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VOL. XXIV.
NEW ADVERTISEMETS.
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
*;At MACON,
Bejtnin Miter, flat. 17, contlming one wet
Liberal Premiums in Stock, Poultry, Field
(Jrous, Home industry, Fine Arts, Meh*y, Ac.
Large Purses lor Trotting and Running Paces *
Send to the Secretary lor Premium List.
THUS. HARDEMAN, Jr., Pres.
E.f. GRIER, Sec'y.
BARTOW INSTITUTE.
MALE AND FfcM \LiE,
ADAIHSVILLE GA.
T ANARUS,t E rear of 18Sr-2 Will begin
WedMi-sdav, July 27 ih 7he enst of board
and tuition are rdni->rkbly low. The course
is .thorough, end t qual m comprehension to
that of the be.t schools in the state.
uge is respectfully solicited For catalogue
or other iniorumtion, please mhJross,
L. V. DICKJEY, A. M.
No one who is thonu”Uly regular in
the bowels .is 1 1 all ns liable to disease as Ik
that is irregu ar. He may be attacked by con
tagious diseases, and so may the irregular,
hot e- i not as nearly as subject to outside
influences. The use of
Tarrant’s Seltzer Aperient
secures regularity, aud consequent immunity
lrom sickness.
SUL!) KY ALL DRUGGIST'S.
ilsN-t become like this
ail vert isoment by delay
ing Ncsding y © T ar orders for
the Famines Pratls Revolv
ing Head Gins &nd tbe eel
ebrated Watertown Dry
mieain Mngies. Re wise
and. before the £*uslt cornea,
make your engagement*
%viihfhe agent*, J. M. Al
exander te Cos., Hardware
Rerehant*, 40 Whitehall
street, Atlanta, Ga.
EDITORIAL EXPRESS—IONS.
LetGuitteau be hung before the
stalwarts put him in the lecture field.
A Georgia man has sent I'resident
Garfield a basket ot Georgia peaches,
now the broody chasm is surely
bridged.
The President continues to im
prove and if there is any such thing
as. eternal fitness he will be able to
be out at the hanging of Guitteau.
Van Wert and Trylorsvilleare get
ting up a small-sized war between
themselves on the question of the lo
cation of the Rome and Atlanta rail
road. /
Why has Christophei stopped
sending us the Phonograph? We fee
anxious to know if the beautiful and
accomplished Miss Tidbit is still vis
ion/ the beautiful and a'Xomplished
Miss O dgal.
An exchange says : "‘Comet or no
comet, this year starts, in right to
become famous for murders, assassi
nation-, shipwrecks, tornadoes, con
flagrations, floods, scandals and of li
e-sanations. Deviltry seems to
m 0 with the speed of an express
tra n.”
Hop. it. L. Mott, a venerable and
prominent Georgian of Columbus,
w s killed under the cars at Atlanta
Tuesday. was an earnest repub
lican but an honest one, faithful to
every trust reposed in him. At
the time of his d-ath he was a trustee
of the State Lunatic Asylum and
was in Atlanta on business connected
with this institution.
Li this week’s Free Press , Dr. Ba
ker, ever the signature of “Plebian,”
makes a onslaught on Rev.
Theodore Smith, the president ot the
board of school commissioners of this
com ty. As both of these gentlemen,
a-? \*eil as the able journal through
whose mouth they speak are orna
namental members of the holy, pure,
above-reproach, never-to-be-coo
demned, spotless, righteous, immac
ulate Independendent party, it be
hooves the rest of mankind to stand
offiiffiipeand wonderingly watch the
fight. In the meantfnae let the. pure
and spotless party proceed.
Representative Branson’s bill to
shut up luuatic murderers for life is
very favorably received by the press.
The Charlotte Observer says of it:
♦‘This law ought to be passed, only
in Georgia, but in every stat'e in the
union. The plea of insanity has be
come so common asdo attract gener
al as to ai tract general remark and
general derision. The more atrocious
aui iuexcusable the crime the UL>re
The Cartersville Express.
G ivttfMc ip -% , t ,,. ~, * ’ 4 ;.4 j nfw I * nM . 1 w T- fiafi la #* ■"j 4 *, r , rj ( | I, *■ ’'FBwiidL vib \utsto
certain is the plea of insanity. Thus
murder trials become ghashly farces,
and thus the ends of justice become
matters of mockery and ridicule. The
murderers so acquitted are often
turned over to their friends at once
or sent temporarily to an insane asy
lum where they pass the time as
privileged guests and subsequently
are turned loose, restored to freedom
and to sanity. Let it be undeistood
that a successful plea of insanity
means confinement in an insane asy
lum for life and that plea will be
very seldom put In. Murderers
would, as a rule, rather take their
chances at swinging from a rope
than pa*s their lives thus with such
a law (here will be fewer so-called
insane men and fewer murders.”
Two or three weeks ago there or
grtiiiz*‘d in Cartersville a body of
young gentlemen entirely worthy of
all the attention, encouragement and
fostering; care this community can
bestow. As much as possible o. r
town pride should centre on the Car
tersville Light Infantry, the organi
zation to which reference is made.
We say this at the risk of ridicule
from older heads responsive to hearts
from which the military ardor has
long si'Tice been knocked western
crooked by either a practical four
years apprenticeship or, again, at the
sight of a post helium volunteer-corn
puny, epauletted squirt, who, with
hardly .sufficient brains to bear off
brick in a brick yard, but who im
agined, alle samee, that upon him
depended the safety of the Ameri
can republic. [This company, we say,
should be sustained, because nothing
of the above is likely to be the out-
growth. Our young men are too no
ble, chivalrous and brave to become
uniformed apes. The rank and fPe
of the company we understand num
bers n®arly fifty young men and
-quads of them are drilling every
evening, every soldier doin’g his best
to become proficient in the drill.
The young men will have many
difficulties to meet in making their
company a success. Many similar
companies with the purses of the
richest citizens opened to them have
fallen through. We say to them they
should keep a good heart, for it cer
tainly will not be long until the city
will be forced to realize in them an
ornament and necessity.
The young ladies, who always ral
ly to the interests of the “bold sol
dier boy.-” can be of great service to
the Light Infantry. Give the boys
your encouragement and support.
Get up fairs, concerts and entertain
ments for them and soon their treas
ury will enable them to become
. robaoly the crack company in
Georgia.
That the friends of the young gen
deman named, may see how he is
appreciated abroad we clip the fol
lowing from the Dahlonega Signal of
a recent date:
Mr. J. W. Akin, of Carterwille,
delivered the Alumni address at the
N. G. A- college during the com
mencement week, but owing to the
want of space in our last issue we
were unable to express our opinion
or give our anxious readers an idea
<r the talent displayed by this high
ly gifted orator. Although a very
young man he proved himself equal
to the task he had undertaken. With
only a few hoops notice of his elec
tion to address the society, with an
unprepared speech he pictured to the
young mind the manner in which
aouthern literature developed and ri
pened the minds of Georgia youths,
showing to them the necessity of
taking advantage of the ooportuni
ties that Georgia furnishes and pla
ces in the hands ol every one of her
sons.
When we take into consideration
the age of Mr. Akin, also the short
length of time he had in which to
prepare himself for the occasio'n, we
must say, with justice to him, that
his extempore speech has scarcely an
equal, not excepting men of more
mature years and experience. We
picture for him a bright future, and
feel confident that ere many years,
Georgia will re-echo his name
througn her vaileys and over her
bills as one of her brightest orna
ments. At the close of his address
ne delivered the various prizes to the
cadets who had distiuguisned them
selves in the different departments.
In this he was witty and humorous,
sympathizing with those who hau
s ruggled manfully to win, but had
not failed in their efforts to distin
guish themselves $ stating that upon
several occasions, he had ueea called
j up to get the prize aud yet uot to re-
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1881.
ceive it. On this account he knew
full well how to sympathize with
them, then turning to the succea-ful
ones, complimenting them in a mao
nerthat not only r* fl *cted honor
upon them, but on himself. This ad
dress to say the ledst, ranks very
high and was among the best we
have had the pleasure of listening to
for many years, and which was ap
preciated, not by the cadets -alone,
but by all who were fortunate enough
to be present on this occasion. The
poet better expresses our ap|irecia
tion of and feelings towards Mr. Akin
in the following word-:
“Welcome mighty chief,
Welcome again to our shore.”
Bartow Superior Court.
Stanseli & Wofford, vs. J. W. Hays
& Cos. Appeal. Dismissed.
Katie Gilbert, vs, Mollie Gilbert.
Libel for divorce. Total divorce al
lowed.
Lewis Tumi in, vs. Kit tie Deweese,
appeal, etc. Settled —parties divid
ing costs.
Order requiring grand jury of first
week to return and serve as grand
jury for fourth week.
E. E. Field, vs. Frank P. Gray,
udm., ect. Motion, by defendant, for
new trial. Overruled.
W, & A. R. R. Cos., vs. James M.
Elliott. The company’s motion fora
new trial. Granted.
No grand jury ihis, second week.
Traverse Juries No. I.—W A
Jackson, J W Scott, Win Reeves,
E B Elrod, E Payne, Jesse A Mo-
Cauiess, John Maxwell, B T Honea,
M J Guyton, Startling Roberts, O C
Kinney, Wm J Douala.
No. 2.—Wm P Leake, John L
Smith, A J Layton, Jno D Ford, T
W White, Johnson Adams, M P
Maxweli, S M Rhea, John Bradford,
H C Garrison, M W Holland, Geo P
Youngblood.
A. Robin, vs. W. H. Hackett.
Ronald Johnson, ad no., made party
plff.
W. L. Ayeock, vs. W. S. Barron.
Appeal, etc. Dismissed.
David Garrison, vs. Israel Davis &
John Hardy. Complaint for laud.
Dismissed.
The state, vs. Isaac Harper. As
sault and battery. • Deft, pleads
guilty.
The state, vs. Bud Knowles. Mis
demeanor. Plea of guilty entered.
The slate, vs. John Burrough.
Misdemeanor carrying concealed
weapons. Pleads guilty.
The state, v-. John Burrough. As
sault with intent to murder. Verdict
guilty. Motiou for new trial will be
made.
The state, vs. Bud Shepherd. Mis
demeanor. Pleads guilty, and gets
25u and costs, or four months in jail.
The state, vs. Fred Ivayler. Mis
demeanor. Is now on trial.
A Sad Death.
It will be remembered that only a
few weeks ago ye announced the
death of Dr. Win. Aniieis >n, of
Laurens county, S. D., who was for
several years an esteemed citizen of
Bartow county. We are now called
upon to chronicle the death of his
venerable consort which occurred at
Laurens court house S. C. on the 10th
inst., just one month after the demise
of her husband. The deceased was a
sister of Mrs. J. C. Young, of Car
lersville, aud last year was here on a
visit. This venerable couple, al
though then “sere and yellow leaf”
were apparently vigorous and With
Col. J. 0. Young, then alive formed
as cheerful a trio who had passed the
meridian of life as the writer ha
ever seen. But one year—aye, less
than a year and thtee high born,
noble spirits have passed away, leav
ing fond rerrn mbiances of long and
useful lives to forever remain fresh
and green in the hearts of idolizing
posterity aud appreciative frieuds.
A Bold Robbery.
Mr. Bar wick, a workman at Moon*?
shoe manufactory is an industrious,
sober an economical man, always ai
his post and taking the greatest care
of his earnings. Ho had saved up
.several hundred dollars which he
kept iu a trunk at his residence on
Tumlin street. Monday afurnoon
a thief entered the house, from the
rear it is supposed, forced open the
trunk and took out one hundred and
fifty dollars and a revolver. There
is what is considered a well-grounded
suspicion as to who committed the
deed, but it is earnestly hoped this
suspicion will prove incorrect. The
aiuovnt of money is quite large for a
man in Mr. Barwick’s circa mstauces
to lose, and it is the earnest hope of
the ebti re community that he will
soon recover it.
WAKE UP.
Do the People of Cartersville Know
they are about to be Robbed ?
Are the people of Cartersville
aware of the fact that their long
sought, long dreamed of public
schools are about to be stolen away
just at a time when success is abou*
to crown the efforts of the friends of
the system. Branson, per instruc
tions, has introduced a bill to repeal
the act providing for a system of
public Fchools in Cartersville, and we
are almost undtir the impression that
ne will secure the passage of his bill
by the default of the friends of popu
lar education in this city. We in.
quire whose business is it to fight in
the State legislature this stealthy at
tempt on the part of the property
holders of Cartersville to rob tbe
town of public schools. They have
tried every means to defeat public
schools. They tried to defeat it. when
tne bill was first presented in tbe
legislature and failed. W hen the
question was submitted -o the people.
at an election they tried their best to
defeat it and failed. After it was
overwhelmingly endorsed by tbe
people they employed tho shrewdest
lawyers and tried to get up injunc
tion after injunction, but all to no
effect. Now, like robbers, when a
confiding people resting in confidence
that its desires as expressed in the
legislature halls of Georgia, at the
ballot-box and before the judicialy
will be complied with, the enemies
of the system are about to thwart the
will of the people by quietly having
passed through the legislature a bill
to repeal an act to establish public
schools in Cartersville.
Let the trustees of the public school
hold a meeting and in some way
prepare to meet the fight that is to be
uiade. If it is not their business we
do not know whose It is. If the
wishes of the people in this respect
are not complied with we are almost
certain the fault will lie at the door
of the trustees. Let them rouse
themselves. They haven’t hud a
meeting in God knows when. Let
them either prepare against John
Branson’s fight or resign and let
somebody else take their places.
We have nobody else to look to but
ihe trustees of the school.
Personal Prattle.
Lew Auuspaugh has the
ism.
Charlie Moon talks about going to
housekeeping.
Moses Seheuer returned from Tate
springs Monday.
Uncle Martin Walker thinks he
will not shave again.
Mr. Turn Milner a young lawyer ol
Calhoun was here Monday.
Chris Milner, who is now living in
Augusta is in the city on a visit.
Miss Jo Gray, of Adairsviile,
visiting her brother Mi. Frank Gray
of this city.
Aaron Collins will build a residence
on the corner of‘the lot upon which
he now lives, and where his residence
formerly stood.
Dollie Moon has left Prices shoe
store in Atlanta and can now be
found at Berry’s. His friends may
be governed accordingly.
Mr. Richard C. Roberts left the
city Monday by the overland route
for Tennessee, whither he goes to
recuperate, lhestable is in charge
of Tom Poweil.
Mrs. Lucas and her daughter Miss
Joshs Martin have arrived to take up
iheir summer residence at beautiful
“Clarendon” which has during the
spring been rebuilt and remodelled.
Mr. George S. Johnson, elder son
of the late Col. A. Johnson, relumed
home (in Saturday last from Albu
querque, New Mexico, where he was
engaged in business, He will doubt*
less remain.
Another wanderer returned ou
Monday in the person of Gus Baker,
who for four years has been “rough
iug it” in the W'ikls of Texas and
Arkansas. Gus will remain as he
nays he cannot hjs health in the
far west. He siys he has engaged at
everything fiom running a sltntm
engine to teaching school siuee he
eft 00me.
PUBLIC MEETING.
In response to the following and
which was circulated on our streets
un Tuesday a large numbei of citi
zens of Bartow county assemnled in
the court house during court recess
at 12 M. yesterday:
Public Meeting.— At this session
of the Georgia legislature it is proba
ble that a branch of the State lunatic
asylum will be established in North
Georgia. The citizens of Bartow
county are requested to assemble in
public meeting on W dnesday, July
20th, 1881, for the purpose of inviting
the special committee from the legis
latuie to visit our county before mak
ing its report and to take other me as
ures to secure the location of said
asylum in Bartow county. Let there
be a full turnout of our people.
Many Citizens.
Hon. John C. Branson was called
to the chair and Shelby Attaway re->
quested to act as secretary.
Mr. Branson stated the object of
the meeting in a concise yet explicit
manner.
Upon motion of James B. Conyers,
it was resolved that the chair appoint
a committee the number to be left to
the discretion of the cnair to see and
confer with the committee on the
location of the Branch Lunatic Asy
lum ir* regard to locating the sameaj
this place,
The chair appointed the following
gentlemen: T. W. Akin, J. B. Con
yers, Z. W. Jackson, E T. Hender
son, J. J. Howard, P. L. M on, F
M. Ford, M. G. Dobbins, M. Milam,.
R. H. Cannon, J. M. Veach, A.
Wooley, G. H. Waring. J. N. Dobbs
C. M. Jones, 8. W. Leland, J. TANARUS.,
Norris, R. H. Jones, R. G. Mays,
T. H. B iker, T. C. Moore, W. I. Beu”
ham, J. C. Branson, W. H. Felton,
J. IT. Gilrealth, M. L. Pritchett, R.
W. Satterfield, T. W. Milner, M. R.
Stansell, J. W. Harris, sr., J. W
Harris, jr., T. J. Lyon, R. W. Mur
phey, John Anderson, sr., Mayor of
the city of Cartersville.
On motion the county commission
ers were added to the committee.
Upon motion it was resolved that
six of the committee constitute a
quorum.
Upon motion the county paper*
wi re requested to publish the pro
ceedings of the meetiug.
J. C. Branson, Chairman.
Shelby Attaway, Secretary.
Court House Capers.
The sounding of the criming
and *cket was the plaster that daily
draws crowds to the courbroom.
Tne grand jury of the first week
will convene again the last week of
court, when their general present
ments will bo made.
A disgusting case of a negro raping
(?) a wnitewoman cam i b3fore the
grand jury last week. Tne negro ha
fl -wn.
No grand jury this week.
There wnl be but two grand juries
during this term of court.
Judge J. R. Brown, of the B ue
Ridge circuit, was a spectator Tues
day morning.
The newly pledged lawyers ara
taking lb tie or no part in the present
legal proceedings.
Siitf'-Leg Johnson is a good caller
ami is (in haud at every court. He
hasn’t a voice equal to many prima
clones w r e have heard.
It was awful hot weather Tuesday
to make a criminal speech but our
Barlow county oratory is such that
knows no cuibing.
Mrs. Kitchen, the mother-in-law ol
Burrough was his prosecutor.—
When t.ie law and a mother-in-law
too get after a mau there’s not much
how for him.
New Advertisements.
Tarrant’s Seltzer Aperient the
world renowned medicine is adver.
tised.
%
We regret that we omitted the ad
vertisement of the Bartow Institute
last week, which occurred through
inadvertaiice. We hope we are in
time, however, to convince some pa
rent that he can find no better teacher
in the county thau Prof. L. C. Dickey,
Adairsviile, Ga.
The great Georgia State Fair has
an announcement also to wnich we
direct the attention of all who may
be in search of pleasure and recrea
tion this fall. A private note from
lhe secretary informs us that plenty
of fun may be expected.
Messrs, J. M. Alexander & Cos.,
hardware dealers of Atlanta, have an
advertisement standing on its head
proclaiming the excellencies of the
Pratt Revolving Head Gin and the
celebrated Watertown Dry-Steam
Eugiue. Profit by reading.
REPORTORIAL RACKET.
Suppose a Are should break out iu
Cartersville,
What Bartow county needs now
and needs badly Is a good rain.
We still contend that a park wonld
add much t® the attractiveness of Cartersville.
Mr. John jL. Moon, of Atlanta, is
in attendance upon this term of the Superior
Court.
When there is a storm in the nur
sery the mother will castor oil on the waters
in vain.
It does not always follow that a
mau is a sculptor because he chisels an editor
out of a year’s subscription.
John Howard, well known in Car
tersville, returned from Kentucky recently,
whither ha went several years ago.
Why don’t some enterprising man
build a few residences in Cartersville. There
is hardly a vacant house in town.
There never was a time when there
was so much scooped np loveliness as is seen
poked away in the present stylo of bouncts.
We regret to leara of the death of
the infant child of George Waldroup. The
sympathy of ihe cuiire community is with
the young parents.
Henry Itamsaur brought down $420
worth of leather Monday iu oue wagon load.
He shipped it to Baltimore where it will be
made into shoes and shipped back to us.
Thomas Stovall, once a resident of
Cartersville, but now cf Augusta, is in the
eouuty on a visit. He is spending his time
at Etowah Heights, the loveiT Shelman home.
When an acquaintance says “How
are you. aud rushes by you without waiting
for a reply, if I was iu your place I wouldn't
follow him more than a mile to tell him I was
well.
Flics are said to disappear from a
room containing a plate of the following: Half
teaspoouiul oi black pepper in powder, qpe of
brown sugar, and one of cream mixed to
gether. . • H t '
Here! hold on! stop! let up on
this temperance business. Prof. Proctor says
that in fifteen million years every trace of
water will have disappeared from the face of
the globe.J
We return thanks to that clever
and good farmer James C. Waldroup for our
first country watermelon of tlie season. Jim
bangs them in continually and his melons al
ways go at a premium.
Borne girls never resent a slight or
injury inflicted by her lover. She is tranquil,
self-ceutered and superior to temper, but with
sleepless and impenitent malevolence she
awaits her opportunity and marries him
alive.
A prominent wheat buyer inform
ed us the other day that more wheat has beeu
M>ld thus far this season than at a corres
ponding season last year. The farmers have
Held their wheat this year as long as possible
awaiting advance in price.
Pine Log, in this county, has
turned out a band of Swiss Bell Ringers,
which will travel under the name of The
Fulton Family, Prof. J. C. Fulton, cornetist
uud Mrs. Fulton, vocalist, the principal at-
I
tractions.
It sterns that our bar is rapidly
beeamiug a cattle show. Several of our law i
yers have received charming sobriequets and
in the stock pen can be found “Sitting Bull,”
Speckled Buck” aud “Spotted Heifer.” Watt
next ?
While plowing in a field on the
Pinkerton place last week young James
Paiue’s horse suddenly disappeared- He
didn’t see aa old well just before him. The
horse belonged to Bill Puckett and now sleeps
the long sleep ia a deep, deep grave.
A young drilling squad in the
western part o. the city, it is said, have
siumbled up on a young war already. An
irate denizen of that locality, disturbed by
the vociferous orders of a drill sergeant, tired
into the squad the other evening, bnt with no
damaging effect.
Many persons iron towels, fold
them and place them away before they are
dry. This is an error aud sometimes leads to
results not expected. In this damp condition
ihere is a mould which forms ou them called
•‘oidium,” one variety of which causes a skin
disease kuown as ringworm.
Everything in nature indulges in
amusement. The lightning plays: the wind
whistles, the thunder rolls, the snow flies, the
waves leap and the fields smile. Even the
buds shost and the rivers ruq.
In order to keep ice for any length
of time place two sticks across a basin, and
•ay the Ice, enveloped In flannel, on them.
Failing a suitable basin, the sticks can bs
placed across the top of the water-jug. The
great object is to keep the ico oat of the water,
which, if allowed to accumulate around it as
melts, still further accellerates the melting.
We hope the members of the conr*
mittee appointed at the meeting on yesterday
will put themselves to some pains to perform
the .duties assigned them. ,A number of
North Georgia towus are striving for the
urauch asylum and our people should put
their shoulders to the wheel in earnest.
A hill has been introduced in the
Legislature by Representative Branson to re
peal the act to ere >te aud maintain a system
f public schools ru the city of Cartersville.
f hus it will bfe that the public schools will be
a failure, notwithstanding all requirements
providing for their establishment have been
com plied wiu-, except fc be the collection of
ih® money to put them in operation, II the
poor people lose their public schools at whoi*
door will the limit Ue.
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