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rartersTllle, Georgia, March 6, 1879.
ABOUND THE TOWN.
Note* Gathered Here and There hj Our Reporters.
February, March!
Lookout for the organ raffle!
Will the band act upon our suggestion
as to the open-air concerts?
The mayor holds his courts In the law
office of Mr. Bob Murphy.
They have singings every Sunday af
ternoon at the Methodist church.
Capt. Peacock has just returned from
a flying business trip to Savannah.
Lon Hardy w ill start upon his “pomo
logical pilgrimage” [Express] shortly.
Bill Arp’s 1 tb-rs are getting to resem
ble some of Bill Wikle’s startling jokes.
Our two book stores are the liveliest
competitors in the city. Go it fellow r s !
Keep your eyes pelled for the organ
rattle. Try your luck and help the needy.
Mr. L. C. Leutze, formerly of this place,
Is now engaged in the revenue service at
Savannah.
We would like to procure a good, live
correspondent from every town in Bar
tow county.
Jim Harrison has retired from business,
and now Buff is running the machine
single-handed.
Lewis Erwin is just in from Grassy
Cove. He came down to see about all this
marrying business.
Oh, fora hand-organ and a monkey to
come along. We are getting into the dull
season prematurely.
There were six new married couples
in the Methodist church at the last Sun
day morning services.
Rev. 11. K. Rees, missionary, will hold
service next Sunday at the Episcopal
church at this place.
We are fortunate in securing such a
live correspondent from Seventeenth dis
trict as “ Locum Tenens .”
She didn’t march in like a roaring lion,
but the roaring commenced as soon as
the month was fairly in the door.
Mr. George W. Satterfield has return
ed from New r York and will open a mix
ed stock of goods at the Bartow' house.
Smith Clayton’s letters in the Sunday
Gazette are greatly enjoyed up this way.
We are going to got Smith to deliver his
lecture here soon.
Capt. Bob Anderson is again very ill.
It is needless for us to say he has the
earnest hopes of a speedy recovery from
the entire community.
The manganese trade is still going on
at a lively rate. There is more manga
nese in Bartow county than in any locali
ty in the United States.
Jim Stephens, of Talking Rock factory,
was in town this w'eek. He reports fac
tory yarn as selling rapidly, and moun
taid corn holding its own.
There were more people in town Tues
day than we have seen since election
times. Legal sale, day and the sale of the
the Van Wert road were the magnets.
The Sunday Gazette very properly gets
up here Sunday morning, while the Sun
day Phonograph gets in on Monday after
noon. You must hump yourself, Chris.
We forgot to state last week that Chris
topher, of the Phonograph , had been in
town. If Chrissy rides up much oftener,
somebody will think he is coming after
his Lena.
Mr. J. B. Derby, the tenior proprietor
of the firm publishing the Atlanta Gazette ,
was in town yesterday. We were delight
ed to meet the gentleman and hope his
visit was profitable.
We hope the next marrying couple will
try to bring the affair around on the first
part of the week instead of Thursday.
We hate to wait a whole week to give a
little item of news.
What few Cartersville boys who have
escaped Hymen’s halter this season, go
about with silent tread, hushed voices
and very pale visage, fearing that every
minute will be the next.
Our young folks are getting up a sur
prise party for to-morrow (Friday) night.
From the present indication, they will
have a huge time. 7he boys are mak
ing extensive preparations.
When the press association meets here
in May they will be greeted with “The
Free Press Quickstep” by the band. We
hope Prof. James will write the ‘‘lnde
pendent March” in time for the occasion.
When Dr. Leland, Torn Lyon and
Gus Bates assemble in a group, a laugh
is imminent. We intend hereafter to have
a short-hand reporter at each meeting of
this trio. The community must not suf
fer.
Joe Sellers has recently returned from
a trip to4ttie mountains and is looking
fresh behind the counter at the St. James
bar, which is getting popular among
those who indulge. Ranse and Joe are
two clever men.
Dr. W. 11. Felton and family will ar
rive here this morning at 11 o’clock from
Washington city, to remain a few days
to greet their neighbors and friends. The
community generally will extend them
a cordial welcome.
Judge Thomas Tumlin is at his home
at Euharlee being summoned by the sud
den and serious illness of his wife. We
are glad to state that the estimable lady
Is entirely out of danger. The judge, for
the last year, has spent most of his time
in his plantations in Alabama which re
quires his presence.
There hits a sudden and great confi
dence sprung up between a young mar
ried man and another young who is short
ly expected to become a benedict. They
are to be seen together all the while in
close communion and whether their con
versation is one of condolence or the giv
ing in of experience it is hard to tell.
It is a matter of dispute as to who is
the agent of the Shorter College Chimes
at Stilesboro, but the people of that com
munity have about settled down into the
belief that Charlie Shelman holds the
commission. He can put on a white neck
tie, twirl a specimen copy in bis baud
and talk a inaa'a leg off ia about a taiu-
Obituary.
Brother X. C. W. Douthett was born
in Davidson county, North Carolina,
Vpril 29th, 1821, and died at his home in
Paulding county, Georgia, November
11th, 1878.
The tamily came from North Carolina
and settled in Carroll county in the year
1830, where they lived about five years,
and in 1838 they settled in Bartow,
where a portion of the family still live.
l’he subject of this sketch joined the
Methodist Episcopal Church when thir
teen years of age, and lived an exemplary
Christian life to the day of his death.
For about ten years of his life he was a
local preacher—earnest, zealous, faithful.
On account of failing health he gave up
his credentials as a preacher, and being
anxious to do something in the Master’s
vineyard, accepted license to exhort,
which license he held to the day of his
death. Arriving at years of maturity,
he sought and obtained in marriage the
hand of Miss Hutchings, of Polk county,
Georgia, by whom a daughter was born
unto him. The wife preceded him to the
grave; the daughter survives him. Some
years afterward he was married to Miss
Julia, eldest daughter of George and
Charity McLarty, of Campbell county,
Georgia, by whom seven children were
born unto him, all of whom are living.
Asa husband he was faithful and de
voted ; as a father, tender and doting; as
a brother, kind and affectionate; as a
friend, honest and true; as a neighbor,
agreeable and accommodating; as a
Christian, deeply pious; as a minister,
fervent and zealous. In short, he was a
good man, than which no higher tribute
can be paid to any man, be he living oi
dead. For a long time before death came
to his relief he was a great sufferer, but
deriving sweet consolation from the
thought that whom God “ loves he
chastens,” he bore his affliction with
Christian resignation and fortitude, his
constant prayer being, “Thy will, O!
Lord, not mine be done.”
A short time before he died he called
his family around his bed and told them
he was going to die, and assured them
that he had nothing to fear and nothing
to regret, save the parting with wife and
children. After exhorting them to meet
him in Heaven, and pronouncing, like
Jacob of old, a dying benediction upon
them all, he closed his eyes in that
“ sleep from which none ever wake to
weep.”
“Servant of Gdd, well done!
Rest from thy loved employ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master’s joy.
The voice at midnight came;
He started up to hear;
A mortal sorrow pierced his frame:
He fell—but never felt no fear.
The pains of death are past;
Labor and sorrow cease,
An<i life’s long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.
Servant of Christ, well done!
Praise be thy new employ;
And while eternal ages run,
Rest in thy Savior’s joy.”
To wife, children, relations and friends
we tender unaffected sympathy, and sug
gest that their sorrow may be soothed in
the thought that their loss is his eternal
gain. May “He who tempereth the
winds to the shorn lambs ” watch over,
protect and bless the wife and chil
dren of our deceased brother, and save
them finally in the Heaven whither he is
gone, is the prayer of their
Pastor.
To the Public—No. 3.
Many allowanoes should be made for
times and circumstances. But why is it,
that some of our oldest and best mer
chants and business men are discouraged
well nigh. We have known them long,
and for honesty and fair dealing have
never known them excelled. How is ii
their patronage should have been turned
into other channels,* so much so at leas’,
as to dishearten them somewhat. I>
there not something wrong in this de
moralization of trade? Our town will
never prosper while our people pursu*
this ruinous policy. We have not a won
to say against others, but say that a wan
of appreciation of real worth and ster
ling character in our business men is ab
solutely ruinous to our town. We appea
to all who desire to build up at home
Let us hold fast what we have and seel
to increase our number of substantia
citizens and business men, as we can no
afford ta lose them. We make below :
statement coming from Col. R. H. Jones,
carriage manufacturer. He says “tha
the work being sold here from the wes
cannot be what it is claimed to be; tha
the material for a good buggy will cos.
more than fhese are sold for, to say no
thing of workmanship, house rent, taxes
insurance, etc. He proposes to buffi
work at 15 per cent, upon cost, and say*
if anybody wants to do it for less the\
can have the job; will exhibit bills o;
costs and guarantee the work at thos
rates.” Now, after this plain and candid
statement will any of us lend our influ
ence to demoralize his trade? We hav*
known his work for many long years.
He published some ten years and bettei
ago, certificates from R. A. Lane, oi
Walker county, Ga.; Turner H. Tripp**,
Warren Akin, Win. Burge, Daniel Con
yers, Maj. Willis Benham. Dr. W. 1. Ben
ham, W. H. Felton, John J. Howard.
Samuel Erwin, John A. Erwin, Robert
L. Rogers, J. W. Harris, J. C. Sproull,
and a host of others of Bartow county,
who had used his work for years an*
pronounced it the best they ever had.
There are many others in adjoining coun
ties and some in Alabama who testified t*
the same thing. He tells us that he i>
building to-day as good as ever has beei
built by himself or any one in the coun
try and equal to any made in the Unite*
States. We shall notice oth* establish
ments in our next. More Anon.
Home Industry.
Col. R. H. Jones, of Cartersville, whos*
enviable reputation as a manufacturer oi
buggies, wagons, etc., is well known
throughout this region, has established a
shop in Rome at the old stand of D.
Lindsey & Cos., where any new vehicle
ordered will be put up or any repairing
done. This shop is under the supervis
ion of Mr. R. L. Williams, a nephew oi
Col. Jones. We bespeak for Col. Jones
a liberal share of the patronage of our
people, and do so because we believe that
under the supervision of Mr. Williams,
the work will be well done,— jtvrw Cbwr*
The Seventeenth District,
The spring fights opened at the cross
roads near Euharlee, last Saturday week,
in which several parties were engaged
but strange to say no one was killed.
To get up newspaper items now-a-davs
is almost as difficult a matter as ft is for a
rat to heart a tobacco seed.
The Taylorsville boys propose wearing
crape in memoriam of one of their bach
elor townsmen whom they expect to lose
Thursday night, the 6th inst. But come
now, boys, you would all love to be lost
in the same way.
The fall oats of this vicinity has been
considerably thinned out by the severe
freezes, hence many of the farmers are
at present engaged in sowing spring oats.
Wheat is looking as well as might be
expected at this time of the year, and
some of our farmers are predicting a
larger yield than for many years past.
From what we can glean while riding
over the country, we are satisfied that
there will be a larger acreage of cotton
planted in this section of country the
present year than has been for many
years past; and unless more attention is
given to the grain culture many of our
sifters are bound to stop.
The trustees of the Taylorsville high
school have, up to the present, failed in
procuring a teacher for their school.
Why don’t some good instructor make
application and be sworn in ?
The Stilesboro high school under the
supervision of Prof W. R. Thigpen, is
progressing finely and giving entire sat
isfaction to its host of patrons. We are
compelled to pronounce Mr. T. a very
eminent perceptor.
Our young friend, C. X. Patterson, of
Rome, formerly of Stilesboro, made a
flying visit among us last week to see his
friends and relatives. Charlie is as bald
headed as ever, and may his hair never
grow thinner.
Dr. 11. D. Cunyus says that the junior
editor of The Free Press made a wide
mistake when he said that the reason the
doctor never married was because he was
too bowlegged to hold his wife in his lap.
Piie doctor takes this method of inform
ing the young ladies of the mistake.
We hold justice court at Euharlee every
second Saturday in each month, and the
public is respectfully requested to be pre
sent on that day, and save the bailiffs so
much unnecessary riding.
Mr. W. B. Cochran can now boast ot
Ihe prettiest buggy and fastest horse in
these diggins. Of course the girls will
all from now heneeferth wear “beau
catchers.”
Mr. L. W. Guins who four months ago
was stricken with paralysis, is now abb
to be out with the aid of a crutch and
•stick.
Many who differed with The Free
"Press politically, now pronounce it the
best local paper ever published in Bar
tow county. Locum Tenens.
The Free Press.
The Covington Star: “The Cartersville
Free Press is now one of the best coun
try papers in the state.”
Darien Gazette: “The Cartersville Free
Press of last week was very interesting.
We are glad to see that brother Willing
ham has “let up” on Gen. Gordon.”
Conyers Weekly: “The editor of the
Cartersville Free Press is the kind ot
man we like. He is open and free and
supports the right regardless of party oi
section.”
Atlanta Sunday Gazette: “TheCarters
ville Free Press is the neatest and hand
'Omest paper that reaches our exchange
able. Brother Willingham is a trained
journalist, but once and awhile his ven
om getaway with him.”
Albany News: “Charley Willingham i
beginning to let up on Senator Gordon
md we are now prepared to say that his
Free Press is one of the most energeti
cally edited newspaper in the state. N<
nan can go to sleep over its columns.”
Augusta News: “We print to-day an
uticle on “True Democracy,” from the
Oartersvile Free Press. When Willing
barn lets himself out, he can be as ineis
ve and pungent as any editor in the
Hate. Those editors to whom he alludes
a ill probably understand better what he
nearis than the geneial reader, who Inn
lot been guilty of the practice charged in
die article.”
Gainesville Southron: “Charley Will
ingham, next July or August we are go
ingtogeta new $2.50 linen suit, a 4b
•ent pair of slippers and a chip hat. Thep
ve are coming all the way to Cartersville
o see the machine you grind out all those
sharp little paragraphs on. Have us a
•hunk of ice aud a large fan, when we
•ome, but don’t let the “agonized” know
ve are there; they will have the whole
state organized to keep down a radica'
■onspiracy, with Gen. Gordon and Col.
Reese marshaling the mighty hosts ot
lie unterrified, unwashed office holders
who will never give up the spoils until
hey are to be made to.
Atlanta Phonograph: “The article in
>ur last issue, censuring slightly the Car
ersville Free Press for occasionally rol
ling Gen. Gordon over the coals, was not
written by us, neither do we sanction it.
For sake of consistency, if for nothing
•lse, we do not intend to go back on ohi
ecord. When the general stooped to en
er a canvass where two good democrats
were in the field, this paper spoke it.-
mind freely and unreservedly, and would
lo so again under the same circumstances.
Hie Phonograph is as good democrat pa
per as theie is in the land, but it does not
belong to any clique, faction orringbound
u ganizatiou. That’s the kind of a hair
mi we are. A man is no longer a free
nan when he cannot vote as he pleases.”
Thanks.
We return thanks to Mr. Albert Seheur
.or a pair of elegant linen collars of the
latest style. Now, if some patriot
will send in a shirt, a hat, pair of
pants, coat and vest to go with them,
we will resume our usual elegance of at
ire. But, many thanks to Mr. Seheur,
nevertheless.
We also take this opportunity to thank
those good and true friends who were so
kind in their ministrations during our re
een iilne-s. May they find hearts as
sympathetic and bauds as ©eafcb, if ever
Council Proceedings.
Monday, March 3.—The marshal’s re
l>ort as follows, was read and approved:
! Collected from lines, $10; hall rent,
weighing on scales, auction license, etc.,
$40.75; from T. W. Milner, on note,
SSO: liquor licenses for March, $125;
i dray license from Noah Woftord, from
j February 25 to April 1, $1.25; collected
on last year’s tax, $155.12. Sum total
marshal’s report, $390.12.
(Signed) John A. Gladden, .
Marshal.
The marshal was ordered to sue all un
paid cemetery claims which could not be
otherwise collected, at once.
On motion, the amount for street tax
in lieu of road duty was fixed at $2, and
the marshal ordered to collect same at
once, and report Ist of May.
The following accounts were ordered
paid: Pay roll, $86.50; John A. Glad
den, S4O: J. D. Wilkerson, S3O; Sayre
& Cos., $3.25; Wikle & Lewis, $9.55;
McCanless & Williams, $20.42; Hanes
Milner, 40c.; W. O. Bowler, $1; Baker
& Hall, $22,100; D. W. Curry, $1.95; C.
11. C. Willingham, $2.05; T. O. & W.
W. Roberts, $33.33.
The following ordinance was added to
the present code of city laws:
Be it ordained.by the city council as
sembled, That from and after this date,
the marshal and deputy marshals of the
city of Cartersville be and are hereby in
structed to arrest and imprison in the
city prison of Cartersville, all females,
both white and colored, who walk the
streets of said city after the hour of nine
o’clock p. ir.., for the purpose of lewd
ness or other immoral conduct, or who
shall be found loitering around, or about
the depot, or other public places in said
city for like purposes as above stated, and
said parties so arrested shall have the
right of trial at as early a day as is prac
ticable and convenient, as other offenders
against existing city laws, and upon con
viction they shall be fined not exceeding
fifty dollars, and upon failure to pay the
same shall be confined at hard labor in
city chain gang not exceeding thirty
days.
On motion, council adjourned.
B. R. Mountcastle,
Clerk of Council.
The Way our People Talk.
Now we don’t believe or pretend to say
hat Lindley Murray had anything to do
with our bringing up. Nor do we set
ourself up as an extraordinary gramma
rian to judge the balance of the town,
but we do think that the language of
some of the most prominent people in
bis community is enough to give a Pick
ms county “hog-back” the jimjams. It
has jarred upon our sensitive nerves
until we can stand it no longer without
remonstrance. We allude to the misera
ble and careless mistakes many of our
citizens, in high station, make in conver
sation. We were looking for a fellow
the other day who owed us seventy-five
cents for subscription and eight out of
the ten men we asked if they had seen
our delinquent, answered, “No, I haven’t
saw him.” The other two said, “1 seen
him about an hour ago.” We saw a
orominent merchant looking rather pale
in the face the other day, and in answer
o our anxious inquiry, he said, “I taken
i drink of peach brandy just now and its
burtin’.” These are the mistakes that
he half of our town has fallen into, and
we desire to see them corrected. It
vour optics have not rested upon a par
icular individual about whom inquiry is
nade please, for the sake of decency,
-ay “I haven’t seen him,” and if you
mve gazed upon him you will not mur
ler grammar by saying, “I saw him
ibout an hour ago.” If you have im
bibed a small amount of “streaked
lightning” that don't set well on your
-tomaeh, casually remark “I took a drink
>f peach brandy,” etc.
Now take these thoughts home with
vou and ponder them carefully, make up
vour mind to correct the evils, resolving
iot to bring your children up to use such
•areless language that has taken root
from your example. Let everybody
louder and see who is guilty of making
hese errors in speech.
The Annie Gold Mine.
I have been thinking for some time
oast that I would write you a gentle
zephyr for you and your many readers,
ibout the Annie gold mine, its worth,
etc. The “Annie” you know is situated
in Paulding county, and is, at present,
being developed by W. H. Chamberlin,
Sc Cos., under very favorable auspices.
I’he vein is well defined, and yields
handsomely. Some of the re is quite
•ich, assaying as high as one thousand
lollars per ton, extra of the platinum or
bismuth, I can’t say which, as I have no
way to analyze, or rather do not under
stand the analysis of such metals, but
from the definition that Webster gives of
platinum, 1 am under the impression that
it is the former metal; however, I will
be relieved within a few days as to what
it is, as I will send some of the metal to
a gentleman not a great distance from
your city for assaying. I have been
under the impression all the while that
the “Annie” was a first-class gold mine,
and as development is made, it not only
brings to light my prognostications, but
is proving to be, with the facilities and
great advantages for working, unequalled
anywhere or by any mine, one of the
best mines in the union. This is no ex
cited idea of mine; professional miners
who visit the “Annie” say the same that I
do; if any difference, in rather stronger
terms. Ido not ask any one to take mv
assertions as to the “Annie,” let them
come and see for themselves—the “An
nie’ -vill recommend herself. Work at
the mine was somewhat retarded during
the cold snap, but everything is working
well now, the weather is pleasant, the
climate delightful and healthy. I will
give you more of the Annie in* rny next.
Send us a copy of your valuable paper
occasions liy. Respeetfu Uy,
J. B. Thomas.
Yorkville , Paulding roFeb. 24.
For Sale.
We have for sale two pianoes, an or
gan and three sewing machines which
can be purchased on good terms. The
goo Is wrill be ordered from the factories
Tribute of Respect.
Cartersville, Feb. 21, 1879.—The re
cent death of John D. Head, associated
with us for the past eleven years in the
offices of general friendship and brother
hood has left a vacant place In our ranks
and hearts which cannot easily be sup
plied. His surviving brethren, family
and friends will long dwell with melan
choly fondness upon his virtues. What
ever his faults were we lay them in the
grave with his body; tVy are matters
between him and his God, who hath
done all things well and whose sovereign
will we are all taught (from the book of
Constitutions) to most reverently and
obediently lean.
Resolved, That in the death of our bro
ther, John D. Head, this lodge, No. 101,
F. and A. M., Cartersville, Ga., has
sustained a great and deeply felt loss.
Resolved, That the members ot this
lodge recurring to his life of usefulness
as a merchant, and lengthened associa
tion with him as a brother, will cherish
with heart-warm feelings the remem
brance of his social virtues and his gen
erous example.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize
with his afflicted family in this sad be
reavement, and tender them our condo
lance under their trying ordeal.
Resolved, That these proceedings be
spread on the minutes of this lodge and
a copy of the same be transmitted to his
family and published in our city papers.
S. F. Milam,
G. L. McDonald,
R. W. Murphy,
Committee.
Night Made Comfortable.
He has come along at last. We’ve
been praying foi him, and our petitions
are answered. We allude to Mr. M. M.
Elliott, agent for Brown’s Self-Fastening
Bed Spring. About the first set of the
spiral comfort he twirled up we cabbaged
and have it now placed under our shuck
mattress. The first night upon these
springs was exstacy. We dreamed. Oh,
such dreams. Delinquent subscribers
were paying up by the score, and our
inei .ants were rushing up the ad. hand
with new and lengthy advertisements.
On o.ie side of the bed a young widow
was lavishing blandishments and on the
other the president of the W. and A. R.
R. was extending an annual pass from
bis palsied hand, while in the background
was a group of hotel landlords offering
us great dishes of free hash. Seriously,
the springs are the cheapest and most
perfect arrangement we have seen for
beds. The springs are made of steel wire
curled into an hour-glass shape, not apt
to corrode and render it almost impossi
ble for uncomfortable bed-fellows pecu
liar to hot weather to propagate. An
energetic man could buy a territory and
make a handsome income from the sale
of the bed spring.
Sale of the Cherokee Railroad.
The above railroad was sold under a
decree of the U. S. circuit court, before
the court house door in this city, on the
4th iust. A. G. West, Esq., president of
the Cherokee iron company, at Cedar
town, was the purchaser for the sum of
$*22,500. We understand, as soon as titles
are perfected, within the thirty days pre
scribed in the advertised terms of sale,
the iron company w ill commence extend
ing the road, and that it is the purpose of
the company to make it a first-class nar
row* gauge road. Closely managed, new
ly and substantially equipped as pro
posed, we doubt not but the “Cherokee”
will prove the best paying short line in
the south.
Imperial Egg’ Food.
The following is an extract from the
Poultry World, January No. 1877, of an
article headed “Egg-Producing Food:”
“Our acquaintance with these preparations
constrains us to say that the “Imperial Egg Food”
manufactured in Hartford, Conn., is by odds the
best thing of its kind ever gotton up on either
side of the ocean. And the extensive sales of
this article are the most convincing evidence that
it has proved a valuable article in the hands of
those who judiciously use it. Ourleading breed
ers strongly recommend it, and wc are cognizant
of having won golden opinions wherever it has
been experimented with.”
Mr. Chas. B. Langworthy, 90 masonic
temple, Rome, Ga., has the wholesale
agency for the southern states. Whole
sale trade supplied at a liveral discount.
Trial packages, prepaid, 50 cents. See
advertisement.
Tlie Good Templars.
The following officers of Cartersville
Star Lodge, No. 322, were installed
Thursday night, February 29th, 1879, to
serve for the ensuing quarter:
E. H. Lowman, W. C. TA NARUS.; Miss Ida
Shockley, W. V. TANARUS.; R. S. Pattillo, W.
R. S.; Glenn Jones, W. F. S.; Miss
Mattie J. Pattillo, W. Treasurer; John
L. Smith, W. Chap.; W. R. Shockley,
W. M.; Robert Clayton, F. G.; Herbert
Williams, O. G.; Miss Sallie E. Collins.
W. A. S.; Miss Mattie Bradley, W. D.
M. ; Miss Lula Pattillo, W. R. 11. S.:
Miss Ruth B. Shockley, W. L. 11. S.;
Rev. R. 11. Jones, P. W. C. T.
A First-Class Business House.
It is hardly necessary for us to call at
tention to the advertisement of Messrs.
W. H. Wikle & Cos., of this place, asthi
firm is already well known throughout
this whole section of country as being in
every way reliable, and as having the
largest stock in their line to be found in
North Georgia. They have numerous
friends in Bartow and adjoining coun
ties whose patronage they have and cer
tainly merit.
“The Free Press Quickstep.”
We acknowledge the compliment of
“The Free Press Quickstep,” composed
by Prof. James and played by the Car
tersville band. It is a lively piece of mu
sic; full of beautiful chords and sweet mel
ody, reflecting great credit upon the com
poser as well as the excellent gentlemen
who render it. Whenever the ladies and
a brass band get to complimenting a pa
per, you may know there is some gum
about it.
Skating Rink.
Mr. C. H. Erwin, ail accomplished
skater and excellent gentleman, will open
a shating rink at Puckett’s hall to-night.
This k a healthful and innocent exercise,
and of course will be enjoyed by the
young folks. Be sure to he on hand the
first night to see the fun. Ladies par
ticularly invited. charge foi* eu
towuc w eke
Fire In Taylorsville.
On yesterday morning about 4 o’clock
a tire broke out in Taylorsville, in this
county, in an unoccupied frame store
house. It was impossible to check the
flames until they had demolished three
adjacent store-houses, only one contain
ing a stock of goods, that owned by Mr.
Wade W. Milam, consistingof dry-goods
and groceries. The three other stores
were owned respectively by Israel Davis,
George Peacock and Mat Smith. Incen
diarism is thought to be the cause, as the
rope on the only adjacent w ell was found
to be cut.
A Novel Feauture
Presents itself to those who use Dr.
Parker’s Hair Balsam, in the discovery
of its rare and remarkable merits. Many
have w ritten us expressing their delight
in the fact that it works like a charm. Its
disinfectant properties in chemical com
bination rendering it healthful, cleansing
and healing are bearing fruit, and the
beautiful hair it produces, with the clean,
healthy scalp, entirely freed from dan
drufi’ and falling hair, arc achivement
for w hich we have reason to feel proud.
A patron assures us that he has used
twelve different hair preparations and
that Parker’s Hair Balsam surpasses them
all. To hair that has become gray or fad
ed, it restores that beautiful natural col
or of youth, and produces a vigor and
luxuriance that surprises every one. Buy
a bottle from your druggists, Sayre &
Cos., and test its merits. July2s;
Every Mother
Will greatly add to her own strength
and comfort by the free use of Parker’s
Ginger Tonic, while its invigorating
properties that soothe the nerves and in
duce refreshing sleep, are imparted
through the milk to the nursing babe,
making the little one quiet, cheerful and
happy—the best way to make the tfts.tul
child a “good baby.” It is also j* iDost
comforting remedy for the age, the feeble
and convalescent; it builds up and sus
tains the strength, soohte the nerves ban
ishes melancholy, and is incomparably
superior to wines and liquors, while it
does not intoxicate. Buy from your drug
gists, Sayre & Cos.. a SI,OO bottle, or a
sample bottle at 15 cts., and test its mer
its July 15J
Coussens’ Compound Honey of Tar
has been so long and favorably known
that it needs no encomium. For coughs,
colds, sore throat, hoarseness, etc., it
affords speedy relief, and is a most
pleasant and efficacious remedy, honey
and tar being two of its ingredients.
The skill of the chemist, and the knowl
edge of a physician were united in its
preparation, the result being a com
pound which is the favorite remedy in
this severe climate, and has no equal as
a cure for coughs, colds, hoarseness,
bronchitis, croup, etc. Use Coussens’
Honey of Tar. Price 50 cents. Foi
sale by D. W. Curry.
SPECIAL LOCALS.
Raker & Hall.
Farmers, buy your plows ready made at Ba
ker & Hall.
Baker & Hall keep a fujl line of all goods in
Hardware.
Go to headquarters to buy your Hardware at
Baker & Hall. \
Hoes, ready made plows and all kinds of hard
ware cheaper at Baker & Hall’s than anywhere
in North Georgia.
Sayre & Cos.
BRING
A HAPPY NEW YEAR’S GREETING
To their many friends and customers, who in the
past have so kindly favored them. Thankful foi
all favors received, they ask a continuance in tin
future. Their eflorts will be to keep a carefully
selected stock in all lines, and sell at as low pri
ces as the times will warrant. janl
SAYRE & CO.
Have this day received a fine assortment of
Brass Hand Lamps,
German Student’s Lamps,
Handsome Table Lamps,
Porcelain Shades,
Paper Shades,
And Burners and Chimnevs of all kinds.
Also, another lot of the Improved Little Bannei
Night Lamps, without which no nursery or sicl
room is complete. , janl
Pearl Cough Syrup and our No. 673, two of the
best Cough preparations know n. Try a bottle of
either, and you will be satisfied with the result.
This is the season of the year when they should
be kept on h;q*d ready for use. “A stitch in time
saves nine.” Prepared and sold only by
' SAYRE & CO.,
janl Cartersville, Ga.
Groceries.
We have just opened a fresh and large stock *£
family groceries, and propose to sell as low
low as any house in Rome. Call on us at second
loor above Ramey’s Stable.
J. H. & W. J. SATTERFIELD,
octlO-tf Rome, Georgia.
T. A. Foote.
Good coffee at 7 lbs. to the dollar at
T. A. FOOTE’S.
Twelve pounds of good sugar for a dollar at
T. A. FOOTE’S..
Best brands of cigars and tobacco always on
hand at T. A. FOOTF’S.
I). W. Curry.
Buist’s warranted garden seeds can alw’ays be
relied on. Sold by D. W. Curry.
Red and white onion sets at bottom prices at
Curry’s.
Buist’s warranted garden seeds in 5c and 10c
papers at Curry’s.
Why purchase unreliable, worthless seeds,
when David W. Curry will sell you Buist’s war
ranted garden garden seeds for same or less
price, and gives to purchasers Buist’s Garden
manual for 1879 free, of charge.
“What will relieve me of this cough?” Why,
iust go to D. W. Curry’s and get you a bottle of
Globe Flower Gough Syrup.
Buist’s Almanac and Garden Manual for 1879,
designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers,
farmers and planters on the cultivation of vege
tables, with other useful information by Robert
Buist, Jr. Copy of this valuable book is given
free of charge to purchasers of Buist’s warrant
ed garden seeds by D. W. Cum*.
Mcßride & Cos.
Fine Table Cutlery, Chandeliers, Ca3 tor
Spoons and Forks, at manufacturer’s prices by
McBRIDE & CO., Atlanta, Ga. febU-ly
MERCHANTS, remember that you can buy
every article squarely on its own merits at Mc-
Bride’s crockery House. No common Teas be
low cost in order to work off ha rd stock, febl4l\
MERCHANTS, you can avoid freight and
breakage, by buying Crockery, Lamps, Looking-
Glasses, Glassware, Show* Cases, Buckets and
Tubs, Brooms and fine Cutlery, from McBRIDE
& CO., Line and Pryor Streets, Atlanta. fbl4ly.
MERCHANTS, do not be deceived into buying
a lot of hard stock, w*ith a few teas and plates
below* cost. Buy what you want and can sell for
a profft; you can get goods just this way from
McBRIDE & CO., Atlanta, Ga. febl4-ly.
McBRIDE & CO. do not deceive or try to de
ceive Merchants by offering staple articles below
cost In order to work off hard stock. Merchantss
remember you can buy what you want at Mc-
Bride’s and buy every article squarely on its
ow*n merits, and at as low a price as from any
house in the United States. ebl4-ly.
~ ESSEX CHOICE,
He “Old Reliable” Barber.
QTILL CONTINUES THE TOXSORIAL ART.
O He is now running four chairs—three on the
east side of the square, and one over the store of
J. A. Stephens, West Main street. This latter
shop is in charge of William Johnson, au excel,
lent vouug barber. As heretofore, Essex guar
antees satisfaction to his customers, ana will
hxrfv oMaaufe uuaouo
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
COTTON MARKET.
CORRECTED BY J. J. HOWARD A SON.
There is a good demand for all grades of cotton
from spinners at the following quotations:
?lGood Middlings : : : : : 9
Middlings : : : : : : B,q
Stains : : : : : : 7
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
CORRECTED BY A. R. HUDGINS.
CORN—6O to 65 cents per bushel.
WHEAT—New, choice, white, f 1.10; amber,
$1.00; ml SI.OO.
OATS—per bushel, 40 to 45 cents.
HAY—SI.OO per cwt.
RYE—6O to 70 cents.
POTATOES—Irish, 65 to SI.OO.
ONIONS—6O to 70 cents.
FLOUR—SS 00 to $S 00 per barrel.
POULTRY—Spring chickens 12 to 15 cents.
EGGS—Per dozen, S to 10 cents.
BUTTER—Per pound, 10 to 15 cents.
BEESWAX—Per pound, 20 to 25 cents.
HlDES—Green, 4 to 5 cents per pound; salted
6 cents; dry salted, 8 to 10 cents.
PEATHERS—Live geese 40 to 50 cents.
TALLOW—Per pound, 4 to 5 cents.
RAGS—Cotton, per pound, 2J* to 3 cents.
APPLES—Per bushel, 90 to SI.OO.
H. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO.,
—DEALERS IN—
Books, Music and Stationery,
West Main St., Cartersville, Ga,
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS,
PUBLISHED BY
Iverson, Blakeman, Taylor & Cos.,
NEW YORK,
R. E. PARK, General Agent,
riMIIS series comprises among others, the fol-
I lowing well- known
STANDARD SCHOOL BOOKS:
New Graded Readers, *
Robinson’s Mathematics,
Spencerian Copy Books,
Well’s Scientific Works,
Riddle’s Astromics.
Dana’s Geology,
Woodbury’s Germau,
Kerl’s Grammar,
Webster’s Dictionary,
Svvinton’s Histories,
Swinton’s Word Books,
Swinton’s Geographies,
Pasquell’s French,
Gray’s Botanies,
Bryant & Stratton’s Book-keeping,
Cathcart’s Literary Reader, etc., etc.
Correspondence respectfully solicted.
Address ROBERT E. PARK,
General Agent.
Care J. W. Burke & co., Macon, Georgia.
GLASS.
The cheapest looking glasses, glassware, lamps
and chimneys ever brought to this market go to
THE BARGAIN STORE.
Cheapest and Best.
HOWARD HYDwufLIC CEMENT.
MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUN
TY, GEORGIA.
TT'QUAL to the best imported Portland Ce-
Fi ment. Send for circular. Try this before
buying elsewhere.
Refers by permission to Mr. A. J. West, Presi
dent Cherokee Iron Compauy, Cedartowu, Ga.,
who has built a splendid dam, (cost $7,000.) using
chis cement and pronouncing it the best ne ever
used. Also refer to Gen. VVm. Mcßae, Superin
tendent W. & A. Railroad Company, who has
been using it for piers of bridges and culverts on
his railroad, for two years; also to Capt. John
Postell, C. E. Also to John Stone, Superinten
dent of Bartow Irou Company, Barrow, Ga., who
has built several large reservoirs with it, which
are perfect; to Messrs. Smith, Son & Bro., of
Rome, who have made a splendid pavement
with it 4 , to Capt. M. B. Grant, or Mr. Gilbert
Butler, of Savannah, who have used it with
great success in stucco work, or Major Bryan,
of Savannah, Mr. J. J. Cohen, of Rome, to
Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., who have
used it for fountains, pavemeuts, fish ponds, cel
lar floors, etc* T. C. Douglass, Superintendent
East River Bridge, New York, who pronounces
it equal to the best Imported Portland Cement.
Address G. 11. WARING, Kingston, Ga.
sepl2-ly.
WANTED.
All the eggs, chickens and butter in the coun
try at THE BARCAIN STORE.
IN BANKRUPTCY !
AUCTION SALE~of REAL ESTATE!
On Saturday, March 15th, 1870,
At 10 o’clock, A. M., on the premises,
I WILL SELL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER,
the following described property, belonging
to the estate of N. Gilreath & Son, bankrupts:
The store house and lot, lately occupied by said
Gilreath & Son, in the city of Cartersville, Ga.,
fronting fiftvfeet on Main street and running
oack, along "Erwin street, eiglity-six feet.
Also, one brick, fire-proof warehouse and lot,
fronting fifty feet on Main street, and running
back 120 feet. Sold subject to encumbrances.
JteaTTERMS CASH.
AUGUSTUS M. FOUTE,
Assignee, etc.
February 20, 1879.—8 t
FLOUR ! FLOUR ! FLOUR !
JUST RECEIVED
30,000 Pounds Fancy and Choice
FAMILY ITLOTJR,
Bought for Cash Before the Last Advance.
Also a large lot of
Choice W Lite Corn,
All of which I offer to the trade
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
PARTIES WISHING TO BUY WILL Fr ND
it to their interest to call and see me before
purchasing elsewhere.
feb27-lm A. KNIGHT.
For Kerosene Oil
GO TO
THE BARCAIN STORE.
COUCH HOUSE,
(Kingston, Georgia.)
'T'HIS LARGE AND COMFORTABLE
JL ilouse is now kept by W. W. Rainey. Tbo
raveling public will find good, pl ain accommo
dations. Parties wishing board through the
summer will find Kingston one of the healthiest
ind quietest localities in Upper Georgia. Three
or four families can get comfortable rooms in
view of trains. Terms very reasonable.
ily2s. W. W. RAINEY.
THE NATIONAL iToTEL
The only flrst-blass hotel in
DALTON, GEORGIA.
Rates per day : : : : ; : $2 00
Rates per week : : : : : . : 800
Rates per month : : : : : 26 oo
Large Sample Rooms for Commercial Travel
ers. PostoMee in the building.
jan9 J. Q. A. LEWFS. Proprietor.
PLENTY OF SHEET MUSIC
For a little money. W. 11. WIKLE has just re
ceived a large lot of music w hich he will sell
at very low prices. feb27-2t
JXJST RECEIVE^
—AT—
R. W. SATTERFIELD,
A LOT OF ZIEGLER’S PHIL A
fX. DELI IA Custom and Hand-made shoes,
for gents’ ladies, misses and Children. All stvlea
—side lace and button. It is the most complete
assortment of shoes ever brought to this market.
feb27
FOR SALE.
ONE OF THE NEATEST, AND MOST
pleasant little barrooms in Atlanta, cen
trally located, cheap for cash. Any oue wishing
to move to Atlanta and are desirous of going in
to the retail liquor business, this is one of the
best opportunities they will ever have. For oar
ticulars call on C. H. (J. WilHngham, of‘this
paper. . f e b27
Fancy Goods, Pictures Sl Frames
FOR SALE BY
H. M. Monntcastle & Cos., Ca-rtersville, Ga.
The Sheetings put Shirtings
Can’t be beat in prices at
THE BARGAIN STORE.
For Tin and Crockery
Be sure you go and buy at
THE BARCAIN STORE.
THE LARGEST STOCK
Of Cbromoe, Picture and Mouldings
in thin part of the tountiy will he found a 4
W. H. WUfcLJs & CXX,