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The News Coy. ers its Field Like the Sun shine. New Series—Vol. IV—No 2 BARTOW COUNTY’S RURAL MAIL SERVICE There Will Soon Be Fourteen Routes Furnishing Mail Free to the Rural Population, Few counties in Georgia have a better free rural mail service than Bartow. Within a tew weeks a route will be established from Al latoona, making fourteen routes in the county. One more is needed from Stiles boro and one from White’s, and when these are put on the terri tory of Bartow county will be practically covered. From the first establishment of the free rural service Postmaster Walter Akerman has been a con stant worker for the promotion of the service in Bartow. One of the first routes in Georgia was put on in Bartow, through the efforts of Mr. Akerman and Congressman John W. Maddox. More than once Mr. Akerman, in conjunction with Judge Mad dox, has attempted to put on what is known as the county service in Bartow, The county service means practically a house to house deliv ery of mail, and is the perfection, as appears now, of the free rural delivery service. To establish this service would require that inspect ors should come here and effect a complete rearrangement of all the routes now in operation and the establishment of new ones, so that every spot in the coumy would be covered. At each attempt to put on this service, the authorities at Wash ington have asked for an official county map, and, as so such map has ever been made, it has been impossible to furnish it to them. The need of such a map is imper ative to the establishment of the service, and the county authorities would do well to have one made. There are no doubt many individ uals who would be glad to pur chase a copy el such a map. and the expense of making it might be paid in this way. It is to be hoped that the way will soon be cleared for the estab lishment of the county service in Bartow, for it means more for the country population than anything that the government has ever un dertaken for their benefit. May Build to Coal Fields Several Anniston gentlemen,says the Hot Blast, are interested in a project to build a railroad from Alexandria to connect with the Seaboard Air Line, near the Coosa river. The road is already constructed for about four miles, and the contemplated addition would be about six or eight miles more. This short road would run through some of the most valuable iron ore properties in the state and it is for their development that the road is j a— i -1 j pi OjvCiC'u. TL survey UciS aii Cdil v been made and the line can be built at a nominal cost. It is the ultimate purpiose of the ones inter ested to extend it to Anniston on the south and the Coosa coal fields on the west. Citizens’ Meeting. A meeting of the citizens of Cartersville has been called for Thursday night at 7 p. m. at the court house to discuss matters per' taining to the best interests of the city. Announcement of this meeting wasmade by Judge Fiteat thecourt house Monday and it is announc ed that a large number of citizens of Cartersville are interested in the movement. One of the purposes of the meeting is to discuss the advis ability of holding a white primary for the the coming municipal elec tion. & Mrs. Jake Grogan is spending a | few days in Marietta visiting rel atives. The Cartersville News POWELL WHITESIDES. Wedding ot Two Popular Young People of Euharlee Last Week The home of Mrs. America Pow ell, of Euharlee, was the scene of a beautiful wedding last Wednes day afternoon at three o’clock, the contracting parties being Miss Annie Marie Powell and Mr. Joseph L. Whitesides. Long before the appointed hour the house was thronged with friends and relatives, for great interest was shared in this union on account of the popularity of the families. The home throughout was most beautifully and artistically decora ted with an abundance of autumn leaves and chrysanthemums, the predominant color being burnt or ange. It was a lovely scene and one long to be remembered as the bride leaning on tbe arm of the groom, entered the drawing room to the strains of the wedding march so beautifully rendered uuder the the skillful touch of Miss Louise Milam. Just inside the door they met their pastor Rev. G. T. Bourne who so impressively performed the marriage ceremony. The family of the bride was grouped to the right and to the left the family of the groom, all standing beneath a rich and gorgeous canopy of autumn leaves and chrysanthemums. The bride is the second daughter of Mrs. America Powell and the late Thos. H. Powell, of Euharlee. She is a beauty of the brunette type and is very much admired by all who knew her. Never was Miss Marie more graceful, more charm ing than on this occasion, dressed in a becoming gown of rich brown cloth and exquisite hat of velvet and ostrich plumes Mr. Whitesides is a valued attache of the L. & N. railroad. He is popular and has a most promising future before him. He formerly lived here but is now of Anniston, Ala. Among the guests we noticed, Mr. Rob Cochran, of Rockmart, an uncle of the bride. Dr. and Mrs. Turk, of Stilesboro Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Kay, of Rome, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, of Kingston, Miss Jeanie Word, of Adairsville, and many friends and relatives whose good wishes followed Mr. and Mrs. Whitesides tor the future. Dainty china, handsome cut glass and elegant silver, were in abundance as an expression of good wishes and love from friends and relatives. The gift to the bride from her mother was a handsome set of silver exquisitely carved and rich in design. Mr. and Mrs. Whitesides left im mediately after the ceremony for St. Louis for a two weeks visit to the fair, after which they will go to their home in Anniston, Alabama. A Double Wedding. *A double wedding occurred Sun day afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Dr. W. H. Felton, near town. Mr. Harry Ford and Miss Annie Holland and Mr. George Caldwell and Miss Flonnie Fold drove out to the home of Dr. Felton and asked that venerable gentleman to unite them in marriage. Mr, Ford is the local manager for the Postal Telegraph Company while his bride is well known and much admired. Mr. Caldwell is connected with the Southern Bell Telephone company and his bride is quite popular. These young people have the best wishes ol their many friends. The Cassville Baptist Church is preparing to make extensive im provements on the church build ing. Anew vestibule will be added and other improvements made. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1004. ikb , ■ ■■ |r HON. J. J. CONNER, Whose Work as Vice President of the State Fair Association Greatly Aided the Success of the Recent Fair at Macon. I. ROOSEVELT AGAIN Lee’s Majority Over Pick ett in Bartow 506, BIG REPUBLICAN GAINS Tuesday’s flection Brings Some Surprising Results—Watson’s Vote Was Very Small. Roosevelt swept the nation Tuesday and the republicans made heavy gains ia congress. Ibe vote in Bartow was light, and but little imtrest was taken in the election. Reports from the various coun ties of the seventh district show that Gordon Lee received a large majority over Rev. ■ Thad Pickett. Lee’s majority in Bartow was 506. Pickett carried Adairsville, the sixth, Pine Log, Stamp Creek and Wolf Pen. The consolidation of Bartow’s vote shows the following results: Parker 791 Roosevelt 406 Watsou 126 Swallow, Prohibitionist 12 FOR CONGRESS Gordon Lee 923 Thad Pickett ... 407 Findley, republican 6 Acworth. The following items are from the last issue of the Acworth Post: Mr. William Carter of near Al latoona cut himself just below the knee with an axe Wednesday. It was an ugly looking gash, but he came to town and had it dressed, and we understand he is doing nicely. Revs. A. J. Morgan and E. M. Dyer went over to Taylorsville Saturday to hold a general meet ing, Mr. Morgan will next year give two Sundays in each month to Taylorsville, one to Adairsville and one to McDaniel church. N. M Gomez took charge of the New Litchfield house Tuesday, November Ist. His daughter Mrs. Smith, will assist him in the man agement of the hotel. Mr. Smith, who travels for a slAe concern, is here this week assisting them in getting straightened out. Mr. Gomez for many years past has been proprietor of the Central Hotel at Rome and we hope he will richly succeed here. The Acworth friends of D. F. McClatchey, Jr., will cangratulate him on his appointment as special agent of the Southern Bell Tele phone Company. He has for sev eral years been manager of the Southern Bell at Marietta, but will hereafter make his headquar ters in Atlanta. Homer R. Me Clatchey has been made manager of the Marietta district of the company. TO LAY CORNER STONE Interesting Exercises Will Occur Next Tuesday. MASONS TO OFFICIATE Programme of Oay for Placing the Corner Stone of Handsome New Baptist Church. On Tuesday next, at 2:30 p. m. the corner stone of the new Bap tist church, on Market street, will be laid with masonic ceremonies, Tbg local lodge, together with , visiting brethren, will assemble at lodge hall promptly at two o’clock, where an emergent grand lodge will be constituted. In usual order the Masons will then march to the church, arriving promptly at 2:30, and the following order of exercises ,vill be observed: Introductions to be made by Pastor John E- Barnard. Music. Prayer. Music. Oration by Grand Master Max Meyerhardt. Music. Address by Rev. R. B. Headen D. D. Laying corner stone. Benediction. Procession in same order returns to lodge room. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Commissioner Gives Notice of Tim for Open ing Public Schools of Bartow County. The public schools of this coun ty will begin Monday, November 28. Teachers will make only one month or 20 days before Christmas, and when the month is completed prepare and forward their report for the first month of 1905 school year. Communities desiring it may by request in writing have two school terms, one beginning January, 1905, for three months and the other a summer term beginning in July or August. Applicants for teachers’ places will at once arrange their articles of agreement, showing names of patrons and number of pupils to be sent by each patron, by tne sub district school trustee of the dis trict in which the school is located, and forward same to County School Superintendent. This is necessary under school law to secure contract for the school. An examination for applicants to teach will be held December 16th, and 17th. Those not having license must be present and make a grade. The meeting of teachers associa tion for Adairsville has been post poned until January, 1905. Pro gramme will be arranged and pub lished soon. R. A. Clayton, Supt. of County Schools. THROUGH LINE WILL MISS CARTERSVILLE Louisville and Nashville to Build at Once From Whites bv Old Cooper Furnace to Marietta. CAPT. LYON’S GIFT Macon’s City Council Gives Expression of Their Appreciation of Bartow’s Minerals. The friends of Capt. T. J. Lyon are contratulating him on having won the first prize of S2OO offered tor the best mineral display at the state fair at Macon. Captain Lyon worked very hard to prepare his exhibit and his suc cess comes as the rewaid of per sistent effort. After the fair Capt. Lvon presented his collection to the citv of Macon and received from the mayor and council of that city the following letter of thanks: Clerk’s office City of Macon. Macon, Ga., Nov. 21, 1904. Capt. T. J. Lyon, Cartersville, Ga. My Dear Sir: I have the pleasure of furnishing you a copy of the resolutions adopted by the mayor and city, council at their regular meeting on Nov. Ist. Very truly yours, T. L. Massenherg, Clerk of Council. Resolved, That the thanks of the mayor and council are due and are hereby extended to Capt. T. J. Lyon for the splendid display of minerals selected from the various mines of Bartow county and which he has so generously donated to the city at Macon. Resolved, That these minerals be placed in a cabinet for preservation and that said cabinet be kept in the hall for the in spection of the public. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent by the clerk of council to Capt. T. J. Lyon at Car tersville, Ga. LETTER FROM WEBSTER. A Citizen of Walker County Unearths Epis tle from Statesman of the Long Ago. Your corespondent recently re moved to the Johnston place on the pike, and a letter accidentally fell into his hands which is of ante-bellum date, and will prob ably be interesting to many of The News’ readers. It was written to C. B. Johnston, who, before his death, was one of the most promi nent men in the state. The letter follows: “Washington, March 15, 1852. “C. P. Johnson, Esq.. Lafayette, Georgia. “Dear Sir—l recived this morn ing your letter requesting my au tograph, which I enclose herewith. “I am much obliged to you for the manner in which you speak of my late address at New York, and my .efforts in the cause of the Union. In what I have said on that subject, I have but given expres sion to my clearest convictions. The sentiments which I now hold in reference to the union of the state, are those which I have maintained through my whole life, and, with the blessing of God, they will be my dying sentiments, “I have witnessed, with much satisfaction, the results of the efforts of all true Union men in Georgia, whether whigs or Dem ocrats —all other questions sink in to insignificance in comparison with this of the Union —and I repeat here what I said at New York, 'Every man who is attached to the Union should come out boldly, and say so, without conditions, and hypotheses, and ifs, and ands, and buts. “I am your obliged fellow citizen, (Signed) Dan’l Webster.” Mr. and Mrs. Will Trippe, of Taylorsville, spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Trippe. aia ■■**&'* Published in the Best Coun ty in (Georgia. Old Series—2sth Year The L. & N. will build its line from Whites or Wofford’s cross roads, to Marietta and the through business of that road, from Knox*- ville may not enter Cartersville. The Cartersville News this week prints a notice of the resolu tions passed by the directors of the A. K. & N. iii Atlanta on Novem ber 2. The notice sets forth the object of the company which is to extend its line from Whites or Wofford’s iuGa iu iuis county to Ma rietta. The line will cross thq Etowah river near the old Cooper iron works and proceed by a direct route to Marietta. It is said that the contract for this line will be let at an early date and that the work of construction will be completed by the time the grading of the other line from here to Wetmore is finished. It is said that the L. & N. which will then have the Western & At lantic parallelled will carry its through business over the line from Knoxville via Whites and Marietta to Atlanta and that the spur extending to Cartersville may be used only for transfer purposes from the Seaboard and Western & Atlantic. It is hoped however, that this is not the case,as such an arrangement would operate to the serious det riment Qf Ca sville. FOR THE MONUMENT. Subscriptions to Shaft to Bartow’s Confed erate Soldiers up io Date Reach SSOO. The following is a list of contri butions to date to to the fund for a monument to Bartow’s Confederate soldiers: A. O. Granger $25,00 J J Caf/ioun 5.00 A. St rick bind 6.00 Mrs. M. Wilmerding .......... 1,00 % Proceed* Banter Egg Hunt, !);!.. .. 7.80 % Proceeds Strawberry Festival 17.55 A 8 Johuson 1.00 W. H. Howard. Jr,.... . 5.00 W.M. draham 1.00 Sale Fancy Works .... . 10.00 % Proceeds Ice Cream Festival 5,32 S. P. Maddox... 5 00 I). B Freeman 5.00 T. O. Roberts „ 250 T. I. Lyon 5 00 W. I. Heulmm 5.00 C. M. Jones 5.0il F. K. Calhoun 5.00 J. R. lirandon 1.00 J. E. Morris . 1.00 Start 1 ok Roberts 5.00 George S. Crouch 5 00 John W, Akin . 208.60 % Proceeds Oyster Supper 1.80 <l.O Warde .25 J. H. Gilreatli 25 J. M. Field 1.00 N. A. Bradley 1,00 J. VV. Merrell 1.00 T. ?. Tedder 25 f’alboun Bros 1.00 M. F. Word 1.00 It. L. Griffin I.CO M. Knoller .25 4 Young Bros 2.00 J. B. Smith 1.00 IV. R. Satterfield 25 A. Payne 25 W. V. Dodgens 25 J. C. Milam, Jr 50 E. Strickland, Jr 1.00 W. H. Stiles.. 50 J. M. Moon 50 John Foster 25 W. C. Oriffln ; 1.00 Children of Confederacy 3.88 Gordon Lee 10.00 Jameg W. Knight 20.00 Tiiob. W. Dodd. Texas 3.00 Bartow chapter, it D. C. contributed h V siilccS me si bers ~,,, 15.vv Jusi T. Cuayrs i.oi> Robt L. Stover ~.. 1.00 Cassvllle Chapter, U. D. C 2.00 % proceeds from Soda Fount, courtesy Greene Dtuk Cos 7.52 Mrs D. J. Guyton 1.00 I). J. Guyton 1.00 E. J. Lowery..... 1.00 N. B. Cannon 1.00 % net proceeds, Merr.v-go-round 17.57 Dr. J. S. Beasley 1.00 Bartow Chapter additional 1.00 W. H. Lumpkin 2.00 Dr. K. B, Adair 1.00 M. M. ('uuuingiiuin 1.00 N. A, V* hlte 1.00 Interest on Money First National Bank 6.33 Ladies' Minstrels 50.15 W, C. Walton 3.00 $508.37* Still Another Connection. A special from Dalton says: “It is reported here on good authority that the Louisville and Nash ville railroad officials contemplate building a line of railroad from Murray county through the upper end of Whitfield in to Chattanooga. This would be a short line and would connect with the proposed line east of Beaverdale in Murray county. It is being much discussed in Dalton for the reason that should this be done the Western and Atlantic would then be par alleled entirely from Chattanooga to Atlanta.“