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THE FREE PRESS.
An Independent Democratic Journal.
cTII. C. WILLINGHAM, Editor.
The Free Press is an Independent Democrat
ic Journal, opposed to all Rings, Cliques and
Combinations, of whatever sort, organizedto de
eatthcw'ill of the people in all public matters
or interests in whatcvei shape presented.
Cartersville, Georgia, September 26, 1879.
“ CROOKDENESB IN ATLANTA
Never since Georgia was a state,
was there such consternation and
confusion 'as occurred in Atlanta
Friday.
Poor Goldsmith received his sentence
of impeachment that forenoon. Bowed
down with disgrace and exposure, he left
tiie senate chamber immediately after,
leaning heavily on the arm of his aged
father. A brand as deep a3 ever was im
printed on convict liesh was placed on his
name and fame, where hitherto there had
been respect and honest character. —
Young, handsome, a loving husband and
a tender father, lie foresaw the guilty
cloud that settled upon him and his pro
geny to the end of his natural l fe. A
sentence of hanging would not be half so
terrible to an innocent man. Banishment
to Siberia would he a glimpse of Paradise
to this seal of degradation placed by the
whole state upon a once trusted ofticial.
From a home of wealth, beauty and com
fort, he walked before the chief justice,
who in the stern majesty of law, decided
that “lie should hold no office of trust,
honor or profit during his natural life!”
To a sensitive mind it was a disgrace
never to be forgotten during “natural
life,” always present, always stinging,
to scourge the day time thoughts, to em
bitter the night dreams, to die only as
the man died, forever disgraced in Geor
gia. No court of appeal for this punish
ment, no day of relief in the dim future,
sleeping or waking to bear the stain, to
endure the shame, branded by a com
monwealth in stern justice to offended
law.
Some writer tried to comfort these of
fenders who [have been arraigned and
tried by saying there was no base, vulgar
stealing. Ah, no! it was no vulgar pun
ishment either. It is no rude, blunt
weapon that crushes and obliterates. It
is keener than a Damascus blade, foiever
dividing the joints and marrow of the
soul. No vulgar mol) hooted and jeered
a dethroned king until lie passed away,
as his royal head rolled from the execu
tioner’s axe.
Georgia put on her sable robes, and in
sorrow and gloom passed a sentence rare
ly heard in America since the landing at
Plymouth rock. No vulgar communis
tic Mad am Delarge took her knitting and
bloodthirsty revenge to the steps of the
guillotine to watch her victim die. No!
The loving, tender maiden wept tears of
sympathetic grief for the blighted home,
where the anguished wife cried in the
bleak bitterness of her soul, “Anything
else could l bear.”
Not content with a lawful salary, he
did as others did about him. Not for
money’s sake did he step aside in forbid
den paths, but because the demon of un
rest persuades the pleasure loving man
to spend more money than Ids office al
lows.
As stated before, never was there such
a day in Georgia, but if all signs do not
fail, we may see the same transaction,
tiie same sentence repeated, until the
state house will nearly be depopulated
and the most innocent will feel almost
solitary and alone.
The treasury is walking ii the same
prison that the comptroller bedewed with
sighs and tears as tiie fate is coming to
him as tiie shadows spread over the sea.
Greed for gold ate out the high sense
of honor that scorns a theft and despises
a lie. Money! money! money! how
many crimes are committed for thy sake !
Nelms is in limbo, and his friend, the
governor, is in a dilemma. If lie stands
to Nelms he oecomes the principal where
he was only the appointee hitherto, if
lie throws him off he will risk a family
fuss.
Maybe lie will put on steam and hound
the ditch. It will be a pity to see he and
Nelms fail to reach the farther bank, and
flounder in the mud until the legislature
grants a coat of whitewash or else takes
off' both to dust and brush it at their
leisure. Truly the way of the trans
gressor is hard ! There is no use in flay
ing Goldsmith alive and then allow' the
clever sharpers to escape with a bigger
pile. If the legislature does not mete out
justice with an even hand, woe to the
man that makes sugar of some and salt of
others.
OUR XE XT GOVERXOR.
The Franklin county Register says the
people will demand that he be it man—
“lst. Entirely disconnected with the
unfortunate state of affairs about the Cap
itol.
“2d. That he have a capacity to over
look with an eye of scrutiny the vital in
terests of the state.
“3rd. That he he a man who can mas
ter the situation and govern the state in
the true sense of the word.
“Ith. Negatively. He must not be ig
norant of the true situation or wanting
in nerve to remedy outcrying evils.
“otli. He must not he dependent up
on any combination of men for his posi
tion, hut must hold himself amenable to
the whole people, and to them alone, for
what he does and what he does not.
These are some of the requisites the com
ing man must possess.”
That again reminds us that Gen.
Toombs can till the bill, which is l ight.
In the Language of Mayor Huff, of Ma
con, we are for “Toombs drunk against
anybody sober.” What we want in the
gubernatorial office is capacity and not
pious weakness.
We tried to avoid all this official devil
ment in Atlanta, the culmination of the
Kirkwood admiration society, by work
ing for Mr. 11. V, Johnson for governor,
but the Kirkwook mutual admiration so
ciety overreached popular sentiment.
Humber struck the keynote last Fri
(kiy, but pluck was wanting to take up
t he refrain on the part of the house.
A HURL FROM IIUMBER.
lion. It. C. Humber, member of the
house of representatives from tiie county
of Putnam, was an original Colquitt man,
and did all lie could to secure that gen
tleman’s nomination in 1870. On Friday
last in tiie house, the resolutions in ref
erence to the principal keeper of tiie pen
itentiary came up. Mr. Wilson offered a
substitute that tiie several reports from
the committee be refered to the governor.
This produced a lengthy discussion.
This was lost. Mr. Humber offered a
resolution as follows:
Resolvsd, That this house pronounces its un
qualified censure on the action of John W. Nelms,
prinepial keeper of the Georgia penitentiary in
making a private contract with the lessees of
said penitentiary to deliver said convicts to them
a a certain price jier capita, and enforcing the
same contrary to law; but it being shown to the
house by the evidence in th ; s case that liis Ex
cellency, the Governor, having been put in pos
session of a'l the facts (by Jm.ge John L. Hop
kins) as to the demands of asid principal keep
er to have paid to him by certain lessees a given
amount of money against which they entered
their protest and as he re.used to interfere,
therefore, lie is indirectly if not directly respon
sible for this wrong and unlawful proceedure of
said officer.”
This produced a great sensation, and a
long debate, and was lost. Various sub
stitutes were proposed, and lost, when
Mr. Turner offered a substitute that the
evidence in the investigation he trans
mitted to the governor with tiie request,
that lie take whatever action thereon he
may deem proper. This was adopted by
yeas 90, nays 38.
In refusing to sustain the resolution of
Mr. Humber we think tiie house flicker
ed and exhibited thereby a want of firm
ness. number’s resolution was right and
ought to have been passed.
“UNCLE REMUS."
.We clip tiie following from the state
news column of tiie Atlanta Constitution,
of Tuesday:
The Griffin Sun comes to the defense of “Uncle
Remus,” but the defense proves that the old fel
low is a failure. The Sun says Uncle Remus is
a low-country negro, whereas it was intend 'd
that he shonl reproduce the plantation dialect of
middle Georgia, which is identical with that of
the Virginia negro. But don t let us he too hard
on Uncle Remus. Iledulthe bo3t he could, no
matter how bad it is.
We know very little of “Uncle Remus.”
The negro character has been so much
overstrained and so far-fetched in his ex
pressions by ambitious delineators of ne
gro character, that we have long since
ceased to read all such attempts. We
publish the above merely to add that we
heard a most distinguished gentleman (it
was the lion. A. 11. Stephens) remark
last Friday that “Uncle Remus,” (who
is Mr. J. C. Harris, of the Atlanta Con
stituiiou) was one of tiie most original
and natural characters now before the
public. Furthermore, Mr. Stephens
said he wanted all of “Uncle Remus’”
articles to put in his scrap book for pre
servation, and Joe Harris ought to feel
proud of the compliment.
for isso.
Grant is once more upon Ids native
heath. Alter going round over the world
for a year, he landed at Son Francisco
last Saturday. The Gaant boom may
now be expected. If he is nominated by
the republicans for president and Tilden
is nominated by the democrats, Grant will
be elected. If John Sherman is the re
publican nominee and Tilden the demo
cratic, Sherman will he elected. If it is
Sherman on the one side and Hancock is
nominated by the democrats, there is
some chance of democratic success. As
between Sherman and Tilden, personally,
we would give the toss-up of a copper.
Botli of them are hard-money men and
both are representative men of the bond
holding aristoii'icy ef the country.
Hancock is not only a good soldier with
a brilliant record as such, but he has
shown a proper appreciation of civil gov
ernment. If Grant is nominated Han
cock is the onl}' man to beat him. If
Sherman is nominated, Hancock can cer
tainly beat him. If the democrats are
wise they will nominate Hancock.
The fight against state treasurer Ren
froe is one against the money power of
Atlanta. It is the money power that has
hacked him in his speculations upon the
public funds. If he is not impeached it
is the money power of Atlanta that will
prpveut it if there are any members of
the senate who will “take sugar in
their’n.” If the capital question was up
again, Milledgevllle would win. Certain
hanks of Atlanta, in collusion with Ren
froe, speculated upon the funds of tiie
state —coined money out of the sweat of
the labor of Georgia. If there is patri
otism in the senate they will vindicate
the honor of Georgia.
We repeat again that the “organized”
do not constitute the democratic party of
the seventh congressional district. Nor
do the independents. There are honest
and true democrats on both sides. They ,
and they alone, constitute the de
mocracy of the seventh congressional
district. When certain leaders, so-called,
of the“agonized” attempt to cast odium
upon independent democrats, they only
exhibit themselves as damphools.
“Resign !” is the word now with state
officials. If all would “resign” in the
state house, from governor down, it.
would be a good thing for Georgia. But
one, Uncle Nathan Barnett, secretary of
st.Je, would be re-elected without oppo
sition. Our Uncle Nathan has made no
great notoriety" in these times, but his
name will go down to posterity" as an
honest man, and that a distinction every
dead man would be proud of.
Garrard, of Muscogee, has brought out
a long letter from ex-Gov. Brown in re
gard to his part in the prosecution of the
Columbus prisoners in IS7S who were
charged with the murder of one Asburn
in that city. Gov. Brown makes a very
plausible defense of his course in that
matter. According to his statement he
was actuated by very unselfish and pa
triotic motives in prosecuting innocent
men.
R. B. Bullock is now" a peaceful citizen
of Georgia. The men who ate the beef
during his gubernatorial administration
couldn’t prosecute him when he returned
for trial.
THE n UMBER RESOLUTION.
The resolution passed by the house of
representatives last week, referring tiie
Nelms case to the governor places his ex
cellency in a very awkward attitude.
Nelms is the appointee of tiie governor
and that official, by law, is requested to
make monthly reports to his excellency
of the condition of the penitentiary. This
Nelms has not done if we are correctly
informed. If tiie governor stands by
Nelms then the legislature, to be consist
ed, will have to go for Colquitt. If his
excellency goes back on Nelms then
Nelms can say to Gov. Colquitt that lie
had approved all of his acts.
The Humber resolution was right, and
there was a want of manhood in the leg
islature to endorse it. The action of the
house in that matter reminds us of the
cowardly school teacher who whipped,
unmercifully, a small boy and hardly re
proving his big brother for committing
tiie same offense. How any one can
strike down Nelms and spare the govern
or in this matter we can not understand.
Colquitt backed mid advised Nelms in
his course as keeper of the penitentiary.
If Nelms is guilty of wrong, so is the
governor. If the governor goes hack on
his appointee, the appointee can say,
“Governor, you are my adviser.’ It tiie
governor sustains Nelms, then tiie legis
lature must deal with Colquitt.
Oh, for men of nerve in times like
these. A great many wanted to support
Humber’s resolution, hut when the issue
was made they were afraid to take the re
sponsibility. Ilumher has placed him
self right upon the record and lie will
stand by it to the hitter end.
Well, Billie Wright was sure enough
appointed comptroller-general. Billie
says he will discharge the duties of the
oflice as faithfully as he knows how, and
we think Billie knows how and will do
it right if lie loses his other leg in the
discharge of his duties. The only ap
pointment yet made by him is the re-ap
pointment of Boh U. Hardeman as gen
eral book-keeper.
We don’t see how the legislature can
hold Nelms responsible for Ills conduct
of the penitentiary auu not condemn the
governor. Has not the governor endors
ed all that Nelms lias done? nas the
governor on file monthly leports from
Netms since lie lias been in office as re
quired by law V How can the governor
escape unless Nelms docs?
Col. John T. Henderson has been ap
pointed agricultural commissioner vice
T. P. Janes. The Atlanta Consiiiuiion
says “his appointment is deemed a happy
one, as he is a gentleman of line intelli
gence, well versed in agricultural affairs
and fully able to administer tiie bureau
to the very best advantage to the peo
ple.”
The members of the legislature are be
coming greatly we arsed with being kept
irom home and business. Indeed, they
are already impatient, and tiie danger is
now that they may legislate hastily. Let
them stick and do their duty. They
sought the position and they must not
flicker.
If the governor sustains Nelms the
legislature will then have to deal with
the governor whose appointee Nelms is.
If the governor condemns Nelms he con
demns the acts of an appointee of his
own he has all along approved. The
governor is in a critical dilemma.
•
If Gov. Colquitt were to resign, R. E.
Lester, president of tiie state senate,
would become the governor. If Rufe
were the governor lie would understand
his duties and make a good one without
any “toll-gate” at tiie executive oflice.
When'Gen. Gordon came up into the
seventh a year ago and proclaimed that
“the independents must be pushed to the
wall and eternally crushed,” he did not
know how near the Kirkwood democra
cy" was in the same condition.
Col. N. C. Ba,licit, secietery of state,
has not yet been brought to taw for the
wastage of two ounces of beeswax on the
great seal of the siate since he has been
in office. Our uncle Nathan may as well
look out.
J. W. Reniroe and T. J. Pritchett!
How" patient Pritchett is in his disap
pointment by the Georgia railroad com
ply.
There was no resignation in Atlanta
yesterday. After Nelms let us have Col
quitt’s resignation.
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We hope the legislature will be firm,
but not hasty" and ufljust.
SENTENCE OF W. E. GOLDSMITH.
At 10 o’clock last Friday morning
Chief Justic Warner, in obedience to the
order of the senate of Georgia sitting as
a high court of impeachment, pronounc
ed the following sentence on the late
comptroller-general of the state:
The House of Representatives ami all the
people of Georgia vs. Washington L.
Goldsmith, comptroller general; im
peachment.
Whereas, it appears from the record of
the trial had in lhe above stated case now"
before the court, that the defendant was
found guilty of the charges con ained in
the IBst. third, fourth, fifth, tenth, thir
teenth, fourteenth and seventeenth arti
cles of impeachment pieferred against
him by the house of rep esentatives, and
was found not guilty of the charges con
tained in all the other articles;Where
upon it is considered, ordered and ad
judged by" the high court of impeach
ment of the state of Georgia, now here,
that the defendant, the said W. L. Gold
smith, comptroller-general of the said
state of Georgia, and he is hereby re
moved from the so id office of comptroll
er-general, and that the same be and is
hereby declared to be vacant, and that
the said W. L. Goldsmith be and is here
by declared to be disqualified to hold and
enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit
within the state of Georgia during his
natural life. Hiram Warner,
Chief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia.
19th September, 1879.
No household is complete w ithout it.
No druggist can afford to omit it from his
stock. It has become a necessity, for it
never fails to cure Neuralgia and Head
ache, and it is called Neuralgine. Sold
by D. W. Curry. sept2s
THE TURN IN THE NELMS CASE.
Atlanta Dispatch 20th inst.J
The reader will see that there was
some lively skirmishing in the house of
representatives Friday evening over two
propositions submitted in reference to tiie
case of Capt. J. W. Nelms, principal
keeper of the penitentiary. One of
these propositions was tiie substitute of
fered by Mr. Luff man, turning the mat
ter over to tie Governor for him to in
vestigate the acts of Nelms and discharge
him if he finds that he lias been direliet.
The other was the resolution of Mr.
Humber, declaring that the governor had
indirectly, if not directly, approved the
action of Nelms and was responsible for
bis wrong and unlawful act.
In our previous notice of the testimo-
ny taken by the committee in this case,
we made only a brief and imperfect allu
sion to the portions referred to in Mr.
Humber’s resolution, as we did not an
ticipate the turn thus given to the affair.
It is shown by tiie testimony that Cap
tain Nelms claimed that he had made a
contract with Colonel Tom Alexander,
of penitentiary company No. 3, by
which lie was to deliver all convicts at
their camp at sl2 per head; that Alex
ander or Simpson, his partner, paid the
sl2 per head until about the Ist of April
last, when Simpson, as president of the
company (Alexander being dead then),
refused to pay this charge; that Nelms
told him that unless he paid $8 per head,
he (Nelms) would assemble the convicts
at Macon and re-distribute them at the
expense of the lessees; that in view of
this threat, Simpson paid the $8 per head
under protest (the protestis exhibited by
Simpson); that Simpson made complaint
to Governor Colquitt about this conduct
of Nelms, and the Governor replied that
“it was a private contract between Cap
tain Nelms and Thomas Alexander, and
he had nothing to do with it;” that sub-
sequently Simpson went with Judge
Hopkins to see the governor about it,
and Judge 11. told the governor that he
considered it an outrage, and Simpson
ought not he compelled to pay the mon
ey; that Governor Colquitt still said it
was a contract between Alexander and
Nelms, and he could not interfere with
it. Judge Hopkins was introduced as a
witness, and we copy from his testi
mony :
“I stated to the Governor that Mr.
Nelms was demanding pay of Company
No. 3 for turning over convicts then at
Old Town, that were to he removed, that
an arrangement had been made between
the companies by which convicts
held by No. 2 were to remain with that
company, so that an actual distribution,
in point of fact, was unnecessary. The
convicts had to be assigned by order to
the different companies, hut it had been
agreed between them that the convicts
should remain ns above stated. The
company represented, by me, as its attor
ney, did not feel willing to pay this de
mand, because there was to be no service
"rendered for it, and the keeper, Mr.
Nelms,, had threatened that if it was not
complied with, that lie would move the
convicts to Macon, make that a distrib
uting point, and distribute them from
that point to the companies as lie saw
proper. The company denied that it
had any contract with Keeper Nelms by
which it was hound to pay him twelve
dollars or other fixed sum per head for
the delivery of convicts.
“I told him that he placed the compa
ny in a very unpleasant condition; that
they were forced to submit to an exaction
or allow' the convicts to he removed to
Macon for distribution; that Nelms had
demanded a final reply from the company
by 4 o’clock that afternoon lie replied,
in substance, that he thought the keeper
had a right to establish a point for the
distribution of convicts, and that, as to
the trouble about the twelve dollar con
tract, lie had nothing to do with ; it was
a private matter between the company
and the keeper, and he had no control
over it.”
It appears to us that under these cir
cumstances the substitute of Mr. Luff
man (which the house rejected) would
have been equivalent to an exoneration
of Captain Nelms, because the governor
had virtually approved his conduct in'
the matter in which the strongest case
had been made against"hiin. In addition
to this, the governor appointed and can
remove Nelms without any legislative
action, and his failure to remove Nelms
without any legislative action, and liis
failure to remove him can only fairly be
construed as an approval of all of Nelms’
conduct of which the governor is cogni
zant.
The resolution of Mr. Humber, cen
suring the governor, was doubtless
prompted by declarations and intimations
outlie floor of the house that members
would not vote to remove Nelms unless
the governor’s approval and upholding
of his course was also condemned. This
makes an unpleasant complication. It
seems to devolve on the house the alter
native of acquitting Nelms or involving
the governor ia his condemnation. This
is quite a serious turn given (o the pro
ceeding. We refer the reader to our leg
islative reports, which will he found
quite interesting in disclosing the feeling
oi tiie members and the embarrassing
questions which they have to face.
THE HONOR OF GEORGIA.
AYliat an Honest and Eminent Slatesman
Tlvinks of the Crisis.
Chronicle anil Constifcuiionalist.]
The name and career of lion. 11. H.
Carlton, of Clarke county, is familiar
enough to many" of our readers. He was
a prominent member of the last three
state legislatures, and by his worth, en
ergy and unassailable integrity, has en
deared himself beyond computation to
the people of his section and of the state.
No more fearless nor incorruptible states
man than he lives in Georgia, and a re
porter of the Chronicle, visiting him re
cently' in liis office at Athens, could not
lefrain from drawing him out upon the
all-important course of present events.
The Doctor talked freely upon recent de
velopment in Atlanta, and their astound
ing significance, his clear eye iind forci
ble manner evincing more than ordinary
earnestness and lire. In commenting
upon the serious aspect of affairs at the
capital, he said:
“Of course the legislature is right in
unearthing every fraud and in punishing
all misdemeanors in office. But I very
much fear that a too sensational and he
roic course will destroy much of the salu
tary effect of investigation. It will de
moralize every department, throw odium
upon the state at large, and by implica
tion involve all the government offices.
For, let it be remembered, that the main
tenance of public confidence is a great
strength to all government, and as much
a duty as the correction of error. There
fore, in correcting existing evils in these
affairs, it should be done with such judg
ment and discretion as not to give too
great a shock to public confidence.
What we want, then, is more stringency
in*laws governing public functionaries, a
return to ti ue patriotism as a sure guar
antee of public tntst.
“Whv you remember.” and the Doc
tor seemed to warm up with the recollec
tion, “that the pride and boast of public
men in olden time was their own poverty
and the riches of (he state. And poor as
were the officeholders, there was not
money enough to purchase nor power
enough to intimidate them.
WOODPECKER AND QUAIL.
“It was, I think, a bit of ancient lore,
that a certain patriot tore to pieces with
Ins own teeth a woodpecker because the
augur, being consulted, replied that if the
bird lived his house would flourish, but
if it died the honor of the state would
prevail. Now, however, it would rather
seem that patriots prefer fat quail on
public toast to raw woodpecker.
“No doubt there are many evils to cor
rect, and I hope the time has come to
correct them, but let us not lose sight of
the fact that Georgia still stands high in
the roll of states, and her credit is unsur
passdd and record glorious.
“ True,” continued Dr. Carlton,
“Goldsmith may be guilty, Renfroe may
have been irregular, but why charge
their crimes too to the other otlh ids and
stain the whole government with their
faults? Now, lam no champion of Gov.
Colquitt; 1 have differed at times with
him, but why confusedly implicate him
in these frauds, when the constitution
especially absolves and separates him
from the management of the different
departments in Atlanta? Ho long as
public affairs run smoothly and public
credit is uudimmed, his is not the duty of
examination and prying investigation.
No executive eve,* ai rogated such enor
mous power. It is well known that Gov.
Colquitt, several years since, called atten
tion to the wild land affairs and as the
legislature since then has left them alone,
his resposibility was over, lie lie effect
ed a reduction in the expenses of every
department in Atlanta, and, though 1
disclaim being the champion of any man
and any administration, I venture to say
that Gov. Colquitt can point to the re
cord and make as fine a showing as any
man who ever held the chair.”
The Doctor holds that all this rant
about the state going to the dogs, and
public affairs being demoralized, is un
true and unjust to a people whose credit
is exalted and to a commonweath where
honor is unshaken.
Dr. Carlton lias been a prominent fig
ure in state politics since the war, and
though not now in office, accupies a po
sition conservative and exalted. No
man has possessed more completely the
confidence of the people at all times. He
is frank and fearless in opinion, able and
honest in conviction, and lias more than
once been called the “Harry Hotspur of
the Ninth”—a man who would “tell the
truth and shame the devil.”
DR. JANES’ RESIGNATION.
We present herewith the text of the
letter which was sent to* the governor by
Dr. Janes:
To His Excellency, Alfred 11. Colquitt,
Governor of Georgia: I have been relia
bly informed that the opposition to the
department of agriculture* and the de
mand fov its abolition, which lias found
expression in vr.iious forms, is, to a large
extent, based upon personal opposition
to myself, and believing, as I do, that
such opposition will not only impair my
use full ness as the head of the department,
but seriously endanger its existence; be
lieving, too," that the abolition of the de
partment at this time would be a calami
ty to the farmers of Georgia and the best
interests of the state, I am not willing,
even seemingly, to be an obstacle to the
advancement of these interests. Not
withstanding my convictions that I have
faithfully discharged my duties to the
best of my skill and ability, in a work* so
new, without example or precedent, er
rors of judgment and mistakes in the ex
ercise of a very wide discret ion may have
been committed.
In view of these facts, I have conclud
ed that it is my duty to resign my posi
tion .
I the efore r'spcunlly tender mv re
signation, absolutely and unqualifiedly,
of the office of commissioner of agricul
ture, to take effect at such time as you
may signify your acceptance of the same.
Thomas P. Janes.
On Tuesday the governor signified to
Dr. Janes of his acceptance of the resig
nation, while regretting the circum
stances which had operated to induce it.
J. AV. RENFROE.
The following are the articles of im
peaohment against Mr. J. W. Hem roe,
treasurer of the slate, changed with high
ci imes and misdemeanors in office. They
were presented by the senate on Tuesday
last:
Article 1. That John W. Renfroe ap
propriated to Ills own use money belong
ing to the state, through V. R. Tommey.
Article 2. That on the first day of Jan
uary, 1073, and on divers other days,
John W. Renfroe appropriated to his
own gain large sums of money, aggre
gating $5,301, as interest and reward for
the deposit of state money through Jno.
W. Murphy.
Article 3 recites the matter of the
bondsmen being stockholders in banks
and designating in what banks state
money should be deposited; of B. J.
Wilso nandV. R. Tommey dividing in
terest upon state money deposited, desig
nating the conduct as a high misdemean
or in office.
Article 4. That John W. Ren (roe did
corruptly extort and receive tiom A. R.
Childs, of the Northeastern i ail road,
money on account of the bonds of said
road.
Article 5. That John W. Renfroe did
wrongfully propose to deposit in the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
in consideration that E. P. Alexander
appoint to office in said company one T.
J. Pr|icbard.
Article G lefeired to the disgraceful
precedent set by the conduct of J. W.
Renfroe.
The report and articles were adopted
by the house upon motion of Mr. Tur
ner, of Brooks.
Mr. Stephens is on a visit to Dr. Fel
ton, near Cartersville. Wouldn’t it pay
an enterprising reporter to get under the
table and behind the door and overhear
some of [their talk? —Macon Tclwraph.
No. It 'would not pay, because Mr.
Stephens and Dr. Felton talk right out
at meeting. Concealment is not one of
their trail s, however else they may be at
fault. —Avovsta Chronicle.
We learn that Mr. Stephens is of the
opinion that the disqualifying clause of
the sentence passed upon the comptroller
general is unduly severe. lie says,
moreover, that bad he been t member of
the senate he would have voted against
disqualification. We have no doubt that
the views of Mr. Stephens are the views
of nine-tenths of the people of Georgia.—
MW ADVERTISEMENTS,
Mouldings find Frames.
Ala " - e lot of Picar Picture Frames Mould
ings, etc, aud for sale very low by
It H. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO.
NEW PAPER PATTERNS^
Just received at
MOUNTCASTI.E’S BOOK STORE,
Together with Port-Folios, What to Wear, etc.,
showing latest styles for fall and winter. It
The Cartersville High School.
WILL BE OPEN FOR THE ADMISSION
of pupils
MONDAY, lITH OF AUGUST, 1879.
and continue four mouths, tuition payable
monthly. Patrons are earnestly desired to send
their children at the beginning of the term.
Rates 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.
WEST POINT CADETSHIP.
To be Appointed from the Seventh Con
gressional District.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, June 21, 1879.
non. TV. 11. Felton , M. C., Cartersville, Ga.:
Sir—You arc invited by the Secretary of War
to nominate, at your earliest convenience, a le
gally qualified candidate, to appointment as
C’adkt to the United States Military Acade
my, from the Seventh Congressional District of
Georgia, who mast he at West Point not later
than the 19th of Juno, 1880, hut whose appoint
ment is required by law to he made as nearly one
year in advance of that date as is practicable.
Your Immediate attention to the subject and to
the terms of the accompanying circular is ear
nestly requested.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant General.
Vice Cadet Edgar Hubert to graduate June,
1880
In obedience to the above request of the Sec
retary of War, 1 respectfully invite every young
man who is a bona fide resident of the 7th Con
gressional District of Georgia, between the ages
of 17 and 22 years, and who may wish to compete
for this appointment, to appear before a hoard
of examiners in Cartersville, the first Tuesday in
October, 1879.
I will nominate the applicant selected by this
board, after a rigid and impartial examination.
The studies in which thorough proficiency is
required, are Orthography, Reading, Writing,
Geography, English Grammar, History and
Aritumetic. None need apply unless they are
well-nigh perfect in these branches, especially
Arithmetic.
They must be physically sound and at least
five feet in height. I will furnish “regulations”
to those applicants who desire them.
Very respectfully, W. H. FELTON.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
Bartow county—Messrs. J. G. Ryals, Tlieo. E.
Smith, Thos. H. Baker, Amos T. Akerman.
Catoosa county—Messrs. A. .1 Leet, A. Gra
ham, T. A. Williams F. C. Church.
Cherokee count}’ —Messrs. Marcus Field, H. W.
Newman, W. N. Wilson, P. H. Brewster.
Dade county—Messrs. J. W. Townsend, R. A.
Morgan, R. M. Paris.
Cobb county—Messrs. W. T. Winn, John O.
Gartrell, Gilbert Tennent, Marion Phillips.
Chattooga county—Messrs. W esley Shropshire,
Joseph T. Hamilton, John Starling, F. Cheney.
Floyd covnty—Messrs. G. A. Nunnally, L. J.
Jones, Daniel S. Printup, R. D. Harvey.
Gordon county—Messrs. David Ramsaur, H.
B. Herrington, G. W. Wells, M. V. AVntts.
Haralson county—Messrs. Thos. Philpot, Wal
ter Brock, John Tomlinson Dr. Ilutchurson.
Murray county—Messrs. Jathan Gregory, Ross
Bates, S. 11. Henry, Dr. Stafford.
Paulding county—Messrs. George Lewis. John
Cloutz J. B. Dean, H. J. Sligh.
Polk county—Messrs. Ivey Thompson, M. Lid
dell, R. AV. Everett, R. L. Poole.
Whitfield county—Messrs. Dawson A. AYalker,
AV. H. Tibbs, AA r . C. Richardson, AV. L. Headrick.
AYalker county—Mefesrs. D. Farriss, Robert
Dougherty, Wm. A. Garmany, L. R. Dickey.
Any five members of the above board shall con ■
stitnte a quorum.
HUFF GREEN HOUSE,
Dalton, Ga.
THE BEST and CHEAPEST HOTEL
On the Ivennesaw Route.
BREAKFAST AND SUPPER HOUSE FOR
TASSENGERS.
Special Attention Given to the Comfort and Con
venience of Lady Passengers and guests.
Reading and Sample Rooms for Commercial
Travelers.
Board per day, $2.00; Meals, 50 cts.
©gy*Railroaders, County and Stock men, half
fare.
Cheapest and Best.
HOWARD HYDRAULIC CEMENT.
MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUN
TY, GEORGIA.
EQUAL to the best imported Portland Ce
ment. Send 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 Gkm. 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 & Bro., of
Rome, who have made a splendid pavement
with it; to Capt. M. B. Grant, or Mr. Gilbert
Butler, of Savannah, who have nsed it with
great success in s ucco work, or Major Bryan,
of Savannah, Mr. J. J. Cohen, of Rome, to
Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., wlio have
used it for fountains, pavements, fish ponds, cel
lar floors, etc* T. C. Douglass, Superintendent
East River Bridge, New York, who pronounces
it equal to the best Imported Portland Cement.
Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga.
sepl2-ly.
Fashionable Barber Shop.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
Upstairs, Over Kew York Store, Bank Block,
By JOIdTtAYLOR.
Has BEEN IN THE BUSINESS 35 YEARS,
and is one of the 1 most accomplished bar
bers in the South. His shop is well and comfort
ably furnished. He is the only barber in the
State wlio uses Phalon’s Celebrated Chemical
Hair Invigoratorf to prevent baldness and dis
eases of the scalp. All wlio have tried it know
it to bo r specific.
He also uses the celebrated Russian Couissan
Shaving Soap, which is known to be the best soap
in the world. It has tiie invaluable property of
preventing pimples and all cutaneous eruptions.
To those who shave twice a week, he will fur
nish a private soap and lather cup, free of charge.
The patronage of the public generally is in
vited and respectfully solicited. Polite,* courte
ous and gentlemanly treatment is observed to
ward all, and satisfaction guaranteoed.
July 18 JOHN TAYLOR. Proprietor.
WALTER ABBOTT,
Upholsterer and Mattrass Maker,
VARNISHER, OILER, ETC., ETC.,
Respectfully announces that he
has rented the building in the rear of the
Bartow House, and in front of Thompson &
Scott's livery stable, for engaging permanently
in the above business. Tne patronage of the
pnblie respectfully solicited. aug2B
Legislative Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will apply to the General As
sembly of tile state of Goorgia, now in session,
for the passage of an act entitled as follows:
“An aM to authorize the Board of County
Commissioners of Bartow county to issue bonds
to raise money to build a court house.”
John 11. Wikle, W, I. Bonham,
I. O. McDaniel, Jr„ J. M. Veach,
Jno. W. Keever, T. 0. Moore,
J. P. Hawks, J. R. Brandon,
W. F. Corbin, A. C. Trimble,
Jas. W r . Lewis, C. N. Maysqu,
W. T. Gordon.
This 2nd September, 1871),
MRS. E. TURNER,
Rome, Ga.,
And dealer in all kinds of
PAPER PATTERNS.
WILL CUT, FIT AND MAKE ALL KINDS
of Ladies’ Wear, at most reasonable pri
ces. Mrs. Turner has been at the business 20
years. Give her a call, or send her an order.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
, MRS. E. TURNER,
bng< Broad street, Rome, Ga.
BARTOW HOUSE,
(Cartersville, Georgia.)
MB. SUMNER HA VING REMOVED FROM
the Foster House back to the old Sumner
House, and having spent considerable time and
nioney in refurnishing and fitting up liis hotel,
is now prepared to accommodate the traveling
public lu the most acceptable manner.
Terms Very Low and in Keeping with the
Times.
BOARD can be obtained at this house cheaper
than anywhere else in North Georgia. Stop ? U d
see for yourselves. seps
THE CA If ters yule high school!
The following are the text books
used ill the Cartersville High School;
McGuffev’s Readers, Harvey s Grammars and
Spellers, Echctic Scries of Geographies and
Copy Books, Sanford’s Arithmetics and Algebra,
Chauvenet’s Geometry, Cutter’s Analytic Anat
omy, Physiology and Hygiene. Worcester’s Dic
tionaries. R, JOHN&TQN, Priu.
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