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The News Cov ers its Field Like the Sun shine. 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/’ . 1 *■" " 1 L\, .. ■■:::■ r.v i-.ir. 1 . 1 ‘ 1 “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 •* tiU A J j." A TVM t• w -- - - 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