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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.” 11 0 " ■" ■ 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, r- PVBUSHKRfI Os THE CHBROKEB GEORGIAN, Real Estate Agents, BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE, Examine Titles, TAXES, FURNISH ABSTRACTS, Make Collections, • 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. THE GREAT EVENTS OF THE 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, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Published at the Capital ot the State, will be foremost in the Chronicling of all News, Political, Commercial, Agricultural, Relig i<Mis, of Legislatures and Conventions. A Democratic Journal, it is Independent of all Political or Personal Influences, and is 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 Representative Piper of the Slate. The Constitution is known as THE PEOPLE’S PAPER. It has attained a prosperity as such, second to no paper in the South. As a Family Journal, containing Political and Literary 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 HUM P.OU3 READING, original and sei. cted. No p;Jn> will b< spared to make it equal in this respect to any newspaper in the country. 11 fine, the Grave and the Gay, the Usi-iul and the En tertaining, wiil lie pr< S’ nted to its readers. Upon a basis of assured prosperity, it will li able to fully execute all its undertakings. SUBSCRIPTION PRI?B. The Daily Constitution is furnished, pos tage paid, at $10.(>0 per annum. $5 30 for six months; $2.65 for three months; SI.OO lor one month. The Weekly Cons’itution. made up from the Daily, is a Mammoth Sheet of FORTY COLUMNS; price, in cluding postage, .$2.20 per annum; sl.lO for six months. Sample copies sent free on application. Address W. A. Hemphill & 00., Atlanta J B B \RT<)N’=t FAMILY SUPPLY STORE. M p g H g tZ- z 3 MARIETTA A GAINESVILLE STS., Cj _ <* (Two-story Brick House,) •gj > CANTON, GA. g* cg - trj h 3 - ■ I—< K SI SRO.LS ATcLiaS A r IIKVd SXO.LUVU a T “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. aug 4 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_ ___ ___ 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. autf 25 4-2 tn 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. »ug 4. 1 ly NOTICE. o _ 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. 11-2 t