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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS. BY C. If. C. WILLINGHAM. Tiic Cartersville Express. JUTES or SUBSCRIPTION. Gluba. —For Clubs of ten copies or more fI.W per annum for each copy. KATES OF ADVKHTISING. 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Announcing names of candidates for office, live dollars, invariably in advance. Legal Advertising. Sheriff sales, per levy $2.50 *• mortgage 11 fa’ sales, per inch 4.50 Citations for letter* of administration— 3.00 *> “ “ “ guardianship 3.00 Application for dismission from adnuns’n. 6.00 .. “ *• “ guard'shp 2.50 “ “ leave to sell 2 ml 250 Sales of land per inch • ?.50 Sales of perishable property, per inch 1 5U Notice to debtors and creditors —.. 8-50 Foreclosures of mortgage, per it ‘.h 4.0(1 i'stray notices, thirty days 2.50 A p, dr. U ion lor homestead 1-50 Ail legal advertisements w( be paid for in „<v, mre, and officers must act accordingly; and that they may know how to collect for .liofie charged lor by the inch, we will state than 125 words (in this type) make an inch. When Gills are Due. Ail hills for advertising in this paper are due i.t any time after the lirst insertion of the same, arid will he collected at the pleasure of the proprietor, unless otherwise arranged by con t raet. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Mr. Til<Jen will spend a part of the winter in Florida and Georgia. Louisiana and Arkansas have fixed the eye of statesmanship on the Vir ginia bar-room punch. California lias been blessed with a heavy rainfall; which means good crops and a prosperous new year. Senator Matthews says he is quite confident tlm* Mr. Hayes will be neither driven nor coaxed by the Republican extremists in Congress. Judge Bartley, of Washington 1). C., whose first wife was a sister of Gen. Sherman, is about to marry Miss Miller, a young and attractive lady. The times are very hard in En gland. The Labor News records dis content and strife in several place s liaising from low wages and lack of work. Five of the mot chants of Montezu ma, says the V v ed by circumstances and the sherin to close the doors during the past nrw.nl h E. P. Speer, of the Milledgeville Old Capitol , and J. J. Carter of Ap pling county, are the latest announce moots for Clerk of the next llouso of Representatives. Mrs. Davis, aged about seventy five years while kindling a fire at her residence, at Union Depot, East Ten nessee, Monday morning, fell into the flames, and was burned to death. A “Samuel J. Randall Association” lias been formed in Philadelphia, whose object is to advance the inter ests of the Speaker as a Presidential candidate in 1880. A friend of the President reports him assaying that lie has no reason to believe that when Congress meets there will be much less hostility manifested towards him in the Sen ate. The Strakoscli season* of Italian Opera will < pen in Philadelphia Monday night, with Miss Kellogg in -“Aida.” On the following night, M’lle Marie Roze will make her de but in “Favorita.” Moses Milton, an old man of weak mind, charged with attempting the life of a female pauper, while out under the charge of his son, at Kings ton, East Tennessee, last week eluded his vigilance and hanged himself. Athens is moving steadily forward, and among her lutes': material im provements is a cotton compress. Messrs. Rucker, Thomas and Hull constitute the company, and have purchased the necessary machinery. An old negro named Ilal Wiggins was found dead in his house in Co lumbus. An inquest was held and the jtiry came to the conclusion that his "death was from Providential causes. A Pike county farmer, who claim ed to"" lie too poor to take lake a newspaper, sold . his wheat for one dollar per bushel when lhe market price was from one dollar and twenty-five cents to one dollar and fifty cents. His loss on the sin gle operation would have paid for a paper for several years. The census of the State of New York, which was taken by the State authorities for 1875, has been pub lished. The census shows the pop ulation at that time to have been 4 068,958 an excess over the Federal census of 1870 of 810,199 a little over seven uer cent, in five years. Thurlow Weerl has written to the President tiiat he cannot afford to put himself at the head of the Dem ocrats in the Senate, and patch out his majority by a few Republicans whose political status is of doubtful nature, and that until he can secure the support of his own party lie should go very slow. The published " statement that Messrs. Burehard and Tucker had agreed to report to the Ways and Means Committee a reduction of the tax on whisky from 90 to GO cents, and the tobacco tax from 24 cents to 10, is denied by Mr. Burehard, who says that lie would probably be op posed to such reduction, but cannot speak for Mr. Tucker. The Indiana Colony that recently migrated to Ocean Springs, Mississ ippi, is likely to remain and bo pros pered. One of their number writes to the Indianapolis Hctilittcl that he is much pleased wit! the climate, the people and the prospects. The in habitants he reported as being friend ly, and offering every encouragement they can to white labor trom the North. The St. Loui Republican says: The dogma which teaches the eternal pun ishment of alt the dually impenitent is slipping out of the popular mind through the same channel and by the same means which carried away the belief in w.ithcraft and infant damna tion. No argument can prevent its departure, and no argument can ma terially hasten iU going. When the dying'dogmu is dead there will be no mourners to attend its funeral, but millions of willing hands ready to write its epitaph. ”■% BAXTKII, J * ACCENT FOR THE SALE OF STANDARD heus mid ram mis. Cartersvlile, Georgia,|January 1, 1878. Dear Sir—Below you will find price list of fertilizers and fertilizing material I expect to | handle this season, also, sonic certificates, directions for composting, and other reading matter | pertaining to the advantages of composting. Many other testimonials could be obtained but 1 have been unable to see the parties in time to get their certificates into this circular. Ihe ; certificates given, you will observe, are all from parties in this and the surrounding counties, with many of whom you are personally acquainted. Dissolved Bone or Acid Phosphate should be ordered at once, as the longer a compost heap stands the better. I will mention a few, known in different sections of the county, whose certificates do not appear, some of whom have used Etiwan Dissolved Bone and some \\ ando Acid Phosphate, leeling confident they will endorse all I have said, and to whom I would respectfully refer you: I. 0. McDaniel and T. C. Moore, Allatoona, Ga.; L. S. Mumford, John S. Leake, Z. VV. Jackson, Cartersville, Ga.; It. H. Dodd, G. M. Isabell, W. J. Brandon, D. P. Brandon, W. P. Whitesides, Euharlee, Ga,; 11. S. Crawford and Dr. J. N. Vanmeter, Kingston, Ga.; J. C. Mason, Stilesboro, Ga. Hoping to receive your order, and assuring you as good terms as can be obtained any where, I remain, Very Respectfully, TANARUS, W. BAXTER, Agent. With option to set . _ . . tie in cotton, mid- Price List: f cents per lb. deliv ered in Cartersville CASH. TIME. Georgia. Wando Acid Phosphate, delivered on board cars at Charleston S3O 00a 00 $45 00 Etiwan Dissolved Bone, delivered on board cars at Charleston 30 00a 36 00 52 00 Soluble Pacific Guano, delivered on cars at Cartersville _ 50 00a <0 00 Sea Fowl Guano, delivered on cars at Atlanta, Ga a Ground Rock Salt, delivered on cars at Augusta, Ga 19 00a 21 00 Nova Scotia Plaster, delivered on cars at Augusta, Ga 16 00a 19 00 The prices ot the Sea Fowl Guanos are left blank from the fact that the company have not, up to this time, definitely arranged the prices for the coming season. The prices and terms will be, as near as I can ascertain, the same as last year, and as low as any first-class fertilizer of equal grade. Whoie it is desirable, an arrangement can be made with the manufacturers to deliver the Phosphate here free of freight, at, of course, a satisfactory advance; though all are earnestly recommended to pay their own freight, as it is cheaper and better for them in the end, and is that much paid. It is a rule with me, in making fertilizer settlements, when the fifteen-cents’ option is given, to allow my customers either to bring me the cotton, or to sell their cotton wherever they may prefer, and pay me the value in money for the number of pounds of middling cotton which may be required to cancel their fertilizer note. For instance : 1 ton Wando Acid Phos phate is worth this season $45 00, with the option to settle in cotton, middling grade, at 15 cts. per lb. This is just equivalent to 300 lbs cotton, as 300 lbs. cotton at 15 cts. per lb. would be just equal to $45 00. Now the planter can cither deliver to me the 300 lbs. cotton, in payment for one ton Wando Acid Phosphate, or be can pay me in money the value of 300 lbs. cotton on the day the settlement is made. The only commercial thrill Kyra 'f * actuil pnates Dissolved Done or Acid Phosphates (all of which mean the same mingy iut acm.ii value of these is determined, first, by the amount of Soluble Phosphoric Acid, and, secondly, by the amount of Sulphate of Lime, or Land Plaster, contained in each ton. In purchasing, therefore, the planter should estimate the value of what he gets, and not the price per ton, but the price per pound of available Phosphoric Acid. For this reason, it is earnestly recommended to all to buy nothing but the highest grades of these Phosphates. A dissolved bone, for instance, of 24 per cent, solubility, is worth just twice as much as the same, or a different article, of 12 per cent, solubility, and is much cheaper for the planter, as one ton of the former will produce the same result as two tons ot the latter, and, of course, saves freight (which with us is an item) and handling. Phosphoric A.cid, Potash and Ammonia are the chief elements which constitute all good Fertilizers, and these, when combined and sold in the market, are very expensive. _ # . Now, the planter can furnish all these articles himself, except his phosphoric acid, which he birrs in the form of dissolved bone or acid phosphate, obtaining his ammonia from his stable manure and cotton seed, and his potash from wood ashes. The manufacturer ot the regular manipulated guanos uses Peruvian guano as his source of ammonia; muriate of potash as Ins source of potash, and acid phosphate or dissolved bone as his source ol phosphoric acid, combine them and we have the regularly manipulated guanos. The planter uses cotton seed as his source of ammonia, wood ashes as his source of potash, and dissolved bone or acid phosphate as his source of phosphoric acid, combines them in a com post heap with, of course, the same result. Ammonia, in all vegetable produces weed and phosphoric acid fruit, so that the planter has nothing to do but to purchase a high grade phosphate, compost it with his cotton seed or stable manure in proportion to the ammonia he wishes to obtain, and it bis land is pine growth, sandy or deficient in potash, add wood ashes, and he has every ingredient of a fii st-class fertilizer. This is a home made guano, and the only practical way of making one. Directions for Composting: Select a hard ground or plank floor; then take a given weight of dry potton seed, wet it thoroughly with water and spread it on the selected spot some three or four inches thick; then take of the dissolved bone or acid phosphate a weight equal to the weight of dry cotton seed already used and spread it on the layer of cotton seed; then again take the same weight of dry cotton seedj wet it thoroughly with water, and spread it on the acid phosphate or dissolved bone; then again spread an equa l Aveiglit of phosphate or bone on your seed. Proceed thus spreading cottonseed (always thoroughly wet) and dissolved bone in alternate layers until the pile attains a convenient height, when it should be protected thoroughly from the weather with boards, plank, or something to shed the rain. t . The longer the pile stands before using, the better and the more thorough the disintegra tion, though it can be used after three weeks. The addition of the farmyard or stable manure to the pile will he highly beneficial, but don’t add lime as it sets all the ammonia free, and, of course, injures the compost heap. Lime is very beneficial to the soil if applied ylirect or in decomposing vegetable matter, but should never be mixed with an ammoniated heap before it is put into the ground The planter can vary the proportion of cotton seed and acid phosphate from that given above, as one ton of a high grade acid phosphate or dissolved bone will utilize from 100 to 400 bushels of cotton seed. CERTIFICATES. CASSTII.LK, Ga., Oct. :SO, 1876.--Mr. T. W. Baxter— This year, for the first time, 1 used 3 sacks of Ktiwan Bone, using also, as you arc aware, 1 tea soluble Pacific Guano. I made about one ton ot compost with the three sacks. 1 think the ton of compost equal in productive va no to the ton of guano, at, of course, much less eo-t. I ft-ed it mostly under corn, and enough under cotton to experiment with the "uano, and I thiuk it. equally as good. With ordinary seasons, at a handful of compost to the hill! it would have thribbled my corn crop. JJ. F. Bosky. CAr.TKUSVii.LK, Ga —Mr. T.W. Baxter —Dear Sii: I have ued your Etiwan Dissolved Bono, c unposted with cotton seed, and f must con fess that it is the best guano I have ever u.-o-i. It paid handsomely on both corn and c.uti.n this year. It is the larmer’s nearest mad in th’ dollar. I don’t expect to use any other a> long as I ran get the Dissolved Bone. tours respectfully, 8, IV . Lei, and. Stegall's station, October 25,1 SVG.—Mr. T. w! Baxter— Dear Sir: I purchased of you last v t >ar one ton Ktiwan Dissolved Bone, and mixed in compost lit) bushels cotton seed, this year has been unfavorable for fertilizers of any kind, owing to a long drought and early Dost, I have picked about three bags to five acres up to this time, and think I will have at lcastonc faui'th ol the cotton which wont open, owing to cavlv frost. lam satisfied that with a good season 1 would have made a hale per acre. It is the best fertilizer I ever used. E. Stegall. Cassvji.LE, Ga., October 24,1876.--Mr. T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: We have tried the Ktiwan Dissolved Bone, purchased of j ou last spring, and take pleasure in adding our certificate as to its merits. We were induced to try it from the report of those who had used it for several sci-om past, and say without hesitation that it is certainly the cheapest thing a farmer c tn buv as it enables him to utilize his cotton seed and’ stable manure, and make a home made guano. This year has bc**n exceedingly bad on fertilizers of any kind, owing to a two mouths’ drought. Yours truly, G. H. GII.REATH, Jr., IKS. GILRKATU, J. K. Gii.keatu. Cassville, Ga., October 25, 1876.—Mr. T. W. Baxter, Agent Ktiwan Dissolved Bone—Dfiar Sir: i.ast year I used three sacks Of Ktiwan hone for the first time, and consider it the best thing I ever saw. 1 used it with cotton seed and stable manure, and it comes fully up to | mv expeditions. I shall from this ou use | nothing eise. It increased my crop at least 400 pounds seed cotton per acre; and I made from the (WO pounds bone one und a half tans compost, and put 300 pounds per acre. Taylorsville, Ga., Nov. 21, 1876.—Mr. T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: The Etiwan Dissolved Bone I bought last spring has proven to be the best fertilizer 1 have over used. I bought one ton ol the Etiwan Bone, and composted the same wilhfitl bushels of cotton seed and nearly one ton of stable manure, and put the same ou 20 acres of land, and planted in cotton. I lett a strip where 1 put no lertilizer, and the balance I fertilized, and picked the same separate, and weighed it, and from the unfertilized I gath ered 512 pounds per acre, and where fertilized I,l6o pounds. J. E. Smith. Eubarlks, G:v., October - 28, 1876.--Mr. T. W. Baxter-Dear Sir: X used this year, as you know, a small quantity of Wando Acid Phos phates for composting, and look upon :t as be ing all right. I used it right along side of Bale’s Guano, and look upon it as being hotter than any guano 1 ever used. I composted it with cotton seed about five to one. making six tons of the compost; and when I say that it is 20 per cent, better than Bale’s Guano, I mean that 200 pound : of Ihe compost is 20 per cent, better than 20) pounds of Bale’s. II is Titomas X DAWSON, mark. UARtersVille, Ga., October 10.157 C —Mr T. W. Baxter—Dear Bit: With reference to ray experience in the use ot Etiwan Dissolved Bone, J would say that, as you know, I have bought of vott guano of different brands for several years, and 1 look upon the Ktiwan Bone as the best tiling for tins price I have ever tiied, as it produces, when composted with cotton seed, equally as good results as the manipulated guanos at about, to the best oi my calculation, one-third the cost, SAMPLE L. riTTAKI). Eeitaislee, Ga , October 25.1876. —Mr. T. AY. Baxter: I used last ve.tr five tons Wando Acid Phosphate, increasing mv order, as you know, ! from 2 to 3 tons per season I usually put 1 about two tons of cotton seed to one ton ol ■ phosphate, making in all three tons; and look upon each one ot these three tons as being as i g.od as one ton <>: the regular guano. I have used Dixoa’s [A] Guano, Pacific Guano and Sea Fowl Guano, and consider this by far the best I have ever used 1 shall use it altogether hereafter when I have cotton seed to compost. 1 have used it under both cotton and corn, and if anything it is better for corn than cotton. 3 L. D. Jolly. Cartersville, November 14,1878.— 1 hereby certilv that I have used the Etiwan stipdfpnos pliute Compost with stable manure dining the past season, on corn mostly, and believe it in creased tho product pr r acre at least titty per cent. D I’liiJlßßfOJi. ’ CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, IS7S. Cartersville, Ga., November 20, 187 G.--Mr. T. W. Baxter--Dear Sir: The Ktiwan Dis solved Bone purchased of you this season has given me satisfaction. I look upon it as be ing the best thing a planter can use, as it ena bles him io niak<f his guano at home, utilizing cotton seed and stable manure, and furnishing a permanent fertilizer. IfcTias been a bad year on my guano. I look upon it as cos ling about half as much as the regular guano, which is, ol course, a great gain, JosKrii G. J-OWity. Cartersville, Ga., November 14, 1876.—Mr. T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: 1 composted tbe one half ton of Ktiwan Bone i bought of you last spring in the following way: X mixed the one half ton bone with about one-half ton cotton seed, and one-half ton or more of stable ma nure and rich i arth, making in all about two tons ol compost. 1 put about 200 pounds of tho mixture per acre for cotton, and about a hand ful to the hill lor corn. I think it fully doubled my cotton and corn crop both, and I had a very bad stand of corn. 1 made Pm s>nie cotton on two acres that one of my renters did on the same land on six acres, i have l.sed different kinds of guanos, and like this much better than any 1 have ever tried. S. Venable. Stilesboho. Ga., Nov. 12. 1876 --Mr. T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: 1 used the Etiwan Dis solved Bone 1 ordered through you, as agent, in the usual way. composting with cotton seed about two tons cotton seed to one ton of Bone, as usual, and applied about 400 pounds of t he mixture per acre. lam well satisfied with the lcsult, as it pays well. I like it especially lor corn. I made twenty-five bushels of corn per acre on land that I know would not naturally % ield more than ten bushels per acre. It has been an exceedingly dry year, and unfavora ble for the use of any fertilizer. YVm. Evkiudge. Bock Mart, Ga., November 20,1876.--Mr. T. W . Baxter—Dear Sir: 1 have never used any acid phosphate until this year. The Wando Acid Phosphate 1 bought of you this year 1 composted about one ton of aed to two tons ot cotton seed with some portion of this stable manure. 1 used the mixture on both cotton and corn with highly satisfactory results. I used it along side of Bale’s Guano, and think the yield is better than Bale’s, or any other guano I have over tried. I am satisfied It is trie best and cheapest manure we can buy, nud shall hereafter use nothing eise. F. M. Randall. EcHARLEE, Ga , November27.lßl6 —Mr.T.W, Baxter— Dear Sir: This is to certify that I have purchased of you both Wando Acid Phos phate and National Soluble Bone, amt am equally pleased with both. Y ours truly. F. H. CAUIOL H. C*SVILLE, Ga., Dc cmiicrT. lSTfi—Mr. T. W. Baxter-Dear vSir: 1 cotnaneneed |>itTehasing Ktiwan Dissolve.] Bone several years ago, and have continued its use over since. I aui con vinced, from repeated experiments with other manures, that it is the cheapest article a farm er can use, and when composted gives a guano containing all the elements of the manipulated guanos. J compost in tins usual wav, ami am 'O well satisfied with the result that 1 shall contiuue its use whenever 1 have anything to compo't it with. I take plea-ure in adding uty recommendation to a good thins:. My ex perience is that it does not fue like regular guano, and that rich earth and stable manure is as good to tom post with as colter seed. W. Hardy. C’aktehsvxlle, Ga., November 23. JsW—.Mr. \\ . Baxter—Dear Sir: 1 have u-pd ktiwan Dissolved Bone for composting with cotton s ed for three years, ami am Letter pleased with it than anything I have ever tried. I composted in the usual nay, putting Iroia three to four hundred pounds ner acre of the compost, estimating to put in about It'd pounds pci acre oi bone. 1 estimate the cost per aore to be-about |2.58. while regular guano costs him two to three times at much. 1 shall eon-, tmue its ast. v\. f. Banna.*. Cahteksvii.i.k, Ga., November SC, IST:ti.—Mi'. T. TV Baxter—l have used tho Etiwun Dis solved Bone with good success, and have no lu'-ita* :•)•) in adding mv certificate, to nianv others, as to its merits. I like It bolter thai* any I have ever used, and I have used several brands of the regularly manipulated guanos, l compost with cotton seed and stable manure, and look atthe mixture as a homo-spun guano, possibly equal in value to regular guano it least one-third the cost. I would recommend all tanners to buy this, ami wake their own guano at home. ,J. it. Gu.ukath. Stegall’* Station. December 5, im—Mr. T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: In reply to tour en quiry with reference to the VTando Acid Phos phate. lean only say that, as you know, in 1875 I bought one ton, and this year bought of you eight tons, which speaks for itself. I com posted with cottojj seed and stable manure in the usual way, and my continued use gives my Qpjnjpn of the article. C. M. Jones. StilesboßO Mills, Ga., Dec. 1, 187#.—Mr. TANARUS, W. Baxter—Wc have used the .Etiwan Phos phate lor the past two years, ana regard it as one of the best fertilizers wo have ever used (price considered) for cotton and corn. We have never used it for wheat, but believe it would be superior to any other, from the fact that it has no equal, in our kbowledsre, lor corn. T. A. Kodoers & Sons. Cassville, Ga., Dec. 6, 1876.--Mr. T. W. Bax ter--! used the Etnvan Dissolved Bone, one half ton, with 700 pounds cotton seed and 3,000 pounds cow-pen manure, forming a compost of the whole. 1 left two rows in middle of patch of cotton, without anything under them, and they yielded just half what the land did where I applied the compost. I, therefore, estimate the gain at about lUOpcr cent. Nathan Land, Stilksboko, Oct, 27, 1976—Mr. T. W. Baxter Dear stir: I have used Ktiwan Dissolved Bone two years, and it has always given me satis faction. The way 1 manage is, that about Jan uary I put about 200 lbs. cotton seed to 100 lbs, of the bone, mixing it by the directions, ft is a permanent fertilizer to the land, and rthink in my case doubled my crop. I used It under cotton, and apply from 150 to 200 lbs. of the compost per acre. J. P. Bradley. CHEROKEE Cos., Ga., Oct. 24, 1876.—Mr. T. W. Baxter, Cartersviiie, Ga.--Dear Sir: The Eti wun Dissolved Bone..bought of you last spring--was mixed with equal weights of cot ton seed and stable manure, and put in drills, about 300 pounds t<> tho acre for cotton. The yield was quite equal to the best, commercial fertilizers, and we regard it as the best and cheapest fertilizer in the market. J, A. Kirkpatrick. Kuhart.ee, Bartow Cos.. Oct. 1876.—Mr. T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: This is the lirst year I have used Waudo Acid Phosphate to compost With cotton seed, and have no hesitation in saying that, witn my experience, no fertilizer excels it. I composted with cotton seed and stable manure, and think I doubled ray crop of cot ton. l shall always recommend the VVando Acid Phosphate. G. L. Davis. Mu. B AxTER—In reply to your inquiry, with reference to Ktiwan Dissolved Bone purchased of you last season, I would say that t >ook upon it as the best I have ever used, being, in ray opinion, a permanent fertilizer,and equally a’s good as the high-priced fertilisers at ornDti* jnl the cost. This year has been very unfavora ble for fertilizers, and is hardly a fair test. Dear Sir: We have used VTando Acid Phos phate for two years past, and arc convinced that it is all that is claimed for it. Previous to this we have used different brands of Hi regular guanos. We usually put one ton acid mlged with two tons of stable manure and cot ton seed, making three tops jn IJ, apd apply about throe hundred pounds per acre, which produces equally as well as 200 pounds oi reg ular guano. Wc shall always use this if it keeps up to the standard, as it is a permanent improvement to tiic land, we think. it. B. Couch & Sons. I have used Efciwan Dissolved Bone for two or three years past for composting, having used Dickson’s [A] and other guanos, and must sav tint I consider it the dm a pest guano a man can buy, as it makes a home-made guano equal to tho regular manipulated guanos, as well as utilizing cotton seed and stable manure. 1 shall always use this kind of guano when I use any. Would say this yjsar is hardly a fair test, owing to a two mouths’ drought. A. Daviß, I bought from MG Baxter one-half ton Kti wan Dissolved Bone; used 60 pounds cotton seed and 1,000 pounds pulverized cow manure; put up compost, I, ou the SOtii, put 200 pounds per acre under cotton; als* put two spooniul* in tko corn hill. 1 think it paid me 100 per cent-, ia yield, So per cent, in cultivation. C. A. UilreaTH. Mr. Baxter--! have used Ktiwan Dissolved Bone for composting with cotton seed and sta ble manure lor the last three years, and am satisfied it is the best and cheapest thing sold, aiul the only way farmers ought to use guano. 1 usually mix 110 pounds cot lon seed to one ton of the bone, and this year, bad it not been lor the two months’ drought, would not have counted under a bale of cotton pr acre; as it is, 1 will average all over my crop where 1 used the bone two bales to three acres, which is as much as I cau do with regular guano. Oct. 19, 1876. J. N T , Dobbs. Faikmount, October 14,1876. Mr. T.W. Bax ter—Agent for Sale Ktiwan Dissolved Bone— Dear Sir: Last year I used eight sacks Ktiwan Bone, which I composted witn cotton seed and stable manure, making the heap of about equal quantities of stable manure and cotton ceed and Acid Phosphate or Dissolved Bone, and now I look npou the mixture as very near ly equal in value ton for ton with the regular manipulated guanos—taking price into con sideration, much better. J. P. Lewis. Mr. T. W. Baxter, Agent of Etivvan Dis solved Bone—Dear Sir: 1 used a half toil of Ktiwan Dissolved Bone composted at the rate of six to one—in other words, 1 made H orn the half ton three tons of compost, each ton of which J think equal to a ton of the regular guano. 1 shall certainly use it altogether in the future, f used cotton seed altogether al most, and with a good stand would have made I.UOU pounds of seed cotton per acre. October 21,1876. , M. A. Wheeler. Cakteksvillk, November 21,1876.—Mr. Bax ter.—Having used your Wundo Acid Phos phate lor two years, I can safely say it is highly commendable, and urge all farmers who wish to raise corn or cotton to give it*a trial. There is no other which excels it for corn. Buy the VTiuulo Acid Phosphate, try it under vour corn, and don’t plant much cotton; raise your own hogs, and be independent. C. Y. Gi.mes. Stii.Kßßo.ro, Ga., November 23, 1876.—Mr. T. W. Baxter—l used the Wap do Acid Phosphate I purchased of you this year on both cotton and corn; composted Jwith cotton seed and stable manure, as is usual, and think it at least doubled mv crop of cotton, to the best of mv judgment. I look upon it as being the best tiling 1 ever used, and is certainly cheaper than regular guano. 1 recommend it to any one. j. W. Harris. CARTEitsvn.LE, Ga., November IS, 1870.-'Mr, T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: i have used now for two seasons the Ktiwan Dissolved Bone. 1 have also used sevt ral other brands of guano. 1 used the Ktiwan Bone composted with cot ton seed by directions, under both cotton and corn, and have no hesitation in saying it is by far the best thing 1 have ever used, and shall continue its use as long as it pays me as It has done. It is the best corn manure 1 ever saw. John VV, Foster. Taylorsville, Ga., November 27,1876--Mr. T.W. Baxter—Dear Sir: The Nitnito Soluble Bono 1 bought of you gave entire satisfaction, amt 1 can with all sincerity recommend it to anv one. f like it better than anything 1 have ever used, as it is a permanent fertilizer, when composted with cotton seed and stable ma nure as per tho directions. I ustid it on both cotton and corn with good effect. B. T. Leake. Kingston, November 27, 1870—Sir: The Ktl-. wan Dissolved Bone for composting with cot ton seed, that I purchased of you for the past two years, has given entire satis!action Jpnh on cotton and corn; and wheat sown on cotton land where the Dissolved Bone had been used, was much belter than on land twice us fertile, but upon which no fertilizer had* been used. 1 can recommend it as a very superior article for composting with cottonseed. Yours respcctUiliy, A. B. Best. Dear Sir: 1 used the U. S.Nat. l’ono on corn at the rate of 150 pounds to the acre, composted with cotton seed, one pound to three. The corn was planted the Ist of June on land from which a crop of rye had been cut for bay. The yield Was about thirty bushels per. acre. A small piece of the same field was planted at the same time without any fertilizer, cultivated in the same way, and yielding nothing. I think the entire crop was due to the fertilizer. December 5,1876. J* T. Noliius, Cartkusville, Ga., November 3,1876—Mr, T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: I used this year one halt ton Ktiwan Bone, and made a compost of this halt ton. about two tons. 1 put it in as usual about 200 pounds compost to the acre. I made six bags to eight acres, which 1 think doing pretty well. 1 nave used other guanos; shall from this time on use nothing but Ktiwan Dissolved Bone to compost. M. J. Guyton. Fair Mount, Ga., October 26, 187ft—Mr.T. W. Baxter, Cartersviiie—Deal Sir: The Kti wun Dissolved Bone, which I purchased of you last season, was composted with cottonseed and stable uiinure, and used tor the garden and corn crop. The result, notwithstanding a severe drought, Is highly satisfactory. Yours respectfully, W. M. Dyer. Cautersville, Ga., November 23,1876.--Mr. T. \V. Baxter, Cartersviiie, Ga.—Dear Sir: Am well pleased with the United .States National Bone. I tied it to be just what you represented. E. K. Freeman. i 4KTEKSTIM.iI. Ga.. N©vem! ;I>7>)--Mr. T. W. Baxter--Dear Sir: I have used Etiwm. IHi?olfl itaiie, wl'h cit!con seed, right alongside of several oilier brands of guano, and eas say. taking inro consideration die werth of ihe cot'm seed, I can manure my lands at a cost of 75 jeraeVeto the .same amount of fertility r.nd production cl as good results, so far as inv experience goes, ns ] can with the regular guanos at a cost of 46 50 per acre. I, tbereibrij, use It altogether, and Have wo hesitation in r eeom mending it to anyone who desires to save nod ni< enano at home. 9, ti. M. Movtgomkry. Oaet*nsrrtt.r. Ga., 1>: o mbor 6,187 6-- Mr. T VV. Baxter— bear sir: You risk me my opinion of the W:\ndo AeH Thosphafe amt Ktiw.au Dis solved B.me. 1, us sen know, have purchased both, and both give me satisiuclion. I was among the lirst, u not the first one, who ever used anything of the kind in tiiis section of the country', and hare continued Its t;-e t Ter since, which t- the best recommendation lean give, and peaks for ii-eit. I uompost ’n the v.-ui.’ ■ war, and hard used It under bath i-Otton and corn With good *uc*cs*. M. L. PKiTtiOK?*. UrnAKi.tE, Ga.. December Ist, 1576.— I T.w. Baxter, Kstj.--1 oheorluliy comply with your ■ request to giwe ray opinion of the Acid Pltos phate. I have used it for the last three years, ami do not hesitate lo pronounce it im owl lent fertilizer for cotton. I have tested ii side by sidu with too sou &ovl and (soluble Ductile-- both of whitiJi me good - -and have not been, able to discover any difference in the crops. Yours truly, G. A. I’ikk. Kingston, November SO, 1876.-.Mr. T. W. Baxtcr-Beur Sir: Wo havo used Wando Arid Phosphate for several years, and tried it under both cotton and corn, and can rccotnmand it to any cue as being thy cheapest thing a farmer can use. We have used it alongside of sonic ot ttie most popular bi and* of regular guano, and think the result now satisfactory. W e com - post as br the directions ah cotton seed, ap plvtng from 2bJ to 400 pounds of the mixture to the acre. Calhoun & Sayiik. ECHABI.kx, Ga., November 28,1876--sir. T.W. Baxter--Dear Sir: I used the National Soluble Bone I purchased of you on about, thirteen acres ot land, ten in cotton and three In corn, composted with cotton seed, stahlo manure aud barn-yard manure, at about 150 pounds of the National Soluble Bone per acre. Tho cot ton uid not fruit well, probably owing to the heavy rains In the spring ana tho drought in August. That part planted in corn gave promise ot a lino yield, but was cutoff by the drought in August. Tours respectfully, ft. S. Taylor. Cautkbsvillk, via., November 3, 1876—Mr. T. W. Baxter--! have been using different guanos, purchased of you, for several years; I have, also, tried lOt-scrapings, stable ma nure, and things of this kind. Last-, or rather this vear. 1 was persuaded by some or my friends t trjia little ol the Etiwan Dissolved Bone, and take pleasure in saying it is iho best thing I have ever used, 1 used only two sacks, and am sufficiently pleased with this trial to abandon everything else and use only this. I shall increase uiy order another roar. W. H. lIOOP. CAKTKHRViIt.t:. Ga., November Sti, T. W. Baxtcr—Yhe Etiwan Dissolved Bone 1 used this rear gave me entire satisfaction, not withstanding a dry season. I composted it as usual, and by directions. It is a home-made guano, and in this way at one-hail cost, at least, of regular manipulated guano. I have no hesitation in sa' ing that it comes up to all that is claimed for it, and recommend all farm ers to try it, and make home-made guano. >V. W.fUCH. I this year used one ton Etiwan Dissolved Bone, and 1 look upon It as the best corn fer tilizer I have ever‘used, being better for corn, in my opinion, than for cotton. 1 look upon it as fully doubling a corn crop, which, when the price is taken into consideration, certainly pays, I shall certainly used it next year on my corn, if noton my corn and cot ton both. F. M- Fleming. CARTEH3viIi.e, Ga., Nov. 98,11576.--Mr. T. W. Baxter--Dear Sir: I have used Etiwan Bone with good success, and have no hesitation in giving mv endorsement as to its merits. 1 think it suits our swamp land better than anything 1 have ever tried, besides being, when put up in compost, a permanent fertilizer. D. P. Bkanpon. Mr. T. W. Baxter— Sir: The Etiwan Dis solved J’.oiio you sold me last winter has proved on my grey land as good, if nftt hotter, than any manure J have usod within the last eight Tears under iny cotton. November 23. 1876. J. I’. S. Dunn. you rc n mifrj-, "ai to the value of lb o'ED Wan Dissolved Bone I purchased ol yon Inst- season, I would-ay that I look upon it as being, by long odds, the best fertilizer I have ever used, ■ t; j.'i’ypqn. PAELOR ORGANS^ In Handsome €ascs. 4 Octaves, only S4O j 2 Stops, only SSO 4 Stops, only 55 j 5 Slops, only ,i0 9 Stops, only 67 j 12 Stops, only 75 THE OLD AND RELIABLE Mason So Hamlin* ELMHVf SEW STYLES 7 Stops. SIOO. _ 9 Stops? sllO. Xt IUFKItIOa IXKTIUJMKNTB. All Instruments wo sell Are limn old and reliable makers, whoso reputation Is a guarantee of their oareellence. l'pj.-ohasers have a choice from seven of tfio best makors i.aown. Every Instrument lully guaranteed. No humbug or misrepresentation—fair ar.d SQUARE DEED ING. INSTRUMENTS ON TIYIAL.-Pianos and rgans sent on trial tor liffeeu days. We pay freight both ways if they are not perfectly sat isfactory. OTJXt" LAST WORD. Before sending North for fnstrvmeiits, write us for OUU SPECIAL OFFERS and Circulars, Exposing Frauds and Imposition, practiced ly Norther* pretended Manufacturers and unscrupulous Dealers. EUDDEN & BATES. dccl3-3m. Savanmuh, Ga. 50 Cts. per Bottle. This is the elmapcst and ms* delightful imr gative before the public, is a lcllctons bever age, ami as pleasant and sparkling isjn glass of soda wider. Ear superior t* iSTtoesing pills. 1* is held in high repute by physicians rnd surgeons for the speedy cure of Constipa tion, Biliousness, Torpid Liver, Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Heartburn, Colic, Sour Stomach, Flatulency, Sick Headache, Kidney Affections. &c. For those who lead a sedentary or closcly confined life, and become of a constipated habit, it acts like a charm. It is specially pre pared for the masses, is put up in large bottles and sola by all Druggists, at fifty cents. No tamily, no mother, no ono traveling, no close student, no sewing girl, should fad to use it. J. I\ Dromgoole & Cos.. Prop’s Louisville SlierifTa Sale —OF— MORTGAGED PROPERTY. iS Wr.r.h next, ira. will be sold at the court house door, in the town of Cartersviiie. Bartow county, between the legal hours of sale, and to the highest and best bidder, twenty-one mules and six two horse whcobs. Levied on iuh! will he so hi as the property of the Bartow Iron Company, bv virtue of and to satisfy a mortgage li. ia. issued Iron the Superior Court of said county In 1- vorof M. A. Candler, trustee of A. M. Shook, vs. said Bartow Hon Company. Property pointed out in said mortgage fl, la* In jxisscs sion of defendants at time of levy. This Jan. al, mS ' A. M. FRANKLIN. Sheriff. Livery, Sale_& Feed Stable ft. C. & J. E. ROBERTS, Near the Court House. A Good Buggies, Hacks. Carriages. Horses and Careful drivers, and at reasonable prices, dry us and we vtill treat you rigbf. juuels-lJ JOHN T. OWEN.' At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store, EU-L sett WirtQbfe*, Ch*k and Jew elry, EpCtaoles + Stiver ttnd 2*l' late*! Good., and will ftfill the®# a* cha|i as tney can b* Uught nr y where - . W urraalfcd u prove 11s represented. , _ , . lfAtfi work dome by uie W arrftutc and to give s*> raefthm. Gffto Hie a e*B. jtm 9 FOR SALE OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, GINS, MOWERS AND REAPERS, THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, HORSE lAKEs COTI'ON fc HAY PRESSES, Steam Engines, Saw & Grist Mills & Mill Machinery, tOLU AT JIAimTTRKB' TERMS AND PRICES. OFFICE ON NAIM STREET AMD WAREHOUSE ON W. & A. RAILROAD, cartetisville. ga. - 111 H I min—n - , M —wnami ■„i,ii i W IT O LEB A to to ! STOVE, TINWARE, AND House Furnishing Goods Store. T. A_. SNOW, Manufacturer and Wholesale and Retail Di aler iu Cooking Stoves, Heating Stoves, GRATES, MANTELS, AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, Am! all article**# Made of*Sheet Iron, Copper, Tin and Galvanized Iron fpocbtl attention is milled to ftie fact that I have (Ye largest and most complete stock of Heating ami Cooking- Stoves over brought to thisgmarket* c&? ooßNioia work A Specialty, and prices guaranteed as low as tie, lowest. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO COUNTRY ORDERS. r l\ A. SNOW. hovl-gm NO. 900 MARKET STUB .ST, CHATTANOOGA,-TENN. Dili, MB Ml Ml. ROBERT H. JONES, CAR.TERSVILLB. Tli fMdef Carriage Manu laefnrcr In Ote State—Ksfal lisjied Isa HIS work, made before and since the war, is iu all this country running still. Ho has tho best workmen In all the l iml IDs uwi. lurmy'nimlc in the State, and equal .tojUUJK '*>'. vumat suites. 1 OWN PKRsiVn \ n i t V'n^i' ? VT i in , v’'ovrM' < iV''^r^> slc n " oPtil °*'his money. He is giving now his lowertbai.lt evW u’ ,ON ™ TI , K . IU J? ,N ESS, having no partner. He will sell work knowledge of the bn m ! kecmaoljl in this Country. His long experience and thorough live - ’ Tm.v •!• is.l d>s,and being- al.one, enables him In tf.r. Ui uu>Ua uvi fue **. i„* nuLtiei:, aelneualdoum! rclianlz work be desired. Lot the people of the South build up home enterprise. He keeps also the celeblated STU DEB AK Kit • W AGON for sale, auglft-ly. 800 K WALTER ®g||l|J PORTABLE ENGINE. effective, simple, durable & cheap. Tkc.yzcr.f of a small portable engine and boiler, so eon * fpgE *8 is|[l Mr noted .is lobe iurnishctl atm price Within the reach or every 011 c, has: lung been fe.lt. For processes requiring f&t! ’-’tfi'iJid flu (siting ol running plantation corn'mill-. This is ex ]'■, * prrssly adapted boDi in eonstittclrions and costs. Every i el pine is ti t eugldv tested to twice t})C working power ‘Js!and leaves Ilf* vrt iks complete, just as shown in cut. Any laftnmc.tier will be inrnislied upon appliealion to V ‘ * - 15AXT1 ' I£ -'Sent for Manufacturers. Look sxt tlteKe I s r*ices : - 8 Horse Power, $250 00 1 T. W. BAXTER, & Ageufc lor Muuuiatfturers. DAVID W. CUiillY, ItllS 4 Silt HIT, oahtebsviTzLE, ga., dealer IX Drugs, PaDn! M*diHasc, Paints, Oils,TariiUlici. Window Glass, Pnily, Lamps and Lamp Goods, Trusses |lie Lesf lualte. Fancy ant! Toilet ArlSeles, Male, Tool In and Mail Brushes, Perfamery and Toilet Soaps. Cigars aaid To2>aeeos of 1 lie best Brands, Kpiifcs, de., &c. PHYSICIANS’ PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED AT ALL HOURS. Pure Burn, jun 15-1 y. nj 1 niimwfrr i w nr THE MERCHANTS & MECHANICS IMS. COMP’Y Of K.IOHMOKrr>, STa. Cask Capital $230,000, Cash Assets $315,000 $25,000 in U. S- Bonds Deposited in the Treasury of Georgia for FURTHER Security of Policies!! Firms WELL-KNOWN COM IT ANY TIAS PAID ITS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO 1 claimant!! in Georgia 4incc Ihe war, and will mumtain its wcil-cnrued icputution lor skillful, conservative, prompt, just dealings. , „ , ~ . ... , , T)\velllngs, Stores, Alcrclnuidisc, Mills, Gin Houses and Contents, insured at lair rates. fiiiy“Agcnis at all prominent poiuti iu Uie State, to whom apply,an - to R. STOKES SAYRE, Agent, octlß-2m CARTBKSVILUB, GA. -GDcfia? McCanless & Williams, CARFERSVILLE, GEORGIA, STOVES,'TIN WARE, G^Js. tET House, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. THE STANTON IIOUSK i* now prepared to aeaam*tadate pcnaapent and C ‘ S, lB with a vary comfort and ,onwiDB to bafionud in any first-class hotel in Ihe con • U vUuated near the Railroad Depots, and but a abort distapoe from the ee#ti s ; dtv, TR house bus been reuestly refufntshed tbi-oggbout. The sleeping rooms are la ft ' ooulfoiXatile. the snVUpie Dtroms tor eommereiml agofits spacious ami convenient, me jofttn oi*7, (itsoj, well voatllatcd and supplied wjlu vry variety the market aaorus. A Billiard Room, Bar Shop?and aTolegraph Office are Established in tho House. We solicit the yftitrouago of the traveling public, aud feel assured we can & ivC uc modation than any lt<nisTSor.tl>, and guarantee suti*actiou alllliuoft- -_ rn , tlT sManager* ► Ofcryicß P. FotJTSt, Chief Clerk, GEORGE J. *> *- >• VOLUME XIX—NUM BEll 2