Georgia Historic Newspapers

    TIIK EXPRESS.
blished in 186 T.
FRANK P. CRAY, 1 Editors
T. K. UANRIUY, \ *'" ,,orß
THUBSDAY, OCT, 2-1, IhTB.
FOR CONGRESS :
HON. CEO. N. LESTER,
OF COBB.
“If the Convention was to
NOMINATE AS GOOD AND PURE A
man as Geo. N. Lester, I would
G HOUND ARMS AND RETIRE TO PRI
VATE i.ifh.”—lF. If. Felton fin 1874.
WK HERE, MHAT M E SAID TO
Ur. FELTON’S FACE-THAT IIE IS THE
MOST ARTFUL TRICKSTER ME HAVE
EVER KNOWN. WE SAT THIS WITH RE
i.HKT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT REFERS
TO A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL WHO
SHOULD BE PURE AND GUILELESS AND
UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD.— C. 11. C.
Willingham, Oct. 5. 1876.
Cotton was sold jn New .York last
week at the lowest price since the
close of the war.
If is reported that old llutler is
spending bushels of money, made
from New Orleans spoons, to elect
himseif in Massachusetts.
“Divide and destroy,” is the Re
publican motto. They have already
done the former—shall they be allow
cd to accomplish the latter?
The camp fires are burning bright
ly all along the line. Good men,
think of to-morrow’s battle and trust
in God for strength to overcome the
foe;
Dr. Felton is the wedge that the
Republicans are using to split the
Democratic party. What Democrats
will suffer themselves to be used as
mauls to drive it in? „
The Republicans in New Yoik and
Atlanta are betting on Felton, and
the Atlanta ones are contributing
money for bis cause. Democrats,
make a note of this.
Look out for frauds and illegal vo
ting on the sth of November. The
negroes of Alab ma are preparing to
march, perhaps for the shot bag full
of pewter dollars of which General
Toombs talks so much.
Let it be remembered that not a
single charge uttered against Judge
Lester has been substantiated, no not
one. The vialsof wrath were opened
upon him but their contents fell
harmless at his leet.
Come, now, let us reason together.
It' a man showed his love for his peo
ple by s; erifk’ing his blood upon the
lit hi of battle, in time of war, will lie
not do to trust to represent them in
time of peace. If you think he will,
vote for Geo. N. Lester.
The newspapers and stationary
for, the members of the House of the
Representatives for the first session
of the 45th (present) Congress, cost
*: 17 ,625. Dr. Felton was a member of
that house, and thinks the price very
moderate.
Who are the Independents? Who
are the Democrats, and what are
their respective objects? Look upon
their hosts, their leaders and cap
tains. Observe their manner of war
fare, and calmly decide under which
banner you will enlist.
“Birds of a feather will flock to
gether” is an old and true saying.
Hargrove and the Republican party
generally are supporters of Dr. Fel
ton. Condemn this alliance on the
sth of November by casting your
ballot for Lester and true Democra
cy.
Dr. Felton has nowhere said one
we din praise of the Democracy or
of censure for the Republicans. He
is for Felton all the time. “Good
Lord save me and no more is his
political prayer.” Democrats, take
heed and return to your father’s
bouse.
Under which king. Shall it be
Hargrove, Holtzdaw, Republicanism
and Felton? Or shall it be Lester
and Democracy, choose, ye breth
ren, “the alliance offensive and de
fensive” or tiie cause of Democracy
which is the cause of liberty all over
tli s country.
Gordon, Lester, Colquitt and many
others who are upholding the Demo
( tic banner, showed their devotion
to their country’s cause by shoulder
ing their guns and going to the front
\\ hen tin- ir country called. Dr. Fel
ton stayed at home, shielded by the
fi i'u on negro exemption law. Which
of them deserves to be rewarded by
their grateful countrymen?
While we have no sort of a doubt
of Lester’s triumphant election, the
Democracy should not rest upon their
arms until the sun sets on thesth day
ol November. “Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty.” Let us be watch
ful and industrious. Let us make a
strong pull altogether for a large ma
jority, neither resting or tiring until
certain victory is achieved.
In 1876, Hayes’ vote at the Rome
box was 1094, and Felton’s 1317,which
shows that here in Rome Felton re
ceived only 223 Democratic votes.
Tilden received 1155 votes and Dab
ney 910, showing that Dabney lost
2:15 Democratic votes—223 of these
going for Felton, which added to the
R tdical vote, 1094, makes Felton’s
cote 1317. With all these facts before
them some men say that Felton is a
Democrat.—[Rome Courier.
Democrats, look out for tricks and
circulars gotten up to mislead and
deceive. The enemy is up and do
ing. Vote for the party that has
freed Georgia and be not deceived by
bogus circulars and other printed
matter eminating from the Felton
ring of disorganizes, aided by the
Republicans in Georgia and else
where. Stand by the old party
which has upon its rolls the namer of
the truest iud best men in Georgia
and the South, and be on the safe
side.
Will you endorse the abuse heaped
upon Judge Lester, Gov. Colquitt,
Gen Gordon, the dead heroes of a
hundred battles and their wives and
daughters who mourn and delve in
poverty all over the South ? Do you
want Democracy to perish, Radical
ism to triumph and our old masters
to laugh and chuckle at our new
evils. In a word, will you condemn
the heroism of southern soldiers, and
virtues of southern women, and aid
to enthrone again the party of in
iquity and corruption, if so, by all
me m vote for Dr. Felton.
TIIE CAUSE OF OUR COUNTRY.
The elect ion which come- off on the ,
sth of November is one of more im
portance to our country generally
than a cause of mere favoritism.
We speak for the causa of our coun
try, of tiie State and Union—the
cause of that party which for three
quarters of a century 1133 illustrated
the wisdom and the patriotism of
America, and which, from the days
of Jefferson, has been the advocate
! of Constitutional, civil and religious
liberty. Its record is marked with a
faithful adherence to the grand eaqse
for whicn our fathers battled, and it
can point to a record of which free
men everywhere have just cause to be
proud. It has given the South its
Constitutional rights, and lias freed
Georgia from her foes. But for the
Democratic party we would to-day
have no rights as citizens, but would
suffer under iniquitous measures en
gendered by tiie party of hate and
corruption. After the war where
was hope outside of the Democratic
party ? To what refuge could w T e flee
but under its protecting wing? Was
there any place of safety for the peo
ple but under the the folds of its flag
of liberty ? Is it not, therefoie, safe to
conclude that it is better to stand by
that party than to run after strange
Godsof which we know nothing,and
after strange men who bear no flag
with which we are acquainted.
Men are not the question now, but
rather shall we destroy that party,
break its lines, and let in tiie old foe
who stands ready to take advantage
of our division to effect our ruin.
Here is the question. We in the
South need a party to stand by us
under whose shield we can enjoy the
bit ssings of liberty. The Democrat
ic party is that party. It is the party
of the people. Jefferson gave it life,
Madison fortified it and Jackson sup
ported it. In its ranks are found all
the great and true men of the South.
Look over the political field, see what
it has done, and consider whether
you can afford to destroy it, or
whether your country’s welfare de
mands that you should nourish it
with your ballots. This is the time
to sacrifice our individual preferences
and prejudices—in the same spirit
that Abraham prepared to sacrifice
bis first born —to obtain tlie success
of tiie Democratic party, and thesuc
cess which aiway-. follow in its path
of victory. Greenback, labor and
National parties should rally around
it, at least until after ISBO. On elect
ion day you will find arrayed aginst
you the Republican party, which will
fight under t e Independent flag
as the Hessians did under that of the
British. They will seek to divide
and destroy. Let tiie Democracy be
true to its past history. Let the col
umns stand firm, that victory will
be ours. Let us remain solid, and
present a picture which some future
historian may portray in fitting lan
guage, similar to that applied to
Rome, when in her days of glory
when her sons were pure and her
daughter’s virtuous —
For Romans in Rome’s quarrels spared not
land nor gold ;
Nor sons, nor wives, nor limb nor life ;
In th brave ilajs of old,
Then no one was for Sell,
Then all were for State;
Then the rich man helped the poor man,
And the poor man loved the gie.it.
This was the condition of things in
Georgia after the Democratic party,
threw ofl her shackles and declared
her free, until the armed satraps
packed their tents, and like the Arab
silently stole away. Let the good
work continue, and may it never be
written of Georgia, as it was of Rome
in a latter day—
Now Roman is to Roman more hateful than a
toe,
j And the tribunes bare the hide, and the rich
men grind the poor,
As we wax hot in taction, in battle we wax
cold.
For Rome has lost the greatness of the good
days ot old.
Certainly the contest in the Seventh
district augurs some what of the lat>
ter, and history reminds us to call a
halt, and reason together. The situa
tion is pregnant with danger. Friends
are against friends, and brother
against brother in the unholy strife.
Let us raise the old flag again, and
rally around it as one family, with
one country, and with one destiny.
Let us vote for the Democratic stan
dard bearer, George N. Lester, and
thus cement the arch which is being
attacked by its enemies, and which is
! shaking now unto its very base.
Patriot's close up! Democrats, re
form your lines! Warn off camp
followers. Keep your powder dry,
and on the sth of November, let
there be no such word as fail. There
are only two great parties in this
country. With which wi’l you be
counted in the grand contest which
draweth nigh.
The supporters of Dr. Felton, seeing
the handwriting on the wall, and the
inevitable defeat which awaits them,
will in a few days send out through
the mails a vast number of printed
sheets filled, of course, with all man
ner of misrepresentations, and that
too late for the friends of Judge Les
ter to overtakeand refute them. This
of course shows to wlmt straits they
are driven, and the bare fact of send
ing out such publications at this late
hour should convince all lair minded
persons that the subject matter is un
worthy of belief, otherwise they
would have been sent out before; Be
ware of these sheets. They will not
bear the scrutiny of truth; hence their
publication just on the eve of the elec
tion. Beware of them. Spurn them
from your door, and record your con
demnation of such a cause by voting
for Geo. N, Lester.
Lester’s empty sleeve has been
denounced and ridiculed, and the
cause for which he fought and bled
has been pronounced “disgraceful,”
and the wives and daughters of con
federate soldiers who sleep in un
numbered graves have had their
virtues spit upon and despised by
negro orators belonging t o Dr. Fel
ton’s supporters. People of th e
; Seventh District, can it be possible
that you will endorse those utteran
anees at the polls. If so, here indeed,
the fair cause of freedom rose and
fell.
The contractionists ate continually (
calling those who oppose them Infla
tionists. This is not so. They sim
ply oppose a too sudden contraction
of the currency. If every man who
owned SI,OOO would look at the result
of the contraction of the currency
since 1865, and remember that it is
just as hard for him now to pay that
81,000 as it would have lieen to pay
$2,000 had the curreHpy remained as
it was in 1865, then he will better
under.stand the currency question.
People are prone to run after politi
cians and politics without knowing
the whys and wherefores or studying
the causes and effects of our present!
financial embarrassments. i
WHITIIER ARE WE DRIFTING.
Shall Wo Have Social n in
Georgia
" Zachariah B. Hargrove, the dimin
utive Radical postmaster at Rome,
Ga., is known to be one of I)r. Fel
ton’s strongest allies. He's peak 3 for
Felton. He attends FeJtorPs meetings,
and sits in the stand and af on the
rostrum as one of Feltoa’s counsel- ,
ors and friends. It is understood
that Zacariah is a famous organizer j
of the colored people for Dr. Felton. I
The doctor is “cheek by jo w 1 ” with
Zachariah, and loves'him, 1 as David
: loved Jonathan. How dots Zieha
| riah stand upon the subject of mis-
I eegenation ? What does he think of
the intermarriage of whites and
blacks ? How does lie feel upon the
subject of social equality which
i Mould result from a white man mar
rying a colored woman, or a whifi
| woman marrying a colored man ?
i Zachariah has a “record” on that
| subject. I wonder if Dr. Felton has
| ever criticized that “record.” if he
has never done so, ids attention is
j called to page 85 of volume 1 of
“Testimony taken by the Joint Se
lect Committe to inquire into the
condition of affairs in the lute insur
rectionary States.” On that occa
sion Zjchariah was questioned, and
ans Mered as follows :
Question. — You said that once in
au’hile a white woman w ould marry
a black man; that always gives
offense to the people of that region of
j country, does it not ?
Answer. —I think that it is more
or less wearing away; people are ac
! commodating themselves more to
the law of the land. I speak of it as
a question ot taste.
Ques. —Has not that beta in Geor
• gia, as well as elsewhere, one thing
j that has always given dissatisfaction ?
Axs.—l believe that some who are
| not so charitable and liberal in their
j views as others have generally de
| nounced it.
Quis.—You think the bulk of
j your people have not ?
Ans. —I do ;I am willing myself
to let it be a question of taste on both
sides.
How does that sound in the ears of
Georgia people ? What do the peo
ple of Georgia think of Zachariah
swearing that the bulk of our people
do not denounce the intermarriage of
blacks and whites? What do you
think of his stating under oath that
some who are not so charitable and
liberal in their view’s as others gen
erally denounce the net of a white
woman marrying a black man, but
that the hulk of Georgia people do
not denounce it ? Hear him when
he comes to his own views and feel- j
ings upon this question of social
equality: “I” (charitable Zachariah,
liberal Zachariah,) “am willing my
self to let it be a question of taste on
both sides.” Do these “charitable
and liberal views” of his, upon social
equality and miscegenation, account
for the influence which he is said to
have over the colored men of his vi
1 cinity? Such,people of the 7th District
; is one of the principal lieutenants of
Dr. W. 11. Felton. Such is the man
with whom Dr. Felton allies himself
, to break down and destroy the Dem
ocratic party. Will you join the
i Felton-Hargrove ring ? Will you be
one of the Felton-Hargrove Middle
brooks- Henry Brown alliance?
J USTICE.
—
ILLEGAL VOTING. CUT THIS OUT
FOR REFERENCE.
In order that persons may not
plead ignorance of the law, that fair-
I ness may prevail at the approaching
: election, and see to the end that
guiity parties who attempt to violate
' the election laws may be promptly
, arrested, we print the law as it now
j stands in regard to illegal voting, and
the qualification of electors :
Par. 11. Every male citizen of the
j United States, (except as hereinafter
| provided) twenty-one years of age,
who shall have resided in this State
one year next preceding the election,
and shall have resided six months in
the county in which he oilers to vote,
; and shall have paid all taxes which
may hereafter be required of him,
and which he may have had an op
portunity of paying, agreeably to
: law, except for the year of the elect
' ion, shall be deemed an elector; Fro
i vided, that no soldier, sailor or marine
in the military or naval service of
the United States, shall acquire the
rights of an elector, by reason of be
ing stationed on duty in this state ;
and no person shad vote who, if
| challenged, shall refuse to take the
following oath, or affirmation : “I do
j swear (or affirm) that U am tM’eiity
; one years of age, have resided in this
1 State one year, and in this county six
months, next preceding the election.
I have paid all taxes which, since the
adoption of the present Constitution
! of this State, have been required of
!me previous to this yeai, and which
I have had an opportunity to pay,
and 1 have not voted at th is-election.”
The penalty for illegal voting is
laid down as follows : “If any person
shall hereafter vote more than once
at any election which may be held in
any county in this State, he snail be
punished by imprisonment and labor
in the penetentiary for any term not
less than one year nor rat re th in two
years.”
Voting by a minor under twenty
one years and above fourteen is also j
made a misdemeanor and is punish-j
able as such.
With these facts before the people I
we trust that they will see to it that 1
the election which comes off on the!
sth of November shall be fair in
every particular. Let guards be)
stationed at every precinct, and
whether it be Lester or Felton, let
him be elected fairly, and without!
semblance of tricks or frauds.
WAS LESTER A LOYAL LEAGUER -
Another Canard Goes the Way of Ward’s
Ducks.
1 have Lc-en informed that to the
many misrepresentations and slan
ders which Dr. Felton and his foliow
-1 ers have put in circulatiou against
me, the falsehood has t een added
that I was a member of the “Loyal
League.” This charge is unqualified
ly false. There is not, and never has
been, even the shadow of a founda
tion for it. It is a pure fabrication.
I never belonged to a loyal league,
and never had the slightest idea of
uniting or co-operating with such au
organization. On the contrary, I have
always fought the institution with all
the power I possessed, and in order
to counteract the evil machinations
of these leagues I aided in organizing
the first \oung Men’s Demociatic j
Club in the Seventh Congressional
District. This was done in the town
of Cartersville, in the year ISuS, and
if I mistake not, in the office of Mr.
Murphy, of that place.
Geo. NT. Lesteij. j
mm DEMOCRATIC RALLY'
MAMMOTH BARBEC#E
-AND —
BASKET DINNER
Let tiie I’roplc of Hie Seventh Coogret
•••■<•! lii-iii.t Meet together, Shake
Hands, Forget the Fast and
Renew Their Frirndihip at the
AHar of Itctnoeraey—The
Cause of Democracy is
the Cause of Liberty.
On Thursday, Octblier 3l<f, there
will be a grand barbecue and basket
dinner at Cartersville. This will be
the largest gathering ever witnessed in
the Seventh Congressional District, or
even in North Georgia, as the .grand
old Democratic party has resolved to
i collect its hosts from the mountains
and the valleys, consign the past to
oblivion and march to victory with its
columns united and its phalanx unbro
ken. Come one, come all —from the
North, from the South, from the East
and from the West—and join the
mighty army of Democracy. *Free rai'-
road transpartation has been secured
at a heavy cost for the accommoda
tion of the people both on the Wes
tern <& Atlantic and Cherokee Rail
roads and all are expected
to turn out on that day with their
baskets and help feed the multitude.
The authorities of the Western & At
j lautic Railroad have required us to say
that all parties accepting the tickets
purchased of the road by the Com
mittee at this place will take thena and
travel at their own risk as they cannot
afford to sell tickets at such reduced
rates and be heldaceountable for acci
dents. They further require us to say
that as they cannot give one party
cheaper rates than another that they
will, if desired, sell a like number of
tickets t® Dr. Felton’s friends upon the
: same terms accorded the friends of
Judge Lester; that is one third the
usual rates. Of course the same terms
cannot be accorded for a less number
of tickets, but they can get the same
terms if they take the same number of
tickets; or more.
Governor Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, Governor Alfred li. Col- !
quitt, of Georgia, General John B. j
Gordon and Judge George N. Lester,
the Democratic standard bearer, will
address the people 011 that day.
We have received a telegram from 1
Governor Wade Hampton in which he
says lie will certainly be here and
nothing but Providence shall prevent
him.
Let the people come and listen to
those whom they have delighted to
honor in days gone by and who are to
i day the hope of Southern freemen.
Democrats, come and listen to those
j who have led you to victory in peace
. and in war and who have never de
eeived you. Who have always gone
to the front, no matter what danger
i threatened, and stood a living wall be
tween you and the destroying enemy.
The following is the schedule of the
special train secured for the purpose or
bringing the people out:
Special train coming from Dalton to
Cartersville will leave Dalton at 7
o’clock a. m., and
Arrive at Tilton 7-28
“ “ Resaca 7-47
“ “ Calhoun 8-03
“ “ McDanniels 8-24
“ “ Adairsville 8-43
“ “ Hall’s 8-59
“ “ Kingston 9-13
“ “ Cass 9-32
“ “ Rjgers 9-37
“ “ Cartersvill® 9-47
Special train coming from Atlanta
to Cartersville will leave Vinings Sta
| tion at 6-40 o’clock, a. m., and
Arrive at Smyrna 7-1S
“ “ Marietta 8-20
“ “ Big Shanty 8-45
“ “ Ac worth 9-04
“ “ Altoena 9-20
“ “ Bartow 9-27
“ “ Stegalls 9-31
“ “ Cartersville 9-45
The train going North in the after
i neon will leave Cartersville at 5-20
1 o’clock, which will give every one
; plenty of time to get home.
The train going South will leave
Cartersville at 5-30 o’clock, p. m.
The ladies can take the regular pas
| senger trains to and from Cartersville,
but the gentlemen will have to take
the excursion or special train.
All parties from GraysviUe down to
1 hilton will be allowed to travel on the
regular passenger trains as the special
will not run further north than Dal- !
ton. Trains on the Cheorokee Rail
road will run on regular schedule.
Let everybody remember to bring
their baskets.
DEMOCRATIC pyramid.
COBB
DADE
FLOYD
GORDON
WAL K E R
MUR R A Y
CATO O S A
PAVLI) I N G
II A RALB 0N
WH ITFIEL D.
INDEPENDENT PY RAMID.
POLK |
BARTOW'
CHEROKEE.
The Milledgeville Union and Ile
corJer warns iiie people against In
I dependentism, and says : “We repeat
it. The enemy will foment Inde
pemlentism to foist himself into pow
! er. lie is endeavoring now to coun
termine us. Those who would act
efficiently, in political matters, must
know the countersigns, not from
compulsory orders, but from the
agencies created by the people for
their own protection.”
the vote of isto.
_ J I ! Fs’ Ds’
coi ntiks. Dabney Felton mai maj
Bartow 6&5| 2489 1794 7T77
• Catoosa .V®. 270'. ... 255
Chattooga 90S 4M '439
Cherokee 320 1459 nan
FyM> 1501 10(3 142....
I’ l e 445 j 55 390
Floyd 1054 1834 180
Oortlon :i24
Haralson 328. 278;.... j'*4s
Murray 598* 513 ! I 85
PaiilUiug 057 20
lir'iu"! fiW H 1 452....
™* r \\ w 7i| m,
\\ lllttioltl i 553 782; [Bl
Total I 19,807) 18,269.1 T j
i- elton's majority, 2,402.
WHY THEY WILL VOTE FOR LF.STEK.
v The following is the platform of
principles and obligation subscribed
V 6 I>y the members of the Gordon
county Lester club’:
“We, the undersigned, constitute
onrseh es the Gordon county Lester
■Clubhand do so in support of the
great cause of human liberty and the
redemption of the whole country
from tiie oppression which bad legis
lation has brought upon us.
‘We support Geogre N. Lester
for Congress because he is the friend
1 of flfe jjeople, and is from the people \
and of the people.
“We support George N. Lester for
Congress because be is in favor of re
ducing the enormous salaries of mem
-1 bers of Congress, and also of a’l the
government officials.
“We support George N Lester for !
Congress because he is in f ivor of the
entile abolition of the tobacco and
whisky department of the Internal
Revenue system and the allowing of
v frisky and tobacco tax to be paid as
i State and county taxes are, thus re
ducing the expense of the general
government to an euormous extent,
and forever riddiug the country ol
the swarms of revenue officers now
infesting it.
“We support George N. Lester for
Congress because he is in favor ol
taxes bearing equally upon all species
of property.
“We support George N. Lester for
Congress because he stands firmly by
the in 1 ere t of the people upon the
greenback question, being in favor of
the general government issuing mon
ey for the benefit of all the people,
and opposed to the enrichment of
banks, money-kings or gold tyrants
at the expense ot the laboring and
producing classes.
“We support George N. Lester for
Congress because he is iu favor of
and iu accord with all of the great
principles which look to the redemp
tion of the whole country in the great
political contest to come off in 1880 ;
and because he pledges himself to
stand firmly by these principles and
to labor unceasingly for reform in
every shape. By these principles we
stand or fall,’’
LOOK WELL TO THE BALLOT ROX.
The importance of having a fair
election on the sth of November
must be apparent to all The follow
ing plan suggested for the 7th Dis-
I trict by the editor of the Cedartown
j Express we think is a good one, and
that or some other plan for preventing
| repeaters and illegal voting should be
j adopted :
“There should be appointed iu each
county as many men from each nrili
: tia district as there are districts in
each county. Tficse men must be
acquainted with all the voters of their
respective districts. At each voting
I place in the county there must be one
! of these different district men pres
ent; thus, every district in the conn
ty will have a representative from its
! own, and one from all the others. By
j this means illegal voters and repeat
! ers can be defeated. Also, there
1 should be at each district an alpha
betical list of all the polls and de
faulters in the county. This can be
: obtained from the Tax Receiver’s
book for 1878. Also, at one o’clock
j in the day have as many lists made
up as there are districts of all the men
who have cast their votes. Send this
post haste to all the other votiug
places, so each will have a complete
1 record of those who have voted up to
that time. Let vigilance be the
watchword and let any one illegally
! attempting to vote be ai rested on the
| spot!”
A STRAW IX THE WIND.
The election of Justice of tiie Peace
of this district, last Saturday, resulted
in the choice of Paul Wright, Esq.,
by a majority of 121 over the next
hishest candidate, J. F. Hillyer, Esq.
The vote stood:
Wright 532
Hillyer 411
Cooper 100
Thornton 16
O’Rear 3
When it is remembered that Wrights
brother, Scab, made the announce
ment that none but a Felton man
could be elected, and that the double
barreled party did its best (with a
few honorable exceptions) to elect
their man, while the Democrats had
a number of candidates and no organ
ization, the result inspires the true
Democrats with hope for the future.
There were more than two hundred
Democrats w’ho did not vote, and w r ho
nearly all would have voted if there
had been but one Democrat running.
Wright carried the district by only
! two votes over his numerous disor
ganized opponents, while Felton got
1 ft majority here two years ago of over
; four hdndred. With a full vote and
a single opponent Wright might have
been defeated by two hundred votes.
—[Rome Courier.
— ♦ >
ERRATA.
In Wool Hat’s communication the
| types make him say that there was
' 202, and again 262, and again 292 de
faulters in 1875. It should be 292 in
each connection. Again; the sen
tence “that is for those who allege it
! to prove they stand in the tax books
! as defaulters for 1875,” should read,
that is for these who allege it to j
1 prove. They stand on the tax books
as defaulters for 1875.
Again: in the sentence “they are
p:ima facie illegal votes if they voted
at all in 1878,” the figures 1878 should !
I be 1876.
Dr. Felton commenced his first
race nearly four years ago by talking
and promising reform, the reduction
of salaries of Congressmen, Ac., but
he is still drawing and pocketing his
five thousand dollars a year, or four
hundred and sixteen dollars per
month, which amounts to over thir
teen dollars per day, for every day in
j the year, Sundays included. This
1 does not include mileage. At the
i expiration of his present term he will
' have drawn twenty thousand dollars
in four years besides mileage, which
! would make the aggregate over
i twenty-five thousand dollars. These
facts the records show. They also
show the stern fact that, notwit h
| standing his promises so often made,
he has never made the slightest effort
by a bill, or motion, or vote, or in
any way whatever to reduce the pay
of Congressmen below this amount.
Does not this fact prove conclusively
that he does not want it reduced?
And yet while his pay is running at
the above rate; while he is canvass
ing for re-election he appeals long
ingly to the poor laborers at fifty
cents a day to return him at thirteen
dollars per day. The doctor and his
friends need not say he could not
control this matter. He could have
made an honest effort to do so, and
four long years is long enough in
which to give him a chance to make \
the effort. Will anybody be longer
deceived into voting for him as a re
former ?
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Fr. st and fever h .ve crossed
swords.
There is only one negro in the
next Legislature.
Alia itv doctors, at last accounts,
are working on 200 lerer cases in
Chattanooga.
The Murphy’s now number in
Rome over 400.
0ver35,000 bales ol cotton have;
been received in Augusta this season.
They have at la t hung a despara
do in Tex is, after he ha 1 committed
twenty murders.
The Matthews cotton mill in Selma
consumed 1,210 bales of cotton last
year.
The Georgia Railroad is doing an
eu °rinous business.
Congre s will re ssomblo on the
lii. st Monday ol December.
Savannah at present is livelier than
it h is been fur years.
The Legislature meets iu .a little j
over two weeks.
The Macon and Augusta Railroad is
advertised to be sold on the first
Tuesday iu December.
The Memphis and Charleston Rail
rood re-opened yesterday lor the
transaction of business.
The U. S. Minister at Paris has
sent SI,OOO, and Emperor William
3,000 marks to the sufferers.
Cotton is arriving iu Hawkinsville
at the rate of from two hundred to
four hundred bales per day.
The bogus green backers and inde
pendents iu the fifth district do not
seem to be making much headway.
Ben Ilill Las been gi/ing some
good talk for the democracy down in
southwest Georgia.
General Gordon sp-ke in Gaines
ville on Monday in favor of the or
gan'zed democracy and its splendid
exponent, Col. Billups.
We regret to learn that the Greene
County Fair w.is almost a failure.
Had the managers expended a little
more in printer’s ink it might have
been otherwise. But then it was the
first.
Great Britain seems to be suffer
ing from the financial depression that
for so long a time afflicted the United
States. On this side of the Atlantic
the skies are daily growing brighter.
The fall session of the State Uni
versity opened very promisingly.
It is expected that the roll will num
ber about two hundred students.
The Southern Relief Committee
of the New York Chamber of Com
merce are still engaged in remitting
liberal sums of money to the plague
stricken districts of the South.
It is said that lion. Alex 11. Steph
ens has made $35,000 by the sale of
his ‘Constitutional View ol the War.’
The ladies of the Centre Spring
section will accompany the Demo
cratic Club to the meeting on the
30th iust. They will all go horse
bach and will wear red spencers and
red caps.
Georgia will bo alive with lairs,
from now until December. Atlanta
is now in her glory. Macon, Thom
asvillc and Bainbridge, Americas,
Talbotton, Dawson and others will
follow.
The October crop report show the
I prospective yield of corn to be thir
teen hundred million bushels, about
three per cent, less than last year; the
wheat yield will be in advance of last
year and will probably exceed foui
hundred million bushels, while the
crop ol oats will be larger than last.
Mr. James F. Grant, editor of the
; Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican, died
| on the 10th instant, at a ripe old age.
lie was editor ol the Republican for-
I ty-two years, and has for several
years been the oldest editor in A'a
bama.
. The contractors on the Cincinnati
Southern have signed the contract to
complete the road by the 27th ol Au
gust, 1879, and will resume work at
once.
Hayes delivered a speech at Win
! Chester, Va., Wednesday, which was
I almost exclusively devoted to the fi
: nancial question, taking strong
ground in favor of hard money, and
quoting extensively from the writings
of the Revolutionary statesmen. The
speech was prepared with care and
placed iu type some days before its
delivery, and furnished to the press.
It is to bo distributed by the Repub
lican Campaign cimmittee.
Lcuk out for the 2,100 illegal voters
who figured in the last election, as
well as the hundreds from Alabama
who are preparing to march.
The bark, “No Hope*’ will sail on
November sth, for Salt river. Dr.
Felton, it is said, has secured passage
for himself aud a cargo of “record.’
Many others will sail with him. Sev
! eral newspapers will be taken as lal
; last.
So far Gen. Toombs has not come
into this District to speak for Dr.
Felton. IJe scents Felton’s defeat
| afar off and dont want to be caught
in the trap, the triggers of which the
voters will pull on the sth of Novem
ber. Gen. Toombs is too wise to get
on the losing side this time {and thus
loose his reputation for foresighted
ness and statesmanship.
Last week our types were in error
in making Hon. Ben. Hill say in
speaking of Joal A. Billups that “he
would sacrifice either his convictions
or his party to secure any mere per
sonal end.” It should have read:
“He would sacrifice neither his con
victions or his party to secure any
mere personal end.” We make the
correction for obvious reasons.
The rumor reaches us through the
Rome Courier that Dr. Felton’s lit
tle Independent establishment is tot
tering and likely to fall —that one of
its main pillars i3 weakening.
The Felton element now congrat
ulate themselves that Gen. Toombs
did not come to Felton’s support.
1 Some of them now say that he would
have done harm if he had come —the
old story of the fox and the grapes.
Lester and Democracy is the watch
word. Carry it along the lines that
the fight is to be upon the enemies’
centre, composed of Hargrove, mis
cegenation and its cohorts.
Dr. Felton brought on the war
with mingled abuse and derision of
the Democratic party.. Will you
sustain his utterances with your
votes. We pause for the reply.
The information reaches us that
the negroes in Alabama are arranging
to come over on election day to vote
for Felton. We sound the warning
to put our friends on guard.
New Advertisements.
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Patented April 18, 18*G.
Believed to be
The only True Granulator
OF MEAL AND FLOUR
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state Fair.
The following are some of its particular and
essential characteristics:
1. Its cheapness, costing less than half the
price of old style mill,
2. It will grind as much with half the pow
er.
3. It does not heat the meal and flour in
grinding. ,
4. It granulates the meal and flour.
5 Its simplicity. It can be dressed and kept
iu order at one quarter of the expense of time
and labor required lor the old mills,
6. It also grinds cotton seed, lertilizers,
spice coffee &<■., rapidly and well.
7. The stones are the most durable that can
be procured.
8. The mill can be run by horse, water or
steam power, fast or slow.
Send for pamphlets and circulars. Agents
wanted,
N F COOLEDGE X SONS,
oet 10 Manufacturers, Norcross, Ga.
(,-EORGIA. BARTOW COUNTY.—Whereas
y Fount tin Whitaker Las applied for letters
of administration de bonis non on the estate of
•J. M. Loveless, late of said county, deceased.
Therefore, all persons interested, kindred
and creditors, are hereby cited to show cause,
if any they can,why said' letterssshould not be
granted, within t-lte time prescribed by law,
else letters will be granted applicant on the
first Monday in November next. Oct. 7,1878
.1. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
NOTICE.
IN ACCORDANCE with the requirements ol
the constitution of Georgia in releruncc to
local legislation, 1 hereby give notice that at
the session ol the legislature which convenes
on the first Wednesday in November next, I
will introduce the following bills, to-wit:
An Act to repeal tin Act creating a County
Court for the county of Bartow. Also,
An Act to amend the Charter of Cartersville.
The purpose of this amendment is a reduction
of the Board of Aldermen from eight to Jour,
that is, one from each ward, and providing for
the election ot the Marshal of the city by the
people, at the time the mayor and aldermen
are elected. This October 7, 1878.
THOMAS W. MILNER.
ISSSI
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Is a perfect Blood Purifier, and is tho
only purely Vegetable remedy known to sci
ence, that has made radical and Permanent
Cures of Syphilis and Scrofula in all theif
stages. --4
t it thoroughly removes mercury from the
system; it relieves the agonies of mercurial
rheumatism, and speedily cures all skin dis
eases.
Sold by D. W. CtJRttY, Druggist,
net 10-dm Cartersville, Ga.
Executor’s Sale.
1> V VIRTUE OF AN ORDER FROM THE
J* Court of Ordinary of Bartow county,
will be sold before the Court House door in
Cartersville, said county, on the first Tuesday
in November, 1878, within the legal sale hours,
the following property to-wit: The tract ol
land on which Thomas Dabbs, deceased, re
sided at the time of bis death containing 517
acres more or less. The same will be divided
and sold in tracts as follows: First tract,
known as the homo place, ami composed of
tots Nos. 1255, 1266, 1267, and the west half of
1256 and 1265 in the 4th district and 3rd section
of Bartow county, and lots Nos. 31, 32, 41, and
about 30 acres of lot No. 33 in the 3rd district
and 3rd section of Paulding county. The
whole tract containing 310 acres more or less,
about 75 acres cleared and in cultivation,
comfortable improved dwelling house, barn,
gin house, and other convenient out houses,
good orchard—peaches and apples—well wat
ered, being situated on Pumpkin Vine Creek,
line running branch in all the horse and crib
lots, Ac., and a never failing well in the yard.
Plenty of timber on this tract for all farm pur
poses. Second tract, composed of lots Nos.
1257,1263,1264, and the east half of lots Nos.
1256 and 1265, all in the 4lh district and 3rd
section of Bartow county, all of lot No. 31,
(except aboutone acre in the south-west coi -
ner) also about seven acres of lot No. 33, in the
3rd district and 3rd section of Paulding coun
ty, the whole tract containing 207 acres more
or less, (the dividing line between this tract
and-the one above described being run and
staked and blazed through lots 1256, and 1265,
in the 4th district and 3rd section, and lot No.
33, in the 3rd district and 3rd section until it
comes within 4 rods of the creek, thence
running up the creek 4 rods from the creek on
the east side to the south line of lot No. 34. 3rd
district and 3rd section,) about DO acres clear
ed and in cultivation and tho balance well
timbered, 2 log cabins, well watered, the
creek runs through the tract, 5 good springs.
Also, the undivided one-half of lot No. 308, in
the 20th district and 2nd section in Gobi) coun
ty containing 160 acres more or less, being a
wild unimproved lot, well timbered. All sold
as the property of Thomas Dabbs, deoeassd,
lor distribution among his Legatees. Terms
of Sale: One third cash, one third due 25th
-lay of December 1879, and on e third dun 25th
day of December 1880. Interest from day of
sale at 7 per cent. Note taken, and bond for
til tie given, deed to be made when purchase
money is paid. The wild lot, No. 30S, 20th dis
trict and 2nd section. Cobh county, sold for
cash. CHARLES T. DABBS,
Executor, Thomas Dabbs, deceased.
45 Years Before the Public.
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LIVER PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
PAIN in the right side, under the
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sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful sen
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex
isted, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the liver to
have been extensively deranged.
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Dr. C. McLane’s Liver Pills, in
cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
For all bilious derangements, and as >
a simple purgative, they are unequaled. |
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The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid,
with the impression Dr. McLane’s Liver
PiI.LS.
The genuine McLank's Liver Pills bear
the signatures of C. McLane and FLEMING
Bros, on the wrappers,
Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C.
McLane’s Liver Pills, prepared by Flem
ing Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being
full of imitations of the name M.cJLftne,
speUed differently but same pronunciation. ,
7STE XV ADVERTISEMENTS-
Positively Selling Out at Cost!
THIS IS NO _ HUMBUG !
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I JN ORDER TO MAKE, ROOM 1“U MI FALL STK K OF GOODS. I WILL MU, MY
entire stock at and below cost. I now liavc on band,
DRY GOODS OF ALL KINDS.
Cashmors, Dress Goods, Notions, Blew Liny,-, Skillings ami Sheetings at Factory Ibices.
- L ALSO HAVE A FINE STOCK OF
Hardware, Cutleiy, Crockeiy, Hats, Caps.
READYMADE CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES,
Coffees, Sugars and all kinds of Grocer.es, Saddles, Leathers, Sheepskins, Deerskins
Guns, and all kinds of Merehndisc. My Heady Made Clothing I WILL SELL FOR LESS
THAN COST.
All who would get A BARGAIN bad better call at once and examine my stock No stu b
bargains have been offered before to the people of Cheroktc Georgia. Co ,nc at 0,, c- ' ne
opportunity will be lost. Very Respectfully,
I SIB A.71 ALLY,
West 7latn St., i'artcrsvillc, Ga,
URIAH STEPHENS & SON,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS and GROCERIES,
SUCH AS
Sugar, Coffee, Teas, Oysters, Crockery Glassware,
HARDWARE and t l TLKRY,
TOBACCO, CIGARS, SNUFF,
HATS, CAPS, SHOES AND BOOTS
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
IfAug 1 !m
ITOMTS INDUSTRY
R. H. JONES
J AS THE OLDEST and most celebrated
CARRIAGE FACTORY
In North Georgia, Established by himself in
18 5 3
More Reliable and substantial Work car not be obtained in the North or Wed. For Elegance
ot finish, proportion and adaptation to the country, bis work
CANNOT BE EXCELLED!
He uses the best material to be had in the United States, and lias as skilled laborers as call
be obtained, many of them having been with him for years. Let every one who has his own
country and home at heart, who desires convenience at home and independence at the South
patronize him. No establishment North, West or South, enjoys a better reputation than his.
He docs not build the cheap, shoddy work, such as is brought to the country from lb ■ North
and West. All liis work is
WARKAN TE J > TO h AS T ,
not simply to stand for twelve months, lie is selling
BUGGIES AT
90, 100 ; , 110,115,120,12,“, 135 and 140 Dollars, Eml or Side Springs
Double Seated for 120,125, 130,1.35, 140, 150, 105 Dollars.
Phaetons for 250, 300, 325, 350, 400, 500 and 000 Dollars
One Horse Wagon at $55, with Spring Seat.
Two-Horse Wagon at 065, S7O, $75 & SBO, with spring seat & break
B EPAIBIN G
done as cheap as it can be done, to be properly done, and done without delay.
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.1 C. Worthy, C. D. McCutchen, J. D. Wil- I .1. P. Clcghorn, W. M. Johnson, Sumrner
liamson, W. A. Rogers, Dalton, Ga. I ville, Ga.
R. C. & J. E. Roberts, Thompson & Scott, A. U. Algood, M. A. Steele, Ti ion Factory,
Cartersville, Ga. j Ga.
W. S. Whitely, James Duglass W. Rainy, A. C. Trimble, J. W. Gray, Adairsville, Ga.
Rome, Ga.
„ Foster & Harlan, Calhoun, Ga.
Rice Ramsaui, J. G B Erwin Fail-mount, Gi. ~ „ ~ ,
„ ! Dr. Homer Reynolds, James Cooper, Powder
George Foote, Charles Foote, Dallas, Ga. Springs, Ga.
J. M. McAfee, Dr. J. M. Turk, Cant in, Ga. j
T „ „ , , „ W. A. Candler, Dr. J. T. Strickland, Villari-
J. R. Barber, A. Huntington, A. Dougherty ,ca,Ua.
Codartown, Ga. " i
J. P. Johnson, Roland Tilley, Cave Springs, I Chuck Anderson, Marietta, Ga.
tia- - J. T. Stocks, Pleasant Gap. Ala.
ang 1
inmit ililip,
H. J. LOWMAIf && BRO. 4 Proprietors*
MA N U FACT U U F,! ISjfOF
SORGHUM MILLS AND EVAPORATORS.
Hollow Ware, Grates, Mantles,*-Etc.
All Siimis of Sa*oii ami liras* tf/s<ings,"and"fte]afr
ing done with IVeatucss and IHspatrli.
T o Sffbi-uu'il!lee H ' O,V!, -' !,i ' 1 •“ -id. lin .>ur i’Usine-, and do not
nuiiterial and enipfov noiuMp/t -tho Imst* workman ** ‘ tonc UOtI,U,S bul lhe 1
Gartersville, Ga., AugustJ,TOTS. I ‘ U “
_ -# irrn wm Tf* ■ ■■n nmnrmf
Tlie Stanton, Mouse,
CHATTANOOGA, TENN,
as&jssrg£a£.ag-gsg&:
room airy, cool, well ventilated and supped'wiiKvmy’vuriely Um Aflonhf dini “
A Billiard Room, Bar a Telegraph
Office are'Established in the .House.
VT* solicit the patronage of (he traveling public, and leel ursured we can irive better sworn
“Wa ssaz&sssss?' aud *“ ee
it. B. STONE, Late of Maxell House/ 1 ° UTS) Ch,of ' or *