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BY C. 11. C. WILLINGHAM.
The Cnrtersville Express.
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Travelers’ Guide.
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
FROM and after this date the following
Schedule will be>run on the Cherokee Rail- ]
Leave Rockmart at 7:00 A.M. |
" Taylorsville, 8:1X1 *‘
" Stih slKiro, 8:25 “
Arrive at t artersville, 9:10 “
Leave Carlersviile 3:00 P. M.
St A isboro, 3:50
“ Taylorsville 4:30 “
Arrive at Kookmart 5:15 “
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
The following Schedule takes effect Novem
ber 28,1875.
NORTHWARD. No. 1.
Leave Atlanta 4 20 pm !
Arrive Cartersviljc 636 pm !
Arrive Kingston 6 42 p 111
Arrive Dalton 7 04 pm
Arrive Chattanooga 10 15 p m *
No. 3. j
Leave Atlanta 6 20 am j
Arrive Cartersvillo 8 42 a m
Arrive Kingston 9 lj a m i
Arrive Dalton ...10 54 a m 1
Arrive,Chattanooga 12 42 p m j
No. 11.
Leave Atlanta 5 55 p m |
Arrive Cartersvilie 8 50 p m 1
Arrive Kingston 9 24 j) m ;
a vrive Dalton 11 45 pm
SOUTHWARD-
Arive Chattanooga 4 00 pm !
Leave Dalton 5 51 pm j
a Kingston 7 31 p m I
AirivoCui-turc-iiio 8 02 pm j
Arrive Atlanta 10 10 p 111 ;
No. 4.
Leave Chattanooga 5 15 a m
Arrive Dalton I ““J
Arrive Cartersvilie -3 a J ll
Arrive Atlanta B 00n
No. 12.
Arrive Dalton * 00 am
Arrive Kingston 4 -1 am
Arrive Cartersvilie •> fh a m
Arrive Atlanta 0 42 am ,
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, be
■ween New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 he- ;
tween Ulanta and Nashville.
Pullman Palace Cars run <> Nos J-a3 nd 2be- 1
tween Louisville and Atlant. .
c sr-\o change of cars betw en New Orleans
N!' ,//(,, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore
and only one change to New' Y. k.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 110 p. nr, ar- ,
vivo in New York the second thci -alter at 4 00
* Excursion Tickets to the Virgin : a Springs
ai,-i various Summer Resorts will ue 011 sale
in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Colum
bus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta,
at ereatlv reduced rates Ist ol June.
Patties desiring a whole car through to the
Virginia Springs or to Baltimore should ad
dress the undersigned. ~ ,
Parties contemplating traveling should send
for ac-'pyof the Kennesaw Route Gazette , con
taining schedules, etc.
43tf“Ask lor tickets via "Kenncsaw Route.
B. W. WRENN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
n,ay22 dll Atlanta. 6a.
HOME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On ami after Sunday, Dec. 12th trains on the j
Rome Railroad will run as follows:
DAY TRAIN— EVERY DAT.
Leave Rome at •• • anl j
Arrive at Rome a m ;
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMODATION.
Leaves Rome at 5.45 p m I
Arrive at Rome at a P 1,1 j
ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD.
P ASS EN GER TRAIN—OUTWAR D.
BTATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE
Atlanta 10:25 p. in.
East Point 10:44 p. m. 10:44 p. in.
Red Oak i>. m. 11:44 p. m-
Fairburn 11 P- m - P-
Palmetto 11:37 p. m. 11 .38 P- m.
Powell’s 11 P- ni 11*®® P- "*•
Newnan 12:14 P-m. l.Llo a. m.
Puckett’s 12:30 ain 12:35 a m
Grantvillc 12:50 a m 12:ol am
llojtausville 1:06 ain 1:00 ain
Whitfield’s 1:34 a in I:3a a m
LaG ran {re 1:51 a m 1 :aa a m
Long Cane a m -.A an
West Point 2:40 a m
PASSENGER TRAIN —INWARD.
STATIONS. ARRIVE.
Wpt Point X4.au V iu
Loiig Cane 1S |> m 13 .30 P m
La Grange 1:02 pm 1:03 pm
Whitfield's 1 :2l P> ] ™
llogansville 1:2l P*u 1• P m
Grantvillc 1 ; 57 P m * P m
Newnan ' 2:20 i> m 2:30 p m
Powell 5'...". 2;44 p m 2:45 pm
■ ’.I • net to 3:06 pm 3:0 1 p in
i'‘lirbiun......... 3:32 i,m 2:23pm
Red Oak 3=38 P m 3,42 p m
l ast Point 8:57 p m 3.57 pm
Atiant-a... 4:ls|p ni
SELMA, ROM & DALTON.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY--NO Til.
Arrive at Dalton p m ,
Making close connections at Dalton with the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road, and Western and Atlantic Railroad lor
all Eastern and Western cities.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOUTH.
Leave Dalton £®®P®
Arrive at Rome P *
Arrive at Calera in : M)an
Making close connection at Calera lor Mont
gomery and points South, ami at .-v'mani,-
Alabamft Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or
leans, Meridian, Vicksburg, Jackson, all
points South iu Texas. Louisiana and Missis
sippi. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup t
Kay Knight, Gen. Tickct and Pass gr A{.t.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad,
Atlanta to Augusta, run as below :
Leaves Augusta at -y ; 4 -’ a ™
Leaves Atlanta at •;!*> a
Arrives at Augusta 3 ; *< a “■
Arrives at Atlanta 5.4a p m
Night passenger trains asiollows:
Leaves Augusta at ••8: , 5 P m
Leaves Atlanta at
Arrives at Augusta..... “ '
Arrives at Atlanta . ... b - to a m
Accomodation train as follows :
Leaves Atlanta 5=53 P ™
I.eaves Covington a [
Arrives at Atlanta *','•> a
Arrives at Covington 1 - ,JU P‘ u
THE COOSA RIVER STEAMERS.
Steamers on the Coosa River will run as per
schedule as follows:
Leave Rome every Monday at ...ipro
Leave Rome every Thursday. • aUI
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday and I ridaj ■■■> a m
Arrive at Rome Wednesday and Saturdajo p or
A . J. M. ELLIOTT, Gen’l sup’
AGRICULTUEAL-
Thoughts for the Month from the Amer
ican Farmer.
We present this week to our read
ers an article clipped from the Ameri
ican Farmer . We intend to keep our
farming friends thoroughly posted as
regards agricultural matters, and to
do so will publish an article from
time to time clipped from standard
agricultural periodicals of the day:
We have reached that season when
not only every day but every hour
brings its duty, and that farmer who
has not his work in hand and well
forward, must, after the mild winter
we have passed, owe his delinquency
to himself rather than to his lack of
opportunities.
Potatoes.— To succeed in making
i a good crop, the ground must be
deeply ploughed, well fertilized,
| light and mellow. The use of green
manures is to be avoided. Composts
! thoroughly broken down, bone dust,
plaster, ashes and salt, are all well
j adapted to these tubers. Culture in
hills is the most convenient for work
ing; hut many prefer drills, believ
ing larger yields are achieved* Keep
the ground loose and free from weeds.
Make the hills broad, and never al
low the earth to become crusted over
It is a good plan before the vines ap
pear above ground to run a light har
row over the field thus breaking the
crust and destroying the small weeds
just starting into growth. It is an
advantage to plant early; but there
would be no temptation 10 do this at
the expense of proper preparation.
Oats ought to be gotten in as ear
ly as possible, but some care should
be given the preparation for the crop,
which is one that does not always
get, but always repays, good treat
ment. A correspondent of the Lan
caster Farmer gives the following as
the best way of putting in the crop:
The usual way of preparing the
ground is to plow it; but the writer
and many others have proven be
yond doubt that more oats can be
raised by stirring it with a cultivator,
and with a great saving of work.
The succesive freezings and thaw
ings during the winter make the sur
face of the ground in much better
condition for starting the young oais
plants than the more compact soil
unde, would be if turned up by the
plow ; besides, the ground does not
have to be worked so early, and con
sequently has more time to dry, so
that it does not become so cloddy as
when plowed.
The objection usually made to cul
tivating in oats is, that the ground is
harder to plow for the fall crop; but
my experience with a clay soil is
quite the reverse, even in dry sum
mers. Most farmers plow shallow
for oats, for the reason that more
grain can be raised by doing so. If
the plowing is done when the ground
is very wet, as is usually the case, the
soil in the bottom of the furrow must
necessarily be packed down, both by
the pressure of the plow and by the
horse that walks in the furrow; then,
if the ground is dry when it is plow
ed for wheat, it is almost impossible
to get the plow to run deeper than it
did in th<* spring, and if it does it
will turn id cloddy; while, if the
ground is cultivated in the spring,
and then not until it is well dried,
the plow will go as deep as desired
in the fall, and the soil will pulver-
Another reason why cultivating is
preferable to plowing is, that nearly
all the weed seeds near the surface
are germinated and destroyed by the
cultivation of the corn during the
previous summer, so that but few aie
left to grow among the oats. II the
ground is ploughed, alltheseeds that
had collected on the sod before it was
ploughed for corn are turned to the
surface, and having lain but one
year, will grow. This difference was
particularly noticeable last summer,
when ploughed oat fields were unus
ually full of weeds.
Mangel Wuiizels and Sugar
Beets. — These roots should be grown
in land that is rich, deeply worked,
and mellow ; that not naturally good
ought fo be made so by the applica
tion of thoroughly-rotted barn-yard
manure and composts, bone dust or
surper-phosphate. The seed, about
four pounds of which is sufficient for
an acre, should be sown early. If
soaked over night in water and roll
ed in piaster to dry it will germinate
quicker. The best method ol sowing
i is by a hand-drill, which will make
I the furrow, sow and cover the seed,
| and work the next row. Our own
experience of the Planet drill has
j been highly satisfactory, and it is un
doubtedly one of the best in-use.
The rows should be from two to two
and a-half feet apart, and the plants
should be thinned out to stand 9 to
10 inches in the rows for beets and r .L
inches for mangels. Keep the la id
well stirred on the surface and work
deep. . x
We repeat our injunction to all the
readers of the Ameruxm Tanner, to
sow a few rods if no more in these
valuable roots, if only as an experi
ment in their culture. A trial even
on so limited a scale will, we are
sure will lead to larger crops another
season. Their use for feeding pur
poses is attended with such satisfac
tory results as to convince all who
will try them of their heulth-pre
i serving effects.
Carrots are probably the most
nutrious roots grown, though the
most costly to raise, from the time
and labor required to keep them
clear of weeds in their early stages
of growth. For them a rich sandy
loam is best adapted, and deep and
thorough cultivation a necessity.
Subsoiling, where it can he done, is
useful and profitable. The seed is
sown in drills which should be from
sixteen to twenty inches wide, and
the plants should be thinned to stand
six inches apart. If the seeds before
sowing are mixed with sand and well
shaken they will be more easily cul
tivated. We have found an advan
tage in mixing redish seed with
them, which start off quickly and
show the rows before the carrots are
up, this allowing them to be worked
early. The gromd should be allow
ed to become warm before sowing
the seed. , , ,
Parsnips. —theseare much less cul
tivated on the farm than any should
be. Near markets they are generaly
a profitable crop—bringing fair prices
for the table. For cows and hogs
they are much esteemed. They
need the same general treatment and
prefer similar soils to carrots. They
may stand sixtoeight inches apart
in rows eighteen io twenty inches
wide. Keep the ground well work
ed.
Corn Culture The corn crop, the
stand-by of American farmers, de
serves the best care in the prepara
tion of the land, the selection of the
seed .and the application of manures.
A soil good by nature, or made so by
mau, well pulverized at first and
worked is necessary, to the profita
ble growth of the crop. The more
favorable its condition at the offset
the easiei will be the after work ings;
and as a rule, the more and the bet
ter manure applied, the greater
the profit in a comparison of
the cost of raising small or large
crops.
Corn is largely a potash plant,but
demands also for its growth a matu
ration phosphoric acid, soda and
lime, in considerable quantities. It
therefore needs to have available
mineral suppplies in some abundance
Hence the use of the phosphatie ma
nures, ashes, potash fertilizers, salt,
etc., is generally attended with good
results. Good stable and barn-yard
manure is equally as serviceable,and
ranker, manures than are fitted to I
some crops will be appropriated and
assimilated by this plant, which re
vels in the richest manures that can
be applied.
Upon the soil, the seed and the
preferences of the grower, depend
the mode of planting, the distance j
apart, whether in hills or drills; but
heavier manuring is of course needed
where planting is practiced. For
manuring in the hill, nothing is bet
ter than a mixture of five bushels of
ashes one each of salt, and plaster,
one of bone dust ; a handful of this
will give the plant a start at the off
set.
Early maturing and perfect ears
ought to have been selected and pre
served curely fur seed. 'To |/rotuct it
against insects and vermin, soak in
asoluton of two pounds of saltpetre
lo a gallon of water for a bushel of
corn, Another plan is to coat the
grains thinly with tar. A pint of
bailing with suffice for a peck of
seed.
Upon the land and its condtion
the cultivation of the crop will de
pend. The first working can hardly
be given too soon after the plants
can be seen; the after cultivation I
will depend on the season. The)
use before, and in the early stages of
the cultivation of the crop, Thomas
harruw largely aids in the thorough
preparation of the ground, and less
ens the labor of working it.
Our readers are referred to articles
on the subject elsewhere in this and
in proceeding issues.
Corn for Fodder nothing is more
useful than a small patch of this in
midsummer when pastures fail. It
has become iudeed almost indispen
sable to dairy farmers, for their cows,
and horses relish it equally as much.
Sow in drills two and a half feet
apart cultivate two or three times and
the work is done if the land is even
moderately rich. The stalks should
stand about twelve to the foot, and |
about two bushels of seed will an
swer for an acre. It may be sown j
up to the first of Augusta.
Plaster on Clover Fields.—lf
not done, a bushel or two should at
once be sown to the acre.
The Funeral Feast,
The Radical Convention will meet In At
lanta.
Yesterday Col. 11. P. Farrow, (act
ing United States district attorney
under tempoary appointment from
Associate Justice Bradley,) issued
a call for a republican state conven
tion, of which call the following is
the first paragraph:
WITAT IT IS FOR.
“A State convention of the repub
licans of Georgia will be held in the
of#ay n
gates to the Republican NationalCon
o’clock, noon, for the election ofdele
vention at Cincinnati, on the 4th day
of June next, and for such other busi
ness as properly devolves upon it,
including the nomination of a repub
lican candidate for governor of Geor
gia and the nomination of a republi
can electorial ticket. The conven
tion will consist with delegates from
each county in the State, equal to
twice the number of representatives
from the respective counties in the
House of Representatives in the gen
eral assembly.”
The change of the ploce of meet
ing Macon to Atlanta was due to the
fact that suitable accommodations for
the convention could be procured
in Macon.
THEIR ORGAN.
The new paper to be orgahized
will appear about the time the meet
ing of thecohvenlion. The arrange
ments of its founding are in the
hands of J. E. Bryant, Benjamin
Conley William Markham, A. E.
Buck and Geo, B. Chamberlin. They
are now getting up the stock list for
the company.
A RESIDENT COMMITTEE.
At the recent meeting of the State
Centra! committee the following was
a portion of tire business transacted:
Resolved. That the chairman ap
point a committoe of five who are
citizens of Atlanta, which shall be
called a resident executive commit
tee, and whose duty it will be to
employ a suitable clerk or clefks and
secure suitable rooms for republican
headquaters, and press forward the
work of organization throughout tho
State.
The following gentlemen were ap
pointed as such resident committee:
Maj. G. B. Chamberlin, chairman
W. C. Morrill, D. A. Spencer, A. E.
Buck and Wm. Markham.
We understand this committee is
about perfecting their labors and
that they will hang “their banners
on the outer walls” in a very few
days. —Atlanta Constitution Gih inst.
Capt- Tom Lyon,
In our rambles last week we visit
ed the plantation of Capt. Tom Lyon,
of Bartow 7 county. It is situated on
the Etowah river six miles west of
Cartersville, and embraces several
hundred acres of good bottom land.
Mr. Lyon has erected a splendid res-
I idence, which, for con sentence, com
fort and beauty, as well as excellence
of construction, is inferior to very
few residences in this country. Near
the house is one of the boldest, most
: gushing and beautiful springs we
ever saw. It furnishes water sufficent
to slake the thirst of a suffocating
army. Capt: Lyon’s tenants are
Messrs. Howdy and Bill Haney and
J. A. Terrell, all clever gentlemen
and good farmers. We wish both
, landlord and tenants much good
j i uc k .—Cedartawn Express.
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian church in the United States
i (southern Presbyterian) is to meet
May, 18th in the First Presbyterian
i church of Savannah, Georgia. The
1 opening sermon is to be preached
by the Rev. Moies D. D. the moder
ator of the last assembly.
Mr. Jefferson Davis will sail for
Europe May Ist., where he will re
main for six or eight months, to pro
mote the establishment of a direct
trade with the cities of Mississippi
valley.
.■
Offerings of the season. Twenty
cents on the dollar.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 13,1876.
The Campaign-
An Atlanta Correspondent Saj: H. V.
Johnson is Commended for Governor.
Atlanta, Ga., April 0, 1875.
To the Editor of The Express:
Your advocacy of Ex-Governor
Herschel V. Johnson as a proper per
son for the opposition to Smith to
harmonize on in the coming Guber
natorial canvass is meeting with irnu
versal commendation here. All of
the political jockeys agree that Smith,
notwithstanding his well-organized
corps of office-holders, will be dis
tanced in the race, if all the elements
opposed to his administration and a
third term can be concentrated on
any one man. When Judge John
son consents to make the race, you
will find that he has a large follow
ing at the capital.
YOUR CARTERSVILLE CANDIDATE.
‘‘The knowing ones” here aver
that Col. John W. Wofford is not a
candidate for Governor, but that he
has announced himself, so as to get
control of a few delegations from
North Georgia which he will tram*
fer to Smith at the critical moment.
I merely give this political on dit fo
what it is worth and leave it to you
North Georgia editors to suggest the
proper remedy to save your coun
ties from endorsing Smith’s admin
istration by sending a delegation that
will eventually vote for him.
THE GROWING CANDIDATE.
There is no doubt but there is a
very considerable change has come
over the aspect of the Gubernato
rial race within the past ten days
Smith has weakened so perceptably
that his friends think of withdraw
ing his name and Gen. LueiuSJ. Gur
trell is looming into importance.
The active part he took in procuring
pardons for the sentenced illicit dis
tillers has caused the leaders here to
inquire into his strength and the
consequence is that it is now quoted
as “first choice” among pool-sellers
who are gambling on the result.
They find that he has many ante
bellum politicians actively at work
for him in different sections of the
State with a large following in the
Coweta Circuit and a good assurance
of getting solid delegations from the
illicit distilling counties, which will
send him into the convention with
as many counties as any one candi
date and with a better chance of
growing as the voting progresses.
THAT HOMESTEAD DECISION.
By reference to the 41st Georgia
reports, we find that Chief Justice
O. A. Lochrane made in 1871 the
same decision relative to the waiver
of the homestead that wai delivered
by the Supreme bench last week. In
his decision .Ind#© Lnoiipumt imt
sustained by his colleagues on the
Supreme bench but since then Judge
Erskine has ruled repeatedly that the
husband had the right to bind wife
and children in his waive of the
homestead in a case from Newton
county, Judge Hopkins delivered
the decision, so it appears that our
supreme bench do not deserve all the
credit for this legal opinion.
THE KIMBALL HOUSE SALE.
This “House that Kimball built”
is again advertised for sale by the
sheriff. This time to satisfy a mort
ss7,ooo principal and $18,105 interest.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Republicans of the State pro
pose starting a campaign paper here
on the Ist of next month, with J. E.
Bryant as editor.
A movement is now on foot to
build anew eapitol on the City Hall
lot which was donated by the city of
Atlanta at the last session of the Leg
islature.
Jlowell C. Jackson has retired from
the local staff of the Constitution and
has accepted a clerkship under the
State Treasurer.
Mr, Van Estes, editor of the Gaines
ville Eagle has been appointed super
intendent of public works vice West
Murphy, resigned.
A correspondent in the Constitution
suggests Joe Brown for Governor but
we think Joseph has too much judg
ment to run fast yet. John, Jr.
[The foregoing communication
came to us last week after Tiie Ex
press was put to press.—Editor.]
Joseph’E, Brown,
To the Editor of the Express :
I have read your various articles
advocating theclams ofyour favorite j
candidate Hon. 11. V. Johnson for
Governor with a great deal of inter
est and I can assure you that you
have struck the key uah? 7
to the |wishes of the people, “outside
of rings and politicians”. But, my
dear sir, lam afraid that the time
has passed for an honest pure and
true statesman to govern Georgia.
Don’t you see that you have already
got the rings and bureaus and other
blood suckersstired up and the mon
kegs a chattering with your editorial
lash. “Vide” a communication ad
vocating Jos. E. Brown as a suitable
candidate for the office of Governor
and Joseph “Eel.” Brown’s card,
of advice to the “dear people" not to
go in debt! Slipperly Joe “dear
people” has got an axe to; grind as
you know he never gives gratuitous
advice. Put a sentinel on.the outer
wait, and balance your accounts to a
fourth of a cent, Joe “Eel” is on the
war path. “I Know.”
The*special correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer gives the follow
ing pen-picture of the Hon. Ben
Hill: “To the right of the speaker’s
desk, onfthe outer row of seats, sit as
man of powerful build, a huge
square head, ballanced on a stout
neck that stands between massive
shoulders. The hair is well preserv
ed showing some traces of gray in the
sandy color; the eyes of lightest hue
set far back under shaggy brows that
project from a high, broad forehead.
The face is flat under the eyes, and
shows that Scottish orign that de
notes a steady will and a bulldog de
termination." A sandy beard hides
the lower portion of the face, which
is by no means prepossessing at first
sight. Ben Hill, the‘Georgia rebel’
He looks about fifty years of age,
with twenty more of vigor and ac
tivity before him. When he stands
there is a slight stoop of the shoulder
and the head is thrown forward.
This comes either from sightedness
that requires him to bend close to the
desk in writing or from too dost at
tention to professional duties. lie is
seldom idle in the house. While
other members are sauntering idly
about or talking he is busily en
gaged in attending to an enormous
private correspondence. He writes
to everybody that writes to him.”
Why is a young lady like a bill of
exchange? Because she ought to be
settled when she arrives at maturity.
THE HOMESTEAD.
A Sensible, Good Letter to the People
from Ex-Gov. Brown.
It is useless to say to our readers
that the advice given below is sensi
ble and practical, and we advise our
farmers, for the sake of their loved
ones, to heed the wisdom of the ad*
j vice given:
j Editors Constitution :—I no
! tice in your paper editorial state*
I ments and communications from dis
j tinguished gentlemen proclaiming
joy to the people of Georgia, on ac-
I count of the late decision of the su
preme court on the homestead, which
i you and certain distinguished gentle
men seem to regard a very unmixed
blessing to our people.
Now, 1 am well satisfied the su
i preme court made a correct decision ;
I have the fullest confidence in the
i court and in each member of it. But
j I do not suppose they claim any
i great credit for deciding the law cor
rectly, and they certainly merit no
censure. They have done their duty
I in this ea*e, as in all others, and are
I entitled to the respect, confidence and
■ honor of the people of Georgia.
| But, so far as the effect of the de
cision is concerned, I think it would
j be much more appropriate to head
it “Joy to the hankers, brokers, cap
italists, merchants and traders.”
What will be the effect of tlie decis
ion ? Will the bankers lend money
to the farmers now at less than 1
twelve per cent, per annum ? I ap
prehend not. Will the merchants *
sell goods to them cheaper than here- 1
tofore? I presume not. But, the
great joy which is proclaimed for I
them is that they now have ihe
privilege of mortgaging their homes
for any debt, that they may think
proper to contract. In other words
they can get credit or borrow money
at twelve per cent, per annum, for
which they can mortgage their
Homes, and if thi>y do not pay, their
homes wiU be sold from their wives
and children.
Now, every planter who counts ex
penses knows that he cannot pay
twelve per cent, for money out of the
legitimate income of his farm, and
whenever he undertakes to borrow
money at that rate, or buy supplies
at the ruinous rates heretofore paid
for them, that it is only a question of
time when his merchant or banker
will have to foreclose and sell him
out, leaving his wife and children
homeless. The result of this course
of conduct will be to concentrate the
landed estate very rapidly into the
hands of a few wealthy and large
land holders, and the much larger
proportion of what is called the com
mon people will become tenants.
Then, I say, joy to the bankers, bro
kers, capitalists,'merchants and tra
ders !
But the principal object of this
communication is to caution our peo
ple from availing themselves of the
tempting bait which is held out to j
them by making purchase • 7
ions, fertile- } %*oakirom lie store
or any other kind of produce that
they can possibly do without, and
mortgaging their homes as security.
We are passing through a period o t
great depression and the observance
of strict economy and prompt atten
tion to business are the only avenue
through which wo can escape bank
ruptcy, and if our people should con-
thaTTfity‘now
have and agree to pay a large price
for provisions or other supplies, or a
large per cent, on money, the num
ber who will be left homeless will
soon be alarming. Let every man
take caution therefore and refuse to
go in debt, or pledge bis homestead
for any consideration, each bearing
in mind that he cannot make over
and above his expenses, the twelve
per cent to pay the banker, the bro
ker or the merchant, and that when
ever he is led into the trap he is
caught, and there is no means of es
cape.
Planters of Georgia, beware of the
cry, “Joy to the people!” Remem
ber that the effect of joining in this
cry, and availing yourselves of the
credit offered, is bankruptcy and
ruin, and that the inevitable results
of such a policy will be to leave your
wives and children without* houses,
without the necessaries of life. If
you will refuse to go in debt, and
practice economy, as you should do,
you will bo much better off, though
there may not be so much joy to the
moneyed clases to whom I have re
ferred. Remember that there are
breakers ahead and if you heed the
syren song of joy, and pledge your
credit at the present high rates of
money, for fertilizers and other farm
supplies, and pledge your houses for
the paymedt, your joy will be turned
into wailing at no distant day, and
your will never again be able to own
houses. Labor hard, economize
closely, and keep out of debt, and
keep 'out of debt, and pledge the
homestead to no one.
Joseph E. Brown.
One thing is certain, that at pres
ent the formidable candidates of the
Republican party are Mr, Blaine and
Mr. ConklingJ and that the working
politicians, and the most active of
them who think they have a future,
want Mr. Blaine. Ho is one of them
and he has a strength all over the
United States with that class. Mr.
Conkling, on the other hand, is the
candidate of the administrtaion. He
is Gen. Grant’s choice for the succes
sion, and the office-holders are apt to
make that fact apparent and power
ful.—Brook!gn Eagle.
If the projected tunnel under the
channel between England and France
proves impracticable, M. Vernard de
Saint-Anne, of the French Academy,
still holds out the hope of a dry shod
railroad between the two countries.
He shows, from the accepted hydro
graphical charts, the existence of a
series of sand banks between Grave
lines and Gamsgate, over which the
water is only tea feet deep. With a
little coaxing by engineers he thinks
that ihe natural forces that have
raised these banks would soon lift
them out of the water, affording a
dry road-way, and leaving only a few
gaps—the largest only a mile wide—
to be bridged.
The first token of fresh railroad
hostilities the coming season, is a ru
mor that Tom Scott has acquired
control of the Lake Shore and Michi
gan Southern Railroad. This cuts
off' poor Erie, and crowds Vanderbilt
to the North. The fact that the
Commodore has lately assumed con
| trol of the Canada Southern and
Michigan Central confirms the suspi
| cion that all is not right with the
i Michigan Southern. Tom Scott is a
bold genius, and this is the year for
bold moves, when the Philadelphia
| Centennial is expected to turn all his
rivals into mere feeders for his line.
Dandies and nanny-goats never
i fail to pride themselves upon their
! kids.
Special Notices.
Directory of County Officers.
Ordinary —J. A. Howard.
Clerk op Superior Court—Thomas A. Word.
Sheriff—V. M. Franklin. G. L. Franks,
Deputy.
Tax Receiver-A. M. route.
J Tax Collrctor—W. F.-Corbin.
County Commissioners— Russel H. Caunon,
j Chairman. David V. Stokely, John C. Aycock,
R. H. Dodd, John 11. Wikle, Clerk.
CORONER—D.JB. Mull.
Surveyor—ll. J. McCormick, G. IV. Hill.
Deputy. 4
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WESTWARD.
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* and general information in {regard to
ra nsportation facilities to all points in Ten
jnessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Colo
rado, Kansas, Texas, lowa, New Mexico.
Utah ami California, apply to or address AL
BERT B. WRENN, Geneial Railroad Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
No one should go West without first getting
in communication with the General Railroad
A gent,and become informed as to the superior
advantages, cheap and quick transportation of
families, household goods, stock and farming
implement generally. All information cheer
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Standard and Express, credited by advance
payment will be furnished The Express until
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have transferred to our new books, and begin
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will do so without delay.
CARTERSVILLE CITY GOVERNMENT.
MAYOR—F. M. rom.
Aldermen-A. R. Hudgins, G. Wr Satter
field, C. B. Conyers, A. L. Barron, J. A. Stover,
8. F. Milam, Peter Marsh, 11. s. Best.
Clerk-J. B. Conyers, acting.
Treasurer—A. 1.. Barron.
Marshal—M. P. Maxwell.
Attorney—J. B. Conyers.
Sexton—li. S. Kevell.
COMMITTEES.
Finance —A. R. Hudgins, C. B. Conyers, S. F.
Milam.
Street —H. S. Best, J. A. Stover, G. W, Satter
field. A. L. Barron.
Cemetery— Peter Marsh, S. |F. Milam. C. B.
Conyers.
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IF YOU
Want b ardors,
Want a situation,
Want a salesman,
Want a servant girl,
Want to rent a store,
Want to sell a piano,
Want to sell a horse,
Want to buy a house,
Want to buy a horse,
Want to rent a house,
Want to sell a carriage,
Want a boarding place,
\Vant to borrow money,
Want to sell drygoods,
Want to sell groceries.
Want to sell furniture,
Want to sell hardware.
Want to sell real estate,
Want a job of carpentering,
Want a job of hi acksmithing,
Want to sell millinery goods,
Want to sell a house and lot.
Want to advertise to advantage,
Wan’ttollnd anyone’s address,
Want to sell a piece of furniture,
Want to buy a second-hand carriage,
Want to find anything you have lst,
Want to sell agricultural implements,
IVant to find an owner for lost properly.
Advertise in
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
Professional Cards.
.lames W. Harris, Nr.
j^TTORNEY-AT-LAW,
One door East of Express Office, Main Street
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
marStj
LAW & REAL ESTATE.
W. T. WOFFORD,
ANY business left with C'upt. Sum ford and
Mr. Waters, who are in my office, will re
cieve my attention. I will be at my office usu
ally between tlie hours of 10 and 11'each morn
ing. ]leblß] W.T. WOFFORD.
A. M. FOLTE,
AT. LAW
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Willpractice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray,Whitfield and ad
joining counties. dec3-ly.
K. W. MIRPHEY,
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W
CART R I,LE. GA.
OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick building
corner of Main and Irwin streets. decS-tf.
J. w. H A RRIH, Jp.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
OFFICE next door to The Express printing
establishment.
John w. wofford. thomas w. milnkr
WOFFORD & MIIAER,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block.
3
JAMESII. COSTERS,
ATTORNEY A LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
WII.C practice m the Courts of Cherokee
and adjoining circuits. Particular attention
given to all business entrusted to my care.
Collecting made a specialty. Office up-stairs
in the Bank Block. dccga-ly.
11. RATES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office in the Court Uouae.
dec9-ly
Hardware and Farming Implements*
9
BAKER & HALL
CALI- the attention of their customers to & genera; anil complete stock of HARDWARE c*B
FaRMING IMPLEMENTS .such tie
PLOWS, HOES,ICOTTON PLANTERB, ETC.
We also hare a complete stock ofFrELD SEEDS such as Clover, Red Top, Orchard eel Blue
Grass, German MiUctt, etc. as cheap as they can be sold in this or mmy other market. We also
have a complete stock or READY MADE PLOWS both Iron anil Steel. We sell
- #S.IR t*4 *
Bar Iron j. to ( cents
Steel Slabs •• to :Ga
Iron slabs t e 7 onh
Last Steel *) > M co t.
Stveetl 1r0n... (to rente.
ror the cash we can sell as cheap as the same quality of goods can be sold anv where.
feb!3-tf BAKEttjtHALf.
STOVES & TINWARE.
the Citizens ol* Cartersvillc and Buf
rounding- Country*
- HAVING BEEN DIBAPPOINTF.D IN MT ARRANGE
menu [tv lcivo Cartersville, I have concluded to remain
ar| d cast m J lot among her people. In opening bnvlnee
here again I have concluded to do ft STRICTLY CASS
A! business, thereby enabling me to offer goods at EXTREM E
STOVES, TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
For CASH, RAGS, BEESWAX, FEATHERS, OLD BRASS AND COPPER, CORN AN®
FODDER, or anything that will aell, can get the very bottom prices. But im.rasb do ho*
' ask Koit CREDIT. I cannot afford to give it, even io the very best men in the conntry, aa
mj are marked at CASH PRICES
Thanking my frieuds for their past patronage, and earnestly soliciting a continuance ef
the same, I cap always be found at mv old stand in the old Exchange Hotel Building on the
ITBLIC SQUARE, ' (Janl-ly) J. S. ADAMS.
J. D. HEAD. DR. TANARUS, 11. BAKER. W. G. DOBSON.
J. 13. IXIKAI3 & CO.,
DEALERS IN
Staple and Fancy Dry Goads, Dress Goods, Clothing,
HATS, BOOTS AXD SHOES, &c., &c.
No. 71 Pcaclitvee Street - Atlanta, Gau
OUR BARTOW, PAULDING AND CHEROKEE COUNTY FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO
call anil see ns when in the city, promising* them the same courteous treatment and fair,
honest dealing they have had in our house while at Cartcrsville. <>ur stock will be found foil
and complete in all its departments, and prices as low as can be fbund in this market.
N. R.-We respectfully ask consignments of cotton from our friends who wish to sail In ftki#
market, promising them the fullest market prices—and no unneces- m,-. nr, VI? A CO.
the sale of same.
EfQWAH foundry and machine shop.
"Walla.ee & X laclcet/fc,
OF
Hollow Wa no / Olnnrr*
Highest Market Price tor
Old Iron, Copper and. Brass
jnn2o-tf. . . ——————— ■
William L. Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers,
PRINTUP BRO. & POLLARD.
FORMERLY
POLXiArm db OO. f
Cotton Factors, General Agents, Augusta, Georgia
| |
Sea Fwl Guano, in Bags 200 lbs. each.
C. C. Coe’s Superphosphate of Mmc, in bags 200 lbs.
The above standard Fertilizers having been in use for the past seven year* in the South,
with unequalled success, are again offered at prices that cannot lail to give satisfaction, wall*
the standard is guaranteed to be equal, if not superior to anv ever sold.
For prices anil terms apply to T. W. BAXTER, Agent, Cartersville, Ga iebo-Bm.
THE GRANGERS
LIFE M HEALTH HUM Cl..
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
.A.ixtliox'izecl Capital .4,500,000.
Of Which SIOO,OOO to be 0 nedin Each Departmeat.
Each Policy-Holder is entitled to a vote in the management of the Company
PAHE3ffT OFFICE, MOBILE* AI.A.
CAPITAL STOCK, - - - 100,000.
W. 11. KETCHUM, Bresidcat. | F. K. DAVIDSON, Vice President. | R, W, FORT, Sec*f
oiioiHaiA departhext, roue, ga.
Capital Stock 9100,00)*
Office No. 2 COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
Major C. G. SAMUEL, President, ALFRED SHORTER, Vice-President, R. J. GWALTXET.
Secretary, C. ROWELL, Attorney, Dr. G. VV. HOLMES, Medical Examiner.
Board of Director* :
A. P. Allgood, Trion Factory; C. Rowell, Uoiuo, Ga.; Alfred Shorter. Rome. Ga.; John If.
Newton, Athens, Ga.; A. Jones, Cedartown. Ga ; Hon. D. F. Hammond, Atlanta, Ga.; Hon.
D. B. Hamilton, Rome, Ga,; Cain Glover, Rome, Ga.; T. McGuire, Rome, Ga.; F. Woodruff.
Home. Ga.; M. 11. Bunn, Ccdartown, Ga ; A. J. King, Cave Spring, Ga.; Hon. W M.
Hutcliins. Polk county, Ga.
Ali.iliA.HA DEPARTMENT, MONTGOMERY, ALA.
Capital Stock 9100,00*
Hon. N. N. Clements, President and General Manager, Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Hon. David Cloptoa.
Vice President, Montgomery, Ala.; W. L. Chambers,Secretary; Stone <s Clopton, Attorney**
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, MERIDIAN MISS#
Capital Stock
Col. James W. Beck, President, John 11. Gray. Vice-President, L. A. Duncan, Secretary.
SECURITY, ECONOMY AND LIBERALITY,
Are the Leading principles of this Company.
AI.L approved forms of Life and Endowment Polities issued in turns of *l3O up to|10,0(t. AJs*
Term Policies of one, three, or .-even years.
All Life policies non-forfeiting after two annual payments, when the insured will be
to paid up Policy or t ish Surrencer thereof.
Dividends may be used to protect policies against lapsing incase of failure lo pay pre
miums. This with the non-forfeiting and Cash Surrender features, are sufficient to make th-i
Company popular among thinking men. |W“GOOD AGENTS WANTED,
dec 2-tf W. G. ENGLAND,of Mobile, Ala., General Superintendent ef AgeoMes,
W. K. MUSE, Agent, CartetsviSle,Georgia*
VOLUME XVII—NUMBER 15.