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Cartersvllle, Georgia
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1887.
Thk quarrel between Lhihl Pommiss
ioner S|>urkft and Sewtary Luinur, ban
terminated in the former tendering his
resignation.
Thk registration books for tin* pro
hibition election in Fulton county, were
dosed lust Tuesday. The election will
o****ur next Saturday.
A I*it ks u YTK ma x minister at Little
Rock, Ark., has sued the “Arkansas Meth
odist” for tin alleged libel, and recovered
a verdict for #15,000 in damages.
Hkhk Most is the next martyr that
fret* America is waiting for the red-hand
ed Anarchists to place upon the altar.
In fact, he is just the kind of a lamb that
can best serve society by being sacrificed.
It is authoritatively stated that Secre
tary Lamar will surely be appointed to
fill the vacancy on the Supreme bench,
and that Postmaster N ilas will be trans
ferred to the interior department, and
lion. Dan M. Dickinson, of Michigan, will
succeed to the head of the postoffice
portfolio.
I con the meeting of the senate in
December, a successor to Senator Ingalls
as Vice President pro-teni, will be elected.
Senator Sherman desires the place and will
likely be chosen, but it is thought will not
receive the cordial support of some of
his party colleagues who have presiden
tial aspirations.
It Ims been the hope and aim of Chica
go to pass Brooklyn during the present
decade and stand the third city of the
Fnion in population. There is now lit
tle reason to doubt that it will. If the
two cities increase during the present
decade at tlie same rate as in the past,
they would have in 1000—Chicago 850,-
000, Brooklyn 700,000. There is little
reason to doubt that Chicago will reach
this figure, if it does not exceed it. On a
single day this week it added no less
than 65,0* oto its population. Oh Tues
day the question of the annexation to
to Chicago of certain suburban towns
was voted on, and Hyde Park, Brighton,
Central Park, Cicero and .Jefferson, with
a population of 05,000, decided in favor
of coming into Chicago, while in Lake
and Lake View the verdict was against
annexation by a small majority.
(/ONft KKSSMAN CHAIN, of Texas, wants
the constitution of the Cnited Staten
ehanged, an to the method of holding
i‘ongrennional elections. Cutler the exist
ing lawn, tin* terms of congressman begin
on tiled th of the following march, but mi
lean there in an extra session of congress,
the members do not actually take their
seats until December, the year after the
election. Now, Mr. Crain thinks the mem
bers should come fresher and more di
rectly from the people. As they are* now
chosen eleven months before they render
any service, new issues frequently arrise
and change ot sentiment upon questions
of public interest between the time of ser
vice and the election. Cnder the amend
ment proponed by Mr. Crain congress
would meet on the second Tuesday in
January after the November elections.
Thus there would be no session of Con
gress after anew one had been elected)
While there is no urgent necessity for
such an amendment, yet there are some
strong urguements favoring it.
Cartersville —Her Prospects.
Our city evidently Inis-seen its worst
days, and a more prosperous future lies
just before her. The m eat sales of real
estate confirm the fact that our own peo
ple have an abiding faith in her upward
march. Property sold for fair prices and
new buildings will soon be the order of
the day, and our town will soon patron a
new phase of prosperity. Commercially,
we are already the most active town in
Georgia for our population.
We claim only 2,500 souls, and the
amount of goods sold here annually is
immense. This of course grows out of
the fact that our merchants are men of
enterprise and fully understand their
business— also men of cash means and
have every facility for buying goods at
the lowest possible prices, and are willing
to sell them at verv moderate profits.
Goods can be bought here at retail as
low as in New York or Atlanta and our
farmers .have found this to be tin* fact,
and for forty to fifty miles around,
they come to bnv their supplies. No mat
ter where they sell their products, no set
of merchants in Georgia can give better
bargains than ours, and they do it, hence
their success. We have two banks hen*
which offer all money facilities for paying
for cotton, corn and wheat, and furnish
ing exchange in any quantity to our
thrifty merchants and all t raveling com
mercial salesmen. We have the largest
and lw*st carriage factory in Georgia. We
have developed anew enterprise iu our
town which will add much capital to her
]ieopie—the grinding and manufacturing
of ochre into paint stuffs under the intel
ligent direction of Mr. A. P. Silva, of our
city.
We are surrounded by the richest man
ganese ores in the world, being profitably
ship|ed to all points. Our population
will compare favorably with any in Geor
gia in points of morality, honesty, intel
ligence and religion. A healthier or more
desirable place to live does not exist.
Cheer up, fellow-tow nsmen, we are on the
eve of general prosjierity.
Tl e Chicago Anarcliisfs and Their
< r me.
The execution of the-Chicago anarch
ists, oil last Friday, was a great triumph
of the law, but was a partial failure in
that the ms ks of two of tin* party—
Schwab and Fieiden —wen* spared by
executive clemency. It was the execution
of no common criminals for no common
offense. The parties were found guilty of
one of tin* most delilierate and atrocious
nnlVders of modern times. Thev had ho
provocation whatever, unless to preserve
tin* |tenet* and maintain law and social
order is a provocation to crime. In com
mitting their monstrous crime they were
not inflamed by intoxication or moved
by jiersonal resentment. They had none
of the excuses that are frequently the
attendants of murder. They came to a
land of liberty, of law. where all of every
clime can enjoy every quality of freedom
that is consistent with human happiness,
and they came to plot murder and an
archy. They deliberately planned mur
der without pro vocation or the semblance
of an excuse; they deliberately and wan
tonly executed murder and merited the
severest {tenuity of the law.
Tin* safety of society demanded the
sternest vindication of the law They were
aliens to our citizenship; aliens to law
and order; aliens to the exceptional free-
dom)) enjoyed by Americans in the sanc
tity of home, person and pro|>erty. After
all these men had been declared guilty
alike by every tribunal known to the law
in the State, and by the Highest tribunal
of the nation, it does s(***m that Governor
Oglesby made a grave error in commut
ing the death sentences, of Schwab and
Fieiden. They were just as guilty as their
co-conspirators, and all 'of them were
just such murderers as must be taught
the majesty of the law.
These men wen* leaders in the “•Interna
tional Workingmen's Association,” com
posed almost entirely of foreigners—a
class of men whose birth and teachings
were inimical to the absolute freedom of
American institutions. Parsons, Spies,
Schwab, Fieiden, Fischer, Lingg, Engel
and Xeebe, on repeated occasions ad
dressed the various societies of this or
ganization, delivering incendiary and
revolutionary speeches, and frequently
by their harangues would incite the
alien mobs that would gather around
them, to violence —to an armed resistance
to the law. They were fill in some way
connected with the Arbeiter Zeitung, the
organ of the anarchists, which was filled
with violent and rebellious articles, urg
ing a conflict with the “property mailing
class,” and repeatedly advised the pur
chase of rifles and dynamite. They not
only did this, but they gave specific in
structions how to handle and use dyna
mite, and how to make bombs, aiid how
to procure weapons.
On a number of occasions these men
counseled and brought on bloody con
flicts between the authorities find their
ignorant and deluded followers —notably
fit the great strike fit the McCormick
reaper works, when Parsons and Spies
led a mob of several thousand and urged
a destruction of the works and the kill
ing of tin* police in the event of interfer
ence. An assault was made on the after
noon of May Bd, and the windows of the
works were litterly riddled with brick
bats and other missiles and honest work
men were driven from their posts. The
police were soon summoned and by a de
termined attack dispersed the mob,
after killing one of the rioters. This
greatly incensed the anarchists, where
upon the leaders planned the Hayniarket
meeting for May 4th, inviting the an
archists to come prepared to resist any
interference upon the part of the officers,
The crimes of this meeting brought about
the trial and conviction of the leaders.
At the time appointed Spies and Parsons,
with their co-conspirators, were there
ready for the conflict. Lingg had {ire
pared a trunk load of bombs, which were
distributed among the men with instruc
tions how and when to throw them, in
case of the appearance of the police. The
coveted time arrived. .Just as Fieiden,
the last orator of the evening, had closed
his blatant harrangue, with a demand
that those present should “throttle the
law; stiib it; kill it;” thecriticnlmoment
had arrived, the passions of those pres
ent had been aroused to the highest
pitch, 174 policemen were dispatched to
the scene of the meeting to quell the dis
turbance. As the captain of the police
commanded the mob to disperse peace
ably, the sign was given by the leaders,
the bombs were thrown, and in a second
twenty-nine mangled bodies of policemen
fell to the ground. The anarchists had
gone a step too far. The sequel to this
atrocious and fiendish act, that start-led
a continent, is the history of the trial,
conviction and execution of their leaders-
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Wild TIIE A N A ICOII ISTS A UK
Hie Story of the Men Who Him- Iteen
Executed.
August Spies, who liecuuie, if possible,
more famous than any other of the group
of convicted Anarchists in consequence
of his so-ealled proxy marriage with Miss
Nina Van Zandt, was a German, having
Ihn-ii bom in Friedcwold. in the province
of il**sse, in 1855. During his early years
la* had the advantage of the instruction
of a private tutor, after which liesjient
sometime at the Polyteehnic Institute.
At the age of sixteen he emigrated to the
Faited States and proceeded at on**-** to
I'liiengo. Hen* he obtained employment
in an upholstering establishment. After
working in his new calling for a time lie
went to Fairbury, 111., but did not remain
long. Returning to Chicago he tried his
hand at various occupations with indif
ferent success, and Anally became, in
1880. the editor of the Arbeit**!* Zeitung.
the organ of the Chicago group of Anar
chists. Through the editorial columns
of his communistic sheet- In* counseled the
use of bombs and firearms against the
capitalists and the police, and was one of
the prime movers in the conspiracy which
culminated in the Hayniarket massacre.
He wrote the famous “Revenge" circular
immediately after the riot at the .McCor
mick Rentier Works on the afternoon of
May 3, 1880. He presided at the meet
ing in Hayniarket Square on the follow-,
ing night, making flu* first speech, in
which he advocated resistance to the offi
cers of the kiw. In the drawers of his
desk in the Arbeiter Zeitung office were
found letters from Most, counseling the
use of bombs against capitalists and the
representatives of the law. Spies appears
to have been the most influential man of
the entire group of conspirators, partly
because of superior intelligence, but chief
ly because he could inflame the passions
of his cranky followers by his lurid ap
peals to their prejudices through the col
umns of his journal.
MICIIAKL SCHWAO.
Michael Scwag, whose sentence was
commuted to imprisonment for life, was
Spies'assistant on the Arbeiter Zeitung.
He was born in Bavaria in 1858, being
two years older than Spies. Schwab was
gtven as good an education as it was
common for boys toget in that province,
and at the age of 1(> was apprenticed to
the book-binders' trade in Nil rein burg.
Here lie imbibed ultra Socialistic doc
trines, joining a Socialist group in that
city, in 1879 he came to Milwaukee,
where he remained a year or two, after
w 1 1 ich he removed to < 'hicago and engaged
with Spies as assistant editor of the Ar
beiter Zeitung. He, with Spies, was one
of the leading spirits of conspiracy which
ended in the fatal bomb-throwing. About
a week previous to the fatal encounter in
Hayniarket Square he made a speech in
which he advised the workingmen to arm
and on the night of the bomb-throwing
went to the square for the purpose of
seeing Spies. They met and Spies was
heard to ask Schwab, “Do you think
one is enough?” doubtless referring to
the bomb. He afterward exclaimed, in
the hearing of an uncontradioted witness,
“Now if they come we will give it to
them.” Schwab was a member of the
North Side “group,” to which Lingg and
Seliger belonged, the general committee
of which held its meeting every two Weeks
in the library room in the rear of
Schwab’s office.
LOUIS LINGG.
Louis Lingg, the bomb-maker, who
committed suicide on Thursday, was the
youngest conspirator of the group, being
only 28 years-of age. He was born in
Baden, Germany, where he received a
common school education. Leaving Ger
many, he first emigrated to Switzerland,
where lit spent a few years, coming to
Chicago about three years ago and iden
tifying-himself at once with the Anar
chists. He lived with William Seliger, a
carpenter at No. 4“J2 Sedgwick street, at
whose house all the bombs were made,
Seliger himself being Ling’s assistant in
their manufacture. The bombs were of
the famous “Czar” pattern, consisting of
two semi-gobular shells, fastened togeth
er by a bolt, with a bead at one end and
a nut at the other. The composition of
the shell was chiefly lead with a small
allow of tin, antimony and zinc. The
shells were filled with dynamite paid for
with money furnished Lingg by the
Workingmen’s International Association.
Lingg often went to the woods north of
the city to experiment with his bombs,
tearing the trees in pieces by their explo
sion. “Fodder for the police” these
bombs were termed by Spies, and on the
day of the Hayniarket massacre Lingg
and Seliger filled a trunk with them and
carried it to Neffs Hall, where the deadly
missiles were distributed, the men who
were to use them putting them in their
pockets and going to the Hayiqpiket
Square meeting. The distribution of the
bombs took place about an hour before
Spies called the meeting to order and be
gan his inflammatory address.
ADOLIMI l- IS*'lli:K.
Adolph Fischer was also a German,
twenty-nine years of age, and a printer
by trade. He came to this country when
only fourteen years old and seems to
have imbibed his Socialistic notions by
his association with Spies, Schwab anil
others connected with the Arbeiter Zei
tung, upon which he was employed as a
compositor, lie is married and has two
children. Fischer tixed the time and place
of the Hayniarket meeting and first sug
gested the use of the word “Ruhe,” which
was to appear in the letter box column
of the Arbeiter Zeitung as the signal that
the revolution had begun and that all
members of the various Anarchist groups
were to arm themselves and prepare to
attack police stations and policemen
with bombs and tire arms. He was pres
ent at the Hay market meeting and was
arrested and convicted as one of tin*
original conspirators.
OKORCK ENOKI..
George Engel was likewise a native of
Germany, having been born in Kassel, in
the province of Hesse, in 1887. Engel
was the oldest of the group of convicted
conspirators and was a painter by trade.
Coming to this country in January,
1872, lie soon settled in Chicago, where
lie has since resided. He was once the
unsuccessful candidate of the Socialists
for the office of West Town Collector,
lb* soon became a recognized leader of
the fellows who wanted to reorganize so
ciety by destroying all organization, and
in tin* spring ot 1880 w as made the busi
ness manager of the Arbeiter Zeitung.
lie occasionally varied the tedium of his
business duties by w riting a red-hot edi
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manager. Engel was one of the original
organizers of theoonspiracy, and advised
and induced a band of seventy or eighty
armed and drilled men to enter into a
plot to murder the police with bombs and
pistols. lie was present at the beginning
of the Hayniarket meeting, although at*
his house when rtie fatal bomb was
thrown. *
SAMUEL FIKLDEN.
Samuel Fieiden is of English mitivitv,
having been born in Lancashire in 1847.
From the time he was eight years old un
til he attained his majority he worked in
a cotton mill, being* in no way distin
guished from his fellow-operators of like
age and surroundings, except by a free
ami liberal gift of speech. At eighteen
he joined the Methodist church at NYes
lyii, becoming a Sunday school superin
tendent and local preacher. In 1868 he
emigrated to the United States, settling
at first in Cleveland, Ohio, where he re
mained three years. Removing to Chi
cago in 1869 lie seems to have fallen
among evil associates and to have for
saken tlie peaceful walk of a religious life
for tlje more turbulent profession of au
Anarchist. He was soon hand-in-glove
with the little clique of conspirators
which had its headquarters at the office
of the Arbeiter Zeitung, and became one
of the foremost advocates of the dyna
mite method of reorganizing society. In
one of his speeches lie advocated the
raising of Michigan avenue to the ground.
He made the closing speech at Haymark
et Square, and almost the last words he
uttered before the fatal explosion were;
“Throttle the law! stab it, kill it.” Six
policemen swore that as he descended
from the wagon lie drew a revolver and
fired on the police.
Albert R. Parsons, the only American
among the convicted dynamiters, was
born in Texas. Ih* seems to have grown
up with that loose regard for law and
legal methods which characterized the
Texas of before the war. Living by his
wits chiefly he came to Chicago about
fourteen years ago to pursue the avoca
tion of a labor agitator. He married his
wife in Texas, the lady having been the
wife of a negro, from whom she separated
without the formality of either divorce
or funeral. Mrs. Parsons has a greater
contempt for the law, if possible, than
her condemned husband, which is not
surprising under the circumstances. Par
sons soon identified himself with the
group of Anarchists in his new home,
and became a recognized leader of the
motley crew.' He was a member of the
American Armed Group that drilled with
the avowed purpose of destroying the
police. The Alarm, an Anarchist paper
published by him, advocated bloodshed
and dynamite. The call for the meeting
of the American Armed Group on the
night of the massacre was in his hand
writing. He made the second speech at
the meeting previous to the explosion,
during which lie flourished a revolver and
called “To arms” several times. Par
sons seems to have been more directly
connected with the drilling of the various
bodies of armed Socialists than any of
the other conspirators. In the spring of
1885 he boasted that there were 8,900
of these men in Chicago well armed with
rifles and revolvers, who would have dy
namite and bombs in addition when they
got ready to use them.
OSCAR W. NEE BE.
Neebe, who escaped with a sentence of
fifteen years in the penitentiary, is of
German parentage, although born in New
York, lie is 89 years of age and came
to Chicago when he was 15. He is a tin
smith by trade. He and his friends seem
to be satisfied that he got off as easy as
he deserved, and all efforts have been
abandoned for the present to secure a
mitigation of his sentence.
THE EXECUTION.
A few minutes after 1 1 the condemned
men were given their final luncheon, and
Parsons drank a cup of coffee just before
the march to the scaffold was begun.
The rattling of chairs, tables and
beuches of the reporters continued for
several minutes, but by 11:05 there began
to fall a hush and conversation among
crowd sank almost to a whisper. The
bare, whitewashed walls made a painful
contrast with the dark-brown gallows,
with its four noosed ropes drooping
ominously near the floor. A gleam of
sunshine shooting through the window
at this instant fell on a corner of the
death machine and i*i a slight, degree re
lieved its sombre Ime.
Through the window one Haw a number
of policemen armed with rifles looking
down from the roof of the Dearborn
street wing on the proceedings. The
chief bailiff began at 11:10 calling out
the names of the persons summoned as
jurors, and bringing them forward to
the row of little stools directly in front
of the gallows. No other sounds were
heard in the long, high'corridor but tht
solemn, monotonous voice of the bailiff
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STAXOI.NO tN Til El K SHKOI'DS.
It was exactly twent.v-three minutes
punt eleven when the Sheriff began read
ing the death wifrrunt to Spies, who,
robed in a white shroud, listened to the
reading without emotion- 11 hile the
warrant was being mid to to Spies depu
ties wen* busy putting the shroml on
Engel. The same process was gone
through with all the other doomed men
and at 11:22 the death march to the
scaffold was started.
It lacked just seven minutes and a half
of the hourofhiyh noon when a single
white-shrouded figure, above w hich was
a face of yellowish pallor —the fm*e ol
August Spies—passed the first post of
the gallows. The gaping crowd ten feet
below half rose involuntary from their
chairs at the first glimpse of the appari
tion advancing across t lie scaffold. Spies
looked calm and glanced at the reporters
with a trace of his old-time cynical smile.
F ACINI! DEATH FIRMLY.
He walked firmly over the drop, guided
bv the gasp of a deputy, to the furthest
edge of the gallows. Following closely
came Fischer, close enough to touch
Spies' shroud had his hands not been
pinioned under the white muslin.. I'is
elier's countenance had a peculiar glisten,
totally unlike the ashiness ol Engel s
heavy features and in strange contrast
with the dead lack of color in the pinched
lineaments of Parsons. The once jaunty,
vivacious Texan came last, a withered
old man.
He had aged twenty years since the
dav and hour scarce twelve months be
fore when he tripped lightly into the
court before'Judge Gary and flippantly
declared tluyt he was ready to be tried at
once for his life.
The moment his feet touched the scaf
fold, Parsons seemed to completely lose
his identify and to feel that his spirit was
no longer part of his body. He had
w rought himself to an ecstacy ol solemn
self-glorification. Only lie —tlfe one
American —seemed to realize to the lull
that he must die in a manner to impress,
if possible, on all future generations the
thought that he was a martyr.
PAKSONs’ Tit Alt 1C DEMEANOR.
No tragedian that lias paced a stage
in America ever made a more marvelous
presentation of a self-chosen part perfect
in every detail. The upward turn of his
eyes, his distant far-away look, and
above all the attitude of apparent com
plete resignation that every fold of the
awkward shrouds only served to make
more distinct, was by far the* most strik
ing feature of the entire gallows picture.
The squat toini of Engel alongside,
with stupid, wide-jawed face, made a
hideous contrast to Parsons' assump
tion of the hale of a martyr. Fischer
was head and shoulders taller than the
other three, making his occasional looks
of too evident bravado more noticeable
than might otherwise be, at a sorry dis
advantage, compared with tin* steady
coolness of Spies. The latter's exhibi
tion of quiet, thorough nerve far sur
passed, as a wonder, the demeanor of
any of his comrades.
The four burley Deputies standing to
the rear of the four condemned men
began without delay to adjust the ropes,
Spies' noose being the one first placed.
He did not appear to regard it of any
more consequence than anew linen collar.
The knot vv is slipped down the cord
close against his neck. Spies did not
show a tremor, but when tlie same pro
cess was being carried out with Fischer,
he turned and quietly whispered to the
bailiff some suggestion concerning the
rope.
Fischer's occasional ardor was quite
noticeably lessened when he felt the
hempen strand, and Engel bit his under
lip hard when his turn came. Just
then Dr. Murphey, a young physician
standing back of Engel, whispenngly
cracked a joke at Engel's ear.
Incredible as it may seem, the low
browed Anarchist laughed outright with
the rope around his neck and while
another was being fastened on Parsons
by his side. Hut the grotesque laugh
stopjted in a single instant and Parsons,
meekly as a saint, cast his eves upwards
at the dangling line above him. Before
the four Anarchists had an inkling of
of what was to be done, the white caps
were deftly slipped upon their heads and
drawn quickly down to the necks, shut
ting off the view of each as completely
and with less warning than does the
camera cloth of a photographer.
August Spies was the first of the doom
ed four men to make use of his wits
while he could. In a tone of intense
bitterness of spirit he, the man who wrote
the infamous revenge circular, hissed out
between his tightly-clenched teeth:
“There will come a time when our
silence will be more powerful than the
voices thev are strangling to death."
The last syllable of Spies' concluding
words, hoarse with suppressed passion,
had not reached an end when Engel rais
ing his voice, wildly cried:
“Hurrah for Anarchy!”
DEFIANT TO THE DEATH.
Fischer caught, the fire of the ut terauce
and still more loudly exclaimed:
“Hurrah for Anarchy! This is the
happiest moment of my life.”
There was a silence like the grave,
broken abrubtly by the slow, measured
intonation of Parsons, like a white-robed
priest before the altar of sacrifice.
Not as a dying request, but rather like
a command or warning, hesounded forth:
“May I be allowed to speak?"'
“Then with a slow entreaty came:
“Will you let me speak, Sheriff Matson?
There was an agonized pause. Muffled
through shroud, broke out in unnatural
hollow accents:
“Let the voice of the people be heard.
A crash as of a falling house thunders
through the corridors. The slender ropes
were taut. In full view of the two hun
dred men in front were the four white
withering shrouds.
The ropes could be seen slowly tighten
ing about the necks that between cap and
shroud could be noticed blackening and
purpling. Nine minutes passed. Then it
was known to a certainty that not a neck
had been broken. The four Ilaymarket
murderers had been literally throttled
and strangled by the law.
It was wonderful to note how quickly
the excitement which had filled the jail all
morning calmed down. The 200 prison
ers confined in the place, who had been at
fever heut during the tragic event of the
day, regained their usual spirits. They
cracked jokes from cell to cell, and as
they had nothing to eat since breakfast,
they soon began to call for soup, soup.
A FT Kit THU EXECUTION.
The spectators who had witnessed the
hanging walked rapidly out of the enclos
ure* and the weary deputies went to din
ner, the only ones left in the jail office
being the press representatives. At 1:30
o’clock the coffin in which lay the body
of Parsons was carried out of the jail
and taken to the home of the widow.
Curious police officials walked into the
jail to learn how the execution had been
proceeded with, and were in turn ques
tioned as to how the citizens outside had
acted. “There was absolutely no trou
ble," one and all replied. . Fischer s re
mains were removed to his home at 1:35
o'clock. Many people displayed auto
graphs of tjie dead Fischer, which he had
written during the morning. It was esti
mated that he made fifty of them in all.
They all read alike and were couched in
the following words:
“Anarchy is liberty.
“Adolph Fischer.
“Cook County Jail, Nov. 11, 1887."
KEEP OFF!
All Persons are hereby warned not to hunt and
otherwise trespass on my premises.
novd-im I*. F. PETTIT, (‘.tsHville, Oa.
A large addition to our line of Hats
just in, and at prices that can't be beat.
Also a nice line of Caps for men and boys
at Montoomkuy’s.
Money to Loan.
I am prepared to negotiate loans for
farmers upon more reasonable terms
than ever offered before.
Douglas Wiklk,
Attorney-at-Law.
Farmer, Here’s Your Chance
*
Having sold my farm to the Koine Land Fompany, 1 will offer at auction on
Tuesday, December 6th
next (if not sooner sold) in front of the Livery Stable of Jas. Douglass & Cos. in the
eity of Rome, Ga., beginning at 10 o'clock a. m„ all of my Agricultural Implements
and Machinery, consisting in part of one Deaderiek Hay Press, one Russell Thresh
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liess. Plow (Sear, Hoes, Shovels, Picks, and a great many other articles needed on a
farm. Also my
Holstein Cattle.
TERMS—AII sums under Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) will be cash. Sums over
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in twelve months at The Merchants' National Bank or First National Bank of
Rome. Georgia. *
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n„ v 9 u Rome, Georgia.
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Thanking you for past favors and soliciting a continuance of your orders, I am
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b'2l-.ly West Main Street, Cartersvllle, Gn.
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Real Estate and Fire Insurance,
(UPSTAIRS.)
First Door South, of Howard’s Bank.
lebJO-ly
Dissolution.
The firm of Turner & Baker, Jewelers, is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Turner re
tiring. Thanking tlie people of Bartow county
and surrounding country for the unstinted pa
tronage given us, the continuance of the same is
respectfully solicited for the new firm. All notes
and accounts arc payable to \V. K. Baker.
Respectfully,
J. E. Tub.nkk,
W. F. liAKKK.
From the above it will lie seen that I have pur
chased the interest of Mr. Turner in the jewelry
business. 1 wish to say to those wishing any
thing in my line to call on the manager, MU'
WILLIAM L. BOLT, who they will find to be a
thorough gentleman and finished workman, who
will in every instance give the most perfect satis
faction, Hoping that our former patrons and
many new ones will give us a call, 1 am
* Kespeefully,
W. F. Bakek.
Cartersville, Oft., Nov. sth, 1887.
In retiring from the firm of Turner A (taker, I
wish to tkatik my friends and the public gener
ally, for the many favors shown us, and respect
fully ask that you extend ail inereased patron
age to my friend and successor, Mr. W. F. Baker,
who w ill in every w ay do his best to, please you.
Yours truly, .1. L. TFUNEIL
FARMERS, ATTENTON.
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ed the sole agency
at Cartersville for
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and Repairs, and
have them now in
stock. 'When in
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be glad to furnish
you at the lowest
prices.
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& Son.
Oct. 27/87.
oct 27-tf
G. H. AUBREY. (’HAS McEWKN.
.Aubrey <& McEwen,
Dealers ia
Coal and Insurance Agents.
The public patronage respectfully solicited.
Money to Loan on desirable security.
June Hi, ’N7,
:GO TO:
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Cheap Cash Store,
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14 Pound* Stan-'aid Uianulatod Sugar, .[1 00
10 •• lx r t 1.. Sug..r, 100
10 “ <>. K. Kurd, 100
14 ‘ He and Rice 10"
15 “ Choice Rii e 100
50 •* Pearl (■ t its 1 00
A buckle's Ct ffee 22 %
l> ve liana, pet pound 15
I enii ns, per doz *i 25
Ora ges per dozen 25
i rt liberties pter quart 15
Prunes, per pound
Curr nt-. p r i ound 10
Any kind of Jellv, per pound in
25 Pound' O.i'm al r’s) 1 10
50 ** Pen Ilib Flour 1 05
2 “ Can T. m toes 10
2 “ -‘ Pi a. ties 15
50 “ Venche’s 11 'ghe-t Patent Flour 1 50
5* •* St i loud Pm ■nt Flour 1 60
50 *■ Neptune “ 1 00
2 “ ■ ails (shirtberries 10
< “ R spb rt e- * 12)i
1 “ “ Oyster-, lull weight 10
3 ‘ AAA .1.0 ft K a led otter, pure 1 00
2 “ M ch t “ “ “ 100
1 Gallon Bis New Orleans Syrup 75
1 “ *• PI nutation sy up 40
2 PouiidCftiisMackcr.il 17>i
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2 “ “ Pears 25
20 “ Head Rice 1 00
35 “ Buckwheat Flour 1 oo
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Letter List.
List of letters remaining in the post
office at Cartel sville, Bartow county,
Gii., Nov. sth, 1887.
Brown, Bettie Chapnmn, G R
Chacton, Charlie Cox. W M
Fuller., Lonvenia Hnderson, Annie
Harris, R P Hall, J H
Holmes, Mary Jenkins, S T
Kernodle, J C MeMurray, J A
Smith, Lucy 'Thrasher, J H
Wood,, L I.) Williamson, George
Yancy, B W
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