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The News Cov 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*