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TH Ejp*5ijP(SU Cartersville; Becemlftr 2,18*^ FOK ST Alt SENATOR, OSIon Murk A. Cooper, Of kotoa Coaatv. Theolectio.i will ; io lull juJthij. 15th of De cember- I . ; to the ru>Lic. The undersigned, former proprie tors of the -Standard & Express, .. hereby announce to the public that they have this day sold the same to Mr. C. H. C. Willingham, late editor of the Rome Courier , together with all the material, subscription lists and all the attachments in any wise belonging to said paper. The paper will, therefore, hence forth he published by him, and with this issue begins what we hope and believe will be a prosperous career and eminently contributive to the best interests of Bartow county. Long identified with the press of Georgia, having had under his edito rial management some of its leading papers, the high character of his abil ity asan accomplished, well-informed and independent journalist which he sustains through >ut the State, we are sure, will at once not only gratify the eitizens of this county, but will, as it ought to do, insure a large and gen erous patronage. The proprietors have, for many reasons, for some time past denred to sell the paper, but in doing so were solicitous that whoever might become its purchaser should boa gen tleman of such ability and character in his vocation as should command the respect of the people at large, and attractively to present through hi columns the commanding but unde veloped resources and advantages of this immediate section of Cherokee Georgia. Such a man we have found in Mr. Willingham, the iate, distin guished Democratic editor of the La- Grange Reporter and, since then, of fhe Atlanta Sun and the Rome Courier, and hereby recommend him to the favor and good will of Bartow county. In conclusion, we have only to say that the sale which we have made of the paper, thereby causing a change in its conduct, so far from being caused by any desire to sustain, en dorse, or in any way to favor any real or supposed rings, was caused solely by the fact that the Messrs. Marschalk, the late lessens of the Standard & Express, for a, long timc-utterly failed to pay the rent for tli* 1 building in which the paper was printed, as well as for the press and material; and frankly admitting their inability to do so, at the same time* expressing their readiness to deliver up the whole concern at any time requested, we were therefore compelled, in justice to ourselves, to dispose of it. We notified them that we should do so and have so done, hereby protesting that any other idea is altogether imaginary. Tin*: Late Proprietors. From the above it will be seen that t h:ivo boeoiiio the proprietor of the Standard and Repress, together with its good-will, presses, printing material otud subscription book, and aii the appurtenances appertaining thereto. The contracts for the exist ing ad vertisements have already been transferred to the Planters' Advocate, a paper published by the Messrs. Marschalk, late lessees of the Stan dard and Express, who will carry them out. The paper will hereafter be known as The Cari ersville Express, but I shall retain all the right and title to the old name. S andard is dropped from the main heading as a matter of brevity and convenience, and Car tersville sabslhuted to give the paper more local significance, and to be known as such. The readers of the old paper will soon learn to appreciate our present heading as not only very appropriate, but equally expressive of the character I hope to give the pa per under my management. I in tend to make it a lively and progres sive newspaper, and shall run it on The Express line. The cordial reception I have met in Cartersville and Bartow county from all with whom I have been in troduced, inspires me with confidence that I shall receive the full co-opera tion of the citizens of the town and county in my efforts to advance the material progress of both. I shall make every effort to do my best to advance the prosperity of Carters vilie, Bartow county and surround ing counties, and I shall soon con vince all that The Express will not be the organ of any ring uncier wnar sofevpr name it may be designated, but will be the friend of the people with whom I now become identified with the firm and unalterable pur pose of presenting one of the freest and best weekly papers in the State, charges ami insinuations to the con trary. I would scorn to publish a paper not the true and unflinching friend of the people and the advocate of their rights and interests. A record of twenty-three years of edito rial life will put to blush any false statement that The Express will be anything else than what I now pro pose and shall strive to carry out in all my labors. The Express will be thoroughly and uncompromisingly Democratic, opposed to all innovations upon the principles of our matchless system of government as established by the fathers of the Republic, a govern ment organized for the people and by the people upon the basis of free government. While conservative and dignified in tone, it will un shrinkingly defend the rights of the South against all attempts to oppress our people. Believing the I)smo fraiic party the only political organ ization capable of giving peace and harmony to the country bv the resto ration of the old landmarks of our fathers, The Express will ever seek o make it the true exponent of the e .P eo P’° and strenuously ppose all rings, cliques or combina t||s deffeat|||e popu^p flavin’truotah'd in Carfersville for the purpose of permanent residence, I shall exert ev?ry energy to promote the highest interests of B irtow coun ty and her beautiful county site— striving to .harmonize the Interests and to promote the prosperity of both alike, because inseparable. Nei ther can prosper if the other suffers in material power or strength. What conduces to the interests of Bartow county promotes the welfare of Cartersvilitk and the progress of Cartersvillo rests upon the successful development of the agricultural and mineral resources of the county a*id surrounding country. To pro mote this harmony and unity of co operation between the people of the town and the county The Express will give its best energies. In conclusion, I have only to say that my fortune is cast with this peo ple. Their success is mine—their misfortunes will be mine. I only ask that they will trust an honest purpose to be faithful and true to all —the cause of right and of justice. I hope to meet all as friends, united and x*esolved to make Bartow county the garden spot of Georgia, and Car tersville the fairest and loveliest little city in the “Empire State of the South.” C. H. C. Willingham. TO IHE P EOPLK OF BARTOW. Asa journalist who has ever en deavored to be honest and true to the right, we have a few statements we desire to make to the honest men of Bartow county injustice to The Ex press. It has been announced in] this pa per and another one just started in Cartersville that we are to be the or gan of a ring. The purpose of this charge is readily understood by all intelligent men. It has been made to injure this paper and the present proprietor, and to build up thereby another. The charge is not only false, but has been made in the face of a personal statement to those who made it, that the editor of The Ex press had never published an organ for any ring, clique or combination, and never could do such a thing. Such a course would be suicidal as any sensible man must know. It would be cutting our own throat— committing self-destruct ion* To the planters we have to say that The Express will labor to advance their interests —for when they pros per we hope to prosper also, because we intend to exert the influence of this journal for the general interests of all classes. We shall convince all that whatever of prejudice has been manufactured on known false pre mises in t.’iis county against us has boon clone through attempted impo sition upon the honesty and intelli gence of the people of Bartow coun ty. We h tvo in) fear that tin: far mers and planters of B irto.v will en tertain the unjust prejudice, if they do so now, when they nave given us a fair chance to show the true char acter of t’nis paper. We art* entitled to a fair hearing, and believe that the good people of this county will give it to us before condemning us. file present editor of filß Ex- PUEsi never before hud his honesty or independence disparaged. lie bought out the Standard and Express as a legitimate business transaction, and has come to Cartersville and Bartow county to live and to labor for the interests of both. lie does not propose to do s > by arraying prejudi ces, because lie cannot afford to adopt such a narrow-minded policy. We intend to give the people a good and reliable, honest and square paper, free and untrammeled, an un bought and unpurchasable journal, devoted to the bust and highest in terests of this county. This paper will be edited and printed in Carters ville. It will be a home paper and made at home by homo labor and home talent, s> that all the voney expended in its publication will be spent at home. It will be the organ of the whole people of Bartow coun ty, without reference to classes. It shall defend the right. It is edited and printed for no other object. It has no other mission. It could not and ought not to live in the pursu ance of any other course. It shall be the people’s paper, and not the ex clusive friend of any class of people. Whoever attempts to charge other wise knowingly commits a base false hood for personal motives, and we we scorn and contemn the spirit or instinct that prompts and moves and utters so baseless a charge. Wo hwo briefly oiotocl ond llOlleSt ly given to tlie readers of this paper our purposes, and ask them to do us justice. For our integrity and hon esty as a journalist, we refer to our past record, which has yet been un sullied, and is endorsed by the best and most distinguished men all over this State. We are compelled to have more to say of ourself in this issue than is agreeable, hut it is in self-defense. After this week’s paper weshall have no more to say unless forced to, as we are determined not to bore our readers with the discussions of a profitless controversy. Our Home List of Subscribers. —One of the most gratifying events connected with our leaving Home to publish a paper in Cartersville, was that we received eixty-five subscri bers for Tiie Express. This list was made almost without effort, and we believe we could have secured double that list if we had made any thing like an effort. This is a per sonal compliment we appreciate more than the amount of money in the subscriptions. We hope always to deserve such evidences of warm friendship. May our Home friends ever prosper. The North Georgia Conference is in session this week at Griffin. We hope to be able to give a list of the appointments for 1875 in our next issue. f ! i PM ' j i-| DEPRESSION OF THV, FARMING IN- I''' 1 TERESTS. * ' The great depression of our farm ing interests is owing to the produc tion of too much cotton and too little grain growing. It is cotton, cotton every year q!l over the South. The increase of the area of cotton culture is a reduction of the price of cotton and ihe advancement of provision supplies. Even before our cotton crop begins to mature the nabobs on Wall street are advised of the proba ble production, and the money lords who alone can move our cotton to market, begin to make calculations as to how much they will pay us for it. r lhe ‘bring” that regulates the price of cotton and reduces it to such low figures as merely to give the farmer but meagre returns for his produc tion are the bondholders and national bank men of New York. As long as we allow them to be our factors in stead of making efforts to establish direct trade with Europe we shall be the humble subjects of these money kings, who hold the bonds of the United States and control the finances of the country. Do the people understand how- they are fleeced by the national bank sys tem? Have they ever thought that the business of the country is an nually taxed with an interest of from twenty to twenty-five percent, for all the money used as a medium of exchange in the trade and com merce of the land ? It is true, never theless. It is done through the national banking system of the government. Suppose a national bank were to be established in Cartersville, or any other town in Georgia. If so the stockholders would secure one hun dred thousand dollars capital. This would be converted into United States bonds, and these bonds would be deposited in the United States treasury as collateral for ninety thousand dollars of currency certifi cates or national bank bills as so much banking capital for the proposed Car tersville national bank. Remember the bonds deposited in the treasury, as collateral for the national bank currency, is drawing 7.30 per cent, interest, which is paid by the people indirectly in taxes, while the currency is brought to Carters ville and loaned to business men and farmers at fifteen to twenty per cent. This is the rate of interest paid by the business of the country for its medium of exchange. The power that forces such extor tion of the business of the couutry forces the low prices of cotton and ihe depression of the farming inter ests of the country. It is the power that drags the toiling millions to the lowest depths of poverty, It is a power tha* hangs like an incubus upon the country and stagnates ail business ami drives men from afflu ence to deg edition. It is a power the people should rise up against iinii crush with the ballot. That pow er is tiie llepuhiiean party which has shown itself unwilling or incapable of so conducting our financial affairs as to j-iv.: prosperity to the people. When the agricultural interests of a country suffer, all other interests must languish and become depressed. Remove this incubus of extortionate interest upon our medium of ex change and give the country cheap money, and the nation will prosper— our fields will yield rich returns to honest toil, end the South will rise in her power and successfully assert her supremacy as the most prosper ous section of the world. Our farms will “bloom anct blossom as the rose,” and the fruits of the earth will cmne in richness to make the heart glad and the people happy. TIIE QUESTION OF TAXATION. A free anti republican form of gov ernment means low taxation and the prosperity of the people. High tax es belong to monarchical institutions for the support of royalty and the nobility, while the people are ground to poverty to pay tribute to regal splendor. Tiie simplicity of our matchless form of government re quires no onerous taxation upon the people, and when taxes become bur densome it is evidence that our ru lers are profligate and unfit to govern. Col. Warren Akin, at the public meeting held here Saturday last, stated that twenty years ago, the peo ple of Georgia with all their slave property did not pay more than one fourth of the taxes they now pay in their impoverished condition, with less than one-half the property they owned when the State of Georgia and the people were in the most prosperous condition. Why is this ? Who are responsible for it but those who make our laws? This question of taxation must be looked into by the next session of the Legislature. The people want relief and reform, and will have it. They have suffered long and patient ly. The poor men and widows struggling upon a small farm to keep the wolf of starvation from the doors of their humble homes cry out for relief, and those who represent them and fail to demand and work for relief in the Legislature will find themselves “weighed in the balance and found wanting” when they as pire for further political honors. The Legislature itself has become a burden. It attempts too much legislation, much of it of the most absurd character and of no general interest to the public. Local and unimportant bills consume more than-half the time of the session that should never be presented. In this way the sessions are always held the constitutional term, and of ten beyond, adding greatly to the public expense. Let the next session of the Legis lature see to it that relief is given to a tax-ridden people, and endeavor to so legislate as to restore as soon as possible the old economy of our State government. Till* ST. LOUIS CONVENTION. j m ~ Nearly if not all of the delegates appointed from Georgia to the National Convention in St. Louis, Mo., beginning on the 23d of Novem ber last, in behalf of the Southern Pacific Railroad, have returned home. The thriving little city of Carters ville was represented by Mr. Harris and from him we learn that tiie pur pose of this great assembly of dele gates from nearly every,State,and Territory of the Union and number ing upwards of fifteen hundred, was nothing more nor less than to give voice ancPexpression to public opinion upon the question of the necessity of building this great trans-continental railway. The projectors of the scheme hope by this means so to ef fect the next Congress as that it will see the justice of the petition which will be laid before it. To this end resolutions were passed by this body in convention assem bled, memorializing Congress, and we may reasonably expect the suc cess of this enterprise before that body. Not only does equity and jus tice to all sections of our country de mand that Congress should favor this project, but its reasonableness appeals irresistabiy to their sense of right. Not money nor subsidies, not loans nor lands are asked from the government to consumate this great national enterprise. The companies having it in charge simply ask for a guaranty of five per cent, on con struction bonds and offer to indem nify the government for its endorse ment by a first lien on all their prop erty, by a surrender of 30,000,000 acres of land already granted and the transportation of the mails, troops and supplies; also, by depositing in the United States treasury $5,000 i* bonds for each mile of road, to be sold by the government if necessary to meet any deficiency. What more reasonable proposition could Con gress expect? The arguments for the construction of the Southern Pa cific Railroad are numerous and con vincing, it being t horoughly national in its scope and influence. The question is a very simple proposition ; it is simply whether twelve Southern States with a popu lation of 11,500,000, and an area of 789,375 square miles with 15,002 miles of railroad in operation, representing a capital account $523,509,223, shall have a direct connection with Mexi co and the Pacific coast, and shall be permitted to enjoy the advantages that her natural position vviii insure to her with such a connection ; and it is for our Southern Senators ami members of our next House to say whether or not the advantages of the Texas and Pacific Railway line to the Pacific ocean shall be opened to their constituents within the next four years. They have only to say they want it ami there are enough Northern votes to give it them as an act of simple justice to the South. ÜBll SOUTHEU X IKON. We publish in this issue of The Express an able article on the sub ject of Southern iron. Under more propitious financial circumstances our iron mines vviii become a source of revenue and wealth to this section of country unrivalled in its propor tions. The day vve hope is not far distant when our mountains will send fortii its millions of merchanta ble iron to enrich our people. That time depends upon the financial man. ugement of the Government. The depression that now paralyzes all in dustries must take a change for the better or the country will become ab solutely bankrupt. When the neces sary financial reform takes place un der better and wiser government, as we hope it will, all industries will revive, and none more vigorously than the iron interests. Railroads are wearing out, ma chinery of ail kinds must be renewed, and the advancement of tiie age will apply iron to various uses not now so employed,and the trade will become of vast proportions. At that time roa masters will begin to investigate the Viuious points for iron making that it may be produced at the least cost. When they are told that iron can be made at twenty-five or more percent. less in the South—in Ten nessee, Georgia and Alabama—mil lions of dollars will be invested in the development of our mines. We have to wait patiently fur the good time. Li the meantime let us advertise the richness and the cheap ness of cur iron and the capital will here oe<;K investment. UXI.UCKY JACK BROWN. It was but a few fleeting weeks ago we greeted poor Jack Brown as a lucky man when he caught his “ground hog” in the shape of an ap pointment as revenue collector for this district. He has bloomed and blossomed as a full blown Radical office-holding rose, but ere the cold blasts of winter have have fairly and violently wafted the flowing locks of his ambrosial hair, he is withered and drooped as one of the decapita ted before the scythe of “the powers lost his “ground hog” and is no lon ger internal revet ne collector for the fourth district of Georgia. Who is to be his successor, we have yet to learn. Having lost “the run of the pa pers” for several days, we have not seen the cause of his removal from oflice; but we are |sorry for Jack and hope he may continue to be able to take his oxtail soup at the Kimball House and live in clover— at his own expense. Verily the way of the transgressor is hard. He that was so “straight” a Democrat three years ago is now a crooked politician of the Radical stripe. Poor Jack Brown !—poor Jack, say we. Since the above was written we learn that John L. Conley has been appointed Brown’s successor. HON. HARK A COOPER. As will be seen by (he proceedings of the Democratic mass-meeting held ! here on Saturday last, Hon. Marie A. j Cooper was nominated to fill the va cancy in the State Senate occasioned by tlie resignation of Hon. John. \Y. Wofford. Majj. Cooper is one of the last of the prominent pers mages who were conspicuous in the political history of our Stale thirty years ago. We remember that the first we knew of politics, there were three men in Georgia who were celebrated as a po litical trio, and their names—Col quitt, Cooper and Black—were as fa miliar as “old Tippacanoe and 'iylef, too.” Maj. Cooper has occupied distin guished positions in the confidence of the people, and his return to public life will revive old never-to-be-for gotten memories of the past. That our venerable friend will re ceive the hearty support of the peo ple of Floyd and Chattooga counties there can be no doubt. The mention of his name as a candidate for Sena tor last week in Rome was hailed with delight. Of course his election is an assured fact. ” TATE TREASURER JONES, On the loth uitimo State Treasurer Jones was notified that liis bond was deficient and that be must renew it in ten days. On the 25th, having failed to do so, his office was declar ed vacant by the Governor, and he was ordered to get up all his papers to be delivered over in tea days. In addition to the weakness of Treasu rer Jones’ bond, it has been charged that there are irregularities in the management of his office, and that he has paid out moneys on the same demand twice. We deeply sympathize with Capt. Jones. We do not think for an in stant that he has corruptly used his office, and believe that he will finally make a showing entirely exhonera ting him from all blame. It requires a long stretch of suspicion to believe that “honest Jack Jones” has been guilty of any intentional wrong doing. We shall wait until the proof of wrong upon him is fully made before we shall condemn a man whose rep utation for integrity has ever been above suspicion. Those “Straws in the Wind.” —We clip the following paragraph from the Dalton Enterprise of Tues day : The Rome Courier of Tuesday contain* the “last word*” of Mr. <J. 11. <J. Willingham as editor. He goes to serve lhe people of Cartersvii!e a* editor of 'This Exprkss. lie is a vigorous writer, and will doubtless please the people as a journalist; hut judging ii'oni straws ir the w ind, he will have some little unpleasantness to overcome. We wish both 'lTie Express and the Planters' Ad vocate much success, ami a long era of happi ness and golden prosperity . W e expect to have no “unpleasant ness.” VVe expect to devote aii our energies and capacity in getting up ooJ p iper. That will require ali our time and space, and we sliali have none to throw away on unpleas ant matters. \V i eu the people of Bartow under stand that Thk Express is not pub lished in the interest of a small ring', we believe they will recognize the merits of a home-made paper, and will rally to our support. We in tend to give them the best paper they ever had in the county, if we have the capacity to'do so. The ring we shall work for is the g’-eat and prosperous county of Bartow. Tiie Express is a Bartow paper, the work upon it being done by home talent anti labor. We hope all who desire a good pa per in Bartow county, one devoted every interest of all our citizens, will give us their support. We are deter mined to give a good paper, all printed at home on our own press. Let none for a moment believe the false impression attempted to be made that Tiie Express is publish ed in the interest of any ring or clique. Its expressions will be free and untrammeled and always in ad vocacy of the right, hurt whom it may. We believe the Georgia delegation are all in Washington except Mr. Stephens, who remains at home, not having sufficiently recovered from his lalo severe illness to permit him to travel. He hopes, however, to be able to take his scat early in Janua r ry. Congress meets on Monday next. New Advertisements. HOTEL FOH REVT. r|HIE BARTOW HOUSE, in Cartersvillc, Ga. j X is offered fpr rent on reasonable terms, possession to be given Oecember 25, 1875. For particular* apply to SAMUEL CLAYTON. dec-2-11 NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to Howard and Er win, Erwin Stokely A Cos., and Erwin & Uuinsaur are requested to make immediate payment. Tee debts dim these dims must be collected. JOHN A. ERWIN, dec 2-Sm THE Tr n M.\ jhllT 111 AVE leased the Lewis Tumlin Mill and will CLiind. Corn and. Wlieat Tor the public until disposed of by the admin istrators. (dcc2-2t) 11. A. SMITH. DISSOLUTION. firm of Kicks & Godfrey has this day X dissolved. B. F. GODFREY will con tinue the business, and is authorized to settle all the business of the firm. W. W. RICKS. B. F. GODFREY. This Nov, 15, 1075. It K. W. HUBPIIEY, ATTOIt i\ E Y A T LA VV * CARTERSVILLE. GA. OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick building corner of Main unU Irwin streets. dee2-tf. J. w. litmus, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAW. Cartersville, Ga. OFFICE next doer to Toe L.xrKESs printin'; establishment. (GEORGIA— BARTOW BOUNTY. Jt Mary Dawson, having in proper form applied for letters of administration with the will annexed, on the estate of John Dawson, luteot said county, deceased. This is to cite all and singular He creditors and next of kin of John Dawson, deceased, to be and appear at my office within the time pre scribed by law, and show cause, if any the./ can, why said letters should not be granted applicant. Witness my hand and official sig nature, Nov. 80, 1875. J. A. HOWARD, I dec7 Ordinary. 1 ROU[ Silt ill MILII-IRE WORKS, A WrilfcH (iiiaranlce with Every Sohk Ifany s*l<t ; hr on Lie ; t • t!: • anything is lhe matter with yor:r Steve, bring it bto.di ***? j Vt c yi -s^ *1 in two liour.H or Gve Yora -'aaaliier ?tne. Kvct-v arliel Wcr“ ranted. Pots. Oycss*. dkillst 1 * and Sndn of all Sort SEAY BROTHERS, Proprietors , OFFICE mu! SALESROOM :h> BROAD Sl'., , FOUNDRY CORNER FRINKUN STREET AND R&ILR AD. COPP ER, T I IST Al TsT r> SIIK KT-l RC) A Tin Roofing, Guttering and Job Work Promptly at:ended to. Tin-Ware Sc’-* det-2 if ‘ - y J- Saw Advertiscmeuts. Eo I tv. 1 A It AitTo W AiUNTV. 55 John W. A iajton ha., applied lor exemp tion oi personalty and setting apart and yalii - tiou ol hnmesic .1 and I will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock a. m., on the 13th d.ty of l> - cetnoer, lot >at inv office. This 20th November, 1875. i. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. (GEORGIA B ARTOW ( oCXTV. Jeremiah V'. S. stover has applied to me for exemption of personalty and 1 will pa-> upon the same at 10 o'clock a. m. on the Ith. day of December, 1575, at my office. This Nov, 25th, 1375. J. A HOW ARD, Oril inavy. (“S eougia. TiAnTimv UiusTT. j Whereas. Charles X. Barge-, as a credi tor, has applied lor Betters of Administration on the e-lute of Robert M. Stiles, late of said count'. deceased. Tins j , there.'ore to cite ali persons concern ed to It I e their ol joctions, if any they have, in my office w ithin the time prescribed by law. else letters w i> 1 be granted applicant as applied for. Witie s iuy hand and official si s uat"ie. dec 2 J. a. Mow ard. Ordinary. JOHN W. WOrroRD. THOMAS V. MILNE K WOFFARD & MILVER* A T TUUNEYS A T LA W, CARTERBVILLE, GA., OFFICE up stairs, Bank Bloek. 9-5-tl. .A.- OARNOCHAN Manufacturer and dealer iu SADDLES, HARNESS, ETC. ROME, GA. ALL work warranted to be done well and on terms to suit the times. dec2-tr. H ATS AYl> RO.\AFTS A ,r Wholesale and Retail. lapies, when you vi sit. Rome you will not J see all the attractions unless you visit MRS. T. B. WILLIAMS’ FASHION EMPORIUM where you will always dml the ilnest and:most stylish millinery to be found iu North Geor gia. New York sty les received weekly, and with long experience in the business, aiid as sisted by the best trimmers in the State, it is almost impossible to compete with her in in styles and prices. Call at No. 107 Broad st. and see if the above is not correct, de-2-ly. €liaugc ol’ Sehcdul^. WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R.C0.,1 Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. 27,1875. ( On and after Sunday, November 28, the fol lowing New Schedule goes into eifect: Day Passenger Train leaves Atlan ta daily, except Sundays 6 20, a. m. Day Passenger Train arrives at At lanta daily, except Sundays 1155 “ Niirht Passenger Train leaves At lanta daily 4 20 p. m. Night Passenger Train arrives at Atlanta daily 10 10 “ Acccinmodution unchanged. B. W.WREXN, Gen. Passenger & Ticket Agt. WILLIAM MCRAE. Dec. 2, 1875. Superintendent. SAYRE & CO., i) r u a u is ’.v s, SUCCESSORS TO KIRKPATRICK * SAV RE : H ave a full line or pumas, paints, OILS. VAItMSUBS. GU". PATEN P Mi. ■•PINES. SOAPS, PKItFUM Kit V anil r .MV UOiPIK SPECIALTIES. Choice Teas. Ciioice Teas. Direct from the Importer. Li'IJBER SHKETISG and OIT.KD SILKS For lhe Nursery. Ovr lOO*Varieties of Choice Toilet Soaps A>k lor the goods you want and if we have not got them will order by earliest mode of con vey a nce. SAYKL AC< ♦. dec 2- if. BROGANS. kjk f. AS-V 15ROHAN'S. Lest Northern, 51 ."5 per pair. BROGANS, best home made, $1 50 per pair. TAP SOLE BROGJNS. M. F. GOV AN & CO. Dealers in all finds of Boots, Sho. s. headier and Hides, UOMEJGa. ERWIN, RAMSAUR&OG PEAV.ER3 IX Dry Goodsi Clothing, BootsuSlioes, Notions, Bagging 1 , Ties, Etc. and are offering GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO THE TRADE. Purchasers wanting GOOD GOODS, at low prices, are invited to examine their stork which i complete, and NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING, dec2-tt A. ROBIN Maniifacrnrer and Dealer FURNITURE. Cartersville, Georgia. A LL KINDS OF HOUSEHOLD FUBNI /\ ture on band and manufactured to order. He makes a specialty of WHEAT PANS nd keeps a full stock. His are utdouatbe. she best ever made. Call and see bis fine display ol Fujniturd 1 novlß-tF. THE GKAK G xiS LI II HEALTH HIM (fl OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMKIUCA. Avitliorizecl Capital 4,500,000 Of Which SIOO,OOO to be Owned in Each Department. Each Policy-Holder is entitled to a vote in the management ofth Com PARENT OF.PICS, MOBILI? /*, -5- ~ W. H. KETCHIM, rreddest. | F. e. DAVIDSON. Vi CEOR(IA DEPARTSE,ST, RO’IK fit Capital Stock Office No. 2 COMLlhi.(.l y I. 1 I'll 1 Major C. G. S l MUEL, President, ALFRED SiLt ;, : \i p,. . ... . , Secretary, C. ROWELL. Attorney, D. G. W. 'ii ,i.MK I ’ , X Hoard cf Directors : A. P. Allgood, Trion Factory; C. Rowell, Rome, Ga.: Min and . r , Newton, Athens, Ga.; A. Jones, Cedartown. Ga.; 110 . i>. . H J>. B. 11 tun il ton, Lome. Git,; * Glover, Ban Ga.; T ?J Rome, Ga.; M. 11. Bunn, ( uait.wn, Ga.; A. A Ku. .... V Hutchins. Polk county, G.i. ALABAMA RKPAKfjBK.\T. dO Yi'iitHiF.,, V. Capital Stock lion. X. N. Clements. I resident amt General Mi iij- - • ... p•. t \ Vice President, AI-. ■. . . y, Al .;W. LCI MISSfiSSITI’S DEPA.RTJIKST, M .1 \ Capital Stock Col. James W. Deck. I John U. Gr.r. SECURITY, ECONOMY AND LIBERALITY, Are Hie Leading principles of this Comp inv. ALL approval forms of Life and En Jo wine >; S’ ii i,>. > —j; i . Term Policies of one, three, or seven years. All Life policies non-:oi iei i.igniter two aunt: .' no ■ ' to paid up Policy oi • i-h Snrrciu er then... . Dividends may be u-nl to price t policies agains- 1t ii -i - . ... mium- '1 hi-with the uoii-lorfeiting an l C t.3 i,■ it,. •,■ •,. . Loin, .... pop dar among .hiuki g m-n. pr3*(io:)i) \ ;;; vi , . . ■ dec 2-ti W.*G. ENGL AND, of Mo ,U - A! . , a , , * ' ' v PIANOS & ORGANS. sz±_ Jr: h * EBTEY ESTEY ESTABLISHED lam prepared to sell ORGANS and for le - . me;. than any other House Nor: h or South RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, s. ,io’i .:ui: i! .- nessee. for the celebrated Weber .and other l‘iano; also, the x cat li Organ—th.* m t feet Reed Organ ever made. Sheet Music and Music Baits in.- u i in- i; . - every Musical Instrument) sold for dNE-HALF PRICE. Also. Album oi'Mu-i- .t< 13 choice selections ol Insrnniental Musi • and 15 Songs)—co.-iing, in c - ititoa i.,. , ten dollars—SOLl) FOR 25 CENTS. For particulars, apply to G . P. GUILFORD, ra.vrlß-G. 52 Whitehall street. Atlanta, Ga. A GRAND ENTERPRISE. The Great Events cf the Coming Year, 'VJ'O MAX SHOULD ISE WITHOUT A ii newspaper. It is the most intelligent and enterprising visitoi to any household, and is the best of all educators. Resides this admit ted fact, there arc now uldlti rt il re t>ons lor subscribing to a good newspaper. Perhaps ih> year ol the lii't half century furnished a great er combination of important and thrilling events than will the year approaching. The Presidential contest, the Gubernatorial elec tion, the Centennial and/otber Great Events transpire. As in the past, so in the future. The Atlanta Constitution, Published at the Capital of the State, will be foremost in the Chronicling of all News, Polit ical, Commercial. Agricultural, Religious, of Legislatures amkCon veatioa-. A D< mocratic Journal, it is Independent of all Politic il or Personal influences, an I is Free to devote it self to the Best Interest of the People of Geor gia and the South. It is accepted throughout the Union as the Representative Paper of the State. The Co>.titution is known as The People’s Paper. It has attained a prosperity as such second to no paper in the South. Asa Family Journal, containing Political and Literary Reading. General News, stories. Poetry, llmaur and Practical Information, it is popular in many States. Additional features of interest have been lately added, making it a still more wel come visitor to every home. The having been the means of o;enii g up North Georgia to the people of this country as never before done. U now orzaniz iriit ;in cxpiaiumi i... .j.. , UT_ Great Okefonokee Swamp, the terra incoynit’t of Georgia. Several inonihs will be devoted to the work, which will lie of service to the State and mark an era in its his tory. Subscriptions should !>c in ile at ouce to secure lull reports of this Expedition, which wilt furnish most valuable information and rich adventures. A marked feature of the CVtiaii.bubo., will be its Department of Humsrous Reading, | original and selected. No pains will lie spared | to make it equal in this respect to anv neiv-pa j per in the country. In fine, the Grave and the j Gay, the Useful and the Entertaining, will he I presented to its readers Upon a basis of as sured prosperity, it will be able to fully execute all its undertakings. Subscription Prico. The Daily Corutitution is furni-he i, jnslrge paid, at *10.60 per annum, *5.30 lor six months. 83.65 for three months. *1 00 for one month. The Weekly Comtitution. made up mun the Daily, is a Mammoth Sheet of Forty Columns: Price, including postage, H 3.20 per annum, *l-10 tor six months. Sample copies sent free on application. Address W. A. HEMPHILL ft CO., Dec. 2,1875. Atlanta, Ga. DENTAL NOTICE. 1 WILL OPEN AN OFFICE in Cartersvifle the Ist of December, with the view of lo cating permanently—and tender my profes sional services to the citizens of the place and vieinitv. J. A. TEG MR. Fort Valley, Ga,. Oct, 19. 1875. I)h. J. A. Teuxir having lived in our com munity for a number of years, engaged in tiie practice of his profession, and being about to move to Cartersville, a community in which he is a comparative stranger, we deem it proper and right to give expros-ion of our opinion as to his qualifications as a man ami dentist. Asa man, the most we ean sav is, that we believe him to he a Christian gentle man; as a dentist, his work has given general satisfaction. We regret his leaving our com munity. Dr. Wm. J. Greene. W. E. Brown, Cashier J. W. Mathews, Planters’ Bank, Wm. J. Anderson, Sr , John A. Houser, Dr. W. 11. Hollinshed. Dr. W. 11. Mathews. O. H. Miller, Gen. C. D. Anderson, H. C. Harris, f. IL Bronham, Rev. G. W. Persons, John F. Frontman, Dr. W. A. Mathews, Rev. 8. 11. J. Sistrust, Rev. T. B. Russell, Sterling Neal, novl-tf Christian Index, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. milE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND BA IT;-1 I appeals to the Effect ion as well .? to f interest of evert member of ihe .re t’ ILquid family in Georgia. K-.ery Baptist in tin - feels a :u>> pride in his or her lienomimd a,; <; paper, and : hould u.-e every possible me : • induce non-soNerihing Baptists to take th - THE BEST RELIGIOUS FAMILY PAFiR IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. In siz *. mechanical execution a:i 1 cun A-: - ness it is I’Xsl' I:l*A*->ED. Its Editorial -t -.ff is compose 1 ofs • < ■: the most eminent, writers in the Denomination. It has a large corps C f nai.l Contrilm’.ors nr. 1 Correspondent*. it is ii3 Demaiuttiiil cf G:r jB-• • endorsed hv their Conventions a tilt/. nt recommer.de 1 to the exclu-iv • five .vl patronage of the Denomination in G • Therefore we nrg * and earnestly r . - ev er> Baotist in Georgi a to-tin- i c'or The IN DEX. Everv Pastor .-houPi -e to i th : It memtiership is supplied with ihepsp - ' Eveiy B.]i;i*t in Gcorsi i should make it his duty to subscribe for and support the State Organ of l.is r-cnomination. See its Peenliar Merits an! AimtP 1- Am a I)e < 'l il Orjn. In V ar ‘ foun-1 all topics hxw! viLil t the Christinnify of th<* uzo. m l r< i l us as Xo paper eridence* nice iom in li.*<*iis*injr the of t!i<? t im- - “ floes not souni the alarm after errori^t* ‘ 1 1 3 $£ ¥\:t: all the la tst C rdi intelligence, revival and otherwise. AH '* pertaining to the progress and prospeiity w our Zion, that can he gather and from the ? : a id correspondence, are to he found in gtnnt. . . 3. The Spirit of Ihe Press of all Dcrcvn ra tions tout liing subject* vital to church. - and country, is carefully collated, so th may op at a glance what the great mm i- the age think, as to the snider’- imic itc... s well as of those who edit and control the P*! ' ■ 4. ‘‘Onr Pulpit” i< another important ic_- ’ii re. Each issue contains a carefully l ,r ‘/' : ': ; sermon, which, fa ftMlf, is worth the ip I ' l :| r lion price of the paper. , 5. All information relating to IH 'Bs' l '- 1 the laboring ci.issor Granges—iscarefunj ® ’ nlnnlated lor yonr liero tit. f> The wants or your children arc n T . lected. Selection# arc made from the ■ , hath school and < hildren’s papers, ms**" this department alike instructive an.! e> ! ‘ taining. , 7. Fiotp the secular press is gleaned - ia*e-t iH-litical intelligence, national a:.-' ternation.nl. r-c* These .-ire some of the peculiar merl - ef Index. Now, as to its advantages: , . jt _ 1. You have, combin ’d, the tufOiogicM erary. Sabbath school, political ai.d agrieuu ral in our jiaper, all tor Thkee fiOLLiK'. t , 2. The paper is centrally and eligibl' K> ■ fer gathering ail intelligence pert lining to Southern Zion. ... , on 3. Its publishers have their own I ' - ,and ' house —fence theof the etderr’ ■ * Remember these advantages - "■ ’• • its. Do not Dt this op)>ortunity ]*ass to - < 1 ■ the paper you need. Adrress all communications to JAS. P. HARRISON A CO., Proprietors, Dec. 2, 1 c 75. Atlanta.' a- CEOhCE PAC 2 & CO., Jltusnfaftnrers cf fhTENF PGRTA3LE C r TULAR SAV 1 / LULLS, / fT M EA3.I i.T.a : n: % / 9 \ No.SJN.Scaroeder BALTIMORE, Grist Mills, Leffrl’s Turbine V’atcr V. be' w,.d WorKirgy • ci a’.lk.Lse, and i.a -.h'nists* Bnmlri< . KE\l) I'OR CAI'AIaOGvES- < > 3 J’ < -2 \ r vr i >1 * ( : A XT 21) "Y lb AT {S!!