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Cartersville, Ga.
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I'AItTKKSVILLE, GEORGIA.
W,i > PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
'of tliiVstat*V Prompt and faithful atten
i*tairH. _ ___
a ...... W. M. GRAHAM.
K. 1). OR AH AM.
OKAHAM & GRAHAM,
Attorneys, Solicitors and Counselors at
Law,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
✓ \FF,CE IN THE COURT HOUSE. WILL
( ) o.ioiU in all the courts of Bartow county,
Uic Hunerior courts of northwestern Georgia, and
1 eSupreme and Federal courts at Atlanta. Ga.
anil
SII EL B Y ATT AVV AY,
Arr ORNEY -A T-L A W,
\ t TILL I’RACTIUK IN ALL THE COURTS
B. StMMell, Bulk
Block.
GEORGE S. JOHNSON,
A TTO RN K Y - AT - L A ~W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE, West Side, Public Square.
Will practice in all the Courts.
H. W. MURPHKY,
A.TTOKNKY-AT-LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the brick building, cor-
J n,-r of Main & Erwin streets. July 18.
" M NKKL. J- J- CONNER. W. J. NEEL.
NEEL. CONNER A NEEL,
A r P * ORNEYS-AT-LAW
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of this state. Litigated cases made a
pecialty. Prompt attention given to all business
" oil'iceVn northeast corner of courthouse, febli
M. L. JOHNSON,
A T T O I* N EJ Y -
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Olllce in the brick house next to Roberts
very stables. Hours from B y, a. m. to p. m.
All business poomptly attended to.
a]>rid
JNO. B. F. LUMPKIN,
Arr TORNE Y -A. X - L*A. W ,
ROME, GA.
( COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY. OFFICE
in rear of Printup, Bros. A Cos. s Hank. _
T. W. MILNER. *' HARRIS, JR.
MILNER & HARRIS,
A T' C) It In KY S- A. T-L. A W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Olllce on West Main Street. j ul > 18
JOHN U. WIKI.E. GLASS WIKLE.
WIKLE & WIKLE,
j\ rr rr orney s-a t-l aw „
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Oilice in court house. Douglas Wikle will give
special attention to collections. Mm
ALBERT S. JOHNSON,
arr rr o R ney-at-law,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office : west side public square.
Will practice in all the Courts, business
will receive prompt attention.
TRAVELERS* GUIDE.
GADSDEN AND KED LINE STEAM
ERS—U. S. MAIL.
STE AMER SIDNEY P. SMITH,
(Ben. 11. Elliott, Master; F. Q. Smith, Clerk.)
i.eove Rome every Tuesday aud Friday—Bam
Yrrivc Gadsden Wednesday and Saturday, ,6 am
Leave Gadsden Wednesday and Saturday .8 a in
Arrive at Rome Thursday and Sunday .. ..7pm
Will go through to Greenspoit, Ala., every
Friday night. Returning, leave Greensport e?-
ery Saturday morning.
STEAMER GADSDEN.
F. M. Coulter, Master F. A. Mills, Clerk.
Leave Rome Mondays and Thursdays 11 a m
Arrive Gadsden Tuesdays and Fridays 2am
Leave Gadsden Tuesdays uud Fridays.... 9u in
Arrive nt ftiid iSnturdftyft ... 7p in
Office No. 27 Broad street, up-stairs over the
Cotton Exchange. Telephonic connection.
J. M. ELLIOTT, Jr., Gen. Man’gr..
Gadsden, Ala.
W. T. SMITH, Gen’l Agent.
Rome, Ga.
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, March 19, 1883, the trains
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
PASSENGER TRAIN.—MORNING.
1 eave Cartersville 9:45 a m
Arrive at Stilesboro 10:17 a in
Arrive at Taylorsville 10:35 a m
Arrive at Rockmart 11:10 am
An rive at Cedartown 12:05 a m
RETURNING.
ncave Cedartown 2:05 pm
Arrive at Rockmart 2:5S p m
Arrive at Taylorsville 3:33 pm
Arrive at Stilesboro 3:slpm
Arrive at Cartersville 4:25 p m
PASSENGER TRAIN.—EVENING.
Leave Cartersville 4:30 pm
Arrive at Stilesboro 5:04 p m
\rrive at Taylorsville 5:22 pm
Arrive at Rockmart 6:00 pm
Arrive at Cedartown 7:00 p in
RETURNING.
leave Cedartown 6:ooam
Arrive at Rockmart 6:53 am
Arrive at Taylorsville 7:28 am
Arrive at Stilesboro 7:46 a in
Arrive at Cartersville 8:20 am
ROME RAILROAD.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
no. 1.
i eave Rome 6:10 a m
Arrive at Kingston 8:56 a in
NO. 2.
Leave Kingston 9:20 am
Arrive at Rome 10:25 a m
NO. 3.
Leave Rome 4:16 pm
Arrive at Kingston 5:30 pm
NO. 4.
Leave Kingston 5:55 p m
Arrive at Rome 6:60 p m
NO. 5.
Leave Rome a ni
Arrive at Kingston ....... 9:00 a m
NO. 6.
7.eave Kingston 9:2oam
Arrive at Rome 10:10 am
Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4 will run daily except Sun
days.
Nos. 5 aud 6 will run Sundays only.
No. 1 will not stop at the junction. Makes
close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and
Chattanooga.
No. 2 makes connection at Rome with E. T..
A a. A Ga. R. R.. for points south.
EBEN HILLY ER, President.
J. A. Smitit, G. P. Agent.
'WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
ale:
NIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
heave Atlanta 2:40 pm
Leave Cartersville 4:80 p m
Leave Kingston 4:65 pm
Leave Dalton . 6:34 pm
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:00 pm
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 2:55 pm
Leave Dalton 4:32 pm
Leave Kingston 6:03 p m
Leave Cartersville 6:32 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 8:40 pm
DAY PASSENGER—CP.
._eave Atlanta 7:00 am
Leave Cartersville 8:55 a m
Leave Kingston 9:2lam
Leave Dalton 10:55 a m
Arrive at Chattanooga 12:30 a m
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 8:00 a m
l eave Dalton 9:46 am
Leave Kingston 11:15 am
Leave Cartersville 11:42 am
...rive at Atlanta 1:40 pm
ROME EXPRESS , „
Leave Atlanta 4:30 p m
Arrive at Cartersville ...... 6:3lpm
Arrive at Kingston . pin
licave Kingston 8:06 am
Arrive at Cartersville 8:32 am
Arrive.it Atlanta . . • . . 10:37 ana
We want that money you owe lor TIIK
PRICE PRESS.
VOLUME VI.
NOVEMBER 15, 16 AND 17.
ATLANTA
Music Festival!
FIVE PERFORMANCES.
Change of Programme Ever? Time.
CHEAP EXCURSIONS
From Cartersville During the Festival
350
Musicians on the Stage at Once.
MAMMOTH CIIOHUS.
AND GRAND ORCHESTRA.
Miss LETITIA FRITCH, ‘
THE CELEBRATED PRIMA DONNA.
MR. J. LEVY,
—THE—
WOBLD-SENOWXEI) CORNET VIRTUOSO.
Miss BESSIE PIERCE.
THE BEAUTIFUL SUPBANO.
ALFREDO HARILI!
The Eminent Pianist ami Composer.
CARL SENTZ,
THE DISTINGUISHED DIREDTOR.
Grreatest Musical Event
THAT HAS
Ever Occurred in the South.
Singte reserved seats now on sale at
DeGive’s Opera House.
AUGUST DEOPP,
Manager.
V. L. WILLIAMS,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
TIN & SHEET IRON GOODS
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Roofing, (Juttering, Etc.,
Dealer in
STOVES,
Hollow-Ware, Glassware, Etc.,
CROCKERY, WINDOW-CLASS,
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO CALL AND
examine. Prices gaarantced as low as a
good article can be bought anywhere.
isr* Will give market price for clean cotton
rags. june29
PILES AND FISTULA CURED
DR. J. S. BEAZLEY,
At Stilesboro, Bartow county, Ga., and
DR. A. G. BEAZLEY.
At Crawfordville, Ga.,
Make a specialty of diseases of
the Rectum. They will treat Fistula, Ulcer
ation, Prolapsus, etc., of the bowels, and will
guarantee a perfect cure in a short while in ev
erycase of piles without the use of the knife and
very little pain. Will point to eases cured, or
give the best of reference if desired. All cler
ymen treated gratia. mch2T
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
(Cartersville, Georgia.)
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECENTLY
taken charge of this elegant new hotel. It
has been newly furnished and shall be first-class
in all respects.
SAMPLE BOOM POB COMMERCIAL TBAVELEBS.
Favorable terms to traveling theatrical com
panies. [janlß] L. C. HOSS.
ROBERT B. TRIPPE,
attorney-at-law,
ATLANTA, GA.
No. 8 Broad Street, up-stairs.
Office No. 12 Grant Building.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS.
Business receives prompt attention. Col
lections a specialty. I will attend the superior
court of Bartow county, Ga., and in connection
with Mr. J. M. Neel, will finish the unfinished
business of Trippe & Neel and will also attend
o any now business that may be offered. sep
THE FREE PRESS.
ORANGES AND FLORIDA.
Better than Breezes—Under a
New Flag.
Even the balmy air and orange groves of Flori
da fail to keep its people full of happiness and
comfort. Art must help nature every where—in
the topics as among the pines of the north.
“And. chief among the blessings which are
adapted to all zones,” writes Dr. j. G. Wallace,
of Fort Dade, Fla., “is Parker’s Tonic. It
seems to have the world for a field, and most of
the current diseases yield to its action. I have
used it in the case of a delicate and dyspeptic
young lady, with the most gratifying results,
it seemed to accomplish with ease what the usu
al prescriptions ami treatment for that misera
ble malady failed wholly to bring about. I am
also glad to state that the Tonic has greatly re
lieved me personally of a troublesome atonic
condition of the stomach of long standing. It is
the ideal purifier and invigorant.”
Messrs. Hiscock A Cos. call especial attention
to the fact thut after April 16, 1883, the name
and style of this preparation will hereafter be
simply Darter's lonic. The word “Ginger” is
dropped, for the reason that unprincipled deal
ers are constantly deceiving their patrons by
substituting inferior preparations under the
name of Ginger; and as ginger is an unimportant
flavoring ingredient in our Tonic, we are sure
that our friends will agree with us as to the pro
priety of the change. There will be no change,
howecer, iu the preparation itseif; and all bot
tles remaining in the hands of dealers, wrap
per under the name of “Parker’s Ginger To
nic,” contain the genuine medeciue if the signa
ture of Hiscock A Go. is at the bottom of out
side wrapper. oct2s-lm.
ARE YOU MADE miserable by indigestion,
constipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, yellow
skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive cure. For
sale by Cuiry.
Warner’s Safe Diabetes Cure, Warner’s Kid
ney and Liver Cure, Warner’s Nervine, War
ner’s Tonic, and Warner’s Pills, are kept con
stantly in stock and sold wholesale and retail at
Curry’s drug srore.
FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Complaint, you
have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shi
loh’s Vitalizer. It never fails to cure. You cau
get it at Curry’s.
Remember thatM. F. Word sells jelly glasses
away down.
M. F. Word will sell you a pint bottle of Cas
cara Bitters for 75 cents. They are very good.
Bull Durham cigarettes, live aud ten cen*s
packages at D. W. Curry’s.
300 lbs. turnip seeds of every known variety
foj sale cheap by David W. Curry
Wadsworth Martinez A Longman’s paints are
guaranteed strictly pure and of greater covering
capacity than any other and Curry is selling
quantities of it.
The demand for Curry’s Liver Compound is
increasing. A prominent merchant of Carters
ville says a bottle or two of it has cured him of
a disordered liver of two years standing.
Blue stone by the pound or barrel at Curry’s.
Call and get what you need cheaper than you
can possibly buy it elsewhere.
Lorinz Elite Face Powder white, flesh and
flush for sale by D. VV. Curry.
Swan’s Down for the complexion at D.
Curry’s.
Ilerbine—What is it? Ask M. F. Word.
2,000 pounds Blue Stone at D. W. Curry’s
Ladies, Curry keeps Tetlow’s Gossamer,
Curry has another beautiful lot of lamps, which
he is selling at astonishingly low prices. Cal
and see them.
Tooth brushes at any price from 5 cents up at
D. W. Curry’s.
Curry will sell you 3 cakes of good toilet soap
and a fine pocket handkerchief for 25c. aud give
you a chromo.
Preserve your teeth by using Sozodont. Curry
keeps it.
PILES.
Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of
weight in the back, loins and lower part of the
abdomen, causing the patient to suppose he has
some affection of the kidneys or neighboring or
gans. At times symptoms of indigestion are
present, as flatulency,uneasinessof the stomach,
etc. A moisture, like perspiration, producing a
very disagreeable itching, particularly at night
after getting warm in bed, is a very common at
tendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles
yield at once to the application of Dr. Bosan
ko’s Pile Remedy, which aefa directly upon the
parts affected, absorbing the tumors, allaying
the intense itching, and effecting a permanent,
cure, where all other remedies have failed. Do
not delay until the drain on the system produces
permanent disability, but try it and be cured,
rice 50 cenis. Sold by D. VV. Curry. janlß-l
“IIACKMETACK,” a lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sold by Curry.
Another lot Wizard Oil, the great “Cure All,”
fust recoived at Cnrry’s drug store.
FREE OF COST.
Byjcalling at D. W. Curry’s drug store, you
can get a sample bottle of Dr. Bosanko’s Cough
and Lung Syrup free of cost, which will relieve
the most obstinate Cough or Cold, and show you
what the regular 50 cent size will do. When
troubled with Asthma, Broeliitis, Dry, Hacking
Cough, Pains in the Chest, aud all diseases of the
Throat and Li try a sample bottle of this
medicine. janlß-ly
Madame Loraine’s sure death to bed hugs.
For sale by D. W. Curry.
If you would rise early take Curry’s Liver
Compound.
From John P. Stegall.
David W. Curry. —Dear Sir: The Persian
Insect Powder procured of you has effectually,
rid my vegetables and melon vines of insects,
without the least injury to the plants.
Respectfully,
June 9, 1883. John P. Stegall.
Fruit jars, all standard kinds, quart and half
gallon, for sale cheap by D. W. Curry.
Puff nothing but “Tansell’s Punch” 5 cent ci
gars, at Word’s drug store.
Jelly glasses very cheap at Word’s drug store.
The people have learned that Wadsworth,
Martinez aDd Longman’s paint has so much
greater covering capacity than any other sold,
that they all goto Curry’s for it.
Glass oil cans very cheap at Word’s drug
store.
Currj r has a splendid lot of strictly pure teas
which he is selling cheap.
Peck’s bad boy and his pa will be in the city
last of this week. Word’s drug store.
Curry’s Liver Compound is endorsed by many
of the best citizens of this and adjoining coun
ties.
WHY WILL YOU cougn wneu Shiloh’s Cure
will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts., 50 cts.
and |l. Enquire for it at Curry’s. nov23-6m
Peck’s bad boy and his pa will put in an ap
pearance last of this week and will stop with
M. F. Word.
“Tansell’s Punch” 5 cent cigar leads the van.
Only to he had from M. F. Word.
S. S. S. always on hand at Word’s drug store.
Iron Tonic Bitters at Word’s drug store.
THE REV. GEO. 11. THAYER, of Bourbon,
Ind., says: “Both myself aud wife owe our lives
oShiloh’s C JAS'i nption Care.” Currv h i
Take S. S. S. for all blood diseases in the spring
o the year- Cel Word sells
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 1. 1883.
GEORGIA’S PROGRESS.
An Interview With Governor Henry D.
McDaniel *n the Subject.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat of
the 20th inst. contains very interesting
interviews with several of the governors
ol southern states. The interview with
Gov. McDaniel, of Georgia, is fraught
with interest. In opening the interview,
Gov. McDaniel says: “Georgia is a state
of abounding territory, rich in climate,
in soil, in minerals, in forests, in water
power and in harbors; blessed with a
variety of crops and fruits, and unequal
ed in any country of like extent on the
globe; traversed cy about 3,000 miles of
railway; with a teeming population eager
to place her in the front rank of Ameri
can states in agriculture, in commerce,
in manufactures, and in all that
manifests the progress of a great peo
ple.”
FINANCIAL.
In speaking of the financial condition
of the state, the governor says the gener
al impression is that the finances of the
state are improving all the time. He
says the state went through an era of ex
travagance during the republican admin
istration that increased the debt of the
state almost $11,000,000, which the state
recognized and has promptly paid the
interest on. It has been reducing the
principal at the rate of SIOO,OOO an
nually until the debt is now less than
$9,500,000. One of the provisions of the
state constitution is that the annual sink
ing fund shall not be less than $100,000;
and besides, there is also a provision that
all the proceeds of the sales of public
property shall be exclusively devoted to
the payment of the public debt as it ma
tures. The state has the Western and
Atlantic railroad, which is under lease,
under a twenty years’ lease, that expires
about eight or nine years hence, at $300,-
000 per annum, payable monthly. This
road is literally valued at $8,000,000 to
$10,000,000. The public property of the
state, if it were judiciously sold, would
be made to pay the public debt oft’, or
nearly oft'. In 1873
THE RATE OF TAXATION
was 5 mills ad valorem; it lias since been
gradually reduced to 2}£ mills; and it is
now believed that it can be maintained at
that rate, although the system of return
of property for taxation is defective.
There is no assessment of property, so
called ; each tax-payer makes his return
under oath and puts a value on his prop
erty. In theory there is a provision for
assessment, if he values it, but in prac
tice it is rarely done; the custom of un
dervaluing being almost universal. By
that means the aggregate return of prop
erty for taxation is far below the real ag
gregate value of the property. The in
crease of property, however, has been
marked since 1879 and 1880, even with
this imperfect mode of return. It has
been something under $300,000,0C3 up to
the present year. This year the ratio of
increase of returns already made, extend
ing throughout the state, would give an
aggregate of considerably over $300,000,-
000 up to the present year. The annual
taxation in the state, for state and county
purposes, is less than $1.25 per capita.
THE PROPERTY INCREASED.
In 1879 the aggregate value of property
in the state returned voluntarily for taxa
tion was $225,093,419, while in 1882 it
has risen to $287,249,403, an increase of
$02,145,984. The probable increase of
values for 1883 is $20,000,000, making a
total increase since 1879 of $82,144,984.
This does not {include $8,000,000 invested
in cotton manufaeturories and $2,( )0,000
in iron furnaces, etc., and $25,000,000 in
railroads, which have been exempted.
In tiie case of cotton mills and iron fur
naces, the exemption is for a period of
years, during the infancy of these enter
prises. None of the railways are wholly
exempt (except one), even from ad valo
rem taxation; hut several of them are
taxed only on net earnings. As instanced
above, the returns of values for taxation
are tar (at least one-third on the average)
below the real values. The property of
the state is not less than $500,000,000 on
a very low scale of valuation. There are
more than 30,000,000 acres of improved
land in the state, valued for taxation in
I ,J S2 at $3 12 per acre on an average.
The average selling price of such lands
is at least double that amount. There
are besides about 7,000,000 or 8,000,000
of what is called “wild lands,” because
unoccupied.
INCREASE OF POPULATION.
The increase of the population of the
state since 1880 is equal to the increase
from 1870 to 1880. In 1880 she had a
population of 1,542,180, as against 1,184,-
109 for 1870. Of this 1,500,000, 816,906
were white and 725,133 colored. In 1880
the white polls were 134,323, and in 1882
140,515, an increase of 6,192. In 1880 the
colored polls were 94,089, and in 1882
93,153, a decrease of 946. But as the col
ored voters generally show an apathy to
wards state politics, and never come out
in full force until presidential elections,
the above figures carry out my assertion
—that the population is still on the in
crease.
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
The schools shall be free to all children
of the state, but separate schools shall be
provided for the white and colored
races. The state is well provided with
universities and colleges. These have a
total of 224 instructors and 4,292 pupils.
The value of their real estate and other
unproductive property is $973,800, and
their endowment, including all product
ive property, is $376,500. Their income
amounts to $94,888.49. The school pop
ulation, that is, the number of children
between the ages of six and eighteen, is
496,773, divided as follows: white, 134,-
302 males and 127,582 females; making ft
total white, 201,884; total colored, 234,-
889. I here were in the state 6,541 pub-
lic schools, with an attendance of 256,-
432 pupils. There were also 931 private
elementary schools with an attendance of
256,432 pupils. There were also 931 pri
vate elementary schools with an attend
ance of 7,116 pupils, and 100 private high
schools with an attendance of 6,383. The
state appropriated $143,000 last year for
her schools. The cities, towns and coun
ties added $143,000. The Peabody fund
has put about $6,500 in the state, and it
has been expended very wisely.
AGRICULTURAL.
Through Middle Georgia the products
are mainly cotton and corn and smaller
grains, such as oats, wheat, etc. The
average production of corn, take the en
tire state over, last year, was : about 13
bushels, and I think the average yield of
wheat was about 9 bushels. The oat
crop, which was an exceptionally fine
one last year, yield about 7,500,000 bush
els. The cotton crop was somewhere be
tween 800,030 and 900,000 bales. Mid
dle Georgia grows by far the greater por
tion of cotton that is grown iu the limits
of this state. It is par excellence the cot
ton growing section of the state. The
lands are somewhat thin, and for that
reason we have to resort, to fertilizers,
which are used to an extent of about
120,000 to 150,000 tons per annum. The
production of cotton has risen from about
500,000 hales during the year just after
the war to its present sum of 900,000
bales.
MANUFACTORIES.
I can safely say that we have over fifty
cotton mills in this state. These mills
have over 300,000 spindles, and are gen
erally in a flourishing condition. Most
of them are run by water power. There
are also about fifteen woolen mills in the
state. At least $10,000,000 are wasted in
these two industries alone. Besides
these miils there are a large number of
other manufacturing establishments
throughout the state, comprising over
800 lumber mills and more than 1,000
flouring and grist mills, carriage and
wagon factories, iron foundries and fur
naces, potteries, turpentine distilleries,
rice mills, paper mills, match factories
and other minor industries that afford
constant employment to laborers at re
munerative wages. The amount of capi
tal invested in these various manufactur
ing enterprises exceeds, in the aggregate,
the capital placed in the cotton and wool
en mills. Other companies are being
constantly organized by capitalists, who
are convinced that "Georgia presents a
most inviting field for manufacturing in
terests of almost every description.
Georgia leads all the southern states in
cotton manufactures, ranking eighth in
the union. The increase from 1870 to
1880 was nearly 100 per cent. Since
1880 the increase has been more marked.
Capitalists are learning that it is more
profitable to spin and weave cotton
where it is produced. The numerous
natural water power in middle and up
per Georgia, the conveniences of trans
portation, and the favorableness of the
climate for cotton spinning render that
section peculiarly adapted to this great
industry.
In upper Georgia there is rapid expan
sion of the iron industry. The number
of furnaces, mills, etc., is not so great as
the number of cotton mills, but the ratio
of increase is perhaps as great. Besides
the production of iron Georgia has gold
mining interests. The increase of ma
chinery for this purpose, and of the yield
of the mines is surprising. Gold is found
in many parts of the state, but the most
extensive mining is in Northeast Geor
gia, where several millions of capital are
invested in machinery and appliances
used in the production of the precious
metals.
RAILROADS.
Railroads are rapidly increasing in the
state. Since 1880 several hundred miles
have been built, links in the East Tenn
essee, Virginia and Georgia system, from
Rome to Atlanta and to Macon, the
Georgia Pacific from Atlanta into Ala
bama and Mississippi, the Augusta and
Knoxville, the Gainesville, Jefferson
and Great Southern, besides branches,
cross lines and extensions. We have
now in round numbers 3,000 miles of
railway in fine condition. Local passen
ger fare is only 3 cents per mile over the
state, and local freight rates in propor
tion. The railroads of Georgia—condi
tion, earnings, equipment,etc., consider
ed—are capitalized at a very low rate per
mile.
ABYLUMS AND PRISONS.
The asylums and prisons are well kept
and are in very good condition. In fact,
the death rate in our state penitentiary is
lower than that of any other state, only
22 having died in a year out of over 1,500.
The state receives an income of $25,000
from The penitentiary. We have three
state asylums—one at Macou for the
blind, for which in 1882 there was an ap
propriation of $9,000; one at Cave
Springs for the deaf and dumb, for which
there was an appropriation of 12,000, and
one at Miliedgeville for lunatics, for
which there was an appropriation of $90,-
000.
IMMIGRATION.
The state government does nothing to
induce immigration. We have no for
eign agencies nor agencies in northern
ports. Whatever is done is due to the
press, and to such information as rail
way companies disseminate. There is
considerable immigration to Georgia,
however, particularly from northern,
eastern and border states. These immi
grants soon lose themselves in the body
of citizens, and adapt themselves readily
to Georgia manners and customs. We
give them a hearty welcome, and those
who come rarely leave the state.
Charles R. Grey, Savannah, Ga., says:
“I have found great relief in Brown’s
Iron Bitters, when troubled with skin
disease.”
THE COLORED MAN’S INTERESTS.
A Question of Greater Moment Than the
Civil Rights Act*
Washington, October 23.—General W.
S. Rosecrans is in receipt of a letter, dat
ed October 17, from Mr. Lee Nance, an
intelligent and well informed colored re
sident of this city, in which the writer
considers at length the recent decision of
the supreme court and the status of his
people as affected by it. It will be seen
by the following extract, which we are
permitted to publish, that Mr. Nance
believes there are other issues of more
concern to the colored people—far more
vitally involving their true interests—
than the social and sentimental ques
tions passed upon by the court. He
says:
Speaking for myself, I would say that
I am bothered more about where and now
I can get enough money with which to
pay for a good, square meal, than lam
about where I shall eat it. I want money.
I will take it, if you please, in the shape
of bright silver dollars and yellow gold
eagles.
So reason, as I firmly believe, the
people who are behind Douglas, Langs
ton and other able men. They are con
cerned about other questious—questions
of great moment, which now lurk not
far in the dark, and which must inevit
ably come out and be discussed from top
to bottom and down and up again.
Among them is this one—whether or not
a people should be heavily taxed to their
great detriment, for the sole benefit of
alarmingly powerful industrial enterpris
es and vast private financial concerns,
in which they have not a reverting in
terest.
Mr. Nance believes in the legal and
political equality of the races. That is
firmly established. He believes further,
that the races have a common identity of
interests, entering into all pursuits of
life, and that it becomes the colored man,
instead of wasting his strength and sacri
ficing his independence in an absurd
struggle for social rights, which will re
gulate themselves, to look after his own
material welfare by the same methods
and for the same objects, that all other
men pursue. In other words, he wauts
the colored men to assert themselves at
the ballot box, as white men do, for the
protection of their property and the de
fense of their homes against the encroach
ments of corporation power and political
corruption.;
FIFTH AVENUE’S WEALTH.
Cue Million a Year Paid in Taxes by
Dwellers on this Street.
No street in the world, perhaps, pos
sesses more value to the square foot
than Fifth avenue, the abode of so many
millionaires, says the New York World.
The-figures as taken from the tax books
of the current year show that the city
derives-ti revenue of over one million
dollars a year from this one avenue, be
tween Eight and Eighty-second streets.
Taxable property is supposed to be as
sessed on sixty per cent, of its real value,
at which rate the estimation of the tax
department officials place the actual
value, of the property on Fifth avenue,
not including that which is exempt from
taxation, at $09,228,600. These figures,
however, only take in the property from
Washington square to the end of Central
Park; and in many instances the records
of portions of assessable property could
not be found on the tax books by the
World reporter. Mr. Amos R. Eno,
whose property, consisting of five lots, is
located in the vicinity of Madison square,
where stores are crowding in, is assessed
for $1,400,000, while Mr. W. H. Vander
bilt is assessed for only $1,000,000, for an
elegant mansion, with eight lots, in a
more desirable locality. Mr. Vander
bilt’s house is said to have cost nearly
$3,000,000, and though the law provides
that property must be assessed for GO per
cent, of its real value, it is really taxed
for only about one-third of its cost.
When Mr. Vanderbilt deeded to his son
Frederick the old home on Fifth avenue
and Fortieth street, he claimed that the
property was worth a quarter of a mil
lion, but it is assessed only tor $140,000.
Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt’s house, adjoin
ing that of his father, *s assessed for
$500,000, though its first cost was in ex
cess of a million.
Mr. D. O. Mills owns a house and lot
in that neighborhood for which he is as
sessed $140,000. Had he a larger house
and eight lots, like Mr. Vanderbilt, his
assessment, at this rate, for each lot
would be $1,120,000, showing how some
rich men escape their just proportion of
the taxable burden.
The colored bell boy at the Eagle
Hotel in Concord, N. H., eloped Tuesday
with a white girl employed as chamber
maid at the same hotel. The man had
his own trunk checked to Washington,
D. C., and the girl’s to Boston, but as he
confided to a friend the fact that he had
obtained situations for both of them in a
private family iu Washington, the girl’s
trunk was evidently' checked to Boston
as a blind. The man went to Concord
some time ago in the employ of a New
York family, and remained at the Eagle,
where he has been a faithful employe.
The girl gave good satisfaction in her
work, and is said to have been intelligent
enough to have known better than to do
as she has. She has been engaged for a
long time to a v ell-known young man
employed in the city, who was prostrat
ed by the news of her folly, and required
a physician’s care Tuesday night. The
girl had said she had worn out two wedd
ing dresses Waiting for him, and was tir
ed of the delay.
John H. Kumps, Savannah, Ga,, says:
“Brown’s Iron Bitters entirely cured me
of an eruption of my skin.”
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NUMBEB 16.
A BLOODY AFFRAY.
Four Mn Killed and Wouuded at m
Church in Burke County.
Waynesboro, Ga., .October 22. —The
bloodiest aft’raj r that has crimsoned the
annals of Burke occurred Sunday after
noon, at the Mcßean Methodist church,
in tills county. Rumors are numerous—
facts are scarce. I give the particulars
as obtained, without vouching for their
accuracy:
Saturday, near Green’s cut, a game of
base-ball was played, in which R. C.
McNorville and Frank and Duf Simms
participated. During the game McNor
ville criticised Frank Simms’ playing,
intimating that he played unfairly in not
batting the balls pitched. Mr. Tom
Simms, the father of the brothers took
up the quarrel and struck McNorville,
whereupon Mr. Brit Rogers reproved
Mr. Tom Simms for striking a mere
youth. Mr. Simms then turned upon
Rogers, who escaped. Here ended the
opening scene.
Sunday afternoon Mr. Simms, accom
panied by his two sons, sought Rogers at
the Bodsford Baptist Church, but failing
to find him repaired to Mcßean Metho
dist church, where Rogers was, with a
few friends. After Sundav school,which
wa in session, Simms approached Rogers
and invited him to settle the difficulty in
a piece of woods near by. Rogers ac
cepted, and as both crossed a fence in
their road, Frank Simms rose from the
bushes, pistol in hand, whereupon Rog
ers shot him down. Mr. Tom Simms
then knocked Rogers, down, and while
choking him was shot by Rogers three
times. At this point Duff Simms came
up and fired upon Rogers, wounding
him severely in the face. As Duff Simms
turned, he was shot four times by J. R.
Cox, a friend and relative of Rogers.
Mr. Tom Simms, the father, is dead;
Mr. Frank Simms is at the point of
death, and Mr. Duff Simms lias four se
rious wounds in the back. Rogers is also
critically hurt. This is the best to be
obtained of the circumstances. I send it
merely as a rumored account of what
was undoubtedly a most bloody rencon
tre. J. S. R.
A FIGHT AGAINST LOTTERIES.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Washington, October 24.— The fol
lowing circular letter of instructions
has been sent by the attorney-general to
all the district attorneys in the United
States:
Washington, D. C. Oct , 23, 1883.
Your attention is directed to the fol
lowing copy of a letter addressed to me
by the postmaster-genera!:
PosroKKiCK Department, (
Washington, 1). C., Oct. 19. f
Hon. B. 11. Brewster, Attorney-General,
Washington, D. C.:
Sir—Section 3894 of the revised statutes
declares that no letter or circular con
cerning lotteries shaft be carried in the
mails, ami prescribes a fine of not more
than SSOO nor less than SIOO, with pros
ecution, tor its violation. In the case of
Stowe vs. Mississippi, [lOl U. S. 814] the
supreme court says: “There is now
scarcely a state in the union where lot
teries are situated and congiess has en
acted a special statute, the object of
which is to close the mails againsUthem.
It is very difficult for lottery companies
to conduct their business with any de
gree of success without violating this
statute. I have reason to believe that it
is violated daily by persons engaged in
conducting lotteries. All such offenders
should be indicted and punished. I
therefore request that you direct dis
trict attorneys to co-operate with the of
ficers of this department in enforcing
this law.
Very respectfully',
W. G. Gresham,
P. M. Gen’l. U. S.
You are, therefore, hereby directed to
cordially co-operate with the officers of
the postoffice department in enforcing
section 3894 of the revised statutes, which
forbids that any letters or circular con
cerning lotteries shall be carried in the
mails. Very respectfully,
[Signed.]
Benjamin H. Brewster,
Attorney-General.
Galveston, October 23.— A special
dispatch from Austin says: Vice-Presi
dent Iloxie, of the International Railway,
has written to Gov. Ireland that business
will not justify the running of separate
coaches to accommodate the negroes.
Under the recent civil rights decision, he
says: “We can now make the colored
men take the seats we desire.” The
Governor replied that the difficulty in
volved the peace of society. There is but
oue remedy, and that is to pro\ide coach
es for each color. He sincerely regrets
that the road will not do-what seems
reasonable and what other trunk lines in
Texas haye done.
From the El Paso Times we learn that
the Mexicans are pushing ahead in the
matter of using the fibre of the cactus for
manufacturing paper. The government
has granted certain parties the privilege
of gathering the cactus -found on all
government or public lands for the period
of ten years. In return the parties obli
gate themselves to build, within two
years, at least one paper and textile mill,
in which the plant is to be used, each
mill to cost not less than $150,013, the
government giving a premium of $30,-
000.
*
What Seven Could Not Do.
Nashville, Tenn., April 6, 1881.—
H. 11. Warner & Co.—Sirs: Seven phy
sicians could not do me what your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure accomplish
ed. Hopelessly sic't with kidney disease,
it restored me to perfect health.
Jacob Myers,