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Vol. I. Augusta Advertiser. Reading Matter on Every Page. / . -.rr ii- l - - 1T ■ . I-' - II i- -n-r “ 1 ~ ~ ~ ~i‘■ - . | 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. ” ; i' —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 • - v _ —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 i- ' . • FOR COTTON GINS. • 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. -—,“ : ~ 1 ’ 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 * Fanners’ and Gardeners’ Use. ros TEE CHAMPION AND THE VALLEY OHIEE mowers a mm, V Which are unrivalled. C - f (.. ,i : ■ - > . • . • ■ Refers to JOHN P. FOSTER DAVID R. -TAffIES L, FLEMING and \V. H, No. 2: / -v* ■■ , V: