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About The Cherokee Georgian. (Canton, Cherokee County, Ga.) 1875-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1876)
Tlio Cherokee Georgian P. H. BREWSTER, ) J. J. A. SHARP, -Editors. J. O. DOWDA, ) Canton, G-a_, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1876. Rotation in Office. We think the people of this country have adopted a very unwise policy in constantly changing those who make and administer our laws. This is one of the natural results of party organizations; for every one who labors for the success of his party, expects, as a matter of justice, a reward for his ser vices—a reward to be paid at the ballot box by his fellow-citizens, and, as the num ber of claimants for official positions of honor and emolument so far exceeds the gifts to be bestowed, there must be of neces sity, a continued change of favors in order that justice may be approximated in the distribution. One man is put down, and another set up, for no reason, except so far as is possible, to give every man a chance to draw from the public crib. The evils re sulting from this policy are many and obvi ous. We shall not attempt to discuss them all, but will only mention one which we think is the greatest, and which causes great injury to the public good. It is the placing of novices—men of no experience—in posi tions of trust and responsibility. “Let well enough alone” is a good motto, and should be applied in all the relations of life, and it should be especially applied to those whom we have chosen as our public servants. If we have reposed confidence in a man by committing to him our public interests, and he has not betrayed our confidence, but has proven himself to be honest, capable, and faithful in the discharge of his duties, we Should not exchange him for one who is inexperienced and untried ; for we can pos sibly g tin nothing by such an exchange. Let him alone so long as he fills his office to the satisfaction of the people by whom he was chosen. If, however, it is plainly to be seen that he is the v-ror.g man in the wrong place, the.sooner in* place is taken by another, the better. We should not place men in office merely to gratify and please them, but to serve the country, and a genuine patriotism requires that we lose sight of personal friendship and of every .selfish motive in selecting men for office. We should endeavor to place our best and wisest men in power, and keep them there so long as they can serve us more effectually than others, and the longer a good and ef ficient man remains in office, the better does he understand the duties of his position, and the better is he qualified by experience to discharge those duties. The continual changing of our office-holders in the South lias been one of onr greatest, errors. Our Congressmen and State Legislators have barely time to be initiated in parliamentary rules and usages before they are replaced by others who arc without experience, and who must devote their term of office in attaining the knowledge possessed by their predecessors, without doing the country any good. An experienced legislator, one who has served bis country or district for a se ries of years in succession, is worth a dozen novitiates who know nothing about the rou tine of legislative business. And the same may be said of otln rs who are placed in of ficial authority. Our Yankee brethren un derstand the secret of political success, and appreciate the advantages of cultivated and experienced Statesmanship, and the past history of the country attests the soundness of their policy in keeping their trained men in power. » < M Editorial I’orrcspond'Hice. Atlanta, (J\.. Feb. It. 1876. Legislation is still progressing slowly. Quite a number of lulls have been acted upon, and the House is well up with the work before it, yet I fear that the time pre scri’ied by law will be entirely consumed, and some even intimate that we will not get away without extending the session a tew days. It may be right, it may be pr< fitable to the State, lor legislators to stay lure to pass l<x:al laws, and appropri ate the people's money tor useless purposes, but I can not see the wisdom of it. Our people seem to forget the great im portance of State pride, and narrow down their legislation to matters pertaining to their own immediate localities. We all have more or less sectional feeling, it is true; we all love our homes and firesides, and should promote their welfare by all reasonable means; but wmn this is done wc should look abroad, and strive to be ne fit the State nt large. The interests of our people are closely identified, and we should heartily support all public measures which tend to elevate State pt ide and redound to the general good. We have been working hard to set ure legislative aid to our railroad enterprise. While the members sppear’<> be satisfied that the road is a necessity to our people, and that the enterprise r> q uo s assistance, they say they can rot he p us in the in it ter, because th'ir e ~p .n s are opposed to the gnnling of St f< o ful th it the policy will rniu the S’ .to. flu sc who en tertain tnisse views overlook the tact that t lousands of d i its are ye.irlv s, (1 t abroad fir provisions, itou. marble, ami other pro uacliou.s » >t< h cuu'd l»e h d in ndance wl’hiti the limits ot our own State, if the section winch the Marietta and North Georgia railroad propo-esto peju t a'c were Oi»en«inp; and whin the r Iro.id would di:ec»ly and immeJuit* y bemfii the ptop’ > id mg its linn, is th re any one so blind as n*»t to s« *.* that it wuuld ui imau ly ben< fit t,c wuolv c ».iini"!i ? ’1 he vis* am »u''t ol "iui y divert d mt * home ch.ut tiels in co sc n vuce, lae st.a.tdn-given to mmhrr iti-r m*l ilwva.io ■** in .’us H and the result int i ■>. r. wsi of tax »b • nrop ■ v, Uvuxu u» .i wrv w a- reau .o-e the State for any outlay it might make in be half of the road. I sincerely hope that legislators may be enabled to comprehend the situation, and come to the rescue. I see here several prominent men from your town. Colonel Teasly, Dr. Turk, Mr. McClure, Mr. McAfee, Mr. Galt, and the senior editor of The Georgian are at work like Trojans for our great enterprise. Maj. Evans and Capt. Dial are also here in the interest of the road, and for other purposes, one of which is the exhibition of some ol the finest gold specimens that we have ever seen, taken from the celebrated Dial mine, in our county. S. Repeal of the Bankrupt Law. We copy from the Atlanta Constitution the preamble and resolutions passed by th c Board of Trade of that place, because they have the ring of the true metal. We are satisfied the sooner all such laws are defeat ed the better it will be for the people, whose real sentiments, in our opinion, stand as ten against such laws to one for it. Repeal it of course at once and forever. At a meeting of the board of trade to-day the following preamble and resolutions w r ere unanimously adopted: Your committee charged with the duty of reporting such action to this body as they deem best in reference to the national bank rupt law, beg to submit the following : Whereas, We have with great satisfac tion learned that the bankrupt law of the United States has been repealed so far as the same can be done by the house of rep resentatives ; and Whereas, We believe said law has wrought untold injuries to the interests of the whole people of the country. There fore, be it Resolved, Ist. That our Senators in Con gress are most earnestly requested by this body to exert whatever influence they can command to bring about a prompt and sweeping repeal of the bankrupt act and ot all acts supplemental thereto. 1. Resolved, That our immediate repre sentative, Hon. M. A. Candler, and the rep resentative of thc first district of this State, Hon Julian Hartridge, have faithfully and truly served the best interests of all classes of their constituents by voting for the repeal of a law which has justly become odious on account of the numberless frauds and wrongs that have been cloaked bj 7 its pro visions and encouraged in its execution. 3. Resolved, That copies of this pream ble aud these resolutions be forwarded to our Senators in congress. Bold and Daring Robbery. Correspondence of The Georgian. On the night of the first of February, at the residence of Mr. Dempsey Springer, one of our quiet and peaceable citizens, a scene occurred which has never been surpassed in the history of crime for its audacity since ours has been an enlightened country —for such crimes were frequent in the days of John A. Murrell, and when the Indian savages inhabited this county. About six o’clock, on the above mentioned night, a trio of armed men came to Mr. Springer’s house, while he was in thc kitchen with his wife and daughter, (which was his entire family) who were preparing supper. He heard a voice at the door, whereupon his daughter answered the summons. One of the party then inquired, “Is Mr. Springer al home?” Mr. Springer went to the door where lie found himself confronted by a man with a pistol in one hand and a large slick or club in thc other. He (Mr. Sprin ger) exclaimed, “Who are you, and what do you want?” The man replied, “lama revenue officer, and have been informed that you have in your possession a barrel of con traband whisky, rem irking at the same time, “if you move you are a dead man.” There only being one door to the house, Mr. Springer wisely concluded at once that an attempt to escape would be instant death, and forthwith surrendered and sub mitted to his fate. The man now demanded a light, which was brought out by Mr. Springer’s daughter and given to him. About this time Mr. Springer naw another man standing behind the man to whom the light was given in the shadow of the house. This same man turned and handed the ' light to the one behind him; he then walked 1 across the yard to the. dwelling house, and there met another man who assisted him in , breaking open the door. They entered the ; house and went to his bed and t >ok his pis ' tol from under the head ot it and his rifle gun from the rack. They then went up stairs, brought down thc trunk which con tained his money, carried it out into thc ap i pie orch ird ab mt fifty yards from the house, j broke it open, took out the money which amounted in all to three bun Ired aud four dollars, and emptied the remaining contents ' upon the ground. During this time, the ■ man to whom we first allu led, remained at the kitchen door with his pistol and club as j a guard for the party, at the same time running his hand into Mr. Springer’s pockets 'and took from them his pocket-knife and • purse containing s om • twelve or fifteen dol lars in money. By this time thc other two men had completed their work and returned •to the house. They then warned Mr. Sprin- 'g« r not to come out again that night. Thc • trio with their ill-gotten gains thtn left by I a circuitous route through Mr Springer’s field, taking his pistol with them, but leav- I ing his rille gun in the orchard by his trunk. Early the next morning Mr. Springer gave ’ the alarm, several of the neighbors came in j and tracked them about one mill’s from his I residence :•» where they mounted their h«<rsvs, and from this point tiny were pur sued several miles in the direction of Law renceville. Mr. Springer suspicioival one I Mr. I J Cruce, of Gwinnett county, a son-in law of his, a« being one of the perpetrators ol the crime, and imine liateiy swore out a warrant for his arrest. The panics who went to make the arrest received informa tion on their way that I J. Cru e and B. A. Gokistou crossed the Chattahoochee ! r ver in company with John ('nice and w. re swn at different places on that day. and by uuieretr parties from the river to vi uin one mile r»f Mr. Springer’s house as they came in and returned at night. The partiis we.’u immediately airested. and on their way to this pie e. J >hn Cruet* a id B. A. G-ild-Hvn bring in a tc/.-y tog tb'-r, John Cruce leaped out about one half mile from Major Petty’s residence and made his escape. The other two, I. J. Cr.ice ai.d B. A. Goldston were brought Delore Squire Bolling for trial. The evidence was too plain to leave a shadow of doubt upon the mind of any one as to their guilt. They gave bond for their appearance at court and . were released. We sincerely trust that i these, and all their instigators of such crimes as this, may be brought to a swift and speedy justice, and the good people of our land be ever hereafter unmolested by such God forsaken men as these seem to be. J. B. R. Letter from Alpharetta. Correspondence of The Georgian. “Old father Sol” is not this morning clothed in his brightest smiles. The sky is bright, the air is balmy, and I feel bouy ant; and while in that condition I propose to give you the promised desription of our little village and its surroundings. I find our community sober, industrious, and enterprising. We have two stores, two black-smith shops, one tanyard, three shoe shops, three lawyers, two physicians, one large commodious church (Methodist) and a Masonic-hall, with a large comfortable academy in the lower story. The academy is in charge of Professor Weldon, an able and experienced ’eachcr. He is well patronized by the community. Then we have, “green and flourishing in mid winter,” the largest Sabbath-si hool in upper Georgia. Near here are two more ever-green Sabbath-school—one at Warsaw, and the other at Shiloh. We have in the village a very interesting, weekly prayer meeting. And, thank God there is not a “doggery” in our midst. 1 fear, that you are already reaching for your scissors. So more anon. Alpha. The bill passed by the House of Repre sentatives to repeal the bankrupt act does not affect suits and proceedings now land ing in the United States courts, wherein an adjudication in bankruptcy has been made. Such suits are to proceed and be governed by the provisions of the present laws, which are to be continued in force only for the purpose of closing up suits now pend ing. The Senate has not acted on the bill. The vote in the house reads—yeas 170 ;nays 58. Messrs. Candler and Hartridge voted for the repealing act, and Messrs. Blount, Cook, Felton, Harris and Smith against it. Mr. Hill did not vote. Why?—Willingham of thc Cartersville Express very pertinently inquires why Bul lock, Blodgett, and Kimball are not brought to justice, if there is a strong probability of their being guilty of robbing the Slate of un'old thousands. Their wher abouts are well known, and we say let them be brought into court, tried, convicted, and punished ; or, if it shall appear that they have been slandered, let them be vindicated an 1 ac quitted. We can sec no reason why they may not receive justice—especially the two B.’s, w r ho are said to be poor now ! Brother Redwine of the Gainesville Eagle asks how we went round the large woman in the road, and desires to know if it was with our arms. Os course wc took our arms with us. . The letter of Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, favoring large appropriations for internal improvements in the South and ad vising the abandonment of the ante-bellum policy of a strict construction of the consti tution upon all these matters is heartily commended by nearly every Southern jour nal. Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, and the gen tleman who think with him, are advised that if they do not like this policy and can notfsupport it they had better step down and out, and let gentlemen who will he of material service to their States take their places. The South is beginning to tire of this never ending discussion of the constitu tion, and is to day to a man for the old flag —and an appropriation. —[Baltimore Ga zette. Probably the most, remarkable coljec'ion ever taken up at a single religious gathering was the one at the closing meeting of Messrs. Moody and Sankey at Philadelphia. Mr. Moody had announced on the previous evening that a collection was to lie taken up, and all came prepared to contribute to the work of the evangelists. The result of his appeal was a collection aggregating about 100 000. There was also a subscrip i tion ot $5,000 and a gift of a diamond ring for which SI,OOO was realized. To the domination of the negro thc Charleston N -ws and Courier declares that the white citizens of South Carolina will not submit. It says; This is no thre >t. It is the simple declaration ot the conviction that things have come to such a pass ’h it, if we do not mend them, we must emigrate or starve. We do not intend to emigrate. This State is too precious to bo abandoned. We wdl bold it and keep it! We are here, and wc mean to stay. A manufacturing ami mining journal says, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee have more extensive deposits and beds of iron ore than any ot the other States of the Un ion. Tennessee has more extensive beds of marble of greater variety of c>Jor ‘han any other State in the Union. The copper de|xx«itß in Tennessac are more extensive and valuable than those of any other section in America. Acworth High School. r piTE SPRING SESSION will open on I Monday, January 10, 1876, tinder the control of J. C. Holmes and Mr«. 8. E. Holmes, Principal*, an 1 Miss E. Johnson, Teacher in Music Department. RATES OF TUITION PER TERM OF 20 WEEKS. Reading, Writing, and Spelling... .SIU OU English Grammar, Arithmetic and Geography 15 00 Latin, Algebra, Rhetoric, Logic 20 00 Greek, Trigonometry, Surveying.... 25 UO Music, per term 25 00 Good board can be had at from $8 to $lO per month. Thankful tor past favors, the Prianpais pledge th- ir best efforts to sustain the repu tation of the Institute. 22 Gt HALEY'S YARN—Every skein is of the same length, and saves much trouble iu warping. T. W BAXTER, Commission Merchant, And General Agent for the sale of Standard Fertilizers, Agricultural Machinery, Gins, MOWERS, REAPERS, THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, HORSE RAKES, Cotton, and Hay Presses, Steam Engines, Mills, and Mill Machinery, SOLD AT MANUFACTURERS’ TERMS AND PRICES. Office on Main street, Warehouse on Western & Atlantic Railroad, Cartersville. O-a_ 28 iy 1859. ESTABLISHED 1859. McMillan & Snow, Wholesale Dealers in GROCERIES, PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. WHOLESALE HOUSE, No. 11 Foisyth street, near State capitol. FANCY GROCERY HOUSE, 25 Marietta st., near DeGive’s Opera House. SEEDS of all kinds. 100 barrels new Mackerel, 200 half barrels new Mackerel, 400 kits new Mackerel, 100 half barrels White-fish, 100 kits White-fish. Also, a large stock of staple and fancy Groceries, at lowest prices. 27 3m New York. V Jacksonvitlo, Fla. Atlanta, Ga. T e O. vv V Charleston, 8. C. Furchgott, Benedict & Co., No. 38 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Have one of thc largest and finest stocks of DRY GOODS & CARPETS always on hand. Send for samples. All orders for goods amounting to $lO and over, will be sent tree of express charges. 27 ly THE DEATH-BED OF ANDREW JOHNSON. A FINE ENGRAVING, just published A on heavy plate paper, 14x19 inches in size. It touchingly portrays the last mo ments of the gr at statt sman, with family and friends grouped sorrowfully around him. It is a beautiful gem of art, and should hang in every house and cottage in tne land. Sample copy sent by mail, mount ed on a roller and postpaid, on receipt ot 25 cents, or 3 tor 60 cents. Address BURROW & CO., Publishers, Box 91. Bristol, T< nn. JV" Agents wanted everywhere to sell our new popular Pictures ot Moody and Sankey, Death-bed of Andrew Johnson, aud one hundred other subjects. No mon ey required lin'd pictures are sold. Send stamp for catalogue and terms. Address as above. 27 4t Special Notice. r plIE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale 1 One Hundred Acres of Land, forty acres of which are und> r fence and in cul tivation. The remaining sixty acres are in the woods and well limbered. A small creek runs through the place, having some ten or twelve acres of bottom land upon it. On the place are all the necessary houses, ii good condition, a goo I orchard, and an excellent spring of water. It lies in the 3 I district and 2d section of Cherokee. Ihe whole lots are Nos. 10 and 11 ; the half lot is adjoining, but number not remembered I will give a b irgain in this property, if sold soon. Titles unquestionable. For fur ther particulars, call on W. H. Branon, or at the office of The Cherokee Georgian. 21 F. S. BRANON. W. A. BRIGHTWELL. CARPENTER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Residence, Canton, Ga. o ALT. work done by me will be done with neat m*.« aud ill-patch. Prices iea»oua:>lt‘ —Hatiaiactiun guaranteed. Aug 4. 1-6 m E>r. -J. 11. Speii'. CANTON, GEORGIA, (Office : J. B. B.irtou's Stoie,) H WING resumel the practice of Medi ine, Sur g> rv and vb.iteiri■ •<, teu-i, rs his services to bis old t’ri>*Q f ls and j>.it:‘‘>'is. .m i the cominunity generally '1 hanking theoi tor past favors. r»s]-s tfu'.ly HOiicits • ■ >miuu ii •• -it of the sjiue. i ol « . nieb and children made » speciality. Will attend calls day or night. 2b-ly JOHN L MOON. GEO. F. WOOTEN. A WOOTEN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Atlanta, _ - ~ Georgia, Office, Opposite National Hotel. Notice. r T' , !IE undersigned are now prepared to 1 furnish planters m l bnilherswith a su perior quality of prey liine, at the Cherokee Lime Works, six miks West of Wuk-sca, Ga. T’r.w’O m nts |.< : b ishe’. nt thc kiln. tyIIARPA RICHARDS’. FARM IMPLEMENTS. IFIEIR. TILIZZEZRS. PRICES REDUCED. Mark W. Johnson & Woodruff, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wholesale and Rt tail Dealers in Farm Implements, Seeds, Fertilizers, Carriages, Bug gies Wagons, Portable Steam Engines Improved Live Stock, Etc. offering, at prices greatly reduced, the following attractive stuck : 50 Boyd Excelsior Plow’s, 50 No. C. Ex- c’s or two-horse Steel Plow, 500 Dixie Cast one-horse Plows, at $3, or 6 sit one order for sls, 500 one and two-horse Fanners’ Friend Cast Plows—the best Turning Piow ever offered to the public, 500 Feed Cutters, sill sizesand prices, 150 Corn Shellers, from $9 50 up, 200 dozen Handled Farmers’ Shank Hoes, cheaper than ever before ottered, 75 two-horse iron-axle Farm Wagons, from $75 up, and warranted, BUGGIES —We have the largest Repository iu Georgia, aud can suit every fast, every pocket. JUertilizers. 3,000 tons of the best standard Fertilize rs, now ready for delivery, consisting, in part of 1,500 tons Russell’s Ammoniated Bone Su- 200 tons Stono Soluble Guano, perphosphate, 100 tons I’rirc Flovit ol Raw Bon***, 500 tons Stono Acid Phosphate, L>o tons Land Plaster, 50 tons Potash Compound, 500 tons Ovstcr Shell Lime. Also, 20,000 pounds Sulphate of Ammonia, Nitrate of Soda, Muriate ol Potash, etc. Seeds. Our Seed department is the most complete to be found North or South. No seed can be called for that we can not furnish. We have now arriving— -10,000 doz Papers of choice and genuine Garden Seeds, 1,000 bbls Early Rose, Snow Flake, Br >wn< Il’s Beauty and Perri ss Potatoes. Order now. 250 bushels of the celtdirated St. Domingo Yam, very tine and curly, 500 bushels of Red Clover, 1,000 pounds Lucerne, While Clover, Crimson Annual Clover, etc., 2,000 bushels German Millet. And right here let us urge every farmer, in Georgia t«» order al onre, one <>r more bushels of ibis German Millet. W* know of no'.hirg equal to it under the sun as a hay or forage plant, and seed will be scarce. 1,000 bush Is Hungarian Grass, 5.000 bushels lied Top or Heid's GraM. 500 bushels of Timothy, 10,000 bushels Red Rust Proof Oats, the only 2,000 bU'hels of Bme Grass. Orchard Grass, Oal worth planting Horn January ko Rye Grass, Vitches, etc., March, 500 bushels of New, Rare, and Desirab’e Cotton Seed, etc We are in earnest, mean to s* II cheap, and will give one of Warr* n’s Patent Horn to all who send us ar order amounting to $lO Send for pi ice IMs. We sell Farm Engines cheaper than any other Southern bouse. Try us. 26 3m MARK W. JOHNSON & WOODRUFF, Atlanta, Ga. JOHN S. REESE <fe Co., Geueral Agents, Baltimore, Maryland. JLZDJYTZEt EROS., -Atlanta, Geoiwa, Sole Agents for the District of North and Middle Georgia, North Ala bama and Tennessee, for the PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY, Capital, $1,000,000 ! JUST RECEIVED: 1000 Tons Soluble Pacific Guano, 100 Tons Acid Phosphate for composting. (NO OLD STOCK ON HAND) We arc now prepared to furnish dealers and planters in any quaiiti tv desired of thc above high grade and popular Fertilizers, which are fresh and in fine condition, and the analysis recently made, of tho new stock, show about 15 pur oent. available ‘Phosphoric Acid, 3 1-4 per cent. Ammonia, and nearly 2 per cent, of POTASH. Sold od time, ae usual, at low price, with the option to the planter to pay in Cotton first November, at 15 cents per pound. Call on. or send to us for circulars and analysis. ' Respectfully, [26-2mJ ADAIR & BROTHERS. Rome Stove and Hollow - ware Worse. A written guarantee with every stove sold. If any piece break* 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. Puts, Ovens, Skillets, and lids of all sorts. SEAY BROTHERS, Proprietors, Office and Salesroom-G9 Broad St. Foundry, corner of Franklin street and Railroad. Gin-gearing, Mill-whuels, Castings, made tc order COPPER, TIN, AM) SHEET-IRON WARE. Tin Roofing. Guttering, and Job work promptly attended to. Tix Ware sold ven’ cheap. 13-3 m
