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The Cartersviile American.
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. TUESDAY, JANVAlii'ii. 1885.
THE J WKKM A\ FOR IS*S.
Thr American begins the nc-w year
with 1 righthr prnupcetH tlum ever before.
Oar sulweription list in twelve months’
time i)QH been more than quadrupled,
while our advertising’ patronrtge Ims con
stantly increased. For all of this we
feel profoundly grateful, and think that
v 0 can * safely promise for the future a
bettei paper than has ever yet beeu pub
lished in Cartersviile.
Tin year just jmst was one < f general
depre >toa the country over. The sputh
lms 7j tl her share of hard times to bear,
bqt, hi spite of this, she,lias been able to
mak* a long stride in the right direction.
T>:T< 7 j into consideration our salubriou
cl hie we, our tv oil-watered and a fertile
lauds/ our boundless mineral resources,
onr istergetic and enterprising popula
tion, we can but predict a continuation
of the success and prosperity that jafws
f illoi. in flie wav of the people of thV
south in the past. God has lavished
upon'us his manifold blessings with no
Kpiuiug hand, and, if we fail to take ad
vantage of the splendid circumstances
that surround us, it will be otTr own
fault.
It shall bo our earnest endeavor to
inak ! the Americana welcome, weekly
visitor to every household in Bartow and
aVl' t c u fir . Tf is 'he official or
gai >f Bartow county, a; dit shall ever
be fund on the side of morality ad
rhh‘ battling . with whatever : power it
mas 'possess. Of course, during'' the
you 1881, wo did not please every one,
nor do we expect to do so during the
ye >w 1885, but oxppriei.ee has done much
f'"- us; and we-sit all be aide to give more
general s,c ?.•faction' h the future th n
we have given in the past.
1)0 ! II .OF C. 11. € WILLINGHAM.
. ,C i/ruesday morning of December 30th,
lob , Alr.-C. K. C. Wiliinghani, editor and
proprietor of the Cartersviile Free Press,
breathed his la-si’. His death, though not
nr.eVffectCd, brought tears to the eyes of
vurv many, and pad ness to a w T ide circle of
i. lands all over Georgia.
Ibr upwards o£ tbirty-liye years he fiad
bcetf a Georgia editor, and he was justly
con idered one of our ablest writers. His
>vas ctoax, forcible and brilliant.
4 and hatever individual or cause he cham
pioned he* was always the same earnest,
’on-", ‘courageous and influential ad
vocate. He was an opponent not to be
ck pised, and a friend to be sought. A\ r e.
. knew' him for a number of yoars, and we
Pn.-n say truthfully that we have never
*ki*oh'ii a more humane or kinder-hearted
man. He' may have made mistakes, but
ti*ev,were.p.i the head, and not of the
ln:.rh Hits intentions were always good.
1: • wished to do no one a harm.
l 'j'lds five boys.w r ho mourn his loss,
Wi‘ offer our sincere sympathies.
The national law-mill began to grind
Yesterday,
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The New Orleans Exposition will be
in applw-iUe order by the middle of Jam
muy.
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The expenses, of the last National Dem
oc-.'iitic convention at Chicago amounted
ti> .^.iU),OOO.
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t Jn(l re V. O. Loehrnro lifts been mcp
k r.r rt'in Crmfierfrion with Presklsnt-elect
■ WtvHAfKVs cabinet.
' It 4s teiuel Jtz Tiklf), Jr., who has.
o rooms ia- yWashingtim for the
i; H urntio-:. ;ll of *>lll’ TH:CIS S MUy.
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IVosido' t-eh'-ct Cievelar.d Ims tendered
i . ins G-ovei ior of New -York.
Li •,..,*. Uov, Hill will be installed tins
B< i Butler is' to make a literarr e'ani
'{?*••--rirmliig over his fefTtfi’o pHiticfnl
life, T'-r wftlcli lie is to n C'dve #SO 00ft—
rihr-nrii. it is \;>.Vv <r the boeh.'fr-'dfi-H
T- fhe first nfcft TTe’Micy ever made anV
timig ofit of pojitfcsl
Than fyhi'mel ,T. Ha nd aHV t<: e > t Hon Hi.
...o n denr.' was'*flln’>(ist a c ntimial ovn
, ‘ I’tie I '-trnth nTottf the matter, is
twi*. ft siiitesni m wlioiso* hiewh aro.
in r 'einted'ht “the. hnsiness men itf the
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I ' r ". OleygjtiJ^l’s.• letter oii civil service \
. i'chmu. h;^-the’.true rir.ir of patiotism j
gives evidence that his nd- !
hi ih v.{ration shrill be conducted on strictly
n.',i. ess.^rbieiples.for the good of the
rtt nnt-Ejv.- ,
Since .prohibition prevailed -in Bartow
c‘>nnt.v. thiegs have taken on anew as-.
#r* Ct. f When a man from another state
community desires to become one m |
our inidst, lie will no longer fear the coi* !
t- aiination t;f whiskey saloons,' nor the |
■’ banHfinv circiimstances that are al. j
>, ays attendant upon, grog shops. It is a
bigger thing than the majority of us
thu; :. Let us rejoice together.
iXQU&I AVsWFiitb.
VYirgisia (Ait Kipref-r- .>u lutfirU :h ** Tfee
I'tklllta mI >4!h. Brwwfl.
( liAHLOTTESVILLK, A A., I
Dec. 19,1884. /
Editor Ciirfer-vlllc Amerlcaa:
Will you kindly inform me through your
paper, whether"Tke Tattler’ is a Benedict
or not—Pam TTfown also. Obliging edi
tor, please answer this and you will greatly
favor Virginia girl—" you will certain/’
And let me know which is the hand,
some of the two. Can’t you put their
photos in your next paper V h ours, Ac.
A Virginia Girl.
The above letter should have been an
swered last week, but we did not have
space. We are nothing, if we are not oblig
ing and will, with pleasure, answer the
polite and pointed inquiries of “ Virginia
Girl,” “ The Tattler,” is not a Benedict —
neither is Sam Brown. They are both
under twenty-five years old. Both about
five feet*, ten inches —both weigh about
one hundred and fifty pounds—both fond
■of society—both willing to marry—both
clever, genial and accommodating." Sam
Brown is considered the handsomer of
the two. Sorry we can’t give their photos
—come again.—Er>.
SAM BROWN TALKS'.
My Dear Virginia Girl:— We"had
Christmas at my house; we did,certain
But the jolting wagon of time has jerked
me right onward, and I feel sore. My
friends say I had a most excruciating
dime, and Ido not deny it. Do they drink
’nog and kill fat calves in Virginia? I
hope they do, for it is really nice.
•My*dear girl, you ask omo.questions in
your letter of the 19th ultimo, that the
editor has^jpeqnested me to answer. Now,
1 do not propose rutlik.riy to snatch from
the imperial brow of Baron Munchausen
tiie laurel wreaih that has so long adorned
that brow. No,,indeed, I shall speak the
truth.
Tattler and Sapr Brown are both Bene
dicts—they are not Benedicts. If you
mean to ask do they resemble in disposi
tion and reputation. Benedict Arnold, then
they are Benedicts. Bit if you refer to
Billy Shakespeare’s Benedict, then I an
swer yon nay, but both are on the anxious
seat. Do you.drop ?
You have heard’qf the unreliability of a
pavemen.t covered with bananha peels or.
ice for promenading "purposes. \ Perhaps
you have a feeling experience that i3 in
some way mixed up with banarma peen
and ice; I have certain. • Well, both of
the young men in regard to v.hom’you
have interrogated the obliging editor, ar
six times as treacherous as and pavement
clothed with ban anna peels and tee. They
have both been engaged-23 times- Irate
parents always break off theories as soon
as they hear of them. Sensible parents—
senseless girls! Tattler is fond of < old
girls, Sam of young ones. The former
seeks the company of girls who have drop
ped safely on the prevaricating side 6f
thirty, while the latter endeavors to obtain
a bride from the not too numerous ranks
of those under eighteen. So far both have
made no headway. Tattler is an admirer
of fake bangs, false teeth and powdered
cheek;; Sam has the gWfttost respect for
grey hairs and wrinkles, but he does not
love them like a young husband should
love his bride.
My dear girl, you wish’to know which
is the handsomer of the two. Whew !
Since my eighteenth year I have worn a
beautiful little straggling moustache, of
a brownish, redisk* hue. About six
weeks ago I ordered ' my barber to cut it
off. He demurred, but I insisted, and
off went the moustache. I had an idea
that it would maKe me look like Edwin
Booth or Tom Keene. And then my
nidriih was so prettily'shaped that I mi
alined every girl I met would want to
kiss me: Aia>, for the rarity of Chris
tian'-charity under the''•■sun. O, it was
nitiful. My most intimate acquaintances
shed their smiles and looked dragusteu
wherever and whenever they met me.'
The little boys jeered at me and called
me “whicker,” and the little girls drop
ped their cute little countenances and
■giggled. I would have sought solace in
the flowing bowl, but, us prohibition
had carried in this burgh, I could not
find the bowk it happy thought struck
me. I had my hair combed nicely and
called oh the dear love of my heart.
She, too, spurned me in a tragic manner.
T called oh n lady friend who was mar
ried. She said that before I let the nor
rid barber spoil me I was the handsom
est nr.n in town, ’but now I was next to
the ugliest. So the obliging editor was
mistaken-whenhe said I am considered
the ha- t!.settler of the two.
.Tattler can have his photo put iu the
paper if lie wishes to do so, but, ass for
me, I would die lighting before 1 would
put mine in.
Ask me to call when my moustache
•grows ei ii . ' ‘Am Brown. .
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j 'The TaitTei' this morning presents the
) ai~on ? s rempliments‘“to the readers of- the
I American, and most earnestly and cor
j-dially -wishes for each of you the happiest
! arid most prosperous year of your lives.,
! Letns enter into the new year with strong
hands, bright fanes trad warm hearts. Let
qs strive • to. knbvv'f each other better and
onltivaloastronger sympathy and a deeper
Joye.for each ether than we have ever
done. L.et ‘igtxxi cheer and good fellow
ship” be our motto and when we balance
accounts at the close of 1385, we will find
that we are richer, wiser and better than
now. The new year Ims much in store
for us. It. is full of hope and’promise.
Here’s health and happiness to everybody
s|e ak *
The conduct of Bartow county’s bar
keepers show them to be better men than
some people thought. There ivere many
who predicted that they would try* to dis
regard the expressed will of a majority of
our voters, and continue to sell whisky.
In this they wore mistaken. Promptly
pn the first day of January every bar room
in the county —some fourteen or fifteen
in number—closed its dooTS and gayer
up jits hu-iueso. Their action in this
matter commends them k> our best peo
ple, and they wilhmeet hearty co-opera
tion m their efforts to establish themselves
in any legitimate business in our conniy.
In the death ct Mr. C. H. C. Willing
ham, of the Free Press, carried sadness to
many hearts in Georgia. For more than
thirty rears he has occupied n prominent
place in the journalism of our eftate, and
his death is the cause for wide spread re
gret. Mr. Willingham was a sympathetic,
kind hearted man. He was a generous
and impulsive almost to a fault. His soul
was big and bis heart was in the right
place. He suffered much and long, and I
hope his rest is easy. I heard him say not
many months before he died that he
cherished no ill felling for any man livj
ing. That he had forgiven all his enemies
and was at peace with the world. There
are fe w men that can say this. It is only
the manly, noble hearted ones who can
dismiss every feeling of malice or hatred
and freely forgive those who hare done
them a wrong. Such a man was Mr. Wil
lingham. He had his faults, but selfish
uess and bitterness were not of them. He
had learned that lesson which is so beauti
ful in life to “ feel another’s loves.”
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' The Acworth people were so glad Bar
tow county went “ dry ” that they gave
a grand jubilee to celebrate .our victory
They invited Rev. Sam Jones, Rev. J. B.
Robins, and Hon. A. W. Fite down to de
liver addresses. The Tattler fell in with
them and went along to do the cheering
down there and the puffing up here. Mr.
Bill Edwards went along to assist me in
the cheering, because we were determined
that our speakers should be greeted with
frequent and prolonged applause. The
people of Acworth are a royal set and we
met with a warm and enthusiastic wel
come. They turned the town over to us
while we were there, and made us feel at
home. We were the honored guests of
the occasion and were treated like “grown
folks.” The speeches were all good. The
Acworth people joined heartily in the
cheering and made the task of Mr. Ed
wards and myself an easy one, all we had
to do was to give the signal for the cheer
ing to commence and the audience re
sponded beautifully. After the regular
speeches of the evening ivere over, Mr
Sam Jones told the audience that 'his
friend Edwards was there, but that he
never indulged in the luxury of speech
making—said he was like the Irishman
who fell into a dry well some fifty feet
deep, and a friend inquired if he was dead,
to which the Irishman briefly responded,
“ Not dead, but speechless”—his friend
Edwards was “ speechless.” This brought
Mr. Edwards to his feet amid the cheers of
the crowd, and for fifteen minutes he held
them in a roar of merriment. The speech
was a surprise to his friends, and I verily
believe it was a surprise to Mr. Edwards.
Bob Burdette in his happiest humor never
made a more decided hit. It was hi3
maiden effort, and was a complete sur
prise to his most intimate friends. AVe
had a rousing time and came away feeling
th&t Acworth was the best and liveliest
town in Georgia. The Tattler adds by
way of parenthesis that its girls are the
loveliest And prettiest part of the town,
‘ th ey are certain.” ,
'JML ADVERTISEMENTS.
Bartow Shesciff’s Safes
FOR. FEBRUARY, ISSS.
Will be sold before the court house doer in
the city of Cartersviile, Georgia, on the first
luesuay in Febuary, 1885, between the legal
hours of sale, the following property to-wit:
Also, at the same time and place one house
and lot in the City of Cartersviile, Bartow
county, G orgia, bounded on the north by
Mrs McGhee’s lot, on the south by a lot of
O .ve rnder voodJ'On the east by a lot oi
uekett and Buiron, and on the west by an
ley. s.ti i house dud lot in the possession of
Francis Kemp, and contains one-half acre
more or less. Levied on and will be sold as
ae property ol W. A. and Al. G. Smith to sa
isfy on- Justice s Court li. Ja. from 822 district,
given in favor of James Al. Young vs W. A.
& M. ( . Smith. Levy made and returned to
me by F. n. Franklin, L. G. decG-4t
JOHN; A. GLADDEN, Sheriff,
A. M. FRANKLIN, Dep, sheriff.
GFOGIA, BAH 10V' COUNTY:
Whereas, Charles if. Johnson. Sr., of Spald
ing coin tv, Georgia, did on the twenty-six
day of January, 1884, make and ex
cate to the GriUin linking Company his
two promissory notes, one lor 91,580.00', due
June 5, lbß4. and the other for $2,160.00 and due
ieioher 5, 1884 And, hereas, to seen e the
■ lymei t <>f the saiil notes-, the said Charles If .
Jninusou. tn- , executed to the said Griffin
Imp King Company, a deed to the lands heie
inaltef described,’ with a power of attorney
; herein to st‘ll t lie said land-, and pa off said
iudebtedness, ir. the event the suid Charles H.
Johnson del united in the payment of said
notes, or any part of either oi said notes, which
power to sell is to be exercised by advertising
the said lands for thirty days in any news
paper published iu Bartow county; and,
whereas, the said Charles U. Johnson has
failed to pay said notes. Now I, Millege L.
Rates, President of the GrilHn Banking Com
pany, will pursuant to said authority vesf
(l i the -io Griilin Banking t.ompa
v, sell b fore the Court House door in
lie tow ii oi Cartersviile, Jiartow county, Geor
gia, during the 'legal hours of sale, at public
out cry, on the Hist Tuesday, in February,
1885, the-bmds conveyed by said deed, made bt
? lollies ii Johnson, Sr., to the Griilin Bank
ing 1 inpanv, to-wit: Lots oi lands Nos % and
yt, except the small portion sold off to Myers
dtarnes, containing.Bl6 more or les.-;
~i-o, parts of lots nos lift and 120, bought by
Dr. ffardy. oi tneiutc.r.,ll. Tupper and Wm.
1 .ytoii, containing 1-45 acres’ more or less, and
- ii‘d land !\ ing and being in (oih) Fifth District,
nd AU.) h rd section of Law uw county, Geo.
Term- cash. Th” ex- e--, alter pay ing said
i ores, ii there be any . will by the terins ol^id
td He paid to ("harll'S H. Johnson, M j
.nil make ileeii to tlroj puicha>ep by virtue oi
iie authority given to tli - Gr'flln Banking
Conipanv. bv the snid Charles H. Johnson, Sr
M. L: BATES,
PreriOriftin B.anking Cos.
Jan 2,1885. . jan6
Gillen.
pi ill ro oiq t'c-toi e >:he court door, in
he city dl Carte svltle, between tin legnThours
of sale, on the. Tuesday in February, 1885,'
tin: mil owing property, to-wit:
One sm ill >tore house and lot in the city of
hai eisviile. bounded on the north by Main
~> ,I i**t r . Cm the e st by obi livery stable, on the
-outit by p>'o,rt:ri\ oi ,Ilis. Jane Smith, on wevt
by property of Mrs. B. G. Pool, the same being
.forty loet trout on Main street more or less,
and running back two hundred feet, more or
less. Levied on and will be sold as the prop
erty of Pyrolusite Manganese Company, to
s Airly one city tax fl. in. vs. said Pyrolusite
Mangacnese Company.' Property pointed out
by 1L L. jan6-1885. $2.65.
Also attbc same time and pi ace on a store bouse
and lot,with story above,fronting public square
twenty lCet more or less, running back sixty
feet more or less, bounded by the bank build
ing on the north by Airs. A. P. Wofford, on the
south by John Anderson, on the west by public
-quaxe, on the east-by the property of tno de
-1 r.riant Levied on and will be sold as the
property oi 1. T. Erwin to satisfy one city tax
ii IV. vs. said L. T. Erwin. Property pointed
out by defendant.
J. D. Wilkerson, City Marshall.
lan 6 1885
FoFsale (heap
One of the most desirable residences on
Erwin street. Aubeby & Psacock.
£BT 111 WILD BEUSIIII6 011 THE SlfS
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goods trade fairly hum.
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The Christmas Tide is here, and we are awake to the fact that
now is the time to sell our very large stock of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, & MEN’S & BOYS’ CLOTHING.
W e cannot afford to sit down and weep and w T ail and gnash our
teeth and complain of hard times,
That’s Not the Kind of Men We Are!
We are compelled to take up arms against a sea of business,
and by grappling with it, make ourselves masters ot the situation.
Let the news be passed from man to man, and from house to
house, that we are, beyond doubt, or even suspicion
HEIDQUIIIITERS FOR 001 GOODS!
Come right along and satisfy yourselves that we tell nothing
but the clean, unadulterated truth
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COME ALONG EVERYBODY!
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SCHEIIER BEOS,
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MAIN STREET, CARTERS VIE I.E, I.EORGIA.
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Mmy Saved is Momy Made!!
MAYS & PRITGHBTT.
We have the goods and mean to sell them. We have the finest, best made and best fitting clothing in Cartereville, an
inspection will convince you of this fact. We can please anybody in a Ovecoart, at the lowest price imaginable. Our Shoe Stock
is complete and at Prices to suit everybody.
hNEW goods received this day—.
Consisting of Corsets, Neck Wear, Ladies’ and Men’s Underwear, Dress Goods in great variety. White and-Red all wool
Flannels at 15c per yard, Blankets and Comforts at Rock Bottom Prices, Jeans that can’t be beat in- America for the price,
jeans from 16c per yard and upwards. .No trouble to show goods as are here and bound to do it, whether you buy or not.
MA YS Sf PRITCHETT.
Cartereville, Georgia, Dec. I—tf.
V. L. WILLIAMS & CO.
■iii ‘ DEAXERS Of
Stoves, Tinware, Chinaware, Lamps and Window GlassqSash, Doors, Blinds.
UIA MA-fSTTIF ACTUBERB OF 1
‘TIN AND SHEET IRON WARES. ROOFING AND GUTTERING A SPECIALTY.
THE MARKET PRICE PAID FOR COTTON, BEESWAX, TALLOW, ETC.
MAIN ST., CAR.TERJ9Vimra QA-