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THE 'CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
VOLUME V.
'• EXAMINE HOW YOUR HUMOR H INCLINED, AND Will H THE RULING PASSION OF YOUR MIND.’
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CANTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18. 1881.
NUMBER 38.
Tut CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
BY
BEN. F. PERRY»E'lltor and Proprietor.
OJIre upstairs, cor. West Marietta and Gains-
vilk Street*—near Court Uomm.
(H'KtClAI. ORGAN t HKROR.BR COUNYY.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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*o suit the times. " 1 @|
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tbo General Assembly.
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charged for accordingly. All considered
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lication must I war the name of writer,
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for the opinions of contributors.
No communication will bo admitted
into our columns having for its ends
defamation of private character, or in
any other way of a scurrilous import of
. public good.
Correspondence solicited on all points
of general importance—but lot them be
briefly to the point.
All aommiiuieatious, letters of busi-
ness, or money remittances, to receive
prompt attention, must ha addressed to
BEN. F. BERRY, Canton, Ga.
P. O. Drawer 49.
THE COUKTR r SCnoOLTtO VSK
have
Tlie sWmolhnuso stood beside the way,
A shabby building, old and gray,
With rattling sash and lot«o hung door,
And rough, uneven wails and floor)
And why the littlo homespun crow
It gathered were some way tnoro blest
Than others, you would scarce
gneseed;
It is a secret known to few.
I'll tell it yon. The high road Iny
Wretched all along the towuxldp hiU,
Whence the broad lands sloped either way,
And smiling up did strive to till
At every window, every door,
The schoolhouse with that gracious Ion
That God's fair world would fain iuitilL
So softly, qulotly it oamo,
The children never knew it* name;
It* various unobtrusivo look*,
They emitted not a* study books;
And yet they eoitld not lift an eye
From play or labor dreamily,
And not find wilt in xweetest speech.
The tender lessons it would teach:
“Be gentle, children, bravo and trne,
And know the great God loveth you.”
Only the teacher, wise of heart,
Divined the landscape's blessed art;
And when she felt tho lag and Btir
Of the young tillers fretting her,
Out-glanolng o'rr tho meadows wide,
Tho ruffling woods, the fur hillside,
Hho drew fresh brcst’i of God’s froo grace,
A gentler look came in her lace,
Her kindly voice caught In its own
An echo of that pleasant tone
In which the great world sang its snng—
“Be cheerful, pstient, sflll and strong.'’
M. E. 11k If NETT.
STORY OF A
Professional and Business
Cards.
IN. A & G. I. TEASLEY,
Attorneys n r, L*aw,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Will givo prompt a tentlon to all busi-
uoss in trusted to them. Will praotice in
nil tho courts of tho county and in the
Htiperior Courts, of tho Bluo Ridge cir
cuit. jan3-ly
C. D. MADDOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CANTON, OEORGIA
Refers by permission to John Silvey A
Co., Thos. M. Clarko At Co., James R.
Wylie and Gramling, Spalding & Co., all
of Atlanta, Go. jaul- ’83-ly
CEO. R. BROWrt,
ATTRONEY AT LAW,
Will practice in the Superior Courts
of Cobb, Mil .on, Forsyth, Dickons and
Dawson counties, and in the Superior
and Justice courts of Cherokee.
Office over Jos. M. McAfee's store
Special attention given to tho collec
tion of claims.
Business respectfully solicited.
[jan3-’83 ly.]
quired ns to pay At once the individual
the hard cash.
'The Paying Teller of onr uank in the
business season had nil he could attend
to. The money to be paid for an agri
cultural produot very much in demand
wonld on some days make the cosh dis
bursements of this bank amount to
$750,000. I remembered that on one
ocoasion, looking at the Teller, be
seemed tired and depressed. Presenting
my check for some amount low than
$1,000—wanted by me in five and ten
lollar bills—ho overpaid me $50. He
had counted iho money over twico be
fore passing it to me. I recounted tbe
money, found tho error, and being
pressed for time eonld not return the $50
until after 8 o'clock. The Teller was
obliged to me, but I noticed thnt ho I tore
a worried look. A month after this wo
had some balance to pay a customer liv
ing oat of the city, amounting to $450.
A chock was drawn by me, banded to
the creditor, and his account was hal-
lanced. Tbe business entirely dropped
ont of my mind.
Home three months afterward tho j
firm received a letter from this man
which wns rntlior ambiguous of its kind.
There was an error, so ho said, in bis
account. Would we look it over ? At
ouoe I examined the books, checked off
every item, went through all tbe debts
and credits of his business, and ended {
by insisting the final olieck paid him. i
My employers, who were very honest and
m—i——
ably not a cent would have been re.
tuned. I trrote now, a sharp letter, 1
said: "That a very large amount of
money must have been paid him over
and above iho face of the last check
given him! which was for $450." I
stated, “thfft I know exactly how much
it was." I must confess outright thut
this was a .bluff. 1 was not suro that
the Teller Bad not made other mistakes
besides tliirone. I wrote "that unless
the money was at onoe restored I would
blast lus reputation. If he was inclined
to be houdftt, even at this late date, let
him do iUl he could and lend back
tbe whole amount.” I thought it
wiser not Ho let him know tho mental
condition of tho Teller. I was quito
certain thttt if he knew that the Toller
was ont dthts mind not one |tenny would
be rctonl. I wrote to him "that ho
must bo mi a hurry about it. Tbatouly
tho Toilet and I knew of it, and that my
firm were as yet iu Ignoranoo.”
At onoe, by return mail, I hod a letter,
The sum was not, as he sold, what I rep
resented It to be. lie mado somo spo-
liiotts arguments about a man finding n
purse, and tho description of it not Ini-
lying wifti the actual purso lost, or tho
amount iu it. Under such circumstances,
was a roan bound to return it 7 If 1
could prove that bo bad boon overpaid,
I ought to state exactly what was Hie
nin unf. lie might, ho addod, "never
have oFlttcn me a word about it, and uo
one would have been tbe wiser. But ho
had a (Lipeionco," so ho said. 1 replied
o(ireful gentlemen, wore satisfied with wit]| ft .^ Ror()U8 let tor. I confuted his
II. W. NEWMAN.
JNO. I). ATTAWAY.
NEWMAN & ATTAWAY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CANTON, ... GEORGIA.
Will practice in the Superior Courts
► f Cherokee and a 1 joining counties.
Prompt attention given to all business
placed in their hands. Office in the
Court .House. [jan3-’83-ly ]
P. P. DuPREE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Will-practice- in th Bluo Ridge cir
cuit and iu Cherokee county. Dili • 1-
the Court House with the Ordinary
Administrations on estu'es.
B*$rt;o-lections a specialty."TBfi
BfiiN. P. r LKHY,
AGENT —
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Office vs i. li Chekokeb Advance
J. P. BltOOKE,
■SttoPqey kt Lkw
ALPHARETTA, GA.
Will practice in all the Courts of the Blue
fiidge Circuit ami in the Justice Courts of
Milton and of such other Districts (G. M.) as
holder on Milton.
J. M. HARDIN.
House. Sigrv Carriage
—AND—
ORNAMENTAL PAINTER,
FRESCO ASI) SCENIC ARTIST ALSO.
Oriental and Grecian painting. Mzo
Tintin -, Oarbo-Ttminz, painting i:i 8e-
pci and India Ink.
Twenty-five per cent sived by apply
ing to me before contracting with others.
Material furnished at bottom prices.
Satisfaction given or no qharges made.
See or address, J. M. HARDIN,
[jun3-’83-1y] Canton, Georgia.
What I have to .tell is ahsolntoly true.
It did happen exactly as I shall try to
write it. The only thing I will omit are
tho names of tho persons and the place
where it happened. I might by length
ening out tbe story show the play tf
those fell passions, greed and covetous
ness, but I trust what I have to say will
not lose its point from brevity Tho
moral is the Bame old trite ono, that
honesty is the best policy. When a
man is tempted to oomtnit a wicked ac
tion it often happens that the injury
done another > bocctue-t im.uvrsbl*.
There is a sequence in all dishonest
transactions whioh escapes the evil
doer. Effect follows cause. This may
come instantly, ns quickly as an ex
plosion when tho hammor of the gun-
lock strikes tbe cap containing the ful
minate, or tbe tiro may bang back, but
it will oomo some day or other. This is
a longer preamble than I thought would
be drawn from my pon, but as I am not
a young man I may indulge in some
comments, because in tho lifo of any
one who bos passed the half oentury
tho force of the inevitable constantly
occurs to him. A man of my ago has
l)cen long enough in this world to huve
seen passing before him many a sail
drama; bo bus been present at the very
first scene, and has been an unwilling
witness of tbo terrible conclusion.
I suppose few people who liavo had
direct transactions with banks are not
aware that errors sometimes happen.
The beads of firms rarely are acquainted
with such mistakes. It is the business
of clerks who have tho checks cashed to
sco that the amounts paid them aro cor
rect. Paying Tellers if they do err aro
rather likely to pay too much than too
little. Should they give more money
than the face of the check calls for, if
tbe receiver of the money is dishonest,
then tbe payer does not always hear
about it. If ho underpays, the demand
for the difference is invariably made at
once. 1 am rather inolined to repeat
the assertion that in such mistakes as
are made in the rush of business it is
tho commoner error to pay too much.
Sometimes a very tired man, whose
brain has been too long on tho stretch,
or who is ill or nervous, mistakes the
number of the check for the amount,
and pays away some thousands instead
of hundreds. I have known this to
happen in a New York bank to a young
friend of mine. He had sufficient good
judgment not to embarrass the Paying
Teller by making any noise about it.
He resumed his place in the line,
handed back his bank book, politely re
quested the Toller to look at the check
he had presented, the amount he bail
received, and it was all so quietly done
that he made for lifo a fast friend of
a careful and expert bank Teller. I
have two or three times been overpaid
by a bank Teller. People who shop
have very often mistakes made in their
change to their advantage. Needll be
said that without waiting an instant
restitution should bo made ?
I was a clerk in a house when tho in
cident I am about telling happened.
Wo did a large business in the city of
*»and ^Bur check-book was in con
stant demand. I made out the checks
and kept the bank account, but did not
have the signature of the firm. Gener
ally for greater security, when the
amounts were large, I drew out tho
money myself. A great many of tbo
transactions we were engaged in re-
the accuracy of the account, and I was
instructed to write him a letter to that
effect, I did so, os politely ns I could,
but at tho conclusion of my letter I
said, "You leave us iu the dark, how
ever, ns to one tiling. Three months
have elapsed since our cheek was given
to you. If you had uot been paid wjiat
Was due you wo should have certainly
heard from you beforo, Have you lasen
overpaid?" My senior employer a
arguments. "He kuow," I said, "the
moment he had the bnnk-uoton passed
over t< him that ho had I icon overpaid."
A man might find a piece of gold iu tbt
dust of tho road, and could never toll
who dropped it there. But there was no
ttualo *j between the two cases. I cried
"for immediate restoration, or there
; would ho an exposure." nis answordid
i not come for ten days. "I was mis-
! takon,” he said. "He was not aware
shrewd business man, looking over my that he had been overpaid until he got
letter, remarked, "Perhaps your ques
tions hero might not be liked by Mr.
— . However, lot it go." I mailed tho
Tetter. "Wo heard Ti.Airing more about
it for a month. Then thoro oamo a tor
tuous letter from the man. "His ao-
count was wrong," ho wrote. "Maybe
ho had eomo across somo money ho
home. Then he did not know of it for
a week afterward. It oamo out then iu
his accounts." I knew this to be »
'vickijt 'ie, but it contained at least the
writtou acknowledgement that lift hud
been overpaid. His lettor concluded as
follows: "The matter has worried mo
considerably; has taken tip a great ileal
could uot exactly account for." Ho did - of my time, and timo for mo Is money.
Don’t yon think thore should bo com
pensation allowed mo, or in other words,
can’t wo make a compromise?” (Oh,
the blackguard I) "If such a thing
eonld be arranged I will come to tho
city and pay over to you the money. I
am not afraid of tho bank. I consider
llmt my transactions have boon with
your firm.”
The money overpaid by tbo Toller
not state how much money it was
now it happened. It was a mean sham
ble on his part. I know that. Hu had
pricks of conscience; that I was certain
of. Tho firm consulted with mo what
tiiey should do. I mado up my mind
that more money had been paid the
man on the check than ho was entitled
to. I went at onco to tho Teller of tho
battle, I found him ill, nervous, and
treqn tlous.
"Yes,” ho said, "my actions wore
wrong. There had never been a big
deficit. I have not slept for moutliH. I
am afraid I have overpaid sonic one. ,
Put thank God I mado it up. 1 mort
gaged my house and passed the amount, ,
short, to the credit of tho bank. I must
linve mado a blunder somewhere. But j
iho si rain oil my mind lias been killing
j mo. I feel us if I were no longer fit for I
I the place.” He seemed tc mo to have 1
1 moments of doubt and uncertainty. "I
! still cling to my place," ho said. "Of
j course I havo no recollection of having
i paid that check of $153." I said to him !
; "Hint I had hopes of getting some of
| tho money back," but I did not like to
toll him how. But what I did do was
! (o go that evening to tho President of
j the bank and state the case to him. As
! it had beeu through him that I owed
my position in the firm he had every
confidence iu me. My advice was asked.
I was forced to declare that I thought
Iho Paying Teller had better beeu given
another and lighter position. Next day
when I went to tho bank, tho old Teller
had been apparently relieved. Ho was
easting up some aooouuts in tlie ledger.
When I spoke to him across the railing
ho did not seem to recognize me. Next
day I was shocked to learn, through the
President of tho bank, that such positive
indications of mental trouble had been
shown by tho Teller, that his friends
had thought it wiser to confine him in
his house. His accounts had been at
ouoe rigorously examined, and were
found to be correct. It was perfectly
(me tliat he had mortgaged his house,
and had paid tho amount received into
the bank. He had concealed tho loss
for three months or more from the bank,
whioh was a mistake on his part, but he
had boen punctilious enough to even
add the interest for some 90 days.
Now, I felt absolutely certain that the
man to whom the check had been paid
must be a rascal. If he had offered
restitution it came late—very much too
late. My firm gave me carte blanche
to manage the matter as I pleased. I
could not havo him arrested. As he
lived in an isolated part of the country,
no efficient summons could reach him.
If I hail boen aggressive before prob-
liad boen somo $-1,000, and ho hod prob
ably counted ont $4,500 instead of $456.
I Imteil to do it, but I offered tho scoun
drel his traveling expenses. Ills reply
came promptly: “To leave his business
wns worth n great deal more than that.
Thi n, again, he thought of bringing his
wife on with him and enjoying them
selves.” The up and down of it wns
that I must offer him a certain amount.
"My temptations, you remember, have
been very great.” I offered lum $500.
I was disgusted. I felt like going to his
place anil tackling him myself. "This
is my ultimatum,” I said. "If Idonot
heur-from you iu ten dnys I will diseloso
the whole matter and you will bo dis
honored.” His letter camo back
promptly enough.
"He would take tho $500. It wnsn’t
very much. The bank wns ever so rich.
Corporations had no souls." I consulted
with the bank president, who thought it
better to close with the man. Would it
be believed that that wretch and his
wife came to apparently on a pleas
ure trip ? Ho had done a sharp anil a
clever piece of business. He had uot
the least compunctions of conscience.
He oamo to the office of an evening, and
I do not hesitate in saying that in my
hip pocket there was p revolver. Ho
handed me over something less than
$2,000, asserting that the amount re
ceived less the traveling expenses and
the $500 mado np this balance. When
the money had been transferred by me
to the safe I gave him a piece of my
mind. I did not spare him. I heaped
on him every insulting epithet I could
think of. Then ho showed his temper,
whioh was an ugly one. "Now,” said I,
(remember I was 20 then and hotter
blood ran through my veins than to-day),
"you are worse than a thief; you are a
murderer. You have wrecked an hon
est man’s brains. That teller of the bark
whoso money you took lias lost his rea
son. He will, I’m afraid, never be a
sane man again. This is your work.”
That seemed to cow him. "Your.repent-
ance comes too late. 1 bate you so that
—God forgive me—had you as much as
lifted a finger against me I should not
have hesitated in killing you like a dog,
and no jury in tho land would havo
touched a hair of my head. Go out of
this city by the early morning train or I
drill make yon," That wretch left the
office liko a whipped our. What wns ths
sequel? A sail one. Tho bank teller
lapsed into a melancholic condition,
which tendered all mental labor impoa-
siblo. Ho hod some little money but
many friends and such few comforts as
he required were ungrudgingly given
him. He died ten years ago. He never
did completely recover his senses. As
to the cautiug rascal, his fate was a dire
one. Somehow tho whole story came
out, though I did not divulge it. In
that soction of country where ho lived ho
was discredited. He took to drink and
became a confirmed inebriate. He neg
lected lus business and his plantation
was sold, nts wife sought and obtained
a divorco. Two years ago I read that
iu a brawl In tho most degraded quarter
of a town in Alnhnmn this man mot his
death in a negro duueo house.
i
lloir n Ronr-Admlrnl wns Mtitle.
Ono morning, when tho Duke of
Clarence, having received his commis
sion and his Hliip, was ou kL way to his
tailor’s iu Plymouth, to got the new uni
form, nt a street corner ho saw a boy
crying, and stopped to Inquire the cause.
Tito lad looked up through his tears, re
vealing a handsome, winning, and intel
ligent face, and replied that his mother
hail died only a few days before, and that
ho had been east homeless into the
streets. "Where ia your father?” asked
tho Prince. "Ho waa lost in the Sussex,
on the Cornwell const, two yoars ago."
"How would you liko to go to sea in n
first-rate man-of-war?" Tho boy’s face
brightened os ho answered that ho would
like it very well. Tho Prince took out
hiB pockotbook anil wrote something
upon a slip of paper, whioh he gave to
tho boy, with a shilling. "Go down to
the docks,” he said, "and with this
shilling you will hire a boatman to carry
you off to the Pegasus. When you got
on board the ship yon will give this
paper to the oflloer whom you find iu
oharge of the deck, and he will take care
of you. Cheer up, my lad I Show mo
that yon flavea tiue heart, aild yon shall
niroly find a true friend.” Arrived on
board the Pegasus, the officer of tho
deck received him kindly, and seut him
to sit upon a gun-carriage under the
break of tho poop. Iu less than an hour
tho Prince como off in his now uniform,
mul tho boy was strangoly moved upon
discovering that the man who hrnl prom
ised to l>e his friend wns none other
than William, Duke of Clarenoe, anil
Captain of the frigute. The boy, whoso
name was Albert Doyor, was taken into
tho cabin, where tho Prince questioned
him, and forthwith ho ordered him to l>o
rated ns a midshipman, and from his
own purso ho procured him un outfit.
During the voyage to tho American coast
the Prince became strongly iiltauhed to
his youthful protege, keeping him ubnut
his person continually, utnl instructing
him in general branehes of education, as
well us in his profession. Time passed
on and tho boy grow to bo a man, serv
ing King nud country faithfully. In
timo William laieumo King, anil signed
the commission which mado Albert
Doyor a Rear-Admiral. Ho exclaimed,
os he put his signature to tho document:
"There—if I have ever done a good
deed for England, it was when I saved
to hor service that good and worthy
man 1”
The F.lcvuted Masher.
Dr. J. P. Saye
BALL GROUND, GA
Tenders liin professional service* to
the citizens of Ball Ground anil stir
rounding country.
Olliei R. .1. B lings' Motel.
HOUSE - BUILDING
•—AND —
CONTRAC TING.
I am now fully prepared to promptly
complete nil contracts for Building oi
Repairing I louses
1 kec|) constantly on hand and caa
promptly fill all orders for any kind of
S ash. Door?, Mouldings,
Rough and Dressed
LUMBER,
and in fact Building Material of every
description.
All work guaranteed satisfactory, and
nit prices that defy competition.
If contemplating anything in my line
call and gel my pluuH and prices
TI B. TOLBERT. ’
THOS. W. HOCAN,
DENTIST,
Canton,
Ga.
Tenders his professional so vices to th<
citizens of Canton and surrounding coun
try, and guarantees satisfaction in work
and prices.
Office—Over W. M. F.Uis’ store.
Sale and Feed
STABLE,
8. W. EVANS,
Canton, 6a., near Railroad Depot.
Horses and Buggies at reasonable
prices.
Carriages and Horses nlways rendy.
Will send to any purt of tho oountry,
with careful drivers and gentle teams.
All kinds of stuck feed, and stock well
cared for.
Mg and Graying Done at Low Rates.
Customers will be politely wailed od
at ull hours—day or night.
Iu New York city Justieo Dnffy has
just punished an Elevated Railroad
Masher with a reprimand and a tcn-dol-
lur fine. In tho course of a little lecture
delivered by his honor from tho bench
on the Masher in general, and the Elo-
vated type in particular, he pointed out
the inherent tendency of tho masculine
person to become a Masher the moment
ho gets a uniform, cap anil a brass but
ton on. He could not explain it, but in
common with the throe hundred thou
sand who ride every day on tho Elevated
Roads ho hail remarked it with grief
and wonder. The softer members of
the soft sex, it seems, hang out of the
windows along the routes of these roads
waiting to be mashed by the mon who
wear uniforms. Thousands of other
men, handsome, brave, gifted, travel on
those roads and attempt the same thing,
but fail. Nothing succeeds but the offi
cial brass buttons.
At Whitby, Canada, the olhor day, a
j farmer and his horse camo upon a num-
j her of dogs that wore barking furiously
at some sheep in a pasture. The timid
ewes and their lambs wero huddled to
gether in a fence corner, but were pro
tected from harm by a two-yoar-okl colt.
Tne equine shepherd displayed great
skill in his battle with the dogs, striking
out his fore feet at them and marching
up and down in front of his self-assumed
charge.
McAFFEE HOU8E,
CANTON, OA.
Under mi entirely new management, l« now
open fur tlie aiTomniodHtlon of those si cking
ii In-nitliy and |il< HHiint locality. Accommoda
tions Ilint-cliiHH ami prices low. Hplriidid
Humph- ltuoina for drummers. Hpcrial rates to
families.
In connection with the llousn ore splendid
stables, while horses, buggies, etc., will re
ceive prompt attciilioii, arid lit moderate rutis.
All jiirois and citizens of the comity having
blisinixs in court, will ho charged less than
regular rutis. For further particulars call on
or address
COL. H. C. KELLOCC,
(.’union, Georgia.
MEDICAL CARD.
7)7i. N. SEWELL
Returns thanks to the citizens of Canton
slid vicinity for their liberal patronage
an 1 HHk a continuance of the eame
Being permanently located, will con
tinue to practice Medicine, Surgory and
Midwifery.
Moiling by industry, energy and striot
application to b si uoss to merit an in*
creased pattonago and continuance of
the sumo
Office and Drug Store first door east of
R, T. Jones’ store. Residence adjoining
Ben. F. I’oiry. jau3
H D. McENTYBE,
BRICK, PLASTERING
--ANIL-
STONE WORKMAN.
Canton,
Ga.
I am fully prepared to do any kind ol
Masonry or Plastering at the lowest pos-
siblo rates, and solicit the patronage of
those desiring work in my line.
jauit _ H. H McENTYRE.
A. J. STEADMAN,
CANTON - - - OA
Having taken charge of his father’*
shop returns thunks to his customers for
past patronage and asks fora continuance
of the same.
All w. rk, HUeli as Roofing, Guttering
copper, und all repairs will be promptly
executed, nud at reasonable prices. Giv«
him a trial is all he asks.