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The News Cov ers its Field Like the Sun shine. jf eA v Series—Vol. Ill—No .50 WAS AGIANTIN ITS DAY Pioneer Iron Man Visits Site of Great Cooper Works. ‘ Mv eapected swim in the Eto wah was a disappointment, but I paddled in the shallow <v ater among the rocks and thought of old times.” observed Mr. Jacob D. Stroup, a few weeks ago when he went to explore the ruins and lands around the old Cooper furnace. The soap and towel he carried along were all right, but the great Jam and the fine eddy water above it were 1 mere, traditions. ■Mr. Stroup ought to and he did ’ Kno w that locality well, for with his father and brothers he had ' v ii connected w'th the busy pio neer iife that lent importance to the place sixty years ago. And theirs is an interesting story. During the flight of years-the old ruins of the Cooper works have been embalmed in song and story, and every adjective almost has gone into retirement from over work in describing the scenery and weird belongings, but so rarely have historical details been gone into that stories on this line ought to have a special interest. Jacob D. Stroup is a son of the man who built the first iron furnace in Georgia. He is 76 years of age and lives at Warsaw. 111. He left Georgia in 1849. and his present visit of a month or more, the guest of his relative, H. J. Galt, and his family, is the first one to the state since 1856. He first went to Alabama. He greeted Round Mountain furnace, with which he remained as owner and manager up to the year ’sb. He theu went to Illinois and settled. Mr. Stroup wears a G. A. R. button, the fortunes of the times having car ried him into the Union army. He visited Judge R. R. Harris, at Rome, while here, the judge being a relative of his wife and his very warm friend. Mr. Stroup was much pleased with the progress of this section, remarking the superior advan** tages of this particular region. He met only two of his old in dustrial acquaintances of the long ago, one ot them being old Bill Rash, a negro brought to Georgia by his father, and Joshua Knight, at present living at Stamp Creek In his meanders he visited his father’s old home, two miles from the Cooper >monument. Here he picked some apples from a tree growing up out of the old cellar, and these he carried back to show to his family in Illinois. His father kept a tavern, and Gen eral Scott, i a trip out here dur ing the removal of the Indians, was his guest, He went out to the site of the old Laughing Gal tavern, kept by an Indian woman called Laughing Gal. She amassed a great deal of money and owned numerous slaves. The elder Stroup, whose name was Jacob also, was of the Penn sylvania Dutch. He went from that state to South Carolina, and from there moved to Habersham county, where he erected the first iron furnace ever erected in the state, making him the veritable pioneer in iron manufacturing. In 1835 he came to this locality and put up a small furnace at Stamp creek. A saw and grist mill was also a part of the original plant. When the Indians were removed in 1838, this iron furnace was in full blast, making iron direct from the ore. In 1844 Mark A. Cooper came on the scene, and Jacob Stroup, the elder, sold his interests to him and his son. Moses Stroup. Cooper was considered a very shtewd business man, with fine foresight, and beheld, as he be- T’eved, a great future for iron in this section. The Cartersville News Stroup and Cooper, in addition to putting up a furnace, went ahead and erected a flouring mill with a capacity of 150 to 250 barrels of flour a day. The mill itself was a model in its construction. Timber of the choicer kind now being no object, the inside work was all walnut. The work was by the finest workmen. ' f In 1349 a man named Wylie, from Charleston, came in and bought a third interest for his tjjgo nephews, with a view to purchas ing the whole plant if they were pleased. The Wylies not being i||jk jt||| pleased, sold back to Cooper and Stroup. Then Stroup aold out entire to Cooper. Meantime, the Older Stroup hav ing sold out to his son, went to Allatoona and erected a furnace. He died while operating that plant November 9, 1846. He buried at the old home place ar Stamp Creek. The Cooper works,at the zenith of their existence, consisted of a flour ing mill, blast furnace, foundry and rolling mill, giving out vast products that were hauled away in wagons to different points through out the country, these products being flour, pig iron, rolled bars, □ails, hollow ware and railroad iron, The iron with which the .Georgia Aad W. &. A. and Macon. & Western, now a division of the Central, was built came chiefly from these works. The force em ployed directly and indirectly about these works amounted to about a thousand people. Jacob Stroup the younger in one capacity or another was identified with all these interests. The lottery drawing, in which men in different parts drew lots in this country, known as the Cherokee purchase, attracted a great many here, among the num ber being the elder Stroup, he hav ing drawn a good number of lots. Iu addition to the purchase of the Stroup possessions, Cooper bought yet many more properties, JACOB I>. STROUP. THE RUINS. CAKTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1904. TEE CABBAGE SNAKE Little Pest Appears in Bar tow County. A VICIOUS CREATURE. Growers Afraid to Eat Cabbage from Gardens or Feed Them to Stock. The cabbage snake has made its appearance in the settlement east of Cass Station. Numerous of the reptiles, if such they be, have been found and the people have quit eating their cab bage and are afraid to feed them to stock. The snakes are described as of a white color with a red head and are in size from that of .a lead pencil down to that of a knitting needle and about two inches long. They conceal themselves in t,he heart of the cabbage and when released show themselves very vicious. John MunAird Dead. Mr. John Muntord died at his home near this city, last Friday night. He was a brother of Mr. L. S. Munford and moved from Polk county to Bartow several years ago. He was a quiet natured good citizen aucf had many friends. He went into the confederate army at fifteen years of age and deported himself gallantly and faithfully in the cause of the south. Prospective Marriage. On the 26th instant, Miss Bessie Smith will be married at the home of her brother, Dr. Howard Smith, at Cordele. Ga., to Dr. Frederick Monroe Sutton. Miss Smith is the daughter of the late Rev. Theodore Smith and has many friends in this city. finally gaining in his possessions the vast area now known as the Etewah property. “I have been to Atlanta,” said Mr. Jacob Stroup, “when there wasn’t a house there. The first was that of old Martha, the unique personage who sold cakes, and for whom the first settlement or village was called, ‘Marthasville.’ She lived in the forks of the road and I could go now and locate the place.” “You see,” said he “we would haul iron for the Georgia railroad to points along between Marthasville or Atlanta, and Augusta, anti for the Macon & Western to points between Atlanta and Macon, and our caravan consisted of from two to four big wagons with six mules to them, and one of these journeys was a sort of frolic.” “In my Alabama experience,” said Mr. Stroup, ‘‘l have seen the time I could have bought Birming ham dirt at a bit an acre. Plenty of iron men knew there was iron iu plenty there but transportation facilities reached no nearer than the Tennessee river." Mr. Stroup is a man of fine general knowledge, is of pleasing address, and bis Georgia visit was the source of pleasure to old and new acquaintances. TEE CONTRACT LET L. & N. Extension Soon to Be Built. WILL BE 80 MILES LONG ... ,a. ... The Sub Contracts Have Not Been ’ Let Out Yet—But Soon Will Be- The contract for building the A., K. and N. extension from Wet more to this city was let in the L. & N,’s main offices in Louisiana on the 15th. The extension is 80 miles long. The line is to be finished in ten months and it is said \york will begin at once. Ihe sub 'sections have not been le f out vet. COL AN DE It SON TO WED Will be Hi.l rrietl to Mis Butler, pf Tennes see, on the 25th. The following from the Madison Advertiser will be interesting news to the friends of the bride groom-to-be,' A former Cartel sville # i citizen: ‘‘Cards are out announcing the approachiug marriageof Col. Kirby S. Anderson, of this city and Miss Susie Henderson Butler, at the home of the bride’s parents, Cap tain and Mrs. William Edward Butler, of Jackson, Tenn., October 25th. Miss Butler was a teacher in the public school here last term, and is a most charming and lova THE OLD FORI). ble young lady. Col. Anderson, the groom, recently from Cartersviiie but now of the law firm of George & Anderson, this city, is one of the cleverest and most agreeable young men you will find anywhere and he numbers his friends by the wide circle of his extensive ac quaintance. Happy is the bride who marries Kirbv Anderson, and we congratulate Miss Butler sin cerely.” RECOGNIZED IN ENGLAND. Graad Ameritaa Work of Fraternal Hiatory Wanted at British Museum, The great work "Pythian His tory,” giving a history of this great fraternal order from its infancy to its present high status, writes the author Wm. D, Kennedy, of Chic ago, to Past Grand Chancellor C. M. MilaM. has received a merited recognition in England, inasmuch as an order has been received for a copy for the library of th- British Museum, the world’s greatest store house of standard authorities. The work gives due space to Georgia Pythianism. The author, Mr. Kennedy, is the best equipped man who could have undertaken such a work, possessing data that no other man possessed and being a close and long con tinued student of Pythian affairs and a loyal, zealous, active untir ing worker in the order. , .. Mr. E. A. Shaner, who has been superintending the construction of the E. L. McLain Cotton Mill for the past nine months, left yesterday for his home in Greenfield, O- Mr. Sha ner is a most affable gentleman and made many friends during his stay in Cartersviiie. " s WAS A GRUESOME FIND Dogs Bring a Woman’s Head , Into a Man’s Yard. DIED IN KANSAS. Passing Away of One of the Earlier Settlers of Bartow Caanty. Gen. John H. Rice, formerly a well known citizen of Cassville, died at his home at Fort Scott, Kansas, on October 5. His death wasdue to apoplexy and he expired in a few moments after entering the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. C. Gunn, Gen. Rice moved to Cassville in iS4s v and took up the practice of law. He- was elected a major general of the 12th division of r' ~ w :1: &.„ .. r* 1 ta CjCUI siciiC* Uiiiiuct Ovci Cui, JLy. M. Galt in 1846. He was for some time the editor Of the Cassville Standard, lie moved to in 1857 and founded the Franklin Printing House. At the clos# of the war he moved with his family to Missouri. He lived at various places in that state and was connected with various newspapers. He finally located at Fort Scott, Kansas, and became the editor and publisher of the Fort Scott Monitor. He was well known as one of the most aggres sive editors in Kansas. He was a pronounced republican and always took an active part in the politics of his state. At one time he en gaged in railway promotion and built a line from Natchez, Mis?., to LaPorte, La. He was a brother of Rev. A. H. Rice, the well known Baptist min ister.. * THE OLDEST TWINS. 'Unique Pcrsnlily of Gfbbeu Brother a, •f Missouri. Under the head of "Oldest Twins in Missouri, last Sunday’s St Louis Republic prints the fol lowing accompanied with good half tone likenesses of the two brothers: “The oldest twins living in Mis souri. and probably in the United States, are John and Hank Gib bons, who have just celebrated their seventy-third birthday at their home near Lee’s Summit. “There are some unique events in the personal history of these venerable men. They both weigh in the same notch, and in looks are almost identical —often their clos est neighbors fail to distinguish them. Their wives are own sisters. "There are nine brothers of the family living, the oldest being 94. He resides in Georgia and conducts a 2.100-acre frnit farm. The combined ages of the. family amount to 715 years, and the com bined weight 1,710 pounds. They average years in age. "The twins are are as spry and active as boys of 20, and they can catch more fish than any two boys in Jackson county. This remarka ble family came from Virginia and originally consisted of twelve chil dren nine of whom are living.” Mr. G. R. Gibbons, of this coun ty, is a brother of the two men mentioned above and one of the "twins" paid him a visit here a year ago this summer. Published in the Best Coun ty In Georgia. Old Series—2sth Year Yesterday morning the dogs be. longing to Robert Jones, an old man living on the W. & A., near the river, brought into his yard a woman’s head. The find gave rise to startling speculations, •as a tragedy behind the discovery seemed a possibil ity. but it being remembered that the head of the woman, Mrs. Leonard, killed by the cars near the place, September 4th, had never been found, it was supposed that it was hers. Investigation proved that this was undoubtedly true, and the head will be buried wit'll the body. It is supposed that the moving train carried the head, which was severed from the body, some little distance and it became dislodged and was lost in the weeds. WEEK OF PRAYER. Programme to Be Observed by Woman's Missionary Society. The following is the program for week of prayer of the Home Mission Society which will be held at the Methodist church, beginning Monday Oct. 24 at 3 o’clock, p. m: MONDAY. Mrs. Freeman leader, Topic. The United States as a Mission Field/’ Hymn—Prayer, Scripture—True worshippers, John 12, 23,24. Papers—“lmmigration” City. Problems— Our mountain and min ing population. Prayer. TUESDAY. Mrs. T. J. Christian leader. Hyinn—Prayer. Bible reading—“ Christian (Jiving.” Paper - Money-“ What Shall I Render unto the Lord for All Bene fits.” “An Enthusiastic Membership In spired by Home Mission Literature.” Prayer. Offering—“ Solicitation of newmem beraand subscribers to “Our Homes.” Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock, Mrs. Mcßhee leader. Hymn—Prayer. Scripture—The power of United prayer. Matt. 18, 19, 20. Papers: Christian education, the u-ed of the mountains, “What have we done to secure it?” Song— prayer—Asking Ood’s espec ial blessing upon this important work. Our moutain schools. Paper—What have we done for the rescue of fallen women? The coimectional work of the socie ty and “How shall we secure the necessary funds for our Connectional work. Benediction Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Sam P. Jones, leader. Topic: “The Need and Opportunity for Mission Work in our Own Local ity.” Prayer—Hymn. Scripture: “The Boldness of (Jod’s Friends.” (Luke ii. 5,8.) Papers? “The Character of Work Which Lies Within the Province of the Auxiliary.” “How Far Shall the Parsonage be Furnished and Cdred for?” “How Can the Pastor Be Aided in Building Up the Membership and Spiritual Interests of the Church?” Prayer. (Pray that auxiliaries may be helpful to pastors in every phase of local work.) I Take collection, enroll new mem bers, and secure subscribers for Our Homes. We most earnestly invite all Chris tians of the different denominations who are interested in missions to at tend these meetings. Mrs. D. B. Freeman, Pres. Mrs. C. A. Allday, Cor. Sec. “Dixie Flyer.” The N., C. & St. L. put on a through car service that went into effect Sunday, 9th, from At* lanta to St. Louis, the train being called the “Dixie Flyer.” There is a through sleeping-car service, and also free reclining chair service. The chair car goes right next to the sleeper. The train leaves here at 10:17. Miss Hattie Jones left for Mur freesboro, Tenn., Wednesday morn ing being summoned there by a tel egram stating that Mrs. Bert Sims had*been seriously burned.