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VOL. XXIY.
The Cartersville Express,
Established Twenty Years.
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Address CORNELIUS WILLINGHAM.
EDITORIAL EXPRESS-IONS.
Glory be to God the failing Chat'
tanooga bank was not a Georgia State
Depository. Will the Hon. Louis
Garrard please ri§e and explain why?
Out of the half-dozen sure-to-bo*
built railroad lines that are to run
from Atlanta through a “ railroad
desert ” to the c:>al fields of Alabama,
that eity ought certainly to bag one.
If she does not we’ll haul off and
build one ourself—on paper.
Gen. Gordon is to be In Atlanta ou
Thursday next, and will tell the peo
pie of Atlanta how ho expects to
build the Georgia Western railroad
There are some people in Atlanta
who will never rest contented until
they do Know all about it. There
are 125 men now at work.
Bank failures are not confined to
Georgia. The Discount and De
posit Bank of Chattanooga failed
yesterday, and the Times takes up
three columns to tell about it. Dam
it, we can’t take up three columns of
our paper in copying about this bank
failure. They are too common. A
base ball match is fresh news beside
one.
The Rome Bulletin states that Mr.
R R- F"Ster, of Chattooga county,
was recently pressed for hands His
cotton was “in the grass,” and he
was in a dilema. He was at a loss to
know how to do. At this junc ure
his two girls, who are attendants up"
on Shorter college, hearit g of their
father’s plight, went to him. The
following day they were hoe in hand
weeding cotton.
Multum in parvo i8 a regulation
newspaper motto, but we think if thn
Rome Courier would change its local
page to brevier or nonpareil type it
would give its local, Mr John Tow
ers, a better chance. The boy hasn’t
room, After a man has read over the
local column of the Courier he is al
ways hungry. No pent up small
pica should contract John’s fluent
powers. He is too good a local to be
limited, Mr. Dwiaell.
Ooe by one the delusions of our
youth are passing away. We were
raised up to think and believe that
Joe Brown was the most depraved,
groveling, lecherous rascal that ever
existed. “Lately” we have found
out that Governor Brown is one of
the truest men to his section that we
have. In Congress he is the only
man we notice who knows what to
say, when to say it and when to pur
sue the “policy of silence.” If any*
body will controvert his statement,
we will return to our “raisiug.”
Dr. M. F. Stephenson, a scienti t
and mineralogist, author and, above
all, an honest man , died in Gaines
ville recently. At one time Dr. 8.
was very wealthy, but lost his all by
the war. Although his life was a
great honor to our State, and his rep
utation a national one, the papeisare
having very little to say about his
death. Such is glory and power.
Had he been a wealthy man, the
State could not have done him
enough honor. Dr. S ws a h-df
brother to Cap*. T. J. Lyon, of this
county.
We that Mrs D >ctor Felton repub*
Hell her rcu'hiug article in which she an
nounced to the public tbut Ham, of the
Gainesville Eagle , was sugar-cured. This
excellent la*ly l- dangerous. She giv.-s dales.
— Phonagraph,
Christopher ought to ho willing to
let Ham alone. He ought to b* sri*
isfi- and with the reward h got: *he
publication of his picture in ;he jW
tional Police Gazette as the young ed
itor of Georgia who a'one w * respon
sible for all the impeachment trials of
1879. Besides Mrs. Felton is too flu
ent a writer and too much like C©sar
to preserve her manuscripts for re*
publication. They are burnt every
week in he Free Prejs* ffi'*- f T fear
i f a' >-*
oe ed •,..! g 0.0 full
amount uf pack-herm am/.
The Cartersville Express.
Our friend Christopher, of t*he
Phonography seems disposed to grum*
ble at frhe fact that Mr. Estill remains
president of the Georgia Press Asso
ciation. While the retention of some
of the offi ers looks somcwhatly like
“machine” we think Mr. E. ought to
have a “life tenure.” He is the best
friend to the provincial press among
the big dailies. He never misses a
meeting. True it is that he gees a
heap of gratuitous advertising from
the boys, but that matter is “set off”
by the fact that he is the only man
on the Georgia press who can worm
a pass out of Wadley. Vive VEstill.
THE AMENDE.
In our article last week alluding to
the action af the City Council in re
mitting half the street tax of Col.
Jones’ apprentices, we did injustice
to one or two gentlemen. The first
was to Mayor Anderson, whom we
said cast the deciding vote upon the
question. The gentleman did not
vote at all. Messrs. Barron, Ed"
wards and Vandivero voted for the
exemption, and Messrs. Erwin and
Harwell voted against it. It is due
to all parties that they go upon re
cord properly, and we gladly make
the correction. v
Col. Jones states to us that our
ele misrepresented him. We havA
not the least ill-will towards Col.
Jones, and make the correction asked
by him, stating, however, that
received our information from what
we consider most reliable
Col. Jones states that he made no ap"
pnal to the Council; that he distinct>>
ly said be asked nothing at its hands;
he appeared in behalf of the young
men; he said the Council could Ukr*
the boys and work them on the
8 reets, but it would have to feed
them and furnish them tools. He
made nothing out of their services.
[How do you like this apprentices?!
H says he did not say they were about*
to run away, but that this statement
was made to the Council by Aldet
man Edwards. He also denies that
it has been the custom in his shop
for the proprietor to pay the tax.
[This statement was made to us by a
gentleman who has long been'eon
nected with the establishment.] We
state the above freely and voluntarily
because it is not our desire to roisrep
resent any one. The public can judge
lor itself. We have failed yet to find
a single citizen of Cartersville who
endorses the action of the Council,
but since our article was published
the whole town is aroused, and the*
action of the Board of Aldermen is
freely and feelingly criticised. It
was a blunder that cannot be reme
died, as Oil. Jones has paid the ttbr
and holds receipts from the Towrv
Marshal. The boys who voled for
exemption are down on the record,
and will have to stand by it new\
Religious News and Notes.
It is stated that alt the members of
Pre ident Garfield’s cabinet are reg
ular church goers. \
Doctrinal topics will be excluded
from the Methodist CE :u metrical con
ference for the sake of harmony.
The opponents of organ music in a
Presbyterian church in Toronto slop
ped its notes effectually by pouring
hot glue into the pipes and upon the
keys. \
The Baptist church at Port au
Prince, Hayti, presents an open op
portunity for candidates seeking a
pastorate. The climate is hot and
only moderately healthy.
The Year-Book of the Presbyteri
ans, issued in Philadelphia, gives the
number of Presbyterian communi
cants at 3,000.000, and the populations
of adherents 12.000 ; 000.
Thf* receipts of the American Bap
tist Missionary Union for the finan
cial year just cl'vwd were as follows:
Donatio is $169.685 78; legacies, $28,-
651 10; from womeu’s societies, SSB,
809 52; from other sources, S3O,
566 44; total, $288,802 84. The debt
of me Union now stands at $12,-
650 08.
It is all Settled (?)
The com prom i*ed tax
thm is settled (?) Col. Jones, who
nolda receipts from the city of Car
tnrsville for the payment in full of
the street tax of his apprentices.
he will return the receipts and satisfy
the town by letting his teams work
for the city to the amount of ten dol
lars (the remninder of the tax ) We
learn that he is determined to satisfy
all the claims of the town against
him. If he does not do this we learn
that oue of the Counciimen says he
will pay the ten dollars rather than
,i■ - v fti*s a'nir tt Pt**plof
C* \- >•< ! > u tdi.ra are in a
1 lively set of hands.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 31. 1881.
REPORTORIAL RACKET.
One day last week, while sad and dreary,
As we wended, weak, and weary,
Across the unswept floor;
We heard, at first, a gentle tapping,
Then it became an earnest rapping,
At oar sane tarn door.
“Come in !” we said ; while yet he pondered,
“A big Councilman ?” we wondered
What for ns could be in store;
Then, the door bolt gentiy turning,
In he walked. Our cheek was burning!
Thoughts of crimson gore.
“Are you the man that does the writing ?”
(What word will rhyme with this but fighting?
Quickly thought we o’er and o’er.)
“Sir, we are,” we gently told him,
Nodding to the boys to hold him,
If he tried to beat us sore.
“Then you’ll please give me credit
Opposite that little debit,
For a dollar and a half more.
I like your paper and will take it
As long as you will try to make it
Give the Council h—l, as you have before.*
We jumped! He dodged! Thus we missed
him,
Or we surely would have kissed him,
No matter if the boys did roar;
So seldom treated in this manner,
We felt inclined to sing hosannah !
Only this, and nothing more.
Have the pic-niggers played out ?
The mineral excitement continues
unabated.
Rev. Theodore Smith preached in
Rome last Sunday.
Marriage keeps men out of mis
chief. So does a bail and chain.
Ed Freeman spells his name
“papa’* again. New girl at his house.
\j Col. R. W. Murphy is just returned
from a professional trip to Alabama.
John Akin and Charlie Wikle are
sojourning at Porter Springs for a few
weeks.
Rome will have a big frolic on the
Fourth of July. Likewise Chatta
nooga.
The Court-house is the roost pleas
ant locality in town, even if it is near
the jail.
Pay attention to your premieee and
keep them clean. Thus avoid doc
tors* itills.
The business house of R. W. Satter
field is being rubbed up. Let the
good work go on.
When a man regards himself as all
sufficient the world is liable to regard
him as insufficient.
If it took coffee so long to settle as
it does a delinquent subscriber a great
many of us would drink water.
Rev. Mr. Rees preaches in Ascen
sion church on the third Sunday in
June. The Bishop will visit us in
July.
Bruce Thedford and Bob Williams
‘go up the Tennessee road every Sunn
day. We often wonder what this
means.
Capt. Tom Lyon brought in a wild
►potato weighing tweaty pounds, last
week. It was washed up on bis
island.
' Now that the theatrical season is
'over, would it not be well for the
Council to give the opera house some
repairs ?
Judge Bleckley is to lecture in
Rome to-night. Wonder if the J udge
couldn’t be induced to coma to Car
tersvllle?
. Pomp Johnson and his ice*cream
foundry are institutions of Carters
vilie. It is almost time for Pomp’s
delivery to start.
The Police Gazette is sold freely on
the trains and in the cities of Geor
gia, yet there is a law against its sale
on the statute books.
Dr. Steiner, a celebrated physician
m Augusta, was in the city recently
visiting his relative, Rev. Mr. Shell
roan, on Mam street.
We don’t know, but it seems to us
that the dog-fennel might be cut
down in front of the St. James Ho
tel before it goes to seed.
A match is h gentle thing ; but
scratch it, and It will fire up in a sec
ond . Matches are not altogether un
like Gartersville Counciimen.
Rev. \V. H. Hunt, of Atlanta, rep
resenting The Church Times (Epi-co
pal) was in the city laat Thursday.
We trust he secured a longjlist.
v'Uncle Kit Conyers says the center
of the town is rapidly changing to a
certain cotton gin near the railroad.
He judges from the nicely worked
streets about that establishment.
The betrothal cards of Mr. Frank
Cohen, of Rome, and Miss Qcht, of
Chattanooga, are out. We will glad*
ly welcome Frank to the band oi
oHiiwr'c a, bur *orry h-rau-** h*
wi.i it w nave to quit the newspaper
business*
Four prisoners in our county jail.
One of them is a lunatic who haa
been waiting for admission to the
asylum for six or eight weeks.
Mr. J. C. Sproull, of Rome, spent
Sunday and part of yesterday, in
Cartersville, the guest of his rela
tives, the family of Mrs. J. C. Young.
Writing from Porter Springs, Char
lie Wikle says “if he con get his hide
loosened he will get fat.** We never
knew the boy was hide-bound before.
Some of the Councilmeu got mad
at our article of last week, and one
stopped his paper. My sakes! We
are afraid we will have to suspend
yet.
Can’t Cartersville get up a Fourth
of July blow-out? We have as elo
quent orators and as much hurrah
juice as any other town in this sec
tion.
The season for carrying fans is a
great comfort to some women. It
enables them to yawn without at
tracting attention to the size of their
mouths.
To Mr. H. Yen nor, Canada: Dear
Sir—lf you have a belated snow
storm send it on at once. You may
put a small-sized blizzard in it if you
want. Yours, etc.
Dr. Leake’s street lamp throws
needed light to many a pedestrian
along Main street on these dark
nights. Cartersville should have
street lamps all over town.
Glenn Jones, eldest son of Col. R.
H. Jones, returned lasi week from
Bingham school in North Carolina,
He looks manly In his bright but
tons and handsome uniform.
Dr. Geo. Little is preparing a map
of the mineral lands of Bartow. If
those who own them are wise they
will have thousands of these maps
printed to circulate abroad.
A piece of Indian pottery unearthed
ettheTumlin Mounds is on exhlbi
tion at Capt. Bob Anderson’s. It is
a curiosity, and should be presented
to some historical society.
Tacbopik’s candy and ice-cream
establishment in Chattanooga, is the
biggest place of tht kind in this sec
tion, and a clever gentleman is Mr.
Schlessenger his bookkeeper and
business man generally.
The Kimball House, of Atlanta,
was never in a finer or more pros
perous condition than now. Mr.
Scoviile, the proprietor, is a wonder
in management, and his assistants
are all hummers. Stop at the Kim
ball.
As an evidence that the whole ar
my of farmer!) are in earnest about
work around here, we will state that
Joe Jones was seen in his field a few
hours, recently. This statement is
made upon the authority of Dr. Le
land.
John Taylor’s hair clipping ma
chine clips closer, easier and smooth*
er than any barber can do with the
old regulation shears. We under
stand it also sand-papers the head of
the subject.
Hon. Arthur Gray, of Catoosa
county, spent yestei day in the city.
He was groomed by < ‘apt. Tom Lyon
aDd Cel. Graham. The Honorable
Arthur is what you may cal! a "solid
muldoon” in North Georgia.
It did not rain Sunday as was so
fondly hoped for in Caftewville. The
county north of here had a good rain
however. Wheat on good land is
looking well. Oats are too badly in
need of rain to do much good.
Wheo you go to Chattanooga stop
at the Georgia house, which is kept
by Johnny Coghlin and Mr. Wiech
raeyer, both former residents of this
county. They will treat you right,
and let the fact cling to your memory.
A Councilman told us yesterday not
to take back a word of what we said
about the Council last wwk. You
bet your life we dou’t. We think the
exemption of four men from street
tax was an outrage that the remain
der of our citizens will not put up
with.
The National Hotel at Dalton,
kept by the Lewis’s, is the "boss”
ral road eating-home of the South.
No matter when and how suddenly
called upon, it is always ready with
a square meal for a wayfarer. It is
the pride of North Georgia, isn’t it,
Mr. Lewis ?
Service from cooks, washerwomen,
etc., is hard to get in this section.
Asa dear darling young lady handed
in an advertisement the other day,
she remarked: "I do hope you will
get us a servant quick because ir
nearly k)l on* to see po-r
ing v?r toe waaa-luo *ud nor rhou
(DsUsiu oq bed.”
(Rev. W. P. Kramer, who was
used in this county, and who eu
red the Episcopal ministry here,
ed on May 22d, in Norribtown, N.
This will be sad news to all who
aew him and esteemed him as a
igbt and eloquent preacher, and a
>od Christian man.
Miss Sallie T. Du Bose, of Wasbing
n, Wilkes county, lain the city, the
guest of the Misses Parrott. We
trust she will find the exhilarating
breezes of North Georgia, the incom
parable hospitality of those she visits
and the well known homage that
Cartersville beaux pays to beauty and
culture, sufficient to magnetize her
into not only a long stay, but a life
time residence.
\ Whoop ! Will Bob Patillo please
go to work on another census ? Mr.
T. A. Davidson, fine boy; R. A
Clayton, ditto; T. W. Simps-n, the
same; Virgil Williams, likewise.
Several precincts to hear from. If
some Cartersville man don’t make a
fortune on baby carriages this year it
will not be for a lack of an abuudant
field for operation.
Will we have any school exhibi
tions or examinations this summer.
It strikes us that our teachers could
excite more interest in their schools
if they would give the children an
occasional “public.” Nothing stirs
up the little boy so much as an occa
sional ride over the ields of oratory
upon the back of **Mary’s little
iamb,” or the little girts so much as
an occasional pirouette before the pub
lic in a white Swiss muslin dress and
a red sash. What say our teachers?
Every established toes) newspaper
receives subscriptions from large cit
ies, 1 which puzzles the publisher to ac
count for, but which thg New York
Times lately throws some light upon
in the following : A wholesale gro
cer in this city who became rich in
the business, says his rule always was
when he sold a bill of goods on cred
it to immediately subscribe for the
local paper of his debtor. So long as
bis customer advertised liberally and
vigorously, he rested; but as soon as
he began to contract his advertising
space he took the feet as evidence
that there was trouble ahead, and in
variably went for his debt. Said he:
“The man who is too poor to make
his business known, is too poor to do
business.” The withdrawing of an
advertisement is evidence of weak
ness that business men are not slow
to act upon.
■lstsfc CsmetaL
Grown folks in Cartersville will
not study grammar, and we propose
for a great many of them to study
the following lesson:
Never say "I haven’t saw Mr.
to-day.” Say "I haven’t seen,” etc.
It is a sign of ignorance to say
"I taken a drink.” You will show
yourself off better by saying "I took
a drink.”
O is used without an exclam atiom
and ie always followed by the name
of a person, or subject invoked. Oh!
takes an exclamation point and
Btands alone.
Sew, sow. We sew with a needle
and thread. We sow grain. Both
words are pronounced alike.
Through is applied in the case of a
single passage. Throughout means
in every part.
Accept of. "Please accept of this
book.” Say, "Please accept this
book.”
Admit of. "His conduct admits no
apology.”
Both of. "Give me both of those
books.” Omit of.
Covered over. "He covered it
over.” Omit over.
Csnnot by no means. Say "Can
not by any means.”
Sunk down. Omit down.
Says Ito him. Say in all case**,
"Said I to bim.”
"Was you?” Always say, "Were
you ?”
Let you and I. Say, VLet you and
me.”
It is me. Say, "It is I.”
If I was him. Say, "If I were he.”
The two first. "The first two” is
better.
From three acres of land W. L
Orr, of Sandersviile. will gather 20,-
000 pounds of oats in the straw.
Mr. Frank Blalock, of Fayette, has
one hundred and fifty acres in corn
and one acre in cotton.
The corn crop of Talbot valley looks
well. Twenty-five per cent, mote
planted than last year.
J. B. Mitchell, of Pulaski county,
t* y> i wan y-fiv- c ion ** of been will
<*iH*r mom money tuao any one
boneferm.
The Seitihera Faraer’sfioathly.
This popular and prosperous jour
nal is before us, aud this, the June
number, gives itastill stronger claim
to the title of the “beat agricultural
and family magazine in the South.”
In addition to its very full amount of
reading for the farm and fireside, the
current number contains an iatereat
ing “History of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society,” by Malcolm
Johnston, Esq., and a “Report on
Fish Culture,” by Dr. H. H. Cary.
With such a publication In the
hands of every farmer and planter In
the Southern States, there would be
a more intelligent cultivation of the
■oil and diversion of crops, and lea*
complaints of bad times. The Farm
er'* Monthly is sent postage free for
one year for $2 00, or six month* for
SI.OO. Address J H EM, Sivan
nah, On.
Ntrth Georgia Geld filling.
Dr. F. W. Mem oiler, of this city,
is creating considerable excitement in
this region in the gold mining busi
ness. Dr. Memmler’a mine it situ*
ated about forty miles from here, at
Long Swamp, in Pickens county. A
Jasper correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution reports the mine as yield*
ing well. In cutting a tunnel
ty*five feet he has discovered six dif
ferent veins. Dr. Meimnler showed
us an Indian arrow the other day
made of solid gold, about three
inches long and an inch wide at ite
base, which a young man in hie em
ploy discovered. A carving on the
arrow is said to repreasot an Indian
chief and his two nna. There af*
other hieroglyphic* which bade so
lution.
When it is lest to Declare Oae’s Leri.
The following lines w**ro t:*k*m
from the scrap-book of a grand
mother :
Long Heed will the happy maiden prove
Whose lover on Monday declares hi* love.
Plutus and Hymen will sweetly
If on Tuesday she yields to her lover’s wile.
Wednesday, they tell me, is lucky, but min
Will dampen your prospect**. Oh, refrain.
Rash maiden, nor plunge into deepest woe,
If he snes on Tharaday bid him “go.”
Friday, though some foolish folk m y doubt it,
Is perfectly safe ; that’s all about it.
Have no fears, maiden ; all will go well
If on Saturday he his tale doth tell.
As home from church you wend your way,
A id one short word la all you say,
Oh, happy maiden, you’ll be blest;
Your joy begins on the day you rest.
GEORGIA CROP AND FRUIT
ITEMS.
Fine oat patches around Athens.
Wheat around Homer look* flue.
A Dalton orange tree is bearing
fruit.
Crops are promising in Cktooeu
county.
Corn and wheat doing well in
Fayette.
The apiaries of Talbot couoty pay
well.
Cotton in McDuffie county is in
good condition.
Crop prospects in Washington
county very fine.
The wheat prospect around Grant
ville is very good.
McDuffie county will make fully
half a crop of fruit.
In Murray county hands command
from sl2 to sls per month.
The Irish pota'O crop of ll* mock
county will b© a short ue.
Judge Pope, of Albany, i* eating
green corn from his garden.
The average wool dip of Talbot
county is better than la*t year.
J. L, Hardaway, of McDufth*.
ty, has ten acres in war* rmHou*.
Three north western farmers have
purchased farms in cunty*
Wheat about D4l* *n 100 *
promising. Good ir-p ct 1 * *ra*
Mr. Sm (Joinogham os jf-*lb t
eouuty, is raising fi e crop or nay,
A large amount* • f w* stem corn
and bacon carried t Hou-o* cnrti*.
Dr. M. D Summer n, oi S* and rs*
vilio, is eating dewberri *** (tom . s
farm.
Mors corn planted in B r •
ty this season than f* *r a*evera years.
Around Powder Springs wn*t
looks well, corn flue, cotton Lte hut
good.
Dr. W. G’Daniei, of Twiggs ooun*
ty, has sold 200 bushels of pm tMg
season.
Asa genera! thing the o*t crop of
Hancock county w.d not oh go 4
one.
W. M.Co, elao *, • r -l ■ ggiy,
is ex j. en men w.. & u ... c. .Rig
year.
NO. 21.