Sales in this issue.
#
i'lr J N Hale contemplates a trip
t> Madison. He says it is one of the
attractive twwns In the State.
Mis I) l a Langfiird left, Friday
* .st tor Madison and other points'
tine Eastern Irish potatoes just re
ceived and fur sale by S- H, Anders
son.
lemale College opened on
• Jouday last, and we are pleased to
'“a. n that the attendance is increasing
ajtuily every day, President Bailey
„ . us accomplished assistants will
•ontume to maintain the high char-
of the institution.
. /^, r- M, Miller is put down
a laid uaoney man, A man with
11 l y initials as be has can afford
Conneni (tenet
There is very little local news of
any interest, this week.
Gov Colquitt is residing at Kirk
wood while the executive mansion is
being repaired.
Let’s go to work and get up that
Greenback club right away. If the
Bjople of Georgia had spoken in time
eu Hill would never have dared to
array himself on the side of the
bondholders.
Dr. S W. Bryan, we regret to say,
continues seriously ill.
SPREADING.
We are making arrangements to
issue a supplement with our paper, at
an early day.
The number of legal advertisements
in this is&ue does not speak well for
the prosperity of our country.
llev Dr Loftwiteh of Atlanta, has
recently preac icd a powerful, sl-t
uron agai ist dancing.
Bjn IliH’sharl money
will count fer nothing in the Senate
while Dan Voorhees is there to meet
it.
Dr. c L Smith’s death, noticed
elsewhere in this paper, was remark
ably sudden. Half an hour before he
died he was at the Covington depot,
apparently in his usual health. On
his return home he lay down and ex
pired in a few tumttes.
Clemmons & Petty have another
advertisement in thi- i-Mie calling at
tention to the l’atapsco Guano, G rang
Mixture. Lowe’s Georg.a Formula, &
Acid Phosphate, for which they are
agents- Farmers will do well to see
Messrs. Clem in *ns & Petty at once
and get all the dots cooeenoug tho
above popular fertilizers.
The Covington Enterprise gets oft
some good jokes. Here is one of the
latest if not the best • ** Vt e are for
prohibition notwithstanding some op
pose it.” Vid* Enterprise on the li
quor question.
Another new blacksmith’s shop near
the P. O,
Co;ton has been on the’ decline this
week.
Silver change is rapidly driving the
shinplastcr out of existence.
Look out for counteifeit Mexican
dollars,
Get jc ur gardens ready for early
vegetables.
A little tobacco is raised itt this
county with tolerable success. There
is no reason why the ‘weed should
not be raised here in large quantities
and to the profit of the producer.
THE GOOD TE.V]PLABS.
At the quarterly election of Cres
cent Ledge, No. 434, T O. G TANARUS.,
held last, night the following officers
were elected ;
W D Wilburn, w J T
Miss Adolla Winburn, W V T
J N Glenn, W R 8.
W E McCalla, W C
Jiobt. Irwin. W F S
A E McDonald, W T
Jno, Langford. W M
Miss Faunie Langford, W I G
F Weems, W O G.
T!jo Lodg" ht, roer’' T '’d a number
of a ee.-lions .aieiy, a-vl the meins
bers appear to be errnest and
zea'ous,
Lev- P- E, Bass, P. E, of the At
lanta District of the Colored Metho
dist Episcopal church in America is
from Fort Valley, Ga* He is new
a resident of Conyers,
COl/3*3, GSJRGU, SITiHDIY, JAI. 26. 1373.
State of Ga. Rockdale oouuty
Whereas H H Peck, Go ardian
of Mary A J Thompson deceased,
having made applicatiou to the court
of Ordiuary of said county for a
f om his G uardiaoship of
the proporty of the said Mary A J
Thompson, this is therefore to cite
all persous concerned to show by
filing objections in my ioffioe within
the time prescribed by la v why the
said H II Peek should not be dis
missed irom his Guardianship of
the property of the said Mary A J
Thompson aud receive the usual let
ters |of dismission, Given uuder
my hand aud cflbial signatue,
O Shamans;
Ordinary.
Mrs. S. K. Summers will open a
Mantua-Making Shop, iu the first
house West ol Roberts' Tin Shop,
early next week.
MARRIED
On the 24, at the residence of the
bride’s father by A M Helms, Esq..
Mr. T. L. Overton to Miss G. A.
i-o wan.
A resolution leclarin 'thj right of
the government to pay its bonds in
silver coin has passed the Senate by a
vote of ferty-lnree to twenty-two
■This is an expression of opinion which
is important us uid,eating the result
of the silver bih.
Sunday trains will make it lively
again.
Business has nt t been very flush
of late,
The Barber Shop will be closed
to-uiorrow.
The serni UH of the bile Rev Mi
Stilweli will be published in b >ok
to nu.
Our farmert are rapidly buying
their favorite guan'S'
HATS.
Get your fall and winter bats at Gletn
mons & Petty’s. 1 hey have a ino as
sortment.
THE DEBTS
Due this office for subscriptions and
adverti-eiiiCuis uiu-X he -e’lled at
HCe We have I u niTuls if smalt
accounts <>n our bunks ranging from
filty • tits to twenty dollars, and e
want the aggregate aui-mnt tn ca h
or us equivalent. We do not pin—
p se to gve our paper and labor
away to those who aie able to pay,
and we begin the New Year with the
good old newspaper rupi—Cash in
Advance.
TWO DOLLARS
Will get the Courier and the De
troit Free Press for one year I
you want good and cheap reading
matter— two papers for the price o
one —you will do well to embrace
this offer. If you want any paper
in the country you can save money
by getting it in connection with the
Courier
THE TOP OF THE MARKET
For your produce, cotton etc., wil
be given by H P & D M Alman 1
Alex Stephens is in favor of an
unlimited issue of silver.
Ben G. Yancey, Prsdt M. A Stovall, Seo. & Treas
GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS.
Factory, South Brnnlry St. Augusta, Ui.
Office; 163 Exchange Building, Reynolds St.
——Manufacture
PATAP3CD GUANO
V.
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w
GitANGE MIXTURE
Lowe’s Georgia Formula AN „
Acid Phosphate.
The analyses by State che-n'st of th m stnh;l frrtilu >rt, with oirc i
lars emit linin ' certiti; ites fr u over oij h n Ire 1 u th i uMt iitilli' sit p. i t
ters in G s irgia il l migh ) sufcei, will bi l ini-di i 1 on appucUioi
to the unlsrsit iel, or any of tin aithiriisl it tin c ixp i ly.
35-3iuos M. .1. Stovall, So3,y & Tres. Jibuti ri.
Clem mils & Patty Agents, Conyers, Georgia.
subscribe
FOR
THE
CO U RIE R ?
N). 35.1 Suso.ttprt jm : U :•
CIJB E D
Djrang,s Internal Hemedy the
great It mutnatio Medicine, will po
lively cure any ease of the Itlieum
tsm on the face of the earth. 1$
a bottle, s x bottles 5 dollar Sold by
all w lolesale and retale druggists
L'on’t. forget to send lor a circuia
Helpenstinc & Jiouly Druggi t
Washington D C.
cLEMMONS & PETT/
Have just received a large lot of th
best goods in almost every line. W
take pleasure in recommending ihi
bouse, and can assure its custom :
that they will be fairly, liberally a_*
atisfaotorilydoalt with.
HEaDS OF FaMILIE s
Will do well to buy their tin wir
hardware, crockery, drugs, groceri :
etc,, at Clemmons & Petty’s. G
and examine their stock,
—
SOMETHING NEW
In order te intro 1u33 oir Bi g
Seed Spring Wheat, The Wheat of
Taos, in your locality—single grains
measuring { inch in length—l pro
pose to send a sample of the wheat
free of charge, to every subscriber to
this paper who will state the namo
of the newspaper and send a three
cent stamp to pay postage,
Agents wanted in every county to
sell this new wheat,
address
L LoSMENT,
Cleaveiani, Tean,