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pVvASI” FRIDAY, by
Q H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs,
Iu die town Oi l artersvillw, Bartow bounty, Ga.
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I LLTCIIIIR LEAK
i authorized traveling Agent, and will
;.it every nook and corner of Bartow and
,1 if Counties in behalf of the SEMI-We**-
' i »i: ERHVU.I.K Kxprehh. He is fully author
' , ,- -civc Subscription and receipt for the
1 contract for advertising and job work.
jfyotcssional (?ards.
John W. Wofford,
attorney at law.
<Vm e over Pinkerton’* Drug Store. Oct. 17.
p A. P. WOFFORD.
Hotrord & W offord,
attorneys at law,
GEORGIA.
C A R f RR5\ Ll-LE,
i...... ea. ik7o.
ft. W . Murphcy,
ATT FORNEY AT LAW,
Ca‘TERSVI!,LB, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee
<ii nit. Particular attention given to the coi
tion of claims. Office with Col. Abda John-
Oct. 1.
.folin J. Jones,
ATTORNEY tT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CARTERSVILLK GEORGIA.
\\ ,:! ttend promptly to all proffessioual busi
n. n entrusted to his care; also, to the buying
selling of Beal Estate. -lan 1.
Jere. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County, and
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
( A KT ERSVILLE,. GEORG IA.
Jan 1,1870.
A. IS. Fonte,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March 30.
T. vr. MILNKK, O. H." MILNER.
Hilner Milner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, OEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
t liei r care. J an. 15.
Warren Ah in,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTKRBVIL E, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the court 6 of the State.
Nam. £l. Patiilo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sowing Machines,
WILL attend promptly to the Cutting, Re
pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’
liothiug; also, Agent for the sale of the cele
brated Grover & Baker Sewing Machines. Of
fice over stokely & Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. feb 17.
Joint W. Dyer,
HOUSE-P^IITTER.
C A KTK Its VI LLE, GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business in his line.
Jan 19,1870—w1y
W r . li. Mountcastle,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CAItTEPvSVILt E, GEORGIA,
Ollice in front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s Store.
Kciiiiesaw House,
MARIETTA “ GEORGIA.
II s still open to the traveling public as well is
1 summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
airangeinonts for the season can be Accommo
dated. Rooms neat aud clean and especially
adapted for families. A hue large piazza has
been recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. FLETCHER & FREYER,
junelSwtf Proprietors.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia,
1 ¥ V V E just received the latest European and
f jL American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing. and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
der. Office upstairs in Liebman’s store. East
ide of the Railroad. sept. 29.
J. T. OWEN,
WAT C H-MAKE R
AND
Jeweler,
Is PREPARED to meet every want in his line
on the most retsonable terms.
AND WORK
Aug. 11,1870.-ts
W. C. PREEN,
CLOCKS,
AND WATCHES;
mSs h I , yJsSI \lso keep on hand and for
sale the above goods.
Room in the store of Simon LiebmaD-
Cartersville, meh °.2.
C L. ATTAWAY,
Plain and Ornamental Painter,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA
Will do painting promptly and faithfully
dec 20, 1870. wly
Gear Shop,
Saddles
and GEAR, Manufactured and Repaired in
the very best style of the art, in the quickest
time and at the shortest notice, and for less
money than is usually paid for such work
and stock. Try me ! W. C. EDWARDS.
Cartersville. inch 9—wly
l>r. F. M.
DESiTIST .
Teeth drawn without pain, by the use oi nar
cotic spray. _
SACK FACTORY.
WE are prepared, at all seasons, to fill or
ders for Grain and Flour Sacks, of any
size, quality, or quantity at our factory in At
lanta. Ga. W. A. MITCIIELL & UJ.
sept. 26. 1870, wly
S. H. SMITH & CO.,
VOL. O.
READ
IWn* Is well known to
Doctor* and to Ladies
that Women are subject >
to numerous diseases pe- .% ts in|w
culiar to tlieir sex—such * —‘aWjdjL
Menses, Whites, Painful
M’ntlily ‘Periods,’ Rheu
mutism of the Back and * wf® JL
Womb, Irregular Men- 1 fi'V
struation, Hemorrhage,
or Excessive ‘Flow,’ and
Prolapsus Cu-rior Fall
ing of the Womb.
These diseases havesel c.-~r^
dom been treated successfully. The profession
lias sought dilligcntly for some rented' that weld
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At last, that remedy has been discovered by
one of the most skilful physicians in the State of
Georgia. The remedy Is
Bradfield’s Female Regulator,
It is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta, by BRADFIELD & CO.
Ii will purifv the »>lood aud strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine is in Chills and Fevers.
For a history of diseases, and certificates of its
worderful cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the lxdtle. Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or inonoy refunded.
Lag RANGE, (IA., March 23, 1870.
BRADFIELD Sl CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: I take pleasure iu stating that 1
have used, for file last twenty years, the medi
cine vou are putting up, known as DR. ,J. BRAD
HKLD’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con
sider it the best combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. 1 have been familiar with the pre
scription both as a practitioner of medicine and j
in domestic practice, ai.d can honestly sav that
1 consider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every lady in our whole land,
who may be suffering in any way peculiar to j
their sex, may be able to procure it bottle, that l
their sufferings may not only be relieved, but |
that they may be restored to health & strength.
With my kindest regards, I am. respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. D.
We, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade. Dr. J. Bradfield’*
Female Regulator—believing it to lie a good and
reliable remedy lor the diseases for which he
recommends it! W. A. LANSDELL,
PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR & CO
RED WINK & FO-f,
W. C. LA WSITK, Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT & SON, Marietta, Ga.
DR. PR <Tp HITT’S
Celebrated Liver Medicine.
It is purely vegetable, and will act upon the
T.i\er and Kidneys as promptly as Calomel and
Buchu, without any danger of salivation or de
struction of file bones.
Parties taking the medicine need not fear get
ting wet, or any other reasonable exposure.
Symptoms of Liver Disease:
Headache, Dull Feeling or the Blues, Sour Stom
ach, Sick or Nervous Headache, Heartburn, In
digestion or Dyspepsia, Bad or Bitter Taste in
the Mouth, the skin has a thick, rough feelipg,
ami is darker than usual. Costiveness, Melan
choly Feeling*, Cramps, Cold Feet, Colic, Dys-'
ente’ry, or Diarrhoea, Chills and Fever, and!
Piles." In fact, where the Liver is out of •rder,
j ou are liable to every disease that is notcouta-j
gioiif.
Prophitt’s Liver Medicine, if taken properly,j
will prevent and cure any disease resulting from
a deranged liver. ,
It will regulate its functions and thus cure all
diseases caused by the failure of its healthy ac
tion.
It has been used for a great number of years,
and lias given universal satisfaction.
There is no brother or son claiming to have
the origional recipe. It is put up in both Pow
der and Fluid fonu.
Fairburn, ga., Sept. 4,1868.
DR. O. S. PROPIIITT:
Sir: My wife Las been an invalid for fifteen
years. Doctors ah agreed she had “Liver Dis
ease.” In connection with their practice she
used various aud noted remedies, none of which
seemed to do any good. Sometime ago I procu
red a bottle of your “Liver Medicine,” of your
agent here, C. A. Harvey, which being given ac
cording to directions, has affected a complete
cure. Respectfully, Ac., GEO. L. THOMAS.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 24, 1868.
I have used Dr. O. 8. 3 rophitt’s Liver Medi
cine as a tonic, and found it to be powerful and
efficacious. It is excellent for functional de
rangement of the Liver or constipation of the
bowels; in most cases superceding the necessity
of a regular course of medicine.
E. J. HEYNARDIE, IV.or Tryon-str. C’h.
M arion County, Texas, Aug. 1, 1869.
DU- O, S. PRO PH ITT:
Dear Sir: 1 write you this to inform you that
I have been troubled a great deal with indiges
tion, but after using one bottle of your Liver
Medicine, L find great relie*. I cheerfully re
conmieud it as a good Family Medicine, and feel
confident that it js good for anything for which
it claims to be an antidote. Very respectfully,
DICK LOCKETE.
Dr. Propkitt’s Dysentery Cordial,
Is one of the most valuable compounds now put
up for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Infantum,
or Cholera Morbus."
This medicine has been in use for years, and
gives nuiuersal satisfaction.
The most delicate child may take it with im
punity.
Covington, Ga., Nov. 9, 1867.
DR. PROPIIITT:
Having a severe attack of Dvsentery during
the past summer, I was induced to use Your Dy
sentery Cordial, and derived therefrom immedi
ate and permanent relief. It gives me pleasure
to recommend this remedy to all who may be so
attacked, believing that, should the directions
be followed, relief would surely be obtained.—
Truly, &c. O. 8. PORTER.
Cuss at a, Texas, 18G9.
DR. PROPIIITT:
Dear Bir: Your Liver Medicine and Pain Kill
It is a complete success. J. L. WHITTLE.
West Point, Ga., Aug. 11.1869.
This is to certify that 1 have used Dr. O. S.
Prophitt’s Liver Medicine myself and in my
familv, for twelve months or more, and I unhes
itatingly say that I believe it one of the best
Family Medicines in use. M. T. WALKER.
I 3 O I 5 I I 1 TT ’ S
Pain Kill It.
This is the celebrated medicine that run Perry
Davis’rain Killer out of the market, wherever
it was sold. Davis made Proplutt change the
name from Pain Killer to PAIN KILL IT.
For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or pain of any
kind it has no equal.
For Cuts, Bruises, Burns, or old Sores, it is the
best tiling you can use as a dressing.
For Snake Bites or Stings ol'Poisonous Insects,
it is a perfect ANTIDOTE.
It is good for Colic, Colds, Coughs, or Bowel
Complaints. Its name indicates its nature fully.
It is truly DEATH to pain.
Manufactured and sold by BRADFIELD &
CO., Atlanta, Ga., and for sale by all druggists.
Dooly Bounty, Ga., April, 186”.
This is to certify that I was confined to the
house, and most of the time to my bed, and suf
fering the greatest agony imaginable with Rheu
matism, for five months, and after trying every
available remedy, with no relief.. 1 was cured
with two bottles of Dr. O. S. Proplutt’s Anodyne
Pain Kill It; each costing llfty cents only.’ It
relieved me almost instantly. I therefore re
commend it in the highest degree to others suf
fering from similar disease. I can say that it is
one o 'the finest Family Medicines now out, cer
tain. Yours, truly, W. A. FOREHAND.
Dooly County, Ga., Oct. 27,1867
DR. O. S. PROPHITT:
I have, during the last eigeteen months, used
your Pain Kill and I consider it uuequaled by
anything for pain in the head, breast, back or
side: ana for colic nothing gives relief half so
quick as vour Anodyne Pam Kill.
It is doing much good in the community in o
ther families as well as my own. Yours, &c.,
D. T. FOREHAND.
Newton Factory, Ga., Nov., 1867.
DTL PROPHITT:
Last summer my horse sprained his knee se
verely, causing the whole leg to swell to about
twice its natural size, and rendering him almost
helpless; two applications of jour Anodyne Pain
Kill It thoroughly cured it. JNO. B. DAVIS.
STATE OF GEORGIA,! Know all men by these
Fvlton County, i presents, That I have
this day, for value received, sold and transfer
red to BRADFIELD & CO., the sole right to
manufacture and sell my Family Medicines, and
have furnished them with tlufStill recipes, and
have authorized the said BRADFIELD & CO.,
to print, or have jirinted, anything they may see
proper concerning any and all the above named
LAHTEKtHVILLE. liARTOH 101 XTV, GEORGIA, JAM. G(h* IS7I.
Medicines. This 15th day of June, 1870.
[Signed] O. 8. PKOP.U iTT.
In presence of Thomas F. Jones, aud Robert
Crawford, Notary Public. (L. 8.)
Manufactured and for sale by BRADFIELD
* CO., Broad street, Atlanta, Ga., and for sale
by all druggists. inly 20—wl y
CERTIFICATES:
We. the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
itt’s Preparations, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all he
claims for them:
Col. B J Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O 8 Porter, Covington, Ga.;
Prof. J L Jones. Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar
nold.. Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monticello. Ga.; Ro
bert Barnes, Jasper County, Ga.; A M Robinson,
Monticello, Ga.; James Wright, Putnam county,
Ga.; A Westbrook, Putnnni county, Ga.; Judge
J J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L Bebee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A FT Zachry. Onnvers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.; Dick* Lockett,
Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cus
seta. Texas: W C Roberts, Linden county, Tex
as’; Tommy A Stewart, Atlanta, Ga; W A Lans
dcl'., Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; It F Maddox & Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.;
A N Louis, Lpwn.les county, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; Jas. Jefferson. CarterS
ville, Ga.; W I, Ellis, Doolv*oounty, Ga.; W A
forehand. Dooly coantv, G a.; John B. Davis
Newton Factory. Ga.: R F Bass. Lowndnes co.
a l 5
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IS DELIGHT s
Compound Extract of
S TILLIJYGIJI.
THE GREAT HEALTH RESTORER,
Blood Purifier & Liver Medicine,
THIS concentrated Vegetable Specific acts
directly on the Liver, Kidneys, Stems
and Bladder. It cures Schokfula, White
Swelling!, Chronic ami Inflammatory Rheu
matism, Gout, Liver and K»dney Affections,
Sore Eyes, Clcekous Sores, Boils, Carbun
cles, Pimples, Blotches, ami all skin Diseases.
It removes all Mercurial and old Venerial
Taints from the system and soon restores the
patient to perfect health and purity. It is far
superior oo Mercury or any of its preparations
in removing Torpidity and correcting other de
arangemens of the Liver and Kidneys. This is
not a remedy that may cure; but one that will
A- 'AAiUntu-’j 1 *:V.C.IXL* witho"ut fail. Beware oT.roaja
off I»y a Qompeiem into lo
of tile proper size for families, sob
larger, some smaller, with proper roui
or walks between, them, and let ti.
Council then, oiler these for sale to or
Mess. Pemberton, Taylor & Cos.,
Atlanta, Ga.,
Gents: We have the greatest cure to report,
ever known, made by the use of your Compound
Extract of Stillingia. A case that has been con
fined to bed for si.v years, raised and well. Will
send pai'ticulars soon. Yours Respectfully,
CRAWFORD & WALKER,
opt. 23, ’7O, sw-tf. Druggists.
Lawslie & Haynes,
HAVE ON HAND AND are RECEIVING
the finest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of ttiamond and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with great care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade,
Watches,
of the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
merica;
American and French Clocks;
sterling and Coin Silver Ware;
and the best quality of
Silver Plated Goods,
at prices to suit the times;
Gold, Silver and Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages.
Watches and Jewelry
ItEPAIRSD BY CoMI'ETKNT WORKMEN;
Also Clock and Watch Makci'S
Tools and Materials.
sept 13.-swly ATLANTA, GA.
A 4 SUffNER & Uo
— AND—
Produce
DEALERS.
CARTERSVILLE , GA.
Light :
tjflfi Light::
Light :
With or WitHoiit 31oiissin*o I
Conceal it Not! !J
PETER MARSH,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
/Estrella Oil*
Also, Dealer in
LAMPS, CHIMNEYS, SHADES, WICKS
ETC., ETC. it . k ,
I e-an be found at Best & Kirkpatrick s
on Main Street, Cartersville, Ga., where I
will be pleased to see my friends and pat
rons. To atf, I would say, cpmo and ex.-
amine for yourselves, a$ I . intend to sell as
Cheap as *the Cheapest, Thankful for past
patronage, I solicit a continuance of the
same. PETER MARSH.
CartersTille, apr. 22.
SEHI-WEEKLY.
j TO PHYSICIANS.
New York, August lnth, IS6B
Allow me to call your attention to tny
Preparation Compound of
Extract Buchu.
The component parts are BUCHU
LONG LEAF, CUBEBS, JUNIPER
BERRIES.
* V «s.
Mode of Preparation.— Buchu in
vacuo. Juniper Berries, by distillation, to W, n a fine
gm. Cubeba extracted by displacement with spirits
spirits obtained from Juqjp r llerries: very little
sugar is use t, and a small proportion of spirit. It is
more palateabie than any now in use.
Buchu, as prepared by nruin:ists. is of a liffht color.
It l« a plant that emits its fragrance ; the action of a
flame destroys this (it, active orinciple,) !e • ving a
dark and glutinous decoction. Mine is the color of
ingredients. The Buchu in my preparation predorui
n*Aes; the smallest quantity of the other ingredients
are added, to prevent fermentation ; upon inspec
tion It will be found rot to be a Tincture, as made
tn Pharmacopuca, nor is it a Syrup—and therefore
can be used in cases where fever or inflammation ex
ist. In this,you have the knowledge of the ingredl
ents aid the mo le of preparation.
Hoping that you will favor ! t with a trial, and that
: upon inspection it will meet with your approbation
With a feeling of confidence,
I am very respectfully yours,
H. T. HELMBOLD,
C nemist vnd Druggist
°f 16 gears' experience.
[From the Largest Manufacturing
Chemists iu the World.]
November 4, 1854.
“I am acquainted with Mr. H. T. Hembold ; he oc
cupied the Drugstore opposite my residence,and was
successful In conducting the busiress where others
had net been equally to before him. I have been fa
vorably impressed w ith his character and enterprise.”
WILLIAM WEIGIITMAN,
Firm of Towers & Weightman,
Manufacturing Chemists,
Ninth and Brcwn streets, Philadelphia.
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract of
Duchu
Is the great specific for Universal Lassitude, Prostra
tion, &c.
The constitution, once affected with Organic Weak
ness, requires the ai t of Medicine to strengthen the
system, which HEMBOLD’S EXf KACT bUCHU in
invriably doe* Ifno treatment is submitted to, Cou
sumpton or insanity ensues.
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract of Buchu,
In affections peculiar to Females, is uneqnaled by
any other preparation, as in Chi: rosis, or Retention.
Painfulness, or Suppre-sion of Customary Evacuations,
Ulcerated or Schirrus State of the Uterus, and all
complaints incident to the sex, or the decline or
change of life.
Helmboid’s Fluid Extract Buchu ard
Improved Rose Wash.
Will radically exterminate from the system diseases
arising from the habits of dissipation, at little expense
little or no ch nge in diet, no inc jnvenience of expos
ure ; completely superceding those unpleasant and
dangerous remedies, Copaiva and Mercury, In all
these diseases.
Use Helmboltl’s Fluid Extract Buchu
in ail diseases of these organs, whether existing 1n
male or female, front whatever cause originating, and
to no matter f how lone standing. It is pleasant in
taste and odor, “immediate” in action, and more
strengthening than any preparations of Bark or Iron.
Those suffering from broken down or delicate con’
stitutiouß, procure the remedy at once.
The reader must be aware that, however slight may
be ‘he a'tack of the above diseases, it. is eerta u to af
fect the bodily health and mental powers.
All the above dlseses require the aid of » Diuretic
HEM BOLD'S EXTRACT BUOHU is the great Diuret
ic*
Sold by Druggist s everywhere. PRICE—
SI.2S per bottle, or 6 bottles for $6.50. —
Delivered to any address. Describe symp
toms in all communications.
Address
H, T. H.EL M B 0 L D,
DRUG AND CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE,
594 BROADWAY, New York.
Norte Are Genuine
Unless done up in steel-engraved 1 wrapper
with sac-simile of my Chemical Warehoues
and signed
H. T. HELMBOLP.
Georgia, Bartow County,
FOUR WEEKS afterdate application will he
made to the Court of Ordinary of said coun
ty at a regular tern** for leave to sell all the
lands belonging to the estate of George Kennedy
l»t« of said county, deceased. Sold for the pur
pose of distribution in accordance with the will
of said deceased. This December 15th, 1870.
oi sau uce JOHN M. CO< HR AN,
RFCH'D B. COUCH.
Executors Geo. Kennedy, dcc’d.
Art thou Living Vet f
BY J AMEN G. CLARK.
Is there no grand, immortal sphere
Beyond this re*ho of broken ties.
To fill the wants that mock us here.
And dry the tears from weeping eyes;
When Winter melts in endless Spring,
And June stan is ne tr with deathless flow, sj,.
Where we may hear the dear ones sing
Who loved in this world of ours?
1 ask. audio! my cheeks are wet.
With tears for one I cannot see;
O mother, art thou living yet.
And dost thou still rcmeuieber rue?
I feel thy kisses o’er me thrill,
Thou unseen angel of my life;
I hear thy hymns around me thrill
An undertone to care ami strife,
And tender eyes upon me shine,
as from it being glorified;
Till I am thine and thou art mine.
And I forget that than hast died,
I almost lose each vain regret
Tn visions of life to he:
But mother, art thy living yet,
And dost thou still remember me? i
The spring times bloom, the summers fade, !
The winters blow along my way,
But over every light and shade
Thy memory lives by night and day,
It soothes to sleep my wildest pain.
Like some sweet song that cannot die,
And like the murmur of the main.
Grows deeper when the storm is nigh,
I know the brightest stars that set
Return to bless the ycarntng sea.
But mother, art thou living yet,
Aud dost thou still remember me?
Don't Crowd.
Don’t crowd; this world is broad enough
For you as well as me ;
The doors of art are open wide—
The realm of thought is free;
i Os all earth’s places you are right
To choose the best you can,
Provided that you do not try
To crowd some other man.
What matter though you scarce can count
Your piles of golden ore,
While he can hardly strive to keep
Gaunt famine from his door.
Os willing hands and honest hearts
Aloue should men be proud;
Then give him all the room he needs
And never try to crowd.
Don’t crowd, proud Miss; your dainty silk
Will glisteu none the less
Because it comes in contact with
A beggar’s tattered dress.
This lovely world was ncvci made
For you and me alone;
A pauper has a right to tread
The pathway to a throne
Don’t crowd the good from out yuur hearts
By fostering all that’s bad,
But give to every virtue roornr—
The best that may be had;
Be each day’s record such au oue,
That you a*ay well be proud;
Give each his right—give each his room,
And never try to crowd.
Communicated.
Mr. Editor : In a recent issue of the Ex
press, a communication from ‘‘Citizen,”
relative to the public School System soon
to be put in operation in our State, my
name appeared a3 a suitable person for
Commissioner from our Town Corporation.
If my fellow-citizens of Cartersville, think
with ‘-Citizen,” and place me, by their suf
frage, on the Board of Commissioners, I
will cheerfully serve. The litttle interest
hitherto taken in public instruction by all
classes of our people, and especially by
those who have shaped our legislation, will
account, in layge measure, for our generally
depressed condition as a civil commonwealth.
The State, as the foster-mother of her chil
dren, is unquestionably bound to educate
them to the highest degree of efficiency.—
If she wou!4 perpetuate herself, she can
only do it through her children; and from
the very genius of her being, she lives only
and can live only in the intelligence and vir
tue of her people. If the State breed up au
ignorant horde, they will tear her very vital»
out sooner or later. Let her prepare them
for her service, and they will die to defend
and live to honor- her. Increase the School
tax, and by and by, all other taxes will be
lessened. I intended to stop with, “1 will
cheerfully serve, ” but writing currente calamo
my pen slipped right here, before I could
stop it. Theo. E. Smith.
Horrors of War.— Fifty-six carriage
loads of wounded Prussians, frozen to
death before they could reach the hos
pital, affords a terrible commentary on
winter military campaigns. Are there
no nations in Europe able and willing
to step forward and close this sanguin
ary strife, that has become an outrage
on Christendom ? Are two nations to
be allowed to war to each other’s ex
termination in the 19th century. We
hope not. Prussia should be made to
propose honorable terms to France, and
France should be compelled to accept
them.
Bluz O utjuggled. —la California,
when the diggings were paying well,
Signor Blitz visited a gulch, and before
a large audience exhibited his legerde
main. During the performance he
topk out his handkerchief,,threw it in
to* the air, caught it again, when he
took a S2O gold piece out of it, askingthe
boys if they could do that. Old Pete }
a “forty-niner,” who had never changed
his mining shirt since h# came in the
diggings, took off his shirt, and dipped
the tail of it into a bucket of water,
held it up and wrung out $39 50 in
gold dust, including fifteen pounds of
subsoil. Blitz took the next mulq
train.
The Radicals had a barrel of whisky
sto.ed in the Depot at Dalton, and
numbers of negroes were made drunk.
Th« Democrats captured the whiskey
and voted the “nigs.”
Editors and Proprietors.
[From the t'onslftutlonali»t.
Aual) tii'i of llie Public*‘School
tan,
Considerable interest being felt in
the election which is to be h» Id in this
| State, for school officers, on the 7th erf
January, we present an analysis of the
new Public School law, which authori
zes said election:
The “ Joorgia State Board of Edu
cation” is composed of the Governor,
Comptroller General, Secretary of
State, Attorney General and State
I School Commissioner. It hvdds iu
trust for the State all devises of lands;
pays all school moneys to the State
; Treasurer, who is held upon his bond
for the amount; prescribes what text
books and books of reference shall be
j used, but it is forbidden to introduce
bocks of sectarian or sectional charac
ter; shall not exclude the Bible from
the schools; reports regularly to the
Legislature its acts and doings and thfr
amount which in additiou to the regu
lar school fund (poll tax, special tax
on shows, sale of liquors, communica
tion of military service, endowments,
gifts and one half the net earnings of
the Western and Atlantic liailroad)
shall be necessary to support a school
in every school district in the State for
at least three mouths in the year.
STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
This officer receives a salary of $2
500 per annum, and has a clerk at slj
200 per annum. He is charged with
the general admininistration of the
school law; decides mooted questions;
prescribes regulations for making re
ports and standards by which the
County Commissioner is to decide the
grade of teachers’ certificates; visits as
often as possible the Senatorial dis
tricts; couusels with the school officers;
apportions equitably the revenue rais
ed and hereinbefore referred to; sees
that educational money is not misap
plied; distributes the county’s share of
the State fund through the County
Treasurer; makes au anuual report
which shall embrace the workings of
the system in full, which is superfluous
and what is lacking. All travelling ex
penses, in performance of official du
ties are paid. He keeps an itemized
account of expenditures in his and. part
meut. The books of his office are op
en to inspection.
THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
This Board is composed of oue mem
ber from each militia district and city
ward. Members hold office for two
years; meet on the first Tuesday of the
month succeeding that of their election
ayd organize by electing one of their
number President, and a suitable per
son Secretary, who thereby becomes
County School Commissioner; thereaf
ter meet regularly, at the Court House
every three months. At the first meet
ing the Board fully describe the sub
school districts; are a body politic and
corporate in law; have case auu custo
dy of-a'ff school property conveyed to
them; may establish such graded
schools as they think proper, with full
power in respect to such schools to em
ploy, pay and dismiss teachers, furnish
school-houses; perform the duties of
trustees where those officers fail or re
fuse; prescribe rules for government of
schools throughout the country; deter
mine the number of days the County
Commissioner may work; determine
how and when taxes shall be levied for
the support of the schools.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
This functionary holds office for two
years; is allowed a per diem of $3 for
the days he is at work; examines ap
plicants for license to teach, and issues
certificates of first, second and third
grade, according to the ratio of correct
answers and other evidences of quali
fications given by the applicant upon
the examination; revokes licenses on
account of incompetency, immorrality,
etc.: makes annual report to the State
School Commissioner;.is the medium
of communication between the State
School Commissioner and subordinate
school office, s; desides points of differ
ence between Trustees of any district;
visits the schooi.as often as nesessary;
does all he can to elevate the poorer
schools to the standard of the best!
advises the Trustees as to most approv
ed school furniture, apparatus, educa
tional agencies; furnishes Trustees and
tochers with blanks, etc., issued by
the State Educational Department.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES.,
There are three Trustees in each Mi
litia District and City Ward-one holds
for one year, one for two years, and
one for three years. After the first
election one is elected for throe years.
They qualify within five day’s after the
; election, by taking an oath, adminis-
I tered by each other, to faithfully and
impartially discharge the denies ot
I their position; they fill vacancies iu
! their number, occasioned by resigua
i tion or refusal to serve; have mauage
j meat and controll of their local
I school interest: employ teachers from
■ among persons to whom the County
Commisioner issues license or certifi
l cate. Nou-hcensed persons emploped
by Trustees are not entitled to pay
I The Trustees certify to the County
j Commissioner the amounts due tho
j teacher's; reports teachers to the Board.
| for dismissal on sufficient grounds; vis
it the schools at bust twice each term;
may exainiue tho pupils; negotiate
and make, under stich rules and regu
lations as the County Board of Educa
tion may prescribe, all necessary con-,
tracts iu providing fuel, building und
furnishing school houses, repairing,
leasing and renting tho same, and all
other provisions necessary for the con
venience aud prosperity of the schools
in their district—the funds for which
shall be raised by tux »tiou levied upou
the taxable pronrty of «nid district
and by assessment on the labor of the.
qualified voters, as may be determined
by the County Board of Education.
Assessment on any voter, may be dis
charged by labor. They also make ar
rangement for instruction of the white
and colored youth of their district iu
separate schools; provide the same fa
cilities for each, '‘but the shildren of
the white aud colored races shall not
be taught together iu any sub-district
of the State;’ have an enum ration of
unmarried white and caloredyouih in
their district taken separately b. tween
the Ist and 15th October of each ye ir;
keep a record of their proceedings, to
ge*her with minutes of school meet
ings held in their distrist; may meet us
frequently as they deem proper for thu
transaction of business.
TEACHERS.
AO. 28.
The certificate of the County Com
missi-ner does not make one a teacher
but represents him or her, as a compe
tent person for the position. He or
she may, or may not, bo employed by
tho Trustees. Tehachers make reguh r
reports; are not paid unless tho said
re no its are in every respect what tho
law directs shall be; when dismissed
they may appeal to the County Board
aud ultimately, within a limited timo,
to the State Commissoner. Their ac
counts are audited by the Trustees.
EVENING AND AMBULATORY SCHOOLS.
may be established by the County
Board wherever desirable. By moans
of the ambulatory schools, it is hoped
the children in sparsely settled dis
tricts may be reached aud benefitted.
Public Schools.
We very much fear that tho people
do not properly estimate tho Impor
tance of the election that is to como off
next Saturday. We refer to the elec
tion of officers under the new Public
School Law of Georgia, which is now
about to be made of force.
This public school system is an ex
periment in this State. It is au exper
iment that will cost in tho neighbor
hood of one million dollars annually.
Being, therefore, so expensive an exper
iment, it becomes a matter of some im
portance to make it a success
We are an advocate of a liberal sys
tem of education. We think thoro
should bo means provide J in every,
county in the State to enable the poor
est as well as the wealthiest people, to
enjoy the advantages of a practical and
useful education. It is not nocossary
that we attempt; to rear a community
of scholars; but we can and ought to,
have a public provision for a reasona
ble amount of learning, to be distribiir
ted even-handed among tho masses.
Whether the School L vw, now about
to be made of force, is precisely what
was needed in this State it is now too
late to discuss. The law has been en
acted in due form, and is about to have
a trial which will solve the question of
its utility. If it is not handled by
those who ought to take au interest in
it, it will be by those who do take au
interest, and the men who receive the
highest number of votes will be elected
to perform the functions of the law
What we meant to urge upon our
people is the selection of good men for
the County Board and for Trustees. —
The offices return no emgUiaent, yet
they need good and intelligent men to
manage them so as to contribute the
contemplated benefits upon society.—
We hope the people will seriously con
sider the matter, as it is certainly one
that ought not to be permitted to go
by default.— At. Sun
Mr. J. E. Meister and Capt. Stiles
have taken charge of two furnaces a
few miles from Cartersville, and have
now commenced work preparatory' for
making iron.
In Columbus during the past week,
pine wood has been offering at $lO pr.
cord.
Cox, the Radical candidate for Sen
ator in the 43d district, did not recieve
a single vote in Gordon county, where
he resides.
