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THE FREE PRESS,
Cartersville, Ga.
PKOFESBIONAL cards.
a. M. FOITK.
v I’ roRN F. A- AT- L A w .
t VKTERsVILLE, GEORGIA.
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I-' net-- en|re?teil to me. Uotlectionui and
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1 - ... , ..mer Man and Erwin streets, up
.’.rer H. F. Godfrey’* store. _____
OKA HAM. ¥. M.GKtBiJf.
GRAHAM A GRAHAM,
Attorneys Solicitors and Counselors at
Law,
< VRTERSVILLE, GA.
. vfFHT IN THE COURT HOME. WILL
( I ,rL 1 e in a the coufto of Bartow countv,
" ri. r courts of northwestern Georgia, and
: ’ renie an t Federaleoarfcs at Atlanta, Ga.
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>f. SEQI %KD BROWNE. M. D..
c **f tli arm of Drs. Brown* A I-huiad, Aiu
Olivet, Ky.]
Ptnstria* s.iveoa.ObstitricUaaniGfaafeolOfist,
’ ’ CaMTtlle, Georgia,
s B-Si.-eial attention given to Surgery in
si us braeiiea. .
SHKLB* ATTAWAY,
A T OKNE Y - AX-LAW,
\ i T TI LPR ACTICE IN* ALL THE COURTS
\\ of North Georgia. „ „ _ . 1
Office with Col. if. R. Stansell, Bank
GEORGE S. .JOHNSON,
A (’TORN KV--A T - T-* W .
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OKI It E, West side. Public Square.
jof \V ill practice in all the Courts.
R. W. MIBPHEY,
V T T OKNEY-AT - L* -A. w,
CAKTKRSVILLE, GA.
- KICE up-stain) in the briek building, cor
• •of Mam & Erwi i streets. J u l> 18 -
j. r. .veil. j. i. oohsji. w.j. xml.
NEEL. CONNER A NEEL,
AT ,'ORNEYS-AT-LAW
cartersville, GA.
i \-ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THK COURTS
>\ of ibis state. Litigated ca.-ea made a
. , ialtv. Prompt attention given to all business
iVfticem northeast corner of courthouse. fel9
M. L. JOHNSON*.
rV T *U O H N* E A* - AT-LA W
CASTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office in the brick house next to Roberts’
v#rv stables. Hours from a. in. to 4 jp. m.
lag* All business poouiptly attended to.
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T. W. MILKKB. *• w ■ HXKBIS.JK.
MILNER A HARRIS.
TO R ‘N’ KY S- A. T- I* -A. W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
office on West Main Street. juiyl*
toHM H. WIKLK. OO GLASS WIKITk.
WIKLK A WIKLE.
T T O li N E Y S-A*. T-L A. *VV ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Offi.-e in court house. Douglas Wikle will give
.a! attention to febjA
JNO. B. F. LUMPKIN,
A. T T O R N K Y - A T - LA W,
ROME, GA.
( iOLLE< TIONS A SPECIALTY. OFFICE
V, m rear of Printup, Bros. A Co.’s Bank.
ALBERT S. JOHNSON,
A T TOR TS* KY-AT-LA NV ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OVfI E : WEST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE.
1 Will practice in all the Courts. Business
n ill receive prompt attention.
TRAVELERS* GUIDE.
GADSDEN AND RED LINE STEAM
ERS—U. S. MAIL.
STEAMER SIDNEY P. SMITH.
Ben. H. Elliott, Master; F. G. Smith, Clerk.)
Leove Rome every Tuesday and Friday Sam
Arrive Gadsden Wednesday and Satunlay. 6am
Leave oaii'deu Wednesday and Satunlay 8a m
Arrive at Rome Thursday aad Sunday ...7pm
Will go through to Greensport, Ala., every
Friday night. Returning, leave Greensport ev
erv Saturday morning.
STEAMER GADSDEN*.
• F. M. Coulter, Master F. A. Mills, Clerk.
Leave Rome Mondays and Thursdays 11 an
Arrive Gadsdea Tuesdays and Fridays 2am
Leave Gad-den Tuesdays end Fridays 9am
Arrive at Wednesdays and Saturdays 7pm
Office No. 27 Broad np-stairs over the
t attoo Exchange. Telephonic connection.
J. M. ELLIOTT, Jr., Gen. Man’gr.,
Gadsden, Ala.
W. T. SMITH, Gen 1 Agent.
Rome, Ga.
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CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, March 19, 18S3, the train?
on this Road will run daily as follows Sunday
excepted):
PASSENGER TRAIN.—MORNING.
Leave Cartersville 9:45 am
Arrive at Stilesboro 10:17 a in
Arrive at Kaylorsville 10:35 a in
Arrive at Rockmart 11:10 a m
Arrrfve at Cedartown 12:05 a m
RETURNING.
LeaveCedartowu 2:05 pm
Arrive at Rockmart 2:sSpm
Arrive at Taylorsville 3:33 pin
Arrite at Stilesboro . 3:51 p m
Vrrirvv at Cartersville 4:25 pm
PAssfcNGER TRAIN.—EVENING.
I A*ave Cartersville 4:30 pm
Amve at Stilesboro . 5:04 pni
Arrive at Taylorsville 5:22 pm
Arrive at Rockmart Jj-“00 p m
Arrive at Cedartown . . . .... . 7 3)0 pm
RETURNING.
Leave Cedartown . . 6:00 am
Arrive at Rockmart 6:33 am
Arrive at Taylorsville 7:2g a m
Arrive at stilesboro 7:46 am
Arrive at cartersville S:i)im
ROME RAILROAD.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
* so. 1.
Leave Rome 6:10 am
Arrive at Kingston 8:55 a in
SO. 2,
Leave King-ton 9:20 am
Arrive at Koine 10a5 a m
SO. 3.
Leave Rome !:15 P m
Arrive at Kingston 3:30 pm
>*o. 4.
lieave Kingston -*-55 p m
Arrive at Rome 6-50 P 111
SO. 5.
Leave Rome 83)0 a m
Arrive at Kingston 9:00 a m
>0. 6. . }
Leave Kingst.-*n 9:20 a m
Arrive at Home 10:10 a hi '
No*. 1. 4,3 ami 4 will run daily except Sun
days. *
Nos. 3 an l 6 will ran Sandaysoaly.
No. 1 will not stop at the junction. Mates
close nnection at Kingston for Atlanta and
C i.:ittauooga. . ’ , _
No. 2 nukes connection at Rotue w ith E. T..
Vs. A Ga. K. R.. for points south.
EIiEN HILLtHR, President.
4. A. Smith,G. P. Agent.
WKSTERX AMD ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
le:
sight passenger—rr.
L-.-.ve Atlanta . . 2:40 p m
L . vc i. ai-er-vilie 4:20 pm
, cave h. ; --t< >n 4:55 pm
Leave Dalton 6:34pm
Arrive at Chattanooga 3:00 p m
M jUT PASSENGER —DOWN.
Leave i iiattar. xra !i‘po
Is.- tve Dalton 4:31 pm
Leave Kir,,'-ton 6:03 pm
Leave Carter-mile 6:32 pm
Ar; vc \:Uv i:wpa
DAT PASSENGER—CP.
Leave c rte.-rvule *:55 • m
Leave Kingston . . . #:tl a m
Leave Da icon 10:5s a m
Arrive atl. hattanooga 12:30* a*
DAT PASSENGER—*OWN.
Leave Chattanooga. . a *o a m
Dalton . . . 9:4* aui
Leave Kingston 11:15 a m
Leave Cartersville . .* 11:** am
Arrive at Atlanta 1:40 p n
ROME EXPRESS
Leave Atlanta p m
Arrive at Cartersville p m
Arrive at Kingston . . . . . • • T 31* p m
Leave Kingston “®
Arrive at C artersville m
Arrive at Atlanta . . . • - "* :tT * nJ
Don’t Forget
That you can te suited in a clock at
J. T. Owtks.
VOLUME V.
Diamond Dyes, only 10 eehts per package, a
Wonl’s drug store.
Farmers and others desiring a genteel
lucrative agency business, by which $5
to S2O a day can be earned, =end address
at once, on postal, to H. C. Wilkinson &
Cos., 11)5 ami 197 Fulton street, New
York. dec2l-6ui.
Bains. Bain*. Bains.
Tlie continuous rains tips spring will greatly
retard the operation* of the farmers, and every
fair day of the season will be .golden momenta
therefore’tis of the greatest impor
tance that neither they nor their farm hands
loose any time on account of sickness. To avoid
which and save doctor'* bills take Curry's Liver
Compound.
Splendi > lot of 5 and 10 gallon oil cans, with
jackets on, and brass faucet-. No trouble to
till yonr lamps from them. Goto Curry's and
get oue and have it filled with Kiuslo k oil—the
best in the market.
Lumber, Lumber, Lumber.
Never iu the history of Cartersville before has
there been oO much luml>er shipped here as is
being received now, all because tim jaw mill
men keep a supply of Carry’s Liver Compound
on haod for their employes, and consequeittly are
enabled to run on full time, no time lost on &c*
count of sickness.
The following are the names of some of £lie
merchants who keep Curry's Liver -Compound
for sale, and die; are authorized to guarantee if
absolutely inferior to no other liver medicine
sold, and to give entire satisfaction to their
patrons
W. T. Gordon, Pine Log. Ga,
J. B. Britton & Cos., Pine L
R. 11. Garwood, Caasville, ,
A. C. Shelton, Jerusalem.
A. V. P. Jones,
T. F. Barrett, Ludville.
D. W. Rogers A Cos., Etowah.
Beazley X Sheffield, “
J. C. A J. D. Lanier, Stilesboro.
W. r. Puckett A Cos., “
W. W. Padgett, £uharlee.
W. B. W I..?eke. *
Hogue A Cos., Rockmart.
Dr. R. T. Cochran,
Whitehead, Jones A Cos. “
WrJ. Sheffield, Huutsville, Ga.
Wo>xl ACo iiran, “ , ,
S. R. McGregor, “
L. Richardson A Cos., Pineville.
II.Q. Carter, * “ •
Morris A Fraey, Polk county.
J. H. Wright A Cos., *•
Yontig A Son. **
That wa- a good joke ou the farmer .who
bhugliUTbox of Curry's vt'orm Candy and ate
half a lozenger just to show his children that
they Were not unpleasant togiie taste, and made
the discovery soon after that he needed worm
candy a* much as his children.
Lamps, beautiful, elegant lamps, sold every
where at 41.50 to 51.73 are sold by Curry at fl to
11.10.
The people cannot agree as to the location of
the new iron bridges soon to be built across the
Etqwah river, but they all agTee that the Iron
Elixir, prepared and sold by D. W. Curry, is the
very best in the market.
Ladies
Have you seen that beautiful line of lamps
displayed at Curry’s Lrug Store? Nothing like
them either in quality or price ever offered in
Cartersville. The prices are extremely low.
Another big lot of Wizard Oil just opened at
Curry’s, and everybody is going to “try another
bottle or two’’ and all it costs is four shillings.
Currj sells more cigars and b-ttter cigars than
any man in Carteraville.
Just receive*! at Curry’s the largest lot of paint
and whitewash brushes ever before seen iu Car
tersville, worth from 15 cents up.
Ice cold soda water and ginger aie, drawn
from one of Tufts' Arctic Apparatus, can be had
at Cel Word's *lrug store.
Cel Word's Horse and Cattle Powders give
perfect satisfaction. Try them.
Cel Ward can cool you off with a glass of his
arctic soda water.
Owing to their entire freedom from injurious
drugs, “TansilTs Punch” 5 cent cigars are the
most popular in the world. Go to Cel Word's.
Brown’s Iron Bitters are sure to give satisfac
tion. Cel Word‘s
Excelsior Cough and Liver Syrup is an excel
lent preparation. Cel Word's drug store.
Hot weather is coming, and Cel Word has put
in operation one of Taft’s elegant soda water ap
paratus to dispense the cooling beverage.
Old smokers prefer ‘“Tansill’s Punch” 5 cent
cigar to most of the 10 centers. Cel V/ord is the
agent.
Pure white lead and linseed oil. Pure mixed
paints in any quantity at Cel Word’s drug store.
Take S. S. 8. for all blood diseases in the spring
of the year. Cel Word sells it.
Cel Word respectfully calls attention to his
country friends that he can supply them with a
enol glass of soda water when in Cartersville.
Many imitate, none equal, “Tanaill's Punch” 1
seent cigar. Cel Wort sells them. (
2,3, and 5 gallon tilting oil cans at Words drug
store. * i
ARE YOU MADE miserable by indigestion, j
constipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, yellow
skin - Sbiloh’r. Vitalizer i* a positive cure. For
sale by Cniry. •
BRADFIELD’S
c 3 r ;
BRADFIELO'S
Female Regulator.
Is a special*remedy for all diseases pertaining to
the Womb, and any intelligent woman can cure
herself by following the directions. It is spe
cially eflVcacious in cases of suppressed or pain
ful menstruation, the W hues and Partial Pro
lapsus. It affords immediate relief, and perma
nently restores the Menstrual Functions. Asa
remedy to be used during that critical period
known as "Change of LifeV thn- invaluable
preparation baa no rival !
HOLMES' LINIMENT
Is an INESTIMABLE BOON' to all child bear
ing Women; a real blessing to suffering females;
a true
MOTHER'S FRIEND.
When applied a few weeks before eonffuement it
will produce a safe and quick delivery, control
p pain, and alleviate the dread, agonizing
suffering, beyond the power of language express!
PRYOR’S OINTMENT
Js a sure am\ speed y cure for Blind or Bleeding
i Piles, Sores, Ulcers, Tnmora, Fistula. Buns
f Corns, felons, Sore Kipplna, etc. Its effect* art
1 limply marvelous, and it Is an inexpressible
blearing to all attictol with either of the above
complaints. Try it!
For circulars, testimonials, and full particu
lars, address Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer
of the*e THREE GREAT REMEDIES:
J. BRADFIELD,
No. 106 Sooth-Prvofr Street, ATLANTA, GA.
THE FREE gR ESSi
MB. DAVIS AT HOME.
A Pleasant Talk with a Northern Journ
alist
Detroit Fret /Vc*s; —It is drive ot live
miles over a sandy road through the oaks
and pines and palraettoes from Mississip
pi City to Beauvoir, the home of Jerier
son Davis, and as I passed over the road
the other April day, frightening an uili
gator here, skirting au orange groove
there, and alt of a sudden breaking out of
the forest upon the sandy shores trashed
by the waves of the gulf, 1 felt that he
had well chosen the home of his old age.
His had been a life of turmoil even before
civil war was whispered. He had been a
giimi in politics, a warrior in Mexico, a
diplomat and an antagonist in all the
main issues of the day and the problem of
civil government! Few lives have been
so eventful.
HIS. NEIGHBORS.
I asked the justice of the peace who
drove me down iu his springsless wagon,
drawn by a span of too-fat horses, if he
knew Jefferson Davis, and he ans3vered:
•Why, of course—known him for thir
ty years.” *
‘'And how do the people in this neigh
berhood feel toward him?”
\
‘“Everybody likes him. He is a good
neighbor, a just-minded citizen, and has
the respect and good will of every maa,
wormn and child.”
“Are any of his former slaves in this
neighborhood?”
‘•Plenty of them, and what’s more a
number of them are now in his employ.
He was kind to bis people, and when the
war closed and he dually came there to
settle down dozens of his old slaves were
ready to hire to him at any price. Of
those in his employ there isn’t money
enought in the state of Mississippi to hire
them to leave" him. He has two
large cotton plantations outside of the
Beauvoir property, thus directly and in
directly employing hundreds of colored
people, and you can’t find one who hasn't
a good word for him. No, Siree, Mister,
there isn’t a man in this part of the
country better thought of as a neighbor,
a citizen and a man than Jefferson
Davis.’*
AT HOME.
The house is what we in the North
would call a story and a half cottage in
heigh’, and it faces the Gulf. Around
it is a famous grove of oaks and other
woods, from here and there a tree, the
long gray moss hangs down and swings
in the breeze in its weird and dreamy
way. Nature has done much to beautify
the grounds, and they are kept in a neat
and tidy condition.
The house is roomy, finely furnished,
and while there Is no ostentations dis
play, there is a home-like atmosphere
and rr look of cosy comfort. One can see
refinement and taste everywhere, and
none of the home comforts are sacrificed.
From the verandah one can look out
upon the sandy beach, and the neighbors
are all that the word implies.
THE EX-PRESIDENT.
I had only a moment to wait before
the ex-President came in and gave me a
hearty grasp of the hand and words of
welcome. Tall, almost snow white
whiskers, blue eyes, face wrinkling with
age, voicefas soft and kind as a mother’s.
Such was the picture of the man who,
tor . four years, held the destinies of a
c mtinent in his iron grip. In the zenith
of his pow?r he may have appeared
haughty ‘anertruperious to some, but not
to the generality. A kinder face I have
never met, and though there is some
thing in the voice to warn one that its
owner has held place and power, ong is
HK>n charmed with its kindness and
touch of pathos.
Mr. Davis is seventy-three years of
age* and his health is not of the best. It
its evident that his life of vicissitude is
drawing to a close, and as one realizes it
he cannot but admire the physical and
mental machinery which has stood the
strain of so much labor. Many a man
of equal age bad laid down his burdens
of public life when Mr. Davis assumed
hi? greatest. He has been a man without
rest Until within the last few years. His
literary work, entered upon long after
hi- sixtieth birthday, was a task which
would have discouraged an author twenty
years younger, yet he made no pause un
til the last chapter was in the publisher’s
hand?.
NORTH AND SOUTH.
He asked me about my southern trip—
where l had been, whom I had met, and
what opinion I had formed of the senti
ment of the masses; and when I answer
ed that the north and south seemed more
closely united to-day than at-any- period
in onr history, he expressed deep gratifi
cation. “It is a grand and progressive
country,” he said, “and the better the
people'understand each other the better
for our future as a cdtintry.”
He asked me regarding the sentiment
of the north, and I believe I answered
truiy when I told him that rancor and
bitterness had. died out of the hearts of
all but demagogues and malevolent poli
tician®.
•‘That is right,” be replied, aud I trust
that no outward event will sever the
growing cordial relations.”
ABOUT WAR.
By and by we drifted into the subject
of war. It was Mr. Davis who gave
General McClellgn his first upward step®,
and 1t was Mr. Davis who appointed
Gen. Meade to the Lake Survey, and was
criticised sharply for his selection. He
believed that SleClelian’s campaign
against Richmond, had he been permitted
[ tofearry it out as plan nedand received the
j hearty support of the War Department,
must have resulted disastrously to the
, Confederacy.
“I knew McClellan, Meade, Humph
j rey and nearly all the Federal Generals/’
said Mr. Davi*, “and many of them were
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 24. 1833.
my proteges. Al&oifch they were fight
ing my armies, I ftifttd not renist a feel
ing of pride in seeing so many of the
young men I had helped advance win
ning fame and proving all that had been
predieted.” Ua 1.
I asked him to a*e the lest Federal
General, and he replied •
‘“There were two—McClellan and
Meade. McClellan was a grand engineer
and a great General t Mea<ie was a Heady
fighter, and his movement* were more
of an enigma to Le* than those of any
other Federal GeneiraD.”
OLD ACQUirNTANCFS,
As we talked of this and that—the
names ot general-*, statesmen, governors
and government officials came up, and
many of them proved to be old acquaint
ances of Mr. Day&, Iu years agone, be
am! Ben Butler the best social
terms, and it was the same with several
other present Governors of northern
states, and with various Generals who
won their laurels iu war. The ex-Presi
dent had a kind word and a good wish
for each aud every one, and he seemed
to believe that those who had made their
mark, were entirely deserving of their
success.
HIS CAPTURE.
In rhe State Library at Jackson, Mis
sissippi, is a crayon portrait of Mr. Davi?
asm** appeared when captured. I asked
him if it was correct and herepiiod :
'•T will tell yon exactly how ic a?l*de
curred. I had lain down without re
moving a garmeht. I UacHieavv cavalry
boots, pantaloons tucked irrto the tops, a
gray blouse ahd a soft bat. Upon the
alarm being given I stepped out of the
tent and saw a Federal cavalryman thirty
or forty feet away. He ordered me to
halt, at the same moment. Mrs. Davis
threw over my shoulder a folded shawl.
A saw that rar only chance to escape was
to secure thq horse of the Federal. I ad
vanced straight upon him, feeling that
he would Are upon me, but feeling that
he would miss his target. Had tills oc
curred there would have been a struggle
for the possession of the horse. As I ap
proached the soldier, he lowered his
carbine as if to shoot, and at the same
moment Mrs. Davis rushed up and threw
her arm? aronnd me. The soldier hes
itated a moment, turned his weapon
aside, and I walked back to the fire and
remained there until made prisoner.”
A LUNCH.
Two hours passed swiftly by as we
talked, but before permitting me to de
part Mr. Davis ordered a lunch, and was
again the host instead of the historian.
One who takes him by the hand and
looks into his.kind face must respect him.
One who sees his white hairs and notes
the evidences of okl age must feel glad
that hr= fpW fa**t year? are to be full of
peace and quietness. M. Quad.
DEATH OF GEa. GRANT’S MOTHER.
Surcease of the TVidow Grant in .Jersey
City Last Week. ,
New York, May 13.—Mrs. Hannah
Grant, widow of the late Jesse R. Grant,
and the mother of General U. S. Grant,
died very suddenly yesterday afternoon
at her residence, No. 532 Pavouia ave
nue, Jersey City Heights. She was born
in Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsyl
vania, November 23, 1799, and was one
of five children of John Simpson. A sis
ter and a brother—both older than she—
are still living in Clairmount county,
Ohio. She was married to Mr. Grant,
near Bethel, Ohio, on June 24,1821, and
went to housekeeping at Pleasant Pointy
where General Grant was boril on April
17, 1822. Mrs. Grant was rhe mother of
six children, three sons and three daugh
ters, of whom only three, General Grant,
Mrs. Cramer and Mrs. Corbin, survive
her. Mr. Grant died on June 30, 1873.
Mrs.‘Grant was living latterly with her
two daughters in Jersey City. She en
joyed excellent health and was in full
possession of all her faculties up to her
death. She took a great iiMerest in cur
rent events, and was not only a regular
reader of the newspapers, but remem
bered perfectly what she read. She was
taken with a slight cough a few days ago,
and on Sunday she was prevailed on to
call in a physician, but she was not sup
posed to be dangerously sick. Yesterday
morning she read the newpapers, as was
her daily habit, and she seemed to be as
well as usual until a few minutes before
her death. Her daughter, Mrs. Corbin,
was with her at the time of her death,
Mrs. Cramer was on a visit to Philadel
phia, and General Grant was in this city.
Mrs. Grant’s parents were Presbyterians,
and she was brought up as a member of
that denomination, but after her mar
riage she became a Methodist and re
. moined a member of that church during
the remainder of her life. The funeral
services will take place at the house at 2
o'clock this afternoon. Atter the ser
vices the body w ill be taken to Cincin
nati. where it will be buried privately on
Monday morning beside the grave of her
husband in the family plot, in Spring
Grove cemetery.
The Santa Fe Daily Xtir Mexican an
nounced recently the discovery of a veri
table bonanza about six miles northwest
of Silver City, in New Mexico. A man
named Penrose made a big strike of silver
ore, assaying over SIO,OOO to the ton.
The later accounts describe the vein as
largely made up of solid metal, four feet
wide, running from 1,000 to .12,000
ounces. Solid chunks of chloride of sil
ver weighing 150 pounds are sajd to have
been taken out and placed on exhibition
in Silver City. The outlook for bonanza
senators frou|Xew Mexico, when admit
ted, W'ould appear to be flattering.
A* breaking chain precipitated Hettie
'"Willingham, _an Albany colored girl of S
! years, into one of the public wells of that
j city Tu day, and before she could be as
sisted she drowned in 20 feet of water.
CROPS IN GEORGIA.
TJi* Outlook a* Shown by Commit Goiter
tlriideriun'i Report.
Atlanta, G*., Map 15. —This morn
ingf? (JoHstUuUo* give<*"*3 interesting
rosame of the pre?ent condition and fu
ture pnwpecf? of the-crops now growing
ia Georgia, based on the tabulated report
; of state Commissioner of Agriculture .T.
T. ifenjer-on. The article read* as fol
lwT4 t
0 >n. J. T. Henderson, commissioner
of Agriculture, ha? completed his tabulat
ed of the condition ot the
crops made up from the reports sent in
by the correspondent- by the Ist o f May.
The table representsji very great amount
of work iu an exceedingly condensed
form. The show lug i* very promising,
and there are several items that afford
ground for conrgatulation. Some sur
prising figures are given in reference ?o
the purchases of corn. The quantity of
corn purchased in the state in compari
son with the same period last /ear is ex
ceedingly low'. In north Georgia the
amount is 4S per cent., in middle Geor
gia 29 per cent., in east Georgia 35 per
ceot., in southeast Georgia 09 per cent.,
and in southwest Georgia 3 -per cent.
Equally gratifying figures come up in
reference to the quantities of hay pur
chased in the different sections. In
comparison with the purchase? of last
venr the figures sun l: North Georgia 32
per cent., middle Georgia 23 per eeut.,
southwest Georgia 4 per eeut., e tst Geo'r
par cent. Some interesting figures are
given, showing the different prices paid
for covn for cash and on credit in the
several sections-of the state. The bur
dhn of Hie farmer who buys his corn on
credit cannot be more strikingly present
ed than hi this little table s of cash and
credit prices:
C*A pric < p*r i C red ft price per bnehel.
1 i
North Georjna North Gaorgia 80
HiHiie GeorsriS 7*L MM*lie Georgia ...101
s*jathwest Georgia 55 ■Southwest Georgia 80
East Georgia 77 i East Georgia 103
Southeast Georgia S3 1 Southeast Georgia 104
Average price .... 72 Average price. 94 4-5
It must be borne in mind that this ex
tra price of 22 5-4 cents per bushel Is put
on corn, not for a year, but for six months
at the outside. It is easy to calculate the
enormous per eeut. which the farmer
pays fora few months credit on what he
should raise in his own fields, and stack
away in his own barns* The farmers ol
Georgia should bear in mind that shelled
corn in the crib is a sure sign of hard times
around the plaoe. VYhen the farmer goes
from the field to his dinner and pours his
horse’s corn out of a sack instead of shuck
ing it the chances are he will be a sad man
in harvest times. He should realise the
fact that farming will not pay fifty per
cent, for credit as long as money goes
tjegginer at seven. It is gratifying to see
that there i? such a falling off in tne de
mand for corn and hay. The explanation
lies in the increased grain and grass crops
last year. If the seasons are favorable the
.amount of corn made this year will equal
that of last seaosn, as the acreage is about
the same. It would be a source of pleas
ure to tle Const it utionoo uld it rep; r. au in
creased aereage. In comparison with last
year, the figures are; North Georgia, 99;
Middle Georgia, 99; Southwest Georgia,
190; East Georgia,99 and Southeast Geor
gia 101. T 1 e preparawon of the soil is
reported as not quite so good as last year
and planting averages about nine days
later. The stand of .corn as compared
witli good -tand i? reported as follows:
North Georgia, 9G: Middle Georgia, 96;
Southwest Georgia, 90; Eeist Georgia,
94; Southeast Georgia, 90. There- have
been no unusual casualties except the re
cent storm. Ihe storm did the corn crop
little or no damage in north and middle
Georgia, but injured the crop from eight
to ten percent, in the other three sec-,
tions of the state.
The acreage in oats, as-compared with
last year, is very gratifying in some sec
tions. but not so much so in others. The
report gives the .figures as follows:
North Georgia, 103: middle Georgia, 93;
Southwest Georgia, 89; East Georgia.
99: Southeast Georgia, 100. The condi
tion of the crop is 94 per cent.'of an av
erage.
The amount of lan l sown in wheat is
not so large as last year. Compared to that
season the acreage is as follows: North
Georgia, 94: Middle Georgia, 97; South
west Georgia. 84: East Georgia, 93. No
wheat is reported in Southeast Georgia.
The damage by the storm is from 15 to
*2O per cent. The condition of the wheat
as compared to the average for the State
is 90 1-4 per cent.
The average in cotton for the State as
compared with last year is as follows:
North Georgia. 104, Middle Georgia, 101,
Southwast Georgia, 97, East Georgia,
105, Southeast Georgia, 95. The planting
of the cotton is about nine days behind
last year. There is a Calling off in the
use of commercial fertilizers on cotton
lands. The figures as compared with
last year are as follows : North Georgia,
97, Middle Georgia, 104, Southwest Geor
gia, 98, East Georgia, 96, Southeast
Georgia, 73.
The whole area in corn, oats and wheat
exceeds the land in cotton vert eonsider
blv. To that acreage the cotton stands as
follows: North Georgia, 35 per cent.;
Middle Georgia. 72; Southwest Georgia.
66; East Georgia, 60; Southeast Geor
gia. 36.
In Middle Georgia there is a perfect
boom in sugar cane, and the acreage as
compared to last year is 124. As com
pared to other sections the area is: In
Southwest Georgia,. 103; East Georgia,
100. There U no sugar cane raised in
I North Georgia except by a “lone flsher
i man, 7 ’ in Banks couutv, who plants reg
ularly and makes good crops, to the great
| astonishment of the other mountaineers.
In North Georgia and Middle Georgia
there is a very decided increase Id the
acreage iu grasses. the figures being 107
against List year. Ihe rkse crop is a lit
tle off.
! The t'ruil e.nop is below iaflfam§r eon
| sMerablyfor several causes. The stand
seem to be -in North ii-eorgia, &3; Mkl
tlle Georgia. 52; Southwest Georgia, M;
East Oeargisr, hi. The apple crop is not
: good.
There h is been a very considerable in
crease in the supply of hog?, the
increase extending to all sections except
1 one. The comparison with last year is:
north Georgia, 114, middle Georgia, 104,
southwest Georgia, 110, east Georgia, 105
and southeast Georgia. 74. Stock of all
kinds is in an unusually good condition.
The matter of labor is.one that is inter
esting the farmer very much, as there is
a falling off in the supply. The negroes
have to a considerable extent gone to
work building railroads and working in
turpentine dktilleris and saw mills.
Wage* are consequently about 6 per cent,
higher. The supply of labor is as fol
lows, as compared to last year: north
Georgia, 97; middle Georgia, 96; south
west Georgia, 91; east Geoigia, 94;
southeast Georgia, 90. Where wages are
paid the price for tuil hand- with board
are as follows: north Georgia, $9 56;
uikMle Georgia, $9; southwest Georgia.
$9*23; east Georgia. $9 39; southeast
Georgia, sl2.
The farms are run with 33 per cent.
>©rking wages, 31 percent, on shares
and the balance are renteVs.
Fertilizers are about 11 per cent.
cheaper.
The jish interests are reported as flour
ishing, aud several carp are reported as
weighing 15 pound?, and the average
weight of the “brag” carp is 5 pounds.”
THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.
Mr. Martin Van Btiren, of Clarkesvilie,
Ga., has written a letter to the Atrertiser,
from which we make thk interesting ex
tract :
“The first locomotive engine ever suc
cessfully and continually run upon any
railroad in the United States was built by
George Stephenson, of New C’astle-upon-
Tyne, England, for the Schenectady and
Saratoga (N. Y.) Railroad Company, and
run by that company upon their road in
1812, and several years thereafter by a
man who came oyer from England with
it as engineer. Your humble servant as
sisted him in setting it Up, and from time*
to time ran it c>n said road as engineer.
It has long since been decided that the
first railroad built in the United States
was the Mohawk and Hudson road,
which was operated by horse-power some
two or three years; this road was com
pleted in 1839. Whether or no the old
engine built by Mr. Stephenson is still in
existence is more than 1 know, but I will
endeavor to ascertain what has become
of it. As this was the first effective loco
motive run upon any railroad in the Uni
ted Statt*, and, as I run this engine, it is
self-evident that I must be the oldest lo
comotive engineer who ever ran an en
gine in the United States. I am.now S3
years old.”
FLUCTUATK>X IN THE PRICE OF PIG
IRON.
.
As an example of the most astonishing
and necessarily most disturbing fluctua
tions in the price of one the most highly
protected articles in the list of American
products, the following figures with re
spect to the prices of Iron ip the post four
year*, furnished by the Philadelphia
Record, may be instructive:
“Iji July, 1879, pig Iron was quoted at
sl9 a ton. In January, ISBO, the price
rose to $39 a ton, and in February of
that year pig iron was quoted at S4O a ten,
or almost double the present rate. In
April, ISS9, the price of pig iron was $34
a ton. That was the time wheu enorm
ous profits were made off consumers in
the manufacture of iron, even by old and
costly methods and under the most un
favorable conditions. But the flush time
was almost as brief as an Indian summer.
In August, 1880, pis iron fell to $25 a
ton. In January, 1891, the price was
S2CTa ton. Since that time is lias fallen,
with occasional spasmodic recoveries,
uhtil the price has reached $22 a ton,
with indications of a still lower decline.”
THE GEORGIA INSANE ASYLUM.
MilledgeriHe Recorder.]
The legislative committee appointed to
examine into all matters pertaining to
the lunatic asylum assembled at 'lie Oco
nee House yesterday at 12 m. The com
mittee from the house are Messrs. John
ston, of Baldwin, chairman, Hawkes, fit
Sumter, Crenshaw, of Troup. McWhor
ter. of Oglethorpe, Humber, of Putnam.
From the senate ar*e Messrs. Gust in, of
Bibb, chairhi m, Paul, of Ctlhouo. Tow,
ot Franklin. This is a special committee
appointed under a resolution of Hon. M.
Johnston, Jr., to visit the asylum and re
port at the July session. The manage
ment of the Georgia asylum is being
complimented throughout the State. We
learn from one of the committee that offi
cial reports have been received from
about twenty asylums for the insane,
and. on comparing these several reports
with that of our home institution, it is
fonnd that the expense per cipiu is much
less in our asylum than in any of them—
several of them double ours. The state
asylum of Tennessee alone nears the fig
ures exhibited by the management of the
Georgia institution.
a -e *
A woman named Goodver, living in
St. Maryboarne, England, has just at
tained her one hundredth year. She is
in the full possession of her faculties, and
has living in the same parish children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Denny, a native of Castletown,
County Cork, has just died In Scotland at
the age of 106.
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a -lIOYEOTT THE POPE.”
Irish Indignation at Papal Interference
ia Irish Politic#.
Chicago. May 17. — The Cilizt *, pub
lished by John F. Flmerty. a MMnber of
congress from the third Illinois dlMrltf,
has the followingetlttoiial, heath*.} “Boy
cott the Pope:”
Of all the productions of Papal inter
ference in the affairs of Ireland lhat have
marked the policy of the Vatican from
the days of Adrian IV to thoee of John
XXII, and from the reign of that pontiff
to the present time, the last circular ad
dressed by Pope T.eo XXII to the* Irish
bishops and clergv, in regard to the l'tr
nell fund, is the most intolerably imper
tinent. If the Irish people submit cra
venly to this latent Italian lash whip,
NUMBER 44.
being furnished by the pope’s worthy
ally, Victoria, “by the grace of God,
etc., Queen of Britain and Ireland and
Empress of India,” they will forfeit Urn
respect of the world. But “what are
they going to do about it?” may be ask
ed. We reply,' “Let them hold public
meetings throughout every diocese in
Ireland, pass resolutions strongly de
nouncing any more ot his holiness’ un
holy intervention in Irish polities, and
tell him, once lor all, firmly and respect
fully, to mind his own business as the
head of the Catholie church.” They
might supplement this action by resolv
ing not to con tribute a single cent of “Pe
ter’s pence” while Leo XIII occupies
tli© papal elmir, or, at least, until he
qiptshts palpable and scandalous alliance
wltb the arch enemy of the Irish nation
and race. In a word, we advise our coun
trymen, if they have any respect for
themselves and for Ireland, to boycott
the pope and teaelrhiin a lesson that he
may be serviceable at least to his succes
sors. Cut off some of the monetary sup
plies of Leo XIII, and teach him, with
out being misunderstood, that the Irish
race cannot be bulldozed into slavery by
the bayonets of England’, or by the thun
ders of Rome. We hope the Irish bish
ops and clergy will have backbone
epough to resent this Roman outrage on
their patriotism. Ireland will stand
by them against Pope Lea and every oth
er foreign busy-body—be he Saxon or
Italian.
XO POLITICS FROM ROME.
DI’BUX, May IG. —'l’he Freeman's
Journal , commenting on the pope’* cir
cular to the Irish bishops, says his holi
ness has been misled, if not entirely* de
ceived, by emissaries of the British gov
ernment, which knows that if the Par
nell party remains unbroken it will hold
the balance of power in the next parlia
ment
At the meeting of the national league
torday Mr. Biggar said that anything
coming from the pope should be received
with much respect by the league. They
Should at the same time express iheir
opinions in plain but inoffensive terms.
Mr. Biggai said he was not suited for
such a task, and that, further, it was un
safe for him to remark upon the present
manner of administering justice. He
urged the importance of preparing for
the general election of members of par
liament.
Mr. Mayne, Parnellite member of par
liament for Tipperary, said the Irish
people should take? theology, aud not pol
ities, from Rome. Mr. Parnell, he de
clared, was the head of their political
church.
Mr. Kenny, member of parliament tor
Ennis, described the pope’s circular as a
shameful insult to the priests and people
of Ireland.
CONGRESSMAN THOMSON ACQUIT
TED.
Harrodsbubg, Ivy., May 16.—The
argument in the Thompson murder case
was opened this morning by Col. George
Denny for the prosecution, who made one
of the ablest and most eloqent %>eeches in
the whole case. After carefully review
ing all testimony as to the kitting, be
took up the Cincinnati affair and dis
cussed it fully, speaking for an hour and
a half.
He was followed by the Hon. J. C. S.
Blackburn f*r *de defence, who again
went over the testimony, and concluded
with a powerful appeal to the jury to
acquit “Little Phil” on the plea of in
sanity.
Mrs. Davis, accompanied by her
mother and mother-iu-law, came into the
court room during Mr. Blakburn’s
speech, and remained until the close of it.
The last argument was made by Mr.
Shuck for the prosecution.
The case was given to the jury at 3 3-4
P. M. After an absence of an hour they
came into court with a verdict ot not
guilty, which was received by the crowd
with great applause.
A NEW DEPARTURE.
Richmond, the able Atlanta Correspond
ent ot the Augusta Chrouitlt t and who is
furnishing that journal with much im
portant information, says:
Governor McDaniel has mate Mr.
Charles Howard Williams his personal
private secretary to attend to his private
correspondence and business, paying Mm
$1,600 a year out of his private means.
It has been customary for previous gov
ernors, except Governor Boynton, who
had a similar private secretary at his
own cost, to write his personal letters,
to have one of the employes of the exec
utive deparnneut to do such work. Gov
ernor McDaniel, therefore, in this matter,
makes anew departure, entirely separa
ting his priv ate from the public business.
He has made a most excellent selection
in Mr. Williams, who has been fits devot
ed friend, and whose qualifications for
such a duty are exceptionally excellent.
He Is a ready writer, well posted upon
public measures and acquainted with
. o bffl Men and has frtemls all over the
late