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THE EXPRESS.
Thk Express is the firm defender and advo
cate of the rights and interests of the people of
all classes, and the unrelenting opponent of
I*ll rings, cliques or combinations organized to
defeat the popular will in politics or to injure
■*>y rlmss *fcitizens materially.
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Cartersville, April 20, 1876.
Convention of the Seventh District.
Carteksvii.i.e, G March 30. 1576.
Ordered, That a Convention bf the people of '
tha Seventh Congressional District be held in j
tbe city of Cartersville, on the 26th day of
April. 1876. for the purpose of electing two
delegates to represent said district in the Na
tional Convention ef 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 doutle as many delegates as
they have representatives in the Lower House
of the General Assembly.
JOHN W. WOFFORD, Ch’m. Ex. Com.
Democratic County Meeting.
A meeting of the Democratic Party, of P.ar
tow County, is hereby called to convene in the
Court House in Cartersville, on Saturday, the
Sail of April, to select delegates to represent
the county in the District convention, to be
held in the city of Cartersville on the 26‘h day
Of April, 1876. S. W. LELAND,
:} Chairman Dem, Ex. Com.
F. M. Ford, Secretary.
Planter*' Advocate will please copy.
ANT INDEPENDENT’I^gpiDATE.
In reference to the rumors about
an kid< pendent candidate for Gov
ernor—idle rumors, it is true —the
Thomasville Times says:
“Let schemers and disorganizers be watched
—narrowly and closely watched. There are a
number of prominent gentlemen who will go
before the convention with more or less sup
port. Of course but one man can, or will be
nominated by the convention. He is our man.
Let the press and people speak out in bold and
unmistakable terms on the question of a possi
ble independent candidate. Let snch an one,
and his fellow conspirators against the party
in Georgia be given to understand that the
piople will repudiate and condemn such a
course. We believe that this end of the State
will fully acquiesce in the decision of the con
vention and that they will not countenance
any “mad cap” who may see proper to kick
out of the traces and unfurl the bannerol’ an
“independent” candidate.”
There could be no more deplorable
event to the welfare of Georgia than
the independent candidacy of any
Democrat in the State for Governor.
If the machinery of the Democratic
organization is properly managed,
and to the end of securing a fair and
honest expression of sentiment in the
nominating convention, there need
be no fear of an independent candi
date with anything like a formidable
following. It is useless, however, to
attempt to disguise the fact that
• nominating conventions are becom
ing more and more unpopular; not
because the people are opposed to
such conventions perssfe f but because
they are too often used for purposes
not legummter, ntnV lVI, of
rings, cliques and combinations,
and also to subserve the ends
of tmerely promoting personal
aspirations without due regard
to the will of the people. The habit
of a certain class of men of announc
ing themselves or having themselves
announced as candidates by friends,
for months and years in advance,
has sprung upon the party a great
evil. We have seen the evil exhib
ited in regard to our approaching
gubernatorial nomination. A num
ber of gentlemen have been known
as aspirants for gubernatorial honors
for three and four years with the
view of becoming the next candidate.
The effect of this long-standing can
didacy lias been to array the Democ
racy of Georgia into factions culmi
nating in tiie bitterest strife in ad
vance of a nomination and making
up a most disgraceful scramble.
What the masses of the people
most desire is a man for governor
who will administer the Shite gov
ernment the best, reduce the burdens
of the people and give prosperity to
Georgia. They care not who that
man may be so that he is a true Dem
ocrat, of unflinching political integ
rity and whose record is irreproach
able. They care not from which
section he hails. But the politicians
and office-seekers of the various fac
tions have been pushing their fa
vorites for two or three years with
ft pertinacity that has rendered the
aspirants themselves personally ob
jectionable to opposing elements; and
it is very questionable if the nomina
tion of either of them will give sat
isfaction, prevent disaffection and de
feat an independent candidacy. We
mean to say that it is questionable if
the nomination of either Colquitt,
Hardeman or James, whose friends
have been most assidious in pushing
their claims for so long a period,
would give entire harmony to the
party. The competition between
these gentlemen has engendered con
siderable asperity, and such a nom
ination might bring upon the track
an independent candidate that would
so divide the Democratic strength as
to result in the election of a Repub
lican Governor.
The best means of preventing such
a catastrophe will be, in our opinion,
to go outside of these long standing
aspirants for a nomination, and place
before the people some gentleman
who neither desires or seeks the
office, but would not refuse a nomi
nation coming from the people with
out any importunity for it, upon his
part. The gubernatorial office is not
one to be sought. It is one to be
conferred unasked for by him who
fills it. It is a responsibility a care
ful and well-qualified man would not
rush to assume, nor is a duty from
which a true patriot should shrink
when imposed by popular expres
sion. To seek it is an amount of
egotism well calculated to create dis
trust when properly viewed in the
light of the heavy responsibility it
imposes.
Now-, if a nomination is made with
a gravity and a sincerity of purpose
to reflect popular sentiment in the
choice of a candidate, keeping stead
ily in view the true object of such a
convention, looking solely to the
public good, and striviug to secure
the best man, no independent can
didacy can possibly break the forces
of tiie Democratic party. To accom
plish tbijs yvery Deuiourut
i should be willing to forego all per
sonal preferences and to unite upon
the strongest man, least objectiona
ble to tbe party, and fully compe
tent to fill the position with safety to
the State’s interests, honor to his con
stituency and credit to himself. Such
a Democratic union of purpose will i
preserve the party in all its integrity
and give to it entire unity and har- :
raony.
We have our choice for Governor
and have our reasons for that choice,
repeatedly expressed in these col
umns. We believe to-day that Hon.
IT. V. Johnson is the choice of the
rank and file of the Democracy, We
believe his nomination would give
entire satisfaction to the party ex
cept perhaps a few politicians and
office-seekers who have axes to grind.
These are doubtless opposed to Mr.
Johnson as is evidenced by efforts
made to create the impression that
Mr. Johnson would not accept a nom
ination under any circumstances. As
a patriot he could not refuse to obey
the will of the people; as a true Dem
ocrat, he would not fail to bow his
bead to the verdict of the majority
in calling him to public service.
But we may be mistaken in re
gard to the popular desire for Mr.
Johnson to be the next Governor.—
A fair convention will test that; and
if we are mistaken, there wilt be no
paper in the State that will give a
more hearty and untiring support
to the nominee, when fairly and
squarely nominated by the voice of the
people upon a true platform, than The
Cartersville Express.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION,
The financial condition of this
country constitutes one of the most
complicated problems of the day. It
is a question upon which there are
no settled views ior opinions. No
two men can scarcely be found who
agree as to the remedy to be applied
in correction of the evils to the coun
try growing out of the complication.
All see and acknowledge there is
something necessary to be done be
fore life and energy can be given to
the industrial vitality of the country,
but what should be done and how it
should be done is a problem our
wisest statesmen disagree upon—par
ties are divided upon it, and the peo
ple do not understand it. Every
man has his own theory, and every
woman doesn’t understand how it
is that she doesn’t get her full
amount of pin money. The poor are
hungry and the toiling masses are
idle.
We have our own crude ideas as
to what shall be done with the finan
cial question. Everybody sees and
feels the depression in all branches
of business and how difficult it is for
the people, in mis mnu or |jkv , u , ( j
garnered wealth to, secure even a
common living. There are causrs
for it ail, and what they are is a greai
problem to be first solved. The
principal one we think is the pre
mium the business commerce of the
country pay upon its medium of ex
change, under the national banking
system. There are about two thou
sand of these banking institutions
that enjoy the monopoly of furnish
ing to the country its commercial
currency,which the industrial energy
of the people pay an interest ol
from twenty to twenty-five per cent.
There is no people upon .the face of
the globe able to sustain such a draft
upon their labor and not become
totally bankrupt. The national
banking system is a great sponge—
that absorbs the sweat from the peo
ple’s brow to be squeezed out into
their coffers and ever ready to be
applied as the absorbant of the
people’s toil and labor and the sub
stance created by their brawn and
muscle.
We need more money and money
that will secure popular confidence.
We want just money enough to
meet the demands of trade. If we
are to Look to the Federal govern
ment for our money we want it as
cheaply as possible without the mid
dle man of the national banking sys
tem. The government should con
solidate its bonded debts into bonds
drawing three or four per cent, on
the inter-convertible plan with legal
tenders, that is to say legal tenders
and the consols to be convertible at
the will of the holders. This system
would regulate the volume of the
currency to the wants of trade and
we should seldom have too little or
too much of currency circulation.
This is merely a crude idea.
As we said the financial question
is a complicated one. It should not
be made an issue of politics because
neither party entertain any well
settled policies in regard to it. It
should be left as an open question in
politics by both parties, to be solved
as best may redound to the public
j good—all sides striving to restore
j confidence to the financial affairs of
the country. We, therefore, hope
the Democracy at St. Louis will have
the wisdom to Lave this great ques
! tion to be settled as best it may fur
the good of the country.
If all the insinuations we see in the
papers be true, we have no idea that
that Foster Blodgett will ever be
I brought to judgment. Foster says
! himself there are too many promi
nent Democrats involved in swin
dling Georgia for him to tell all he
knows about stealing. The Blodgett
excitement subsided very soon and
very calmly. Can we hope that all
the rascality under the Bullock regime
snail he brought to light ? We hope
so, even if it implicates justly the
most prominent members of the
Democratic party. Blodgett fare
well among his Atlanta friends and
was the recipient of the kind hand,
shaking of a number of Atlanta gen
tlemen while under arrest. Do ttu
“two thousand prominent gentle
men’’ of Atlanta endorse also Blodg
ett as well as Kimball ?
Col. J. R. Towers, Gen. George 8.
Black, Col. D. S. Priniup and Rev.
D. B. Hamilton are the delegates
from Floyd county to the Conveution
Ueru on the jgst. ,
THE MEETING ON SATURDAY.
We have endeavored to impress
upon tho people the importance and
necessity of attending to their politi
cal affairs. This we have done in the j
interest of the people themselves. j
Being no political aspirant ourself, ]
"and having “no axe to grind” of our j
own, we have endeavored to show to
the people that they alone are respon
sible for good or bad government,
each individual for himself to the
extent of his influence and intelli
gence. There is no proposition more
logical than that unless the people
see to it that they are properly and
truly represented in all political mat
ters they cease to govern themselves.
They become the mere servants of
those who chose to elevate themselves
at the expense of the public good and
because the people take no interest
in their own political affairs.
There are two things absolutely
necessary in the polities of Georgia.
One is to preserve in tact, and in all
its integrity, the principles and or
ganic forces of the Democratic party;
and the other is to see to it that the
organic forces of the party are con
trolled and kept pure by the “ rank
and tile” of the party. These cannot
be accomplished unless the party —
the great body of the people com pos
ing the party —will come together in
their primary capacity and give ex
pression to their sentiments. It is
for these reasons, potent and strong,
we think that the people—the pro
fessional men, the farmers, the me
chanics, and the good men of all
classes should meet in public assem
blages for the purpose of giving
proper direction to their political af
fairs.
As we have said in former issues
of The Express, the people should
look after their primary meetings,
and not complain of what is done
when they were not present to inter
pose any opposition to what they
may conceive to be wrong. In or
der, therefore, that we may start out
on this great political year under
proper auspices, and move off in the
right direction, let every Democrat,
who can possibly be in Cartersville on
Saturday next be here to take part in
the meeting for the selection of dele
gates to the convention to be held
here on the 26th for the appointment
of delegates to the Democratic Pres
idential conyeotion at St. Louis on
the 27th of June.
Democrats of Bartow! every man
of you is directly interested in the
selection of these delegates. As you
love good government you should be
here to do what you can to restore
good government to our common
country. You as a constituent part
of popular government have a duty
as a f eeman to discharge, and you
c hould be true to your trust. Let us,
therefore, nave a run iiimh lg t i,p
yeomanry of Bartow county on Sat
urday next, and show to the world
that we are not dead to the great
principles of public liberty. Come
one! come all!
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PRESS.
These are hard times upon news
papers. No oilier business, perhaps,
is suffering more severely. Decrease
in business is not followed by a de
crease in the publication of a news
paper, but rather by an increase of
expenses. The paper must be filled
anyhow, and the fewer the advertise
ments the more matter is 10 be set
up every number to fill up the space.
Every community owes to its local
press a fair support. It is to the
press the people must look for a vin
dication of their rights and the
advancement of their material pros
perity. It is a sentinel upon the
watchtower of their liberties to warn
them of approaching danger. When
a journal is true to these the people
should support it as liberally as they
are able to do.
We propose to make The Express
come up to these principles as nearly
as it is possible for us to do. We
cannot succeed without the fair sup
port of those whose interests we shall
ever strive to advance. To the busi
ness men of Cartersville, we say, we
must have their suppert in an honest
effort to do all we can to build up the
material prosperity of our beautiful
town.
We do not expect that liberal pat
ronage we might in more prosperous
times; but a little from all will ena
ble The Express to weather the
storm and be ready to greatly aid in
the onward move to prosperity when
the times are more propitious.
Johnson for Governor. —The
Gwinnett Herald , of last week, says:
“An effort has oecn made in some quarters
to put Judge H. V. Johnson into the race, but
-u.-4ii.te satisiied-that he is not an aspirant, anil
if he were it is hot probable that he couid com
mand sufficient strength at this time to get the
nomination.
If Mr. Johnson’s nomination de
pends upon the politicians and office
seekers it is very certain he will not
receive it. If the people could be
heard through the press, it is our
opinion Mr. Johnson would be the
next Governor, if there be any sig
nificance in what we hear the people
say themselves. Mr. Johnson is not
an aspirant, but we tell the people
if their voice can be heard through
their convention he will be nomi
nated.
TheLaGrange Reporter says: “Mr.
Thomas Swindali, of Troup county,
has plowed every year for sixty suc
cessive years, and is still plowing.
This is a record of labor of which any
man ought to he proud, and which
few can rival.” And “Uncle Tom
my” is one of the best old men in the
State. He has been married two or
three times, which is evidence of his
popularity as a husband. lie used
to get up every Sunday morning,
read the hi hie, say his prayers, and
peruse the Reporter “clear through”
as a part of his Sunday reading, and
we expect he does “that same” yet.
Let every Democrat in Bartow who
feels an interest in the cause of good
government attend the meeting here
on Saturday next. Fvery man has
a duty to perform in this b< half, and
uum should fail to do his duty.
THE HARD TIMES.
Upon every hand we hear the cry!
of hard times, and we are told by;
our merchants that the like has nev
er been known in the history of this;
section. The situation is actually]
discouraging to all enterprise and ei : j
fort. The question is, How will thi [
people bridge over the dull summer
months and prevent distress to the
struggling poor and keep them from !
absolute want? This question ca)
only be answered by the Christian j
impulses of humanity. These are
no times for money making. Those
who can must aid the less fortunate
by stimulating them with the hope
of securing their “daily bread.” In
other words, all must help one anotli-1
er; all must live economically and be \
content merely to live for better
times. People must content them- !
selves if they can hold their own and .
keep the wolf from the door.
The man who would press his hon
est neighbor in times like these .oust
indeed be heartless—especially when
he sees that neighbor struggling to
do the be the can. Christianity re
volts at such a spectacle. But every
man should do all he can to relax the
grip of the financial stress upon busi
ness. Those who owe money should
not horde or deprive his creditor of
his rights if in his power to avoid it*
The little money among us should
be kept in constant circulaiiDn. isot
•a dollar should lay idle in the hands
of any man who owes it to another.
One dollar in rapid circulation will
relieve the financial stress to the value
of hundreds of dollars within a few
days.
Our people must bear and forbear
with each other until there is a
change in the financial condition of
the times; and yet every man, as
we have indicated, should pay every
debt he owes to the utmost of his
ability, especially his small debts*
These will keep the little money we
have in circulation and greatly aid
in bridging over the hard times, and
eventually bring us to a better con
dition.
We publish a communication from
Col. J. W. Wofford this week which
demands from us some explanation.
The extract he quotes from a letter of
our correspondent, would have been
expunged from the letter published
if we had been more careful. We
gave it to our printers hastily and
left for Rome and Atlanta. And yet
we feel almost glad that we did not
read the letter critically before going
to press—for it has brought Col. Wof
ford out in such a manly reply to it,
that he will be all the more admired
by good Democrats for such unselfish
expression.
The Savannah News holds its own
so well that no one could judge of
the narci uuiw Dj. it* &pieudid ap
pearance. The JSeics is one of our
best Southern dailies, and we always
receive it with “joy and gladness
unspeakable.” Esiiii is a good
mannger, Col. Thompson is a good
editor and Harris —well, Harris is a
good man anywhere you put him.
And besides the local department,
oy that restless fellow Richardson, is
the best of any in the State—all be
cause Estill, Thompson, Harris and
Richardson are all “trained journal
ists.”
The convention to appoint dele
gates to the St. Louis eonveuturn
will assemble in Cartersville on tne
26ih, next Wednesday. We trust
we shall have a full convention ol
good men.
The letter of Hon. B. 11. Hill to
a Western man, published in The
Express this week is a good one. it
is strong and true and to the point as
well as powerful. Let every body
read it.
That little Atlanta Commonwealth
is one of the sprightliest iutie papers
that comes to our table. We only
regret that we do not receive it more
regularly.
Until H. W. Grady, Esq., returns
from Washington City this guberna
torial question is going to lag on the
popular mind heavily.
FIRE INSURANCE!
Fifty Per C ent. Dividend.
ONE-HALF the amount of their premiums
was returned last year to the policy hold
ers of the Southern Mutual Insurance Com
pany. The same may leasouahly be expected
this year. Those insuring during this month
(April) will receive their divtdeuds the coming
June. After this month they will have to
wait for their dividends until June next year.
Losses paid promptly and in full. See the lol
lowing receipt from Hr. Williams. Call ut
once on JOHN T. NUItUIS, Agent.
SI,OOO 00
Received, Cartcrtersville, Ga., April 7, 1876,
ol the Southern Mutual insurance Company, by
John T. Norris, Agent, the sum of one thou
sand dollars, be ng payment in full lor all
claim ol loss by lire ol March 19, J'l76.
(Signed) M. G. W ILLIAMB.
apr!3-2t.
Centennial Notice*
MRS. T. B. WILLIAMS
HAS returned from New York, with the
latest novelties in
Hats, Bonnets, Lace Ties.
Week Ruehings,
STLK TIES, and Millinery Goods generally.
Her stock is luige and well selected. She is
is able to offer inducements to all who will ki
vor her with orders. Leghorn hat- shaped and
retruunied. Sun bonnets <>t 30. 40 and .70 ci>.
i all at 27 Broad st., HOME, Ga., where you
will hud silk tor trimming in all the neu
shades, and flowers as lovei) as can be. In
ducements offered to country merchants buy
ing t.> sell again.
CITY TAX XOTIt F.
[WILL be at the store-house of C. Ji. Con
yers, each Tuesday in.tins month tor ihc
purpose ol receiving tax returns of persona,
property. Ihe bocks will be closed on the
3d day of Mat, 18 6.
Street Taxes.
At the same lime and place I will collect
(lie street lax, which expires on ihc3 i day ol
May, also. This April 4. 1876.
Ja.MES l<. con \ I-.ivs, Clerk of Council.
Attention Ftowaii Cavalry
* LL lui min is of this Company will m. cl n
XY Cartelsville.on Saturday the 22d oi Api ,1,
at 2 o’clock, p. in., for drill and inspection ol
a; ms. All pei.ms desiring to withdraw I’leni
theiompanv will turn in their .mu- on il at
day. by command, P. M. 11. YOUNG,
api!3-2t* n>
MASOMI NOTICE.
Til EKE will ho a called meeting of Etowah
Chapter No. 36, If. A.M, at their had at
9W o’clock, a. m. on Fi iday the 20th inst., at
hit h ttmo ill) Ihe members are requested to
bdPrescut tfcfttlonn to business off importance.
U W* fe 4,‘i TA
New Advertisements.
jj7moo V,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. I
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office: Up-tuir over Stokely ,*c Williams, j
West Main Street. _ ap; 20 |
*TJEN DOLLARS ADAV TO AiiKXXS. ,
.f APAN E S E B* E ASJ
‘4OO Bush U to the Acre.
ft MK i>ea {trows in the lorin of a bush, three I
I to live u-et high, yielding fiom one quart !
ton hill gallon ol pens per busb, a package j
that will produce from five to ten bushels, |
with circulars giving terms to agents, man-|
her of planting, cultivating, etc., neatly box and
and -ent prepaid by raai\ on receipt <>r 50c.
or t h roe boxes for sl. Address osMKNT A
CO., Cleveland, Bradley Count', Teim.
Notice to Dobttn’n.
ALL persons indebted to the late llrm of
FRANKS & COCHRAN must come lor
wa.d ad make immediate settlement as the
de;th ol the junior member ni.ike.-it necessary
that tiie business should be closed up at ouce
uii i without delay.
The partnership being now dissolved the
business oi the old Hi in la now in the hands 01
s. ii. Franks, who wilt continue the same at
I the old stand, where nil parties lu .y find the
notes and accounts due the old lirni ready foi
settlement. A. ,N. C< *Cri it.t N I
in. T CO< iili \N, \ teuton
Kntn.vlop. \n il 211, Sm.
| Thrash’s Consumption Cure
I Read what Dr. LOVIL'K PIE LIVE
has to say about it.
Dear Brother Davies-Excuse me for
writing only when I am deeplr interested. I
have been voiceless about two months. Could
not read and pray in a lamily. Mad tried
many things. Cot no beneiii from any. Sii.ce
i oiilerence, someone sent me, from Ainericus,
a bottle of THUASIi’S 0< iNbUMPi IVE CURE
AND LUNG RESTORER, which 1 have been
taking now this is the ninth day. i can talk
now with some ease. i came here among
oilier things, to supply my seif with this medi
cine. No druggist here nas it on sale. 1 toust
have it. I want you to go in person to Messrs
I'hrash A Cos. and show tijem this letter, and
or lour bottles, with bill. lam getting on
finely.
For sale w holesale and retail by I), W. CUR
11V, Dmggi-t. < nr er?ville, Ga. apl 20-1 y
“i.oiid Artists, A (loud I’erfoi'inauiee, and a
Good Audience.” our Motto.
CITY HA LL .
THURSDAY APRIL 20, 1816,
The Famous Whitfield’s
VAUDEVILLE & DRAMATIC
COMPANY.
Positively One Night Only
Programme.
The performances will open with the petite
Comedy oi
A Household Fairy.
Banjo Solo, by Horace McLean.
Operatic Selections on the Violincello, by
Professor George if. Webb, late with Theo.
Thomas’ Orchestra.
Song and Dance, by Harry Edwards.
Stump Oration by Horace McLean.
Cornet and Violincello Duet, Messrs. Van
Horn and Webb.
To conclude with the farce of
“Naval Engagements.”
I Admission 50 cents; reserved seats 75c.
j Tickets for sale at tlie usual places.
| ERWIN,RAMSAUMCO
DEALERS IS
Dry GoodSi
Clotliiitg,
]Bo©ts> !Sli©es,
| Notions, Bagging, Ties, Etc.
and are offering
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO TEE TRADE
Purchasei* wanting GOOD GOODS, at low
prices, arc invited to examine their
stock which is complete, and
NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING,
i ec2-tt
The Micks Mouse.
HAVING rented the Ricks House to Mr.
H. F. Collins, late of Dawson, Ga., J take
plea-lire in introducing and recommending
him and family to the people of Cartersville,
county ahd the public generally, a* being in
every respect worthy of their confluence and
patronage. Thanking the public for past fa
vors and soliciting a liberal share of patron
age for my successor, 1 hum blv bow.
\V. W. RICKS.
To The Public.
Having taken the above named house and
furnished it comfortably with carpets and
other necessaries, and having considerable
experience, I feel safe and confident in solicit
ing and
Guaranteeing Satisfaction to a Reasonable
Public.
Give me a trial and I will do my utmost to
give comfort, furnishing my’ table always,
with the best that can be had.
marchO-tf. B. F. COLLINS.
THE TRIUMPH TRUSS CO.
j SMMx No. 334 Bowery, N. Y.
SsimiUMPH®
To whom was awarded
PTI II THE PREMIUM MEDAL !
FOR THE BEST
Elastic Trusts *V .Supporter
At the great American Institute Fair,
(season 1875.)
Cure Rupture in from 30 to 90 Days, and
SI,OOO for a Case they Cannot Cure.
They employ a lirst-class lady Surgeon . Terms
moderate. Cures guaranteed. The usual dis
counts to Patrons of Husbandry. Examina
tions free. Orders flllcd by mail, Send 10 cents
lor descriptive book to
api6 Pit. C. W. IL BURNHAM, Gen’l Snpt.
j.s. McCreary,
J A CH SON VILLE, ILL M
Breeder and shipper of the celebrated
POLAND CHINA HOGS.
OF THE BEST QUALITY*.
)jbsr"Send lor pi ice list and circular.
ar.6 iv
S. If. PATILLO,
Fashionable Tailor.
t Thankful for past favors respectfully so
licit* a continuance of patronage, lli
guarantees GOOD FITS and work done
m the best >lile.
1 >HOP up stairs. Bank Block, opposite depot.
I an.SO t.
Sargeant’s Hestaurant.
Home, Ga.
mills old and popular restaurant is no;
JL only prep,in k to feed the hungry witl
lie best the in.irk' r. affords, but n also pre
pared to acvoiumodtte the public with
LODGIJNTCr.
Hoard and Lodging, per day - - - $2 M>
"ingle meal ------ 50
Single Lodging - - - -
The public aro respectfully invited to give
11- a eall. SARGEANT A WEBB.
de-30-ti
BACON FOR SALE ON TIME.
\ BOUl' the Ist of February we will; hate
x*. on hand a large lot of choice
Bulk. Meats,
to sell on credit until the Ist of Octohe-, 1878
Me sell only for approved notes secured. We
ipi-oal to ail those who ow’h us for supplier to
make prompt payment.
ufe-Kii. f. f. goVTfcif* tHWt,
Southern Shirt Manufactory.
ED. F. SHROPSHISE & COi,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
WHITE AHD COLORED SHIETS.i
Oollar&j, Bosoms and Dra^vors.
21-3 East Alabama Street, ATLAfiT A, Georgia.
i’artie* in Carteisvilie ordering frosn ns can have their measures taken at Mr rati 110
fa.ior shop. _ JaiHO -6 m.
THE SIITGEH, SEWITO MACHINE
THE PEOPLE’S PAVOKITE.
The Largest Sales because the West Popular.
The IVfost Popularßecause The Best.
, . VERDICT’ OF THE PEUI’LF.
"ales in 1871 .. _ jji sjj5 t
smihs in j 872 ;.w.219,753
Sales in 1873 *233,444
Sales in 1874 * ” 241,676 !! !
Nearly 150.0-K) more than was bold by rh next highest competitor ana over K\UJU m-'ie thun w ..s
sold by all other companies combined ! ! !
Address the Singer Manufacturing Company, 172 Broughton Street. Savannah, Ga.. C. S.
Ise.ittv. Agent; Corner Bioud and Alabama >is.. Atlanta. Ga.. Geoige W. L. ounl, Ag'i.; and
at Stoki-lv and Willsams’ Popular Store, Cartersville, Ga., lt.W. 11. Ml lllillT, A int.
fvl>3-ly,
STILL AT THEIR OL1) STAND.
STOKELY * WILUAMS,
DEALERS IX
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes.
WE desire to state to onr old friends and patrons that we are still running our business
with o"r paying patrons on the usnal time heretofore given,
But will Expect Prompt Payment at Maturity.
Those paving cash at purchase will get the benefit ora heavy deduction. And we would
most respectfully request those purchasing for cash to say to ns'nt (he time* “We wi'l cash
this bill,” as we will then tne more readily affix prices. If there is nothing -aid our prices will
be given at time rates. STOKELY & WILLIAMS.
Nn Those owing ns due paper will do us a great favor by calling nd making earlv pay
.D. meiit. (march 2) * STOKELY A WILLI \ MS.
New Advertisements.
<T If\ a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit
4>l£ and terms free. TRUE & UO., Augusta,
Maine.
Agents Wanted! Medals &. Diplomas Awarded
ri'H?”' PICTORIAL BIBLES
1,800 Illustrations. Address lor new circu
lars A. ,T. HOLMAN & CO., 930 Arch street
Philadelphia.
free Ticket \
Philadelphia j
From any point in U. S. east of Utah. 9
w Above R. R. Ticket (it also ad- M
ff “Uhi" |vc mils to Centennial Grounds) Jm
and $lO cash a day easily earned can ra-sin* A
W for onr paper, pictures, Ac. Anybody can do it. £Bg
I Particulars tree. Send address on postal card. /
I To receive copy of paper also, send 6 cts. Ad- AmF
I dress : The Illusthatf.l} Weekly. jfiur
} No. 11 Dey ht., New York.
(S F9 WPEK VVLLK GUARANTEED to agents 7.
All Male and Female, in their on a locali
“ * * tv. Terms and OUTFIT FREE Ad
dress P.O. VICKKRY & C<i.. Augusta, Maine.
rniiß iamtk (oTWuoi i>"nnt€. pa.,
1 EMERY WHEELS & MACHINERY
fn P er day at home. Samples
w3 LU ■&ZU worth ft free. Stinson & Cos.
Pui iland, M aine.
(HOM ANt Y. O f SOUL UH ARM.
H ING.” How either sex may fascinate
and gain the love and affection of any person
they choose, instantly. This art all can pos
sess, free, by mail, lor 25 cents! together iviih
a mArriage guide. Egyptian Oracle, dreams.
Hints to ladies etc. LOi-O-DXI sold. A queer
book. Addnss T. WILLIAM & UO., Pub’s.
Philadelphia.
Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell A Cos.,
established their advertising ai envy in New
Yoi k city. Five years ago they absorbed the
business conducted by Mr. John Hooper, who
was the first to go into this enterprise. Now
they have the satisfaction of con trolling the
most extensive and complete advertusing con
nection vLieli lias ever been secured, undone
which would be hardly possible in any other
country but ibis. They have succeeded in
working down a etmplex busimss into so
thoroughly a systematic method that no
change in the newspaper system of Amoiica
can escape notice, wide the \\i>:e>t in lurna
tion upon all topics interesting to adveiibus
is placed readily at the disposal of the public
NEW FORK TIMES.*...
Advertising
in RELIGIOUS AND AGRICULTURAL
WEEKLIES HALF-PRICE. Send for Cat
alogue on the LIST PLAN, for information
address
CEO. P. ROWELL & CO ,
41 Park Row, New York.
1N O T I C
U S. INTERNAL REVENUE SPECIAL
TAXES.
May 1, 1876. to April 30, 1877’
Office of Internal Revknce, >
Washington, D. c. Feb. l, 187 C. (
THE Revised statutes of the United States.
3‘‘32, 3237, 3238 and 3239, require every per
son engaged in any business, avocation or ein
plovnient which renders him liable to a spe
cial tax to PROCURE AND PLACE CON
SPICUOUSLY IN His ESTABLISHMENT OR
PLACE OF BUSINESS A STAMP, denoting
the payment ol said special tax for the Special
tax year beginning May 1, 1876. before com
mencing or continuing business after April 3d,
1876.
The taxes embraced within the provisions of
the law above quoted are the following, viz:
Rectifiers.... S2OO
Dealers, retail liquor 25
Healers, wholesale liquor 100
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale 50
Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20
Dealers in leaf tobacco 25
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 500
Anil on sales of over ii.ooo, fltty cents
for every dollar in excess ol $1,00).
Dealers in manufactured tobacco 5
Manufacturers ot stills 50
And for each still manufactured 20
And for each worm manufactured 20
Manufacturers ot tobacco. 10
Manufacturers of cigars 10
Peddlers of tobacco, first-class (more than
two horses or other an imals) 25
Peddlers of tobacco, second class (two
horses or other animals).. 25
Peddlers of tobacco, third class (one lior-e
or other animal).... 15
Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class, (on loot
or public conveyance) 10
Brewers of less than 000 barrels 50
Brewers of 5 0 barrels or more 100
Any person, so liable, who shall fail to coin
plv with the foreguing 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. CON LEY, Collector ot Internal Revenue at
\tlanta, or to SAMUEL SHKATS, Deputy
Collector, at Heme, Ga.. and pay for and pro
cure the Special Tax stamp or Stamps they
need, prior to May 1, 1876, and without luitlier <
notice. I>. PR \Tl\
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Tax Receiver's Notice.
I WILL will attend at the places and times
appearing helow. for the purpose of re
ceiving fax Returns and Agricultural Statis
tics of Bartow county, for the present jear;
also returns of the quantity of “crops pro
duced” I a#t j ear.
Allatouna, April 1, 14; May 1.
Stamp Creek. April 3, 17: May 2.
Volf Pen, April 4. 1"; May
Pine I.og, April 5. 19; Slay 4.
Sixth, April 6, 20; May 5.
Cussville. April 7.21; May 6.
Cartersville, April 8, 11, 15. *2, £6, 30; May 11
22 to3l.
Dull trlee, April 10 21; MivS.
stilcsboro. April 25; May 9.
Taylorsville. Ap il 10.
Kingston April 12. 27, May 12.
Adairsviße, April 13,28; May 13.
Hall’s. April 29.
Bnvtow, .nay 15.
Stegall’s May ’0;
Roger s May* 17.
Farmers will pleae come prepared to make
returns .f rhe quantity ot “Crops Produced”
last yea ;; and ol the amount, of land to lie cul
■ ivatid in the various ’’Crops Planted” for
ibis year.
My books will ponUirehj be closed on the
last day of Mav. A. M. FOUTE,
Kectiverof Tax Returns, B C.
Cartersville. Ga., Man-n 111. 1876 11 w
Wm T. Wofford, C. H.C. Wilurgbav.
Attorney-at-Law. Editor Exp.ess.
WOFFORD & WILLINGHAM,
Real Estate Agents f
Cartersville? Georgia
WE will s. 11 and purchase Real Estate
up >n Commission. A*ay person having
land ior s ile or wishing to purchase, can have
our servicis by application eiiher at our law
or printing office, or by loiter through the
pest office. We will alo examine lands tor
■ow eiv*Bii ki ve sueik juforma ion as
ptrttM may tiwuv, otv. unaVi
Educational.
ROME MALE HIGH SCHOOL.
; TiYHE "pring Term will begin January 11, and
A will close June 24, 1876.
Tuitjon in High School for 6 months - - S3O
Tuition in Grammar Department - - 21
One half of the above rates arc required in
advance, the other, at the end ot the term; or
if preferred, bills may be paid at the close of
each month. Charges will be made front the
time of entrance until the close of the session,
no deduction except in cases ol protracted sick
ness.
Students will be prepared for any class in
college, or they can complete the collegiate
course in this school.
an6-tf J. M. PROCTOR. Principal.
ROME FEMALE COLLEGE.
Rev. J. M. M. Caldwell, Pres’t
Til E Spring term of the above Som
inary for young ladies will com
.•JI .iJBBg- m nee on the
LAST MONDAY OF JANUARY
next. The present full and effi
cii nt 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 Men enlarged and anew one
constructed and the facilities for instruction
greatly increased.
Ten per cent, deducted from the catalogue
prices for hoard.
For turther particulars, address
duclC-tt J. M. M. CALDWELL. Rome, Ga.
A CLASS IN MUSIC.
®JrlnP|
Prof. E. Teusler,
OF ROME.
!F suffioien'ly euceurat >il. will teach a cla ; s
in music in't u-teisvillc, tWO DAY" OF
EACH WEEK; Ten pupils we ii 111 be the least
no mix r he would undertake to icaeh.
Prof. Ti-u-ler rotors to M ij. G. 11. Waring,
of Kingston, and to his pitti- iiis of Rome.
janl3 if.
SOUTHFKH FKIALE COLLEGE
GA.
FACULTY.
I. F. COX. A. ML, President.
Mathtmatics and Ancient Languages,
llev. A. U. CALLAWAY’,
Mental and Moral Sciences and Belles Lettres.
Mile. E. V. FOURNIER, Native of France.
Modern Languages, UitlUthenics, Hair and
Wax Work; also presides at- French table
where French only is ,-poken.
Mrs. I. F. COX,
English Literature.
Professor SCHIRMACHER,
Principal of Mttsic Department.
Miss SALLIE C. COX, and Miss ALICE
M. COX,
Assistants in Music Department.
J. M. TOMLINSON*,
Portrait Painting, Sketching from Nature
Theory of Colors, etc.
Miss M. E. STAKELY,
Drawing, Painting in w r a ter Colors, Oil and
Pastel.
THIS Institution in all its appointments
will challenge a comparison with any in
the south.
Prof. Schirmacher is a graduate oi Leipsic,
for years the pupil of Mendelssohn, David,
Richter and Platdy. Miss Stakely is an artist
of rare merit and remarkable success. Prof.
Tomlinson stands at the head of his profession.
The hundreds of portraits executed by him -at j
LaGrange attest tils merits as an artist.
The premium of fifty dollars for “best music I
class,” and twenty-five dollars lor “best per
former” were awarded pupils of this C’ollet e,
at the State Fair in Atlanta, la-t year. They
received the same nremiums. also two years
before. Three different pupils received pre
miums as best p anists
The Boarding House has been greatly en
larged, and its capacity doubled, to accomio- ]
date the growing patronage.
The Spring Term opens the 19th of January. !
Board, per an■ uni, with washing fuel and ;
lights, $155.00; Tuition. S6O Music, S6O; Use oil
Piano, $7; Contingent fee, $4; Art Depairuient, ■
$2 50 t 055.00. Vocal Music, drawing andCidis
thenics free of charge For particulars ad- j
dress I. F. COX. President. I
jan6-tf
RICKS HOUSE BART
BY H S. HARGRAVES.
I HAVE just opened at the Rick’s House, an
elegant B.\U AND BILLIARD SALOON,
where 1 can always be found ready to serve
n.v friends.
1 shall always keep on hand the choicest
Liquors, Wines & Cigars,
with prices that defy competition. FRESH
L \ Grill BEt.lt ALW YYn nN Til*.
The fol.ownigaremy pi ic* s: Wiusfcv straight
19 cents; whisky roc*tail 15 cents; liot whis
ky punch. 15 c< nts, ami Ijst though not least.
BbER FIVE CEXTB per glass.
The Barber ©hop.
l*liavc r- iiiovcu ilie n.uher sh..p i.p-st.iirs,
over Hie old stand, fitted il up lia . i-onicly, ui and
engaged the services oi tit t cmineirt .oesorial
atlst .JOHN TAYLOR, who will alwai s he
gbid to wait on h.s fiicmis, giving ih m Hi.-
Ix-st ol work, and exciting cverv rloit to
please them. 11. S. HARGRaVES.
ni;.i-2 t.
CLOCKJB.
ALLEN & McOSKER
45 BROAD SI.. ROME, GA.
ARE receiving the largest stock of clocks
e\ er brought to Rome, which they are
selling lower than ever before sold in Georgia.
JEWELRY, SILVERWARES SPECTACLES
All kinds of Jewelry made to order. Be
pairpu mtatly ami promptly
08sfi4fut
5
THE EXPRESS,
Cartersville, Ga.
By C. 11. C. lVillingliam.
Ie HaMsoiest and Largest f cell?
ii Cterotcs Georgia.
OPPOStD TO ALL RINGS, CLIQUES
AND COMBINATIONS.
The Organ of the People.
The Advocate and Defender of tho
Interests of all Classes,
Democratic to the Core.
_
1576. Prospectus. I>7G.
THE EXPKESN,
TTNDER the present management, is fast
A-* growing into popularity as its rapidly
increasing circulation Inlly attests; and if the
present ratio ot increase continues, itw llsooa
have the largest circulation of any weekly
paper in the State. Coming to Cartersville
under somewhat adverse circumstances, with
false imprtssious made in advance of bis
coming, to his detriment, and finding the pa
per nearly “run down,” the present proprietor
feels himselt under manv gratciul obligations
to numerous friends tor 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'p>owrr
in this section of Georgia for good—for th.
building up of our material interests
and for the promotion of the cause of true and
undefiled Democracy.
The Exprcki
M ill ever be found the true and unflinching
friend ol the People, the opponent of all
cliques, rings or combinations, if there be any
.-neb organlzhllo rrs w *in;ti,ir—ll*.i, a, ,„
thwart the popular will, in all political mat
ters. It will be tha aim of the editor to re
flect popular sentiment up >n all public ques
tions, when that sentiment is true to :rut gov
ernmeut and public liberty.
The Express,
however, will oppose all attempts to pervert
the true principle, o the D -m.n-rati* party,
and seek to in 'uicnte at all times and under
all circumstances, the great and cardinal
principles which underlie an i form the basis
of all free government. Opposed to all inno
vations upon the principles of the Democ
racy,
The Express
Will be found “now and forever,” a Demo
craticjournal of “the straightest sect” without
a shadow of turning either to the right or left
—believing as we do, that the happiness of ths
people, and the prosperity or this country de
pend upon a restoration of the old landmark*
of our fathers—a return to first principles,
alone can retain to ns free government.and as
honest administration of the political affair* ol
the country.
The Express
will never omit any occasion to set forth ths
great advantages of Cherokee Georgia. Its
aim will be to advance by all means in its
the material projqierity of this section
of Georgia, lavored as it is, with a climate, ths
finest in the world, with a soil unsurpassed,
and with agricultural and mineral resource#
unequaled—inhabited by an honest add thrifty
people, ietelligent and w orthy of all prosperi
ty. To develop these sources of wealth, and to
make Cherokee Georgia the | garden spot of
the country will be among ths chief efforts ot
this journal.
The Express,
therefore, appeals to an honest and discrimi
nating public for that patronagfe which shall
place it iu our power, to present a'good pa
tter, creditable to in which it is pub
lished and a special pride to the people of Bar
tow county. Rapidly overcoming he falss
and infamous, the weak and silly charge that
this journal was to be, or is to be. or is the or
gan of a ring--an imposition ou 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
prosperity upon Its own merits, and will never
seek to build up itself by imploring synipa
thvor by efforts to create false prejudic'd
against others. If
The Express
cannot win popoular favor uiion the ground
of merit, the sooner it become* ex*inct the
better it will be for the popular good. There
fore all who arc willing to trust an honest pur
pose and effort to pie-eut a respectable j )r*
nal, true in it;, Democrac-. true to the peopl
and true to right and jus!lce. are respectfully
-oik-Led to become subscrioe-B to Ths Cak-
TEUSVU.LE EXfhESS.
C. H. C. WILLINGHAM.
A. 11. TAIN Oil EKE,
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER.
Respectfully informs hi> old nund*
that he i still at tae old stand, ready and
williug to serve tne hungry.
Weddings 4 Parties Served c-n Short Notice
feblp JSP’Give hint a cad
DENTAL NOTICE.
DR. J. A. TICNKR,
! Office up-stairs, in Brick Building oppodw
The Express Office.
TREAIS ftunsand ab*
AL9 scessed teeth, fill- and
UJ WiuLWk teeth, exti acts teeth, and in*
| >4411/ ser-ts artificial sestfc. AU.WW*
! nifilrwrtewh ■s& Tvtm ui