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The Cherokee Georgian P. H, BREWSTER,) J. J. A. SHARP, )' Eaitors. Oanton, C3r<su T WEDNESDAY Y, JANUARY 12, 1876. Col. J. 0. Dowda. The above named gentleman has bought an interest in The Georgian, and has be come associated with us as one of its pub lishers and editors. Colonel Dowda is a ripe scholar, a good writer, and a practical business man. He will continue to manage the business of the office, and, with his val uable assistance, we expect to improve The Georgian until it shall be the pride of our town and county, and second in interest, influence and importance to no weekly journal in the State. We have made arrangements to pro mre, at an early day, a new supply of type, cuts, etc., and will be prepared to issue, not only a model pap r, but to execute, also, all kinds of job work in the finest style. Let ail the friends of our enterprise rally to our support, each contributing a mite to build up the paper, and we will publish a sheet which will greatly promote ev< ry interest of the country, and one which every true Cherokee Georgian, will "be proud to claim as his organ. Remember that drops of watet make the ocean, and little grains of sand the sea-shore, and th it a little help from every one who composes the multitudes that inhabit our mountains and valleys, will make The Georgian a grand success. We all want to hear the whistle of the railroad engine, and the steam-boat, and the surest way to hasten to completion those great enterprises is, to support the paper that is laboring for them. Madam Jarley’s Wax Works. On Monday night of last week, we attend ed an exhibition of “Madam Jarley’s Wax Works,” in the city hall at Rome. The entertainment was a very good one, and the wax figures all looked as na’urd as life. TVe had never seen any wax works be fore, and were not prepared to judge how far they could be made to imitate real peo ple. Mad.; ’ J-irley was a com'c 1 looking old lady, and her matter-of-fa<tc way of talking, and of explaining her figures, was realty interesting, while her cl nvn, Glum, caused a good deal of merriment as he wound up the figures from time to time. There was a beautiful representation of Queen Cleopatra, of Diogenes, the philoso pher of Greece, and other important char acters. Diogenes was asked to look out from his tub over the audience and see if there was an hom st man in Rome. After several careful surveys, the old follow shook his head, when Madam Jarley exclaimed, “Is it posable that there is not an honest man in Rome I What has become of all the lawyers?’’ We noticed our friend Colonel Aiken in the audience, but we presume that Diogenes did not happen to see him. Before the close of the exhibition, we dis cov< red that the figures were composed of flesh and blood, and, as a friend of ours would say, they were all beautiful dam sells. It did.not matter with us, however, for we suppose that flesh figures look about as well us wax ones. Madam Jarky ici.t round a fl wcr-g'rl through the audience, to sell, ns she said, “specimens of her wax flowers ” We inno cently bought a bunch, and admired it very much, remarking that it was a beautiful representation of natural flowers. Some young ladies near us, seeing our error, Very kindly informed us that the fl >wcrs were not made of wax, but were real ones. We smelled them, and contended that we were right, but finally j iehled to the la lies, as we always do. The flowers wi re sold, and so were we. The entertainment was given for the I benefit of the Rome Biptist Femilv College, and was quite a success, as the large hall was crowded. Newspaper Making. As common as printing-offices have be come, in this enlightened age and country, there is deplorable ignorance displayed by people regarding the simple-t mechanical operations of the business. To hear some persons Kilk, one would supp sc that the production <>f a newspaper is the easiest thing imaginable; and this notion has shown itself several times in our own office, when individuals have called to inquire if it was convenient for us to print their pa pers then, as they were in a hurry! Did you ever consider, reader, how much time and Libor are requisite to edit, print, and publish an ordinary country weekly? First the editorial Hoik has to be done: there are filly or more exchanges Io read and cull from, scores i f people to ii.t-rvlew, items to hunt up anil run down, there la public opinion to sound and the public good to consult ; and the result of al! the cullings, interviews, item-gathering, opinion®, and Deeds, have to be put in readable shape—a task which, when well executed, r. pares the entire attention of tlie editor. The compositor then Lakes the “cop,’’ iu haul, and picks up >in a hundred aul fifty different boxes, one type nt a time, the kt Irra which i« m liir w> rd-and s •ulcucesot tin- copy lAiuru him, canti.mii g the process until the pages ot the piper are iTled Tuva tlm tvi * arc uv.de up into columns, the columns into pig s or ‘i n ns." fi st eued in an it n franc with “queens or we. gvs, and pt. red iq-ou die p.xss, lae •‘forma” arts O’»w ink-d by the “drvil, the prvsmii.ui lays a while sheet upon a canvas ti one or ' ly-upa;\ atlaciwd by binges to the press bed, abuts the ty nqxtn niam iU. typ *. rolls i..c toitu* BumUi tin iron pi »te or ' jdau-u,'* p :ll> ckier wiflei. imp; hits up n t’w pjqxr, ru.k*; the forties Uu k .* sou. ’,.U lac ynipan. ai;il ; removes t v -hev’ wui :h is pii.:U 1 03 OCC i jdc mi a \VI 3 lie pep bii.ve <■ ’ wti printed on one side, the forms are washed of the ink, and the types are distributed, letter by letter, into the various receptacles Irom which they were previously taken. A second and similar operation prepares and prints the other side, producing a com plete paper. The papers are then folded, marked, wrapped up, and mailed, for the small sum of three cents a copy I Thus, in an unceasing round, the process goes on, week after week. To supply the reading matter, editorially and typographically, which appears in a single number of The Georgian, requires the services of four men and a boy, and the distribution and composition of one hundred and eighty thousand distinct types! Objection has 1 ecn made to our paper because of its small size, but the objectors were not aware that our type is two sizes smaller than that co n monly used in country offices, and that the reading matter we regularly furnish to sub scribers would make over twenty columns if printed in papers like the Marietta Jour nal. From what we have written, our readers may judge whether newspaper making is as simple and easy as some have imagined, and can contemplate with admi ration and wonder an invention which enables communities everywhere in this broad land to obtain at trifling cost a com prehensive knowledge of their own and the whole world’s doings. A Winter Prayer Meeting.—During a recent visit to North Alabama, we atten ded a prayer meeting at a Presbyterian church in the country, which had been go ing on for several weeks. Notwithstanding the mud and water and unseasonableness of things generally, the meeting was well attended, and the people present seemed to be deeply interested. Presbyterians, Baptist and Methodists were all working together in perfect harmony, and had resolved to meet twice a week ur.til the first of next April. But a short time ago that commu nity was noted for its wickedness ; but the dram-shops have been closed, and the bless ings of God are descending upon the people like the dews of Heaven. We candidly be lieve that if the liquor traffic were abolished throughout the world, and the colored peo ple colonized, that the Millennial day would soon dawn in all its glory and splen dor. Riot in Rome —There came very near b ing a serious not in Rome, on New Year’s day. It was caused by the arrest of unruly freedmen by the public. In sneaking of the affair, the other day, a gentleman of that city remarked to us, that the colored voters had been petted and caressed by those seeking office in the city, until they imag ined that they were as good, or rather a lit tle better than the whites, and could not bear to be subject to their control. The result was a natural consequence, and under the present stale of affairs such disturbances will continue to happen wherever the col ored element exists in considerable numb< rs. But don’t encourage our colored friends to leave the country. Oh, no I it would ruin the State ! Keep them all here, and one- u - age others to come. They will make things lively. A young lady gave'a five dollar bill to a merchant o f Rome, the oth n r day, aid re quested him to give her a tw > m d a three dollar bill for it. After going all over the city, the young m m returned, and informed her that he could not find a three dollar bill. In con'cqucncc of issuing no paper Christmas week, and only a half-sheet the week following, the letter of our Wasldng ton correspondent has become too old for publication. We hope our correspondent will accept the apology. NEWS SUMMARY. STATE. Fulton county is moving towar.ls a new Court-House. The total assessment ofC dumbusrenl es tate is $3,871,325 Burke emtnty Is bragging over a negro youth 101 years old. Georgia will require two million bushels of corn from abroad next year. A waternu’l >n pulled two months ag>. is in a perfect state of preservation in Lump kin. Prof. Geo R Atkinson is the newlv electci president of Lumpkin M is-uiic Fe male Coll ge. S tvnnnnh takes the third rank among the cities of the United States jn exports She counts up $5,893,112 worth. Fifteen cotored emigrants kfl Newnan for Mississipi Siml.iv night together with others from Grantville and Hogansville. Sawinnah had forty-five interme'U du ring the pest month —eighteen while nnd twcnty-Sv ven colored. The interments for the year were 913. B irtow has 305,224 acres of land and 2,- 863 polls. The aggregate value of the prop ertv in the county in JLB7S u <A » d crease of $223,383. It is currently reported th it ns many as six hundred negroes will le.ve Talbot and H irris connties for Texas and Mi-sissippi this month. Many have already gone The editor of the Sumter Republican s >ys that he gather d from h - girh-n, on the first day of December. English ip-is, Ir ; sh potatoes, radislm - , lettuce and straw berries, all flue for Un season. The pro hicti >n of the Augusta cotton factory f. .r the six months ending Decem ber 31 t, amom ted to 6,874.810yard5. The g-is'- rec ipts w< re $53 871.29, and the net receipts, 12 Tito grind jury of Harty cmaty recom memls the cons ilid ition of the offi ■•'•s of UX assessor and c< ILctor, and :.Lmi of the cl rk ot th sup riorcourt and eoan'y treas urer They tt so urg” the genet 4 as-einhly to pi s a law that will lax dogs, guns ami P st.else According to the Finmcid Chronicle th- ro ft’e forty-five cotton mills in Georg»H. w ‘i'*h caHisnme snniidly 50.214 bal-.s of cotton. One-sixth aft be aim nut is taken at t’olumlais. tjouth C iroliuA is Hie next lirgi-s’ Southern Stare in this ptodfiMi n and consumes 19.995 bsW Tie entire Southern roe mi mp* ion is 145.9*9 kdes. of wh- 'b Georgia t ikes ov. r one-third. It would Ms- iu that we are doing very Hile uh.u the consumption of Massachusetts is put down at 450,204. Rhode Island 132,248, New Hampshire 123,530, and the whole North 1,097,001 bales. Every mill built in the South is making her that much richer and more independent of the North. The oldest lady in Campbell county, diet! on the 20th ult., at the residence of her son, Dr. James Tlorsesby. She was one hundred years old lacking one month. She had been a member of the Baptist church seventy-five years. She had a re markable memory and recollected many things with regard to the revolutionary war. To those of our farmers who are sit k of raiding cotton at 12 cruts per pound, we give the retail prices of the following arti cles iu Athens for the past, year: .Corn, per bushel, average, 25 ; wheat, per bushel, average, $1.50; flour, pt r bbl., $8 to $lO ; pork, per lb., 12 to 14 cents; lard, 18 to 50 cents; butter, 25 to 40 cents; chickens, 20 11 4 ) cents; eggs, 15 to 25 cents. The bankrupt firm of West, Edwards «fc C > owed at St. Louis $ 19,000, Cincinnati $3,889, N'w York $31,000, Richmond $6,- 030, Baltimore SIB,OOO, Louisville $17,000, Chicago $5,500, Boston SB,OOO, besides nu me ous smaller claims,aggregating a grand totid of over $167,000. By a vote of $152,- 940 85 to $14,629 25, their creditors have accepted their offered compromise. There are just sixty-five insurance com panies doing business in Georgia. These compa iiis employ 571 agents. The amount of business done is immense, but the expen ses are large. It is estimated that it costs a company thirty per cent, of its gross re ceipts to do business; of which an average of fifteen per cent, goes to the agent as commission. The companies have taken in an aggregate of eight hundred and sixty three thous md dollars, and have paid as losses, over and above the thirty per cent, of cost three hundred and thirty-seven thou sand dollars. GENERAL NEWS. John B. Bullock, aged 105, died at Bris tol, Rhode Island, last week. Ex-Gov. Carpenter, of lowa, has accept ed the First Contrbllcrship. A bill has been introduced in the Ohio legislature taxing church property. Silt Lake date®, of the 31st ult., report the snow twelve feet deep on a level at Alta c’ty. Sir Anthony Rothschild, of London, a member of the wealthiest family in the world, is dead. The sale of pews in 11. W. B< echcr’s church, Brooklyn. N Y., this year realized $63,000, against $70,000 last year. The treasurer ot Buffalo, N. Y.. his de faulted to the amount of over $300,000. He at first absconded, but finally rcturnedmnd gave himself up to the authorities. Maggie 11. Davis, daughter of Jeffersmi Davis was married to J. Addison Hayes, cashier of the Tennessee State National Bank, at Memphis, on the Ist ins'aut. Congressman L. Q. C. Lamar has been nominated by the Democratic caucus of the Mississippi legislature for United Suites' Senator. This is equivalent to an election. In the grest walk at Chicago O’Leary ' walked in the six da vs miles, And Weston 541 4-7 mih s. O’Leary's time for 500 miles was 142 hours 13 minutes* os • against 153 hours 17 minutes in May last. I SixA T -two tons of fresh meat,shipped from New York to London, Engl.ind, were sold in the latter city during Christmas week, at an average price of'fid, or about thirteen cents per pound. - A land case, involviwg land iu norlinvesteru Mh-euuri and castern Arkansas, and valued at sls 000,- 000, is pending b'fore the United Stabs District court at Jefferson city, Mo. J. M. Stone has been elected Pr ,o ident pro tern, of the Mississippi State Senate. Ilis election is considered important as the indications are that xknies and Davis, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, will be impeached. The Yinrinia papers are rrvinr aloud for a tax on dogs. The d< struclion of slieep by the innum^rable arniv of worthless curs is considered a serious damage to the com monwealth. J. D. HEAD & CO., Dealers iu Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, ZDoots, Slaoes, Btc, 7 Nx 71 Peachtree St., (Opposite junction of Bread and Peachtree,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Our Cherokee and Bprtow county friends are cordially invited to call on U*, when in the city, ptomising U> give them courteous treatmeul aiwl au okl-tcstiioiud Georgia wvleoiue. O,r stock will be I mud com plete in all its deparUmmfs, and priem to correii otid with the times. We promise gi><> I, honest goods anti fair dealing to afl of our North Georgia iricn-kt 23 J. M. II A KJLHN? HOUSE ANP SIGN PAI XTJ2 B, Canton Ga. Aug 4. 1-ly Dr. J? M. Tub<T WILL CONTINt’E THE PRACTICE UF Medicine and Surgery. I USE KSES of WOMEN and OBBTET -1 ' RIVS made i SPECIALTY. Uffieeou M.fl'ti street, west end. Aug 4 l-;f JOHN I. M viN GEO F. WX>OTJUi ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Atlanta, Z _ _ Geohct.%. Olli -e, Opp Gtc H>>td. It Will Pay You, © TO EXAMINE, TO EXAMINE, 2' AND PURCHASE, £ AND PURCHASE, H in OF B. F. CRISLER, WHO KEEPS A FULL VARIETY of suoli goods as are kept in a Dry Goods ® Grocery Store Also prepared te put »p 13oots and Slioee in the best style, and on short notice. Will furnish LEATHER in any quanti ties to suit purchasers. EgT Will take COUNTRY PRODUCE a1 the best priees, and pay cash or goods for HIDES. stug 4 1-ts SH7VRP & CO., WALESCA, GEORGIA, Dealers ia 'A General Merchandise, Are selling At LOW-DOWN FIGURES. Will give Pxtra I> ar gains lOR CASH OR BARTER, Being anxious to make room tor thFall trade. If yon need anything in ottr line, ’ call and sec us. SHARP it CO- ; aug3s. 5 j Acworth High School. r I'VIE SPRING SESSION will apen on L Monday, .Tannery 10, 1876, under the coforrW of J. C. Holmes and Mr*. S. E. Holmes, Princi|»ah, and Mhs E. Johuson, i Teacher in Department. RATES OP TCrrKW PF-R TERM OF 20 WEEKS. Reading, Writing, and Spelling... .$lO 00 English Grammar, Arithmetic and Geography 15 00 Latin, Algebra, Rhetoric, Logic..... 20 00 (4rerk, Trigonometry, Surveying 25 00. Music, per term 25 00 . Good boatd can be Lad at from, $S to $lO per month. I Thankful for part favors, the Principals I pledge tin ir best efforts to sustain the repu-' tation of the Instimte. 22 St 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 a.nc3_ Salesroom-09 Broad St. Foundry, corner of Franklin street and Railroad. Gin-gearing, Mill-wheels, Castings; made tc order COPPER, TIN, AND SHEET-IRON WARE. Tin Roofing. Guttering, and Job work promptly attended to. Tin Ware sold very cheap. 13-3 m a Seeure the Shadow ere the Sub stance Fades.” A. OVERLAND, Photographer, Ellis’s Brick Building, up stairs. CANTON, - - - GEORGIA WILL remain for a short time, a»d would respectfully invite a call from all who wish anything in bis line. Ali sizes and kinds of pictures made in workmanlike style. batislactioa given, or no charge. A. OVERLAND, aug 4 1-ts J. B BARTON’S FAMILY SUPPLY STORE. K P 1 p Li z; MARIETTA & GAINESVILLE STS., f-j (Two-story Brick House,) CANTON, GA. riJx s FIHOLS ATJJAS ATIKYii sAOLiiva a r J. ILCLAY, Brick and Stone Mason, Brick Maker and Plasterer, CANTON, - • - GEORGIA WILL do all kinds of work in his line, such as budding Brick and Stone tLuises, Pillars anil UL'nnneys, PI .storing Houses, etc. All work done in the best style. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices rea oonsble and just. li< - st of rcterenees can be given when desired. aug 11 , 3-ly Special Notice. r pilE UNDERSIGNED offi-rs for sale 1. One Hundred Acres of Land, forty acres of which are under fence and in cul tivation. The remaining sixty acres are in the woods and well tiinbered. A sinal 1 creek runs through the place, having some ten <>r twelve acres of bottom laud upon it. On the place are all the nec<»sary hotves, in good coil'li’ion, a goal orchard, and an excellent sprine of water. Il lie* in the 3 I district and 2d section of Cherokee. The whole lots are Nos. 10 and 11 ; tbr hall lot is atijoii.ing, but number not rein»-ml»cred I writ give a birgnin in this property, it sold S'ion. Titles unquestionable. For fur ther particulars, call on W. 11. Branon, or at the office of The Chciokev Georgian. 21 F. 8. BRANON. JV urniture! ALL persons wanting anything in <w line will do well to call on us. We will put tip as good and as cheap Furni ture as you can buy in Atlanta, or nny other market. You will save money by giving its a call, as we can and will make bmg you want iu the line of Furni ture. All kinds of produce nt market prices taken in exchange. Material and trimmings ittrniriied nt atty time. Shop o.i Main street, oppoeite McAfee’s hotel, Canton, Ga. J D. IIARDIN, 1.-,I V J. L HARRIS. A Special Card. Dr. D. S. SOUTHWICK, formerly of New Orleans, on*- of the most success ful physicians and surgeons, has loraU-J in Atlanta. He cur s privately, quickly, and certainly, ail disease J brought on l«y alntse or indi-eretimis of npy kind. Ail diseases peculiar to females confidentially cured in a short time. Meilicines (purely S vegetable) sent C. O. D or by mail to all parts of the country. All cuimnunic itiona strictly private. Office and rooms, 85 and 87 Whitehall stnx-t, Atlanta, Ga. !7-1y I BENJ F. PAYNE. JAS- V. VIMCKJtI. Payne & Vincent, Attorneys at Law, > CANTON, - - - GEORGIA, i Will practice in the Superior court* Cherokee • aud adjoining counties. «n«l in the justices' court. | of Cfoinotw*. Pro »|?c »tt-<ntiww wiU be tri»en t- , i the cvilectiou oi eta. UOxce. la the Court hv<i«e. 2-ly ' IF YOU WANT PRINTING DONE,| 'J with neatness and dispatch, call at thia office. .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 thalrthe credit system is all wrong. To follow it, a merchant has cither to charge enormous pro fits, or ruin himself by selling oa time. Those of you whe pay promptly have to pay such large ; profits that, the merchants can af j 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. 1 can and will sell at least twenty per cent, cheaper, the stock through, than 1 have ever sold. lam in favor of every per son paying for hi« own goods, aad hope none of my old customers and friends will be offended when 1 say to them that after the Ist of , December I will sell for cash or i barter only. I will be no respecter of persons, will require cash from ovsry one, and positively will not ■ open my books to charge any item, I bo it ever so sinoll, tn tbe-bea4-ffl*»* in the you have cash or barter, calffiand examine my stock and prices before purchas ing elsewhere, and you will then be fully satisfied with my new de parture. 1 charge nothing for ex hibiting goods, or giving prices, and when you have one and heard the other, you will then be 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 & i Moss, must come forward and make i immediate settlements. This is my last call. Very respectfully, 15-Irn J. M. McAFEE. CHEAP CASH STORE. W. M. ELLIS, Becond door west from corner G:un«svUl4 and Marietta streets, CANTON, GA., Dealer in STABLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. Will also do a general Bartering bcislaoM, and allow the highest market price* for country produce. It will lie to your inter est to call and examine my stock and priea* liefore purchasing elsewhere You will find goods at the old prices, tor cnsli. Highest market price, iu cash and barter, paid foi Hides and Furs. 8-1 v W. M. ELLIS. BT, J-. HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMKXTAI. Painter, FRESCO AND SCENIC ARTIST, Canton, •. Gjcokoia. ■ Refers to Rv. P. H. Brcwrtor, W. M * Ellis, .1. B B irton & C’auluu.Ga.; J . A. Stover. J. W. Dyer, painters, Callers i ville; John A. Matthias, Caa station, Ga I Prices u> suit, the timai. j aug 25 4.1 m ♦T) D mcconnkll ’ ( * ATTORNEY AT LAW, Acwouth, - _ _ Gborhta, Wdl practic- in all the courts of C”bh ChcjuketL PauMing. an I Ifartnw tnicsl