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NE \V SERIES—VOh-I—NO. 31.
PATERSON, N. I, i
SWEPT BE FIRE.
l_ oss is Estimated at Ten Million
Dollars-
PIVE HUNDRED BUILDINGS
Consumed In the Flames—Thous
ands of People Left Homeless—
Hih Winds Spread Flames.
Patterson, N.*J., Feb. 9.—A great
fire swept through Paterson today. ;
In its desolate wake are the embers ;
and ashes of property valued in ;
preliminary estimates $10,000,000.
It burned its way through the bus
iness section of the city and claim
ed as its own a majority of the
finer structures devoted to com
mercial, civil, educational aud re
ligious use, as well as scores of
bouses. There was small tribute
of life and injury to the conflagra
tion but hundreds were left home
less aud thousands without em
ployment. A relief movement for
he care of those unsheltered and
• provided for has been organized
heady and Max or John Hench
cliffe said tonight that Paterson
would be able to caie for her own
without appealing to the charity of
other communities and states. The
great manufacturing plants of the
place aie safe, and toe community,
temporarily dazed by the calamity,
already has commenced the work
of reorganization and restoration.
The fire came at last midnight
and was cheehed only after a des
perate 4ight that lasted until late
this afternoon. Every city and
town within reach of Paterson
sent firemen aud apparatus to the
relief of the threatened city aud it
took the united efforts of them all
to win the battle. A northerly
gale gave the conflagration its im
petus and carried its burning
brands to kindle the blaze afresh
at other points. The firemen made
stand after stand befote the wall of
fire but were driven back repeated
ly and when victory finally came
to them they were grimed and ex
hausted. A partial list of the prop
erties destroyed follows;
Public buildings—City hall,
public library, old city hall, police
station, No. 1 engine house, patrol
stables, high school and school
No. 13.
Churches —First Baptist, Second
Presbyterian, Park Avenue Bap
tist, St. Mark’s Episcopal and St.
Joseph’s Roman Catholic.
Banks—P'irst National, Second
National (partially,) Paterson
Trust.
Club houses —Y. M. C. A.,
Knights of Columbus, Progress
club, St. Joseph’s hall and Hamil
ton club.
Office buildings—Rumaine build
ing, Katz building. Marshall and
Balls, Cohn building, Old Town
Clock, Old Kinue building aud
Stevenson building.
Telegraph companies—Western
Union and Postal Telegraph.
Theatre- -The Garden.
Newspapers—The Evening News
and Sunday Chronicle.
Stores Quackenbush’s dry
goods; Boston store, dry goods;
Globe store, dry goods; National
Clothing company; Kent’s drug
store; Kinsella’s drug store; Muz
zy’s hardware aud general mer
chandise, Marshall and Ball, cloth
iers; John Norwood, paints;Oberg’s
grocery: Wertendvke’s grocery; P.
H. & W. G. Shield!*, grocers; "The
Paterson,” dry goods; Jordan’s
piano store: Sauter & Cos., pianos;
Federer& McNair, shoes; Zendler’s
confectionery; Lappin’s tea store,
Ragowski’s millinery; Brohat &
Mueller, shoes; C. E. Beach, auto
mobiles; Morebam & Sou,* cloth
iers; Patersou Gas and Electric
company; Skye’s drug store and
Mackintosh drug store.
An estimate made from a general
inspection of the smouldering ruins
placed the number cf dwellings and
apartment houses destroyed at 50 >
and the number of families left
without shelter at one thousand
A re-estimate, when order succeeds
contusion, may alter those figures.
The only line south of the Poto
mac selling mileage at two cents
per mile is the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, good between Atlanta,
Richmond, Portsmouth, Wilming
ton aud Charlotte. For further in
formation call on or write Harry
F-* Krouse, City Passenger and
Ticket Agent, or W E. Christian,
Assistant Geneial Passenger Agent,
Atlanta, Ga. im-2-12’02
THE NEWS AND COURANT.
ACWORTH SANK ,
ROBBED.
\ailt and Safe Blown Open With
Dynamite-
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
Cash Besides Stocks and Bonds
Carried Off by Robbers—No
Clue Was Left.
Parties from Acworth were in
Cartersville last Sunday trying to
get trace of the parties who robbed
the Acworth tank at two o’clock j
on Sunday morning, but no signs
were obtained to indicate that the
robbers came in this direction.
A dispatch from Acworth gives
the following particulars of the !
robbery:
The safe blowers got in their
work here this morning.
About 2 o’clock the safe of the
Lemon Banking Company was
blown open and about $5,000 in
gold and currency, a $5,000 Geor
gia state bond a .and a large amount
of stock certificates were taken.
This loss falls heavily on the bank
and community.
While work shows the parties
knew what they were doing, yet
the job was clumsily done. Things
were terribly torn to pieces, be
tween $45,000 and $50,000 in
and stock certificates and bonus
being mutilated.
From appearances the money ta
ken was badly damaged.' In the
rubbish pieces of bills, from very
small ones to one-fourth of bills,
were found. One party had a box
in the vault with a S2O gold piece
in it which had been in this box
for many years. This was left in
tact. Ano her person had on safe
ty deposit a pocketbook containing
money, which was not taken. A
$2.50 gold piece was picked up
mashed as thin as a paper. The
parties entered the front door.
They then proceeded to blow the
outside vault door, then the inside
door, which let them into the vault
to the safe. Here thev blew the
safe, then the inside fastenings of
the safe.
They made four blasts to reach
the money, all of which was suc
cessfully done and without discov
ery.
The town marshal and night
telegraph operator heard the dead
ened sound and went out 10 inves
tigate, but for some reason were
drawn in a different direction un
til the blowers had escaped.
A day or two. ago two men were
seen around town under suspicious
circumstances. One was a small,
dark complected, dark-eyed man
with black moustache The other
was larger, stout, with fi ir skin
and a light moustache.
There is no clew at this time as
to the whereabouts of the two
strangers, but every effort will be
made to effect their capture. Lib
eral rewards are to be offered.
BIG f IRE AT ELBERTON-
Granit* City Loses On* Hundred
Thousand by Fir*.
Elberton, Ga., Feb. 9. Fire
here early today destroyed nearly
all of the business section of this
place, doing damage which is esti
mated at SIOO,OOO.
The city has no fire piotection,
and the bucket brigades formed by
citizens wete of no avail in a tem
perature of 20 degrees and a high
wind.
The fire at one time threatened
the entire city, and Atlanta was
called on for aid, but before the
special train could be gotten ready
the shifting of the wind saved the
town.
Among the firms burned out are
Stillwell & Govern, W. H. Corley,
T. J. Hulmes, E. B. Tate & Sons’
two stores, the Tate block, the liv
ery stables of R. E. Hudgins and
M. H. Maxwell, their stock being
turned loose and not yet recaptur
ed. T. W. Campbell, J. R. Mattox.
Taber &. Almand, S. O. Hawes.M.
E. Maxwell, Joseph Cohen, the T.
M. Swift block and the new plant
of the Southern BeH Telephone
Company. '
The Elberton Light Infantry
lost all of its furnishines.
School teacher Wanted-
Wanted at the Pettit school,
near Cassyille, a competent teach
er to take charge of say lrom 20 to
30 childien. Sa’ary paid, $24.00
per month. J. H. Pettit, One of
2-5-02. Trustees
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1902-
[OORT HOUSE
CASE SETTLED.
The Supreme Court Sustains Judge j
Fites Decission.
THE INJUNCTION IS DENIED-
Cinmlssioners Have aC Right to
Contract for Ft undation 15ep
erate fr6m Main Building.
The supreme court of Georgia
has handed down its decision in
the Bartow county court case in
which ati injunct'oll was sought to
stop the building of the court
house on the ground that the com
missioners had 110 legal right to
conti act for the foundation separ
ate from the main part of the build
ing. The supreme court sustains
the decision of Judge Fite in the
case, and upholds the action of the
board of county commissioners in
letting the contract so that the
foundation might be built and paid
for out of moneys raised for the
purpose last year.
The decision of the supreme
court is as follows:
309. Carruth et al*v. Wagener et
al. Petition for injunction. Be
fore Judge Fite? Bartow superior
court.
Lewis, J. — 1. County authorities
h-’ve the power to contract solely
fur the building of the foundations
for a court house, it the money
necessary to pay for the work is
either in the county treasury from
| a ax levy for that purpose, or if
there has been a tax levied for that
I purpose during the year in which
the contract was made; and this is
true regardless of whether the
county has or has not made a com
p ete contract for the election of
i the entirt structure. Manly Buil
j ding Cos v. Newton, decided Dec.
11, 1901.
2. On all questions of fact in
volved in this case the evidence
was conflicting, and the discretion
of the trial judge in refusing the
injunction will not be disturbed.
Judgment affirmed. All concur.
T. J. Lyon and J. K. Hines, for
plaintiffs in error.
J. H. Wikle and A. S. Johnson,
contra.
COREY DISAPPEARS.
Once Lived In Cartersville and
Worked on the News,
The following dispatch may be
interesting to some of the friends
of Mr. Corey, who once lived in
Cartersville and worked on the
News;
Dublin, Feb. 8. —Mr. J. L. Corey,
who for about eighteen months has
been connected with the Courier-
Dispatch in this city, has disap
peared and his whereabouts are not
known. Last Sunday morning
very suddenly he left the city,tell
ing some friends he intended to
spend the day in Hawkinsville, but
instead be left on the Macon, Dub
lin and Savannah train for Macon,
carrying most of his effects with
him, but left his trunk. There
sems to be no apparent reason
why he should take leave of the
city so unexpectedly, as he stood
well here and was popular. It is
believed by some that he has join
ed one of the army bands at one of
the western posts, as he is a fine
cornetist.
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
A Sermon on What is the Work
or the Church
The usual services will be held
at the Baptist church next Sunday.
The pastor, Rev. Alex W. Bealer
will seek to show Lorn the Bible
the work committed to the church
of God. Mr. Bealer proposes to
begin at an early date a series of
popular Sunday night services on
"What is needed to uplift our com
muuity.”
Strangers in the city are espec
ially invited to attend all these
services.
Cows for Sale.
Two milch cows and six heifers
which will come fresh in the spring,
all Jersey grades and good stock
Apply to
Mrs. A. B. Cunyus.
2t. Telephone 211. Fairview.
OA. STO niA .
aßanth* h) Haw Always Bougfel
SCHEUER BROS.
fIBBBDHBDHHBBBDHHUiH
The Store Where You Get More Goods
for the Same Money or the Same
Goods for Less Money.
*
With the beginning of the year we have changed our policy of doing busi
ness.. We will be ttie only store in town in our line of merchandise to sell got ds
at cash only. Everybody knows that a cash store has less expenses, doesn’t make
any Dad debts, which in the long run the other debtors will have to pay for, and
dan therefore afford to sell goods at lower prices.
We will make it our aim to sell you good goods at the lowest prices, prices
weich will be lower than anybody else’s in town.
Our buyer will leave for New York very soon and we will puichasea
Complsts Stock for the Spring Trade.
THE REM A NOE R OF OUR WINTER GOODS
IS OFFERED
At and Below Cost.
SCHEUER BROS.
“LKI”S MARK LIKE.”
, TO MY SISTER CORA.
Let’s make like we are childreji, play
ing long ago.
Just as we used to do, back of the
kitchen door.
Underneath the apple tree, with its
broad and sweeping boughs;.
Where we told so many secrets and
we made so many vows.
Let’s make like we are keeping house,
just as it used to he.
With Mammy watching us all day,
watching just we three ;
And you will be the lady, always fine
and grand.
And I the little housekeeper, ever at
your command.
And Buddie—see, he is the Prince,
dashing, handsome gay,
Riding up and down the road all the
livelong day,
Stopping every time he passed to hear
what we would say.
T.ien we will spread the dinner, with
dainty cloth so white.
With the glorious sunshine round us
and our faces full of light.
The cakes and pies and oh !
they were ail so fine,
And we thought that any Queen
would be pleased with us to dine.
But a shadow eame upon us, and one
has gone away,
And the angels they are whispering
that he will have to stay.
And dear old Mammy is lonesome too;
she says- the best is gone,
As she is weeping at the twilight and
grieving at the dawn.
80 we’ll ask God to give him back,
just for a little while,
For Mammy says we cannot play
"widout dis favor* and chile,”
And she’ll be watching us, you know,
from the same broad kitchen door,
Watching as she used to do in the
golden days of yore.
•Lula’ Tumux Lyox.
Edict. Your Bowel. With CuciraH.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
fOr.BSe If O. CC. fell, drmnri.ta refund monee
The Finest Cake
Is made with Royal Bak
ing Powder. Always light,
sweet, pure
i STILESBORO FARMERS’ CLUB
-1
Monthly Meeting Held at the Home
of Mr. David Taff.
►J .
j The regular monthly meeting of
the Stilesboro Farmers’ Club was
held at the home of Mr. David
Taff last Saturday. There was
j very little business before the club
except the work of the committee
appointed to contract for fertilizers
for the club for this year.
Several representatives of fer
tilizer -factories were present and
after a spirited contest of bids the
| contract was given to the Coweta
i Fertilizer Works, of Newtian, Ga.,
their representative, Mr. Fisher,
having made thfc lowest price.
The home of Mr. Taff is about a
mile beyond Stilesboro, on the
■’ East and West railroad, and is in
a rich and fertile section. This is
the home place of bis father, and
his brothers, Henry, Sam and
Robert live close by They are all
young men and are energetic, in
dustrious and progressive farmers.
They own about seven hundred
acres of land and run twenty plows.
Last year they made one hundred
and seventy-seven bales of cotton,
and plenty of corn, hay and other
products of the farm to feed their
Stock and supply their families.
A most interesting feature of the
meeting was the elegant dinner
served by Mrs. Taff, assisted by
the ladies of the neighborhood.
There was an abundance of every
thing that could tie desired, and
was greatly enjoyed by the large
company present.
The next meeting of the club
will beheld with Mr. T. W. Leake
on the second Saturday in March.
OLD SERIES—2HT YEAR
TRAGEDY IN ATLANTA HOME-
Husband Shot by Wife WhileThrot
tlinar Son.
Atlanta, Feb. 9. —James Monroe
Duncan, whose name is on the list
of supernumeraries of the police
force, was shot by his wife last
night at their hoarding house on
North Forsyth street. The woman
used a pistol which she sna ched
from tne pocket of his son, Claude
Duncan, and with it sent a bullet
into her husband’s head between
the eyes. The wounded man was
picked up and sent to the Grady
hospital.
Duncan has been on one contin
ued >pree, or upon a number of
them so closely linked together
that they amounted to the same
thing, for seyeral days, and last
night was drunk, as usual, when
he went home. He wanted a drink
and asked his wife for it. She beg
ged him not to drink any more,
and he retorted by cursing her.
The son, Claude, then remonstrat
ed and told his father that he
should treat his wife with more
consideration. This interference
seemed to anger the father, who
after striking his son grasped him
by his throat and commenced to
choke him. The young man had
a pistol in his pocket, and while
the two were engaged in a fight
Mrs Duncan drew the pistol from
his son’s pocket and shot her hus
band.
OPEN GATES-
City Council Passes Ordinance Re*
Bardins This Grievance.
Anew ordinance was passed by
the Mayor and Aldermen of the
city of Cartersville, Ga. t at their
regular meeting February 6th,
1902, requiring all parties in said
city who have gates on their prem
ises hanging so they open pn the
outside on any street, lane or alley,
to have same changed, by the 6th
day of April, 1902, so they will
open on the inside. All parties
failing to comply with this ordi
nance. will be subject to a fine not
exceeding Five Dollars, or work in
the city chaingang not exceeding
20 days.
Take due notice hereof and gov
, ern yourselves accordingly.