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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. NO. 22