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VOL. XXIII—NO. 3*2.
The Cartersville Express,
Established Twenty Years,
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Address S. A. CUNNINGHAM.
BARTOW COOTI OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Ofllcerg.
Ordinary-J. A. Howard—Oilicc, court h ouse.
Sheriff—Jas. Kennedy.
Deputy sheriff—A. M. Franklin,
Clerk oi Superior Court—Thos. A. Word.
Trca surer H uni ph rey Cobb.
Tax Collector— W. YV. Rich.
Tax Receiver— W. W. Ginn.
Commissioners—J. H. Wikle, secretary; A.
Knight; W. I. Bcnhara ; A. C. Trimble; T.
C. Moore,
CITY OFFICERS—CARTERSVILLE.
Mayor—R. B. Trippe.
Board ot Aldermen—J. C.Woffford, E. Payne;
L. A. Chapman, A. L. Barron; JllO. A. Stover,
M. H. Gilreath; W. C. Edwards, It. W. Satter
lleld.
Clerk —George Cobb.
Treasurer—Benjamin F. Mountcastle.
Marshals-John A. Gladden, James D. Wil
kerson.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist—Rev. I’. M. Ryburn, pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and
8 o’clock, p. m. Sunday school every Sunday at
5) o’clock a. m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday
night.
Presbyterian--Rev. Theo. E. Smith, pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11 o’clock, a. m.
Sunday school every Sunday at 9 o’clock.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday night.
Baptist—Rev. It. B. Headen, pastor. Preach
ing every Sunday at 11 o’clock, a. m., and 8 p.
m. Sunday school every Sunday at 9 o’clock,
Prayer meeting on Wednesday night.
Episcopal—A. YV. ltecs, Hector. Services oc
casionally.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
CITAR LODGE, No. 322. I, O. G. T. Meets at
hall oyer J. YY. Jackson’s store, every
Thursday night.
CII AS. E. HARICHT, W. C. T.fl
W. R. Shockley, Secretary'.
KM WITS OF HONOR.
MraK. / Bartow Cos. Lodge, No. 148, meets
every Ist and 3rd Monday night
Curry’s Hall, east side ol'the
YX square, Cartersville, Ga.
W. L. Kirkpatrick, A. C. Smith,
Reporter. Dictator
AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR, Carters
ville Council, No. 152, meets every second
and fourth Monday nights in Curry’s hall.
GEo. S. Cobb, J, YV. Harris, Jr.,
Secretary. Commander.
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.
Mails North open 7:30 am 4:52 p m
Mails South open 10:10 am 9:04 p m
Cherokee It. R. open 6:55 p m
ails Nort h close 7:00 a m 4:00 p m
Y ails South close 9:45 a m S:3O p m
jjiierokce R.R. close 7:30 a m
. tear:. 1 ' alking Rock Mail, via Fairrnount,
leaves Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at
5:00 am. Arrives Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 5:00 p m.
Order and Registered Letter
Oihce open from 8:45 amtos pm,
ieneral Delivery open from 8 a m to 6
p in. Open on Suuuay from 9am to 10:30 am.
J. R. WIKLE, P. M.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. 11.
ON AND AFTER June 20th, 1880, trains on
this road will run as follows:
KOXTHWAHD.
(STATIONS. NO. 1. j No. 3, j NO. 11. |
Atlanta, 2 50pm 520 am 750 am 5 10pm
Marietta, 3*5“ 6 06 “ 8 43 “ 6 09 “
Carte rsv’e 4 36 “ 7 23 “ 9 49 “ 7 22 “
Kingston, 500 “ 751 “ 110 18 “ 800 “
Dalton. 628 “ 926 “ 12 03pm
Chatta’ga. 825 “ 10 56 “ | 140“
SOUTHWARD.
STATIONS, j No. 2. j No. 4, No. 6,
Glial ta’ga. 5 25pm 7 05am 645 am
Dalton, 7J5 “ 537 “ 1013“
Kingston, 843 “ 10 16 “ 107 pm 5 30am
Cartersv’e 907 “ 10 46 “ 202 “ 604 •*
Marietta, 1012“ 1151“ 429 “ 733 “
Atlanta, IlfOO “ 12 40pm 615 ** 850 “
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
Oilice Cherokee Railroad, )
August 30th, 1879. (
ON AND AFTER Monday,September 1,1879,
the train on this road will run daily, ex
cept Sunday, as follows:
LEAVING.
Cartersville 7:40 a m
Arrive ac Stiles boro 8:30 a m
Arrive at Taylorsville 8:52 a m
Arrive at Uockmart 10:00 a ni
Arrive at terminus 10:50 u m
returning.
Leave terminus 3:00 p m
Arrive at Rockmart 3:40 p m
Arrive at Taylorsville 4:45 p m
Arrive at Stilesbo?o 5:13 p ni
Arrive at Cartersville 6:00 p in
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Monday, Nov. 17, trains on this
Road will run as follows:
MORNING TRAIN—EVERY DAY.
I.eaves Rome 6.30 a m
Arrives at Rome ..10.00 a m
EVENING TRAIN—SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.
Leaves Rome 5:00 am
Arrives at Rome 8:00 p m
Both trains will make connection at Kings
ton with trains on the YV. and A. Railroad, to
and from Atlanta and points South.
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Case of Colonel J. C. Branson.
Kingston, Ga., September 15,1871.
Gents:—For 16 years I have been a great suf
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The most approved remedies for such cases had
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to the members of the bar of Cherokee Circuit,
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J. C. BRANSON, Att’y at Law.
A MIRACLE.
Gents:—My daughter was taken on the 25th
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Hon. H. D. WILLIAMS.
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Efficient in anaemia; excellent appetizer and
blood purifier.—H. Fisher, M. D., Ga.
Valuable in nervous prostration, indigestion
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A fine tonic and alterative, very valuable in
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Invaluable as a nervous tonic.—Hon. I. C.
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Recommended as a pryphylactic in Malarial
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Restores debilitated systems to health. —T. C.
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“Used with great benefit In Malarial Fever
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Prince of mineral tonics.—Francis Gillam,
if. D., N. C.
Of great cnratiyc virtue.—Thos. F. Rumbold.
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Beneficial in uterine dcrahfi;emcnts and ma
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CAETERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1880.
TBE JEFFERSONIAN PLAN.
[Constitution.]
“I like Jefferson’s way of inaugu
ration. It suits our system. He rode
alone on horseback to the capitol—
I fear it was the ‘old capitol’—tied
his horse to a rail fence, entered and
was duly sworn, then rode to the ex
ecutive mansion and took posses
sion.”— General Hancock .
1 like the man whose modest mind
Seeks out the plain and true,
Who scans exalted lives to find
The surest guides. Do you ?
I like his scorn of pomp and show,
Of noisy cry and hue,
That men of meaner worth may throw
Around their lives, Do you ?
I like the man who keeps through all
His tiiumphs, great or few,
A kindly care for those who full—
A helping hand. Do you ?
I like his jealous Yvatch ar.d ward
Oi rights to others due ;
His constant care to hold and guard
His couutry’s faith. Do you 5*
I like the man who will not draw
His sword, however true,
Except to vindicate the law ;
Not to avenge. Do you ?
I like his gallant deeds to scan,
His triumphs to review ;
To see him leading on the van
To victory. Do you ?
I like the mau who only cates
His duties to pursue ;
Aud hope that honor unawares
May crown his life. Do you ?
I like the Jeffersonian plan,
And pray that Ilaucock true,
Our coming presideut, is the man
To make it Yvin. Do you ?
K. S.
NORWOOD-COLQUITT CORRES
PONDENCE.
The following correspondence be
tween the candidates for governor
explains itself. We do not blame
Mr. Norwood much for not desiring
to meet Gov. Colquitt.
Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1880.
Gov. A. 11. Colquitt , Atlanta , Ga. —
Dear Sir: Impelled by an earnest
desire to see the democratic party in
Georgia again united in feeling and
action, I, the candidate for governor
at the request of the minority of the
late convention, and of numerous
other citizens of the state, approach
you, the candidate on the recommen
dation of the majority of the conven
tion, to see if we can not by our joint
act, effect that result.
I propose that you and I unite in a
request to the state democratic execu
tive committee to issue a call to the
democrats to meet again in conven
tion to nominate a candidate for gov
ernor. Should you unite with me in
this last effort to preserve the party,
and to prevent much acrimony and
unchristian feeling which will, no
doubt, grow out of this contest, I will
promise, without asking that or any
other condition of you, that my name
shall not go before the convention.
I beg to assure you in conclusion,
that I acted in the convention, and
am acting now, without any unkind
feeling to you personally. My oppo
sition was and is based on your ad
ministration. My candidacy is not
of my seeking, but, with my views,
it will be my unpleasant duty to
make the race, unless you will unito
with me to do something to avert
the evils to our state and party w’hich
such a division in our ranks will in
evitably produce.
I hope you will give me a reply
by 1 o’clock p. m., to-day, for should
your answer be responsive to my de
sire expressed above, I can leave for
home at 2 o’clock p. m., and no prep
arations need then be made at Rep
resentative Hall for the meeting to
night. I remain, very truly yours,
T. M. Norwood.
GOVERNOR COLQUITT’S RESPONSE.
Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1880.
Hon. Thos. M. Noinvood Atlanta , Ga.
—Dear Sir: Your letter of this date
is before me, and I hasten to reply,
in accordance with the request con
tained therein. Uniting with you in
deploring the existing state of affairs,
and reciprocating the kind personal
sentiments you are pleased to ex
press, I must beg your attention to a
somewhat detailed reply to the sug-
yonr letter contains.
kji the first place, I remark that I
cannot view the matter before us
from the standpoint assumed by you.
You allude to it as if it were purely a
personal tasue, that could be adjusted
by the dispositions of two private
Admitting your right
to consider yourself a candidate, rep
resentinano or principle, and
acting purely on your own motion, I
cannot forget that 1 represent the
w ill of the majority of the democratic
party of Georgia, expressed deliber-
ately through the primaries, aud that
in my candidacy is involved the sa
cred principle that, in all representa
tive governments, the will of the
majority must be respected. It would
becleaily out of my power, there
fore, to regard the issue before us as
if it were mainly a matter between
two private citizens and involves
nothing more nor less than their per
sonal convenience or inclination.
Were this different, however—if I
felt there was no general principle in
volved—l fail to see the propriety or
thejusticeof your suggestion. The
canvass has already been made be-*
fore the people, and the people have
spoken. As the canvass was unpre
cedented in its bitterness and thor
oughness, so was the verdict unj re
cedented in emphasis and distinct**
ness. No objection has ever been
made to the fairness of this verdict,
and no disparagement can affect its
positiveness. It is impossible to hope
that any subsequent verdict could be
expressed more clearly or made moro
overwhelming. If I were to receive
the unanimous vote, the verdict
would not be stronger, and I cannot
see how the gentlemen you represent
could harmonize them, as they say
in the published address: “We ac
cept the defiant declaration and in
flexible resolve, to a man, that we
would never submit to his (my) nom
ination.” I see nothing left but for
the people to confirm or disapprove
their opiniou, already expressed, at
the ballot-box in October,
I cannot but regret that you did
not seek the harmony you invoke
now. With your formal indictment
of myself and my administration al
ready in print, I should bo wanting
in self-respect if I plead guilty to
that indictment by acquiescing in
your suggestion. What does that in
dictment affirm ? To be special I
quote one sentence from the address
which you, presumably, indorse.
The sentence reads: “The incompe
tency of the administration does not
admit of a doubt. The division of
opinion is not on the incompetency
of the present administration, but re
lates to still graver matters, and
when criticisms on tho administra
tion made by a large portion of the
democratic party is as severe as Yvas
made on Bullock’s administration, it
is time for the democracy to move
for reform and purification.”
No, sir, you have made tho indict
ment and affirm th? truth of its
charge. I deny that they are true.
This, it strikes me, is not the stage
of proceedings for you to invoke har
mony by a withdrawal from the can
vass. Rather so, let us both go be
fore the people of Georgia and appeal j
to them, yoq presenting your claims
to their support aud preference—l for
a confirmation of the will of the peo
ple already expressed.
You will pardon me for the sug
gestion. You allude in your letter
to a meeting to be held in the Rep
resentative Hall to-night, which I
understand is to be a formal opening
of the campaign. I respectfully ask
you to allow me a division of time at
said meeting, and to join me in a dis
cussion of the issues involved. If
this be acceptable, please notify me
by four o’clock this afternoon. If
it is not convenient for you to accord
the division suggested to-night, this
invitation is open for our considera
tion as to future meetings. I take
pleasure in assuring you that I shall
always- be glad to diyide time with
vou at any meetings appointed by
my friends. lam sure that such a
discussion as I propose will be fair
and courteous, and must result in the
enlightenment of the people as to the
real issues involved in this campaign.
I am, with great respect, your obe
dient servant.
Alfred H. Colquitt.
MR. NORWOOD WRITES BACK.
Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1880.
Gvv. A. IT. Colquitt—De&r Sir:
Your reply to my note of to-day is
received.
Without stopping to notice your
reasons for declining my offer to re
quest the state executive committee
to call another convention, I proceed
to the latter part of your letter, which
requires immediate attention.
You request me to divide the time
with you to-night in the ratification
meeting of my-friends, to be held in
Representative Hall. So far as my
memory goes, it is the first time an
opposing candidate ever made the
request seriously to go into a ratifi
cation meeting to divide time with
the speakers of the other party. Still,
I have expressed my willingness to
change the meeting to one of discus
sion, and to accept your offer; but as
other gentlemen have been invited
to speak beside myself, the commit
tee who arrauged for this ratification
meeting decline to convert it into a
meeting of discussion.
I beg to say, however, that I ac
cept your invitatioin to meet you in
joint debate at any time aud place af
ter this week—l say after this week
because I must go home before enter
ing on the campaign. I remain your
obedient servant,
T. M. Norwood.
P. S.—Your reply was not received
at 1 p. M.,and I could not reply by
4p, m., as you requested, because I
had no right as an invited speaker to
accede to your invitation, and I had
to look up the committee and submit
the matter to them. It is noYV just
4 p, M.
German Immigrants to Georgia,
[Carolina Sun.]
Georgia is a sensible state in most
things, and in no cases has she shown
more commendable common-sense
than in encouraging thrifty German
immigrants to plant their stakes in
her midst. The Cherokee iron and
railroad company is paying these
people eighteen dollars a month, and
find them cheaper than convicts at
any price. About one hundred have
arrived at Cedartown in the course
of a week, and several times that
number are looked for in the course
of the next ninety days. Citizens
outside of the company are realizing
their value, and it is probable that
other branches of industry will be
thrown open. There will, of course
come the usual outcry against im
ported labor, and some “protection
ists” will prefer the chauee efforts of
home negroes and “poor whites,” It
should be rememoered that these are
hard-warking handicraftsmen, who
leave their country by no means for
their country’s good, but rather that
she has proved a hard nurse for rea
sonable ambitions. Scarcity of labor
there, and here a fine chance to earn
a home that they may leave to their
children, are the incentives that
bring them. It is difficult to see
how they can injure any one’s inter
ests; labor mint be reliable or it is
worse than unattainable. These
people in a feYV years will become
farmeis, owning their oYvn lands and
handing them doYvn to their chil
dren with the better inheritance of
that good management we call thrift.
Consolation From a Candidate.
[Cincinnati Enquirer.]
The democratic candidate for vice
president wrote the following letter
to a prominent Pennsylvania demo
crat, in answer to a letter of inquiry
as to the situation in Indiana :
Indianapolis, Ind., August 7.
My dear Sir: Nevermind the claims
and boasts of republicans about Indi
ana. It is all bosh. The democrats
are thoroughly united here, are gain
ing by conversions, and are only in
danger by reason of the importation
of negro voters, frauds, and the use
of great sums of money, which the
republicans are raising with a view
to overwhelming the state. But
with God’s help we intend to hold
the fort. Yours respectfully,
Wm. 11. English.
—While a freight car of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road was being unloaded, one day
last week, a youthful black boy was
discovered ensconced among the bar
rels and boxes. Upon being ques
tioned as to how he came there he
said that he had crawled in the car
at Knoxville with the intention of
stealing his way to Chattanooga, the
door was locked on him, and that he
had not had any food or water in
nearly two days.— N. Ga. Citizen.
—Yesterday morning about 41
o’clock a colored burglar entered the
residence of Mr. William Keershaw,
East Hunter street. He w r ent into
Mrs. Kershaw’s room and got be
hind the bed upon which that lady
was quietly sleeping. She thought
she heard something in her sleep
and at once awoke. She didn’t faint
nor scream, nor cover her head with
the bed clothes and proceed to smoth
er herself; no, Mrs. Keershaw is not
that kind of a woman. But she
jumped out of bed and sprang toward
the villian, saying. “You thief, what
are you doing here?” He didn’t
stop to dispute the proposition, or
answer the question, but rushed by
Mrs. Keershaw and ran out of the
house in very short order. Capt.
Connolly was notified of the occur
rence and went to see Mrs. Keer
shaw, who told him that the light
was so dim that she would not knoYV
the negro if she should see him. If
anybody can catch the rascal Connol
ly can .—Constitution.
S. A. CUNNINGHAM.
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.
[St. Louis Times.]
The advantages of cheaper produc
tion and larger profits of southern as
compared with northern cotton miiis
are pointedly set forth by a corres
pondent of the Times who has been
taking notes ot travel iu the east.
Following i3 the gist of a letter which
he sends from Fall River, the great
center of the New England cotton
industry:
A day was pleasantly and profit
ably spent in Boston, and the evening
train brought us down to Fall River
—that city of factories, which a few
hours hence, when the cotton crop is
manufactured where it is raised, will
have to resort to other lines of trade
to maintain its position.
Just here I want to tell what I
know about cotton factories in the
south. I make this assertion, that
cotton factories in the south have an
advantage equal to twenty-four per
cent, over the northern factory, in
the saving of expense to begin with,
and I will proceed to demonstrate it
so clearly that he who ruus may read
and a blind man can see it.
A Fall River, Mass., cotton mill,
for example, invest a fifty-dollar bill
in a bale of cotton, buying it as they
all do, through a broker, either in
Fall River or Boston. The incident
al expenses on that bale of cotton are
about as follows: Bagging and ties,
say $1.50 (he has to pay as much per
pound for the bagging and ties as he
does the cotton, and yet he can’t use
it); packing and weighing, fifty cents;
warehouse commission, fifty cents;
insurance, ; average loss put at
five pounds, fifty cents; two brokers’
commissions fifty cents per bale each,
$1; freight to Fall River, $2.50 per
bale; total, $7 per bale, or one-sev-.
enth the original cost, which is equal
to about fourteen per cent.
Now, then, the southern mill in
vests $5O in the cotton in seed, which
will buy 1,500 pounds of seed cotton,
which in turn will produce a clear
500 pounds ot fleecy lint and about
fifty bushels of seed, worth ten cents
per bushel, equal to $5; that is one
tenth of his cost, which is a saving of
ten per cent, more, making in all a
clear total saving of 24 per cent, to
begin with. Is it a wonder, then,
that capital is seeking this invest
ment?
A Boston cotton broker was telling
me that his mill paid twenty p(r
cent., and I astonished him by telling
him that the Wisson, Miss., mills
had paid thirty-three per cent, the
first year. At Augusts, Ga., there is
SBOO,OOO invested in cotton factories.
Last year they declared and paid a
dividend of twenty-eight per cent,
and proceeded to build another $500,-
000 mill. TheColumbu3, Ga , mills
pay over thirty per cent. To show
ho .v the southern people are going
into this, I know of one little city
where SBO,OOO has been raised, and
they are trying to get $70,000 of out
side capital to make a $150,000 mill.
I know of another southern city
where SIOO,OOO worth of machinery
and buildings are awaiting outside
help of $30,000 to $50,000 to begin
operations. I know of small thread
mills where the cotton is spun into
thread and sold to factories. One
example of this is where a farmer
has SII,OOO invested in a Clement at
tachment mill. His first year’s busi
ness was as follows:
Daily average expenses, s4l ; daily
average receipts, SSG; net profit per
day, sls, which is equal to $450 per
month, or $5,400 per year. I can fur
nidi any parties who desire it full in
formation on this subject, and I will
guarantee to find oue-half the capi
tal necessary to start as many of these
factories of any kind as I can find
capitalists to find the other half.
The Fall River manufacturers said
that every time a big mill started in
the south it stopped one in the east.
When we reflect that there are thou
sands of princely rich men in Massa
chusetts—who dwell in palaces by
the sea—who have amassed their for
tunes in this line, can we conceive of
the colossal fortunes which the south
ern manufacturers will amass in the
next few years?
The Heathercotes.
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