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About The Cartersville express. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1875-18?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1877)
THE CAit TERSVILLE EXPRESS ISV ('. H. C. WILLINGHAM. New Advertisements. A. It IIGOGINS. J. T. MODNTCASTLE. Hudgins & Tdountcastle, MANUFACTtTBEHS LF Hand-mad? Harness, Bridies, Saddle?, Etc, Etc., \„d Dealers In QAIINLSS HARDWARE, SOLE LEATHEK, COLLARS, Ac., \S < Miii'i Street Next door to 11. M Clayton &Cos CA.KTKBSVILLK G W. H. WIKLE & CO-, DEALERS IN' Boots, Mnsio, Siatianery. Picture Frames, Pictures, Notions, Toys, Ho?e!ties. Splints, Zephyr, Perforated Board, Mottoes, And all other Material tor Ladies’ Fancy Work. • live t:s a call. No trouble to t-liow goods. Next door t< Poslnffiec, Cartersvilte. H. M. CLAYTON cfc 00., Cartei’sv l!o. (teorgia, DEALERS IN BOOHS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, ETC., Coxifoctionory, Toys, Picturoa, Etc., m£ CIGARS, FINE CHEWING AND SMOKING 103ACC03, PIPES, ETC. .A gent s for Mine. Dcmoreet’s Reliable Patterns. A large lot of Zephyrs constantly on hand. octli-6m l- I MOON J * L. moon. A LARGE AND FRESH STOCK —OF — Eiy Gocfis, Mens, Men’s anil Boys’ Cletlii, Beets, Shoes, Hats, Ladies' Dress Goods, Hardware, Ciockery, Queensware, Cutlery, &(*., a - f{j. * i v 'in l>v p. L. moon A SON, all of which they are offering at very low prices f | li,-e dt Miiug to jiu:chase will do well to cull and examine prices amt buy their Good-. o„lll 3m P. L, MOON & SON. McCanless & Williams, — J&WSg&gSpZ--* CARTEBSVILLE, GEORGIA, DExI.EUS IN STOVES, TIN HARE, Ciockery, Hollow Ware, A Nll : : House Furnishing Goods, t v Keep on hand a large lot ol SASH. DOORS ifrigi— r ai.d iii.lN I'S. M.-o ill .nulaeturer.' of K\ A1 - Ydf OUAT< KS. The peopl are respecU'ull.v in vited to call uml aivt ih a trial. >i e-t Main street, corner Main and Erwin. octll-am THE MERCHANTS & MECHANICS INS. COMFY 03T RIOIIMOs.T^rX>, ’XT'.su Gash Capital 5230,000, - - - - Gash Assets $315,000 r 5 000 in U. S. Bonds Deposited in tho Treasury of * Georgia for FUrtTHES Sscurby of Policies! raAifi" wr.i.LKXi)"'N company h \s pud iin thousxnds or doli.a Rs y> r | H .imant- ill ilcoriiia since lhe war, and wiU maintain its well-earned reputation toi *r> welling W -UDi. Houses ud Cor,COM. msurcu ntnunau,. p>C-\£* ins at all promineut point I m the Mate, to whom apply, 01 to R STOKES SAYBE, Agent, CA ItTKItSVILLj:, PA • FOR THE FALL TRADE. SB 4ITER & HA’L, hdh oamis. ; n CAKTEIISVILLE, GEORGIA. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND All Kinds of Plows, Wooden Ware, linjrjjy ami Wagon Materials of all kinds, 'alie Tennessee PI aiitation agons, C laeap, Butler ani Lcufe Beilins. Corn Sellers, Straw Cutters, Ciriienters’ Tools, j IJras.t Seeds, Pocket Knives and Table Cutlery, Guns and Pistols, Hollow Ware, Mouse Traps, &c. _____ ... P nniiar fill I We have anything from the point of a needle to the CGfillE ONE, COSVih ALL ! or a cannon, . SOUC w c BAKERi H. 11. H ALL. octll-tf ££££“ | ~ ROME. Gi. TO SELLERS OF COTTON AND PRODUCE. Something to Your Decidsd Advantage ! . , M vitKKr TO HECtmm 2L3i‘sl \> !' YTK. and certainly no e.|u dinN< i- • : ;in .!e ready money to • rhi -.hc maot be oULtine. and tic uw. ; t)> _. k? are v , r , lull in all branchy, ike all i-h tt - oil. red. Businep in a1 .1 ■ ■ , , , H .„j varied assortments, uiu'qualed ■ iff A uSJKVy blillmisn* Oar unit,.l VAvau. 1 .-. Bri,.* I- • • '“a,a, and bay v. hat \ ou want from us. j. &s. bones & co., | HILLS & M e DGN6LD, HARDWARE &iRON : : rr,: ,i 1,1 ,e , : i Mattiasses. Etc.i Wagon Stock, _ , * Finest to Cheapest Grades. Go in Towers’ Plows. • for Solid Comfort and Fur- TWO STOKES. FOUR FLOORS. i | nisli Your Homes. ROUrJSAVILLS & 880., j Prices ICi^lit. Groceries & Pmraioas, BuSil, lies,! w . M . gammon, j Salt, Tobacco, and Lealher. , [j,. g 0 | S CMMrCfi, Heavy Stock. Sico Gotnls. j — | Gents’ Shirts, Collars, Camp, Glover Sl Cos. Gloves and Cravats. LARGEST. | fljy QQOfiS, BflOtS, SilGv-Sj I jWP NOBBY GOODS THROLGHOt T. BEST, j Gats, Clothing, ~ Carpets & Oil Cloths, j HAWKINS, BUTT & CO., stnd _ ... j T>OUGHT LOW DOW N FOR j _ _ CHEAPEST) SVholesale Stock. j STOVES & TINWARE, J. M. LOVELACE, ; HOUSE FURKISHIKG GOODS, *C. I BOOTS AND SHOES 1 , immense v.uiu ty of CALF SKIN LININGS, ETC., ETC, USEFUL ARTICLES for f’l’VIlIS Stock was bought, complete this 1 k KPPiixO HOUSE j<*WOta-VuW UoWlir. iVXdiUA GEORGIAN GREAT ISSUE- CtX. W, T. WOFFOIiD. Keasnns Why He Prefers the Capital to Keiuain at Atlanta. Cartkrsville, Nov. 13, 1877. Gen. W. T. Wofford: Dear Sir —We, the undersigned, re spectfully request you to give your written views in regard to tho cap itai question for publication. As it is a que.-tion of vital importance to the people of this State, especially to the tax-payers, we hope you will respond to our request in the prem ises. With high esteem for your per sonal integrity and public services. \V e are, respectfully, Your friends, John A. Erwin, R. H. Cannon, M. L. Pritchett, Thomas H. Raker, Thomas 11. Baker, Thomas W. Milner, CII C Willingham, J II Wikif, R C Roberts, E I) Joshua Sumner, D \V K Peacock, W W Rich, W Hardy, L 8 Mumford, J W Pritchett, A. M. Foute, J B C<>nyers, J M Net l, Lindsay John son, J II Ruck man, H C Ramsaur, (Iscar J Brown, J C Tumiiu, How ard Price, Joe M. Moon, J A Baker, N Hertz, J W Harris, Jr., II J Er win, L T Erwin, Cautersvii/le. Ga., 1 November 15. 1877. j Messrs. John A. Erwin , M. L. P itch etty li. 11. Cannon, Thomas 11. Ba ker, R. C. Roberts, Thomas W. Milner, and others. Gentlemen: In answer to your letter requesting my opinion as to whether there are sufficient reasons for the removal of the capital of the State from Atlanta to Milledgeville, permit me to say I do not believe there is one single reason for the pro posed change. Atlanta is a large, growing city; its rapid increase in population and wealth, even during these hard times, is wonderful. Mr. Hill is not the only great man who has spoken of its bright future. Mr. John CL Calhoun and Gen. T. R. R. Cobb, before the war, foretold of its becoming the great city of tie- South. The Cincinnati Southern Railroad wilt be completed by the Ist of July next. Tiiis* grand enterprise will bring through Atlanta and Northern Georgia a part of the population and wealth of the great hut cold north-j west. Her crowded citizens are seeking a milder climate, and if tin* capital remains in Atlanta the Im migrants will he favorably impressed with the resources of our State, as estimated by the business of our gate city; through which at no distant day there will pour into Georgia and the whole South an immense popu l itiou that w.li cause us to regain our former prosperity and add such an amount of capi a) and skill to our manufacturing interest*, that opr fu ture will be much greater than pi our past history. Before the war the question of the removal of the capi-; tal from Milledgeville was (iiseu.-*jed in the Legislature. The reasons tin n j given weit? o-4 mmo®- r *ix. “-ant of! hotel accommodations ami of the want of railroad by which to reach the city. The former ri a-on is great er pow than ever. Capitalists cannot aflbrii to crept h<>te!•> and boarding houses, to be occupied only forty days in every two years. The ( xpense in moving from Atlanta to Milledger vil.e, together with (he certainty that it would again be removed, is worse than f lly ; there is a love for the ter mor good citizens iu Milledgeville and a sympathy for her desolate con ditjoo tbgt all old members of the Legislature properly feel j hut v.’e : should be governed in the permanent l location of toe capital by reasons that I affect the convenience, welfare a?id • ii.t r* st of tlie entire State No per- i soual or local interest should inllu- j enpe the people of Georgia in their , decision of fhis important issue. Very rcHpectfully, Wm. T. Wofford. 1 ATLANTA OK MILLEDGEFILLIL Ucurg cf Ease Dr Overworked .Judges and Legislators. To the Editor of The Express: i Among the many arguments in j favor of Atlanta being entitled to the j ca 11 ita 1 this must have the blue rib- j bon: “The Judges of the Supreme Court and the Legislature have to perform so much labor that when the day’s work is over and the ‘dew on the grass am a shining’ they ought to i have something to interest them, some ‘scenery or other’ to view so that they can restore the mind to its former ume, in fact ‘tune up their fiddles.’ ” The scenery around Milledgeville is not “pieturskew” enough as Josh Billings would say. Atlanta, how ever, is gay. Well, lets talk a little about their labors for they are indeed heavy and grievous In ion at his wheel and Sissyphus at his stone and Hercules at his tasks were spinning tops in comparison. The judges have to get up iu the morning, eal break fast, open court, listen to lawyers for time mortal long hours before the hour for dinner comes. They are re lieved somewhat in this that there are three o* them and two can sleep while one Is awake. The one who is a tvake has a rough time, atid it was proposed in the Convention to have five judges and give them five thou sand dollars apiece. That ought to have been carried, but the stingy, ig norant body refused. (I, once upon a time, had a case be fore that learned bench, and although I lost if, yet I kept them all awake. I was bent upon that. It was glory enough lor me to come home and tell my client that although he was gone i up, yt L by the power of my—some thing,—fit ad kept the judges wide awake.) But to return to their labors. J3in ner is announced. The over-worked court is compelled by taw to sit down to a table and eat boned turkey, quail upon toast, oysters fried and otherwise, etc., etc., to be followed bv raisin pudding *md mince pie and such coarse articles of diet. Alter the labor of picking tjiefr teeth and smoking and telling jokes and laugh ing at them is over tae court opens, and for two hours lawyers “cuss and discuss” questions before the Judges who like the crows always keep one of their number on tin j watch while tiie rest —compose their minds so that they receive the truth when the time comes. Then court adjourns. Now, you see what the Hupretre Court has do and to suffer—and there 'is nothing f Q Ijipcl? admire among the lawyers the sglf-abue* mating spirit which animates them to jrostHiHfy take the platw bf one erf CAKTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1877. the judges in case of resignation or death. How about the Legislators? poor fellows, thr y have to work like oxen—compelled to speak on motions of adjournment—on points of order — to make laws which are laws—to re peal laws already repealed—to be worried five or six hours a day —to consume such quantities of food—to turn so much bread and water into whine.” The great now presents it self, what is i..0 supreme Court ami this Legislature to do when the shades of night approach? Where shall they find the necessary refresh ment? The farmer would say “Go to bed after saying ‘now I lay me down to sleep, etc.’” But he is not a good judge of such matters. He has a goisl time at home, clearing the forests, and ditching the swamps, grubbing and cutting the briars, and the like, tlist he keeps at it from “early inorn to dewy eve.” it is such easy work that he can work at it a long while but if it was heavy work like being judge and legislator, he could only stand five or six hours a day of it. The question of the day comes up again in all ils force, what shall Vcomeof the Judges ami the Legisboors during the night? 11l Millodguville they would have to go to sleep. In Atlanta they would have to go to the circus, see the clown turn a “somerset” or to the theatre anil strut with Booth a brief hour upon the stage or hear ‘ Love among the roses,” or see Madamoisclle Jteswax spin the cancan on the light fantastic to-*, or Fannie Eisler, No. 2, show list agility before a wondering crowd, or Punch and Judy “create laughter be neath the ribs ot death.” This argument tills the bill and the man who is dead to it iu vain to him would a poet sing or a dinner-horn toot. Atlanta is the place where the weary and heavy laden functionary may find moral, mental and physical refreshment. To Atlanta, 1 say then lei the capital go, and may the mem bers be entertained in “marble halls, be officered try angels and fanned by winds of Paradise.” Amicus. TOOMBS ON THE GREAT ISSUE. He Gives His Views a.ul Advances Sound Argum cut. Atlanta, Ivov. 10, J 877. To Messrs. J. W, English, A. Mur* phy, B. E. Crane, Frank Rice and others —Gentlemen: Your favor ask ing an expression of iny views upon the question of the proper location of the capital ot Georgia was received by duo course of mail, but my con tinuous engagements in the courts since my return tr. m the north have prevented a sooner response. The question upon which you seek my views is one of undoubted im* p.atance to every good citizen of our commonwealth and deserves iruni ouch a siutttre judgment, based upon nothing beyond plain tacts and con siderations f wise public policy. I have always felt it my duty, when called upon, to give uiy can.ml and honest judgment upon all questions afiVciing tiie \y el Hare of my people and important tq tjie piffiljc’ tuTeresl. I do not, therefore, he-itate to make answer to your request. At up* outset i Mwy.fewwrfe tdM 1 am already on record in favor ui the cuv of Atlanta. In my let er to Hon. Tiaunu. il, ,/f UM.. rt.aU., w rit ten in the eariy summer, and in ad vocacy of the calling of the consti tutional convention. 1 stated that when the people of Georgia had framed a good constitution it mat ured iittiS Where the copied plight no located, Unit the capital question, indeeo, then became therejy one ot convenience to pip n?presekb‘ l iYt*s * the people. I still hold litis opinion, fur I now see nothing in the question to cau.-e me to believe otherwise The questions of honest and econ omical government are beyond com pupal tun With Hits issue am are fully assured i}i fjie pww cohsl<tu|,ion ; Allanta is the commercial and |iop uia'r capital of Vhb Georgia. Her energy, enterprise ana puolic spirit have conquered all opposition, and it would be, in my judgment, the purest folly for the people, lrom any* sentiment, w put me capital elsewhere. , My reasons may be* briefly stated here, because it is my purpose to elaborate and discuss them nemie my fellow-cit.zens between this date and’the day oi election. If ihe capital should be removed to Milledgeville tin- public treasury would have to be drawn upon nut alone to repair and repf the pubuc buildings now there, in order to ren der them tilted to the use of the gov ernment, but, indeed, to enlarge and to add to mem, until the result would be the Slate’s undertaking to build a city. The public offices couid not be either comfortably or adequately ac cmtimudHieu and the increased ex pense of furnishing buildings arm con ven.ences, such a* uro indfstpeijsi bie, wouid prove an enormous tax upon the people, Oilier expenses, sue i as care, improvement and in surance would be largely increased. Atlanta is central to the great bulk of population ol tiie fchate. Her rail road connections are easily accessible to throe-biurins of ipe people of the State, from all directions, leaving nothing to be desired upon the ques tion of convenience. Whenever it is desired to assemb.e the representa tives of any of great interests of lhe Stale lhe common judgement se lects Atlanta a* the point, and thete affairs conclude the question of ceils irality and convenience in her Jayor. ATLANTA J 8 NOT CORRUPT. So far as the charges of corruption in legislation and governmental ad ministration at Atlanta are concern ed, I feel authorized to declare that Atlanta was, in no wise, connected with the doings of the Bullock iegis latu ns r administrations. I have been for year* since the volunteer counsel of the State, without com pen* sation, investigafing and pursuing tlm rogues who preyed upon my peo ple and robbed them of their treas ure * and having been thus engaged, and then fore familiar with the en tire history of the nefarious schemes, 1 do declare that 1 have found noth ing in thfitu fo impugn the hqne?ty ? integrity or patriotism of the oitiseh* of Atlanta, I know that the men who represented Atlanta in the mak ing of the constitution which shel tered the plunderer.-—Hr. Miller. Captain John H. Flynn and Mayor Angier —were men who stood by tiie right ami upon whose garments can be traced none of the filth by which j,hey encoiiipawed, j do not know an Atlanta man of that per} and who was connected witn the cop up turn and rascality of which the peo ple then, and at ways may just y com plain. When other sections of the State cast this suspicion upon Atlanta it would be tfell for them to romeni ber that the rogues who held carnival in Atlanta were all imported; that Macon furnished her quota, Augusta her quota, Columbus net? quota and Savannah her quota—and Atlanta furnished not a man to swell thejpa. bl& Augurftar* Iu wy bwu dfs'rru# furnished the two grand chief rogues i iu rubbing the commonwealth—Bul lock and Blodgett. Atlanta, 1 again declare, had no part or lot iu it. Therefore, the whole clam >r against Atlanta is sen-eiess. It is plainly senseless when the people say that because these great wrongs were per petrated iu Atlanta, it is not a fit place for the capital. Why, sir>, these rogues would have gone any where tiiat the public treasury was open to the inroads of marauders. The plunderers would have gone anywhere as they came from every j where, to accomplish their villainies, and nothing but a safe lock of law i upon the treasury, requiring ti e voice ot the people to open it, will ever save communities and common wealths from such robberies* The Radical constitution left the treasury open to lobbyists, swindlers, railroad schemers and thieves iu general, and they found K easy to gel whatever their greed and avarice prompted them to seek. There was in that constitu ion no limitation upon legislative power; the treasury was accessible, exemp tions from taxatiou were possible, subsides obtainable, ami every spe cies of fraud safe and unlimited. But, in further vindication of Atlan ta, 1 say here that she was one of tne chief sufferers from the schemes ot public pillage, tine lua-Ki- reaped a cent of benefit from the lavish out pourings of tho people’s dollars in her public improvements, but was mulcted iu common with tliep. opte of the State. She lost her share as a part of the people and sacrificed her j municipal subscriptions to hundreds j ol thousands of dollars in addition. Of all the millions of the people's | money given away by their dishon est agents toscheming railroad enter- j piFes iu the State of Georgia, not a | dollar went in the name of a road starting from or ending iu Atlanti, although she was at the very period nursing into full existence two ol tiie most important railroad euter yrises ever projected in the history of the State. Not only that, but when the public robbers had become open and fia- j grant, and the people stood appalied and defenseless, at my instance upon a notable occasion, the people of Al lan ta arose en masse and tnrough a commiitee ol safety seized the books of the State Road, removed them from the custody of faithless officials, preserved them in honest hands, and thereby saved thousands of dollars to the poor and honest people of the noble old commonwealth. For this act, if she had no other to her credit, the city is entitled to the grateful re- ■ gard of this whole people. This is not a qqeatjoU of place, but of pubhc policy—i question not of of the past, but of file present, and for the future. AHaupi ;* a city self built. Jler losses have been those of bail government and fully in proper tiuu with those of tho entire State. She has struggled, labored and thriv ed. She complied with all her prom ises to the Stale iu the past, and in her proposition, a<™irt mdw, to re lieve the people from‘expense in lo eating their capital, will be found faithful. Her proposition is perfect ly legal, and I prQiiuqnyp It ipofC genproqi Rpm WG'S because t lie capi tal should be in Attaula, without the incentive of this proposition, it is not only oerfeeilv legal, but it is per fectly constitutional and can u* ei forced. She is bound by it. She is able to comply with anything she promises, anil not more able than willing. Her ability uquoimdcd- She is financially guarded fn her charter, ‘i>qt she sought and tfie rep resentatives of the |H*op|e £npip*d her a copstitipional provision to al low the making and fulfillment of her magnificent proposition. In truthful contrast with the ad vantages and inducements of Atlan ta, it is self-evident that the State, with her increased population, en- Iqrgftl jut||cigt irlbpiiifis and add'd departments camiot he accommo dated at Milledgeville. The Slate cannot afford them there and private enterprise does not assure them. If the people should vote for Milledge ville the Legislature w’Uvfid adjourn to Athiita" inside'of thirty days, it may will lie feared, for lack of ae chmmalations and the means of comfortable existence. Seriously, it would ie necessary to remove hack to Ailanta within a year, or to spend an am<unt of the people’s money which tiie passionate and prejudiced would Jronounee ridiculous if men tioned iere, The wqple, induced to remove the goyerndent to Milledgeville upon promise] of economy and immediate reduction of current expenses, wouid clamor nore loudly at the evils they had fiovn to than those they had fled fronf, and so the capital question would nit have reached a settlement by any pea ns, A nevy agitation ftf the quesion would at once spring up, new eoupetitiou enter the field and the peope become involved in yet another 'Xpensive, unpatriotic and partisan ontest over the matter. It is, thcrefjre, Letter, wiser, cheaper and inorein keeping w ith our pride of State ti remain in Atlanta. NOTHING 10 A INST A?II.LEpp£YtLUE- I repeat this is not a question of j places. I ike Milledgeville. Eight J years of mr public life and service) were spentthere, and I have nothing j but pleasat memories of the place. ! I like the poph* apd the town, and I | do not kriHy that I have qn enemy , there. B<i upon this question, as) upon all (filers. I speak to pny M* ) low-ciiiaen and odvisp them what Ii honestly tljnk is best for them and | the great hterests of the commotiT I wealth, dee always fo her consider-! ate sons, AT ANTA’S FUTURE. In condition, I indulge in the ex pression of i thought which has of ten occupied me. Atlanta is not on ly the centrj cjty-~t,he metropolis— of aut of the South. iShe is central t the commerce, trade, travel, poplation and progress of this entire action of the union. As she was thetrategic point of armies in battle—asiiled ty numbers beyond those that lurched against the capi tal of ihe siht-lived repuhlip itsij:— j SO is she uovpniUled to tie considered the strategiifenter of the population, commerce afl progress of the south ern empire, n empire whose possi bilities and plendiil future are not *. et rccognSd by any of us, but which arecdiiu of of realization, I predict, in day not far distant.! With great fc-ipcct, your frieud, R. Tou-Mi‘B. f—' ! LETTEIOy VM. M. KEESE. Editors ChroKte and Constitutional- j id i Having hee asked by many per- * sons why I hi opposed, under pres i ent circumstates, to the removal of) the capital fret Atlanta to Mdledge- i ville, 1 will, ith your permission, ' through yourjiper, auawer ail these j inquiries at ouf. lam oppose to tho removal now’ which we are poorly aide to endure. I do not, under this head, count the expenses of removal and theexj>ens(B i of an extra session of the Legislature this winter which must be (Hilled to provide for the expense of such re moval, amounting to a considerable i sum, probably fifty thousand dollars. I shall only count up losses in pub j lie propc ty, sufficiently great, in u-y judgment, to deter prudent men i from voting fin removal at this tim . i l’lie State has paid for the presen capital in Atlanta $250,000 in g-ld ! bonds, which have alt been and are now recogniz and us valid, and the city of Atlanta Inis paiil for the same capitoi $179 000 making ttie cost to the State and city of Atlantas429,ooo. t his amount paid by the city of A - lama was paid on the condition Inal Atlanta should iemaiu the capital, and will have to be refunded as soon |isit is removed. It will not do to I say that Atlanta has acted in bad faith about the capital, and there- I tore will not regard her claim lo in demnify full and complete. The ; late convention, by a committee ol some of its very best inen, reported ! t i the convention, to which report no objection was offered, after full re ) search into all the facts that Atlanta | had acted in the utmost good faith ; and paid every dollar that she agreed •o pay, that the city authorities, be i sides closing this, had paid off* a | mortgage judgment ot widen ! was a valid lien on the capitoi build iog. The claim of Atlanta for com- j 1 pensation will be made and cannot be { resisted, and by removal we at once j j lose $179,000. This sum is now as | much as the capitoi will bring if sold, and the loss, if made, carries with it j ! as a matter of course the loss of the' : $250,000 paid by the State. This,, j however, is not the only loss by re- j ! moval, as the executive mansion, co-ting tho State SIOO,OOO m gold bond-, now u part of the public debt, must also be sold, and will not bring more titan $50,000, so that there is another loss qf $50,000 to be added to the other losses, making up a sum total of $479,000. Another 1 >ss consequent upon a re ! moval is the loss of a splendid offer of the city ol Atlanta to subscribe to watd tho building of anew capitoi, the choicest building lot in the whole i city, and also a stint of money suffi cient ta build a capital as yood as 'me one at Milledgeville, which will be at. the lowest calculation $05,000. Tilts proposition of tne city of At lanta, which has not been equalled and cannot be equalled by tnm ig any other city -r mwti the diate, it is said is electioneering trick, a | fftqd ahu not intended to be exe- I cuted, etc., that it cannot be carried out according to our new eunstitu rtion, eiy, Tn widen objection 1 reply | ibid us Atlanta has himerto acted m the best faith, not only with the State 1 but with her creditors, it is unjust and wrong to make such accusation-. She has not fiUucned or failed or re tused to meet her promises oy debt-. In the lexicon of tho people of A(- mere is ho such word us “fail.” The constitution of 1877, it adopted provides in useif tor the auouptmee andjexecutiou tfi Uds offer of the city of .~, so there difficulty from want ot power to ’Utry out her; promise tjy the city of Atlanta. There is one other view on this j offer of the city of Atlanta which I deem perlectly conclusive, and that ! 15 We nave tile lin.mi3 ill OUi Jinwii J of forcing Atlanta to comply wtfcn Iter offer by umeudittg at any time tfie oofisUiuiiun ao as to remove tne capital, and nothing would be easier to do or ipure certain to be done should Atlanta act in nnd faith. Add the toss of not accepting this ottVr to tne other losses not above enumer ated and we have losses by removal $779 000, nearly one million of dol lars. What is the loss by remaining iu Atlanta? T l, e capitoi und immsiou ill Milledgeville are estimated by good judges as worth $85,000, which is all we would lose by not removing to Milledgeville. if, however, it is neceessary to remove from Atlanta to secure liouegf fggiiiaUou, I, lor one, uy lei us make any and aJi a criflees. Is It necessary, and will such legisla tion be secured oy a removal to Mid edgeVitie? What says the history of the }>ast on t'MN s ttbjeei i This histo ry ways that t iree millions and a nan of (inliars of the present public debt arising from Htaie aid to worthless railroads was created in MUledge ville, while the pufliop of sidd debt iuemroff fuf (heaaqie purpose in At lanta opes pot amount lo three hun dred thousand dollars, This history says further that through the om Central bank by the worst and mow corrupt Legislature at Milledgeville one-half million of dollars ot putfiu money was wasted on partisans and favorites. This history a. ys further U) ih ISoG was set the precedent of paying members ot tne Legislature nine Uoliurs per diem and their clerks, doorkeepers and messengers nine dollars per diem. To show how little place has to do with tne purity of legislation I refer to the fact that tiie Democratic Legislature which sat in AUauta ex posed die Bui jock frauds, repudiated nis dishonest administration, his State aid schemers, and denounced the fraudulent bonds; that the Demo eratic Legi-Liture oi 1875 and f7U, which was held iu AUtthta, proposed the amendment to the constitution repudiating the bogus bonds; tiud the Legislature of 1877, which sat in called toe constitutional convention; that the convention ol 1877 was held in AtLnta; wherefore 1 think it may be salely concluded that lhe place of holding the Legisla ture has nttie or nothing to do witn the proceedings of the General As sembly. Th. purity and honesty oi legislation depends on tiie constitu tion ol the State and the men sem to the Li gi-laiure, Some persons may argue, no mat- Ur what it costs, let us reouke the fraud of removal from Miiledgevilre to Atlanta, To this argumgnt 1 say, I that traud ha- been luliy rebuked by | me action of tne convention in sub- > milting the locating of the capital t > i the people. Its looa ion now, under ; this action, depends on the reasons ' for and against removal to be consid ered and acted on by a free people. Atlanta is retained as the capital the fraud will be removed and the loca tion will be fixed by the votes of the people. Again, ou this head, I would i say that when the constitution of j 1808, fixing Atlanta as the capital, I was submitted tu the voters of the Stutp, tfin nuterrified people of At lanta, surrounded with soldiers, and living under the hardest and se verest uiiiit iry control, voted against removal to Aihiuta. In view ot these facts, what good man in the State will say that the people of At lanta are promise-breakers, and have concocted a great fraud to deceive the people of Georgia? It is not necessary to incur the losses above stated, because Atlanta is not accessi ble to the people ot the State, for Mre |s accessible to more people of the State than any other city or towu tu inpi XX7 TH A TBr r PTTR JL m wV m ...Mi iiJL JBJiJCriL^ MANUFACTURERS’ AQEITT. FOR SALK OF STANDARD ! FERTILIZERS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, GINS, MOWERS AND REAPERS, THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, HORSE TAKE* COTTON & HAY PRESSES. Steam Engines, Saw & Grist Mills & Mill Machinery, SOLD AT MAXTJFACTFRKS’ TERMS AND PRICES. OFFICE ON MAIN STREET AND WAREHOUSE ON W. & A. RAILROAD, C'RTERSYII,I,E, frA ROBERT H. JONES, CARTERSA lIJ.E. QA. The Ol<lct naitiilndurer iu the Stale—Estab lished in INS. HH work, made before and since the war, is in all this country running still. He has the Dpjt workinoii m all the laud, ills \v r ork is.suporiov to uuv iu:tde in the State, mull toi4**y made in the United states. ‘ v' 1 . I ;!.'’..'';*. v'. 1 ", I'’ 1 '’ th<> worth of ills rnenoy. Ho I* giving now his OWN I M.>ON \I,AL IKN 1 li>\ lo I HR. BITKIN KHB, having no partner, lie will sell work lower thaii it hut oyer been sold lu this Country. Ilis long experience anil thorough k | io\vie‘Ure Qi tiie bu'iic>s, and bein# alone, enable.' him to <lo -o. His motto ii**Live and lot me * v, ? n . excuse lor any one sending oft'‘tor anything in his line if Mood, ele iCaiui* Dni'ned, ia.siUomibeand reliable wort be desired. Let the people of the South Duild iu home enterprise. He keeps alsn the mlwbtated sTI'DKR AKEIt-W AGON tor sale. atiglC-ly. STILL AT THEIR OLD STAND. STOKELY c WILLIAMS DEALERS IN STAPLE & F NCY DRY GOODS. DRESS GOODS Clothing', Hats, Boots and Shoes. VVjrE desire Lo state to our old Friends and' patron* tk P we are stillj runnlngf'out''uukinei Y 7 with o-T paying p Props on the usual time heretofore given, But will Expact Prompt Payment at Maturity.i Those paving cash at purchase will get the benefit oT a heavy deduction. And wo would most respectfully rcijuost those purchasing tor cash to .'■ay to us at the time: ‘‘We will cub this bill,” as we will then tne more readilv afiix prices. It there i nothing >aid ur prices w ill he given at.i -rates. KTOKKIA .t WILLIAMS. A! D Those owing ns due paper will do us a great favor by calling and making carv pay* (march a)__ ~ sToKKI.Y .tWII.LIV.MS & BOOK WALTER PORTABLE ENGINE. EFFECTIVE, SIMPLEIOURABLE It CHEAP. The want of a small portable engine and boiler, so cor - f-treeled ns to he lurid shed at a price within the reach < f every one, has tong been felt. For processes requiri g threshing or running plantation corn mills. This is ej presslj adapted both iu constructions and costs. Kve j et glue is thoroughly tested to twie the working pow-. r and leaves the works complete, just as shown iu cut. Any Inionnution will he furnished upon application (• T. W. BAXTER, Agent lor Manufactures a. Look at tliene Prices t Hoso Power, 0. i DAVID W. CURRY, I '' ' ' CARTERSVILLE, GA„ DEALER IN Drugs, themicalN, Patent Medicines, Paint**, Oils, Varnishes. Window Glass. Putty, Lamps ami Lamp Goods, Trusses of the best make. Fancy and Toilet Articles. If air, Tooth and Hail Brushes. Perfumery and Toilet Sjups. Cigars and Tobaccos of the best Brands. Spices, Ac., Ac. PHYSICIANS’ PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED AT AIL HOURS. Pure Burning Oils a specialty. JunlUy. B. J. Lowman & Bro., Propriet MAMUFACTURERB OF SORGHUM MILLS & EVAPOR HOLLOW WARE, GRATES, MANTLES, All Kinds of Iron and Brass Castings. <- pairing don 3 with Neatness and Dis TO the public wo would sav that we are thoroughly experienced In our business hesitate to guarantee satisfaction in all work done by u, as we use nothing bt. . in tteri.-tl and employ none but the beatworkinan. II j# Ch'-htsvimp. (4.. prii y, iurr. rrasesaes Cartersville High School. THE Fall Term of,he C ARTEItSVILLK HIGH 8011001 will he'in August Bth, 187 TANARUS, and continue tour and a half months. Hates ol Tuitiou from $2.5d to |4 per month, accord in sr tO KTH'IC. TUITION IPA.Yik.BIjB MONTUBY, Patrons will receive the hencSt of the Public. School Fund. Parents are earnestly desired to enter their children at the beginning of the session to facilitate the classifying of pupil*. Music will be taught in Connection with the School. The schoolrooms are pleasantly situated, retired from everything might distract tb& utteptioL ol the p"pils. 150 trl can be ti id with good families at moderate prices. No effort* will be spare*; to deserve u continuation of the liberal patronage given hereto lore, D. .TOHiXSTOV Principal. The Stanton House. CHATTANOOGA, TEJNIfe THE STANTON HOUSE is now prepared to accommodate permanent ar.d traD-tont gnesta with every comfort anil conveuseuce to be found in any nrst-class hotel in the country, it is situated near the Railroad Depot*, anil hut a short distance from the business centre of the citv. The house ha* been recently reiuruUned throughout. The sleeping rooms are large and comfortable, the sample room* for commercial agents spacious and convenient;; the dining room airy, cool, well ventilated and supplied with every variety the market attbrds. A Billiard Room, Bar Room, Barber Shop, and a Telegraph Office are Established in the House. We solicit tbe patrouage of the traveling public, and feel assured we can glee Lwjttej arcotfe* myd.jtion thtjn ajuy hausy tg>ptn, god guarhulwo fatiefeetjon at U times. -■ CfavStf P. Pouts. (Vrtf, * G** l **** *• VOLUME XVIII—SUMBEB 40
