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The Cherokee Georgian
P. H. BREWSTER, )
J. J. A. SHARP, f Editors.
.Canton, GrSb- 7
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1875.
‘ EDITORIAL NOTES.
Hon. John H. Reagan of Texas, formerly
Confederate Postmaster-general, is expected
to make some stir in the next Congress, to
which he has been elected.
Rev. Lovick Pierce preached in Greens
boro on Sunday before last. Though ninety
three years of age, his mind is still clear, and
his discourses are methodical and logical.
Atlanta laborers are now working lor
eighty-five cents a day. Capital has them
at a disadvantage, and they are compelled
to woflFftt that price, to steal, or to starve.
They accept the former alternative.
The State fair at Macon is promising in
its outlook. The working secretary, Mal
comb Johnson, is indefatigable in his ef
forts, and hopeful of success. It ought to
be the largest fair ever held, in the State.
The seasons, crops, and tunes are all pro
pitious.
Within the three last presidential terms,
five Presidents have died —Pierce, Buchan
an, Lincoln, Fillmore and Johnson. The
wives; of the Presidents seem to be long
lived, as Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Fill
more, Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Johnson are
still living’
There is war between the Federal office-
and office-seekers in Georgia. The
appointment of Colonel Jack Brown as
Collector, in place of Holzclaw, seems to
have disturbed the balance of pow - among
the local Radical leaders. The irlaence of
District Attorney Farrow has been very
much weakened, and it is rumored that he
is to be removed.
State elections occur this year in the fol
lowing order: California, Wednesday,
September 1; Vermont, Wednesday, Sep
tember 1; Arkansas, Monday, September
6; Maine, Monday, September 13; lowa,
Tuesday, October 12; Ohio, Tuesday, Oc
tober 2 ; and on Tuesday, November, 2nd,
in each of the following States—Virginia,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Min
nesota, Missouri, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, and Texas.
The Richmond Dispatch thinks the dead
liest blow that could be dealt to the cor
ruptions and corrupting tendencies of the
Eederal government would be the repeal of
the internal revenue laws. As a method
of collecting revenues, the system is the
most costly ever devised. And everybody
knows that it has led to frauds, rascally
rings, briberies and perjuries without num
ber. It has spread demoralization over the
land. Men of good reputations have had
them blasted by becoming leagued with the
well known agents of fraud that lived and
fattened on the spoils of a vicious system.
A Dog Law.
Some of our exchanges are clamoring for
a dog law, and we fear will never be satis
fied until their favorite scheme of taxing all
dogs shall be consummated. Now, we don’t
own a dog, and don’t know that we will
ever be able to own one, but it seems to us
that it would be very unwise and unjust to
impose a lax upon that useful, harmless and
interesting animal; for in the first place, if
the raising of dogs is not encouraged, that
ferocious and dangerous class of quadru
peds, known as nkeep will so rapidly in.
crease as to make it dangerous for our
children to leave the house, for the sheep’s
propensity to bite is well known, and no
cure for the bite of a sheep has ever been
discovered. Besides, if everybody should
be encouraged to go to raising sheep and :
manufacturing their own woolen fabrics,
what would become of our dear New Eng
land friends, who for years have been doing
that drudgery for us almost for nothing.
And furthermore, it is a well known fact,
that the property of a great many freedmen
consists almost entirely in dogs, and would
it be just, would it be fair, would it be con
sistent with the genius of our free institu
tions, to make them pay a tax on all their
worldly effects, or sell them to the tanner or
sausage-grindei? Would you take away a
man’s only visible means of support and
reduce him to extreme poverty ? We are
not in favor of the dog-law, so urgently ad
vocated by some, though we repeat, we do
notown a dog, and if we ever do, it will be
after this.
Mr. Stephens and the Goveritorsliip.
Some people seem determined to run Mr.
Stephens for Governor, whether he is will
ing or not. At the same lime if be has
given the least intimation that he either de
sired Or would accept the office, we have
not seen or heard it. The office he already
holds, it seeu.s to us, is amply sufficient for
the display of even the mighty powers of |
“the great commoner,” and why his friends
are so earnest anil persistent in advancing
his claims ft»r governor, we do not under
stand, unless it is because they think he
might do less harm as the elm t executive of *
the State than as a member of Congress. If |
we know any thing in regard to the views
of the people of Georgia, we are certain
that they do not indorse Mr. Stephens’
course in the lasi Congress. He was mys-!
teriously silent when we thought he ought
to have spoken, and f-poke when silence
would have heu better. His defense of the
“Salary Grab” would have sealed almost i
any other mm.’s indiifcal damnation, and
we mistake il Mr. Stephens docs m>t sv
the greatest error, perhaps of his life, if he
ahull ever ortnr liefore the whole pe«»ple of I
Georgi»«» h audidatc ft r tin ir votes. We
have adm.n d the wixl.un of many of bis
publi' ac aad views, and haw ever re- !
garded him as our profoundcst statesman,
and the fact ofhis prominence heightens the
offense of his fall. Some of our public men
are not conservative enough, but Mr. Ste
phens has evidently gone to the extreme of
late, and while some attribute his tameness
to old age and infirmity, others <hink it is a
matter of policy with him. In either case
he is not the man after the people’s own
heart; and we had rather read his “History
of the War between the States,” and enjoy
his defense of the right of secession and the
course of the South in that war, than to
read or hear anything that has lately em
anated from his tongue or pen.
Kingston Matters.
Kingston, Ga., August 21, 1875.
Messrs. Editors: —By the request, or
rather the invitation of one of you, I will
report the news of Kingston.
Gentlemen, I wish you success, and from
the appearance of the first issue of The
Cherokee Georgian, it will be one of the
best county papers now in circulation. All
will do well to subscribe for it, especially
those who have but little knowledge of that
part of the State. This paper will give the
account of a portion of Georgia which
heretofore was known to but very few. We
feel assured that the Editors will spare no
pains to furnish their readers with interest
ing as well as beneficial news. Mr.' Brewster
is the best weekly editor we ever knew; as
for a daily, wecan but think he would be
as eood as the best.
- News in Kingston now, is, like business,
very dull.
A negro boy about 18 undertook to
rule his mother the other day, and for such
an offense was compelled to work on the
streets thirty days.
Mr. Ben Roper, who had his mule stolen
on Friday night, the 13th instant, returned
with both mule and prisoner yesterday
evening. The thief was a negro boy about
16 years old. He says he did not steal
the mule, but borrowed it to go and
see his mother, who lived about in Coving
t6n. He was going to return him when he
came back.
The crops are looking very well. The
watermelon crop is the finest we ever saw;
cotton is as good as we ever saw it.
Professor J. 8. Lin has resumed his ex
cellent school again. He has a good school,
and well docs he deserve it. I will for
bare for this time. Alpha.
NEWS SUMMARY.
over the state.
Cainsville bogs are dying with the chol
era.
There were only seven deaths in Macon
last week.
The “first bales” of cotton are being re
ported all over the State.
The cotton crop in Harris county is es
timated at one bale to ten acres.
Counterfeit fifty-cent notes arc in circula
tion in some portions of the Stale.
Army worms have made their appearance
on some of the farms on Coosa river.
The acreage of corn exceeds that of cot
ton, in Meriwether county, by one thousand
acres.
There is a colored man in Muscogee
county who is said to be worth $25,0(0, and
is respected and esteemed by all classes.
A party of Atlanta gentlemen own three
hundred acres of land near West Point, Ga.,
which they have planted entirely in pota
toes. They expect to raise over forty
thousand bushels this year, and the whole
crop will be made into whisky.
A diabolical attempt was made last Wed
nesday night to set tire to the premises of
G. S. Bates, in Cartersville. Some person
or persons had gained admission into his
house and placed paper, sa; mated with
kerosene or estrclla in the cupboard and
about on the floor. It was discovered and
put out.
ELSEWHERE.
Willis Niznry. Bishop of the British
Methodist. Episcopal Church in Canada,
died last Sunday week.
The Bank of California has suspended
payment of checks, owing to a monetary
panic at present raging in San Francisco.
A Catholic priest in Canada refuses to
administer the sacrament to any person
who wears alow-necked dress or a tied-back
skirt.
John T. Taylor, who is held on $3,000
bail, nt. Topeka, Kansas, charged with rob
bing registered letters, is a grandson of the
ex-PrCsident, and was an officer on Sher
man’s staff.
The fixitand mouth disease has broken out
with great virulence in Dorsetshire, Eng.,
where 12,000 animals are down with it.
The distemper is' spreading rapidly to other
portions of England.
Heavy frost on the22d ult. is reported to
have killed three-fourths of the growing
corn in Wisconsin. In Illinois and lowa,
small vines were killed, and potatoes and
corn were more or less injured.
A riot at New Hope church, Mississippi,
on the 24th ultimo, resulted in the killing
of eight negroes, and the wounding of sev
eral others. The riot was caused by a
quarrel between a white mau and a negro
about drum beating.
Sterling, Ahren & Co., of Baltimore, said
to be the largest sugar importing house in
the United States, have suspended with li- ,
abilities estimated at two millions of dollars.
The shrinkage in molasses is said to have
been the cause of failure
Sixteen thousand eight hundred- and
eighty nine persons were banished from Rus
sia to Siberia between Miy and October
last; 1.080 women and children over fifteen
years of age, with 1,269 young children vol
untarily accompanied the exiles
The cotton year, which ends September
I, will show receipts at all the ports of |
about 3,485,000 bales. The exports fi>r the i
year bayc been 2,670,000 bales against22- 1
812,000 bales last year. The visible supply i
of American on both sides of the Atlantic j
is 954,612 bales against 910,502 last year at
this time.
The steamer Ohio, which sailed for Liver
pool on the 26th ultimo, had iocl.ided in her :
cargo 2.400 crates of Delaware peaches. j
The steerage of the ship has l>een turned:
into a refrigerator, and lined with ice, and |
provided with fans for keeping up a eon- ’
slant current of cool fresh air. This l>eing ;
the first venture of lhe kind, its success is I
looked to with much interest. I
A Psalm.
“Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?
Who shall dwell in thy holy hills?
“He that walketh uprightly and worke’h
righteousness, and speaketh tue truth in
his heart.
| “He that backbitetb not with his tongue,
I nor dot th evil to his neighbor, nor taketh
up a reproach against his neighbors.
“In whose eyes a vile person is contemn-
I cd ; but he honoreth them that fear the
Lord.
“He that sweareth to his own hurt, and
changeth not.
. “He that putteth not out his money Ao
usury, nor taketh reward against the inno
cent.
“He that doeth these ibiugs shall never
be moved.”
It is a nice thing to be a Christian.
To be pure in heart, is the only «afr
gu ltd. .
Do unto all men as we would they should
do unto us, is the only rule of conduct that
Divine wisdom will accept; and this is
both reasonable and just.
"What are riches, or position, or life even,
when the heart is wrong ?
Our life is but a vapor; time is
death may be near. Who is ready ? „
To exist after death is a solemn thought.
The great hereafter—what is it ? ,
The seen will pass away ; the Unseen is
eternal.
• The song of praise mingling with the
beauties of nature, is a grand anthem. But.
the song of the redeemed is a, nobler
sweeter strain.
The pure in heart only shall see God.
The Henderson (Tenn.) Reporter is re
sponsible tor the following remarkable
story: “A man named Louis Burke, who
lived at Burksville, in th.s county, a few
days ago, indulged in very blasphemous
language because his crops had l>een de
stroyed by high water. He cursed God for
having his crop destroyed last year by
drought, and for destroying them this year
by flood, and concluded his blasphemy of
the Creator with the expression ‘God damn
Him 1’ His tongue clove to the roof of hi*
mouth, and he died the next night, never
uttering another word.”
SH ARI’ & CO.,
WALESCA, GEORGIA,
Dealers in
General
Merchandise,
Are selling
At LOW DOWN FIGURES.
Will give
Extra Bargains
1 OR CASH OR BARTER,
Being anxious to make rmm tor the Fall
| trade. If yon need anything in our line,
call and see us
SHARP & CO.
nng2s. _ 5- ;
Administrator’s Sale.
IYY VIRTUE of an order from the Court
j of Ordinary of Cherok-e county, will |
be sold, on the ’first Tuesday in October,:
1875, at the court-house door in said coun
ty, between the legal hours, the following
lots of land lielonging to the estate of
Joshua Bnrtl, deceased, to wit:
Lots Nos. 771. 772, 813, 811, 844.845.
and three acres off south side of lot 812 —
all in the third district and second section
of snid county, with the following reserva
tions, to wit: One acre, more or less, deed
ed to Orange church off ot lot No. 814;
one acre off of lot No. 772, tor family
burying-ground; three acres, more or
off the west side of lot No 812; also the
house known as Franhy’s bouse, with the
privilege ot wood, water, ami fruit on said
premii-s. tor the use of the widow during
her natural life
Terms of Sale —One-third cash, one i
third at the expiration of twelve months ;
from and the other third at the end ot i
two years, at fen per cent interest from
date. Notes to be secured by mortgage ou
land.
Sold for the benefit of heirs and creditors
of said deceased.
JESSE M. BURTZ, Adm’r.
Printci’s fee, SB.
Sep 1 5 4t
Brewster, Sharp & Dowda,
PXJBLIBHBRS OF
THE CHEBOKM GIORGIAN,
Real Estate
Agents,
•BUY AND SELL
REAL ESTATE,
Examine Titles,
FAY TAXES,
FURNISH ABSTRACTS.
Make Collections.
ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL BUSI
NESS IN OUR LINK.
OFVK B OF
TUE CHEROKEE GEORGIAN,
CAN TON. GEORGIA.
It Will Pay You,
© TO EXAMINE, S
s
TO EXAMINE, 2
AND
.VXD'PURCHASE, H
OF
B. F. CRISLER,
WHO KEEPS
A FULL VARIETY
of such goods as arc kept in a
Dry Goods S Grocery Store
Also prepared to put up
Boots SlAoes?
in the best style, and on short notice.
Will furnish LEATHER in any quanti
ties to suit purchasers.
Will take COUNTRY PRODUCE
at the Is-st prices, and pay cash or goods
for HIDES.
aug 4 I'tf
ik. CT. O\SZE-TIEIL.TDS,
novsß, sign and ornamental
Painter,
FRESCO AND SCENIC ARTIST,
Canton, - Georgia
Refers to R -v. P. 11. Brewster, W. M.
Ellis, J. B. IJuton A Co., Canton. Ga.; J.
A. Stove r, J. W. Dyer, painters, Carters
ville; John A. Manillas, (.’as.i station, Ga.
Prices to suit tiic time *.
uug 25 4-2 m
Postponed. Administrator’s
BT VIRTUE of an order from the Court
ot Ordinary ot Mitchell county, Ga..
will be sold, on the first Tu-sday in Octo
ber, 1815, at the cottr' house door in Clu-ro
kee county, Ga., between the legal hours,
the mineral interest, with mining privileges,
in and to lots Nos. 735 and 778, in third
district, second section, of Cherokee coun
ty. Sold as the properly of George Burtz.
deceased, for the benefit ot heirs and cred
itors of said decca«c<i.
Term cash.
JESSE M. BURTZ, Adm’r.
The celebrated Franklin gold vein ruus
through one of the lots.
Printer's fee, H.
Sep 1 5 4t
Notice to Contractors.
N’OTICE is hereby given that scal<d
proposals will be received by the un
dersigned until the 21st day of Sept. 1875,
for the building of a bridge ov- r Shoal
Creek, near widow Cooks, in accordance
with plans and specifications at my office,
and also at Uol. Sharp’s store. Like propo
sal* will also b-: received tor the siine time,
for the repairing of Hawkhta bthlgc nerols
Little River, specifications at my office.
The right to reject any or all bids is rc-
M-rred. * C. M. McCLURE, Ordinary.
«ng 24, 4-3
Mrs. M. A. Smith, Canton,
HAIR WO R KER,
Manufactures hair into nil kinds
ot braids, ringlets, setts, bracelets,
watch-guar Is, necklaces, e’c. Will insure
satisfaction in quality of work and price
All grades of mounting furnished when de
sired Call and see style of work, on Ma
rietta street. 4 3'n _
Cherokee County, Ga.
To al) whom it miv concern: W. H. Ttn«k and j
Jimr. E. Ru«k, Jr., having in proper forM *l>P'>.<l .
u> me for j»erinanent letter, of adminiatration on I
the «Utr of Hugh <*. Rusk, tat- of mid county. I
thia is to cite all and ai-gular the creditor* and i
next of kin of Hugh Rusk to 1., and appear at
:nr ofice, within the tine- allowed by law. and .how
cauae, if any they can, why pennatieut adminixtra- J
tior should not b«j granted the appticauu on sa d |
ut» waid eatate.
Witness my hand and official signature.
Aag. S, IM*5. C. M. McCLUBL, Ordinary.
Priutwr'a fee, 300 J-it_ i
T)r. J. Al. Turk.
WILL CONTINUE THE PRACTICE <>F
Medicine and Surgery.
I \ISE \BES of WOMEN and OBSTET
-1 . * RICSin ide n SPECIALTY. Office ou
Main street, west cud,
Aug I 1 U
i
'CANTON HOTEL,
Ootnton, O6L
JjJLJIUAFEE; Proprietor,
WLL ANNOUNCE to liis friends, and
the public generally, that everything
IS IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION,
and that the Tab’c will be supplied with
the best the market affords. Charges mod
erate.
As soon as your hunger is appeased, you
will please
WALK ACROSS THE STREET,
to my Store, where you can lie supplied
with any and everything kept in a first clam
Dry Goods
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 thank* for
your liberal patronage in the pas’, and
hope you will continue the snmc in th«r
future. I now say to you, that you can, at
any and all times, buv gootta ft* cheap of
me, and upon as liberal terms, ns any live
man can nflord. lam determined
NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD
by any one. So ctll and examine my
•tock before purchasing elsewhere, ft* I
charge nothing for exhibiting good*.
TBTE3 LADIES
are especially invited to cull, as my Chrk,
Mr. E. B. HOLLAND,
Is Exceedingly Anxious to Harry,
and he will always take pleasure in show
ing you goods, and selling to you very
low, as he
WANTS TO MAKE A FXVORAULK IMPRESSION.
ISTew AVagons.
I have a number of new wagon* for
sale—one and .two-hors-, and spring-wag
ons. They are ot Hudson’s make, *of»vor
;U»ly known to nil in ihis community. I
have known them for twenty five years,
and will fully warrant them. Will »-ll o»
time until cotton aiuus in, with good note
and secu iTy.
J. M. McAFEK.
Aug 4. '«*• *
New House I
. New Goods I
JOB Ik. BARTON. •!«'< ”• EILWT.
DU. JAMES H. HI’EHB.
J. B. BARTON & CO.,
6*or. Mariella and Gaiiuwilte Sl», t
Canton,
Keep a full assortment of
DRY G OODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, TIAT.S,
G-ent’s Furnishing Goods.
NOTIONS, ETC.
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY,
Drugs, Paints, OiUAarnish,
I PATENT CLASS FBUIT-JARS, ETU.,
ALL AT REDUCED PRICES FOR
! CASH OR COUNTRY JRiobUCE.
I
We respect fully invite all to call and et
a uiuc our *;ock aud price*, No trouble tu
show gCKKIs.
Jome and see the Red Bat.
JOE B. BARTON & CO.
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