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THE FREE PRESS.
An Independent Democratic Journal.
c. H. C. WILLINGHAM, Editor.
The Fkek I’kkss i* an Independent Democrat
ic Journal, opposed to all Kings, Cliques and
( ombi nations, of whatever sort, organized to cle
cat the will of tlie people in all public matters
or interests in whatever shape presented.
< artersvllle, Georgia, September 11, 1879.
-1 IT. IT WORDS TO THE EXPRESS.
Wouldn’t it l>e splendid if someone of the “in
depdndent papers, so-called, would speak in a
er ii: able manner of some democratic officials?
In order to “keep even,” as Bill Arp would say,
lucre i-'seldom a good word said by the party
pi s, for any man who is in bad temper with
the party. Must these thing continue ? The in
vestigations of officials of the state now in pro
gress have arrayed these antagonistic spirits
against each other, and while none of the state
papers are for vindicating the wrong, the rene
gades are eager to make matters appear really
worse than they are.
Onr neighbor is unjust. Xo “indepen
dent” paper ever said a word of secreta
ry X. C. Barnett except to praise him.
lie is a model officer; a good man. You
did not fiud him growing rich ou a small
salary. You did not find him in the
convict lease; nor did you find him in
tlie wild land fracas; nor did you find
him getting “twelve dollars a head,”
from every man who asked him to copy
a little writing in his office. He does not
draw any “interest from the banks” for
the unlawful use of state money. No
“independent” for the unlawful use of
stale money. Xo “independent” paper
says anything against him, nor does the
AVpres# say anything for him. If you
will look over its columns you can see
who it does pufl', and that it extends its
puffs to “the aunts and the cousins,” and
especially to the sons.
We may bo renegades, because we do
dot admire some that tlie Express ad
mires, but lie will find Bartow county
“independents” will not patiently ad
mire him for calling them “renegades”
unless, indeed, they have no choice be
tween that appellation and the “honora
ble bilks” who are infesting the Atlanta
eapitol.
. .
/’ORBEA !/s COM ME X T.
We withhold com motif on the ’ various
investigations now going on in Atlanta. The
widespread suspicion against officials of this
-fate is unwarrnted by fact in our opinion and
the result will so prove so.
The Cartersville Express is so convinc
ed of the innocence of the accused offi
cials in Atlanta that lie forbears comment,
lie is satisfied they are all “right side up
with care.”’ Ilenfroc and all the rest,
must feci greatly obliged to our obliging
neighbor. If the Express has seen any
thing relating to-the charges against
these officials, be must be an iron-ribbed
and copper-riveted “organizer” to shut
his eyes and declare such things “un
warranted by fact.” lie says but little
but that means a good deal. Ren
froe says “lie took all that his bondsmen
gave him and asked no questions.”
Maybe our neighbor does not understand
that the law said that be should have on
ly bis salary, because he must agree that
the money tile banks paid him for the
nsc of this money of the state was out
ride the lawful salary. Our neighbor
w’l uoi see—lie i* wilfully blind. Ren
frt'K- • • routs the facts and the Express
iv- “not n, you did not do it, you were
dreaming, u treasurer. You made a
mistake. I’ll -laud to it—‘dieresult will
~o j rove it.’ ” The black shoat is always
i while sheep with the Express, unless
lo.>k ' :he animal through inde
pendent glasses.
0 - -+ % —-
rs THE MOXEY OF TITE STATE SAFE/
The treasurer says he put the money
of the state in certain banks ami these
banks paid interest to the bondsmen, who
divided, and gave him one-third, which
"he took and asked no questions.” If
you put your private money in a bank,
and that bank pays you their established
rate of interest on that money, and that
bank should break, do you not lose your
money? Does it not go into bankruptcy
with the rest of the assets of the concern ?
If anything is ever recovered, do you not
recover only your per centum, equalling
with others who suffered with von?
D the state’s money in this condition?
The law never expected to endanger the
public funds. The new constitution al
lowed the "educational fund” deposited
in any bank: and, except the funds ex
pressly stipulated, -not one dollar of the
state's money was allowed to be used hy
these banks for their own profit. A spe
cial depost is recognized in all trust worthy
banks as a sacred thing—not to be used
nor to become liable for the debts of that
bank, but the bank pays no interest on
that special deposit. I' the money of the
state safe ?
♦♦ ♦
The principal keeper of the peniten
tiary of Georgia is appointed bv tin* gov
ernor. We mention this fact to ask it his
excellency has regular tiles of monthly
reports of the mortality, escapes, etc.,
of the convicts. H' the governor kept
himself regularly posted by such re
ports from the principal keeper? If he
can make no such showing bad we not
l>ett< r have wardens appointed to look af
these matters.
The current rumor this week now is
tli.it Governor Colquitt is a candidate for
re-election to the governorship. If he is
not nominated the so-called democrat
ic convention next year, he will run as
an independent. How much of truth
there is in this rumor we do not know.
It is enough to say, however, that he has
the slimmest kind of a chance for a sec
ond term.
♦ — -x
Old l ucle Barnett, secretary ot state,
i ; yet untouched even by the tongue of
suspicion. He is in the seventy-ninth
y<* u- of his age, and even the breath of
slander has never assailed his honest
name.
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Ihe air is full of tumors in Atlanta
corruption smells as high as heaven.
Nothing but investigation In all the de-
I* irtmente can serve to satisfy the public
mind on the afluijrjs of the put*.
LEG A LAI) VER TISEM EXTS.
The question of the legal advertising
of the various counties in this state is
now before tlie legislature. The direction
given to such publications ought to be
properly fixed by law. Officers should
>e forced to give their advertising in the
channels through which the greatest
publicity can be made; but there is no
law regulating this matter and officers
are left to exercise their rights to give
such patronage to whatever paper they
may select through personal favoritism
or without any regard to public interest
or of public justice. These officers are
left to pander to pec organs, at the sacri
fice of the interests of the public.
We have made a number of efforts to
get proper legislation on this subject. It is
a question of greater of importance to the
public and the (interest of widows and
orphans than legislators seem to compre
hend. AVe hope tlie present legislature
will amend the bill now in the senate so
is to force county officers all over the
state to advertise where it will best serve
the public.
Why do not the members of the legis
lature attend to their duties? The pres
ent is no time for absenteeism.
The atmosphere about Atlanta (politi
cally) is very foul.
“SUGAR-CURED”
To The Free Press:
We are sorry that our friend Ham took
sugar in “his’n.” We are afraid there
was not enough sugiir to keep tlie bacon.
But Ham need not grieve or feel lonely.
It Is a rule to take sugar in all the trans
actions about Atlanta. Mr. Murphy
took eight thousand dollars for sweeten
ing the Northeastern bonds; and it made
them so sticky that they were signed
rapidly. Mr. Goldsmith took only 50
cents ti. fa. sugar, but “every little
makes a uickle,” and Ji. fa. sugar count
ed up thousands in a little while.
Air. Renfroe put out the state money
where it turned to sugar mighty fast.
One-third made over five thousand dol
lars in a jiffy, and it made long sweeten
ing and short swelling likewise. Mr.
Xelms got his sugar at twelve dollars a
head, counting convicts at that much.
Did the sugar come in twelve dollar
packages or in a lump? We did not
know that convicts could get so sweet.
Now, we want somebody to tell us who
got the sugar from the big fees. Who
was sweetened besides the state agents,
so-called?' Who got some thousands?
Sugar-cured Ham is not a circumstance
to other sugar-cures.
UNDER HIS NOSE.
Washington, September4.—There has
been considerable amusement in Wash
ington to-day over the discovery and
seizure by revenue officers of a well-ap
pointed illicit distillery directly in front
of the white house and only two blocks
and a half from it, and situated where
the smoke from its tires could be seen
from the white house windows and from
those of Commissioner Raum’s office.
The capacity of the still was found to he
about 300 gallons. It was situated on the
third floor of a prominent building in the
fashionable quarter of tlie town, and on
a fashionable street, less than a block
from some of the most prominent private
residences in the city. The entire equip
ment of a distillery of the capacity of 300
gallons was found on the third floor, the
lower -floor being used as a provision
store, while on tlie upper floors were
lodgings for the workmen about the es
tablishment.. 'flic only effort that had
been made at concealment consisted in
nailing paper for curtains over the front
windows, and one window had been en
larged by breaking out a portion of the
walls, and tubes and other machinery of
i he distillery had been brought in through
i tear gate opening upon what is consid
ered the most fashionable street in the city.
Hie revenue officers, however, had been
watching this place for some time, and
l lie arrests made to-day were upon the
occasion of tlie first starting of the es
tablishment for active business. The
proprietor of the provision store, who,
with his two sons, seemed tlie chief own
ers, the employes and carpenters, who
put in the tubes, were arrested and taken
before a United States commissioner. It
is expected that other parties employed
in fitting up various parts of the estab
lishment will be arrested before morning.
The free postal delivery begins at To
peka October 1. The postmaster-general
lias ordered an actual daily count in all
postoffices from the Ist to the 7th of
November, of all letters, packages, postal
cards, etc. The publishers of newspa
pers are requested to furnish postmasters
with the number of papers mailed during
the same time.
'The commissioners of the internal rev
enue are informed that a fight between
the revenue officers and the moonshiners
in Barren county, Kentucky, one of the
latter was killed and another badly
wounded.
Julia Johnson, the negress who wasac
eaused of tlie murder of old Mrs. Farmer
and her two daughters in September, 1878,
and who was acquitted because the
principal witness, Miss Bcttie Farmer,
failed to recognize iter, is now on trial
at Jonesboro for assault with intent to
kill Miss Bcttie Farmer at the same time.
A correspondent of the Griffin News de
scribes a graceful scene which took
place during the trial on Monday last,
lie says that while the case was progress
ing three negro women walked into the
bar and took chairs by the side of the
prisoner. As soon as the old lady, Miss
Bcttie Farmer entered the courthouse
to testify, these negroes and the prisoner
commenced changing seats and bonnets.
They changed backward and forward
probably a dozen or more times. The
idea was that M iss Bcttie had been posted
as to Julia’s hat and location, and know
ing that she was nearly blind they wished
to make her fail to recognize the
prisoner, as she did on the former trial.
But her evidence was pretty clear and
pointed, and showed that she fully
recognized the prisoner, and that the
prisoner gave her the intended fatal blow
and afterwards murdered her mother.
Says the correspondent: “The way these
negro wenches were permitted to act in
the court room to deceive this old, blind
simple, inoffensive ladv, was, to sav the
least of it, no credit to the court or law
yers engaged in the defense.”
The public debt statement issued on
Monday shows: Interest-bearing debt
$1,760,1)17,000: debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity, $41,140,910,29;
lebt bearing no interest. $416,090,00a,96;
total, $2,254,147,966,22; interest, $19,314,-
406,74; total debt, principal and inter
est, $2,273,?62,432,86; total cash in the
Treasury, September 1, 1879, $2,029,766.-
204,56, debt, less cash in the Treasury,
August 1, 1899, $2,033,283,600,49; de
crease of debt during the monih, $3,527.-
395,93: decrease of debt since June 30,
1870, $3,558,946,18.
STAGNANT COTTON TRADE.
Gloomy Report* from English Mills— Prob
able Temporary Suspension.
London, September C. —The trade in
cotton goods continues in a stagnant con
dition. The Manchester Guardian, re
viewing the situation says: “The loss oc
casioned by the'recent rise in cotton
lias fallen about equally on spinners and
weavers. The inducement to stopped
ducing, is at present about the same in
both eases. The execution of contracts
on hand will doubtless delay the closing
of the mills for a little time, but the mar
gin of profit is so wretchedly poor that
there is no reason for entering into fresh
arrangements until there is a reasonable
prospect of a drop in cotton or an ad
vance in goods. At present, neither of
these contingencies is expected, but
later in the year some movement in both
directions may he reasonably hoped for.”
The Oldham (limited companies) have
issued a circular, calling a meeting for
the 13th instant, to discuss the present
ruinous state of trade, which entails a
loss of %and. per pound, and to adopt
some measure whereby companies may
be relieved. A correspondent of the
Econmist , says it is felt in Oldhrm that
something must he done to bring a pres
sure on the Liverpool cotton market.
One of tiie largest companies in Oldham
intends to close for alternate weeks. It
is felt that if this were done, for some
time to come, or even if there was a to
tal stoppage of the Oldham mills for a
month, great improvement would he af
fected, as Liverpool w ould lose so much
ground.
The Ashton operatives urged tlie mas
ters yesterday to stop tlie whole of the
mills for a limited period, instead of en
forcing a reduction of wages, but the
masters refused, and there are some
threats of a strike. The master spin
ners at Wigan stand firm and insist upon
live per cent, reduction in wages of op
eratives. A partial strike continues at
Burnley. Branch committees for tlie
promotion of emigration have been form
ed at Aneoats. Information has been
obtained from the American Consul at
Sheffield, w hich confirms the accounts
of the United States. The Consul be
lieves that the improvement which was
manifested during the last quarter of the
year will he maintained.
A COVERING WANTED FOR COTTON
BALES.
Among the matters of general interest
brought forward at the recent convention
of the National Cotton Exchange in this
city, one ought to he of special interest to
inventors. Speaking of the proposed
reform in selling cotton, namely by net
weight. President Lafitte said that it
would be to the interest of planters not to
have any allowance made for bagging.
The cheap bagging now used is a poor
protection for the cotton, and would
soon he superseded under the new rule.
In his own words: “If cotton were sold
by net weight, some inventive genius
would, in a few years, introduce good
non-inflammable light material,” for
covering the holes, thus saving much
waste, damage, extra freightage and so
on. The problem does not appear to be
a vet y difficult one and its solution would
pay well. The disadvantages attending
the use of unrotten flax bagging was par
ticularly noted. The texture is rough
and open, affording an insufficient cover
ing, and allow ing the cotton to deter
iorate in value, while the expenses for
mending the bales were considerably in
creased. Air. John G. Dale, agent of
the British and Foreign Marine Insur
ance company, said that his company
had sustained heavy losses for the use of
such bagging, and had been obliged to
make larger deductions from claims by
way of protest.
Mr. Trenholm estimated the cotton
crop of this year at 6,250,000 bales. It‘
they were placed together in one long
string they would measure about 4,500
miles, and stretch from New Orleans to
Xew ? York, and thence across the Atlan
tic ocean. Every linear foot would
represent 100 lb. of cotton. With re
gard to the prospects of the future, Mr.
Trenholm said that now but one bale of
cotton was produced to 2 4-10 acres of
land, but it was possible, by proper
management, as experience had demon
strated, to raise one bale to every acre.
He believed that ultimately our crop
would he $12,5000,000 bales.
In view of these figures \l is needless
to urge the importance of the invention
called for. Our wide awake inventors
should see that the want is met proinpt-
Iv.
AID FOR GENERAL, HOOD’S CHIL
DREN.
We are glad to see that the suggestion
made by the News on the morning on
which the sad death of General John B.
Hood was announced, to the effect
that the public should come to the relief
ot his destitute children, hut reflected the
general sentiment of the Southern press,
in Atlanta, the Constitution ottered a
similar suggestion, which has been nobly
responded to, a fund having been started
there for their support, which reached
one thousand dollars the first day.
We have seen a recent dispatch which
states that the lamented ex-Con federate
chieftain left his children absolutely des
titute, and on bis death bed committed
them to the care of the soldiers of the
South. Surely no other appeal could
be made so touching to the hearts of those
with whom he so gallantly fought, and
for whom lie made so many sacrifices.
Every city in the South should make it
a duty to see that those nine surviving
orphan children are placed far above the
possibility of want. Any contributions
for such a purpose left at this office will be
forwarded to their proper destination.—
Savannah News.
HR. STEPHENS GIVES V HINT.
It is with some reserve that we put
upon record that Hon. A.* 11. Stephens
told a reporter of the New York World
that in the matter of the Presidential
nomination he thought that General
Hancock probably the best choice and
certainly the most available among all
those mentioned. The campaign was
likely to turn on the issues of the extra
session—local self-government and free
dom of elections. General Hancock,
he said, had shown much capacity for
civil administration in Louisiana and
Texas and great respect for the laws of
the laud and their supremacy over the
edicts of the military. He thought the
best pledge the Democracy could give the
country against the reactionary purposes
charged by the Radical press and ora
tors would be the nomination of a great
soldier like Hancock whose name and
fame were identified with the results of
the war. He thought Mr. Tilden had
few supporters in Georgia. —Chronicle
ami Sentinal.
It is announced that Mr. Westing
house, of railroad air brake fame, is ex
perimenting upon anew method of light
ing railroad ears, He proposes to use
his air brakes as the primary means of
carrying out his plan. The brakes place
an abundant supply of compressed air at
his disposal, and a current of this is to he
passed through carburetters placed under
the cars so as to produce on air gas,
which, it is claimed, forms a cheap and
satisfactory means of illumination.
Advice from the different parishes of
Lousiana state that almost every sugar
plantation in the State has suffered
more or less from damage by Mouday’g
StOTip, I
the first steamboat.
Georgia and not New York Entitled to this
Credit.
[Correspondence Savannah Recorder.]
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1.
In looking over some of the letters on
file in the archives of the State, 1 find one
from Win. Longstreet, the grandfather of
Judge Longstreet, which I copy and send
you. It will te seen by this letter*that
Win. Longstreet, on the 26th day of
September, 1790, proposed and was run
ning a steamboat on the Savannah river,
near Augusta, Ga., and this data was
seven years before Fulton had his steam
boat. It this be true, Georgia and not
New York is entitled to tne credit of hav
ing tlie first steamboat in her waters:
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 26., 1790.
Sir — l make no doubt but you have
often heard of my steamboat, and as olten
heard it laughed at. But in this I
have only shared the fate of all other pro
jectors, for it has uniformly been the cus
tom of every country to ridicule even the
greatest inventions, unless use has proved
their utility.
In not reducing my scheme to prac
tice has been a little unfortunate for me,
I confess (and perhaps the people in gen
eral,) but until very lately I did think
that either artist or materials could be had
in this place sufficient.
However, necessity—that grand source
of invention —has furnished me with an
idea of perfecting my plan almost entire
ly wooden materials, and by such work
men as may he got here; and from a
thorough confidence of its success, I pro
pose to ask your assistance and patronage.
Should it succeed agreeably to my ex
pectations, I hope I shall discover that
sense of duty which such favors always
merit; and should it not succeed, your
reward must lay with other unlucky
adventures.
For me to mention to you all the ad
vantages arising from such a machine
would be tedious, and indeed quite un
necessary. Therefore I have taken the
liberty just to state in this humble man
ner, my wish and opinion, which I hope
you will excuse, and I shall remain,
there with or without your approbation,
your Excellency’s most obedient and very
humble servant,
Wm. Longstreet.
To his Excellency Edward Telfair.
The Radical Nomination in New
York. —The New York radicals in Wash
ington say that the State ticket placed in
nomination by Conkling’s convention on
Wednesday is weak from tlie head down.
Cornell, tlie candidate for Governor, they
say, has not one element of strength, ex
cept. that lie is the regular nominee, and
that is a good deal with political parties.
Hoskins, the Lieutenant Governor, was
a member of Congress for two terms,
and when he ran for the third term lie
was badly beaten, although his was one
of the strongest republican districts in the
State. Hamilton Ward, the candidate
for Attorney General, was' in Congress
for tw r o terms, but while there never
gave the slightest evidence of possessing
more then ordinary ability. The w hole
ticket, they say, is made up of what is
known as machine politicians, and they
cannot comprehend how successful,
unless the Democracy place in the field a
ticket equally as commonplace.
■ —■ - • ♦———
The Headlight i~ mistken in regard to
a law giving the sheriff’s advertising to
the paper that has the lragest circula
tion. There is no such law in Georgia,
and this is the reason why the present
law should be repealed. Where there
is no paper published in the county, then
the law makes it the duty of the sher
iff to do his advertising in the paper hav
ing the largest circulation therein; but,
where there is one or more papers pub
lished in a county, the sheriff may do
his advertising in either without any re
gard whatever to circulation. This is
where the shoe hurts. This is the loop
hole through which the sheriff may
pander to his pet organ to the detriment
of a rival of greater circulation. As we
said before, the present law in unjust,
and oppressive and should be repealed.
—Dalton Citizen.
The yellow fever has appeared at Gre
nada, Miss., the town that was almost de
populated by it last year, and tlie people
of that vicinity are fleeing for safety. All
the towns throughout the State have es
tablished rigid “shotgun” quarantines,
and travel and trade are at a stand-still.
Fear of the epidemic is interfering with
the picking of cotton in some localities,
in this way it may produce serious loss to
Northern as well as Southern persons.
The cotton crop this year is the best raised
since the war, and very many of the
planters have sold in advance, princi
pally to New York buyers, the cotton to
be delivered in November and Decem
ber.
A man w ith a S6OO diamond on his
shirt bosom leaned over a hen crop in a
Cincinnati market, and a hungry hen
picked off tlie jewel and swallowed it.
Ihe thief was soon lost among the
hundreds, and there was no way of Identi
fying her. So the man bargined to
have them killed, one after another un
til the crop was found. ' To recover
the diamond cost him S2B.
Of course, the admistration is “grati
fied” with the result of the California
election. We do not consider it with
in the range of probability that anything
will happen tills fall that will not “grati
fy” the de facto President. We fully ex
pect him to weep tears of joy w hen
Ewing’s election to tlie governorship of
Ohio is announced on the 15th of next
month.
The arrival of immigrants for every
month this year have exceeded those
of the corresponding month of 1878, and
the total up to the close of August foots
uy 76,809, against but 54,155 for the first
eight months of last year. The in
crease comes mostly from Scotland, Ire
land, Norway and Sweden, and a large
portion of new comers are above the
average of immigrants.
An ancient burial ground is being exca
vated by a local literary society at
Madisonville, Ohio. Many human
hones and stone implements have been
found hut the strangest discovery is
that about four bushels of corn thoroughly
carbonized, but retaining its original ap
pearance except in color. The conjec
ture is that it was put there as a part
ot an Indian burial rite.
Grant Is announced to arrive in San
Francisco the present month. By that
time Kalloch will have been inaugurated
as mayor of the city, and on him it
will probably devolve to make an ad
dress of welcome. Judging by his
recent eulogy on the DeYoung family,
he is well qualified to do justice to his
subject.
One gas company supplies all Paris at
the rate of $1.62 per 1,000 feet, and an
agitation for reduction has lately begun.
The last year devidened was equal to 3)£
per cent., on the original price of the
shares, after the sum of eighty million
had been paid to the municipality, which
by the concession shares in the profits.
One gas company supplies all Paris at
the rate of about $1 62 per 1,000 feet, arid
an agitation for reduction has lately be
gun. The last year dividend was equal
to 31 % per cent, on the original price of
shares, after a sum of eight millions had
been paid to the municipality, which, by
the share's in the profits.
A HARVEST OF DEATH.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Yorkville, Ga., September 7. —For
the past month there has l>een a fearful
disease raging in Polk, Paulding and
Haralson counties. The physicians are
baffled, and the people are dying with un
usual rapidity in this famously healthy
section. i have asked several physi
cians what this disease is, and they all
say they do not know. One thing is
certain. It is fearfully fatal, and seems
to continue to spread. ' One very strange
circumstance is that it attacks young
men alone. Bat one old man has yet
died. Over fifty young men in the
full flush of manhood' and strength have
fallen victims to the terrible disease. It
appears to he a sort of epidemic typhoid
fever but has several symptoms different
from those of regular typhoid fever. As
I write Clarke White is being buried
and I saw his corpse. He suffered
terribly, and just before he died the
blood oozed out of his mouth His
tongue turned very black and swelled
terribly. The disease is fearfully fatal.
I know one prminent physician who had
twenty-nine cases and not one recovered,
though all received the most careful
treatment. The people here are justly
terrified at the ravages of this malady.
God knows what it is, but it is causing
sorrow in many a household and spreading
fear throughout the •neighborhood from
which I write. Physicians hope that the
approaching cool weather will check it.
Halt a dozen states are already begin
ning to brag of the number of congress
men they will send to Washington under
the new census. Texas counts on twen
ty representatives; Kansas boasts that it
will increase its representation four mem
bers. It is thought that Georgia will be
entitled to three additional members.
The colored refugee board held a meet
ing at St. Louis Thursday night, at
which reports were made going to show
that there has been but little falling off
in the colored immigration northwest and
that the numbers may be expected to
increase after the crop is gathered.
With the state of California again in
the hands of the Central Pacific railroad
l ing, and the city of Sail Francisco given
over to the tender mercies of Kearney's
gang, with Mayor Kalloch at their head,
it is not probable that the Chinese will
need a second invitation “to go.”
The Cartersville Free Press enjoys
the’ sheriff’s advertising of Bartow
county, and yet we are glad to note has
the manhood to speak out and say the
present law on that subject is oppress
ive and unjust both to publisher and the
public. —yion roe Advertiser.
The August report of the Agricultural
Bureau shows that the cotton crop in Ten
nessee has been somewhat injured bi
coid nights, but not so much as can be
materially damaged. The prospects of
corn, tobbacco, and peanuts are very
fine.
Mrs. Grant, in response to an address
on behalf of the Empress of Japan, said:
“I have visited many countries and
have seen many beautiful places, but I
have seen none so beautiful or so charm
ing as Japan.”
The Lawrence (Kansas) City Council
has refused to levy the bond bodered by
the United States District Court, and has
resolved that the city cannot pay more
than fifty cents on the dollar of its in
debtedness.
A fire in Quincy, 111., Saturday destroy
ed the Academy of Music Board, of Trade
rooms, the telegraph office, Masonic Hall
and a number of other buildings. Loss
•$125,000. One man was killed by fall
ing walls.
Eighty-four young persons have been
sentenced to hard labor and deportation
in Russia for political offenses.
France, Germany and Austria incline
to assent to a gradual emancipation of the
Jews in Roumania.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A. A. SKINNER & Cos.
Grocers anfl Comm Merchants.
Bagging Ac Ties.
C'artersville,
THEO. E. SMITH. J. W. PRITCHETT.
SMITH PRITCHETT
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Propose to buy and sell all kinds
of Real Estate in C'artersville and Bartow
county, on commission. They Lave on hand for
sale several desirable farms located in different
narts of the county.
' They respectfulfy solicit business of all par
ties desiring to sell or buy town property or
farming lands. Their terms will be reasonable.
Office in Planters’ and Miners’ bank, Carters
ville, Ga, sepll
J. A. JACKSON. \V. L. KIRKPATRICK.
Drs. Jackson & Kirkpatrick
Have opened an office in the
bank building and have fitted it up so as to
make their consultation room comfortable and
attractive to all who may honor them with a call.
They prypose to furnish themselves with all
the instruments and appliances necessary to a
special and general practice. Also a full line of
pure chemicals and prescription medicines, to
gether with the leading family medicines.
COMPOUNDIN'® of PRESCRIPTIONS a SPECIALTY
Their office arrangements are such that the
public may feel assured that all consultations and
necessary examinations can be attended to with
the utmost facility and privacy. Would be pleas
ed to welcome their friends and the public gen
erally at their new office and will spare no pains
to render pleasant a leisure moment. They will
lie prepared with conveyances to answ’er all
calls from the country as well as the city aud
w ill take in exchange for services produce at
market rates. Will give special attention to the
diseases and scientific treatment of women aud
children.
An experience in the treatment of diseases of
this climate ranging from eleven to thirty years
should give some assurance of our ability to
meet the wants of the public in both practice
and the compounding of medicines, sepll-ly
THE CEORCIA STATE FAIR,
AT MACON.-'
From October to November Ist, 1879.
The Most Magnificent and Best Appointed
Grouuds in America!
*ar LIBERAL CASH PREMIUMS in all
Classes, aud the Largest Offered by any
Fair in the United States!
Trotting and*Running Races Every dav, bv
some of the most noted Horses on the Turf.
Music will be furnished bv a celebrated Military
Band.
Many of the Prominent Statesmen, now before
the Public, will attend the State Fair as
visitors, and several will make
addresses.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
For freights and passengers on all the railroads
in the State.
V CORDIAL INVITATION IS EXTENDED
to you to be an Exhibitor, and vou are re
quested to write to the Secretarv at Macon, for a
Premium List and other information.
THOB. HARDEMAN. Jr., President.
I. F. LIVINGSTON, Gen’l. Supt.
MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary.
For Sale.
The dwelling house and lot late
ly occupied by John A. Erwin in Carters
ville, Ca. The lot contains eight acres a fine
pasture, orchard and kitchen garden. The house
has seven rooms, with cook room and kitchen
attached. There are stables and ail other nec
essary outturns es on the premsses. To a respon
sible purchaser liberal terms will be given.
Call on or address T. WARREN AKIN,
EIWAIiI)S *V BOWIjEK,
HARNESS MAKERS AND REPAIR] HS.
(ti TI. HEATH’S OLD STAND.)
WEST MAIN STREET, CARTE VILT i
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND FOR SALE, V FELL LINE OF EO~ ; '
> V Hand and machine stitched Harness. Also, SADDLES, BRIDLES, V, n
- BITS, etc. In short everything usually kept in a first-class establish nun t>f . ],* *
prices are in perfect keeping with the times, and our work we guarantee.
COFFIN DEPARTMENT . —We keep for sale all the time an assart nr -at <■
the finest metallic to the commonest wood cases. Prices low dewn. it will K ;
those wanting burial cases to call on us
SEWING MACHINES .—We are agents for the sale ul the ctk’i, ad and DAY
MACHINE, wnicn is conceded to lie the best, simplest and cheapest machine •. .* ‘ „ 4
We guarantee perfect satisfaction both as regards work and price. , ’
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Tit© Howe Sewing Machine Company, known as t,,0 Oil- , t
Most Reliable Sewing Machines Company in tlie Wt.vi
lla ve recently brought ont
A NEW SEWING MACHINE,
WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE NEW B. AS THEY JUSTLY CLAIM IT, IS I V B lit Ti:,
best finished, lighte,t running, most simple in construction and most reliable ,
chine in the world. This machine is sold as cheap as the inferior machine sold bv nth i V? m ‘
nies. It is destined to become
THE SOUTHERN FAVORITE.
Don’t bay an old worked-over machine bom some other company, but get the NEW
HOWE which is warranted and satisfaction guaranteed.
FOR SALE BY
SAMUEL .J. FRANKLIN .
East Main street, CARTERsVILLE, GA.
H. M. MOUNTOASTLE & COMP AN
Ci.aytox’B 01.D stand, : : : : : west main street, : : : : : CARTERSVILLE, GA.
■ DEALERS IN
Books, Stationery, Music, Fancy Goods, Novelties, Toys,
Newspapers, Magazines, Pictures, Mouldings, Fancy and Plain Confectioneries, Etc.
teTTOBACGO AXI)
Also, sole agents for MME. DEMOREsT’S RELIABLE PAPER PATTERNS. - ,-i
■piERRINE MEDICINE CO.
LOST!
It is an established fact that Quinine or Cin
chonidia will stop Chills, and for this purpose
there is no better remedy. But it is also an es
tablished fact that they do not remove the cause
that produces the Chills. For if they did, the
Chills would not return on the 7th, 14th, 21st, or
28th day. Then is it not money LOST to attempt
to permanently cure the Chills with Quiniue or
Cinclionidia, when they do not remove the cause
from the system that produces them? For until
the cause is removed, the Chills will return. The
FERRINE
Is warranted to remove every cause from the
system that produces the Chills, and i£ it fails to
do this you will sustain no loss, for every drug
gist is authorized to guarantee a permanent cure
in every case, no matter of how long standing
and will refund the money if the Chills return
after you are through taking. Positively no cure,
uo pay. Try it and be convinced. It contains
no poison, and is perfectly tastelesss ami a per
manent cure guaranteed in all cases.
FERRINE MEDICINE CO.,
E. W. GROVE, Manager, Paris, Tenn.
sale by D. W. CL T RRY, Agent.
ang7
The “Old Reliable’’
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE.
WILLIAM SATTERFIELD,
(At his old stand.)
Respectfully reminds iiis old
friends and the public that he keeps con
stantly on hand a large stock of
Groceries, Provisions, HI to..
Which he sells at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
His stock consists in part of
FLOUR, MEAL AND BACON,
SUGAR, COFFEE AND TEA,
ALL KINDS OF CANNED GOODS,
and everything usually kept in a first-class fam
ily grocety and provision store.
. ter HIS BAR is supplied with the liest,
Liquors to be found in the market. He also
keeps a fine assortment of
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
The public is respectfully invited to give him a
trial. jly24
Ch ca]>eßt and Be^t.
HOWARD HYDRAULIC CEMENT.
MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, B ARTOW COUN
TY, GEORGIA.
EQUAL to the best imported Portland Ce
ment. Sed for circular. Try this before
buying elsewhere.
Refers by permission to Mr. A. J. West, Presi
dent Cherokee Iron Company, Cedartown, Ga.,
who has built a splendid dam, (cost $7,000.) using
this cement and pronouncing it the best he ever
used. Also refer to Gen. Wm. Mcßae, Superin
tendent W. & A. Railroad Company, who has
been using it for piers of bridges and culverts on
his railroad, for two years; also to Capt. John
Postell, C. E. Also to John Stone, Superinten
dent of Bartow Iron Company, Bartow, Ga., who
has built several large reservoirs with it, which
are perfect; to Messrs. Smith, Son A Bro., of
Rome, who have made a splendid pavement
with it! to Capt. M. B. Grant, or Mr. Gilbert
Butler, of Savannah, who have used it with
greaWsuccess in stucco work, or Major Bryan,
of Savannah, Mr. J. J. Cohen, of Rome, to
Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., who have
used it for fountains, pavements, fish ponds, cel
lar floors, etc" T. C. Douglass, Superintendent
East River Bridge, New Y ork, who pronounces
it equal to the best Imported Portland Cement.
Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga.
sepl2-ly.
A Farm for Sale Cheap for Cash,
OR WILL EUCHANGE FOR PART CASH
and part in a good stock of general mer
chandise, family groceries or a good drug outfit.
Said farm lies about four miles south of Ath
ens, Tenn., upon the waters of the Eastanaula
creek, aud contains 175tj acres, about 120 of
which is cleared, the balance in good heavy tim
ber of almost of every species grown in this
country, a large brick residence containing ten
rooms, a large brick smoke house, two stories
high, both residence aud smoke house are cov
ered with tin, all neatly enclosed with picket
fence, good garden, splendid orchard, good barns,
cribs and renters’ houses, splendid springs.
There is about fifty acres of first-class* creek
land, the balance, with the exception of about
nine acres in splendid upland.
For father particulars and am. e full descrip
tion! address A. B. BLANKENSHIP,
Athens, Tenn.
writing please mention The Fpuu i
THE STAH SALOON.
BAR AND BILLIARDS.
MORT E. PAINE
Has oped for tlie spring and summer business
and will keep always on hand
THE VERY FINEST LIQUORS,
BRANDIES, WHISKEY AND WINES,
Which will lie manipulated into
fancy drinks of all kinds.
on draught.
Cigars of the best brands. The pubic, respect
fully invited to call. mayl
BbYIiNLINTGr LANDS
AXE —
City and Village Property
—FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR—
ATLANTA REAL ESTATE
T AM BUYING AN D SELLING FARMING
JL lands ami Cartersville and village property
in Bartow (formerly (a s) countv. I rave for
sale fifteen farms, most oi th m near ie ailroad
depot, and convenient to post-oLL* , ; hmvhes
and schools. These lands pro iir o co. >, all the
grains aud grasses, and water and <n .ergood
and abundant. This village s fi.tv- ~ ;e miles
north of Atlanta, Ga., and eigty hi: south of
Chattanooga, Tenn. Address
WM. T. YvOl< FORD,
Attorney at Law aud Dealer i:a. v stale
Cass Station, Georeia.
NFISV
BAB and BILLIARD SALOON
At St. JAMES KOTE
Having just opened a fh ■ -cl\ c s
Bar and Billiard Saloon in St. . u- Pa
tel, i respectfully solicit the p.ttro ,ag • o the cit
izens of Cartersville and vicinity, ;,d .nag and m
that they will receive proper attention’at mv
hand. I keep on hand the finest of
LIQUORS A. 2NT I) WINES,
Which will lie manipulated into the most fash
ionable drinks.
Ice-cold BEER always on tap.
Respectfully. .J, M. HOSS.
Dissolution.
THE FIRM OF FOOTE & COLLINS HAS
this nay been dissolved bv mutual consent.
All persons indebted to said firm will please call
and make settlement. The books anil accounts
are all in the hands of M. A. Collins at the old
stadd, who is authorized to make settlement in
fHll * T. A. FOOTE,
M. A. COLLINS,
Cartersvillc, Ga., Aug. 28th, 1879.
City Tax Notice.
I WILL BE AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
every day except Saturdays and Sundays
from Monday, Bth iuat. till Nov. Ist for the pur
pose of collecting city tax. All parties are no
tified to come forward aud pay as the books will
lie closed Ist day of November.
JNO. A. GLADDEN.
sept-4-til novl City Tuv (lollector.
The Cartersvillc High School.
XXTILL BE OPEN FOR THE ADMISSION
T v of pupils
MONDAY, 11TH OF AUGUST, 1879.
and continue four months, tuition payable
monthly. Patrons are earnestly desired to* send
their children at the beginning of the term.
Kates of tuition are from $2 to $4 per month, ac
cording to grade. Patrons will receive the bene
fit of the public fund. R. JOHNSTON, Prin.
THE NATIONAL HOTEL,
The only first-blass hotel in
I>ALTON, GEORGIA.
Rates per day : : : : : :$2 00
Rates per week 8 00
Kates per month 25 00
Large Sample Rooms for Commercial Travel
ers. Postoffice ixmlie building.
_j m 9 m. Q. A. LEWIS Pi .
Kind Notice.
FOR the present our Books and Notes are with
•J. J. Howard & Son, and we would be great
ly obliged tor payment of all amounts due u-.
We do not propose to sue anv one. but call and
pay. Aug 14-1 in. J. \. f.RW 1N a St>N.
PILES AND FISTULA CURED
DR. J. S. BEAZLEY,
At Stilesboro, Bartow count , Ga., and
Dlt. A. G. BEAZLEY,
At Craw for 'ville, Ca..
Make a specialty of ihs-lases of
the Rectum. They will treat Fistula, Ulcer
ation, Prolapsus, etc., of the bowel and will
guarantee a perfect cure in a short whilt in ev
ery case of piles without the use of the knife and
very little pain. Will point to . cured or
give the best of reference if desired. AH cler
gymen treated gratis. mch27
THOMPSON’S
Restaurant and Ladies' Cafe*
(4 Whitehall St., James Block)
ATLANTA, : : : ' : GEORGIA.
Great Reduction in Prices.
Meals at all Hours of the Day at 35 cts.
ICE CREAMS AND ALL THE DELI ACIES
OF THE SEASON.
The ladies’cafe is elegantly tl o 1 up and is
one of the popular resorts for the 11; -
aprlT R. c. THOMPSON.