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THE EXPRESS.
The Express is tHe firm defender and advo
cate of the rights and interests of the people oi
all classes, and the unrelenting opponent ol
all rings, cliques or combinations organized to
defeat the popular will in politics or to inj -.ic
any class orcitizens materially.
Cartersviile, April 6th, 1876.
Conventiin of the Seventh District.
* CARTEF.SvILLE, G.. March 30. 1816
Ordered, That a Convention of the people of
tha Seventh Congressional District be held in
the city of Cartersviile, on the ‘26th day o
April, 1676, for the purpose of electing two
delegates to represent said district in the Na
tional Convention of the Democratic party, to
be held in St, St. Louis on the 27th day of June,
1876.
And for the further purpose of voting lor
four delegates for the State at large.
In the district convention the counties will
be entitled to doulle as many delegates as
they have representatives in the Lower House
ot the General Assembly.
JOHN W. WOFFORD, Ch’m. Ex. Com.
Democratic County Meeting.
A meeting of the Democratic Party, of Bar
tow County, is hereby called to convene in the
Court House in Cartersviile. on Saturday, the J
23d of April, to select delegates to represent
the county in the District convention, to be '
held in the city of Cartersviile on the ‘-6th day
of April, 1876. S. W. LEL AND,
Chairman Deni, Ex. Com.
i. M. Ford, Secretary.
Planter' Advocate will please copy.
THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN.
The political situation in Georgia
is daily becoming more and more
complex. The signs of the times
point mysteriously in every direc
tion, and it would be difficult to
give anything like a faithful horo
scope of how things stand. This is
especially so in regard to the guber
natorial campaign. For several
years there have been standing at
the gubernatorial threshold a num
ber of gentlemen who are frantically
knocking for admittance and impa
tiently Waiting IUI UlCmirc ler x-tririt
when the people would rush to “let
hem in.” They have crowded the
door so closely, serouging each other
to be the first to get in, that they
have tread on each other’s corns and
mashed each other’s bunions at such
a rate that their efforts have resuited
in a first-class scramble. They are
flinging dirty water at each other
and are arraying all the people who
can or will be arrayed, into partisan
factions, until now we have in pro
gress a furious guerrilla war, each
man and his partisans struggling for
the spoils with the view to securing
them as best may be done.
Viewing this condition of the
Democratic party some months ago,
we conceived the idea that if the
paoDle themselves could be induced
bernatorial contest, and would place
in nomination a man of eminent
character and distinguished ability
as a statesman, we might put an end
to this war of furiously ambitious as
pirants and teach them to wait for
political promotion until such
time as the people saw fit to call
them to service. Taking the whole
State in our mind’s eye, and can
vassing the qualities and qualifica
tions of various eminent gentlemen,
Johnson would come nearer giving
satisfaction to all the people (not the
politicians and office-seekers) than
any other man we could think of.
Counselling and corresponding with
a number of gentlemen in different
parts of the State, we ventured, in a
modest and respectful way, to sug
gest his name in that connection.
That suggestion has met the cordial
endorsement of the people (not the
politicians and office-seekers) every
where we have heard from ; but it
has met with ridicule and derision
by a large number of newspapers and
politicians (not the people) in va
rious parts of the State. Every at
tempt has been made to impress the
popular mind with the idea that Mr.
Johnson would not accept a nomina
tion under any sort of circumstances.
The most adroit subterfuges have
been to to convince the pub
lic of the truth of this impression.
But Johnson is looming up every
where. Like the little cloud seen in
the distance he is coming nearer and
nearer as an overshadowing object
across the gubernatorial sky. The
politicians and office-seekers are try
ing to ignore Johnson as a presence
in the campaign; but he is like
Banquo’s ghost, and “will not down”
at tho bidding of the trembling
Hamlets who would have him be
gone or speak. But Mr. Johnson
speaks not; the people are speaking
for him, and the men knocking at
the gubernatorial door and their
friends are trying to thrust him
aside. And yet, with certain and
measured tread, we see Johnson
coming upon the political canvass
with stately step.
We say the friends of the long
standing candidates are alarmed.
They know the people will endorse
Johnson and these editors and cor
respondents are trying to delude
public attention from Johnson by
the cry that he will not accept. Un
der the heading of “the Georgia cam
paign,” the Atlanta special corres
pondent of the Augusta Constitution
alist, of the Ist hist., wrote up a most
romantic view of the canvass. We
make an extract to show how Mr.
H. W. Grady, the said correspond
ent, adroitly manouvres to keep
Johnson off the track, or to make
the people believe he would not ac
cept a nomination. Grady says :
It seems to us there is a good deal ot unnec
essary mystery hanging about the Johnson
movement. It has been started by Mr. Will
ingham, a journalist who is always hanging
on by his eyelids to some unthought of proioct.
This gentleman has devoted all his time to
keeping up the little flame he haslitlen. lie fans
it with both of his ears—he watches it tenderly
with both his eyes—he smells it with his nose—
he talks to it with his tongue, and caresses it
with his hands.
And after all. you know Johnson is not going
to run, and Willingham is spending his ener
gies on as useless a fire as ever lit up an K ist
<rn funeral pyre. I have seen again and again
written statements that Johnson would not
run—that he did not desire the place aud that
his name must not be used. On the other hand,
Willingham has a letter from the ex-Governor,
the third or fourth of a long persuasive series
in Which he's ays; “n the nomination is ten-.
tiered me by -the Couvtutfdu, I do übt see haw
Jcaij refuse it.*’
In other words, if the Convention after a
wrangle, finds itself unable to agree, nominate
him and then adjourn, he will not refuse to
carry the standard, and thus force tliecalliog
ol'another Convention. He does not want the
place—does not feel able physically to perform
the duties of the oftice--he is old, exhausted,
and prefers to spend his days in ihe quiet of
his own home.
Ia this view of the ease, it is unjust to him,
an inst it to every other candidate, and a sad
commentary on the manhood of Georgia that
we are forced to enter a family circle and
drag an unwilling old man to the Capital, as
the only man that is capable of managing the
affairs of the State. Mr. Willingham, w hom
we much fear mistakes notoriety for reputa
tion, is about alone in this movement.
We are informed, by a gentleman just from
Washington county, that the people of Eastern
Georgia, misled by public report, are organ
izi, g with some vigor and definiteness in
Johnson’s behalf. He is discouraging and
deprecating the movement wherever he got s.
We predict that it w ill be a long time before
the Convention takes up Johnson. It will be
only after every other expedient is exhansted.
There is no man in Georgia who j
knows better what he is doing in
“keeping up the little flame he has
litten” than “Willingham” does,
lie knows that it will expand and
increase until it becomes one grand
“flame” of popular enthusiasm ; and
“Willingham” knows exactly what
Mr. Johnson will do about it. Mr.
Johnson has not said he would not
accept; but Mr. Johnson has said he
would not be in any sense an aspi
rant. Mr. Johnson is a true patriot
and Democrat, and if the people say
they want him to be Governor, he
will “feel it his duty to labor where
he can do the most good,” and it is
for the people to say where Mr.
Johnson can “do the most good” in
his public life. He does not want
the place, hut he is physically “able
to perform the duties of the office’
is not too old for service, and is in
the fuli fruition of that mellow age
when men are wisest and most dis
creet, because intellectually more
settled by long experience in public
life.
If the politicians and office-seekers
do not control and beguile the peo
ple, Herschei V. Johnson will be
the next Governor ot Georgia.
JOHNSON VS. SMITH.
We publish in this issue of The
Express a lively communication in
reply to our advocacy of lion. H. \ .
Johnson for Governor. It is from
the pen of one of our most respected
citizens, and who, by the way, is a
splendid writer. He makes some
excellent pointsfi r Governor Smith
which we do not propose to contro
vt rt; but we have to say that the idea
of anybody to beat Smith” is that of
the friends of other long-standing as
pirants. We simply told them that il
they were on that line especially,they
had better concentrate their friends
on Johnson as we believed he was
-T-Trcr-^ the people
wno can beat Smith, inu \t—
ject is to beat out the whole crowd
by nominating Johnson as the peo
ple’s candidate because he is not
working for the office, and recognizes
the old republican idea that “the
office should seek the man, and not
the man the office.” W e want to re
verse the custom of these latter day
politicians and return to the first and
pure principle of Representative gov-
er^'veW, 1 as to the third term idea.
We used that about in the same way
we did the quotation “anybody to
beat Smith.” To be candid there is
no principle involved the third term
idea, and yet we do not think a man
should be Governor more tnau twice
consectuively, especially when the
term is four years instead of two as
when Jonnson was Governor. In
fact, we do not oppose Gov. Smith
on that grounds alone. lie has been
Governor or will be at the end of his
present term, five years; and think
he ought to retire for the present.
If, in the future it is desirable to se
lect him again there would be no ob
jection, we suppose on the third term
score.
One main reason, besides his emi
nent ability and exalted statesman
ship, for wishing Mr. Johnson nom
inated is that we believe it will pre
vent a scramble in the Demoeraic
party and consequent disaffection in
the event either of the long-standnig
aspirants should be put forward. All
of them are good men ; but their aspir
ations and efforts ot their friends have
already .arrayed the Democracy Into
personal factions. If the great body
of the party, wishing to avoid this
difficulty should select Mr. Johnson
as the standard-bearer we have no
idea he would refuse to serve. But
this is a question we want decided by
the people, untrammeled either by
scheming or wirepulling upon the
part of politicians. It is not propos
ed to thus force Johnson upon the
suffrages of the pt ; :b\ It is not pro
posed to make him the candidate of
a faction. It is proposed to present
him as a candidate o v
aii may uniteas acompi >mi-c man
to restore Democratic harmony.
This is the whole object of the
movement for Johnson. It is f. r
the people to say whether it is a
good one or not. If they say not we
shall bow to the popular verdict
and support any good man who may
be fairly nominated on a sound plat
form.
We regret to see a disposition to
condemn the lion. B. 11. Ilill,
in regard to his great speech on the
amnesty question. We repeat what
we said at the lime that lie could not
have well^remained quiet and listen
to the defamation of the Southern
people by Blaine ami his Radical co
horts. Mr. Ilill gave the other side
some truths that will have the more
influence in' the enlightenment of the
Northern mind on the conduct of the
late war by the South as time comes
on apace. For this he deserves the
thanks of our people. There may be
some things he said that might have ;
been better to have left unsaid ; but i
of this we are not so certain. It is j
always best “to tell the truth and j
shame the devil,” and we think Mr.
Hill has shamed many of the Radi
cal devils and put them to confusion.
The Belknap impeachment mana
gers were presented to tne chairman,
in the senate on Tuesday last, and
the usual proceedings occurred.
THE DISTRICT CONVENTION.
The executive committee of the
seventh Congressional district was
called by Col. J. W. Wofford, the
chairman, to meet in Cartersviile, on
thafiOth ult. For some reason un
known to us not a single member of
the committee came to Cartersviile
—trie chairman being the only one
present, all told. The object and ne
cessity for the meeting of the com
mittee was very important. These
were to name a time and place when
and where a district convention
should meet for the appointment of
delegates to the national Democratic
convention, to be held at St. Louis,
June 27th, for the nomination of'a
candidate for President. It is the
first time in our political experience
that every member of such an im
portant committee failed to attend so
important a meeting. When we re
member the great necessity for such
a meeting the unanimity with which
all the members failed to be present
is astounding.
But the St. Louis convention meets
on the 27th of June. Delegates must
be appointed in time to prepare to be
present, and these appointments are
to come primarily from the people,
and this had to be done first
through county conventions in the
selection of delegates for a district
convention for that purpose. Tiie
time is short, and could we hope for
the executive committee to be more
prompt to respond to another call
from the chairman ? It was believ
ed we could not, and the result was
Col. J. W. Wofford took the respon
sibility of calling the district con-
vention in Cartersviile, on the 2bth
inst. In this be was right. In
taking such a responsibility, lie act
ed in the interest of Democratic or
ganization, and in acting in that
light we hope he will be promptly
c avlvrr*'C tKo p<M>p io Hy assembling
themselves in their county meetings.
The importance of sending the
right kind of men to the district con
vention, and the selection of the
right kind of delegates to St. Louis
cannot be overestimated. It is a
matter in which the people of all
classes who would perpetuate good
government should feel a deep in
terest. It is a subject in which free
government itself is involved, and
one which every freeman is in duty
bound to look after. When the peo
ple look after their own political af
fairs, and are careful as to the char
acter and principles of the men who
represent them, we have nothing to
fear from usurpers of the popular
will or the enemies of public liberty.
Therefore, we say to the people of
all classes to look afterJtheir primary
or count y meetings, and see that they
' ‘ v - ‘ will. Let all
true patriots attend ana mnr .
their most vital political interests to
be managed by a few politicians who
may desire merely to promote their
own selfish ambition. Let us have
full county meetings!
NORTH GEORGIA PRISONERS.
There are about one hundred pris
oners .from Xcrth Georgia under ar
rest by the revenue authorites.
Many of these were doubtless arrest
ed under trumped up charges as
much for the money to be made by
so doing as for any other purpose.
There are twenty-three of these pris
oners in Bartow county jail awaiting
investigation. They are generally
poor men with dependent families,
and no means of supporting them ex
cept upon the small farms they own
or upon their daily labor. Many of
them have been in prison for weeks
while their farming interests are be
ing neglected and some of their fam
ilies are actually suffering.
Gen. Gartrell, of Atlanta, has made
a noble effort to secure the pardon of
these men, co-operating in his ef
forts with Hon. B. 11. Hill at Wash
ington. The prospect for a pardon
was encouraging a few days ago, but
the prospect i3 not so bright now,
and it may be the efforts of Gen.
Gartrell and Mr. Hill may fail en
tirely. At any rate, the prisoners are
not released, nor are their cases being
investigated. It is claimed that cer
tain Republicans arousing their ef
forts against pardoning, and the point
is made that if the prisoners of this
district are released it will be a ban
precedent—that simi ar pardons will
have to be granted and finally the
President would be deluged with pe
titions from all the States, and the re
sult would be there would be no pun
ishment for illicit distilling and the
illicit sale of wliis key.
The manner of collecting the rev
enue tax on whisky is all wrong. It
is 100 complicated, and its collection
costs and the enforcement of the law
i.mountto more than the* revenue.
It is wrong in system because it open -
the way to all manner of blackmail
ing by revenue officials, and is an im
position upon the people". The surest
way of securing the revenu* 1 at the
the least expense is to tax the stihs
| at specific rates —so much for each
| still, to bo paid quarterly. One man
could attend to the whole business in
a district, and there could be no eva
sion Y>f the revenue law. The num
ber and capacity of still could be re
corded and license issued according
ly, and the tax collected at so much
for each stiii according to such ca
pacity.
The present system is certainly
very expensive and annoying to the
people. Many honest men are ar
rested under its operations through
the corruption of revenue officials
who are “on the make.” Indeed,
these have become terrors to the peo
ple of North Georgia, and the injury j
to the material interest of the coun-1
try will be greater by far than the
revenue and the fines collected can
possibly make up.
The communication on the first
page of The Express this week
under the headmg of “Johnson vs 1
Smith,” should have been signed
Gordon, but was accidentally 1
omitted. The word “progress” in
the fourteenth line should have been
“purpuse.”
LET THE DEM JCUACT RALLY.
The chairman of the Democratic
executive committee of Bartow
county calls a meeting of the party
hereon the 26th. It is hoped the
Democracy of Bartow county will as
semble on that day in large numbers.
Don’t leave these matters to a lew
persons in town to manage, and then
complain of the*actions of the meet
ing and say there was trickery in all
that was done. Let every Democrat
come up; let the party of the county
be heard, and let the majority rule.
The farmer can spare at least one
day to look after his political inter
ests, in which his rights are involved
as much as any one.
In all political matters we like to
see ’he country people take an ac-
tive interest. None are to be more
benefited or injured in all public
measures. They can control the
politics of the county if they will.
They have no axes to grind, and are
only interested in political affairs as
good citizens and for the public good.
They have no schemes to plan, and
lienee are only actuated by principles
of right. So are a majority, and we
hope the whole Democratic'party of
Bartow county are influenced.
Let us have a full meeting of the
Democracy here on the 22nd. Let
all come and begin the political year
with a determination to see that the
best men shall represent us in all
that pertains to the public good. Let
the Democracy of Bartow rally in
behalf of constitutional liberty in this
great centennial year of American
independence.
THE SAVANNAH NEWS.
This old and popular journal, one
of our best Southern newspapers, in
a recent issue, said:
“It is hardly necessary for us to assure our
old friend aud esteemed contemporary of the
Cartersviile E*i>re s* that in neglecting to com
ply with his reqm st to publish a communica
tion uoni hi> paper with the accompanying
editorial, pre-eniing the claims of ox-Gov.
Herschei V. Johnson to the Democratic nomi
nation for Governor, we designed no discour
tesy to nrm ur to ih rovisnivi .Totm
soii.”
We assure our friends that we
meant no discourtesy to the News. —
The communication and editorial re
ferred to gave expression to a large
sentiment in this section, and as the
claims of a number of gentlemen
i were being discussed in the State pa
| pers, it was the wish that the views
therein given should go along
1 through .the press in the general
“make up” of the current political
l discussion of the day; and hence the
request made, on the idea of “the
“liberty ofspech and the freedom of
the press.”
We are looking out for the best
man to nominate, and it is right, and
in order to arrive at a proper eonclu--
sion, to discuss the merits of a y
gentlemen named for the guberna
torial office. The object was to place
Johnson -_ feQnt as the man for
the people to take up v q G f the
favorites of politicians and
seekers.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.
W'e publish in this issue of Tiie
Express an able decision in regard
to the right and validity of the head
of a family waiving the Homestead
exemption in favor of his creditors.
We have always opposed the present
homestead law as a deadlock on pri
vate credit, and as giving move to a
man than seven-tenths of the popu
lation of Georgia own individually.
We have always regarded it as a
loophole for a great deal of rascality,
and the records of our country will
prove it.
A man may be worth three thous
and dollars, which will enable him
to live comfortably, while his neigh
bor, a poor map, whom he owes the
pitiful sum of five dollars, and his
family may be starving for that
amount, must suffer because he has
do recourse to law- or justice.
Now let men who desire to pur
chase goods or anything else come
forward and waive the right to the
homestead exemption when they
want anything like honest men and
no longer seek to defraud those
who confide in their honesty. The
Supreme court deserves the thanks
of all true and honest men.
The Atlanta, Times , second num
ber, came to hand Tuesday.
The Or-ii wo liavc nut nrcii. 'l'ho
paper seems to he printed from
tiie material upon which the News
was issued, and is very we'l execut
ed. The Times will receive its tele
graphic news through the American
press association instead of by the as
sociated press. The number of the
paper before us shows considerable
successful industry in its “get up.”
The politicial department is to be
conducted by Col,James D. Waddell,
who will give us an old-fashoned
i Democratic paper. We wish the
; Times , all manner of success,especial
ly in the vindication of true Demo
cratic 'principles. The time has come
| when slack >rad Democracy should
he eschewed.
The Connecticut Election.—
| The Democracy of Connecticut won
; a substantial victory on Monday last.
; The entire Democratic ticket was
elected, together with a handsome
working majority in both branches
of the Legislature. The following
are the totals: Itohinson, republi
can, 42,251 ; Ingersoll, democrat, 49,-
574; Smith, temperance, 1,540; At
water, greenback, 2,057. Ingersoll’s
majority, 3,708 ; plurality, 7,310. lu
gersoll’s majority last year, 0,521;
plurality, 9,480.
The new Legislature will elect an |
United States Senator, whose time |
will expire in March, 1879, and it is
believed Mr. English will be his own
successor.
The Savannah Free Press favors
Hon. llerschel V. Johnson for Gov
ernor. It says that with his broad,
statesmanlike views, lie would give
an assurance to the people that he
was looking alone to their interest;
and having no abitiou except to ele
vate and increase the character and
prosperity of the State,every thought
of his mind would be devoted there- j
to.
The gubernatorial contest is rapid
ly narrowing down to one between
Smith and Johnson. Smith is now j
the most prominent and st.ongest of J
the longstanding aspirants. As the
aunerents of the weaker ones fall j
from them they will naturally go for j
Johnson, but never to Smith, though
it is not proposed to make Johnson
antagonistic to any of them. He
will simply become tlie people’s
candidate.
It is amusing to observe how
adroitly certain newspapers and
their correspondents seek to make
the impression upon the popular
mind that Hon. IT. V. Johnson is
not to be considered in the guberna
torial canvass as the representative
of the people .
New Advertiseinonts.
CITY TAX KTOTICE.
IWlLLbeat the store-house of C. It. Con
yers, each Tuesday iu this month for the
purpose ot receivin'? tax returns of personal
property. The hooks will he closed on the
3d day of May, 1816.
Street Taxes.
At the same time and place I will collect
the sh eet tax, which expires on the 3d day of
May, also. This April 4, 1876.
JAMES It. CONYEEv.$,Clerk of Council.
GIT Y IIALL.
THCRSDAY EVE.MXG, APRIL 6, 1576.
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-it the graxt American Institute Fair,
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Cure Rupture in from 30 to 90 Days, and
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They employ a first-class lady Surgeon . Tcims
mo lerate. Cures guaranteed. The usual dis
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lor descriptive book to
apt 6 1)K. C. W. 11. BURNHAM. Gen’l Supt.
Ecmclery Ovdiiiiiiice.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Curterncille, Bart-nn
CodutZ. Georgia: That ihe City Cemetery lie
laid off in sections numbering from mt.'iip
warils, atid each section he divided into lots,
mtniberit g from one upwards.
SEC. ‘3. Be it farther ordained: That the Ctra
etery Committee, be and they are hereby au
thorized to employ a surveyor to lav off said
cemetery in the manner aforesaid on the mod
reasonable term- th u it can be done.
SEC. 3. Be it farther ordained , That after
said cemetery has been laid off in the man
ner aforesaid, sui i cemetery committee shall
assess the value oi said lots; which lot or lots
may he purchased by any' on - * occupying or
desiring to occupy it or them, b\ ’paying
said assessed values.
sec. 4. Be it further ordained ; That when
ever any nerson or persons shall purchase anv
tot or 10,.-. ill said cemetery, be the
duty ot the Clerk of Council to execute to
-aid persons, for said city, a good and sufficient
warrantee deed to the lot or lots so purchased
as aforesaid.
SEC. 5, Be it farther ordained. That aH ordi
nances aim i’"-*- ordinances militating
against this ordinance, ...... ®
hereby repealed. Approved April 3, is,6.
City Council Chamber, April 3.1876.
The foregoing is a true and correct copy of
the original on the minutes of this date.
James Is. Conyers, Clerk of Council,
EKW!N,RAMSAUR&CO
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods?
Boots? Siloes*
Notions, Bagging-, Ties, Etc
au,l are offering
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO THE TRADE
Purchasers wanting GOOD GOODS, at low
prices, arc invited to examine their
stock which is complete, and
NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING,
cei-tr
Tli© Hoicks House.
HAA IXG rente*! the Uieks House to Mr.
IS. F. Collins, 1 ate of Dawson, Ga., I take
pleasure in introducing an<l recommending
him and family to the people of Cartersville,
county ahd the public generally, as being in
every respect worthy of their confidence ami
patronage. Thanking the public for past fa
age for my suoee~Tor, i'hiimbtvl'ow 01 watlon '
\V. \V. HICKS,
To The Public.
Having taken the above named house and
furnished it comfortably with carpets and
other necessaries, and having considerable
experience, 1 feel safe and confident in solicit
ing and
Guaranteeing Satisfaction to a Reasonable
Public.
Give mo a trial and I will do mv utmost to
give comfort, furnishing my table always,
with the best that can be had.
marchO-tf. It. f. COLLINS.
CHEAPEST AXI)
HOWARD HYDSAHLIC CEMENT.
Manufactured near Kingston, Bartow County
Georgia.
FAQUAL to the best imported Portland Ce-
J meut. Send fer circular. Try this bo
foe buying elsewhere.
Hefei's by permission to Mr. A. .T. Weft,
President Cherokee iron company, Cedartown!
Ga.. who has-built a splendid dam (cost $7 000,)
using this cement and pronouncing it the l.est
he ever used. Also refer to Gen. Wm. Mcßae
Superintendent W. A A. R. H. Cos., who has
been using it for piers of bridges and cul
verts on his railroad, for two years; al>o to
Capt. John Ported. C. E. Also'to Mr. F. ,J.
Stone, Suu’t. Bartow Iron Company. Bartow,,
Ga , w ho has built several large reservoirs with
it. which arc perfect; to Messrs. Smith. Son *
Bro., of Borne, who have made a splendid
pavement with it; to Capt. M. B. Grant or Mr.
Gilbert Butler. Of Savannah, who have u-ed it
with great success in stucco work; or Mafor
Bryan, of Savannah; Vi r. 1.. T. Cohen, of Rome;
to Messr.-. Grant. Jacksonville, Ala., who have
used it for fountain-, pavements, fish ponds
cellar floors, etc.) T. C. Douglass, Supt. East
River Bridge, New York, who pronounces it
equal to the Imported English Portland Ce
ment. Address G. 11. WARING,
sepl3-ly. Kingston, Ga.
Val liable Mill Property
-AT
ADMIfiiSTRATORS' SALE.
Y\711.8 he sold on the first Tuesday in May
V ¥ next, within the legal hoursaoi sale, be
fore the Court; House door in Cartersville, Ga.,
the Wheat ami Corn Mill on Etowah river. If
mile- from Cartelsville, known as the “Tum
lin Mills,” idcluding 1% acres of land around
the mill, with :1m improvements thereon; be
longing to the estate of Lewis Tumlin, late of
Bartow County, deceased. Sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
Terms: one-eighth cash, balance in three
equal payments at six, twelve, and eighteen
monibs, with note ami approved security
Bond given to make titles when all the pur
chase money is paid.
F. P. GR VY, ) . . . ,
J. a. ERWIN, Administrators.
March 59, 2CTO.
SasoiHi liei*n 3I nufiiot or y.
ED. F. SHROPSHIRE & CO.,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
WHITE AITD COLOEED SHIETS.
Collars, Bosoms and Drawers.
21-3 East Alabama Street, ATLANTA, Ceorgia.
I'Sffp Parties in Cartersville ordcriug from us can have their measures taken at Mr. Patillo >
tailor shop. jai,2o-6m. I
THE SnrOEE, SEWIHQ MACHINE
THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE.
The Largest Sales because the Most Popular.
The Most Popular Because The Best.
VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE.
in 1871 131.960.
Sales in 1872 219,753
Sales in 1873 233,444
Sales in 1874 241,676!!!
Nearly 150.000 more than was sold by tlm next highest competitor ami over 60,000 more than was
sold by all othor companies combined ! ! !
Address the Singer Manufacturing Company, 179 Broughton Street. Savannah. Ga.. C. S.
Beatty. Agent; Corner Bioad and Alabama sfs.. Atlanta, <fa., George W, Leonard. Ag"t.; and
at Stokely and Willsams’ Popular Store, Cartersville, Ga., K.W. If. MEKRITT, Agent.
fvbS-ly,
STILL A.V THEIR OLD STAND.
STOKELY & WILLIAMS,
DEALERS IN
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes.
WE desire to state to our old friends and patrons that we are still running our business
with onr paying patrons on the usnal time heretofore given,
But wilKExpect Prompt Payment at Maturity.
Those paving cash at purchase will get the heneft of a heavy deduction. And we would
most respectfully reqnest those purchasing for c*si to say to us at the time: “We will cash
this bill,” as wc’will then tne more readily aflix prices. 11 there is nothing -aid our price- \\ ill
he given at time rates. STOKELY & WILLIAMS.
HD Those owing us due paper will do ns a great favor bv calling and making early pay
. Q, meiit. (march 2) STOKELY A WILLIAM^.
New Advertisements.
<J* |vj a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit
d)IZ and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, 1
Maine.
Agents Wanted! Medals A Diplomas Awarded
,0 ' PICTORiftL BIBLES
1,800 Illustrations Address lor new circu
lars A. J. HOLMAN & CO.. 930 Arch street
!”• da'elphia.
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I To receive copy of paper also, send 6 cts. Ad- ASF
I dress: The illustbated Weekly,
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ml’ Llt W ELK G l A It A \ t tip to agents.
Male and Female, in their own locali
ty. Terms am! OUTFIT FREE. Ad
dress I*.O. \ll KERY Sl CO., Augusta, Maine.
f|M! if f A All E CO., STRUT itSR IRC Pj~
I EMERY WHEELS & MACH!HERY
COM P er day at home. Samples
y)D LU 4)&U worth $t free. Stinson & Go.
Portland, .Maine.
TJSYCC'HwM V-NCY. O 1 SOU L (IIA RM -
i ING.” llow either sex may fascinate
and gain the love and affection of any person
they choose, instantlv. This art ail can pos
sess, free, l>y mail, for 35 cents; together with
a marriage guide. Egyptian Orajcie, dreams.
Hints to ladies, etc. i .000,90(1 sold. A queer
book. Address T. WILLIAM & CO., Pub’s.
Pliiladelpbla.
Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. I*. Rowell A Cc.,
established tlieir advertising af ency in New
York City. Five years ago they absorbed the
t busiuess conducted by Mr. John Hooker, who I
w .is the liui s ,. ; uLOh tiiis enterprise. Now I
they have the satisfaction oi cuhwhh* Ujj :
most extensive and complete advertising con- ■
i nection which has ever been secured, undone j
which would he hardly possible in any other'
country but this. They have succeeded in j
working down a complex business into so
thoroughly* a systematic method that no
change in the newspaper system of America
can escape notice, while the wiliest in'orma
tion upon all topics interesting to adv others
is placed readily at the disposal of tl.c pul lie
JEW YORK TIMES I June 14. ’73
Advertising
in RELIGIOUS AND AGRICULTURAL
WEEKLIES HALF-PRICE. SendforCat
alogue on the LIST PLAN. For information
address
CEO. P. ROWELL & CO.,
41 Park Row, New York.
N O TIC E .
U, S. INTERNAL REVENUE SPECIAL
TAXES.
May 1, 1876, to April 30, 1877’
Office of Internal Revenue. I
Washington, I). C. Feb. X, 1876. (
THE Revised Statutes of the United State-..
3?32, 3237, 3238 and 3239, require every per
son engaged in any business, avocation or em
ployment which renders him liable to a spe
cial tax to PROCURE AND PLACE CON
SPICUOUSLY IN His ESTABI GHMKNTOR
PLACE OF BUSINESS A STAMP, denoting
the payment of said special tax for the Special
tax year beginning May 1, 1876. before com
mencing or contiauiugbusiness after April 3d,
1876.
The taxes embraced within the provisions of
the law above qboted are the following, viz:
Rectifiers • S2OO
Dealers, retail liquor •••• 23
Dealers, wholesale liquor 100
Dealers in mult liquors, wholesale 550
Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20
Dealers in leaf tobacco 25
Retail dealer* in leaf tobacco 500
And on sales of over SI,OOO, fifty cents
no v,aoiiuv in excess ol $l,OOl.
Dealers in manulaetn.ea tobacco.. s
Manufacturers ot stills 50
And for each still manufactured 20
And for each worm manufacture'! 20
Manufacturers ot tobacco 10
Manufacturers of cigars 10
Peddiers of tobacco, first-class (more than
two horses or other animals) 25
Peddlers of tobacco, second class (two
lior-.es or other animals) 25
Peddlers of tobacco, third class (one horse
or other animal) 15
Peddlers of tobacco, f'uuth class, (on loot
or public conveyance* 10
Brewers of less than 509 barrels 50
Brewers of 5 0 barrels or more 100
Any person, so liable, who shall fail to com
ply with the foregoing requirements will be
subject to severe penalties."
Persons or firms liable to pay anv of the spe
cial taxes named above must apply to JOHN
L. CONLEY, Collector of Internal Revenue at
Atlanta, or to SAMUEL SHEATS, Deputy
Collector, at Rcme, Ga.. and pay for and pro
cure the Special Tax Stamp or Stamps they
need, prior to May 1, 1876, and without further
notice. " D. and. PRATT,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Tax Receiver’s A’oticc*.
I WILL will attend at the places and times
appearing below, for the purpose of re
ceiving Tax Returns and Agricultural Statis
tics of Bnrtow county, for the present year;
also returns of the quantity of “crops pro
duced” last } ear.
A 11 a toon a, April 1,14; May 1.
Stamp Creek. April 3, 17; May 2. *
Wolf Pen. April 4. 18; May 3.
Pine Log, April 5. 19; May 4.
Sixth, April 6. 20; Mav 5.
Cassville, April 7.21; Mav 6.
< artersvillc, April 8, 11, 15, 22, S6, 30; Mav 11
22 to 31.
K tlnrlee, April 10 24; May 8.
Stilesboro. April 23; Mav 9.
Taylorsville, Ap-d 10.
Kingston April 12*27, Mav 12.
Adairsville. April 13,28; Mav 13.
Hall’s. April 29.
Bartow, May 15.
Stegall’s May 16;
Roger’s May* 17.
Farmers will please come prepared to make
returns of the quantity ol “Crop:. Produced”
last year; and ol the amount of land to lie cul
tivated in the various “Crops Planted” lor
this year.
My books will petit itely be closed on the
last day of Mav. a. M. FOUTE
Receiver of Tax Returns, B.C.
Cartersville, Ga.. March 16, 1876. Hw
Wm. T. Wofford, c. 11. C. Willingham,
Attorney-at-Law. Editor Express.
WOFFORD & WILLINGHAM,
Real Estate Agents,
Cartersville? Georgia
WF3 w ill s< 11 and purchase Real Estate
upon Commission. Any person having
land for sale or wishing to purchase, can have
our services by application either at our law
or printing office, or bv letter through the
post office. We will al-b examine lands lor
distant owners, and give such, information as
parties may tlfesins, tq prfci* etfc. mnrlo
Educational.
ROME MALE HIGH SCHOOL.
riXUI-. Spring Term will begin January 1), arffl
will close June 24. 1876.
Tuition in High School for 6 months - - S3O
Tuition in Grammar Department - - 21
One half of the above rates are required in
advance, the other, at the end ot the term; or
it preferred, bills may be paid at the close of
each month. Charges will he made trom the
time of entrance until the close of the session,
no deduction except in cases of protracted sick
hc s-.
students will be prepared for any class in
college, or they can complete the'collegiate
i-onrse in this school.
nfft£ J. M. PROCTOR. Principal.
ROME FEMALE COLLEGE!
Rev. J. M, M. Caldwell, Pres’t
TH E Spring term of the above Scm
/TJaX in ary for young ladies will com
iiience on the
NEHSg LAST MONDAY OF JANUARY
next. The present full and elfi
cient corp- of instructors will con
tinue to constitute its faculty.
The President takes pleasure in announcing
to the friends and alumna* of the college that
the last year, the nineteenth of its existence,
lias been one or unexampled prosperity. 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 board.
Fi-r further particulars, address
declO-tf J. M. M. CALDWELL, Rome, Ga.
A ljlass in music.
Prof. R. Teusler,
OF ROME,
IF sufficiently encouraied. will teach a class
in music in Cartersville, TWO DATS OF
EACH WEEK. Ten pupils wculd be the least
numbi r he would undertake to teach.
Prof, Tensler refers to Maj. G. 11. Waring,
ot Kingsion, and to his patrons of Rome.
janl3-tf.
SOUTHIRN FEMALE COLLEGE
LaGRAXGE, G 4.
.
FACULTY-
I. F. COX, A. M. President,
Mathematics ami Ancient Languages.
Her. A. R. CALLAWAY,
Mental and Moral Sciences and Belles Lettres.
Mile. E. V. of France.
Modern Languages, Calisthenics, Hair and
Wax Work; also presides at F'rench table
where French only is spoken.
Mrs. I. F. COX,
English I.itet-ature.
Professor SCHIRMACHER,
Principal of Music Department.
Miss SALLIE C. COX. and Min ALICE
-M. COX,
Assistants in Music Department.
J. M. TOMLINSON,
Portrait Painting, Sketching from Natuie
Theory of Colors, etc.
Miss M. E. STAKELY,
Drawing, Painting in Water Colors, Oil and
Pastel.
ri!HIS Institution in all its appointments
1 will challenge a comparison w ith any in
the south. J
Prof. Schirmaclier is a graduate of Leiusic
for years the pupil of Mendels-ohn, David*
Richter and Plaidy. Miss Staked v is an artist
of rare merit and remarkable success. Prof.
Tomlinson stands at the head of liis profession.
The hundreds o-! portraits executed bv him at
LaGrangc attest hi-merits as an artist.
The premium of fifty dollars for “best music
class.” and twenty-five dollars lor “best per
former” were awarded pupils of this College
at the State Fair in Atlanta, last tear. They
received the same premiums, also two years
before. Three different pupils received pre
miums as best p auisfs.
The Boarding House has been greatlv en
larged, and its capacity doubled, to acccinn-o- |
date the growing patron ige.
i he Spring Term opens thelftthof .lannnrr. i
Board, per an> lira, with washing fuel and
lights, $153.00; Tuition. S6O Music, Use c-1 i
Piano, $7; Contingent fee, *4; Art Department.
J 2.50 to $5.00. Vocal Music, drawing and Calis
thenics free of charge. For particulars ad
dress I. F. COX, President, j
jar.G-tf
RICKS HOUSE BAR.
BY H- S. HAR CRAVES.
I HA YE just opened at the Rick’s House, an
elegant BAR AND BILLIARD S A LOON,
where I can always be found ready to serve
rr.y friends.
I shall always keep on hand the choicest
Liquors, Wines & Cigars,
with prices that defy competition. FRESII
lager beer always ux tap.
The foliowing are my prices: Whisky straight
IB cents; whisky cocktail 13 cents; liot whis
.XP. nß £. h ’. 15 * Dts . and last though not least.
LEER FIVE CENTS per glass.
The Barber Shop.
l*have removed the barber shop up-stairs
over the old stand, fitted it up handsomely, and
engaged the services of that eminent tonsorial
ai list JOHN fA i LOH, who will alwavs be
&ladtowaiton his friends, giving them the
cst of work, and exerting everv effort to
pleasethem. H. s. KaKGRaYES.
marStf.
CLOCKS.
ALLEN & McOSKER
45 BROAD ST., ROME, GA.
ARE receiving the largest stock of clocks
ever brought to Rome, which they are
selling lower tnan over before sold in Georgia.
JEWELRY, SILVERWARE 4 SPECTACLES
All kinds of Jewelry made to order. Rc-
anti ywraptly egfecuwd.
THE EXPRESS,
Cnrtcrsville, Ga.
By C. 11. Willingham,
Tie Msoiest and Largest Weekly
in Cderolee Georgia.
OPPOSED TO All RINGS, CLIQUES
AND COMBINATIONS.
The Organ of the People.
and Defender of the
Interests of all Classes.
Democratic to the Core.
1870. Prospectus. 1876.
THE EXPRESS.
I
TTXDF.R the present management, i, fist
j wJ growing into popularity , its rapidly
j increasing circulation tally attests; and if the
present ratio of increase continues, it will soon
have the largest circulation of any weekly
j paper in the S}<ite. Coming to Cartersville
under somewhat adyerse circumstances, with
false impressions jade in advance of his
coining, to hip detriment, ami finding the pa
per nearly “run down,” the present proprietor
feels himself under many grateful obligations
to numerous friends for the aid they have
given him in reviving this once popular pa
per. These have given to its circulation an
impetus which it is hoped will make ita'pow<-r
in this section of Georgia for good—for the
: building up of our material interests
and for the promotion of the can-e of trn. and
i undefiled Democracy.
The Express
Will ever be found the true and unflinching
friend of the People, the opponent of all
cliques, rings or combinations, if there be any
such organizations to deceive, mislead or to
thwart the popular will, in all political mat
ters. It will be the aim of the editor to re
flect popular sentiment upon all puldie ques
tions, when that sentiment is true to free gov
ernment and public liberty.
The Ex press,
however, will oppose ail attempts to pervert
the- true principles of the Democratic party,
and seek to iuculcate at all times and under
all circumstances, the great and cardinal
pu-'ioles which underlie an I form the basis
of all free government. Opposed to all inno
vations upon the principles of the Democ
racy,
Tlie Express
, Will be found “now and forever,” a Dcrao
■ cratic journal of “the straight, st sect” without
a shadow of turning either to the right or left
I —believing as we do, that tli li. ppiness of the
I people, and the prosperity of this country de
pend upon a restoration of the old landmarks
of our lathers—a return to first principles,
alone can retain to us free government,and as
honest administration of the political affairs cl
the country.
Thr Express
will never omit any occasion to set forth tbs
great advantages of Cherokee Georgia. Its
aim will be to advance by all means in its
power, the material prosperity of tbis section
of Georgia, lavorcd as it is, with a climate, the
finest in the world, with a soil unsurpassed,
and with agricultural and mineral resources
uneqnaled—inhabited by an honest add thrifty
people, ietelligent and worthy of all prosperi
ty. To develop these sources of wealth, and to
make Cherokee Georgia the]garden ‘•j ot* of
the country will be amoug the chief efforts of
this journal.
The Express,
therefore, appeals to an honest and discrim -
Rating public Tor that patronage which shall
place it in our power, to present a good pa
per, creditable to the Stale in which it is pub
lished and a special pride to the people of Bar
tow county. Rapidly overcoming the falss
and inlainous, the weak and’silJY cnafge mst
this journal was to lie. or is to be, or /# the er
—ln of a ring—an impo-Hio* on general intel
ligence—
The Express
will be found in the end a journal that will
not stoop to subserviency in any form—that it
is a free and honest paper that will rest its
pros[crity upon its own merits, and will ntt •
seek to build -tip itself by imploring sympa
thv or by efforts to create false prejudice
against others. If
The Express
cannot win popoular favor upon the ground
ol merit, tne sooner it becomes extinct the
better it will be for the popular good. There
fore all who are willing to trust an honest pur
pose and effort to present a respectable jour
nal, true in ito Democracy, true to the peopl
ar.d true to right and justice, are respectfully
solicited to become subscribers to Thi Ca*-
TEKSTILLE EXPRESS.
C. H. c. WILLINGHAM.
A. . VU'DIVERC,
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
13 ESPECTFULLY informs his old Irieu l*
IV that he is stiil at the old stand, ready ami
willing to servo tne hungry.
Weddings &. Parties Served cn Short Not ce
feblO him a call.
DENTAL NOTICE.
DR. J. A. TIC MIR,
Office up-stairs, in Brick Building opp'-ii*
The Express Office.
TREATS diseased gums and ah*
Itsfl see-sed teeth, fill* and
rtecih, exuacts teeth, aud. i: J
ser ai artificial " AH MOT*
gr,urifntoVd. jpg* Terms iv.iw i, •