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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.