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THE COURANT.
EnUred in the Pottuffice at Carterttllle, (Ja.,
a* n*coml~cla** matter.
\\ ALIEi; M, HTALB, <ny EpIfOB.
1 HURBDAV.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Hide boy,
A }ji<’<'e of string',
A ki ttle. and tail.
A henpofjoy,
A sudden spring,
A lung and piercing wail,
Ali allier strap.
A heavy liaud.
A wjiiirni. and kick and squeals.
A somiding rap,
lie ! I have to stand
Korn week toeat his meals.
The write mail iii till- write place
I’rof. Self.
Mon guano than usual is hoi tig bought
t>y our farmers this spi iug.
Mint juleps v\ ill soon he ripe brt not
kfnMlie voutli of ('artersville.
in) lo sheep are said to make
mutton lender. Will eabhage {&] to Joe
Mooli make legal lender?
Slier ill \\ . W. Roberts we; new
honors graceful ly and placidly. Bartow
(■•unify Inin never bad it better sheriff'.
K<me. ( i bit Jow ii, Ito< kuiart an l Ae
woi In lie iii nds to 'l’ll r: < oik am
and insist on a large mail to each <rtiee.
.b lin Smilh lias discovered a sirnilaritv
hotwet'ii a female fcmiuniy and a sugar
t'aetory, since lielb refine >vlat is already
sweef.
A- an amateur violinist John Head is
}-;r above the average. Ills playing is
remarkably sweet and peculiarly ex
pressive
i (jim; and look at This Cot ham '* books
and see bow popular it is. We print and 1
send out 1,200 papers this week—never
print less.
The St. James Hotel is now being run !
in Ih iter style than ever before. We j
boast ul as good an hotel as can he found
in North Georgia.
The death ot Mrs. Host lias east a gloom
over tin; whole community. We tender
our sympathy to her bereaved family and
large circle ot friends.
The cyclone “carried on” extensively
last Monday week. Anew, uniiuished
house, on the old Stubbs place above
Cassville, was levelled to the ground.
What do tlie people of (.‘artersville
think of an artesian well? It is possible
tor us to have one, and very feasible.
Who will be the first. to make a start in
lids direction ?
Mr. P. 1,. Moon, one of our best citi
zens, intends moving his business to
Home about the first of next month. We
are glad to learn tlirtt his family are to
icumin in Cartersville.
All persons interested in base ball will
please lie on hand at the ofliee of W. M.
Graham, court house, at G■ JO p. m.,
Monday, the 2Jrd inst. Husiness of im
portance to lie transacted.
The communication, signed “Bartow”
is from the pen of one of our best citizens
in the upper part of the county. We are
glad to have tlie views of our intelligent
citizens on all county matters.
The happiest moment in a young lady’s
life is when she lias a real, live sweet
heart, a whole parlor to herself, a chair
capable of holding two, and a father w ho
trusts everything to her experience.
In the death of Mr. C. B. Conyers the
county has lost a good citizen, the town
a staunch friend, and his family a devoted
husband and father. May Heaven’s
blessing attend the widow and orphans!
The roads are bad, and getting worse;
the farmer lias much to do at home and
his mules are not feeling ecstatically gay ;
yet, guano still goes out of Cartersville
in wagons screeching beneath the loads,
and the odor is the same.
Why don’t people hung their front j
gate's so they will swing on the inside? :
They should either do this or keep them
shut. A gent lonian of tins eity, going to
his supper the other night, collided with
six. lie wasn’t drunk either.
I'll# rumbling of tha machinery and
the pulling of the engine tit the mill ol
Messrs. Milner & Galloway, is music to
our ears. '1 his mill is on the corner of
Main ami Tennessee streets, and Is now
working on time at full speed.
The fiesh, cold, damp, disagreeable,
breezes that have boon coming from the j
Hast for the lust few days, nippeth the
protruding ears of the early gardener
and renderctli tin 1 proboscis of the chirp
ing and frolicsome school girlot cot mean
hue.
Capitalists, and men representing capi
talists, are.continually nosing around in
Bartow county, looking after the tre
mendous hut hidden mineral deposits
that are right here in our midst. Wc
have tried to learn something of their in
tention-, but they are obstinately uncom
municative. That of itself is a good sign.
The Cherokee railroad is a nice, tidy,
enterprising road, aiul we are very proud
ol* its handsome depot at this place. \\ e
are too found of Cedartown to be jealous,
hut wc congratulate the town on being
the heath] uartets of such a business as
thev control in this road, which is such a
handsome adjunct to their extensive man
ufacturing interests.
We clip the following recipe for mak
ing liver pudding, hv Mrs. Mary Ilol
linshead. of this place, from the Phoenix
Agriculturist: Take a pound of hog's
liver and a half pound of fat middling.
I foil until tender and then run it through
your sausage mill, removing all stringy
pat.* Season with salt, pepper and
minced onion. Make into cakes ami fry
■n hot lard.
Our enterprising merchants will coon
bo getting in their mammoth-spring
stocks. And right here we pause to say :
a young lady suffering from blight
ed iSeotion, and a resolution to crawl ctl
to one side and try to die, has been
snatched, ns it were, from the brink of
:u untimely grave by seeing, in a good
newspajH'r, the announcement, “Spring
ipeidng.”
Mrs. Lula Mays, new Mrs. J. S. Hook,
ot Augusta, is a daughter-in-law' of our
worthy townsman, Capt. Mays, of Mays
A Pritchett. Judite Hook is a personal
friend of our own, ami we wish the happy
couple every blessing and prosperity in
life. With so many friends in Barlow we
shall expect . gee the Judge and his lady
in our midst often—and they will
hvays be welcome. ~
Heath mf C. IE. CAliyor*.
At an early howr last Sunday moraing
* artersville was startled Njr the news
that Mr. C. B. Conyers, familiarly
known to his large circle of friends as
Kit Conyers, was dead. lie hod eaten
his break last as usual, and hail gone
<low n into a small cellar under tjis house
to see if some plan could l>e devised
w hereby tlie eighteen inches of wafer
could be bailed out. He did not make a
or i'eiii|Ai, and one of bis little boys
"‘‘■it into the cellar to see vs bat lie was
doing. He was found dead, with his
face downward in the water, at the foot
ot the almost perpendicular llight of
steps that lead to tlm haseim nt roouv It
is supposed that an apoplectic attack car
ried him off, as ids death seems to have
been instantaneous.
Alter the funeral services, conducted
by Rev. R. \>. Meadden, at the late resi
dence of the deceased in this city, the
body was buried in the Cartersville cem
etery Tuesday morning last. A large
concourse of saddened friends, followed
him to the grave.
Mr. Conyers, at the time of his death,
was in his ->2 I year, lie Was the eldest
of ins hi ot iters. His father, Benin U 11.
Conyers, was a man ot great wealth and
influence, was a citizen ot this county
lor more than fourteen years.
.Some years before tin* bite war, when
the gold fever raged highest, Kit Con-
V'TS. in company with James McNeal,
Richard Ftiekc ti, and others, went to Cali
fornia to tiak his fortune, and there he
remained for about ope year, undergoing
many hardships in those western wilds.
After his return home be engaged in the
mercantile business in Cartersville, in co
partnership with William Mitchell, com
monly called “Shad” Mitchell. Jte next
engaged in the livery business, which
proved very iaoruUve. On the 20th of
February, ISGI, in; was married to MioS
Fannie H. Bullock at the residence of
her uncle, Mr. James C. Jones, iu this
city. The ceremony was performed by
Col. J. W. Harris, Sr. At tlae begin
ning of the war ho volunteered in the
cavalry spryjee of fho Confederate States.
He was assigned to Phillip's Legion, and
was discharged from the service in .North
western Virginia on account of physical
inability to perform duty. lie lived in
Cartersville, with the exception of a
short time, while the Federal forces were
in possession of this country during the
war, until lie moved to the old Nathan
Land farm, which lui bought in Janua
ry, 1882. He lived on this plantation,
until a few weeks since, when ho again
came to Cartersville, his wife having en
gaged her services as assistant to Prof.
Hubert Smith, principal of the Carters
ville Institute. In the year inß'j, shortly
after his removal to his plantation near
Cassville, in this county, he professed
conversion, joined the Cassville BaptisJ
church, and was baptized by Rev. W.
M. Dyer. From that time uutil ids
death be lived a consistent Christian,
He lias lett to mourn bis loss, his most
excellent wife and seven children, his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Conyers, two
brothers, James B. mid Joel T. Conyers,
and bis sister, Mrs. Rebecca M. Gilronth.
The eldest of liU children is Bennett J.
Conyers, who graduated with much dis
tinction at I lie l ulversify of Georgia last
summer, and who was, at the death of
his father, engaged as assistant profes
sor with Mr. McCarty at the University
in .Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga. The
next oldest, Samuel T. Conyers, was
at the University of Georgia, educating
himself. The next, C, B. Conyers, Jr.,
was at Kenmoro High School, Amherst,
Va. These three boys and their mother
are members of the Baptist, church.
As son and brother, Kit Conyers was
a fleet innate; as husband, ho was tende;
and devoted ; as father, lie was kind and
indulgent; as a neighbor and friend, he
was true, generous, beloved —by nature
he was kind, genial, frank and just to
all. As has been said of his father:
“The mute impnv-sive stone can never
tell the manly deeds of bis heroic life,
but in the hearts of bis friends are left
sweet memories of his buried worth.
Earth grows poorer as the good depart.”
Mrs. Jennie Gtuitrell.
This estimable lady, the wife of our
esteemed townsman, Mr. S. T. Cantrell,
died at her home in this city Tuesday
night last at ten o'clock. She had been
in feeble health for twelve months pre
vious to her death, and had been confin
ed to her bed for three months. Siie
was in her 32nd year. There are left to
mourn her loss a devoted husband and
six promising children.
Mrs. Cantrell had been a citizen of
Oartersville for two years. She was a
true friend, an affectionate wife, and a
kind, gentle, tender mother. Her death
is a great loss Indeed to her children.
She was a refined, Christian woman, and
a consistent member of the Baptist church.
She was entirely conscious up to the last
moment, and died with all the faith and
trust of a devoted Christian. To her
grief stricken family and sorrowing
friends, we would #ay, “This saddening
death means nothing more than a release
from the cares and pains of life—a trans
lation to Heaven.”
—♦
Deatn of Sirs. Sarali
“Ripc in wisdom was she—but patient,
and simple, and childlike,”
Seldom have we been called upon to
chronicle the des Ji of so noble a woman!
Confiding as a wife, excessively affec
tionate as a mother, kind and generous
as a friend, devoted as a Christian, the
completion of life Was rounded up !n her
character. The pen that would fully re
cord her virtues should be dipped lu
glory! All that n wife cvtild bo; all
that a mother could be; all that a Chris
tian should lie—was. A C. 0.
Funeral 8. X. GtvutreM.
Relatives and friends are invited to at- j
, tend funeral servbies at her late residence
on Krwin street lu ibis city, at 10 o’clock
I this morning.
Finance anti Cotoiueroe.
ExcQAKtiH akp Deposit Ka-vt, <
February it, I£. >
Money alum,l:n t f*r all commercial buj!e*.
Exchange buying at par, Jelling at q praurfum.
Colton market firm; very little coming in.; we
quote good middling. i<J\; middling. 10; MBtns,
oto 9\. We need I*o bales Ums woek and n*xt
forour t*hiladol]iii|n J. J.
SOCIETY NOTES.
Miss Mattie Dobbins is visiting in Atlanta.
Miss Jennie Quitlian is visting her sister, Mrs.
George Green, at Home.
Miss f.ta Lowery, of Rome, is visiting her sis
| tor, Mrs. Thomas Moore, at Ce*lartown.
Misses Mollie ami Atlele Sou, of Marietta, are
i the guests of Miss Mattie Waddell. Ccdartown.
Hon. Jits. 11. Hook, of Augusta, was married
iu that city on Thursday morning to Mrs. Lulce
C. Mayes, formerly of Lexington. Ky.
lion. John S. Candler, of Atlanta, one of the
most brilliant anil euceaesful of the young law
yers of Georgia. i j in the city w ith bis wife, nee
Miss Lulu Garnie.—Florida Herald.
The most prominent feature of Atlantic social
affairs during the past week was the visit from
the Philadelphia party. They expressed them
-1 selves as charmed with Atlanta’s methoiis.—H.
| VV. G., in Atlanta Constitution.
News and Courier: Monsieur J. Brown gave
; adiner ala fourehette to Mite. Rhea in Atlanta
! the other day, and Atlanta society and the Con
stitution have had tin; blind staggers ever since.
“Mam.selle” could not conceal hcrastonish
| mong, naturally enough, in view of the Frcnchy
I character of the foist, and was stricken a
I nearly dumb as a vivacious Frenchwoman could
weit be tpgeo a ragoutle poix rouges served on
I China plates bearing the monogram of the Em
peror Napoleon lit, and costing SIOO apiece.
Atlanta now crows loudly over the neighbor
ing ‘arrpndissements” of Jonesboro’ and Sin ith
vilie, and proudly uii'ig.d. tq itself the title of
the Paree de Georgia. Vive la Kimballvtlle!
A good one is told on Pierce Young. W ben be
wa. t!;e youngest and handsomest brigadier in
Ih" army of Virginia, he attended a ball in full
uniform. As lie strode across the tloor, his
-word dangling and his spurs jingling, a pretty
gill, with the fearlessness of youth and beauty,
said: “General, why didn’t you just ride inf”—
11. W . G., iu Atlanta Constitution.
The banquet given by the Philadelphia excur
sionists at the Kimball (which, by the way, cost
nearly fl,000), demonstrated that we have a ho
tel that in scope, finish, and equipment is equal
to the best hotels in tne countf y. TUe Philadel
phians __were amazed at the brilliant scene
when the doors of the immense dining hall were
thrown open, and the remark was current that
both banquet and service conld not have been
surpassed iu gny of their own hotels. There
wore seats for 200 people ago room fur as many
more.—ll. W. G., in Atlanta Constitution.
Personal.
Mr. Willie Battle gave us a call a few
days since.
Col. Al. Bufonl gave us a cherry call
just as we goto press.
R. C. Carter, of Roekmart, and Isaac
Adler, of Atlanta, were on our streets
Tuesday.
Joseph Bradley, Esq., was jn the office
on Monday—one of the most sterling
farmers in the county.
Creed Cunyus and Walter Leeke, of the
Seventeenth, were paradingCartersville’s
thorongh fares yesterday.
Capt. R. R. Hargis, of the W. & A.
R. It., will move his family from Cass
Station to Atlanta at an early date.
E. P. Earle, I). 11. Duncan and Geo.
F. Alden, of Atlanta, and J. 11. John
ston, of Macon, were in town Monday.
Our clever furniture merchant, Mr. J.
11. Gilreath, has enlivened our sanctum
with his presence, much to our gratifica
tion,
S. J. Franklin, formeriy of Cartersville,
now of Fairmount, gave us a call Mon
day. Always glad to see the Fairmount
friends.
The latch string of The Couiiant of
fice is always on the outside to such vis
itors as Will Neel, Joe Moon and John
Banton.
W. C. Moore, of St. Louis, Mo., gen
eral superintendent of the Wrought Iron
Range Company, reached Gttrtersville
last Sunday.
Col. Robert, or more properly, Col.
“Bob” Rogers, brought sunshine into
the printer’s den last Thursday. lie
owns a great, hig, kind heart!
The cold, disagreeable weather has
kept the country people at home very
generally, but we were glad to meet that
good citizen, G. W. Lock ridge, in the of
liee on Monday last.
Dr. Lindsay Johnson is winning for
himself golden opinions as a physician,
and especially as a surgeon. lie recent
ly performed an operation for Horace
Bates and also a very difficult one on the
eye of Mr. H. M. Johnson, Mr. N. Tum
iiu’s miller.
Notice to druggists and storekeepers.
I guarantee Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge
to destroy and expel worms from the hu
man body, where they exist, if used ac
cording to the directions. You are au
thorized to sell on the above conditions.
David E. Foutz, Baltimore, M l.
Just received 100 Jerseys, cheaper than ever at
Selieuer Bros.
White Loudon Cord Pique at sc.
Nice dress linen at 12,’jC.
Full lino ot glass fowling for children’s
waists.
100 remnants of Hamburg trimming at very
low prices.
Maccmc cord iuall shades.
Scheteb Bros.
Accident Insurance*.
I desire to call the attention of railroad en
gineers, firemen, conductors and Brakenien, in
fact, all laboring men of every class to this mode
of insurance as a protection to their families and
to themselves. Tho Accident Insurance Com
pany of North America, is a purely accident
company, which insures against accident and
death caused by accidents. You do not have to
die to secure this insurance. In case of disa
bility caused by accident this agrees to
pay the assured indemnity fee from $5 to SSO per
week. Terms reasonable. The assured may pay
the premium on his insurance weekly, semi
monthly monthly or annually. Friends, avail
yourselves of this opportunity to protect your
selves and family before it is too late.
Bahtow Leake. Resident Agent.
Wrought Iron Range Company.
Our ranges are more cleanly ana more
durable than any other cooking apparatus
ofieied for sale,’ and, in our opinion,
their equal never has, artd never will be
made. We take this opportunity of re
ferring th 1 public to the following gen
tlemen who have purchased our ranges:
Jkirtoic County.
John A. Goonsox,
\V. F. Corbin,
C. E. Alexander,
J. A. Matthews,
P>. J. Haney,
11. M. Dtxahoo.
Polk County.
W. J. Finch,
J. X. Jones,
\V. M. West,
\V. M. Carlton,
G. !\ Morgan,
J. M. Carlton.
C"M County.
11. A. Hi l l ER,
K. L. Mays.
(i. W. Hill.
Gordon County.
M. L. Fosti k,
R. Baxter.
We re-peetlnily invite those who aie
in need of (he best eooking apparatus ev
er made, to eye inline our ranges.
Very truly,
Wrocgiit Iron Range Company,
Headquarters at Cartersville.
| Feb. 12, ISSS.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
KINGSTON.
Col. Crawford says he has been able
j to do nothing but cut wood and make
i fires for the last two months, and as that
brings in no revenue, he does not expect
1 to get rich this year.
Our live, go-ahead merchant, Mr. W.
A. Giliam, seems to be doing a good busi
ness, noth w ithstanding the cold, snowy
weather.
Our old friend, Capt. J. C. Roper, left
this week for his home in Oxford, Ala-
Ibaiya.
The farmers are very much afraid that
their fall oats ahi frozen out, and that
their spring oats will fail also. We sin
cerely hope their lamentations and evil
forebodings tire too premature.
The recent snow afforded considerable
amusement for some of our young peo-
I pie. Two very handsome cutters were
dying around the streets during the
| snows.
Guns and dogs seem to be the order of
the day. One man killed 20 rabbits last
Thursday,
Charlie Fort, of Rome spent some
time with us last Monday.
Messrs, Gaines and Lewis, and F. H,
Cobb have H*e most attractive stores in
town. Their genial and polite clerks,
Bayles Lewis and Geo. -P. Lumpkin,
make them so. Tom Cobh says lie is
one thousand dollars richer, it is a girl.
.Miss Ada Beck is a model young lady.
Slio attends to all her mother's business,
despite the snow and rain.
RAiRMOUNT.
We are stationed away up here in the
northeast corner of Bartow county where
we can catcli the reileeted light from the
first rays of the rising sun. All this is
delightfuj—such a tiling as the down
the-country people would enjoy—espe
cially in the month of May, Then our
forests are fragrant, and, clad in her new
summer apparel, all nature is laden with
happiness. Then, again, at eve, when
tiie sun is hiding himself behind the
western hill-fops, then it is we receive
instruction and straightway turn our
faces east to catch the reflected light on
the mill pond of the McCanless & Co’s,
mill. This mill is situated on the beau
tiful and well known little stream, Sala
coa, These mills are splendidly located
and have a splendid custom.
The society in this immediate neigh
borhood is very good. We have the Bap
tist and Methodist churches conveniently
near. The Sunday School of the latter
church, with Mr. F. Hubbard as Super
indent, is in a flourishing condition.
Mr. Hubbard also teaches vocal music.
His little class parried home the banner
from the Canton contest last May, thus
his became the banner school. We think
they wiil be equally as successful this
year.
There is a good day school at the Meth
odist church taught by the worthy and
competent Miss Eva Smith. There is
also a good school at Fuller’s Chapel,
taught by the Rev. Mr. Allen.
Oui,;s is a good farming country, and
our farmers are comparatively tree from
debt. We are proud of our farmers,
proud of our milling and general bti.si
negs facilities, and proud of our neigh
bors*—in short, we are a happy, contented
people. Now, if any of our friends
doubt this, let them call on E. B. Rich
ardsou, Billy Roberts, D. W. Fergurson
or Col. Tims. Hutchinson, and see if they
won’t get a square meal and a hearty
welcome. A.C. S.
ADAIRSVILLE.
Ail the sportsmen seem to be taking
advantage of tho good season for hunt
ing, We have several who are very ex
pert aiul generally succeed in bringing
in a nice lot of game.
Mr. J. M. Vouch, who lias been on a
visit to relations in Oakland, Florida, re
turned home last Wednesday.
Our tow'ii does not look so dull as many
prophesied It would after the sale of
liquor was prohibited. The cotton fac
tory lias resumed work and business in
general does not seem oil from what it
usually is at this season of the year.
Some of our young people attended a
party given by Miss Maggie Anderson
last week at her mother’s home a few
miles in thejeountry. They reported
having a very pleasant time.
The wheat crop in this section was
somewhat injured by the recent cold
weather, not enough, however, to prove
very serious. Miss Mary Harlan, of
Calhoun, who lias been visiting Mrs.
Boyd, returned home last week.
Adairsville can boast of but very
few society young gentlemen. A couple
of the most prominent escorted
some of the young ladies out to a party
in the country a few nights since, and
one, becoming so much interested, for
got to look where he was driving, but
was suddenly made aware of the fact
that he bad driven into a ditch, by his
buggy being capsized and he himself
I tumbled out into the mud. In bis en
deavor to take care of his Sunday hat he
entirely forgot the young lady and was
plainly heani by several to exclaim in a
mournful manner, “where is my derby !”
We received the first issue of the
Coleant last ’week and were much
pleased with it.
IRONVILLE.
Thank you, kind Cocrant, for the
welcome of which I was the recipient
last week; thanks, too, for the valued
missive and the reception from your
most estimable editress.
The mercury has been low down
during the past week—and is yet; on the
11 tli and 13th, it stood at 12 degrees.
We Imve Iwd ra?n, mud, sleet and snow,
still, with it all, we have much cause for
gratitude. We are blessed with an abun
dant fuel and abodes comfortable. While
we sometimes think them miserable com
panion#, the sleet, snow, &c., are neces
sary, so we should accept them cheer
fully, ps ftiriniug “a part of God’s great
plan.”
Mis* I.ldie Rowland narrowly escaped
conflagration last Tuesday. While stand
ing with her back to the fire near an
open lire-place, her dress was drawn by
the suction into the flames. However,
by the timely ahl of her mother and
brother, she was rescued with*it serious
injury saJte to her clothing.
A party, “The Calliopean
Club,” met at “Bonny Brook,” tin* hos
pitable home of Mr. Gibbon’s and family,
on Friday eve, 13th last., instead of the
14th, ?Wu*lay. Of tha readers present,
three, Mr. James Weems, Miss Alice
Hawkins and Dr. K. I. Hattie, president,
claimed to.be unprepared. Miss Mamie
Saxon read an appropriate extract on
“Promptness and Punctuality.” Mr.
J. C. Herring favored us with a tine lit
tle poem, “The Plains of Shiloh.” Miss
Mattie Hu ford read the “Eastern King,”
by “L. E. L.” Music by Miss Bettic
| Gibbons was an enjoyable feature, Result
of election of officers: Mr. 11. Buford,
President; Mrs. Dr. Battle, Vice-Presi
dent; Miss Emma Hawkins, Secretary.
Notwithstanding the snow-covered
ground, the darkness and low tempera
tun!, the members were out en masse.
Immediately after adjournment the post
man, Mr. J. L. Irick, was announced
with his budget, tiie “mail-bag” of val
entines. While some were exquisite in
their loveliness, a lot ot them, l assure
you, were rich, rare and racy, causing a
fund of merriment, L suppose it. is -veil
enough to “laugh and grow fat,” yet
,'our reporter can’t approve of this
wholesale sending of such comic valen
tines as the market a Horded this season,
in it there is nothing elevating.
The Trustees didn't think it best to
have any work done on the Academy
last week, therefore the school didn’t
open Monday,
Miss Mattie Matthews, Mrs. Fieennm’s
cousin, of Gridin, expects to attend
school here this season.
It was remarked by a eitUen, on your
debut, “it our new paper holds out as it
has started, we will have the best paper
eycr pub! shed in the county.” This
week that citizen said, “the C'UUBANT is
out,and 1 think fully eq.al to the liist is
ssie.”
Why sleepeth Sam Brown so long?
Can’t you rouse him?
Grace Gleaner.
CASSVILLE.
Dear Courant: We are enthused
oyer your first issue, for which we have
been anxiously awaiting. It comes up
to the full measure of our expectations,
and we predict for you a glorious and
successful career. We bespeak for your
journal a welcome around each
stone of our county, whether that home
be a log cabin, a cottage or a pallace.
We arc satisfied that your visits will
make no one poorer, but you will come
as a wise counselor, to cheer, enliven
and instruct. Long may your banner
wave to aid the prosperity of Bartow
county, to reflect its intelligence and el
evate the standard of her citizenship.
In consenting to occasionally write up
the “dots” of old Cassyille, I must ac
knowledge I do so with diffidence, re
sulting partially from the prosy nature
of our people, and from the prosy na
ture of my own mind, both ot which
revel in monotonous detail, running
smoothly day after day in the same old
grooves. It would take a more vivid
imagination and a more facile pen than
mine to write up a tragedy or farce on
this good people. The most of our citi
zenship is composed of farmers—-hog and
hominy raisers, proverbial for their good
cheer and a hospitality that leaves the
latch string on the outside of the door.
We are all patriotic in our impulses, be
lieving we have the best part the
county, the best wives, the best children,
the smartest boys, the prettiest girls and
the biggest pumpkin raiser in the county.
Those of your readers who have traveled
more, may accuse ns of egotism and a
want of knowledge of countries beyond
the smoke of our own chimneys. Well,
it may be we are a little fasten J 1 ex
cept the pumpkin business, that is a
matter of record among the archives of
the State Agricultural Department.
During the year we will, in our hum
ble way, try to post you on what our
bread makers are doing, having little re
gard to whether Miss so and so is vis
iting so and so, or Miss Dusonberry con
templates giving a grand party at which
her marriageable daughters will make
their debut in society, or whether Honor
ary, Major or Colonel Street moves his
pomposity along the streets or not. v Ve
would have our articles scented with
fresh mown hay and inspired by the gol
den waves of wheat fields, the green corn
and the ripening oats and barley. If
by our writings we can induce our
rural district to make but a few steps of
progress and cause them to beautify and
adorn their homes, adapt intense farm
ing and make conveniences to the relief
of their fair ones, we shall feel amply
repaid for our scribbling.
We are glad to see increased interest
manifested on the subject of education.
We will bail with joy the day when
there shall be a school house in every
neighborhood, and our bl ight boys and
girls are tutored by the best and most
competent teachers. We have already
three good schools in our district. One
at Cass Station, taught by Prof. Mathew
Marshall with thirty live pupils; one at
Ironyille, taught by Miss Mattie Buford,
and one at Cassville taught by Prof. W.
G. Walker, opening with thirty pupils.
Prof. Walker is formeriy from Owens
boro, Ky., at which place he organized
the celebrated Owensboro Female Insti
tute, over which he presided as its prin
cipal for eleven years. Prof. Walker is
a highly educated, accomplished and
genial gentleman, and our people con
gratulate themselves on having secured
his services.
Now, with three cheers and a bumper
to the success of Thk Cartersville
Courant, we don our nom de plume.
Scribbler.
IIaU lamps, II inch shades, $2.50, at Carry's.
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Annual Statement of the Accident Insu
rance Company of North America.
Admitted a-sets, $292,219.05.
Reserved capital at call, $103,440.
'Jot al resources lor security of insiyred, $395,-
659.G5,
SIOO,OOO United States Government bonds de
posited with the Insurance Department at Al
bany, New York.
Insures against accidents, and deaths caused
|by accident only--no other business.
This company has paid over 0,500 claims. Has
never contested a claim at law. You can secure
i policies in this company at the lowest adequate
rates, with a i*ositire assurance that in case of
disability, you can get your money through me
without litigation or expense. Losses adjusted
and settled at this agency. Bartow Leake,
Resident Agent,Uartersviile, Ga.
The Atlanta Constitution,
In a long article relating to B. B. I?.,
of that city, says:
The Blood Balm Company started one
year ago with $102.00, but to-dav the
bu-itfess cannot lie bought for $50,000,00!
The demand and the satisfaction given
is sai<l to lie without a parallel, as its ac
tion is pronounced wonderful.
We are glad to announce that our drng
gGrs have already secured a supply, and
we hope our readers will supply them
selves at onec.
It is said to be the only speedy and per
manent blood poison remedy offered, giv
ing entire satisfaction in all eases before
one Kittle has been used. For Blood
Diseases, Kidney Troubles, Scrofula,
| Catarrh, old Ulcers and Skin Diseases,
1 try one bottle B. B. B.
KIND AVOKDS FOR THE COURANT.
“It Is a Great Happiness to be Praised hy
Them That are Most Praiseworthy.”
Augusta Evening News.]
It is a matter for general congratula
tion, especially in the newspaper offices
of the State, that two such gifted, culti
vated, popular and well-known people as
Dr. and Mrs. IV. H. Felton should begin
the publication of a rearular, full-lledged,
well-edited, carefully prepared weekly
paper. The Cartersville courant is
welcomed most heartily bv the Evening
News, and we venture the assertion that
no stronger or more capable corps ever
grasped the editorial helm, even though
one of the firm belongs to what is called
the weaker sex.
Dr. and Mrs. Felton need no introduc
tion in Georgia, and even if they did,
they would make themselves felt soon
enough. We take small risk in predict
ing that The Couran r will make a wide
ami deep and healthy impression, and
we hope that it will he read hy every
family in Qeoigia, The influence of a
good woman is beneficial anywhere, and
the efforts of two such wonderfully en
dowed people as Dr. and Mrs. Felton
"will go far in the elevation of the tone
and sphere of the Democratic press in
Georgia,
H. W. Grady m Constitution.]
The appearance of tiie Cartersville
Courant, which bears at its editorial
head “Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Felton,” is
an important event in our journalism.
Mrs. Felton is one of the most brilliant
women of the day, and 'pas the true Jour-
instinct, with special placity of
expression. The Courant is a model of
taste and beauty, and sets the pattern for
weekly newspapers. Dr. Felton con
tributes two striking editorials over his
initials, reviving a custom tnat died with
Mr. Stephens, lie writes as ably as Mr.
Stephens, and with much more pictur
esqueness. But he errs strangely in say
ing that the English troops charged at
New Orleans in ISI2, flushed with “their
late victory at Waterloo.” When the
battle of Jfew Orleans was fought Napo
leon was in Elba meditating tiie great
campaign of one hundred days, and Wa
terloo was fought flye months later. But
these are trifles — The Courant is a won
derfully good paper and is destined to be
a powerful one.
Dawson Journal.]
Wo are in receipt of The Cartersville
Courant, published by D. W. Curry and
edited by' Dr. and Mrs. W. 11. Felton.
It is needless to say that it is one of the
best publications in Georgia. Its success
is assured,
Oglethorpe Echo.]
The Cartersville Courant is tiie
name of a paper edited by Dr. and Mrs.
Wni. 11. Felton. We have almost said
enough when these two names were
written, and will only add that a number
of dark places in the affairs of Georgia
hitherto unlighted by the rays of the
press will have the electric light ol wide
information and tearless criticism thrown
on them to their complete illumination.
The paper is a weekly, hut ifs rank and
file is that of a daily. It will also have
the attention of the dailies.
Cherokee Advance.]
The Cartersville Courant has made
its appearance. It is a nice seven column
paper, ably edited and an honor to the
newspaper fraternity. With such bril
liant minds and ready writers as Dr.
and Mrs. Felton, Walter Ryals and Alex
Willingham on it, we cannot expect any
thing but success for it.
Dawsonville News.]
We have received the first copy of a
new candidate for public favor, The
Cartersville Courant, at the mast
head of which we see the names of Dr.
and Mrs. Felton. It means that the Doc
tor is to put into it some fiery eloquence
and Mrs. Felton some of her womanly
tact and vim, then the sprightly “Amer
ican” may look well to her laurels; but
if these names are but a figure-bead to
catch with, little will come of it. The
initial number promises well, to say the
least of it.
Sparta Ishmaelite]
Mrs. W. 11. Felton is now editress of a
new paper in Cartersville. If we mis
take not the signs of the times there is
going to he a shaking up of the dry
hones in the old seventh at no distant
day.
Gumming Clarion. 1
We gladly place The Cartersville
Courant on the Clarion exchange list
and predict tor this new candidate for
public favor an extensive circulation and
wide influence throughout the State and
other sections. Mrs. W. 11. Felton, wife
of Dr. Felton, is in charge of this new,
neat and newsy journal.
Fort Valley Mirror and Advertier.J
We are in reeeipt of the first number
of The Cartersville Courant, edited
by Dr. and Mrs. Felton, and gladly enter
it on our exchange list. The established
reputation of its editors is an assurance
that The Courant will leave prints of
more than one sort in the field ol jour
nalism. It is a little erratic on the tariff
question, however, hut the doctor must
be a little various to he himself.
Madisonian.]
The Courant, Mrs. Felton’s paper,
has been issued. The first number was
received la-t week, and it is a gem of lit
erary success. Cartersville, Bartow
county and the entire State should feel
proud of such a paper. It is the neatest,
spiciest and ablest newspaper that has
been launched in many a day. We wel
come it to our table and wish for its en
tire management, and osjh cinlly for the
abb* Doctor and the gifted Mis. Felton,
prosperity commensurate with the mer
its of the Cot RANT.
Dauielsvillc Weekly Monitor.]
We have received the first issue of
The Courant, anew paper just started
at Cartersville, by Mrs. Dr. W. H. Fel
ton. Mrs. Felton is one of the most
highly educated and best posted ladies in
Georgia, ami is a w riter of great ability.
She will certainly make The Courant
a ‘power in the land,’ and we sincerely
wish her and her new enterprise great
success. The initial number is a model
of neatness in appearance and well filled
with interesting original, and selected
matter. We gladly welcome it to our ex
change list.
Paulding New Era. I
We have received the first number of
The Cartersville Courant, anew pa
per published by Dr. and Mrs. Felton,
at Cartersville, Ga. It is filled with en
tertaining and instructive reading mat
ter, and is printed in a neat and tasty
style. The recognized ability of its edi
tors is a guaranty of its success.
E.H. Self, Professor of plain and ornamental
penmanship, will commence his second term of
writing school at. Miss Lucy Carpenter’s school
house, Monday night, Feb. 2;!, at 7 o’clock. Will
take a limited number of pupils in book keep
ing. Ladies ami gentlemen are respectfully in
vited to attend.
A. Knight Sou, Grocers and Grain
Healers. Established in ISfiO.
Wo have just received 1,000 bushels of
choice seed oats, 25 tons of bran, 000
bushels choice white corn, and also a full
supply of Family Groceries. We are
thankful for the patronage we have re
ceived during (he past twenty-five years,
and ask for a continuance of the same,
and promising low prices and fair deal
ings, we are, yours respectfully,
febs-1885. A. Knight & Son.
“Housekeeping In the Sunny South. **
This is tiie title of anew cook book
gotten up by Mrs. E. It. Tennent, of
Marietta, Ga., and published by Jas. P.
Harrison & Cos., of Atlanta. No pains
or expenses have been spared to make it
the most perfect book of its class ever
published. The recipe for making F. M.
Jack’s famous bread is published for the
first time. It is alone worth the price of
the book. The great fault with most
cook books on the market are their ex
travagant demands, which render them
valueless to the masses. This will suit
the plainest and most economical as well
as the millionaire, who can afford the
costliest luxuries. The best housekeep
ers, bakers and confectioners not only of
the South, but of every section, have
contsrbuted their tried and valued recipes.
The list is indeed a brilliant one. The
book contains four hundred pages, is ele
gantly printed on tiie finest cream tinted
paper, and boundin cloth. It will ap
pear FeUraruy Ist. Price Two Dollars.
Send your orders now to Mrs. E. R.
Tennent. febl2 4t
To the People of Bartow County,
By the dollar’s worth I will sell—
Coffee, per pound 12 cts.
Sugar, “ “ “
Hams, “ “ i2 “
Bulk meat, “
Shoulders, “ $1 •
Family Flour, “ 2 “
Patent Flour, “ 3 “
Lard (pure) “ 10 “
Tobacco (good) 40 “
Candy (stick) 12>*“
Candy (fancy) 17>£“
Soda
Starch
Oat meal 5,V‘
Rico 7)-£“
Grits 3 “
Cheese 15 “
So<la crackers 9 “
Meal, per bushel ... . 65 “
Syrup, per gallon 40 “
Oil, per gallon. 20 “
Sardines, per can ... 8 “
Tomatoes, per can 8 “
Salmon, per can
Oysters, per can 10 “
Soap, per bar 4 “
Garden Seed (fluisls) remarkably low
Bunch pine 2!£ cts
All (he prices subject to fluctuation. Call at
once. JOHN L. SMITH,
West Mu n Street.
Cartersville, Georgia, February 5 ; 'BBS.
Tubular Hand Lamps only 50e each at
Curry’s Drug Store.
Special Notice.
Thorough-bred Plymouth Rock eggs—l3 for
$1.50. R. D. Garrison,
Cartersville, Ga.
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Excelsior Kitchen Lamps only 25c at
Curry’s.
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Electric Stand Lamps complete, with
ten-inch shade, nickel plated, only $3.25
at Curry’s.
Bradfield’s Female Kegulator, large
nd small sizes, at Curry’s.
Beautiful Decorated Lamps, only one
dollar, at Curry’s.
Electric Stand Lamps, nickel plated,
only $2.75, with engraved chimney, at
Curry’s.
Electric Founts, nickel plated, com
plete with chimney, only $2.50.
Telegrax>h and Messenger and Courant.
Club Rates
By permission of the proprietors, we
offer to subscribers the following terms
of subscription:
Macon Telegraph and Messenger, weekly,
and Courant .$2.40
Daily’, with Courant 5.90
Now is your time to get two good
newspapers, at a fraction over the prKe
for one. Invariably in advance.
The Courant allows liberal commis
sions to all its agents. Write for terms
and begin work at once.
Curry’s Cough Cure, largest bottle and
smallest dose of all the cough medicines.
For the Spring Trade, 181)5.
At the North Georgia Furniture House
can be found a large and varied stock of
Furniture, Mattresses, Sewing Machines
and Carpets. Save money by making your
purchases from a house that pays spot
cash for all goods purchased.
J. H. Gilrkath, Prop’r.
West Main street, Cartersville, Ga.
Cyclone Insurance.
I shall continue to issue cyclone policies at the
low rate of 35 cents per hundred dollars,
or s3.sft per thousand. No policy fees charged.
Bartow Leake,
Fire, Life and Accident Ins. Agt.,
Cartersville, Ga.
Notice to flic Public.
/ lENTI.EMKV WHO WISH BARBEKING
\ JT well done without being annoyed by loaf
ers, rail on
JOHN TAYLOR,
At the St. James Hotel, where they can find
everything clean aud first-class, and use noth
ing but the best of soaps anil towels.
AI s' i keep on hand a fine stock of Cigars
and Perfumery. febl^^
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