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tOL. X. ■ULLETINHIS BRAIN, ■ the Victim of the Unfortu nate Accident Still Lives. H, u . Kate, While Fixing to Load a Receive* a Terrible Wound i the Head. Ktt Saturday afternoon Colonel Bjstus BaAes accidentally ■elf. He ball entered the center of the Head ad lodged at the base of Col. Bates is now hov-i Hr between life and death. Hi' deplorable accident was the Ht of a too careless handling <df Htol. He had picked up the Hkmi, a 38 calibre self-acting ■ for the purpose of cleaning ■ loading it. He pointed the ■el toward his Tace and Ibegan ■ping it, not dreaming that a ■ was in any 'Of the chambers, ■king this, his son Horace said: ■)oii’t do that, father; it may be led.” ■ist as the remark was made ■ Bates again pressed the trig ■and this time a loud and terri (gfeport followed and the unfor ■ite man fell to the fioor. B was first thought be was dead, fl in a short while 'Col. Bates Bwed signs of consciousness. Br. Johnson, of this city, was sent fl and responding immediately to ■ call, did all that was possible ■the suffering one! Bothing has occasioned more ■prise in a long while than this ■ident. 'Col. Bates was regarded Being the last man who would in his 'present condition from h gross carelessness. The Old ry, “didn’t know it was loaded,” > added another'victim, t hardly seems possible fhat Col. tes cam live. It is surprising ,t he has hold on so long. But he has Shown such remarkable ality and tenacity in hvsfiding on life, and there are some 'Similar ses wherein the wounded ones t well, he tmay yet puli through. At least udl’the people of this ty sincerely hope.he may. At last accounts Col. Bates was msiderabty iimproved. He is en rely rational and his friends now ape for his speedy recovery. Yesterday he glanced over a late apy of the Atlanta Constitution id his eye fell on the account of ie aecideutail -shooting. He be une very angry and said fit .was a ie”—that he had not sh*ot ihim ilf. First National Bank. The stockholders of the Fiirst Na ional bank held its annual leeting one day last week, at which, irectors for the ensuing year .were lected. At a later meeting *af the irectors the old officers of the .bank rere re-elected. The officers and directors are as ollows: J. It. Wikle, president. J. A. Stover, vice president. J. 11. Vivion, cashier. W. R. Sadler, book-keeper. George Gaines, clerk. Directors—J. R. Wikle, J. A. Sto ker, J.. H, Vivion, T. R. Jones, J. T. Morris, Sam P. Jones, Daniel Low *s’, F. AL Durham and J. G. M. ; Montgomery. The bank starts out another year o a most prosperous condition. Fartersrille Real Estate. Those in a position to know' say that there is now a great deal of in quiry in regard to real estate and In a few weeks, in all probability, there will be great activity. The quietness of the past few weeks is the calm before the storm. The awakening of our industrial inter ns, which now look very hopeful, ''"'Gil cause Cartersville dirt to be greatly in demand. Although now and then one is heard to complain °t the stiffness of prices here, the tact is real estate is much lower than other places that have not one fifth the advantages. Boom prices have never prevailed here. THE OOURANT-AMERICAN. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 1891. THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE. • Prolmble Legislation (n Kansas Op posed by Wall Street. Even ’.Vail street is now casting an eye toward Kansas, and the ac tion of the Topeka legislature upon several of the measures that have the endorsement of the farmers’ alliance will be closely watched by some financial operators in New York, The legislation that may be enacted in Kansas will give a sure indication of the policy to be adop ted in other states that are under the control of the farmers’ alliance. The three measures of the alli ance that raise the most apprehen sion are those for the reduction of the legal rate of interest, for the state regulation of railroad freight tariffs and fares, and for the extension of the stay law to a period of two years. The first of these measures, which provides the penalty of forfeiture for its viola tion, will meet with the opposition of eastern investors and local bank ers; the second of theua will be con fronted with the power of all the railroad corporations operating in the state, and the third will be withstood by all holders of farm mortgages. Many millions of dol lars’ worth of property in Kansas would be affected by the passage of these measures at ithe demand of the farmers’alliance. The money ed interests are represented by agents in the lobby of the legisla ture and those of the alliance repre sentatives who are not fully trusted are kept under the guardianship of farmers who have volunteered their services as watchers. The legislature will also act upon measures requiring the board of railroad commissioners to be elec ted by a direct wote of the people, prohibiting the alien ownership of land in ihe state, and amending the redemption law so that mortgagors shall have three years to redeem lands sold under foreclosure. Bills have likewise been prepared in favor of the state publication of school text books, in favor of a general reduction of the salaries of state and judicial officers, in favor of the Australian system of voting, and forbidding the employment of Pinkerton detectives by corpora tions. The •*%’ power that can prevent the enactment of all the measures here sp®'ken of is that of the repub lican majority in the state senate. The alliance can carry them through 4)he ! house by an overwhel ming wte, but there Is only one alliance member of the eenaifce. It may tbewdfore be taken for granted that there wiill be no revolutionary legislation (that can disturb "Wall street at (this-session of the 'Dqpeka legislature. In prosffiOftthe statement that the leadership of Kansas will he fallow ed by the alliance forces in <ther states is ISne fact that within the past few days bills akin to those of the Kansas programme have ’been introduced In the legislature otfthe state of Nebraska, including hills for the regut ation of rates of inter est and for the reduction <ef rail road charges, and for preventing negotiations in promissory ndtes, and for the state publication of school books. To Establish a Normal School. An effort is feeing made to estab lish a normal school for the counties in this section, six in all. The coun ties that will probably be interested are Bartow, Colafe. Floyd, Polk, Paul ding and Cherokee. Only about two lecturers wild be employed, the other teachers to fee ot home mate rial, who will draw 7 no pay for their services. The school teachers of this county should enter heartily into this project, for It will be a mu tual concern. Prof. J. S. Stewart, principal of the Marietta Female school, is the prime mover of the project, and any one desiring infor mation can doubtless .obtain it from him. Natural Gas Blows up a Building. Finplay, 0., Jan. 21.—Shortly after 2 o’clock this afternoon the Hotel Marvin was blow n up by an explosion of natural gas, and tw'o persons w r ere killed and a dozen wounded. Mr. Marvin and a plumber had been searching all the morning for a leak. About 2 o’clock a girl sweeping a floor step ped on a match which ignited. Im mediately there was an explosion which wrecked the building and shook the entire town. Many peo ple were buried in the ruins, but only two—Ella Johnson and Kate Rooney—w'ere killed. The finan cial loss will be about $25,000. This is the first natural gas disaster ex perienced by Findiay. BY HOME GAPITAL. The Cartersville Brick Company to be Re-organized, The Work to be Pushed to Completion • Rapidly as Ponslble—Big Profit* and Handsome Dividend!. The Cartersville Brick Company, which was organized in this city about a month ago, since which time very little, if anything, has been done to carry out the original plans, will he re-organized and the work of establishing the plant will be begun at once. Mr. Hiram Blaisdell, president of the gas company, was at the head of the project, and he it was who got up the subscriptions. He left shortly afterwards for the north, saying that he would purchase the necessary machinery for the plant. From one cause and another this has, from time to time, been delayed until the home stockholders have become impatient. The contract with Mr. Blatsdell expired on the 20th inst.. last Tuesday, and the ma jority have expressed a desire to withdraw from the company and organize another, or perhaps re organize tire old one. The capital stock of the company ■was placed at 140,000, Mr. Blaisdell taking half of it. As .$20,000 of the stock is already owned by home men, it is calculated that if it is necessary to raise more money it <could easily be done. A prominent brick machine man ufacturer of Ohio was in the city Monday, and from the obtained from him it is clear that the company could start handsome ly on less money than was origin ally planned. The present year, it is thought, willfbe one of much building in this city. Large business blocks will in all probability be erected, and the company desires to be ready in + j*yA f A fnnniqL nil fk a jkrpinlr fLuf 1C needed the present year. Hike concerns make big profits and pay handsome dividends, and these who wish to make a safe in vestment, sure of large returns, wilt noUfail to embrace the'opportunity of staking stock in sudh an enter prise—that is if the opportunity ex ists. It is high time our own people wore taking a lively interest Jn sudh things. We woifid like to see oae big manufacturing company organized here and the plans car ried out exclusively by home capi tal. Only in this way can the confi dence of people akom abroad be ©b taiined. Oar people hr ve first to show their faith in rfhe town and section. American MadeTlin. Washington, Jan. 18.—Tin parts, pails, buckets, and other household articles made of tin as well as square plates of tin ocvered the loeg table of the house .committee on ways and means the last tw<o dajcs of the week. Representative Neddringhaus, of Missouri, was is the room most of .the time and he explained to all inquirers,She reason: for the changed appearance of the room. The tins are samples of those witieh are be in# tunned out every day at. the works in St. Louis and are vrJholly of American manufac ture. The original work was done in the steel mills of Chattanooga and the tinning io St. Lruia. The plant has only been recently estab lished and is turning out about 300 eases of tin plate a day.. The ore eomes from the Dutou island# and the price of the manufactured ar ticle is about the same as when im ported. _____ Mill Join the Alliance. Atlanta, Ga., Jam 18.—Senator eleet Gordon, in an interview to day, announces his firm determina tion to join the alliance. During his candidacy for the senate he promised some of his alliance sup porters that he wouid join, but he has put It off so long that his good faith was doubted. Gordon talks strongly against the third party movement in the alliance, but says that, if the farmers of the W’est won’t join the democratic party,the next best thing is the independent movement that takes them away from the republicans. He gives Congressman-elect Livingston, who is also president of the state alli ance, a slap by saying he does not think alliance officers should be in politics. By innumerable cures, Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup has won for itself a most enviable reputation. KILLED HIS-SON.IN.LAIV. Terrible Tragedy ii a Prominent Chat tanooga Family. Chattanooga Tenn., Jan. 18.— A horrible tragedy occurred here to-day, in which S. M. Fugette, cashier of the Smth Chattanooga Savings bank, wss shot and killed by his futher-in-kw, Judge J. A. Warder, who is city attorney of Chattanooga. Julge Warder is shot ia two place. One ball pene trated hs breast at the right nip ple and the othei took off the in dex finger of his left hand. Mrs. Fugette is the ony child of Judge Warder, and isshot in the' right thigh, a very dagerous wound. From the evlence at the coro ner’s inquest it apears that Judge Warder came haie at 1 o’clock In a very drunken sondition and im mediately went > the room of Mr. and Mrs. Fugett where the shoot ing took place araoon as he enter ed. Mr. and As. Fugette lived with Judge andMrs. Warder on College street, here were seven shots fired, five y Judge Warder and two by Mr. jgette. It is said thatJrs, Fugette was the first person hot and Fugette then fell dead,toot through the heart. He was und witli a news paper in one hat and a pistol with two chambers epty in the other. Mrs. Fugette wsfound lying over him with her ars entwining him, piteously crylnjfor some one to save. Judge W-der staggered to a neighbor’s bob and is now there in a precarious mdition. Mrs. Fugette iunable to speak, and what took lace in the room aside from theshooting, is not known. From e evidence before the coroner’s ju it appears that Judge Warder’equeritiy would come home dm and abuse his wife and dangle and the women would appeal foroteetiou to Mr. Fugette. guch trouble occurred late .Saturday Ight when Mr. Fugette ijaSetecds father-iu-iaw. Nf- .1 Nf- . k.„aa a A. A*. **m gctlt.- llttVtJ ucen married but twrears, have been living happily tether and have a five months’ ohaby. Mr. Fugette m a young man of alx*ut 26 yt*s age—a popular, successful Hiess man. Mrs. Fugette is a very handsome* woman. JuG Warder. is oae of the best !k>vn lawyers in this stabe. For-syears he was United 881 tes Dis't Attorney for the middle ite.ct of Tennessee, ap p wirted b£resident Hayes. He was a bra\|allant Union seUdier, awfl is one 9 most prominent of republican this state. He owns comsideral property and Bias a lacge, kuive practice is this city. He is :cji of the highest cul ture, of n polished and affable manners, is domestic affairs were alwsupposed to have been of The hfest. The affair has crearted aat sensation here, and the opin seems to be general that it vthe result of a 'crazy drunSk. ■TJI’PLANT JUTE. A Comp#fmed in Mxfo >„ Take f the Fibre Market. Atx,a January 14.—'Walter Sforbee, t£s city, whose process f decoking fibres haa attracted k*tice, d-a contract with Mex ican ofs .-several months ago for the iot of a plant there to preparthie and other fibre. While Ip fa the city of Mexico nqgotia were begun with protninien ffor the purchase of OOQfiOO* at Motzorongo. This is densely covered with hen®e<jt tree yielding a Jong cordage of excellent quality. The trsas closed, and the Mex ican B; Company "was organ ized. Pacheoo is president, Gen. ft <>f New Orleans, man ager, a evident Diaz an active j memb# object as to prepare the filethe United States mar ket, wlhey claim, it will sup plant The preparation is made iminal cost. The any has valuable con cession the Mexican govern ment exempts their property from on for twenty years, and gtses half a regiment of soldiefOteet their interests if neeesfMr. Forties writes that Gen. Dd Gen. Pacheco, with their is, will visit Motzorongo on thOf January to inspect the us. Gen. Pacheco is minis public works in the cabin letter to Joel Chan dler Mr. Forties says the fibre made clean and beau tiful V chemicals. THE SECOND WEEK Of the January Term of Bartow Superior Court. The Huilne** Transacted Tbl* Week- Criminal Docket Taken tip— Diet of the Jurors. Last Monday morning the follow ing juries were empanelled far the second week of the present term: Til AVR BSE JURY No. 1. J. W. Adams Jos. Lacey A. A. Adcock J. F. liobo r ? oweil K. J- Kotfan J. K Hoimett T. 8. MoCnrov M 'iV' Bolibs A. Strickland A. 11. Adams Thos. Booker traverse juby no. 2. W Sproull W. H. Armstrong * • L* Luther Wm. Patterson I. H. Bradley .las. Lowery . J> ni K ht E. c. Adcock J. I). Tatf C. H. Cunvus J. L. Dysart A. Y. Wheats TRAVERSE JURY NO. 3. M. C. Field B. l'\ MoMoekin i>. J. (Jnyton H. E. Wolfe r. J Larret W. A. Calhoun }L H- O. Ware S. J. Dowis 11. 11. Collins John Kennedy W. S. Attawav J. W. Stanseli The following business has been transacted since our report of last week: John 8. Leake et al. vs. Shelby Attaway,N. P. and J. P., and Htoke ly, Williams A Go., certiorari. Dis missed with judgment defendants for costs. J. M. Scott vs. R. C. Harris; com plaint. Verdict for defendant for $27.75, with interest and cost of suit. State vs. W. W. Gilbert; misde meftnor; plea of guilty. Fined $75 or twelve months in chain gang. Thomas Manufacturing Cos. vs. Thomas Lumpkin; appeal. Verdict for plaintiff for SOO principal, $5.05 interest and cost of suit. Robert M. Pattillo, plaintiff in fi. fa. vs, Robert Thomas et, al., de fendants in fi. fa. and Rachel Thom as, claimant; judgment in favor of plaintiff for cost of suit. “Win. L. Goodwin vs. Etowah Iron Cos., coni plaint for land, dis missed bv nloinH# <mrl ! ~L..v,.g v V 1 A%.!AW J- I against him for costs. John C. L’rintUp & Cos. vs. J. D. Murchison, apjieal; verdict for plaintiff for $88.40 principal, inter est and cost of suit. R. M. Pattillo vs. Jonas Thomas, et. al., Manda and ®udlev Moore, claimants, claim; property found not subject; judgment against plaintiff for costs. George H. Aubrey vs. H. J. McCormick, assumpsit; verdict for plaintiff for SB4 principal, $5.80 in terest, $11,40 cost of suit. State vs. Henry Collins, arson; verdict not guilty. State vs. James Beck, forgery, verdict not guilty. State vs. Dennis Dorsey, et. al., simple larceny; verdict finding Dennis Dorsey, Ben Dorsey and Shepard Dorsey guilty as charged. State vs. Gill Harris, misdemean or; verdict of guilty. Converting the Indiiui*. One of the early gifts from Eng land to Harvard college was a print ing press for the purpose of supply ing Indians with Bibles and other books that would aid in their con version. Various religious treat ises were published for the use of the colonists, but almost imrnedi- ately the general court commenced to interfere with the liberty of the press. No facilities were allow’ed for printing outside of Cambridge, and even there the restrictions were so great that the court forbade the publication of Thomas a-Kempis’ “Imitation of Christ,” although the printing was well under way. The efforts to convert and educate the Indians were honest and praise worthy, but, as is well known, the Indian did not take kindly to civili zation, nor did civilization take kindly to him. Of the few' who were willing to submit to English masters and to learn Latin and | Greek, some sickened and died after they had made goAd proficiency, others were disheartened and left when they were almost ready for college, while the one solitary In dian—Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck who has the honor of being enrolled among the alumni of Harvard Col lege and died soon after taking his degree. Change of Proprietorship. Win. A. Williams sold last week his planing mill to Lewis Van Gilder, lately of Darien, Ga. Mr. Van Gilder will put additional machinery in and prepare to sup ply our people with all kinds of builders’ material. We welcome Mr. Van Gilder to the city and wish him much success in his new venture. [For the Courant-Ameriean.] MY SHIP. Ah, many a day have I said, Foiling amid the day’s bnsv din, (Thinking of my sailor at sea) Oh, when will my ship come in ? When will it bring back my love to met My lover So staunch and so true, Who whispered in my ears one day I hat story bo old—yet so new. Someday, I’d say, as I sit alone, Dreaming here by the window sill, Listlessly watching the boats go by; Home day when all is cairn and still, 1 shall catch a sight of snowy (Reaming against the sky, and then Drandly treading the foaming waves— Some day I’ll see my ship sail in. But ah! I watted many a day As I wandered by the sea, Straining my eyes to catch a glimpse Of iny ship coming home to me. * * * * • • One morn the wind was Mowing fresh And strong and brisk across the sea, That morn, of all morns—l can’t forget The day my ship came hack to me. So my ship camo back to me at last And brought back my lover, and I ! hank Rod for llis goodness unto me, While the weeks and months and years go by. Maud Walton Mays. Written at Jacksonville,Fla. May IHK7. SENATOR D. B. HILL IT IS. He (Jets the Assembly Vote In New York. Albany, N. Y., January 20,—Da vid B. Hill will be the next United States senator from New York. The house met at 12 o’clock to day to vote for Evart’s successor. Hill received t>s votes, Evarts 58. Hill was declared the nominee of the assembly. In the senate Hill received 13 and Evarts 19. The two houses meet in joint ses sion tomorrow and Hill will be elected senator. Four democrats and one republican were absent from the assembly today, but will be present at the joint ballot to morrow. Lieutenant Governor Edward F. Jones has announced himself a can didate for the democratic nomina tion for governor. Five Mouths Schopl. State School Commissioner Brail well states that the public school fund will enable the schools to have five months session. The impression somewhat seems to have gotten abroad that the Jackson bill passed both houses and that six months school were to be looked for. Even the pres, in many instances, seemed to take this for granted. Asa matter of fact the bill stuck in the senate and failed to become a law. Mr. Brad well says; “The assom j bly, at its recent session, increased tne school fund about $170,000 and no more. The. $500,000 appropria tion in the general act was greater than the preceding year by that amount. The legislature did that much for theschools and no more. The increase was sufficient to sup port them for five months in the year on the basisof five cents a da/, $1 per month or $5 per term for each scholar. “Had the Jackson bill passed there would have been money enough to keep the schools running for six months, as desired, and ap parently expected by many.” Vick’s Floral Guide for 1891. No lover of a fine plant or garden can afford to be without a copy. It is an elegant book of over 100 pages 8j x 10j inches, beautiful colored illustrations of sunrise amaranth us, hydrangea and potatoes. Instruc tions for planting, cultivating, etc. Full list of everything that can be desired in the way of vegetable and flower seeds, plants, blubs, etc. Also full particulars regardingthe cash prizes of SI,OOO and S2OO. The nov elties have been tested and found worthy of cultivation. We hope it will be our good luck to see the Nellie Lewis Carnation and taste } the Grand Rapids Lettuce. It costs nothing because the 10 cents you send for it can be deducted from the first order forwarded. We ad vise our friends to secure a copy of James Vick Seedsman, Rochester, Elocntionarj Recital. Mrs. Legg, teacher of physical and voice culture and elocution in West End institute, will give a re cital at the opera house on Friday evening, Jan, 24th. She has given these recitals in Boston and other large cities to crowded hauses with great success. There will be other pleasant features connected with the entertainment. Calisthenics, music, etc., which will contribute greatly to the pleasure of the oc casion. Genera! admission 35 cents, reserved seats 16 cents, chil dren 25 .eats. NO. 21.