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NO. 27= YOL. I. CARROLLTON, GEOBBIA, MAY 23, I 1884. felffeftS fleceaeration fop Enfeebled Systems, Suffering from a general want of tone, and ita usual concomitants, dyspepsia and nervousness, is seldom derivable from the use of a nourishing diet and stimuli of appetite, unaided. A medicine that will effect a removal of the specific obstacle to renewed health and vigor, that is a genuine corrective, is the real need. It is the pos session of this grand requirement which makes Hostctter’s Stomach Bitters so effective as an iuvigorant. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. fi«TB Boon HBAIiTlT ttio MTFlt Beat be kept Is ©rdf ri ... JANFORD’8 LIVER (MVICORATPR what its name implies; ft Vegetable Liver iadieine.and for diseases resulting from a deranged torpid condition of the Liver; such as Biliousness, fostiveness. Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Malaria, Sick- JLetdaehe. Rheumatism, etc. An invaluable Kara ns Medic in a. 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Agent, Nashville, Tenn. THE STORM PIT DISCUSSION. Brother Word Replies to Brother Ragan and Takes Leave of the Subject. Editor Free Press:—Brother Itagan in his farewell shot seems to flatter a little, chide a little, and in dulges in a little irony, but finally comes to the conclusion that we just as well drop the storm pit ques tion, and after writing almost two columns decides that silence is a great virtue. Now if he had decided before he wrote his elaborate arti cle, it would have saved me the trouble of a response. I certainly appreciate his high opinion of my abilties, but must Judah Peter Benjamin. The death of Hon. Judah P. Ben jamin closed the earthly career of a most remarkable man. was of obscure origin, his parents being Jews of somewhat limited means. His genius was such that after being admitted to the bar his rise in the profession was so rapid that he may almost be said to have leap ed into fame at one bound. With a remarkable memory, studious habits, a clear analytic mind, and of fine address, he was eminently fitted for a successful career at the bar. Besides, lie was a man of great' courage, and could, as occasion demanded, be collected and imper- say that I think his judgment is ab- j turbable or aggressive and dashing out as much at fault in refereuee to my qualifications te represent the people of Carroll in legislature, as it in the appropriateness of the Scrip tures he has quoted in justification or support of storm pits. Myyoung friend seems to be overwhelmed with surprise that one of my age should have such anti-pit proclivi ties. Now it seems to me that iflwas on the other side of the question, after kind Providence has preserv ed me over a half century, brought me through war, pestilence and storms, if after all this kindness I should go into a pit for protection, then there would be reason, for astonishment, if not for hissing.— I very much admire my young friend’s respect for age. My weap ons are the word of God and will not be easily conquered by others much less myself. You are right in believing that all my articles have been based up on faith, that God over-rules, con trols, guides and brings about each and every incident affecting the physical, temporal and I will add, spiritual welfare tf his children.— Proof: Paul says, “we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are th called according to his pur pose.” I never said though they live regardless of any appliance of the instinct of reason, judgment and good sense. The Scriptures echo yes, God did use the wicked to chas tise his people, suffered them to be taken in bondage, yes he permitted the Devil to afflict Job. Neither do 1 believe that the author of all good incites, inspires or guides men to the perpetration of wicked acts, to carry out his purposes, as in the case of Joseph’s brethren selling him, and in the betrayal and mur der of Christ. I failed to see the similarity between Noah and the pit diggers. I am not opposed to making improvements, but can not see much in digging holes in the yards for protection. So far as doing as our daddies done I think it will do very well so far as relates to digging pits. Nor would I advo cate a religion that comes and goes as storms. Christ did not only preach a special temporal provi dential doctrine, but a special sal vation doctrine. For proof, see Luke, 4th chapter, 26th—30th verse, St. John, 6th chapter and 37th verse and 10th chapter 56th verse. I think the Scripture quoted is suffi cient, for my artcles, name or no name. I do hold that Providence is under special obligations to ward off the ills of life to a certain class, for God has promised it, so far as shall be to their good and his glory. Proof 91st Psalm, also 32rd and 34th David says a horse is a vain thing for safety, neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. This is about what I think of pits. Now as brother Ragan has utterly failed to find any Scripture to support his pit theory, I will refer him to what Solomon says, and perhaps he may wrest it so as to draw some comfort from it: “A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself but the simple pass on and are punished.” I think death is the evil foreseen, and thathidingin the secret place of the Most High, and that is in Christ, is what is taught, and not the seeing of a storm and hiding in a pit. And now with thanks to Broth er Ragan for suggesting a new theme and with kind feelings to all who think my side of the discussion ridiculous, and best wishes for all who have dug pits I close my part of the discussion. J. O. R. Word. The lawyers who have the case of the bank robbers, in Augusta, in charge, hope to save them from punishment on “technical” grounds. We mention this fact to show how hard it is to secure punishment of the most outrageous law breakers in the courts of justice, so called, as well as to show why it is that the tendency is so strong in some com munities to call for the surely avenging hand of Judge Lynch.— Macon Telegraph. Hogansville has a jug factory. and had few equals and no superiors at the bar or on the stump. He was faithful to every trust reposed in him, and his career both as Secreta ry of War and afterwards as Secretary of State of the Confeder- aey, was able and brilliant under the most adverse circumstances, At the end of the war Mr.Ben- jamin, knowing he could serve the South no longer, and could only subject himself to imprisonment and many other persecutions and annoyances by remaining in America, sought an asylum in England, where he had influential friends. As a mark of especial favor he was admitted to the bar at Lon don without the delay usually re quired in case of foreign attorneys, became a British subject, and at once came into a large jind most lucrative practice. His success in London was phenomenal, and his practice secured him a comfortable fortune in less than twenty years. Pie had lost one fortune acquired at the bar by the results of the war be tween the States. Some three years ago Mr.Benjam- in was seriously injured in jumping from a car while on a visit to Paris and he never recovered. His health has rapidly declined during the past four or five months and his death was not unexpected. He hai resided Paris for some months, and it was there that he died at the the age of 73. With Judah P. Benjamiu passed away one of the foremost figures of the remarkable body of men composing the Confederate government. Among his most prom inent associates in the Confederate Cabinet Randolph, Sedden, Breck inridge, Trenliolm and Mallory have preceded him to the tomb. His chief, ex-President Davis, and Gen. Tombs, R. M. T. Hunter, Gen. L. P, Walker, Judge John A. Campbell and Mr. Memminger, and others of lesser prominence, are yet alive, through they are all bowed with age and their locks are white with the frosts of many winters. A few years more and they, too, will have passed away.—Savannah News. Some lawyers take very practi cable views of cases in which they are retained. In a certain town in Missouri, Squire G ’s was de fending a doctor whom a colored man was suing for damage his wife having died shortly after an opera tion for the removal of a cancer. When it came Spuire G ’s turn to cross examine the plaintiff, he asked: “Mr. Wilson, how old was your wife when she died? “About forty-five, sir.” “Been in feeble health a long time had she not, Mr. Wilson, and cost you a great deal for medicine and help ? ‘Yes sir.’ •You have married again have you not?, ‘Yes, sir.’ How old is your present wife ?’ ‘About forty-five, sir.’ ‘Is she stout ancl healthy, Mr. Wilson ?’ Yes, sir. 4 ‘Then, Mr. Wilson, you will please state to this jury how you were damaged in the case.’ Mr. Wilson had evidently not ta ken this view of the matter, and could make no answer. The good and true men thought he had made rather a good thing by his bereave ment, and brought in a verdict for the defendant. Fort Worth Texas, is one of the wonderful Western towns. At the close of the war it had 350 inhabi tants. In 1876, when the Texas and Pacific Railroad first reached it, the number of its inhabitants was 2,000. In 1880 it claimed 6, 663, and it now has 22,000. It has half a dozen rail ways and there are several more projected. As the warm rains and sunshine of spring bring back to life the grass es and flowers, so let your good deeds rain on those about you and your smile encourage some weary brother to renewed life and activ ity. Front the Yotttlfs Companion. Modes ofRttutation. A French frav»ir reports that every race amongwhom he has so journed has its owjnodeof saluta tion, not excepting fhe great Yan kee nation. He inrap*ms his read ers that, however a£w polite and Europanized Americans may salute one another, the ch$jracteristic na tional salutation is “®ello!” We fear he is righsk The tele phone is accused of hSgring fastened the stigma upon us; bat in trnth the telephone only a(tep£d the word already familiar to all boys and most men. The Arabs say, on meeting, “A fine morning to you!” The Turk says with dignified gravity, “God grant you His bles sings!” The Persian salutation is familiar to all the world for its comic quaint ness, “May your shadow never grow less!” The Egyptian is a practical man, He has to earn his taxes by toil un der a burning sun, and according when he meets his fellow he asks, “How do you sweat ?” The reader is probably aware that in those low latitudes all is well with a laborer as long as he perspires freely. The good Chinaman loves his din ner. “How are you digesting?” he kindly inquires, on meeting a friend. The Greeks, who are keen men of business, close, bargainers, ask one another, “How are you get ting on ?” The national salutation of Naples was formerly, “Grow in grace!” At present, in all parts of Italy, they use a phrase equivalent to “How are you ?” The Spaniards say, “How are yon passing it ?” The French, “How do you carry yourself?” The Germans, “How does it go ?” The Dutch, “How do you travel?” The Swedes, “How can you ?” meaning, “are you in good vigor?’ The Russians, “Be well!” The English-speaking races, in addition to the juvenile and tele phonic “Hello!” say, “How are you?” and “How do you?” We also take off hat, shake hands embrace, bow and kiss, as in other climes, people rub noses, touch foroheads, and take off their shoes. The American in Italy is surprised to see men embrace and kiss each other as in Bible lands. The Italians in turn look upon our hand-shaking as cold and rid iculous, the bobbing up and down of the arm haviug no meaning whatever in their view. The touching of the tips of gloved fingehs is more graceful than hand shaking, must also seem to people of the East as professional and ex pressionless. The startling^predietion of astrolo gies and astronomers made some time ago that a cycle of crime, dis aster, disease and death, might be expected between 1880 and 1885, be cause the four great planets, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter, will all be in perihelion for the first time in 4,000 years, attracted wide spread attention. It was asserted that the perihelion of these planets would affect the sun, and thus in directly disturb the natural laws of the earth. A series of extremes of heat and cold, with floods, hurricans epidemics and earthquakes, was predicted. It was also asserted criminal outbreaks might be ex pected. Referring to this subject, the Albany Evening Journal says that superstition can claim, with some show of reason, that these pre dictions are being fulfilled. The great earthquakes of Ischia and the Island of Java, the destructive floods in this country, the cholera in Egypt, the remarkable mildness of the weather in Europe and its severity in the Southern part of the United Rtates. The record of crime culminating in the riot at Cincinnati, all might be cited as evi dences of the fulfilment of the pre diction. But sober, common sense will listen to such logic with incredulity. Bill Arp. Pursuing my way up the Ten nessee road, the next farm house of any importance I came to was that of Maj. Chas. H. Smith (Bill Arp). After an active life of many years, in which law and literature have claimed his attention, Maj. Smith has retired to the comforts and harassments of the farm and ap pears to use a favorite expression of his to be “calm and serene.” He has a pretty well improved farm, and a snug comfortable cottage. The house is situated on a hill fronting towarda the west. From this point the prospect which spread itself out before tne eye is a pleasing one—a rich and fertile valley through which winds a little creek, fields of wheat and clover, dotted here and there with a clump of water oaks, and sheep, and goats, and cows, and colts, all mixed up and leisurely grazing or playfully cantering over the pastures, form a picture for an artist. As I passed, the major was in the front yard, repairing one of those terraces, of which he has so often written, and in which he seems to take such an interest. He had his coat off and was shoveling dirt. He looked so comfortable and happy and conten ted that I almost envied him, boy as I was. The farm has ever had an attraction for me. Sometimes when I start to these little justice courts and pass along through fields, of waving wheat and rippling corn and hear the merry whistle of the plowboy, I am tempted to desert Blackatone and be the farmer nature intended me to be. I have seen both Dr. Felton and Maj. Smith in places that the world called, “positions of honor and trust,” but I have never seen either one of them look more happy or more independent than they ap peared to be last week, as the sun smiled down on them at their work on their farm.—Cartersville Paper. As a contrast in the line of Pres idents Arthur is perfect. He is tlie first and probably the last of his kind. You can turn from Jefferson in his long, worsted stockings and gray homespun suit, receiving Mr. Merry, the British Minister, to Ar thur in the latest personification of the fashion plate, and muse on the superior evolution in Presidents.— When I see magnificent dandies yawning out of White’s, says Thackeray, orcarroling in the park on shinning chargers, I like to think that Brummell was the great est of them all, and that Brurcmell’s father was the footman. So when you read of the dandified splendor the extra bath tubs, dressing rooms and the superfluities of the Arthur ian episode you, too, like to think that the finical being received so much elegance, was never the choice of the country, never could be; that the people with good-na tured forbearance wait for his exit from a scene where he has been chiefly conspicuous by his sumptu ous dressing, and where, too, like the revival of an old sequence in former stage management; after a tragedy came the farce-or the Ar thurian administration. CARROLL FREE PRESS. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. EDWIN It. SHARPE, Publisher. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, $1.25 One copy six months, 65 One copy three months, 40 ' CLUB rates: Ten copies one year, 810.00 Twenty copies one year, $20.00 PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS We urge the people to look well to the moral and mental qualifica tions of all who ask for their votes and to give them to no man who is not worthy. Let this rule be ob served in every militia district, in every county contest, and in our Congressional and State elections. Eternal vigilance is the price which free men must pay for the liberty which they enjoy. If our purest men, simply because a political canvass is disagreeable, refuse to engage in it, they may be failing in the very duty which is essential to its preservation.—LaGrange Re porter. The term Blue Grass Region of Kentucky is quite extensive in its application, but in its popular sense it applies only to the remarkable body of land in the centre of the State, which comprises six or eight counties surrounding Lexington This favored district, which scien tific authority has styled “the very heart of the United States,” is un derlaid by a decomposable lime stone, which imparts to the soil an unsurpassed fertility, and gives to the grass a rich and permanent lux uriance which it attains nowhere else. Hence the term “Ihe Blue Grass Region,” a synonym for the acme of fertility of a district which also hears the proud distinction of “the garden spot of the world.”— But why the grass is called “blue,” when it never is blue, is one of the unlived problems. It is always green except when in bloom, when the heads have a brownish-purple tint. If, however, the term “Blue Grass,” is meant for an abbreviation of blue limestone grass, then it will do, for certainly it only reaches its highest perfection on the wonder ful blue limestone soil. Propagated without cultivation, it comes up thick and juicy early in the spring, ripens in June, renews it growth in autumn, and, retaining verdure in spite of snow and ice, furnishes abundant and unequaled pasturage during the entire winter. It is be lieved to be indigenous. After full consultation the friends of the home for Confederate soldiers have thought it best for the present to concentrate their efforts on the building of the home in Richmond, an J the movement te establish an other home in Atlanta will nottake definite form until the success of the other is secured. Mr. W.W. Cor coran, the Washington millionaire philanthropist, has given $5, 000 to the fund, which is becoming larger everyday. Took the Bait.—‘Well, dear, re marked Mrs. Smith as her husband started out for a day’s fishing, ‘I hope you will be successful and bring home a nice lot of fish.’ ‘Never fear,’ responded Smith, ‘if there are fish to be caught I am the hoy to catch ’em. Its a cold day in the spring time when fish get away from me.’ • ‘It is, indeed,’ his wife said; ‘and by the way here is your pocket- book lying on the table. You mus’t forget that. You can’t catch fish without bait, you know.’ “Where do you stand Mr. Candi- didate” is a question which a “Son of Toil” asks throgh the medium of the Augusta News. It is a move in the right direction. Candidates that refuse to tell where they stand are not worthy to be trusted. Ei ther cowardice or indifference un fits a man for good work in the Gen eral Assembly.—Macon Telegraph. Put a criminal on trial and he is allowed twenty-three peremptory challenges of jurymen while socie ty has but two. Let that criminal be found guilty, he can, under forms of law, worry society for years with his stay new trials, etc., and finally perhaps escape; but let him be ac quitted by means however mani festly corrupt, and society can nev er reach him for the same offense. A squad of Atlanta reporters had a ten hour race last Saturday night over a tan bark track. The enter tainment was greatly enjoyed by the elegant society of the capital ciiy, a governor and ex-governor being in attendance. Rome had her gladiatiorial contests and pub lic bear fights. Atlanta cannot yet aspire so high, but her enterpising newspaper corps can get up an ele gant foot race. Long live Atlanta. May many a swift footed Achilles ever be ready to display his prowess on her tanbark arena.—Meriweth er Vindicator. JDR. I. IN'. 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. TOSEPII L. COBB. FELIX X. COBB. COBB & COBB, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all bus iness intrusted to us. Collections a spe cialty. Office in court house. Dr. J. W. HALLUM, CARROLLTON - - - - GEORGIA. Has his office, in number 2, Mande- ville brick building. He makes a specialty of OSTETRICS and DISEASES OF WOMEN and CHILDREN. Call on him. Consultation free. IXR. J. F. COLE, CARROLLTON, GA. Is devoting most of liis 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 Dat. M. L. HARNETT. Land for Sale. One lot of laud, number 290, 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 18th, 1884. We are informed that Mr. Broome of Greene county, has a cow whose tail dropped off at an early age, mid- w-ay between the extremities and all her calves tails have dropped off in the same way. Can any of our readers explain the cause? The cows and calves are all very healthy. No more sixteen story houses as high as a church steeple are to be erected in New York. Hereafter the city authorities will permit the building of no house over seventy feet high What a nice trap a sixteen story house containing a couple of hundred families, would be in ease of a slight earthquake or cyclone. The old story of a rich and pretty farmer’s daughter eloping with her father’s hired man is repeated in a recent dispatch from Sherman, Ky The parties in the case are Miss Claudie B. Lawrence, aged fifteen, and Henry C. Rhymes, aged thirty. The couple boarded a train from an adjacent town and rode to Cincin nati, where they were married. A Connecticut Yankee has invent ed an air gun which he claims will throw cannon balls fourteen miles. It strikes us that his air gun is an infringement on a western cyclone. If the Western papers dont exag gerate, the latter will throw a two- story house twenty-four miles, and the roof oT a barn still farther; and the cyclone “scatter” more than the Yankee’s invention, too. JOHN B. STEWART Wishes to say to the public that he is still prepared to do all kinds of PH0T0GRAHIHG and FERROTYPING in the latest style and at reasonable pri ces. Also keeps on hand a fair stock of Frames, Oases, Albums, Etc. Copying and enlarging a specialty— can make all sizes from locket to 8x10 inches. Remember that two dollars will buy a fine, large picture framed ready for your parlor, at my gallery, Newnan 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 ladles 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. The Presidential situation has been simplified, so far as relates to the Republican party by financial failure of Grant and Ward. General Grant and his sons were members of the firm and its failure for $8,000,- 000 not only carries down the house but it is believed that General Grant as a candidate falls with it. His simple failure in business would not necessarily he fatal to the Presidential aspiration, but circum stances attending it, the heavy loss es suffered by many innocent persons will be difficult of explan ation to the public. — Macon Tele graph. Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrow which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad. BHGTWlSr Sc BROWN, WHITESBURG, GA. Drs. J. C. &. W T. Brown having 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, 1884. Mi0 Hr. J. C. Brown can be found at Banning and Dr. W. T. Brown at Whitesburg. FOB SALE. A second hand top buggy. Abouble barrel breech loading shot gun. An non revolving book case. Big giant com mill—grinds com and cob all together. A good pump Will sell cheap for eash or will e** change for cattle. Apply to SDWDi K. SHARPE*