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SEW SERIES—VOL- I-NO. 46.
GOING INTO
BIRMINGHAM.
franchises Granted to Seaboard
Air Line-
SURVEYORS IN THE FIELD-
Started at Coal City and Will Reach
Birmingham in
Sixty Days.
\• , ,
There is no longer any doubt
that the Seaboard Air Line has
bought the Hast and West railroad
and will build into Birmingham at
once. The pdrty'of surveyors* who
■were in Cartersville last week left
on Wednesday-fo.r Coal City, Ala.,
and are'now surveying a line from
that place,to Birmingham*
It is stated' that the Seaboard
will use the tracks of the W. & A.
R.-R- tp, ..Cartersville when they
begin to operate the East and
West, and will eventually build a
line fFonr*Atlanta to Rockmart.
This would place Cartersville on a
br*u}d\.road connecting with the
Seaboard at Rockmart. The fol
lowing dispatch practically con
fft&Vth* sale of the East and
West:
Birmingham, Ala., May 25.
the city council oi Birmingham
was called in special session last
night by Mayor Drennen for the
purpose of hearing the report of
the joint judiciary and street rail
road committee to whom had been
referred the petition and ordinance
of the Birmingham and Atlantic
Air Line railroad (Seaboard Air
Line.) The committee met night
before last and acted favorably on
the petition recommending the
granting of rights of way on Aven
ue A from Thirty-second to Twen
ty-fourth streets and down to
Fourteenth street and thence over
to Avenue B, and also from Thirty
second street and Avenue A to
Tenth avenue, north, on Thirty
second street and thence west on
Tenth avenue, north to the city
limits. The called meeting be
came possible through a motion to
adjourn subject to a call by the
mayor at the last regular meeting
of the ooard, which makes the
actiou of the mayor calling the
meeting perfectly legal.
Mr. J. W. Barr, vice-president
and general manager of the Sea
board Air Line, who has been in
the city for some time, leaves for
the east tomorrow morning, but
will return in a fortnight. He
stated that the survey of the line
from Coal City to Birmingham had
begun. The engineers ought to
reach the city in sixty days. I We
will build from Atlanta to Rock
mart, on the Last and West, and
from Coal City on that line into
Birmingham. The total length of
the line from Birmingham to At
lanta will be about 177 miles, and
the maximum grade about one in
the hundred, which is considerably
less than that of the Southern rail
way between here and Atlanta.”
Mr. Barr states that he is very
thankful to the people of the city,
mayor and board of aldermen and
the press for the kind things they
have said and done for the new
road. He said that he felt that the
new road was coming into the
house of its friends.
livery member but one of the
city council attended the call
meeting tonight. Not a single vote
was polled against a resolution
granting all franchises asked for
by the Seaboard, and the mayor
was author zed to sign all con
tracts. This will be done in the
next few days.
Card from J- J. Conner-
The United States government
has been for several years giving
to each state in the union $25,000
to be devoted to agricultural and
mechanical education.
The fund up to the present
time has been paid to the fac
ulty of the state university to teach
boys not for nominal industrial
pursuit; but to train them mainly
for politics and professions. For
it is paid to the faculty of the State
University as above indicated and
every informed man knows that
no science in agriculture is learned
at the State University.
Therefore, I claim that the fund
is misdirected in Georgia, and I
most cordially and heartily favor
the passage of an act which will
stop the misdirection of the fund
-and divert it into the channel for
THE NEWS AND COURANT.
which it is intended; towit: the
erection and maintainence of a
school where sons of Georgia and
especially the farmer’s sons can be
instructed in scientific agriculture.
J. J. Conner.
THE DISPENSARY.
Rev. Mr. Bealer In a Strong Sermon
Opposes One for Bartow.
In his sermon at the Baptist
church last Sunday, Rev. Alex W.
Bealer, the pastor, took a shot at
the proposition to establish a dis
pensary in Bartow county. He
was speaking on the idea that the
churches should have enough fire
in them to burn up evil in a com
munity. There should be warmth
enough in the churches of Carters
ville, he said, to kill and to kill
quickly the proposition to estab
lish a dispensary in Cartersville.
“Some men,” said Mr. Bealer, “are
saying that the revenue from the
dispensary will help us in paying
our taxes. They say we need this
money and we need the revenue to
help in educating our children. To
me this is one of the saddest
thoughts in the world, that men !
should say we must have the help
of this fiend incarnate to run our
towns and our schools. Whenever
this charge is made the ghost of
Ananias blushes with shame, Mun
chausen bows his head in grief
and all the devils in hell come up
a little closer to the earth to learn
a few new dots in the art of pre
varication. If we are obliged to
have this money lets go down to
the state capitol and tear do\Vn the
goddess of liberty, lets overturn
the statures of Grady and Hill and
lets put up anew monument. I
would mate it a tall and imposing
shaft on the top of which should
be the figure of a howling drunk
ard. In one pocket there should
be a loaded bottle and in another
a loaded pistol In one hand there
should be a murdered babe, in the
other the crushed and bleeding
heart of its mother. One foot
should rest upon the neck of the
dead father and the other should
have crushed the home into frag
ments. This would represent the
whisky traffic and to it we should
teach our children to bow in yen
eratioti, as the great benefactor
who was paying our taxes and run
ning our schools.”
THE GRIFFIN TOURNAMENT
Cartersville Team Wins Several
Prizes in Contest.
A dispatch from Griffin of the
22d inst says: In the firemen con
tests today Cedartown sustained
the record it made yesterday and
captured nearly every one of the
first prizes for which it contested.
The races began at n o’clock,
the first contest being with the host
reel. Cedartown captured first
prize of SIOO, showing water in 234
sec >nds. Cartersville won second
pr.zeof SSO.
In the Siamese connection test
Cedartown won first prize of $25
and Dalton won second prize ot
In the grab contest Cedartown
showed water in seconds, win
ning first prize of $25, which Car
tersville won second money, sls.
The most exciting races of the
tournament were the two-horse
hose wagon races, which place this
afternoon at 4 o’clock. Griffin fire
company No. 2 won the first prize
of $l5O, make a run of 300 yards
and showing water in 43 seconds.
Rome won second prize of SSO,
makiug the run in 44 seconds.
The last race was between the
chief of the departments, only two
entering, Chief A. Rogowski, of
Griffin, and Chief Morgan Russell,
of Cedartown.' Griffin’s chief
made the 400 yards in 25T seconds,
beating his opponent by one-half
second.
Tonight the firemen and spon
sors were entertained by the loca
fjremen. The sponsors were given
a german in the Odd Fellows’ hall
and those who preferred were en
tertained at a smoker at Patterson’s
hall, where speeches were made by
Mayor Bailey and others. The
firemen left on special tiains for
their homes at a late hour.
The next meeting will be held at
Dalton.
Royal
T Absolutely Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
hovai uuoaa nowotw 00., new yowl _
CARTERSVILLE, GA.. THURSDAY. MAY 29. 1902.
CLOSING (IF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Interesting Annual Exercises Came
Off This Week-
A BRILLIANT COMMENCEMENT-
Prizes Awarded the Contestants in
Composition and Elocution—
Judge Akin s Talk.
The closing exercises of the
public schools were largely attend
ed and were very interesting.
Monday was devoted to review
work in the rooms.
The contest for prizes in decla
mation took place at the tabernacle
Tuesday.
The following were the contest
ants and their subjects:
JUNIOR DIVISION.
Dayton Landers —“Prior to Miss
Bell’s Appearance.’’
Caroline Knight—“A Trouble
some Call.”
Leonell Moon—“ His Mother’s
Song.’’
Rosylin Lumpkin—“So Was I.”
•Evelyn Lewis —“ ’Bout deWitch
es.”
Annie Pope Allen —“Litile Jack’*
Jessie Daves—“TheNightWind”
Tony Comarata “His First
Reading.’’
SENIOR DIVISION.
Sarah Tumlin —“The Angels of
Buena Vista.”
Lizzabel Saxon —“The Burial of
Moses.”
Rebecca Knight—“ The Dallas
Reunion Poem.”
Lillian Akin—“ The Daughters
of the Confederacy.”
Lindsay Forrester-“£atrick Hen
ry Before the Virginia Convention”
Freeman Puckett —“TheNatiox-.
al Ensign.”
Verderv Akin —“Spartacus to
the Gladiators.”
Doak Proctor—“ What Mr. Rob
inson Thinks.”
Wednesday was graduation day.
The graduation class was compos
ed of fourteen members.
They and their subjects were as
follows:
Elizabeth Ford —Salutatory.
Walter Weaks Daves, Jr —Pres-
ident’s Address.
Irene Eiizabeth Alley—“ Borro
wing Trouble.”
Ada Emaline Donalioo—“The
Merchant of Venice.”
Addie Beatrice Gaines—-“ The
Book of Nature.”
Clifton Corley—“The Smithson
nian Institution
Mamie Josephine Ginn —“Henry
v. Longfellow.”
Lydia Avis Jackson —‘Tilings
That Cost Nothing.”
Eliza Williams Neal —“Tle Ideal
vVomanTj
Julian Croswell Hall—“ Two
Kinds of Courage.”
Juliet Neel-“ The Dialect ftory.”
Florida Lillian Fite—Clas His
tory.
Mary Earle Gilreath- Class
Prophecy.
Benjamin Charles Gilreith
“The Triumph of Mind Over Mat
ter.”
Judge Akin, president >f the
1 board of education, deliyeed an
eloquent and scholarly aidress,
unsing the class motto, “Ne.entes,
ant perfice,”as a basis. “To< few,”
he said, “kept up the vigor >f the
first onslaught.”
Prizes were awarded as folows:
For Elocution —Annie Poje Al
len in the senior, and Lilliai Akin
in the junior division
For Composition —Maxie Bar
ron in the senior, with Valter
Daves and Monroe Neel for tonor
able mention,in the senior division
and Jessie Daves in the unior
division.
The music for commenement
day was furnished by a sjiendid
orchestra from CbattanoojY and
forelocution day by local talent
including the Cartersville qurtette.
CASTOniA
Bears the The Kind You Have Alw-s Bought
Sig °r &&
Card from Dr- Baker-
Editors News and Courant.
In a back issue of your paper ap
peared a card from Fite. 1 could not
see why he went so far out of his way
in a matter in which lie lias no con
cern, to make such an unjust, uncall
ed for and vicious attack on me. But
this is his usual card of the past twen
ty years, and when I made my an
nouncement I looked for it. There
has not been but one exception when
my name was announced for office,
and that was two years ago when he
was a candidate, and was making and
seeking to make combinations with
every candidate for every office, and
then he, through his friends, was
making protestations of friendship
and a great desire to ever hereafter
he friendly with me, he wanted to
bury the sword with me with point
up and turned to me. Knowing the
insincerity and treacherousness of
this poor creature, I rejected his over
tures. The public has no concern
about Fite's feelings for me, and I
have but little. The poor unfortu
nate fellow is more to be pitied than
censured He is unfortunate in his
temperament. He thinks he can not
succeed in life unless he can tear
down some one and build on their
ruins, and that every one who is not
a willing architect in building up his
fortune and fame is a very bad man,
and those who are willing workers to
that end are good and great men.
Nothing is right unless it comes from
Fite, and no one should be elected to
any office except this autocratic boss
approves of it. This venomous per
sonal assault he makes on me is un
dignified. and greatly out of place for
one holding the position he does, and
should disqualify him from sitting
on any cause 1 might have in his
court, and as another of the many
evidences of his unfitness for the pos
ition he occupies, l know of but one
condition of affairs that would satis
fy him, and that would be for him to
hold every office from bailiff to pres
ident, and have every one to bow in
submission to him and have no po
litical or other identity except as it
comes from him.
He has never done anything except
hold office. He has raised his family
out of office. He has had one aH his
majority life, and pomatimes two or
more. He lias more qualifications to
get office and less ability to fill one
than any one I ever saw. Without
office he could not earn a living. He
claims to be a lawyer, but 1 never
heard of his being a lawyer till he be
gan to hold office. If he ever had a
law office I never heard of it. With
out office this poor creature would be
the most helpless creature on earth.
He could not sustain himself at law,
and would be in a pitiable condition.
He is now living off the tax payers,
and has a son in West Point being
elotfied, fed and receiving money
from the government, and had anoth
er one a clerk in the legislature get
ting his per diem. It is veritably a
family of dependents. He is no pro
ducer of anything. He has never
been of any use to the community in
which he lives. He has only filled of
fice and the public service woul<wmve
been much more wholesome anir bet
ter administered by another.
He assaults me, and 1 confess I
have not been what 1 might have
been, but 1 have done pretty nearly
as well as I could, at least my rule of
life has been to do all the good I
could and as little harm, and I have
succeeded fairly wed. 1 have worked
for the pub'ic all my life, and they
can testify as to my works. 1 have
tried to be faithful and reliable
while this persistent and inveter
ate enemy of mine and truth has
been trying to injura me and other
good and true men, among whom are
Dr. Felton, J. W. Harris, R. W. Mur
phy, J. B. Conyers, T. J. Lyon and
others whom lie could not control,
and who dare have the temerity to
differ with him or become candidates
for office without his approval. Woe
unto the man that rubs against this
black stump, living the life of an of
ficial tramp and 1 üblic vampire.
He says 1 can write more, talk lon
ger, say less, etc., and that 1 am an
egotist, not reliable, ignorant, prom
ising anything and doing nothing.
Here this bigot describes himself anil
undertakes to place the mantle of
his sins and vices on me, As to its ap
plication to me, 1 will let those who
are not prejudiced and are competent
and an enlightened just public judge.
The pride of my life is that J do not
enjoy the reputation of this ego with
cultivated, refined, learned and in
telligent people. That he is of a low
order and organization of intellect
without culture or learning on any
thing except little* petty political
trickery, thimble riging, chicaner
ies and low devices to procure office,
wholly unscrupulous without thesus
ceptibilitres of the higher type of
man and with a holy hatred for truth
Fite says some of the principles
laid down in my announcement are
right. At that 1 am very much sur
prised. Others he says are impos
sible, and that many of them are al
ready the law. He is again underrat
ing the intelligence of the people.
They know the power of the legisla
tore to enact constitutional amend
ments, and laws are only limited by
the constitution and laws of the Uni
ted .States, and that none of the prin
ciples I advocate are in conflict with
either or the constitution of the
state. Now the people as well as
lawyers know that. The law does
not clearly tax franchises of public
utility corporations. They know it
is not obligatory for the supreme
court to pass on all legal questions
made in a bill of exceptions, and that
the law on the dispositions of tines
and forfeitures is ambiguous and too
long and uncertain, and too sadly
they know who gets all of them when
applied to the payment of insolvent
cost. I guess one thing that exas
perated Fite to write his foolish and
unjust card outside of his animosity
for me and hatred for truth was that
I wanted an amendment that would
not allow such fellows as he to use
one office at the expense of public
safety, life, liberty, property and
property rights to procure another.
Ami not allow him to sit in trial on
a case of a railroad, having a free
pass in his pocket. Now how can he
tell you that many of the things I ad
vocate are already the law and ex
pect you to take it for granted be
cause he says so when he has been re
versed by the supreme court ip about
75 per cent, of the criminal cases that
have gone up from him, and in about
4H per cent, of the civil caseii. saving
himself in 40 per cent, of those in
which he was sustained by This dis
cretion in the case allowed by the su
preme court and that would leaxa
him to save himself on the law on 14
per cent. only. Fite, while not a
member of the legislature has by
proxy represented this county so
long in the legislature he hates the
idea of giving it up. it would leave
him out of a political job. He tells
you that your representatives in the
iast legislature were faithful, wise and
worthy. Is this not egotism when
lie was in the opinion of many your
representative by proxy ? He says a
dispensary bill was passed, and that
I opposed it and that it died in con
ference. Why does he not tell you
the truth, and tell you that it died in
the house, the branch in which he is
said to have represented this county
by proxy; and how hard I worked to
get a conference committee appoint
ed from the house, so the bill could
pass? See journal of house and sen
ate 1901.
He goes back to 1888 and tells you
in what bad faith I acted on his lo
cal bill on the whisky question. All
know where I have always stood on
this question. 1 have never conceal
ed jt. and they know for the past
twenty years Fite has been at least
biennially writing me up on this
question, he carrying a double deal
on it to get office. But he here mis
represents facts for the verity of
which I refer you to senate journal
of 188:5, pages 510 and 544. He tells
you there was barely a quorum of the
senate present, only 24. This is un
true. There were present voting 38.
He says there were 22 for the bill and
2 against. That is false. There was
20 for the bill and 13 against it. He
said Baker and one other voted
against it and the bill was defeated
by my vote and my ONK-derful in
fluence. You see from the above
that is false. My one-derful influence
had 18 and 12 of them as good and
able men as there is in this state, He
speaks of my record in the senate.
It is clean. lam proud of my record
as a public servant, and I defy Fite
or any one else to bring anything
against my official character. He has
been in the legislature in person, and
what is his record? Did lie ever do
anything except thimblerig and use
his little contemptable dirty political
legerdemaiq to get another office. 1
have never done an official act for
which I could be expelled or for
which articles of impeachment might
be preferred w hat can he say, guilty or
not guilty. He tells you 1 never had
any influence in the senate. As to that
1 will let my works as show r n by the
journal and my colleagues testify; ev
ery bill of mine except three oF four
were passed and went to the house
and were disposed of by this hypo
crite and truth hater by proxy as
said. 1 had only about two bills re
ported adversely. He says my dis
pensary bill was allowed to be passed
to get me to vote for the Floyd bill.
That is untrue. 1 was the first man
that ever introduced a bill in the leg
islature of Georgia,' allowing a dis
pensary voted on and stood commit
ted to that principle. And the gen
eral dispensary bill was drafted after
njy id*m. He tells you an agreement
in writing was presented to me by
his so said proxies, forme to sign,
leaving the question of dispensary to
tiiis approaching primary. * Yes, such
an agreement xvas presented to me,
and in it 1 saw his Italian hand and 1
refused to sign it, because 1 had no
right to agree to leave anything to
the executive committee, and 1 was
opposed to such action because my
dispensary bill left that question to
the qualiiied voters free from all oth
er questions, issues or men at an elec
tion heid for that purpose, and in a
month or year in which no other
election was held on its own merits
or demerits. This question is a mor
al andeconomir question, and should
be left to the qualified voters. AH
are interested in it. They should
vote for dispensary or against dis
pensary on a bill in existence, the
j provisions of which they can know.
I They should understand wliat the
j rules and regulations for its govern
| merit are. Its terms and provisions
j should be known and canvassed be
i fore the people so they could vote in
| telligently. They should not be
called on to vote on the question of
dispensary simply but they should
know what the bill is or is going to
be under which a dispensary is es
tablished to see if they want it. lam
opposed to leaving this important
question to the voters in such unjust
and unintelligent way as the resolu
tion drafted or dictated by tiiis great
good boss and wise statesman who
must control all things and as
adopted by a few or part only of the
executive committee for many rea
sons, and if elected I shall not be con
trolled by that resolution. But will
favor a bill with its provisions prop
erly guarded, and to be voted on by
the qualified voters at an election
held for that purpose when or after
the bib has been passed, and we all
know exactly its ternib and provis
ions for government, control and vote
intelligently on the question. It is
not right to require the voters to vote
on this question in such careless way as
that. No other county in Georgia has
asked the voters to do that, blit where
they vote on the question they vote on
it by bill, the terms of a bill they can
see and construe and have canvassed
before them so they can understand it.
This great good reliable and wise states
man when he drew that resolution had
three objects in view to defeat me if he
could to defeat dispensary, and if he
could not do that, then hayo you com
mitted to and whoever is elected in
OLD SERIES—2IST:YEAR
structed to a dispensary bill or plan
you would not want alter you tried it,
and one that would and could not give
the dispensary a fair test, hut one that
would make dispensary odious. I care
iittle how the net profits are divided.
If selfish I would prefer the Countv
should get most, most of my property
being in the county.
He tells you how" anxious I am to go
to the legislature. I vvould like to go
this term for the reasons only given in
my announcement, But unlike him j.
would not prostitute public interest for
office. The people know if I go Igo at
a sacrifice to my business like any oth
er honest man would if he had business
at home. I haye not got the insaciable
thirst for office this office holder and
seeker lias, wiiose only profession is
office seeking and office jobbing, using
all manner oi corrupt, dirty methods to
get office, using one for almost the ex
clusive purpose of getting another. He
is accused of using the office he now
holds five years to try to'.get to con
gress. When the poor creature wrote
his card he came down in town walking
at an angle ot 45 degrees strutting like a
peacock, saying to himself, 1 have sent
out my edict for Baker’s defeat. I have
got in my boss work again and it will
tell. Twenty years ago. 1 was informe l
that this poof corrupt creature said he
intended to drive me from tiiis com
munity in shame and disgrace and ruin
me professionally. I thought that was
saying a good deal for a fellow who had
no qualifications except dirty methods.
He, with his allies, has succeeded in
giving me considerable trouble and ex
pense and crippling my usefulness By
his unmanly dirty mean methods, Near
tvo years atro I was reliably informed
he said he would not have allowed me
elected if lie had not been taking care
of nimselt, I have been amazed at the
power this fellow of unmanly, dirty and
corrupt methods has had over the peo
ple of this community. He is now meet
ing with his polit.eal death, as a result
oi such methods. Just what all such
fellows will ultimately receive at the
hands ol' a people as intelligent as ours.
He is in the throes ol political death,
caused by political corruption, which
has so oppressed the people with taxa
tion, and he lavs it t > me. When a boy
I was quite familiar with the theorems
of Burden, the nine books of Segender
plain* analytical and spheriotsl trigo
nometry, Euclid shades and
but the most knotty question x nave
ever tried to solve is how this poor crea
ture, with his methods and mean foxy
intelligence has exercised such in
fluence over the people for the past
twenty years One of his friends suggests
this solution, that it is by nis unmanly,
dirty and corrupt practices. I have a
respect for the office this fellow occu
p;es, but a contempt for occupant. I beg
pardon for having to write this card,
and J wash myhandsof this poor crea
ture and will dismiss him to stink him
self to death like the polecat from the
stench of himself. Thos. H. Baker,
The following letter from Judge C. J.
Welborn. state librarian,explains itself:
Hon, Thomas H. Baker, Cartersville,
Ga. Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 17th
inst. just received. I regret to say that
it is not possible tor me to lend you the
Journal ol 1883 which contains the vote
of the senate on the temperance bill of
that year for the county of Bartow, as
we have but one copy now in, the library
to which frequent reference is made.
The voting on the trill is to be found
on page 510 of the Senate Journal for
tlie year 1883 Those voting in favor of
the hill are: Messrs. Bell. Bush, Fred
erick, Harris, Jones. I.amar, Living
ston, Mandeville, McAfee, McDonald,
Neal, Parker, Parks, Peeples, Pike,
Rouss, Smith, Thompson, Tutt, Walker
2O votes.
Those who voted against the bill are:
Messrs. Baker, DeWolf, dußignon,
George, Greer, Gustin, Hughes, Martin,
Meldrim, Morgan, Oiiyer, Pauli, Tatum
—l3 nays.
On page 544 it appears that the bill
again came before the senate and on
motion of Mr. McDonald was laid on the
taole, no other action appears to have
been taken upon it. There was no yea
and nay vote on the motion to table. I
regret ihat I am unable to send you the
Journal itself, lam.
Very truly yours,
O. J. Wellborn.
Rev- Mr- Bealer Resigns-
Rev. Alex W. Bealer last Sun
day morning offered his resigna
tion as pastor of the Baptist church,
the same to take egect September
i. This action of Mr. Bealer is a
surprise to many who had come to
regard him in the light of a fix
ture in Cartersville for some time
to come.
Mr. Bealer came to serve the
church here February ist, 1900,
and in the more than two years he
has been here he has done a most
remarkable work. The member
ship has grown greatly under his
pastorate, 118 being added to the
rolls, 49 by letter and 69 by bap
tism.
A splendid pastorium has been
built, which is a credit to the de
nomination and an ornament to
the town.
He has been a tireless worker
and has preached with force and
impressiveness.
A Bright Pythian,
The swift official promotion of
Mr. C. M. Milam in the order of
Pythians in Georgia is a source of
much gratification to his friends
who are acquainted with his mer
its. He has been chancellor com
mander of the lodge here for a num
ber of years and the lodge has
grown amazingly under his admin
istration until it now ranks as one
of the very finest in the state.
Mr. Milam was the other day at
Valdosta elected vice chancellor of
the grand lodge which leaves only
one more step to the head of the
order in Georgia and which noth
ing it now seems could prevent his
making. He was a few years ago
grand outer guard, from which he
has risen to the place he now fills^