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THE GAZETTE
SUMUKItVIUK, GA.
•I. CLEMENT,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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THURSDAY MOUSING, NOV. I, 1H77.
VFR Senator.
42 District: .*>-
< JUDGE SAMUEL HAWKINS,
OF CHATTOOGA.
Subject to the ratification of a Demo
cratic District Convention.
Special Notice.
By reference to the Governor’s letter
to the Committee, it will be seen that lie
will address the people of Chattooga and
surrounding counties, at Summerville, on
Saturday the 10th inst. Professor Orr
will nocompany the Governor and deliver
an address on Education. All are in
vited, male and female—ladies especially.
Dead Beats.
The Rome Tribune says: “The man
who will read it paper < ight months, and
when called upon for his subscription de
clines to pay, because he never subscribed
for it, is a petty sneak thief—we caro not
how line ho dresses, what circles he
moves in, or how loud he prays. We
have been supplying a few such dead
beats in this city. Wo find such eases
not worth the trouble.” *
Well said, Brother Sawyer, but you
might have included that class of advor
tisers, who let their cards run for a year
nr more, and when asked for the pay,
have the effrontery to tell you that thev
thought it was put in “just to fill up
space;" just as if they wore of more
consequence than the ten thousand items
of interest to the general public we have
to exclude for want of space. Accom
modation to the publisher, indeed! The
very height of presumption and vanity!
But, Brother Sawyer, did you not.
know that a man who would steal the
nickles from a dead nigger’s eyes would
receive a newspaper, or let his advertise
ment run year alter year, and then, if
you to pay for the subscription,
or advertisement, would meet you with a
refusal—may he get mad and insult you?
and have the audacity and meanness to
toll you your paper wasn’t worth any
thing, and that he wouldn't have it.
Mean, meaner, meanest. But that
don't exactly express it. Will somebody
tell us what will? “Lot her roll; let her
roll; let her roll.”
Useless Jargon.
The Tammany County Convention,
New York, at, a recent meeting,-Adopted
resolutions condemnatory of Mr. Hayes'
right and title to the Presidency, he liav
ing acquired the same by force of fraud
ulent ret urns of votes. nn unconstitutional
Electoral Commission, and that this
fraud vitiates his acts, as well as title to
the office ho holds; that no act, of his can
condone his fraudulent accession to, and
his unlawful retention of the same, and
that his order to officeholders that they
should not meddle with party polities, if
adhered tq and enforced, should lend to
his impeachment and removal from
office.
These, we presume, arc the sentiments
of the entire Democratic world; hut then,
what are yon going to do about it? Why
keep up this useless jargon? The deeds
is done; the President Ins control of the
country, and the people submit to his
authority. Why then forevermore lore
them with allusions, resolutions, animad
versions and re-assertimis of the vicious
ness of his title to the office he holds?
All these things may be, and doubtless
are true; but as long as no effort is being
mole to reverse this order of things why
this eternaT whimpering over it? Why
not set about devising seme means to
prevent such a state of affairs for tho
future? Would that not be the better
policy? "Tis true, if Mr. Hayes holds
his office by or through fraud, then it
follows that his acts are illegal, and would
be reversed by any unprejudiced and
competent court of the world. Hut then,
no one will prefer a test question for
adjudication, and the thing will just rook
on, and Mr. Hayes will go on exercising
the prerogatives of his office with as
much nonchalance as the moon rides her
circuit of the skies, regardless of the
harkings of a dog.
Come, gentlemen, you who arc whin
ing about Mr. Hayes’ ce npaney of the
Presidential office, do something in
earnest and tangible to oust him from it,
cr cease this twaddle, and “let us have
peace;” for we are heartily siek and tired
of this continual braying at the man,
which shows incompotency to remedy the
evil, or a want of courage to take the
lion by the heard, and contest the sit
uation.
Besides, what arc these men forever
br.,yig about? Is it because Mr. Hayes
is the occupant of the Presidential chair?
Well, how came he there? Didn't the
Democrats do it? Why aid they consent
to the Electoral Commission that resulted
in eight to seven and put Mr. Hayes in?
And then, didn’t .Mr. Tilden, after he
was fairly elected, and all the world suiJ
so, sit idly and quiescently by, and never
lor once raise a protesting voice to the
iniquitous scheme? Why didn’t he show
the man of courage, and like General
Hampton, of South Carolina, give them
to undi rstand, “thus far mayest thou
come, hut no farther.” Mr. Tilden is to
blame; the Democracy is to blame. Then
cease this murmuring, and make the best
of a had bargain. That’s what we say.
Gov. Colquitt to be in Summerville.
State or Georgia, |
Executive Department, r
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 29, 1877. )
SamucMOmrikins, 11. I). C. Edmondson,
Jus. A. (imment, Thompson lliles, and
others, Committee —Summerville,Ga-:
Gentlemen: — I am directed by Gov
ernor Colquitt to acknowledge receipt of
your very kind invitation to visit your
county and ad Ire- your people at Fnm
■ncrvillc. Tin! Governor will be with you
on Saturday, the loth day of November,
and address you on the subject qf the
general interest of the farmer.;, touching
the Industrial matters of tiro country.
Professor Orr will accompany him and
address y >u ou the suLjeet of Education.
The Governor desires mo to express
It: high appreciation of your eourte-y.
1 ain very truly ike.,
J. W. Avert.
Secretary Executive Department.
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The Capitol.
What does all this twaddle about ro
moving the Capitol from Atlanta to Mil
ledgevillc mean? Is there really any
seriousness about it? Who is it in Geor
gia that wants to go hack to Milledgeville
with the Capitol, and State archives?
What sensible man is there in the S ate
that would not regret such a rash act in
six months? This subject has annoyed
the tax-payers hng enough. The people
of the State, without reference to age,
sex, or previous condition, have too much
sense to he led astray or entrapped into
this enormous task by the aims of a tew
to he hsnetiued, Atlanta
i i* ■
for Capitol purps iM as much
as the State property *in Milledgville.
Wh at economy is in such an
undertaking now? And would it not be
suicidal in the people to be guilty ol such
foolishness?
A correspondent of the Atlanta Con
Klihitiini, signing himself "Observer,”
writing from Rome, says:
“The Constitution will receive almost
a unanimous vote in this count Atlanta
about the same vote for the | eriuanent
capital ut the fitate. Crops of corn and
cotton tir.-t ratio Times iui| roving. Puli
ties getting lively, dial to see that
good nu ll are being proposed ail o\er the
State for the Legislature. Cot. J. C.
Clements is in the field from the forty
fourth Sstriet H,r the iSenate in his Dis
trict, aij^-.lmige Samuel Hawkins, of
Chattooga, is in the field, without oppo
sition, from the lorty second, to till the
unexpired term of Col. (ramble. The
Judge u member of the State Con
vention, and was a prominent working
member, lie is well known all over the
State, and is a gentleman of high order
ot intellect, and w ill retlect honor on his
District. Now is the time for good men
to come to tlio front.
I understand lion. Iv P. Howell, of
Atlanta, is spoken of for the Senate, and
hope he may be elected by an increased
majority. More anon."
We heat lily endorse the sentiments of
“tll|jjpmwr " and hope the above named
gentlemen may be elected without oppo
sition. They have all been in the Legis
li attire before, and their services h are
imperatively demanded. yfr
Mr. Hayes is represented as saying in
his Atlanta speech to the colored pec pie,
"I believe that your rights and interests
would be safer if this great mass of in
telligent wlute men were let alone by the
general government. And now, my col
ored friends, we have been trying it for
these six months, and in my opinion in
no six months since the war have there
been so tew outrages aud invasions of
your rights, persous and homes, than in
tlio last six mouths.”
Has Mr. Hayes been all these long
years “looking through a glass darkly,”
or has ho been dull of apprehension?
Had lie given any credit to the history of
the South, and not been blinded by a
bloody-sflirt prejudice, tor better would
it have been for him, and no doubt fdf
his Ohio followers. But were these the
honest sentiment* of liis heart? or was
it lor a purpose, taking advantage ot the
occasion, time and place, that induced
him to their utterance? We dislike to
iuipugu any man’s motives, but we all
know what an influeuee surrounding cir
cumstances has upon one, when be has a
selfish object to promote.
Three Judges of the Superior Court
have died in Georgia this year —Clark,
Peeples, and Jlih.
Texas Items.
To the Editor uf The Qatette:
Having promised my many friend r in
Chattooga and Walker counties to write
to them, and as it is utterly impossible to
address them individually by loiter, and
the majority if them being readers of
your paper, I tuke this method to redeem
my promise.
This place is located 85 miles south-east
from Dallas, .'{.o west of Tyler, .'{(.* south
of Wills’ Point, 4.0 north of Palestine,
on the line between Henderson and Van
Zandt counties. I have bqjp here nearly
twelve months, and I tliinx I have seen
a sufficiency of this- part of Texas to
know what its advaritageiftnd disadvan
tages are. A man with small capital can
do (sitter with it here tha^can be dyne
in any of those older .States, regardless
tf the rccupation he may embark in,
A great many immigrate here bringing
with them the vain idea that they will
make a fortune in a day.. They seek the
richest soil, settle upon*Wme creek, or
river, ami ere eight inoifWis roll around
the chills and hillious fever seize them,
and just us soon as they are able to crawl
They give everything they possess for an
old broken down wagon and four Texas
ponies. Thus equipped, they roll out for
old “Gawgy.” They then not only give
Texas Hail Columbia, but curse it lor
everything they think #f, and thev can
think of a great deal. From this class,
the majority of the hard working, ener
getic r 'titers of those old, worn out coun
ties. who could come here, and consider
ably better their condition, obtain all
their information in regard to the “Lone
Star State.”
Asa general thing, this is a deep, sandy
country—soil varying from two to four
feet, resting upon a red clay as hard as
brick. upon most uplands in
all low unoftßubby, and consists of
hickory, black jack, post oak, sand-jack
and sumach. On the bottoms, branches
amt around marshes, the growth is tall.
There we obtain all timbers t'or building
and fencing. There is but little white
oak, and not a poplar in the State.
Twenty miles east of this place the pinery
begins, where we get all our lumber at
$1.50 per hundred feet.
Land is no object here. Unimproved
can bo had for from 25 cents to $6; im
proved from $4 to $8; and if this don't
suit a man, the State will give a single
man eighty, and a man and family one
hundred and sixty acres — provided they
will settle and live on it three years. And
you will please bear in mind, you can find
any kind of land in Texas a man uiay
want; even the most fustidiyik>
suited. I suppose there is no
soil but can he found in Tcxmfc.
prairie you uiqy traveTlWfOft*
and see nothing hut the ground, iaft|
sun and sky—not even a riding switch, or
a drop of water, “where man has never
made a track yet.” In dry weather it is
too hard, and in wet, so sticky they pull
it all up and carry it. Here, too, arc the
hard, rocky hillsides, as in Georgia, with
their long timbers; hut they are unlit tor
anything except the timber, or for build
ing sites, lor the clay is so close to the
surface it will not sinnd the drouths to
which Texas is subject.
It is astonishing how a crop will stand
dry weather on the deep sandy lands.
An eight weeks drought docs but little
damage.
Everything considered, this, in my
judgment, is the best farming country I
ever saw, although a great many give this
the name of being the poorest part of
the State- But Eastern Texas lias sum_‘-
rior advantages to any west of the Trinity
river. We have plenty of timber, waier,
and the seasons more favorable; but
whenever you strike that part of the
country west of the Trinity and Braßos
rivers, you will not get a drink of water
as often as you may want it. Here in the
timber country, you can find every kind
of water, from the meanest to the best,
and a splendid supply tor man and L%-t
A man can raise as many cattle aAe
wishes, having to feed but very little dur
ing winter, and some don't feed any, apd
nc-Jrly every*tall there is a sufficiency of
acorns to fatten the hogs.
Now to the productions this El Doradi;
We can raise be raised
in Ovoigia.,oxccMpSj
other grasses. Co^^xottimPOusvswee'f
potatoes and goobers all flourish here.
But little wheat is grown in this section,
notwithstanding this is a fine country foT
it. The farming in tbis coun
try is, a mail fyßi't have to wear himself
out plowing bird, rocky land. 'J he turn
joritv of jdl [glide that are cultivated are
all level and free trom rocks. The son
is always loose, and can be plowed at any
time. You never hear a man complain
okMLl“* lauiftfcunn together,” and
in dry weather. We use cast-iron scoote'3
shovels, twisters, and ir fact nearly air
our plows are east —they being cheaper
than wrought-iron
This country is unequaled lorgfah-ing
corn. It only requires seven funCwsTß
the row, with a sweep to ouitiyatAytU'teT
the crop is planted. Asa geiXraTtriTwjr,
I the corn is planted the first w ocean April
i and begin to pull fodder the i-ith of July.
There is corn enough in this section of
I country to do it two years. It is almost
j impossible to get money lor it, aud what
little is selling only brings twenty-five
cents per bushel. Bacon is worth 10 cents;
flour 3s; sorghum 15 cents per gallon.
Now is the time for emigrants, while
everything is cheap. Land, provisions
and stock never will be cheaper tjian they
are now. Ar.d right here let me advise
all who contemplate coming to Texas, to
thoroughly examine Henderson ami Van
Zandt counties.
Texas is not half so bad as it is repre
sented to’Ae, and I am confident, if the
real state of affairs could be set before the
.homeless of North Georgia, ere another
ysar ri lied round they would migrate- to
tho\L me Star State. A great tyany
havo'Jieen prejudiced against Texas by
being informal that it was infested with
tarantulas, centipedes and huge replies.
All of which is bosh. Even the press in
old States are against emigration to
tuWWesteincoootryjy *
to dig, that so many
hardyorkingTbiicrgetic ni#fc will stay in
those old worn out countries and rent land 1
that will not make fifteen bushehipf com
to the acre, arid only get SIU per
for labor, when there is as rnuuh unoc
cupied lund land here, and as great a de
mand for labor as there is, where ujj,
might secure homes, “anu everyone sif
under his own vine and tig tree, and nrfhe
dure to molest. ”
Health is geqprally good here. I heard
a physician sajsgHis sumiiigr, lie believdß
he would certainly starve. When there
is any sicknes, it is mostly bill >us ness;
such as chills and fevers, ami pnoHiooirib.
’This country is fiWe from those old
diseases, such a. consumption, bronchitis
and asthma. A good dentist can work
an overhanded fortune here.
Thomas M. Graham.
Walton, Van Ziiiult Cos., 'IV*.. Oct. M, IKT7.
The State Senatorship.
The Curtersviilc Exprest thus reflects
the political horizon in that county in
reference to the Senatorship for the 42nd
Senatorial district it.says:
“Up to the present wiiting there is
but littlo intere-t manifested in regard to
ti is subject in Bartow county. Indeed,
we may say we scarcely hear the matter
mentioned, and then only to express a
concession to Chattooga county as enti
tled to the succession under the new C’ol
stitntion as a right due her, acknowledg'd
in the last election. If the liew Consti
tution is defeated, Col. Gamble retains
the Senutoiship. If ratified, it seems to
he agreed that Chattooga havo the office
lor the time she i> entitled to it under tiie
new understanding expressed at the bal
lot box at the lust election.
Judge Samuel Hawkins iH the only
candidate, so tar, put forward for the
He is one ot the best men ol
county, and has no superior as 4 gen
pPenian in this Senatorial District. He
prjis an active and efficient member of the
pate Constitutional Convention, and if
: Chattooga is entitled to the .'enati rsbip.
Pus we believe she is, under the acknowl
edged decision of the people of the Dis
triet at the ballot box lust fall, we know
of no man better fitted to fill the position
than Judge Hankins.
We are confident Bartow will make no
resistance to Judge Hawkins, aril we
hope he will he given a walk over the
tiack, and our word for it. none of us
will be sorry for it, but will bo proud of
our new Senator. ”
The Rome Tribune of the 24th ult.
“ 1 he Sunitrerville Gazette came to
us last week wonderfully improved in
appearance. It is the neatest printed
paper in the State.”
We make our politest bow, and tip our
chapeau to Brother Sawyer for this very
unexpected, hut we.trust well deserved
compliment. The improved appearance
of the Gazette is due to our
printer son, who understands bis busi
ness and has a tiystc for the beautijul and
fascinating,
The Rev. Dr. VV. E, Mum*:y, “a dig*
tingttjwhttd divine of
copal Church, South, died in Knoxville,
Tennessee, on the 24th of October. As
a pulpit orator, Dr. Munsey had few
superiors, and lor many years it was dif
tiTTri-Mo-luid.churches large enough to
accommodate the vast crowds who flock
ed to-hear him. Foa several years after
the war he officiated in Ba.tityore, Md ,
and Alexandria, Va., where he will long
be,remembered.
Mga —
is to allow postmasters a very
ItflfediseotiTflWiitull postage stamps.sohL
and many of advantage
-thereof and entered largely into specula
te ntlrw •eon, A biil has been introduced
into Cong relhta-o prevent the practice,
jugidtijsthe postmsSWfor deputy guilty
of embezzlement, add punished tieeurd
that sells them at less thaupar
J\m. and rvquinng t hem-8 -' (•wr.ii’sjpwrf*'
Attfcfel, that they have not been making
illegal sales.
a. There are 26,199 more women than
men in Georgia. Now lor these women,
tp have a chance at a "marry ,TRai num
ber of men must become widowers, M
ikthese women must emigfwte, or euougtr
men immigrate into the Ftate, or ijfce
women must live and die hus bandies-
This is the only way we can fix it up.
Over 500,000 bottles of l)r. Bull’s
Cough Syrup are sold every season, and
thousands of persons saved from an un
timely grave.
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(NEXT HOOK ABOVE ItOINSA VILI.K t Ult OTHER.)
DEALER IN
BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER, SHOE-FINDINGS, etc.,
Huoad Street, - - Rome, Georgia.
HAVING PURCHASED THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE AS
SORTMENT AND SELECTION OF
C IIENUXK. OAK, SOLE.
WEEK ANU HARNESS LEATHER, CALK Ap KII* SKINS. TORE!NOS, k
And the fqllest liue of Shoe-Findings ever offeredft this market. With twenty
years experience in the business, 1 atu satwJied t offer very rare aud special
[iiidtpirments line of g,s>ds. Warranting everytlHpg aud obligating myself to
have repaired, iramuf charge, all eraa
Wlyen 1 say [ nb make it tu your to call and examine my stock I
mean what I say. Irky first dodf above" & Brother. My Home-Made
Brogans can’t tie beat rk material otweur; price $1.50. 1 will pay market price ter
JM Hides. Give me a ytll. V
Georgia, Oct. 18th. J . Ai. Rovelace.
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WHOLESALE AM) RETAIL 0k.A1.1 K IN FOREIGN AND DOXKbTIC
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OE W HICH 1 EEEE A LARUE AND WELL ASSORTED
variety o:sr
My !"t if Prints cannot be excelled. Press Goods is Novelties. Ladies and Misses
Hose; Cas.siir.eres and Flannels at very low prices.
Black Alpacas, Black Ca-simeres, Sliawls and Cloaks; Sheeting HI-4 very low.
Jeans, Blankets, Clothing, Tickings, Bleached Muslins,
Boots aud Shoes, a Urge variety ot Ladies’ Ties and Notions.
Linens, Towels, Napkins, Cuffs, Collars, Ribbons, etc.
Indeed, everything desired by or for Men, Women and Children.
I will sell aithc very Invest market prices, aud cheaper than any one in the city.
<t uni. THOMAS FAHY•
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ROME, -fl- GEORGIA
I lI.UMmf”T OPENED A LA KG FT''AND ELEGANT STOCK OF
Foreign and Dotnastb Dry Goods, Notions and Fancv Goods. My
stock in all the departmeißsMW|g< II assorted and has been
sehvtedwwith gr<-:tt
PRICES. 1 feel iu'tifieil in saying, that
1 can offer sueWnnducomen's that
will insure satisfaction, Iwith
in quality, style and price.
Quick Sales and Stiort Profits is My MOTTO
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1 l can -dlfily name a few
special ies: Itlaek and
Colored Caslyuetes from Fifty*
five cents up?' Black and Colored
. Silks— new stia'les. Black and Colored
~ . Mohair arid BriHianteeq, from Twenty-five
• cents to 4)lie Dollar. 'PreijMj'i English and
American dress goods in l styles and colors.
.Buttons. Fringes, Lace and Triumiings. Silk to match
0 Dress- Goods. buying Dress Goods from me will be
‘ saved tHT >abof inW iwnej’ance of hunting the trimming. ty
Dozen Ladrs*6Linen Cauibrie Handkerchiefs from Ten cents up. Forty
Dozen Gent s LiSpn Handkerchiefs from Fifteen cents up. A full supply of
A FANCY GOODS
Consisting of Silk and Lace Ties, Silk Handkerchiefs; Ruffs from Twenty cents per
dozen to Seventy-lyre cents per yard. Headquarters for the Celebrated
CORK CORSET, with a large stock of other makes from Forty
f * centsup. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore received,
and Owning by integrity and a polite and careful attention to
ypnr wants to win and hold your good will and patronage,
I am. Yours Respectfully,
H. HARPOLD-
Rome, Georgia, October 11, 1877.-1 in