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Dr. Miot’s Favorite Prescription. The Finest sc. Cigar on the ]farket. SOU) ONLY BY R. C. MIOT, DRCJ6GIST & GREMIST, CARTERSVILLE. I SKIN-CURA Oil,— Crawford’s eczema WASH ! Is an absolute specific for Dan druff and all Diseases and Humors of the Scalp. If you have any Scalp trouble get a bottle at once. It contains no poison or grease and is an elegant Hair Dresser. John Cbawfobd & Cos., feb 17-90 Athens, Ga. OVF.It THE TOWN. Items Picked up Here and There by Courant- American Reporters. Candy business is booming. His Honor, Mayor Wikle, it is now! Charlie Wikle was in Rome Monday. Beautiful moonlight nights last week. The mails are almost choked with calendars. Judge Fain, of Calhoun, was in town yesterday. All the merchants are fixing up tine show windows. The churches are preparing forClirlst nias decorations. The children are beginning to talk about Santa Claus. Mrs. W. E. Ferguson, of Roekinart, is visiting relatives here. Beautiful cranberries now adorn the stores of fancy grocers. The news of Mr. Davis’ death was heard with great regret in Cartersville. Mrs. Douglas Wikle is on a visit to her parents in Nashville, Tenn. Miss Emma Hawkins, of Grassdule, lias heeu visiting friends in town. Miss Annie Simpson, of South Caro lina, has been visiting in the city. Some of ourdark-eyed girls are finding they look well in Spanish furbelows. Christmas shoppers walk right by the stores of the men who don’t adyertise. The late Judge Howard’s estate, as re corded in the ordinary’s office, is $10,455,- 13. Don’t forget that the “Willing Work ers” will build a ship for yotinext Tues day. A church at this season of the year without fair or festival is a haughty one, indeed. Society is now getting on a hustle. Several entertainments are being ar ranged for. Mrs. Wendt, of Rock Island, 111., is visiting her sister, Mrs, Chandler, on Gilmer street. A young man of this city is accused of setting his watch every mom tug by tlru switch engine. Be sure to go to the opera house Tues day night and see the children build the “Old Ship of Zion.” Key. George Tumlin, of Marietta, at tended the funeral services of Air. Nel son Gilroatli, oil Monday. Judge R. R. Harris, of Rome, was in town Tuesday and gave the Courant- Americana pleasant call. The Bartow County Veterans’ Asso ciation will meet at the court house next Saturday afternoon. It is said a certain young lady is soon to be married in sewer silk. Surah silk is probably what was meant. The new' couneilinen aro already be sieged with applications for the positions that are at their disposal. For the past week the weather has been quite mild—indeed, regular May weather right herein December. “Things are very dull,” said the ice man. “That’s the way I like to see them,” says the scissors'grinder. I’rivate.dwellings, with their startling arrays of Christmas tricks, will soon be turned into miniature store houses. Last Saturday was pay day witli tho Etowah Iron Company. About $1,200 wore distributed among the employees. Cartersville is looming up in tiie hotel line. All of the places of public enter tainment are undergoing improvement. Alexander Durham, a negro, v’as put in jail last Monday in default of a SIOO bond. Ho Is charged with a serious crime. Several of the lawyers of the city are attending supreme court in Atlanta. That court inis struck the Cherokee docket. Mr. J. C. Calhoun now holds a posi tion of Dr. AliotV drug store, Mr. J. J. Skinner having retired from that es tablishment. Kov. Henry J. Ellis, the new pastor ‘>l the Methodist ehureh, will preach liis first sermon in this city next Sun day morning. Mrs. J. C. Young and family have move I to the city and occupy the house on Market street where Mr. Veal for merly resided. In the making up of the districts for the next census Bartow county is placed in the first district. There are six dis tricts in the state. Itcv. H. J. HUis, the new pastor of the Methodist church spent Friday in the city. He will perhaps preach his first sermon here next Sunday. “ Please accept my regrets,” wrote a voung man who was not asked to Miss i'udd’s coming-out party. “I regret I " as not invited,” he continued. The service of prayer and praise at Ascension church will hereafter be held i>t 11 o’clock, a. in., every Sunday instead of in the afternoon as heretofore. A rather blunt young fellow, pricing a Christmas turkey for his mother the other day, said: “Say, mister, what y ou usk for that ’ere beast, any way?” The small boy is now industriously trying to keep other tempting calls from "inning away any of his accumula tion of pennies for a Christmas fund. General P. M. B. Young was one of the delegates sent by the Georgia Veter ans Associatian to attend the funeral of -Mr. Jefferson Davis at New Orleans. The “devil" of the Courant-Ainerican attempted to start a lire the other morn ing witli benzine and his eyebrows and much of ins hair haven’t benzine since. Notwithstanding the’shortness of the cotton crop business is very good. All of our merchants, especially those who advertise, are having a very good trade. The new house frock, called the Jose phine, gives the wearer tho appearance of having entered the room through the keyhole. It pretends to be made in one piece. Air. Henry Roff, of Calhoun, will be the night clerk at the Shcliman house. He is a clever and capable young man and knows how to attend to the wants of guests. There is talk of organizing a local building and loan association, homo people to own and control it. The plan is a good one and our people should enter into the scheme heartily. Will the young ladies of Cartersvi .le receive on new year? It would be very pleasant if they would resurrect this beautiful custom and open their houses to callers on the evening of that day. Air. J. F. Linn, our clever tax collec tor, informs us that lie will bo here on the 18th and 19th of the present month, for the purpose of collecting taxes, lie will commence issuing ti. fas. on the’iOth. Four marriage licenses were issued last Saturday and Ordidary Hendricks says it is a very dull day when he does not write out at least one. The happi ness is not confined to any class or color. Airs. Ed Peacock left Sunday for Chattanooga to ntfceml the bedside; of her father, Captain Hugh McNeill, who is critically ill. The many friends of tho captain in this city and county w ish him a speedy recovery. Major Charles H, Smith loft Monday afternoon on a lecture tour through Kentucky. Among the cities he will favor are Lexington, Paris, Afillersburg, Flemingburg and Alaysville. He will be absent for about a week. Last Sunday a boat, while in the mid dle of tho Etowah river, capsized with Air. Harry Kuns and two companions. The men had to swim desperately to save themselves and one came very near drowming. Tho boat was lost. The B. It. dub is to give a reception on the evening of December 2fith, at the residence of Major C. H. Smith, on Er win street. The members aro making extensive arrangements for the affair and it will no doubt be a great success. At the mass meeting last Friday night Air. Joe AL Moon received a handsome vote for tho nomination of the office of mayor. Considering that he was no can didate, and hud repeatedly so stated, it was quite a compliment to the young man. Air. James Yanney, of Sandy Lake, Pa,, was in the city Wednesday, lie is the gentleman who wrote the letter to TSUI Arp in regard to the Gettysburg monument, mention of which was made in the latter’s letter in last Sunday’s Constitution. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a supper in the council cham ber on Friday night next. Fresh oys ters, turkey and meats of all kinds, cakes, salads and everything good to eat, and plenty of if. Everybody go. Prices moderate, Alex. Akerman is now one of the clerks in the postofflee. By the time the change of postmasters is made ho will be sufficiently acquainted with tho du ties of the office to attend to thorn with out hitch or delays as is often the case when such transfers aro made. The Postal Telegraph Cos. lias opened an office at W- F. Baker’s Jewelry Store in this place, which offers as induce ments direct communication witli Birm ingham, Gadsden, Attalla, Anniston, Augusta, Atlanta, Rome and other prominent places. Your patronage is solicited. Here’s to tho mayor and couneilinen elected yesterday! ‘Vo drink to their health the pure and sparkling w ater of Cartersville, and hope their administra tion will lie as bright and undimmed as the noonday sun of a July day. We feel sure the Interests of the city are safe in their hands. The pump men at the river recently forced such a supply of water into the tank as to cause it to overflow. As soon as little streams began to steal down the hill some of the colored population thereabouts, it is said, began to evince great consternation and fear, lest their homes might soon be destroyed. The Juvenile Missionary Society of the Methodist church will give the “missionary ship” entertainment on Tuesday evening, December 17tli, at the opera house, beginning at 7 o’clock. Come out and encourage the children. Admission, 25 cents; children, 10 cents. The Courant-American job depart ment has been on a hustle for the past week or two, turning out work that would be hard to duplicate by any like establishment in qua.ity and prices. We have recently added many new and attractive faces to our Job type and the improvement in the work, which has always been first-class, is very percepti ble. Those who wish good work should remember the Oourant-Ameriean. The work of organizing for the coming firemen’s fair is progressing very nicely and all indications point to it being a most brill 1 ant success. The young men have gone to work in earnest and they are heartily seconded by the ladies who are to assist them. The latter are or ganizing for this purpose and are quite enthusiastic over the project. The mer chants and business men of the city should now give the liberal encourage ment that the undertaking deserves. The fair promises to be the greatest so cial event of the winter. Strickland & Bro. are jobbing at very iow prices, oranges, cocoanuts, nuts, raisins, citron, apples and candies of all kinds. You cannot beat their prices by going to Rome and Atlanta. Their new syrups and sugars are arriving every day. Oil paintings for $2.00 and chromos SI.OO at Word’s. THE CITY ELECTION. The Straight Ticket, With One Excep tion, Elected. Tho city election yesterday passed off quietly. There was only one ticket out, and that was the one nominated at the citizen’s meeting last Friday. Had it not been for a contest in the first ward the elec tion would have been without in terest. Air. Jack Collins ran against the regular nominated candidates in that ward, and when the tickets were counted out it was found that lie had triumphed over Mr. L. B. Matthews by forty votes. The managers of fhe election were Messrs. J. L. Wikle, J. M. Moon, F. ('. Watkins, and Charlie Callahan acted as clerk. The polls opened late. It was after tho usual hour of seven when the managers arrived at the court house. The opening of the polls found no great crowd awaiting to sling their suffrage into the ballot box. The votes came in slowly and by 12 o’clock only 170 votes were deposited. It began getting a little livelier after dinner, and at 0 o’clock, when the polls were closed, it was found that 329 votes had been deposited. The folio ving is the result of the election: I ’on mayor: John 11. Wikle 310 FOR AI.MKRM UN FIRST WARD! Alan in Collins .238 A. J. Collins 190 1,. B. Matthew s 150 SECOND W’ARO: W. F. Bilker 312 A. AL Puckett 818 THIRD WARD! G. W. Wald nip 312 AL AL Puckett 310 FOURTH WARD! Lindsay Johnson 307 G, IL Qili’eatli .. .315 The above elected gentlemen will be sworn in next Wednesday night when the present mayor and council will step down and out. A marshal, deputy marshal, clerk, treasurer, street superintendent and keeper of the city cemetery are to he elected by the couneilinen for the ensuing year. It is proba ble the present holders of these offices, with one or t\yo exceptions, will be re-elected. The following are the names of those who will retire from the head of the city government: Mayor Wofford, Couneilinen Matthews, Willingham, Crawford, Barron, George Pattillo, Scheuer, McEwen and John H. Wikle, The latter gentleman is the only one of the old board who will lie in the new, and he was ejected to the chief office, lle has before held the same office and made a most ac ceptable mayor. He is a live and progressive man and no doubt lie will again be successful in his com ing administration. The alder manic board is composed of safe and prudent men and gives general satisfaction to our people. NOTICK. I take this method of calling the atten tion of all persons who are indebted to me to the importance of settling up said indebtedness at once. All notes and ac counts not paid by the 25th December will be turned over to an attorney to cob loot. Fair warning, This is positively my last call, Gkrald Gun-' fin. Visit Wikle A Co.’s for Albums, Gift Books, etc, for Christmas presents. dool2-2t WIKLE A CO, $20.00 Worth of Goods Given Away. You only have to visit Wilde’s Drug; Store and leave your name and you will be given a chance at a beautiful swinging-lamp, oil painting, doll and smoker’s sett. Remember you are not required to buy a cent’s worth of goods. Chances free. We bought a car load of tomatoes this season and if you want a case wo will sell you lower than jobbers’ prices. E. Strickland A Bro. Accident on the Western & Atlantic. Yesterday morning at 5 :45 o’clock a Western & Atlantic freight train knocked a wagon and a negro off the track. The accident occurred about five miles this side of Atlan ta, and the negro was killed. The front of the engine was damaged slightly. Money to Loan. No delay. Eight per cent interest. Small com mission. Aubrey & McEwen. M. P. Word’s prices on holiday goods are put in the reach of all. Money scarce; his goods cheap. d5-tf \jtft The Chief 8.-n.on for the great suc cess of HooU’b Sarsaparilla Is found In the article Itself. It Is merit that wins, apd the fact that Hood’s Sarsaparilla actually ap* complishes what Is claimed for it, Is what has given to this medicine a popularity aud sale greater than that of any other sarsapa iwiorjt Win rlUa or Woo<l purl ‘ •VI Cl 11 VV 11 lo fl er before the public. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures Scrofula, Salt Kheum and all Humors, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Biliousness, overcomes That Tired Feeling, creates an Appetite, strength ens the Nerves, builds up the Whole System. Hood’s Marsapurilla Is sold by all drug fists. $1; six for $5. Prepared by C. 1. Hood fa Cos., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. A Rich Silver Mine. Messrs. J. W. Rich, J. P. Jones and others have taken a lease on a mineral lot in the Allatoona region and after a few r weeks prospecting have developed what will, accord ing to present indications, loom up as another “Comstock lode.” The samples shown us seem very rich, indeed, and experts who have in vestigated the prospect are enthu siastic. The Allatoona gold mines flour ished before the California hegira in ’49 and fabulous stories are yet told of the Immense fortunes made in that region, of remarkably rich finds that blessed the sturdy miner. In the past few years the same old confidence in the “Allatoona lead” —that runs from Carroll county to Lumpkin—has sprung up to a cer tain degree until lately we hear of very strung companies that have been organized to work the old “dlgglns” and to open up new pros pects. At tho upper end of the lead, say in Lumpkin, intense ex citement prevails and it is only a question of time when this excite ment will extend along the lead till it reaches and passes through our section, where, according to the best authorities, the ore exists iu as rich and paying veins as can be found anywhere. Buckingham's dye for tho whiskers is easy of application, and never fails to col or the beard brown or black as may be desired. Try it. decs Lost or Stolen. A black and White pointer puppy six months old. A liberal reward will be paid for his return to E. L. Peacock. A $15,00 music box given away. Every one buying $1.50 wortli of holiday goods stands a chance of getting it. Go to Word’s. “Say, George, if you want to see me Sunday, be sore to have a box of Miot’s French candy.” tf Christmas and New Year’s Goods at Wikle A Cos., Cartersville, Ga. decll-2t Toy Trunks Work Boxes, Desks, and thousands of nice things at Wikle’s Book Store. dec!2-2t Died at Emerson. Mr. David McNeal died at Emer son yesterday morning and was buried at that place today, Rev. Jas. S. Hillhouse conducting the funeral services. Mr. McNeal came to this place from North Carolina about a year ago in bad health, hoping that a change of climate would benefit him. He was a brother-in-law of Mr. W. W. Gil bert and was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church. SAVKII I lillX CONSUMPTION. Several physicians predicted that Mr. Asa B. Rowley, druggists, of Chicago, would soon have consumption caused by ana ggravated case of catarrh. Cus tomers finally induced him to try Clarke’s ExtractorFlax(papilon)catarrh cure. He says: “The result was unpre cedented. 1 commenced to get well alter the first application and am now after a few weeks, entirely cured.” It will do the same for you. Price SI.OO. Try Clarke's flax soap for the skin and you will use no other. 25 cents. All of Clarke’s ilax remedies are for sale by J. R. Wikle A Cos., druggists. mch7-ly Fine Cabinet Photos at SM.SO per dozen tliis month. Card size $2.00. Finest work in the State at Menkeo’s Gallery. decl2-2t Some fine central property for sale new, and right in the heart of the town. Enquire of A. M. Willingham. SENSATION.* SCHEUER BROS., The Largest Dry Goods House in Oartersville. NOBODY can outdo us ! Nobody can compete with us ! Nobody can equal us! Our matchless bargains stand foremost and alone. Be your own judges and don’t spend a dollar or a nickel elsewhere before looking at Scheuer Bros. Our Dress Goods and Cloak sales last week were immense. There must be some reason for this. The truth and the whole truth is, that we have the largest assortment and that we undersell anybody and every body on anything in the shape of Dry Goods. To enumerate just half of our bargains we could fill two pages of this paper, as our space don’t allow it; we will only mention a few of our wonderful bargains : 125 Ladies’ Wraps worth fully $5 and s(>, at $1.77). 75 “ “ “ “ $6 and $7, at $3.00. 48 “ “ “ “ SB, at $4.00. 150 Ladies’ and Misses Jackets, worth $4 to $5, at $2.50. 75 Ladies and Misses Jackets, worth $7 to SB, at $3.50. 45 “ “ “ Newmarkets, worth SO, at $3. 40 Ladies’ extra fine garments, wortli $lO, at $5.00. Great Closing Out Sale of 2,000 Pairs of Misses* Shoes. Bought at force sale, to be closed out at half price. These are without doubt the cheapest and best stock of Shoes ever sold in Georgia. We sjtecially invite our customers to see these wonderful bargains; we were so fortunate as to buy this stock cheap, and are determined to give our kind patrons the benefit. 600 CENTLEMEN’S HATS, To go in with this closing out sale —got to at less than half their value—we must have the room. 3,000 CENTS' LINEN COLLARS, Worth 25c. to be closed out at 71. Now is your lime to get a good supply of these goods, and at prices never heard of in Cartersville before, WRAPS! WRAPS! WRAPS! Now Is your time to save money. We take pride in our selection of these standard articles of wear, and they must go inside ol 150 days. Give us a call and be convinced that we have the cheapest line of Cloaks In Cartersville. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! CLOTHING! Being determined to change our make of Clothing we have decided to close this line out at unheard of prices. Cook at this : 500 pairs Ladies’ Kid Gloves worth SI.OO, $1.25 ami $1.50, to be closed out at 50 cents. Don’t misunderstand us—we are not selling out at cost but were smart enough to buy these goods at less than they can be made. GARWOOD BROTHERS. RR.OBE.S & RAVCRTY A V Furniture Company. THE LEADING FURNITURE AND CARPET ESTABLISHMENT SOUTH. Twenty-Five Thousand Square Feet of Display Room. SIOO,OOO Worth of Furniture and Carpets in Stock. FURNITURE. Toilet Bed Room Sets, Marble Top Bevel Glasses, with Toilette and ten pieces for $35. Solid Oak Bed Room Suits, $25 each. Silk Parlor Plush Suits, $35 each. Windsor Folding Beds, 25 styles in stock. Buy a Folding Bed and be • happy. RHODES & HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANY, 89 and 91 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA. A Shooting Fracas at a Negro Frolic. In the upper part of the town last Saturday night a dance was given by a negro, and all the high toned darkeys were there. Besides the regular evening regalia several of the guests were diked out in mean liquor and the hip-pocket added to the pleasures of the occa sion. Everything was running smoothly enough until between the hours of ten and eleven o’clock, when the whisky began getting in its work and the hip-pocket was called into play. A three cornered row sprung up and much able ar gument was expended in the at tempt to put a quietus to it, but without success. The excitement was intense when one of the gal lants, by the name of Lawrence Clements, pulled out his popgun and began a promiscuous fire. He shot four times, but happily the balls went wide of their mark. The ball was broken up instanter and a policeman was sent for. The main disturbers fled and up to last accounts have not been heard from. They will no doubt fight shy of Cartersville for some time to come. FOB SALE. Two mules, and a two-horse wagon on my farm near Kingston. Apply to dI2-2t G. S. Tomlin, Marietta, Ua. Special for the Next Four Days. 40 pieces Royal Cambric, finer than Lonsdale, only 8c a yard. 20 pcs. Canton Flannel, worth fully 12$c, only 9c. 12 pcs. French Flannels, “ “ 75c, only 40c. 200 pcs. Feather Trimming, worth 50c, only 10c. 20 pcs. Gray Tricot Flannels, 38 inches only 16£c 45 Table Oil Cloth worth 35c., only 20c a yard. 1000 Large Cotton Towels, 5c a piece. 25 pieces wool Henrietta, 38 inches, 25c, a yard. And 100 other Bargains. In conclusion, we will say that we can easily sell goods cheaper than our competitors pay for them. tfATOUR IMMENSE SALES ARE THE BEST TESTIMONY TO THESE FACTS. SCHEUER BROS., The Leaders of Low Prices. SPECIALS: CARPETS. Ingrains, 40,5 c and 60 cents. Brussels, 00, 75 and go cents. Velvets, $1.25. Rugs, Lace Curtains, Portier Cur tains, Etc. Competent workmen sent to any part of the State to lay our Carpets. An Enjoyable Evening. At an early hour on last Friday evening a choice company of ladies and gentlemen having filled the comfortable parlors of Mrs. H. H. Hall, the first of the promised series of dime reading entertainments began. The “Little Quaker Winner” was truly “captivating,” and a success ful “tuck in.” “Thunder” found a much more apt scholar in Mrs. B.than in Tom’s Mary, yet, if Mary did find that “Art is long,” it certainly left her quite art—ful. In “Ophelia,” Mrs. Jamison’s efTort to analyze Shakspeare’s Women is only equaled, if not sur passed, by her expressive com mand of five English language. The laugh which followed the “Witness” showed the appreciation of “my wife’s durn fool” way of crossing a creek when the swamp is up. Possibly no more pleasant method of bringing together our young and old folks in a social way can be pro posed, than entertainments of this kind. The cause Is good, and the methods so informal as to admit of much social chat. And, it pre sents an ever recurring charming opportunity of bringing about a welcome introduction of the stran gers, who are so rapidly coming amongst us. Then, too, it affords vent to so ciety’s claim that our young folks should not hide their accomplish ments, for we certainly have a galaxy of musical talent well wor thy of being brought to the front. On Friday evening the taste in the selection of the music, as well as the rendering, was excellent, and many feel that we must have more of it. We understand that the Ladies’ Sewing Society will have fort nightly “readings,” of which due notice will be given. Only two more weeks till Christmas, and if you contemplate buying a present go to Wikle’s Drug Store, where they can be had at prices to suit the times. Obituaries. The Courant-American, in its effort to give all the news, will en deavor to see that deaths which may occur will not escape proper notice in these columns. Regular obituary notices furnished us for publication will be charged for at half the usual rates. This rule is rendered necessary on account of the extraordinary demands made at times upon our columns by this class of matter. If you want great bargains in Holiday goods go to Wikle’s Drugstore. fj