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VOL. IV.
MEETINGS AT THE
GREAT TABERNACLE
Unusual Crowds, Entertaining and Impressive Sermons
at the Great Annual Gathering.
Sam Jones still despises a dull
time. The tabernacle meetings are
urnishing “hot stuff” for those who
attend. And everybody, with his
family, is attending.
The meeting started last Sunday
with a rush. Atlanta, Rome, Dalton,
Ceilartown and all intervening
points, furnished full delegations,
while the home folks turned out in
a body. For an opening day it was
perhaps a record breaker. At least
..',OOO people were on the hill.
Monday the rain came and reduced
the crowds materially, but resulted
i a an overflow of farmers and their
families Tuesday, as the farms were
too wet to work.
Tuesday night the tide was very
high, both in attendance and interest.
Bam Jones held the reins and, like
Jehu of old, “drove furiously.” He
preached an hour and twenty min
utes, and there wasnt a slow second
in the whole performance.
Mrs. Annie Laurie Cunyus, at the
opening of the Tuesday night ser
vice, sang a solo, “Im Coming Home
Tonight” with great tenderness and
sympathetic expression. The song
settled and stilled the audience. Its
effect was softening and formed a
fitting prelude to a sermon on
“Repentance”
The text was, “Men ought every
where to repent.” Mr. Jones said
there were different kindsof repent
ance and he proceeded in a breezy
and picturesque way to make an
analysis.
1 The repentance of Pharaoh,
when the plagues fell on Egypt;
illustrating the repentance of insin
cerity and deceit.
2. The repentance of Saul, when he
violated God's command and gave
asexcuse that he “feared thepe<?ple”;
illustrating the repentance of cow
ardice.
3. The repentance of David, when
Nathan pointed the accusing finger
and said “Thou art the man,” and
David cried out “I have sinned;”
illustrating the repentance of re
morse.
4. The repentance of Job, w’hen
on the .ash bank he cried “It were
better that I had never been bom;”
illustrating the repentance of defeat
5. The repentance of Peter, when,
after denjting his Lord, he “went out
and wept bitterly;” illustrating the
repejutauoe.of regret.
6. The sepentance of Judas, when
after betraying Jesus, he “went out
and hanged himself”; illustrating the
rejientance uf despair.
7. The repentance of the Prodigal
Son, wheai he “ came to himself' 1 in
a far country and resolved to return
to his father’s house; illustrating
the repemtaaioe of deep and sincere
reformation.
The sermon was such as no other
man on earth couftd preach. It was
pregnant with Sam Jonesisms from
start to finish. He said things
that it would be unaafe for any other
man to say, and yet hack of his quips
and criticisms was a pathos that won
his hearers and compelled their
sympathy.
Under the head of the “repentance
of cowardice” he dug up the politi
cians from top to bottom. Beginning
with Teddy he eauie down the line to
the marshal of Carters viile, saying
just what he gentlemanly pleased”
about the whole push.
Cowardice, he said, was the curse
of modern politics, and the fear of
the j>eople was the “booger" that
threw the average little pot-leg poli
tieian into conniption tits.
Theodore Roosevelt was character
ized as the most popular and prob
ably the greatest living American.
The “big stick” and the “square deal”
ind the collossal back bone had put
the president in a class to himself.
“And when I say this I want you
to understand, bud, that I’m no more
a republican than I'm a nigger. But,
•tod bless you, I love a man who is a
•nan and ain’t afraid to do right,
(tod give us men with courage, and
backbone and independence.”
Joe Folk, of Missouri, and Governor
LaFollette, of Wisconsin, came in for
compliments just here. “I'll make a
prediction,” said Mr. Jones, “that
either Folk or LaFollette will follow
Teddy as president.”
Then the Georgia politicians “got
it In the neck.” Bless your life how
heOiid score the gang from start to
P The way he talked about the
governor was simply terrific. “He s
The Cartersville News
the smallest, cheapest, dirtiest,littlest
politician in the whole dirty bunch.
I wouldn’t let my rat-terrier pup as
sociate with anything so little.”
Then glancing over at the News ed
itor he said, “That’ll do to put in the
paper.” (But the editor really thinks
it was too strongly put and should
have been modi fled.)
The local gang in Cartersville got
it good and strong. He excepted the
judge of the superior court, in a way,
but crawled up on the necks of the
solicitor-general and the sheriff good
and hard about pulling “negro crap
shooters and poor white trash,” while
the elegant loafer, who “boarded
with his wife,” and the rot-gut blind
tiger gang went unwhipped of jus
tice.
Mr. Jones referred with sneering
ridicule and unrepressed laughter to
a raid made by “brave guardians of
the law” one night recently on the
negroes at a near-by railroad camp,
when a bunch of them were pulled
for crap shooting, and the solicitor
and the sheriff wanted to assess the
boss of the camp S3OO for the gang.
According to Mr. Jones the boss de
clined the proposition with thanks
and the boys pleadingly inquired,
“how much will you give?”
“Why, bless your souL,” said Mr.
Jones, in an outburst of indignation,
“if I was the boss of that bunch of
niggers and caught a sneakin’ little
bailiff or a one-hoss deputy sheriff
prowlin’ around my camp trying to
get evidence to levy blackmail on me,
I’d coolly take a shot gun and show
him the road. Yes, I would.”
Then he lashed the town marshal
and touched up the mayor and city
council. “I’m told there are eight
or ten places in Cartersville where a
f ellow can get a drink, and that some
of the police force are pretty fond of
it. A police officer who drinks
whisky aint fit to poliee a hog pen,
and a mayor and council who put
him in office and keeps him there are
worse than he is. I mean that.”
There was spiee and sparkle and
impudence and protest and pathos
and warning and jest and tears and
loving remonstrance and tender ap
peal all mixed up in the sermon. But
the essence of it was repentance and
an appeal for reformation, manhood
and Christian living. At the conclu
sion men and women flocked to the
front by the hundreds, pledging
themselves to a better life.
The scene was touching and thrill
ing. It is believed that no other
man on earth could have delivered
such a blistering, bold, unsparing
denunciation of his people and almost
in the same breath moved them to
such willing and prompt response to
his appeal for repentance.
Then in conclusion he turned again
to Mrs. Cunvus and asked that she
repeat the solo, “I’m Coming Home
Tonight.” She came forward and
began to sing at once. It was late
but the great audience was still tense
and alert. The tenderness and mel
ody of her voice floated on the still
air like a soothing, persuasive pres
ence. Every word rang true and
clear- It was thrilling, touching,
melting; such a scene as one witnesses
rarely,in a life-time.
The services continue with un
abated interest.
Double Wedding.
The home of Rev. C. A. Allday was
the scene of a double wedding last
Sunday morning. The contracting
parties were Mr. Thomas Looney and
Miss Bessie Gray, Mr. John Mize and
Miss Rosa Gourley. Both couples
were united by the same ceremony,
Mr. Allday tying the double knot in
his usual speedy and felicitous manner
li was not a runaway affair, but the
two couples quietly came down from
the village at the cotton factory,
where they reside, and were married
in the parlor at Mr. Allday’s home.
Adairsville High School.
The following is the programme for
the commencement exercises of the
Cherokee Baptist High School, May
21-23.
Sunday', 10:80 a. in. commencement
sermon. Dr. S. Y. Jamison,
Monday, 8:15 p. m., graduating ex
ercises, address by Hon. A. S. Clay.
Tuesday, 10:00 a. m., annual elocu
tion and declamation contest.
Tuesday, 8:15 p. m., exercises by
graded and college departments, con
cert by music and elocution depart
inent.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1905.
HYDROPHOBIA VICTIM
Horrible Death of a Young
Man at Pine Log.
Bite of a Dog More Some Months Ago
Causes Rabies to Develop Last
Week—Agony of Victim.
Hydrophobia has claimed a victim
in Bartow county.
Young Clifford McClure died at his
father's home near Folson last Thurs
day.
The circumstances of his death
were both tragic and pathetic. Mr.
McClure was a young man of sp.en
did promise and good family who
went west a few months ago to win
his fortiine in Texas.
Early in the spring he was attacked
one evening as he came in from his
work on the farm by a ferocious dog.
After a terrific struggle he succeeded
in driving the dog away, but not un
til he was frightfully bitten on his
hands and arms.
He hastened to Denison, Texas, ]
where a “mad-stone” was applied to
the wounds and adhered until it was
hoped the poison had been removed.
But Mr. McClure decided to return
to his father’s home at Folsom, and
came there several weeks ago. Act
ing under the advice of a local physi
cian, he went to Atlanta for the pur
pose of taking treatment at the
Pasteur institute, but for some rea
son failed to get treatment and re
turned home.
His wounds healed nicely and he
expressed the belief that he was en
tirely well. But on Saturday before
his death symptoms of hydrophobia
began to develop. The sound of run
ni jg water made him frantic and he
could not drink it without convul
sions.
Mr. McClure grew' worse until it be
came necessary to tie him to the bed.
When the paroxysms came on he de
veloped giant strength and could not
be held without the aid of strong
new sheet- rolled and tied across his
■ohent, stomach and iower limbs. His
sufferings were frightful. But there
were lucid intervals in which he
grew calm and talked of his condi
tion w'ith composure. He realized
his condition and told his father he
was prepared to die. Before his
death oju Thursday he grew compar
atively quiet and the end came with
out special suffering.
The neighborhood was greatly
stirred by this tragic death, and in
tense sympathy is felt for the be
reaved family.
A RELIGIOUS TEACHER.
Work of Miu Newton Among the Moun
tain Population.
Miss Lucy Styles Newton, who vis
ited her sister, Mrs. James B. Con
yers, here last winter, hag gone as a
missionary of the “American Inland
Mission,” under the supervision of
Drs. Edward Guerrant and J. W.
Bachman, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
This mission is composed of eighty
six thousand square miles of
mountain region and plateau of the
Blue Ridge, Alleghany and Cumber
and mountains.
These mountain tops and valley
lands are inhabited by over tw r o mil
lions and a half of people—some of
noble ancestry.
Miss Newton writes that “tens of
thousands of them never saw a ehureti
or heard the gospel. My heart
aches and my tears will come at the
awful condition of these people. Not
a Bible nor a Christian do we find in
large districts. The very heathen
are at our doors. Beyond these moun
tains beckoning hands and beseech
ing voices cry, Come over and help
us. May’ God bless and prosper
this noble young woman, who turns
her back on pleasure and comforts
and a life of ease to consecrate it to
her Lord.
We rejoice with Mrs. Conyers, her
sister, who bids her God speed in this
u'Arlr _
A Macedonian Sunday.
Sunday was communion day at
Macedonia. A large crowd attended,
and the singing was especially fine,
conducted by Mr. J. S. Abernathy
and Mr. Jim Knight. Rev. Bard
Abernathy delivered an excellent
sermon Sunday morning to the con- 1
gregation.
The house was crow’ded all day and
people stood in the doors and in the
yard, and the surrounding groves
were alive with buggies and wagons, j
The basket dinner on the ground
was abundant and most delightfully
served. Quite a number from Car
tersville attended and the day was
much enjoy’ed.
HIE COTTON GROWERS
County Association Holds
Splendid Meeting.
Hon. Seaborn Wrigh!, of Rome, Will
Deliver an Address to the Body
Thursday Night, May 25.
The Bartow' division of the Southern
Cotton Association held a meeting
at the court house last Saturday at
noon. The attendance was small
but those present manifested a lively
interest in the association.
President M. L. Johnson of the
Georgia division was present and
urged the importance of gathering
full and accurate statistics at the
earliest possible date as to actual
cotton acreage and use of fertilizes.
On his motion the chairman was
authorieed to appoint a committee
to get this information, which was
done
Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Rome,
was present try invitation, for the
purpose of making an address on the
object of the association, but ow'ing
to the small number present it was
decided to postpone his address until
Thursday night, May 25th, at 7:30
o’clock, when Mr. Wright w'ill
; speak at the court house in Carters
ville
Attention was called to the fact
that Bartow county had not done
| its part in giving financial support
|to the state organization. Practical
talks fin this line w ere made by Jas.
H. Gilreath, Levi Shaw and Scott
Dodd
Adjournment was taken till Thurs
day r ight May 25th, w'lien Seaborn
Wright will speak. His address will
not 1 * to farmers only but to busi-
ness enand working men generally
and i cordial invitation is given the
pj|b! to hear him.
yMfSS MARGARET SPEIR.
Well n Young Lady Succumbs to
Fever.
, weeks illness from ty
phWd f<\ ver Miss Margaret Speir
died at her mother’s home in Carters
ville last Saturday afternoon, at 4
o’clock, and was carried Sunday’
morning to Canton for burial.
Miss Margaret was nearly fifteen
years old; a beautiful and talented
girl, just verging into attractive
young womanhood.
She w’as the daughter of Mrs.
Margaret A. Speir, and of the late
Dr. James A. Speir.
This was a peculiarly sad death,
taking from the family circle its most
cherished member, from the high
school one of its brightest pupils,
and from the Baptist church and
Sunday school a most lovely and
devoted Christian worker. Miss
Margaret was especially talented in
music and art and gave promise of
a most accomplished and useful life.
Her death brings grief and gloom to
many hearts. The sympathy of the
whole city goes out to the bereaved
family.
GOOD LADY DIES.
Mrs. Ann Dallas Passes Away at Home
of Her Daughter, Mrs. Shelman.
Mrs. Ann S. Dallis, mother of Mrs.
P. S. Shelman, died at the Shelman
hotel in Cartersville, Wednesday
morning at 3:15, after an illness of
three are four weeks. The remains
will be carried to LaGrange for inter
ment, leaving Cartersville this morn
ing at 10 o’clock. There will be a
brief funeral service at the Shelman
hotel this morning before the arrival
of the south bound train to which
the friends of the deceased and of
Mr. and Mrs. Shelman are invited.
Mrs. Dallis was seventy eight years
old and had spent her life at La-
Grnnge until a few years ago when
she came to Cartersville to reside
w.th Mrs. Shelman. She was a
member of the Methodist church and
a beautiful Christian character. She
loaves one son, Mr. lieorge T. Dallis,
of LaGrange, and one daughter, Mrs.
Shelman, of Cartersville, surviving
her.
Death, of an Old Citizen.
On the morning of the 4th inst.,
Thomas J. Rogers quietly passed
away at his home near Rogers’ Sta
tion. He had been greatly afflicted
for years and bed-ridden for the last
four and one half years.
He fought through the civil war in
the confederate army, and carried
scars of many battles. He had for
many years been a member of the
Baptist church at Cassville. He was
77 years of age, a brother of R. L.
and M. M. Rogers, of this county.
The remains were interred at Oak
Hill cemetery.
AN INJUNCTION WAS
REFUSED BY COURT
First National Bank Building Injunction Case is Heard
Before Judge Gober Last Saturday.
HE HELD HER HORSE.
How Beauty, in an Unconscious Tilt
with Dignity, Won Out.
Judge Augustus W. Fite was hur
rying from the post office to the
court house last Monday morning to
meet an important court engagement.
Several prominent lawyers were
waiting on him and lie was already
late.
As he w r as about turning the
Bradley corner a handsome coun
try girl drove up in front of Bradley’s
store. The judge, always courteous
and polite, and ever considerate of
the obligations due a pretty woman,
lifted his hat, smiled graciously and
was about to pass on.
The good-looking girl, unconscious
of the dignity of the distinguished
gentleman and the importance of
the engagement that called him to
the discharge of high official duty,
cheerily called out, “Mister, won’t j
you kindly hold my horse for a min- j
ute while I run into the store?” And
almost before the judge could reply
she had tossed him the reins and
tripped into the store.
It was up to the judge and he took
his medicine like a man. It was a
picture for a kodac, to see Judge
Fite holding that horse for a quar
ter of an hour, while the girl bought
a yard of ribbon and daintily flirted
with the clerk, and while the law
yers at the court house “chewed the
rag” and cursed the judge for being
late. That smile on the judge’s face,
as he passed for a hitching post, was
a study. It got stuck on his face
somehow and would’nt come off for
an hour, although it was a weak,
sickly looking smile that had no joy
in it.
DIXIE BARREL WORKS.
INew Cartersville Industry Now in ’Full
Operation.
The Dixie Barrel Works, in Car
tersville, are now in full action.
Barrels are rolling out of the factory
at the rate of three hundred per day
and plans are already made to in
crease the daily output to one thous
and.
Mr. C. H. Buquo, the manager of
the Cartersville plant, is a trained
man and knows every practical de
tail of the barrel business.
Flour barrels, potato barrels, ochre
barrels and slack barrels of ail kind
are b-ing made, and the demand is
greater than the supply.
The Dixie Barrel Works have coo
perage plants at Dickson, Tenn.,
Iron Hill, Tenn., Hortense, Tenn.
The Cartersville factory is the last
one located and will be one of the
best.
The hard wood In this section at
tracted Mr. Buquo to Cartersville.
He now employs about one dozen
hands and expeets to increase his
working force to 25 or 30.
Cartersville welcomes these small
manufacturing enterprises. The j
more we can get the greater the pay
rolls and the larger the money cir
culation.
In a short time a mill will be lo
cated in Bartow county for sawing
out barrel staves and heads to supply
the local cooperage plant, thus tak
ing the raw material and turning it
into the finished product. Carters
ville is in the public eye now and
will continue to grow.
BRANCHING OUT.
Clifford Lime and Cement Cos. Erecting
Plant at Griffin.
The Clifford Stone and Cement |
Company, located at Clifford, near |
Kingston, in Bartow county, has j
recently established an extensive I
branch crushing plant at Griffin.
The company ha? a contract for
furnishing ballast to the central rail- |
rood.
Incident to the establishment of
this plant, the Griffin Concrete, Stone
and Brick Company with a capital
stock of #25,000, has just been organ
ized and charter applied for, with
Mr. W. P. Larrainore, of Cartersville,
as one of the principal movers in the
new enterprise. This company will
furnish concrete, rock and brick to
contractors and builders.
It is a source of local pride and
gratification that Bartow men and
enterprises are reaching out into
new fields and aiding in the material
development of Georgia.
The agony is over.
The injunction sought by Jones vs.
Crouch has been refused by Judge
Gober,
The splendid new bank and office
building at the corner of Main and
Erw'in streets will go steadily for
ward.
The man with the tape line and
measuring rod is temporarily out of
a job.
The case of Jones and Crouch will
go down in history as one of the ex
citing incidents in the life of Carters
ville.
Judge Gober remarked from the
bench last Saturday that he had
never tried an injunction case which
had been so fully prepared and in
which every detail had been so care
fully presented.
There were pleadings by the cord
and affidavits by the cart load. Old
records had been ransacked for
maps, surveys and street corners.
Old citizens had been interviewed
and memories taxed for locations of
ancient buildings, old fences and lot
lines. There was swearing and
counter-swearing, affidavits and
cross affidavits, “cussing and dis
cussing.”
Men had been up before day and
out before sunrise with line and rod
measuring streets and corners lots
and storehouses, until the man
without a measuring sti'ing or a tafre
lineonMainor Erwin street was a
| rarity and looked positively lone
some.
But the case reached a climax
Saturday before Judge Gober who
gave the day to a patient and pain
staking hearing of every detail pres
ented. After the evidence was all iu
and Mr. Conyers, as attorney for
Jones, had made the opening argu
ment, Judge Gober very prompily
! announced his decision refusing the
Injunction without ever hearing
from the attorneys for Mr. Crouch.
He said there was no conclusive
evidence of the original lines of Erwin
street, but the best evidence obtain
able showed that the Croucn build
ing was located practially on the
same site as the Gilbert building,
and that everybody had acquiesced in
this location for nearly half a century.
He thought the plaintiff had failed to
make out a good prima facie case
of encroachment on the street by the
defendant, and that the showing
made by the defendant had clearly
shown his good faith.
An order was signed refusing the
injunction and declining to grant
any restraining order.
It is sincerely hoped this will end
the case. Everybody wants the
building to go up and further litiga
tion will be regretted. Both sides
had a full, fair showingand presented
the facts clearly. Judge Gober
heard the matter patiently and im
partially reached a decision promptly.
Now, altogether for Cartersville!
Watch the town grow. Everybody
pull for prosperity and development.
Henderson Resigns.
County Commissioner Henderson
has resigned his position as whipping
boss at the Sugar Hill eonvict camp.
It will be remembered that “Citi
zen” in last week’s News questioned
the legality and propriety of a coun
ty commissioner holding the position
of whipping boss at a convict camp
that was subject to county super
vision.
This criticism was aimed at Mr,
! Henderson and probably had some
thing to do with his resignation of
j the position held at the convict camp.
I No one seems to have questioned the
honesty or good faith of Commission
er Henderson, but many have doubt
ed the propiety or good taste of
one man holding the two positions.
His resignation relieves the situation
and satisfies all parties.
Culpepper Griffin Hurt.
Dr. W. C. Griffin was called to Rome
Saturday in response to a message
that his nephew, Culpepper Griffin,
who has been attending the Boys’
Industrial school near Rome, was se
riously hurt. It appears that Cul
pepper was riding a bicycle and ac
cidently collided with a wagon. He
received a severe fall, fracturing his
collarbone. Dr. Griffin brough; the
young man back to Cartersville and
he is now doing nicely. It iehoped
he will be fully restored in a. few
weeks.
NO. 25.