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A. M. CJ. ItUSSKLL,
Kdltor & Proprietor*
Buoim Vito, Marlon Cos., On,
' FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 34th, 1875.
SALUTATORY.
To-day we issue tlio first num
ber of the Buena Yista Argus, in
response to the earnest call for a
local newspaper, by the citizens of
this section, and it goes forth un
der the most favorable auspices.
In its publication, we shall aim
to make the Argus not only inter
esting but useful in advancing ev
ery interest promotivc of good and
increasing the welfare of the peo
ple fqr whom it is inaugurated.
Asa Salutatory wo ’adopt the
language of our prospectus:
The necessity of the publication
of a good, substantial and high
toned secular journal in this sec
tion, to represent th e sentiments,
stimulate and encourage the enter
prise, industry and public-spirit
•of its citizens, proclaim its advan
tages and advocate its rights, as
well as to chronicle faithfully all
passing events, occurrences, etc.,
of importance, has long been felt
by its prominent citizens. To sup
ply in a measure this necessity
this enterprise has been underta
ken.
The paper will be an exponent
of Democratic principles, and will
Bupport such men and measures as
will advance the interests, increase
the prosperity and promote and
establish the peace and security of
the country,especially at theSonth.
Home industries, home enterprises,
home institutions and materialjm
provements of all kinds will be
promoted with zeal and sincerity.
It will always be our earnest
endeavor to instill into the minds
of our readers sound morals aud a
love and admiration of all that is
pure and commendable in society
and literature, in principle and
practice. Great care will be tak
en to exclude from its columns,
the billingsgate, indecency and
profanity that characterize many
secular newspapers of to-day, and
whatever is immoral, enervating
or degrading to the minds and feel
ings of our readers, avoiding “the
very appearance of evil.”
We will strive to make the pa
per as complete and interesting a
country newspaper as our ability
and facilities will enable us to do,
rendering it a welcome guest to
every household. All the news in
regar - d to the crops, prices, politics,
important events, etc., of the conn,
ty, State and country in general,
will be carefully gathered and
published. We shall use all the
means and talents at our command
to render the paper worthy the
respect, support and confidence of
the citizens of this section, for up
on them depends the success of
this enterprise. In return we ex
pect a liberal and willing support.
The destiny of the Argus we
now place in the hands of its
friends, without fear of failure or
the least doubt of success.
mail this initial num
ber of tbe Argus to a large num
ber of persons, in Marion, /Scliley,
Sumter, Webster and Chattahoo
chee counties, who have not yet
sent us their subscriptions. This
we do for the double purpose of
notifying them of its publication
and to solicit in a quiet and res
pectful way, their coveted patron
ngo. I lease do not delay to give
us your support. We assure you
that reciprocal benefits shall not
TO THE PATRONS OF THE ALBA
NY CENTRAL CITY.
The proprietor of the above
journal having decided not to re
vive its publication, the subscrip
tion and advertising books have
been transfered to us; we agreeing
to fill out all unexpired contracts
for advertising, and to supply sub
scribers to the Central City with
the Buena Yista Argus in its stead
until the expiration of tho time for
which they had paid.
jSlT’Shonld any ono to whom
the Central City is indebted for
advance payments, for either ad
vertisements or' subscriptions, be
overlooked, ho will oblige us by
notifying U3 of the same, so as to
enable us to rectify the mistake.
Tite Chattahoochee Circuit. —
lion. James Johnson lias resigned
the Judgeship of this, the Chattahoo
chee circuit, and the Governor has
appointed Hon. Martin J. Crawford
to fill tho unexpired term. The term
expires January Ist, 1577.
Judge Johnson has given universal
satisfaction to the bar, the officers
and the citizens in his circuit, during
his occupancy of the bench, and his
resignation is everywhere regretted.
We learn that he resigns to return to
the practice of law.
A better appointment, to take his
vacated chair, than that of Hon.
Martin J. Crawford could not have
been made. It gives satisfaction to
all. His learning and legal knowl
edge are well known and his untar
nished reputation has long since been
established. This is the second time
that Judge Crawford has graced the
bench, having been appointed to fill
a vacancy in 1854, occasioned by the
election of Hon. Alfred Iverson to
the Senate of the United States.
While regretting the resignation of
Judge Johnson we are glad to know
.that the vacancy will be so ably
filled.
Office of C- S. C. j :
Buena Vista, Ga., July 20, 1875. j :
CIRCULAR NO. ONE.
Wc hopv an honest public will par
don us for calling the attention of 1
good citizens, white and colored, to
the importance of using their influ
ence with delinquents to have the
entire ‘Toll Tax” paid.
The Poll Tax is the only tax paid
for “educational pui’poses,” except
that paid by dealers in liquoffe, and
showmen. Every dollar of poll tax
unpaid diminishes, that much, the
educational fund of the county.
Before the present law, all the poll
tax was sent to Atlanta and there
apportioned to the counties in pro
portion to the number of school pop
ulation in each. Under the law and
arrangements then adopted those
counties having a large poll paying
population and a small school popu
lation, received from the fund an ap
portionment proportional to tlielsmall
school population, while the counties
having a small poll paying populatian
And a large school population receiv
ed from the fund an apportionment
proportional to their large school
population. The counties first men
tioned were made to contribute of
their poll tax to thfi educational fund
of the counties last mentioned.
As the law now is, each county re
tains its poll tax, and the s'jnall poll
paying counties will have less school
money, and the large poll paying
counties having a small school pop
ulation will have more school money
than formerly.
Notices have just been received
from the State department that the
apportionment for Marion county for
the year 1875 is $1503.06. The poll
tax of 1874 is $804.50. Total amount
for 1875 $2367.56. The apportion
ment for 1874 was $2022.30. It will
be seen the school fund of this county
will be less in 1875 than it was in
1874, unless the entire poll tax can
be coated- There are now near
S3OO due the' count y for defaulting
polls. That amount !7 collect
ed, raise the fund of this yeaf 1,0 ia *'
"4last year, and its collection will bo i
moro fully appreciated when it is an
nounced that S3OO would provide in
struction for over ono hundred chil
dren for 8 months.
No one, except dealers in liquors,
and showmen, pays ono cent of tax
for educational purposes, except poll
tax, and it is unjust morally, civilly
and socially, for any ono of any class,
race or standing to rcfu.se to pay 11ns
small sum for the benefit of their chil
dren, and yet seek the benefits of a
fund to which others cheerfully con
tributed all the law demands of them.
It is belie
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if all
In behalf of tho Board of Educa
tion and of the children of Marion
county, wc ask all good citizens to
interest themselves so much as to
give the moral support for tho pur
poses sought.
W. A. Singleton, €. S- C.
J. F. Rushin, Jr., T. C.
DEBT.
What a spendthrift world it is ! An
English financial. authority estimates
the increased indebtedness of the
leading nations of tho world sinco 1873
to bo $1,735,000,000. That is to say,
these nations havo been getting deeper
in debt every year by more than $850,-
000,000. France has increased her debt
within tho last two years $700,000,000;
Spain, $570,000,000; Austria, ; $220,000,
000; Italy, $150,000,000. Tho increased
indebtedness of tho United States in
the same time is pat down at $35,000,
000. There was a slight decrease in the
debts of Great Britain and} Germany,
the latter being favored by tho large
receipts, from tho French indemnity.
The aggrogato national indebtedness of
the world, according to this authority,
is $23,750,000,000, on which there is an
annual interest charge of more than
$1,000,000,000. Those tremendous fig
ures but represent the present 'financial
embarrassment of this world'tfif ours.
Nations are piling up their r debts in the
aggregate, aa we have seen, at the rate of
$850,000,000 and moro por annum. And
yet these are years of comparative peace.
Presently the world will be plunged into
great wars, and expenditure and waste
will be accelerated tenfold.
The most aerions question to be con
sidered in this connection is of the abil
ity of the most deeply debt laden of the
peoples to preserve their national credit
under their increasing burdens. It costs
France at present $165,000,000 per an
num to pay the interest on her debt.
This expenditure is in addition,of course,
to the cost of running the government.
Austria is obliged to raise $75,000,000
per annum, and Italy $100,000,000 per
annum to meet the iuterest claims or
their debts. The charge upon the debt
of Spain is $55,000,000 per annum, but
sbo pays it by borrowing more at a high
rate of interest (15 per cent, is the last
quotation). Now, with a general Euro
pean war to follow, with its attendant
increase in expenditure and indebted
ness, how is it possible that many of
the continental nations will not eventu
ally reach the point of repudiation ?
Spain is already on tho verge of it. The
immense wealth of France may carry
her through, but can Austria and Italy
stand tho strain ? Tha burden of taxa
tion will bear
and in-nvvr
and: y . wHaBaBB
they can bear
Extensive preparations are be
ing made at the Columbus District
Central Camp Ground, in Talbot,
ton County, for the approaching
Cannp Meeting thore, which com
mences, on Friday night, before the
first Sunday in October, continu
ing until Wednesday morning fol*
lowing.
Mr. J. D. Dennis will soon be
gin the publication of a newspaper
at Geneva, twenty miles from this
place. While we wish his now en
terprise all the.success in the world
yet we fear that two crafts of the
same kind in one county will
result in the swamping of both.
Talbotton is only seven miles' from
Geneva. We agree with our
cotexnporaries, who say that there I
are already a surplus of newspaper |
'> tliS State, ,
Mr Tlios. Cartwright, of Talbot,
is guardian to a hen which lays
eggs with tho delineations of half
moons upon them.
Tho liabilities ol John J. Cohen &
Sons, whoso failure in Augusta has
been announced, are put down atslso,
000 to $200,000, and their assets all
tho way from $25,000 to 50,000. This
however, is more supposition,
the belief prevails that
percent, of the liabilities will/be paid.
The city of Augusta is the heaviest
creditor having about $45,000 in the
bank, accrued from the salo of bonds
which the city had disposed of.
Forsyth Advertiser: Mr. Brooks,
Mfc|jfc|4fown, Merriwetlier county,
• liltvea ceres of
■*i ' his
H*.;l ir.MU "iv
•.bvd i ' 11-'
’ i , jpnotriee lo raised on
branches if such an
abundant yield can be raised ?
The fact is our eyes deceive us
most ridiculously, even about the
commonest things. At first thought,
which should you say was the taller,
a 3-year-old child or a tlonr barrel 1
And could any tiling but actual meas
urement convince you that the same
child is half as high as a six-footer 1
There is an old saying that a child
at two years old is half as tall as ho
ever will be, and after a few ex
periments in measuring one Can eas
ily believe it, but not before.
New Advertisements-
E. M. BUTT,
ATTOItNKV AT LAW,
JSUKiVA VISTA, GA.
My books "are now open for tbe purpose of
collecting State and County 'lax for 1875. I
will be in Buena Vista every Saturday. Office
in back room of Lowe & Rushin’s Store.
FRANK BUSHIN,
Tax Collector Marion County.
Buena Vista, Sept. 2d-2t
ACAED.
We desire, to correct tlio report, circulated
by tbe stockholders and managers of tbe so
called Grange Warehouse, to wit: That our
Warehouse is a branch house of Messrs.
Harold, Johnson & Cos. business, and that tho
combination is for the purpose of breaking
|Lwn the Grange Warehouse. We deny the
ulfyersion and pronounce it false. Trusting
that a simple denial is sufficient to correct
the report and reprove the authors of it, we
are Respectfully,
TOOLE & PRICE.
Americas, Ga., Sept. 22, 1876.
Administrator’s Sales.
GEORGIA —Marion County—By virtue of
an order from the Ordinary Court of said coun
ty, I will sell on tho first Tuesday in Novem
ber next before the Court House in said coun
ty, the East one half of lot of land No. one
hundred and three (103) in tho fourth district
of said county. Sold as the property of Re
becca Green for distribution. Terms d(ish.
JAS. GREEN,
Sopt 24-30d Administrator.
GEORGIA —Marion County—By order from
the Ordinary Court of said county, I will sell
on the first Tuesday in November next before
the Court llouso door in said county, tbe
lauds belonging to the estate of JohnT Green
dee’d, to wit: Seventy five(7s) acres in North
west corner of lot no. two hundred and eigh
teen [2lß] and forty-five [4s] acres in South
West comer of lot, no. two hundred and
nineteen [2l9] in thirty-first [3l] District of
said coufity. Said land is subject to tho
widow's dower. Sold for benefit of heirs and
creditors. Terms Cash.
JOHN T. SMITH,
Scpt.24-30d Administrator,
' GEORGIA —Marion County—By virtue of
the last Will of Simeon La whom, dec’d, will
he sold on first Tuesday in November next
before the Court House in said county, one
hundred and forty [l4o] acres of land off lot
no. one hundred and forty (140) in the thirty
first [3l] Dist. of slid county as the property
of said deceased, Sold for the benefit of
creditors and heirs. Terms Cash.
JOEL LAWHORN,
Sept. 20, 1875.-30d Adin’r with will, &e t
GEORGIA—Marion county—By order o
the Court of Ordinary of said county will be
sold on the first Tuesday in November next,
J hofnrcAhe court house in said county, all tho
Slaughter dec'd, to wit.
HbCumlr-- 1 and tsfy-c : i •
fe.P<n"lr ■ jo7i in 1
3 ira part : ' -is a- is. i
- eight [B], nine [9], and
[29] m 31st Dist., all in said
county, containing mail seven hundred acres
more or less. Said plantation is situated on
the south side Kinchafoonee Creek, on which
there is a dwelling house and other necessary
on, b hidings—-sold (Or distribution, one halt'
Cash and the other one half on a credit of
twelvo mouths. Sept 20, 1575
J W SLAUGHTER,
30d Administrator.
MMinisfa?atoi 9 s Bale,
GEORGIA—MARION COUNTY, Will bo
sold, on the first Tuesday iu November next,
under an order from tbo Court of Orinary of
said county, before the Court house door in
said county, the houso find lotia Ruena Vis
ta on which Mrs C M Webb resided at the
time of her death, known as No thirty-four
(34 in Block “A” in the plan of said town.
Sold tor distribution, Ac. Wl* WEBB,
Sept 24,-30 days. Administrator.
Guardian’s Bale.
GEORGIA—MARION COUNTY. By or
der of the Ordinary’s Court of said county, I
will sell in Buena Vista, said county, on tho
first TfiC-dav in November next, lot of land
No one hundred SI” 1 seventeen (117) in the
thirty-first district of said eouuvy-- s aid land
is sold for as the pronertv nr
and for her benefit TANARUSr 1 “, r Y * -sum Key
balance credit twelve mSith. n °' h<Uf Cuah u; 5
ffep(2l-30d tlO JU!iV b’Y Guardian I
JSales and J^roffits!
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MCMICHAEL & STEVENS!
WHO IIAVE NOW ON HAND AND TO ARRIVE
A LARGE km COMPLETE STOCK
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BOOTS .A, ZEST ID SHOES,
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
Tinware ami Gtaebcry.
—eBBaB—BBBIIIIi imii' mbemp
Having bought our Stock at bottom prices, wo cannot bo under
sold —a cordial invitation is hereby extended to all to come and price
our goc ds before making purchases, as wo feel assured that we can
please both in regard to quality and price. Respectfully,
McIfCHAEL & STEVENS.
Buena Yista, Ga., Sept. 24, 1875.-ct.
si ! ss& mm
With as nice and carefully bought Stock of Furniture, China, Crockery
and Glass Ware, as can be found in any First Class
Furnishing House in Georgia.
COMPRISING Parlor Sets, Easy Chairs, Lounges, etc., Dressing Case Suits. Common Bed
Rohm Furniture Suits, at Prices from SSO and upwards,DiningChairs and Tables
Safes,&c., Office Desks and Chairs, Counter and Desk stools,
Chairs, Cane seat, AVood seat and cottage,
Wash stands,Tables,Bureaus,
Bedsteads in great variety of Style and Trices, Lounges, Mattrasseß, Spring
Beds, Feathers, &c.’ Baskets best assortment in the city, Brushes—
Flair, Clothes, Dusting, Shoe, Shaving, <fec- Br ooms.—Floor, 4M
Hearth and Whisk. UPHOLSTERS GOODS—
Ilair cloth, Reps. Gimp. Buttons, Tacks,
BABY CARRIAGES- j
Picture Frames, Picture Frame Moulding, Frames made any size desirccT
Picture, Cord, Nails, Tassels, etc. Looking Glasses, Looking
Glass Plate various sizes, Window Shades, Window
Shade Hollands and Goods in piece, various
Colors, and widths cut to su it any size
windows.
CHINA CROCKERY & GLASSWARE
China Dinner and Tea Sets, China by piece or dozen, Decorated or Plain Lamps, Lanterns
Chandaliers, Wicks, Chimneys, Kerosene Oil, and Lamj? Ooodi generally at BQT
TOMP nces defying competition, Fancy Goods and Holiday Goods
specialty. Cutlery—Table and Pocket, fins assortment,
imported and American, bought direct from
manufacturers and sold otjsiiyrt profits
Spoons, Forks, Ctitrrs, &c. J
BOTAIs CASES & CASKETS, METALLIC & WOjffl
All gizes ar.d prices, from Six to Two Tlundred Dollars. Full lino Choap Wood CoffiiHH
Burial ltobos for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, Very Frotty.
Undertaker’s Hardware, Ao., Ac.
Next door to Waxclbaum & Gyles, Cotton avenue.^®
s. MfMMi &
sept24-3m
VARKHOUnS
AND
NOW OCCUPY THE f
Mew Fire Proof House, J
(IN FRONT OF J. W. JORDAN’S STABLES,)
OOTOON AYENDE, : : : : AMERIGUS, GA.
Thanking the public for their patronage in the past,
we ask a continuance of the same as we expect to do
strictly a Storage and Commission business, we feel sat
isfied tliat in our sales or purchases wo will give entire
satisfaction to our, patrons. We are determined, by
close application to business,to merit the full confidence
of the public Before purchasing farm Machinery,
Guano, etc, give us a call and ascertain what we are
Willing to do for you
Aniencus, G a ., Se pt uxm ' '
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