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VOL. XXIY. The Cartersville Express, Established Twenty Years. bates and tekms. BUBBCBIPTIONB. One copy one year |1 BO One copy six months 75 One copy three months 50 Payment* townrlnbly 111 ndw*a. ARVEKTIBINS RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rates of One Hollar per inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion 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.