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CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN.
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C*rterftvUle Ga.
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ut outside ol the County, 15 cents
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DIRECTORY.
C ’Ult-T CAI BNDEB-CHEROKEE Clß
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.T. r. Pain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solici
' ‘jiai iow Monday in January
ai.d July. ... . . .
t Htonsnibounty—Second Monday in February
and August „ ,
Murray county—Third Monday in Debruary
anu August. ... . _ .
Gordon County—Fourth Monday in February
and August. ....
1 ade County—Third Monday in March and
Septem >er. ... . .
VV bitfield Count]’ First Monday in April
and October.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. A. Howard, Ordinary.
F. M. Durham, Clerk Superior Court.
11. W. Cobb, Treasurer.
John A. Gladden, Sheriff. A. M. Franklin
Deputy Sheriff.
Dailey A. Burton, Tax Collector.
W . VV. Ginn, Tax Receive*.
A. M. Willingham, Coroner.
I>. VV . K. Peacock, Surveyor.
Commissioners— 8. CV Prichard, T. C.JMoore,
A. Vincent, John H. Wikie, T. S. Hawkins.
CITY OFFICERS.
I.l*. Wofford, Mayor.
I). Wilkerson, Marshal,
o. S. Cobb, Clerk.
Mouutcastle, Treasurer.
iucti—First Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. R.
■ Second Ward, G. Harwell, W* H.
third Ward, John . . Stover, EUhu
..urth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaron*
otesw=*ional Oards.
,Kit. J. W. HARRIS, JR.
IsXF.lt A HARRIS,
Aaorneys-At-Law.
i u West Main Street.
Cartersviile, Of-
H. WIKI.B. DOUGLAS WIKLK.
liULK dt WIKLK,
s'js-at-Law & Real Estate Agents
•ip stairs North East Corner West
■ and Erwin Streets.
Cartersville, Ga.
EIEO. M. XJWHTU,
Attorney-At-Law.
V, i'll T. W. Baxter Main Street.
Cartersvi.l J
liOE JOHNSON,
\ t lomey-at-liaw,
, t st side Public Square,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
V ill practice In all the Courts.
VII AM. W. M. GRAH AM.
irituix 4k GRAHAM,
oriieys, Solicitors and
tCounselors at Law,
Carteravalle, Oa.
ein the court house. Will practice in
the courts dV Bartow cotmty, the superior
i" t, of northwestern Georgia, and the su
tne and federal courts at Atlanta, Ga.
A. Itf. rUTK. WALTER M. BYALS
FOIITE A; BYALS,
Attorueys-At-ljaw-
WILL fit ACT rCE TS ALL THE COURTS
of this state. Prompt and faithful at
tention givn to all business entrusted to us.
Office, corner Main and Erwin Streets, up
stairs. Cartersville, Ga.
i. V. NEEL. j. J. CONN Kit. W. J. NEEL.
HI:HL,CONKER & SEEL,
A iterneys-lt-Law.
WILL PR ACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of this state. Litigated cases made a
■pecialty. Prompt attention given to &)1 bus
iness entrusted to us. . :
Uflice over Stokely & Williams* store.
Cartersville, Ga.
OR. J. T. SHEPHERD,
Eliysician and surgeon,
lUiae at Curry’s Drug Store,
OR, IV, B. LEAKE,
iiysieiaii and Surgeon,
Cart ersvtlle, Ga.
at Wori's drug store.
OR. W. W.LEAKE,
raetieing Physician,
Cartersville. Ga.
i ; tteutien givon to diseases of women
. children, and all Chronic affections,
t* up stair-way between bank and post-
May be found at office or Word’s drug
twKSBURf & CROMEUN. Si.no.rapk
ttfiD’l Southern ki\ 44 Marietta St,
.TLANTA, - - GA
Hotels.
BULB URN HOUSE,
ADAIRSYILLE, GA.
W, J. IIIIaBITrX, Prop’r.
Nice rooms, ‘en beds, thorough ventilation,
tables ipplied with the very best
the market affords.
J®*TKItMSi MODERATE. juli-tf
Central Hotel
ROME, GEORGIA.
J. H. KIPPS, Proprietor.
Hates $2 per day. Baggage handled tree. Sit
uated in the business part of the city. Free
omnibus to and Irnm alt trains. Recently en
arged and newly furnished.
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL
LOUISVILLE, MY.
CENTRALLY LOCATED
And all the appointments, including
ELEYATDRS AND FIRE ESCAPE.
VERY COMPLETE.
S. M. SCOTT, Proprietor.
CHANT HOUSE.
BEST HOTEL IN ATLANTA.
New building, new furniture—everything
first-class.
Jgy** Headquarters lor commercial men.
Railroads.
KENNESAW_ ROUTE I
WESTERN R. R.
The following time card in effect Sunday,
Dec. 80,1883:
NORTH BOUND.
NO. 3-WESTERN EX PRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 7 30 a. m.
Arrive Marietta 8 20
“ Cartersville 9 25
' “ Kingston 952
“ Dalton 1123
“ Chattanooga 100 p.m.
NO. I—FAST EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 2 35 p. m.
Arrive Marietta 3 27
*• Cartersvilic 4 29
“ Dal ton 6 2*2
“ Chattanooga 800
NO. 11—LIMITED EXPRESS-Daily.
Leave Atlanta 11 40 p. m.
Arrive Marietta ...12 39 a. m.
11 Cartersville 148
'• Dalton 3 44
“ Chattanooga 515
Horae Express—North—Daily, except Sunday.
Leave Atlanta 4 05 p. m.
Arrive Marietta 3 00
“ CarteYsville...,. 6 Off
“ Rome- k ..7 20
No, 1 carries Pullman cars from Atlanta to
Louisville, Jacksonville to Cincinnati, New
Orleans to W&ahingtou.
JSo, 11 oarries.PuUmao cars from Savannah
todiicago and!Atlanta to Nashville.
SOUTH BOUND.
NO. 4-FAST EXPRESS.
Leave Chattanooga . 8 00 a. m.
Arrive DaMpn,,, 933
‘* Kingston 11 Hi
“ Cartersville .....1142
“ Marietta ....1246 p.m.
Arrive Atlanta 145
NO. 2—SOUTHERN EXPRESS.
Leave Chattanooga ...... v............ 2 56p, m.
Arrive Dalton 4 30
“ Kingston 602
“ Cartersville 631
“ Marietta ........ 7 47
Arrive Atlanta .. 840
NO. 12-LIMITED EXPRESS-Daily.
Leave Chattanooga .... 10 15 p. m.
Arrive Dalton 1149
Cartersville 1 47 a. m.
“ Marietta .“..V. 250
“ Atlanta 340
Rome Express—South—Daily, Except Sunday.
Leave Rome... .... 8 30 a.m.
Arrive Cartersville .. 9 45
“ Marietta 10 49
“ Atlanta 1145
No. 4 carries 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 Atlanta.
B. W. WRENN, Gen’L Pass. Agt.
R. A. ANDERSON, Superintendent.
EAST ft WEST R. R. OF ALA.
ON and after Sanday. Noy. 14, 1883, trains
on this road will run as follows:
GOING WEST—Daily, Except Sunday.
no. 1. NO. 3.
Leave Cartersville 950 a. m. 430 p. in.
“ Stilesboro 10 02 4 42
“ Taylorsville 10 37 617
“ Rockmart 11 10 5 50
Arrive Cedartown 12 00 6 40
GOING EAST—Daily, Except Sunday,
NO. 2. NO. 4.
Leave Cedartown 205 p. m. 715a. m.
“ Keckmart 3 00 8 07
“ Taylorsville 3 35 8 39
“ BtPesboro 3 53 8 66
Arrive Cartersville . 4 25 9 25
SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going Eest.
Leave Cedartown 8 00 a. m.
“ Stilesboro 8 52
“ Taylorsville 924
M Rockmart 9 40
Arrive Cartersville 1010
SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going West.
Leave Cartersville I .. 250 p.m.
“ Stilesboro 3 21
“ Taylorsville 337
“ Rockmart 4 10
Arrive Cedartown 500
ALABAMA DIVISION.
Daily, Except Sunday.
Leave East & West Junction. 2 55 p. m.
Arrive Broken Arrow 6 00
Leave Broken Arrow 9 00 a. m.
Arrive East 3b West Junction 115 p. m.
ROME RAILROAD.
The following is the present passenger
schedule:
NO,. 1. NO. 8.
Leave Rome 610 a.m. 415 p.m.
Arrive Kingston 8 55 5 30
no., 9. no. 4.
Leave Kingston 920 a. ra. 555 p. m.
Arrive Rome 1025 a.m. 650
no. 6.
Leave Rome 800 a. m.
Arrive Kingston 9 00
no. 6.
Leave Kingston 9 20 a. m.
Arrive Rome 10 10
Nos. 2,3 and 4 will run daily except Sun
days.
Nos. 5 and 6 will run Sundays only.
Nolwill not stop at the'junction. Makes
close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and
Chattanooga.
No. 2 makes connection at Rome with E. T.
Va. 3t Ga. K R., for points southv
RISEN HILLYER, President.
J. A. SMITH, Gen’l. Pass. Agent.
TANARUS, W. WHIT E
CABINET MAKER and DPHOLSTERER.
Furniture of nil Kind* Made and
Repaired.
SHOP ON WEST.MAIN STREET,
Cartersville, Ga-
ijgHave your Job Printing: npatly ex*
ecuted at this office.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1884.
The Cartersville American.
Entered at the Fost OfHee at Carlsrmnlip,,
Oa., May 9 th, 188 k, as second class matter.
TUESDAY, JAN. 29,158 L
Sifted Shimmerings *
CUEiED PROM
THE
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% Before our Readers.
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The woman who married the skeleton min
ha; become a raving maniac.
The woods are full of presidential candi
dates, bat they are mostly poor timber—sai
lings, so to write.
It is to be hoped that no one will insist on a
tariff for the protection of the wool of politi
cal black sheep.
Kate Kane, a Chicago attorney, doesn’t
want to be called a “female” lawyer. Certain
ly not, Kate, my boy.
There are only two beautiful things in tjae
w’orld—women and roses ; t aßd only two 4wqet
things—women and melons.
The comforting assurance comes that Sußi
van, the slugger, was uot shot after all, but is
delighting refined andicnces in the northwest.
The voices of Coukiing and Blaine are no
longer heard in the land. Their growth wtaa
forced by too much fertilizer and they died
early.
In case President Arthur dies, Senator Ed
munds will become President of the United
States. Op the 21st inst., the senate re-eleeted
him President pro tm. of that body.
The only hearty welcome ever accorded to
the blue pencil fiend is when he marks apd
sends to yon the death notice of a wealthy re
lation who has mentioned you iu his wilk
Wealth is rapidly becoming the sole re.
qnirement for political promineuce in the
United States. Already brains and honor dre
at a discount in the senate, and the end is not
ye
Senator Colquitt’s maiden speech in the
scuate upon the Mexican treaty questiou, bus
created quite a sensation. It is characterised
in Washington as the broadest and strongest
argument yet made f >r the treaty.
A Connecticut carpenter, in a fit of anger,
threw a hammer at a fellow workman, and
•wallowed a screw he had in his month. It
was an unfortunate affair, but was better than
throwing the screw and swallowing the ham
mer. ; .
If an employee on the Milwaukee Sentinel
in discovered in the act of comtaitting an orig
inal thought or bright suggestion, he is fieed
for the first offense and discharged few the sec-,
ond. They are seldom fined and never dis
charged.
New Jersey justice and humanity appear to
be a great deal alike. A week or so ago they
bung a lunatic there, and two or three days
siuce a man was allowed to die from cold and
exposure because he was not uuderstood
when be begged for shelter.
Mary Anderson said a very sensible thing
when she declared that she should not marry
anybody but an American editor. She will
get mare pufti than ever when she returns.
She is worth 1150,000 now, and she is able to
take care of some poor editor.
A New England cattle trainer has trick
steers named Bob lugersoll and Ben Butler.
They had a difficulty recently, in which But
ler was badly horned aud the infidel steer es
caped uninjured. The good-are to suffer and
the wicked are to prosper io this life.
There are four Georgians In tbs United
States senate. Senators Brown and Colquitt,
representing Georgia, while Benatbr Pugh, of
Alabama, is from Burke county, and Senator
Lamar, of Mississippi, who belongs to the
well known Georgian family of that name.
Speaker Carlisle maintained hit reputation
at Philadelphia last week, as being a temper
ate man in all things. He neither ate too
much, drunk too much, nor talked too much.
There are not many politicians that can hare
all that truly said of them in this day and gen
eration.
Senator Mahone has avenged himself on a
dead statesman by demanding the discharge
of a colored employee of the senate, wnose
fault was that he had received his place through
the influence of the late Senator Hill. Men
of gall never know when to become sweet or
to smile at folly.
A father has no more right to starve his
children intellectually than physically. His
family should be well furnished with newspa
pers. His children will learn many important
historic events which will aid in the study of
history, and greatly assist in the study of near
ly all the branches.
In a late market quotation we noticed that
eggs were ‘-quiet.” Good. The quieter the
egg the better. It is these unquiet eggs which
rattle like a dice box beside a man's plate, and
within which is heard a suspicious picking,
which destroy his appetite add move his
bowels of compassion.
" The iron miners in Penneylvania are earn
ing sixty-five cents a day. Could they be auy
worse off if irou were not protected so heavily.
If protection cannot insure the workingman
more than sixty-five cents a day, what be
comes of the plea that it is a biessiug and a
safeguard to American labor?
President Arthur seema te be having all the
fun he can get out of his presidential term.
He has enjoyed quite a variety ol excursions,
receptions, tea parties, etc., and if he is not
successful iu the coming campaign, he will
have the consolation of knowing that he is
i about the only man that ever made tbe posi
tion of president reaHy pleasurable.
It is said that when a fatal railroad disaster
[ oeenm in Prance, the reasons therefor must
be eminently plain and direct, nr somebody is
bung. Railroad casualties are conseqoently
iofiequent there. The author f such acalam
iiy in America is suspended—from work; in
France be is suspeuded—by the ueck.
J. C. C. Black, of Augusta, occupies a slmi
■ lar potlion to that held by the lamented Hill,
before he wa* elected to congress from the
ninth district. And should the tenth con
gressional district send Mr. Black to congress,
as her representative, she will nsver hafe
cause to regret it, ns Black will rise like Hill.
Charles Deimonico, the lass of the celebrat
ed caterer*, who wandered during the re
cent eold weather, has been fbiind st Orange,
N. TANARUS., where It supposed that he froze to
death. The great Deimonico restaurant will
now go into th>* hands of some near relative,
but no Deimonico will ever have charge of it
:ain.
The Canadian Methodists have dropped the
word “obey” out of the marnriage service, and
tbe question now arises, which is the lord and
'which the lady of creatioof It seems time
that the change become general. The obe
dience is an oriental one, aud is based oa the
notion that wives ire slaves. bliss
should be founded upon the give *and take
rule. ,
Gen. Lougetreet,. United States marshal of
Georgia, has heretofore easily held his own
agaiust all charges made against him, but
now that hia recent expressions are considered
as reflecting somewhat ou tbe infallibity of
the republican party of Georgia, it is said that
he will be ousted at an early date. Surely the
general has at last committed the unpardon
able sin.
A German chemist says he can freeze up
any man or woman, depriving them of ail ap
pearances of vitality, and thaw them out in
good condition at the end of two years. He
oaght*to begin on Bob ingersoil, keep him
stiff and rigid for three or four years, then
gradually thaw him out. By that time, in
stead of preaching his no hell doctrine, he
would spend his time looking for signs that
would direct him there,
Rev. Henry Kimball, of New York, distrib
utes, on Wednesday and Saturday of each
week, a barrel of crackers, with cheese ad lib - •
itum, to the poor of the lower end of the isl
and. His Christianity is warranted to wear
without repairs. The mosl deplorable con
trast under the sun is furnished by a pauper
begging coppers at the door of a cathedral on
which millions have been expended to show
off the Lord at a disadvantage.
Hon. S. 8. Cox’s speech in congress on
Monday, tbe 21st iast., in support of tbe bill
to repeal the test oath, is said to have been
unusually eloquent and impressive. It car
ried With him the feelings of all who heard it,
except a very few bitter republican partisans.
At its conclusion, the members on the floor,
and the auditors in the |>bby and jgaijeries,
crowded around him to tiongratniate him on
his happy effort.
Chili and Pern have reached a definite treaty
of peace. Beside proving itself the greatest
military and naval power of the South Amer
ican countries. Chili's war with Pern and Bo
livia, gives it ample compensation for the. cost
thereof large territorial acquisition and other
advantages. But Chili has not shown itself
lucking in. magnanimity, for the exactions of
the treaty of peace are moderate compared
with anticipated demands.
The other day King Calico, of th? Sandwich
Islands, attempted to borrow a tew
from Claus Spreckles, giving tbe crown lands
as security. His ministry would not permit
It, so the whole negotiation proved a failure.
It has just been discovered, however, that the
real estate Calico intended to mortgage is the
dirt that he carries on his royal body, and that
has accumulated during hie long and prosper
ous reign. Calico never washes because of
fear that he might fade.
Gen, Sherman ie the real figure that looms
on the distant bnt last approaching horizon of
June in .Chicago. And no doubt he would
make the most available republican candidate.
Another quarter of a year may change the
situation. But that Is the appearance of the
situation now. The Idea is to make h hurrah
campaign of it, a war song, “Marching
Through Georgia” affair, though it js now
; about twenty years after the war.
The majority of the New England demo
crats are calling for the old ticket of 18701, and
Mr. Tilden has .taken anew dip in the river of
youth. Such are the reports, but the trfitb,
to far as Mr. Tilden is concerned, seems to be
that be has made up his mind not to risk rep
utation as a martyr to a donhtful contest.; It
will not take the ordeal of anew election to
prove to hie mind that he was elected presi
dent of the United States in 1876,
Saturday, the 10th inst., was a day of disas
ters. Before dawn the steamer City of Go
lumbns, bound from Boston for Savannah,
ran upon a ledge knowu as the Devil’s Bridge,,
near Martha’s Vineyard, aud caused the loss
of probaoly one hundred lives. In the after
noon at Rochester, New York, a boiler b orat
ed, killing four men aud wounding seven.
At ldlewild, in New York, an explosion took
place in a dynamite factory, killing three and
woundißg throe workmen. In Missouri an
other boiler bursted, fatally scalding three
men and seriously injuring fire more. Final
ly, just aboat midnight, an explosion of gas
in Boston added several more to the list. This
is surely a sufficiently ghastly record Tor a
single day.
The eiegant iron steamship, City of Colum
bus, plying between Boston and Savannah,
Went ashore on the southern coast of Massa
chusetts on Thursday, the 17th last., and over
one huudred lives were lost, most of them be
ing womeu and children, and iuvatids coming
aoutb for their health. She had eighty-three
passengers aud a crew of forty-five. The
saved were principally by the revenue cutter
Dexter. Capt. Wright was among the saved.
His account is long and thrilling, depicting in
plain language the terrible sufferings of the
victims of the disaster. Oaly about twenty
three persons were saved. The steamer was
valued at SBOO,OOO, and was insured for $250,-
000. Bbe was consigned to her agents at Sa
vannah, Messrs. Richardson & Bernard.
0 THE TATTLER TALKS.
Fasts and rmiti Guthsred Be re and Tfctre
mad Tnld kj the Tattler te TUkle the
Gossip* aud Tint the Tedious
lleurs lute Talk.
Bartow county boys utawl very
high wherever they go. It i with
no email degree of pride that we note
the fact that Ben Conyers, of the
Stute University, and Ed Ryflls, of
Mereer, have been elected to repre
sent their respective coHeges in the
champion debates which are to come
off during the coming summer. Tbe
Slate University haa challenged both
Me**cer aud Emory to meat her boya
in public debate, and the challenge
has been accepted by both. The
time and place for this intellectual
contest haa not yet been aeleeted, but
Atlanta may be the battle ground.
These polemic discussions never fail
to draw large crowde, and generally
furnish an intellectual treat to those
who attend. The very beat talent of
the different literary societies is put
forward, and the boys who receive
speakers* places must of necessity be
men of considerable ability. It is
very gratifying to us that a Bartow
county bey has been elected to lead
Athens in the contest with Oxford,
and anotbar to lead Mercer in a con
test with Atheas* We venture the
remark that two more deserving, or
more talented boys, than Ben Con
yers and Ed Ryals could not have
been found in Georgia. No matter
how responsible the trust delegated
to them, they are sure to perform
it with credit and distinction ho
themselves and honor to their col
leges.'Whoever meets either of these
chaps in a contest where brains and
eloquence are required, will have a
foeman worthy of his steel, Hurrah
for Bartow oounty ! Always ahead!
Next to a good fire company and a
fine school house, Cartersville needs
a fire-proof warehouse. We know
of nothing that promises a safer in
vestment, or that would prove of
more practical benefit to our town
and county. Fortunately for us this
need is to be supplied before another
cotton season. Mr. Hightower, of
southwestern Georgia, who has re
cently located in our towa, will com
mence in a short time the erection
of a fire-proof brick building, 200
feet square, to be used as a ware
house, The old car factory lot has
been purchased for this purpose, and
the work of building will be. com
menced as soon as spring opens. In
conversation with tbe Tattler, Mr,
Hightower expressed hinaeolfaa be
ing very much pleased with the
outlook for his proposed enterprise,
and says that he has met with much
encouragement from cur people
since locating here. He is a practi
cal warehouse man, aud cornea to us
highly recommended as a business
man, Mr. Bawls will be connected
with him in business and they will
be prepared to store cotton and
make advances to farmers at tbe
opening ?f the next cotton season.
When our faiuisr* understand that
they can get the same facilities and
advantages for atoring and selling
cotton in Cartersville that they get
in Rome, the cotton receipts at this
point will be doubled. That the
warehouse will succeed no man who
is familiar with the wants of our
county, wlit douot.
Judge James R. Brown, ef Canton,
was in oqr city a few days ago at
tending to professional business in
our Superior court, and looking fter
his farming interest in this county.
While here he was drawn into a con
versation on the coming race for con
gress In the Seventh. The Judge
expressed the opinion that Hon. J.
C.. Clements would be a candidate be
fore the convention for renominatlen
and that he believed Clem eats was
entitled to the nomination. In hit
two iormer races he haa had to meet
Dr. Felton, who is by ail odds the
best campaigner in the state, yet
notwithstanding this strong and de
termined opposition he has both
times lea the Democracy to victory,
and that, too, after they had met
with calamitous reverses and repeat
ed defeat And now that tbe differ
ences between the two factions are
healing, and no decided opposition
to the democracy is probable, the
Judge thought it would be only fair
to give Mr. Clements one more term.
Aside from this, he is now better
qualified to represent his constituen
cy. He has four years’ experience
and is familiar with the working of
the government machinery. The
Judge expressed his confidence in
Mr. Clements as a man and as a rep
resentative. He is earnest,, honest,
reliable, energetic and pains-taking.
He will go before the people in the
next race stronger than ever before.
In oscillatiag and viOr&tin* around
the court last ween, we found
our way into the large iron vault
where the county records are kept.
Our eye fell on a large book marked
“Record of Marriage License” and
haviug recently beard some com
plaints that IMS was fearfully
i dull matrimonially; we deter-
J mined to look more fully into
; the matter and see if there was
iu fact any grounds for these com
plaints. Judge Howard, our faithful
ordinary, who haa for eighteen ytnrs
dealt out the tickets in the matrimo
nial lottery, kindly offered his assis
tance, and in a very few minutes we
learned that during theyear 1883 one
hundred and four marriage certifi
cates were issued from the ordinary’s
office in this county. This number
sounds rather large to us, aud we
were about to conclude thsl getting
married was quite the popular thing
to do, but on further investiga
tion we found that exactly two hun
dred certificates of like kind had
had been issued io 1882, making a
difference of ninety-six in one year.
We were not a little astonished at
such a great difference, and being a
young aian interested in the fluctu
ations of the matrimonial market,
we pressed the jusige to know the
reason of the failing off. He said he
was puxaled to know the reason;
“But” said the judge, looking across
the tahieat the Tattler In his genial,
smiling viay, “business te improving
now, and as the year advances I an
ticipate a rush in tbist department;
prespects were never; better. ’* ,‘^Wny'
da you expect n run dmiug this par*
tteaiar yearf'liHioewntly inquired the
Ta*tldr. “Leap year,”rosponded the
Judge chuckling. “Oh!” and the
scribe went away wondering if that
would make a difference. We’ll
wall and eee, and let you know next
Christmas. In the meantime, “Let
’er rail! Let *er rail I”
Isn’t it passing strange that Car
tersville has no school house that is
worthy of the name? There is only
one respectable building in our c*ty
that is used for a school house, and
that is owned and controlled by a
private individual. The children
are besoming so plentiful that it has
become necessary to turn old church
es, and shops, and private residen
ces into school houses in order to ac
commodate them. If our teachers
were not the bravest, truest, most
self sacrificing men and women in
the world, we couldn’t have a re
spectable school In town. We ought
to have a school house that would
cost $5,000. This is a plain duty that
our citizens owe to their children. It
isn’t right that teachers should have
to turn their own homes into school
houses in order to accommodate the
pupils. Strangers who stop in our
town are astonished at our lack of
school facilities. It Bhould be dif
ferent. The reputation of Carters
vllle is at stake in this matter. Give
us a respectable school house, and
tear down these old eye sores that
are toyr used as school houses and
make kindling wood of them.
We live in a strange world, sur
rounded by strange sights and strang
er circumstances. In conversation a
few days ago with a very intelligent
and reliable gentleman, the Tattler
was told of a circumstance that hap
pened here in our town, which, if it
had not come from such a reliable
source, ”• would not have been dis
posed to credit. There lived in Car
tersville for many years, and until
very recently, two quiet, retiring,
educated, refined ladies. They had
enjoyed, in their younger dayes,very
luxury and advantage that wealth
and education could supply, they
had been surrounded by relatives
and friends, and bad moved in the
highest circles of society, but by de
grees they had lost their property,
their friends had scattered, their rel
atives had died or moved away, and
they were left, two lone women,
with scanty means of support,to meet
the vicissitudes of life as best they
couid. They withdrew from society
bought them a quiet llttlecottage in
a retired part of the town, and kept
a little school. In their seclusion
and loneliness they began to read
books on spiritualism, and after a
white it was noticed that they re
ceived visits from those claiming to
be mediums, and finally the news
went out that Mrs. Legare and Miss
Trescott were mediums and had com
munications with the spirit world.
After this,people would stare at them
when they went out on the streets;
children would look scared when
they passed the house, and when
night came, they would go another
'way to avoid passing there. Those
who visited their homes were sur
prised at tbeir wild and visionary
talk. They claimed that Jesus
Christ was only a well developed
medium, and worthy of worship
only as such. Not many months ago
they were visited by the famous
medium, Dr. Blade, of New York.
Through him they claimed to have
had communications with their
mother, who had long ago died.
Blade would uae a slate and write
manages from the spirit land. Dur
ing one of thsee interviews Slade
wrote on the slate a message from
the mother directing these two po'>r,
helpless, unprotected women to sell
NUMBER 39.
i hfer UUie horns here sad move to
Sl L uio, naming a cer.ain number
and street, promising if they wou 4
do this they would meet with great
prosperity and success. They accept
ed this infamous humbug assacn-d
truth, and at once set about disposing
of their little stuff, selling it at a sac
rifice, and a few weeks ago they left
this, their home for so many years,
bound for that mythical paradise in
St. Louts, under the Arm belief that
they* were being directed by the
spirit of their long dead mother. We
have not heard from them since, but
the only reasonable fcoudusion to
draw is that they will speed their
litile remaining substance to wan
dering, and finally land in some char*
liable institution. It isn’t right that
credulous, unprotected, unsuspecting
women should be imposed on in any
such way. This same Slade, who
practiced so successfully on their
credulity, we understand, was drum*
med out of one of o,ur western cities
only a few nights ago for undertak
ing to practice his fraQds before a
public audience,and yet he has come
into pur midst, and started out tyro
old women on a fool’s errand, to
suffer the rigors of a northern winter
in a strange land, while he fattens
on their blood mohey. These things
ought hot So to be.* Thir Is indeed a
strange world—a strange world.
Tattler.
ABOUT BANGS,
The decadence of the bang is an
nounced. A matter of such impor
tance cannot be ignored. In ail ages
the dressing of the hair has occupied
the feminine mind to a very large
extent. The Talmud Informs us
that Eve, in the garden of Eden at
the dawning of the world, curled
around her rosy fingers the silken
ringlets that tell upon her pearly
shoulders, when she observed the
approach of Adam through the trees.
Even St. Paul in his powerful epis
tle draws attention to the fact that
hair is the adornment of a woman,
and a charm that she should glory
in. Tarquin became enamored of
Lucreece when he saw her shim
mering tresses kissing her blushing
cheeks, as she bent over her spinning
wheel. Napoleon became infatuated
when his eyes rested upon raven coils
of Josephine. In view of potent
charms attached to “Only a Woman’s
Hair,” the general public will be in
terested in learning that bangs are
disappearing from the foreheads of
the fair leaders of fashion. A few
years ago a young lady without bangs
would have been us obsolete as a
three-cent postage stamp. Now one
who wears bangs is looked at
askance, as much so as if she ap
peared in a dashing jockey costume.
The bang is oat of date. It has
served its purpose, and must go. I*ll9
new style are the Saratoga wave
and the Grecian coil. The Saratoga
wave is a revival in a modified form
of the custom wicb prevailed twenty
five yeans ago’ wheu ladies were
wont to part their hair in the mid
dle and bring it down in two semi
circles from the center of the
forehead, coverirg the ears and fast
ening it at the back of the head. The
new style makes the curve toward
the back of the head beginning at the
temples. The effect is to bring out
the attractive features of the face and
conceal bulging foreheads and creased
temples. The Grecian coil is a skill
ful twisting of the'bait' at the back
of the head. It has* very charming
affect, and makes a pretty woman
perfectly irresistible when she turne
her back.— Constitution. .
About this time ef the year the av
erage young man plants his swear of
resolutions. Nearly every one appoint*
hitnßelia committee on resolutions
and draw up a very pious preamble,
citing the errors of tbe past year and
tack on a lot of resolutions, resolving
to correct every error or bust a sus
pender. But the great trouble in oar
rjing cat the intent of the resolutions
lies m tbe fact that the one swearing
off, from drink for instance, is usually
treated from oue to a score of times
and the eommittee becomes hilarious
if not intoxicated, in celebrating the
fact that he’ll never get drunk any
more.
f
A contemporary asks: ** How shall
women carry their purses to frustrate
thieves?” Why, carry them empty.
Nothing frustrates a thief more than
to snatch a woman’s purse after fol
lowing her half a mile and then find
that it contains nothing.but a recipe
for spioed peaches and a faded photo
graph of her grand-mother.
“I had hardly entered the room,”
said he, with a tremulous voice, “when
a mist suddenly gathered before ray
eyes. I was nnabie to see an inoh in
front of me. I heard the murmur of
voices, and then—” “You fainted,”
quickly put in his friend “No; I wiped
the frost off my glasses.”
“When I dis/tny boy,” said a rath
er festive father to his son, “I don't
want any floral pillow with 'Father'
or ‘Rest’ on it, simply the letters ‘B.
Y. L.,’ nothing more.” And what,
dear father, are those letters to signi
] fy?” “They shall stand for the Words,
‘See You Later,”'