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The Cherokee Georgian.
Canton, OcL_
WEDNESDAY, - - AUGUST 25, 1875
MAIL TIME-TABLE.
The mail leaves Canton for Marietta on
Monday and Friday of each week, at 8 a.
m. Arrives in Canton Tuesdays and Sat
urdays, at 4 p. m. I
Canton line to Dawsonville leaves every
Wednesday morning at 7 o’clock, and re
turns Thursday, 4 p. m.
Died. !
On the Sth day of August, 1875, in Cher
okee county, Ga., Miss Martha Perkinson,
daughter of John W. and Mary Perkinson,
after a distressing illness ol many months,
leaving many relatives and friends to mourn
their irreparable loss.
Obituaries.
We wish it understood that we cannot
publish long obituary notices without pay.
We will publish short notices of deaths
without charge, but cannot afford to insert
lengthy ones, for if we do our little sheet
r»«ay soon be filled with such things to the
exclusion of matter possessing a general in
terest.
Personal.
Mr. William Phillips, son of General
Phillips of Marietta, was in town Friday.
Joseph M. Brown, Esq., son of ex Gov.
Brown, has been visiting his friends in this
county.
The genial countenance of Colonel John
Evans, County Treasurer, shone upon our
sanctum, one day last week.
Wall Pleased.
Dr. Felton’s accomplished lady and little
son accompanied him in his visit to Clv ro
kee, and all expressed themselves as being
delighted with our county, and its kind and
hospitable people. We have often said that
the people of Cherokee are the best people
in the world, an.l we think we cm prove
our assertion by every one who has associ
ated with them and formed their acquaint
ance.
A .Successful Appeal.
The appeal made in our last week’s paper
for more young men to come to Canton,
had a good effect, as several of that inter
esting class h ive been prospecting i;i and
around oui pleasan* village, d iringthe past
week. One young man came post-haste in
a two horse buggy the very next day after
the call appeared, and announced himself
ready to be received and blest. Come again,
old fellow! “A faint heart never won a
fair lady I”
A Good Chance.
We are requested by Col. James 11.
Brown to say, that he has been informed
by the agricutnnd department of the State
University, that Cherokee county isentitled
to representation in that institution, and
that any young man who desires to do so,
can avail hims'dfofnn opportunity of pro
curing an education free of charge. We
hope that some young man in the county
will embrace this rare chance of seeking an
education in a first class institution Report
In Col. Brown and your name will be for
warded.
A Bcvennc Mm in a Dilemma.
Recently a gentleman from Cartersville
canic up in quest of illicit distillers. He
found two, and halted them. They in a
friendly wav began to talk and asked to see
lhe warrants. While the revenue man was
looking over his Hatch of papers, one of the,
men seized his pistol, the other his pipers,
arrested him and took him to a neighbor’s
house, tore up his papers and gave his pistol
to a young man who was standing by, and
then left for p iris uhknown. The revenue
man was not hurt, bu‘ wasiulvised to labor
in other fid Is.
A Nut far the Lawyers to Crack.
Our triend Ramplev, of this place, was ‘
aare«t<-d the other day, convicted of selling
whisky and placed in j til at C irtersvillc
He has Ix cn rele as' d on boftd, and pleads
the jurisdiction of the court, claiming that
he was about forty feet under ground en
gaged in digging a well when he sold ’he
liquor to thchands at the windla«s above.
Now w is Ramplcy within the jurisdiction ,
of lhe United States, and it so bow far
would he have to descend in order to
beyond its power* In other words, how
fur down, and how high does the authority
of this great government extend *
Malke Wine!
Now is the time to make wine, and many
of our readers we hope will avail themselves
of the opportunity of making enough of
that important article for medical and sac
ramental purposes. We give below a re
cipe for making wine, handed us by a lady
friend, who has had good success and much
experience in the business:
Mash the grapes and let them st mil in an
open vessel forty tight hours: s am care
fully; allow three pounds of sugar to every
gallon of juice. 8?t it away in jnr< until ■
Oc’ober, then rack off into bottles. It im
prove* with age.
Uanton High School.
This institution is doing a gcuxl work in .
this community, and should l>e liberally .
patronised. Professor Attaway and his'
sou received a high compliment from the '
trustees in their List report, when they said .-
‘The pmticicney ot the students. lhe good !
order that has prevailed, the kind feelings
that haw axis ted between teachers and pu-.
pits, and the general satisfaction of the ■
patrons, all bear testimony that ability, in-1
dnstry. and pcrsev< rance have combined to
make the school a success; and that the ‘
teachers not only know how tn govern,
and to impart instruction, but also how to '
make the school room plensaut atni nt-I
Lmciivv. *
The State’s Bondmen.
That the way of the transgressor is hard,
■ can be ocularly demonstated anyklay by a
visit to the chain-gang, now camped within,
a short distance of town. The spectacle of
a hundred men working to the dreadful
music of the chains with which they are
' fettered is sad indeed to contemplate, and
the sympathies of the tender-hearted are
apt to be manifested for the unfortunate
' beings who are doomed to years, and per
haps to livds, of unrequited toil; but when
i we reflect that the persons thus doomed
have been convicted of the worst crimes in
I the calendar, and that the security of life,
the protection of property, the peace of
society, demand rigorous measures and effi
cient safeguards, sympathy readily bends to
the requirements of justice.
But the painful feelings we experience
j on viewing tire when at work
j or in camp, seemingly have no correspond
ing expression in the breasts of the gang.
Watch them as they leave the camp at day
light for the line, strung like beads upon a
chain, and hear them singing some old
plantation melody, as they keep time to the
clanking chains about their ankles; notice
them while busily at work, bandying jokes,
poking fun at lookers-on, laughing, or
I singing, through the long days; and you
I will begin to think that a negro, at least, is
‘ the happiest creature wiien to our mincls he
should be the most miserable.
j The convicts have done good work on
the Marietta and North Georgia railroad,
and, without their services, it is doubtful if
1 the road could have been begun. They are
leased to the contractors by the State for
Die nominal sum of eleven dollars each per
• annum, and perform as much labor as twice
’ their number of free men. Though re
quired to be on the line from daylight till
dusk, they are humanely cared for by the
present contractors, Messrs. Fields, McAfee,
Tatc& Co., receiving a sufficiency of whole
some food, and proper attention when sics.
The desperate character of the men makes
every precaution necessary to insure safe
keeping. Each man wears an anklet of
iron—the worst ones are double-fettered —
to which a chain is attached, and hooked
j to a belt around the waist when at work.
In leaving the camp and returning, the
gang are connected together, in squads, by
a chain running through the rings on their
ankle-chains. While on the line, they
work single, every ten men being under the
charge of a guard, armed with a pistol and
double-barreled gun, who is responsible for
his squad ; when in camp, all the convicts,
except the trusties, are secured in their
bunks by attaching their chains to a cable
chain p issing through posts on each side of
' the building. A few of the men nave, for
j excellence of conduct, been made trusties,
and the liberty given them in consequence
has seldom been abused.
There are now ninety convicts in the
gang, of which twenty-two are white and
sixty-eight colored, besides six seat from
the counties for petit larceny. Five of
these are sentenced for life—three men and
two women, one is in for twenty years, and
the others for terms ranging from one to
ten years. As to crimes, they arc classified
as follows: Larceny, 18; manslaughter, 4;
bigamy, 2; burglary, 31; forgery, 3; rape,
8 ; attempt to kill, 5 , murder, 12; arson, 2 ;
bestiality, 2 ; robbery, 1; illegal voting, 1;
riot, 1.
The Camp-meeting.
i The Camp-meeting which commenced nt
the Cherokee Camp-ground on last Friday
evening was well attend'd, especially on
Sunday. That day opened unf ivoaahly, yet
the people of Cherokee and adjoining conn
ties flocked in until the 11 o’clock servic-s
began It was understood that the learned
and popular Dr. W. 11. Felton would
preach at that hour, and many were anx
ious to hear him. The spacious harbor
was filled to its utino’t capacity, and the
best of order prevailed while the Doctor
discoursed on the important an 1 interest
ing subject of the divinity of Christ. We
' think it was one of the distinguished
: preacher’s ablest efforts. Earnest, forcible,
argiimentivc and eloquent, it produced a
fine impression on the vast audience, which
‘ listened spell-bound during its delivery. The
! great truth that “God was in Christ recon
ciling the world unto himself;’’ that Jesus
Christ was “very God” “God with us,”
‘ G'ml manifest in the flesh,” was more clearly
taught and explained than we ever heard
■it before. We wislhthat sermon could be
preached in every ch irch in the land, for
upon a proper understanding of the great
truths it contained, depends the present
and eternal welfare of the church and the
world. Dr. Felton also preached a fine
sei mon on Saturday, his subject being,
“The great Silvation.” The R«vs. Lane,
i Puckett, Johnson (a young Presbyterian
brother), McClure, J. R. Parker, Presiding
Ebler, Wm. Johnson, Brown, Carson and
others labored zealously and efficiently
during the meeting in the Master’s cause.
A Beam and a Mote.
An indignant correspondent, who is evi
dently addicted to marble-playing, and feels
> conscience hurt, tries to make a thrust at
us over the shoulders of other people: “In
your last issue there is a paragraph about
the prevalence of marble-playing, in which
’ it is suggested that hands are needed in the
, chain-gang. Now, marble playing is good
I exercise, though it may be a waste ot time,
and I would much rather do it than to wear
out my trowsers playing checkers. But
■ checker-playing in Canton is not a waste
of time, I suppose; and come to think of
! it, it isn’t, for when those big fellows are
■ not playing checkers they are doing noth
: mg. In conclusion, I would suggest that
• if the 'town talkers’ want any more help
on the railroad, let them send their checker-:
I players first, as charity should begin at
i home." Our correspondent signs himself,
| “Ramrodwe turn him over to any
| sharp-shooter who w Mjes to load a gun. I
TOWN TALK,
, Mr. Theodore Turk, of this place, is ab
sent on a visit to Alabama.
There is a colored school in Canton,
taught by a colored school ma’am from At
lanta.
Mr. Ellis has moved into his new brick
store, and everything around there is as
bright as t' e deck of a man of war.
We call attention to the card of H. J.
O’Shiclds, who offers his services, at satis
factory prices, to those wishing any de
scription of painting done.
The biggest and most luscious watermiflqp
' we have seen or tasted this season was pre
sented to our office, last week, by Mrs. O.
C. Puckett. It weighed about 30 pounds.
Since the band has received substantial
and gratifying recognition from the ladies,
the members play with betterlieart. They
are now learning some very pretty new
pieces.
If you want the hair of yourself or oth
ers arranged artistically in bracelets, neck
laces, watch-guards, etc., you can be suited
by calling on Mrs. M. A. Smith, in this
place.
Hirsute visages will now become a rarity
on Canton streets, we presume. A barber
i set up shop, last Saturday, and lathered
and shuved 'something. less than an acre of
beard.
We wonder who put up the two-story
. horse-racks around the public square ? and
what was the object in buHding them so
s high? Hange<yfA*e see the use of hanging
‘ our horses up to efry when we come to
’ town ! They would make very respectable
■ gibbets, and a man might hang clear on one
of them very comfortably.
' A negro convict na.ned William White-
■ head, sent to the gang from Burke county,
’ for a term of four years, for larceny, made
his escape on the 18th instant. He bad
• lieen siclc since his reception at the camp,
’ in June, and being allowed some degree of
liberty on that account, he took advantage
r J
1 of it to gain big.freedom.
Quite a number g)f our town folk, who
could not attend the camp-meeting, went
to see the chain-gang, Sunday. The cou
; victs had had their usual Sunday burnish
ing up, and seemed to be making the best
of their situation. After the crowd had
gathered in the evening, the convicts struck
I up a familiar hymn, singing in a manner
, that would patio the blush many white
congregations, and two of their number
’ delivered short but curiously impressive
sermons, which were listened to by the
, gangjFith apparent interest.
Pleasant Points.
Sound without cents —A bind playing
on public occasions for nothing.
Why was our County Treasurer “cut
out” for a very fist man ? Bwause he can
beat time with ease.
What two names ofCantonites are al
ways present in a young lawyer’s mind?
Howell, McAfee.
“Oh, how those tin plates scared me
when they fell down 1” exclaimed a young
ster at the picnic, when the cymbals struck
into the tune the band was playing.
A cadaverous looking individual came in
to our office, one day, before we had got
ready to do any printing, and, after silently
surveying the types and presses a few min
utes, suddenly blurted out: “Are you ’most
ready to take pictures ?”
“I am ac fond of music, Mr. Holland,”
said an old lady from the mountains to Mr.
McAfee’s popular clerk, “and I’d be tickled
most to death if you’d play me a tune on
that thing there”—pointing to the thread
cabinet behind the counter.
He had been an old sinner, but had re
cently joined the church, when unexpect
edly called upon to pray. After some re
luctance he ejaculated: “O Lord, thou
knowest we new beginners can't pray.
Amen!’’
How Cherokee Stands.
From the books of the County Clerk we
have obt lined some interesting facts about
our county. There are 1,715 white and 175
colored tax-payers, and 50 delinquents, in
the county. The number of children be
tween the ages of six and eighteen is 4,100,
s and the number of public schools in opcra-
I lion h 48. Number •£.acres of land re
■ turned in the county, 24(5,47’3, valued at
11,062,856, upon which are employed as
farm laborers 271 persons between the ages
• of twelve and sixty-five. The total value of
: the taxable property is $1,693,934, distrib-
, uted as follows: Lands, $1,062,876; town
• property, $28,432; money and solvent
i debts, $202,150; merchandise, $32,292;
stocks and bonds, $57,000; capital invested
in mining, $250; household and kitchen
t furniture, $35,264 ; plantation and mcchan
- ical tools, exclusive of exemption, $2,832 ;
I : value of all other property, not before enu
■! merited, $327,158. The assessment upon
. ; which these figures are based was made in
April, and does not embrace the various -
I improvements lx*gun before but completed I
. I since that lime, and which would consider
i | ably swell the aggregate.
—
Our Public Schoms.
1 j James W. Hudson. Esq , County School ;
• Commissioner, returned on Friday from his ;
l first week's tour of inspection of the public '
j schixils, after having visited eleven schools, ■
i in Mullen’s, Cross-road, Con's Creek, B ill- I
'' ground and Shake-rag districts. He re
ports thi <e schools in flouridiiag condition; ;
the teachers doing their week efficient- !
J ly, the pupils making rapid progress and j
I lhe patrons apparently well satisfied. The i
• average attendance of the eleven schools is '
i five hundred and six. We* are glad to note
: these facts, and hope the interest manifested
[ in the public schools will extend until the J
I light of knowkxlge shall penetrate the s
,i humblest cabin in the remotest settlement, i
Fifty cents will pay for Tiik Georoiak i
I until ChristmaA 1
An Exciting Chase.
On Monday evening, as the chain-gang
was getting ready to return to camp, it was
discovered that Gus Davis, a negro sent up
from Dawson county for five years, for kill
ing his wife’s paramour, was missing.
Captain Sewell was immediately notified,
who let the hounds loose, and started in
hot pursuit. The dogs came up with the
runaway just before he reached Keith’s
ferry, but the darkey seemed to havtf been
smart enough to deceive them Plunging
into the river, the dogs following, and Mr.
Sewell and Mr. Killian close behind on
horseback, the negro managed under cover
of the growing darkness, and by swimming
first to one side of the river and then to
the other, to elude his pursuers for a time.
At last he took to the woods, and the does
struck his trail. After some time had been
spent in the search, Mr. Sewell came bark
to town about 8 o’clock for fresh horses
and more assistance. Volunteers speedily
gathered, and the search was resumed with
ardor. But Davis displayed the strategy
of a general, doubling back on bis track
when closely pressed, now decoying Ids
pursuers to the river, then taking thef\
three miles away, and “muehing” the dogs
as-he Went. Finally, being worn down,
and-finding his strategy would not save
him, as the barking made his whereabouts
known, it is supposed that he killed two of
the hounds, and thus effected his escape.
About 3 o’clock yesterday morning the
party returned from the chase, much jaded
and disappointed in the result of their ex
pedition.
We do not think the company is blame
worthy for this escape, as the convicts were
engaged in clearing away brush from the
road-way, and the guards, however vigil
ant, could not keep the men constantly in
view. Davis had on an anklet, with its
chain, like many of the others, when he
disappeared. In consequence of this fact,
and to “make assurance doubly sure,” the
whole gang were put in double irons, yes
terday morning, making future escapes
improbable.
Teachers of Cherokee—
Unthankful band—we welcome you to
Canton. Since The Georgian is pledged
to us, and we to it, in uniting our efforts to
develop the vast resources of our own
county, we assume the responsibility of
inviting you all to the Teachers’ Associa
tion, on the second Saturday in next month>
to devise-means for elevating the standard
of education, selecting text-books, and dis
cussing measures of vital interest to every
teacher.
Although we writhe under the approbri
ous epithet, “unthankful,” still this county
depends for its improvement on schools,
schools on teachers, and teachers on this
Association, in part, for a higher grade of
teaching; serving as a medium for the in
terchange of new ideas, and for tbecommu
nifiati'Mi of plans, experiences, and tests for
the more rapid improvement of chilflren.
All professions and trades band together
for their own good and the general welfare
—lawyers, doctors, preachers, farmers,tne
chanics, etc.; but we upon whose shoulders
rest more responsibilities than upon them
all, are standing aloof. Other places are
building up by this means; we can do like
wise.
Railroads, court-houses, and churches
will benefit us partially, but there will be
no permanent change until we start a gen
eration of scholars. Then, and not till then,
will Cherokee take her stand among the
foremost counties ot the State. Her agri
culture will spring forth, her beds of min
eral leap up, her shoals gladden with ma
chinery, her statesmanship develop, her
school houses, churches, and .rt houses
resound with t ol eat. And all will come
from the ball set motion by the Associa
tion.
Then, gentlemen, come forward. Our
doors are open for every man in the county.
We are determined to co operate with The
Georgian to the best of our several abili
ties in building up our own county, our
own people, our own children, our own
homos. There will be something new and
something good for ever theacher in the
county at our next two meetings. B. F. P.
Swallowing a Negro.
Our friend Abercrombie, of this county,
has always Ixxm far from being an aboli
tionist or radical, and yet it is told on him,
that he proposed, while in service during
the war in middle Georgia, to swallow alive
a big young buck negro, under the follow
ing circumstances: A crowd of darkeys
vLited the camp one day, and were very
highly amused and entertained by the odd
pranks and marvelous stories of Crombie
(that is what we call him, for short), who
finally selected a Mg, greasy, good-natured
fellow belonging to tlie group, and offered
to bet five dollars that he could swallow
him whole and alive! He was immedi
ately taken up, when he called for some
black molasses, with which he smeared the
i negro's body well, after having him
i stripped, and also a pint of new tar, which
i he put over his head to make him go down
’ easy. After the thorough preparation above
: described, Crombie stepped a little back,
and exclaimed, “Now, make ready!” and,
I with lus mouth distended wide, made a
| lunge at the frightened negro, who dodged
j out of the .way. “Osaid Crombie, “I
j can't swallow you, if you don’t be still!”
i and, after putting the trembling victim in
j proper position once more, made another
■ pass at him; but the negro dodged again,
j when Crombie, becoming disgusted at his
1 unfairness, declared that be would not at-
■ tempt to swallow him any more, since it
| seemed to be impossible to get him to be
■ siiU long enough for the operation; and,
j after washing his hands and putting on his
| hat and coat, retired with a look mingled
| with contempt and mortification. What
| afterwards became of that darkey, and
\ now he got the tar out of his wool, we bavc
I jjever been a’u’e to leain.
OVER THE COUNTY.
A copper mine in Cherokee pans out 13
per cent.
A gold mine in Cherokee county yields
from loity to sixty dollars to the ton.
The Hard-shell Baptists held an associa
tion al Little River church recently.
Our friend Logan Field showed us an
open boll of cotton, found in his crop on
the 18th instant.
The chain-gang has better men in it than
the man who passes through a plantation
gate and willfully leaver it open.
Tax-payers would do well to bear in
mind that the 15th of September is the day
set for the collection of the taxes.
The chain-gang would be demoralized by
the man or boy who destroys mile-posts
and sign-boards along the public roads.
We notice an abundance ot peaches in
the county, but they seem to be falling off,
many having been injured by the curculio.
Air. J. A Kirkpatrick gathered a load of
corn from his crop near Steele’s bridge, last
week. It is of the Chinese variety, and
well matured.
Air. W. T. Popham, of this district, was
severely attacked by cramp colic, Wednes
day evening, and has not yet recovered
fioin its effects.
If you wish to know how vceraine water
melons, we will show you, if you will go
with us the next time we visit our friend
Rube AlcKinney’s patch.
Colonel E. E. Field is the largest land
owner and tax-payer in this county, con
tributing over tour hundred dollars to the
county treasury this year.
The chain-gang would be contaminated
by the unprincipled wretch who would
write obscene or profane words on the
walls or seats of a church.
The Ordinary advertises for proposals
for building a bridge over Shoal creek, near
the widow Cook’s, and for repairing Hawk
ins’s br.dge, over Little river.
The crops through the section of the
county visited by the County School Com
missioner are in splendid condition, and
promise an abundant harvest.
The health of the county was never bet
ter than at present, and the doctors have
now to depend upon old age or unripe
.fruit to keep them in practice.
A larger crop of sugar cane will be raised
in Cherokee, this season, than ever before.
Farmers are finding out that a diversity of
products is the key to agricultural success.
A lad named Brawley committed suicide,
last Sunday morning, by jumping into the
pond at Cherokee mills. He liad been la
boring under mental derangement for sev
eral davs.
If the people of Cherokee county will
give us the amount usually spent in visit
ing a circus show, every time one comes
along, we will sind The Georgian to ev
ery family in the county until Christmas.
We learn that Mr. Lockridge of Bartow
county has bought the Faulkner place, near
Fair Play, with the intention of putting up
a blacksmith shop at that point. Such an
enterprise is much needed in the neighbor
hood.
Travelers frequently compliment Chero
kee county on being the best posted that
they have seen. No one who can read
need go astray in traveling our public roads,
for a sign-board meets the eye at every
road-fork.
Our efficient County School Commission
er has a co-laborer in the field of visitation,
and we would suggest to him the propriety
of visiting those schools first whose teach
ers are of the male persuasion, until he gets
some of the rough off. We understand the
accomplished lady whose school he visited
was offended, and justly so, at the sudden
ness of his manner and speech. He had
better take warning or somebody will get
Hitt.
Some of the roads in the county are bad.
They are stony, stumpy, rough and bumpy.
We are in favor of appointing a general
surveyor and superintendent of roads,
whose duty it shall be to put the roads on
better ground, and keep them in good or
der at the public expense. In many in
stances they might be shortened and made
much better at the same time Alany bad
hills might be avoided by a little Judicious
engineering and common sense.
Would it not be a good plan to obliterate
from our local geography such names as
Trickum, Lick Skillet, Black Ankle, Shake
Rag, and ’Possum Trot, and substitute
those which are more appropriate to the
improved condition and tastes of our peo
ple? The question is sometimes asked, con
temptuously, “What’3 in a name?” There
is a great deal, when applied to localities;
for the suggestive names sometimes as
sumed by communities are considered by
strangers to be characteristic of the people,
and thus, whether erroneous or not, an un
favorable impression is often carried abroad.
The first number of The Cherokee
Georgian has been received It is pub
lished at Canton, Ga., by P. 11. Brewster
and J. J. A. Sharp. Its general make-up
is good and presents quite a handsome ap
pearance, and the people of that section
should feel proud of it and give it their sup
port. We wish it the greatest succ sa.—
[Mountain Signal.
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Notice to Contractors.
'XJOTICE is hereby given that sealed
±N proposals will be received by the un
dersigned until the 21st day of Sept. 1875.
for the building of a bridge ovtr Shoal
Creek, near widow Cooks, in accordance
with plans and specifications at my office,
and also at Col. Sharp’s store. Like propo
sals will also be received for the same time,
for the repairing of Hawkins bridge across
Little River, specifications al my office.
The right to reject anv or all bids is re
served C. M. McCLURE. O;dinarv.
aur 24. 4 3 ‘
CANTON PRICE CURRENT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Cotton 15
Corn jpbu 1 ,10(17)1 25
Corn Meal bu .1 4 >
Wheat 90@1 Off
Flour—Fancy bbl 8 50
Extra Family 8 00
Family 7 50
Fine 6 00
Bacon—Sides 16*,
Shoulders 13
Hams, sugar cured 18
Bulk Meat...*/. 14@ 15
Lard 20
Coffee—Rio 25@ 28
Sugar—Crushed 15
-Coffee A 15
Brown 12 *«
Salt —Virginia 2 50
Liverpool 2 50
Tea—lmperial I J ob@l 25
Black 75@1 00
Crackers —Soda 10@15
Cream „ 15@0O
Candy 25@60
Pepper 35@40
Tallow 10
. Beeswax 25
Rags 214
Honey
Eggs 10
Chickens 10@20
Country Butter 15@20
Hides—Green 7
Drv 14
Lime p Bu 50
Syrup 75@1 00
Molassf.s 55@65
Brown Shirting B@lo
Iron—Tire
Rod 8<&10
Nails
Leather—Sole 30@33
Harness 40@
Upper 50
Alanilla Bags 1,000 1 40@1050
Wrapping Paper lb o>£@6l£
The above retail cash pi ices—in quantities
lower.
DIRECTORY.
STATE GOVERNMENT.
James M. Smith, Governor.
N. C. Barnet, Secretary of State.
J. W. Goldsmith, Comptroller General.
John Jones, Treasurer.
Joel Branham, Librarian.
John T. Brown, Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary.
Gustavus J. Orr, State School Commis
sioner.
J. N. Janes, Commissioner of Agricul
ture.
Thomas D. Little, State Geologist.
JUDICIAL.
BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT.
Noel B. Knight, Judge.
C. D. Phillips, Solicitor General.
Time of Holding Court.
Cherokee —Fourth Monday in Febru
ary, and first Monday in August.
Cobb—Second Monday in March and
November.
Dawson—Third Monday in April and
second Monday in September.
Fannin —Third Monday in May and Oc
tober.
Forsyth—First Monday in April and
fourth Monday in August.
Gilmer —Second Monday in May and
October. “■**
Lumpkin—Second Monday in April and
first Monday in September.
Milton—Fourth Monday in March und
third Monday in August.
Monday in April and
September.!
Towns—Monday after fourth Monday In
May and October.
Union —Fourth Monday in May and Oc
tober.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
C. M. McClure, Ordinary. Regular court
first Monday in each month.
J. W. Hudson, Ckrk Superior Court.
M. P. Morris, Sheriff.
E. G. Gramling, Deputy Sheriff.
John G. Evsns, Treasurer.
Wm. N. Wilson, Tax Receiver.
Joseph G. Dupree, Tax Collector.
Wm. W. Hawkins, Surveyor.
Wm. Rampley, Coroner.
JUSTICE COURT—CANTON DIS.
Joseph E. Hutson, J. P.
R. F. Daniel, N. P.
H. G. Daniel, L. C v
TOWN GOVERNMENT,
W. A. Teascley, Mayor. ;
J. W. Hudson, Recorder.
James 11. Kilby, Jabez Galt, J. M. Har
din, J. M. McAfee, Theodore Turk, Aider
men.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
James O. Dowda, President.
James W. Hudson, County School Com
missioner.
Prof. James U. Vincent, Examiner.
Joseph M. McA fee, Allen Keith, Joseph
J. Maddox, John R. Moore.
Meetings quarterly, in the court-house.
CHEROKEE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIA-
TION.
James O. Dowda, President.
M. B. Tuegle, Vice-President
C. M. McClure, Secretary.
J. W. Attaway, Treasurer.
John D. Attaway, Censor Morum.
Prof. James U. Vincent, Association Cor
respondent
Regular meetings every second Saturday
in each month, at 10 a. in.
RELIGIOUS.
Baptist Church, Canton Ga., time of
service fourth Sunday in each month.
Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pastor.
M. E. Church, time of service, preachers
in charge.
Rev. W. G. Hanson, first Sunday.
Rev. B. E. Ledbetter, second.
Rev. J. M. Hardin, third.
MASONIC.
Canton Lodge, No. 77, meets first and
third Monday nights in each month.
James A. Stephens, W. M.
Joseph M. McAfee, Secretary.
Sixes Lodge, No. 282, meets first and
third Saturdays, 2 p. m.
C. M. McClure, W. M.
O. W. Putman, Secretary.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
Canton Lodge, No. 119, meets every
Saturday, 8 p. m.
B. E. Ledbetter, W. C. T.
James W. Hudson, Secretary.
GRANGE.
Canton Grange No. 225, Catrton Ga.
Jabez Gali, Master.
_ J° 9e P t > -M- McAfee, Secretary.
T F YOU "WANT PRINTING DONE,
1 with neatness and disnatch. call at this
-office.