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Bartow Countv. —► I>> in the northwestern part of the State, just north of the 34th parallel of lati tude. It contains 000 square miles, or, 320,000 acres. There are 01,325 acres of improved laud, valued at $2,102,212. The remaining portion teems with minerals, and i" probably far more valuable than the improved acreage. The soil is varied as to the surface, but almost invariably the subsoil is red or y< i!ow day. The red or gray ridge lands, the mulatto uplands, and the deep allu vial of the creek and river bottoms are all productive, and generously respond to ti |( skill and care of the cultivator. Cotton, corn, tobacco, all the cultivated -'•'•s. wheat, oats, barley, rye, sorghum, Irish and sweet potatoes, in fact, all the prod ts of the temperate zone, except some varieties of the citrous family, find in Itartow county a congenial soil, and reach here their highest degree of perfection. Tlu* average yield per acre of cotton for the whole county is one-half bale; the aver ;i:_ yield per acre lor the State is one-fifth bale. The average yield of corn for the Si at* is 24/*OO,OOO bushels. Of this Bartow county produces about 400,000 bush els. There are 138 counties in the State. Bartow leads them all in the number of lii.-d'ls of wheat raised, and all her farm products per acre will be found largely in of any other county in Georgia. There are’within the county, as we have stand, 01,325 acres of improved lands, valued at $2,162,212, which produced in 1 s7G —census of 1886—a crop valued at 8903,588; or in other words, the land in ~i y< ar produces nearly half its value. This needs no commentary. But for the s , of comparison let us take Adams county, Illinois, where farms valued at $17,595,477 produced crops valued at $3,294,250, or about one-sixth the value of the farms. These figures speak for themselves. Bartow is peculiarly adapted to the growth of all the grasses. Although too f :! r south for the fa mous blue grass of Kentucky and Tennessee,yet her farmers find an . .(client substitute in Bermuda, Orchard, Lespidoza, Striata, and the native pi'; ; -sc.s which are succulent and lasting. Clover finds in the red soils of the county ai, ne where it. reaches perfection. From one to two tons per acre are easily pro duced. and it soon becomes practically indigenous. EXAMPLES OF FERTILITY. We now give a few of many examples of the fertility of our soil and its produc tiveness. Each of these yields were reported to the county and State fairs and veri fied by the affidavits of disinterested parties. Mr. J. T. Norris produced from six acres three tons of dry clover hay per acre at If. first cutting of the second year's crop. Mr. T. 11. Moon produced on on** acre p 5 bushels of corn, while his neighbor, Mr. Jeremiah Daniel, produced 125 bushels. Mr. It. Peters, Jr., harvested from three acres of lucerne four years old 14 tons and 2(H ; pounds of hay, or 9,400 pounds per acre. ( apt. C. W. Howard produced from one acre of unmanured land, which cost him 25 •;>. per acre, with one hoeing and ploughing, 108% bushels of Irish potatoes. M;i r (’has. If. Smith, (l>ill Arp), produced from one acre 1‘27 bushels of corn. Many other instances like the foregoing might be given, but we deem these suffi cient to show the capacity and productiveness of the soil under proper cultivation. FRUITS. The fruits successfully grown here are the apple, cherry, pear, plum, in all its va i*:*-:i* . graph, peach, gooseberry, raspberry, blackberry and strawberry. Many of th • ;.ia!l fruits grow wild all over the country in luxuriant profusion. VEGETABLES. A imost every variety of vegetable attains to greatest perfection and are raised ii. i.Liunliince with but trifling lnbo* and care. Our markets are excellent near by, and facilities for quick transportion are ample and unsurpassed. The truck gardener wil find Imre a most remunerative field. STOCK RAISING.' !'hie stock are bred to advantage and find a ready market in the neighboring ■ ii/*-- ,T Georgia and Florida. The short, mild winters render it unnecessary to si except on very rare occasions. A shed near the barn or straw stack where tic an shelter from the rain is all the protection needed froi.. January to April; n that they will take care of themselves. Within the past few years stock rais ing has received a strong impetus, and the county now boasts of a large number of fine growing horses and mules that would do no discredit to Kentucky. All the fin* breeds of cattle do well, and nearly all have representatives in the farm yards of the county. The Jersey seems especially to have been most successfully bred. Hogs thrive with but little care, and fatten early upon tTle heavy crops of mast, supplemented bv a little hard corn. The breeding of sheep is not so extensively pursued, and large flocks are scarce, although there is no branch of husbandry that could be made more profitable if followed in a systematic manner. Poultry is a source of much profit to the farmer's wife, who finds a ready market for eggs and chickens at all railroad towns from whence they are shipped in large numbers to Atlanta and ( hattanooga. TIMBER F abundant, and the variety is wonderful. Said a settler in writing upon this sub ject: “A few years ago one of my boys, who is a mechanical genius, made sixty four rulers of as many different kinds of wood found upon the home place of one hundred acres in forest. There were twelve of oak, three of hickory, three of ash, tl.’K* of elm, three of poplar, two of locust, two of pine, four of hawthorne, then flier*- were bench and willow, and walnut and crab, and osage orange, and cherry, and apple and peach, and plum and pear, and persimmon and elder, and redbud and sour wood, and blackberry and sour bark, and cedar and a number of others. 11c made one of a grape vine that medkured eight inches in diameter, and split four rails to the cut.'’ This gives the stranger a fair idea of the extent and variety of our different woods. All land not in cultivation is beautifully and luxuriantly timbered. WATER. An attractive feature of our country homes is the number of bold, gushing' springs that give us pure water and supply the stock in almost every field. Pun ning streams of purest water permeate the valleys in all directions, and such a state of affairs as we have lately heard of in the State of Texas never obtains in the county of Bartow. The.Etowah river runs through the county from northeast to southwest. There are also numerous creeks that in many instances would elsewhere I" dignified with the name of rivers. In several portions of the county fine mineral sp’ings of alum, sulphur and chalybeate gush forth their offerings of health and stivagth to the invalid. When springs are not convenient a never-failing supply of water, pure, cold and sparkling is obtained from wells at depths ranging from 25 to 50 feet. CLIMATE. In many of the Northern and Northwestern States a most erroneous idea prevails >i) _.ii (l to the climate of Georgia. Because its winters are mild, and it is located in th* far South our Northern friends imagine that the summers must be extremely long, hot, and unhealthy. No greater mistake could possibly be made. Let ns eou si.t.-r our altitude. Emerson is about 1200 feet above the sea. Toledo, Ohio, and Hi dt, Michigan, arc 700 feet. Saratoga, N. Y., is 1250. Mackinaw, Mich., is 800. And Waukesha, Wisconsin, 900. Now for the actual temperature for the mild win h ’ months of December, January, and February, the mean temperature is 44.8 ; !*: tin midsummer months of June, July and August 78°. Lhe mean lempevaArtfc far the entire year 61.9°. Rainfall for the year 47.2 inches; for the months of June, •b v ami August 10.18 inches. These figures are compiled from observations made ft-*o • 1874. to 1884 under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, lhe X ; t hern reader is invited to compare them with the temperature of his own locality. The climate is indeed delightful. The days are mild and the nights cool and de- I lixi ll fully refreshing. Out door work can be done the year round without fear of - ' -tioke in summer or blizzard in winter. IS THE COUNTRY HEALTHY? Yiw—emphatically—yes. During the year in which the settlers from the North -1 • Suites have resided at Emerson, there has been no serious case of illness among th- whole number. No process of being acclimated lias to be gone through with. The water and climate have agreed with us all, and we are welt, hopeful and happy., Malaria is unheard of. There are no cases of chills and fevers—no epidemics, no j swamps and no miasma. The death rate here is extremely low, being irom pulmo nary and throat troubles only one-third that of New York and the Eastern States. MINERALS. I alike manv/sections of rich farming lands, the country which surrounds Emer son is also rich l mineral wealth. Alongside of valleys of fertile farming lands are tumid parallel/idges fall to overflowing with rich ores. Perhaps nowhere else in the I nited States is there so complete and thorough a union of those conditions in , which the farmer the miner, and the manufacturer can attain the fullest reward for . skill and labor. The mine is hardly ever located out of sight of the water Power which must drive the furnace, and the cottages of the operatives look down upon the valleys teeming with every product which ministers to the appetite of mar. Long before the lete war charcoal iron of unsurpassed quality was madem Bartow county. But only of late years has attention been fully drawn to the unparalleled mineral resources of this section. # . The iron ores ai-e practically inexhaustible. An analysis made by the State chemist of apecular iron shows: Metallic iron 64.500. Sulphur 0.012. Phosphorus '0.021. Another analysis of brown hematite, made by same authority, shows: Metallic iroji 61.000. Sulphur 0.005. Phosphorus 0.060. The limonite or brown iron ores aie those principally found here, and have been most generally worked. The beds or deposits in which they occur are of enormous and unknown extent and depth. Many of them have never lelt the toifch of the drill or pick, and yet sleep in obscurity, awaiting the Protean touch of development. The brown hematite ores of the county are well known and thoroughly appre ciated in the furnaces of Chattanooga, Rising Fawn, Birmingham and Knoxville, to which points large quantities are daily shipped. The specular, or gray iron ore, is found in stratified beds, but the quantity yet discovered, as compared with the brown ore, is small. The iron ores of Bartow in extent, accessibility and value far surpass those of the famous iron district of Alabama. The furnaces of Birmingham and Anniston are even now forced to resort to Bartow for the finest grade of ore. and renowned Tallapoosa has recently purchased one of the largest ore beds in Bartow, from which it is whispered, shedraws specimens of her mineral resources, to be exhibited to the stranger whom she has “taken in.” The recent completion of the East Ac West Railroad of Ala., connecting the coal fields of Alabama with the ore beds of Bariow, destroys the last remaining obstacle to the manufacturer of iron at Emerson, and already capitalists are beginning operations which Jmist ultimately make us the foremost iron manufacturing dis trict of the South. J Next in importance fo iron, is found in large quantities along the slopes of the hills and mountains lying in the neighborhood of Emerson. It is most largely used in making steel, Messrs. FflVnegie, Bros. Ac Cos., of Pittsburg, being, perhaps, the largest consumers in the United States. The great steel works of Pennsylvania draw a large portion of their supply from this quarter. It is also largely exported to Europe. Statistics place Bartow’s product as rhe first in quality mined in this country, and as yet the business is in its infancy. Manganese is worth about $6.00 per ton at the railroad, and varies either way as the price ascends or falls. The lands where these ores are found have not yet been absorbed by great syndicates of speculators, but are held by numerous owners who wili be glad to see their property and the resources of the county developed- The.v do not welcome the speculator, but to the practical miners, iron men, manu. facturers. and all those interested in developing the natural wealth of the lands, they hold out every inducement and guarantee of fair treatment. SILVER. Argentiferus ore is found in considerable quantities within a few miles of Emerson on the eastern side of the count;,. No attempt until quite recently has been made to develop and determine the extent and value * f this deposit. Mining is now just commenced, and promises fine results. GOLD. The gold bearing region of the county is on the eastern slopes of the Allatoo na mountains, a few miles from Emerson. Many years ago the famous Glade gold mines, situated there, were profitably mined, but of late years all mining except in a rude and desultory way, has been abandoned. The Indians knew the veins or placers and could always procure gold for their trading purposes, but they never revealed the secret of their treasures, and although the existence of gold, in consid erable quantities somewhere in the hills, is unquestionable, yet the true vein, the great quartzy lode, from which the particles heretofore found have been eroded, re mains yet to be discovered. Used largely for various purposes, is plentiful and in its purest form, white as snow, and entirely free from silica. OCHRE, Both yellow and red, abounds in large quantities, easy of access and of very high grade. Large quantities are now being shipped. The demand is greater than the supply, ami the profit is large. KAOLIN Or fireclay, is found in immense quantities in and around Emerson. One extensive deposit lies at the very surface of the earth and adjacent to the graphite property hereinafter described. An analysis made by Dr. N. A. Pratt, State chemist, shows the alumina to be equivalent to 51.14 per cent, of kaolin. He adds: “It is equally valuable in pottery or fireproof wares, and is especially available for porcelain or china ware.” Samples made from this deposit show a ware, fine, uniformly clear, and beautifully transparent. In connection with the graphite, hereinafter described, kaolin makes a most durable and economical firebrick, possessing a capability of resisting sudden chan ges of temperature superior to any other known subs+ance. The superiority of this product has led to the organization of The Georgia Fire brick and Kaolin Company, with offices at Emerson; and the manufacture of fire brick and pottery will soon be numbered among the many industries of this growing little city. GRAPHITE. But perhaps of all the mineral deposits within the territory tributary to Emer son. that'of Graphite, (or black lead) is the most remarkable. Immediately south and very near the city lies a deposit of this mineral. . If is found in a mountain, which from crown to base and to unknown depths b<’<>w is literally and entirely composed of this material. Thousands noon thousands of tons lie exposed, and the quantity is simply inexhaustible. Terrible Fm'-wn*nin Couch in tlie morning, hurried <>r diffi cult fire ithinc, raising pli egm, ti lvuess in the clu-st, quickened |>ulse, ohiiii-ess in the evenum or sweats at nicht. nil or any of these things are the first snme.- ■ con sumption. AckeiV E'ejiisli v-i-m :i. Ifi-’t >•- dv will cure these N*.r;u! mpu/ms, and is sold under a positivr guarantee by J. R. Wikle & Cos. eow Old people suffer inucli from disorders of the urinary organs, and are always gratified at the wonderful effects of I)r. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm in banishing their troubles. SI.OO per bottle. 9 6-3 in ADVICK TO MOTHERS. Mas. Winslow’s SooTrfixu Syrup, for children teething, is the prescription of one of the best female nurses and physi cians in the United Scales, and has been used for forty years with never-failing success by millions of mothers for their children. During the process of teeth ing, its value is incalculable. It relieves the child from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, griping in the bowels, and wind-colic. By giving health to the chad it rests the mother. Trice 25c. a bottle. tf Merit Wins. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King’s New Discovery for 4’ousumption, Dr. Kings New Life Pills, Aruioa Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great populaiity purely on their merits J. R. Wikle & Cos , Druggists. 1 Our Candid- for President He will be nominated by the conven tion and will bee; uted by the people, be cause he vvill com* the nearest to' filling their ideal of a Cfifi-f Magistrate: Elec t ic Bitteis has b >n given the highest place, because no her medicine has so well filled the icb ! of a tonic and alter ative. The p^have indorsed Elec tric Bitters H\-i i• ly upon this great, renn e;/ in ah iron -lea of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. For all Malarial Fevers and diseases eaum and by Malarial Poisons, Electric Bitters cannot be too highly re commended. Also cures Headache and Constipation. Satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. Price 50c and $1 at Wikle & Cos. s Drug Store. 4 If your kidneys are inactive, you will fed and look wretched, even in the most cheerful society’, aud melancholy, on the jolliest occasions. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm, will set you right again. SI.OO per bottle. 9 6-3 m Better Than Bloody Battles. General Wbeatcroft Nelson, says: “My experience in the English army as well as in America, convinces me that nothing so thoroughly purifies the blood or adds to health, vigor and life as Acker's English Blood Elixir. ’ This great Remedy is sold under a positive guarantee by J R. Wikle Ac Cos. M hen you are constipated, with loss of appetite, headache, take one of Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Pellets. They are pleasant to take and will cure you. 25 cents a vial. 96-3 m Oronpy suffocations, night coughs and all the common affections of the throat and lungs quickly relieved by Dr. J. H. McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm. 96-3 m BAKER & HALL, The most extensive dealers in North Georgia in Gen'eral Hardware. ' AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS, ETC. Can supply anything from a Knitting Needle to a 100-hcree power Engine. Sash, Doors end Blinds. Engines, Saw Mills, Blacksmith Tools, Guns, Pistols, Powder, Shot, Etc. S?>d THE GOWER BUGGY S N* T|] is still being handled bv us. Being || made of first-class material and a li 1 home institution, the reputation of IpfL ' which has long ago been made, we jNtf LX7*R I make a specialty of it. However, we I keep a full line of other work, which vl M Jj we fully guarantee. We also a §7 TENNESSEE WAGON B e assure the farmers that they need not go elsewhere for anything they "* ' v * • G in our line, for we have everything they need in their business at prices tie t not be beaten. In fact we are headquarters for Hardware, Agricultural Imple ments, and Machinery for this section. ] IftKER & HALL, BANKERS. I ’’ nieiisu rate with sec urii y. B A KER & HALL, Wes t A lain Sf.reei CART 33 SVIIjIjII, G-A. >^I JSE Dr. SALMON'S # HOG CHOLERA SPECIFIC! M CHICKEN POWDER.—SHEEP POWDER. \ POWDER.—CONDITION POWDER. f f PREVENT & CURE HOG CHOLERA. ill r*? DESTROY & PREVENT HOG LICE & WORMS. ,/ WE CAN \ CURE CATTLE MURRAIN, TEXAS FEVER, &c. j | CURE CHICKEN CHOLERA &, GAPES. / l CURE SHEEP ROT, TAPE WORM, &c. J MANUFACTURED BY the VETERINARY MEDICINE CO. J NASHVILL^'TENN^^tf^ r For sale by T. A. Stover, Cartersville, J. P. Hawks, Cassvilie, Shelton & V Pine Log, .J. G. B. Erwin, Erwin, W. If. C. Lloyd, Fairmount, Jno. I>. Boyd, S nor . J. M. Anderson, Poison, I)r. Thos. Johnson, Adairsville. BARTOW FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS! Ei win Street, near Transfer Yard, CAETEESVILLE, GEORGIA. MANUFACTURERS OF AND BOILERS.:*- Railroad Castings. House Fronts, Tram Wheels, Pulleys, Hangers, and Boxes, Sb * - ings, Cane Mills, (2 and 3 rollers, of modern design), Brass Castings, of any design. Iron Stairways and Radings, Mill Castings, lor water power or steam, Gravey| lencing. Agent for Medart's Pulleys, Hangers and Shaftii gs, and dealers in 3econ< .Ha and Egines and Boilers Speeial attention giyen to repairing of Engines aud Boilers, Clyinders bored and refitted, Stone Castings, Grates and Fenders. Work of every kiud done on short notice. • Write for prices. P. S Old Iron, Brass and Lead bought. m „y22 ly G. M. MONTGOMERY. TTg."Si! MONTGOM El GEO. M. MONTGOMERY SCO.j , V EAL jHSTATE /A GENTS CARTERSVILLE, GA. Buy and Sell City Property, Farm and Mineral land: ! We have some desirable Farms and a pond lire < f City Property, ii . ,dm welliugs,'Store Houses and Unimproved Lots, Correspondence Solicited- OIJK STOCK-OF GROCERIES Is Complete in Every RespecL <<== . fc. Fine Tobacco and Cigars A Specialty. i All Goods Delivered Free of Clir rge. S. L & W. J. VANDIVFFJ J" T. NORRIS,- REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. (TTFST-A-XI^SJ First Door South, of Howard’s Bards. Leather and Gum Belting 1 Plows, Harrows, Corn Shelters and all kinds of Agricultural Machinery* Wagon and Buggy Harness, Sa lih ■*, Bridles, etc., in great profusion at VERY LOWEST PRICES.