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Columbia Sentinel. IV. BALLARD, ) .. J. M. ATKINSON, J Ewtom. Hmuem, (11, Nov. 18, 188(1. PRICE, |l 00, IN ADVANCE. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Legislature in now getting down to InisincHH. Reports from nil sections of this county declare the cotton crop t.» be very short. Moody’s church at Chicago has l>ecn damaged to the extent of 115,000 by tiie. Wo (eilder coi.grutillations to Judge Roney on bin re-election to the judgeship of this circuit. SubscribiTs who are paying up country papers at this time will lie held in everlasting rcinenibcr ance. An exchange says : Cobb coun ty has an old gentleman and wile who nrc 80 years old, been mar-; ried nearly (50 years, raised !l | children and never had a <l< nth in ; their family. Hon. S. C. Lamkin has been appointed Chairman of the Com mittee on Public Property from the Senate, while Hon. Richmond Harris occupies a place on the Committee on Agriculture from the House. Our genial friend, Mr. George W. Gray is certainly a successful Irish potato grower. It was our privilege a few days ngo to sain- j pie sonic of his crop. They were a* fine as any we ever see brought to this market and well preserved in every respect. We hear of young men, discour aged by the short crops and low price of cotton, who have decided to quit the farm. This is not a wise decision. Stick to the farm. It is an honorable calling, do not forsake it in search of an easy place. The farm is the place af ter all. There may be discouanige ments, but success will come after a while. In examining the terms of set tlement in the great strike-lockout in Augusta, we fail to see any thing extraordinary about the same, notwithstanding so much has been said. The same terms could have been made long ago and a great deal saved on both aides. The fact is, both parties were gaining nothing, and doubt less they were feeling it, hence the settlement. The Hawkinsville Dispatch fur nishes the following suggestive item : One drug store in Hawkins ville has sold thia year two bush els and a halt of cathartic pills, to say nothing of a can or two of ••consecrated” calomel. This house buys pills by the peck, and yet the senior is candid enough to advise his customers not to make a *• perambulating apothecary •hopf’ of their stomachs. •» To-day is the day to begin to break dirt on the Augusta ami Chattanooga Railroad. If we are correctly informed the work was to liegin with 100 convicts. We are opposed to bringing convict labor in competition with free la bor. There are a sutlicient number of honest characters needing em ployment at this season of the year to do all work necessary on the A. and C. Railroad. From present indications it appears that the A. and C. Rail road will not go immediately through Appling. This we re gret. Nothing would be of gt enter benefit to that section of Colum bia county than to have the coun ty aite brought into railroad com munication with the world. In our judgment it would not only give new life to the place, but at the same time be of incalculable benefit to the county. We clip the following from the Lincolnton News, with the allow ance that delinquent subscribers have been paying up, which makes the editor feel good ami enables him to draw on his imagination to a certain extent: “Col. Crawford informs the News that Gil# Wright killed an eagle of enormous pro portions at a distance of eighty five yards with a common pistol. He took “lest” on a cornstalk.” Qu-te a number ot the sable sons of Africa contemplate moving to Augusta this fall. The princi pal cause assigned is found in the following familiar lines; “0 is an 0, And 5 ih a figure, Ali fur the white man And none for the nigger.” Well, let cully go ami try the sweets of city life, and ere the ides of March appear he will be found returning, a wiser if not a better negro. - The following example of thrift is clipped from a Stone Mountain special to the Atlanta Constitu ! t ion : Geo. Scott, a colored tenant o ri W. R. Well’s farm, made this year with one mule ten bales of cotton ami enough corn, fodder, oats, etc , to do him another year. George commenced farming this year without a dollar, has paid his guano and provision bills, ami has several dollats in cash to begin I with another year. .. The Barnesville Mail gives the following graphic picture of a j good collector. One possessing! i such qualifications need never be out of employment. He will fill the bill for every branch of busi- | ness : “A good collector of all ■ things else in this world is the j most difficult to find, lie must be as patient as a horse rack, cheer ful as a duck, slick ns a Pike county politician, sociable as a hotel flea, bold as a lion, cunning as a fox, as watchful as a sparrow hawk, and ns congenial as a book 1 agent." I I From a private letter from Representative A. I. Monroe we make the following extract con cerning the drawing of seats by members of the House, lie says : ) “On the first day of the session we drew for seats. \\ hen 1 was a boy (in the army) I was very good at ‘draw,’ but ago and mor- ! I ality seems to have changed my luck. Our county was nearly the j last to fall out ot the hat. I began >to think I would have to sit on the water cooler, but succcded nt last in getting a tolerable seat."— ! Calhoun County Courier. We hope our worthy Represent . ative had the good hick in not on- ■ Ily getting a “tolerable’’ but a comfortable sent. THE CONVICT QUESTION. We copy the following from the Macon Telegraph which form ed a part ot a well timed editorial in that paper of Monday last. It puts the matter in just that light we view it, and this position we have held ever since the lease sys tem was inau united : The Legislature, now fully organiz ed for tile discharge of public busi ness, is expected to take a searching look into the convict business. The people expect and demand this at their hands. The convict system, taken up under pressure, as an experiment, has not proven satisfactory. If something is not done what was intended as a makeshift will become a fixture of the State government There ought to Ih* wisdom and honesty enough in the ! General Assembly to devise some plan for the future that will be more acceptable to the people, more just to the convicts and more honorable to the State. The system should be examined into from its start, and the ! process by which so much power has been lodged in the hands of a few i men should lie freelv ventilated. GROVETOWN ITEMS BY HARDTIMEB. Tic hauling the order of the day. Cotton picking a thing of the past, with a few exceptions. Our weather prophet predicts no rain until January. The oyster supper at Mr. Fisk’s was a decided success. Tom did the subject justice, we judge from the looks of his jaws. Two new stores ate being stock ed with goods near Grovetown. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Heggie at tended the Columbia Fair, S. C., last week The Sunday School at this place contemplates having a Christmas tree. The Knights of Labor are still increasing in number; about 55 or 60 names are enrolled. A pile of light wood belonging to Mr. W. W. Huffman, was burned on the 15th inst., caught on fire from a spark from an engine. The titlegraph wires were also burned in two. Danger! A neglected cold or cough may lead to rneunioiila.ConMiinptlon or other f di -eme. Strong's Pectoral Pi is will c\ ! cold a» by magic, thing for d vspepiia.i.j. digestion. sick headache as thousands testify | 183611 SWIFT S SPECIFIC.! 1 11886 g g TA REMEDY NOT FOB A DAY, BUT FOR | c 5 S S S HALF A CENTURY -Xfirt S S S I 2 RELIEVING SUFFERING HUMANITY! j F ISS S!■ 'W S S | S I isss I S S S OSsfll ss's I fAN INTERESTING TREATISE ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT IS FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYBODY. K ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. It W. £. 2ACHR Y & COT. DEALERS IN Dry Goods and Notions 934 Broad Street, OPPOSITE PLANTERS HOTEL. rag ©A?g ns sELiiniiir 6*27 and 6*29 13road St ON THE EUROPEAN PEAii, For Ladies and Gentlemen. Home-like and attractive, just in the midst of the great trade centre of the city. We also have lodging in connection with the Durand Restaurant.— You are expected to.stop with us while in tbe city. Moss cfe Johnston, IProp’trs. Terms. Moderate. JOHN H. FEAREY, PRACTICAL OPTICIAN, Dealer In - - Clocks and Jewelry, 729 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. M ONOGIIAM L.NRAVING. GOLD MEDALS FOR SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES Bk£f“N. B.—Repairing of all kinds by Experts only. V>/. J, or.L!’'l, 831 Itroad Street- Augusta- Ga Wnoi.fsvf.E and Retail Dealer In COOKING STOVES AND • Os Best Patterns. In stock— -5 Uar loads and Heating Stoves. 5<H) Plain and Enambled Grates. 3 Car Loads Tin Brick. 2n) Boxes Bright and Koiifing Tin. Tinware in great variety, verv low at wholesale. Bundle.'* Sheet Iron. Sheet Zinc. S. Ider, etc. Buy the hxeelaior t'ook Shn< t« 17 different sixes in Stock. These stoves have been sold bv us tor 12 years with satisfaction. H< atmg Stoves for churches, school houses, offices and dwellings for coal and wood. for circulars and prices. W. I. DELPH. To Owners of Buggies- I > UN’T your Buggy and make it look almost ] as gtM»d rm new. Lens than fl will do the job. Com© and see the new Paint and Varnish combined. On© coat ia all that is ue- • N o Varnishing. Th* paint leaves a brill -lit gloea. We have Haves Black, Bril liant Vermillion, Garnet and Coach Green BEALL A DAVENPORT, Drug., 812 Broad Htreet. Castorine. \ CHEAP preparation of Castor Oil, for greasing Axi<*h. Ca*tor Oil is known to belli Ix.st Axie Grease on earth. Its expen* Hivt nrt-M deters many from using it. Castuuink mi * a long-felt want. Cheap, only fl a gai -1 »n. Ais » tb«-best Engine Oil on earth, only 50 cent* a gallon. BEALL & DAVENPORT, Drugs, 612 Broad Street. Tar and Cherry. \\ r E confidently recommend thin article \\ for Cough* It will cure the whole family. Why suffer with a Cough, when you fMh g» tTar and Ciiehhy. Made only by uh. pie .s mt to t ike, 25 cents and fl bottles. BEALL A DAVENPORT, Drug©, 612 Broad Htreet. For sale in Harlem at the live Drug Stores of Dr. I). L. Peeples and Dr. W. Z. Holliday Try this simple cough syrup. —All parties indebted to me for work are earnestly requested to come forward and settle at once. All ac counts are now due. Corn, fodder, peas and cotton seed taken in pay nient when it is not convenient to pay the money. W. S. Atkinson. A. J. GOULEY, Late of Wm. Mulherin & Co., BEOS to inform hi. friends in Colnmbii and adjoining counties, that he has purchased the interest of hie late partners in the store at 722 Broad St.. Opposite the Monument I am not advertising prices, bnt guarantee those who call to see me, that I will Mll'tk,® Good and Reliable BOOTS AND SHOES At as Low prices as they can bo purchased from any house in the State, and the beet ecaortment of goods to select from. I avoid shod lv goods of all kinds. Mr. 1’ KEENAN, long and favorably known to thecitizeusof Columbia county, is still at ths Ohl Stand and will be pleased to meet and wait on Ids friends. Polite attention is guaranteed to all visitors. A. J. GOULEY, 722 Broad St., Opposite the Monument MOTIOE. New Drug Store, L. A. GARDELLE, (Recently member of the firm of Beall & Co.) AUGUSTA, GA., Informs his friends that he has opened hia new DRUG STORE 618 Broad Street, (3 do art above his old place of business) w here he will keep every thing usually kept in a Aral «laa* Drug Store, including ready mixed paints, SEEDS,OILS, &c. Columbia county patronage solicited. Orders of country physicians filled with extrs tss Drugs. I make this department a specialty. L. A. GARDELLE, Druggist, Opposite Telegraph Office. fey Sole Proprietor of the River Swamp Chill and Fever Cure Life, Activity and Business AT Wm. Mulherin & Co.’s WE ARE RECEIVING LARGE SHIPMENTS OF BOOTS, SHOES and HATS FOR IRFkLL We have received so much encouragement in our efforts to furnish the people with a fssd class of BOOTS, SHOES and HATS at moderate prices that we have taken special pains to gat t he best class of stock for our patrons. We have a large stock of wholesale trade, and we guarantiee the LOWEST PBICES. Our retail stock includes Miller A Obers, Stacy, Adams A Co., Zeigler Bros., Stribley A Co. and many other desirable makes. For the greater convenience of many patrons, we |hav. opened a BRANCH STORE, at 623 BROAD STREET four doors above the Augusta Hstol. Idris store is in charge of ZMZIR. J- CT. O COTSTTSTOLR, who will be pleased to see his numerous friends and acquaintances. At both stores patrons can rely on polite attention, and our best efforts to supply them with just what they need in our pne. You are cordially invited to call. WM. MULHERIN & CO , Two Stores, G 23 Broad St., four doors above Augusta Hotel and 1)13 Broad St., sign of the Large Red Boot. New Store I New Goods! AT PEEPLES’ Central Business House, MAIN ST., HARLEM, GA. HAVING recently moved intn the Store formerly occupied by Mr. W. 8. Lazenby, under Sentinel Office, I am now prepared to offer a Complete Stock of Goods, ~ a Medicines, Drugs, Patent ~ - Q Medicines, Toilet Soaps, Per- Brushes and Toilet Ar- V-dieles of every description. So- ■ .* ' :> filter and Ice kept cou- - IS on jjk *1 1 ’res<■ ript ioris i-arefu 11 yfill ed or night. ALSO A NICE LINE OF FAHt€Y GROCERIES, Including fanned Ooods. Confectioneries. Sugar, Coffee. Tobacco and Ciga-s Goods as. now ready for sale and are offered at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. D. L. Peeples, M. D. FALL AND WHITEft e>EffHV6 OF THE NEW YORK MILLINERY STORE, i- Broad Street, Opposite Confederate Monument, Augusta, Georgia. W 3 MELUE PUfiSHU J? “ nonnci W‘o ladies of Augusta and vicinib-that her Fall and whfi-h « R .K. U -S ’“ C ? ou £ EDNEBDAY and THUSBDAY, October 13th and 14th, on TheZn »g“ 18pl ‘ y t the U,e, “ NoTelti « of tbe New York and Paris markets. F.ncv Wi .i he P ew ,'* ha P eB ln Trimmed Bonnets, Round Hats Ostrich Feathers, Mylei. Odldren iXt. a s^eta! D t^° mC IRn ’ in KibboD ' ! and VelTe,e - of the luoet •PP ro ” <i