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You have it. You don’t want it. Then
why keep it? Drive it out with Ayer’s
. . Mads by So}d by
Malaria and Ague Cure. v:r.-
THROUGHOUT i
g JI COUNTY.
CIHAKLIIK.
Moving is the order of the day
The farmers of our vicinity are
very anxious to begin work pre
paring to make another crop.
We learn with regret that our
carpenter Mr. J. A. Monroe will
move his family to Stilesboro.
The Christmas sermon preached
by Rev. G. T. Bourne was greatly
enjoyed by all who heard it. It
seemed act with magnetic influence
o i the minds of a 1 present.
Mr. Cary Nelson of. this place
has charge of the mathematical
department of the school here,
Mr. Nelson is a very deserving
young man and a, graduate of liu
harlie Institute. Hi- friends wish
him much success in his new field
erf labor.
Miss Annie Tinsley, of your
city, and Miss Ruby Hammond, of
this place, have been visiting their
(ousin, Mrs. J. B. Mullinax near
Rome.
Not long since two of our young
men who attended a dance together
happened to the mistfortune of
having their horse to get loose. We
learn however, that they finally
found it
Mrs. Broome lias returned from
Anni t ui, A'a , w e e she has been
visiting relatives.
Misse> Marie and Emma Powell
were among those who attended
the party at the home of Mr. T. R.
Hammond
Mi. Will Brisendine has declined
the idea cf going to Louisiana to
engage in the saw mill business.
Miss Alice Kennedy, of King
ston, has been visiting relatives
near here.
Miss Lena Cole, one of Stiles
boro’s prettiest young ladies, has
been visiting her friend, Miss Bes
sie Kennedy of this place.
Messrs. Hugh McGowan and
Tanner Lowry our medical st udents
have returned to their work at
school.
Mr. Joseph Whitesides an em
ployee of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, who has been spending a
vacation with relatives here has re
turned to his work.
Our young people are well sat
isfied with the Rural Free Deliy
ery.
Success to the News and Cour
ant.
Foltl>.
A, happy new year to everybody,
especially to the editors of the
News and Courant, who gives us
the best county weekly newspaper
in the state, and we have seen
many but none comes up to our
dear old stand by, the News and
Courant.
The Yuletide has come and
gone and one distintive feature of
it was the perfect quietude of good
cheer and loving companionship,
in which each tried to out-vie the
others in the distribution of Santa
Claus.
Prof. Henry Harris and wife, of
College Park, Atlanta, spent two
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Dodd.
R. B. Couch who has been ill
for quite, awhile, is not expected
to last. He is growing weaker
each day.
J. C. Owens and Miss Mary
Field were married last Wenesday,
at the home of Mr. A. D. Owens.
Their many friends extend warm
congratulations to this worthy
couple. May their life be calm
and serene.
Mr. Willie Morris has moved
his family to Sand Mountain, Ala.,
his future home.
Messrs Hugh, Harry and Carl
Dodd came up from Atlanta and
spent one day with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Dodd.
J. F. Arnold is confined at his
his home with a bad case of sore
eyes.
Mrs. M. S. Crow and daughter,
who spent several months with
relatives here, returned to Atlanta
last week.
Our clever merchants, Messrs
Jolly and Stone, are doing a good
business. We are justly proud to
have such conveniences, as they
carry general merchandise, and
save our farmers many long trips
to market.
Mr. Sam Roe, of Calhoun, came
down recently and spent a few
days with his old war comrades.
The Oak Grove High school has
selected Miss Posey, of Conyers,
Ga., to take charge of the school
for another year. She comes with
a high recenmendation and we
wish for her a j easant and suc
cessful year.
Mr. and Mrs. An. Dunwoody
returned to their oim n Alabama
after tb; death of their little
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Gammon, of Ce
dartown, are spending some time
with their parents, Mr and Mrs
W. J. Henderson.
* Miss Nannie Ligon, came up
from Shorten college and spent the
holidays with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Ligon.
Farmers are beginning to plow
for another crop and will be out
from now on early and late.
Many of <ur people vvi 1 be in
Cartersville this we?k to attend
court and help christen the new
the new couit house, which is a
beauty.
Mr. Williams, our mail carrier,
has won the love and respect of
every one on this route by his
agreeable and pleasant manners.
Mr. J C. Pitman has mov'd his
family to Aragon We were loth
to give him up, for he was a good
and honest citizen.
The Oak Grove Sunday school
had a nice Christmas tree for the
people on Friday.
We are glad that Rev. Mr. Turn
lin was retained on this circuit, for
is one among the good men.
Rev. J. A. McMurry filled his
regular appointment rt Macedonia
last Sunday.
Uncle Ike says de man what
looses de rarhins and heaven is
sho lost.
Elberta Trees.
A few thousand June bud
Klberta peach trees for sale
W. L. CASON.
Nickeled Steel Rails.
New York, Jan. 13. —After two
years’ experimentation with nickeled
steel rails, the Pennsylvania railroad
has decided to place them on the
heavy curves through the Allegheny
mountains. An order for 5,000 tons
has been given at a cost of $370,000.
The nickeled steel rails cost nearly
three times as much as rails of stand
ard steel.
Mail Steamer In Quarantine.
New York, Jan. 13.—The Pacific
mail steamer Acapulco has arrived
from San Francisco, touching at Ma
zatlan, says a Herald dispatch from
Panama. She is now in quarantine
on account of the fears of the bubon
ic trouble. The Acapulco was not
allowed to stop at Central American
ports.
Overcome by Gasolene Fumes.
New York, Jan. 13. —When prepar
ing for a midday cruise on his yacht
Abraham Casto was overcome with
the fumes of gasolene,
overboard, was drowned, says a dis
patch from Atlantic City, N. J., to The
Press/ His body was found several
hours later in a tangled mass of ropes
beneath the bow of the boat.
Secretary Moody’s Condition.
Washington, Jan. 18. —Advices re
ceived this morning from Annapolis
state that the condition of Secretary
Moody, who was injured in a runaway
accident yesterday, is considered sat
isfactory. The secretary hopes to
return to Washington tomorrow.
Dr. Jeancon Dead.
Newport. Ky., Jan. 13.—Dr. John-Al
lard Jeancon, who served as surgeon
of the Thirty-Second 'lndiana volun
teer infantry In the war between the
states, and who afterward became a
noted specialist in stomach diseases,
died at his home here today.
Donation to Lick Observatory.
University of California, Cal., Jan.
13. —The Carnegie institute has guar
anteed $4,000 to the Lick observatory
to further its astronomical researches.
Mother
“My mother was troubled with
consumption for many years. At
last she was given up to die. Then
she tried Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral,
and was speedily cured.”
D. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y.
No matter how hard
your cough or how long
you have had it, Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral is the
best thing you can take.
It’s too risky to wait
until you have consump
tion. If you are coughing
today, get a bottle of
Cherry Pectoral at once.
TSm Him : ISc., 50c., SI. All OmfltU.
Consult four doctor. It ho sots toko It,
thon do u ho sayo. If ho toll* yon not
to toko It, then don't toko It. He knows.
Loots tt with him. W ore wtlliny.
J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Moss.
THE PRUSSIAN DIET
IS AGAINJEQPENED
Count V'n Buelow Read
SpecA T coin Throne.
SILENT ON FOREIGN MATTERS-
Speech Takes Gloomy View of the
Finances of Prussia—Bills Introduc
ed For Furthering Germanization of
Polish Provinces in Prussia.
Berlin, Jan. 13. —The Prussian diet
was reopened today. The chancellor,
Count Von Buelow, read the speech
from the throne. No mention was
made of foreign matters nor of the
canal bill. The speech took a gloomy
view of the finances of Prussia. It
said that 'he accounts for 1901 closed
with a deficit of £.*.373,000 and added
th :t it was not anticipated that the
accounts for 1302 would be apprecia
bly more satisfactory. As for 1903,
a demand would have to be made on
public credit for a considerable loan
in order to establish equilibrium be
tween the revenue and expenditiuies
as in consequence of the depression in
agriculture, trade and industry, a fur
ther depreciation of the receipts of
several of the administrative depart
ments would result.
Bills were announced Tor furthering
the Germanization of the Folish prov
inces in Prussia and measures to im
prove the ministration of the rail
roads and for the extension of the
state railroad system lso were pro
posed.
NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Will Meet In Cincinnati to Ratify the
Peace Arrangement.
Cincinnati, Jan. 13.—The Times-
Star today says that the eyes of base
ball enthusiasts of America will be
again turned toward Cincinnati next
Monday, when the National league is
scheduled to meet here for the pur
pose of ratifying the peace arrange
ment.
Judging from telegraphic reports the
National league is divided equally on
the peace proposition. Four clubs
can be counted upon as favorable to
a ratification of the peace agreement,
which was entered into last week by
committees representing the rival
leagues. The stand of New York,
Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia is
now of most concern. The owners
of these clubs have openly expressed
their disapproval of the concessions
in the way of players which have been
made to the American leegyp.
Fire In Gould Mansigp,
New York. Jan. 13.—There w'as a
fire in the residence of George J.
Gould. No. 357 Fifth avenue, early to
day, in w'hich several valuable paint
ings were destroyed. The loss was
estimated at first at $10,00#,. but after
an inspection had been made by Mr,
Gould, his secretary said the loss was
about $125,000. Among the paint
ings burned was “The Cavalier,” by
Stuart.
Teamsters’ Strike Threatened.
St. Louis, Jan. 13. —A strike is
threatened of teamsters whose de
mands made several days ago for high
er wages and a readjustment of hours
have not yet been satisfied. If the
strike becomes general, a6 it is pre
dicted in case the demands are still
unsatisfied by next Friday, between
5,000 and 6,000 men will be affected,
this number including freight hand
lers, department and retail stores de
livery wagon drivers and coal and lum
ber wagon drivers.
Brooklyn Pool Tournament
New York, Jan. 13.—H. P. Stofft, of
Cleveland. 0., defeated Joseph Kirk
land, of Washington, D. C., last night
by a score of 125 to 45 in the first
game of the pool tournament at the
Montauk Academy, Brooklyn. Kirk
land appeared to be nervous and his
play suffered in consequence. Stofft,
w'ho is champion of the west, w'as in
good form. The high runs were:
Stofft 29. Kirkland 11; scratches,
Stofft 1, Kirkland 3.
Countess Lonyay Denies Rumors.
Vienna, Jan. 13. —Countess Lonyay,
the former crown princess Stephanie
of Austria-Hungary, who, it has "been
asserted in the newspapers, had been
deserted by her husband, Count El
mer Lonyay, has telegraphed to the
Neues Wisner Journal from Gape Mar
tin, near Mentone, France, as follows:
“Stories untrue. Count here. Deny
impertinent rumors.”
Coal Thieves Not Prosecuted.
Toledo, 0., Jan. 13.—The workhouse
board has issued an order setting at
liberty all prisoners held for stealing
coal from the railway yards and
tracks. The order Includes directions
to the superintendent to receive no
more prisoners from any court send
ing them in for petty coal thefts. It
is explained that no prosecutions for
coal thefts will be recognized by the
board during the coal famine.
Fatal Revolver Dual.
Henderson, Ky., Jan. a re
volver duel here last night between
policemen and Dick Oook, a farmer.
Crook was fatally shot, and Officer
Mike Abel received wounds, which,
if they do not cause hfs death, will
render him a cripipk. Crook had
been disorderly and was resisting ar
rest.
/ f Makes biliousness & bad complexions.
(f;faS>ill§l
and TGMC Pellets which gently assist Imskj
VHBA\ Nature in eliminating the poison, make good Jgm!
v: Mk \ blood, good digestion, and will keep the
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ® n
Seven Million boxes sold in post 12 months. This Signature, COX. dsc.
WANTED
MULES .
We will be at Cartersville,
Ga., Saturday, January 24th
for the purpose of . . • •
BUYING MULES.
If you have anything good,
bring them out on the above
date if you ....
Want the Money for Them
Ragsdale, Harper S Weathers.
This Yeau Thou Shalt Die !
prophecy will certainly be fulfilled in the cases
of a number of men and women in Bartow couuty
before January i 1904.
YOU MAY BE ONE OF THEM.
. Look back for one year and count the number who a year
ago had the promise of a long life, and who are now dead!
Have you any better promise now than they had then?
Are you insured? Have you made provision for those de
pendent 011 you, whose lives will be full of hardship if you neg
lect this provision? If not, delay no longer—attend to it at
once —NOW! Don't delay. Time passes rapid 1 y. Regrets for
lost opportunities will not recall them, and it will be too late
jwhen your hour comes to grieve over your neglect and its
inevitable results. Get insured now while you are well.
Call on W. H. Howard, who will insure you in a strong,
reliable old line company that fulfills to the letter every prom
ise. Be quick! Act now! Who knows what tomorrow has in
store for you? But, be assured of this—fate has written for
some of you who read these lines the inexorable decree
This Year Thou Shalt Die!
A UTILE NONSENSE,
Flashes of Wit From the Pen of a
Windy City Jester.
Sue-—They say Kate was held up
by two men last night.
Edith—Gracious! Did she scream ?
Sue —No, indeed. She was skat
ing, and if they hadn’t held her up
she would have fallen.
Mother —I do hope you and Miss
de Blank will marry. I like her so
much.
Son—But she’s all the time gig
gling.
Mother—Oh, she’ll soon get over
that after she is married.
Philosophy, Ancient and Modern.
“Epictetus said all philosophy lies
in two words, ‘restrain’ and ‘ab
stain.’ ”
“Well, Epictetus may have had it
figured out all right in his day, but
in these times philosophy seems to
be pretty fully expressed in the two
words ‘gain’ and ‘retain.’ ”—Chica
go Record-Herald.
Generous Man.
Budge—l never deny my wife a
wish.
Fudge-—Well, tLat’s kind of you,
but 1 didn’t know that you were
financially so well fixed.
Budge—Pooh! It doesn’t coat
anything to wish. Baltimore
American.
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< >lil one lie and patcl iny?
-N ied a ne- om ?
We don I kinds of Metal Roof \V„ t<
Put in. fin or Galvanized lion R„,\
Patch Tin or Galvanized Iron Ho ,
For anything about ROOFS, s, ee () j
Ciounfifo
Sale cf fViinarai Property. 1
GEORG IA, Bartow' County: I
To w hom it may concern.
Aotioe is hereby given mat Georgii
Bauxite and Mining Company, a coi-p#
ration organized under the laws of tbi
state of west Virginia will otter for sal
and sell at public outcry to the hignd
bidder lor cash before the court hous
door in the city of Cartersville, sail
county, commencing at eleven qj
o’clock, a. lr. on Saturday, January :4 b
1903 the following property oi said cc
poration tow it:
All that tract or narcel oflaudand tin
rights and privileges hereinafter *ne:
Honed tow'it: four acres of land in am
being a part of lot number 100 in t),
16th district and 3rd section of Barton
Couuty, Ga., and lying in the soutliea#
portion of said lot bounded uoith by aa
aliev ten leet wide dividing this fo
acre's and Mrs. Mary A. CleiiinioQi>
(this alley to be kept open.) KaJ: tj
the Kingston and Adairsvilie wateM
road, south dnd west by ian is of J! (I
Kerr. Also a perpetual right of wi]
and the land for same of ample wiittl
for spur track over and on said lot XJ
100. Commencing at the spur track noj
located at Halls Mibsou VV. A A, h. i’J
and running down the right oi wav oi
said railroad a short distance and thei
making a curve in a westerly diree
tion and running to a furnace m
said four acres aboye dtsciift
ed. Also certain other perpetuil
r gilts of way and the land on whic.
same runs 'on said Jot uumbei 1#
towi*.. A way of ample width for van!
on way and load commencing at apoinl
about 30 yards east of the present gat
on the Barnesly road and running ii
and easterly direction around the hil
and intersecting the alley aforesaid i
the northeast corner of the four aera
aforesaid. Also a right, ot way begi
ning a few leet below the present 10*
railing from the King.-ton and Adair*
ville road to the field about6o yard south
ot the furnace and running up to tin
furnace on the lour acres hereinbefor
described, and being the land and riii
oi way conveyed by J. C. Kerr to slj
Georgia Bauxite* Mining Company r!
eorded in Book “F. F.” of deeds page
356 to 356. Clerks office, Bartow superia
court. There is located oil tins lon
acre tract a 7-room dwelling bou
large stable, buggy house, three shed
and other outbuildings.
Also the eutire mineral interest in,
or of the southwest quarter of lot of la#
No. 53 in the 22nd district and 3rd
tion of Polk County, Ga., includingals
any and all Bauxite interests tbcreii
said southwest quarter of said lot run
taming 40 acres more or less, incliHWf
the righiand privilege to mineand w*
said minerals and bauxite amt tbe rign
of ingress, egress erecting houses am
machinery for said mining and all otM
purposes appertaining thereto, the rig*
to use water on said land. Also a rig®
of way down the hollow and oveA
number 2o in said district and said *-,
tion lying between S. W. quarter of
uumbei 53 and the line of the than,
nooga. Rome dfc Columbus railroad.!
lully described in deed from J. B ; ■'*!
ders, administrator estate of Beiijaiw
F. Bigelow' deceased, dated June w
Also all of iotofland number 123intlt
16th district aud 3rd. section ot Bam
county, Georgia, lying south ol thedr
nes 'ey wagon road containing •>" ai.
m0..-Or less. Said thirty nine acres*
ol sm t lot being ful y decribed
bounded in deed from George a.
Harris trustees for Sallie J. Harris
her children conveying said lam
Georgia Bauxite & Mining Comp,
dated Apri' 26th 1895 aud recorded
Book F F ot deed pages m,
clerks office Bartow superior court. ,
Also all the right title and interest'
said Georgia Bauxite A MiningC"' r
ny in a certain contract between ■ *
A. H. Harris Trustee for S J • ““'ll
and her children and said
Bauxite and Mining Company l
April 26th 1895 and recorded m Boos J
F. of deeds pages 441 to 444-, c ' lerk L lt jM
Bartow county. Said contract gra ■
to said company' its successors ■■
assigns for the term of 20 years a M
bauxite iron and manganese |
or ore minerals in, on or
and the right of entering m
upon the following lots or i", fc
land towit: lot No. 143 conta !■
acres aud 3 rods; lot No. 1 JM
laming 167 acres, forty-four acres M
from lot No. 142 containing in *9 ■
acres, all in the 16th district
section of said county of Barto
all the mining rights, rights ot
ail other other privileges in “
tract contained, for certain roj t
be paid bv said company. ' pi
tract is hereby referred to for . c t
ticular and complete descripu
rights and privileges therein co ',
I his notice is given and said s e ' j
incompliance with the lawsg
such sales. ,v, fo
Georuia Bauxite and Mi > - '
JNO. H, WIKLE. A tty.
This 10th January. 1903.
Keep YouTbowcls Strong.
Constipation or diarrhea
your bowels are out of order,
carets Candy Cathartic wi
them act naturally. Ger.uine
stamped C. C. C. Never sol
bulk. All druggists, ioc.