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THE FREE PRESS.
An Independent Democratic Journal.
C. H. C. WILLINGHAM, Editor.
1 uk Frke 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
or interests in whatever shape presented.
CartersTllle, Georgia, April 17, 1879
MR. STE PTIEKS IX COXGRESS.
It has been but a few years since when
the young democracy, as a certain ele
ment in the party claimed for themselves,
were clamoring for the retirement ot the
great commoner from public life. They
said “Old Aleck” was weakening intel
lectually and was a physical wreck, and
be could do nogodd in eougress for Geor
gia. Indeed, to sum up in a word their
great contempt for Mr. Stephens he was
pronounced “an old fossil.” These up
starts said they wanted young men in the
public councils who had the mental and
physical vitality to serve the people.
< onsequently, they resorted to all sorts
of thimble-rigging and trickery to lay
Mr. Stephens on the political shelf. But,
the people, the honest men of his district,
did not look through the same kind of
glasses. They knew w hat the politicians
were after and they knew that Mr. Steph
ens was the best man to represent them
in congress, and they have elected him
in spite of the ring democracy, even
making the ringmasters nominate him.
Well, Mr. Stephens does look very much
like “an old fossil,” in a horn. He has
shown the so-called young democratic
leaders that they are not all-powerful,
and that the mere ipse dixit of a few aspi
rants for his place and their hench
men does not'constitute the order for
the people to fall down and Avor
ship blindly the political gods set up by
them. Now, that Mr. Stephens has shown
to the country that he is not “an old fos
sil” of a statesman they are loud in their
praise of him as 3ny body. How sincere
their adulations are we shall not under-
take to say.
Mr. S ephens has but little to say when
there is no necessity for talking, and
when lie talks he has always something
to talk about to interest to the public and
of benefit of the people and of the coun
try. His caucus speech was on the true
line of genuine statesmanship. It was
in the interest of the public, looking to the
people’s benefit. His caucus resolutions
were on the same line and they horo
scope the true line of action for the
next presidential campaign which as
sures democratic-success if followed. So
patent is this fact that his line is the true
one, that all unprejudiced minds com
prehend at once that it will be the win
ning card next year if adopted. As we
said last week, “the democratic majority
should have the sagacity as they have the
power of placing themselves upon record
on Mr. Stephens’ line of legislation for the
extra session.” We are glad to see that
they have at last appreciated the wisdom
of a higher statesmanship—a line of
policy that at once addresses itself to the
popular mind as most conducive to the
public welfare of the country, and one
that will give prestige to the democracy
as the party of the people and for the peo
ple. This much Mr. Stephens has ac
complished, we hope to be successful in
the end for the country and that its re
sults will find full fruition to the hope of
the people in the election of a democrat
ic president next year.
And now we find the “old fossil” the
leader of the democracy in congress. He
looms up as the greatest statesman in
that body and the truest and ablest friend
of the people and of the country. After
all the babble of second rate statesmen
for years, who assumed to be the leaders
of the democratic party, *Mr Stephens
comes forward as the one statesman who
has the sagacity to conceive, the boldness
to assert and the reputation to sustain a
line of policy that strikes all discrimina
ting minds as the one best calculated to
benefit the country and to promote the
interests of the masses. That line pur
sued, it will give to the democracy a vi
tality of principle and a power of appeal
before the country that will carry the
presidential contest next year with a
grand and triumphant sweep. Ilis cau
cus speech and the resolution in a subse
quent caucus sounded the key-note of fu
ture hope of democratic success. His ef
fort to open the way for much needed
legislation has at last been successful and
a session of the house was held on Mon
day last. And in this connection it is
well enough for the people to know how
the members of Georgia voted in caucus
on this question. For having the Mon
day session we fiftd Stephens, Felton,
Speer and Persons in favor of it, and
against it Nicholls, Cook, Smith, Ham
mond and Blount. The first four named
are the independents, looking to the pub
lic interests of the country, and the five
last are the “organized” who voted to de
feat the proper legislation to meet the
needs of the country. Who are best
democrats ?
But to return to Mr. Stephens. When
the house assembled on Monday morning
the republicans began to filibuster and
continued it during the the morning
hour, and while they blocked one door,
Mr. Stephens flanked them and got sev
eral important measures to the clerk by
petitions. These were formally referred
to the committees without debate. Un
der anew rule they can be reported at
any time. And here we are glad to say
to the credit of all concerned at last, that
the Georgia delegation was solid and
stood firm. So much fur the firmness
of the minority of the Georgia members,
Stephens, Felton, Speer and Persons!
If congress were Composed of such men
as Mr. Stephens, the affairs of the coun
try would receive better attention, and
the whole of legislation would be to the
end of promoting the public interests.
May he live long to serve a grateful peo
ple and to give the rich treasures of a
pure and exalted statesmanship to his
country.
The Dalton Citizen is about as bilious
concerning Felton as the Rome Courier.
BA R TO W COrXTY JTRIES.
Last week we published by request an
article from the Atlanta Constitution over
the signature of “Justice” in regard to
Bartow jnries in the Elliott vs. Western
and Atlantic railroad case. Tlie article
was quite severe upon Bartow juries. We
did not have the space to comment upon
it then. This week we publish a reply
to “Justice” by Judge Wright. If we
understand the case properly, Capt. El
liott did not sue for material damages for
what it cost him to get to his destination
after being put oft' the train. He sued for
the insult, the indignity put upon him
and not for the cost of fare. This was the
issue to be determined by the several ju
ries before whom the case came. Capt.
Elliott, under all the circumstances, re
garded his treatment as outrageous. It
was reparation for the outrage which he
sought, not the amount of the railroad
fare. This was the case before the juries.
The article of “Justice” is plausible in
its premises, ingeniously presented and
adroitly discussed, and his arguments
based merely upon the mercenary prin
ciples of dollars and cents. Capt. Elliott
is the president of the Georgia and Ala
bama steamboat company, between which
and the state road certain courtesies had
been exchanged. Elliott held a compli
mentary ticket upon which he was re
fused passage because he would not sign
certain conditions on that ticket which
were not exacted by his company. Tie
was not willing to make the concession
demanded and was put off the train, an
indignity and insult for which he claim
ed reparation. This was what the juries
found for. A3 to whether their verdicts
were too high or not we shall not discuss.
But it is to defend the integrity of
Bartow county juries we write this arti
cle. The insinuation and fling of “Jus
tice” at our juries to the effect that they
are “led by a parson - ” is a stretch of the
imagination and an exhibition of petty
malice. It was not a question of politics
as “Justice” would have his readers be
lieve. The last jury was made up of op
posite political opinions; and, therefore,
the estimation that they were not honora
ble men is altogether gratuitous and un
just to this county and its citizens, and
and for which our people feel indignant.
No county in the. state has a purer or
more intelligent jury box than Bartow.
We have no disposition or desire to see
injustice to railroads or other corpora
tions. We prefer to aid them as useful
institutions, but it is proper at the same
time that we should defend our people
against the charge of dishonesty while
occupying the jury box.
SPRIXG TIME.
The poet may sing of green fields and
“babbling brooks,” and the buds may
blow, and the flowers blossom, hut one
of the most significant symptoms that
the world is rejuvenating, is the publish
ed programmes of Sunday school cele
brations and other occasions for general
oratory. Gov. Colquitt as usual, is early,
in the field, and we presume Chatauqua
will be revisited and all other kindred
spots. Judge Jackson is also on the tapis.
To the average newspaper man who has
watched the seasons ebb and flow for a
long series of years, these appointments
had some significance.
In a number of interviews with cer
tain knowing ones, we hear it surmised
that the governor is preparing for anoth
er gubernatorial race in 1880, and the
judge is prospecting for Senator Hill’s
shoes. When the “agonized” begin to
run Sunday schools and granges, look
out, for there is “music in the air.”
Ther§ is nothing like an early start when
you run those political machines. Let us
see who will follow in the prolitico-relig
ious campaign.
THE NEEDS OF OUR COUNTRY.
The south is poor: we need capital;
we need enterprise; we need skilled la
bor. There are millions of idle capital
in the north, and any amount of skilled
labor that seeks a favorable place to oper
ate. Why does it not come southward?
Why do we stagnate and remain idle in
this contingency ? Is there no statesman
ship equal to the occasion ? We had a
long talk with a gentleman who lives in
a western territory. He says the tide of
emigration is constantly increasing west
ward year by year. We asked why they
did not go south. The reply was this:
“So long as there is excitement about
politics in the south, we cannot risk it.
They had civil war once and they may
have it again. There is too much ‘war
talk’ in congress. It was just so in
1860.”
Readers, is this the truth? Are we
shut oft’ from material benefits by this
strife ? It is a question to be well and
carefully considered. Read the article
we copy from the Augusta Evening News.
The independents, it seems, are the con
servatives.
Mr. Randall constituted the committee
on ways and means, of which Dr. Felton
is a member, so as to give a majority
against the present high protective tariff.
He constituted the committee on banking
and currency so as to allow reports in fa
vor of financial relief. He constituted
the committee on coinage*, weights and
measures in the same way. These are
now considered the three most important
committees in the house in the present
condition of affairs. The most impor
tantjtliing that will be brought before the
ways and means will be the repeal of the
.present most obnoxious feautures of the
internal revenue system.
A dispatch from Topeka, Kansas, says
reports to the commonwealth from the
heaviest wheat producing counties in the
state show that fine rains have fallen
within a few days, and the wheat crops,
both spring and fall, are fully assured.
Farmers are jubilant over the prospect
for a great yield. Corn is being planted
rapidly, and the acreage will be large.
Thhe Dalton Headlight is a lively little
sheet, and one of the best in the state.
The free and independent democracy of
Whitfield and around about ought to
stand by it.
We have driven a spike to hang Peter
Lawshe upon at the press convention.
GEORGIA IX THE ROUSE.
A carefully revised list of the standing
and select committees shows that Mr.
Blount is the chairman of the committee
on expenditures of the depart of justice,
and the second member of appropria
tions; Mr. Stephens is the chairman of
the committee on coinage, the second of
rules, and the fourth of that on state of
law relating to the electoral count; Mr.
Cook i< chairman of public buildings and
grounds, and the third of post-oftiees and
post-roads; Mr. Hammond is the ninth
member ef tin* judiciary committe, and
the seventh of reform in the civil service;
Mr. Smith is the second of patents and
the fourth of manufactuies; Mr. Felton
is the eighth member of ways and means
and the second of expenditures of the
war department; Mr. Nicliolls is the
third of manufactures and the fifth of
foreign of affairs; Mr. Persons is the
eighth member of agriculture and the
fifth of invalid pensions; Mr. Speer is
the fourth of elections and the fifth of
militia. Georgia has certainly no right
to complain. With a delegation of ri'ne
she has been allotted three chairman
ships.
The press upon which the Atlanta
Constitution is printed is a splendid dou
ble cylinder. It prints four thousand an
hour ordinarily. We saw it in opera
tion last Friday morning. It is the fast
est press in Georgia. The Constitution
has a newspaper folder that does it work
as fast as the press. Altogether, the
Constitution has splendid facilities for
giving the latest news, closing telegraph
ic dispatches after two o’clock in the
morning. We are glad to observe, as we
carefully do, that the Constitution has
ceased worrying itself about Felton’s
being governor.
“We defy any man to find an endorse
ment of Dr. Felton’s course as an inde
pendent in the columns of the Courier
during the last eighteen months,” says
our Home cotemporary. Oh! no, of
course not. The Courier being simply
a blindly prejudiced partisan paper,
can’t endorse anything that is not “or
ganized.” It is a slave to its own pre
judices, and cannot rise above those pre
judices. That’s all.
The Atlanta Constitution lias not yet
published Dr. Felton’s reply to Gen.
Gordon. The excuse is that an advanced
copy was not received. It was sent we
know. The Constitution did not send
The Free Press advance copies of Gen.
Gordon’s reply to Dr. Felton. We pub
lished it all the same. That’s the differ
ence between free and liberal indepen
dence and:narrow contracted ideas of so
called “organized” democracy.
We tell our confrere of the Pome Cou
rier that Dr. Felton don’t feel very bad
shout its flings at him. The doctor is
the same cool and firm democrat that lie
is notwithstanding. Harris will die yet
with Felton on the brain. Can’t Dvvi
nell put a poultice to his spinal column
or brace it with a steel wire? Send for
Anderson Reese.
We are sorry for the Augusta Chronicle-.
It was opposed to the “old fossil” last
summer. It is loud in his praise this
spring. The Chron.-Con. is a stalwart
political journal, anyhow.
Yes, they said he was “an old fossil,”
and ought to be retired from public life,
and yet Mr. Stephens is the leader in the
house of representatives. We like all
such “old fossils.”
Another “old fossil” is looming up in
Georgia for governor. “Hark from the
Toombs, the doleful sound,” that pierces
the ears of “organized” trouble.
The Augusta Xeics is a lively paper.
Bill Moore is making it newsy, spicy and
troublesome to the Chronicle.
The Rome Tribune got away with the
Courier yesterday.
RELIEF FOR THE COUNTRY.
T\vo-Tliir<ls of tlie House on Mr. Stephens’
Line.
Washington, April 6.
Editor Evening News :
The great debate on the army bill was
closed yesterday. The vote was taken a
little after 3 o’clock p. m., and resulted
in the passage of the bill, with the repeal
ing clauses in it, by years 148 against nays
122, the greenbackers, so-catled, with the
exception of two (Forsyth, of Illinois,
and Ballou, of Vermont,) voted with the
democrats, giving a majority of 26 for
the bill. There has, perhaps, been no
debate in the house for many years more
interesting, exciting and exhaustive than
this has been. The ablest speeches on
the republican side were those of Messrs.
Garfield, Frye, Robeson and IlaVvley;
but these were all fully answered by
Proctor Knott of Kentucky, Hurd of
Ohio, Townsend, of Illinois, Muldrow
and Chalmers of Mississippi, Blackburn
of Kentucky, and Randolph Tucker, of
Virginia. The general opinion is that
the merits of the argument, as well as
the elegance of the debate, were on the
democratic side. It is conceded, even by
republicans, that Garfield is a used up
man—indeed the whole structure of his
argument was upset and toppled over by
the single question of Mr. Stephens,
“whether it was likely that the govern
ment would be revolutionized by the re
peal of a law which he (Garfield) had
voted against.”
The bill will go to the senate to-mor
row, where a lively debate will probably
continue for one or two weeks. There is
no doubt but ultimately it will pass that
body, just as it did in the house; then
the great question will be whether the
president will veto it or not. It is assert
ed by many republicans that he will,
while several prominent democrats take
opposite views. They cannot see upon
what grounds he can place a veto; it is
certainly not unconstitutional, as main
tained by Mr. Stephens, to repeal any
law whatever, whether the law be con
stitutional or not; nor can it be main
tained that the repeal of this law, is
hasty or inconsiderate legislation.
Immediately after the army bill was
disposed of yesterday evening, came up
sort of a test question in the house wheth
er any general legislation for the relief of
the country on financial, banking and
currency questions,. should be acted on
this session. This question arose upon a
motion to adjourn over till Tuesday.
Monday is the only day on which bills
can be introduced in regular order; and
the motion to adjourn over Monday, was
to prevent the introduction of any bills
to-morrow. On this motion the radicals
voted solidly with one exception to ad
journ over, and 34 democrats voted with
them, making 155 yeas against 109 nays.
These 109 votes consisted of one republi
can only, a few greenbackers with more
than two-thirds of the democratic party
of the house. From this it appears that
NTr. Stephens has more than two-thirds
of the democrats in tlie house in favor of
the line of policy indicated in his caucus
speech, with less than one-third against
him. Of the 34 votes against legislation
at this session, on general objects of re
lief, five were from Georgia, to-wit:
Messrs. Blount, Cook, Hammond, Nich
olls and Smith; the other four independ
ents, so-called, voted with the over
whelming majority of the democrats in
the house; this is a notable fact.
Whether this small minority of the
democratic party will continue hereafter
as they have begun, to defeat legislation
for the relief of- the country and its in
dustries, and to correct those abuses of
power in radical legislation for the last
ten years, under which the qountry is
now groaning from one extent to the
other, will be seen. Perhaps the democ
racy of Georgia will call upon their
“five” of this minority to explain. Can
it be possible that they will attempt to
defend their position in making no effort
to amend or modify the present iniqui
tous revenue laws ? That they will make
no effort to repeal the act prohibiting by
an excessive tax, prohibitory of state
banks? No effort to modify the unequal
and unjust tariff of 1861 ? No effort to
increase Lhe volume of currency, for the
revival of trade and business? Can it he
that they intend to justify their course
in turning a deaf ear to the appeals of an
oppressed people, by saying any effort of
that sort would split the party, notwith
standing two-thirds of the party are in
favor of such action. We shall see.
Veritas.
MR. STEPHENS’ RESOLUTION.
The Line of Policy Suggested by Mr. Ste
phens as to Legislation.
A brief democratic caucus was held in
the hall of the house immediately after
adjournment on Wednesday, the 9th inst.,
for the purpose of taking some action
which would permit the introduction and
consideration of certain financial meas
ures during the present session of con
gress. Representative House (Tenhes
see) presided and Messrs. Mills (Texas)
and Covert (New York) acted as secreta
ries. Mr. Kenna (West Virginia) sub
mitted tiie following resolution, which
was adopted unanimously:
JResolved, That it is the judgment of
this caucus that the house shall not ad
journ over Monday next, but that there
should be a session on that day to allow
the introduction of bills in the usual
manner and the placing of important
legislation in the line of progress with
out unnecessary delay.
Mr. Stephens (Georgia) then offered
the following with the request that it
be read and laid on the table for the
action of a future caucus:
Hesolved, That the aims and objects of
tlie democracy of the United States, as
far as we are chosen by them as members
of the present house of representatives,
are entitled to be considered as the true
exponents of these aims and objects are
directed with a singleness of purpose to
the restoration of constitutional liberty,
and with it the restoration of peace and
harmony and prosperity throughout tlie
length and breadth of the land ; they ab
jure the renewal of sectional strife; they
accept aL tlie legitimate results of the late
lamented war; they are utterly opposed to
the revival in this country or any part
thereof of African slavery or any other
kind of slavery or involuntary servitude
except as punishment for crime; they
stand pledged to maintain the union of
the states under the constitution with
all its existing amendments as they shall
he expounded by the supreme court of
the United States; they are against all
unconstitutional or revolutionary meth
ods : they are for law and order and the
protection of life, liberty and property
without respect of persons or social con
ditions ; for the redress of all grieviances;
they look alone to the peaceful instru
mentality of the constitution, through
first the* law-making, power; second,
the law-expounding power; third, the
law-executing power, and finally the
ultimate sovereign power of the ballot
box. They are for a free ballot as well
as for a fair and just count while they
are opposed to a large standing army as
were the framers of the constitution. Yet,
thej’ are for keeping the army sufficient
ly large to repel invasion, defend our ex
tensive frontier, as well all necessary
interior forts and garrisons, and enable
the president to put down domestic vio
lence or insurercction in any of the states;
and in aid of civil officers, as a posse
comitatus, in the execution or legal pro
cess, in pursuance of the constitution,
as provided in the acts of congress of
1795, and 1807. But they are utterly
opposed to the use of the military of the
United States in controlling or in any
way interfering with the freedom of elec
tions. They are for the maintaenance
of the public credit inviolate, but are ut
terly opposed to the increase of the
bonded debt unless the exigencies of
war should render it necessary. They
are for the retrenchment of expenditures,
lessening the burdens of taxation and a
thorough reform in the present unequal
and unjust method of raising revenue.
They are for placing the coinage of
gold and silver upon the same footing
without restriction or limitation upon the
amount of either. They are for reviving
the languishing and perishing industries
of the country by an increase of the vol
ume of currency, founded on a sound
basis, sufficient to meet the urgent de
mands of trade in every department of
labor and business.
Without transacting any further busi
ness the caucus adjourned.
LETTER FROM JUDGE WRIGHT.
The Late Bartow County Verdict Against
the State Road.
Editors Constitution: —An article
signed “Justice,” in a late number of
the Constitution, demands an answer.
According to this writer, Bartow, “led
by a parson,” has a very corrupt jury
box. What a pity! The Western and
Atlantic railroad, and its foreign corpor
ators, are not only a meek and harm
less set, but a greatly injured race of men.
“Our Joe,” having “talked up the lease,”
keeps it up, by paying into the pockets
of his company half million clear profits
made by our railroad—one built and paid
for by tatfes wrung from the toil of the
common people. It was leased, it is
said, because we couldn’t get an honest
governor to run it. Xo doubt the radi
cals tailed. Is it possible “organized
democracy,” fwith the fragrance of its
purity pervading the atmosphere like
the flowers of spring, can’t find a man
pure enough for such a job! Has it
come to this? When an insolent and
powerful corporation is made to answer,
not for a personal injury, but an insult
to the citizen, that the jury who has the
manhood and courage to do it is to be
held up to public ridicule and contempt?
Is a powerful journal like the Con
stitution, to be provoked to scandal
ize a people “led by a parson,” who
furnish juries that dare do their duty
over the head of a circuit judge, backed
by a supreme court taking jaunts to the
Pacific slopes and golden gates in the cor
porators’ palatial ears ?
. Elliot suffered no personal injury. El
liot was insulted and brow-beat by an in
solent conductor, at least so the juries
thought—juries, individual members of
which are the peers of any of the su
preme bench, and quke the superior
of the circuit judge. *
Great questions are involved in this
case. The little damages that seem to
hurt the corporation so much are utterly
insignificant. The law says there is no
limit to the damages, but the judgment
of an enlightened jury where insult
is intended. The juries, and not the
judiciary, are the judges of this question.
This is as clear a case ok usurpation of
prerogative by the bench as evere occur
red. Suppose-the court does have the
power to grant new trials when the jury
act under the heat of passion, how long
before passion, is supposed to subside.
Dots three consecutive verdicts mean
nothing? Is it. because “they are led
by a parson,” and “lawyers who take
fees on speculation,” that they continue
to return them ? Is the jury-box to be
supplanted by the judiciary? God for
bid ! This case has created the necessi
ty, and the legislature owes it to the
people of Georgia, to contract-the judi
ciary in its usurpation of the rights of
the jury-box. The second new trial in
favor of a eoroporation ought not to be al
lowed —certainly the third ought not.
The jury in this case has shown much
greater respect for the judge than he has
for them. A majority of them desired
to assert their rights in the last trial and
carry their verdict to twenty thousand
dollars damages.
It was out of respect to the judge, as I
was informed, that the moderate counsels
prevailed and five hundred dollars was
yielded in the verdict. And this is
met by opprobrium upon the honest
I and fearless men who did it! They
are to be “bulldozed !” “Nous verrons!”
If the people of Georgia understand
their rights and comprehend the extent
to which they are endangered by these
powerful coroporations they will assert
them in a way to make them understand
that “vox populi, vox dei.”
Augustus R. Wright.
Of counsel for plaintiff.
AKE STATE ItOAD RONDS TAXABLE?
Washington Post.
The new $5 bond, bearing four per
cent, interest and issued by the State of
Georgia, has been received at the Treas
ury Department. It is stated that since
Jan. 1 $5,000,000 of these bonds have
been sold. The letter which transmit
ted the bond stated that they were sell
ing like “hot cakes.” The bond re
sembles very much in size and appear
ance the legal.tender notes. The back
of the bond bears the following inscrip
tion : “The State of Georgia hereby ac
knowledges herself indebted to the bearer
of this bond in the sum of $5 in lawful
money of the United States.” The
bond is payable after Jan. 1,1885. It
will be referred to Commissioner Raum
for his decision as to whether the bond
comes within the provision of the law
taxing notes of circulation. Section
3113 of the Revised Statutes, under which
the question must be decided, reads as
follows: “Every national banking as
sociation, State bank or banker, or as
sociation shall pay a tax of ten per cent
um on the amount of notes of any town,
city or municipal corporation paid out
by them.” Whether the notes issued
by a State come within the provisions
of this act will form the question for
Commissioner Raum’s decision. Should
he decide in the negative, which is
high probabty he will do, the question
will then be referred to the Attorney
General for his decision as to whether
the bond is a bill of credit. A somewhat
similar question has been decided in the
Supreme Court, and Comptroller Knox,
in his report for the year 1874, discussed
the matter at some length. He says:
“The Constitution of the United States
provides that no State shall emit bills of
credit, and the Supreme Court has deci
ded that a note of circulation ‘issued by
a State, involving the faith of the State
designed to circulate as money on the
credit of the State in the ordinary course
of business’, is a bill of credit.”
DEMOCARTIC POLICY".
The following paper is being circula
ted among the members of the house:
“The people of the United States, bur
dened with enormous debts and oppress
ed by a system of taxation and finance
which has prostrated all industries, and
is rapidly confisating the property of the
masses and tending to general bankrupt
cy, have with a view to their relief,
placed the power of federal legislation,
for the first time in nearly twenty years,
in the hands of the democratic party.
That some efficient measures of relief may
be speedily inuagurated, the undersigded
ask our colleagues in the senate and the
house of representatives to unite with us
in responding to the demands of our con
stituents by appropriate legislation at the
present session of congress. Let us
show to tiie oppressed producers, wage
men; business men, tax-payers and doc
tors, that Ave are ali\ r e to their griev
ances and prompt to relieve them. By
a fortunate circumstance Ave have it in
our poAver nine months earlier than Ave
had expected to show the people that
they made no mistake in placing
their trust in the hands of the grand
old party Avhich was organized
by Jefferson as the friend of equal
rights and the foe of all forms of mono
ply, favoritism and oppression. The
public credit must lie kept inviolate but
it can be best maintained by a strict ad
herence to public contracts, by a system
of currency Avhich Avill promote instead
of destroying the industries of the people
and by methods of revenue Avhich Avill as
far as practicable, make all avlio enjoy
the blessings of the government bear, ac
cording .to their means, an equal share of
its burdens.
[Among the signatures to the above
Ave find the names of Stephens, Felton,
Speer, and Persons.]
GEN. GORDON’S SHEEP RANCHE.
By an oversight of the printer we
omitted an extract that we were request
ed to publish last week in The Free
Press, taken from the Albany Advertiser.
Some gentlemen from Boston desired to
see Senator Gordon’s sheep ranche and
they came by Washington City and Gen.
Gordon gave them a cordial letter of in
troduction to all Georgians. Let them
tell the story:
“From Albany the major, doctor and
Mr. Berry drove down to Senator Gor
don’s sheep ranche, “Deerland.” * *
Senator Gordon’s ranche is at Ty-Tv
station. Ic comprises 40,000 acres of
good land. The senator’s stalwart son,
Hugh It. Gordon, is the manager.of the
ranche in his father’s absence. He is an
enthusiastic sheep farmer, and is just
starting with a flock of 1700. The ranche
is being enclosed with walls bnilt by ne
gro convicts, who, according to the Geor
gia system, are leased out under contracts.
Already seven miles of wall have been
put up. Senator Gordon will make his
40,000 acres one vast sheep ranche. M rs.
Hugh Gordon was found alone, and she
entertained the Bostonians with genuine
southern hospitality in he* two-roomed
log cabin house, where she and her visi
tors sat down to a table set out with tine
china and silver ware. Anew and hand
some house is in process of building near
at hand.
Bacon, Flour and Meal,
Always on hand cheap at
THE BARGAIN STORE.
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GRAND OPENING
AT THE
New York Store
—OF—
Spring and Summer Goods.
READ AND BE CONVINCED, .
Undoubtedly the Cheapest Bargains Ever
Received Here Before.
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FINEST DISPLAY OF GOODS EVER
MADE IN CARTERSVILLE.
ITAIvE PLEASURE IX INFORMING TIIE
citizens of Cartersville and surrounding
country, that I have received an immense stock
of Spring and Summer Goods, such as i.ever has
been received here before, in regard to cheapness
and quality. To give you an idea what lam
doing, I will offer the following great bargains:
250 pieces CALICOES at 5c and upwards.
PECAILE, 75c and upwards.
PIQUE, 6c and upwards.
GRASS CLOTHS, 6c and upwards.
4-4 SEA ISLAND, 6c and upwards.
4-4 BLEACHING, soft finished, at 6>j' and up
wards.
CASSIMERES, for boys and gents’ wear 20c, 25c,
and 35c—fully worth 50c.
DRESS LINENS, 18c and upwards.
11-4 wide SPREADS, 75c and upwards.
Favor me by pricing all our QUlLTS—they are
fully 50 per cent, cheaper than elsewhere.
BARGAINS IX BARGAINS
BARGAINS —O— BARGAINS
BARGAINS CHECKED BARGAINS
BARGAINS NAINSOOKS BARGAINS
BARGAINS BARGAINS
BARGAINS VICTORIA BARGAINS
BARGAINS LAWNS, BARGAINS
BARGAINS SWISSES BARGAINS
BARGAINS owaafca. BARGAINS
bargains! Handkerchiefs, bargains
BARGAINS! TABLE LINEN, BARGAINS
BARGAINS DAMASK bargains
BARGAINS Trtwc ., c ’ BARGAINS
BARGAINS TOWELS, BARGAINS
BARGAINS DOYLES, BARGAINS
BARGAINS pnciNrS BARGAINS
BARGAINS BARGAINS
BARGAINS Embroiderings, bargains
BARGAINS INSERTINCS, BARGAINS
BARGAINS HOSIEPY BARGAINS
BARGAIGS "U&lfcßT, BARGAINS
BARGAINS CLOVES, BARGAINS
BARGAINS PARASOLS, BARGAINS
BARGAINS; ruo BARGAINS
BARGAINS! ai at i u o BARGAINS
BARGAINS I NOTIONS, ETC . j BARGAINS
The Cheapest and Finest Milli
nery Goods, Trimmed and
Untrimmed Hats Ever
Brought to Cartersville.
ASTONISHING TO BEHOLD!
50c FLOWERS for 25c.
50c Untrimmed Hats for 25c,
Trimmed Hats for 50c—fully worth sl.-
Biggest Bargains in Ribbons, Hats
and Trimmings, to make room
for another Shipment at 25
per cent. Cheaper than
Elsewhere.
CLOTHING.
I would call especial attention to my fine stock
of Clothing, which I have in abundance AT ALL
PRICES. Will sell chcaperthan the cheapest.
White Linen Duck Vests at 85c and upwards.
Cents’ Furnishing Goods.
My stock of Gents’ Furnishing Goods is com
plete in every particular. I would invite every
body that are in need of anything in that line to
look at them before purchasing elsewhere.
Big Stock of Shoes, Boots, Hats,
Caps, Trunks, Valises, Cheaper
than Anybody in Town.
In conclvsisn, I would say, that having bought
my entire stock lor cash, I am able to sell goods
cheaper than ever before and at prices to suit
the times. Thanking you for past favors extend
ed to me during the past, I hope by fair and lib
eral dealing to merit a continuance of the
same.
CHARLES AUERBACH,
Proprietor New York Store.
JEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice.
AN ACT, to amend the fifth section of an act
to alter and amend an act entitled an act
to incroporate the stockholders of the Carters
villeand Van Wert Railroad Cos., re-approved
‘2sth October, 1870, so as to strike from said sec
tion the words, “and all suits against said < -jui
pany shall be instituted and tried at Cartersville
Ga., in the courts there to be held of competent
jurisdiction.”
Application will be made in July, 1879 to the
Legislature for the passage of au act, the above
being a copy of the title.
' THE CHEROKEE IRON CO.,
1 By their attorney, Ivey F. Thompsoi
THOMPSONS
Restaurant and Ladies* Cafe,
(4 Whitehall St„ James Block)
ATLANTA, : : : : GEORGIA.
Great Reduction in Prices.
Meals at all Hours of the Day at 35 <>t.
ICE CREAMS AND ALL THE DELICACIES
OF THE SEASON.
The ladies’ cafe is elegantly fitted up and i
onc of the popular resorts for the ladies.
apr!7 R. G. THOMPSON.
Y. L. Williams,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
TIN and SHEET IRON GOODS.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Guttei-iug, Etc.,
And dealer in
STO YES,
Hollow-Ware, Glass-Ware, Etc.,
CROCKERY, WINDOW-CLASS,
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS.
The public are invited to call
and examine. Prices guaranteed as low as
a good article can be bought anywhere.
fisgay- Will gfve market price* for clean cotton
rags. Corner Main and Erwin streets. apll7
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Fashionable Barber Shop.
CARTE RSVILLE, GEORGIA,
Upstairs, Over Mew York Store, Hank Block,
By JOK^TtAYLOR.
Has BEEN IN THE BUSINESS 35 YEARS,
and is one of the most accomplished bar
bers in the South. His shop is well and comfort
ably furnished. He is the only barber in the
State who uses Phalon’s Celebrated Chemical
Hair Invigoratorf to prevent baldness and dis
eases of the scalp. All who have tried it know
it to be a specific.
He also uses the celebrated Russian Couissan
Shaving Soap, which is known to lie the best soap
in the world. It has the invaluable property of
preventing pimples and all cutaneous eruptions.
To those who shave twice a week, he will fur
nish a private soap and lather cup, free of charge.
Ihe patronage of the public generally is in
vited and respectfully solicited. Polite, courte
ous find gentlemanly treatment is observed to
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ju 13*18 JOHN TAYLOR, Proprietor.
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rr.HE “CENTR AL HOTEL,” ADAIRSVILLE,
X Georgia—a three-story brick building; large
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'iwioT J. C. MARTIN,
decl9-tt Adairsville, Ga.
FARMING LANDS
City and Village Property
—FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR—
REAL. ESTATE
I AM BUYING AND SELLING FARMING
lands ami Cartersville and village property
in Bartow (formerly Cass) county. I have for
sale fifteen farms, most of them near the railroad
depot, and convenient to post-offices, churches
and schools. These lands produce cotton, all the
grains and grasses, ana water and timber good
and abundaut. This village is fifty-three miles
north of Atlanta, Ga v and eigty miles south of
Chattanooga, Tenu. Address
WM. T. WOFFORD,
Attorney at Law and Dealer in Real Estate,
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