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A. TTOItiN E Y - A T -la A AY,
—AND—
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,
( ASS STATION, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.
G. S. TUMLIN,
A r r r r 6I t IST EY-AT -la A AY.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
"TTI TILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
> V in Bartow county, the Superior Courts of
the Cherokee ( ircuit, the Supreme Court and the
United Status Court for the Northern District of
Georgia. decl9-4mos
T. W. H. HARRIS,
A T r i' ORNEY-A T-laA AY ,
CA RTERSVILLE, GA.
FLACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS OF
Bartow and adjoining counties, and will
faithfully attend to all business entrusted to him.
Office over postoffice. decs-ly
JOHN L. MOON,
ATTORN E y-AT-LA AY .
Office at the store of P. L. Moon & Son, East
Main Street.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
ulylS __
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ATTORNEY -A T - Y A AY ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the brick building, cor
ner of Main & Erwin streets. JWIB
- A. BAKER,
A r U TO Tt IST TC Y-AT-LA AY ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
* it ILL practice in all the courts of Bartow
V\ aud adjoining counties. Prompt atten
tion given to ail business entrusted to his caie.
Office in Bank Block over the post office,
julyw.
E. I). GRAHAM. A. K.FOUTK.
GRAHAM & FORTE,
A T TORN PC YS- Aa'- L A AY.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the
Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the
Suprc me Courts at Atlanta.
Offiiuavest side public Square, up-stairs over
W. W. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of
Postoffice. j nly 18.
T. W. MIL NEK. J. tV. HARRIS, JR.
MILNER & HARRIS,
ATTO R N E Y S-AT-LA AY ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office on West Main Street. jutylß
F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Office over Stokeiy & Williams store.)
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
TWILL FIL . TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
anil put in teeth, or do any work in my line
at prices to suit the times.
Workf.l. warranted. Refer to my pat
rons all over the county.
aug 15-ly. F. M. JOHN SON.
JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre * Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, mid will sell them as cheap as they can
he height anywhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. All work done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a call. jnlyis.
OH AS. B. WILLING HAM,
Stenographic Court Reporter.
[ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.I
T MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES,
I ta king down the testimony entire; also, oh
jeetioes of attorneys, rulings of the court, and
the charge of the court, without stopping the
witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro
ceedings. Charges very reasonable and satis
faction'' guaranteed.
Traveler’s Griiide.
"CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Mondav, June IP, 1878, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave.
/ arter- ville .... 1:80 pm
Stilosboro. ! 2:15 pm 2:20 pm
Tavlo; ,ville 2:45 p m 3:' 0p m
Rock mart 4:00 p m
GOING EAST.
Rock mart 6:oPam
Tavtorsville 7:00 am 7:lo a m
Stilesb >ro 7:40 a m 7:40 a m
Cartcrsville 8:35 am
WILLIAM MacRAE, Sup’t.
~ COOBA RIVEIi NAVIGATION.
On and after Mondav. November 80th, the fol
lowing schedule will be run by the Steamer
MAGNOLIA: Oom
Leave Rome Monday
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday < a 111
Leave Gadsden Tuesday * P 111
Arrive at Rome Wednesday P 1,1
Leave Rome Thursday Jam
Arrive at Gadsden Friday l am
Leave Gadsden Friday b p m
Arrive at Rome Saturday . . . • • • 6 P m
J. M. ELLIOTT Gen’l Sup’t.
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this
Road will run as follows:
BAY TRAIN— EVERY DAT.
Leave Rome *8:10 a m
Arrive at Rome 12:00 m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Rome
Arrive at Rome • ■ . 8:00 p m
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following passenger schedule took effect
July 14th, 1878:
NIGHT FASBENGER —UP.
Leave Atlanta 2:00 p m
Leave Cartersville 8:54 pin
Leave Kingston 4:21 p m
Leave Dalton .6:lopm
Arrive at Chattanooga 7:47 p m
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 5:10 pm
Leave Dalton 6:58 p m
Leave Kingston 8:27 pm
Leave Cartersville 8:53 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 10:40 p m
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 6:25 am
Leave ( artersville 8:16 am
Leave Kingston 8:43 am
Leave Dalton 10:20 a m
Arrive at Chattanooga 11:55 a m
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 7:10 a m
Leave Dalton 9:06 am
Leave Kingston 10:39 am
Leave Cartersville 11:06 am
Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 pm
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THE CL IA ERWELL MEDICAL CO.,
41 Ann Street, New York City.
Post Office Box 4586. july 18.
LITCHPIELD HOUSE
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E. L. LITCHFIELD, Proprietor.
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VOLUME I.
SUCCESS !
THE DREADED CANCER CDRED,
The North Georgia Medical In
stitute Discharges Another
Cancer Patient!
STATEMENT OF O. C. CAMPBELL:
During the year 1860, a small, dark-brown
speck appeared on the skin, between my left
cheek and nose, and continued for about six
months, when it dropped off, leaving a small,
red spot on the skin. Gradually the little brow
speck re-formed on my cheek, and enlarged a
lit. le.
After forming aud dropping off iu this manner j
several times, and enlarging a little every time,
tlu scab began to loosen a little around the edges
and adhere in the middle, and would bleed
a little when pulled oil'. After this I could dis
cover a small quantity of yellowish matter form
ed undsr the scab when it was pulled off.
1 his state of things continued on until the year
186 , when the scab had enlarged to the size of a j
grain of coffee. During the year 1870,1 had a se- J
vere spell of fever, which settled in my head,
ant this spot on my cheek became very much in
flamed, anil ran into my left eye, inflaming it
also. Becoming alarmed, about this time, I con
sulted several eminent physicians, all of whom
pronounced it a cancer, and told me it would
Anally put out my eye.
I then tried a patent medicine, recommended
by a physician, hut without any good results.
My next resort was to the conjurers and faith
doctors , two of each, without receiving any bene
ficial results, the cancer all the while growing
gradually worse.
During the year 1874, or 1875, two physicians,
claiming to be able to cure cancers, came to
Rome, Ga., and advertised themselves as cancer
doctors. Having called on them, and placed
myself under their treatment, they examined
me and pronounced my affection cancer. They
put .ne under a course of treatment, which lasted
about flve weeks, but resulted in no material
benefit. The cancer, iu the meantime, had gracl
nally increased, until it entirely surrounded my
left eye.
About the middle of September last, I learned
from Mr. M. E. Cooper the fact that F. W.
Memmler, M. D., had located at Cartersville,
Georgia, and that he professed to cure cancers.
By advice of Dr. Marion J. Dudley, of Gordon
county, who was my family physician, I came to
Cartersville, consulted Dr. Memmler, and placed
myself regularly under liis treatment; and j
will avail myself of this opportunity to express
grat tude both to Mr. Cooper and Dr. Dudley for
the information and advice, which I look upon
as nothing less than Providential instruments in
bringing me under the treatment sf Doctor
Men mler.
After the preliminary examination which Dr.
Memmler made of my case, he frankly told me
that he could not promise me a permanent and
thorough cure without the amputation of my
left eye, which operation he was afraid I would
be Uj.able to survive, in consequence of my ad
vanced age, 1 being then about seventy years of
age. He said, however, that he could give me
relief by stopping the cancer pain and arresting
its future eating iDto the flesh around my eye.
After treating me about two weeks, he informed
me that, as my constitution was stronger than lie
had at first supposed, and I had stood the treat
ment better than he had expected, he could do
more for me than he had at first promised. I
have continued under his treatment from that
time until the present, and I now consider that
he has done far more for me than he promised.
I think now that my cancer is entirely subdued,
the pain is relieved and my eye-sight is unhurt.
In conclusion, I offer this certificate as a free
testimonial to the professional skill of Dr.
Memmler, and tender him my heartfelt thanks
for the inestimable benefit conferred upon me,
and would earnestly advise all persons afflicted
with -ancers to avail themselves of liis treatment.
O. C. CAMPBELL,
Postoffice: Calhoun, Gordon county, Ga.
The above certificate was sworn to and sub
scribed before me this December 14, 1873.
J. W. PRITCHETT, N. P. & J. P.
All Chrome Diseases Cured and
Surgical Operations Per
formed at the North
Georgia Medical
Institute.
MEMMLER A JOHNSON,
Proprietors.
CARTERSVILLE Ga
Bartow County Sheriff’s Sales.
HULL BE SOLD before the court house door in
♦V Carters' iie. Georgia, on the first Tuesday in
• 'ebnuuv next, lat, between the legal saie hours
the following described property, to-wit:
Lots of land numbers 384, 38.>, 38b, 088, 38ft, .190,
01, 330, 331, 332, 336. 337, 338, 311, 312, 313, 318 and
>5, and fractional lots numbers 392, 329, 333,334,
:<35, 317, 320, 319, 257, 258, 259, 260, 240, 247, 88., 103
end 414, ail lying and being in the Eta district
ind 3rd section of originally Cherokee, now bar
t nv county, Georgia, containing in the aggregate
1180 acres, more or less, described and conveyed
i.i a certain deed of mortgage executed by John
J. Calhoun aud Nathan C. Sayre to Joseph p.
W. Marshall, bearing date June 19,1869. Levied
on and will be sold as the property of John J.
Calhoun and Nathan C. Sayre to satisfy one Bar
l*w Superior Court mortgage fi. fa. in favor oi
Samuel S. Marshall, trustee and assignee, vs.
John J. Calhoun and Nathan C. Sayre. Property
pointed out and specified in sail! mortgage fi.
fa., and in possession of defendants.
Also, at the same time and place, lot of laud
number 188, in the 23rd district and 2nd section
of Bartow county, containing 160 acres, more or
les-. Levied on and will he sold as the property
o ; James W. Riddle and 11. J. Finley to satisfy
one Bartow Superior Court fi. fa. in favor of
Thomas Hutcherson vs. said James W. Jtiudle
and H. J. Finley for the purchase money. Prop
erty in possession of defendants.
Also, at the same time and place, lot of land
number 718, in the 4th district and 3rd section oi
Bartow county, containing 40 acres, more or
less. Levied on and will bo sold as the property
of the estate of Robert M. Stiles to satisfy one
Bartow Superior Court fi. fa. in favor of Planters
and Miners’ Bank vs. Margaret W. Stiles, ad
ministratrix of Robert M. Stiles, deceased, and
Tnomas Tumlin and Eli Barrett, indorsers.
Property pointed out by Mrs. Margaret \V.
Stiles, administratrix, and in her possession.
Also, at the same time and place, twelve and
one-half acres off the northwest corner of lot of
land number 210, in the 6th district and 3rd sec
tion of Bartow countv. Levied on and will he
sold as the property <>' C. W. Whitworth, one of
the defendants, to satisfy one Bartow Superior
Court fi. fa in favor of Z. T. Terrell vs. J. H.
Denman andC. W. Whitworth, principals, and
R. C. A J. E. Roberts, indorsers. Property
pomted out by C. W. Whitworth and in his pos
se sion.
A. M. FRANKLIN, Sheriff,
JAS. KENNEDY, Deputy Sheriff.
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Commissioners’ Saie.
J. Nelson Tappau, Trustee, &c. vs. The Cherokee
Railroad Company and others. In Equity,
iu the Circuit Court of the United States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
E Y VIRTUE OF A DECREE IN THE CAUSE
t above stated, the undersigned commission
ers, duly appointed bv said court, will, on the
Fourth day of March, 1§79, it being the first Tues
dav in si id month, before the court-house door
i:i the city of Cartersville, in the county of Bar
ton', Georgia, during the usual hours of public
sales, sell at public outcry, the following prop
erly of the defendant,
The Cherokee Railroad Company,
to-wit: Its railroad, situate in the counties of
Bartow and Polk, Georgia, from its terminus at
Cartersville, in said county of Bartow, to the
terminus at Prior’s station, on the Selma, Rome
and Dalton Railroad, in the said county of Polk,
with its franchises, rights, privileges aud immu
nities, including its road-bed, bridges, trestles
and iron and its locomotives, cars, trucks, with
all : ts appurtenances, and all its other property,
real, personal or mixed; this sale not to include
anv peronal property not now in the possession
of Daniel S. Printup, the Receiver in said cause,
or money or choses in action.
Terms—Five thousand dollars to be paid down
immediately at the close ol' the sale and the bal
ance of the purchase money to be paid within
tiiirty days from the day of sale, with interest
from the‘day of sale at the rate of ten per cent,
pci annum, and to be paid in the city of New
York or the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
If the cash payment of five thousand dollars is
not made promptly the commissioners will be at
liberty immediately on the same day at the same
place to re-sell said property under the same
terms of sale; and if the deferred payment is not
made within the time above specified all money
paid on the purchase and rignt of the purchaser
to the property sold or possession will be forfeit
ed, and the commmissioners will have the right
to take possession of said property and to re-sell
the same.
Said sale will bo made subject to confirmation
by ■ aid c< arton the report of the commissioners.
Possession will be given? as soon as the purchase
money is a'l paid.
T.tles will be made by the commissioners un
dar and by approval of said court, when all of
the purchase money is paid.
DANIEL S. PRINTUP,
WILLIAM F. DRAKE,
j a a2-td Commissioners.
Great Bargains.
J. A. ERWIN & SON
ARE OFFERING AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Ac., Ac.,
Crockery, Ac., Ac.,
AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES
AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES
TO SUIT THE TIMES.
TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Cjil and Examine tlieir Goods and Prices
Before Buying:.
J. A. ERWIN & SON.
Cartersville, Ga., Sept, 19th, 1878.
NORTH GEORGIA
MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Cartersville, Bartow county, Ga.
F. Wa MEMMLER, M. D.,1 piionrietor*
LINDSEY JOHNSON, M. D..1 x loprietor .
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY KNOWN Fi R
CURING CANCERS. •
CANCERS AND ALL CHRONIC DISEASES
Successfully treated.
We cure cancer without tlie use of the knife
unde: Dr. Memmler’s great internal cancer rein
ed'. Payment after Cancer is taken out
and healed. All kinds OF SURGICAL OPLR
ATIO: S PERFORMED.
COISTSTJLTATION FREE !
Office hours: 9t012 a. m.; lto6 p. M. nov2B
STI MN ER II OUS E,
(Corner Main and Tennessee Streets.)
Carersville, : : : : Georgia.
Mil. SUMNER HAVING REMOVED FROM
the Foster House back to the old Sumner
House, and having spent considerable time and
money in refurnishing and fitting up his hotel,
is now prepared to accommodate the traveling
public In the most acceptable manner.
Terr is Very Low and In Keeping with the
Times.
BOARD can be obtained at this house cheaper
than anywhere else iu North Georgia. Stop and
soe for yourselves.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 9, 1879.
A WORD TO THE TAX-PAYERS OF
GEORGIA.
To the Free Press:
We have allowed the material inter
ests of Georgia nd the management of
her resources (delegated to State author
ities) to be manipulated by a set of ring
politicians, until we are almost ruined
by ever-increasing taxes and the State
absolutely disgraced by the quarrels and
exposed corruption of the men who con
trol her business.
This corruption and use of the State's
means by these men has been going on
ever since Bullock took his seat as Gov
ernor. Then we. saw the immense sum
collected into the treasury, thrown'broad
caat among the tricksters who gathered
around the capital either as lobbyists,
members of the Legislature, as Slate offi
cials or as clerks and subordinates. La
ter administrations show the full work
ings of a system, then successfully inau
gurated. After Democrats got into power
the same men plundered with equal fa
cility and ability. They took the alios
of Democrats and pile *, the party la is to
hold ti eir ill-gotten ga: until t -day
Georgia’s capital is filled with men who
are “on the make” and the most success
ful man, is he who has accumulated the
most money, thereby enabling him to
confer pecuniary advances and thus con
trol the men who receive these accommo
dations. The State is like a fat carcass
under the manipulation of these birds of
prey. They fight aud gorge and only
are agreed in keeping *iY outsiders and
in concealing the spoils. A hand of “or
ganized plunderers.”* The railroads for
which the Bullock legislature endorsed
and issued their bonds, wore managed by
both parties. The State road was leased
then, but is to-day the grandest monopoly
in Georgia. Gov. Brown “oat Heroded
Herod’ in the Radical party, but he is
“boss” and in the organized
Democratic party to-day, with his mon
ied monopolies.
You may examine every scheme in ful
blast in Georgia, and it is equally the
property of both sides, except that the
Republicans keep quiet and the Demo
crats cry “stop thief,” to hide the pecu
lation and thievery. There are some
monopolies in the State that will have to
be curbed unless the pup pie are willing
to sell ‘ueir birthright to these men, not
for so much as a “ mess';* r pottage,” but
forthe noor privilege •> going fir -t h '
pauper house, for the ffme is fast "ap
proaching, .when that will he the-last al
ternative. The wa ; ad •to
lease the State road musi bd made
a business matter alone: and “to take it
out of polities.” What was the result ?
It is enriching the lessees every hour at
an enormous ratio, find the State has lost
iu actual money the I we.nty
years. Did it take itself out of politics '?
Let us see.
There was an excursion tram sent irom
Marietta the day before the election in
November composed of fourteen passen
ger coaches, intended to take colored vo
ters out of their respective counties and
leav e them outside until the da} r of voting
had passed. That train was loaded with
a barrel of whisky and two tin cups.
These voters were to be made beastly
drunk and turned loose on the public of
Dalton, until they were cheated of their
votes in the lower counties. Was that
an evidence of the road being out of pol
ities ? When a telegram was sent to
every employee on that road that “you
are expected to vote an open ticket.”
Was that taking it out of polities? When
Air. Lacy was deprived of his position at
Kenesaw because he voted for Felton and
an order issued that no trains should eat
there until he vacated the house. Was
that taking the road out of polities?
When every lawyer and every legisla
ture member who belongs to the ring has
a free pass on that road, is that, taking it
out of politics ? Tax-payers, do you see
where you have been swindled? When
the Legislature appointed a committee to
investigate the Dade coal mines with its
three hundred convicts what do you see?
This railroad was made to play its part.
Gov. Brown placed two line drawing
room coaches at the disposal of the com
mittee and asked permission to accom
pany them, which, strange to say, was
granted. When they got on board they
found five gallons of sherry wine; five
gallons of whisky, a basket of cham
pagne; sugar and lemons ad libitum, sev
eral boxes of cigars, a euchre table and a
colored waiter. When they reached
Dalton there was a band of music and a
banquet. [This we get from a member
of the committee.] Here were two mo
nopolies managed by one set of men,
each headed by Gov. Brown, and the
States business was engineered by these
men in the charge of Gov. Brown and
“everything was lovely and the gates
ajar!” Examine the report yourself and
you will -ee the result.
Now 1> <>k at the plain facts in the cr>se.
Gov. Brown pays out at the highest aver
age, 26 cents per day for these three hun
dred convicts, everything included.
Each one must get out ivuety bushels of
coal or be severely punished ; he there
fore gets his ninety bushels of coal mined
for 26 cents, where other labor cannot be
had to do the same work for less than
$2.75 per day, because the market price
for mining coal is three cents a bushel.
The State of Georgia gives these men
this efficient labor to break down the
other labor of the country. The State of
Georgia gives these men her railroad to
haul it to market and the poor people of
Atlanta and elsewhere who pay such out
rageous taxes to convict these criminals
must pay these monopolists any price for
the coal they ask, and be entirely at their
mercy or do without coal. These mon
opolies are breaking down honest indus
try wherever they go. When they make
brick they can break up any rival estab-
hshment in the State, and so on to the
end of the chapter.
The politicians of Georgia control the
convicts to keep their pockets full. Gor
don, United States Senator, has two
camp- on his land, and carries a share
for Gov. Colquitt, or did do it, a short
time i go. Renfro and Murphy have the
Treasury in their hands and they have
also a penitentiary. The Comptroller
loner \1 lias a share if he has not lately
lisposed of it, and many others likewise.
We suffer great wrong, and it is Injustice
to every tax-payer io bear these things
In silence. Bartow county’s jury and
jail fees are enormous. Each regular
term of the court costs us about $5,000.
This money is paid to convict criminals,
who, i 1 turn, are used by a set of politi
cians to perpetuate their pow er over us.
We are ground down by these monopo
lies, and yet—are not “respectable” if
we do lot fall down and worship!
Bartow.
i- wTionmwni
THE WiM) lAMIS.
'1 he Suggestions of the Enormous Con
spiracy.
Ihe Best Way to Fight it Off—The Posi
tion of the Comptroller-General—Some
Sound Advice that Wasn’t Taken —
A ul That’s Why we are Hav
ing Trouble.
For some time past there has been a
g.od deal of uneasiness in regard to the
deposition that is being made of the !
wd.d If lids of the State. It has been
charge* that there is a great “ring” that
s getting possession of these lands, at
,uch low prices, afid in such quantities,
a. to demand speedy.legislation.
AM EXPOSING STATEMENT.
in th ; Constitution of last Wednesday
there appeared a full statement of the
ci.se, in which it was shown that for $l3B
over 8310,000 acres of these lands have
fallen into the hands of a few r speculators.
Li is e’ timed that in many cases these
lands were sold under incorrect levies,
and wi bouf the knowledge gf the own
ers. This is an astounding-Statement,
and if i is true, and we presume it is, it
certainly calls for reform. *
l’lie r 3form needed is simply this: That
ti e Comptroller General shall himself be
empowered to get up the list of defaulted
wild lands; that they shall be taxed in
the county in which they are situated,
ami tha the law requiring the transfer of
tax fi. fus. shall be amended .-o as to ex
cept the 11. fas. on wild lands. As the
law now stands
REFORM IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE.
The tax lists are sent up to the Comp
ile* General from the various receiv
and he has nothing to do except to
these lists. All errors arc there
in i• ■ ■.: to the tax receiver or the eiti
hr. Goldsmith has nothing to do
.. i , it, and. can have nothing. The
.'v at trouble about the speculators has
ur sen from this fact. The law requires
th it if any person comes in and pays the
am'WfGt’ot tax due- on a fi.’fa., the fi. fit.
s;h 11 bo transferred to the person so pay
ing- law certuiA. per., i;.-
Ifr-Ve gbnc'Jo the Comptroller, and taken
up the fi. fas. covering thousands of acres
of land. The Comptroller General, at
first, did not consent to make these trans
fers. He determined, if possible, to
avoid making the transfers, and there
for.? appealed to the Attorney General for
an opiniin upon rise subject,
Upon this point, the Comptroller Gen
eral sa cs in his last report:
‘Whenever any person, other than
the person against whom the same has
issued, shall pay any execution issued
for State, coumy or municipal taxes, or
anyothtr execution issued without the
judgment of a court, under any law, the
officer whose duty it is to enforce said
execution, shall, upon the request of the
party so paying the same, transfer said
execution to said party; and the said
transferee shall have the same rights as
to enforcing said execution and priority
of payment as might have been exercised
or claimed before said transfer.’ Code
1873, §B9l.
“The Hon. Attorney-General gave it
as ids opinion, that this law embraced
wi and land li. fas. issued by the Comp
troller General. Under the law as con
strued by the Hon. Attorney-General, I
lm:e transferred most of the fi. fas. to
parties who came forward and complied
the re wit i. I had no option in the mat
ter, as the law was mandatory, ‘shall
transfer, etc.; but it was my sworn duty
to exec u:e the same. Ido not think it
right. J believe the State should keep
control of all such fi. fas. The trans
feree can hold the transferred 11. fas. un
til the ch 11 summer months, and serious
ly i apair the bidding thereon. This is
about tilt only evil enect I can see likely
to grow out of such transfers, as I have,
by instruction to sheriffs, thrown around
such sales all the safeguards I thought
the law gave me.
“I embrace the first opportunity to re
spectfully recommend the modification
of this section of the code, so as not to
include wild land fi. fas.”
HOW SHOULD THE REFORM BE MADE ?
It is, therefore, plain, that as the law
now stands there is no escape from this
enc unions speculation. The law should
be (‘hanged. This is plain. But we find
that the Comptroller lias already recom
mended he change. Indeed, to show
how repe itedly the Legislature has been
warned on this subject, we quote from
the repor of Comptroller Madison Bell.
It says:
Extract from Comptroller-General’s
Report submitted to the Governor, Jan
uary, 1870;
“Entermining the views that I do in
reference to the perplexing subject of
wild lands, 1 would feel that I had been
dm leet in official duty were I to with
-1 the expression of my convictions
i ■ he wild land law of 1866 ought to
! v -pealed,”
A v g wing his reasons for asking the
repeal of the wild land law of 1866, he
proceeds:
“I believe, therefore, that justice and
economy require the repeal of the law,
and that returns of land should be made
in the manner and form practiced before
its passage;-that is, to return by district,
number and section, when practicable,
and if not practicable, then by such des
ignation as may be practicable to the tax
payer.”
On July 20, 1871, the following letter,
from Mad son Bell, Comptroller-General,
to Governor Bullock, was published in
the papers and laved before the Legisla
ture :
“if these lands were brought to sale,
lant speculators would form rings and
cliques to purchase them and these lands
would pass from the hands of the inno
cent and unwary to the possession of
spe< ulators for merely nominal sums, in
adequate, perhaps, to pay the taxes; and
thus the sales of these lauds would inure
the benefit of real estate dealers, without
benefitting the State or mater: illy in
creasing the revenue?.’ ’
But there was still further warning,
i Comptroller Goldsmith m ide plainly the
| same point in his report of '77, as see
below:
. ‘1 respectfully recommend that the
present law, approved February 28th,
1871, he so amended as to allow the
' Comp roller-General to make up a list of
all mi eturned wild lauds and improved
lands, and upon these issi e fi. fas. We
have t lousands of acres of wild land in
Georg a which are not returned for taxes,
and w'lich can, with some trouble, iw re
quired to be returned for taxes, or sold,
and then returned by the new pureha er.
Much just complaint has been made that
fi. fas. from this office are against lands
which have been regularly returned and
taxes paid thereon. I am in no way re
sponsible for such mistakes I issued the
11. fas. on the list of unreturnc 1 lands
sent ip by receivers, and either citizen or
receiver has committed the error.
“If he law is changed as above sug
gested. then the responsibility will be
placed on this office. It is hardly right
t;o require an officer to adopt the work of
•n :" . * a:;* an thereon, r.-i hold him
u spon fible for the errors* mistakes, etc.,
< resulting therefrom.”
But there was yet another warding.
In his report of 1878, Comptroller Gold
smith again put tl. mutter nefore the
Legislature, and again Urged the repeal
or atne ulment of the ofnoxious law. He
said:
“1 rcsjectfnily call youi attention to
n y report submitted to your Excellency
on the first of ‘January lat; and to the
recommendations thT*;v>in contained ; and,
especia.lv, to thin one i; relation to
amending and t*erfecting the present
imperfect wild, laintf daw. I liopethat
this lav will receive’-the attention of the
Legisla arc at its.ensuing session.
“In this connection it is proper to re
mark t ut, in some parts of the State, I
have been Censured for the manner in
which he wild land law has been exe
cuted. Errors ami mistakes have oc
curred and incemeniencei many citi
zens. Some good people blame me for
these disagreeable troubles. The trans
fer of v ild land fi. fas. unde • section 891,
of the c xle of 187 p, has beci regarded by
some as unwarranted by law. In .view
of the above, I earnestly request the.
Legisla ure> to appoint a committee to
look into this matter and ascertain if the
wild land law has been correctly and
faithful y executed by me, and whether
I aril to blame for .the errors and mistakes
which 1 ave been made.”
A at ST AND APPROVING REPORT.
It is ! o wonder, then-, that i report of
the committee of the Legisbttlmy ap-y
pointed to investigate the wild land busi
ness, should indqrse, in strong terms, the
administration of the Comptroller. fit
could not have been otherwise. The
Comptroller, by' repeatedly asking fork
repeal of the law, has cleared hk hailds.
of ail re; Therefore, the coin
nvttee said :•
“Mr. Bpeak er— l The task assigned you-* -
committee ligs-'been no small c ue. - Tie*
limited ime they have had uas blot been
sufiiciePb jro perform Satisfactorily to.
tie nisei-es the TiivesSgat'on contem
plated in the resolution of the House of
fered k> the gentleman from tfiineh.
V 8 find the Comptroller General has is
u 4 tag; fits, to the amount of m vend
ITT<'■jr.W-Tftgainst' Wild lands in the differ*
ent coui ties in this State. These ti. fas.
have, in some instances, been sent direct
ly to the sheriffs of the counties where
the land lies, to be sold ; bur the majori
ty of them have been transferred to par
ties who have no interest in them, ex
cept to make money outoDih mi. Undei
the resolution before mentioned, your
committ ?e was required to ascertain if
these fi. fas. are issued legally. This is
question the courts should decide, Yet
the Comptroller General certainly could
nor b• c unplainc-! offer act! lg as h<- did
vln the fi. fas., when we t ike into con
sideration the fact that he was acting un
der the advice of the State’s legal adviser.
We doubt if it was the intention of the
framers of the act of 1871 that they should
be transferred; but when taken, in con
nection w ith the code, it was not an un
reasonable construction of that law (in
on - opinion). Your committee not being
satisfied with the information to be ob
tained in the Comptroller General’s and
the wih. land office, have had before
them several of the transfeiees of these
fi. fas., besides other w iinc • The in
formation gathered from these witnesses
entirely exonerates the Comptroller Gen
eral and wild land clerk from even the
suspicion of fraud upon their part.
“They have, in the execution of this
law, had to contend with difficulties
w hich were insurmountable, and with
w hich none of their predecessors have
had to contend, and the fidelity with
which they have watched the State’s in
terest and ‘serves commendation at our
hands.”
ti:e precious meials,
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s annuj 1 statement
of the precious metals produced in the
States an 1 Territories west of the Missouri
river, including British Columbia, and
the receipts in San Francisco from the
west coast of Mexico during 1878, shows
aggregate products as follows: Gold,
$38,950,211; silver $38,740,391; lead,
$3,452,000; the total being less by $17,-
267,132 than for 18*7. California shows
an increase in gold of $2,078,000, but a
decrease in silver, etc,, of 1,323,000.
Nevada shows a total falling off of $16,-
398,341, the yield from the Comstock be
ing only $21,295,043, as against $37,911,-
710 for 1877. Montana shows a marked
increase, all in silver. Utah falls oil
over $2,01K),000, but nearly $1,000,000 of
it is caused by a reduced valuation of
silver and lead bullion, Although Col
orado shows $1,680,802 less than for 1877,
the yield has been really greater, as the
reports for 1877 duplicated the product
of certain localities, but the duplication
was not discovered soon enough to be
corrected in the statement for that year.
The prod uction by States and Territories,
is as follows: California, $18,920,461;
Nevada, $35,181,949; Oregon, $1,213,724;
Washington, $73,311; Idaho, $1,868,122;
Montana, $9,763,640; Utah, $6,064,613;
Colorado, $6,232,747; New Mexico, $453,-
813; Arizona, $2,287,983; Dakota, $2,-
215.804: Mexico (westcoast), $1,594 U;is:
British Columbia, $1,283,460. 4'iie bul
lion from the Comstock Lode- contained
45 percent, of gold and 55 per cent, ol
silver. Of the so-called base bullion
from Nevida, 30 per cent, was gold, and
of the whole product of the State, 35 per
cent, was gold. All probabilities now
indicate that the yield of gold and silver
from all sources named, for 1879, will
not greatl y exceed $40,000,000.
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NUMBER 26.
THE DEAD OF A "STEAK.
The mournful record of 1878 embrace
many well spent lives, taken from aim*
every walk of life. In our own State nor
a dew have been taken whose places
wdi be hard to till. Among these m
be mentioned Mass Maria Mclntosh,
Savannah, whose stories for children air
pi.ilaiithropv endeared her o a wide eu
dc; Miss Louisa W. King, of Augusta,
whose devotion to the amelioration c
mfiering will keep her memory green:
Cc lonel Miller Grieve, of Milledgeville
Judge Barney Hilt, of Macon; Judg-
George TANARUS). Kice, of I.awrenceville; Judg
Jo m l'. Clark, of Americas : Col. Wiliian
fit Kir:lev, of MiUedgeville Prof. Mil
Ha u Heniv Waddell, of Athens; Hon .
J. Collier, of Dooly: Hon. Absalom H
Chappell, of Columbus; C< . Janies in
Mattlu ws, of Oglethorpe; Colonel Win.
Henry. Stiles, of Cartersvilic ; Cohinci V
Salisbury, of Columbus; Co'or.el t home
Perry, of Rome! Henry Willi: m-
Esq., of-Savannah. and l)r. il. L.Roddt
< f Monroe.
In ti e great world outside of Cue Sfciu
the dread destroyer was also.po respect*
f persons. It; the vhim-he w ere sn.
t m down Pope Pies IX and Carom;* 1
Frj.nct i, ais see re buy of Stare; Ar--I
bishop t oupanloup, of Paris l>r. < hari- -
Hodge, an eminent Presbyterian of
Princeton; Rev. Samuel S. Isaac, i ;
leading representative of A mfirica fi on 1 1 j
ilox Judaism; Rev. Nehemi: h Adams,
Lotion Congregational preacher and ; u
thor; Right Rev. Bishop Wilrner, ;
I ovfisiarta,and Right Rev. George Seiu*. and
Ufibop >f Litchfield, England.
khe halls of royalty were not exemp
iVoyn the-sad summons, Italy has been
pjj roaming for Victor Emanuel, Spa:
f\*r "the young Queen Mercedes and Queen
( luistb na, Queen Dowagi r, Englan •
a Jd’German courts are d< j during th ■
loss of Ifiincess Alice, yf Hesse Daru,-
slatt, Queen Victoria’s daughter. 'l'h-
A uftrfans miss Francis Charles Josepn,
Archduke of Austria and ft her of th.*
p -e-out emperor. Prince Napoleon Lu
ciei Charles Murat, of France, is gone.
50 i Iso >. the king of Burmah, the suß u
■of Morocco ahd the young heir apparem
t< tie throne of Japan. Tire 'people, of
d-ite ti are lamenting th late ex-Empi e-
S adorn, ue, who died but a few week
ago Prince Jalmndur Shah, of Afghan
ista b was dyiqg when the British troops
were ippruaching his stronghold.
• George- V' ctf’Hanover,*has gone to hi
last abode.; Don Manuel Pai to, ex-piv?
idea t . of Guatemala, died- during th
ye-i.;,- tli ■ .farmer'meeting a violent deatit
at the h.-tnas of an assassin,
Tire’.mortality among arn v and m.vy
u.xm-i -ns unusually.h *>-. .iu :i;u! : e,,
R .yd Aj'niirais Hoff afia Paulding on die
retired ‘ fist; 'Count 'At-hillee, d’llilliev.-.
ir- .rdial of France.: General <le la 3.1 a
r.nbivr, of theHftdiaii ‘army; General Sir
-U lliianr llaiy; coiijHwjndetf-of the Eng
* i‘h forces in, , Qyaud. Mars-i i
L:i*Fue ite, lughcsL otm:er of the Peru
vdatP-amif ; • General l Hei*fh.;nd, of ike
and isdan forces; Meliemct Air, the Turk
rt'i con nuuider- who ;vvas-assassinated,
u 1 Count de Paliko, of I'rgi.ee.
V nong f thb scljoliiy? :l n l jear .- li-' .
a no die ! diiriugghe yearsho i'd be m<-u
--u-udd 1 rofessor Henry, of tl e’lSmith'i -
.il in institute; Dr. Petermuu, tHe m
eminent geographer of P‘ ; e age.;
'R. iv-ntfi (T, fiVesident of Vass if colh ge :
Wiliiam Cullen Bryant, ]>oet: Bn
Toy or, poet and dipioaiati-1 : U
Reid f, poet, who met a violent d-.-r -•.
Samuel Bowles,, journalist; George Hen
ry f ewes, author; Sir William Sterling
and ixwell, novelist; Henry Vincent, au
thor and lecturer, and Sir Edward S.
Cieasy, historian.
Fi uni the bench were taken William
F. Allen, associate justice of the New
Yorfi court of appeals; Alexander S.
coin son, circuit jud?re of ihc l r nitisl
Slates cc-urt at Utica, New York; W. li.
51 gnu, of the New Orleans supreme court
Of II inois; William Keogh, chief justice
of Ireland, and Russell Gurney, recorder
of London.
The hand of death fell hem iiy among
public men. Five members of the house
of representatives died during ine ye.u .
and from the senate was taken Mr. Mor
ton. Of Ihe other illustrious i cad should
lie mentioned i-lon. J. Glauey Jon
on .-e minister to Austria;ex-Beaator Ben
Wide;F.arl Russell, once prime mim
ter; Lord Chelmsford, who was lor-i
eh in.-ciot; Deputy Raspail, the no: -u
advocate and communist ; Seuor Ilevero,
tin leader ot thr Spanish progressioui -is,
ani Demetrius Guigaris, premier <
G-ree e.
A fist of the painjtcfs and artists who
di and luring the year would filia column.
A: iO-ig tile most prominent arc Janus
Hamilton, the marine painter,
ot li t finest in the world ; Giv tave Cour
bet, the French communist, who decreed
tut destruction of the Column Veadome;
M. Ixiuis Riesener, France, lie painter
of mythological subjects; Henry Huert
elotq , Bilgium,a taientoa wat ;rcoloii-; ;
Je- u Antique, of France, and Robert
Yf nil s, one of the best know a and ac
complish‘l of English iamlstape paint
ers. George Cruikshank, tin world-re
no Vi ed (•-arieaturist, also died in the
spring.
liany ushers have died who?a memorv
will lie’green for time to eomc. Among
them may be mentioned lion. Tolu; Alii
son, of Pennsylvania, register of the
treasury; Gideon Welles, secretary of
the navy under Lincoln; William Orton,
piv-ifieiit Western Union telegraph com
pany; Tcomas Winans, the Baltimore
contractor and millionaire; Theodore
Roosevelt, New York’s merchant prince.;
Major-General Dakin, capta ii of the
Ainerieat rifle team at the Creed men-.*
competition; Colonel John O’Neill, th
Fenian leader, of Canada raids notoriety ;
Mrt. Commodore Nutt, and Capt. Hugh
Kennedy, champion chess-player of the
world. — Atlanta Constitution.
According to a return just published
by ihc liailroad Gazette the number of
miles of r ulroacls constructed in the past
year exceeded, but only slightly, th
construction of 1877. In 1872 . 7,34 J
miles of railroad were built in the United
Stales; in 1873 the mileage fell, to 3,883;
in 1874, 2,025 miles were built, and it
was not until 1875, two year- after the
great era>a, that construction of Un
kind touched bottom with 1.501 mile.-.
In 1876 here was an increase to 2,460
miles in 1877 it fell again to 2,281, nod
in 1878 it rose to 2,720, the largest mi
leage finer 1873. During th ■ year Is;
Minmsota built 338 miles; lowa, 2'
Colorado, 193, of which 80 were of three
foot gauge; Pennsylvania, 182; New
York, 142; Texas, 112; Texas, 11S; and
at t e other extreme, New Jersey, but
three miles; Massachusetts. 6, and A a
kansa , 7.
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The worker of an ariieie in the ynrtnight
ly say =; “The Englishman individual]?,
is U o most expensive animal cm the face
of the earth; and though he hre learned,
to bid)ole a cant as to liking a cheap gov
ern, eat, it is cant merely. I have heard
a most experienced person sav: If yoi
want t. cheer in the house of commons
make a speech on general economy; i:
you want to be beaten in a vote proposi
particular saving. 1 ”