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SEW SERIES—VOL-I—NO. +l.
MINOiCEHI
OF IMF Hi.
He is a Candidate for Representa
t:ve in the Primary.
goes before the people
with a Strong Platform-Declares
Himself on Important Ques
tions.
•
Judge John W. Akin hands the
News and Courant his announce
ment as a candidate for the legis
lature, which is as follows:
To the people of Bartow County:
I am a candidate for the legisla
ture, subject to the primary elec
tion,’ and respectfully ask your
votes.
I am the candidate of no ring or,
clique, and have no boss except
my conscience. ,
T am opposed to the domination
of lobbyists, railroads and trusts.
I am opposed to public extrava
gance and Inordinate taxation.
I am opposed to the use of free
passes on railroads by public offi
cials.
I favoc the limitation of the tax
ing powers,both state and coumy,to
the reasonable needs of the pub
lic service, economically adminis
tered.
I favor reform in judicial proced
ure, so that courts may administer
justice, civil and criminal, by the
quickest and cheapest methods.
I favor the’domestication of for
eign corporations.
I favor reform in our tax laws
so that great public corporations
may be made to bear their just
proportion of public burdens.
Great trusts beset us on everv
hand. They are forming tocontn.l
the price of cotton, cotton seed,
gudio, agricultural implements,
hardware and a large proportion of
the products of farm and com
merce.
Until last week, two great rail
way systems the Louisville and
Nashville and the Southern —were
rivals for southern freight and
passenger business. Now one
has bought up the other, and
both will be controlled by one
syndicate of millionaires in New
York,who are about to "bottle up”
the state’s magnificent property —
the Western and Atlantic railroad.
In the face of these and other
threatened dangers, I desire to
represent this great county in the
Georgia legislature, believing that
I can be of some seryice to my
county and my state.
Practically all I have is invested
in B; rto : county —largely in farm
ing land. My interests are, like
yours, in danger.
If elected, I will serve what I
believe to be the best interests of
the oeople, boldly, fearlessly, and
to the best of ray ability, both by
vote a id voic;.
. John W. Akin.
Cartersville, Ga. % April 21, 1902.
MUSIC CLUB-
Programme to Be Rendered at
Next Meetinff.
The following is the programme
of Carte sviMe Music Club to be
rendered at the liQme of the Misses
Crouch. May 3d, 1902:
“Music washes away from the
soul the dust of every day life.’’
MOZART.
Violin—Allegro from 8 Sonata..
Miss Munford.
Song—“Tb f> VinM”
Mrs. H tnsell.
Talk—Tl e .vicistersinger—Wag
ner •
Miss Akin.
Pianc—Fantasia —C. Minor
Misjs Wikle.
Song—Schubert’s “Biier-Rose”.
M iss Milner.
Piano “Sonata in A % • •
Mrs. Aubrey.
Paper—Life and Works of Mozart
Mrs. J. W. Jones.
Song— ‘‘The Yetv Angels Weep
Mrs. H* PL F. Jones.
Piano—March—The Wedd ng of
B'igaro Minuet Don Juan
Miss Hudgins.
Duet—“ The Manly Heart
Misses Crouch.
Piano Fantasia Miss Neal
„ CUBES WHEKE ALL ELSE FAILS. _ Q
■DU Best Couch Syrup. Tastes Good. Use gl
■ 1 fr t>wje - b. v dngyists.
THE NEWS AND COURANT.
OR. FELT! $
RAWED.
Incendiary Fire Consumes Barn
and Crib-
SIX HORSESAND MULES PERISH
Felton Narrowly Escapes WLh
His Life —Kerosene No
Doubt Was Used.
At the home of Dr. H. Felton,
two miles from town, on the
Tennessee road, occurred a disas
terous fire last Monday night, and
all undoubtedly the work of a das
tardly incendiary.
The doctor’s splendid barn and
crib,with six horses and mules and
farm products, were entirely con
sumed.
The fire was first observed by
Dr. Felton.. It was about 8:30
o'clock and he happened to be on
the back veranda, when he saw the
flames suddenly shoot up the cor
ner of the barn. Mrs. Felton who
hid retired, at the doctor’s call,
came out to help release the stpek.
The key to the barn could not be
found and Mrs. Felton seized an
ax in the yard and with it 4he
doctor smashed the door in. He
then drove the stock out, but one
by one they rushed back in. The
flames were gathering force, and
fast consuming the barn, but Dr.
Felton persisted and desirous, as a
last effort to save the faithful old
family mare, he seized her by the
foretop and just thtn the root fell
in and parts of the burning mass
came down on him. His hair
caught fire and also his clothing,
but he emerged and rubbed the fire
from his clothing,burning his hands
badly in doing so. Mrs. Felton
came in close contact with the fire
and was also burned about the face
and hands.
The whole structure was con
sumed in about about fifteen min
utes. The rapidity with which it
burned and the odor of kerosene
the tiamese nutted leave no doubt
about the origin being incendiary.
There were two horses and four
mules in the barn and all perished.
There were also over 600 bushel
of corn and 200 or 300 bushels of
cotton seed that were lost.
The barn was a new’ one with a
large new corn crib attached, and
all with contents, were worth
$1,600. There was no insurance
on the property.
The dwelling house caught fire
several times, but was saved by the
use of wet blankets. Dn ai;d Mrs.
Felton worked he:oically and bear
the marks of their efforts. Dr.
Howard P'elton saw the flames and
came to their assistance, together
with neighbors who were aroused
by his pistol shots, hut nothing
could be saved after their arrival.
A reward of sico has been offer
ed for the incendiaries.
GUERRY CLUB- ’
Committees ApDointed for Cam
paten in Bartow County.
A business meeting of the Guerry
Club was held Friday night for
the purpose of appointing perma
nent committees to take charge of
the Guerry campaign in Bartow
county. The following appoint
ments were made:
Executiye committee: K. S.
Anderson, chairman; J. S. Leake,
S. P. Jones. A. Strickland, Maj. C.
H. Smith, Dr. R. I. Battle. Capt.
A. Y Shears, R. D. Combs, Joel T.
Conyers, M. C. Nelson, Capt. J. F.
Morton, J. Monroe Knight, Thos.
M. Puckett. J. J. Murphey, Oliver
C. Bradford.
Finance committee: W. P.
Laramore, chairman; Dr. R. B.
Harris, Dr. W. I. Benham.
From the most conservative Ye
ports the club can draw no con
clusion but that Gtierry is gaining
ground every day and will bd the
next governor of Georgia, and
that he will overwhelmingly car
ry B*rtow county
Jno. T. Norris, Sec’y.
Reinhardt Normal.
The commencement exercises of
Reinhardt Normal College, at
Walesca, Ga., will be held from
May 25th to 28th. and a large
crowd is expected to he present.
The commencement sermon will
be preached uy Rev. £. B. Led
better. '
Tue literary address will be de-*
livered by HOll. Hiram P. Bell, of
Cummiug.
CARTERSVILLE, GA„ THLRSDAY, APRIL -U.
THE CEREMONIES
FOR TODAY.
Laying of Cornsr Stone of New
Court House.
THE PROGRAMME IN FULL-
Laying of Stone Takes Place at
two O’clock.—Masons and
People Invited. ,
The laying of the corner
stone of Bartow county’s mag
nificent new court house takes
place today. The ceremony will
be notably interesting and a large
crow’d is expected to be present.
Committee of arrangements —A.
M. Puckett, E. Matthews, T. C.
Milner, K. S. Anderson, A. M.
Foute.
1. This committe will meet vis
iting brethren and notify them of
programme.
2. All Master Masons will as
setnble at Lodge Hall at 11 o’clock
a. uf.
3. At hail, tickets will lie fur
nished visiting brethren for lunch
eon.
4. At 12 m. Lodge called off for
refreshment. 12 m. to 1 p. in.
5. Lodge calitd on at 1 p # m. and
receives Grand Officers.
6. At 1:40 Lodge is formed by
Grand Marshal, J.J.Calhoin, as
per Akin’s Manual. (See bottom of
page 122.)
7. At 2 p. m. procession arrives at
court house and grand officers take
their places on platform, otheis
surrounding.
Prayer by Bro. G. W. Yar
brough.
8. Proclamation by Grand Mar
shal.
9. Then follow s order as in Akin’s
Manual.
10. Welcoming Address, Bro.
Thos. W. Milner.
Music.
11. Address—BrQ. A. W. Fite.
Music.
12. Address —M. W. Max Mey
erhardt. G. M.
13. Procession same order, re
forms and returns to Lodge Hall.
Any mason or citizen is author
ized to make appropriate deposit of
coin or other article of virtue, in
corner stone, if furnished commit
tee in time.
I Want to GoThere.
Little Girl —Oh! mother, listen!
listen. „
P'ruit —strawberries and bananas.
Vegetables—beans, English peas;
new Irish potatoes, tomatoes, beets,
squash and celery are found any
day in the week.
Mother —When! where?,
Eittle Girl —Just wait mother
and don’t look so hungry.
Fish —Roe and buck shad,trout,
bream, red snapper, flounder, mul
let, crab and shrimp are found 011
Friday and Saturday at Miller H.
Gilreath’s store.
Mother —Go right down this
minute and order something of ev
erything he has. Hurry up! I
can hardly wait, I am so hungry.
Our business is increasing day
by day. We haye been forced by
our customers to order vegetables
every day in tl e week.
Remember vegetables ♦ arrive
fresh every day and fish arrive mi
Friday.
Anything else you w’otild like to
Cat, don’t forget \ye have it also.
Yours for something to eat.
MILLER H.GILREATH, JR.
Mrs. Sam P. Jones and daugh
ters, Misses Laura and Julia, re
turn home today from a visit to
Richmond, Va.
15 Mirvutes
.sufficient to give you most
delicious tea biscuit using
Royal Baking Powder as di
rected. A pure, true leavener.
VETERANS OFF
Fill] sni j jc
Uil LMLLfU.
Large Party From This Locality At
tend Reunion-
SPECIAL VETERANS’ TRAIN
Left Sunci w A r rnoon to Reach
Dallas on the Foilowirt Tues
day Morning
A considerable party of visitors
to the great confederate reunion at
Dallas, Tux., lelt last Sunday af
teruoou by the “Veterans’ Special,”
going through over the N., C. &
St. L. and the * Cotton Belt,” from
Atlanta to Dallas. This train con
sisted of thii ti including
sleepers. It pa.-J^BCarteisville at
6:30 and it rhat it
should rgjach on Tuesday
The ®z*fflPsjrayed occupants
of the looked cheery, as
though a full round
of enjoyment oV one more of those
occasions of commingling, story
telliug and soldier greetings. Sev
eral ljka he poaches had streamers
on telling of the camps
represented.
TBe was a large gathering of
peojpTat the tr.iin to see the vis
itorsjfroin here take their depart
ure. p
Among those of P. M. R. Young
Camp and outsiders who went
were the following: J. W. Her
ring, .J. W L Erwin, Thomas
Dawson. T. J Lvon, Geo S. Cobb,
J A. Price, Dr. H. W Fite, G.
W. L%kridj.e N. m. Adams, It. A
L°vA Mrs. J. H. Cobb, Carl
Brai <K 'David Brandon, G M.
JackKli E. Young, Mrs. R L.
Grif Wkr. and Mrs. Edgar Grif.
fin, .\|Hpnd Mrs. Herschel Griffin,
Mrs Wmroc, R. L I'aigh, Dr. I.
M. Hightower, William Bryson, F.
J. Bradley. Floyd Bridges, H. J.
Galt, Herman Chitwood, Z. T.
Nichols and son, Mrs. J. PL Hall,
C. M. Jones, Mrs. L'. E. Kay.
MOHE BUILDING.
; Possible New Improvement by Mr.
E. Strickland.
It is said often that the improve
ment fever, when once started, like
other things, is catchirg. After a
! period of lethargy in building
lines, sine* the same has been bro
ken *by the work on the new court
house, depot, etc,, the announce
ment that some new building will
be erected does not startle.
Mr. Ed Strickland, of Dalton,
who is in town, to secure extra
needed room tor his tenants, Jack
son, Griffin & Cos., moving their
j warehouse from the north side of
I Main street, contemplates adding
j another story to his building which
the aboye firm occupy. If he
should fail to do this he will build
au addition in the rear, but the
second story project is now’ prob
able and will add to the value and
looks of the business property in
that quarter.
Barn Burned- •
The barn of Mr. R. ,B. Hitch
cock, near Taylorsville, was burn
ed last Friday. It is supposed to
have caught from sparks from the
fire from where the family wash
mg was being cone, close by. The
fire occurred about four o’clock
and nothing could be saved. There
were in the barn, which was a
large one, a mower, some agricul
tural tools, a quantity of cotton
, seed .hulls and a good lot of corn,
hay, etc., of which were lost
The losses are estima ed at SBOO.
1 There was no insurance.
DIRT BROKEN
■ FOR m DEPOT.
The New Passenger Station of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
WOHK TO BE PUSHED AHEAD.
It Will - Bn a Bi-aury unci an Untold
Convenience. Will Be Fin
ished in Ninety Days.
Dirt w T as broken for the new
passenger -.tation of the W. & A.
railroad last Monday morning.
Messrs. R. W. t mith & Son, the
contractors, say they will push the
work as fast as possible and calcu
late that the structure will be fin
ished in ninety day*. The im
provements contemplate the erect
ion of anew station as an addition
to the 1101 th end of the present de
pot and also a rearrangement of
the present office rooms and an ad
dition to the south end of the pres
ent stiuctnre. The new station
will fill tlie space between tbe pres
ent depot and Market street and
will be built of red pressed brick,
like those ustd in the new couit
house, and stone trimmings, and
covered with, tin and slate. It will
be very artistic in design and will
be tiuly ai: ornament to the city.
Tile new space will be occupied by
a white and a colored waiting
room, tlie former 21x25, the lat
ter 15x25. Next are toilet rooms
on the side and in the center the
tu.ket office. Back of this and in
the present building will be tele
graph baggage and express rooms.
The southern addition will be
a covered platform extending
nearly down to Ma n steet It will
be built, in ornamental style.
HON. DuPONT GUERRY-
South Ceorßia Paper Gives High
Praise to His Worth.
Editors News and Courant:
Dear Sirs: —Thi local-Guerry
Club want the people of Bartow
county to read the facts relative to
any attack that may be or may
have been made upon the public
or private utterances of the Hon.
DuPont Guerry. In accordance
with this desire we herewith en
close you a clipping from a south
Georgia paper which, as it states,
is not a supporter of Mr. Guerry,
but which evidently has a prac
tical idea of what is right:
“This paper is not a supporter
of Mr. Guerry, but it does not hes
itate to say that the recent attack
made upon him by the Telegraph
has done more to help him than
anything which has occurred in
the campaign. Mr. Guerry is an
absolutely clean, brave, able and
upright man. His whole life —
personal and political—is without
stain. Every one in the state who
knows its public men must be fully
cognizant of the character of Du-
Pont Guerry. Tlie Telegraph, as
his home paper, may differ from
him politically, but it, too, must
know his character. That paper
uses this language concerning Mr.
Guerry:
“ ‘ The craftiness which would
dodge the responsibility at home
let its sting remain abroad. * * *
We denounce this as low cunning.
* * * “Mr. Guerry knows that his
assertion is as false as it is mali
cious. He knew it when he utter
ed it, and he quails when it is
made public.”
“These words, in their last an
alysis, charge Mr. Guerry with
craftiness ' and low cunning, talse-1
hood, malice and cowardice! Mr.
Guerry is neither crafty nor cun
ning. He is incapable of false
hood, is without malice, and is of
proven courage. The language
used by The Telegraph is not wrar
rinted by the facts. It appears
th.it in a conversation at Gaines
ville, Mr. Ouirry said in speaking
of The/fe)egiaph: ‘lt is so soak
ed with liquor that whefi you open
it to read 11 you can smell whisky ’
This w’as only a figure of speech.
If did not mean, suggest or say
that apy person connected with
The Telegraph was a drunkard.
What it did mean was that there is
a strong anti-prohibition sentiment
in Macon and that The Telegraph
was in accord with that sentiment
Is this n >t the truth?
“The s ime thing might be said
of Ti e Cbr micle, of Augusta or
The News, of Savannah; in fact of
every daily paper in ihe stat *. The
cities are opposed to prohibition.
OLD SERIES—2IST YEAR
DEATH OF
IRS. JONES.
Good Lady Passes Away Last
Friday.
ONLY SISTER Or GEM. YOUNG.
Funeral Takes Place Saturday
Conducted by Former Pastor
Presbyterian Church-
Mrs. Louisa Young died, at her
home, near the city, early last Fri
day morning* She was 69 years
of age and had been an invalid for
a number of years.
Mrs. Jones was the w’idow of the
late Dr. Thomas F. Jdnes. She
was originally Miss Louisa Young,
the daughter of Dr Robert M.
Young, w’ho came from South Car
olina and settled on the magnifi
cent farm where she died. It was
afterwards owned by Gen. Pierce M.
B. Young. Mrs. Jones was Gen.
Young’s only sister. There were
three of the brothers. Mrs Jones
is survived by five children, Misses
Mamie, Carrie and Emmie,Thomas
F. Jr., and Mrs. James Milner.
These, being with her at the farm,
have constituted an unbroken
family.
Mrs. Jones was a woman of in
telligence and rare refinement and
her kindness of disposition and
generosity were marked charac
teristics,
The funeral took place fio.u the
home -Saturday. Rev. E. M. Craig,
of Bessemer, Ala., assisted by Rev.
H. C. White, conducting the ser
vices The remains were interred
at Oak Hill.
The city dailies represent the sen
timents of their constituents. Mr.
Guerry is in favor of prohibition,
however these dailies are opposed
to him.
‘‘A few more indiscreet attacks
like that of The Telegraph ard
thousands of decent people who
are opp osing Mr. Guerry will sup
port him. The great heart of the
people is right and the people wull
always resent coarse and unwar
ranted attacks when made up n
able and upright men.”
MATRIMONIAL SURPRISE.
Mr. Thomas H Williams Weds Miss
• Vest, at Chattanooga.
Tom Williams, the genial and
bustling salesman of D. M. Os
born & Cos., Auburn, N. Y , for
their leapers, surprised his many
! friends by getting married last
week. At the residence of the
bride’s sister, Mrs. Neese, in Chat
tanooga, Wednesday afternoon,
t6th, h* was wedded to Miss Has
sie Vest, Rev. F. L. Adams offi
ciating. The event was a gemrne
surpiise to the friends of the bride
and the groom, so quiet had their
intentions been kept.
Immediately after th£ marriage
the couple departed for Macon,Ga.,
their future home, that being
Williams’ headquarters.
Mr. Williams is an old Carters
ville boy and has stacks of friends
who wish him*and his lovely bride
the fullest measure of joy and
prosperity. The bride has several
times visited Cartersville, where
she made friends of all she met.
To Applicants for Teacher’s Places-
The annual examination of ap
plicants for teachers’ places in the
county schools will occur June 14,
west side city school building.
Teachers who wish the new manual
of methods, wffi call on me at my
office Saturday, 26th inst , from 10
a, m. to 1-2 a. in. or on Col. J. G.
M. Montgomery. If a copy is
wished by mail, enclose 6 cents for
postage and the book will be for
warded. All teachers, even having
license, will have to stand an ex
amination in physiology.
R. A. Clayton, C. S. C.
Canning Factory for Sale-
We will sell our entire outfit at
a very low figure either with or
without stock of cans cases, labels,
etc. Will sell for either cash or ap
proved note. We have not the
time to run the plant.
Ga. Elberta Canning Cos
A Strickland, Pres,
qt. ‘W. H. Field, Mgr.
Trr- , ■
COrtS for o^ie.
Several fresh cows, good stock and
good milkers.
J. P. Walkkii,
tf. Cass Statiea, <3ra.