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New Series—Vol. IV—No 1
SOME FACTS ABOUT
STARTING A RAILROAD
Mrs. Felton Writes Entertainingly of the Beginning
of the New Line by Her Home.
I have watched the beginnings
of a good many undertakings in
my life, but I have never before
witnessed the initial effort, or seen
the very first of a railroad. Across
our branch, and two or three hun
dred yards from our front gate
there are camped tonight some
thing over two hundred men with
a hundred mules and tomorrow the
•first fresh shovel of dirt will mark
the beginning of anew railroad
from Cartersville to Wetmore, in
Tennessee, owned by the Lousville
and Nashville railroad.
The contractors are here with
all their machinery, scrapes, shov
els, picks and othei things peculiar
to the building of railroads, and
the beginning will be
made.
I have always desired to be near
enough to a railroad to see the
trains go by every day. We have
had a local railroad passing
through the planta ion for more
than twenty years, but I could not
sit in the door at home and see the
wished-for railroad —a full-fledged,
many-train railroad go by, but it
is coming now and I am as pleased
as a child with red shoes to watch
the preparations for starting. For
nearly a mile and a half these rail
road makers will dig in our land
and make “fills” and “cuts” to pre
pare the track for iron rails, and
it is going to be a first-class rail
road, and we are hoping to see it
in fulloperation within ten months
or a year. For fifty years I have
walked and ridden horseback over
the same soil into which the rail
road picks will be thrust tomorrow
for the first time. It seemes to me
as if everything has been suddenly
jerked ahead and with the great
new McClain cotton factory almost
ready to start its engines, within a
couple of miles of us, and a tele
phone line passing at my front
gate, and a letter box with free
delivery at the same place, I seem
myself to be pushed along very
rapidly in the same way tow’ards
the very things I have wished for
and longed for during a half cen
tury of earnest, hopful wishes and
longings.
We have been as generous to
the new railroad as we know how
to be, and if there is anything in
such a welcome to encourage these
railroaders, then they will be as
helpful to usas their business will
allow, so honors will be easy and
everybody will be satisfied, for
“alls well that ends well” in the
building and running of a modern
railroad we trust and hope. The
line from Tennessee to Cartersville
will run almost due south, near the
eastern limits of Murray, Gordon
and Bartow counties, and the sur
veyors say it is the levelest stretch
of country imaginable for a rail
road, to be located so near great
hills and mountains.
These surveyors have been going
to and fro since early spring, loca
ting the railroad, but now the
diggers, the mules and the steam
shovels and the scrapes are here to
begine actual work in the dirt to
morrow.
In one place on our plantation it
will pass a spot known to us as the
“Indian grave.”
I wonder what that old savage
would say if he could speak and re
mark on the progress of the world.
When his remains were laid to rest
there was an unbroken forest all
about him. and his birch canoe floa
ted down the silvery Etowah, and
he went to corn dances on the Coo
sa wattee and Conasauga streams in
those days of yore, and he got
bruised at famous ball plays, and
The Cartersville News
maybe cut scalps from the pale
faces when opportunity offered.
But he had no thought of rail
road and the roar of an engine and
the rush on the iron rails would be
anew thing under the sun to this
old Chrokee Indian whose resting
place we have protected for so long
a time, and whose dust has been as
safe hitherto as if he was the Father
of his Country instead of an un
lettered Indian savage.
P. S.—The railrroad started on
time and the rush of mules and
drivers was entertaining. We went
over to the beginning place and
saw the first railroad dirt moved
from a hillside to the flat land be
low. Nobody eats aHy idle bread on
this new track and we earnestly
hope the road will be a blessing to
this community.
This beginning wasmade in plain
view of Mr. Joel Hurt’s Iron Belt
railroad, which crosses Pettit’s
creek inside the limits of our
plantation.
The hill on which the first dirt
was moved is a twin to the hill
from which Mr. Hurt digs iron ore
six days in the week. Perhaps
there will be some iron ore found
on the new railroad, and should
there be a mine discovered there
will come along a furnace, maybe
a foundry, one of these days.
A,U{I if the Southern railroad cuts
across lots from Gainsville to Rome
then there will be more railroads,
more mines, more furnaces and
foundries, and the more the merrier
unless all are merged ento one
system and methods are dictated,
by only one mind for a selfish pur
pose.
Starting a railroad is a big un
dertaking. The trees must come
down, the stumps mnst come up,
the rocks must come out and the
building stone must go in; so it
goes, day in and day out, until the
last rail is laid down, the last cul
vert completed and the last spike
driven. Then the mules and plows
will give place to the engine and
cars.
BARN BURNED.
Mr. B. C. Sloan, of Cassville, Sustains Losses
From Destructive Fire
The large barn belonging to Mr.
B. C. Sloan, who lives at the old
Dr. Hardy place at Cassville, was
destroyed by fire Sunday night,
and all the contents of the build
ing lost.
The fire started about 7 o’clock
Sunday night, and the building,
which was filled with dry hay, fod
der and other such matter, burned
with great rapidity. In the barn
were five fine mules, two hundred
bushels corn, fifty tons of hay, sev
en thousand bundles of fodder,
besides wagons, buggies and much
farming machinery, tools and other
things. Nothing was saved. All
the mules were lost. The build
ing itself was new and costly. The
entire loss amounts to something
like $3,000, with no insurance.
Mr. Sloan has the sympathy of
every one in his heavy loss. The
cause of the fire is unknown, but
is thought to have been incendi
ary.
Mr. Gilreath’s Barn Burned.
The barn belonging to Mr. Geo.
Gilreath on Main street was de
stroyed by fire Sunday night.
In the barn were buggies, har
ness, feed stuff and other articles,
two horses and a few cattle. One
horse and a few cattle escaped, but
a very fine mare, an animal very
highly valued by Mr. Gilreath and
his family was lost.
Mr. Gilreath estimates bis loss
at S7OO with only S3OO insurance.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER . 1904.
NEW BAPTISTCHURCH
Corner Stone of Structure
to be Laid Tuesday.
MASONS TO OFFICIATE.
Dr- R. B- Headden, of Rome, Will
Deliver the Oration of
the Occasion.
The laying of the corner stone
of the new Baptist church will
occur on the afternoon of Tuesday,
November 15th,
The exercises will be under the
direction of the Masonic fraternity.
Hon. Max Meyerhardt, grand mas.
ter of the state, will conduct the
exercises, which will be partici-
THE “KNOW IT ALL/’
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“Now, if I were Kuropatkin”—
pated in by a number of Masons
from the Cartersville and other
neighboring lodges.
Rev Dr. R. B. Headden.of Rome,
has been selected to deliver the
the oration, and the occasion prom
ises to be one of rare interest.
The exercises will begin at 2:30
in the afternoon. There will be
placed in the corner stone, besides
the usual articles contributed by
the Masonic fraternity, a roll of
the membership of the church, the
names of the former pastors and
the present pastor, a copy of th
minutes of the last church confer
ence and the minutes ot the Geor
gia Baptist and the Southern Bap
tist conventions.
Barlow 7 and Wilson’s Minstrels.
Were the curtain of time rolled
back and the performers of twenty
five years ago to appear on the
scene, what a revelation would
last night’s performance have been
to him. How he would have won
dered at the simplicity of arrange
ments of his day, and the magnifi
cence of the drapery of the present,
when a little burnt cork and a
banjo constituted a performer,
while now it requires all the pres
ent grandeur of a collossal attract
ion, like Barlow and Wilson’s
Minstrels, to satisfy the public.
Every aggregation has its stars,
but none cast their rays brighter
than do Barlow and Wilson’s
magnificent aggregation of star
performers. —New Orleans Daily
Picayune. In Cart rsville Thurs
day, Nov. 3.
Clay and Lee.
Among the visitors to Carters
ville Monday were Senator A. S.
Clay, of Marietta, and Hon. Gor
don Dee. of Chickamauga.
Senator Clay was here to meet
his friends and Mr. Lee was here
looking after his race for congress.
Both Senator Clay and Mr. Lee
are quite popular in Bartow county
and their friends are always glad
to see them.
MISSION CONFERENCE
Women of the Home Mis
sionary Societies Meet.
THE DALTON DISTRICT.
Interesting Meeting at the Metho
dist Church—Excellent Pa
pers and Good Report-
The Woman’s Home Missionary
Conference of the Dalton district
met at the Methodist church in
Cartersville on last Friday evening.
The meeting of the conference
brought together many ladies de
voted to the work and every ser
vice was much enjoyed.
Rev. T. J. Christian led the de-
votional exercises and welcomed
the ladies in behalf of the church.
Mrs. Freeman in behalf of the
auxiliary.
Mrs. M. L- Troutman, of Gain
esville and assistant corresponding
secretary, of the north Georgia
Conference, responded in her inim
itable way.
We were disappointed that on
account of sickness Rev. Sam
Jones could not be with us. Mrs.
Davis was absent on account of
sickness. •#
Mrs. Troutman was with us, and
we knew the meeting would be a
success, with our efficient District
Secretary Mrs. Quillian presiding.
Saturday morning delegates from
Dalton, Ringgold, Calhoun, Car
tersville and Tunnell Hill respond
ed to roll call.
Mrs. Felton was introduced and
spoke gracious words of cheer,
stressing the needs of education
for our boys and girls in the moun
tain districts. The reports of the
a?ixi!lnrv wnrt nrn
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gressing.
Mrs. Sam Jones emphasized that
the great reason for lack of interest
in the meeting was our unwilling
ness to devote the time for prepar
ation of our Bible study and our
great hurry, not willing to spend
more than one hour at these meet
ings.
Mrs. Troutman who has always
something helpful to say, told us
of the great importance of our
Bible study and the great need in
our every day life.
GIVING.
Mr. Barnard made a very im
pressive talk on
ting to us so clearly by giving our
dollars here, we were laying up
treasures in Heaven.
"Elements of Success in Chris
tian Work” by Mrs. Sam Jones
was pronounced a most able and
excellent paper.
Mrs. Cunyus told us ‘‘How we
could help our pastor in building up
VERDICT FOR $1,700
AGAINST BARTOW CO.
The Estate of Bennett Conyers Wins War Time
Bond Claim in the Superior Court.
BIG LAND DEALS.
Bartow County Farm* Chance Hands at
Fine Prices.
At public sale Tuesday Watt H.
Milner receiver of the estate of J.
W. Harris, sold at public outcry
the Harris farm near the Douthit
bridge on the Etowah river for
sl4,o<x> to Mr. Nick Adams.
This is a very fine farm and con
sists of about 700 acres.
Another big land deal occurred
a few days when Mr. W. P. Burge
sold his magnificent farm on Rac
coon creek to Taff Brothers. The
price paid is said to be $20,000.
This is one of the finest farms in
north Georgia and the Messrs
are to be congratulated upon se
curing it. The Taff brothers have
made a remarkable success farm
ing. They have by close attention
to business by push and determin
ation accomplished things of which j
any man should be proud.
the membership” in a forcible man
ner, and we trust our members,
will heed her suggestion.
A MEMORIAL.
The Home Mission Society will
build a surgical ward in the Flo
rine McEachern hospital in honor
of Mrs. Fannie Clark.
OUR BULLETIN.
The reports show that the local
papers in this district kindly pub
lish items when furnished with the
same.
How to Meet the Foreign Ele
ment in Our Cities,” by Miss Mary
Wikle, evinced thought and study
and listened to with great interest.
We were so sorry that more of
our women did not attend these
meetings and avail themselves of
the opportunity to learn of this
great work. Mrs. Troutman truly
says when our hearts are in the
work there will be no lack of inter
est nor of workers or money to
carry it on.
There were fine papers on our
schools lead by Miss Fincher, of
Dalton, Mrs, Davis, of Calhoun,
Miss Susie Harlan on the Florin
McEachern Brigade.
Mrs. Troutman spoke to the
children of this brigade Sunday
afternoon when three of our brig
ades delighted the audience with
recitations, Rebecca Knight, Jan
ette Christian, Fessie Bradley.
OUR PASTORS.
During our week of prayer and
our district meeting, words cannot
express our appreciation of the
presence and helpful word of en
couragement of Revs. Mcßee,
Christian, Allday, Barnard, Cleve
land, Messrs. Kilpatrick, Walton
and others.
Messrs. Charles Milam, T. H.
Wikle and W. C. Satterfield, for
their aid in the stereopticon views.
Messrs. Miller and Norton, and
Miss Rosa Aubrey in assisting our
choir with sweet music. And oh!
how we thank Rev. Cofer for his
sermon to us and to our loved pas
tor who preached so ably for us
Sunday evening.
The women of the Home Mis
sion Society appreciate the sweet
songs of Mrs. Cunyus, who is al
ways so willing to help us in our
work, and to Mrs. Pyron who
played so sweetly for us.
Tierce—Shelton.
The wedding of Mr. J. W. Tierce,
of Sugar Hill, and Miss Ida
Shelton, of Adairsville, was sol
emnized at the home of the bride’s
parents Monday evening. October
31, Rev. A. J. Morgan, of Acwoith,
officiating. The couple left on the
night train for Chattanooga, and
from thers will go to St. Louis.
I'u hi i shed in
the Best Coun
ty in Georgia.
Old Series—2sth Year
The adjourned term of Bartow
superior court met Monday. Judge
W. M. Henry, of the Rome circuit,
was present and presided, Judge
Fite being disqualified in the mat
ters taken up at the opening of the
session.
The first case was that of the
estate of Bennett Conyers versus
Bartow county. This case, which
grew out of a bond claim against
Bartow county, created during the
civil war, has long been in the
courts. It has been tried several
times, and has been carried up to
the supreme court and again
brought back for trial here. The
trial Monday resulted in a verdict
against the county for $1,700.
This case has a long and inter
esting history. During the early
years of the war between the states
Bartow, with many other counties,
issued bonds for the purpose of
supplying the families of the ab
sent soldiers with needed supplies.
Bartow issued $200,000 of these
bonds, and they were taken up by
various parties. The Tumlin es
tate holds a considerable amount.
Among those who secured these
bonds was the late Bennett Con
yers, who sold the county three
thousand bushels of corn, and took
county bonds to the amount of
$9,700. The matter thus stood for
many years, was finally brought
into court and passed and repassed
between the superior and supreme
courts, until the present trial,
which has given the claimants a
verdict for $1 700.
It is not known whether the case
will again go to the supreme court
or whether the amount will be paid
by the county authorities and the
matter disposed of. All the other
bond issue has been disposed of
in one way and another, and the
Conyers claim is the only one
standing against the county. The
plaintiff was represented by J. B.
Conyers and Bennett Conyers, of
Atlanta, and the county by R. J.
McCamy, A M. Foute and J. Hj
Wikle.
Will Soon Move Here.
It will be good news to the peo
ple of Cartersville to know that Mr.
Geo. W. Brooke and family will
soon move from Atlanta and make
their home on the Crenshaw farm
which Mr. Brooke lately purchas
ed.
Mr. Brooke is connected with
the Etowah Milling Company and
is an experienced grain man. Mrs.
Brooke was formerly Miss Jones
of Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Brooke
will be warmly welcomed to Car
tersville.
Election News Display.
On the night of November Bth
election bulletins will be displayed
free at the court house by the
Southern Bell Telephone Compa
ny. A large number of subscrib
ers have arranged to secure the
opera house, where the Western
Union Telegiapu Company will
display bulletins. Only those who
have subscribed to the fund for
this purpose will be admitted to the
opera house. The telephone bul
letins at the court-house will be
free.
Opening of the Schools.
The teachers in the public
schools ot Bartow county will open
their schools on the first Monday
in December, unless otherwise or
dered by the board of education at
the next meeting on November Bth.
l‘he first Monday in December is
the date fixed for opening the pub
lic schools, and this will be o e
unless ihe board changes its mind