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BY BREWSTER & SHARP. The Cherokee Georgian X PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY BREWSTER A SHARP. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: (POSITIVELY in advance.) Higgle copy, 12 months $1 50 Single copy, 8 months 100 Single copy 6 months 75 Single copy, 4 months 50 ADVERTISING RATES. Snaee | Im. | 2m. | 3m. 1 6m. | 12 m. linch | #250 } ♦3 50 I $4 50 | S7OO I SIOOO iinc*» I 350 f"5 00 I 650110 00 | 15 00 S7n‘c’« rsoo] 7'50 | 10 00 | 14 00 | 20 Oj 4 inc's | 650 | 900 J1 1 50 |lB 00J 25 00 | 1000 |1250|1600 |2500 | 40 00 £ col. | 12-50 ?1600 | 25 00 | 37 50 | 50 00 t coLTmToQ j 351)0 |5000j65 00 | 100 00 RATES OF LEGAL ADVERTISING. [payable, in all cases, in advance.] Sheriffs’ sales p< r levy, not exceeding one square, t* 50 Notice of Application for Homesttrnd, 2 (M) Citations on letters of administration, 3 00 Citations on letters dismissory from Administration, 5 00 Citations on lett- rs dismissory from Guardianship 8 00 Leave to sell Land, &c.,. . 4 00 Notice to debtors and creditors,.... 3 •><) Bale of personal property, per square, 1 50 Hale of Land by Administrators, Guar- dians, <fcc., per square, 2 50 Es’rays, one week, 1 •’" Estraya, sixty days, ••• 5 00 The money for advertising considered due after the first insertion. Advertisements sent without a specifica tion of the number ot insertions marked th*reon. will be published tux forbid, and charged accordingly B minets’or Professional Cards, not ex ceeding three-fourths of an inch in length, including the paper one year, Ten Dollars. Advertisements inserted at intervals will oe charged as new. Local and Business Notices which Will always immediately follow the reading matter, will, be inserted at 10 cents a line raca insertion. No notice under three lines will be inserted for less than 25 cents each inwrtion. . Advertisements inserted in Columns with Reading matter will be charged 15 cents per line for each insertion. Do tble column advertisements 10 per ct. extra. , , Advertisements should always be marked for a specified time. Address all communications on bu-iness cannected with the paper to The Georgian, Canton, Ga. JAMES O. DOWDA, Attorney at Law, CANTON, - - - GEORGIA. WILL practice in the Superior Courts ol Cherokee and adjoining counties. Will faithfully and promptly attend to the coll -ction of all claims put in his hands. Office in the court-house, Canton, Ga. aug 4, t I W. A. BRIGHTWELL. CARPENTER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Residence, Canton, Ga. O ALL w«rk done hr ino will lx l done with neat ■taa an<l (liapatvb. rr»ve» reasonable—•atisfavihm fuaranteed. Aug 4, l-6m J. M. HARBIN, HOUSE AMD SIGN PAINTER, Canton Ga. Aug 4, 1-ly BKN.I V. VAYNK. JAS. U. VINCENT. Payne & Vincent, Attorneys at Law, CANTON, - - - GEORGIA, Will practice In the Superior court. of Cherokee iml wiinitiing cMtoUiMi. and in the juMirr.' tottrts of Cherokee Prompt attention will be Riven b th. eeUaettoa at wo>utro, etc. Office in the C-uirt heuM. s-ty X H. CLAY, Brick and Stone Mason, Brick Maker and Plasterer. CANTON, • • • GEORGIA "IT FILL do all kinds ot work in his line, \ V such as buihlteg Brick and Stone Houses, Pillar# and Chimneys, Postering Hmwes. etc. All work done in the best style. S-itislu-uou guaranteed. Prices rea •enable and just. Bust of jrulereuc**# can tie given when desired. *us n *iy <£hc Chcwhcc ©ctnjjiait. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Administrator’s Sale. BY VIRTUE of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Cherokee 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 belonging to the estate of Joshua Burtz, deceased, to wit: Lots Nos. 771, 772, 813, 814, 844, 845, and three acres off south side of lot Bl 2 all in the third district and second section of said county, with the following reserva tions, to wit: Out acre, more or less, deed ed to Orange church off of lot No. 814; one acre off of. lot No. 772, for family burying-ground; three acres, more or less, off the west side of lot No. 812 ; also the house known as Franky’s house, with the privilege of wood, water, and fruit on said premises, lor the use of the widow during her natural life » . ■ • Terms of Sale. —One-third cash, one third at the expiration of twelve months from sale, and the other third at the end of two years, at ten per cent, interest from date. Notes to be secured by mortgage on land. Sold for the benefit of heirs and creditors of said deceased. JESSE M. BURTZ, Adm’r. Printer’s fee, SB. Sep 15-4 t _ Postponed Administrator’s Sale. BY VIRTUE of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Mitchell county, Ga., will be sold, on the first Tuesday in Octo ber, 1875, at the court-house door m Chero 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. Bold as the property of George Burtz, deceased, for the benefit of heirs and cred itors of said deceased. Term cash. JESSE M. BURTZ, Adm’r. The celebrated Franklin gold vein runs through one of the lots. Printer’s fee, $4. S< p 1 5-4t_ Notice to Contractors. NOTICE is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the un dersigned until the 21st day of Sept. 1875, for the building of a bridge over Shoal Creek, near willow Cooks, in accordance with plansand 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 at my office. The right to reject any or all bids is re served. C. M. McCLURE, Ordinary. aug 24, 4-3 CRikrokee Court of Ordinary, sitting ) for county purposes, August 12, 1875. It is hereby ordered that the Tax Col lect >r of said county proceed to assess and 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 one per cent., to be applied to the payment of principal and interest on bonds lor court house maturing January 1, 1876. Also, that there he assessed and collected, when not prohibited by law, one hundred per cent, on specific taxes, the same to be ap plied to the general fund for county pur poses. Given under my hand and seal. , C. M. McCLURE, Ordinary. The county tax is fifty cents on |IOO, the Slate tax the same. Printer’s ice $4. _ aug 18, 34t_ Georgia, cherokee county Whereas, R. M. White, administrator de bonis non of W. J. Westbrook, repre sents to the court in jiis petition, duly filed ■nd entered on record, that he has fully ad ministered W. J. Westbrook’s estate, This is therefore to cite all persons con cerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said adminis tiatoi should not be discharged from his administration, and receive letters of dis mission, on the first Monday in December next. ‘ C. M. McCLURE, Ordinary. Printer’s fee, $4- 6-4 t BY VIRTUE of an order from the Court ot Ordinary ol Cherokee county, will lie sold, on the first Tuesday in October, 1875, at the cmirt-hause door in said county, between the legal hours, the following lots of land belonging to the estate of J. T. ILndrix, deceased, to wit: Lots Nos. 1,252, 1,253,1,254,and 1,255, in second district and second section of said county. Sold for the benefit of the ho rs a»d creditors of said deceased. Terms cash. M. E. HENDRIX. Administrator. Printer’s fee, $3. 6-4 t Georgia, cherokee county William Cox has applied to me for exemption of personalty, and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same at 11 o’clock a. m , on the 16th of Septembci, 1875. at my office. C. M. McCLURE, Ordinary. Printer’s fee, $ 1.50 6-2 t Mrs. M. A. Smith, Canton, HAIR WO RK ER, Manufactures hair into »n kinds ot braids, ringlets, setts, bracelets, watch-guards, necklaces, etc. Will insure satisfaction in quality of work tind price. All grades of mounting furnished when de sired Call and sev style of work, on Ma rietta street. 4 3m TJr. J. Al. Turk. WILL CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF Medicine and Surgery. I -XISEASES nt WOMEN an 1 OBBTET -1 hues made a SPECIALTY. Office on Main street, west end. ' Aug 4 |l-tf CANTOX, CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1875. Virtue and Intelligence—The Safeguards of Liberty. “ WHITHER THOU GOEST, I GOT All through the moon-lit way we loitered, Annette and I, with spirits light. As ftom a schoolmate’s joyous wedding I saw her home, one fair June night; But sweetest moments are the fleetest. Am! all too soon, that brief walk o er, Within a porch of blossoming roses, We lingered at her cottage door. I knew ’twas late, and yet 1 tarried : ’Twas hard to tear myself away; For, though her lips “good night” had whis pered, Somehow her eyes still hade me stay. Her hand in mine was shyly nestled, I slipped an arm beneath her shawl, And on each dimpled cheek I kissed her The maid I loved the best of all. The household all were wrapped in slum- Lcr * I had no fear that they would hear One word of all the vows I murmured So softly in her listening ear; No one could see us, for the roses That shut the world out shut us in. Ah, no! it’s just such precious moments Whose memory makes all hearts akin. How timidly I asked my darling To name tor me the happy day, When, from another merry wedding, I, too, might lead a bride away! I wondered I had dared to ask her Until, in accents sweet and low, Came from her lips the old new story, “Whither thou goest, I will go.” Thaijlear old porch, with all its roses, Has long since fallen to decay ; And we, who lingered in its shadow, Together have grown old and gray. The joys of earth, how frail and fleeting? But, in that home beyond the skies, We know that we shall love for ever, For true love nevet. never dies 1 A Racy Stump Speech. Friend* and Fellow citizen* of thi* conflict uou* community: I’ve riz to give you a warning, and make a political speech, and tell you what I am going to talk about and allude to. Now I would like to have you pay particular attention, as the preacher says, when the boys are flipping beans at his nose. I say that a crisis has arrived—the wheels of government are stopped—the rudder is unshipped—the boiler bursted —and we are floating and the river rising. Our glorious ship of state, that like a bob-tailed gander has so peacefully glided adown the stream of time, has bad its harmony disturbed and is now drifting with fearful rapidity toward the shoals and quicksands of disunion, threatening to burst everything into flin ders, and pick itself up in the end a gone gosling. Hearken no longer, yc worthy denizens of Goose Hollow, Terrapin Neck, Possum Swamp, and adjacent regions, to the siren voice that whispers in your ears the too delusive sound of peace, peace. Fur peace has sloped, and flowed to other lands, or div to the bottom of the mighty deep, or, in the emphatic language of Tc cumphsorun: ‘Gone flickering through the frogs ol other climes, To aid the miser watch o’er his dimes.” Or like the great Alexander, who, at the battle of Hunker's Bill, in the agony of despair frantically shrieked out; “O gravy! peace has gone like my school boy days, and I don’t care a button.” (He was a whole boss and team, sure.) Ladies and gentlemen: The great bird of America has flown aloft, and, soaring on the wings of the aurora borealis, is now hovering high above the cloud-capped peaks of the Rockygany mountains; and when he shall have penetrated into the un known regions of unlimited space, and then shall have swooped down and lit upon daddy’s wood-pile, I shall be led to ex claim, in the language of Paul the hostler, “Root, pork, or die!” Fellow-citizens, and gals too: In our halls of legislation, confusion reigns su premest; rise up, then, like porkers in a tatcr patch, and fall into ranks, sound the toes n, bio .v the drum, and beat the tin horn, until the startled echoes, reverberat ing from lull-top to bill-top, and Irom gopher-hill to gopher-hill, shall reach the adamantine hills of New England, and the ferruginous disporitions ot Missouri, and the auriferous particles of California, to prick up their ears, and, in whimpered ac cents inquire, “What in thunder is out t Fellow-citizens and the wimrain : I re peat it, To your posts! and from the top of Ozark mountain bid defiance to the whole earth, by hollowing “Who’s afraid?’ in such thundering tones, that, quaking with fear, you will forget what danger is. Don your rusty regimentals, wipe the flints of your old guns, beat up your scythes and make swords of them, put ou your hunting shirts, and either save the nation or bust My dear hearers, and the rest of the boys: Time is critical, and every man that has got a soul as big as the white ot a colored person’s eve will fight, bleed and die for his country. These arc the times you want men in the councils of the nation that you can depend on. That s me. Elect me to Congress, and I’ll stick to you through thick and thin, like a lean tick to a nigger s skin. You all know me; I’ve been brought up among you. Already, on the wings of top lifted imagination, I fancy I can see you marching up to the polls in solid phalanx, and, with shouU that make the earth ring, hurrah for Jim Smith, and come down on my opponent like a thousand o’ brick on a rotten plank. But, my devoted constituency, I’m not going to make an electioneering speech. I would scorn the act from the lowest depths of my watch-fob. Words are inadequate to fully portray my feelings toward you, and my love for office. All I ask is your votes, and leave everything else with the people. I conclude in the touching words of that glorious old martyr in the wax figure business: “Be virtuous and you will be happy.” “ I Have No Chance.” Don’t say that, young man. You have five chances on each hand. Then yon have thirty-six, at least, in your head. Every faculty you have will vote you into office, if you only enfranchise it, and form a Con federation between the freemen in your brain and the freemen at the ends of your arms.. Chances, plenty of them, fall under our notice, if we have only eyes to sec them and hands to pick them up. The falling of an apple was the opportu nity for Newton to solve the secret of the skies. A floating sea-weed, drifting by the ves sel when the crew were uttering mutinous threats, was the chance seized by Columbus to pacify an incipient rebellion, and to in spire his men with the promise of a new confident and a new world of enterprise. The picking up of a pin in a street of Paris by a poor boy as he was going from a great bank, saddened at the denial of his application for a place, was the foundation of the success and prosperity of one of the queen cities of the world. That simple act, illustrative of economical spirit asserting itself over present grief, was observed from the window ; and the lad and the refusal were recalled at the same moment. Indus try, patience and honesty did the rest. A jumping tea-kettle lid is said to have put the stream into that boy’s head who gave us the great giant of modern industry. A kite and a key in Franklin’s hands wcrejthe grand-parents of our telegraph, and of all the blessings of modern inven tion which applies electricity. A swinging lamp in the cathedral ol Pisa, caught the eye of Galileo at eighteen years of age, taught him the secret of the pendulum, made many discoveries in as tronomy and navigation possible, and gave us the whole modern system of the accurate measurement of time. A Contrast. A lad dined with me one day; he was from twelve to fourteen years old. He had a pug nose, red hair and a freckled face. His poor coat was patched at the elbow, and his pr>ckct-handkerchief was a cotton one, and coarse at that. Aller he went away the lady of the house said : “I like to enter tain such company as that hid; he had such beautiful manners.” At another time a wo man left her son with me for a day, and I took him with me to dine. His face was very handsome. He had fine eyes, a fair skin, and was very richly dressed. His mother was a rich woman, and her son had every advantage that wealth bestowed. When the day was over a friend remarked : “How relieved you must ieel!” I asked why ? “He has such disagreeable manners. He is only fit to be shut up in a pen with wild animals.” “But that boy’s mother was to blame,” you exclaim. Certainly, and so are many of yours, and for this very reason boys must take the making of their ‘places and fortune’ in their own hands. One tires of talking to motheis about their duties, especially when they are more con cerned about the spring jacket of their boys than their manners. Then possibly many of them say, as I heard one the other day : “Oh, Johnnie will come out all right; it will be time enough for fine manners ten years hence.” An ill fruiting tree may be grafted to bear good fruit, but one can al ways detect the joining of the shocks. Very much so it is with manners acquired late in life; they have astuck-on appearance. But if acquired in youth, taken in when the body, mind and heart are especially active and open to influences, they become “bred in the bone,” and the man never loses their controlling power. They become a part and portion of the man, and of such a one we say, “He is a perfect gentleman.” Boys must learn to read and reflect more for themselves. They should take more pride in becoming the architects ot their own fortune. The most successful men of the present day aie those who have made them selves such by their own individual efforts. The Student and the Old Father, —A student once went for advice to a pious old man, and said to him, “Father, I love much to hear about God and spiritual things, but all the good I hear seems to go in at one car and out at the other; I forget it so soon, and this grieves me.” Then the uld father said, "My son take this basket and bring it to me full of water.” The student obeyed; he took the basket and went to a wide brook, and worked hard for a long time, but he could get no water to stay in the basket; as soon as it was full it became empty again. Then at last he got tired, tor he saw that all his labor was in vain ; so he went back to the father and told him what had happened, and how the water would not remain in the basket. Then the father said, “Give me the basket, and let me look at it. And when he took the basket in his hand, and had examined it, he said, “Now sec, my son, you have not worked in vain ; tine it is, indeed that no water has remain ed in the basket, but it has washed it clean and pure. So it is too with you, and every one who hears and reads God’s word with diligence and prayer; he may not retain everything, but still it purifies his mind, and makes him more fit for heaven. The Two Roads. It was New Year’s night. An aged man was standing at a window. He mournfully raised his eyes toward the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a calm, clear lake. Then he cast them on the earth, where few more helpless beings than himself were moving toward their inevitable goal—the tomb. Already he had passed sixty of the stages that lead to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. His health was destroyed, his mind unfurnished, his heart sorrowful, and his old age devoid of comfort. The days of his youth rose up in a vision before him, and he recalled the solemn mo ment when his father bad placed him at the entrance of two roads, one leading into a peaceful, sunny land, covered with a fer tile harvest, and resounding with soft, sweet songs ; while the other conducted the wanderer into a deep, dark cave, whence there was no issue, where poison was flow ing instead of water, and where serpents crawled. He looked toward the sky, and cried out, in his anguish: “O, youth, return ! O, my father, place me once mot e at the cross way of life, that I may choose the better road!” But the days of his youth had passed away, and his parents were with the departed. lie saw wandering lights float over dark marshes and disappear, and said, •‘Such were the days of my wasted life 1” He saw a star shoot from the heavens and vanish in darkness over the church-yard. ‘Behold an emblem of myself I” he ex claimed ; and the sharp arrows of unavail ing remorse struck him to the heart. Then he remembered his early compan ions, who had entered life with him, but who, having trod the paths of virtue and industry, were now happy and honored on this New Year’s night. The clock in the high church tower struck, and the sound, falling on his ear, recalled the many tokens of the love of his parents for him, their erring son; the lessons they had taught him; the prayers they had offered up in his behalf. Overwhelmed by shame and grief* he dared no longer look toward that heaven where they dwelt. His darkened eyes dropped tears, and with one despairing effort he cried aloud: “Come back, my early days! Come back !” And his youth did return; for all this had been but a dream, visiting his slumbers on New Year's night. He was still young; his errors were only a dream. He thanked God fervently that time was still his own ; that he had not yet entered the deep, dark cavern, but that he was free to tread the road leading where the peaceful harvests wave. Ye who still linger on the threshold of life, doubting which path to choose, remem ber that when years shall be passed, and your feet shall stumble on the dark mount ain, you will cry bitterly, but cry in vain, “O, day? of my youth, return ! O, give me back my early lite T How to Get Along.—Don’t stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of business, be found there when wanted. No man can get rich by sitting around the stores and saloons. Never “fool” in business matters. Have order, system, regularity, prompt ness. Do not meddle with business you know nothing of. Do not kick every one in your path. More miles can be made tn a day by go ing steadily than by stopping. Pay as you go. A man of honor respects his word as he does his bond. Use your own brains rather than those of others. Learn to think and act for yourself. Keep ahead rather than behind the times. Young man, cut this out, and if there be any folly in the argument, let us know. Small farms make near neighbors ; they make good roads; they make plenty of good schools and churches ; there is more money made in proportion to the labor ; j less labor is wanted if everything is kept neat ; less wages have to be paid for help; less time is wasted ; more is raised to the acre; besides, it is tilled better; there is no watching of hired help ; the mind is not kept In a worry, a stew, a fret, all the time. “No! Algernon, dear, I say than the boy shall not lie brought up on the bottle. Look at its grandpa’s nose I” VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 8. English Proverbs. Agues come on horseback, but go away oil foot. A bad workman quarrels with his took Adversity flittereth no man. A fault confessed is half redressed, A fool’s bolt is soon shot. After breakfast work awhile. After dinner sit awhile. After supper walk a mile. A wise laycr-up is a wise layer-out. A good name keeps its luster in the dark. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. A libertine’s life is not a life of liberty. A light purse is a heavy curse. A little leak will sink a big ship. A.ll are not friends that speak us fair. All lay loads on the willing horse. A man forewarned is forearmed. A man may buy gold too dear. A man may hold his tongue at the wrong time. A man must ask his wife’s leave to thrive. A man never surfeits of too much honesty' A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool, A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. A wager is a fool’s argument. A still tongue makes a wise head. An empty barrel gives out the most sound. An apple, an egg, and a nut, you may eat after a slattern. An honest man’s word is as good as his bond. An hour in the morning is worth two in the afternoon. An oak is not felled with one blow. An ounce ot mother wit is worth a pound of book-learning. An unlawful oath is better broken than kept. Be slow to promise, but quick to perform. Better go round than fall into the ditch. Better be alone than in bad company. Better go to bed supperless than to get up in debt. Borrowed clothes never fit. Be just before you are generous. Charity begins at home, but does not end there. Children and chickens must always be picking. Catch the bear before you sell Iris skin. Cut your coat according to your cloth. Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. Debt is the worst kind of poverty. Despise none, despair of none. Diligence commands success. Doing nothing is doing ill. Do not rip up old sores. Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. Every couple is not a pair. Even gold may come a day too late. Everything is good in its season. False friends are worse than open enemies. Fire and water are good servants but bad masters. Fortune knocks once, at least, at every man’s gate. Give a rogue rope enough and he will hang himself Good ware makes a quick market. Great barkers are no biters. Great gain and little pain makes a man soon weary. Have your cloak made before it begins to rain. He doubles his gift who gives in time. He gives twice that gives in a trice. He that reckons without his host must reckon again. Home is home, be it ever so homely. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. Idle folks have least leisure. In a calm sea every man is a pilot. Jesting lies bring serious sorrows. Let not your tongue cut your throat. Live not to eat, but eat to live. Make hay while the sun shines. Manners often make fortunes. Many go out for wool and come home shorn. Much would have more, and lost all. Never light your candle at both ends. Never make a mountain out of a mole-hill. Never split against the grain. None are so deaf as those who won’t hear. One bad example spoils many good pro. cepts. One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays. One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two hours after. One is not so soon healed as hurt. Patience and time run through the longest day. Praise a fair day at night. Quick at meat, quick at work. Quick returns make rich merchants. Reckless youth makes rueful age. Short reckonings make long friends. Strike while the iron is hot. Temperance Is the best physic. The liest physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. Merryman. ’Tis the second blow that makes the fray. Welcome is the best cheer. When the will is ready the feet are light. Where there is a will there is away. What may be done at any time is never done. If we would have strong minds, we must think: if we would have faithful hearts, wo must love; if we would have vigorous mus cles, we must lalwr. These three thought, love, labor —include all that is valuable in this life.