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Newspaper Page TextTHE FREE PRESS.; it Independent Democratic Journal. < . m. ( . WILLLNGH \M. Editor. 'jLiii; Fiiict-: Piissa is an Independent Democrat- ! ic Journal, opposed to nil Rings, Cliques and I Coni’ nations, of whatever sort, organized to de- j eat the will of the people in all public matters j or interests in whatever shape presented. *■ MU J&KUSrtUWKMWMiaWaWHWtMIIWHMWraiKa Cartersrille, Georgia, July 17, 1870. EIIBATA. The volume and number of thi3 paper this week should be “Volume 11, Number 1.” The | proper correction was overlooked. THE FREE PRESS. The Free Press begins its second vol ume with this issue. One year ago, at the beginning of one of the most heated congressional campaigns ever known in this state, it made its first appearance as the advocate and supporter of the true, free and independent democracy of the seventh district. At once it loomed up a leading factor in the great fight and at tained a circulation immediately scarcely paralleled in the history of country jour nalism in the state. Xot a single edition of the paper less than nine hundred has ever yet been published and circulated among bona fide subscribers. Dur ing the campaign it went to every nook and corner of the district—at times re quiring two and three thousand copies, and at one time seven thousand, to meet tDe demand for extra copies, its pres ent edition is just a little over otte thous and. All of this has been aceom p.ished without the aid of agents travel- V pig through the country, but sprang from the fact that it has reflected the creatpopular sentiment of the free and voters of the seventh con gressional district and elsewhere. With the exception of a good press and Tinting material, The Free Press had not a dollar of capital to begin with. It was simply hacked by a strong popular sentiment of the people. It had no exec utive committees, state or federal, to sup ply it with means for the campaign. It was born and is the outcome of that free dom of thought and action which alone constitute true and genuine democracy— (tiO.se Jeffersonian principles that guar antee to the sons of liberty in this coun try the right to cast their ballots accord ing to conscientious conviction indepen dent of ’‘rings, cliques and combinations’ f,nned to control the popular will in the interest of partisans by political ‘‘shys ters and thimble-riggers” employed for die work. The Free Press, therefoie, is the champion of the people and not the *‘organ” of the class of politicians who have tong successfully “managed” the democratic party In the interest ot the few, who, alone, are benefitted by political supremacy and official emolu ments under the operations of this so called “organized.” In this fight the pa per has relied upon the support of the people; but the people are poor and have not been able to give it the support nec essary to make it what we would desire. The consequence has been and is that we have made a fight under the most adverse circumstances. In our struggles we have endeavored to favor all who desired to take the paper. The hardship has been and .still is severe upon us; but we hope that this great popular feeling that has borne The Free Press along so far will now come to our support with all the manhood and liberality that belong to freemen. In entering upon the second year of the publication of The Free Press, we appeal to the independent voters of this district, and outside of it, to stand by the paper with their patronage—with the i a di. Those whom we have so long fa vored, we trust, will come forward at once and pay for the past and extend their payment for the future. IV e intend to continue The Free Press on the same lold and independent line. The political question* that make up the campaign willjhe evolved within the next few months. There is a great change going on in ihe political sentiment of the state, uk! we have no doubt that the free' peo ple of Georgia will assert their indepen dence of all political masters that now as sume to control them by conventions and ;i iouipt to drive them under tho whip and spur of so-called “organized” de morvacy. This we shall oppose with all ii t .i j, of onr humble ability. Therefore - , Ti*® Free Press "’ill be a I ;<!: *;• that all independent men r.'ill de i;<\ columns will bn the medium o" expression for some of the best men in da within the next few months. So, let every true independent subscribe for it anti pay for it, and thus let our banner continue to float in triumph before a great breeze that shall redeem Georgia from ring ride. ♦ • DR, FELTON FOR GOVERNOR, Dr. Felton don’t want to he governor. We have so declared ex cathedra a dozen times, and yet we see it stated every “k that he will run. The Darien Ga zette has got some hard sense on the sub ject, and say s: Some of the Georgia newspapers are going to rau Dr. W. H. Felton for governor whether he consents or not. Congressman Felton has no . J. i, \vc are told, of making the race for the gov ernorship of Georgia. He'is satisfied with re in Cuing in congress for a few years yet. That i the place for him, and his people want him there. Grubb, the editor, is a fair-minded man. He publishes a good paper, and no man capable of publishing a good paper will misrepresent the truth. In the fore going quoted paragraph Grubb has told the truth to our certain knowledge. We like an honest naan always. The people of the seventh are deter mined to keep Dr. Felton where he is. “That is the place for him and his peo ple want him there,” says Grubb. Grubb is right as well as fair kjid honest. We publish, on our first page, the ad mirable letter of H. W. Grady to the Philadelphia Times in regard to Bob Toombs, the next governor of Georgia. The article is interesting reading, After all that has been sid about wild Unde, we are glad to know Wash Goid ahiiUa is aU GEORGIA ELECT / OA T S. AH the “State house officers,” as well as the overnor, are to be elected bv the people ' ext year. Heretofore, they hare lieen elected by the legislature, with the exception of dtorney general. There will doubtless be nu nerons candidates. Col. Peterson ThVeart, we ee it stated, is already annonneed as a candidate or comptroller-general. He held thi3 position or years, and ma lea most acceptable officer. .Ve think all will agree with us, that tho state officers should be men of intelligence, judgment, decision, a high sense of honor, who can neither be flattered nor bribed, and whose chief concern will be for the best interests of the state. The people do not want mistakes in the treasury de partment, either accidentally, purposely or from incapacity; no more fees, heavy or light, by clerks in departments; no more penitentiary convict injurious reports; no more trouble a!>out wild land fi. fas.; nothing that will cast a slan der over the fair fame of the state. We want men who can say yes or no and mean it. Geor gia has an abundance of competent faithful men who can take the positions and be glad to accept them. At the coming session of the legislature many subjects now complained of will be rigid ly investigated, and light thrown on what appears obscure. The state caudot afford to have a shad ow of doubt or suspicion resting on her ofllcers. A change in officials is generally beneficial. A too long lease of power produces carelessness. We copy the foregoing from the Co lumbus Enquirer-Sun, elated July Ist, 1879. To say we endorse it, is not need ed by those who have read The Free Press, nor indeed during our whole jour nalistic life. We say it, without boasting, we do and have always favored an hon est and truthful administration of the state and federal governments. When Bullock and his crew were growing fat upon public spoils, we fought him to the bitter end. When we found men run ning for office under the name of demo crats who grew fat and “sassy” under 1 Bullock, we fought them without mercy also. In our old age, we do not expect to condone fraud in any set of politicians who may seek to cover up corruption un der the name of democracy or any other name. We heartily agree with Mr. DeVotie, | of the Columbus Enqnirer-Sun , in our j choice of candidates for office. We do ; not want men “who can be flattered or bribed.” We want no “toll gate'* in the state house, where applicants must pay SB,OOO to make “their title clear” to ex ecutive endorsement. Xo, sir. We must be excused. Bullock never did more, nor indeed half so much; and we gave him “bringer.” We Ivoist our flag bravely. We want no mistakes in the treasury department, nor do we desire to see our money paid out on executive war rants without authority from the legisla ture. Garlington and Alston as well as Tuggle are very deserving men, as far as we know, but we prefer to know the whys and wherefores, when they get such big fees from the governor. Public servants must not get in tic. habit of tossing about the money of tin people in such an informal way. W e are are not in favor of rewarding pets, our selves, especially with the money of tin people. We prefer to see no more fees in the clerk’s departments. The >\ il< land fraud has been saddled on I)r. Bell, and the rolling mill fee on Mr. W • Mnrphy, but their willingness to assume the role of scape goats does not alter the situation in any respect, The fact of tic business is just this: whitewash commit tees are a humbug. They deceive no body. A general union of majority and minority reports may hoodwink the mem bers of the legislature into the belief that Gov. Colquitt will use his influence to secure their re-election, but the people are disgusted nauseated. There is something “rotten in Denmark,” and the smell taints the air. When some forcible speaker takes that “Murphy fee” on the stump all the Sunday school salt in the Btate house won’t save the actors from public condemnation. A FALSE I MI’RE SSI OX. The fact that congress attempted to pass the law withholding money to pay marshals on election days has been un derstood in certain sections to be equiva lent to the abolishment of the whole rev enue service. The people who are not ' properly informed believe they can dis : till at pleasure and sell tobacco ad libitum. We see where serious trouble will follow unless there is a better understanding ol this matter. Marshals and collectors will j come down on these innocent offenders like the Assyrians of old, and the court at ! Atlanta will be kept busy and northern : jails will he filled with the victims of a i mistake. It was wrong to leave the mat j ter so entirely unexplained. The reve | nue injustice is serious enough when th< law is well understood, but with this mis j understanding we can see a multitude of ’ •j'sasters w hich will be certain to occur. An neighbor for '“formation will send a handful of tobacco to besides a manufacturer and lie will be J" ~<yc ee to Atlanta and lie in jail until he is either sent to Poughkeepsie or pa} r s a heavy fine. His family will suffer, his scanty crop will be sold at a sacrifice to meet, this urgent demand, and the whole land will groan with the enormities that will attend the mistake of supposing that a single law has been repealed, or that their burdens are once ounce lighter bv the action of congress. No, good farmer friends, you must bear your burden until some congress wipes out the flagrant wrong that afflicts our whole southern land. Until “justice to all” prevails once more yon will have to respect the law that forces you to sell to manufacturers of tobacco and pay your tithes to the government when you dis till brandy or whisky. Keep within the law and thus avoid trouble. We saw the difficulty when congress attempted to block the government machinery, while they are unable to repeal the laws which ! necessitated these appropriations. Innocence and ignorance have caused j more than half the violations of the reve nue laws. How great the suffering will never, perhaps, be chronicled in the his tory of Georgia and other states. We tremble £ oocl people who, feeling themselves freed fro,T ,o ofid a g e > W M dis pose of their tobacco to unlawi uV and lay themselves, liable to proecution , and arrest. The Rome Courier still keeps up its “sottr belch” about Dr. Felton. A good vomiting exercise would relieve it. THE rXDEPEXI> E X TS. The following is an extract f, om tho Atlanta correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and Constit utionalist, of Sunday morning last, signed “Spectator:” Recently there has been a spurt in the intte eintent movement here, or at least an effort to et up rm excitement on the question. A well nowa politician said to me the other day that i e was sure there would be aa independent can idate lor congress in every district in tiffs state ext year. It is said already that the ropes are lid for a lively canvass here. The friends of Col. W. H. Hulsey are urging him to run against the nominee, whoever he may be. Mr. Hulsey ] is a man of more than average ability; he is a j popular speaker, a quick witted manager, and, withal, an available candidate. If the indc- < pendents had put him up the last time in place of Arnold, they would have done better than they did. We continue to hear the old talk of an in- \ dependent candidate for governor. There is no j doubt that certain demagogues in the seventh j district, under pretense that the organization is ; corrupt, are trying to push themselves in office and notoriety. Gen. Wofford and Judge Wright, both men of ability, are leaders of this faction in which the ignorant masses are deluded by a few shrewd minds. Up there iu the seventh district they have taken up an idea that a man cannot belong to the organized and be honest. If there ever was a section completely ruled by men of narrow minds and selfish principles it is this dis trict, represented by the most overrated man hat ever went to congress from Georgia. He seems to have reins up there, and the only hope .o beat him is in the rashness which continued victory has inspired, and the exorbiiant estimate of his own powers. It becomes plainer and plainer that Governor Colquitt’s friends are going to urge him for re-election. The governor is very cautious on this matter, and confides his plans to few even of his intimate friends. There is no doubt that lie would accept the office again if he could get it, ana of all the candidates in the field, I believe him to be away ahead in popularity'. The writer of the above is a very nice young mail. He is a college commence ment orator of the most eloquent style, but he knows as little of independeutism as the most innocent child in the land. He wasn’t born in political fair weather. He came forth in a storm of confused ideas and don’t know what he is talking about on this subject. He pretends to know more about the independents than they know about themselves. He is, em phatically, a sharp young man—on pa per. We shall be glad if Bill Ilulsey should have the independence as a true democrat and come out and he elected to congress. We don't think Bill is inde pendent enough for that. We think he is tied down to the “organized.” A- t.;> governor, we tell “Spectator,” the Atlanta correspondent of the Chroni cle and Constitutionalist, the great com mencement orator. that the independents hope to elect the next governor of Geor gia . It may he that “the demagogues in he seventh district” will have some thing to do with the matter, and the in dependents of Georgia will sustain the move to victory in sydte of those who as sume to be the rulers of the democratic party in Georgia, As to the true democracy of the sev enth being ruled “by men of narrow minds,” it is simply false. 'They are ruled by nobody—by no man or set of men. They scorn to be controlled by a set of political shysters and thimble-riggers in the interest of a lew. That’s all. THE WARNER SILVER RILL. We read an able editorial in the Atlan ta Constitution in reference to the statis tics which Congressman Warner collect ed in reference to the volume of curren cy. The government has brought the volume down from S3O per capita to sl4 per capita. Property has gone down, which was invested in real estate, until there is no land selling unless at an aw ful sacrifice. People have grown poorer and poorer; business has stagnated and yet the senate of the United States has deliberately refused to consider any measure looking to the relief of the peo ple who are so depressed and impover ished. Mr. Bayanl deliberately refused to bring in a report on the silver bill after it had passed the house of representa tives. He professed such indignation at the proposition of reporting the measure which he knew the necessity of the peo ple demanded, that he threatened actual ly to resign his chairmanship if the ma jority of the senate demanded the report. He was so active for the bondholders and contraetionists that he obeyed orders lit erally, and tjie senate of the United States, by the defection of certain southern men who hoped to gain favor with Mr. Bay ard when the. bondholders made him a candidate for president; this measure of relief was stifled, strangled, crushed and murdered in the house of its professed friends. It is generally believed that certain sil ver men, so-called, from the south, pro fessed to rush to Mr. Bayard’s rescue in order to make their “calling and election” sure, when the bondholder’s man got in to the presidential kingdom. Nobody offered to hurt Mr. Bayard. Nobody asked him to sacrifice a singiii manciple, but United State senators were so anx ious to be popular with the hard money candidate, that they sold out the south and west to Wall street, and called it “protecting” Mr. Bayard. What hope have the people? To whom can we look, when a senator from Georgia will place Mr. Bayard’s “feel ings” so far above the suffering and dis- tress of Georgia’s tolling sons, who have made the. senator all that he, or will ever be In position or popularity ? Mr. Bay art! did not place him there, in the senate of the United States, nor does Mr. Bay ard pay his salary; yet he served Mr. Bayard and the bondholders, and allowed Georgia’s material interests to go down in silence and defeat. We despair of this country. Wall street has us in its grasp. It controls legislation; it controls votes. It has an excuse for all its tyranny. When excus es get threadbare, tlien the senate of the United States respect its arbitrary de crees, and call it “Mr. Bayard’s feelings.” The coil of the anaconda is about us, and Wall street has its agents in every corner and its vigilance is eternal. Mr. M. E. Thornton has called a eon ' vent lon of the Independents to meet at Atlanta J." U ‘° Sil *’ . Tlw P r P° ls uot stated, nor are we abi'J U “ dc *’ iW .' ld what authority he announces bimsc.. as chairman, nor do we know what lie is chairman of. We see no necessity fora convention of Hiwkipeodeiits. Otxiven tloa- are cat a part of their creed or of j their programme. Indeed, we have no j sc for conventions, and we think the ne on the 24? h will be very slimly at teoueu. PROCEEDING* OF THE LEG IS LA TCRE . The action of the legislature during the oast week is peaceful if not politic. The oini committee that agreed to exonerate Gov. Colquitt ma le .its report and thus poured oil on the troubled waters. In the opinion of these wise men Governor Colquitt can allow Mr. Murphy to trade on his official action with his full knowl edge and consent in the matter of a fee, and the committee say, “Well clone, good and faithful servant.” Gov. Col quitt testified under oath that he under stood Mr. Murphy was to get a fee, and, we understand, he “winked” at the trans action—excusing himself by the fact that Mr. Murphy was the treasurer’s clerk, and not his clerk. We will say this is unprecedented in Georgia politics. If Bullock had allow ed Madison Bell’s clerk to trade on his signing of bonds, and had testified under oath that he knew Madison Bell’s clerk to be carrying on such traffic and bar gains, the storm ot indignation that fell on his devoted head would have increas ek a hundred fold. We will say it is a lovely state of affairs! Mr. Hill told the Governor that he was being censured and suspicioned because Mr. Murphy had used him in a matter that involved a fee of SB,OOO, paid by the rolling mill to secure the governor’s sig nature to bonds which were to result to their interest and profit. The governor testifies that he knew Mr. Murphy was to get a fee. Governor Colquitt there upon takes Mr. Murphy to his bosom and casts out Mr. Hill as an enemy. The ; Georgia legislature is expected to en : dorse the action of the joint committee I and thus pacify public indignation. As well might you expect an ostrich to pro tect itself by covering its head in the sand. We see the “toll-gate” is author ized by law, and we propose to place our j battering ram behind the same toll-gate I and its keeper. The Darien Timber Gazette, a thor oughly “organized” paper, says: “Our friend of the Rome Courier should ‘let up’ on Congressman Felton. The doc tor is one of the best congressman Geor gia ever had. lie is a hard worker, and, besides, a good man.” But you see the editor of the Courier is the smartest man in North Georgia, and withal the most prejudiced. He is the only man in the state that can see that Dr. F< iton is a radical. All the other “organized” edi tors in Georgia are damphools. * - '.'•-r—iTsy rt- i '".t’cwwf GEORGIA STATff HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY •Tbfe fourth annual ses ion and exhibi tion will be heid in the Masonic, hah in the <Aty of Macon, commencing Tuesday, July idth, 1870, at ten o’clock, a, m. and continpeing during the 30th and 31sl. The past annual meetings have been numerously attended, and the exiii bitionspf fruits and vegetables practically demonstrated the vast resources of Geor gia as a producing state. The impetus given to fruit culture and horticultural taste, through the influence of tue labors of this association, are visible throughout the whole commonwealth. The forth coming session, it is confidently expected, will be one of the most interesting and useful ever held by the society. All horticulturists, fruit growers, pro gressive agriculturists, and especially the ladies of Georgia are earnestly and cor dially invited to attend personally and bring such articles for exhibition as will make the display of Georgia-gr wn fruits, flowers, and vegetables, creditable to the skill and careful cultivation of its people. It is earnestly hoped that there will be a full attendance of members from every section of the state, that concentrated in formation and experience of fruit grow ers may be obtained, thus aiding the so ciety to perfect its several catalogues of fruits and vegetables adapted to each geo graphical divisions of the state. These catalogues are ipw the recognized relia ble guides of thi fruit growers of Geor gia, and have h.id a most wonderful in fluence in developing its fruit growing interest. Arrangement! are made with the La nier house, of Mheon, for the entertain ment of mem belt of the society at $1.50 per day, The southern Express company, with its usual liberality and interest, evinced in the success of tpe society will carry free of charge all packages of fruits, flowers, and vegetables, intended for the exhibi tion. Packages mould be addressed to H. J. Peter, treasnrer, Macon, Ga., and the name of the sender plainly marked oa the package. All articles for the exhibi tion should be sent to reach the hall on Monday evening,Buly 28th, or by Tues day morning at blest. A full list of va rieties should als<| be sent with the arti cles contributed, [bat a full report may be made by the siclety. The several rairoads of the state have also generously Jfiered to carry members and delegates ;t reduced rates. The Central, Atlautajand West Point, South Western, Macon and Brunswick railroads . will return men tiers free over their sev eral in-d® 011 pr< seutation to conductors of certificates s-j :ied by the presiding offi cer ot the convention showing that the holder was a delegate, had been in atten dance on said and paid full fare going. The Georgia iind Western and Atlantic, will issue rounl trip tickets good for ten days at three efnis per mile each way. I Members passing over the W. and A. R. R. are reqnestrtio furnish their name to J. Heuly Esq., Secretary, Atlan ta, that round trip t ickets may be issued to them. The Air-Line R. R. will pass members for one fare if names are furnished tie* secretary injtime for issuing tickets. Annual njernbership $2. New mem bers will b-..{supplied with back numbers of the proceedings of the society as far as pos-ime. P. J. BixtpiANS, Pres’t Augusta, Ga. J. llenlYpMri'H, Sco’y, Atlanta, Ga. H. J. Pmkus, Treas’r, Macon, Ga. HEW SHEET MUSIC. The underlined have on hand, received direct from puldishd s, the best stock of music, BOTH V<< ALAND IFSTRUME ,TAL, In town. Tiny are also offering their old stock of music aUC jjerccpt. discount from publisher’s i prices. Write or cal) for catalogue. U. M. MOUNTCASTLE A CO., Cartersville, Ga. West Main *reet, (Clavton’g old stand.) ST. JAMES 11 OTE L , (Cartorsvflle, Georgia.) TVHE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECENTLY A taken charge of this elegant new hotel. It ha s iiewiy furnished sad siufi be first-class in all re.s t /v. . iw,Y£LKITF. SAMPLE UOOIT FOK GOMUL... • L Fn vox able term.- W traveling theatrical , ... piiuAw. jlttiAij L, C. iiUWbs PAv/tvor. ‘ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention, Ktowali Infantry. MEETING OF THIS BODY IS CALLED .'V. a: the t house on Fi; iar :: i e :r s o'clock for the purpose of reorganizing the oxnpany. All the old m timbers are re .nested to **e in attendance an-1 bring all ihe friends who eill join the ovganixgtioiwaud help to make it a .-ii-tN TIiOS. tV. MILNER, Captain. S. F. MILAM, S -creltry. ME CAIITLESYILLE HIGH SCHOOL. I >11!-; FOLLOWING ARE THE TEXT BOOKS used ill the Cartersviile High School: Me Gutter’s Readers, Harvey’s Gi aimuars and Spellers, feclictie Series of Geographies and Copy Books, Sanford’s Arithmetics anu Algebra, Jhanvenet’s Geometry, Cotter’s Analytic Anat omy, Physiology and 'Hygiene, Worcester’s Dic tionaries. l. JOHNSTON, Brin. STOLEN 01! WHO IS THE OWNER? ON SATURDAY LAST, A LARGE BLACK OX, heavy built, on the chunky order, short horns, S or 10 years old, and iu line condition, was brought here by a suspicious white man. When charged that lie had stolen the ox, the man left the animal and ran away and lias not been seeu since. The owner can find the ox at Capt. E. D. PUCKETT’S, near Cartersville. NO MORE ACCIDENTS Kerosene Oil Lamps Plaything's! CALL AT 11. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO.’S and see the Patent Safety Kerosene Lamp. It extinguishes itself when overturned. It extinguises itself when bfoken. It extinguishes itself when dropped from the hand. It cannot be filled when lighted. Chimneys do not smoke or break. It combines perfect safety with one-third the expense. • IT CANNOT EXPLODE. PETER MARSH, Agent. julyl7 CHEROKEE RAILROAD. On and after Monday, July It, 1879, the train on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday excepted): XO. 1. GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave. Cartersville 4:55 pm Stilesboro 5:45 pm 5:47 pm ’ Taylorsville 6:07 p m (3:22 p m Rockmart 7:12 p m NO. 2, GOING EAST. Rockmart 7:15 am Taylorsville 8:15 am 8:30 am Stilesboro 8:55 am 9:00 am Cartersville 9:55 am No. 2 connects at Cartersville with W. & A. train for Atlantas arriving at 12 o’clock M. Re turning leave Atlanta at 3 o’clock. P. M. con necting at Cartersville with No. 1 for points on Cherokee railroad. JOHN POSTELL, Manager. UN I FORM SERIES OF Nlnool Books . To the Patrons and Teachers of Bartow County: \ T THE REQUEST OF PROMINENT CITI II ZENS and Teachers, the Board of Educa tion has had under consideration for some time the adoption of a UNIFORM SERIES OF SCHOOL BOOKS. The people claim this as a protection for them selves against too frequent changes, The teach ers ask It as a means of cla-sifying their stu dents, and rendering more efficient service, with grt a er facility to themselves, and benejlt to thcii students. All parties ask it as a means of se curing a reduction in retail prices to purchasers. In answer to these demands the Board In s made a thorough examination, and after consul ; a rocs with leading teachers, haw? this tan adopted tin? following series: MeGufi'ey’s Ist reader, : : : :8c ex. .15 ret’l “ 2d “ is •• .;]o “ 3d “ 22 “ -40 “ “ 4th “ 27 “ .55 “ “ st' t “ 40 “ .80 “ Sanford’s Print Arithmt’c 14 “ .27 * •• ini/md’te Aiidnn’c 22 “ .45 “ “ C. School •* 40 “ .a,) “ “ IFghcr “ 05 “ $1.25 “ “ Elo’m’ry Algebra 65 “ 1. •'> “ Harvey’6 Language Lessons 12 “ *25 “ “ Eie’m’ry Grammar 20 “ .40 “ “ English Grammar 40 “ .75 “ Eclectic Prim. Geograpny 33 “ .60 “ •* Georg, apiiy, No. 2 60 “ 1.25 “ Harvey’s Primary Speller 8 “ .15 “ " Gra.,ed" “ 11 “ .20 “ These prices are NOT introductory, but PEU MANENT. The publisheis .iwn written guar antee that these prices shall not be ra.sed at an, time. Those having old books can bring ther to W. H. WIK.LE & CO., and get the neu book of same grade at HALF PRICE, as give in column 1. It maxes no difference how badly torn the old book may be. We earnestly urge the co-operation of patrons in carrying out this adoption. W. T. WOFFORD, President. jnly!7-4t SMITH, C. S. C. ONE DOELAR’ Something for the Masses. A LOW-PRICED DAILY AT LAST. So many newspapers have died in Atlanta, that when Tire Daily Post was announced, the general opinion was that in a few months it would go like the rest; but not so. Very soon it will be one year old. It was announced as a low-priced paper for the masses, at only $4 per annum. It has suc ceeded beyond all expectation, and is to-day greatly improved and still improving. It is just moving into a large and handsome new office, and proposes to serve the people better than ever before. Last year the Post published the pro ceedings of the Legislature in full, and reference is unhesitatingly made to the members of the Legislature iu each county for proof of the asser tion that the legislative reports in the Post were the best at the capital. During the coming session in July we shall again have the best and veteran legislative re porter of the State, Mr. W. G. Whidby, iu the House, and a competent reporter iu the Senate. I liat the people may have full proceedings ol this important session, we offer to mail the Daily Post three months tor one dollar; or one month beginning with the session, for 40 cents only' Cluos at reduced rates. Stamps received for single subscriptions Address Post Publishing Company, Drawer 31, Atlanta, Ga. Respectfully, E. Y. CLARKE, PILES AND FISTULA CURES; DR. J. S. BEAZLEY, At Stilesboro, Bartow county, Ga., am DR. A. G. BEAZLEY, At Crawfordvillc, Ga. Make a specialty of diseases 01 the Rectum. They will treat Fistula, Ulcei acton. Prolapsus, etc., of the bowels and wil guarantee a perfect cure in a short vhiie in e\ - cry case of pile* without the use of the knift am very little pain. Wiii point to cases cured o: stive tin '- i of reference if desired. gymen treated gratis. mch27 FOR SAFE OR EXCH ANGE rpHE “CENTR AL HOTEL,” A DA IRSVILLK. A Georgia—it three-story brick building; large yards, garden and orchard attached. Address J. C. MARTIN, derdit-tt Adairsviile. Ga. H. M. MOUNTCASTLE and CO., —DEALERS IX— I Books, Music and Stationery, West Main St., C.-irtersville. On. NEW CROQUET GETS. We have just receiual, direct from die ea.-i. largo-lot ol‘ Croquet Sets, with new rules for U>7'.). which we are selling cheaper than ever lefor* oiVorod. 11. M. T\rni XTCASIi.K & <■<:. TOUACCO AIM O CiG, :: ” The best brands of Smoking and t". lie wing To- U. eo ami ('.gars; also I’d and util’ boobtor ■ <>f H. M. Mni yti \s’l K. A- O. jsi’ovjss &Ttinwakb! JOHN ANDERSON, (Opposite, Curry’s Drug Store.) H\S IN STORE AND FOR SALE A large iot of Tinware, Stoves and Cutlery. : Als ), the ecuebrated Fiy Fans, Tubs and Buck ‘-.8 winch lie will sell in ex.di.-mge for !{•s ] e swu.v, Feathers, Butter, Eggs hud Chickeas t o sells goods cheaper than ever. juneii) P li O T O Gr IX A P 103 1 YOUNG’S GALLERY, Shorter Block, : : : : : Rome, Ga. Life size (bust) fof, only ten dol iars; half life size only five dollars, i'js work is all strictly first-class. Makes copies of a ).sorts of pictures any size and character de fiire'L jnne29 THE NATIONAL HOTEL, The only flrst-blass hotel in DALTON, GLOfiGIA. Rates per day : : : W. : :$2 00 haies per week ;. .*, *•; : : : 800 Kates per month : : : ; ; 25 00 Large Sample Booms for Cotxmiaraal Travel ers. mstafiide la the building. J! Q. A. T-FfwTS, Proprietor. H. fifl. MOU&TCA3TI * & CO~ (Clayton's old stand) T <4 i ‘ j ; OwiVia. CART ERcTV jlx, w—, i m § ft ft *7 ft ft ft ft [ ; jf H T 9 1 *'V l ; Grreat Barga nn. r. A. EiRTWIN & SOjST ARB OFFERING AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, FALL AND WINTER GOODS, CONSISTING OF Dry Goods, Clothing, Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoos, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Ac., A e., Crockery, Ac., Ac., AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. TO SUIT THE TIMES. Call and Examine tlieir Goods and Prices Before Buying. J. A. ERWIN & SON. Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 19th, 1878. Cheapest and Rest. HOWARD HYDRAULIC CEMENT. MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUN TY, GEORGIA. EQUAL to the best imported Bor: land Ce ment. Send for circular. Try this before buying elsewhere. Refers by permission to Air. A. J. West, Presi dent Cherokee Iron Company, Cedar, own, Ga., who has built a splendid dam, (cost $7,u(X),) using this cement and pronouncing it the lust ne ever used. Also refer to Gen. Wrn. Mcßae, Superin tendent W. & A. Railroad Company, who has beeu using it for piers of bridges and culverts on his railroad, for two years; also to (apt. Johu Postell, C. E. Also to John Stone, Superinten dent of Bartow Iron Company, Bartow, Ga., who has built several large reservoirs with it. which are perfect; to Messrs. Smith, sou Jfc Bro., of Rome, who have made a splendid pavement with it: tot apt. M. B. Grant, or Mr. Gilbert Butler, of Savannah, who have us i it with great success in stucco work, or Maor Bryan, of Savannah, Air. J. J. Cohen, of Rome, to Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., who have used it for fountains, pavements, fish ends, cel lar floors, etc* T. C. Douglass, Stipe •inic.mle.u East River Bridge, New York, who renounces' it equal to the best Imported Portland Cement. , Address G. 11. W'AIUNG, King ton, Ga. sepli-ly. Fashionable Barber Shop. C A RTF RSVILL E, GE( ) i I GI A, Upstairs, Over New York Store, k Block , By JOO TAYLOR. HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS £5 YEARS. and is one of the most ace nap! shea bar bers in the South. His shop is well Y t ••>m , .ori ably furnished. He is the only b:.i ter in bp Siate who uses Phaion’s CelehraUa. ( lun, Ei tir luvigoratorf to prev eit baldnt • . •' eases of the scalp. All who have trie l it k •>? it to be a specific. He also uses the celebrated Russi . Conies . Sir 1 vine; Soap, whi.2ll is known to be rl: : ’ v-t sa in the world. It has the invaluable | ropcD;. preventing pimples and all cutancom e.notion: To those'who shave twice a week, 1 ; wlii .t nisli a private soap and lather cup, IU ©. chn, The patronage of the public gentr lly is > vited and respectfully solicited. Pol :e,* courte ous and gentlemanly treatment is 01 served to want all, and satisfaction guaranteoe 1. j ill vIS -TtllTV TAYLOR.. B'nprictor. to raffle:. A MAGNIFICENT O CAN. Wilcox While Call at the PostofTice and see the Organ. PARTICULARS TO BE HAD AT W. H WIKLE & CO.’S ER LAW SII S , PRACTICAL OPTICIAN AND JEWELER, 47 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga., SOLE AGENT FOR THE Arundal Tinted Spec aeles, The best in use. A fit guaranteed or money re funded. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Spectacles re paired by competent workmen at pr :es to mu the times. All work warranted. Spectacle Glasses, of auv deseriptio , matched Any article in the line of Watcnes, Clocks, o Jewelry furnished it lon -1 prices. nirnd 31 oiiey to 3Li o The United States HOME AND DOWER ASSOCIATION Of Pennsylvania. Incorporated IS7I. Charter Perpetual. Capital, :::::: $1,000,0C Faul Capital, : : : : ; 400,tM EECEIVES DEPOSITS FOR ACT.dUI.A --p tions, issues certificates of deposit for aa nuity and dowry, grants long term loans on cit\ . town, farm and church propertv, ac 'com i-i'-i . to six per cent, per annum. JOHN f.'NORRIS, V . -nt, j ll lyd Carte . i‘la, Ga. BARTOW HOUSeT (Cartersville, Georgia.) MR. SUMNER IIA \IX GRE MCA KD FROM tiie I-o-ter House back to the o a Sum .> itousc, ami Having spent consid.wa'e i.mea , . money in lviuruisiiing and tilting up h s ho.ei. is now prepared to accommodate t ■ iraveilr." public lii UK' most acceptable maimer. Terms Very Bow and in Ket pii with tl; Tim,. BOARD can be obta ii’-d alt: . hoi •> chciipe ■sec for vouivelves. . <s_> Jl3 A sewnsrcr magi .ini For Sale at this Oi . t. tfXow is the time to hr,;. . ■;- class sewing machine, part cash u-.,i pm on time. 1) UF F G RE E X I : O US a , Dalton, Ga. THE BEST and CHEAPEST HOTEL On the Keunesaw Route. BREAKFAST AND SUPPER HOUSE FOR PASSENGERS. Special Attention Given to the Conifer, and Con venience of Lady Passengers am. .nests. Beading and Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers. Board per day, 0b; Meals, So cts. gtay® Rail readers, County and Stock men, half fare. Picture Frames and Mouldings At the bookstore of Li. ai. MountxnwUe A UO., X/Uiiore vilie, t,a. 1 THE FREE PRESS. .ero. ....FOIL . M 7o . E. li. C. \\ ILLIXGrHAM, EDITOR, THE FREE PRESS M ill remain the unflinching exponent of tin* free and independent voters ami ihe frieuds of political freedom throughout the Seventh Con gressional District; and will support the great principles of Jeffersonian Democracy as the grand bulwark of American liberty. THE FREE PRESS Will earnestly advocate these principle.- "(tho octrine of Jeffersonian ism) ai the liberal politi cal tenets that recognize the right of the people to govern themselves independent of the edict of juntas, rings, cliques or combinations, organ ized under whatever name, to defeat the popula: will for merely partisan purposes, or to advance the schemes of personal ambition. THE FREE PRESS Will be, in a word, what its name imports—an independent journal—a “sentinel upon the watch-tower” of public liberty—to warn the people of all danger to their rights and the cause of “law and order,” and to thwart all at tempts by r corruption and intrigue to overthrow or impair good government. THE FREE PRESS Will devote much of its lime and space to th • de velopment of the agricultural and mi oral re sources of this section of Cherokee 0 or. a.— With this view we invite information bom ai reliabie sources in regard thereto. THE FREE PRESS A ill ever bo found to be in the interest of the iu • .ui-tial classes, the mechanical, thi a. rlct.l ;:r --\ ■tl, the mercantile, and ail who laboi,. ..olvv . do all it can to maintain the rights, ,na ■. and the just rewards of honest toil of the strug gling masses. THE FREE PRESS Has reached a circulation in less than six mouth j never heretofore obtained in that time by any country weekly paper in Georgia. We intend 11 make it still worthier of public patronage. W , therefore, ask the friends of the paper to aid uei i further extending its circulation, thereby er uancing its usefulness aud value as an organ and defender of popular rights. THE FREE PRESS Is printed from bran new type, in hau 1 some style, and will be sold at the follow ing Kates of Subscription: One copy* one year S2O) One copy six months ltd One copy three months to CLUB IIATE3. Five copies one year . . . $8 7 Ten copies one year, 15 {) Twenty copies one year . , , . . , 25 CJ Fifty copies one year . 50 CO As an Advertising Medl,.i:i Tns Free Press is not surpassed , , i nv other paper on the State Road. Ti e ra; arc very liberal. We invite the aticutioh of ,;L buUneD men to this feature of our paper. All orders for the paper must be a L - e sed f j The Free Pr ccs, CAR j BUS V 1.. Id, GA. U. O. liOßEufiiON, : -. i., Hygienic Fnysic:£n raj „ actio- Ttiw. W V. vi . . ]>NGS LEAVE TO ANNOi* - : TO THU citizen- of Bartow,•' -o- c" . ... : . v , ■ud o. uer cotuiu cj or r. or- ■ ’ - 7o o. render,n.i tea mode >; aha, ,Vuc m’■ ; i'.U 0. ..-I;, ~r ..... t^tifiiiy easy ol •• J • ten's n\ -j p ->V uW. iM< iTlll h, ~ ;,y u Uovri til m g.’o He ' m ‘ iUS v ,;a ililie<l a Lu-.e A.umUi Ua-KTi I intitule* ‘ - b su: ,ri itri Mby :. g ■ ... U ti. I <T Cll ; ! . .... F . • *- •-. v • , >. _ \.. xI .j r iX iu r . . ill lliH; , ciiU- W FFi’ih. i ■" -y. uiars, call at ATLANTA HEALTH lAtfli L TL, No. liß W. fGtersstreet, -. ;• adores* DR. U. O. Avliiir.il x SON, lebSO atiauca, Ga. J. C. & S. E. 31!LAM, Commissiou Mercliants, COTTON BUYERS, Dealers in Standard Guanos, AGENTS for Metropolitan Works, Richmond, Va. CAN FURNISH ANY KIND OF AN EN giue fi-om ioor-horse perwor to oao huadre 1 and nicy. SAW AND GRIST MILLS, THRESHERS, And in fact any kind ok machi. pv. Please s- us bofoi-e diu has ng. L-il c ® at T. 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