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About The standard and express. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1871-1875 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1873)
THE STANDARD & EXPRESS. S. 11. SMITH A 00., Proprietors. CABTERSVILLE, GA.: THURSDAY*, JULY 3d. 1873. The address of Mayor IlufT, con tained in this issue, is well worthy of a careful reading, and as such, we recommend it to our subscribers. — Ijet no one be frightened at its length, it will richly repay the reader for his time. The strong common sense so manfully and eloquently written, recommends it to the attention of all our people, and marks its author as a man of no ordinary powers. The cholera seems to be spending its force at Memphis, Nashville, and Chattanooga, the cases becoming few er in number and more controlable. The towns East of Nashville are, how ever, suffering greatly, Shelbyville, Cowan, Fountain Head, and Green ville being among the number. No case at Knoxville. Ex-President Johnson has had the disease, but is l«*tter. Only three hundred people are left in Greenville, mostly poor people and negroes, many of whom are suffering for food and medicine. Seven deaths reported in Cincinnati. Hev. L. 11. Millican, agent for Liv ington’s Explorations and the Start ling Expedition into Africa, is now' engaged in offering this interesting work to the public. Mr. Millican, well known in this community, is a gentleman who easily recommends himself to the favor of the public by his great urbanity and entire relia bility, while the work speaks for it self, and will doubtless meet a ready sale. We commend this gentleman to the people wherever he may go, and, from present indications, doubt not that the work, in his hands, will be largely sold. Died at her residence, near Kings ton, in this county, on Sunday, the 2‘Jth ult., Mrs. J. C. Roper, daughter of the late Major Wooley. In the death of this lady the community have lost one of its most estimable members, the church a pious and de voted Christian, and her afflicted fam ily all that constituted the dear mo ther and wife. Long afflicted, she bore her sickness with pious resigna tion, and yielded up her life calmly into the hands of Him w ho doeth all things well. To the disconsolate and thrice afflicted husband and children, we tender our warmest sympathies, in which, doubtless, the whole com munity mingle with heart-felt sor sow. CHOLERA. In a late issue of the Atlanta Her ald, the statement w T as made that a case of cholera occurring upon the cars, very much to the consternation of the passengers, vVas put off at this place, under medical treatment. This statement was matter of news to all of our people, as no such case occur red, nor has there been any of any kind. The report of this ease by the Herald has been w'idely copied into other papers, and has affected our ci ty a little injuriously, causing some persons to abstain from coming to Cartersville, and creating no little alarm among friends at a distance, and the writing of many letters of enquiry, &e., Ac. We regret the cir culation of any such report, and take pleasure in positively stating, that nothing of the kind has ever been in our midst, and all persons w’ho may be disposed to visit Cartersville may do so without the slightest apprehen sion. The city is healthy, and will prove a pleasant resort for all parties who seek good water, pure air, and as healthy a location as there is in the Cherokee region. FOURTH OF JULY. Preparations are being made for the celebration of the 4th of July at Atlanta, and for aught we know like demonstrations will be made in other parts of the South. Our Yankee friends, or rather rulers, are looking forward, too, to the centennial anni versary with much enthusiasm, and the whole country North will turn out, we suppose, en masse, for a grand display. We candidly declare that we see nothing very inviting in all this to any Southern man. If by the patriotism and courage of our gallant ancestors, they wrung their liberties from British oppression, the North, who were engaged with them in that perilous conflict, have, in these latter days, taken the place of our former oppressors, and placed upon our necks a yoke far more galling than any thing ever experienced by us from British rule. If there was cause to glorify the flag under whose folds, led by Washington, we gained a sig nal deliverance in 1776, to Southern eyes and Southern hearts it has lost its charm, since now it waves over these people, an emblem of ruined fortunes, charred homes, slaughtered children, plundered property, violat ed faith, a subverted constitution, and negro domination, upheld by Fed eral bayonets flashing under its stars and stripes. Fancy, if we can, the people of Carolina or of Louisiana joining in a display so full of mock ery of their present prostrate condi tion, and the honest heart would turn away disgusted at such miserable hy pocrisy, or sorrowing bitterly over the decayed and fallen manhood of their degenerate sons. It is enough to bow silently to the powers which be, and yield unresistingly, if not willingly, to a state of things which connot be helped, but to lick the hand which smites, and join in gild ed parades and loud hozannas around and over the very emblem of our misfortunes and our wrongs, is a lit tle more than ought to be expected from a people who, though ruined now, cannot hut remember their for mer state, and the means by which their present ruin and dishonor was i brought about and is kept up. We ‘ cannot celebrate the 4th of J uly. We cannot laugh at our own w'oes. For the Standard and Express. On Tuesday, June 21th, the breth ren of the Mystic tie celebrated St. John Baptist day by procession, ad dress and feast. The brethren from eight sister Bodges were invited to participate, as follows: Marietta, Ac- I worth, Kingston, Adairsville, Stiles boro, Euharlec, Pine Log, and Can ton Lodges, which were mostly large ly represented. The Lodge assem bled, by three blasts of the horn, at 10 o’clock, a. m., w’hcn the Lodge was opened with the usual ceremo nies. At 11 o’clock our Marshal of the day was sent out to the cars to meet the orator of the day, Dr. Love, of Atlanta, and conduct him to the Lodge room, when a procession, con sisting of near three hundred breth ren, was formed and marched out Main street to the Baptist church, ac companied by a fine brass band of music, at which place Old Hundred was sung to “Before Jehovah’s awful throne,” accompanied By the organ, after which we had prayer by Rev. R. 11. Jones, then our Worshipful Master, Dr. Thompson, introduced the orator of the day, Dr. Love, to the audience, who delivered a fine address of one hour’s duration, prin cipally giving a history of Masonry, its origin, Ac. After the address, the procession was re-formed in the same order and marched back Market street to the Lodge room, with music, w hen the Lodge was called from labor to refreshments, and marched to the City Hall, w’here a sumptuous repast had been prepared by our old and es teemed friend and fellow-citizen, Joshua Sumner, proprietor of the Tennesee House. When all were seated, a blessing was asked by Rev. R. 11. Jones, after which all proceed ed to fill the inner man. A great many beautiful ladies graced the Hall with their presence, which made ev ery thing pass off' harmoniously and pleasantly. After the brethren of the Mystic tie were dismissed, our fire Company turned out, and looked splendidly in their nnv uniforms. They made two runs from the Court House to the Post Office, the band playing for them, in quick time. W. A. D. Sensation in Drowning.— Dr. Hoffman, one of the gentlemen who in the recent falling of a bridge at Dixon, 111., on a baptismal occasion, narrowly escaped death by drowning, says, with regard to his sensations: When I sank I was still sensible of the surroundings. I w T ent apparent ly very close to the bottom. The current rolled me over and over, and my hands frequently came in con tact with the gravel. I could feel the water running down my throat and in my ears, and all at once ex perienced the most delightful sensa tion. I seemed to be at peace with with everything and perfectly hap py. My whole life passed before me likea flash of lightning, the events appearing in sequence, the most prominent appearing to be indelibly impressed upon my mind. Circum stances I had forgotten appeared viv idly, and I did not w'ant to be distur bed. I should have preferred to re main where I was. While in the midst of a beatific reverie, thinking what my wife would do if she were saved and I drowned, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I was almost in sensible, but gradually came to my self. Oh, how sick and wretched I felt. I was greatly astonished at the number of events that passed through my mind while under the water. Nothing that occurred during child hood was evident, but everything since 1 was nineteen years old ap peared before me us if photographed. THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR. MAYOR HUFF’S ADDRESS. Mayor’s Office, ] Macon, June 1,1873. j To the People of Upper and Lower Georgta: As you are aware, the Georgia State Agricultural Society will hold its next annual Fair at this place, com mencing on the 27th day of October. Every true Georgian is justly proud of his native State—rich in minerals as it is varied in soil—wealthy, in deed, in all that should constitute a people prosperous and happy. We have here that diversity of produc tion and peculiar adaptation of the various sections to the different in dustrial pursuits which combine to make up the natural elements suffi cient for an Empire. In agriculture, as in everything else, harmonious con cert of action strengthens and sup ports each section of the State. Low er Georgia has her peculiar interest to foster and protect and her great strength to boast of. The same may be said of upper and middle Georgia. The city of Macon occupies a grand central position geographically, and her citizens have provided within her limits fair grounds and equipments equal, if not superior, to any in the United States, for the accommoda tion of visitors and for the exhibition of any and every article which may be brought here for show. The Ex ecutive Committee and members of the State Agricultural Society have evinced a determination to make this next the g;eat Fair of the State. The handsome and liberal premium list now being circulated throughout the State speaks for itself. An ex amination of its pages will convince every one that the Society means bu siness. Bnt the “county displays” are looked forward to as the promi nent and great leading features of the Eair, and will doubtless present a grand panoramic view of each county and section such as has never before been witnessed by tire people of Geor gia. The purposes of this appeal are, therefore, to invite and urge every county in the State, if possible, to he represented in some way, so that we may have no blanks in the picture. To do this is a plain, patriotic duty; a duty which, if zealously performed, will conduce to the prosperity and success of every county in the State, without any regard whatever as to which gets the SIOOO premium offer ed. This premium will, of course, go to the county which shall furnish the “largest and finest display.” But, as will be seen by reference to the premium list, there are three other handsome premiums to be distribut ed among other counties, as follows: A premium of SSOO to the county making the second best display. A premium of S3OO to the county making the third best display. A premium of S2OO to the county making the fourth best display. There are now three prominent counties in the State which are known to be bending and concentrat ing all their vast powers and resourc es upon this great contest—one in Upper Georgia, one in Middle Geor gia, and one in Southwestern Geor gia. Other counties will report pro gress, and enter the list for competi tion at the next meeting of the Soci ety, to bo held in Athens next month. But while the foregoing county prizes are intended to represent the leading features of the preminm list, they are by no means the most at tractive. The city of Macon lias uni ted with the society in the effort to present a list of rewards that will not only please but actually recompense the exhibitor for some labor and ex pense. And among others which may be referred to with pride and satisfaction, are the following: For best acre of clover hay $ 50 For best acre of luderne hay 50 For best acre of native grass 50 For best acre of pea-vine hay 50 For best acre of corn forage 50 For largest yield of Southern cane 1 acre 50 For best and largest display of garden vegetables 25 For largest yield of upland cot ton, 1 acre.;; 200 For best crop lot upland short staple cotton, not less than five bales 500 | For best one bale upland short staple cotton 100- (and 35 cents per lb. for the bale.) For best bale upland long staple cotton 100 I (and 25 cents per lb. for the bale.) For the best oil painting, by a Georgia lady 100 For the best display of paintings, drawings, etc., by the pupils of fine school or college 100 For the best made silk dress, done by a lady of Georgia not a dress maker 50 For the best made home-spun dress, done by a lady of Geor gia not a dress-maker 50 For the best piece of tapestry in worsted and floss, by a lady of #Georgia 50 For the best furnished baby bas ket and complete set of infant clothes, by a lady of Georgia... 50 For the handsomest set of Mou ehoir-case, glove box and pin cushion, made by a lady of Georgia 50 For the best half dozen pairs of cotton socks, knit by a lady over fifty years of age, (in gold) 25 For the best half dozen pairs of cotton socks knit by a girl un der ten years of age (in g01d)... 25 For the finest and largest display of female handicraft, embracing needlework, embroidery, knit ting, crocheting, raised work, etc., by one lady .. 100 For the best combination horse... 100 For the best saddle horse 100 For the best style harness horse.. 100 For the finest and best matched double team 100 For the best stallion, with ten of his colts by his side.. 250 For the best gelding 250 For the best six-mule team 250 For the best single mule 100 Foj the best milch c0w..... 100 For the best bull 100 For the best ox team 100 For the best sow with pigs 50 For the largest and best collection of domestic fowls 100 For the best bushel of corn 25 For the best bushel of peas 25 For the best bushel of wheat 25 For the best bushel of sweet po totoes 25 For the host bushel of Irish pota toes 25 For the best fifty stalks of sugar cane 50 For the best result on one acre in any forage crop 150 For the largest yield of corn on one acre 100 For the largest yield of wheat on one acre 50 For the largest yield of oats on one acre 50 For the largest yield of rye on one acre 50 For the best result on one acre, in any cereal crop 200 For the best display made on the grounds, by any dry goods mer chant 100 For the best display made by any grocery merchant..* 100 For the largest and best display of greenhouse plants, by one person or firm 100 For the best drilled volunteer military company 500 For the best brass band, not less than ton performers 250 (and SSO extra per day for their music.) For the best Georgia made plow stock 25 For the best Georgia made wag on (two horse) 50 For the best Georgia made cart... 25 These are among the many pre miums offered by the city of Macon, and the State Agricultural Society, aggregating in all more than $15,000. But it is not to the value of the pre miums that we look for rewards. The exhibition promises nobler re sults than this. There will be a great moral influence growing out of it. The political economist will here find food for his thoughts. The ar tisan will scan, with eagle eye, the work of his peers. The thrifty far mer; the enterprising merchant; the fowl fancier and the stock importer: the horticulturist —all will be enter tained pleased and instructed. Here we will learn the sources of supply and demand in our own State. Here we will learn where in our own State, each and every article is pro duced, raised or manufactured. Our people will here be taught where, in their own country, they may follow that pursuit best suited to their in terest and taste, without being forced to hunt homes among strangers, as is now too often the case. Exhibitors from Upper Georgia will here find a market for the ready sale of much if not all, of their perishable articles at full remunerative prices. In addi tion to all this, much general good must necessarily grow out of these annual reunions of so many of the thinking and working men and wo men of the country. The spirit of -State pride is fanned into new life by these meetings and we forget, as it were our individual misfortunes in rejoicing over our mutual successes. Let us then devote one week in next October to the very profitable work of meeting and discussing the impor tant agricultural and commercial in terests of the day. Let it be a week devoted purely to the explosion of false theories and putting into prac tical operation the safe, sound, busi ness ideas of the times. Among other things, let us prove, by the va riety and merits of our exposition, the great and absolute danger and folly of looking to railroads, rivers or canals for relief from “hard times.” Let our Fair m October be the only argument adduced by us to prove the utter fallacy of that grand idea, that ignis fat uiis, called cheap transporta tion, which has so suddenly become the allabsorbing theme among men in search of relief. For it may in time indeed, it has already—become a se rious question with thoughtful, ob serving men, whether we have not now too much transportation. Our seeming advantages may sometimes become our greatest misfortune. That which is oft-times a conven ience is not always a blessing. It may become a vital necessity for us to inquire whether or not these im mense railroad lines—traversing and corduroying, as they do our country from mountain to seaboard—are re ally feeding or absorbing us? That transportation which fosters and en courages our improvidence while it depletes our pockets may be the transportation least of all others wanted in this country. And the objections now so strongly urged agains our railroad systems might not be entirely overcome by these proposed water lines. It is not how ever, the practicability of these grand schemes for reducing freights that we must stop now to consider—for no matter how feasible they may be Georgia it is in no condition to wait their completion. The emergency— bread—is upon us and must go to work, and go to work to-day. We must teach our boys to precept and example, that the great virture of life and the necessity of the age is to be found in the truth of the old Latin maxim, “Labor omnia vincit .” The people of Georgia should never be dependent upon any line or any svs tem of transportation for the* moat and the bread, the hay and the fer tilizers used upon their farms. Hue?' a policy will bankrupt and starve out any people in the worid. Show me the man with a fat smoke-house and a well filled barrt, and I will show you one who is not affected by low priced cotton or high transportation. On the other hand, point me to that fanner with a lean smoke-house and fin emty corn-crib, and I will show you a miserable poor and mistaken wreeh, whose dependent and desti tute condition can never be reached by high-priced cotton or relieved in any way by cheap transportation. The truth is, we have been betting our bottom dollars so long on three fatal cards, called “credit,” “cotton ” and “caterpillar,” that we now have nothing left us but our mules and lands; and in seven cases out of ten these are pledged to some warehouse firm for supples to make this year’s crop with. And yet, in the face of all this crouching poverty and em barrassment we learn fram the news papers of the country that more land is planted in cotton this year than last; or even any year since the war. No wonder, then, that we should be crying out for more transportation. Fifteen years ago, when I first commenced the produce business in Macon, my little orders for grain and meat seldom went father west thau the fertile hills of Cherokee Georgia, and the narrow valleys in East Ten nesse. I had time then to write and send letters for these supplies and wait the return of quotations before buying. I, with other merchants, purchased there at our leisure all that was necessary to supply the wants of Middle and Southwestern Georgia. Now we send our immense orders by telegraphic wires to the rich fields and broad plains of Illin ois rnd Missouri; and if by any chance or ill luck, a railroad bridge is burn ed or a transfer boat is sunk and a little blockade occurs en route, a panic ensues-and a meat bread and hay fa mine at once threatens every man and beast south of Chnttanooga. This is our miserable poor and help less condition to-day—fearful and unreasonable as it may appear to outsiders. Butthatannualdeficiency of fifty millions of bushels of grain in the four States of Georgia, Ala bama, Florida and South Carolina, commented upon so gravely by the Canal Convention in Atlanta, tells the whole story. We have sudden ly awakened, as it were, from a deep sleep and discovered the unwelcome fact that we are a poor, thriftless non producing all-consuming, dependent people. And just so long as the far mers and planters of Georgia pursue their present and policy of buying fertilizers to make cotton to buy corn bacon and hay with, and then pay wo per cent. A month for money from April to November of each year to run this wild schedule, just so long will they be pitiable beggars and borrowers at the doors of trans portation offices and Georgia shav ing shops, provided a worse fate does not speedily overtake them. The truth is, the whole country has become one common counting room and huge gambeling shop. What we once did with the axe and the hoe, the plowshare and the reap ing hook, we now seek to accomplish by strategy and chance, credit and speculation.* And we must, sooner or later, come back to first principles or we must perish. We have too many able-bodied young men in shady places; too much tape cutting and pin selling and too little cotton chop ping and hay curing; too many yard sticks thrown around loose on smooth-top counters and not enough hoe-handles and plow-stocks; too many law-books and lager beer bar rels in proportion to the rail-splitting and ditch digging; too much foolish fashion and loppery, and not enough sledge-hammers and saw-horses—in a word, too much wholesale idleness. Georgia has to-day, buried in the rich bosom other varied soil and pre cious mineral beds, greater wealth and grander results than can ever be worked out by canal projects or Con gressional enterprises. And how is it to be done? Not by dreamy theo ries and mythical plans, but in talk ing com instead of canal—in diversi fying and developing our own vast resources—in writing more about home effort and less about foreign im migration—in planting less eotton and manufacturing more yarns. In this, and this only, lies the great se cret of Georgia success—agricultural as well as financial and commercial. We are immensely rich in resoui*es, but miserably poor in the handling of them. What wo want is work—hon est, liardfisted, intelligent, well-di rected toil, labor and application in developing and utilizing what we have here at home rather than so ma ny spasmodic efforts to bring from abroad that which we should not bug. Our poverty, like our pride, is tne result of misapprehensions and mis taken ideas of ourselves, of our coun try and of each other. The abolition of slavery in the youth has develop ed a vast world of sickly, sentiment al, lazy, indolent, stupified, inert and unapt, population—a population of young and middle-aged men, some of whom have known better days. These men put on old store clothes, hang around dirty grogshops and dingy hotels, smoke cheap segars and drink mean whisky, affect old habits and anti-war style, talk poli tics a little and curse destiny and free negroes more, fret and fume over the result of the late war, write and sign up mortgage liens on their cot ton crops before they are planted, pay two per cent., interest on money for nine months in the year and then promise to pay annually in the fall | more money per acre for commercial manures to scatter over their lands than some of them originally cost. And, finally, when inattention to business and general bad policy and mismanagement have brought them and their State to the extremity of desperation—when ruin and bank ruptcy stare us all in the face—we is sue proclamations, call public meet ings, invite distinguished gentlemen from abroad to come here and sym pathise with us. We meet in ban quet halls, drink much champagne and discharge more gas over the great and absorbing questions of canal schemes, Congressional aid and cheap transportation, than was ever expect ed bv our forefathers in discussing the Declaration of American Indepen dence. And what does it avail? Will these idle and extravagant de mostrations ever work out the great problem of Georgia independence? No ! Never until labor become popu lar will money get easy. Never, un til we feed fancy less, and learn to fatten chickens and hogs more, will want disappear and plenty step in. When these plain secrets oflife shall have been learned, when the wild mania for speculation shall have de parted from our farm houses and plantations, when our planters shall learn from experience to abandon Wall street brokers and “cotton fu tures,” and come to deal more direct ly in the production of square little “spots” of potatoes and corn, when agriculture shall become the ruling feature and controlling interest in our State—then, and not until then, will we become au independent, prosper ous and happy people. And we have here in Georgia all the eloments nec essary to this great end. Here God has blessed us with every thing essen tial to the prosperity and growth of man or beast, if only worked out. Everything, from a chicken and a churn to a cotton field and a coal bed, from a ground pea patch on the sana i.::;s to a gold mine in the mountains. These are among the rich, rare and multiplied resources of Georgia; these constitute our strength, our refuge and our power. Think of it, farmers and planters of Middle Georgia! Here we are, in the heart of the Empire State, the boasted owners of lauds without stint, blessed with a climate and soil where two crops of grain or two cf potatoes, or one each of pea vines and hay can be successfully grown on the same land the same year, and yet we go to Baltimore to buy guano to make a little cotton to sell in New York to get money to buy hay, oats and corn away out in the rich States of Ken tucky, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. And just so long as we are the volun tary patrons of produce dealers, heart less rings and pampered monopolies, such as now own and control, ope rate and direct our only lines of trade and transportation north, south and west, just so long will we be fit sub jects for leindrufts and homestead laws, mortgages and repudiation. The South must work out her own independence. The remedy is outs, if we will only apply it. Too often have we been beguiled by plausible schemes for great improvements and financial relief. Let us no longer be lulled into a false security by any promises which can be made, outside of our harvest fields and hog pens, our hay patches and cane mills. It is here we shall find it. To this end the State Agricultural Society throws open the doors of her Exposition halls, otters her premium lists to the pub lic, and invites competition irom every section of the country. It may sometimes suit the interest of small politicians to excite sectional antagonisms in the State; but no such petty jealousy is to be found in the heads and hearts of those enga ged in the industrial pursuits. All are expected at the Fair in October. Macon unites with the State Agricul tural Society in a cordial invitation to every county in the State to be represented, it will impart new life, vigor and energy to every industry; it will disseminate knowledge and culture among the great masses of the people ; it will kindle a lofty emula tion among the working classes; it will present one vast field for testing theories and trying conclusions; it will cement us, as a people, in the bonds of fraternal union, and none should be deterred from fear of de feat—for the triumph of one will be the triumph of all, and there will be no rejoicing over any defeat. From the ladies we expect much— yes, almost everything. Without their kindly aid and handiwork we shall have no Floral Hall, and with out that pleasing feature in perfection the Fair can never be a grand success. The good women of our country sav ed us here two .years ago—without their timely efforts the Fair of 1871 would have been an immense failure. Their hearty co-operation now is all we want to insure success. Let us then unite in one mighty ef fort to throw together, in one com mon display, the grand and aggre gate specimen resources of our proud old commonwealth. Let it be such an exposition of our pride and our strength; such an evidence of our skill and taste, our genius and our energy, and especially of our love for agriculture anil our homes, as shall challenge, in kindness, the competi tion of tlie South, while it excites the envy and admiration of the world. W. A. Huff, Mayor of the city of Macon, GEORGIA QUILL-DRIVERS. There are many valuable papers in Georgia, that have wielded a mighty influence in shaping the affairs of this State. The Press is a power in the land. It builds up and destroys. It shackles and disenthralls. It cre ates a public sympathy and engen ders a public hatred. It dissemi nates light and dissipates darkness. The day was when the silver-toned orator with the motion of his hand swayed the multitude; to-day that pale man, who glides the pen at the hour of midnight, moulds the pub lic mind and shapes the destinies of the nations. How great are the res ponsibilities, how important the trust. The Georgia Press, in the country and city, is said to be of more than ordinary excellence, in in tellectual ability, refinement, spici ness and neatness. In the city of Atlanta, two daily papers are striv ing for the ascendency in point of merit and enterprise. Hemphill and Clark, of the Constitution, are mak ing Avery exertion to excel and now combined with the Sun, we can but feebly depict its future prosperity. The Herald has made Alston, Abrams and Grady excellent editors or they have made the Herald an ex cellent paper, is one of the“wliiches” you may determine by reading that paper. Clisby, Iteese and Jones, of the Macon Telegraph & Messenger, one of the best papers in the State, are al ways sober, sensible and sound. The Enterprise, at the same place, managed by Stevenson, with the spirit of Jacobs , has wrestled with success until it has prevailed. The Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, acts upon the principle, “be sure you are Wright then go ahead,” and Tat Walsh generally manages to keep his paper in the front rank. The Albany News is peculiarly Style{s)ish, trenchant, large and new sy. The Savannah News, edited by Mr. W. T. Thomson, with Harris as the witty, locomotive head light, is might E-stiU, but wields a great in fluence in shaping “Georgia Affairs.” The Savannah Republican and Ad vertiser is not only conducted with the enterprise of a Kimball, but with a bristling Beard is defies competi tion and is an excellent journal. The Columbus Enquirer, under Calhoun’s management, is exhibit ing life, industry and ability. The Rome Courier is not Dwindl ing but under the manipulation of a keen Sawyer is cutting its way into favor. Bill Arp (Chas. Smith) makes a “bust-le” in the Rome Commercial office; he has Nev-in to say unless it is pointed and wity, The Griffin Star launches its Speer right and left, and, Alexander- like, weeps for more subscribers to con quer. The Cartersville Standard & Ex press, with a Smith, a Brewster and a Harris, is Tumi in right over obsta cles, and since the establishment of a laundry there, they manage to keep clean shirts and consciences. The Athens Watchman is staunch and solid, as Col. Christy is able and large. The Athens Georgian is spicy and brave as Modoc. The Gnatt brothers run it. The Forsyth Advertiser, with the brain work of two Kings wields the scepter of the “fourth estate” with the firmness of a Stone. Others there are worthy of men tion, but this must suffice for the present. —Marietta Journal. The Postmaster-General has deter mined to issue an order directing that all postal cards which cannot be delivered to the person addressed shall be Immediately returned to the writer, without charge. The Sun a Cure for Rheuma tism. —A carpenter in this city who has been troubled with the rheuma tism for a long time, yesterday dis covered a novel and simple cure. He was sitting in the sun, and as the warmth seemed to relieve his accute pains, he bared his leg and left it ex posed until the heat had almost blis tered it. He says the rheumatism is all burned out, and be is entirely cured. What next?— Dubuque Tele graph. Fi he-Water.— “Ten pounds of kerosene, three pounds of potash, one ounce of strychnine, mixed with soft water.” It was according to this cheerful, not to say convivial formula, that a quantity of “whisky” seized last week in Newton, Mass., was compounded, the recipe having also been found in the posses.'ion of the unfortunate dealer. If you want “gin,” and quantum suffl U of oil of juniper! The mystery is that men who drink this diabolic.il fluid do not drop down stone dead at once. DOES GEN. GRANT DRINK TOO MUCH. There can be no impropriety in mentioning what every one notices at once who looks into" his face for the first time for several years, that his bad habits are making their mark on our President. The ever present cigar and the occasional stimulants, whose natural effects may have been somewhat naturalized by the active out door experiences of the army, are telling on him in the sedentary life ot the White House. Such self indulgence is fatal to that clear beaded, pure-blooded condition which he owes to his high office to maintain ; and it is the right of every citizen to speak of it and protest against it. — Chicago Advance. The Grangers Hun ring the Records—A Georgia Granger tells us the brethren have been wading into statistics above their ankles lately. They find that the farming interest in Georgia comprises just about eight-tenths of the voting pop ulation of the State. Upon looking into State legislation, they find as follows: Six-tenths of it devoted to altering and amending the Code, and the general busines of facilitating the enforcement of contracts, or eluding them as the case may be. From two and a half-tenths is in relation to corporations. About one and a half tenth may be characterized under the head of miscellaneous. Less than one-tenth has any special reference to the interest of the farmers, who compose eight-tenths of the voters. This shows the way the old thing works. This indicates the chimeri cal and unpractical character of leg islation in Georgia, which neglects and overlaughs the great foundation interest of society. The grangersare making up their minds to get a hear ing hereafter. —Maeon Telegraph. A Nevada justice laid a six-shooter on iiis bench and asked; “Is there any one here who takes exception to the rulings of this court?” Nobodv did. J sale, on a credit until first November, 1873, 200 Bushels of Corn, near Hass’ Ferry, on the Eiowah River. Price, without interest, One Dollar per Bushel. Also a lot of Fodder. Call on J. J. HOWARD. Jline 25th, 1873.—3 ts NOTICE WILL be sold at public sale, for Cash, if not previously sold at private sale, on Tuesday, the sth day of August next, in the City ot Carters ville, Ga., all the property lie longing to the Etowah Manufacturing and Mining Company, m the county of Bartow', State ot Georgia, containing about Fifteen Thousand Acres of Land, together with all its Franchises, &c. t ' IOIIX L - VILLALONGA, June 26th, lo73.—tds President. BOOT & SHOE SHOP] PERSONS WANTING VALUE RECEIVED FOR THEIR MONEY, IN THE FORM OF BOOTS OR SHOES, would do well to call on M. WALKER, IN COL. HARRIS’ LAW OFFICE, MAIN STREET, And have their Boots anil Shoes Made und Re paired to order, with neatness and dispatch. Grivo Him a, Call l WORK WARRANTED NOT TO RIP!! 2-27—ly. FRENCH’S NEWHOTEL COR. CORTLAKBT & mI CHURCH STS, NEW YORK. On The European Plan. RICHARD 1\ FRENCH\ Son of the late Col. RICHARD FRENCH, of French’s Hotel, lias taken this Hotel, newly Htted up and entirely renovated the same.— Centrally located in the BUSJXESS PART of the City, Ladies’ & Gentlemen’s Dining Rooms At tached. June 19, 1873.—3 ms CARTERSVILLE BAKERY! BY J. D. WILKIE & BRO., WEST MAIN STREET, CARTERSVILLE, GA. IPx-oeßla. Broaci db Caltos Kept Constantly on Hand. Wedding Parties, Pic-nics, at.d all other Parties can have Cakes, both Plain and Ornamental, served up in the neatest and best style. Cartersville, Ga., June 19, 1873.—1 y P| M Jf mUE undersigned, Agent for the world nowned Wm. tib CO., C. Xj. Grorlaam cfc Cos., And other Pianos, sold at New York prices.— Second hand Pianos lor sale and to rent very low. Organs from different makers, from SSO upwards. Pianos and Organs sold on install ments, and easy terms, and tuned and repaired in the best manner, at very moderate prices; fully warranted in every particular, and all orders promptly attended to. Leave orders with Mr. Peter Marsh, Cartersville, Ga., or Address F. L. FREY Ell, June 19, 1873.—1 y Marietta, Ga. ASSIGNEE’S SALE. WILL be sold before the Court Iloose door in the city of Cartersville, Ga., com mencing at 10 o’clock, a. m., on Saturday the 19th day of July next, the following lands, sold as the property of C. Dodd, Bankrupt of Bar tow county, for the benefit of the creditors of said Bankrupt: Half interest in Lots Xos. 491, 7:10, 733, 875, 934, 91*2, and 946, in the 17 District and 3rd Section of Bartow county, Ga. All of Lots Xos. 560, 563,107(1, 101?, 803, 853, 874, 928, and 783, in the 17th District an .1 3rd Section of Bartow county, Ga. Half interest in Lots Xos. 286, and 291, in the 4th District and 3rd Section of Bartow county, Ga. Half interest in Lots Xos. 282, and 632, in the 21st District arid 2nd Section of Bartow county, Ga. Half interest in Lot Xo. 314, in the 19th Dis trict and 3rd Section of Paulding county, Ga. Lot No. 307, llth District and 2nd Section of Gilmer county, Ga. Lot y O . 293, in the 19th District and 2nd Sec tion of Paulding county, Ga. Lot Xo. 142, in the stli District and 2nd Sec tion of Forsyth countv, Ga. Lot No. 281, in the 22nd District ani 2nd Sec tion of Cherokee county, Ga. Lot No. 514, in the Ist District and 2n<xSection of Cobb county, Ga. Lot No. 202, in the 10th District and 2nd Sec tion of Cherokee county, Ga. Lot No. 803. in the 2nd District and Ist Sec tion of Forsyth couut'. Ga. Lot No. 1199, in the iotii District and 2nd Sec tion of Gilmer countv, Ga. Lot No. 202. in the llth District and 2ud Sec tion of Gilmer couutv, Ga. Lot No. 306, in the 22nd District aud 2nd Sec tion of Cherokee county, Ga. Lot No. 110, in the 13th District of Dooly coun tv, Ga. Terms— CA SIJ. J une 26,1873. JOHN 11. WIK EE, tds Assignee. »H. M. CLAYTON, - M dealer irsr Books, Stationery, Newspapers, Magazines, Music RT.AXK BOOKS, ENVELOPES, PEXS. nii. Pictures, Frames, Wall Paper, Shades, Confectioneries, Tobacco, Cigars, Toys, Etc. • - Any Book, Music, or Paper not iu Store furnish, at Short Xollre. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECKIVED FOR NEWSPAPERS* MAGAZINE' 'Vest Main Street, Opposite Pattillo, Baker & i artersville, Georgia. Junel9-ly I _ _ SMEW MACHINERY! * - r w iß . lied ’ iM with their first class I**®* siave nou » complete outfit of the vert KENT MACHINERY IN OPERATION at the old WiVl place, near the Foundry, where they nil! DRESS AND MATCH LUMBER MAKE DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, whi (low and 1 )oor Frames Turn, and do all kinds or Scroll work, Design and nut tip Verandas, gelt out Pickets, and put up every Vari. l ty ot B?enee and HLattlec Dork, take contracts to Diiild lfouses, or to furnish Dills of Lumber, sueli as Frain. ing, Wealhcrboardiug, Dressed, and First C lass Kiln, dried Drcsssd and Matched Flooring and Celling; also Roxing, and Finishing Plank of the Dest Material and Dressed to order; together with a Kreat Variety of other Wood Work, such as the public may dssire. Their facilities for doing work, and experience in* the business, enable them to offer greater iudueenient, to their customers than has ever before been offered in this City. Grinding w ill lx; done to suit customers, and all or. ders received will he promptly acknowledged and g| v . en immediate attention. , , ; T PADGETT, GOWER ACO Cartersville, Gu., June 6th, 1873-Gm.s ATLANTA DEI* A RTM EN T sourxiEßjNr lijte Insurance Comprmy ASSETS JANUARY Ist, 1873 H,534,488 87 THE LEAIJINTGr Xjifo Insurance Comnanv OF THE SOUTH. ANNUAL INCOME ABOUT *1,000,000 The Oldest Southern Company. ECONOMY IS THE WATCHWORD OF THE COMPANY. PROMPT IN ADJUSTING AND PAYING LOSSES. •. NO RESTRICTIONS OnTravel OR RESIDENT. The Southern Life ranks as one of the First Companies of the Continent It is entirely a Home Company, and offers to the citizens of Bartow county the advantage of a Local Board of Trustees, under whose direction the Uompny proposes to loan in the county one-third of the premiums collected in sums of one thousand dollars. GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, Presidfvt ? E f ™£ OLQriTT -- ::::::vToeiSkxt, J. A. MORRIS, Ast. Secretary. FINANCE COMMITTEE: A. Austell, f \ir Tr ATI . ... „, r „ MEDICAL BOARD: " ' 11. \. Miller, m. D. j. m . j oiisßos m . a nd. E. L. BLECKLEY', Counsellor, ROGERS it LEMON, General Agents, - - . .• . . Macon G\ LOCAL’BOARD: SAMUEL Mcc. AN LESS, S.‘ I># \x!\ ViliYVm CHARLES B. WALLACE, C. B. CONYERS Wm.‘ a! PEWFK'T' M a y«^ Aa “ HT: Williams. (GEORGIA— BARTOW COUNTY.—A. 11. V Coi.lister has applied lor exemption of personalty, and I will pass upon the same at 10 o clock. a. M.. on the 21st dav of June, 1873, at my office. This 9th day of June, 1873. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary, B. C. (GEORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY.— COURT OF T Ordinary, t all Term, June 9th, is 73. ! Whereas Christopher B. Conyers, Sheriff of i said county, has resigned said oflice of Sheriff: Therefore, Ordered by the < ourt, that an elec- I tion, to till tlie vacancy occasioned by said res- I ignation, be held at the several Election Pre cincts in saiil county, on the Third day of July 1873, and that said election be opened," manag e 1, and returns be made in accordance with the Statute: a id it is further ordered that no tice, by publication in the public Gazette, at the Court House Door, and at three or more of the most public places in the county, be given as provided by law. Granted. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. A true extract from the minutes. J. A. HOWARD, • Ordinary. DANCING & MUSIC SCHOOL! Mrs. G. O. Teasdalk, formerly of Charleston, will open a Dancing School in the City Hall, at Cartersville, on Friday next, at 5 o’clock, p. m., where all the late styles of Dancing will be taught. Terms made known at the Hall, on application. Mrs. Teasdalc also proposes to give Lessons iu Music on the Piano, SOIREE! Mrs." Teasdale will give a Soiree at the City Hall on Saturday night next. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. Admission, 50 cents. Ladies, no charge. MRS. A. VAUGHAN having perfected ar rangements with Firms in Philadelphia and Charleston, (with whom the late Captain James Vaughan traded tor many years,) is pre pared to furnish Dalian and American monu ments, tombs, Ac., of the latest style and finish, and on the most reasonable terms. Also iron railing. Would refer to the monuments re cently erected for Mrs. Parrott as a specimen of tiie filling of orders entrusted toiler. Not having the expense of a marble yard, her prices are moderate, being satisfied with a small per cent. She respectfully asks a share of public patronage. Designs and prices sent to persons at a distance. Cartersville, Ga., April 24,1873. 6ms Sale, Livery and Feed -=» TABLE, (at the Ford & Moon’s old stand,; EAST MAIM ST., CARTERSVILLE, GA. BY J. A. THOM PIS ON, AGENT. OOD, FAT, SLEEK HORSES ; good, uew Buggies, Carriages, Hacks, Harness, Saddles &c„ Ac., always on hand and ready for the public, at moderate prices. Horses fed at tbe eustomary rates. 2-6-3 m. NOTICE! ALL Persons indebted to L. Payee, also to the tirin of Payne A Green, urc request** ed to call and settle at once. Payne Sc Green having sold out, and dissolved copartnership by mutual consent, the books belonging to the firm have been transferred to L. Pavne who alone is authorized to settle the business of the firm. We also recommend VV. A. Dewekse, Agent, our successor in business, to the favor able consideration and patronage of our old friends and customers. March 27,1873. 3ms L PAYNE W. C. GREEN. Samantha A. Jones i Libel for Divorce PA > in Cherokee Superior John M. Jones. > Court, Feb. Term 1873 RULE TO PERFECT SERVICE. IT appearing to the Court by the return of the Sheriff, that the Defendant does not reside in this County, and it further appearing that he does not reside in this State: It is, on mo tion of Counsel, ordered that said Defendant appear aud answer at the next term of the Court, else that said cause be considered in de fault, and Plaintiff allowed to proceed And it is further ordered that this Rule be publish ed in the Cartersville Standard ,t Kxpree once a month for four months prior to the next term of this Court. X. B. KNIGHT, J. s. c. c. c. A true extract from the Minutes of Court April Ist, 187a O. W. Putnam, Clerk, luiuiuis CHARLES K. TIDE [WILSON, BURNS & CO., , Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, I Baltimore. Mch. 20, 1873—wly. Wm. Gouldsmith, Manufacturer and dealer in lETALIC BURIAL CASES & CASKETS Also keeps on liAnd WOOD COFFINS of every description. to A« orders by night or day promptly attended aug. 22 - e%g* Ci^Bk The only Reliable Gift Distribution ki tlw country 1 SIOO,OOO 00 IN VALUABLE GIFTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN I>. SIUTETs 41»f SEMI ANNUAL Gift Enterprise, To be drawn Friday, July 4th, 1873. ONE GRAND CAPITAL PRIZE, SIO,OOO IN GOLD One Prize $5,000 in Silver! Five Prises SI,OOO s n Five Prizes SSOO g ItRFPNNAPRS ’ Ten Prizes SIOO . Two Family Carriages and Matched Horses: with Silver-Mounted Harness, $1,500 each! Two Buggies, Horses, Ac,, worth tpiOOeacht Two Fine-toned Rosewood Pianos, S3OO each! Ten Family Sewing Machines, worth slooeach? JSOO Gold and, Silver Lever Uent/iiy Waiche*, worth from S2O to S3OO each. Gold Chains, Silver-ware, Jewelry, Ac.. Ac. Whole number Gifts, 10,000. Tickets limited to 50,000. AGENTS WANTED TO SELL TICKETS, to whom liberal premiums will be paid. Single Tickets $8; Six Tickets, $lo; Twelve Tickets, S2O; Twenty-five Tickets, $.40 Circulars containing a full list of prizes, a description of the manner of drawing, and other information in reference to the Distribu tion, will be sent to any one ordering them.— All letters must be addressed to MAIN OFFICE, L. D. SINK, Box 86, 101 W. Fifth St CINCINNATI, 0. 5-24—5 t Something New. -inelegant Album for 25 ceDts. holding 24 full sized cards, bound in full gilt cover and sold at the low price*of 25 cents, suitable for the pocket or centre table. Order a sample sent by mail, post paid on receipt of 25 cents.— 3 for 60 cents, or 6 lor sl. Address, BURROW & CO. Baltimore, Mu. Eg?** Agents Wanted. Catalogues of Books* Pictures, &c-, sent free. June 12-ts
