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About The Cherokee Georgian. (Canton, Cherokee County, Ga.) 1875-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1875)
The Cherokee Georgian. P. H. BREWSTER, ) Editors J. J. A. SHARP, f Editors, Canton, Oa., WEDNESDAY, - AUGUST 18, 1875. Educate the Children. It is gratifying to know that the cause of education is at this time exciting so much interest in our midst, and receiving so much attention by the people of our county. It is a sure indication of better times, of greater prosperity; aud the happy results of the policy of providing an education for all the children of the State, will be realized at no distant day. Ignorance and vice go hand in hand, and we think it is much bet ter to build school houses and provide teachers for the rising generations than to enlarge our jails, our penitentiaries and poor-houses; to pay jailor’s fees, the expen ses of criminal prosecutions, and to erect the gallows. Educate the children, and give them something to think about besides dram-drinking, cock-fighting, horse-racing, frolicking, fighting, Sabbath-breaking and general dissipation. The minds of the young, as well as of the old, must be em ployed. Then give them the ability to read and furnish them the means by which they may gratify the desire for knowledge, which is common to all. Supply every one with the Bible, the richest of books, which excels every other, and the investment will be a good one, whether it be private or pub lic; and by some means let all the youth of the land have the benefit of other good and entertaining books also, such books as will improve the mind and at the same time inculcate good moral principles. News paper literature is one of the most attrac tive and popular kinds of reading for the family circle, and who can estimate the amount of good that might be realized if all the people in the country could and would read every week a good newspaper. Such a paper contains a pleasing variety, and every one may find in its columns some thing every week exactly suited to his taste, and which will repay him ten times the subscription price. It gives good advice to the farmer, the mechanic and to all, and makes its readers wiser, if not better every day. It amuses and interests the old, en courages the children to be good and wise, and stores their minds with practical knowledge, which is the best of all. Then take the papers, and give them to those who are not able to pay for them; especi ally let the children know what is going on in the world around them, by reading the papers which will give them good instruc tion and prepare them to be useful men and women. Keep the Ball Moving. Below we publsh a card issued by a committee in behalf of the citizens of Cher okee county, N. C., inviting nil to a barbe cue given in tire interest of the Marietta and Noith Georgia railroad at Murphy. We return thanks for the courteous invita tion extended to us. It is expected and believed that there will be a rousing meet ing at Murphy, and, if not there in person, we will be in spirit. Every movement of this enterprise is onward. The more you investigate, the more important and the greater necessity you will find for the road, and public confidence is increasing and strengthening every day. We earnestly hope that every county and neighborhood from Marietta to Ducktown will be repre sented at the meeting in Murphy. We do believe that the Marietta and North Georgia railroad is the most impor tant road to Atlanta and Georgia that has been or can be built. We can build it. We will build it. Let all the people from Marietta to Murphy unite and pull together, and it is done. Let all who can, go to Mur phy, and then all come to Canton. We call the especial attention of our North Carolina friends to the grand mass meeting to l>e held at Canton on the 15th of September. Guests will have front seats at the table, and everywhere else, and none more welcome than our friends from the good old North State : LOOK OUT FOB THE ENGINE WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS. A Grand Rally for the Railroad. A barbecue, free to all, will be given in behalf of the interests of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad, by Murphy, N. C., to Maryville, Tenn., at Murphy, on the 2d of September Come one, come all, and partake freely. Distinguished speakers and prominent railroad men are invited, who have already signified their accept ance. Among those expected are Hon. B. 11. Hill and General William Phillips of Georgia, Peter Staub, mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., and others from Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. John Rolen, Paschal C. Hughes, Wm Beal, Committee. Rev. W. W. Worley. We publish this week an account, taken from a Kansas paper, of the death of our old and highly esteemed friend, Rev. W. W. Corley. Mr. Worley was for many years a worthy and useful oil iz?n of Chero kee county, and had the confidence and respect of all our people, who honored him from time to time with positions of trust and honor. Wo knew him well, having l>een associated with him under various circumstances, and always found him con scientious and true to principle and duty. He was our friend, and we loved him on account of his many social and Christian virtues. Mr. Worley was a man of sound practical good sense, and besides being usefrd as a citizen, publicly and privately, he was an humble ami faithful preacher of the gospel, and did much to atlvanee the cause of truth and righteousness in the land. H** left iu an example worthy of ourim i ••»», , u >3, “being dead, he yet apcaketh' M<v we follow him, as he fol lowed V .... till wc all meet in heaven. Call for Committee Meeting. At the railroad meeting held on the 4th instant, there was not a sufficient number present to perfect all the arrangements, and therefore a great many persons did not sign the call for the grand mass meeting on the 15th of September who would and desired to have done so ; but the court room full united in the call by a standing vote. The committee of arrangements for the county at large was not made out in time to be published with the other proceedings. Be low I give the list, and it is hoped every member of the committee will bestir him self to make the occasion one long to be remembered. Let the committee see all their friends and neighbors, and arrange for all to bring or send something, and that all do not bring the same. The following list comprises the names of the committee of arrangements for the mass meeting on the 15th of September: Solomon Wood, W. A. Beck, W. J. Tim mons, Newton J. Perkins, R. J. Bolin, J. J. Maddox, J. A. Fowler, W. IT. Dean, J. L. D. Harbin, John K. Moon, John B. Garri son, W. W. Fleming, E. G. Worley, John Ragsdale, J. R. McKinney, Jesse McCol lum, W. T. Popham, John T. Ponder, D. E. Wyly, Ben Hill, W. A. Teasly, J. B. Barton, James A. Stevens, James R. Brown, J. M. McAfee, F. M. Daniel, Jabez Galt, E. E. Field, Allen Keith, Joseph Donaldson, T. D. Evans, Joshua Roberts, Eli Waldrop, J. J. A. Sharp, J. O. Dowda, Geo. Brooks, J. E. Rusk, Jacob Haney, Joseph Tripp, Til man Chamblee, Samuel Jarvis, Freeman Lay, Henry Steele, W. W. McCanless, J. B. O’Neal, J. B. Richards, Alston Worley, J. M. McConnell, Theodore Houston, E. G. Gramling, Theodore Turk, P. IL Brewster, Joseph Knox, Geo. McCraw, Andy Scott, James Price, Richard Meager, M. P. Mor ris, Harris Green, Charley Howell, Henry Kecter, Wm. Hawkins, John S. Barnes. A meeting of the committee is hereby called on the first Tuesday in September next, that we may make all necessary ar rangements. Our old friends have been invited, and many will be present. A great many strangers will attend the meeting on the 15th of September. We must prepare for them. The honor and interest of our county now call every man to the front. The wife of every man named is also on the committee, and the most important members. Wc trust evcr} r one of them will be present on the first Tuesday, for we rely most on their good judgment and taste in arranging for the festival. Wm. A. Teasly, Chairman. The National Exposition Will commence at Rome, Georgia, on the 4'h of October, and continue until Oc tober 9, next. This exposition promises to be one of the grandest ever held in this section of the United States. A great many of the most distinguished and noted men of the Union are expected. All lovers of fine art, and productions of agriculture and horticulture, mechanism, minerals, inven tions, etc., will be pleased and perhaps profited with the wonderful varieties which will concentrate there during that week. Half rates have been obtained on all the leading railroad lines to this exposition. The Same Old Game. The Atlanta Conditution, has thus far failed to exchange with us, although it was kind enough to give us a first-class notice when we started. We still hope that our friend will swap visits wilh us, as we neither have a patent out-side or in-side now. That sterling paper, the Atlanta Herald, visits us regularly, every day, and wc highly appreciate the favor. XV hilc we do not beg favors and courtesies, none are more ready to appreciate and reciprocate them. “A perfect love of a puper,” The Cher okee Georgian, has just reached us, and we may say surprised us. If the people of Canton do not givv that paper a support, they don’t know what is good for the town. We don’t know whether an armistice has ever been concluded between Brewster and ourselves, bat if Sharp will come and see us wc will make it pay him. We thank the Herald for the above flat tering notice, and if an armistice has never been concluded between us and our es teemed contemporary, we now conclude to conclude it, for we never could bear malice, especially when it pays to get in a good humor. Sharp will be certain to go to see you, and we think we will go with him The Cheiokee Georgian, a handsome ag ricultural paper, published at Dalton by H. H. Wrench, has reached us. It is a model of typography, and well filled. —[Atlanta Herald. Wc suggest that the above paper be called The Cherokee Agriculturist. We protest against having our name wrenched from us in any such way. We attended a protracted meeting during all of last week, and consequently have not written Finch for the paper ; yet it will be seen that it is full of something, aud much that is as good as if we had written it our self. Wc have known the absence of an editor sometimes to make a paper more in teresting than usual. • The Washington Star says it is a fact well known among those who were per sonally intimate with the hte ex-President j Johnson that while entertaining sincere re spect for the religious belief of others, be himself was unsettled in mind in reference to the world beyond. His natural leaning was apjurenlly toward the Methodist | Episcop il Church, and whil« in Washing- I ton he was an attendant nt St. PauVr (Lu- I theran) and also ot the Foundry Church, I toward the completion of which he made ■ a very liberal contribution. In converse ' tion with friende, however, he expressed grave doubts as to the correctness of the 1 theory on which to founded ihe commonly acceptwl d«M-trines of Christiani’y, and seemed to find sdisfuction iu speculations as to the life hereafter. He was a great ad mirer of Swedenborg, as an Interpreter of the Scriptures, and those who know him best are ot the opinion that his religious be lief conformed more nearly to the bvredea lorgian faith than it d»d to any other. NEWS SUMMARY. Moody and Sankey have returned from England. Key West harbor floats eighty vessels of all sizes and nationalities. Albany has received two more bales of new cotton —this time from Ten ell county. Crops in the West have been fearfully damaged by the heavy freshet. Egypt is preparing to make a brilliant display at the American Centennial in 1876. The Mellonville Advertiser says the drought now prevailing in South Florida is unparalleled. The Democratic candidate for Governor of Kentucky was elected by a majority of about forty-five thousand. C apt. Gibs, of Sumter county, Ala., says that he expects to gather 100 bushels of corn from a half acre of land. Here’s another reason why Grant should step aside next year. We are out of ex- Presidents—[Boston Herald. Reports from Southern Georgia bring the gratifying intelligence that there have been general rains through that section. By popular vote Alabama has decided to hold a Constitutional Convention. There was great rejoicing over the result. Mrs. Harrison, of Bartow county, has a cow that gave milk when only three months old, an 1 was mdked three years before hav ing a calf. The Atlanta Herald recently contained a report of an earthquake which gave Mil ledgeville a shaking. Everybody "scared, but nobody hurt. Georgia has 218,733 whites, and 275,335 negroes between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. Its present annual educational appfopriation is SIBI,OOO. John McKenna of Troy must have had a queer sensation when the hook of a pulley caught one of his legs, and carried him like a rocket to a height of ninety feet. Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Baldwin, who lost his fifth wife on the day of the storm, March 20, was married the sixth time, the other day, to Miss Harriet Hemphill. So great is the drought in Charleston, S. C., that the pumps are kept locked, and citizer/Tiire'tsqly allowed to draw a certain quantity of water at stated periods of the day. Sam Bard arrived in Alabama just in time to attend the funeral of the Radical party. Sam was valuable upon that occasion, for he h one of the oldest political pall-bearers in the South. —[Augusta Constitutionalist. The Fulton county Sunday School Asso ciation numbers 4,000 scholars, with 500 teachers, and has 5,000 volumes in its libra ry. One hundred and fifty conversions have occurred among its members during the past year. The Agricultural Society did a graceful thing when it re-elected General Colqn itt to its Presidency, by a unanimous vote. There is no man who deserves more at the hands of the farmers of Georgia than Gen eral Colquitt. Rev. James Freeman Clarke still sticks to it that dogs go to Heaven. This will, with out doubt, set at rest the painful anxieties of tho.-e who are wont to exclaim with the poet: “Where, O where is my little black dog.” It is the belief of many wise mon that the candidates for t he next Governor have start ed too soon. If the result of the Convention is like it is generally, some man not much talked of before it met will get the .nomina tion. Tb*» wlw-Le croWrt now in tneweld are banking heavily upon the Grangers —[Au gusta Constitutionalist. The Columbus Times has this, which, by the way, we are glad to see: “We are glad to note the change of sentiment and opin ion that is daily undergoing a revolution in the Northern journals. A few months sin'-e Northern papers were continually glutted with news from the South, portraying a pan limonitim of sin, disloyalty and barbar ism. Now we read that they have done us an injustice, and that we were never the blood-thirsty creatures represented. This being understood, the great barrier prevent ing our taking an interest in the material prosperity of a common country is done away with, and the whole North has more respect for our self-respect.” Mrs. Johnson, wife of the late ex-Presi dent, is reported as so greatly shocked by her husband’s death as to be in great dan ger of her own life. She has been long nn invalid, and it is but meet that she should follow the man she loved so devotedly into the spirit world. When Andrew Johnson's life shall be written, his wife will be truly pictured as his guardian angel. She taught him how to write, sustained him in his bitter struggles, aud never asked to share the laurels he won, although they were more than half her own. No nobler wo man ever adorned American history, and the hearts of all generous persons will deeply sympathize with her in the hour of her sore afUiction. On the Use of Pennies. —The propri etors of the Atlanta Herald began to issue a three-cent evening paper, on the 7th in stant. It was stated in tne prospectus of that paper, says the Herald, that change in coppers would be given to all purchasers as far as the specie resources of the city would admit. After a careful search of the town, wc were unable to find over four dollars worth of pennies in Atlanta. There is a volume of homily in this statement, and the consequences that it carries. It is our opinion that a people tint recognizes no piece of money less than the nickel can never know what true thriftincss and econ omy mean. For years we have been en joining the people to the use of pennies and the various fractions of the nickel. We have now determined to purchase and bring here a large number of pennies with which all the Herald newsboys will be sup plied, and with which they will make change when a nickel is offered them for the evening paper. In this way we expect to gradually work the humble but useful cent into general circulation, and feel as sured that it will be found, when they have become a useful machine of pm chase, that three-fourths of the articles for which wc u »w pay a nickel can be bought for u frac tional p ut thereof. These pennies are in constant use in all 1 trge cities, and it is high time that Atlanta was following suit. The convenience that will result from their use—the increased eco tomy that will come, and the cheapen ing of small wares that must follow—these c m only be appreciated after the trial has been fairly made. A correspondent says, "Dear Georgian. 1 ’ W:»v, it is not dear at all; it is cheap ’. It has been discovered t hat the Surrency ghost, on the Macon and Brunswick Rail road, that, some time ago, pitched hot brick bats and broke up things generally, was a negro woman, who, having left Surrency’s, commenced her devilment in another man’s house and was detected. She confessed the authorship of it all. It Will Pay You, •s I—l § TO EXAMINE, > TO EXAMINE, B S 27 AND PURCHASE, & J AND PURCHASE, H , OF B. F. CRISLER, WHO KBBI’B A FULL VARIETY of such goods as are kept in a Dry Goods § Grocery Store Also prepared to put up Boots and. Slioes in the best style, and on short notice. Will furnish LEATHER in any quanti ties to suit purchasers. I Will take COUNTRY PRODUCE at the best prices, and pay cash or good* for HIDES. j aug 4 1-ts CARTERSVILLE SALE & LIVERY STABLE BY Roberts & Stephens, (Successors to Roberts &*Tumlin.) This is one of the largest and l>est «y. ranged establishments in North Georgia, i The building is eligibly situated near the I depot and court-house, and is well stocked wilh | GOOD HORSES AND SUPERIOR VEHICLES, which are ready at all times for those who wish to ride, either on business or for plea sure. The proprietors keep constantly on hand a j GOOD SUPPLY OF FOOD FOR HORSES, and have iu their employ faithful grooms 1 to take care of slock left in their charge. We will BUY, SELL, AND EXCHANGE Horses and Mules on very accommodating i terms. I*l ly J. 11. CLAY, Brichi and Stone Mason, Brick r, Maker and Plasterer, t f ‘ CANTON, » - - GEORGIA, WILL do all kinds of work in his line, such ns budding Brick arfH Stone I Houses, Pillars and Chimneys, Phstering • Houses, etc. All work done in the best , ‘ style. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices rea | son able and just. Best of references can 1 be given when desired. aug 11 1-2 Cherokee Court of Ordinary, sitting for county purposes. August 12, 1875. It is hereby ordered that the Tax Col l lector of said county proceed to assess and i collect, upon the taxable property of said county assessed by the State, two-tenths of ’ one per cent., to be applied to general : . county purposes, bridges, jury purposes. ’ and support of poor. Also three-tenths of ; 1 one per cent, to be applied to the payment I j of principal and interest on bonds forcourt ! house maturing January 1, 1876. Also, that there l>e assessed and collected, when noi prohibited by law, one hundred per ,: cent, on specific taxes, the same to be ap , I plied to the general fund for county pur poses. I Given under my hand and seai. C. M. McCLUKE, Oidinary. T1 e county lax is fifty cenu on SIOO, the b tate tax’tbe same. Ih-inter’a ice $4. aug 18. 34t Cherokee County, Ga. ; j Wm. M. Beauford has applied tor exemp- I tion of personalty, aid 1 will pass upon the same, at 10 o’clock a. m., on the 26th day of August, 1875. at mv office. C. *l. McCLURE, Ordinary. I Printer’s fee. $2. aug 18, 3 2t CANTON HOTEL, Canton, G-a. J. M. McAFEE, Proprietor, WILL ANNOUNCE to his friends, and the public generally, that everything IS IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION, and that the Tabte will be supplied with the best the market affords. Charges mod erate. A# soon as 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 Dry Ooobs 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, any and all times, buy goods as cheap of me, and upon as liberal terms, ns any live man can afford. 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. THE LADIES 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 IMPRESSION. J. M. McAFEE Aug 4, New House! New Goods! JOB B. BARTON. JIM 11. KILBY. DR. JAMES 11. SPEER. J. B. BARTON & CO., tfor. Mariella and Gainesville CantOD., GrcX. T Keep a full assoivnent of DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, G-ent’s Furnishing Goods, NOTIONS, ETC. GROG E RIE S, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, Drugs, Paints, Oil,Varnish, PATENT GLASS FRUIT-JARS, ETC., ALL AT REDUCED PRICES FOR CASH OR COUNTRY PRODUCE. We respectfully invite all to call and ex amine our slock and prices. No trouble to show goods. 130“ Come and see the Red Bat JOE B. BARTON & CO aug 4,1 if PROF. VINCENT’S SEI ECT HIGH SCHOOL FOR Young & Men WILL OPEN THE REGULAR TERM OF TEN MONTHS At Canton, G-eorgia, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER THE CURRICULUM embraces a thorough course of the English, : Latin, Greek, and German language; tha I Natural, Mental and Moral Sciences ; the United States Military Academe Course of Mathematics, and a Practical Business Course. Special attention is given to ! and Letter-writing, L »nd Surveying, Science of Accounts, Legal Forms and Commercial Law, and the Applied Sciences. THE SYSTEM OF TEACHING discards in toto the memorder and rigidly i enforces the rationale — the reason wAy and wherefore —method. Students are taught to think for themselves*. THE TEXT-BOOKS used are the very Vanguards of Scientific Progress. THE RECITATIONS are always lively, awakening and delightful to young men who earnestly desire to get a solid and progressive education ill the shortest time and at the least possible ex pense. Only a small number of young men - will be admitted, ami to them the Principal will give every needed attention. Young men who have time or money to throw away—who do not mean to study for the love and use of it—are not wanted. CANTON is situated on the banks of the Etowkh, twenty-four miles above Cartersville an I twenty-five miici north of Marietta, on the projected M iriet’a and North Georgia R*il ■ load, is surrounded by beautiful mountain I scenery, water as pure ns gurgles from the earth, the atmosphere salubrious and salu tary, its population quiet, indn<lrio i", gen erous, and highly moral —Just the place to do earnest, hard strr lying. BOARD has been engaged at the JWsfty popular Canton Hotel and with select families at from $5 00 io $12.50 per month. TUITION invariably five dollars per month. REFERENCES. Believing young men who have for the most part been educated by the Principal, and who arc now in life’s arena, are the b -st judges of his competency and efficiency, he takes the liberty to refer those interested to the following former pupils : E. D. Little, M. D., Duluth, Ga. Henry Strickland, Principal Bay Creek Academy. W L Moore, M. D., Gainsville, Ga. Geo K. Looper, Attorney, Dawsonvi l«r. Geo. W II- ndri.x, Attorney, Canton, Ob. J. B. Brown, Merchant, Tilton, Ga. J. C. Hughes, Teacher, Mt. Zion, For syth Count v, Ga. D. D. Met onnel, Attorney, Acworth. M J. L wis Clerk, Atlanta, Ga. W. P. Hughes, Teacher, Big Creek, Ga. D. W. Meadows, Teacher, Daniel.-vilie. J. W. Estes, Merchant, Cumming, Ga. Thos. O. Wofford, R. R. Agent, Carteni ville, Ga. I. N. Strickland, Civil Engineer, Duluth. Geo. W. Collier, Teacher, Atlanta, Ga. Allison Grc< n, Clerk, Atlanta, Ga. T. G. Donaldson. Fanner, Atlanta, G*. J ib'z Galt, Farmer, Canton, Ga. 11. H. Parks, Travding Agent AU»Bta Constitution.. J. A.'Baker, Farmer, Cartersville, Ga. For further particulars, address JAMES U. VINCENT, Canton, Georgia. A»g4, i..i ra NOTICE To Dsbtors and Creditors. STATE OF GEORGIA, CHEROKEE COUNTY. NOTICE is hereby given to all persons having demands against W. R D. Moss, late of said County, deceased, to pre- • sent them to me, properly made out. within the tjnrc prescribed by law, so as to show their character and amount. And all |>er h>r.B inileljted to said <lcceaseil, are hereby to make immediate payment to lne - JOSEPH M McAFEE, . . „ Administrator. Printers fee $3.50. Aig 4, NOTICE To Debtors and Creditors. STATE OF GEORGIA, CHEROKEE ' COUNTY. VTOTICE to hereby given to all persons I Y having demands against Siunuel Lov iggood, late of said County, deceased, to ['•sent them to me, properly made out Hhin the time prescribed by law, so as to’ I w their chairact- r and amount. And 'bersons indebted to said deceased are 1 " p ’»y requested ln mnk ,. p . niu tomc.. ELI LOVIVGGOOD 1 I‘"er,r« 13.50. J. Ad. Turk. " n -CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF Medline and Surgery. 'I ) u J “S B™* 8 ™*- Ma n stree .... “ . Office on
