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THE DAILY TIMES.
JOHN H. NAKTIN, • • • *ltor.
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In kf> OnallM A4|Mt to ■<• Trtohf
nt ('alunhai.
Tulhr Vnlrrn of NumfH.
11l accorritnen with a roaolutlon panned
by the Executive Committee. The Demo
cratic voter* of the oounty are requeetod
to assemble at the Court House en Satur
day, 19th Inst, at 13 *.. to determine the
propriety of a nomination of candidates
for from Muacojroo county, to
the Constitutional Convention, and the
mode and maimer of selecting the same.
All Democrats either for or against Con
vention are requested to lie present.
F. O. Wilkins,
Chairman.
Tuk Knights of Honor of Opelika
Lodge, No. 369, paid Mrs. Wood
♦3,000 on the death of her husband.
Judge Fern M. Wood.
Nolan Willis, a boy of twelve
yeani, was killed by the accidental
discharge of his gun, while he was
hunting, in Dougherty county, on
Thursday of last week.
Tub Montgomery Advertiser re
ports the shipment on Wednesday of
4 car loads of goods from Tallaasee
factory for Europe, and thinks it aig
uilles that the Russians or the Turks
are going to swell around in Alaba
ma clothes.
The City Council of Shreveport has
rejected, by the casting vote of the
Mayor, au ordinance prohibiting the
opening off theatres, shows and other
public exhibitions on Sunday.
Shreveport is running personal liber
ty to evce&s.
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Tub 331 Senatorial District, com
posed of the counties of Taylor,
Crawford and Houston counties, has
nominated for delegate# to the Con
stitutional Convention, Iter. B. F.
Thurpe and Judge J. M. Davis of
Houston, B. W. Sanford and M. D.
Stroqd of Crawford, and Col. W. S.
Wallace ef Taylor.
L kit But? from Ohio say that the
Republicans, in their approachiug
State Convention, will refuse to pass
resolutions endorsing President
Hayes’ administration. They are
afraid that It would iujuro their
cause to endorse hie Southern poli
cy.
The years of aafiidious activity
would be cheerfully given by many
a sufferer for that purity of blood
which guarantees immunity from
disease. The labor of a few hours
will purchase that most energetic
blood searcher and purifier, Dr.
Bull’s Blood Mixture,
Blaine is reported as suyiug that
the success of the Democrtic party in
1880 Is Inevitable—Hayes’ Southern
policy having divided and distracted
the Republican party and given the
solid South to the Democracy. It is
spite, not* love of truth, that makes
Blaine a true prophet.
The people of Oglethorpe county
have nominated Col. Jumes D.
Mathews and Whitson O. Johnson,
Esq., as their candidates to represent
them in the Constitutional Conven
tion. The nomination was made by
primary elections held at each mili
tia district or precinct in the county.
On the Danube.— Kalafat is on the
Roumanian side, held by the Rus
sians. Widdio is on the Turkish
side, held by the Turks. Guergevo
and Rustobuck are in like manner
opposed to each other on opposite
sides of the river—the former on the
Roumanian, and the latter on the
Turkish side. Our telegraphic re
ports represent the opposing armies
as strongly fortified at those points.
n ■
SbnatobO. W. Martin, who intro
duced the exemption bill passed by
the Legislature of Tennessee, in
cluding one ’’punger gourd” in the
list of articles exempt, explains what
a ‘‘punger gourd" is, in a note to tbe
Nashville American. He says that
it is a large flat bottomed gourd used
by the negroes in old slave times to
carry water to the fields. That gourd
ought not only to be exempt, but
ought to be ip such general use that
everybody would know the meaning
of the word.
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Editor Time*: -Your article in yes
terday’s issue, headed "The Consti
tution’s Representative men,” it
seems tome, should commend itself
to the attention of overy thinking
man in Georgia. In the proposed
Constitutional Convention “Itepro
sent&tives" of all classes should be
secured as near as possible in due
proportion to tho several Interests
existing in our State. This proposi
tion is so clearly right and just in all.
its features, that I will not offer a
single argument in its support; for
niy only purpose in writing this par
agraph is to sail attention to tho
thoughts you presented in said edi
torial. Truly, &0.,
H. .
Mobe Exthavaoant than Bullock.
We copy from the Atlanta Constitu
tion a card of Geo. A. C. Gariington,
explaining hqw it was that he and
others received, or are to receive,
*50,000 of the money recovered by
tbe State on account of tho Western
& Atlantic Railroad. Tbe explana
tion seems to relieve Gov, Colquitt
of all responsibility in the matter, as
he was bound by a contract made be
fore he rook the Executive ob&ir.
But it would really appear, if all the
circumstances are eerPSCvly stated,
that Bullock was more mindful of
the interest of the State than aDy
other party to tbe contract or con
tracts. He limited tbe commission
or pay to 131 per cent., but it was
afterward* raised to 85 per cent.,
without any necessity that is reveal
ed. We hope that Gov. Smith will
further explain this matter.
RNSUXD AND THE WAS.
The events of the war point strong
ly to the embroilment of England,
unless something ia speedily done to
arrest it or change Ita direction. The
immense foroe which Russia Is about
to throw across the Danube argues
plainly that she means conquest
south of that river—probably even
to the Mediterranean If she can reach
that sea. England can hardly stand
that, even If other European powers
can. It would not directly block or
interfere with her way to India, but
it would put Russia In a position ena
bling her to interfere on any emer
gency, and suoh an emergency would
be almost sure to arise in the prog
ress of Russia’s conquests in Asia.
The report of the ordering of the
Russian fleet, now in the Paoiflo, to
the Porsiun Gulf Is quite significant
If true. It signifies that the Russian
army In Asia Minor contemplates an
advance through i Mesopotamia (or
Persia if in alliance). to the Gulf.
This would be coming even nearer to
British Interests and possessions in
iQdla than a Russian occupation of
Constantinople or Halonlca. The ap
pearing of the English Mediterranean
fleet at Port Bald, one of the termini
of the Suez canal, has probable ref
erence to the reported Russian move
ment towards the Persian Gulf. Buch
counteracting movements cannot be
pushed without bringing the two
powers into conflict. England must
see thut she is urgently and greatly
Interested In the stopping of the war,
and it would not surprise us if she
attempts this by a greater pressure
upon Turkey to accept such terms as
Russia will be willing to aooept, and
they would be pretty exacting terms
now.
MelundlßE Ike Cmm Tax.
Hume of our Southern contemporaries
are agitating the question of having ttie
cotton tux refunded to the sufferers. This
is au Intricate problem. That the ootton
tax was unequal, vindictive and unjust, Is
maulfeet, anil that tt was Illegal, Is palpa
ble from the language of the Constitution,
that "direct taxes shall be apportioned
among the several Biates,|which may be
luoluiled within this Union, according to
thsir respective numbers;" and that "all
duties, imports and excises shall be uni
form throughout the United States.”
That great Injustice was done, and that
eubstuutlal reparation Is due to the vto
tlms, are propositions that cannot be dle
puted. If the good name of the Oovern
ernmout Is regarded, and that ought to
receive the careful attention of members
of Congress. It Is doubtful, how
ever, whether reparation Is prati
uable, for the reason that it would be next
to Impossible to ascertain who woro the
original sufferers and the extent of their
damages. The Impression prevails that,
where claims have ever been made out
against the Govern ment for recovery of
the cotton tax, they have been traded for
trifling amounts to speculators, and have
thus passed from the hands of the origi
nal claimants. To the latter. In equity.the
Government owes the amount of tax col
lected, with Ihterost, but to speculators In
the claims it owes In equity no more than
they have paid for the claims ;and between
the two classes of tax-payors and hold
ers of fraudulent claims it will bo difficult
for the Government to directly repair the
great wrong Inflicted.— Galveston News,
ilay 10/A.
We copy the above as a sample of
the arguments used against the re
funding of the ootton tax. Its Invid
iousness, linjustice and unconstitu
tionally are admitted; but its resto
ration is opposed on the ground that
It would not be returned to the men
who paid It, but to speculators who
have bought their claims. This is a
good argument in favor of such pro
visions as would compel a fair divis
ion between the cotton tax payers
and those to whom they assigned
their olaims. But it does not at all
affect the obligation of the
government to refund. We sub
mit that this argument would
just as well apply to half the
bonds of the Federal Government
now outstanding. Probably one
half on the planters who paid the
cotton tax have assigned their claims
to speculators or contracted for a di
vision with attorneys proseouting
them. And probably half the origi
nal purchasers of United States bonds
have sold them to other parties for
less than their present value. Still
the Government owes the full amount
of the bonds, no matter by whom
held—no matter if the capitalists who
now own them did not pay more
than 60 or 75 cents in the dollar for
tbem.aasomedid not in money atgold
par. In addition to this, the holders
of the bonds have received, in many
instances, the full amount paid for
them in the way of interest, while
the ootton tax payers or the holders
of their claims have received nothing.
Refusing to pay a written obligation
because it has changed owners is
defensible neither in law nor equity,
and the price which the last holder
paid fur it is not a proper objection
for the maker to offer to its payment.
CHATTAHOeC'HKE COUNTY.
Editor Times.- We present to the
citizens of Chattahoochee oounty
the name of John W. Huell, as a
proper and suitable person to be
voted for as a delegate to the Consti
tutional Convention. Mr. Huell is a
oonserratlve man, of Bound sense
and good judgment. He knows, and
will property regard, the wants and
wishes of the peoplo; while he has
never raixod in politics, the poople of
the oounty feel that he can he safely
trusted to assist in framing an organic
law under which they can live and
prosper. Voters.
Tub Washington Nation gives an ac
count of the tight between Georgia
Republicans in the Treasury Depart
ment on Tuesday. It was between
Jack Brown and J. E. Bryant, and
was not muoh of a tight, or at least
was all on one side. Brown demand
ed of Bryant the name at a man who
had given him information on the
strength of which Bryant had with
drawn his recommendation of a wo
man for a clerkship. Bryant refused
to give the name, and Brown struck
him, having a knife in hia hand; but
whether he struck him with the knife
or not, the account does not say.
Parties standing by then interfered
and stopped the row.
—The flehermen oa Our river are con
tinually catching very floe rock flak nod
sturgeon from below the Eagle Factory
dam.
More Reasons Against a Convention.
Editor limes : In an article which
appeared in your paper a few days
ago, I opposed the Constitutional
Convention, for the reason that I
thought it originated from and was
supported mainly by enemies to tbe
homestead exemption. The limited
space of a newspaper article pre
vented me from presenting any more
objections. With your permission, I
will eubmit others which occur to me.
Ist. I hold that some of tbe pro
posed changes are of questionable
benefit.
2d. That if this Convention is held,
It is by no means certain that those
changes of unquestioned merit will
be effected.
3d. That a Convention will so mod
ify certain sections of the present
constitution, which as they now
stand suit tbe rank of the people and
times, as to injure the cause of tbe
people at large.
4th. That tb* present sonstitution
is us good a one us we will get if we
bold a Convention.
sth. That tbe unpardonable sin
does not consist in differing in
opinion from tne old political leaders
of Georgia, and that it Is nowhere
written that he who does so differ, is
foreordained to the lake that burns
with fire and brimstone.
In regard to the “tenure of office”
and the appointment by the Govern
or of the Judiciary, we the people,
the "source of honor and power,”
realizing the fact that the 70,000
"lately enfranchised” joined with
the large number of white floaters
among us can outvote us, are perfect
ly willing to entrust to a Governor
of our selection tbe appointment of
our judges; especially are we recon
ciled to this, when we consider that
the probable seleetion of this mob
would be one whoso political tact
would be superior to his legal lore
one who would, like necessity, know
no law; whose electioneering capaci
ty overshadowed his Integrity; one
whose office would become a source
of profit much bevond his salary,
whose decisions would be based
more on the idea of being his own
successor than on the principles of
jurisprudence; one to whom the
“Pandects of Justinian” would be a
"stumbling block,” and the “Com
mentaries of Blackstoue” “foolish
ness.” The importance of a pure
and upright Judiciary cannot
be overestimated, and any
effort to secure it should be sustain
ed and seconded by every good and
patriotic citizen; but I must think
that the best method of securing this
is to leave the appointment in tbe
hands of a Governor of our own se
lection, (and if he is not a good one
’tis our fault) than to open the office
to the choice of a rabble, that in sev
eral of the judicial circuits outvotes
the intelligence and virtue of those
sections. I will venture the asser
tion, that nine-tenths of the people
of Georgia do not consider it an en
croachment on their prerogative that
the Governor should appoint their
judges; and yet some of the Conven
tion advocates, more tenacisus of
their rights tbau they themselves
are, insist thut these usurped powers
shall be restored to those who do not
want them.
To reducing the "tenure of office,”
tbe same objections can with equal
propriety be urged. In a contest,
where bribery and corruption have a
fair field for their operations, as is
offered on election day, merit and
worth must yield to trickery and cbi
oanery, for merit is generally accom
panied with a conscientiousness
which prevents its possessor from
adopting such means as are necessa
ry for success. I grant that, if every
voter was intelligent and virtuous,
there would be some reason in fre
quent elections, but such is not the
case, aud we must act on facts as
they are and not as they should be.
Instead of engendering in the minds
of the people an interest in public af
fairs, these frequent elections would
create a disgust for republican insti
tutions. I fully appreciate the fact
that the more frequent the elections,
the greater the chance for the aspi
rants for offioe, and for tho consola
tion of those who will descend into
their graves, “unwept, uchonored”
and unseated on a judge’s bench, I
will say that this unsatisfactory
world of ours affords many examples
of unrewarded merit, and that
“Full many a tfowor is born to blush unseen,
And waste ita sweetness on the desert air.”
In regard to the second proposi
tion I have laid down, I have this to
say, that while there can be no ques
tion as to the advisability of some of
the proposed changes, such for ex
ample as the "reduction of expen
ses,” yet we fiud among the advo
cates of this Convention, and those
who will probably make anew Con
stitution it one is made, such diversi
ty of opinion, and views so widely
variant as to oonvinoe one that
this was not their primary
object in supporting this bill. One
wants 360 delegates, one 150, one 80;
another desires to abolish the Sen
ate. This want of unanimity will
continue when they assemble in At
lanta, and a compromise on some
thing like the present number will
adjust the matter, and the first ses
sion under tbe new Constitution will
cost as much as did the last one un
der the old, and the annual saving of
*IOO,OOO will not be effected. This
want of concord will be fatal to a re
duction.
There is one point, however, on
which they are all agreed. No wa
vering is there along the line now.
Not one voice is beard in dissent;
"we will modify (?) tbe Homestead.”
Some of them want to return to tbe
"halcyon days of yore,” when men
bad too high a sense of honor to pro
tect their wives and children by tak
ing a Homestead. Another wants to
make it less unwieldy by reducing it
just a little. Another class is so con
siderate of the people, that they are
willing to take upon themselves the
herculean task of placing it beyond
the jurisdiction of courts, so that
"when the angel whose duty It shall
bo to proclaim that time shall he no
more" shall reach Georgia on that
dread errand, he will see
seated within the doorways
of the Homestead, the widows and
orphans of the “Empire State.” No
doubt they will preserve it unhurt
from the calcinating process to which
all other earthly substances will on
that day be subjected. We can’t tell
which of these modifiers will prevail
—whether the Convention will so
dispose of tiie homestead thut “the
places that now kuow It will know
It no more forever,” or whether It
will apply some antiseptic which will
secure it agaiust the ravuges of time
and endow it with immortality. In
this state of doubt, wisdom would
suggest and self-preservation require
that we hold on to the present,
though imperfect good, rather than
pursue that which, to say the least of
it, is of doubtful attainment.
There is, I think, too much stress
laid upon the good that will result
from anew constitution. It is looked
upon as the "open sesame” to un
bounded prosperity—a panacea for
all our ills. The disease that has
attacked the body politic is beyond
the resell of all such remedies. The
adoption of wise rules for the regu
lation of our private lives and the
conduct of our individual industries,
and the ability to carry into effect
these resolutions, will do more to
advance our material prosperity than
the ablest constitution that ever
emanated from the pen of sage
or statesman. If our pres
ent constitution is seriously and
fatally defective, it ought to. be
changed. Georgia has prospered be
yond her sister States, though she
has not changed her constitution,
and the reason of it is that she has
voted for men and not measures ; and
as long as merit and capacity shall
with her outweigh availability, she
will oontinue to prosper.
A constitution has never yet pro
tected a State Treasury from rob
bery, any more than a poor lock has
kept out rogues. It has never yet
kept a usurper out of office when his
political friends were in power;
never kept a constitution pure, nor
prevented the party in power from
accomplishing their designs. It has
always been a web to catch gnats
and flies, but has never successfully
caught a wasp or hornet. The weak
must observe it, the strong can vio
late. That these are facts, I point
you for proof to the present occupant
of the White House; to a Judge Brad
ley ; to a Secretary of War who has
escaped punishment; to empty cells
in St. Louis jail, that should be occu
pied by whiskey thieves. Did the
constitution of Rome prevent Caesar
from crossing the Rubicon? Do you
think that a perfect constitution
would have made a Trajan of Nero, or
a defective one transformed Constan
tine into Caligula? I would not
seem to underate or ignore the ad
vantage of sound organic law, but I
insist that the present Constitution is
as good a one as we will get, and if it
be observed and acted on by us, und
our representatives, it will subserve
every end that a Constitution is in
tended for.
Thanking you for your kindness in
indulging me thus far, I will con
clude, by assuring a considerable
Glass of my fellow-citizens, who have
hitherto allowed Gen. Toombs and
other old leaders to do their think
ing for them, that it is not heresy to
differ with them ; their doing so will
not cause their conscience to upraid
them, nor will remose follow them all
their days; neither "will the earth
deny them a grave,” nor “Heaven a
home.” Hoping that this assurance
may induce some to indulge in the
hitherto eschewed luxury of thinking,
I ieave the subject. G.
Charles O'Conor advocates having
only one Legislative branch in a
State, and the election of the Gover
nor by this Legislature from one
of its own number. We do not think
that this mode of choosing a Gover
nor would be acceptable to the peo
ple of this country; but perhaps one
Legislative branch might do in
Georgia, where we have so many
counties, that it is difficult to reduce
the number of members, and still
give each county a representative.
The Big Bonanza.
Having heard that there is a rumor in
circulation that the compensation allow
ed by Governor Colquitt for the prose
cution of the claim lately paid by the
government of the United States to the
tate of Georgia, on account of the West
ern & Atlantic railroad, was not accor
ding to contract. I feel it my duty as
one of the attorneys employed in the
prosecution of said claims to give to the
public the following facts :
The original contract by Governor
Bullock with Baugh & Gariington, then
partners in law, was that they should be
allowed a contingent Its; of twelve and a
half per cent upon the amount recovered
on said claim, with a retainer of three
thousand dollars, to be deducted from
the arnout finally recovered. The con
tract entered into between Governor
Smith and Baugh & Gariington and R
A. Alston (all present at the time) was,
that the contingent fee to be allowed the
last named parties should be twenty-five
per cent upon the amount recovered on
said claim, with no condition annexed.
All statements to the contrary of the
above are false.
A. C. Gakungton.
May 15th 1877.
The Grave of Lee.—The Lexing
ton Gazette says : As is well known to
our readers, the grave of General
Robert Edmund Lee is faithfully
watched and cared for by one of Lex
ington’s fair daughters, who devotes
her time and taste to its decoration
with flowers aud evergreens.
A French journalist has informed
his readers that Governors in the
United States are in the habit of
pocketing the State Treasury when
they get hard up.
An lowa paper tells of a smart wife
wno helped her husband to raise 70
acres of wheat. Tne way she helped
him was to stand in the door and
shake a broom at him wheq he sat
down to rest,
Phenix Carriage Works!
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Herring & England
OGXJETUOSPK *T. OP POSIT* OLD TEMPERA Nt K BALL.
prepared with
work In all it brunch**
In the beat style. and a*
Wo also manufacture new work of various
styles. my 18 eod&wly
Lumber! Lumber!!
11. C. Chappell At I*i-0.,
Dealer* In Lomber, Colbert, M. A - O. 11. IC.
4rjr Price* furnished on application.
_ ray 9 tf
L G. STRUPPER’S
GRAND OPENING!
|yjß. STROPPER hi. juit fitted tip hi
lee Cream Saloon
Aa handsome an any in the South, and is now
prepared to furnish tbe public with
ICE CREAM, SHERBET, SODA WATER,
and all other similar refreshments.
Mit“ Weddings and Parties supplied at short
notice. _ *p2o lm
FOR SALE OR BEST’
The property in colum- 1
BUB, known as the deGraf
fern r led property; for particulars
apply to G. E. Thomas, Esq.,
1 limbus ; Marshall deQraffenried, Atlanta, or J. K.
Waddell. Seale, Ala.
feblfitf _
FINE SHOES!
Lullies’ A Misses’ New ports
plain and with buckles.
SA\l*4liS AX Ik SLIPPERS,
in new and tasty styles.
BURTS’ Fine BUTTON BOOTS
■E* ‘--3a ( 1 KNTB’ BROWN tttfe]
' * ('Lorn top,but-fll
OXFORDS, (the*
handsomest SHOE out.)
Also, a full line of Spring work In all popular
stylos; Al. Lat reduced prices.
A heavy Stock of
Brogans, Plow Shoes, and
Staple Goods for Whole
sale Trade.
For anything in the Shoe or Leather line. Call at
“THE OLD SHOE STORE.”
Wells Sc Curtis,
73 BROAD STREET.
Sign of the Big Boot.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
GEORGIA MUBCOOEE COUNTY —Under an
order oi the Ordinary of Muscogee county
will b sold within the usual hours of sale, on
first Tuesday In June next, by 0. S. Harrison, in
front of Abbott & Newsom store, in Columbus.
Ga., the house and lot on Jackson street, wltu
ten feet alley to Oglethorpe street, adjoining
property of Downing, McGehee and others. Bold
aa the property of Mrs. Mary E. Hardaway, de
ceased. Terms: one-third cash in thirty days;
one-third first of January next; one-third first
January. 1879. Mortgage to be given by purcha
ser. Taxes for present year t<* be paid by pur
chaser. R. A. HARDAWAY,
May Bth, 1877. Executor,
my 4 w4w
Tax Payers, Take Notice.
TOE attentiou of Tax Payers is specially called
to the followiug section of the Code, viz:
It shall be the duty of the Tax Receiver to re
quire all persous making returns of land in his
county, to return the sauie by district, number
aud section, if tho lauds have such designation;
aud where lands have no such designation, then
by such description as will enable the Receivers
to identify them. Receivers are prohibited from
receiving any returns of lands which do not de
signate them. And the Comptroller General is
prohibited from allowing any Receiver compen
sation or percentage fur his services, who re
ceives returns in any other manner.
Having been instructed to enforce the require
ments of this section to the letter, I hereby no.
tify all tax payers that, when they make returns
of their lauds to ine, tli* y must do so by district
number, Ac.; otherwise the return cannot be re
ceived.
M. W. THWEATT,
April 21, 1877. Tax Receiver, M. C.
City Marshal’s Sale.
WILL be sold on FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE
NEXT, at Abbott & Newsom’B corner, on
Broad street, in the city of Columbus, Ga.. the
undivided one-half interest in that part of City
lot No. 175, lying and being in the City of Colum
bus, Muscogee county, Btate of Georgia, on the
east side of Broad street, corner of Broad and
Randolph, running 140 feet more or less, north
from Rvudolph up Broad street to an alley, and
runniug esst from Broad and along Randolph
street 70 feet more or less. with the improve
ments thereon. Bold as the property of the es
tate of Charles deceased, for the use of
the Chattahoochee National Bank ot Columbus,
to satisfy three tax fl. fas. in my hands for city
taxes for the years 1874, 1875and 1876, transfer
red to said bank. Property pointed out by Sam’l
B, Cleghorn, Administrator of estate of Charles
Cleg horn. Amount $1,877.75.
TIFF. T. MOOBE,
my 6 lawtd City Marshal.
JOHN BLACKMAR,
J3rolt.oragc,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE,
St, C 1 a l r Street,
GEORGIA HOME BUILDING,
NEXT TO WESTERS UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT
KKFKB, BT DEMISSION,
To Banks of this city.
NOTICE.
THE undersigned having heretofore held stock
in the Merchants & Mechanics Bank in the
city of Columbus. Ga., hereby gives notice that he
has sold his stock in said Company, and had the
same transfersed, and claims in conformity with
section 1496 of the Code of Georgia, that he is ex
empt from any liabilities of said Bank.
mhll lamgt A. ILLGEB.
Dr. C. 13. Leitner
OFFERS bis professional services to the citi
sena of COLUMBUS; Office opposite Times
Office, Randolph street; at night can be fenndat
his residence, upper end of Troup street; house
formerly occupied by L. Haiman.
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DRV GOODS.
NEW STOCK! LOW PRICES !!
SPRING 1877!
See My Prices!
Maltese suitings, ioc. best tondon cords, ioc.
BUMMER BILK*. 66c. to $1.26. VICTORIA LAWNS, 16c.
Good IIEMMED STITCHED UaNDKKIM IiIEFH 12>*c.
Large Stock SILK SCARFS at 250. Large Stock SILK HANDKERCHIEFS at 26c.
T IN K* V ItiAfiUir TOWVT 4
TWO BUTTON Undressed KID GLOVES, BAc. TWO BUTTON KID GLOVES worth $1 only 60c.
MISSES TWO BUTTON KID GLOVES, 6()c.
Qood STOCK of FINER GRADES.
CHILDREN COLORED HOSE, 16c. to 60c. ALL LINEN COLLARS, 10c.
OU ARE ABKFD TO CALL AND SEE THERE GOODB. -No Troubl* to
BHOVT THEM.
J. ALBERT KIRVEN,
XO. IkO IHtOAIk STREET.
GROCERIES.
J. J. Whittle. Geo. M. Yarbrough. Jno. T. McLeod
J. J. Whittle & Cos.
HAVE OPENED A NEW
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERY HOUSE,
Under Central Hotel,
WHERE WE WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIEHi Consisting in part of
Hoots, Shoes and Staple Dry Goods, Bacon, Lard, Su
gar, Coffee, Cheese, Flour, Syrup, Bagging & Ties,
TOBACCO, WHISKEY, BRANDY and WINES, of all grades, SALT, CORN, TEAS of all Brandt,
MAKEKEL and SOAP; together with a full line of all ether goods kept in a flrst-clasa Grocery-
House.
43TOUR GOODS are all NEW and FRESH, and were bought for the CASH, and we will be able to
SELL THEM AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.
AST We solicit the patronage of the City and surrounding country,
J. J. WHITTLE & CO.
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WAREHOUSEMEN.
Planters Warehouse
GEO. P. SWIFT. GEO. P. SWIFT, Jr.
GEO. P. SWIFT & SON,
SUCCESSORS TO SWIFT, MIRPHY & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Columbus, Georgia.
I.ilx-ral Advance* on < 'onsi; r mnt'iits of Cotton, tuid Special
Attention given to Mole iiikl Stoi-nsc of Maine.
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I am Offering a Lot of Choice
Uucanvassed Hams,
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ONT3L.Y A FEW LEFT.
W. A. SWIFT,
Centennial Stores.
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MILLINERY.
Ladies’ Emporium of Fashion!
MRS. LEE,
rriAKES occasion to notify the Ladies of Columbus and adjacent section that she has just returned
X from New York with one of the Largest and Most Elegant Stocks of
Spring Millinery Goods
EVER IEHHK.UT TO THE OTV, CONSISTING OF
Fashionable Hats and Bonnets, Laces. Ribbons, Flowers, Trimmings.
iJoHelry, Cors**ts, Gloves, Hosiery, Childrens’ Clothing, Ca
dies’ Underwear, Parasols, Fans, and all other articles in my
line. This Stork is Elegant and Complete, and will le sold at
PRICKS TO DEFY COMPETITION.
Call and examine and you will bny.
MRS. L. A, LEE,
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Millinery! Millinery!!
At 100 Broad Street.
Handsomest Line of Millinery and Fancy Goods
Parasols, Fans, Hats, Bonnets, &c. &c.
EVER BROUGHT TO THIS CITY, AT
Mrs. Colvin & Miss Donnelly’s,
and which are offered at extrnemey ow figures f
HATS. BONNETS. RIBBONS, Ac., of the latest and most Fashionable Styles, and guaranteed to
please the most fastidious.
Those goods were selected by Mrs. Colviu in person—who bM just returned from New York,
and can be relied on as the beat. gPjjJljjL
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AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
109 Rroad St., Opposite Rankin House, Columbus, Ga.
Consignments solicited of every diseription and liberal Cash Advances made and settled prompt
fy
Oorrespond.ence Solicited.
References, toy Permission:
Chattahoochee National Bank, * National Bank of Columbus, Ga.
Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company.