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V , for our “DREAM BOOK.” ■ land useful information, free.^ Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic is for Sale by au. Druggists and Dealers Everywhere. nut ( Send jour address t St. Lduis, Mo., for Full of strange and TURNER and CHAMBERS, CARRQLLTON, GEORGIA —Dealers in— G-eneral Merchandise, Are still at their old stand on Rome street, ready to sell you goods as cheap or cheaper than anylmdy - If yon want anything in their line, give them atrial and . they think you will trade . Wc would say to those owing us. that WE MUST HAVE What is duo us. We have indulged you as long as we can and we now want our .money. Printed in the Free Press by Special Arrangement with the Author. SEALED UNTO HIM. -:o:- A STORY OF THE EARLY DAYS OF MORMONISM. BIT CTO.A-Q,T7I2Sr MILLER. him calmly, almost bitterly, swer: •‘Then God be praised! You shall die iu the Faith, my wife. And -so we shall meet again.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) -:o: ‘CHAPTER V. THE GRAVES OF THE DEAD SEA. The Book of Mormon is of pro digious size and unexampled silli ness. One marvels that any one over bad the persistence to write down its endless round of repetit ions of biblical words and phrases. Professing to give, in the style and language of the Bible, the history j their restin< of the Tribes from the time of their: The in()0U) round-laced and full, disaffection till they possessed defined but of heaven arid looked America and became the mound-;straight down, close down, calm Imilders, it is simply intolerable-, as j and pitying, like the sorrowful a piece of artistic work. Yet as it, face of a nun at prayer, was found in all mining-camps, j Surely in a scene like this, now where .-in the snowy fastnessess at last, after all this suffering, this suspense—surely, surely after pray- monk-like face. He stopped still a moment and prayed. How new, strange, awful, weird all this was in the dim twilight by the darkening lake of death!* Some birds flew into camp from the hills. It was a strange thing, arid the first time in a thousand years, that man had dome to pitch tent in place. we often had nothing else left to read, it thus fell to my lot to read it through not unfrequently.— From title-page to eolophone there is not one lofty or inspiring thought, er and baptism in the name of the Most High God—she would be sav ed; saved in body and in mind; saved in all her purity, and peace like those filling the volume it af-! 0 f mind, and love, and sympathy, fects to follow. A dreary, weary book it is. And yet it answers the Mormon’s purposes in this: that where he cannot find an excuse for his actions in the real Book, he can surely find it in the forged one. After this huge man with the book and the deep hollow eyes had exhorted and preached and read for hours and hours, halting now and then as he read, devouring the whole camp and all that circle and sad memories of her dear dead who lay buried out yonder in the lake in chains. The horsemen stood waiting or ders. They, had not tasted food or water all that time they waited there in the grass. These poor, deluded men believed they were listening to the voice of God. They, were men who could not read their names. Never had Mahomet such blind, faithful, devoted following as these bloody men here waiting to about him with his hungry eyes, do the work of death, the girl drawn even neareest of all,! it is notable that all false religion* and right under his eyes and right all religions save the one religion by the side of her ignorant and fan- ! 0 f Christ, have had their corner- atical executioners, he calmly and j stones laid and cemeriteJ down in with earnest exhortation begged to | blood. They have been built up baptize his listeners in the faith of by ignorance and maintained in im- the Latter-Day Saints. puritv. No one answered or moved.— Many a long breath was drawn, many a deep sigh was smothered, but no one spoke. The missionary, as lie now announced himself, look ed straight and hard and earnestly The giant missionary came for ward up the bank, leading the girl by the hand. He was evidently worn and weak, but he was as. full of mad zeal for his work as ever be fore. He again appealed for prose at the girl. She lifted her weary Bytes. No one came forward.— black eyes to his once more, and;Then liis furrowed brow grew dark tried hard to read if there was any ! an( j revengeful, help or any hope at all: Hebockoried for his followers to in them. But she did! get ready; In a moment more they not speak. The man arose, went | were ready to spring into the sad- down to the bank, drank a cupful of j die.. In the mean time he had imf- water, came dack and began tojtioned to our party to lay in a keg read and exhort and explain and| 0 f water, rouse up the resting cat- endeavor to proselyte once more.—: tie, yoke them and climb the hill And so this strange man kept on 'on our journey to the west. Our till the day was spent. party obeyed this last injunction No one had spoken save himself.; with alacrity.. They could hardly con No one had tasted food. Some of. ccal their pleasure. Yet a night’s the children had slept, their hands presistent travel and a day’s in their weary mothers’ laps as dreadful anvip’+v t they sat in circle and listened and listened in silence, the long, long day, under the vast blue sky, dance of spirits, by the dark and desolate lake of! In a little time dreadful anxiety following on its heels are hardly calculated to charge any one with a superabun- Bate news from Washington re port Senator Mahone as very ill. death. And now mark! When that man was done reading and the sun was going down, there was not a weary and overcome man or woman there who was not awed or terrified or fascinated into some sort of half be lief! Again the man rose up and pleaded for converts to his singular faith. He stretched his hands over the darkening lake as the sun went down; he lifted his long arms to the.mountains. -of snow beyond the you rig city; he appealed to noth ing low, to nothing bad, but to iritifh that' was' noble in mail and sublime in nature. His lips were dry, Iris eyes were deep and hollow and wild, but he kept on till the sun had fallen behind the steep hill that rose in our road before us. Surely the man was mad. And yet as typical, as true a Mormon elder was he, as photograph could print. He made a last appeal to the weak and now prostrate girl.— Some one of the party, wiser than the rest perhaps, beckoned her si lently to comply. She put out her two hands help lessly, and be led her to the wa ter, the men with the horses rising in their places and uncovering their heads. Others did the same. Whether the mormon missionary improvised his brief ceremony and action, or followed the prescribed foibn, it is not important to say. But he led her back soon to where all stood waiting, respectful, silent as before. The girl seemed a bit refreshed, hopeful. What had he said to her? What would he do now ? Hand her over to one of the bloody men.there as a bride ? Keep her for himself? No, not this last. There was not a shadow of interest in her in any one of -the hard and very deep lilies of that massive and the cattle were once more in line under the yoke and standing with nose lifted to the hill before them. The horse men held tightly to their horses, one foot in the stirrup. The poor horses pawed the ground in impa tience to reach the water that gur gled and talked on as it glided to the sea in the full-faced moon. Suddenly some wolves howled from the hill a little way up the stream, and in spite of all their tranquillity the men were startled a little, and fell to jerking and fret ting their impatient horses. They knew, what those wolves meant.— It was the smell of blood from the scene of murder .on this same lit tle stream only a few rods away. The memory of it was not a pleas ant one to these men. The wolves were too eloquent entirely. They annoyed the old missionary also, woo still stood therp holding the girl’s hand, still hoping for one more convert possibly, before these Gen tiles should leave his presence and pass away in peace. The wolves redoubled their cries and came nearer each moment.— This seemed to hasten matters.— Turning his deep, hollo-w eyes to the girl, and inclining his head a little for her.answer, he asked her if she believed. The girl hesitated, looked up, dropped her dark, sad eyes, looked up again, and again tried to an swer. The suspense was terrible. Ev ery one leaned forward. The very stars up in heaven stopped their merry twinkle. The moon leaned low and large and looked with a patient, sympa thizing face down into her sister’s face upon earth. The man was angered at her hesitation. He asked her again and savagely. At last slip whispered “Yes.” What was our horror to hear [i From the Columbus Enquirer. Columbus and Rome. For some time the people of Rome,.as we judge by the local newspapers,have been agitating the question of the extension’ of the Columbus and Rome railroad.— The great barrier in the way seems to be that the franchise is held by the Central railroad and that' the Central will not extend it or allow anyone else to do so. The Enquirer Sun is always anxious to give whatever information that is to be otained and desires to give it in a reliable manner. With this object in view, a representative of this paper on yesterday called to see Mr. John Peabody, president of the Columuus and Rome road, and ask ed him if he would state why the officers of the Columbus assl Rome refused to allow the people of Rome to build a railroad if they wanted to do so ? “We have never had the opportu nity of making such a refusal,” re plied Mr. Peadody. “Why then do thoy threaten you with the legislature ?” we asked. “That is more than I am able to tell you,” said he. “There is one thing, however, about which 1 would like to give you a little in formation. A little more than a year ago I received letters from Mr. John W. Rounsaville, a whole sale grocer and cotton factor of Rome, Major R. T. Fouche a lawyer of Rome, in which they stated that the building of the East and West railroad from. Cartersville via Ced- artown to Birmingham, Ala., and the Georgia Pacific had seriously interfered with the traffic at Rome, and they desired to take some steps to.counteract the influence.of those roads. They stated that they would be vastly benefited by buil ding from Rome to Cedartown, a distance of twenty one miles.— Both these gentleman said they had no legal claim but from the fact Rome had already expended a large amount of money on the road, they desired to obtain the section of twenty one miles as cheaply as possible. /They first off ered $1,000 for it, but the correspon dence ended with my selling them the road for $1,500.” “Did you sell it to the city of Rome?” “No; they sent me $1,500 and I made the deed for twenty one miles to John W. Rounsaville and R. T. Fouche. That.is all there is. in our refusing to allow the peopla of Rome to build the road.' Thd franchise does not belong to us, but the gentlemen named, but if they have ever taken any steps toward building it, or any part of it has been built, I have lmd no informa tion to that effect.” “How about extending to La- Grange ?” “I know nothing of any desire upon the part of LaGrange to ex tend it, if they wanted the fran chise it appears that they would ask for it. This they have not done, and if. they wanted it they would oertainly say so. There is no truth whatever in any statement that the authorities of the Colum bus and Rome road has frauduont- ly held the franchise of the road in order to circumvent the. carrying out out of the original designs of the road. Rome nor LaGrange has ever made application for the franchise. The gentleman named above did make a proposition for the first twenty-one miles from Rome, and to day they have the deeds for it.” “Are these acts known to the people along the line ?” “That I am unafrie to say, the facts are just as I. have stated them, and you are at liberty to use them if you so desire.” Liberty Hall to be Sold. The Stephens memorial associa tion of Crawfordville, which was for the purpose of buying Liberty hall and establishing a school to the memory of the dead governor, deci ded at a meeting held night before last to call in Miss Mary Gay, who has been soliciting contributions and to abandon the scheme, only $371.95 having been raised so far. Colonel John Stephens, who is the executor of the will of Gover- Stephens, will apply to the ordina ry for leave to sell arid expects to dispose of Liberty hall and the personal property of Governor Stephenson the first Tuesday in June. It is of course not known who will become the owner of the fam ous house. It is thought to be worth' about twenty-five hnndred dollars that being the amount the association expected to pay. The estate embraces also a seven hun dred acre plantation near Craw- fordvillc. Governor Stephens val ued his estate at about thirteen thousand dollars, against which there was three thousand dollars of indebtedness. THE BODY TO BE REMOVED. As is generally known the body of Governor Steplieus now rests in a vault in .Oakland cemetery. It is the intention af Colonel Stephens to have the body removed in a a weeli-or two arid interred in the old family burying ground, near Crawfordville where Governor Ste phens’s father, mother an grand father are buried. Mr. (ininriea O’Neal an old friend of Governor Stephens, died a day or two ago at Liberty ball, at the advanced age of ninety-two. His death removes the last of the landmarks that moved for. years in and about Liberty hall. Head Lines and Editorials in the Cincin nati Enquirer, Why the Cincinnati Man is so Calm At last. The people are aroused. And take the law in their own hands. Outraged community rises in its might. Response of an in dignant people to the Berner ver dict. The general indignation finds vent in attack upon the jail. When a community appeals from the courts to itself it usually metes out justice, though perhaps in a rug ged and unjudicial manner. The striking of the riot alarm last night was.not pleasarit music, but in the course of human events these things become a necessity occasionally. The next man who is. tried for murder in Cincinnati will stand an excellent chance of drawing the capital prize. The law of the people is the high er law, after all. . One of “Rat” Collin’s youn g hopefuls a few days since set a trap in the edge of a cane brake for the purpose of getting the drop on some partrides that had been observed sloshing around in the immediate vicinity of where the trap had been stationed. After the usual intervening space of time govern ing such cases the . lad visited his trap, which he discovered hadbeen thrown. With a whole covey partridges scampering through his expectant and excited brain he flung himself oil the ground, and peering through the prison bars, saw, not the expected birds, but in their stead a mammoth bullfrog looking complacently around for a hole big enough to jump through. In our haste get this item, such commodities being scarce, we fail ed to learn with what kind of ma terial the trap was baited.—Irwin- ton Appeal. ‘Oh, don’t, propose to me now,’ shrieked a Carrollton girl as her lover droped on his knees and seiz ed her hand. ‘Don’t pop the ques tion now she screamed; ‘don’t, don’t, don’t. If I say yes you’ll want to kiss me, and I’ve been eat ing onions.’ Every child should be taught to pay all his debts, and to fulfill all his'contracts, exactly in manner, completely in value, punctually at the time. Everything he has hor- But rowed lie should be obliged to re turn uninjured at the time speci fied, and every thing belonging to others which he has lost he should be required to replace. To have honest men, you must raise your boys honest. We have men in Cobb county who care no more for honest obligations than if they had never made them.—Ex. A local paper goes into the world as the representative, or advertis ing agent of ybur locality. If it is creditably supported, it represents you creditably. If it receives shab by patronage it represents the lo cality shabbily. The quality of the local paper, mirroring your place of residence to thousands who have no other knowledge of the place depends more on the people than on the editor,. A'i VY’"" The man whose business so occu pies his mind that he cannot be civ il to people he meets; should either have more mind or less business, and most fojks don’t care which it is.—Augusta News. An old seer predicted that an aw ful calamity was about to overtake an Indiana town, and the next day a man with a family of thirteen boys and four dogs moved in among them. From the Savannah Morning News. The Cincinnati Lesson. The riot at Cincinnati is endeb. The passion of the mob has worn itself out, and the rioters are recov ering their reason. It is not defi nitely known how many were kill ed and wounded. The number may never be accurately known.— It is certain that it was large. It is a sad fact that the origin of the riot, which resulted in the sacrifice of so many lives and the destruc tion of so much property, was the failure of the law to inflict deserv ed punishment on a murderer.— The miscarriage of justice in one instance, however, would not have been productive of such terrible consequences if there had not been looseness in the administration of the law for a long time. Few, if any, were aware of the deep feel- ingsof discontent existed in the rich and prosperous city of Cincinnati on account of the frequency' with which murderers escaped punish ment. The murmuring.-? of the peo ple when a murderer was set free or sentanced a mild punishment, attracted little attention. It was never for a moment suspected that these murmurings would some times swell into a shout of vengarice that the torch would be applied to the temple of justice, and that the blood of innocent men would pay the penalty of a loose administra tion of the laws. What happened at Cincinnati is liable to happen in any of our towns or cities. Indeed what was attempted at Cincinnati is not only attempted bnt is success fully accomplished almost every week in some part of the country. At Cincinnati a mob attempted to lynch a confessed murderer. The attempt was not made before a le gally impaneled jury had passed upon the question of the murderer’s guilt, but afterwards. It was the failure of the jury to do its duty that excited the indignation of the people and called the mob into exis tence. The mob did not accomplish its purpose, but it left marks that show what a terrible power it is in a great city. Last year there were, according to a writer in the April Century, 118 lynchings in the coun try. Murderers are lynched away from the large towns and cities without .the fearful consequences .that attended the Cincinnati affair, because the lynchers are strong enough to do the work they under take and to do it quickly. The same writer in the Century points out that last year there were 1,500 murders and only ninty-eiglit legal executions. Less than one mur derer in fifteen was made to pay the penalty of his crime. What a showing is this! It is not to be wondered at that human life is ta ken on the slightest provocation.— The fact that less than 7 per cent, of murderers are hung creates the impression that murder can be committed almost with impunity.— How seldom it is that a murderer who has money or * influential friends ends his life on the gallows! And yet it is not infrequent that men of wealth and influence are guilty of spilling human blood ason. We boast in this country, but \^e could with great benefit take lessons from European coun tries in the administration of crim inal laws. .The quibbles, delays, sharp practices so farmiliar and successful in our courts, are un known in England and France.— The swiftness and certainty with which punishments arc meted out compel a respect for human life that is not felt here. If other cities want to avoid the experiences of Cincinnati they must see to it that the laws against murders are more vigorously enforced. The sham way in which their laws are administered will, if there is not a reform, result in riots, ruin and death. The mob spirit is in exis tence. When and where it will manifest itself in a violent form, it is impossible to fortell. The on ly thing that can be predicted with certainty is that it will show itself and will lay its devastating hand on life and property, unless justice is administered with strict ness, impartiality, and fidelity. It is .an excellent plan to have a small patch of artichokes conven ient to the hog pens. Turn * the sows in early in the spring and al low them to harvest the roots for themselves. gumy oi opining withiut legal reas of our civilization ii but we could wit! CARROLL FREE PRESS. PUBLISHED EVEBY FBIDAY, EDWIN R. SHARPE, Publisher. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, 81.25 One copy six months, 65 One copy three months, 40 CLUB RATES: Ten eoiiies one year, 810.00 Twenty copies one year. 820.00 PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS IDIR. I. IST_ CHENEY Would inform his friends and the public generally that he is. still in the practice of medicine. Special attention given to chronic diseases. Office Carrollton Ho tel. lOSEi’U L. COBB. EEUX N. COBB. COBB & COBB, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. > CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all bus iness intrusted to us. Collections a spe cial t v. Office in court house. Dr. J. W. HALLUM, CARROLLTON - - - - GEORGIA. Has his office, in number 2, Maude- ville brick building. He makes a specialty of OSTETRICS and DISEASES OF WOMEN and CHILDREN. Call on him. Consultation free. JDIEL. J. !F_ 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. The Harnett House, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Is conceded to be the most comforta ble and by far the best conducted hotel in Savannah. Rates : 82,00 Per Bat. M. L. HARNETT. Land for Sale. One lot of land, number 200, seventh district, Carroll county, joining several plantations, very heavily timbered, well watered, lays well, public road running through it, and some good land upon it. If any one wishes to correspond with own-^ er they will direct to Post Office, Box 173, Griffin, Ga. February ISth, 1S84. JOHN B. STEWART Wishes to say to the public that he is still prepared to do all kinds of PH0T0GEAHHTG and PEEEOTYPIUG- 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—Yi _ — 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, Newman street, Carrollton, Ga.' Satisfaction Guaranteed. MRS. E. A. HENDON’S Perfect Fitting Chart. M iss Fannie Fullilove, of Athens, Georgia,who is temporarily sojourn ing in Carrollton, announces to the ladies of Carrollton, that she is prepared to give lessons in cutting and fitting Ladies and Misses dresses, and to furnish Mrs. Hen don's Perfect Fitting Chart, with instruc tions how to use it. This Chart together with the lessons given, will enable any one to be their own mantua-maker. Per fect satisfaction guaranteed. Apply at the residence of Rev. J. A. Perdue,'Ce dar street, Carrollton, Georgia. AU virtues grow from a compas sionate love of mankind, You may prevent pear blight, says the Fruit Recorder, by rub bing the bodies of pear trees with linseed oil in early spring, and scattering a quart or two of salt un der the trees twice during the sea son. BROWN <5c BROWN^ WHITESBURG, GA. Drs. J. C. &. W. T. Brown haring formed a copartnership for the purpose of-practicing medicine and surgery, offer their services to the public. We are thankful for past patronage and hope to merit a con tinuance of the same. Whitesburg, Ga., Jan. 30th, 18SL && Dr. J. C. Brown can be found at Banning and Dr. W. T. Brown at Whitesburg. A-.V 14 If potatoes show- signs of decay dust ahem with air-slacked lime. FOR SAXjIE. A second hand top buggy. Abouble barrel breech loading shot un. An iron revolving book case. Big giant coin mill—grinds corn and col) all together. A good pump Will sell cheap for cash or elnngefor cattle. Apply tQ HMM m I -"•A h will ex-