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VOL. XXIV.
CARTERSVILLE’S
GREAT COTTON MILL
Some F acts About the Best Equipped Most Modern
Manufacturing Plant in the South.
An hour spent at the village and
cotton mills of the American Textile
Company in north Cartersville a few
.days ago revealed a story of improve
ment and progress that was .amazing.
In company with Paul Gilreath,
the progressive mayor of Cartersville.
who was largely instrumental in lo
cating this splendid plant in Bartow
county, we had a full and free op
portunity to see what has been and
is beingdone by' the Textile Company.
The view was refreshing and in
spiring. Things are coming to pass
■up there with surprising strides. As
one building is finished another to
begun. While one improvement to
being completed another is being
planned.
Less than tw r o years ago the pres
ent site of this great Bartow county
enterprise was a red hill slope, with
only a barn in the field and a modest
farm house on the hill. .Now it is
the finest and most modern manufac
turing town in the south.
This is not mere newspaper talk.
The statement is made deliberately.
There are many larger cotton fac
tories and many more populous vil
lages than the Cartersville establish
ment. But for beauty of location;
excellence of buildings; completeness
of equipment; convenience of ar
rangement, and provision for the
comfort, pleasure and improvement
•of operatives, there is nothing in the
south to compare with the McClain
Mills.
It is worth a hundred mile journey
to see what has already been accom
plished by these progressive people.
They do things. There is no blow
and bluster; no begging for donations
nor asking for favors. They pay for
what they get, and spend their own
money in their own way. They are
proud of their plant and pleased with
their location, believing it to be the
prettiest place for a cotton mill ever
picked out in this country.
Mr. W. M. McCafferty is the suner
inte&dent and the local head of the
American Textile Company. He is
tlie man in charge and looks after
every detail of the great Bartow
. ountv enterprise. A quiet man is
Mr. McCafferty. He moves about
the place in his shirt sleeves, saying
little but seeing everything. Now in
tne office, now in the commissary,
now in the mill, now about tlie vil
lage, now out on tne farm; speaking
a quiet word here, giving a sharp
order there, calling to a laborer yon
der, studying plans in the office,
climbing to the top of the new school
building, meeting strangers, greeting
friends—busy, busy, busy all the day,
from six in the morning to six in the
evening. A practical, patient, re
sourceful man, is Superintendent
McCafferty, who knows his business
thoroughly and performs it to the
minute.
The main factory building is full
of machinery and vibrant with ac
tivity. The whir of spindles and
click of looms is turning cotton into
cloth with magical swiftness. About
twenty-five bales of cotton per day
are used, or an annual consumption
of something like 8000 bales. This
will increase as the working force is
filled in.
Mr. Paul Gilreath says he was told j
by the representative of the Lowell
Manufacturing Company who in- j
stalled the machinery, that the Me-I
Plain mills had the most modern and
most perfect equipment ever placed
in a cotton mill of this kind. Also
that Mr. McClain was one of the very
few men who had ever paid spot cash
for the complete outfit of his mill.
Everything about the place moves
like clock-work, and every labor-sav
ing device and every provision for
comfort and convenience of em
ployes is provided in this mill. It is
really amazing that machinery can
be invested with the apparent intel
ligence of a human being.
The homes provided for the em
ployes of the McClain mills are mod
ern. well built, conveniently arranged
residences. There is not a sorry
house in the village, and remarkable
to state, no two ot them are alike.
In most factory towns there is a
sameness of architecture and a simi
larity in buildings that becomes tire
some. Every home looks alike.
There is a machine made appearance
in every thing. Individuality is lost.
Not so at the Textile Company s
town. Each home is different. Each
family have a house of their own.
A thorough system of water works
The Cartersville News
has been installed and every home in
the village is supplied with pure,
sparkling water by a hydrant lo
cated at the door. A water tower
has been built with a pressure that
will throw water over the mill buildr
ing. A regular fire department has
been organized and equipped with
hose and reel. Every' building has
fire protection.
A fact of much importance to. Car
tersville in this connection is that
the factory village could help us
fight a fire in our town, and in case
our water gave out theirs could be
turned on through the main con
neeting the two places.
Eleetrie lights now brighten the
factory village. Arc lamps have been
erected at alternate street corners
and every part of the town is well
lighted. The streets are paved; the
sidewalks laid out; a large park has
been planned; shade trees have been
planted, and no detail that will make
an attractive and comfortable vil
lage settlement has been neglected, j
The factory store is a model of con
venience. It is compact in arrange
ment and yet there is no crowding.
Light and air 1 each every department.
The cash carrier system is the latest.
A post office has been fitted up with
a private lock box and a key for each
family.
A combination school house, fra
ternity hall, library, gymnasium and
church is now under construction
and will probably be comple ed by
August 1. The building is of pressed
brick, 60 by 100 feet, three stories.
The basement floor will be devoted
to playrooms for the children anla
gymnasium. The second floor will
be the school department, with class
rooms, cloak rooms, etc. The third
floor will be a large auditorium with
a seating capacity of 800, besides a
| stage and private rooms for lodge
figures, fraternity, paraphernalia, etc.
This auditorium will be used on Sun
i day for sacred services, such as
! preaching and Sunday schools, and
also during week nights for lodge pur-
poses, lectures, literary entertain
ments and other educational services.
This new building stands on a fine
elevation and the top floor commands
a splendid view 7 of the surrounding
country.
It is the purpose of the mill com
pany to dedicate this building to ed
ucation and religious purposes for
for the benefit of their people. It
will be equipped with heating and
lighting fixtures and made comfort
able for both winter and summer.
A graded school will be maintained
for six and probably for eight or nine
months of the year. Blackboards,
desks, library and all modern school
fixtures will be supplied. Masons,
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and
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MAMMOTH COTTOX MILT OF THE AMERICAN TEXTILE CO., CARTERSVILLE.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, I!K)5.
fOfi IHE NEK CHURCH
Dirt to be Broken Tuesday
for Methodist Edifice.
Interesting Service of Song and Speech
to Which the Public is
Cordially Invited.
It will be interesting no* alone to
the members of that denomination
but to the entire public, to-know that
next Tuesday dirt will be broken for
the proposed handsome new house of
worship of the Methodists.
It is proposed to make the-occasion
peculiarly interesting andiimpressive
and a very fitting programme has
been arranged. The public is cordi
ally invited to be present..
The exercises will be on the site of
the new building, will begin at nine
o clock and the following, is- the pro
gramme:
Opening Song 132.
Reading scriptures and prayer by
Rev. G. W. Duval,
Some remarks by Rev. FTml Mcßee.
Breaking dirt.
Closing song !546.
Benediction.
other secret orders can meet there.
A lyceum lecture course will perhaps
be installed. All religious denomina
tions can hold service in the audito
rium, and a Sunday school will be
taught every Sunday.
It is gratifying beyond measure to
note the substantial and thoughtful
provisions being made for the physi
cal, moral and mental development
of the village by the practical and
far-seeing proprietors of this great
enterprise. Those who carry their
families to the village seeking em
ployment can procure work at living
wages and also give their children
the benefit of comfortable homes,
pleasant surroundings and good edu
cational and religious advantages.
It is understood that the capacity
of the mills will be doubled in the
near future, which means the doub
ling of the size of the village in houses
and population. There are already
four or five hundred people there and
others are moving in daily. Ten
new residences are now under con
struction and others are being plan
ned. Few of our people really under
stand the greatness of this cotton
mill tntorrrise nr what it may mean
for our county. It is such industries
as this that make a country great.
Mr. McClain and Mr. McCafTerty
have asked no special favors in com
ing among us. They have ample
capital and prefer to pay fair prices
for what they get. They appreciate
the advantages of this locality for
their business and are proud of their
plant, which is in every way the best
ever built in the south. Their pur
pose is to make it as near perfect in
every detail as money, experience
and favorable surroundings can pro
duce.
SOME TIGERS CAGED.
Whisky Seller Makes Use
of Court House.
The City Officials Have Been Busy and
Quite Successful In Pulling
Violators of Law.
Blind tigers are being killed almost
every day in Cartersville.
They are different sizes and show
different degrees of vicioutmese.
These short-sighted and savage
creatures have grown bold to reck
lessness in their depredations about
the city, and a large- sized specimen
actually made his den in the base
ment of the court house.
It is gratifying to note that Mar
shal Satterfield and his deputies have
showft diligence in following these
dangerous tigers 1 to. rover and no
less than four have been captured
within the week.
One was pulled at the court house
last Thursday and Ed Morris, the
colored janitor, was taken into
custody as the supposed keeper of
the “beast.” Bottles of divers sorts
and sms were discovered in the base
ment o: the court house and some
body hud evidently done a rushing
business at >out this building dedicated
to justice.
Ed Morris was given a hearing
before Mayor Gilreath Thursday
night and found gilty. He was fined
SSO, or thirty days, and also bound
over undpr SIOO bond for his appear
ance before the city court. He
appealed his case to the council and
they wll probably pass on it next
Thursday night.
The lact that a blind tiger was
located in the court house and that
the janitor has been pulled as the
proprietor has put the laugh on the
county officials who have heretofore
shown such diligence in suppressing
these "animals” elsewhere. They
argue that this species of “tiger” has
been well named and only a “blind”
one would dare invade the sacred
temple.
Another tiger was captured in the
W. & A. depot last week and Clarence
Coleman, colored, taken into custody
as the alleged keeperof the menagerie.
Tip Kincaid, colored, was also
pulled at Anderson’s livery stable,
just across from the News’ office, and
given a dose of “SSO or 30 days” by
the mayor.
Last Monday Walter Fletcher was
brought before Justice George W.
Waldrup under a like charge and
waiving commitment trial was bound
over to the city court under S2OO
bond.
There may be others, but this is
sufficient to indicate the character
and number of blind beasts doing
business in this bailiwick. It would
seem that the crusade against this
unlawful business has begun in
earnest and the marshal announces
his purpose to break it up, if the
people and offloials will back him up.
BARTOW’S WEALTH
AS SHOWN BY DIGEST
Property Returns Show a Neat Increase Over the
Valuations of Last Year.
At the June meeting of the oouwty
commissioners a final settlement* -*hh
made wirh Tax Collector Joseph
Shaw for the year 1904 ami the hooka
closed.
This transaction should interest
every tax payer in the county and She
News takes pleasure in presenting
some facts developed by this settle
ment.
The total property returns for state
and county taxes in 1904 aggregated
the sum of $4,133,855; which was an i
increase of $210,758 over the previous
year.
Of this aggregate amount, the
colored people returned $84,990.
The total polls returned was 3,®56;:
divided between whites and blacks
as follows: Whites, 2,000; colored,
470. There w r ere 02 white defaulters
and 53 colored.
The property returns by distrrafis
were as follows:
Cartersville #'1,790,272
Wolf Pen - 57,368
Stamp Creek 9,434
Allatoona 65,308
Emerson 130,660
Euharlee 292,365
Iron Hill 0,766
Taylorsville 209,828
Cassville 224,185
Kingston 157,928
Adairsville 448,375
Sixth 148.614
Pine Log 156,296
Sallacoa —10,706
Supplemental 206,818
The tax rate for 1904 was one per
cent., or tin dollars on the thousand.
Of this amount 48 per cent, was for
. state purixoees and 52 per cent, for
county purposes.
The total charges against the tax
collector as made up from the digest
stood as follows:
General property tax $41,138.55
Professional tax. 550.00
Poll tax 3,306.00
Aggregate., $45,194.5#
This sum had to be accounted for
by Collector Shaw either by taxes
collected, errors in digest or insol
vents. His final settlement shows
how well he has done his work for
the past year.
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digest except $0911.85, made up as
follows: County’s part of property
tax uncollected $175.50; state’s part
$172.36; uncollected polls $282.00;
errors in polls $52.00; defaulters
relieved $12.00.
When the amount involved is
considered this record of close col
lections seems almost wonderful and
it is doubtful if any collector in the
state can show a better record. In
addition to this, Collector Shaw
succeeded in collecting about f 000.00
from persons who had failed to make
i returns and whose names did not
appear <m the digest. It is practically
impossible to- collect from those who
j only return a poll and do not volun
tarily pay, as they have no property
| on which to- levy.
Another- matter in which all the
people jkoußd be deeply interested to.
the present financial condition of
Bartow county.
Realizing the importance of this*
| matter and believing our readers
would appreciate a statement from
an authoritative source we solicted
from Hon. Lewis P. Gaines, chairman
fo the county commissioners, a state
ment. Mr. Gaines readily responded
to our request and talked frankly of
county affairs.
“There are no bonds outstanding,
against Bartow eounty,” said com
missioner Gaines, “except those
claimed by the Conyers estate, grow
ing out of the war and now in litiga
tion.
“Bartow county is now out of debt
and we have paid all current expenses
in cash up to date, a thing that has
not been done in Bartow county for
many years.
“We still have a small balance in
the treasury to the credit of the
county, perhaps enough to pay cur
rent expenses for another month.
After that we will go along on a credit
until taxes are collected in the fall.
“We expect to reduce the county
tax rate this year one dollar on the
thousand; that, is to say taxes this
year will probably be one dollar on
the thousand dollars less than last
year. When the new railroad is com
pleted and begins to pay county taxes
a further reduction can doubtless be
made.
“We are building two new bridges,
and repairing several old ones, with
°U any special tax levy
f*V 11 probable . , i■-
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■v - !>*•-. r aim
banks seem to be doing a good busi
ness, capitalists are making invest
ments and 1 consider the future of
Bartow county very bright.”
It is good to hear a county official
talk like that. It gives the private
citizen hope and courage. Truly’ the
future of Bartow county does seem
very sright.
REV. W. A. CLEVELAND.
Presbyterian Church Shows Apprecia
tion of His First Year’s Service.
It was in June 1903 that Rev. W.
A. Cleveland came to Caxtersviile as
the new pastor of the Presbyterian
church.
The first anniversary of his pas
torate occurred on the first Sunday
in this June. That his services as
preacher and pastor are appreciated
by his people is evidenced by the fact
that at a session of the church held
last Sunday it was unanimously de
cided to increase Mr. Cleveland's
salary from SIOOO, to SI2OO, per an
num and furnish the manse rent free.
This is said to be the best salary
paid a pastor by that church in
recent years and serves to illustrate
the spirit of liberality and appre
ciation felt by the membership for
their faithful and efficient pastor.
Thir appreciation is not limited to
the membership of the Presbyterian
church. Tfee people of all denom
inations kniow and esteem Mr. Cleve
land, who. is untiring in his work
as a pastor and possesses remarkable
gifts as a pulpit speaker. The con
gregations at his church are large
1 and constantly increasing. The
membership is united and working
together most helpfuly.
Death of Mrs. Dansby.
Mrs. Lucile Randall Dansby died in
Rockmart last Monday night.
Just a week before she had stood
before the altar as a beautiful young
bride and assumed the vows of wife
hood, becoming the wife of Mr,
George Dansby, of Rookmart.
Within an hour after her marriage
1 Mrs. Dansby was stricken with gas
tric fever and grew steadily worse
until her death. V *-
As Miss Lucile Randall she had
often visited Cartersville and had/a
host of friends and admirers here who
are grief-stricken over her ’ death.
She was a granddaughter of Mrs.
William Goodwin of Cartersville.
NO. 30.