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THE EXPRESS.
Cedartown, May 10th
JNO. W. RADLEY Editor.
The Express has a larger circu
lation than any other newspaper
published In the 38th Senatorial
District
Ho That is Not for Us is Against Us.
We have no disposition to detract
any tiling from the reputation of Dr.
Felton for energy and ability. We
aro willing, if you please, to concede
to him all the energy and ability, all
the care and attentiveness to the mn-
turialintdrests of the district, which is
d omed for him by his warmest ad
vocates. Yet conceding all this,
there are objections, and very serious
objections to his courso in Congress.
It is the course of a wary, careful
and timid trimmer. No step is tak
en, no word is uttered by him until
its probable effect upon the voters of
the district has been carefully weigh
ed and considered. Uis whole study
has been to so shape his course us not
to give the slighest offense to any
man, without regard to race, color or
party affiliation. In all the noise
which he has made, in all his elo
quent orations in Congress and on
the stump, he has never spoken a
dozen words in favor of the Demo
cratic party, or in favor of or against
any party. If we are inaccurate here,
we invite correction. We are anx
ious to hear from the doctor’s friends
upon this point, nnd our columns are
open to them. His adherence to the
Democratic party in Congress has
been muniflstod in no way except by
a silent vale. We have never heard
of his uttering one word in oondem-
nution of the frauds planned and
executed by the Republican leaders
in the last Presidential campaign.
We have never heard of any expres
sion from him us to whether Hayes
or Tilden was entitled to the office of
President by the voto of tho people.
He refused,-a few days ago, even to
intimate his opinion of the late dis
closures in Florida.. He alone, of all
the Georgia delegation in Congress,
was afraid to express himself upon
the question. If he has ever raised
his voice against any Republican
outrage or fraud, he has spoken so
softly that none but his Democratic
friends could hear him. In tho fall
of 187G, and winter of ’77, when the
whole country was in a turmoil of
excitement, tho Doctor retained his
presence of mind, avoided all colli
sions, and quietly nnd dexterously
played the part of a trimmer. He
did it wondrous well, and displayed
the mind of a master in the art.
Yet be shows great readiness to
mount the tribune nnd proclaim his
sentiments to the whole country up
on Pension and Silver bills, where
there is no danger whatever of losing
and every probability of gaining
votes. When the question is not a
party question, and Democrat s and
Radicals of the South and West vote
together against Democrats and Rad
icals of the East, the Doctor’s genius
usserts itself, and '‘Richard is him
self again.” But the “shadows'’ of a
purty question “strike terror to his
soul," and his mind intentionally re
verts to garden seed and public doc
uments, to Etowah bills nnd politi
cal jobbing.
The two great parties of the Uni
ted Stutes stand upon the eve of a
ilesperato struggle, iu whioh one of
them must go down, and go down
perhaps, forever. The issua will de
termine the question as to the men
and principles that for years to come
shall shape the policy nnd control
the machinery of . our goverinent..
The hopes of the South are all bound
up in the success of the Democratic
party; and to that party alone we
look for justice nnd equal rights in
the Union. The orisis to us is no
ordinary one. In suoh an hour
should the banter Democratic dis
trict of Georgia, the banner state of
the union, be represented by a man
who will hesitate or shrink from the
discharge of his full duty to the par
ty. We ask it iu ull caudor, with no
feeling or dislike or ill will for any
one. In our humble,opinion, our
district deserves and should have a
Representative who will be guilty of
no cowardly shrinking from politi
cal issues; whose whole energies
are notdireated solely to the workef
building up and sustaining an amal
gamated party for the gratification
of his own ambition and lust for of
fice. “He that is not for us is against
us.”
fifA Kansas schaolma’am has in
troduced a new feature in her school.
When one of the girls misses a word,
the boy who spells it gets the per
mission to kiss her. As a reasult,
the girls beooming very poor spellers,
while the boys are improving.
!3J“Tn ta Colonel.
Boys, where are you.
tyOol. Gantt, of the Oglethorp
Echo, went it one better.
By Great fears are etortained in
Canada of a Fenian raid.
jy'i’he Eastern war is still ubout
the same. Our opinion is there will
bo no war.
JiyThe Georgia press will be
overflowing this week. Let the co
lonels have their say.
jyOol. Howell, of the Consti
tution deserves the entire thunks of
the press for Atlanta courtesies.
By Another light is to be made
over the will of the late Mr. Stewart.
There are only a score or so of claim
ants. If u millionnnire wishes to
find out the exact number of his rel
atives hehu8onlyto disappear for
six months and lead them to believe
that he is dead. He will be aston
ished when he returns.
The Meeting of the Boys-
The press gang of Cedartown
were ull iu attendance last week up
on the Press Convention which met
in Gainsville on Wednesday the 8th.
There was a large attendance, 248,
including the editors’ wives, daugh
ters and servants.
The Air Line road kindly tender
ed' the Association the free use of a
speoinl train whioh was at the dispo
sal of the boys. Leaving Atlanta
Wednesday morning we arrived at
Gainesville in plenty time for dinner.
Wo were met at the depot by the
proper committees and escorted to
our various homes; tho committees
beforehand having made the assign
ments. Luckily, onr local and we
were deposited at the Brown House,
kept by Mr. Few, than whom as a
caterer thrre are but feta better. He
fed nnd bedded us well, for which we
are profoundly grateful. If in going
to Gainesville, tho reader should he
tired and hungry, he can be restored
at the Brown House.
After the members had all settled
and become quiet, announcement was
made that the convention would im
mediately assemble at Library Hall.
There wo were treated by a welcom
ing address by the Mayor which was
appropriately responded to by our
President, J. H. Estill, of the Savan
nah News. Following Mr. Estill
came Mr. Estes who, in behalf of tho
citizens and the Library Association,
welcomed the boys to Gainsville. no
made a happy effort.. On account of
a scarcity of room wo cannot repro
duce it in our columns but will do
so next week. It will repay any one
for the reading it.
A. M. Rogers responded in behalf
of the Association. This constitutes
about all the business t-ansneted. It
seems that these meetings are devo
ted more to fnn than to business; at
least the present one was.
An invitation from the proprietor
of New Holland Springs to visit his
grounds was uccepted. Thegrounds
are beautiful and the water good.
The next place of interest that was
visited was Tocoa City, a lively little
town. A mile from here are the To
coa Falls, a lovely spot. The water
comes tumbling down with a fright
ful velooity over the falls, a distance
of one hundred and eighty feet. To
ward evening we bid Tocoa adieu
and rolled on at lightning speed to
ward Gainsville. Arriving at Gains
ville the Convention nssemblpd again
for its lust time. This was an “ex
perience” meeting. Col. Carey Styles
et al spoke ol olden times. Friday
morning came we returned to Atlan
ta where we found Col. Evan Howell
of the Constitution in trim and wait
ing for the “Colonels.” (By the way
every member of the press is a Colo-
nel by virtue of his membership.)
Evan gave the boys an elegant^et up,
so they say. While this was going
on we were in attendande upon the
General Conference in session at At
lanta. We left Atlanta for Chatta
nooga in the evening. Just after we
passed Calhonn the engine broke an
eccentric, causing a delay, of several
hours. But this did not interfere
with the gang paying their respects
to the elegant suppers prepared for
them by the Duff Green House and
the National Hotel at Dalton. At
\ past 12 we arrived at Chattanooga
und were escorted to the Stanton
House. They say the Stanton is an
elegant hotel. A few of us non-in
flnentials were deprived of its hospi
talities. Morning came and to Look
out mountain we went. Carriages
were provided for the ladies and their
husbands and many of the gentlemen.
We were fortunate getting to walk
up the mountain—the Scenery was
so much more enjoyable. We advise
any one going there to walk—if they
can’t get to ride. And here we wish
in this way to express our profound-
est gratitude to Mr. Thomas, the
proprietor of the Natural Bridge \
House on top of Lookout Mountain.
He was the kindest friend of all. Ho
set at bis own expense the finest
lunch it was ever our good fortune
to sit down to. Mr. Thomas is a gen-
Llemau in every particular and no
bly did he do his part. We envy the
person who can spare the time to
spend a month or so with Mr. Thom
as. There are many objects of peon-
liar interest on anil near his place-
'There is “Rock City,” “Telephone
llock,” “Natural Bridge” and “Wash
ington—the man who never told a
lie.” Upon the whole, our visit to
Chnttanooga was by ter the most
pleasant. While in Chattanooga we
were the guests of Mr. S. A. Cunning
ham, editor and proprietor of the
Chattanooga Daily Times and his
faithful assistant, our young frieud,
E. F. Smith. These gentlemen treat
ed us the best they knew how; for
which we return our politest bow.
They both know what a good paper
is as is evidenced by the patronage
they now enjoy.
In conclusion, we have to say thut
the whole trip was a success. Tho
Air Line railroad did all it could in
our behalf, ; in carrying us over its
road in pulacv cars. The citizens of
Gainsville oould not have done bet
ter townrd the press than she did.
Every body was well plensed. As a
city she has ull the essential sur
roundings. There is no limit to her
mineral resources. Her water is pure
us also aie her other “fluids.” The
town is well laid out; has churches
school houses nnd a Public Library.
A street railroad runs from the depot
to Gower’s Springs, a mile distunt.
Gov. Brown deserves the thanks
(and received them) of the body for
his princely liberality. And Chatta
nooga went far beyond our expecta
tions. Space forbids an extended no
tice. We hud wanted to go into de
tails more but could uot. We have
simply mnde statements where we
would like to have enlarged.
All in all, it was un enjoyable oc
casion and one that" will be remem
bered by the Colonels of ’78. Vale.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, May 10, 1878.
Advices from the Eastern States
are to the effect that the greenback
issue will be prominent in the Fall
elections. This dues not show that a
new party is to be organized, at any
rate for permanent existence, hut the
movement is represented to be of
such strength, even in some of the
New England Slates, that the su
premacy of the Republican party
there is threatened. Tho “hard times”
may be credited with bringing about
this condition of things. There was
it reduction of <(3,000,000 in the re
ported public debt during the month
of April, and the sinkiug fund holds
millions upon millions of dollars
more than there is legal authority
for. This money is taken in tuxes
from remunerative labor, unprofita
ble business and depreciated proper
ty, and its collection has added and
is adding to the geueral distress. In
the face of these facts there should
be, but is not, a vigorous effort to
reduce Government expenses. What
ever the merits of the case may be
the above is thought to state the be
lief und feeling of the average voter
in the Enst and not a few expect that
by the time the Fall nominations are
made the movement will be strong
enough to dictate terms to one of the
existing parties, and to overthrow
the other.
In Maine, where Eugene Hale ha
wished to be the Republican candi
date for Governor, as u step towards
the Senate, his friends now insist
thut the present Governor shall ac
cept tho nomination for a fourth
term. The reason given is that Halo
believes he could not be elected on
the usual hard money platform of
the party, and cannot afford to sacri
fice chances for higher honors, as he
thinks he would do by standing on a
platform made to conciliate the green-
buckers. Iu that State there is un
questionably a condition of politics
extremely dangerous to the Repub
lican rulers.
The fact grows more patent every
day that the management of our fi
nances is fust coming to be the great
issue to which all others have, or
soon will have become subordinate.
Whatever the amount of men’s pas
sions few, very few, have failed to
feel the stringency that has steadily
grown more unbearable Bince Sep
tember 1873. Tho large number ®f
financial speeches delivered since last
October in Congress indicates the
drift of public sentiment. They have
been good, bad and indifferent, and a
few have been really able. Perhaps
that of Genl. Gordon delivered last
Tuesday, should take the highest
rank. It certainly appeared to, judg
ing from the rounds of applause that
greeted the many unanswerable
i points be made against the authors
! of the financial legislation of the past
decade. He arraigned it as the pro
lific source of every evil threatening
our material interests to-day. I must
refer ull interested, to it ns published
in full in the Record nnd as it will
be, I understand, in pamphlet form,
but I cannot forbear noticing a few
points. He dated this mischievous
work as beginning away back in 1866,
and denounced in eloquent words ull
the subsequent acts in the direction
of contraction. I believe he convin
ced many of his audience who were
never convinced before of the dama
ging effects of contraction by com
parison, enlarging and widening its
scope to include tho experience of
England, France nnd Italy. When
he closed it was generally felt eveu
among those opposed to his views
that enforced resumption, or at least
the attempt had received no such
deadly blow from any preceding
sp inker this session. The compara
tively large number of Senators pres
ent must he regarded as complimen
tary. Many members of tho lower
House attested their interest by lis
tening throughout. The galleries
wore filled to overflowing with an au
dience from the thinkers and cultur
ed men and women who spend their
winters here. He carried his audi
ence with him from tho start us was
evidenced by the frequent outbursts
of oheering, and the merits of no
speech uf the session has been can
vassed ns this, and I am sure the ver
dict has rarely been as near unanim
ity. Genl. Gordon has been an in
fluential Senator from his first ap
pearance, his popularity has constant
ly grown and from this time on his
voice must be move than evor potent
in shaping national legislation. The
following, quoted from tho Post, in
dicates something of the popular es
timation of the speech hero.
“Genl. Gordon's speech was the
feature of the proceedings. The gal
leries were filled with ladies and gen
tlemen in anticipation of something
brilliant and they were not disappoin
ted. Genl. Gordon surpassed all his
former efforts. He was critical but
not abusive. He pictured in words
of eloquence the evils that have fol
lowed vicious financial legislation
and pointed out the way to escape
the fatal consequences of this legisla
tion. As soon as he ceased speaking
the orowded galleries were emptied,
showing what had brought the peo
ple out. Austin.
Southern News.
Florida has no asylum for the in
sane.
The Southern Baptist convention
met in Nashville, Tennesse, May
ninth.
Homo made hog and hominy
should be inscribed on the banner of
every southern farmer, screams the
New Orleans Picayune.
Hood’s Texas brigade will hold Us
annual reunion in the city of Corei-
ouna on the -2fd day of July next.
General Wade Hampton and Hon.
Dan Voorhoes are oxpeoted to be
present.
Mike White, hanged recently by
lyuohers at Huntsville, Ala., hud on
his life an insurance of 810,000. Now
comes the insurance company and
sues the county in whicli Huntsville
is located for the amount of the pol
icy.
Ashville Citizen: The prospccts of
the Murphy and Georgia railroad are
very bright now. A contract has
been made with a responsible Georgiu
-company to grade nnd equip the
Georgia portion within fifteen
months. President Fain has a few
mouths more of light work to do to
finish the North Carolina portion.
The South Carolina Guardian de
scribes a ‘-human zebra,” to which a
colored woman of that place recently
gave birth. From the wuist ft the
crown of the child,s hend its skin is
pure white; from the hip to the knees
the skin is coal black, and from there
down the skin is white. The head is
covered with hair as white ns driven
snow and unusuully long for a child
of its uge. The child is large, quite
healthy, and bids fair in time to be
come an object for Burnum.
—On Thursday last, the 2d in
stant, the boiler attached to the large
steam saw mill of Mr. James L. Neal,
of Glascock county, exploded. A
oolored boy, who was firing the en
gine was fatally sonified, and Mr.
Neal himself badly, perhaps fatally
injured, and Mr. Frutal seriously
hurt.
—McDuffie Journal: We regret to
learn that our neighbors in Colum
bia county, are suffering from a ter
rible scourge, in the shape of mad
dogs. We have not; as yet, heard of
any person having' been bitten by
them, but the fact “that quite a num
ber have been killed and others are
known to be at large, renders it un
safe to travel in some localities.
THOMPSON’S
RESTAURANT
AND
LADIES’ OA.FE,
JAMES’ BANE BLOCK,
ATLANTA, OA.
0X0
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
Accommodations for Families,
and Meals at all Hours.
March l4-6ra
Pianos. Organs.
Nkw, 7 Oct. $137 1 Nr.w, 9 Stops, ff.7.
Nkw, IX Oct. $145 | New, 13 Stops, $78.
“Magnificent," “bran now,” “lowest prlcoB eve*,
given. Oh how this “cruel war” rages, but HID
DEN A DATES still hold the Addend ruin hot
shot in into the DOGUU munutnet urers who deed vo
tho nubile with Humbug Grand Odors ou .SHOD
DY Instruments. Head Tor Dpcclul Offers and clr
culars exposing frauds of Plano and Organ Trade
LUDDKN A BATES, Wholesale Plano and Orgni
Dealers, Savannah, Ga. maylMni
John Lagomarsino,
WHOLESALE
OONNFOTZONEH,
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
B. F. Buck-waiter,
FASHIONABLE SHOEMAKER,
HOMB, GA..
Any of tho citizens of Cedartown nnd vicinity bo-
ing desirous of something nice in tho way of tho
BOOT AND SHOE,
lino by calling on mo can got it. No coarse work
nude. npril 25-lin
Y. M. WEIGHT,
Dealer in
UK
Boots,
Shoes,
Hats,
CLOTHHG,
Hardware,
Crockery,
GROCERIES
Which arc being received
now, daily.
AGENT FOR
Soluble Pacific,
Eureka, Watson
and Clark’s,
Zells db Soli’s
Gruano,
and Pacific Acid
Phosphate for
Composting.
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1877, the
rains will run on tho Rome Railroad as follows:
EVENING TRAIN.
Leave Rome daily at 5.00 P M
Roturn to Rome at 13.80 P M
SATURDAY ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Romo (Saturday only) at 6 00 A M
Return to Romo at ,.,.......6.00PM
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NEW ADVERTISSMEUNTTS.
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H
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line. Prices as low as the lowest. Call and examine our Prices.
May 1(1,1878-Oin
MONEY SAVED.
New ■ (Hi
“cash store:
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CEDAR.TOWKT, GA.
HE now receiving a large and well selected Stock of
Dry Goods, Notions, JBoots and
Shoes, Mats and
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
adapted to the SPUING TRADE. These goods were bought for 1'
CASH, and were selected with more care, and bought cheaper
than ever before. They also have a large stock of
Family Groceries, Hardware,
CROCKERY nnd GLASSWARE, at prices which defy competition.
I3T" When in need uf GOODS, give them a call, nnd yon will ki.vo
Money thereby. murnh 14 8m
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ciRcl ¥ohkddO,
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deal in none hut the BEST LIQUORS; such as are*recommended
by physicians for Medical purposes. Buying them direct from tho distil
leries, consequently, no rectified goods are retailed at my Bar. I make a
specialty of
STONE MOUNTAIN COM,
n better Whisky than which is yet to be produced. i will sell us nuidi
Four Gallons and Three Quarts at a time, to parties in ni-nd ol r.
NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE PEACH BRANDS
always on hand. All know that I represent to he good nothing that is not
good. PRICES correspond with the times. It is the profile that f curtail,
and not the quality of my Liquors. A. DOUGHERTY,
feb. 28 3m
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Spring and .Summer Goods.
Prices in Keeping with the Times, and Goods Must be Sold. ••
Call early and make your selections
We also BUY COTTON, and pay the highest Cash pridfe for
Country Produce oot. 5, 1877-1 y
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(Successors to JENNINGS, DISHUEES J! WOODWIND,)
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