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M. £T JOHNSON,
( ARTKitsVILLE, GEORGIA.
ollicc: east side public square, next door to
! erj Stable. apr29 _
j W.MII.MH. J. W. HARRIS, JH.
MILNER & HARRIS,
ATTO RNEY S-AT-LA w.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Otlice on West Main Street.
K. W. MURPHEY,
A T TOIINEY-AT- laW '
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
w. T. WOFFORD, .
Aa , T ORNBY-AT-I.AW,
—AND—
dealer in rEAL estate ’
, JwAgJ A ”Swcgrsrr, ga,_
POUOLA3 WIKLE.
JNO.L.MOON.
MOON & WIKLE,
Attorn ev s-t - Law,
CARTKRSVILLE, GA.
mr office in Hank Block, over the Postoffice.
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J. M. NEEL.
’"'"’tMppßimaii.,
..fTOHNKVS-AT-LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
W.ft PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS,
I | l ,ottf state and Federal, except Bartow
Criminal court. J. M. Neel, alone, will
'Notice in said last mentioned court. Office in
JiortheMt corner of court house building. feb27
;d.OH A HAM. " A.M.FOUTE.
GRAHAM & FOUTE,
vT T o UNEYS-AT-LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the
suiHsrior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the
simri'nid Courts at Atlanta. .
“ office west side public Square, up-stairs over
w . W. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of
i’ostottlce. . ' ———1—
JAMES B, CONYERS,
ATTORNEY - at-law
AND
Notary Public,
CARTEBVILLE, : : : : Georgia.
(Office: Bank block, up-stairs.)
wnib practice in the courts of
VV the Cherokee and adjoining circuits.
Prompt attention given to all business. Col
lections made a specialty. june29-ly •;
F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Ofliee over Stokely & Williams store.)
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
I WILL FILL TEETII, EXTRACT TEETH,
1 mid put in teeth, or do any work in my line
iu prices to suit the times.
{fag* Work all warranted. Refer to my pat
rons all over the county. Tunvenv
augls-ly. E. M!. JOHNSON.
JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,).
CAPPERSVILLE, GA.
W ILL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
Spectacles, Silver and Silver-1 lated
Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can
he bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. AH work done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a call. julyis.
Traveler’s Grnide.
(/oosA 1:1 vEH NAY IGATION.
On and after December 16th, 1878, the following
schedule will be run by the Steamers MAGNO
LIA or ETOWAH BILL:
Leave Rome Tuesday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Wednesday .... 6am
Leave Gadsden Wednesday 7 p in
Arrive at Borne Thursday spm
Leave Rome Friday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Saturday 7am
Arrives at Greensport ham
Arrive at Rome Saturday 6pm
J. M. ELLIOTT, President and Gen’l Sup’t.
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Wednesday, May 19, the Rome
Railroad will run two trains daily, as follows:
MORNING TRAIN.
Leave Rome daily 8:00 am
Arrive in Atlanta at 12:36 p m
Leave Atlanta at 7:45 a m
Arrive at Borne at 11:00 a m
EVENING TRAIN.
Leave Rome daily (except Sundays) . 5:30 p m
Arrive in Atlanta at 1 P m
Leavs Atlanta at
Arrive at Rome 9:00 p m
Morning train connects at Kingston with trains
for Chattanooga and Atlanta; at Koine with
trains south on 8., It. & h. Railroad.
Evening train connects at Kingston with trams
for Atlanta. EBEN IHLLYER,
J as. A. Smith, President.
G. P. Agt.
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, May 17. 1880, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Cartersville 9:50 am
Arrive at Stileshoro . 10:30 ain
Arrive at Taylorsville 10:50 am
Arrive at Rockmart 11:45 am
Arrrive at Cedartown 1:15 pm
RETURNING.
Leave Cedartown 3:25 pm
Arrive at Rockmart 4:28 p m
Arrive at Taylorsville 5:22 p m
Arrive at Stileshoro 5:47 p m
Arrive at Cartersville . . . . . . 6:30 pm
FREIGHT TRAIN.
I'Cave Taylorsville 6:00 a in
Arrive at Rockmart 7:10 a m
Arrive at Fish Creek 8:25 am
RETURNING.
Leave Fish Creek 11:10 a m
Arrive at Rockmart 12.00 m
Arrive at Taylorsville 1:30 p m
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sebed-
NIGHT PASSENGER— UP.
Leave Atlanta 8:00 p m
Leave Cartersville 4:63 pm
Leave Kingston 5:19 pm
Leave Dalton 7:10 pm
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:47 p m
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 5:25 p m
Leave Dalton 7:10 pm
Leave Kingston . . . 8:39 pm
Leave Cartersville 9:05 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 11:00 p m
DAY PASSENGER— UP.
Leave Atlanta 5:20 am
Leave Cartersville 7:23 am
Kingston 7:49 a m
Leave Dalton 9:21 a m
Arrive at Chattanooga 10:56 am
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 6:15 a m
Leave Dalton 8:10 am
Leave Kingston 9:43 am
Leave Cartersville . . . . . • • .10:11am
Arrive at Atlanta 12:05 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP.
Leave Atlanta 5:10 pm
Arrive at Cartersville • 7:22 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION —DOWN.
Leave Cartersville 6:05 am
Arrive at Atlanta 8:45 am
I>UFF GREEN HOUSE,
Dalton, Ga.
THE BEST and CHEAPEST HOTEL
On the Kennesaw Route.
BREAKFAST AND SUPPER HOUSE FOR
PASSENGERS.
Special Attention Given to the Comfort and Con
venience of Lady Passengers and guests.
Reading and Sample Rooms for Commercial
Travelers.
Rowd per day, $2.00; Meals, 50 cts.
j, Railroaders, County and Stockmen, half
VOLUME 111.
IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE!
THE GREAT THROUGH ROUTE
from the south
TO ARKANSAS AND TEXAS.
THE EMIGRANT’S FRIEND.
Families intending to emigrate
to Arkansas or Texas will find the route via
POPLAR BLUFF the most expedious and com
fortable.
Through Car Daily from Columbus, Ky., via
Poplar Bluff, to Texarkana, without change.
attention is given to Emigrant
business, and rates are always quoted at the
lowest possible figures. Household Goods, Ac.,
are carried for Emigrants on the most reasonable
terms
FROM TIIE SOUTHEAST TO THE SOUTH
WEST, emigrants should always purchase their
tickets by way of Columbus or Cairo and Poplar
Bluff, as this line runs no special emigrant trains
--All passengers being carried through to desti
nation on first-class express trains.
If you are going to St. Louis, Chicago,
Kansas, Colorado, lowa, Nebraska,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah,
Oregon or California,
Avail yourselves of the low rates, quick time,
and superior accommodations offered by the St.
LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN
RAILWAY and its connections, by purchasing
your iickets over this reliable and popular line.
For further particular information please call
upon or address either of the following named
agents. ED. F SISSON,
Southeaster Passenger Agent,
Chattanooga, Tenn.,
P. O. Box 132.
O. W. RUGGLES,
General Ticket Agent,
St. Louis, Mo. june}7
FOR THE SUMMER!
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
CARTERSVILLE, : : * GEORGIA.
CIARTERSVILLE IS SITUATED AT THE
j terminus of the Blue Ridge mountains, on
the W. & A. R. R., 49 miles north of Atlanta.
GOOD WATER, FREESTONE AND
LIMESTONE.
THE NIGHTS ARE COOL AND IN
VIGORATING !
The accommodations at the St. James are un
surpassed. Every room carpeted, and spacious
verandahs, with grand views of surrounding
mountains, on every story (3) of the building.
Fine drives from, and splendid livery accom
modations in the town.
Beautiful scenery all around Cartersville that
is pleasant and interesting.
5-20 L. C. HOSS, Proprietor.
U. O. ROBERTSON, M, D.,
Hygienic Physician and Electro-
Therapeutist,
Begs leave to announce to the
citizens of Bartow, Gordon, Cobb, Cherokee,
and other counties of North Georgia, that for the
sake of rendering liis 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.
The .Atlanta Health In.stitu.te
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
paralleled 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 the (drug
ophatic) 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
feb2o Atlanta,, Ga.
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 aud 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 & Bro., of
Rome, who have made a splendid pavement
with iti to Capt. M. B. Grant, or Mr. Gilbert
Butler, of Savannah, who have used it with
great success 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 Itivsr Bridge, New York, who pronounces
it equal to the best Imported Portland Cement.
Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga.
sepl2-ly.
FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
A SPECIALTY
At Young’s Grallery^
Shorter Block, Rome, Ga.
He will endeavor to obtain just
such pictures as his patrons may desire.
He has lately added many accessories and other
convenient and appropriate arrangements for
children. Copies any and all sorts of old pic
tures to any size desired, and any kind of pic
tures w anted, and at just half the prices charged
by traveling agents. He warrants perfect satis
faction to all. *
Frames for photographs of every desirable
charoctcr, at very low prices. Uses nothing but
flue glass in his frames. july22
WOFFORD ACADEMY
MALE AND FEMALE.
THE SUMMER AND FALL TERM OF THIS
populor institution will commence on July
sth. when parents are requested to enter their
children promptly. ...
Wofford Academy is beautifully located at
Cass Station, W. & A. R. R., five miles north of
Cartersville. Its advantages, social and moral,
are unexceptional. Healthy, pleasant and free
from all temptation, w ell supplied with church
es and under the influence of a good community.
Board can be had with good families, or with the
urincipal, at very reasonable rates. Address
pfooF, MATTHEW MARSHALL,
Principal.
iulyl-tf ** Cass Station, Ga.
THKO. E. SMITH. J. W. PRITCHETT.
SMITH & PRITCHETT
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Propose to buy and sell all kinds
of Real Estate in Cartersville and Bartow'
county, on commission. They have on hand for
sale several desirable farms located in different
parts of the county.
They respectfully solicit business of all par
ties desiring to sell or buy towm property or
farming lands. Their terms will be reasonable.
Office in Planters’ aud Miners’ bank, Carters
ville, Ga. 9e Pl
THOM p SON ,g
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 DELICACIES
OF THE SEASON.
The ladles’ cafe is elegantly fitted up and is
VOI™ 1 " rOTO * lOr “'THOMPSON.
THE FREE PRESS.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.
Bartow Superior Court, Second Week,
July Term, 1880.
We, the grand jurors for the second
week July term, Bartow county supe
rior court respectfully submit the follow
ing general presentments:
We find very little business before our
body this week and think it to the inter
est of the county that we adjourn without
examining our public roads, public build
ings and pauper farm as that was done
by the grand jury of last week, except
that we find the bridges on Cassville and
Pine Log roads in the 4th, and sth dis
tricts and the bridge across Pettis ereea,
beyond the old fair grounds, in bad condi
tion and recommend that the county
commissioners have them repaired at
once.
Messrs. George S. Tumlin and B, R.
Mountcastle, who were appointed by the
grand jury of the Januarj' term to exam
ine the various county records and re
port to our body, have submitted their re
port and we recommend that the report
be published in both of our county pa
pers, the Express and The Free Press
provided they publish the same at the
usual half rates.
We find from examination of the
vouchers of the county treasurer that
some one has been guilty of committing
the crime of fraudulently altering and
raising jury tickets issued by the clerk of
the superior court of this county in sev
eral instances, and thereby perpetrating
fraud upon the treasury of the county,
and it being impossible for us during our
short term of service to thoroughly in
vestigate the same, we, therefore, ap
point James B. Conyers, attorney at law,
as a committee of one to thoroughly ex
amine into said fraud and to detect if pos
sible the offenders and make a report of
the result of his investigation to the next
term of this court, and we recommend
that the said Jas. B. Conyers be paid
reasonable compensation for the services
rendered by him, under this appoint
ment.
We concur with the minority report
of the giand jury of last week in refer
ence to the per diem for jurors and bai
liffs. It is our opinion that one dollar and
fifty cents is sufficient.
In taking leave of His Honor, Judge
McCßtchen, Solicitor Hackett and offi
cers of court, we desire to express our
thanks for their kindness and courtesy to
us during our short term with them.
We recommend that these presentments
be published in each of oitr county pa
pers, the Express and Free Press.
11. S. Crawford, Foreman.
J. C. Dodd, J. T. Conyers,
S. T. McCandless, Jesse Swain,
William Brown, J, M. Veach,
R. W. Martin, G. A. Stephens,
M. A. Wheeler, R. C. Brown,
J. M. Stephens, Dan’l. Sullivan,
Perry G. Collins, C. W. Whitworth,
Oliver Richards, Uriah Stephens,
John A. Stover, W. A. Williams.
It is ordered by the court that these
presentments, together with the report of
the committee referred to may be pub
lished in accordance with the recommen
dation of the grand jury. July 21st,
1880. C. D. McCutchen,
J. S. C. C.C.
REPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
To the Grand Jury of Bartow Superior
Court , July Term, 1880.
The committee appointed by the first
week of last January term of court to
examine the books, etc., of the different
county officers, respectfully submit the
following:
sheriff’s office.
We have examined the sheriff’s books
from 1873, when A. M. Franklin came
into office, to June of the present year.
We find that he keeps all of the books
required by the law, except a bench war
rant docket. Throughout his execution
docket, we find many cases stated but the
docket fails to show what disposition has
been made of them. It neither shows set
tlement, order to hold up, or return of
no property. In some of these cases no
doubt this is caused by tt. fas. being in
the hands of attorneys or parties.
This docket does not show all of the
jury fees whicli were collected by him
and paid over to the treasurer, as the
treasurer’s books show the receipt of more
jury fees than the sheriff has charged
him with.
The docket also shows that all of the
fees with which he stands charged have
been paid over to the treasurer except $3.00
collected by G. L. Franks, deputy sheriff,
in the case ot M. O. Rouk vs. Bartow
Iron Company, appearing on page 10
county court executive docket.
The jail record is properly kept except
it has an incomplete index.
The sale books have no index, nor does
it show the date of the levy. In some
cases it does not describe the property
sold and in many cases only a partial de
scription, while the law requires that it
should give the date of levy and an ac
curate description of the property levied
upon.
We think it would be well to recom
mend that the sheriff be required to keep
a cash account upon which he should en
ter all jury fees collected and paid to treas
urer by him.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
We find the books of this office neatly
kept, but find that they have failed from
January, 1878, to August, 1879, to have
any record kept on their minute book of
the orders allowed by them, relying up
on the original accounts and papers used
in each case. This was contrary to law
and an unsafe practice. Before and since
that time they have entered on their
minutes whatever orders were allowed by
them.
There appear two orders on their or
der book and docket, one for $94.78, No
T 75, issued to M. G. Dobbins, and t'
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1880.
other amount $3.30, No. 343, issued to
J. W. Williams, neither of which appear
on minutes. The ordei book shows two
orders for $2.00 each, No. 232, to J. H.
Williams for election returns when he
was only entitled to one of the orders.
We find in addition the following er
rors in the issuing of orders:
Order No. 233, on page 152, minutes,
to Thos. F. Jones, allowed for $20.00 and
issued for $25.00; order No. 265, page
179, to John H. Wikle, allowed for $228.-
50, and issued for $228.00; order No. 312,
page 231, minutes, to J. T. Addington,
allowed for $20,00 and issued fbr $25.00;
order No. 28, on page 399 and 400, to
Isham Alley, allowed $15,25 and issued
for $15.75; order No 164, page 459, to
Aaron Knight, allowed $22.68 and is
sued for $28.68. All of the above orders
were paid by treasurer as issued, making
a loss to the county from this source of
$16.00, not including the duplicate order
to Williams as the treasurer’s books do
not show that it has been paid.
We do not find in the commissioner’s
ofliee any estray docket back of October,
1878. The clerk informs us that his last
knowledge of said' docket was that it
went into the hands of the grand jury for
inspection.
The present docket does not have all
of its entries complete. In one place it
appears that W. W. Rich was the pur
chaser of two yearlings,but no entry as to
the amount paid for them. •
We find in another case where the
clerk of county commissioners charges as
his fee $2.50, when the law only allows
him $2.00 in such cases. We also find
that it has been the custom of those who
keep this docket to pay balances over
cost, to the county treasurer, instead of
the treasurer of the school fund as re
quired by law. In some cases the pro
ceeds from the sale of an estray was not
sufficient to cover the cost and expense
of feeding.
We find that there has been no settle
ment with the treasurer since 1875. By
the acts of 1876, page 13, the duty has
been transferred to the grand jury of Jan
uary term.
We also think that the commtetioners
should be required to keep account with
the treasurer in such manner as to be
able to show at any time how much
money there should be in the treasury to
the credit ef each particular fund, such
as was kept by the ordinary when in
charge of county finances.
treasurer’s books.
We have examined the treasurer’s
books from 1875, when W. H. Cobb came
into office, to June of the present year.
The following are the errors we find:
DEBIT.
Nov. 12, ’75. Received from Cor- ■ * *
bin, T.c'..?./..!■ $1,045 00
Charged himself.. 1,043 40
Page 90.—Treasu
rer’s book, vou. 66, '
entered 2 00
Voucher issued for 1 75
Page 362—Treasu
rer’s book, vou. 468,
jury ticket, ent’d .. 10 00
Voucher issued for 8 00
July, 1876. Voucher 289, page
382, jury ticket en
tered 12 00
Voucher 289, page
382, jury ticket is
sued 9 00
Voucher 299, page
382, jury ticket, en
tered 12 00
Voucher 299, page
382, jury ticket, is
sued 9 00
Voucher 57, page
. 393, jury ticket, en
tered 4 00
Voucher 57, page
393, jury ticket, is
sued 3 00
1 00
Voucher 59, page
393, jury ticket, en
tered 12 00
Voucher 59, page
393, jury ticket, is
sued. 9 00
Jany. 1878. Voucher 319, jury
ticket, entered.... 7 50
Voucher 319, jury
ticket, issued 4 00
Jan. 28, ’76. Page 565,c0m.b00k*
rec’d from tax c._. 180 00
Entered against T. 108 00
Nov. 15, ’77. Page 567, receive*!
from tax collector, 30 00
Charged himself,. 27 00
Jan. 20. Order to L.C.Hcxw
entered for more
than order. 1 80
Overch’geln com
mission, 1875 8 20
Page 62, gen. fund
account for 1876,er
ror in addition.... 106 00
Page 66, gen. fund
account for 1876,
overcharge in com,. 110'
Mar. 30, ’79. Page 276, received
from Rich, T. C— 440 00
Charged himself... 439 48
■ 52
Page 528, station
ery account for ’7B,
error in addition.. 3
Page 82, gen. fund
account for ’77, er- j
ror in addition.... 100 00
P ages 225 and 226,
error in amt. bro’t
forward 101 25
Aug. 1, ’77. Page 556, received
from tax collector,
not entered, 20 00
Feb. 28, ’77. Page 556, received
from tax collector,
not entered, 360 70
$789 92
CREDIT TREASURER BY ERRORS AGAI NST HIMSELF
July 8, ’79. Chg’d himself with $550 00
Only received from
•Nax collector 4 50 00
Apr. 10, ’79. Order to McDon
ald & B
Dr. himselfi with . 10 48
Jan. 20, Or, to Free Press- 14 74
Cr. himseif witlv. 2 00
Nov. '-jo, ’7B. Charges himself
with more than re
ceived 00
1879. Page 8, by error in
addition 2 (V*
$l2O 10
Total balance against countjj,...... $669 82
Among the treasurer’s rouehers, jury
certificates issued at January, 1876, there
appears one to J.M\Stephens,No. 256, one
to J. E. Hull, No. 328, and one to A. A.
Skinner, No. 417. The first two have
been raised from two to six days, making
a difference of $8 in the amount of each;
the third has been raised from one to six
days, making a difference of $lO in the
value of the same. The minutes of the
court do not show how many days those
jurors served, but does show that they
were not empanelled for any entire week
of the term, and if the treasurer should
be held accountable for the payment of
the above mentioned certificates, he would
be chargeable with this additional $26.
From the books there appears that there
is at present in the treasury, this June
10, 1880, as follows:
On general fund accoount. $2,086 61
On pauper fund account 1,465 01
On jail fund account 1,038 48
By amt. overpaid on jury fund . $37 07
“ “ “ stationery “ .. 343 07
$4,209 91
Add errors above mentioned 669 82
Total that should be in treasury |4,881 03
TAX RECEIVER.
We have examined the books of the
present tax receiver for last year only, as
books for this year are not yet com
plete. We find them correct except
that he made no return of defaulters as
required by law.
TAX COLLECTOR.
As far as we can ascertain his books
are correct. We find that he has collect
ed, for 1879, and turned over to treasurer
of county school fund, - $2,150 00
and that his books show that he
has received from polls for ’79, 2,659 00
Which leaves bal. in his hands, $509 00
from which he is entitled to usual com
mission. He has since paid $327,00.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
We have been unable to examine fully
and in detail the accounts of Rev. T. E.
Smith, county school commissioner, be
cause the only book which he furnished
us, and he said the only one he kept, had
his accounts of receipts and disburse
ments in a consolidated form, rendering
it impossible for us to check eacli separate
item. We found his accounts for each
year approved by the balance of the
school board.
ORDINARY’S OFFICE.
We find that the ordinary keeps all the
books required by law and that the ne
cessities of his office demand. His books
are neatly kept and give a full and satis
factory history of each case passed upon
by him.
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT.
We find in this office all the books re
quired by law, except a docket upon
which to enter criminal cases of five years
standing and a duplicate criminal docket,
and a book for the record of fines imposed,
and one for the record of recognizances.
The subpoena docket does not show to
whom the subpoenas were delivered. The
writ record shows that there has been no
writs recorded since 1870. We find that
the clerk has failed to keep an index in
the following dockets: claim, motion, ap
peal, illegality, issue, certiorari, and
criminal, which should be kept as it
would add greatly to the convenience of
all parties interested. We find that it
has been the custom of the clerk to issue
jury certificates having the number of
days served in figures only making them
in many cases easily altered, and we
would suggest that hereafter the clerks
be required to issue them giving the num
ber of days in writing, and also show the
I amount of money due thereon.
The minutes often failed to show when
jurors were sworn in (except the regular
panel) which rendered it impossible in
many cases to verify the certificates.
We think the clerk should be required
to keep a record of jury certificates,
showing to whom issued, the number of
days served and the term and week of
tlit.-. court for which it is issued.
Neither the sheriff, clerk of the supe
rior court, or clerk of county commis
sioners, keep their cash account in a uni
form shape or so as to be easily under
stood which would be necessary in order
to enable them to make the annual re
turns to the grand jury required by the
act of 1876. We, together with the clerk,
examined and assorted the papers in the
clerk’s office, and made entries on the
docket where papers were missing, and
not having authority to examine parties
and attorneys interested, we could not de
termine who had possession of the pa
pers. , xI
Among the fi. fas. returned to the com
missioners, we found none that we con
sider collectable.
We herewith submit the vouchers con
nected with the errors mentioned, in the
foregoing report all of which is respect
fully submitted.
G. S. Tomlin,
B. R. Mountcastle,
Commissioners.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
July 12,1880.
W. H. Howard, N. F., B. C. Ga.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Au
gusta Xeics tells the following: It is said
when Senator Brown was simply a judge
Of the superior court, before the war, on
one occasion, Judge IV right, of Rome,
came into the court-room wearing a ter
rible screaking pair of shoes, much to
the annoyance of the court. Finally,
Judge Brown was exasperated to such a
degree that he drawled out: “Mr. Clerk,
collect five dollars from the gentleman
with those shoes! ” Judge Wright paid
the fine, walked out of the court-room,
pulled off his shoes, tied them together
by the strings, and slung them over his
neck so that each one of the shoes hung
down in front. Then he stalked back
into the court-room and took a stand in
front of the judge. This was more than
mountain jurisprudence could bear.
Judge Joe Brown blandly said: “Mr.
Clerk, collect another five dollars from
that man.” ’Squire Wright paid it and
got out of the court-room.
MR. STEPHENS AT AUGUSTA.
Why He Favors Hancock—Radical Views
on the Silver Question.
The Hon. Alexander H. Stephens spoke
on the political situation for an hour and
a half in Augusta about two weeks ago.
The Augusta Chroyiicle gives an imper
fect report, hardly more than a synopsis,
of his remarks, from which we quote as
follows:
“This meeting,” he said, “was ex
ceedingly gratifying to him. Before,
differences had prevailed in the demo
cratic party; now', all was harmony. He
supposed that this was because the nomi
nation at Cincinnati had given such gen
eral satisfaction. He had been aske.d if
he was satisfied with that nomination.
How could he be anything else ? He had
been working for it for ten years—for
eight years earnestly. It had been urg
ed that Hancock was too poor and had no
money. It looked as if they were deter
mined to take no man that hadn’t a ‘bar
rel.’ [Laughter and applause.] Han
cock was overlooked. He knew of but
two men in congress who were urging
his claims. One was Senator Wallace, of
Pennsylvania, and the other was him
self. Ever since that celebrated order
No. 40 [applause] he had been for Han
cock, first, last, and all the time. The
politicians at Washington had nothing to
do with it. He didn’t wish to say any
thing disrespectful of his colleagues, but
it was so. A cyclone of popular favor
struck the convention, and the people’s
representatives nominated Hancock. He
was afraid that it would nominate some
body that he couldn’t support, in which
case he thought his counsels would no
longer be of any use to the country. If
the democratic party made no blunders,
Hancock and English would go into the
presidential chair, and there would be
no dispute about the count. They must
stay in the ship; don’t go off into little
skiffs. The ship was the good old Jeffer
sonian creed of democracy. Jefferson
said all men were born equal. Yes, they
Were all created equal in the right to the
same protection, the right to justice. All
men were not created equal in strength
or intellect. No man has any right to
hurt another. The Jefferson democracy
was equal rights, equal justice in sight of
the law. The democracy everywhere
had professed a desire to accord equal
justice to all. Judge Snead had carried
this out in this circuit, and he believed
the same was correct of all the circuits of
the state. Stand fast to the Jeffersonian
principles, make no blunder, and the de
mocracy will win a great victory, lie
knew Ilancock, and w r ould vouch for him
as a great soldier and a great civilian.
EngUsh was as true to democratic prin
ciples as the needle is to the pole. Gen.
Weaver, the candidate of the greenback
party, was a very clever mau, but he had
taken the wrong road. He advised him
to come down and jine the democratic
band.
He knew Gen. Garfield well. He had
always regarded him as a man of rare
probity and of high intellect. He did
not oppose Gen. Garfield because of any
defect in morals so far as he knew: of
any defect in intellect. He never heard
of the credit mobilier scandal until after
he was nominated. He did not know
wdiether the charges were true or not.
He had met him often, and looked upon
him as a Christian gentleman. He op
posed Garfield not because of these
charges, but he disagreed with him on
political principles, and would support
Hancock against him. He opposed him
because he thought he advocated doc
trines in congress which were ruinous to
this country. lie took an earnest part
in demonetizing silver. This was the
great question of this country.' Silver
and gold had been the money of the
world from the earliest ages. From the
time that Abraham bought the eave of
Machpelah for 400 shekels of silver, sil
ver had been the money. From that day
down silver and gold had been regarded
as money by all nations. We have heard
much about the depreciation of silver.
Gen Garfield and his party were respon
sible for it. In 1873 silver commanded
3 per cent, premium. A rider to the ap
propriation bill to demonetize silver was
adopted in congress. Gen. Garfield sus
tained that action. After that you
couldn’t pay a debt in silver. The main
cause of the panic was' that more than
one-half of the metal coin of the world
was stricken from the money list. Every
thing went up to the gold standard.
The failures in the country amounted to
$800,000,000, more than one-third of the
public debt. The demonetizing of silver
was the cause of this. In 1873 congress
passed a law to make half dollars and
quarter dollars. The tvvo half dollars
only weighed 392 grains, standard weight.
The standard dollar weighed 412 % grains,
so that two halves or four quarters were
not equal to a silver dollar of the fathers.
These coins were called subsidiary coin,
but they were really clipped coins.
There were $35,000,000 of this coin in the
country. Last year a poor man who
went into a broker’s office only got 90
cents for his two halves. The coin has
been debased by the government, and de
frauded the laboring classes against all
attempts to defraud them. He had a bill
passed that these silver coins could be re-
deemed in good money when presented
in sums of S2O and upward. He did Mr.
Garfield, who was a gentleman, the jus
tice to say that when it was offered, see
ing that it must pass, he voted for it.
Mr. Garfield was one of the best of his
party. He [Stephens] would turn loose
all the mints, and coin, if needs be, $500,-
000,000 of silver. He would place it in
the vaults and issue to the people certifi
cates of silver. All over the world these
certificates would be just as good as the
metal itself. The silver costs something
to transport. It would be dollar tor dol
lar all the world over. Some were afraid
of being drowned in a flood of silver.
This was the last way he ever expected
to die. Let it come. He was opposed to
Gen. Garfield because he was in favor of
the present system of taxation. He
thought our system of taxation was the
worst in the world, w r orse even than that
of down-trodden Ireland. Taxes should
be equal. In his judgment the internal
revenue system should be abolished.
Stamp duties were what our fathers
fought against. The internal revenue
was levied principally against tobacco
and corn, more than two-thirds of the
$105,000,000. He said tobacco and corn,
he might say tobacco and whisky. He
said levy taxes upon foreign luxuries.
Let those people who ivant to use these
luxuries pay for them. Gen. Garfield
said: ‘Let us alone.’ So said the devils
when our Savior drove them out. He
thought our system of internal revenue
was • possessed by devils. Let us turn
them out. We raust uot let them alone.”
“What is personalism in a party? It
is the attempt of individuals—one or
more—to use the party to advance indi
vidual ends. Personal revenges, person
al vindications, personal grievances and
personal rewards and personal glorifica
tions, are all but forms of the same dis
ease, and in every form is equally dan
gerous and despicable.”— Ben}. H. Hill.
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NUMBER 2
WHAT GOV. COLQUITT FAILS TO
TELL.
Some time since Governor Colquitt
abandoned the executive office and took
the stump to discuss the issues now' be
fore the people of Georgia.
Has he done so? Has he told the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth ?
lias he not suppressed facts, and only
consented some of the minor matters and
then proceeded to knock down the men
of straw of his ow r n creation. He talks of
“liars and thieves” and “hell hissing
slander,” virtually considering his oppo
nents of this class.
The first charge that he says is made
against him is absenteeism.
Did he tell of his visit to Washington
in order to get personal possession of
$198,01)0 that he might pay his friends
large fees, against a statute law requiring
an appropriation ? Did he tell the people
that the state was like unto a ponderous
engine, whose fly wheel had been put in
motion and its machinery well oiled and
cleansed by the representative of the peo
ple, and that it was running now ty its
own volition, with its engine asleep, and
its fires gone out?
The next charge he makes to defend
himself against, is “attending Sunday
schools.” He knows very well that no
one blames him for that, if he had the
time to spare, but would it not be well for
him to have put in a little “missionary
work” in the different departments at
Atlanta?
Do not Georgians believe that one-halt
of the time they paid him for and not got
the benefit of devoted to the comptroll
er’s office, the treasury department and
the principal keeper’s office, would have
saved the state from those disgraceful
practices that have crept in unobserved
by him, whose duty it was to have known
what was going on?
He alludes in a general way to the en
dorsement of the Northeastern railroad
bonds, but he fails to tell that he knew
J. W. Murphy, treasury clerk, was to
get a large fee ($8,000) for his share in
the matter. He says “there never was
or could be a more complete vindication
of my motives” by the legislature. Here
he failed to tell that it required every
agency that could be brought to bear to
get the legislature to bestow on him the
very thin coat of whitewash that he calls
a “complete vindication,” and even this
was very nearly reconsidered by a vote
ot G 8 to 92. The legislature, without a
dissenting vote in either branch, made it
a crime for clerks to influence governors
in the future. A weak governor must oe
protected from smart clerks. He failed
also to tell whether or not Gov. Brown
was interested in the endorsement of the
Northeastern railroad bonds.
Finally, be tells that Brown offered
him sympathy when his best friends
gave him the cold shoulder. Did he tell
that it was to save Nelms that Brown took
charge of him ?
These are in brief the points of Gov.
Colquitt’s speech except that lie claims
credit for filling the treasury with money
by .his exertions. When the question
was first raised about the Alston-Garling
ton foe, he tried to throw the responsi
bility on Gov. Smith for making the con
tract ; now he would have it believed that
he did it.
Gov. Colquitt failed to tell the people
that op to last year he has illegally levied
and collected over one-half million of dol
lars over and above what the law author
ized him to wring from the toiling mass
es. This is a fact and Gov. Colquitt
dares not deny it. His only excuse is
ignoranea of the law —“which excuses
no man.” A negro is imprisoned for
violating a statute although he pleads ig
norance, but it is asked to indorse Gov.
Colquitt.
This illegal tax levy is the main cause
of the surplus in the treasury, and yet
Gov. Colquitt attempts to deceive and
make the people think it is there by his
superb management!
lie presents his last card played des
perately to save his failing fortunes, in
the shape of ex-Gov. Brown, and he ar
gues as though the only charge against
ex-Gov. Brown was that he favored re
construction. He well knows that this is
one of his lightest offenses. He only tells
you a part as usual.
He does not tell you of his past treach
ery, his incendiary speeches to negroes,
and his cruel and vindictive persecution
of innocent fellow-citizens, of his identi
fication with the Bullock administration.
Language fails to enumerate his political
vices. , .
Look, men of Georgia, beneath this
triumvirate —Gordon, Colquitt and Brown
—and see if it is not a deep laid scheme
tc roll you indirectly of your state road.
What would you think if a railroad presi
dent in Kentucky could control the ap
pointment of the Georgia senatorship,
and through the roads’ attorney, rule the
legislature of Georgia.— Columbus En
quirer.
A CARD TO THE GEORGIA CON
FEDERATES.
CrriißEßT, July, 1880.—In the sum
mer of 1863, Governor Brown, under a
resolution of the legislature, sent me to
Richmond, with ample preparations, to
make a complete roll of Georgia troops
who had entered the service. It was
found to be impracticable at that time,
on account of the activity of the depart
ments, in preparation for the campaign
into Maryland and Pennsylvania. Presi
dent Davis advised me to postpone it,
and the governor recalled me.
On account of rapidly accruing disas
ters the effort was never renewed. The
work I had performed was lost in the de
struction, by Federal troops, at Mil-
ledge ville.
It is uot important now for the purpo
ses then intended, but the sentiment sur
vives the cause, and it will add to the in
terest and value of my book of Georgia
history and biography if I can get the
information here sought—an account of
the regiments, separate battallions, bat
teries and companies not organized with
others; also, the divisions and brigades,
the field and company officers, and
places or counties from which the com
panies went, and the principal engage
ments taken part in. I will gladly ac
cept contributions from them, and make
a clear and simplified account of each, if
the surviving officers will aid me. The
labor will be heavy to me, but light to
them.
I hope in this method to preserve much
that within a few years, without some
such effort, the grave will forever ex
clude from the history of our grand old
state.
Contributions from different persons,
about the same commands, will not be
objectionable, but all should be concise,
brief and legibly written, especially prop
er names. Respectfully,
Herbert Fielder.
Financial editors should not be allow
ed to write up purely statistical news.
They slide iu the dollar-mark ; with
which their thoughts are full. For in
stance, th* 1 Providence JouvntfH gravely
remarks that the population of that city
is $104,760.
