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T II E <’ O v R A N T-A M E It IC A X. Published weekly b.V Wikle A WiaiM.iiAM, Editor* and Proprietors. ottlcf First ITuor South or Pont Oflhe. Official orpnn of llartow County and thedtyof f Cartersvllle. TERMS Of SUBSCRIPTION- IS ADVANCE. 1 f 1 54 ♦i Months ............. 3 Months . BATKH OF ADVKHTIHINO : space. Imo 3 inns. |t inoH. ii your. one inch, $2 50 *r> tNtj yr sti|lj;uTimi Two Inches, 3 fin 75 lo ihil ir. oo Three Inches, 500 10 ooj 12 30 20 00 Four inches. fli ini 12 50 15 00 ! 25 tHI Fourth column 700 15 (HI; 25 IHlj 40 INI Half column, 11 IMi 20 iMI! 40 00 00 (HI t>no roluuin, 1500 35 oo I mi mil khi (Hi • I .pirn lad vertisements insert c. an I rlutrioid tor iih prescribed ti.v an m l of the General Assembly, Ilif f*f lifltur duo aftor lirst insertion. If not paid promptly, wo do not jfuarautee a second inser tilon. I .oo til not iron too rents iior lino for lirst inser tion For a longer tlmo, lowor rutoH. Advertisements will lio run until forliidiU-n. unless otherwise marked. Anil charm and for fti i ord inirly. All considered duo aftor tlrHt insertion All communication* Intended for publication taunt lioar t ho iiatiio of the writer, not necessarily for ptililifation, tint as a iruarantet* of Rood faith. H o nilall not. in any way lie responsible for the opinion* of coutributor*. No ruinniuniration will tie admitted to our col u riaiih liavlmr for lt end a defamation of private eharnrter, or in an.v other way of scurrilous im port of putilie good. Correspondence Holirited on all pointH of Ren rral Importanre—hut let them he briefly to the point. All rommiinirationH, letters of business, or money remittaneeH, to receive prompt attention, in UK t be nddreHHfd to WtKI.E A WILLIBGHAM. Cartersvllle, Georgia. Til I'USD AY, DECEMBER 1,1887. To Our Delinquents. . A few weeks airo we went out a collector y after you, but at the end of three days t called him in, he having not collected / hardly enough to defray expenses. I We have arranged to have the following getlemen receipt you for subscript ions : All those getting this paper at Adairsville, will find Mr. .1. A. Ilailey at that place to make out receipts. At Pine Log .Vlr. A. C. Shelton will have a list of our subscribers getting papers from the Pine Log postolflee. Mr. |{. Milam, at Stllesboro, has the Stiles boro and Euharlee lists, Those getting their papers at Cassville and ( ass Station will timl their accounts with Mr. It. H. Smith, the postmaster at Cassville. W, W. Stokes, at Folsom, has the Folsom and Gum Spring lists. We hope to have an agent at Kingston in a few days. NOTICE YOUR DATE —By reference to the date printed opposite your name J you will see to what time you have J paid up to. I Very respectfully, / WIKI.E A WILLINGHAM. M. Grew, tint President of the French Republic, hits tendered his resignation. The North Georgia Conference will con vene in Marietta iy*xt week. Bishop McTiere will preside. Blaine’s chances for the Republican nomination for the Presidency in 1888, seems to grow less each day. The more prominent members of his party think In* is not the man to win. There are -t0,500 illiterate men and boys, and 76,713, illiterate women in the State of Massachusetts. This is a pretty liberal showing for the State that boasts of her culture. Hon. John B. Carlisle, has consented to address the citizens of Atlanta, some time during the Christmas recess of Congress. The great Kentuckian will have a great and large crowd to hear him. Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, of England, who came over to the United States to preach a memorial sermon of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, has curtailed his lecturing tour, and will return home a wiser, but very little richer man than when he came. At last Atlanta’s prohibition election is over. It was perhaps the most, hotly contested election ever held in the South. But the antis triumphed, and the 228 majority, two .tears ago for prohibition, jyas on last Saturday reversed, and a majority of 1,122 was polled against it. Col. Jas. If. Randall has tendered his resignation as editor of the Anniston (Ala.) Hot Blast, to accept an important position on the editorial staff of the Baltimore American. Mr. Randall is one of the most gifted of Southern journal ists, and his departure will be regretted. H ancock County voted on prohibition last Friday. The result of the election, was 109 majority in favor of the stile of whisky. The prohibitionist will contest the election and claim that they will surely reverse the returns. It will be remembered that Hancock has for the past two years, been prohibition. (Jkit.many ex | wets to have a surplus of 50,000,000 marks—which is equal to about $12,500,000 —in 188. This is small compared with the #110,000,000 surplus of the Ignited States, but it looks large Iteside the $40,000,000 or $50,000,000 deficit which France expects to achieve in the current fiscal year. Ex-Gov. St. John takes a hopeful view of the prohibition elections of the year, lie says that the prohibitionists no longer stand up to b# counted, but to win. He finds consolation in the fact, that the prohibition party is growing, while the two old parties are de raying. The great prohibition leaders declines to be the candidate of his party of the presidency in 1888. Gov. Gordon has designated to-mor row, Friday, as arbor day for Georgia. The wise custom of planting trees, has been adopted by all of the States, and in many of them, much stress is laid upon it, and the forests have been great ly improved and restored. In Georgia, and in iact most of the Southern States, little interest, as yet, is manifested, but it is gratifying to know that the custom is growing, and to morrow should mark a greut improvement in this matter. Ex-Senator Jokes, perhaps, the braiu est man who ever represented the State of Florida in the Senate, is now a mental weakling, living upon the charity ot his friends in Detroit. Ibit the other day, his hotel was locked against him, because lie was unable to pay his accumulating board bills. This makes a sad picture indeed. The man, who but a few years ago, in his intellectual vigor, was the peer of any man in congress, the pride of his State and an honor "to his country, now a de lineated and penniless wanderer upon the streets of a strange city. Such is life. To-day we admire greatnes; to morrow we lament at its downfall, and our admiration is turned to sympathy. Call and see our beautiful Christinas and Holiday presents. .1. R. WIKLK fk Cos., Druggists. Condition of Bartow County Farmers. None but the pessimist will deny that tlic farmers of (ieorginure iuamorepros |M*rotiKcondition to-day than they have liecn for any year, perhaps, since the late war. Ks|Hviallv is this the case with the farmers of Bartow county. The evidence of tie* trillh of this statement, can l>e seen on every hand. The farmer has not only ildopt<*d advanced methods in agri culture, but Itis general condition is much improved. The gi nneries are ful ler, the lafders more abundantly sup plied, stock better kept and of a more HU|H*rior grade, and tin* homes know more of the comforts of life; In* is nearer out of debt, and in many instances, has cash on hand. At the present, progress, in a few more years, * with intelligent economy, the farmers of Bartow comity will Is* tin* most independent and tin* thriftiest class of her citizens. It is a source of much gratification to contrast the present splendid state of affairs, with their straightened circumstances of a short time back. Not only are they in a better financial condition, lint their lands have been built up and greatly enhanced in value; barns of a substantial order have been erected, and in many instances new houses have been built or old ones re modeled. Travel in any direction you may, and it is no uncommon thing to see new houses going up or lumber on the premises for same churucter of im provement. While there has been a grad ual, but steady advancement made by the farmer for several years past, yet it is more marked and noticeable this, than for several years previous. This is the result of a combination of circumstances. In the first place, they commenced this year freer from the burdens of debt, and with more progressive ideas. The sea son were unusually favorable, thus en abling him to cultivate his crops at at much below the average cost; the yield has been good, and the prices real ized for every class of product has been satisfactory. Next year the Bartow county farmen will start out independent, buoyant and hopeful. They are just entering upon an era of prosjierity and happiness. The Surplus Must be Reduced. It is conceded by both parties that there must be a reduction of the govern ments resources. It is an absolute busi ness necesgity. It is not a necessity to advance the political interest of any one party, but a necessity demanded by the business interest of the country. The commerce and industry of the nation must suffer, with an annual surplus ac cumulation of nearly $ 100,000,000 fn the treasury. The great and varied bns ness interests of the country must be se riously crippled if this thing continues. Such a rapid hoarding of millions in the treasury will, in a short time, sap the very life of trade. Something must be done to curtail this constant flow to the coffers of the nation. There is now no method within the discretionary powers of the government by which the surplus can bo transferred into business channels. The secretary of the treasury has re deemed all the bonds that could be an ticipated in payment. The accumula tions, now in the treasury, must remain there until congress devises some means to turn it back into business currents of of the country. But for the prompt manner in which Secretary Fairchild acted in redeeming bonds a few months since, a panic could scarcely have been averted. But as this cannot be repeated soon, there must be a reduction in the collection of revenues, or else next year will bring about much financial distress. The remedy for this threatening danger lies in a tariff revision and revenue re duction, and it lies within the reach of the incoming congress to apply this rem edy. There should be a compromise effected between* the high and low tariff advocates upon a basis.that will in no wise imperil the interest of the industries of the country, or create any unnecessa ry alarm among the protectionist. Those who would reduce the revenues wholly by a reduction of the tariff, can not hope to have their theory adopted, and on the other hand, those who would bring about this reduction by a repeal of the internal taxes will be equally as fu tile in their efforts. Now, as the abstract theories of the leaders of these different views will not be accepted, we believe that in the laceof the" imperious necessity for a reduction, there is statesmanship and patriotism in the Democratic party sufficient to agree upon a compromise to rescue the country from the present inev itable tendency, and not hazard the busi ness of the nation by a persistent and unyielding effort upon the part of either to adopt their respective theories. The present indications are, that both Car lisle and Randall recognize this, and are ready to agree upon any plan for a tariff and internal revenue reduction. The annual report of First Assist ant Postmaster General Stevenson shows that the number of post offices established during the last fiscal year was 8,048, a decrease of 439 as compared with the previous year, and that the number discontinued was 1,500, an increase of 880 over the year ended June 30, 1886. The whole number of post officer. in operation June 30, 1887, was 55,157. The appointments of postmasters were made during the year as follows: On res* ignations and commissions expired, 6,863; on removals and suspensions, 2,584; on deaths of postmasters, 589, on establishment of new offices, 3,043. The total number of appointments made dur ing the year was 13,079, a net decrease of 9,670 as compared with last year. The largest increase in the number of offices in any of the States and Territo ries during the year was as follows: Penn sylvania, 118; Georgia, 92; Texas, 77; and Virginia, 74. There were seven States, which, on the 30th of June, con tained more than 2,000 offices each, as follows: Pennsylvania, 4,119; New York, 3,248; Ohio, 2,834; Virginia, 2,355; Illi nois, 2,266; Missouri, 2,117, and North Carolina, 2,110, making considerably more than one-third of the whole num ber ol offices in the Cnited States. The number of money order offices in opera tion June 30, 1887, was /,<4o, an in crease of 481 over the previous year. Gladstone has so far overcome his dread of an ocean voyage, that he will make a trip to the Cnited States next spring. W. E. Pueket, cotton buyer, merchant and the farmer's friend, still leads m 4 Stilesbom. nov 9 Itis claimed that tin* new system of certification of cotton, now being tried at the New York Fotton Exchange, gives greater advantages to buyers than to sellers. It is believbd by many that the increased trading is largely due to this new plan, by w hich the purchaser of a contract receives a warehouse receipt with the certificate of the grade attached and the weight stamped on tin* receipt. This receipt and certificate of grade are a good delivery for one year from date. The grade is guaranteed by the New York Cotton Exchange inspection fund. This can Is* passed with the same facility as a certificate of stock, and offers —so say cotton mew of high standing—a secu rity second to none as a collateral for banks or investors. Heretofore, under the old system, a seller might give notice of Itis intention to deliver 2.7,000 or 50,- 000. one day, when it would be physically impossible either for the seller to deliver or tin* buyer to receive the cotton. Un der the new system the seller must have Itis cotton till weighed, sampled, stored and classed, and the quantity which the buyer can receive simply de[ends upon the amount of money at his command. Mil Powderly, the chief of the Knights of Labor, has given notice of his purpose to soon resign. This action upon Itis part is caused by the very severe criti cisms that have been made by factional Knights concerning his administration. This is to be regretted. Mr. Powderly has worked hard and incessantly for the gootl of the order over which lie presides He has always counseled conservatism, and often has his good judgment pre vailed, and averted what might have otherwise resulted disastrously to both labor and capital. His retirement can be nothing less than calamity to the Knights of Labor, for we doubt if they will be able to find a successor to him who is so competent to discharge the responsible duties of the position. The New York bank statement shows, in two of its leading items, that general trade throughout the country still con tinues active. The reserve decreased $823,600 in tin* week just ended. This alone would not necessarily be an indica tion that business' remains brisk. The fact, however, that loans expanded sl,- 109,200 in the same period proves that the decrease in the banks’ holdings was due to the growth in the demand for money, which, in itself, .is a fair index of activity in business. The surplus of the banks is again below' the $7,000,000. When trade is “dull” the reserves are usually much higher than this. The German royal succession is threat eneiWrom an unexpected quarter. Both the Emperor and the Crown Prince are near the point of death, if reports be correct, and now a story comes that the life of Prince William, the Crown Prince’s oldest son, is imperiled by a malady such as carried off' the Emperor’s brother in 1861. It would be a strange specta ble to see the German crown, on the death of its present wearer, pass over* three generations and deceitd to the Emperor’s great-grandson, who is about 5 years old. But this now seems to be among the possibilities. Edward Atkinson has been examining the question of farm mortgages in Brad street’s. He has heard from 200,000 on Western farms filed at different times within the last thirty-eight years, cover ing a total loan of $108,000,000. Of these, 109,000 mortgages, covering a total loan of $75,000,000, lmvo been paid, and out of the 200,000 mortgages heard" from, less than 1,000 have been foreclosed. In this time, the rate of in terest has been reduced from 10 per cent, per annum down to 6% and 7% per cent. Clarke county stands pat. It will be hard to tear her from dry land by the liquor maelstrom— A t hens Danner- Watch man. Ah, there Clarke! Floyd is with you.— Rome Tribune. And just watch old Bartow stick. It is said that there will be objection made in the Senate to the confirmation of Mr. Lamar as Supreme Judge, on ac count of his age. Congress will assemble next Wednes day. The* statesmen are now heading towards’the capital to be ready to take their seats. KEEP OFF! All Persons are hereby warned not to bunt and otherwise trespass on. my premises. nov!*-2m I!. F. PETTIT, Cassville, Ga. Ihe bml of a Great Fight. From the New York Sun.] We present our congratulations and the renewed assurances of our distin guished consideration to Captain Evan P. Howell; The Right Hon. Henry W. Grady; and Deacon William Amphibious Hemphill, All of the Atlanta Constitution. We congratulate Copt. Howell because the side whereon he figured as the chiefest champion has won the day in Atlanta. *#•* * * * * * * We congratulate Grady because he made so good a fight for prohibition, and came within eleven hundred votes of heating Howell out of his boots. It, was Wet in Atlanta, but it was not so much of a shower; and over the clouds of defeat and rum the star of Henry W. Grady's eloquence still shines lindimmed. We congratulate Deacon Hemphill be cause his able newspaper has proved t hat it can swim in the Wet and waddle on the Dry like a duck: and, unlike a duck, can do both things simultaneously. No journal in the history of the world, dur ing such an exciting canvass as that which ended in Atlanta on Saturday, ever before managed to be t' e organ of both parties, to retain the subscriptions and obtain the advertisement of both of the contending factions, and to keep a perfectly even keel when the winds were howling. This, we take it, was largely due to the sagacity, prudence, and self restraint of William Amphibious Hemp hill. It is due to him that Howell and Grady can now clasp hands and say: “This peace is of the nature of a conquest; For thus Goth parties nobly are subdue*! And neither party loser.” Yet, after all, candor compels us to aver that the honors of the great tight between the Drvs and the Wets rest neither with Howell nor Grady. The name of the hero of Atlanta is Yellow stone Kit. Rig Boots, Little Boots, High Hoots, Low Boots, Course Boots, Fine Boots, but everyone of them cheap Boots. Come and we will convince you of the fact and save you money at the same time. J. G. M. Montoomeky. Our facilities for buying cheese from first hand s ena ble us to sell them a t Home and Atlanta prices. E. Strickland $ Bro. Holiday presents in great variety and chea|ier than ever offered in Cartersville below at Wikle’s Drugstore. SAM JONES IN BOSTON. His Lccturi* at I renioiit Temple, on * Character and liararters The Boston Daily Advertiser, says of the Rev. Sam Jones lecture delivered iy that city a few days since: In the Star course at Tremont Temple last evening, Rev. Sam Jones delivered a lecture. His talk was as slangy, as witty, as full of laughter and fun, and as really w holesome and helpful as ever. He not only thoroughly entertained the large audience that assembled to hear him, but in his effective, if unconventional, way, preached as good a sermon as it is often one's pleasure to hear. He put his audience at once in the right mood by his announcement of the subject of his lecture, “Character and Charac ters.” I am one of the latter myself.” He went on to say: Character must have a basis, a firm foundation. It is that part that will outlive the stars. We have a poor idea of humanity. We like to get up in meet ing and talk of ourselves as “poor worms of the dust.' Suppose your w ife wrote yon a letter and liegan, “My dear, poor worm of the dust.” Wouldn't you be mad? I am out of patience with the cant that cries, Oh, Lord, L am nothing, nothing. Some people seem to think they can get to heaven just by saving, “I am nothing, oh Lord, nothing.” They’d get crowded off the golden streets, because the angels can't see nothing. And how can they crown nothing? How can nothing play on a harp? Men are something. Every man is something. I suppose this idea of man’s nothingness grew out of the orthordox idea of total depravity. But I go this njuch: I believe that every man has enough innate meanness in him to damn him. And if anybody w ants more than that he is pretty greedy, that’s all. They say it's easier to do bad than to do gooik It ain’t so! Take the matter of drink, for example. It's easier to keep sober a year than it is to keep drunk a week. Or lying. If you tell one lie, you have to tell 40 more in order to keep it bright looking audits whiskers brushed so as to be respectable. I tell you, it’s easier to do right than to do wrong. But if there's anything wrong about you, you can't set it right yourself, you must go to your Maker. How long would you give a good pianner to put itself in tune? But take that pianner to the man that made it, and he will make it tit for the angels to play on. Now I’ve bought this watch and I’ve paid for it too. There's a flood deal in that. Sup pose it didn't keep time, and I just went round telling w hat a bad watch it is, and somebody asked me why I didn’t take it to the maker and have it fixed. And I said to liim, “Oh! I’d rather go round telling how bad it is.” Now, there men just like that. They just enjoy getting up in the expe rience meetings and telling what bad men they are,—how weak and sinful. They never go to their maker and have themselves fixed up. Such men haven’t any basis for character. You must have something to base your manhood on. And this basis is found in the affections. Tell me what a man loves and what he hates and I'll tell you his character. ‘The best man is he who loves everything good and hates everything wrong. And then faith. He must have faith. I don’t mean that faith that believes anything and everything. I mean that faith that appropriates all truth as my truth. And 1 don’t mean that mean faith that’s always asking the Lord for something. It’s just us if a man went to church with a basket all ready for something to drop into it. And he gets down and he prays: “Oh, Lord, gimme sutliiu.” “Well, what do you want?” “Oh, I dunno, but gimme sutliiu; gimme any thing you got.” That’s just the way my children tease me when Igo home. And now it’s got so that I always wire my wife when l am coming, to send my children up to the orphans’home fora week. No, sir; a man should go to the great captain only for marching orders. The soldiers of the cross should go to liiip only to learn what is the right things to do. They may rely on him that the forage wagons will be close in the rear of the army. Now, infidels. 1 haven’t much use for infidels. But I .rather like Bob lngersoll. He gets SSOO a night for his infidelity. But you weak, miserable tools who go to hear him, and pay adollar for it, and are infidels for nothing, I’ve got no use for you. No strong man will take an attitude of universal denial. Courage, that's the great thing! Courage enough to stand by the right the world burns down! 1 like a man with sand in his gizzard, There’s many a man singing “Surely, thecaptaiu may depend on me.” Depend on me for what? To cut and shoot? Yes, to cut for home and shoot under the bed, —the cowards! And now if l go from the current of my discourse you will forgive me. It 1 go out of the current 1 go to get fish. Some folks are satisfied with bites, but I’m not. How many bites. I’d like to know, would it take to make a frying pan smell fishy? By way of parenthesis, then, I want to say a word about this drink question. You’ll get no satisfaction on the prohi bition question out ot either of the ■ parties. I’m no democrat, but l used to be, and I tried to be as long as I thought it was possible for a Christian gentleman to be one. Now you repulicans need’nt laugh either. I’m no republican. I’m a mugwump. And the difference between a mugwump and a republican or democrat is that one’s a mugwump and the other's a jugwump. They won't either of them give you prohibition. Now some of you believ.ein high license. I don’t. What if I had a mad dog, and I came to the city officials and said: “Here, I'll give you SSOOO to let me turn that mad dog loose in the streets.” They’d say: “But he might bite some body.” “Well, no matter,” I’d say, “he’d be a high license Jog, and so of course it would be all right.” Do you think the people would stand that? Now, some of you will say my illustra tion is all foolishness. An old woman said to me once, ‘Mr. Jones, you do talk more foolish ness than any minister I ever see.’ I askefl her if she knew what fool- Salt Rheum The agonies of those who suffer from severe salt rheum are indescribable. The cleansing, healing, purifying influences of Hood's Sarsa parilla are unequalled by any othef medicine. “ I take pleasure in recommending Hood's Sarsaparilla, for it lias done wonders for me. I had salt rheum very severely, affecting me over nearly my entire body. Only those who have Suffered from this disease in its worst form can imagine the extent of my affliction. I tried many medicines, but failed to receive benefit until I took Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then the disease began to subside, the Agonizing Itch and Pain disappeared, and now I am entirely free from the disease. My blood seems to be thor oughly purified, and my general health is greatly benefited.” Lyman Allen, Sexton N. E. Church, North Chicago, 111. “ My son had salt rheum on ids hands and the calves ot his legs, so bad tiiat they would crack open and bleed. He took Hood’s Sar saparilla and is entirely cured.” J. B. Stan ton, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. From 108 to 135 I was seriously troubled with salt rheum for three yeifrs, and receiving no benefit from medical treatment I decided to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. lam now entirely cured of salt rlieum; my weight has increased from 108 lbs. to 135.” Mas. Alice Smith, Stamford, Conn. If you suffer from salt rheum, or any blood disease, try Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has cured many others, and will cure you. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. gl; sir forge*. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. iOO Doses One Dollar g—iiTHiriTfc II *4KIH c POWDEH Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A miirve! of purity, strength and wholesonieness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, ami cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of lowest short weight alum or phosphate powder. Sold only in cans. „ Koval, Baki.no I’owdeb t 0., juneO-tlm 108 " St-., 1 • !’• ishncss was, and she said no. ’W ell, said I,‘it's somethin}? to rub on fools. Ihe illustration isn’t nonsense. And now, knowledge, sense, culture 1 You need those in your character. Did it ever strike you that being washed white was a good deal different from being whitewashed? Yon don’t want whitewash culture, that will come ott in patches. You want sense, knowledge, sense enough to do right. The man with more sense than religion is a scamp; the mau with more religion than sense is a fool. I'd rather be a scamp than a fool. You can reform a scanr>, but what can you do with a fool? lbit I don tgo much on culture when it is sjielled with u big C. The culture needed is the culture that tells you tue best thing to do and how to do it in the best way. Kindness —and 1 mean the kindness that costs you something. A woman gives away an old dress, and then she flatters herself because she’d “laid up treasure in heaven.” What kind of a “treasure” is that, I’d like to know? How would she look tramping round the golden streets with that old dress on? It would be the best thing that could happen to some people if the Lord would make them wear in heaven the old clothes they’ve given away. Now, I've talked about an hour and a quarter. Whenever you get tired, you can just consider the show over and the monkey sick. Mr. .Tones then took up the second part of his discourse on “Characters.” It oc cupied about 15 minutes, and consisted of laughable anecdotes about different people. Two of the best are here given : the first was to illustrate the force ol habit. Mr. Jones said: Once there was a very poor young man and he married a young woman just as poor. They moved into a one room cabin, in which there was only one bed. lathe course of years the young couple had six children, and the eight slept in one bed. And it was so crowded they all had to face the same way. !tnd whenever one got tired of lying on one side he’d holler “Turn,” and they’d all turn over. And such was the force of habit, that they’d turn whether they were asleep or awake. And one day the old man went a-fishing and fell asleep on a log in the river. And his youngest bo.v was rather mischievous, and coming along, yelled “Turn” at the* old man, and he immedi ately turned over, off the log and into the water, and was nearly drowned. Moral: Don’t form bad habits, for they stick to you in all circumstances. The second anecdote showed that one should be known for something. He said: A man swallowed a half a dollar, which stuck in his windpipe. The doctors could do nothing, and the man was black in the face. At last one of the doctors spoke up, asking if there was a Metho dist preacher anywhere round. And the man’s wife was very much alarmed. “Oh, doctor,” “he isn't so bad as that, is lie; he isn’t going to die?” “Oh, no,” said the doctor, “but if a Methodist preacher couldn’t get that half dollar out of him then no one could.” Deafness Can’t be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi tion of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed, you ha ve a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the resuP, and unless the in flammation can betaken out a ltd this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condi tion of the mucus Surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circular, free. F. J. Cheney A Cos., Toledo, O. J&“Sold by Druggists, 75 cents. nl7lm Rome's Fa cies vs. Facts. The fo 11 owing sketch, in fancy drawn, was in the Rome Tribune of the 20th: "The Ettia property is situated in tiiesoutii tvest corner of Floyd county, and partly lies in Polk county. The property is owned by Col. I). 11. Hamilton, and consists of eight thousand, acres of fine mineral land and heavi ly timbered lands, (’apt. John E. Stillwell says that the iron tire is ns fine as any in the coun try. The facts stand thus: The Etnairon furnace is located on lots num bers l;i!l and 200, in the Ist district and 4th sec tion. in Polk couty. As the crow flies, it is over five miles to the nearest point of the Flo.vd line. Practically, if not act ually. all the ore be longing to the Etna Company lies within two miles of the furnace and in Polk. The near est lot of land to the Floyd line that we can hear of their laying claim to, is three miles from it and in Polk. Now may we not be excused for re marking’ that the modern Roman would be boomer is like the Roman of ancient days—ever ready to claim “the earth and the fullness thereof’ as his, regardless alike of the rights of God or man?—Cedar town Advertiser. It is not “the only” Food, BUT IT IS THE BEST FOOD, THE CHEAPEST FOOD, THE HEALTH CIVINC FOOD. For young Infants, it will prove a safe substitute tor mother's milk: lor the Inva lid. or hyspoptic it is of (treat value. Hun dreds who have used it recommend it as THE MOST PALATABLE FOOD, THE MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD, THE MOST DICESTIBLE FOOD. It is a Cooi.cd Foocl: A Preuir;ested Foe I: t. Net-1 rotating Food. Srn<t for*'r. iV r. ntiil pamphlet* gio lug tratmot. i/ • I’hgeiciuti* anti Moth er*. trltich u lit prove every eta to meat we make. [24 THRE.E SI2t.S-C.iC., 50C.,$t. EASILY PREPARED, Wells, Richardson it Cos., Burlington, Vt, BARTOW SHERIFF’S SALES. YI T ILL besolpbefoke THECOI U I HOl "-I \\ door in Cartersville, Bartow Oeor- ITUST TIESDAY IN .lANTAHY, 18SX. between the legal hour* of *a>. to the highest i .bidder, the following described property, to-wit . The undivided one-lift h of lots of l;un! numbeis live hundred and ninety-live (595). five and uin. tv-six (596). and the.south hair of I < hundred and ninety-seven (••!*. I in the l<th dis trict aud :'el section of Bartow eonnty. *• J the property of thedefendent, Jane R. aid well, the same being in her possession. Levied on and w ill U.> sola as the property of the said .lane •*. ( aid well to satisfy one Bartow > ounty < "urt fi fa in favor of Georgia Chemical Works vs. said Jane U CaltlwetT. Property pointed out by plain tin s attorney. s.l.n>. Also at the same time uud place, one black horse mule, one red cow. and one two-horse wooden axle wagon, ns the property ol The de fendant, W. l\ Davis. Levied on and will be sold as the property of the defendant to satisfy one t'itv Court mortgage ti fa of Cartersville in favor of V B. Mctiinnis vs. W. C. Davis. Property pointed out iu said ti fa. Also at the same time aud place one house and lot in tlie city of Cartersville. Bartow county. Georgia, to satisfy three justice court ti las issued from the 822d district, <i. M . of said county, two in favor of T L. Hunt A Cos. vs. Mrs fc. B. (Jason, and one in favor of T. L. Hunt * < °- V s Mrs. K. B. Cason and K. E. • ason. known as tlie Theodore Smith house and lot, containing three fourths (%) of an acre, more or less, on which is tlit* reuidenc© house frontliij? oiip liunurou and forty-two (142) feet westward on Bartow street, running back even width to the rear of tlie Smith lot and now occupied by J. B. nlges a lievy huml© by b . H. rrrtuklui. L. C„ Oct. 23d, 1887. Levied on as the property of Mrs. E. B. Cason and will be sold to satisfy said ti fas. Also at the same time and place, lot of land number two hundred and forty-three (243) lying in the ltith district, and Sd section of Bartow county, (ia. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Duncan Murchison, one of the de fendants iu ti fa, to satisfy one City Court of Car tersville ti fa iu favor of Baker A Hall vs. John I). Murchison and D. Murchison. $2.10 Also at the same time and place, all that, part of lots of laud numbers six hundred and three (*>o3) and six hundred and four 1 604), in the 4th district and 3d section of Bartow county, (ia., lying and being between the Western ami Atlantic railroad and tlie public wagon road, and con taining forty acres, more or less, and being that part of the E. I). Puckett farm known as the grave-yard field. Levied on and will lie sold as the property of KittiiwP. Deweese, under and by virtue of a H fa from the Superior Court of said county of Bartow, originally in favor of Meador Brothers, but now proceeding ill favor of J. A. Baker and D. W. K. Peacock as transferees against said Kittle P. Deweese. S4.(H A. M. FUANKUN, Sheriff, • J. \V. WILLIAMS, Deputy Sheriff. Valuable North Georgia Planta tion For Sale. Will he sold be'ore the Court House in Oarters ville, Bartow county, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY next, tlie farm adjoining Cassvilla North, known as the Dr. Weston Hardy place, embracing lots numbers ninety-six (96) and ninety-seven (97), and parts of lots numbers one hundred and nine teen (119) and one hundred aud twenty (120), Fourth District, Bartow county, the whole con tainining 461 ACRES, More oj less. This is one of tlie most desirable Stock Farms in North Georgia; 215 acres cleared; about 75 acres cleared, well adapted to clover, grass, corn and small grains. TERMS CASH. C. H. JOHNSON, Sr. Leave to Soil Laml GEORGIA—Bartow County. To all Whom it May Concern: Ellis Patterson, administrator, with the will annexed, of Peter Murray, deceased, lias in due form applied to the undersigned for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of said deceased, and said applica tion will be heard on til • first Monday in Jan uary, 1888. Tills 30th day of November, 1887. $2.25 J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. Administrator’s Sale. GEORGIA—Bartow County. By virtue of an order from tlie Court of Ordi nary of Bartow county, Ga., 1 will offer for sale to the highest bidder at public outcry, for cash, before the court house door in Cartersville. Ga., between the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues day in January next, the house and lot on Er win street, in said city of Cartersville, which was occupied as a residence by Thomas Stokely iu his lifetime, and at his death, and now occupied as a residence by John P. Anderson, the said lot containing one acre, more or less. This Novem ber 30th, 1887. M. t. STOKELY, Administratrix of Thos. Stokely, dec'd. Guardian’s Sale. GEORGIA, Bartow County : By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordina ry of said county, w ill be sold on the first Tuesday in January, 1888, before the court house door in Cartersville, said county, between legal sale hours, the following land, to-wit; Two undivided sevenths of a tract of land in said county and Cartersville. Ga., known as tlie Arbogast proper ty, containing six acres, more or less, lying be tween the Douthitt’s ferry road and the Row land’s ferry road, beginning iu the fork thereof and extending westwards between said roads, to the property occupied by Wikle and Hillson; sold as tlie property of Fannie E. Arliogast and Mary V. Arbogast, minors, each owning one sevejith of the whole tract. This November 28, 1887. * R. 1 RATTLE. As Guardian of Said Minors. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons having demands against the estate of John Tumlin, late of Bartow county, deceased, .are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law; and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make im mediate payment. This 10th November, 1887. * T. C. Moore, uov 105 t Adm’r John Tumlin, Dec'd. Admin istrafair's Sale. GEORGIA —Bartow County. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi nary of Bartow county, will be sold on tlie first Tuesday in January,lßßß, at the court house door in Cartersville, in said county, between the legal sale hours, the tract of land in said county 'whereon Samuel Ward resided at the time of his death, containing 150 acres more or less, and being parts of lots Nos. 243 and 262, in the sth district and 3rd section of said county of Bartow, to-wit; 50 acres, more or less, off northwest coliter of lot No. 243, and all of lot No. 262 except 33 acres, more or less, on the east side, and 27 acres, more or less, in southwest corner of said lot. About 90 acres cleared, balance well tim bered. Some running water on the place; im provements inferior. Sold as tiie property of the estate of said Samuel Ward, deceased, for tlie payment of debts and distribution. Terms cash. This 23d November, 1887. R. I. BXTTLE, Adm’r 4am’l Ward, dec’d. Mortgagee’s Sale. GEORGlA—llartow County. By virtue of the power vested in the under signed as holders and assignees of a certain mortgage deed executed and delivered to B. F. Bradford A Cos., by Susan E. Smith, on the Ist day of November, INNU.und recorded in the Clerk’s office Bartow Superior Court iu book "Cr” of mortgages, page 821, and authorizing the sale and conveying rhe property hereinafter described upon the failure of the said Susan E. Smith to pay the debt therein and thereby secured, (and the said Susan E. Smith having failed to pay said debt as therein stipulated and the same re maining unpaid), we will, between the legal sale hours, before the court bouse door in Cartersville, said county, on the first Tuesday in January, INNS, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the fob lowing described property to-wit: All that part or parcel of land known as the fourth division in the Henry Saxon estate, situated in the south west corner of said Saxon’s land, or the estate of said Saxon. Bounded on the north by property of Green llobsrtson, on the south by Etowah river, on the west by property of William Milam, on the east by the property of Mrs. E. 1,. Can non. all in the 4th district and 3rd section of said county, containing 25 acres more or less. Said property sold as the property of Susan E. Smith, under the power therein granted and’to satisfy said mortgage. Thirty days notice in writing, as required by said mortgage having already been given of this intention to sell. This 29th day of November IXB7. BAKER & HALL, Assignees. Catarrh C “ “ Dpta Heals tlie Seres, HE? 1, y Jfl Restores Senses of and Smell. TRY the CDREHAr-FEVER CATARRH is a disease of the uiucnous membrane, generally originating in the nasal passages and maintain ing its stronghold in the head. From this point It sends forth a poisonous virus into the stomach and through the digestive organs, corrupting the blood aud producing other troublesome and dangerous symptoms. A particle is applied into each nostril and is agreeable. Price 80 cents at, druggists; by mail, registered, 0 cents. ELY BROTHERS. 235 Greenwich St., New York, I FACTS YOU CAN BET ON. That the oldest and largest tobacco factory i the world is in Jersey City, N. J. That this factory makes the popular apdl world famed Climax Plug, the acknowledged stand ard for first-class chewing tobacco. That this factory was established as long ago aa 1760. That last year (1886) it made and sold the enormous quantity of 27,98a.280 lbs. or fourteen thou sand tons of tobacco. That this was more than one-seventh of all the to bacco made in the United States notwith standing that there were 966 factories at wor . That in the last 21 years this factory has helped support the United States Government to the extent of over Forty-four million seven hun dred thousand dollars ($44.7>. 000 - 00 > P a,d into the U. S. Treasury in Internal Revenue Taxes. That the pay-roll of this factory is about $1,000,- ocKxoo per year or $20,000.00 per week. That this factory employs about 3,500 operatives. That this factory makes such a wonderfully good chew iU Climax Plug that many other factories have tried to imitate it in vain, and in despair now try to attract custom by offering larger pieces of inferior goods for the same price. That this factory nevertheless continues to increase its business every year. That tibia factory belongs to and is operated by Yours, very truly, P. LORILLARD A CO novlj:-2m TO; J. W. BRIDGES Cheap Cash Store, First lDoor It**l*w Bank. Cartersville, Ga. 14 Pounds Standard Granulated Sugar, $1 00 16 " t-xira L. Sug r, 1 ,H) 10 “ O. K. Lard, 100 14 ‘ Head Rice . J 18 “ Choice Ki-e 50 “ Pearl Guts 1 *|o A buckle’s C* tfee 1) ve Ham, per pound I,r> 1 em< ns, per < 02 11 25 (ra; ges. per dozen “5 ( ri.nbertie--, per quart Prunes. 1 er 1 omul 1-A4 Curr: nt-. p* r 1 o*l ltd Any kind of Jell v. per pound 1J 25 Pound* Oa'nu al (- i enum k r’s) 50 *’ Ren Hib Flour 1 05 2 “ Ctiti T m toes 10 a “ •* Peaches 15 50 “ Veache’s Highest Patent Flour 1M) 51 “ st Cloud Pat, nt Flour 1 60 50 “ Neptune ** " 100 2 “ t ans Blackberries 10 z *• “ K spb rre- 12>£ 1 “ “ Oyster*, full weight 10 3 * AAA Ja\a Hit ed t otfee.pure 100 2 “ M< cha “ “ “ 1 J*® 1 Gallon Best New Orleans Syrup 1 *• *• Plantation Sy up 40 2 Pound Cans M.-.ckeral 2 “ •* Corn Bef 35 2 “ “ IV rs 95 4 20 “ Head Rice 35 “ Buckwheat Flour 100 T am determined to give Iveah goods rhea’er than 'ln* lowest for the ca*li. Iketp no books, credit no one, 'o-e no money, and save you 20 per cent. Ju*t c, me one lime a, and be convince I. eb24-lv - Citation for Letters Disinissory. GEORGIA—Bartow County. Whereas, R. <’. Rowan, executor of the last will of Martha, A. Cantrell represents to the court in his petition dulv tiled and entered oil record, that lie has fully administered Martha A. Cantrell’s estate, this, therefore, is to cite all persons con cerned, heirs and creditors, to show cause, if any they can. why said executor should not be dis charged from his administration aud receive let ters of dismission on the first Monday in Feb ruary, 1887. This 7th November, 1887. .1. A. Howard, Ordinary. Letters of Administration. GEORGIA —Bartow County : To All Whom it May Concern : Mrs. Elizabeth Alley an*l I. W. Alley having, in picker form, ap plied to me for permanent letters of administra tion on the estate of lslmni Alley, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular the credit ors ami next of kin of said Isham Alley to tie and appear at my office within the time allowed by law* and show effuse, if any they can, why per manent administration should not be granted to Elizabeth Alley and 1. W. Alley on Isliam Alley’s estate, on first Monday in January, 1888. Witness my hand and official signature, this 14th day of November. 1887. $3.75' J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. 0 7 Order t > Perfect Service. GE O RGI A—B a rto w Cos unt v. V. B. McGinnis Application for order vs - , . requiring administrator Joel T. Conyers, adm r to exw . ute titles, etc—ln .estate of T. K. Sproull, ourt of Ordinary, Bar deceased. Mrs Willie tow County, tia. M. Sproull, et al. The foregoing petition read and considered. Ordered that Joel T. Conyers, administrator of the estate of Thomas K. Sproull, deceased. Mrs. Willie M. Sproull, Martha F. Cannon, Della E. Sproull and Charles W. Sproull, Octavia B. Sproull, Thomas M. Sproull. Kary W. Sproull and James 11. Sproull, and J. G. Cannon, the guardian of the five last named minors be and appear before the Ordinary of Bartow county on the first Monday in Jan uary, 1888, then and there to show cause, if any they have, why an order should not be granted direetsng the said administrator to make: and execute to V. B McGinnis titles to the lands described in the copy of tlie bond for titles annexed to tlie foregoing petition, and it is fur ther ordered that the said Joel T. Conyers, ad ministrator, Martha F. Cannon and J. G.Cannon, guardian, as aforesaid, be served personally with a copy of this order and petition at least fifteen days before the day fixed upon for a hearing, and it appearing that Mrs Willie M. Sproull, Charles W. Sproull, Della E. Sproull, Thomas M Sproull. Kary W. Sproull, James B Sproull and octavia B. Sproull, are non-residents of this State and reside in the State of Flotida, it is ordered that service of this order and petition be per fected on them by publication of this order for thirty days before the day of hearing, in the Courant-Ainerican. a public gazette published in Cartersville, Ga. Granted this 29th day ff November, 1,887. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. GEORGIA —Bartow County : Joint L’feifer has applied for exemption of per sonalty, and setting apart valuation of home, stead of realty, and I will pass upon tlie same at 1 o'clock' a. in., on the 12th day of December, 1887, at mv office. This 19th day of November, 1887. nov24-2t J. A. HOWARD. Ordinary. Letters of Administration GEORGIA, Bartow County: Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned that HarkisKing, late of ffaiil county, departed this life testate, audit. F. Bilih, theexecutor named in the will of deceased, refused to qualify, and on the petition of Letitia King, the widow of said Harkiw King, adniinstration with the will an nexed, on tiie estate of said Harkis King will be vested in the clerk of the Superior Court on his own bond on the first Monday in January, 1888, if no goodiviuse is shown to tlie eontray. Wit ness nty official signature, this 29th Novenniber, 1887. J. A. HOWARD, $3.39 Ordinary, WOFFORD ACADEMY, Cass Station, Ga., Will open MONDAY, JANUARY 2D. 1888, for live months' session. Rates from $1.56 to $2.50. Pub lic Fund applied on winter tern,. Instruction thorough and practical. Boaru can be had at moderate rates iugood families or with principal. All old accounts must lie settled by P*4 Ist, and save expenses. I’ROF. M. MARSHALL, novl7lm Principal. FARMERS, ATTENTON. We have accept ed the sole agency at Cartersville for the Genuine Oli ver Chilled Plows and and have them now in stock. 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