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The Cherokee Georgian P. H. BREWSTER, ) J. J. A. SHARP, f Editors, 4 - - Canton, WEDNESDAY, - - AUGUST 11, 1875. A Fling-. The Marietta Journal doubts the propri ety of flinging a paper banner to the breeze. Now, don’t fret, Brother Neal, and do keep off a body’s toes! What Success Does. Some people give the cold shoulder to every enterprise until they find it Is bound to succeed, and then they say, “Hurrah, boys! We are with you !” Rain and the Crops. We have recently been blest, in this sec tion, with fine showers, and the growing crops are very promising. We learned, however, during court, that in many places —and some of them not far away—dry weather has prevailed and the crops are badly injured. Bartow Superior Court. We were again at Cartersville two days last week, in attendance upon court. Four weeks is a long session for any kind of court. Indeed it is about long enough for a court-ship. We have been amongst the lawyers so much of late that we feel like the negro who had just been baptised ; we want to 'spute, and can hardly help cheat ing our horse w’hen we go to feed him. Who Shall be Our Next Governor? The above question is beginning to ex cite some interest among the people, and the papers are casting about to see who is most worthy of that distinguished honor. It is generally admitted, we believe, that Cherokee Georgia is entitled to the privi lege of furnishing the man for that high and responsible position; and, if so, we know of no man we would prefer to that true gentleman, gallant soldier, incorrupt ible statesman, and honest man, General William T. Wofford of Biftow. A Farce. We witnessed a complete farce at Car tersville court the other day. It was the trial of Marshal Wilkerson for murder. It seems that he arrested a negro for burglary last spring, who alter escaping twice in quick succession, was shot and killed by a party who was assisting Wilkerson in his pursuit of the fugitive. Such nonsenseas that is what causes so many and such long terms of court in Bartow county. The people of the county ought to protest against such child’s play, whereby their taxes are largely increased. Jkß-tffifiir is expected to call himself “JPe,” yet it«omctiines seems inappropri ate to use the plural pronoun in referring to one’s self. For instance, how awkward ly it sounds to say, “ We have a headache "toe got tight on a certain occasion;” “we rode our horse to town “we had a pleas ant dream the other night;” “our wife is gone from home,” etc. This form of ex pression frequently mak'-s us liable to be charged with prevarication; as, for in stance, when we said last week that we had been catching a gteat many fish, our worthy associate remarked, very innocently, that he knew nothing about it, had received none of the fish mentioned, and that it was all a mistake. The First Edition. Our issue last week was by lar too small to meet the demand. We were sorry for this, but did not discover the oversight un til it was too late to help it. In conse quence of the shortness of our supply, many to whom we intended to send the paper failed to receive it. Os all such we ask pardon, and promise to do better in the future. There are many difficulties and embarrassments to meet and overcome in starting an enterprise like this, and our friends must exercise patience and forbear ance until we get up steam and are fully under wny. We mean Imm'ness, and, if all concerned will do their part, we will give them a paper which they will not be ashamed to own, and show to their friends. Gen. Colquitt ami Col. Smith. At noon on the sth Inst., a large body of our most intelligent farmers assembled in the Court House to listen to the illustrious Gen. Colquitt and Col. T J. Smith, the Master of Statb G range. on their respective subjects —Direct Trade and Agriculture. Col. J. J. A. Sharp was m ide chairman and G. W. Hendrix secretary, and that big souled patriot,Gen. Phillips, bra fly and elo quently set forth the object of the meeting. On being introduced, Col. S nith reviewed tlic actual condition of agriculture and of the farmers of Georgia—vividly contrasted our prevailing unhospilality with our old time open-hearted hospitality, gave a logical and philosophir.il exposition of the causes which have produced the change, and then most explicitly and eloquently presented a method of agriculture by which our country would tig tin become rich, our farmers money lenders instead of borrowers and our whole people prosperous and hap py. Col. Smith, though a regular and practical fanner, certainly gave evid need of oratorical ability, and m idea fa vocable impression upon our citizens, who we hope will be much profited by his effort. General Colquitt mod-stly arose, and, with that inuring so characteristic of! Southern soldiery, walked to the center ol ’ the bar, while all through the aud ence I run the whisper by his old comrades m ‘ war: “That’s the (deneral.” Aud be is j not only "Mr G* n<-ral,” but su orator and a I statesman In a speech of one hour uml u ! half hr !. I the au hence delighted, aud I abh grappled With the ] ar.,mount question before our people—the question of econo my and independence at our homes. The General took earnest hold of a home ques tion, and With characteristic simplicity of styje, witbgaccurate ahd' profound reason ing,. and with earnestness t and power, brought it right home to our people. It seemed to.us that nd other argument can be needed to thoroughly convince our citizens of the importance of diversified crops, of economy at home, and of direct trade for exports and imports. Adopt his theories, and our people will certainly soon be independent. But it all must come— not from mere ideas and theories, however good—but from actual, earnest, and per sistent co-operation. Then it behooves our citizens to take a deep interest in our or ganized agricultural societies and granges. Let that earnest co-operative work of ■which General Colquitt and Colonel Smith so ably spoke be entered into and kept up, and three Christmases will not have come before our farmers wHldje out of debt, and their families happy and prosperous. “A Great Man Fallen in Israel.” Ex-President Andrew Johnson is dead ! He died suddenly of paralysis, at Green ville, Tennessee, on the 31st of July. What evenmay have been his failings and short comings, he was one of the most remarkable men of the ago, and a tower of strength in the Government. Ills bold and persistent defense of the Constitution during the per ilous; days of reconstruction excited the admiration of every true friend of consti tutional liberty, and endeared him especial ly to the down trodden and persecuted States of the South.- He has left, in many respects, a noble and worthy example; and the impartial historian will place his name high upon the scroll of fame. The stroke that has silenced his eloquent tongue has brought sorrow and regret to many thou sands of hearts, for he was regarded as one of the very ablest men who were to repre sent the South in the next Congress. Born and reared in poverty and obscurity, and an illiterate tailor at the time of his mar riage, bis wife becoming his tutor, he ap plied himself to books, stored his mind with useful knowledge, and rose from the humblest walks of life to the highest posi tion in the gift of.his countrymen. Andrew’ Johnson’s record, while President of the United States, is a rich legacy to the coun try, and future generations will exclaim : “He was a man ; and take him all in all, We ne’er shall look upon his like again !” Truly, “a great man hath this day fallen in Israel!” The Evils of Ignorance. Ignorance is the parent of many evils-r --the prolific source of a thojjsaxrfff llls, vices, and misfortunes. knowledge is the jjrpaL> J , , rt!sideratum of the times. Light, more light, is what the country needs. It is needed in politics, in religion, in agricul ture, in educational enterprises, ih fact, in everything. >Who can estimate the losses sustained in the country by igno rance! It has caused the loss of untold millions of material wealth, loss of power, f loss of usefulness, loss of peace, loss of hap piness—loss.of much that is good and de sirable. In view, then, of these self-evident prop ositions, which we have briefly stated, what is the plain, the imperative duty of every Christian, patriot, and philanthropist, in the land ? It is, to disseminate knowledge among the masses; to educate them in every possible way—in the Sabbath school, in literary institutions, small and great; around the fireside, in the lecture room, from the pulpit and the press. These arc the instrumentalities which must reform and transform the people, and which, if wisely and persistently employed, will be as sure to bring about the desired result as that light will be dispensed by the glorious King of day when he rises in the cast. “Why should darkness longer cover the earthand gross darkness the people?” Why should the mind be starved and dwarfed, while “Our useful knowledge, like our needful food, Lies open and unhedged in life’s common field, And bids all welcome to the vital feast ?” Oh, that we were wise to “know the things which belong to our peace,” the things which pertain to our well-being now and forevermore! The only hope of the country is in the “virtue and intelligence” of the people—of all the people! Upon these depend the safety and perpetuity of our Government, the security of our cher ished principles and free institutions. Kind Words. Messrs Editors: Allow me to express my gratification at the appearance of what may now be regarded an indispensable medium of usefulness and prosperity to the citizens of Cherokee county—a newspip w. This long-needed desideratum has at last made its well-gotten-up and neat appear ance in our midst, anil we extend a “thrice welcome” to Tits Georgian. The first number is a decided success, typographical ly, salulutoriiy, and a sufficiency of et cetc rae to include all the original and selected articles—not eyes excepting the “two bun deed and seven jKtunds ot girl,” and the affectionate awakenings produced in the mind of her lover by the sight of “a load of hay, an elephant, or a rhinoceros.” The Georgian should be liberally pat ronised. It is as cheap as any reasonable or honest man could ask it, and my peu is • inclined to say that any citizen of Cbero- | see, whose personal effects are worth a ! | two-year-old steer, ought to sulxrilH?, pay 1 i tic, and read it. It promises to give us, j I weekly, the latest news, together with “an j I int> nsiing variety of literary, moral, agri j cultural, educational, temperance, and jm>- | liijcal, residing matter * Just what we new!. To everybody we (T) would say, if you desire to aid in • noble enterprise, and to variously improve good ok! Cber«>- kee, “Dowa with your dual.” or green backs, <.ne. Elbow Oil. *- FOR THE GEORGIAN Temperance and Religion. Dear Georgian:—As I promised to write some articles for your columns, and as I have never attempted to write a single article for a newspaper before, I feel, there fore, a delicacy in undertaking the task. However I must make good my promise and allow you to use your scissors when and wherever necessary, and as every thing must have a beginning and an object in view to accomplish good, it is my purpose to do all the good that I possibly can for my , God and my countrymen, therefore all my efforts will be for the promotion of the cause of Christ and temperance. In a more noble cause man never engaged. In presenting to you, Messrs. Editors, this my first com munication, it will be in behalf of the cause of temperance, for this indeed is working for the advancement of the cause of the Master. I work for the cause of temper ance because I love it. Temperance, how blessed its effects! Intemperance, who can tell its woes? who can tell the anguish of the gentle wife’s heart when she sees the approach of a drunken husband? who is there that can tell the fears of the little child as it espies its inebriate father ap proaching with the most wicked oaths fall ing from his lips, knowing his Jiabits~3# abuse while in an intoxicated condition? Lt is not my intention to personate any one, but I know a man now whose head is white with the frosts of many winters, who has been a dram drinker all his life and still stands to it that it is no harm to drink a dram, and further argues the temperate man is one that takes his dram and never gets drunk, and the fruits of his argument, and his example has made, or been the cause of making, tw r oof his sons drunkards and two of his others dram drinkers, and about one-third of his grand-sons drunk ards. What a flood of iniquity he will have to answer in the Day of Judgment, and whose name is on the roll of the church book. This is sad to think of, yet I thank God that the cause of temperance is rapidly reforming the world from the accursed practice of drinking, buying, making or selling any intoxicating drinks. As Solo mon has trqthfully said, wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. While this benighted man ia true to his doctrine, as he calls it, he has been, I fear, instrumental in the destruction of his own offspring. He that is wise, let him heed the words of the wise: Touch not, taste not, handle not the unclean and filthy thing. In the eyes of prudent men there is nothing so withering, nothing so blighting to society and goyd taste, as that of <v»!BTiqfeniucvf' It is so blighting to a community, that through its effects riots and assaults are committed upon quiet, peaceful, harmless men by their neighbors while in a state ot intoxication By the effects of intemperance many a poor little half naked and h tlf starved child has been sent crying to its couch for the want of bread, the Substance of which theune briate father has exchanged for whisky to get drunk on. Is this not enough to arouse every man with a soul within him to ac tion, using every possible means to show the inebriate his folly and pursuade him to turn therefrom, and thereby present him to his family clothed and in his right mind, and thereby bring peace and happiness and comfort around the fireside, where dwell former desolation. May heaven speed the day when intemperance shall be driven from our State and continent, and from the en tire world. Let all true men respond. Noble. Although the weather has been in tensely hot for two or three weeks past, the thi rmometer ranging from 90 to 100 degrees in the shade, and remaining often up to 88 and 90 degrees until after ten o’clock at night, yet we have had frequent and copious rains. The consequence is, there are the finest corn crops we have ever seen grow, on all the places where they have been well and properly worked. The land can produce no better. The cotton, where the seasons have been good and on those places where it has been properly worked, is equally as good. We regret, however, to learn that a portion of the county has suf fered and is still suffering for want of rain, and that the crops of all kinds will be. ut terly ruined unless rain falls m great abun dance very soon.—Washington Gazette. Several planters have reported num tiers of cotton flics in their fields, and the l avages of the worm may be expected soon. Signs of the boll worm have also been noticed in several parts of Houston county. We had a splendid season, which arrested in a great measure the failure of the crops. Although greatly damaged, our people have great cause to give thanks that it, is no, worse than it is. It is to be hopeiT vance in price will make up the loss in quantity of the cotton cron. Nearly all of Houston was visited by the rain, esixi ially the eastern and southern portion.—Home Journal. In many fields the corn is perfectly dead from the root to tassel, and cotton that promised a bale to two acres will not make fifty pounds. The plan'ation of Mr. A. J. Triduck has had no rain in the hist throe months; he is certain of corn enough to supply him next year. We passed through some of his corn a few days since, aud though the drought had been terrible upon it, some acres will make twenty bushels each. He has two or three acres that would have yielded sixty bushels each bad the seasons been propitious.—Bainbridge Democrat. The continued dry weather is begin ning to tell fi arfu’ly on the crops. Corn is undoubtedly cut off thirty or forty per cent., whilst cotton, although a sun plant, I is giving way rapidly beneath tue sc- rching rays. The univtrvd cry, is for rain, raiu, ■ i rain. In many kxralities the limber is dying • ! out. —Thomasville Times. _ cl Tlie recent cyclones iu Indiana were of | ; uuprevciienled severity, ami resulted not ' only m a heavy of life, but in an al most incalculable loss of properly in build- * ings, live-stock, crops, etc. General Sherman has orderc 1 tbc aban donment of Fort B irrancas, Florida, on | ace Hint or tbc continued jwevalenve of ‘ yellow kvti. | Ear Gainsville now has four newspapers, 1 the last one having been added last week. It is called The Little Watchman, and is ed ited and published by Mr. W. E. Loden, who proposes to present each week “a sheet that will do honor to the profession he has espoused.” Governor Stanford, the railroad po tentate of California, is erecting a splendid mansion in San Francisco that will cost $300,000 to $500,000. It is to be earth quake proof. The Gainsville Southron, is the au thority for saying that Gen. Longstreet has decided to make Gainsville his home, pro vided bis family are pleased with that city. It Will Pay You, « I—l § TO EXAMINE, S 5 TO EXAMINE, ££ AND PURCHASE, 3 AND PURCHASE, H OP B. F. CRISLER, WHO KEEPS A FULL VARIETY of such goods as are kept in a / Dry Goods £ Grocery Store , Also. — ~' r IBoots and Shoes in the best style, and on short notice. Will furnish LEATHER in any quanti ties to suit purchasers. Will take COUNTRY PRODUCE at the best prices, aud pay cash or goods for HIDES. aug 4 1-ts Bargain Offered. CANTON NEEDS A TIN-SHOP. ANO. 1 SET r of Tinner’s Tools, with a small quantity of Raw Stock, can tie bought at low figures, or on short time, with approved notes. For information, app y to the editor of this paper. Aug 4,13 m Ciirrokek County, Ga. To alt whom it may concern: W. H. Rusk and Jamen E. Rusk, Jr., hnving in proper form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on tlie estate of Hugh G. Rusk, late of said county, this is to cite all and si. gtilar the creditors and next of kin of Hugh G. Rusk to be and appear at my office, within the time allowed by law, and show cause, if any they can, why permanent administra tion should not be granted the applicants on said ou said estate. Witness mv hand aud official signature. Aug. J, 1875. C. M. McCLURE, Ordinary. Printer's fee, 3 00 2-4 t 13. K- Payne, Attorney at Law, CANTON, - - - GEORGIA, Will practice tn the courts of Cherokee and ad joining counties. Ossie in tlie Cou t-house. 2-1 y Railroad Schedules. WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R. DAY PASSENGER—OUTWARD. I .eave Atlanta 8.46 a m Arrive at Chattanooga 3.50 i’m D\Y PASSENGER—INWARD. Leave Chattanooga 5.15 am Arrive at Atlanta. 12.30 P M NIGHT PASSENGER —IN WA RD. Leave Chattan<x>ga 7.10 pm Arrive at Atlanta 10.35 a m accommodation traix. Leave Atlanta 3.30 P M Arrive Marietta 5.05 p m Arrive Curursviilc 7.17 v m Arrive at Dalton 11.55 pm Leave Dalton 1.15 a m krrive at Atlanta 9.55 a m ARRIVAL OF PASSENGER TRAINS AT CARTERSVILLE. DAY I’ASSHNGER. From Atlanta 11 04 a m j From Chattanooga 10:11 am KIGHT PASSENGER. From Chattanooga 8:12 pm From Atlanta 12.00 pm; ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. From Atlanta 7:17 p m i From Dalton. 5:31 a m • CANTON HOTEL, OcLZAtoio., G-a J. M. McAFEE, Proprietor, WILL ANNOUNCE to hi« (Hendt., and the public generally, that everything IS IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION, and that the Talfle will be supplied with the best the market affords. Charges mod erate. As soon ns your hunger is appeased, you will please WALK ACROSS THE STREET, to my Store, where you can be supplied with any and everything kept in a first class ©KY OOOOS AND GROCERY HOUSE. COUNTRY PRODUCE taken in ex change for goods, at fair prices. TO MY OLD FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS I desire to return my sincere thanks for your liberal patronage in the past, and hope you will continue the same in the future. I now say to you, that you can, at tiny and all times, buv g- aids as cheap of me, and upon as liberal terms, as any live man can aftord. lam determined NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD by any one. So call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere, as I charge nothing for exhibiting goods. are especially invited to call, as my Clerk, Mr. E. B. HOLLAND, Is Exceedingly Anxious to Marry, and he will always take pleasure in show ing you goods, and selling to you very low’, as he WANTS TO MAKE A FAVORABLE IMPRESSTON. J. M. McAFEE Aug 4, 1-ts New House! New Goods! JOK B. BARTON. JIM H. KILBY. DR. JAMES n. SPEER. J. B. BARTON & CO., Cor. Marietta and Gainesville OcLnton, Keep a full assortment of DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SIIOES, HATS, Gent’s Furnishing Goods, NOTIONS, ETC. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, Drugs, Paints, Oil,Varnish, PATENT GLASS FRITT-JARB, ETC., ALL AT REDUCED PRICES FOR CASH OR COUNTRY PRODUCE. We respectfully invite all to Ciill and ex- I amine our slock and prices. No trouble to show goods. Come and sec the Red Bat. JOE B. BARTON A CO. * ,J g ■*, i-ti ; PROF. VINCBNPS SEI EOT HIGH SCHOOL FOR Young & Middle-aged Men WILL OPEN THE REGULAR TERM OF TBX MONTHS At Canton, Georgia, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER. THE CURRICULUM embraces a thorough coMrse of the English, Latin, Greek, and German language; the Natural, Mental and Moral Sciences ; the United States Military Academy Course of Mathematics, and a Practical Business Course. Special attention is given to Note and Letter-wriiing. Land Surveying, Science of Accoun’s, Legal Forms ami Commercial Law, and the Applied Sciences. THE SYSTEM OF TEACHING discards in t»to tbc memoriter and rigidly enforces tbc rationale — the reason why and wherefore — method. S.udents are taught to th inh for themselves. THE TEXT-BOOKS used are the very Vanguards of Scientific Progress. THE RECITATIONS / are always lively, awakening a ntydelightful to young men who earnestly dvwfre I<> get * solid and progressive educnyioi) in the shortest time and at the least /possible ex pense. Onlv a small numberX>f young men will be admitted, and to theitf will give every needed attjpnlion. Young men who have time or tXioney t° throw away—who do not mean /<) study for the love and use of it —are n/t wanted. C’ANTjpx . iT.tfAcA. u ,‘?V.'Cs of the E’ownh, ’ twenty-four miles above Cartersville and twenty-five miiej north of Marietta, on the projected Marietta and North Georgia Rnil toad, is surrounded by beautiful mountain scenerv, waler as pure as gurgles from the earth, the atmosphere salubrious and snlu t iry, its popul ition quiet, influstriou’, gen erous, an I highlyanoral—just the place to do earnest, hard studying. BOARD has been engage<L at the justly popular Canton H-itel and with, s 1< ct. families at from SSUO to $12.50 per month. TUITION • * invariably five dollars per month. REFERENCES' Believing young men who have for the most part been educated by the and who are now in life’s arena, are the !>• st judg» s of his competency and i flicießcy* he lakes the liberty to refer those interested to the following torim r pupils : E. D. Little, M. I)., Duluth, Gn. Henry Stricklaml, Principal Bay Creek Acad.emy. . W. L Moore, M. D., Gainsville, G.v Geo K. Looper, Attorney, Dawsonvi le. Geo. VV H< ndrix, Attorney, Canton, Ga.’ J. B. Brown, Merchant, Tilton, Ga. J. C. Hughes, Teacher, Mt. Z.ou, For syth County. Ga. D. D. McConnel, Attorney, Acworth. .V. J. L wls. Clerk, Atlanta, Ga. W. P. Hughes, Teacher, Big Creek, G.t. D. W. Meadows, Teachtg, Dauielsvllle. J. W. E-tcs, Merchant, Cumming, Gn. Thus. O. Wofford, R. R. Agent, Carters ville. Ga. I. N. Strickland, Civil Engineer, Duluth. Geo. W. Collier, Teacher, Atlanta, Ga. Allison Gre< n, Clerk, Atlanta, Gn. T. G. Donaldson, Farmer. Atlanta, Ga. Jubcz Galt, Farmer, Canton, Gn. H. H. Parks, Traveling Agent Atlatjlw Conxtitution. J. A. Baker, Fanner, Cartersville, Ga. For further particulars, address JAMES U. VINCENT, Canton, Georgia. Aug 4, 1-im NOTICE To Debtors and Creditors. STATE OF GEORGIA, CHEROKEE COUNTY. YTOTICE is hereby given to all persons IN having demands against W. R. I). Moss, late of said County, deceased, to pre sent them to nv, prop rly made out. within the time prescribed by law, so as to show their character and amount. Aud all per sons indebted to said dece ised, are hereby required to make immediate pavrnent to me. JOSEPH M McAFEE, Administrator. Printers fee 53.50. Aug 4, l~4t NOTJiCE ~ To Debtors and Creditors. STATE OF GEORGIA, CHEROKEE COUNTY. AJOTICEis hereby given to all persons xN having demands against Samuel Lov inggood, late of said County, deceased, to present them to me, properly made out, within the time prescribed by law, so as to show their charucL r and amount. And all persons indebted to said deceased are hereby requested to make immediate pay ment to me. ELI LOVINGG<K>b, xVliuinistraior. Priu’ers fee $3.50. Aug 4,1 -4t i Dr. J~. M? Turk. WILL CONTINUE TEE I'HACTICE OF I Medicine and Surgery. j ySEXBES of WOMEN and OBSTET- I1 z RICSm ule a SPECIALTY. Office on Main street, west cud. • 4 1- ts