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WEDNESDAY, WAY, 17, 1870*
Osh* Centennial Letter.
Unii,aJ)EiniiA, May, 10th, 1870.
The splendid pageant is ended. Coil
tenuia 1 opening day has come and gone,
and now i sit here thinking, as it were,
among the ruins trying to collectmy
,>nses what I have seen. All is confus
ed and mixed. Like Oussio after his
: prec, I remember a mass of things, but
nothing distinctly. Even now, at mid
night, many hours after the great events
of the celebration have past, it seems
as if the thunder of cannon, the rattle
of drums, and the braying of brazen
instruments were still ringing in my
ears, a> and dancing before my eyes are alt
tin; brilliant colors of the rainbow, ta*
king all sorts of wonderful shapes, in
regiments ami columns, and divisions,
battalions, societies, Turn Verines, Spon
ger hots, Russian bears, British lions,
Chinese pagodas, Japanese monstrosi
ties, and soaring above ali, with wings
extended in the most patronizing man
ner, the magnificent emblem of Amcrk
can freedom, the eagle bird, by chance
l look out into the night, and the sky
is illuminated with various colored fires,
lockets shoot up towards the heavens in
i-verv direction, illuminating them with
a halo ot glory.
ft seems like a very -ituple thing to
tell what you have seen, but in the pres
ent instance it would be like attempting
tu describe the color and figures of a
Kaleidoscope.
The opening could not be said to
have commenced this morning; all day
yesterday, and for many days before,
thousands upon thousands came pour*
ing into the Quaker City, till it actuali
ty seemed ns if the whole United States
must have hem depopulated to furnish
the tremendous crowd. V\ here they all
found shelter. Heaven only knows. —
Indeed, they did not all find shelter, for
all through the night previous to the
opening, the streets were crowded as
they usually are on a grand gala day.—
Many of the stores never closed at all
And along the principle throughfures
from dark til! dawn, vast crowds of peo
ple heaved and surged like the waves of
a stormy sea. Happy he who could find
n resting place on the solt side of a
plank, while an individual lucky enough
to secure a cot iti a parlor next to the
roof, or under the shelter of a balcony,
regard? 1 himself ns a man whom kings
might envy.
It is useless to say that I am tired,
sleepy used up, gone in, and, as it were,
generally done lor. Whr.t cares my
multitude of renders for that? they
Want to hear about the big show. S-,
with eyes blinded with smoke and dust,
and head whizzing with all sorts of
sights and sounds, if you will only have
patienccc, ladies and gentlemen, [ will
do the best I can, and try and begin at
the beginning.
The roar of hundreds of cannon wel
comed his coming; for although it is
not yet our Fourth of July, it seemed
to he felt, that by general consent, we
had made a sort of Gregorian advance
of a few weeks, and were celebrating
rbo Centennial birthday of the freedom
of the American Union. Of course,
one feeling rose paramount in every
heart, a feeling of thankfulness that we
were still a united people; than not
withstanding the disasters mid suffer
ings of the last few years, we were per
mitted, in tho providence of Cod to cel
obrute with our great Exhibition, the
hundredth year of our National Inde
pondenee.
Chestnut street has altered material
ly since 177(>, but Independence Hall
ill remains intact ; and within n few
feet of the roar and turmoil of the busy
meet, is the quaint old room where a
bundled years ago sat the stately John
Hancock, flanued by Franklin and Jcf
fi.oson and Adams and the rest of that
splendid galaxy, whose names have be
come immortal.
Tho furniiuvo is still substantially
tho sauie, voiy plain, very shabby, very
old, vet every article of’ it a sacred relic
worth inoie than gold, and bringing us
back to the better days of thn republic,
when calico was respectable, and two*
stoiy bustles were unknown.
The air was bithny and mild, and it
realty seemed as if the Almighty lid
smiled on the occasion, and covered it
with bepiyou and blessing. It needed
no special announcement to tell that
something great and i > pnrtant was iui
pending; crowds bad been surging
through the streets all the night before ;
inn!*.* us the day dawned, soldiers in gay
uniibrir.s might be seei hurrying in cv.
cry- direction, getting ready for the
Great Kxhibitn n.
Revilie beats, bugle calls, tie shrill
shrieks <>l thousands of steam whistles,
wi .6 mingled with the thunder of can
mins and the rattle of small arms. Lit
tle b‘>ys, unrestrained by vicious police*
men, set ofl whole bundles ol lire crack
ers at a time, while young gintlemm
from tho country stood on the street
corners di-charging ancient horse pis
tols, with flint locks, which looked as
though they might have dme sendee
against Tuiletin at Cow pens, or have
riddh*d the jacket of some cowardly
llessia", at Germantown or 'Fronton
Everybody looked smiling. It was ev
ident that America,young and old, were
out for all day. and were bound to hove
a good time.
Such a display of bunting was never
seen in the United States before Flags,
flags, nothing but flags, floated in every
direction ; out of the windows and
doors, and from the sides and roofs of
the houses. Flags flags, flags, AuierU
can flags, English flags. Hutch flags,
French flags, Irish Hags, Russian Prus
sian, Austrian. Sweedisdi and Danish
flags ; they filled the sky end the air;
wherever you turned, flags, flags, flags ;
they flapped in your eyes, they hit you
on tho nose, thoy smote you on the
cheek, they belled you in tho wind,
they knocked your new hat into the
gutter, 'and raised the devil generally.
Men constantly flitted by you in grotes
que an l startling costumes ; while on
evety hand the ear was stunned with the
unintelligible jargon of strange and in
numerable tongues. Early in the morn
ing the whole city seemed to have turn
ed its lace toward the site of tho Cen
tennial Buildings. Thousands upon
thousands fillet the way; every vehicle
from a wheel-barrow to a Fullumn pal
ace car was brought into active requisi
tion. Philadelphia had made tremen
dous preparation for the great event, but
all her calculations were swept away, as
a rush is swept out ni the pathway of
the hurraciue Carriages, go-carts, om
nibusscs, railroad cars, all alike were
crammed, rammed, jammed All dis
tinction ol east or character, were ut
terly ignored ; gentlemen ir. white
chunkers and swallow*tailed coats fought
with bootblacks and hod carriers,
for the poor privilege of hanging on by
their eye*lids t the front or back plat
form of a dirty street cars. The heat
of the ears was stifling, but everybody
was happy, barring here and there some
fat woman, or gouty old man, w \< so fa
vorite euro had received an undue press
ure, or some unfoitunate countryman
who in the squeeze had lost his pocket
book, and was suddenly cut off from
Centennial f in, and realized that he was
a stranger in a strange land, and una
ble to see his way back to Skincatles or
Blue Lick. At last the grounds were
reached. It was indeed like a scene of
enchantment. I will not attempt in tlm
letter to describe the buildings at all,
the subject is so vast, so L abandon it
to-day in despair. Suffice it to say,
the scene was wonderful, bail lings
beautiful in design, and colosl in pro
portion, towered on every side. It is
almost appalling to think of tho vast
amount of wealth and genius that these
magnificent buildings contain. The site
selected for the opening ceremonies was
particularly app-opriate. On the one
side was (lie u ost collosial the Cen
tennal buildings, and on the other, the
most beautiful .structure on the grout ds,
know r n as the Memorial Hull. For poi
tive grandeur and beauty there is no
building in America to compare with it.
Its description I re erve fur some future
occasion.
An immense space had been set apart
for distinguished \ isitors, but it w .s im
possible to provide for us all, yet Dam
Pedro and 1 have no cause to complain,
though I somehow fancied that the Cen
tennial managers showed hiur. more at
tention than they did me. but this may
have been imagination. The fortunate
holders of tickets to the opening cere
monies were early in their places, and
as is usual in such rases, about ten times
as many tickets had been issued as tin ra
were seats for the people, or even stand
ing room for the vast multitude that
surged, and fought and swo-re, chunking
up every avenue, and trampling down
every obstacle. The ceremonies wore
to have commenced at half past ten
sharp, but of course somebody was late,
without whom, the show could not go
on.
t 1 is time the scene was particular
ly grand and imposing. Here gather.,
cd in a narrow space vas the most mag
nificent assemblage of distinguished men
and women ever seen in America. Roy
alty lent the savor of its gracious pres
ence. Dom Pedro, the Emperor of
Brazil, was there accompanied by h s
excellent Empress, now passing under
the quiet title of the Lady A’acautia.
On every hand there were poets, paint
ers, sculptors, historians, men and wo
men eminent in literature and art
There were reverent and devines, great
merchants, distinguished scholars, and
galleut sodiers wdioso names
are rcnowr.ed fromtho ri
sing die setting of the sun. All that
art or wealth or beauty could contrib
ute to add to tho glory of the scene,
seemed to be concentrated in thatsplcn
dd and brilliant assembly. The Pres
ident of the United States occupied a
position near the centre, surrounded by
iiis cabinet and the United States Sen
ate —a lit lie to the left sat the judge of
tho Su> reuie Court and the members of
the diplomatic corps. Scattered along
right and left were artists, doctors, gov
ernors, generals and aldermen. Our
own sweet poet, Whittier, had contrib
uted *he opening hymn. Richard Wag
ner, tne greatest iiving musician, com
posed the Centennial March. Th o
dore Thomas, tho most famous leader
of his time, swayed the magic batou.—
One hundred and fifty of the most skill-
I ful musicians composed the orchestra.
As the President made his appearance
on the front of Memorial Hall, sur
rounded by bis c;r inet and the orches
tra struck up the Centennial March.—
Then followed ajprayer by Bishop Simp
son, during which the boisterous eie ,
ments of the crowd calmed down so
that you might, have heard a pin drop
'J ben loiluWad W hittier's noble hymn,
which I regarduw one of the mast splen
did productions of his life. Then a
cantata, by Sidney Lanier, of Georgia,
sot to music by Dudley Buck, of Con
netieut General Hawley, the Presi
dent, then made a 'ormal presentation
of the Exhibition in a brief and well
chosen speech, after which followed a
short addns.- by the President id' the
United elates, daring with the an
n luucemeut that the great Exhibition
was open The words had scarcely
past his iips, when it. seemed as if pau
demori'inn had broken loose Canons
boomed by the huudred ; muskets crack
ed by the thousand; pistols exploded
by the million. The ground fairly
trembled, ns if affrighted at the hurii"
ble din. Ch or upon cheer rent the
air. Men and women went rushing
about shaking hands with people they
had never seen before.
The Japanese Ambassador gave a
smile approbation, and exclaimed belty
bullv, crowning glory of the ceremonies,
Handei’sgrand hallalujah.given by 800
voiees made the welkin ring with
the sounds of jubilee.
Th * Foreign Commissioners that
passed into the main hall, each standing
opposite his division. General Grant,
accompanied by a numerous cortage.
then crossed to tho main long hull
and passed tbrough to the Machinery
Hull.
The great Corliss engine. 2,000 horse
power, stood silent and still, as if wait'
ing the magic touch that should wake it
to activity and life* The President ad
vanced, and laying his hand of the po!
ished lever, threw it easily forward. In
an instant there was an answering thrill
and vibration. The mighty piston mov
slowly forward. Then came the recoil.
Faster and I faster the tremendous
iron aroD cleaves the air. Where all was
quiet an instant before all is now activL
ty and life. Wheels whiz, steam wnis
tles roar, cannon thunder, all sarts if
machines,conceivable and inconceivable
are set in busy motion, and the Great
Exhibition may be fair] v said to have be
gun.
'i he crowd then scattered all over the
grounds wherever their inclination led.
I went down to Agricultural Hall at
tracted by tho splendid Exhibition in
that department. It is a world in itself.
I will not attemyt to day to describe
anything there. Except in a few notable
instances—all was confusion and chaos.
Near the fountain was a magnificent
Oriental structure erected by the Glen
Cvoe Starch Company. This entepris--
ing firm had engaged Beck’s celebra
ted band, which discoursed most beauti
ful music all the day, fact in it was the
only pri-ate band admitted in air. c>f
the buildings. But I feel that I must
close.
I trust it will be no disappointment
to my readers that I have made no at.
tempt to describe a singlj Centennial
building, or in fact to do anything more
m the present letter than to give in as
few words as possible, a passing sketch
of the principal events of the day—
while much is described I can only feel
how much is important, has utterly and
entirely <gcaped me. Great non have
passed by me w hoso names and persons
were unknown ; frightful accidents
have occured without even a passing
mention. Many brilliant societies,
which oo any o her occasion would have
created the profoundest sensation, have
been engulphed a r >d swallowed up in
the presence of spirits, greater than
themselves.
For eacdi and tjl of these short com
ings, will endeavor in the future to
make amends. If my readers will fd
low me week by week 1 will do my best
to lead them through all the buildings
of the gr at Exhibition, and make them
see, as far as they can through my eyes
i's wonders, its glories, and i's magnifi
cent collection of the arts. This I know
wiil take many letters and months of pa
rent work and study, but with palieuc!
and wotk, I hope and expect to accom
plish it.
In conclusion, let me say that in the
life of an ordinary man, there are few
such days in any part of the world as
the great day we have just passed
through, no man living on the continent
of America cao reasonably expect to see
exactly such another, or even one re.*
uiotely approaching it as a gianJ irnpo*
sing and magnificent spectacle participa
ted in by hundreds of thousands of jeo
ple, an distinguished by mighty names
and characters that would be considered
great in any country or clime. Ido
not say that there will not be other
national celebrations and Exhibitions
where Kings and Queens and Emperors
will take part, and mi’lions of people
backed by countless millions of debars
will contribute everything that can add
to the glory of the pageant, and make it
memorable forever. It is not any of
these things that distinguishes our Cen
tennial day. It is not the splendor of
the procession, nor the showy co'tumss,
nor the lavish expenditure of money,
nor the infinitude of numbers, mr the
startling vaiiety, “nd magnitude of ihe
contributions gathered from the farth
est ends of the earth. It is all these
added together, and above, beneath and
around them all the grand fact that we
have reached the hundredth year of our
National Independence. For this AF
mighty G< and ho thanked with humble
<".t;d grateful hearts. Certain wise men
of (lie east had long since cast our hor
oscope,hand in a Democratic form of
governmetitf could see nothing but dis
aster and ruin ; but despite the lying
prophecy we still live and on this, the
Centennial, the year of our Freedom
we have called up the people of the
world to the City of Brotherly Love to
help us to celebrate our glorious nation
al jubilee. It is true, that as yet we
lack a few weeks of completing our full
hundred years, but the goal is already
in sight, and we sli .11 reach it in the
Providence God, for in the language of
Richelieu, the stars have said it, and
my own prophetic and oracular soul
confirms the shinning sybils.
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official signatute. This May 2d 1876.
I) W. NEEL, Ordinary.
Gordon Sheriff’s Sales-~June.
WILL be sold before the Coiut House
door it. the town of Calhoun, Cordon
county, Ga., between the legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in June next, the fol
lowing property, to-wit :
fot of land No. 100 in the l- r -th district
and 3rd section of said county. And lot
of lan' 1 No. 107 in the 21th district and 3rd
section of said county. Levied on as the
property of M- M. Anderson by virtue of
a fi fa issued from Gordon Superior Court,
in favor of Mason Clure vs. M. M . A rider.
son. Defendant in possession. Property
pointed out by plaintiff in fi fa.
Also at the same time and place will be
sold lot of land No. 257 in the oth district
and 3rd section of Gordon county. Sold
as the property cf John Gillespie, by virtue
of a fi fa from the 1050 district, G. M. Jus
tice Court in favor of Boyd ,j- Bro vs. John
Gillespie. Levy made and returned to me
by F. M. Green L. C.
I. E. BARTLETT, Sheriff.
“ NOTICEl ~~
Wo beg leave to inform Cue public that
we have now on hand a
FRESH STOCK OF GOODS !
Consisting of
SUGAR, COFFEE,
TEA, LAUD,
RACON, FISH,
FLOUR AND SYRUP,
Roswell Yarns and Sheetings,
Sole Leather,
IIARNES, BOOTS & SHOES,
AXES, CUTLERY, CROCKERY
AND STOVE WARE,
EARLY ROSE POTATOES
AND GARDEN SEEDS,
READY MADE CLOTHING
CAMCOES, ETC.,
All of which we will sell low,
MARSHALL & LEE.
Februaf” 8, 1876.
AGENTS,
make no engagements till you see our
New Book,
Which in thrilling interest, sterling merit,
elegance and cheapness, has absolutely no
equal. It is “ The Thing ” for the Ccnten
uial period—takes on sight.
The North American Review says it is
“ deserving of unqualified praise ; we antic
jpate for it an extensive popularity;” the
Dubuque Times says “ Just such a hook as
thousands of American People will be glad
to possess the Detroit Advertiser calls it
“preferable to any yet published ” Aliy
active Mail or Woman of good ad
dress 'insured large prof ts and steady work
for a year. For full pai tici-lavs, address
J. B. FORD & CeV
o-8t 7 Park Place, New York.
STEINWAY.
“FIGURES DON’T LIE.”
Stcinway Pian ots
STILL TRIUMPHANT.
9
Stein way’s saTes, evidence of
their popularity, - - $1,205,403
Chickcring & Sons $822,402
William Knabe cS; Cos 383,511
Haines Bros 287,051
William P. Emerson 232,790
Albert Weber 221,-144
The above figures are taken from the annual
Internal Revenue Tax Returns.
RUBEN STEIN. During all my long and
difficult journeys all over
America, ard in a very
inclement season, 1 used
your Pianos, and have
been able to use your Pi
anos exclusivclv in my two
hundred and fifteen con
certs, and also in private,
with the most eminent sat
isfaction and effect. New
York, May 24th, 1873.
(The above is the only tes
timonial ever given by
Rubcr.stein to aiy Piano
manufacturer.)
LISZT. Pray tell Mr. Steinway
that his splendid upright
Piano shone to’brilliant
advantage to. ihe festival
performances at the Wart
burg, where, last. Tuesday
it served under my fingers
as “ Vice Orchestra,” ex
citing general admiration.
(Extract from Dr, Frank
Liszt to the celebrated
coni poser, Metssdorf,which
letter,dated Sept. 27, 1873,
is now in possession of
Messrs. Steinway & Sons.)
MARIE KREBS After thoroughly testing
your Pianos, belli in pri
vate and public, I can con-,
scient'ously say that the
Steinway Pianos are supe
rior to all American and
European instruin cuts
known tome- New York,
May 17th, 1872.)
I)E MEYER. “ During my artistic ca
reer of more than forty
years, 1 had occasion to
use the pianos of all the
world renowned makers,
in public and private, but
1 have never found an in
atrumeni which compares
with your pianos. [N>'W
York, March 31st, 1868.)
JAELL “ Your na ne deserves
to be inscribed in golden
letters in history of piano
making in America, to the
improvement of which you
have so largely contributed
Your pianos may ne pro
claimed as incomparable!
What noble, distinguished
t< ne ! What poetical sing
ing quality ! [Paris, April
L, 1867. J
ART- “ During my long career
as Artist and Composer, I
have met with many fine
European and American
Piano Fortes, but none
that combine grandeur and
poetry of tone, elasticity
of touch—in short, every
thing that renders a p ano
perfect, to such a high
degree as your celebrated
Piano Fortes.” [New York
July 5, 1872.]
WE ALWAYS GIVE DATES
WITH ALL CREDENTIALS,
as there are some “ old,” yes, very
old credentials out from different celes
brated Artists, given by them—some
before Mess. Stein way & Sons ever
manufactured Pianos, and others,
lore they bad tried these celebrated in
struments.
S. B. M ILLS, (celebrated Coopos2r.
J. N. PATTISON, “
ALFRED H. PEASE, “
B. WOLLENIIAUPT, “ “
JOSEPH WIENIA vYSKI, Direc
tor of the Conservatory of Music at
Moscow, Russia.
THEODORE THOMAS,
CIIAS. KUNKEL,
S. P. WARREN,
WILIjIE B. PAPE, Pianist to 11.
11. 11. the Princess of Wales.
E. B. WAftIIBURN, Minister to
France.
And numbers of others too numerous
to mention. Send for Catalogues and
see for yourself.
Steimcay's Pianos leave taken entry
Prize and Medal wherever their 1 ianos
have been placed in competition with
others. Paris lß6!j\ London 1862,
which places their Pianos at the HEAD
of TUP WORLD.
ALSO
Mathuseli ,
Hardman ,
Haines Bros,
And Other Pianos.
Whatever is wanted in the musical line
we can supply at lowest rate and at short
notice.
Reliable agents wanted in Georgia, Ala
bama, Floiida, North and youth Carolina
and East Tennessee by
TURNER & BRAUMULLER,
Wholesale Southern Agents,
30 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.
D B. FREEMAN,
Special Agent, Calhoun. Oa
Til.. .GO 1
td E**- -> *y *
THE NEW FAMILY
SINGER
Sewing Machine.
WITH ATTACHMENTS
For All Kinds of Work,
is f;st winning favor in t! e hou e old, as
shown by the rapidly increasii g sales. ’
This New Family Machine is can,-,.
ble of"a range and variety of work such as
was once thought impossible to perform by
machinery. We claim and can show that
.it is the cheapo.t, most beautiful, delicately
arranged, nicely adjusted, easily operated
and smoothly running of all the family
sewing machines. it. is remarkable, not
only for the range and variety of its sew
ing. but also for the variety and different
kinds of texture wliicn it will sew with
equal facility and perfection, using silk
twist, linen, or cotton thread, fine or coarse
making the inter-elastic lock stitch, alike
on both sides of tlie fabric sewn. Thus,
beaver cloth, or leather, may be sewn with
great strength and uniformity of stitch T
and, in a moment, this willing and never
wearying inst alment may be adjusted for
fine work on gauze or gossamer tissue, rr
the lucking of tarlatan, or ruffling, or’al
most any other work which delicate fingers
have been known to perform.
Ours having long been t he popular and
practical machines for manufacturing pur
poses, some dealers, using “the tricks of
trade,” take advantage of this in trying to
persuade purchasers that our Family Ma
chine is not equal, for family sewing to our
Manufacturing Machines for manufacturing
purposes. But purchasers—and they are
apt to examine carefully before choosing—
have not been n erely persuaded, but con
vinced that our sew family n achine embod
ies new and essential principles—simplicity
of construction ; ease of operation ; uni
formity of precise action at any speed; ca
pacity for range and variety of work, fine
or coarse - leaving all rivals behind it.
Sewing Machine Sales 0f1874.
The table of sewing machine sales for
1874 show that our sales for that year
amounted to 211,697 machines, being a
large increase over the sales of the previ
ous year. The table shows that our sales
exceed those of any other company for the
period named, by the number oi' 148,8e2
machines, nearly
Three Times Those of any other Com
pany.
Tt may bo further stated that the sales of
1873, as compared with the sain of 1872,
show a relatively large increast beyond
the ‘-ales of other makers. For instance,
in 1872 we sold 45,000 more machines than
pay other compan) ; whereas, in 1873, th
sales were
113,254 Machines in Excess of Our
Highest Competitor.
And in 1974 our sales were
Machines More Than
Ay Other Company.
OFFICIAL HE VO 11T.
The following is a correct report of the
sales of sewing machines made by the lead
ing companies dining the past four years.
A careful examination of the figures will
show that the “SINGER” have largely in
creased each year, while, on tlie contrary, a
corresponding decrease is shown in the sales
reported by all other companies. This is a
highly satisfactory result to us, and is only
another prjof that “merit always has its re
ward.”
Sewing Machine Soles fur 1874.
Machines sold.
The Singer Manufacturing Cos 241,070
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Cos. 92,827
Hove Sewing Machine Cos., ( estima
ted) 35.G0Q
Domestic Sewing Machine ( 22,700
Grover & Baker Sewing Mac ine Go.
(estimated; 0,000
Florence Sewing Machine (. 0,615
Secor Sewing Machine Go. . , 4,041
Sales of iti 7 .
X u bines sold
The Singer manufacturing coU 232,444
Wheeler & Wilson manufacturingco. 119.106
Domestic sewing machine co 40,114
Grover & Baker sewing machine co. 30,179
Howe machine co no rcliupg.
Florence sewing machine co 3,1)00
Secor sewing machine co— 4 f m
Saks of 1872.
Machines
The Singer manufacturing c0..........219,753
Wheeler & Wilson manufacturing §§.
towe machine co., (estimated),,... ,145,000
Grover & Baker sewing machiqg g§. f)2, Q10
Domestic sewing machine eg........... 49,554
Flore: ce sewing machine c 0........... :[5,793
Sales of 18ff.
Machines sold.
The Singer manufacturing ( ,181,260
Wheeler Wilson manufset ring c 0.128,520
Grover & Baker sewing me lone co, 50,538
liowe machine co.(Jan. 1 t July L) 34,010
Florence sewing machine o* 15,948
Domestic sewirq machine cj, IV,
THE SINGER MANUKAURINtt €
172 Broughton St., Savannah, Ga
C. S. BEATTY, Agt
JJHANCH OFFICES
In Atlanta,. Athens, Augusta, Macon, Cos
lumbus, and Thomasvillc, Ga. ; Charles
ton and C jlumbia, S. C. : Jacksonville,
and Tallahassee, Florida.
R W. B. MERRITT,
Ap,ewt for Bartow CcuntJ-
Send your address to the aboveolh
ces for a catalogue of the celebrated l ;aiaar
Glove Fitting Pattern. They are the best
the vheape.-t, aud *hc ciosf ?' ylish pat 1 crua
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