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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 How’s This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not lie cured bv Hall’s Catarrh Cure p J, CHENEY it CO .Props., Toledo.O. We, the undersigned, have known P. j. chenev for the last 15 years, and l>. - lieve him perteetly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made bv their firm. West Trcax, AY holesale Drug srists. Toledo. O. h Wauoing.KinnaxA* Ma rvin,Whole sale Druggists. Toledo, O Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inte-nal lv acting directly Upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials, free. Hall’s Family Pills are tlia best 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. " GUSIS WHERE ALL Ei.SE FAILS. ES^ M Best c’Omrh Syrup. Tastes GocxJ. Use f*| R3 in time. Sold by druggist*. gg _ 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. REMARKABLE CURE OF CROUP. A Little Boy’s Life Saved. I have a few words to say re garding Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It saved my little boy’s life and I feel that I cannot praise it enough. I bought a bottle of 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. For sale by Hall & Greene. Buy and Try a Box Tonight. While you think of it, go buy and try a box of Cascarets Candy Ca thartic, ideal laxative, tonight. You’ll never regret it. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never soid in bulk. All druggists, 10c. The U. S. Government Tests Show the Absolute Superiority of Royal Baking Powder. DEATH IF IS. Ml. 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. Xo-To-llac for Fifty Cunts. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weal *iea etroua, blooil pure. 60c. (1. All druggist* 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. WATCH ST. LOUIS. The Greatest World's Fair the world has ever seen will be held at St. Louis in 1903. To keep in touch With the work oi prepara tion for this great World's Fair and to get all the news of all the Earth,everv reading person should at once subscribe for the great' newspaper of St. Louis, the GLOBE DEMOCRAT. It stands pre-eminent and alone among American newspapers, and ac knowledges no equal or rival. Its circulation extends to every state and territorv of the Union, to Canada and Mexico, and to everv part of the World where there are readers of the English language. It ought to be in your home dur ing the coming year. See adver tisement elsewhere in this : me. I-I-02-6t. Month At'tor Mouth. A coll clings to you. The cough seems to tear holes in the delicate tissues of the throat and lungs. You lose weight and you wonder if you are threatened with a disease you scarcely dare to name. Are you aware that even a stubborn and long-neglected cold is cured with Allen’s Lung Bal sam? Do not spend more of your life in coughing and worrying. “Some time ago my daughter caught a severe cold. She com plained of pains in her chest and had a bad cough. I gave her Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy ac cording to directions and in two days she was well and able to go to school. I have used this rem edy in my family for the past seven years and have never known it to fail,” says James Prendergast, merchant, Amato Bay, Jamaica, West India Islands. The pains in the chest indicated an approaching attack of pneumonia, which in this instance was undoubtedly warded off by Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It counteracts any tendency of a cold toward pneumonia. For sale by Hall & Greene. Christmas Holiday Rates via Seaboard Air Line Railway. 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 leges tickets on sale December 16 to 2 2(' good returning until Jan uary Bth, 1902. For further information apply to or address any agent of the uik. A'i persons indebted to me 5-iust set te their notes and accoun s at once. F. V. Tu ir, .j-iicsu-.ro, Ga. imo