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About The free press. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1878-1883 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1879)
THE FREEfPRESS. An Independent Democratic Journal. C. H. C. WILLINGHAM, Editor. Thk Frkk Prkss is an Independent Democrat ic Journal, opposed to all Rings, Cliques and Combinations, of whatever sort, organized to de feat the will of the people in all public matters or interests in whatever shape presented. Cartersvllle, Georgia, January 23 ; 1879. Special Notice. Subscribers receiving their papers with a cross mark opposite their names will understand that hey owe for it and that we want the money at nee. We cannot and will not continue the pa per to those who do not pay up. THE GEORGIA PRESS A SSOCIA TION. We hardly know what to make of the following paragraph from the Atlanta Phonograph: After talking with several members of the press, we are satisfied that a majority of them are opposed to the May convention of the Georgia Press Association meeting at a town as small as Cartersville. Another objection presented, is that the facilities for entertaining so large a body are inadequate. The .good people of Car tersville, however, have generously extended their hospitality to the press, and we know that everything in their power will be done to make the visit of the editorial fraternity pleasant and agreeable. We suggest that only a few hours be spent in Cartersville, and proceed thence to Knoxville, Tenn. Boys, let us hear from you on this subject. The citizens of Cartersville most cor dially and respectfully invited the Geor gia press to meet here in May, and the invitation was accepted by a large ma jority of the association, and why should there be any objection to meeting “at a town as small as Cartersville.” As for the facilities for entertaining the craft, we know our town is more than equal to the emergency. We know its hospi tality will give the press one of its most enjoyable meetings. This we stated in our last issue and now repeat with in creased emphasis. The suggestion “that only a few hours be spent in Cartersville” is a breach of a generous hospitality. It means that a mistake has been made in accepting the invitation of our citizens. It means that we are not equal to our own prom ises to entertain the press. It means that we are not worthy of that consideration due true hospitality. But the foregoing extract is but the expression of a single paper. It is not the feeling of the press, we know. We hope to see no more of such talk. Any thing of the sort has never occurred be fore in the discussion of an invitation to the press to meet in any community. We say to the Georgia press a hearty welcome and a generous hospitality await their meeting here in May. NE WSPA PER LOSSES. Our neighbor of the Express had a very truthful article last week in regard to the difficulties of publishing newspapers on the credit system. What he stated is true. An experience of a quarter of a century has convinced us years ago that the cred it system in the newspaper business is not good policy. There is no business employing the same amount of capital and labor that loses so much of hard-earn ed money as that of the newspaper pro fession conducted on the credit system. Those unfamiliar with workings of such a system would be astounded if they could realize to the full extent the losses sus tained by crediting out newspapers. No man who conducts such a business twen ty years but loses from five to tefftlious and dollars in that time. There are hundreds of men who will pay for a newspaper according to prom ise ; but there are hundreds who never think of paying and become offended when asked to pay, although they may have promised to pay at the time sub scribed “in a few days.” Now, any man able to take a paper at all can at least “pay up” once a year, especially when we country editors are willing to take cord wood, chickens, eggs, butter or pro duce for the same. We almost swear off from ever crediting out another paper; but in the kindness of our nature, we can’t refuse a man a paper when he makes the fair promise he “will pay soon.” The truth is, the newspaper'business ought to be conducted on strictly cash principles. r Aat would be better for all parties. If once understood, everybody would like it better and we should have better newspapers and editors would not be eternally pressed for money, instead of being untrammeled and capaciated to give their readers better reading matter. For these reasons we intend to adopt the cash system as soon as we can. We, therefore, trust our patrons will see the necessity of paying up preparatory to our proposed change of system of conducting our business. Constitution won’t recognize Charlie Wil lingham’s Free Press.” The Ledger is mistaken. The Constitution does recog nize The Free Press. It rose up in its place a few days ago in an attitude of sub lime dignity and, with significant em phasis, remarked that “Willingham, of of the Cartersville Free Press is getting over the heat and fury of a successful campaign,” by the way, a remark that we appreciate and believe it sufficient to make that stalwart paper “the most wide ly quoted Southern newspaper.” We shall exhibit our appreciation at the press meeting here in May. And now' a number of our brethren of the press say that Hon. B. H. Hill is a dead politician and that he must “step down and out.” Never mind, friends, as long as Ben Hill survives he will occupy a large and'conspicuous place in the poli tics of the country. Paper bullets can not dissipate him. He has a big follow ing with the people. ■ ■£.. # A postal from Mr. Waterman informs us that the old LaGrange lieporter will in its new dress pretty much in its formerMtyJf of typography, and the old heading, the prettiest in the State, will be the same. We wish Waterman and the old paper great success, that the losses by the late fire will be made up in a generous and liberal patronage. THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD. We publish on our first page an inter view with Hon. Alexander H. Stephens by a Washington Post reporter, which gives, clearly and forcibly, the views of that able and astute statesman, the prac ticability and the advantages of the Texas Pacific over the so-called Southern line. Mr. Stephens explains very truthfully, we think, the object of those who are pushing the Southern scheme. He gives it as his opinion that the scheme is one of the tricks of the Union and Central Pacific to defeat anything like a Southern railway line across the continent. In this, we are of the opinion of Mr. Stephens. The so-called Southern scheme is in the keeping and management of a Mr. Huntington before Congress. We are sorry to say that the bill of which Hunt ington is the mover, has been voted for by a Georgia Senator against the interests of the Southern States. We regret to know r that ex-Senator Norwood is a strong advocate of the Huntington scheme. The opinions ot Mr. Stephens, referred to, plainly show the true grounds of opposition to the Texas Pa cific by the adherents ot the Southern Pacific. The views of Mr. Stephens as to the merits of the two lines are unan swerable. The Union and the Central Pacific lines across the continent constitute a great and grinding monopoly. The ob ject of the Southern Pacific scheme is in the interest of that monopoly, and the object of Mr. Stephens’ bill is to defeat that monopoly in the interest ot the Southern States. Hence, we say we re gret a Georgia senator and an ex-senator are opposed to Mr. Stephens’ bill. Dr. Felton, always true to his people and his section, is a strong advocate of the Texas Pacific route, having its termini at or near San Diego, California, and at or near Vicksburg. “A WFULLY OUT” The Macon Ledger of Sunday last, said that “the Cartersville Free Press is ‘aw fully out’ with the governor and senator Gordon,” amVasks, “Has it come to this, Willingham?” We are not “awfully out” with either of the gentlemen, per sonally. We only hope his excellency may come out all right in his present trouble. We hope his administration may prove a success to his honor and to the State and people. We believe he is trying to do right,and if he does otherwise it will be an error of the head and not of the heart. As to Gen. Gordon wejhave.to.say that he was wrong, very wrong, in coming to the seventh district in the late campaign to bulldoze the people in the exercise of the ballot. When’ he said the indepen dents must “be eternally crushed” he was then making war upon some of the best and truest democrats in Georgia. There was no necessity for his coming here in the interest of the “organized” ring rule which has accomplished so much to divide the democratic party of the seventh. The independent democracy supports one of the soundest democrats in Geor gia for congress—a representative who has proved himself faithful and true to his trust, and who was being opposed by a minority of the people. For Gen. Gordon’s conduct in this matter a major ity of the voters of this district are “awful ly out” with him. We repeat, that personally, we have no ill will to either Colquitt or Gordon. The great question in the discussion of the Northeastern bond matter is not ouched by the press. It is not whether the governor received any benefit by signing them or that Murphy got SB,OOO by it. The question to find out is why w r as it necessary that that amount of mo ney had to be paid at all in that connec tion. It would be hard for us to believe the governor got a cent of the money. If he has made a mistake in it at all, it is the result of being overreached in some way. | It is charged in Washington that dem ocratic leaders are figuring to sell out the next presidential race to the money pow er. They sold out the party when Gree ley and Tilden were nominated. One was a radical republican and the other a bloated bondholder calling himself a dem ocrat. We hope the next nominee w ill be a sound democrat and true to demo cratic principles. We do not see why Col. Thompson, of the Savannah Nexcs should not be chosen to fill the vacancy in congrest created by the death of the lamented Hartridge. The old man has served his State and country w r ell and such a compliment to him now would be a very neat incident in his valuable life. We hope there will be no opposition to him. onu uirougn ttie Tnfluenee of cheap railroad fare to Texas thousands of Geor gians have gone to Texas and thousands of them, dissatisfied, desire to return, but are unable to do so. As the railroads have made money by the operation, we think they might make money by otter ing the same facilities for returning the deluded emigrants. And now, instead of establishing a pa per in Americus, or remaining in Cincin nati, our friend, H. W. J. Ham, has be come connected with the Sunday Phon ograph. We congratulate the proprietor of the paper and its patrons upon the ac quisition. Ham is a good article in the newspaper market. We have no idea that the Hill-Murphy embroglio will break up the democratic party. The party has nothing to do with it, although the “organized” are terribly worried about it. True democracy will ust move along all the same. The name of the great violinist, August Wilhelmj, is pronounced as if spelled Williams, so Henry Grady tells us. Why don’t the great fiddler spell his name like the plain people do of his family ? It is said Col. Fitzsimmons is one of the best United States marshals in the service. Whenever Mr. Stephens engi neers an appointment it may be known to be a good one. A DESER YIXG ENTERPRISE. Mr. W. S. D. Wikle, a well known newspaperman, is now manufacturing in Cartersville, a superb article of Roller Composition. He is a printer and press man of near twenty years’ experience in roller making, and knows full well the vexation and bother of bad rollers, and his anxiety on the subject has inspired his geuius to get up a superior allevia tion for this printers’ bane. He claims for his Composition superior toughness, elasticity, suction and durability, and guarantees that it has no susceptibility to damp weather. He has tried and wor ried over all the northern nostrums, un til he hit upon his own happy recipe. We are now using a pair of rollers of his manufacture, which accounts for the excellent printing of our paper this week, and as we claim to be at least or dinary judges of such matters, we unhes itatingly endorse Mr. Wikie's invention, being thoroughly convinced of its excel lence. He makes a specialty of manu facturing rollers for the country press. Price of Composition, 25 and 30 cents per pound. _ Gen. Grant is bumming around in the old world still, and having a good time generally. It is said he is indifferent about having a third presidential term. We hope never to have him in that posi tion again. The Atlanta Constitution is the only paper in Georgia that refuses to empha sise its strongest points in Italic letters oi to allow anybody else to do so in its col umns. We don’t know but the Consti tution is about right. The People's Champion is anew jour nalistic venture by M*r. J. F. Shecut, at Madison, the first issue of which has come to hand. It is an independent domocratic paper, and we wish it success. We hope to see the day when such men as Toombs, Johnson and others of their mental calibre and statesmanship shall represent Georgia in tfie councils of the nation. USING PUBLIC OFFICE FOlt PRIVATE GAIN. To the Free Press. We are not the opponent of Gov. Col quitt, neither are we the champion of Mr. Hill. We do not intend to commend the one and condemn the other, neither will we endorse the one and denounce the other —but we do intend to urge upon the people of Georgia the great necessity of fostering the rights of the State per se, and of forbidding the use of public offi ces for private gain. The State has several interests that be long to the State, particularly such as her Railroad—her convicts—her Treasury— her bonds and other matters of minor in terest, and which are controlled by the executive and legislature. These interests should be zealously protected, just as a guardian protects the interests of his ward in the highest and truest sense, with the same scrupu lous zeal and honesty. Every man elected by the people to. manage these matters should cultivate this feeling, lie should scorn the unholy use of these in terests for his own private advantage. The fact of his responsibility should pre clude all such endeavors, and he should be willing to leave his office with clean hands in the sight of God and man. To do less than this will eventually un dermine the foundation of our free Amer ican institutions. Individual transgres sion in this matter should be so well re buked that offenders will vacate the office at ones, or public opinion and public pen alties will procure their dismissal at once, and apply the correction to the system, if it qas become a system. In 1830 Wm. Wirt saw the danger that menaced our Republic. He said he feared the government would fall into the hands of eorrnpt and ambitious .leaders who will continue to make a job out of these governments for themselves, and by their rival struggles for power destroy both the people and their institutions. The great strife in Georgia seems to be, to keep in office, and every machinery known to politicians is used for the pur pose. Evidently the leaders have made a job for themselves—whether the result predicted by the Hon. Wm. Wirt will remain to be seen. Take, for example, the convict report. Here we find three penitentiaries estab lished by law, beginning in April, 1877. But that was rather long for the contract ors to wait, and the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad “declines to ucceptnine convicts, therefore Gov. Smith established three penitentiaries in 1876.” “Since that time, to-wit. on the 15th day of January, 1878 (just one year ago) a branch penitentiary was established by Gov. Colquitt on the lands of John B. Gordon, in Tavlor county ” Why the “nine” were rejected by the Marietta and North Georgia railaoad will be investigated in July next. Various reports are in circulation, not very cred itable to the parties, but we await the in vestigation, and we expect it to be thor ough or it will eventuate another, until the bottom facts are reached. We intend to go to the “bed rock” this time, no mis take ! Not to digress we return to the fact that these new penitentiaries went into operation under the accepted bid, which is also said to be less than half the high est bid put in. Who is to blame will be brought out later, as well as who made the bids. It has got to come in July, cer- tain. Who do we find as contractors ? In the first penitentiary, (which is Govern or Brown’s) we find the old contractors under the first lease, neither of them pub lic officials. In the second penitentiary we find John B. Gordon, United States Senator, at the head. Georgia elected him to represent the State in Wash ington and he must run a convict cam to keep up his finances. He is said also to have carried a private share for the Governor. In the third penitentiary we find the Treasurer of Georgia with his greater clerk, John Wesley Murphy. Is comment necessary? Do you see the wrong ? Are you willing to stand it ? When the legislature meets in July, pass a law regulating the trading proclivities of State House officers and the Federal and State representatives, after you give these men their deserved rebuke, and yea will have taken the first step towards a genuine reform. Bartow. GENLOGICAL SURVEY. What has been Accomplished— The Pres- j ent Status of the Department. Savannah News. Much surprise has been expressed that the Legislature, at its last ses sion, failed to make an appropriation to continue the geological survey of j the State, a work of vast importance 1 to our material progress, and thus far conducted, apparently, with com- ; mendable skill and energy. The matter was laid over for considera tion at the adjourned session in July, as a necessary consequence, the opera tions ot the department will be sus pended during the interval, a result much to be deplored. As opportune, and a matter of in terest to at least every intelligent reader, we propose to give a brief his tory of this survey as contained in such official data as we have at our command the exact status of its af fairs. In the month of February, 1874, at the suggestion of Professor Wm. Leroy Broun, at that time President of the Agriculturial and Mechanical College connected with the State University at Athens Dr. H. H. Carlton, then a Representative from Clarke county, introduced in the House “A bill to establish the office of State Geologist, and to provide for a.mineralogical, geological and physi cal survey of the State.” This bill was passed into a law, and Govenor James M. Smith, by the authority vested in the Executive appointed Dr. George Little then holding the Pro fessorship of Mineralogy and Geolo gy in the University, of Mississip pi and formerly State Geologist of that State, as head of the department. The law required the survey to be carried on in three sections known as North Middle and South Georgia, simultaneously begginning at the eastern or western border of the State, and taking each tier of coun ties in succession. In his first report to the Legislature, January, 1875, Dr. Little stated that it would require ten years to finish the work. Dr. Little entered npon his duties soon after his appointment, having selected the following corps of assis tants : Mr. A. R MeCutchen, for the Northern division ; Mr. D. C. Barrow, for the Middle division ; Mr. W* S. Schley, for the Southern division ; Mr. C. A* Locke, Engineer ; Mr. W. J. Land, Chemist. Mr, Barrow on account of a death in his family, and his private affairs demanding his personal attention, after a brief ser - vice resigned, and was succeeded by Mr. R. H, Loughridge. Special work was cone in the gold region during one season by Professor, F. H. Bradley, now successfully opera ting one of the largest and best gold mills in the State, on the property of the Nacochee Gold Mining Company. The last report of the Geologist to the Governor, and submitted by the latter to the Legislature at its late session, showed that ten counties in Northwest Georgia, to wit : Dade Walker, Chattooga, Catoosa, Whit field, Murray, Gordon, Bartow, Polk, and Floyd had been surveyed and complete and accurate maps of these counties had been made, with a com plete cross section from the Alabama line to the Cohutta mountains, on the western line of Pickens county. In Middle Georgia eighteen coun ties, to wit : Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Douglas, Paulding, Haralson, Car roll, Campbell, Heard, Clayton, Cowot. Fayette, Troupe. Meriweth er, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, and Taylor, had been surveyed. In Southwest Georgia twenty-two counties, to wit Muscogee, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Marion, Schley, Chattahoochee, Clay, Stewart, Web ster Sumpter, Lee, Terrell, Quitman, Randolph, Dougherty, Calhoun, Early, Miller, Baker, Mitchel, Thomas, and Decatur, have also geen surveyed. Besides this regularly progressing work, a special examination was made of the Blue Ridge counties, with reference to locating the gold territory , by Professor Bradley, and of the counties of Twiggs, Wilkin son, Laurens, Johnson, Washing ton, Jefferson, Burke, and Richmond for the purpose of tracing out the marl beds which had been found in Houston, Clay Chattahoochee, and other counties, in the southwest by Mr. T. M. Singleton. Still another special work was a thorough survey of the Okefinokee Swamp in Chari ton, Ware and Clinch counties. About seventy-five marls have been analyzed in thelabratory of the State University by Prefessor H. C. White, assisted by Dr. Jamas Little. Many of these a?e very rich in lime, and some contain three per cent, of potash, while the beds vary in thick ness from one foot to twenty feet. About 600 streams have been care fully measured, and the water pow ers, arranging frm 1 horse-power to 35,000 horse-pover, determined by Mr. Locke, engineer of the depart lnpnt. A collection o! 10,000 specimens of ores, minerals aid building atones has been made ; ind about 75 speci mens of woods, ont of 225 known in the State have been arranged in the capitol building, showing our inde pendence of tiie ®st of the country or materials for furniture, wagons and all other nectary wood work. The list of minerils embraces gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, mangnetse, barite ; that of roiks includes soap stone, limestone, sandstone, granite. The precious stonfes include amethist, opal, garnet, bertic, ruby, sapphire and diamond. 4.U these are so ar ranged by counties, and labeled with the nameof the owner, number of the lot of land, section and township, that persons frern the North and West and from lurope can readily find any material in which they may wish to invest Heir capital. Daily there are such viators to the rooms of the survey, and hundreds of letters have been received from others, to Whom these visitors have spoken of our goodly land, asking for futher information and for printed reports. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have already been invested in the State by residents of distant States, induced chiefly by the information of our resources disseminated through the agency of the Geologogical Sur* vey. The gold yield, alone, estimated fn 1875 at $40,000 yearly, now reaches near half million annually. Without entering into further de tails, we submit this brief view of the operations oi the Geological Survey, with the hope of inspiring some just degree of interest in an in stitution that must, if properly fos tered, contribute largely not only to the reputation, but to the material wealth of the State. We regard its temporary suspension as most un wise. True economy dictates that it should be continued, and that such faculties should be afforded it as will enable it to achieve the greatest pos sible amount of good. P. S.—Hon. Mr. Carlton corrects the error in the News of Tuesday, that the matter was suggested to him by Prof, Broun. He had given the matter much thought, and the* measure was spontaneous with him. GENERAL NEWS. Gathered From all From On r Ex* changes. Mr. Hartridge’s successor, to be elected February 10th, will sit just one week. There has been a fall of snow in Liberty county, which does not olten happen. N. P. Hill, Republican, has been elected United States Senator from Colorado. There was a $2,000,000 fire on Broadway, New York, Tuesday of last week. One-fourth of the National debt has been paid off since the war. Governor Marks, of Tennessee, was installed iu office last Thursday. Tennessee has reduced the Gov rnor’s and Supreme Judges’ salaries to $3,000. The People’s Bank, at Eufaula, Ala., has suspended. M. Louis Joseph Martel lias been elected president of the French Senate. Yellow fever has appeared at Rio Janeiro and several deaths have occurred. The drawing of the Paris exposi tion takes place on the 26 Ih inst. Col. Mareellus E. Thornton is City Editor of the Macon Evening Ledger. The Illinois State Capitol has cost over $4,000,000, and is not yet finished, The pews in Beecher’s church have brought iu over $50,000 for this year’s rent. President of the French Republic, MacMahou, has signed a decree pardoning 1,800 Communists. The case of Gen. George C. Lee to recover the Arlington estate, beguu at Alex andria, Va., Tuesday. The revolotion in Panama has ended by the retirement of Corrose from the Presidency. The rumors that Marshal Fitzsim mons of Georgia is to be removed me said to be entirely unfounded. It is probable that the army reor ganization bill before Congress will be de feated . There are nineteen cases of small pox at San Antonio, Texas, and the disease is spreading. Mary Anderson, the actress, is suffering in St. Louis from a severe attack of pneumonia, and her friends are alarmed. Miss Louise Pomeroy was injured iu a railway smash up near Shreveport, Lou isiana, a few days ago. Anew line of steamers has been put on between New Orleans and the North ern coast of Honduras. The Albany News announces the death of Mrs. Lucy A. Herrington, on Friday evening at her residence in that city. Mr. R. H. Towns, an old and re spected citizen of Albany, died in that city on Monday laat. Rev. W. M. Bussey recently of Mobile, Ala., has accepted a call tendered him from the Americus Baptist Church. The Indiana Supreme Court has decided that subscriptions to the church made on Sunday cannot be collected by law. The annual meeting of the Ameri can Institute of Mining Engineers will be held at Baltimore commen eipg February 18th Gov. Hampton was out of doors in a rolling chair during the day, and had a re freshing sleep Monday night of last week. Gov. Vance was almost unanimous ly elected United States Senator from North Carolina, last week. Mr. James A. Gray, of Augusta, donated tweuty pairs of blankets to the suffer ing poor of that cify during the recent cold weather. Dr. W. P. Harrison, late of Geor gia, chaplain of the House of Representatives, is ill, Rev. Dr. Fudor, of St. Louis, is acting chaplain. The Montgomery Advertizer learns that a movement is on foot to put the Ea6t Alabama & Cincinnati Railroad Cos. in charge of the Georgia Central. Vol. 1, No. 1, of Speer’s new paper, the Macon Sunday Ledger , has been receiv ed. The first issue of the Evening Ledger was printed Monday. .Gossip has it that Wade Hampton’s dauhgter “will make her debut in Washing ton society early in the spring.” She is twen ty and is said to be quite pretty. A severe gale, Saturday, on the coast the Portugal, destroyed many 6inall crafts and caused the drowning of seventy fishermen and others. The Rev. Jack Walkingstick, the Rev. Poor Wolf, and the Rev. Mr. Whirlwind are members of the Cherokee Indian Baptist Association in the Indian Territory. Columbus Times: We were at a funny wedding the other night. The groom was a prominent member of a neighboring livery stable, and the only bridal present was a young mule. The Library of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, containing 80,000 volumus, was burned Saturday. It contained the most complete Shakesperian collection in the world, numbering 8,000 volumes. Messrs. Flaherty and Burnett Commissioners of City Woiks ; Michael Dady, Inspector of Sewers, and Peter Ulelin, Water Purveyor, of Brooklyn, have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the city of $50,000. Weston, the American pedestrian, has started on a two thousand miles walk London. He undertakes to walk over the country roads of England the distance of 2,000 miles in 1,000 hours, and deliver fifty lectures in the mean time. The House of Representatives of Louisiana has passed a bill for the calling of a State Constitutional Convention, and passed it by such an overwhelming majority as to in dicate that it will almost certainly become a law. Texas has 1,700 convicts, five or six hundred of whom are kept in the the walls and the rest are hired out to work on rail roads and farms. One is said to be hiied to his wife, and lives comfortanly at home. It is stated that a caucus of the Republican members of the Legislature of Louisiana, held on Tuesday, resolved to issue an address to Congress asking that s me part of the Union be set apart for negro coloni zation. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS^ We .be grand jury (rs. , 8; beg .eave to theVbUc buddlngsand find them in general good comb- We recommend .ha. rank, be placed around the jury boxes and traverse jury room, the as in the grand jury room. . We have examined the books of the sheriff aud ordinary and find them neatly kept. We have examined the books of the county commissioners and treasurer, aud so far a w e ar e able to judge find them correct. We have examined the books of magistrates named, viz: J. W. Pritchett, T. K. Sprcnll, U. Leake. L. Burrough, Silas Bell, J. D. Bowdoin, E B. McDaniel, J. C. Vernon, Z. B. Aycoek, J, M. Smith and O. M. Dodgeu and find them cor- We have enquired as to the public roads and from all the information we can gather lind that they were in good condition up to the time of the recent severe freezes. We have examined the pauper farm and hud the number of inmates received for the year 1878 to be 47; number of births, 1; number of deaths, 6. Number of inmates at present, whites, 11; blacks, s—total, 16. The total expenses of the institution for last year amount to $1,305.93, and there are on the premises at present time corn, fodder, oats, wheat, shucks, syrup and pork of the aggregate value of $133,25. We line! on the premises two mules, nine hogs, five cows, one two-horse wagon and harness, plows and farming tools and one syrup mill and evaporator. After various estimates we are satisfied that the farm is run at an expense to the county. We therefore recommend that all the land, ex cept a sufficiency for tenements, gardens, or chards and fire-wood, together with all surplus stock be sold; or in the event that it cannot be sold that it be abandoned as a farm. We are gratified to report the finances of the county in a healthy condition. The county is substantially out of debt and we find a balance in the treasury on January Ist, 1879, of $3,715.37 against $957.80 same dato last year. We recommend that 75 per cent, be levied upon the State tax to meet the expenses of the current year. We further recommend that the pay for dieting prisoners in jail be 33>£ cents per day from this date. In view of the stringency of the times we de cline to recommend an appropriation for any ex tra service or for attendance of officers upon the court in any case. We recommend that these presentments be published in the two county papers provided they be published at half rates. With our thanks for the kindness and courte sy shown us by His Honor and officers of the court, these presentments are respectfully sub mitted. M. L. Pritchett, Foreman. S. F. Milam, B. O. Crawford, A. Y. Sheats, Win. N. McEirov, A. C. Williams, D. J. llaney, Benj. Kitchens, 11. R. Towers, A. L. Barron, S. B. Seay, Peter Hammond, J. C. Young, Thos. S. Upshaw, W. L. Kirkpatrick, L. Burrough, J. R. Brandon, William W. Myers. It is ordered by the court that the present ments of the grand jury for the first week be pub lished in the county papers at half rates. C. D. McCUTHEN, J. S. C. Januaiy 18, 1879. A true extract from the minutes of Bartow Superior Court. January 181 h, 187 Q. THOS. A. WORD, Clerk. Id is sol tj t ioist . rjNHE .FIRM OF McOANDLESS & WIL LIAMS lias this day by mutual consent been dissolved and the business will be continued at same place by V. L. WILLIAMS. With thanks to the public for their liberal patronage in the past he hopes by fair dealing to receive the same in the future, Cartersville, Georgia, January 21, 1879. JMIOM TIIE ABOVE IT WILL BE SEEN that I am now solely conducting a full and com plete TIN AND STOVE STORE. I positively guarantee to keep my stock up to the requirements of this markets offering- relia ble and durable goods at the lowest possible figures. jlylS VIRGIL L. WILLIAMS. MR S . S . F. BRAME WILL RESUME HER SCHOOL IN THE TENNESSEE HOUSE, On Monday next, the 27th. TERMS PER MONTH : Primary class : : : : : : $2 00 Intermediate class : : : : : 300 Collegiate : : : : : : : 400 Incidental fee : : : : ■ '• 20 Cheapest and Best. HOWARD HYDRAULIC CEMENT. MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUN TY, GEORGIA. 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