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the gourant-american.
VOL. X.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Closing Exercises in Progress
this Week.
Tlie School's First Graduating Class
to lleecive Iliplomas Tomorrow—
Interesting Programme.
On tomorrow, the 19th, the public
schools of the city will close. This
week the rooms have been open for
visitors and many have availed
themselves of the opportunity of
inspecting the work of the various
departments.
The exercises of the graduating
class will be the tirst ever held in
our city and will prove of great in
terest to all.
The class numbers thirteen —ten
girls and three boys.
The order of the exercises will be
as follows:
1 Salutatory—by Miss Laura Gra
ham —second honor. •
2 Essay—Miss Ella Baker.
3 Essay—Miss Louie Munford.
4 Essay—Miss Florence Rowan.
5 Essay—Miss Gertie Powell.
6 Essay—Miss Annie Wallace.
7 Speech—Mr. Paul Pinkerton.
CLASS EXERCISES.
, 1 President’s address —Mr. Carl
Smith.
2 Class history by the historian—
-31 r. Eugene C. Rowan.
3 Class poem—Miss 31 ary Gil
reath.
4 Class prophesy 3liss Frank
Gilreath.
5 Class song—composed by the
chorister, 31iss Mary Lu Wikle.
Valedictory 3liss Viola Stan
ford—first honor.
Presentation of diplomas by the
president of the board of education
—3lr. John W. Akin.
The standing of each g.aduate
will be read out giving average
grade in every study.
The names of the six pupils hav
ing the best mark will be read out
for every grade of both grammar
schools.
Certificates of promotion will be
awarded to all those pupils deserv
ing promotion.
The exercises will begin at 9:30
a. m.
The exercises will be held at the
tabernacle. On the right of the
stage will be seated the east, school.
On the left will be the west school.
The high sc'hool will occupy the cen
ter of the stage, the graduating class
having the front seats. The board
of education will also bfe seated on
the platform.
It will be an occasion of interest
to everybody and all the people of
the city are cordially invited. It is
to be hoped also that as many of our
country friends as possible will at
tend. We wish the world to see
what we are doing in the education
al line. No town in Georgia lias
better schools than our own fair city.
A Recherche Affair.
Drar Mr. FreeaiaST The hu
mor strikes me to write and tell
you what ;t charming time the grad
uating class of the high school had j
on Tuesday .evening. The class
was invited to tea at Airs. Harris •
Best’s by Prof. ttOT>ef<hi and \Pe had '
areal nicetinje, One [which none of
will forget soon.-- The only hoys
who wore at all ahleto keep up with i
the class ands allowed to gradual .
were:’Carl Smith. Paul Pinkerton
twid Eugene Ttowari. These! boys f
were fortunate enough to be consul- j
ered on the list of the invited. One!
or two others got there somehow, I
hut they were nqt invited to meet. I
us young ladies. Waring Best, only
happened to come to see his cousin,
Mrs. Best. Charley Pritchettman
aged to come round, very soon for’
his sister, and Capers Quillian came ,
as an escort for 31 rs. Munford, but I |
belie ye I saw Mr. Munford present. .
Ossie Rotu‘,4oft was there too. The
hoys, however, were kindly asked 1
to makejtheinselves at home, and
they did maky themselves suffi- i
ciently amusing to deserve some i
supper, and they ate a heap of it j
too. Professor said lie would have
invited some young gentlemen, hut
as we had not graduated, he re
frained. 1 think it would have been
no harm, but we had a good time,
all the same.
Thinking so much about those
boys made me forget to mention
that Mr. John Akin, president of
the board of education, was pres
ent, with his wife, as also was the
charming wife of our mayor, Mrs. |
Baker. I speak for the girl gradu
ates when I say, we had a splendid
time, and we all feel that Professor
has been real obliging in his consid-,
erative attention, Polly Pky. 1
CARTERS3TLLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18. 1891.
A SECOND CHAPTER.
On the Reptiles Peculiar to This Sec
tion of the Country.
Persons rusticating should re
member that venomous snakes have
a much smaller neck than head—
that the anterior bones of the head
just behind the jaws form obtuse
angles with neck and point of
mouth—hence the terms “diamond
headed” snakes, or those with
. “arrow head” shaped heads. I know
of no exception to this rule.
Of the comparatively harmless*
species there are the common black
snake, the black racer, the coach
whip, which attains a length of 10
or 12 feet if spared to old age, the
garter snake, the switch tailed
moccasin, (which delights to skim
around the fisherman) the small
brown water snake, which often
startles the little fellows by sudden
ly dropping into our streams from
the overhanging willows,'etc., the
.thick and lazy hull snake, (found in
the marshes) the afore mentioned
king snake, the jointer, with his
green and silvery skin, and—well
that about winds up the list, (ten.)
The fourth named is destructive
amongst frogs, young chickens and
eggs. Some of the largest are 9 to
10 feet; they are, however, great
cowards otherwise.
Hartshorn, (spirits of ammonia)
turpentine, goou liquors, whiskies,
brandies or gin, poultices of slack
ed ashes, freshly cut raw chickens,
also certain medicinal plants,
amongst these the white plaintain,
are used as antidotes to bites of
venomous reptiles. When the poi
soned fang penetrates a prominent
blood vessel death most likely re
sults in spite of remedies. The
first named species are uncommon
ly expert of rat catchers. Some
persons more fond of natural his
tory than of rats have actually do
mesticated this variety about their
premises for such objects, feeding
them in place of a house cat; they
were relieved of cat squalling as
well as of rats.
A well authenticated story is told
of two truant hoys who were for
bidden, unattended, to bathe at a
certain locality in a creek. They
set out together one afternoon j
•through a piece of woods along a j
trailway to enjoy a good “dip” in i
water considered too deep for them.!
The foremost and largest who was
most fearless, walked rapidly and
was some fifty yards' ahead of the
other. Shortly after both of them
had passed a log, which crossed
their trailway, the younger hopeful
was met by a large black racer, di
rectly facing him in the path.
Turning suddenly he ran back to
ward the house with his best speed,
screaming lustily. The racer fol
lowed gaining on him. Boy No. 1 j
heard, saw and turning round he
ran his best after the other two.
Of course their nibther, attracted
by the racket, came out to view the
situation, and seeing the smaller
hoy trip his foot aud fall headlong
over the log, she screamed. The
Suakr dashed over both the log and
small hoy, running * off into the
woods to get up his next froth'.
Recovering after awhile her .self
possession site obtained a contu
sion from them, then getting over
her first impulse to thrash out all
parties, finding no one hurt she
began to laugh very heartily, the
more iso after demanding of her big
rboy to know why ran. His
, projmpl replyavay, ‘‘Why, ma, I was
trying towatch That black racer.”
The glistening coat of the racer
has been muyh ad pored when nrt
.fuily and tightly stretched as an
'ortiarnVnfaF covering l , firmly ; gluou
to a geutlemau’s pane.
APr. Coachwhiu (species 3rd) has
ohen bPemseem gliding rapidly
over the ground w ith his head and
foreparts elevated several feet
above the ehrth. llp Is wild to sub
sist on young rabbits, birds and
other dainty dishes. I cannot vouch
for the many yMhs about his run
ning after and, wrapping himself
around bad boys and whipping
them with his tail. I leave other
species and their curious tricks to
be investigated by lovers of the
curious, only remarking the moral
to this and the preceding chapter
on snakes is that there are none of
God’s creations, even the most for
bidding, from which w e may not,
if we get at it rightly, learn some
useful truths.
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THE NEW PARTY.
Members of the Executive Com
mittee Meet in St. Louis.
National and State Ticket. to be Noini
inated—Formulating l’laim lor tlie
National Convention.
A St. Louis dispatch of June 13th
says: Five members of the execu
tive committee of the people’s party
met at the Laclede hotel in this city
this morning, H. E. Taubeneck, Of
Illinois; George K. Washington, of
Massachusetts; William Weaver,of
Iowa; A. O. Wilkins, of Kansas,
and M. G. Rankin, of Indiana. Ig
natius Donnelly, of 3linuosota, will
arrive tonight, while 3lr. Davis, the
seventh member of the committee
has advised his colleagues that he
cannot he present.
The session of the committee will
be with closed doors, and it is said
that none of the proceedings will
be given out. Taubeneck, chair
man of (lie executive committee,
said both national and state tickets
will he nominated in many states
and he thinks it probable that local
nominations will be made for
small offices.
Rankin said that tlie committee
will formulate plans for nominat
ing and electing delegates to the
national convention, and the great
est efforts will be made in agricult
ural states, which will he over
flooded with campaign lectures and
literature, while state tickets will
he nominated. Rankin said the
body will in no way interfere in
state matters, as a majority of the
delegates of the last Cincinnati
convention were of opinion that the
party at large couldn’t pledge it
self to state platforms, on aceount
of the many different local issues in
different states.
Lenders of the people's party have
received overtures from prominent
knights of labor suggesting that in
ducements he offered members of
that organization to join the peo
ple’s party, but la’sing the objec
tion that the latter is too exclusive
ly agricultural in its tendencies,
the knights propose additions to
the platform by which,lt) is believ
ed the party may he strengthened
in manufacturing states, but the
stand taken by tiie knights on tlie
eight hours a day does not meet
the approval of farmers.
The executive committee will he
in session several days. Reports
were received from agents repre
senting different" parts of the coun
try as to the outlook in their sec
tion.
Gen. J. B. Weaver, of Iowa; G.
F. Gaither, of Alabama; G. H.
Smith, of Kentucky; M. H. Wil
kins, of Kansas, and W. .1. Kline, of
Illinois, ami others reported that
the prospect for success in their
states is most favorable. In Ken
tucky a special tight will be made
and the active work of preparing
fop a' campaign is left in the hands
of Taubeneck and Robert Schilling,
the national secretary.
Stiiesboro Academy.
The following has been furnished
the Conrant-Ameriean as the pro
gramme of the closing exercises of
SdileffbbTo High school:
Sunday, June 21st, 11 a. m.—Ser
mon by Rev. J. J. Farmer,of Elber
ton, 6a.
• Monday, .Tune 22nd,.9 a. m.-r-Ree
itatidiT and dialogues by primary
and intermediate grades.
Monday,.June 22nd,8 p. m.—Pub
lic debate.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 8 a. m. —
Meeting of Board of Trustees.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 9 a. m.—Rec
itations by academic and collegiate
grades.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 11 a. m. —
Biterary address by Rev. C. K.
Henderson, of Cedartown, Oa. Sub
ject—Orators and oratory.
Tuesday, Juno 23rd, 8 p. m.—
Concert.
Everybody invited to come. Ad
mission foe for last night, adults 2.")
cents. Children 15 cents. Other
exercises free.
Charles M. Pritchett.
Among the most promising young
citizens of Cartersville is Charles
M. Pritchett. This young gentle
man has successfully and with dis
tinction taken the junior, interme
diate and senior years of the nje
chanical and technological school
in Atlanta. Out of quite a large
class but eight succeeded in gradu
ating in the mathematical course
which is about the highest grade in
the state. Since graduating Mr.
Pritchett has been most highly
commended as assistant professor
of mathematics.
RANDOM JOTTINGS.
“J. N.”
Some here will remember him
and some will not.
3tost railroad men, hotel keepers
and newspaper men who were ac
tive at their several vocations in
this particular part of the country
about fifteen years ago, have quite
a vivid remembrance of the long
haired crank and dead beat from
Ohio who posed as philosopher
under the above odd appellation,
and imposed w ithout mercy upon
the susceptible about that time.
He advertises in Dalton that he
will “lift the veil” there this week.
* * *
He was a most consummate
embodiment of cheek. He would
manage by means of a little taffy
given to the editor to gain free ad
mittance to tlie columns of tlie best
newspapers to advertise hiuiself for
his proposed lecture on “(ruth” —a
lecture that was never delivered.
The Cincinnati Enquirer once
claimed to have invented as an an
tidote for tlie annoyances of his
periodical visits an effectual and a
most wonderful apparatus styled a
“Bogardus Patent Kicker.” The
prominent feature of the apparatus
was an immense boot that was ar
ranged to toy gently at first and
then to play vigorously in the
neighborhood of the old fellow’s
coat tails by the time lie had slid
himself comfortably in one of the
sanctum chairs, and thus annihi
late him by the time-saving
method.
* * *
He was good at beating the rail
roads and the hotels.
He put up at the Kimball, staid a
week or so, and one day picking up
his dilapidated carpet r sack con
taining his circumscribed ward
robe, he confronted tlie clerk, ask
ing the amount of his bill. The
clerk told him the amount, w hen
he ventured:
“I am a philosepher, sir, and can’t
you take off some for that reason ?”
“Not in the habit of it; charge
philosophers same price as other
people,” snapped the clerk.
“But,” persisted “J. N.,” “I get
these reductions wherever I go.”
“Oh, well, in that event, then I
will agree to take off half,” said the
clerk.
“You are quite liberal, young
man, L assure you, and I will be as
liberal as you, and will take off the
other half,” saying which “J, N.”
strode leisurely out, leaving the
clerk exercising his wits as to
whether it were better to be silent
and thus put anew premium on
cheek or neutralize his chagrin
with some able-bodied thumps on
so worthless a subject, and lie chose
the course of silence.
While thinking over some unique
characters, rises in my mind a
rural citizen who lived not in and
yet not a thousand miles out of Bar
tow county.
During the war he was visiting
his son, a young soldier then in
camp at .Dalton, llis wife was
along on the trip and neither of
them had ridden many times 6n
the cars and were not up in rail
road ways. The train was much
crowded and numbeis of the pas
sengers proffered their seats to the
old lady, who accepted one, but the
old man was left standing and was
holding to the rim of a seat when
shortly came along the conductor,
whom he accosted, saving:
“See here, mister, I think you
have got a mighty impolite set of
passengers on this train.”
“Why so‘.'’“queried the man with
the punch.
“Because, you see I am a stranger
on here myself, and riot one of your
crowd have offered to give me a
seat/’
This quaint declaration being
generally heard, besides raising a
big laugh, brought many to their
feet, and the old man was given a
seat and was soon gliding along in
comfort.
* * *
This same specimen of simplicity
above referred to only a year or
two ago sold out his possessions to
move to Texas.
When ready to buy his railroad
tickets on the final day of his de
parture, he put aside the exact sum
necessary for this, and then t<,ok
all the remainder of his money, a
healthy roll ofgreenbacks, to a town
merchant and wanted him to ex
change with him gold for it. The
merchant remonstrated with him
on such a course, informing him that
the paper money would be much
more convenient to carry.
“Yes, but see here,” said the,old
POP 5 VAUGHAN
Have Just Received a New Line of
WHITE GOODS. GHALLIES.
Kiber Cloth, Parasols, Umbrellas, Prints, Sc.
The above lines were bought under value—we place
them on sale at prices lower than ever.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF
DRESS GOODS*-
NOW BEING SOLD AT COST.
We are determined Lo close out every dollar’s
worth of gents,’ boys’ and children’s
CLOTHING.
*
Now is your chance to buy a Suit at Half Price!
Our sales in Clothing have been large. We can af
ford to sell the remainder At Cost.
STRAW HRTS
for Cents, Boys and Children at Half Price.
Great reductions in ladies’ and children’s low cut
Shoes to close out. Prices in every’ department lower
than any competition can offer.
pgr ter & Vaughan.
man, “I don’t know whether green
backs are good in Texas or not.”
And the merchant actually had
a hard time convincing him that it
was. Incog.
Colored Miner Killed.
Henry Johnson, a colored work
man at the Bufford ore bank, met
with an accident on Friday last
that cost him his life.
He, with a squad of hands was
picking in an open cut. the kind of
mining most comhiyn in Georgia,
when a body of earth w ell laden
with ore becoming separated from
its position precipitated upon the
men. All escaped unhurt except
Henry, who was caught by the fall
ing weight. He had his leg broken
in two places, but the mortal injury
was internal. He was brought as
soon as possible to the city on an
extra car, and the best of medical
attention immediately supplied,
hut it was of no avail, he died that
night.
This is one of those accidents
which seem occasionally unavoida
ble in mining for treasure hidden
within the bowels of the earth.
Death of a Former ( ilizen of Bartow.
Miss Tamy Carpenter was called
from her duties as teacher in West
End' institute during the last week
of the recently closed term pf the
school, to her home at Ringgold, fo
he at the bedside of her aged lather,
who had been ill with paralv-is for
several years hut whose condition
became suddenly serious.
He died on the iOtli instant,
peacefully and willingly as a relief
from his great suffering. lie was
eighty-six years and seven months
old.
Mr. Carpenter lived in this coun
ty about eighteen years previous to
the war, doing a mercantile busi
ness at Cassville. He was a popu
lar, good citizen, and his death will
be heard with regret by those here
who knew him.
At Home to Play.
John Norris, Herbert Walker,
Watt Milner and Ossie Robeson ar
rived at home last Thursday from
their studies at Oxford. All four
have successfully passed their
sophomore year and are entitled
now to be considered collegiates,
i. e,, to be addressed as “Mr.” by
the girls. Please don’t forget it,
ladies.
A Joyous Evening.
Miss Marian Smith (ontributed
most agreeably t< the pleasure of
some of her young gentlemen
friends m the city by an Invitation
to spend the evening of Monday at
her house and meet the young la
dies visiting her. Her visitors are:
the Misses Waring, of Cement;
Myers, of Atlanta; Root, of New
York; Proudfit, of Memphis; l,a\y
rence, of Marietta; and Howard, of
Savannah. The fortunate gentle
men who were invited t<> meet this
charming galaxy were Messrs. Cal
houn Marshall, J. O. Sullivan, A.
R. Heyward, Sam Milam, Walter
Akerman, Jere Field and John Ja
cobs.
A Burglarious Effort.
On Monday Mrs. Miles G. Dob
bins was startled by a noise in her
Chamber. Mr. Dobbins was asleep,
and when aw akened by his w ife. lie
jumped up to reach his pistol, hut.
unluckily stumbled over a screen,
which gave the intruder time to
escape. Mr. Dobbins distinctly
sa v the man, but unfortunately did
not recognize him. Airs. Dobbins,
who was not particularly well at
the time, has beeu suffering from
nervous prostration since.
Teachers* Meeting.
Editors Conrant-American:
One month ago the teacher- Ik Id
quite all interesting meeting. Next
Saturday, June 20th, has been set
apart hv Col. Saxon, our .’'efficient
Commissioner, for another meeting.
He has arranged an interesting
program for that occasion and let
all the teachers in the county turn
out and make the meeting agrand
success. These meetings are very
beneficial and Instructive.
J. H. Sanders.
A patriot has discovered that the
sun never sets in the domain of the
United States. When it is 6 p.m.
on Attoo Island, Alaska, it is 9:36
a. m. of the next day on the eastern
coast of Maine. The possibilities of
such a country are shown in the
fact that while the East was swel
tering on Thursday a week ago, a
Minnesota summer re.sort had a
snow-storm.
FOR DYSPEPSIA
Use Brown’s Iron Ilitters.
Physicians recommend it.
Alt dealers keep it. 51.0n per bottle. Genuine
has trade-mark and crossed red lines on wrapper,
NO. 52.