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VOL. IX.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING.
The Kaleidoscopic Movement on
the Principal Streets.
Stores are Thronged and All are Happy
in Tlieir Expectancies—A Merry
Time for Everybody.
Who is it that (loos not feel aglow
of pleasure at the approach of
Christmastide ? The season seems
to give new vigor to all the senses,
to awaken emotions long lain dor
mant and to make men and women
draw themselves closer together in
the bonds of a common humanity.
And only six days intervene be
tween this and Christmas. The
little babblers are prattling over
what Santa Claus is expected to
bring them; the wise virgins, with
lamps trimmed and burning, are
bending over fancy work far into
the night, shaping fancy things
that are destined to make loved
ones happy; the young men are in
the midst of their perplexities
cudgeling their brains for the hap
py thought that will be the means
of giving pleasure to the adored
ones; the matrons are busy in the
mysteries of the kitchen, snatching
time now and then to give some
little attention to bits of secret
work, hurriedly throwing aside the
articles that are meant to be surpri
ses at the approach of any one; the
men are smiling in anticipation of
the pleasures they will give those of
tlieir homes.
And the stores! Were they ever
so brilliant, and were there ever so
great a variety of beautiful things?
The shelves are packed, and every
bit of space is utilized to give room
lor the countless novelties of the
season.
There is nothing more wonderful
in our modern life than the extent
and variety of the forces which
have to be called into operation in
order to furnish us with the very
simplest pleasure and delight.
When we walk the streets and feast
our eyes on beautifully decked win
dows, or wander through huge
stores filled with everything that
contributes to our comfort or our
artistic taste, we are apt to give but
a passing thought to the labor and
the skill that have been utilized in
our behalf. Like the ancient kings,
we have put the whole world under
tribute. Blaves have toiled under
the lash in deep mines to bring us
gems; from Indian seas the swarthy
diver lias brought up pearls; patient
wood-carvers have sat in dimly
lighted cottages at the foot of Alpine
heights and molded their marvel
ous designs; lace-workers have plied
deft fingers in Belgian huts and
woven fabrics as delicate as the
gossamer; from the primitive looms
of the Orient have come shawls
that seem to have caught in tlieir
colors the splendor and warmth of
midday sunlight; and there is not a
trinket nor a vase, a ribbon nor a
flower, into the making of which
there have not entered long hours
of anxious toil and study.
It is worth the while to watch
the crowds as they throng the
streets and stores; the wondering
looks of happy children; tlfe eager
quest of parents and friends and
lovers; glad smiles and warm greet
ings, and pleasant talk and laughter.
The ceaseless murmur seems to
lose its saddening undertone, and
to take on something of gentle as
surance and of quieting promise.
It is a time when even the most
prosaic surroundings are tinged
with romance; when buyer and sel
ler alike are brought nearer; when
all of us realize that life is not
made up merely of barter and trade,
and that “the charities which soothe
and bless are scattered at the feet
of man like flowers.”
Death of Dr. Hamiter.
After an illness of a short dura
tion Dr. Daniel Hamiter died at
his home on Market street last
Sunday morning and on Monday
afternoon his remains were inter
red in Oak Hill cemetery, a large
number of friends joining in to pay
the last sad tribute to his memory.
Dr. Hamiter has long been a
practicing physician of this city.
He came here from South Caro
lina in his early manhood in 1854,
since which time he has continu
ously resided in Cartersville. He
married here, his wife and only
daughter surviving him.
Dr. Hamiter was too well known
in Cartersville to need any special
reference here. He was a man of
the kindest and most generous im
pulses. During his life here as a
practitioner he did a vast amount
of charity work and many, especial-
the gourant-amerigan.
*y the poorer people, have cause
to remember him with gratitude.
No one, whether or not they were
able to pay, ever called in vain for
his services, and no one could be
more faithful to a patient than was
he. About five years ago he was
converted to Christ and joined the
Methodist church, since which time
he has been a consistent member.
The services at the church Mon
day afternoon were beautiful and
appropriate. Bev. Mr. Ellis de
rived a most fitting and just tribute
to the life and character of the de
ceased, after which Mr. Hillhouse
made a few appropriate remarks.
The service closed with a fervent
prayer by Mr. Copper, after which
the remains were borne to their
last resting place, followed by a
number of friends.
HOWAKI) CEMENT WORKS.
The Cement Rock Near Kingston to be
Worked Extensively.
[Chattanooga Times.]
The Howard Hydraulic Cement
Company, composed almost entire
ly of Clmttanoogans, who some
time since purchased the property
of the old Howard Company at
Cement, Ga., Bartow county, one
mile and a half north of Kingston,
have now completed a model plant
for making the famous cement, and
are operating tlieir mills to their
tallest capacity, and are not able to
fill orders.
Among the stockholders of the
company are many of the leading
and wealthiest citizens of Chatta
nooga. The officers are as follows:
George H. Waring, President.
Garnet Andrews, Vice President.
C. A. Moross, Treasurer.
I’. H. Waring, Superintendent.
The company’s capital stock is
$60,000, paid up.
The cement is made from a nat
ural cement stone found on the
company’s property in inexhausti
ble quantities. The stone, which is
very dark in color, runs in veins
about seven feet thick. It is mined
much like coal, the lay being at
such an angle up an incline suffi
ciently steep to run the loaded cars
from the mines to the mills.
The company now has four cylin
drical kilns, forty-seven feet in
height and fifteen feet in diameter,
made of finest boiler plate steel.
Into these kilns the stone is emp
tied with a proper mixture of coal.
The kilns are furnished with a hot
blast, as is used in the iron blast
furnaces. In these kilns it is baked.
From the kilns it is taken to the
grinding mills and pulverized,
Passing through a process of
blowing the product is finally put
through a bolting cloth with 2,500
meshes to the square inch, and then
it is ready for the trade. The
Howard is rapidly gaining favor as
the best cement that can be used
when quick setting is not required.
It becomes very hard and sets in
water more satisfactorily than any
other cement known. The gentle
men interested in the plant fee!
satisfied that it will prove a great
success. It is essentially a Chatta
nooga enterprise, all the income
and outlay of money being made at
this point. This is the depot and
distributing point, and the product
when branded lias Chattanooga
always on the tags.
The company is preparing to put
in anew set of boilers and a Buck
eye engine on the Corliss pattern
and will greatly enlarge the plant
to meet the increasing demands.
(Joiiig to Arkansas.
Many -negroes in this county
have the Arkansas fever and in the
last few days forty or fifty have left
for the west. They come princi
pally from the seventeenth district
and the destination is Pine Bluff,
Ark. The fare is paid by western
planters and before they start they
have to sign a contract for a year.
A lady emigrant agent has been
working up this county, making the
contracts and furnishing the tick
ets. She stated that she has ans
wered five thousand letters from
negroes in North Carolina who are
anxious to get places in the west.
When asked if the present craze of
the negroes would not ruin the
farming interests of that state she
replied that the lands are worn out
and need to lay out for ten years
before they are any more account.
The movement here has not yet
attained any large proportions.
The negroes are not quite so enthu
siastic as their North t arolina
brothers. A good many will proba
bly go, but not enough to make any
perceptible difference in our labor
supply. It is hardly probable that
our people would object to the
movement if it be gradual. We
I believe such a movement wiii uiti
i mately result to the benefit of all.
CARTEItSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1889.
A PISTOL AND A KNIFE
Play an Important Part in a Ce
dartown Difficulty.
The Participants are Cartersviile Hoys
Edward Eaves Shot amt ltansom
Foster Stabbed.
An unfortunate fight occurred at
Cedartown last Friday night, in
which two Cartersvillo boys were
wounded.
Fd Eaves was shot in the shoul
der, and Ilansom Foster was stab
bed in the back.
Both parties are brick masons
and have been working in Cedar
town for some months. They bad
been working on the new court
house, but later have been helping
to build the new Presbyterian
church. The following are the
facts as learned by the Courant-
Ameriean:
The young men were considered
good friends. When not at tlieir
employment they would spend the
time in each other’s company be
ing almost inseparable companions.
On the night of the fight they were
both at a house near that town.
Eaves was somewhat under
the influence of liquor and was cut
ting up so bad that his friends
thought best to stop him. A broth
er of his tried to do so and the two
got into a fight. Foster tried to
part them when young Eaves star
ted at him with a knife. Foster
tin'll attempted to get away, but
Eaves sprang at him with the knife,
strikii** the blade in his back. At
this Foster then turned around and
leveling bis pistol fired at Eaves,
the ball going in the top of the
right shoulder and extended to the
first rib, then deflected and buried
itself between the first and second
ribs. The fight was then stopped
and both young men went to their
boarding places. The wound Foster
received was not a very bad one,
and Eaves, while not very seriously
hurt, suffers a great deal of pain.
Young Eaves was brought to the
city last Sunday afternoon and the
following morning Dr, Johnson
made an incision for the ball, but
found it had gone too deep to be
extracted. At last accounts lie was
getting along very well, though suf
fering considerable pain.
City Court.
The following are the cases dis
posed of by the city court after tiie
close of our report last week:
McCutchen A Shumate vs. Lula
T. Lyon, complaint; judgment for
plaintiff for S2OO principal, $00.04
interest and cost of suit.
McCutchen & Shumate vs. Eaves
& Collins, complaint; judgment for
plaintiffs for S2OO principal, $68,95
interest and cost of suit.
State vs. A. Z. Pearce, fornica
tion; verdict of guilty. Sentence,
six months in the chaingang.
John B. (Jordon, governor, vs. J.
M. Pasley, principal, and S. L. Bay
less, security, scire facias; judgment
of plaintiff against security for SIOO
and cost of suit.
State vs. James Pickett, cheating
and swindling; verdict of guilty and
sentenced to five months on the
chaingang.
McCutchen & Shumate vs. Julian
Hawks, administrator, judgment
for plaintiffs of $960.75, principal,
$353.50 interest and cost of suit.
State vs. James Williams, adul
tery and fornication; verdict of
guilty and sentenced five months
on the chaingang. A motion for
new trial in this case lias been
made.
State vs. Manuel Dover, riot, plea
of guilty; sentenced to three months
in the chaingang.
Wreck on The Western & Atlantic.
Western & Atlantic freight train
No. 15, section B. was badly wreck
ed at Dalton shortly after 6 o’clock
Saturday night; The accommoda
tion train which always stops at
Dalton, had backed down and left
the switch turned, thus precipita
ting the accident to the freight train.
The engine and three cars were
ditched and badly damaged. The
boiler lnirstod, but notwithstanding
this fact nobody was seriously in
jured. Engineer Walker and Ms
fireman remained in the cab and
were thrown under the engine.
Walker was pulled out with diffi
culty through a Space no larger
than ids body. Both he and his
fireman were severely bruised. The
wreck was cleared away by 1
o’clock Sunday morning. All the
trains were delayed in consequence
of the accident.
A (Jooil Feature.
The Etowah ice Company has
added anew feature to their already
prosperous business, in the way ol a
wood yard. They have put in a
saw ami can now deliver wood cut
to stove and fire'lengths at the same
cost it can be bought from wagons
and cut up. The live housekeeper,
looking out for conveniences, will
catch on to this with great alacrity.
Mr. Jones, the clever and pushing
superintendent, deserves credit for
this new feature, and there is no
doubt hut what the people will ap
preciate it. The company also .airry
a large lot of coat, having been'very
successful in arranging prompt de
livery from the mines.
A RAILROAD TO BRASWELL.
A Suggestion Thd Comes from u Citi
zen of that Place.
A subscriber to the Courant-
America.i atfßraswel!, Paulding
county, in oniiiosing his subscrip
tion, says:
“This [dace the pine Hills.
Since the railroad was built the
timber lias beep wasted, rather, by
Saw-mill men. ?
“For tiie past few weeks Sibley
Bros, and Langoon A- Cos. have been
chopping wood here, which, it is
said, will be made into charcoal and
used at furnaces in Alabama, Dur
ing the last few days they have
bought forty acres of land near the
side truck at a jAiee much beyond
the yaiuo of ifco. timber, and it is
now hoped the 1 coal will not lie
hauled off to Alabama. The freight
on lime rock and ore to this place,
from adjoining bounties, is much
less than the freight on coal to
Alabama; so why not keep Geor
gia’s resources af home? We have
been building a railroad from this
section to BurtoV county so that
we might ship ; charcoal to iron
works up there,/.but we have no
capital except afhiosphere; so the
work drags alouj|. While you arc
building to Faifniount make ar
rangements to ni4et our road at its
present terminus. Cartersviilecan’t
well succeed in manufacturing iron
without this great territory of tim
ber for charcoal. &
“In the recent legislature a bill
was passed to amend the charter of
the Waco and Bowden railroad.
Did Messrs. Feltoh and Foute take
advantage of tbalL opportunity to
include'in the distance'
between Waco and Cartersviile?
“Build railroads. The iron around
Elyton failed to build up the town
with but one railroad. The second
and other railroads were the magic
that made Birmingham. Anniston
would now be Woodstock had that
place not been on the only possible
route for the Georgia Pacific.
“I think you can get help for a
railroad to this section. Nature
meets a man half way and some
times that happens when men least
expect it. Anyhow, I want you
people in Cartersviile to look hith
erward and get a move on your
selves.”
Little Folks Enjoy a Social Evening.
A charming little tea party was
given at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. li. Best on Wednesday evening
of last week, in honor of the fourth
birthday of Miss Sarah L. Best, a
most pleasant and bewitching little
lady. About twenty-five of tin 1
young friends of Miss Sarah were
in attendance and they spent the
evening most delightfully. The
young ladies were dressed in tea
gowns with long trains, evening
colors, while the gentlemen were
clad in tight fitting velvet suits
with knee pants and Lord Eauntle
roy sashes. The young ladies were
very lady-like and displayed to the
lookers-on that they were also well
versed in the rules of etiquette,
while the gentlemen were gallantry
personified. At a seasonable hour
the happy little juveniles were
ushered into the dinning room to a
most sumptuous repast.
An Accident Near Pine Log.
A distressing accident occurred
near Pine Log last Wednesday.
Mr. Bird Pinson was driving a pair
of mules hitched to a wagon, when
the males became frightened at a
piece of newspaper which was ly
ing on the road side and ran, throw
ing Kir. Pinson out of the wagon.
He fell close enough to the wagon
to be terribly mashed about the
head. His injuries are very serious
but not necessarily fatal.
COMMON SKNSK
Should bo used in attempting to cure
that very disagreeable disease, catarrh.
A catarrh originates in impurities in the
blood, local applications can do no per
manent good. The common-sense
method of treatment is to purify the
blood, and for this purpose there is no
preparation superior to Hood’s Sarsa
parilla. That this peculiar medicine
docs cure catarrh is shown by the many
testimonials from people who have
found relief upon using it when all
others had failed. A book coptaining
statements of cures sent on receipt of
two cent stamp, by C. I. Iloon A Cos.,
Lowell, Mass.
PORTER & VAUGHAN
OFFER FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS
THE GREATEST BARGAINS IN NORTH GEORGIA.
We Must Reduce Our Stock Still More by January First.
PRIGE 13 NOT AN OBJECT, WE MUST GET RID OF THE GOODS,
* _
Porter & Vaughan now offer their entire stock of Cloaks at actual cost. Now
is the time to buy Cloaks. Note a few of our prices :
Ladies’ Fine All-Wool Modjeskas, worth SB.OO, now Ladies' Fine Broadcloth Jackets, worth SO.OO, now
$4.50. $3.50.
Ladies’ Fine All-Wool Braided Modjeskas, worth Ladies’ Fine Braided Broadcloth Jackets, worth
$ll.OO, now $0.50. $12.00, now $6.50.
Ladies’ Fine Plush Modjeskas, worth $17.50, now Children’s Garments, worth $2.50, now $1.50.
$lO-00. Children’s Garments, worth $5.00, now $2.75.
Ladies’ Fine All-Wool Jackets, worth $4.00, now $2.25.
Every Garment in our House to go at cost for the next ten days.
UNIIERWFAR ! UNDERWEAR !
Onr stock of Underwear must be reduced —now is your chance to secure a
bargain.
Ladies’ Jersey Bibbed Vests, 374 c, worth OOc. Gents’ Natural Wool Under Vests, 50c, worth 75c.
Ladies’ Jersey Ribbed Vests, 45c, worth 05c. Gents’ Natural Wool Under Vests, 65c, worth SI.OO,
Ladies’ Jersey Ribbed Vests, 05c, worth SI.OO. Gents’ Fine All-Wool Scarlet Vests, $1.25, worth $1.75.
Ladies’Extra Fine All-Wool Jersey Ribbed Vests, Gents’ Fine All-Wool White Vests, 95c, worth $1.25.
00c, worth $1.25 Gents’ Fine All-Wool White Vests, SI.OO, worth $1.50.
Ladies’ Extra Fine All-Wool Jersey Ribbed Vests, Children's Underwear in Vests and Drawers from 20c
. sl.lO, worth $1.50. each, up to 65c for the finest quality.
Gloves and Hosiery.
Ladies* Ali-Wool Cashmere fiToves, 20c, worth 30C. Ladies’ Fine Fast Black regular made hose, *33Jc,
Ladies’ All-Wool Cashmere Gloves, 25c, worth 10c. worth 50c.
Ladies’All-Wool Cashmere Gloves, 36c, worth 150 c. Ladies’ Fine Fast Black regular made hose, 40c,
Ladies’ All-Wool Cashmere Gloves, 50, worth 75c. worth OOc.
Ladies’ Fine Fast Black regular made hose, 25c, Misses’ Seamless Ribbed Fast Black Hose, 15c, worth
worth 35c. 25c.
I Gents’ Full Regular Made Hose 20c, worth 30c.
Thousands of Bargains now being offered in our Notion Department. We
are compelled to reduce our stock before moving. Now is your opportunity to buy
goods cheap ; Porter & Vaughan mean business.
BLANKETS AND FLANNELS.
10-4 White Blankets, 35c. Extra Fine Red Twilled Flannel, 22£e, worth 30c.
10-4 White Blankets, 75c, worth SI.OO. Extra Fine Red Twilled Flannel, 30c, worth 45c.
10-4 White Blankets, SI.OO, worth $1.50. Extra Fine Red Twilled Flannel worth 50c.
10-4 White Blankets, $2.00, worth $3.00. Fine Quality White Flannel, 20c, worth 25c.
10-4 White Blankets, $3.00, worth $5, Fine Quality White Flannel, 22£c, worth 30c.
Grey Twilled Flannel, 15c per yard, worth 20c. Fine Quality White Flannel, 35c, worth 50c.
Porter & Vaughan are offering tremendous bargains in Blankets and Flannels
to close out.
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT.
Did. Width Cashmere all colors 124 c per yd, worth 18c. 36-inch Dress Flannels, 20c per yard, worth 35c; only
36-inch Extra Fine Henrietta Cloth, all colors 25c per a few patterns of this left.
yard, worth 40c. 88-inch All-Wool Tricots worth 45c.
40-inch Extra Fine All-Wool Henrietta Cloth, 50c per 40-inch All-Wool finest quality Tricots 40c, worth 60c.
yard, worth 75c. 54-inch Broadcloth, all colors, extra fine 95c, worth
40-inch Finest Quality Henrietta Cloth, 65c per yard, $1.25.
worth SI.OO. Bargains in Dress Goods and Trimmings now being
All colors Silk Plushes reduced to 374 c per yard. offered at Porter & Vaughan's to close out.
All the standard Calicoes, best make in the season’s novelties until the 25th, at
sc. per yard. Full line Ginghams worth 10c.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES.
We have placed our orders for the largest stock of Fine Shoes ever brought to
this market. We must reduce our present stock.
Ladies’ Glove Grain Shoes SI.OO, wortli $1.25. Ladies’ Dongola Kid Button Shoes $2.50, worth $3.00.
Ladies’ Dongola Kid Button Shoes $1.25, worth $1.65. Ladies’ Dongola Kid Button Shoes $2.95, worth $3.50.
Ladies’ Dongola Kid Button Shoes $1.50, worth $1.85. Ladies’ Dongola Kid Button Shoes $3.00, worth $3.75.
Ladies’ Dongola Kid Button Shoes $1.75. worth $2.25.
Gents’ Shoes from SI.OO up to the finest hand sewed goods. Prices all cut to
close out.
N. B. —Our cut prices on Shoes hold good until January Ist only.
To save the trouble of moving so many goods we have determined to reduce
our stock. They must be sold ; our prices all made low to suit the times.
PORTER & VAOGHAN,
Headquarters for Dry Goods, Cloaks and Shoes#
NO. 27.