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By Jno. W. Radley. VOLUME IV. Official Organ of Polk and Haralson Counties. Express. i CEDARTOWN, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1878. Subscription $2 Per Annum. NUMBER 46. PROFESSIONAL !£URDOOK MoBRIDE, 1TTOHNEV AT LAW, BUCHANAN, OA. ytt WIU practice In all tb« Conrta of the Rome CtrcaU aa4 adjoining counties. mayMTHtf jJl.ANOE ft KINO ATTORNEYS AT LAW, •HDARTOWN, Ok. MriTUl .nutte. » .1) the Cert, of tk. Rmi. Olra.ll, tk th. Buprara. C.krt of tk. But., .nd 1. tb, ».». BhtHct Court for tk. N.rtborn Dl.lrtet of OeriL. N.T, If, 1ST.. T. NV. MluNSK. 1. W. IIAHIUB, Jk iv ^It.K£K to HARRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OARTBIWVII.LB, OA. yr •rrioi aa Main Htroat, aaat doar ta Gil- eath * Boa. Mr. Milner will uttead the Superior Ueart aT Pain ooanty regaUriy. March t. l*TT-tf W.N.STRANGE, N. P. & Ex. Off. J. P. Xioolamart, o-a. jsgp Collections solioited, tint! tnuntty paid over pniiotimlly. JAS. D, ENLOW, J. P. CEDARTOWN, GA. jjf* office at the Court House. All business eutruelrd iu his hands will receive prompt attention. March 0, 1870-3m ESTABLISHED IN 1850. EKoCliURFS Temple of Music. W HOLES A LB and lletail A|fen- uy ft* the Rowawned Flauo Maker*, STEINWAY, KNABlfl, DUNHAM, BACON & I^AlUt and J. & C. FISHER. (Vl*nTtteJ Organ of MAS-lN Jt IIAMLIN, Bur aati. N.iwKtrrun l Or/ia Co . itnd l A Prince A ft*. 1 * Mu«U- I'ublUhcn, Oliver IMtaea. Win. l*oa»l A VSmith .vs Co., F A Marth X Co. BEST GUIT.VRS.^.'X."'"""’ ’ Al.-i full On. or Bmttl Mu.lc.1 «ood>, Btrtne., etc. "-*»• n t.^.oum.r.culmfitc.^nt.u.jkr. r* .* t letfU'l It >1 * mulled fru 4 AS. A. McCLURK alnnStreet. Nashville Te .... - Jr MiiiV-ul thiiwiaT gnarantmtlng everything rtfd'iRtfil hy him to give entire eatUlaellj" M. Uni: - HIS FIRST LOVE. I remember Meeting yon In September, Sixty-two. We were eating, Both of us; And the meeting Happened thus: Accidental, On the road, (8entimentul Episode) I was Rushing, You were Bhy; Yon were blushing— So was I; I was Bmitten, So were you; (All that’s written Here is true.) Any money? Not a bit. ltather funny, Wasn’t it? Vows wc plighted— Happy pairl How delighted People were! But your father— Premature; And your mother— Strange to say— Was unother In the way. Wlmt a heaven Vanished then! (You were seven, ! was ten.) That was many Years ago— Don’t let any- Itody know. UIUS HALL. TONSITORIAI, PARLORS. osdahtowNi j9*Hhaving, 8hnm|*oologM»d Hair Calling done nuRtly, chMply end •gpcdltloui'ly. Give mo n f'* 1 Jun 81 tf BIU8 IIAl. THOMPSON’S restaurant AND LADIES’ CAFE, JAMES' RANK ULOCK, ATIiAHTTA OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. far*Accommodations for Families, and Meals at all Hours. mnkltea Hard Timm. Is there not u good deal of humhug about this ory of hard times ? Are the times really hard ? For many tiicy are, undoubtedly, but for many times wero always hard. They are hard lor tlioso who never provide for 'a rainy dav.” And such times thine always will be. Until' we look at the amount of budding done in the va rious cities throughout the country this summer; at the immense amounts spent in excursions and nt- t.-ndance at. shows; at life constant travel on our railroads; the cry of Inird times seems thin. Crops are abundant, money is plenty. Let that be uuderstotal one for all. Tliero never was a lime in the history of the country when the sound enrran cy of the country was in a larger ra tio to the business wliioh requires its use. Whence, then, arises tho cry of hard times? It opened with the col lapse and puttie of 1873, and it has become a habit. It continues now that the unavoidable causes have ceased to operate. THE SEVENTH DISTRICT. The Congressional Vets or 18 7 4. We huve been frequently reques ted to publish the official vote of the seventh district in 1874 for a mem ber of congress, Wp give below the offioial figures, from which it will he seen that Dr. Felton did not receive a majority of the vote* of the district, but simply a plurality of 83 votes. The official figures are as follows: BnUronds CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. (» me .fur SUNDAY, JUNK S, IBIS. tb. nib. will mb o. the Korn, ff.llfoke u follow.: . KVXNINO TRAIN. Law Bora, ewly ,t 8.10 A M IUt.ni loVotk. »t SO P M SATURDAY ACCOMMODATION. Law Bom* (BmowUr oolj) ...,6 00PM Bctorn to Rom. *t SAo P M raulaing, Polk, Walker, Whitfield, Counties Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb,' Dade, Floyd, Gordon Haralson, Murray, A Lecture TO YOUNG MEN. A Lectnre on the Naif w. Treatment, and Radical Coro of Miainal weakness. er Spermatorrhea, indnead by Kelf-Aboae, JhFoInnUw Rmleaioaa, Impoteacy, Nenroot Debility, and ImpedlmenU to Marriage « V “ Mut’lh. awfbi eoo.eq.mice of Mf Abam aim b« afftatwllr wmoviM wllhokt medicine, end without gmsaBsStiSZ mimu matter what bta coudhlon may be, may Dabney 340 330 664 316 590 330 1376 833 137 497 393 376 561 874 7505 Felton 1781 103 318 664 1152 4 1199 566 151 160 333 690 170 407 7587 Felton’s plurality, 82. The latest sentimental ugony in songs is u tender ballad beginning: “Who will ceme above me aighlng When the graae groaa over me ?” We can’t say. positively who, but If the qejheteyyfried .it in’the usual re pair it will probably be the cow. The college youth Mho graduated last week with the expectation of etartiog out in the world and being a statesman, next month will be in tain looking for a job to run a soda fountain in a second-class drugstore. A REPLY TO “CITIEEN.” CAU'rKli.Hvil.LK, Sept 11, 1878. Editora Constitution: “Citizen” writes an open letter to Dr. Felton and demands a reply through the Atlanta Constitution. He elaitnB this reply as “a construciil.” Dr. Frlton is absent, and has left his cor respondence in my care, us his. regu lar secretary. Whether this work is well-done or otherwise, .1 have never failed to satisfy my husband with this willing and voluntary service. I do not hesitate to assure v«n thut he will indorse this communication. As “Citizen” is imperious in his de mand for a reply, I have not delayed an hour since the reception of the “open letter.” The charges, as I understand them, are these: “Dr. Felton called Jn lge Lester pure in 1874, and calls him corrupt in 1878.” “Dr. Felton charges that Judge Lester was made commissioner ofim- migration hy a radical legislature, and received his commission from Gov. Bullock.” To the first charge I will say, four years can make a considerable differ ence in the standing of u public man. *t may incrensc your friend ship for him or it limy lower your es teem. I am safe ill saying that it depends upon his course. If he proves him elf worthy of c intituled confidence, he will generally rec.ive it This is the rule allowing there are occasional nxu(' ; 1 L*' 1 " In 1874, the investigation of the State roan lease in 1876 had not taken place. Dr. Felton nor the ptiblio had any offioial evidence of the “retainer” la- ken hy Judge faster. Gov. Brown hesitated about showing the receipt; he finally gave it np under protest. While people may differ about tile mprnl quality of the transaction, it is very certain that the distinguished minds who (rained our now constitu tion were decided in their opinions. They pronounced lobbying u penal offense. Dr. Felton thinks as I lit')' did. Heiicu lie cannot accord to Judge Isjsler very exalted purity iu that particular business transact iui. in justice to Judge Lesler, I will say tliut Dr. Felton is willing to grant that ho believe, the Judge'secs no harm’ in taking snob fees. As I said Itel'ore, people differ ill their views. If Judge i.ester decides it to he right lie is cottoeded to be the person most interested, and lie is to ho the Judge of the right and wrong in his own case. Judge Lester’s political and official record is the subject of legitimat criticism. Dr. Felton recoguizes that fact, and invites investigation hi to his own olliciul conduct. If Judge Lesler has any proof that Dr. Felton was not true to his con stituents, il he gave u vote or per formed an act for money, outside of his legitimate salary, Judge Lester has a perfect right to question his motives and make the matter plain to the voters of the seventh district. Every patriot owes it to his country to expose corruption in official con duct. Thus, alone, can a free gov ernment protect itself. In conclu sion, Dr. Felton was not so well ac quainted with Judge Lester's official record in 1874 us in 1876 and in 1878. He understood him better iu these latter days. The next charge that ‘Citizen’ feels aggrieved about is altogether a differ ent mutter, and I regret to see that he is laboring tinder a mistake. Dr. Felton does not ohurge that Judge Lester was appointed by Gov. Bul lock. He knows that he was elected by the legislature that assembled on the 4th of July, 1868, and which instituted the commission of foreign and domestic immigration on the 13th of Maroh, 1869. He does say that Judge Lesler resigned the com mission to Goven'or Bullock after he had filled the office fourteen months. The journals ot the house will prove his correctness in this matter. Judge Lester also expreseed “his gratefHl appreciation of the kindness and courtesy Which had at all times marked his excellency’s deportment and his officiul interconre.’ ‘Citizen 1 takes considerable pains to prove the legislature democratic. That might have beea, but certainly the acts of that especial season are conce ded to be anything rather than demo cratic in a literal sense. In Septem ber, 1868. and h» March, 1869, were passed various silts authorizing bonds for the Maotui and llrunswiok, Cherokee and VjuR Wert, Alabama and ChattanoagA and others of simi lar charaoteri Gu Maroh 18th, 1869, five day after thp commission of lore- gin and domaatj immigration be came a law, th :jact authorizing the Drnnswick amt Allwny railroad bonds was pasaa.1. If one was dem ocratic the otta*riw»« also. Yon can not claim one Vjd reject tliu other. Tlie bond cotmtljiitee in commenting on these acts, says ‘thee were pushed through u bastard legislature by the infernal force of gold 1' Judge L'-sterinsists on the stump and in private con vers ition, that Dr. Felton was recreant to his dutv—that he did not join hjm “in fighting Bul lock and his ere#.” Witli all due re spect to Judge Lester, wry many people feel obliged to anv public man who hud tho ability to serve his state and who Vet preferred to re main at home rather than “fight” in that peculiar way. Thu commission of immigration never yielded any fruit. The commissioners slate in their official re|»rl “that there was no great- influx i f emigrants.” Their -‘mcaru.ijud appliances were limited to the sum of 810,000, appro priated hy the act a oresaid, and which were in no event to hu in creased. O! this sum 67,000 was set apart us coiqpensuliou for tli commissioners, leaving 63,000, and o more, to lie employed in printing, preparing and circulating siiol, pub lications.” Citizen’ did not tell ns why Col. Samuel Weil applied hi the legisla ture in November, 1871, Tor compen sation for his losses. I refer you in the Journal of that date. Citizen’ inqir^rs, ‘Was it morally wrong fur Lester to accept the ollic •?’ We reply witli another ques'ion: Was it right to take the hard-earned money of the tax -payers to do noth ing?’ Judge lister tells the people of upper Georgia that Dr. Felton did nothing in congress. Fortunately thu Congressional Ue-ord tells uiiotli er story. The commissioner of immigration fails to show the whereabouts of n single emigrant, although rumor credits the enterprise with one intel ligent and highly respectable Ger man lady. ‘Citizen’ gets much excited over a speech made hy a colored voter in Cartcrsville. Dr. Felton had as much to do with that speech as hud Judge Lester witli the speech Rome, made by James Black, color ed; who stated ‘he war for Lester lie cause he helped Bullock and Felton did not.’ It will not do to charge any public man with all that is said by strong friends uud partisans—the plutform would not be ruliuble, with such a policy. The Constitution has presented I he questions of ‘Citizen,’ Judge Lester’i friend. Will it allow tho reply of Dr. Felton’s private secretary ? Mns. W. H. Fklton. ONE OF LIFE’S SHADOWS. At eight o’clock the other morning, a Second street wife followed her hits- Iwnd down to the gate as he was starting down town, and kindly said to him. “William, yon know how sadly I need a bine banting dress.” “Yes, dear,” he remarked, “but yon know How hard up lam. Aa soon as I can see my way clear you shall have the dnsu, and a new hat to hoot Be patient, be good and your reward shall be grant.” Forty minutes after that he emer ged fronf a restanrant with a big basket and Hall pole, hound up the river. In tho basket was a ohicken, pickles, cake, fruit, pie and a bottle of liquid of a rion^nolor, and he was just lighting a twenty cent cigar when his wife came along. “What! you here?” he exclaimed. “Yes, I was going to the market. Where are you gohig?—wlmt’s in that basket?” I was going to carry the fish pole urotuid ton friend on Jeficrson ave nue,” lie modestly answerud. “And that basket?” “This basket—well. I was going to take il to the Orphan Asylum aaa resent to the children. It is a donation from six leading citizens.” “William, I don’t believe it!” “81! Don’t talk so Solid!” “William, I shall talk louder yet!” ehe exclaimed. “I’ll bet yon are going fishing?” Mary, have I ever deceived you?” lie plaintively asked. “I never have. As proof go to tlie asylum yourself!” “And I’ll do it!" she promply re plied aa she relieved him of it. “Mary, hadn’t you—?’* “No, sir, ( hmlii’t. You’d belter hurry up with that lisli pole, as the man may want it, aud he careful how yhii sGtiiil ifrouiid Tii Hie Hot sun!” She lelt him there. lie watched her take the car fot home, and then lie returned the fish-pole aud crossed the street and said to an acquain tance: Tom, I’in suffering with neural gia, and the excursion is off till next k. Too had, hut we can never lull what a day may bring forth." There was chicken and pickles and other good things on tile table at din ner, hut lie never smiled. Eveu when his wile wished she was an or phan, if that way they were fed, lie never betrayed the gloom in his heart It was only when she handed liim tlie bottle he had so carefully tucked into the basket and saw it labeled, “Good for Little Children,” that he said: “Marry, it is an awful thing for a wife to gut the impreasoin that her husband is a cold-blooded liar!” “It must be,” site replied, aa the took the other chicken leg.—Detroit Free Proas. THE FIRST CLOUD. They were married sixweekaago, tlie day before her mother left for New England, and when the Inlc cold wave came to make pedestrians ahiver they were still very happy. She spoke to him at breakfast about having never observed his overcoat among his articles of dress, aud lie forced a laugh and quickly chuuged the subject Going up stairs ho tumbled over tlie things In n big trunk, felt in all his pockets, search ed his wallet, ami was making a sec ond search of the trunk when the bride-wife canto running up and ask ed tlie object of hie search. “Kffle, did you ever come aoross a little green ticket iu my trunk?” lie solemnly asked. “One about sogqnare?” “Yes.” “And reading something about 610 and six months?” “Yes-” “And something about ull goods left over such a time would lie sold?” “Yes, yes.” “Why, 1 found it the other day and tore it up. I thought it was an advertisement of a pawn-shop, and that some of the hoys had put it in to your pocket for fun.” “Klin!” gasped tlie newly married man, as a shiver ran up his hack. “Why, Charlie, what ails yon! Yon look as pale as death I” she ex- cluimed, in alarm. “N-nothing!” lie blurted out, try ing hard to recover iiis composure. “Was the ticket valuable?” “Not very—that is—no, it wasn't worth a cent! It wqs an old Chi nese wash-house tic.. for two col lars, hut I've got plenty without ’em!” He kissed her ns lie went away, but his face conldn’t throw off the anxious look, and tlie young wife' looked after him, and said to herself: “I never saw him act that way be fore. Maybe lie lias b-begun to li-hate me!” RELIGIOUS. A fair and buxom New England widow, who had buried three hus bands, recently went witli a gentle man who in iiis younger days, Imd paid her marked attention, to inspect the graves of her dear departed. Af ter contemplating them in mournful silence she murmured to her com panion, ‘Ah, James, you might have been in that row now, if yon had had a little more courage.’ The following is the official vote by counties of the 7th Congressional District for Congerss iu 1876, as given us by the Secretary o f State. Counties Bartow, Catoosa. Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Floyd, HaralBon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, Whitfield, Total Dabney 695 525 903 320 1501 445 1654 323 698 658 609 916 10,807 Felton 2480 270 464 1469 1643 55 1834 278 513 638 1961 571 783 13,369 Felton’s majority, 3,463. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AII0UT ITI Look at the ridiculous way in which a man takes for granted thut a woman will be interested in his sayings and doings. If his wife has a lung story to tell him, she is filled with misgivings lest it might tire him, she leaves out many little pic turesque touches that she muy not take up his time, and, even on the hand- gallop she has not urrived within cull of her conclusion when heusks with oonfuaing directness, “Well, how did it turn out?" But a man has never a misgiving that he will be hurried, or that life has any thing better to offer than listening to him. lie begins his story at its earliest morning stages and lopes leisurely to its close, or if it is rapid he gives rapid transit, but he never omits anything on his wife’s account. He veils what he said and what the other man might have said, and what he would have said had the other man said what he might have said. Aud the worst of it is—the fa tal point is—that his confidence is justified. The woman is interested. The man’s talk takes her out of her own into a larger life, and she not only tolerates but enjoys it; and what are you going to do about it? ‘Minerva’ sends ns a poem, in which the following lines oocur: I am sad and sick hiiiT.weary. My life is ebbing away. Instead of sending tlie poem to us she sltauld have seut for a physician. Her liver needs re pairing. AN EXPERIENCE IN HKMI’ltIN. The Memphis Avalanche says: There was a touching little scene one of our streets yesterday. A kind hearted lady was going ‘o see a sick friend, whe heard her name called. Turning, site saw a slender girl, dressed in mourning, advancing tu- wourds her. As tlie child came nearer the lady recognized in her the daughter of u neighbor who hud died the day before near tlie city. Tlie little girl threw her arms about the lady, and, sobbing, oried: “You aren’t afraid of me, are you,” “No, my dear,” was the soothing reply. “Everybody else is.” said tlie poor child. .“They won’t come near me because papa died of tlie fever, and we were witli him, 1 aud mamma." Tlie little girl’s hear twas stung by the chilling repulsion which came to her in so deep a sorrow. THE CLOSET. Bishop Hall’s ik*acri|)ti«»ii of on* of Inn Miimlnyrf “Surli are my e on- mon Uiiya; hui Gotl'a day calls fur unother respect. The same sun »ri* ses on thi*iluy« ami enlightens it; yet because the Sim of righeousiiess rose upon it, and gave a new life to the world in it, and drew the strength of God’s moral precept upon it therefore justily do we sing with the pslamist, ‘This is the day which the Lord hath made/ Now I forget the world, and, in a sort, my self, an l deal with my wonted thoughts as great men do who at some time oi their privacy forbid the access of all suitors. Prayer, meditation, read ing, hearing, preaching, singing, good conferences, are the business of this day, which I dare i.ot bestow on any work or pleasure but heaV Mily, i hate superstition on the one side, and looseness on the other; but i liml it hard to offend in too much devo tion* The whole week is sanctified by tli is day, and according to my care of this dav is my blessing on tlie reslJ’ Dr. (Jill I is tells, hi one of his re ports, of an aged Christian who, ly ing on his death-bed in the Con- sumtives’ Home, was asked the calls/ of his perfect peace, in such a stain of extreme weakness that he was of ten unconscious ot all mound him. He replied; ‘‘When i am aide to think, 1 think ef Jesus; and when 1 am unable to think of him, I km»w he is thinking of me.” And to how many of the Lord’s dear, sullenng children have the words sweet con solation, '* i am poor aud ueedy; yet the i*ord tbinketh upon mel” It is easier to boon th«’4u^i Iioi'sj, attending meetings every evetting, and speaking at each, inspiivd all the time hy crowds and hy sympa thy, than it is to discharge pitieiitly w In thou t excitement, the pros.in:, every-day duties of religion, lhboiing for souls when you labor alone, at tending meetings when there is no crowd, but'piitou reverse. — .VuLi/o il Map tint THE TOMB OF O’CONNELL. Shortly after entering the gate a finger board is observed with’the words, “To tlie Tomb of O’Connell,” which lends to about the centre of the cemetery. Looking through the door of the vault, the crimson coffin of “tlie greut agitator” is visible un der a oanopy. The number of pil*» grims to this tomb is incredible, and it is a touching sight to see muny a poor Irishman with a crownlqss hat rpise Iiis shabby tile and exclaim, “Poor Dan!” The monument to 0’poi;nell is a tower 165 feet high, designed after the model of the fa mous round towers of Ireland. The remains of the single-hearted friend, “Honest Tom Steele,” also lie oloqe by. Curran, Hogan and many other , intellectual irishmen are also buried here. Hliunto an Emoute for Six pence.—A few njghts ago a High-, landman called at a railway tjcl^et office in an important seaport town uot 100 miles from Dundee, when the last train was about starting,.pud- asked for a ticket to a place three niile&J)cyp.ld whet^Jho train was go ing. Ay hen he. wap told by the clerk that the, tr*in did not go there., he remarked: “If she were to give the .‘engine nvuitgr’ a saxpeppe to hersel,. wad she tak’ me hnrae on the coal box of her engine? It wudna tak’ her far oot o* her way.” The man who lives rigbi and is right has more power in bis silence than another who lives differently hits by bis words. Character is like bells, which ring out sweet music, and which, when touched acciden tally even, resound with sweet mu sic. When one has been long and far away from an earthly borne, wnat a happy sight to see brothers and sis ters ull eroding to tiled ur to bring us in! What is that but a dun image of what will be seen at the gates of glory?—Dr. Guthrie. How humiliating it is to Uud that I am pained when 1 learn that N. or M. does uot like my preaching! yet 1 aui so calm wheu ail tho alpha bet, for years, reject my Master’s message.—Df\ J. IK. Alexander. Do good uud leave behind you a monument of virtue that the siwrm of time cau never destroy. Write your name in kindness lovauud mer cy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with yeur oy year, you w^l never be forgotteu. No, your name aud your deeds will be as legible on tlie hearts you leave behiud as Btars oil the Brow of eve ning, Good deeds Will shine as the stars of heaven. Never go Daok.—What, you ut- teuipt, do with all your strength. De termination is omnipotent., it the prospect >>e somewhat darkened, put the tiredf resolution to your soul, aud kindle a flame thut uoiluug out death cau extinguish. One of the most useless of all thing* is to-take a deal of trouble in providing against dangers that never come. How many, tod to,-lay up riches which they never enjoy, to provide lor exigences that never come; sucritioiug preseutoo.ui tort and enjoy- incut in guarding against, the wants of a period they, may uever live to Dr. I3nll*8 Blood Mixture is the prescription .of the lute itev. Dr. J. W. Ball, of Baltimore, aud we think one of the ftuest compounds ofl'ered to. suffering humanity. *