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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
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TIN AND STOVE STORE.
I positively guarantee to keep my stock up to
the requirements of this markets offering- relia
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figures.
jlylS VIRGIL L. WILLIAMS.
MR S . S . F. BRAME
WILL RESUME HER SCHOOL IN THE
TENNESSEE HOUSE,
On Monday next, the 27th.
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Collegiate : : : : : : : 400
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Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga.
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