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V , v Series—Vol. IV—No 1:j
THE old road
VERY DANGEROUS
_ ) Declares James M. Barr, President of the Sea
board, Regarding E. & W.
~ readers of Thk Oartkrsvillk |
NKW> w i]l read with interest the j
... eu ts of president James M.
. 0 f the Seaboard Railway system
in regard to the East and West Rail-
L and the management of that
....-<y funner President John Skel*-
r()U Williams, of Richmond. The
<to rv comes from New York and says:
“James M. Barr, president of the
Seaboard Air Line, has prepared a
statement replying to the recent
attacks made on his management by
hilm Skelton Williams, arid has
mailed this statement to the stock
holders of the company. In it Mr.
Harr charges that Mr. Williams was
incompetent while president of the
company,. that he “skinned” the
property for the purpose of making
h go.d showing and that if his mana
gement had continued trains would
not have been able to run safely.
“Mr. Barr’s statement, which is
highly sensational, is, in part, as
follows:
“The East and West railroad was
nought by Mr. Williams, acting for
the Seaboard Air Line railway, before
surveys and estimates of cost were
made to determine whether or not
it could be made a part of a practic
ibie through line between Atlanta
ami Birmingham, as proposed. His
attention was called to this fact by
me in the presence of others upon the
day and immediately before the pur
chase was made. In revising its line
to secure a through 1 per cent line
between the points named, 02.24 miles
thereof were abandoned, and taking
into consideration the cost of revising
the grade line of that part of the East
and West railroad which now formed
a part of the line between, Atlanta
and Birmingham, said railroad con
tributed to the construction of such
through line only to the extent of the
value of the rail and ties removed
therefrom and placed in track on .the
•revisions thereof.
“The work of construction of the
Atlanta and Birmingham line was
ordered begun by Mr. Williams before
surveys were completed, before an
estimate of the cost was made and
before any provision was made for
money for such construction..
“The cost of the Birmingham line,
exclusive of terminals, when com
pleted, will, according to engineer’s
estimates of October 15,0904, exceed
Mr. Williams’ estimate $4,461,442.55.
or 142 per cent. This estimate xvas
made by him without any examina
tion of the country between Atlanta
and Birmingham, except such as
could be made from the rear end of
passenger train on the line of the
East and West railroad between Rock
mart and Coal City.
“I was present at the first inter
view had between Mr. Williams and
Messrs. Thomas F. Ryan and James
A. Blair, when the former applied to
the latter for aid for the Seaboard
Air Line railway. They told him they
would furnish the aid asked by him
under certain conditions. Mr. Will
iams said to me that the gentlemen
named demanded that he. Mr. Will
iams, relinquish the presidency of
the Seaboard Air Line railway and
that I take his place, and asked me
if this xvas satisfactory to me. 1
s aid, ‘lt is Satisfactory to me if if is
to you; if it is not satisfactory to you,
it is not to me.’ Mr. Milliams replied
that it xvas satisfactory to him.
“It was definitely agreed with Mr.
Williams, at the time I took charge
f the Seaboard 4lr Line railway for
its operation, that if I found reduc
tion in the cost of service could be
made by grade revisions or by pro
viding necessary facilities fur the
economic handling of business that
money would be provided therefor.
This has not been done. When I took
hold of the property in 1901 1 found it
vo be in bad physical condition, and
it was being skinned, for the purpose
of making a showing. If the methods
then in effect had been continued it
would have been impossible to move
trains safely over the road. Thew r ork
of improving the property was im
mediately begun and has been car
ried forward systematically since.
This has bee 1 done, however, with
out the support of Mr. Williams, who
desired instead that a showing be
made which wouki kicreasethe mar
ket value of the company's securities
■at the expense of the property-’ 1
Hon. Mart King, .of Adairsville,
was among the visitors to Carters
vvjlle Monday.
The Cartersville News
FARM MRS SlIOl/Ll) UNITE.
Hob. M. L Johnson Writes of Xew Orle.nis
Conyfcntiou and the County Organization.
Mr. Editor:— The New Orleans con
vention of Jan. 24th, and 26th is now a
parr of the history of our country.
It adjourned sine die on the night of
the 26th, leaving behind it a name and
a record of which every sout. erner
may and shouhMie proud.
It assembled for a purpose—to do a
work, it accomplished that purpose,
did that xvorkand passed into history.
Succinctly stated, its work done
was: Ist, agreed upon and recom
mended a way for holding the surplus
of the cotton crop of 1904-05. 2nd
That the cotton acreage for 1905,
should be reduced at least 25 percent.
3rd. That the commercial fertilizers
for 1905 for cotton should be reduced
at least 25 per cent. 4th. That the
remainder of this past crop should be
held for the minimum price of ten
cents.
This last is not the least important j
of the important work performed by |
that convention. Verily, do 1 believe
that xve should ask and get this price, |
sure it is that if xve do not, it xvill be ;
our fault. The trouble with us farm- J
ers is that we have been letting the
other felloxv price our stuff for so long
that xve hardly kno w how to do other
wise. Then generally we price too
low. I xvill not discuss this further
now, although there are many sug
gestions which might here be made
xvell Worthy our consideration and
our practice.
There xvas much else done by the
convention of vast importance to us
and xvorthy of our utmost considera
tion and study and xvhieh I hope to
have the privilege of calling your at
tention to in the future. It is enough
just qow that our whole attention be
directed to the thought of and the
work of carrying into effect the first
Jour headings of this article, holding
cotton, reduction of acreage and fer
tilizers and the price of cotton ten
cents. The accomplishing of these
four things necessitated the conx r en.
tion —called it together. Having done
its work, all that it can or could do,
it places on you the future work. It
has discharged well its responsibility,
will you do yonrs equally as well?
That you willl I fear not. The three
last, theivaAuction of acreage and fer
tilizer and the price of cotton are de
pendent on each other. Reduce the
former and the price of your cotton
is obliged to go up. Fail to reduce
and it is bound to go down. You
have already proven that you will
‘•‘hold,” let the world know, prove
that you can and will—nay! that you
have reduced and nothing save a cat
asthophe, can keep the remainder of
the crop below ten cents, there ought
not to be a bale sold below. I’m not
advising, I am simply telling you
what will happen if you will do your
part. If you fail to rise equal to the
responsibility and fail in your part,
cotton will go very much lower.
There has been no hesitation, there
must be none. The farmers never
have failed to rise to any emergency.
They will not fail. Remember that
we have a prospective surplus (accord
ing to the government) from this crop
of from three to four million bales and
to provide for its sale, we should not
make over eight million bales.
I would stress one thing further.
Remember it is not what we all do.
but it is what I do, what you do,
what each individual does. It is an
individual responsibility. Let each
do his part, and our southland will
be saved.
In conclusion I will say. I trust
every district held its local meeting
last Saturday and began, its work of
organization. Have it as nearly done
as you can by next Saturday, the
18th, and let’s have each report from
each district at our county meeting
at that time. I presume each district
named its delegate for the county
meeting. If not, please do so. Also*
let every one who ean attend the
county meeting, and by your pres
ence and help in every way rush this
work to completion at as early a
day as possible.
M. L. Johxsox, President
Bartow County Cotton Growers'
Association.
Notice.
Hunting strictly forbidden on my
farm knbwn as the H. F. Price, W. E.
Puckett farm.
Ale Truitt.
2t
CA KTEIiSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 <5. 1905
VAST PROSPERITY
Iron, Steel and Coal In
terests.
THINGS LOOKING UP
Prophetic Words Regarding Pos
sible Trend of Capital
Southward
•>
Reviewing tin* great prosperity
prevailing throughout the iron and
steel interests of the country, the
Manufacturers’ Recoid points out
how this is reflected in every* part of
the south in the development of coal
and iron properties and in the trend
of capital southward for investment,
in the enlargement of pig iron produ
cing capacity, as well as in tlie build
ing of enterprises to turn the iron
into the finished product and in the
opening of anew coal territory. Ex
tensions of railroads through Green
brier county, West Virginia, are re
ported to hax*e opened up x r ery great
ore territory which will be developed
oma large scale by a company recent-
ly organized to build in that section a
200-ton furnace, xvhile the same com
pany proposes to build a 100-ton fur
nace at or near Lynchburg for utili
zing the high-grade ores of Pittsyl
x-unia county, Virginia. Nexv York
and western capitalists have also
purchased ;t large iron property in
Virginia, idle for some years, on
xvhieh it-is proposed to make large
expenditures looking to putting it
into active operation again. In other
parts of Virginia and West Virginia,
as xvell us in Tennessee, a number of
iron and coal enterprises are reported,
while Alabama continues to attract
great attention. The recent purchase
of tlie controlling interest in the
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron
Company by the International Pow
er Company of New York and Boisse
x'ain & Company, bankers of New
York and Amsterdam, will still fur
ther tend tp develop activity in the
iron and steel interests of the state.
The International Power Company
controls a number of large engine
building works and other manufactur
ing enterprises of New England, in
cluding the George H. Harris Corliss
Engine Works of Providence, the
Green-Wheelock Engine Works of
Worcester, the AmoskeagPire Engine
Works of Manchester, N. H., the im
mense ordnance plant at Bridgeport,
and at the same time holds the largest
block of stock in the American Loco
motive Company, which wasorgan
ized by the International Power Com
pany. Whatever may be the final
outcome of the purchase of the Ala
bama Consolidated, in which, how
ever, there will be no change of man
agement, it is quite certain that soon
er or later a number of the big ma
chinery enterprises of New England
will be moved to the south in order
to get nearer to the scene of raw ma
terial. This is but another illustra
tion of the southward trend of indus
trial development. New England,
buying its pig iron in the south and
turning it into engines and other fin
ished products, ships it back to the
south with double freight added.
Now that the question of basic-steel
making on a large and profitable scale
has become an established fact, that
state will become the radiating point
for great industrial interests which
will make Alabama as important to
all the business interests of the whole
South as the vast iron and steel inter-'
ests of Pennsylvania have been to
the middle and New England states.
in this connection it is interesting
to quote a prediction made some years
ago by Col. A. K. McClure, the vete
ran editor of Philadelphia, who after
an investigation of the iron interests
of Alabama wrote as follows:
“It is idle for Pennsylvania and
other great iron and coal-producing
states to close their eyes to the fact
that we have reached the beginning
of a great revolution in these products.
No legislation, no public policy, no
sentiment, can halt such a revoltion
when the immutable laws of trade
command it, and the sudden tread of
the horde from the northern forests
upon ancient Rome did not more cer
tainly threaten the majesty of the
mistress of the world than does the
tread of the iron and coal diggers of
Alabama threaten the majesty of the
iron and coal fields of the north.
These lessons come upon us as plain
as the noon day sun, and it is mid
summer madness not to read them un
derstandingly. We can not war with
destiny: we can not efface the benefi
cent gifts of Him who lead )the waters
to the seas and sends them back in
the dews and rains of heaven. Ala-
II DEPOT WAR.
Fai. ; mount Citizens Trou
bled About Location.
TO liuril) SINGLE TRACK
L- 4 N. Wanted to Buy More
1 Land But Balked at Price
Asked by Citizens-
The citizens of Eairmount are wor
ried about the prospect of losing a
depot at that point.
It seems that when the L. A N. be
gan the work of locating its right of
way some of the citizens gave the de
sired right of way to the company
through their iands, on the under
stan ling that the road xvas to do cer
tain things and that a depot and such
other facilities as were needed he lo
cated in the village of Fairmount.
The company first secured a strip two
hundred feet wide on the south side
of ShJacoa creek and it xvas thought
the depot, would be located there.
BuPit seems that later the plans of
the road were changed and an addi
tional hundred feet xvas asked for on
the-north side of the creek, extending
Through the village of Fairmount.
When the owners of this additional
right of way were approached it is
said they named prices the road con
sidered too high. It is said by the
citizens this price xvas asked because
of failure of the road to do what had
been promised on the other side of
the creek.
The request is thut the road has
ordered, so it is said, that only a sin
gle track be built through Fairmount
and the inference is that no depot
xvill be erected in the village. It is
supposed, hoxvexer, that one xvill be
erected at some point near the town.
It is supposed, however, that the
citizens and the road xvill get togeth
er uid that the town xvill yet have Its
depot, and the road also get what it
.waits. • *
W V/• HANKS.
Tliey Give $10,000.00 to Southern Cotton
Growers Association.
When the cotton men of the south
met in New Orleans, on January 25tli
there met xvith them a committee
from each Bankers Association in the
southern states, and so enthused did
these bankers become, in the effort of
the farmers to hax r e a better price for
their cotton, that these representa
tives of the banks subscribed as a gift
to aid this movement, ten thousand
dollars, to be paid into the hands of
the cotton growers association by
February 25th.
There are fourteen cotton growing
states, and in these states there are
4,478 banks and they are all cheerfully
responding to the call made upon
them, for their pro rata share.
The First National Bank of this
place lias already remitted tlie
amount called for, as shown by the
following letter.
Cartersx-ille, Ga., Feb.-14, 1905.
Mr. J. D. Walker, Sec. Treas.
Sparta, Ga.
Pear Sir:--We hand you herein our
draft on Hanover National Bank,
New York, for your assessment on us
in response to the call made by your
committee for our pro rata share in
the bankers contribution to the Cot
ton Grower’s Association.
Tliis movement has our hearty ap
proval, and it gives us pleasure to
make this donation for the benefit of
the farmers.
Respectfully,
Geo. S. Crouch, Pres.
Negroes to Haog.
In Floyd superior court the other
day Courtney Baker and Sutherland,
both colored, were sentenced to hang
on March 7. The negroes seemed per
fectly unconcerned as'to their fate.
The hanging will be held in private,
and only a few will lie allowed to
witness it. Sutherland killed two
negroes at a dance and wounded two
others by firing into a crowd. Baker
killed his wife some time ago at Cave
Spring. The supreme court affirmed
the decisions of the lower court in
both cases.
bama has been gifted far beyond even
our boasted empire of Pennsylvania,
and the time is at hand when a lartte
portion of the great iron and coal pro
ducts of the country which enter com
peting centres will be supplied cheap
er from Alabama than from any state
in the north.”
What is true of Alabama in iron
and steel is equally as true of other
parts of the south in other resources
as compared with the north, and
e\ery profitaoleenterpri.se started in
any southern state adds to the
progress of the whole south.
GROUND TO DEATH
IN A LOG WASHER
Horrible Late of Bob Dover at Bartow Mines on
Last Saturday Afternoon.
FA KM Fits MEET.
District Meetings Yield Preparatory to the
County Meeting Next Saturday.
T-he farmers of the Cartersville
district met at the courthouse
day and began the xvork of practically
and effectually reducing the cotton
acreage and tlie use of fertilizers.
The meeting was-presided over by
John 8. Leak, chairman, and R. M.
Pattillo xvas made secretary.
Speeches were made by Capt, T. J.
Lyon. Hon. J. J. Conner, Levi Shaw,
James Gilreath and others, and the
sense of the meeting xvas that the
farmers of this district act cordially
and fully with the plans and aims of
the Southern Cotton Gmxvers associa
tion.
The following committee xvas ap
pointed to see the cotton growers of
the district and secure pledges from
the farmers to reduce the acreage
this year: J. S. Leak, chairman; Levi
Shaw, R. Walker, James Layton,
Thomas Mansfield, It. M. Pattillo
and 11. L Kineannon. This commit- *
tee will see the farmers this xveek, j
and on next Saturday xvill report to j
the meeting to be held at the court!
house in Cartersville for the purpose !
of consolidating the results from all !
the districts in tin* county. All the !
other districts held similar meetings
Saturday, and it was expected that
reports from all the districts will be
made to the county meeting Satur
day. At that meeting the results
xvill be consolidated and forwarded
to the headquarters of the associa -
tion.
KTHARLEK DISTRICT.
Pursuant to a call from the county
organization, a goodly number of
farmers met at Euharlee Saturday,
.February 11, and were called to order
by B. H, Dodd. ,j
On motion R. *H. Dodd was made
permanent chairman and H. H. Mi
lam secretary. The following reso
lution was adopted:
Resolved, That we, tlie farmers in
mass meeting assembled, do hereby
endorse the action of the New Or
leans convention with regard to the
reduction of tlie acreage in cotton
for 1905, and also the reduction in
the use of fertilizers, as stated in said
convention. We further urge the
farmers to hold on to their cotton for
some time and we will realize a fair
price for the same.
The result of the meeting showed a
reduction of 33 per cent in acreage
and fertilizers. A committee con
sisting of M. C. Nelson, C. A. Dodd
and A. I). Owens was appointed to
secure pledges and report at Carters
ville next Saturday.
R. H. Dodd, Chairman,
H. H. Milam, Secretary.
Grand, Spectacular.
The magnificent Drury Lane spec
tacle, “The Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast,” announce and to play at the
Grand Opera House in Atlanta, is
gaining more popularity with play
goers at every performance and con
tinues to meet with capacity houses
everywhere it is presented. Many
elaborate productions have been
made by various managers, but none
of them have approached this pres
ent wonderful fairy spectacle. It
might be termed a series of specta
cles by reason of its lavish scenic
display, its wealth of gorgeous cos
tumes, of which one thousand are
worn, and its splendid ballets, group
ings and stage pictures, all of which
follow swiftly on each other with in
creasing brilliancy. There are seen-.-s
which do not simply show you their
magnificence, but fairly hurl their
magnificence at yon. One is called
the “Dream of the Year,"’ in which
the ballet of the “Four Seasons" is
introduced, and it is doubtful if a
more exquisite effect has ever been
realized on any stage. Over two
hundred persons are in the stupen
dous cast, besides one hundred me
chanics, carpenters, electricians and
property men.
Music Club.
The Music Club will hold its regu
lar meeting with Mrs. Susie Freeman
Abbot, Saturday, February 18th, at
3 o’clock.
The programme for previous meet
ing will be rendered. All members
are requested to be jfresent, as plans
for the year and other important bus
iness wi'l be discussed.
Mart Lu Wiklk, Pres.
Old Series—2sth Year
Ground to death in a log washer
was the terrible fate which befell C.
Dover, familiarly known as Bob Do
ver, at Bartow Saturday afternoon.
No more tragic deatli ever occur
red in Bartow county. Mr. Dover
bad been working in the mines of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com
pany at Bartow for four or five years.
He was about thirty years of age,
and had a wife and five children.
It is said that he and some others
had been drinking Saturday after
noon. He went to Number One
Washer, which was being operated
bv his brother, and, approaching too
near the machine, staggered and fell
into the revolving teeth. The log
washer is a contrivance made from a
log, into which are drix-en huge spikes
or luggers. These luggers pass be
tween other stationary luggers and
stir the ore while water flows through
it and washes .the dirt from the ore.
r lhe huge luggers caught the body
of the unfortunate man and ground
him to death. His limbs were broken
horribly and his body fearfully cut
and torn. He was removed from the
machinery and died soon after.
He was buried Monday at Olive
Vine. His family has the deep sym
pathy of all their neighbors.
HAPPY M YIUtJ YGE.
Miss Dodd and Mr. Dent United in Matri
mony on the Bth.
The marriage of Miss Pear Dodd
and Mr. Fritz Dent occurred on the Bth
inst., at the residence of Mr. and Mrs,
J. C. Dodd.
The occasion was a bright spot in
the social calandar of that part of
Bartow, in spite of the fierce weather.
At two o’clock p. m. a few of the rela
tives and friends of the contracting
parties were gathered in the parlor',
The slop and slush and gloom out of
doors mad# the beauty and warmth
and cheer within the bouse a very
welcome contrast.
At half past t vfo o’clock the room
which had been darkened was lighted.
The weddinar march was then played
by Miss Maude Brandon, of Oak
Grove, when the bride and groom
marched in and took their stand.
The bride wore a beautiful tailor
suit of blue, with poture hat to match.
The couple made a decidedly hand
some appearauce.
Rev. J. M. Tumlin, of Kingston,
officiated, with a very appropriate
and solemn ceremony pronouncing
them man and wife, after which by
the wedding march they crossed the
hall into the drawing-room, where
they received the congratulations of
their relatives and friends.
Present at the wedding were: Mr.
and Mrs. N. F. Powers, of Floyd
county; Mrs. E. It. Martin, Messrs.
Carey and Arthur Dodd, Misses Eddie
and Sarah Dodd, of Lin wood; Miss
Lucile Dodd, who has been attending
school at Columbus, Ga., and Miss
Louise Dodd, Col. G. M. Isabelle, Mr.
A. T. Dent, Mr. G. B. Dent, Miss
Emma Dent, Mr. J. W. Tinsley, Jr.,
Mr. Frank and Miss Maude Brandon.
The happy couple, accompanied by
the bride’s sister anti brother, Miss
Louise and Carey Dodd, returned to
the home of the groom, where a de
lightful six o'clock tea was served,
after which they assembled in the
parlor, where all enjoyed music. The
music was rendered by Miss Dodd,
Miss Blanche Cunvus and Miss Moon,
of Cartersville.
Ac-worth Item*.
The following items are from the
last issue of the Acworth Post:
Editor Bernard Awtray. we un
derstand, has sold the Cobb County
Courier and will retire from the man
agement of that paper after this week.
M. A Goodwin passed through
Acworth Wednesday emoute to Car
tersville, where he will move his fam
ily and accept a position with Strick
land Bros.
Professor Noyes held the public
school together until Wednesday,
when the weather forced him to beat
a retreat and the school was suspen
ded for a ciav or two.
John W. Lee was in Cartersville
the latter part of last week to visit
Lis brother, James W. Lee, whose
son has been very sick with pneu
monia, but is reported improving.
The spring term of city court meets
on the second Monday in March.
The outlook is considerable business
will be disposed of.