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The Cartersville American.
TUESDAY, MAY 13, I*B4.
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
The Democrats of Bartow county arc
hereby requested to meet at the Court
House, in Cartersville, at 12 o’clock, in.,
on Tuesday, ttie 3d day of June, 1884, to
.select delegates to attend the State Dem
ocratic Convention which meets in Atlan
ta on the 18th day of June, 1884, to se
lect delegates to attend the National
Democratic Convention at Chicago.
John N. Dobbs,
Ch’m’n Ex. Com. B. C.
Cartersville. Oa., May 12, 1.584.
CARTERSVILLE AS A SIMMER HISOUT.
While other cities in north Georgia are
claiming to be the very places for refugees
from the malarial districts of Florida and
southern Georgia, we are confident tliat
Cartersville can offer as many, it not
more, inducements than any other one.
Our altitude above the level of the sea is
equal to that of almost any other city in
the state; our water is cool and refresh
ing; our scenery is picturesquely grand;
and our health statistics will compare fa
vorably with those of any other town or
city in the United States. During the
entire summer we have cool and bracing
breezes during the night. In fact, we
scarcely have a night when bed cover can
be dispensed with. Our railroad fatali
ties are equal to those of any other city
of the same size the south. We have
six mails daily. Our hotel accommoda
tions are considerably above the average.
The Bt. Jamas hotel, a handsome brick
building situated about fifty yards from
the depot, is now being run by a man of
long experience in the business. He
knows how to eater to the tastes of the
most fastidious—how to bring pleasant
smiles to the faces of pronounced epi
cures. Besides the Si. James, we have
the Bartow House and the Tennessee
House, both being run by persons of long
experience in the liotel business.
There are many places of note and in
terest near Cartersville, where visitors can
spend the day with great pleasure and
profit to themselves; and our many water
courses furnish delightful sport to those
who are fond of fishing. In addition to
all these things, our church facilities are
line—we hare in our midst a Presbyte
rian, a Baptist, a Methodist, and an Epis
copal church. Our people are cultivated
und social. In short, we do not know 7 of
any place in north Georgia where a sum
mer vacation could be more delightfully
spent than in Cartersville.
Mr, Charles A. Dana, of the Bun,
has the following to say of the democrat
ic prospects: “The probability is very
poor, likewise the possibility. In order
to succeed in an election against a party
in possession of the government, you
must have your forces all united, and the
position of Carlisle and Morrison is such
that the democratic party is disunited
and quarreling among themselves, and
the republicans who do not deserve suc
cess will succeed. It is risky to under
take the vocation of a prophet, and I
don’t know what the future is going to
bring forth.” Mr. Dana docs not bear
the reputation of a prophet, and in this
instance lie has ventured a rather risky
undertaking. The probabilities are that
he is mistaken.
Mobe than halt' of the coffee sold is ar
tificially colored, and the health officers
of New York have recently made some
startling discoveries. They procured
samples of the coloring matter used, and
of the unroasted beans so treated. They
found that the coloring matter contained
loth arsenic and lead; also, chrome yel
low, Prussian blue, yellow ochre, umber,
Venetian red, lamp black, gum Arabic,
soapstone and charcoal. The dealers try
to make the cheaper grades of cofi’ee re
semble the genuine Java, which has a
yellow color produced by the long voy
age. Beveral of the large coffee houses
in New York claim that, while they color
their coffee, they use no injurious dyes.
The matter will be thoroughly investi
gated.
The returns of the department of agri
culture for May show the wheat prospect
to be nearly as favorable as in April.
Then the general average was within five
per cent of the standard of full condition,
and the May standard of fall condition.
The May average is 94. It was 85 A in
1883. Barring the changes of the future,
a winter wheat product of about 350,000,-
000 bushels is indicated. The tempera
ture of April has been lower than usual,
and the low lying lands have been satu
rated with moisture, retarding the
growth. Well drained w'heat soils are
nearly everywhere bearing a vigorous
and healthy growth.
The success of the New Orleans Expo
sition is now assured. The house by a
vote of 132.t0 87, has passed a bill to loan
the exposition #1,000,000 as soon as evi
dence is furnished that #500,000 has been
contributed by other parties. The sen
ate is known to lie friendly to the bill
and so is the president, and it will doubt
less become a law during the present
week. This will invest the exposition
with international glories.
Washington was childless; Adams fa
vorite boy died by suicide; Monroe lmd
no son; Madison had no child; Yanßu
ren’s went to an asylum; Pierce’s only
child was killed on the railway; Polk had
no child; Johnson’s only son was self-de
stroyed, and Lincoln’s son Bobbie is
threatened with the presidency.
—
Whitelaw lleid’s latest prediction is
that Gresham will be the winning dark
horse at the Chicago convention. This
is calculated to give the other candidates
the dry
TUE TATTLER TALES.
I'aHs and Fanrlfn Gatlieie<l Here and
and Told by the Tattler to Tbkle the
LosMps and Tnrn the Tedious
Honrs into Talk.
Several of the young members of the
legal fraternity were at Cassville last
Friday in attendance on the Justice
court. Quite an amount of business
was on hand to be disposed of. and it
became necessary to continue the court
till nearly sundown. As soon as court
adjourned, a rush was made for Cass
Station, two miles away, to meet the
down train which reaches Cartersville at
0:30 p. m. The party was composed of
J. B. Conyers, A. W. Fite, T. It. Jones,
Douglas Wikle and myself. Mr. Con
yers happened to the good fortune to
get the “start” cf the other boys, and
jumping into a buggy, reached the sta
tion just in time to get aboard. The
balance of us drew’ up in time to see the
long line of smoke settling on the track,
as the train wound around a curve and
came humming on towards Cartersville.
Conyers, I imagine, was sitting in one of
the best seats in the ladies ear, with one
of those capacious and profoundly sym
pathetic smiles, for winch lie is famous,
permeating his whole countenance. Our
only alternative was to walk home, and
we were not long in making up our
mind to do it. Bo much talk had been
indulged in about the reporters’ walking
match in Atlanta, that the thought sug
gested itself to us to see which could
make the best time to Cartersville. Wi
kle and Fite and the “Tattler” fell into
the idea at once, but Mr. Jones smiled
one of his irresistible little smiles, and
thought it would be better to “go slow.”
The distance was just five miles. Wikle
and I shoved off in the lead, with Fite
and Jones bringing up the rear. It was
6:48 when we started. The point was
to beat, if possible, the best time made
in the reporters’ race in Atlanta, which
was to come off the next day. J ones
would mildly remonstrate occasionally
that we were walking too fast, but Fite
said we w’ould be doggoned if he couldn’t
walk up with any man in tliat squad.
He said he had been in races before,
and he proposed to give the boys an
idea how to do the handsome thing.
Wikle told him that he might be able to
make a very good race for the legisla
ture, but that it took “sterner stuff” to
stand this sort of a “rack it.” Fite re
torted that he didn’t propose to be
“racked” over by that crowd. Bo here
we came down the road at a gait that
would have made Cheshire ashapied of
himself. The first mile was marked off
in about twelve minutes. The last rays
of the “King of day” were fading from
the west, while the full orbed moon rose
grandly from the east. By this time we
were beginning to sweat a little under
the collar. Doug, and I were still
abreast, while Fite and Jones were
about forty yards behind. Doug,
looked back, and in a tantalizing way,
suggested to Fite that Le “rack” up.
, Fite told him to “shut up,” and added in
a determined undertone, “You’ll wish
before you get to Cartersville that you
never had heard of a walking match.”
In the meantime none of us had been
sitting down, and another mile had been
marked off in eleven and three-quarter
minutes. In the course of the next
mile Fite concluded that b was easier to
run for the legislature than it was to run
for Cartersville against two limber-legged
newspaper men, so he fell back with
Jones, and good liumoredly told us to
“go it.” 80, in the words of Murphy,
Doug, and I took “I. F. W.,” (that
means, “In for the war”), for our motto,
and came towards the city of shade trees
at a 2:40 gait. We rounded up at Judge
Wikle’s gate fifteen minutes before
eight o’clock, having been just fifty
seven minutes in making the five miles.
I started out under the firm belief that
I could distance Doug, as I had for
many years been a farmer and often
followed a plow, while lie lias followed
more sedentary pursuits, but lie steamed
along at my side all the way, and came
down the “home stretch” in beautiful
style, fairly making me “buck down” to
keep up. Nobody seems to know 7 ex
actly when Fite and Jones “showed up,”
but they were here next morning. Fite,
however, was so sore that he had to put
a porous plaster ou the small of his
back, to enable him to walk at all;
Mills, the inail carrier from this point
to Ludville, who is so well known in this
city and along the line of his route,
fouud a curious egg under the seat of
his buggy last week. The supposition is
that the egg was laid there by a hen
j while the buggy was at home, though it
was not discovered till he reached Mr.
Gordon’s store at Pine Log. The won
derful part about it is, that the egg lias
the outlines of a town, surrounded by
hills and valleys, well defined on the
Shell. In the centre of the shell is a
square cut into several parts by lines
indicating streets, and all around this
are wavy lines indicating ridges or hills.
Mr. Gordon suggests to Mr. Mills that
it is a map of Ludville and its surround
ings, and that it is a prophesy that Lud
ville is one day to be the hub of the
univei-se, or at least, the capitol of Geor
gia. Mills will be satisfied for the pres
ent, however, if he can get the county
seat of Pickens moved there. All jok
ing aside, there is something very pecu
liar about the egg, and the mystery
seems to be unaccounted for. Per
haps Mr. Mills can offer a solution.
Last Sunday night a little after ten
o’clock a splendid dapple gray horse and
a bright new buggy might have been
seen dashing along down the old Ten
nessee road towards Cartersville. The
home was making splendid time. His
head was proudly up, and his nostrils
dilated sniffing triumphantly the gen
tle night wind. As he drew near Car*
tersville liis speed became aceellerated,
and he dashed boldly through several
droves of the colored ]>opulation who
were wending their way from church.
In shying around one cf the crowds, the
buggy struck a jmst and away went a
wheel spinning across the street. The
horse did not slop, but dashed across
the railroad and drew up at Anderson’s
livery stable in fine style. The buggy
was considerably dilapidated and the
horse was in a “white heat.” The lines
were neatly fastened up on the harness,
showing tlrat the horse had been left
hitched to the buggy and had gotten
loose from the place where he was tied,
consequently, no uneasiness was felt
that the undertaker would have a job
next morning. The boys at the stable
recognized it as the horse and buggy
which two of our popular young Carters
ville bloods had hired to go calling in
the country that evening. The horse
had come in about five miles, and from
his condition when lie got here he had
not been long in coming. 7 One of the
boys “showed up” about daylight look
ing dusty and travel-worn, yet good na
tured and cheerful. It takes something
more than a run-a-way to suppress the
average Cartersville boy. They went a
courtin’ and they did ride—but they
came back walking.
Something was said in this column,
several months ago, about having a Con
federate soldiers’ re-union in this city or
county some time during the summer.
Quite a number of old soldiers have ex
pressed themselves as hoping that such a
meeting would be held, yet no one has
taken any steps to perfect arrangements
for calling the meeting. I, for one, hope
these old soldiers will come together
once more. The confederate soldier,
whether living or dead, is an object of
tender regard to every truly southern
heart, and now that the dead have been
honored by the true, noble-liearted
women of the south, and their graves
decked and dewed with flowers and tears,
the living who immortalized themselves
in the same cause should come in for
their share of the honors and love. "We
should not break the alabaster boxes of
our affections over the graves cf the
dead, while the living are neglected.
The gray hairs, the wrinkled brows, the
empty sleeves and the rattling crutches
of our living veterans, should claim our
attention. We young men of the south
should be taught to see that peculiar lus
tre of glory which (flusters and clings
around the Confederate soldier. Their
deeds of daring and gallantry and devo
tion should be pictured anew in our
hearts; and while we cannot deck the
graves of the living with flowers and pro
nounce high-sounding eulogies over the
sod that enfolds them, we can do
tiling which is perhaps nobler, and which
will do them more good, and that is, have
them come together in one grand iraass
meeting, and let us pass before tli jin
with uncovered heads and show them
our love by our acts and deeds, and, if
there should be any needy among them,
extend a hand to help. While the north
is prating about giving aid to disabled
Confederate soldiers, let us show them
that we of the south are not unmindful
of or ungrateful to those of our own
household. It is better to love the living
than the dead. It is more Christianlike
in us, and it does the object of our affec
tions more good. These living soldiers
are pensioners on our love, and let us
pour it out to them with lavish liberality.
Who will be the first to move in this
matter of the re-union? Tattler.
THE NEAT YlCri3l.
There is a certain female in New York
who has buried four or five husbands.
Upon the day of the wedding with her
last husband, a venerable old man called
at the house of the groom, asked for that
gentleman and proceeded to measure his
body with a tape-line. The infatuated
groom was of the opinion that this might
be a man sent around by his tailor. Af
ter the ceremony in church, however, the
husband perceived the same man stand
ing in the vestibule and winking furious
ly at the bride as the party came out to
the carriages. Just as tliey were start
ing off, the mysterious being put liis
head into the carriage window and whis
pered to the bride:
“Got a ready-made one that’ll just suit
him ! Beautiful fit —beautiful! ”
When the happy man demanded the
name of the individual, the bride blushed
and said she believed he was some kind
of an undertaker. Then the man was
not so happy. He was hardly happy at
all, and a certain gloom seemed to over
cast the honeymoon. Perhaps the un
dertaker, whose name was Dana, was a
little too prompt; still, we like to see a
man take an interest in his business. It
is superfluous to remark that the name
of the other party, the widow who buried
so many husbands, is Democracy. She
is rather old, but remarkably w T eIJ pre
served, and is quite frisky at times.
Hancock, Tilden, Holman are the names
of some of her later admirers whom she
has buried out of sight, with some assist
ance from Mr. Dana,
The name of the next victim is kept n
secret yet. By some it is supposed that
a gentleman by the name of Flower is
the doomed man. There may be some
doubt as to whom the next man will be,
but there is uo doubt as to his fate. He
will be buried in the widow’s private
cemetery along with the rest. —Texas
Siftings.
Say what we please, there is some
thing ominous about continuous defeat.
Especially is this true where the first de
feat was obtained under circumstances
far more likely to lead to victory than
any subsequent event could possibly
show. Blaine has again and again been
beaten for the presidency. He will
again and again be so beaten.
A C ARD.
Editors American: —Some week or
two ago your ‘ ‘Tattler” announced the
fact, to my astonisluncut, that on the
Friday night before the fourth Saturday,
Mr. Fite, Col. Btansell and myself
would, at Cedar peek sehool lu>ha
participate in the debate which would
conclude the exercises iff Prof. Hen
dricks' school, at that place. At the
time of the announcement I had no in
vitation to participate in the debate, but
since then lam informed that Prof.
Hendricks has been in the city, and, in
my absence, left word with Mr. Fite
for Col. Btansell and myself to arrange
the question of prohibition or no prohi
tion, so that the whisky question, which
is now agitating the public, might be
discussed. Now, wliile I am no cham
pion of the liquor traffic, I had partially
consented to engage in the discussion,
because it has become so generally
known that the debate would, at least,
be some part of the closing exercises.
I approached Col. Btansell to arrange
the subject and he would consent to no
other statement *of the question than
this: “Resolved, that the traffic of
liquor be submitted to a vote of the peo
ple.’’ I proposed that the question be
stated thus: “Resolved, that the traffic
of liquor be prohibited.” My statement
of the question gives each side the bene
fit of what argument there may be on
each side, while Col. Stansefi’s state
ment places the negative under the bur
den of showing some reason why this
question is more sacred than all others,
and should not, therefore, be submitted
to a decision of the ballot box; some
reason why the unerring judgment of
vox populi should not be consulted.
Now, as Ido not in any public dis
cussion, whether in fun, or otherwise,
propose to be placed at so great a dis
advantage, I shall be forced to decline
Prof. Hendricks’ kind invitation. I
feel that to have the question stated
fairly it would be the height of folly for
me to meet in combat two such giants as
Fite and Btansell, yet I was willing to
attempt it, but to state the question un
fairly—never.
As you have given through your col
umns some considerable publicity to
this anticipated discussion, and as I
have been approached by several friends
from that part of the county about the
matter, who seemed to hold it as a pleas
ure in anticipation, I hope you will do
me the kindness to publish this card
declining the invitation, with my rea
sons for so doing, and extend my thanks
to Prof. Hendricks for his courtesy.
Respectfully, J. A. Baker.
, THE FADED JACKET OF CRAY.
Dedicated to the Ladies’ Memorial Association
of Atlanta.
BY SMITH CLAYTON.
The neigh of the iron horse and
the sound of the spindle mingle mer
rily. and, on eagle wing, the new
south sweeps to a great and glorious
future; while in her weeds, with sad
face and bowed heart, the old south
bends lovingly over the sacred ruins
of a brave but bitter past. But the
south is still the south, and the grief
of the old shall never be forgotton in
the grandeur of the new, for between
the two there hangs a sweet mem
orial which binds our hearts to the
past, e'en while our hands build the
future.
The faded jacket of gray! The
violet’s breath is not sweeter than
the memories by which it is hal
lowed—the shimmering stars are not
more splendid than the glory amid
which it was folded ! Bring it forth
to-day! With gentle hearts in gen
tle hands smooth out those precious
folds! A thing inanimate, it yet
speaks with most eloquent tongue.
Its soiled front tells of righteous bat
tle, and its ragged edges voice the
cruel scars of vanquished veterans.
It tells the solemn but grand story of
thousands of bright swords which
sprang from their scabbards at the
call of duly. It tells of the fiery
charge—thestubborn fight—the bleed
ing hero—the dead patriot—the
adroit retreat-—tho muffled drum—
the sable plume nodding above these
Godlike men who gave, and gladly
gave, all tliat is best in life (save
honor), and life itself, for liberty!
Every button has its memory, both
dark and bright; every seam images
some patriot’s daring deed; its very
silence is the pathos of the honored
dead.
In this land of the south, the
“Faded Jacket of Gray” is a common
heritage freighted with a common
woe. It hangs alike in the hut on
the hillside and in the mansion of
the city. In many, alas! how many
homes is it hung upon the vacant
chair, never more to grace the form
which long ago filled a southern sol
dier’s grave! Its rustle is the or
phan’s plaintive cry, and o’er its
blessing and its blight is breathed
the widow’s prayer!
Faded and worn! Yes; but the
gaudiest hue which tints the arch of
heaven is not more bright than this
same dim shade which dims our eyes
to-day, and the tooth of time but
makes nearer and clearer the good
and true which its newness proudly
decked.
Old and threadbare! What mat
ter? Honor wore, love folded it
away, grief stands sentinel! Sad,
sweet symbol—old but still young,
worn and yet new, you live in the
glory of a grand principle immortal
as the white-winged seraphs which
circle the Great White Throne!
Look at it, and the majestic form
of Jackson rises to view; look at it,
and the calm noble face of Lee peers
kindly upon you from amongst the
buttons and the braid; mother, look
at it, and the pale face of your dear
son comes back from a soldier’s
grave; son, gaze upon it, and the
honored form of your dead father
seems to rise from the earth. AV ife.
look upon it, and the fond husband
who exchanged it for a shroud is
once more before you; sister, look at
it, and once again you seem to see
the gentle face of your loved and
long lost brother! Oh, murdered
hope! Oh, blessed memory! Be
they living or dead, all honor to the
men who wore the Faded Jacket of
Gray. Palsied be the hand that
would strike a single star trom the
crown of their ever brightening fame!
“Nor braver bled for a brighter land,
Nor brighter land had a cause more grand,
Nor cause a chief like I.ec.'’
HOW WE GROW.
Mulhall’s Dictionary of Statistics tlms
pictiues the growth of manufacturers of
the United States since 1850: “Value
of American manufactures in 1850, #l,-
960,000,000; iu 1860, #970,000,000; in
1870, #4,230,000,000; in 1880, #5,560,-
000,000. In 1860 the value of manu
factures per inhabitant was #61.75, in
1880, #llO. Iu 1850 the num
ber of persons employed in manufac
tures of all kinds was 957,000; in 1860,
1,311,000,; in 1870, 2,054,000; in
1880, 2,739,000. In 1850 the wages paid
were #245,000,000; in 1860, #400,000,-
000; 1870, #805,000,000; in 1880, #990,-
000,000. In 1850 the capital invested in
manufactures was #550,000,000; iu 1860,
#1,040,000,000; in 1870, #2,205,000,000;
in 1880, #2,405,000,000. These statis
tics are taken from the census reports,
and are approximately correct. At the
present time the United States turns
out more manufactured products than
any other nation in the world—the to
tal in 1880, as above given, being $5,-
560,000,000, while those of Great Britain
were valued at #4,091,500,000 in 1882.
By the same authority the total indus
tries of the United States in 1880 were
worth #11,505,000,000; those of Great
Britain, #9,200,000,000; those of France,
#6,840,000,000 and those of Russia, $4,-
650,000,000.’'
A writer fcTr the New York Herald dis
cusses typhus and typhoid at some
length. He says that typhus fever
comes from over-crowding or crowd
poisoning. The crowdiug of dirty peo
ple into tenement houses, the neglect of
drainage and other sanitary matters are
the leading causes. Typhoid has no re
lation to typhus fever. Like scarlet fe
ver it may strike anywhere, among the
,lowest as well as the highest classes.
Typhoid frequently arises from small,'
hnconstructed underground drains where
/decomposition goes on and there is dark
ness and want of free ventilation, and
where virulent gases are developed.
The germs of the disease may be taken
into the stomach with food or water.
Large cities may be made very healthy
places and kept free from these pests
and scourges by having a proper sewer
age system, and by due attention to
cleanliness.
How many of the delegates elect to
the Chicago convention that his friends
claim for him are really for Blaine? Not
two-tliirds. The vaulting shrewdness
that o’erfeaps itself is just as likely to
prove disastrous as the vaulting ambi
tion that wrecks its votaries.
It is said that Harrison, of Indiana,
will not do for president, because he has
all of his relations in office. If this were
a valid reason but few public men would
escape the condemnation. Nepotism is,
however, the bane of office-holding.
A resident of Kirkmansville, Ky., is
cousin to his own children, having mar
ried his aunt. He is uncle also to his
brothers and sisters and cousins, and
brotlier-in-law to his father and mother.
Charles O’Conor, the great New York
lav r yer, is lying in a very critical condi
tion.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Furnished by Our Correspondents,
[.I lack of space compels us cO request all
correspondents to state facts as tersely us
possible, and to avoid political discussions.]
Adairsvilie,
Mr. Scott Hunt lost a line horse
one night last week. He became en
lanfiled in the rope by which he fas
tened in the stall, and choked to
death The Povloski residence is
about completed, and presents a fine
appearance..,,,.The dance at the town
hall la*t week was a success Ooth
caloga Baptist church has a flourish
ing Sabbath school There will be
two weddings in town ’‘when the
leaves begin to turn.” Seß what leap
year does! Messrs. Stepenson and
Mosteller, and Mr. Blantou aud wife
have returned from the land of flow 7 *'
ers, We tender them a hearty wel
come Capt. J. L. Neel, of Carters
villc, and his little grand son, Oliver,
w 7 ere in town last week Dr. Alex.
Dyar, of Atlanta, paid our town a
flying visit last week Mr. O. D.
Anderson, of Cartersville, spent sev-
eral days W'ith U3 last week visiting
relatives and friends......Mr. Berry
Elrod has commenced the erection
of bis new residence Our tow 7 n af
fords two accomplished music teach
ers, Mrs. A. F. Manning and Mrs. J.
L. Wood The whitewash brush is
having a good run, much to the im
provement of our village Miss
Emma Blalock is now employed as
saleslady In the dry goods store of A
F. Manning The marble playing
epidemic has struck Adairsvilie, and
a great ipany have the disease.
Cassville.
Our Sunday school picnic will bo
hold the 31 Saturday in May Mr,
Sam Smith and family are visiting
relatives in Cassville It would
make all the cotton farmers sick, and
do a progressive farmer good all over
to go out and look at Dr. Griffin’s fine
farm at this season. Grass and clover
and fat cattle make his farm beauti
ful Sheep raising is a profitable
business in this section. Mr. W. A.
Chuna has recently clipped from his
flock from seven to ten pounds of
wool per head. This aione pays him
handsomely, not to speak of the in
crease in his flock and the luxury of
having fat mutton when he wants it.
The wheat crop in our neighbor
hood is looking well, but I learn it is
not so good in other parts of the dis
trict Two cf the oldest men, per
haps, in our district, were in town
last week. They were Uncle George
Gilreath and Uncle Tommy Lawson,
both now in their seventy-fifth year.
It was quite a treat to hear them tell
their experiences through life, both
starting out poor boys, but now in
good circumstances and among the
leading citizens of our county We
are sorry to learn that Gen. Wofford
is no better, but gradually declining.
Billy Ginn was with us last week
swearing the boys. Taxes and death
we cannot escape, and one is almost
as terrible as the other in this county.
The decoration of the soldiers’
graves came off last Saturday. The
day was beautiful and the crowd
good. The speech of Mr. W. J. Neel,
. the orator of the day, was well re
ceived and made a good impression.
Euharlce.
We are now having some beautiful
spring weather Mrs. 1). M. Rog
ers, of Alabama, gave us a pleasant
surprise by a short visit last week.
MissMollieTempleton returned home
with her to stay an indefinite length
of time. We wish her a pleasant
visit, but hope she won’t like the
country there well enough to stay.
Several of the young people here
went to Cartersville Monday night
to hear Blind Tom. All were highly
entertaiued. Tom’s memory and his
great ear for music are certainly won
derful Rev. Sam. Tumlin preach
ed a sermon on temperance at the
Baptist church last Sunday. We are
sorry thero were not more whisky
voters, whisky seders and whisky
drinkers present to hear him. Had
Mr. Tumliu preached such a sermon
here a few months ago, perhaps our
little town would not uow he cursed
by the sale of liquor. The Baptist
church may well be proud of such a
zealous and gifted young preacher,
and the county should congratulate
itself on having a judge so incorrupt
ible j not and wise,
-Corn Cure for 25 cents, guaranteed to iake
the corn out or money refunded by M. r.
W ord.
Tint Root Beer at Word's is all the rage. It
is always ice cold,
Yerba Santa Catarrh Cure is guaranteed.
Only sold by M. F. Word.
M. & B. is the cheapest and best kidnev and
liver remedy known. 50 cents per bottle bv
M. F. Word.
loc will be sold by M. F. Word during the
season.
Duke of Durham cigarettes—lo cigarettes
for 5 cents at Word’s.
Five 1 nion cigars for 2.5 cents and a chance
at a $25 sewing machine at Word’s drug store.
blank books, ktc.
W aiton has lately received a largo and well
selected stock ot Blank Books, consisting of
Ledgers, Day Books ana Memorandums of all
kinds and sizes, lie is headquarters for any
thing in the Stationery line. Try him.
WHEAT WANTED.
The R. If. .Tones & Son’s Manufacturing
Company will pay the very highest market
price for wheat, delivered, either at their mills
on Stamp creek, or at tneir general store on
\\ eat Mam street, Cartersville, Ga.
NEW ADVERTISEfVIENTS.
CRAZY PATCHWORK!
Having a large assortment of remnants and
pieces of handsome brocaded Silks, satins and
velvets, we are putting them up in assorted
bundles and lor “Crazy Patch
work” Cushions, Mats, Tidies, Ac. Package
jSo. I— U a handsome bundle of exquisite silks
satins and brocaded velvets (all different),
lust the thing for the most superb pattern of
fancy work. Sent postpaid for ffi cents in pos
tal note or 1 cent stamps. Package No 2
Containing three times as much as package
No. 1. Sent postpaid for sl. These are all of
the finest quality and cannot be equalled at
any other silk works in the U. s. at three times
our prices. They will please any lady. One
order always brings a dozen more. Ladies’
Manpap oi* Fancy Work, with 400 illustra
tions and lull instructions for artistic fancy
work, handsomely bound, postpaid, 50 cents.
Order now. Address, The Rochester Silk
Cos., Rochester, X. Y. mlB-8t
J. D. UPSON,
DENTIST,
Education received at Pennsylvania College
of Dental Surgery.
Office, Up-Stairs in Post Office Building.
Hours from 9 a. m. to 12 m.; and from Ito sp. in.
DR. J. T. SHEPHERD
Has been employed, and now has charge of the
Prescription Department
AT CURRY’S.
Ask for
PAINLESS EYE-WATER
AT
IX W. Currr ? B.
Buy a box of
Insect Powder
At Curry’s, and rid your
PLANTS AND VEGETABLES
Of all Kinds of
BUGS AND WORMS.
—* ——-——— ;
Advertise in the American.
K. 0. MAYS. M. X.. PRITCHETT
New Firm
-AND—-
NEW GOODS
The undersigned having bought the interest
of STOKELY, WILLI AMS & (O. in the drv
goods business heretofore conducted by them
it is our purpose to continue the 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. Mays hag 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 GOGDS
Just suited to the wants and tastes of our
patrons. Having had long experience in the
purchase aud sale of goods in this community,
and beiug familiar with the wants of the peo
ple, he flatters himself that this stock will
please the most 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
Notions, Etc.
O
A SUPERB LINE OF
LADIES 1 DRESS GOODS,,
IN ALL VARIETIES.
CIaOTHIKTG,
Gents 5 Furnishing Goods,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
o
In tact any and all articles visually 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-r
--ness a permanent one, that will be mutually
beneficial to our patrons and ourselves.
It is out intension to sell goods as. cheap or
cheaper than any Ann in north Georgia can.
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 ns. All we ask is a
trial. Very respectfully,
aprlo-Gni "MAYS & FKITCHBTT.
We Are Selling
THE CELEBRATED
T. J. MAG2LUDER, L CO.’S
CUSTOM MADE
SHOES,
And kiudly ask the ladies and gentlemen of
CARTERSVILLE,
And surrounding country to call and sec
Tioziesivi:
When they want to buy fi*st class goons*
JONES BROS. & CG.
AMERICAN JOB OFFICE
o
LETTER HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
HAND BILLS,
INVITATIONS,
CIRCULARS,
POSTERS.
SHIPPING TAGS,
SHIPPING BOOKS,
RECEIPT BOOKS,
. BUSINESS CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
POST’L CARDS,
BLANKS,
And everything else in the Job Printing line
executed with
NEATNESS and DISPATCH.
Bring us your Job Printing and wc will
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
IN
PRICE AND STYLE.
W. A. BRADLEY,
On West Main street, Shaw’s old stand,
Is prepared to do all kinds of repairing in.
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGONS, *c
He can do anything in the wood, iron or paint
line, and at prices to suit the times All
work promptly attended to and neatly finished
Call on him it you want your old buggies made
new, and, our word lor it, you will get the
worth or your money, Wheelwrighting a
speciality, *