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\evv Series—Vol. IV—No 20
an unknown man
CUTS QUEER ANTICS
-1 Made Ilimself Quite at Home in the Gallery of the
Court House and Puzzled the Officials..
Carrersville lias for many years ap
,to visitors as a prosperous
i: ,_ city, but.it remained for an
visitor alleged to be from east
Te; lessee to see in tlxis town a bust
metropolis filled with sky serap
, l various other kinds of scrap
ers. , _
paring Monday of last week Ed
Al .rris. the colored janitor of the
~u l ; iicuse, noticed a wild looking
..dividualpassing up and down the
-•airway leading to the gallery of
rlie superior court room. Later he
detected that the air Throughout the
r portion of tjie building was
with a rare perfume. The
mellow odor of this’ perfume gfadu
,ll v filled the building and reached
nostrils of Assistant Clerk Ander
s , and recalling the fact that he
n -. is not camping in the midst of a co
factory, he began to guess at
t-i" quality of the perfume. As ..va
rans shades and hues of the odor
, ame and went Mr. Anderson was
puzzled. At first he thought it must be
~ttar of roses, but then he concluded
Pu re was a little more otter than
r - Then he wondered if a barrel or
U vo of Palmer’s Apple Blossoms had
not been emptied on the roof of Bar
row's capitol. Again he wondered if
it might not be old reliable musk
with a few streaks of Neroli running
through it.
These speculations went on for a
,la\ or two and in the meantime were
taken up bv other court house offi
cials. In the meantime Janitor Ed
Morris had noticed that the wild
looking man came and went up the
stairs leading to the gallery. Ed is
not superstitious, but there was some
nlng about the odd looking man
that made him feel lonely. One day
he mustered up courage and followed
him up the stairs. He saw the man
into a corner of the gallery and lie
£ wn. That lonely feeling came
fijK-k good and strong and Ed, when
he saw the stranger had an open ra
zor or two lying around loose he
withdrew from the perfume burdened
heights to the more home-like pre
cincts of the basement.
( )n Wednesday the board of county
commissioners met and Ed explained
to Clerk Raiden that “some sort of a
queer lookin’ somethin’ had opened
up a den’’ up in the gallery. They
looked for Sheriff Maxwell or Deputy
Tinsley and not finding either Mr.
Raiden told Ed to lead the way and
at* would go up and investigate what
harm was being done Bartow coun
ty's property by excessive perfumery
or by being used as a “den.”
Up in a secluded corner they found
ihe wild man stretched on the floor
on which he had spread some news
papers. He had near by a small
handgrip, a few rolls of paper and
other small bundles and two or three
razors.
“What are you doing here?” asked
Mr. Raiden.
"I am looking for the county sur
veyor,” replied the stranger. “I am
a civil engineer from Knoxyille, and
1 want to see the county surveyor.”
“Well,” said Mr. Raiden, “this is
no office building and Mr. Royal
Smith, our surveyor, is in Charles
ton, S. C. You can’t open an office up
here in the gallery of the court house
or sell real estate or run a barber
shop,’’and the speaker glanced at the
liberal display of razors.
"Well,” said the stranger, ‘‘l guess
you won't do any thing to me, will
you?”
"No,” replied Mr. Raiden, “I will
lot if you move along out of here,
but I will not promise you what Bob
Maxwell, the sheriff, will do when he
mes in for he is sort of fierce and
> ■ kless and does not like to smell
perfumery.”
The stranger gathered up his effects
ancl departed and has been seen no
more about the court house.
Monday night he went to the Ter
race and asked, Mrs. Rowland for
lodging. He gave her the following
card; "Hamlin J. Miller, Real Estate
and Insurance, 3§3 Gay Street, Knox
ville, Tenn.”
He told Mrs. Rowland that he was
a civil engineer and had come here
to do some work for Captain Lacy on
the new railroad. Mrs. Rowland
called up Capt. Lacy who informed
her that he did not know' any such
man. Then the stranger said he had
Coine to work for some other man
neadMapt. Lacy's works. He made
and various promises about
' hoard, but left Wednesday with
out paying anything.
He is thought to have spent one
The Cartersville News
night in his “den”'in the court house.
It seems that he spent his few days
here between his lodging place at the
Terrace and bis “den” in the court
house gallery. He appears to have
been Crazy or cranky and imagined
he had opened an office on the six
teenth floor of the Empire building
where he was prepared to survey the
landscape o ! er, sell real estate or in
surance, run a barber shop or per :
haps put the razors- to a more effect
ive use in a real estate deal.
It was discovered after his depart
ure from the court house that the pe
culiar odors came from several bot
tles of chemicals which he carried.
LOCAL RELIEF SOCIETY.
Organization for the Systematic Distribution
of Help to the Poor.
The Christian Relief Society of
Cartersville has been thoroughly or
ganized and a goodly number of
members enrolled. The meeting in
the interest of this organization at
the Methodist church was encourag
ing. A number added their names to
the list of members at this meeting.
The constitution and bv-laws were
read and the purposes of the society
explained.
The following are the officers: T. C.
Milner, president; R. A. Clayton,
vice-president, and W. C. Walton,
secretary and treasurer.
A committee of six has been ap
pointed to solicit members. Any one
who desires may become a member
by having his or her name enrolled
by the secretary and subscribing
monthly dues, the amount of which
is optional with the subscribing
member.
This organization should have the
hearty support of the people of
Cartersville. Its object is to help
those who need help and to protect
tiie public from unworthy applicants
for charity and to have this done
in a systematic way. The consti
tution provides that the society
shall be governed by an executive
committee composed of at least three
discreet persons in each ward, whose
duty shall be to investigate all cases
of need in their respective wards,
whose duty it shall be to draw on
the funds of the society, in the man
ner prescribed in the by-laws, for
the relief of such cases as they may
deem worthy ol help.
It is hoped that by the Ist of May
enough members may be secured to
commence the active work of the
society. Under this plari, when
any person applies to a member of
the society for aid, the applicant
will be referred to some member of
the ward committees and if found
worthy, help will be given; otherwise
it will be with held.
MASONS OF BARTOW.
Annual Countv Convention Will be Held in
Kingston—Date Not Yet Fixed.
The Masons of Bartow county will
hold their annual convention this
year at Kingston.
The date of meeting was fixed
some time ago for May 18,but as this
date conflicts with the school com
mencement there, the date will no
doubt he changed. When the change
is made the correct time of meeting
will be made known by the secretary
of the association Hon. W. C. Walton.
President J. F. Bowdoin, of Adairs
ville, writing of the meeting in Kings
ton says:
“The principal officers of the con
vention this year are: Hr. Joe P.
Bowdoin, W. M.; Hon. L. P. Gaines
S. W.; Hon. W. H. Lumpkin J. W.;
and Hon. W. C. Walton,Cartersville,
Secretary.
“Kingston is noted for her hos
pitality and lavish entertainment.
She rememberes the example ser by
Oassviiie last year and says if possible
she will outdo old Cassville. Be this
as it may, all who go to Kingston
will find Kingston people ready and
willing to show them their pleasure
and willingness to enterta in them at
a barbecue and basket dinner.
The Masons will meet at 11 o’clock
and immediately take up the organ
ization and routine business, election
of officers, etc.
In the afternoon at the spacious
auditorium of the High School the
public will be addressed by Grand
Master Meyerhardt, Hist. Deputy
Austin, of Marietta and other prom
inent men and Masons. Following
the public speaking, work will be
done in the Master’s 7>egreeby Grand
Master and the District Deputy, as
sisted by the committee on w'ork for
the district.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AERIE 18. 1905
USE WHO TEACH
County Association Holds
Session at Kingston.
SPLENDID PRIZES AVON.
Mrs Felton, Mrs- Granger, Prof-
Brittain and Other Notables
in Attendance,
The Bartow County Teachers Asso
ciation met in Kingston last Friday
and Saturday, and every one pro
nounced it the most enjoyable as
well as profitable meeting that lias
ever been held since its organization.
This cojuld not have been otherwise
for the fact of the hospitality dis
played by the good people of that
town and also to the fact that they
were so fortunate as to have among
them such noted Georgians as Mrs.
A. O. Granger and Mrs. W. H. Felton,
of Cartersville, Prof. Brittain, of
Atlanta, and Prof. J. 8. Stewart, of
Athens.
Immediately after the eleven
o’clock train the meeting was called
to order by the president, Mrs. N. V:
Whittemburgi
Rev. J. M. Tumi in, in his usual
delightful manner expressed to the
teachers and other visitors how wel
come they were in the town and the
homes.
The response was made by Prof.
J. 8. Carmichael, of the Euharlee
Institute, in the absence of Prof.
J. N. Jackson.
After some business a delightful
repast was spread inane of the school
rooms as it was impossible to have
the table made out under the beau
tiful and stately oaks that surround
our school building by reason of the
recent rains, but this did not detruH
Any C-om the enjoyment of the well
prepared dinner.
Atl: 30 o'clock the hall was well
filled and after delightful music and
recitations the floor was given to
Mrs. A. O. Granger, who talked upon,
“Beautifying of school grounds and
Building.” .--The suggestions that
were given will, no doubt, be of
great service to the teachers.
At this juncture, Miss Ellis, the
election teacher at Shorter College,
beautifully recited a number enti
tled “In May” which was enjoyed by
all.
Then came the address by Mrs.
W. H. Felton, on “CompulsoryEdu
cation-' The argument brought
forth favoring this movement was
fine.
The third contest in oratory was
held Friday evening in the presence
of a distressingly packed house.
It is-to be remembered that the
“banner” was taken twice in succes
sion by the Kingston High school.
A cup is also contested for by the
boys. A third prize was offered by
Mrs. Ella Clark, of Cass Station, for
the best recitation by girl or boy
between the ages of (i and 12.
There were five contestants for the
banner, three for the cup and six for
the third prize. Miss Julia Veach,
who represented theAdairsville school
was awarded the banner on her
recitation entitled, “The Soul of
the Violin.” Wallace Bibb of the
same school won the cup on his piece,
“The Black Horse and its Rider.”
The Euharlee Institute represented
by Miss Aline Johnson, was the suc
cessful contestant for the 3rd prize.
Saturday morning was devoted to
the discussions of topics as on pro
gram.
Miss Lyon, of Atlanta, who teach
es handicrafts, gave a delightful
talk upon her work.
The pleasing feature of the after
noon session was the delightful ad
dress by Prof. Brittain, supt, of
public schools of Fulton county.
His words will long remain in the
minds of those who were so fort unate
as to hear him.
This meeting is accorded by all the
best and Kingston feels proud and
greatly complimented.
Congressman Lee to Speak.
The Bartow County Cotton Asso
ciation meets at the court house next
Saturday. Hon. Gordon Lee, the
new - congressman, from the seventh
district, will be present and deliver
an address. He writes Mr. D. B.
Freeman, the county secretary, as
follows:
My Dear Sir: It will give me great
pleasure to meet with the Cotton
Growers Associaton of Bartow Coun
ty Saturday April 15. Thanking you
for the invitation I am
Yours very truly,
Gordon Lee.
T E ODD FELLOWS
Ce sbration of 86th Anni
versary of the Order.
IN TIES CITY ON 2<>tli.
Excises Mil be at the Tabernacle
—Fine \ 'Ogramme Arranged In
chdint Music and .Address-
The Ode Fellows of Cartersville
and l|artp> county, will celebrate
the the 86t> anniversary of the foun
dation of the order, in Cartersville on
April 20th at the Sam Jones Taber
nacle, is a grand style. The com
mittee appointed by Cartersville
Lodge No. 112 have performed their
duty Well. There will be eloquent
speeches—a good dinner and the Gem
City Brags Band, under the
direction of Proposer C. E. Hender
son will enliven the day with excellent
music. Hon. J, A. Hynde, Past Grand
Master of Georgia deli vers the address
of the day. The other speakers Who
appear in the programme, are equally
as good. Everybody cordially in
vited to conn: out and be the guest
of the Cartersville Lodge on that day;
you will be welcome and highly en
tertained. Come and bring your
friends and all your kin folks. It is
earnestly requested that every Odd
Fellow able to be present join in the
march to and from the Tabernacle.
Each Odd Follow who is able to is
required and expected to bring a
well filled basket. The citizens of
Cartersville are especially invited to
be present one and all.
I’ItpURAM.WK.
9A. M. Bodge session in Hall.
10:10 A. M.—to Tabernacle,
At Tabernacle,
11 A. M. Music by Band,
Anniversary Ceremony.
Officers of Lodge,
Invocation Chaplain.
Music bv Band.
Address..
Hon. T. A. Hynds Past Grand Master.
Music by Band.
Dinner
3P. M... .Concert by Band.. .1 P. M.
Song “America -- (Words op back of
Programme) . .Lodge
Benediction TV. .Chaplain.
4:30 P. M. Maxell toliaJl, Led by Band.
Visiting Odd Fellows, in good stand
ing are cordially invited to meet
in Lodge Room at 7:30 p. m.—Lodge
Session—Work in 2nd degree.
THE VETERANS.
P. M. B. Young Camp Elects Officers and Del
egates Last Saturday.
P. M. B. Young Camp of Confed
erate Veterans held an important
meeting at the court house last Sat
urday.
Officers were elected for the year.
Col. C. M. Jones was elected com
inander aim Capt. J. Robert Anderson
was elected adjutant. The other offi
cers chosen are the same as those
chosen last year with several vacan
cies to be filled in by the commander.
Delegates to the annual reunion
of the United Confederate Veterans
at Louisville, Ky., June 14-10 were
elected as follows: delegates—A. M.
Foute, T. J. Lyon, R. I. Battle and
G. S. Cobb: alternates —J. H. Cobb,
John S. Leak, C. M Jones and J. J.
Calhoun.
Judge T. W. Milner, historian for
the camp, read a very interesting
history of the Bartow Guards.
The camp adjourned to meet on
the first Saturday in May, of which
meeting the following has been
handed us as the official call of the
new commander:
ORDER NUMBER ONE.
All members of P. M. B. Young
Camp, No. 820, will meet me at the
court house Saturday, May <3, to
attend to important business mat
ters, such as perfecting the roll,
electing sponsor and inaids of honor
for the Louisville reunion and to
plan for aid to purchase a gray coat
for each veteran to wear on fu
neral and public camp occasions.
Comrades, let us stand firmly to
each other what time God permits
us to live and so conduct ourselves
that we will answer to roll call in
that world where there are no one
armed, one-legged or one-eyed men,
but all perfect, and all wars are over
with us. Please come out on the Bth
day of May. C. M. Jones,
Commanded P. M. B. Young Camp,
No. 820.
Capt. A. Gordon Cassells, of Savan
nah, has been elected lieutenant
colonel of the First (Ga.) Cavalry
Regiment.—Augusta Chronicle.
COST OF CULTURE
A FARMER VIEW
Bartow County Farmer Takes Issue With Theo Price
on Cost of Making C otto nB~ Price's Answer.
Y. M. C A. SERVICE.
Revs. Read and Mansfield, of Atlanta, Here
Sunday.
The'services in the interest of the
Y\ M, 0. A. movement announced in
last week's News were held Sunday
at the various ehurehes and largely
attended.
■Rev.'JVV. Read, State Secretary,
and Rev. W. 0. Mansfield, a member
of the State Executive Committee,
came up from Atlanta and conducted
the services. The services were in
the general interest of the Y r . M. C. A.
movement and their chief object was
to arouse Interest in the work of the
organization. The services were held
Sunday morning at the Presbyterian
church at 8:30, conducted by Mr,
Read j
At li o’clock Mr. Mansfield preach
ed at the Methodist church and at 3:30
in the afte'rnoon Mr. Mansfield held
services for men only at the Baptist
church. Sunday night a union ser
vice conducted by Mr. Read
was held at the Methodist
church. There were no services at
the other churches in town Sunday
night and as a result the Methodist
church was crowded.
The services aroused much interest
in the work of the Y. M, <J. A.
throughout the state and a liberal
collection was taken Sunday night.
Mr. Lee YVebb is the local representa;
tive of the organization and any one
who wishes to contribute to the
cause can do so through Mr. Webb
who can be found at the, store of
Adair and Webb, in Cartersville.
15 A RTOYV COL . TIAN.
Dr. Bartow Fite Elected Mayor of Muskogee,
l. T.,—Sketch from His Hume Paper.
It gives his friends in of Georgia
untold pleasure to know uf the rec
ognition of his fitness and worth that
has been accorded Dr, F. Bartow
Fite iu his election as mayor of
Muscogee, I. TANARUS., now' an up to-date
bustling place of nearly 25,000 people.
Dr. Fite was reared in Bartow county
and left here over twenty years ago
for the west, where he has been won
derfully successful. He is a son of
Dr. H. W. Fite, and brother of Judge
A. YV. Fite, of this city.
Men built Muskogee. Its present
day supremacy has been caused by
the soild, effective work of sound
men* who have had faith, not alone
in the peculiar location of the town,
but they have had a greater faith in
what they could accomplish them
selves. This phalanx of town builders
has been irresistible, and this is not so
wonderful either when it is known
what the units stand for that have
wrought this great work. One man
who has contributed as much as any
other single individual to the pros
perity of Muskogee is Dr. Francis
Bartow Fite. He has always been in
the forefront of advancement in
overy line that spells for the better
ment of the home, of the social circle,
of educational and religious develop
ment and of all and several of the
things that are worth while in this
life. His actions have been as an open
book that all might read who chose to
know r of a life tiiat has kept pace with
the best thought, the best endeavor,
the best results of all that has been
so dally, professionally and political
ly in this wonderful age of the world's
tory. His happiness and piosperity is
is bound up and enveloped in Musko
gee's prosperity. His best efforts, his
best talents, his best energies, his best
hopes are so interwoven in the woof
and warp of this town’s existence that
it has become a part and parcel of his
being. Ail of this strength, ail of this
energy, all these hopes he will bring
to the government of this city. Say ye
that he will fail in his duty from the
small things to the great things? His
life, which we all know, gives promise
of a grond future for Muskogee -
Six O’clock Closing.
We the undersigned business rnen
of Cartersville, do hereby agree to
close our respective place of business
at (5 o’clock p. m. Saturdays excepted.
Commencing May Ist, and continu
ing until September Ist, 1905.
Knight Hardware Cq.,
Adair & Webb,
Lumpkin: Bros,,
Strickland Bros.,
ScHKUKii Bros., •
J. W. Vaughan & Cos.,
Calhoun Bros.,
Madison Milam,
H. TANARUS, Bradley & Cos.
Old Series —25th Year
The ex
plains itself: Uf
Theo. H. Price, Esq., Beaver St. New
Y ork.
Sir: Replying to your eircu
tot letter of 3rd inst., I herewith in
close you cost of cotton production.
J have been raised on a farm and
know whereof J write or figure. I
have hired cotton made ani have fur
nished tenants and croppers to make
same. Indeed the 4250 farms from
which you got vour information as
producing cotton at 4:00 must be
those that make away above the
average.
There is a farm in this county that
makes double the average per acre.
The south will greatly reduce the
acreage of cotton for 1905, and 1 ven
ture to say there will be scarcely any
cotton made on average farms by
hired labor.
Respectfully,
C. S. Cox.
COST OF COTTON PRODUCTION.
Pounds
Lint cotton.
Full crop for one mule 25 acres
at 232, (1904 average) 5700
Less one fourth for rent 1425
Rem. J lint cotton 4275
At 8 1-10 cents per lb ~5346.27
By seed Less ginning bag, ties... 22.00
$368.27
To one hand 5 mo’s $75.00
To hoe labor 25.00
To mule feed 75.00
To mnle hire 25.00
To fertilize 37.00
To planting seed. ■... 12.50
To wear of wagon 10,00
To tools .10.00
To blacksmithing 3.00
: Picking 17100 lbs cotton $85.50
] $3(38.50
C, S- Cox Esq., Cass Stu., Ga.
Dear Sir: lam in receipt of your
favor of 14th inst., and am much
obliged for your interesting informa
tion.
You are of course far more compe
tent to judge concerning the cost of
raising cotton than 1 am but from
cost bills furnished me by other cor
respondents it would seem to me.
that your charges for the different
items are rather high. Feed for one
mule at $75 seems to be a pretty stiff
rate and personally 1 might only lie
induced to foot such a bill if a man,
relying on my gentlessness told me
that the mule was kept for breeding
jnti izuccD. i lie umugci? cue
also much higher than other South
Carolina, Georgia and Arkansas cor
respondents have given me to under
stand they would be.
Still 1 am ready to admit that to a
great many farmers the cost will be
much higher than that assumed in
my printed estimate. On the other
hand in new districts where no ferti
lizers are used, and land is cheap and
rent low, the cost must be much
lower than the average. Now tell me,
what has the south gotten rich on
these last six years? There has been
much industrial developments, but
much of the capital needed came
from the north and profits are also
remitted north. In the end there re
mains a source of this wealth agri
culture and notably cotton culture.
It would appear that the reduction
in acreage will not be anything like
that recommended by the N. 0. con
vention although many farmers tell
me they will curtail fully 25 per cent.
In the Atlanta Journal of 11th inst.,
I notice a letter from a Monroe coun
ty, Ga., farmer which 1 think very
interesting in the light of the resolu
tions and pledges. He says; “I have
been taking statistics in my district
and find that we are not going to
make the reduction we ought. I fear
the farmers are going to deceive
themselves and therejwon’t be the
reduction they are anticipating.”
Very truly yours,
Theo. H, Price.
It. P. CONVENTION.
Met in Home Wednesday—C. M. Milam
Chairman.
Mr C. M. Milam went over to Rome
Wednesday to attend the convention
of the Knights of Pythias, of which
he acted as chairman.
The convention was largely at
tended and a number of visiting
Knights from near by points were
present.
Mrs. Martha Akerman, of Wilming
ton, N. C. is visiting at the home of
her son, Mr. Walter Akerman.