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XVALMETTO SHIELD. OSCAR A. CANTKELL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. PALMETTO, FEBBUARYI tli, 1873. 1 of Crime. We are of the opinion that at no pe riod in the history of our country, has the amount of crime been bo great as e-t lire present day. There is scarcely H day pastes, but that yon hear of some man being robbed or some body’s house entered and tilings stolen there, from, or someone being shot or cut to paces. Our newspaper columns from ull sections are crowded with details of horrible crimes—surely the world each day becomes more corrupt and wicked and a great reform is needed. Our couutry which was so complete ly demoralized by the recent war, in stead of trying to improve in point of morals have been retrograding in a degree which has become almost alarming. A man can not leave his chopping a? at his wood pile, without danger of losing it. Our laws are too light on rogues to relieve our country you must make the law, a terror to evil doers, unless their stealing is checked, a man’s crop will be unsafe in the field. If he has a few dollars in his pocket his life will be in danger. A barber in Titusville, while cutting the hair (fa rural customer, ran his shears against some hard substance, which proved to be a whetstone. The old farmer said he had “missed that whetstone ever since baying time last July, and looked all over a teu acre lot for it, but now remembered sticking it up over his car.” Treatment of Broken Legs.— They have anew way of treating the bro ken legs of horses which ought to be generally known. A valuable horse in Hartford, Conn., had his leg broken a short time since. The leg was care fully set by an experienced surgeon, and was cove red thickly with plaster. When the plaster “set/* or hardened, it kept the limb as immovable as if it bad been made < f iron Thus treated, a broken leg, it is asserted, will knit together in a brief time, and become as good as ever. The man who can’t be happy un less his mother-in-law lives in the game house with him, isn’t a resident of New York. He lives in Jersey City. He says she’s the only woman who can tackle his wife successfuily. TXtaej UXo up ou uiuo\i Viiuc 3v?lug each other that he has a peaceful life. - ■■ - The brusque Dr. Albernethy, when rushing along a London street in great bapte, was attacked by a garrulous old lady patient. She began her plaint. There was but one chance of escape. “Just close your eyes and open your month, madam,” said the desperate Rian. There she stood and stood, eyes phut torgue protruded, waiting for his verdict, while he darted past and left |ier to the tender mercies of a rapidly jncrea ing crowd. A negro witness, ou a horse trial in New Jersey court, was asked to ex plain the difference between a box ptall and a common stall. St Lighten ing himself up, he pointed to the pquare inelosure in which the judge was seated, and paid, “Dat ar’s what l cal! a box stall, dere whai dat old b'l33 is sitting !” It took a good many l aps of the judge’s gavel to restore (>rdcr in that court. Up re for Bone Felon —The follow }ng is said to be a good remedy for this cause of suffering : Take common fork sal , 6ueh as is used fur sailing down pmk or beef ; dry it in an oven ; then pound it fine, pud mix with spirits if turpentine in equal parts. Put it jn a rag and wrap it around the part affected, and as it get- dry put on more, find in twenty four hours you are cured : —t|ie felon is dead. Merited Disunction.— The well Jiiiuwii Groton Junction, on the great thoroughfare of the Nor hern Lines to Boston, has ceased to be. with a large pud inc easing population, proud :>s well as prosperous, its citizens, in mass pieeting assembled, have voted to Change the nam. of their town to“-Yycr” after ore of the b at known men ~, America, Dr J.C. Ayer Of Lowell the Legislature of Massm-hus' Ms has enacted that decision into law uv Commend their choice, f„. .. )o t. only is the name short and distin tive/ hut 8 , Al " d,ci '"' s Itave made it far h P k’IT" to tlle the '-arHcff r r t° ; b j I,vir 'C man has tndes of S • t l ßUch wanti *** ".nlti* hon f S l ' Ck 38 he - and this high pono!, from his neighbors, tells the whoTnow r Whic n ,IC is Md h ? those Who know hua.-Bristol Times [Written for the Shield. SUMUBRViU.E (J A., F. b. Ist, 1873. Mr. Editor : Thinking perhaps a communication from the ruouuta is might be interesting to your numerous readers, I bi g spac- • in your valuable columns for a few lines. I am now slopping at Summerville, the county site id Ci.attooga. This village is lo cated in the center of a valley, of l icit and fertile lands, drained by the Chat tooga river, which empties into the Coosa, about twenty miles South of this place, and is siirronndi and y moun tains which presents some picturesque scenery, and vividly reminds us of the days of y'ore. When, lin unconscious infancy, and uiithoughtful childhood was surrounded by kindred and friends, many of whom, have moved to the dis tant West, to amend their bro en for tunes, and alas ! many have gone to that bourne from whence no trouble re turns. Summerville lias ouce boasted of a newspaper , (The Challooga Adver tiser) which is now suspended, some say defunct, but may perhaps be re- vived soon. There is a Masonic Lodge also a Good Templar’s Hall here, both are in a Burnishing condition. The village boasts of three churches, re -8; ectfully, Baptist, Methodist and Pres byterian ; and two veiy good schools, four or five dry goods stores, and one or too groceries, and a hotel, and al together seems to be in a fi lurishiug condition. Tiiou Factory, the property of A. T. Allgoo' l , & Cos. is situated about five miles North of this place, where an extensive business is carried ( n. They have, I learn about four hun dred employees ;ad a pretty good market is there opened for cotton, which is the staple production ef this alluvial soil. The farmers of this sec tion have sown rather small crops of wheat, and oats, and are making ar rangements for a heavy crop, of cot ton. Provisions seem to be abundant, and can be procured at reasonable rates Dry goods and groceries, are rather higher than in your section, ow ing to the remote distance from Rail road faiilities ; Rome Ga. 25 miles be ing the most accessible point. There is a Railroad in progress through this country ; contracts having been let out on both the Northern and South ern terminus, but for some cause the work has beeu temporarily, as we hope suspended ; which when completed will traverse this entire valley, and pass through Summerville. Triou Fac tory, and La Fayette, Walker county, on the W. & A. R. R , thus connecting this village with Chattanooga and Rome, making at the latter place connection witu hi C li. &, G. lv an d also the R. & D. S. R. R., and others of importance. The c.tizens of North Georgia have the same enterprise, which characterizes the Georgian in all other sections of the State, and'are wide awake to the interest of the peo pie. Before closing, I will state, that the medical profession is well represented in this section in point of talent, but not as numerically strung as in your immediate vicinity.[ It has been a long conceded fact, that the water of Northern Ga. can not be excelled for its invigorating propeities, and it is useless for us to comment upon its many virtues. The health of the citi zens is generally good, though the In fluenza, vulgarly termed Epizootic has been prevalent, with one or two, deaths. The weather lias been quite severe, and old residents say the most bitter and loi gesl, cold ever experienced. The clouds have all at last dispersed, and old Sol seems to shed forth his long draped rays with redoubled splendor and refulgence, and to-day, Saturday seems quite vernal : old nature seems aroused, and an occasional warble of birds greet our ears as vve pen this scroll. I will close these lines by wishing you well all the happiness commensurate will, mundane existence. Respectfully, W. C. Bailv, M. D. Puzzle No. 6. In fl j sh and blood i was conceived, As ether ere°tures be. Yet neither flesh nor b’ood nor bone Now doth remaiti in me. Th y took me from my mother’s fide Wuere 1 was finely bred And when to mature age I come They did cut off my head They gave roe su had am to drink Wherein such stri n th it had lr tells di bates between good friends And m ike.- true lovers good. Oscar Griffith. As an evidenoe of the prosperity and rapid incre iseof the circulation of ■he Atlanta Herald,' he proprietors of that lively journal published iu a sup plement on the 2nd inst. the names of over seven hundred new subscribers placed on the subscription list from 23rd Jan. to Ist. February 1813. - Carlotta widow of Max’milian is dead A Son Shoots and Mortally Wounds His Father. —Ou Saturday evening, December 28th, a tragedj of the most startling natuie was enacted in Fabius township, four miles southwest of West Grove, in this county. John Horn, a boy about sixteen years old, deliberately laid in wait lor, shot and mortally wounded his father. It seems, from what we can learn of the affair, that old man Harn had been in the habit of cruelly beating, and other wise ill treating, his boy for every lit tle offense, and the boy, who is said to be a very hard oue, was not much softeued by this kind of treatment. Ou the morning mentioned above Mr. H om came to Cloomfield to attend to some busiiie-s, and, during his ab sence, the boy used bis team. The horses in some manner became fright ened and ran off, smashing the wagon . After the accident, the boy, being afraid to face the old man, procured his father’s revolver and, loading it, laid out in (lie brush until even ng, wate ring for Mr. Horu’s return. Mr. Horn arrived home -bout eight o’clock iu the evening, and after supper took a seat close to the window (tud com. menced reading a paper. It was while in this position that the fearful deed, which will probably cost him his life, wa< committed. The boy, approach ins: as close to the window as he could, took deliberate aim aud fir and. The ball from the pistol penetrated Mr. Horu’s head just back of and under the ear, and narrowly missed severing the jugular-- vein. Mr Horn is attended by Dr. Simpson, of Monterey, who we understand, has pronounced the wound mortal The hoy was arrested bv some citi zens of the neighborhood, and was to be brought here for preliminary exam nation. We have heard that Mr. Horn takes the mat er coolly, aud remarked to the boy when brought into his presence, that “he had made a pretty good shot at the old man.” • - **- ♦—— THE PEOPLE’S PAPER! FOR FOUR DOLLARS! The Savannah Advertiser WILL BE MAILED TO YOU Daily, ONE YEAR. THE ADVERTISER PUBLISHES As much Reading Matter as any Paper in the State, The Associated Press Dispatches and Markets, Specials from Atlanta and the Legis ature,A Weekly Commercial Review, elabor -1 ately compileu, And, iu fact, is a thoroughly Live, Comprehensive Newspaper, r—oished . p.io, at has.already given i DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION OF Any Other Georgia Daily. Tri-Weekly Edition $2 per Annum: Twice a Week One Dollar and a Half! Agents Wanted. BEAR!) & KIMBALL, Proprietors, Savannah. Ga. Important to Ail! order to place the Star within RhACII OK EVERYBODY, at a m< re nomi nal price, during the present Federal and Slate CAMPAIGNS, we offer the following rates of subscription un til the close of the NOVEMBER ELECTIONS: Semi-Weekly, single copy, '....51 50 “ “ dubsof five or mure $1 00 Weekly, single copy 1 00 “ clubs of five or more 75 Always iu advance. TPI E STA J I Will be conducted, as heretofore, on an IN DEPENDENT SCHEDULE, without being in fluenced by ‘ fear, favor or affection.” In politics we shall, as lormerly, co-operate with the DEMOCRATIC PARTY, at the same time using every diligence to con ciliate the Liberal Republican Movement, be lieving. as we do, that in the combination and consolidation of the Democrats and Liberals, lies the only political HOPE OF THE COUNTRY I to be rescued from Military Tyranny and Rad ical Denomination. TO OUR FRIENDS We appeal te assist us in thus extending our circulation, aud point with pride to OUR RECORD for the past seven years as a consist ent, independent and newsy journal While we have ma.e a FEW MI-TAKES, yet our old files show, and experience has vindicated ihe tact, that we have most always BEEN RIGHT in our political opinions and suggestions rela tive to the various important public questions that have come up since the war, upon which the South has been called to think or act.— We can only add that we shall continue on the SAME SCHEDULE, relaxing no effort to give the latest, most re liable and fullest news attainable, not only up on political affairs, but all mailers of public interest. Very respectfully, June 11, 1872. PUBLISHERS TaR. T H E Should be in the bunds c MARRIFfI every Wife and Husband - m/mftltu Contains the secrets they both desire and ought to know W 0 IVI A N’S Sent free by mail lor 10 ctl. Address J.VaKNEY. Box 2ij, GUIDE. *“Rottville, tf Y- THE WEED FAMILY F AVORITE s ID -W X 3NT Gr M A C XX I HJ 33 HE unparelelled success of this machine warrants its claim to the title of being the BEST in the market for a 1 1 k l and classes ot sewing, and for all classes and kinds of people ulightuess, rapidity and elegance of form and finish make it a Family Favorite with the elegant and refined, whillie same qualities render it a Firm Friend of the weary toiler that seeks its aid to gain a subsistence. It- sim itv and reliability preclude the possibility of its irritating the irritable, while they render the good matured the fullest tisfactioii in their sure success in its operation. RELIABLE F \ST EST |\ 4 l KiyD F WORK, heavy, Hgli!, course X tine. LOCKSTITCH, EASIEST SIMPLEST TO OPERATE. 10 tEIRA, SO MSittIiCTIOMS SEEDED. The Weed has eet=Alali^ and and toTh!hlv e^ss‘Sg!r a if having bemi hng enough in dm ,< p- > g entirely modern in every detail, discar ing the imper competitors, yet is fully up to the times- naß it • combines' more of the best and most p- aclieal principles of fections of others that experience bis estaHisfed It cornu dab re | i ut.i lity of action; .very motion of all Mechanics than any "'her dewing 1 „' ne * *wer—it uses no springs upon which any ol its movements depend. Pa,t Tbe of the®Weed Sewing MachiTe over its many very excellent competitors is evident upon the most o; the rent to apply . purchase, pamphlets sent with the machine and its simplicity venders teaching* unnecessary. OctlX Sowing JVtfaoXLixi 00. Sales n °° m CORNER BROAD AND MARIETA STREES, MASONIC EMPLE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, and examine different stylesL'^.^v’g'aGENT S WANTED Good Territory, good business, fast selling Machine “TRIED AND TRUE.” Marylaud SUirt Factory, Stratton HaffcUe, 155 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, July 10, 1872. MANAGER WEED SEWING MACHINE CO’S AGENCY, Dear Sir: f / n J e piT n ps pot up forest proved rience with the Weed Machines under steam, we cheerfully say that tLe Macl y O > 3 'J f the WEED so valuable that we subsequently took out a number of other “"“"re re Jul’ar steam tomake more perfect stitch, F. F. pattern. After a year’s experience, we fi n M A GUI N E NOT HAVING COST US ONE CENT FOR and to prove less troublesome than any others— THE WELD AlAbtiltN Dj inu REI olf business is constantly increasing and as we are compelled l ° “ dd new machines from give the WEED F. F. PREFERENCE OVER ANY. Respectfully, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, FOR 18*13. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. 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KNOWN AS MRS. ±\ Craßb’s pi rotation, three miles east of Fairborn, containing 105 acres, of which 20 acres are of the best Bottom Lands—3s acres very good Up Landf.and 0 acres in W,ods. It is also very convenient to Schools. Churche? and Railroad, Te-ms very liberal. And for further par ticulars enquire at heir Clothing, and Dry Goods House, o' the corner of Whitehall and Alabama Streets Atlanta. Ga COHEN & SELIG jan. 31 tf. THE ‘’VIC . OK” F. M.TO’ new hewing macring “V I C T 0 ir Runs very Easy, Runs very Fast, Runs very Still Has New Shuttle Superior to all others. DEFIES COMPETITION. Great Improvements in Needle, Cannot be Set Wrong. 6©* Agents Wanted. Addess THE “VICTOR” S. M CO. 862 Broadway N. Y WIND versus STEAM. Continental, Self-regulating, Storm-delving Wind Mill. From Ito 10 Horse-power. Has been in successful operation eight years pumping water lor Raihoad stations, House. Draining Lands, irrigation, &c„ Grinding and Cutting Feed, for Flour Mills, Factories, and ail kinds of work formerly done by steam, ex cept, locomotion. Will save their cost in less than one year over steam Prices of Mills, boxed and shipped: No. 1, 9 feet diameter, i Horsepower, $ 150 “ 2, 12 “ 1)4 “ 250 3, 17 “ 3 “ 450 4, 25 “ 6 “ 850 “ 5,40 “ 15 “ 2000 25 and 45 Horse-power made to order. Any ordinary mechanic can put them up with the drawings and directions furnished. A. P.BROWN & CO., Manufacturers, sepl3 3m 01 Park place, New York. GEN. LEE LYING IN STATE, A FINE ENGRAVING of a beautiful young lady, decoratiDg the casket o the old warrior, with wreaths and crosses of flowers. It is without a rival, the sweetest and most touchingly beautiful engraving before the pub lic. Agents wanted in every county in the - outh to Bell this and other Engravings, &c. A sample copy of this fine Picture, with terms to Agents, will be sent by mail on receipt of six postage stamps. Address, J. . &W. M. BURROW, 200 Main St„ Bristol, Tenn. GEN. LEE AT “STONEWALL'S” RAVE A 14 X 18 INCH ENGRAVING of the grave of “Stonewall” Jacks, n in the Lexingtou, Va., cemeteTy. The noble Gen. Lee stands beside the flower-strewn grave over which bangs a weeping willow. In the distance is to be seen a beautilul landscape hills decked in verdure, clouds as natural as real ones, and many other things ! , h make this picture a gem et art; on' -loch should hang in the parlor of every Suoiliern home A copy of this beautiful Im graving will be seut. by mail, post-paid, to every nerson send ing 50 cams lor six months subscription to “ BlllltOW S MONTHLY SOIYEMR, ” Published at Bristol, Tenn., by J. C. & W. M. BURROW, An Illustrated Magazine of useful information Literal re Science, Art, Amusement, etc I' is printed on flue timed paper, illustrated with inagnifioicul engravings , many ot them full-paged] and is in all respects one of the best Magazines in the South. de2o-lt Specimen Copies of the Christian Union will lie mailed free of postage to any addiess on receipt ol six cents by J.B FOU1) & CO , PUBLISHEIiS, 27 Park Place, Yew York. Henry W ard Beeelicr and Christian Union. THE OHISTIaN UNION is a Religious weekly, edited by Henry Ward Beecher, and publishid by J. B F rd & < 0., 2 Pai k Place, N. Y. U comprises 14 pages, l ogo quin to securely pasted at the Lac . and Mimed at the edges, ready and convenient f,.r readii g. It is the ablest and be t :e --ligious paper published ; rctive e-rtiest, alive on all questions pertainiong to the growth of a healthy, religious life. Nut blindly hound by cree or by party, not tied to old conservative noli ns, and mouldy superstitions; yet deeply, thor oughly, truly religious. But two years old. circulates thousands more than any other religious paper in America; bi t its rapid growth does not so much surprise us whi n we consider that it fully meets ■ lie wants of ou- t me,—for Christian un ion is the very thing, broad-shoulde; ed, clear-headed, far-sighted, large-hearted. This is the only religious journal lor which Mr. Beecher writes, or to which he in any way contributes. His character istic articles of all kinds and the only com plete and au'hoaiztd verbatim reports of his weekly 'Lecture Room Talks,’ as w ell as Airs. II B Stowe’s delightful (and for the year 1872 exclusive) contributions are attractive features of the paper, whiletlie va ious outside artcles and the admirably sustained regular departments of the pa per furnished something o' interest to ev ery member of the family. ••Wise Awake” and “Fast Asleep” a pair of French Oil Cromos, will be given away to all annual subs.ibers. The reg ular market price of these beautiful pio tures is ten dollars at which thousands of them have been sold. They are simply charming, and cannot fail to please all who love art or children. Tiie Christian Un’on one year and both these chromos will be sent for $3; ten cents extr i for postage; and twenty-five cents extra lor mounting and varnLhing, when that style is preferred, as it near y always is. See advertisement in another column. itS-AGKJNTS WANTED. Agents easily make from S3 to $5 per day selling my popular and saleable PICTJJRES. SEND STAMP FOR Catalogue of 'iugravings and (hromog terms to Agents. Address S. R. FREEMAN, Culbonn , Ga.,