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The Cartersville American.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1884.
OUK TICKETS.
FOR PRESIDENT:
GROVER CLEVELAND,
New York.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT :
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
Indiana.
For State Senator, 42d District:
JOHN W. MADDOX,
Chattoooa County.
Butler’s onion head is ready to bob up
serenely on either side at the political
horizon.
The political pot in Bartow county
continues to boil and tumble about fas
ter and harder.
Georgia need fear no danger from the
cholera while the base ball fever is raging.
Two such epidemics cannot exist in the
same State at the same time.
Blaiue and Logan will surely be defeat
ed in Georgia, unless a few seta of the
Republican electors are takeu from the
field. Their campaign managers should
look into this extravagance.
The estimate prepared by the Comp
troller General from the tax returns of
1884, shows the taxable property iu the
State to be $300,000,000, an increase of
$13,000,000 over last year.
Col. Mike J. H(dge, of Hawkinsville,
was placed on the Democratic electoral
ticket by the Atlanta convention. Mr.
Hodge was raised in Bartow county, and
lias man} friends here who will be grati
fied to know of his promotion.
Mr. 3. G. Mcßeynolds, who was for
so many years a citizen of Bartow 7 county,
but who is now 7 a resident of Palestine,
Texas, has been nominated by the Dem
ocrats of Anderson county as a candidate
for the State Legislature of that State.
Hurrah for the Bartow boys!
The grand jury of Calhoun county,
Ala., refused to find a true bill against
young Hawkins for the killing of Western
Hardy, which occurred at Anniston last
spring. This will doubtles be the end
of the matter. Mr. Hawkins is a son of
Judge Willis A. Hawkins of this State.
Ben Butler will spend the remainder
of the year in outlining his campaign.
He doesn’t care for an election, or even
the glory iu making the race; but he only
wants the country to know what a mag
nificent campaign a great genius can out
line from a half dozen bob-tail nomina
tions.
We are not only the greatest agricul
tural nation on earth, bn l- according to
Mulhall’s Dictionary of Statistics, an
English w’ork, we lead also in manufac
tures. Mulhall places the value of Brit
ish manufactures iu 1880 at $4,015,500,-
000, and of the United States products
of manufacture during the same year at
$5,500,000,000.
It is a rare thing to find in the history
of any State a convention so harmonious
as the one held in the city of Atlanta on
last Wednesday. And never has a con
vention presented to the people of the
State of Georgia, a more honorable or
capable set of men for their indorsement.
All have been tried and found worthy of
the confidence entrusted to them and
faithful in the discharge of their duties.
It now looks as though Atlanta will have
a lively time over her municipal offices
this fall. The citizens had a large meet
ing last week which gave birth to a
ticket which is to bring to the city reform
and good government. The working
men’s branch of the movement split off
and its leaders declare that they will not
support the “citizen ticket,” but will
bring out another which will give the
workingmen a chance.
The conservators of morals in a West
ern town have declared war against
the voiuinuious and airy Mother Hub
bard dress. An order has been given
the chief of police to arrest any woman
found on the streets in one of these
cmtumes. As it is our custom to sympa
thize with the weak and oppressed, we
claim that the Mother Hubbard should
be attacked by more delicate hands than
the police;
Cholera is fast dropping out of notice
as a sensation, and does not seem to be
spreading through France as widely as
was expected. It is, however, making
ts way slowly into Italy. Despite its
partial disappearance, our quarantine au
thorities will doubtless appreciate the
importance of not relaxing their watch
against its entrance into this country.
So long as the disease exists at all in
foreign ports with which we trade, the
danger is as great as if it were raging in
those places.
For enterprise and progreasiveness
the Atlanta Constitution heads the list in
Georgia,and, indeed, in the whole south.
Were we called upon to point out the
most successful enterprise of any kind
in this state, we would, without hesita
tion, select the Constitution. The 4e
scriptioa of its new building and press,
cf i's • litorial work and general man
agement, that appeared in its Sunday's
issue, must have been written by Henrv
Grady. The sketch was gracefully and
pungently written, and made an exceed
ingly interesting piece of reading matter.
THE COI'RT CALENDAR.
The crowded condition of the dockets
of Bartow Superior court has been the
subject of much comment of late years,
and numerous complaints have come
from parties litigant that the adjudica
tion of their rights was too long delayed.
While it was difficult, and almost impos
sible,to locate the exact cause erf this de
lay, and say to whom it was attributable,
yet the cause for complaint was, never
theless, well founded. A sufficient proof
of this was found in the fact that cases
sued as many as five, and in some in
stances as many as ten, years ago still
stand, or, until recently, stood on the
dockets undisposed of. It needs no ar
gument to show that disputed rights
should be more speedily adjudicated.
Such a state of affairs was calculated to
drive clients elsewhere than to law and
courts for the settlement of their rights.
It was discouraging alike to lawyers and
to litigants. But it is gratifying to note
a change for the better. For the last
two years rapid gains have been made,
and the judge now has the dockets of
our court well in hand. Feeling that
this was a subject in which lawyers and
tax payers were mutually interested, and
one which, either directly or indirectly,
touched the pocket-book of eveiy citi
zen, w 7 e have taken the time to give the
civil dockets a careful personal inspec
tion, the result of which is gratifying
proof of a change for the better. We
are eucouraged to hope from the show
ing presented that within the next two
years the dockets of Bartow Superior
court will show a clean face; and that
parties, plaintiff or defendant, will have
no occasion to complain that the mills
of justice grind too slowly.
At the beginning of the present year,
when, by act of the legislature, the clerk
of the court made up the new dockets,
there stood for jury trial, 547 cases, run
ning all the way from 1868 up to, and
including, 1883. This covered the whole
list of common law and equity cases.
In addition to this 132 cases have been
entered on this docket during the pres
ent year, making the total number 679.
Of these, 192 have been tried and dis
posed of during the present year, with
two weeks of the adjourned term yet to
give to the work, and if it is dispatch
ed with the same rapidity as here
tofore during the year, at least 45 more
cases will be disposed of before the year
is ended, while no more can be docketed
till the January term, 1885. On the
motion docket there stood for trial at
the beginning of the year 121 cases.
To this 33 have been added during the
year, giving a total of 154. So far, 79 of
these have already been marked off, and
it is reasonable to suppose that at the
adjourned term a proportionate number
will be heard and 19 more will go off.
We then have the following, showing
whole number of cases on both dockets.
Up to Jan. 1, 1884 668
No. docketed in 1884 165
Total to Jan. 1, 1885 833
No. disposed of in 1884 335
No. now on dockets 498
So when the year is completed it will
be seen that there has been a clear gain
of at least 170 cases, and it is probable
that the ratio of gain will increase as the
call progresses, as there are many cases
that will go off without litigation when
they are reached. So it will be seen
that in two years the prospect is that we
will be entirely “out of the woods” with
good sailing before us.
The criminal docket is in much better
condition than the civil, and will con
sume but a short time of each term.
The County court now has jurisdiction
of all misdemeanors, and the morals of
our county are so good that very few
felonies have to be tried. Taken alto
gether the outlook is a favorable one,
and there is much to feel encouraged
about. Judge Fain has formed the res
olution to put our dockets in shape, and
lawyers had as well prepare to try their
cases or have them dismissed.
TRtIMM LAWYERS.
The Georgia Bar Association, which
met in Atlanta last week, was composed
of the best talent of our state. It is an
organization that promises to accomplish
much for the jurisprudence of Georgia.
Measures were discussed and recom
mended, which, if carried out, will re
sult in great good to the profession and
to the whole people.
The legal profession is a grand one,
and if properly appreciated calls into
vigorous exercise the noblest energies
of its disciples. It is a profession in
which there is no room for drones, dul
lards and dead-beats. Their calling is
one that places them “between the hu
man passions and the throne of justice.”
The delicacy and responsibility of this
position demands that they should be
fully and thoroughly equipped before
they enter upon their work as lawyers.
With this end in view the Georgia" Bar
Association make some recommendations
that are worthy of profound and careful
consideration. We present a copy of
these resolutions, and at the same time
give them our hearty endorsement.
“An elaborate report had been pre
sented by the committee on education
looking to the better preparation of can
didates for admission to the bar. It
recommended several important reforms
in the existing law as follows:
1. The requirement of a considerable
period of study, say thl’ee years, devo
ted exclusively to the law, or to law and
literature. This period tc be spent in a
lawyer’s office, or in attendance upon
law lectures, or both.
2. A thorough and regular examina
tion instead of the merely formal and
perfunctory one now in vogue, und the
at tainment of a certain prescribed aver
age of proficiency as a condition prece
dent to admission.
3. The appointment of a board of
four examiners for each judicial circuit,
wbo6e duty it shall be to examine c;ui
didates at stated periods, to which writ
ten answers are to be given. Such ex
aminers to be appointed by the Supreme
court t*f the state, and to hold their po
sitions “ ‘dum bene se geasiut. ’ ”
y/ THE LATE HE. LELAND.
Ab Appreciative SkeUk Froa the pea *f
Old Classaatt,
Mn. Editor; Iu yesterday’s Consti
tution I see the sad announcement of the
death of Dr. Samuel W. Leland, of Car
tersville, and I feel it a duty to see that
something more than a passing tribute
is paid to the memory and character of
my classmate and friend.
Dr. Leland was a Carolinian, having
been bom in Columbia, S. C., a son of
the Rev. Aaron W. Leland, D. D., so
long a distinguished professor in the
Presbyterian theological seminary, of
that city. The father had been original
ly educated, in his Massachusetts home,
for the stage, but being happily convert
ed, he became a Presbyterian minister,
and was called to preach in South Caro
lina, long ere divorce or fanaticism, in
any form, had fallen with their blight
upon New England society,
The mother of Dr. S. W. Leland, one
of the most gentle and lovable women of
her time, I knew her well, was the
daughter of Mr. Andrew Hibbin, a
wealthy planter of the olden time, in
Christ Church Parish, near Charleston.
Physically and mentally my friend re
sembled his New 7 England father, but
all his tastes, feelings and sympathies,
his whole moral nature, seemed to be
derived from his mother. He was thor
oughly southern. His hatred of a ty
pical, malicious freedom shrieker was
something phenomenal. His distinguish
ed father, too, lived and died in Colum
bia as completely w 7 eaned from his New
England nurture as from the flesh pots
of Egypt.
Many thought my friend eccentric;
this was the light in which he was view
ed by nine-tenths of those who had daily
intercourses w 7 ith him. Sane knew him
better. He was, indeed, remarkable—
a strikingly picturesque character—but
he was thus distinguished because of
something higher and deeper t lian mere
eccentricity. He was possessed of at
tributes tnat lifted him so tar above the
selfish ambition and the smooth arts of
the mere social or political intriguer,
that he appeared to act strangely, both
in manner and expression. He was a
man to be observed and listened to in
whatever company he went; a tall, com
manding figure and a face and mien
strikingly Roman, adding no little to his
power of impressing others.
Had the love of personal popularity or
a desire to shine in social life been his
ambition, he would have been assiduous
in the petty tact and devices by which
thousands of w 7 eaker men are every day
lifted to such favors. Had he fixed his
eye upon political preferment, solely for
preferment’s sake, with no thought of
the means, honorable or ignoble, by
which he could be promoted, he would
certainly have cultivated, as he had am
ple powers to do, the plausible manuer
and supple address of the mere politi
cian. He did neither, because he eared
nothing for the applause of the fickle
crowd and had too much self-respect to
become a hot-house solicitor for public
honors. Hence his failures to obtain
offices that were w T on by men not having
one tithe of his ability or desert.
His knowledge of men was extraordi
nary and his discernment of character
well nigh infallible. He surpassed, in
this respect, any man I ever knew. He
seemed to take in, at a glance, all that
was iu a man; and this was one of the
keys to that daring invective, and rapid
decision with which he sometimes as
sailed men to the amazement of hri
friends.
Often on such occasions, I have said
to him, “Why, Leland, were you not
afraid to talk so to that man?” ‘ ‘Not at
all,” would be the quiet reply, “I knew
to whom I was talking; there was noth
ing dangerous in him.” His conversa
tional power was seldom equalled; rich
in humor, sparkling with wit, and strik
ing in anecdote, he occupied the chair in
every crowd, was the main hope of every
festive occasion. Not one of these gifts,
and no success he ever achieved in life
came from the study of books—of this
he was incapable. I was at his side in
all of his literary course in the South
Carolina college and in his attendance
on medical lectures in Charleston, and
I never knew him to study two consecu
tive half hours in it all. The philoso
phers may theorize as they please about
education, but there are men, and not a
few, who owe nothing to books; and
these are the real, self-made men.
The restraints of study and of precise
scientific methods would be to them as
irksome as they would be hurtful.
Shakespeare would have been enfeebled,
if not ruined, for his illustrious destiny
by a rigid scientific course in the schools.
The celebrated Dr. Badcliff, of London,
when at the zenith of his famous prac
tice was asked by a young man what he
should read to become a physician.
“Read Don Quioxte, sir,” replied the
greatest observer of his time.
To such men nature and mankind are
the only possible school, and deeply do
they drink of its fountains. This was
the sohool in which my friend studied,
and whence he derived all his powers,
whether of general knowledge or of prac
tical ability. He was too deserving not
to detect both the merit and the mean
ness of men around him, and far too
honest and brave not to give utterance,
when proper, to what he had discover
ed. Buch a nmu oould never be a po
litical success in America, however well
he might succeed in beooming a village
oracle. He had friends who cherished
the highest admiration for his rare pow
ers of mind aud independence of thought,
but ou the other hand, as must ever be
with such men, there was a mixed, nu
merous crowd, who stood ready to im
brue their hands in the blood of his po
litical death. He was not available for
the purposes of ring-leaders, and was too
out-spoken and independent to be un
derstood or appreciated by the many.
If he had been a trickster and a meaner
man, he would have been politically
great—the wonder of an hour. He
could only be a village oracle, supplying
the force and brains by which inferior,
duller men were hoisted to places of
power and trust. The late speech of
my friend before the Georgia Agricultu
ral Association was a phenomenal effort.
It took many by surprise, for it has the
ring and gist of genuine power. It is
characteristic of the man. But the real
sources of the energy and beauty of that
speech can be understood only by those
who are acquainted with his early histo
ry and home education. To such a read
er it presents three points of interesting
study, viz: His ow r n unique powers of
observation, his early Bible training in a
home of oxalted Christian culture, and
lastly, the life-long inspiration from the
influence of his mother. From the first
come the wonderful accuracy, precision,
and the extensive knowledge of men
and facts the speech displays. From the
second, its honest truthfulness and
charming ease and simplicity of express
ion, and from the third comes the noble
appreciation which the author so admi
rably expresses for the character and in
fluence of southern womanhood. I know
no other man who, on bits of waste pa
per and amid the whirr and noise of a
little country tub-mill, could have com
posed such a speech. Many years before
his death his learned father presented
his entire private library to the Theo
logical Seminary at Columbia, retaining
for himself only a Bible, which, thence
forward, w 7 as scarcely ever out of his
hands during his waking hours. He
read no other book and no newspaper or
periodical. I have often seen him at
the hour of family prayer clasp his hands
across his breast,close his eyes and repeat
with a richness of voice that he only pos
sessed, a hymn and a long chapter from
the Bible w r holly from memory. Such
were the influences that blest th# home
life of my gifted friend.
Soon after all was lost in the struggle
for southern independence, he removed
with his wife and daughter to Georgia,
from Abbeville county S. C., where he
had married a second time, and made
liis home near Cartersville. Here in
quiet happiness and contentment, being
neither rich or poor, and envying no man
either of his honors or wealth, he spent
the last days of his life. The people of
Cartersville have lost in liis death a citizen
of rare public spirit, a generous neighbor
and accomplished gentleman of the old
school, a friend of the poor and helpless,
and the State at large one of the noblest
and most gifted of her adopted sons.
In conversational power, my friend
was more gifted and entertaining than
Babbington Macaulay; for the latter
could only talk, he could never listen,
and he had no Immor. In his wonderful
knowledge of and of human life,
he approximated wliat we read and en
joy so much iu Shakespeare; and in his
flow of humor, with keen sarcasm and
incisive wit, often intermingling, we are
reminded of the cutting invective and
pungent brilliancy of Dean Swift. In
all the relations of life, son, brother,
husband, father and friend, he was with
out reproach. His veneration for the
memory of his mother was an inspira
tion; no wonder, then, his devotion to
his excellent wife, who survives him, and
who was every way worthy of his love.
She was a Miss Reynolds, of Greenwood,
S. C., a scion of the most sterling and
most respectable "Scotch family of Mc-
Lellans, of Abbeville county.
Atlanta, August 14. J. H. Logan.
Adiursvitle.
Miss Ida Pean sent a beet to town the otbe
day that weighed six and a quarter pounds
and measured inches io circumference.
Mr. G. W. Cunningham, our esteemed eiti
7.ec has removed his family to Gaines &
Lewis’ mill, below Kingston. He hns our
best wishes.
Miss Minnie Jackson of Marietta, is visitiug
relatives and friends in and arouud Adairs
ville. Miss Minnie is a pretty, sweet girl and
we are glad to have her with us.
Miss Vandelia Lovelace, of Rockmart, is
visiting relative in the villages.
We are glad to have our old friend Mr. G.
C. Gholston, of Dalton, with us again.
An interesting meeting has been in progress
at Ootbcaloga Baptist church lor ten or twelve
days, conducted by our much loved pastor
Rev. G. 8. Tumlin, assisted by brethren Gold
wire, McCall and McMurry. We were pleased
to have with us during the past week, Brother
Tumlin’s charming wife and sweet little chil
dren. PUKLLA..
Notice.
CHANGE OP SCHEDULE
On and after Sunday, Aug. 17, pas
senger train No. 1 on E, & W. R. R.
of Ala., will leave Cartersville at 9:58
a. no., upon arrival of W. & A. R. R.
train No. 3, leaving Atlanta at 8:00
a. na., and will make close connec
tion wilh both north and south bound
traiu on E. T. V. & Ga. R. R., at
Cross Plains, Ala.
John Postell, G. M.
Cedartown, Aug 14, 1884.
A Fine Specimen of Art.
There is on exhibition at Wikle &
Co’s book store, a splendid statuary
portrait, in crayon, of Mrs. J. A. Ba
ker drawn by her sister, Mrs. Fulton,
of McDuffie county. This is one of
the finest pictures in crayon that we
remember ever to have seen, and re
flects great credit upon the skill of
the artist. Mrs. Fulton is a young
artist of much talent, and her rapid
progress in the most delicate science,
for tlie last few years places her
among the best artists of the state.
Barley auu Rye.
I will pay highest market price,
cash, for rye and barley,
li. M. Pattillo,
THE PMILOSUTHEAXS.
The. (Ink Meeting at Mrs. f. M. Field's—l
Big Crowd and a gay Time-
Personal.
The floodgates of fun were open
last Friday evening. The Philoma
thean club, familiarly known as the
“little folk’s club.’’ met at the resi
dence of Mrs. C. M. Field, on E
win street, aDd the gay crowd, made
up of all sizes,from the little chaps in
pinafores totheold ‘stagers’of an hun
dred hard fought battle fields, were
decked in holiday attire and ready
for the fray of fun. The evening
was almost perfect. The atmosphere
was light and cool, the sky was clear
and the stars brilliant. The club has
never seen a larger attendance, or
been graced by the presence of a
more beautiful and captivating
crowd. Good humor was apparent
on the face of every one, and we ven
ture that a more perfect evening of
pleasure has not been enjoyed in Chi
tersville this year. We believe the
Cartersville young people enjoy
themselves better than those of any
other city in Georgia. They e m
oine in an eminent degree, all those
qualities that contribute to social en
joyment—they are spirited, cultivat
ed, congenial, unaffected, good look
ing and thoroughly in sympathy
with each other.
It seemed that these qualities were
intensified on last Friday evening.
It was a gathering of the representa
tive young people of our town, and
we unhesitatingly say that any city
might well be proud of such an as
sembly.
At nine o’clock President W. M.
Graham rapped the club to order,
aDd a partial programme was pre
sented. An enjoyable feature of the
literary exercises was a humorous
reading hy Frank Anderson from
Mark Twain. It seemed to suit the
crowd immensely and was recei\ed
with enthusiasm.
A solo hy Miss Fannie Davidson,
of Selma, was a genuine treat to the
club. During its rendition conversa
tion was hushed, and eager ears were
strained to catch every note. Miss
Davidson possesses extraordinary
musical powers. She never sang to
better advantage, nor was listened to
hy a more appreciative audience than
on last Friday evening. Another
musical treat was the rendition of an
instrumental piece by Misses Annie
Stansell and Fannie Davidson on the
piano accompanied by Mr. John D.
Head on the violin and Miss Char
lotte Kirkpatrick on the cornet.
This was home talent, and the play
ing wastqual to that of profession
als. The music of the evening was
superb, and no praise of it is too ex
travagant.
As soon as the president announ
ced that the business was over, and
the club adjourned, the fun commen
ced again in earnest, aDd till eleven
o’clock the evening zephyrs broke
into rippiing waves of merry laugh
ter, and bright eyes vied with the
stars in sparkling brilliancy. The
large parlor was fu : l, the hail was
fuli, the veranda was ful*, and the
front yard was lull. There was a
sound of innocent revelry, mingled
with the most delightful music.
Dull care was flung to the winds
and forgotten. Gladness reigned su
preme.
NOTES ON TIIE CLUB.
The dignity that clings around
President Graham is natural and
commanding. He makes a good
presiding officer.
In the mock trial of the young
men for coming to the club without
a young lady, Charlie AVikle acted as
prosecuting attorney, and made
twenty-live cents in tines. The pay
was not in proportion to the work
done.
The visiting young ladies helped
to make this club meeting the most
successful of the year.
Miss Corrie Hoyt, of Atlanta, by
her sparkling wit and ready repar
tee, made herself the centre of an
admiring group during the evening.
They called it the “little folks’ club,”
but this is certainly a misnomer in
everything except that we all “un
bent ourselves” and got down off
cur dignity.
Miss Maxcy Field, the charming
hostess, assist§d by her sister, Mrs.
John W. L. jorown, made every one
feel at ease. Her admirable enter
tainment contributed very largely to
the evening’s enjoyment.
The Club adjourned to meet at the
residence of Col. M. R. Stansell, on
South Erwin street.
Skating Rink
There will be a race at the skating
rink next Thursday night. The mao
that goes a half-mile the quickest
takes tbe tickets. Go out and see the
race.
Pure Seed Wheat.
800 to 1000 bushels Stephens Red
wheat for seed at one dollar per bush
el, every bushel cut after the wet
season, cut fully ripe and dry. Stack
ed perfectly dry. Threshed perfect
ly dry. Yields more per acre than
aDy other variety sown here and
stands freezing weather fully as well
or better. J. G. B. Erwin,
Fairmount, Ga.
Select School.
Mrs. J. A. Baker will open her
welect school at her residence August
251 h, 1884. Patrons will receive the
benefit of the put.lie scho* 1 fund.
Usual rates of tuition. augl^t.
Dll) YfiF KYEB !
Oothraloga Volley Prodmes the Biggest Irish
Potatoe on Boeord-What Bar
tow Soil nil! do.
On last Saturday we received notice
from Mr. R. Dempsy Combs, of
Adairsville, that he had shipped to
us four Irish potatoes, the largest
weighing two pounds and the others
one pound and ten ounces each. In
his letter Mr. Combs makes the fol
lowing statement:
“I send you this (lay four Irish po
tatoes, as a sample of the crop raised
by Mr. W. W. Trimble, three miles
from Adairsville. The crop gathered
hy Mr. Trimble amounted to 27 bush
els, after a family of nine had been
eating on them since spring. The
size of the ground planted was 45 by
90 feet. They were worked but twice.
Manure put on very liberally. Three
cheers for old Bartow! You can use
tills as a true statement.’’
It affords us no small degree of
satisfaction to give publicity to such
statements as this. By making a
little calculation we find that one
•acre of ground producing at the same
rate would have made two hundred
and seventy bushels, taking no ac
count of the amount used by the
family.
This is a big potato tale, but we
have no doubt of its truth. We feci
very much disposed to complain that
our people will, from year to year,
send to the .North for their seed po
tatoes, when they grow to such per
fection at our own doors. The larg
est of the potatoes sent us is acknowl
edged hy everyone who has seen it
to bethe finest ever seen in this coun
ty. Mr. Trimble sets our farmers a
commendible example. He leads on
the potato question.
Grand Rally for Mercer University
Some of the members composing
the Baptist church at Cartersville are
talking of having a meeting at their
house of worship on the sth Sabbath
of the present month, and perhaps
Saturday before, in the interest of
the centennial movement for Mercer
University.
This is a movement in the right
direction, and it is to be hoped that
plans for such a meeting will at an
early day be matured and vigorously
put into execution.
It is proposed to have present at
the meeting some of the prominent
members of the Board of Trustees
of Mercer University, among them
Rev. Dr. Headden, of Rome Ga., as
well as Dr. Battle and Dr. Ryals, of
the Faculty.
Those who attend will be treated to
entertaining speeches from each of
these gentlemen.
As is well known among Baptists,
the centennial movement has been
inaugurated to raise a fund for in
creasing the endowment of the Uni
verty. A want of space forbids our
undertaking to elaborate upon the
necessity of raising such a fund. But
we will say that the subject is a big
one and laden with interest to the
Baptists of Georgia. Therefore we
appeal to themembersof Cartersville
Baptist church: bestir yourselves for a
a grand rally on the sth Sabbath inst.,
and to Baptists throughout all Cher
okee Georgia, come to the meeting if
you can, if one is held.
Last Call.
To persons indebted to the estate of
R. C. Roberts, deceased:
You must now pay. Some of you
have waited for wheat harvest —that
is past.
These claims will be sued within a
few days, if not paid, and without
further notice.
No mistake here. Payment may be
made to my attorney, A. M. Foute
Esq, Mrs. A. N. Roberts,
July 8,1884. Executrix, etc.
Boarding House.
Mrs. C. M. Marsh will be glad to
accommodate six or eight day board
ers on and after July Ist. Residence
on Main street.
The unanimous renomination of
Governor Henry D. McDaniel is
meeting the favor of the people all
over the State.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For the Legislature.
Editors A merican:
Allow me through ycur columns toannounco
to the people of Bartow county my candidacy
lor one of the representatives of said county,
nnd to earnestlv solicit their warm support.
Election October Ist, 1884. Respectfully,
JAMES B. CONYERS.
To the People of Bartow County:
I am a candidate for re-election as Represen
tative of Bartow county in the Lower llouse of
the Legislature of Georgia, and respectfully
ask your support. Election October^lsb ,1884.
For Ordinal y.
We are authorized to announce Mr. J. A
Howard as a candidate for ordinary of Bartow
county. Election, first Wednesday in Janu
ary, 1885.
We are authoi ized to announce the name ot
R. W. Murphy as a candidate lor Ordinary of
Bartow county. Election first Wednesday in
January 1685.
For Tax Collector.
We are authorized to announce the name of
B. A. Barton as a candidate for Tax Collector
of Bartow county. Election first Wednesday
.n January, 1885.
For County Treasurer.
We are authorized to announce the name of
H. W. Cobb as a candidate for re-election to
the office of countv treasurer of Bartow coun
ty. Election, first Wednesday in Janurry, 1183.
For Clerk of the Superior Court.
We are authorized to announce tbe name of
F M Duihara as a candidate for re-election to
the office of Clerk of the Superior Court ot Bar
tow county, Georgia. Election first Wednes
day in January, 1885.
For Tax Receiver.
We are authorized to anounce tbe name of
W . W. Ginn, as a candidate for Taxßeceiver
of Barlow county. Election first Wednesday
in January 1885.
We are authorized to announce the name of
Nat Dunahoo as a cmdidate lor Tax Receiver
o Bartow county, at the ensuing election, first
Wed ncsdxy in January next.
We are authorized to announce the name of
Albert Smith, as a Candida l e for Tax Receiver
of Bartow county. Election first Wednesday
in January, 1885.
For Sheriff.
We are authorized to announce the name of
W. W. Roberts as a candidate for Sherifl, In
connection with John A. Gladden as a candi
date for Deputy Sheriff, ol Bartow county, at
the ensuing election in January next.
July itfib, 1884.
We are authorized to announce the name of
A M. Franklin as a candidate for Sheriff in
connection with Col. W. W r Rich as a candi
date for Deputy Sheriff of Bartow- county at
the enseing election in January next.
August 4th, 1884.
For Coroner.
I want the office of Coroner, and if the peo
ple of our county will elect me I will endeavor
to discharge the duties ol this responsible of
fice just as the law prescribes. Election first
Wednesday in January, 1885.
Tg*o. M. SKIT*-