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ers its Field
Like the Sun
shine.
New Series —Yol. Ill—No 51
CARTERSVILLE A COMING RAILWAY CENTER!
DIRT BROKEN ON
A., K. A N. EXTENSION
The Line Will Be Pushed Rapidly to Completion—To
Be Ready for Traffic in Ten Months.
A long train of large wagons
loaded with dust-covered grading
tools, and drawn by four mule
teacs —these evidenced the begin
nitg of the new railroad as they
ntfved wearily into Cartersville
Saturday night. It was a graphic
ind stirring picture, and marked
the starting point of new things.
This picturesque construction
train belonged to the Alabama Con
traction Company, of Anniston,
and proceeded at once to the start
ing point of the new grade, jnst
out of Cartersville.
Monday was spent in arranging
things, a camp being pitched ai
the branch near the Dr. Felton
home, and things put into condi
tion tcv begin work.
Tuesday morning the work was
commenced on the new grade, and
will be pushed steadily from now
till completed.
The Alabama Construction com
pany have subcontracted from
Williams. Wadlev and Wright, of
Macon, the original contractors,
for the construction of eight miles
from Cartersville. The entire 86
miles have been covered by grad
ing contracts, and it is understood
that the work along the whole line
will begin at once and be pushed
rapidly forward. The contract re
quites the entire grade to be fin
ished in ten months. ,
Capt..D. B. Lacey, president of
the Alabama Construction Com
pany, is here in active charge of
the work.
He has 126 mules and 75 hands.
He will have 200 hands at work
soon. Most of these will be old
hands who have been with the com
pany tor some time. This com
pany has just completed grading
20 miles for the new extension to
the Seaboard near Coal City, Ala.
A steam shovel, with its two ac
companying locomotives, will be
put to work at once in the edge of
town, where a considerable cut
must be made.
Mr. O. H. Walton, superintend'
cnt of the Alabama Construction
Company has direct charge of the
work, and is moving things along
at a lively rate.
The company will establish sev
eral camps along the line, and will
operate three large commissaries.
The road is to be built on the
most modern and improved lines.
The road bed is to be first-class, 22
feet wide and with practically no
curves where the surface permits a
straight line.
Judge Milner Home.
Judge T. W. Milner has re
turned from a two months’ visit to
the west, and is being warmly
greeted by his many friends.
Judge Milner spent most of bis
time in Denver with his children,
Mr. Thomas H. and Miss Annie
Milner. The friends of Miss Annie,
will be glad to know that her health
has very much improved since
going to the dry climate of Col
orado. Judge Milner saySrColora
do is a fine country and Denver an
excellent city, but Georgia is a
better country, by a long shot.
„ At Cass Station,
P There will be a box supper at
the school house at Cass Station
Friday evening, October 28, for the
purpose of raising money to pur
chase an organ for the Sunday
school. Everybody is cordially
invited.
Just received —two big cars strict
No. 1 Timothy Hay, to sell at a
bargain, J. E. Field & Son.
The Cartersville News
A BIG BARBECUE.
Adairsyille People Planning for Big Event
oa November v
The people of Adairsville and
vicinity are preparing for a big
barbecue on November 3d. The
last issue of the Banner says:
“At a mass-meeting held at the
store of Mr. W. J. Alexander Mon
day night it was enthusiastically
determined that Adairsville and
immediate neighborhood should
unite in a free barbecue in acknowl
edgment of the bounteous crops
and manifold blessings of the Cre
ator.
“The time fixed is Thursday,
November 3d. The place at this
writing has not been selected, but
will likely be at Lewis’ Spring or
Turner’s Spring, depending on the
weather, while there is some talk
of Poplar Spring.
“The whole of the town is en
thusiastic about the matter. Mon
ey and meat are being offered, and
no doubt it will be a success.
“No one should be neglected,
and it is hoped that all will avail
themselves of the opportunity to
give some thing. See some one
of the committee and give some
thing. The idea of a basket din
ner has been given up. So the
good women of the country need
not worry. Bread abd meat,
Brunswick stew and water, will be
plentiful. So let Adairsville and
immediate territory come out and
enjoy the day.
“It is more than likely that a
brass band will be employed ana
furnish music for the occasion.
It not, an organ and string band
will furnish music. Let every
one take hold and help it along.
It takes money to hire bands. So
help liberally when asked, and, if
the committee cannot see you, help
anyhow.
“At the meeting on Monday
night Rev. W. J. King was elected
chairman and Dr. Bowdoin secre
tary. After full discussion, the
meeting determined on our people
celebrating and taking a day off.
They went to work with a vim that
will accomplish wonders.
“Adairsville district has 2,225
people in it, and they will all be at
the barbecue, besides a few of our
neighbors.
“Three thousand pounds of meat
will be cooked. It is estimated
that this will feed the crowd amply,
as it is not expected that many will
come for over four or five miles.”
Still Buyiag.
Clerk W. C. Walton has just
completed the work of recording
the papers in the transfer of the
Etowah mining property. The
deeds from W. C. Carter, commis
sioner, to J. W. Akin and the
deeds of J. W. Akin to the
Etowah Development Company,
required many pages of the record
of deeds and made one of the big
gest recording jobs the clerk’s office
has ever had to handle.
A Courageous Boy.
A small boy living at Anniston,
Ala., proved himself to have a ood
deal of courage as well as a level
head. lie had gone to bed 'Whe®
something stung him on one of his
fingers. He got np quickly and Saw
a big rattlesnake near his bed, which
had crawled into his room in some
unknown way. The boy realized
that he was close to death and ran
and got an ax, with which he cut
off his finger just below the spot
| where the snake had struck. His
quick action saved his life, bt it
! must have taken a lot of pluck.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1004.
TBE MISSION FIELD
District Meeting Woman’s
Home Missions
OF DALTON DISTRICT
Meeting Will Hold Through Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday
—The Program- t
The district meeting of the Wo
man’s Home Mission society of the
Dalton district will be held at the
Methodist church in Cartersville
October 28th and 30th.
Following is the program:
FRIDAY EVENING.
Devotional Services —Rev. T. J.
Christian.
Address of Welcome, in Behalf
of the Church—Rev. T. J. Chris
tian.
In Behalf of the W. H. M. Soci
ety—Mrs. D. B. Freeman.
Address—Rev. Sam Jones.
SATURDAY MORNING.
Devotional Exercises.
Organization.
Roll Call of Delegates.
Minutes of Last Meeting.
Notes from the Board Meeting.
—Mrs. Davies.
Committees Arranged.
Spain: “Sm h*r#l Don’t you know that’s an infringement af my copy
right TANARUS" —St. Paul Pipneer Press.
Auxiliary Reports—Work Dis
cussed.
The Need of Home Mission
Work in the South—Mrs. B. M.
Harlan.
Elements of Success in Chris
tian Work —Mrs. Sam P. Jones.
Our Work Among the Cubans
—Mrs. J. Wyley Pope.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Devotional Exercises—Mrs. M,
M. Davies.
“Items,” Monthly Bulletin for
October.
Duties of the Superintendents of
Literature —Mrs. Pope.
How Shall We Meet the For
eign Element of Our Cities? —Miss
Mary Wikle.
The Lord’s Tenth—Mrs. S. P.
Jones.
The Young People’s Place in
the Home Mission Society—Mrs,
J, Davies.
A paper from the Calhoun Ju
veniles —Gussie Harlan, Workers’
Confeience.
Our Worx Among the Chinese
and Japanese in California.
Our Rescue Homes.
Supply Department.
Value of Kindergartens, Day
Missions, Industrial Schools and
Reading Rooms to Our Cities and
Larger Towns.
How May We Help Solve the
Factory Problem?
How Can We Best Help Onr
Pastor?
WONDERFUL IACHINE
Cartersville Man Patents
Combination Implement.
MANY LETTERS POUR IN
A Planter, Chopper and Cultivator
That May Revolutionize
Cotton Culture.
Mr. G. Harwell has invented and
secured patents for a combination
cotton planter, chopper and culti
vator. which is pronounced by all
who are familiar with it as a mar
vel of mechanical construction,
and Mr. Harwell is receiving some
very flattering offers to purchase
the sole right to make the machine.
When the machine passed the
patent office at Washington some
time ago Mr. Harwell was advised
by experts that his invention was
one of the most remarkable ever
presented to the patent office
When it was fully described by the
published reports of the patent of
fice, Mr. Harwell began receiving
letters offeringlo purchase it or an
interest in its manufacture. Those
letters came from all over the
United States and from England.
Mr. Harwell has not yet decided
what he will do, but is still in cor
respondence with parties seeking
to purchase his patent right, and if
their offers are made sufficiently
attractive he may sell it.
Mr Harwell has invented and
now has in the patent office a de
vice for locking and holding in
place the nuts used in railway rails-
This device is also highly praised
by experts. The patent right for
this device will be issued soon
from the patent office. The friends
of Mr. Harwell are congratulating
him on his success, and are hop
ing he will win a fortune out of
his inventions.
How May Members and Officer?
Make Monthly Meetings Spiritual
and Intellectual?
How Enlarge Membership and
Increase Liberality?
Shall Leaflets be Read and Read
ing Course Stqdiies?
“Our Homes,” Their Value to
Members.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Devotional Service.
Stereopticon Views of Home
Mission Work—Mrs. M. M. Davies
SUNDAY MORNING, OCT. 30, I I
O’CLOCK.
Annual Sermon.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
Young People’s Meeting.
Mrs. Daisy Quillian,
District Secretary Dalton District.
ANOTHER ROAD IS
NOW A PROBABILITY
A Line from Gainesville West and Through Carters
ville Strongly Talked Of and May be Built.
Cartersville may have another
railroad.
It begins to look like Carters
ville will become, in a few years,
one of the leading railroad centers
of the state.
Reports from Gainesville say
that the line long contemplated
from that city to Rome via Carters
ville will now likely be built by
the Southern. It will be remem
bered that, a few years ago, the
building of this line was much
talked about. Natural conditions
call for a line from Gainesville to
Rome, and sooner or later it is
certain to be built. When the line
is built Cartersville will have rail
way facilities of the highest order.
The Constitution prints the fol
lowing:
“Gainesville is to have anew
railroad. As to who will build it
cannot be definitely stated at pres
ent, but in all likelihood it will be
constructed by the Southern rail
way.
“It is to run from Gainesville
westward to a point on the Atlan
ta, Knoxville and Northern, and
thence to Rome. Iu fact, the sur
vey made last year - bv the South
ern was from Gainesville to Keith’s
ferry, Silver City, Barrettsville and
Ledbetter’s bridge, connecting with
the Atlanta, Knoxville and North
ern at either Ball £1 round, Nelson
or Tate, proceeding thence to Rome
via Cartersville.
“This would give Gainesville a
western outlet, and such a road
would develop the large and un
told marble deposits in Chero
kee county, the vast farming inter
ests of Forsyth, Dawson and Cher
okee counties, the iron and manga
nese deposits of Bartow.
“Gainesville is certain of a com
petitive eastern connection at an
early date. George J. Baldwin
and his associates, who recently
purchased the old Gainesville,
Jefferson and Southern railway
now known as the Gainesville Mid
land railway, are soon to begin the
construction of 18 miles of track
from Jefferson. Jackson county, to
Athens. Clarke county.
“At Athens connection will be
made with the Seaboard, the Cen
tral of Georgia and th# Georgia
railroads.’’
Commenting on the abore the
Rome Tribune says:
“A few days ago the Tribune
had an editorial concerning this
matter which attracted 'considera
ble attention throughout the city
and much favorable comment. We
endeavored to noint out some of the
many advantages to this section
and to the Southern that would
come from the construction of that
line. It seems to have impressed
many of the business men as a
matter of vast and far-reaching
importance, and as something that
might well be looked^itito.
“Now that Gainesville has gone
actively to work for this line it
seems to the Tribune that Rome
should join in and dd her part.
The construction of the line
would mean millions to Rome and
this immediate section. We know
of nothing that could come to pass
which would so vitally touch the
prosperity and progress of this
community.
“The Tribuue would like to
he r from the business men of
Rome in this connection, and we
would like to see a start made in
the effort to secure the much de
sired line.
“It appears to us that the hour
is at hand when Rome’s busiuess
Pnblished in
the Best Coun
ty in Georgia.
Old Series—2sth Year
men should stand shoulder to
shoulder, and make a supreme and
mighty effort, to havqthis line con
structed.”
<| LOCAL MATTERS. §>
Elmer Goode, who is working
with the Georgia Iron and Coa!
Cos. at Sugar Hill, spent Sunday
with home folks.
Luke Ginn happened to a serious
accident Saturday afternoon while
driving. He was near the Smith
gin house, when his horse was
frightened and threw him from the
buggy causing him a serious injury.
The Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist church is observ
ing this week as the week of prayer
Meeting are held eveiy afternoon
at three o’clock.
Carpets made and laid by Chap
man & Conn.
Miss Marian Brumby left Sun*
day night for Jacksonville, Fla. r
where she will spend the winter
with her uncle, Dr. Ralph Smith,
Miss Lillie Crouch left Saturday
for Chattanooga where she is spend
ing this week with Misses Jennie
arid Kate Crouch.
Miss Malinda Speir is visiting in
Sandersville.
Wanted —position as stenogra
pher, by a young lady swift and
fully competent on any kind of'
stenographic work. Address P. O.
Box 293, Cartersville, Ga. 4t
Miss Beulah Evans, of Gaines
ville, Ga., is the guest of Mrs.
Ford Mcßee on Market street.
In the market every day for cot
ton seed in any quantity. J. E.
Field & Son.
Miss Mamie Wikle has returned
from GriffinJandJAtlanta where she
has been spending several days.
The Misses Price leave Thurs
day for St. Louis they go with Mr
and Mrs. Truitt, of Atlanta.
Misses Julia Foute and Marian
Smith and Mrs. Frank Pruden
spent Saturday in Atlanta.
• A Curious King-.
A Quaker society maiden la
very proud of a ring the like of
which is probably not to be found
in this country. It descended to
her from her grandmother and was
the workmanship of a famous Paris
ian jeweler.
As worn it forms a fourfold coil
around the finger of its fair owner,
terminating iu the usual serpent
head, set with a wricked looking em
•rald. It is, however, provided with
an infinitesimal number of tiny
joints, invisible except upon the
very closest examination, out per
mitting the snake tq be drawn out
in a spiral several inches long. Al
though it has been in the family
over fifty years, these delicate
springs have not once been out of
order, luckily, since it would re
quire extraordinary skill to repair
and make them as good as when
fresh from the hands of the clever
French art jeweler. Both for its
value and as a curiosity the ring
has been very carefully handled and
treasured.
A New Welding Process.
An invention has recently been
shown in Birmingham, England, for
the seamless waiding of iron, steel
and other metals by anew process.
A flame is formed by burning acety
lene with oxygen, and it is directed
in the usual way by means of a blow
pipe. It- is said that the hardast
metals may be welded in this way aa
readily as lead. Notwithstanding
the immense heat of the flame, the ,
process does not make necessary/
the protection of the eyes by dark]'
glasses, for the mixture of oxygei
with the acetylene removes the gly
and leaves a small flame of a grej
ish blue color. —New York Time*