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Knt+re& in the Poetojlce ni Cartereville , 6 'a.,
a* eecend-chut\ matter,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1385.
The Editress—Has had a long
serious attack of illness, but we are glad
to know that she is able to be up in her
room.
His Salary.— We learn that the sal
ary of Rev. G. S. Tumlin. recently called
to occupy the Baptist pulpit at Marietta,
will he SBOO per annum, and dwelling
house furnished.
Cotton. —The fleecy staple is coming
in with u rush, and our prices compare fa
vorably with other markets. The follow
ing are Yhe prevailing figures:
Goo<l middling ... 0
Middling 8%
Strict low middling 8^
Low middling B*4
Strict good ordinary Bl£
G<x>d ordinary 8
Our New Postmaster. — Maj. Wil
liam Milner has been appointed postmas
ter, vice J. R. Wikle. Maj. Milner will
a-sume the duties of the office as soon as
his bond, which has been made up and
forwarded, is accepted.
E. B. Earle has been appointed post
master at Adairsville, vice Dyar, removed.
Hymeneal. —Married, at the resi
dence of Mr. E. A, Adcock, on October
4th, Miss Savannah Adcock to Mr. Eben
Wofford, Rev. A. H. Rice officiating. Miss
Savannah is one of Bartow’s loveliest
girls; Mr. Wofford is a sober and indus
trious young man. They have our best
wishes for long life and happiness.
A Fiuend.
He is Doing’ Well. His many
friends will be glad to learn that Maj. L.
C. Hosts, who recently took charge of the
Central Hotel at Rome, is doing well.
Ho is a hard worker, and understands his
business thoroughly. His tables are al
ways well supplied with all the delicacies
as well as tho solids, and our people
should stop with him when they go to
the “Hill City.”
ltd igloos. Rev. T. F. Pierce
preached two good sermons at the Metho
dist church Sunday morning and Sunday
night. This is his last visit to our city
for this year, lie lias been a faithful and
loving presiding elder.
A class of eighteen w'ere received into
the Methodist church Sunday morning.
Two late converts have been refused
licenses to preach.
Happily Married. —Wc have so far
inadvertently neglected to note the mar
riage of our young friend, Mr. James M.
I loss, to Miss Maggie Helms, of Morris
town, Tenn., which occurred a week or
so ago. The happy couple have taken up
t hoir residence at the farm near Cass
Station. Tiiis couple have known each
other since childhood, and tho lovo that
culminated in their happy union was
kindled in tho early days of their youth.
To them wc wish a long and useful life.
A Peculiar Death.—Mr. John Wis
clioimnt, a track boss on the Rome rail
road, passed through Cartersville last
week on his way home from Calhoun.
Ala., where he had been in attendance
upon his father’s funeral, who died under
the most peculiar circumstances. Last
Augu-t the old gentleman caught a pig
by the rear legs, and was conveying it to a
pen, when the pig kicked Mr. W. in the
left side, but no attention was paid to it.
The next day Mr. W. felt wealt, so much
80, that he was compelled to take his bed,
tfheft lift-rei. aimed up to the time of his
death last week. The old gentleman did
not sown to suffer much, only from ex
cessive weakness. This is the first in
stance in our knowledge where a person’s
death was caused from a hog kick.
They Stagger.— as we predicted,
the line of elegant quadruple-plated sil
verware, just received at Curry's, lias
staggered our people. They ilock there
to feast their eyes upon the beautiful dis
play. All are loud in their admiration.
Those that can afford such luxuries make
their selections quickly and satisfactorily,
while the more unfortunate ones gaze at
the remainder with wistful covetousness.
Walt Hsadden seems to have churge of
the display, and for the time being the
glitter of the beauties has about super
seded his earnest attention to the “Liver
Compound.” However, he will soon
manage to tear himself away from his
dozing reverie and start upon the road,
painting the byways and highways with
well displayed “ads.,” of the greatest
family medicine that ever was compound
ed for the benefit of suffering humanity.
That Petition. —The petition we
publish to-day speaks for itself. These
good citizens were anxious to allow Bar
tow county to select its own judge, In
terested parties w rote letters* to Atlanta
to defeat anything of the kind, as “Bar
tow county especially” was unfit to make
such a choice. Of course they had a right
to push their (!) own choice to the whole
county, Tutuam county, we understand
was allowed this small privilege—but
Bartow people are either so ignorant, so
corrupt, or so hopelessly incompetent
that she needs a few self-appointed guar
dians who dictate officials and appoint
judges for her. Suppose it should trans
pire that the individual who was allowed
to do this w ork is preparing a soft nest
for himself- —and w ith his usual dexterity
turns up in two offices at one time?
—something like lie figured in Washing
ton City ill getting people appointed post
master merely to slip into a Federal olliee
himself.
November Court.— The November
adjourned term of our Superior Court
will convene Monday, Nov. 0, and con
tinue two weeks. The following are the
names of the traverse jurors—no grand
jury to be drawn :
PI It ST WEEK.
Tints T t otl>ert, II It Maxwell,
P i \\ atkins, C T Sheliuan, Jr,
.1 W Adams, W 11 Wikle,
J A MeCanlcsa, C E Alexander,
Jno W ('iiuyua, O 11 Buford,
A J Brooks] A K Morrison,
.) EStephens, F M Walker,
W M K U*e. U Harper,
>V 1> Davidson, Juo A Price, Jr,
V M Alexander, t> It Foster,
J T Lipscomb, Jas G Broilghton.
Thoa i. Bishop, Jas M Andarson,
1> It Manning, Jaa M Field.
\V M Lanier, J Lumpkin,
Jeff M Hall. It l’ Gaines.
Jno A Flemming, Wm E Moore,
Geo W Waldrop, E B lloleotnbe,
Jas Layton, A 11. Morris,
SECOND WEEK,
I) A Attawajr, II Hammond,
CA Wikle. ' \V It Venable,
HtchaidC Harris. N W Jarret,
S M Itav, W F Atfont,
Jas C Towel, C‘C Wofford.
W II dodgers, J l> McGinnis,
W A Lumpkin, Wiu Erendge,
N tl Adams, W B tV Loeke,
J J Kennedy. W W Stokes,
S T McGinnis, T J McCurimck,
Geo W Smith, WiuT McMieken,
J N McElvy, J C Milam,
A J Nally, Jna l> Goode,
J S MeCov, Chas S McCormick,
Teos 11 Towel, David M Turner,
t Walter White, L J Barret,
J S Lipscomb, Jas W Oglesby,
J E Blalock, S W Bradford,
Parties who have had dental work done
at my olliee troui time to time, and still
owe me for the same, won't you please
come and pay me by or before November
10th, ISBS, and greatly oblige yours,
truly, K. E. Cason.
P. S. —Those who come first will get a
liberal discount. 07-ulo
The Petition.— Bartow county, in
our opinion, is almost a unit on desiring
to have some choice in the selection of a
judge for the proposed city court. The
following names were affixed to one pe
tition. Those persons who desired to
pu-h in their own choice, and represent
ed* to legislators that Bartow county was
unfit to make a selection for itself —will
do well to read them over carefully. A
similar petition could have been signed
by a tremendous majority in every pre
cinct in the county.
To the lion. John W. Maddox, mem
ber of the Senate of Georgia: We, the !
undersigned, citizens of Bartow county, I
respectfully and earnestly request and
urge you to so amend the city court hill
for Bartow county, as to allow the judge j
thereof to Ini eleccted by the people.
F M Ford, w M Graham,
D I fain! ter, Isaac Thompson,
W H Barron, II U Muuntoastie,
J K Ho wan, J It Andcnsn,
G G Mansfield, Thos A Won],
A I. ffarron, .John Anderson,
J H Harris, W If Terrell,
J G Brougton, S Jackson,
Jno W Hill, J A Hayes,
J l> Wilkerson. Jno A Spencer,
W M Satterfield, J <J Harwell,
Seaborn T Hicks, J A Crawford,
E I) Puckett, FM Walker,
i, IS Matthews, JSen Akerrnan,
J J Haney. J C Wofford,
J C Dodgems, -I M Stephens,
8 W Spencer, S O Bankston,
A M Duckett, -J A Baker,
A A Dobbs, II C Ford,
A Payne, W K Puckett,
J M Young, John Smith,
J A Gladden Dep Sh’ff J F Duckett,
G F Patilio, J A Howard, Ordinary
Thos H Baker, It M Marlin,
T A Price, I. Biirrough,
ft C Rowan, If it Towers,
J M Smith, T P Youngblood,
A M Franklin, J W Davis,
J If Mayfield, J M Davidson,
Jasper .Jones, J I) Hollins,
DA Poore, G N Mayson,
S F M ilam, < C M Bruce,
W G Baker, P A F Waie,
B A Barton, Tax Col, J N Bur rough,
Ghas McEwen, * harles Burrough,
H M Smith, W K Harris,
J* S Hightower, Jo.-Juia Moore,
..JasH Williams, John G Hilburn,
\ Knight, James Bell,
B M Dobbs, G W Maddox,
Jas Davis, W A Williams,
It F Jones, John H McDonald,
•1 M Baird, Geo If Waring,
S H Law, G T Smith,
John-H Harris, J B Smith,
E 11 Earle, John G Dobbs,
A K Foster, It W Murphy,
W F Lanhum, 8 M Roberts,
S F Burgs, A It Hudgins,
G W Hays, It D Garrison,
J 8 Harris, P M B Young,
J F Me < ravey, 11 B Goodwin,
Jlcnry Kurrougli, John T Owen,
John T Maxwell W W Roberts, Shelf,
D LPon J W Guyton,
BNMe ( lire, J J Howard,
Joseph Shaw, Aaron Collins.
VV M Capers, G W Williams,
John T Borrough, W T Baker,
Thos H Cobb, John II Hardin,
J N McKelvy, AT Wooley,
Jos T Hargis, A B Stubbs,
J B Eubank, J L Smith,
J L Burrough, VV A Eaves,
S T Underwood, E L Eaves,
S T Bigge, . W A Williams,
Q W Oglet v, N U Cannon,
WII How and, R V Clayton,
Gerald Grinin, J M Moon, Attorney,
TG Lawhon, VV M Irwin, •
G VV Waldrop, A G Williams,
G H Tomlinson, Thos, J Lyon,
J L Hudgins, G M White,
H Payne, G VV White,
H J Galt, N 8 Eaves,
It N Hudson, ST McGliandlcss,
T M Daniel, 8 L Vandiver,
VV P Milam, G 11 Cany us,
VV J Collins, Joseph G Rogers,
And many others.
Tho Society Event. —The social
sphere of our little city has not received
lately the commotion that it did yester
day on tiie occasion of the marriage of
Miss Sara Parrott, the belle and favorite
of this community, to I)r. Win. Pillow,
of Columbia, Tenn., the ceremony being
performed at the Methodist church by the
Rev. Mr. J. B. Robbins, at 9a. m. To
the sweet, melodious strains of a well
executed wedding march, the wedding
party, attended by the attendants and
ushers entered the church, which, by the
way, was crowded with friends and ad
mirers of the fair bride. The ceremony
was very impressive and beautiful, and
soon thereafter the couple boarded the
cars tor their future home in Columbia,
Tenn. They were attended as far as Cal
houn by the attendants and some friends.
The bride was beautifully attired in a
rich violet velvet, while the rest of the
party were appropriately and elegantly
dressed.
Attendants Miss Julia Parrott and
Col. Pillow, of Columbia, Tenn.
Miss Alice Trammell, of Dalton, and
Mayor M. L. Johnson.
Miss Willie Howard, of Atlanta, and
Douglas Wikle, Miss Mamie Wikle and
Col. Witherspoon, of Columbia, Tenn.
Ushers—W. H. Howard. Jno. W. Akin,
Harris Best and Theo. M. Smith.
The church was handsomely decorated
for the occasion, Mrs. J. A. Baker being
the artist. Expensive and useful presents
were profuse.
The bride, as we have said, was a gen
eral favorite with our people, and greatly
beloved by all who knew her. The groom
is an intelligent and progressive gentle
man, and very popular in the community
in which he resides.
Our Ttvo Sams. —Sam Jones and
Sam Small seem to be holding tlieir own
in the great tent-meeting in St. Joe., Mo.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, in a very
complimentary article says : The man who
wrote the “Old Si M sketches was closely
listened to this afternoon as he discussed
the lesson of tlia parable of the fig tree.
His sermon was not the ordinary presenta
tion of the doctrine of seed time and harv
est, but an eloquent appeal to mothers and
fathers to so <lo tlieir full duty by their
children as the result should be something
more than leaves. FromJ his newspaper
experience Mr. Small was admirably fitted
to tell of the temptations that beset young
men. He told it in a simple, manly way,
and when he spoke of the allurements of
political life, and compared the show with
actual reality, every St. Joseph democra,
and republican who heard his words knew
and felt that the picture was drawn by a
master hand. There is a large element
here that admires Sam Jones’ earnestness)
hut do not admire his rough shod way of
handling things, while there is also a class
that can not be reached by any ordinary
smooth-shod rhetoric. By this time the
audience at the Tabernacle has heard both
Sam Jones and Sam Small, and pretty
nearly every one present has been touched
by the speech of the evangelist or that of
his more literay partner in (lie good work.
There was the usual evening service
which was much better attended than of
previous exercises. The good people of
St. Joseph are devoted to the good work
now going on, and confidently look for
ward to a great revival before the big gos
pel tent is taken down.
Getting: Back Home.— Our live
merchants are all gettiug in from the
northern and eastern markets, where they
have been having good fun and buying
the “largest stocks.” etc. Mr. Gurry,
who was accompanied by his estimable
lady, returned Monday, also did Mr. Reu
ben Satterfield. Albert Seheuer came
strolling iu some time last week. They
all report lively times in the great trading
marts and say, from present outlook, that
business will be fine this season. So mote
it be.
Opera House. Miss Kate Wood
will give an elocutionary entertainment
at the Opera House, Thursday night,
October 14th. This lady has received
many encouiums, and we hope to see the
Opera House crowded in tne event of her
entertainment. The Rome Bulletin
says: “The recitations of Miss Kate
Wood, of Florida, charmed the audience
and were applauded enthusiastically.
Miss Wood is mistress of the art of elocu
tion, is graceful and natural in her jes
i ticulations and possesses a full, clear
voice.
thf. commission hill.
Ir. Felton’* Masterly DefbiiM of tho
People.
| Atlanta Journal.]
Dr. Felton secured the lloor and sent
| up a petition oi sixty-two names from
Cartersville, protesting against the pas
: sage of the bill.
Mr. Fite sent up a petition of seventy
names favoring it.
Mr. Felton said his petition was vvrit
| ten, and that Mr. Fite’s was printed, just
■ as 500 otliers had been that were sent up
from various parts of the state.
The doctor charged tbit there was
proof positive that the printed petitions to
which signatures were attached had been
gotten up by the railroad corporations of
the state and circulated by railroad agents,
railroad lobbyists, and railroad defenders
and employes for the purpose of defeating
legislation against the grasping, crushing
policy of the railroads.
Mr. Flynt arose to a question of person
al privilege, and said his petition for the
passage of the bill had been signed by
about 400 of the best citizens of Spalding
county, and the name of a railroad agent
does not appear on it. He said it was
simply the outburst of the feelings of the
people against tl>e injustice that the rail
roads suffer.
Dr. Felton—ls that petition printed?
Mr. Flynt—lt is like the others.
At this there was great cheering and
immense excitement, but it was a hard
matter to tell exactly what it was all
about. l)r. Felton’s friends .
CHIIERED HIM
and Mr. Flynt’s cheered him, and there
was a general uproar.
Dr. Felton proceeded, protesting that
he was the friend of the railroads, and
desired to see them multiply and prosper.
Pending his remarks the hour of adjourn
ment arrived, and he suspended untiltlie
afternoon session.
Mr. Felton resumed his argument in
opposition to the passage of the bill. He
supported the amendment of Mr. Harrell
because it killed the Senate hill, but lie
opposed any amendment to improve it.
The best method of disposing of a had
bill is to kill it outright. In his opinion
a great majority of the people of Georgia
did not want the Commission modified in
the least. The railroads in Georgia ought
to he satisfied with the Commission. Tire
present law was drafted by Senator Reese
and introduced by Senator McDaniel,
now our executive, and approved by
Gov. Brown, Gen. A. R. Lawton and
other railroad authorities.
Mr. Gordon arose and said :
“I desire not to speak for myself, but
for Gen. Lawton, to repudiate the state
ment made by the gentleman utterly and
entirely.”
Dr. Felton responded:
“Very well, I think I have good per
sonal authority for the statement that lie
approved or rather yielded his consent.”
Mr. Gordon —That is exactly what I
desire to say is not so.
Dr. Felton —Very well; I wanted to lie
corrected if 1 was wrong.
The Board of Trade of Atlanta had
passed resolutions against the passage of
tiie Senate bill. Only three men voted
against the resolutions, Mr. J. 0. Kimball,
Ex-Governor Rufus B. Bullock, and an
employe of the Georgia Pacific railroad.
Am 1 mistaken in that?
lie asserted that the present question
was the most important that had engaged
the attention of the Legislature since the
war; it may he at any previous age in
our history,
Dr. Felton then elaborated the idea
that the General Assembly under tiie
Constitution of Georgia was the only au
thority which could regulate railroad
tariffs —both freight and passenger tariffs
—the only authority which could fix
these rates; because regulate means to
control absolutely, and whenever this
authority is taken from the agents of the
General Assembly—viz.: the Railroad
Commission —and is granted to the courts
it is evidently a violation of our funda
mental law.
The bill does not express the leading
thought before us. In my opinion there
is only one idea in the bill, and that is not
expressed upon its face. It is not a
question of who shall regulate rates; it is
not a question ot arbitrary power. Though
not apparent in the bill, the question is :
Who shall govern Georgia?
Who shall make her laws; who shall
reap and enjoy the truits of the labor ot
the country, the honest toiler or a few
railroad magnates? [Applause.]
You know, who have watched this
question, that the oppression by the rail
roads is like starving the ox that treaded:
out the grain, while a few favored men
fatten on the products of the threshing
tloor. Will you supply the people with
the lees of the wine press while you give
a favored few the spieed-wine of the
vintage!
The tendency of wealth is to organize
into railroad corporations. What is
wealth ? It is not the gold or silver of the
banker. It is tho product of labor.
The friends of the bill say that there
are $70,000,000 invested in railroads in
Georgia. Why do the railroad olllci&ls
return tlieir property to the Comptroller-
General under oath then at only $52,000,-
000. It is said that in the United States
there are seven billions of dollars invest
ed in railroads; that they disburse annu
ally $250,000,000 and that over one mil
lion of men are 1*011116010(1 with them.
This chartered, aggregated, organized
and concentrated wealth rivals the Fed
eral government in Its [lower and patron
age.
Never before had there been such a de
sire in Georgia to build railroads. What
stands in the way of their building?
Mr. Gordon —Ail that stands iu their
way is the passage of this lull. Bass it
and they may be built.
Mr. Felton—The gentleman has said
just what I wanted him to sa". If the
Commission has made the Central rail
road too poor to pay for the tallow to
grease the wheels of its rolling stock,
why such a spirit to invest in corpora
tions that leads to poverty? [Laughter
and applause.] The railroads are the
modern Colossus. They differ from the
ancient Colossus in this, that while it
only straddled the harbor of Rhodes, they
straddle tiie United States of America,
and all commerce, all law, ail labor, and
all government must slavishly and
humbly pass under it? straddle. [Laugh
ter and applause.] Wealth and patron
age is power. I assert that these charter
ed companies are dangerous to public
liberty, their very existence a threat to
constitutional government. What is
their watch word ? Consolidation.
The friends of the hill say they want
consolidation. Tiie great syndicate of
which Mr. Gordon is an honored, valu
able and highly esteemed member (Cen
tral it. R.), do not desire competition.
The very apprehension or suggestion of
competition acts upon them just like a
red fiag acts in tiie arena upon a Spanish
bull fight. You just mention competi
tion, you just suggest competition, and
the Central, w ith lowered head, tail up
in air, and, with a bellow that weuld
shake the woods of Bashan, rush to tiie
contest. [Applause.]
Their object is to swallow up the shor
ter lines. I charge that the trunk lines
of Georgia do not desire the building of
new roads in Georgia, except as feeders.
They wish to suppress them to prevent
competition.
Holding a paper in his hand, DrTTTeJ
ton remarked that it was tiie most strik
ing document it had ever been his mis
fortune to read. It was a circular issued
by the Railway Shareholders Assoc ion
of Wall street, N. Y., of which Gcil E.
l\ Alexander was
was SIOO,OOO capital stock in the associa
tion. They received daily, monthly or
annual contributions from railroad men
for the object of preventing unfriendly
legislation against their interests. ’Miey
say in this circular they intend to have
the press and lawyers to defeat unfriend
ly legislation and prevent the building
of competitive lines. May this not ac
count for the wonderful newspaper Hop
in Georgia? I imagine the Central rail
road is a component part of that very as
sociation. [Applause.] They consider
everything unfriendly that restricts them
from their chartered privileges. They
have done more to suppress railroad
building than all other causes combined.
An attorney of the Central railroad
takes the position that tiie pool is l ight
and competition is wrong, The East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
finds united opposition from this railroad,
because they f ;ar competition.
Mr. Speaker, your won town has tiie
reputation of being bottled up. [Laugh
ter.] It is hermetrically sealed. Your
senator says they have not only scaled
you up, hut they have stolen the only’
river that God has given to Columbus.
[Laughter.] Bottled up! Who bottled
you up, Mr. Speaker? Will you just tell
me who killed Cock Robin? [Laughter.]
The president of the Central railroad
bought the Georgia railroad, leased it for
99 years, which is equivalent to a sale,
for $(100,000 per annum, 14 per cent on
the capital stock of the road. The Louis
ville and Nashville railroad offered $55,-
000 for the bargain, and the Central took
it. Am I not telling the truth ? Does
that look like driving off foreign capita! t
Foreign capital controls the lease of
the Western and Atlantic 'railroad ; for
eign capital is largely invested in the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia—
ail since the creation of the Commission.
Wall street, which is ever seeking to
humiliate labor, to make money dear and
the products of labor cheap; Wall street,
the headquarters of the Railway Share
holders’ Association never invests in a
Georgia railroad without expecting to
make the farmers of Georgia foot the bill.
(Applause.)
I like the Central railroad. I am its
friend. If it was oppressed I would
come to its relief.
Tiie Central has purchased the Mobile
and Girard, thq Columbus and Rome, tiie
Montgomery and Eufaula, tlie Elberton
and Madison, the Savannah, Grillln and
North Alabama, the Savannah and Mem
phis, the Augusta and Knoxville, the
l'ort Royal; the Georgia, the Brunswick,
the Atlanta and West Point, the St.
Mary’s and Western, the Macon and Au
gusta, the Western of Alabama, the
Gainesville and Jug Tavern, the Walton,
and the Macon and Western raidroatls
It strangled them.
Port Royal was one of the most prom
ising towns in South Carolina, with a
raagnificant harbor. Where is L’ort Roy
al to-day? The Central found it necessa
ry -to bottle up Port Royal. The com
presses are there but no cotton. The
warehouses are there but no cotton. The
railroad is there, but I am told that occa
sionally a lazy train drags its slow length
along over that once magnificent road.
The harbor is there, but I am tokl that
only now and then the sail of a second
class ship flaps upon the lazy bosom of
that magnificent harbor. lam told that
the bats arc there, that the owls are there
and that the lone fisherman spreads his
net where once proud ships ploughed the
waters. lam told that the olive and the
vine have ceased their production, and
why ? Beeause the Central has found it
necessary to bottle up Port Royal.
[Laughter.]
1 predict that there will be some sort of
strangulation before the Georgia Midland
readies its destination. When l think,
about this I try to just imagine how the
midwives ot old Pharaoh looked. You
recollect Pharaoh
OKDERED HIS MIDWIVES
to strangle every male child born into
the world— strangle it at its birth—and I
have attempted to imagihe how these old hags,
sitting around the couch of suffering, must have
watched anxiously lor the opportunity ol obe
dience to the despot who had issued the cruel
order. And 1 have attempted sometimes to
imagine how these Central railroad a'uthorites—
most clever and excellent gentlemen that they
are—would look, spectacles on nose, and down
at the end of the nose, and sit around the labor
coach of some new born railroad project, and I
have attempted to imagine my friend (Mr. Gor
don) as he would sit there iu this grave nnd dig
nified—
(Here Wie laughter drowned the speaker’s
voice and the most uproarious cheers andsliouts
rent the air. It was a full minute before order
was restored, Mr. Gordon joining iu the laugh,
j The doctor proceeded: |
| Watching the favorable opportunity—and just
> before the cries announcing that a man child is
! born into the world—these modern railroad ac-
I eeuchors have done their work, aud the project
1 >3 strangled at its birth!
There is one opportunity for you, Mr. Speaker.
| i Laughter. 1
The good Kook tell us that Pharaoh got in a
terrible rage one day and called up two i>f these
celebrated aceouchers and was about t# execute
them forthwith, and they would have been exe
cuted for a refusal to ol>ey his command, but
they replied: “We cannot carry out your order,
because the Hebrew women are not like other
women. They are-L-i-v-c-l-y 1
[Great cheering.]
I hope Columbus will be lively.
[More laughter and cheers.]
Take a look in the newspapers at the advertise
ment of a patent medicine man. You see the
picture of the man before taking and of the man
after taking. Take a view of the railroads be
fore the establishment of the Commission, and of
them since—photograph it—and Ido not fear the
results. [ Applause. |
Before the Commission was established
in Georgia the railroads universally
charged 5 cents per mile for every pas
senger. It is fifty miles irom Carters
ville to Atlanta. Every passenger was
charged $2.45; $4.90 for the round trip.
Now, by order of the Commission, the
passenger coine3 from Cartersville to At
lanta for $1.45; $2.90 for the round trip—
a clear saving to the passenger of $2.00
the round trip. It is a hundred miles
from this city to Macon. The charge for
each passenger on the Central Railroad
before the Commission was established
was $5.00; SIO.OO for the round trip.
Now he goes from this city to Macon by
order of the Commission for $3.00;
round trip SO.O0 —a clear saving of $4.00.
So, throughout the State. Every pas
senger on all railroads save two cents per
mile by order of the Commission, and
yet the railroads are reaping to-day im
mensely more 'revenue from passenger
tariffs than they did while charging the
extortinary rates, which was their cus
tom before the Commission was created.
But let us examine very briefly the
facts in reference to freight charges be
fore and after the Commission.
The Centra) Railroad, on the Savannah
division of that road, charged for carry
ing 100 pounds of first class matter ten
miles, G 5 cents. On the Atlanta division
of that road, where it had competition, it
charged 30 cents per hundred for the
same service. Now, by order of the
Commission, the railroads of the State
charged for the same service 1G cents —a
good paying price—on which the Central
Railroad has made millions of dollars for
investments outside and inside the State
of Georgia.
But let us present in more impressive
form the great saving to the people.
The Central Railroad, before the Com
mission was created, charged on a car
loud for 10 miles, where there was no
competition, $l3O, and where there was
competition, SOO. Since the Commission
the charge in both eases is $32.
Let me give you some of the rates of
freight from Cincinnati, Louisville,
Evansville and Cairo, per 100 pounds-, to
Atlanta. On bacon it is 30 cents per hun
dred; on grain 27 cents per hundred.
To Savannah from the same places:
Bacon 2G cents per hundred; grain 23
cents per hundred. To Charleston, S. C.,
from the same points: Bacon 20 cents
per hundred; grain 23 cents per hun
dred. So that a hundred pounds of bacon
is carried at this time from Cincinnati to
Savannah or Charleston for 10 cents less
than if it stops in Atlanta.
The Central Railroad hauls bacon and
grain, which is shipped from*;i icinnati
or Louisville, at the following prices: 9
cents per hundred for bacon and 8 cents
per hundred for grain ; but if the bacon
is raised in Fulton or DeKalb counties,
and brought to Atlanta by the farmer,
the Central Railroad charges the farmer
28 cents per hundred for shipping this
bacon to Savannah.
If corn or wheat raised in Fulton coun
ty is shipped to Savannah the Central
Railroad charges 20 cents per hundred.
If an Atlanta merchant desires to ship
one hundred pounds of bacon to Griffin,
40 miles from this city, he pays the Cen
tral Railroad 13 cents. For a hundred
poumis of grain to the same place he pays
8 cents. It a hundred pounds of bacon is
shipped from this city to Macon the Cen
tral charges 17 cents for the service.
The Georgia Railroad hauls a hundred
pounds of bacon brought here from Cin
cinnati or Louisville to Charleston, S. C.,
and receiving for its pro rata share five
cents. But on a like service on bacon
shipped from Atlanta to Augusta the
Georgia Railroad would charge 25 cents.
Tho Georgia Railroad charges the fol
lowing rates to the points named :
Bacon. Grain.
From Atlanta to Decatur 6 ceuta 5 eeutg.
“ “ “ Stone Mtn... 8 “ (i “
“ “ “ Madison 15 “ 9 “
“ “ “ Greensboro... 17 “ 10 “
So then we have the wonderful fact
developed that the railroad monopolists
of Georgia will haul a hundred pounds of
bacon from Atlanta to Savannah, if it
comes fromV'incinnati, for 9 cents, but if
it is raised in Fulton county, and shipped
to Stone Mountain, 1(1 miles from this
city, they extort 8 cents from the farm
er. Who can wonder at the poverty of
Georgia farmers? They sweat and toil,
and the profits of their labor is necessar
ily turned into the unsatisfied coffers of
these crushing monopolies. Who will
dare say we do not need a Commission in
Georgia to curb and restrain the repoeity
of these greedy extortioners? The ques
tion which any member of this House
must determine is, does he desire the
farmers of his conutv, the merchants of
his county, the laborers#f his county to
pay higher freight ami passenger tariffs
than they now pay? The man who votes
for this bill publicly avows that he de
sires the present extravagant charges and
discriminations of our railroads in
curred.
It is true these roads promise us that it
tliis Commission is abolished they will be
models of moderation and justice. Put
not your trust in a deposed despot. The
Railroad Commission of Georgia saves
annually to the people over $1,000,000.
The Central Railroad taps 67 counties
in Georgia. During ten years they in
creased in population 179,5G0; in bales of
cotton 340,977; in bushels of corn 1,740,-
13G, while they decreased in taxable
values $3,338,277.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway taps 14 counties. The net de
crease in ten years was $32,000.
The E. T. V. and Ga. B. R., 18 coun
ties, Increase $6,547,875.
The Brunswick and Albany, six coun
ties, increase $2,370,000.
Western and Atlantic, nine counties,
increase $9,200,000.
The Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Lino,
ten counties, increase $3,894,948.
Ihe Northeastern, six counties, in
crease $1,709,207.
The Marietta and North Georgia, live
counties, increase $838,000.
The Georgia Pacific, two counties, in
crease $451,547.
Chatham county in the same period
decreased $G,397,579.
la 1872 the Central Railroad property
was valued at $584,000; in 1882 at $5,-
000,000. She is now the richest corpora
tion in the South. The Central Railroad
swallowed up the wealth of 07 counties
and the merchants of Savannah are not
benefited.
Let us draw two pictures. Take an
humble cottage in one of these counties
that the Central runs through. It is
humble, though sacred and consecrated.
Father, mother and children are dedi
cated to toil. It is a little home, sweet to
the heart and pleasant in every associa
tion. It may be a log cabin, but it is
consecrated to virtue and toil. See that
family in early dawn, by the light of the
tallow dip breakfasting upon the coarsest
diet, and immediately after father and
children, boys and girls, hurry to the
fields, and work-shops and factory to
labor until night, and even then they
scarcely make food and raiment. No
schools! No church! Take the other
homes. It is magnificent in its surround
ings. It is luxurious in its apartments.
Take its flashing receptions and parties
to drive away ennui. Look at the rich
wardrobes crowded with silks and laces.
In easy indulgence the man rolls in
wealth. His eyes stick out with fatness
and no fear of the future. The question
to-day, my fellow-members, is, which
will you vote for? You haye got to meet
it! You have got to vote for one or the
other, and God being my helper, I will
stand to-day and forever by the humble
home of the laborer. [Applause.]
He alluded to a cartoon in the Georgia
Cracker representing an appeal to the
courts from the Commission. The rail
road magnates were on the steps grasp
ing the foreman of the jury by the hand.
That’s the Senate bill.
W. H. HOWARD’S
Exchange and Collection Office.
Buys and sells Exchange on New York
and all other principal cities in the U. S.
Collect promptly on all accessible
points.
Mercantile collections a specialty.
Deposits received subject to check.
All deposits will be treated as special
deposits.
Patronage respectfully solicited.
sep3-Gm
Strike at the fountain head the course
of all evil. Is it worm that has destroyed
the health of your child. Give Shriner’s
Indian Vermifuge before it is too late.
Only 25 cents a bottle.
FOR KENT.
A fine farm in this county--containing
tour hundred acres, excellent open land,
good buildings and convenient to market.
Money rent, or so much cotton. Apply'
at this office. octl-3t
Fruit Jars at panic prices, at
V. L. Williams & Cos.
♦ -
Axes and Hatches, enough for every
body cheap, at'
Y. L. Williams & Cos.
PEMBERTON’S FRENCH AVINE COCA.
The Great Nerve Restorer.
Life itself depends upon a healthy nervous sys
tem. When the nerves are impaired we only
enjoy partial life. Pemberton’s French Wine
Coca is a specific for the nerves, and will restore
them to a condition of perfect health. Thou
sands have tried it and are cured of their mala
dies. This great restorer and tonic acts with
wonderful effect m eradicating the diseases of
humanity. It drives away depression, and res
tores energy and health to the entire system.
Try a bottle, and confirm the praises which oth
ers arc giving it. There is joy and happiness to
the afflicted in every bottle. To laborious think
ers it is the “Intellectural Beverage.”
For sale by D. W. Curry.
One box Fruit Powder preserves 25
lbs. fruit. Call at once at Curry’s and
get a supply.
CURRY’S LIVER COMPOUND,
(Of Southern Roots and Herbs,)
for
LIVER, KIDNEY, STOMACH
AND BLOOD DISEASES.
Fortify! Fortify ! ! against green fruit,
cholera morbus, dysentery complaints and
di ath by getting your system regulated by C. L.
C. Summer is upon us, your kidneys are out of
order, your blood is thick, you feel “gone away”
in mind and body, and vou are going to be sick,
so sick, unless you get better, Now don’t wait
for a chill and a high fever before you awake to
your danger, Send right away for C. L. C. and
keep oflT the trouble. It will ease your pain, it
will tone your stomach, it will check your
bowel.", and it will make you anew somebody.
A word to tlie wise is sufficient.
A Man died last Friday. Because he had
cholera morbus, he filled lip with drugs and
drank water until he was beyond remedy. If
he had only used Curry’s Diarrhoea and Dys
entery Specific his thirst and fever would have
been controlled and the stomach healed of its
malady. _
Curry’s Diarrhoea and Dysentery Spe
cific is a sure and palatable remedy for
all bowel affections.
C. L. C. quickly restores lost appetite
and permanently relieves general debil
ty-
Apple parers, corers and sheers, at
V. L. Williams & Cos.
COAL!COAL!
Now is the time to get in your supply
of winter coal. It will cost you much
less now than later. Can furnish any
standard coal that may be desired.
S. F. Milam.
Office at Mays & Pritchett’s,
Aug. 27th, 1885.
OPERA HOUSE.
Thursday, October 14th.
MISS KATE WOOD,
OF FLORIDA.
DRAMATIC RECITAL.
Go to Wikle’s and reserve yonr seats.
Popular prices.
NOTICE
To our Customers—that some
of Avliom have forced us to carry
them over from year to year for
the last two, and some three
years. And, mm* as Pro\ idenee
has smiled on you, you arc iioav
able to pay, and you must pay
us. Patience ceases to he a vir
tue any longer, and to srac
trouble to us and yourselves you
Avill do aa'cll to settle up clean
this Fall. Very Respectfully,
ROBERTS & COLLINS.
seplO-tljaul
Curry’s Liver Compound cures the
colic.
Curry’s Liver Compound cures the sick head
ache.
Curry’s Liver Compound cures that enemy to
health, constipation.
Curry’s Liver Compound cures that horrid,
dyspepsia.
Curry’s Liver Compound removes all traoee of
indigestion.
Curry’s Liver Compound puts strength in fee
ble limbs, and makes the sick man strong.
Curry’s Liver Compound cures that aggra
vating pest, heartburn.
LEMON ELIXIR.
A PROMINENT MINISTER WRITES.
Dr. Mozley—Dear Sir: After ten years
of great suffering from indigestion or
dyspepsia, with great nervous prostra
t rat ion and biliousness, disordered kid
neys and constipation, I have been
cured by four bottles of your Lemon
Elixir, and am now a well man.
Rev. C. C. Davis,
Elder M. E. Church, South,
No. 2S Tatnall Street, Atlanta.
Dr. 11. Mozley: After years of suffer
ing from indigestion, great debility
and nervous prostration, with
usual female irregularities and de-ran
gements accompanying such a condi
tion of a woman’s health, I have been
permanently relieved by the uso of your
Lemon Elixir. Mrs. E. Dennis,
No. 40 Chapel st., Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by druggists, 50e and $1 per bottle.
Prepared by 11. Mozley, M. D., Atlanta,
Ga. Sold by D. W. Curry. seplO-lm
One box Fruit Powder preserves 25
pounds of fruit. Call at once at Curry’s
FOR SALE.
A Fine Registered Jersey Bull —of the
best stock in the state; on reasonable
terms. Apply at this office. oetl-3m
Troper Treatment for Coughs.
That the reader may fully understand
what constitutes a good Cough and Lung
Syrup, we will say that tar and Wild
Cherry is the basis of the best remedies
yet discovered. These ingredients with
several others equally as efficacious, en
ter hugely into Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and
Lung Syrup, thus making it one of the
most reliable now on the market. Price
50 ets. and SI.OO. Sold by D. W. Curry.
♦ •
C. L. C. restores the secretions and
speedily relieves nervous prostration.
Cholera Is in Spain, hut C. L.C. wil
euro cholera in Cartersville and Georgia.
Diarrhoea is Death, unless you stop it.
Heat will give it to you, cold will fasten iton
you, bad water w.ll make it poison to your
blood, and yoff can prevent it all by keeping
your system in good repair with Curry’s Liver
Compound.
“Cet there Eli,” and don’t stop a minute.
C. L. C. will make him so nimble in his joints
that he can work like a 2:40 race horse. A
healthy liver and sound kidneys will make a man
strong, useful and long-lived.
C. L. C. is meeting with a large sale,
and is, we see, heartily endorsed by
many of our most prominent citizens.
Curry’s Diarrhoea and Dysentery Spe
cific relieves cholera morbus and all
bowel affections.
0. L. C. is the best Live” and Kidney
remedy known. It is composed exclu
sively of Southern Roots and Herbs.
Every bottle sold on a positive guaran
tee. Try it.
Plums and Green Apples— your chil
dren will cat them and bo will you. When you
are in danger of your life, why don’t you try
Curry’s Diarrhoea Specific. That will make you
strong enough to cat them all and gnaw up tho
trees by the roots, and never stop you from a
day’s work in field or shop.
Has your Child got the summer com
plaint? Set its liver straight and it will get
well, and don’t fill its little stomach with
drugs when nature made innocent herbs for its
relief. Try Curry’s Diarrhoea and Djsentery
Specific and watch its smiles return and its
checks grow red once more.
City Exchange Restaurant.
I will he prepared to open, on Monday, Sep
tember 7th. a flrst-elass restaurant, in Bank
Block, two doors below the bank. Keep oysters,
fish, and all articles that are usually kept for the
public. Your patronage solicited. Reasonable
rates and good attention. My coffee, I am sure,
my patrons will commend.
Pomp Johnson.
September 3d, 1885. *n.
R. E. CASOXT,
Resident Dentist.
Ofllcc over Curry’s drug store, Cart-ersvllle,
fal>6
R. M. CI.IKKSCALES,
Resident Tailor,
Has rooms above mays a pritcii-
ETT’S STORE, and is prepared to do all
kinds of Tailoring work at reasonable rates.
Parties who wish cutting done without the
making can be attended to promptly.
Cleaning, Ropairing and Mending
can also be done in Quick
Time and Good Order.
Cartcrsville, Geo., Tuly 10th—ly
ST. JAMES HOTEL.
Special Attention to Commorclal
Travelers.
Table Supplied with the Best tho
Market Affords.
attentive servants.
Siecial inducements to parties seeking summer
resorts. Correspondence solicited.
DR. R. A. McFERBIN, Proprietor,
febs-ly Cartersvillc, Georgia.
A- W. FITE,
A.ttorney-atl*a.w,
leblfi Carters*ille, Georgia.