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CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN.
VOLUME 11.
The Gartersville America!!.
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IT
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DIRECTORY.
COURT OAI-KNDEH—CHEUOK.EE CIR
'■SfJUIT.
j. c. Fain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solici
. or General. T
Bartow County—Second Monday in Jauuary
"( iitootoiCounty— Second Monday in February
ami August . , _ .
tun ay Countv —Thiid Monday In February
wnl August. , ~ ,
Cordon County—Fourth Monday in February
ami August. , , „ . .
i ade County—Third Monday in March and
Heptem >er. , , .
IV bitfield Count) First Monday in April
and October.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. A. Howard, Ordinary.
y M. Durham, Clerk Superior Court.
11. w. Cobb, Treasurer.
John A. Gladden, Sheriff. A. M. Franklin
JJcpiity Sheriff.
Bailey A. Barton,Tax Collector.
W . w . Ginn, Tax Receiver.
A. M. Willingham, Coroner.
1). W. K. Peacock, Surveyor.
Comi)ii>.sionei:s —S. C. Prictiunl, T. C. Moore,
A. Vincent, John H. Wikiu, T.S. Hawkins.
CITY OFFICERS.
A. P. Woffor ', Mayor.
,1 aines D. WilkcrSon, Marshal.
Geo. H. Cobh, Ch;rk.
B. R. Mountcastle, Treasui or.
Aldermen—First Ward, J. C. Woflord, A. R.
Hudgins' Second Ward. G. Harwell, W. 11.
Parron; third Ward, John . Stover, Klinu
Hull; Fourth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaron
Collins.
Professional Oaixls.
V. I'. MII.NIIIt. 3* W. 11 \KHI9, JK.
& Hißia§,
Altoriieys-Ai-Law.
Office on West Main Street,
niayll-tf Cartcrsviile, Ga.
. H. WIK UK. POt’OUAS WIKLK.
WIKLE & WIKLE,
Mtarneys-at-Law & Real Estate Agents
Office up stairs North East Corner West
Main and Erwin Streets.
may9-if Cnrtersyille, Ga.
Til I iO. M. SMITH,
Alton*ej-Al-Ea'.
Office with T. W. Baxter Main Street.
may9-tf Cartersvi 1 i
GKORUE S. JOIIASOA,
Altorney-at-Law,
Office, West side Public Square,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
practice in all the Courts.
K . D. UKIIIAM. W. M. GKAHAM.
GHA SI All & GRAHAM,
Attorneys, Solicitors aul
touiiNelorh at Law,
Cartersville, Ga.
Office in the court house. Will practice in
all the courts of Bartow county, the superior
courts of northwestern Georgia, and the su
preme and federal courts at Atlanta, Ga.
A. M. A’OC I K. WALTER M. UYALS
FOETE & RIALS,
Attorney s-At-Law,
YXTIEI. PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
yy of this state. Prompt and faith lul at
tention given to all business entrusted to us.
Office, corner Main and Erwin Streets, up
stairs. Cartcrsviile, Ga.
i. M. NF.KL. J. J. CONNER*. W. J. NEEL.
It EEL, I OXIKR A SEEL,
Aticrneys-At-Law.
WILE PRACTICE IN ALL TIIE COURTS
of this state. Litigated cases made a
specialty. Prompt attention given to all bus
iness entrusted to us.
Office over Stokely A Williams’ store.
Curtersville, Ga.
i>H. J. T. WII KiFHKRI),
PliyNician and Surgeon,
Office at Curry’s Drug Store,
IL W, 11. LEAKE,
Physician and Nurgeon,
Cart ersvtlle, Ga.
at Wori'sdrug store.
I>K. IV. H.LEAKE,
Practicing* Fliysieian,
Cartersville, Ga.
Special attention given to diseases of women
and children, and all Chronic affections.
Office up stair-way betweeiif bank and post
office. May be found at ollico'or Word’s drug
store.
S! ..oia.h.
MMtMiAfi’ts, 44 Marietta St.,
ATLANTA, -. • GA
Hotels.
HILBCRN HOUSE,
ADAIKSYILLP, GA.
W. J, HILBLRA, Prop’r.
Nice rooms/, lean beds, thorough ventilation,
tables .pplied with the very best
the market affords.
JQTTKRMB MODERATE. jnl4-tf
Central Hotel
ROM I), GEORGIA.
J. H. KIPPS, Proprietor.
Rates $2 per day. Bapgaf e handled Iree. Sit
uated in the business part of the city. Free
omnibus to and Iroin all trains. Recently en
arged and newly furnished.
flfth avenue hotel,
LOUISVILLE, KY.
CENTRALLY LOCATED
| And all the appointments, including
ELEVATORS AND FIRE ESCAPE.
VERY COMPLETE.
S. M. SCOTT, Proprietor.
Railroads.
KENNESAW_ ROUTE!
WESTERN R. R.
The following time card in effect Sunday,
Dec. 30,1883:
NORTH BOUND
NO. 3—WESTERN EX CRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 7 30 a. m.
Arrive Marietta 8 20
Cartersville 9 25
“ Kingston 1152
“ Dalton 1123
“ Chattanooga 1 Off p. m.
NO. 1-FAST EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 2 35 p. m.
Arrive Marietta 3 27
“ Cartersville 4 29
“ Dalton fi 22
“ Chattanooga.. 800
NO. 11—LIMITED EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 11 40 p. m.
Arrive Marietta 12 39 u. m.
“ Cartersville 1 48
“ Dalton 3 41
Chattauooga 5 15
Rome Expre.-s—North—Daily, except Sunday.
Leave Atlanta 405 p.m.
Arrive Marietta 3 DO
“ Cartersville ... 0 03
Rome 7 20
No. 1 carries Pullman cars from Atlanta to
Louisville, Jacksonville to Cincinnati, New
Orleans to Washington.
No. 11 carries Pullman cars from Savannah
to Chicago ami Atlanta to Nashville-
SOUTH BOUND.
NO. 4-FAST EXPRESS.
Leave Chattanooga 8 00 a. in.
Arrive Dalton 9 33
“ Kingston 11 10
“ Cartersville 1142
“ Marietta 12 40 p.m.
Arrive Atlanta 1 45
NO. 2—SOUTHERN EXPRESS.
Leave Chattanooga 2 55 p, m.
Arrive Dalton... 4 30
“ Kingston . ... 602
“ Cartersville 6 31
“ M irietta 7 47
Arrive Atlanta 8 40
NO. 12—LIMITED EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Chattanooga 10 15 p. m.
Arrive Dalton 11 49
Cartersville 1 47 a. m.
“ Marietta 2 50
“ Atlanta 340
Rome Express—South—Daily, Except Sunday.
I.eave Rome... 8 SO a. m.
Arrive Cartersville 9 45
“ Marietta ..10 49
“ Atlanta 1145
No. 4 carrius Pullman cars from Cincinnati
to Atlanta, Washington, New Orleans, Louis
ville to Atlanta.
No. 12 carries Pullman cars from Chicago to
Savannah and Louisville to \tlanta.
ii IV. WRENN, Gen’l. Pass. Agt.
R. A. ANDER()N, Superintendent.
EAST & WEST R. R. OF ALA.
ON and after Sunday, Nov. 14, ISB3, trains
on this road will run as follows:
GOINg WEST—Daily, Except Sunday.
no. 1. no. 3.
Leave Cartersville 950 a. m. 430 p. m.
“ Stilesboro 10 02 4 42
“ Taylorsville 10 37 Sl7
“ Bockmart 11 10 5 50
Arrive Cedartown 12 00 6 40
GOING EAST—Daily, Except Sunday.
no. 2. no. 4.
Leave Cedartown 205 p. m. 715 a. m.
“ Roc km art 3 00 8 07
“ Taylorsville 3 35 8 39
“ Stiiesboro 3 53 8 55
Arrive Cartersville 4 25 9 25
SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going Eest.
Leave Cedartown 8 00 a. m.
“ Stiiesboro 8 52
“ Taylorsville 9 21
“ Rock mart 9 40
Arrive Cartersville 10 10
SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going West.
Leave Cartersville .. 2 50 p. m.
“ Stilesboro 321
“ Taylorsville 337
“ Rock mart 4 10
Arrive Cedartown 5 00
ALABAMA DIVISION.
Daily, Except Sunday.
Leave East & West Junction. . 2 55 p. m.
Arrive Broken Arrow 0 00
Leave Broken Arrow 9 00 a. in.
Arrive East & West Junction 1 15 p. m.
ROME RAILROAD,
The following is the present passenger
schedule:
no. 1. no, 3.
Leave Rome 610a. m. 415 p. m.
Arrive Kingston 8 55 5 30
NO. 2. NO. 4.
Leave Kingston. 920 a. ra. 555 p. m.
Arrive Rome 10 25 a. in. 650
no. 5.
Leave Rome 8 00 a. m.
Arrive Kingston 9 00
NO. 6.
Leave Kingston 9 20 a. m.
A i rive Rome 10 10
Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4 will run daily except Sun
days. ~ . t
Nos. 5 and 6 will run Sun laviohly.
‘No 1 will not sfop at the'jdfnotion. . Makes
close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and
Chattanooga.
No. 2 makes connection at Rome with E. T.
Va. & Ga. R. it., for points south.
EIIKN HILLY Ell, President.
J. A. SMITH, Gen’l Fuss. Agent.
HIS OPINION. ~~
In Clear Sontenoes an Authority acids liis
own to tlie Popular Judgment,
191 West Tenth Street,
New York, Aug. 11, 1880.1
Messrs, Seabury & Johnson:
lam slow to pin my faith to anv new cura
tive agent. BENSON’B CAPCINE I'ORoUS
PLASTER has won my good opinion. I find
it an exceptionally cleanly plaster to use and
Rapid it Us action. Many tests ot its qualities
in my own family, and among my patients,
have convinced nie that there is no other sin
gle article so valuable lor popular use. None
so helpful in cases of Lame Rack, Bocal Rheu
matism. Neuralgia, congestion of the Bron
chial Tubes and Lungs and Luu -ago.
You may feel free to use mv name.
Very truly yours,
H. n. mANE, M. D.
Physician-iu-chief of the De Quincy Home,
Price of the Capcine 25 cents,
Seabury & Johnson. Chemists, New Xork.
1 Advertise in the American.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1884.
The Cartersville American.
Entered at the Post Offiee at Cartersville,
oa., May 9th, 18$*, as second, class matter. ‘
TUESDAY. JAN. 22,1884.
Sifted Stammerings
CULLED FROM
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a v SPREAD OUT
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% Before our Headers.
THE MODERN STYLE.
[Will Lampton in Merchant Traveler.]
The following has iu it more truth than
poetry:
Boxes of candy- Light of the moon—
Kisses of starlight—Desperate spoon—
Down on his knees to her—Swearing (heir
love
Out to the opera—Murmuring dove—
Beautiful hat bands—(Bought in a store)
Sighs like a furnace—Each other adore —
Penning of verses—Sending of books—
Languishing glances—Deep, pensive looks.
Hands clasping bands—Eyes meeting eyes/
Souls mixed with souls—Some teats and some
sighs—
Eternal fidelity—The notice is read—
Seventeen bridesmaids—And then they wed |
But is it love?
Woman in the parlor—
Husband on a bum—
Supper long waiting -
Husband doesn’t come—
An hour after midnight—
Husband comes along—
Tighter than a drum-head—
Howling out a song—
Woman cries a little
says it is a sin
interviews the husband—
With a rolling-pin !i
Richmond county ha walki and over to the
no fence side aud now feels better. It i only
a question of time when *ll lac counties in
the state must follow.
All that'eould be said of a New Jersey man
who died the other day was that he was the
great grandson of a Revolutionary general.
This looks like disturbing a pretty old grave
to iiud hunily distinction.
Once in awhile Veunor still feebly lifts his
head and pipes forth a little weather prophe
cy, but it rarely gels further over the border
than Buffalo, where it is promptly squelched.
We waut no more of Vennor for a hundred
years.
Seaator Joseph E. Brown made oue of his
strong, logical, characteristic speeches on the
Mormon question the other day. He advo
cated hands oft'by the government, iu that to
meddle with the Mormon doctrine was un
wise and unconstitutional.
The confinement of southern federal pris
oners in penitentiaries in tlie bleak north is an
outrage, that demands investigation. Iu all
human likelihood there is rascality at the bot
tom of it. The department of injustice should
be made to investigate the matter.
Two consecutive grand juries in Cobb coun
ty, Ga., have recommended the levy of a tax
on dogs. They show that the new constitu
tion makes a special provision for such a tax,
and that the rcveuue from such a source shall
be appropriated to educational purposes.
It will £be little satisfaction to the reading
public to know that Veunor, the weather
false prophet, has predicted that ths latter
part of January will be mild, but that Febru
ary will be cold aud stormy. It will soon be
iu order for him to foretell a blustery March.
An exchange says, “Love is like a potato
because it shoots from the eyes.” That is
not so in all cases. There is a certain man
that has made love to bis girl for two years,
and it didn’t shoot from his eyes either. He
was blind aud done all his shooting with his
mouth.
This has been, thus lar, quite a severe win
ter. in the northern aud northwestern states
the mercury has stood, in many places, from
forty to fifty degrees below zero. Here, in
Georgia, we think it is dreadfully cold if the
thermometer drops to fifteen or twuuty de
grees above zero.
Mr. Payne, the new senator from Ohio, will
be pushed forward for the presidency. Backed
by wealth and a powerful working organiza
tion of young men, he will be a formidable
candidate for the democratic nomination. The
piedge will be made to the democratic national
convention to carry Ohio if he is nominated.
A New York girl writes to her editor: “How
can I break a young man of the habit of say
ing ‘onced’ for once; ‘them’ things for ‘those’
things, and I ‘seen’ for I ‘saw?’ ” Poor girl;
She will never break him of this. It is plain
that the young man is iu training, preparatory
to going to Illinois and getting elected to
the United States senate.
Mr. Carlisle is a constitutional democrat,
and an honest, reliable man. He has declared
in congress, ioug before he was elected speak
er, that he “would not discriminate above
the revenue point lor Ute purpose of giving
protection.” That is just the kind of a tariff
reformer we are, aud we have the decision of
the republican supreme court to back us.
Chicago is a dreadfully wicked place. They
have there the most skilled pick-pockets to be
found in the world, grave-robbers iu abun
dance, bank-breakers by the dozen, aud saud
baggers by the score. Iu addition to all this,
the republicau national convenliou will meet
there iu a few months. Whew! How we
sympathize with our numerous fiiends iu Chi
cago!
The poor burglar* of New York are being
abused by the women agaiu. One of them
was arretted Saturday night in Brooklyn
while staggering along the streets with his
face covered with blood. It was discovered,on
investigation, that he had been detected trying
to enter the house of a Mr*. Buckley, ad that
•he bad administered summary justice to him
with a poker.
A white sirl 14 year* ol age, calling her*elf
MaUie Marlin, aud a negro named Childers,
have been arrested for living together in a
state of adultery anu fornication, and ate uow
ia jail at Draisfsville, Ga. There has beefi
aooie talk of taking the negro out and swing
ing him to a tree, but that was all hushed af.
ter consultation. They went to Madison
eouuty from Oglethorpe.
Presidential booms that burst their buds
thus far in advance of the campaign ire
doomed to an eatly nipping. Gov. Cleveland
ia heard of no more; Ben Butler’s drooped
iu the autumnal frusta; Mr, HolinauV, dear,
delicate little blossom that it w:n, is buried
under the snows, and Judge Iloadley’s lies
withered in the shadow of Mr. Payne’s,
which has so freshly bloomed. How long
will Mr. Payne’s survive the opposing blasts?
Miss Lula Hurst, of Polk county, Georgia,
is still amazing the people by the exhibtion
of the wonderful power that she posses. The
stories told concerning her are enough to
make the most credulous of us skeptical.
What is it? Will some ou .please tell us?
We do not like to disbelieve the evidence of
good aud honest men, yet w hat is told of her,
if true, is nothing less than asiraeulous.
lion. Henry B. Payne, who is to be the new
seuator from Ohio, is about 6eveuty years of
age, was a Douglass democrat iu the Charles
ton convention of 1800, and is a protectionist
now. He is an able lawyer and immensely
wealthy through his Wife, who inherited much
of the laud on which fne city of Cleveland now
stands. He is above medium size and spare
is gray, has well developed features aud blue
ayes aud pleasaut address.
One night last week the wife of Bony John
Ford, colored, of Worth county, Ga., while
asleep iu bed, was assaulted with an axe by
6ome one as yet uukuowu. Her husband was
off in another part of the county at work, aud
she was uioue at home, with her children.
Her wounds arc very serious, aud her recdv_
erjGs a matter of doubt. Who the would-lie
mnrdereris, or what hU or her motive codld
have been, appears to be a mystery.
It is stated that 74,000,000 gallons of whis
ky reached the government bonded ware
house* iu 1883, *ud that ibis was 31,000,000
lets than in 1882, and 43,000,000 less than Iu
1881. A* there is yet an immense surplus on
hand, it would appear that those who are so
auxiou* to forward the interests of the whis
ky rings should exert themselves to get a
law passed to lorce the people to drink more
of the stuff, and ihus keep the poor distillers
ont of the almshouses.
As to the condition of oats, the Sumter Re
publican says: “The opinion is that oats
planted and np before the late blizzard were
killed or so much damaged as to make u re
sow advisable; but where the green stem be
eins to blush iuto life and, show, it may be
safely trusted to do its duty hereafter, if the
seasons bold out. All which have
latsly been put under the ground are said to
be all right, and will come out as soon as the
lemperatrrrfe shall ehca&rageAfrein.”
Probably more paople are buried alive than
is generally believed. As they were about to
bury a grand-child of Geu. Turner, at Mem
phialast vreek,soms one insisted that it should
be bathed aud slapped ou the back. It at
one* showed signs of life, and is now report
ed having a fair prospect of recovery. The
question of apparent death is worthy of thor
ough investigation, aud some scientific
ought to be employed in all cases before
burial.
The wave of prospeiity predicted years ago
has commenced to show its presence in the
south, especially iu Georgia. She has taken
her stand in the foremost rank. In lookiug
over exchanges, uo portion of Georgia is en
tirely exempted from this progress, resulting
from resources (hat will sustain any industry
that capitalists venltire upon. Besides our
large cotton manufacturing iuterest, the
smaller industries are claiming the attention
of our enterprising people who waut to keep
our money at home.
It is said that a lady seventy-two years of
age, living near Snow Spring, Dooley eouuty,
Ga., is the best farmer in fhat neighborhood
She has been a widow for 35 years, and has
managed her own busiueos successfully, and a
lew days ago she had more cotton bales
around her gin house than any farmer in that
region. Bhe employs her own laborers, aud,
if necessary, will put on her spectacles, go
iuto the field, take the plow handles afad show
an inexperienced hand how to lay’ off acorn or
cotton row. This is a short story, but a true
oue.
Adarnitic life could not well have been sup
ported in so cold a climate as this, but what
would have become of ihem in the great
northwest with the thermometer from fifieen
to twenty-five aud forty degiees below zero,
with raging snow storms blocking up the
railroads and putting a stop to travel for clays
at a time, and. worse than all, destroying
many lives? We should like, if possible, to
be several degrees nearer the torrid zone, at
least until these bitter cold elements could be
ciauged iuto a softer aud more tranquil
brightness.
General Toombs, says tbc Augssta Chroni
cle, is reported to have said that if he con
sulted his pride as a man of affairs and a pres
cience that enabled ltim to predict the events
of forty years, he would rest the fame of his
life upon bis speech on slavery in Boston in
1*54, rather thau on auy other single effort;
but iu the light of humanity he would rather
stand upon his compromise Bpeceh in the seu
ate in 1850. There is, he says, no peiiod of
his life upon which he looks with greater sat
isfaction than that In which he attempted to
adjust by com prompt ise the differences that
were, teu years later, settled by war.
A few years ago it was a rare thing to find
a southern boy at work ou any of our railroads
or engaged in auy pursuit that required per
sonal labor. Now they are found in nearly
every walk of life. There is not room enough
iu the law, medicine, pulpit, or behind the
counter for all, aud intelligent labor pays
better thau the professions now do. From
two to five dollars a day can easily be earned
by good workmen, aud only white men can
be good workmeu. It is a good sign for any
country, when its young men take hold of its
industrial development as ours are now do
iug. Comfort cau be earned and fortunes
made more easily in the south to-day thau ever
before, aDd our own boys are reaching for
them, and they will succeed.
TUB TATTLER TALKS.
■ GM'# M
l ads and Eanries Gathered Here and There
and Told by the Tattler to Tickle the
Gossips and Tarn the Tedioas Hours
into Talk.
Ia conversation with a man Well
posted in political affairs the other
d*y the Tat tier asked him who would
be Judge Fain’ssu t*< on the bench
of the Cherokee Circuit in the event
he should desire to enter the race for
Ooagress from the Seventh at the
next election. His reply was that
the coming: man wasa member of the
Carterville Bar. The Tattler asked
if Dalton would not in all probabili
ty present two or three candidates.
He admitted that Dalton cold furn
ish some strong men, and that doubt
less Col. Shumate, Col. It, G. Me-
Gamy and possibly Col. \V. K. Moore
would enter the,contest, but this
very fact, he said, would tend to
weaken the chances of either, and
would in all probability defeat them
all. The coming man, ho said was
Thomas \V. Milner, of this city, and
the opinion was ventured that if
Milner entered the race, and Judge
Fain \VBB not an applicant, he would
be elected. “You kno\v,” he con
tinued, “that Milner has twice re
presented Bartow county in the Leg
islature, and has many friends of in
fluence in that oody now who would
; leud him a hearty support.’ His
I changes are good if ho wants the
j place.”
Judge McCutchen of Dalton, who
is in the city attending our Superior
Court, was asked whether or not
Judge Fain would be a candidate for
re-election to the Judgeship. He
had no opinion to expresson the sub
ject, and said he knew nothing about
it. He had read iu the Constitution’s
“Man About Town” several Sunday’s
ago that Judge Fain would enter the
congressional race, and contest the
nomination with Clements. Further
than this he knew nothing. We
asked him who would be Judge
Fain’s successor if he should decide
to enter the race for Congress and
was not au applicant for the Judge
ship. “Dalton will furnish his suc
cessor” was the Judge’s reply.
“Hither Moore, McCamv orShumute
would make an acceptable Judge,
and I have no doubt it will bo one of
those three if Judge Fain declines to
1 run.”
The Tattler undertook to find out
who were the coming men for the
next Legislature from Bartow, but
found that it was too early in the
| season to get satisfactory expressions
on the subject. So far no candidates
have developed. The impression
| seemed to be general that the Hon.
A. W. Fite, present member, w r ould
1 again be a candidate with good
chance for re-election. No other
names mentioned, as probable
aspirants. In conversation with Gan.
Wofford, he expressed the earnest
hope that the very best men in the
county would be sent to represent
Bartow in the Legislature. “Ours,
with one or two exceptions, is the
largest and wealthiest county in
north Georgia, and her representa
tives should be men of unquestioned
ability and integrity. Men who can
take the lead in the Legislature, and
not only give dignity aud importance
to the county and section they rep
represent, but give to the people good
and wholesome laws. We hav# the
talent in our midst and it should be
Drought into requisition.” The
General did not have any opinion a
to who the coming men for the Leg
islature were.
The Tattler in his perambulations
met Col. J. J. Howard, aud leaving
the subject of local politics, he in
quired after the small grain crop.
“Do you think, Colonel, t iat the oat
crop has been entirely killed by the
recent cold snap?” “I do not, sir.
I have no doubt tlie late sowed oats
are badly injured by the fretze ; but
where they were sowed in Septem
ber and October, and have had a
chance to get thoroughly rooted, I
think there is yet enough for a stand.
I have examined some of my own,
aud find that they are not all, killed i
though I cannot tell the extent of the
injury yet, but it is not so bad as a
great many people think.” Mr.
Eoisley Stegall, who is an observant
farmer, expressed the opinion that
the oats “were done for,” and that
wheat was very' much injured. Mr.
Z. W. Jackson said his outs were
killed, but hoped the wheat was not
badly injured. Mr.Peter Hammond
said he had not examined closely,but
he.thought tlie oats were “gone up.”
Opinions from other observant far
mers were obtained, the majority of
whom were inclined to think the fail
sowing of oats, especially those sowed
a little late in the fail, were so badly
frozen out as to destroy the stand.
In talking with thedifferent mem
bers of the bar, and observing the
workings of the present superior
court, the Tattler sees manifested a
grow’ing disposition to push business
and dispose of cases. The importance
of this will readily be appreciated f
when It is rememoered that nearly
one thousand cases of one sort and
another stand on ©ur dockets for trial.
The policy of the past seems to have
been to keep cases iu court rather
than try them. When they were not
brought originally in the supplier
court, they would come up by certio
rari and appeal; consequently, the
dockets have become unmanageable.
Cases stand for trial row that weie
brought as far back as 1887. Sueh a
practice as this is ruinous alike to
clients and attorneys. The parties
fail to get their differences adjusted
and attorneys fail to get their fees.
But a better condition of affair.? seems
about to be inaugurated, and the
| prospect now is that some of the
younger members of the Cartersville
bar will live to see the dockets of our
court clean. This is certainly a con
summation devoutly to te wished
for. Tattler.
VIRGINIA AND DUELING.
Not the least prominent question
now before the people of
Virginia is a proposed amendment
to the constitution taking away from
the Legislature the power to ram tve
disabilities incurred by duelist-*. In
nearly all the States there are laws
imposing severe penalton against
dueling, and in almost everyone a
conviction of the offense, either as
principal oraecessory, carries with it a
disqualification, taking away the
right to hold office and vote. In case
death results from a duel th 6 slayer
isalso declared to bo guilty of mur
der. OwiDg to the fact that a large
number of influential men favor the
code, convictions in such cases are
almost unknown, and prosecutions
extremely rare. Consequently the
law imposing penalties as well as dis
qualifications is a dead letter.
A few weeks ago we alluded to the
Virginia law, which required as a
part of the oath of each official an as
severation that the affiant had not
been concerned in any duel either as
principal or second. This law, rigid
as it appeared, proved ineffectual, for
the disabilities were invariably re
moved by special act of the Legisla
ture. Dueling, however, seems to
be now rapidly losing ground, even
in Virginia, aad it is quite likely
that the power of relief uow vested
in the Legislature will be taken
away.
Within the past few months that
part of the people of the Old Domin
ion who are fond of dueling sensa
tions have been disappointed in at
least two prominent instances. One
was the MeCarthy-Mahone affair, in
which it was considered certain that
the latter would challenge the for
mer for his strong, if not elegant,
denunciation of the Readjuster boss,
and the cartoons which he published
therewith placing Mahone and Rid
dleberger in such a position as to ex
cite ridicule ard contempt for them.
No notice, however, was taken of the
matter by the parties on whom the
“code” devolves the duty of taking
the initiative. Mahone, having been
known heretofore as the “game cock
of the valley,” his conduct iu this
case has excited great astonishment.
The other case was that of Richard
A. Wise, Reauiuster Superintendent
of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum. He
was recently arraigned in a peculiar
ly severe manner by Mr. R. T.
Armistead, and as he also belonged
to a well-known fighting family, a
“meeting” was confidently expected.
Wise has published a card ending
all conjecture as to tho course he
would pursue, by announcing that
he would take no notice of any re
marks that may have been or might
bo made about him. He shows plain-
[ ly that he entertains a fear that tho
I Legislature would not go to the
| trouble of removiug disabilities,espe
i cialiy in his cr.se.
I Since the failure of the bill, which
| it has been customary to pass with
out opposition, to remove such disa
bilities, th' ugh there have been sev
eral “affairs” growing out of the late
campaign, which would ordinarily
| have led to duels, no challenge has
! been passed. It is evident now that
! the duelist are becoming discouraged,
and there is little doubt that the con
stitution will be so amended as to al-
I most put an end to the practice of
dueling in Virginia.— Stv. Yews.
4*- -♦
A giddy, white-haired lover of six
ty-five proposed to a widow, and was
rejected on account of his gray hair.
He then dyed it and proposed again,
only to be again rejected. The wid
ow married a younger man, and then
the old love sought relief by drinking
his hair dye, and died again: the first
act a symbol of the last, and beautiful
ly illustrative of au old goose’s duty
to himself and the community.
“My 3oo,” asked a school-teacher,
“what do you know of theproveib re
garding people who reside in glass
hoa*es?” ‘‘l don’t know nothin’,”
was the respouse, “about the proverb,
but I know that people who live in
glass houses ortent to lay abed in the
mornin’ unless they pull down the
blinds.
NUMBER 38.
THU Oi l I< 1: OF FKIKNDLY
f COUNSEL.
The Columbus Enquirer and Buu,
furnished the following well written
nrticlc on true frieudshipand its pur
pose :
“There are some duties—and that
of cheerfulness is oue of, them—that
ii.ealled upon.tp perform.
■How to. be cheerful and how to be
Content under exjsupg circumstances
is the problem wmeb each one must
solve for themselves. We do not
prop ise to sit in judgment upon the
action of any, yet- we feel in the
humor to moraliz^r jitst a little.
Within thep&st few days we have
heard much of advice, much of criti
cism, much of commendation, and
now and then a little of faultfinding.
As is usually the case this last comes
most from thoie feast interested. Bat
it is of friendly Counsel ihAt wodesire
to speak. It is ti de that, advice of a
certain kind is plentiful and cheap,
It is giving without wisdom, discre
tion or tact, and is deserving of no
better reception th in it receives. But
the counsel of true friendship is of a
much better type. It is not the idle
and ofiieiom u loraace or one who
cares less for our interest, or the in
terest of others, than for the sound
of his own voice, but the deliberate
and thoughtful opinion of oue who
truly desires our-b-st welfare or the
welfare of : th cause which he hopes
to promote.
This office of friendship is the best
corrective of those eccentricities of
mind and of conduct that distin
guishes many self-contained people.
Their thoughts are,perhaps,absorbed
by one subject, and they are utterly
unaware how completely they
sea upon many others,or how notice
able uuu even ridiculous they render
themselves by certain peculiarities or
strange ways, that none but a real
friend would dare to tell them of.
More serious errors and faults also
pass unnoticed and unrepressed, and
grow into firm habits, when by the
counsel of a wise friend, gently giv
en and cordially received,they might
be nipped iu the bud. Iu important
decisions this friendly counsel is
invaluable. It is true that after re-
ceiving it the ret'popsibdity still rests
with ourselves, but we have gained
more light, a broader view and an
other standpoint to aid in our deci
sion. Tup nearer the tie that binds
friend to friend, the more valuable
is the counsel they have to offer, be
cause the sympathy of feeling ena
bles them not only to bs thorough
ly interested in the subject, bnt also
to see it mote clearly iu all its bear
ings, and to weigh its merits with a
care and leisure that only affection
con Id bestow.
To make this friendly counsel
thoroughly available, either for eur
personal improvement in character
and coaducft or for assistance in mak
ing decisions and managing our af
fairs, theui are some points needful
to observe by giver and receiver.
First of all, it must be desired and
appreciated. Without this, it wdl
not be offered by a wise or a sensitive
friend. Unless a welcome awaits it,
it is worse than useless. Indeed, it
should be a actively sought, rather
thuu passively accepted. Oa the oth
er hand, he who tenders it should do
it without any air of superiority,and
without any such thought. It Is on
ly mutual benefitjsuch as he also may
equally need and desire, and implies
nothing of pre-eminence on either
side. Neither’ should he bo disap
pointed nor hurt if his counsel be
acted upon. This feeling is one chief
cause why friendly advice is not
more frequentiy sought. If it is to
bind us even by fancied courtesy to
give up our own responsibility and
accept its dictates whether we agree
with it or not, it had better never
be given. The only proper attitude
for the counsellor is that of complete
acquiescence in the result whether
his advice be taken or declined; and
for the counselled, that of entire in
dependence of action, knowing that
however grateful be may be for the
assistance, he can never throw off the
obligation of filially deciding for
himself. Where this is definitely
understood and accepted by both
parties, mutual counsel will cement
friendship and preserve mutual free
dom unimpaired.”
Respecting the early postal facilities
in Texas a writer in the Galveston
News says: “The intelligence of tbs
death of President Jackson was
brought to Galveston by the master
of an Italian brig, whose craft had
stopped at the mouth of the Mississip
pi and received a New Orleans paper
containing an account of the death of
‘Old Hickory.’ Neither the Captain
nor any of his crew being able to read
English, the paper was untouched un
til three days after the arrival of the
brig at this port, when it was acciden
tally discovered and tho tidings were
given to the people of Texa/fourteen
days after the President’s death.”
“There’s wisdom in the oask,’’
sings au old poet who kuew how to
have a good time. And he is right.
A cask has two heads.