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L e vv Series— Vol. Ill— No :5 7
Wangled lead-dosed
Such Was Fate of the Assailant
of Mrs. Osear Banister.
Iu broad daylight an orderly but
jetermiued crowd of men took
John Jones, the negro assailant of
r „. Oscar Banister, away from
the jail. which he was being
placed by the officers, last Friday
afternoon, swung his body by a
]arge chain from the limb of a
wide-spreading oak, shot him to
death and his body almost into a
pulp.
Jones was arrested on last Wed
nesday, in Gordon county.
The assiduous and determined
search for the guilty party, as not
ed last week, was kept up con
stantly, and among the negroes
picked up on suspicion was John
joses. He was found about Emer- J
son, but exhibited a pass from a ]
railroad section overseer near Cal- j
houn and was allowed to go. Re- ]
turning to Calhoun, he went to
another section overseer for a job.
He gave evasive answers to ques
tions, and when Allatoona was
mentioned he raj. From a negro
house he stole female attire, which
he abandoned before his arrest,
which was by Sheriff H. L. Smith
Wednesday. Sheriff Smith brought
him to Cartersville Thursday morn
ing. For fear of a lynching he
was carried to Calhoun, but
brought back to Cartersville Fri
day morning on assurances that
he would not be molested until
identified by Mrs. Banister and
returned to the jail.
Sheriff H. R. Maxwell and Dep
uty Sheriff Tinsley, accompanied
bvSheriff Smith, of Gordon, drove
over to Bartow, where Mrs. Banister
has been staying with friends since
the assault and, as she saw the
(negro brought into Jhe house, she
cried instantly: "Take him away;
he is the one.’’
As the officers returned with the
negro, men gathered and hurried
toward Cartersville, some follow
ing, some preceding, the vehicle,
until, when the jail was reached
and the officers went to enter, they
were, before they knew it, wedged
into a mass of nearly a hundred
armed men. The men were not
boisterous, but were determined,
and, seizing the negro, by main
force, he was borne away with an
exultant shout.
The cries of the men were. "We
will burn him!’’ "We will hang
him!” and "We are going to take
him to 41 Crossing!” The negro
was secured at a little before 4
o’clock, and his captors, most of
whom marched near him with their
guns, carried him through Emer
son, where there was a little dem
onstration of exultation at'sight of
the criminal, then through Bartow
and finally reached the scene of
the crime, by w*hich time the crowd
had grown to 700 or 800 people.
4 1 Crossing is a mile north of
Allatoona and 6 miles from this
The Banister home is a hum
ble little place, 300 yards from the
crossing and away from the nearest
house a quarter of a mile. The
little house sits on a small hillock,
and on another low hillock the
aegro is said to have watched the
husband l/ave the house. When
the place was reached delibeiations
began as to the disposition of the
negro, and on to this last-named
hillock he was rushed.
Three modes of death were
proposed, burning, hanging and
shooting to death. The former
mode had the greater number of
adherents, and by a chain the
negro was fastened to a tree, and
a mass of dry, small brush and
’ ar ge timbers of wood were piled
around him, and the contents of
several cans of oil were poured on
the wood and the negro. The mass
was once set on fire but extin
guished.
Ihe negro, though practically
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admitting his guilt, was pressed
for a confession, but parleyed with
out apparent excitement, and fi
nally asked for a drink of water,
saving ‘‘he would tell all.” He
was given the water, but still talked
at random and evasively. Finally
it became known that Mrs. Banis
ter’s desire was that the negro
should be shot, and he was swung
by the chain around him to the
limb of an oak. With coolness
and care the men ranged them
selves on one side in line, and at a
given signal fired into the negro’s
body, which was finally pierced by
over five hundred bullets from
winchesters, pistols and shotguns.
The shooting began at about 6
o’clock.
The crowd was extremely orderly,
no oaths being sworn or indications
of whisky drinking being visible
iu the talk or actions of the men.
BAPTIST MEETING.
Fifth Sunday Meeting of Middle Cherokee
Association.
The following is the programme
for July fifth Sunday meeting
Middle Cherokee Baptist Associa
tion, to be held with the Cassville
church, beginning on Friday before
the fifth Sunday in July 1904.
Introductory sermon—ll o’clock
a. m., Rev. M. N. McCall. Alter
nate, Rev. W. A. Nix.
Organization—2 p m., Topic 1.
Is the tendency of the times
towards truth or error in religion?
Rev. J. E. Barnard, Rev. E. Cook.
G. W. Mills, R. L. Rogers.
2. What should be the attitude
of Christians in relation to the sale
of intoxicating liquors? Rev. T- A.
Owens, Rev. M. L. Keith. J. W.
Aycock, J. K. Farrai,
3. Causes of the decline of inter
est of the young in spiritual things,
and how best to levive it? Rev. J.
M. Barnette, Rev. J. W. Edwards,
W. T. Green, Jos. Bradley.
4. Are the churches doing their
duty in the matter of discipline?
J. W. Swain, J. A. McClain, L- F.
Shaw, Rev. E. M. Dyer.
5. Elements of success in church
work. Rev. M. N. McCall. Rev. A.
W. Johnson, J. C. McTier, W. H.
Howard.
6. Missionary sermon, 11 a. m.
Saturday—Rev. John E. Barnard.
7. Question box for half hour, 2
p. m. Saturday.
The value and importance of
good literature in the home? Rev.
J. P. Jones, Rev. O. T. Moncrief,
John W. Bogle.
9. What are proper restrictions
or limitations in church letters,
should they be limited to members
wishihg to remove to another
church? W. H. Lumpkin, Rev. W.
T. Shelton, T. N. Pittaid.
10. Is character formed by early
environments and herein of the Sun
day school work and the interest
our churches should take in it?
Rev. W, A. Nix, Rev. A. F. Rob
erts, J. E. Redwine, L. P. Gaines,
J. B. Crow.
The churches are earnestly re
quested to send messengers. The
Cassville brethren will meet mes
sengers and visitors at Cass, on W.
& A. for a two miles drive through
the wheat fields and peach or
chards.
A. M. Foutr,
Chairman Ex. Com.
First and Sixth Cavalry.
The annual reunion of the sur
vivors of those two regiments of
Georgia cavalry in the civil war
will be held at Grant part .in
Atlanta August 3. The boys who
followed fiery Jack Hart and the
solidly brave J. J. Morrison wdl
enjoy gathering mutually and
swapping experiences, and there
are a number yet left in this sect
ion. though the ranks are rapidly
thinning.
Negro Stabbed.
In a fourth of July jfracas Alex.
Henderson, colored, stabbed Will
Henry Conyers with a pocket
knife in a half a dozen places. The
wounds, though painful, are not
! dangerous.
The Macon Volunteers passed
through the city Saturday after
noon. on their way to the world’s
fair.
UAKTERSYILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 11)04.
TO HIT CARTERSVILLE
New Line of Louisville and
Nashville Railroad
to RUN THROUGH CITY
From Wetmore, Hence to Atlanta,
Thinks Man Prominent in
Road’s Service-
That there is meaning and much
meaning in the maneuvers of the
Louisvillle & Nashville people in
this section there exists no doubt in
the minds of people who give the
matter close thought. Surveying
parties have been strung out from
Cleveland, Tenn., and points oppo
site on the east to Atlanta for sev
eral months and options have been
taken on properties along the whole
distance, at good prices, and the
cash paid for such options.
It is evident of itself that the L.
& N. has not satisfactory connect
ions from Knoxville southward.
The line now used, the A , K. & N-,
is full of sharp curves and steep
grades and runs in a mountainous
region where the local business is
small with limited possibilities.
By a veering westward, a lint can
be secured avoiding all these dratv
backs and disadvantages and as
suring a shorter and better con
nection on through business that
may be built to great proportions.’
Everything points to the final
construction of a line from Wet
more direct to Atlanta, running
through the open country west of
the Cohuttah mountains, by Cai
ter’s quarter, through the Fair
mount valley, on through the sec
tion immediately north of here as
now penetrated by the Tennessee
dirt road and direct to Cartersville.
From Cartersville the course would
be straight to Marietta and thence
to Atlanta, or using the Seaboard’s
present line, now under control of
the L. & N.. to a connection with
the Seaboard’s line being now con
structed from Rockmart to .Atlanta.
It is said there would not be a fif
teen foot grade on this whole line.
A gentleman prominent in the
service of the L. & N. and in touch
with the preliminary work and
plans, gives it as his opinion that
this will be the line adopted.
The building of this new line
connecting us additionally with
the world both north and south
would be a great benefit to Car
tersville.
CARTERSVILLE PRINT’G CO
Reorganization ef Company at a Meeting Held
Saturday, July 3.
A called meeting of the stock
holders of the Cartersville Printing
Cos. was held at office of the News
and Courant Saturday night, July
2, for the purpose of amending the
by-laws, electing anew board ot
directors and other officers.
The following were elected
directors: J. A. Hall, I). B. Free
man, Thomas Lumpkin.
Mr. J. A. Hall was elected presi
dent and treasurer and Mr D- B.
Freeman, vice president and secre
tary.
Mr. Barnard at Home.
Rev. John E. Barnard, pastor of
the Baptist church returned from
'Cedartown Saturday, where he had
been carrying on a protracted
meeting for two weeks and filled
bis pulpit here Sunday morning
and evening. Rev. Barnard preach
ed the first of a series of 3 sermons
Sunday evening, to be followed by
two others, one next Sunday even
ing, and the other Sunday evening
following. Last Sunday evening
his subject was "Moses the Prince,”
next Sunday evening it will be
"Moses the Shepherd” and the last
Sunday following, “Moses the
Leader.”
Mr. Harris Hall passed through
Cartersville a few days ago on his
way to Atlanta. He returned Sat
urday night, and spent Sunday
with friends and relatives in the
city.
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Mr. James T. Mountcastle, of
Atlanta, has been in *he city sev
eral days with his relatives.
HELLO! FAIRMOUHT!
Telephone Connection Be
tween Cartersville
AND THAT POINT IS TO
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Be Established at Once —The Line
to Be Completed Within
Next Six Weeks.
It will be gratifying news to the
people of Cartersville, those of the
Fairmount region and those of the
intermediate country between that
and this place, that intercommuni
cation is to be at once secured by a
new telephone line, a part of the
efficient Bell Telephone Cos. service.
Mr. West, the manager at At
lanta, notifies Mr. Marvin Mc-
Clatcby, manager in this city,
that this new service is to be insti
tuted at once. It is intended that
the lin e shall be completed and in
operation within six weeks.
Besides a toll line from Carters
ville to Fairmount, 23 miles, there
will be two other local lines run
ning 12 miles of the way. Sixteen
new phones will be attached to the
extension.
ThLs additional service will re
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quire anew toll board and an ad
ditional operator for the office in
Cartersville. This will make in
all five operators, three for day and
two for night service.
This accomplishment is quite a
triumph for Cartersville, and will
prove a great convenience and
source of benefit. Both Calhoun
and Adairsville have been striv
ing respectively to get the line
from those places.
BEAUTIFUL TOKEN.
Miw Citizen of Cartersville Remembered by
Masons of Dalton.
Out J the most pleasant secret
order gatherings of the season took
place Monday night.
The Masons of Dalton and
Whitfield county assembled in
the lodge room here, and it was
a feast of reason and flow of soul.
The object of the assemblage
was to memorialize the departure
from Dalton of one of her citizens
and Masons, that of J. W. Brown,
who was present.
Speeches were made by Messrs.
M. D. Smith, S_ E. Berry, T. L.
Bryan, J. K. Farrar, F. F. Baker,
John Richardson and W. W. Sey
mour, but the crowning and affect
ing scene came when Worshipful
Master M. D. Smith presented
Colonel Brown with a pastmaster’s
jewel on behalf of the lodge, and
Colonel Brown’s surprise and re
sponse. A light lunch was pro
vided and the occasion amply
enjoyed. Dr. Sam Brown prepared
and introduced the following reso
lutions which were unanimously
adopted:
Hall of Dalton Lodge No. 106, F. A A. M,
Dalton, Ga., June 27,1004.
It is with sincere regret, that as mem
bers of the Dalton Lodge, we learn that
our brothei, J. W. Brown, has moved
his family from Dalton and lias become
a citizen of Cartersville, Ga. In this we
feel that our community has sustained
a great loss. Asa citizen, as a Christian
gentleman, and as a Mason, we leel that
no one held a more enviable position
that he, as an officer in our Lodge—
from the humblest to the highest in the
gilt of his brethren—his life entered into
tne life ot the fraternity.
Therefore, in Lodge assembled, be it
Resolved, That in extending him the
parting hand, we assure him of our love
and confidence, trusting that these sen
timents, expressed by honest hearts,
may be an oasis in the journey of life.
Resolved further, That we commend
him to our Cartersville Lodge as one
altogether worthy and well qualified,
one who, we leei assured, will continue
to bring up good, true and square work.
We trust that some sweet day we mav
meet in the grand Lodge above where
the Supreme Architect presides.--Dalton
Citizen.
Mr. C. M. Todd, a substantial
citizen of Chattanooga, came down
a few days ago to visit his sister,
Mrs. J. W. Todd, whom he had
not seen in a number of years, but
the latter was absent at her son’s
bedside in Rockmart, and missed
his visit.
The Daughters of the Confed
eracy will meet tomorrow (Friday)
afternoon, at 5 o’clock, at the court
house.
A DESTRUCTIVE STORM
Rockmart Visited by a Gale That
Demolished Houses, Etc.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Fund tiro** Apace—See Names of Those
Subscribing and Send Yours.
The fund for the erection of a
monument to the confederate sol
diers of Bartow county keeps slow
ly but steadily growing.
The Daughters of the Confeder
acy, who have this noble work in
hand, are untiring in their efforts
to secure subscriptions and using
every possible means to add to the
fund.
From "Around the World,” the
unique festival entertainment of a
few weeks ago, a gratifying little
sum was realized and from the fly
ing jenny, the managers of which j
turned it over to the ladies for a
day and a night, the sum of $17.57
was obtained.
Among those making straight
contributions will be found the
names ot numerous of our best cit
izens. Now, why not add your
subscription, if you have not done
£0? Mrs. Lillie J. Bradley is the
treasurer of the monument com- !
rnittee.
The following is a list of the
contributions and various suras
constituting the fund at present, or
up to June 30:
A. <>. Grnni?r $4-, ,00
J. J. Calhoun 5,1(0
A. Strickland 5. u
Mth. M. Wilmordimc ],o
-:i Proceeds Canter l'.ira; Hunt, IttiKl 7.00
'■bi Proceeds Strawberry Festival 17.45
A. S. .lohnHon .-. 1.00
W. H. Howard. Jr 5.00
W.M. (Irabum 1.00
Sale Fancy Works 10,00
Proceeds Ice Cream Festival 5,32
S. P. Maddox 5 00
1). R. Freeman 5.00
T. O. Roberts 2.50
T. f. Lyon s(io
W. I Henbntn ' o#
C. M. Jones 8.14/
F. R. Calhoun ! 3.(hi
J. K. Hrandon ... l.Ou
J. K. Morris j.Ofl
Starl'nir Huberts 5.00
(}eorice S. Crouch 5 00
John VV, Ak 1 u .. ZOO.HO
% Proceeds Oyster Supper 1.80
G. G Warde 25
J. H. Gilreath 25
J. M. Field .... 100
X. A. Bradley 1,00
J. W. Murrell 1.10
T. 7*. Tedder f. .25
Calhoun Bros 1.00
M. F. Word 5 1.00
K. b. Griffin 1.00
M. Knoller .' 25
Youmc Bros ■ 2.00
J. B. Smith 1 00
W. R. Sattertield 25
A. Payne 25
W. C. Dodßens 25
J. C. Milam. Jr 50
K. Strickland, Jr 1.00
W. H. Stiles 50
J. M. Moon 50
John Foster .25
W'C. Griffin 1.00
Children of Confederacy 3.88
Gordon I.ee 10.0<^
Janies W. Knight 20.00
Thos. W. Dodd, Texas 3.00
Bartow Chapter. F. I). C. contributed by
sixteen members 16.00
.J oel T. Conyers ’• 1.00
Kobt L. Stover 1 00
Cassville Chapter. l\ I). C 2.00
proceeds from Soda Fount, courtesy
Green Drug Cos. 7.52
Mrs. D. J. Guyton 1-00
1). J. Guyton 1.00
E. J. Lowery 1.00
N. B, Cann in 100
net proceeds. Merry-go-round 17,57
Dr. J. 8. Beazley 1 *0
$442.
Fine Wheat Yield.
Mr. Joei i\ Lonyers, one of Bar
tow's prominent and most success
ful farmiri, tells a remark tble
wheat story. A four acre field
that he planted for pasture and
grazed severely and had no inten
tion of cutting, showing a promise
of a yield, was let run to head and
from it he realized when it was
thieshed one hundred bushels of
choice grain.
Shocked by Electricity.
Robert Freemau, son of Editor
D. B. Freeman and stenographer
for the Etowah Milling Cos., re
ceived a severe shock from elec
tricity while at his machine near
a window at the company ’s office
Monday afternoon. He was badly
stunned for a while, but soon ral
lied from the shock and was him
self again. Lightning is supposed
to have struck near the building,
and, the window being open, ad
mitted the concussion.
Mr. J. P. McConnell, of Ver
sailles, Ky., is a visitor 10 the city.
Old Series—2stli Year
Rockmart was visited Monday
afternoon by a young tornado that
demolished a number of negro
homes, a church and two school
buildings and injured two negroes
seriously.
The tornado seems to have vis
ited the one spot, dipping in ouly
two places near each other. It
appeared between 3 and 4 o’clock.
It is believed it formed over the
Dever field west of the town and
was plainly visible in ugly propor
tions before its destructiveness was
accomplished. After forming it
divided into two inky black clouds.
It dipped first on the hill west of
the town three-fourths of a mile on
which was located the negro church
and school house and a number of
negro homes. The church was torn
to shreds and fragments of timber
were carried half a mile- The
school house was torn to pieces
also. Three negro houses and a
house not finished were demolish
ed. Two negro men were hurt,
Blue Ross and Claude Henderson.
The latter formerly lived in Car
tersville. Both of these men were
injured seriously by being crushed
and mangled by timbers.
The storm, following the west
side of Euharlee creek, next hit on
the hill on which the old white
school house or academy was sit
uated. This building was unroot
ed and the building badly torn up,
some of the timbers falling on the
home of Mr. Gtis Williamson and
mashing the roof in, Inmates
were not hurt, however. The
foundry and stove works building
was hit hard and unroofed and the
roofing was carried half a mile-
The telegraph and telephone
wires in the wake of the storm on
the west side of the creek were
blown down.
EDUCATIONAL RALLY.
Lat Saturday Was an Interesting Day at
Pine Log.
Educational ralLy and Odd Fel
lows picnic at Pine Log last Sat
urday was quite an interesting
occasion.
There were at least five or six
hundred people present, embracing
quite a number from other com
munities.
Speeches were made by Marvin
Vincent, Judge John W. Akin,
Judge A. W. Fite, Judge G. W.
Hendricks and Prof. Martin. These
speeches were all full of good
thought and were well received,
and that of Marvin Vincent was an
especially appropriate and bright
effort.
More than SIOOO have been rais
ed for the building of Pine Log
college and work will begin at an
early day. It is the purpose of the
trustees to complete the building
by the middle of September or the
Ist of October.
The Star band from Gordou
county, by their splendid music
added much to the success and
pleasure of the occasion.
Rev. Sum I*.- Junes at Catoosa.
Last Sabbath morning at 10:30
o’clock about one thousand people
assembled to hear the great Geor
gia evangelist preach a characteris
tic sermon in the grove at Catoosa
Springs. He told the people of
their sins in his own peculiar way,
and admonished them to quit their
meanness and live purer, better
lives He said many good and
practical things which will remain
long in the minds of those who
listened to him for the first time on
this occasion. Ringgold New
South.
Four cows belonging to our mar
ket man. Mr. J. A. Fink, were
killed by ligutning beneath a big
tree in a pasture on the old home
place at Euharlee on Monday.
There were forty head in the group.
A negro woman was* struck by
lightning in the fieid of Dr. T. H.
Baker Monday, but not seriously
hurt.