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COURANT- AMERICAN. Th.u:siaj*. CARTERSVILLE, <• I:oßf.l.* Official Oman of Bartow Cowlf. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, UtT. President Clhveland’s sister, Eliza * beth, is writing a novel. “Bob. Inukbsoll says he will deliver' no more anti-religious lectures.” Bob if getting ready to die. J.OMK, near Cartersville, is construct ing a gigantic boom on paper. It will scarcely last as long as a paper car wheel. One thing is certain, the Inter-state law cannot prevent newspaper men from walking alter the first of April if they can’t ride—free. “Mark Twain talks of endowing a homo for pumped-out humorists.” A natural consequence of the immense amount of alleged wit about Jeems Brown Potter. When Theodore Tilton was told of Mr. Beecher’s death and asked whether he had anything to say, lie shook his head sadly and answered: “No; it will do no good now.” As yet the Baltimore and Ohio has not been scooped, (live the Courant- Amfckioan credit for finding this out first. 'Hie rest of the boys are quarrel ing over the claim of first finding the scoop that wasn’t a scoop. The Birmingham l>oom begins to weaken and diminutive, wheu it is stated that ft lot on Broadway, New York, between Liberty and Cedar streets, 25x100, sold the other day for $06,200, or 514,348 per front foot. Walter B. Hill, Esq., of the Macon bur, has been contributing some very able articles ti the Telegraph, on the prohibition question. He is a clear logio and writer, and his arguments favor ing prohibition as against high license, are practically unanswerable. Mr. Hill is one of the ablest of the young lawyers in the Stnto, and a man of the finest character. Kvidknlty John Buskin is not pleased with latter day educational methods, and if he is correct in his views about the way matters are moviug, he has a light to bo. He says: “I know of nothing that has been taught tlie youth of our time except that their f.itheis were apes and their mothers winkles, that the world began in accident and will end in darkness, that honor is folly, ambition is a virtue, charity a vice, poverty a crime, and rascality the means of all wealth and the sum of all wisdom.” The Washington Star says: “A newspaper editor lately appointed post master of a provincial city”, who was nominated on St. Valentine’s day, and whose nomination was confirmed on Washington’s birthday, is anxious to hasten the approval of his bond so that his commission can issue on the third of the series of notable inter-season anniversaries, St. Patrick’s Day. This will give him precisely two weeks in which, to reflect on his course in exchang ing a creditable calling in private life for the harassing duties of public office, and to celebrate April Fool’s Day in accor dance with the conclusion he arrives at.” Jones, tho love-sick Senator from Florida, is not so crazy as his conduct for the last two yours would lead people to think. In matters pertaining to politics he is very sane, as a spceoh delivered in Detroit, last week, will attest, in which lie said : “When we speak of the New South it cannot be meant that any national change has taken place in the character or qualities of the people, nor do I think il desirable there should be any change, for 1 am sure, for what I know of them, if any did take place it would be for the worse. They ere a geuerous, brave, open-hearted people, utterly devoid of the close, calculating, seltish power that you will find in some parts of the couu My strongly developed, and as free from bigotry and intolerance as any people under the sun. They were greatly mis understood at the North before the late civil war, and they are misunderstood yet. I have lived among them since fourteen years of age, and I have had au experience that few natives ever had to test thtir true character. * * * The changes which have takeu place at the South were such as might have beeu ex pected to follow the re-ult of a great war. Freedom is now national, uot sec tional. The amendments to the consti tiou have beeu sincerely accepted by the people. The emaucipab and slaves are conceded every political right enjoyed by the white mau, and are doing as well as any laboring class in the world. The right of sucessiou with the institution of f l ivery is abandoned forever, and since the people have beeu left to regulate their owu affairs, peace, contentment and prosperity have followed. There is no part of the South with which I am acquainted where Northern men will not be welcomed and conceded as much freedom of opinion as they can have any where. With the exceptions that I have stated there is nothing new about the South, nor is there any desire for a change. The simplicity and sincerity of social life at the South needs no improve ment from older countries to increase the happiness of the people, and in some of the over-refined civilizations of the earth there will be found an internal rotten ness, which, if revealed to public view, would shock every feeling of humanity.” JjAst Suuday’s Macon Telegraph con tains a well written and succinct history of the great Yazoo land frauds that were perpetrated upon the State of Georgia L tlw legislature of 1795. This scheme to* rot) the S’ate of about 40,000,000 acres of her lands, was so gigantic and .outragous that it stands, perhaps, with out a parallel in the history of the coun try. Wo wisli that this article could be tend by every citizen of the State. It fthows that our primitive fathers dealt with the conspirators and parties to political corruption and thieving. '1 heir vigilance and activity in puuish ■iug the guilty, would put to shame the modern investigating and white-washing -committees. The gods neyer looked up >ou a grander scene than that presented i)y the legislative body that repealed the fraudulent act, when it assembled on an open common, at the capital, where the State officials were ordered to pile up every document relating thereto, and fire from heaven was drawn by' a sun glass, igniting the mass, which was then and there consumed and effectually de stroyed. By this same authority every county officer in the State was compelled to ex punge and erase from all books of record every transaction relating to the laud frauds, under penality of fine, imprison ment and everlasting disqualification for office; and in case of neglect, or refusal, to be prosecuted in any court within the jurisdiction of the State —one half of the fine, 31,000, to go to the informer and the other half to go to the .state treasury. This decree was ordered to be promul gated throughout the whole Union, by authority of the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate and Governor of the State. Not only this, but the name of every man interested in the fraud, in any way, was brought into everlasting reproach and shame. Would that our latter day authorities had such nerve and moral courage; then i>olitical honesty would not be so scarce. CAR TEIiSVILLE IMMIGRA TION AND IMPROVEMENT AS SOC I A TION. In 1884, some of the leading citizei'B of ('artersville and Bartow county wisely organized the Cartersville Immigration and Improvement Association; but un wisely, as is usually the case with our people in undertakings of like character, it soon became au “ iuocuous desue tudo.” Iu this matter, unlike some other enterprises they have undertaken, there was harmony, everybody agreed as with one voice, that it could be made au institution of incalculable advantage to our section in advertising and develop ing the many resources of our section, and in inviting immigration and capital iu this direction. But, there was the usual lack of enterprise. All were will ing to see its purposes carried out, and to say amen when it was done; but few were ready and williug to expend any thing, or to exert any effort in the fur therance of the movement, or in accom plishing the work for which the associa tion was established, lienee it laid, doomed to sleep, for some other section its soul to take. Now, there is not a business man iu Cartersville who is not ready to admit, that had the association received the en couragement due it, we would to-dav be oue of the best advertised portions of the South, and would have long since begun to reap substantial fruits. We would not see a more advanced development cf our mineral resources, but we would iu all probability 7 have iu our midst many thrifty and industrious farme:s. Why not the old officers of the associa tion get together and reorganize. There has never been a more auspicious period iu the history of our towu wheu it could do more effectual work than uow. I suggests that the Cartersville Immigra tion nud Improvement Association at once effect a reorganization aud go to work, AN IMMIGRATION! BUREAU. Iu a roceut letter of Mr. Henry Allo way, correspondent of the New York Times, who has just made a tour of some of the principle towns of the South, he thus speaks of the Southern outlook : “What the whole South needs ie a broad guago immigration bureau. This will do more towards doubling the popula tion than all the syndicate schemes. Tlio basis of growth is here and nothing short of a miracle can halt it.” Mr. Alloway is eminently correct in his observation. Nothing would so much add to Georgia’s real growth than a well organized aud managed immigration bureau. Several of the Southern States huve established such a bureau, aud have reaped wonderful good from them. North Carolina, we believe, was among the fiist to inaugurate such a scheme, and ns a result, she stands to-day, with natural resources far inferior to Georgia, oue of the most prosperous and progres sive of all the Southern States. Her immigration bureau has been the means of bringing into her borders hundreds of meu of thrift, enterprise and intelligence, who have added much wealth aud iu fused new life into her veins. What other States have abcotnplished iu this line, Georgia can and must do. There is uo question that could more seriously engage the attention of the legislature at its approaching session iu July. We trust that Bartow represeut atives will use their influence iu bringing the matter squarely before that body, representing as they do, a county that is uuequaled iu its wealth of agricultural and mineral resources, and oue that would profit above all other counties in tne State from such au institution. We would suggest that they frame the ne cessary bill aud introduce it at the July meeting < f the general assembly. BARTOW'S BOOM. For some time the prophetic vision of the far seeing capitalists has beeu feast ing on the enveloped possibilities grad ually evolving from tLe propitious sur roundings iu North Georgia. At last the boom, that has characterized the mineral regions of Alabama and Tennessee, has | gravitated towards Bartow couuty. This 1 was to be naturally looked for, and is no | surprise to those who have learned to watch and interpret the signs of the times. There is no section in the iron and coal belt lands in the South surpas : sing Bartow county. The undeveloped mineral wealth adjacent to Caitersville is simply marvelous, aud outreaches anything of the kiud iu Alabama or Tennessee. Specimens of silver, gold, manganese aud iron ora are daily brought to tho offices of our real estate agents, aud they show up A 1 under the microscopic test of the analyst. Prop erty is gradually aud solidly advancing iu prices aud uot a few leading fiuaucinl ists are silently investing and arranging through private agents to sieze hold at the opportune moment, Iu the last two or three days several gentlemen have visited Cartersville with rocks in their pockets, and are getting ready for the commg storm. Why is it that Carters ville business men do not see this oppor tnnity is psasing strange. But then, it will be like everywhere else when the rush comes, and others from a distance step in and make the quick fortune, these timid and scarry fellows will be left, and all that will be heard of them will be the pitiful wail—“lt might have been.” Alas! alas, tot) lute. So wp welcome the straugpr at our gates and he is wel come to his fortune tie is sure to naae. JACKSONVILLE, ALA. A Quaint Old Town Unaffected as yet By the Boom—Her Old Timely Home- , steads and Spacious Lawns, Relies i of the Good Old Bays Before the War When Colored People Were “Niggers” and Ar ristoeraey Meant Cul ture, Reliueinent and Hospitality. Fine Cunutry. Special Corresponder t Courant-American ] Jacksonville, A'abama is truly a quaint old town with many massive mansions and spacious lawns. It wasonce the home of true arristocracy and refinement. Many of these homes in the suburbs of the town were surrounded by nice farms, where the master was lord, and the negro was happy in his old cabiu home, dancing by the light of the moon in the exuber ance of Ills delight, to the thrum of his banjo. But those good old times before the war are gone, and gone forever, and but the skeleton is left The master in many instances is long since dead, and most of his progeny has wandered off in search of greener fields and fresher pas t ires but many of the old slaves are living and lingering yet around the ruins of the old plantation, sighing over joys past and gone. It has been beautifully writen: You may b eik, you may shatter the vase if you will But the sceut of the lose will remain there 8-11. The same thing may be said of old Jack sonville. The vase of an elegant society, almost baronical in its nature with its courtly bearing, is broken and gone, but there still lingers some of the progeny of those fine old Southern gentlemen, who, though their elepant surroundings have vanished, are still gentlemen in every sense of the word, for they have that un mistakable bearing which indicates to a casual observer the gentle, but proud blood which sources through their veins. It is a fact quite noticeable that the cit izens of the town seem to be possessed of that rare jewel “elegant leisure,” and in this are in strange contrast to the boom inflated towns that surround them, whose push and hurry hid impressed us that they demand time, too short for the ac complishment of the important work they have on hand. The merchant, workman, tradesman, fanner and civilian go at their business leisurely,unconscious of the possi bilities of their immediate section. Allow me to make a prophesy (though it may be uninspired) it wi'l someday 7 come to pass. The day is coming, not far in the future, when North Georgia, North Alabama and East Tennessee will be the Lowel, Man chester and Pittsburg of the South. In these sections will be concentrated the majority of the factories of the South that will fashion these mountains of iron and deposits of manganese into machinery, hardware, which will supply the United States f.nd the looms of the North will be brought in close proximity to the cotton fields, and the wool, tlux and raiment pro ductions of the South. Then every city, town and hamlet will feel the quick throb of commercial importance There will be also an agricultural boom and the now impoverishing system of farming will be a thing of the past, and these fine sections of country will be made to furnish food, luxuries for the teeming millions. Then, indeed, will our farmers forget their hungry look,become fat and cheerful, and their homes be paragons of thrift, elegance and happiness. Yes, indeed, Jacksonville and all these lethergic places will become ratified. During our stay at Jacksonville we visited their cemetery 7 or their city of the dead. On entering the gate we noticed, posted conspicuously on an oak tree, the following couplet, said to be the effusion of Peter Forney, brother of the present member of congress, Hon, John Forney: Pull not a single flower, Nor shrub destroy, L-uve them that you And others may enjoy. Ui member man as you pass by, An you aro now,so once was I. As I am now, you scon will be. Therefore prepare to follow me, Right under it some wag had written in pencil: To follow thee I’m not content Unless I know which wav you went. In this cemetery are buried many of the best citizens of North Alabama who first settled tlie country and gave character and tone to this once rich and opulent section. The grave that most interested us was that ofMajar John Pilman, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart’s invaluable boy artillerist. His resting place is unmarked as yet by a monument, it is simply a little mound covered with sea shells set in cement. Ilis distinguished gallantry and bravery and his invaluable services iu the cam paign of Northern Virginia should en title him to a more honored mausoleum. We hope that the ladies of JacKsonville wi 1 erect a monument to the memory of this distinguished boy hero. More anon. Scribbler. Wonderful Cures. W. D. Hoyt & Cos., Wholesale and Retail Druggists, of Rome (fa , say; W r e have, been selling Dr. King’s New Dis covery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for four years, Have never handled remedies that sell ns well, or give such un versal satisfaction. There have been some wonderful Gures effected by these medicines in this city. Several cases of pronounced Consumption have been entirely cured by use of a few' hot ties of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken ip connection with Electric Bitters. We guarantee them always. Sold by J. It. Wikle & Cos. mcliS tf. Cure lor S|ck Headache. For proof that Dr. Gunn’s Liver Pills cures Sick Headache, ask you Druggist for a free trial package Only one for a dose. Regular sized boxes 25 cents Sold by Wikle & Cos. mcli3 ly I,et llim Go. Washing'.Qh Special.] A postmaster in Michigan, desiring to be relieved from the duties of his office, has addressed Postmaster General Vilas as follows; “When does my sentence expire? It can’t be that I am doomed for life unless I find a Pythias to take my place. Twice have I resigned, but the felon might as well try to shake off his fetters, as silent contempt has been the fate of my epistles. Oh, please Mr. Postmaster General let me go, and l promise never to do so again. I will never sign another peti tion to start a postofljee on a crossroads if nay name figures as its master. Resides I am an offensive partisan, and really ought to be fired, for I made campaign speeches and I au liable to do so again. I shall watch the incoming mails with eager eyes, hoping against hopes that my pardon may come and set me free." P. M. SHILOH’S COUGH and Consumptive Cure is sold on a guarantee, it cures Consumption. At Word's 1 All of Shiloh’s Medicines at Wikle’b Drug Store. Scarlet Fever aud Hiptherla are spread by contagion, by the transfer of living matter from the sktn, the membra nous lining of the mouth, nose and throat, ond from the intestines and urinary or gans. Disinfect promptly and thoroughly with Darby's Prophylatic Fluid, the great germ destroyer. Prof. H. T. Luptou, of the Vanderbilt University J Tenn., says: “Asa disinfectant and detergent Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid is superior to any pre paration with which I am acquainted.” mch. 10 lm REV. SAM. P. JONES. HE RETURNS TO CANADA AND IS GIVEN AN' OVATION. HU Future Movements—High Editorial Endorsement from Euglsml—A Fine Sermon Delivered iu Mon treal. After an absence of several days Rev. Sam. Jones returned from Canada Satur day morning where he delivered several lectures. This was a lecturing trip ex clusively, he having been petitioned by his thousands of friends and admirers in Canada to go up and deliver lectures over the dominion. Mr. Jones expressed him self highly pleased with the warm recep tion tendered him by his Canadian friends, and enjoyed his trip immensely. Mr. Jones will leave here Saturday for Cincinnati where he will conduct a se ries of meetings until the sth of next month. On the 23d he is to be at Min neapolis, to be at work there fifteen days. He will be at Rome from the 15th to 25th of May. IIICiH EDITORIAL endorsement. Mr. Jones’ lame is last spreading over the whole universe. The Methodist Times, published in London, a “journal of religious and social movement,” a criterion in England, has this to say ed itorialiy of Mr. Jones: It i3 probable that the most extraordin ary and significant fact in the Christian world just now is the evangelistic work of “Sam Jones.” He has suddenly be come the most conspicuous and successful evangelist in America. He is distinguish ed from all others by the unprecedented number of men who rush to his services, and by the unprecedented number of them who yield to the power of the Gospel. Neither Mr. Moody, nor the most success ful agents of the Salvation Army, nor Mr. Aitken, nor Canon Knox-Liti e, nor any living missionery as witnessed every where, and day after day, the extraordin ary results which attend the ministry of “Sam Jones.” Who is he? He is the Rev. Samuel P. Jones, of Georgia, a min ister of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, which, as far as we are aware, now for the first time produces an evangelist of world-wide fame. We feel peculiar delight in his connection with the great and venerable Church of the Southern States. The controversy over slavery had cut off that Church for a quarter of a century from intercourse with the North ern States and with us. Now that the Slavery Question is settled there is a uni versal desire on both sides the Atlantic to restore the old fraternal and constant in tcrcourse. Nothing is more likely to bring the Southern Church into touch with all of us than the blessed work of “Sam Jones.” * * * * * Mr. Jones has been addressing enor mous and unprecedented crows in Boston. Ac asks, “What is religion?” and answers, “Character.” He proceeds: “How is character to be sought?” and replies, “Along the line of conduct.” He asks, “When, and where, and how shall I be gin?” and once more replies, “Now, where you are, by ceasing to do what is bad and commencing to do what is good.” He gives his own experience as the ne cessary message which every man must give. “When God picked Sam Jones out of tlie gutter fifteen years ago, Sam Jones began by burning his gambling cards and breaking his whisky bottle,” That was his “experience.” No ecstasies ot joy followed. lie believes that if he “had waited for feelings before his con version he would be in the gutter still; or if he had refused to believe that God had pardoned him until an inward voice from heaven told him so lie w 7 ould be in the Slough of Despond still.” So, in liis blunt, and at the first experience of it, shocking way, he constantly exclaims, “The Lord don’t want you to blubber, but He wants you to quit, don't you see?” By “quit” our friend means quitting your sin, or, to use his favorite word expressive of the contemptible baseness of sin, “quitting your meanness,” Here is another characteristic extract: “If a man confes ses, he is pardoned, and tlie best w r ay for him to know 7 he is pardoned is that God said he would do it. The devil preaches feeling the year round, and God preaches faith. Do you see the difference?” Mr. Jones believes intensely that in the past an altogether disproportionate importance has been attached to “speculation and emotion.” He says the great need of the time is to lay stress on ‘ the practical doc trines.” He says that repentance is “first and fundamental in religion, and repent ance is just ceasing from sin. If repent* ance doesn’t mean quit your meanness, it doesn't mean anything.” He evidently agrees with an eminent theological pro fessor wlio used to insist, above all things, in his classes, that repentance “does not mean fee ing bad about sin, but turning away from sin.” Thank God for such a John the Baptist. Not preach repentance! Why, no man living is preaching it so effectually at this moment. We greatly need a Sam Jones or tw'o in this country. While theologians are splitting hairs, and morbid sentimen talists are talking about their feelings, the liquor traffic is decimating the people, the social evil is filling the land with anguish, mammonism is grinding the faces of the poor, lying is destroying trade, and war is advocated by men who profess to re present the Prince of Peace There is more repentance in refusing to take shares in a brewery, in joining a vigilance com raittee, in declining exorbitant profits, in denouncing a wicked foreign policy, than in six weeks of groaning and weeping. There is often ten times more religion in breaking a pipe or in burning a pack of cards than in howling in an agony on your face. When men asked John the Baptist what he meant by repentance, he told them it consisted in turning their backs upon the characteristic sins of the class to which they 7 belong. That is the only kind of repentance that prepares the way for Christ. Repentance is to rive up being lazy, and self-indulgent, and proud. It is to put your trust neither in civil nor eGclessastlcal despotism, but iu love and purity. It is, in one word, to turn your back upon the devil and the world, and to resolve that you will live according to the Sermon on the Mount. Sam Jone3 is giving conventional Christianity in Amer ica such a shaking as it has never had within living memory. There is such a pricking of windbags, and smashing of shams, and breaking of ecclesiastical crockery wherever he goes that the whole land stands aghast. The fact is, Sam Jones really believes that Christ meant what He said, As soon as a powerful minority of Enelishmen are of Sam Jones’ opinion, Ireland will be reconciled, pau perism will cease, the military estimates will give no occasion for discussion, and gentlemen who have shares in breweries will be anxious to sell them. MR. JONES IN MONTREAL. From the Montieal Witness. Sam. Jones addressed the students of the Methodist Cos lege in the Oonvocation Ha)l of that building at eleven o’clock to-day. There was a very lame atten dance of young men, augmented by num bers from McGill and other institutions. Several ladies were also present. The Rev. Dr. Douglas presided, aud on or near the platform were the Hon. Senator Fer rior, the Rev. J. Philp, Rev. Mr. Bond, Rev. R. Campbell, Rev. Prof. Shaw, and others. The address of Mr. Jones bore not the slightest trace of preparation. It was, in fact, a conversation; but it was bright, crisp, telling. It abounded in pungent epigram, broad humor, swift touches of deep earnestness. The audience roared again with laughter; but before the mer riment a deep truth, put with amazing frankness, brought silent and profound attention. Mr. Jones, taking a few verses from Corinthians,—uot, as he explained, as a text, but as a territory through which they might walk together, refer ring to the gifts of the ministry, but with special reference to this passage—“But we haye this treasure IN EARTHERN VESSELS.” Mr. Jones said : In all ages of the church—and the church l>egan with the first man —fifed has called me. l by special gifts, to teach their fellow-men. Mark, —God called inttk. I notice in reading the history of the church, that those who were teachers were successful in proportion as they were men—real men. .Jesus performed many miracles. These miracles attested his divinity. But he also spoke with the lip of humanity, and said: *‘l am ihe Son of Man:" and don’t yon forget it! A preacher is successful just iu proportion as he is a man. I’d rather he a whole souled, frank, manly man than be any thing dignified you could name, anl Lave the manhood sapped out of me. Some preachers want to do the divine business —they have several ehanges of garments ; they have one set for the pul pit, one for the parlor, and one for the street, and one tor their own private view, in which they appear to them selves as GREAT BIG FRAUDS. This sort of person is Mr. Bill Smith, in the parlor of the family sitting-room; in pastoral work, Pastor Smith; in social life, Citizen Smith; in his private office, Mr. Humbug Smith (laughter). I have an < innate, concentrated hatred of shani3. I like a eenuine man. I like a man to be himself. God calls different styles of m n to do His work. If He wants you, it is yourself He wants, not a l'ac simile of somebody else. God never made two men alike; and if He did, one would be of no account to start with. (Laughter.) God never duplicated himself in the leaves of the trees. 1 have seen college-made men. 1 have seen self made men. lam neither. God made me from head to heels. (Laugh ter.) I never interfered with Him. (Laughter.) Boys, you’ll succeed as v<ur personality or individuality makes itself felt Men differ, and the difference makes the world move. When you see a genu ine man, you see AX ECCENTRIC MAN. He is like a meteor with a big long tail. Not a tail, either, for that is the light flooding the body of the meteor, and so the genuine man is in a position in which God can pour His light into him. Let us be men. Let us stick to ihe human side of the Gospel. If there is one man for whom I have a greater contempt than an other it is the little creature who goes up and down the country, crying m doleful accents—“You must be born again.” It reminds me of an ant carrying a barrel of sugar (laughter). I believe I should like to hear the Rev. Dr. Douglas preach from that text, but, boys, dont you try it! I would not like to see you (laughter). Jesus Christ stuck to the human side of things, except once. When he did touch the divine side there was only another person present. The Jewish ruler, you remem ber, got frightened, and Jesus waved him off as if he was rather sorry he had men tioned the matter. (Laughter.) I believe in regeneration. The fact that lam here proves its reality. I don’t attempt to ex plain it. I believe the world exists. I don’t know how it exists. I don’t try to explain. Don’t you. The speaker related the incident of the disciples toiling all night, and catching nothing, because they were fishing on the wrong side of the ship. NINE-TENTHS OF THE PREACHERS of Canada and the United States are fish ing on the wrong side. They are always on the divine side. Boys there’s nobody on the divine side but God. and you can’t catch God; but if you’ll fish on the human side you’ll ca cli people by the thousand. (Applause.) There's a divine and human side to farming, The diyine side is the sun and the rain; the human is the ploughing and sowing. But doesn’t every lazy farmer say to God—“let me do tho shining and raining; and do you, Lord, do the ploughing and the sowing?” (Laughter.) It is so in moral things. If this kind of preaching would save the world it would have been in glory long ago. Having regard to the condition of the world, I say to you, boys, that either the Gospel of Christ is inadequate, or it is not preached Preach it as humanity wants it preached! Igo into church and listen to a sermon, and say to my soul, “There’s nothing here for you”; and I go to sleep. Again, in another place, be f ore ten words are spoken, I say, “Your mas ter is here,” and I listen with profit. I have listened to a man preaching for an hour and saying nothing. I have often wondered IIOW A FELLOW COULD DRIVE through a whole universe of ideas and not hit one of them. (Laughter.) Boys, if you find yourselves like that, give up 1 your license. Quit it when you are young. (Laughter.) Be honest. Stick to the human side. Stick to your crowd. A dissertation on is of no use. The application of truth is wonderful. Don’t deal in generalities. There is nothing in them. Many preaohers have better guns and better ammunition than I have; but no preacher on this continent can take a better aim. Conceive truth clearly your selves, and make it clear to others. After clearness of conception, get concentra tion. If you can put a whole lead mime in a bullet, it will hit with force. When we take an hour to get through three propositions, we think we have done something. Jesus got through 120 propositions in twenty min utes on the mount. There was clearness, directness, concentration. Peter was direct, concentrated, on the day of Pen tecost, and he made 3,000 converts. But, first, you must be concentrated. If you would rather be the King of England, the Emperor of Russia, the President of the United States, than preach thej'ospel, you are not fit to preach it. There are a great many preachers who regret that they chose this profession. They are not alone in their regret. A good many other people regret it too. (Loud laughter.) BE NATURAL—DON’T BELLOW. Are you an animal? When you are going to buy a property do you shout at the top of your voice—“l’ll give you $lO, 000 for this!” Talk the Gospel. It is much easier. It does not wear out your throat. I never could preach myself; but I can talk a little. It is a great art. Avoid vulgarity, but use every other kind of illustration, no matter how ludicrous, that fairly illustrates the subject. You haye nothing to be afraid of when you first make sure that you are right, I never was much afraid; but when I am right I am afraid of no man. Suppose they kill me. Well, I get to heaven ahead of time, that’s all. Truth is naked. Don’t try to dress it up to be agreeable. Don’t boys, ever try to prove the Bible’s true, or that Christ is divine. A great many preachers never get beyond that. I have got beyond it. Proving the truth of the Bib’e is like a little fellow on this side of the mountain, with a pole trying to hold it up because another fellow on the other side is trying to knock the mountain over (Laughter.) Start out with a belief that the Bible’s true; that Christ is divine; the universal consciousness assests to these truths. To prove them is only waste of time. Don’t do it, boys. Above all things be natural. Don’t be the liey. Jeremiah Smith, D. D., who, IN A BIG VOICE says, “If you repent you’ll be saved; if you don’t you’ll be dammed —and I don’t care much whether you arc or not.” (Loud laughter.) God bless you. Mr. Jones in the course of his address, related his early experiences in evangelis tic work. These were marked by many pathetic touches, heightened by the quiet telling. Astonishing Success. It is the duty of every person who has Boschee’s German Syrup to let its won derful qualities be known to their friends in curing Consumption, severe Coughs, Croup, Asthma, Pneumonia, and ia fact a 1 throat and lung diseases. No person can use it without immediate relief. Three doses will relieye any case, and we consider it the duty of all Druggists to recommend it to the poor, dying con sumptive, at least to try on* bottle, as 80,- 000 dozen bottles were sold last year, and no one case where it failed was reported. Such a medicine as the German Syrup cannot be too widely known. Ask your druggist about it. Sample bottles to try, sold at 10 cents. Regular size, 75 cents. Sold by all druggists and dealers, in the United States and Canada. nov ly Asa Spring Medicine TAKE l/l DNE Y- W 0 R T A SURE REMEDY Teat rtf and Vrorcd hi/ X'ertrs of Vao in till part* of the Country. ’srggP'Tlimisamls who have been radical ly cured of tlumrerous diseases gladly tes tify of its merit! It cures because It Purifies the Biood, It Cleanses the Livor, It Strengthens the Kidneys, It Regulates the Bowels. Tsy this four-fold action it has wonder fui power over disease, purifying the system of the poisonous humors that cause Kidney and Vrinary Disrate*, Hilious ness, Jaundice, Constipation. Files, till cu in a I ism, \eu ratyi u * yerrous Disorders, and many J'emale Complaints. IN THOUSANDS OF CASES It has cur ed where all else had failed. It is mild, but efficient, certain in its action, but harmless iu all cases. The natural action of tlie Kidneys is restored; the Liver is cleansed of all disease, and the Bowels move freely and healthfully. Sold Everywhere. SI.OO. Liquid or Dry. Send for circular and testimonials to f o Wells, Richardson & Cos., Burlington, Vt. SAM SHALL IN MASSACHUSETTS. Lynn (Vlass.) Bee. Of all the revivalist preachers that have visited our city there is noue that can compare with Bam t mall, the evangelist, who has been holding forth at the First M. E. cliureh during the past week. No revivalist preacher ever gained the confidence and esteem of his afidieucesin so short a time or who held it like him to the-last moment of his stay in the city. From the first meeting down to the last the iut rest and numbers have in creased, aud tiie last oue was a tremen dous oue. Mr. Small’s success lies in the fact that he is a master of the En glish language, that he illustrates lus subjects by familliar themes aud adorns them with tho choicest allegory. Coupled with this is his earnest belief in the cause iu which he is engaged, and his out-spoken denunciation of religious shams aud hypocritical Chris taius. Mr. Small has done a good work in our city and the neccessity which calls him to a distant city is regretted by his Christian brethren. THAT HACKING COUGH can be so quickly cured by Shi h’n Cure. We guarantee it. At Word’s 1 Greatly Excited. Not a few of the citizens of Cartersvi.le are greatly excited over the astonishing facts, that several of their friends who had been pronounced by their physicians as incurable and beyond all hope —suffer- ing with that dreadful monster Consump ion—have been completely cured by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, the only remedy that does positively cure all throat and lung diseases,Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis. Tr al bottles at J. It. Wilde & Co.’s Drug Store, large bottles sl. mc3-tf. For lame back, side or cliest, use Shi loh’s Porous Plasters. Price 35 cents. At Word s 1 Buckleu’g Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Felos, Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin,Eruptions, and pos itively Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. R. Wikle & Cos. mr3 tf. JOE BROWN HAPPY. Philadelphia Times: It was noticed that Senator Joe Brown, of Georgia, was iu excellant spirits during the closing week of the session and that he caressed his long white beared with unwonted tenderness. It is now said that lie has sold his two iron furnaces near Chatta nooga, and the coal mines which supply them with fuel, for the round sum of two millions of dollars. This ia a very pleasant pecuniary transaction, but it -is just to say that Senator Brown, although previously worth several millions, lives unostentatiously here and attends to his senatorial duties with great promptness His style of speaking is decidedly meth odistical, but he never takes the floor witiiout uttering a good deal*of sound common sense. It has been reported here for some time that he was anxious to get rid of his coal mines, where he was forced to employ convicts who are hired out for labor in Georgia, instead of being shut up iu a penitentiary in idle ness. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is a peculiar medicine, and is carefully pre pared by competent pharmacists. Tlie com bination and proportion of Sarsaparilla, Dan delion, Mandrake, Yellow Dock, and other remedial agents is exclusively peculiar to Hood's Sarsaparilla, giving it strength and curative jtower superior to other prepa rations. A trial will convince you of its great medicinal value. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Purifies the Blood creates and sharpens the appetite, stimulates the digestion, and gives strength to every organ of the body. It cures the most severe cases of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Boils, Pimples, and all other affections caused liy impure blood, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Headache, Kidney and Liver Complaints, Catarrh Rheu matism, and that extreme tired feeling. “ Hood's Sarsaparilla has helped me more for catarrh and impure blood than anything else I ever used.” A. fi.vi.r., Syracuse, N. Y. Creates an Appetite “ I used Hood's Sarsaparilla to cleanse my blood and tone up my system. It gave me a good appetite and seemed to build me over.” E. M. Hale, Lima, Ohio. *4 “ I took Hood's Sarsaparilla for cancerous humor, and it began to act unlike anything else. It cured the humor, and seemed to tone up the whole body and give me new life.” J. F. Nixon, Cambridgeport, Mass, Send for book giving statements of cures. Hood’s Sarsaparilla! Sold by nil druggists. g!;sixforgs. Treparedonly by C. I. HOOD A- CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar j Dry-goods and groceries. Glenn Jones, Rheumatism and Neuralgia Cured In 3 Days, The Indiana Chemical Cos. have discover? ed a compound which acts with truly mar velous rapidity in the cure of Rheumatism nd Neuralgia. We guaraut.ee it to cure any and every case of acute Inflammatory Rheumatism and Neuralgia in 2 Days,and to give immediate relief iu chronic casts and effect a speedy cure. No receipt of 30 cents, in two cent stamps, we will send to any address the prescription for this wonderful compound, which can be fil’ed by your home druggist at sma 1 cost. We take this means of put ting it out as a patent medicine, it being much less expensive. We will gladly refund money if satisfaction is not given. The Indiana Chemical Cos., feb-ly Crawfordsville, Ind. Standard Literat ore —soo copies of Lovel’s Library just received at Wikle & Co.’s Book Store. Good books from 10 to 20 c* nte. CATARRH CURED, health and sweet breatli secured, by Shiloh'sJCatarrh Rem edy. Price 50 cents. N sal Injector free. At Word’s ! S r .vie of Ohio, City of Toledo. ) Lucas County, b. b. ) Ftank J, Cheney makes oath that he is tho senior partner of the firm of F. • . Cheney & Cos., doing business m the City of Toledo, County and Mate aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that can not be cured by the use ot Hall’s Catarrh CUBE * FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before mo and subscribed m my presence, this 6th day of December. A. A GLEASON. SEAL .- „ „ ... 1 / Rotary Pnbhc. p g —Hall’s Catnrrli Cure is taken in ternally aud acts directly upon the bl°°d and mucus surfaces of tlie system. *~end for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Tolledo, O. Ipjf Sold by Druggists, 75 cents. Cure for Piles. ★ltching Piles are known by moisture like perspiration,producing a very disa greeable itching after getting warm This form as well as Blind, Bleeding, and protruding Piles,yeild at once to the ap plication of Dr. Bosanko’s Pile Rente y, which acts directly upon tlie parts affect ed, absorbing the tumors, allaying the in tense itching and effecting a permanent cure. 50 cents Address The Dr Bosan ko Medicine Cos , Piqua, O. Sold by Wilde & Cos mch3-ly. Ordinary’s Office, ) BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA ) Whereas, a* an election held in and tor the 822d District, Georgia Militia, on Saturday, the 19th day of March, 1887, on the qnestiou of “For Fence or Stock Law,” I hereby declare the following to be the result: For Fence 436 votes For Stock Law 163 votes Witness my hand and official signature this 21st day of March, 1887. J. A. Howard, Ordinary. GEORGIA— B.ir ow County. To all whom it may concern: The Commission ers appointed to set apart a t welve month sup port to Sarnli Jenkins deceased having made their report, and the same is now on tile in my office and alt persons are hereby n >tiiisd that if nogoodcause is shown to the coutiary, <ame will be allowed and ma te the judgment ot the court on the first Monday in May 1837 This 81st March 18t*7 J. A. HOWARD, $2.07 Ordinary. GEORGIA —Bartow County. To all whom it may concern : L. P. Gaines and B. H. Beasley, administrators of Mrs. M. F. Beasley, deceased, has iu due form applied to tlie undersigned for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of said deceased, and said applica tion will be heard on the first Monday in May, 1787. J. A. Howard, mr21,’87. Ordinary. GEORGIA Bartow county: Whrreas petition hnsbem fi’ed in the Ordina ry’s Office, nrd notice has hern given in terms o section 1455 of the ( ode oraj ing that Ihe ques tion “For Fence” < r. “For Stork Law” be sub mitted to tlie lawful vot< r-> of Balst dis tiict G. M. in said c< untv. Ordeve l that an election he he'd at th ; usual place of holding elections for in mbeis if the General Assemble in s iid S‘,l di-ir c f G. M. on Saturday the 9th day of April, 18S1—ni the question ‘ For Free •” or “.- to'-k Law” and ih.it said el -ction be held under the s me rules and regulations. in : re ptovidud for nu mb is o the General Ass. nib'y iifltb.it eurt.sbe made i.s provided l y B>ta'ut\ And it i-further o dared th it thi (.u ser be published f r fifteen days in the Cor.rant-Amert can, a public gazette x>ubli-hed in said county, and at the election t recinct in said district. Granted March 19th 1887. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. A (rue extract from the Minutes. J. A. HOWARD. D. W. K. PEACOCK, REAL ESTATE, CARTERS VILLE, GEORGIA. MINERALS A SPECIALTY. T,e-d Ks'ate bought and sold. Iniormation cheerfully given. feb24-ly Aubrey & Murphey, REAL ESTATE, Town, country and mineral propel ties For Sale. mr3*3m x Real Estate FOB, SALE. CITY OF CARTERSVILLE. Ilonse and six aares lan 1, all im provoments. House and Lit, close to transfer yard. One and a half acres on Erwin street, near Wal’ace place. Residence and Seven Acres of Land on Market street. Fine Residence on Gilmer street. Black Marble Quarry. House and Lot, and Vacant Lot on Tennessee street. House and Lot on Erwin s'reet. Biirk Wn'ehousa, 100x60, with L rge Lot. Two Vacant Lots on C..ssvil!e street. and 4 acres. Three St n re Houses on Main s'reet, good busi ness stands. Fourand a Half Acre Luton Railroad street. Ami others. —: ALSO:— 6,000 Acres Mineral Lands, Bartow County. G. H. AUBREY. ebt7-tt Trespass lice. All persona are here by warned not to trespass in any way upon the lands or oth er property belonging to the Etowah Iron and Manganese Cos., under penalty of the law. R. M. PATTILLO, For the E. I. and 31. Cos. Cartersville.Ga. J. M. NE£L, AT TOENE Y-AT-L AW. Spe ial a'tenticn given to !i i.-a imi e state in the admintstr ition o e-nates of deceased persons, and in cues in equity. Office ou Public Square, 1.0. th cf St. ,j ame Hotel. leiii-iy Mineral and Farming Lands, Near Cartersvilie, Ga. I will sell or buy for parties abroad, examine and report value of Lands to seller or buyer, negotiate sales, &c. 23i. M. P ATILLO, CARTERSVi LLE, GA REFER to • K; a. DUNN & Cos. ADVERTISEMENTS. fUiPADDU sample tikatm KNTmjTm |. tl laU U n We mail enough to convince I lILL u B. S. I.aUdEUbach & (Jo , 173 Broael-si New ark, N. J- AOPkiTO WANTED (ampks FRKIT) I for Dr. Scott's beat.tiful Ki.i, . * ■ W TEIC 60RSETS, BRUSHES, BEUs E*e\ No risk quicksales, ierr.tory given, satis faction guar.ti t ei. 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Bcfoie buying smooth or liarbe 1 wire, iron posts, gates, farm, city or graveyard fences, write lor mv pi ices anl free cttalogue. Send stamp to riva'e agency terms A. G. HULBEHT. PJ4 Olive-st., St. Louis, M CITATION. (GEORGIA Bartow County: Notice is hereby given to all persons con cerned, that lately Elbert P. Cook late of Buenos Ayres, in South America, departed this life intestate, leaving considerable real estate and personal property in Bar tow county Georgia, and no person has applied for administration on the estate of said Elbert P. Cook injsaid State, this administration will l e vested in the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county upon his own bond; or some other fit and proper person on the first Monday in April next unless valid objection is made to his ap pointment. Given under my hand and official signa ture, this Ist dav of March, 1887. J A. HOWARD, $•1 66 Ordinary. Limited Partnership. STATE OF GEORGIA—Bartow County. J. M. Anderson and Gaines A Lewis, all of Kingston, in said county, have formed a liuited partnership under tne provisions of the Code of Geo-gin, for the tr insaetiou of a general mer cantile business at Kingston, Ga., iu the purtnei ship name of J. M. Anderson, who is to lie the general partner, and Gaines <f- Lewis are special partners, and who have actually paid in, in cash, the sum oi one thousand dollars, the amount agreed on a.- their contribution to the common stock, and have delivered to the general partner for the use of the partnership, free of rent, a store house and dwelling house in Kingston, Ga. The general partner and the special part ners areto sliue equally the net profits of the business, which i to continue lor the term ‘f three years from the 21-t day of February, 1887. Tins February 23d, 1887. J. M. ANDERSON, GAINES & oEWIS. Certificate and articles of partnership recorded February 23d, 1887. F. M. DURHAM, feb2l-Gw |8 28 Clerk 8. C. ICxecutou’s Sal©. GEORGIA— Bartow County. By virtae of the powerr vested in me by the last will and te-tament of Samuel F. Stephens, late of slid county deceased, will be sold 1 etore the Court House door, in Cnrtcrsville, laid coun ty, on the First Tuesday in April, 1887, within the legal hoftrs oi sale, the fo’lowing proj erty to-wit: The plantation known as the Tut ner place, in ti e 17th district ami 3d section of Banow county, Ga.. composed of numliers 1250,12-31. 1268, 1268, 1200,1270, 1271 and 1199, and all of U 97, except 10 aces on the i ast side sold by S. F. Stephens to XV. L. Ciqwon the 18tliof May, 1880, the whole tract containing 368 acres, mqre or less- ' 3 acres more or less, cleared, the balance wen imbered. Improvements good, and finely watered with permanent water; drv creek running through the place, and is a very fine faun Sold as the prop erty of the estate of Dr. 8. F. Stephens for the purpose ol distribution. Terms of sale—onelialj cash, b lance in one an I two yeais, wi li in tuest at 8 per cat. per annum from date of sale- Bond for titles given. 'Jhe above property having been sold on Ist Tuesday in October, 'lßß‘i, end bid for by V- McGinnis who refuses to ccrnply with his bio, it will be resold at his risk. JAS. E. STEPHENS, $8 13 Ex’r of S. F. Stephens, de* a. Libel lor Divorce. Anna 11. Thornton 1 . vs V Libel fir Divorce in l*af* W. T. Thornton. }ti w Superior Court. It appealing to theC'omt shat libel for ‘ * voice ha* been filed in this case returnable i Jauuaiy Term, 1887, and ihutbe detcmlnnt now a non-resident of this state anil cannot no seived with copy and process; it is therri ordered that the defendant do appear in per son, or by attorney, at the duly Term, 188,,* file il< tense to said suit, if any he hai. Ana is liii ther ordered that this order be publ is in the Courant- Ame ican once a monin four months belt re said -July Term, 1387. This February 11th, 1887. J- G. Q m A true extract from the min ntes oi Bartow SuperiorGourt. F M. DURHAM, Cl n.arch3-fl 53