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Newspaper Page TextI VOL. I. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, OCTOBDR 3, 1884. NO 46. UOSIJJTEfft rruecura. Nonsuch protective against chills and fever and other diseases of a malaria type exists as Hostctter’s Stomach Hitters, It relieves constipation, liver disorders, rheu matism,kidney and bladder ailments with certainty and promptitude. A change, as gratifying as it is complete, soon takes place m the . appearance, as well as the sensation, of th* wan and haggard invalid who uses this standard promoter of health and strength. , For 6a * e by all Druggists and Dealers —. generally. •LORRILLARD’S MACCOBOY SNUFF. CAUTION TO CONSU 31 KBS : As many* inferior imitations liave ap peared on the market in packages so closely resembling ours as to deceive tiie unwary, we would request the purchaser to see that the red lithographed tin cans in which it is packed a'ways hear OUK NAME AND TRADE MARK. In buying an imitation you pay as inuclifor^an in ferior article as the gen uine costs. BE SUBE YOU OBTAIN THE GENUINE Lorrillard’s Climax RED TIN-TAG PLUG TOBACCO. The Finest Sweet Navy Chewing Tobacco Made. The Genuine always "bears a lied Tin-Tag with our name thereon. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. • KING OF THE SINGERS Above is tjjeexaetrepresentatiou of the SEWING MACHINE WE SELL FOR $20 It is, in every respect the very best of the SINGER STYLE OF MACHINES which are by far the most popular machines in the world. Finished in the best manner with the latest improvements for wind ing the bobbin; the most convenient style of table, with extension long, large drapers and beautiful gothic cover, it stands without a rival. KING OF SINGER MACHINES. Having adopted the plan of selling Ma chines without the aid of agents and by giving to the purchaser the benefit of the commission usually given to the agents, enable them to obtain Machines at one- half of the regular prices. We therefore sell for $2U the above style Machine, ful ly warrant it for three years. We do not ask you pay for it until you see what you are trying. We only wish to know that you want to buy a Sewing Machine and are willing to pay $20 FOR THE BEST IN THE MARKET. Write to ns sending the name of your nearest railroad station, and we will send the machine, and give instructions to al low vou to examine it before you'pay for it. * WJLLMARTII & CO. 1828 N. 20tli, St. Philadelphia, Pa. IF YOU ARE GOING "WEST, NORTHWEST, —OR— SOUTHWEST, IBIE STJB/B Your Tickets Bead via the N. C. & St. L. R’Y The Mackenzie Route. The First-class and Emigrant Passengers FAVORITE! Albert B. Wrenn, W. L Bogers, Pas. Agent, Pas. Agent, Atlanta,Ga. Chattanooga, T’eim W. L. DANLEY, Gen. Pas. & Tkt. Agent, NaAqsille, Tenn. From the Coweta Advertiser. PROSPEROUS CARROLL. A Short Visit Among a Clever People. Although we have been such a close neighbor it has never been our privilege to make a visit to Carroll county until last week. In order fulfil to an engagement which had been made for some little time, we turned away from the cry of ‘copy” and the reading of “proof’’ on Thursday afternoon and hoarded the “Old Griff” for Carrollton. The dust was simply fearful and a few miles journey gave to 'the^passen gers the tinge of the “Mongolian.” It was a blessed relief when the brakes were blown on and we roll ed into the capital of the county. We were met at the depot by Rev. Jerrc Reese, the pastor ofltoopville j circuit, and Judge W. L. Craven, of j Roopville. The latter had his horse ; and buggy ready to drive us ton i miles to the charming little village ! near which lie lives. FINK FA JIMS. The sun was hardly an hour above the horizon and the cool evening air fresh from the hills was indeed a delightful change from the hot and dusty cars. As soon as we were well into the country a vision of fine farms hurst upon us. On either side our road, which went winding up and down over the hills lay mag nificent tracts of strong land. The fields of cotton, well fruited and fast turning to snow, and of high, luxuriant stubble, and of fresh green pastures, through which ran the clear cool streams, made up the variegated belt before the eye, while next the hills on the farther side stood the comfortable farm houses, and the gathering herd of cattle and sheep nestling in the shadows which were fast creeping over the entire valley. To the beauty of the scene was added the rich colors of the flying clouds and the hill tops fringed with the aurora light of the wonderful and peculiar sunsets which have come again with the fading summer. Peace and plehty reign in Carroll. In no section of the state have we seen better up land farms. The cotton has been damaged by the drought hut much of it is covered with bolls to the top. The cribs are full of corn and grain, and the orchards are brilliant with the heavy yield of apples, which fairly makes the trees groan We reached Roopville Methodist church in time togivea short “talk” to the congregation. The night was spent with our friend who had brought us from Carrollton. A CHA KM fXG VILLAG K. The next morning Dr. F. M, Thom ason, the resident physician of the community, called for us and carri ed us in his buggy to the charming village of Roopville, which we had been unable to see the night before. It is an enterprising place. Two years ago it did not have an exist ence. The land was owned by Judge Roop, who has by diligence and splendid business capacity made a fortune since the war. He is the ieading spirit of the community. The Methodists have just finished a handsome church and the Baptists have theirs going up. Quite a num ber of neat modern residences have been built and more will be erected this year. An elegant academy stands in the very heart of the vil lage. No liquor can be sold in the district. Its future Is indeed bright. THE METHODIST CENTENARY. This was the occasion which call ed us to Carroll. A full programme for the celebration of the one hun dredth anniversary of Methodism had been arranged and well adver tised. About 9 o’clock the crowds began to come in from miles around. Rev. Mr. Myers of Bowdon,'opened the exercises and delivered a fine address*on “Church Extension.” The filling of the 11 o’clock hour fell to us. At the close of the service a thank offering of nearly $100 was made to finish the church building. Dinner followed, and a magnificent feast it was—an old fashioned spread of the very fat of the land. After a sufficient rest the exercises were again resumed, but we were compelled to leave in order to take the early morning train. We are sorry we did not have time to ac cept Prof. Reese’s kind invitation to visit his academy and witness the examination. We brought away a fine list of subscribers and were delighted to find that many families took from two to four papers. We found six different journals on the table of our host. A reading people must inevitably he broad-minded and liberal. And to this, these Roopville folks add a wonderful de gree of cleverness. We shall be glad to repeat our visit and take them by the hand again. A ride of ten miles brought us to Stripling’s Chapel where we spoke to the people at the closing service of a wonderful revival meeting, during which twenty persons were added to the church, The next morning we were up before the sun and on our way to the hard work and sweet rest of home. To Would-Be-Runaways. Come now, my lad, says M. Quad, in the Detroit Free Press, hut you want to runaway. No hoy ever yet reached the age of 15 without hav ing several times firmly resolved to leave home. When a hoy has made up his mind to a thing of this sort he ought to carry it out by all means. The first step in the pro gramme is to begin saving up bread and meat. When you have a bush el or so of provisions hidden in the barn, or under tae wood-shed, you are ready for the battle with the cold world. Make your start at night. This will prevent the sun from tanning your complexion, and you will be quite certain of the com pany of a tramp or two. Some hoys leave a note pinned to the pillar of their bed. This note goes on to say that the hoy has been jawed, hulldosed, starved, pounded, and knocked down,dragged out, un til he has made up his mind to sev er the connection. He will never he heard of more. It fs probably ■the best way to leave a note of this kind, as the family are then made to fully realize their cruelty in driv ing the poor hoy out among stran gers. When you have packed up your little bundle and are off, it will he well to settle upon some plan for 4he future. Perhaps you want to he a sailor? Nothing is easier. Make your way to some lake or sea port and most any captain will take you. If lie can’t disgust you with the sailoring business in about a week, tar buckets, seasickness, poor provisions, and a rope’s end will be called upon to assist him. Perhsps you want to become a mighty hunter? Mighty huntersare not made in a few days or weeks. You want to begin by letting your hair and finger nails grow, sleep ing in a swamp, and wasting $20 worth of ammunition to kill a 10- cent chipmunk. If you have decided to become a bank clerk, well and good. Make tracks for the nearest city, and the first bank you enter will jump at the chance of .employing you at a salary of $200 per month. If it should so happen that the bank didn’t do any Jumping as you made your ap plication you can console yourself yourself with the reflection that it is about to bust. But, speaking in all seriousness, my hoy, if l had a dozen sons I should be glad to have each and ev ery one of them take his turn at running away from home. It is the best cure in the Wbrld for that dis. ease called “swell head.” There’s a heap of romance in the idea of running away. You think of the sparkling sea, the green prairies, coral strands, robbers’ caves and pi rates’ treasures. You feel that you know so much more than your fath er that it is a wasle of brain for both of you to remain in the same house. You have been forced to go to school, and have been ordered to split wood, and go to the gro cery after butter like a common slave. Don’t stand it any longer! Pick up your duds and leave the house and go forth into the-world. What! Come to a full stop in the road before you are a mile away? You’ve got a peck or more of sour meat and mouldy bread in a pillow case, 17 cents in your pocket, and just think how your father and mother have misused you at home. The romance begins to wear off, eh ? You don’t care half as much about mermaids and palm groves and pi rates ships as you did an hour ago. You hate to leave mother after all, and perhaps father isn’t so much to blame for bossing you around. Come to think it, all over, perhaps you’d better return home and try and stand it for a few more weeks. Ah! my son, but we’ve all been there! All these wrinkled, and dig nified, and bald-headed old men you meet on the streets have had about the same experience. We’ve had that same period of “swell head,” and eight out of ten of us have packed our bundles and slip ped out to escape parental tyranny. Eight out of ten have slipped back again, too, and the experience was the right sort of medicine for the disease. Any time you come to feel that you are a poor overworked, and down-trodden boy, and that if you only had a fair show you’d know more in a minute than your father does in an hour, just skip. There,s nothing like it. Stonewall Jackson’s Will. Yes; lie was essentially a soldier and student in every sense of the word. He had will-power and firm ness that made Stonewall not an inappropriate term, even in those college days, and one no occasion he convinced the students of his | will-power. What was the incident you refer j to ? i It is very fresh in my mind. In 1801 the cadets at the Institute were almost, without exception in tense Secessionists, and frequent troubles arose between them and some Unionists at Lexington. These issues culminated one lay in some trouble about a Union flag, and the cadets started for town to tear it down. They were inflamed with passion and excitement, and the whole town was in alarm. The cadets halted in front of Gov. Letcher’s house, where General Francis H. Smith, the superinten dent of the Institute, appeared in their front, and in dictorial tones, shouted; “I order you to return to your barracks,” and received in re ply a rude invitation to go to an un mentionable warm place, affixing to the invitation remarks not all complimentary to the General who retired in some disorder. Then another one of the professors, Ma jor Calston a fiery man of -French descent and decidedly French pe culiarities, dramatically arraigned the cadets with: “Will you stain Virginia’s arms with Virginia’s blood?” This appeal resulted in the Mayor’s horse being forcibly led out of the way, ignoring the ex- postuations of the driver. Then major Jackson appeared on the scene. Halting in front lof the ex cited mob of armed cadets, and looking at them with concentrated passion and indignation, and, poin- l.ting to the thronged streets, lie ! burst out with the inquiry, ‘‘Are j you a pack of fools ? Would you fire down a street packed with wo men and children? Then there ' was a brief silence and he sternly j added: If there was any necessity j for it I would lead you at the point ! of the bayonet myself, hut—here j he surveyed the mob with intense force and said ‘Right face—march! And the silenced cadets, obeying a will stronger than their own marched decorously hack to the barracks. They had obeyed a will force that was irresistible. Death in a Dish-Cloth. “I had some neighbors once— clever,good sort of folks; one fall four of them were sick at one time with typhoid fever. The doctor or dered, the vinegar barrels white washed, and threw about forty Sleep. Sleep is the great restorer of the brain-cells. There are three kinds of sleep: First, natural; second, pathologic al; third, artificial. Noth ing so deranges and harms the brain-cells as lack of sleep. In 1879 cent’s worth of carbolic acid in the ! s ' x students in a German l niversi- swill pail and departed. I went in- j ^ resolved to go w ithout sleep a to the kitchen to make gruel; I! week. Not one of them succeeded* needed a dish-cloth, and looked j but of tben » died of brj,in di ** and such 1 efises, and three others were CARROLL FREE PRESS. PUBLISHED EYEBY FBTDAY- EDWIN R. SHARPE, Pi ni.isnRK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: A striking feature of the Kimball House, Atlanta, will he its roof. This roof is inclosed on all sides with a parapet wall set back from the edges. It will he handsomely tiled. Part of the roof will be cov ered with a beatiful garden, and the whole flooded with electric lights. A platform will be erected at one end and open air concerts given nightly. Negotiations are now pending with Theodore Thomas to open the summer concerts. Three immense passenger elevators will carry the people to the roof. A first class cafe will he established there, and ices and refreshments served The ball room will be connected with the roof, as in the Casino in New York, and allowing four feet for each person there will he room for 5,000 people to he seated com fortably’ for each of these concerts. Nothing can be pleasanter than these concerts in the open air at night, 140 feet above the heat and dust of the streets, with the great city sparkling in the -darkness be low. Frogs sell for fifty cents a dozen, and in eastern restaurants three of them fricaseed in cream bring forty cents. The demand enables sports men armed with shot-guns to make a good days wages shooting them. From the tributaries of the Chesa peake Bay alone the frog market yields $100,000.—Chicago Times. The Conyers Incendiary. Conyers, Ga., September 24.—Tom Marston, the in* cendiary.is either crazy or pretends to be. He says “every’ tongue shall confess and every knee shall bow” to him; that he is lord of lords; that he is going to rule or ruin. At times he talks as sensibly as any one. He will not allow anything to remain in his cell, breaks every thing that is put in, glasses, pitchers, chairs, anything that he can put his hands on. His father put a feather bed in there for him, and this morning the floor was covered with feathers,and the ground outside was white with hem. He had torn up the bed and poked some of the feathers through the air-holes in the window. Some say that he is no crazier now than he has always been—that is only a pretense, and that lie has been put up to it. The people lieie would not suffer him to he released. It is probable his trial w ill take place next week, as there w ill be an ads journed term of the superior court at that, time, a dish-cloth, about and found several, ‘rags!’ 1 burned them all, and call ed the daughter of the house to get me a dish-cloth She looked round on the tables. ‘Why,’ said she; there was‘about a dozen here this morning;’ and she looked in the w’ood-hox, and on the mantle-piece, and felt in the dark corners of the cupboard. ‘Well,’ I said, ‘I saw some old black, rotten rags lying a round, and burned them for there is death in such dish-cloths as these, and you must never use such again.’ “I ‘took turns’ at nursing that family four weeks, and I believe those dirty* dish-cloths were the cause of all that hard w’ork. There fore I say to every* housekeeper, keep your dish-cloths clean. You may* w’ear y*our dresses without ironing, your sun-bonnets without elastics, hut you must keep y*our dish-cloths clean. You may* only comb your hair on Sundays, you need not wear a collar unless you go from home; but you must wash y’our dish-cloths. You may only* sweep the floor ‘when the signs get right;’ the window don’t need wash ing, you can look out at the door; that spider web on the front porch don’t hurt anything; hut, as you love your lives, w ash out your dish cloths. Let the fox-tail get ripe in the garden (the seed is a foot deep anyway), let the holes in the heels of your husbands foot rags go un- darned, let the sage go ungathered, let the children’s shoes go two Sun days without blacking, let two hens sit four weeks on one w’ooden egg, but do wash out your dish-cloths. Eat without a table-cloth; wash y’our faces let them dry*;do without a curtain for your windows, and cake for your tea; hut for Heaven’s sake, keep your dish-cloths clean. Western Magizine. obliged to leave the institution on account of brain trouble. Night marches in any army in hot cli mates, as in India, had to he aban doned, because it was found the men broke down for lack of sleep. In such a hot climate it was found impossible to obtain enough sleep during the day’-time. Our social life is so viciously man* aged that many persons are de* prived of needed sleep. Women who, for reasons which I cannot mention just here, need more sleep than men, get far less, on ac count of social obligations, enor* mous details of dress, and the care of their children. For this reason they’ grow prematurely* old, and sometimes lose their tempers. Just here I must mention with care the injury* done to the brain cells of growing children of both sexes during their attendance at our schools. Many teachers and parents encourage children to take on a great number of studies, and devote long hours to them, without any* adequate provision for addi tional sleep. Boys and girls, du ring the push and press of school- work, should retire at a very* early- hour. If they* show a tendency to nervousness or sleeplessness they should be in bed before 8 o’clock.— Home Science. One copy one year, One copy six months, One copy three months. (TA R KATES r Pen copies one year, Twenty copies one year, $1.25 '•= 4* $10.00 *20.00 PROFESSIONAL A BUSINESS CARDS ZDIt. I. N". CHENEY Would inform his friends ami the public generally that he is still in the practice of medicine. Special attention given to chronic diseases. Office Carrollton Ho tel. General Toombs on Bishop Pierce At the memorial meeting held at Washington on the 7tli,Gen. Toombs is reported as follows. By request of the pastor, Gen. Toombs rose in his pew and said that he had neither the heart nor the strength to say much, but that he would mention one or tw r o things concerning the life of the deceased friend. That the intimate friend ship which began in boyhood be tween George Pierce and himself had lasted throughout life. That though they followed different pur suits, they* were never led apart from each other. That those tender ties bound not only themselves hut their families together. Alluding to his beloved friend, he said: “He has been with us under various cir cumstances; he has been with us to the grave.” And here the great heart of Robert Toombs burst with its grief,- and the man who has with stood the giants of his day, was W’eeping like a child. And many were the tears that w ere mingled with his in his sorrow*. Again he said: “He heard the call and answer ed,Lord, here am I.’ ‘Follow* me;’and he followed his Master all the day’s of his life. This was the life of George Pierce.” The speaker said the Bishop’s heart went out to all his fellow creatures; that while he hated sin, he loved all sinners. Gen. Toombs remarks did not extend over six or eight minutes. Clausa writes to inquire: “What has given woman the reputation of being such a great talker?” We do not know*, Clausa, unless it is her mouth.—Yonkers Statesman. “Haulier,” he said, as he got home from tow*n “there was a feller in the post-oftiee from Philadephia, and the w ay he talked was enough to raise my hair. “He said corn W’as going to be aw ful short.” “Did he ? hut we never use any corn.” “He said cotton was way behind.” “Oh, well; I can put off my- quilt ing.” “And tobacco wasn’t two-thirds of a crop.” “Well we don’t smoke or chew’.” “But he said beet and pork would he awfully high this fall.” “Did eh ? Well, w*e can eat fish and kill a lamb once in a while.” “But Hanner, it’s awful to feel that everything has been knocked endways he protested.” “There, there,Samuel!” she sooth ingly replied, “we’ve got two acres of buckwheat and four of turnips and the Lord watches over people In Pennsylvania as well as else where. We’ll dry a few’ more ap ples and pull through somehow*.” In au Ohio city, recently, a pre tentious shopper, after bothering the clerks of a dry* goods store be- y’ond endurance, pompously or dered a spool of cotton to be sent to her house. According, a common dray drawn by* four horses, w*as procured, and four stalwart labor ers, with hare arms, w*ere placed upon it to hold the spool. When the vehicle drove up to her door, everybody stared and nobody could make out the purpose. After a deal of w hip-cracking and other impressive ceremonies, the dray was backed against the curb. There, reposing calmly end up in the centre of the cart, was the spool. With the aid of a plank it was finally rolled, barrell fashion, safely to the sidewalk, and after a struggle it was “upended” on the purchasers door-step. They’ do say that she kicked it into the street when informed of its arrival. JOSEPH I., COBB. FKI.IX Jf. COBB. COBB A COBB, Attorneys and Counsel!* r* at Law. CARROLLTON, G KOKGIA. Prompt attention given to all bus iness intrusted to us. Collection* a spe cialty. Office in court house. Dr. J. W. HALLUM, CARROLLTON - - - - GEORGIA. II as liis office, in number 2, Mande- ville hinck building. He makes a specialty of OSTETRICS and DISEASES OF WOMEN and CHILDREN. Can on him. Consultation free. Z. T. GUTHREY, Boot and Shoemaker, ROOPVILLE, - - - GA. Solicits the patronage of those wanting any work in bis line. Repairing at short notice and in good style. Give me a trial It is strange how closely* people read. the papers. We never say* any thing that anybody did’nt like hut w’hat ’fre soon hear of it and every body tells us abut it. But if once in a while w*e happen to say a good thing we never hear that—nobody* seems to notice that. We may pay some man a hundred compliments and give him a dozen puffs, and he takes it as a tribute to his greatness and never thinks it does him any* good. But if we happen to say something he doesn’t like, or some thing that he imagines reflects on him or his character, see how quick he flies up or gets mad about it. All our evil is duly* charged us, but w e never, apparently, get any credit for what good we do. Sueh is the life of a newspaper man. Naturalists say that the feet of the common w orking bee exhibit the combination of a basket, a brush and a pair of pinchers. The brush, the hairs of which are arranged in symmetrical rows, are only to be seen with the microscope. With this brush of fairy delicacy the bee brushes its velvet robe to remove the pollen dust with which it be comes loaded while sucking up the nectar. Another article, hollowed like a spoon, receives all the glean ings which the insect carries to the hive. Finally, by* opening them one upon another, by means of a hinge, these tw’o pieces becomes a pair of pinchers, which renders im portant service in the construction of the combs. JOHNSON HOTEL. 4AXX^A2STTA., OA. 50'.j DECATUR STREET. MRS. E. A. RAGLAND, Proprietor, TEEMS, $1C0 TO $150 FEB DAY. This House is centrally loeated with in half a block of Depot, with good ac commodations at reasonable rates. xxe.- J*. F. COLE, CARROLLTON, G A. 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*. ATTENTION FARMERS. I am agent for Cooper's celebrated en gines, Centennial and Winship gins.— Before purchasing give me a call, as I think I can make it to your interest. N. FAIN. wanted for The Lives of all the Presidents of the U 8 Thelargest, handsomest best book ever sold for less than twice our price. The fastest selling book in America. Im mense profits to agents. AU intelligent people want it. Any one can become a snceessfi 1 agent. Terms free. Hai.LF.tt Book Co., Portland, Maine. R. C. McDANIEL, DENTIST, C^iUROIZLTOlSr, , GkA.. Is now inserting full sets of 28 teeth for $20, half set 14 teeth, $10. Partial seta and fillings cheap in proportoir. Satis faction guaranteed iu every; ease. OIBob in Mandeville building. Hon. J. M. Smith of Oglethorpe county*, is one of the most extensive farmers in Georgia. Around him he has about 18,000 acres of land—1,- 500 in cotton, 2,000 in corn, and the rest tillable land in other crops. He has on his plantation over 200 mules and horses, besides other stock. There are about 1,000 or more men women and children on the place to feed, including the convicts. The remarkable success of thi» farm is due to the fact that it is made self- sustaining by raising everything they eat at home. Corn, wheat, oats potatoes and every other neeessary thing upon the farm is raised in abundance, even to sugar cane. MILLINER V. MRS. M. A. WILSON I^.ecently of LaGrange, haying located in Carrollton for the purpose of engaging iu the millinery business, asks a share of public patronage. 2STE W GOODS. Her stock, a part of which has just been received, is new, and she respectful ly asks the ladies and those wanting any thing her line to caU and examine. For Sale. A v finable farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres, one mile from Carroll ton. Thirty acres cleared, balance heav ily’ timbered. Good road convenient. Bounded by* little TaUapoosa river on one side. Terms easy. Apply at this of fice. CLEVELANDERS edition.of his life; written at his home with his cooperation and assistance, 1 by the renowned Goodrich. Largest cheapest handsomest, best. Costs more to (pan- ufaeture than other lives that are sold for twice its priee. Outsells all others ten to one. One of our agents made a profit of over$50 the first day. A harvest of gold will be realized by every worker. All new beginners succeed grandly.— Terms free and the most liberal ever of fered. Save valuable time by sending 25 cents for postage, etc., on * free outfit, which includes large prospectus book.— Act quickly; a day at the start is worth a week at the finish. 3nio. U. HALBEIT & CO., Portland, Maine.

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The Carroll free press. (Carrollton, Ga.) 1883-1948, October 03, 1884, Image 1