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New Series—Vol. Ill—No 44 STRUCK BY A TRAIN Terry McGuire Meets Death While Crossing Track. At Cement, about four miles above Kingston, last Friday morn ing a frightful accident occurred in which Terry McGuire, a young man of that locality met a horrible death. Mr. McGuire with a wagon drawn by two mules was driving out from the Cement works and started to cioss the railroad. Havitig to drive around the depot,that building on one side and a carload of ties on a switch on the other entirely obstructed his view so that he could not see the track till ready to cross it, and conse quently was unconscious of the appioach or the tram. The south bound passenger •came thundering down the track and McGuire had driven his team too far to back them. The train was going very rapidly. In an instant, seeing his plight, he shouted to the mules, which caused them to make a plunge. They got over but left him and the wagon about the right place to receive the force of the coming train. McGuire was thrown fully a bundled feet in the air and in falling his head struck a post rigidly secure abdut three feet high. His skull was torn open and his brains spattered over the ground and his body was terribly bruised and mangled, affording a horrible sight to those who viewed him. His remains were carried to Halls Saturday afternoon, where they were interred. McGuire was a son of John N. McGuire and an inausinous,w- j.- young man, possessing many friends, .who regret the horrible accident. He leaves a wife and two children. WILEY—BROOKS. Miss Cat lie Wilev, of Marietta, Weds Mr. El wood W. Brooks, of Emerson. The marriage of Miss Callie Wiley, of Marietta, Ga., to Mr. E. W. Brooks, of Emerson, oc ean ei at the home of Dr. W. H. Felton on last Sunday morning at 8 o’clock. The very beautiful and impressive ceremony was witnessed by the following party: Misses Daisy Deweese, Ilee Cot ton, Nellie Deweese, Mrr. D. H. Monroe and Messrs. J. M. Jones, W. H. cellars, C. Gribble and Dr. D. H. Monroe. The bride is a beautiful and pop ular young lady of Marietta, Ga., who has spent much of her time at Emerson.and has won many friends during her stay who are glad to know that she will make this her permanent home. The groom is a very popular young man of Em erson, possessing rare business qualifications, and is to be con gratulated on the prize he has won. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have the best wishes of their many friends. K. P. Barbecue. The barbecue and picnic of the Cartersvillc Lodge Knights of Pythias at Shelman Springs; will occur today. All having baskets should have them at the depot by 8 o'clock this morning as the train will leave at 8:30. Good music has been secured and will be an appreciable feature of the day. A party consisting of H. E. Young and Master Ragan\oung, Mrs C. W. Harris and two daugh ters and son, Jesse Harris, and two nieces. Misses Fannie and Addie Harris, left Tuesday for St. Louis, to take in the world’s fair, they will be gone ten days or more. New Percales —to make fall school dresses —Vaughan s. ‘ Have a fit” its attractive. THE NEWS AND CO l RANT. HOME MISSION SOCIETY. interesting Meeting Monday Some Coming Events. The meeting of the Home Mis sion Society Monday afternoon was of special interest. The reports of the last quarter were very good, and manifested a growing interest in this great work. BIBLE STUDY. Mrs. Freeman gave the bible reading, and explained how truly the character of Moses and God’s dealing with him, the sacrifice and the convenants foim one of the most profitable studies in the Old Testament. BABY MITE BOX OPENING. Mrs. Will Satterfield will enter tain the children pn the baby roll, and the Florence McEacbern Brig ade on Friday afternoon from four to six, August 26.* Mrs. Satterfield has recently been appointed lady manager of this department, and is very anxious for all the children to meet with her, fully realizing what great things we may accomplish through the childreu. All the children who have mite boxes will please bring them, those who have none will receive one that after noon. Mrs. C. A Trevitt and Mrs. Tom Lumpkin were appointed to look after the cleaning of the church this month. Mrs. Mcßee made an earnest plea for more workers in the Sun day school, showing the great Deed of earnest consecrated vu-* BOOK RECEPTION. Mrs- Freeman will entertain the ladies of the church on Friday afternoon Sept. 2,4, 6. All the ladies are most earnesly requested to bring some good book, historic biographies, fiction with religious morals, a book that has helped you in your religious life. These books will be sent to Mrs. Matthews who has charge of the traveling library department of the north Georgia conference, and was pleaged by the delegate of this auxiliary at the convention in Forsyth. Nannie Hamiter Allday. D. OF C MEET. Election of Officers For Ensuing Year Last Friday. The Daughters of the Confedera cy met Friday, August. 19, 1904, and elected officers for the ensuing year. The following were chosen: Mrs. Lila Morgan —President. Mrs. Patton—Vice President. Mrs. John W. Akin—2nd Vice President. Mrs. Allday—Treasurer. Miss Eula Whitehead—Record ing Secretary. Mrs. Lillie J. Bradley—Corre sponding Secretary. Miss Marian Smith—Historian. On this occasion Miss Laura Roberts delightfully entertained the chapter, The treasurer would be glad if all members would send in their dues now. Eula S- Whitehead, Recording Secretary. Mr. J. A. Elmore, of Montgom ery, Ala., spent several days this week with his wife and son, who are making a summer sojourn in the city. Mr. Elmore is a promi nent young lawyer of Montgom ery, and also United States com missioner. Mr. Elmore was ac companied by his brother, Lieut. B. M. Elmore, Jr., of the United States army, of Prattsburgh, N. "V . Every facility for handling cot ton to best advantage and highest market price paid by Wholesale Mercantile and Cotton Cos. - Buy Boys Knee Suits at Vaugh an’s; it pays. CAKTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 11)04. i NARROW ESCAPE. Mail Carrier Donahoo in Frightful Runaway. A MILE OF TERROR. To Save His Own Life, Kills Horse by Running It Against a Tree # Henry Donahoo, carrier on the rural free delivery route No. 3 out trom this city, while going out on his route Tuesday morning figured in an unusually dangerous run away and narrowly escaped a frightful mangling and possible death. When driving by Capt. C- B. Wallace’s farm Mr. Donahoo over took some boys going fishing in a buggy, their poles dangling at some length from the rear of the vehicle. He started to pass when at the rattling noise and the contact with the poles the horse became agitated and finally frightened and after a few plunges forward began to run away. Despite Mr. Dona hoo’s best efforts to check the animal it got entirely beyond his eontiol, at the wildest speed, gain ing the top of the hill at Mr. W. H. Lumpkin’s. Mr. Donahoo ob served the hold back straps had been broken, and ready for a descent of the hill, he knew the vehicle striking the horse behind would cause disaster of no telling how great consequence, and by presence of mind born of the terror of desperation,he reined the animal out of the road. Being unable to check its speed he directed the horse straight to a lafge peach with terrible force and rolled help- \ lessly to one side. The buggy was I turned over. Mr. Donahoo was badly stunned but was not other wise hurt to speak of. He got the horse up to lead it away when with a few steps it dropped to the ground, ai*d in less than ten minutes after striking the tree, it was dead. BOUND FOR CHINA. Rev. Samuel E. Stephens and Wife Are Visitors in the City. Rev. Samuel E. Stephens and wife, of Ball Ground, Ga., have been in the city several days with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Laramore. They are on their way to China, where they will go as missionaries, being sent to that country through the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board. They will go from here to Atlanta and thence to San Francisco to take final passage for their destination. They will be located in the north ern part of China. Mr. Stephens expects in addition to his religious labors to establish a school for the instruction of the natives. Insurance for Farmers. Mr. J. F. Hurt representing the Gordon County Mutual Insurance 1 Company,will be in Bartow county during the next two weeks. This company carries insurance to the amount of $400,000 has al ways paid all losses promptly and the annual cost to its policy holders has been $2 per thousand. It is conceded to be the best form of insurance ever offered to farmers and country people. Mr. Hurt will be in the 17th district this week. On the Ist of September Mr. James Milam, one of the best known young dry goods salesmen in the city, and who is now with j. W. Vaughau & Cos., will go to Atlanta, where he will accept a position with M. Rich Bros. & Cos. His many friends in CartersviUe regret to see him leave the city, but wish him all manner of success in his new- connection. More white Canvas Shoes —150 at Vaughan’s. NINETEEN BAPTIZED Meeting at Baptist Church Closed Sunday Night. • CHURCH WAS PACKED. Ordinance of Baptism by Immer sion Administered to Nineteen Converts-! One of the largest religious con gregations that ever assembled in Cartersville was that at the Bap tist church last Sunday night. The meeting which had been in prog ress two weeks conducted by the zealous pastor of the church, Rev. John E. Barnard, came to a close, and the baptism of the converts of the meeting had been announced. The seats were filled long before the usual hour for service and there was later only standing room and finally numbers were left on the outside. There were nineteen baptized, all young people, seven boys and twelve girls. The ceremony was very impressive and witnessed with much interest. Mr. Cleveland, assisted by Revs. Christian and Barnard is conduct ing a meeting this week at the Second Presbyterian which prom ises to be fruitful in results. El H ARLEE INSTITUTE. Fall Session Opens Monday, the Fifth Day of September. This popular school will open on the sth of September under charge of Prof. P. S, Carmichael as priucipal, with practically the sam* corps of teachers throughout " c last term. *• J r rior guidance idVnn<is'tA.iu. remarkably successful and now starts out with brighter prospects than ever before. The new dormitory is about completed and will be ready for use for the coming term. The people of Euharlee and of this section should be proud of this school and give it liberal encour agement and support. Opossum Family. Tax Collector F. V. Smith brought in from his farm Monday a great curiosity. It was an old ’possum with her family of twelve young ones. Finding his dog barking in a *ood he saw the object to be the grinning mamma in a hollow' log. Casting his eye further, he saw the youngsters nestled in a bunch. Picking up the old one by the tail, the young sters each made a spring and clung to the parent and thus the family was transported. It was an interesting sight, the youngsters being as large as large rafs and grinning out from their dozen heads. Sunday School Instituted. A Sunday school has been in-1 stituted at Ascension Episcopal church with Mr, James B, Smith as superintendent. Every child in the city not attending any Sunday school is invited. Parents belong ing to this church are asked to come and bring their children. Mr. George Montgomery, wife and son, Robert, are stopping in the city for a short while, and are welcomed by their old friends. They are on their way from An niston, Ala., which has been their home for some time, to St. Louis, where they will locate. Mrs. J. G. M. Montgomery, who will live with them, with her granddaugh ter, has already gone on to St. Louis. Take SI.OO and get the longest 1 apron—fullest leg—hairiest mate rial-best fitting Overall made— Carhart’s at Vaughan’s only. “Have a fit”—it will pay. OCHRE MILL IS BURNED Cherokee Oehre and Barytes Cos. Plant Consumed. THE STATESBORO BURNING The Recent Unfortunate Affair Conserva tively and Sanelv Treated. Editor News and Courant: It is certainly unfortunate that the peo ple at Statesboro did not permit the law to take its course with the brutes who murdered the Hodges family, but the parading by the daily papers in conspicuous col umns and glowing head-lines over and over this shocking affair cer tainly does not make matters any better, and simply changes the public view from the dastardly murder of this innocent family, and creates sympathy for the dev ilish brutes who did it. We do not believe in mob law, and are not trying to defeud it; but j we do believe that the spirit that prevails in some parts 01 our coun-! try to want to regulate the affairs of other communities is a very dangerous one. This same spirit led to the civil war. The agita tion of the treatment of slaves by slave-owners worked up the peo ple, north of Mason and Dixon’s line, to such a pitch that, in order to correct this supposed evil, the vested rights of sovereign states and communities were ignored, j and the general government as sumed the right to levy war and by force carry out the ideas of one section of this country as to how certain people should be treat ed in the other. It seems to us that this same feeling prevails now in certain aavc (juu>. gradual centralization of power in the general government till the feeling is somewhat general that, in order to be relieved of many things, it is all right for the gen eral government to step in and, by use of the federal courts and mar tial force, correct that that may be repugnant to certain sections. As we have said, we oppose lynch law, except for one unmen tionable crime; and we very much regret that the people at Statesboro did not permit those two negro devils to be punished by law; but, suppose a good and useful family, some of our neighbors, in this community, a good father and pure mother and their innocent children, should be butchered, as this Hodges family were, and the demons who did it should be caught, and should confess the deed, what would this community do? And pray tell us what right any community in Maine, New York or anywhere else has to denounce or condemn us for it. Those in authority in this state, to see to the enforcement of law, have this power, and have it solely, and we feel that we have no right to question the motives of other communities in the regulation of their own internal affairs, and we believe that the sooner we recog nize this principle of self-govern ment the better it will be for us all. We are supposed to be a reunited people, and to be a law-abiding and liberty loving people, and free speech is general, and theie is no section in this broad land of ours where life and liberty are not se cure to the law-abiding man, and especially is this so in the south ; where there is more genuine Amer icanism than in any other portion of this land. There is no real student of the history of this country but will agree with us that this southland of ours would have been perfectly j free from any taint of lynch law i had the affairs of this country been entrusted to the management of the southern people. It is a well- Old Series—2sth Year Saturday afternoon at about 5:45 the large ochre mill of the •Cherokee Ochie & Barytes Cos, situated on the hill in the north east suburbs of the city took fire and soon was in a furious blaze. The fire alarm was given in the city and the hose reels and hook and ladder trucks were started for the scene, but it was soon found there was no plug near enough to the fire to be available for use. j Quite a crowd rushed in the direction of the fire but there was a fear that the boiler for the large engine might explode from the heat, 2nd no one ventured very close. The fire burned until late in the night. One of the dry racks escaped the flames. The mill was quite an enterprise, employing some thirty hands. It wa.4 started about eight years ago. The mill had shut down work for the afternoon for nearly half an hour and it is not known how it first caught. All the machinery and appli ances connected with the mill were destrdyed. The total loss probably amounts to over SIO,OOO. There was partial insurance covering the losses. It is understood the mill will be rebuilt at once. SEABOARD EXTENSION. New Line From Atlanta to Rockmart is About Completed. Mr, J. S. McElreath writes the r“THe"ft4(fKfy;£ J \ , 2A. fr tween Atlanta and Rockmart, was connected at the tunnel last Thurs day, 18ta, and it will be but a few days before the road is ready for business. A schedule is out to run passenger trains the 28th. Contractor Redmond’s men and mules will remain here a few weeks to rest and get ready to grade another road. It is said a road may be built in a short time from Tallapoosa to Rockmart. There 1 are two roads to be extended north ward from LaFayette, Alabama, and there is a wide space of coun try between Lafayette and Carters -1 ville that need a road. The space ' includes the northwestern part of ! Paulding and we are anxious to ' have a railroad from Cartersville { • A to the southwest. known fact that every southern man has a strong feeling of kind ness and sympathy for the old slaves, and there is not a qommu uity in the south where a respect ful, well-disposed negro in want or distress ever made a call for help to a southern man who did not respond to the call. It is a further welEkuown fact that all of these horrible crimes committed by negroes are by those under forty years of age, those grown up since the war, and who have had every advantage of free schools and the advantages that .freedom was sup posed to bring. Still, notwithstanding all of these surroundings.it is almost a weekly occurrence to read of some atro cious crime being committed by these people in some part of our country. Our people are worked up over the frequent recurrence of these dastardly deeds to such a pitch that no man can tell whether his home is safe or not, and it looks like it matters not w T hat ter rible punishment is meted out to these wretches, it does no good. Let our neighbors across the line tell us the remedy, and let them help us, not condemn us for pro tecting our homes. Justice.