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THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE. Tlie Feople’&s Favorite, THE LARGEST SALES BECAUSE THE MOST POPULAR. The Most Popular Because the Best. VERDICT OE THE LADIES. THE stubborn fact shown by tlie oTicial returns, that the Singer Sewing Macbi ne the only one whose sales have largely and steadily increased eveiy year, uninterrupt edly—that last year the sales more than doubled those of the nest highest competitor, and nearly equalled the sales of all the other companies combined, demonstrates beyond all controversy that THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE is the most popular, because, in the estimation of the ladies of the country, is superior to any other ma ufactured. The following returns of sales, sworn to by each company tells the story: Sales in 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1876. By the Siuger 131,200 219,753 232,444 241,G79 249,852 W heeler & Wilson 128,526 174,088 110,190 02,827 103,740 Howe (Jan. 1, to July 1) 34,010 145,000 No returns 35,000 25,000 Remington J? Domestic 10,307 49,555 40,114 22,700 21,452 Sales for 187 G, 202,316 Machines. Sates Still Increasing. All Competition Distanced. Bend your address for a catalogue of the celebrated IiAZAAR GLOVE-FITTING PAT TERNS. They arc the best, the cheapest and most stylish patterns in the market. Address C. S. BEATTY, „ , „ The Singer Manufacturing Cos. [orc 2 . w.°le o nard J Cor. liroad and Ala. St. Atlanta, Ga. W. IT. TORRENCE, ma jsq Canvassing Agent for Gordon County. THE OLDEST HOUSE IN CALHOUN Esta/bislied 1857. dSTEW GOOFS ! ISTEW OOOFS WF. arc pleased to notify our friends that we are now l<vyin in a .arge and snperi stock of Seasonable Goods. Those who wish Bargains will give us a call. FOSTER & HARLAN. REMINGTON SEWING MACHINES, FIRE.ARMS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. The ‘'Remington Sewing Machine” has sprung rapidly into favor as possessing the Best Combination of good qualities, namely : Light Running—Smooth—Noiseless- Rapid—Durable—with perfect Lock Stitch. It is a Shuttle Machine with automatic Drop Feed. Design beautiful and construc tion the very best. The “Remington Sewing Machine” has received premiums at many Fairs through out the United States, and without eff >rt took the grand Medal of Progress—tnehighest order of Medal that was awarded at the late Vienna Exposition. The Remington Works also manufacture the new Double-Barrelled Breech-Loading Shot-Gun, snap and positive action, with patent joint check, a marvel of beauty, finish and cheapness—and the Celebrated Remington Rifles—adopted by nine different Gov ernments—and renowned throughout the world for Military, Hunting and Target pur., poses—all kinds of Pistols,llifle Canes, Metallic Cartridges, &c. AGRICULTURAr IMPLEMENTS.—Improved Mowing Machines, SteelJPlows, Steel ITocs, Shovels, Cultivators, Road Scrapers, Patent Excavators, Hay Tedders, Cotton Gins, Iron Bridges, &c. Good Agents Wanted. Send for Circulars. jan26-6ra E. REMINGTON $ SONS, Ilion, N. Y. |iij ASK 5 YOUR-GROCER FOR IT! Depot, 104 READE STREET, New York. jun9ly. GET THE BEST. Marrow’s Pictorial Famlly'Biblc and Encyclopedia of Biblical Knowledge con tains 64 important features, nearly 1,300 illustrations and many fine plates by Gus tave Doro and other artists. Genuine mo rocco bindings and heavy panel, four styles and prices. Sond for circulars and terms to agents. OUR GOVERNMENT. “The Gentary of Independence'’ em braces a collection from official sources of the most important documents and statis tics connected with the political history of America ; also a chronological record of the principal events from its discovery to the present time, with biographical and historical sketches, etc. Printed in Ger man and English. Nearly 600 pages. Never before has so A mucli practical! in formation of this nature boen published in any one volume. m Tho lawyer, banker, merchant and far mer will each conclude that it must nave been prepared especially with reference to his convenience. It is designed for this wor< to take the place in politics that Web‘ter’s dictionary does in language, and Appleton’s Gazetteer in general literature. The binding, paper and illustrations have been made to com pare with the general character of the work. Though a person can be a good citizen without a thoro-ugh education, no good cit izen can enjoy tho right of franchise intel ligently without possessing the information contained in this book. While persons refuse to purchase ordina ry or expensive works, all classes will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity for obtaining a work so indispensable at so ow a price, <62.50. Sold only by subscription. Nend for special, circulars and : terms to agents. A NEW PLAN. Solicitors for premium papers should write us at once Tic burden of a heavy load removed. Samples all carried out of sight. Send for terms for the cheapest pa per published, with a fine engraving (25x 32) for a premium. For this and the above new works and 160 standard books address, s. l. marrow:*, co. xnar24-4m. Indianapolis, In Unabridged Dictionary ! FOR THE SCHOOL ROOM. 3000 Engravings; 1840 Pages Quarto. Price sl2. A!NEW FEATURE. To the 3000 illustrations heretofore in Webster's Unabridged, we have added four pages of COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS engraved expresg’y for the work at large expense. Nearly every State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Union, or corres ponding officer, where such an one exists, has,recommended Webstbr’s Dictionary in the strongest terms. Among them are those of Eastern, Northern, Middle, Southvrnand Western States—twenty-eight in al-j STATE PURCHASES. The State o*New York has placed 10,000 copies of Webster’s Unabridged in as many of her Public Schools. The State of Wisconsin, about 6,000 — nearly every school. The State of New Jersey, 1,500 —nearly every school. The State of Michigan made provision for all her schools. The State of Massachusetts has supplied her schools—nearly all. The State of lowa has supplied her schools. The State of Connecticut has made pro vision for her schools. Over 8000 schools in Indiana were eupplied during the year 1872, and many more in 1873 and 1874. In other States many been purchase l for supplying schools of cities, counties and towns. What better investment can be’made’for schools ? More than ten times as many are sold) f Webster’s Dictionaries, as of any other se ries in this country. At least four fifths of all the sc 00l books published in this country own Webster as threir standard, and of the remainder, few acknowledge any standard. Published by G. &C, MERRIAM, gpri field, Mass. mart?'^ 1877. ■ ML The Calhoun Times. Published every Saturday at calhoun GORDON COUNTY, GA, % By F. B. FREEMAN. --a - s res, WII AWAKE, PROGRESSIVE AND READABLE "Warranted "as' Represented I Papers in resection, and no pains will be spared to render thi, end attainable ROME AFFAIRS wlu room* eepeoial aUention, and ever/even* worthy of mention will be noted THE TRIES Will labor unceasingly for tho promotion of the interest* of our county and sec. oand lespectfolly Invokes the aid and encouragement of the people. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ° n ° Year, _ - Bao Sl * Months Months _ _ so CLUBS! CLUBS! extract IT' “ neighborhood with little trouble, and ail f ■* Ay BUSIN ESS MEN G^rguf ,dT,rtißin * io Northern lion fn considerable e.rcula- THE NEW* HOME m Made ■WAS AWAIIDED TUB FIRST; PREMIUM! At the Centennial Exhibition, 1876, and has always carried off the highest honors wherever exhibited. ' a COMPACT. simple. durable, Light Kunnme’and EFFICIENT “LOCK STITCH” MACHINE. ADAPTED to the WANTS of EVERYBODY. The HOME SEWING MACHINE was Perfected eight years since by the aid of the beat inventive talent and Mechanical Skill. It COMBINES all the Essential Parts of a FIRST CLASS MACHINE, is SIMPLE in CONSTRUCTION, SUPMSRIOR in Strength and Beauty, contains less Working Part 9_ an< I is Capable of DOING a ict aer range of Work than other Sewing Machines. It will RUN for years without COSTING ONE CENT for Rfpairs. In the Manufacture of this MACHINE tho Very Dost Materials are USED. The WEARING PARTS aro HARDENED, and tho Mechanism has been constructed with the special vieto of producing an Easy Running, DURABLE, and almost NOISELESS MACHINE, adapted equally well for Coarse or fine THREAD, COT TON, SILK or LINEN, SEWING from the lightest Muslins to Heaver Cloth and leather. Such Confidence^ felt in the INTRINSIC MERITS of tho HOME SEWING, MACHINE tliat every MACHINE is ftilly Warranted for Five Years. LIVE AGENTS wanted in localities whero we are not represented. Send for prices, and samples of work dono on the HOME, or call at any of our offices. Johnson, Clark & Go., 30 Union Square, New York. 564 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. llli Second Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 141 State Street, Chicago, 111. 21 South sth Street, St. Louis, Mo, 17 New Montgomery St., San Francisoo, Cal. *• Newsy, Spicy, Reliable.” The Atlanta Constitution. Under its new management, the Atlanta Constitution has won for itself the title of the leading journal of the South. Its en terprise, during the reeent. election excite ment, io sending correspondents to differ ent portions of the country, and its series of special telegrams from Washington while the electoral commission was engaged in consummating the fraud that placed Fadi. c Jism once more in power in our national councils are evidences conspicuous enough to prove that no expense will be spared to make the Constitution not only a leader in the discussion of matters of public concern, but a leader in the dissemination of the la test and most reliable news. There is no better time than row to subscribe for A Fresh and Vigorous Newspaper, Albeit, there has been a quasi settlement of one of the most difficult and dangerous problems of modern federal politics, the discussions springing therefrom and the re sults likely to ensue have lost nothing of their absorbing interest. In addition to this, the people of Georgia are now called upon to settle The Convention Question. and in the discussion of this important sub ject (in which the Constitution will take a leading part) every Georgian is interested. If a convention is called its proceedings will find their earliest and fullest embodi ment in the columns of the Constitution, and this fact alone will make the paper in dispensable to every citizen of the State.— To be brief, The Atlanta Daily Constitution. will eudeavor, by all the means thattke pro gress of modern journalism has made pos sible and necessary to hold its place as a leader of Southern opinion aud as a purvey or of the latest news. Its editorials will be thoughtful, rimely and vigorous—calm and argumentative in their methods and tlior* oughly Southern and Democratic in their sentiments. Its news will be fresh, reliable and carefully digested. It will be alert and enterprising, and no expense will be spared to make it the medium of the latest and most important intelligence. The Weekly Constitution. Besides embodying everything of inter est in the daily, the Weekly Constitution will eontain a Department of Agriculture, which will be in charge of Mr. Malcolm Johnson, the well-known Secretary of Georgia State Agricultural Soc ety. This department will be made a specialty, and will be thorough and complete. The fare mer will find in it not only all the current information on the subject of agriculture, but timely suggestions aud well-digestea advice. Subscriptions should be sent in at once. Terms of the Daily: 1 month $1 00 3 months 3 00 fi months 5 30 12 mouths 10 00 Terms of the Weekly: 6 months $1 10 12m<nths 2 20 Money may be sent by post office money order at our expense. Address: THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga Fisk’s Patent Metalic BURIAL CASES! We have purchased from Boar, & Barrett their stock of Burial Cases, and will keep a good stock and a full range of sizes at the old stand of Reeves < Malone FOSTER & HARLAN and STATIONARY flour and grist mills. .jMFBSVCT rESISNS,A ! a MM M I ill d l l 'l I I*l fcn 1 ! P. L. TURNLEY PIAIER IK—- IXruys, Medicines f Paints, Oils, Putty , Glass, Perfumer i cs , # ROME, GA. JjThe public are assured that my stock is complete in every department, and the greatest effort will be made to render sat isfaction to my customers. TTTRKrLEY’S (PURELY VEGETABLE ) Liver andDyspcptic Tonic. A certain euro for Side Headache , Colic , Cramps , Chills and dever, Palpitation of the Heart. ynd all diseases arising from a disordered Liver. TIIF TSEST MEDICINE EXTANT \ TURMLEY’S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT. A never failing remedy far Cuts , Bruises , Burns , Sprains , Old Sores , Ulcers , etc. } etc. A t-rial will conviuoe any one of its heal ing properties. Ask for it at your drug tore. nov!8-ly. Ilf you wish to grow Vegetables for sale i read Gardening for Profit! | If you wish to become a Commercial! Fb rist., read Practical Floriculture ! If you wish to garden for h jme use only, read Gardening lor Pleasure! All by PETER HENDERSON. colined CATALOGUE OF EVERYTHING IFOR TIIE GARDEN. Numbering 175 pages, with 1 colored piate, sent Free!! to ail customers of past years, or to those who purchased any of the above books : to others on receipt of 25 cents. Plain plant or seed Catalogues with out plate, free to all applicants. PETER HENDERSON & CO., smen, Market Gardeners & Florists 35 Cortlaudt St., New York. janl3-bm. CHROICLUiSITINI. Is published Daily, Tki-Wekkly and Weekly, At AUGUSTA, GA. By WALSH & WRIGHT, Proprietors Full Telegraphic Dispatches from All Points. Latest and Most Accu rate Market Reports. Interesting and Reliable Coircspondence from all parts of Georgia, South Car olina and Washington City. GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLI NA NEWS A SPECIALTY. DAILYi One Year 510 00 Six Months 5 QO TR I-WEEKLY: One Year 55 (.0 Six Months 2 50 WEEKLY: One Year , 52 00 Six Monsks 1 qq T. M. EIjLIS’ livkrv nil,mil Good Sa/t(lleJJaud Buggy Horses aud New Vehicles. Horses and mules for saie. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable. Will p,\y the cash for corn in the ear and odder in the bundle. feb3-tf. Ir y I GZffitons ■. SULPHUR SOAP, The Leading External Remedy foe Local Diseases of the Skin Blemishes of the Complexion ’ Sores, Scalds, Burns, Rheu- * MATISM AND GOUT, AND A Reliable Disinfectant and Preventive of Contagion This incomparable specific remove# entirely and speedily, Eruptions of the Skin or Scalp, Sores, Scalds, Burn* &c.; cures Rheumatism and Gout, and counteracts a predisposition to those diseases. It especially COMMENDS itself to the Ladies on account of its puri fying and BEAUTIFYING influence upon the COMPLEXION. Everv one possessing a cake of Glenn s Sulphur Soap, costing ac of' 50 cents, MAY ENJOY AT HOME ALL THE BENEFIT DERIVABLE FROM a seriee . of costly Sulphur Baths. It disinfects clothing and linen im pregnated by disease, and prevents ob noxious disorders caused by contact with the person. , Dandruff is eradicated and the hair ' prevented from falling out or prema turely turning gray by its use. , Physicians recommend its use. . 1 Prices—2s and 50 Cents per Cake ; Per Box (3 Cakes), 60c. and sl. 20. N.B.—Sent by Mail, Prepaid, on receipt of price, f and $ cents extra for each Cake. w HILL’S HAIB AND WHIKKKh DYS,* Black or Brews, AO Cents. CJ.CrittentoD, Prop’r, 7 Sixth Av.S.l, “BRAD Tn xNNOimXUIsM or rum Murray Hill PublfshfngCo. John P. 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