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' " r "’ ' '**’ *??' yv-w •> pi xWVW.’inr - mmmem — THE CARTERSYILLE EXPRESS. BY C. 11. C. WILLINGHAM. The Cartersville Express. [OLD STANDARD AND EXPRESS] RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy one year |2 00 One copy six month* 1 00 One copy three months 50 In Adm net. Club*.—For Clubs of ten copies or more $1.50 per annum for each copy. KATES OF ADVERTISING. The following are our e*tablished rates '.'or advertising, and will be strictly adhered to in all case^.: iT 1 wk 2 w.- 0 w*|4 w-j 2 in. 3 ni.in m.|l2 ni 1 111 oo||l 59 $2 00j$2 50 $4 50 v 6 2 2 Hi! 300 4 00! st!>)o 0 12 Ujl7 00 200 3 3(M 4 50 5 -5 6 75 il B 00 16 00 21 00 30 00 4 4 0 575 7 2'ii 85014501875 25 00 36 00 r>‘ 50 ' 7008,51025 i, 00 21 50'29 0) 42 00 ti 6 00 H 25 10 25(12 00.19 5,, 2l 21|33 00 48 0. 7 7 tie 950 11 i's| 13 75)22 27 00 37 0 54 <0 H 1 8 00 10 75 13 25(15 50 24 t 89 75-41 00 60 00 9 9 O') 12 On M 7. 17 25 27 00 32 50 4.■ 00 66 00 10! 9 75(13 00 !6 00118 75 29 “5 35 11|48 50 71 0u 11)10 50;• 1 00 17 S3 29 25 3| f 1 37 50-52 00 76 00 12 11 15 15 00 ’8 50 21 75 ;“J 75 40 00 5 1 ’ 50 8 00 I 1 ) 12 OOllli 00 9 75,'’il 5 6 00 42 5-,59 00 f6 Of 14 12 75 17 0) : 1 li)J24 75 N254500 62 53 91 00 15 13 50'18 00 22 25 86 25 40 50 4. 50 '6 Mj96 00 16 ! 4 25H 9 00 23 50 27 75 4 2 75 50 Uo ' 9 50; 101 00 17 It 75.19 75 24 5), 29 00 11 75 52 25 f* 2 50|105 00 18 15 25.20 59 j 5 50.30 25 16 75 5- 75 50:109 GO 1 19 15 75 21 25 i'6 50(31 M lt 75 75 78 SOI 113 Oil 20 16 25 a 00 2 . 50,32 75 50 75 59 O 0 81 50)117 00 21 1 10 75 22 7. 28 50 31 t>52756125 84 50 121 00 28 17 25 23 50 20 50 35 25 54 75 6 1 5 87 60 185 10 2; 17 75 21 25 30 59)36 50 56 75 65 75 90 50 129 00 21 13 UO, ’4 75 3i 25)37 50 .58 50 6 . 75 93 00 132 On > Person* sending in advertisements will please designate the department of tile paper j in which they wish them inserted—whether in j the “regular!” ‘’special” or‘‘local” co'umn; also the length of time they wish them pub lished and the space they want them to occupy, j Announcing names of candidates lor ollicc, ! five dollars, invariably in advance. Legal Advertising. Sheriff sales, per levy $2.50 ! “ mortgage fi fa sale*, per inch 450 ' Citations for letters of administration ... 3.00 •“ “ ” guardianship 3.00 i Application for dismission from udmins’n. 6.00 . “ “ *• “ gtinrd’shp 250 1 ** “ leave to sell land 2.50 ! Sales of land per inch ;... 2.59 ' Sales of perishable property. per inch l 50 Notice to debtors and cieditors 350 Foreclosures of mortgage, pei inch 4.0 > - Estray notices, thirty days 2.50 Application lor homestead 1.50 All legal advertisements muxt be paid foe in j admince, and officers mast act accordingly; and tn.it they in iv know hmv to collect for those charged tor by the inch, we will state that 125 words (in this type) make an inch. lVlien B.lls are Due. All hills for advertising in this paper ate due ! at any time after the first insertion ol the same, and will he collceted at the pleasure of the proprietor, unless otherwise arranged by con tract. n.uii.l i ■■ '■ ■■■"■tinjiTf Travelers’ Guide. CHEROKEE RAILROAD. FROM and after this date the following Schedule will he run on the Cherokee Rail- j Leave Roc It mart at 7:00A.A1. | “ Taylorsville, 8:00 “ “ Stilt sboro, 8:25 “ Arrive at l artersville, 9:10 “ Leave Cartersville 3:00 P. M. j St and is boro, 3:50 “ Tav.orsvillc 4:30 “ Arrive at Itockmart, 5:15 11 WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD AND TTS CONNECTIONS. . Th 6 following Schedule takes effect Novem ber 28,1875. NORTHWARD. No. 1. Leave Atlanta * 20 pm x Arrive ( artersville 636 pm j Arrive Kingston 6 42 p in j Arrive Dalton 7 04 p m j Arrive Chattanooga 10 15 p m j No. 3. Leave Atlanta 6 20 a m j Arrive Cartersville 8 48 am j Arrive Kingston 9 li am j Arrive Dalton 10 r>4 a ru | Arrive. Chattanooga 12 42 pm. No. 11. Leave Atlanta 5 55 p in j i Arrive Cartersville 8 50 p m j . Arrive Kingston 9 24 p in j j arrive Dalton 11 45 p in ! I SOUTHWARD- No. 2. j, Avive Chattanooga 4 Oh p m j Leave Dalton 5 5) pm I Arrive Kingston 7 3J) urn j Arrive Carters vine 8 P UI . | Arrive Atlanta ...10 10 p in No. 4. Leave Chattanooga IS it m . Arrive Dalton 14 a m , Arrive Kingston -j ''J il m Arrive Cartersville *•••* — a , m I Arrive Atlanta 11 “ " n 1 >O. 1-6. j , Arrive Dalton I u J” Arrive Kingston 4-l il 1,1 : Arrive Cartersville 5 11 m ! Arrive Atlanta 4'- a ni ; Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 anil 2, be- j ween Sew Orleans and Baltimore. 1 Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 be tween Atlanta and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos ‘a-i nd 2be tween Louisville and Atlanta. jitr-No change of cars between New Orleans Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore and only one change to New \ork. Passengers leaving ‘ tlanta at 4 10 p. in , ar rive in New York the second thereafter at 4 00 P *Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs! at.' various Summer Resorts will been sale j in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, i olum bu*. Macon. Savannah. Augusta and Atlanta, at greatlv reduced rates Ist ol June. Parties desiring a whole ear through to the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore should ad dress the undersigned. ~ , Parties contemplating traveling should send for a oopyof the Kennexaw Route Gazette, con taining schedules, etc. tPT Ask lor tickets via “Ivennesaw Route. • B. VV. WRENS, I General Passenger and Ticket Agent, may22—dtl Atlanta. Ga. j ROME RAILROAD COMPANY. On and alter Sunday, Dec. 12th trains on the t Rome Railroad will tun as follows: DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY. Leave Rome at '":5. a m Arrive at Rome a m^j SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMOGATION. Leaves Koine at 5 45 p m ; Arrive at Rome at... •* P m | ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD. PASSENUE R THAIS—OUTNY AltD. STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE Atlanta in ' 1 East Point 1 n :44 p. m. 10:44 p. in. lied Oak ...10:59 p. m. 11:44 p. m. Fail-burn 11:21 p. m. 11:22 p.m. Palmetto 11:37 p.m. 11:38 p.m. ; Powell’s lt;5 9 p. in, 11 :59 p. m. ; Newnan 19:14 p. m. 13:15 a. m. ; Puckett’s 12N la m 12:35 am | Grantvilte 12:50 a m 12:51 a 111 j Hogansville 1:08 a m 1:09 am Whitfield’s 1:34 a m 1:35 am ] LaG range 1:54 a m 4 :55 am Long Cane 2:21 a m 2:21 am West Point - a,l ° m P V SSENGER THA IN -IN WARD. STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE. West Point _ , ni Long Cane 13:36 p m 13:>-6 f ni I La Grange 1:02 pm 1 pin : W liiuletd’s .. 1 "21 p ra 1:21 |> m Hogan?ville 1:21 V>b * I nl j Grantville 1:51 P ,n P nl Puckett’s 2:13 p m 2:18 p n. New nan 2:29 p 111 a'** m Powell’s 2.44 pm 2:40 p m Palmetto 3:* p m 3:0? p n> Fairhurn 3:42 p m 2:23 p m Rea Oak 3:38 pm *: p m 1 East Point 3:57 p m 3:o7pm I Atlanta... 4:15 |U m SELMA, ROME & DALTON. MAIL TRAIN DAILY —NORTH. 1 Leave Rome 6:10 P m B Arrive at Dalton 3:-4 p m Making clo<e connections at Dalton with the ■ East Tennessee, Virginia ami Georgia Rail- B: roail, and Western and Atlantic Railroad lor ■ a>l Ea-tern and Western cities. MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOUTH. KLeave Dalton ...."V P 111 ■ Arrive at Koine P nl H Arrive at Calera 5:40 a 1,1 S Arrive at Selma 10;20 a ni f Making close connection at Calera for Mont B gumerv and points Soulli, and at Selina wit- K At..l).imaCentral Railroad lor Mobile. New Or- B leans. Meridian, Viek-diurg, Jackson, all Hpoints South in Texas, I.o>iiisiana and Missis- Sgsiupi. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup t. [ Ray Knight, Gen. Ticket and l*a?>’gr Act. GEORGIA RAILROAD. I Day Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad, m Atlanta to Augusta, run us below: ■Limvcs Augusta at ....B:4sam |Bl.c ives Atlanta at 7:00 a ni S Arrives at Augusta 3:30 am 0. Arrives at Atlanta 5:15 p ni Night passenger trains as lollows: BLcaves Augusta at p :>s p m HCeaves Atlanta at 10:3n p m IlrAriive? at Augusta 3:15 a in BRArri ve.s at Atlanta 6:35 a in Accomodation train as follows : H Leaves Atlanta... 5:00 p m Igf Leavgs Covington 5:30 a in ’? Arrives at Atlanta 8;15 ani j, Arrives at Covington.... 7:30 p m 1 THE COOSA RIVER STEAMERS. Steamers on the Coosa River will run as per fi schedule as follows; Be Leave Rome every Monday at 1 pm E: Leave Kume every Thursday a in H Arrive aJ Gadsden Tuesday and Friday.. 9 ain Arrive at RGoiv weduesdav and SaturdaiO p a ft Mi LUAH’L UmA Srti/I' ODE STATE-FINANCES. Governor Smith and Governor Jenkins Vindicated. I Editor of Constitutionalist— S'r:—ln your Ibst issue of the 29th ult., there appeared a communication over the signature of “Tax Payer,” in which gross injustice is done Gov. Smith and the Democratic party in Georgia. True, no complaint is made against the party as such, and yet the sins alleged against the Governor can with equal justice he levelled at the Democratic party. The charges are utterly groundless, as will ap pear; but if Governor Smith as amenable to any of them, so is the whole Democratic party in this State: The Washington Republican and other Radical papers have been mak ing similar anaeks upon the Demo cratic adminihiiaiion in Georgia. This was to be expected ; but one would hardly look to see Southern Democrats joining in this hue and cry. That ex-Treasurer Jones and : his friends, and that the advocates of other gubernatorial candidates, and the holders of discredited bonds of I the State should unite in living to j break down the Governor-should sur prise no intelligent observer of pass ing events. “Tax Payer,” “Old Cit izen.” ami “Reform” were expected j to fue off tlu-ir customary pop guns from the thicket. But the Democrat- ! ic party has a right to look for better | conduct from iis own true friends. The Governor can not be separated from the party, or held exclusively, responsible for the acts of the party. They have both gone hand in hand and both are entitled to the same judgment, whether of praise or con demnation. Thereare particular acts j of emuse, for which they are not joint ly responsible; but so far as our pub lic debt is concerned >hey stand, the Governor and the party, on precisely j tbe same footing, and an attack upon one is an attack upon the other. Notwithstanding this obvious fact, your correspondent seeks to make the j Governor alone responsible for both I his own acts and those of the party. He finds gieat fault about our public | burthens ; and yet he cannot point to a single act of the present admin istration which has added one dollar ! to our public debt. Let us look iuto ) this thing for a moment: By reference to Gov. Jenkins’ rnes-: sage of November, 1866, it will be seen that the State bonds issued an terior to 1861, and still outstanding) amount to $2,676,500 i Mortgaged bonds issued in 1866 3,030,000 j Bonds for Atlantic and Gulf Railroad in 1866 131,500 Total $5,841,000 This was our public debt in No- i vember. 1866. as near as I can arrive I at it. Before the war, the debt was | trifling, and consequently our taxes were light. Immediately after the ! war, however, it will be seen that i this debi had swollen to nearly six millions of dollars, and the taxes to pay ihe interest on this dnbt had to be increased in proportion to the debt itself. But who thinks of censuring Gov. fe’tte jsdeiMmnsUr dsm When they came into office after the war, thev found the Stale finances in the condition of a large neglected plantation, which had been overrun bv contending armies, the houses burnt, the fencing gone, the ditches stopped up, the fields washed, and the stock stolen and carried away. To put such a plantation in working order, heavy expenditures and much labor would he required. So it was with our public affairs, and especially with our disordered finances. Fresh bonds had to be issued, not only to meet current expenses, but to renew old maturing bonds and provide for accrued interest, and to relieve the people from the necessity of present taxation. _ Gov. Jenkins and the Democratic pariv were doing the best they could, w fieri tbe Reconsiruction measures of Congress precipitated Bullock, Blodgett, tbe negroes and the carpet baggers upon us. During their sway, the public debt, direct and conlin rrf.pt was increased many millions, ; and thousands upon thousands were) stolen and wasted. Fortunately Gov. Smith and the Democracy suc ceeded to power early in 1872. They ; went immediately to vvoik, winnow- i ing the chaff from the wheal, separ atin'* the fraudulent from our honest j ! obligations, and reducing the debt, or what was claimed to be our debt, at least one-half. The bonds issued and endorsed by Bullock, if recog nized would have run the debt of the Slate up somewhere between fifteen and twenty millions. Gov. Smith and the Democratic Legislature cut it down however, to one-half that amount, and they have not added a j single dollar to it since. A. word upon this point. After our finances had been over hauled hv the Bond Committee and the Legislature in 1872, under the present Governor, our public debt wns ascertained to be on Janua.y 1, 1873, just 15,186.500. This increase over the debt as it stood in 1866 un der Governor Jenkins was recognized by ti e Legislature, because it was shown that the amount of the in crease had actually gone into the treasury. The total Sta*e debt first of last January, as appears by the report of Treasurer Renfroe, was 13,005,500 —showing an actual reduc- j tion under Gov. Smith of 8181,000 i notwithstanding the con usion in which he found everything, and the alleged loss of nearly 8300,000 under the late Treasurer. This reduction we are assured by the Governor’s late message, will he continued, and further that we may sn-n expect a reduction in our taxes also. The objects of puhhc expenditure before the war were fewer than they arc at this time. Our debt was less, i and so were our taxes. But who is responsible for the change? Not Gov. Jenkins, nor Gov. Smith, nor the Democratic party. If a father dying should leave his estate encum bered with debt, the executor who administered upon the estate could not justly he charged with extrava gance if he undertook to pay the in i tercst on the debt as well as the debt i iiself. This would be his duty. | And this is all that the present I Democratic administration has I done. Your correspondent is mistaken as to nur present taxes. The tax is j just four tenths of one per cent, or four mills on the dollar—with one tenth to pay the interest on theNut i ting bonds—that is to say, it is one ! half ofa cent on the dollar- This is less than the tax in almost any other State in the Union, But small a-it is, the Democracy are not responsible for the necessity of its imposition. The-debt exists, and we must pay , ttiu iulcicst of repudiate out oWiguc i tions. Bullock resorted to fresh is sues of bonds to meet current inter est, instead of raising it by taxation but this was only adding fuel to the flame, and increasing the volume of the State’s indebtedness. Governor Jenkins has restored our finances to tolerable order, but Bullock soon threw everything into confusion. Governor Smith has brought order out of Bullock’s disorder, and the party are entitled to our thanks, in stead of our aspersions. The party cannot afford to condemn its public servants unjustly. We should rather hold up their hands. Many of tin interest coupons failing due prior to the flight of Bullock, instead of being paid or funded, were floated over with other indebtedness of the State to his successor, and the true Demo cracy. Bullock and his gang raised as much by taxati in as Uiey dared to do, and then issued bonds, right and left,to raise the ••alance necessary to meet their wasteful purposes. The taxes levied by them constituted but a small part of their extravagant ex penditures. But the people under stand this thing. They are not green as the grass referred to by “Tax Pay er.” They know that neither of their Democratic Governors, Jenkins ami Smith, nor tbe party they represent is responsible for our present troubles, whatever anonymous part ism writers in our own ranks, and Radical jour nals among the enemy may say to the country. Wilkes. Henry Clay- The Atlanta Courier resurrects the following souvenir of Henry Clay I which relic it says is now in the hands of Capt. J. T. Cooper, to whose great grandfather, General James Farlie, the letter was written. Gen- I eral James Farlie was at ihe time Adjutant General in the army. *lt reads as follows: Washington, Dec. 27,1828. My Dear Sir —Immediate on the receipt of your letter j called on ihe | Secretaries of the Navy and War. j The former told me that he yet hoped that he should be able to ap point your son a Purser, but that he could not now speak with certainty. I found that the Secretary of War was possessed of the best disposition I in regard to the selection of your I grandson, James F. Cooper, as a ca ! clet. I expressed my earnest wish ! that he should be designated, and concluded by stating that I would j send to his department a letter of rec ) ommendation. This I accordingly did, as you will perceive by enclosed acknowledgment of it. The selec tions for the academy are generally made once a year, in February or March. I shall have a double grati fication on your account and that of my friend Mrs Cooper, her son should receive the appointment de sired,as lam persua fed he will. Ab staining, as I doitegenerally from in terference in the appointments which are made through other departments I have traveled out of trie record, in these instanses, from the sentiments of esteem and regard with which 1 am cordially. Your friend and obedient servant, H. Clay. Major Farlie • i inuu“ii ivir. Claves influpnpp Air James c. cooper, i!i\.VWi T. Cooper, received Ids appointment at West Point Academy, where be graduated, and Mr. Fredrick Farlie the gentleman referred to as the son of General Earlie (Mr. John T. Coop er’s ereat uncle) received the appoint ment as Purser in the United Spates Navy. Mr. Cooper intends to have the letter framed and present it to the Young Men’s Library Associa tion. Soma Presidential Statistics. The following table, prepared for reference, shows the political senti ments and the date of the inaugura tion of each President, the length of time he lived after that event, and his age at the lime of his death: 1. George Washington, Independ ent, inaugurated 1789; lived 10 years; age, 6S. . 2. John Adams, Independent, in augurated 1797 ; lived 20 years; age, 90. 3. Thomas Jefferson, Democrat, in augurated 1801; lived 25 years ; age, 83. _ 4 . 4. James Madison, Democrat, in augurated 1809; lived 27 years; age, 85. , . 5. James Monroe, Democrat, inau gurated 1817; lived 14 years; age, <3 6. John Q. Adams Whig, inaugu rated 1825; lived 23 years; age, 81. 7. Andrew Jackson, Democrat, in augurated 1829 ; lived 16 years : age, 78. 8. Martin Van Buren, Democrat, inaugurated 1837; lived 25 years; age, 80. 9. W. H. Harrison, Whig, inaugu rated 1841; lived 1 month; age, 68. 10. John Tyler, V. P., Independ ent ; inaugurated 1841; lived 21 years; age 72. 11. James K. Polk, Democrat, in augurated 1845; lived 4 years; age, 54. 12. Zachary Taylor, Whig, inau gurated 1849 ; lived 16 monwhs ; age, J 66. 13. Millard Fillmore, V. P., Inde pendent. inaugurated 1850; lived 24 yeais; age, 74. 14. Franklin Pierce. Democrat, in augurated 1853; lived 16 years; age, 65. 15. James Buchanan, Democrat, inaugurated 1857; lived 11 years; aged, 77. 16. Abraham Lincoln, Republican, inaugurated 1861; lived 4 years and 1£ months ; age, 56. 17. Andrew Johnson, V. P., inde dendent, inaugurated 1865; lived 10 years, age, 67. 18. Gen. Grant, Republican, inau gurated 1869. Tyler and Fillmore were elected Vice Presidents as Whigs, and John son as a Republican. Their ‘-inde pendence 1 ’ followed their inaugura tion as President. Let the Girls Know the Truth. —The March number of Home and School has the following: Not long ago a gentleman visiting the female high school complied with the request to talk to the girls Urging them to he industrious and make the best of their opportunities to gain knowledge and strength of character, he said: “Little as you all think it, fully one half of you will m trry hu-bands who as businessmen j will be utter failures.” Of course j every girl thought she would he one !of the other half. Yet I could not repress the thought tiiat if girls had more plain facts talked to them, and less of fl itter and compliments too often indulged in by those to whom they looked - for wise counsel, it would bo hotter. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 16,1876. AGRICULTURAL Work for March -Frma tbe Baltimore American Farmer. We gave last week in Tiie Ex press thoughts for the month from that old Sou! he n agricultural monthly,the Southern Cultivalor. We give this week an aiiicle from the A merican Farmer : Whi'st the open winter has douH !ess given many opportunities i>r pushing matters ahead, the active 'abois of the field will not now tie pressingly felt; and, as a good be ginning always tends to a good aid ing, it is essential to go to work promptly and with vim- that we may not only keep up to,-but ahead of our work. It is truly said that it is the first step that costs, and it is often '•qually true that it is the first blow that wins. A resolutedeteimination ; io deseive success often leads to it; and while the many wait for oppor i iunities, the few make ihetn. To ake advantage of every favoring •i'cumstanceis as important on the hum as in any other branch of busi ness, and commending to our read ers the need for activity, aud thor oughness in season and out of sea son. we proceed to some of the topics a wail ing us. Oats. —The earlier oats are sows, the beti.er the prospect of a good crop in yield and quality. As soon as the gtoundisdry enough it should le broken up and harrowed and tlie *eed gotten in as soon as possible af terwards. Some prefer to wait a fev days lor the soil to settle, claiming) that t ills giain thrives best, who/e j the seed bed is compact. The same ! object is attained by robing after the ; seed is diilled, plowed or borrowed i in. Manures suited for this crop will be found in the compost heap and tlie barn yaid. All the inorganic manures will likewise be useful, es peciady ashes, bones, salt and pos ter. This crop, usually slighted, will repay any extra attention it, receives ! in this iespect. The seed of oats j ought io be frequently changed, and j that from a more northern latitude is prefetable. being heavier and less! chaffy than the gi’ain becomes when ( giown in vvai mer districts. Potatoes succeed best in soils with a considerable proportion of vegeta ble mold present in them, such as new land or good sod ground. Ma nures applied should be given in Mb-; eral doses, but they ought to be thor oughly rotted; and. by choice, of an inorganic character. Ashes are pe culiarly adapted lo these tubers, and the same holds good of salt, plaster and bones.either crushed or dissolved. Rank and foi meriting stable manure tends '.o pioduee disease. The soil must be good naturally or its faults artificially wu|>j>il<i. deep, plowing and complete pulverization* are equally necessary io good c-opsp and thorough drainage not im portant. Tlie seed for early crops should by preference be cut some what larger than that for !a<e ones, and our custom has always been to roll .he seed in plaster to dry the cut su-faces before planting, but some the efficacy or impoitauce of doing this. Growers generally will have be come familiar with the appearance and treatment of f he potato bertle. (Toubf whetiier'" w rtetiier A 1 ombite causes will notopeiate in tbe eastern country to mitigate the attack of this plague; though in the west it seems no longer to be apprehended, si thoroughly is it under control by the use of Paris green. Orchard Grass is steadily gain ing in ihe estimation of our farmers, and deserves extensive cultivation. Clover may he sown at any time before the Spring rains. When the seed are sown on the snow, that melis and catties them down into the crevices of iiie earth left by the frosts. Some prefer to wait until ihe frost is out, and ihe ground will hear the weight of the teams and then ha;tow in and toll. For ha.rowing in the seed on winter grain Thomas’ smoothing harrow is an efficient im plement. Meadows and pastures that need renovating may be improved by passing a heavy hat row over them in diftere it dilections and sowing two bushels of fine bone dust, and i five of ashes upon them. Seeds may be sown either of clover or timothy ! and orchard grass mixed, and a heavy j laller passed over the fields. Tobacco Beds.— Look well after | these. Give occasional top dtessings j of guano, or hen manure, and sift j plaster over the plants. See that the i bed are well drained and kept free from weeds. The Corn Chop. —Abundant ma- j nure of good quality is requisite for j the corn crop doing its best. This; cannot always be attained, but the’ neater the approximation to a full I supply, the better, and it is well to j bear in mind that there is more to j be gained by making a good crop on ten acres, than a poor one on twenty. Not only ate the organic! manures readily apptopiiated, but I the mineral fertilisers are quickly i taken up by this rank feeder: so; that manure from the barn yard, su per-phosphates, ground bones, salt and plaster, are all acceptable. Root Crops. —Preparations for these ought to be begun. and<*i deep and well pulverized soil is the first necessity for their doing well. The satisfaction in their uses where either cows or sheep are kept will compen sate for more trouble and expense than they requite to be grown. The ground ought also to be made rich by the use of Well-rotted manure. Manure Making—Whatever else pushes you do not neglect this. Tha saving, mixing and ca;e of all materials adapted in increasing your pilef should be carefully attended to. The Democratic candidate for the Presidency will be nominated this year at St. Louis, and not at Wash ington, by the Democratic National Convention, and not by the Demo cratic members of Congress. Let Democratic Senators and Represen tatives make a note of this, and gov ern themselves accordingly. The first appointment by President Grant of an Episcopal clergyman to an army chaplaincy was made on the first instant in the person of Mr. Varney of Harrisburg Pensylvania, who was recommended by Governor Hartranic. Mr. Varney will be as signed to the twenty-fourth infantry stationed in Texas. The late Thomas J. Judge, of the Supreme bench of Alabama, was in his earlier days a printer in Montgom ery; but being “born a Judge,” it was his destiny to rise on other cases than those ofa printing office to the impo sing, position of supreme Judge. But, U w mu-1 ho tu wuy* had good proofi Metkoditism. An Interesting Letter from tlie Venerable Divine, Dr. Lovic Pierce. The Methodists of North Carolina propose to celebrate the centennial of Methodism in that State, at Raleigh, commencing on the 12 of March next. Bishop McTyeire is to deliver an address on the founder of Methodism. Dr. Lovic Pierce having been invited to be present, responds in the following character istic style: “I take it for gran’ed my North ! Carolina friends did not know that I have lost my voice s i that I am sel i (Inin able to pray in the family. I ! have made but one outstanding ap pointment in two years; but filled ! other men’s places nearly every Sab bath. And now, as to North Caroli na, how glad I would he to be in it lat this centennial jubilee. I was horn in Halifax county, N. C., near Roanoke rives, Mareh'the 14th, 1785. So, you see, my 92d birth day will come off the last day of your centen nial celebration. I was removed io South Carolina when a child. Was raised in Barnwell District. Heard my first Methodist sermon in Augus ta, 1802, by James Jenkins—was awakened under it. and converted in Augusta, 1803. Admitted as a trav eling preacher in the South Caiolina conference in Charleston, Christmas week, 1803; and traveled Great Pee Dee Creek circuit in 1805. That was the nearest I ever got to North Carolina, although half of it was in the conference. They stuck me down in Georgia, as a young pre siding elder in 1809. Sol have given 69 yeans outof my 91 in the ministry to the dear old Georgia. South Car olina got 1805 to 1808; Alabama in Montgomery, 1842, and in Mobile, 1843. All the balance here. They still keep me on the effective list—the greatest honor of my life. It is what I have been—and not for what I am now. My dear native state has only got a few picked up sermons. Raleigh, I think, got one or two small efforts in 1810. But I can hope, by the lime the second cen tennial comes round, she will he all Methodists. lam now getting afraid of things that are high. Stand night traveling badly—can not take care of inyself. But lam bent upon fulfilling my place next May as one of your fraternal messen gers to the M. E. Chuich general conference, at Baltimore.” A Successful Enterprise. A suggestive account has just been published by a German woman in this country of the work done hr inin win lien in Berlin in reducing the price of living in that city. In 1866 Mrs. Lena Morgenstern, with two or three othe** ladies of wealth and influence, finding that the cost of provisions was enormous, estab lished several Volks Kuechen, or people’s kitchens—restaurants where meals could he had at the retail cost of the materials alone. In 1873 these women determined to bring their charity into their own homes by forming a housekeepers’ association, whose object should be the reduction of the cost of living, the promotion of nlain and economical habits, and servams. In 1874 there were 250 members. Co-operative laundries, bakeries, intelligence offices and stores for groceries, meats and pro visions were opened, all under the supervision of women. At the pres ent time tbe membership embraces 6,000 families, and issues a weekly paper of a high order, containing its price lists, etc. The central bureau imports its supplies direct from Chi na, France, Java, tlie United States, etc., and is thus enabled to supply (he co-operative trade throughout Europe. Coal is also purchased wholesale by the association, and is sold in accurately measured cars. The whole of this vast business enter prise is managed by women. No Kesumption Witheut G-old, Toe actual available gold coin own ed by the Government on the 24th of February, according to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, was $13,341,423.76. How about resump tion on that amount? According to the old banking estimate it was nec essary in order to maintain specie payment to have one dollar of coin for every three of currency. Upon that basis, we could resume if the currency of the country was con tracted to about $49,000,000. But the monthly debt statement made March 1, shows that the treas ury has not the $13,341,423.76 coin which it had Feb. 24. The gold bal ance March 1 stood as follows : Cr. To.at gold coip in Treasury $55,842,154 03 CR. Coin interest due and unpaid $11,517, 53 86 Coin int' res accrued tol.tol March 18.317,981 04 Coin certificates out standing... 32,915,000 00—5€.,750,319 90 De.lcit in gold $ 6,908,185 87 Even this does not exhibit in full ! the deplorableness of our condition. ! There are due and unpaid of coin bonds, principal and interest, sl7, 636.416 55. This added to the actual deficit of $0,908,185.87 the to ii! gold balance against of $24,514 - 302.42. So much for resumption.— Nashville American. Sam Bard, of Atlanta, Georgia, and of Montgomery, Alabama, is still straggling for the third term. He disregards the discouragements which affect other men, and pursues his way as though il led straight io victory. He is sure that the eoumry can he saved only by Grant, who has had years of experience in learning how to save it, and who has thus far been successful in keeping it from ruin. Nntcaving to be bothered with argument over the matter, Sam goes for re-electing Grant with a whoop and a yell. He has no second choice, but only one choice. Even though he has lately suffered from Gram’s ingratitude, he sticks to him. Sam Bard is short of means, and wants to be reinstated in the office he once ; held as posimasler of Atlanta, but j the present incumbent of the office is , a third-termer, and so Sam can’t get I it. There is nothing now for him to j do but to show hs unselfishness by | keeping up the suuggle till the last, j for the (bird term, fodder or no foil- j der. —New York Sun. Five States have abolished the i death penalty—lowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Connec icut, and Maine. lowa is about to restore the ga’lovvs, having found the immunity enjoyed by murderers to be fatal to a large and constantly increasing portion of her population. The other four will repeal .their life imprisonment statutes; : at the oaur#e ot ifcrv uoil five year#.' Special Notices. Directory of County Officers. Ordinary—j. A. Howard. Clers of Superior Court—Thomas A. Word. SHERIFF- Y. M. Franklin. G. L. Franks, Deputy. Tax Receiver —a. M. Toute. Tax COLt rotor —W. F. Corliin. County Commissioners- Russel H. Cannon, Chairman. David V. Stokeiy, John C. Aycock, R. 11. Dodd, John H. Wikle,.Clerk. Coroner— D. B. Mull. Surveyor-H. J. McCormick. G. W. Hill. Deputy. COLOHSTS, UIIGRnTS AND TRAVELERS WESTWARD. FOR maf circulars, condensed time tables and general information in regard to ranspcrtation facilities to all points in Ten jnessee. Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Colo rado, Kansas, Texas. lowa, New Mexico Utah and California, apply to or address Al bert B. Wrknn, Geneial Railroad Agent, Atlanta, i.a. No one should iro West without first getting iu coninmnieaiion with the General Railroad Agent,and become i’lforme i as to the superior advantages, cheap and quick transportation of families, household good*, stock and farming implement generally. All in formation cheer fully given. W. L. DANT KT..G. I’. &T. A. NOTICE TO SrBSCRIBIRS. The names of all persons we found upon our subscription book when we purchased the standard and Express, credited by advance payment will be furnished The Express until the time paid for expires. The names of those who had not paid up, we have tra osier red to ourjnew books, and begin their subscriptions from December 2, 1875. These are respectfully and earnestly requested to cal’iu ami pay or send us two dollars lor the current rear’s subscription. We are determined to give our readers a good paper, and os it requires a constan cash outlay to do so. we hope all who have not paid will do,so without delay. (IRTIUSVILLE Cll’l GOVERNMENT. Mayor—F. M. Foul. Aldermen -A. It. Hudgins, G. W. Satter field, C. B. Conyers, A. L. Barron, J. A. Stover, S. F. Milam, Peter Marsh, H. S. Best. Clerk—l. B. Conyers, acting. Treasurer—A. L. Barron. Maushal-M P. Maxwell. Attorney—l. B. Conyers. Sexton—H. S. lievell. COMMITTEES. Finance— A. R. Hudgins, C. B. Conyers, S. F. Milam. street— 11. S. Best. J. A. Stover, G. W, Satter field. A. L. Barron. Oe/netery— Peter Marsh, S. |F. Milam. C. B. Conyers. LAWS RELATING TO NEWSPAPER SIB SCRIPTIOAS AND ARREARAGES. 1. Subscribers who do not nive express no tice to the contrary, are considered wishing to continue their subscription. 2. Il subscribers order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publishers may continue to send them until all anearsaoc •.* r-* : o. te .uosenbers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the office to which they are directed, they arc held responsible until they have settled their bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. II subscribers move to other places with out notllying publishers, and the papers are senttothe former direction, they are held re sponsible. 5. The Courts have decided that “refusing to take periodicals fiom >he office or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie evidence fintentional fraud.” 6. An y person who receives a newspaper and makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is held in law to be. a subscriber. 7. If subse< ibers pay In advance, they are bound to give notice to the publisher, at the tinuc taxing u, muci dv ~. authorized to send it on, am] the subscriber will be responsible until an express no tice, with payment of all arrearages, is sent to the IF YOl Want b ardors, Want a situation, Want a salesman, Want a strvant girl, Want to rent a store. Want to sell a piano, Want to sell a hoi se, Want to buy a house. Want to buy a horse, Want to rent a house, Want to sell a carriage, Want a boarding place, Want to borrow money, Want to sell dry goods, Want to sell groceries. Want to sell furniture, Want to sell haidware. Want to sell real estate, Want a job of carpentering, Want a job of black-mi thing. Wan*- to sell millinery goods, Want to sell a house and lot. Want to advertise to advantage, Wan’t to find anyone’s address, W ant to sell a piece of furniture, Want to buy a secomi-h and carriage, Want to find anything you have b'st. Want to sell agricultural implements, Want to find an owner for lost property, Adveitise in THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS. Professional Cards. LAW & KE4L ESTATE. W. T. WOFFORD, ANY business left with C'apt. Samford and Mr. Waters, who are in my office, will re cicve my attention. I will he at ray office usu ally betweeu the hours of 10 and 11 each morn ing. ] leblisj W.T. WOFFORI). A. H. FOtTE, ATTORNEY AT LAW CARTERSVILLE, GA. ( With. Col. Warren Akin,) Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb, Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray,Whitfield and ad joining counties. dec2-ly. kTw. MFRPIIEY, attorney at law CART R V11,1.E. GA. OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick building corner of Main and Irwin streets- dec2-tf. JW-IIAKRiM r., ATTORNEY AT LAW. Cartersville. Ga. # ' OFFICE next door to The Express printing establishment. JOHN W. WOFFORD. THOMAS W. MILNER WOFFORD A MILMER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA., OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block. 9-5-tl. JAMES B. 10.\ VEIW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cartersville, Ga. WILL practice in the Courts of Cherokee ! and adjoining circuits. Particular attention j given to all business entrusted to m> care. ! Collecting made a specialty. Office up-stairs 1 in the BiO'k Block. do-2-l-ly. gViiV BATES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. j Office iu the Court House. ! dee9-lv 1 -L HOMEMADE HOSIERY. PERSONS desiring pood and serviceable SOCKS OR STOCK IN US, Cotton or Woolen C*a find them a.tthe srtore of_ . Southern Mauiif,totory, ED. F. SHROPSHIRE & CO., Manufacturers and Dealers In : WHITE AHD COLORED SHIRTS. Collars, Bosoms and Drawers. 21-3 East Alabama Street, ATLANTA, Georgia. 4t3§i“-parties iu Cartelsville ordering from us can have their measures taken at Mr. fatillo'a tailor shop. 6m. SADDLES, HARNESS, LEATHER, ETC., ETC. HUDGINS & MOUNTCASTLE KEEP ON HAND AND MAKE TO ORDER OX SHORT NOTH E SADDLES AND HARNESS OF THE BEST MATERIALS AND IN EV’iltY STYLE DESIRABLE. They keep on hand also a good stock or H V MBS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, HALTERS, WHIPS Also Harness. Sole and I p]>er Leathers, KIP AND FRENCH CAT F SKINS. and everything usually kept ie a first-class e>t ildisluneut. Our Saddles and Harness are made at our own shop AND A HE ALL WARRANTED. Store on West M tin street, next door to A. A. Skinner A Cos. dec 16-3 m. STOVES & tinware! To tlie Citizens oi* Cartel’sville and Sur rounding- Country: HAVING been disappointed in my arrangk meats t > leave Cartersville, I have concluded to remain and cast my lot among her people. In opening b usine* here again 1 have concluded to do a BTRICTLY CASH business, thereby enabling me to offer goods at EXTREMI Those wishing to purchase STOVES, TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Ft CASH, RAGS, BEESWAX, FEATHERS, OLD BRASS AND COPPER, CORN AND FODDER, or anything that will sell, can get the very bottom prices. But please DO Not ask For credit. I cannot afford to give it, even to the very best men iu the country, aa my goods are marked at CASH PRiCES Thanking my friends for their past patronage, and earnestly soliciting a continuance of the same, I can always he fouud at my old stand in the old Exchange Hotel Building, on th PUBLIC SQUARE. (jant-lv) .1 S. AIM MS. J. D. HEAD. DR. T. H. BAKER. W. G. DoBsOX. J. D. HEAD & CO., DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing, IIATS, BOOTS AND SllOEv *•*., *<•. nu. 71 Feachtree Street - Atlanta, Ga. OUR BARTOW, PAULDING AND CHEROKEE COUNTY FRIENDS ARE [XVTTED TO call and 3 ee us when in the city, promising them the same courteous treatment and fair, honest <te tling thev have hid in our house while at Carters ville Our stock will he found full and complete in all its departments, and places as low as can be found in this market. N. B.—We res >eetfull.v ask consignments of cotton from our friends who wish to sell in this market, promising them the fullest market prices—aud uo unnecessary expenses attached te the sale of same. J. |>. HEAD Jt (A). Atlanta, ‘.a,. -Tann irv 6 1876. ETOWAH FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. Wa I lace cv 11.0,,^,,,., MANUFACTURERS OF Hollow fare, Steam Enpes, Grates, Saatols, Mill Machinery, ie. Highest Market Price lor Old Iron, Copper and. Brass jan2o- r, —-— JOHN S. REESE L CO General Agents, Baltimore, Md. T. W. BAXTER, Cartersville, Georgia, SOLE AGENT IN BARTOW AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, FOR THE PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY. CAPITAL, 81,000.000- JUST RECEIVED AT WAREHOUSE OF GENERAL AGENT IN ATLANTA, 1,000 Tons Soluble Pacific Guano, 100 Tons of Acid Phosphate for Composting. (NO OLD STOCK ON HAND.) IAM now prepaved to furnish dealers and planters in any quantity desired oTthe above high grade and popular tertil zer-, which ire tr-sh and in fine condition, and the analysis recently made, of the new stock, shows about 15 per cent, available phosphoric acid. B>i per cent Ammonia and nearly 2 per cent, potash Sold on time as usual, at the low price oI $152 50 per tn delivered on hoard cars in Atlanta, w ith option to pay in cotton Ist November, at 15 cent* pel- pound, basis New York Middlings, will note that treight is only from Atlanta $1 40 ner ton. Call on or send to me for circulars and analysis. Respectfully. T. W. Baxter. jan2o-2m THE G&,ANGERS LIFE ID lILTII lllld CO.. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Authorized Capital 4,500,000. Of Which SIOO,OOO to be Owned in Each Department. Policy-Holder is entitled to a vote in the management of the Company PARENT OFFICE, MOBILE. ALA. CAPITAL STOCK, ------ - 100,000. W. H. KETCRDM, President. | F. E. DAVIDSON, Vice President. | B. W. FORT, Sec’y GEORGIA DEPARTMENT, ROHE. GA. Capital Stock •100,00# Office No. 2 COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Major C. G. S VMUEL, President, ALFRED SHORTER, Vice-President, R. J. GWALTNET, Secretary, C. ROWELL, Attorney, Dr G. W. HOLMES, Medical Examiner. Board of Directors : A P. Allgood, Trion Factory; C. Rowell, Rome, .; Alfred Shorter. Rome, Ga.; John H. Newton, Athens, Ga.; A. Jones. Cedartown. Ua ; lion. O. F. Hammond, Atlanta, Ga.; Hon- D. B. Hamilton, Rome, Ga,; Cain Glover. Run , Ga.; T. McGuire, Roma, Ga.; F. Woodruff. Rome. Ua.; M. H. Bunn, Cedartown, Ua ; A. J. King, Cave Spriug, Ga.; Hon. W M. Uutcliius. Polk county, Ua. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT, MONTGOMERY, ALA. Capital Stock - •100,00# Hon. N. N. Clements, President an.l General Manager, Tnscaloosa, Ala.; Hon. David Cioptoa. Vice President, Montgomery, Ala.; W. L. Chambers,Secretary; Stone A Clopton, Attorneys, MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, MERIDIAN NIISS. Capital Stock •100,00® Col. James W. Beck, President, John H. Gray, Vice-President. L. A. Duncan. Secretary. SECURITY, ECONOMY AND LIBERALITY, Are the Leading principles of this Company. AT.L apprortd forms of Life and Endowment Policies issued in sums of 11 >3 up to SIO,OOO. AIM 1 Term Policies of one, three, or seven years. All Life policies non-forfeiting after two annual payments, when the insured t ill be entitled 1 to paid up Policy or Cash Surrender theiqOf. j Dividends may he used to protect policies against lapsing In case of failure to pav pre miums. Thi- with the non-forfeiting and Ca-h Surron ier features, are sufficient to make this t ompanv popular among thinking men. AGENTS WANTED, dec 2-tt . . _ W.G. ENGLAND, oj' Mobile, Ala., General Superintea lent of A. eno.es, “■ W. K* HU&C, Agent, Cartersville* Georgia. VOLUME XVII—NUMBER 11.