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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.