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The Cedartown Express. By Jdo. W. Radley. Official Organ of Polk and Haralson Counties. Subscription $9 Per Annum. VOLUME IV. CEDARTOWN, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21), 1878. NUMBER 42. PHOFESSI 0NAL M. TIDWELL. i T 0 II N E Y A T LAW, CEDARTOWN, GA, o ncoin the Court House, with Judge Brewer.) 111 practice In the Superior Court*or Polk, Holding, Haralson twid Douglas, anil In nny other county in the tftftto, by apodal contract; also In the Federal Qi.tr t at-Atlanta ami In the Buprorao Court of Ga. AC URD0CK MoBRIDE ' A. T T 0 It N E Y A T LAW, BUCHANAN, U A. •gr Will practice In all the Courta of the Koine Oircalt and nfljolnlng countleH. may ‘13-78-tf jy^ANOE & KING Jr TOKSBYS AT LA W, OEDAHTOWN, GA. fgjTWIU practice In all the Courts of the Rome Circuit, lu the Supremo Court or the Stato, ami In thu W. 8. District Court for the Northern DUtrlct of Georgia. Nov, 11, 1874. T. W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS, Jn IV £ILN£R Sc HARRIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OARTER8VILLE, GA. LIT Uwoi on Main Street, next door to Gil* mth A Hon. Mr. Mlluor Will attend the Superior 9oart of Polk oounty regularly. March S. 1877-tf ■^■ILLIAM M. SPARKS, ATTORNEY ft COUNSELLOR AT IjAW, CEDARTOWN, GA. Will pmetlco In all tITu courta of the Home Circuit aud adjoining couutlca. novll, 1874 W. Iff. STRANGE, N. P. & Ex. Off. J. P. ILools.mart, G-tx. Jay Collections solicited, and money paid oxer punctually. JAS. D. ENLOW, J. f. CEDARTOWN, CA. 3,-®“ Oflice at tile Court House. All business entrusted in Ilia hands will receive prompt attention. Unroll 0, 187U-3m ESTABLISHED IN 1850. ntcciuURXS’S Temple of Music. "VF1IOLBSALE and Retail Agetl- cy tot the Renowned Plano Makers, STEINWAY, KNABE, DUNHAM, BACON & KARR and J. & C. FISHER. Celebrated Organ of MASON Jfc HAMLIN, Bur Belt, Now Ragland Organ Co., and O A Prince *» Co.’a Music Publishers, Oliver Dltsou, Win. A road A Co., Smith & Oo„ F A Morth a Co. BEST GUITARS.*“‘ l Also lull lino or Small Musical Goods, Strings, etc. rphe proprietor respectfully announces to the clt- A tzttim ot Cedartown uud vicinity, thut hlH facili ties enable hlin to offer extra lmfucpraontB to pur- chusere of Musical Goods, guaranteeing everything •coated by him to give outlre sullstactloL. ,rr«raad. a c..alloll^ A 0.u.lo^e.m.telfro. ulTlv 05, Union Street, Nashville Te Jolin Lagomaisino, WHOLKSALB OOKTN’B’OTIOWriflR, AKD DBALBU IN Foreign and Domestic Fruits, No 4, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA. March 14-0m CYRUS HALL. TONSITORIAL PARLORS. (West end J. B. Noyes’ Ware Honse.) OBDA.B.TOWN, OA. (WShavlng, Shampooing and Hair Cutting done neatly, cheaply and expeditiously. Give mo a call. jaaSltf JOB LA8TBB. THOMPSON’S RESTAURANT LADIES’ CAFE, JAMES BANK BLOCK, ATLANTA, OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Accommodations for Families, •id Meals at all Honrs. E. Cleveland, Fashionable Tailor! eEDAjnwwir, oa. The Last Sixpence. It was a chill, bleak morning in November that Charles Aubrey emer ged from an old shud where lie bad passed the last part of the night, under a pile of sheep-skins. As he stood there now, his lips were parched, and his limbs shook as though with the palsy. lie tnoohanioally placed his hand in his pocket and took therefrom a sixpence. He searched further—felt in every pocket—but he could find no more. That single six pence was the last of his fortune. “Ah, Charley, Charley,” he mu ru mored to himself, “you’ve run your race. Where now are the friends who have so long hung abont you? One poor sixpence! It will buy me one glass of grog to allay my burning thirst. Oh, would to God it would buy me one true friend!” IIo raised his eyes and beheld an old woman with bended back,-who came tottering on slowly and trem? blingly. Her garments were torn and tattered, and the thin gray hair hung matted and uncombed. She stopped when she came to where the youth stood and leaned heavily upon her stufT. “Charity, good sir,”she uttered, in hoarse, tremulous tones. “Give me wherewith to purchase a single meal, and I’ll ask God to bless then.” By my life, good woman, you aro the very one I have been wishing for. Here is all I have; it is my last six pence! Take it. I have only wished it could bring me one true friend.” “But what good would come of that while you continue to curse yourself?” The youth started, but ho spoke not. If yon would have mo for a frieud, will you listen to me ns a friend?” “Listen? Yes.” “Then let this bs your lowest vale of life,” said the woman, with start ling solemnity. “Turn now and go up hill. Go up, up, till you have reached the sunshine once more. I knew your mother, diaries Aubrey and I remember well how kind she Oh, did she think that her well-beloved son would sink so low?” “Stop, 8top,” groaned the unhappy youth. “Oh, who shall give me the first lift to regain all I have lost?” : I will.” You? Who arc you? You say you knew my mother. Who are you?” “Never mind. Suffice it for you to know that I suffered as deeply as you ever did. I know what it is to suffer. I say I can give you the first lift. I mean by that I cay. show you the way. Follow my counsel, aud you may yet recover all that you have lost.” No, no, not all. Oh, there is one loss I can never make up!” And as he spoke he bowed his head and cov ered his face with his hands. “Let not such feelings be wi^th you now. First resolve that you will turn from the evil which has brought you down. You know what it is as well ai I do. Can you do this?” “Ay, I had done it ere you came up.” '‘Then the next step. Go and make a friend who can help you far ther. Go to Amop Williams, and—” ‘No, no, not there. Oh, not thereB interrupted Charles. “Go to his store and freely confess to him all your faults,” resumed the woman, without seeming to notice the interruption. “Tell him all, and then ask him to trust you ouce more.” “No, no, I dare not go to him.” “But listen. I heard Mr. Williams say with his own lips that he would help you if he could; that he would give you his hand if you would only help yourself. “Did he say so?” uttered Charles, eagerly. He did. And now, Charles Au brey, be assured that you have not lost everything. Letpeople know that you intend to arise and be a man, and all whose friendship is worth having will give you their hands. Go to Amos WilliaraB first!” “I will go.” “Then give me the sixpence.” AmoB Williams stood at the great desk in his counting-room, and he was alone. While he thus stood, cas ting up a colurnu of figures upon a page of one of the ledgers, the door was opened, and Charles Aubrey en tered. He was yet pale ancl haggard, and looked as he did when wo saw him two hours ago. The merchant started back with an utterance of pain and surprise as he reo ignized in the miserable form before him the once happy and beloved youth whom he delighted to honor. “Charles,” he uttered, as soon as he could command his speech, “why have you come here?” ‘Mr. Williams,’ spoke the youth, iu a choking voice, ‘I have come to— to—tell you that my course of wick edness is run, and from this moment I am—’ Here he stopped. Ho hesitated a moment, and then his feelings over come him, and bowing his head he burst into tears, and sobs loud and deep liroke from his lips. The mer chant was deeply affected, and with the warm tears gathering quickly in his own eyes he started forward and placed his baud upon the youth’s head. “Charles,” ho uttered in a tremu lous, eager voioe, “have you resolved to bo a man?” “With God’s help I will be a man again!” was the youth’s reply. “Is your money all gone?” “Yes, sir. This morning T had ouo solitary sixpence left, aud that I gave to a poor old woman who had mo come here.” “Ay, I know her. She is an unfor tunate creature who has suffeied much. I bade her if she saw you, and you wore cast down and repen tant, to send you here, for I heard yesterday that you wore at the foot of the precipice. Now, if you Are determined, you shall uot want for help.” In eager, broken, sobbiugsentences, Charles poured out his thanks and stated the resolution he had takeu. “Aud now,” said Mr. Williams, after tho matter had beeu talked over some, “we must find a place where you can recruit your strength a little before y.ou try work. There is my brother who owns a farm at M—. He would be glad to have you come and stop awhile; and when you wholly recover your wasted strength you shall have a place here.” At first tho youth refused to ac cept so much, for he kuew his uu- worthiness; but the merchant simply answered him,— “You can pay mo for all this if you choose, so you need not be deli* cate about it; and as for your uqwor thiness—when the lost ones of earth aro not worth redeeming, then some other standard of worth must be re garded than that simple one which Jesus of Nazareth gave to his follow ers.” So it was settled that Charles should go into the country and re main a while. • He found Mr. Wil liams, the brother, ready and happy to receive him, aud there he soou began to regain his health aud spirit. In two weeks he was as strong ns ev er, and at tho end of a month the marks of dissipation had all left his face. Then he returnied to town and entered the store. Amos Wil liams gave him a lucrative station, aud bade him remember uothing of t he past save the one lesBon he had learned. “Charles,” he said, “you remember the Widow Swan?” “Yes, sir.” “Well, I have engaged board for you there. I hope the arrangement will suit you.” “Yes, sir,” returned the youth, with emetion. From that time Charles Aubrey went on nobly and truly in the path he had marked out. Little did Charles Aubrey know how closely he had been watched. Mr. Williams knew his every moment, even to his prayers, which he poured forth in the privacy of his own apart ments. Thus passed away three months, and at the end of that time Mr. Williams called the young man into the countiugroom one evening after the reBt of tho people had gone. “Well, Charles,” the merchant comenced. “how would you like to change your boardiug-place?” There was something in the look and tone of the man as he spoke these words that made the youth “If you would like.’ tho merchant esumed, iu the same low, straifgcf tone, “you may como aud board with mo. I will not deceive you, Gharlei. Until I could know that you would entirely reform, I dared uot carry you to my house; but l am satisfied nov. I have not doubted you, but I would prove you. And n w, if you pleas?, you can inform Mrs. y'wau that yo.i shall board witu lit. n > more. She will not bo disappointed, for I have spokon with her on the subject,” With these words Mr. Williams left the store, aud as soon as Cbarbs could recover from tho strange cau tions that had almost overpowered him, he called the porter to com • and lock up, and thou ha iog locked up the groat safe, ho took his departure* On the next morning he came to tho store, aud when his employer came, he informed him that he |ud given his notice to Mrs. Swan. “Very well,” returned tho mer chant. “This evening, then, 3011 will go home with me.” Evening ouuie, and Charles Au brey accompanied his friend home. Tea was ready, the rest of the fami ly having oaten an hour before. Af ter tea Charles was conducted to the sitting room, whoro lamps wore burn ing, and where Mr. Williams infor- hitn lie could atnuso himself by read ing. Charley sal down there, and his employer weut out, but he could not road. Thus he sat, when the door slowly opened, and a female appeared within the apartment. With a quick step he sprang forward, aud without, a word he caught a fair girl to his bofeom. “Mary,” he uttered, as he gazed into the sparkling cyei of the fair be ing who still clung fondly to him, “you still love me—you forgive me all—and trust mu once more?” “Yes,’ she murfhured; and cro she could speak further her father enter ed the room. “Aha! So you’ve found him, have you, Mary?” he cried, in a happy, joy ous tone. “Mr. Williams,’ uttered Charles, still holding Mary by the baud and speaking with difficulty, “I hope I’m not deceived. Oh, you have not brought me hero to kill me! You can not have passed this cup to my lips only to dash it away again!’ “Of course not,’said the merchant. “But you must know the whole truth, and for fear my child may not tell you, I’ll tell yon myself. This noble girl lias never ceased love yon, aid when you, were the lowest down she loved you the most. She came to me aud asked me if she might save you if she could. I could not toll her nay, and she went to work. • She has suffered much, and; Charles, it remains with yon to decide whether her future shall be one of happiness or not. She knew that you were down, that your raou- ey was all gone and that your false friends had forsaken you. Then her love for you grew bold and strong. She wondered if you would repulse her. She knew uot what might be your feeling, and to save herself from the pain of direct repulse from you, she assumed a disguise, so that she might approach you without being known, and yet gain some idea of your feelings, and save you if she could. I think she has dono well. At any rato she has resigned you to herself, aud it must not be your fault if the silken tie is loosed again.” Aud with these words her father left the apartment. “You, Mary? You in disguise?” lie queried, as soon as he could speak. “Ay, my dear Charles; and you know why I did it. Here—do you not remember it!’ And as she spoke she drew from ’her bosom a small silken purse aud took therefrom a sixpence. The youth recognized it in an in stant. “Ohl’ hecried, as he strained the noble girl to his bosom, “what can I say? Mary, Mary, my own heart’s truest love, let my life in the years to como tell my gratitude. Oh, my all of life is yours, and my last breath shall beai your name iu gra titude to God!’ Er. Bennett, of Chapel Hili, N. 0., offers to butt heads with any in the State, on a wager of five dollars. The butter sculptor has gone to Par- start " The blood rushed to his ’face >'■ ° r we wollld baok hel ' to bnrt his GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS. We, the Grand Jurors, chosen ami sworn for the first week of Polk Su perior Court, August Term, 1878,do make the following presentments: Through committees appointed by our body, wo liavo examined the hooks of the Ordinary, and find them correctly kept, and his report here unto attached within terms of the law: .. The tax digest for 1878 was exam ined by tho entire jury, and found to be correct, and that our Receiver de- servoespec.ini commendation for mak ing a handsome book. Total taxable property for 1878, $L,401,1)54. We have also examined the Treas urer’s hooks, and find them nicely kept, and the cash on hand, which amount will he shown by report here unto attached. We have also examined the Sher iff’s books, mid find them correct; whose report will also bo fouud at tached, The books of the following Justices were examined and found correct, and proper charges made: W N Strange, N I\, Rock mart, district; James West, N P., 1223d district; J. I) JCnlow aud W M Sparks. And we would name, especially, tho book of D N Hampton, of Hampton’s dis trict, as being the nicest and best kept book of any of the Justices books that come before us. The books of the Clerk of Supe rior Court are found to b* neatly kept, and his report hereunto attach ed. We find the roads in the county in very good condition, and in udditiuu wo are glad to report that the lost road has been found aud woiked at last. Wo find tho Bridge across Enhur- lee, at Rockmart, in a very danger ous condition, and on motion, it was agreed that the Ordinary tie request ed to remove the floor or otherwise obstruct said bridge so as to prevent horses or vehicles from passing over the same, and that he pro ceed at once to build a new bridge iu tho place of said bridge. We also find the following bridges in bad condition: The one atOppert’s Mill, at Mr. Ake’s, and on the Prior Statiou road, and recommend that the Ordinary have them repaired at his earliest convenience. We find the jail in perfect order, and the prisoners well cared for. The Court House we find about in its usual condition, and that oft mentioned leak in the north-west cor ner over the stove, has not been stopped yet. We would recommend us a matter of economy, that said leak be stopped at ouce. Upon the subject of the Pauper Farm wo learn from the Ordinary that he has bought a farm of 240 acres, 100 acres of which is cleared land, for $050 00. We are unani mous in the belief that the county cannot engage iu farming to profit. hat it will cost moro to provide for the paupers of the county on a farm than in any other way provided for by law. We see from the presentments of the grand juryjl of Bartow county, that their pauper farm is a burdeu upon the taxpayers of their county, and they recommend that it be sold, aud other arrangements be made for the paupers. We have made, aud present the following as a lair estimate of the cost of operating tho farm as before for supporting and maintain ing 20 paupers, (there are now about forty on the list.) It is supposed that not more than half of them would go to tho farm. ESTIMATE COST OF RUN NING PAUPER FARM WITH 20 PAUPERS FOR 12 MONTHS. Cost of Farm $950. Proposed Buildings 200. Beds and bedding 27 @15 405. Tables and chairs 1 Cooking stove Table-ware, cutlery etc. Three mules and wagon 300. Five milch cows 75. Two sows and pigs 10. Farming tools aud gear 25. Interest on $2.03/5. 12 mouths @ 7$) $140. 1 Superintendent ,1(60. Four farm hands and 1 extrH 600. Two cooks, nurse and washer 120. Blackstnithing 20 Medical attention 200. Clothing for £0 paupers $15.) men, women $7.50 f 225. Rations for 27 persons $40. 1.080 Seed wheat and other seeds 40. 260 bushels corn for sibek 100. $2,785. PRODUCTS FOR 12 MONTHS. 20 acres in wheat 7 bushels per acre less 1-10—120 bushels $120. 20 acres in oats 15 bushels ) praore less 1-10—300 bushels j 120. 5 sorghum 450 less A 300 40c 120. 5 Garden, potatoes etc. 50. 60 Corn 15 bushels 7.60 375. Fodder, peas, shucks etc. 25. 2000 pounds pork 100. Total, $91(5. Iu view of which we reotmtnend thut the farm be rented out for the next year to the highest bidder, tho proceeus to be added to tho pauper fund. We believe that tho rent will pay a good interest on the invest ment, and tliut the farm is cheap at the price given for it. And wo recommend further that the ordinary be requested to provide for tin* paupers in the future as in the past, hoarding them out with their friends at the lowest bidder, or upon *such other terms as he may think best far the county aud her pan pers. We recommend that W. C. Knight be paid the sum of $15.50 for ink, entering presentments, jury tickets and subjkenas. Wo recommend that W. G. Taylor be paid $27.00 tho amount of his ac count for services. We recommend that these pre sentments be published in both pa pers of the county and that they he paid live dollars each. In closing our lauos we most respectfully tender our thanks to his Honor, John W. H. Underwood, the Solicitor General C. T. Clements and other officers for cuurtesies extended to this body. DAVID M RUSSELL, Foreman. W A J Whitehead, P M Agan, It C Wynn. J B Uuut, J Long, II B MoGregbr, D It Kerr, W J Clark, P O Pittman, It J Cason, J M Prior, W J Taylor, J U Whitfield, L G Childers, J W Casey, I C Davis, A J Tonlinaon, J T Prior, A Morton, G W Bubo, W C Barber, A Hunting- ton. Ordered and udjudged that the within presentments be published and that the publishers be paid in accordance with the within recom mendations. J. W. H. Underwood, J S C R C. and anon he turned pole. head in half an hour. Permanent Investment $2,035. EXPENSES FOR 12 MONTHS. RELIGIOUS. - jlt>ro aud Thrift’ (Join. However early in tftd nlqhiiug you seek tho upitc of access, Voijf Hud it already open, and however deep tie? midnight moment when $,ui find yourself iu tile sudden arms pT death, the winged prayer cm bring ail in stant Savior near; and this, wherever you are. It needs Hot that you as cend a special risgfb or Moriah. It needs not (hat you'shahid,enter some awful shrine, or put oil’ your shoes on some holy ground. 0,>uld a me mento bo reared on every spot from hioh an acceptable prayer- has pas sed away, and on which a prompt answer has come down, we should find Jehovah-shamrnah, “the Lord hath been here,” inscribed on many a cottage hearth and many a dun geon floor. We would find it not only in Jerusalem's prom,! temple, David’s cedar gallon s, but in the fisherman's cottage by the brink of Genesuruth, and in the upper cham ber whe*e Pentecost began. And whether it be the field where Isaac went to meditate, or the rocky knoll where Jacob lay down to sleep, or the brook where Israel wrestled, or tho den where Daniel gazed on the hun gry lions and the liens gazed on him, or the hill-side where the Man of Borrows priyyed all night, we should still discerii^he prints of the ladder’s feet let down from heaven— the landing-place of mercies, because the starting-point ol prayer.—Z/rtm- ilton. One of the most„ useless of all things is to take 11 deal of trouble in providing against dangers that never come. How many toil to lay up riches which they never enjoy, to provide for exigences that never come; sacrificing present copil'ortand enjoy ment in-guarding against tho wants of a period they may never live to s«e!— William Jtti/. When alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in tho family, our temper,; in society, our tongues. We should endeavor to illustrate our devotions in the morning by our conduct through the (lay.—Hannah More. We can easily manage, if we will only take, each day, the burden ap pointed for it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we add to its weight the burden of to-morrow be fore we are # called to*bear it.—John Newton. A Firo-Fighllng Snake. Unless tho Brazilians are guilty of very large stery-telling, the snake they call the surucucu is braver far than the buffalo; for it is averred that, if a fire be kiudled iu the woods, these creatures glide out of their hi ding-places, dash straight at the ob noxious thing, and scatter its embers with their tails; persisting, even though half roasted, until the fire is unterly extinguished. If a man car ries a torch near their haunts, they pass and repass him lashing his legs until he drops it, when a surucucu immediately coils itself about it aud puts out the flames. A diminutive terrier of our acquaintance used to act on the same principle, although his hatred of fire was a limited one. He had no objection to it in its prop er place, aud would complacently contemplate the parlor fire, let it blaze ever so merrily, without so much as a wink; but the sight of a lighted piece of paper rouBed Tiny’s ire aud set him barking grievously; and if the paper were thrown on the floor, he went for it at once, deftly contriving to stamp out the flame without burning his toes. A cheerful wife makes a happy home, because the emotion is con* tagious, and almost unconsciously the household is happy in response, because every member of the family is cheerful by the genial influence of tho wif® and mother. Anxiety is the poison of life; the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. Why, then,allow it, when we know that all the future irfguided by a Father’s hand .—/Hair. God doniuuds an account of tho past: that we must render hereafter, lie demands an improvement «f the present, and this we render now,— )V. Jay. ’Tin « year by year we nine Frlt-mla out of sight, in laltli to mine llow grows in parntllae our «toro; Then puts, ye mourners,cheerily on, Through prayer unto the tomb; Still, aa ye watch Ufa's fiAlinx lonf, Gnthorlng, from ovary loan and grlaf. Uopo of nuw *priiis' aud endleaa home. He who seldom thinks of heureu is not likely to get there. The way to hft the nutrk is to keep tin eye fixed upon it.—Bishop Horno. Mind not much who is with thee, or who is ngrtinst thee; but titke cure that God may be with thee iu every thing thou doest. If this poor earth, With all ite aln and woo, doth yctakonad In loveliness aud beauty, O what .-nuat be The beauty of that world unstained by it hi, Whole flowers are radelcsa, aud whoso harpa Aro ever thrilling Redemption’s song? 'Eye hath not seen’ that world, uot- human heart B'er thrilled with angel symphonies, “It doth not yet appear what we shall bo.” Parallel Case. “If Dr. Felton is honest in his chnrge against Judge Lester in »c- oeptiug pay as Uoinmissioner of Em igration, why does he not nrrnign Gen. Woflurd for receiving three thousend dollars as Receiver of the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad? Wo d. not think Gen. Watford is guilty of theft because he received a salary of three thousand dollars un der Bnllook, bat Doctor Felton does. If Gen. Wofford had been the nomi nee, how the Dootor would haTe fid., died on the string. No man is hon est who opposes the Doctor.—Home Bulletin.