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The Cartersville American.
TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1884.
Ol d FARM KBS.
It lias been said, and truly said, that
thin has been a year of disasters. First,
the great Hoods in the north-west, then
the eye loues through the south, then the
Cincinnati riot, and lastly the tremen
dous flood that recently swept over the
northern portion c.f Georgia and Ala
bama. This flood did great damage to
Bartow county farmers. We have seen
floods in our river and creeks before, but
nothing to equal this late one. It does
seem that we have had enough disasters
to befall us, and that die stoutest hearted
and most sanguine amongst us would be
entirely discouraged. A profound wis
dom and an admirable encouragement
are conveyed in that memorable saying
of our illustrious and universal poet:
“There is a soul of goodness in things evil,
would meu observing!}’ distil it out.”
'Lite interest and admiration of the
world are centered forever around them
that brave, with magnanimity, the oppo
sitions and hostilities of circumstances.
Surely our Bartow county farmers are
a noble race of men. They are behind
with their work; but with a commend
able and an irrepressible determination,
without murmuring, they are now put
ting forth all their strength to repair
damages and to prepare for the gather
ing in of a large crop in the fall months.
Ere this, they are thoroughly convinced
that life is encircled with perplexities;
that all attainable advantages have to be
gained by conquest; that man every
where encounters an antagonism of im
pediments; and that, without an expend
iture of faculty, of labor, of valiant per
sonal endeavor, there is no possibility of
progress, or even of a respectable liveli
hood. The difficulties that have beset
them this spring, though darkening and
disturbing their intentions and prospects
for the time being, have shown us in un
mistakable characters of what stuff they
are made; just as abrupt prominences
and the rough irregularities of nature
make the boldest and most admirable
scenery. Indeed, an easy life is not the
noblest. In a smooth current of unde
rrating tranquility there is little to exalt
the thoughts or elicit the praise and ad
miration of mankind. What, in
nature, is more destitute of interest,
than a flat unvarying stream,
flowing languidly through a level coun
try? But would you see the beauty and
sublimity of a river, follow it up in the
hills, mark its progress among the rug
ged rocks, see how it dashes boldly from
ledge to ledge, writing the story of its
struggling restlessness in furrows on the
brow of the hardest stone, castiug around
it a splendid tumult with its very foam
and spray; and where it attains the
majesty of a waterfall, “talcing the rain
bow from the skies to fold around its
breast.”
We belong to that class who believe
that all the external oppositions and ne
cessities of life are to be regarded as a
complication of inverse aids, by a right
use of which a man’s outward and in
ward progress may bo the more success
fully displayed. Trial, hardship, exas
peration, pains and disappointments,
though in themselves unquestionable
evils, may be, nevertheless, transformed
into ulterior and effective benefits, by
being severally the occasions of stimu
lating us to renewed or worthier ac
tivity.
At present, the prospects for a fine
crop this, year seem discouraging, but we
agree with some of our most experienced
and sensible farmers, who are of the
opinion that this is to be a phenomenal
year in every respect.
m il NEW ASSOCIATION.
The Immigration and Improvement
Association of Bartow county, if prop
erly appreciated, as we dare say it will be,
will prove of great advantage to the
county. It is a society composed of all
classes and professions, and its object is
to build up the various interests of the
county. Some of our most successful
and sensible men are active members of
this association. Mr. M. G. Dobbins,
sr., is president, and the executive com
mittee is composed of men from every
district in the county. Tliis is enough
to make the association a success in
every sense of the word. But the pur
pose of tliis organization is a very laud
able one, and it behooves every citizen
in the county, be he black or white, rich
or poor, to take a lively interest in it,
and lend a helping hand towards moving
it right onward to a grand success. Let
every one put his shoulder to the wheel,
for in union there is strength.
The politicians will have a busy time
this week. Thirty state conventions to
select delegates to the Chicago conven
tion will be held; also one territorial con
vention and a national convention of col
ored men at Pittsburg. Of the state
conventions, twenty-two of them will be
republican and eight democratic. Four
teen will convene on Wednesday and
twelve on Thursday. Sixteen republi.
can state conventions have already been
held, and those to meet this week will
complete the list. Some idea may be
formed by next Saturday as to how the
republican cat is jumping.
It has leaked out that a boom is quiet
ly being made for the Hon. A. G. Thur
man. Mr. Thurman is a great and good
man, and for whom the people entertain
the highest admiration and respect, but
his boomers should be more careful in
the future and not let their little boom
get out until it can walk alone.
Sure enough the greenbrekers of
Massachusetts have erdarsed Ben But
ler f>r the presidency. This is a fine
£egiuuiug.
THE TATTLER TALKS.
Fads and Fancies Gathered Here and There
and Told by the Tattler to Tiekle the
Gossips and Turn the Tedious
Honrs Info Talk.
The most indifferent reader who has
followed the “Tattler” through his dis-
remarks for the past three
months cannot have failed to observe
the tendency displayed to talk about
country people and good things to eat.
I confess to a parlialty for these two
things, and the reason is not very diffi
cult to understand. The happiest part
of my life lias been spent in the country,
and my hours of moist intense enjoyment
have been spent around the table—in
fact, I believe I am largely indebted to
what I have eaten for my robust health
and strong constitution. It is therefore
not to be wondered at, that I like these
two things. The reason why I associate
them together is because I rarely ever
go to the country but what I get some
thing good to eat. I know a great many
people in North Georgia, and I can al
most invariably tell where to stop to get
a hearty welcome and something good
to ©at. There is nothing like experience
iu matters of this kind. I think I can
tell by outside appearances, when I pass
a place, whether the people who live
there are good cooks or not. To use a
common expression, they “hang out
their sign” for the passer by to judge.
When you see the front yard clean, and
flowers blooming around the door, and
the garden well worked, and no palings
off the front yard fence, and a good pile
of wheat straw out back of the barn, and
two or three young calves nibbling grass
over in the meadow, you can safely cal
culate on getting something wholesome
and healthy in the way of the staff of
life, if you should stop to take dinner or
spend the night. If you have never
thought about such things, you may be
disposed to laugh at all this, but to the
experienced traveller through the rural
districts it will sound like very strong
commen sense. If you had been forced
to straggle with muddy coffee, and
scorched fried eggs, and hard fried meat,
and greenish-blue biscuits with which
you could make an impression on a
stone wall, as I have done when I first
commenced to go about, you will learn
to watch out for the signs. But I never
get fooled now. I understand the cards
and most always play my hand success
fully. lam just back from a little run
down in Polk county now, and you may
judge from the way I write that I had
something very wholesome ih the way
of eatables.
Last summer I went down to Bun
combe, in Polk county, to a Justice court.
It is a lonely, out-of-the-way place,
among the pine ridges, and very sparsely
settled. Occasionally you come to a
little creek running through a fertile
valley, generally two or three hundred
yards wide. In these little valleys are
found prosperous, happy and contented
farmers. I remember to have passed
by one of these farm houses over there
which impressed me as being a good
place to take dinner or spend a night. I
almost regretted that I had to pass on
and not stop. I was not then acquainted
with the people who lived there, but I
felt that I would be comfortable and
easy iu that home. The beautiful blue
grass covered the yard, a large rose bush
bloomed at one corner of the front piazza,
the bees from a dozen gums on a rustic
stand hummed lazily around the bloom
iug flowers, the little chickens chirped
around their industrious mother who
was making the leaves fly from a fence
corner in search [for worms,“and every
thing around the place indicated thrift
and contentment. As I climbed the
hill I looked back at the peaceful pros
pect and found myself wondering if that
farmer and his family were as happy as
their surroundings indicated. My busi
ness called me to that county again last
week and I made it convenient to stop
there and spend the night. I met a
hearty welcome. I would have beeu
disappointed if I had not. I don’t know
what there is about me that pleases
country people, but somehow I have
good luck in getting their good will. I
was made to feel pleasant and much at
home. I have the habit of studying
the inside of home life, for there it is
the real character is formed. There it
is the child gets it first and most lasting
impressions. When the influences of
the home circle are good, the future of
the child is safe. I found in this country
cottage all that I had imagined it con
tained, a plain, simple home; a quiet,
happy looking woman; three bright
faced, cheerful children; a sturdy, prac
tical, matter-of-fact husband. I love
such homes as this. I love to talk of
them and think of them. “An honest
peasantry is a country’s pride.” These
people know nothing of the extrava
gance, pride and sin that runs away
with the world. May the veil that sepa
rates the purity of these country fire
sides from the disgusting glare and the
sickening sin of the city never be rent in
twain.
‘•Ill lares the land to hastening ills a prey.
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.”
I expect I know as much about Tay
lorsville as any man in Bartow county.
I have been there a great many times,
and staved a great deal longer than I
should have stayed. Some of my lazi
ness is attributable to this fact, I think.
A fellow can’t go to Taylorsville and stay
all day, without getting sleepy and tired.
There is a chronic drowsiness pervading
the place that is enervating in the ex
treme. It is a kind of a “sleepy hollow”
town—a deserted village, so to speak.
Yet, notwithstanding all this, I like
those people down there and have whole
rafts of fun every time I visit them.
They always have plenty cf time to talk
and joke. I dropped in on them last
Saturday morning and swapped a few
remarks with the boys. There are three
jolly blacksmiths in the village, and if it
w’ere not for the musical ring of their
hammers, you could pass through the
town and not know it was there. These
three fellows are familiarly known as
“General Jackson,” “Simeon Simco,”
and “John, the Giant Killer.” Neither
one of the three are very large men, nor
do they show that they have been stall
fed. Jackson told me Saturday that he
had quit driuking, was- getting fleshy
and was accumulating wealth at a rate
that was gratifying in the extreme.
‘ ‘Simco’ ’ expressed himself as being equal
ly as happy, though not quite so ricln
And the “Giant Killer” was absent alto
gether. I inquired after him, and was
informed that he had ■withered on the
virgin stalk—had shouldered his bellow s
aud bravely marched away to fresher
fields and greener pastures. So “Sim
eo” aud the “general” have the work
all to themselves. They are an inter
esting pair, and fit for a musuem. They
are constantly sparring at each other
iu a good humored spirit, and when I
go there they meet me under a big oak
tree near the road and indulge in the
most uproarious merriment. The gen
eral says he can have as much fun out of
“Simeo” as ii he had gixid sense, while
“Simco” says the “general” has no
sense at all, consequently, he has a dull
time. If you want to laugh till you are
sore just go to Taylorsville some day
aud get Simeo and the general for “eud
men,” with Squire Smith as the “mid
dle man” and old man Taff to “drone”
for them, and my word for it, you will
have to have your ribs repaired before
you get away. Taylorsville used to be
a rampant town, but it is wonderfully
tame now. A cyclone could scarcely
make its citizens stir from their accus
tomed eveu tenor and unruffled spirits.
If I have misrepresented them they are
at liberty to reply.
Three of the most rattling speakers of
the Cartersville legal fraternity are bill
ed to appear at a debating society on the
fourth Friday night in May, at Cedar
Creek school house, in the sixth district
of this county. They are, A. W. Fite,
M. 11. Stansell and J. A. Baker, and pos
sibly the “Tattler” may join the party
and go as an interested listener to this
flood of eloquence that is likely to deluge
the sixth ou this occasion. You know,
the fourth Friday is court day at Adairs
ville, and the fourth Saturday is court
day at the sixth. We will all have to go
to Adairsville on Friday to attend court;
and as it is only six miles from there out
to the sixth, instead of coming home and
then going back twenty miles to court
next day, we will just drive out to Ce
dar Creek on Friday evening and spend
the night with some of our numerous
friends out there. (Brother Fite has
been a candidate before, you know, and
is acquainted with everybody in that
country, and he will be responsible for
our night’s lodging, and foot the bills,
if there are any. I say this on my own
responsibility, but I know 7 he will do it.)
The debate comes off ou Friday night,
at Prof. Geo. W. Hendricks’ school
house. The professor has already been
advised that we are likely to storm his
castle on that occasion. I hnow nothing
of the questton for discussion, but no
matter what it is, Col. Stansell "will run
it into temperance, and Brother Fite
will tinge it with politics. I don’t know 7
that Mr. Baker has any special hobby,
but lie rides a rampant animal when he
speaks, and you can hear the echoes for
miles. I look foiward with interest to
the result of the occasion. lam sure
those good people have rarely ever en
joyed such a treat as is in store for them
if this trio of speakers should visit them
at that time. I will take great pleasure
in reporting the meeting, and will try to
do it fully and fairly. They have all ex
pressed themselves as w illing to go if
nothing intervenes between now 7 and
then to prevent, and I hope they will go.
The reputation of Cartersville for elo
quence, learning and ability will not
suffer iu the hands of such speakers as
Stansell, Fite and Baker.
Tattler.
Dr. Newman, pastor of Madison Ave
nue Congregational church, in New
York City, has been enjoined by the
trustees from officiating as pastor until
May Ist. The bill alleges that he has
no right or authority te perform the
functions of pastor of that church.
Judge Advocate General Swain is in a
big tub of hot water. Secretary Lincoln
is of the opinion that the withdrawal of
the charges made by Bateman, neither
exonerates him nor satisfies the coun
try, and he has, therefore, ordered a
court martial.
The English postmaster-general re
ports that during the year 1883 there
were sent in the United Kingdom 32,-
732,000 telegrams, an increase of 640,-
000 over the preceding year.
Best standard Calico, nt 5 cents per yard—
worth 1 cents, at Scheuer Bros’.
Wo publish Dr. Felton’s letter in this
issue. He retires permanently from the
heated arena of politics to the peaceful
pursuits of agriculture. Peace to his
political ashes.
The Georgia press association will
hold its annual meeting in Atlanta this
year.
Henry Irving’s gross receipts from his
American tour amounted to $400,000.
Blaine’s book agents are giving his
enemies a great deal of trouble.
The cotton worm has appeared in
Egypt.
BAKER A HALL.
Our friends will please hear in mind that we
are in the Wagon and Bugay bunlneiw, and
that we keep constantly on hand a larae sup
ply of General Hardware. Come aud see us.
Bakes A Hali.. '
EL FASO, TEXAS.
Its Political History.
Our town lias changed hands several
times. It is situated in a country once
known as the Province of Coahuila —terri-
tory of the Montezumas. It was con
quered by Cortes, and the flag of Spain
floated over it from 1521 to 1821. Iu the
rebellion of 1821, Mexico achieved her
independence, aud in re-arranging her
civil administration united Coahuila and
Texas (the two frontier states east of the
Rio Grande) under one provincial gov
ernment. Such was the condition of af
fairs at the time of the Texas rebellion of
183(3. Texas, being successful in her
straggle with Mexico, naturally claimed
that her own independence carried with
it the independence of Coahuila, and
that, therefore, the teiiitory of the latter
province became a integral part of the
new Texan republic. Mexico, however,
insisted that Texas only, and not Coa
huila, had rebelled against her authority,
and that, therefore, the latter province
was still rightfully 7 a part of the Mexican
dominions. Thus, the country between
the Rio Grande and the Nueces rivers
was contested ground all during the ex
istence of the Texan republic. Texas
was admitted into the union in 1845, and
the issue as to boundaries was then be
tween Mexico and the United States, and
was finally decided at the point of the
bayonet. In May, 1848, the famous
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo w 7 as ratified,
aud this portion of the country became a
part of Texas. All your readers are well
acquainted, no doubt, with the above
facts, but I give them as a basis for fur
ther remarks.
EL PASO TOPOGRAPHY.
El Paso derives its name from the fact
that it is situated in a mountain pass, the
words el jiasso meaning “the pass.” It
is located on the eastern bank of the Rio
Grande (great river) w'liich bursts through
the Organ mountains w 7 ith a magical
rhythm aud flow, as it ripples onward to
the sea, where (in the words of George
Elliot) the loving tide, rushing to meet
it, checks its passage with an impetuous
embrace. This river rises in the soutli
w'estern part of Colorado, between the
La Platta and San Juan mountain ranges.
Its entire length is estimated at 1,800
miles. It is subject to periodical floods,
which commence in April, are at their
greatest height in the beginning of May,
and fall toward the end of June. How
ever, there are variations of this rule.
For the greater part of the year it is
fordable almost everywhere above the
influence of the tide. At this point
(about nine hundred miles from its
mouth) it is ordinarily much smallar than
your charming Etowah. It is navigable
as far as Kingbury’s rapids, abont four
hundred and fifty miles from the sea.
Often in the east we were asked if the
Rio Grande was navigable as far as El
Paso, and I give the above information
for others who may want to know.
The Organ mountains are barren, ex
cept the hardy mezquite bushes, cactus,
Spanish dagger, wild verbena and other
strange and beautiful flowers grow there
on, and look (these mountains, I mean)
as if they had died a terribly convulsive
death; yet they are calmly grand and
majestic in their defunct state. I can
linger over those magnificent upheavals,
and learn from them something new each
time that I study them—they are nature
poems. These mountains aud the coun
try round about are certainly of volcanic
origin; but the giant forces that used to
shake the earth are forever laid to sleep,
and the El Pasoans think that to-morrow
will be as yesterday.
The town is supplied with “acequires”
(ditches) that bring water from the river,
and the soil is exceedingly productive
when irrigated. We have some beautiful
gardens, and a number of broad-headed,
short-stemmed eottou wood trees, which
are now a treat to the eyes as they are
putting on their rich, cool, velvety coat
of green. The couutry surrounding El
Paso consists of well cultivated fields
(irrigated, of course) of oorn, wheat and
other cereals, dotted w 7 ith gardens and
orchards yielding a luxuriant supply of
all the delicate fruits .of the temperate
zone. The soil is especially adapted to
the grape culture, and the juices of the
purple fruit make glad the heart of Bac
chus. El Paso is especially noted for
her fine onions, which cheer the droop
ing spirits and sweeten the breath of the
modern school girl!
Out on the plains are the very best
and sweetest grasses, the grama grass be
ing, it is said, superior to the red clover
of Georgia, or the blue grass of Kentucky.
The alfalfa is something like the eastern
clover. A number of people are engaged
in herding cattle, sheep, goats and
horses.
AS A RAILROAD CENTRE —ITS GROWTH, ETC.
As early as in 1856, when El Paso
was only a station on the overland mail
route, this point was spoken of as a place
where railroads from east and west might
meet, it being the only pass in the moun
tains for miles and miles. But the pn
ticipated railways were so long in making
their appearance that the despairing peo
ple sought other parts, and a few months
before the railroads really came, the town
was smaller than for years before, there
being only about three hundred inhabit
ants. When it was an established fact
that the,long promised roads were surely
making for this point with rapidity, there
was a mighty influx of people, and since
that time the improvement of the town
has been something wonderful. The fol
lowing facts are marvelous: On the
morning of the 26th of May, 1881, the
Southern Pacific railroad, from San
Francisco, came in, amid the shouts of
welcome and the flourishing sombreros
of the sturdy pioneers. On the 20th of
June thereafter, came the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe railroad, from the
north. On the Ist of January, 1882, the
Texas & Pacific, from Fort Worth, ap
peared to the now almost ecstatic El
Pasoan. About eighteen months ago,
came the Galveston, Harrisburg A San
Antonio railway, connecting here with
the Southern Pacific. Then, on the 13th
of March, 1884, the Mexican Central,
from this point, was completed to the
City of Mexico. El Paso is situated
about the same distance (near 1,200
miles) from San Francisco. Kansas City,
New Orleans and the City of Mexieo.
El Paso has now more than 4,000 in
habitants. It has five church organiza
tions—the Catholic, Episcopalian, Bap
tist and Methodist—all haying nice build
ings except one, and the foundations for
that are laid. It has several hotels, the
most important being the Pierson and
the Grand Central, costing, respectively,
fifty and sixty thousand. It has two
substantial national banks. It has water
works situated on the heights. It has
gas, electric light and ice manufactories.
It has the telephone. It has street rail
ways> and carriages and delivery wagons
rush around in regular New York style.
It will soon build a court house and jail,
together costing $150,000, as it has been
lately voted the county seat of El Paso
county. It has three well organized fire
companies, and the other night I attend
ed a supper given by the matrons of the
town in honor of these. It was a most
charming, substantial affair. As I en
tered, my sight was both delighted and
dazzled by the long array of beautifully
decorated tables, while El Paso’s daugh
ters, dressed in rich laces and white stuffs
generally, were flitting aronnd waiting
on the hungry guests. El Paso has a
number of pretty girls. [There, Mr.
Editor, please take notice that, for once ,
a gill, a real, live girl, said some other
girl was pretty ! ] El Paso’s better classes
(of our Chinese and Spaniards I will
speak later) are intelligent and refined.
Our very milk man, who carries his milk
around on a little two-wheeled vehicle
which is drawn by a very small, very ob
stinate and very terracotta colored mule,
is a graduate of the University of Virginia.
I admire his honest energy.
EL PASO’S CLIMATE.
Now comes the vital point. Usually,
the mention of the word “Texas” causes
the average easterner to feel imaginary
chills shaking to emaciation his fevered
frame; the bitter quinine is perceptibly
tasted, and the terrible norther freezes
the very marrow of his bones! It must
be remembered that the Star State is of
vast extent, being nearly six times larger
than New r York state, and that its climate
must be varied. I do not propose to
speak for eastern Texas; but here, in the
extreme west, I have never seen a more
health-giving climate. It is free from
chills. It is free from miasma. It j s
free from all malarial diseases. It is
Italian in its glorious sunlight. It is not
troubled with the northers of the eastern
pari of the state. Its atmosphere is pur e
and invigorating. The elevation above
the sea level at this point is 3.800 feet.
There is only one disagreeable feature
about the climate—the wind during the
spring time, when clouds of dust envelop
the town, envelop the hills, envelop our
very souls! However, we have only a
bad day occasionally, and in the interim
are many calm, peaceful, quiet, blissful
days. The summers are warm, the ther
mometer runs high, but the lieat is not
oppressive. The nights are always cool.
The falls aud winters are charming, and
El Paso is then a fit resort for gods—-so
I’m told. July and August are the
months denominated the raining season,
but, of late years, there are frequently
rains at short intervals any time, and
they are always welcome.
Georgian.
CARD FROM DR. FELTON.
He is not a Candidate for Congress or any
Other Ottice.
The Cartersville Free Press of a re
cent issue, calls for expressions to force
an independent candidacy upon Dr. Fel
ton for congress. There is good cause to
assert the friendship of the Argus for the
Doctor. We still believe that he is the
best congressman that the district ever
had. Asa member we do not believe
there is material in the district to shape
his equal. We believe that he is one
man that should never have been ousted ;
but he can’t be elected. His success in
politics depends upon merited opposition.
Ilis enemies have discovered this. So
long as he threatens the Held, his oppo
nent “A monk will be, because a devil of
a monk is he.” We don't want a ligure
head to represent this district. Tim time
has come when something more shall be
required of a congressman than the'dis
tribution of pumpkin seed from the gov
ernment hot-house. Dr. Felton’s candi
dacy would only force a brazen blank
for opposition. In these times of action
we want a man of resources and energy
to represent us. We believe the field is
only open to such a man in case of Dr.
Felton’s positive withdrawal from the
field. We trust he feels the occasion for
such an avowal. —Dalton Argus , 19th inst.
Near Cartersville, Ga., April 23rd,
1884.—Editor Dalton Argus < 1 have just
read in your paper of to-day a suggestion
that would be beneficial to the interests
of the people of this congressional dis
trict if I would announce definitely my
withdrawal from the field as a candidate
for congress. Permit me to say I have
never entertained for one moment a
thought of being a candidate for congress
at the approaching election. It is true
that Mr. Willingham, of The Free
Press, prompted by personal friendship
for myself, expressed a desire for my re
turn to congress; but he did this with
out consultation with me, and without
my knowledge and consent. Be assured,
dear Argus, I am not a candidate
for congress, or for any other of
fice, and, at this time, have no expecta
tion of becoming a candidate. 1 served
the people of this district for six years in
congress, I trust, with some credit to
their intellectual capacity, and w ith some
benefit to their material and political
prosperity; certainly, with satisfaction
to my own conscience.
If, though, the change in the represen
tation of the district in congress, which
change was effected bv {he organizfd de
mocracy, in fine need by personal spite
rather than by trie promptings of. patriot
ism, trie people of trie district are satis
fied that trieir intellectual character and
their material interests have been advanc
ed and strengthened throughout the na
tion, then, I most assuredly have no
cause for regret. If the seventh district
of Georgia, so afTTuem in intelligence and
culture can thus acquiesce in the vindic
tive rulings of the dominant clique of
Georgia, l shall make no attempt to dis
turb their long-suffering complacency.
However, if, as you intimate, Air. Edi
tor, my threatened candidacy forces ig
norance and stupidity to the front, please
consider me retired at once, promptly,
for I, as a citizen, am deeply interested
as to the position we should occupy in the
national councils. In congress, as else
where, we are judged by trie company
we keep, and by the men selected to rep
resent us.
Thanking you, Mr. Editor, and all my
friends for continued friendship and con
fidence, I am, very truly,
W. 11. Felton.
MKHORIAL. DAY.
We say amen to the happy sugges
tion made by the Savannah Morning
News;
To day is the anniversary of the
Lost Cause. All over the South, the
people meet to honor the memory of
the Confederate dead, and to deco
rate their graves with flowers. The
heroes on whose lowly mounds are
laid nature’s fair offerings were wor
thy of the tribute. With brave and
true hearts they marched forth to
battle for what they conceived to be
the right. Patiently they bore the
hardships of the camp and the fatigue
of the march, and with undaunted
courage they stood their ground or
advanced grandly to the charge
amidst the thunders of a hundred
battle fields.
Nineteen years ago Gen. Johnston
sheathed his sword, and the war for
separate southern nationality ended.
Ail that is left to the people of the
south of the hopes,*the fears, the pri
vations and the glories of the Lost
Cause are the momories of the noble
deeds of her soldiers and the right to
weep for those who sealed their de
votion to their country with their
blood. There is no one so cruel and
vindictive as to deny us this privi
lege. This day the world stands
aloof and the swuth is left alone with
her dead.
Over a hundred thousand of our
best and bravest men gave up their
lives for their eau e Their bones
are scattered fremi Gettysburg to the
Rio Grande. While we are celebrat
ing their gallant deeds and strewing
the last resting places of some of
them with flowers, we should remem
ber that thousands of them sleep in
neglected graves. It is time now for
the southern people to renew the
work ol beautifying and protecting
the Con federate cerneleries.
Nearly every city and town in the
south has its memorial society. Let
these societies go to work earnestly
and systematically, raise funds and
form a central organization, with
Gan. Joseph E. Johnston, Gen Wade
Hampton, or some other well known
and practical business man at its
head. The southern people are amp
ly able now to properly care for their
soldier’s graves, and all that is neces
sary is to present the matter to them in
the proper form. Let our ladies re
new the work they so nobly began
just after ike war and push it forward
to success. Within five years every
confederate cemetery in the south
can be restored and made as beauti
ful and attractive as the national
cemeteries are now. Let not the
stranger who travels through the
south have occasion to say: -‘The
southern people have no regard for
the sacred resting places of their gaf
lant dead.”
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OPERA house:
BLIND TOM,
THE
Musical Phenomenon,
Will give one Concert,
MONDAY, MAY 5.
Admission 50 and 75 Cts.
Reserved Seats now on sale at Wikle’s Book
Store.
Doors open at 7:30; Concert begins at 8:15.
Wikle & Cos. will give you a
ALTT
aloguc of splendid boobs.
United states Internal Revenue. j
Dep. Collector's Olfice, liist. of Ga. {
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., April 26, 1884.
I will sell in the city of Cartersville, Bartow
county, before the court house door, between
the usual hours of sale, on the 6th day of May,
1881, one small buy horse, aboirt 12 years old,
also one package containing 12 gallons corn
whiskv, more or less. _ The above seized and
sold as the property of Isaac N. Young for vio
lation ofinternal revenue law.
j. A. CRAWFORD, Dep. Col.
GEORGIA—Bartow Couuty.
Whereas, W. W. Wheeler has applied for
letters of administration on tiie estate of Will
iam 1). Wheeler, late of said county, deceased:
Therefore all persons concerned are hereby
notiliod to file their objections, if any they
have, in my office within the time prescribed
by law, else letters will l>e granted applicant
as applied for. April 28th, 1884,
J. A, HOWARD, Ordinaiy.
3 o'o Printing
Of all kinds done at the
American, office.
GEORGIA—Bartow County.
Uourt of Ordinary of said eountv. at (ham
be* April ?Bth, 1884.—Notice “ hereby
f * pu sODb concerned that on September ao
1, JameaC. YouDg, late of said countv, de
ceased, departed this Hie intestate, and a resi
dent ot said county, leaving an estate real ami
personal, worth about seven thousand dollars
and that his estate is unrepresented and not
likely to be represented, and uo pejson cau be
found to administer and give the security re
quired by law, and no one applies for the ad
ministration thereof, and that great injury is
liKtly to occur to the heirs and creditors of
said estate tor want of administration, and
that in terms ot the law administration \,XU i>
vested in the Cleric of the Superior court of
said county, or some other fit and proper per
son, on his own bond without securitv, on tho
first Monday In June, 1884, unless some valid
objection is made to his appointment.
Given under my hand and official signature,
tins April 28th, 1864. J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
GEORGIA— Bartow County.
Whereas, A. R. McEver, administrator de
bonis non, with the will annexed, of Matthew
( aldwcll, deceased, has applied for leave to
sell the lands ot said deceased: Therefore all
persons concerned a>e hereby notified to file
their objections, if any thev have, in mv office
within the time prercribed by law, el„e leave
will be granted applicant as applied lor
April 28, 1884. J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
R. G. MAYS. M. l. PRITCHETT
MiitT
New Firm
—AND— '
NEW GOODS
The undersigned having bought the interest
of STOKELY, WILLIAMS & CO. in the dry
goods business heretofore conducted by them,
it is our purpose to continue tlie business at
the old stand; and in furtherance of this ob
ject we have just had our store room thorough
ly renovated, making it attractive, convenient
and comfortable. Our Mr. Muys has spent the
last few weeks in the Eastern Cities, where,
with SPOT CASH to pay for all purchases, he
has exerted himself in the selection of a stock
of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
Just suited to the wants and tastes of our
patrons. Having had long experience in the
purchase and sale of goods in this community,
and being familiar with the wants of the peo
ple, be flatters himself that this stock will
please the ioost fastidious. The goods having
been bought at a discount for cash by an ex
perienced buyer, in the best markets in the
world, we propose to give our patrons the
benefit of it. This
SUPERB STOCK
EMBRACES
AN ELEGANT VARIETY
OF
Fancy and Staple
MI GOODS
Notions, Etc.
o
A SUPERB BINE OF
LADIES 9 DRESS GOODS,
IN ALL VARIETIES.
CLOTHING,
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
o
In lact any and all articles usually found in a
first-class' dry goods establishment. We do
net deal in shoddy calicoes and other worthless
trash to decoy the unsuspecting, but prefer to
give our customers a genuine article that
will be worth the money and do them substan
tial service; Imping thereby to make our busi
ness a permanent one, that will be mutually
beneficial to our patrons and ourselves.
It is our intention to sell goods as cheap or
cheaper than any firm in north Georgia eftn
afford to sell a similar article for cash, or to
prompt paying customers on time. We hope
by fair and square dea’ing to merit and re
ceive a liberal share of patronage from our
lriends and acquaintances, and the public
generally. Come and see us. All we ask is a
trial. Yerv respeetfallv.
aprls-6l 'MAYS & PRITCHETT.
We Are Selling
THE CELEBRATED
T. J. MAGRTJDER & CO.’S
CUSTOM MADE
SUL OES,
And kindly ask the ladies and gentlemen of
CARTERSVILLE,
And surrounding country to call and see
THESM
When they want to buy first class goods.
JONES BROS. & GO.
WESTMORELAND’S
Work for the World.
The following have been used successfully
for many years by Dr. J. G. Westmoreland iu.
private and clinic practices:
3WT LIVER, HEART AND KIDNEY
T V Tonic relieves palpitation, torpid
liver and kidneys. Price 51.50.
3\\T BLOOD PURIFIER. Cures sc.rof-
T T ula, goiter, svphilis and *kin dis
eases dependent on impurities of
the blood. Price $1.50.
3\I J DIARRHOEA MIXTURE, relieves
ft diarrhoea and dysentery of children
and adults. Price 10c, 75c and $1.25
per bottle.
3\YT BRAIN TONIC, relieves common
YY convulsions and epileptic fits.
Price SI.OO
All of these prepared and sold by
WESTMORELAND, GRIFFIN & CO.,
55 South Broad Street,
Atlanta, Ga.
W. A.. BRADLEY,
On West Main street, Shaw’s old stand,
Is prepared to do all kinds of repairing in
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGONS, Ac,
He can do anything in the wood, iron or paint
line, lend at prices t suit the times. All
work promptly attended to and neatly finished
Call on him if you want vonr old buggies made
new, and, our word for it. you will get the
worth ot your money, Wneelweighting a
speciality.
Advertise in the American.