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Vol. I.
Augusta Advertiser.
Reading Matter on Every Page.
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AUGUSTA, GA., NOV. 10, 1877. *
Augusta vs. Atlanta.
Our friend Gantt, the editor of that
first-class paper, the Oglethorpe Echo,
in the last issue, after exulting that
Athens had beaten Atlanta for the pro
vision trade of Oglethorpe and adjoin
ing counties, lias this to say of our city:
“We heard a prominent merchant re
mark recently that Augusta had become
a much better and more reliable dry
goods markef than Atlanta, and he se
riously contemplated transferring his
patronage to that city; that he had or
dered several small bills from there re
cently, and was surprised at the advan
tages that city offered over Atlanta.
This we were pleased to hear, for while
the Augusta merchants are noted
throughout the State for their liberality
and enterprise, the dealers of Atlanta
are no less celebrated for parsimony and
their inate shrewdness. Take, for ex
ample, not only the columns of the
country press contiguous to Atlanta,
but the Constitution, of that city, and
you will find the class of enterprise
displayed by Atlanta merchants. Not
withstanding they receive thousands of
dollars annually from our county, we
have never received SSO from them in
return. To illustrate the parsimony of
Atlanta merchants, we will give our
experience with a large house: After
expending at least $25 worth of argu
ment, and calling at the store four
times, the proprietor contracted for a
$4 advertisement, but upon again call
ing to get the sanie, he informed us
that he had been thinking over the mat
ter ever since we left (near three hours),
and after consulting Ids partner, was
afraid it wouldn't pay, and begged to
bfc releajed from the" trade. Just look
at the difference manifested by the Au
gusta merchants! Not only do they
sustain their own paper, but extend a
liberal patrouage to the country press
for a radius of nearly two hundred.
AUGUSTA ADVERTISER
Amusements.
Journal of Commerce.
The Phoenix was presented last night
for the first time on the Charleston
boards. And in spite of the threaten
ing aspect of the weather, and the at
tractions of the circus, quite a respect
able audience was present. Never did
an audience appreciate more fully, and
applaud more heartily and justly, than
did that which graced the Academy
last night.
Carrol Craves, the hero of the play,
is a New York Bohemian, a drunkard,
a sot, a penny-a-liner, but withal pos
sessing a noble heart. He falls in love
with Sadie , a flower girl, or, at least,
she falls in love with him. Leslie
Blackburn is an accomplished and
black-hearted scoundrel, whose father
died, as it is thought, intestate, and he
and his sister Alice came into posses
sion of the entire property. But the
father had been married twice, and had
a child by his former wife, and at his
death left a will bequeathing one-half
of his estate to this child of his first
marriage, a daughter. Carrol Graves
knows this, and in order to seal his lips,
Blackburn forms the design of murder
ing him. With this design he visits
him at his lodgings, taking advantage
of his weakness he stupifies him with
drugged liquor, and setting fire to the
house he leaves the rest to the flames.
The house is destroyed, but Graves is
rescued by the brave liewer girl, and
like the mythological Phoenix of old,
anew Carrol Graves, arises from its
ashes. He igno more the drunkard, no
longer the aimless vagabond. And,
after three years spent in California,
returns to New York and finally brings
the rascally Blackburn to justice and
marries the flower girl, now a success
ful actress.
Mr. Nobles’ company may be con
sidered as the finest which has appear
ed in Charleston this season. Milton
Nobles is a true artist. And although
he does not always rise,to the heights
of pathos which his part demands, yet
he never over acts his part, he never
mistakes noise and bombast for pathos.
And in some places ue depicts the loft
iest passion,, the deepest pathos. Th^
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 10, 1877.
humorous
—“There is one thing abodt babies,”
says a late traveler —“they ne'er change.
We have girls of the period, men of the
w T orld, but the baby is the *ame self
possessed, fearless, laughing voracious
little heathen in all ages and in all coun
tries.”
—At a party the other evening, Smith,
the funny man, picked from the floor
some false hair, and holding it aloft,
wickedly asked who had lost it. Im
pulsively, the head of every lady within
ear-short went to her back hair. It
was cruel to throw them off iheir guard
and expose them so, but Smith says it
wasn’t his fault.
—“Larry,” said a coquettish young
lady to her cousin, permanently bald,
“why is your head like Heaven ?”
“Don’t know, I’m sure,” Replied the
swell, “unless, indeed, because it has a
shining crown.”
“Good, but not correct. Because
there is no more dying or parting
there!’’
—A bright little boy was asked by a
lady if he studied hard at school, to
which he replied that he did not hurt
himself at it.
“But,” said the lady, “you must
study hard, or you will never become
President of the United States. ”
“Yes, ma’am,” he replied; “but I
don’t expect to —I’m a Democrat.”
—“My dear,” said a wife/ > her hus
band, “do you kijpw what is the most
curious thing in the world?” “Yes,
madam,” gruffly answered >tie brute;
“the most curious thing in the world is
a woman that is not curious. ”
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—Edward Everett Hale's < new story
is called “Back to Back.” Tl at is right.
The way to back is to back., And, by
the way, the way for a boy o get sick
is tobac, also. i
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—This is the way a colored preacher
at Richmond arranged his hearers for a
mutual convenience: “De fore part ob
de church will please sit j| wn so de
hinds part ob de church ie Port
WE KNOW
And thousands of others know, that
MOORE’S PILULES
are justly the best and safest remedy on
the market for all Ha! rial Complaints.
They are a sure cure for Chithft,
They are excellent in all Bilious De
rangements. They cure HHEiIinSM,
removing the cause, malaria. They aid
Dyspepsia, Neuralgia and Liver Horn
plaints, Constipation, &c, because mala
ria produces these troubles.
Price, 50e. per box, of 50 lens-shaped
pills—(so. 60) —beware of counterfeits.
Moore’s Pilules, Sold by
W. H. TUTT & REMSEN,
do. 2—3 m Wholesale & Retail Druggists.
OILS! OILS!
Fine Machine Oil
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FOR COTTON GINS.
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LINSEED OIL, LARD OIL,
CASTOR OIL, SPERM OIL,
NEATSFOOT OIL, FIfTE SPINDLE OIL
TANNERS’ OIL, KEtfpSINE OIL,
Machine Oils, good aid Cheap.
At Alexander’s Drug Store
J.V. H. ALLEN & CO.
FIRE, MARINE AND RIVER
j Insurance Agents,
Representing SIXTY MILLION DOL
LARS Assets.
Dividend Fire Policies issued in Georgia Home
Insurance Company.
no. 1-1 Office 22T Broad St,, Augusta.
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JOHN D. HAHN. CHARLES HAHN.
J. D. HAHN & BRO.
Wholesale Manufacturers of
eiACKIBI
HARDWARE
243 BROAD STREET.
BEET MODE,
DJEAAEK Ilf
lira, Steel, Jails,
Hardware & Cutlery,
Plows and Agricultural Implements.
EVERYTHING FOR
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Fanners’ and Gardeners’ Use.
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TEE CHAMPION AND THE
VALLEY OHIEE
mowers a mm,
V Which are unrivalled.
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■ Refers to JOHN P. FOSTER DAVID R.
-TAffIES L, FLEMING and \V. H,
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