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VOL. IX.
THE HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
How the Season was Celebrated
in Cartersville.
Youth ami Beauty Observe the Season In
a Happy Manner—Klaborate Dinner
Menus—Notable Occasions.
Tho melancholy days are come,
The saddest of the year;
I cannot rest in peace at all,
For Christmas now is here.
My wife will buy me presents line,
Tho’ much against my will,
Hut every one, without a doubt,
Is charged upon my bill.
And these “melancholy days”
have come and gone. The halls,
rooms and yards are strewn with
broken wagons, horses, horns and
other things that kindly old gentle
man, Santa Claus, delighted the
children with. The maiden looks
at her finger upon which glistens a
beautiful jewel, sighs and says she
wishes Christmas would come every
month, while the young man gazes
with rapturous delight upon his
wisp broom holder and thinks
what a dear the girl of his heart
really is.
Christmas time, of all the year, is
the one which is closely associated
with the home circle, and the idea
of home life and its pleasures. So
the proper observance of the day,
for the most part, took the shape of
really good dinners around which
families and friends gathered.
There are few men or women of
mature years to whom Christmas
tide does not bring some note of in
dividual sadness —the recollection
of personal bereavement, or at least
the sense that the careless joys of
youth are no longer theirs. And
then one’s means of making others
happy seem always so inadequate
to one’s wishes at this time that
poverty has an added sting. And
yet even to the most tired heart
Christmas brings its deeper satis
faction, in the strengthening of faith
and hope and charity. The world
does grow better; the religion of
Christ does live amid the struggling
masses of slowly but
steadily working the amelioration
of mankind. We may sometimes
grow despondent, but on the
most skeptical of us all can
feel the impulse of that new life
that came into the world on the
first Christmas morn, the “good
tidings of great joy which shall be
to all people.”
How did Cartersville spend the
holidays? Well, sit down and lis
ten and we will tell you:
The B. B. Reception.
One of the most pleasing and
charming entertainments of the
holiday season was the reception of
the B. 11. club at the residence of
Major C. 11. Smith on last Thurs
day evening. This lovely home
was absolutely turned over to the
young people, who carried out the
affair, so admirably conceived, in
their own delightful way. The
halls and parlors were radiant with
beauty and gallantry and from 8 to
12 o’clock the scene was one of
mirthful enjoyment and pleasure.
The happy ring of joyful and un
affected laughter, the full sway of
spirits so buoyant and the pleasure
able glow of cheeks which seem to
have caught up and treasured all
the warmth and lustre of these
bright sun-lit days, had the sem
blance of an inspiration, a dream or
a beautiful poem which carries the
imagination into realms where
earthly feet are not allowed to tread
and earthly eyes are not permitted
to gaze. The effort of the members
of the club to make the occasion
such a brilliant success was most
heartily seconded by Major and Mrs.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. L. 8. Munford,
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Akin and
Miss Marion Smith, who contribu
ted in no small degree to the pleas
ures of the evening.
It was about 10:30 o’clock when
supper was announced and all re
paired to the dining room where
a most sumptuous and elegant re
past awaited them. The tables
were laden witli good things—
an exquisite combination of the
necessary substantials and dainty
desserts—to which full justice was
done.
After supper the gaieties continu
ed and remained unbroken until the
time arrived for the “good-byes” to
be said, and the guests regretfully
took their departure —the reception
being a thing of the past but of
most pleasant memories.
The following were those in at
tendance:
Major and Mrs. C. H. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. J. \V. Akin, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Mnnford, Miss Marion Smith, Miss
THE GOURANT-AMERIGAN.
Jessie Smith, Carl Smith; Miss Louie
Munford, Harwell Green; Miss Ida Lou
Milam, Joe Akermaii; Miss Annie Wal
lace, Hugh Hall; Miss Kstelle Calhoun,
John Norris; Miss Lucy Jones, Tom
Wallace; Miss Fannie Freeman, Ossie
Robeson; Miss Maud Norris, Eugene
Rowan; Miss Mattie M. Conley, Rollin
Stan sell; Miss Kdwina Crosby, ('has.
Smith; Miss Cora Lyons, Father; Miss
Frank Gilrqath, Tom Milner; Miss Alma
Gilreath, Capers Quillian; Miss Gertie
Powell, Willis Bonham; MissM. Sadler,
Carlo Bacon; Miss Mary Lou Wikle, Jim
Skinner; Sam Milam, Jesse Willing
ham, Linton Smith, Zeii Lacont and
others.
Public Installation of Officers.
The Masonic lodge room of this
city was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity last Friday evening by inter
ested spectators who had assembled
to witness the public installation of
the officers of this lodge. The au
dience was composed of men,
women and children, and all seemed
deeply interested in the proceed
ings. The service began with
prayer by Colonel Robert Jones
after which Past Master A.
W. Fite conducted the installation
ceremony in a most impressive
manner. The great beauty of the
principles of the order which bind
together as brothers this noble
band, the carrying out of which can
not fail to make its members the
very best citizens of any country in
which it flourishes, were brought
out in a most pleasing manner.
After the installation Rev. J. S.
Hillhouse asked the blessing and
all were invited to partake of the
most bountiful repast that had been
prepared. The rest of the evening
was spent in feasting and in social
converse and was declared by all to
be a most notable occasion.
The following are the names of
the officers who were installed;
J. W. Harris, jr., Worshipful Mas
ter, George W. Hendricks, Senior
Warden; J. S. Shelton, Junior War
den; J. H. Mayfield, Treasurer;
George W. Waldrup, Secretary;
Martin Collins, Senior Deacon; J.
A. Trawick, Junior Deacon; H. E.
Wolfe, Tyler; Chas. McEwen and
R. C. Miot, Stewards.
k At the Churches.
The Episcopal, Methodist and
Baptist churches observed Christ
mas day with most fitting services,
an account of which has already ap
peared in this paper. The decorations
of the churches were more than ordi
narily rich and tasteful. Holly,
laurel and cedar evergreens and
flowers bedecked the sanctuaries,
chancels and pulpits.
The Sunday-school children, for
some reason or other, have been
badly neglected, inasmuch as
the crop of Christmas trees failed to
put forth their blooms and fruit.
The Baptist Sunday-school were to
have a candy-pulling but a failure
to obtain a suitable place for it in
terfer ed with the proposed arrange
ment.
Home and Christ mas.
Major G. G. Latta, of Hot Springs,
Ark., has paid his father and family
a visit and spent Christmas and the
hollidays very pleasantly and has
continued his visit to Knoxville,
Tenn., to visit other relatives and
friends.
While here the major made a
purchase of a valuable building lot
of Doctor Wm. L. Kirkpatrick, on
Church street, 80 feet front and run
ning back 200 feet. Cash, SI,BOO.
Christmas at the Court House.
The court officials have been
spending the holidays quietly, all
except the ordinary who had a rush
of young people who wanted mar
riage licenses. “I issued about fif
teen licenses,” said Ordinary Hend
ricks in answer to a question. “The
Christmas season you know, is a
great time with that little rascal,
Cupid, and I have him to thank for
my Christmas change,” and a real
benevolent smile lighted up his
countenance as he spoke.
“I haven’t had a warrant in my
hands since the holidays set in,”
was the remark of Sheriff Roberts.
“Indeed!” was the exclamation of
a stranger who was in the office at
the time. “A most remarkable oc
currence!”
“The regular record of this highly
moral county,” was the laconic re
mark of a home man.
The clerk and his assistants were
as busy as could be. pens flying
swiftly over paper of spotless white
catching up the time spent in
frollicking during the holidays.
“Christmas? Christmas has been
quiet.”
And the pens continueed to
swiftly fly.
Mounted Fantastic* on the Streets.
Christmas would hardly be Christ
mas if the boys did not in some way
or other give vent to their enthusi
astic feelings. A lot of the fresh
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, ISBO.
young bloods were out parading the
streets in fantastic attire, mounted
on prancing steeds, mules and
donkeys. Unearthly yells, the
blowing of villainous tin horns and
a flashy show of costumes so loud
that they could be heard five blocks
away were the diabolical things
done to make the day hideous.
The boys had fun, they showed
what fantastics were really like
and they retired to the satisfac
tion of themselves and the public.
Another way the boys showed
they were enjoying Christmas, they
got a pile of dry goods boxes on
Christmas eve night, and retiring to
a place near the residence of Capt.
Bob Anderson, proceeded to make a
big bond fire. An alarm struck ter
ror to the hearts of the numerous
Santa Clauses as they were engag
ed in their peaceful missions and
soon the streets were live with peo
ple going to the fire. The compa
nies were out and proceeded to
turn on the water, hut they had
hardly gotten a stream when it was
turned off.
A Few Arrests Made.
While our people, as a whole,
have perhaps the best record for so
briety of any people in the country,
it would be something marvelous
if a few Christinas jugs were not
abroad in the land. Too frequent
visits to the jug is likely to make
drunk come and when drunk comes
the worst passions are aroused. A
few, only a few, were taken under
the tender care of the marshal and
his assjsG:it>*. The charges against
them, ten in number, were mostly
for drunk and disorderly conduct.
They were allowed to indulge their
time, energy and strength in the
healthful exercise of cleaning up
the streets as a punishment for their
crimes against society and order.
A Dinner at Cat**ville.
On Christmas day the hospitable
home of Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Griffin,
at Cassville, was thrown open to
their friends and a more agreeable
company of ladies and gentlemen
than that assembled there on that
day one is seldom thrown in. A
Courant-American man was among
the fortunate ones invited, and be
ing met at Cass Station in the fore
noon by the doctor was driven to
his home behind two of the most
spirited and picturesque looking
specimens of horse-flesh it has been
our pleasure to see in many days.
The home is within the old cor
poration lines of Cassville and em
braces a farm of 250 acres of as rich
valley land as there Is in North
Georgia, on which is a superb dwel
ling of about nine rooms, surroun
ded by a perfect wealth of symme
trical trees, showy evergreens and
thrifty shrubbery. The company
present embraced: Messrs. Belton
and James Crawford and their
ladies; Capt. Wm. Brown and lady;
Mr. George Headden and lady and
Miss Ovelle Haynes; Rev. Walter
Yarbrough and family; Dr. Griffin
and family and I). B. Freeman.
While the ladies not engaged in
preparing the admirable repast en
joyed a regular “home chat,” the
gentlemen were looking around
over the attractions of the doctor’s
farm, which comprised a model fish
pond, covering an acre with water
space and stocked with bream,
some handsome Jersey cattle, sev
eral buoyant looking clover and
wheat fields, and some curiosities
from the animal kingdom—a woolly
calf and a pet bear from the ex
treme wilds of Florida.
The dinner was served at about
2 o’clock and its bounteousness,
variety, and admirable preparation
attested the rare culinary acumen
and copious hospitality of tho hos
tess and host. It was a spread fit
for the gods.
After dinner the party assembled
in the parlor, enjoyed music and
conversation, spiced with jokes and
repartee for an hour or so and
finally dispersed, each one to re
turn home voting the genial doctor
and his noble and accomplished
lady a meed of gratitude for the
pleasure their untiring attention
wrought.
A Staving (iood Stag Dinner.
A stag dinner!
These simple words convey a
world of meaning to those who
have attended one. It is there the
pent-up appetite gets in its work to
the queen’s taste, so to remark,
when buttons fly off and mirth
reigns supreme.
Beautiful Malbone, the princely
home of Henry Stiles, on the Eto
wah, was the place where a few of
that gentleman’s friends congre
gated last Friday, and around
whose festive board much merri
ment was had, and delicacies and
substantials despatched. The rich
chocolate bottoms, for which Mal
bone is famous, had vied with the
deep blue sea and tho tropical re
gions in producing food for the oc
casion and the excellent collation
so elegantly served, was the very
embodiment of good living. An at
tempt at description would be out
of place, even if this pencil was ca
pable of doing it justice. If any
body in Bartow county knows how
to make a royal spread and make
his friends happy that man is Hen
ry Stiles, and on this occasion he
was at his best.)
The eompanyywas highly enter
tained, looking |t the well-tilled and
pretty fields of..grain just cropping
from mother earth, gazing with ad
miration of the fine specimens of
horse flesh, cattle, etc.
In the afternoon, repairing to the
well kept race course near by,
“Lord Henry,” a runner, a recent
importation from England, was
given an opportunity of doing some
good running. “Lord Henry” is no
doubt the finest horse in Georgia,
and is a beautiful animal. Four
years old, a beautiful mahogany
bay, lie would attract attention and
admiration on any race course.
§This stallion was recently Imported
from Leamington, England, and his
pedigree is certainly enough to suit
the most particular judge in horse
flesh. Bartow county should ever
lie proud to claim such an animal,
and the Courant-American will
have much to say in the future in
regard to him.
It was in the late dusk that the
company reluctantly made prepa
rations for a return home,all accord
ing to their genial host the individ
uality of being the best and most
thoughtful one in the land. Much a
day and how well enjoyed! It will
always have a green place in memo
ry to those fortunate enough to be
there.
CHANGING AROUND.
Mercantile lloases Snapping Places
of linsiness.
This and next week there will be
several changes in the mercantile
establishments of Cartersville —
some change of.; lands and a few
change of firms. In the change
of base the dry goods men seem to
take the lead.
J. G. M. Montgomery has moved
his stock of goods into the Alley
store, occupying one-half of that
building. Moon & Mays will occu
py the store vacacted by Mr. Mont
gomery.
The old Stokely & Williams build
ing is undergoing decided improve
ment and J. I*. Jones, the “regulator
of low prices,” is moving in. This
stirring young business man is mak
ing a great spread.
Jones’ late stand is being thor
oughly renovated and will be pack
ed from the floor to the ceiling with
the best class of goods. It will be
occupied by Porter A Vaughn, who
will shove out the goods in their
usual lively way.
The firm of Bradford A Heyward
has been dissolved, the former retir
ing. Mr. Heyward lias associated
with him Mr. George Waldroup and
the two will conduct a grocery
business at the same stand. Air.
James Standford has purchased
Waldroup’s bakery and will con
tinue at the old place.
Pomp Johnson has moved his res
taurant and barber shop to the
east side side of town. Mr. Alex.
Akerman has moved his grocer/
store into the old restaurant place
and Bennett’s meat market is in
the store vacated by Akerman.
John Taylor lias moved his bar
ber shop to the Baker A Hall build
ing, being under the store of that
firm. John Glover has moved his
shop into the SheUman hotel.
Dr. Puckett has moved his den
tal office into the Johnson building,
over Wikle A Co.’s drug store.
Tlu* Lucky Ones.
Yesterday afternoon J. R. Wikle
A Cos., the druggists, had a drawing
for the holiday prizes they had ad
vertised to give a away. The
names had been dropped in a box.
The box was opened, and in the
presence of several disinterested
gentlemen, Miss Mamie Hudgins,
who was blindfolded, drew the
names from the box. The follow
ing was the result of the drawing:
George Waldrup, oil painting.
Miss Mary Lou Young, lamp.
Will Satterfield, smoking set.
Anna Satterfield, doll.
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.
A desirable home in Cartersville, with
two and a half acres of land. Splendid
oak grove. Apply at this office.
Be early in taking advantage of the low
prices now rilling at Akerman’s. Gro-
I ceries sold at first cost for cash.
SOME RESOLUTIONS.
Swearing Off from Bad Habits
and Going to Do Better.
Some Cartersville People Wl*o are Going
toOult Their Meanness—The Good
Things to he Done.
Now Year’s Day!
The day of all the days when the
people, or nearly all of them, swear
off from their bad habits and re
solve to turn over anew leaf. Al
though. many of them are annually
broken they are promptly mended
on the first of every January for fu
ture use.
A Courant-American reporter
yesterday asked a large number of
people what resolutions they had
formed for the present year. Their
answers will prove interesting.
Many who were approached stated
that they had formed no new reso
lutions and others declined to give
them to the public. It is fair to say
that many whose answers are given
below were not aware that they
were to he published:
10. E. Freeman: To be a better
man than I have ever lieen before.
Elihu Hall: To do the best I can.
Walter Akerman: Not to give
any democrat a place in the i>ost
office.
J. C. Wofford: To be a better man
than I have ever been before.
Major Milner: To use my utmost
€.:dc 'vor to live a better iife than I
have the year preYim,.,, T have,
however, made a bad start this
morning.
Henry Milner: My resolution
wouldn’t do for publication.
John T. Owen: To do good.
Miles Dobbins: 1 have resolved
to mine 16,000 tons of ore this year.
Marshal Wilkerson: To do my
duty.
Dr. Buford: I am going to get me
anew girl unless the old one says
“yes” mighty quick.
Albert Strickland: To turn over
the same old new leaf that I have
been for some years regularly turn
ing over.
Angels’ Retreat has sworn oft’
from drinking. One of them has
married and the others will do so
or leave town.
Dennis Vandivere: Work harder,
accomplish more and be a better
man than 1 have ever been. 1 have
started out with a vim, too.
Buford Green: Get married.
Judge Shelby Attaway: Stop
cussin’ and save more money.
Henry Porter: To carry the most
select stock of dry goods in Carters
ville.
It. (’. A iot: Attend to my own
business, let other people’s alone,
make a success and enjoy life,
Lee Garwood: To turn over an
entire new leaf—be a better man,
marry and settle down.
Col. Robert Jones: To do all the
good I can and harm to no one.
AI. F. Word: To do more business
than I did in 1889.
Henry Tumlin: To try to do bet
ter in every respect than heretofore.
T. J. Bell: I have resolved not to
make any resolutions.
J. 11. Yivion: I have made no
resolutions. My effort is to live from
the first day of January until De
cember 31 as every day would be
the last.
Bob Garwood: We have resolved
to be the leaders of styles.
Alose Seheuer: I’ll try to be a
better business man and to sell
goods cheaper than ever before.
W. A. Alontgomery: I have brok
en so many good resolutions that I
have quit making them.
Charlie Wikle: I am going to
strive to make my iife more useful
than heretofore.
Rev. Joe Jones: Be good and do
good.
Aaron Knight: To do better for
the time to come.
A. W. Fite: I have resolved to
try to do my whole duty to my
Maker, my family, myself and my
fellow man.
Alayor John H. Wikle: I have re
solved to do the very best I can
under surrounding circumstances.
George S. Cobb: 1 have resolved
to live a better life. I shall endeav
or to entertain no unkind feelings
for any one and speak no unkind
word to any. I shall as far as I may
be able to emulate the noble exam
ple of the lamented Grady in his
broad love for his fellow man.
James Conyers: To do as much
good as I can and as little harm,
to make more money and spend
less, to pay my just debts and to
make my wife and Aliss Kittie
| happy.
W. H. Howard: I have resolved
PORTER^
AND
VA6IGHAN
w g >|h
WILL MOVE IN A FEW DAYS TO THE
Store lately occupied by J. P. Jones. Carpen
ters are now making improvements in our new stand.
We are now selling every article in our house at
greatly reduced prices to save trouble of moving. Now
is your chance to buy BLANKETS, FLANNELS
and all kinds of winter goods at less than their value.
PORTER & VAUGHN.
to work for W. 11. Howard and the
Royal Arcanum.
T. Warren Akin: To do all I can
to induce Air. Stuart Alartiu to re
turn to Cartersville—for a little
while; and
To pray for a furnace!
Walter Headden: Mine Is to con
tinue in the same old ruts until I
get to the end of the lane.
Joe M. Aloon: Tell as many lies
as possible and break all the prom
ises I can.
Colonel J. J. Howard: To try to
be a better man, invoking the aid of
my Heavenly Father that I maybe.
Rev. A. J. Buford: I have re
solved to do better.
John W. Akin: To unite in any
thing for the good of Cartersville,
and to buy the Sam P. Jones col lege
and to use it for the public schools.
Bartow Leake: By God’s help I
am going to do more in His service
than I ever have before.
F. M. Durham: To curtail my ex
penses for the present year.
Rev. W. H. Cooper: I am going
to try to be a be a better man if I
know how and I am going to pay
cash as I go and if I can’t pay cash
I am not going.
I). B. Freeman: My first is, I trust,
a pardonably selfish purpose, to do
all I can to make myself better off
in the world and better generally,
and my family as happy and com
fortable as I can. A Cartersville
home, and it rising In value, lie
cause of the town’s increased great
ness and importance, would be a
boon worth hoping for.
Rev. Sam P. Jones:
I begin the new year, 1890, with
a grateful heart, and am resolved:
,1. To be more faithful to my
friends and more forgiving towards
my enemies.
2. To lie, and do all I can for the
cause of, right.
3. To fear Gcal and keep His com
mandments, knowing this to lie the
whole duty of man.
Bill Arp “resoloots” as follows:
Resolved, That New Year’s reso
lutions imply a lack of confidence
lin one’s self. And hence if a man
lacks confidence he ought not to
resolve. “It is better not to vow
than to vow and not pay.”
Nevertheless I have resolved not
to climb a tree or jump a ditch or
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go in swimming thin year if I can
help it. If a man takes away my
coat I will give him my cloak also,
but I will do my best to keep him
from getting my coat.
I have resolved to be as happy
this year as circumstances will per
mit and if I am not happy I will
keep it to myself.
Meeting of the Members of the Cart*
ersvile Bar.
On motion, Col. M. It. Stansell
was made chairman and A. S.
Johnson secretary.
On taking the chair Col. Stansell
stated the object of the meeting
which was the appointment of com
mittees to prepare suitable memo
rials on the life and character of
Judge J. A. Howard and of Col. E.
D. Oraham, late members of the
bar.
Mr. J. M. Neel moved that the
chairman appoint the committees,
and that each committee consist of
three members.
On motion of Mr. John W. Akin
the number of each committee was
made five instead of three, and
each committee was requested to
report on the first day of the Janu
ary term of the superior court.
The chairman appointed the fol
lowing committees:
Judge Howard —John 11. Wikle,
chairman; A. W. Fite, R. W. Mur
phy, J. B. Conyers and W. I. Hey
ward.
Col. Graham—T. Warren Akin,
chairman; J. M. Neel, Jchn W.
Akin, A. W. Fite and Shelby Atta
way.
The meeting then adjourned,
30th of December, 1889.
M. R. Stansbll,
Chairman.
A. 8. Johnson,
Secretary.
TO PROSPECTIVE OAS CONSUMERS.
The Gas Light Company are prepared
to do gas fitting, and furnish chandeliers
to properly equip your stores and homes,,
on more reasonable terms tnau can l>e
given by any other firms. We are inter
ested over any other parties in doing
this work well, to prevent leakage, com
plaint, loss of time, etc. We are here
and if anything goes wrong with otir
work, you can easily see us and have it
made right.
The quality of the gas is superior and
the price very reasonable. Estimates as
to the cost of fitting houses furnished by
the superintendent, Win. B. Miller.
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