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THE COLIiVNT-AMERICAN.
VOL. XI.
district CONFERENCE.!
Assemblage of the Body on the
24th ult., at Adairsville.
Tlie Town Entertained its Guests Admi
rably and Won Their Easting Good
Will—Tlie Meeting a Success.
The district conference of the M.
] ]. church convened here June 24th.
The quietude of our village was
pleasingly interrupted by the pres
ence of this body and an experience
afforded us that we don’t often en
joy.
The noneomprehensive one who
miscalculated the size of this
assembly in brains and numbers
was made to move with alacrity in
opening wider the gates of his home,
and yet he was made to enjoy a so
ciety and companionship to a pleas
ing degree not anticipated.
Adairsville’s people were com
pletely captured by their agreeable
visitors and were always ready for
any service they could do or any
attention they could give that would
contribute to their comfort or pleas
ure. Should we have failed in our
endeavor to properly entertain our
visitors we could only attribute it
to the lack of time and want of
broader domain. Our people did
the best they could in entertaining
this body,who seemed much pleased
and enjoyed to a full sense their
stay among us. Many pleasant ac
quaintances were made, much good
was done and the church cause was
established on a firmer basis.
This district conference is com
posed of seventeen appointments,
covering the larger portion of eight
counties.
The reports from these appoint
ments through preachers and dele
gates present showed a hopeful and
progressive state of things. The
churches were generally in good
condition and the Sunday school
cause live and full of buoyancy.
The ministers in the district are
strong, vigorous and brainy young
men and all in love with their work
and laboring earnestly and with
zeal for the promotion of Chris
tianity. The conference was rather
an imposing looking body<and was
particularly well officered.
Though the church did not fur
nish room for all, the largest con
gregations ever assembled there lis
ten: and attentively at every service,
that was profitable and much en
joyed by them as also by members
of the conference. Each morning,
afternoon and night the pulpit was
filled by eminent divines, who on
well chosen texts delivered sermons
that soared high in Christian truth
and eloquence, such as are not often
heard in this country.
Among the visiting ministers
were: Dr. Candler, president of
Emory College; Dr. Morrison, Mis
sionary secretary M. E. Church
South; Dr. David Sullins, president
Centenary Female college; Rev. M.
J. Cooper, presiding elder Dahlon
ega district; Rev. T. T. Christian,
assistant editor Wesleyan Christian
Advocate; Rev. C. E. Pattillo, prin
cipal Phinhodt Normal college;
Rev. E. W. Ballenger, principal
Piedmont institute.
Members of the conference ex
press quite an exalted opinion of
our people. Certainly .we can say
that the influence of this meeting
will abide a long time with us.
In conclusion, it is fitting that es
pecial mention be made of the able
manner iu 'which Rev. John B.
Robins prosified over the confer
ence. To this was due in a great
measure both the success of the a
-and the even tenor of the
proceedings. RkwmdN D,
Adairsvilie, Ga., June 30, 1891.
Etowah Heights.
This delightful summer retreat
has lost none of its former charms'
and retains this season its well es
tablished popularity.
The following are among the ar
rivals at the “Haights” the past
week:
M. A. Stovall, Augusta, Ga.
Mrs. R. J. McConnell, Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
Mrs. J. A. Clancey, Chattanooga,
rn
lenn.
Miss Ethel Lee Clancey, Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
-Miss Josie Marie Clancey, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. B. A. Bell, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Miss Mary Bell, Chattanooga
Tenn.
Mr. J. W. Arline, Birmingham,
Alabama,
CoT. C. P. Ball, wife and two
daughters.
CARTERSYILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY *2. 1881.
BIBLE SOCIETY MEETING.
Annual Election of Officers- -Address
by Rev. H. I*. Myers.
The twenty-third annual meeting
of the Bartow County Bible society
was held at the Methodist church
Sunday evening.
The election of officers for the en
suing year resulted as follows:
A. M. Foute, president.
The pastors of all local churches
are vice-presidents.
G. W. Waldrup, secretary.
A. B. Cunyus, treasurer.
C. H. Smith, J. J. Calhoun, J. H.
Wikle, R. A. Clayton. W. 11. How
ard—advisory board.
Rogan and Young’s—depository.
Rev. H. P. Myers, the district su
perintendent of the American Bible
society, was present and delivered
an address in which he invoked the
aid of the people fer tile society in
the;r work.
Very few have a just conception
of the magnitude of the society and
its work. Its object is to place the
bible without note or comment i
where they can be had by every
body at cost, Testaments are sold j
from 5 cents up to $5, bibles at from
20centsup to $27; bibles for birth
day presents, for keepsakes, for the
family, for the pulpit and for the
Sunday school, can be had of the
society.
The bible society had the county
canvassed in the spring of 1888.
The cost of this work was $210.88.
Ofthis amount the county has con
tributed at different times in the
last seven years SIOB.BO. This
leaves a balance of $42,08 of this ex
pense unmet. The bible society
will meet this and not ask for a re
imbursement, but it seems to us
this amount might be wel' met by
individual contributions from the
people.
Especially would it seem reason
able, since the County has received
more from the society than it has
paid out, and then the canvass
showed the destitution in the coun
ty to be less than half that of an av
erage of all the counties.
Bartow county being thus so well
worked, could her people not feel
themselves better enalded to help
more destitute counties ?
A Great Work.
We had a call this week from
Messrs. Ilaildon and Jewell, of
South Carolina and Florida, re
spectively stopping at present with
Mrs. M. A. Collins. These gentle
men are representing the great pub
lishing house of J. A. Wiimore &
Cos., of New York, and are introduc
ing their “New Analytical Refer
ence Bible” in this state. This
work is unquestionably the most
complete apparatus for a quick in
telligent and exhaustive study of
the bible we have ever seen. The
work is elegantly bound and ar
ranged into four parts, consisting
of the “Oxfords Teachers’ Bible,”
“Comprehensive Bible Helps,” “The
Bible in Topical Form” and “Cru
den’s Revised Concordance,” thus
making complete biblical library
or encyclopedia so arranged that
the unlettered as well as the 1 est
informed can reach the great truths
of the bible with their real meaning
without difficulty, its novel system
connecting the different parts is so
simple as to excite the wonder and
admiration of any one. We endorse
this work to its fullest extent, have
given our order for it and would ad
vise any of our citizens not called
upon to see these gentlemen and
examine it for themselves.
Rev. 8. l\ Richardson thus ex
presses' himself: “This work is a
valuable combination of the need
ful helps to the bible student, eit her
preachers or laymen, in getting the
re'al meanfftg of the word of bod.
It is a valuable book in any Chris
tian family.”
' Sol’d only upon subscription at
prices within Yeaeß of all.
Mattie Robbs.
Mattie, the daughter of Dr. C. E.
W. Dobbs, died on Monday last af
ter a short illness. She was born
at Bowling Green,. Ky., April 18,
1879, which would make her twelve
years, two months and eleven days
old when she died.
Mattie was baptized in Columbus,
Miss., on Feb. 9, 1890. Tire heart
felt sympathy of the community
has been extended out to Dr. and
Mrs. Dobbs at the loss of this sweet
child.
Attention, Yets.
Bawtow camp of confederate vet
erans will meet at the court house
in Cartersville on 2d Saturday in
July, at 10 a. m. A full rttendanee
is desired. H. J. McCormick,
Commander.
GRANGE OF COINAGE.
Silver Matters Discussed in a
Cabinet Meeting.
Coinage of Trade Hollar million Instead
of the Standard Silver Dollar, and
Subsidin'}’ Coinage to Follow.
As anticipated, the cabinet meet
ing oil Tuesday, the 30th, was
a most important one, and
fur two hours and a half the presi
dent and his advisers discussed the
financial policy of the government,
and listened to the suggestions
Secretary Foster had to offer. All
of the cabinet were present, except
Secretaries Blaine and Prod or and
Attorney General'Milier, who were
unavoidably absent and could not
return in time.
The first subject to be discussed
was that respecting the coinage of
tiie standard silver dollar after July
1. This precipitated quite a discus
sion. Secretary Rusk favored con
tinuing the coinage at the same
rate, but he was alone in this. The
law, as is known, limits the coin
age after July 1 to as much as may*
be necessary to provide for the re
demption of the treasury notes, and
as none has ever been called for re
demption, and as about $25,000,000
worth now lies in the treasury
vaults, it was the opinion of the
president and Secretary Foster that
it would be good policy to suspend
the coinage of the standard dollar,
for the' present at least, and this
was agreed to.
In lieu of that*coinage the mints
will coin tiie trade dollar bullion.
The law makes this mandatory
upon the secretary. When this is
concluded subsidiary silver coinage
will follow until the appropriation
of $150,000, for covering the shrink
age in value, is used up. These
two will keep the mints employed
for several months, and perhaps
until congress convenes.
There is one good practical‘point
in 'this change of coinage. All the
trade dollar bullion, when coined,
and all the subsidiary coins will be
added to the circulation and cert I*7
fieates issued upon them, whereas
the standard silver dollars would
have gone into the vaults of the
treasury. Mint officials estimate
that the subsidiary silver coin will
amount to $3,000,000 and the bul
lion to more than $5,000,000, thus
adding $8,000,000 to the circulation.
The Gypsj Party.
The Gypsy party was a decided
successsocially and financially. The
evening was propitious for an out
door entertainment, and by 8
o’clock the lawn and piazzas of our
townsman, Mr. Henry flail, were
comfortably filled with a genial
crowd of the best citizens of Car
tersville.
' r he Gypsy, who, with the aid of
hi r ouija board divided for her cu
rious and anxious listeners their
future destiny, was kept busily em
ployed within her tent, and is be
lieved to have made all the girls,
who paid their respects to her,
hopeful and bright, and evgn satis
fied the young men.
The gardens, lawn and piazzas
were full of pleasant people, each
of whom enjoyed themselves so
much that it reacted upon dtbers,
making all have an agreeable time.
Iced tea, lemonade; sherbet,
cream and cake were served by
fancifully dressed young ladies
wherever the parties wishing it
had ensconced themselves, and it
helped to make everybody forget
the warm day they had just passed
through. One leaves such enter
tainments wishing that they could
more often take place so that the
young and old might lie thrown to
gether in a social manner so pleas
ant and harmless. The informality
about gatherings of this kind is a
feature which commends i'tsplf'to
many.
A Youthful Bride.
Oscar Collins, the son of our es
teemed townsman J. A. Collins, has
certainly taken the cake by lead
ing to hymen’s altar the most youth
ful bride of the season. Oscar was
religiously tied in the bonds by
Rev. J. P. Anderson, to Miss Pearl,
the daughter of G. I>; Morgan, on
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The ceremony was performed
with full consent of all parties in
terested at the residence of the pa
rents of the bridge- The age of the
bride upon close calculation was
found to be fifteen years and one
day. We wish Oscar and his child
wife many happy anniversaries of
their wedding day.
THEY Ml* SI “1)0 ABO IT”
Administrators,Executors, Guard hum,
Etc, Should Hasten Returns.
Wandering around yesterday a
Courant-Ameriean man dropped
into the office of Judge Hendricks,
the ordinary.
“On the hunt for news, eh?” says
lie.
“Your’e a good guesser, judge,”
said we.
Hedidn’t look specially ashy, but
his brow bore an appearance of
deep meaning wlven he said,
“Well, if you want to you can just
say to the administrators, guardi
ans and executors that the time
will be out on the oth of July when
they were required to make their
returns, but for the benefit of any
who have not filed theirs, 1 will
hold my court open from day to
day for one week from that time to
give them an opportunity to get
them all in.
“And suppose there are some who
don’t get tl\em in, what ?”
“Well, I won’t promise. I can’t
help it, but the the law says I must
issue rules against them, and 1
will be obliged to do it?”
“Of what consequence would that
be in the premises ?” '
“Well, they would not only be
dismissed, but judgments would
be issued against them for any de
ficiencies. There is a general
awakening on this matter in the
state, aroused by a decision of the
supreme court and an act of the
legislature.”
So it would be well for those in
terested who haven’t done so to
come promptly forward.
A Frightened Horse.
On Friday morning last whilst
Dr. Calhoun had stepped up into
his office near the post office, his
horse which was'hitched to one of
the posts of the shed in front of the
book store, became frightened at a
passing engine and jerked loose
from his fastening. The doctor
reafhed him in time to catch the
reiis, but before he could get the
anffiini weii under control the bri
dlefhroke and all of the energies of
thetman on foot pulling against an
trffW’'dled animal were wasted. Dr.
: Calhoun retained his hold until he
reached the public waterspout and
was then obliged to release the
reins. The horse dashed with the
buggy up Main street until he
reached the well just beyond the
harness shop, when the buggy was
upset and the animal caught.
Luckily the accident occurred at
an early hour and few vehicles of
any kind were on the street, so that
not much damage to the horse or
buggy took place. The doctor him
self sprained his knee whilst mov
ing rapidly over a rough piece of
the street, and it is still quite pain
ful but not serious enough to lay
him up.
40th Georgia Herndon.
To the survivors of the 40th Georgia
Regiment.
In pursuance of a resolution
passed at our last annual reunion
you are requested to meet in a sec
ond reunion at Cartersville, Ga., on
Wednesday, the Pith day of August
next. Our old brigade commander,
Gen. Stovall, is expected to be with
us. Let us meet again and renew
once more the old ties of comrade
ship, ere some others of our little
hand have passed on beyond the
river to join our comrades on the
other shore.
J. L. Nkke,
President Survivors of 40tli Geor
gia Regiment.
Tiie foliowing named papers are
earnestly requested to publish a
copy of the above notice:
Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta
Evening Journal, Rome Tribune,
Calhoun Times, Dalton Citizen,
Buchanan Banner, Douglasville
Now South, Dallas New Era, Mari
etta Journal, Aeworth Post.
Fatal I'rovciMlcr.
It isn’t everybody that knows
that sorghum cane will kiil cattle.
But it will.
Mr. Zim'ri Jackson tells us that
the other day two of his finest
milch cows got into a small sor
ghum patch on his place and when
he observed them they were de
vouring the young stalks with avid
ity, He had them run out, but
they hadn’t got fifty yards from
the patch when they both fell and
were stone dead in less than twen
ty minutes after they had eaten the
sorghum.
There is some kind of poisonous
matter in thegrowth that is fatal to
cattle audit has been observed be
fore.
W. L. Bolt, tnejeweier, Keeps a choice
line of goods suitable for_ wedding pres
ents.
POP TOMAN
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WE ARE DETERMINED
Close Out
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Every dollars worth of of Summer Goods in our
house during the next sixty days.
Unapproachable Bargains in Every Department!
Read this; visit our store and we will save you money.
Our entire stock of men’s, boys’ and children’s
CLOTHINGI ATI GOST!
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF
Woolen Dress Goods
TKT 74CTUKL COST.
PIG REDUCTIONS EN
Embroidery + and + Laces.
Straw Hats at Ye?r Own Price 1
Our stock must be sold to make room for fall goods.
Get our prices.
NOTE THESE PRICES.
45 inch all silk Drapery Nett worth $1.25; now 37Uc.
per yard.
Elegant Hemstitched Skirtings worth S3OO, now $1.25
per yard.
36 inch Dress Goods, all styles, worth 35c; only 15c. yd.
Fine imported White Goods, in Swiss effects, worth
40c., now yard.
Fine French Satines worth 40c. reduced to 12 1 / 4c. yard.
Victoria Lawns, plain white, only 4c. >ard.
Best Calicoes, new styles, sc. per yard.
Heavy Cotton Checks only 4Uc. yard.
Men’s Suits; coat, pants and vest, worth $4.75, only
$2.35 suit.
Men’s Suits, absolutely Worth $14.00, reduced to $8.25.
Ball Thread, Columbus Mills, one cent each.
Misses’ regular made seamless black ribbed Hose
worth 25c., only i2l4c. per yard.
Ladies’ handsclo#Parasols worth $2.50, only SI.OO each.
Ladies’ Oxford Ties worth $1.50 now reduced to $1.00;
' Ladies’ Oxford Ties', worth $2.00, now $1.25.
Fans in every conceivable style at half price.
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Fail to See and Price Our Clothing
For the next sixty days we will absolutely offer
our entire line of summer goods at lower prices than
ever before shown in North Georgia.
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POSTER 5c VAUGHAN,
leaders of the Dry Goods Trade, - - CARTERSVILLE GA.
NO. 2.