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VOL. IX. A PROSPEROUS PEOPLE. They are Happy in the Enjoy ment of Great Blessings. A Section of the County Rich in Agricul tural and Mineral landg-Men M ho Have Made Farminga Success. [Special Cor. Courant-American.] Several weeks ago we said that we were going to write more about the people “across the river” in the grand old seventeenth. To tell the truth about the matter we acknowl edge that the subject is too great for our youthful pen to handle; hut we will say what space and ability will permit, knowing that when we have said all that we can me half will not be told. We have said that this section is grand in agricultural greatness. It is also a rich mineral section. On land owned by Messrs. Morris, Dodd, Nichols, Griffin, Ligon and others there is iron ore of as good quality as can be found anywhere, and it is there in large quantities, too. By the side of every stream and in every little ditch you can see un mistakable signs of a rich mineral deposit. This ore, we were inform ed, has been examined by mining experts and been pronounced a good quality and found to exist in inexhaustible quantities. The only barrier that keeps this from being a mining gs well as a farming sec tion is the need of transportation facilities. Stilesboro, seven or eight miles distant, js the nearest point on the East and West railroad and Kingston is about the same distance oh the Western and Atlantic rail road. The Rome railroad is not quite so far, but the Etowah intervenes. A railroad from Rome that would in tersect with the East and West rail road at some pome near Smlbduvg, or at Stilesboro, would be of great benefit to this section as well as a good paying investment. The wants of the people demand a rail road, and when one is built one of the richest agricultural and mineral sections in the state will have direct communication with the outside world and this great new south of ours will be better off for it. There are some farmers more suc cessful than others. Some are lay ing up money every year and some are not; some make a good living, but never accumulate anything; some barely eke out a support and a few are getting deeper in debt every year. There are different classes of farmers, but what we call a successful farmer is one who is making a good support for his fami ly—what is generally termed a “good living”—and has property sufficient, above his farm and what it requires to operate it, to cover his Indebtedness; in other words, a man is a successful farmer whose assets are greater than his liabili ties. We told Mr. Ranse Griffin what we considered a good, success ful farmer arid asked him to tell us who some of the successful farmers in his (Iron Hill) district were. “Well,” said he, “J. O. Ligon is a successful farmer and ‘Kit’ Dodd, Warren Dodd, Z. T. Nicholls, W. A. Satcher, Walter Kennedy, Floyd Alford, Tom and Joe Bright, Foun tain Whitaker, F. M. Martin and “Coot” Martin are all good farmers.” “Any more?” we asked. He was in a thoughtful mood for about a minute and then said: “Yes, we liavn’t got any thing but good far mers down here.” Mr. Griffin didn’t say that he was a successful farmer, but we will say that he is. Besides being a man who is making farm ing pay, he is one of the most popu lar men in that part of the county. He is postmaster at Ligon, runs a general merchandise store and cot- ton gin and owns one of the truest farms in that district, part of which he cultivates himself and lets the remainder to tenants. He started in life with scarcely nothing, but by an honest and persevering en deavor has made that life a success. He is not far from the meridian of life, but has already attained what many men only get in a life time. Those who want to see successful farming should visit these people and those who want to engage in successful farming cannot find abet ter country to locate in. These people deserve success. They are energetic and enterprising. 'I heir enterprise finds a field for their energy to display itself. The men are reliable, upright, honest and lull of integrity; the women are good and make good wives— they “look well after the ways of the house hold”; the boys are like their fath- THE GOURANT-AMERICAN: ers—upright, honest and moral, and are making good citizens and we shall feel their presence in the fu ture. The girls (God bless them!) are as pretty as can be seen any where. They can “help mama” and entertain with a grace that is admirable. This is truly a good section, in many respects, and hap py are those whose lot is cast therein. *** What we have said in praise of th good people in the Iron Hill dis trict applies alike to all who live across the river. Successful farm ing is carried on in every commu nity. In the Euharlee district the Dodds, Jollys, Owens, Arnolds, Craddocks, Couches, Milams, Roe Isbell, T. 11. Powell, Boyd Ramsey, the Lowrys, J. It. Henderson, Dr. Beazley, N. B. Cannon, J. T. Con yers, J. W. Cunyus, T. S. Hawkins, R. C. Harris, Ilenry J. McCormick, and many others whose names we do not now remember are successful and among the best citizens. Messrs. Jolly, Talf, Smith, Lawson, “Bully” Williams, Mayson, White sides, McCormick, Sullivan, Trippe, Sewell and l)r. Cochran are among those who have brought, and are bringing, success out of farming in the Taylorsville district. This dis trict, like many other portions of Bartow, is rich in minerals. We know that there is more busi ness done in Stilesboro than in any other town of twice its size in the county, and it is our opinion that there cannot be found in Georgia a town whose citizens are more wide awake and who try to build up their town more. Stilesboro is only a small place, ten miles below Car tersvilleon the East and West rail road, but it is a place full of life. There are three or four merchants doing a general merchandise ness business, a chair factory and lumber eomv a, *y. nil in operation and doing a good business. Two or three years ago the cotton bought at Stilesboro would amount almost nothing, but Mr. W. E. Puckett lias established a good cotton market. They pay Rome prices and last year about two thousand bales were bought at the Stilesboro market. This year there will be nearly as much. The decrease is attributable to the short cotton crop, and noth ing else. This is a small town and its people acknowledge that it is; but compared with the average country village it makes a fine show ing. Mr. W. E. Pucket is the cham pion merchant, champion cotton buyer, champion lumber dealer, champion croquet player, champion church steward and champion Sun doy-school superintendent. Stiles boro would be incomplete without Mr. Puckett. Hurrah for “the su perb seventeenth” and all the peo ple that dwell therein! We should feel proud that she is a portion of old Bartow. W. C. W. At Home For Awhile. Rev. Joe Jones and Mr. Nelson Gilreath, are at home from a tour through Mississippi and Louisana. They will remain here until the first of January, when Mr. Jones will begin a meeting at New < irleuns. Mr. Jones has been doing some very effective preaching of late. The Greenville, Mississippi, Flag, of a recent date has this to say of him: Joe Jones lias been holding the fort at the Methodist church with the very fin est effect and a large increase most of the week, hut the M. E. church was not large enough to hold the immense crowds that came to hear him, and he had to go to the Opera House, where no has been preaching with the very best effects all this week. The Reverend gentleman strikes sin a terriffic blow, and sinners squirm under his sledge hammer blows. If you hear him, you will likely be a better man, and that i what you want to lie. He helps wonderfully any town that he preaches in. A FINE MILCH COW. For sale, a tine milch cow w ith young calf. Apply to W. H. Stiles, Mai bone, (la. fL ecs-U A Blind Tiger in Town. Some one is running a blind tiger in Cartersville. A few days ago a negro boy boasted that be could buy whisky in town and to test the matter a gentleman handed him twentv-five cents with which to purchase a small amount of tne ardent. The negro was gone only a short while and returned with a half pint bottle, of corn whisky. He would not tell from whom he pur chased it. From experience in the past it would seem shat only a per- I fectly reckless and foolhardy man I would undertake to violate | the prohibition law. He who ! does so is a certain candidate ir the chain gang, and the man who sold the whisky the other day will do well if he keeps out. CARTERSVIL LE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1880. THE BILLS PASSED By the General Assembly—Those of In terest. (o This County and Section. Major Foute, one of the members of the house from this county, has kindly furnished to the Courant- American the bills passed by the general assembly that are of special interest to this county and section. They are as follows: By Mr. Foute, of Bartow: An act to incorporate ifee Cartorsville Street Rail road Company. Approved Nov. 13, 188 U. By Mr Foute: An act, to alter and amend an act to amend tiro charter of Adairsville. By Mr. Berner, of Monroe: An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight at id passenger tariffs in this state, and for other purposes. By Mr. O’Noill, of Fulton: To amend an act incorporating the Kingston, W lesca and Gainesville Railroad < 'ompany. By Mr. Clifton, ofChatham: To amend section 36U4 of the code prescribing foes of ordinary. By Mr. Clifton, of Chatham: To incor porate the Grand Lodge of Order Unit ed Southern Israelite’s. By Mr. Smith, of Decatur: To amend an act entitled an act to amend, revise and consoliaate the common school laws. By Mr. Sandfbrd, of the Twenty-third district: To make penal the printing and advertising lottery and gift enterprises within this state. By Mr. Harris, of the Third district: To prescribe how briefs of evidence in motions for new trials shall bo made. By Mr. ltive, of the Thirty-fifth dis trict: To requireclorks of Superior courts to keep a charter book. Bv Mr. McCollum, of the Forty-fourth district: To require persons owning a mineral or timber interest, or claim to land, less than the fee, to return the same for taxation. By Mr. Johnson, of the Twenty-fourth district: To repeal section 146d, code; to establish the office of examiner of state banks, and for other purposes. By Mr. dußignon, ofthe First aistrict: To amend section 2067 of code, so as to prevent abatement of actions ex delicto in certain cases. By Mr. Fonto, of Bartow: To amend charter of the Fairmount Valley Rail road Company. By Mr. Felton, of Bartow: To repeal section 18*56 ofthe code, which provides for the admission ol inebriates ium stato lunatic asylum. By Mr. Felton, of Bartow: To provide for the leaseof the Western and xVtlantic railroad, etc. By Mr. F’oute: To authorize the trus tees of the state lunatic asylum, to dis charge Thomas I). Marston. By Mr. Felton: To incorporate the city of Emerson. By Mr. Fouto: To incorporate the Fairmount Valley Railroad Company By Mr. Felton: To appropriate money to the state lunatic asylum- By Mr. Rankin, of Gordon: To incor porate the Oallioun and Fairmount Rail road Company. Mr. Turner, of FToyd: To amend the charter of the Rome Railroad Company. Mr. Howell, of Fulton: To provide for the appointment of trustees of the Uni versity of Georgia, by the governor, to reduce the number, to fix compensa tion, etc. Mr. Reiley, of Chatham: To amend sections 2783 and 2783 (a) of the code, so as to include among the legal holidays the 19th day of January. Mr. Campbell, of Jasper: To amend an act to amend an act approved October 24,1887, entitled an act to carry into ef fect the last clause of act 7, section 1, paragraph 1, of the constitution of 1877. This provides compensation for ex-con federate soldiers whoso hands or feet are substantially and essentially use less by reason of wounds received dur ing the war. The act of which this is amendatory provided compensation where the leg or arm was substantially and essentially useless. An act was passed amending the con stitution so as to provide for widows of soldiers who were killed, or died of wounds or disease, during the war, who have since remained widows. This will be submitted for ratification by the peo ple at the next general election. There were 818 bills approved by the governor during the two ses sions of the present general assem bly. Of this number only about 100 to 125 were general bills, not in cluding railroad and bank charters. ANOTHER RAILROAD. Prospect of a New Line From Oaiters ville to Knoxville. (Chattanooga Times.] Cartersville, Ga., Nov. 29.—1n the fall of 1887 a charter was gran ted by the legislature of the state of Georgia, for a railroad under the name of the Cartersville, Maryville & Knoxville Railroad Company, the intent being to build a railroad in the valley which lies at the western base of the Chilhowee mountains in Tennessee, and in the southwestern end of which Cartersville is located. It seemed to lie a great undertaking, but the near completion of the Knox ville Southern very much simplifies the matter. This railroad leaves the Savannah farm on the Hiwassee river, and runs for many miles in this valley, hence the line from Cartersville need only be built to a junction with the Knoxville South ern on Savannah farm, to have a direct connection with Knoxville. This fact becoming more and more impressed upon some of the business men. of Cartersville they I associated with themselves some j men of Tennessee, who are largely interested in Polk county, Tenn., bonds, and a few days since perfec ted an organization of the company. The following directors were elec ted: Thos. W. Milner, 11. H. Hall, W. U. Baker, \Y. J. Heyward and J. W. Harris Jr., for Cartersvlle; Samuel W. Carter, of Murray; John H. Parker and W. J. Walsh, of Cleveland, Tenn; Chas. Seymour of Knoxville, Tenn.JDr. W. J. Copeland of Filzuston, Po\Jt, County, Tenn., and Henry E. Colton, of Murphy, N. 0. At a meeting of the directors, H. 11. Hall, of Cartorsville was elec ted President; W.cJ. Walsh of Cleve land, Vice President ; Henry E. Col ton, Chief Engineer, and Chas. Mc- Ewen of Cartorsville, Secretary and Treasurer. Executive committee 11. H. Hall, Thos. W. Milner, W. C. Baker, Chas. Seymour and Henry E. Colton. A SAD AFFAIR. Judge Robert B. Trippe is Found Dead in His Office It was with much pain and regret that the people of this city heard last Friday of the death Judge Rob ert B. Trippe, formerly of Carters ville, but for the last several years a resident of Atlanta. When it was learned that he had died by his own hands his many friends were shock ed —it being almost impossible of conjecture why so gifted a man, and one who seemed to be surrounded by everything that would make life desirable, would be the author of his own destruction. This sad affair occurred in Atlan ta about 7 ;30 o’clock Friday morn ing. Judge Trippe was last seen to enter his office in the Concordia building at that hour and a few minutes later a report of a pistol was heard by a gentleman in the same building. Thinking only a book or something had fallen on the floor it occasione I no alarm and it remained for Mr. Lewis, who had his office with Judge Trippe, to make the horrible discovery. Judge Trippe was lying on the floor, partly on his back and partly on his right side. His head was ly ing in a pool of blood. At his feet was a Remington double-barreled derringer. Near the pistol was his hat. His feet were towards the fire place and his head near a door which communicated with Mr. Johnson’s office, but which was not in use. He stillwore his overcoat, and must have shot himself a few minutes after entering the office. From the position of the dead man he must have been standing with his back to the office door and facing his desk when the fatal shot was fired. He must have taken his hat from his head and thrown it upon the floor. As he fell the pistol dropped at his feet. An inquest was held by the coro ner, the verdict being in accord ance with the above facts. As stated above Judge Trippe was formerly of this city. He was the son of the late Judge Trippe and was himself for several years judge of the county court. He had many relatives and friends in this city and county. He has twice been married. His first wife was Miss ltenfroe, of Columbus, Ga. His second wife whom he married about eighteen months ago, was Miss Pauline Winter, of Atlanta. Judge Trippe leaves two bright little boys by bis first wife, and a little girl by his second. Bad health is the alleged cause of the rash act. He has been a constant sufferer from asthma, and the belief that the disease was incu rable brought about a great mental depression, and that death was the only thing that could relieve him. Died iu Florida. The following notice, which ap peared in the Clear Water Harbor, Fla., Times, will cause much pain to the many friends of the deceased in this city: Died on Sunday, the 24th inst., Mrs. M. l. Aunspsiugh, wife of Mr. 1.. P. Auns paugh, of this place. Her decease was very sudden, and but few of her friends were aware that she was out of her usual health. The deceased came to this section from Cartersville, <ia., several years ago, suf fering with a complication of chronic complaints; but was in better than usual health until a few days past, when she began complaining of severe pains in her shoulder which were accompanied with some fever. Her family and friends acquainted with her case felt no great uneasiness until a few minutes before she breathed her last, which was as go ing to sleep. Mr. Aunspaugh was at Bt. Petersburgh at the time, and a hand-car was dispatched for him. She leaves lie sides a husband, a son and daughter residing here, and a son in I.ynebburgh, Ya. She was an estimable Christian lady, and a host of friends join in mourning her death. School Commissioner’s Notice. I will pay teachers of County Public Schools on Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7tli of December, prox., at the court house, Cartersville, 10 o’clock a. m. Rob’t. C. Saxon, n*>v2B-2t C. S. Com’r. Porter & Vaughan Have Leased Another Store-Room. WE MUST VACATE OUR PRESENTHOUSE ON OR ABOUT JANUARY FIRST. O save the trouble of moving so many goods we will now throw our entire A stock of goods on the market at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ! NOW IS YOUR CHANCE FOR BARGAINS! We offer a great many goods at cost! This is no humbug or catch — we mean every word we say. PORTER X VAUGHAN'S STOCK Is all new and fresh ;to save moving they must be sold. Consequently price is now no object! . . . Thirty days only to close our immense stock before moving. BARGAINS, THOUSANDS OF BARGAINS! Now being offered at Porter & Vaughan’s. . . We start our low prices on Cloaks. They must be sold—now or never I Remember, our Cloaks are all new and stylish. We Now Offer Cloaks at Such Low Prices as to Astonish our Customers and Paralyse Competition. Porter & Vaughan have had a tremendous success in Cloaks. The balance of our stock will be forced off at once. # GREAT CLOSING OUT SALE ijjj P UdMln [ of Dress Goods ! It is a conceded fact that Porter & Vaughan are headquar ters for Stylish Dress Goods. We now throw them on the market at wholesale prices. OUR STOCK OF FLANNELS * f Is large. They will now be slaughtered ; we must reduce the stock. Flannels worth i7>2C, now 12c. Flannels, worth 20c, now 15c. Flannels worth 27c., now 20c. Every piece of Flannel marked down to close out. OUR STOCK OF SHOES Is the largest in town. They must be reduced ! For the next 30 days we offer the grandest bargains in Shoes ever before shown in Georgia. All styles and grades of Shoes; Clement & Ball’s Fine Shoes for Ladies, J. F. Swain & Co.’s Fine Shoes for Children. Kd win Clapp’s Fine Shoes for Gents. tlTThousands of cheaper Shoes, all going at cut prices. • Don’t Forget! Porter & Vaughan are Closing Out Their Entire Stock. Now is Your Chanee. Great bargains in Llnderwear! Ladies’ Underwear in all grades and styles. Gents’ Underwear in all grades and styles Children’s Underwear in all grades and styles. Must be sold in 30 days, ISP Remember, we mean business. Call early and get a choice selection. PORTCR Zi VAOGHAR. NO. 25.