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VOL. I, CAREOLLTON, GEORGIA, MAY 30, 1884. NO. 28. Fortify the System. All who have experienced and witnessed the effect of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters upon the weak, broken down, desponding victims of dvspepsia, liver complaint, fever and ague, rheumatism, nervous de bility, or premature decay, know that in this supreme tonic and alterative there exists a specific principle which reaches the very source of the trouble, and effects an absolute and permanent cure. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. have COOn HElXTIt flrn MTER Bid bo kept In or.lcr, FACTS REGARDING Sr. Harter’s Iron Tonis, MiV LIVE'r anicf* KIDN E YS*, 6 and^SsT'on^niE HEALTH and VIGOR of YOUTH! In all those disease* renuirine a certain ana elucitn- iuniu, especlallv'livspepsia.Wantof Appetite,liulipes- flon, Luck of Strength, etc., Its use is lnaiked with Immediate and wonderlul resuUs. Hoiies, muscles and nerves receive new lorce. Enlivens the mind an:l supplies Brain Power. ■ a am iv* £3. suffering from all complaints LAylbO peculiar to tlielr sex will find in DR. HARTER’S IRON TONIC a safe and speedy cure. It gives a clear and healthy complexion. The strongest testimony to the value of m. IUrtek’s Iron Tonic is that frequent atten its at counterfeiting have only addedto^liepoilar- Dy of the original. Ifyoti earnestly desire health do not experiment—get the Original and BtbT. ( Send yoar address toTho Dr. Harter Med^o.V St. Louis, Mo., for our DREAM BOOK. B Full of etrange and useful information, free, j Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic is for 8ale by all Druoqists and Dealers Everywhere. TURNER and CHAMBERS, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA —Dealers in— General Merchandise, Are still at their old stand on Rome rtreet, ready to sell you goods as cheap or cheaper than anybody If you want anything in their line, give them a trial and they think you will trade. We would say to those owing us that WE MUST HAVE What is due us. We have indulged you as long as we can and we now want our money. IF YOU ARE gousto- ■WBST, NORTHWEST, —on— SOUTHWEST, BE STTIRBi Your Tickets Eead via the N. C. & St. L. R’Y The Mackenzie Route. rhe First-ciass and Emigrant Passengers FAVORITE! /Libert B. Wrenn, W. I. Eogers, Pas. Agent, Pas. Agent, Atlanta,Ga. Chattanooga, Tenn W. L. DANLEY, Gen. Pas. & Tkt. Agent, Rev. J. W. Lee in Rome Courier. Mr. Howell’s Jersey Cattls. Mr. T. F. Howell has done a good thing for his country and section by the Importation directly from the Island of Jersey a herd of Jersey cattle. It will enkindle interest upon the subject. The beautiful iittle arched neck cows from over the sea were the centers of univer sal attention yesterday. Just what is needed in all this country is to get the people enlisted on the sub ject of improving their cattle, hogs, chickens, farms, barns, gates, horses and wagons. Many farmers are bankrupt and disheartened. They have worked hard, hut they have been gradually sinking deeper in debt every year. Many of them are almost ready to give up in de spair. They see no way out. Oth ers ofthem are borrowing money from the North, mortgaging their farms for the same, hut to starve off the coming catastrpohe of finan cial ruin a few years longer. It is only a question of time when near ly all the farmers of this country will be irretrievably in debt,unless they adopt better metnods of agri culture. Enough labor has been bestowed upon the lands of Floyd county the past ten years to have made it blossom as the rose, if it on ly had been intelligent labor. A man needs to use his intelligence in farming just as much as lie does in practicing law. It would have been well if half the guano put up on the fields of this county had been put upon the brains of the far mers. The extensive method of far ming has to be given up. We must adopt the intensive plan. Instead of putting our labor upon 100 acres of land, we must put it upon ten acres. Instead of trying to keep up five cows, we must keep up one well. We must concentrate. It would he a good thing if our Legis lators would pass a law forcing the farmers to plant three-fourths of their cleared land in trees. Leav ing them but one-fourth for cultiva tion. Then, in a few years, plenty of rain would he insured for the fourth cultivated. Thus they would be able to raise ten fold more upon the small amount well cared for, than formerly upon the immense fields skimmed over. The history of the Island of Jersey affords a striking proof of this. The Island of Jersey is one of the channel group. It lies north of Brittany, and opposite the west of Norman dy. According to Mr, Geo. E. War ing, Jr., they originally formed a part of the duchy of Normany, and were a part of the possessions of William the Conqueror, when he became the King of England.— From East to West it is only eleven miieslong; from North to South about seven and a half miles wide. Only about 25,000 acres of the island are under cultivation. The popula tion, over 56,000, two persons to each acre of land in cultivation. The farms are small. It is said that there are not more than five or six over fifty acres. They are general ly from three to ten. Every avail able land is brought under cultiva tion. By fertilizing and intelligent tillage they make every single acre do its best. The Jersey- peo ple have shown the world what intensive farming will do. Their methods of farming has paid them so well that they are lifted in their curcumstances above all the work ing people of all Europe. Their careful, intensive and intelligent methods of tilling their farms have their reflex influence on their mor al and social condition also. They are among the most law abiding, contented and happy people in the world. They have incorporated their plan of agriculture into their moral and social character. From being peasants they have come up to the plane of gentry. They have made a name all over the world.— They are the observed of Europe and America. They have been put ting their attention, their skill, and their labor upon small farms, and they find larger yields from these than we Americans do from our thousand acre farms. The whole island has been turned into a gar den—a magnficient park, set in grass and orchards, and mangolds and parsnips an! carrots and pota toes and wheat, The contented and happy inhabitants have reach ed a point where, with a small out lay of labor, they reap large yields from pastures and cows. Thus they have time to devote to the culti vation ef their minds, the beautify ing of their grounds, and the im provement of thefr outbuildings, stables, cow houses, stiles, sheds, barns, cider-houses and bake-hous es. Life amounts to something on the Island of Jersey. It is beauti ful. It is rationally spent. There is no butchering of the laud. No Nashville, Tenq. | topsy turvey gates. No foolish wasting of time. Every lick struck produces a turnip or a potatoe or a cow. The interest of our people in the Jersey cow question indicates that we propose to adopt the inten sive method ourselves. Mr. Butler Woodward, of Whitfield county, has done a work in that section, by his Jersey farm that can never he appreciated. He is getting rich himself and showing his neighbors how to get rich. He has about for ty J ersey cows, all registered. His owh-ouseis almost as comfortable as his dwelling. And this is saying a great deal for it. He makes a pound of butter per day from each cow whose milk is put into the churn, whether she is fresh, or whether the calf is nine month’s old. His cows never go dry unless forc ed to do so. He can keep a cow on his farm at a cost of $35 per annum. His herd will make him 300 pounds of butter each, per annum besides a calf worth from $250 to $500. In ad dition to this, he will fatten a pi g that will not cost him over $1.25 to 200 pounds weight on each cow’s skimmed milk, using grain not ov er thirty days to killing point. The manure will pay for cost of atten tion. He will sell every’pound of his butter for 40 cents per pound, each thns yielding him $140 a year in milk and butter. What Mr. Woodward is doing for Whitfield, Mr. Howell will do for Floyd. Many people, howeygr, do not un derstand the high price of the Jer sey cows. Why a cow should cost $1,000 is a problem that puzzles most people. A slight amount of thought will show us why this is so. Almost everybody knows why some buggies will cost $250 while others only cost $45. The difference is in the build. You can buy a cow raised without care for $30, but a good Jersey costs $1,000. The differ ence is in the build. The Jersey people build their cows well. The names and ages of the cows are kept as carefully as the names of royal families. This indicates a cor responding care among the people in the selection, training and feed ing of their cattle. For over a hun dred years past these cows have been selected with reference to their butter making qualities.— They have been watched like chil dren and handled like children, and trained like children, until they have developed into the best but ter cows in the world. Ungainly or unpromising calves are not en couraged. Calves which compare well with the scale points are en couraged and petted and registered. Thus’the Jerseys have been brought to a high degree of perfection in those qualities for which men want cows. Mr. David Dickson, of Ox ford, improved cotton seeed till he readily sold them for $5 per bushel and they were worth it. Diamonds are worth a great deal more than charcoal, because in diamond char coal reaches the highest degree of perfection of which it is capable.— A heap of coal is worth a great deal more than a pile of wood of the same dimensions. It took a long time, however, to bring the forest to lignite, and the lignite to coal.— So when through the natural pro cesses of refinement, wood is turn ed into coal, it is worth a great deal more than wood. It contains more of sunshine. This is the phil osophy of the high price of Jersey cows: They have more elements in them, and these elements more highly refined for which men want cows. They are first-class butter machines. There is not a bone in them, nor a drop of blood, nor a muscle but exists for making but ter—yellow, sweet, rich, luscious.— As far back as the year 1779 the people of the Island of Jersey pro hibited, by, law, the importation of any foreign cattle, cow, heifer or bull. They have watched them, protected them, rubbed them and curried them for hun- drdes of years. They have put their energy, and taste and money into the Jersey cow. The Jersey cow may truthfully be said to be the embodiment of the working capac ity and the taste of the Jersey peo ple. They have transmuted their little island, with its mild clipaate, its beautiful scenery, its fertile soil, its soft skies, into the beautiful, thin eared, arch-necked Jersey cow.— Their lovely flowers, fuchais, came- lias, japonic as, semi-tropical ferns, yuccas and azaleas have been re produced, in a sense, in the taper ing heads, small chests, clean throats, fine muzzles crumpled horns, full eyes, small hoofs, square ly-placed hind legs and yellow hid es of the Jersey cow. No wonder they are high-priced. They will remain so as long as the same amount of care is bestowed upon their culture. As long as money is put upon their cultivation, they will bring an equivalent of money when sold. There are lands in Georgio now, that twenty years ago were not worth ten dollars per acre, that now sell for one hundred dol lars. The difference is found in the fertilizers that have put upon them for the past twenty years. It would be well if we would all learn a les son from these simple, industrious Jersey people, If we would have our chickens, hogs, horses, cows, bees, goats and sheep valua ble, we must put brains into them, plenty of food in them, and good shelter ovor them. It is time our farmers were quit living from hand to mouth, and seeking large yields on little invested. Too many peo ple want roses without thorns, re wards without labor, cream with out the bluejohn and grapes with out digging and pruning.lt would he a good thing if every man in Floyd county woul invest $500 in a Jersey cow. He would then go home and build a new barn and sow grass seeds. A $500 Jersey cow on a farm would produce a regular revolution and become the entering wedge of the intensive method of farming. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” This is what Chief- Engineer Bain of the steamer State of Florida, did. The only woman saved from the wreck of that vesse was Stewardess, Jane MacFarland, of Glasgow, and she owed her life to the self-sacrifice of the chief engineer. He was in one of the boats when he saw that the woman was left on the sinking steamer. He gave her his place, returned to the Florida, and went down with her* Such a deed recalls that thrilling scene on the sinking Birkenhead many years ago. There was only room in the boats for the women and children, and there were many British troops on board. At the command of their officers those brave men put all the women and little ones in the boat; then drew up with parade steadiness on the dbek, and as the vessel sank they fired a volley and went down with her, their ranks unbroken to the last. That was collective heroism, but was no nobler than the perfect self-devotion and manliness which the Scotch engineer displayed when he deliberately gave up his own life that a helpless woman might be saved.—New York Trib une. If there is one sin of the tongue that is more hateful than another, surely it is the sin of uncharitable charitableness. Every statement has its implications, as the lawyers say; and sometimes the most effec tual way of slandering your neigh bor is to express a charitable hope that he may not he as bad as some people have reason to think him.— There is nothing that hurts reputa tion like suspicion, and there is nothing which more directly excit es suspicion than the apparent re luctance with which one person ac knowledges his hope that another person may be an honest man in spite of what he himself might say if he would. “I know that this is not true of Mr. Asterisk,” said one sharply. “I hope not.” blandly responded Mr. Blank. “I will try not to believe it as long as I can help. Some time later, Mr. Aster isk’s reputation was abundantly cleared, and that from the very same source where it had been first called in question. “Now you see it has turned out all right,” said the one who had expressed his belief in Mr. Asterisk’s innocence. “Not whitewashed, I hope!” said Mr. Blank who was, of course, too chari table to speak uncharitably.—S. S. Times. Every one should give, whether rich or poor. The cent of the strait ened is as much needed for worship as the dollar of the richer. The poor man should no more omit giv ing because of his poverty than the illiterate man should omit praying because of grammar. No Christian has a right to except this from his worship. Ye great men, spend not all your time in building castles in the air, or houses on the sand; but set your hands and purses to the building of the porches of Bethesda! It is a shame for a rich Christian to be like a Christmas-box, that receives all, and nothing can be got out till it be broken in pieces and like unto a drowned man’s hand, that holds whatsoever it gets.—John Hall. A white rat, belonging to a Ports mouth man, escaped from his cage a night or so ago and pulled a $5 bill out of his sleeping owner’s pock et, The note was in advanced state of destruction when recovered. Grand Juries as Conservators of Public Morality. In reading the proceedings of superior courts in the various coun ties bf this state, we have been im pressed by the wisdom of the legis lature in requiring the judges to give in special charge certain sec tions of the code in regard to gamb ling, carrying concealed weapons, sellingjliduor to habitual drunkards, furnishing deadly weapons to min ors, the playing of billiards by per sons underage and kindred crimes By “line upon line and precept up on precept,” by “here a little anti there a little” from the bench, the press and the pulpit, public opinion will after a while he moulded into such opposition to these practices that they will no longer be possi ble. The grand jury is the most pow erful factor in good local govern ment. If, twice a year, in each of the 130 and more counties in Geor gia, twentythree good true and in- telligeent citizens (the code re quires that they shall be the best) sworn to enforce the law, without fear, favor or affection, would he true, in every instance, to their duty, not only these evils, but everv other species of crime would be speedily wiped out, or so diminish in a few years, that there would be little need for jails and peniten tiaries. These are the roots and the nourishing soil of crime: lay the axe at the root of the tree and the deadly upas which blights the land would itself soon be destroyed. How great the responsibility of a grand juror! He is a sworn officer of the court and should know neither self- interest nor favoritism in his public acts. The enforcement of the law the ferretihg out of crime and the presentation of the guilty for trial, should he his only thought The'ele- vation of the character of our grand juries will be a powerful means of uplifting society and promoting morality. In our own county crimes involv ing great moral turpitude are now, happily of infrequent occurrence. At the last s ession court, only one or two above the grade of misde meanors were tried. Our city and county have a high reputation ab road and this freedom from crime has been largely accomplished by prohibition. Let the lines he exten ded so as to embrace our county lines, North, South, West and East, in accordance with the recommen dation of the lat grand jury, and this clean record will be yet clearer.—LaGrange Reporter. Hydrophobia. Never has this country had any thing to compare with present mad dog rage. Scores of lives have been lost in the state and hundreds of valuable animals, within the last year, from hydrophobia. Instead of decreasing, the trouble seems ra ther to be on the increase. The fol lowing late telegram will therefore be read with interest : Paris, May 21.—M. Louis Pas teur, the academician and eminent chemist, read a paper before the academy to-day, in which he stated that the researches which he lias for some time been prosecuting, conclusively prove that the fatality attending hydrophobia may be av oided by inoculatian. M. Pasteur says that his discoveries are so im portant a government commission should at once be appointed in or der to thoroughly investigate the subject. He says: “I have been de voting the last four years to this subject, and have found out that the virus loses its intensity by trans mission to certain animals and in creases its intensity by transmis sion to other animals. With the rabbit, for instance, the virus in creases, with the monkey it de creases. But my discovery does not end here. I took two dogs and inoculated them with virus taken directly from a dog that had died of acute hydrophobia. I let one of my dogs thus inoculated (done and he went mad and died of acute hy drophobia, I subjected the second dog to jny treatment, giving him the three rabbit inoculations, be ginning with the weakest and end ing with the strongest. This second dog was completely cured, or rath er, became completely insuscepti ble to hydrophobia.” Statistics show that California has more suicides than any other state in the union- Dissipation, finan cial embarrassment and domestic troubles are the chief reasons why Californians leave this world. Liberty Hall, the old homestead of the late Governor Stephens, will be sold on the first Tuesday in June The furniture, library and other effects will be sold at the same time. Sale will be at public outcry. Tribute of Respect in Troup Superior Court to the Memory of Hon. Chas. W. Mabry. Since the members of our bar were last called to assemble in this temple of justice, our much esteem ed and sincerely lamented brother. Hon Chas. W. Mabry, has been sum moned to appear before that bar where justice is administered by the Allwise ar.d Infallible Judge. He was a man of strongly marked character, of indomitable will, per fect self-control, and of clear and discriminating mind. But alas! “Pallida mors puisat aequo peels turves regium tabernasque pauper- um.” Neither genius, nor talents nor will power, nor moral worth, can avert the fatal shaft. Death enters and there is no defence. “Dust thou art and unto dust shall thou return.” Nobly did lie hear his part in the severe and protracted conflict which, he maintained with the dread Destroyer; hearing all, suffering with that fortitude which was one of his distinguished charac teristics. Though the event was not unexpected, it was exceedingly painful. His place is forever vacant, his voice forever silent. Called away just as age and experience had ripened his judgment and broadened his information, he leaves a chasm in this bar, in the family circle, and in the community that cannot ho filled. His intellect ual endowments were of a high order. His mind was vigorous and discriminating. He never allowed his sentiments to dominate his rea son; and thus, cool and collected yet of broad and accurate informa tion, he was ever a most powerful champion on the field of legal combat. In the halls of legislation, he proved himself a wise and con servative counselor; on the field of battle he showed himself a brave and patriotic soldier. That he had faults, we do not deny; for he was a man. But let ns cover those faults deep under the flowers of friend ship, while we embalm in memory his many virtues. Resolved, That we deeply sym pathize with the bereaved and that we cherish the memory of onr deceased brother, Resolved, further, That as a per petual record of our admiration, wo respectfully ask this Honorable Court to have this preamble and these resolutions spread ubon the minutes of this Court, and that a page of the minute hook he special ly set apart, on which shall he in scribed the name of Hon. Charles W. Mabry, with date of birth and death. Resolved, further, That a copy of these resolutions be made out and signed by the Clerk of this Court and forwarded by him to the family of the deceased. Also' a copy for publication in the La grange Reporter. Jno. E. Toole, B. H. Bigham, F. M. Longley, T. H. Whitaker, W. W. Turner, O. A. Bull, Committee. William H. Vanderbilt, who al ways travels very fast when making a journey by rail, in his recent trip through the west was carried over the irons at a more rapid pace then ever. Between Lima and Dayton, O., his train made the distance of seventy-four miles in sixty sixty- four minutes and from Dayton to Hamilton, a distance of thirty five miles in thirty minutes. It is estima- edthat in some places during the trip the train traveled a mile in from forty-eight to flfly-two seconds. There is perhaps no greater draw- dack upon the prosperity of a com munity than bad roads. No farmer can get his produce to market or his surplies to his farm except by using the county roads; and if these are bad, hauling both ways becomes intolerably expensive. Besides, people who are looking for new homes shun localities where such roads are found. The estate of Daniel Webster, in Marshfield, Mass, is advertised for sale. His house was burned a few years ago and has been replaced by a more modern and really beautiful house, but his law office remains as it was when he used it. Violations of the law regulating the practice of medicine having be- ceme quite common the Georgia medical Society has issued a circu lar in order to place the law before the public. Those who have not registered, as required by the stat ute, need not be surprised if they at tract the attention of the grand ju ries and suffer the penalty for ille gal practice*—Morning News. * CARROLL FREE PRESft PUBLISHED EYEEY PEIDAY. EDWINR. SHARPE, Publisher. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one j eer, 81.25 One copy six mouths, G5 One copy three months, 40 CLUB RATES: Ten copies one j'car, 810.00 I’wenty copies one year, 820.00 PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS IDIEt. I. 1ST. CHE3STEY Would inform his friends anti the public generally that he is still in the practice of medicine. Special attention given to chronic diseases. Office Carrollton Ho tel. _ * TOSEl’Il L. COBB. FELIX X. COBB. COBB & COBB, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. 5^“- 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. ( onsultation free. r. c McDaniel, 3DEiTTIST , , C^IEUR-OILX/rOIiXU . GLAC IS now inserting full sets of 28 teeth for 820, half set 14 teeth, 810. Partial sets and fillings cheap in proporton. Satis faction guaranteed in ever}'ease. Office in Maudcville building. 3DXt. «J_ IF. COLE, CARROLLTON, GA. Is devoting most of his time and atten tion to surgery and surgical diseases, and is prepared for most anj' 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. 8gr°* Rates : 82,00 Per Day. M. L. HARNETT. JOHN B. STEWART Wishes to say to the public that he Is -till prepared to do all kinds of PH0T0&EAEHTG and PEEE0TYHUG 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 specialtj'— can make all sizes from ioeket to 8x10 inches. Remember that two dollars will buy a fine, large picture framed ready for your parlor, at my gallery, Newuan street, Carrollton, Ga. MILLINER V. MRS. M. A. WILSON R .ecently of LaGrange, having located in Carrollton for the purpose of engaging in the millinery business, asks a share of public patronage. FEW OOOIDS. Her stock, a part of which has just been received, is new, and she respectful ly asks the ladies and those wanting any thing in her line to call and examine. gold: 10 cents for postage, and we will mail jou free, a roj'al, valuable box of sample goods that will put j'ou in the way of niakin g more money in a few daj s than j ou ever thought possible at any business. Capital not required. We will start j ou. You can work all the time or in spare time onlj'. The work is univer sally adapted to both sexes, young and old. You can easilj- earn from 50 cents to 85 every evening. That all who want work ruaj' test the business, we make this unparrelled offer; to all who are not well satisfied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing to us. Full par ticulars, directions, etc., sent free. For tunes will be made by those who give their whole time to the work. Great suc cess absolutely sure. Dont delaj*. Start notV. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. Real Estate Agency. In opening an agency of this character, in the city ol Carrollton, facilities are of fered to those desiring to sell propertj', to the best advantage, by placing it prom inently upon the market, and to such as desire to purchase, it affords the best me dium for obtaining a perfect title to the same—a matter af paramount considera tion in buj'ing property in the present day. The renting out of lands and the collection of rentals in kind, or other wise, constitutes a part of the business of the agency, as well as the collection of claims and adjustment of over due pa per. Executors, guardians, trustees, ana all who occupy fiduciary relations, will find it profitable to confer with this office in reference to the management of es tates, &e, Along experiene in this line ena bles me to offer my services to the public with confidence, and I promise onlj' a reasonable charge for services rendered. Office with S E Grow, Esq , in the Court House. SEABORN N JONES, Attorney at Law, §g§