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tU i<»asu» YOL. 1. C^E.E.OXjLTOISr, GEORGIA, iF’IR/IJD.A.ir, DECEMBER 21,18B3. ZfcTO.5. CARROLL FREE PRESS. PUBLIHED EVERY FRIDAY. EDWIN R. SHARPE, Publisher. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: On* 1 copy one year, si.25 One copy six months, l ! '» One copy three-months, J 0 CLUB ratios: Ten copies one year, #10.00 Twenty copies one year, #20.00 PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS JOSEPH I.. COBB. FELIX N. COBB. ('ORB & COBB, Attorney# and Counsellors at I.atv. CA RROLLTOX, GEORG I A. Prompt attention given to all bus iness intrusted to us. ( ollections a spe cialty. Office in court house. Dr. J. W. HALLUM, CARROLLTON' - - - - GEORGIA. lias his office* in number 2, Mande- ville brick building, lie makes a specialty of OSTETRICS and DISEASES OF WOMEN and CHILDREN. Cal! on him. Consultation free. IDS,. J. IF. COLE, CARROLLTON, GA. Is devoting most of his time and atten tion to surgery and surgical diseases, and is prepared for most any operation. His charges are reasonable. G. W. G UTH REY, Boot and Shoe Maker, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. Thanking the public for the liberal pat ronage which they have bestowed upon him in the past, woidd solicit a continu ance of the same. Home made shoes for women and children always oy l)and. gtgp'Shop in the hack room of'the post- office building. JOHN R. STEWART Wishes ro say to the public that lie is still prepared to do all kinds of PHOTOGRAPHING and FERR0TYPING in the latest style and at reasonable pri ces. Also keeps on hand a fair stock of Frames, Cases, Albums, Etc. Copying and enlarging a specialty— can make all sizes from locket to 8x10 inches. Remember that two dollars will buy a tine, large picture framed ready for your parlor, at my gallery, Newnan street, Carrollton, Ga. Evans, The Jeweler, Is now in the southeast corner of the public square, where he will be glad to see his friends and the public generally. He keeps on hand a full line of goods, consisting of plat(*d ware of all kinds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS n specialty. jgjp* All kinds of repainngj.m his line, done promptly and in good style. To Those Interested. You have been indulged twelve months, and surely can pay what you owe the old firm of Stewart. & Son. The estate must be settled. I greatly prefer settling my own business, but will have to put the claims belonging to the estate of J. W. Stewart & Son, in the hands of an at torney, if not settled soon. W. J. STEWART. From the Savannah News. Reagan’s Inter-State Commerce Bill. One of the important measures that congress will he required to consider is that providing for gov ernment control of inter-state rail roads. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, is the champion of this measure, and he has already urged it upon the at tention of three congresses. It passed the house in the forty-fifth congress, but met with little en couragement in the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses, for the reason that the committee which had it in charge was not friendly to it. In the present congress Mr. Reagan, in all probability, will he the chairman of the commerce com mittee, and will see that it is re ported early in the session. The purpose of the bill is to prevent un just discrimination in freight rates by inter-state railroads. By pool ing and by discriminating freight charges the great trunk lines are able to inflict incalculable dama ges on the business interests of the country. The favors granted to the Standard Oil company by the railroads, for instance, have about broken down all the rivals of the Standard, and made that com pany one of the most tyranieal and oppressive monopolies in the country. Other instances could be mentioned where the discrimina tions of the great railroads have wrought ruin to legitimate business enterprises. M$. Reagan does not. propose to fix traffic and travel rates. TTis object and aim is to pro tect inter-state commerce and shield legitimate business underta kings from the hostile acts of pow erful railroad corporations. There would he no necessity for such leg islation if there were free competi tion among the railroads. Compe tition, however, is destroyed by the pooling system. When the North ern Pacific was completed it was thought there would he cheaper freight rates between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Before the cel ebrated last spike was driven in the Northern Pacific, an agreement was made which retained the old monopoly rates. The hill will un doubtedly meet with the strongest kind of opposition. The Columbus Times very sensi bly observes: “It is always well to say something favorable about a person instead of maligning him, because numerous enemies often show that there must he much good in the person abused. A man without enemies is a weak individ ual anvway.” A truer sentiment was never uttered than the following from the 8a van ah News: The influence of the press is very great when it is in the right. It is a grieveous error to say that the newspapers of a country can ’mould public opinion right or wrong. Arguments must be founded on solid common sense to carry conviction, and the news paper that sticks to principle and reason will always he the one to command the confidence and respect of the people. A vacillating and time serving policy, or one that abandons the rights of the people to advocate specially favored interests on the part of the press is the surest course to destroyitsinfluence The celebrated case of Mrs. Mary Clarke Gaines vs. the City of New Orleans, is expected to come up before the Supreme Court of the United States at its present term. The property involved is valued at about |2,000,000, and the cost of the printed records was $10,000, which was paid for by the city. The volume unbound is two jjfeot high and weighe over 200 pounds. Mrs. Gaines is now over seventy-five years ohl, and has been engaged in in this suit in one shape or anoth r ever since she was twenty. Tt is one of the most remarkable cases on secord, and if she lives to gain it she will be one of the wealthiest women in America. TURNER and CHAMBERS, j CA KROLLTOX, GK<)K(! XA —Dealers in— General Merchandise, Are still at their old stand on Rome street, ready to sell you goods as cheap or cheaper than anybody. If you want anything in their line, give them a trial aud they think you will trade. We would say to those owing us that WE MUST HAVE AVliat is due us. We have indulged you as long as we can and we now want .mo money. An exchange printed tho follow ing: On the Etowah river, above Cartersville, Ga., is a vein of gold which for extent and richness, is excelled by few, if any, mines in the United States. The vein is double. One of them is 280 feet wide, every inch of which shows gold. Some of this assays $10 per ton. The same company own over 500 feet of another vein, varying in thickness from 4 to 21 feet. This vein extends three miles through the company’s property, and yields from $10 to $11 per ton. The Etowah river cuts these veins, and it will yield a pow er sufficient to run 1,000 stamps. About 800 stamps are now running, and a quantity of machinery is on the ground ready to pw4 up and start. This mine can be worked at $1 per toil. The company owning and working it is knowm as the Franklin and McDonald company. Brother Gardner in Detroit Free' Press. Points for tlie Unmarried. “I understand,” began the presi dent, as the meeting was opened in due form, “dat quite a number of de members of dis club am gwine to be mar’ied doorin’ de summer. Dat’s all right, an’ I wish ’em much joy, an’ shall be glad to witness de obsequies of each an’ ebbery one. But I want to say a few words in general. In the fust place, am you gwine to mar’y fur love or fur a sort o’bizness partnership? If you answer fur love, let me warn you to be sartain dat you don’t mistake the sentiment. Many a young man who thought his heart torn by love has plunged into matrimony to dis kiver dat he simply had an admi ration for a $30 set of false teeth and a high instep. If you answer fur a sort o’ bizness partnership, let me warn you not to expect too much. You won’t*, love de woman and she won’t trust you. It will be a sort o’ boss trade in which both parties will be cheated and both continuer to he mad about it. You can get along after a fashion, and people who see her on your arm at a circus won’t know how you fight at home. If you mus marry let common sense have a show in the transaeshun. Derail’ go off your feet because you meet a gal Who can sing like a robbin, smile like a rose, and jump off a street kyar widout bodorin’ de driver to stop. A wife will have much to do be sides singin’ and cultivatin’ dim ples. If you am gwine to marry ax yerself how fur $10 a week will go when divided up fur clothes an’ pervishuns an’ incidentals. Befo’ you fall in love wid a gal who looks too sweet for anything in a red plush saeque, figure on how many sicli duds yer income will afford her. Befo’ you am broke up ober a gal who plays de planner, talks French, paints landscapes, an’ reads poetry jist sit down an’figger who am to cook yer meat an’ taters, patch yer close, darn yer socks, an’ help yer make $12 buy $lo worth of things. Befo’ yer let a pa’r o’ flasli- in’ eyes an’ a connin’ dimple capti vate yer, look aroun’ a little an’ see if de owner has got a temper like a wild cat. Marriage am a lottery simply bekase people take each od der unsight an’ unseen.” Damask is from the city of Da mascus; satins from Zaytown in China; calico from Calicut, a town in India formerly celebrated for its cotton cloth, and where calico was also printed. Muslin is named from Mosul in Asia. Alpaca, from an an imal of Peru, of the llama species, from whose wool the fabric is wo ven. Buckram takes its name from Rochara; fustian comes from Fastol, a city of the middle ages, from which the modern Cairo isde- seended. Taffeta and tabby from a street in Bagdad. Cambric from Cambray. Gauze has its name from Gaze; baize from Bajoc; dimi ty from Bamietta, and jeans from Jean. Drugget is derived from a city in Ireland, Drogheda. Duck comes from Torque iu Normandy. Blanket is called after Thomas Blanket, a famous clothier, connec ted with the introduction of wool en in England about 1240. Serge derives its name Xerga, a Spanish name for a peculiar woolen blanket. Diaper is not from D’Ypres, as is sometimes stated, but from Greek (lisaprou, ffg. Velvet is from the Italian vellute, wooly (Latin, vellus —a hide or pelt). Shawl is the san serif sala, floor, for shawls were first used for carpets and tapestry.— Bandan is from an Indian word meaning to bind or tie, because they were tied in knots before dy ing. Chintz comes from Hindoo. Dalaine is the French of wool. A negro at Conyers, Rockdale county, Ga., found a pocket hook containing one hundred dollars. He was an honest man, and return ed the hook and the money to the owner, a white man. The man was so proud of his money that he gave the poor negro twenty-five cents. Such liberality should be made known. We have known some men so stingy that they would stint themselvs on water unless there was a freshet in the river. The Conyers man woulden’t do that. The Christmas tree is infinitely diversified; it is large or small; it finds its way into the cottage and the palace; it produces strange and sometimes very singular and dis similar objects; hut, whatever the size, whatever the place, whatever the fruit that is found thereon, it is always richer and far more beauti ful than any other, for it is inspired by the spirit of affection and self- sacrifice, by that tenderness which is born of devotion to the interest and happiness of others. From tlie Savannah News. Judge Adams and Court Loafers. Upon the opening of the Sujierior Court yesterday morning Judge Adams called the attention of those persons who are in the habit of attending court that the court and grand jury rooms were recently placed in the best of order, and he hoped that they would be kept so; hence he requested all who were in attendance, and oth ers whofrequented those rooms from time to time, not to spit upon the floor of the rooms or of the lob by, and that he might not he misun derstood he added that the request would be enforced, and any person discovered spitting on the floors or defacing any of the walls would be punished. The court thereupon di rected the sheriff and bailiffs to ar rest any individual whom they might see disregarding the man date of the court. His honer then directed his remarks to the occu pants of the gallery, and said there could be no reasonable objection to any person having an interest in any of the proceedings in attending the sittings of the court; that fre quently parties were influenced to attend the court because they or some friend have a case there, which was probably more or less interest to others as well as those directly interested in this issue be fore the court. But it was observ ed that certain individuals were in the habit of taking seats in the gal lery, day after day, and that some of themtook groundnuts and luncheon and ate their meals there. After meals some of these people went to sleep there. “It is presumed,” the judge, went on to say, “that these people have nothing else to do and that they are vagrants. The gal lery is not intended to be a loung ing place for such persons, nor will any one be permitted to throw pea nut shells on the floor of the gal lery, the rooms of the court or of the lobby. The subject will not be referred to by the court again, and tho sheriff is directed to arrest any person who may be found disregar ding the notice of the court in these particulars.” From the Kansas Methodist. One at a time. A hoy watched a large building as the workmen from day to day carried up bricks and mortar. “My son,” said his father, “you seem taken with the bricklayers.— Do you think of learning the trade ?” “No, sir; I was thinking what a little tiling a brick is, and what great houses are built by laying one brick upon another.” “Very true, my son; never forget it. So it is with all great works.— All your learning is one lesson ad ded to another. If a man could walk all around the world it would he by putting one foot before an other. Your whole life will be made up of one moment upon another.— Drops added to drops make the ocean.” “Learn from this not to despise little things. Be not discourged by great labors. They become easy if divided into parts. You could not jump over a mountain, but step by step takes you to the other side.— Do not fear, therefore, to attempt great things, Always remember that the large building went up on ly one brick upon another.” A New York man has imported a pair of Inddian mangooses, the first that ever came to America. They are a little larger than a good sized rat; their bodies are covered with brown hair, variegated with white stripes. The importer will breed these animals and sell them as ver min exterm it .tors. It is claimed that they have no equal in that bus iness. One mangoose will rid the largest house of rats, and they de stroy snakes with wonderful avidi ty and are the inveterate enemy of every species of vermin. But they are gentle and harmless to human beings. It is narrated that a Pennsylva nia farmer puts his dog to a novel use. The dog follows the old man to town when he is hauling grain, and when the team is driven on the scnles the dog walks gently on and lies down under the wagon. As the cur weighs about forty pounds, and there are only thirty-two pounds to a bushel of oats, he helps the load out. When the farmer comes hack to have the wagon weighed the dog forgets to be there. A Texas Sensation. The Globe Democrat, of St. Louis, as appears from our dispatches this morning, is authority for the state ment that a citizen of Texas, who was a union man during the war, is about to begin in the Court of Claims at Washington, a suit to re cover the value of his emancipated slaves. It seems a little curious that such a suit should be begun at this late day, hut the delay may have been due to a failure to dis cover sponer the ground on which it could be based. The constitution of the State which was appooved by Congress at the time of annexation contains, it appears, the foundation for the suit. It is not improbable, however, that the dispatch oontains very little truth. The possibility of sustaining a suit of this kind may have been discussed, hut that the beginning of proceedings is serious ly contemplated is rather doubtful. The fourteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution expressly prohibits the United States from paying any claim for the loss or emancipation of slaves. If there is anything iu the Constitution of the State of Texas which renders this amendment inoperative, there is a surprise in store for the lawyers of the country. If loyal Texans could maintain suits for the value of emancipated slaves there would be no immediate occasion for devi sing plans for getting rid of the sur plus revenue. The Texas claim ants would take care of the surplus for a year or two. The number who would be shown to have been loy al during the war would not be the least interesting feature of the new class of claims. It will proba bly he discovered however, that the Globe Democrat’s news is of that sensational character which doesn’t bear investigation. A Beautiful Incident. A naval officer being at sea in a dreadful storm, his wife sitting in the cabin near him, filled with alarm for the safety of the vessel, was so surprised at his serenity and composure that she crid out: “My dear are you not afraid ? How is it possible you can be so calm in such a dreadful storm?” He rose from his chair, dashed it to the deck, drew his sword, and pointing it at the breast of his wife, exclaimed: “Are you not afraid?” She.immediatly answered, “No.” “Why ?” said the officer. * “Because.” replied his wife, “I know that the sword is in the hands of my husband, and he loves me too well to hurt me.” “Then,” said he, “I know in whom I believe; and that He who holds the wind in his hand is my father.” From the Cuthbert Enterprise. It Does Look So. We would like to ask that clever fellow over there who is such a strong advocate of whisky what it has done for him or his friends that he should indorse it so warmly. Has it helped your business, im proved your health, elevated you in society, made you happier, and given you a better prospect for the eternal future? If it lias, very well. You are seasonable in the zeal you display. But if on the oth er hand, it has taken away your money, driven you from the com pany of good people, affected your health, reddened your nose and eyes, and bloated your whole body and brought misery to your mother, your wife and children, then wouldn’t it he a good thing to let go? The Banner Watchmen is not speaking of honest men in the following paragraph: “A man will take a newspaqer for two or three years, and if you stop his paper he gets mad and will not pay for the time he has been taking it. All newspapers should adopt the cash in advance system and then there will he no chance of any one getting in his debt.” Chicago claims to exhibit a three headed girl who sings soprano, con tralto and alto all at the same time. Won’t her husband catch it when she gets married. He will not only have to buy three new hats every month, hut when the chorus of trip- le-tongued complaints begin they will pierce his ears as if sharper than a three-edged sword. Ex-senator Speneer now claims that president Garfield and Postmaster General James gave him writ of indulgence providing that he should not be called as a witness in case he furnished the Rev. H. C. Christian, who has been pastor of the Methodist church at Barnsville for this- year, has been transferred to the Califor- j evidence at his command, and he nia Conference. He wil go direct to Sacramento where he will take charge of the Southern Methodist Church of that city. How A Pig Made a President. About this time in knots about the sunny corners and around de pots, and hotels, when political sto ries are in order, you will occasion ally hear some old stager remark that “a pig once made Andrew Jackson president.” It was never my fortune to meet one who could remember how it came about, hut in a, copy of the American Travel ler for December 19,1828, being vol ume IV., No. 50,1 find all the par ticulars. which I copy for the bene fit of the society for the perpetua tion of old stories. It appears that away back in the early dawn of the nineteenth cen tury, in the town of Cranston, R. I., Mr. Somebody’s pig smelt a cab bage in a neighbor’s garden—he rooted through the fence and de molished said garden—the garden owner sued the pig’s proprietor— James Burrill was the prosecuting attorney—the prosecuting attorney was a candidate for the United States senate—the senator was cho sen by the state legislature—in that body there was a tie, occasioned by the absence of one of Burrill’s party, who stayed away on account of lawsuit aforesaid—the said tie was unravelled by the casting vote of the speaker in favor of Burrill’s opponent, Jeremiah B. Howell— Jeremiah voted for tlie war, which James would not have done—the war was made by a majority of one in the national .senate—that war made General Jackson popular— that popularity gave Jackson the presidency. A Drunkard’s Wife The Supreme Court of Iowa has given practical application in a recent decision to the okt proverb, “ As you make your bed so yon must lie down in it.” John York made a contract with Sus*b Moeier by which she was to become hia wife and he was to make pecuniary provision for her. They were duly married. In less than tww months the bride abandoned her husband on account of his drunkenness. Soon after John died, and the Widow sought to enforce the terms of the antenuptial contract; but the court decided against her. It appears that Jflhn was a drunk- arfi before the marriage, 1 and the court held that the wife was not justified in leaving him; that, in short, she had not lived up to her part of the agaeement. The widow urged in extenuatron that he had promised before marriage that he would reform, but the court answered: “His failure to keep thie promise did not justify her in deserting him. All the world knows that such promises,made by a drunkard, are always broken. In a few words, as she knowingly marries a drunkard, she should be content to he a drunkard’s wife.” The decision in this particular cane seems to be a hardship, hut the lesson contained in it should be taken to heart by women who hare not yet elected to become the wives of drunkards. . To Husbands. Always complain of being tired, and remember that nobody else gets tired. Your wife should have everything in readiness for you, hut you should not do anything for her. When your wife asks you for money give her a nickle; ask her what she wants with it, and when slip tells you, ask her if she can’t do without it. Then go down town and spend ten times that amount for cigars, for they are a necessity. Go down town of an evening, stand on the street corner and talk polities; it’s more interesting than to stay at home with your family. Charge your wife not to gossip, but you can spin all the yarns you wish. Have your wife to get up and make fires, hut don’t get up your- sely till the rest of tlie family are eating breakfast, as you might catch cold. Wear old clothes and make your self as untidy as possible until your wife’s health fails; then it would be best for you to fix up some, for in all probability you will want ano ther when she is gone. From Detroit Free Press. Fraternal Tie*. In the Lime Kiln Club Judge Chewso arose to ask for informa tion. He wanted to know how strong the fraternal ties of such a lub should be considered. How far was he obligated ? “Brother Chewso,” replied the president, “I will read the fullerin' fur your benefit: “1: A11 meet heah on terms of equality, hut de member who blacks stoves an’ saws wood am not 'speeded to he so familiar as to ssk de barber aimin’ $17 per week to lend him his toof-pick. “2. If you find a hrudder in dis tress, aid him. Dar am no pertick- ler objeckshun to fakin' a mortgage on his stove, in erse he wants to borry fo’ dollars in cash, but give him a little show befo’ foreclosing “3. Excuse a hrudder’s faults as fur as you kin, but arter he has spit on your butes about three times you kin conclude dat he aches to he licked. “4. Speak well of each odder; avoid wrangles and slander; bo ready to give good advice; encour age sobriety and industry, hut don’t let a man kick yer dog simply be kase he sits on de stool nex’ you in Paradise hall. This item from the Chicago Dai-j ly News should he published far ( and wide. Here it is: “Why not reverse the phrase, a solid South means a solid North ? So long as partision papers in the North are filled with mistrust and hostility toward the South, solely because it is Democratic, so long will it re main so. When the Republican party of the North ceases to be soiId against the Democratic rule in the South, the cause which fosters and perpetuates that rule will he re moved. It is nonsense to talk of ‘fraternal feeling’ between the two sections while politicians make ev ery election a pretext for tearing open afresh the wounds of the late war.” A novel case is on trial at Car tersville, Tt is that of R, H. Jones against J. T. Shepherd on an open account. Jones is a large carriage manufacturer, and sometime sin ce in an advertisement, offered a re ward to anyone who could find a single instance in which his work was not just as lie represented it.— Shepherd claims to have found sev eral, and pleads the same as a set off against the account, and asks judgment of the overplus in his favor. A remarkable cedar tree is re ported as growing in the negro cem etery at Americus. From appear ances it was planted in a large pitcher at the head of a negro’s grave about ten years ago. It hurst the bottom out of the pitcher and still encircles the bottom of the ce dar, and is without a crack. The tree fills the pitcher eonipletly, and is al*nut eight or ten feet high. It must have grown from within the pitcher, as it could have never got there otherwise. i says that he originated the whole j of the star route prosecutions. I That is indeed remarkable if true. ! You may be wise enough to he able to say your prayers backward, i hut if your life is not correct you j know what you are, and so do other j people. The Three Wishes. A gentleman while sitting at the dinner table with his family had thse words said to him by his son, a lad ofleven years: Father I have been thinking, if I could have one single wish of what I would choose. To give you a better chance, said the father, suppose the allowance be increased to three wishes what would they be? Be careful Char ley! He made nis choice thoughtfully; first a good character, second, of good health, and third, of a good education. His father suggested to hhn that fame, power, riches, and various other things are held in general es teem among men. I have thought of all that, said he, but,'if I have a good character and good health and a good education, I shall he able to earn all the mon ey that will^be of any nse to me, and eyerything will come along in its right place. A wise decision indeed, for a lad of that age. Let our young readers think of it and profit by it.-Selected. From the Henry county Weekly. How a wicked Merchant was Circum vented. A hale of cotton was brought to town the other day by a neighbor ing farmer, against whom an exe cution was held by one of our mer chants for $22K. Tlie irferchant placed the fi. fa. in the hands of an officer to execute^ and the cotton waslevicd on. The defendant claim ed that the account was unjust and refused to submit Jto the levy. He accordingly employed a lawyer to defend the property against seizure and gave him a ten dollar fee for his service in settling the matter.— The lawyer conferred with the plaintiff, paid off the ft. fa.’ with thirty-five cents additional as cost, and had $7 50 remaining as his fee in the case. The defendant seem ed much elated at his success in de feating the wicked merchant and and went away satisfied.