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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. .♦ ♦ ♦ 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. • • ♦ Excelsior Kitchen Lamps only 25c at Curry’s. ■ ♦ ♦ 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^^ 811 K LB V A TTA U A A T O I? X 10 V - A I \ R I’EIIs VI 1.1.1., Gt.i>K<l4|H&||P|| I -too wav 1..-1 ov 1’ o-iloilir.e, lebl2 tf