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THE FREE PRESS. An Independent Democratic Journal. C. 11. C. WILLINGHAM. Editor/ I he I her Press is an Independent Democrat ic Journal, opposed to all Kings, Cliques and (ombinations, of whatever sort, organizcdto de feat the will of the people in all public matters or interests in whatever shape presented. Cariersrille, Georgia, February 27, 1879. BUSINESS NOTICE. I here is a large numlier of eubscriliers to The I kee Press who are behind in payment for it. c have notifled them of the fact repeatedly by the cross mark on the margin. Very few have responded. We ask, Is this right? It requires cash to publish every number of the paper, and our patrons should see the justice of paying what they owe. We desire to reduce our busi ness to a cash system, and hope all M ill pay up and in advance without delay. 77/A’ roil TIC A l OUTLOOK IX GEORGIA. The supercilious members of the Geor gia press, who think they know more than anybody else about democracy be cause they are thoroughly “organized,” are conjuring up all sorts of tomtoolery as to the political outlook in Georgia for the next two years. The poor, innocent creatures make the independent-democ racy their hobby. Why, they don’t know what they are talking about. They are politically crazy. The independent demociaey, by which we mean the true democracy because independent and free in their opinions and actions, will see to it that no one shall be elected governor unless he is truly democratic. The day for speculating, thimble-rigging and shystering democracy in Georgia is past. Partisan manipulators have lost their oc cupation. The time has come for the masses lo act for themselves and he no longer led by the. nose by olllce-holders and office-seekers. The days of Toombs, Stephens, Jenkins and the old regime of Georgia are to be recalled and the politics of those days re-established as they ought to be in a free government like ours. The gasconade of court-house politicians and street corner partisans, by whom the people have too long suffered themselves to he ruled, will have to give way to the sound democratic sense and good judg ment of the masses upon all public ques tions of the day. The people will assert their independence of these and act for themselves. The result will be that the best man and the soundest democrat in the race will be made governor, whether nomina ted or not. If the nominee is the proper man he will be elected. If aif inde pendent be that man he will be the gov ernor. The “organized” may make a note of this, and make their ouioiiUitrons accordingly. We have Toombs, Ste phens, Hill, Wofford, Wright and others, all independent thinkers and actors, and their democracy solid as granite, that might be nominated and elected without opposition from any quarter. But the supercilious immaculates won’t listen to good advice when it is given to them free of costand without trouble to themselves. The party must be preserved in its so called “Organized” integrity. No- true democrat must be thought of who is in dependent to think and act for himself. He must he inside the ring that manipu lates the party—that keeps it “organ ized” in the interest of the favored few who alone can receive a nomination for any sort of office, however small it may he. That is the policy they practice and have practiced to the destruction of or ganization. They learn nothing from observation or experience. Hence, we believe there will be an in dependent democrat elected as the next governor of this state. The supercilious perversity and obstinacy of “organized” leaders will not permit the nomination of any man who has shown the least ten dency to independentism, however sound a democrat he may he or however capa ble for the position. They assume to be the democratic party absolutely, and re cognize none save themselves as demo- crats. In this they are building up a powerful independent democratic ele ment which will not yield to such haughty arrogance and brazen assumacy. They have blundered at every step taken since independentism has assumed shape and form in Georgia. Their* villifaetions have weakened them at every turn. 'They are blind leaders of the blind. They are stumbling blocks to pure and genuine democracy, which means the right of the people to govern themselves. “Organized” dictation can no longer rule. Conscience will hereafter mark out the line of duty to a large majority of the people. As we have said the result will be the election of an independent democrat for governor. So he is a true democrat it will be all that the truest democrat can desire. So lie is sound in the principles of free government, honest and capable, what more could be" asked for? So he looks well to the interests of the state and people what more could or should be expected of him ? Democracy is not or ganization, except organization reflects popular sentiment and obeys the will of the people. When it does not perform these functions due the people it ceases to he democracy, It merely becomes a cabal to rule or ruin for the benefit of of fice-holders and office-seekers alone. The people begin to see that “organized” de mocracy has been perverted from the original intent and purposes for which organization was desired. These facts force the people to rebel. As they see and learn more of the wire pulling and trickery of the leaders, they will become more and more disgusted, forswear their allegiance to and unite their political fortunes with the inde pendent party that recognizes neither master or higher authority than their own convictions of fidelity to principle. Thus drawn together solidly, we shall yet see a pure and unsullied democratic party in Georgia in less than two years that will give to Georgia a governor of the people, and not one made so at the dictation of mere partisan authority. Christopher, of the Atlanta Phonograph , though generally witty, would do well to quit referring to himself as a hair-piu. m 0 THE G RIF FIX XE WS. The Xet:s is small hut always carries a still" upper lip. We like it because it is a lively little paper. It says a good many smart littli things that we appreciate. It says some things with which we cannot agree. We then agree to disagree. But when it undertakes the impracticable task of trying to argue that our democ- 1 ratw is hu tful to democratic principles, j we think t is stepping beyond its depth. The difference between us is that of dem ocratic policy and not in principle. We thought it the late congressional cam paign in this district that Dr. Felton was the soundest democrat of the two in the race. # IIe had not held any position un der the Bullock regime, had voted demo cratic in congress and had talked demo cratic at home. His record as such had not nor cculd be successfully assailed du ring the campaign. In fact, it was not assailed ai all. The organized not only nominated a candidate hut hired a republican to run for congrt ss to aid in the defeat of Felton and paid lim for it. We are glad we had nothing to do with that side of the cam paign. But they couldn’t heat Felton af ter employing the agencies of “the world, the flesh and the devil.” We supported and voted for Felton for the reason that lie had proven himself an incorruptible democrat and a faithful representative. What the News has to say about the fa ille of the fox don’t apply to us. The story is interesting enough; but, as we never owned a tail the application don’t fit. It amounts to a faux pas as put by the Neics. There’s no tale that can hang by a tail that never existed. No, my little friend, The Free Press is solidly democratic. It is free and in dependen in its democracy. Talking of tails, it is the tail of no man’s kite. It is a kite of its own. GO V. COLQUITTS RE-ELECTION. A few of the press of the state are urg ing Gov. Colquitt to place himself as a candidate for re-election. It would cer tainly -be bad policy for him to do so, however innocent he may he of certain allegations made against his* administra tion. lie cannot overcome the existing prejudices already created against him. There are thousands who voted for him for governor who will not repeat that vote. This much we have heard from the lips of a great many. These preju dices may be ever so wrong and unjust to his excellency, hut they exist in spite of the innocence on his part of intentional wrong in any act of his administration. We are of those hard to believe that Gov. Colquitt has been actuated by any improper motives. Indeed, if he has blundered we think lie has been over reached by designing men who took ad vantage of his confiding nature. Such j is now the belief of many who have al i ways been his truest friends. They ! think him too susceptible to listening to such an account of personal friendship. Ilow far these friends of the past are correct we do not pretend to know or shall we express an opinion. For these reasons we think those ar dent friends of the governor who would insist upon his standing for re-election are not his excellency’s safest counsellors. MRS. FELTOX's REPLY. And now the gallantry of a portion of j the press is exhausted. Unable to anni hilate Dr. Felton, his wife is now to be made a target for misrepresentation. A wife’s devotion will not shield her from political malignity. She is charged w ith appealing to Sea itor Ferry tor funds to aid her husband in the late campaign. In justice to her and the cause of truth we publish this week her reply to this slanderous charge. It is sharp and cuts to • the bone. Her thrusts touches some very tender spots of the truth. Of what she says she certainly understands the facts stated. We know nothing of them, personally. She certainly has the right of defense at her own home; yea, in ev ery paper in the state. But will she get it? When a lady is falsely assailed every editor in Geoigia ought to give her a hearing, especially when the assailment has been reproduced in their columns. Will they do it ? This is accorded to men generally. True gallantry will not with old as much from a lady. We regret that such false reports should he published about any one as those to which Mrs. Felton replies. We hope never to see the like again—at least about a lady. Atlanta is again aroused in regard to building the Georgia railroad. Such a road would do much for that city. The question of cheaper coal for her manu factories alone would well repay the cost of construction in ten years, to say no thing of other commercial advantages se cured thereby. If it be possible, Atlan ta owes it to her prosperity to build the road. It would enhance the value of the property along the line and send a vol ume of commerce to the doors of her merchants that would make her not only the “gate city,” but the inland “queen city” of the southern Atlantic states. Can Atlanta do the work? The Marietta and North Georgia road has been completed two miles beyond Woodstock. When it gets to Canton they are going to have a big candy pull to celebrate it. Hurrah for the Chero kee folks. ♦ • The editor of the Rome Courier rejoi ces that no one questions his democracy. We did think strange of his applying for a post office appointment under Hayes. Dr. Felton has not announced himself as a .candidate for governor .yet. Oh, when ! oh, when will he do so? The editors of this paper are both too unwell to give the proper attention to the paper this week. The Colqultt-llill-Murphy excitement has died out to be revived by the first of July. As men are shiftless and women are not, so no *u are bad and women are not. > ♦ The July session of the Georgia legis lature, no doubt, will he lively. STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. ! “Nemo” Tells his Story About it in his j Very Peculiar Style. To the Free Press: I noticed among the locaMtemsof ytfur last week’s paper, the fact that Dr. S. W. Leland, ( apt. Thomas Lyon, and Mr. Henry G. Tumlin, had left, on Monday morning, to attend a meeting of the state agricultural convention at Hawkinsville. As reporter, I thought I would write something about the trip. Monday was a terrible day, and we did not feel comfortable until w e were seated in one of the luxurious cars of the W. and A. R. K. Through the generous policy of Gov. Brown, we were honored w ith free passes. As 1 had heard the powerful speeches of Wofford and Wright in the Elliott case, I could not hut feel apprehensive as to the visit of the con ductor. But when he came, instead of seeing a dished face bully, armed w ith a club iii one hand and a punch in the other,.a “willing agent of an unscrupu lous tyrant,” I saw the smiling counte nance of Dick Hargis. 1 knew then that we were in no danger of being “grasped by the collar of the coat, and the seat 6f our pants, and violently buried through the window.” Hargis knew that we were gentlemen and treated ns as such, and had lie asked us to write our names oh the back of our passes, we would have done it, for we had no trap set—we considered ourselves as guests of the company, and would not have thought of suing the road for any accident which might unavoidably have happened to us. We found on board George Waring, of Kingston, one of the vice-presidents of the convention. We hailed him as an other dead-head, and rejoiced lie was going, foi’ he does a good deal toward cement-uig the association together. As we passed around the base of Ken nesaw, we noticed the trees and shrub bery bending beneath a load of ice, and when we reached Atlanta, the rain was pouring in torrents. Having no um brellas we went into Ballard’s saloon and got the cheapest substitute we could. That night the party took sleepers for Macon, and arrived in Hawkinsville about twelve o’clock next day. 'l.ie delegates wore welcomed by the city au thorities and the* citizens with open armed hospitality. Hon. C. C. Kibbee made us the welcoming address, which was replied to by Col. Livingston in the usual manner. I was proud of our body. It was com posed of over three hundred able-bodied farmers, all dressed in their holiday at tire—representatives of the hone and sinew of the state, men who had made Georgia rich by their sweating (by proxy) in tlnir well-tilled fields. The president, Tom. Hardeman, was there, presiding with his usual prompt ness and dignity. His classic face looks as it it was hewed out of a post oak stump with a hand axe. The rough ex terior covers a gentle heart and a grand intellect. Ills opening address to the convention was a splendid effort, and in his peroration, he showered bouquets of of wit and sentiment all over the audi ence. Hardeman is on the road to the white house of Georgia, hut he will have to wait for a few years, for the people will insist upon Gen. W. T. Wofford being governor next time. The stage was filled with a number of vice-presi dents, chosen I believe to keep Tom. Hardeman in countenance. They must be very smart or very successful, for they certainly were not elevated on account of their good looks. We had an excellent address from our governor. I was glad to see him in life and health after the Joab thrusts dealt him by his friend Benjamin. If Alfred Colquitt is not a good man, and an hon est politician, then we have none. The Almighty does riot put his mark upon the face and eountenanee of a man for naught. We had a good many essays and speeches. When the discussion came up as to the convention having one ses sion a year, instead of two, on account of some of the roads refusing to give free passes, Gov. Brown brought down the house by announcing, through a friend, that as long as twenty men assembled in convention, in the agricultural interest of Georgia, they should have free passes over the W. and A. R. R. as long as he was president thereof. Other roads may have first-rate officers, but in my opin ion, the president of the W. and A. R. R. has more judgment than any of them. Our delegate, - Capt. Thomas Lyon, in a debate distinguished himself by a short and forcible speech which elicited great applause. The captain has a magnificent voice and tine manner, and if lie could only conquer his extreme diffidence, would make a splendid orator. The convention was so pleased with his senti ments that they appointed him one of the delegates to represent Georgia in the agricultural congress to assemble in Nash ville this week. It has been predicted that Capt. Lyon would go to congress one of these days, and it has come to pass sooner than his friends expected. Our junior delegate, Mr. Henry Tum lin, did not make a speech, nor did we induce him to go there for that purpose. His mind being young, soft and impressi ble, we thought we would have one learner at least. Henry’s genius so far has been of that exclusive agricultural character which applies itself to the cul tivation of wild oats. He has now made up his mind to change his crop, and therefore all he did was to sit among that congregation of solons, many of whom had grown gray in tilling the soil, and rich by doing something else, and quietly absorb. The lessons he learned there will in a few months cause that magnifi cent farm of his on the Etowah to bloom as a rose. Henry met his fate in Haw kinsville. At an evening reception he was presented to a good girl, arid vfekled on sight. There was not much said, for his feelings were too deep for utterance. But when the spring time comes, and the birds begin to mate and build their nests, our junior delegate will be found returning to that city of evergreen hos pitality to murmer in the fair one's ear— “lf you love me like I love you, No fcftmti cut our ltMfru cv.-o.” * r . uju; „ J- I wish him luck, for Henry is a fine fel low, and has plenty of material' about him. ’ Two resolutions were tabled by the President. The first, was to allow far mers this year, to plant whatever they pleased, and at that time they pleased, as they would probably do it anyhow. The second, was to extend the session of the convention for a day longer, to give Col. Yancey a chance to express himself fully. Our summer meeting is to held at Jonesboro. The state fair is to be held permanent ! lv at Macon: Atlanta having determined in the future to go it alone. The Hawkinsvilliang by their abound ing and unstinted hospitality, covered themselves all over with glory. They fed and lodged, that large assemblage of able bodied eaters for nothing hut the I ° honor of the thing, and that was doing it for very little. All they got was a vote of thanks! Nemo. MRS. W. H. FELTON. Her Reply to a False Insinuation in tlie Macon Telegraph. Washington, 1). C., Feb. 19. Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: I hope you will allow me sufficient space in your paper to reply to your ed itorial of last .Sunday, which you will please copy here. GIVE THE NAME. Mr. A. W. Reese, in his editorial cor respondence with the Macon Telegraph and Messenger, charges that during the recent canvass, in the seventh district, a letter was written to Senator Ferry (rep.), of Michigan, “imploring, in the most piteously pathetic terms, material aid from the radical congressional campaign committee for Dr. Felton, in his canvass against the democratic nominee and party.” Mr. Reese says Senator Ferry sent the letter to Hon. J. A. Hubbell, a republican member of the house from the same state, and also a member of the above named campaign committee. It was afterwards turned over to Mr. Gor ham, secretary of the committee, ami also secretary of the senate. “All the persons named agree as to the nature and text of the letter, and how eloquently the writer plead for radical money to en able the so-called independent leader to carry the election.” Mr. Reese does not give the name of the author of the letter, but his language conveys the impression that Mrs. Felton was the writer. In a matter of this kind there should not be any hints or intimations. Mr. Reese says he does nojt publish it, but knows the name well. He should give it by all means* Although A. W. Reese, of the Macon Telegraph and Messenger is the person known as my assailant, (his name being signed to the article on which you com ment), General Gordon is recognized by me as the author of the assault. Since “A. W. R.” did not give the name for which you call, 1 cannot assers that 1 am the person pointed ar, but al yourselves and others are similarly im pressed that it was intended tor me, I shall reply to it. I have become in some measure accuse tomed to the abuse showered so liberally upon tny husband and myself in the late congressional campaign, but 1 am glad to say no provocation has ever induced ei ther of us to retaliate upon the families of our opponents. Chivalry seems to be at a discount with the so-called “organs ized” in Georgia. A, 1 good citizens, who respect and protect their own hearth stones will give the independents credit for better conduct. I understand the charge to be, that I “plead in piteously pathetic tones for radical money” to help my husband’s election. Had I done so, the allegation would come with bad grace from an own er of the Macon Telegraph and Messenger , which paper was subsidized by Governor Brown in the state road lease tor the sum of two thousand dollars. I only recognize the master in this at tack—not the servitor who does General Gordon’s puffing as well as his dirty work in his newspaper. If A. W. Reese in his strenuous efforts to secure a place under the Senate organ ization finds it necessary to show this subservience to Gen. Gordon, we can nor stooi) to notice a man working for such selfish ends and such substantial rewards. The senator, 4 find, has been very active in this matter —his position entitles him to some attention. When a United States senator can run a colivict camp, which “is a disgrace to civilization,” for money—when he can manipulate a southern insurance com pany and a southern university publish ing company, not to speak of other cir cumlocution enterprises,where the money of the subscribers disappeared forever— when lie could borrow the money of a southern bishop—and the bishop sold the collaterals for only one dollar in the hun dred, you need not be surprised that he should attack the wife of a political op ponent. When his name in connection with the money of Jay Gould and Hunt ingdon was the street talk or Washing ton city, which astonished the startled ears of Judge Underwood and Col. D. S. Printup last spring, commented on by strangers at a dinner table of one of the principal hotels in Washington, can you wonder that he should see money at the bottom of any enterprise? If he and A. W. Reese desire to establish the prece dent of fighting ladies to injure their husbands, they mat find it uneomfortat hie if well carried out. Precedents coun astonishingly sometimes. The charge that I wrote to Senator Ferry, or anybody else, asking for “rad ical money,” oranyother money, to help my husband’s electfcn, I firmly deny. If “A. W. R.” will furnish a genuine'letter of mine, I shall need no further proof. That I did write a friendly letter to Sen ator Ferry, with whom I had acquaint ance for several years, asking.him to use his influence to break up the combination with Bryant in the itoltzclavv movement, l frankly admit. *L E, Bryant informed a gentleman of Rome, Ga., a distinguished democrat, that -‘he was on Ids way to Dalton” (the day before he brought out Iloltzelaw), to organize the republicans in the interest of .Judge Lester.” Do you desire his name? The fact that Bryant was "fur nished money by the national executive committee of the democratic party was published in full in the Indianapolis Journal of October 24th, 1878. That Bryant was seeking to get money from the republican national committee, lam also reliably informed. That I did request Senator Ferry to use his inti li enee to circumvent tins nefarious plot, I have no disposition to deny. I should likely do so again under similar circum stances. -Mv husband was. away from home, in the upper counties, and my wifely anxiety induced me to write wit li on t. delay, which I did on my own re sponsibilKy and over my own signature. What his cooler judgment would have advised, I did not know, He certainly appreciated my heartfelt interest in his success against the strong combinations to which the. history of .Georgia furnishes no parallel. It was a bitter fight made by unscrupulous men, and 1 have no apology to make for my efforts in behalf ot my husband. It is a sad day for Geor gia when “sensational newspaper men dicants” can assail the wife when her * husband stands in the path of a public man from whom the scribbler derives his official existence and whose patronage he enjoys. If I am tlius to be made the target of “organized’’ abuse, the independents of the state may understand that no man’s • home is sacred from attack, if he dares to resist the encroachments of the “pub lic plunderers” on the old commonwealth of Georgia. I think I understand and appreciate the feelings of the good and honest men in both parties, and they will rebuke any party or clique that spares nojsex or condition in their insane desire to keep themselves in office. The very fact that shifty politicians at tack everybody who interferes with their combination for public plunder, has done more to injure the democratic organiza tion in Georgia than everything else. To this they add the resolve to attack wo men, because guilty cowardice refuses to meet more responsible parties. Drive the monev-changers from the democratic temple, and set up officials whose honor and reputation are dearer to them than convict camps or the money of Jay Gould or Huntington. Respectfully, Mrs. W. 11. Felton. new advertisements! W. H. W I KLE & CO., (Next to Postoflico,) Solicit your orders for Appleton’s and Cham ber’s Cyclopaedias. PLENTY OF SHEET MUSIC For a little money. W. H. VVIKLE has just re ceived a large lot of music which lie will sell at very low prices. fel>27-2t Fancy Goods, Pictures & Frames FOR SALE BY 11. M. Monntcastle & Cos., Cartersville, Ga. FOP SALE. ONE OF THE NEATEST, AND MOST pleasant little barrooms in Atlanta, cen trally located, cheap tor cash. Any.one wishing io move to Atlanta and are desirous of going in to the retail liquor business, this is one 01 the best opportunities they will ever have. For par ticulars call on <J. H. C. Willingham, of this paper. fel)27 DICK LOYAL, No. 3 Peachtree street, opposite the National Hotel, 4 LWAYS KEEP ON HAND PURE, UNA- J\_ dulterated liquors of the best, and is one o the best mixers in the State. Give him a cal when you go to Atlanta, and don’t take our worn lor it. fel)27 R. B. TRIPPE. J. M. NEEL. TRIPPE & NEEL, A. X" X ORNEY S-AT-LA "VV, CARTESVILLE, GA. \T7TLL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS, YV both State and Federal, except Bartow county criminal court. .1. M. Neel alone will practice in said last mentioned court. Office in northeast corner of court house building'. feb27 JUST RECEIVED, —AT— R. .V. SATTERFIELD, \ LARGE LOT OF ZIEGLER’S PIIILA DELPIA Custom and Hand-made shoes, for gents’ ladies, misses and children. All styles —side lace and button. It is the most complete assortment of shoes ever brought to this market. feb27 FLO UK ! FLOIII ! FLOUR 1 JUST RECEIVED 30,000 Pounds Fancy and Choice FAMILY FLOUR, Bought’ for Cash Before the East Advance. Also a large lot of J Choice White Cos rn, All of which I offer to the trade CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. PARTIES WISHING TO BUY WILL FT NT) it to their interest to call and see me before purchasing elsewhere. fel)27-lm A. KNIGHT. J. C. & S. F. MILAM, Commission Merchants, COTTON BUYERS, Dealers in. Stancieti’d Guanos, AGENTS KOK Metropolitan Works, Richmond, Va. CAN FURNISH ANY KIND OF AN EN gine from four-horse power to oue hundred and fifty. SAAV AND GRIST MILTS, THRESHERS, And in fact any kind of machinery. Please see us before purchasing. Office at T. A. Foote’s store, West Mam street, Car tersville, Ga. * feb27 A Bargain. That nice bay horse and top buggy for sale AT THE BARCAIN STORE. CALI€ O E S , The very best brands, at (5 cents, AT THE BARGAIN STORE. Tlic Sheetings and Shirtings Can’t be beat in prices at THE BARGAIN STORE. A FULL LINE of Hosiery and Yankee Notions at THE BARGAIN STORE. For Dry G*oods in General Go to THE BARGAIN STORE. 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FAIIM E K S , You will save money by buying your supplies at THE BARCAIN STORE. For anything you want go to THE BARCAIN STORE. P 11 O.D UCE. All kinds of produce taken in exchange for goods at THE BARGAIN STORE. Peach Blow Potatoes. A large lot of Peach Blow Potatoes for seed and eating—the finest you ever 6aw—just re ciewd and for sale cheap at THE BARGAIN BTOR& NEW_ ADVERTISEMENTS. CAVi FURNISH ANY BOOK. W. H. WIKLE & CO. supply all kinds of books at the lowest prices. feb27-2t THE LARCEST STOCK Of Chromos, Picture Frames and Mouldings in this part of the country will be found at W. H. WIKLE & CO., Next door to Postoffice. H. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO., —DEALERS XN Books, Music and Stationery, West Main St.. Cartersville, Ga. Teas, Soaps, Candles, Starch,* Any many other things too numerous to mention at MOUNTCASTLE’S BOOK STORE, (Clayton’s old stand,) * CARTERSVILLE, : : : : Georgia. JN'O. L. MOON. DOUGLAS WIKLE. MOON & WIKLE, Attorneys-at-La w, CARTERSVILLE, GA. s*3^’ Office in Bank Block, over the Postoffice. Fancy and Plain Confectioneries A large lot of French and Stick Candies, Nuts, Raisins, Crackers aud Canned Goods, at the Book store of H. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO., (Clayton’s old stand) CARTERSVILLE, : : : : Georgia. AGENCY OF Appleton’s American Cyclopaedia. If. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO. Announce that they have secured a sub-agency, r'or this section 6f country, for the above cyclo paedia. Lawyers, Physicians and others will make note of the fact. NEW MUSIC ! NEW MUSIC ! TTTE HAVE JUST RECEIVED, DIRECT Y' Y from the publishers, a large aud select as cortinent of the newest and most popular Music, Both Vocal and Instrumental. Our customers arc now afforded the opportunity of making their selections from a well assorted stock, instead of from catalogue. We are also offering our old stock at 10 per cent, discount from puulisher’s prices. Music teachers willoe allowed liberal terms. Write or call for catalogue. 11. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO., Cartersville, Ga. West Main street, (Clayton’s old stand.) Bartow County Sheriff’s Sales. WILL BE SOLD before the court house door in Cartersville, Georgia, on the first Tuesday iu next, 1879, between the legal saie hours uie following described property, to-wit: Lot of land No. 247; lying in the 18th district aud 3rd section of Bartow county, Ga., contain -1x) acres more or less with uie improvements •.uereou. Levied on and will be sold as the pioperty of Mrs. E. M. Branson, one of the de enuants, to satisfy one Bartow Superior Court ii. la. in iavor of Albertina Johnson vs. J. C. Branson and Mrs. E. M. Branson, said proper ty in possession ol J. C. and Mrs. E. M. Branson. ‘ Also, at ilie same tune anil p.ace, tne north am u. tot o. land No. 2(i7, iu the sth district auu ant section of Bartow county, Ga., containing 180 .ores more or less. Levied on and wilt be soul as .he property ol D. F. Bisnop to satisfy one suite .a t county* tax tt. fa. vs. said Bishop. Levy male auu returned by John W. Hill, L. C. Also, at the same time and place, the undi vided half interest in lot oi land No. 11l in me 22ud district and 2nd section of Bartow Ga., containing one hundred aud sixty acres. Levied on aud will be sold as the prop erty of B. G. Poole, oue of the defendants, oy virtue Oi one Bartow superior court fi. fa. in fa vor oi Baser tlaii, C. C. Parrott, trausferree, • s. said B. G. Poole. Also, at ihtLsauie time and place, lots of land Nos. ooii, 178, 4/4, 173, 185 and 181, each lot containing 10 acres more or less, all lying in the *7ch district and 3rd section ol Bartow county, Ga. Levied ou aud will be sold as tiie property a F. M. Martin to satisfy one Barto w superior A>urt ti. fa. in favor o. Gray and Erwin, aamiu stratois, etc, for purchase money oi said lots oi auu. the defendant in possession of said lots oi .and. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold .lie following property, to-wit: Lots of land Nos. ifo ana 143, lying aud being in the 22nd district aud and section oi Bartow county, Ga. Levied ou aud will be sold as the property of W. P. .third by virtue of two fi. fas, issued from the i ustice court oi 1,0415 t district, G. M., in iavor of i>a.ver & Hall vs. W. P. Ward. Levy made and 4etarued by D. A. Vaughan, L. C. Also, at the same time aud place, one house and lot in the eity*of Cartersville, Bartow coun ty, Ga., containing half acre, more or less, bound ed as follows: fronting Douglass street, ou (he . ast about one hundred feet, north by Lawrence’s property, on soutn and west by T. H. Baker’s property; said lot running back west about two .mndreu feet more or less. Levied on and will be sold its cue property of W. B. Bishop by virtue ot oue justice’s court fi. fa. issued from the 822d iistnet G. M., in iavor of F. P. Gray, adminis trator of Lewis Tumiin, deceased, vs. said Bish op. Levy made by J. W. Hill, L.C. Also, at the same time aud place, the house and lot where or. M. G. Williams now lives, in me city of Cartersville, Bartow county, Ga. Bounded as follows: east by Cassviile street, .lorth by west mam street, west by property of a. G. B. Vandivere, south by property of G* W. Hill or lands ot the estate of J. H. Ruckmau, deceased, containing one acre more or less. Al so th • house and lot in the city of Cartersville, Bartow county, now occupied by Thos. H. Ba 4,er as au office; bounded on north by the law office of Abda Johnson, east by public square, south by St. James Hotel, west by vacant lot. on and will be sold as the property of inos. H. Baker, oue of the defendants, to satis .y oue Bartow superior court fi. fa. in iavor oi Theodore E. Smith, administrator of A. E. Gregg, deceased, vs. J. D, Head aud Thos. H. Baker. Also, at the same time and place, five acres of timoered laud, more or less, bounded on the north by P. L. Moon’s, east by laud of P. L. doon’s, and the land known as the tobacco fac tory lot, oa tne west by railroad street* Also, .ive acres, more or less, bounded on the north by aud of P. L. Moon; on the east side by Gilmer street, ou the soutn by property of Kobe Parrott, j . C. Wofford, J. W. Keith s brick yard lot, and oa the west by the old tobacco factory lot. Also, fight acres, more or less, bounded ou tlie north by fonusob street, and lot of Willis Johnson, on the fast by Douglissst., aud lot of Willis Johnson, on the south by carter st. aud land of N. S. Eaves .aid the African church, oa flic west by laud of N. S. Eaves, Gilmer street and two cabins and iots aud MeSaOder’s lot. Also, oue vacant lot on Market street, bounded ou the north by Market street, east by house and lot owned by Jackson and Tumiin, south by property of Foote, ana property of Jackson aim Baker, west by pioperty of Edward Payne and Essex Choice. Also, one vacant lot oa c'uirch street, bounded uofth by Church street, cast oy Stonewall street, south by property of G. C. Tumiin and vacant tot belonging to Lewis Tomlin s estate and by j i). J. Guyton’s lot, and by Thos. H. Baker’s lot, j west by A. K. Hudgins’ house and lot. All ol j tiie above lands and lots are situated in the town ; of Cartersville, in said county. Also lots of land j Nos. 312 ane 338, in the 4th district aud 3rd sec- ! tiou of said county, each lot containing forty I acres more or less. Levied ou and will be sold i is the property of defendant, Frank P. Gray, as administrator of Lewis i’umnn, deceased, to j satisfy a Bartow supei ior court fi. fa. iu favor of : Silas Stephens vs. B. G. Poole, D. W. K. Pea cock and said Frank P. Gray, as administrator . of Le wis Tumiin, deceased. Property iu posses sion of said Frank P. Gray, administrator ol j Lewis Tumlinf deceased, and pointed out by plaintiff in fi. fa. Also. at Uie same time and place, lots of land Nos. 248, 389, 2-(8, 238, 387, 197, 281 and 470, all ly- | mg in the 4th district, of the 3rd section of liar tow county, Georgia, and each lot containing 40 acres, more or less, raid lots of land Nos. 2,3 and 38 in the 22<t district of the 2nd section of said countv. and each lot containing 180 acres more or less. And one vacant lot iu the city of Carters ville in said county, bounded as follows: on the east by Gilmer street, on the south by the lot aud residence of .Mrs. M. M. Parrott, on the west by Railroad street, and on the north by F. M. Dan iel’s lot, containing two a :res more or less. And oue vacant lot lying iu the city of Cartersville in said eounty, fronting one hundred feet more or less on Market street, and running hack two hundred feet to another vacant lot, the property of the estate of Lewis Tumiin, and bounded oil the north by said vacant lot, ou the east by the property of G. C. Tumiin, and on the west by the property of D. J. Guyton. Levied on and will he sold as the property of the defendant, Frank P. Gray, as administrator of the estate of Lewis Tumiin, deceased, to satisfy one Bartow .Su perior court fi. fa. in favor Aaron of Knight vs. B. G. Pool. D. W. K. Peacock and said Frank P. Gray, as administrator of Lewis Tumiin, de ceased. Property in possession of said defend ant, Frank P. Gray, administrator of Lewis Tumiin, deceased, and pointed out by plaintiff in fi. fa. JAMES KENNEDY, Sheriff. A. M. FRANKLIN, Deputy Sheriff. ST. JAMES HOTEL, (Cartersvflle, Georgia.) The undersigned has recently taken charge of this elegaut new hotel. 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