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VOLUME 11.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
This city is situated on the Western A Atlantic and East and West Railroads, 48 miles north of
Atlanta, and in Bartow county. Georgia. Population 2,. r >oo, with churches of Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian and Episcopal denominations. With superior educational, climatic aud business ad
vantage Cartersvflle is unsurpassed as a place of reHraerice. Nestling in the beautiful mountain
district of North Georgia, It is protected from theextreme chilly blasts of winter, while in the hot
summer months the cool mountain breezes makes it a most pleasant summer resort. As to health
ness it cannot be surpassed —is entirely free from all malarial influences, and there never has
ibeen a case of chills known to have originated in the county.
Mineral and Agricultural Resources.— Nearly every mineral known to exist is
found in inexhaustible quantities, which will make Cartersville a great manufacturing centre at
no distant day. The manganese shipments froorth*Sxlepot alone are simply enormous. The Farm
ing Lands of Bartow county will compare favorably with those of Illinois, Michigan and other
north western States. All the cereals is raised tw pemekioo here, while cotton is grown in immense
quantities. The nature of our soil is very similar to the lands of the Northwestern States, w>ile
we have the advantage of shorter and milder winters. Lands are cheap and superior inducements
are ottered to those that may locate among us for the purpose of developing our beautiful county.
GENERAL AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF THE CITY OF CARTERSVILLE.
Physicians. .
Lindsay Johnson, m. and.,
Physician and Surgeon.
office: Curry’s Drug Store; residence, Erwin St.
JH. MAYFIELD, M. D.,
, Physician and surgeon.
Office: first door south Crawford A Hudson; res
idence, East Main Street.
Thomas h. baker, m. and..
Physician anil Snrgeon,
Office: one door above St. .James Hotel,
James m. young, m. and.,
Residence on Market street, near Baptist
Church. ______
Daniel hamitkr, m. and.,
Residence on Market street, south side,
HW. FITE, M. D.
, Office West side Public Square
CH, WHITE, M. I>.
, Office oyer Mays A Pritchett
117 L. KIRKPATRICK, SI.
tf Office in Howard’s Bank, Residence on
Church Street.
CM. GRIFFIN, SI. 1)..
Residence on Market Street—South side.
Merchant Tailors.
Rm. clinkscales,
Shop over Mays & Pritchett.
Millinery and Dressmaking.
MISS E. M. PADGETTE,
Fashionable Millinery.
Rooms ovc r Mays A Pritchett.
MISS LEO SHOCKLEY,
Fashionable Millinery.
Rooms under Opera House.
Financial.
Bauer & hall,
General Banking.
West Main Street, North side.
WH. HOWARD,
Exchange and Collecting Office
Office: In Bank Block.
Drugs.
MF. WORD,
Drugs, Chemicals, etc.
West Main Street, North side.
TiAVID W. CURRY,
V Druggist,
Proprietor Curry’s Liver Compound, Curry’s
Cough Cnre, Curry’s Diarrhoea and Dysentery
Specific.
Markets.
John Dodgen,
Choice Meats at all Times
feast side Public Square.
A A. Dobbs,
Meat Market West Main Street, South side.
Undertakers.
¥C EDWARDS,
Coffins and Mourning Goods,
Corner West Main aud Erwin Streets,
Harness, Buggy Whips, etc.
Hicks & brevard,
Coffins and Mourning Goods,
East Main Street.
Hotels.
Tennessee house,
Joshua Sumner Proprietor, East Main Street.
The sr. james,
I>r. R, A. Me Perrin, Proprietor,
East side Public Square.
Bartow house,
Mrs. S. C. Majors, Proprietress,
West side Public Square.
Barbers.
JOHN TAYLOR,
At St. James Hotel,
Henry morris,
First door south postoflice.
WILLIAM JOHNSON,
Shockley building, cast side railroad.
Essex choice,
Old Exchange hotel, east side railroad.
Stoves and Tinware.
VL. Williams,
Stoves and Tinware,
llousefurnishing Goods of every Description,
West Main Street—South side.
Carriages, Buggies, etc.
RH. JONES & SONS’ MANF’G CO.,
Buggies, Wagons, etc,
Cartersvillc, Rome and Stamp Creek.
All kinds of Repairing,
WA. BRADLEY,
Buggy, Wagon and General Repair Shop,
West Main Street—North side,
Furniture.
I H. Gilreatb,
U North Georgia Furniture House,
East Main Street—North side.
Dentists.
BE. Cason,
Resident Dentist,
Office : Upstairs, over Curry’s.
11 M. Puckett,
jIX Resident Dentist,
Office : Over R, II Jones A Sons’ Manf’g Cos.
Groceries and Provisions.
JF. STEPHENS,
Groceries and Provisions,
Northeast Corner Public Square.
Stephens & co„
Groceries and Provisions,
West side Public Square.
B. MATTHEWS & CO.,
Groceries and Provisions,
Under CoukAnt Office.
B~ AKRON BROS.,
Groceries and Provisions,
East Mam Street.
WM. SATTERFIELD,
Groceries and Provisions,
East Main Street,
Alt. HUDGINS,
Groceries and Provisions,
West Main Street—South side,
JA. STOVER,
Groceries and Provisions,
West Main Street—South side,
E STRICKLAND & BRO.,
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Canned Goods of every variety.
West Main Street—South side.
AM. PUCKETT,
Groceries and Provisions,
East Public Square,
Glenn .tones,
Groceries anil Provisions,
West Main st., South side.
JM. TODI) , . .
Groceries and Provisions,
West Main Street—South side.
JL. WIKLE,
Groceries and Provisions.
West Main Street—North side.
Tl H. WHITE & SON,
Groceries, Provisions, Lumber and Coal
West Main Street—North side.
Bradford & CO.,
Groceries and Provisions, .
West Main Street—North side.
VANDIVEKE & WALDRUP,
Groceries, Candies, etc.
West Main Street-North side.
fiEOKOE H. GILREATH,
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
West Main Street—North side.
BF. GODFREY,
Groceries and Provisions.
West Corner Main and Erwin Streets.
Thomas layvhon,
Groceries and Provisions,
Bank Block—West side Public Square
Pool and Billiard Tables.
Harness and Saddlery.
WC. EDWARDS,
• west Main street north side
WO. BOHLER,
west M ain street, north side.
THE CARTERSVILLE COURANT.
Crain, Hay and Produce.
Roberts & goblins,
Wholesale Grocers, Grain and Produce.
North side Public Square—West side railroad.
Rm. pattillo,
Groeer, Grain, Hay and Produce Dealer.
Southeast Corner Main and Erwin Streets.
A KNIGHT & SON,
Grain, Ilay and Produce,
South side Public Square—East side RailroaL
Lawyers.
JOE M. MOON.
Office over J. K. Rowan’s store
JA. BAKER,
Office: northwest corner court house
DOUGLAS WIKLE,
Office with Sheriff, at court house
JOHN H. WIKLE,
Office with Ordinary, at court house.
TW. H. HARRIS,
Solicitor pro tent City Court.
Opposite Clerk’s office at court house
Albert s. Johnson,
Office: two doors above St. James hotel.
JOHN W. AKIN,
Office: First stair way above postoflice.
Ray. murphky,
First stairway below PO. Ist Vr on right.
JAMES B. CONYERS,
First stairway below PO. Ist Moor on left.
SHELBY ATTAWAY,
Office: first stairway below P O, and second
door on right,
Mr. stansell,
First door below postoffice, last door on left
Graham & graham,
First stairway below P O, and last door on
right
Am, foute,
Office: Upstairs, cor Main and Erwin Sts.
JM, NEEL,
Judge City Court.
Office over Curry’s Drug Store.
AW. FITE,
Office two doors above St. James Hotel.
Jj. CONNER,
Erwin Street, opposite Anderson’s Stable.
Milner, akin & Harris,
Office, over Howard’s Bank.
Livery Stables.
/ IRAWFOKD & HUDSON,
U Sale, Livery and Feed Stables.
Near court house, east side railroad.
Horses and mules for sale at all times.
JOHN P. ANDERSON,
J Sale, Livery and Feed Stables.
Erwin Street, near Main.
Printing.
OUR ANT PUBLISHING CO.,
Proprietors “COURANT” and Job Printers,
Official organ Bartow County.
Office: Puckett Building, S. E, Cor. Square.
Atlanta Prices Cut. ■>jm
American publishing co.,
Proprietors “American” and Job Printers.
Office : Upstairs, Cor, Main and Erwin St’s,
Dry Goods snd Clothing.
RW. SATTERFIELD, '
Dry Goods and Clothing,
South side Public Square, near Railroad
| P. JONES,
O Dry Goods and Clothing,
West Mam Street—Public Square.
SCHEUEK BROS,
Dry Goods and Clothing,
West Main Street—South side.
| G. M. MONTGOMERY & SON,
and Dry Goods and Clothing,
West Main Street—South side,
Mays & pritchett,
Dry Goods and Clothing,
South west Corner Public Square.
General Merchandise.
George W. Satterfield,
Groceries, Dry Goods, etc.,
Southwest Corner Publie Square.
JK. Rowan,
Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware, etc.
West side Public Square.
I sham Alley,
Dry Goods, Hardware, etc.,
South side Square, East of Railroad.
Bakeries.
YANPIVERE & WALDRUP,
Bakery and Confectioneries, West Main St.
Cabinet Makers.
HIX & BREVARD,
Cabinet Makers and Repairing, East Main St.
TW. WHITE,
Cabinetmakers and Repairing,
East Main Street—South side.
Jewelers, Watchmakers, etc.
Turner & baker,
Watchmakers and Jewelers,
Under Opera House.
JOHN T. OWEN,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Word’s Drug Store, West Main Street.
WR. MOUNTCASTLE,
Watchmaker,
E. Strickland & Bro., West Main Street.
Insurance.
Bartow Leake,
Fire Insurance and Commission Merchant.
Office at Warehouse, West Main Street.
John T. Norris,
Life and Fire Insurance,
Office, Second door below Bank, in Bank Block.
Gerald Griffin,
Life and Fire Insurance,
Office : Rear Howard Bank.
WH. Howard,
Life and Fire Insurance. Howard’s Bank
Loan and Real Estate.
George H. Aubrey,
Loan and Real Estate Agent,
Office : First Stairway below Post Office.
Cotton Buyers and Commission
Merchants.
Sam F. Milam,
Commission Merchant,
Clerk City Council and Manager Opera House.
Office : Mays & Pritchett.
Gerald Griffin, _
Cotton and Gnano. Office in Howard’s Bank.
SF. SMITH, .
Cotton Buyer. Office in Howard’s Bank.
JC. MILAM,
Cotton and Guano.
Office, with Mays & Pritchett.
Jj. HOWARD, j
Hardware, Machinery, etc.
Baker & hall,
Hardware and Machinery, Guns Pistols, etc.
West Main Street. North side.
Educational.
Cartersville High School anil Kindergarten,
Mrs. S, F. liRAME, Principal,
Mrs. S. J. WARE, Associate Principal. _
East Cartersville Institute.
Prof. W. H. BOWERS, Principal
Corner Carter and Douglas Streets.
WEST END INSTITUTE,
Miss Lucy Carpenter, principal, Mrs, j. w.
Harris, Sr., assistant. Bartow street.
Books, Stationery, etc.
WIKLE & CO.,
Firit Door above Post Office.
Curry’s Cough Cure is a scientific com
bination of Tar and Wild Cherry. If is
pleasant to take and a sure cure. Only
25 cents a bottle. Try it. ,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1886.
FROM TAMPA BAY TO WHERE I AM.
Special Corretpondence. |
Florida is 59,000 square miles of land,
water, orange trees and climate —mostly
climate. These elements make up the
great South-land of the United States.
Its probabilities cannot be foreseen. So
much territory, so much water, so many
orange trees, so much climate, unsur
passed on earth, leaves the imagination
free as air to picture that which may
come. Even now Florida is the home,
winter and summer, for the sick from all
the higher latitudes: for the idler, the
sick and the money-seeker. Indeed, all
these sorts of people are now here in
great numbers. Some in the enjoyment
oi an abundance, others slowly moving
up to richer possessions, while some, at
the bottom, are with a will toiling and
hoping on for a better and brighter place
in life.
T.ie Peninsular of the Sta'e is its
most promising section. From the city
of Jacksonville south, lies the region of
wonders and curiosities.
East and west of the great river St.
Johns fiom the lakes in which it rises, to
its mouth, the variety of soil and pro
ductions, known and to be known, are so
great that an hundred years will not be
time enough to settle up the country and
bring the orchards, gardens and fields in
to full perfection.
Speculation with money investments
are just fairly established. Extensive*as
the country is, nearly every acre has a
present value which will grow into a sur
prising profit in the near future. Pur
chasers are abundant, sellers are plenty
and everything is for sale. Property is
sold and bought every day, and buyers
are often not satisfied till their money
and credit both are exhausted.
The above is but a short and imperfect
sketch of the material, present and finan
cial future of this delightful and wonder
ful portion of our common country.
The loss of two million dollars by the
destruction of the orange crop in Janua
ry last, is but one loss in a half century.
Just as much money is being spent this
winter as ever. The new groves, the
land cleared and ditched keep pace with
the incoming population, the transient
buyeT and smitten speculator. An or
chard in oranges, containing 125 acres,
in Sumter county, at Leesbug, scarcely
felt the freeze, except to shed the fruit.
This very day most of the trees are in
full foliage. The laborers are trimming,
pruning, plowing and preparing for an
other rich harvest, while the buds are
swelling into full grown blossoms, soon
to make the air odorous with their sweet
perfume. From the latitude of Lees
burg south, the orange interest is safer
than for thirty years.
Of course the population is an accumu
lation of people from almost the whole
earth. Every nationality has sent the
adventurers, the scientific, the wanderer,
the botanist, with the inevitable life in
surance agent and, last of all, newspaper
correspondent. Among them came also
your own philosopher and philanthropist.
Blinded by the climate, where the north
star disappears, hq lost his bearings and
was left iu profound astonishment, lie
waited, he telegraphed, and when the
next train came he icent, and in due time
an apology, ample and sincere was made.
Then came that oft repeated and cordial
forgiveness of his wile. As he had been
to Florida, w hut could she do ? lie pub
lished these things in the papers, and
when some of us read of his sufferings
tears came unbidden, because “a fellow
feeling makes one wondrous kind.”
The Georgia Arp was not born for
a swamp life in the everglades, and
therefore he kept so close to the civiliza
tion about the lower St. Johns that he
only lost his way going home. He found,
as all do, that Florida is a country of op
portunities.
When the Queen of Sheba shall arrive
at Lake Weir, in Marion county, and
open her eyes upon that limpid sheet —
turn them upon the splendid beach, and
has time to comprehend the grand and
beautiful situations around, on which are
the homes that adorn the shores, and
then shall meet that matchless advocate,
whose moss-covered and curtained dwell-
ing is embowered on the bluff, in speech
less silence she will look and wonder,
while listening to “the silver tongue” of
Captain K.
Lake Weir and its environments are
surprisingly beautiful and Inviting. Per
haps in altitude it is higher than any
point in the peninsular, and for that
reason must be healthy winter and sum
mer. Religiously, it lias an advantage
over many localities where the population
is larger. The good people have a house
for the worship of God unsurpassed in
style and beauty. The building is the
property of a devoted little Baptist
church. Besides the house of worship,
there is in .process of construction a large,
fine two-stoty building, soon to be dedi
cated to the education of girls and young
ladies. There is but one ocher in the
State like it, and that is at DeLand. This
one will be a high school of learning and
practical instruction in the things that
pertain to the domestic duties of woman.
There is ample patronage for it west of
the St. Johns.
These two enterprises at Lake Weir
are largely indebted to the public spirit of
that old Georgia Christian gentleman, and
his wife, Dr. E. C. Hood, lately of Co
lurn' us, Ga. Pilgrim.
IS SHERMAN’S MIND FAILING?
New York Correspondence Chicago Tribune.]
The mental condition of another public
character—Gen. W. T. Sherman—is giv
ing his friends much uneasiness. He
has shown an irascibility and petulance
of late that revive all the old stories of
his moods during certain periods of the
war. I know from his own lips that
some of his relatives in the East are
alarmed for him. He has written letters
to persons East and West in such tenor
and character as to leave no doubt that
he is seriously unsettled in his mind. It
may be merely the effect of the sharp
controversy with Gen. Fry and the con
sequent irritation, but, whatever it is, it
causes much anxiety among his friends.
There is just a trace of insanity in the
General’s family. His father, Judge
Sherman, of Ohio, married a Hoyt. She
was a sister, l believe, of the grandfather
of Mary lienee Hoyt, who has been
fighting in the courts here for the pos
session of a fortune that her father put
out of her hands at the time of his death
because he believed her to be insane.
She was once incarcerated for months
in a Pennsylvania mad-house, a private
asylum.
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, the athoress,
who has been living in New York for
some time past, returned to her old home,
in Clarkston, last week.
Merit will tell. Buy the genuine ar
ticle and do not expend your means on
vile trash. Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge
is guaranteed if taken according fo the
directions.
SILVER COINAGE.
An Able Speech by Our Congressman, Hon.
J. C. Clements.
Our Congressman, Hon. J. C. Clements,
has delivered an able and extensive ar
gument in favor of the “dollar of our
daddies.” The speech Is somewhat cur
tailed in order that some of the points
may be published by us, and will be
found very interesting reading.
Mr. Clements said:
Mr. Chairman: It has been directly
charged by the enemies of the standard
silver dollar that it is a “dishonest dol
lar.” Is this true? If it is, then our
laws are wrong, and the Government is a
perpretrator of fraud against its own peo
ple. What foundation is there for this
charge? As faithful representatives of
honest constituencies it becomes our duty
to answer this question. If the allega
tion be true, then the wrong should be
righted; for the honor of the people we
represent is more precious than silver or
gold.
But upon what reason do the enemies
of silver in their warfare upon it base
this indictment of fraud and dishonesty?
It is not because a silver dollar will not
buy as much as a gold dollar in our coun
try, nor that it will not purchase as much
of any of the commodities of trade or the
necessities of life as it ever did. There
fore, it is because silver is not worth as
it has ever been when tested by its pur
chasing capacity; and beyond controver
sy this is the only true and honest test,
for this is its sole use as coin. But it is
said that where it is not by law made a
legal tender it is only worth from 80 to
85 cents; and upon this statement of fact
the charge of dishonesty is based.
By what measure of vahie is this al
leged depreciation of silver arrived at?
It is not pretended that it is ascertained
or proven in any other way than by its
relative value as compared to gold, and
that in such countries as have demone
tized silver. What right have we to
judge here of the value of our silver
dollars, or of their honesty as legal-ten
der, debt-paying dollars by the gold
standard alone w here silver has not been
depreciated but gold has been enhanced
in value by reason alone of the total or
partial demonetization of silver in other
countries? I submit that gold is not the
only standard or test of value by which
silver is to be tried. Capital seeks to de
monetize what appears to be the more
plentiful metal and to make the dearer
one the sole standard. Germany and
Austria demonetized gold and make sil
ver the standard in 1857 for fear of an
inundation from the rich mines of Cal
fornia and Australia. In Austria silver
is still the standard and gold is only a
commodity and not money.
According as one of these metals has
been demonetized the other has appre
ciated in value w here it has been erected
as the sole standard. Why ? Simply be
cause debt-paying money has been made
scarcer and therefore, harder to obtain
by the striking down of the other metal,
and the purchasing power of the former
is thereby increased.
We must judge of the honesty of our
silver coin in the light of our own laws,
our own condition, and our own obliga
tions, rather than by the whims and fan
cies of other governments vdiolly differ
ent from ours in form and purpose, and
w ith different surroundings and interests.
Ours is not an effete monarchy. It is not
a despotism ruled in the interest ot a
ruling class or subservient to capitalists
and creditors irrespective of the rights
ol others, or rather it should not be.
Ours is, in theory at least, a government
by the people, for the people. It should
be as jealously watchful of the rights of
the humblest citizen as it is of its own
honor. The disposition of the question
under consideration will materially affect
the rights and conditions of all classes of
the people, for the ability of the debtor
to pay depends largely upon the supply
of money. If it is plentitul it is more
easily obtained and it takes less property
to procure it than when it jis scarce, for
then it is dearer and requires more prop
erty to be sacrificed to raise it.
What right has the creditor to refuse
payment in the legal-tender coin of the
law at the time of the contract? What
light has he to demand payment in a
dearer coin ? Is he not asking substan
tially an impairment of the contract in
his own favor and against the debtor?
This brings us to the consideration of
what have been the legal-tender coins of
our country. Among the powers of Con
gress enumerated in ttie Constitution are
the following: “To coin money, regu
late the value thereof and of foreign com,
and fix the standard of weights and
measures.” The same instrument for
bids that the States shall “make anything
but gold and silver coin a tender in pay
ment of debts.” Silver is just as much
the recognized coin of the Constitution
as gold.
Under the authority above cited Con
gress, as far back as 1792, authorized the
unlimited coinage of silver as well as
gold, establishing exactly the standard
silver dollar of to-day of 412t£ grains.
Its coinage as legal-tender money was
not interrupted until 1873 —'74. Then
in 1878 a limited amount of not more than
$4,000,000 and not less than $2,000,000
was required to be coined per month. It
It has ever since its establishment origi
nally been a legal tender except as limi
ted from 1873 to 1878, yet we hear con
stantly of the so-called “gold bonds” and
“gold obligations” of the Government,
and the bonds principal and interest are
being paid in gold, in compliance with
the avaricious demands of the holders.
There are justly and legally no gold obli
gations of the Government except gold
certificates; the former are all payable
upon their face in coin, not gold alone,
for we have already seen that silver is as
much a part of our legal coin as gold is.
A bond, therefore, payable in coin is pay
able in either silver or gold at the option
of the debtor.
It is discouraging to him who loves
justice to see how unjustly and oppress
ively the tax-paying people have been
discriminated against in the interest of
manipulating capitalists. The holders of
greenbacks by the funding of the public
debt became holders first of bonds bear-
ing 0 per cent, interest, the latter paya
ble in coin. Then in 1869, at the hands
of a Republican Congress, by some
means they secured the passage of an act
requiring payment of the principal of
their bonds in coin, notwithstanding the
greenbacks which they had exchanged
for them at so great an advantage were
receivable at their face value “for all
debt3, public and private, except inter
est on the public debt and costom dues.”
This specific exception of the “Interest
on the public debt” and not the principal,
as well as the stipulation in the bonds to
pay the interest in coin and the absence
of such a stipulation as to the principal,
clearly shows that the demand of the
bondholders was unfounded, except in
their greed, and the allowance of it was a
great wrong against the tax-payers. Not
content with these ill-gotton advantages,
and fearing that their right to hold them
might be questioned, they secured in the
act of July 14,1870, a provision requiring
the new bonds under that act to be paid,
principal and interest, in coin of the
standard value prescribed by law at that
date. At this time the coinage of silver
was free and unlimited. They were th 9
cautious to secure themselves against any
possible fluctuation by reason of a change
in the standard weight of either coin by
subsequent legislation.
Still not content, they secured the de
mouetizHion of silver in 1873 by means
since characterized as stealth, hoping
thereby to secure payment of their bonds
in gold alone and that greatly enhanced
in value and purchasing power by reason
of the striking down of silver. Their
bonds were already exempted from taxa
tion of any kind. Why should accumu
lated capital be so favored while the poor
pay taxes on the little they have? In
addition to all this they are permitted un
der the national banking laws to make
these bonds a basis for banking and to
issue bills amounting to 90 per cent,
of the amount of the bonds as currency.
Within a few years the holders of
green-backs, taxable and non-interest
bearing, not worth over 50 cents on
the dollar, have by the means
just recited become holders of non
taxable interest-bearing bonds payable
in coin, principal and interest. Actually
being paid in gold, and while their inter
est is regularly paid by the Government,
they issue and use bank bills amounting
to 90 per cent, of the bonds —all without
addi ional investment or consideration
since they became the owners of the de
preciated greenbacks.
Accustomed to havihg their demands
granted at the expense of the tax-bur
dened people they in 1881 demanded and
secured at the hands of Rutherford B.
Hayes a veto of an act refunding a part
of the public debt and reducing the rate
of interest on the same. What right,
legal or moral, have they to demand
more now than the contract entitles them
to? They should be coutent with the
money of the contract—the money of the
Constitution, silver or gold at the option
of the debtor.
To establish the single standard of gold
and demonetize silver would be to require
all debtors to sacrifice more property to
procure gold or its equivalent to pay
their debts contracted when silver was
at par and a legal tender than they will
have to do if both are retained. This
would be no less unjust and oppressive to
the debtor than it would to the creditor
to arbitrarily scale and reduce his claim
merely to favor the debtor. Neither would
be right. It is contended that we should
increase the amount of silver in the dol
lar so as to bring it up to gold in value
everywhere. This would be the same
wrong, the same oppression, because it
would be requiring that much more of
value to obtain a dollar or the bullion to
make a dollar. To require silver bullion
of equal value to the gold bullion in a
dollar would be to further burden debt
ors under existing laws about 20 per
cent, which, on the aggregate of ascer
tained and estimated indebtedness re
ferred to, would amount to $2,438,432,-
209.
When the coinage act of 1878 was
passed the cry went up that gold would
leave our country and depreciated silver
would take its place. This evil has been
prophesied from that day to this. But
what are the facts? The coinage of sil
ver at the present rate has been going on
now for seven years, and there is to-day
more gold in the country than there was
seven years ago. For the last fiscal year
ended June 30, 1885, our total exports of
gold were $8,476,892, while our imports
for the same year were $26,691,696, show
ing an excess of imported gold of $lB,-
214,804. Our exports of silver for 1884
were $26,051,426, for 1885 $33,750,633, an
excess of $7,698,207 last year over the
year before. Despite the warnings and
evil prophesies of those who look with
horror for the substitution ot what they
are pleased to call the “baser metal” for
gold the importation of the latter has in
creased while the exportation of the for
mer has increased. In 1873, while silver
was demonetized, it was estimated that
there was in this country at that time
$135,000,000 gold coin; it was then at a
premium of 15)n per cent. About $98,-
000,000 of this was in the Treasury and
in the national banks, not in actual cir
culation. In 1876 the amount was esti
mated to be $153,493,378.
The coinage of silver therefore has
not driyen gold away from us. It has
not begun to do so. It does not threaten
to do so. There is no cause for alarm on
this account. The balance of trade —that
is, the difference between the value of
products exported and imported—has far
more to do with the influx or outgo of
gold than does the coinage of silver.
This balance, owing to the richness of
our soil, the amount and variety of our
productions of agriculture and manufac
tures, and the thrift and energy of the
American people, has continued in our
favor. The surest way to preserve this
balance in our favor is by wise laws just
ly administered to promote individual
prosperity among the people. If we have
individual prosperity, national prosperity
must follow.
There should be a removal of vexatious
restraints upon commerce, grievous bur
dens and unjust discriminations imposed
by vicious laws, which inure to the ad
vantage of a favored few and oppress the
many. The thrift of the American peo
p e and the richness ot their heritage
would insure untold prosperity, individu
al and national, if freed from the blight
ing effects of unjust discriminations and
oppressive burdens. There should be
sufficient currency provided to meet the
requirements of the increasing popula
tion, business and developments of ou
growing country. Money that is good
enough for the employes ot the Govern
ment, its officers and laborers, ought to
be good enough for the bondholder, who
is favored in so many ways.
The last objection urged against the
further coinage of silver which 1 shall
notice is that the money vaults are crowd
ed and we will soon have no place to put
it. This is scarcely worthy of reply. In
the first place, no sufficient reason has
been shown why it is not paid out in dis
charge of our bonds, now subject to call,
and upon which we are paying interest,
while the silver that ought to be in circu-
lation lies idle in the Treasury. The
reason why it has not been put in circu
lation, I fear, is that it has not been in
the hands of its friends. The minimum
amount required by law is all that has at
any time been coined under the present
law. Repeated recommendations have
been made for a suspension of this, and
that which is required by the law to be
coined is not paid out on due bonds and
put in circulation, but is hoarded in vaults.
If its inconvenience be an objection to it,
that is obviated by the silver certificate,
which is especially popular and accepta
ble among the people.
If there Is not room for it in the vaults
there is in the pockets of the people,
where it will find its way if you pay it
out to the creditors of the Goyernment,
who will employ it in the various busi
ness channels of the country, and it will
reach the people. Compel the bond-
holder to take it according to the contract,
and he will then be found helping to sus
tain silver and not to degrade It. There
ought to be an increase of the coinage of
silver. The annual production of gold
is slightly decreasing, while population
and commerce are increasing; and, not
withstanding the diminishment in the
annual gold production, there is an esti
mated increase in the amount of bullion
and coin used In the arts and manufac
tures. In the year 1883 $4,875,000 of
gold coin was used in this way.
Some professed friends of silver say
that the only w T ay to uphold it is to sus
pend coinage here until it can be resumed
in other countries which have demone
tized it. While we must admit that the
action of other great powers toward the
coins must affect us in greater or less de
gree it would be un-American for us to
conform at once to foreign policies with
out ail effort to maintain our national
coins intact, and no uphold one of the
great products country. The
remedy is not to suspend but to increase
the coinage. The amazing prosperity of
France after her unsuccessful conflict
with Prussia, with an immense public
. debt, has been largely attributed to her
financial policy. She provided and has
maintained in circulation an ample vol
ume of currency. With a population of
about 33,000,000 she has over $850,000,000
in gold coin and about $541,000,000 in
silver, or a total of about $1,391,000,000,
besides a paper Currency of about $556,-
000,000, making in all $1,947,000,000 or
over SSO per capita. With about two
thirds the population of the United States
she has twice as much silver coin, which
is a legal tender at par and circulates.
The amount of money of all kinds, in
cluding paper, in the United States,
hoared and in circulation, is not over $24
per capita. In the face of these facts I
fail to see the danger attending contin
ued coinage, but upon the other hand I
believe that the present continued de
pression is in fact the result of a lack of
sufficient currency to meet the demands
of the business of the country. A suffi
ciency of currency would, stimulate busi
ness, lead to investments, developments,
and remunerative employment for labor,
and consequent prosperity. Scarcity of
money embarrasses business and pro
duces stagnation, prevents employment
of labor, and causes suffering. Our con
dition demands increased coinage rather
than suspension.
The Secretary of the Treasury in his
report states that about 54 per cent, of
the metal money of the w r orld is silver
and about 46 per cent. gold. The Uni
ted States is by far the greatest silver
producing country in the world and can
not afford to aid in striking it down. It
does not appear that other nations have
so completely abandoned silver as the
monomettallists would seem to repre
sent.
Silver has been the stand-by of the peo
ple in many times of depression and
threatened disaster, remaining among
them when gold, the dearer metal, had to
some extent concentrated in the hands of
capitalists and bankers so that it has been,
and that not without reason, called the
“people’s money.” The effort to destroy
it is but one more step in line with many
that have been taken heretofore to trans
fer the earnings of the masses to the cof
fers of the rich and the strong. At no
time in the history of our country has it
been so important to the interests of the
people as now for them to have a large
circulation of silver. It will go far in
protecting them against the effects of the
manipulations and speculations of those
who in recent years have absorbed un
precedented fortunes, which are often
combined and organized in support of
schemes for further accumulation of the
products of toil by those who toil not and
yet by their wits absorb the wealth pro
duced by others. It is the money of the
fathers and of the Constitution, tested by
experience and approved by the people.
Let us have more of it.
GEN. GORDON FOR GOVERNOR.
An Interview with Gov. McDaniel Causes
Considerable Speculation.
Atlanta, March 17.—A one line per
sonal in a local paper yesterday has cre
ated considerable stir in political circles
in the city. It was the simple mention
of the fact that Gen. J. B. Gordon spent
awhile in consultation with the Governor
at his office the day before. To-day the
rumor was general that Gen. Gordon will
enter the race for the governorship. He
has been North for some time, and re
turned to this State only a few days ago.
It is said that he has closed a trade with
Northern capitalists in reference to his
Florida interests which makes him a
very wealthy man. These negotiations
have, it is said, been pending for some
time, and it has been reported here sev
eral times that he has come back a mil
lionaire, but this has never beon practi
cally demonstrated as yet. Now it is said
that the trade has certainly been consum
mated, and that he has already trans
ferred the Florida interests referred to
and has the papers with him. This ru
mor, together with the knowledge of the
fact that he has been in close consulta
tion with the Governor so shortly after
the latter’s withdrawal, has given rise to
general remark that he will soon re-enter
politics. His retirement was based on a
statement that(he was pecuniarily unable
to continue in the public service. This
remedied, he is free to act as his inclina
tions lead him, and it is believed that he
has strong political inclinations. The
incident has created considerable talk to
day at the capitol.
POSTMASTER BENFftOE’S BOND.
Atlanta, March 15.—Mr. Renfroe was
in to see Postmaster Wilson this morning,
whom he informed that he would be
ready to take charge of the Postofflce on
the Ist of April. It is understood that
Mr. Henry R. Jackson, United States
Minister to Mexico, and whose son How
ell is married to Mr. Renfroe’s daugnter,
has sent Captain Harry Jackson a power
of attorney to go the whole bond of Mr.
Renfroe. Three names are required on
the bond; the two besides Mr. Jackson
need represent no value. As the bond is
SBO,OOO ($50,000 for postmaster and $30,-
000 tor the order department) the
bondsman has to be worth $160,000 “over
and above all debts and liabilities exist
ing against him, and also over and above
whatever property the laws of the State
exempt lrom levy and sale.”
The bond which Mr. Renfroe will have
to give prescribes that he “shall pay the
balance of all moneys that shall come to
his hands, from postage collected, post
age stamps and postage envelopes sold,
or money orders issued by him or from
any other source connected with the
postal service, in the manner prescribed
by the Postmaster General for the time
b ing,and shall keep safely,without loan
ing, using, depositing in other banks or
exchanging for other funds than allowed
by law.” ,
It has been settled that Mr. Park Wood
ward will be appointed assistant post
master.
All of Clingman’s Tobacco Remedies
are sold at Curry’s Drug Store.
NUMBER 8
STONEWALL JACKSON.
How the Confederates Hero’s Life Went
Oat.
From the Detroit Free Press.]
Abont daylight upon the Sunday of hia
eath Mrs. Jackson informed him that
his recovery was very doubtful, and that
it was better that he should be prepared
for the worst. He was silent for a mo
ment and then said:
“It will be infinite gain to be translated
to Heaven.” He advised his wife in the
event of death, to return to her father’s
house, and added:
“You have a kind and good father, but
there is no one so kind and good as your
Heavenly Father.”
He still expressed a hope that he would
recover, but requested his wile, in case
he should die, to have him buried in Lex
ington, in the valley of Virginia. His
exhauston increased so rapidly that at
II o’clock Mrs. Jackson knelt by his bed
and told him that before the sun went
down he would be with his Savior.
He replied: “O, no! You are frighten
ed, my child. Death is not so near. I
may yet get well.”
She fell upon the bed weeping bitterly
and again told him, amid her tears and
sobs, that the physicians declared that
there was no longer any hope of his re
covery. After a moment’s pause he
asked her to call the family physician.
“Doctor,” he said, as the physician en
tered the room, “Anna informed me that
you told her that lam to die to-day. Is
it so?”
When he was answered in the affirma
tive, he turned his sunken eyes toward
the ceiling and gazed for a moment or
two as if in intense thought, then looked
at the friends about him and said softly:
“Very good, very good; it is all right.”
Then turning to his heart broken wife
he tried to comfort her. He told her
that there was much he desired to tell
her but that he was too weak for the un
dertaking.
Col. Pendleton came into the room
about 1 o’clock. Gen. Jackson asked
him.
“Who is preaching at the headquarters
to-day?”
When told in reply that the whole
army was praying for him, he replied :
“Thank God! they are very kind.”
Then he added: “It is the Lord's day;
my wish is fulfilled. I have always de
sired to die on Sunday.”
Slowly his mind began to fail and wan
der, and he frequently talked in his deli
rium as if in command of his army on the
field of battle. He would give orders to
his aids in his old way, and then the
scene was changed. He was at the mess
table in conversation with members of
his staff; now with his wife and child;
now at prayers with his military family.
Occasional intervals of his mind would
appear, and during one of them the phy
sician offered the dying man some bran
dy and water, but he declined it, say
ing:
“It will only delay my departure and
do no good; I want to preserve my mind
to the last, if possible.”
A few moments before the end arrived
the dying warrior cried out in his deliri
um.
“Order A. P. Hill to prepare for action !”
“Pass the infantry to the front rapidly.”
“Tell Maj. Hawks—” then his voice was
silent and the sentence remained unfin
ished.
An instant later a smile of ineffable
sweetness and purity spread itself over
his calm, pale face, and then looking up
ward and slightly raising his hands, he
said quietly and with an expression of
relief:
‘ Let us cross over the river and rest
under the shade of the trees.”
And when without sign of struggle or
of pain his spirit passed away. Was
death ever so sweet and peaceful? Was
ever rest so anticipated or Heaven so re
vealed ?
THE PRICES OF LONG AGO.
We lind this item going the rounds of
the press: In 1807 corn sold for 60 cents
a bushel, cotton 3 to 4 cents a pound, su
gar 30 cents, coffee 50 cents, shot 20 cents,
powder sl, tea sl, pepper 62 cents, nails
25 cents, calico and plaids 75 cents per
yard, tumblers $1.55 per set, ladies’ shoes
$2 per pair, salt 50 cents a bushel, brandy
$2 per gallon, and twist tobacco 50 cents
a pound. People were less in debt then
than now. But then people bought nec
essaries and did without such luxuries as
they could not afford ; now they buy lux
uries and try to do without the neces
saries.
Colonel M. E. Thorton, late of the At
lanta Post Appeal, is again prominently
before the public. He and Mrs. Thorn
ton are large stockholders in the Jelico
Coal Company, and Mr. Thornton has
addressed to the Legislature of Kentucky
a remonstrance against the employment
of leased convict labor in that and other
mines. He says that it is done by his
other partners, without the consent of
himself and wife, and he asks legislative
interference to prhibit the continuance
of the competition of convict with free
and honest labor.
Atlanta has at last failed in securing
the Georgia Midland from Columbus,
and the road will be built to Griffin and
Locust Grove, where it will tap the East
Tennessee. This is about the first fail
ure Atlanta has made in a small enter
prise. She only lacked $25,000, but could
not raise thia sum. The Columbus peo
ple will now go forward and build their
new road, and about the time the iron is
laid Captain Raoul, of the Central, will
step in and annex it to the long line of
the Central, so Atlanta sayes her SIOO,-
000 at last.
News is received that at Carrolton,
Mississippi, Sunday last, fifty men rode
into that town and repairing to the court
house where thirteen negroes were being
tried for attempting to assassinate a white
man named James Liddall, shot and kill
ed ten of them and mortally wounded
the others.
Dr. Armstrong’s late parishioners have
rented a house for him, furnished it with
elegant furniture, and filled his larder
with the essentials of life. They remain
true to him and confide in his integrity
despite the surroundings.
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