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VOL. XXIV.
The Cartersville Express,
Established Twenty Years.
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Address CORNELIUS WILLINGHAM.
BARTOW COUNTY—•OFFICIAL DIRECTORY*.
County OAcere.
Ordinary—J. A. Howard-Office, court h oase.
Sheriff—A. M. Franklin,
Deputy sheriff—John A. Gladden.
f Clerk ol Superior Court— F. M. Durham.
Treasurer—Humphrey Cobb.
Tax Collector—liailev Barton.
RTax Receiver—W. W. Ginn.
Commissioners—J. H. Wikle, secretary: A.
Knight; T.C. Moore; A. A. Vincent; i’. c.
Hawkins. ’
CITY OFFIC£IISCAIiTERSVILL£.
Mayor—John Andercon.
Board ol Aldermen—Martin CHlina E.
Payne; W. H. Barron, G. Harwell; J. Z. Me
w - *•*
Clerk —George Cobb.
Treasurer—Benjamin F. Mountcastle.
Marshals--James D. Wilkeison. Jame
Broughton. *
CHURCH DIMRCTORY.
Methodist—Rev. A. J. Jarrell, pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m. and
tto clock, p. m. Sunday school every Sunday at
ni°gbt° Ck m# Praycr “•••in* ou Wednesday
Presbyterian— Rev. Theo. R. Smith, paator.
1 reaching every Sunday at 11 o’clock, a. in.
Sunday school every Sunday at 9 o’clock
Prayer meeting on Wednesday night.
Baptist--Kcv. B. B. lieaden, pastor. Preach
ing every Sunday at 11 o’clock, a. ui., and 8 p.
m. Sunday school every Sunday at Si o’clock.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday night.
episcopal ii. K.. itees, Rector. Services oc
casionally.
skcrkt societies.
A RNILBTS OF BONOR.
vm/ Bartow Cos. Lodge, No. 148, meets
every Ist and 3rd Monday night
gmlfPwy&n&k n Curry’s Hall, east side ol the
* square, Cartersville, Ga.
W. L. Kirkpatrick, J. B. Conyers,
Reporter. Dictaier
American legion of honor, carters
ville Council, No. 153, meets every second
anu fourth Monday nights in Curry’s hail.
Gko. S. Cobb, B. B. Hkaddkn,
Secretary. Commander.
POST OrPACC directory.
Mails North open 7:30 am 4:50 pm
Mails South open H :15 a m
Cherokee It. it. open 6:tt>p nt
Malls North close. 10:20 am 5:45 pm
Mails South close. 9:45 a m 8:30 p m
Caerokee K.B. close t:9U ans
JDSDT’Tulkiug Bock Mail, via Fairmount,
leaves Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at
5:00 am. Arrives Mondays, Wednesdays aad
1 rid ays at 5:00 p m.
FttP'Aioney order and Registered Letter
Office open from 3:45 a in to 5 p m.
General Delivery open from 8 a m to 9
pm. Open on Sunuay from 9:50 to 10:80 *m.
j.k. nikLk.i’.M.
BQPTUWAhP.
STATIONS. No. 2. No. 4, J No. 9.
Chatta’gu. 2 55pm | 7 05am j 645 m
Dalton, 420 ” 850 •• 1013 “
Kingston, 545”|10 30 ” | 1 07pm 5 90am
Cartersv’e l 611 •* 10 47 1 902 ” 554 •*
Marietta, j 726 ” 11152” 429” 7*9 ”
Atlanta, |815” j 12 40pm | 615 ‘ 845 ”
CRRROICEE KAILKOAD.
ON AND AFTER Monday, October, 11, 1880,
trains on this road will run daily, except
Sunday, as follows:
WKSTWahh.
STATIONS. NO. 1. NO. 3.
Leave Cartersville, 10:00 a m , 3:09 p in
Arrive at Stileaboro 10:36 am 2:49 pm
“ Taylorsville... 10:57 am I 3:13 p m
Rock mart 11:36 a m t 4:07 p m
Cedartown 13:35 p m | 6:30 p m
EASTWARD.
STATION*. NO. 2. NO. 4.
Leave Cedartown 3:00 p m 6:40 a m
Arrive at Rockmart 2:56 p m 8:09 a m
“ Taylorsville... 3:3lpm 9:13 am
” Stiles boro 8:55 p m 9:40 a m
” Cartersville.... 4 :30 pm 10:35 p m
WESTERN' * ATLANTIC ft. R.
ON AND AFTER Jan. 30th. |tßßl, trains on
this road will run as lollowa:
NORTHWARD.
stations. No. 1. N0.3, | No.
Atlanta, 2 50pm 5 ioarn 8 00am 4 15pm
Marietta, 86 ” 557 ” . 851” 5 28”
Cartersv’e 436 “ 718 “ l 954 ” 651 ”
Kingston, 500 ” 749 “ 110 21 ” 722 ”
Dalton, 628 ” 921 ” 13 15pm
Chatta’ga. Blu “ 10 66 ” | 149 ”
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Monday, Nov. 17, trains on this
Road will run as follows:
MORNING TRAIN—RVEHY VAT.
Leaves Rome 6-30 a rn
Arrives at Rome 10.00 a m
KTeNINO TRAIN—SUNDAYS i:XC KFTED.
Leaves Koine 5:00 a m
Arrives at Rome 8:00 p m
Both trains will make connection at Kings
ton with trains on the W. and A. Railroad, to
and from. Atlanta and points South.
Kbkn Hillyer, Pres.
J as. A. Smith, G. P, Agt.
TANARUS, W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS, JR.
MILJ\ *,it A HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
Office on West Main street, above Erwin.
A. w. FITE
ATTORNEY AT LAW,,
GARTERSVILLE, GA.,
Office:—With Col. A. Johnson, West side
public square. When not at office, can be found
at office of Cartersville Exprk s, upera House.
NATIONAL IIOTJfc 17,
DALTON, GA.
J. Q. A# LEWIS, Proprietor.
mHE ONLY FIRST CLASS HOTEL IN TIIE
■ City. Large, well ventilated rooms, splen
did sample rooms for commercial travelers,
polite waiters and excellent pure water.
JQf* Rates moderate. sepl9tf
IT. JAMES HOTEL,
(CARTERSVILLE, GIA,)
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECENTLY
taken charge of this elegant new hotel. It
has been newly furnished and is first-class in
all respects,
SAMPLE ROOM FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
Favorable terms to traveling theatrical coui
bompanies. L. C. IIOSS, Proprietor.
The Cartersville Exp ress.
A WASHERWOMAN'S CHILD.
A little Swiss muslin apron, with
ruffles, pockets and ribbons, is a very
seductive thing, even when tossed
with artless care upon the fancy ta
ble of a charity fair; but who can
paint its magic power upon an unwa
ry youth when its fluttering ribbons
span a slendor, dainty waist, and the
pink-tipped fingers of two plump
little hands play at hide and seek in
its apologies for pockets?
Could a mortal man help stopping
to Bpeak to Tinie Blair, as she stood
behind the great album of auto
graphs, alert and ready to register
.subscriptions as fast os they were se
cured ?
It must have been an apron that
made her so radiantly charming, for
no other table made such a stoppage
in the line of travel, although the
hall was lined with tables, temples
and stands, covered with baits for
the charitable, and presided over by
the bpauty and fashion of Offport.
Still, in spite of facts, most all the
young men did congregate around
the table of Time’s. She had shed a
small shower of tears when it was
condescendingly offered to her, but it
was that or nothing, and it would
not even have been that if the good
rector had not been so obselete in his
notions as to suppose the child of a
shiftless drunkard, whose widow
took in washing, was fit to associate
with the daughters of the upright
and solid men who sat in the body of
the church and solemnly put their
regular contributions in the weekly
plate; carefully pushing their alms
well under, that their five cents need
not be known to men.
However, having seeu his little
parishoner pointedly left out in all
the preparations for the ladies’ festi
val, he did insist and carried his
point, that he should have a position
among the fair amateur saleswomen.
The richest old woman in the con
gregation had donated to the charita
ble enterprise a huge collection of
stupendously uninteresting auto
graphs which were not genuine, but
Htteste.d facsimiles of the signatures
of every man of note—from Moses
to Treasurer Spinner—who had ever
oeen rasn enougu to pui> -
paper.
The amiable first directress of the
sewing society was a Talleyrand in
petticoats. She brought the two
difficulties together, and let one take
care of the other ; that is to say, if
that iow, odious little creature was to
to be forced upon, let her undertake
the book, which, of course, would
never he disposed of, but which must
appear, or the offended donor would
promptly remove herself and her
fortune to the rival church.
After the ecstaoy caused by the
dear old rector’s pledge that she
should have a share in the delight of
waiting at the fair, it was something
of a heartbreak when, by request,
she presented herself before the com
mittee of arrangements, to find her
self appointed to a most unenviable
position.
She might not have known, in her
innocence, that it was a station so ab
horred, but the ill-concealed mirih of
the others at her appointment to it
made her aware of the small esteem
in which it was held.
Then there were other drawbacks,
and altogether it was a sad little face
that Tinie wore as she swept off the
porch of that tumble down cottage
that she called home.
“.There’s no use trying, she said,
as she bent her lovely curly bead
lower and lower to keep the tears out
of sight. “No use frying to be like
girls who have money and nice hou
ses, and clothes they’re not ashamed
of I declare, if it wasn’t for my
mother I’d wish I was dead.”
“What did you say, Tinie?” said
her mother, looking up from her
ironing table
“I don’t know; I think I must
have been talking to myself,” said
the girl, with her forget me-not blue
eyes dewy with tears. “But, moth
er, after all, I think I won’t go to the
fair.”
Mrs. Blair finished ironing a collar
before she spoke; then with a pleas
ant lightning up of her worn face,
she said:
“If you want to stay at home be
cause you have nothing to wear, stop
worrying dear, for I’ve thought it all
out. I’ll press out my old merino
for you—the rustiness won’t show at
night—and we’ll cut up your little
old white dress and make a fancy
apron like one I had here to do up
for the young lady that boarded at
the hotel iast summer; but we’ll take
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1881.
the ribbons off your hat to put on it;
you can put them back before Sun
day.”
A cloud at the Idea if the disrepu
table old merino, a momentVdoubt
at the possibility of the fancy apron,
then a full burst of sunshine at the
quick mental picture of her pretty
self in the becoming costume for
once, and Tinie danced up to hug
her mother, with—-
“Oh, mamma darling ! What nice
things mothers are!”
Low as the misery of a drunken
hasband had made Mrs. Blair’s posi
tion, she was a lady by birth and ed
ucation, and had brought up her two
children with all the refinement pos
sible to all their misfortunes. She
was proud of her pretty daughter,
and felt most keenly the slightest
coldness with which the ladies of
Offport treated her. She was glad
now that a taste of pleasure seemed
to be thrown in her way.
But, although the plans are made,
not a step could be taken towards
their execution till a small basket
of clothes could be finished and sent
off to the hotel; but they were quick
ly done and dispatched by Bobby,
Tinie’s small but very wide awake
brother, and then both mother and
daughter gave every thought and
energy to preparing the simple cos
tume the latter was to wear.
Bobby proceeded on his errand af
ter the usual manner of small boys,
who have so much business of their
own to attend to that it is with diffi
culty they can keep their attention
fixed on the special one upon which
they are sent.
He found the young gentlemen to
whom he was to deliver the clothes,
and, pitying the benighted ignorance
of a stranger to the village, kindly
spent half an hour of his valuable
time enlightening him concerning its
affairs, the fair qube naturally com
ing in for the largest share of men
tion.
The handsome young stranger lis
tened with flattering attention, and
when Bobby was beguiled into giv
ing a graphic account of his sister’s
social snubbing by the other girls,
and told of the meanness which had
P°° rest Position to her,
ns sym|>dui>
guage which, less pious than energet
ic, much delighted Bob.
Yes, it must have bpen the apron
that made Tinie so irresistible that
customers hung around her vicinity,
apparently unconscious that just op
posite a black eyed Rebecca waited
to draw lemonade from an unfailing
spring for their delectation, or that
Flora’s temple, just beyond, was
crowded with attendant vestals, ea
ger to supply button-hole bouquets
at ten cents apiece, and pin them on
without extra charge.
Even if the strangers came, Tinie
thought there would be but a dim
prospect of their looking at the pon
derous volume she presided over;
neither would any one else, she said
to herself ruefully, half inclined to
give up and run home.
But. the dear old face of the rector
showed itself at the lower entrance,
came in with pleasant words and
smiles dispensed on every side, but
walked straight hy all the booths to
hers. His stay was short, but he
left her pretty face bright with
smiles and flushed with pleasure.
She forgot her annoyance and be
fore she had to edcounter any more
looks of disdain, her attention was
claimed by fresh visitors. She had
forgotten all about the expected
strangers, that the others were ori
pins and needles to see, till her eyes
caught a flutter of excitement among
the fair sellers of fancy wares on the
other stands.
Murmers very unflattering to his
protege began to reach the old cler
gyman’s ears, and he dragged a chair
to her side and took his seat behind
the table to lend her the shield and
protection of his presence, just as the
diplomat, first directress sailed up to
the floral temple and seraphically
suggested to her own mature daugh
ters aud the other attendants that as
some people’s effrontery was disgust
ing to all decent people it might be
weli for them to take pity on those
who were purpo ely detained at a
certain stand, and carry their flow
ers about.
S > Flora’s fair Nymphs came out
of their neglected bowers ard flitted
artlessly hither and thither with an
elaborately studied “Who’ll buy?”
expression on their various faces, and
a full basket of buttonuiers in their
hands.
• Tinie thought her success in get
ting names had melted the ice, and
the girls were gathered about to con
gratulate her, but they did not even
seem to see her, so busily were they
pinning the buttonniers to the coats
of her patrons.
The “Commodore,” as the rest of
the party called one of their num
ber, was easily ensnared. Not only
did he submit to being ornamented,
but be made anxious inquiries for
the larger boquets, and broke off his
gay little conversation with Tinie
to rush off to the floral temple with
one of its fair nymphs.
“He must be a remarkably charit
able man,” was her little remark
aside to the recto** as the commodore
proceeded to take unlimited shares In
the autograph album.
The rector bad been watching the
frank, honest face of the young fel
low, and, unworthy as he was, he
knew enough to tru9fc him; so he
paid no heed to the nods and winks
from his wife across the hall, who
was being informed by the able first
directress the danger a girl in Tinie’s
peculiar position ran from the over
familiarity of the str&Dge young
man.
Bobby, the candid young brother,
hovered about Tinie’s hand hoping
for a recognition from his friend of
the day before; but much scrubbing,
hair-cutting and clothes-brushing
had so transformed the ingenuous
youth that ha passed unrecognized
till he forced himself into notice by
a whispered demand to know if his
sister wasn’t as he said, eleventy
thousand times handsomer tban
those old cats who wouldn’t speak to
her because ner mother vas a wash
erwoman.
The Commodore’s bewilderment at
the question only lasted a moment.
Then he saw it clearly. This pretty
girl with her wild rose face and shy,
bewitching ways, was the abused sis
ter he had already felt a chivalrous
pity for when her brother told her
story. He remembered it all now—
the old, worn out dress, the pretty,
white apron that was to cover it—
and what a fascinating little aprou it
vsas, all covered with ruffles and pub
ties aud flummery, as his untutored
masculine tongue would have de
scribed it!
wit api-oa that
him, for he had never been so fasci
nated by any girl before. Suddenly
a wild desire to possess the irresisti
ble bit of properly came over him.
Would she sell it for sweet charity’s
sake.
Then the cruelty of securing it, aud
leaving her to the mortification of
exposing the rusty merino unpro
tected by its friendly shelter, rushed
over him, and he took Bob into a
short c nsultation, which resulted in
an interview with the majestic first
directress, who was promenading the
hail with the bland manner of a shop
walker, or of one who maliciously
hold a levee, but keeps an eye on
the guests that they escape not with
the spoons.
The snave lady, little guessing for
whom it was destined, assisted him
to select from one of the tables an
apron of far more elegant character
than the one he coveted ; and he,
with Bobby’s assistance, began to ne
gotiate an exchange of aprons, with
ten dollars to boot, to be added to the
fair receipts.
Tinie flushed up at the offer, but
the bystanders urged her to accept it,
and eveu the clergyman whimpered
his approval.
She couldn’t go to church without
the ribbon she had plucked from her
hat to adorn the apron, was the hesi
tating confession she whispered back ;
which whisper being overheard by
Bob, he speedily communicated to
his new friend, who surprised him
by being too stingy to surrender the
ribbons, but begged to be allowed to
add to the exchange a whole bolt of
bonnet ribbon, to be procured in the
morning,' when the sun and the vil
lage milliner made their usual simul
taneous rising.
Tinie. who had not the courage to
resist so much opposing force, made
the exchange, and entirely overthrow
the Commodore’s theory that the
apron did it, by appearing even more
dazzling and radiant in the new one;
but he was satisfied with his bargain.
Ihe list was full now, and such a
merry excitement attended the
drawing that all the other parts of
the hall were deserted, while the
crowd flocked around to look and to
listen. One of the yacht company
drew the winning number, and with
some dismay found himself the
owner of the alburn; but with great
presence of rniud he preaented it to
the rector, who with just od mo
meotary glance of waggishness in
his blessed face, begged to be allowed
to present it to his esteemed friend,
the first directress, who was obliged
to hire a man to carry her white ele
phant home.
There was another fair in Offport
the next year, and the album was
again put up to be raffled for; but
the chances were not registered by
Tinie, for she was off on her wedding
trip with her most devoted husband,
the gay young Commodore, who
having neither mother nor sisters to
point to the immense social disgrace
of marrying the daughter of a
washer-woman, had followed his
own sweet will in his choice of a
wife, and made a selection that made
him the envy of all his friends.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD’S IN
AUGURAL.
The inaugural address of Presi
dent Garfield on the fourth of March
occupied forty-five minutes in its
delivery. It is generally regarded
as a conservative and high-toned
production of a statesman rather than
an emenation of a partisan. The
following is a synopsis only of its
leading features. The President be
gan as follows:
Fellow Citizens: We stand to-day
upon an eminence which overlooks
a hundred years of national life, a
century crowded with perils, but
crowned with triumphs of liberty
and law. Bef ire continuing our on
ward march, let us pause on this
height for a moment to strengthen
our faith and renew our hope by a
glance at the pathway along which
our people have traveled. It is now
thiee days more than a hundred
years since the adoption of the first
written Constitution of the United
States, the articles of confederation
and perpetual Union.
The new republic was then beset
with danger on every hand. It had
not conquered a place in the family
of nations. The decisive battle of the
war for independence, whose centen
nial anniversary will soon be grate
fully celebrated at Yorktown, had
not yet been fought. The colonists
were struggling, not only against the
armies of a great nation, but against
the world did ‘not tferßftref'ta&t foe
supreme authority of government
could be safely entrusted to the
guardianship of the people them
selve. We cannot over-estimate the
fervent love of liberty, (he intelli
gent courage and the saving common
sense with which our fathers mad**
the great experiment of self-govern
ment.
Under this Constitution the bound
aries of freedom have been enlarged,
the foundations of order and peace
havp been strengthened, and the
growth of our peopl in all the better
elements of national life has indica
ted the wisdom of the founders and
given new hope to their descendants.
The jurisdiction of this Constitu
tion now covers an area fifty
greater than that of the original thir
teen States, and a population twenty
times greater than tha of 1780.
The supreme trial of the Constitu
tion came at last under the tremen
dous pressure of civil war. We our*
selvas are witnesses that the Union
emerged from the blood and fire of
that conflict purified and made
stronger for all the beneficent purpo
ses of good government.
And now, at the close of the first
century of growth, with the inspira
tions of its history in their hearts,
our people have lately reviewed the
condition of the nation, passed judg
ment upon the conduct and opinions
of political parties, and have regis
tered their will concerning the future
administration of the government.
To interpret and to execute that
will in accordance with the Consti
tution is a paramount duty of the
Executive. Sacredly preserving
whatever has been gained to liberty
and good government during the
century, our people are determined
to leave behind them ail those bitter
controversies concerning things
which have been irrevocably settled,
and the further discussion of which
can only stir up strife rnd delay their
onward march.
The supremacy of the nation and
its laws should he no longer subj-ot
of debate. The discussion, widen
for half a century threatened the
existence of the Union, was closed at
last in the high court of war, by a
decree from which there is no appeal,
that the Constitution and the laws
made in pursuance thereof are and
shall continue to lie the supreme law
of the land, binding alike upon the
States and the people. This decree
does not disturb the autonomy of the
States, nor interfere with any of their,
necessary rights of meal self-govern
ment, but it does fix and establish
the permanent supremacy of the
Union.
The president, referring to the el
evation of the negro from slavery to
citizenship, said, “It has freed us
lrom the perpetual danger of war
and dissolution. It has given new
inspiration to the power of self-help
in both races, by making laDor more
honorable to the one and more nec
essary to the other. The influence
of this force will grow greater and
bear richer fruit with the coming
years. There can be no permanently
disfranchised peasantry in the United
States. Tho emancipated race has
made remarkable progress and de
serves the generous encouragement
of all good men.
The voters of the Union, who
make and unmake constitutions,
and upon whose will hangs the des
tinies of our government can trans
mit their authority to no successors
save the coming generation, but if
that generation comes to their inher
itance, blinded by ignorance and coin
rupted by vice, the fall of the repub
lic will be certain and remediless.
All the constitutional power of the
nation and States should be sum
moned to meet this danger by the
saving influence of universal educa
tion.
In referring to financial issues the
President said that confusion has re
cently been created by variations in
the relative value of the two metals,
but I confidently believe that an ar
rangement can be made between the
leading commercial nations which
will secure the general use of both
metals. Congress should provide
that the compulsory coinage of silver,
now required by law, may not dis
turb our monetary system by driving
either metal out of circulation. If
possible, such an adjustment should
be made that the purchasing power
of every coined dollar will be exact
ly equal to its debt-paying power in
all tne markets of the world.
Grave doubts have been entertained
whether Congress is authorized by
to make any form of
present issue of United States notes
has been sustained by the necessities
of war, but such paper should de
pend for its value and currency upon
its convenience in use, and its prompt
redemption in coin at the will of the
holder, and not upon its compulsory
circulation. These notes are not
money, but promises to pay money.
If the holders demand it, the prom
ise should be kept. The refunding
of the national debt at a lovT?** rate
of interest should he accomplished
without compelling the withdrawal
of the national hank notes, and thus
disturbing the business of the coun
try. The finances of the govern
ment shall suffer no detriment which
it may be possible for my administra
tion to prevent.
With nev' and thorough protec
tion to our commercial interests we
will urge no narrow policy nor seek
peculiar or exclusive privileges in
any commercial route, hut, in the lan
guage of my predecessor, “I believe
it to be the right and duty of the
United States to assert and maintain
such a supervision and authority
over any interoceanic canal across
the isthmus that connets North and
South America as will protect our
national interests.”
The Mormon church not only of
fends the morals of mankind by
sanctioning polygamy, but prevents
the administration of justice through
the ordinary, instrumentalities of
law. In my j udgment, it is the duty
of Congress, while respecting to the
uttermost the conscientious convic
tions and religious scruples of every
citizen, to prohibit within itsjnrisdic
tion all criminal practices, especially
of that class which destroy family re
lations and endanger social order.
The President then considered the
requirements of the civil service and
the relative powers of the States and
the Union under the Constituiion,
and concluded by saying:
And now, fellow-citizens, I am
about to assume the great trust which
you have committed to my hands. I
appeal to you for that earnest and
thoujh’ful support which makp this
a government in ai? i ■ !--w.
■* govron • <ho ,* : T -ha*'
greatly re)*, especially wis
dom and patriotism of Congress, and
of those who may share with me the
responsibilities and duties of my ad
ministration, and above all, upon
our efforts to promote the welfare of
rhi- greet people and their gov -n-
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