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The Cherokee Georgian.
P. H. BREWSTER, )
J. J. A. SHARP, J- Editors.
Oanton, O<st. 7
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1875.
Several -of our old friends refuse or
neglect to exchange with us, and some of
our old enemies send us their papers. What
does this mean ?
The Sunny South came to our office
last week. It is a magnificent double sheet,
and, being the only first class literary jour
nal published in the South, our people
should feel proud of it and give it a liberal
support.
The Cherokee Agriculturist, published at
Dalton, Georgia, is certainly a first-rate ag
ricultural paper, and worth twice the money
asked for it —fifty cents a year. If the pub
lisher only keeps it up to its present stand
ard of excellence, there is no danger of its
failure.
Personal.
,We were pleased for a few days last
week, to have for our guests, Mrs. James
F. Law, of Gainesville, and Mrs. Mary E.
Bedell, of Hall county. They visited Can
ton during their stay, and were well pleased
with our pleasant village and its polite cit
izens. We hope often to meet them in the
future, for they carry sunshine wherever
they go, and there is always a shadow left
behind them when they depart.
Our Correspondents.
We have secured an able and interesting
corps of regular correspondents for The
Georgian. Among them is ’‘Virgil,” who
is a fine thinker and a good writer. His
articles, we arc sure, will always interest
and instruct our reader I ’. We take pleasure
in announcing that we have made arrange
ments with one of the very best writers in
North Georgia to give us the news from
WasbingtQp City regularly during the ses
sion of Congress. As matters of great in
terest will transpire at the Capital soon, and
as the Centennial, the nation’s great jubilee,
is at hand, every one should endeavor to
keep ported in regard to passing events,
and this end should take a newspaper
which will contain an.epitome of the coun
try’s history. Such a paper it isour purpose
to make' The Georgian, and we think
none-who subscribe tor it will ever have
cause to regret it.
Remember the Poor.
T!sp cold winter is coming on, and, while
many have plenty laid up in store to render
them comfortable and happy, there are
others who are destitute of the necessaries
of life, and must suffer unless aided by some
kind hand. Do not forget those who are
poor and helpless. “The fatherless and the
widow in their afflictions” need your sym
pathy, and friendly aid. D > not forget
them while you have “plenty and to spare.”
You arc perhaps ready to say, “The law pro
vides for such, and I pay a tax for that pur
pose." That is a poor pretext, for the law
cannot be charitable for you, and it is your
duty to seek opportunities to do good. He
from whose bounty you arc bios', declares
in his woid, “The poor ye have always
with you.’' They are with you that you
may help them, and you cannot fail to feed
and clo'he them, without incurring the dis
pleasure oF him who “setteth up one, and
who putteth down another.”
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Afraid of Losing His Money.
A subscriber, who is said to lie worth
fifty thousand dollars, remarked to us, last
Balc-day, that he was going around to our
office and pay us seventy-five cents, saying
that would pay for the paper months,
which would probably be about as long as
it would run I We are willing to stop his
part of it now, for that matter; for we do
not care to furnish a paper to a man who
has no confidence in our ability and will
ingness to carry out all our contracts in
good faith, or refund the money advanced
us in case of a failure so to do. We fur
thermore take this ocaision to say, that we
have plenty of means to answer all of our
reasonable wants, as well as to meet, all of
our liabilities, and that wc can get along
very well without the seventy-five cents so
graciously promised us. Wc further state,
for the information of friends as well a*
fix's, that we intend The Georgian to live
and flourish, the fears of the one class and
the wishes of the otbefto the contrary not
withstanding. Let all those who are afraid
of Iptdng their money by subscribing for.
The Georgian keep their old leather l
strings tied closely around it, or put it out I
at usury, if they prefer.
A Pleasant Visit.
We Callerlat the home of the lion Win.
11. Felton, al about sundown, one evening
hurt week, and while we were wanning our
tires, alter a ride of fifteen miles over the
hills, we were agreeably surprised al the
arrival of our clever friend Col. I). V.
Slokvly and his associate county commis
sioner, Mr. Dodd, whose acquaintance we
were pleased to iorm. This little re-union
of friends was accidental and mutually
pleasant, and the hours from 6 o'clock un
til 11 were sp«-i«t in sociable conversation,
and sped hastily away. We were not on
an interviewing mission, and what our Jis
tinguisheil triend thought and said on the
occasion, will perhaps never be known out
shlc of the ring that was present; but wc
are cordidenl that he thought and said noth
Ing that he would not be willing for every
braly to know.
We forgot to mention in ilie right place,
that we also met our old friend Lusk, of
Lost Town, at Dr. Felton's. He served in
the Me»ic.«n war ami is applying f«»r a
;e-usion. lb- had lactt to <.xncr»v»lk‘, act!;
wa* enjev he; U-v Irict- trf a "physician’s i
J! ie I. ! ■. vd, noAl ver, and
was treated with as much kindness and
hospitality as if he had been an—editor.
To hear Dr. Felton talk of men and
measures, one would c.onclude that he is
Democratic to the core; but then it is said
that none but Radicals voted for him. We
wish that there was a large majority of
such Radicals in the United States.
Dr. Felton, his wife and little son, will
leave for Washington City in a f w days,
to be gone until the close of the next session
of Congress. Together with thousands of
his other fellow-citizens, we wish that his
Congressional career may be pleasant to
him and profitable to the whole country;
and that when the labors of the term arc
over, that he and his little family may re
turn in health and safety to their country
home.
Defending Morality.
We are glad to know that, in these days
of degeneracy, we have a few with nerve
enough to raise their voices in defense of
morality. The conduct of General Colquitt
and the Executive committee of the late
State fair at Macon, in ruling horse-racing
and gambling from the fair-grounds, is
bound to find in the breasts of right-think
ing men a hearty approval. It is almost a
wonder that men in high places could be
found to put their seal of condemnation on
such things; y«.-t it seems strange that our
people have so long tolerated gambling,
horse-racing, and other immoral practices,
at our State expositions. We feel that no
better steps could have been taken to im
prove the agricultural interests, benefit mor
ality, and elevate the character of our great
Commonwealth, than that taken by the
President and the Executive committee of
the State Agricultural Society. S. -
Cartersville as a Cotton Market.
We were at Cartersville last Thursdry,
and found business at that place lively..
Early in the day load aftei load of cotton
arrived from Cherokee, Polk and the “re
gions round about,” and by 12 o’clock it
was estimated that one hundred bales had
been received at the platform of the depot.
Judging from a paragraph we saw in the
Marietta Journal a few days ago, which
said that a cotton ring had been discovered
in Cartersville, and that the farmers were
taking their cotton to other markets, we
supposed there would be a demand lor the
article at that place, and, in company with
several of our neighbors, we took a part of
our crop down, hoping to avoid the throng
that is usually at most of our market
places at this season of the year, but in that
we were mistaken and had to wait for hours
before we could get the use of the scales.
There may be a “cotton ring” at Carters
ville, but if so, it is composed, in part at
least, of those who have “the ring of the
right metal,” and on last Thursday they
managed to inclose a large amount of cot
ton within their circle.
Opening the Etowah.
Correspondence of The Georgian
Rome, Ga., Nov. G, 1875.
I am afraid that you and the citizens of
you county do not fully appreciate the im
portance of opening the Etowah river. I
see you have the railroad on the brain, and
I am glad to see it, but I hope you will not
lose sight of the most important enterprise
of all, and the one that will not require your
money to sei tire.
The opening of the Etowah from Rome
to Canton will be w’orih more to your
county, and the section north and east of
it, than the rail road from Marietta to Mur
phy, N. C., to siy nothing of wat< r commu
nication to Mobile. Produce could be ship
ped from Canton to Rome by boat for less
than it could by railroad to Marietta, and,
in addition to that, Rome is now by far a
better market for your people than At
lanta; for cotton and other produce
command belter prices here than in that
city. At least two-thirds of the cotton of
Bartow countv now comes to thia place.
A great deal Is shipped from Cartersville by
railroad.
Don’t neglect your railroad. Put it
through as soon as you can ; but don’t for
get the Etowah. Work for its opening to
Rome, and from Rome to Mobile. To be
at the head of steamlioat navigation is a
better thing than to be a way-station on p
yiilroad.
If your people want the river opened,
they must manifest more interest. Hon. W.
11. Felton will help you, if you desire it.
Y.itin, Thomas J. Perry.
Contributed to The Georgian.
Our Newspapers—No. 2. j
One of the most common and oft repeated i
evils noticed in periodic literature is exag- ■’
gcration, sometimes amounting to willful
deception of the public or the regular pat-,
ton. This very mischievous practice is an;
invasion of one’s rights and inorals. Honest i
men subscribe f>r papers or magazines as 1
a means of getting truthful, regular Infor- |
mation. It is this, amongst other things, i
they pay and bargain for. This subscrip- !
tion is also ibe undoubted privilege of any 1
honest man. How often does be find his ;
paper presenting a distorted exaggeration ol
events, offending most wantonly his sense i
of integrity, and the morals of his children, i
who. from the II ily B w»k aave heard him I
read “Thou shall not bear false witness,” <
etc. How many newspapers, Messrs. Ed
itors, cun wc rely on for an unvarnished ’
account of slate or county fairs * fur the
numbers “in town” during convention days,
or sale days* for the amount of cotton com- I
ing in ♦ tor the real merit of a traveling
opera troupe, the improvements going on,
and for scores of other occasions and things
about which men's selfishness tempt them
to deceive and exaggerate ? Is this right ?
I was on one occasion most recklessly
Misted concerning a pyrotechnic display In
a large city, which a mass ot jwople esti
mated at lOd.OOu souls had congregated to
witness believing something very grand (
was to be seen. Careless reporters, half
prepared with facts an I glad of any sensa
tion, succeeded in drawing men, women
and children away from comfortable homes
and into extraordinary expense—in return
for which they did not witness a display
which would have been creditable on
Christmas eve to a liberally disposed Geor
gia toWn. ,
Withholding the truth, or, if you prefer,
cloaking over the evil, concerning men and
institutions which pertain to a town or
community, is another bad practice. Infor
mation, I mean, which the- country has a
right to possess, and which prudence, vir
tue, or conscience commands, should be
given. For instance, visitors often fall vic
tims of some epidemic or malaria known to
exist in a town by the citizens thereof, who,
however, persuade newspaper men to keep
silent for fear trade should be cut off, etc.
I have known the ent ire press of a town to
deny the existence of a contagion when the
best medical authorities were earnestly at
work laboring to restore veritable sufferers
from the same. Again it was my experi
ence once in a large trading city to have,
more than one paper absolutely decline ex--
posing a constant system of abuse and mal
administration in a public institution, sus
tained by business men entirely, although
“•ic bad conduct was seriously damaging to
the city’s prosperity.
In case where the publishers of a journal
are suborned or hired by corrupt parties or
rings allowing themselves .to become
mouthpieces for corruption and wickedness
at large the injury to society, to morals, to
character, is difficult of estimation, and en
dures for generations. Wc havcaH seen so
much of this during the past ten or fifteen
years that I will not review it. In view of
terrors that such degradation brings upon
a people, one might with sound philosophy
wish there were no newspapers, and no
presses to make them.
The are other abuses and misuses I might
discuss that are more or less common to
American journalism. I cannot now attempt
to examine all of them. There is a mania
(I know not what else to call it) for sensa
tions—sensation romances, anil trashy,
worse than idle, effusions. By the last, I
mean, those tedious, senseless, meaningless
reviews of common place, uninteresting
events, or doings of men and boys; descrip
tions of sleeping.coaches occupied by. rail
road magnates; circus wagons, and a hun
dred other things which seem to me. to be
gotten up by men who lack the brains and
education to appreciate or describe bet ter or
greater things. It is well enough to casually
notice such things, but I do protest against
being dosed with column after column of
such silly trash. An excess of such reading,
coupled with such constant floods of fiction,
added to the almost universal ebullitions of
purely sensational matter annuaHy poured
forth from the American press, is having its
effect, and until stopped, will so continue,
upon tiie character, moral-*, and habits of
our youth of both sexes everywhere.
And a most mel.i.»cho!y effect indeed. JYocs
not every one observe and remark upon the
lack of solid, sober, practical earnestness of
character and thought amongst the young
ladies and gentlemen of the present day ?
Fathers and mothers, reform and watch
closely the spiritual of mind food of your
sons and maidens, if you would have them
attain to great thoughts, great deeds, and
substantial honorable lives. “As the twig
is bent the tree is inclined.”
Lastly, Messrs. Editors, in this communi
cation I propose to notice the most grievous,
most lamentable, practice of very many of
our newspapers, and the one which as I
think, inflicts the deepest injury to the pri
vileges, character, morals and rights of all
classes. 1 refer to the custom, far too com
mon, of publishing so conspicuously, and nt
great length, the hideous details of mur
ders, arsons, thefts, suicides, violences, and
other revolting crimes. I conlend that only
professional detectives are in any sense
benefited by such rehearsals of depravity,
and that these publications are wholly unfit
for reading matter by any other class of law
abiding citizens. They should be confined
to Police Gazettes. To the evil-disposed
and wicked reader they are thorough
schooling into every stratagem devised by
the abettors of crime and diabolical malice.
To the weak minded or idle reaxler, they act
as miserable nfght mares and become sub
jects ofconstant vitiating and debasing con
versation most likely to lie terminated in
billiard or drinking saloons. To the infirm,
the invalid, and to young children, they act
as frightful ghost stories and hobgoblins,
causing them to borrow trouble, take silly
frights without reason, and to be otherwise
unhappy, weak nerved and wrelclied. To
the strong minded, comprehensive, refined
and analysing reader, it is sufficient con
demnation to say that they arc heartrending,
but wholly unwelcome, odious, and dis
tasteful every way. Ca-elest or misguided
publishers in the very act ot issuing papers
made up partly or wholly of bud matter,do
wrong; in ordering such matter printed,
they say wrong : and, in w riting it tip, they
write wrong—giving offense and inflicting
injury in more w ays and to mure person*
than they imagine.
There is then, no dct< nse or place for
such profitless matter than the one assigned
it above, to wit : the “Police Gazette.” L<*t
all who can climb no higher, call at the
station house for literature ami news.
I close by repeating, that the Press has
no right to invade ard ignordjlhe sanctity
and peace of our homes, the morals, and
character of our youth—the privileges pre
ferences mid sound taste of cultivated think
ing men—inasmuch as people are not pre
pared to say that they will go without pa
p< rs. We want better pap*ni. It it were
p ssiblc to raise, educate ami mature the
minds of a thousand youths who ahouhl
never learn that mankind are guilty ot
many of the horrid crimes which the pa
pers render conspicuous. I Le! sttre tliev
would prove more virhious, happy and
charming every way. Slang phrases and
profanity wonl.l be almost unknown among
them. In my next. 1 wifi close my review
ot this sul j < t for Lite present. My effort
will then be tu show the bright side of
New-qnprr*. ~ V”tG!L. t
DR. M. G. WILLIAMS’S
City Drusr Store,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
EEPS constantly on hand
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS,
GLASS, PUTTY,
PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES,
of superior quality, and everything else
usually found in a first-class drug store.
Orders from country merchants and physi
cians, and others, filled promptly at Allan-ta
prices. Call at the store, second door from
the corner of Irwin and Main streets, and
see the Doctor’s stock. 16-ly
Brewster, Sharp &Dowda,
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PVBUSHKRfI Os
THE CHBROKEB GEORGIAN,
Real Estate
Agents,
BUY AND SELL
REAL ESTATE,
Examine Titles,
TAXES,
FURNISH ABSTRACTS,
Make Collections,
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ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL BUSI
NESS IN OUR LINE.
ernoß or
THE CHEROKEE GEORGIAN,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
0 d. McConnell,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Acworth, - - Georgia,
Will practice in all the courts of Cobb,
Cherokee. Paulding, and Rartow co mtic«.
Rome Stove and Hollow - ware
Works.
A written guarantee with every stove sold. If any piece breaks
from heat, or anything is the matter with your stove, bring it back and
we will fix it in two hours or give you another one. Every article
warranted. Pots, Ovens, Skillets, and lids of all sorts.
SEAY BROTHERS, Proprietors,
Office eXxicT Salesroom-89 Broad. St.
Foundry, corner of Franklin street and Railroad.
Gin-gearing, Mill-wheels, Castings, made tc order
COPPER, TIN, AND SIIEET-IRON WARE.
Tin Roofing. Guttering, and Job work promptly attended to. Tin
Ware sold very cheap. 13-3 m
Grand Georgia Enterprise.
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COMING YEAR.
No man or family should be without a
new-papcr. It is the most intelligent and
entertaining visitor to any household, and is
the best of all educators. Besides this ad
mitted fact, there arc now additional rea
sons for subscribing to a good newspaper.
Perhaps no year of the last half century
furnished a greater combination of Impor
tant and Thrilling Events than will the year
approaching The Presidential contest, the
Gubernatorial election, the Centennial and
other Great Events transpire. As in the
past, so in the future,
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Published at the Capital ot the State, will
be foremost in the Chronicling of all News,
Political, Commercial, Agricultural, Relig
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Free to devote itself to the Best Inte rests of
the People of Georgia and the South. It
is accepted throughout the Union as the
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Reading. General News, Stories and Poetry.
Humor, and Practical Infirmation, it is
popular in many States. Additional fea
tures of interest have lately been added,
making it a still more welcome visitor to
every home.
The Constitution, having been the means
of opening up North Georgia to the pe-pic
of this country as never before done, is now
organizing an Expedition for the Explora
tion of the Great
OKEFENOKEE SWAMP,
the terra incognita of Georgia. Several
months will be demoted to the work, wlrch
will be of service to the State, and mark an
era in its history. Subscriptions should be
made at once to secure full i< ports of ti is
Expedition, which w ill furnish mo-t valua
ablc information anil rich adventives.
A marked feature of The Constitution
Wil' be its Departtnem of
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original and sei. cted. No p;Jn> will b<
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tertaining, wiil lie pr< S’ nted to its readers.
Upon a basis of assured prosperity, it will li
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FAMILY SUPPLY STORE.
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CANTON, GA.
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“Secure the Shadow ere the Sub
stance Fades.”
A. OVERLAND,
Photographer,
Ellis’s Brick Building, up stairs.
CANTON, - ’ * GEORGIA
TXTILL remain for a short time, and'
\ V would respictfnlly invite a call from
all who wish anything in his line. I
All sizes and kinds of pictures made in
workmanlike style.
baluiaotion given, or no charge. ,
A. OVERLAND.
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HKNJ V. PAYNE. JAS. U. VINCENT. I
Payne & Vincent,
Attorneys at Law,
CANTON, - - • GEORGIA,
Will pra<-ti<*e in rhe Sanerinr cnnrts of Cherokee
an<l adioioing counties nod inth« court.-*
ol Ciierok'je. Prompt, attention u-jl’ be given t
the c«He<-li<.n of accounts, etr in ,be'Czui t-
hoti«e. 2-1 v
.A. Card*
To the citizens of Cherokee
county :
After having been engaged for
nine years in the mercantile busi
ness in your midst, I have become
convinced that the credit system is
all wrong. To follow it, a merchant
has either to charge enormous pro
fits, or ruin himself by selling on
time. Those of you who pay
promptly have to pay such large
profits that, the merchants can af
ford to lose, the accounts of your
neighbors who are not disposed to
pay, or who are unfortunate and
can not pay. In other words, good
men have to pay for the goods pur
chased by their unfortunate or
dishonest neighbors. This state of
things is wrong, and when a man
is satisfied that he is wrong he
should change his course, or be
held responsible for living in the
wrong.
Fully convinced that the above
position is correct, I have deter
' mined to sell, after the Ist of De
cember next, exclusively for cash
or barter. I can and will sell at
least twenty per cent, cheaper, the
stock through, than I have ever
sold. lam in favor of every per
son puying for hi” own goods, and
hope none of my obi customers
and friends will be offended when
I say to them that after the Ist of
December I will sell for cash or ’•
barter only. I will be no respecter
of persons, will require cash from
every one, and positively will not
open my books to charge any item,
be it over so small, tu the. best man
in the county. Il you have cash
or baiter, call and examine my
stock and prices before purchas
ing elsewhere, and •y./a will then
be fully S“.ti fled Mitb ’>
parturo. I charge nothing for ex
hibiting goods, or giving prices,
and when you have examined tho
uno and heard the other, yon wiJI
then bo convinced it is to your in
terest to pay as you go.
All those who are indebted to
me, or to the firm of McAfee
Moss, must come forward and mako
immediate settlements. This is
my last. call.
Very respectfully,
_ls_-lm _ J. M. -McAFEK_
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HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
Painter,
FBESCO AND SCENIC ARTIST,
Canton, ----- Georgia.
Refers to R<*v. P. 11. Brewster, W. M.
ELis, J B. Bii ton A Co., Canton, Ga.; J
A. Stover, J. W. Dyer, painters, Carters
ville; John A. Matthias, Cas» station, G*
Prices to suit the limes.
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UTurnituire !
ALL persons wanting anything in our
line will do well to call on us. We
will put up as good and as cheap Furni
ture as you can buy in Atlanta, or any
other inaiket. You will save money by
giving us a call, as wc can and will make
anything you want in the line of Furni
ture. All kinds of pro-luce at market
prices tak<n in exchange. Material and
trimmings furnished at any time.
Shop on Main street, opposite McAfee’s
hotel, Canton, Ga. J. 1). HARDIN
15 ly J. L lIAJUUS.
JAME 3 O. DOWDA,
Attorney at Law,
CANTON, - - - GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts
ot Cherokee and adjoining counties.
Will faithfully and promptly attend to lire
collection ot nil c'aims put in his hands.
Office in the court-house, Canton, Ga.
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NOTICE.
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A RED and white sided work steer, 8
7 \ years old, bait crop in the left ear,
swallow fork in the rigid, points of horns
sawed off, strayed from the subscriber near
Waksca, Ga.. about the Ist c-f Octolier.
Any inioinittiou concerning him will be
ibuukfuliy r<.c iv«.-d.
JOSEPH ANDERSON.
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