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THE NEWS AND COURANT.
XEU SERIES—YOL- T—XO. 44.
fIER? DEATH
RUSHED DOWN.
glee’s Fury Swept St- Pierre With
Fire-
PORTY THOUSAND KILLED,
Mountain of Fire Burst Upon Un
suspecting Town— Greatest Loss
in History
Castries, St. Lucia, B. W. 1.,
ij av io.—Mont Pelee, a volcanic
mountain some ten miles north of
5t Pierre, the commercial capital
of Martinique, is the mountain
which made a faint show of erup
tion fifty years ago. On May 3d,
last, it began to throw out dense
clouds of smoke. At midnight- the
same day flames,accompanied with
rumbling noises, lighted the sky
over an immense area causing
widespread terror. May 4 hot.
ashes covered the whole city quar.
ter of St. Pierre an inch thick and
made Mont Pelee invisible. At
noon. May 5, a stream, -of burning
lava rushed 4,400 feet down the
mountain side, following, the dry
bed of a torrent and reaching the
sea, five miles from the mountain,
in three minutes.
In its rush the fiery flood swept
from its path plantations,buildings,
factories, cattle and human beings
over a breadth of about half a
mile.
At the rear of the mouth of the
Riviere Blanche stood the large
Guerin sugar- factory, one otf the
finest iuthe island. It is now-oom
pletely entombed in lava. The
tall chimney alone is visible. One
hundred and fifty persons are es
timated to have perished there, in
cluding the owner’s son.
As the lava rushed into the sea
the latter receded three hundred
feet all along the west coast. Re
turning with greater strength a
big wave covered the whole sea
front of St. Pierre, but caused lit
tle damage ashore or afloat. Ter
rible detonations heard hundreds
|of miles northward followed at
short, irregular intervals and con
tinued at night.
PEOPLE MAD WITH TERROR.
In the intense darkness the elec
tric light failed, but the town was
lit up by lurid flames from the
mountain. The terror stricken in
habitants rushed for hills in their
night clothing, screaming, shouting
and wailing mad with terror.
The Plissono family escaped to
St, Tura in a small steamer. Thir
ty-five persons, mostly women and
children, arrived here in the fore
noon of the 6th and furnished the
above details. The men remained
at Martinique.
The same afternoon, later, tele
graphic communication was inter
rupted with both the islands of
Martinique and St. Vincent. .
During the afternoon of May 8,
the British steamer Roddam,which
bad left St. Lucia at midnight on
May 7 for Martinique, crawled
slowly into the Castries harbor,un
recognizably gray with ashes, her
riging dismantled and sheets and
awnings hanging about, torn and
scarred.
Captain Whatter reported that
having just cast anchor off St.
Pierre at 8 a. m., in fine weather,
succeeding an awful thunder storm
during the night, he was talking
to the ship’s agent Joseph Plissono,
who was in a boat alongside, when
°e saw a tremendous cloud of
smoke and glowing cinders rush
lng with terrific rapidity over the
town and port, in an instant com
pletely enveloping the former in a
sheet of flame and raining fire on
board. The agent had just time to
climb on board when his boat dis-
a Ppeared. Several of the crew of
the Roddam were quickly scorched
to death. By superhuman efforts,
haying steam up, the cable was
u Pped and the steamer backed
away from the shore, and nine
‘■ours later managed to reach Cas
•
, beyond burns all over his body
tie captain is safe, as is also the
s hip s agent, though he is badly
scorched. Mr. Plissono is believed
“ ere to be the sole survivor of the
40.000 inhabitants of the town,and
the shipping in the port has
'Jeen utterly destroyed. The West
'‘iciian and Panama telegraph com
plies’ repairing steamer going
r -t> then the Quebec liner Rorai
®a ’ Captain Muggah, of the latter,
his hand in farewell to the
Roddam a$ his vessel sank with a j
terrific explosion.
The British royal mail steamer
Esk, which called off Martinique
at 10 o’clock last night reports
standing off shore 5 miles sound
ing her whistle and sending up
rockets. She received no answer.
The whole sea front was blazing
for miles. The Esk sent a boat
ashore, but it could not land on ac
count of the terrific heat which
was accompanied by loud explos
ions. Not a living soul appeared
ashore after the boat had waited
two hours. Fire and ashes fell all
over the steamer.
In the afternoon a French coast
ing steamer arrived here from Fort
de France seeking assistance, as
all the country was burned up, the
stock was dying; all the planta
tions were charred; the country
people were floekiug into the towns
and famine was feared. The steam
er was loaded with food of all
sorts'and was sent back to Martin
ique at 7p. m. The captain of
this vessel reported that some thir
ty persons left St. Pierre by the 6
o’clock boat Thursday morning for
Fort de France and consequently
were saved.
ATTEMPTS TO REACH CITY.
All attempts to get to St. Pierre
are barred by fire. The closest ob
servation possible showed houses
still blazing and streets strewn
with charred bodies. It is certain
that the whole town and neighbor
ing country for miles were utterly
destroyed and, it is feared here,
that few, if any, of the inhabitants
escaped.
A Card-
To the people of Bartow county:
Mr. H. R. Maxwell is a candi
date for sheriff at the approaching
election, with T. W, Tiusfev, and
myself as deputies. I ans a poor
man with a large family of child
ren, and orphan grandchildren
to support, and need the position
badly. Besides, I have a very sick
daughter, and an afflicted son, who
require my constant care and at
tention. I am, therefore, unable
to do but litt'e canvassing, • and
earnestly ask my friends to help
me by voting for H. R, Maxwell.
. Very truly yours,
td. J. W. Williams.
Home Misssion,
The Home Mission Society held
its regular meeting at the residence
of Mrs. J. P. Adair on Monday
afternoon, May 12th. Despite the
threatening rain there was a good
ly number present. The program
was enjoyed by all, especially help
ful were the papers by Mrs. D. B.
Freeman and Mrs. C. A. Allday.
The "Bible Study” in our homes
has been taken up. It will prove
very helpful to all. Let each mem
ber do her-part toward making this
the best years we have ever liyed.
The next meeting will be held at
Mrs. Bart Cowdeu’s residence,
Monday June 9.
The sewing for our orphans at
Decatur, will be at the home of
Mrs. H. E. Cary, Thursday, May
15th. Let every member be present
and not only enjoy the pleasant
day, but have part in the sweet
work of “helping some one.’’
Mrs. J. W. Jones,
Pres. W. H. M.
Strawberry Festival-
The ladies of the Methodist
church will give a strawberry
Festival.in the city park next Tues
day,May 20th.beginning at 5 P.M.
Let all come, enjoy the evening
and help in a good cause.
The following is the committee
on arrangements: Mrs. Will Satter
field, chairman; Mrs. Minnie L.
Conyers, Misses Berta Cobb,
Elinor Jones, Evelyn Jones, Julia
Jones, Rebecca Wofford, Cornelia
Field, Bernice Tumlin, and Jessie
Wikle.
RoYal
Baking Powder
Makes the bread M
more healthful. -
Safeguards the food
against alum*
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
BPYAI BAKINO POwPEB CO., NEW VOBK.
CAKTfiKSYILLE, GA.. THURSDAY. MAY 13,
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
To the People of Bartow County
Frcm Receiver and Collector,
As there has been unjust criti
cism of some of our official acts we
feel it due to ourselves to make the
following.
The complaints as to the receiver
being that the names of certain tax
payers appear on the digest twice,
this is true, but not one of these
was entered by the receiver with
out pioper authority. All names
duplicated on the regular digest
were made from tax sheets filled
out and left with me, none of these
were of such character as to indi
cate to me that they would dupli
cate returns. As to the names ap
pearing on the regular digest and
also on the default list, these oc
curred in this way. The justices
of the peace are required to fur
nish the receiver with the names of
all tax payers in their several
militia districts. These lists were
furnished me. I was careful to
compare with the names persons
who had made returns in that dis
trict and in no event put any name
on the digest list who had made re
turn or given in taxes. On some
of the lists furnished by the jus
tices of the peace were names of
persons who had removed from the
district, and returned also by‘ the
justices of the district into which
they had removed. There was al
so furnished me on these lists the
names of persons not subject to
be taxed from old age, minority
or some other cause. Any sensi
ble person will readily understand
that I could not personally know
all these persons or be acquainted
with their condition and especially
was it impossible for me to know
that these duplicated names or per
sons were the same, having been
returned to me from different dis
tricts by different justices of the
peace and from other districts in
the county. I was as painstaking
and careful as possible and used
every effort to make a good digest.
Every error or alleged cause of
complaint can be traced to the
proper source, and shown not to
be my fault or chargeable
to me. It is uhfair to condemn me
for these things when I am not re
sponsible for them. I discharged
my duty as the laws requires. I
had no discretion in the matter.
To illustrate in Emerson district
“Harry” Evans made his return
regularly. The J. P. furnished me
with the name of “Jim" Evans.
Mr. Evans is known as “Harry”
and as Jim among his neighbors.
Now how could I tell this was the
same person? Every case that has
been complained about is as
easily explained as the above,
but to mention them all
would make this explanation
too long. Any person who
cares to investigate this matter can
do so by applying at J. H. Wikle’s
office in Cartersville where I
left these returns and the lists fur
nished me by the justices of the
peace. I trust this explanation
will counteract any injury that the
underserved criticisms may have
done me.
I feel sure that the justices of the
peace acted in good faith and be
lieved their lists of the tax payers
were correct.
Very Respectfully,
W. T. Pittard,
Tax Receiver.
COLLECTOR EXPLAINS.
The tax collector has been criti
cised for issuing fi fas in cases
wheie parties held receipts. I
desire to state that I have not is
sued a fi fa against any person ex
cept where there was an unpaid
tax receipt remaining in the book.
All these receipts were made from
the digest furnished me by the tax
receiver. None of the receipts
were duplicated by me.
It is made my duty to issue fi
fas for all unpaid taxes appearing
on my books on the 20th day of
December. This duty I discharg
ed to the letter. Under my oath
I could not do otherwise. I am
charged by the state and county
with every cent the ' digest calls
for, and in my final settlement
must account for all this with the
cash and the credits allowed me
for errors in digest, insolvent list
and other lawful credits, such as
reliefs granted by the county com
missioners, etc.
I must take the digest as furn
ished me, and when the time for
collections expire (Dec. 20th) is
sue fi fas and place them in the
hands of officers, whose duties are
to endeavor to collect them. I did
not and could not know of any
reason why fi fas should not be is
sued in any case, and if I had
known, my duty was not changed,
as my credits are allowed and set
tlements made upon the returns
upon these fi fas made by the offi
cers. I regret these misunder
standings and the necessity for
this card, but justice to myeslf de
mands it. Very respectfully,
F. V. Smith, Tax Collector.
With the above explanations we
believe a fair minded public will
realize the difficulties under which
we labored and not cause us to suf
fer for things that were, under the
circumstances, unavoidable.
We publish these statements j
jointly that the citizens of the i
county may know the facts, and
that we may not be blamed with
things for which we are not re
sponsible. W. T. Pittard,
F. V. Smith.
May 12th, 1902.
KINGSTON.
The past week was an eventful
one for Kingston. The closing ex
ercises for Kingston high school
on the night of the Bth and 9th.
were veiy interesting. I witnessed
the entertainment of the Literary
Society on the night of the 9th,
which was perfect. All, from the
least to the eldest pupil, did well,
showing that Prof. Whittenburg
and his lady are fiist-class teachers.
Our town is fortunate in securing
their services. The large hall was
full, many from Cartersville, Cass,
Halls and Adairsville. I under
stand several dollars were received,
the amount to be used in furnish
ing the school rooms with seats,
etc.
Decoration Day was observed in
Kingston on Saturday, the 10th
instant. It was a very pleasant
occasion. Short talks were made
by L. P. Gaines, J. D. Rogers and
J. M. Davidson. A soliloquy of a
confederate soldier read by Mrs.
M. T. Gillam was very good; also
a recitation by Miss Lang, of Cal
houn. A portion of our military
company were out and fired plat
toons over the monument, and af
ter some fine singing by the ladies
and young men the monument
erected in honor of the fallen he
ioeswas beautifully decorated with
flowers. Miss Leila Hargis is
president of the Memorial Associa
tion, and she and her co-workers
conducted the services in a nice
manner, receiving the thanks of
out good people,
Drs. Cason and Felton, of Car
tersville, and Mr. Ed Griffith, of
New York, went out with J. M.
Davidson to look at his peach or
chard and were delighted with the
prospect of a good crop.
Mr. Ed Griffith and lady.of New
York, are at Hotel Victor. Mr.
Griffith is looking out for peaches,
representing the Ballston Refrig
erator Storage Cos , New York,
City.
Close of Public Schools.
Patrons of the city public schools
and tne public generally are re
quested to take note of the follow
ing dates:
Contests for speakers places will
occur at East and West schools
next Tuesday morning, May 20th
at 9:00 o’clock.
Monday, May 26th, will be pub
lic day at the schools. No speeches
on that day.
Tuesday, May 27th, elocution
contest.
Wednesday, May 28th, gradu
ating exercises.
The speakers’ contest and the
graduating exercises will be held
at the tabernacle. Everybody is
invited to attend all of these exer
cises.
Mr- Vaughan Withdraws.
To the Citizens of Bartow County:
On account of sickness in my
family and the necessity for giving
personal attention to my farming
interests at present, with the prim
ary for county officers coming at
such an early date, I cannot make
a canvass of the county, I hereby
withdraw from the race for sheriff
of Bartow county. I thank my
friends who have promised their
support and shall keep them in
grateful remembrance.
This May 14, 1902.
John L. Vaughan.
Notice-
From this date we will not pay for
any lumber unless it is ordered and
received by one of our board.
L. B. Matthews. Chairm’n,
T. A. Jenkins,
W. D. Rowland,
A. M. Puckett,
W. M. Kino, Clerk.
Board Commissioners Bartow Cos.
CASTOniA.
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
! DISPENSARY TO BE VOTED ON
—
Proceedings of Meeting: of Demo
cratic Executive Committee.
Cartersville, Ga.. May 10, 1902,
A called meeting of the county
executive committee was held this
day.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved Ist. That the question
of establishing a dispensary in the
city of Cartersville for the county
I of Bartow and sai i city be and is
| hereby submitted to the white vot
ers of said county at the primary
! election to be held in and for said
county on the sth day of June
next.
Resolved 2d. That there shall
be printed on the official ballots at
said primary election the words
“For Dispensary" and “Against
Dispensary," and each voter may
vote "For Dispensary” or "Against
Dispensary,” as he may desire,and
the ballots be counted, the returns
made and the result declared as for
candidates in said primary for
county officers.
Resolved 3d. That if a majority
of the votes cast at said primary
election be “FOl Dispensary” then
the nominees of said primary for
the legislature shall be pledged to
introduce and pass a bill to estab
lish a dispensary in and for said
county and city without further
submission to the people, the net
proceeds of which to be divided
between the county and city in
proportion to the population of
each, and that if a majority of the
votes cast at said primary etection
be "Against Dispensary,” then
said nominees shall be pledged not
to pass or introduce any bill to es
tablish a dispensary in said county
or city.
It was ordered that a voting
place for the primary on June sth
be established at Chumler Hill,
provided, that the committee shall
not be chargeable for any ex
pense of managing and bringing
the returns from said place.
Ordered that each militia dis
trict suggest to the managers a
suitable person for a member of
the executive committee for the
county for the next two years,
faid names to be reported to the
executiye committee at the time
the returns of the primary election
are consolidated.
There being no further business
the committee adjourned, subject
to the call of the chairman.
Jno. S. Leake. Chairman.
Jno. H. Wikle, Sec’y pro tem.
Piedmont Institute-
The twelfth annual commence
ment of the Piedmont Institute of
Rockmart will begin with the com
mencement sermon on Sunday
May 18th by Rev. J. E. Dickey, of
Atlanta.
On Monday morning will be the
exercises by the sixth grade gram
mar school and delivery of certifi
cates. Entertainment in the even
ing by the grammer school depart
ment.
Tuesday morning champion de
bate and literary address by Rev.
E. W. Ballinger. Annual concert
and play in the evening.
The graduating exercises and de
livery of diplomas will be held on
Wednesday morning, the 21st inst.
For Commissioners-
Editors News and Courant;
Please allow me to make a sug
gestion for county commissioners,
of which I think will meet the ap
proval of a majority of the voters
of Bartow county, will give you
the names as follows: John S.
Leake, J. B. Conyers, J.. H. Gil
reath, A. F. Woolley and D. W.
Loudermilk.
These men, we think, will make
a good ticket, and one that the
people of the county will be proud
of. Very respectfully,
J. B. Hawks.
Cassville, Ga., May 5, 1902.
MEDICAI. PROPERTIES
Of Dr. Coester’s Ideal Health
Powder for Domestic Animals.
1. Stomachic Tonics and Worm Rem
edy.
2. Will overcome an v acidity in stom
ach and render acid urine alkaline.
3. Intestinal Tonic and works mildly
on kidneys.
4. Renders intestines aseptic.
In 25c and 50c packages at M. F. Word’s
Money to Loan.
A limited sum of money
can be borrowed on farm
ing lands. Apply to
Jxo. H. Wikle, Att’y.
o h r o 11 x a .
Bears the ftw Have Always Bought
OLD SERIES-21SU
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE
Will be Held at West Sohooi
inu June 2d to sth.
The institute for the.teacii*r3H*i
the public schools of Bartow ikmwbp
ty will be held in Cartersville.
west side school building Jm.fr x
and 6th inclusive. All white ttsxia-*
ers who have taught school nst&b
county during this year, 190.2.; at*
required to- attend. The Boaa&sf
Education directs that all
tees be noted and they will reqtaat*.
fines unless reasons for absence x.
writing be presented to the beeFy;
and such reasons be deemed gptf
and sufficient.
If you have not made vp-auatil
forwarded your annual reported!
so at once, as its presence kt-savy
office is necessary before patymess,
of salary for five months of. sohcci.
is made. Of course teachers
will have summer schools will wta*-
derstatid that their annual r.rpjsre
will not be needed until their
mer term is closed. The 3Eh£
examination for teachers w:l£ -jt
cur Saturday, June T4th.
ers holding state licenses ax# li
censes *of Ist and 2d grades; wST
De required to take the subject cf
physiology. All others must tala?
the full list.
That the school Taw may Be a*3F
hered to strictly, all applicant?. Sir
the regular examination will' pa*se
eut to the commissioner before iber
day of examination, certffficasteftr
signed by responsible parties as In _
the moral character: of\satdPai>Rir c
cant. The signer of said.angjsjics? 1
tion must be known to comnns
ioner or some member of the Board
of Education. A proper certificate
will entitle the applicant -
mission to the examination - ecmiir ~
and evidence that said certitSranftt
has been presented and approved
will be furnished by the ccrarans*-
sioner, to be banded to theoranr
ductor of examination. Thfsen®..
be needed in order to haye assign
ed seat and questions?.
This tequiremeut of the iato
for the protection of the wcdrtfof. 1
teachers and must be enforced,.
It is important to attend dns
matter without delay,as- there vrifir
be one day for the examination sjmL
those who fail to attend that. *Jay
will not haye any opportunity '•
be examined for a year unless siedfc
ness should prevent the presence of
the teacher. Bhottld srcfcnesw fct
the cause for absence a physiciir &
certificate of said illness will Bet*.
needed in order to get a special exr .
amination.
Notice to Voters:-
Registration Books w-ill be iowmi
at the following places and tbe
persons named are authorized £:>
register all qualified votes.
Adairsville, Franklins & ChifQuer
Pine Log, C. M. Maxwell.
Iron Hill, P. C. Griffin..
Euharlee, T. J. Taylor;
Taylorsville, J. M. Dorsey.
Kingston, J. N. McKelvey,
Wolf Pen, Richard Perkins
Stamp Creek, J. E. Barror.
Emerson, Brooks’ store.
Caasville, R. B. Smith.
Sixth. Robert Raden.
Whites, Edge & Elrod.
Cartersville, At Court. Houst
Salacoa, J. B. Shellhorse.
Allatoona, Post Office.
Stilesboro, J. B. Spronll.
May 6, 1902.
F. V. Smith,
Tax Collectsn
‘‘Too Warm for Fisk’ r
You say. But we beg to sa-ydiias
fish is a warm weather dieti
is the best month for the best •
Remember we get theta fresh, Iteenp
them fresh and deliver thera t
you in good condition. Dress aawK.
cook them, or by putting yoar fbfc
in a cool place yon can ■ keep tise*
twelve to 18 hours rafter they as*
prepared for cooking.*. FridayascS
Saturday are tbe dhys we- Junt
them but speak in advance,, oc girot
us your order in advance to ins*o*-
your getting fish, and the kind yocre
want.
Miller H. Gilreath, Jr..
The place to get something to eati .
The Alaska Refrigerar
tor will save you a large
Ice bill. Calhoun Bros. .
Lost.
Pointer dog, ten months old. wtul..
and liver colored head, bob-tailed, na,Ta.~-
ed “Baby." Liberal reward for
turr. PAUL F. AKxBL
For County Commissioner
I am a candidate for cotnrty
commissioner and respectfully
the support of the people in tint
June primary.
2t. ' H. A. Gay.