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WORK BEGUN ON NEW
METHODIST CHURCH
Interesting Exercises Incident to Throwing the First
Shovelful of Dirt by Elder Mcßee.
])irt lias aorually been broken for i
t j le new Methodist church in Carters- j
j ville.
Tuesday morning at nine oclock
the dirt-breaking service was held. It
wa , impressive and instructive.
Rev. George W. Duval, the con
secrated pastor of the church, was in
charge of the exercises and Presiding
Elder Ford Mcßeexnade the principal
address.
The building committee, headed
bv Mr. L. S. Munford and Mr. J. W. j
Vaughan, took an active part in the j
opening service. Many members of
the Methodist church, together with !
friends of other denominations,
clustered about the sacred ground
arid keenly enjoyed the formal
service of breaking dirt.
A song was sung, a piayer was
offered by the pastor, the scriptures
I W ere read and Dr. Meßee made a
I brief but forceful address on the
I value of the church as a spiritual
I and educational power among the
I people. The address was chaste,
I eloquent and timely.
The morning skies were dark with
I 61ouds when the service began but
I before the close the June sunshine |
I broke forth gloriously, typical of the
I brightness and beauty that is to
I crown the new church.
Dirt was broken by Mr. Meßee,
I who wielded the pick and shovel with
I energy. He was followed by Mr.
I Duval; then others took up the
I'work until a considerable excavation
I was made.
The work will be rapidly pushed
I and it is hoped the new church will
I he ready for occupancy before the
I close of the year. It will be the
I handsomest church ever seen in
Cartersville.
forlnew county.
Meeting of Citizens Interested at Fair
mount Last Saturday.
JThe new county meeting at Fair
■ount last Saturday was fairly well
I Attended. Prof. Foote presided and
■most of the leading citizens of that
I section were present.
Judge A. W. Fite was there by
limitation and by special request
I addressed the meeting. He did not
I favor the the establisment of anew
I jounty, nor did he specially oppose
It. His address was a calm and clear
I liscission of the situation and a
I assentation of the cost and dif-
I lenities of securing legislation
I iuthorizing the establishment of a
I lew county.
It is a fact that many people
■ vsidingin the section around Faii-
I count are greatly inconvenienced
Bibout getting to court and anew
B’opnty with Fairmount asthecapital
Btvould be a real convenience. But
B here are many difficulties and much
B (xpense in the way of securing this.
I Judge Fite made a timely sugges-
I ion when he advised that instead of
B tying for anew county Fairmount
I .nd the surrounding section ask the
I egi-lat ure to cut them into Bartow
I ounty. This advice was especially
B food in view of the fact that the
B iew railroad from Cartersville to
lairmount puts the two places into
uick and easy touch with each other,
nun; tjie new road is in operation,
'hieh will be early this fall, Carters
ilie will at once become the natural
nirket of all that country' and could
lost appropriately be made the
ounty town of the Fairmount sec
■on.
It goes without saying that Car-
I err ville and Bartow county would
I feeive That splendid people and
I ?rri!e region into their bounds with
I pen arms and cordial welcome.
Showalter Next Sunday.
■ ' "vers of sacred music have a treat
'Tore for next Sunday afternoon
W'd evening at the second Presby’te-
B h 'i church, when Prof. A. J. Show
of Dalton, will sing. The pub
■ i> invited to both services. The
g| luring will begin at 3 o’clock in the
■ ti-rnoon and eight o’clock in the
opening,
B Young Goode’s Arm Broken.
B' ruwford Goode, the 13 year old
I lj f Special Bailiff Will T. Goode,
'l'pened to the misfortune of hav-
Ibis lefT arm broken at the merry
round last Saturday. The broken
b was set by' Dr. Covington and
boy is doing well. No blame at
bes to the merry-go-round.
The Cartersville News
CASSVILLE MARRIAGE.
Mr. Lewis Allen Weds Miss Clifton
Haynes Thursday Evening.
A wedding of unusual interest to
Bartow county took place on Thurs
day evening, June 22d, at the resi
dence of Mr. Geo. H. Headden in
Cassville, where Miss Clifton Haynes
has been visiting with her mother.
The following announcement card
will tell the story:
Mrs. Ellen D. Haynes
announces the marriage of her
daughter,
Clifton,
to
Mr. Lewis Jerome Allyn,
Thursday evening, June twenty-sec
ond,
Nineteen Hundred and Five,
Cassville, Ga.
The ceremony was pronounced by
Dr. R. B. Headden, of Rome, and
this wedding was one of six which he
is to perform before leaving for Lon
don on J une 28th.
Mr. Allyn’s home is in Rochester,
N. Y., but he is representing a wes
tern firm in the south, with head
quarters at Rome.
Miss Haynes is from one of Bar
tow’s most cultured families and is,
herself, a social favorite wherever
she has visited.
Little Marie Headden, niece of the
bride, w 7 as bearer of the ring.
Mr. O. T. Moncrief, of Atlanta, at
tended the groom, while Miss Dell
Headden, of Cassville, a niece of the
bride, was the bride’s attendant.
The bride was dressed in a brown
going-away suit costume, and carried
a shower bouquet of bride’s roses.
Her attendant was costumed in blue
and white.
After buffet luncheon Mr. and Mrs.
Allyn left for Florida coast points,
and, returning, wdl be at home after
July Ist, at Hotel Cherokee, Rome,
Ga.
THE FIRST BLOOM.
Numerous Thrifty Farmers call at News
Office with Fresh Flowers.
The cotton bloom season has open
ed earlier this year than usual.
The fourth of July is supposed to be
the time for cotton blooms in this
section of Georgia.
The first farmer to bring'a bloom
to the News office was Mr. Thomas
A. Jenkins who farms on the John S.
Leak place south of Cartersville. i
He came in last Friday, June 23, !
bringing a bloom from cotton planted
April 4. Mr. Jenkins has a four
horse crop of about 100 acres that is
now in a promising condition.
The next farmer to report was Mr.
James H. Young, M 7 hose crop is on
Mrs. Georga Tnmlin’s Etowah river
farm, southwest of town. Mr.
Young came in Saturday morning
June 24, but reported his first bloom
found June 22. He has a two horse
crop of about 35 acres which is now j
in good conditon. His cotton was
planted about April 18.
While Mr. Young was in the office I
Mr. Harvey Evans, who cultivates a
crop on the Brooke farm south of
town, came in bearing a cotton j
bloom found in his crop on June 23,
Mr. Evans has a crop of seventy-five
acres which was planted from 10th
to 20th of April.
Messrs. Young and Evans had
scarcely left the office when Mr. D..H.
Brawner came in with a bloom in
his hand which had been found in
his cotton June 23. Mr. Brawner
farms on the Burge place near
Nick Adams and has a crop of 30
acres in cotton, which was planted
about April 12.
Others came in later but no record ;
was kept after the four above en
umerated. The News is always glad
to have calls from its farmer friends
who can give news of crops and tell
of their work on the farm.
Farmers Union Picnic.
The Farmers Union, of Bartow
county, will hold their annual picnic
at Rowland Springs, Saturday uefore
the fourth Sunday in July. Arrange
ments are being made for a big
crowd and a good time. Crops will
then be laid by and the farmers will
have time for a day of social enjoy
nent. Let the people come together
with well filled baskets and have a
?ocjal reunion. Everybody invited.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905.
CITY FREE DELIVERY.
Our Post Office Receipts
Justify Hopes.
Business Largely Increased and Can
be Helped Forward by
the People.
After July 1 the Cartersville post
office will be made second class.
This means that our city is steadily (
growing. There are four classes of
offices; first, second, third and fourth.
Cartersville has been in the third
class for a number o{ years.
But the receipts have rapidly in
creased for the past three years and
we are about to pull up into the
second class. The post office of a
town furnishes a sure barometer of
its business life.
In 1902 stamp sales in Cartersville
reached $0,300; in 1903 they went to
$7,250; in 1904 they crawled up to
$8,065. The good year 1905 will show
$9,000, or better.
Getting into second class is good
for Cartersville, as it means a larger
clerical force, better salaries and
more efficient service. Very small
allowance for clerk hire is made to
third class offices. Heretofore Post
master Akerman has had to foot
most of the bills out of his own salary.
Second class offices fare much better
in this respect and after July 1 Car
tersville will receive a reasonable
allowance for clerk hire and office
expenses.
Postmaster Akerman is now very
anxious to secure for Cartersville a
free deliyery system. While in Wash
ington recently it is understood that
he took this matter up vfery ear nestly
with the department; but he was
advised that the department would
not consider free delivery until the
receipts of the office reached over
SIO,OOO. Mr. Akerman was promised
free delivery just as soon as the
receipts ot the office and the condi
tion of the town would jnstify it.
There is something to be considered
besides receipts. Streets must be
named, houses numbered and the city
put in such condition that an efficient
free delivery service can be success
fully operated.
The citizens of Cartersville and
surrounding country can help won
derfully by being careful to patronize
the home office for stamps, money
orders,, postal notes and all other
items that can be sent through the
local office. Also by patronizing the
R. F. D. routes in sending out circu
lars and mail matter of all kinds.
The cotton mill business has helped
and will continue to help the Car
tersville office. By a concerted and
determined effort the receipts may
be swelled to SIO,OOO by January 1,
1906. This will mark an important
period In the history of our growing
city. Free delivery within the city
limits means much to every citizen in
convenience and saving of time. It
also means lucrative employment to
several carriers and a general enlarge
ment of the business and importance
of the Cartersville office.
Walter Akerman is doing his best
to make the Cartersville office efficient
and popular. He deserves and should
receive the active aid of every citizen.
Get ready for free city delivery in
Cartersville!
OLD TIME MONEY.
Mr. Franks, of Waieska, Shows News
an Aged Eight Dollar Bill.
Mr. L. C. Franks, now of Waieska,
Georgia, but for over forty years a
resident of this county, has in his
possession an eight dollar bill issued
by the state of South Carolina in
1777. It is wonderfully well pre
served and recites on its face that it
was issued under act of the legisla
ture of South Carolina passed at
Charles-Town on the 23d day of De
cember, 1776. Printed in clear let
ters at the top and bottom of the bill
is the suggestive warning “death to
counterfeit.”
This bill was given to Mr. Franks
by an old revolutionary soldier named
Hart, in Franklin county when Mr.
Franks was about eight years old.
He is now seventy.
Mr. Franks also has a Spanish mill
ed silver dollar coined in 1792, which
he recently procured from an old cit
izen of Franklin county, who plough
ed it up in his field. This bill and
coin are both very rare and doubtless
possess considerable value. They
are certainly very interesting relics.
Knowledge of the stuff required to
make perfect merchandise is our
! study—Vaughan.
PINE IOC’S BIG RALLV
Big Educational Meeting
the Fourth.
Fiije Dinner and Patriotic and Enter*
taining Speeches Part of
Programme.
Don’t forget next Saturday at Pine
Dog.
The people up there are prepar
ing for the biggest crowd in the his
tory of the place.
The educational rally and pa
triotic celebration, combined into
one meeting, will be held at the Pine
Log college and great preparations
are already under way.
Chickens are being sacrificed by
the score and sheep and shote are
ready for the slaughter all over the
settlement. The fatted calf will also
be killed. There will be a feast fit
for the gods, and the people from a
radius of twenty-five miles are get
ting ready to go in bunches.
Sheriff Rob Maxwell will lead the
Cartersville contingent and furnish
transportation for the crowd. John
T. Norris is to be the special guest of
honor as he lias been selected to pump
hot air and pour out patriotism,
Judge Fite is full of the trip. Or
dinary George Hendricks (who is
no ordinaly man at eating) talks by
day and dreams by night of “yaller
legs” and “barbecue.” The two Mil
ners, Judge Tom and Col. Tom, are
both loaded with patriotism for the
occasion, and expect to come away
loaded with something more sub
stantial than patriotism. Will Wal
ton knows the declaration of inde
pendence by heart and is said to be
under the training of an elocutionist
in order to get the right twist on his
yoice in reading that precious docu
ment next Saturday. Both of the
News Editors are so anxious to go
that they will probably have to draw
strawß for the place. The truth is
both are hungry for a square meal,
and it is understood that the one
who goes will carry a haversack to
bring back something to the other.
Hon. Sa;u P. Maddox, of Dalton, is
| expected to furnish the after dinner
i eloquence. He is a charming talker
and never fails to entertain an au
i dience. It will be a great day for
| Pine Log.
FOR OTHER FIELDS.
Bartow County Loses Two of Her Most
Valued Educators.
Prof. P. S. Carmichael, who has
for two years had charge of the Eu
harlee Institute as principal, has sev
ered his connection with that splen
did school and will move, to Emanuel
county, where he will have charge of
the Emanuel County Institute. Prof.
Carmichael has done a splendid work
at Euharlee and his leaving causes
real regret. The Euharlee Institute
is in a fine condition and there are
numerous applicants for the vacancy
caused by Prof. Carmichael’s resigna
tion.
Prof, and Mrs. M. V. Whittenburg
will leave Kingston and take charge
of the school at Summerville, in
Chattooga county, for the coining
year. This announcement will cause
sincere regret, not only in Kingston
but throughout Bartow county. The
work done at Kingston by Mr. and
Mrs Whittenburg has been excellent
in every detail. The school has been
built up, the community benefitted
and almost every home in that sec
tion has felt the good effects of their
labors. Summerville is fortunate in
securing such teachers. They have
done a great work at Kingston.
Burglary.
The residence of Mr. J. J. Randall
at Kingston was entered Saturday
afternoon and sls stolen from the
house. Five dollars was taken from
the pocket of Arthur Randall, who
was asleep in one of the rooms and
ten dollars was taken from a cigar
box in another room. A negro wo
man named Moilie Baker was arrested
on suspicion, but later released for
lack of sufficient evidence to connect
her with the crime. Mr. Will Wooten,
bailiff <>f Kingston district, is work
ing the case and hopes to locate the
thief.
Another Tiger Caught.
Another blind tiger was pulled last
week by Marshal Satterfield and
Bailiff Goode on the east side, and
Henry Williams, Walter Fletcher and
Spence Deinry, all colored, were ar
rested. Williams plead guilty and
was fined S4O by Judge Foute. The
other two are under bond.
THE ETOWAH WATER
POWER DEVELOPMENT
General Warner Says the Work Will be Pushed With
the Utmost Speed Consistent with Permanency.
CHILD LABOR MOVE.
Women of the Federation of Women’s
Clubs Interesting Themselves.
The women of Georgia are moving
earnestly in behalf of legislation on
the child labor question.
The News office has recently print
ed for the women one thousand cop
ies of a petition bearing the follow
ing caption:
“To the General Assembly of the state
of Georgia, 1905.
“Whereas, The state of Georgia is
now the only manufacturing state in
the union that has no legislation for
the protection of its toiling children;
and whereas, the women of Georgia
are advocating the passage of a bill
before the legislature with these gen
eral provisions, viz: forbidding any
child under twelve years of age to
work in factories, and, after two
years, forbidding the girls, under
fourteen, the future mothers of the
race, and boys under fourteen, who
cannot read and write, from labor in
the factories.
“We the undersigned, in the inter
ests of the health and the education of
our white children, do herewith peti
tion your honorable body to pass
such legislative enactments as will
protect these sacred rights of the
children of our stale.”
We are not advised to what extent
these petitions have been circulated
and signed throughout the state, but
those back of the movement possess
brains, energy and devotion to the
cause of protecting childhood and it
is probable that a great showing will
be made before the legislature.
One of the strong arguments of
those who are pressing for this legis
lation is that children who are al
lowed or required to work in mills
! and factories under the age of twelve
years are deprived of the privilege of
acquiring an education and making
preparation for practical and success
ful after lives.
The fight will soon be on in earnest
and the issue will be sharply drawn.
It will be well worth watching.
CITY COURT.
Continued Session at Which a Number
of Cases Have Been Tried.
The city court met Monday morn
ing after an adjournment of two
weeks. Monday was devoted to civil
business. One litigated case was
tried, that of W. W. Calloway vs
H. E. F. Jones, action on breach of
contract growing out of mule trade.
Verdict for defendant.
Spence Demry, colored, was tried
Tuesday for selling liquor and found
guilty by the jury.
Claud Henderson, colored, who
was hrrested for assaulting Claud
Black, on the Nick Adams place last
winter, plead guilty bo assault and
battery and was given a sentence of
$75, or 12 months in the chaingang.
Ed Morris, the colored janitor at
the court house, who was arrested
last week charged with running a
blind tiger and was under bond, has
given leg bail and departed the realm.
He leaves a bondsmen who is not
happy over Ed’s departure.
Judge Foute is moving the business
of his court with diginity and dis
patch. The work of the court M ill
doubtless be completed this week.
Dr. Smith to Preach.
Dr. W. R. L. Smith, a distinguished
and eloquent Baptist preacher, of
Bichiuond, Virginia, M 7 ill preach at
the court house in Cartersville’next
Sunday night at 8 o’clock. Dr.
Smith is and a cousin of
Judge A. W. Fite. He is pastor of
the secqnd Baptist church in Rich
mond and one of the most eloquent
preachers in the south. A rich treat
is in store for those who attend the
services at the court house Sunday
night.
Death of Mrs. Patterson.
Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, M'ife of
Lee Patterson, of Grassdaie, and a
daughter of John W. Puckett, of
Euharlee, died at her lather’s home
last Friday and M 7 as buried Saturday
in the Presbyterian cemetery at
Euharlee, Mrs. Patterson had been
i sick for many months and her death
Mas not unexpected. Her husband
and one child survive her. The
family have the sympathy of many
friends.
Work has actually begun on the
Etowali water power.
General A. J. Warner, president of
the Etowah Pow 7 er Company and
Mr. W. A. Carlisle, chief engineer,
were in Cartersville last Friday and
Saturday, preparing for actual work.
In a brief interview with a repre
sentative of the News, General Warn
er stated that work would begin this
week. He said in substance:
“We expect to make ail the haste
consistent with careful and thorough
work. There are many preliminary
steps to take in an enterprise of this
magnitude and we cannot afford to
do things hastily.
“Mr. Carlisle, our oliief engineer,
w 7 ill begin a preliminary survey next
week and we are hoping to push the
work right along. You are author
ized to say that our purpose is to de
velop this great water pow 7 er and we
want the co-operation of your people
in promoting our enterprise w 7 hich
we think means much for this sec
tion of Georgia.
“We are greatly pleased with the
purchase and regard it a most valua
ble property. This is a great section
of the south, possessing almost un
parallelled resources and it is prob
able that the next few years will
show many new enterprises and vast
improvements.
“Cartersville is a most attractive
little city and will doubtless be great
ly benefitted by the improvements
planned by our company. We ap
preciate the courteous treatment and
cordial reception accorded us by j our
people and will do all we can to aid
in the development of your splendid
natural resources.”
There is no doubt that the com
pany of which Gen. Warner is presi
dent intends to press the construc
tion of dams and the development
of the water power just as rapidly as
may be consistent with good work w
But such enterprises necessarily
move slowly, especially iu the be
ginning, as it is absolutely necessary
to lay the foundations deep and
strong.
It is probable, however, that with
in one year the Etowah Power Com
pany will be prepared to furnish
power to those desiring it. The Ac
worth cotton mills, now under con
struction, are already negotiating for
power, and other manufacturing en
terprises will take it just as soon as
the power company is ready to sup
ply it.
General Warner gives clear and
definite assurance that work will be
carried forward with all possible de
spatch and there is now no doubt
that the M’ater power that has hereto
fore been running to soon
be harnessed and put to practical
work.
DIED IN ALABAMA.
Mrs. Robinson, Sister of Mrs. Mary
Akin, of This City, Passes Away.
Mrs.Dr.Diulley Robinson,a beloved
woman of Robinson Springs, whodied
at her home Wednesday afternoon and
whose body was brought yesterday
morning to Montgomery for inter
ment, was buried at 2 o’clock yester
day afternoon from the Leak Under
taking establishment! on Dexter Ave
nue and the funeral was attended by
a number of her friends.
A number of beautiful floral trib
utes decked the bier. Rev. Charls A.
Stakley, pastor of the First Baptist
church, conducted the funeral sevices.
The following gentlemen acted as
pall bearers: James Parish, Ben
Noble, Stewart Washburn, David
Crosland,Mr. Carlow and Mr. Powell.
Interment was made In Oak wood
Cemetery.—Montgomery advertiser.
Mrs. Robinson will be remembered in
Cartersville as Miss Addie Verdery
and M 7 as a sister of Mrs. Mary F. Akin.
Mrs. Robinson’s home was at Rub
inson’s Springs, near Montgomery
Ala., where she has lived for many
years.
Death of Mrs. Wells.
Mrs. Maggie Wells, the wife of
James Wells, died in east Carters
ville June 15, after a lingering illness,
and was buried the following day in
Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Wells was
24 years old and had been married 4
years. She was daughter of the late
Ira Johnsey and a sister of Miss
Emma Johnsey, of this city. Mrs.
Wells was a most excellent woman
and leaves a large circle of relatives
and friends to mourn her death.
NO. 31.