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VOL. XXIII.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST' 3, 1888.
NO. 42.
NEW HARDWARE AND SEED STORE.
Single and Double Buggies,
Phaetons, Carriages, Road-
carts, in any style, with springs
to suit purchaser. I carry a
full assortment of heavy and
shelf Hardware, fine Stoves,
stove-pipe and vessels, stove
polish and adjustable stove-
backs, Razors and Scissors, of
genuine English product—
Smith & Wesson Pistols, 15-
shot Winchester Rifles, rim
’ and central fire Cartridges,
farm Bells, grass Blades, bird
Cages, Wagon and Buggy
Timbers, tire Iron. Grassjand Garden Seeds, German Millet,
wooden Churns, Lamp and Machine Oil.
NORTH GEORGIA.
Wheelbarrows, stone and
Several styles of Tin Water Sets and a stock of Agate Iron Ware.
A. POPE.
J. A. PARKS.
W. G. ARNOLD.
J. S. WARE.
THE NEWNAN
CARRIAGE AND BUGGY WORKS.
We are now prepared to do all kinds of Carriage,
Buggy and Wagon work, and in a style that cannot be
excelled in the State, or anywhere else. Our work
men are skillful and efficient; our material the best
that money will buy; our equipment thorough and
complete in every department. In fact, we have spar
ed neither pains nor expense in preparing for the bus
iness, and our facilities for doing work in this line are
first-class in every respect.
We have on hand the finest lot of material ever put into buggy or carriage work in this
section of the State, and workmen that know exactly how to put it together. We do not
get our vehicles “knocked down,” from the North, as many other manufacturing firms do, but
-make them out and out. This is our strongest recommendation. We manufacture—
CARRIAGES, PHAETONS,
LANDEAUS, HEARSES.
ROAD-CARTS, BUGGIES,
SULKEYS, WAGONS ETC.
I mg au ituuicwjc m/J
We’arejalsolprepared to do all kinds of carriage, buggy and wagon repfir work, in the four gangs of saws, 1
best style and atjthe lowest prices. Plantation workjand horse-shoeing a specialty. j worthfrom$sTto$8
Give us your work; we guarantee satisfaction. to quality and maniw.-
T S. WARE, (late with Summers & Murphy, Barnesvvle,) Superintendent now being worked is three-fourths of a
" i I mile wide by four miles in length. It
has been bored to a depth of one hun
died feet and no bottom found.
‘How many feet can you quarry in a
year?” was asked of the superinten-
HABjir opened, at the old stand or A. O. I dent
new, fresh, and wel) assorted | -Last year we got out 200,000 feet.
This year we expect to do better. We
f>icy & FAMILY GROCERIES, I ship one hundred and fifty car-loads
per month. The transfer charges at
,. , Marietta are $10 per car.”
'lour, Meal, Meat, J “Where do you sell, and with whom
do you come in competition V
r' j- „ rr , „. i “Our sales are made principally in
Gandies, Tobacco, Cigars Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, and the
California hams 12c. East. As to competition, we have none.
fresh cream cheese, i7%c. Fully ninety per cent of the marble we
—JN fact— quarry is used in cemetery work, and
Everything that is good to eat > there is ot , her <*jf«>vered that can
& 6 approach it m durability. It will not
Being satisfied with a small profit on rapid I polish, like the Tennessee marble, for
^i e f:. a ^„“ pen ^ *f ing ,.? ut down the I furniture slabs; yet, unlike it, will not
absorb moisture, is impervious to grease
A Trip Through the Richest and Most
Delightful Section of the State.
The most picturesque and, to the
lover of nature, delightfully interesting
sectiou of Georgia, is that portion lying
east o f the State Road and north of the
Air-Line. It is a land not only beauti
ful to behold, but exceedingly rich in
all that nature’s bountiful hand is ac
customed to bestow on her most fa
vored spots. Its hitherto inaccessible
valleys, rich in strength of soil; moun
tain sides, grand in their beauty and
covering untold wealth of gold, iron,
marble, granite, manganese, and ochre;
streams, with power to turn every
wheel of enterprise in the South;—all
these have been doing but meagre ser
vice to mankind, while some of its
wilds have, until recently, scarcely been
trodden by the foot of man.
But it will be so no longer. The
wheels of progress have been put in
motion, and they will gather force and
momentum as the days go by. North
Georgia will be as a new addition to
our State; her development will be rap
id and her wealth will, be great. The
building of the
MARIETTA AND NORTH GEORGIA RAIL
ROAD
has been the entering wedge that rives
in sunder the lethargy of indifference,
and will be the means of developing
tbis magnificent section, gathering the
accumulated products of the people
and emptying untold riches into the lap
of Georgia.
It was the writer’s pleasure last week
to make a trip over this road; to stop
at the principal points of interest along
tie route, and view with admiring eyes
the uncovering of mineral wealth that
had lain dormant for so many years.
At Nelson, about thirty miles from
Marietta, one gets the first view of the
manipulation of marble, with which
Pickens county abounds. But go with
us sp to the next station—Tate,—and
froin thence to the hospitable home of
Mr: William Tate, one mile distant.
The most romantic surroundings, a
hone supplied with every comfort that
taste could suggest and wealth supply}
a family with whom it is a delight to
sojourn, and where the friend Is ever
welcome and the stranger gets his
cheer. Mr. Tate is, as he should be, a
bappv man
THE GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS,
whose owners have leased quarries on
the Tate lands, are the largest, works
of the kind in the South. They are do
ing an immense work. Running fifty-
the daily output is
marble, which is
per foot, according
to quality and manipulation. The vein
he advent of the railroad she, too, is
awaking to a realization of her situa
tion and advantages and is making
rapid strides in progress.
Blue Ridge, situated at the moun
tain gap, in Fannin county, is probably
the coming town of all that section.
Its superior location/ away above the
surrounding valleys, glens and coves,
with the purest air and water to be
found on the continent, its future is
assured—especially if the junction of
the Knoxville railroad with the Mari
etta and North Georgia is made here,
and there is strong probability of
such a result. Our friend, Judge J. A.
Bledsoe, of Ellijay, has been put in
charge of affairs, and will be happy to
answer any question relative to prop
erty, etc., that may be addressed to him
at Ellijay.
On to Murphy, N. C., the terminus
of the road, 110 miles from Marietta,
the passenger is regaled with delight
ful changes of view, from the swift
flowing waters of Toccoa and Hiwassee
to the lofty mountain peaks and val
leys of ripening com.
Now, as to what the road is doing.
It is a narrow gauge, and was intended
originally to penetrate this section and
do the small carrying trade its projec
tors hoped to obtain. But the earth,
as it were, trembled with the approach
of the steam engine; the pulse of en
terprise was quickened by its shrill
whistle as it echoed from hill to hill, and
the possibilities of the road cannot now
be foretold. It is a marvelous enter
prise and ha3 already revolutionized the
section through which it runs. The road
from its inception has had more than
it could do, and to-day Mr. J. B. Glover,
the efficient superintendent, has five
hundred men employed on the line,
preparing to widen the gauge to the
standard width. They are filling in
trestles, edging up the curves, changing
the grades, building bridges, and doing
all in their power to give the people
adequate railroad facilities.
What a pity that our legislators,
who were so strenuous in their endeav
ors at the last session to prevent the
natural and modest request of this
railroad for a charter from Marietta
to Atlanta, could but have seen this
country and people ten years ago and
T. E. FELL & CO.
HARDWARE,
NAILS,
IRON AND STEEL
CUTLERY,/
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMK ts
Lous Donegan,
HOUSEIFURNISHING HARDWARE,
Cooking Stoves and Tinware.
COTTON GINS,
CARRIAGE MATERIAL,
BELTING.
All kinds of Job Work in Tin
.done on short notice.
lowest possible point, he will promise
BOTTOM PRICES
on everything he sells. The patronage of the
public is respectfully solicited.
ICE-COLD LEMONADE.
JJ^-ICE furnished day or night.
COAL NOTICE!
New!an, Ga.
S. BUCHMAN,
DRY GOODS,
GDODS,
or water, and is unaffected by changes
of temperature. We quarry the white,
red, and grey marble. While the Ten
nessee red marble, exposed to the at
mosphere, will lose its color, ours will
not; and while other marble flakes off
and becomes dingy or stained, ours re
tains its original color permanently.
‘Why is it that the South does not
use your marble?”
I will be in Newnan in a I “ We are introducing it here, but
few days for the purpose of ha ™ made no special effort heretofore
, OI to do so, because the markets North
Orders for the celebra- j and West took all our railroad could
ted “Montevallo Grate Coal” I handle. With increased railroad facil-
for August delivery. Wait ities our output will be greater.”
for me and get your winter’s Just t ! dnk of il 1 0ne “fflion dollars’
curkrtltr i . income from a spot heretofore produc-
pply of first-class coal at sum- ing afew bushels of com or wheat! And
mer pnces. C. L. WORD, yet this is only one company among
Agt. Montevallo Coal. I 1113X1 ^ Others that-might be organized.
Address, West Point Ga. Four 1111168 farther on > down Long
’ 1 Swamp Creek, stand the works of the
Southern Marble Company, superin
tended by our quondam friend, Prof.
Ben Hall. On our visit to the quarry
we were shown the tiling for the State
Capitol at Atlanta, the contract for
see them now. Wo wore told that
reduction of 20 per cent in freight
rates could be saved to shippers in the
event an Atlanta terminus could be ob
tained. Why let the State road stand
as a perpetual menace to this' great
private enterprise, and a continual dis
couragement to the progress of our
fellow-citizens of Northeast Georgia ?
The competition from Marietta to At
lanta is only fancied—the practical ben
efits resulting would be real and lasting.
And there is another consideration why
the road should come to Atlanta.
Chattanooga has on foot, and will
doubtless complete at an early date,
road to Murphy, which will be a com
petitor with the Marietta road. If the
latter cannot offer the transportation
facilities that the former can, the im
mense traffic that is sure to be built up
in this section will be diverted from
Georgia to Tennessee—from Atlanta to
Chattanooga and Knoxville; and in the
course of a very few years our great
State, when too late, may discover that
injustice is suicidal; that she had bet
ter give away her State Road, if need
be, rather than throttle every private
railroad enterprise that chances to
come in competition with it.
We were assured by citizens all along
the line of the Marietta and North
Georgia that the road is doing all in its
power to foster the infant industries
along its line; that it lends encourage
ment to every worthy enterprise. Let
Georgia now deal jusfly with her citi
zens, and soon she will have ample
cause to be proud of the record they
will make.
The question of this extension will be
up before the next Legislature, and we
hope and trust that the action of the
last Legislature will be reconsidered,
and with new light on the subject and
new evidence of the justness of the
claim made by the people of North
Georgia, Atlanta will soon be enabled
to welcome the advent of this new
road, the youngest, but greatest and
most generous of all her numerous
feeders. s. w. m.
COAL!
0RING.
I will sell Several varieties j furnishing which having been awarded
of first-class COAL, as cheap to this company,
as any dealer. Prices furnish ' r *’“ J
ed on application.
M. B. PINSON.
Newnan, Ga., July 13.
Of Interest to Ladies.
w««niMd • fMl yMinjrtar — —•
The outlook for Pickens county is
glorious. She has enough marble in
her mountains and valleys to supply
the American continent for a thousand
years.
Further on we come to Ellijay, nestled
in a valley at the confluence of the
Ellijay and Cartecay rivers. Ellijay is
tESESfiZ&i&Ssnt {undignified *5^
in its repose. But with
Communicated.
The Agricultural Department.
I don’t care anything about what the
Widow Bedott said, for I guess she
never heard of just such a thing as
the Agricultural Bureau of Georgia.
Then, again, there is nothing real in
what a novel writer says; they never
deal in facts but fiction.
‘Tanner” says: “I cannot under
stand the opposition of ‘Ripples’ and
others to the Agricultural Bureau, un
less they want something to complain
of. They want to be dissatisfied about
something.” The truth is, we want to
get rid of something that is already
burdensome, and something that is un
just, unprofitable, and downright rob
bery-extorting an unjust tax from the
farming classes of Georgia to support a
class of office seekers who want to make
their living by sucking the public pap.
If the Agricultural Department In*
ever been of any benefit to the Stair
of Georgia, or to the farmers generally.
I have never seen the results of snob
benefits. Corn don’t grow any better
now than before the establishment «T
the Bureau, but there is less raised;
fewer hogs, cows and stock of all kindst
do more wheat and oats raised new
than before the establishment of tin'
Agricultural Bureau. It is true the
Commissioner sends out his month
ly reports, but they cost the people
more than they profit them. Let
look at some of the printers’ bills and
see what the printing of those quar
terly reports cost:
Quarter ending December 31. 1885....
Quarter ending March 31,1R86 HTX7
Quarter ending June 30. 1886 BIC
Quarter ending September 30,1886 ...
Quarter ending December 81,1888 975*r
Quarter ending March 31, 1887 1162s
Quarter ending June 30, 1887 MtS»
Quarter ending September 30,1887.... SIB 12
Total coat, twe years $4,IMS.
The printing of those reports cost the
State for one year $2,054 27 or thevo-
about. This is but a small item in the
mare’s nest. I think “Farmer” and
myself are about even on the IWfe
items.'
“Farmer” thinks the subject of abol
ishing the Agricultural Bureau ismti
agitated in any other county in the
State. If not so, how comes the State
Alliance to be against it all over the
State? I have been in several countiqa
and conversed with farmers who are in
favor of abolishing the concern in ioto.
I learn that there were about fifty-foar
farmers in the last Legislature and tliey
were at first opposed to investigating
the records of the Agricultural Bureau.,
but when they found out what crooked
ness there was going on they all chang
ed their minds and voted to have the
matter thoroughly investigated. ,
As to my being called the ‘ieil
wether,” I care nothing for that kind
of sheep talk. As to “Farmer’s” flatter?
in calling me the “leading correspond
ent,” rebuking candidates for stealing
my thunder, and suggesting that !
should go to the Legislature, I will nay
that none of that sort of talk makes me
vain enough to want to go tp the Leg
islature; but, if I ever should bo aona-
fortunate as to become a member ot
the Legislature, I doa’t think I would.
?w “Farmer” says, drink ice water 0
the expense of the people-at least, J
would not give orders for it as -hi*
friend Henderson does. I guess bt
knows how be did while in the legis
lature, and judges others by himself.
I don’t see why “Farmer'’ should -feel
serious or melancholy because a corres
pondent and a few candidates differ
with him. We are as much entitled tn
our opinions as Mr. ‘Tanner,” and w*
don’t propose to alter the plan of sal
vation, or secede from the Union. JT
the Agricultural Department has ever
benefited any one outside of the officer*
of the department, I don’t know who
it is. Perhaps “Farmer” makes better
crops than he did before its establirii-
ment, and don’t have to buy ration*
and supplies; and instead of farming
on the extensive system he farms on
the intensive plan. Greeks Almanar
tells more about the weather and when
to plant and how to prepare the
than all the Agricultural Department
put together, and is of more sendee to
the State and the world at large, thwq,
two such concerns as the Agricultural
Department of Georgia.
Farmer” says “if any of the candi
dates get to the Legislature that they
would do the very thing they are censur
ing the Commissioner for: they will use
water and ice and make the State pa?
for them.” I have never yet seen a mem-'
her of the Georgia Legislature that ever
bought a drink of water while in the
Legislature, (“farmer” may have done
it,) nor have have I ever seen one thai
made the State pay for his newspapers
while in the Legislature. They are not
hirelings, but the representatives of tlm
people—they are the people them
selves. The candidates can answer for
themselves what they will do when
they get there; I think, though, they
will vote to abolish the Agricultural
Bureau. Bippees.
....
Powelvllle.
Mr. Editor:—It is my sad duty to
chronicle the death of Miss Nettie
Halfacre, of whose sickness I made
mention in my last letter. Miss
acre came from Mississippi here left
December, on a visit to her sister, tf*»
George Powell, and had been here siner
that time. She was taken sick on
8th day of July, with typhoid fever.
On Friday, the 20th, she was calfari
away from her many relatives ***«!
friends which she had made here, to
meet the friends and loved ones in the
home above. She died away from home,
yet she was loved by all who knew her.
She was a kind, Cliristian young lady.
The remains were sent to BrookviBe.
Miss., where they were interred «b
Sunday afternoon, 22d ult. A 1—y
number of her friends were presents]
the funeral.
I would say to her relatives met
friends, weep not, for she died m>
Christ, and we have every reason b
believe that she is a happy angel
dar. A ~
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