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THE EXPRESS.
The Express is the firm defender and advo
cate of the rights and interests of the people of
all classes, and the unrelenting opponent of
all rings, cliques or combinations organized to
defeat the popular will in politics or to injure
any class of citizens materially.
CartersviHe, February 17,1876.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
QUESTION.
Our opinion is that a convention to
revise the constitution of this State
should be held at as early a day as pos
sible consistent with the great inter
ests involved. The fear that sucb a
convention may have the effect of
damaging the interests of the Demo
cratic party in theapproachiug Presi
dential campaign is erroneously en
tertained, as we believe. As an hon
est people, seeking to do justice to all
classes, we do not see why such a
convention should be deferred. By
such deference we only produce the
impression, or place ourselves in the
attitude to be so charged, that we
propose to frame a constitution in
conflict with the rights and interests
of a certain class of people, but are
afraid to do so in advance of the
Presidential campaign. Inhisspeech
in Atlanta on Monday night last,
Gv i. Gordon struck the key-note of
true w isdom in this matter, when he
said, in referring to a convention,
—“if one was to be called it should
be done at the earliest possible mo
ment, in order that from its labors
the North might see that our people
only desired to make their own gov
ernment for reasons of public policy
—to limit the terms of officers to
shorter periods, excise executive pat
ronage and stop the growing evil of
debt making and consequent high
taxation—to form a government
whose foundation shall he equal and
exact justice to men of all colors and
creeds.”
j i nit v.o-.. Qn fi on could be called by
the people, and its work aceum pilot,
ed by the time the Presidential cam
paign is fairly opened, the results of
the convention would show to the
people of the North the real purposes
of our people in the proposed new
constitution, and would be published
to the world to disarm all charges or
insinuations that the people of Geor
gia have any other purpose than to
frame such an organic system of gov
ernment as will secure equal justice
*i noe<N The constitution being
thus framed the enemies Ul g\/vrOi a . I
eminent could make no capital upon
this ground.
But if the convention is deferred
for fear it will injure the Democratic
party, there is no doubt that the fear
will be used against us in an adroit
manner so as to convey the idea to
thousands of Northern men that we
are afraid to hold our convention
lest its results—the unfriendliness of
the people towards some class—may
be too well know n to secure us suc
cess. The cry will be raised that the
Democracy of Georgia intend to do
something desperate after the Presi
dential election which they are afraid
to do in advance.
So, if we are going to have a con
vention, and the people desire it, it
is our judgment that we have it as
soon as possible. In this way we
shall disarm our enemies in advance
of the political capital they will
have to use against us in the Presi
dential campaign should the conven
tion question fail to be submitted to
the people at once and their will and
pleasure complied with, lest in what
we expect to do there lies some great
and hidden evil we design in having
such a conventian. Let the question
be submitted to the people without
delay; and if they call a convention
we shall have our new constitution
to speak for the people in the Presi
dential campaign. Let it stand as a
defense against all charges that may
be trumped up as to some desperate
thing we expect to do w hen we can
safely do so. We can better disarm
our enemies by exposing our hand at
onoo tlicui bj- ouir con
stitution n. ' mean nothing hut
good government and justice to all.
We hope the Legislature will not
hesitate upon this subject. What we
do in this matter of anew constitu
tion should be done quickly, in our
judgment. Under our present con
stitution the material prosperity of
the people are suffering terribly, and
to defer it we only give our enemies
the advantage in not showing at
once a clear hand as to our inten
tions. These will be falsely con
strued to the detriment of the Demo
cratic party in the approaching
Presidential campaign. If there is
any danger on this score, what shall
have been done in the formation of
anew constitution will exist to dis
arm the charges that may be brought
against us in the event the conven
tion is postponed.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE,
The Georgia Legislature has now
been in session about thirty days, and
if any legislation for the general in
terest of the people has been matured
our mind does not recur to it just at
this writing. Nine-tenth of the leg
islation so far attempted has been
either of a local character or of such
insignificance as to amount to noth
ing. Local legislation and amend
ments to the code constitute the fail
ure of the present Legislature as a
deliberative body assembled to look
after the interest of the people and
to promote the popular good.
What we need is anew constitu
tion that will give us such a system
of government as will rid the State
of the useless expenditure for legis
lation of no general value to the peo
ple. It would be well enough to
“rub out and begin anew,” have few
er members of the Legislature with
sense enough to know when their
work is done. We ought to have
such organic laws as will forever
abridge community or “settlement”
•egislation, and relieve the State from
having to pay for such nonsensical
stuff as has characterized the pro
ceedings of the General Assembly fOf
the past thirty days,
THE STATE HOAD LEASE.
The Atlanta Commonwealth of Sat
urday last slates that in the course
of the examination of Gov. Brown,
on the previous night, he stated to
the committee that $21,000 was used
in the procurement of the lease of
the State Road. He mentioned
among the papers to whom money
had been paid, the Macon Telegraph
and Messenger , the Augusta Constitu
tionalist, the Columbus papers, and
stated that about SI,OOO had been
paid to the country press, though he
did not name the papers. He also
stated that an editor, now dead, had
been paid money to advocate it, and
that J. Clark Swayze, who edited a
Radical paper at Macon, had also
been paid money for the same pur
pose. Mr. Knight, an attorney, had
also been paid to advocate it.
We are to understand by this that
certain newspapers advocate a meas
ure before the Legislature not on
principle, but from mercenary mo
tives ; that, instead of being senti
nels upon the watchtower to guard
the interests of the people, they are
hired to subserve the ends ®f person
al interest and speculation. Is this
the w’ay for a free and untrammelled
press to act? Is thi3 the unsullied
and unbought press we hear so much
of? Great God 1 what a developer
is time and circumstances when it
exposes a subsided press. How
many of the press accepted pay for
advocating the purchase of the opera
house in Atlanta for a State house?
The lease of the State road may
be the best disposition that could
have been made of it at the time.
It was certainly paying the people
nothing, but costing them $300,000 a
year to keep it up. It now pays the
people $300,000 a year. At the time
of the lease we did not think the
rental was enough, and therefore
would not have advocated the lease
upon any terms.
Since the foregoing wasput in type
we have received Columbus
Times , the edithr and one of the pro
prietors of which was connected in
the same relations with the Enquirer
at the time. It says:
We find by reference to the old
books of the office that Gov. Brown
published in the columns of the En
quirer an article explanatory of the
lease, and that he was charged for it
as an advertisement at the regular
rates charged to other advertisement
was $72, which Gov. Brown paid
two years afterwards. The following
lk/ ■*“** +Ha hooks:
1872. Ex-Gov, Jos. E. Browp,
July 16. To publishing letter respecting the
lease of the State Road. 36 sq., d&w |72
April 13, 1874—8 y cash to balance 72
The above was the only transaction
between Gov. Brown and the Enqui
rer office after he left the Gubernato
rial chair, and the only payment
made to the Enquirer for any publica
tion touching the State Road lease.
The Constitutionalist was in the
hands of other gentlemen than those
now conducting it. We have seen no
reply from the Macon Telegraph. If
the other papers did as the Enquirer
in this matter, it was a mere business
transaction, and not an advocacy of
the lease by those papers. Of course
the explanation of Gov. Brown was
designated as an advertisement in
each of the papers named.
TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION,
Temperance legislation has consum
ed too much of the time of the Leg
islature for the past few years. This
is a matter that does not belong to
the legislation of a State any more
than religious legislation would be.
If we have the right to legislate upon
the habits of the people as to what
they shall eat or drink we have the
same right to legislate them into cer
tain religious views and to deprive
them of the freedom of thought and
action in regard to that subject. Law
is not intended to restrain personal
liberty as long as the exercise of that
liberty does not conflict with public
order and the rights of others.
Temperance legislation is simply a
prohibition of personal and private
rights and forces the habits of some
to conform to the ideas of others in
regard to matters about which there
is honest difference of opinion.
Asa means of reformation tem
perance legislation has proven the
most abortive of all legislation. Like
all sumptuary legislation it is the
most obnoxious to free thinkers, and
infre government sumptuary law’s are
the most odious, and hence the most
abortive in results. The best refor
matory legislation upon the subject
of temperance w r ould be to punish
the manufacturers and sellers for all
impure or adulterated liquors found
in their hands, and also to punish
those who indulge to such excess as
to causa their families or the com
munity to suffer by such indulgence.
This is the most direct way to meet
the evils of intemperance by law 1 —
for as long as ardent spirits are man
ufactured they w ill be drank, and the
best that can be done is to have pure
liquors; and all the temperance leg
islation from now till doomsday will
not efface the evil, and is only an
unnecessary expense to the people.
THAT RING.
In its issue of the 12tli inst., the
Augusta Constitutionalist says:
“The Caktersville Express
calls for the names of the ring in At
lanta. Second the motion.”
A friend remarked to us the other
day in Atlanta that there waaa for
midable political ring being made up
about the halls of the Legislature,
but that he was not permitted to di
vulge for the reason that he would
commit a breach of confidence. What
the nature of that ring is he did not
state, except that it was political in
its nature, and was designed for the
political advancement of a certain
clique who can only aspire to oflice
through the manipulation of such
combinations.
We are fearful that such rings are
forming to defeat the will of the peo
ple. If we can get at them we shall
certainly expose them and publish
their names, and we feel confident
we are on their track. If we are not
we w ill be. These rings in the Dem
oetatic party must be put down at
all hazards.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY.
We clip the following paragraph
from the New York Herald , of the
11th inst.:
A writer from Northern Georgia
says:—“lt will require the very
wisest action on the part x>f the De
mocracy in the gubernatorial nomi
nation to avoid a split in the party.
Ido not exaggerate the danger. It
is going to take the best kind of
management to avoid independent
action to a large extent.”
Who the “writer from North Geor
gia” is we have no means of knowing;
hut we are fearful that the scramble,
already begun will seriously endan
ger if not defeat the Democratic par
ty in Georgia next fall. If the per
sistent efforts of the friends of cer
tain gentlemen do not cease “the
split of the party” w ill not be avoid
ed, we fear. Already the Democra
cy is divided into factions, and the
claims of gentlemen are being “push
ed” with as much vehemence on the
part of their friends as if we were in
the midst of the campaign. This is
wrong and pernicious, a fact observ
ed by the masses generally who have
so far manifested but little interest in
the political fortunes of either of the
gentlemen now most conspicuous for
the nomination.
In order to preserve the integrity
of the Democratic organization and
to keep the party intact it will be
necessary for the people to step for
ward and take an active and decided
interest in the matter. It is now too
early for them to speak. At the
proper time they will be heard, and
we hope all w’ill give the subject pa
triotic consideration in time to place
a gentleman in nomination whose
name is not now spoken of in that
connection, and put him forward as a
candidate upon whom all can unite
solidly and unreservedly. This is
the only and true way to restore
Democratic unity and to prevent a
“split of the party”-and an independ
ent candidate for Governor.
the OLD T A LLI A FERRO COUHt
unj!SE.
The most antique court house we
know of is at Crawfordville, Georgia.
It was built in 1828, The first or
ground floor is the court room and is
of brick. The judge’s stand is a
plain piece of carpentry, while the
bar is an enclosure in front of the
judge’s stand. Within this railing
is the prisoner’s box, a feature of the
court room we have only known
lmv "® The jury
boxes are on either side of the judge
stand. The bar does not enclose
either the judges stand or the jury
boxes, but looks more like a square
pen than anything else we can think
of. The upper floor of the building
contains four rooms, only with a sin
gle narrow passage with two offices on
either side. Without the power to
fully describe it that little antique
looking court house at Crawford ville
is one of the curiosities of Georgia.
But at its bar some of the ablest
members of the legal profession have
declaimed with the eloquence of Cic
ero. Some of the brightest minds of
Georgia have taken flight for distinc
tion at its bar. Their memories will
be long cherished in connection with
it, and none more than that of the
“sage of Liberty Hall,” who first gave
vent to his youthful aspirations with
in the walls of that old court house
and his fondest recollectioi s are of
the clash of intellect with intellect at
its bar.
ALAS, POOR CODE.
No member of the Legislature is a fit repre
sentative of the people who hasn’t lived to
make a proposition to amend at least one sec
tion of IMS code. He who doesn’t make an
effort of that sort need not return to an en
raged and neglected people. —Cartersville
Express.
We learn from one of the lights of
our bar that it will take him about
three years to find out what the law
is after the adjournment of the Leg
islature. Considering that the code
will be battered and bruised and
mangled in the interval, by another
Legislature, we do not see much
ctiance of his over catching up With
the authorities. At this rate, we
know not which would be the bet
ter: an adjournment of the Legisla
ture until the lawyers can master
their profession, or the total aboli
tion of a code that is shot at more
than aSchuetzenfest target.— Augusta
Constitutionalist.
The whole will result in a good
job for two or three lawyers in a re
vision of the code. We have no idea
there is one lawyer in ten who is at
all familiar with the amendments to
our present code, and we doubt if
old David Irwin would recognize it
if it were property revised and pre
sented to him. But the code is the
victim of the ambition of hundreds
of amateur legislators who have “to
do something” to transmit their
names to posterity—in the pages of
the journals of the Legislature which
few of the people ever see.
It is said the failure of the South
ern Insurance Company is greatly
damaging the prospects of General
Colquitt for the gubernatorial nomi
nation. We do not see how this cir
cumstance should affect the chances
of that gentleman. It was a matter
which he could not control any more
than any other employee of the com
pany. This circumstance cannot be
justly used against him, and no man
ly competitor will attempt it—for it
is well known that General Colquitt
i$ not only a true and gallant soldier,
but a true and honest man. This
much we say not as an advocate for
his nomination, but as one who
would see justice done though the
heavens fall, whether to a friend or
foe.
The Athens Watchman, in speak
ing of the gubernatorial outlook,
says: “We are pleased to see that
the people generally are now taking
so little interest in the matter.” If
there is any subject in the world in
w hich the people 01 Georgia are di
rectly interested it is that of the gu
bernatorial office, and they should
see to it that they elect a man to fill
the office whose administration will
reflect honor upon it, and who does
not seek it for the honor it confers
upon kiffi.
TOO MUCH LAW-MAKING.
With an organic law confining leg
islation to general laws applicable :
to all parts and all communitees of
the State, so that a man from Chat
ham county would understand the
laws in force in Dade as well as ke
would at home, we should have less
conflicting interests in our State.
The laws of a State should be gen
eral, and only general, and not spe
cial to suit the whims or caprices of
different communities. What is law
in one county should be law in all
the counties. This would give uni
formity to the application of the
principles of law everywhere ocer
the State. Such a system would be
more acceptable and better under
stood because less complicated and
less expensive and burdensome to an
impoverished and tax-ridden people.
There is too much law-making en
tirely.
The gubernatorial scramble is not
the result of great division of senti
ment among the masses, but the ef
fect of the work of a comparatively
few of the friends of each aspirant.
The people themselves are at present
taking but little interest in the mat
ter, It is a subject about which the
masses have hut little to say. The
political caldron is kept boiling by a
few understrikers who expect some
little office at the hands of their fa
vorites if nominated and elected. *
After a hard struggle for existence
the Atlanta Herald office has been
closed up by the sheriff and will he
sold on the first Tuesday in April.
Its last issue was published on Sun
day last. It is stated that the late
proprietors will begin anew paper
in a few days under anew name.
We drop a tear to the memory of
the Herald , and hope our friends will
give us another paper as lively, but
more successfully.
Under the heading of “The Opin
ion Mill,” the Atlanta Constitution ,
of Sunday, credited The Express
with an article that never appeared
in its columns, which entirely mis
,represents this paper on the guber
natorial question.
New Advertisements.
('I EORGlA—Bartow County.
T Charles W. Sproull has applied for ex
empliou of personalty, and I will pass upou
the same at 10 o’clock a. m. on the 26th day
of February, 1876, at iuy office. This Feb
ruary 14, 1876. J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
(GEORGIA— Bartow Count..
K William Perkins has applied for ex
emption of personalty, and I will pass upon
the same at 10 o’clock a. m., on the 28th
day of February, 16 76, at my office. Tnis
Febiuary 16, 1876. J. A. HOWARD,
lebl7-2t* Ordinary.
GEORGIA— Bartow County.
To Tbosj. VV. Hooper, administrator with
will annexed, of Turner H. Trippe. deceased,
Greeting: It appearing to the Court from the
petition of Robert B. Trippe, that Thomas W.
Hooper, administrator with the will annexed,
of Turner H. Trippe, dec’d, has been guilty of
mismanagement of Turner H. Trippe’s es
tate, in failing to make annual returns, and
that said administrator is insolvent. Ordered,
that said Thomas W. Hooper, administrator,
etc., show cause at the March term, 1876, of
the Court ot Ordinary of the said county, w
lie should not be removed, and J. M. Moon
appointed in his stead, and as it appears also
to the Court, that said T. W. Hooper has re
moved from the limits of this State and county,
it is ordered that a copy of this rule be pub
lished in the Cartersvii.le Express, ouce
a week for threb weeks, before said Court.
Witucss my hand and official signature, this
February 14,1876. J. A. HOWARD,
febl6-31.* Ordinary.
Frank Arnim,
vs |
Warren Akin,
Joseph P. Carr, and f Bl ‘ l *“ EqUltjr ’
Elizabeth G. Stokes, Ex’tx |
of J. W. Stokes, dec’d. J
It appearing to the Conrt that Joseph P.
Carr and Elizabeth G. Stokes, as executrix of
J. VV. Stokes, deceased, two of the defendants
in the above stated case do not reside in the
State ot Georgia. It is ordered that said Jo
seph P. Carr and Elizabeth G. Stokes be
served as defendants in said case by publish
ing this order once a month for four mouths
in the Caktkrsvillf Express prior to the
first day ot the next term of this Court aud
that said defendants do appear at the next
term of this Court, and make their defence
to said bill. February 5, 1876.
C. D. MeCUTCHEN, J. 8. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Bartow
Superior Court. This February 5, 1976.
Thus. A. Word.
Bartow County.
Presentments of the Grand Jury, Fifth
Week, January Term, 187 C.
ST ATE OF G EOltG I A—B A RTO W T COUNT f.
We,‘the Grand Jury, chosen and sworn f*r
tlie fifth week of the January Term, 1870, make
the following as our presentments.
We agree with the former Grand Juries of
this term in their presentments except in thj
following:
The Grand Juries of the first and third weeks
recommend the consolidation of the offices tf
tax collector aud tax receiver, and that the
said officer be paid one thousand dollars ($1,00(1)
per annum for his services.
The Grand Jury of ltic second week recom
mend a reduction of the commissions paid, but
not a consolidation of the offices. In which wa
concur.
We disagree with the Grand Jury of the
third week in reference to abolishing tin
office of Treasurer and requiring the ordinary
to perform the dutses of that office, and we
think the commissions allowed the Treasure!
viz: 1!* per cent, lor receiving and 1 4 - pel
cent, tor disbursing, low enough considering
the responsibilities of the office.
We also disagree with two former GianU
Juries in reference to the reduction of the
price heretofore allowed lor feeding prisoners
in jail, Irom fifty cents to thirty cents per dav
from the present indications of a probable ad
vance in provisions ot all kinds. We tliereloj
recommend that the County Commissioners al
low thejailor the same that lie is now geitin<
for feeding the prisoners under liis charge ii
the jaii.
We also think the lawful fees allowed t>ie j
Sheriff is not more than a just compensation
for such labors.
We also concur with the Grand Jury of the
the fourth week in regard to a County Crimi
nal Court.
We deem it inexpedient for the County Com
missioners to make any appropriations Ur
building a bridge at either ot the following
places: Col. C. M. Jones’ or Clias Dobbs’ acro&
l'umpkin vine Creek or across Raccoon Creek
on the Alabama road.
We also recommend the Board of County
Commissioners that in hiring out the county
convicts that they require the parties to whom
they are hired to keep them in close confine
ment atall times, allowing them no commu
nication with the outer world.
We a'so respectfully request the General As
sembly now in session to repeal so much of tlie
local option law as relates to the county f
Bartow.
As the former Grand Juries for this term <t
the Court have reported the roads in better
condition than usual at this season of the yeai,
and as the road commissioners are laboring
under a rule nisi, we rcspecttully ask hs
Honor to discharge said road comrhisidonpis
from any legal liabilities they may lubi
under ami farther attendance on Court, if u
so doing, lie can discharge his official duties.
The jury -ecommend these presentments
be published in noth the county papers.
We return our thanks to His Honor, Judte
McCutchen, for his courtesy and kindness to
this body during the week.' Also to the Solic
itor General, Col. Haekett. W’e feel gratenl
to the Sheriff Clerk and other officers of tie
Court lor their kindness.
MARK A. HARDIN, Foreman.
J AM ESC. MILAM, Clerk.
singleton Mcguike.Thos. W. Simpson,
Tilman F. Bridges. James A, Thompson,
John g. Shaw, Aug. G. Chapman,
William c, Edwards, John F Hood,
John H. Hr**, James H Williams,
Franc ii. M. Johnson, Hkseki ah S. Best.
O. B Conyers, H ahvky s. Ckawfobi,
Francis M. Ford, James w. Rich,
James t. Harrison,
Bartow Superior Court, >
January Term, 1876. |
Ordered that the presentments be H’Ublishet
as recommended by the Grand Jurv. In ofiet
court, February 9, i876.
C. D. MCCUTCHEN, J. S. C. C. C.
A. T. Hackett* Sol. Gen.
A true extract from the minutes of Rartoy
Superior Courts TuOkoa A. Word; Clerk:
New Advertisements.
Lost.
EITHER in town, or between town end
Rowland's Ferry, a ve> v DARK BROWN
uV KRCOAT. The finder will be rewarded by
leaving it at this office, or returning it to me.
feb!7-lt JOHNS. HO 1,1.1N SH E\ D.
Wanted.
A SITUATION as Salesman, Book-keeper,
or both, in the grocery or dry goo< ds bus
iness by a gentleman of twenty-eight years
experience. Address “W.” care Cartersville
Express, Cartersville, Gs.
Sealed Proposals.
TO BUILD A BRIDGE across Enhnrlee
Creek, in the 17th District of Bartow
County, on what is called the “New Ala
bama road,” between the places of J. G. Col
bert and Thos. Colbert, will be received un
til the first Tuesday in March, 1876, in ac
cordance with the following specifications now
on file in the County Commissioner’s office:
The said new bridge to be one foot higher
than the old bridge; to be covered with plank
sixteen feet long; to have seven sleepers; tin
mud sills, uprights and cap sills to be of
good heart post oak; the sleepers of heart
pine, and the floor or covering to be all of
heart pine, 1% inches thick, quartered. Tin
bridge to have swinging arch as the present
one, with substantial banisters. The mud
sills, upright posts and cap sills 12x12 inches;
sleepers Bxl2 inches.
The party receiving contract to give bond
with good and sufficient security, that the
bridge be kept up seven years after comple
tion. Bond to be filed with bid.
By order of the Board of Commissioners,
Bartow county; this January 15th. 1876.
JOHN H. WIKLE,
febl7-3t Clerk B. C. B. C.
Sealed Proposals
TO BUILD A BRIDGE across Pumpkin
vine Crjek in Bartow County, near Col.
C. M. Jones’ in Allatoona district, will be
recived until the first Tuesday in March next,
in accordance with the following specifica
tions now on file in the County Commission
er’s office, in Cartersville, Ga.
The s:<id Bridge to be built entirely above
high water. The mud sills, upright posts and
cap sills to be post oak or white oak, Bxl2
inches; sleepers to be of good heart pine, post
oak or white oak, Bxl2 inches, six in num
ber. Floor to be of good heart pine I}s
inches thick, six inches wide, fourteen fee*
long. Bridge to have good and sufficient ban
isters.
The party receiving contract to give good
and sufficient security that the bridge will be
kept in good condition for seven years from
completion. Name of securities to be filed
with bid.
By order of the Board ol Commissioners
of Bartow County, this 2d February, 1573
JOHN 11. WIKLE.
fcbl7-3t. Clerk B. C. B. C.
Jlore Onion Nets .Needed
171 L PASO ONJON SEEDS sowed anywhere
J in the GnlrStatcs in February, will ma
ture fine onions in July. The largest and
sweetest Onion grown. Price per packet, 25
cents 50 cents and SI.OO. Pc pound $5 00: four
pounds. $lO 00; 20 pounds, $75.00; 100 pounds
$150.00. Seeds all Jresh and genuine. Address
all orders to E. 11. CUSHING,
Houston, Texas.
a. n vA\i>i vi: is !•:.
BAKER AND CONFECIiGHER,
RESPECTFULLY informs his old friends
) that he is still at the old stand, ready and
willing to serve tne hungry.
Weddings & Parties Served at Short Notice
fehlp him a call.
Li ou n and Tl* ip T icket
TO
cM/iiNNJiu £ lanKSONVILLE
I2AROM date I will sell a round trip ticket to
. Savannah at $17.76. and Jacksonville, Fla.
at $27.36, via Augusta and the
Magnolia Route.
R. D. MANN, Geneial Ticket Agent.
No, 4, Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
feblo-l m.
500 Volumes in One.
AGENTS WANTED lor The Library of
PoETRYAND §ONG.
Being Choice Selections from the Best
Poets, English, Scotch , Irish
and American , by
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
If one had the complete works of all the
poets, itself a large Library, costing from
SSOO to SI,OOO, he would not gain in a lifetime,
perhaps, so comprehensive a knowledge of the
poets themselves, their best productions, the
period during which they wrote, and the
places honored by (heir birth, as from this ele
gant volun.>-. The handsomest and cheapest
subscription book extant. Having an immense
sale. Easy terms. Send for circular.
J. It. FOJKI) & CO.. ‘27 Park Place, N. Y:
jant3-4t
N. 11. PATILLO,
Fashionable Tailor.
. a. Thankful for past favors respectfully so
licits a continuance of patronage. He
11,2 guarantees GOOD FITS and work done
..iLA. in the best stile.
SHOP up stairs, Bank Block, opposite depot.
an2o-tl.
RANSE SELLERS SALQON~
Corner Prior Street and Railroad Crossing,
in Dodd’s New Building.
Atlanta, Georgia.
THE BEST OF lIQIMSALWAYS ON HAND.
My old friends in Cartersville and vicinity
aie respectfully invited to give me a call
when they visit Atlanta.
an!o-4t. RANSE SELLERS.
Laud and Town Property
For Sale.
179 acres of land—7o acres cleared, ballance
well-timbered— witbiu three miles of Car
ters vi lie, comfortably improved. ■ Possession
#riven at once, price *2 000, House and lot ot
5 acres of land on Knvin street, with good
well and all necessary outbuildings. Also tw
good farm mules, and one horse. Terms made
easy. J. A. HOWARD.
JOHN T. OWEN*
At S & Co.’s Drug Store.
MAIN STREET, JCARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL sell 'Watches, Clocks and Jew
elry, Spectacles. Silver and Sil
ver-plated Goods, and will sell them as cheap
:ts they can be bought anv where. Warranted
to prove as represented
All work done by me warranted to give sat
isfaction. Give me a call. jan27-ly.
CN KOUGIA HAKTOW COUNTY.
Jf Whereas, Prircida Harris has applied for
letters of administratioh on the estate of Ben
jamin Harris, late of said county, deceased.
"This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to tile their objections, if any they
have, in my office, within the time prescribed
hy law. else letter- will he granted applicant
as applied for. Witnc-smV hand and official
signature. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
an27-4t.
CRABPTOB'S IMPERIAL SOAP
IS “THE BEST.”
mills soap is manulacturcd from pnre ma
-1 terials and as it contains a large per
centage of Vegetable Oil, is warranted fully
equal to the best imported Castile Soap, and
at the same time possesses all the washing and
cleansing properties of the celebrated German
and French Laundry Soaps. It is therefore
recommended for use in the Laundry,
Kitchen and Bath room, and for general house
hold purposes; also, for Printers, Painters,
Engineers and Machinists, as it w ill remove
stains of Ink, Grease. Tar, Oil, Paint, etc.,
from the hands. Manufactured only bv
For sale by Boynton, Cartel* & Cos, Atlanta.
Crampton Bro3.
2,4, 6, 8 and 10 Rutgers Place, and 3u Jefferson
dcclfs-ly Street, New York.
IIATM AID BO WL I S
AT
Wholesale and. Retail
Ladiks. when you visit Rome you will not
see all the attractions unless you visit
MSS. T. B. WHAMS' FASHION EMPORIUM
where yon will always find the finest and most
stylish millinery to 6e found in North Geor
gia. New York styles received weekly, and
with long experience in the business, and as
sisted by the best trimmers in the State, it is
almost impossible to compete with her in
styles and prices. Call at No. 107 Broad stre
and see if the above is not correct. der2-lv
A.O ARNOCHAN
Manufacturer and dealer iu
SADDLES, HARNESS, ETC.
ROME, GA.
ALL work warranted to be done well and
on term* tb suit the Time*: dot# tf
New Advertisements.
" Doiiißstic ” Setii Mata
Liberal terms ol Exchange for Second-hand
Machines of every description.
‘Domestic’ Paper Fashions.
The best Patterns made. Send Cc lor catalog tie
Address DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO.,
Agents Wanted. NE XV YORK,
f a day at home. Agcuts wanted. Outfit
4)1 Z and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta,
Maine.
ASTONISHING!
‘ Tet forty days and Xinerah shall be orerthroicn”
Future events prophecied by rules in Ben
ner’s Prophetic Hook. Fortui es told in the
tips and downs o'prices for the next twenty
years; the future judged by the past. What
years to make money on pig iron, hogs, corn,
provisions, cotton, and when we wil' have the
next panic, what year hard times will end and
business revive again. Every farmer, manu
facturer, legitimate trader and speculator
should have-this book to know the luture, so
as to avoid loss and be successful. Sent to anv
name, postpaid, for sl. Address SAMUEL
BENNER, Bainbridge, Ross Cos., ().
FOB 1876
APPLETON'S
JOURNAL.
A IIOISUH/LI) WEEKLY JIAUZINE,
DEVOTED TO
Popular Literature, anti all Mat
ters of Taste and Culture.
Appleton’s Joi’rnal appears in new type
and other mechanical improvements, making
it the handsomest weekly literary journal in
the country. Appleton’s Journal aims to he
comprehensive, including in its plan all
branches of literature, and treating all sub
jects ol interest to intelligent readers; it de
signs to be elevated in taste and pure in tone'
it gives in quantity fully tweutv-five per cent,
more than the largest of the Monthly Maga
zines, whiltf in quality its literature is of the
highest class.
Price, $5 per annum, Ten Cents per Number.
Special f- * nnouncement.
The undersigned have procured exclusively
for subscribers to Appleton's Journal, a splen
did steel enarraving of
‘‘CHARLES DICKENS IN HIS STUDY”
which is offered, under special terms, to every
subscriber—in advance—to journal for 1876.
This steel engraving is in line and stipple.
It is n--t a fancy picture, but tin actual repre
sentation of Charles Dickens’ studv at Oad
shm, while the portrait of the distinguished
author is strikingly faithful. The size of Use
plate is 20x14, printed on heavy plate paper.
v4XoO, making Rlargo and handsome
torthe parlor or library wall. The execution
of the plate is of a superior order.
The ordinary price ol a steel engraving, of
this character, in the print shops, would not
he less than five, and perhaps six dollars. It is
offered exclusively to subscribers, in addition to
the Journal for one year, for $5 Oil—that is tor $1
additional each yearly advance subscriber to
the Journal for 1876 may receive a superb en
graving worth fully live times the amount.
This engraving is entirely new. It has never
been tor sale in the print-shops, and cannot be
obtained except in connection tcith Appleton’s
Journal upon the terms and conditions given
above. It will he mailed to subscribers postage
prepaid. D. APPLKTON & CO..
549 and 551 Broadway, New York-
m PER WEEK GUAR \N I’E.2D to agents.
Male and Female, in their own locali
ty. Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Ad
dress P.O. VICKERY & CO., Augusta, Maine.
6JC P° r day at home. Samples
$3 4>ZU north $l free. Stinson & Cos.
Portland, .Maine.
fe6|>SY< CiloMAXt Y. 07 SOUL CII A ltM -
X. IKG.” VYow either sex may fascinate
and gain the love and affection of any person
they Mioose, instantly. This art all can pos
sess, free, by mail, for2s cents: together with
y.UTarriage guide. Egyptian Oracle, dreams,
* Address M?t co A & r
Philadelphia. LU ’ 1 “ 1J *•
V GENTS, the greatest chance of the age.
. Address, with stamp. National Copying
Company, Atlanta, Ga.
t EMPLOYMENT Male and Female, salary
j or commission. We pay agents a salary
ef S3O a week and expenses. Eureka M’f’g
Cos. Hartford, Conn.
Educational.
! ROME MALE HIGH SCHOOL.
rpilE Spring Term will begin January 10, and
1 will close June 24, 1876.
Tuition in High School for 6 months - - S3O
Tuition in Grammar Department - - 21
One halt of the above rates arc required in
advance, the other, at the end of the term! or
if preferred, bills may be paid at the c*We of
each month. Charges will he made Irom the
time of entrance until the close of the session,
no deduction except in cases of protracted sick
ness.
Students will be prepared for any class in
college, or they can comnletc the collegiate
course in this school,
anti-tf .)■ M. PROCTOR, Principal.
ROME FEMALE COLLEGE.
i
Rev. J. M, Ivl. Caldwell* Pres’t
#TII E Spring term of the above Sem
inary for young ladies will com
: nienee on the
LAST MONDAY OF JANUARY
next. The present full and effi
cient corps of instructors will con
tinue to constitute its faculty.
The President takes pleasure in announcing
to the friends and alumr.se of the college that
the last year, the nineteenth of its existence,
has been one or unexampled pro. peiitv. 'The
buildings have been enlarged and anew one
constructed and the facilities for instruction
greatly increased.
Ten per cent, deducted from the catalogue
prices for hoard.
For further particulars, address
duclG-tl J. M. M. CALDWELL, Rome, Ga.
A GLASS IN MUSIC.
Prof.- R. Teusler,
OF ROME,
EF F sufficiently encouraged, will teach a class
H in music in’ Cartersville, TWO DAYS OF
EACH WEEK. Ten pupils would he the least
nnmlx r ho would undertake to teach.
Prof, "Teusler refers to Maj. G. 11. Waring,
of Kingston, and to his patrons of Rome.
janl3tf.
SOUTHERN FEMALE COLLEGE
GA.
F A. C TJ L T Y -
I. F. COX, A. SI., President,
Matin matics and Ancient Languages.
Alev. A. U. CALLAWAY,
Mental and Moral Sciences and Belles Lcttres.
Mile. E.V. FOURNIER, Native of France.
Modern Languages, Cali-thenies, Hair and
Wax Work; also presides at French table
where French only is spoken.
Mrs. I. F. COX,
English Literature.
Professor SCHIH.MACIIF.It,
Principal of Music Department.
Miss SAI-LIE C. COX, and Miss ALICE
M. COX,
Assistants in Music Department.
J. M. TOMLINSON,
Portrait Painting, Sketching from Nature
Theory of Colors, etc.
MiisM. E. STAKELY, •
Drawing, Painting in Water Colors, Oil and
Pastel.
THIS Institution in all its appointments
will challenge a comparison with any in
the South.
Prof. Schirmacher is a graduate of Leipsic,
for sears the pupil of Mendelssohn, David,
Richter and Plaidy. Miss Stukelv i- an artist
of rare merit and remarkable .-access, prof.
Tomlinson stands at the head of his profession.
The hundreds of portraits executed by him at
I.hGrange attest his merits as an artist.
The premium of fifty dollars for “best music
class,” and twenty-live dollars for “best per
former” were awarded pupils of this Collere,
at the State Fair iu Atlanta, last year. They
received the same premiums, also two years
before. Three different pupils received" pre
miums as best p musts.
The Boarding House lias been greatlv en
larged, and its capacity doubled, to accommo
date the growing patronage.
The Spring Term opens the 19th of January.
Bo ird, per an> um, with washing tuel and
lights. $155.0n; Tuition. S6O Music, f6O; Use oi
Piano, $7; Contingent fee, *4; Art Department,
$2.50 to 15.00. Vocal Music, drawing and Calis
thenics free of charge For particulars ad
dress I.F. COA, President,
jaufotf
BALE’S GIJANO, Price 850 Per Ter-.
Bale’s Chemical, Price 860 7'
CL oltoii it at IS €'en<.
.4 liibei’al IfciKroizist fur
UQMF, Ga.. Jjuymry 1C i£~6
rllilE undersigned, manufacturer of above braids of v. > ;
1. manufurt tiring u-i’ilizovs here two tears, and Ujal i ...
islui tloir, iiis fertilizers bavbeen inspected and are tiovv i eadv -A'e. r
•T. j\. o U.A.X.j]E oiiiu, CtJ a.
THE SIUGEE, SEWBTG MACHHTE
THE PEOPLE’S FAYORITK.
The Largest Sales because the fVlost Popular.
The IViost PopularOscauEG T' o L _ ■.
„ VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE.
Sales in 1871 _
Salts in 1872 ..1.1.1..f.'.'.V.VJ!*."
Sales in 1873 :
Sales in -1874
Nearly 150.0:0 more than w.:s sold hy tlm next highest .in, -.iter an 1 over 6•. pi n .
soul by all othor companies combined ! ! ! -
Address the Singer Manufacturing Company, 172 Bronitbtoo Sti. t. 8 \ , i
Beattv. Agent; torner Bioad and Alabama sts.. Athiu:::. G 1 ?_ \V. j . , •' \ .
at St ; ok< h and W illsanis’ Popular Store, Cartersville, G.i. lt.W. B. 'iKKlili i,A . n’t.
1 \ i .5 ly,
Hardware and Farmbg Implement:'.
BAKER HALL
CALL the attention of,their enstnmers to a general and coni’Jete - 'of h i ,\t \r;
■FARMING IMPLEMENTS,such ;.s ■ *
PLOWS, HOES, COTTON PLANTERS, ETC,
*
Wo al so have a complete stock of J IELD 8 BEDS t
Grass, German Milletr, etc. as cheap as thev can b —-iM i>i th - ■i . . v. .
have a complete stock of READY MADE IT.Ovys Doth Iron and •. I. We
Nails ...
Bar Iron
Steel Slabs • •
liam Slabs ...
Cast Steel y.. . - ,
Swecd Iron
For the cash we can sell as cheap as the same "iu;'i it'• of von u < .:n b” * v,
(ebl.j-t I' BAKER & HALL.
N. GILREATH SOxf,
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES JN ICdB SUPPLIES.
WE would call the attention of the people of Bartow ami ad mini eg < .. ;,,
goods which we Offer to Cash Pnrchas, -at i ;-i -1 , -ujt j;„. || n .,
■it reasonable prices. We would also mention Fiat all g is -.veil i■ i , “
line, such as
Laces, Ribbons, Hosiery, Cloves, Dress C cc
including Alpacas, Poplins, Merinos, Delaiiu.'. etc, gent - m dc- u’
net and linen eollai s, cravats, shawls, fanev c„- iirser.*-. c’lera ti tmv.ds. d.i.C. .
poods out side oi'strict staple we offer, not at eo-t. ;.,,t ,■ 51, ie. - 1. 'u hit, 1 <
these lines of goods, and will make it to your intere-t to purchase \\ em< • u .
greenlntek-H— rotbe.rwise we will sell at reason able prices ami tivat you a- w
U'e wil! krepon hand n good st.., tOl dome-tic- blcaelied and mV ! i ( . : -b . ■
iltgs tiekiqgs, factory checks, jeans, s ’ tv . at
.toct of boots iuidilKi(.s, clotning, hats, q-nnensware and • ; ~... . , .
syrnp. salt meats, meal, rice, fish, soap, starch, cat Ues-niateb
wooden w a re, Including well backets," water bn ikt ts tubs - : . -: : ,
articles too tedious to mention. Wo mean bnsin, s■. Dive u- a
Advances to Planters.
Owing to the present low price of cotton, and helievhvr ib ■ to,-dig -ad . v ,
bring more remunerative pric-s we are prepare • to m ,ke l;b- rai
to hold their cotton the following terms, viz: We v iil ::dv. r, ; th:<•-!- , ,
ton when delivered tc u<, to be -hipped, charging interest on the aai-.u'nt . ’ , ~.
cent, per annum, and 50 cent- p r bale charges for oar w-,rk m iki.. , ",
shipping, etc. We will recejpi for ths cotton and lie rt for the s
original sale hill when sold. Will hold cot; >n tin'll.Til 1 ■ -:a I.
William L. Bradley’s Standard Fertilisers.
PRINTUP BRO & POLLARD,
FORMERLY
IPO:-Ij JLiID ct-3 00.,
Cotton Factors, General Agents, Augusta, Georgia.
(eb)
"V
-- vfrff-evi.v -j .1.• ■
e- . ' JCsy-sr ...
0?■ •. _7; ‘ ,
r •/ v_.
*;A. ’... * • ..- .' ■'
" „.*r* •• •%
rfr and r-v,
- - ..4&~ $■ ■ f -7. - 0 —•.. *- s
"
<—r- J
E. 3Z>.
tea Frnvl Iriiaiio.
Sea Fnwl fiisaaio. in Ba" 200 lbs. eadi.
V. f. Foe** Kuperphfspliate of Usise, i, ’.
The above standard Fertilizers having been in use for the ; > •- ev r, •>, oth,
with unequalled suet c*s arc again oif. udatpi it - ih;.‘ cai.m.-t '.. ,ivc and.. o a e
the stand ir,| is guaranteed to be equal, if n„l - crio- t<> :,>iv rv-r-< !>.
For pric sand terms apple to T. VV. JitXTK!:, Agent, Gm tersviile. <,.i. t, a !.,;.
ERWIN, RAMSAIffi&GG
PEACEIt-S IN’
Dry Goods?
Clotlimg;,
Hoots? Shoes,
Notions, Bagging, Ties, Etc.
and Bering
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO TEE TEAEE
Purchasers wanting GOOD GOODS, at low
prices, arc invited to examine their
stock which is complete, and
NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING,
ec2-tt
Sargeant’s Restaurant^
liome, Ga.
FTWrS old and popular restaurant is not
SL only preparek to feed the hungry with
the best the market affords,- but i- also pre
pared to accommodate the public with
LOIDGIKTCt.
Board and I.edging, per day - - - i-2 00
Single meal - - - - ’ - - 5.0
Single Lodging ----- 50
The public are re-;) ’.-! f.iiu- invited to give
US a call. SAKGEANT & WEBB.
dee3o-tf
j. s. McCreary,
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,
Breeder and shipper of the celebrated
POLAND CHINA HOGS,
OF THE BEST QUALITY.
££&*Send for pi icc list and circular,
at. 0 13’
DENTAL NOTICE.
DR. J. A. TSGN U R,
Office up-stairs, in Brick Building opposite
The Express Office.
TREATS diseased gurus ami abscessed teeth,
fills mid clean- teeth, extiacts teeth, amt
Inserts artificial teeth. All work guaranteed.
Her#*' Term- reasonable.
I. JI. lEAUVE,
TAILOR AND DYER,
18 prepared to do any work in his line. Will
dye clothes in any desired color. Order
left at Moon’s store will lecoivo prompt at
tention. /anfr-iV.
Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna.
E. SH. I. AHTHOHY * CO.,
SOI Brofutvay, New York,
(Opp. Metropolitan Hotel)
Manufacturers, Importers ,-.rd Dealers in
CHRfISSOS ANfi FRSME3.
STEREOSCOPES* VIEWS
Albums. Graphoscopes & Suitable Views,
PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. ETC.
We are Ilead-iunrlrr for everything in the
way of
Stereoptieons or Magic Lanterns,
Being Manufacturers 04 li.c
MICRO-St IENTIFK LANTERN,
STEUK'> -PA NORTH ON.
UNIVERSITY -TEREOPTH ON.
ADVERT I SKIPS -TERKoPTICON
A To Pi ic IN.
SCHOOL L\ N TERN. FAMILY T. WTi ILNS
people's lantern.
Each style being the b.--t <tf its clu - in the
market.
Catalogues of lanters a-id slide- with die c
tior.s tor n- ir g sent on application.
Any eut* rprising can in Le mnnev
with a magic iartei n.
Jfek/*’ Gut out tliis advertisement lor rcT'-r
--etu-c.
CMHAPKSW A\l> BEST.
HOWARD HYDRAULIC CEIESf,
Manufactured near Kii.jr.-tOD, .Bart 0, ■
O'
jjYQUA L to the best imported Portland Ce
,'j ne iit. ft ■nil ft r eiieuiar. Try this be
fore bus inr eßew here.
Refers In pciinissi-.n to Mr. A. .T. W
PiCiidejit Cherokee Iron company, Cedai toe. n,
Ga.. uli >ln - la.i t 1 1 .1 .
using this cement-and pr iio-.iiieirnr ii the G -t
110 ever used. Also reicr to Geu. Vui M-lie,
superintendent IV. A A. R. R. Go., who Las
been using it for piers of bridges and-cul
verts on lii- raijroad, lor two years! also to
Can*. John Forte':. G. E. Also to Mr. F. J.
Stout,Sup’t. Bartow Ivon Company, L-ui,
Ga , who has built several large oi s- Wi-;h
it, which arc perfect; to M< ~-r>. Smith. s>m &
i!ro.. of Rome, who have made a tplei.did
1 Kvemcot v ith it; to Gap*. ’>!. B. Grai.i 1 Mr.
Gilbert £u-for. c>l Savannah, who have use*'. it
with great success in stucco work; or Major
Bryan. of savannah; Mr. J..T. Cohen, of Koff
to Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., wh have
used it for fountain-, pavements, rteh poo ls,
cellar floors, etc.! T. G- Douglass. stipt. E.st
River Bridge, New York, who pronounces it
equal to the Imported English Portland Ce
ment. Address G. 11. waking,
sC‘p:3-l v. - Kins' ton. 1 . 1 .
A GOOD
Newiug’ Machine
FOR SALE CHEAP.
BUT little used ar.d will be sold very low
for tire cash. The machine can be" seen
at the store of Air. R. VV. .Satterfield.
The machine will be exchanged for a fir.-t
rale cow and young calf.
BACON FOR SALE OTTiIE.
A BGU T the Ist of February jvc will have
afsc on 1* iiul a large lot of choice
jßlll I'SL I.VT. O Ck tSc ,
to sell 00 credit until the 1-t of Gitobc, I'7 ’-
We sell only for approved notes -* i tired " ‘
appeal to all those who owe us for supplies >
nr ;ke j.iouipt payment.
fotSL-rtn. J. J, ED WARD A §ON •
C3 uar jrm teecl
Equal to Any Ever Soli