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The Cartersville Express.
V OL. XXIV.
The CarternTtlle Express,
Established Twenty Years.
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Address CORNELIUS WILLINGHAM.
IA&VOW COrNTY—OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Cwamy Officer*.
Ordinary—J. A. Howard—Otlice, court h onsc.
Sherift—A. M. Franklin,
Deputy sheriff—John A. Gladden.
Clerk of Superior Court—F. M. Durham.
Treasurer—ll umphrey Cobb.
Tax Collector— Hailey Barton.
Tax Receiver— W. VV. Ginn.
Commissioners—J. H. Wikle. secretary; A.
Knight; T'.c. Moore; A. A. Vincent; T. C
Hawkins.
CITY OFFICERS—CARTEItSVILL,*.
Mayor—John Anderson.
Board ol Aldermen—Martin C illins, E.
Payne; VV.H Barron, G. Harwell; J. Z. Mc
' oimell, A. D. Vandivere; VV. C. Edwurds,
Lewis !'. Erwin.
Clerk —George Cobb.
Treasurer—Benjamin F. Mountcastle.
Marshals- .James D. Wilkerson, James
Riongnton.
CHtUIH DJIiJECTORY.
Methodist—Rev. A. J. Jarrell, pastor.
Pieacning every Sunday at 11 o’clock a. in. and
u o’clock, p. in. Sunday school every Sunday at
* o’clock a. m. Prayer meeting ou Wednesday
night.
Presbytcrian--Rev. Tlieo. E. Smith, pastor.
I’reaching every Sunday at 11 o’clock, a. m.
Sunday school every Sunday at 9 o’clock.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday night.
Baptist*-Kev. R. B. Deaden, pastor. Preach
mg every Sunday at 11 o’clock, a. m., and 8 t.
in. Sunday school every Sunday at 9 o’clock.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday night,
episcopal—U. K. Rees, Rector. Services oc-
MMoD'dl'..
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.
Mails North open 7:30 am 4:50 pm
Mails South open .11:15 a m
'Jherokee it. It. open 5;00p m
u ails North close 10:20 a m 5:45 pm
Mails South close 9:45 a m 8:3o p m
C.h rokee R R. close 9:30 an.
AST*; i’alking Reck Mail, via Fainnouui,
leaves Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at
5:00 am. Arrives Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 6:00 p m.
Money Order and Registered Lvttei
DiUce open Horn 8:45 am to 5 p m.
General Delivery open from 8 a m to •
p in. Open on Sunuay irom 9:50 to 10:30 am.
,J. R. WIKLE, P. M,
SECRET SOCIETIES.
A K.YIUITS OF HOYOR,
Bartow Cos. Lodge, No. 148, meets
/ JrliPlkC T ver y Lt aud 3rd Monday night
n Worry’s Hail, cast side of the-
Nyf square, Cartersville, Ga.
TV. L. Kirkpatrick, J B. Conyers,
Reporter. Dictate
American legion of honor, Caiters
ville Council, No. 152, meets cver> seeuin
and fourth Monday nights in Curry’s ha 1.
GKO. S Cobß, R. B. 11KAIIPEN,
Secretary. Comm aimer
WESTERN St ATLANTIC R R.
ON AND AFTER Jan. 30th, 1831, trains or.
this road will run aw follows:
NO’.tTHW ARD.
f | Ixr i I K’ton
Si ATKINS. No. 1. No. J, No. :L. i Acc
Atlanta, 2 50pm 5 10am 8 OOani 4 15pm
Marietta, 3*5 “ 557“. 852 “ 526 V
< artersV’e 486 ** 718 “ 951 “ 651 “
Kingston, 5> 00 “ . 748 “ 110 21 “ j 722 “
DaltoH. 628 “ 927“ 12 15pm
Chatiu’ga. Slo “ 11056 “ | 146“ |
SoUTHW ART).
STATIONS. No. 2. No 4, | No. 6. Acc
Chafta’ga. 2 55pm I 7 Usam 6 45am
Daltou, 420 “ ; 850 “ 10 13
Kingston, 545“|10 20 “ 107 pm 510 ma
Cartersv’e 611 “ 10 47 “ 202 “ 554 “
Marietta, 725 “ 11152“ 429 “ 726 “
Atlanta, BJS jjL! 40pm J 615 “ 84p “
CHEROKEE KAIL ROAD.
ON AND AFTER Monday, April 25, 1881,
trains nu this road will run daily, except
Sunday, as follows:
WESTWARD.
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SJ A 1 IONS. NO. 1. j NU, 3.
Let:vc Cartersville, loan) am . 4:r>oV n.
Arrive it. stilealioro 10:86 a in i 5:32 i\n>
“ Taylorsville... 10:57 a in I 5:50 pV
Kockmart 11 :86 a m i 6:37 p iV
Cellar town 12:35 cm | B:osjj w
EASTWARD.
stations. no. 2. NO. 4.
Leave (Jedartown 2:00 pin 6:50 an>
Arrive at Kockmart.... • 2:53 p m i.l.t a m
“ Taylorsville... 3:84 pm 8:23 am
>- S! llcbhoro. | 3:53 p m 8:5 >a n-
| 4jr3o p m 0:45 a
ROME RAILROAD COAII* ANT.
()n .mtl utter Moutlay, Nov. 17. tiams oil 11 1 i~
Hoatt will inn as iollows:
MORNING TRAIN—EVERY DAY.
Leaves Home ni
Arrives at Rome 10.00a ui
jVENIsG TRAIN —-.SUNDAY'S EXCEPTED.
Leaves Route £ a m
Arrives at 0 1,1
Ruth trains will make connection til iving?-
ton with trains on the W. and A. Railroad, to
ami lioin Ail.iota and points South.
Kbkn 11 iei.yek, l’res.
JAS. A. SMITH, G. P Agt. ___
T W. MILNER. J- W. HARRIS, JR.
niI.AI.R A IIAHUIS.
attorneys at law,
CARILRSVILLK. GA.
Office on A est Main street, above Erwin.
W- FITE
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAKTEKSVILLE, GA.,
OFFICE: —With Col. A. Johnson, West sid
pnblie square. .
K, D. GRAHAM. A. M. FOCTM
GRAHAM Si FOUTE, \
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTEKBVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the Courts, State and Fedeial
Office in the Court House. .
J. 1). L'l'SON, \
Surgeon Dentist, -
CARTERSVILLE, 6A. v
Education ri ceived fit “Pennsylvania 1
of Deu 1 snißei'y,” with lii -en 'ears subset
quent > acti, e. Kxnmu ation> nee.
Office Ar t nor sonth of I ostoffice, Up
.Mali*.
©fflw hours ifwa li,l. until B r,.
MORE BRILLIANT WORK OF
OUR TO WN CO UNCIL.
The city council in called session
last Friday took action on a measure
that we think the people of this city
might just as well know about. There
are four apprentice boys at work at
Jones’carriage shop liable to street
•ax. In default of the payment of
the tax they were summoned to ap
pear with shovels to woik the streets.
Col. Jones went before the council and
made the statement that tney
were poor boys, earning nothing more
than their victuals aud clothes and
that they were not able to pay the
tax. If it was paid the money would
have to come out of his (Col. Jones’)
pocket. With a generosity only pos
sessed by a Cartersville councilman,
half the tax was remitted.
Now you poor laborers who have
been assessed five dollars! Ye who
have small wages and large families!
Ye who are as poor as Col. Jones !
What have you to say? Do you noi
feel like rising up and endorsing
.your city council’s action at the elec
tion next winter. We relate the
above piece of statesmanlike gene
rosity simply because the council
does not have its proceedings pub
lished and it is our duty to let the
p* ople of the town know that their
affair, are so ably (?) managed.
LATER.
Since the above was put in type we
have found out the inwardness of the
meeting of the council that was so
merciful on Col. Jones. A called
meeting assembled and there were
present Mayor Anderson, Aldermen
Barrow, Edwards, Vandivere, Har
well and Erwin. The latter named
gentleman was taken ill before the
vote on the question and had to leave
the hall. Col. Jones made the state
ment above mentioned. He said the
boys were about to run away, and
submitted the question as a business
proposition that the council take the
half of the tax rather than get none
tt all. He neglected to say that it
had been a custom in his shop ever
■once it has been a shop, for tne pro
prietor to pay the street tax of the ap
prentices.. He neglected to s ate that
iis position towards the boys,
whose labor lie was getting merely.'
for their victuals, and clothes, was
omilar to that of a father to a son.
All this was forgotten. But we
lon’t blame the Colonel, H j got out
ol it fine. Edwards and Vandivere
voted to exempt him, Harw ell and
Barrow voted against it and Mayor
Anderson cast the deciding vote and
said that Col, Jones’ apprentices were
better than the balance of us poor fel
lows and .ought not to pay as much
tax as we do.
We say to every man in this town
that he is a fool if he pays the remain
der of the five dollar street tax. There,
are several of us that intend to stand
a law-suit. Those who wish to join
the crowd can leave their names at
this office. The city council has es
tablished a precedent that it will be
bard to depart from*
The strawberry festival {riven at
ahe St. James hotel Thursday even
mg was a most pleasant occasion not
>niy to the ladies of the Methodist
:hureh who got it up but to all who
ittended* Twenty-five dolh.rs were
realized*
For the past few weeks the farmers
nave been ton busy fighting the grass
to come into town Every ii( k (founts
uovv aud the farmers are are putting
them in at a lively rate. More corn
and meat will be raised than wus
produced last year. \
The uniou Sunday school picnic oirs
Saturday last was a big thiug for the
ittle ones. VVe were too busy to be
present and can say but lit le. We
unow though that ail of the arrange
ments were in the hands of persons
fully competent to make the hearts
of the little ones glad.
a Col. J, G. M. Montgomery left yes
thrday for Grand Rapids, Mich., ac
companied by his venerable mother,
whither he goes ta visit a sister.
We wish a safe and pleasant trip.
Rev. S. P. Jones preached to a
E^ e ne congreg ition at the MethodiS'
hurch last Sunday evening.
We return grateful thank- to out
ood friend Henry S ilcs for hall of a
soring lamb he slaughtered the other
day. This is the kind of
berance a newpaper man tikes to
have May Henry live long and
prosper.
Capt. J. L. Rice, of Nashville, who
khas been visiting Carters”ille the
past week or two left yesterday
Don’t be gone long, captain
. Col Froik G’ y bat eturneh from
his Missitsi pi nutation. He
several chills while out there.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1881.
NOW AND THEN.
We have before us a copy of the
Express bearing date May 23rd,
1871, just ten years ago. Comparing
the papers of a decade ago, and the
Express of this date we modestly
think" that there has not been any
falling offin the interest of our place
and that of the general good.
Comparing values then and now
there is very little difference, the
same boom then current is now dawn
ing on us and city property is daily
advancing and has been for the last
twelve months and will we honestly
believe for years to come. We throw
out this prediction, that Cartersville
has seen her worse days.
There is some difference between
the present and old paper, in this,
that the columns are full of advertise
ments. The sheet before us is daiew
May 23, 1871 and was a semi-week IA
issue. The local columns which were'
then under the management of our
honored townsman, Col. J. J. How
ard bristle with pungent paragraphs.
Col. Howard was so fond of writing
of the agricultural progress of our
country that he was the recipient
from the Georgia press of the title:
“the bucolic editor of The Carters
ville Express.”
Suppose we take a ramble through
the columns of the old piper and stir
up the dust of ten years a little. Qf
the fourteen columns on the outsiak
of the paper eleven columns were >
rented to enterprising men in which
they invited the public to patronize
them in their several callings. Four
columns were devoted to a thrilling
romance, probably of Col, J. Watt
Harris’ selection (he was at that time
associate editor) entitled, “The Sunk
en City,” a legend of the Zuyder Z :e.
On the first column of the second or
editorial page we find an account ofa
meeting held in the court house to
hear the Hon. Mark A. Cooper in re
lation to the propriety of taking im
mediate steps towards building the
Blue Ridge railroad, which was an
extension of the present Cherokee
road to Rabun Gap. MJ Cooper was
the president of the road. During a
speech in the meeting Mj Qos er
“stnled as a fact that ha ad led the
first railroad meeting and m tde the
first railroad speech that was ever held
and made in the state of Georgia.”
The upshot of the meeting was that
resolutions were passed appointing a
committee to solicit the town council
of Cartersville to take stock in the
road. We suppose at that time the
town council wa3 not quite as gener
ous as it is now and didn’t take the
stock because the road has never been
extended.
Here comes another local from the
“bucolic” editor that makes the
mouth of the present editor water.
“The blackberry crop of this section
is a noble and abundant one. The
vines are laden with green, red ber
ries.”*
The “Holly Mills” of this place was
then turning out splendid flour.
Where are the Holly Mills now?
Skeleton corsets were for sale at Sat
terfield, Pyron & Co.’s.
Probably it is to this item that we
owe our present highly colored ice
cream foundrymao, Pomp Johnson.
“Tom Bridges will have ice cream
Saturday and Sunday next. Go ev
erybody and get a plate, only 25 cents
apiece.
The editor evidently went down to
Atlanta after advertisements, as we
see the “Sasseen House” advertised.
The Mosely brothers were running
the “Skylight gallery”*
The old Cartersville academy was
advertised for sale by Abda Johnson,
P. Lu Moou and W. L. Kirkpatrick.
Next the “bucolic” editor calls a
meeting.to organize a cotton factory.
John L. Wikle run a beef market
in those days near Bill Edwards’
“gear shop.”
Our present member of the legisla
ture Hon. Thomas W. Milner, was in
that day and time the head centre of
a committee of invitation to a Sunday
school picnic. Five dollarse to one
that “our Tom” put on a white neck
tie, plastered his blonde forelock into
a crescent upon his forensic brow and
made that very picnic a speech the
like of which he has never been able
to counterfeit in the lulls of his state
capital.
The order of preaching at the Meth
odist Episcopal church the local edit
or learned from the preacher i a charge,
Rev J. T. Norris* was as follows;
Ist S ibbath in each month, morning,
Dr. W H. F*-*‘ton, nigh ; , pastor.
2(l Sabluth, R v. J. W. Hirrj-,
m rtior, o'gv. Rw S H in l h.
3"d 8 >nb to, m !i'n;t;. p *.s ; r,. oi :*i
I Rev. P. H. Brewster. 4th Sabbath,
morning, Dr. W. W. Leake, night,
Rev. Warren Akin. We expect our
good friend Mr. Jarrell, the present
pastor thinks that those were busy
days on the pastor in charge.
“R. W. Murphy’s” name was kept
standing at the head of the local col
uma as “authorized agent and collec
tor” for the paper.
The “bucolic” editor rises to remark
that “We are are having clear, balmy
spring weather at present.”
No paper was printed the week
after the one before U 9 because the
office was to be moved to Col. Harris’
brick store.
Skinner & Clayton were advising
every man “to keep peace in the fam
ily by buying white pearl grits.”
Mr. W. R. Mountcastie was th
oldest and one of the best clock
and watch repairers in town. He it*
keeping up the game lick to the
present day.
The job printer of the establish
ment, Mr. J. P. Heath, got rich all of
a suddep one day and hauled off and
bought a half interest in “Dick Spark
shoesbop.” Printing and shoe leathet!
Weil, they do amalgamate some
whatly.
The “bucolic” editor most earnestly
called the attention of the town coun
cil to the wretched and almost im
passable condition of the sidewalk o
plat of ground immediately in Aron*
of the Methodist church.
Henry Hemphill and Dan Ray
Avere cleaning out the public well on
tlie west side of town when Henrv
fell in the well. Dan Ray went down
and rescued him after he had sank
the third time.
Another item from the “bucolic”
editor: “We noticed in a walk
around town the other day, four new
dwellings in course of construction
and all on adjoining lots.”
“England had her Cromwell,
France her Bonaparte, but
viile has her collar factory run by
Billy Edwards and Roger Williams,”
is a startling announcement.
By the way “Billy Edwards’ gear
hop” seemed to have been the big
gest institution in Carterville. From
the way it was advertised we judge
if was than it is now.
And' now the positive announce
ment confronts us “that you can buy
watches, etc. as cheap from J. T. Ow
ens as irom any where else or from
anybody else.”
Gower, Jones & Cos. were in full
blast with a carriage shop.
Now one of most honored fisher
men takes on some of the spirit of en
terprise in the following pronuncia
mento: “Hauling and plowing.
Asa A. Dobbs having supplied him
self with a mule and wagon is pre
pared to haul and plow.for any one
wishing his services.” We warrant
that was a practical joke perpetrated
by Col. Watt Harris on Asa Dobbs.
We could go on and give other
items from the rustly old sheet before
us but we have made this item too
long already, perhaps for some of our
far off patrons who feel very little in
terest in the history of the old town
But we venture the assertion that no
man can preserve a better history of
his town, state and country than byf
filing away the village newspaper. /
Ctasifcg of a S'ehooh r
. The first *essiou of Cedar Creek
High school will close on the! 27th
inst., with publie exeches. The
principal, Prof. E. B E iri cord: tily
ir vites Che public to attend ft 3 he has
a programme of rare interest to pre
sent’
A strawberry and ice cream festi
val will be held by the ladies of the
Christian church in Granger’s Hall at
Acworth, from 4 to 10 o’clock p. m.,
to-morrow, Wednesday.. Admission
free. Any Carters villa people who
may wish to attend can go down on
the 6 o’clock train and return on
night freight, due here at 10 o’clock.
Four negroes at work on the A. G.
S. construction train were killed at
Maxwell’s switch, not far below Tus
caloosa, Ala. They were digging nu
der a bank when it caved in and
caught two of them. The others im
mediately commenced digging out
their smothering comrades when it
caved again, catching two more and
burying the four alive in one grave
A Blow Below the Belt.
Chicago Herald.
Longstreet has been confirmed as
United States marshal of Georgia.
This is a blow in the diaphragm to
the loyal, thousands of whom would
have ul*dly moved to G*.rgia or
mue -t< ;l r office-. Tip war was
n fiiiu-e. C v*e rs *o not get alt
toe spoils. Let us have another war.
THE TEMPERANCE A WAKEN
INQ.
During the recent meeting of the
Georgia Press Association the follow
ing resolution, offered by Rev. G. A.
Nuonaliy, of the Baptist Sun, was
unanimously adopted :
la view of the plaintive cries which the wo
men in ell parts of our State are lifting up to
heaven for relief from the woes that intemper
ance intails, and the efforts which the sorrows
of these chief sufferers are moving them to put
forth the arrest of this dreadful and growing
evil, and recogizmg the power of the press
in the moulding of public sentiment, the di
recting and the enforcing of the public convic
tions, therefore,
Resolved, That without committing our
selves to any specific temperance measures,
and without any intention to disturb the party
lines, or to eliminate the political distinctions,
or to interfere with the religious conviction of
our patrons, we hereby offer our columns to
the advocacy of all relief mecsurcs, aud com
mit as far as may be consistent with other
public interests, which we represent, oar ed
itorial ability to the promotion of the general
good, which the present temperance awaken
ing proposes to compass.
To our mind the, adoption of this
resolution was the <v wisest of the meas
ures of the entire' session. Not only
wise but brave. It e*as a recognition
ny the moulders of public opinion in
Georgia of the importance of the
question of temperance. As President
Estill said the question was one that
iemanded more attention than the
politics of the day. The editors should
fe' l proud of the position they took.
While the resolution does not intend
to convert all the newspapers in Geor
gia into temperance organs, yet it
makes them the friends of the cause.
The Express hopes to take its
humble place in the procession with
the “spirit and understanding,” and
now offers its columns to the advo
cates of temperance. Whileour town
and county contains comparatively
few drunkards yet those few are worth
all the kind words, encouraging in
terest that good Christian people can
bestow. The man, who, through life
has been abstemious and knows not
the taste of liquor deserve- do credit
whatever for his sobriety. He has
no every day Or hourly struggles with
a tempter that i8 as enticing as the
devil was to Eve in the garden. He
has never felt the abandon tnd cal
lousness to troubled hearts that liq
uor produces. It is the mar who ei
ther from convivial habits, or imagi
nary trouble is rushing to destruction
that must be saved. If you be Chris
tians throw the rope to him.
“At the banquet which was given
by the ladies of Rome to the associa
tion, Rev. Mr. Nunnally on behalf of
the ladies, presented a beautiful bo
quat of flowers to Mr. J. W. Burke,
in the following pleasing address:
Mr. J. W. Burke, President Pro Tem,
of the Georgia Press Association :
Sir—The body over which you pre
side passed a resolution this forenoon,
at the instance of an appeal from wo
man, offering the columns, of the press
of Geoigia to the the advocates of all
temperance reform measures and
committing your editorial talent to
the support of all legislation which
would teud to suppress the evil inci
dent to the liquor traffic. In doing
this you honor yourselves to whom
the public has confided such great in
terests. You honor the mothers up
on whose knees you were fondled,
and Upon f whose bosoms you were
fob ed. You honor your wives who
amid the crimson blushes and the or
ange blossoms gave their heart* and
1 lives to you upon the altar of love.
You honor your daughters who in
helpless infancy or virtuous maiden
hood are anxiously awaiting your re
turn, home, to extend to you a wel
come in innocent prattle and loving
smiles; and now since you have thus
honored the women of our state, al
low mein behalf of the ladies of Rome
to present you with this bequet as a
to en of iheir appreciation and confi
dence. As it trembles in my hand,
the water drops fall from ihe petals—
they are the tears of woman, shed
over wayward sons and drunken sires.
One year hence, after the press of
Georgia has strained these flowers to
their bosoms, roa.s these tears beerys
taiized into pearls of purest water.
To-night its fragrance fills tho room,
it i* the incense of woman’- orayers,
Hf-cending fin ch l veranc of so * and
sires from th*' chains of he km, of
evils. One year bent** may its per
fume be the *ougs o gladness which
roll from our homes in thm ksgiving
for the redemption which has been
wrought by the powet of th i press of
Georgia—accept it, sir, ana with it
assurances of high regard and worthy
esteem, from toe ladies of R roe.
The b **a* cubed * <1 raog
eu h.v Mieses Carrie McDonald aud
Dora Row.”
More About Our btctlon.
We are In receipt of the Cataraugus
(N. Y.) Union , containing letter No.
IX of Hon. E. D. Northrop, on our
section of Georgia, It Is not hard to
recognize in the man who “was dress
ed as commonly as a laborer,” but
a “mau of superior intelligence and
information,” Mr. Nathaniel S.
Eaves, of this city—than wnom a
worthier citizen does not live. The
following is an extras as published :
At 2:00 p. m., March 11, we said
goodbye, to our Codartown friends,
and took the train to Cartersville,
riding myself much of the way on
oags of grain piled high up on a open
freight car, thus having a fine view
of the country. On the way we made
two very interesting acquaintances,
both native Georgians, whose names
I regret to have forgotten. One of
them was dressed as commonly aa a
laborer, but we soon perceived that
he was a man of superior intelligence
and information. He was a contract
or and builder, taking contracts all
over the state, and an ardent believer
in the future of Georgia. Both of
these gentlemen expressed earnest
hopes that enterprising men of the
North would come and locate among
them. The contractor mentioned one
significant fact to us. He no longer
took contracts for the performance of
which skilled labor was required, as
such labor was so scarce that he felt
unsafe in taking such contracts. The
other gentleman was a farmer who
gave us an account of a Northern
farmer named Chamboflaiir, who had
purchased and settled upon a farm
adjoining his at CartetwviHe. A num
ber of other GeorgUns there had apo
ken to us of Mr. Chamberlain, all
seeming to be very proud of his §uc
cess in farming on the Northern plan.
This gentlema told us that Mr. Cham
berlain had one forty-acre lot adjoin*
ing an equally good two-hundred
*cre lot of his own, and that Mr.
Chamberlain made more profit off
from his forty acr s than he could off
from his two hundred acres, farmed
in the old style. He said that some
how he could not change and imitate
Mr. Chamberlain, although he and
his neighbor were improving in that
reaped. He said that Mr. Chamber
lain began to sub soil plow his land,
and they all told him he would spoil
it. He replied, “all right, its paid
for.” Then he started to seed down
and raise grass and hay, they told
him he could not; hut now Mr Cham
berlain has a beautiful steadily im*
proving farm, fine stock, fine pas
tures and meadows, —asd enjoys large
profits from his crops. At Carters
ville, we had a short lime for a part
ing visit with cur good friend, Mr
Fountaine,— chatting over the war,
its results, &c. He was on the Con
federate General’s stuff on their re
treat before Gen. Sherman’s army
back to Atlanta, and his servant was
a slave of about his age, his father ap.
pointed to him for a servant and com
panion from childhood up, and a
strong affection existed between
them. Siuce the war, he had remain
ed with Mr. Foutaine much of the
time, always faithful und true,—and
would never leave him as long as Mr.
Fontaine desired his services. At the
battle of New Hope Church, where
our 154? h Regiment had warm work,
the “Johnnies” out of respect to the
heavy showers of “Yankee” ball 9
Imt were pouring upon them, sought
the most favorable cover by lying
down, but this negro sat in his
saddle see.?)iugly entire unconcerned,
when an offices yelled aloud to him,
saving, “Got down, get. down you
nigger tliete, don’t you hear the balls
whistle arousal you : You’ll get hit
in a moment 1” But the negro,show
ing quite a strong illustration of the
sentiments and views of the slaves
gonerally at that time, replied: “Ob
no, I’se all right, it’s* you, you ar’ de
fellers dry is trying to hit J”
While we were in Atlanta, I was
taking a walk with Mr. Fontaine,
when an elderly negro who was rid
ing in a lumber one-horse wagon,
driving a horse (not a mule,) hailed
Mr. Fontaine at a street crossing, and
stopped and asked him to loan him
M 000, saying, “You kuow I can give
plenty of security.” Mr Fontaine
v|tf |u \\ is : . .Hh a fro u 1
fjW. a dh-.*K:,Y Wp *• -md *• •bioj
a< ! rr. 1 old ; i • T add -i
H• vj i-f 0,.- *: : ; • i ve. ion,
Mr. F.u tin. anti I •>ti r it. on, when
he fold me (h it I could see what an
industrious poor man could do in
Georgia; and that that colored man
was a slave until emancipation,- and
h.t the * nd of’he v--**, *. < s.m or o* r
, " w ys *3 000,
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