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The negro, as he was vn the good old j
davs of si-tV’-ry, is fust passing away; |
and but a few days in the future, and ]
all the trails of character which mi- j
derod him so amusing and so dear to
he childhood of onr Southern Yo th, j
will have been forgotten To rescue j
s-jineof these and present them to the '
reader, and if possible, preserve them |
tis worthy of remembrance, is the bb- j
jeet of a few articles which we begin in |
this issue of the Exp nr: h, and whicli
we design continuing as well for our
own recreation, as to. the amuse,, ent
and instruction of our patrons. We
say the good old days of slavery, for
whatever of undeniable evil was attach
ed to that institution, and we will not
deny that there was much, yet so ben
eticial was it, in the main, to the owner
and the Hlave, religiously and physical
ly, and to the world at large, in the
vast contributions which it unceasingly
made to its positive, wealth, arid com
merce, so full was it of blessings 10
the owner, and far more to the negro
himself, that we do not hesitate to re
iterate, a thousand times over, the
“good old days of slavery.” Aside from
the religious instruction which he re
ceived from his master and his family,
and the whole Christian Ministry of the
South, correcting his moral*
... b uilu urn wuytol i.fe ami salvation,
by men and means carefully selected
and set tparfe for this precise work, and
never suaered. for a moment, to flag in
its righteous endeavors, thus advancing
his race, year after year, more in its
hopes and aspirations, and making him
a better man and a more valuable mem
ber of the community; aside from the
friendships and affections which grew
out of, and were a necessary and inva
riable concomitant of this patriarchal
institution, joining all the members of
each family together in the kindliest
ties of love, respect, and
protection, thus entitling it to be call
ed and considered benevolent in its op
erations. and a real blessing to the poor
African; aside from all this,, we venture
the remark, that it was more admira
bly adapted to supply the wants of the
laborer himself, and to insure him an
ample and comfortable support for
himself and his family, than any other
labor system which the world has ever
seen. The principle upon which it was
founded, was that of associated labor,
directed by skill, intelligence and inter
est, for the mutual bene lit of owner
and slave. Practically, this was its
operatiou. A number of hands lived
on the plantation, and all worked to
gether for,the benefit of the whole.
The negro was the working force or
power, the master the proprietor and
trustee of the whole. If every one did
his duty, the common good was the
result. The land was in fact the prop
erty of each and of all, while the title
Whs in the master, and was worked by
all, and for all. When any one of them
looked upon the corn crib, filled with
the harvest of grain, he said: “there is
my bread, and bread for my family.”
When he looked into the smoke house,
and saw it filled with the well-fatted
porkers, he said: “and there is my
meat, and meat for my family.” When
ho saw the cotton bales roll off to the
market, he said: “there is the money
to buy my hats, my shoes, my clothes,
my salt, my iron, my mules, and my
wagons.” Was lie sick, his master was
his friend, and had the doctor at his
side; and as he sat in his door, if too
unwell to work with his comrades in
the field, he looked out upon the busy
people just in his sight, and knew that
his every want would be supplied, and
his family suffer nothing. Putter off
was he then, than the man who labor
ed by his side, who had to rely upon
his own unaided labor, far better off
was he then, than fie is now, when
alone he must meet every demand
which his too hasty liberation has
brought upon him. Free he is, and
we do not envy him his freedom, and
our whole people love him too truly
not to wish him well in his new situa
tion, and heartily aid him to be pros
perous and happy. We are guilty of
no false Yankee declaration of broth
erhood and mawkish sympathy and un
believed, unfelt, and unbelievable senti
mentalities; but we love our old negro
friend aud slave, who hunted and fish
ed with us, and worked with us aud
for us, aud told us tales, and loved us,
aud rejoiced with us, and sorrowed
with us, aud played with us, and
would have given his life for us, and
sometimes too, would not hesitate to
correct us with his own hand. Yes,
we do love him, and if his state of free
dom shall increase his happiness one
scintilla, none will rejoice so much or
so really as we, his old, his best, and
his truest friends.
“Yes, I is; an’ I knows it, ’cause I
done ’sperieneed it, an’ I’se had de view
of it, an’ I seed it, an’ I knows it; yes,
I is; bless God, I is, an’ I’se done been
baptized over to be a baptist, an’ I
been under de water, an’ I done come
up agin, an’ on my way to de king
dom. Yes, lis I”
Such was the declaration of old John,
or as he was always called, ‘blue John,’
in answer to my question. I see him
now, as he was more than fifty years
ago. 1 remember tbe feme he first
came to our house, having just been
purchased by my fat her. I remember
how he stood in the yard, apparently
perfectly satisfied and happy, that he
had found him a borne and muster, ami
seemed as much at ease, as if be bud
lived there all his life. The other ne
groes came up from the “quarter,” to
see the new-comer and feilow~‘sarviiit,’
and there was many a polite bow, and
much scraping of feet, and shaking of
hands, and hearty weleomings among
the dusky crew, just at the door. His
name was John. John who? John;
nothing but John. But then there
were several others of the same name
on the plantation. There was old
Jack, and big John, and little John,
and John Wright, and John Young,
and here was another bearing the same
common title. But the negroes soon
found for their -• w acpjm..ranee,
and gave nun on tho spot a uuuit
V'L.tu dung to him all the days of ins
life. When he came he had on a long
tailed blue broadcloth coat, which
had, it is true, seen better days, but j
nevertheless was so stylish a thing in j
the eyes of the plantation, homespun \
crowd, as to attract their special no- j
tice and admiration; and so at first i
when they spoke to him, they said, j
“you man dar wid de blue broad cloff j
coat on;” or whek tney spoke of him j
they said, “Jat dar nigger dar what |
got on the long tail blue coat ” so that
soon he was known as ‘de man wid de
blue coat;’ and finally they settled the
hash for him in the way of a name, by
calling him ‘blue John/ and blue John
he was from that day on. Slick, fat,
and chuncky was blue, with large pop
ped eyes, big month, teeth wide apart,
a highjjforehead, aud hair of the real
grape seed order; always consequen
tial and credulous to a fault, even for
a negro, he was wonderfully supersti
tious, kind-hearted, but very deceitful.
To sing was his delight, and sing he
would, and sing he did, either around
the fire-side with the balance of the ne
groes, or alone in his own cabin. Like
the most of his race, he was troubled
with a very cacoethes eanendi. Blue
was a perfeet roystoring fellow, the
best dancer at a gig, the best boxer and
wrestler, the best hoe hand in the field,
li. i on a corn-pj.iv,
and the greatest liar in the crowd.—
In process of time, however, a change
came over the outward life of old Blue-
He had visited a neighboring Baptist
Church on Sunday, to witness the bap
tism of several of his sable brethren,
and so wonderful was the impressiou
which was made upon his imagination
or bis heart, that it was not very long
before he made application to, and was
received by immersion into the Baptist
Church, after giving perhaps one of the
most extraordinary experiences which
even a negro ever gave. I had heard
of his joining the church, and the won
derful statement which he had made
of Lis religious struggles, and deter
mined to learn from his owu lips, the
story of his transcendently strange
spiritual adventures. It was not long
before I sought and had the pleasure
of having his own narration of his con
version. He was sitting one night all
alone in his cabin by the fire, and as I
approached, £ distinguished his voice in
rather elevated, prolonged tones, as if
he was addressing someone, followed
instantly by a tune raised by himself,
and suited to the words just spoken;
his eyes shut, his head snaking from
side to side, and keeping time with
foot and hand, evidently in most de
uotional frame.
And thus he proceeded, repeating
as follows:
“Harp, from de tooms, de doeful sound,
My ear pretend to cry.”
And then cam e his tune, in loud, clear
and not unmeiodious tones. Again
warning with his occupation, he spoke:
“My dying day’s a rollin’ roun’,
Make ready for to go.”
And then again came his song, applied
to the words. Once more:
“On jarding’s storms old Hin stood,
Wliile jarding rolled between.”
and then., louder still, and still more
devoutly his sweet voice followed in
song as before. How long he would
have continued in this exercise I can
not tell, but in one of his pauses, hear
ing me approach his door, he rose
from his seat, and cordially welcomed
me at his humble fire-side.
“Why, Blue, what are you doing,”
said I.
“Jess a giving out and a singing,’
he replied
“Giving out?” said I, “what’s that?”
“Why, you see, I gives out de words
and den I sings ’em, and data what I
calls giving out. I fust speaks out de
words oi de hi me, and deu I sets de
tune and sings ’em. I reckon I can
beat any man in all dese parts agivin’
out.’ Aud then, as if to demonstrate
his ability in this highly prized accom
plishment, he entertained me with
many samples of his wonderful powers.
After some conversation, tending to .he
object I had in visiting him, I at length
broached the subject, telling him that
I was glad to hear that he had made
a profession of religion and joined the
church, and wished to know if the re
port was true.
“Yes I is,” said he, “an’ I knows it,
’cause I done ’sperieneed it, an’ I’se
had a view of it, an’ I’se seed it, an’ I
knows it; yes I is, bless God, I is, an’
I’se done been baptised over to be a
Baptist, an’ I done been under de wa
ter, an’ I done been buried, an’ come
up agin, an’ I done shook hands all
’roun, an’ I’se on my way to de king
dom, an’ de new Jerusalem; yes I is,
bless God, I is.”
“Well, Blue, I am very glad to hear
it, and now come, you must tell me all
about it, from the beginning, and tell
me particularly, so that I may have a
clear understanding of the whole mat
ter.”
“Well, you see, mas Jimmy, Ise bin
a traveliin’ an a traveiliu’ for a long
time, ever since we come to dis place,
arter we moved from down in ole Put
muu county, up here to dis ole Athens
town, and most pertickler so ever siuce
I was hired to work on de streets, un
der de Marshall, Mr. Hicks, an a plow
in dat ole gray horse. I used to think
right smartly bout my spiritual state,
an what was to become of me at de
last; Hut it kep a growin an a growin
on me till about a month ago I cud’nt
rest for de pains, an de strife, an de
mizzable mizzableness I was always a
feelin. 1 went tc de preachin, an to
de prayer meet,in, an to all de places
whar I thought I could find out de
way an de light; an I prayed, an I
prayed, an I prayed, an I talked to dis
professor an dat professor, an I looked
here an I looked dar an I looked ever
whar; but I couldn t find no peace, an
I thought I should a died. I talked
wid de black folks, an I talked wid de
Avhite folks, an I talked wid de metho
odists, and the baptists, a,n dem pres
bertereums, an I couldn’t, arter all, git
no rest, nor peace, nor any satisfac
lou. but I got worse an 1 worse, unti
arter ail my travels, at last I had a
view, an I seed myself? >m now I knows
what I knows, an ole Blue is jes de bess j
pleased black person in de whole state, j
Well, you see, I was a workin on de
sheets, an a plowin Burton Hicks’ old j
gray horse, an as I was a workin and
a mourniu, an a mournin, an a mourn
in, it peared to me all at once dat I
was a sinking, an a sinking, au a sink
ing, an I went down, an I went down,
and went down, till at last I done left
de world, an I was clear gone, an was i
lost, forever lost, an de fuss thing I :
knowed I found myself in hell, wid de
smoke au de fire an de darkness, ail
roun me, an de ole devil a holdin me
by de collar of my coat, wid bof his
ole sarpint hands. I speck he thought
I was gwiue to git away from dar, an
I would, too, if I could, an so he took
me way down in de middle of dole
ful regions, an put me right away hard
to work. Dere was a heap of people
down dar, an dey was all a burning iu
de fires of de torment. Dere was a
great many stalls, jes like de stalls in
de horse stable, ail planked up long
side one another, an all of ’em right
full of burnin fire. An ole Satan, h
put me to huuchin up de fire in de
stalls wid a pitch-fork, to make de fire
burn good. Dere was down dar a great
big lake, right full of melted lead, jus
de hottest au most awfullest. phu*e T
ever seed; an ue oie devil had a whole
passel of shelves, all ranged roun in
rooms, one bove de other, right tliar
by de side of de burnin lead ,auhe’d go
an take up fust one man au den anoth
er, by de heels, an dip em right down
head-foremost in de burton lake, an
when dey went down dey made a soun
soun jes so—c-h-e-e-a-w; an, den he
took em out, an laid em up in rows,
on dem shrives, an dey looked for all
de world jes like so rneny cooked chick
en loots.
Well, arter 1 done made up all de fires
in de stalls, de ole debit he say to me,
he say, pintiu to de first stall whar was
one of de biggest blazes dere was in all
dem stalls, he say, “now, ole Blue, you
go in dar, ole fellow, an lay down dar
in dat one; dat’s your’n.” God bless
you, mas Jimmy, I couldn’t stan dat;
dat want de place for me, an I want a
gwine dar no how, an so I started an I
run, an I run, an I went as hard as I
could go to save my life. I tell you I
put it down dat time as fast as I could,
dat time. But I hearu a monstrous
big noise behine me, an I turned my
head, and dar was a whole passel of
white men on horses, wid guns an dogs
ccmil) hard as they could arter me. I
run, an dey ran, an just as dey was
about to come up wid me, I cum to a
awful presipis, de iliest bank you ever
seed, au way down yonder, de deepest
darkest hole in de world.
My sole ! mas Jimmy, what must I
do ? Dar was dat great big black hole
right before me, an right- behine me
was all dem dat was arter me, an de
fust thing I knowed I jumped right off,
and away I went, down, down, down !
Lord bless you, mas Jimmy, ’twas the
bottomless abyss. When I found out
dat, I was so scared dat I hollered out
all at once, FDe Lord hub mercy bn
my nolol” tin jus us quiet US liglitnm,
soon as I spoke dem blessed words, I
jes riz right up, up, up! right out de
mouth of de biss, an light as a feather,
an as I went up, dar stood de white
men, on de bank wid dey guns, an de
lasu one of dem shot at me, but thank
God dey missed me, an so I got out’n
dat place; au I tell you now, right
here, dis chile don't go dar any more,
certing. “Weil,” and here tbe old fel
low rolled his large eyes enquiringly
at me, to see how I was taking his
wonderful revelations, but finding all
right in his serious and deeply atten
tive auditor, he proceeded: “Well, de
nex place I foun myself in my travels,
was de pnrtiest country ever I seed,
de sun was so bright and de sky was
so blue, an all de trees jes loded down
wid ammonds an resins. I never seed
the like before in all my born days; all
de hickeynut trees, an ali de oak tre< s
was jus hangin full wid de ammonds
an de reezins; an de ground was de
purtiest and whitest ground in all de
world, jes as white as de snow; an it
was all covered over wid de whitest
stuff ever you seed in all your days, an
I stooped down an picked up some an
put it in my moudh, an tasted it, and
God bless your sole, it teas while sugar!
de whitest, sweeterest sugar ever was
in a barrel yonder in de white fokes’
house.”
And the old fellow smacked his lips,
as if it was there melting in his mouth.
“ Well, jes then a man or a angel, I
speck it was a angel, come up to me,
an says he to me, says he: “View yede
city of de new Jerus deni ?” an I look
an I saw de biggest, finest, great big,
white, two*story, white house, heap
bigger dan any in dis town; an den I
went long up to de hous, an dar was
de biggest, likeliest, an proudest lookin
white man ever I seed, settin in de door
wid his hat cocked on one side, an his
legs crossed, a readin a newspaper, wid
a cigar in his mouth. Mas Jimmy, dat
was de Lord ! I wa) ned up in de front
of de door, and I pulled off my hat, an
I bowed polite, an said “howdy do
master ?” He looked at me sorter side
ways, outen his eye, over his shoulder,
holdin.his paper before him, an pear
ed like he didn’t want to talk to me,
an says he to me, says he, “howdy, boy
—what’s your name ?” Johu, sir—
Blue Jolm, says I. “Who do you be
long to ?” says he. The widow H
sir, down in Athens, sir, over in Geor
gia, sir, says L “And what do you
want here, sa> s he. ‘l’m hougry, sir,
an I want something to eat, sir, if you
please, sir, says I. He looked at me
mighty kind, but proud-like, an begin
nm to read his paper agm, he says ‘go
roun dar to de kitchen, an de niggers
will give you something.”
Alter dat I went on agin, ai arter
awhile come to a great big town, filled
with little bits of teenty houses, an all
de people was little bits of teenty folks,
no bigger den so rnenny children; an
dat was de city ol de Pharisees. As I
weut along in the streets, dar sat a
little man in de door, an his wife set
tiu by ins side, an she was a nittin; my
soul, how fast dat little Pharisee
unman did knit; I -never see anybody
make needles fly roun like dat before;
an as I was a passin by de door, he
hollered out to me, an says he, “whar
you gwine?” says I,‘l’m gwine whar
I’m gwine, dar’s whar I’m gwine. But
says he, “whar is you gwiue?” says I,
T in gwine down to Athens, over in
Georgia. ‘Stop,’ says he ‘jest a mo
ment; I wants to send a letter down
dar. Doeß you know Mr. Newton ?’—
‘Yes’ says I; ‘Mr Lizer Newton ?” says
he; “yes,” says 1, “I knows him well,”
an he set down dar, right in de door,
dat little Pharisee did, an you never
see anybody write in all your born
days, as fast as dat little Pharisee writ
dat letter; he fairly made de pen fly
over de paper; an dar snt dat little
ooman a knit tin au a knittin, au a knit
tin; you couldn’t tell which was de
quickest, dat little man or dat little
oomau. Well, he give me de letter, an
I went on walking peart, as de sun was
only jes bout a hour high, an all at
once, I come to myself, an dar l was,
right dar in Athens, an dar was de
street, an dar was de ole gray, an dar
was de plough, an dar was Mr.
Hicks, an all at once he blazed out,
an says he to me, John ? ole fellow, say
he, “make haste ole fellow, it most time
to take out.” Dats it, urnrse Jimmy,
nn»l over HliJv<3 ctot; T’se cuf.iftfied
boiu my sperience, an it all right here
put away in my heart. Yes, it’s all
right wid old Blue, and every time I
thinks bout it, I remember de word
dat was spoken dere at dat time, by
dat same Burton Hicks, and de words
was dis, “Make haste old fellow, it most
time to take out,” for I thinks them
words was of de Lord.”
Poor old Blue I long years have fled
since at his cottage fire he gave almost
word for word, this story of his relig
ious “travels,” and long ere this the
kind old fellow has passed away. His
time has come, and he has taken out.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
John H. Cobb, Treasurer, in Account with
Bartow County for the year 1870.
GENERAL, FUND.
Jan. 1. To Cash on hand, $3,098 89
“ 4. “ E. Harling, t. c. 606 40
“ 6. “ •* 400 CO
Feb, 5. “ “ 400 00
Mch 1. “ “ 100 00
“ 22, “ A. H. Rice, 3 16
“ Interest on money, 49 58
Apr 5. “ E. Harling, 100 00
“ On old tax fifas, 229 76
May 31. “ W W Rich c-h, sub. 398 00
June 7. “E. Harling, TC. 100 00
July 81. “ W W Rich, 75 00
Aug 12. “ J A Howard, lie’s, &c 243 56
Sept 21. “J M Davidson, 350
Oct. 7. “E- Harling, TC. 812 00
25. •* “ 197 60
Nov 4. “ “ 1300 00
24. “ “ 956 80
25 “ “ 275 60
30. “ << 1362 00
“JR AVikle c-h, sub. sso
Dec 1. “ E Harling, TC. 1201 20
3. “ J A Howard c-h sub 50 00
13. “ E Harling, TC. 543 40
$12,583 18
By Taid II B McConueli No. 1. 6 00
44 J W Lewis, ‘2. 400
“ AY J LACKcy ' 3. 000
“ W A Chunn ‘4. 200
“ A J Casey ‘5 700
“ James Kennedy ‘6. 600
“ J C Milam ‘7. 600
“ J E Whitehead ‘B. 700
“ W H Beardeh ‘9. 500
“ C T Shelman ‘lO. 200
J R lolly *ll. 6 00
“ Joe J Jones ‘l2. 600
“ J G Colbert ‘l3. 700
“ Tho?. A. Word ‘ 14. 47 95
“ Miller Collins 4 15. 401 20
“ Strange A-Redding * 16. 102 00
“ JT Norris * 17. 102 00
“ Z A Mcßeynolds * 18. 88 65
“ W W Rich 4 19. 78 00
I Alley &Cos * 20. 10 00
“ John W Dykes ‘ 21. 105 00
“ R W Murphey ‘ 22. 25 60
“ Trammel £ Puckett ‘ 23. 200
“ W T Wofford ‘ 24. 50 00
“ B Scofield * 25. 2<
“ Miller Collins ‘ 26. 106 20
“ B Scofield ‘ 27. 570
“ Geo W Hill ‘2B. 1160
“ R C Saxon ‘ 29. 600
W Steadman ‘ 30. 5 00
“ James G Rogers * 31. 500
R S Phillips « 32. 6 00
“ S W Leland • 33. 500
“ ED Puckett ‘34. 600
“ Jacob Mosteller ‘ 35. 300
44 “ “ ‘ 36. 4 00
“ H D Lewis ‘ 37. 700
** W J Hicks ‘ 88. 600
“ John (i Beard ‘ 39. 700
“ Stokely & Williams ‘ 40. 41 25
“ N Gilreath & Son ‘ 41. 46 00
“ Thomas Tumlin 4 42. 500
“ “ ‘43. 5 00
“ FA Boston ‘ 44. 200
“ M L Pritchett ‘45 500
“ Aunspaugh & Max, 46. 1096 66
“ Chcsley Bostick ‘ 47. 600
“ W H Stiles ‘ 48. 500
“ R B Couch ‘ 49. 600
“ Thos G Barron ‘SO. 200
‘ * u “ ‘6l. 2 00
“ AC Day ‘62. 500
** R C Gaines 4 53. 500
“ JL D Harbin * 54. 10 00
“ W W Rich ‘ 55. 100 00
“ J P Shaw * 56. 56 00
“ Miller Collins 4 57. 176 40
“ Z W Jackson <!f Cos ‘ 58. 1303 3*
** J J Toon * 59. 15 00
“ Lewis Tumlin ‘6O 398 00
“ Aaron Knight 4 61. 2CO 00
“ W W Rich ‘ 62. 75 00
“ J A Howard * 63. 210 55
“ ZW J ackson a co. ‘ 64. 186 00
“ Lewis Tumlin ‘ 65. 150 00
“ Joseph Donaldson 4 66. 50 00
“ N Gilreath & Son ‘ 67. 24 00
“ JAY McCarson ‘6B. 200
“ W W Rich * 69. 113 25
“ Aaron Knight ‘ 70. 62 20
“ J&1 Lackey 4 71. 800
“ J P Shaw 4 72. 800
“ A A Dobbs * 73. 94 00
“ AV AV Rich ‘ 74. 101 10
44 lsham Alley 4 75. 40 15
44 Z W Jackson a co. 4 76. 1000 00
44 ML Pritchett 4 77. 25 00
“ JR Parrott 4 78. 584 68
“ JT Lyon a co. 4 79. 18 00
“ H J Sligh ‘ 80. 985 00
44 AV W Rich 4 81. 50 00
44 ZAV Jackscu a co. 4 82. 505 32
“ APAVofford ‘ 83. 117 00
“ ZAV Jackson a co. ‘ 84. 959 98
“ Elliott Moore ‘8 >. 21 00
“ Z A Mcßeynolds * 86. 200 00
“ Z W Jackson a co. ‘ 87. 600 00
“ Thos AV Milner ‘ 88. 10 00
“ Lewis Tumiin ‘ 89. 452 00
“ Z W Jackson a co. 4 90. 544 87
“ R H Cannon 4 91. 16 00
“ J A Howard 4 92. 16 00
•* H W Fite * 93. 16 00
** Thos A AVord 4 94. 16 00
$11,927 22
44 Commissions on
611,927 22—298 18
“ on 9,484 29—287 10 535 28
Balance on hand 120 68
——
$12,583 18
John H. Cobb, Treasurer, In Account with
Bartow County for the year 1870.
PAUPER FUND.
Jan 1 To Cash on hand, $1,717 12
Oct 7 ** E Hurling, TC. 96 00
25 “ “ 60 00
Nov 4 “ “ 400 00
21 “ 294 40
25 “ “ 84 80
80 “ “ 416 00
Dec 1 “ “ 369 60
13 “ “ 167 20
$3,605 91
Bal due Treas. on this fund, 1 70
$3,607 68
By Taid J R Tarrott No. 1 1066 66
“ lsham Alley ico. 4 2 43 53
“ J W Curry &co ‘3 2• 00
“ Howard & Erwin ‘ 4 33 25
“ J L Wikle 4 5 150 00
“ ‘6 100 00
“ John Kennedy ‘ 7 53 88
“ J L Wikle ‘8 30 00
“ ‘9 101 00
“ “ «10 50 00
“ Alfred Montgomery 4 11 600
“ Lll Kamsaur ‘l2 50 00
“ L Bennett * co. 4 13 81 17
44 1* L Moon 4 14 40 37
“ lsham Alley 4 15 57 13
44 “ 44 4 1.6 216 73
“ Howard & Erwin 4 17 15 68
“ Wit Cotton 4 18 50 00
“ J L Wikle 4 19 300 00
“ J C Roper 4 20 15 00
“ C M Griffin 4 21 99 90
44 Satterfield * Woff d 4 22 26 45
“ R D Moon 4 23 12 00
“ Ford * Moon 4 24 17 00
“ J F Linn 4 25 400 00
44 44 4 26 100 00
“ Z W Jackson a co. ‘27 27 92
44 Lewis lumlin ‘2B 304 85
$3,473 62
“ Com on $3,473 62 pay out 86 84
“ “ “ 1,888 80 rec’d 47 22
$3,607 68
John 11. Cobb, Treasurer, in Account with
Bartow County for the year 1870.
STATIONERY FUND.
Oct 7 To amt E Harling T C. 24 00
25 44 “ 15 20
Nov 4 44 “ 100 00
24 44 “ 78 60
25 44 “ 21 20
30 “ 44 104 00
Dec 1 44 “ 92 40
13 44 « 41 86
$472 20
By Paid JJJ Toon No. 1 17 60
44 J D Wilkerson 4 2 250
“ Howard 4 Erwin 4 3 50 00
“ Miller Collins 4 4 315
44 J M Lackey 4 6 31 35
“ W J Lackey 4 6 600
“ Howard 4 Erwin 4 7 600
“ “ “ 4 8 5 00
u <« « 4 9 5 00
44 Thomas Payne 4 10 '8 00
44 Allen Grisham 4 11 16 66
44 Wesley Fisher 4 12 23 33
44 Samuel Brown 4 13 20 00
“ J f Brawuer 4 14 600
44 C S Harris 4 15 10 00
44 Rl* White 4 16 500
44 J A Johnsoil ‘l7 500
“ J F Brawuer 4 18 500
(. <( *l9 JO 00
“ John W Bowden 4 20 17 20.
“ J F Brawncr 4 21 900
44 R P White ‘22 400
*• L) F Bishop 4 2d yO9
44 W W Rich 4 24 49 62
44 J A Johnson 4 25 700
44 44 4 26 4 00
44 Wikle 4 Wood 4 27 40 00
$383 31
14 Com, on $383 31 958
44 “ 472 20 11 80
44 Balance on hand . 67 51
$472 20
John H. Cobb, Treasurer, in Account with
Bartow County for the year 1870.
JURY FUND.
Oct 7 To Cash E Harling, T C. 72 00
25 44 44 45 60
Nov i 44 300 00
24 44 44 220 80
2 5 4 4 4 4 6 3 60
30 44 44 312 00
uec 1 “ • 277 20
13 “ «• 125 40
$1,416 60
By Paid J F Brawner No. 1. 6 00
44 SC Saxon 4 2. 5 00
“ It P White 4 3. 4 00
44 E Barrett 4 5. 600
44 W C Green 4 6. 600
“ W C Green 4 7. 5 00
4 , T H Kennedy 4 8. 500
44 FM Johnson 4 9. 5 00
44 W J Lauham ‘lO. 200
44 J H Carter 4 11. 500
44 J C Sims 4 12. 500
44 DA Crawford 4 13. 500
44 Jas M Lackey 4 14. 900
44 T E Bridges 4 15. 500
44 W T Lanham 4 16. 500
“ J J Johnson 4 17. 500
44 D E Garrison 4 18. 500
“ R C Saxon 4 19. 500
44 Seaborn Edwards 4 20. 500
44 W J Williford 4 21. 500
44 Thos Duckett 4 22. 500
“ James Stepp 4 23. 500
“ J W Cochran 4 24. 500
44 B F Smith 4 25. 5 00
44 William Davis 4 26. 500
44 A R Hudgins 4 27. 500
“ Alt Hudgins 4 28. 500
“ A R Hudgins 4 29. 500
44 A R Hudgins 4 30. 500
44 A R Hudgins 4 31. 500
44 Milton Loveless 4 32. 600
44 U Stephens 4 33. 600
44 W HilollinshedAd 4 34. 600
44 T F Moore 4 35. 700
“ T F Moore 4 36. 400
44 T F Moore 4 37. 6 00
44 G W Grisham 4 38. 600
“ RC C Powell 4 39. 500
“ W A Baker 4 40. 5 00
44 DW K Peacock 4 41. 600
44 DW K Peacock 4 42. 500
44 A W Bradshaw 4 . 43 300
44 Henry Waldrop 4 44. 500
44 Howard & Erwin 4 45. 500
44 Henry W uldrop 4 46. 500
44 Howard & Erwin 4 47. 500
44 W J Allen 4 48. 600
44 RC C Powell 4 49. 500
“ J L Wikle 4 50. 400
44 J J Howard 4 61. 500
44 J M Carson 4 52. 500
44 A A Vincent 4 53. 600
44 G C Gholston 4 54. 5 00
“ J C Roper 4 55. 600
44 C G Trammell 4 56. 500
“ C G Trammell 4 57. 500
u S H Patillo 4 58. 500
44 Joseph Bradlev 4 59. 500
44 W A Remington 4 60. 500
44 It G Mays 4 61. 500
44 T F Gouldsniith 4 62. 600
44 B F Godfrey 4 63. 600
44 B F Godfrey 4 64. 500
“ J L Wikle 4 C 5. 200
44 Thos H Baker 4 66. 500
44 J C Maddox 4 67. 500
44 A B Bates 4 68. 500
44 Joseph Wilson 4 69. 5 00 1
“ J L Gash 4 70. 600 .
“ Thos. Sthephens 4 71. 500
:l W M Sellers 4 72. 200
44 GVV Satterfield 4 73. 50C
44 W L Kirkpatrick 4 74. 500
44 J F Best 4 75. 600
44 Wm T Burge 4 76. 500
“ W P Elliott 4 77. 600
“ J A Moore 4 78. 500
“ A M Penn 4 79. 500
44 J W Shepherd 4 80. 500
44 S B Seay 4 81. 500
“ A J Fuller 4 82. 500
“ G R Gibbons 4 83. 500
44 M D Harris 4 84. 500
“ P Hammond 4 85. 500
“ A M Foute 4 86. 500
“ AM Foute 4 87. 500
“ AH Rice 4 88. 400
“ Jno H Walker 4 89. 500
“ LA Chapman 4 90. 500
44 W H King 4 91. 500
“ James Attaway 4 92. 200
“ James Attaway 4 93. 500
“ E B Gains 4 94. 500
44 T J Lyon 4 95. 300
44 John "Baker 4 96. 500
“ FM Walker 4 97. 500
44 Jno H Walker 4 98. 400
“ II II Holmes 4 99. 200
a 44 R A Howard 4 10C*. 500
“ W I Benham ‘ 101. 500
44 7 W Jackson 4 102. 500
“ J W Stubbs 4 108. 500
“ Z W Jackson 4 104. 500
“ J M Smith 4 105. 400
“ Jeff. Murphey 4 106. 500
“ H H Holmes 4 107. 300
“ H H Holmes 4 108. 500
“ H H Holmes 4 109. 600
“ A Knight 4 110. 500
44 B F Hawkins 4 111. 690
“ M A Collins 4 112. 500
“ J W Foster 4 113. 500
“ H W Burnett 4 114. 6 00
“ C F Denman Adm 4 115. 100
44 H W Fite 4 116. 400
44 H F Price 4 117. 500
44 F M Ford 4 lia 600
44 W B McGinty 4 119. 500
“ T K Sproull * 4 120. 600
44 M A Collins 4 121. 700
44 Z W Jackson 4 122. 40G
44 G J Briant 4 123. 500
“ G J Briant 4 124. 700
“ J W Lewis 4 125. SOG
44 Aaron Collins 4 126. 200
44 AC Williams 4 127. 606
“ JW r Lewis 4 128. 800
“ Martin Collins 4 129. 500
44 Monroe Goodson 4 *3O. -5 00
“ Arthur Davis 4 !Bi. 3 00
44 J T JBaily 4 132. 500
44 BO Crawford 4 133. 600
“ BO Crawford 4 134, 500
“ W L Aycook 4 135. 500
44 D Murchison 4 136. 500
“ M D Harris 4 137. 500
“ C C Wofford ‘ 138. 500
“ G C Franks 4 139. 500
“ William Milam 4 140. 400
“ W G Dobson 4 141. 500
44 A M Foute 4 142. 500
44 J N Dobbs 4 143. 500
“ Jno F Leake 4 144. 500
44 John Greenwood 4 145. 500
“ J S Leake 4 146. 400
“ Arthur Davis 147. .4 00
44 R W Satterfield 4 148. 900
44 Aaron Collins 4 149. 600
“ J T Bail/ * 150. 400
HII Holmes 4 151. 900
“ N Gilreath & Son 4 152. 500
“ E B Gains 4 153. 9&)
“ M V Hollinshed 4 154. 900
“ Seaborn Edw aids 4 155. 900
44 Silas Stephens * 156. 900
44 Peter Hammond 4 157. 900
44 J M Jackson 4 158. 900
44 J G Meltej nolds 4 159. 900
“ W J Collins 4 160. 600
44 Jno W Clayton 4 161. 900
44 E C Jones 4 162. 900
44 A J Fuller 4 163. 900
44 M D Harris 4 164. 400
44 L Payne 4 165. 900
44 II A Jolmsey 4 166. 900
44 W C Brooks 4 167. 900
“ J A Bailey 4 168. 900
“ A J Casey 4 169. 900
44 J B Conyers 4 170, ’ 900
44 Revnolds Cantrell 4 171. 900
• 4 J W Tinsley 4 172. 400
44 J L Dysart 4 173. 10 00
“ Wm A Baker 4 174. 10 00
44 W L Aycook 4 175. 400
44 T C Moore 4 176. 900
44 Chesiey Bostic 4 177. 900
44 HD Lewis 4 178. 900
44 Jno G Colbert 4 179. 900
44 Ben Heath 4 180. 900
44 C C Wofford 4 181. 400
44 Daniel Gay 4 182. 900
44 J W Manley 4 183. 900
44 J W Strange 4 l&i. 900
44 John Shuler 4 185. 500
44 John Shuler 4 186. 500
“ C B Conyers 4 187. 900
44 BF Godfrey 4 188. 900
“ L Tumi in 4 189. 500
“ L Tumlin 4 190. 200
“ L Tumlin 4 191. 9 (X)
44 HP Gilreath 4 192. 900
44 Aaron Knight 4 193. 900
44 Jas B Conyers 4 194. 100
44 J H Satterfield 4 195. 200
44 Austin Curtin 4 196. 900
“ S F Milam 4 197. 200
“ W C Green 4 198. 200
“ Z W Jackson ‘ 199. 200
“ R S Sayre 4 200. 400
“ D B Cunyus 4 201. 500
“ John Greenwood 4 202. 500
“ W H Bailey 4 203. 600
“ JC Young 4 204. 500
44 A Davis 4 205.. 200
“ J M Dobbs 4 206. 200
“ J C Wofford ‘ 207. 200
“ J J Jones, Jr ‘2OB. 600
“ HP Gilreath 4 209. 500
44 LD Jones 4 210. 400
44 W B Bohanon 4 211. 400
4 , D B Cunvus 4 212. 300
44 T N Pittard 4 213. 900
“ Robt B Smith 4 214. 500
“ J A Howard 4 215. 600
44 T S Upshaw 4 216. 500
51163 00
“ Commission on $ 1163 00 29 07
44 Commission on uifi cn hr a
Balance on hand 189 12
1416 60
John H. Cobb, Treasuer, In Account with
Bartow County, for the year 1870.
JAIL, FUND.
Oct. 7 To Cash E Harling T c 96 00
“ 25 “ 60 89
■A r ov, 4. “ “ 400 00
*• 24. “ “ 294 40
“ 25. “ “ mso
“ 30. “ “ 416 m
Dec. 1. “ “ 369 60
“ 13. “ “ 167 20
By Paid J D Wilkinson No. 1. 271 10
“ Commission on $271 10 6 77
“ “ “ 1883 80 47 22
1563 71
1888 80—1888 80
To Cash T R Couch Soad Treas 50 00
By Paid Commission on SSO 00 1 25
Balance on hand 48 75
60 00 50 00
BEAD THIS !
I fed grateful to my friends and cus
tomers for tbeir liberal patronage iu
the past, and will continue my
Livery Business
at the old stand, where I propose to
give as NEAT A TURN-OUT as can
be had at any stable in the up-coun
try, aud respectfully solicit a continu
ance of their patronage.
In justice to myself, I am compelled
to adopt the cash system, in order to
ke«p my business in neat style.
Very Respectfully,
W. W. MILAM.
To All W hom it may Concern •
Georgia bartow county.-Green b
Loveless having, in proper form, applied
to me for Permanent Letters of Administration
on the Estate of Hazle Loveless, late of said
County deceased. This is to cite all, and singu
lar the creditors and next of kin ofsaid decased,
to be and appear at my office within the time
allowed by law, and show couse. if any they can,
why pern anent administration should not be
granted to Green B. Loveless, on Hazle Love
less’ Estate. Witness my hand and official sig
nature. Feb. 1, 1871. J. A. HOWARL), Ord’y.
HOWARD A HARRALSON, Atlanta, Ga..
have on hand the following Choice Brands
of manufactured Tobacco, which they offer
to trade as low as the lowest:
Brown’s Log Cabin,
Cabin Home,
Golden Choice,
Pike’s Peak,
Winfrce’s Gold Leaf,
Pranly’s XXX,
Montsief,
Hyco Belle,
Peach Mountain,
Sunny Side,
Saranac,
McGhee’s 4 A,
Golden Rule,
Rosa Belle,
Globe Twist,
Crown Navy,
May Apple.
And many other desirable brands not men
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