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THE G OUR ANT-AM ERI CAN.
VOL. X.
m AWFUL NIGHT
At the Bates’ Homestead
Near this City.
YOUNG BATES SHOOTS HIMSELF
In the Region of the Heart and
Will Likely Die.
THE DEATH OF COL. BATES.
A Detailed Account of the Terri
ble Tragedy.
THESE TWO DISTRESSING EVENTS
Cast a Gloom Over the People of the
Community.
Colonel Bates is dead.
His son, I Torace, is lying in an ex
tremely critical condition, with the
chances of recovery against him.
The people had hardly gotten
over the first shock of the terrible
accident that ended the life of one
of Bartow county’s wealthiest
and best known citizens before they
received another, which was per
haps greater than the first, because
the wound that Horace Bates is
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with suicidal intent.
News of the second tragedy was
brought here early .Friday morning,
and it created a genuine sensation.
It was hard to credit the report, or
reparts, as all kinds of rumors were
soon afloat. Bat the news that
Horace Bates had made an attempt
on his own life was found to be
only too true!
Up to the time of this tragic hap
pening it was taken as a matter of
couise that the bullet that ended
the life of Colonel Bates was fired
accidentally. No one dreamed,
thought, or even insinuated that it
was otherwise. If such thought had
crossed the mind of any one, it
would have been immediately
scouted at. The son —and such a
son as was Horace Bates—to kill
his father, was simply too absurd
to give a single thought.
But when the awful news came
that Horace Bates had aimed a
pistol at his own heart and fired,
men with bated breaths stood on
the streets and gravely discussed
the affair. “Why did he kill him
self?” was the leading question
that suggested itself to every one.
The answer came hack with a suspi
cion that grew each time the oft re
peated story w T as told. How it came
about, how it was circulated, no one
knows; but it is a fact that this
vague suspicion soon developed
into the direct charge that Horace
Bates had shot his father. The idea
was that young Bates, after com
mitting the terrible crime, feared
that his father would recover, and
he would have to pay the awful
penalty, and thus driven to despera
tion, fired the bullet that is likely
to prove fatal. Such was the rumor
that passed from lip to lip, added
to> or changed to suit each one who
told it.
It is fair to say that no one now
believes that such was the case.
Horace Bates was driven to this at
tempt on his own life by feelings so
a cute for his father’s sufferings that
it almost, if not quite, reached in
sanity.
The story, as told, is this:
When Col. Bates received the
fatal wound, Horace was almost
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29. 1891.
speechless from horror. During his
father’s continued sufferings, his
grief surpassed description. Al
ready sick, up day and night, at
tending the wants of his father, he
soon arrived at that mental condi
tion that he was hardly responsible
for his actions.
On Thursday night last, from
sheer exhaustion, he laid down in
the room where his father was, and
went to sleep. About 2 o’clock he
awoke and went Into an adjoining
room to get a drink of water. He
then sat down on a trunk, and, get
ting the same pistol with which his
father had accidentally shot him
self, placed it to his heart and fired.
In pulling the trigger, the pistol
point varied a little to the right of
the deadly aim, the ball just escap
ing the heart, and passing through
to the left of the spinal column,
where it was afterwards taken out,
cutting almost straight through the
body.
Dr. Johnson, who was attending
the sick man in the adjoining
chamber, heard the report and
rushed to see what was the matter.
He met Horace about half way, and
asked “what on earth is the mat
ter?” “I have killed myself,” was
the answer, and the young man
began sinking to the floor. Dr.
Johnson took hold of him and gent
ly laid him down. It seemed as if
almost instant death was inevita
ble, but by the prompt use of stimu
lants, a reactibn soon set in, and
the young man gVas able to talk,
i couidn't bear to sue ray lather
suffer so,” were the words used in
explanation of the awful deed.
To the watchers it was certainly
a night of horror. The father sit
tiflg US"Kis armchair in adyingcon
dition, perfectly oblivious to all
surroundings, and the son reclining
on his couch, almost dead himself,
presented a sight that one would
not care to see more than once in a
life time. The son’s lamentations,
the father’s dying moans, and the
wife and mother suffering mental
agony almost to distraction, was a
scene too horrible even for those
who thought themselves accus
tomed to scenes of sufferings and
distress. Says Dr. Johnson: “It
was the most frightful night I ever
spent, I pray that I will never be
called upon to pass through a simi
lar ordeal.”
At 10 o’clock Friday morning Cob
Bates breathed his last. His body
was prepared for burial, and, in
charge of Mr. Ed. Wood, of Atlan
ta, sent to Newton county, the
place of his birth, childhood and
early manhood, for interment.
These sad events have produced
a profound impression in this city,
where both are known so well.
That the terrible double-tragedy is
sincerely deplored it is almost
needless to say. For the past
twelve days the latest news from
the Bates homestead has been
eagerly sought by all. The now
universal hope is that Horace will
reeover. •
Many from this city have gone
out to see Horace, but few were
permitted to enter the sick cham
ber as it is very necessary that the
patient should be kept perfectly
quiet.
From last accounts, received this
morning, there is very little change
in the condition of Dr. Horace
Bates. He is very low and there is
a fear that pneumonia will set in,
which will probably result seriously.
The friends of the young man still,
however, hope for his recovery.
Skin and scalp diseases,-the head, at
times, a running sore, the body entirely
covered with sores as large as a quarter
of a dollar, and no medicine had the de
sired effect until P. P. P. was taken.
The disease yielded at once, and P. P. P.
proved itself the best blood purifier of
the age.
SOME LOCAL EVENTS
Picked Up by Courant-Ameriean
Reporters.
A Concert and Recital at the Opera House
—Mrs. Sumner Dead—The Athletic
Club Entertainment.
The following is the programme
of the concert and recital, which
will be given by Mrs. Lula Rich
ardson Ivegge on Friday evening,
January 30. Mrs. Legge will be as
sisted by the best musical talent of
the city and with recitation of
Calisthenics class from West End
Institute.
1. Marche dee Phantoms Edouard Holet
tjuartett, two pianos, by Misses Cliah
and Geneva Attaway, 1-eua Jones
and Sofjfe.
2. Snng—La Serenade Schubert
Mrs. J. W. harrie, Jr.
8, Recitation—A Chapter from Helen’s Babies.
Mrs. L. Richardson Legge.
4. Piano Solo—Chanson'd u s Aipes Ryder
Miss Dollie Carter.
5. Song—Mlt deinen blauen Augen Lassen
Mrs. T. W. Milner.
6. Recitahon The Doom of Claudius and
Cynthia.... Mrs. L. R. Legge
7. Piano Solo—Fantasia .Thalberg
Miss M. H. Sofge.
8. Song—Duet—Spring Time of Love
Sucautoni
Mrs. Best and Mrs. T. R. Jones,
9. Recitation—Low Backed Car
Mrs. L. R. Legge.
10. Quartett, two pianos—Masurka des Tra
mraai
Misses Attaway, Carter, Lena Jones
and Sofge.
11. Song—Ah, forte e lui (Traviata) Verdi
Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr.
12. Recitation—Geneva Mrs. L. R, Legge
13. Solo—Maieppa Mrs. Aubrey
14. Recitation—Miss Huldaii’s Oftice
Mrs. L. R. Legge.
15. Calisthenics.
Aii Attempt to Break Jail.
Some of the prisoners In the coun
ty jail attempted to make a break
for liberty last Saturday night.
They wrenched a bar of iron from
one of the cell doors and with it at
tempted to pry the fastenings of
the wall away. They had consider
able wall loosened and one of the
bars out and were making rapid
headway when the discovery was
made. The jailor had been with
Will May, whose trial was then in
progress, to the court house, and
when he returned found the attempt
to break jail in progress. The pris
oners who were involved in the at
tempt were then locked in their
cells.
The attempt was made by negro
prisoners, and so quietly did they
do their work that those in the
other part of the jail were not at
tracted by the noise. Charlie Jones
says two or three came aronnd to
where he was and engaged him in
conversation that he might not be
attracted by the noise, and others
kept up a continual singing while
tiiewerk was in progress.
Death of Mrs. Sumner.
Mrs. Theresa Sumner, wife of the
late Joshua Sumner, died at the
Tennessee house, of which she w r as
proprietress, last Tuesday morning
at 8 :30 o’clock. She had been in
feeble health for quite awhile.
Mrs. Sumner was born in Haber
sham county in 1824 and was con
sequently in her 67th year. She
has a long while been a resident of
this city. She was a kind hearted,
good woman, kindness to the poor
being a leading trait of her charac
ter. She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Rector, and several grand-children
to ißourn their loss.
The funeral ceremonies, conduc
ted by Rev. W. H. Cooper, of Dal
ton, occurred yesterday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, after which her re
mains were carried to Oak Hill
cemetery and interred.
Atliletie Club Entertainment.
The Athletic Club, at a meeting
held last Saturday night, decided
to give a public entertainment of
some kind. A committee was ap
pointed to take the matter in hand,
to arrange a program, date, etc.,
and as soon as everything is ready
the public will be informed. The
club has not before attempted any
thing of the kind and will there
fore put its whole energy and en
thusiasm in making its initial en
tertainment a brilliant success. To
do this the club asks the warmest
support of the people of Carters
vifle.
An Elegant New Home.
Mr. Evan Mays moved this week
into his new and elegant home
on Main street. Of the many
beautiful cottages that have been
built recently, his is one of the
best. It was built under contract
by Hall & Son and these well
known contractors did someof their
best and finest work on the house.
It has every convenience and com
fort and from an outside view is
very attractive.
FORC E BILL OR WORLD’S FAIR.
Tennessee Decides to Withhold Her
Appropriation for Chicago.
Nashville, Jan. 21.— The state
legislature today adopted a resolu
tion declaring that no actios would
be taken toward making an appro
priation for the representation of
Tennessee products at the world’s
fair until the election bill pending
in congress is finally disposed of.
A week ago resolutions were intro
duc'd in the legislature providing
for the appointment of a committee
of fifteen to consider the matter of
an appropriation for an exhibit of
Tennessee’s products. A bill ap
propriating $250,000 for the proposed
exhibit was then offered. Governor
Taylor, in his annual message, call
ed attention to the exposition, say
ing Tennessee could not afford to
neglect this opportunity to adver
tise itself to the world, and that a
large appropriation would be money
loaned at great interest. Governor
Taylor also transmitted certain sug
gestions matured by the commis
sion and a copy of a bill which had
been presented to all the states to
secure uniformity of action.
The general sentiment was that
an appropriation should be made.
Soon after the senate met today Mr.
McCorkle, of Dyer county, intro
duced the following joint resolution:
Whereas, We view the introduc
tion and prosecution of the election
law or force bill l>y the federal con
gress as a declaration of war on the
social and financial interests of the
south, therefore be it
“Resolved, That we postpone no
tion on the bill to appropriate $250,-
00(1 to make an exhibit of Tennes
see resources at the Columbian ex
position, to be held in Chicago in
1893, until the final disposal of the
said force bill.”
A motion to suspend the rules
was Slade and the resolution adopt
ed. Mr. Vincent, of Weakly coun
ty, introduced in the house a joint
resolution providing that if the
force bill becomes a law Tennessee
will hot be represented at the
world’.' fair. At the afternoon ses
sion of th© house the senate joint
resolution was adopted by a strict
party vote, 62 democrats voting for
and 13 republicans voting against it.
To mothers—Should the baby be suf
fering with any of the disorders of baby
hood use Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup at once
for the trouble. 25 cents.
The Water Works Kiag.
[Macon Telegraph.]
The autograph “W. A. Jeter” was
inscribed on the register at the
Lanier last night, and the gentle
man whose pergonal property it is
was found in the lobby. Col. Jeter
enjoys the double distinction of be
ing called the “waterworks king”
and being strikingly like W, K.
Vanderbilt His company, the
“Jeter and Boardman Gas and
Water Association,” is the biggest
waterworks concern in the south
and very nearly as large as any iu
the United States. They now have
plants in ten southern cities, and
their securities are “away up” in
the market. Moreover, It is a
Macon enterprise, the head office
of the company being located here.
Col. Jeter is just back from John
son City, Tenn., where he has been
looking after anew waterworks
system. Johnson City, he says, is
one of the phenomenal towns of the
new south. It is situated at the
crossing of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad and
the new Carolina. Cumberland Gap
and Chicago road and is the termi
nus of two local roads penetrating
the rich mining regions of that
section. Two years ago the place
was a one-horse mountain village;
now it is a bustling, thriving young
city, with a population of 5,000, and
is putting on modern airs.
A Mammoth Tree.
[From the Abbeville Times.]
There is an enormous tree in the
Ocmulgee river swamp, near Abbe
ville, that rivals the famous giants
of the California forests. The tree
is of the tupelo gum variety, and
towers above the surrounding for
est of immense oaks. It is evidently
of great age, and doubtless was in
habited by the Indians in the pre
historic age of this country. The
tree is hollow at the base with an
aperture large enough to admit a
tall man. The hollow extends up
ward for a distance of fifteen feet,
affording space enough for two
stories. The hollow at the base is
twelve feet in diameter.
“Listed,” as the brokers say, at “100
Doses One Dollar,” Hood’s Sarsaparilla
is always a fair equivalent for the price.
THE THIR£ WEEK
Of the January Term of Bartow
Superior Court.
Th* EtißlnfHßTransacted by Juilk* Milner
—The Lilt of the Jurors for tha
Present Week.
The following are the petit jurors
for the present week:
TRAVERSE JURY NO. 1.
T. J. Benson J. H. Leake
J. P. Stegall W. H. Collins
G. Y. Layton .1. S. McEver
A. I). Owens J. J. Jolley
H. A. loveless J. O. Hubbard
W. 8. Bradley IV. T. Shelton
TRAVERSE JURY NO. 2.
J. H. Stitt T. J. Bell
C. M. Franks J. D. Trotter
F. C. Watkins Perry Johnson
Martin Doyal Z. T. Hannon
J. C. Rogers D. J. Guyton
James Uren W. B. Woodall
TRAVERSE JURY NO. 3.
A. J. Collins H.J. Smith
W. A. Dodd I). M. Burgess
L. A. Murphey V. O. A. McEver
W. T. Bvars J. 8. Fields
J. C. Bell W. W. Cotton
J. W. Layton J. T. Lewis
The following business has been
transacted:
Cartersvilie Water Works Cos vs.
mayor and aldermen of the city of
Cartersvilie, two injunction cases
heard by Judge Gober, of the Blue
Ridge circuit ; injunction refused in
both cases.
State vs. Nat Baker; demand.
State vs. Bill Smith, rape; ver
dict not guilty.
State vs. Will May, murder; ver
dict or guilty of voluntary man
slaughter.
State vs. Jim McEver, et. al., nol
pressed on payment of costs.
State vs. (Jus Moody, burglary;
verdict of guilty.
John P. Lewis vs. B. H. Beasley,
et. al.; compromised and settled by
the parties.
Heirs at law of M. T. Hill, dec’d,
vs. Baker & Hall, ejectment; ver
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State vs. Jeff Franklin, assault
and battery; verdict of guilty.
State vs. Win. Emanuel, misde
meanor; verdict of guilty.
State vs.l).Heard,misdemeanor;
verdict of not guilty.
Raced with the Engine.
So many remarkable stories are
told illustrating presence of mind,
says the Youth’s Companion that a
story may be welcome which tells
of the opposite quality—not mere
forgetfulness or heedlessness, which
is dignified with the name of ab
sentmindedness, but the faculty of
being left, in some emergency, ap
parently without any mind at all.
At a recent international fair, or
industrial exhibition in Buffalo
there was shown anew sort of en
gine which went around and around
on a circular track level with the
ground.
As the crowd stood hemming in
the track, gazing at the queer loco
motive, a very stout woman, who
was eating peanuts from a paper
bag, became frightened by a rearing
horse near by, and stepped upon
the track, directly in front of the
moving engine. The engineer blew
his whistle, and this scared the
woman so badly that her discretion
was really frightened away.
With a scream she ran frantically
along the track in front of the ap
proaching engine, still clinging to
the bag of peanuts and swinging it
in the air so violently that it sprung
a leak, scattering the peanuts in a
thin trail behind her. She was
stout, and the effort to run made by
her a singular spectacle, but she
was in terror of her life, and travel
ed around the track at a goodly
pace.
The crowd became wildly excited.
“Iloorah! hooray!” men shouted.
“Go it! you’ll git thar first!”
“Stop your engine! you’ll run
over her!” shouted an elderly gen
tleman, waving his umbrella at the
engineer as the machine went past
him.
“No danger—l can’t catch her at
the rate she’s going!” the engineer
shouted back.
Women screamed, boys cheered
and dogs barked, and all the time
the engineer kept blowing his
whistle. Meanwhile the stout
woman had made three wild trips
entirely around the track. Then,
in her desperation, her absent mind
came back, and it occurred to her
to step off the track. She did so,
and the engine w r ent past.
As she came off, red in the face
and out of breath, she still grasped
her paper tag firmly. But the pea
nuts were all gone.
The infant reason grows apace and
calls for one more application of that
good friend, Salvation oil, which never
disappoints, but always kills pain.
THE ANTI-LOTTERY' ACT.
It Has Decreased the Revenues, but
Increased the Security of Mails.
Boston, Jan. 21.—Since the anti
lottery act went into force the busi
ness of the agents in this city has
decreased greatly. Before the law
was passed the agents here used
$50,000 worth of stamps annually.
Now the ratio is only SIO,OOO annu
ally. It is said that the post office
department secured the passage of
the law primarily to increase the
security and safety of the mails.
The lottery mail encouraged theft
among the employees, and when a
man had once sacrificed honor for
the contents of a letter addressed
to a lottery agent nothing was
thereafter safe in his hands. The
story of every confessed thief was
the same—all began by stealing
Louisiana lottery letters. A mark
ed improvement is already noticea
ble. The complaints of lost letters
are not nearly as numerous as be
fore the passage of the anti-lotttery
act.
Jerry Simpson and the Chief Justiee.
[Chicago Herald.]
Jerry Simpson, the sockless
statesman, who has been elected
by Kansas to congress, will be one
of the characters of the next house.
He will by no means be the only
man of this class in congress, and
the stories of the boorishness of
congressmen promise to be more
numerous than ever before. Simp
son is by no means the only illiter
ate statesmen in Kansas, and I
heard last night the story of an in
cident which occurred when Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge of England
was in this country. Coleridge was
a perfect Chesterfield as regard*
manners. He was a man of great
ability and wide learning, and he
knew the classics as well as he did
the English. During his tour
through the west lie stopped at To
peka and was given a dinner at the
expense of the state. The feast
was an elegant one, and all the
great men for miles around were
invited to it to honor the lord chief
justice. His honor had the gover
nor on one side of him at the table
and the lieutenant-governor of the
state on the other side. As the
party sat down the menu cards had
already been laid beside their
plates. These cards were very fine
They cost $25 a piece, and they
bore at their heads the coat of arms
of Kansas, upon which was en
graved the motto: “Ad Astra per
Aspera.”
As Chief Justice Coleridge sat
down he took up this card, and
looking at the motto, said to the
man on his left: “Very good, in
deed, and very appropriate.”
“What’s good ?” asked the lieu
tenant-governor.
“I refer to these words," said
Judge Coleridge, as he pointed to
the motto.
“Yes,” replied the lieutenant
governor, with a knowing look, as
though he were giving important
information, “them words is Latin.”
I have not heard the reply of the
chief justice, but he must have
thought a great deal.
A Correction That Didn’t Correct.
[Columbus Enquirer-Sun.}
The esteemed editor of the An
niston Hot Blast, we are inclined
to think, is in rather an unhappy
frame of mind, and doubtless feels
that at present life is not worth
the living. He has our tender
sympathies. The typos have got
ten away with him, as witness this
“correction” in his issue of the 20th.
We regret exceedingly a ludicrous
mistake which appeared in “Citizen’s’*
article in yesterday’s issue advocating
Col. Geo. Miller for mayor. It was the
devil’s own mistake. As printed, the
article referred to Col. Miller as a “bat
tle scared veteran.” It is one of those
cases where the little letter r makes all
the difference in the world. We haste
to do Col. Miller justice. It should
have read “bottle scarred.”
The little letter o has played
worse havoc in this “correction”
than the little letter r, as it is not
likely that Col. Miller will feel
.that there is any justice in convert
ing him from a “battle scared vet
eran” into a “bottle scarred
veteran.” Editor Smith ought t®
have a funeral in his typographical
department.
P. P. P. makes positive cures of all
stages of Rheumatism, Syphilis, Blood
Poison, Scrofula, Old Sores, Eczema,
Malaria and Female Complaints. P. P.
P. is a powerful tonic, and an excellent
appetizer, building up the system rap
idly.
It is neither pleasant nor profitable to
hear people constantly coughing when
they could be easily cured by a 25 cent
bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
NO. 22.