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about which there has been much un
just and bitter criticism. in order that
our readers, but few pf whom havener
The Virginius Affair.
Final Nrltirnicat by Spain furtin Murilnr of
Ainer.cnn Citizeim.
M. PWMEU, Proprietor.
C. A C. WILLTKOHAM, XhlUor.
Voluntary Communication*, oontnlnlnu ln-
tercntlng or important New*, re»pectfnlly soltc-
"f^eUUd'cJommuiUcatlon* we cannot under.
- • * 1h lent with
Thursday Morning. March 18.1876
{HON. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
This distinguished gentleman has
been very severely and unjustly crit
icised by a portion of the Geprgia
press recently, in regard to his voto in
Congress on the Louisiana question. His
patriotism has been assailed in the
most Bevere terms, and he charged with
being in sympathy with the Republican
party. There never was a more false
charge, nor one more unjustly made,
whether maliciously or for want of bet
ter information. Mr. Stephens is in
capable of such recreancy to principle,
lie would scorn to do any act that is
not honorable and true to his native
State, which he loves with the devotion
of a son for his mother. Those who
know him most intimately and confi
dentially, and, indeed, all who under
stand his true character at nil, know
with what pity he looks upon those
who allow personal prejudice to unjust
ly assail his motives or actions. All of
these attacks he will outlive, and his
record, when finished, will show that,
like all human judgment, he may
sometimes err, he lias committed as
few political blunders as any statesman
whose great names have illuminated
tlie pages of American history.
It has beon charged that Mr. Stephens
voted to chango the rules in the House
irt taking up the Louisiana question.
The records will show that lie simply
voted to take up the report of the com
mittee on the aflairs of that Stute. At
least that is the vote—the vote to take
up this report—which has been the
subject of so much comment. . Under
the rules it required two-thirds to take
up this report. The report, which had
been printed, concluded with tho reso
lutions; the first condemned, in un
equivocal language, the most iniquitous
fraud of the Returning Board in the
last full elections, by which the Demo
crats were deprived of their 29 majority
in the House, and recommended that
tire members thus fraudulently re
jected from their seats should be recog
nized ns entitled to them. The second
resolution recommended thnt Kellogg
be recognized ns Governor of the State
for the balance of his term.
At first Mr. Hoar moved to take up
nnd agree to both of these resolutions
as n whole. That Mr. Stephens was
opposed to and did not vote for. Hoar
then moved to take up the report and
allow a vote on each resolution sepa
rately. For this motion Mr. Stephens
did vote, and this is the vote about
which so much complaint has been
made. He was the only Democrat who
did vote to take up the subject arid have
U19 question settled by separate votes
upon each resolution. That vote de
cided the point of taking up the re
port.
When before the House the first res
olution, which condemned the stupern
dous crime against popular rights, per
petrated by the Radical Board, received
th<} unanimous condemnation of the
Houso of Representatives in the Con
gress of the United States, which wbb
onfe.of the grandest achievements of
tho triumph of truth nnd right within
the past fifteen years. For this result,
we. are alone indebted to Mr. Stephens,
and if ho had done nothing else in
Cobgress, it is sufficient to mark his
carper in tho last session ns one of wis
dom and sagacity above that of his
colleagues upon that important ques
tion.
By this vote of Mr. Stephens the
Democracy of Louisiana secured a ma
jority of 29 in the lower house of their
Legislature. The vote on the second
resolution oould have effected no change
in regard to Kellogg. Matters would
have been no worse with or without the
passage of the second resolution. Kel
logg had already been recognized, and
would continue to be so unless Congress
said otherwise. So we lost nothing in
the adoption of the second resolution,
but gained a triumph in the passage of
the first in the condemnation of the Re
turning Board and the seating of the
rejected Democratic members of the
legislature, thus rightfully placing in
power a Democratic Legislature in
Louisiana and restoring peace and order
in that State.
Nor is this all. By Mr. Stephens’
vote the way was paved for the settle
ment of the Arkansas matter,which was
to follow. But for the settlement of the
Louisiana, question it is probable there
could have been no settlement of the
Arkansas question. Congress would
have adjourned as they did in 1873,
leaving those festeriqg cankers -to run
into gangrene on the body politic with
in the ensuing session. Now all is
peace and quiet, with a hopeful prospect
ahead.
We have been thus particular in sta
ting the effect of Mr. Stephens’jioje,
The Secre-
thc Sen-
resolution of
that body, the ccrrcspondcnce between
the United States anu Spanish Govern
ment in relation to the claim for indem
nity from Spain for tho execution wt
j Santiago do Cuba of Americans, who
; wero on board the Virginius. The
The Wkekly Courier is the largest! Secretary reports tlint^ the claim has
newspaper in Cherokee Georgin, running j h^endisposed of by an agreement en-
every week twenty-four full columns of I tercd - >. n to by Minister Cushing and the
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that he be plnced right before the peo
ple of Georgia and of the South. This
is all that his friends ask or he desires.
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eral information to bo collected. This
amount of matter is no small business,
requiring, as it docs, a vast deal of men
tal and physical labor to collate and put
in shape so much reading in the course of
a week.
The last issue of Tiie Weekly Cou
rier contained two hundred and twenty-
two articles and paragraphs, original nnd
selected. Such n pnper at two dollars a
yenr is ns cheap as dirt. No man should
hesitate to pay so small an amount for
the benefit of ldmself nnd family. We
seek to give to onr readers the most im
portant • information, publishing such
matter as wc think will usually give
them a general knowledge of tho current
events of the times.
No nmn who has a family should be
without a good pnper—ono thnt can be
safely put into the hands of those of the
tendercst years without danger of demor
alization. Onr object is to do this. And,
then, a good newspaper in a family, be
sides being of general interest to grown
people, does much to udvance children
in their education, by giving them n
taste for reading for the purpose of ac
quiring knowledge. A child will read a
newspaper when it will not look nt n
book ; nnd the more it reads the more in
telligent it becomes, ami the more anx
ious it grows in the desire for general in
formation.
For these reasons, we commend The
Courier as a fine family paper. Our
object is to make it such and thereby
retain its great popularity with the
people. We are desirous of extending
the circulation of this paper to all w ho
wish a good family news journal. The
price is so low that no man can scarce
ly be too poor to subscribe for it, pay for
it and read it.
If The Courier for one year were
printed in book form it would make a
volume, or book of sixteen hundred
pages, of the usual jjze. Just think of
such a book for two dollars ! And what
man is there who would not be willing
to pay so small a price for such a vast
amount of information retailed to him
weekly as it occurs.
As we have stated, we are desirous of
giving this great paper of Cherokee
Georgia a wider circulation and a larger
fieid of influence for good. It is em
phatically the people’s paper in every
sense that the term implies. It has no
higher motive tlmn to subserve the
great interests of the people, morally
and politically. Let its friends present
its claims to their neighbors nnd aid
us getting it before the people.
Washington dates of the lllth stated
that the Senate had discussed tho Pinch-
back question all day nnd night, nnd
that a voto was renched at 11:40. At
that time tho Senate, by a vote of 32 yeas
to 30 yeas, postponed the further consid
eration of tho resolution for the admis
sion of Pinehback till tho second Mon
day in December next.
Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Tlic British Government in making its
demand for indemnity for British
Subjects taken from the Virginius and
murdered, fixed the sum of five hun
dred pounds for each white.man and
three hundred pounds for each colored
man, the sum total amounting to 7,700
pounds, there being ten white men and
nine negroes killed. After much nego
tiation, Spain agreed to pay six thou
sand seven hundred pounds, one thou
sand >n than had been demanded, with
the stipulation that ifnny of tho fami
lies or heirs of the persons slain did not
make a claim to the money, the amount
they would be entitled to should be re
turned to the Spanish government.
The proposition was accepted by Great
Britain.
Minister Cushing, on Nov. 2ft, in
formed the Secretary of State that the
Spanish government would do the same
for the United States as it would for
Great'Britain. Secretary Fisli inform
ed Minister Cushing the United States
would not take less. Mr. Fish instruc
ted Minister Cushing to demand more
in certain cases, and also indemnity
for those who were imprisoned. Fi
nally, the matter"was settled in sub
stance as follows:
In the case of the United States, Sec
retary Fish made a claim on the basis
of 82,500 for each of the crew 6lain,
without regard to the color, and a larger
sum for each officer slain, without
specifying any particular sum. This
demand was pressed and adhered to
strcnously, until the Spanish Govern
ment yielded and consented to pay
880,000 in gold unconditionally, the
money to be distributed by the Uni
ted States Government, without any ac
countability to Spain for sums not
claimed, ns in the case of Great Brit
ian.
Mr. Cushing telegraphed, March 12:
“Credentials presented on the 10th; rati
fication signed on the 12th, and sent
the same day by express.”
The Georgia Railroad.
We publish this morning a communi
cation signed “ Augusta,” which we
commend to the careful attention of
the readers of the Chronicle and Sentinel.
It states in substance that there are re
ports that an attempt is being made to
transfer the headquarters of the Georgia
railroad from the city of Augusta to
the city of Atlanta. This is a mat
ter of the utmost importance to our
citizens, and one which demands and
should receive careful investigation.
Wo hope that there is no substantial
foundation for this report; but at the
same time it should not be disregarded.
If there is anything in it, preparations
should bo made to kill so misehievous a
movement, and to kill it instnnter. If
it is only a rumor let the fact bo made
known. Any one who reflects for a
moment will perceive how much Au
gusta 1ms at stake in this matter. She
cannot afford to lose the Georgia rail
road, and she should not quietly take
the risk of such a loss.—A ugusta Chron
icle and Sentinel.
Local Option.
This subject lias just beon up before
the Indiana Legislature again. What
is known as the Baxter bill in that State
established Local Option. Last Satur
day the Democratic Senators with the
aid of four Republicans repealed the
Baxter or Local Option bill. The spe
cial- correspondent of the Louisville
Cwrier-Journal has the following :
“ Indianat*oi.is, March 13. — Tho
famous Baxter bill was repealed this
afternoon in the Senate, by a vote of 25
to 12. There was an exciting contest,
lasting several hours. T called the turn
on the vote in my dispatch Friday
night.
“ Baxter made a strong and touching
appeul for his bill, with a voice attimos
deep with emotion. The Republicans
resorted to every point possible to de
feat the license bill and fought the bill
to the bitter end, and then died hard.
Four Republicans, who were opposed
to local option, Voted for the bill name
ly : Messrs. Sleetli, Gooding. Thompson
and Tobin.
“ During the hot and exciting dis
cussion, the floor of the Senate cham
ber and the lobbies were crowded.”
Thus it goes. The Democraiy of
Massachusetts elected their Governor
upon the ground of opposition to Puri
tanism. They overwhelmed Republi
canism in Pennsylvania mainly upon
the same ground. In Indiana a Demo
cratic Senate, with the aid of four Re
publicans, repealed local option after a
fair trial before the people. At the same
time a Deomcratic Senate in Tennessee,
with but two Republican votes in it,
passes a similar local option bill. All
that we can do is to hope that the Dem-
craaic party of the State will not be
held responsible for any such crusade
of Puritanism.—Nashville Union and
American.
Harrisburg, Pa., March 16.—The
senate oassed a bill to repeal locnl option,
but a stringent license law which goes to
the house.
Atlanta had a right smart spark of a
fire on Mon lay night, consuming Jack’s
candy fnctory and threatening a consid
erable portion of the city about tbc cor
ner of Whitehall and Alabama streets,
the loss being about 8150,000, so the
Aci<>« says. Wo regret that Mr, Paul
Jones was a heavy loser—about 830,000.
We urc glad to learn that the difficulty
between Mayor Huff and Alderrann,
Hodgkins, of Macon, lias been amicably
adjusted by the efforts of their friends
without recourse to lighting.
The Boston Journal slanders Vic
Woodhull by resenting, as an imputa
tion upon Ben Butler’s character, that
I10 visited her. Could defamation fur
ther go ?
Death of an Honorable Xeuro.—
Such articles as the above captain de
signates are nuito scarce in this part of
the country, but tho death of Nathan
Tate (colored) is acknowledged by tlioso
who knew him to bo a loss to tho com
munity in which ho lived. He went
through the late war as a servant for
ono of Elbert’s most respected sons, and
there made friends who will lioar of his
death with regret. He had the. repu
tation of being a splendid pilot of cot
ton boats on the Savannah river. Na
than was considered wholly roliable,
intelligent nnd honorable, and if the
country was blessed with moro of his
stamp there would be avast difference
in the condition of affairs in this sec
tion. He had too much sense to be
made a fool by freedom, and he was as
polite to nnd regarded the white man
as much his superior at the time of his
death as he over did. Such charac
teristics wc love to commend.—Ether-
ton Gazelle.
The resignation of Senator Booth
makes Romutildp Pacheco governor of
California.
The Cincinnati Southern.— Cincin
nati, March 15.—The Trustees of tho Cin
oinati Southern Railway to-day opened
twelve bids for tho construction of a
bridge over the Kentucky "river. Tcu of
these bids arc for the construction of a
truss bridge, one for arch and one for
wire suspension bridge. The structure
as]n truss will be 1,240 feet, its height
above the river is 275 feet. The award
will he announced in a few days. Three
bids were also opened for the. completion
of tho remaining one-third of King’s
Mountain tunnel, of which two-thirds
aro already finished.
fm
A Washington special to the Cincin
nati Commercial of Sunday says: “ An
dy Johnson, after all, may not speak.
Some of his friends have advised him
that it would be politically unwise to
speak upon this special question, par
ticularly as ho does not care to speak
of the legal merits of the Pinehback
case, but upon the genera! Southern sit
uation.”
The Philadelphia Press bewails the
fact that 8710,058 was appropriated by
the forty-third Congress to pay private
individuals of the South for losses in
curred by the war. Tho P,css can not
be a Christian paper. The Bible says
that restitution is a law of Christian
life. “LetJiirn that stole steal no more,"
etc.—Courier-Journal.
Tho finest looking man among the new
senators, is Senator Whyte, ex-governor
of Maryland. Mr. Jones, of Florida, is
a young, go- d natured looking blonde, n
smooth-faced boy in appearance.- No
one booking at. him would think..him
over twenty-five.
Oil has been struck on a farm in
Warren county, Pennsylvania, 654 feet.
Gits forced the petroleum above the
derrick. This strike develops an • en
tirely new belt of oil territory,
■«»■ MM* "
, There are five States ig the Union
whoso Governors receive salaries of on
ly 81,000. These aro Michigan, Nebras
ka, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Vermont.
It is reported in tho New York Tri
bune that Senator Andrew Johnson’s
wife is lying at the point of death,
with no hope of recovery,
The Legislature of Indiana lias re
pealed what is kuown as the Baxter
liquor law, and passed a licens law in
its stead.
“Bub, did you ever stop to think,”
said a Michigan-avenue grocer yester
day, ns lie measured out half a peck
of potatoes, “that these potatoes contain
sugar, water .and starch?” “Noah,
didn’t,” replied the boy, “but I heard
mother say that you put peas and beans
in your colteo, and about a pint of wa
ter in about every quart of milk you
sold.” The subject of natural philoso
phy was dropped right there.—Detroit
Free Press.
Vice President Wilson has written
a long letter concerning his casting
vote on the bounty bill. Ho endorses
the bill and says it could not have
taken from the Treasury more than
863,000,000, in all, and not more than
ten or twelve millions in the next two
years, and could not affect the credit of
the government.
For Charley Ross 700,000 circulars
have been issued, 88,000 paid for tele
grams, 820,000 spent on detectives, and
they have found a little fifty-cent straw
hat.
And now we are told that Attorney
General Williams is going to resign.
The Washington gossipers insist on
predicting Carpenter as his successor,
in spite of the fact that the Wisconsin
lawyer, in his last speach before the
Senate, held that the Civil Rights bill
is unconstitutional in each and all of
its provisions.
Washington March 15, 1875.—Some
2,000 men, mostly colored, marched to
the White House with bands ol music
to complain to the President that the
money mostly, given by Congress went
to contractors, while they got nothing.
The President declined to reviewthem.
There is much indignation among
them.
“Why is it,” asks an exchange, “that
nearly every Senator’s wife in Wash
ing ton is a handsome woman ?” It is
simply because nearly every Senator’s
wife who is net a handsome woman is
left at home.—Courier-Journal.
SMALL FARM.
Rich as Cream;
Cheap as Dirt.
iC .
T he cuas. i.graves place,one-half
mile Iroin Rome, contain* 40 acres of a* One
river bottom lantl as can bo found,jtr North
Georgia — all cncloiod in new post an’d plank
fcnco.
On tbo place i* * now and elegant dwelling
containing seven rooms. The out buildings are
One; threo rooms for servants and good kitchen,
besides an oxccllantstnblo with acoommoda'tiom
lor four cows and two horses.
Tho improvements aro all new —all having
been orocted in tho past threo voars. The im
provements alone cost $0000, The prosent
owner contemplates taking up his residen o in
a fore'gn land, and deBires to effect a sale as
• Doedily as possible. For this reason he offers
tho plauo at $0000 — half cash and balanco in
ono year with interest, or $2000 cash and
balanco in six and twolvo months, for further
particulars apply nt Tub Cuurieii ofllce or to
marl8.twim CIIAS. I. GRAVES
Internal revenue officers in Califor
nia have a lively time. The other day
Supervisor Foulke dug up 75,000 gal
lons of excellent brandy, which were
buried in the grounds of a Los Angelos
distillery.
White Guest.—“You don’t mean to-
say you intend to occupy this bed with
me?” Colored Ditto—‘Yes, boss, but
don’t ’pologize. I can stand it if you
can.”—Graphic.
Kosiolek, formerly editor of the Ger
mania, has been sentenced to two
years’ imprisonment. He had fled
from Germany.
The United States steamer Pensacola
arrived at Honolula on the 15th of
February witht King Kalakaua on
board.
It's the fashion in Florida to wear
gloves'worn out at the tips’of the fingers
in order better to corral the fleas.
P
on Monday, April 5th. Connecticut also
went Democratic at the last election.
Up to Snturday night tbe President
bad received 49 applications for offico
from ox-membors of Congress,
Judge Wood has opened the United
States Circuit Court at Now Orleans.
Read this Twice!
“THE PEOPLE'S I EDUEK” contains
NO Continued Stories, 3 Large Pages, 48 Col
umns of Choice Miaoellaueous Reading Matter
every woek, together with artiel.-a irom the pens
■ f such well-known writers as NASHBY.
OLIVES OPTIC, SYLVAN US COBB, Jr., MIES
ALCOTT, WILL CARLTON, J. T. TROW-
BRI .GE, MARK TW ,1) ..
iEO* I will send "The People’s Ledger’’ to
any address every week for one year, on trial,
on receipt of only $1.10, poelege paid.
* Tho People’e ledger” lean old established
and reliable weekly paper, published every
Saturday, and very popular throughout the
N. E. and Middle State*. Address
HERMANN K. CURTIS, Publisher,
No. J 2 8chqol St, Boston, 'Mass.
feb'.8,tw3u>
Amusements.
GRAND GIFT CONCERT!
Tuesday, March 30th, 1875,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
LADIES’ MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
OF ROME, GA.
Each bolder of a ticket will stand a chance to
draw
•100 Dollars 111 Gotti!
besides 140 other VA I.IJAUI.E GIFTS,
TICKETS 81.00 EACH.
Tickets l<*or Hale nl II. A. SIllTll,
JANES A YE1SKH, H. II. HERRICK.
New Advertisements.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA, Paulding County.
Ordinary's Office, March 12, 1875
Richard Manning, deceased,
AH persons aro hereby notified to tllo thoir
objections, it any exist, within the timo pre
scribed by law, o!«e letters will be granted tbo
applicant on the firet Monday in May next.
March 12,1875.
mnrlS.wlm
JAME8 M. GEORGE, C. C. 0.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
B y virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary of said county, and an
order of tho Judge of tho Suporior Court of said
county presiding as Chancellor,
Notico ia heroby given that I will sell on the
2i»th day of March, 1875, before the Court
House door in Rome, Ga , between the hours of
10 o'clock A. M. and 4 P. M.. four bales cf
cotton Sold as tho property of B. L. Cook, late
of said county, deceased. Also, on the next
day, at tho homo place of said deceased, all the
perishable property of said B. L. Cook, em
bracing stock and pluntatioo tools — sales com
mencing nt 10 o'clock A. M.
W. II. BOYD, Administrator
of tho estate of B. L. Cook, deceased.
uar!8,tw-wtd
Floyd Sheriff’s Sales.
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
W ILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COUI
house door in the city ot Romo in the sa
county, between the legal hours of sale, on tbo
First Tuesday in April, 1875,
Ibo following property:
Romo city lots numbers 75, 70 and 77, and 1
brick mill thcroon* Sold as tho proporty of
E. Mays A Co.
Also, 150 sores of lot number 184, twent
third district nod third district. Property of
J. Skinner.
Al.o, west half of city lot omrbcr 40 and li
provemonts thereon. Sold under tax A. fa. l
John O. Frintup.
Also, lots numbers 307, 3ffl nnd 347, twent
thirn district and third section. Property
T. C. Ayer nnd W. P. Ayer.
Also, lcte 334 and 335, twenty-third (ii.tr
and third section. Property of T. U. Ayor.
Also, lota 303, 312 and 337, in twenty secoi
district and third section. Sold under tux fi.
vs. O'Nonl A Son.
Also, lots 230, 211 and 160, in twenty-secoi
district and third aoctiou. Sold under tax A.
vs. Joseph J. Roe.
Also, ateatn engine, boiler, tools and machine
attached to tho shop of C. E. llills A Co.,
Rome. Proporty of 0. E. Hills A Co
Alao, building whero postoffice in Rome
now kept and city lot number 48, Etow
division of Uopio, wi’h improvements. Pro
erty of P. M. Sheibley.
Also, 1J0 eercs of lot 237, fourth diet riot m
fourth section. Sold under tax n. la, vt.- Us
Bailey, of louisieoa.
Also, part of city let 152, Coosa division'
Rome. Tax 0. fa. vs. L. E. Graves.
Also, city lot owned by W. C. Winfrey. Bo
under tax A. fa.
Also, part of city lot number 40, Coc
division ol Rome. Tax A. fa. vs. J. G. Yeiser.
Also, parts ol lota numbers 71. 72, 73, 74 a
75, Coosa division of Rome. Sold under tl
A. fa. vs. Cothran A Mnguiro.
tnar!3,tw.wtd
THE CELEBRATED
NATHAN BASS PLANTATION
For Sale.
T lf ERE IS NO DOUBT BUT THAT, TAKING
all things into consideration, the above
named is one of the meet desirable plantations
»n North Georgia. Though immediately on tbe
river, it it not eubjcct to overflow, and iu rioh-
ness ol soil It is not surposiad, It contains 1,164
acres of land, nr.uatod on tho south side of
Etowah river In Floyd oountv, eight milea from
Roino, on tho Romo and Kingston Railroad.
About 8)0 acres improved land, balance well
timbered. Improvements good end substantial
good orchard* and water. A very valuable do-
posit of iron ore on tho land.
.-MP The plaeo can be conveniently divided
into two or throe settlements.
For lurthor particulars enquire of
NATHAN BASS, or
BURNS 4 DWINELL,
Ro&l Eestuto Agonts, Rome, Ga
Julyl8,lw8m-wlt
CONSUMPTION CURED.
To the Editor of The Courier :
EsTnuaen Friemo; Will you please inform
your readers that I have a positive
CVItE FOE CONSUMPTION
and all disordors of the Throat and Luug., and
that, bv Its uso in my practice, I luvo cured
bundrods of cases, nnd will give
81,000.00
for a case It will not benefit? Indeed, so strong
is ray faith, I will send a Sample, free, to any
sufferer addressing mo.
Please show tlun letter to any one you may
know who is suffering from these diseases, and
obligo, Faithfully yours,
DR. T. F. BURT,
_ftb Sjtw-wflm 6U William St.. Now York
Booraem & Van Raalte,
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The Oldest Paper; in Cherokee
Georgia.
The largest Circulation.
The Courier is the oldest paper pub
lislied in Cherokee Georgia—it having
been published 81 years, twenty 0 ,
them by the present Proprietor. During
this long period, the influence of The
Courier hn9 been directed [to the end
of promoting the great interests of this
section of the State—sparing neither
pains or expense in doing all it could
to advance the same. Tho result is
that its career has been prosperous and
its influence very decided in the discus-
sion of all questions involving the in
terests of thfc people and of the country
As in the past, so shall the influence
and labors of The Courier be in the
future—never swerving from the advo
cacy and maintenance of all measures
looking to the development of Cherokee
Georgia and the interests of the people
thereof.
Its Politics.
In politics, The Courier shall, a3 al
ways, be firm, but conservative and
respectful to those who may differ with
its views; but, in defense of tho hon
or of the people nnd of their rights it
will be neither laggard in or indiffer-
ont.to the "maintenance of these] In a
word, Tift Courier, polilicull , is nn
advocate and defender of the mnsses,
the hard-working people, whether mer
chants, professional men, tillers of the
soil, mechanics or laborers. To these
we look for support in the maintenance
of the right.
Its Circulation.
Perhaps, there is no paper in ('hero
kee Georgia that lias n finer circulation
among the people who trade nt Rome
than The Courier. Its circulation is
the result of constant and industrious
efforts to plaoe it in the hands of it
home people—those whose chief mar
ket it represents, tho City of Borne.
As an Advertising Medium.
In this respect it offers superior ad
vantages, such as is enjoyed by fietv
papers in the South, and published in
a town of no greater population—thus
giving all who wish to trade from the
surrounding country a splendid and
unparalled opportunity to make their
business known though its columns
tho paper permeating, in its influence
as it does, the whole of this section of
country—going in large packages to
every county, to the various post-offices
within a circuit of fifty miles around
Koine, both in Georgia and Alabama.
Rate3 for Advertising.
The advertising rates of The Courier
are very liberal considering its lnr$
circulation throughout this section ot
country. Merchants and businessmen
desiring to keep themselves constantly
known to the people will find The
Courier a splendid medium at very
reasonable rates.
Our Purpose.
IVe desire to extend tho usefulness
of The Courier by an increaso of its
already large circulation, and wo trust
its friends will commend it to tbeii
neighbors who do not already take it.
By such ,.:d we hope to make this old
paper tho groat journal of Cherokee
Georgia. Friends, givo us your in
fluence jn our efforts to do so.
The Time to Subscribe.
Now is a very good time of tho year
to subscribe, as there is more money in
circulation than during tho dull sen
sons. By subscribing now, parties will
find it easy to pay their subscription!
as they expire with the year.
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