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K SERIES—YOL-I—NO. ‘25.
MU STREAK j
CAUSE DAIACE.|
itruCtive Floods in Many Sou
thern States-
—
RISE IN ETOWAH RIVER- i
le Lot of Cotton Washed Away
lut Recovered—A Brief Water
Famine.
i estructive floods ah: reported
i nany parts of the south and
. :fi damage to property and some
'>f life nas resulted lrom tiie
• overflows. Friday night, and
t was a general rainiail over
.outh that was unceasing and
y and the smaller streams rose
and later swelled the larger
ms, and there was little time
eople to prepare against dam
i te rivers ot Alabama, Georgia,
, ucky, South Carolina, West
especially have been high
a*e wrought damage in
. jfc marters,
w est Point, Rome and Chat
| all nearby points, the wa
lose over the danger .line; in
I instances business houses
flooded.
lout the flood in Rome the
une of yesterday says:
t 6 oLicc.. \ übterday evening
/est of the Oostanauia rippled
t the 32.5 mark, and the wa
as rising about two inches an
During the/ night this will
icreastd slightly.* 'l he high
ill probabw be reached early
morning,^
lie rainfall from Friday night
I yesterday morning was five
ATat Rome; 6.33 at Canton and
"It Resaca. The bulk of this
. a-xie 011 Saturday and Sunday,
H fie living in the houses be
■ he Rome railroad and the
S Avenue bridge had to move
H Ld every one residing east I
Wp ilroad tiacks.
■|jJj _• Fourth ward was cut off
the city early in the day.
section of the town is con
i fiy lower than the main city
ways suffers first and most
j aLgh waters.
t. M imber of merchants along
had to move out. Far
- ’ Ir- in the residence section
’-ilies were forced to hunt
piarters. Every dray and;
obtainable was in use at
■ >ures. Trammell’s brick
.lie Fourth ward is almost
\ater. His loss will be
v yl
•’rifr iy the merchants who use
'■enp -Yemenis to store goods
*tl that they must move out,
'eded to do so.
the stores along Broad
ive several feet of water in
*.ars, but as goods were mov
v me 110 damage will result.”
urday night came the big rise
: Etowah. The bottoms near
were flooded but the rise was
s great as that of 1892, the
Jiu ireshet, by several feet.
* wood lodged against tne
■r.’ aud the wagon bridges off
W town. All engine pulled
loose from the railroad
v ,-hich was said to be a
: idge brought down from
above. The water catne
S)°q®P several feet of the wagon
1 |i'om Crenshaw’s home was
* ded by water for some
! * Vhere was no damage to
i l perty, however.
ivaccoon Creek Ginning Co.’s
1 the Stifesboro road 35 bales
[ou had been rolled away
lie gin towatd the creek, to
any possible danger from
jilie high water Saturday
[moved these and carried
’ird the river. The gin
up some boats and as soon
sible followed the cotton to
it rested in the eddy of the
hter from the river and with
Ned the bales together and
I * them to some timber, and
I ved it.
I ast and West railroad had
I 150 lect long aci oss a ra
| ort wav west of the river
I T av and a large section of
I ed loose. Trains stop-
I ng Saturday and the first
I 0 through ou time Mon-
E oon.
I y water works station
I elated,• which caused a
I amine, as the pumps
I rjrked.
1 HEED THAT IS
LOSS STANDIHG.
Grand Junes in the Past Give Ex
pression About New Court House^
[Under this head the News and
Gotfrant will publish lroni week to
week what the grand juries for ■
years back have had to say regard-!
ing the need of .anew court house '
for Bartow county. On the juries I
were prominent citizens, whose j
names are familiar as men of pub- I
lie spirit and superior intelligence.
Some of them have gone from
life’s scene of action, but their
names live in the memory of their
people.]
iToui iit).>eutiiients Grand Jury, Jan
uary term, Isvu.
Having made a thorough exam
ination of the court house, it is the
deliberate sense of this body fzir
reasons too numerous to mention
that the present building is
uncomfortable, unsightly, fast go
ing tp decay, and becoming danger
ous on account of its cracked and
dilapidated condition. We condemn
it in totoand pronounce it a disr
grace to the county. Since the ne
cessity is upon us to build anew
court house we are impressed with
the importance of Duildiug a good
one to cost thirty thousand dol
lars. We find the county out of
debt with nea.ly thirteen thousand
dollars in the treasury. We think
the most equitable and feasible
plan to build anew court house is
to issue bonds for the amount re
quired, and we find by figuring it
out that a leyy of ten cents on the
one hundred dollars in addition to
that already recommended will pay
the interest ou the bonds and give
us a sinking fund that will extin
guish the debt, principal and in
terest, in twenty-five years. The
outlook is that the increase in value
of taxable property of the county
in that length of time will be more
than sufficient to meet the increase
of taxes required for the court
house. We are of the opinion that
if this question is written up in the
papers and thoroughly understood
by the people of the county that
the public county pride, patriotism
and intelligence of the people will
heartily approve of the issue of
the bonds. We therefore recom
mend to the honorable board of
county commissioners to appoint
some day in the month of August,
next, 1891, for the voting of hold
ing a special election on this ques
tion.
To the presentments containing
the above recommendation are at
tached the names of the following
jurors:
Marcellus L. Pritchett, foreman,
Simeon Couch, William J. Bran
don, James F. Morton, Benj. M.
Dunn, Joseph A. Mathews, Pink
ney P. Stone Jason T. Bailey,
Robert T. Jolly, George B. Elrod.
William H. Stiles, Joseph Bradley.
John M. Swofford, James B. Craw
ford, James A. Gilreath, John H.
Dorsey, Gerald Griffin, Adolphus
B. Cunyus, Jefferson J. Murphy.
Taken from Minutes “I” pages
248 and 249, Bartow Superior
court.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of Cartersville. Ga—Semi-Annual
Report for 1901.
Cartersville, Ga., January 1, 1902.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock * 50,000.00
Surplus Fund 8,800.00
Undivided Profits 4,571.55
Circulation 12,500.00
Dividend \ 1,521.00
Deposits 191,284.57
Due to Banks 934.25
$ 2(4,111.: 7
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts 118,752.07
Bonds and Stocks 2,000.00
Overdrafts ..... 556,68
IT. S. Treasurer 625.00
u! S. Bonds -. •. 12,500.00
Premium on Bonds 800.00
Due from Banks 89,287.26
Revenue Stamps 35.00
Banking House,Furniture
and Fixtures U. 5,000.00
Other Real Estate 5,870.00
Cash in Vault 28,685.36
ft 264,111.37
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CARTERSYILJiE, A.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, UK2-
BUMS BOLD
IE BIST.
Several Establishments in Town
Raided by Thieves-
YOUNG NEGROES ARRESTED-
The Knight Haroware Company's
Places Received Calls—Door
Bored Through.
Thieves have been quite busy
the past week in Cartersville.
East Monday morning it was
discovered that the stoae of the
Knight Hardware Company had
been robbed.
A panel of the back door had
been removed to effect an entrance.
Tools, with which the panel was
taken out, a brace and bit and
chisel, were found in the store.
They had been taken from the
shop of Tribble & Brown which
was found to have been entered by
some one.
The goods taken away consisted
of four Smith & Wesson pistols,
two dozen pocket knives aud sever
al boxes ol cartridges.
No clue as to who the visitors
were has yet been had.
Monday night the store of D. F.
Bradford, on North Gilmer street,
was entered and a sum of money
amounting to several dollars that
was in the drawer taken out and
also a lot of tobacco. An entrance
was secured by breaking the glass
from side-lights at the front.
Two young negroes, George
White and Will Knight, were ar
rested Tuesday night and some of
the tobacco was found in their pos
session. They waived committal
trial yesterday and were committed
to jail.
Last Saturday a negro employee
of Mr. Carter Williams laid $4.50
he had collected on the scales
where Mr. Williams was weighing
coal, but Mr. Williams did not
hear the negro call his attention to
it. He went back to get it and
found some one had picked it up
aud made off with it.
A NEGRO CRAP GAME-
Results In the Death of a White
Man and His Son.
Birmingham, A'a., Dec. 26 —ln
a general fight between white men
and negroes at Childersburg yes
terday afternoon, a white man and
his son were killed and a white boy
and one negro were wounded.
With great difficulty a general out
break was prevented. The ne
groes are now in jail at Talladega.
The dead ate: J. Bird, a mid
dle-aged white man. Reuben Bird,
his son, 15 years of age.
The wounded: Tom Holley, a
negro, prqbably hurt fatally, and
George Bird, a white man, who
was shot in the legs.
The trouble grew out of a crap
game, the negroes having quar
reled ovet the winnings. Tom
Holley shot at one of the party
when J. Bird, a white man, came
up and advised the negroes to stop
fighting, Holley becoming angered
at the interference, fired on Bird,
mortally wounding him. Bird’s
two sons, George and Reuben,
were with their father, aud saw
when he was shot. Reuben rush
ed to his side, while George shot
the negro Holley, inflicting a fatal
wound. By this time the negroes
began firing on both the boys and
they began to seek shelter. Reu
ben went to his father, who was
dying and was ordered by George
Woods, the negro, to run. The
boy begged to remain by his fath
er, but ou failure to move, was
shot dead.
Charner Woods, father of Geo.
Woods, then shot the elder Bird
again. George Bird was shot in
the legs while escaping. A large
crowd of whites quickly gathered
and surrounding the negroes cap
tured thefh all and took them to
Talladega.
For a while it seemed as if a race
riot would result, but the quick
action of conservative citizens pre
vented au outbreak.
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STOIIIA.
Bear, the ' l!l6 * inii Ycu Rave Afaavs Bough!
Bigna!,?.-e
CONGRESSIONAL RACES-
Some Stirring Times Probable In
This Year’s Contests.
The Atlanta Constion, leferring
to coming congressional races
in this state, says:
Within a short time it is expec
ted that Judge A. W. Fite, of the
Cherokee circuit, will enter ac
tively upon his race lor congress
from the seventh district. The
report has been general that when
Judge Kite did this he would re
sign his position on the bench, and
ux&uy of liis friends throughout the
'state are expecting iris resignation
on this account within a short
time.
A Bartow county friend ot Judge
Fite’s who was in the city yester
day said he had not heard positive
ly that Judge Fite intended to re
sign.
“I do not see any reason,” he
said, “why he should leave the
bench for the purpose of making
the race. Judge Maddox, the
present congressman, remained on
the bench during his first race un
til after his election and nothing
was ever said about it. It may be,
however, that Judge Fite will leave
the bench, but I do not see any ne
cessity for his doing so.”
The prospects, according to all
indications, point to a pretty warm
race in the seventh between Judge
Fite and Congressman Maddox.
The only other congressional
contests that are promised in the
state now are in the ninth and per
haps in the sixth. Dr. Watkins,
of Gilmer, is preparing to announce
his candidacy against Congress
man Carter Tate, and there are ru
mors even of another candidate in
that district.
Down in the sixth Hon. Seaton
Grantland has been prominently
mentioned as a prospective candi
date against Congressman Bartlett,
but it is in no wise settled that he
will make the race. It is well
known that he has had a large
number of letters from friends all
I over the district asking him to run,
but so far he has reached no con
| elusion as to what he will do.
Carhrsville Lodge F, & A- M-
At the last regular communica
i tiou of Cartersville Lodge, No. 63,
F. & A. M., Cartersville, Ga., the
following were elected officers for
ensuing Masonic year: A. M.
Puckett, W. M.; E. Matthews, S.
W ; T C. Milner, J. W.; G. H.
Gilreath, Tr.; A. M. Foute, sec’y.;
j K S. Anderson, S. D.; W. L.
Cason, J. D.; J. A. Gladden, tvler.
A special meeting of this lodge
was held on Friday evening last,
last, 27th ultimo.
Rev- George Self to Preach-
Rev. George Self, an old Bar
tow county boy who is now living
in Florida but who is visiting rela
tives in the city, will preach next
Sunday night at the Baptist
church. At the merning service
the pastor, Rev. Alex W. Bealer,
will preach on Christ, the morning
star of the world. The public is
cordially invited to be present.
Card of Thanks-
We desire to tender our heartfelt
thanks to those neighbors and
friends who were so kind to us
during the illness of and at the
death of our dear infant daughter,
little Julia Ezetta.
H. H. White.
M. V. White.
Pine Log, Ga., December 27,1901.
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it from A. E. Steere of Goodwin,
S. D., and when I got home with
it the poor baby could hardly
breathe. I gave the medicine as
directed every ten minutes until
he “threw up” and then I thought
sure he was going to choke to
death. We had to pull the phlegm
out of his mouth in great strings.
I am positive that if I had not got
that bottle of cough medicine, my
bov would not be on earth today
—Joel Demont, Inwood, lowa.
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DEATH IF
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One of Cartersviiie’s Noble Women
Passes Away.
LARGE, UYIPrttSSIVE FUNERAL
-8.-loved Former Pastor Comes
Look Distance to Officiate at
Funeral.
One of the saddest deaths occur
ing in Cartersville for a long time
was that of Mrs. Annie Calhoun,
which occurred Monday afternoon
about 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Calhoun had been in declining
health for a number of months and
though her death was a great shock
to her people and friends it was not
unexpected. She bore her suffering
with great Christian fortitude and
resignation.
All her children except her daugh
ter, Mrs. Link, were present at the
last hour.
Mrs. Calhoun was the wife of I)r.
Frank 11. Calhoun, one of .Carters
ville's most esteemed and prominent
physicians and citizens, whose un
speakable grief, with that oi' the be
reaved children, is shared universal
ly in the community and the sorrow
is a common one.
{Slit- leaves, besides her husband,
four children, l>r. A. T. Calhoun, and
Miss Augusta Calhoun, of this city;
Mrs. W. D. Link, of Tnlladfcgu, Ala.,
and Mrs. W . T. Date, of Bartlesville,
(4 a.
Mrs. Calhoun came from a prom
inent old Bouth Carolina family, be
ing originally Miss Annie Turpin, of
Cokesbury, in Abbeville county.
Those who knew* her in her girlhood
and young ladyhood speak of her as
a great favorite with all, admired for
her. beauty, talent and many amiubhi
traits. These ripened in time into a
noble refined nmke-up which illus
trated the superlative in sweet and
exalted womanhood. She was tender
and kind always, unselfish, thought
ful of the comfort and pleasure of
others, and zealous for the welfare of
humanity and the glory of the Ma
ker. Hers was a sweet pure, Chris
tian character rarely met with. A
touching and vivid tribute to her
goodness was expressed in the state
ment of her pastor of years ago, that
about her home where she long lived
at Euharlee, there was weeping and
sorrow at her loss. She was a mem
ber of the Methodist church. Rev. \V.
F. Robinson, a former pastor, sta
tioned at Eatonton, came on a tele
gram to help officiate in the funeral
services. These, held at the Meth
odist church, yesterday largely at
tended, were very touching, all the
pastors of the city, besides Mr. Robin
son, assisting Rev. (4. W. Yarbrough,
and paying tributes to her worth.
Mrs. Calhoun moved with her hus
band to this county in 1869. They
resided at Euharlee until about 1891,
when they moved to Cartersville.
FRATERNAL.
Kingston Masonic Lodge Elects Of
fleers for Ensuing Year,
The Kingston Lodge, No, 394,
F. & A. M., held an interesting
service Saturday night, December
21 st. Light refreshments were
served. The following officers
were elected and installed: L. P.
Gaines, W. M.; J. M. Davidson,
S. W.; J. J. Hill, J. W.; J. H.
Mitchell, treasurer; J. T. Bailey,
secretary; L. J. Barrett, S. D.; S.
I. Sheats, J. D.; J. N. McGuire, S.
S.; L. E. Dempsey, J. S.; J. W.
Law, tyler.
The lodge will give a banquet
to their families on Friday night,
December 27th. The eastern star
will-he conferred. The service
will be interspersed with music
and recitations. A good time is
anticipated.
L. P. Gaines, of Cave, Ga., with
J. M. Jackson, of LaFayette, Ga.,
S. E. Berry, of Dalton, Ga., T J.
Morris, of Rockmart, Ga., and A.
I. Head, of Tallapoosa, Ga., have
been appointed by Hon. Max
Meyerbadt, grand master, as a
committee on work for the seventh
congressional district. This com
mittee will hold a meeting in
Rome, Ga., at an early date to
elect a chairman and a secretary
and to decide upon a plan of op
eration.
There is an effort bting made to
organize an Odd Fellows lodge in
Kingston.
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OLD SERIES—2IST YEAR
A PLEASANT OCCASION.
A Christmas Birthday
Dinner,
A pleasant event of the Christ
mas holidays was that at the res
idence of Mr. John Hartness, of
Cartersville, last Sunday aiter
noon, December 29th, the occas
ion being in recognition of the
birthday of two of the voung gen
tlemen guests, and the marriage of
his lovely daughter, Miss Diana M.
Hartness, .to Mt. Miles Caldwell,
both of this city, the ceremony be
ing performed by Rev. Geo. W.
Yarbrough.
An elegant dinner was served,
and several hours were spent most
pleasantly with the happy young
couple.
Stockholders’ Meeting.
Cartersville, Ga., Dec. 10. 1901.
The regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the First Na
tional Bank of Cartersville, Ga.,
will be held at the bank on Tues
day, the 14th day of January, 1902.
for the purpose o’ electing a
Board of Directors for the vear,
and of attending to anv other
business that may be bro iglu be
fore the meeting.
J. H. Viviom. Cashier.
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cording to directions and in two
days she was well and able to go
to school. I have used this rem
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seven years and have never known
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During Christmas Holidays the
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAIL
WAY will sell round trip tickets
between all of its stations and to
points in the Carolinas, Virginia
and to Washington, D. C., at rate
of one and one-third fares; tickets
on srle December 23, 24, 25, 30,31,
1901 and January ist, 1902, good
returning until January 3d, 1902.
For students of schools and col
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to 2 2(' good returning until Jan
uary Bth, 1902.
For further information apply
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set te their notes and accoun s at
once. F. V. Tu ir,
.j-iicsu-.ro, Ga. imo