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WEDNESDAY, MAY, 24, 1876.
UAKD TIMES.
T:j every part of tne country and
among all classes, there is and has been
i r several months, a complaint of close
ness in money matters and a general
wan* of a stimulus in trade with 4 con
slant fear that the worst has not come.
In the South where it is felt, perhaps
the worst, when wc glance back at the
record of a few years we can not fail to
see s.me of the causes which have help
ed to stagnate our industries and bring
us to our present condition, where we
have only to hope that something may
bring us the feeling ot confidence we
need and a revival of prospects in our
great agricultuial and business interests
Emerging from a bloody conflict in
which we had struggled against misfor-*
tunes ard disadvantages without num_
her, and when we had learned the true
use of that aphorism, “ where there is a
will, there’s always a way,” we met our
fate with resignation, and set about
with willing hearts to disiothrall cor
rupt rule placed over us and to restore
to its former pristine glory our country
and homes laid waste by the cruel hand
of an unmerciful army. For a few
years the debris of our wrecked for
tunes were disappearing fast, and the
sun of progress shone bright in the fir
inanent of our hopes, and it seemed that
the goal of happiness enjoyed by a
people free fiom want was just ahead.
But having learned the true lesson of
economy did we continue to practice its
precepts ? No. Shoddy began to pa
rade itself, and avenues of debt were
opened without restraint, mortgages,
levies given and executed in their de
structive force, and fettered in the
clutches the homestead and the bank
rupt laws began to do their work, and
men began to doubt each other. Whaffi
ever other causes produced hard times,
these had a share, and new we must
hunt about until we find a remedy. Ne
cessity may bring it in a shape to re
leave us by our own hands, in some
manner at last. Let us make what we
consume, keep out of debt, pursue econ
omy, frown down idleness and time may
bring us a reward of plenty ere we ex-'
pcct it.
The indications seem to be that Col
quitt has the inside track for Gover
nor.
Letter From W. M- T. J. Smith.
Editors Georgia Grange : The time
allotted the worthy Lecturer cf the Na
tional Grange, Brother Smedley, is so
limited it has been difficult to make his
appointments at all satisfactory to the
wishes of our brethren as well as my
self. Beginning on the first day of
June and ending on the 10th, makes it
impossible to accomodato the many in
vitations sent in. Therefore, lam forc
ed to make the following appointments
ns the best that can be done within the
time as follows *.
June Ist, Calhoun, Gordon county,
2d, Romo, Floyd county; 3d, Social
Circle, Georgia Railroad; stn Rutland
Grange. Bibb county ; 6th, Albany,
Dougherty county ; 7th, ; Bth,
Waynesboro, Burke county; 9th, r I homp
son MoDuffie county ; 10th, near Augus
ta
The brethren and sisters that have
the pleasure of having brother Smedley
with them will at once go to work by
advertising these appointments and such
other due instruction a3 will get p a
respectable, yes, large audience for our
Worthy Brother, who has just finished
a canvass in Arkansas, winning goL
den opinions lor himself and our
cause.
We have the pr..mise of several lead
ing brethren accompanying brother
S. ; and Patrons, let us be active in
bringing about a good time. Every
Lecturer .and Deputy is called upon to
t ike an active part in these meetings —
yes, every Master and Secretary ; and
iist. but not least, our Worthy Sisters
(pres Pomona and Flora, are earnestly
invited to take an active part.
Brothers and sisters be of good cheer
Hoist your colors and beat for recruits
The times are fraught with momentous
responsibilities. Lut us be equal to the
necessities upon us.
Yours respectfully.
T. J Smith,
Mastc- Georgia State Gaange
The Baltimore City Council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting politi
cal processions in the night during the :
geming campaign.
THII CENTENNIAL.
People from Different Nations
and What They It ring;-- Other
Faetn Cos 11 reviling Uncle Sam's
Jubilee—The Obituary Poet
and His Guests.
[From 1 Our Regular Correspondent.]
Philadelphia, May 20th 1870.
May is upon us in all f her leafy
glory, and wilhin the last week the
trees have burst out with their rich
blooms of white and crimson, purple
and gold, as if to do special honor to
the commencement of the great Cen
tenial Exhibition.
The fever of the opening has past,
and now ve settle dowu soberly and
calmly to an lunest six months’ work
hoping to gleau in this harvest cf na
tions some golden grains of knowledge
from the rich sheaves of other lands.—
One thing is certain, no man or woman
can pass through the halls of the great
Exhibition without feeling on depart
ing that they are wiser ana better than
when they entered.
As you approach the Centennial
grounds from any direction buildings of
all sorts and sizes, shades and shapes
surround you, co7ered with the flags of
all nations, and with open doors, and
some with no doors at all invite the
weary traveler to rest and refreshment.
Bauds of strolling musicians gathered
from every land on the face of the
earth, and playing on eve r y conceivable
iestrument from a Chinese tom tom to a
Scotch fidd’e, make things exceedingly
lively with Wachfc on t'nc Rhine, St.
Patrick's day in the Morning, Rule
Brittannia, the Marsillaise, the Tyro lyse
hymn and Yankee Doodle placed in
every graduation of flat and sharp;
they furnish exquisite musical pabulum
to all the lovers of in harmony and dis
coid, from China to Tipperary. But
then it is oar Centennial year, you know,
and vots the hods so long as your appy.
Presenting your fifty cent stamp or
new half dollar at the turnstyle, you
pass through the wicket, realizing in
\he most lively manner what must be
the feelings of a pig in a gate. On your
right stands the Main- Hall with door
invitingly open. We step in, and the
scene is grand and dazzling beyond
conception. As you advance it seems
as if the wealth of the world had been
poured out into the lap of the young
republic of the west. Italy with her
bronzes, her marbles, and her magnifi
cent works of art, stands guarding the
portal on the left, and Chili in a beau*
titul little structure on the right pre
sents the rich ores and smaller pro
ductions of that favored child of the
Pacific. Gold and silver ores are there,
rich and rare, telling stories almost fab'
ulous of undeveloped wealth, which if
worked by American or English energy
and capital, might rival in richness the
wonders of tl. big bonanza. Next be
yond Chili comes the Empire of Japan.
llow shall I deset ibe the exquisite
beauty of the multitude of elegant forms
into which she has worked her porce
lain and her bronze ? Va3es and fig
ures are there beautiful beyond deserip-'
tion, before which the most magnificent
creations of French ani Itallian artists
would pale into utter insignificance.—
Oh. how rich and costly are these un
equalled gems of art, speaking of wealth
untold and genius without a rival, and
of an aesthetic progress and encourages
ment of which the outside world never
dreamed her capable. Looking on these
splendid contributions, I saK to my.
myself, no wonder she shut us out for
centuries from her country ; no wonder
she considered us barbarians. A gen
tleman, a real, live, germine Japanese
gentleman, receives you at the steps, and
pleasantly invites you to inspect the
productions of his country. For abso.
lute elegance and sweetness of manner
no trained courtiers of Louis le Grand
could have rivalled him. In language
the most select, and in a tone exquisite
ly modulated he sxplains cheerfully and
pleasantly the minutest detial of his
exhibits, and as he bows you down af
ter you have finished your inspection
you feel like sending your son to Japan
to'study the manners of a gentleman,
and to oftain if possible a portion of the
polish that distinguishes thir Japanese
Chesterfield.
A short distance beyond our steps are
arrasted by three grim looking Swedish
cavalrymen, who stand guarding a por
tion of the warlike treasures contribu
ted by that warlike kingdom. While I
stood looking at them yesterday a little
wiery, sharp old woman was wheeled up
on one ef those abominations in a crowd,
which the English call a peram*
bulatnr. Looking inquiringly up in the
face of a stout soldier in jack boots,she
said in a sort of confidential tone :
“Where be you frem, sir ?” The cav
alryman never moved a muscle. The
old lady knin her brows, and raising her
voice to a shrill scream, said : “A lit
tle deaf, I suppose ?” The cavalryman
didn’t wink. A wicked reporter, who
stood at her elbow,sa and, “try him again,
aunty; try him again ; I guess he don’t
uadesstand what you say.” “No, I
shan’t,” replied the old lady; “no I
shan’t; I wonder where on earth he
eame from, that he don’t know any
manners?” The reporter whispered
confidentally in her ear : “He don’t
speak our language ; he is a Herrego
venian from the wild islands of Bulga<*
ria.” “ You don’t say so !” said the
old lady ; “he oomes at the way from
there ! Wal, I kind o* thought he did,
but I never could bear them nasty fur
rcuers and she, with a disdainful toss
of her head,, was wheeled off to exam -
ine the other sights of the Great Exhi
tinn. I don’t wonder that she was de#.
ccived ; for, never in my life have I se..p
such miracles of aristic elegance and
grace ; they ate not merely stuffed fig
ure . but, except the breathing appurat
it?, genuine living men ; they look you
quietly oud calmly in the fac j from eyes
ns human as you ever gazrd at. You
ore prepared to hear them speak at any
moment, and no man in his senses would
ever dream of taking the slightest lib
erty with theu . for fear of being tick
led in the flanks with a Swedish sword
or bayonet,.
iLumcdiatt'ly across the ivsle is au
other group by the same or a kindred
artist. It is a Laplander and bis wife
and child. They are both low, of stafe
ure and with laces broaged by expose.*
u -, e; they are clad in garments made of
skins, in patterns eoarse and rude. The
mother holds a little ease in her arms
similar to those in which the Indian
women of our own land carry their pap
pooses. In - rt is a dead infant; its lit-'
tie eyes are sweetiy closed in the last
long peaceful sleep. The mother is
looking down on the little one’sr face
with a look of the most unutterable
lo w e-, b-ufc with an agony that is at once
uridescribable and heart-rending; her
lips are compressed, her eyes are swol.
leo and red and you can almost hear
the bitter eiy of anguish that welta up
from the sad and dosolote heart of this
stricken Lapland liobe. The father
stands a little way apart —he too has his
eyes sadly fixed on the face of his dead
child ; the big tears are starting unoid
deo from his eyes, and yon almost ex
pect to see them drop upon the floor.—
The little boy who has been weeping
also, looks like a dwarfed old man ;
there isr nothing childish about him,
nothing loving or lovely, his features are
fixed and hard and stern speaking of
abuse and suffering untold, and not all
calculated to make us iu love with Lap
laud childhood. The sad faces of the
group haunt you for hoars after yc u
have left them, and as exquisite works
of art, are entitled to high rank among
the wonders <f the Exhibition. The
group of the old elockuiaker k* also wor
thy of special mentioH, but begui’ed by
the beauty of the subject, I have al
ready given this department mere space
that! I intended. Passing along a lit*
tie further, Spain is represented bv a
building that looks like the entranc to
an Egyptian tomb ;. on one side of the
portal is a likeness of Columbus, on tho
other his generous patron, Queene Isa
bella ; on opposite panals on the inside
are Ilernand Cortez and Pouce ele Le'
on. The contributed treasures af Aria
gon and Castile did not impress me fa
vorably. Lazy soldiers, clad iu insig
nificant uniforms, ioll around on the
counters and benches. Tie stuffs ex
hibited are tawdry and cheap, and no
one seems to know much about them.—
I do not wish to be thought captious, or
to find fault with the exhibits of a coun
try torn by intestine discord, and fight
ing for national life, bnt as I wandered
about among the evidences of her ruin
and decay rather than progress, I could
not help wishing that among the flags
that floated on every side I couid dis >
eover the banner of the single star
which would give the stamp of rations
alify to the beautiful Queen of the An
tilles. Everything is in Confusion
there, atil I got a learned dutch friend
who is versed in the lingo of Spain to
propound the enquiry to the gentleman
on gurad as to how long before they
be rea ly ; after a spirited colloquy my
friend informed : Dot Llace don’t be
ready since about doo veeks. Turkey
is represented bv an exceedingly dull
show of carpets and rugs, that look as
though th-iy had beeu rescued from a
second-hand dyer, who had beeu trying
to improve the colors. I have heard
much of the splendor of Turkey carpets
aud the beauty of Turkey rugs, but if
thesearea fair samplo of what they
can do in this busines send me six yards
ef seventy-five cent ingrain or one of
those magnificent rag carpets that we
used to make out of dilapidated breeches
or the ghosts of departed petticoats.—
Why they are no more to compare to an
Axminster or Kidderminster or a Rrus
spls carpet, than a brass button is to the
Koohinoor diamond, and the man who
says that this is not so—weli he’s anoth
er and ought to be put in the lunat.c
asylum. A few steps on and Egjpt is
before us, with the mould and grime of
thousands of years upon her, yet ready
to greet us with welcome. Around us
on every side are the relics of by ages
—telling of a cillization great and
mighty, when Greece was the~ abode rf
the savage and Rome was a howling
wilderness—a civilization which sweep
ing down the tide of time has per'
uieatea the growth and the strength
of every land apon t’.e face of thp
earth.
Pottery is there which might have
been used by the captive Israelites when
they were led by the Hebrew prophet
out of the house of bondage. Drink
ing cups aie there that might have
been pressed by parched and blackened
lips among the burning s.inds long cen
turies ago. The wretched slaves have
crumbled into dust, but these del
iente cups remain as unbroken and
bright as when they left the hands of
the potter.
Here is wheat sweet and luxuriant
reaped in sheafs from the same fields
where three thousand years ago Joseph
gathered his abundant harvest into the
granaries-of King Pharao, and sacks of
corn such as the sons of Israel might
have borne baek to the b'ind patriarch,
when he mourned the absence of Ben®
ena, the first bora of his beloved Ra*
chael.
Effigies of Kings and Queens and
warrrors are before us at the mere men
tion of whose names crouching millions
trembled and now how mute they arc,
the veriest slave is mightier and power
ful than they. But not in th° past alone
does Egypt live to-day, shakee off the
dust of mouldering centuries, she is
springing into a neiver and more glori
ous life, the evidences of her progress
are no less stritthan the grauduer of her
decay, already he click of the telegraph
and the roar of the steam whistle startle
old Nile from its sleep of mouldering I
ages, and on this our Centennial year,
we find her greeting the young giant
of the west and bidding him welcome to
the family of nations.
Passing rapidly along lured to the
right and left by untold beauties and
treasures we reaeh the grand transept
in the centre of the buildiug. The
feur quarters of the are represented
by tableaus South, W est, North and East,
and each quaiter has two repre
sentative names, against whieh the serge
of time have dashed in vain. Shakes
peare and Charlemagne stand as repre
sentatives of the civilization and prog
ress of Europe. It was a fitting elec
tion that tl e sweet poet of Avon whose
name towers above every other in litera
ture of lime should sit beside him of tlu
iron mace and from whose loins sprung
a race of kings the mightiest the earth
has ever seen. Confucius and Moham
i and speak for Asia Raineses and Ses
osteres for Af ica. Facing the visitor as
you enter from the western door, are
the two representative men of America,
the warrior and the sage, Washington
and Franklin. Along the sleets ot this
great ci y a hundred years ago the cue
walked an honored citizen and here too
a few yeurs later the other entered a
triumphant warrior to receive the bles
sings of a free and grateful people. —
Many there are whose services in our
hour of trial have the deepest claim on
our gratitude and love, but none greater
than the representatives we have chosen
at the Centen-ial —Washington aud
Franklin.
The principal events of the past week
hsve been the President’s reception at
Jie splendid mansions of Geo W. Childs,
Esq., and the leception of the British
minister to the foreign commissioners
and the members of the Diplomatic corps.
This with the departure of Dom Pedro
and suite for a trip to New Orleans, and
the great convocation of Good Templars
from all parts of the United States and
Europe, made up the principal on dits
of the week. The Centennial Com mis
sion and the Board of Finance are still
at loggerheads with no probability of
settlement. Apropos of thq reeeDtion
of the president at the mansion of Mr.
Chi'ds, it was a splendid affair and cer
tainly did honor to that gent email’s
well-known hospitality. It is well un*
derstood in Philadelphia that Mr Childs
is a poet of no ordinary ability, for evi
donee of which I refer you to the obit
uary column of the Philadelphia Ledg
er. Of course Mr. Childs telt elated
at the distinguished hoi or he had en
joyed on . the opening of the Great Cen
teunial. He rode up in the same car
riage with the President of the
United States —in fact the carriage
washis own —and he sat iu the
same box with him surrounded wi ll
distinguished scholars, statesmen and
poets like liimsei: ar.d at night he had
as his guests a number of the most emi
nent peopie in the laud among whom I
would mention—the P evident, the
British minister, Secretary Bristow,,
myself and a number of others No
wonder he felt elated; any man would
under the circumstuces, and what more
natural than that he should seek
the inspiration of his mu'C whe ewith
to celebrate the joyful occasion. He
retired for a ew moments when the party
was at its he ght, but iu a short time
he returned, having produced in the re
interval the following elegant brochure
which next day was printed on white
satin and presented with his com
piiments to the invited guests :
T le President he came to see me,
And we had a bully time ;
No finer was ever seen in any country or
clime.
lie rode up in my own carriage for to see
the great Centennial show,
And at night,, at my hou3e. we had a pleas
ant blow out.
Gone to meet his mother.
With cornplments of G. W. G
Philadelphia is wild with delig’ i at
this great effort, and already it is whis
pered that the Centennial C"UimissioD
Uave revqested him to produce something
for the Fourth of July.
The then res h ive not as yet felt the
great Centennial Press ; the ;il tract ions
have been so great on the outside that
their business has not been s > good as
ordinary, and even with such actors- as
John Owci-s at tho Walnu*, George
Regold, the Academy, aud a host of
lesser lights at Wood’s Museum, the
Chestnut Fox’s, and other places
of amusement, the season has so far not
been a success but they all live in hopes
of the coming time when a placard will
hang in front of the box office standing
room.
In conclusion, I here and now enter
my solemn protest against tho robberry
practised by keepers of restaurants in
and out of the grounds on strangers
coming to tliij city. This and two
places on the inside of the grounds that
are a fatal deiuson and a snare; the
one is the so/called American restau
rant, ..nd the other is the French res
taurant on Belmont avenue. I here
append a bill of charges fur lunch for
0113 gentleman at the French restaurant
last week : Half pint St. J alien (claret
half bottle), 80; corkage, 18; roast beef
not less than quarter pound, 80; aspar'
agus (quarter of a pound), §1; Potatoes
(two mashed), 40; Salad (one third of
a head), 25; Glass ice cream less than
usual given for ten cent), 30; service. ;
20. Total 4 65.
There are a few honorable exceptions
on-e is Laubor’s German restaurant
where his charges arc the same as they
are at his restaurant in and who
last week discharged a number of his
waiters for attempted extortion cf his
gue ts. Another is a beautiful lit
tle box of a place kept in the north
wing of Agricultural Hall by Ponton
De Arcy a French gentleman, and long
a resident ot San Francisco. This is
one of the most elegant restavnraat oa
the grounds, a place where a man can
carry his wife and children ; everything
is sweet and clean and new,the writers 5
intelligent and attentive, and the propri
etor and cashier gentleman. You get
an elegant lunch with dessert of pie and
a bottleof Golden wine, so mild that
Father Mathew himself would scarcely
object to it, all for one dollar. No more.
You know what your bill will be when
you go in, and you come out with a full
sense of having the full worth of your
money. I take pleasure in bearing tes
timoney to the excellence of this hostel
ry as it stands in such sharp contrast
with the plunderers who have already
brought the Centennial Exhibition into
such disrepute. Broadbrim.
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GEORGIA, Cordon County.
r JAO 11 whom it may concern ; John E.
i Powell, of S'umpter county, having in
t proper form ; pplietl to me for permanent
letters of administration on the estate of
James L. Powell, late ofsaidcouuty of Gor
don*—-
This is to cite all and singular, the credit
ors awl nest of kin. of James L. Powell to
be and appear at my office within the time
allowed by law and sbow'cause, if any they
can why pc raanent. administration should
nit bo granted to Jo>bn FI. Powell on James
L. Powell's escape. Witness my hand and
official signatute. This May 2d 187 G.
J) W. NEEL, Ordinary.
Gordon Sheriff’s Sales--June.
WILL be sold before the Cowid Bouse
door ii. the town of Calhoun, Cordon
county, Ga., betweenthe legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in June next, the fol
lowing property, to-wit ;
Lot of land No. 100 in the 15 th district
and 3rd section of said county. And lot
of land No. IG7 in the 24th 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. Ander
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 6th district
and 3rd section of Gordon county. Sold
as the property cf John Gillespie, by virtue
of a 5 fa from the 105 G district, G, 31. Jus
tice Court in favor of Boyd Bro vs. John
Gillespie. Levy made and returned to me
by F. 31. Green L. C.
L E. BARTLETT, Sheriff.
NOTICE !
We beg leave to inform the public that
v/e have now on hand a
FRESH STOCK OF GOODS !
Consisting of
SUGAR, COFFER,
TEA, LARD,
BACON, FISH,
FLOUR AND SYRUP,
Roswell Yarns and Sheetings,
Sole Leather ,
IIARNES, ROOTS & SHOES,
AXES, CUTLERY, CROCKERY
AMD STOVE WARE,
EARLY ROSE POTATOES
AND GARDEN SEEDS,
READY MADE CLOTHING
CALICOES, ETC.,
All of which we will sell low.
MARSHALL & LEE.
February 8, 1876.
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Steinway’s sales, evidence of
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Chickering & Sons §>822,402
William Knabe & Cos 383,511
Haines Bros 287,051
William P. Emerson 232,799
Albert Weber 221,444
The above figures are taken from the annual
Internal Revenue Tax Upturns.
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inclement season, I used
your Pianos, and have
been able to use your Pi
anos exolusivclv in my two
hundred and fifteen con
certs, and l also in l private,
Vfith the most eminent sat
isfaction and effect. New
York, May 24th, 1873.
(The above is the only tes
timonial ever given l by
Rubens ein to ary Piano
manuiacturer.)
LISZT. Pray tell Mr. Steinway
that his splendid upright
Piano shone to* brilliant
advantage to the 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
com poser, Mctzdorf, which
letter,dated Pept. 27, 1873.
is now in possession of
Messrs. Stein way & Sons.)
MARIE KREBS After thoroughly testing
your Pianos, both in pri
vate and public, I can con
■ scientiously say that the
■ Steinway Pianos arc supe
rior to all .American and
European ins t r u m e n t s
known tome - New York,
May 17th, 1872.)
BE MEYER. “ During my artistic ca
reer of more thau forty
years-, J. had occasion to
use the pianos of all the
world renowned makers,
in public and private, but
1 have never found an in
strument which, compares
with your pianos. [New
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 00 pro
claimed as incomparable!
What noble, distinguished
true! What poetical sing
ing quality ! [Paris, April
h, 1867.]
ART. “ During my long career
as Artist and Composer, 1
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
tiling that renders ap ano
perfect, to such a high
degree sis your celebrated
Piano Fortes.” [New York
July 5,. 1872.}
WE ALWAYS GIVE DATES
WITH ALL CREDENTIALS,
as there are sonic “ old,” yes, very
old credentials out From different eele*
brated Artists, given by them—some
before Mess. Stein way & Sons ever
manufactured Pianos, and others,
fore they had tried these celebrated in
struments.
S. B. MILLS, (celebrated Composer.
J. N. PATTISON, “ “
ALFRED H. PEASE, “ “
B. WOLLENHAUPT, “ “
JOSEPH WIKNIAWSKI, Direc
tor of the Conservatory of Music at
Moscow, Russia.
THEODORE THOMAS,
CIIAS. KUNKEL,
S. P. WARREN,
WILLIE B. PAPE, Pianist to If.
R. 11. the Princess of Wales.
E. B. WASHBURN, Minister to
France.
And numbers of others too- numerous
to mention. Send for Catalogues and
see for yourself.
Steinway’s Pianos have taken euery
Prize aud Medal wherever their 1 ianos
have been placed in competition with
others. J’aris 1867. London 1862,
which places their Pianos at the IIEAIJ
of TIIE WORLD.
ALSO
3lathusek ,
llardman ,
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 South Carolina
and East Tennessee by
TURNER & BRAUMULLER,
Wholesale Southern Agents ,
30 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ca.
D. B. FREEMAN,
Special Agent, Calhoun. Ga
Mai 220 v.
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THE NEW FAMILY "
SINGER
Sewing Machine,
WITH ATTACHMENTS
For All Kinds of Work
is f .st winning favor in the household a *
shown by the rapidly increasing sales ’
This New Family Machine is c iU „.
ble ot, a range and variety of work such -is
was once thought impossible to perform bv
machinery. We claim and can show tin*
it is the eheape.t, most, beautiful, delicately
arranged, nicely adjusted, easily operated
and smoothly running of all the fan ily
sewing machines. It is remarkable, not
only tor the range and variety of its ’sew
ing. but also for the variety and different
kinds of texture whicn it will sew with
equel facility and perfection, using silk
twist, linen, or cotton thread, fine or coarse
making the inter-elastic lock stitch, alike
on 1 both sides of the fabric sewn. ’ Thus
beaver cloth, or leather, may be sewn with
great strength and uniformity of stitch
and, in a moment, this willing and never
wearying inst-umont may be adjusted for
fine work on gauze or gossamer tissue, or
the tucking of tailatan, or ruffling, C r 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, fov family sewing to our
Manufacturing Machines for manufacturing
purposes. But. purchasers—and they arc
apt to'examine carefully before choosing
have net been merely persuaded, but con
vinced that our new family n nchine embod
ies new and essential principles—simplicity
of construction; ease of operation; uni
formity cf precise action at any speed; ca
pacity for range and variety of work, fine
or coarse - leaViil'g all rvvals beuind it.
Sewing Machine Sales of 1874.
The table of sewing machine sales for
18/4 show that our sales for that rear
amounted to 211,697 machines, being a
larg ' iucrease 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 of 148,8.'2
machines, nearly
Three Times Those of any other Com
pany.
■ It may be further stated that the salt sof
j 18751, as compared with the sale of 1 b 72,
| show a relatively large increas. beyond
i the sales of other makers. For instance.
: in lKfit we sold 4->,OOO more marli nes than
1 any other company ■ whereas, in 1873. the
! sales were
113,254 Machines in Excess cf Our
Highest Competitor.
And in 1974 our sales wete
148, 80 U 3l;u;fiijics More Tiwiw
An () iter Company.
OFFICIAL UEFUIIT.
The following is a correct report of the
sales of sewing machines made by the lead
ing companies dining the past, lour years.
A careful examination of the figures will
show that the “SINGER” have largely in
creased each year, while, on the 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 preof that “merit always lias its re
ward.”
Sewing Machine Sales fur 1871.
Machines sold.
The Singer Manufacturing Cos 241,070
W heeler & Wilson Manufacturing Cos. 1*2,827
lUv'p Sewing Machine Cos., ( estima
ted) 35,000
Domestic Sewing Machine C. 22,700
Grover & Baker Sewing Mac ine Go.
(estimated; ... 0,000
Florence Sewing Machine t b, 615
Secor Sewing Machine Go. , , 4,f.41
Sales oj ib'7 •
.(hums sold
The Singer manufacturing co 232,444
Wheeler & Wilson manufacturingco. IJO.ibO
Domestic sewing machine co 40,114
Grover & Baker sewing machine co. 36,170
Howe machine co no returns.
Florence sewing machine co 8,000
Secor sewing machine co 4,43 V
Sales of 1872.
Machines sold
The Singer manufacturing co 210,75 3
Wheeler & Wilson manufacturing co.l 74,088
Lowe machine co., (estimated) 145,000
Grover & Baker sewing machine co. 52,01 O
Domestic sewing machine co 49,554
Florence sewing machine co, 15,793
Sales of 1871.
Machines gold.
The Singer manufacturing < ,181,260*
Wheeler A Wilson manufact ring c 0.128,520
Grover & Baker sewing n> nre co, 50,538
Howe machine co.(Jan. 1 t July 1.) 34,010
Florence sewing machine o- 15,048
Domestic sewirq machine -o I
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING C-'
172 Broughton St., Savannah, Ga
C. S. BE A TTY, Agfc
BRANCH OFFICES
In Atlanta, Athene, Augusta, Macon, Go
lunibus, ami Thomasviile, Ga. ; Charles
ton and Columbia, S. C. ; Jacksonville,
and Tallahassee, Florida.
R W. B. MERRITT,
Aj,ent for Bartow Ocunty.
Send your address to the abeveofh
ecs for a catalogue of the celebrated Bazaar
Glove Fitting Pattern. They are tlu bes
the i heapejt, and ‘he most > ylish patter i
in the mark el. jaul-2I