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The Cherokee Georgian.
!?• EC. BREWSTER, ) TPHifoTM
J. J. A. SHARP, 1 Editors.
Canton, O-<a. 7
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1875.
County Fairs.
Some of our citizens have suggested the
propriety of holding county fairs. We fa
vor the suggestion ; for such things, when
properly conducted, are productive of
much good to the people. In fact, we can
not expect much improvement in the coun
try until some such means is employed to
inspire our people with a spirit of rivalry
in their agricultural and mechanical pur
suits. Many who arc content to move
along in the old way, without seeking to
make any particular improvement in their
business, would be stimulated to excel
their neighbors, if sufficient inducements
were offered in the way of premiums for
the best of any given articles. These pre
miums would not be appreciated on account
of their intrinsic value, but rather as a pub
lic evidence of superior skill in the persons
receiving them.
County fairs do good in various ways.
They contribute to the fund of general
knowledge among the people; for if one
succeeds in any particular thing, others
will naturally inquire how it is done, and
endeavor to imitate the successful plan. It
is easy, then, to see how beneficial example
may be. The man who will not profit by
the example ot a neighbor who succeeds
better than himself in any particular branch
of business, is an obstinate simpleton.
County fairs give opportunity to compare
various plans with each other, and all may
then adopt that which is proven to be the
best. In this way the knowledge of a
single individual in a community becomes
the common property of all.
Success is what every one desires. If a
man plant an acre in corn, turnips, or po
tatoes, he wishes to gather from it as many
bushels as possible; but he may not have
experience or knowledge sufficient to make
it yield an amount pro poison ate to its
capacity, while another has, and if he
could avail himself of the advantage pos
sessed by him, his gain would be consider
able. Exhibitions of superior skill and
management in particular individuals, then,
would result in good to all the people; for
one man can do any thing as well as an
other, if he knows how.
County fairs would also result in im-.
provement in our lands, stock, agricultural
implements, and in various ways make the
country more prosperous. They would fur
thermore furnish occasions for pleasant so
cial intercourse among the people of the
county, and tend to unite them in feeling,
and in a desire to promote in eveiy possible
way the general good.
Our neighboring county of Cobb gives
abundant evidence of the good which re
sults from faits, and her example is worthy
of our imitation. Though comparatively a
poor county, she excels every other county
in the Stale in the vaiiety and quality of
her productions. The energy, industry and
enterprise of her citizens have made for
her a reputation of which she may justly
feel proud ; and one such example is better
than a thousand arguments iu favor of
county furs, for it has been by the employ
ment of such means that she has out
stripped her neighbors in material progress.
Why may not we of Cherokee follow her
example? We have as great, if not greater
advantages if we would improve them.
Let us use the means which are necessary
to produce the ends desired, and success
will crown our efforts. Let us have a
county fair once a month, or as often as
may be thought expedient, and the time
and labor thus spent will not be in vain.
But few may take an interest in them at
first, but they will grow by degrees in favor
with the people, until all will become en
listed and interested in them, and will re
gard them as occasions both pleasant and
profitable.
Fallen Females.
A recent issue of the Atlanta ZZsi afd con
tains a veiy sensible article in favor of the
organization of a society for the relief of
fallen females. While we are no apologist
for that uufin lunate class of beings, we
have often thought that their fate is harder
than it might be, and more severe than
Christian charity can justify. It is true
that the punishment which society visits
upon those females who lose, no matter un
der what circumstances, their purity of
character, is of such a nature as to cause
the recurrence of such transgressions tube
comparatively rare ; yet we can not see the
justice of making this particular sin of a
particular class the unpardonable one, and
of denying it fotgivencss even though it be
sought day and night w ith tea;s, and though
the reformation of its mise table victim be
sincere and complete.
“Go, and sin no more,’’ was the kind and
g.acious language of “Him who spake as
never man spake,' addressed to a poor
fallen one who was accused by those whose
guilt was as great as h< r<, though undiscov
ered by men. but never!belt ss as great. In
this world of evil and temptation, sufficient
encouragement should always be given to
those who manifest a desire to “cease to do
evil and learn to do well.’’ The fallen,
even though it lie a poor, weak sister, should
be prudently encouraged to rise, rather 1
than to be entirely abandoned and let I to
continue in sin and shame. We are ail i
guilty of some am, and tins fact should i
make us forgiving and charitable. God ;
makes no dt'imt iiuu Iwiwviii sinners, uvi-:
ther will H punuh one sex tor the same j
sm w-itch 11 < um-s in the other. It ail •
****** w:. » aiv guuly ot the "»«xial evit’i
were condi uiuvd and osinicisvd uy society, I
the Luv. wutlU be ltd ul wretched out-
casts. We should “hate the sin but love
the sinner still.”
We don’t know what we might do or
what we might be, if it were not for whole
some restraints and favorable circumstances
which do not surround others who are less
fortunate. Our duty is to keep ourselves
right, and try to induce others to follow
our example. “Man’s inhumanity to man
makes countless thousands mourn,” and
woman’s inhumanity to woman is even
greater and more unrelenting. As we ex
pect mercy, let us be merciful, and “deal
gently with the erring.”
But who is willing to speak a kind word
to that poor, deserted and friendless creat
ure who has been ruined by a deceitful and
heartless wretch whom she loved and trust
ed unwisely? To who n can she go for
sympathy, encouragement and bread ? She
has a kmd and trusting heart, an amiable
disposition, and an immortal soul; but
who cares for her now ? Cruel is her fate,
and bitter are her tears! Is there no hope
for her? no happiness, no heaven? Is it
not worth an effort to save her from further
ruin and shame ? Humanity, faith, angels,
and Heaven all say “Yes.” She is a poor
sinner, but not the worst, and yet the worst
may be saved! Give her kind words of
encouragement and hope; give her employ
ment ; give her good friends ; give her the
Bible and the gospel, with all their precious
promises; and she may yet be a happy
Christian, a useful member of society, and
at last a glorified saint in heaven. We
have in our mind’s eye more than one fe
male who fell in an evil hour, but who af
terwards pursued the pith of virtue, were
forgiven by the world and restored to soci
ety ; but such instances are rare. As a
general rule, when woman falls, she falls
like Lucifer, ‘ to rise no more.”
An Exchange hits the nail right on the
head when it says: “If an editor omits any
thing, he is lazy. If he speaks of things as
they are, people get angry. If he glosses
over or smooths things down the rough
points, he is bribed If he calls things by
proper names, he is unfit for the position of
editor. If he does not furnish his readers
with jokes, he is a mullet; if he does, he is
a rattlebead, lacking stabi’ity. Ifhe con
demns wrong he is a good fe'low, but lacks
discretion. If he lets wrongs and injures
go unmentioned, he is a coward. Ifhe ex
poses a public man he does it to gratify spite
—is the tool of the clique, or belongs to the
“outs.” Ifhe indulg sin personalities he is
a blackguard; if he does not his paper is
dull and insiped.
The Milledgeville R eorder says: “Capt.
Harris has issued a proclamation to the ne
groes of Washington county to assemble in
mass-meeting at Sandersville, to consider the
question ofetnigrating westward. If he and
General Morris and his staff, and General
Rivers and his staff, wish to go, let them go
at once, and stand not upon the manner of
their exodus, and when they have started
west we hope they won’t stop this side of sun
set. The grasshoppers invaded the country
from the west. Now let Harris’s company
invade the grasshopper country fiom the
East, and if they should continue their
march a thousand miles west of California,
all the belter for those lift behind. The
places of these scamps will soon be filled
with better men.”
Fred Douglass, a negro, and the smart
est one in the United States, in a speech re
cently delivered in Washington city said,
the whites of the North were forsaking the
negro, that they could no longer control their
votesand that therefore they did not mani
fest that same anxiety for their welfare.
He said the countiy had been flooded with
these self-constituted preachersand mission
aries from the norlh, who went through the
South taking all the hards earning from the
negro. He made this sweeping statement,
that whatever the yankee did, whether he
preached, prayed or sung, he meant business
all the time. He prays with the negro one
moment,and the next has his hand in the
darkey’s pocket.
The once wealthy city ot Columbia, S.
C., has been brought to such straights
by the thieveiy of its c irpet-bag officials that
the treasurer was recently compelled ’ogive
a city certificate of debt for forty cents.
The police arc but half paid, and they ar
rest persons on the slightest offenses, in or
der to make money for the city by fines, and
thus to obtain their salarie”.
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The New Orleans Picayune, in one of its
financial articles says: “The people who
sit nervously in counting-houses, or behind
their goods, waiting for customers to take
them by storm, and making no efforts to let
the world know the bargains they have to
offer, will find the season very unpropitious.”
The Atlanta Herald stales that Andrew
J Sloan will be appointed United States
district attorney for the Northen district of
Georgia, in place of Colonel Farrow. The
change will take place, it is said, after the
present silting of the Federal court iu the
district.
The New York Sun assures us that un
less they make a very bad mistake in the
liekel that they nominate at Syracuse, it
seems io be a foregone conclusion that the
Democrats will carrj’ the Stale this fall by
a very large muj lily.
Tus North Carolina Const;.ulional con- |
ventiou assembled at It le’gh on the Bth in- \
slant, and wis organize I tin ter Dem cr.itic I
auspices. The Democrats have a good
working majority, and the outlook is said to i
be cuc>hhaging.
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Ai.bx White, of Alabama, who was
one of the leading scalawags in that State, I
has bv<n appointed Chief Justice of Utah, !
by the Pre-i kut, as reward for his services
IO the Radicals,
Il don’t take long for a man with a small
Br-ud to make it up.
Patent Lectures—No. 1.
Dear Married Ladies: Many have
written upon the subject of “good hus
bands,” and I propose to bring this inter
esting topic to your notice again, under a
patent for manufacturing this important
masculine commodity for yourselves. It is
time that you should throw off the yoke of
your conjugal bondage, and assert your su
periority over the boasting bipeds of cre
ation ; and, if these Patent Lectures do not
assist you in doing it, why “you must pad
dle your own canoes.”
Always begin the day in a bluskr, and
grumble at everything around you. Never
let your thoughts be occupied for one mo
ment with that hateful thing called “do
mestic peace ;” if you do, all your labor to
produce a model “Timmy” will be in vain.
You must have that desirable ingredient,
fuss, to begin with ; and, if blustering and
scolding are not sufficient to raise the steam,
you must brawl and squall, and that with
untiring vim, until you succeed.
It w’ill greatly assist you if you will slam
the doors, kick the chairs, bang your chil
dren over their heads, pull out a wisp of
hair occasionally, and make it convenient
to get upon the tail of a cat about every
five minutes. In a Word, to manufacture
the right sort of an article, you must let
cats, dogs, children, Tim, and all know
who wears the—pantaloons. .ro.r c- .
As you are engaged in a great work, it
w’ill be necessaiy for you tq learn, if you.
don’t already know, how to “chaw toback-J
er” or smoke a pipe. A pair of yellow
lips, if you . will learn to frogstpol-shape
them, will not fail to aid the other processes
in bringing out a fine specimen.
If you “chaw,” you can not use the
cleanly juice too freely. Squirt it all about
over your churn, bread-tray (dough and
all), frying pan, etc., and be sure to wipe
your mouth with the dish-cloth, and baby’s
nose too. Should the pipe be your choice,
remember that it should never be “burned
out,” as that w’ould destroy its delicious
fragrance, and you ought to suck at the
same stem until the delightful perfume of
the weed can be enjoyed at least five rods
from you ; and 'his, too, at home (especial
ly at the table), at church, and everywhere.
By thus keeping up a row, a squirt, or a
fog, you will soon gain no small degree of
celebrity as a good husband-maker.
But, as I anticipate the pleasure of your
presence on future occasions, I must not
fatigue your patience at present with too
long a No. 1. Simon Singularity.
MISCELLANEOUS;
The Democratic party has carried Cali
fornia by ample majority. The State gave
Grant 13, 000 majority in the last presiden
tial election.
The foundation-stone of a new Methodist
church was laid at Cape Town, Africa, re
cently. The Governor of the colony and
many members of the legislature wcjre pres
. ent.
The total number of p >stoffices in the
United States April, 1875, were 35,096, of
these G9l were in the State of Georgia.
There are also 43 money order offices in
this State.
The largest Sunday School in the South
. ern Presbyterian Church is said tobc that of
the First Church, Nashville, Tenn. It has
seven hundred and fifteen scholars, and eight
' ty-seven teachers.
Tub New York Herald, says thirty-nine
lashes on the bareback i- proposed in New
Jersey for any man who accepts an offi e,
the duties of which he knows himself inca
pable to perform. Go up head, Icrsey.
The grand jury of Washington county,
before whom the alleged insurrectionists
weie tried,made a report recommending the
discharge of the remaining prisoners All
prisoners not indicted were also discharged.
A writer in a Presbyterian pap *r calls up
on every honomble man to hang his head
for shame, because America pays $22,000,-
000 for liquor, $10,000,000, for dogs, and
barely squeez .-s out $7,000,000 for preachers
of the Gospel.
Some interesting facts have been given
relating to the Peabody fund for the poor in
London, which show the advancement of
that institute. Some $2,000,000 has been
spent, and nearly $3,000,000 is still left in
the treasury A large number of tenement
houseshave been erected in the different
towns which will accommodate about 1,400
poor familii s.
1 The silk interest is becoming one of very
great importance in this country. Ten years
ago not a yard of this costly and beautiltil
fabric was made in the United States. Now
we have 170 establishments engaged in i’s
manufacture, and American made silks are
now consitlercd fully equal, if not superior,
to the imported. These establishments con
sume about 170,000 p »unds of raw silk per
diem. ....
The following were a few of the mixims
' of that king of printers, Benjamin Franklin:
' Trade is the mother of money ; be bef.ire
j hand with your business ; spend and be free
but make no wailW; prayer and provender
hinder no jo irney; credit is like a looking*
i glass, easily broken ; he who looks not bt
i fore, finds hitnsolf behind ; keen thy office
' and thy office will keep thee; they can nev
i er thrive wbosbend their lime in beer houses
: and in gaining houses; God helps them who
i help themselves.
Andy Johnson’s dress was of the old
' school style of politicians of twenty years
: ago, with but one modern concession, and
that was that the coat was a frock instead of
j a swallow-tail. His style ol dress, thccon
i volitional one of the •‘American gentleman”
! of the years gone by. consisted of a shiny
black broadcloth coat and trousers, with a
j vest of deep til ack velvet. There are bat
| few ot the Congessmen of the present d ty
• that wear Ibis style ol dress, but, take them
j as a class, probably they are .is badly dress
ed a set of men as one can tiud anywhere
j in the country.
To M.' ke a Live < rrv.—Tin* w>y tn
make a live vity is to do all that yon can to
make the budness of your neighbor a soc
!c< ss. Adverliseynur business men bv spe .k
--lings go<*d word for them where you go.
| Always be on the alert to itultjce new braneb
iesnf industry to locale in your midst; ju
; diciously aid every enterprise that premises
to add btisincss facilities: support Io al uews
i papers by taking aud paying for them, a°d
( te« ling an interest iu their welfare; if you
j know of any kern of news which would in
ten st the piil»lic r take some pains to let rhe
editors know it; don’t bold your vacant lot*
at a price too high ; don't hold a penuy so
near your eyes as to hide a dollar at arm’s
length.
Brewster, Sharp &Dowda*.
PUBLISHERS OF
THE CHEROKEE GEORGIAN,
Real Estate
Agents,
BUT AND SELL
REAL ESTATE,
Examine Titles,
TAXES,
FURNISH ABSTRACTS,
Make Collections,
ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL BUSI
NESS IN OUR LINE.
OFFICE OF
THE CHEROKEE GEORGIAN
CANTON, GEORGIA.
It Will Pay You,
§ TO EXAMINE, 2L
TO EXAMINE, £
*
AND PURCHASE, »
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AND PURCHASE, g!
OF
B. F. CRISLER,
WHO KEEPS
A FULL VARIETY
of such goods as arc kept in a
Dry Goods § Grocery Store
Also prepared to put up
Boots and. Slrioes
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, and pay cash or goods
for HIDES.
aug 4 1-ts
ZE-I, CT. O’SHIELDS,
HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
Painter,
FRESCO AND SCENIC ARTIST,
Canton, .... Georgia
Refers to R v. P. 11. Brewster, W. M
Ellis, J. B. Birton & Co., Canton, Ga.; J.
A. Stover, J. W. Dyer, painters, Carter.-
ville; John A. Matthias, Cas» station, Ga.
Prices to suit the times.
aug 25 4-2 in
Postponed. Administrator’s
Sale.
BY VIRTUE nf an order from the Court
of Ordinary of Mitchell county, Ga..
will be sold, on the fust Tn- sday in Octo
ber, 1875, at the court-house door in Chero
kee county, Ga., between the regal hours,
the mineral interest, with mining privileges,
in and to lots Nos. 735 and 778, in tliird
district, second section, of Cherokee coun
ty. Sold as the property of George Btirtz,
deceased, for the benefit of heirs and cred
itors of said deceased.
Tenn cash.
JESSE M. BURTZ, Adm’r.
The celebrated Franklin gold vein runs
through one of th* lots.
Printer’s fee, $4.
Sep 1 5-4t_
Mrs. M. A. Smith, Canton,
II A I R WORK E R,
MANUFACTURES hair into all kinds
ot braids, ringlets, sells, bracelets,
watch-guards, necklaces, etc. Will insure
satisfaction in quality of work and price
All grades of mounting furnished when de
sired Call and sec style of work, on Ma
rietta street. 4 3m
Cherokee County, Ga.
To all whom it may concern; W. IT. Rusk amt
James E. Rusk, Jr., having in proper form appheit
to me for permanent letters of administration on
the estate of Hugh G. Rusk, lat-» of said county,
this is to cite ail and si. gular the creditors and
next of kin of Hugh <f. Rusk to be and appear at
my office, within the time a'lowed by law, and show
cause, if any they can, why permanent administra
tion should not be granted the applicants on said
on said estate.
Witness my hand and official signature.
Aug. 2, 1875. C. >l. McCLURE, Ordinary.
Printer’s fee, " 00 2-'4t
IDv. J. MLTurk.
WILL CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF
Medicine and Surgery.
I DISEASES of WOMEN nnd OBSTET
-1 /RICS made a SPECIALTY. Office on
Main street, west end.
A Ug 4 p -ts
Notice to
VT OTICE is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received by the un
dersigned un’il 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 Col. Sharp's store. Like propo
sals will also h i received tor the s tine time,
for the repairing of ILtwkin* bridge across
Lit tie River, specifications at. my office.
The right to n ject any or all bids is re
served. U.M. McCLURE, Ordinary.
au » 4-3
CANTON HOTEL,
Canton, Ga
J. M. McAFEE, Proprietor,
WILL ANNOUNCE to his friends, and
the public generally, that everything
IS IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION,
and that the Talde 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 be supplied
with any and everything kept in a first ciass
Dry GtOOKS
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 pas’, 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 <>f
me, and upon as liberal terms, as 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.
T ZE-TIB LADIES
arc 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.
ISTew Wagons.
I have a number of new wagons for
>»ale —one and two-horse, and spring-wag
ons. They are of Hudson’s make, so favor
ably known to all in this community. I
have known them for twe ity-five years,
and will fully warrant them. Will sell on
time until cotton comes in, with good nolo
and security.
J. M. McAFEE.
Aug 4. Ltf
New House!
New Goods!
JOE B. BARTON. JIM H- KILBY.
DR. JAMES H. SPEER.
J. B. BARTON & CO.
Cor. Marietta and Gainesville Sts,*
Canton, Ga.,
Keep a full assortment of
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
G-ent’s Furnishing Goods,
NOTIONS, ETC.
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY,
Drugs, Paints, OiLVarnisli,
PATENT GLASS FRUIT-JARS, ETC.,
ALL AT REDUCED PRIVES FOR
CASH Oil VO UNI RY PRODUCE,
We respectfully invite ail to call and ex«
amine our slock and prices. No trouble to
show goods.
B3T Come and see the Red But.
JOE B. BARTON A CO,
aug 4, J-if