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K't an occasion to cannot do full public official public acts. Nor Speicsd Cor&spondenee Free Press. ATLANTA LETTER. decs it ever exp rise when it in bating of Ids public acts. Nor j Eiutoii J’kkk Puf.ss: -We feel does it ever expect to condemn an ! keenly appreciative of the eompli- offici-d’s acts bv either misrepre- : mentdone us in the request to fur- ; mentation or abuse. We leave these j nish for your initial number, a let- ! weapons to these who deem them ter from Georgia’s capital city and legitimate, ami will aim to state j metropolis. We shall indulge all facts as they exist, and employ j the license granted by the presump- such comments as these facts smr- ! tion that almost anything from our ciU This we deem tin <Uilv course to c will be of interest to your read We sliali first give expression i c pursued in treating public que tions by self-respecting journals that aim to deserve popular respect. Principles, policies, public moials, | are everything. In their discussion individuals are as nothing. And Ithe capal conscientious journal- to the earnest hope that your new' s ! enterprise may demand a most lib eral and favorable recognition by the good people of your section and he visited with a great success. Atlanta, as is well known, is rare- iv without some worthy and meri- ASKEW, ZB-AdR/GLA-IIfcTS! BARGh We have a large ami well selected stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Trunks, &c. In fact everything usually- kept in a first class store, which we propose to sell at THE 'VEZRTST LOWEST FIGURES- < jive us a call and we will convince you that w e mean just exactly what we say. ALSO ASKEW & BRADLEY lock of n< t who deals witli all subjects ac- tennis attraction, and most prom- cordbm to their merits, may tomor- incut, just now are the daily exln- * praise the nubile official whose j bilious of the Art Loan association, [action of yesterday he felt compel- ()ver three hundred paintings, fresh [led to condemn. Not so the mere from skilled artisans, grace tu lo-r-on-il partisan. He must praise walls of Library hall. A .-tieam o levervthim" or condemn everything, generous and appreciative patron- A dm tLre is no middle ground, age pour daily into the halls m -— — | which these gems of art are dis- The New Time. plaved and hut a single criticism is Not long since, a national time evoked and that of highest com- Iconvention was held in New York | mendation for hot,i management, Next door to ASKEW, BRADLEY & CO have on hand a large FURNITURE, COFFINS AND BURIAL CASES. COFFINS, FROM $8 TO $15; BURIAL CASES, FROM $25 TO $100. Metallic eases furnished on short notice. Vault eases and coverings furnished and delivered free in the cit-v. Don’t fail to give us the first call, for we can furnish them cheaper than they can be made or bought elsewhere. Also a hill line of Burial Robes. Burial Gloves, etc. Also the fullest and tastiest line of hu m me ever brought to Carrollton at prices to suit everyone. We carry a full line ot 1 at- ent 1 >iml springs and Mattresses; ‘ds° make a specialty of SENVXTSTC3- MACHINES. Attaeliments, Oils and Needles. Sewing Machines repaired by a tirst-class maehi- nest. All work guaranteed. SKEW Sc BRADLEY. Iby the railroadmen of the United ■States and Canada, for the purpose lof providing standards of time by (which trains could be run. Jhey (divided the territory into four divi sions, in which they adopted four Iditferent standards of time, Geor gia comes in what is designated as Ithe central division and the rail roads of the state, according to j agreement, adopted, the time for this division, on last Sunday. The [new time is twenty-two minutes dower than the old time, so the watches of the railroad men had to | be moved back twenty-two minutes I in order to conform to it. 1 he new time adopted by our railroads is just two minutes .glower than Min m meridian time. ITidei* ftie new | time the trains on the Savanna]’. Tiffin A North Alabama, will l.eave [here twenty-two minutes later than formerly and return twenty-two Iminutes later. FARMERS LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST! ioo Cooking Stoves Just Received AT THE In a recent issue, the Atlanta (Constitution says that Senator [Eaton of Connecticut, was the only democrat who voted against the (electoral commission. The Consti tution means, we suppose, the only lemocrat in the senate, for it eer- ainly could not have forgotten that there was one Georgia congressman and works on exhibition. To be sure, our city may well be proud ot the Library association, as it lias certainly been one of its most po tent factors in the evocation ot a high and cultured taste for the re- lined and beautiful. The amuse ment season continues to offer rare attractions, and the boards are con stantly presenting some of the most gracious artists of the country. But 1 he musical festival to occur for three successive days, very soon may justly be regarded the crow in ing feature of the season, and | will entice hither an appreciative representation from nearly all our | eontigious towns, and it will he no unsafe assurance to pledge them a season of entertainment that will be cherished with genuine satisfac tion a^d benefit. i Our store winders are already be. | ing filled with evidences! of the 1 Christmas holidays, and the little boys and girls are inflicting our | streets with the stridulous shrieks of the horn and rubber bubble bags. [ Tbe darkey parades the sidewalks I with his few hard earned dimes and j readily expends them for some 1 trifle that will possibly assure one : or two days of so called C"jov moot at his cabin home in the country.-'* it is a notable fact that the negro STOVE Stoves off from last season, down low, and must bo sold! ALSO Tin Ware, Hard Ware of all kinds. Crockery, Wood. Willow and Glass Ware, Brooms, Trays, Sifters, and a general assortment of House Furnishing goods.— Come every body and price and be convinced. JESSE E. GRIFFIN. The Carroll Free fore the people of C response to popular deman and power press its facilities getting out a neat and nandsoi will do credit to the count} abroad. TIIE FREE THOMPSON BROS’ r :: BEDROOM, PARLOR AND DINING ROOM IFTTIREISriTTTIRJHI ESTEY AND GEORGE WOOD & CO.’S o :r;cwjyhsts. BURIAL CASES, WOOD AND METALLIC. Orders attended to day or night. Y’cwxax <lA. (who had the nerve to vote against p. ls a natural aversion to the aeeu- mrr.^-.iii^notwithsta’sding the pres- • mu lation of money, and regards it ; ure brought- to bear upon himC i^bmrmTen duty to expend cv- ; erv dollar, so soon as it reaches his Tether the (Um.MfTttrnyn frrtS fdr- larotten it or not, we believe that the fpoople of Gerorgia will not soon for get tlm brave man, who thus stood in th • hour of trial, and that the name of "NY. E. Smith, Will go down into the history of his native state honored and revered. James G. Blaine was horn in 1H- iami consequently is now in the ith year of his age, comparatively a young man, considering the im portant part he has played in the politics of the country. Whatever else mav be said of him, he is un- doutbedlv the ideal politician of his party, no public man in it having ~a> dovoted a following. II is magnetis n it is said, is unknown since the days of Henry Clay. Even among his political opponents, personally, he has’always been popular. Bare ly defeated in the two last conven tions of his party as a candidate for the presidency, it yet remains to be seen whether he has been retired i parmanently from the public stage. possession. We hope to furnish your readers with a few episodes of the darkey's’city experience ere long,and for the present will desist. Atlanta shares largely in the gen eral jubilee ov :■ the redemption of Virginia, and our citizens, native to the old dominion, are jubilant over the overthrow of bossism, and join lustily in the seniiment of re lief felt by their people at home.— The late election results enthused a wholesome feeling into our people, and we feel that 1SS4 will open up an era of general rejoicing. Mean time we shall work on, and work hard, for the supremacy of dem ocracy, and feel assured of a glad some time ere the ides of another November. ROBBINS, BRO. & CO. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS, Manufacturers and Dealers In ITALIAN AND RUTLAND MARBLE, ^WTTMENTS, BOX TOMBS, HEAD and FOOT STONES, V “ Granite for Building* U ld Counter? Inclosures, Iron for Fencing Dwellings and Grave Inclosures. ORDERS SOLICITED and PROMPTLY FILLED. Office anti Works, No. 50 Loyd .Street, A. TIL AY UNIT AY, - GEORGIA. & it. TV lYlO R II U D Y & SPURLOCK, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, SUCH AS Dry Goods of all kinds, Groceries, light and heavy, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing to fit anybody, From the smallest boy to the largest man. Hardware, Crockery and Glass ware of all kinds. All of these goods are for sale and we don’t propose to be undersold by any one. The public are earnestly invited to examine our goods and prices before buying tlso sell tin elsewhere. W Will keep you posted upon the leading events of the day, especially Georgia affairs. We in tend to give the news it industry^ an; can tret THE FREE PRESS Will always be found the trut^f^b4-ThTft^r^ching friend of the people, opposed to rings, cliques or combinations, if any such organizations ex ist, for the purpose of deceiving, misleadin thwarting the popular will. g, or THE FREE Pkj Will be free and independent sions. It will not stoop to subsd form—it will nof*“bend theprej thrift may follow fawning.” While it wifR Democratic to the core, it will .not hesitate td LIGHT RUNNING, NOISELESS HARTTORD SEWING MACHINE, The best in tile market. Now a word to our friends who owe us. We are greatly j in need of the money due us. either for goods or guanos. We are compelled to set- Again we wish your enterprise an : t ] (1 nj, our indebtedness, and rant do so unless our friends who owe us come to our criticize the actions of the party when in thd immeasurabale success, scribe ourselves, and sub- Box IV a< A Prohibition Tilt. After the sales Tuesday late in the afternoon it was announced „■ a writer in thf Atlanta 1 f">"> ‘ h0 f™rt'roo.n up stairs that Hating th,' ques- «• Ceavy, las,,., would adless 'or the the people in favor of no prohibition. His speech was lengthy and most country people left town bc- meluded. Having called the correctness of the fiade in a recent letter . LaPrade published ator, that gentleman on to respond. Ac- iequest, Air. LaPrade ■ best, most crush- 1 replies that we ever t only met and easily' •. Peavy’s points, but ;t satire and good humor rescue. So please come up and settle and save cost. 1 We have just, received a fresh lot of GUANOS and ACIDS for WHEAT and OATS. Come to see us one and all and you will lind W. O. Perry and John II. Ward alwavs on hand to show you goods. Respectfully, RHIJDY Sc SPURLOCK. II. W. 1,0X0. T. L. 1,0X0. LONG&CO. —DEALERS IX— GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Have special inducements to oiler the farmers cf Carroll and surrounding countie.- w hen they come toCarrollton. We have a large and well selected stock of goods and will sell as clu-ap as anybody jtles completely' on his debate was charac- itmost good feeling ljoyed by’ the pro- yether Yindica- SHOES! SHOES!! SHOES!!! THE FREE PRESS Will give prominence to local news. It will be a “map of busy life, its fluctuations ar^l )ES. Before you buy your winter stock be sure and j yaS t COnCClTlS. Every interest of the milfl V ill save von from l.> to 2,) per cent on these goods.! . / J . tilt LUltn \ Remember tin* place, nncK store southeast corner public square. We will sell goods I w j]] reCelVe attention, for We intend tO haVC U Cheap Either for Cash or On Time, chiel among you taking notesand faith hJ'.l Give us a call. We have anything found in a first-class count rv store Our store G-vr-i f ’ptyj ” is headquarters for Singer Machine needles. LONG & < O. : p * We make a LEADER of SH01 give us a call. We-can and w Remember the place, brick store C. B. SIMONTON, (‘A URO ELTON, O EORO f.V, Has removed to bis new brick store in the northeast corner of the square, where be will be glad to see bis numerous friends and customers. He lias recently re ceived bis fall and winter stock of goods, consisting in part of Dry Goods, Family Groceries, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions, &c. &c. HARDWARE and WAGON MATERIAL A specialty. A general assortment kept oil band at all times and sold at the very lowest figures that can be sold in this market. Ho also keeps a full line of ( 1>0( K- ERY and GLASSWARE. Special bargains offered in TOBA< CO. H you dont be lieve it. call and see us. The favorite job "W"o: WHITE SEWING MACHINE Sold exclusively by us. Genuine Woolen Concord Jeans from 35 to -15 cents per yard. These, as every' one knows, sire standard goods. If you want a gun or Hock, call on us. i Mr. A. C Ssixon stud J. A. Huggins.-m- with mo and will be glsid to welcome j their friends sit these headquarters, if they dont scli you they wiil not insult you. Is the Best Manure for Wheat and Oats, perior to cotton seed. r th an double the crop. E. GNKRAMER. I he Free Press office has a nici job type and as soon as its job | it will be prepared to do job wor neat as can be done anywhere. AVI ed man will send work out of tha he can have it done here, just .t] way tor a people to prosper is money at home. We ask no fav do your work as cheap and as be done elsewhere, then yl^nt gjv we will not complain.