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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. • ••• 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.” ~ EXTRAORDINARY ORDER! To All Wanting Employment. 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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. Jau 1,4 t Advertising is the Foundation of Success. o NEAT, CHEAP and. QUICK. THE GAKTERSYILL.E AMERICAN JOB OFFICE • ' IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OP JOB PRIFTIITG In th e Best Style and at Prices as Low as Good Printing can be done anywhere. 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