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rpf{E EXPRESS.
(L ;rs WILLINGHAM, Local Editor
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c. II C. WILLINGHAM.
Cartersville, July 20, 1876.
- ratie Mass Meeting.
. plutocratic Executive Committee,
bavibg decided to call a State Con
-11 1 c held on the 2d day of August
vt the city ot Atlanta, to nominate a can
' ,Governor, and to choose Presiden
. , electors.
;. .x , tivc Committee of Bartow county,
1 \ , aes its call to the people of the coun
... ; a;,le at the Court House in Carters
unlay, July 2 ( J, at 11 o’elock a. m., to
vl j lC y,- ur delegates to represent Bartow in
"Convention. S. W. LELAND.
' , M . Ford, Sec. Chairman.
AROUND THE TOWN.
Gathered Here and There by our
Reporters.
Advertise!
\dvertise judiciously!
vdveitise constantly and all the
fine!
I ; i0 thermometer yesterday danced
„ i . tuue of “ninety and nine.”
' Two mere splendid rains smee our
h ‘, ; lu -one on Sunday and the
other Tuesday.
\h it. M. Rose, of the liquor
ji 0 f cot, Hiil & Thompson,
ill the city yesterday.
Hu-i-vvi* sociable and jovial boon
companion, Miles H. Turpin was in
t)W11 on Tuesday and yesterday.
Don’t forget the Democratic mass
meeting in Cartersville on the 29th.
Pet all good Democrats attend.
Our friend, A. It. Hudgins, has
1 the. blackberry crop to ad
v ntge. He has squeezed out some
t,vo hundred gallons of splendid
wine.
The visit of a Cartersville belle to
gtiiosboro has already caused the
pro-once of two Stilesboro beaux in
Cartersville. •
Should any gentleman of the med
icin.il fraternity lose confidence in
the efficiency of ipecac just let him
try an average house-fly. Fact.
Indisposition of the gentleman
who labors on this side ot the vine
yard must be an excuse for the scarc
ity of local reading this week.
It would require the services of a
regular “belle editor” to keep track of
the huge number of foreign belles who
are flying around Cartersville just
now.
Last week’s grand jury, nineteen
jurymen, stood seventeen for John
son for Governor. Yesterday morn
ing when sixteen of this week’s grand
; ary were present, fourteen were for
Johnson.
Misses Trammell, belles of Grif
fin. are spending a few weeks here,
vu is of their cousin Miss Sallie Par
-.... vv *■>., ..f dui jnuincf
kulit- to our mountain section will
be a.source of much enjoyment.
Gen. Young addressed the people
of Chattooga county on Saturday last
and was warmly greeted. Col. Dab
ney also made a speech.
Messrs. E. it. Thornton and T. J.
dullard, botfAif Palmetto, are roam
ing around in Cherokee Georgia an and
Alabama seeking recreation and
pleasure. They are delighted with
this section.
We regret to learn that G. Ilopper
- made his appearance in this 1 ati
vale, but has not been long enough
to eat up the crops. Dr. Leland says
li is t ..i ing the weeds from his crop.
Ix, the well known barber of
Cai ersvllle, has supplied a necessity
Unn, r felt by our citizens. That is, a
iirst-elass bathing room. Give Esex
f call when you want anything in
his line of business.
The examination of Miss Carrie
Hendrick’s school will take place
this day week, and the exhibition
un the following day. The brass and
the string band will be on hand.
Mr. G. W. Norman, traveling
; ..rut and correspondent of the Au
v!:-,4 Chronicle and Sentinel, was in
Ru non Tuesday. He represents a
splendid paper and one of the best in
the State. We hope, upon his return
in a day or two, he will get a good
list of subscribers from Cartersville.
A lady correspondent writes to
know what nation furnishes the best
domestics; in reply to which we say
that although we are not very well
posted in such matters we feel that
we can safely pronounce in favor of
our own country. Newark, N. J.,
iV.-i.islus the best. They are called
the “Light-Running Domestic” and
are to be found at any office or agency
of the “Domestic” Sewing Machine
Company. ___
Money Wanted- Pay Up !
Two dollars a year for a newspaper
is very little; but in the aggregate
of our circulation it is a great deal to
u-; indeed, it is all to us. We are
dependent upon them for the success
of our business —for our living. W e
mean to say that we want those who
owe us for The Express to pay up.
Wo are greatly in need of the money,
ami greatly pressed for it. We have
proposed to take wheat, com or any
hind of produce in payment of sub
wriptions. Will subscribers come
1 our aid by paying us their sub
i>tii ns? Pay some if not all—
•flier in money or family supplies.
We hold due bilis to be paid in
thirty and sixty days, now four to
dx months old, that we*hope will be
settled at once. Bring in your wheat
corn, butter, eggs or chickens.
For Delegates,
I respectfully nominate as dele
grid s to the State convention, on the
second of August the following gen
tlemen :
Ckx. w. T. Wofford.
t'a. T. F. Jones,
Cor,. F. M. Ford,
Jcdge David V. Stokely.
Democrat.
BaKTOYV superior court.
A Synopsis of Whnt Has Been Done Since
Wednesday of East Week.
The business of the Court so far
lias progressed as expeditiously as
could be expected.
Quite a number of judgments have
been rendered by default on litigated
cases.
I lie presentments erf the grand ju
ry will be found elsewhere.
Ten true bills have been found to
this date.
Ihe following gentlemen compose
the grand jury for the second or pres
ent week:
SanTl W Leland, L C Franks, W W
Leake, Jas L Venable, N D Lewis,
T M Flemming, H S Best, Jno J
Johnson, Jas A Itichey, O U Glas
eovv, W. L. Adams, Jas II Jolly,
Geo W Manning, Seaborn C Pritch
ett, Jas W Smalley, W. B. Brook
slur, P W Kay, W P Whitesides,
J L Gash, S F Stephens, W K Huse.
The following are the traverse ju
rors for this week:
JSumber I.—J W Keever, R S
Sayre, J M Dobbs, J W Stubbs, T M
Webster, J G M Montgomery, John
Posey, G B Elrod, P L Moon, Noah
King, Abel Willis, W C Baker.
Number 2.—J W Callahan, Jesse A
McCanless, F M Tidwell, B T Leake,
C A Bell, Joseph Dodd, E. Wofford,
J P Bradley, J O Pugh, J P Penny,
F M Shaw, W O Bowler.
The following criminal eases were
<1 Loosed of:
Arthur Daniels, colored, charged
witli larceny from the house, plead
guilty and was sentenced to pay a
fine of S2O and costs] or two months
in jail.
James Peacock, colored, larceny
from the house, pleaded guilty ; $25
or 3 months in jail.
Laura Beck, larceny from the
house; plea of guilty; chain gang
six months.
State vs George Nelson ; simple
larceny; not sentenced yet. This is
the darkey who lifted A. A. Skin
ner’s chickens some months since.
State vs Andrew Nelson ; burglary
in the night time; no verdict yet
jury out since last Tuesday evening.
State vs William Lowry, disturb
ing public worship. Jury out late
last evening.
Remitters were received from the
Supreme Court affirming the judg
ment of the Superior Court in the
cases of the State vs Anderson Atta
way, found guilty of assault with in
ent to murder; and Neal Felton,
found guilty of assault with intent to
rape, both colored. They will he
sent to chain gang soon.
A good, almost new, one horse spring
seat wagon for sale cheap cash, or on time, if
atisfactorily secured.
N. Gilkeath & Son-
THE BARTOW DEMOCRACY.
An Urgent Call to the Tcople by the Exec
utive Committee.
There has been a call addressed to
you to assemble at the court house,
on Saturday the 29th, of this month,
to select four delegates to represent
you in the State Gubernatorial con
vention, which meets on the 2d of
.August, in Atlanta.
Your committee would respectful
ly urge you to come out in force.
The contest has been narrowed
down to two distinguished citizens
of Georgia—Colquitt and Johnson!
If you have a choice between them,
come out and express it.
Should there be a full meeting, the
question will be agitated whether
the people wish a convention to nom
inate candidates for county offices—
and if they do, how to construct the
convention ?
Come one, come all! and demand
what you want!
Small cliques, and rings, are only
success l'ul where the people are“in
different about their rights!
S. W. Leland.
Chairman Dem. Ex. Com.
F. M. Eord, Secretary.
We most cordially endorse the
above appeal. We hope to see the
the Democracy of Bartow turn out
en masse, and to see the will of the
of the majority reflected in the
appointment of the delegates to the
State convention on the second of
August, whatever that will may be.
If it shall be opposed to our views
we, as a good democrat, will be sat
isfied. If the course of The Express
is endorsed we shall be gratified.
The race for Governor is now’ nar
rowed down to Johnson and Colquitt
as far as we know now. Whether
one or other is to be nominated, re
mains to be seen. It may be necess
ary for the haimony of the party
to take up some other gentleman.
While we have honestly and ar
dently advocated the nomination of
Mr. Johnson, we would not thrust
him forward to the division of the
Democratic party. Can the friends
of Mr. Colquitt.say more? For this
reason we hope the truest men of
Bartow will goto the convention to
sustain the choice of the county for
Governor as long as there is hope
of doing so in the interest of the
party. It is to subserve the unity
and harmoney of the party, and to
keep its organization intact that the
convention is to assemble, and that
must be the result of its delibera
tions or our forces will be shattered
and divided to the detriment of the
State’s highest interests.
In conclusion, we hope the Demo
cracy of Bartow will turn out en
masse on the 29th and express their
will untrammelled and in the spirit
of friendship and fraternity. Let us
meet as friends and neighbors as
citizens of the empire county of the
State and deliberate and act in the
the interests of true Democracy.
Tlie Grasshoppers.
Misfortunes never come singly.
After the wheat crop failure, in which
this section did not make over a half
crop, we now have the plague of the
grasshoppers. r I hese have made
their appearance in vario us parts o
the county. So far as we can learn
their operations are confined mostly
to stubble fields. A few instances
only have we heard of them as hav
ing attacked the corn.
TAYLORS VILE.
A Spicy Letter from that Enterprising
Town.
To the Editor of The Express:
Mr. B. F. Williams, an old and re
spected citizen of this distrfqt died
on the 13th inst., of dropsy of the
chest Peace to his ashes.
Mr. D. M. Rogers drove in and
housed his sfeameratimus , having
thrashed out the 17th and part of
Polk, inside of thirty days. He rep
resents the wheat crop decidedly
short. He will be- ready to grind
out the cane or “long sweetening”
crop, and expects to fix up a portable
gin aparatus for the fall and winter
months. All who want grinding out
and ginning out, by calling on him
can have the job done up in the
same style he thrashed them out.
Seasons continue to come at the
right time, as yet. We have not suf
fered a day for rain in this vicinity,
consequently, farmers are cheerful;
and were it not for the excessive hot
weather, which ranged at 150 degrees
or head and neck above zero, we
would be all “smiles and affability.”
Farmers through with their crops,
and as they are a class that must be
employed, you can discover some in
terest manifested in the political top
ics of the day. We of the seven
teenth claim a representative in tue
next contest. We don’t propose to
force out the great “unknown,” or a
“tied out horse;” but a-square out
opiko L..im to chose from. We have
made the selection with care, good
and true, and with a little help can
fit the breaching. We don’t propose
to go into it upon the principle, that
“you tickle me and I wiil tickle
you,” as that has become so unpopu
lar, but still it is according to nature.
His Honor, Judge McCutchen has
called for our services or more prop
erly our presence the present week.
We shall endeavor to hang around
“in call” during services.
We were in town the first days of
court, and when we left home, minus
the wherewith we expected to feel
like a poor man at a frolic, but was
agreeably disappointed, as ajl seem
ed and felt like kinsfolks.
A friend on Saturday evening
knowing our proclivities, and ready
to relieve embarrassment while on
public duty, handed us a V., and as
jury tickets will pay board bill, we
can caper around at intervals with
out the necessity of looking up a
friend. Yours, 7-teenth.
A Flower that Changes its Color.
Botany is a division of natural sci
ence which treats of plants, and a
study of Vegetable Phisiology must
be the -foundation of botanical
knowledge—a study only possible by
the improvements in the microscope
and in organic chemistry. As plan ts
are not scattered haphazard over the
earth, botanical geography must be
studied, and, with this, plant-history.
Botany may bo applied to the wants
of every day life, as in Agriculture
Horticulture, or Medical Botany,
Animals often exhibit a marvelous
instinct in selecting medicinal herbs,
and an observation of their habits
has often even in ths present time,
led to most valuable discoveries.
Anti oU-Q-.Utl lidtiv hiji, knnu:l
etlge and appliances, fail to discover
less than the Drute? It is of Medi
cal Botany we would speak, or of the
HEP AT INE PLANT, discovered in
Southern Nubia, the flower of which
changes its color with every change
of tne atmosphere. The remarkable
changes and variations of this Plant
and Flower have been for years our
special study, resulting in the discov
ery of its possession of wonderful
medical properties, tne existence and
value of which have heretofore been
entirely unknown to medical science.
After much labor and scientific inves
tigation, we have succeeded in ex
tracting its peculiar medicinal prin
ciples, which is a specific and cure for
all diseases of the Liver, Stomach,
and Bowels; a permanent cure for
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Spleen, Con
stipation, Jaundice, and all Bilious
Complaints. Of course we cannot
send a living Flower of this Plant to
all v ho read of Hepatine; but to all
who will send their address to Mer
rell & Coudon, Philadelphia, Pa.,
with a three cent stamp for return
postage, we will send free a fac-simi
le of the Flower, that will change its
color just the same as the real Hepa
tine Flower.
The Medicine, MERRELL’S
HEPATINE, for sale by David W.
Curry, Cartersville, Ga., and will
cure all diseases of the Liver.
Having decided to close out; I offer ray stock
oi Books, Stationery, Candy. Toys, etc., etc.
at cost, and advise all seekingba.gains to call.
june3o-2m. H, M-CLAYTON.
Extraordinary Presence of Mind,
Our friend. Mr. T. G. Waldrop, of
Haralson county, informs us of an
extraordinary case of the presence of
mind of a little girl in his county
only four years old, the daughter of a
widow lady, Mrs. Julia Upchurch.
On Saturday last, while a little son
was drawing a bucket of water at tne
well, and just as the bucket reaehed
the top of the curbing, the little giri
took hold of the bucket. As she did
so the rope broke above the bale and
precipitated the little girl to the bot
tom of the well head foremost. She
struck the water, and as she rose she
caught hold of the walling and called
for help. Her old grandmother,
aged seventy, let down the rope and
the little girl grasped it and was
drawn to the top. Just at that mo
ment she lost her grip upon the rope
and went to the bottom again. Again
she called for help, and thiatime was
drawn safely out without injury, ex
cept that her nose was skinned up a
little. This is certainly an exhibi
tion of courage and coolness on the
part of a child unparalled.
New Advertisements.
See J. H. Rhodes’ advertisement
of photographs.
A small farm near town is offered
for sale.
The Kington academy will open
on the first of August.
Mrs. A. M. Samford has a most
beautiful suburban farm of thirty
acres for sale.
Prof, R. M. Johnson’s school will
open July 31st. It is a good school
and we cheerfully recommend it.
Prof. S. B. Millican will open his
school on the 15th of August. He
is well known as a most faithful
teacher.
HAYWOOD GRANT.
A Hastily Written Account of his Execu
tion by an Express Reporter.
A reporter of The Express chanc
ed to be in Rome last Friday, the
day appointed by Judge Underwood
for the hanging of Haywood Grant,
who was convicted of arson in the
Floyd Superior Court. Most, if not
all, of our readers are fully acquaint
ed with the facts i in this case.
At a very early hour on that morn
ing people from the rural districts
commenced to pour in the city, both
white and colored, and by 9 o’clock
Broad street was one solid mass of
living humanity.
We visited thecellof the condemn
ed about 9 o’clock, and found him
pacing the floor, humming religious
airs, with an occasional word with
the two colored preachers who were
with him, while he positively re
fused an interview,
At ten o’clock the procession form
ed in front of the jail. Grant was
placed in a wagon with the Sheriff
and two deputies, with the four com
panies of guards on either side. In
this manner they marched to the
gallows, which was situated in For
estville, and about one-fourth mile
from the corporate limits of Rome.
After a short service and singing of
appropriate hymns, in which Grant
joined quite freely, he was led on
the scaffold. His coffin was placed
directly in front of the gallows, and
with his eyes fixed on this, he, in a
steady voice, ana exiiiDitiuf* no fear
whatever, spoke—
My Dear Friends: Here I stand before you
all for what I have done. lam ready to leave
this world and go to Jesus. I’m not afraid of
this gallows. Jesus is standing here; I can’t
see him, but I can feel him near me. lam
lighting for eternal salvation. I warn you ali;
let eveiybody take warning. I want you all
to pray for me. No matter how humble Christ
will hear you. If I ever get to heaven I will
pray for you—pray to anchor in Christ. (Voice
in the crowd—“ Let him swing.”) Some can
stand and hollow, “Let him swing;” but never
mind; I pray God will bless you—will bless
you all. I tell you all, both white and black,
not to do as I have done for God Almighty’s
sake. Ask Jesus to forgive you all for your
sius. Don’t care how poor you are 11c will
forgive jou if you ask llim. God will be my
friend. I want you all to pryy; I will pray for
you all. (Voice—‘•Louder.’’) Never you
mind; God will bless you—l can’t. George and
Sam Griilin are not guilty, Irm the man who
done it. It is not for the deeds I done against
man that I fear, but for those I done against
Christ, who died on the cross to save us all.
Good-bye; I am compelled to go.
At twenty minutes past eleven
o’clock the black cap was pulled down
over his face, the signal was given,
the trigger pulled, and—Grant was
hurled into everlasting eternity.
About this time quite an excite
ment was occasioned by the acci
dental discharge of a gun belonging
to one of the guards. Thinking a
riot about to ensue, everybody began
to move en masse. Order was soon
restored, and the attention of the
crowd again directed to the hanging
man, whose only indication of life
was a few spasmodic quivers of liis
now almost lifeless body. After
hanging 9J minutes. Dr. Hoyt pro
nounced him dead.
Grant maintained his self-control
remarkably well, and did not seem
L-v fpflv fL*n-th, hut seemed resigned to
his inevitable fate.
ROME NEWS.
Short Cuts Through the City by Our Busy
Correspondent.
At the primary election held here
Saturday to elect district delegates
to the county convention on Satur
day next, the Johnson ticket beat
the Colquitt ticket three to one.
Gen. Young and Col. Dabney ad
dressed the citizens of Chattooga at
Summerville last Saturday. The Gen
eral arrived here Saturday night and
left on the Rome train next morning
for home.
The steamboat matters have been
settled and the old lines re-establish
ed, and the boats all afloat and run
ning their respective schedules. Col.
Sam’l. M. Carter paid the claim of
S. P. Smith, Son & Bro., and then
they turned the steamer Mary Car
ter over to him. He not being a
steamboat man and did not wish to
go into the business, leased it to the
Georgia and Alabama steamboat
company for two years at the rate of
$1,500 per annum, they to pay all ex
penses, both ordinary and extraordi
nary. Capt. Elliott, the superintend
ent of the company, has charge, who
is a good steamboat man. The
Mary Carter went up Monday morn
ing and the Magnolia down the
Cuosa.
The rolling mill is running day
and night—can’t keep up with their
orders. The foundry and stove fac
tory are also doing a large business.
All behind with their orders.
Our Superior Court is in the third
week. Judge Peeples, of Atlanta, is
presiding and dispensing justice as
far as he can, as Judge Underwood is
disqualified to preside by reason of
having been engaged as an attorney
in a great many of the cases that
comes up this week.
Rev. A. G. Nunnally preached in
the Baptist church here Sunday
morning and’at night, and left for
home Tuesday morning. The pastor,
L. R. Gwaltney, was at the Baptist
convention at Montgomery, Ala.
J. J. Cohen proposes to hold anoth
er fair this fall and will make it as
interesting as possible.
Floyd County Democracy.
Last Saturday Floyd county held
a primary electi on of delegates to
the Gubernatorial convention and
the result was almost a solid vote for
H. V. Johnson, and not one of the
“ring” organs have said a word
about it yet. I notice in every coun
ty wheie there has been a fair ex
pression of the people obtained, that
the u nan ini ops verdict was for John
son. If Colquitt is nominated it will
not be by the will of a majority of
the people. Look for hot times this
fall if the will of the people is disre
garded by the August convention.
The scales are being removed from
the eyes of the people, conventions are
becoming odious to them.
Ou> Democrat.
The Column Business.
Sojfar as our information extends
the follawing is a correct statement
of the Gubernatorial situation in
Georgia. A large number of counties
have yet to hold meetings.
FOR COLQUITT.
Baker 2
Galhoun 2
Campbell 2
Carroll 4
Chattooga ; ; ; ; 2
Chattahoochee 2
Cherokee 2
Clarke 2
Columbia 2
Coffee 2
Cobb -2
DeKalb 4
Dooly - - - - - 2
Dougherty 4
Franklin 2
Gwinett 4
Gordon ; ; . ; 2
Hall 2
Hancock - - - - 4
Heard 2
Henry 2
Houston 6
Lee 2
Lumpkin 2
Madison - - - - 2
Marion 2
Milton 2
Mitchell 2
Murray 2
Muscogee 4
Newton 4
Oglethrope 4
Randolph 2
Rockdale 2
Troup 4
1 w igs ; ; ; ; -
L pson ------- 2
Washington >2
Worth ; ; ; * : 2
106
FOR JOHNSON.
Baldwin ;;;;;;;;; 2
Floyd ; ; ; ; 4
Decatur ; ; ; ; 4
Greene ;;;;;;;;;; 4
Habersham ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; 2
Jasper ; ; ; ; ; ; 2
Jeflerson ; ; ; ; ; ; 4
Johnson ; ; ; ; ; 2
Jones ; ; ; ; ; ; 2
Lowndes ; ; ; ; ; 2
McDuffie ; ; ; ; ; 2
Oconee ; ; ; ; ; 2
Paulding ; ; ; ; 2
Polk ; ; ; ; 2
Richmond ; ; ; 6
Sumter ; . ; ; 4
Taliaferro ; ; ; ; 2
Taylor ; ; ; ; 2
Telfair ; ; ; ; 2
Terrell ; ; ; ; 2
Walton ; ; ; ; 2
Warren ; ; ; ; 2
Webster ; ; ; ; 2
Wilks ; ; ; ; 4
61
FOR JAMES.
Fulton ; ; ; ; 6
FOR REESE.
Morgan ; ; ; ; 2
FOR WARNER.
Meriwether ; ; ; ; 4
EOR M’INTYRE,
Charlton ; : ; ; 2
Thomas ; ; ; ; 4
Berrien ; ; ; ; 2
8
FOR UNDERWOOD.
Haralson ; ; ; ; 2
Uninstructed.
Appling ; ; ; ; 2
Banks ; ; ; ; 2
Bibb ; ; ; ; 6
Bulloch ; ; ; ; 2
Chatham ; ; ; ; 6
Clinch ; ; ; ; 2
Dawson , j i j 2
Decatur ; ; ; ; 4
Douglas ; ; ; ; 2
Echols ; ; ; ; 2
Forsyth ; ; ; ; 2
Gilmer ; ; ; ; 2
Glynn ; ; ; ; 2
Harris ; ; ; ' ; 2
Irwin ; ; ; ; 2
Jackson ; ; ; ; 4
Mclntosh ; ; ; ; 2
Monroe ; ; ; ; 4
Montgomery ; ; ; 2
Pierce ; ; ; ; 2
Pulaski ; ; ; ; 2
Stewart ; ; ; ; 4
Spalding ; ; ; ; 2
Ware ; ; ; 2
Walton ; ; ; ; 2
Whitfield ; ; ; ; 2
W r ayne ; ; ; ; 2
White ; , ; ;_2
72
RECAPITULATION,
Whole number of votes ; ; 264
Colquitt ; ;' ; ; 106
Johnson ; ; ; ; 04
Uninstructed ; ; ; 72
Scattering ; ; ; ; 22
Politics in Chattooga.
Summerville, Ga.,
July 13th, 1876.
To the Editor of the Express :
A convention was held to-day for
the purpose of appointing delegates
to the gubernatorial convention.
The county is decidedly in favor of
Johnson, but some few Colquitt men
tried to make it appear that
all the outside world was for Col
quitt, and it was no use in appoint
ing Johnson men, but they should
float along with the tide ; consequent
ly, the delegates were instructed to
go for Colquitt. If these things be
so, otherwise go for Johnson, at least
this is about the purport of the ac
tion of the convention to-day.
W r e were all delighted to have
.that gallant old soldier and our very
efficient ex-member of Congressman,
Gen, P. M. B, Young, with us by in
vitation. He addressed the meeting
and made a fine speech which was
listened to with profound interest,
. for he is regarded as an honest and
good man and is destined to be
one of our leading statesmen. His
services have ever been fullv offered
where and when ever needed in be
half of his country, or his country
men eithe r in peace or war, duty
was his watchman. Many of the
Chattoogaians were with him in
many places where they had a good
opportunity of seeing what grit he
was made of. He was never seen to
faulter. We love to honor him and
al' such men, and will do sq ou every
.occasion \ye have.
Col W. H. Dabney, was also up by
invitation and addressed the meet
ing. He, too, made a good speech,
but the weather was so very warm
that hjs hearers could not enjoy it as
they otherwise would have done,
had it been more pleasant.
We are making fine crops and hope
that better times are not far in the
future. We all have strong hopes
yet that Johnson will be tlje nomi
nee, if he foils to get it Chattooga
would be delighted to honor judge
Underwood with its vote for the
Governorship.
Respectfully,
RALPH.
Kendrick’s case is now undergoing
investigation by his congregation.
One of the members stated that Ken
drick confessed to him that he had
been guilty of falsehood iu respect to
this matter.
A. Letter from Malcom Johnson.
Georgia State )
Agricultural Society, >
Atlanta, July 6, 1876.)
Maj % S. M. 11. Byrd,
Cedar town, Ga.
My Dear Sir:—l am put in re
ceipt of your favor of—inst., in which
you inquire about the financial con
dition of the Society at the time Gen
eral Colquitt was elected President ;
and aijo as to the disposition that
has been made of the funds since
then etc.
In reply I have to say, withoi t
disparageing or in any way intend
ing to reflect upon the administra
tion of any one else, that when the
present incumbent, General Colquitt
was elected in 1871, it was a well
known fact that the Society was in
financial embarrassment, there being
little or no money in the treasury,
and suits being brought against by
various parties. In a short time all
claims were fully settled, and there
has never been a day from that to
the present (except during a brief
tempoary embarrassment last winter)
when a matured bill has gone un
paid, and there has been carried over
from year to year a net balance to
its credit of several thousand dollars.
Besides this, it has annually distribu
ted among the people tnousands of
dollars in premiums to stimulate ag
ricultural and mechanical improve
ments and has expended more than
every year in publications for
the dissimination of information
among the farming community, and
promoting in other ways the cause
of the science it fosters. I wish io
state emphatically that the financial
management of the society durirg
President Colquitt’s administration
will bear the closest srutiny, and the
best evidence of this is the fact that
each semi-anual meeting, a finance
committee from the Executive Com
mittee is appointed who examine
thoroughly and closely into all the
incomes and report thereon ; and not
only have they found everything
right and regular, but have commend
ed the nv<\n-Age ment as being judi
cious and proper.
I am, very truly,
Malcolm Johnson, Sec.
P. S. It would seem rather extra
ordinary that Gen. Colquitt should
have been wutnimouefy re-elected for
six consecutive terms, unless his ad
ministration had been eminently suc
cessful financially and in every "other
respect. " M. J.
Tilden in Pennslyvania,
To the Editor of the Express ;
At St. Louis I got acquainted with
the Hon. \V. Hayes Grier, a promi
nent Pennsylvania Democratic, and
the most intense Hancock man I ever
saw. In a private letter to me dated
the 12th inst., he uses the following
language: It is certainly encourag
ing and more than confirms all I said
to the people on my return, in the
talk I made to them.
•“The nominations gave very gen
eral satisfaction—in fact I was agree
ably disappointed upon my return
home to find my people all alive for
lilden. Our fight must be made in
Indiana. That State we must carry
in October. There is no danger in
New York. We will carry her, but
we must carry Indiana in October,
then we will have a first class chance
of carrying Pennsylvania. Grant has
given up Conneticut by removing
Jewell. Wisconsin democrats now
claim that State by 10,000 majority.
Our candidates grow stronger every
day, the more the people know of
them the greater their strength will
be. Everything looks bright and I
feel assured we will be successful.”
J. W. W.
Obituary.
Eliza Akin Baxtkk died at her home
near Cartersvillc, Ga., on the 10th inst. She
was the eldest daughter of Col. Warren Akin;
was boru in Cassville, Ga., April 26th, 1847;
was married at her father’s house, iu Carters,
ville, Ga., to Thomas W. Baxter, on the 29th
day of November, 1871.
This much it is easy to tell, but who can de
scribe her beautiful life ? Who can tell of
her great self-sacrificing, loving heart? Who
can tell of her heartfelt love of her friends, of
her intense love for father and mother, broth
ers and sisters, of her deep devotion to her
husband and child ? We, who knew well*
and therefore loved her so well, know of
these, but no words can make them under
stood by others. Our strained hearts are full
of them, aud their remembrance is above the
price of rubies.
From the time she entered our family as a
timid young wife, she commenced moving
herself into our hearts, and without effort, but
simply by her own loveliness of character,
meeting love with love, soon became one of
us, a boon given us of God to bless us—anoth
er addition to the many comforts with which
He has blessed our lives. To the writer she
was a constantly recuring joy, aud he loved
her as his own child, and when the parting
came it can be no wonder that the pain waa
tearing and sharp.
A mother’s dying prayer for the spiritual
aud temporal welfare of her infant child was
auswered in her life; she was a Christian.
Early in life she gave herself up to Jesus, and
if purity of life and a loving heart be an Index
to a Christian spirit, our darliug Lila was a
Christian. The mother’s prayer was fully
answered iu her temporal welfare. She left
her father's house possessing the love and
good wishes of every one—entering the house
hold of her husband where she won a love ap
proaching idolatry.
During an illness of six weeks, iu whieh
her sufferings were intense aud almost con
tinuous, she never uttered a murmur, but
with that characteristic “disinterestedness
sometimes fouud in woman” she seemed
more concerned for those around her bed than
for herself. She spoke most affectionately to
each as loDg as she was capable of iffterauee,
telling us how Bhe loved us aud how she be
lieved in our love for her. Her last words,
spoken with great effort, were to her heart
broken husbaud. asking him to meet her in
heaven.
It is hard to give her up! oh, so hard ? I
thought I loved this dear chiid when she was
moving about among us, but I never knew
how dear site was until now. I had hoped
that God would have added this also to his
many mercies, that she would be present to
help with smooth my dying pillow,
but He has willed otherwise, and [ hope I can
say with all my heart, “Not my will, but
Thine, O Lord.” We shall never look upou
her like again, and out of the darkness comes
the thought that Jesus loves her a thousand
times more than all of us. May all of us be
comforted as was David : “But row she is
dead, whereforp should J fust ? Can I bring
her back again ? I shall go to her, but she
shall not come back to me.” B.
Cartersville, Ga., July 12, 1876.
The Clebure Riftles, of Atlanta, of
fered their services to the War De
partment to avenge the death of
Custer. Secretary Chandler replied
by telegraph that there was no au
thority for accepting volunteers.
With silver instruments costing
ioaO the aandersville hoys rise to in
quire why their organization is still
called a brass band;
Business Notices.
A fresh supply of new prints’ just received
- GiIuATH & Sox.
Erwin, Ramsaur & Cos.
A.re offering goods at prices to s nit the times,
Erwin, Ramsanr & Cos.
Are receiving new goods, and are offering
special inducements to cash buyers.
New Cron act Sets
All qualities and Prices for sale by W. H
Wiklc & Cos.
Jury Tickets f-r The Express.
Jury tickets will be received at this office in
payment for subscriptions to The Express.
Second Hand Spring Wagon.
I offerforsale a second-hand Spring wagon
neaiy new and but little used. Apply at once.
A. 11. VAHDIVERK.
Pacific figured Lawns 16*,c. Pick and
choice of dress goods at 25c.
N. Gilreath & Son.
Look
At Erwin, Ramsaur & Co,’s stock of clothing
hats and shoes.
“Cotton plant,” anew brand of bleached
domestic, best in the marker at the price.
N. Gilreath & Son.
Homemade Boots and Shoes,
Messrs. Moon & Trammell are making the
cheapest boots and shoes ever put up iu Car
tersville, and those who have tried their shoes
say they are just the thing they have long
been wanting.
Rupture cured in front 30 to 90 days by
the use of the Triumph Truss and Triumph
Rupture Remedy, manufactured by the
Triumph Truss Company, .331 Bowery, N. Y
This truss and supporter took the medal at
th of the Orent American Insti
tute Fair. Send 10 cents tor their new book.
The Triumph Truss Company, of 334 Bow
ery, New York, was awarded the premium
medal at the great American Institute Fair,
(session 1875) for the best elastic truss and
supporter. They cure rupture in from 30 to 90
days Terms moderate, cures guaranteed.
Send 10 cents for descriptive book.
Clieap Sewing Machine for Sale.
We have anew Home-shuttle Sewing Ma
chine (just used a little) which we will sell for
,a 11 pirt payment taken in a good cow
with a young calf. Call at The Express office
VACUUM OIL BLACKING
tlie best article for boots, shoes and harness
foi sale
by the pint, quart, or gallon by Sayre & Cos.
Dont lorget that the BOSS, the great five cent
CIGAR.
can be had only of Sayre & Cos.
“OUR OWN.” “OUR OWN”
superior collogne, fee yalons on hand and for
sale by Sayre & Cos.
Argand, Sun and Sun hinge lamp chimneys,
both plain and crimped, is all sizes. Lamp
chimneys of all kinds and kerosene and head
light oils at Sayre & Cos.
THRESHING MACHINE and Engine Oils, iu
Extra Engine and Lard Oil, for sale by Sayre
& Cos.
Try a BOSS CIGAR and be convinced it is
the BEST to be bad for the mouey.
Sealing wax fo l- Emit Jars, cheap, at
Curry’s Drug Store.
Jury tickets and county orders taken at par
for goods, at
Curry’s Drug Store.
One barrel best lard oil, just received at
Curry’s Drug Store.
Try the Excelsior Fly Paper at
Curry’s Drug Store.
Five gross Iloyt’i German Cologne at
Curry’s Drug Store.
An assortment of choich teas at cost for next
thirty days at Curry’s Drug Store.
Perfumery and toilet soaps in great variety, a
Curry’s Drug Store.
Best 5 cent cigar in town at
Curry’s Drug Store.
Supply Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc., always out
hand, at
Curry’s Drug Store
CARTERSVILLE RETAIL PRICES CFRREAT
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY' A. R. HUDGINS
FLOUR—per cwt $3 50®4 25
COFFEE—for best, # It) 25us 31
SUGAR—# lb, Ex. C., 12)4®
“ “ A 13)4®
“ “ “ Crush 15(g)
“ “ “ Yellow 11)4®
SYRUP—# gal -N. O 75@1
“ “ “ S Drips ? 90®
MOLASSES—good quality, 40® 50
MACKEREL (new) # kit No. 1.... 2 @OO
“ “ “ No. 2 1 75®
“ “ “ No. 3.... 150® -
CHEESE—best article!creain, 20®
CANDLES—# It) 20® 25
SALT—# sack 2 00®
CORN—ft bushel 60® 7n
MEAL—bushel 70® 75
W HEAT— “ 90® 110
LARD—V lb ® is
BACON—hams— I ft ib ® n
“ bulk rib sides—ft lb —® 13
“ clear rib.sides— @ 15
“ shoulders—lt lb. —ra 12
EGGS—ft dozen 12)4® _
BUTTER—# lb 20® 25
CHICKENS 16® 25
SODA CRACKERS, (fresh) 12> a ® 15
BUTTER “ “ 15® ~
SUGAR “ 20®
CRACK NELLS 30® 35
ASSORTED PRESERVES (# jar).. 30® 35
“ JELLIES (in tumblers) 20® 25
“ “ (ingoblets).. 30® 35
GINGER . 35® _
SPICE 35®
PEPPER 30® !’
MACE “ 15® 20
STARCH (corn).per oz.. 20® ..
“ (pearl)per. lb..- 8® 16
EXTRACTS LEMON (# doz.) $2 00@250
“ VANILLA “ 4 50®5 00
WORCESTER SAUCE “ 5
TOMATO CATSUP “ 2 50@3 00
BROOMS “ 3 50@4 50
BUCKETS (painted) “ 2 50®3 00
lUBS “ (# nest) 4 50®6 00
WHEAT BRAN (# cwt.) 1 00®1 25
shorts “ 1 25®i 00
PEARL GRITS (new)—7B lb 4 y.
GARDEN SEED -per paper 10® ..
WELL ROPE—ft It . Jo® !!
AXLE GREASE— #bv.x 7T® 1694
S. W. COLLINS AXES 1 40® .
AXE HANDLES 20® ..
PLOW LINKS—# pair (32 feet)... 40® ..
APPLE VINEGAR-* gal... ... . 50® !!
FICKLE (In barrel)—# gal 50® ..
GROUND PEAS—7B pt ... 05<S
STICK CANDY—7B lb 0,,® ™
FANCY CANDY-f* lb 88® 50
PEACHES & PEARS (canned) doz. 3 50® ..
OY si ERs—(canned) 2-!t> 3 51®
SARDINES—# box 25a *'
CURRANTS—ji ib (... 20® **
CITRON--# lb 80® ’’
SOAPS—Various kinds... . os® is
RAISINS—# lb cl’Z 13
m acca ron i—# ib 20® **
buh 60®1 066
LEMONS—per doz 7va>i nr
DRIED A PPL r.S-pel lb 7®
“ PEACHES .. . "
GREEN TEA-# lb 1 on®!
BLACK TEA-# lb 1
POWDER-# lb V" $55 “
shot-# ib i2w® •;
W. PROOF CAPS-# box .: 15®
ILL ~ 11® 12)4
SALE OF UNCLAIMED GOODS
IF not taken out within thirty day* I will
proceed to sell at the W. A A. Railroad
Depot, to the highest bidder, the following list
of unclaimel good* to pay freight charges for
the same.
•J. C.-Maddox, 1 package, (6 boxes) washing
W. H. Cannon, 1 bee hive.
AV. J. R. Hyatt, 1 box meat.
John Chastain. 1 Bag Cotton Seed.
Pinkerton A Curry, 1 box.
Mrs. A. C. Small, f box glassware.
George Montgomery, 1 box.
Ilev.T. D. N. Ward.’l bundle paper.
A. S. Lavander, 1 bag dissolved imnes.
. . , . J. C. WOFFORD.
' JMD fa Agent at Cartersville,
A. D. VA.MH VKKF.,
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
RESPECTFULLY’ informs his old friends
that he is still at the old stand, ready and
willing to serve the hungry.
Weddings &. Parties Served on Short Notice
eldp J6fejg P ’Give him a call,
Uason'g Improved Fruit
Jam.
CONSTANTLY on handand for sale low by
P. Marsh,
Burning Oils
OF all the popular brands, for sale low by
P. Marsh
THE EXPRESS,
Carters'ville* Ga*
By C. H. C. Willingham.
The Handsomest and Lamest Weekly
iu Cherokee Georgia.
OPPOSED TO ALL RINGS, CLIQUES
AND COMBINATIONS.
The Organ of the People.
The Advocate and Defender oi£th*
Interests of all Classes.
Democratic to the Core.
1876. Prospectus. 1876.
THE EXPRESS,
XfNDER the present marrgiiE.Lt, 6 fa**
m J growing iDto popularity as ts rapidl
increasing circulation iuliy attests; and if
present ratio of increase continues, it will scon
have the largest circulation of any weekly
paper in the State. Coming to Cartersville
under somewhat adverse circumstances, with
false impressions made in advance of his
coming, to his detriment, and finding the pa
per nearly “run down,” the present proprietor
feels himself under many gratelul 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 it a power
in this section of Georgia for good—for the
building up of our material interests
and for the promotion of the cause of tme and
uudefiled Democracy.
The Express
Will ever be found the true an unfiinchin
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 public ques
tions, when that sentiment)is true to free gov
ernment and public liberty.
The Express,
however, will oppose all attempts to pervert
the true principles of the Democratic party
and seek to inculcate at all times and under
all circumstances, the great and cardinal
principles which underlie and form 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 Dno
cratic journal of “the straightest sect” witqp.t
a shadow of turning either to the right or loft
—believing as we do, that the happiness of the
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 ns free government.and an
honest administration of the political affairs ol
the country.
The Express
will never omit any occasion to set forth the
great advantages of Cherokee Georgia. Its
aim will be to advance by all means in its
power, the material prosperity of this section
of Georgia, favored as it is, with a climate, the
finest in the world, with a soil unsurpassed,
and with agricultural and mineral resources
unequaled—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 spot of
the country will be among the chief efforts of
this journal.
The Express,
therefore, appeals to an honest and discrimi
nating public for that patronage which shall
place it in our power, to present a good pa
per, creditable to the State In which it is pub
lished and a special pride to the people of Bar
tow county. Rapidly overcoming the false
and inlamous, the weak and silly charge that
this journal was to be, or is to be, or U the ox
gan of a ring—an imposition 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
prosperity upon iu own meriU, and will never
seek to build up itself by imploring sympa
thy or by efforts to create false prejudice
against others. If
The Express
cannot win popoular favor upon the ground
of merit, the 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 tespectable jour
nal, true in its Democracy, true to the peopl
nd true to right and justice, are respectfully
to beoome subscribers to Tfll Car
TEUSVILLE EXFKESS. >
C. H. C. WU.LD GIUX.