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CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN.
VOLUME 11.
The Cartersyille America
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DIRECTORY.
COURT CALEWDMB-CHEROKEE CIR
CUIT.
J. C. Fain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solici
or General.
Bartow County—Second Monday in January
ai.d July. _ ,
Catoosa County—Second Monday in February
and August
Murray County—Thiid Monday in February
ana August.
Gordon County—Fourth Monday in February
and August.
l ade County—Third Monday in March and
Septem 'icr.
Whitfield Count) First Monday in April
and October.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. A. Howard, Ordinary.
K. M. Durham, Clerk Superior Court.
11. W. Cobb, Treasurer.
John A. Gladden, Sheriff. A. M. Franklin
Deputy Sheriff.
Bailey A. Barton, Tax Collector.
W. W. Ginn, Tax Receive*.
A. M. Willingham. Coroner.
1). W. K. Peacock, Surveyor.
Commissioners —S. C. Prichard, T. C Moore,
A. Vincent, John H. WikiC, T. S. Hawkins.
CITY OFFICERS.
A. P. Woffor I, Mayor.
James D. Wilkerson, Marshal.
Geo. 8. Cobb, Clerk.
B. R. Mountcaslle, Treasurer.
Aldermen —First Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. R.
Hudgins; Second Ward. G. Harwell, W. 11.
Barron; Third Ward, John . Stover, Klibu
Hall; Fourth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaroh
Collin,.
Professional Cards.
W. T. MILNER. J. W. H ARRIS, JR.
MILIEU fc HARRIS,
Altopiieys-At-Law.
Office on West Main Street.
mayS-tf Cartersviile, Ga.
H. WIKLE. DOUGLAS WIKLE.
WIHLE fc WIKLE,
Attorneys-at-Law & Real Estate Aseuts
Office up stairs North East Corner West
Main and Erwin Streets.
may9-tf Cartersviile, Ga.
TIIEO. ML SMITH,
Atloroey-At-Law.
Office with T. W. Baxter Main Street,
may 9-tf (Mitnvle,
GEOROE 8. JOHASOX,
Attorney-al-Lau
Office, West side Public Square,
CAUTERSVILLE, GA.
Jg§yWill practice in all the Coarts.
. D. GRAHAM. W.M GKAIIAM.
GRAHAM A GRAHAM,
Attorney*, Solicitors and
Counselors at laiw,
Cartersviile, Ga.
Office in the court house. Will practice in
all th* courts of Bartow county, the superior
courts of northwestern Georgia, and the su
preme and federal courts at Atlanta, Ga.
A. M. FOCTK. WALTER M. UYALB.
FOI TE & RI ALS,
A ttomey s- At-l*a w.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of this state. Prompt and faiChtul at
tention given to allJnisiness entrusted tc us.
Office, corner Main and Erwin Streets, up
stairs. (JartersvMle, Ga.
J. M, NEEL. J . J. CONNER. W. J. NEEL.
AEEL, COXXER A X.EEL,
A tterney s-At-Law.
WILL PRACTICE IN A LL THE COURTS
of this state. Litigated cases made a
specialty. Prompt attention given to all bus
iness entrusted to us.
Office over Stokely & Williams' store.
• Cartersviile, Ga.
1)R- J. T. SHEEHERI),
Physician and surgeon.
Office at Curry’s Drug Store,
DR, W, IS. LEAKE,
Physician and Surgeon,
Cart ersvllle, Ga.
Office at Wor i-s drug store.
DR. W.W.LEAKE,
Praclleing Physician,
Cartersviile, Ga.
Special attention given to diseases of women
and children, And all Chronic affections.
Office up stair-way between bank and post
office. May be found at office or Word’s drug
store.
TOLBURN HOUSE,
ADAIKSYILLE, GA.
W, J. IHLRERX, Prop’r.
Nice rooms,c lean beds, thorough ventilation,
tables tpplied with the very heist
the market affords.
TERMS MODERATE. ju!4-tt
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT^
Harlow County Nherifl's
Sales for February, 1881.
WILL BE SOLD before the court house domr
in Cartersviile. Ga., on the first Tuesday
in February, 188/, between the legal sale hours,
Tlie following described property, to-wit: Ihe
undivided one-half Interest in anil to lots of
land Nos 43, 44. 5, 66. $9. 80, 81, 101, 109.144, 148
and 182, and all of the following lots: Nos. 100,
186, la7, 181,187 and 247, all in the 22d district
and second section of Bartow county, Ga., each
lot containing 160 acre-., more or less. All lev
ied on and will be sold as the property of E. 11.
Woodward, to satisfy one Bartow superior
court mortgage fi. fa. in favor of Mrs. Emily
A Pool, executrix of B. G Fool, deceased, vs.
Edward 11. Woodward Property pointed out
and described in saaj mortgage 11. fa., and in
possession of T. F. Barratt, agent of said
Woodward. Jan 1, )884-J4.30
Also, two acres of laud lying in Cussville,
Bartow county Georgia, number not known,
bounded on the west by public road, on the
north by lands o Dr. W. Hardy, on the east
bv lands of W W. Myors, and on the south by
lot oi H. H. Holmes. Levied on and will be sold
as the property oi W. S. Barron, to satisfy one
Mistier court fl. fa. from 828th district G. M., :
in favor ol W. L. Aycock v. W. 8. Barron. 1
Property in possession of delendant. Levy
made and returned by W. 8. Powell, L. C.
$3.06.
A Do, one lot in the city of Cartersviile, Ga.,
hounded as follows; On the norih by M. A.
Collin’s lot, on the cast by Tennessee street,
on the south by Main street, and on the west
by Gilmer street. Levied on and will be sold
as ilie property of the Pyrolusite Manganese
Company, to satisfy one distress warrant re
turnable to Bartow superior court in favor of
Mrs. Mary F. Duckett vs the Pyrolusite Manga
nese Company. Property in possession ot
defendants. $2,46.
Also, one dwelling house and lot, lot con
taining one-fourth acre more or less, in the
city ol Cartersviile, ‘aid county, bounded on
the north by the “Holly Mills” propeity, and
lying in tile loik of Gilmer and Tennessee
streets, Alo, the old livery stable and lot,
upon which there are also two frame houses
(one a tenement, the other a store house), said
lot hounded north by Main street, south bv
Mrs. Jane Smith’s lot. east by Gilmer street,
and west by the property of B. G. Poole’s es
tate, all in Cartersviile, said county, and in
possession of and ifendants. Levied on and will
be sold as the property of the Pyrolusite Man
ganese Company, to satisfy one state and
county tax fi. fa. for 1883, against said Pyrolu
site Manganese Company. $4 03.
Also, all that tract or parcel of land situated,
tying and being in tbe sth district and 3rd
section of Bartow county Georgia, to-wit:
Being ten (10) acres of laud, bounded on the
west by John Allen’s land, on the south by
W. B. Bishops land, north and east by lands of
E If. Woodward, being part of lot of land No.
238, this ten acres to include and taxe in the im
provements, this bein r the ten acres excepted
in ttie deed from D. F. Bishop to E. H. Wood-
ward. Levied on arid will be sold as the prop
erty of R. H. Furguson, to satisfy two justice’s
court ii. fas lrom fr-liimi district G. M., for
purchase money, in favor of Elijah Smith vs.
said It. H. Furguson. Property in possession
of defendant. Deed filed and recorded in
clerks office Bartow superior court $4.56.
Also, one ho vise and Jot in the town of Tay
lorsville, Bartow county Georgia, bounded as
follows: On the east by Emma street, on the
north and west, by Finds ol T M. Atiwlv, and
on the souih bv lands of N, Cochran, contain
ing one-half acre more or less, and being lot'
No 33, in the town survey of Taylorsviile.
Levied on and will be sold as the property of
J, M. Dorsey, and now in his possession, to
satisfy four j ustice court fi. las. from 851st dis
trict G. M. in favor of J. W. Goldsmith & < o.
vs. J. M. &H. A Dorsey, Levy made and le
turned to me by E. M. Crow, L C. $3.35.
Also, one lot containing one-half acre more
or less, in the city of Cartersviile, Bartow
county Georgi , on which there is situated a
cotton gin; lot hounded on t.ie south by a
street and th<- Wallace property, north by the
M. It. Stansill’s property, east bv Erwin street,
and west by Skinner street. Levied on and
will be sold as the property of D. F. Bishop,
to satisfy one state and county tax fl. fa. for
1883, hgainst said I>. F, Bishop. Property in
possession of defendant. $2.64.
Also, lots of land Nos. 12 and 13 in the sth
district and 3rd section of Bartow county
Georgia. Levied on and will be sold as tJic
property ol C. F. Price, to satisfy’ one state and
county tax 11. la. for 1883, against said U. F.
Price, and in his possession. $1.65.
Also, lot of land No. 961 in the 17th district
ond 3rd section of Bartow county Georgia.
Levied on and will be sold as the property of
T. A. Rogers & Son, to satisfy one state and
county tax fi. fa. for 1883, against s, id T. A,
Rogers & Son. $1.65.
Also, lots of land Nos. 234 and 247 in the 16th
district and 3rd section of Bartow county
Georgia. Levied on and will be sold as the
property of Mrs. J. C. Branson, to satisfy one
state and county tax fl. fa. for 1883, against
J. C. Branson, agent. Property in possession
ofd fendant. $1.89.
jfc.Mso, 19 acres ot land in Cartersviile, Bartow
county, Ga., beginning at the southeast corner
ot the old Salter land, running west with the
original land line 75 poles and 6 links to the
northwest corner of said lot; thence south 51
poles and 15 links to the centre of Rowland’s
ferry road; thence north 86 degrees east 24
pules and 8 links with said road; thence north
69 and grees < ast; 62 poles and 18 links t.o the fork
ot Rowland’s ferry and Douthet’s road; thence
north (ffdegte-- ea-t. 9 poles and 12 links to the
corner of G . VV Dili’s lot; thence north 38 de
girt s we.-t with said Hill’s let to the beginning
corner, being the property apart as a
homestead to Mary J. liuckman out of the
pioprt\ other husband, the dciendant, J. If.
Ruck man, according to plat by G. VV. Hill,
county surveyor, recorded on book "4,” of
homesteads’ clerks’ office, B u tow superior
court, page 26. Levied on and will be sold as
the property oi the estate of .T. H. Hackman,
deceased, to satisfy one Bartow superior court
fl, fa , in favor of Margaret Curt y, executrix of
.1. VV' Curry, deceased, vs. John H. Rnekman.
Property pointed out by D. W-Curry, plain
tiff's agent, hjul In possession of Mis. Mary J.
Wilson. J. A. GLADDEN, Sheriff,
A. M. FRANK LIN, Dep. SlPff,
Jan 1,1884-4 t
Administrator 9 !* Sale.
Will be sold before the court-house door, in
Cnrtersvillo, Git., on the Ist Tuesday in Feb
ruary next, between the hours of sale,
the interest which Charles W. Sproull had at
the time of his death in and to lots of land
Nos. 654, 715, 726, 729 and 787: also, al> of 714, ex.
cept ten acres in the northeast corner; alo,
the fractional parts of 786 and 798, which lie
north ot the Etowah river; and also, all of lots
Nos. 716, 725, 788, 797 and 861, which lie on the
north ot the Etowah river and east of a linn
running north and south through said lots,
cutting them so as to leave live-eights ot said
lots on the east of said line and three-eights on
the west, all said lots and parts of lots being in
the 4th district and third section ol originally
Cherokee (now Bartow) county, and being the
dower whicli was laid off to Eliza M. Sproull
out ot the lauds of her deceased husband,
James C. Sproull, by the superior conrtol Bar
tow county, Ga. The interest of said C. W.
Sproull in said land was one undivided fourth
inter* st in remainder after the expiration of
the lile estate oi Eliza M. Sproull; which said
: ntert*st in remainder the said C. W. Sproull
had. iu his liietime, conveyed to R. T. Fouche,
by deed, and the interest to bo sold in any
equity of redemption which the estate ot said
Charles W . Sproull hits, or may have, in and to
said laud. Terms of sale cash.
R. T. FOUCHE,
Dec 25 4t Administrator.
Georgia, Baktow count.
Whereas, John Crawford has applied for
letters of guardianship of the property of H. F.
Crawford, an insane person of said county.
Thi- is to cite all persons concerned to be and
appear at the February term. 1884, to show
cause, if any they have, why said appointment
should not be made. Dec. 31, 1883.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
Jan 1, 1884-4t-$2.10
Georgia, babtow county.
Whereas, B, F. Posey has applied for let
ters oi administration on the estate of John
l’osey, late <-f said county, deceased. There
fore, all persons concerned are hereby notified
to flic their objections, if any they have, in my
office, within the time presc. ibed by law. else
letters will be granted applicant as applied
lor. This Dec. 31, 1883. J. A. HOW A RD,
Jan 1, 1884-4t-|2.10. Ordinary.
P EORGIA, Bartow County.
J. W. Gordon has applied tor exemption of
personalty, and I will pass upon the same at 10
o’clock a. m. f on the sth day of January, 1884,
at my office. Dec. 12,1883.
dec2s-2t J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
Georgia, Bartow county.
Whereas, B. D. Clark has applied for let
ters of administration on the estate of W. I.
Clark, late of said county, deceased. Therefore,
all rersons concerned are hereby notifled to file
their objections, if any they have, in my office,
wiihin the time prescribed by law', else letters
will be grunted applicant as applied lor.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
dec2s-2t
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1884.
GEORGIA, Bartow cocxtt.
Whereas, J A. Fleming, guardian of Bei
tamin \Y\. Kate and Lula Dill, minors, has ap
plied for leave to sell the land belonging to
said minors. Therefore, all persons concerned
are hereby notified to file their objections, if
any they have, in ray office. within the time
prescribed by law, else leave. will oe granted
applicant as applied lor. Dec. 17. 1883.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
dec2s-4t
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DON’T
Fail to use ALABASTINE for renovating your
•Vails and Ceiling. It is rapidly superseding
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BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS,
Cartersviile, Ga,
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ytjg- Furniture of all kinds made and repair*
Shop on East Main Street.
HIS OPINION.
In Clear Seutenoes an Authority adds his
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191 West Tenth Street, *
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Messrs. Seabury & Johnson:
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Before our Readers.
R. F. Harrell, Attorney at Law,
Columbu*, Ga., was severely caned
by Marshall Burts, of Russel county,
.Alabama, on last Tuesday. The
beating—for the caning was done
with a large hiekory stick, and we
had as well call it beating—occurred
on Broad street, and it occasioned
great excitement. A few daj\s before
this justly deserved chastisement was
inflicted, the aforesaid Harrell insult
ed Burts’s wife who was traveling
without escort on a railroad leading
to Columbus. Mrs. Burts was com
pelled to call on the conductor for
protection. True men never insult
defenceless women. But when a
brute in the shape of a man offers in
sult to woman he gets the sympathy
of no good mau. Geo. H. Pendle
ton, of Ohio who ha lately been
looming up so prominently as a prop
able democratic presidential candi
date, was inploriously defeated by
Henry B. Payne, before the demo
cratic legislative caicus, in Colum
bus, Ohio. The result of the caucus
election on the first ballot wa* as fol
lows: Payne 48, Pendleton 15, Ward
17, H. J. Booth 1, George W, Geddes
1. This drop* Pendleton from among
the able democrats in the United
States Senate, and it will be likely to
cool off his warm aspirations to be
the occupant of the White House
when “Chit” has been retired to pri
vate life. Politicians, like all other
men, are sometimes just “a leetle too
previous.” Atlanta never does
things* by halves. When it was dis
covered last week that the cold
weather was rendering about twelve
hundred families was than miserable
the noble hearted and generous At
tantians promptly organized a force
two hundred wagons to convey to
the destitute the abundant supplies
of rations of food and fuel whish were
necessary to make the suffering peo
ple comfortable. In response to a
call of Sunday’* Constitution the ci
tizens of Atlanta generously contri
buted four thousand dollars worth of
the necessaries of life. Tiere are
thousands of as good and true men
and women in our Capital City aa
can be found on the Globe. A
little stir is being created in some of
our large cities by the dudes who are
in favor of reviving the knee-breech
es arrangement, of their ancestors.
Our dudish friends will remember
that the calves of our fore-fathers
were rather more pronounced than i
those we are likely to find on an
average dude* How| would the dis
tressingly fashionable young men,
who are generally spindle-shanked
fellow’s, look withthe bottom of their
trousers taken off. The men inter-*
ested in the manufacturing of pad*
will doubtless favor this cranky crass.
Gen. Longstreet does not seem
to be sailing very smoothly with the
authorities at Washington. Not long
since two of his bondsme l wrote r n
to the department at Washington
asking for a release. The Attorney
General refused to release them, but
ordered anew bond. It is supposed
that anew and stronger bond will be
made by Longstreet at an early date.
While Emory Speer was in South
Carolina as council for the United
States Government, the press of that
state was not very particular as to
what it said of him. Hois preparing
a report in which iris expected that
he will retort to many of the flings
made at him. No deubt his report
will be a very readabio paper. Men
of his turn of mind are generally un
scrupulous as regards what they say
and how they say it. The conduct
of able bodied uegro men and women
in Atlanta during the recent cold
spell shows conclusively that our
brethern of the North have not as ye*
taught iheirdear “brothers in black,”
that labor is honoraole, that all men
mifst must live by the sweat of their
brows —Step forward, generous and
philanthropic men of the North and
deavor to inject into the tractable but
sluggish minds of your inky dissci
ples this lesson that is taugt us so
plainly in the Bible. Senator Jo
seph E. Brown has la*ely given an
other thousand dollars to Richmond
College, Richmond, Va, .Senator
Brown is really a f. reat man. He
not only Knows how to make money
rapidly, but he also knows how to
use it wisely. This is the third thou
sand that he has given to the college
of the Viiginia Baptists. On the
9th. instant the Columbus Female
College was laid in ashes. The less
is estimated at about $30,000, the Col
lege building carried insurance
amounting to $20,000. The loss of
the college building ju9t at this *ea
9on ol the year causes orreat ineon
vience to the progress of the school.
Twenty-two pupils and five sis
‘ ters were burned to death in the fire
at Bellville, 111., on the night of the
sth. instant. The convent of the
Immaculate Conception was dlstroy
ed. Many serious confliigrations will
be chronicled if the cold wt'ather
long continues. In the endeavor to
keep warm, larger fires and more
fires are built and the danger of the
flames thus many times increased.
Housekeepers and servants should be
ali watchfuldees in such times. A
rather novel and unusual occurrence
took place at the rws’dence of Dame!
Banders, in Dayton, Ohio, Christmas
week. He had cut down a cherry
tree and placad it in his house, and
while it was there it commenced to
bloom. The warmth of the room
probably effected the changes. The
tree, says the Dayton Democrat, is
still in hloorn, and presents a beauti
ful sight. The free trade experi
ment in Hollaud appears to have
been disastrous to industrial inter
ests. So thß manufacture* and work
ingmen say in a petition to the King,
asking for a tariff. They declare that
“whole branches of industry have
been ruined,” and others are “taud
iog toward total decay.” The apost
le* of free tradism overhere might
well go to Holland and get wisdom.
Mi*s Mary Anderson hassnubbed
the Prince of Wales, rejected the
Duke of Portland, recorded her name
in history and accumulated an ample
fortune. And now it is given out
that she intends to make her final ex
it from the stage, enter a convent,
and leave the broken-hearted Duke
to the sad musings of what might
have been. The poor Duke has the
heartfelt sympathy of friend William
Moore, of Augusta. -Ella Wheeler,
in recent poem, says: “I love with
a love that burn* to hate.” You
won’t do us Ellen. We want to he
loved with a love that will keep nice
and quiet at home whon we are too
busy to attend to it. Futner parti
culars of the Hunter-Padgett tragedy,
in Echols county, Georgia, have
come to hand. The particulars are
about as follows: George Huqter
lives about three mile* from hi* fa
ther-in-law, J. T. Padgett. The
latter has been complaining for gome
time of Hunter’s doys killing bi*
hogs. Padgett became angry, anffl
determined to take redress in his
own hands. He took a double barrel
led gun loaded with buck-shot, weat
to Hunter’s house and killed one ot
his dogs. On hearing the report of
the gun, Hunter came out of his
house to learn the cause. Padgett in
formed him that he had shot his dog
with one barcel and would kill him
with the other. Padgett raised hi*
gun and made some effort to carry
his threat into execution. Hunter
ran back into the house, got his gun
and killed Padgett instantly. The
murdered man waa an old citizen of
Echols county, being 70 years of age.
A little negro boy, sou of Seahorn
Walton, living at Bed Hill Mill,
Burke county, Georgia, was acel
dentally shot and killed by an older
brother a few days ago. It seem* a
that the older boy had raised the gun
to fire, when the smaller boy ran be
fore the gun and received the con
tents, killing him almost instantly.
Foreign immigration to this
couuty reached nearly four hundred
thousand last year Not quite eight
thoesand of the newcomers settled in
the South, and Texas got nearly one
third of these. The cold weather we
recently had ought to remind those
who went Nerth and West of the
great mistake they have made.
Hoa. J. C. C. Black, of Augusta,
ought to be sent to Congress from
that district this year. Mr. Black is
one of the greatest men Is the South,
and the “small fry” politicians should
he set aside for him. Free trader
point out that industrial statistic of
the census show a reduction of wages
since 1870. Ou average, the falling
off is very slight. They are disin
clined, howsver, to take a note of
the fact that during the past decade
there has been an increase in the
purchasing power of money,
THE CASH SYSTEM.
We clip the following sensible ar
ticle from the Savannah Morning
News, and commend it to all classes
of our readers:
The failures that have taken place
among farmers and merchants dur
ing the past year would not have
beeu so general bed it not been for
the looseand unbusiness-like methods
which are so prevalent. Ever since
the war there has been a mania for
engaging in large transactions, and
the idea of acquiring sudden wealth
has become so firmly fixed in the
minds of the people that its eradica
tion Is a matter of extreme difficulty.
The phenomenal success of a compar
atively small number seems to nave
set the rest on fire, and they rust in
to all kinds of enterprises and specu
lations without a proper knowledge
of the unyielding laws of trade, and
without being able to see far enough
into the future to avert the disasters
that even the ordinary vicissitudes of
the times render inevitable.
No business can have a rca-onable
probability of success unless it is
founded on adequate capital and is
conducted with prudence. A man
who would be certain to succeed in
an enterprise which corresponds iu
extent with his means, only invites
disaster when he inflates his business
by use of the fictitious capital which
an unwise credit svstem renders only
temporarily available. There are in
stanceo of the aaccess of men who
have begun business without sub
stantial cash foundations, but they
are few in number, and should only
serve to call attention to the risks in
volved in such eases, and to warn the
many fro ji hazarding their all on
auch uncertain chances.
The man who gees in debt without
having a reasonable certainty of be
ing able to meet his payments when
due, does a wrong not only to hi
creditor, but to himself, his family,
and to the community. There is a
a degree of uncertainty in all human
transactions, and it is altogether too
common for men to become over
sanguiue, and involve themselves in
debt in the hope of making lucky
hits and in anticipation of fortunate
contingencies which are of rare occur*
rence.
Credit is almost always dearly
bought, even where the security is
ample. Interest is a consuming fire
that burns day and night, and the
percentage is always increased in
proportion to the risks the creditors
takes, and in this thoso who will pay
are expected to cover the losses occa
sioned by those who do not.
A farmer enlarges his operations
beyond his means. Land, stock and
supplies are bought on a credit;
money is borrowed to pay current
expenses, and perhaps he may do
well for a year or two. This tempts
him to greater risks. In such cases
it is only a question of time whan the
seasons will, be unfavorable, crops
short, and everything he has will be
forced on. the market when there is
little or no demand, and he is ruined.
The same is true in regard to the
merchant. He buys largely on a
credit or with borrowed inouey. He
is anxious to aell, and is tempted to
take great risks by the high prices
obtainable. Crops are short, his col
lections fail, and bridging over his
troubles from year to year only post
pones an intensifies his distress.
“Misfortune, like a creditor severe,
rises iu demaud for her delay”—noth
ing can be more true. “Borrowing
dulls the edge of husbandry,” and
buying on a credit is the most ex
travagant kind of borrowing. There
is butene absolutely safe rule to in
sure success—let every one pay as he
goes, and he wiil be not only sure to
live within his income, hut it will
not he long before a basis for a per
maueut prosperity will be laid that
will prove a blessing through life.
WARFARE UFOXJEFV DAVIS.
The bill reported by the pension
committee,excluding Mr. Davis from
its provisions without saying so, is
not an unmixed evil. A democratic
measure, the inspiration of radical
hate appears upon its surface, still
unappeased by the execution of an
innocent Dutchman and a helpless
woman.
It is tho spasmodic jerking of the
little part of northern conscience ded
icated to a simulated patriotism; the
balance of its “aching void” has been
quieted with a plethora of green
backs. Northern patriotism has a
like sensitiveness to that which per
vades the den of thieves on Wall
street; it rises and falls with the
stoek market and its loyalty is meas
ured by the supposed solvency aad
general condition of the federal treas
ury. The maximum of its purest
exhibition is to hate Jeff Davis.
Stanton thought he had woven his
me*he* about his intended victim
when by Conover’s aid he suborned
the perjury that connected this old
and illustrious man with Lincoln’s
assassination. True, he and Holt af
terwards pursued his accomplice to
escape the perfidy of the crime and
Conover was prosecuted with the
vigor inspired by guilt and the fear
of detection. The southern people
have grown weary of this vicarious
sacrifice. It is a hollow trick, not an
honest treaty, whieh condones the
crime of millions and concentrates
its wrath upou a single victim. There
is no method in the madness which
concedes the absence of treason in
the confederate rebellion and contin
ues to accouut its leader a traitor.
The preseut commander of the Uni
ted States army, whose education
was partly paid for by southern gold,
is a very feeble type of this intense
but puerile hatred. It is ofted sim
ulated. we know for the purpose of
speedy and premature promotion,
and it is the invariable attendant of
shallow intellect and accidental po
sition. The horseman who at pres-
NUMBER 37.
*nt heads the list of unretlreil pa
triots was afraid of Albert Sydney
Johnston when he had been dead
for years, and scenting treason In hit
tshes, had them smuggled through
Galveston on the way to their last
resting place in the empire he had
helped to win with his sword, and
Among the people who loved him so
well. The ashes of real heroes will
fill some people with apprehensions;
c mtrast is not the most palatable
method of testing merit. Except
some sorts and conditions of men,
only the animals enjoy the reputa
ton of feeding in grave yards and
fattening on dead men’s bones.
But it is time we should have done
with this warfare upon Jeff Davis.
It seri es no other purpose than to
defeat the ohjest of his persecutors
and excite the unnecessary contempt
of the civilized world.
When he was discharged by the
judgment of a talented court, organ**
ized to convict, the whole thing
should have ended. The alleged
crime of the sonthern people was
there confronted with its accusers,and
no man dared cast the first atone at
Mr. Davis, who w*s it* representa
tive. But they have fallen thick and
fast since then; behind his back the
burly arms of the radical fanatic
hurls them at his devoted head and
the hated Jeff Is the ogre of the
northern nursery,
I 8 congressional aspect is in 14ih
amendments and pension bills. To
do nothing more ior the old Mexi
can soldier now than to put him on
the pension list is an indignity; but
it adds insult to injury when one of
the best captains of that fight Is ex
cluded for the offense of which near
ly all are guilty. How easily satis
fied Is radical patriotism!*
HOME-MADE MEAT.
All the evidence* go to show that the far*
mere of Goorgin, begin the new year with
more home-made meat in their smoke-hrates
than they have had at any time alnce the war,
and it ia ta be hoped they will seize ait the
advantages which that fact implies. The
probabilities are, hewever, that great tempta
tions will be placed in their way in ouo shape
and another. In the first place, if the condi
tion of onr Georgia smoke-houses is an evi
dence of tha condition of smoke-honses in the
sonth, the fact will fetch the price ot western
meats down a notch or two; in the second
place, the farmers may regard the fact as an
invitation from providence to increase the
are* derated to eotton, aud they may allow
tho pigs to wander off Into the sheep pas
tares.
How while they are fairly comfortable, the
farmers should take eonusel ef their common
sense and make arrangements for increasing
their comfort and addiug something as e
surplus. Oottou is the staple crop, of coarse,
bat cotton should be kept under control. It
sboald never be allowed te manage a farm.
When cotton goes into partnership with •
commission merchant, the former suffers. All
cotton means big debts, heavy Interest, and •
condition of vossalago well nigh iatolorable
ta a conscientlons man.
The next best thing tea bank .'hll of money
so far as the formers are concorned, Is fall
smoke-house* aud corn cribs. If,at the same
time, the ginhouse is full, the : farmer ought
to 6c happy. But if the ginhouse 1* full and
the smoke-house aud corn-crib are empty the
farmer belongs tc ths commission merchant
aud te poverty. We have already demon
strated in these columns lh*t the farmer, who
is really successful—who is out af debt and
laying by something for a rainy day—is the
former who makes a specialty of raising his
owa provisions, calculating cotton as an in
cidental to a well-regulated and prosperous
business.
We are very much interested in home made
me t. In the eld times during such weather
as we have recently experienced,every planter
in the slate killed and cured his own pork. If
ke had to buy hogs he bought them on their
feet out of droves, and there was no diseased
meat oa the market. Very few plauters.how
ever,were under the necessity of baying hogs.
They raised tkeir ewn porkers, and demon
strated at annual state fairs that an immeas
amount of bulk meat coaid be got Inside then
hide of the average Georgia pig.
Thera wu a tins whoa the children ia fell
part of the state could Select the odor of
boiling spare-riba ia the air. There was a
time whea they fatteawl oa back-boue plo
aad when they coaid go to bed sad dream of
the great bunks of fatty-bread they had cob
aimed. Those were the go Idea days of pros*
parity, aad the state will aerer be prosperous
until the farmers reuew the system of making
their ewa previsions. The state may bellied
ap with factories of one sort and another, bat
all prosperity is Ictilioas that is not based on
the substantial prosperity of the farmers.
Whit we want to see in Georgia is the old.
fashioned’ smoked meet, spare-ribs and back
bones cat from the crisp carcases of boge fat
tened in Georgia corn, and an abundance of
hetae-mude lard. Net only tke farmer*, but
everybody in the state will be better off when
the season of plonty is renewed. If it is true
that the farmers have began to raise their
own meat euce more, let everybody pray (hat
they may continue it. Home-made hay,
home-made meat, and home-made corn, wiU
beat the world, for they are the anretlee that
the cotton crops will be profitable once.—Oo*t
stiiution.
Tke Sab Francisco reporter didn’t
get anything new wkeu he asked *
Chinaman how the children of Confu
cius kept Christmas: “Samee like Mel
ican man ” was the rejoinder; “eat,
dlink and gld dlank.’*
When a man enters a sample-room
and sees a person there with whom be
has sworn ©ff, the man inside saya h©
entered to warm his hands, while the
other says be just dropped in to ascer*
tain the time of day.