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The Cartersville American.
TUESDAY. JAN. 14,18*4.
An unusually large number ofbills
have been introduced in Congress
this session. *
The population of England aud
Wales is shown by the census 1881,
to be 25,974,439, an increase of 14.36
in the last decade.
The Coiambus Female Cellege, was
destroyed by fire on last Wednesday
morning. The losses are estimated
at forty thousand dollars.
The tariff doctrine of the Augusta
Evening News, is, to protect the poor
man's table, and wardrobe, and let
the rich man’s factory wait.
The Statesmen who yearn to dis
tinguish themselves in the matter of
reform, should give attention to the
public land system. The laud grab*
bers should have a rest.
ZadkiePs almanac for 1884 contains
no ominous events for the United
States. Zadkiel evidently thinks that
American leap year privileges will
bring trouble enough for one country.
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It is rumored that Emory Speer
proposes to get even with the South
Carolina papers; in his report, to the
department of justice, of the recent
♦ rial of the election cases in South
Carolina.
Since September Ist. 1883, the fol
lowing cities have led in the cotton re
ceipt; New Orleans, 1.120,529 bales;Sa
vannab, 548,342; Galveston, 466,947;
Norfolk, 440,337; Charleston, 338,583;
Mobile, 200,257.
The Emperor of China’s 200*year
old bed-stead must have absorbed a
great deal of “rough on bugs” in its
lifetime. That and tb% 200-year old
pair of sooks found in an Egyptian
tomb would make a boom for a dime
museum.
Another author of “The Bread Win
ers” has been discovered, making
fourteen up to the present time. As
<oon as the snow melts aud returns be
jin to pour in from the back counties,
here will be a great boom in the list.
“Chust valk dis vay, chust valk dis
ay,” said Our friend the Israelite
w he waddled in front of a customer,
esterdav. “Good Lord,” said the
•istomer, “I couldn’t walk that way
o save my life.”—University Report
r.
A Philadelphia drummer wrote a
♦*tty Kentucky girl, asking to “meet
*r by moonlight.” She consented,
ewent. He met her. Yes, noton
met her, but tier father, who gave
m a good soaking in a duck pond,
is hoped that his sin of flirting was
ashed away.
Spring bottom pants will come in
o fashion in about a week. This will
able the suspecting jOung man to
pi ing out of danger the moment a la
y of uncertain age leaps in his direct
>u. This will take half the horrors
out of leap year.
Henry Waterson, of the Courier-
Journal, has McDonald, harnessed
and is' driving him at a rapid gait
* the White house, We suspect the
trness will break, and the driver
ill want to change horses, before
e point of destination is reached.,
The chances for Mr. Carlisle being
ade Senator from Kentucky, to
jcceed Senator Williams, are very
vorable. In the event he is, it will
• one step nearer the presidency;
id to speak of hia availability as a
•ndidate for the position would be
y no means idle talk.
Senator Pendleton, of Onio, has
j en ingloriously defeated forre-elec
>n to the Senate, by the nomination
Henry B. Payne. This will put a
imper on the knightly Senator’s
for the presidency. In
-ed, Mr. Pendleton might begin to
In cate himaeif to be contented with
a quiet and pleasant shades of pri
de life* •
Beecher says four-fifths of the peo
ein heaven wiU be women. That
- all right enough. Nobody ought
o kick about that. Four-filths of
-e women are better than men, any
ay, and they ought to go to heaven.
>ut according to that story, what a
ag party there-i§ going to be staud
g around the fire in the other place.
The American “bud” balls have
en introduced into England. Girls
uler 15 wear rose-buds in their first
11 fancy of bloom; those under 20 wear
alf-opened buds, and those over'that
ge Wear full-blown roses. It would
e interesting to know if the demand
r full-blown is greater in England
tan in this country.
Astor is arranging tor n ball,
•omparison with which the Vand
hilt bail will not amountto as much
a church sociable. If anything
ouldnause Vanderbilt to shoot him
it; it would be a ball bigger than
is. The millionaire who gives the
at ball has the matter in his own
mds, entirely aqd can take thepastry,
Georgia has had a season- of big
■es within the past year. The Kim
-1 house in A.tlnnta enfailod a loss
$1,000,000; -the Mitchell house in
pomasville, $60,000; the Savannah
Ire $600,000; the Codington fire $30,-
,4K). the Augdsta fire $250,000; the
,lton lire $60,000; the burning of
Columbiis Female seminary,
•0,000, and the Joneaboro fire
V in which the loss was $35,000,
aaiing a total of $2,075/100.1
GEORGIA’S FIRES.
The State of Georgia has had its
share of destructive fires during the
year just past. The telegraph wires
would scarcely cease trembling with
the tidings of some terrible ravages
of flames before the news of other
conflagrations would be flashed to
us from ome quarter of eur dear old
state.
Among the many burnings that
the record of iaat year will show, may
he mentioned the following:
The mammoth, palatial, and re
nowned Kimball House in Atlanta.
The loss eutailed upon the city by
this burning was about $1,000,000.
This seemed to be a hard blow for
Atlanta, but we are confident that
time will show that it was a blessing
in disguise. We are all proud of
Atlanta; proud of her enterprise and
push; proud of her conflicts and con
quests; proud of her noble daring and
generous spirit; proud ofherwonder
lul growth aud phenomenal succes
ses; proud, that when reverses come
upon her—when at one fell blow a
million dollars worth of property is
swept away—she is not in the least
discouraged or dejected thereby, but
with head defiantly erect, she sweeps
right onward to her grand destiny.
Phoenix like from the ashes of the
old Kimball House we see arising
the handsome, commodious, fire
proof, better equipped, more modern
New Kimball, of which when it is
completed, we can truthfully and
gladly say, it is the best £hotel in
the South, and as good as there is in
the Union.
Again, the news is wired' to us of
the destruction by Are of the Mitchell
house in Thomasville, $60,000; then
the Savannah fire, $600,000; then the
Covington fire, $30,000; then the Au
gusta fire, $250,000, then the Dalton
tire, $60,000; then the burning of the
Columbus female college, $40,000; and
then, only a few days ago, the Jones
boro fire, $35,000, making in all $2,-
075,000 worth of property destroyed
in Georgiain less than twelve mouths.
Besides this there were numbers of
smaller fires, in which the losses
ranged from one hundred dollars to
fifteen to twenty thousand.
Shall the record for 1884 show a
like visitation to our state of so des
tructive and scourging fires? We hope
and trust that it will not. Let con
tractors and builders erect in the
blackened and deplorable wastes left
by the fires,of last year fire-proof
buildings, or as nearly so a?' is pos
sible, and let us more enthusiastical
ly encourage the organization of
more and better fire companies.
JOHN G. CARLISLE.
In a few months the democrats, in
convention assembled, will nominate
some one to succeed Arthur as the
occupant of the White House. Who
shall this man be is the question that
is agitating the minds of the people.
At present John G. Carlisle, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, is
the most popular man in the dem
ocratic ranks, North as well as South.
He is a very able man, intellectually
and morally. His record is a fine one.
He is, more than any other living
man, the leader of the democratic
Moreover he is sound to the
core on every thing that goes to make
up a genuine democrat.
It will be said by prominent meitf
and the press generally that Carlisle
is not altogether conciliatory enough,
that he is a Southern man, and that
he cannot carry some of the Northern
states that are necessary to elect a
democratic president. The great
weakness of the democrats, is their
want of courage. Why is it that
they cannot come bravely forward on
a well-defined and decisive platform,
join issue squarely with the republi
cans, and go before the people for
their decision? The great difficulty is
that we have too much of the spirit
that was developed in the late con
test over the speakership.
Our anti-Carlisle friends acknow
ledged all along that he was really
the man to be made speaker. But,
they would say, it will endanger our
chances next fall to elect Carlisle, let
us compromise the matter by elect
ing Randall; we must be governed
by policy—let principle go to the
winds.
Is such always to be the cour*e of
our party? Are we ever to
“Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
That thrift may follow fawning?”
D.oes such a set of men deserves the
sympathy and support of an honest
and intelligent people? Is any demo
crat so silly and nairow-minded as to
expect to carry the country next fall
with such a motto emblazosed on his
banner as “Let us compromise the
matter, let us do anything to get
votes and Qust the republicans?”
To conduct a presidential campaign
in the manner in which Raudall’s
friends endeavored to defeat Carlisle,
would be a severe reflection on the in
telligence and honesty of the people.
We rejoice that our representatives
in Congress had the nerve and the
honor and the good sense to elect
Carlisle Speaker. And we believe
that the people of this country have
sense enough and honor enough and
nerve enough to rally to the support
of a party who are governed by prin
ciple and not by policy—weak Kneed
policy*at that.
Notiee.
John Henry Walker is our author
ized agent to take subscriptions for the
American.
A GOOD INDICATION.
We are glad to chronicle t£e fact
that our Bartow county farmers
have sowed more wheat and oats
this past fall than' they have for
many years. It is indicative of
their wise judgement. It is indica
tive of the fact that we are going
to raise more supplies and less cot
ton; and this unfolds, to no slight
extent, the future of our county. It
shows us conclusively that our farm
ers aie determined to live at home
and to feed on home supplies.
And now, following up this wise be
ginning,let the American beg those
who control theagricultnral interests
of the county, to plant a large corn
crop, and to plant a r emarkably
small amount of territory in cotton.
We know that it is a hard matter to
convince our people thatthe way to
progress is to raise supplies for home
consumption. They readily acknowl
edge ic in words, but by their acts
they indicate their faith in cotton.
This fact has always seemed to us a
strange one, but it is none the less
true.
A few months ago Henry Grady,
in the Constitution, demonstrated
the fact —and to our mind his dem
onstration was clear and conclusive
—that the south, by raising in abun
dance all the necessaries of life
and haying her cotton crop as a clear
profit, could become, and would
surely become, in a few years, the
most prosperous country upon the
face of the earth. What is true of the
whole south, is just as true of Bartow
county. Only let our farmers raise
at home enough bread and meat to
live upon, and, perchance, some for
market, and let them have what
cotton they can make, above and be
yond this as a clear profit, and in five
years we will be the most prosper
ous people in the state; we will be
come creditors instead of debtors; we
will be planted firmly and surely on
the highway to true success and
happiness. Further, this is not chi
merical theorizing, but it has been
proven by positive experiment..
When a state or eounty supplies itself
with the necessaries of life and, at
the same time, has a ready money
crop, which it uses simply as profit,
that state or county will certainly
prosper.
It is a useless waste of breath to
say that to do this is impracticable
in Bartow county. The plainest ot
common sense will teach anyone
having the facts and data before
him that are patent to us all, that
the people of this county can make
themselves the most prosperous peo
ple in the south. But the question
is, wi'l they do it. We are confident
that they will. The fact that they
sowed a very large wheat crop last
fall is a good indication.
The literary societies of the State
University have challenged the stu
dents both of Mercer University and
of Emory College to competitive
debates, said debates to take place
some time during the coming sum
mer. We are glad to see the young
men of our Georgia Colleges interest
ed in intellectual combats, rather
than, like the colleges of the North,
in physical struggles. Our young
men seem inclined to develop their
mental capacities, while the coming
generations of Yankeedom evince a
decided predilection for those pur
suits that are likely to build up ro
bust physiques.
A DEMOCRATIC TARIFF.
All taxation is burdensome, and
only that amount which is absolute
ly required by the necessities of gov
ernment is permissible in a free
country; and this amount should be
so levied as to be the least felt by the
people. So far as our information
goes no considerable number of the
democratic party in this country pro
pose to supply the chief sinews of
government in any other way then
by a judiciously levied tariff.
In this way can the necessary rev
enue be raised with the least expense.
But no man who is in favor of levy
ing a tariff for protection, or for any
other purpose than to raise the res
quisite revenue. Government was
not intended for the enactment of
laws directly subsidizing a favored
class at the expense of the rest of its
citizens. A tariff in accordance with
the wishes of the people, the inter
est of the country, and the teachings
of the democratic party, should be
fixed at the lowest rate which will
yield the revenue required by the
necessities of the government eco
nomically administered, and afford
no surplus to be expended in jobs and
legislative corruption. This is such
a tariff as the democrats of Georgia
desire, with the elements of protec
tion eliminated, and it is such a tariff
as will be advocated by their dele
gates to the next national conven
tion.—Sprata Ishmaelite.
CONCEALED WEAPONS,
The following article from the Ma
con Telegraph and Messenger is well
written and full of truth. We heart
ily commend it to our readers.
Nothing is more despicable to a true
man than the cowardly practice of
carrying concealed weapons. It is a
fooliih, childish, silly and unlawful
practice, and should be abolished.
“T*he ruin brought to families and
the disgrace and expense entailed
udoq the State by the carrying and
use of concealed weapons, have made
the topic one of absorbing Interest
not only to legislators but to every
one who has a stake in good society
and government. How to remedy
the great and growing evil seems to
be one of those problems that we fail
to take hold of iu a spirit and with a
determination calculated to work out
its solution.
The abnormal condition of affairs
which followed the emancipation of
a race of people who soon gave way
to violent crimes, the unsettled state
of society consequent upon an at
tempt to force upon an unwilling peo
ple fraudulent governments by the
use of the basest agencies, were cal
culated to make bur people
of a practice which is forbidden by
the penal code. The result has been
that the practice has grown, no new
penalties and laws have been enact
ed, and juries have been slow to deal
with the comparatively few offend
ers who have been arraigned before
them.
The conditions referred to no long
er exist, or at least remain in a very
modified form. Our State govern
ments and our courts are in our own
hands, and if we shall hope to bring
up our young men to the effort of
pushing the South forward to the full
fruition of the splendid opportunities
within her grasp, we must ground
them deeply in a respect for law,
They should be taught to respect the
rights of others, and should be made
to understand that the day has passed
when a man may become a law unto
himself.
Everything touching the to|ic un
der discussion must be of interest.
From the suggestions of wise and
conservative men we may be able to
devise a remedy for the evil which
has filled the land with murder and
bloodshed, and wrecked the lives of
some of the most promising young
men of the State.
Gov. Lowery, in his annual mes
-age to the Legislature of Mississip
pi, has made a suggestion as to the
remedy for the evil. Without sub
mitting its details to the crucial test
of constitutional provisions or legal
precedents, we give it as follows:
‘A fruitfulsource of crime is the too
prevalent habit of carrying concealed
weapons. Impulses are often born
of opportunities, and it frequently
happeno that the possession of a pis
tol presents strong temptation to its
unlawful use. In my opinion the
most effective remedy for the evil of
carrying concealed weapons is to
make their use to kill or attempt to
kill a crime not admitting of defense.
If one could not under any circum
stances lawfully use a deadly weapon
carried in concealment on the person
he won Id to carry it, for it
would be useless. Now the penal
consi quences are braved because the
violation of law in carrying a weapon
concealed is not an element of the
crime, and works no prejudice on
trial for it, but if the use or attempt
to use such a weapon was a crime the
inducement to carry what they dare
not use, and the evil will be dimiu
ished by the greater severity of the
punishment.’
Gentlemen who aspire to legisla
tive honors may take this with other
suggestions that from time to time
have been given to be public, and
make them the subject of serious
study. The press can be useful in
building up a public sentiment to
sustain legislation, and the Telegraph
and Messenger will always be found
ready and willing to assume its full
share of the undertaking.”
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We want Live; Energetic and Cap
able Agents in. every county in the
United States and Canada, to sell a
patent article jof great merit, o/i its
merits. An article having a large
sale, paying over 100 per cent, profit,
having no competition,and on which
the agent is protected in the exclu
sive sale by a deed given for each
and every county he may secure from
us. With all these advantages to our
agents, and the fact that it* is an ar
ticle that can be sold to every house
owner,. it might not be necessary to
raaKean Extraordinary Offer ” to se
cure good agents at once, but we have
concluded to make it to show, not
only our confidence in the merits of
our invention, but in its salability by
any agent that will handle it with
energy. Our agents now 7 at work are
making from $l5O „to S6OO a month
clear, and this fact makes it safe for us
make to our offer to all who are out of
employment. Any agent that will
give our business a thirty d-iys’ trial
and fail to clear’at least SIOO in this
time, above all expenses , cab return all
goods unsold to us and we will refund
the money paid for them. Any agent
or General Agent who would like ten
or more counties and work them
through sub-agents for ninety days,
and fail to clear at least $750 above
all expenses, can return all unsold
and get their money back. No other
employer of agents ever dared to
make such offers, nor would we if
we did not know that we have agents*
now making more than double the
amount we guaranteed, and that but
two sales a day would give a profit
of over $125 a month, and that one ot
our agents took eighteen orders in
one day. Our large descriptive cir
culars explain our ofier tully, and
these wu wish to send to every one
out of employment who will send us.
three one cent stamps for postage.
Send at once and secure the agency
in time for the boom, aud go to work
on the terms named in our extraord
inary offer. We would like to have
the address of all ihe agents, sewing
machine solicitors and carpenters in
the country, aud ask any reader of
this paper who reads this offer, to
send us at once the name and address
of all such they know. Address at
once, as this advertisement will not
appear again, and you will lose the
best chance ever offered to thefee out
of employment to make money;
Rennej* Manufacturing Cos.,
161 Smithtietd St., Pittsburg, Pa.
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