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THE BAGGING TRUST BUSTED! J\ll Hi£ H Ps ice S- The farmers of Partow] and can afford to wrap their cotton in jute bogging this year, and all the people can afford to supply themselves more comfortably than ever because of the rerribly Cut Rates at which the immense FALL and WINT Eli 810 CK ol J. P. JONES, THE REGULATOR OF PRICES, „, OQ , . t Qtrikinp- ldem f=ed Eastern market with the cash, I was enabled to make several grand successes in Dry Goods Notions, Clothings Boots, Shoes, Hats, and all goods in my line; and the people have already learned that thev •.> TANARUS) tntft I rnv IBABG AINS. My stock is the choicest to be found in this section, and will be sold at PRICES THAT STARTLE COMPETITION ! Appreciating the liberal patronage of the public, I now propose to prove my gratitude by givi lie , r L*-, aww n b'v* aT'TS EVEB, DRESS GOODS, Irom the cheapest grades to royal fabrics that would adorn a queen. The latest novelties in Prints, Ginghams, and standard goods Ready-made Clothing ot every gra*ie working - No matter what you want, Ic in strike your fancy. All the latent novelties in (ienU* Furnishing Goods, Notions, &c. The boss stock of Boots, Shoes and Hats. ‘ L ' In fact we are now full up in every department. V Come and price goods, and you will be convinced that you can save money by trading with J. 1 .J <> A ES, The People’s Friend and. Regulator of Prices, THE COURANT-AMERICAN. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1888. E. CHRISTIAN, D.B FREEMAN, Editors and Proprietors. TERMS OF 1 SUBSCRIPTION —IN ADVANCE. J® Months 'll M tilths Pigpen cents for postage on all subscriptions out of IJartow County. RATES OF ADVERTISING. spaceA \ | 6 mos | 1 year. One inch, I*2 50) * 5 00| ' $ 7 30|$ 10 00 Two inches, 350 750 10 00 la 00 Three inches, 500 10 00 250 20 Four inches. 600 12 50 15 00 2a 00 Fourth column, 700 la 00 2a 0 40 00 Half column, 11 00 20 00 40 00 <>o 00 One column, 15 00| 35 00 60 00 100 0) liocal notices ten cents per line for first inser tion. For a lory; * time, lower rates. Terse communications on matters of public interest solicited. Cartersville is solid lor advance ment. _______ ___ “Onward and upward!’’ is the motto of our progressive city. It is still unsettled which of the great parties will have a majority in the House of Representatives. - Tuesday night’s meeting was a notable one. The enthusiasm and unity of our people augers well for the future. This week it is the Democracy’s time to claim West Virginia. There seems to be no doubt of the election of the Demo cratic governor. Shoulder to shoulder. Let our people continue to pull together, and a great Hit are awaits Cartersville—the coining steel making centre ot the South. A few first class hangings are essen tially necessary to Atlanta’s well being. No city can keep often bar rooms, and preserve her respectability without fre quent hangings. Wealth and prosperity are knocking at our doors. Let us hurry on the move ments to convert our rich ores into iron and steel, and stop shipping it to Pitts burg, Birmingham and Anniston. Manufacturing is the thing we want to populate and enrich this section— naturally the richest in the Inion. Let us build up the manufacturing interests and it will make a market for our pro duce and increase the value ot our rich farming lands. The present session of the Georgia Leg islature will doubtless be another lengthy one. The new bills are already pouring in at a lively rate. The biggest fight will doubtless be over the disposition of the State Road. A strong effort will be made to place the property on the market— which effort will be fought, if necessary, to the last ditch. The legislature proceeded with the election of U. S. Senator last Tuesday. In the House the vote was Colquitt 158, Darnell 1. Duggar, Republican, voted for Darnell. The Senate gave him a unanimous vote. In several counties there was a movement, mainly on the part of the young Democracy, and ar dent admirers of the" brilliant H. W. Grady, to give him Colquitt’s seat. The movement was highly complimentary to our young friend, but the people oi the State had long since settled the.question, and the hero of Olustee succeeds himself. The killing of Hon. .Tames Hunt, mem ber of the Legislature, by H. S. Moore, a mail agent, in their boarding house in Atlanta, on last Thursday night, was a remarkable tragedy. Moore’s act ap pears to have been wholly unjustifiable, and the case is in every way a very sad one. The murdered man and his slayer had been warm penpal friends for a long time, and the tragedy was provoked by boyish play in their room. Moore left the room and went out into the hall way, and when Hunt started out, several minutes later, he was met and stabbed to death. Moore tied from the city, but was captured before morning, and is now in jail. He is very penitent, and said, after, his arrest, that he had killed one of his best friends. Tl e**case looks bad for him, from the reports printed in the Atlanta papers. THE RACE FOR THE SPOILS. When the Democrats came back, after wandering twenty-four years in the wil derness, says the Philadelphia Times, they exhibited an appetite for office was not altogether unnatural under the circumstances. But it was nothing to the hunger and thirst that less than four years ot abs term nee have developed among the Republicans. One of the striking features of the pres ent political situation isthe unanimity with which the ideaof civil service reform has been abandoned. It seems to be agreed that all such new tangled notions have been voted out, and there is not the least pretense in any quarter that the spoils do not belong entirely to the vic tors. It nmv be interesting, about next March, to recall some of the observations made four years before on the subject of removals from office, to say nothing of the utterances of party platforms mean while. But this interest will be rather historical than practical. It is now con ceded that theotfices belong to the saints and it must be acknowledged that the saints are not backward in coming for ward to claim them. History relates that the elder Harrison succumbed to the office-seekers in a month, finding his only escape in death. If the grandson prove better able to stand the pressure it will be because he is not without experience in the distribu tion of patronage. And yet the pressure ot was not a circumstance*to that which already confronts the Presi dent-elect. THE PRESIDENT’S PLANS. The president’s future plans are still undetermined. It is believed that he will spend one or two years traveling in Europe, which he has never visited. He is still in the very prime of life. He will leave the white house at least $75,- 000 richer than when lie entered it. This, added to his other investments, ought to give him a comfortable fortune of up wards of $200,000. Moreover, Mrs. Cleveland, through the division of the Folsom estate in Omaha, is an heiress in her own right, and is probably not less than half a mil lion of doll a* Both Mr. and Mrs. Cleve land would prefer a few years of foreign travel as a pleasant rounding off of their white house experience before settling down to the quiet of everyday life, and for this reason the European trip is re garded as among the strong probabili ties. Judge Thomas W. Milner. Griffin Sun. We rejoice in the election of our friend and college mate Mr. Thomas W. Milner to the position of judgeship of the Cherokee circuit. Mr. Milner is not only an excellent lawyer but a man of moral character and integrity. He is just the kind of a man to fiill the position of judge. That county is in a bad condition when its judiciary is controlled by po litical or immoral influences. The bench should be in the hands of upright, moral men who know what justice is and who have the moral courage to declare and enforce their convictions. Such a man is Thomas Milner. We congratulate Cherokee circuit. A G ood Warning. Farmers do not forget to cancel your mortgages. That the people may be informed on this subject we give below the statute bearing on this question which was approved October 9, 1885, and which says, “That from and after the passage of this act, any mortgager in this Stat£, who may have paid off his mortgage, may present the same, to gether with the order of the mortgagee or transferee, directing that, the mort gage be cancelled and record the order across the face of the record to the clerk of the superior court of the county or counties in which the same is re corded when such the clerk is thereby required to write across the face of such record the word “satisfied,” and the date of such entry, and sign his name thereto officially.” When this statute is complied with the mortgage no longer stands against the mortgager as evidence that the debt still exists. The choicest foreign and domestic fruits always on hand at Maffett’s. tf. THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC Dp. Felton Introduces a Bill to Lease the Property. Tlie Measure Said to Have Many Friends —He Wants ©45,000 a Month tor it on a Fifty Years’ Lease. Mr. Felton, of Bartow, has introduced in the House a bill “authorizing the Governor to lease the Western and Atlan tic railroad.” Section first provides that the Gov ernor is authorized to 1 ase tiie Western and Atlantic railroad, together with all its houses, workshops, rolling stock, depots and appurtenances of every kind and character, to a company or corpora tion, or to any other party or parties, who shall give good and sufficient securi ty, the lease to take effect upon the ex piration of the present lease upon the following provisions: Said lease to be for a term not less than twenty years and for a sum not less than $35,000 per month; or for a term not less than thirty years and for a sum not less than $40,000 per month ; or for a term of not less than fifty years and for a sum not less than $45,000 per month ; the rental to be paid monthly into of the State for the use of the State. Section second provides that the Gov ernor shall on or before the first day of January, 1889, advertise for two months weekly in such newspapers in the State as he may designate, the number not to exceed four, and one leading newspaper in Chicago, Cincinnati, New York and London, definite proposals for bids for the lease, provided said advertisements do not exceed SI,OOO. Section third provides that said lease shall not interfere with the contract ex isting between the State and the present lessees; and the lessees, under this act. shall receive the road, together with its houses, workshops, rolling stock, depots, and appurtenances in the condition and order as the State shall accept the same from the present lessees at the expira tion of the present lease contract. In case the lessees under this act fail or refuse to pay the monthly rental agreed upon, the leaee shall be forfeited and the lessees forfeit to the State three months rental as damages. It shall be the duty of the Governor to declare the lease and the rental forfeited and take immediate possession of the road, and if any resis tance is offered the sheriffs of any county through which the road runs, with a posse co mi tat us shall aid the Governor to take possession. Said lessees shall, in no case, sublet said road to other persons or corporations so as to impair the contract with the State, or to im pair or modify or annul the security given by the original obligors to the State. It shall be the duty of the Gov ernor to require of the lessees a bond with ample security for the sum of one million dollars. Section fourth provides that the lessees shall be worth over and above their in debtedness at least $500,000, and there shall be security in this State worth at least one million dollars. The, Governor shall see to it carefully in taking the bond that these-requirements are fully complied with. The Governor shall lease to no company or coiporation who ten der security that is even doubtful. The bond shall bind the lessees and their se curities for the prompt payment of the sums agreed on at the end of each month, and the forfeiture of the three months rental in case the Governor de clares a forfeiture, and for the return of the road and its appurtenances at the expiration of the lease in as good condi tion as when received from the State by the lessees. Section five provides for the appoint ment by the Governor of three expert men in railroad management who shall proceed, sixty days before the expiration ot the present lease to examine the road and make out and file a complete in ventory of the road and all its appurte nances. The lessees are made responsi ble for the difference in value of the road at the expiration of the lease as com pared with its value when received by them. The company becomes a body corporate under the name and style of the Western and Atlantic Railroad com pany. Section sixth provides that all im- provements, betterments or ameliora tion whatever shall be made at the ex pense of the lessees, and no claim for such will ever be entertained or allowed by the State. It distinctly provides that the road shall be always kept in good condition. The State reserves the right to examine the road at any time. 11 it is found depreciated in value, the lessees are held liable for the depreciation, and suit against them is ordered. Section seven subjects the lessees to ob serve and obey all rules, orders, sched ules of freight and passenger tariff which are applied to and required of other first-class roads. Said lessees shall not discriminate against other railroads, persons or places having business con nections with the Western and Atlantic railroad. The State pledges herself to redeem all mortgage bonds on said road. What is it makes George Edmonds so cool and placid, and how does he do such deep thinking? It is because he never allows himself to be harassed with colds. He takes Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, he does. The Girls of ToDay. Detroit Free Press. What a contrast there is between the maidens of today and those of three or four generations ago. Where oue dies of too much study, twenty died day be fore yesterday, so to say, of too thin slippers. The girls of today have es chewed those slippers, and with them the infantile short sleeves and low necks of the old daily wear; their walking shoes are as thick-soled as men’s progans; they use them vigorously, too, for they have learned that life and health are of more consequence than the admiration of chance men for a slender foot daintily shod; they do not allow their skirts to become draggled about the ankles, and they would as somi think of melting pearls in their drinking cups, if they had them, as of sitting with wet feet. They wear flannels, too, at whose thickness their grandmothers and great-grand mothers would have shuddered, and without which they themselves, would go shuddering. They bathe seven times, not to say 365 times, more frequently and thoroughly than the departed dam sels did, and they eat what they want, and not what some male individual, ador ing the ethereal, tliinxs is about enough for them to eat and remain delicate. The dear departed ones believe that pretty pallor and interesting peakedness and pipe-stern belts were the chief require ments of a persona l appearance; modern girls believe that muscle, deep chest, free motion and ruddy color are the correct wear. Wonderful Result. Knoxville, July 2,1888. The Swift Specific Cos., Atlanta, Ga.: Gentlemen. —I have a daughter now seven years of age, who, when about three years of age, showed a severe case of scrofula on the side of her neck, the usual swelling and bumps appeared, and with a view to curing her, we began using S. S. S. The result was wonder ful. and I and my wife now stand ready to indorse the great curative powers of your medicine. S. H. Pearmoxd, Cleveland, Tenn. Conductor on E. TANARUS., V. & Ga. R. R. The 11. H, Jones & .Sons Manufacturing Cos. They are well known all over the South as the manufacturers of the best vehicles on the market, from a handsome pleasure carriage to the useful and practical farm wagon, one and two-horse. They under take to duplicate the work of any first class manufacturers in the country in price quality and finish. They are truly a home enterprise—they get theiv wood from our mountain forests at home and the work is done by home labor, and therefore the money is kept at home and circulates here to the benefit of home people, supporting and populating our ow ucountry and developing its resources and building up our own homes. When we buy goods made elsewhere, we send our money away to build up other sec tions, This is not wise or politic. We should by all means help every worthy enterprise in our midst, and thereby help ourselves and build up at home. This house has always maintained their in tegrity and sustained a reputation for building the best work. They are worthy oband entitled to the trade of this coun try. Call and examine their work and get their prices before buying. They are building wagons in great quantities, and a’-e making the best wagon on the mar ket—the best is the cheapest. tf A PATRIOTIC INAUGURAL. Grand Words From Georgia’s Gallant Governor. Independence, I'quality and Freedom tlie Keystone in the Arch of Our Constitution. In his inaugural address, Governor Gordon said: “If there be one principle of the Gov ernment dearer than all others to Ameri can freemen, it is the independence, equality and freedom of the States. This is the central thought of our politi cal faith. It. is the keystone in the arch of our constitution; and when that is destroyed the doom of theconstitutional freedom is sealed. AYhen independence and equality of the States are struck down, the republic falls. Oh, no; stran gulation of States by Federal interven tion will never be tolerated by the Ameri can people. What possible excuse could be given for the interference by the gen eral Government in the affairs of Geor gia that would not also justify thßinter ference with any State in the Union. What evil exists here that does not exist elsewhere, and which is so full of danger that to correct it the fundamental law must be ignored and Statehood imperil ed. With the colored race in Georgia represented on her tax books by the millions of accumulated wealth, with 150,000 colored children in our public schools against 00,000 prior to our re covery of the State government; with equal laws administered by impartial courts for the protection of all, with the ballot in colored hands and its full use secured to them, whenever and wherever they may choose to wield its powers; with the race problem gradually working out under Providence its own solution ; with the relations of races becoming more and more amicable, with the interest of both races assimilating and improving smoothlv and rapidly what justification or possible pretext, I repeat, could be found for plunging this commonwealth with her sister Southern States again into the abyss from which our people re cently and bravely delivered them. I cannot doubt that there are men in high places whose misjudgmer.ts of the South ern people, or whose sectional bias would lead them to the very threshold of revo tionary and destructive legislation, but in the light of public sentiment, as illus trated by the cordial reunion ot both armies at Gettysburg and elsewhere, with the cause of sectional strife dead and the line of discord rapidly being blotted out, with peace and prosperity brightening, cheering alike both Southern and North ern homes, with social intercourse multi plying and strengthening, with Northern products in the hands of Southern consumers and Northern money in Southern bonds, railroads, mills and mines; with material interests and polit ical liberty at stake, how can we doubt that condemnation by the great con servative masses of our Northern coun trymen would causeeven the most incon siderate of leaders to turn from the brink of such a precipice. Take courage then in the thought that our interest is their interest; and our prosperity their prosperity; our State freedom their State freedom; and that whatever the demands of partisan leaders, the day has long since passed when the American people can calmly contemplate the de struction of this Union, by destroying the equality of the States that compose it. We owe it to uurselves and to our children; we owe it to both races whose interests are linked by the immutable decrees to common destiny; vvp owe it to each and all of our sister States; we owe it to the vital principles of our free in stitutions to renew our vows of fidelity, and of unfaltering support of a Union of equal and independent States,” ORRTGAGE SAGE. WIRE jIE sold before the court house door of Bartow county,.Georgia., ro the highest bidder, on the third Tuesday in December next, within the legal hours of sale the following property, to wit: Lots of land numbers ninety-six (96) and ninety-seven (97), except the small portion sold off to Meyers & Barnes, containing three hun dred and sixteen (316) acres, more or less. Also, parts of lots numbers one hundred and nineteen (119) and one hundred and twenty (120). bought by Dr. Hardy, of iie late T. H. Tupper and Win. Latins, containing one hundred and forty-live (145) acres, more or less, and the whole to con tain four hundred and fifty-five (455) acres, more or less, and said land lying and being in the sth district and 3rd section of Bartow county, Geor gia. Said land sold by Griffin Banking Com pany, Griffin, Ga., to satisfy a mortgage exe cuted by C. H. Johnson, Sr., in their favor under date of January 26th, ism. Tt r.ns cash. M. L. BATES, President. Consumption Surely Cured. To the Epitok—Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its tiinelv use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall he glad to send two bottles of my remedy fu Ei; to any ot your readers who have con sumption if they will send me their ex press and post office address. Bespectfullv, T. A. Slocum, M. (Y, 111-ly 181 Pearl St., New Nork. In delicate health, and all who suffer from habitual constipation, will find the pleasant California liquid fruit remedy. Syrup of Figs, more easily taken am more beneficial in effect than any other remedy. It acts promptly, yet gently on the Bowels, Kidneys, Liver, and Stom ach, and does not sicken or debilitate. Country merchants will find our stock arge and prices saaie as Rome and At ant*. Stick land & Bko. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CANDIDATES. FOil COUNTY TREASURER. At fhe solicitation of friends, I hereby announce myself a candidate for the oifiee of County Treas urer of Bartow county, Georgia, John C. Martin. FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. To the voters of the .°22d district, G. M, Har ing served as a constable of this district for about four years, and have never been accused of stealing anything, 1 find it doesn’t suit nr.- talent, and by t lie solicitation of some of n friends, and Esquire Smith having demined rui ning, and various other reasons too tedious to mention, I hereby announce mys as a candi date for justice of the peace and earnestly ad fhe support of the good voters ot this district, if elected, to do my whole duty. Your hum ble serva lit, F. <’. Watkins. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. Thanking the people of Bartow county tor their support and help in the past, 1 respectfully ask them to give me their support once more in n.y candidacy for the office of Tax Collector I This is a class of work that I can do, notwiti-B standing my physical condition, and I need ni l office. My experience in this line of work just I ties me in promising efficiency if elected. VV, W. GINN. ■ FOR TAX COLLECTOR. . I hereby announce myself as candidate fori Tax Collector of Bartow county at the ensuitul January election, and respectfully ask my friend-1 for the same, as I need the office, promising tod I my whole duty if elected. JOSEPH SHAW. I FOR ORDINARY. We are authorized to announce the name of Xfl A. HOWARD as a candidate for re-election a-B Ordinary for Bartow county. Election firsß Wednesday in January, 188!). FOR ORDINARY. To the people of Bartow county : 1 hereby mB nounce myself a candidate for Ordinary of lhuß tow county, and respectfully a k your snpportß and influence. Election first Wednesday in Janus K ry next. This August 27th, ISSN. G. W. HENDRICKS. ■ FOR TAX RECEIVER. I respectfully announce myself as a Candida - ® for Tax Receiver of Bartow county at tin eii--® ing January election, and ask the support of niß fellow-citizens, with a promise to do my fnlldu *■ if elected. Albert Smith. ■ FOR TAX RECEIVER. The name of Thomas P. Wofford is here!;# presented by many friends as a candidate for office of Tax Receiver o’ Bartow county at ' ; ■ ensuing January election. The support of IB fellow-citizens is respectfully solicited, with t .m assurance of faithful and efficient service in tb™ capacity jelected. FOR TAX RECEIVER. I hereby announce myself as candidate for r tafl Receiver at the coming election in January ’"B and ask the support of the voters of county for the same. B. L. DURHAM. J FOR SHERIFF. To the voters of Bartow county: At the "'B tation of many of my Mends 1 have c< nee B to make the race for Sheriff of this county 1 election in January next. -Mr. John W. Cone i will run as my deputy. If elected I pledge t (,: B people of Bartow county an honest, faithful and impartial discharge of the dut\#_- the office. Very truly, John T. Layton i FOR COUNTY TREASURER. We are authorized to announce the natnM Mr. H. W. Cobb as a candidate for re elect: J Treasurer of Bartow county. Election to * place on the first Wednesday in January. FOR CLERK. We are authorized to announce the F. M. Durham as a candidate for re-electi- Clerk of the Superior court for Bartow oo’JO-1 Election first Wednesday in January l*s:i. ANNOUNCEMENT. To the voters of Bartow connty : I nounce myself a candidate for Sheriff "* '■ county, with A. M. Franklin and James H ■ Hants as Deputies. I respectfully solicit votes, and if elected I promise a faithful an H partial discharge of the duties of the office. 11th July, 1888. J. W. WilliiwJß FOR SHERIFF. We are authorized to announce the of Mr. Wesley W. Roberts as a candidate 1 Sheriff of Bartow county, with Mr. H. K ‘" i: Maxwell, of Pine Log district, as his deputy 1 the ensuing January election. • FOR TAX COLLECTOR. I hereby announce myself as a candidat*’® Tax Collector of Bartow county at the en s ■ election, and respectfully ask my friends an> people generally to give me their support® need the office and can and will faithfully t elected. F. M. Delli> ,s^B FOR TAX COLLECTOR. We are authorized to announce the nanif® L. MILHOLLIN as a candidate for Tax ! tor of Bartow county. The election to oeC the first Wednesday in January next. FOR TAX COLLECTOR, We are authorized to announce the naiuc ® F. LINN as a candidate for re-election ■ office of Tax Collector of Bartow County, FOR TAX RECEIVER. We are authorized to announce the n > : ■ NAT DUNNAHOO as a candidate for re-et ■ to the office of Receiver of Tax Returns for I tow County, Ga.