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VOL. X. THE OLD VETS. Reunion of the Fortieth Georgia Last Thursday. A Permanent Organization Perfected— Otiicers Elected and KeHoiiitioiiM Adopted. The Fortieth Georgia regiment met in the court house last Thurs day, the 11th inst., and was called to order by Capt. J. L. Neel, tem porary ehair.nan. J. W. Swain was elected secretary pro tern. The following names were en rolled: G. W. Warwick, adjutant; J. L. Neel, J. N. Dohb, Z. B. Har grove, T. W. Dodd, captains; 11. G. Mays, commissure; M. J. Dudly, as sistant surgeon; G. W. Satterfield, lieutenant; Win. Law, W. F. Heath, J. A. Harrison, J. J. Young, J. F. Harrison, A. Abbott, W. 11. Kelly, W. W. Campbell, It. Worthington, J. H. King, It. 11. Morrow, W. J. Alexander, A. Pickard, L. B. Man ning, J. W. Swain, J. P. Hatchett, ,1. 1.. Blalock, W. 11. Blalock, J. E. Wofford, J. U. Maxwell, J. A. Price, A. J. Collins, W. It. McMillen, J. F. Fortenberry, A. M. Franklin. On motion the regiment unani mously desired and voted for a per manent organization. On motion it was resolved that tin* officers of this body be a presi dent, vice-president,secretary and historian. The chair appointed the following committee to select suita ble names for officers of this body: t'apt. Dobbs, Capt, Hargrove, Capt. Dodd, Dr. Dudley and J. E. Wofford. The committee retired and soon reported the following names for permanent officers: Capt. J. L.Neel, president; Capt. T. F. Foster, vice president; W. A. Chunn, secretary; Adjutant G. W. Warwick, historian, all of whom were unanimously elected. The following resolutions were adopted: We, as the surviving members of the Fortieth Georgia regiment of confederate soldiers have been called together in reunion; and Whereas, we deem it a high privi lege that we can thus meet in friendly intercourse and renew the friendships formed around the camp fires. And while enjoying tins hour with the survivors of the Fortieth Georgia regiment, we deem it proper to express our high appreciation of those who have an swered to the last “roll call” and now rest in peace in the great be yond; therefore it is ltesolved, that we hereby give cheerful testimony to the manly worth and soldierly bearing of our field officers, Col. Abda Johnson, Lt. Col. K. M. Young and Major Camp, who, at all times and under all circumstances, discharged all the duties committed to them as soldiers. ltesolved, that we remember witli the kindest regards all the soldiers of all the companies of the Fortieth Georgia who have passed from time to eternity. In token of respect and love for the services of Col. A. Johnson it is resolved that the name of each member of his family he entered upon our rolls as honorary members of tins organi zation. Upon motion it was resolved that the various company commanders of the Fortieth Georgia regiment be requested to furnish the secre tary of this organization with a full and complete list of their men. to the end that their names may be entered upon the rolls as members of this organization and be it further ' resolved that each surviving mem ber of the Fortieth Georgia regi ment be requested to furnish Capt. Cl. \V. Warwick at Smithville, Ga., with his residence and postottice— to the end that he may correspond with such as he desires in refer ence to the discharge of his duties as historian of this organization. Resolved further, that the secretary be requested to furnish Capt. G. W. Warwick with a list of all sur viving members of the Fortieth Georgia as soon as he gets a list. On motion it was resolved that the widow, or any member of a de ceased soldier’s family of the For tieth Georgia, be enrolled as honora ry member of this organization. On motion Capt. Dobbs, Lieut. Satterfield and J. E. Wofford lie a committee on badges, and that they procure badges to be worn at our gatherings. Cartersville was selected as the place of the next meeting and the 2nd Wednesday in August, 1891, as the time for the next meeting, Capt. Dobbs to deliver an address to the body on that occasion. On motion the thanks of this body - are returned to Col. Albert S. John son for the address he has delivered to us this day, and request a copy of the same for publication; also, we return thanks to G. W. \\ ar wick for his address to us. Resolved, That the thanks of this regiment he returned to Captain J. L. Neel for his efforts in bringing us once more together, and also for the aide manner in which ne has presided over us, also to our breth ren who provided the splendid din ner for us; also we return thanks to the proprietors of the hotels tor THE GOURANT-AMERXGAN. flic excellent collection set be fore us. Resolved, That the Cartersville Courant-Americon he requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting. On motion the body adjourned, after having spent a very pleasant day in converse with old comrades. Capt. J. L. Nkki., President. J, W. Swain, Secretary, pro tem CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. Bartow County’s Vote Instructed for Hon. K. W. Eyerett, of Polk. Pursuant to a call of the Demo cratic Executive Committee of Bar tow county, there was a primary election held in all the precincts in said county on Saturday, the ltith inst., for representative in the 52nd congress, and also for delegates to assemble in Cartersville, Ga., on this day at 12 o’clock m. to select delegates to represent Bartow coun ty in the congressional convention at Calhoun, Ga., on September 10th, next. The election for said repre sentative in the 52nd congress re sulted, upon consolidation, as fol lows, to-wit: Hon. W. 11. Felton 6 and Hon. It. W. Everett 584. The said convention elected, as above indicated, assembled in the court house at 12 o’clock m. thisday. On motion of J. J. Haney, Col. F. M. Ford was called to The chair and J. J. Conner requested to act as secretary. On motion of J. J. Conner the secretary of democratic executive committee produced anti read the consolidated list of the delegates to this convention, after which,on mo tion of J. T. Jolly, the following names were put in nomination as delegates to the congressional con vention: J. J. Haney, H. 8. Craw ford, J. C. Dodd, J. N. Dobbs, L. V. Wilson, J. J. Murphy, T. W. Akin and B. H. Barton. The nomination was seconded and the above named gentlemen unanimously elected. Col. G. H. Bates ottered the fol lowing resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That we pledge our un faltering support to the principles, the purposes and the several nomi nees of the democratic party. That the delegates selected by this convention to represent Bartow county in the approaching congres sional convention are hereby in structed to cast the vote of Bartow county for the Hon. R. W. Everett, of Polk county, first, last and all the time. We view with much surprise and dissatisfaction the efforts being made in some portions of the dis trict to defeat the plain will of the democratic party as it has been fairly expressed at the polls. With malice towards none, with charity to all, we appeal to the democracy of the 7th congressional district to stand by their nominee; and we here and now declare as utterly useless any attempt to swerve the democracy of Bartow county from his support. On motion of J, C. Dodd, ordered that the chair appoint a committee of one from each malitia district to retire and confer together and re port to the convention a suitable man to be recommended to the congressional convention, who shall act as the congressional committee man for this county for the next two years. The chair appointed the committee as follows, to-wit: J. J. Haney, C. M. Jones, Z. T. Nichols, J. J. Murphy, L. Burrough, O. C. Bradford, L. F. Shaw, J. A. White, L. V. Wilson and J. L, Wil liollen. The committee returned and re ported the name of B. A. Barton, which was adopted. On motion of J, J, Haney it was ordered that our delegates to the congressional convention be in structed to cast their own ballots and not to do the same by proxy. Adjourned. Col. F. M. Fobd, Pres’t. Jas. J. Conner, Sec’y. Camp Meeting at l'jne bog. The town looked almost dersert ed last Sunday. A large number of our people attended the camp meeting at Pine Log. The livery stables of the city were cleaned out of turnouts and nearly every pri vate vehicle was in use. Avery large crowd were at the camp ground. The hospitable people of Pine Log made all to feel perfectly at home and it is needless to say that the day was an enjoyable one. The Red Men Reorganize. The Etowah Tribe, No. IS, of the Improved Order of Red Men was reorganized last Thursday night. The following officers were elec ted: Prophet —W. A. Williams. Sachem—T. C. Milner. Senior Sagomore—W. 11. Milner. Junior Sagomore—J. E. Wikle. Chief of Records —Jule Trawick. Keeper of Wampum—H. Gar wood. About fifteen Red Men, headed by Mr. W. 11. Hafer, the state or ganizer, came up from Atlanta to participate in the initiatory exer cises. There are now about twenty eight members of the tribe in this city. It is expected that they will build up a flourishing order here. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1800. ANOTHER ENTERPRISE. The Cartersville Brick, Tile ami Stone Company Organized. It Is Capitalized at #4 5,000 and Every llit of the Stork Taken— How tlie Com pany Came to be Formed. Cartersville will now manufac ture her own brick. Not only that hut she will have plenty to share with the neighboring towns around. The Cartersville Brick, Tile and Stone Company, witli a capital stock of $45,000 has been organized. Every dollar has been subscribed and just as soon as possible the works will be in operation. At a meeting of the stockholders of the company held last Thursday the following officers were elected: Hiram Blaisdell, President. Chas. B. Wallace, Vice President. Win. M. Howard, Treasurer. John 11. Wikle, Secretary. Directors —Hiram Blaisdell, Chas. B. Wallace, D. W. K. Peacock, R. M. Pattillo, T. W. White, Sam P. Jones, A. M. Willingham and Geo. W. Satterfield. Mr. Blaisdell lias gone north to procure the necessary machinery, which- will he the best and latest improved. Everything that is re quired in a first-class brick concern will he had and it will probably la the most complete plant Of the kind in the south. The company own eighly-three acres of land in the northern por tion of the town. This land con tains the finest of clay, from \thich brick of a superior quality can la made. Besides making brick tin company will make drain and sewer piping, as well as other ar ticles that can be made of clay and stone. The works will be- in operation in a few months. As soon as tin machinery arrives, which will be shortly, everything will lie made in readiness for the Commencing ol the work. The carrying out of this project may mean tin- establishment of another enterprise of as much il not more importance. The projec tors have in view the erection of a cotton factory, which will cither In built by themselves or with the aid of other parties. In fact, the for mation of this company is the out growth of an idea to establish a plant for the manufacture of cotton goods. How this came about will probably he of interest to many of our readers. About one year ago or more Mr. Blaisdell, who was then thinking of organizing a cotton mill company, was in LaGrange, Ga. The splen did mill there naturally attracted his attention, but the history of how it came to he built was of more interest to him. It was the out growth of a company which manu factured brick on a large scale. The profits of this company from the sale of the brick was put in Un building of the cotton factory and in a shorter time than one would imagine the structure was up and paid for out of those profits, He then determined to return to Car tersville and work on the same plan. He obtained a charter for the Cartersville Brick, Tile and Stone Company and had nearly comple ted the organization when other things engaged his attention. The plan was for the time dropped, hut revived a week or so ago. The cotton factory may or may not be built, Hut the LaGrange plan is a good one and may lie fol lowed here. Several of our money ed men would like to invest in a cotton factory and with the co operation of this strong compa ny they would very likely do so. *At any rate the Cartersville Brick. Tile and Stone Company will be one of the big Institutions of the town and the stockholders are con fident they will reap large profits. SAM JONES. Something of a Rreat Evangelist’* Methods and Characteristics. ► [Columbus, Mo., Herald.p All told Sam Jones speaks annu ally to more people than any man on the planet. Nor is it due to the fact that lie is witty and uses slang, llis originality and humor are among his strongest attractions, but added to this he is a pulpit orator of undoubted power, Last week he preached some fourteen sermons in Moberly to crowds vary ing from 2,000 to 0,000 people, which grew constantly the longer he preacheu ami his ‘sermons were marvels of originality and power. He undoubtedly reaches the peo ple. A marked merit of all his discourses is that every point is made plain to the simplest mind, and lie never fails to hold the un flagging attention of every auditor. Of his listeners at Moberly it was rare to see a single one of tluyu inattentive. He possesses rare oratorical tact. His hard hits he always neutrali zes in some humorous or Ingenious way, and his keen thrusts leave no sting behind. Rut for his skill in blunting the edge of his invective l he would break his power and pro- vnke such antagonism as to hise ids hold upon his hearers, lie possess es the uncommon faculty of retain ing tiie good feelings of them he Hits the hardest. At his last meeting in Moberly last week he fearfully excoriated the fair association for leasing booth privileges to a saloon keeper to sell whisky on the ground, and then appealed to the vast concourse listening to Him to pledge them selves not to attend the fair until the privilege was revoked. Fully nine-tenths present made tin pledge. He denounced every form of sin in Moberly in unmeasured terms, anti at times lie was intense ly personal, and yet when in- left Moberly the majority of the citizens were his friends. He is sui generis. There has been and will be no other like him. He has his wrong points, hut in undoubtedly does a great deal of good. He reaches the people and makes them think and act; and this at last is the happiest end of achievement and eloquence. Those who do not hear him when lie visits Columbia on the Ist will miss a great treat. IT CREATES A FUROR. The Reed Sewing Machine Motor is Placed ou Exhibition. Tin- ltoed motor, in which several Cartersville gentlemen are inter ested, lias been on exhibition at Chattanooga for the past week ami lias created a genuine sensation among the ladies of that place. Every day, from early morn to dewy?eve, the' ladies have flocked in large numbera to tiie place where it is on exhibition: The newspa pers have given tfce most battering notices of the invention, each jour nal of the place containing a de scriptive write-up of it. The gentlemen interested in it are enthusiastic over tin- groat suc cess it has made. They are confi dent of having a good thing, and when they begin the manufacture of the machines they will go litee* hot cakes. From tiie Chattanooga Times of last Saturday we extract tiie fol lowing; This valuable invention is known ns the Rood motor, and is owned by the Universal Sowing Muehine Motor At tachment 'company, which lias thor oughly protected itself by letters patent. The company is composed of prominent men of Tennessee and Georgia, who have thoroughly investigated ils princi ples and have the utmost confidence in its success. Col. John L. Devine, of this city, is president of the company, Mr. I. Noa, of the People’s hank, treasurer, and Col. Douglas Wikle, of Georgia, secretary, and it is | -..posed to manu facture the motors on a large scale. The enterprise being largely backed by Chat tanooga people, a factory equipped with itie finest lint binary that money can purchase will ho erected in this city at au early day, thereby adding another important enterprise to Chattanooga’s long list of industrial institutions. 'fine company claims for their motor the following advantages: Eirstn- Simplicity and cheapness of construction. Second It never gets out of order. THlhi- Its durability—will last a life time. Fourth Easily operated, a child can run it. l-'ifth Can bo attached to any sewing machine in a few moments without de facing any part thereof. Sixth—Never In the way, being placed underneath the table, Scyenth- HtartiUj*, stepping and siioed 111111(11' complete an<T instant control. Eighth it is light, adding only a few pounds to the weight of the iriaeiiiire, and many other reasons why it is des tined to become popular, not ’only'With those whu use sewing machines,’ hut it is a motor tnat can be used for main other purposes where a light power is required. The Imperative demand for a motor of thin kind lias stimulated the genius of many Inventors, hut In the simple ar rangement of the few pieces that com pose the mechanism or this wonderful motor, Mr. Reed has attained a result never before reached by the most iugen lus mechanic who over tried to solve the problem. By the mastery of a few simple principles a combination f springs with light gears, actuating a friction roller, the work of the tiresome freadie is entirely dispensed with. In many instances physicians posi tively prohibit the use of sowing ma chines and attrihnte many of (he ills of Womankind to the severe strains re quired to operate them. Dr, E. Anthony, president of the Physio-Medioal eullego [if Indiana, in a recent lecture used the following language; “The person Who w ill invent a practical and eco nomic motor fos driving the sewing ma chine will confer as great or even great er blessing oil the feminine portion of immunity as the invention of the sew ing machine itself.” • The ladies are flocking to (lie Ladies’ Bazaar, 805 Market street, and are loud in their praise of the Reed motor and are happy over the prospect of the curly doing away ot the old-time, onerous labor of feet pedaling. I West End Institute. The fall session of the West End Institute, Mrs, J. W. Harris, Hr., principal, commences Monday, Sep tember 1. For the education of young ladies no school in this sec tion is superior. Mrs. Harris is a teacher of unquestioned ability and ihe has as assistants a very fine Corps of teachers. Avery brilliant prospect is before this worthy In stitution as it is confidently expec ted that at. the next term there will he a larger number of pupils en tailed than ever before. The hoardiMg department will es pecially he full. Mrs. Harris has already secured as many boarders as she can accommodate, and to do this she will build an addition to her residence. We arc 1 truly glad of the pros i parity of the deserving of all the encouragement it receives. AFTER KING COTTON. Cartersville In lie the Market for | North Georgia Farmers. Our MordliKiitd to Make a Vigorous Effort to Greatly Oul4'otton It —A MeotiiiK To-Nigltt. Cartersville will claim her own this fall and winter. And she will not only claim it, but will get it. She will give a black eye to the towns that have been infringing on her territory in the matter of buy ing cotton. Her business men are determined to place her at the head of the cotton markets in this sec tion, ami to do this the very best prices will be paid. The question of improving our cotton market lias been agitated for the past few weeks and the propo sitions that have been made have found a ready response from our business men. Two meetings of merchants have been held and both were marked with great enthusiasm and earnest ness of purpose. Another will be belli this evening, when it is hoped a final agreement of all the mer chants in town to buy cotton will he made. This is the call for the meeting this evening: Tfienmicr.signod merchunls undtnul ingiiueu of l ai-jorsville pledge onraolvcs to support any movement that will make Cartersville abetter cotton mar ket ;uid sqyiuo bilge* receipts; that we will, if m f-oSSarV, go Into the market and buy cotmiii," and earnestly encour age all otlbrts to accomplish the desired objects. We further promise to attend the next ineet'ng to be held Thursday evening, August 21st, I sue, (unless unavoidably prevented J, and such other meetings as may he called in this behalf. This filth August, IS!ft linker A - Hall 0. 11. White ASon Wikle A- Cos. G, W. McGuire W. H, Howard John tj. Gassett 11. ,1. Galt W. l\ Edwards VandlveroifeAlley G. W. WaldrupACo J. S. Shelton R. L. Jones, CutiyusA’ Phillips A, G. It. Vandivere M. F. Word E. Strickland A 1 Bro. J. A. Stover Moon A Mays Moses Scheuer A. 1). Gilbert Roberta Collins S. R. Arnold R. M. Collins 1,. It. Matthews Ar Cos K. Rowan R. W. Satterfield Porter A- Vaughan J\G. M. Montgomery Garwood Bros. A Geo W Sat terfield A Quillian Son. Let every merchant come out and give the strength of his presence and voice to the meeting. The movement is already assured of the biggest sort of success, hut we are particularly anxious that not one of our merchants will shirk his duty. With perfect concord and unanimi ty of purpose, our business men can build up here one of the biggest cotton markets in North Georgia. There is enough money in our hanks to buy every bale of cotton that can possibly be brought here. There will be competition enough for the cotton to raise the prices up to the top notch. No one will ex pect to make any money by buying it, hut by paying the best prices for it our receipts will he more than trebled, insuring a corresponding increase in trade. Cartersville is and has been the best point in North Georgia to buy goods. Our merchants are wide awake, perfectly content with mak ing small profits. So well known is this fact that many of the very best farmers of the surrounding country, while marketing their cotton else where, have for years made it a special point to do their trading here. As wo have now found our weak point, it is <mr duty to strengthen it. This wo are absolutely certain will lie done. I'ROHAHLY A COTTON FACTORY. A Well Known Factor Contemplates Erecting One Here. AVtmt Cartersville has wanted and needed for a number of years is a mill for thp manufacture of cotton goods. It is probable that she will now have one. The superintendent of one of the best paying cotton mills in Georgia has recently visited this city for the purpose of examining the water power at the Jones mill. He was well pleased with the property, which lie said would be a first-rate location for a cotton mill. In fact, he was so well pleased with it that he will probably take steps towards organizing a company for the pur pose above mentioned. The gentleman alluded to is a sound, safe business man, enjoying the full confidence of all who know him, lie would make a first-rate citizen of our town and the enter prise would add largely to our wealth and population. There are,quite a number of our people who have expresses! a will ingness to subscribe for the stock of sucli a company, and we believe were it undertaken now the project Could easily he carried out. The high standing of the gentleman above mentioned is a guarantee that the investment would be a safe one, otherwise he would not be connected vith it at all. It would be the very thing for some of our public-spirited men to take hold of the matter and bring it to a success i ful termination. P2RTCR ol 0 O VAfeIGHAR^O Are now offering every dollars’ wortii of SUMMER GOODS IN THEIR HOUSE AT ACTUAL COST, TO CLOSE OUT. Our buyer leaves this week for the eastern markets to purchase an immense stock of fall and winter goods. We are compelled to make room for them, consequent ly all summer goods in our house will be sacrificed at once. + IS + THE + TI7VIE*> TO SECURE A BARGAIN. All our white goods at cost. All our satines at cost. Our entire stock laces and embroidery at cost. All our light weight shoes at cost; all our fans at cost. Great reduc tions in every line to make room for new goods. We mean business. Our stock must be reduced at once. Now is your opportunity to buy. PORTER I VAUGHAN'S Low prices for the next 20 days will astonish the most economical buyers. • Cotton challies W/ 2 c. worth 7c., cotton challies sc. worth ioc.. fine satines 10c. worth 20c., fine satines 16c. worth 25c., fine plaid and striped white goods 11c. worth 20c., fine plaid and striped white goods sc. worth 10c fine plaid and striped white goods 15c. worth 25c., ladies’ silk mitts isc. worth doc., ladies’ silk mitts 25c. worth 50c., ladies’ Jersey undervests 9c. worth 25c., ladies’ Jersey undervests 15c. worth 85c. A few straw hats left at less than cost. A few pairs ladies’ Oxford ties at 75c and SI.OO, worth $1.25,5i.75.Q Examine our stock before purchasing. We can and will save you money. PORTER & VAUGHAN ♦ LEADERS OF THE DRY 600 BS TRADE. NO. 12.