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TRIPPE & NEEL,
ATTORNBYB*A T -LA AV ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
\\7ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS,
\ V both State and Federal, except Bartow
county criminal court. .1. M. Neel alone will
practice in said last mentioned court. Office in
northeast corner of court house building. feb27
JNO. L. MOON. DOUGLAS WIKLE.
MOON & VVIKLE,
Attorneys-at-La w,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
gfej?pOffice in Bank Block, over the Postoffiee.
VV. T. WOFFORD,
AT r U O RNE Y-AT-LA W,
—AND—
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,
CASS STATION, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.
G. S. TUMLIN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
\XTILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
V V in Bartow county, the Superior Courts of
the Cherokee Circuit, the Supreme Court and the
United States Court for the Northern District of
Georgia. decl9-4mos
T. W. H. HARRIS,
A.TTORNEY- A T - L A AV ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS OF
Bartow and adjoining counties, and will
faithfully attend to all business entrusted to him.
Office over postoffice. dec-5-ly
R. W MCRPHEY,
ATTORNEY-AT - LA "W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the brick building, cor
ner of Main & Erwin streets. jmy!B.
J. A. BAKER,
A r r r O RNEY-AT-LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
VXTILL practice in all the courts of Bartow
W and adjoining counties. Prompt atten
tion given to all business entrusted to liis care.
Office in Bank Block over the post office.
july!B, ' _______
K. n. GRAHAM. A. M. FOUTE.
GRAHAM & FOUTE,
A r r TO 11 NEYS -A T- L. A AV,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the
Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the
Supreme Courts at Atlanta.
Office west side public Square, up-stairs over
W. W. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of
Postoffice. Julylß.
T. W. MILNER. J. w. HARRIS, JR.
MILNER & HARRIS,
ATTO R 3ST KYS -A T -1, AW ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office on West Main Street. jttlylß
F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Office over Stokely & Williams store.)
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
I WILL FIL j TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
and put in teeth, or do any work in my line
at prices to suit the times.
Jgg£Work al. warranted. Refer to my pat
rons all over the county.
augls-ly. F. M. JOHNSON.
JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL sell Watcnes, Clocks and Jewelry.
Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can
be bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. All work done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a call. julylS.
CHAS. B. WILLINGHAM,
Stenographic Court Reporter.
| ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.!
I MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES,
taking down the testimony entire; also, ob
jections of attorneys, rulings of the court, and
the charge of the court, without stopping the
witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro
ceedings. Charges very reasonable and satis
faction guaranteed.
Traveler’sj3riiide^
” COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION.
On and after Monday, November 30th, tha fol
lowing schedule will be run by the Steamer
MAGNOLIA:
Leave Rome Monday 9am
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday 7am
Leave Gadsden Tuesday Bpm
Arrive at Rome Wednesday 6pm
Leave Rome Thursday 9 a m
Arrive at Gadsden Friday 7am
Leave Gadsden Friday 6pm
Arrive at Rome Saturday 6pm
J. M. ELLIOTT Gen’l Sup’t.
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this
Road will run as follows:.
DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY.
Leave Rome 8:10 am
Arrive at Koine 12:00 m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Rome 5:00 pm
Arrive at Rome 8:00 p m
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, April 7,1879, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave.
Cartersville 2:30 pm
Stilesboro 3:20 pm 3:25 pm
Taylorsville 3:45 p m 43)5 p m
Rockmart 5:00 pm
GOING EAST.
Rockmart........ 6:00 am
Taylorsville 6:50 am 7:15 am
Stilesboro 7:20 am 7:45 a m
Cartersville 8:15 a m
WILLIAM MacRAE, Snp’t.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
NIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 2:45 pm
Leave Cartersville ......... 4:37 p m
Leave Kingston 5:03 pm
Leave Dalton . . . 6:35 p m
Arrive at Chattanooga 835 pm
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 5:15 p m
Leave Daikon 7:05 p m
Leave Kingston 8:34 pm
Leave Cartersville 9:00 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 10:55 p m
DAY PASSENGER—CP.
Leave Atlauta 5:20 am
Leave Cartersville 7:09 am
Leave Kingston 7:85 a m
Leave Dalton 8:47 am
Arri ve at Chattanooga 10:56 a m
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 7:05 am
Leave Dalton 9:06 am
Leave Kingston 10:39 a m
Leave Cartersville 11:06 am
Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 pin
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—CP.
Leave Atlanta 5:00 pm
Arrive at Cartersville ...... 7:20 p m
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN.
Leave Cartersville . . . .' . . . 5:55 am
Arrive at Atlanta 8:35 a m
S. J. FRANKLIN,
EAST MAIN STREET,
Cartersville, ----- Greorgia,
—DEALER IN
DRY GOODS AND FAMILY GROCERIES,
Keeps on hand all kinds of staple
Dry Goods and Family Groceries. He keeps
also a line stock of
HOOTS AND SHOES,
All of which he proposes to sell at the lowest
cash prices. He invites the patronage of his
friends and the public, guaranteeing satisfaction
to all who trade with Dim. decl9-tf
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GRAND OPPINTINGr
AT THE
New Vorlt Store
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Spring and Summer Goods.
READ AND BE CONVINCED.
IN
CHECKED
NAINSOOKS,
VICTORIA
LAWNS,
SWISSES,
Handkerchiefs,
TABLE LINEN,
DAMASK,
TOWELS,
DOYLES,
EDGINGS,
Embroiderings,
INSERTINCS,
HOSIERY,
CLOVES,
PARASOLS,
FANS,
NOTIONS, ETC.
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Undoubtedly the Cheapest Bargains Ever
Received Here Before.
FINEST DISPLAY OF GOODS EVER
MADE IN CARTERSVILLE.
I TAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMING THE
citizens of Cartereville and surrounding
country, that I have received an immense stock
of Spring and Summer Goods, such as 1 ever has
been received here before, in regard to cheapness
and quality. To give you an idea what I am
doing, I wall offer the following great bargains :
250 pieces CALICOES at 5c and upwards.
PECAILE, 7c and upwards.
PIQUE, 6c and upw r ards.
GRASS CLOTHS, 6c and upwards.
4-4 SEA ISLAND, 6c dnd upwards,.
4-4 BLEACHING, soft finished, at 6j£ and up-
wards.
CA3SIMERES, for boys and gents’ w r ear 20e, 25c,
and 35c—fully worth 50c.
DRESS LINENS, 18c and upwards.
11-4 wide SPREADS, 75c and upwards.
Favor me by pricing all our QUILTS— they are
fully 50 per cent, cheaper than elsewhere.
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 flue stock
of Clothing, which I have in abundance AT ALL
PRICES. Will sell cheapertlian 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,
hotly 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 for 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 Ycrrlc Store.
THE FREE PRESS.
' ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
To the Free Press:
Looking over the Weekly Constitution
of the 15th of April, I noticed this head
ing: “Words of Wisdom.” Inferring
from such words something remarkable,
I read the editor’s synopsis and laudation
of the general presentments of the grand
jury of Cobb county. I re-read the com
ments, and was not only surprised at the
laudatory epithets used, but was aston
ished, amazed, confounded,overwhelmed.
I wonder if Mr. Small ( ?) was present at
Marietta when this elaborate document
was read ? And whether “Our George”
took occasion to lecture the jury on the
great impropriety of thus advising the
solons of Georgia on measures of needed
legislation? And whether the stalwart
judge tooTf the pa}*er“under advisement ?”
I could not understand how P. W. Alex
ander, or any stalwart, could defy the im
perial manifests promulgated in January
last by Mr. Small (!), while essaying to
turn a penny at Cartersville. The great
trouble is, what will become of the wor
shippers of the Constitution when their
God so stultifies himself. There are men
who regard the Constitution as their polit
ical bible, and all its indorsements, acts
and doings as par excellence —yes, ex cath
edra. How the small fry chuckled over
the assault of Small (?) upon the Bartow
grand jury presentments that simply ex
pressed their convictions upon a great
scandal. Small (?) must needs indulge
no little ridicule, and in the estimation of
sensible men rendered his cognomen pe
culiarly appropriate. What I desire to
say, is simply this: How can an intelli
gent people run after a paper, idolize it,
deify it, patronize it, when from the same
mouth issues both hot and cold ? A sheet
guilty of such potent inconsistency, is
not only unreliable, but must be ranked
as purely partisan, mercenary and mis
chievous. But for local state news I would
notallow such a sheet to cross my thres
hold. I read all its general news in the
Yew York papers.
Allow one reflection. There, is no great
er popular error than the superiority of
judgment accorded to editors. A large
majority of men look eagerly for the opin
ion of this, that or the other editor, as if
they were inspired and knew it all. Edi
tors and reporters are hut men, and some
of them very small (?) men. They have
learned English composition and can tell
things on paper in a funny stjde. But
that doesn’t entitle them to any superior
ity of common sense, practical judgment
or statesmanship. Some of the poorest
apologies I ever knew for business of any
kind were educated upstarts, who pretend
to know, and as such dictate to the state
and federal governments their financial
policies; write up schemes of government
and co-operation enterprises; direct the
line of policy for the farmer, hut editors,
and please tell me one that ever made a
dollar by fair means over a maintenance,
that ever originated a practical idea or en
terprize, or that ever made one more
blade of grass grow.
I read editors’ notions just as 1 listen
to a stump orator —a gassy farmer who
never owned a foot of land. Men of pre
science and practical judgment are as
scarce as men of moral integrity, and the
latter are as scarce as live snakes in Janu
ary. The upshot of the matter is simply
this: Felton resides in Bartow, and “Our
George,” in Cobb. If there is any other
hypothesis. bj r which to account for the
glaring inconsistency of the Weehly Con
stitution, lot its friends indicate it. May
be Sm iff Arp can set his God right. If.
Mr. Small* (?) blunders on in the line
mentioned lie will grow beautifully less.
Jukor.
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UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Fairmount, April 24th, 1879.
To the Free Press :
If not unacceptable to your worthy
readers we ill indite a few thoughts
from this delightful portion of Gordon
portion of Gordon county. In the first
place we will state that Gordon county
is the equal of any county in Georgia,
and this is one of its best neighborhoods.
The reason is the beautiful valley of the
Silacoa is fertile enough so the people
that long years ago settled along its bor
der never removed. It is true the older
Erwin and Ramsaur have passed away
but their children remain upon the old
homesteads dispensing a hospitality
which reminds one very much of ante
helium days, or in other words the good
old days of the republic. This reminds
us that we more than once here met with
the better half of our most popular and
efficient county officials. Besides being
a good officer he has a good wife, and
Solomon says this is a good thing, and
so it is. Is it not strange sir, that every
man doesn’t have a wife. We are sorry
for those bachelors that have tried re
peatedly and failed. To such we w'ould
say, nil desperadum, procure a little hair
dye and try once more. We have no
word of advice to the widowers. It is
well understood that here as well as in
every other community they are fully
alive to their best interests. It is thought
here that some widowers have very goo#
taste, sufficient in some cases to excite
the jealousy of an entire neighborhood.
There are four stores in this vicinity
and four churches, two Methodist and
two Baptist. The Methodist (white)
numbers about thirty, Baptist (white)
about fifty. Rev. Mr. Smith is pastor of
the former and Rev. Mr. Puckett of the
latter. Both denominations have credit
able church edifices, both new, and the
Methodists will build a parsonage the
coming autumn. Mr. Henry Erwin is
the leading Methodist and Messrs. Bry
ant and Kay are prominent Baptists.
The Baptist minister here is a remarka
ble preacher and handles opposing sects
with gloves off. He is a fine speaker and
keeps in a good humor and so do his
hearers.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1879.
Miss Carrie Boaz is teaching a school
in the academy and has about thirty-five
pupils in actual attendance. We have
had frequent occasion to visit this school
and do not hesitate to pronounce it one
of the best in Northern Georgia. Miss
Boaz combines in a remarkable degree
the facility of governing with good schol
arship and untiring energy.
Calling on C’apt. Dyar, the efficient
clerk superior court,we found him exam
ining text hooks sent him for inspection.
He was also getting up some questions to
scare the poor teachers with. Some of
them will see trouble and those that are
unfit to teach will get caught this time
sure. We feel inclined to say something
about the captain’s fine farm and prom
ising wheat, etc., but knowing him to be
a minister, we desist lest some impecuni
ous brother should withhold what, he
ought to pay for his able ministrations.
Now, Mr. Editor, hoping that The
Free Press may double its present large
subscription list we are
“Yourn,” Occasional.
• RUNAWAY TRAIN.
A Train Runs Away While the Engineer
and Firethan Fight.
Topeka Commonwealth.J
Last Monday evening, a passenger train
011 the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
came rattling up the valley between
Parsons and Emporia, with Dave Dun
ham at the throttle and Johnnie Haley
at the furnace, just as it has every even
ing for the past six years.
As engineer and fireman, these two
boys have stood side by side on this run
since the spring of 1873, and have not
only registered “on time,’ but have, by
their strict attention to the rules of the
road, gained the confidence of their em
ployers and the friendship of many peo
ple living along this division of the Mis
souri, Kansas A Texas. (They have been
the best of friends—a kind of friendship
that danger cements and makes stronger
has laid them together for years—and but
tor the altercation giving rise to this item,
they might have tilled their respective
stations for a lifetime, and their games
never appeared in the newspaper prints.)
As the train pulled out from the low land
on the Neosho and struck the prairie,
the conductor noticed a sudden change
in speed, but thinking the boys might he
“lifting” her a little to meet the grade,
paid no attention to it. The grade* was
met and passed as though no grade was
there, and then down the hill she started
at ,1 terrible rate. As she skimmed along
the passengers began to show signs of
nervousness as they saw farm houses
rushing along as close together, apparent
ly, as in a Kansas town, and the conduc
tor too began to think all was not right
at the “ steam end.” As the speed in
creased at every revolution of the wheels,
cushions, lunch baskets, bundles and ba
bies fievv around the car like mad, and
now the thoroughly frightened passen
gers appealed to the conductor to stop
the train. By this time he realized the
danger himself, and knowing that a Santa
Fe freight train had the “ right of way ”
at the Empire junction, and that it would
be certain death to reach there ahead of
time, lie jerked the hell-rope as though a
town were on fire.
The hell sounded the alarm, but as no
response came from the whistle, he real
ized for the first time that lie was on a
runaway train, five coaches from the en
gine. Whether it was the small amount
of his life insurance policy, or the safety
of the passengers that urged him on, wiil
remain an open question, hut it is moral
ly certain that he was not many seconds
in passing through the coaches, scaling
the iron rail of the mail-car, and landing
on the coal pile near the locomotive,
which was writhing under the pressure
of sixty-five pounds more of steam than
was necessary for celerity, comfort or
convenience. He says as he struck the
water tank and rolled down into the cab,
the engine was going so fast that the tel
egraph poles along the road looked like
a “ picket fence.” It took but a moment
to put on the airbrakes, reverse the lever,
and slow her down and find himself
within two hundred yards of an open
switch at the Santa Fe crossing, and that
the run of eight miles had been made in
less than eight minutes. When the train
stopped the fireman jumped from the en
gine and ran down the track towards the
city, and the engineer, arising from the
floor of the cab, explained that just as
they neared the Neosho grade, Haley,
the fireman, accused him of having re
ported something discreditable to him to
the division superintendent. This he
stoutly denied, whereupon Haley assault
ed him with a coal pick, and a hand-to
hand scuffle ensued. In the melee the
throttle was thrown open, and going at
the rate of a mile a minute, they “fought
it out on that line.” On leaving the
train Haley ran down to the court-house,
and had sheriff Moon lock him up in a
cell, fearing that he would be overtaken,
he said, and killed by Dunham and his
friends. Dunham was conveyed in a
carriage to a physician and had his wounds
dressed. Ilis face, head and shoulders
were terribly cut and bruised, the cut in
the back of the head by a pick being a
very severe one.
The conductor ran the train through to
Junction City, leaving his engineer in
the hands of a nurse and his fireman in
the hands of a sheriff.
A young man with the blush of coun
try life on his cheeks sold out his produce
on the market yesterday and entered-a
shoe store and said he wanted a pair of
shoes for his wife.
“What number?” asked the clerk.
The young husband scratched his head,
looked very much embarrassed, and fi
nally said:
“Well, I’ve been married eight months,
but this shoe business stumps me. I
don’t believe she wears ’levens, and I
don’t think she kin git into fives. 1 guess
if we split the difference we’ll hit her
pretty close.”
He was given a pair of eights, and af
ter squinting along the soles he observed:
“I guess them’ll do. She’s awful proud
and I know she’ll squeeze into ’em for
all she’s worth.”— Detroit Free Press.
i
Y\ r hile Edwin Booth was giving the so
liloquy in the last act of Richard 111, at
McVicker’s theater, Chicago, a shot was
fired at him by a man sitting in the left
hand upper gallery. Booth sat still till
after about three seconds when a second
shot was fired, when he arose and started
toward the left wing of the stage, point
ing out as he went the would-be assassin.
The latter was at once seized, and but for
the intervention of officers would have
been roughly handled. He states his
name is Mart Gray; that he is 23 years
old; is a dry goods clerk of St. Louis;
has been three years preparing to do this
deed, and is surprised that he failed; that
his failue to kill Booth is the only part
of the attempt he regrets.
SENATORIAL STATISTICS.
Some Briefly Interesting Facts Concern
ing the Noble “ Seventy-Six.”
Washington Post.]
The change that the senate has under
gone has not robbed Mr. Hamlin ot the
proud distinction of being the oldest
member of the body. He has reached
the three score years and ten, and still
goes without an overcoat. The youngest
senator is Mr. Bruce, who is only thirty
eight. Next to Mr, Hamlin, in point of
age, is Mr. Morrill, who is sixty-nine,
and Governor Houston comes next at
sixty-eight. Messrs. Thurman, Chan
dler and Kirkwood were all born in 1813,
and Groome is the most youthful sena
tor, except Bruce, he being forty. Sen
ators Wallace, Pendleton and Logan are
apparently sensitive as to their age, as
they do not allow the congressional di
rectoiy to tell it. Ohio is the mother of
seven senators, viz: McDonald, Voorhees
(both born in Butler county). Pendle
ton, Allison, Plumb, Windom and Sha
ron. New' York, Virginia and Kentucky
are all even with Ohio in the number of
senators who first saw the light in those
states. New' York can boast of the pro
duction of Teller, Hill (Col.), Paddock,
McPherson, Conklin, Kernan and Came
ron (Wis.); Kentucky of Walker, Call,
Williams, Jones, Vest, Saunders and
Maxey; and Virginia, of Farley, Bruce,
Thurman, Coke, Johnston, Withers and
Hereford. Tennessee and Maryland
come next with five each; Morgan,
Houston, Garland, Bailey and Harris
having been born in the former state,
and Davis (111.), Davis (W. Va.)., Kirk
wood, Whyte and Groome, in the latter.
Kellogg, Edmunds, Morrill and Carpen
ter were born in Vermont. Blaine, Mc-
Millan, Wallace and Don Cameron, in
■ Pennsylvania. Gordon, Hill and Lamar
are natives of Georgia. Ingalls, Hoar
and Daw es, of Massachusetts. Chandler,
Rollins and Bell, of New Hampshire.
Booth and Burnside, Indiana. Logan
and Slater, Illinois. Hamlin and Grover,
Maine. Ferry, Cockrell, Randolph, An
thony, Ransom,Vance, Butler, Hampton,
Bayard, Saulsbury, Eaton and Platt are
all natives of the states they now' repre
sent. Altogether, there are thirty-four
senators who represent their mother
states. Senator Beck was born in Scot
land ; Jones, of Florida, in Ireland ; and
Jones, of Nevada, in England.
Of the thirty senators from the south
(including Kellogg) fifteen were in the
confederate army, viz: Morgan, Walker,
Gordon, Williams, Jonas, Lamar, Cock
rell, Ransom, Vance, Butler, Hampton,
Harris, Maxey, Coke and Withers. Of
the other fifteen, Garland, Hill and Vest
w'ere in the confederate congress. Lo
gan, Plumb and Burnside are the only
ex-union soldiers whom the great north
has sent to the senate. Allison figured
on the governor’s stall and helped to raise
troops, and Hill, of Colorado, skipped off
to Europe. Kellogg claims to have re
signed a judgeship to fight for the union.
Governor Randolph, of New Jersey,
though a democrat, devoted his time,
means and influence to the organization
of troops to save the union, and Blaine
contented himself with buying a substi
tute. Twenty-one of the present repub
lican senators held bomb-positions during
the war, ranging from seats in congress
and on the bench, down to seats in state
legislatures. They are: Booth, Platt,
Allison, Kirkwood, Hamlin, Blaine,
Dawes, Hoar, Ferry, Chandler, Windom,
McMillan, Paddock, Saunder, Rollins,
Bell, Conklin, Anthony, Edmunds, Mor
rill and Cameron, of Wisconsin. Sena
tors Butler and Hampton have but a sin
gle leg each. General Burnside has the
finest whiskers, and Logan has the loud
est voice; but it is hard to tell w hether
Dawes or Teller can clear the galleries
quickest when they get up to address the
senate.
RESIGNATION OF MR. LUTHER.
To the First Baptist Chucii, Dal
ton, Ga. Dear Brethren : A few
months ago you selected me to fill your
pulpit in the absence of a regular pastor.
With many misgivings, and a firm be
lief that you needed the services' of one
more experienced than myself, and w ho
could devote his wTiole time to the ser
vice of the church, I entered upon the
solemn duty. Experience has confirmed
this belief; and I am now convinced that
you must have the services of such a one
to secure that degree of prosperity which
is so desirable to every true lover of the
Master’s cause.
Circumstances render it impossible for
me to devote all my time to the work, as
I am desirous of continuing my literary
studies, and 1 therefore feel it my duty
to you, and to myself, to tender my res
ignation, to take effect so soon as you
may be able to procure the services of
some one who can devote his whole time
to the work.
Hoping that you may be guided by
wisdom from above in selecting your pas
tor, I am Fraternally, etc.,
W. C. Luther.
Dalton, Ga., April 10, 1879. .
Your committee to whom was referred
the communication of Brother W. C. Lu
ther, asking to be relieved from the duty
of supplying our pulpit in the absence of
a regular pastor, beg leave to submit the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That this church recognize
the force of the grounds upon which our
brother bases his request, hereby com
ply, and release him so soon as w’e may
be able to procure the services of some
one who can give his undivided time to
the work.
2. That the thanks of the church he
tendered Brother Luther for the faithful
and zealous services rendered by him,
and that we cordially recommend'him to
the brethren among whom his future lot
may be cast as a young man of exem
plary piety, sound in the faith, and un
tiring in energy.
3. That a copy of our brother’s com
munication and these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes, and a copy be
forwarded to the Christian Index , with
the request that they be published.
W. T. McCarty, j
J. P. I* REM AN, Com.
John F. Reynolds, )
Dalton, April 13, 1879.
The 10-40 bonds will all be refunded
on the 21st of July next, or at least inter
est will cease to accrue on them that day.
The public debt will then stand as fol
lows :
Six per cents, redeemable 1881, - $264,321,350
Five per cents, redeemable 188F, - 508,440,350
Four and one-half per cents, redeema
ble 1891 250,000.000
Four per cents, redeemable 1907 - 736,731,350
The annual saving in interest.on ac
count of the refunding operations will
amount to a little.over thirteen millions —
a handsome contribution towards the
sum that will soon he annually due the
sinking fund.
Free traders at Lyon, France, have is
sued a declaration demanding a contin
uation of the treaties of commerce at the
lowest possible tariffs. This action is
opposed by seven hundred representa
tives of the cotton and other trades.
CONCEALED WEAPONS.
What General Toombs Thinks of the Re
cent Racket on the Question.
Atlanta Constitution.]*
We met General Toombs at the Kim
ball house last night, and lie tackled us
on the question of carrying concealed
weapons.
“What in the h—l are you all making
such a fuss about carrying concealed
weapons for?” says the general.
“Well, general, it is to keep people
from killing one another,” we replied.
“Yes,” says he, “it will have just the
opposite effect. Everybody is expected
to lay aside his pistol, and the first thing
you know some d—n coward who regards
neither law nor honor will shoot you in
the back. It is all wrong, sir! A man
ought to carry arms when he thinks his
life is in danger. It is not wrong for
him to do so, and so far as I am concern
ed, I will do it whenever I want to de
fend myself.
“My life is worth more than all the
sentiment you can put into such a ques
tion as that. I consider the right of self
defense irrevocable, and when I have
the right of self-defense I can use
anything I can get or find that will be
available. I near some fools talking
about abolishing pistols, putting them
under restriction like you do poisoners.
I hold that a man has a right to use poi
son to defend himself. Suppose a man
had a vial of vitriol in his hand and was
attacked by some one in such a manner
as to excite the fears of a reasonable man
that he would kill him, don’t you think
he would be justified in using his vitriol
by throwing into his assailant’s eyes?
The truth is, the way to protect human
life is to let every man who is the ag
gressor know that the man he attacks is
able to defend himself, and it will prevent
difficulties. They say nobody but a cow
ard will carry weapons. That’s a lie. I
know plenty of men who carry them,
and know they are not cowards. It is
generally the cowards who want you to
lay them aside, so as to give them an ad
vantange over you.”
“You think then, general, that a man
ought to have a right to carry a pistol
any way he wants to?”
“Certainly I do; and it is better for all
parties. A man sends you word that he
is going to whip you. He fs a larger man
than you are. Are you to sit down and
quietly wait for him to do it? The bible
don’t teach any such doctrine as that.
Suppose a man comes up on you and
finds just before he gets to you that you
have a deiringer in your pocket? Nine
chances to one he will come up smiling
with a proposition to bury the hatchet.
I haven’t any confidence in these men
who send you word ahead of a fight anjr
liovv. My plan has always been to take
them at their word and bq. ready for
them. They would generally find that
out and come up smiling.”
The general turned to go up to his
room, and as he walked up stairs, he
added that he had more to say on this
subject and would give his views in full
on it. “You know,” he said, laughing
ly, “I am not afraid to say what I think
on that or any other subject, the newspa
per with their little shirt-tail full of type
to the contrary, notwithstanding.”
THE LUNCH FIEND.
“You see,, blister .Squar’, my name
am Hastings, an’ I lives up heah in
Kaintuck.”
“Hastings—Hastings? Are you the
Hastings in the Lime-Kiln club?”
“No, sah. I tried to jine dat club, but
Samuel Shin fro wed in a black-ball on
me kase I wouldn’t lend him my um
breller. I doan’’spect to jine dat club
till MisserShin expires.”
“Well, go on with your story.”
“Well, sah, I opened up a little beer
saloon in Kaintuck de oder nighc, an’
she started off wid a gran’rush. 1 had
to come down town las’ night, an’ I
hired de ole man Tako to tend de ’stab
lishment fur me. All de beer was in a
jug, an’ what did dat ole man do but
drink up ebery drop, eat up all de free
lunch an’ fall ober de stove an’ upsot it.
When I got back de ruin was finished an’
I war busted.
“Go on.”
“Well, sah, I gazed aroun’ dar a spell
an’ den went in pursuit ob de fiend.
When I diskivered him I lit down on
; him, an’ ’bout dat time dis yere officer
lit down on me. Dis am de hull story,
sah, ruins an’ all, an’ now if I’m sent to
de State prison fur life I can’t help it.
“Well,” slowly replied his honor, “no
man should take the law into his own
hands, but considering that you have
never been here before, and that you
have the reputation of being a law-abid
ing citizen,-1 will suspend sentence this
time.”
“How many j r ’ars am dat,” inquired
the prisoner as his jaw fell.
“You can go free, but don’t break the
law again.”
The smile which covered the man’s
face would have melted a ton of ice in
I fifteen minutes by the clock, and he got
around the corner at the rate of a mile
in four minutes.
RUSSIA’S PERILOUS SITUATION.
The St, Petersburg correspondence of
the Paris Soleil says:
The aspect of Russian society at this
moment presents a curious and striking
spectacle, the sense of Which is, however,
beyond the reach of superficial observa
tion. Apparently, nothing has changed.
A crowd of elegantly dressed people
throng the pavement of Morskaia and
the Newsky, the fashionable promenades.
The young merchants of Moscow are as
prodigal as usual of their rubles and
champagne to the Tsigane dancers. The
nobility of St. Petersburg give a ball to
the officers of the Guard at an expense of
30,000. rubles., The only subject of con
versation in the saloons is the Franeo-
Spanisli violinist Sorrazote, “the new
Paganini,” as he is called, or of the pic
tures exhibited at the Academy "by Ma
kowski, or his rival, the celebrated Ver
schaguine Sardou’s pieces are applauded
at the Michel Theatre; small lotteries are
organized among the upper classes un
der the pretext of succoring the distress
ed cab driver or the numerous wounded
of the late war. Lord Radstock, an En
glish enthusiast, with the soul of a Fene
lon and the face of Pantagruel, who
preaches in the boudoirs and in the face
of the orthodox priests a species of quiet
ism which no one comprehends, is ac
claimed or ridiculed according to taste.
People dance and play and incur debts
without any care about Lord Beaeons
field, or the plague at Astrakan. In
short, everything is in order. And yet a
certain uneasiness prevails in the Winter
Palace, however carefully it is closed to
rumors from without. The fact is obvi
ous to every one who can see below the
surface that the situation is pregnant
with storms, and the crisis may occur
sooner than is expected.
Two KentueEflovers propose to decide
which shall have the girl by a walking
match —the winner to get gate money
rad the maiden.
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NUMBER 33.
A COLOSSAL SCHEME.
Vanderbilt Not Satisfied With Owning all
the Railroads.
Chicago Tribune.]
New York, April IG.— A Times repor
ter to-night interviewed 1\ T. Barmun
regarding reports that the Hermosilla
and Huerfano ranches in Colorado had
been consolidated; that the price paid for
the Hennosilla was $320,000, and that
the farm covers an area cff 87,000 acres,
which, added to the Huerfano rancho,
will give someth iug over 100,000
acres, making the largest single piece of
farm land in the world; also that the
company has already over 10,000 head of
stock on the ranche, and propose increas
ing the stock to 50,000 bead at least: that
Mr. Vanderbilt and his immediate friends
own a controlling interest, and contem
plate extending the beef and live stock
trade into foreign markets. The
New York central company now owns
an extensive cattle yard at Kansas City,
and, it is said, will make this Colorado
cattle company’s lands the raising and
feeding ground of the cattle they pro
pose to ship to European and eastern
markets. Mr, Barnum, after giving the
history of his partnership with David
Sherwood in the Huerfano ranche, in
southern Colorado said: “The Craig
ranche on Ilermosilla, is a magnificent
piece of property, immediately adjoining
the Huerfano. Sherwood and tnyself
ran our ranche until a year and a halt
ago, and had about five or six thousand
head of cattle on it. Then Sherwood
said he wanted to extend the business,
organize a stock company, get more land
and raise and sell more cattle. He bought
me out, although 1 had put the price up
on him very high, and, of course, l had
to let it go. Sherwood has been at work
there since on this idea of his tor a great
stock raising company and organizing it.
under the name of the Colorado cattle
company, and now they have bought, or
are about to close the purchase of this
enormous Craig ranche, to be added to
the other. He has done it it in conjunc
tion with friends he has picked up, and
now some big fish have come into it and
bought out some of the smaller holders,
and it is in the hands of a few capitalists.
Eastman, one of the cattle kings, is in it,
and Mr. Vanderbilt, and, I believe, John
B. Dutcher and Sherwood. Sherwood
has a quarter interest in the whole thing.
They are going to do an enormous busi
ness, but the main part of it is in the
hands of Mr. Vanderbilt and his associ
ates. The Vanderbilt capital is the main
thing in it. They have got such an enor
mous place they can raise cattle a good
deal cheaper than I did. Then they are
going to sow a large part of it with grain
crops, so as to feed their cattle with corn.
Instead of doing as T did, giving their
cattle nothing whatever and getting si2
to $36 a head for them, they’ll feed them
a little grass or corn feed, and fatten them,
and get $55 to‘s6s for them.”
Mr. Eastman said the reports were
premature, but there seems no doubt that
the great scheme has been perfected, and
that Vanderbilt proposes to largely run
tire foreign cattle trade.
STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The recent session of the state medical
association, at Rome, was marked by in
teresting proceedings, devoted specially
to the consideration of the yellow fever
epidemic, quarantine sanitation, and the
state board of health.
Dr. J. C. Le Hardy, of Savannah, read
a paper on quarantine and state sanita
tion, in which the reasons mooted recent
ly for the establishment of a national
quarantine were strongly opposed, on the
ground that power would he centralized,
and the opportunity offered for improper
uses. The address was an able one, ex
tending well over the subject grappled,
and will appear in the proceedings of the
body. No general results were reached,
but the sentiment of the asssociation
strongly opposed the national quarantine
system.
The subject of yellow fever was dis
cussed at length. Two theories were ad
vanced. Dr. Campbell, of Augusta,
contended that the germ of the disease
must be imported, and that the fever is
not generated. Dr. Le Hard y, of Savan
nah, on the other *hand, advocated the
theory that it could not generate itself
when proper sanitary precautions were
uot taken. The views were divergent,
and the association itself could agree on
no settled theory. The majority of the
medical men, however, leaned toward
the importation theory.
Dr. Joseph Eve, of Augusta, was elect
ed president of the association for the
next term. Dr. J. C. Lellardy, of Sa
vannah, first vice-president; Doctor
Doster, of Fort Gaines, second vice pres
ident; Dr. K. I’. Moore, of Forsyth,
treasurer, and Dr. J. B. Baird, of At
lanta, secretary.
DR. FELTON’S RILLS.
On Monday, the 21st, Dr. Felton intro
duced fourteen bills as follows:
A bill to appropriate $200,000 for the
improvement of the Coosa river between
Rome and Wetumpka.
A bill to authorize the refunding to
W. B. Farrar, of Whitfield county, of
taxes illegally collected from him in 1877.
A bill for the relief of William Hedge
peth.
A bill to compel national banks to rec
ognize and receive the standard silver
dollar. .
A bill tor the relief of the estate of Xe
hemian Garrison, assignee of Moses Per
kins.
A bill granting pensions to the soldiers
and sailors of the Mexican, Florida and
Black Hawk wars.
A hill to make the trade dollar a legal
tender.
A bill for the relief of Balaam A. Brid
ges, of Bartow county.
A bill granting a pension to Jacob
Suite, a soldier of the war of 1812.
A bill to repeal the duty on sulphate
of quinine.
A bill to place the name .of Reuben
Fletcher, of Catoosa county upon the
pension roll.
A bill to prescribe and establish a form
of oath or affirmation to be taken and
subscribed by members of congress be
fore entering upon the duties of their of
fice.
A bill for the relief of L. P. Gudger,
and a bill to allow farmers and planters
to sell leaf tobacco of their own produc
tion to other persons than manufacturers,
without special tax.
Following the example of the general
government, numerous cities and coun
ties are refunding their debts -at lower
rates of interest. The saving that will
be thus achieved will be a material relief
for taxpayers. But a great many people
who have hitherto been able to live on the
interest of their bonds, of various kinds
will find a deficif in their incomes. When
a thousand-rdollar bond brings in but
forty dollars a year, it requires quite a
number of them to support a family in
the prevailing style of fashionable circles.
Washington Post.