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About The free press. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1878-1883 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1879)
THE FREE PRESS. An Independent Democratic Journal. C. H. C. WILLINGHAM, Editor. Thi Free Press is an Independent Democrat ic Journal, opposed to all Kings, Cliques and Combinations, of whatever sort, organizedto de feat the will of the people in all public matters j or interests in whatever shape presented. CartersTllle, Georgia, April 8, 1870. THE FIN A XCTA L PROBLEM. The financial question of the country is one of the most intricate political prob lems that has demanded the attention of onr statesmen since the War. There is such a diversity of opinion among those who are anxious to solve it in the inter est of the country and the people that it is to-day the greatest puzzle in our na tional politics. It is an enigma that even the wisest of honest financiers disagree as to what is l>est to he done for the relief of all kinds of business and enterprise. Upon one hand we are told that there is plenty of money to purchase all the pro ducts of industry; and yet we see that in dustry is not properly rewarded. We see enterprises conducted by men of bus iness sagacity and success in the past go ing to ruin. In consequence we have three millions of toiling men on the tramp, with neither home, shelter nor food. The great question is, Where can we find a wholesome remedy for these evils and what constitute the causes of these evils? The products of our soil is reported year after year as being abundant and our fields growing with plenteous har vests. If these reports are true why do we not have prosperity and happiness in place ot misery and suffering? We are told that it the volume of the currency is augmented it will make us no better off— that industry would get better wages, all articles of consumption would increase in pi ices and that the toiling people w ould be no better off. Our opinion is that the national, state, municipal, corpo rations and individual debts constitute the great cause of the general depression. These constitute the secret of our dis tresses. These come from the fact that debts have been contracted upon inflated values caused by a larger volume of cur rency than we now have. Resumption was the great mistake of our federal pol icy. The contraction ought to have been more gradual. It ought to have been brought about, if necessary to be had, with full w arning to the people and time enough to regulate their transactions ac cordingly. Property that was contracted for on a credit basis six years ago and upon a greater volume of currency, cannot be paid for at present prices. Consequently, the contraction of the currency has prov en despotic to the debtor class and enrich ing the creditor class, and placed the former entirely at the mercy of the latter. The result is, the great mass of the peo ple, who are in debt, cannot relieve themselves on the account of the depre ciation of values as compared to what they were when the most of the individ ual or personal debts on the country were contracted. One thousand dollars of greenbacks six years ago, with their then value were not worth half as much as that many gold dollars are now . We think the plan of Mr. Stephens a good one. The country needs a large volume of currency with which to meet the demands of trade and commerce, and to meet debts contracted on tho basis of a currency less in value than it is now. The price of land for which one thous and dollars was paid for in greenbacks, won’t sell for more than half that amount now r . Then how can such a debt be paid when it was contracted at that time at the present standard of values? All this is depressing and ruinous to the indus trial energies of the masses. It consti tutes a species of slavery under the bon dage of the money power. The bloated bondholders gloat in riotous living upon pan-taxable government securities for which they paid not higher than sixty cents in the dollar, upon which they re ceive a high rate of interest in gold for every dollar upon the face of their bonds. These things constitute the ruin of the country. With a larger volume of the currency the people could get out of debt if the government should not at once be benefited thereby; but the people once out of debt, they would then be able to pay the public debts of the country. Wall street to-day Is engaged in calcu lating as to how little they will pay for the wheat crop to be harvested this sum mer; and by the first of September the Shylocks will know' nearly precisely w hat they will pay for the fall grain and cotton crops. The labor of the produc ing classes is paid for jugt as avarice in the money centres dictate. Consequently, there is no relief under our present finan cial system except the patient toil and well-directed economy of the masses. If they will live at home upon their ow n products, they may, after many years, emerge from beneath the oppressions of the money power. But, at the same time, we believe the general government by a proper financial system, could great ly aid in bringing such deliverance in a much shorter period than is promised by the unrequited labor of the country un der its present policy. “Democrats, good and true,” says the Rome Courier , “request us to insist oh the publication of the Felton-Ferry cor respondence.” Says that paper, “We do insist.” We have told Rip Roaring Harris, judge of Floyd county court and editor of the Courier , just where he could get an exact copy of that correspondence. If he wants it he can get it. If he is merely captious don’t let him say any more about it. If he is a candid man’all he says about that letter is merely for ef fect. We shall attend Harris’ funeral before long, if Felton don’t resign. . The Savannah Neios says there is an epidemic of crime just now. That is the truth, and we are sorry for it, but it should be remembered with care that it don’t get away with half as many people as the yellow fever epidemic. GOVERNOR MAKING. We don’t know that we have done anything in the line of making a govern or that is not the right of any American citizen to exercise in such matters. The Albany News, however, w'ould seem to make the inference that we have no such right in common with the people of Geor gia, as the following will imply: And now Willingham, of the CarterevilleFßEE Press, (Felton organ,) has gone into the manu facture of a governor. We predict that Char lie’s failure will be worse than it was last time wi..-n he was so sanguine that he could rush through with Judge Herschel V. The com whis ky of the disorganizes, we fear, has a baleful influence upon Willingham. It is quite amusing to listen at the Georgia independents talking about who shall be the next democratic nominee for the governorship. What hare they to do with it, pray? Haven’t they deserted the line of re spectability? In our advocacy of Judge Johnson for governor, we were simply looking after the interest of the state and people. In that matter we simply advocated our choice for governor. It was a mistake that he was not elected, if it was not a misfortune. But the work for making the governor was far advanced before we brought Judge Johnson to the front. In deed, the job had lieen on hand for three or four years. Every influence that could be brought to bear was used to effect the purpose in hand. The church and other organizations were employed in the work. Sunday school and grange celebrations were numerous during those years and we know the result of those influences. The effort to secure the nomination for Judge Johnson was not a failure so far as popular sentiment was concerned; but the machinery of organization was more powerful than it will be next year. There is now and will be a still greater change of the popular mind on the subject. The people will act for themselves and not be controlled by a few leaders. They will select the governor themselves, and they will see to it that he is a firm man, de cided in character and prompt in action. The independents are having but lit tle to do with the next nomination. All we have to do with it is that if the nomi nee is a sounder man than any other can didate they will vote for him. If he is not such a man they will not. Listen to the News: “Haven’t they de serted the line of respectability?” Now, let every true and independent democrat remember this and similar expressions employed by the ring organs to ostracise them for exercising the highest privilege of American citizens in the exercise of the elective franchise according to con science ! Is that democracy ? The truth is such expressions are mean and vindic tive in spirit and scurrilous in practice. If convict leasing by high officials con stitute “respectability,” then the inde pendents have deserted that line. If it is necessary that eight thousand dollars should be paid by interested parties before a legislative act is signed officially, consti tute political “respectability,” then the independents have nothing to regret as to their association. * THE FREE PREsz. Although of but few months existence there are few country papers in the state better known. The causes which brought it into life at once gave it prominence, and the circulation from the start has been a fine one. It has not gone out with a single edition of less than nine hundred copies. During the campaign the edition was over twelve hundred, sometimes running up to two and three thousand, at one time going up to seven thousand. These extra editions, of course, were printed on special occasions and sold to the friends of Dr. Felton for dis tribution. But our advertising patronage has nev er reached the point of remuneration such a circulation ought to secure. The strin gency of the times had a great deal to do with this as well as the indifference of business men to avail themselves of such a superior advertising medium. Having, as it does, the largest circulation of any paper published on the line of the state road, The Free Press ought to be well filled with the advertisements ot first-class business houses. It ought to carry out each week the invitations of such houses for the trade of the people. It would be such a lever of power as to regain much of the trade we have lost, .In conclusion, we ask the friends of The Free Press to give it a liberal sup port, such as will render it more useful and effective in building up the interests of our town and county. We have labor ed hard to make it a good paper. We be lieve it will compare favorably with any country paper in the state. So let every man in the county subscribe for it, and our business men advertise in it. We would respectfully ask our friends to speak a good word for fhe paper to their neighbors and induce them to sub scribe. See our rates and make up clubs. Money or produce will be taken in pay ment, so everj'body can take it. Mr. W. R. Hanlieter, of the Griffin Sun, says he still has “a very vivid recol lection of the indignation” which filled his breast when we, “near a quarter of a century ago refused to publish” his “poetic effusions” because we said “they were not good enough” for our columns. We remember nothing about it, Billy; but we do know we have published some very creditable lines from your pen since that time. And it is enough for us to say that we are very much attached to the Sun notwithstanding. It is said that' Gov. Hubbard, of Con necticut, whose daughter eloped with his coachman and married him, is heart broken in consequence. It is further sai' J that when the governor was a bov j ie was apprenticed to a farmer did “chores” around the stable. CVe think flie governor ought to take tnlngs more quietly and firmly as most anyone would rather drive a coach to be a mere stable boy. That pretty little story about Judge Lester getting so many pistols at one of his courts, first told in the Nashville American, turns out to be a mere ro mance. The thing never occurred. There are ninety thousand more Bap tists than Methodists in Georgia. HON. A. H. STEPHENS. The other day when the house of rep resentatives went into committee of the whole on the arm}' appropriation bill and the discussion was resumed, Mr. Stephens opened it. He urged in favor of the relevancy and admissibility of the section, but intimated his dissent from the theory that the rules of one house governed the succeeding house unless readopted. There was no question in his mind but that the pending section was germane and was in the direction of retrenching the expenditure. Retrench ment was not only possible but probable duties. He discussed the loans of 1795 and 1807, and urged that they did not apply to the use of troops in civil cases, but only in cases of invasion and insur rection. In civil cases troops were fur nished on the call of the marshal as posse comitatus , but such a provision as authorized the presence of troops at the polls never existed on the statute book till 18G5, and all change of legislation proposed by the section in question was the repeal of that law. Public sentiment north and south was against the employ ment of troops at the polls and there was no need for such a thing. As the coun try had got along without it for three quarters of a century there would be no harm done, therefore, by the repeal of the law. Mr. Stephens spoke for over thirty minutes in a strong, clear voice and attracted great attention. . Mr. Stephens, as he always is, was right. There is no use whatever, for troops at the polls where free Americans vote. The law is a fraud upon free gov ernment, and was enacted to carry out the purposes of political tricksters—to save and protect the republican party. . DR. FELTON AND THE GREENBACK * PARTY. In looking over the vote for speaker we commend our representative for vo ting as he did for Mr. Randall. Mr. Randall is proved to be a conservative man. He proved his fidelity to law in the scenes that attended the electoral commission. We are tired of war.. The so-called greenback part}' has only a few names. The most prominent man in it is W. D. Kelly. As democrats we could hardly accept Mr. Kelly as the leader in the house on all issues. Dr. Felton’s devotion to the greenback cause has been tested in too many ways to authorize any men or set of men to doubt his fidelity. If he saw a better op portunity to serve the financial interests of Georgia and the union by his efforts inside the democratic organization commend his prudence. Xo leader in an army could be willing to trust himself in a great struggle with only a dozen men, 110 matter how great the patriotism of that twelve might be conceded to be. The large majority of democrats in the south and west are in sympathy with the anti-contraction, soft-money movement. They are still not wiling to cut off from all regular parties in their efforts for re lie when such a withdrawal promised nothing but political suicide. We must fight with the materials made ready to hand. Until we have acknowl edged strength, we cab do nothing by rushing into defeat. Dr. Felton will prove to his greenback friends the wis dom of his course. He will do more by conservatism than any man inside the small, but honorable combination who supported Messrs. Wright and Kelly. BOILING CORN INTO WHISKY. Upon this question Mr. Stephens is right. The revenue system as far as it is concerned is an oppression—it is, not democratic —it is not free government. We don’t see, and never could see, why a farmer may not have, the right, to dis pose of fiia corn as be pleasee just the same as he may do with his cotton. Corn boiled into whisky and tobacco should he no more taxed than cotton or any other product of the soil except it is so taxed ad valorem as other property is taxed. It is simply an oppression upon two branch es of the producfive labor of the coun try. We are glad Mr. Stephens has called the attention of the country to this monstrous outrage upon labor. Take the small or large farmers away from the railroads, whose crops consist mainly of corn, and we find that t’aey cannot get it to market at remunerative prices except it is boiled into whisky; but with the tax upon the “spirits” the profits are exhausted by the nigh taxes paid upon it. The farmer i s , therefore, debarred from realizing remuneration for his labor. The tax, also, gives to the country a flood of “mean whisky” that is “doctored” with poisonous chemicals that do w>re to make men mad drunk ards hod criminals than ten times the amount of good whisky. For these reasons we have been and still are in favor of free whisky because it- will be purer. Free whisky will give the farmers a chance to realize the fruits of their labor. Free whisky, like any other product, is democratic. As long as people will drink whisky we are in favor of good whisky and pure whisky and cheap whisky. The question of nets at the mouth rivers and the use of nets extendin', t]ie width of rivers is frequently r* ' terr ” d to the commissioner of agricu l ' . ~ , , f .uure by those who are annoyed and 3 , • ,„. . , . . injured by such conduct. There ar- „ . .... , . - laws against this method of capture flgh a , it deßt all chance of pennailent stock and : is as killii' g the shad supply. The offen ( eis 9 uould have the law applied. Hon. 11. Y. Riddle, an ex-member of congress from Tennessee, shot himself in the head at his home at Lebanon, on Sat urday last. He was laboring under an aberation of mind. We hope to hear from Mr. J. C. Har ris, of the Constitution, in regard to “the eleven able editors” of that paper at; the press convention, as he knows all about it now. Poor Blaine! whipped again; and the truth is Ben Hill is just the man who can do it. The Augusta freed men’s hospital is burned and tJhe loss is SIO,OOO. THE CONVICT QUESTION. To The Free Press: As to what disposition should be made of the state’s convicts, and the manner of their treatment, is receiving consider able attention at this time; and as the the subject will likely be a prominent one before the next session of the legis lature which is to meet in July, allow me to offer a few thoughts for the consid eration of your numeeous readers, who are all more or less interested in the question. Gen. Wofford’s remarks in a late the Wesleyan Advocate upon the subject, are very humane in their character, and do great credit to the large and kind heart of that gentleman, who, if he errs at all, it is always on virtue’s or mercy’s side. But it is better not to err at all, it is better to show Sylla on the one hand and Charibedis on the other, and steer between the two. The con victs, I contend, should not be treated with cruelty, neither should a false sen timentality of the people influence those who have them in charge, to treat them as pets of the state, and defeat the object of the law, by making its penalty mere show and mockery. Crime should be made odious, and its perpetrators, and those who are disposed to make them selves a curse to society, should be made to realize that “the way of the trans gressor is hard.” Your thieving gentry, who prefer, in imitation of making government officials of the present time, and others who have good facilities for legally plundering their fellow-men, to steal the honest and hard earnings of others. Your gin-house burners and other incendiaries; your las civious beasts, who have no respect for unprotected and helpless females; your bar-room braves and cross-roads game cocks, who are always ready to make an exhibition of their chivalry and love of honor by using their dollar-and-a-half pistols to shoot down any one who may chance to offer their lordships the slight est indignity; and other devils incarnate, whose names crowd our criminal dockets from court to court, and whose crimes cause our people to be burdened with taxation, ard not, in my judgment, prop er objects upon which to lavish human sympathy and kindness. They deserve and should receive the full penalty of the law, for reasons that are obvious to all, yet so much of humanity should be exer cised in their treatment as will not de feat the ends of justice. As there are degrees in crime 1 think there should also be degrees in punish ment. It is an outrage upon civilization to herd all offenders together in the same “gang” and to string them upon the same chain. They should be classed ac cording to their offences; yet it would be far better to behead any youth than to send him to the chain-gang for a limited time, even for one week; for if he is white, his character Is blackened forever, and he had better be dead. The sentence of “one hundred dollars or six months in the ohain-gang,” is a shame and a dis grace to the country and would be un worthy of a Hottentot judge; for if a poor devil who is not half as mean as many others, is unable to raise the hun dred dollars, he must be disgraced forev er, while the scoundrel who has plenty of money (stolen, it may be) goes “scot free,” is as much respected as ever, and is ready to use his little pistol again. PEFPEJt-Jk)x. Cherokee county, Ga. THE CONVJ-CTS. Tlte ExpiraHQflt of the Old Xease and the Beginning of the New. Constitution, Apri) Ist.] To-day the new twenty-vear lease of the Georgia convicts will go into effect. The old lease expired yesterday. That lease was under an act approved on the 31st of March, 1874, providing for the lease of the convicts of this state for five years, therefore the time was out yester day. At the session of the legislature in 1870 anew lease act was passed which, in its main provisions, was substantially the same as the old, but which provided for the lease of the convicts for twenty years. The act was approved February 2a, 1876, and was to go into effect imme diately on the expiration of the old act. Tins act provides for the leasiug of the convicts, to three companies, who are to pay the state $25,000 per annum for twenty shears. This sum is pro rated be tv een the three companies according to 'the number of convicts w r hich each is working. These three companies are as follows: Company No. 1 is composed of J. E. Brown, Julius Brown, John T. Grant, and W. D. Grant. Company No. 2 is composed of B. G. Lockett, W. B. Lowe, John B. Gordon and C. W. Howard. Company No. 3 is composed of W. W. Simpson, W. D. Grant and' the heirs of Thomas Alexander. These three companies control ap4op erate all the convict camps in tl\o state Of these there were under the olid! act =■ ‘ at Old Towm in Jefferson countv. • „ 01 . ie Greene,- one at Alabany, two* in w. e , in ington county, and oi*e at J>, (lp JSJJT mines. Under the new tea' e ‘ mp these camps will probably * p and there will he but thre e dividing ol' the convict labor, though there m £ f several muACrt' camps. Company No. 1 w ill operate at Dade coalmines; No. 2 at Albany and No. 3 in <WMie coupty, The last two compa nies use jhe convicts in farming oneri th°e mhies the °' m,panies nse them in p be hew lease is, of eonrse., a sort of speculation and there is a deal of uncer uiinty about it. The term. 8 bind the les sees to pay the state $25,,000 per annum no matter how many convicts are in the penitentiary. Now > if the mimber de _ creases greatly it may become so small that the lessees will find it a losing busi ness. Of course they would gain in the contrary contingency. It is very proba ble that the number will decrease durum this long le.ose. The principal keeper of the penitentiary informs us that it is now' decidedly on the decrease, and has been so for a year or two past. There are now about twelve hundred convicts in the entire penitentiary. Many of these will be released this year, and not enough will probably come in to supply the deficien cy thus caused. There is no telling how this will be, however. There is a ten dency all over the state to a stricter en forcement of the law, and this may cause a temporary increase, but at the same time, it would operate in fovor of a per- ' r ril and, ptl** manent decrease as such stringent execu tion of the law would lessen the number of crimes and thin the ranks of the crim inals in the state. The convicts, gener ally, are said to work well. If their number remains as large as it now is the lessees will probably find their invest ment well made. The state will get a million clear, and it is doubtful if the old penitentiary sys tem paid so much in any twenty years of its existence. BEAUREGARD AND PRENTICE, New Orleans Democrat.] In the telegraphic dispatches of the 2nd inst., it was mentioned that Gen. Beau regard had, during the war, offered to Geo. D. Prentice, the editor of the Lou isville Journal , $500,000 to remain neu tral in the struggle. It was also stated that the General had offered to Prentice $25,000 for the publication of a single editorial in favor of the Southern cause. A representative of the Democrat called, upon Gen. Beauregard yesterday to hear what he had to say concerning the above statement. The General denies almost positively that he ever had conversation or correspondence, direct or indirect, with Mr. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal , relative to his remaining neu tral or otherwise during the confederate war. “1 have just now r#urned from a trip down the coast,” said Gen. Beauregard, “whither he had gone to pass a day or two with an intimate friend. On Sun day morning he came to me with a news paper in his hand and read aloud that portion of the telegram referring to my alleged transactions with Mr. Prentice. 1 thought at first that he was joking, and had substituted my name for another; but I was convinced of the fact when I took the paper and read the article. I was surprised at such a statement, the more so as I have never met or seen Mr. Pr entice during the war. True, I had •heard of him, but never was near him or corresponded with the gentleman. “The only time I met Mr. Prentice was, I think, in 1808, when the Galt house, in Louisville, was inaugurated. I was introduced to him, and we spoke politics, engineering, military matters and other subjects. It is absurd to think that I would have been a party to mak ing such an offer to Mr. Prentice, when we had such influential men as Braggs, Joe Johnston Sidney Johnston, Breckin ridge and Buckner, to enlist the sympa thies of the Kentucky people on our side. “I certainly would never have thought of the absurdity of offering Mr. Prentice $25,000 for an editorial article in favorof the cause, or of attempting to buy him into neutrality with $400,000. I think that Mr. Prentice could have been very servicable to the confederate cause if his talent could have been secured to agitate in England the questions that led to the war. His able and vigorous pen could no doubt have created public sentiment there in our favor, by showing that the south ern states had not taken up arms to de fend slavery, but for the purpose of put ting a stop to sectional oppression and defending the sacred doctrine of states’ rights under the constitution. But there was no question of this, and the story told in the telegrams, as far as I am con cerned, is simply sbsurd and ridiculous.” THE MARIETTA AND NORTH GEOR GIA RAILROAD. We are glad to learn that the work is progressing so rapidly on this road. The iron is now laid to within some four miles of Canton and by the Ist of May w ill be completed to Canton. The work must not stop at Canton, but the link be tween Canton and Ellijay ought to be graded at once and thus complete to Murphy, North Carolina. The North Carolinians have graded the road from the state line, a continuation of the Ma rietta and North Georgia to Murphy, and have lately secured a convict force from the state of North Carolina to still carry on the line up Valley river in the direc tion of Asheville, North Carolina —as we are informed the state of North Caroli na works her convicts on public improve ments for the development of her state — the state feeding, guarding and clothing them. Atlanta is not only deeply, but virtually interested in this road, for this is the only section in the south where the finest steel-making ores are found in suf ficient quantities to justify mining. At lanta is the nearest point where these steel ores and coal will meet. Atlanta must look to the interest of her manufact urer and mechanic, and nothing will add more to these interests than direct cheap transportation with this immensely wealthy mineral region. It is now' pro posed at an early day to make a short tour of inspection on the line of this road. We understand that an invitation will be extended to the press convention, which is to convene in May, to take a ride over the road and spend a day at Canton, at which time a suitable repast will be prepared for them by the good people of the mountains. For ourselves we now accept the invitation, and hope all w ill come prepared to spend a day w ith our friends of Cherokee and the mountains. — Atlanta Constitution. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Gold Peas, etc. Beautiful assortment of gold pens, holders and pencils at W. H. Wikle & Co’s. Chromos. New lot of line chromos just received by W. H. Wikle & Cos., next door to post office. Fishing Tackles. _ I W. H. Wikle & Cos. have just recei ,r ' e j a j ar „ c stock of all kinds of hooks, lines, fl oatg etc etc Serving Machines. Tias i ling Agents cs* mot sc j[ se wing machines as cheap as W , 11. Wilde & Cos., of Cartersville, Ga. iha 't/eather Has Been Quite <je ° l * *jut from now on it will be warm enough to v ' p ar one of those cheap straw hats at the BARGAIN STORE. CLOTHING, CLOTHING. The cheapest line of men’s and boy’f, clothing ever brought co Cartersville at the BARGAIN STORE. Hollow-ware Just Received. A splendid assortment of Hollow-ware direct from the factory and for sale at factory prices at the BARGAIN STORE. OPERA HOUSE. Bne night only. NE NIGHT ONLY. TO-NIGHT, THURSDAY. A DDR 9 to-night’, Thursday; AnuL J, Fashionable Event of the Seoson AND Engagement Extraordinary of the Great Actress, LOTJISE i’OMIIItOV, lu her entirely ne w and successful pla ,y express ly written for her entitled tb e adirondac:ks. Admission : : : : : 75 cts. Reserved Seats 25 cts. e,xtra at W. 11. Wikle & ( Do. PILES AND FISTULA CURIf D DK. J. S. BEAZ LEV At Stileslx iro, Bartow county, Ga., and DR. A. G. BEAYXEY, M. Cra wfordville, Ga’.j SPECIALTY OF DISEASES OF /'S"'!' They will treat Fistula, Ulcer- Lnl'arM* tc ‘’ of the bo we,s and will m-v co f-U ur ? m a Bh °i t while in ev verv 1 ittl/nain 8 W w^i°i Ut tJ ? e use 0 C the kllife an(l irivc Hip nV l )01nt to . cases cured or give the best of reference if deaf red All cler gymen treated gratis. de * red * Bartow County Sheriff’s Sales. WILL BE SOLD before the court bouse door m Cartersviile. Georgia, ou the first Tuesday in Mav next, 1879, betweeu the legal sale hours the'follouing described property, to-wit: Lot of land No. 234, lying in the sth district and 3rd section of Barto'w county, containing 160 acres more or less. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Eliza Smith to satisfy two jus tice courts tl. las. of the 822nd district G. M., one in favor of Claiborn Cager vs. Eliza Smith, the other in favor of J. A. Baker vs. Eliza Smith. Levy made and returned by Jno. W. Hill, L. <J. Also at the same time and place, lot of land No. 602 and the south half of lots Nos. 552 and 553 and 15>± acres of lot No. 6*l, and 4 acres of lot No. 601; all lying and being in the 17th district and 3rd section of Bartow county. Levied on as the property of Wade H. Baily to satisfy an at tachment li. fa. in favor of Phillips, Calhoun & Cos. vs. Wade 11. Baily. Levy made and return ed by Creed 11. Cunyus, L. C. Also at the sai®e time and place, M ill be sold the follou ing property, to-wit: Lots of land Nos. 110 and 143, lying ami being in the 22nd district and 2nd section of BartoM' county, Ga. Levied ou and M ill lie sold as the property of W. P. Ward by virtue of two li. fas. issued from the justice’s court of 1,0415 t district, G. M., in favor of Baker & Hall vs. W. P. Ward. Levy made and returned by D. A. Vaughan, L. C. Also, at the same time and place, the following tracts of land: Nos. 118, 757, <SB, 827, 828, 830, 831, 898,899, 902, 903, 970,971, 972, 973, 975 ; 976, ‘177, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1047, 1048, 1114, 1175, 1185, 1199, 1268, the east half of lot No. 1040; all of said lots situated, lying and being in the 4th district and 3rd sec tion of Bartow county, Georgia. Also lots of land Nos. 864, 936, 937, and thirty-six acres of lot No. 938 in the 21st district and 2d section of said county, excepting all those portions of the above named lots lying south and west of a cer tain line, commencing at a wet weather branch at the north corner ol lot No. 977, running down said branch until it strikes a ditch, thence down said ditch until it strikes the centre of Pumpkin vine creek, thence dou n the centre of said creek until it strikes a ditch ou the east side of said creek, thence from the .mouth of said ditch to the crossing place of said ditch, thence in a straight line to me opposite side of the Held at the edge of the M’oods where an old road enters the woods, on the east side of said lield, amounting to thir teen hundred acres of land more or less, the m hole known as the Bartow Furnace or Bartow Iron Works property with all the rights, mem bers and appurtenances to the said land in any wise appertaining or belonging. Levied ou as the property of H. McNeal by virtue of and to satisfy one mortgage li. fa. issued from Barton* Superior Court in favor of Elbert P. Cook against said H. McNeal. At the same time place, lots of land Nos. 553, 476, 474, 473, 465 IWd 461, each lot containing 40 acres more or less, all lying in the 17th district and 3rd section of Barlow county, Ga. Levied on and will be sold as the property of F. M. Mar tin to satisfy one Bartow superior court ti. fa. in favor of Gray and Envin, administrators, etc., for purchase’money of said lots of land. The defendant in possession of said lots of land. Also, at the same time and place, one house and lot in the city of Cartersviile, Bartow coun ty, Ga., lot containing two acres more or less, bounded as follows: north by vacant lot belong ing to Dr. W. W. Leake, south by Rowland'siC' - ry road, east by street, west by lands of F. L. Freyer. Levied on and m ill be sold as the prop erty of 11. J. Sligh to satisfy one Bartow superior court li. fa. in favor of James Attaway against H. J. Sligh and-J. N. McElreath. Said property in possession of Mrs. Susan Brooks and pointed ouwby plaintiff. Also at the same time and place, lot of land No. 1145, lying in the 17tli district and 3rd sec tion of Burtow county. Ga. I.evied on and will be sold as the property of J. W. Haney* to satisfy one.tax li. fa. lor the year 1878, issued by the tax collector of Bartow couhty, in favor of the state of Georgia and Bartow county vs. said J. W. Haney. Property iu possession of and pointed out by J. W. Haney. Levy made and returned to me by C. H. Cunyus, L. C. Also, at the same time and place, fifteen acres of land more or less of the northeast corner of lot No. 45 in the sth district and 3rd section in the county of Bartow and knoun as all ol that part of said lying north of Clear or north prong of Two Run creek. Levied on and Mill be sold as the property of Mrs. Robert H. Walton to satisfy a tax li. fa. for the year 1878, issued by the tax collector of Bartow county; the state of Georgia and Bartow county vs. said Mrs. Robert H. Wal ton. Property* pomted out by defendant. Levy made and returned to me by R. A. Land, L. C. Also at the same time and place, lot of land of the defendant No, 84 in the 21st district and 2nd section of Bartow county*, Ga., containing 40 acres more or less. Levied on and M ill be sold as the property of Joseph Davis to satisfy a tax li. fa. for the year 1878 issued by* the tax collector of Bartow county, in favor of the state of Geor gia and Bartow county vs. Joseph Davis. Levy made and returned to me by J. F. Brauuer, L. C. Also, at the same time and place, lot of land No. 777, lying in the 17th district and 3rd section of Bartow county, Ga. Levied on and M ill be sold as the property of James K. P. Stone, agent, to satisfy a tax li. fa. for the year 1878, issued by the tax collector of Barton* county iu favor of the state of Georgia and BartoM* county vs. said James K. P. Stone, agent. Property in posses sion of and pointed out by* Jas. K. P. Stone, ag’t. Levy made and returned to me by C. H. Cunyus, L. (J • Also at the same time and place, fifteen acres of land more-or less of the south-east corner of lot No. 123 in the sth district and 3rd section of Bartow county, Ga. Said land bounded on the north by Kobt. Beaver’s land, on the east by Robert Law’s, on the south by W. T. Wofford and on the west Ned and Calvin Law’s land. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Charles R. Edwards to satisfy|one justice’s court fl. fa. from the 828tli district, G. M. of said coun ty in favor of Josie Law vs. Charles R. Edwards. Said property pointed out by defendant. Levy made and returned to me by R. A. Land, L. C. Also at the same time and place, lots of laud Nos. 48 and 97 in the Kith district G. M., said county and 3rd section. Levied on and will be sold as the property of W. L. Foster to satisfy two justice’s court fl. fas. in favor of R. G. Col lins. Levy made by H. R. Towers, L. C. Also, at the same time and place, lots of land Nos. 258 and 201 in the 10th district and 3rd sec tion of Bartow county. Also, two town lots in Kingston, said county, containing one acre more or.less, bounded on the north by W. & A. R. R., on east by land of T. V. llargis, on south by old Presbyterian church lot, on w£st by public square. Levied on and will be sold as the estate property of John C. Elliott, deceased, under a superior court fl. fa. in favor of Horsey, Anton & Cos. for the use of Samuel Shuler vs. Eii/.a E. Elliott, executrix of J.C. Elliott and Jolui B. Tippin, administrator of W. \\\ Tippin, dee’d. Said fl. fa. being now controlled by A. A. Tippin as transferree. Also at the same tijme'ancl place, one house and* lot in the city of Cartersville, Bartow countv. Ga., as the property of the defendant, awl polnl edout by the defendant, the above lot oouta'nins one-half acre more or less, bound as folb-• east by alley running from Main to ““ oil west by Mrs. Foster’s property J, ■V , 1 Main street, north by J. R. sou* a by Levied on and will be sold s Hood s property, ter Marsh to satisfy aU' .s the property of le issued by the tax cedi'* - 11 • j a * for the year 18<8, favor of the state o' etor of Bartow county m ty vs. said Peter' - Georgia and Bartow couu.- possosH u t Marsh. Property in defendant’s v- - „ made and returned to me by oun W. F a i, l/c. ,***** “ tlie same time and place, one house and lotas „he property of Nathan Beaman, bounded aap dlows: nprtli by F. M. Walker, sonth by J. * j < Moon, east by Jas. Kennedy, west by Francis Dabbs. Levied on and will be sold as the prop erty of Nathan Beaman to satisfy a tax li. la. is sued by tiie tax collector of Bartow county iu fa vor of the state of Georgia and Bartow county vs. said Nathan Beaman. Said property pointed out and iu pos-session of said Nathan Beaman. Levy- made andreturned to me by J. G. Brough ton, L. C. - Also at the same time and place lots of land Nos. 44 and 247 in the 4tli district and 3rd section Bartow county, Ga., containing 40 acres each. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Patrick Walpole to satisfy a tax fl. fa. for the year 1878 issued by the tax collector of Bartow county; state of Georgia and Bartow county vs. said Patrick Walpole. Levy made and returned to me by J. F. Brawner, L, C. Also at the same time and place, lots of land Nos. 228 and 163, lying in the 16th district and 3d section of Bartow county, Ga., each lot contain ing 160 acres more or less. Levied on and will be sold as the property of H. S. Crawford to sat isfy one Bartow superior court 11. fa. iu favor of Erwin, Rainsaur & Cos. vs. H. S. Crawford. Prop erty in possession of said defendant and pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney. Also, at the same time and place, one house aud lot in the city of Cartersville, Bartow coun ty, Ga., bounded as follows: on south by Market street, ou west by-Bartow street, east by Thomas W. Milner’s lot, north by Church street. Levied ou and will be sold as the property of John W. Wofford to satisfy one Bartow superior court mortgage fl. fa. iu favor of F. P. Gray, adminis trator of Lewis Tumlin, deceased. Property de scribed in said mortgage fl. fa. Property now in possession of Uriah Stephens. Also, at the same time and place, the one undivided half of the following lands to-wit: Lots of land Nos. 65, 109, 144, 119, 66, 44,101, 80, 97, 92, 43, 62, 61, 84, 100,81, 98, and also lots of land Nos. 181, 182, 180, 148, 83, 69, 192, all in the 22nd district and 2nd section of Bartow county, and each lot containing 160 .teres more or less. Levied on and will De sold as the property of B. G. Pool, one of the defendents, to satisfy one Bartow superior court fl. fa. in favor of Aaron Knight, vs. B. G. Pool, D. W.* K. Peacock and F. P. Gray, administrator of Lewis Tumlin deceased, said 11. fa. having been transferred to and controlled by M. G. Dobbins. Property in possession of said B. G. Pool, and notice of levy waived by said Pool. Also, at the same time and place, the one undivided Half of the following lauds to-wit: Lots of land Nos. 65, 109, 144,119, 6(5, 44, 101, 80, 97, 92, 43, 62, 61, 84, 100, 81, 98, all in the 22nd district and 2nd section of said county, of Bartow, and also lots of land Nos. 181. 182, 180, 148, 83, 69 and 192, all in the 22nd district and 2nd section of said county of Bartow, each lot containing 160 acres more or less. Levied on and will be sold as the property of B. G. Pool, one of the defend ants, to satisfy one Bartow superior court fl. fa. in favor of S. Stephens, vs.JB. G. Pool, D. W. K. Peacock and F. P. Gray, adm’r. of L. Tumlin, deceased. Said fl. fa. having been transferred to aud controlled by M. G. Dobbins. Property in possession of said B. G. Pool, and notice of levy waived by said Pool. Also, one vacant lot in the city of Cartersville, containing one acre more or less, bounded on the north by Jno. Harwell’s lot, west by Tennessee street, south by A. L. Barron’s lot and east bv A. C. Williams’ lot. Levied on as the property of Sallie J. Gibson, to satisfy one State ami county tax fl. fa. for taxes for the year 1878. property pointed out by defendant and in her IK >oeßsion. Levy made and returned by J. G. Broughton, L. C. Alb’ ,) i at the same time and place, one house and lot' if l the town of Kingston, Bartow county Georgia l°t containing two acres more or less, bounded as follows: On the east by the lands of Mrs. Beck, on the west by lands of Horace Towers, south by W. & A. R. R. and north by lands of Abda Johnson. Levied on ami M ill be sold as the property of Moses Washing ton, to satisfy one BartoM* superior court fi. fa. in favorof J. F. Bobo, vs. said Moses Washing ton. Hamp Scott tenant in possession and poin ted out by plaintiff’s attorney. Also, at the same time and place, lot of land No. 1145, in the 17th district and 3rd section of Bartow county, containing 40 acres more or les-. Levied on and M ill be sold as the property* of B. L. Barna, to satisfy a li. fa. issued from the court of Ordinary, Bartow county, in favor of J. S. Adams for use of officers of court, vs. B. M. Barna, and defendent notified. Also, at the same time and place, lots of land Nos. 14 and 15, iu the 16th district and 3rd section of BartoM* countv. Levied ou and will be sold as the property* of E. M. Price, to satisfy- one Bar ren* superior court ti. £a. in favor of A. C. Trim ble, vs. said E. M. Price, each lot containing 160 acres more or less, and in possession of said K. M. Price and pointed out by plaintilT’s attorney. Also, at the same time and place, lot* of laud No. 160 lying in the 17th district and 3rd section of Bartow county Georgia, containing 40 acres more or less. Levied ou and M ill be sold as the property of Mrs. E. M. Branson, to satisfy one Bartow superior court fi. fa. in favor ofAllier teen Johnson vs. J. C. Branson and Mrs. E. M. Branson. Property in possession of the dei'end ents aud tenant, Stephen J. Day, notified. Also, at the same time and place, one brick building and lot, known as the Planters and Miners Bank, situated on the nest side of tin* public square in the city of Cartersviile, in said county, fronting tuenty feet on public square more or less, running back M ost eighty feet mere or less, to the lot occupied by* Mrs. Humphries, bounded on the north by* the store house occupied by J. L. Moon, ou the south by the store house ol Lends Envin, known as the New York store. Levied on and will be sold to satisfy one execu tion issued out of the superior court of said county*, iu favor of F. I*. Gray, administrator o! Lewis Tumlin, deceased vs. said Planters ami Miners Bank, said property {minted out le plaintiff's attorney*, ami non* in possession of J. J. Howard. Also, at the same time and place, 100 acres more or less, of the eastern portion of land lot No. 200, in the stli district and 3rd section of Barton* county* Georgia. Levied on and will be sold as the property of P. J. Guvton, deceased, and non* in the hands of Wm. T. Wofford, execu tor, to satisfy one Barton* superior court sub poena fi. fa. in favor of D. F. Bishop, vs. Wm. T. Wofford, as executor of said P. J. Guvton, de ceased. The widow of said P. J. Guyton tenant in possession, property pointed out by plaintiff. Also, at the same time and place, one house and lot iu the city of Cartersviile. Barton* county Georgia, bounded as follows: North by* north sti'eet, east by Erwin street, south by the Willi ford house, non* owned by T. W. Simpson, west by Dr. Thompson’s lot, containing Jno acres more or less. Levied on and will be sold as tin* property* of E. N. Gon*er, to satisfy one Bartow superior court mortgage fi. fa. in favor of F. I*. 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