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THE DAILY TIMES.
JOHN H. MARTIN. ... KdHor.
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THURSDAY. ■., ■ 11 _____MAY3L!877.
LARGEST CIRCULATION
In thn UouiUte- In and Trdln*
ikl CAliinibni.
Thk com|*etitive examination in
the 9th Congressional District for the
Waal joint cadetship resulted in the
success of Fred Q, Hodgson, of Ath
ens.
Gov. Houston has appointed John
D. Roqueraoro, Esq., of Eufaula, one
of the revisers of the Code of Ala
bama, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of the late Judge
Wood.
A correspondent writes t 6 the Ear
ly County Ifews that the acreage of
wheat has Increased ten-fold in Cal
houn county, and it is looking llneiy,
thereby exploding the Idea that
wheat can't be grown in Southwest
Georgia.
State Elections. —Ten States will
hold elections before Congress meets,
namely: Oregon in June; North
Carolina and Alabama in August;
Arkansas, California, Vermont and
Maine in September; and West Vir
glnla, Ohio and Indiana in October.
The Democrats of DeKalb have
nominated Col. L. J. Winn as a tlele
gate to the Constitutional Conven
tion, in lieu of Mr. B. F. Veal, who
was first Dominated and declined.
Mr. Veal is the first man of whose
declension after nomination we have
had Any report^
History of Geouoia.—- It is stated
that the Franklin steam printing
house of Atlauta will soon announce
a history of Georgia, a work of near
ly 1080 pages and handsomely illus
trated. Such a work is needed, and
we think that.all Georgians will went
it in their librurios.
A large number of the voters of
Webster county Lave declared their
rejection of the nomination of 1). B.
Harrell for the (Jonsttutlonal Con
vention, and have nominated Dr. J.
A. Huff instead. It is understood
that Judge Harrell Is opposed to the
Convention, though nominated by
its supporters.
The Montgomery Advertiser learns
that Solicitor John R. Tompkins of
the Sixth Circuit, at hie first term in
the Criminal Court ef Mobile, just
adjourned, secured ninety seven
state convictions. The largest, num
ber of convictions perhaps ever ob
tained for the State nt any one term
of the court.
Some of the people of California
are urging the division of that
State. It is not half as large in ter
ritory as Text s, and has very little if
any more than half as large a popu
lation ns Texas. Obviously, if there
is a need to divide California, there
is a greater need for the division of
Texas.
Tiie Washington Republican an
nounces that a convention of distin
guished citizens of the North and
South will soon be held in New York
city to give a start to the new politi
cal party. If suoh a convention is
held, it will at least disclose to us the
“distinguished citizens” engaged in
the movement.
On Saturday last the delegates
from the counties composing tho
13th Senatorial district met at Atner
icus, and nominated the following
candidates for the Constitutional
Convention:
Bov. John It. ltespess, of Seliley;
A. H. Greer and J. V. Eillngton, of
Macon ; Rev. Geo. F. Cooper, Joseph
B. Scott and T. M. Furlow, of Sumter.
The Loudon Times says anew com
pany has been formed under the
title of the British and American
Mortgage Company, with a capital of
E 1,000,000. of which it is stated four
llfths of tho first issue of £500,000
have been privately subscribed. The
Right Hon. H. O. E. Childers is the
chairman, and the object is to lend
on first mortgage of real estate In the
United States, the amount being
limited by the articles of association
to 50 per cent, of the value.
In the Northern States, ou Monday
night, there was one of tho most ex
tensive street displays of tho aurora
borealis ever seen in that section.
The atmosphere was so strongly im
pregnated with electricity tbat com
munication whs kept up for some
time with New York, Boston and
Montreal over the Western* UDion
Telegraph wires without the use of a
battery. _
The Nashville American publishes
the following: “Gov. Hampton is to
marry the widow of the late Gov.
Pickens, of the same State. She was
the second wife of her late husband,
and was much Uis junior. She was a
noted beauty, and created a great
sensation in St. Petersburg, whither
Gov. Pickens took her as a bride
when he was sent thither as minis
ter.”
Thk Chicago Tribune says that the
inventor of the new electric light lias
overcome the difficulty which has
heretofore prevented its application
to illumination generally. The diffi
culty was that when a sub-division
of lights was made the carbon points
were burnt off where exposed to the
oxygen of the air. This has been
overcome by dispensing with carbon
points and using only a substance
composed in great part of Kaolin.
The invention lias been patented in
this country, England and France,
and promises to be of groat, economy
and utility.
In a nursery wherein all is life and
laugh instead of crying and fretting,
there is sure to be found Dr. Bull’s
Baby Syrup. -25 ceDts per bottle.
thk mu soNtim.
Oov. Mmltli'a Explnunllon.
The Atlanta Constitution of yester
day coutaina the promised explana
nation of Gov. Smith übout the big
feo paid to Messrs. Buugb, Gui ling
tort and Alston as a fee for collecting
the money duo the State by the Fed
eral Government on account of the
W. &A. Railroad. The letter Is ad
dressed to Oov. Colquitt, and is rath
er tart in its personal allusions to
him. Gov. Smith states that Gov.
Colquitt refused to correspond with
him on the subject, and therefore lie
has resorted to the public press. In
reference to the alleged oootract, lie
says:
“According to my recollection of
the facts, no contract between my
self, as Governor, and Messrs. Baugh,
Alston and Garlington, as agents Of
the State for the collection or the
claim alluded to was never perfected.
The joiut affidavit of the two last
named gentlemen Is on iilo In the
Executive office, and I will now refer
particularly to the points of differ
ence between my own remembrance
of the facts, and theirs as tney have
therein stated it.”
Among the differences mentioned
Is the following, relating toau “un
signed memorandum” attached to
Garlington and Alston’s affidavit:
The memorandum further sets
fortli in subs'.auce that I agreed to
allow the agents for their services a
contingent fee of 25 per cent, on the
amount collected. As I remember
the facts, this statement is not cor
rect. According to my understand
ing, the agents were to be entitled to
claim an increase of the contingent
fee specified in the Bullock contract,
not to exceed 25 per cent.; buttbe in
crease was to be ascertained with
reference to the service rendered and
the amount collected. This increase
was to be allowed because it was in
sisted with good reason by the
agents, 1 thought, that the rate of
compensation specified in the Bul
lock contract might, under circum
stances likely to occur, be found very
inadequate. It was uncertain wheth
er unythlDg would ever be collected,
but it was very certain that, in order
to collect anything, it might be
come necessary, in the then
existing state of affairs at Washing
ton, to offer very liberal inducements
to expert and influentiuiagents there.
This could not be done under the
comparatively low rate of compensa
tion fixed by the Bullock contract.
While 12j per cent, would be large
compensation for collecting $200,000,
it, might, be very poor compensation
for collecting $25,000, or $50,000, or
even so much as $75,000. If anything
at all were collected, it might be a
comparatively small sum. In such a
case, 25 percent, on the amount col
lected would possibly not lie too
much. But if a large sum were col
lected, then the rate of compensa
tion ought to be diminished and tixed
with reference to that fact.
After alluding to statements in the
affidavit, Gov. Smith says:
“It thus appears that thefactseven
as stated by Messrs. Alston und Gar
lington themselves, raise the pre
sumption that it was my intention to
take time to examine the paper fur
ther before I would sign it. I will
state, iu ibis connection, that the
memorandum was not handed to mo
until near the end of my term of of
fice, I was busily engaged in pre
paring to meet the General Assem
bly, and to turn over the Executive
offices to my successor. These duties
were so absorbing as to require
my entire attention. I did not nave
any time to give to the matter of
the memorandum. I did not see but.
that my successor might complete
the unfinished contract as well as
myself, if he should approve it, and
hence 1 did not understand that there
was any very urgent necessity for my
acting iu the matter at all.
“I never signed the paper, or in
any way intended to give it the Ex
ecutive sanction. It, was never made
an office paper by me, but was left
unfinished; and without any validity,
whatever.”
Gov. 8. says that the effects of
another agreement presented by
Garlington and Alston wa3 simply to
associate Messrs. Jackson, Lawton
and Bassiuger with Col. Baugh as
agents for tho State in tho claim
case:
“I took t.ho precaution iu making
the entry or approval, to specify the
maximum rate of compensation
which would be allowed to all the
ugents, in the following language :
"Tho above contract and agreement ts
approved and the compensation to bo paid
to all agents by tho State is not to exceed
A) per cent, of the amount collected upon
the claims.’’
These words, entered by tnyself
and appearing on the record, are re
lied on I learn to show that at. the
time I made tho entry, I considered
tho unfinished contract with the
agents perfected and binding on the
State. It is proper, therefore, that. I
should pause just a moment here
to comment upon aud explain them.
The language employed simply
states that tho compensation to be
paid to all agents is no! to exceed 25
per centum of the amount collected.
It is not stated nor is the inference
given that tho compensation may
not bo less t han that rate. If it had
been intended by that entry to fix 25
pier cent, as the ouly rate, language
expressive of that intention would
have been employed.
****♦*
"In conclusion, permit me to in
quire, why were you in suoh a hurry
to pay Alstou and Garlington? There
were grave obstacle in your way, but
you resolutely surmounted them all.
Friends advised you to wait. I have
.been informed that you wore even
'counselled by a friend in high judi
cial position to submitthe whole case
to the judges of the Supreme Court
for their opinion. Rumor says that
you would not even wait until
your return from Columbus, where
you intended to remain on a visit a
day or two. Now, why this very
great haste to pay these enormous
fees, under circumstances of such
doubtful propriety? What necessity
were you under to pay them in sudi
a hurry? Ought you not to have de
feried payment, even uutil the meet
ing of the Legislature? Was it not
wortli while to take the advice of the
representatives of the people iu so
important, an affair? It was the jieo
ple’s money it was proposed you
should pay away; ought you not to
have given theni an opportunity to
say through their representatives
whether their money should be spent
in this way? Did the fact that you
thought I had made the contract
lead you to be so prompt topav?
You also thought that I had made
contracts with the counsel in the
Jones cases, but you declined to re
cognize those contracts so far as to
pay any money on them until the
Legislature had taken action in ref
erence thereto. Now, why this dif
ference? It was alleged that I had
made the contracts in both instances.
You were very cautious in the one,
,even going to the extent of taking
my statement In reference thereto.
But in the other you declined to
either bear me, or to lay the matter
before the Legislature.
“Many statements In reference to
this affair haveappeared In the news
papers—at whose instance, it is not
for me to sav. I have not replied to
t hem, and shall not notice any such
hereafter. If you should ever think
lit to relax your official dignity so far
as to explain directly to the people,
over your own signature, the grounds
of your action in this matter, you
shall have my notice. But in the
meantime you may understand that
all attempts to iuvolve me in the dis
cussion of side Issues with other
parties will be unavailing,
I am, very respectfully, your obe
dient servant,
James M, Smith,”
—•—
AXOTHKK riNANOIAL TRICK.
The New \l>rk Bulletin, in an ar
ticle which we copy elsewhere, ex
poses a conspiracy by some of
the New York banks, the object of
which is to precipitate a contraction
of the legal tender circulation in an
unlawful manner. The banks are to
make a fictitious increase of their
circulation, so as to give the Secre
tary a pretext for retiring an amount
of legal tenders equal to 80 per cent,
of such increase, which the Resump
tion Act authorizes him to do. But
the additional notes thus obtained by
the banks are not to be put into cir
culation, but are to be quickly re
turned to the Secretary, after he
shall have retired the greenbacks;
and this process is to be repeated
twice a month until the Secretary
reduces the legal tender circulation to
the lowest limit which the law allows.
We have only to quote from the
Resumption Act of 1875, to show that
this proceeding is an entire perver
sion of its design. That act was a
compromise between the so-called
Inflationists who wanted more cur
rency and the Contractionists who
wanted less. It provided that for
every SIOO of additional National
Bank notes which the act authorized,
SBO in greenbacks or legal tenders
should be withdrawn from circula
tion. We copy from the act:
“And whenever and as often s eircuta
ling notes shall bn issued to any such
banking association, so increasing itseiip
lial or elrculnttng notes, or so newly or
organized us aloresidd, itshall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem
the tegal tender United States notes, In
excess only of JC100.000.000, to the amount
of 80 per centum of the National lfunk
notes so issued to any such banking asso
ciation aforesaid."
Can any one doubt that the object
of this clause was to substitute one
kind of circulation for tlie other, to
the extent of retiring SBJ in green
backs for every SIOO of new National
Bank notes actually put into circula
tion? Tiie intent is too clear for any
argument or cavil, arid tiie act lias
been executed in accordance with it,
up to this time.
Tho Secretary has plainly shown
that his determination is to reach
resumption not by actually redeem
ing in coin the legal tenders out
standing on andufter the Ist of Janu
ary 1879,but by withdrawing from cir
culation before that date tbebulkof
the greenbacks, wit hout correspond
ingly increasing the National Bank
circulation as required by law. We
hope and believe that he will be
‘brought upstauding’ when Congress
meets. This is not strictly a party
question, and probably a number of
Western Republicans will think the
financial policy of the new Secretary
no more entitled to strict observance
than the "Southern policy” of the
Grant administration. The question
of the destruction or withdrawal of
the greenback circulation by the
substitution of interest-bearing
bonds, is a most important one which
has to bo met and decided; and we
do not believe that Secretary Sher
man can convince the country that it
would be tho gainer by the substitu
tion, much less that lie will be
allowed to enforce it by illegal tricks
and specious subterfuges.
PRESBYTERIANS, NOKTII AND SOUTH
Our dispatches give the answer
adopted by the Northern Presbyte
rian General Assembly to the over
ture mnde by the Southern Assembly
for the re-establishment of closer
and more cordial relations. The an
swer is not such a one as is likely to
be satisfactory. To enable the reader
io understand its significance, we
copy a portion of the declaration
first adopted by the Southern Pres
byterian General Assembly at St.
Louis in 1875, and re-affirmed by the
General Assembly of the same
church at, New Orleans last week :
“ir your Assembly could see its way
clear to say, in a few plain words, to this
effect., that these obnoxious things were
said and done in times of great excite
ment and are to be regretted, and that
now, in a calm review, the imputations
cast upon tlie Southern Churelifuf schism,
heresy and blasphemy) are disapproved,
that would end tiie difficulty at once.”
The General Assembly at Savan
nah, in 1876, had prepared the way
for the favorable reception of this
overture, by declaring that “while
condemning certain acts aud deliver
ances of the Northern General As
sembly, no acts or deliverancesof the
Southern General Assemblies are to
be construed or admitted as impugn
ing iu any way the Christian charac
ter of the Northern General Assem
bly, or of tho historical body to which
it is the successor.”
On Tuesday, as we were informed
by telegraph, the Committee on Con
ference of the Presbyterian Assem
bly at Chicago reported resolutions
substantially making t he declaration
asked for by tlie Southern General
Assembly (expressing regret for
charging the latter with schism,
heresy aud blasphemy); but the dis
patches of yesterday tell us that this
report was not adopted, and that the
Northern General Assembly has
taken back nothing aud expressed
regret for nothing. We presume t hat
Southern Presbyterians will now feel
that they must maintain self-respect
even if it delays the restoration of
unity.
An old lady was at prayer when a
shot gun fell down, went’off aud hit
her in the foot. If she had been out
on the cellar door blacking her hus
band’s boots, she would have been
saved.
n Important raw In Bankruptcy.
Yesterday in tbeUnit.ed States Dis
trict Court, before Judge John Er
skiue, there was ably argued a case
which brings into question some ot
the most important principles touch
ing bankruptcy.
The facts ure brietly as sollows :
Mr. O. H. Green, a wholesale liquor
dealer In this city, died suddenly
about tile llrut of March. A few
weeks before lie died lie went into
bankruptcy, prior to which action he
Insured his iffe heavily in several
companies. Soon after he went into
bankruptcy he insured bis life still
further, ami when he died left $28,000
in various policies on his life, the
premiums ail being paid.
When application for payment'of
these policies was made oy the wid
ow, an injunction was prayed by Mr.
J. M. Ball, and other creditors
against those companies in which
Mr. Green hud insured after his
bankruptcy, restraining them from
paving the money to the widow.
Yesterday the euso came before
Judge Erskin and was ably argued
on both sides. Hon. B. H. Hill and
A. B. Culberson appeared for Mrs.
<). H. Green, Judge II K. McCay and
Z L>. Harrison, Esq., for J. M. Ball
and uther peihioiiers. The case
turns upon the points as to whether
ttie deceased, after going into bank
ruptcy, had a right to pay outmoue)
for Insurance policies on ins life, us
all his assets had been turned over
to creditors. Judge Erskine, after
hearing the argument reserved ids
decision until to-day.— Atlanta Con
stitution, Wlh.
Thebe arc three parties to the cap
ital removal question in New York.
One party wants New Y'ork city, s
larger place than Albany; another
wants Utica, a smaller and more in
terior city ; and the third, or course,
wants to keep the seat of govern
ment at Albany.
TIIP. PRESS CON VENTION.
At the press convention in Thom
asvillo on tlie 24th, alter the usual
preliminaries, the following named
officers were elected : President, J
H. Estill, ot tiie Savannah News: first
Vice President, Charles VV. Han
cock, ot Hie Americus Republican;
Second Vice President, H. W
J. Ham, of the Watrenton
Clipper; corresponding secretary,
Flank V. Evans, of tile Albany
News; Recording Secretary, Charles
P. Hansel, of the Ttiomasville Enter
prise; Treasurer, S. R. Weston, of the
Albany News ; Executive Committee,
If. F. Andrews, of tile Washington
Gazette. H. 11. Jones, of the Macon
Telgrapli. John Triplett, of theThom
asville Times. Tiler M. Peebles, of
the Gwioett Herald, and J. D. Hoyle,
of the Dawson Journal.
A committee, consisting of O. AY.
Hancock,of the Americus Republican,
C. P. Hansel, of the Thotuasville
Enterprise, and S. R Western, of the
Albany News, was appointed to re
vise the constitution and by-laws,
tlie revisions thus made to be sub
mitted to the members thirty days
before tlie next meeting. The next
meeting of the Association will be
held iu Gainesville. —Atlanta Const.
The New York llerald enlightens
the inexperienced public on the real
substance of the inflated figures re
ported as the daily transactions of
the New York Stock Exchange. In
its financial article it says:
The 216,000 shares dealt in to-day
arc more formidable as an array of
figures than as an Index to the real
state of of trade, since they record
the transit from hand to hand of the
identical shares which go to the
rounds and come back to the
starting point with all the
immutability of a circus horse.
In tliis way a few thousand shares
may, like stock actors, lie made to
“play many parts,” producing the
impression of uu active market and
large business, and filling up the col
umns of the newspapers with a mass
of figures which astound outsiders,
but. make the knowing ones laugh in
their sleeves. This bogus busiucss,
which is, in fact, a simple' matter of
setting on prices, as one does upon
the main in the chicken hazard, was
carried on to-day to the extent noted,
and was based upon a market which
had as many shades as Joseph’s coat
and was quite as irregular as his
brethren. So much so that it is im
possible to make a diagnosis of a
market that was at times strong, at
times weak, and at times nothing in
particular.
Agrlculiarnl Ran ts.
From tbe Goldsboro Patriot.)
Don’t sit. on the fence and whittle
the hours away while you are passing
through life. Shavings briug but
little profit, here and probably will
not bo needed to light the fire where
you go to.
Don’t cavort and turn a hack sum
merset because your industrious
chickens scratch up your squashes.
They have as much right to Urn bugs
as you to the squashes.
Don’t leave your gates open and
then blame your pigs for rooting in
the garden. They have a perfect
right io go through where they can,
and to root is their nature.
Don’t loaf your time away and ex
pect the grass to quit growing while
you are loafing. Grass don’t like
loafers well enough for that.
Don’t expect your plants to thrive
if you starve them to death. Plants
that are not fed will not feed you.
Don’t starve and rnb the land you
live on, for if you do in the long run
it will show its appreciation by star
ving you.
Don’t let the storm beat upon
your cattle without a roof to shelter
them. If you do they will not
furnish you assistance to have a
good tight roof over yourself in
your old age.
Don’t neglect your barns and build
a fine house. Tiurns build houses
but houses never build barns.
Don’t expect water to rnn up hill
to get out, of your low lands after
you have filled the ditches with rub
bish. Water is lazy and would rather
stay any where than climb a hill.
When you hear a mother calling to
her son to “Come and shut the shut
ter.” and hear him respond, “It is
shut, mother, and I can’t shut it any
shutter,” do you ever pause to ana
lyze the delicate beauties of our lan
guage?
An appeal has been made to the
British public on behalf of the three
great granddaughters of Daniel De
foe,the author of "Robinson Crusoe.”
These three ladies are over fifty
years of age, and two are dependent
upon the exertions of the youngest
of them, who works at buttonhole
making, by which she realizes seven
shilling, a week.
Notice Grangers-
V CONVENTION OF GRANGERS WILL BE
HELD AT THE Court House, in CulKinbua
ou (TUESDAY), tlie 15th ef June next. 10 o'clock
a. m. Every Granger whether live, dead, or
dormant.that stores Cotton in Columbus is ex
pected to report to th-s meeting. Herein fail not.
The Railroads leading to Columbus have gen
erously agreed to pass delegates at reduced fare.
By order of
May 31, 1877. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
nij'3l d&w2t
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For the Convention.
MUHCOOEE County having decided to make '
no nomination*, we aru authorized to an
nounco the name of PORTER INGRAM oh a can* .
dlda'c for tho Constitutional Convention from j
the 24th Senatorial District, composed ef Marl
on, Chattahoochee and Mnacogao counties.
Election Tuesday 1 12th June, 1877.
my 22 tf
To the Voters of the 24th 1
Senatorial District.
IT having been decided that nomination of
candidates (which I favored) should not bo
made; I respectfully submit my name for your/
suffrages as a candidate for the Constitutional j
Convention. May 23d, 1877.
wyH ♦# WK A LIYfLE. j
For the Convention.
Mil. JOHN P. MtKLY. whose name has been j
favorably mentioned by correspondents of
this paper inc innoction with the Constitutional ]
Convention, authorizes us toann >uuce him as a ;
candidate for a seat in bat body, now that the
people of Muscogee comity have determined to j
make no nominations.
my2H te __ ________ i
To the People of the 24th
Senatorial District.
T ANNOUNCE myself as a c mdidate for dele
-1 gate to the Convention *f the people to fotm
a Constitution. Maj 23, 1877.
my 23 te M II BLANDFOBD.
TAX PAYERS OF MUSCOGEE CGUNiY.
(~< OOD people—the best in the world, come up '
Jf and give in your Taxes. Time nearly out.
will you come?
M. W. THWEVTT,
my 27 2t Tax Root iver.
To the People of Muscogee, Chattahoo
chee and Marlon, Composing the
24th Senatorial District.
M USCOGEE county having declined to nomi
nate candidates, I offer nu self a candidate
for delegate as one of the five to which this Dis
trict ia entitled, and would most respectfully ask
jour support. B. A. THORNTON,
my 23 te .
For Delegate from th£ 24th
Senatorial District.
1A SNOUKCB mysalf a candidate for delegate
to tho Convention, and would feel honored by
a seat in a body ao important and responsible,
my 24 d&wte JOSEPH F. POU.
For the Convention.
1 RESPECTFULLY announce myself to the
people of Muscogee, Marion and Chattahoo
chee connties as a candidate for the Convention
JOHN PEABODY.
WANTED.
A GOOD MILCII COW WITH
A. young Calf. 7\.
Apply at thia office.
my 29 tf
WARM SPRINGS, GA.
T pH IS establishment is now open to the
■ SB 188
| Public for the Season. JQ2QV
RATES OF BOARD: infill
rer Day $ 2-00
} •• Week 10.60
'• Month 30.00
Children uutl-r twelve years of an,l
servants half price.
J. L. Mustian,
Proprietor.
my 29 tf
New I<o House,
BEST LAKE ICE,
AT WHOLES AL*. AND RETAIL.
(WILL hereafter keep on hand a full supply
of best LAKE IcE, which I will sell at whole
sale ana retail.
Orders from abroad will receive rr mpt atten
tion TOtiY NEWMAN.
my 24 lm
FINE SHOES!
Ladies' & Misses' Now ports
plain and with buckles.
SIX IVIES \\l SLIFI’KKS.
in new and tasty style*.
BURTS’ Fine BUTTON BOOTS
llSyi . /-'1 KNTB* BROWN 1
mem t#.; I r cLOTn.Top.nnt- ftl
ton OXFORDS, (the
handsomest SHOE oat.)
Also, a full line of Spring work in Ml popular
styles; ALL at r ducd prices.
A heavy Stock of
Brogans, Plow Shoes, and
Staple Goods for Whole
sale Trade.
For anything iu theShce or Leather line, Call at !
“THE OLD SHOE STORE.’’
Wells <fc Curtis,
73 BROAD STREET.
Sign of the Big Boot.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
G 1 EORGIA MUSCOGEE COUNTY.—Under an
r order oi the Ordinary of Muscogee county
will be sold withiu the usual hours of sale, ou
tirat Tuesday in June next, by C. S. Harrison, in
front of Abbott 4 Newsom s store, in Columbus,
Ga., the house and lot on Jackson 6tr<.ct. with
ten feet alley to Oglethorpe street, adjoining
property of Downing, MeGehee and others. Sold
hs the property of Mrs. Mary E. Hardaway, de
ceased. Terms: one-third cash iu thirty days;
one-third first of January next; one-third first
January 1879. Mortgage to be given by purcha
ser. Taxes for present year te be paid by pur
chaser. r. a Hardaway,
May Bth-. 1877. Executor,
my 4 w4w
I>i*. O. B. I.eitiioi*
OFFERB his professional services to the citi
zens of COLUMBUS; Office opposite Times
Office. Randolph street; at night can be found at
his residence, upper end of Troup street; house
formerly occupied by L. Haiman.
feb7 tl *
BR. S. B. LAW
Or ice at A. M. Brannon’s Drug Store. Office
hours from 12:30 to 2, and from 5 to C.
ja2B tf
DRY GOODS.
NEW STOCK! LOW PRICES !!
SPRING 1877!
See My Prices!
M altese suitings, too. besttondon cords. ioc.
HUMMER SILKs, 06c io {1.25. VICTORIA LAWNS, 15c.
Good HEMMED STITCHED H'NDKEKCHIKFS 12'.c.
Luii Stork SILK BCA lIFS at 25-. Large Stork SILK HANDKERCHIEFS at 25c.
Goo-1 LINEN DAMASK TOWELS. 20c.
TWO BOTIO', Undressed KID t.LOVES, tec. TWO BUTTON KID GLOVES worth J 1 only <Y.
MISSES TWO BUTTON KID GLOVES. 60c.
Good STOCK of FINER GRIDES. . „
CHILDREN COLORED HOSE. 16c to 60c. ALL LINEN CO LIARS, IPo.
YOU ARE ASKLD TO CALL AND SEE THESE GOODS. rNo Trouble to
SHOW THEM.
J. ALBERT KIRVEN,
VO, IM> It ICO Vl> NTKEIIT.
MILLINERY.
Millinery! Millinery!!
At 100 Broad Street.
Handsomest Line of Millinery and Fancy Goods
Parasols, Fans, Hats, Bonnets, &c. &c.
ICV ICH BltOl’dHT TO THIS CITY, AT
Mrs. Colvin & Miss Donnelly’s,
and which are t>( exlriicineyow ligurckf
HATH, BONNETS, RIBBONS, Arc., of the latest and meat Fashionable Styles, and guaranteed to
please the moat fastidious.
These goods were selected by Mrs. Colvin In person—who haa just returned from New York,
and ran be reli and on as tlie b nt
Ladies’ Emporium of Fashion!
3VE K.S. LE E,
f HAKES occasion to notify the Lad tea of Columbus and adjacent section tbat she has just returned
1 from New York with one of the Largest and Most Elegant Stocks of
Spring Millinery Goods
i;vi:k kuoi <;ht to thk city, co.\sisti\k of
Fashionable Hats and Bonnets, Laces, Ribbons, Flowers, Trimmings.
'Jewelry, Corarltt, Claves, Hosiery, < liilti runs" Clot liiutf, ld
lira’ I mlerweiir, I’ornsols, Funs, mid nil other icrlirlra in my
tin,-, Thia Stork is Klrgunt and Complete, and will he sold at
HICICKS TOHKI'Y COIII’KTTTTOY.
pSr Call and examine, and you will buy.
>IHS. L. A, I^EE,
aprhtt
WAREHOUSEMEN.
Planters Wareliouse
o
GEO, P. SWIFT. GEO. P. SWIFT, Jr.
GEO. P. SWIFT & SON,
SUCCESSORS TO S If TFT, MLRPHY & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Columbus, <* oorgia.
Liberal Advances oil Consignment-* of Cotton, and Special
Attention given to sale and Striige of.Same.
apr f dA v t f
GROCERIES.
I am Offering a Lot of Clioiee
Uneanvassed Hams,
.v r r iii-3c*ts.
OT\rn.Y a
W. A. SWIFT,
Centennial Stores.
dec! r • ervV\-1 v
j. j. Whittle. Geo. M. Yarbrough. Jno. T. McLeod
J. J. Whittle <fc Cos.
HAVE OUP.NKD A. NEW
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERY HOUSE,
Uncior Central Hotel,
i XI THERE WE WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF
j VV KTAPI.E and FANCY GROCERIES, Consisting in part nt
| Boots, Shoes and Staple Dry Goods, Bacon, Lard. Su
gar, Coffee, Cheese, Flour, Syrup, Bagging & Tics,
TOBACCO, WHISKEY. BRANDY and WINES, of all grades, SALT, CORN, TEAS of all Brands,
MAKEREL aud SOAP; together with a full line of all ethur goods kept in a firat-ciaeß Grocery
! House.
| fa-OUR GOODS are all NEW and FRESH, and were bought for the CASH, and we will be able to
; bELL THEM AS LOW AS THE LOWEST,
ffi#-We solicit the patronage of the City and surrounding country,
J. J. WHITTLE & CO.
oct22-eodAwtf
Hirsch <&, Hecht,
AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
IUO ICroiul St., Opposite Kiinkin House, Columbus, Ga.
Consignments solicited of every diseription and Liberal Cash Advances made and settled prompt
iy.
Correspondence Solicited.
llefercnccs, liy PermisMion:
j Chattahoochee National Bank, ■ National Bank of Columbus, Ga.
I Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company,