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MW SERIES—VOL. I—NO. 47.
euharlee institute.
Commencement Exercises Termi
nate Successful Year.
The commencement exercises at
Euharlee Institute came off last
week, and were perhaps the most
largely attended and the most in
teresting in the history of that in
stitution.
The baccalaureate sermon
preached by Rev. F. F. McFadden,
of Cedartown, Ga., was heard by
about seven or eight hundred peo
ple many being unable to obtain
even standing room within the
church. Rev. McFadden choosing
as bis text, Ecclesiastes 12:1 ap
pealed especially to the young.
1 Mr. McFadden is still young in
the work, but clearly demonstrat
ed that he is one of the most prom
ising young men in the Synod of
Georgia.
On Monday evening the young
ladies held their contest, for the
Trustee’s Elocution medal in the
institute chapel. There were thir
teen contestants, and each select
ion was exceedingly well tendered.
In addition to this contest the pro
gramme for the evening consisted
in recitations by the younger stu
dents and a play by the young
men.
On Tuesday evening, the first
part of the programme consisted
of recitations and drills but the
main feature of the evening’s en
tertainment was the eloquent liter
ary address delivered by Rev. A.
W. Bealer, of Cartersville. Mr.
Bealer well maintined his reputa
tion as one of the most popular
speakers in Georgia and his bril
liant effort was much enjoyed by
all who were so fortunate as to hear
it.
Some of the enjoyable features
of both evening programmes, were
the doll drill by the little girls, the
drill by the high school girls and
excellent music furnished by the
music class, under the direction of
Miss Elizabeth DeLaney, of Vir
ginia. All the exercises were wit
nessed by larger crowds than could
be comfortably accommodated.
The committee composed of Rev.
Geo. E. Bourne, Mrs. Geo. L.
Bourne, Mrs. Whitenbury and Miss
Berry, awarded the medal in elocu
tion to Miss Jessie Broome while
Miss Emmie E. Lowry won the
scholarship medal and Miss Laura
McCormick the prize for highest
grade on all examinations. The
same teachers were re-elected for
another term and the outlook for
next year is more promising than
ever before in the history of the
school.
Death of an Old Citizen.
‘‘Unde Johnny” Richards, an
old and respected citizen, d ; ed and
his home at the old Oak Grove
furnace, in the Wolf Pen district,
Friday night, May nth. He had
been in exceptionally good health,
considering his age, up to a short
time before he died. He attended
the decoration of the soldier’s
graves in-Cassville the first of the
month. He was 67 years of age
and had long been a citizen of
nartow, raising a good sized fam
iy. His wife and six children,
lree sons and three daughters,
survive him. The daughters are
ad married and also all the sons
except one. Two of the sons live
\r Alabama - He was an uncle of
' p lU Puckett, of this city.
e fought in the confederate
army, being a member of Col. Ab
Johnson’s regiment, the 40th Geor
soMier and 3 faithful and brave
"In c f e Johnny” was very fond
tnri Untl , n & knd a very successful
key hunter, his ready rifle
“ gln £ down many a fine feath-
S P£^ imen in woods about
till ' A , The uumber of turkeys he
1 ed last year was ten.
aeni e , was a faithful and devoted
Was 61 ° the Ba P tist church and
kina nott d for his good deeds and
H . e was Un iversally
ed by all his neighbors.
Praise for Judge Fite.
° Uth6rn Ellijay, Ga,
t**' Phe presided at our court
favo^ 8 ag0 > and our people were
Whi,r ly .‘“pressed with him.
ou r P res iding over this term of
t esv ° U l\’ by his fairness, cour
ed hL D kindness, he has endear
his stnf to all our P eo P le - In
s urron e ,P ces ’ he looks at a man’s
a nd si" ingsaud his circumstances
feelin P OWS tbat he has a heart of
i nent and sympathy. One.prom
hsto ,<e 1 n of °ur county asked
s aid he hlm t 0 J ud & e Fite;
wanted* neVer seen him ’ and
l bat hf. t 0 See a good man and
understood that Fite was
THE NEWS AND COURANT.
a good one. Our people will al
ways give him a hearty welcome
when he comes into our county.
•When he left our town, he left
with the best wishes and prayers
of our people for his happiness and
welfare.
Protracted Meeting.
Protracted services, beginning
Tuesday evening June 3rd, and
continuing through this and the
following week, will be held at the
Methodist church in Cartersville.
Next Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m.
Rev. B. F. Frazier of First church.
Rome, will remain through the
week to assist in the services.
Until then no services will be
held except preaching at 8 o’clock
p. m.
This meeting has been appointed
after earnest and axious counsel,
for the religious benefit of our
community.
All are invited to what we hope
will be a time of refreshing from
the presence of the Lord.
Geo. W. Yarbrough,
Pastor.
A lteal Frieiyl.
“I suffered from dyspepsia and in
digestion for fifteen years,*’ says W.
T. Sturdovaut of Merry Oaks, N. (J.
"After 1 had tried many doctors and
medicines to no avail one of my
triends persuaded me to try Kodol.
It gave immediate relief. I can eat
almost anything I want now and my
digestion is good. I cheerfully recom
mend Kodol.” Don’t try to cure
stomach trouble by dieting. That
only further weakens the system.
You need wholesome, strengthening
food. Kodol enables you to assimi
late what you eat by digesting it
without the stomach’s aid. M. F.
Word.
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Stilesboro, Ga., May 30, 1902.
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In the case of an old mule which
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called hollow horn. She improved
very much, shed her hair, increas
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Very truly yours,
' P. B. Bibb.
Home Mission Society. '
The Home Mission Society of
the Methodist church will meet at
the home of Mrs. Sam Jones Mon
day afternoon, June 9, at 3:30
o’clock. The following is the bible
study for the meeting:
Third period—Mat. XV and
XVI, Mark VII and IX, Luke IX,
John VI and VII,
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Death of Mrs- Stephens-
Mrs. Stephens, the wife of Mr.
S. Frank Stephens, died at her
home in this city about tcu days
ago. She had been sick for a long
'time and her death was not unex
pected, but it was a great shock to
her family as she was a faithful,
good wife and mother. She leaves
a husband and five children to
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CARTERSVILLE, GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 5, 1902.
LETTER FROMGEERRI
Macon, Ga., May 27, 1902.
The Guerrv Club:
Dear Friends: At this stage of the
campaign with the means and facili
ties which 1 have, and which are very
meagre, I find it impossible for me to
any resonable extent answer the
numerous unjust attacks made upon
me politically, professionally, and I
now write you this brief review of
some of these attacks so that you
you may if you see fit, take up your
selves the trouble and very small ex
pense of printing this communication
on a leaflet or with other matter to
distribute not only in your county
but in adjoining counties so that our
cause may be protected as largely as
possible under the circumstances,
from the injustice mentioned.
1. I call your attention to the fact
that the plan of campaign adopted
by Mr. Terrell’s Kimball house com
mittee evidenced by the cards of Mr,
Warner HilJ, manager, with which
the newspapers are being filled and
the state flooded by the means of cir
cular literature, is simply to charge
me recklessly with all the wrongs in
Georgia that 1 am condemning.
LOBBYTSM.
2. We find this manifested in the
trumped up charges to the effect That
lama lobbyist. When called upon
for specification, Mr. Hill failed ut
terly to respond, although lie has re
fused to meet me face to face ami be
fore the people to make these charges
and discuss the campaign. Mr. Hill
refers to ah occasion, namely, that of
my representing Abbeville on the
court house question Imt admits that
1 only appeared before the commit
tee and made an argument which is
perfectly the legitimare thing for an
attorney to do. Besides he refers to
and quotes from a petition in Bibb
Superior court of Gustin, Guerry At
Hall for fees for services rendered in
procuring a charter for the Macon
and Birmingham railroad from the
Georgia legislature in which the
proofs from the reoond as quoted by
him show that such services consisted
of open appeals and argument ad
dressed to the general assembly and
all of which are known to be entirely
free from lobbyism. There is no pre
tense that tlie firm did anything
wrong in this connection and besides
this it appears that I was not actually
with the services that were rendered.
1 have denied and here deny again
that during my life I have ever been
guilty of a single act or word of lob
byism and have challenged and now
challenge specifications and proof.
FREE PASSISM.
3. Mr. Hill makes insinuations also
on this subject, I say now what I
have said on the stump, that the only
time I ever held an office in this state
the duties of which required me to
pass upon the rights of railway com
panies, was when I was a senator in
1880 and 1881. On this occasion I was
furnished with free passes but did
not use any of them. 1 also deny the
insinuation of Mr. Hill that as rail
way attorney I was ever concerned in
the distribution of passes to others,
for such is not the fact.
TWELVE PER CENT. INTEREST.
Mr. Hill pretends that while I-was
senator I advocated twelve per cent,
as the rule for interest in Georgia,
though he admitted when lie first
made this this was a mere inference
on his part. All of his insinuations
on this subject are false and he knows
it. At that time the interest question
of Georgia was in an unsettled condi
tion and I simply favored leaving the
question to a direct vote of the people
so they could settle the rate in that
way for themselves.
WAY STATION FREIGH T RATES.
5. The charge of Mr. Hill vet more
absurd if possible, is that I opposed
legislation in favor of way stations
and the people preventing a greater
charge for a shorter than a longer
haul. The Senate Journal shows
that this is utterly false; that I intro
duced and passed a bill on the other
line, and when the question came up
on other bills I always contended for
the rights of the way stations and of
the people. The truth is that I rep
resented the senatorial district in
which Americus was situated in which
I was born and largely reared, which
led the great fight in Georgia in those
days in favor of way stations and the
people. In the senate 1 championed
my native city on this public
question and if I had voted
and acted as stated Mr. Hill, the peo
ple of Americus would have held an
indignation meeting and condemned
me ft>r such treachery.
If you will examine the Senate
Journal you will see the fraud perpe
trated by Mr. Hill in this connection.
On one occasion after We had voted for
this rule in favor of the people and
theway stations and the clauses in the
bill against charging more for a
shorter than a longer haul had been
stricken out in order to perfect the
bill xvhich all of us desired to pass be
cause of the good there was left in it,
I moved to strike from the caption
all reference to greater charges for a
shorter than a longer haul, etc. sim
ply in order to make the caption con
form to the body of tqe bill. This
Mr. Hill seizes for his fraudulent pur
poses, not drawing the distinction
between the caption and the bill.
PRISON COMMISSION.
6. When I made my statement
about convict labor in Georgia, my
old friend, Gen. Evans, to my great
surprise, felt that I attacked him
when I had never thought of doing
so.
I have publicly and repeatedly dis
claimed this intention and yet the
very men who so unjustly fought and
attacked him when he was a candi
date for governor and when I was
battling in his behalf and while I am
now carrying wounds there received,
pretend to he the friends of General
Evans in order to make capital
against us out of this misunderstand
ing.
What I have said about convict
labor has not been denied by any
body ami I presume will not because
the facts stated by me are matter of
record I presume what really of
feiided the prison commissioners was
my statement to the effect that there
were rumors involving some of the
officials connected with the manage
ment, etc., of convict labor. They
do not deny the existence of these
rumors and I have never affirmed the
truth of the same, and I have never
said or thought that there were ru
mors involving the honor of General
Evans.
PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS.
7. All over Georgia during the
course of my speeches as will appear
in my/campeign address as now pub
lished 1 have alluded tc these good
people as hard shells in a kind man
ner from what friends have been sav
ing to me about in the state, and in
doing this I have on every occasion
spoken in complimentary terms of
the primitive Baptists; but notwith
standing this the little politicians
about over the state have reversed
what I have had to say and have
been circulating a falsehood to the
effect that I had been disparaging
the Primitive Baptists, although
thousands of them in the state are
among my most enthusiastic friends,
some of whom are prohibitionists
and some of whom are in favor of me
on other issues, notwithstanding
their opposition to prohibition.
THE INSULT TO GEN. WEAVER IN
MACOX IE 1892.
8. Hon, J. R. Hogan was furnished
(doubtless by the Macon Telegraph)
with a garbled and incorrect account
of what I said in a speech on this oc
casion, i have denied and do now
that this extract correctly reported
me. The ba’ance of the report which
Mr. Hill omitted showed that I acted
as peacemaker on this occasion, con
demning the wrong and getting the
crowd to be quiet and to consent to
hear the speaking, etc., as I have
fully shown in cards in the papers. {
MY PROHIBITION RECORD.
9. Mr. Hill most recklessly charges
that 1 voted against and defeated a
local option bill as senator in 1881 and
in dealing with the (Senate Journal
as proof lie suppresses that part of it
that not only disproves his charge
but on the contrary shows that at
that time 1 endeavored to engraft on
the bill by amendment the very prin
ciple that was enacted into our local
option law in 1885, four years after
ward, the very law that Mr Terrell
boasts that he voted for. Besides
this, it appears that this very bill
wtis not defeated in the senate but on
reconsideration amended by the’
vote of myself and other prohibition
ists and passed by a veto of twenty
three just enough to pass it; and that
I voted ior it; and that it would not
have passed without my vote.
The Terrell campaign comjnittee
with unlimited funds furnished by
the political railroad companies and
the Atlanta Liquor Dealers’ Associa
tion, floods the state with the
charges in newspapers and circulars,
leaving out my answers and denials.
If you could get and publish all these
answers and denials it would*be best;
but if you cannot do more, please
print and circulate this as fully as
possible.
Yours truly
DuPont Guekry,
Spring Fever.
Spring fever is another name for
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and inactive bowels mean a poisoned
system. If neglected, serious illness
may follow such symptoms. DeWitt's
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the bowels and cleansing the system
cf impurities. Safe pills. Never
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ever tried.” M. F. Word.
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Card from W- C Walton-
In canyassing the county I found
that Capt. Anderson had many
warm supporters and that his can
didacy stood very much in the
way of my election. I realized
that all the work of the clerk’s of
fice could not be performed by one
man. As stated in his card, Capt.
Aderson retires in my favor. He
will assist me in the discharge of
the duties of the clerk's office if I
am elected, I hope this action
will meet with the approval of my
friends.
-Will C. Walton.
“To The Public-
Having abandoned the general
practice of physic on account of
health, I desire those who are owing
me to come forward and settle at
once. These accounts must he set
tled at once or they will be put out
for collection. J. S. Bkazlky,
et Stilesboro.
Best < ouKh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use IJJ
A Card from Judge Fite-
Editors News and CouraLt:
There appeared in your paper
of last week a libellous attack on
me signed by T. K. Baker, which
I would treat with silent contempt
if everybody knew him as well as
the good people of Bartow comity
know him.
I might exhaust the vocabulary
of abuse and denunciation upon
him, which I did not do in my for
mer card, and will not do here; but
if I were to do so he would not
resent it in a manly way, but
but would rather enjoy the noto
riety of it. He is beneath the
contempt of a gentleman, and his
pal, who wrote or helped to write
the slanderous card, is beneath
him, if possible. What have I
done that the slander crew should
abuse and deuounce me? I have
lived here all of my life and I defy
them to name one act of mine,eith
er public or private, that is not up
right and honorable.
What surprises me most is that
the editors of the News and Cou
rant would permit such a publica
tion from such a source, as they
have always professed to be my
friends, and I have always regard
ed them as such.
When I read Baker’s card my
first impulse was to resort to per
sonal violence upon him. which I
was once forced to do before going
upon the bench; but on reflection,
considering my official position,
and knowing that he has been in
dicted, tried and convicted more
times than any one who lives, or
has ever lived in Bartow cdunty,
with the possible exception of a
notorious little negro, Joe Cannon,
I have decided that I can not af
ford to dirty my hands with him.
However, I can chastise him with
the strong arm of the law, which
he has defied and violated for years
and years. I will treat him just
like any other criminal under sim
ilar circumstances who should slan
der me for having faithfully dis
charged my official duties.
When he was tried for perjury,
with full knowledge of a defect in
the indictment, and with an as
surance born of desperation, he
ignored the defect and went to trial
on the merits of the case, but after
the evidence was closed and the
opening speech for the state had
been made, seeing that conviction
was inevitable, he then took ad
vantage of the defect in the indict
ment, and was thus ignobly ac
quitted. Col. J. W. Harris was
then solicitor general. Later on
when he was on trial for assault
with intent to murder by blowing
up the dwelling house of Judge
Aaron Collins with dynamite, two
of his alleged accomplices, Tobe
and Sam Jackson, swore positively
to his guilt, but in law, their testi
mony alone, if believed by the
jury to be true, would not be suf
ficient tp authorize a conviction;
and the corroborating testimony
not being sufficient he was acquit
ted. His alleged accomplices were
convicted on much Jess testimony;
and the poor deluded boys are now
fugitives—running from the law,
and he is now a candidate —running
for the legislature—quite a differ
ence now, but I respect them more
than Ido him. These same boys
said on the same trial, that Ba
ker tried to hire them to assassi
nate me, and to blow me up with
dynamite. I believe every word
they said, and I am not surprised
that he is now slandering me. I am
now and have always been with
and for the good people of this
county, and will continue to be,
and neither threats of assassina
tion, dynanfite nor slander will
deter me from faithfully and fear
lessly discharging every duty that
I owe the people, either as a citi
zen or as an official.
Baker attacks my official record
and charges me with corruption
and persecution. This is untrue
and he knows it. Here is his re
cord as appears on the minutes of
the •ourts:
The State vs. T. H. Baker,et. al.,
March term. 1875, riot, A. T. Hack
ett, solicitor general.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, et.
al., July term 1877, affray, A. T.
Hackett, S. G.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, July
term 1878, assault and battery, A.
T. Hackett, S. G.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, July
term 1884, perjury, J. \Y. Harris,
S. G.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, Jan
uary term, 1887, ass’lt to murder,
J. W. Harris, S. G.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, July
term, 1889, ass’lt and battery, A.
W. Fite, S. G.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, con- 1
OLD SERIES—2IST YEAR
tempt City Couit 1890, A. W.
Fite, S. G.
I he State vs. T. H. Baker, Jan
uary term 1895, libel, A. W. Fite
S. G.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, July
term 1895, misdemeanor, A, W,
Fite, S. G.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, July
term 1895, contempt, A. W, Fite
S. G.
The State vs. T. H. Baker, Jan
uary term 1898, misdemeanor, S,
P. Maddox, S. G.
The State vs. T. 11. Baker. Jan
uary term 1898, misdemeanor, S.
P. Maddox, S. G.
From the foregoing it appears
that Baker had been furnishing
grinding for the '.criminal courts
for many years before I went upon
the bench or became solicitor gen
eral. I never persecuted him, and
as evidence of it, the courts and
juries always convicted him when
I was solicitor general.
I had hoped that having been
once convicted of criminal libel, he
had learned some sense, discretion
and decency; but as he has not I
will try to teach him some at the
proper time and in the proper way.
My first card was written in re
ply to Baker’s announcement for
the legislature in which he covert*
ly and wantenly attacked Solicitor
General S. P. Maddox and myself,
thereto I said that he was ignorant
and unreliable, and had no in
fluence in the legislature. This
is true and every well informed
person knows it, and I repeat that
he should not be elected; and I can
not believe that he will be, though
money and whisky are potent fac
tors in elections, and I am told
that the county is being flooded
with both, and there is no telling
what the result may be, unless the
good people unite and vote for two
good men.
I can’t understand how any man
who respects himself, or loves his
home, his wife, or his children can
vote for Baker. Fathers, can you
afford it? If you yote for him
don’t let your boys know it.
Young men, you are starting out
in life with ambition and bright
futures before you, and you can
not aflord to vote for him.
“He who saves his country saves
himself—saves all things, and all
things saved do bless him. He
who lets his county die,
lets all things die —dies him-*
self ignobly, and all things dying
curse him.”
Very respectfully yours.
A. W. Fite.
P. S. —Baker announces in his
card that he will not be controlled
by the vote of the people in the
primary election on the dispensary
question. This is a defiance of
the executive committee, and of
the white people of the county,and
is an appeal to the negro vote. It
puts him out of the primary elec
tion, and no vote should be cast or
counted for him.
A. W. F.
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Notice-
My minor son, Duff Kay, has
left home without my consent, and
I warn all persons not to employ
or harbor him. I will prosecute
any person who feeds or gives him
shelter, This June 2d. 1902.
T. J. Kay.
Read it in His Newspaper.
George Schaub, a well known German
citizen of New Lebanon. Ohio, is a con
stant reader oi the Etoyto-n Volkszei
tung. He knows that this paper only
advertise only the best in its columns,
and when he saw Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm advertised therein for lame back,
he did not hesitate in baying a bottle
of it for his wife, who for eight weeks
had suffered with the most terrible pains
in her back and could get no reliel. He
says: “Alter using the Pain Balm for
a few days my wife said to me, ‘I feel as
though born anew,’ and ’ before using
the entire contents of the bottle the un
bearable pains had entirely vanished
and she she could again take up her
household duties,” He is very thank
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will hear of her wonderful recovery.
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