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THE RECORD.
CEDAUTOWN, OA., JUNE 20, 1875.
ICnrly IliNtory ol Polk County.
JIV ONE OF THE FI114T RETTLEBR.
Upon tlio map of a largo county liko
Paulding originally was, you need not
expect to boo a distinct exhibition of
ovory hill, dulo and valley. An at
tempt at hucU minutonoHH would do-
foal tho design of geographical dis-
tinctucoii. Tho ihobI iutcro«ting and
prominent objects only can bo skutch-
od, and if thin to performed with judg
ment and accuracy, every roasonablo
expectation in h itihflod. Ho upon tho
map of Polk county, which in tho ob
ject of thia communication, which into
bo hold up to public view, and to bo
criticizod by those who know a» much
and porhaps moro, than the writer.
You mubt only look for tho most
prominent iucidenta. I would bo glud
to givo tho name, character and polit
ical BtulUH of overy prominent man
from 18212 to Ibis da to, but it would
take a longer life and butter mind to
acan everything; iu fact brt about
livo or nix poraomj live iu thin county
now who woro hero tut far back
18321. 1 have no ono to assist mu iu
gotUng up informal ion, and rely solely
on my memory, and I was quilo young
at that time.
I most not forget an old acar-worn
TOtcran who fought, hied and died
in tho trying dayB of tho Pony Club,
Jonathan Long, who dono gallant
Borvico. IIo woh good on a chnao,
and never failed to bark when ho
troed, while many other men woro
good iu a clmao, bill failed to baik,
Hu trcod an old fox in the shapo of a
Wright, and caught him, but ho was
very hard to handle. Thoy Imd it up
and down, over and uudur, buckle and
tongue, and iinnlly tho other foxca
pitched on him, all going fur Jona
than, over tho huud and oycu, back
and front, and tho result wan, Jona
than eumo out only Nccond bout and
badly |lmrl. Nothing daunted, ho
wai Boon tip and ready for another
cliauc, lie wan ready to denounco
wrong and defend tho right—contend
ing strictly for bin own rights, hut no
more. In politico he wan thou called
a Democrat, but uuIohm be thought a
man n gontloman, and ho troated him
nil right, ho novor got his vote. 1
mubt lenvo Jonathan for the present,
but will Imvo iiomuthiug more to nay
of him in tho futuro.
1 am eomponou to molto this com
munication short for tho want of a
proper recollection of dutoa aud cir
cumstances, A groat change hnu In-
kon place—the Pony Club him loft,
gooil inon /iro coming in, and ovory-
c/dng Iiiib ftBnmnod a now shapo—but
ono difficulty in the oouutry, tho Iudi-
nnn. Will get up Homothing hotter
uoxt week.
( to iie continued. |
Wo aro indobtod to John O. Wad-
doll, Esq., for a copy of the Prooood-
ingHoflho Bpring meeting of tho
Georgia Stato Agricultural Society,
ludd iu ThomabAille, commencing tho
22td of Fobruary, and holding throo
ilayn. Tho pamphlet in much larger
thau UHiml, containing 2U8 pages, and
coutaiiiB much valuable information
for tho farmer. Wo Hindi publish ex
tract* from it from time to litno, au
wo consider it of moro value to our
country roadors than anything else
wo can givo them. Wo will hero
copy a few paragraphs from tho open
ing speech by tho prualdont of tho
convention. Speaking of the errors
of tho part, and tho improvement!!
undo, ho any a :
"Wo lmvo much yet to bo accom
plished—-mnuy to reclaim from tho
error of tlioir ways. If you had scon
what I lmvo in tho hint Bix weeks, and
tho many declarations which 1 lmvo
hoard, in tho Legislature and in tho
lobby, of tho things which aro indto-
poneiblu to be dono for tho bom lit of
tho fanner, nud tho tirno which him
boon consumed in considering nud
discussing measures proposed for this
purpose, you would moro fully roalizo
tho evils, tho disc a 80s which wo have
yet to orndionto from tho minds amt
customs of our farmers ; you Could
better ooiuprehoud tho doep root
which thoso errors lmvo takon, and tho
amouur of effort needful lo effect do-
birod reforms, llow does this legis
lation proposo to honellt she farmer?
Does it predoBO to rolievo him from
taxation or remove political obstruc
tions? It is said if something is uot
dono for Geoigiu farmers, thoro will
bo iuuueuso suffering and failure.
Many discussions which wo hear would
lomi us to suppose that tho very broad
and meat of the plnutors of Georgia
depended upon some action to bu
taken by the Georgia Legislature.
Can it bo that farmers cau bo alluded
to as tho ouly class of men iu Geor
gia who aro seeking aid to keep them
from starving? It was not so iu days
gouo by. How many then cared
cued whuliior there were lion laws or
not, or what was the legal rate ol in
terest ? Upon whom did farmers do-
poud, amt who wero not dependent
upon thorn? Now it in frequently do
ctored that their support dopomto up
on tho Legislature of tho Stato !
With our labor as dear and preen
riotiH nf( it is, it is absolutely certain
production must bo enhanced, and
materially bo, if wo would hopo to
cccd and prosper. I need not tell ui
intelligent and practical body of men
as tho ono I now address, that it to
no harder to cultivate an aers of very
rich hind than a voiy poor ono; hut
at tho same, or loss oxponso, with
double or I ruble tho yield for tho rich
acre, what a vast diffcronco docH it
miiko in tho fortunes of tho farmer
I need not ask you, many of whom
aro teachers in the noble art, how lit
tic of tillage, and especially ot fertili
zation, docs it require to donhlo the
crop.
Lot us stop one moment to think
what it would contribute to tho gen
oral welfare, if our crops of small grain
and corn could ho enhanced just one
fourth. It would a difference of fou
or live millions in our corn crop ; it
would givo us about sixty thousand
moro barrels of flour, nud add 00,000
bushels lo our oat yield. How many
families now in exigont circumstances
in Georgia would this iocroaso in pro
duction hloss V There to no fancy in
this. Tho fact is in our grasp.
Tho incxorrhlo and conclusive fact
in all successful agriculture, iu a rich
soil. How to keep our lands up to a
remunerative point of fertility, is tho
great problem that is over recurring,
and iu over porploxing to tho farmer.
Thcro is no such thing in our practl
cal cxporiouco, when dealing with tho
tho soil, ns stability and uniformity.
Wo must either bo ascending or de
scending in tho scale of success—wo
must bo over moving.
Tho following case, which is proba
bly familiar to mubt of our leaders,
bus boon recently decided iu tho Su
premo Court. Wo only givo tho muin
points :
John II. Tippin, vo. H. M. H. Byrd,
administrator. Assumpsit, from
Polk.
WARNER, C. J.
This was an notion brought by tho
plaintiff against tho defendant, Elijah
Byrd, in his hfetimo, to recover tho
difference iu tho price of forty-throo
ibaloH of colton which the plaintiff
alleges ho purchased from defend
ant in Juno, 1802, ul twolvo and
ono-half cents per pound, and which
tho defendant refused to dclivor, tho
prieo of cotton lining risen in
value uflor thu molting of tho contract
and the time spool (led therein for tho
delivery of tho cotton Ou thu trial
tho case, Iho jury found a verdict
for tho defendant. Tho plaiuliff' mudo
l ion fur a now (rial on tho ground
tiiat tho verdict was contrary to law,
contrary to tho ovidoncc, aud without
and boenuso tho court erred
in not allowing tho plaintiff to tostify
in In's own favor us set forth in (ho
record. Tho court overruled tho mo
tion, and tho plaintiff' excepted. It
appears from tho record that Elijah
Byrd, with whom tho contract was
mudo, died pending tho suit, nud that
B. M. II. Byrd, his administrator, w
made a party defendant thereto.
In view of tho evidence beforo tho
judge, wo cannot say tho vordict was
wrong, nud therefore, wo will not con
trol tho discretion of Iho court in re
fusing (o set it usido. Lot tho jtulg
incut of tho court bo affirmed.
The Supremo Court of Georgia, oi
tho ltUli instant, rondorod a decision
in the railroad lax cases appealed from
(ho Superior Court iff Fulton county.
Tho opinion of tiio court below was
sustained in all tho cases except that
of tho Western A: Atlantic R >nd. Tho
effect of Iho decision on tho roads is as
follows :
Tho Central Railroad, including Iho
Macon A Wi.stern nud Southwestern
Roads, is declared subject to tho tax
not of tho 28th of February, 1871.
Tho court holds that tho act of con
solidation of thoso roads forfeits their
clmrtor exemption nml brings them
within tho purview of section 1,(182 of
tho Code. It is held that the exemp
tions in tho original charters of tho
Georgia and of tho Augusta aud
Waynesboro Bonds protects thorn
against tho tax of 1871, except to tho
extent of ouc-half of one pur cent, on
tho not income, under the act of 20th
of February, 1874. In tho case of tho
Western A: Atlantic Road, that corpo
ration is hold uot liable under tho last
net for moro than tho half of ono per
cout. on tho net income.
The Brooklyn Argus says twenty
years ago a poor boy, after attentively
perusing tho life of Lord Nelson, se
cretly Eft his parents’ roof with a
pocket-knife, a sandwich aiul a bunch
of twino ns his 6olo capital, resolving
to go to sea and become an Admiral.
Fivo miles away from homo thisbiavo
ambitious tod was kicked into a dock-
pond by au exasperated mule, and ho
is now ouo of the wealthiest aud most
iuvotod agriculturalists i i the State
of New York.
Tho Carrollton Times reports tho
copper mining intorcst in that section
in a prosperous condition. Two uow
mines will bo opened in a few dayp,
near Wood’s mines. Gov. ,Smith, of
Alabama, to propaiing to commonco
operations in ono of them on nn ex
tensive scale. Ho is pulling up
forty-horse power enjino to drivo tho
stamps, and will wash his oro boforo
shipment. At tho Villa Bica mines
iu Carroll comity, tho minors have
reached a depth of eighty feet, and the
vein continues to iuercaso iu width aud
richness. These ores aro smelted in
Baltimore.
A tow has boon passed in Illinois
whereby persons caught squirting to
bacco juico ou tho floor of railroad
cars may ho removed by the conduc
tor. This stutulo has fired tho in
venlivo genius of tho Stale, and thcro
is a brilliant competition which is ex
pected to result in what is already
known as tho "pockot spittoon.”
Tho Monlicelio Banner roporta tho
appoaranco of Iho dreaded buffalo
gnats in Jasper county. Tho editor of
tho Banner claims that they aro the
genuine article. While returning from
his plantation his horse wan attacked
in the fuco and on tho ears by tho
bloody pests. They almost positively
dccliued to bo brushed off, and tho
best efforts of tho editor did not suffici
to relieve tho animal bolorc ho
severely wounded, especially oi
car, which wus left in a very
state.
A bankrupt carpet-bagger is a rc
freshing spoctnclo. Tho assets of J
Halo Syphor, of Louisiana, aro shown
to ho $7215, aud his liabilities $140,000,
Tho nttitudo of tho government to
ward tho Indians may bo put briefly
iu this fashion : You mny Hull tho
Black Hills for $25,000 or get kicked
out of tlio ronci rnlluu milt Uu»u
rations all cut off.
FULTON HOUSE
T. M. ANDBRSO.N, tot oof Koine, (in. with
F. COIMIA,
Corner Loyd ami Wall fin. near Union Pu
H.Miger Depot,
ATLANTA, : : : (IE ORO IA
l\ T EA 1.8 ami Lodging per liny $2 00; *i n
IA L glo meal, 50 emu, l-’ir.-t . Iom
tond roonm, Halm n in fin
hIiccI with pure Liquor*, F
ORGANS.
W. S. D, Wiklo & Co,,
Pianos nd Organs-
rpilKSK Magnifier
ro the puldio
inary am! vntmiU- Impn lo-
ly introduced in (ho Mu-doal
c Organ* have nd li d larj-oly lo
, nud (hey aro confidently pro
Absolutely Without any Equals
A splendid Stool is boxed with
each Organ free of charge.
FIFTEEN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS
"Ho
KSTY h tiik Hkst Policy.’*— How
lively is (hi* old maxim duiuonst rat
he extraordinary success of the great
ical Instrument house of Horace Waters
\ Son. Adopting from the Ur-t a rigid rule
that every instrument should prove all,
d possibly momk, than their warrantee
called for, the firm has built up a business
far iu ndvauce of their couli
from Maine to the llulf the name of Horace
vs is as familiar us household words.
o.V " York Express .-ays. -Waters*
o ‘ are pr uonueed bv Musical amateurs
decidedly superior article in .-//the
idles of this instrument, and it is fast
reeding those of other manufacturers.'
Legal - Advertisements.
FOLK SHERIFF'S SALES.
county, Ga., between the legal hours of *alo
on the first Tuesday in July next, Hi
lowing property, to-wll:
One brick atorc-houscnndlot, in tho town
of Codartown, near Wiley Hand's, now
cupied by II. A. Sloffrogin; levied or
tho properly of J A Jllnncc and .1 F He
lo satisfy seven Justice's Court li fas issued
in C )bb cmirly against J A Ilia
Dover, and J D Waddell security,
of John Nell against said defendant!). Prop
erty pointed out by both parties.
Also, at tho enmc lime and place, loti
land Nos. 12.31, IMG, |HU, 12-i, 1C
IM0, 11.Ml, 1100, 1217, 1218, 12.32 and 1
in tho 2d district and -1th section of Polk
county; as Hie property of M E West,
satisfy ono A fa issue.' from Polk Superior
Court in favor of James H Noyes, \ - mi'‘
West. Property pointed out by J 8 Noy<
Also, at Uio same time and place, lois
land Nos. 1100 mid 115)1, In tho 3d dislri
and llli scllion of Polk county, to satisfy
one fi fa issied from Polk Superior (
in favor ot Jam<-» 8. Noyes ugainat H
Lawson, tlx properly levied on a 1
property of mid Lawson. Properly pointed
out by .1 S Noyes.
Also, at l ie earno lime and place. Iota of
land Nos. 70, 71, 71, and 75, in the ‘ '
Irict and lit section of Polk county,
isfy ono county court fl fa in favor -
A. Hlanco, against Win. Hampton,
nindo and returned to ino by U i’ *
Also at the sa
land Nos. 42J, 2
322 and 323, In tho lClli
clfyq of Polk county
lime and pirn
', 321
d 1th
w or' .. . .
iHori and Wndo, to wittofy ono lax ft fa
in favor of tho Stato and couutj
Ciarrison and Wade. Levy mu
turned to me by a Constable.
Also, at the “ntiie time and place, lots of
land Nos. 033, 0B3, 084, 1031 and half
lot 001, and all that portion of lots, nut
Lorn not known, lying on thu south side
Cedar creek; iu the 2d district and Hit H t
lion of P . 4
race place bought ..f Mi -. Martha A Chi
olm. Levied on ns th«- property of M
Martha A. Chisolm, to satisfy ouo 11 fa i
sued from Superior court, in favor of Jan
H Noyes, vs said Martha A. Chisolm; pro
crly pointed out by J H Noyes.
POSTPONED BALE.
Also, at I ho same litno and place, lulu of
land Nos. 133, 1,71 and 200, iu I lie 1
dirtt. lid *cc. of Polk oounty, as tlio prope
of A. H. McGregor, to satisfy one fi u
may hands iu favor of Htokcly «V W illini
and oilier fi fas In my hands, vs • I Me-
Lcvymado and returned to in-, l.y
, Sheriff.
plied for rxornptiun of personalty and sot
ting apart aud valuation of homestead am;
I will pass upon the an mo at 11 oclook A M
on Iho 21*1 ilajr of Juno IH7fl at my cdDce
Given undo! iny hand olficial signature this
2d day of June 1875, Joel Hrcwcr, Or
COUNTY.- W
olor on tlio estate of
applied tor letters
/ ) EOUOIA, POL
VJ Knight, aduiini
James Whltehsnd, h
dismission thcrcfroi:
Therefore, all persons concerned will ap
pear at a court of Ordinary, to bo held in
raid county on tho Hi m Monday in August
next, to show cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under uiy band and official .-igim-
turo, this April 16th, 1875,
JOEL SKEW Kit, Ordy.
/ J KOil01 A, POLK QOl
W O Knight, adnilnistrni
late of T. West, late of said county
censed, huh applied for letters of di-
' * Is said a<l utnui
ho c
kindred and
- tho court of
should
Ish all persons uor
editors, to he and i
dinnry to lie hehl i
first Monilny In July next, to show
ny they have, why raid letter*
bo granted in terms of tlio law,
(iiven under toy hand and official sij-na
thin April 2. 1876,
i"i i I’.i:r.u i:i
/ ' EOUlllA, POLK (Mil VI \ ._ I,.-,. ,
VJ W. r. Knight, adulnislrator on the .--
uf Henry I». Wray, late of said (-■mnly,
asod, bus applied for letters ol dimii.V
Then
i raid udmiuihtrntion.
•o. therefoi
cite
id adtm
i»h all persons concerned, kin
editors, to ho nud appear at a court of
rdinary, tube held in *aid county on the
r»t Monday in July next, to show eatme,
any they have, why said letters should
*l bo gtanted in terms of tlio law.
Given under my hand nud elficint signa-
re, this lho 2d day April, IS7-*».
JOEL DREWlilt, Ord y.
New Photograph Gallery I
•I. I„ 1IESTE1ILY
OtluHow n, (iu.
fpllOHE who desire g- I pictures, of any
-A- kind, from the -iialbM Gem to the
rgcM Life sUo Portrait, please call and
amine my work. U«. i i recently eccu-
ed by Mr. John C. A lies as a work-shop.
* GREAT OlsOdVERY!
Tlrompsou's Liniment
iuiment and suffer
want something that will
your back, cure your rheu-
ralgla ! Apply Thompson's
For Toothache, Cuts, Bruises,
THOMPSON’S LINIMENT.
* I"” >'P rigUl h.
Ur- H. li. TMQMl'i
tried it, and it ha* nev
it promises. Every
. it on hand, and thereby
dollar. Often a long and '«
ir a physician might be d
•"‘ply by applying Tho
cep i
i Lit
will *
little. Noph
fully without a good Liniment—they know
importance—then keep it on baud. You
t apply it yourself and save money.
Jail on Dll. U. 11. THOMPSON, over
Dr. lleesc’s Drug Store, get a bottle, aud
never bo without it. It will do what it say*,
d you'll never regret buying it. Oct 24
For sale in Kockmartby E K Huge,
li. P. McCONNELL, Agent, A -worth, (ia
(U;
NOTICE.
r this date, orders
I 2sT SURE
IN THE
MOBILE LIFE INSURANCE CO,
o? MOBILE,
This Company 1ms promptly paid
every death loss sustained, and with
out litigation or dispute.
Over $(100,000 !
Paid in tho last tlirco years to Wid
ows and Orplmus,
The Important Subject
Of Life Insunrnco to gradually and
doiiervodly gaining public attention by
the force of its ow n merits. Tbotimo
is not far distant when tbo doath of a
man leaving his family unprovided
for by a policy of Life Assurance, will
leave tlio stain of neglected duty upon
bis character. It is a duty which ev
ery one owes to his own dependents
and to tho community. H< who neg
lects it is not a good husband, father
or citizon. I fc Ims no right even to
risk tho chance of throwing tlio future
support of his family, iu caso of his
death, on tho community at largo, or
on relatives and friends, whon it is iu
his power so easily to provide against
ouch coulingcuci• s.
The Mobile Life
Issues policies on nil tlio npprovc.l
plana of Insurance.
In Iho miclcllo rands of lifu few lmvo
much capital to loavo for tho li fit
of tlioir families, in the ovout of their
curly dccc u.c, bul most Irnvo incomes,
•iy dovoting n pillion of Iho latter iu
Ihc way of i.ifu Assurance, tho head
of a family can mnko -iiru that, din
whon i n mny, even on tlio day after
Urn first nniiunl payment, his widow
and children will lie' end wad will, a
certain nmount of money.
Take an Endowment Policy,
***** lI,UB provido for your family in
tin- event of early death, and for your
own old age, should you livo out tho
stipulated time.
Ono ought to he satisfied if ho goto,
at the end of twenty yours, all the
money ho has invested, with moro than
i i ven per cent, interest, and has had
tlio assurance, all through those Lwcu-
tv M ats that, iu ctiBo ho di. d, the full
amount iff tlio policy would at onco
bo payable to (ho bonoficitiry under
tlio sumo. It scorns too good to ho
Into, but it can bo proved if you will
tako tho troublo to inquire.
"1 am satisfied," said < icnci d Dear
born, “that among ono hundred mer
chants nml traders, not moro than
Ihteo over acquire iudepeudsnee.’’
Kvery Merchant
Should take an Endowment Policy or
Limited Payment Policy iu the
MOBILE LIFE.
A girl of seventeen, in Schoharie,
N. V., was nskttl, a fow days ago, by
;i Mti,art young limn who had no means
but his salary, to bccoiuo his spouse,
"la your life insured V” m-knd she
"No," said tho swain. "Then you
must li.ivo it insured, fur I’m not 'go
ing to marry you mid lmvo you die
ami leave mo to big for a living.”
The Life Endowment,
By which a (.-ash Endowment (fan
be secured during life, at life rates of
premium, to a special foatar. of the
Mobile Life
for YCUKra
People sometimes object that they
cannot "afford" to assure. Such an
argumodt should rather teach a man
the imperative necessity for nssueing
at once. If lie feels so much diffeulty
in withdrawing such a triito of liis in
come, let him ixlkct on the irightful
condition into which hto death would
plunge his family.
Insure iu the Mobile Life at onco.
To-morrow is uot your own. Delay s
breed remorse. How many estates
have been sacrificed aud families left
penniless, because tho father put off
insuring till a more couveuicut season,
till ho was better able.
OSS IA N HIGGINS, Agent.
Cetlurtown. tin.
Office in rear of Bc<?brd office.
nicb 20-1 y
THE SINGER AGAIN TRIUMPHANT
‘411,070 Singer Machines sold in 187*1
more than nvo wold in 1870, and
41,041 more tlinn wold in
Our sales exceed thoso of any other company for tho period named (1871)
tho number of !L1 M,.•">*.“> I Machines, or uearly
Three times those of any other Company.
Tc*t tlio RINGER before purchasing any othor. Terms m easy ami payments oa
light a ! arc offered fiy any other company. DUV THE BEST. Good ngciita wauled,
The Singer Manufacturing Company,
G. W. LEONARD, General Agent,
Cor. Broad and Alabama sto., Atlanta, Go.
UNTON (V. RAY,
Canvassing Agent for Polk County.
Hand your ad-lrc- ’ lo the above offico, or to L. G. RAY, (\-lartown, for ft Calaloguo
of the celebrate 1 BAZAAR 0LOVE-KITTING PATTERNS. They oro the best, tbo
cheap* ami h ost stylish pattern* in the market. jane 12— Im.
NEW CASH STORE !
PHILPOT &c XDOIDIDS,
At their old Stand, have opened a Magnificout Stock of
GOODS & SmOCERIES,
And aro Soiling tlicm at remark a 14y low pricca
Hiigm*, Colloo, Choose, IMwli
HARDWARE, CROCKERY
A full Lino of Notion 1 ', Iritutuing.i, Bibhous, Mhito Goods, Domestics,
HATS, BOOTS, SHOES. READY-MADE CLOTHING
And in fact a Genera! Assortment of Meivtmndtoc, all at Groally Beducotl
I rices. L<4ng t:\rd np in good -style’, no rautn li pay, and having paid
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address
W. S. I). WIKLE & CO., AGENTS,
Cedartown 01 Cartersville. Georgia.
aa* A T.ilx ral D; ir.unl for Cash.
Joseph E. Veal, Rome, Georgia.
Violin?, Quit nr?, .Music
rdeons, Flutina-. Ccn
uinp Forks, I'itch Pip
rallows!'
o nn.l Du
Alii-icai 1:
-boxrs. Banjos, Tamborines, II nes,
certiuos, Flutes, Fifes, Picolos, Clai
:8, Hcrmonicans.
Triangles, Costincis, Ac*
runeti, Flagclcts. Harps,
njo He
[> Be
'•..Violin -in l Guitar Coses, of wood and
Kvj -. Lr; Fiugor-Boarila, C'iaironct
1Tamborinc Ginglors, &c , 6ic.
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