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_ MILSKS. .7. W. II AKKIS, JK.
MH.NEB & HAKItIS,
V'i'TO ]i N K Y S * .A. T - L A W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
oilier, ot> West Main Street. jnlvlß
It. W. MUItPH EY,
V ’L'TOII N jfc V- >Y r -T -XjYAV -,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE fup-sfcain*) in the briek building, cor-
IU | Mum A Erwin streets. jabylß
- T. WOFFOIID,
p, - v i' olt N KV-jYY -J * A VC,
—A ND —
dealer in real estate,
CASS STATION, BARTOW COUNTY, fIA,
JNO. 1.. HOOU. . UOCGI.AS WIKLE.
>IOON * WIKLE,
A t t o i* n e y s • a t - JLi aw,
t ARTERSVILLE, GA.
I r Ollb-e in Rank Block, over the Podoflice.
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U. li. TBll’l'E. J. M. NKKL.
Till I’PE & NEEL,
•ATTO It IN' K YS-AT-LAAV ,
( ARTERSVILLE, GA.
\IT ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS,
\\ belli State and Federal, except Bartow
'utility rrimiiittl court. J. M. Neel alone will
iiractice In said last mentioned court. Office m
corner of court house building. feb27
K. 7). OR A Iff AM. A. M. FORTE.
GRAHAM & FOITK,
uX T' TO It IN PI YS -A, r r -LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the
Superior Coti'rts of North-west Geoi'gia, and the
Supreme Courts at Atlanta.
Ollice West side public Square, up-stairs over
IV. \V. Ilit-li A Co’s. Store, second door south of
Po-toilicc. • jnlyis.
.TAMES 15. CONYERS,
P 'U O It IST PI Y - JY T - Ij -A. W
anu
Notary Public,
Ca ktlsville, : : : : Georgia.
(Ollice: Bank block, up-stairs.)
WT'ILL PR At TICE IN THE COURTS OF
YV tin--Cherokee and adjoining circuits.
Prompt attention given to all business. Col
lections made a specialty. JuaeziPly
I’. AT. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Ollice over Stokely & Williams store.)
( ,virrkusvii.i,k, Gkougt a.
I Wild, FIL . TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
X and put in teeth, or do any work in iOy line
sii prices to suittbe times.
I.- , .."‘Work ai. warranted. Refer to my pat
rons all over the county,
any 1.0 ly. E. M. JOHNSON.
JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
At’ILL sell Watelies, Clocks and Jewelry.
>\ Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, and w iil -ell them as cheap as they can
be bought auywhere, Warranted to prove as
'represented.'" ATTtrefk done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a Call. julylS.
—HPW,-*’;s-swg wimin—iwiiiiiiiw linmi aaraaMi
Traveler's Gruicle.
COOSA itlvEß nayigatiox.
<)n and after December 18th, 1878, the following
schedule will be run by the Steamers M.VGNO
LLA or ETOWAH BILL:
Leave Rome Tuesday • .Bam
Arrive at Gaxlsden Wednesday .... (Jam
Leave Garb-den Wednesday .7 p in
Arrive at Rome Thursday r> p m
Leave Rome Friday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Saturday . . . , . 7am
Arrives at Greensport 9am
Arrive at Rome Saturday Opm
j. m . ELLIOTT, President and Gen’l Sup’t.
<ll UKOK i: i: RAILROAD.
• On and after Monday, Sept. 1. 1879, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
Leave ( ai tersvillo 7:40 am
Arrive at Stilesbora 8:30 a m
Arrive at Taylorsville 8:52 am
Arrive at Roc km art .10:00 am
Arrrtve at terminus 10:50 a in
RETURNING.
Leave tmninus 3:00 pm
Arrive at Kockmart 8:40 pm
Arrive at Taylorsville 1:45 pm
Arrive at Stifesboro 5:13 pm
A arrive at Cartersville 0:00 pm
JlO M E 11A11* RO A D COM PA XY.
On and after Monday, November 17, the Homo
Kailroad will run two trains daily, as follows:
MORNING TRAIN.
Leave Rome .daily ......... 0:30 am
[Return to Home daily . . . . .‘ '. .10 '(10 am
EVENING TRAIN.
Leave Romo daily (except Sundays) . 5:00 p m
Arrive at Rome ,8:00 pm
Roth trains will make connection with W. A A.
11. it. at. Kingston, to and from Atlanta anil
points south.
* EBEN HILLY Ed,
Jas. a. Smith, President.
Cl. I*. Ayr.-
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sclied
ule:
NIGHT PASSENGER —UP.
Leave Atlanta 3:00 pm
l.eave ( artursville 4:53 pm
Leave Kingston s:lopm
Leave Dalton 9 ... . 7:10 pm
Arrive at Chattanooga ...... 8:47 pm
NIGIIT PASSENGER —DOWN.
Leave Cliattauooga 5:25 p m
Leave Dalton 7:10 p m
Leave Kingston 8:39 pm
l.eave < artersville 9:05 p m
Arrive at Atlanta 11:00 pm
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 5:20 a m
Leave ('artersville 7:23 am
Leave Kingston 7:49am
Jjeave Dalton 9:21 am
Arrive at Chattanooga 10:50 am
PAY PASSENGER —POWN.
Leave Chattanooga 0:15 a in
i.eave Dalton 8:10 am
Leaye Kingston 9:43am
Leave < artersville 10:11 am
Arrive at Atlanta 12:05 p in j
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UIL pm j
Leave Atlanta ':22 pm !
artersville • . . . C W)WN<
CART BBS VILE* AOCOMMODA'T' .. I
Leave ( artersville . . '’ * S'-SfiJm
Arrive at Atlanta . ;
Books, STATIONERY, Music.
uv>’*eg leave to announce to our friends and
lk .!ons that we liave a complete and varied as
sortment of the above goods in stock, bought be
fore the advance in prices. \W heve a linc.se
livctkmpf other goods nob*properly in this line,
hut incident to the book and stationery trade.
We have also made ample preparations to meet
tiie demands of the holiday trade, and will be in
constant, receipt of, new and elegant goods.
IT. M. MOUNTCASTLE A CO.
STOYKS vX TINWARE.
JOHN ANDERSON,
(Onpo-ite Curfy’s Drug Store.)
HAS IN STORE AND for sale a
larire lot of Tinware, Stoves and Cutlery.
Also, the celebrated Fly Fans, Tubs and Duck
ets which he will sell in exchange for Rags,
Beeswax, Feathers, Butter, Eggs audChickens.
I It; sells goods cheaper than ever. junel9
COUCH HOUSE,
(Kingston, Georgia.)
mills LARGE AND COMFORTABLE
I House is now kept-by W. W. RAINEY. The
I raveling public will find good, plain accommo
dations, Parties wishing board through the
summer will find Kingston one of the healthiest
mid quietest.localities in Upper Georgia. Three
or four families can get comfortable rooms in
new of trains. Terms very reasonable,
ilvv.v ‘ W. W. RAINEY.
Stilus boko high school.
T>IF SPRING SESSION WILL BEGIN ON
J- January 12, 1880. l'upils prepared for ad
f'.VTi 10 " * uto Ruy due of the College classes. For
111 tlier particulars, address
decia at W * R > THIGPEN, Principal,
uiß-3t Stilesboi'o, Ga.
VOLUME 11.
Two Barrooms,
A RESTAURANT,
ANU
Old Schuylkill Pure Mali Whisky.
♦J. L. MOItKILL
Respectfully announce that he
is the sole agent in Cartersville of the
Schuylkill Pure Malt Whiskey, the best that"is
distilled anywhere, about which we call atten
tion to the following certificate:
Philadelphia, August lltli, 1879,—1 hereby
certify that I have examined A. .A 11. Myers’
Schuylkill Pure Malt Whisky, and find the same
to be a pure article, free from poisonous substan
ces, and suitable for .‘ill purposes for which a
pure whisky mav be required.
' HENRY LEFFM AUN, M. I>.,
Lecturer of Toxicology in the Summer School of
Jefferson Medical College.
The Schuylkill whisky will be found at the
“Ruby Bar” and at the corner of Main street
and the railroad, opposite the store of Mr. It. W.
Satterfield.
OTJ R RESTATJ IiANT.
We also keep a first-class Restaurant at the
last named place where meals can he procured
at all hours. We are prepared to serve our cus
tomers at all hours with Fish, Oysters and
Wild Game when in market.
L. MORRILL.
A Convenient and Pleasant Placo
to Stop.
3IKS. TEUHUNE’S
boarding house,
HOME, GEORGIA.
Mrs. terfiune iias removed from
the old wooden building, 44 Broad st., (next
to Central Market,) to the beautiful new brick
building, 215,28 and 30 Broad street, (over national
bank.)
The house is new and newly furnished through
out, and is kept in elegant style. A nice parlor
lor ladies and a splendid reading room for gen
tlemen.
Two bath rooms with either hot or cold water
at the disposal of the guests and boarders with
out extra charge.
The table will lie furnished with the hi >; that
tlie marketaffords.
Servants polite and attentive.
In fact, this house has every eonrenioneo of a
first-class hotel, and charges considerably le *.
Transient patronage solicited. nov27-
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 lieAabout four miles south of Ath
ens, Tenn.. upon the waters of the Eastanaula
creek, and contains 175), 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 dud 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 a more full descrip
tion! address A. B. BLANKENSHIP,
Athens, l’ean.
writing please mention This Free
Press. '
% IBS. E. T U RNS J,
Rome, Ga.,
Fushiouablo Drcstssiniakcr
And dealer in all kinds of
PAPER PATTERNS.
Tlt TILL CUT, FIT AND MAKE ALL KINDS-
Yy of Ladies’Wear, at most reasonable pri
ces.' 31 rs. Turner lias been iir the business 20
years. Give her a call, or send licr an order,
bat isfaction guaranteed.
31 RS. M.TCRa Kit.
any," 15road si ivt -i. Rome. Ga.
THOMPSON’S
Restaurant iirnl Ladles’ Cafe,
(4 Whitehall St., James Block)
ATLANTA, : : : : GEORGIA.
Creat Reduction in Prices.
Meals at all Hours of the Day at 35 cts.
ICE CREAMS AND ALL THE DELICACIES
OF THE SEASON.
The ladies’cafe is elegantly fitted up and is
one of the popular I'esorts for the ladies,
apr 17 It. G. THOMPSON.
TltKO. li. SMITH. J. W. PRITCHETT.
SMITH At PRITCHETT
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Propose to buy and sell all kinds
of Real Estate iu Cartersville and Bartow
county, ou commission. They have on band for
sale several desirable farms located in different
parts of tho county.
They respectfully 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, Curtei’s
x i I le, Ga. sepll
PILES AMD FISTULA CURED
I)R. J. S. BEAZLEY,
At Stilesboro, Bartow county, Ga., and
Dll. A. G. BEAZLEY, , ~
At Crawfordville, Gn.,
Make a specialty of diseases of
tiie Rectum. They will treat Fistula, Cicer
j ation, Prolapsus, etc., of the bowels and will
: guarantee a perfect cure in-a short while in ev
-1 ery case of piles without the use of the knife and
! very little pain. Will point to cases cured or
I give the host of reference if desired. All cler
! gymen treated gratis. melt 27
S> AKT O W HOU SK,
(Cartersville, Georgia.)
Mil. SUMNER HAVING REMOVED FRO^.
the Foster House back to the old S “'‘f 101
House, and having spent considerable.
money in refurnishing and fitting ‘y Ju f ’
is now prepaid to the tiaveling
public In the most m.t e .
Terms Very Lo- in Kee * ,in * wi ‘’
* Times.
i i4* of tj.** aouse cheaper
boa RD can be obtaimß UJJ iu> stop
than any where else in No**" 5,|.5.
see for yourselves. _
Pictures. r ' ames & Mouldings.
„ ffOCK IN ABOVE LINE IS WELL
OL R
SELECTED, AND WE FEEL ASSURED
THAT WE CAN PLEASE YOU BOTH
AS TO PRICE'AND QUALITY, IF
YOU WILL GIVE US A CALL.
H. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO.
FIIE AUTOGKAPIII
The above wonderful copying invention is now
on exhibition at our store, where it can lie seen
at any time. It is specially suited to the southern
climote, is the most durable tablet and costs less
than any other like invention; besides being
guaranteed by one of the leading stationary
firms of the south—Walker, Evans & Cogswell,
Charleston, S. C.
Lawyers, county officials, and others who have
a great deal of copying to do, wiil find ii inval
uable.
11. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO.,
Agents.
For Sale.
rpilE DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT LATE-
J. ly occupied by John A. Erwin in Carters
ville, Ca. The lot contains eight-acres a fine
pasture, orchard am) kitchen garden. The house
has seven rooms, with t ook room and kitchen
attached. There are stables and all oilier nec
essary outhouses on the premsses. To a respon
sible’ purchaser liberal terms will be given,
Call on or address T. \\ ARREN AKIN.
aug2B-tf Cartersville, (*a.
COTTON CIN REPAIRING.
4 LL WHO HAVE COTTON GINS OR OTH
ermachim "y to repair oau call on the un
dersigned, who ,6 fully prepared to do such work.
He also does repairing on guns, locks, umbrellas,
and nearly anything that you may desire to have
mended, and works on all kinds of metals. A
large lot of keys of all kinds on hand and for
JIySKE 0° We3 j>)o l K e )(ARWF.TJ..
Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Etc.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD CIGAR, OR ANY
THING IN THAT LINE, CALL OX
H. IYI. MOUNTCASTLE Sc CO.
CHRISTMAS-GOODS
f- *
In Creat Variety
Tlio HARGAIIV STORE.
\\ E HAVE JUST REC El NED A LARGE
\\ Mock of CHRISTMAS AND HOL
IDAY GOODS, all of which we are offering
At Rock Bottom Prices, and we assure
our customers and public generally, that togeth
er with our large stock of
Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes
CLOTHINC AND HATS,
We can and will save them 10 to 20 per cent, by
buying of us. ggj^REMEMBER
The Bargain Store is the only Casrf
Store in Cartersville.
In addition to the above we carry a splendid
line of
Gil O C R 111 PIS, lIYli I> WA.R TG
CROCK ERA', GLASSAVARE AND TIN,
Which we sell cheaper than auy other house in
sure you price our goods befoi’e pur
chasing elsewhere, and you will save money by
buying of us.
M. 1,. FLOWERS & CO,
declß-3m
A. IST IMMENSE
FALL, ANI) WINTER STOCK
JUST RECEIVED AT
STOKELY, WILLIAMS & COMPANY,
DTE HAVE JUST AND ARE NOW EE
‘ V reiving every day one of the largest and
best selected stocks of
Dry Goods and Clothing
Ever brought to this market, which
We will Sell Cheaper than any
House in Cartersville.
WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY !
Our stock eorsists iu
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS AND CAPS,
C R O C ICE RY,
GLASSAV A R ID.
TOBACCO, &c., &c.
And in fact everything usually kept in a first
class house.
The Largest and Best Selected
Stock of T. &. Sons’
Ladies and Children’s
Shoes
EVER BROUGHT to this MARKET.
Goods Exceedingly Low For Cask,
STOKELY, WILLIAMS & GO,
octs
U. o. ROBERTSON, M. L>.,
Hygienic Physician and Electro-
Therapeutist,
Begs leave to announce to the
citizens of Bartow, Gordon, Cobb, Cliei’okee,
and other counties of North Georgia, that for the
sake of rendering his mode of treatment more
universal and available, and the Health Institute
equally easy of access to patients in all parts of
the state, has removed from Rowland Springs to
Atlanta where he has permanently established a
Health Institute.
Tiie gY-tlanta Health Institute
is the only institute south superintended by reg
ularly qualified Hygienic Phyeicians, and the
only place where all kinds- of curable diseases
are scientifically treated without a particle of
medical drug in'any form, and with success un
paralelled by any other known process of treat
ing diseases.
Parties who are, because of continued dosing
and drugging, considered incurable, are re
spectfully requested to visit or correspond with
us. Thousands of chronic invalids, after having
patiently tried the “deadly virtues of tiie (drug
opliatic) healing art” and with no other change
than that of growing continually worse and
worse, have under the Hygienic system of medi
cation, been speedily and permanently restored
to health.
For particulars, call at ATLANTA HEALTH
INSTITUTE, No. 178 W. Peters street, or address
DR. U. O. ROBERTSON
fob2o _ Atlanta,, Ga.
THt/AS BEUKTt, ALFKEI) p-—' <si£K ?
JOHN MONTGOMF I*'’ 1 *'’
M. F MCLAUBIN, CEO. M. RATTEY.
BERRYS & C O .
WHOLESALE
GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS
—AND—
COTTON FACTORS,
At Old Railroad Depot and Steamboat Wharf,
ROME, GEORGIA.
Liberal Cash Advances Made on
Cotton and Produce Con
signed to Us.
dec4-3m
J. C. & S. F. MILAM,
Commission Merchants,
COTTON BUYERS,
Dealers in Standard Guanos,
AGENTS FOR
Metropolitan Works, Iliclnnond, Va.
Cl AN FURNISH ANY KIND OF AN EX
j gine from four-horsepower to one hundred
and fifty.
SAW AND GRIST MILES, THRESHERS,
And in fact any kind of machinery.
Please see us before purejiasmg. JB&gf*’ Office
at T. A. Foote’s store, West Main street. Car
tersville, Ga. feb27
J. S. WYATT,
Woolesale and retail
LIQUOR DEALER,
NO. 9 SHORTER BLOCK, ROME, GA.
The trade of bartow county is
most respectfully solicited to give me a call
as I can assure all that I will sell them the finest
liquors at the very lowest prices.
I would respectfully inform the public that
Messrs. L>. 11. Findley ami W. R. Wyatt are with
me ank would like to see their friends.
nov27-2m J. 8. WYATT.
('ARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1880.
SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
The Appointments of the I’reacliers far
ItIKO.
AMERICAS DISTRICT—-S ANTHONY, P E.
A meric us— Walke rTw i*.
Randolph—J T Ahisvf mi.
Clay—To be supplied.
Calhoun —P C Harris.
Cuthbert and Georgetown—E II Mc-
Ghee.
Lumpkin and Provi h nee—G F Grif
fiths.
Dawson and Weston —W M Iloyes.
Terrell—S R AUeavor. J B McPherson.
Stewart—G T Embry. _
Magnolia—W Lane
Ellaville—J B Wardiuw, li F William
son, supernumerary,
Sumter—S N Tucker.
Vienna—A P Wright.
Oglethorpe—J E Sent<*fi;
Smithvilie —J T Lowe.
BRUNSWICK DISTRICT —J M MARSHALL, P E.
Brunswick—ll P Myers.
Camden —A A Ellen wood.
St. Mary’s—G C Thompson.
Charlton —To he supplied.
Darien—E 11 Harmon.
Ilinesville—T S Armstead.
Jesup—A Clarke.
Blackshear and Way cross —N D More
liouse.
Ilomerville —L II Green.
Nashville —AA r W Tidwell.
Bethel—C T Bickley.
Brookfield —S G Childs. -
Moultrie Mission —Supernumerary J
W AVatts.
South Coftee Atission —Supernumerary
J Tooke.
AVorth —J W Folsom. '
Waresboro—D B 1 aloek. ;
Satillo—D G Fade.
Jouesville —To be sup;, ‘ed.
COLUMBUS DISTRICT—A M WINN, VE.
Columbus—St Luke, dt) A Cood ; St
Paul, J VV Ilinton; Broad Street, J J
Ansley ; Trinity and Asfmry, 11 C Fen
tress.
Girard—ll AV T Key. ,*
i alula —E M AVhiting. I) Q Abbott.
Hamilton —E J Burch.
Talbotton —B F Breedlove.
Talbot Circuit —G S .Johnston x R AA r
Macdonnell.
Geneva—J M Potter.
Butler —R L AViggins.
Reynold’s Mission —I I’ Cary.
Buena Vista and Tazewell—S D Clem
ents.
Marion—P B Sims.
Cusseta—T R Littlejohn.
Upatoa—To be supplied.
MACON DISTRICT —G G N MACDONNELL, P E.
Macon—Mulberry Strapt and Vineville,
J S Key; First Street, PS Tvvitty, C J
Toole; East Macon Mission, J W Simp
sons, S S Sweel, superirtunerary; Jones
Chapel, BH Sasnet; Macon Circuit, J B
Culpepper.
Gordon —R L Iloniker.
Irwinton—P F Canna’.ly.
Jeffersonville —T K Leonafd.
Toombsboro—D R McAA'iniams.
, Ilaynesville—R F Ev;ups.
Fort Valley and Perry-jfN B Ousley.
Knoxville and Bvronsiiw W Domingas,
C E Boland.
MarsliallviUe ami '^uteaiiuiii —.T M
Austin.
Wesleyan Female College—AV C Bass,
president, C W Smith, professor.
Agent Orphan Home —I- B Payne.
AVesleyan Christian Advocate —J AV r
Burke, assistant editor.
SAVANNAH DISTRICT—A T MANN, P E.
Savannah—Trinity, It J Corley; AV res
ley Monumental Church and Mission, J
(/Branch; New Houston Street Mission,
J R Carter.
Springfield—P H Grumpier.
Sylvania—R B Bryan.
Soarboro —L A Snow.
Bethel—G IV Matthews.
Alexander —J D Maulden.
AVaynesboro—F A Branch.
Bethany—E J Rentz.
Louisville —To be supplied.
Sandersville and Tennille—George C
Clarke.
Washington—Supernumerary AV r L
Carter.
Davisboro—AV" J Flanders.
Gibson —AV J Stallings.
AVe-ley Monumental Church —J O A
Clarke, agent.
EASTMAN DISTRICT —J II ANTHONY, P E.
Eastman—R AI Lockwood.
Lumpkin—ll A Hodges.
Oemulgee—J Langston.
Spring Hill—T l Nease.
Alt. Vernon —\\ r D Ale Gregor.
Reidsville—N T McMicael.
Bulloch Mission —J B PuwU
Ohoopee —J J Giles.
Swiiusboro —AV' F Roberts.
Suuinerville —C A Moore.
AVriffhtsviUftr 13 Adams.
Bryai’ yy M C Conley.
Jacksonville—VV F Bearden.
Wilcox—J Skipper.
Cobtown Mission—B S Key. t
Lumber City—J L Williams.
Graham —R M Basthe.
Oconee—F VV Flanders.
THOMASVILLE DISTRICT —T T CHRISTIAN,
P E.
Thomasville— T B McGhee.
Fort Gaines—W C Lovett.
Blakely—J P Wardlaw.
Anthony—ll It Fielder.
Camilla —It B Lester.
Cairo —J S Jordon.
Baiubridge—J It MeClesky.
Attapulgus —W A Simmons.
Whigham —W II Tigner.
Trinity—J E Itorie.
• Spring Hill—S W Stubbs.
Boston —W F Lloyd.
Oeapileo—J Carr.
Morven—C E Hines. v
Lowndes and Echols —L A Darsey.
Quitman and Valdosta— W YV r Stewart.
DR. FELTON STICKS TO HIS FLAG.
The Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution says:
A paragraph in my Wednesday’s dis
patch referring to Dr. Felton and his let
ter lias gotten me into hot water. I said
that some of the doctor’s best friends
thought lie was not now so well pleased
with some of the declarations lie made in
it as when he wrote them. I was prompt
ly put upon the witness standby his alert
and estimable lady and questioned as to
who these “best friends” were. As I
am not in tiie habit of betraying the hos
pitalities of private rooms and the partic
ipants in private conversations, I was
sorry I could not enlighten my anxious
cross-examiner. Asa result of the in
terview, however, I am now enabled by
authority to say that Dr. Felton does not
regret a word or line of his late letter and
that it is his platform on which he ex
pects to stand and make his future record.
He does not recognize as his friends per
sons who undertake to syllable his feel
ings about any of his actings or writings.
He and his good lady .are the only au
thorities upon such subjects.
The walking mania has broken out
afresh in New York and a number of
ambitious females are treading down tiie
tanbark at a lively pace.
HOW IT’S TO BE DONE.
A Republican Scheme to Secure the Next
President.
Correspondence New York Sun.
AV'asaington, December 16. —There is
no doubt that the extreme radical leaders
among the republicans are seriously con- j
templating a change in the mode of ap
pointing presidential electors, not onlv in
New York, but iu several other states 1
where the result at the polls next fall j
might be dovbtful. The states particu
larly spoken ol in addition to New York
are Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Col
orado, Nevada, California and Oregon.
It is understood that the republicans
will control the next legislature in those :
eight states, and through New Jersey
and Oregon have democratic governors,
who will hold through the coming year,
the stalwarts think they can frame
such a law as will prevent any obstruc
tion of their plans the executive of
any state.
The federal constitution copiers full
power upon the legislatures in regard to
the appointment of presidential electors.
But congress has passed a law directing
that they shall be appointed .in all the
states on Tuesday next after the first
Monday of November and that they shall
east their votes on the first Wednesday of
December. This is all the congressional
legislation there is or can be on the sub
ject. If any state legislature should, at
its approaching session, take the appoint
ment from the people and confer it updn
itself, the law of this purpose would
provide for the assembling of the legis
lature on the day in November fixed by
congress for the appointing of the elec
tors.
If anybody should ask whethei the re
publiean party should dare to do this in
the doubtful*states above mentioned, be
may find his answer in the character and
histor> of that party. The stake would
be the presidency and vice-presidency.
The alleged excuse for this extaaordinary
measure would be to charge that the
democrats in most of the southern states
will resort to intimidation and force to
prevent the lepublicans of the north are
justified in using all legal and constitu
tional means for counterbalancing the
unjust course of the democrats of the
south.
The republican party was originally
made up of the most radical elements of
the whig, the democratic and the aboli
tion parties. Its youth was spent amid
the heated agitations that sprang out of
the slavery question. In its early matu
rity it conducted one of the greatest wars
of modern time. Upon it devolved the
reconstruction of the union amid convul
sions that had no precedent in our histo
ry. The first fifteen turbulent years of
its existence brought into its ranks a large
share of the young, hot blood of the
country. When Grant was first elected,
it had become accustomed to deal with
great questions, and to get along, when
ever it was deemed necessary, without
paying too careful regard to 'the consti
tution. It thus grew to be a very bold,
aggressive and somewhat unscrupulous
party, and upon the whole, perhaps the
most skillfully handled party which the
country ever.saw. During all this time,
and down to the present day, it has nev
er for a moment feared the democratic
party, buton the contrary has rather jeer
ed at its timidity and despised its meth
ods, and lias ever stood ready to take it by
the throat, as it did at the close of the
last presidential election.
Hence, ought any close observer of the
events ot the past twenty years to doubt
that the republicans will change the
mode of appointing the electors in six or
eight states, if they can thereby secure
the presidency? As to any recoil irom
this bold step, the advocates of this line
of policy point to the fact that the next
census will considerably reduce the pow
er of the southern states in the electoral
colleges, while at the same time increas
ing that of the states in the west and
northwest, where lie the stronghold of
republican party.
A WORD FOR RAILROADS.
St. Louis Republican.
It is a fact which deserves to be stated
to tlie credit of the railroad management
in this country, that notwithstanding the
mighty development of this interest dur
ing the last ten years and the immense
wealth which it concentrates in a few
hands, railroad corporations have not be
come the foe to public liberty and pri
vate rights which many persons appre
hended. Of course there are exceptions
to this general assertion; the people of
the l'acitic coast complain of the injustice
of the California Central; and the people
of the middle tier of States in the Missis
sippi valley once had reason to com
plain of the selfishness of the Union Pa
cific; but while the combinations con
trolling the great through lines from the
Atlantic to the Mississippi have increased
the safety and comfort of traveling, as if
their sole ambition was to make railroad
ing as simple, cheap and beneficent as
possible. The aggregates of freights car
ried on three of the most important trunk
lines between tee West and tlie seabord
increased from 10,898,000 tons in 1808 to
25,272,0fi0 in 1878—an increase which
shows how largely the general wealth of
the country has grown, and liow natural
ly produce and merchandise seek rail
roads as the avenues of carriage to mar
ket, and the rates of carriage have been
decreased in a still greater inverse pro
portion. Ten years ago the average rate
on ten of the principal lines in the coun
try was 2 3 -10 cents per ton per mile,
This was certainly low enough; but in
1878 it had been ;educed to 95-100, or less
than 1 per cent per ton per mile. Think
of it! The internal commerce of the
country, far greater than its whole for
eign commerce, carried to and fro be
tween the Atlantic and the Mississippi
at a cost of only one cent a mile for ev
ery ton —or two thousand pounds carried
one hundred miles for $1! Surely there
is no extortion, and no abuse of power
in this. Of course this low rate was on
through freight; the charges on local
freights were .higher; but we have al
most ceased to hear complaints against
local rates, and the presumption is that
they too, have shared the general reduc
tion.
What these powerful and wealthy cor
porations may do or attempt do in the
future, we cannot conjecture. It is cer
tain that they are not doing the country
any harm at present; they seem to be
animated by a desire to use their power
for the public good. We no longer hear
the stories prevalent a few years ago,
about their bribing legislatures, and the
railroad lobby, as it was called, has be
come a thing of the past. A national
railroad law for the regulation of inter
state commerce is sometimes talked
about, and the corporations themselves
are not averse to it since it would solve
questions which they cannot solve them
selves. One thing is certain, the great
trunk lines are doing more of their own
accord to cheapen and perfect traveling
and freight transportation* all the
legislatures of the country, even though
hacked by Congress, itself, could effect.
THE GREAT AUTHOR’S MORALS.
The Dickens Seperation-'Tlie W oman in
the Case.
Jennie June in the Baltimore American.
The recent publication of the intimate i
correspondence of Mr. Charles Dick?us
and the ok his wife have revived I
the floating talk and gossip in reg.u'd to
their unfortunate sepecation and its
causes. Of course, the real truth is no
secret among the personal friends of the
great novelist and his family, but it has
been kept from the public with remarka
ble loyalty to the reputation and memory
of a popular author, and even at the ex
pense of a suffering woman, who lived
and endured but made no sign. The
nearest to a vindication of a wife of twen
ty-live years and the mother of ten ch 1-
dren, which her sister and daughter have
permitted themselves, is the
of her husband’s letters before any person
had ever come between them—before the
shadow of his infatuation for the woman
who blasted her life had crossed her path.
It was only fair that the reticence was
partly due to consideration for the part
ner in his wrong-doing who was known
to have struggled a long time against a
mutual sentiment, and had maintained,
except in this one instance, an irreproach
able character. The woman was young
and a governess. She was well-provided
for by Mr. Dickens’ will and went abroad
—to Koine —soon after his death, wearing
deep mourning, and carrying letters to
some of his American friends there, who
were not informed until a considerable
time of her true relations to the author ol
“Pickwick” and “David Coppertield.”
It must have been pretty hard for the
wife, in view of the facts, to submit to
see it stated in the public prints that her
“temper” was the cause of the sepera
tion, when, in reality,, it was too easy,
too amiable, and made less capable of re
sistance by delicate health. Charles
Dickens was spoiled by the adulation of
friends and women, and grew to believe
that genius such as his was omnipotent
and amenable to no law, divine or hu
man. Much, of course, is forgiven to
those who have done* much for their
kind; but hbw much higher and nobler
his place would have been had lie been a
true and strong man right straight
through, instead of a weak ene yielding
like a boy to the sudden impulse of mo
mentary passion, and leave the cruel re
sults to blight the lives dearest to him.
Washington Republic.
The death of the widow’ of Charles
Dickens revives the recollection of the
sensation created by the announcement
in his own paper of the domestic discord
which led to the seperation of the long
attached couple. No explanation of the
causes of the rupture has ever been
given though many surmises were pub
lished. A friend of mine, who had
known Dickens from his boyhood, being
as much astonished as the rest of society
at the severance, called upon Mark
Lemon (up to that time Dickens’ Jidus-
Achaies,), and asked the reason thereof.
Lemon answered, “Dickens is a great
scoundrel, and the best proof i can give
of my sentiment, is the fact that Mrs.
Dickens is how under my roof protected,
by my wife.” My informant then called
on Chapman, Dickens’ publisher, ami all
he sai<l was, “They should never have
come together —they were not adapted to
each other.” Dickens is simply a
fool,” was the remark of Buekstone, the
actor, “It is all her fault.” These obser
vations explained nothing, but when
Dickens’ will was published, the very
first named bequest revealed the secret.
The young woman therein named is still
living.
FIIO3I HON. W. H. FELTON.
Libelous Telegrams—The Financial Ques
tion.
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
—I received the accompanying letter
from Dr. Felton a few days ago, in re
sponse to one I wrote to him, and as it
presents views in which I most heartily
concur, touching tlie great financial is
sue, which is the real, living, all-impor
tant issue of the day, and as the letter is
from one of tlie ablest representatives
Georgia has ever had in congress 1 will
thank you to give it to your many read
ers for their perusal.
Very truly, yours, Jas.S. Hook.
Augusta, Ga., December 18.
Washington, D. C., December 10,
1879. —Judge James S. llook. —Dear Sir:
The bill (for the repeal of the present law
of congress allowing prosecutions of the
revenue laws upon mere informations)
you sent me, meets my entire approval,
and I introduced it on Tuesday, and will
give it my earnest attention until 1 get a
hearing before the committee, and if pos
sible before the house. It is a needed r< -
form, and one that will do Georgia great
good.
Mr. Stephens’ health is better to-day.
I thank you for your kind approvals of
the most of my letter. I for one am not
willing to cripple the south any longer
with sectional politics. The infamous
telegram, sent to the Savannah Xews, ex
cited prejudice against the letter, which
was entirely unwarranted by it. 1 hoj>e
to see the time when public and private
character is not placed at the mercy of
villainous telegraph senders and when
public opinion will demand the exposure
of such malicious persons.
The financial question will he the key
note of the campaign in 1880. It is oblig
ed to come. The fight in this country is
to be between the monopolists and the
people—between the money power and
the labor of the United States. Mr. Bay
ard has damaged himself very much by
his late action. Between Bayard and
Sherman there is no choice, so far as
financial theories are concerned, it is a
gloomy outlook. The money in Wall
street seems omnipotent in both parties.
Unless the south shakes herself loose
from the dictation of New York polities,
we will grow poorer each year. With no
regard for our interests, the northern de
mocracy are very intent on keeping us
solid, to give them votes when they de
sire them. Solid south means only pov
erty and inaction. Truly yours,
W. H. Felton.
“There goes my best coat,” soliloquized
Brown, despondently. “That fellow
Smith will be the death of me. He bor
rows all my clothes, and yet he patron
izes me and tells me l ought to dress bet
ter. My ‘lolly-pop’ tells me the same
thing, and holds up Smith as a sample, as
the pink of a well-dressed man, as a but
ton-hole bouquet of excellence. Blazes!
I wonder how long I’ll have to stand It?
It was just day before yesterday that the
fellow invited me around to see his li
brory, and damme if he didn’t have half
ot my books in it. Smith would borrow
anything. If I had everything of mine
that he’s got I could set up a second-hand
store to-day. Now I can’t find a decent
coat, a clean shirt, a respectable collar, a
walking-stick, an umbrella, or my only
pair of good shoes, Smith’s got ’em all.”
And he pulled the collar of his old coat
over his soiled shirt-front, tucked up his
pants over his worn shoes, and sallied out
into the rain.
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ABOUT WOMEN.
A bird on a bonnet is worth two on
toast.
A tight sqneeae-r-Tbe embrace of a tip*
sy lover.
Boston girls sigh for an intellectual
method for banging the hair.
Some women have been arrested in
Kentucky for keeping still. It was an
illicit still. 1
A Zulu girl isn’t allowed to marry a
man who doesn’t own a. cow. We sup
pose that is to indicate that she is his
boss.
When Lotto was informed she was the
mother of four children and had a hus
band living, she indignantly declared
that she wasn’t “that kind of a Crabtree.
The demure damsel with large feet
walketh two blocks searching tor a clean
crossing, but siie who weareth No. Vs
elevaterh her drapery and sails over the
first cross-walk.
Some London ladies are fond of array
ing themseives in the gorgeous stuff in
tended for furniture, apropos of which
this incident is said to have occurred at
an evening party : “Which is Mrs. W.,
my boy?” asked Aof B. “The woman
over there with a sloping chin, uphol
stered in blue,” answered B.
A lady writes an indignant note to a
contemporary, in which, with true rustic
innocence, she expresses a belief that ed
itors never go to heaven. We thought
even country people knew that journal
ists never went anywhere. They don’t
get the chance- They just sit up nights
thinking how to do good, until the tops
of their heads wear holes through their
hair.
The women of Boston recently had the
satisfaction of voting for the school com
mittee. it is aiittle remarkable, however,
that all of the women nominated were
defeated.. There were four women can
didates, and all of them were well known
ladies, and were active in all matters per
taining to educational reform. The men,
however, while they extended every
courtesy to the ladies when they
appeared at the polls, took particular
care to vote against the women candidates.
Perhaps the Boston men have adopted
this method of suppressing the desire of
women to vote.
STEPHENS AND FELTON.
For some reason or other certain Wash
ington correspondents of Georgia papers
persistently seek to misrepresent the
above gentlemen as to their political
views. r l'he staff correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle, the most reliable at
the Federal city from Georgia, under
date of December 18, says:
I called upon Mr. Stephens yesterday
and drew his attention to an interview
with him, by a Constitution reporter. He
told me that he had seen it and had just
sent a telegram to you utterly disavow
ing it. He was very much outraged at it
as it was without authority and incorrect
in many particulars. I asked him to
specify the inacuracies, which I would
cheerfully make public; but lie preferred
ST comprehensive and sweeping repudia
tion of the whole matter, as embodied in
his telegram. The so-called interview
emanated from Mr. Sam. W. Small, who
has unhappily contrived to make Dr.
Felton just as indignant as Mr. Stephens.
Both congressmen complain that they
have been treated shamefully and unjust
ly by representatives of the Atlanta pa
per/ Indeed, I am satisfied that Mr.
Stephens’ despair of the country’s true
progress is based in no minor degree npon
what he considers the reckless journalism
of the period. He bids me say that the
people of Georgia will hear from him
when he deems it proper to speak, and
that meanwhile all pretended reports of
his opinions are without his sanction or
authority. Under such circumstances all
hap-hazard “interuiews” with bur rep
resentative may be regarded with suspi
cion, and, if publisher!, sure of swift and
emphatic contradiction.
A CENSUS OF THE COTTON LABOR.
Representative Manning, of Missis
sippi, is of the opinion that one of the
most important things for the south is to
have the next census show what propor
tion of the cotton crops is produced by
white labor. The following are his
views:
“Our northern friends look upon us in
the south as lazy, indolent people. They
think that the negro performs all the la
bor of the cotton fields; that Cuffy alone,
with his wooly head and fat leet, can
stand the exposure of the sun. Why, the
white hands of our white men and wom
en, and children, too, of the south have
produced three-fifths of this year's cotton
crop which will reach a total of nearly
5,000,000 hales. White labor raises from
25 to 40 per cent, more cotton to the acre
than colored labor. That is a fact well
known in our country. Now, if we can
only get these statistical facts before the
world In an official form, in a non-parti
san document, like the census, it would
he worth millions of dollars to the south.
We have the most fertile soil on the globe,
and when the whites can be convinced
that they can cultivate it more profitably
than an}' other kind of labor, they will
go there. The great step of the south is
to induce white immigration, and tlie
greatest step towards that will accom
plished when we show the error of the
impression that the climate is only adapt
ed to negro labor.”
THE TRUTH COMING TO LIGHT.
The Philadelphia Press says:
The plantation negroes are beginning
to see beyond bare floors, “nigger” shoes
and gaudy head ’kerchiefs. Neat car
pets, good Lynn shoes, and tasteful mil
linery begin to find a* market in the
South. Even the corset trade finds a de
veloping outlet. All this is a sign that
the colored people of the South are ac
quiring those tastes vr'hich encourage the
better sort of manufacturers, and so ben
efit the skilled artisan class.
But just listen to this centre shot from
the Courier-Journal , byway of rejoinder:
“But where, pray, do your stories of
“general massacres of negroes,” cutting
off their arms and legs, driving them to
the. swamps, burning their houses, cheat
ing thorn of every dollar of their wages,
etc.” come in after that tale of prosperity ?
Just own up now that you have been de
liberately manufacturing the outrage
yarns. Whoever heard of people who
are food for shot-guns and the victims of
deadly massacres developing a taste for
corsets, head-handkerchiefs and “the
better sort of manufactures,” and buy
ing them and enjoying them? You re
publican slanderers don’t make your sto
ries consistent.
A Mormon apostle is visiting in Mexi
co, and the old rumor of a w holesale
Mormon migration to that country is re
vived.