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XEW SERIES—VOL-I—NO. 3.
TELLS OF GRAND
NIAGARA FALLS.
Cartersville Young Woman Visits
Falls of Which She Writes,
AND ALSO OF PAN-AMERICAN.
The Glories of the Electric Display
—Grand Trip Up the Hudson
River.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 18,1901.
We left New York ten days ago
on one of the palatial steamers of
the Hudson River line.
The trip up the river is some
thing I will not try to describe.
Beyond the grand Palisades
beautiful stretches of the river open
up new beauties to attract the eye.
On either side we see nestled amid
groves and flowers the elegant
homes of which this river has so
many, now and then passing the
towns and cities until late in the
afternoon we arrived at Albany.
There is little to interest a vis
itor here except the capitol build
ing which has cost the state of
New York many millions of dol
lars, more than the" National capi
tol at Washington, and is nothing
like as beautiful. We spent only
a day in Albany.
The following morning we took
the train and in a few hours we
were in Saratoga, the place I had
heard and read so much about.
This was the consummation of my
childhood dreams, to go to Sara
toga-' 'guess I expected too much.”
Here are splendid hotels, lovely
drives, elegant villas. In the after
noon and evening are seen splen
did displays of fine teams, and ele
gantly dressed ladies on the drives
and walks. We took in all the
springs and a ride ona ‘‘tally ho”
out. to the lake.
Leaving Saratoga, we went to
Buffalo. Here we had nice apart
ments, on Morgan street, just off
Niagara square in the center of the
city. After a good night’s rest we
started out to take in the exposit
ion. The display is not so large
as was that at Chicago, but still
large enough for one to spend
many days very pleasantly. The
South and Central Americon coun
tries are well represented by their
nice buildings and good displays.
The grounds ana buildings are
marvels of beauty. Here the land
scape gardeners and architects vie
with each other to obtain these
•things that are pleasing to the eye.
The buildings are painted in many
colors. The blending of these
makes it so attractive and the
grounds with their many lovely
walks and fountains with here and
there pieces of statuary make up
such a beautiful picture that you
can spend days without feeling
tired. It is well named the “Rain
bow Cit}” No city in the world is
situated as Buffalo for its electrical
power is brought from Niagara.
The main buildings are arranged
in a broad area nearly half a mile
long and is called the “Court of
Fountains.” This court is cer
tainly one of the most beautiful
places in the world. Only to think,
a quarter of a million incandescent
•electric lamps are in use for the il
lumination, which lasts for two
hours every night, turning the
many fountains into sprays of
sparkling.gems, and making such
a fascinating picture. At the north
end of the Court of Fountains is
the electric tower, 350 feet high
and covered with thousands of elec
tric lights.
After spending several days in
Buffalo we went to Niagara. For
me to try and describe the beauties
■of Niagara will be useless. I have
so often read the appropriate and
beautiful lines of Charles Dickens:
It was not until I came to Table
Rock and looked —Great Heavens
—on what a fall of bright green
water, that it all flashed upon me
in its might and majesty. Then
.when I felt how near to my crea
tor I was standing, the first effect,
and the enduring one, instant and
lasting, of the tremendous specta
cle was Peace, peace of mind, tran
quillity, calm recollection of the
dead, great thoughts of eternal
rest and happiness, nothing of
gloom or terror. Niagara was at
once stamped upon my heart, an
image of beauty; to remain there,
•changeless and indelible, until its
pulses cease to beat forever. I
think in every quiet season now
•still do those waters roll and 1 eap,
THE NEWS AND COURANT.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 25. IDOI.
and roar and tumble all day long,
st’ii are the rainbows spanning
them, a hundred feet below. Still,
when the sun is on them, do they
shine and glow like molten gold.
Still when the day is gloom}’, do
they fall like snow, orseein to
crumble away like the front of a
great chalk cliff, or roll down the
rock like dense white smoke. But
always does the mighty stream ap
pear to die as it comes down, and
always from its unfathomable
grave arises that tremendous ghost
of spray and mist, which is never
laid, which has haunted this place
with the same dread solemnity
since darkness brooded on the deep
and that first flood before the del
uge. Light came rushing on creat
ion at the word of God.” To me
these lines came as near a descript
ion of Niagara as is possibe for
the mind of man to conceive. In
my next will tell of our trip to To
ronto and this city.
Rebecca Wofford.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY-
Cartersville’s First Route to Start
October Ist.
'When inspectors looked over the
rural free delivery route out of Car
tersville a few months ago, they
gave out the impression that the
service w r ould be started about the
first of J uly. Some few weeks ago
it was reported from Washington
that the appropriation on rural
free delivery was nearly exhausted
and the authorities were slow in
inaugurating new routes.
Judge John W. Maddox, our
faithful congressman, was untiring
in his efforts on Bartow councy, as
other counties of the district, and
has received favorable considera
tion of nearly all, or in fact, all of
those he was pushing.
Last week the department issued
orders that the routes out of Adairs
ville should be inaugurated on
September Ist, and Judge Maddox
has just received the following as
to the routes out of Cartersville:
Washington, July 15, 1901.
Hon. J. W. Maddox,M. C.,Rome,
Ga. —Sir:—l acknowledge receipt
of your letter of July ntli, inquir
ing as to the status of the proposed
rural free delivery service from
Cartersville, Bartow county, Geor
gia, and note your request to be
advised witii regard to the same.
In reply I have the honor to in
form you that this case has been
recently passed upon favorably by
the department, and that orders
will shortlv be issued inaugurating
the delivery effective from October
Ist, 1901. Very respectfully,
J. M. Masten,
Acting First Ass’t. P. M. General.
Those to be benefitted by this
route, which will cover a most im
portant territory, populated by
some of our most prominent plan
ters. can well congratulate them
selves upon the near inauguration
of this great convenience.
Judge Maddox, from the very
first, has been a powerful factor in
pushing free rural delivery legis
lation, seeing in it a great benefit
to those people who seem to get
less out of national legislation than
any other class, the farmers.
BEST TWO OF THREE,
Cartersville Wins From Rome In a
Series of Three Games,
Cartersville played some good
ball last week. The last in the
three game series with Rome was
one of the prettiest ever played on
the grounds here. One to nothing
was the way the score stood up to
about the sth inning and several
spurts afterwards for both sides
did not even run it up to unlikely
proportions, the final score show
ing 9 to 4 in Cartersville’s favor.
The first game Wednesday af
ternoon was won by Rome by a
score of 14 and 5 and, very singu
lar, the next game Cartersville
just reversed things and took the
game by the same figures.
Rome’s batteries did splendid
work. Patton struck out seven
teen in one game—twelve of these
in succession. Moses caught the
three games and displayed wind,
nerve and accuracy. Elliott pitch
ed the second game for the vis
itors.
Cartersville had three batteries,
all of whom puzzled and did good
work. Hicks is great on the catch
and is a whole show for the audi
tors.
The Rome boys are a smooth lot
and captuied all by their gentle
manly bearing and genial natures.
A BLACK
DESPERADO.
Young-Negro Makes Boast of Hav
ing Gotten Away From
TWENTY DIFFERENT OFFICERS,
In Jail With Wounds—His Dasperate
Resistance But Final Capture-
A Wild Career.
Now in the Cartersville jail se
verely wounded is undoubtedly
one of the most desperate negro
criminals that officers in this sec
tion have ever had to cope with.
His name is Abram Bray.
Monday night of last week Sheriff
R. L. Griffin, knowing there was
a true bill against him in this
county for carrying concealed
weapons and that he was wanted
also in Polk county for a shooting
affair, hearing he was in town,
with Night Marshal Henderson,
set out to catch him. He was
found at the restaurant of Matt
Thomas, colored. As they went
to the jail with him, with one on
each side, he broke away and ran
up the railroad track and into the
darkness. They shot at him sev
eral times as he ran.
Wednesday,hearing he was near
Stilesboro, Mr. Griffin determined
to if possible effect his recapture,
and accompanied by Marshal Hen
derson, and Mr. Frank Watkins
he went in search of him. While
they did not find their man, they
came on two other negroes who
were wanted. One of these was
Jack Byers, wanted in Floyd for
gambling, and Cel. Jones, who had
escaped from the Smith convict
farm and for whom there was a
reward of $25. They put the ne
gioes in a wagon and started for
Cartersville. Watkins was on a
seat in front driving, the two ne
groes were on a middle seat and
Griffin and Henderson were on a
seat, a plank loosely laid across the
wagon bed, at the rear. At Rich
land creek, eight miles fiom town
in coming up the steep bank out of
the water the seat tilted and Messrs.
Griffin and Henderson fell out be
hind. They struck on their heads
and shoulders in the sand and wa
ter, and were both terribly shaken
up and stunned and more or less
hurt. It took Mr. Henderson
some time to rally. His collar
bone was broken and he is laid up
until yet but is better. Mr. Grif
fin, though receiving some bruises
and sprains got practically over his
fall in several days.
Mr. Griffin,on leaving Stilesboro,
knowing Bray was still in the
neighborhood,deputized Mr. James
Caldwell to arrest him. With Mr.
James Haney to accompany him.
Saturday about one o’clock Cald
well went to a negro house on the
farm of old man Goss, where he
found the negro asleep and another
negro fanning him. The two men
grabbed him, and as he awoke he
saw a pistol in his face and submit
ted quietly to arrest. He was
bound as the men thought as se
curely as necessary, his arms being
tied behind him with his hands
and wrists only free. Caldwell
was armed with a six-shooter and
Haney with a double-barreled
shotgun. Caldwell driving with
the negro in the buggy and Haney
walking behind was the order in
which they started for Cartersville.
They had gone about a hundred
yards when the negro suddenly
rose and with his two hands, fet
tered as they were, caught Mi.
Caldwell and throwing him vio
lently out of the buggy, threw him
self on him before he could rise.
Mr. Caldwell scrambled until he was
partially released. Mr. Haney
threw his gun on the negro and
fired, the load striking him in the
small of the back, the balbranging
toward the lefL side. The negro
made a wild leap and started to
run when Mr. Caldwell caught the
long dangling end of the rope with
which he was tied, the negro
bounded away again and drew
with such for'-e on the rope that it
was released and Mr. Caldwell was
thrown down again. He rose and
both he and Haney began shooting.
They ran the negro a quarter of a
mile before he was captured. He
was found to have two wounds,
the second one in the wrist.
The negro was placed in jail and
his wounds are being attended.
Though a rib is shattered, it is be
lieved he will recover.
Bray is only about 21 years old
but weighs over two hundred
pounds and is a powerful physical
specimen. He is a dark copper
color. He boasts of having got
ten away from twenty different of
ficers. At one time, he says he
broke away from Jake Moore at
the jail, at Rome. He is a rough
character and has been hanging
about Aragon, in Polk county, for
some time gambling with other ne
groes. It is said he killed two ne
groes in Polk county.
.THE TWENTY-THIRD GEORGIA-
Survivors of This Regiment Will
Reunein This City Next Month.
The survivors of the 23d Geor
gia regiment will hold their annual
reunion in this city the third Wed
nesday in August.
The meeting will be held at the
court house.
There will be a basket dinner,
which will be served at the Bartow
house.
Rev, A. W. Bealer will act as
chaplain, Judge Thomas W. Mil
ner will make the welcoming speech
and there will be an address by
Judge John W. Akin.
Capt. R. N. Mitchell, who is
president of the survivors’ associa
tion, will be present. Mr. J. C.
Waldrup, of this city, is secretary,
'fee, with D. J. Guyton, W. J. In
gram and Mr. Bailey are among
the survivors of the regiment liv
ing in this locality and are doing
all they can to see that their old
comrades receive a proper welcome
and have a good time.
All survivors of the regiment
and all veterans are invited to be
present and to bring well filled
baskets.
P. M. B. Young camp will no
doubt take part in the reunion, a
meeting being called for next Sat
urday to consider the matter.
CORNER STONE LAID.
Colored Burial and Bensfit Asoscta
tion to Have New Hall.
Friday was a great day with the
Cfiiqped fraternity iolk of this and
neaniy communities.** They as
sembled here about a thousand
strong to participate in and witness
the laying of the corner stone of
the Colored Burial and Beuefit As
sociation's new hall, located on
North Bartow street and which is
near completion A place had
been left at one of the corners for
the corner stone.
The society marched more than
a hundred strong from their tem
porary hall in the Speer building
to the new building, the route be
ing up Main and then up Bartow.
The ceremonies were conducted by
State Grand Master Allen, of the
colored Masons, assisted by A. C.
Deinry, Master of the local lodge.
Delegations from the colored Ma
sonic lodges of Acworth, Rock
mart. Dalton and Cassville were
present.
The members of the Burial As
sociation seemed proud of their
structure, which is a neat two
story building 30 by 50 feet. It is
a most worthy order and seems to
be in a flourishing condition and
well managed. Its objects com
mend themselves to the colored
people and should be encouraged
and sustained.
Attention Veterans !
A meeting of the P. M. B. Young
Camp, No. 820, U. C. V., will be
held at the court house Saturday,
July 27th at 10:30 o’clock a. in.,
for the purpose of taking action in
regard to an affiliation with sur
vivors of the 23d Georgia at their
reunion on the third Wednesday
in August. A full attendance is
urged.
T. J. Lyon. Commander.
George S. Cobb, Adjutant.
Bad Roads-
Editors Nows and Courant.
I want to call the attention of
the proper authorities to the con
dition of the Gillam Spring read
from the Akin place to Kingston
This road has not been worked
tnis year and is badly in need of
it. The commissioners should look
after it before the heavy handling
begins in the fall.
Citizen.
At Cross Roads Church-
August 7th, it is proposed that
work will be done at the grave
yard at Cross Roads church, near
James White’s. All, especially
members of the church, those who
have relatives buried there, and
others who will, are requested to
be present and lend a helping
hand. 3L
LOCAL NEWS
Lin brief.
Mr. J. Bernstein spent yesterday
in Atlanta.
Mrs. E. H. Stewart is spending
this week in Calhoun.
Miss Maud Harris, of Rome, is
visiting relatives in the city.
Mr. J. C. Fain, of Atlanta, spent
a day or two in Cartersville this
week.
Mr. W. W. Young has been quite
sick and confined to his home for
several days.
Mr. Rov Satterfield and wife are
up from Atlanta and will spend
some time in the city.
Miss Nellie Fite, of Cedartovvn,
is the guest of Judge and Mrs. A.
W. Fite.
Miss Lizzie Conyers, of Atlanta,
is visiting relatives in Cartersville
this week.
Miss Susie Cunyus returned to
Atlanta yesterday after spending a
week at home.
Miss Mayme Hudgins has as her
guest Miss Arlie Murphy, of
Barnesville.
Mr. J. K. Mays came up from
Atlanta yesterday and will spend
a few days at home.
Mr. Bartow Watkins, of Rome,
spent yesterday in the city among'
his kindred and friends.
The Royal Arcanum will meet
tonight at eight o'clock, and all
members are urged to be present.
Miss Ruby Purse left Tuesday
for a visit of several weeks to rela
tives in Savannah and Waycross.
Dr. Lynn Burt, of Atlanta, is
spending a day or two in Carters
ville, the guest of relatives.
Mrs. Lucia Parks Stephens, of
Concord, N. C., is visiting Mrs.
W. H. Milner and other relatives
in Cartersville.
Miss Bessie Lumpkin has re
turned from a pleasant visit to At
lanta, where she was the guest of
Miss Mary Graves.
Mrs. H. N. VanDevander and
children, of Cedartown, are spend
ing awhile with her father, Capt.
J. J. Calhoun, and family.
The crops around Cartersville
have greatly improved since the
recent rains, and corn and cotton
give promise of a good yield.
Mr. Lucius Hannon, of Lumber
berton, Miss., is on a visit to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeph Han
non.
Miss Annie McElreath, of Car
tersville, has been visiting relatives
and friends here the past week. —
Acworth Post.
Jos. McElreath, after a few days
visit to the family D. D. Bar
rett, returned to his home in Car
tersville Wednesday. —Acworth
Post.
Rev. H G. B. Turner will com
mence a meeting at Tuinlin’s school
house next Sunday. He will be
assisted bv Rev. John Swofford and
J. W. Lee'.
The Erwin street Neighborhood
Club met at the home of Miss
Mamie Wikle Tuesday afternoon
and the occasion was enjoyed by
all present.
Capt. J. J. Conner is shipping a
lot of very fine peaches by express
to the northern markets. This is
the second variety he has shipped
this season.
Rev. William Henry Strickland,
a Baptist minister well known in
this section, a cousin of Mr. A.
Strickland, is hopelessly ill at his
home at Decatur.
Miss Ida Morse, of Piedmont,
Ala., Miss Estelle Morse, of At
lanta, and Master Lind Morse, of
Atlanta, are the guests of Mrs.
Bart Covvdoin.
The ladies of Rebecca’s Chapel
gave an ice cieam festival Tues
day evening, and realized quite a
neat sum, which will be used in
paying for their organ.
A colored citizen undoubtedly
meant us well who, having in mind
the consolidation of the two papers,
said to the News and Courant I is
mighty glad you all have “promul
gated.”
Mr. Thomas Crabb and Mr.
Knight, of New York, are engaged
in making a survey of a possible
railway line from the transfer yard
by the Bud Satterfield place to the
Hurricane Hollow ore deposit. The
survey when complete will be sub
mitted with other data to the Blue
Ridge Mining Company, for whom
the work is being done.
OLD SERIES—2OTH YEAR,
Rome’s baseballists seem dis
satisfied over their drubbing, lay
ing some blame on the umpire.
These things the boys here are
surprised at, and certainly the
spectators thought the victory as
fair as it was neat.
A game of ball will be played to
morrow afternoon between the
Bartow Guards and the regular
home team. The boys are prac
ticing up, there is confidence on
both sides and asp rited and inter
esting game may be looked for.
Miss Grace Galt entertained a
number of her friends last Thurs
day evening in honor of her cousin,
Miss Ivdith Fox, of Birmingham,
Ala. Dainty refreshments were
served and many games enjoyed
out on the large lawn which pres
ented quite a pretty picture, light
ed over with Japanese lanterns.
The marriage of Mr. Luther
Blevins, the popular representa
tive of Trotter Bros., of Chatta- ,
nooga, to Miss Fannie S. Lester,
occurred at the home of the bride’s
mother, at Dalton yesterday. Mr.
Blevins has many friends in Car
tersville who wish he and his bride
long life, happiness and prosperity.
Rev. E. M. Craig has been called
to the pastorate of the Presbyterian
ehuf’ch at Bessemer, Ala., which he
has under consideration, but has
not yet decided whether or not he
will accept. We hope he will con
clude to remain in Cartersville as
he is popular with all denomina
tions here and has made a useful
pastor of his church.
An enjoyable occasion to all pre
sent was a reception given by Mrs.
Sain P. Jones Friday afternoon to
Mrs. George Newman, of Louis
ville, Kentucky, The home bore
special decorations for the occas
ion, such as palms, ferns and La
France roses. Mrs. Newnan is a
charming young matron and has
made many friends during her
stay in Cartersville.
Rev. Alex W. Bealer, pastor of
the Baptist church, has accepted an
invitation from the editors of the
Seminary Magazine published at
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, to be one
of a number of pastors in the south
to contribute special articles to the
magazine this fall. Mr. Bealer has
been invited to prepare an article
on “The Pastor and the Press.”
Mr. George G. Stiles entered
Twinkle in the 2:13 class, pacing
at the grand circuit meeting at
Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday for a
purse of $1,500, with thirteen other
entries. The race was won by
Martha Marshall, but the dis
patches did not state the standing
of the other horses. Mr. Stiles
has also entered Twinkle in the
2:13 pace at the Woodstock, 111.,
fair on August 28th for a purse of
one thousand dollars.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Jud(jß Fite is Sustained on a Con
stitutional Question*
In the supreme court decisions
handed down last week were two
cases from Cartersville, in which
the judgments were affirmed.
The case of the State vs Wallace
Eaves, has perhaps attracted more
attention than any other, as the
question of the sale of white hops
was involved.
Eaves was indicted by the -grand
jury for an open violation of the
prohibition laws of Bartow county.
The article he sold was a species of
beer known as “white hops.’’ He
was tried before Judge Harris.con
victed, and sentenced to pay a fine
of one hundred dollars and costs,
or six months in the chaingang.
The case was appealed to the su
preme court, and the judgment of
the lower court was affirmed.
In the case of Hyer vs. the Wes
tern and Atlantic railroad, which
was a suit for damages for injuries
sustained in a wreck on the road,
the supreme court sustains the
judgment of the lower court. The
case was tried before Judge Fite,
and the jury returned a verdict
for $5,500 which is sustained.
The decision of Judge Fite, sit
ting for Judge Candler, in Atlanta,
holding that the law' exempting
from taxation the property of the
military companies of the state is
unconstitutional, was sustained by
the supreme court.
The case was the city of Atlanta
vs. the Gate City. Guard, which re
fused to pay its city taxes aud
claimed exemption under an act of
the legislature passed in 1885.
Judge Fite held the law unconsti
tutional, and the decision was sus
tained.
Hw Are Tear AMien t