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THE GOURANT-AMERICAN.
VOL. XI.
AT THE TABERNACLE.
The Animal Great Meeting Non
in Progress.
Columbians Ilurle<l Against the
Fortresses of Sin—Texas Evangel
ists, Sam Small and Sam Jones.
t The annual service of the people
of Cartersvilfe and vicinity began
last Thursday night—this being the
eighth meeting held since the year
of the famous “bush arbor” meeting.
These meetings, led chietly by the
well and widely known evangelist
of whom the city is proud, Sain P.
Jones, have done much, in the past,
of usefulness to thecityand county.
Every church in our county has
doubtless taken into its member
ship men and women who were first
led to Christ at these meetings.
Nor is this the sum total of the
great good accomplished the
church is awakened and stirred up,
new activity is taken on and the
back sliding and cold in heart are
again brought into the proper and
useful sphere of Christian life and
endeavour. This influence is not
confined to any one denomination,
but is and has been felt by all the
churches and there is a unity of
feeling among the various member
ship that tells of Christian love and
sympathy. Mr. Jones as usual, has
had the assistance of prominent
servants of God to assist him in his
great work and nobly have they
come to the help of our fallen
humanity.
The service of last Thursday was
led by .Mr. George Htuart, of Chat
tanooga, Term., who has been in our
community so often pleading and
working in the cause of his Lord
and Saviour. His opening sermon
was somewhat out of the common,
hut as he argued, perfectly scrip
tural.
He took as his subject of dis
course “preaching,” and said that
the Christian religion was nothing
if it was not sensational, direct and
personal. He particularly discuss
ed the sensational feature, offering
illustration after illustration from
holy writ to uphold his position.
He called attention to John’s
preaching in the wilderness, his
dress, his diet, his peculiar manner
so different from the people about
him, his disregard for the temples
of the day and all the customs of
the age, his departure from the
common channel of thought as well
as custom, and drew forth the de
duction that sensational preaching
was the need of the church today.
He argued for directness and per
sonality, and declared that glitter
ing generalities were powerless be
side direct and personal appeal.
His positions were well sustained
and his arguments were scriptural;
but we can give no more than this
passing notice of this, in many re
spects, wonderful sermon. This,
the opening service, was auspicious,
the church was ready and a meet
ing of great good is the result and
more is to be accomplished. Many
sermons have been preached and
many sins scored and much Chris
tian work pointed out, the church
has been urged to eagerness and
zealousness. One of the most not
able, plain, practical and useful ser
mons was by Evangelist Jones upon
the idea, “ask and you shall re
ceive.” The evangelist in his own
forcible and epigramatic style
pleased the vast assembly with the
simplicity and directness of a good
life, and said that men should
“pray” their prayers but not “say”
them.
Other sermons of power and force
have been preached, and perhaps
the most universally commended
sermon, has been the recital by Mr.
Small, of his triumphant march
from bar room to pulpit. Eloquent,
pathetic, tragic, humorous and
pleading —it stirs all the better
impulses of the human heart and
relegates vice to the rear.
Mr. Burnett, of Texas, preached
earnestly for earnestness in -the
church, and Mr. Mulkey, of Texas,
Worked up the citizen who hides
his business transaction behind the
magic power of agent. He was
down on bankruptcy and home
steading. Mr. Gibson preached an
able sermon upon love of Christ,
taking the questions of Christ and
the answers of Peter as the text
an d foundation upon which he
built a temple of love.
The meeting is well attended at
each service and grows in numbers
day by day, as well as in effects
ar *d power. The rain, which at
first looked as if it would be hurt
ful, has proven thus far a blessing.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1891.
The music is led by Mr. Nelson
Gilreath, of our city, whose skill j s
second to none, and delights and
entertains all.
Many familiar faces seen year by
year, are seen no more, but the face
of uncle Dick Harwill still bright
ens and glistens with divine hope
and faith.
The regular pastors of tl\e differ
ent churches are working for the
good of the meeting and are aiding
in the preaching.
ATHIKI) PARTY INEVITABLE.
So Declares President Polk ol tin'
Farmers’ Alliance.
Topeka, Kax., Sept. 12.—C01.
Polk, national president of the alli
ance, in company with Frank Mc-
Grath, the Kansas president, re
turned from Holton last night.
President Polk this morning talked
freely of the political situation.
“It the southern farmers are
driven into the People’s party,”
said he, “no power on earth can
prevent them from carrying every
southern state. But the question
is, will they be driven Into the third
party ?”
“Four months ago,”said Col. Polk,
“I would have said that anew po
litical [tarty was not likely to fol
low. It now seems impossible to
prevent it. The alliance in its
present condition can be changed in
one day into a political party. It
was organized as a non-partisan in
stitution, and has been conducted
as such. We do not look for any
more concessions from the demo
crats than from the republicans.”
‘ Will the supreme council which
meets in Washington in February
declare for a third party ?”
“That I cannot tell, but a third
party seems to be inevitable, and
in the south our organizations are
prepared for it. The south is a
unit on the sub-treasury plan.
Whether the supreme council in
February decides that a thiry party
must be placed in the field or not,
it will be a ‘go’ anyhow, and it will
receive thousands of votes in the
south. The democrats have it in
their power to stop the movement
by acceding to the Bt. Louis de
mands. Nothing short of that will
avail, and if it is not done, the
south is loat to them.”
It is reported that a negro em
ployed in one of the warehouses at
Amerieus has been in the habit of
supplying dressed squirrels to the
good people of Amerifcus, Nothing
was known about him and it was
supposed that lie was a huntsman,
hut some one grew suspicious and
investigation followed. It was dis
covered that the fellow had been
killing the great rats that infest the
warehouse dressing and selling
them as squirrels. Indignation does
not express the feelings of the negro
customers when they learned of the
fraud that had been perpetrated up
on them.
Imaginary Wolf Signs.
The friends of Mr. H. J. Galt, as
well as himself, are much cha
grined at the groundless insinua
tions of Rev. Sam Small on Tuesday
night. The reference to the sign
“gentlemen not wishing a shave
will take seats in the back room”
following a direct charge that the
drug stores were not keeping liq
uors but it could be found at the
barber shops” naturally fixed in the
minds of Mr. Galt’s friends familiar
with this notice the fact that his
place was the one meant. While
Mr. Galt sold spirits in the com
munity while it was lawful and
legitimate to do so, those who
know him believes that he would
be as far from selling it in viola
tion of the present local statutes as
any man in the community.
NOTICE TO MY PATRONS.
All persons in debted to ine for dental
work —who will call and settle their ac
counts on or before tfie first day of Oc
tober next—l will give a discount often
)>er cent- I need the money and there
fore make this offer, but only to those
'who pay by October Ist.
K. E. Cason, Dentist.
People Excited in Cartersville.
Why? Because they are just begin
ning to realize that Crutcher it Cos., are
really selling out their stock of Dry
Goods, Clothing and Shoes at a great
sacrifice. They intend to leave Carters
ville soon, and are offering a great many
goods below New York cost, tf.
T>aice at Rowland’s.
A gay crowd of young people com
posed of parties from this place and
some visitors went out to Row
land springs- last Saturday and
participated in a most enjoyable
little dance. The spacious old ho
tel was used as a daqce hall and the
place never held a merrier or more
pleasant little company.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Two States Will Decide the Lo
cation of the Boundary Line.
Money Set Apart by the Georgia
ture For That Purpose—Gov.
Buchanan Will Act.
The Chattanooga News of the
14th has this interesting article
aboiP the Georgia and Tennessee
line:
Georgia wants to know if she is
in Tennessee, or if Tennessee is in
Georgia. There has always been
a debatable question as to the cor
rectness of a portion of the dividing
lie.
In 1887 the Georgia legislature
passed an act setting aside $250 for
a committee of three surveyors, to
be selected by the governor, to de
cide the boundary line between
Tennessee and Georgia. In 1889
the Tennessee legislature passed
the same act. Ami that was the
end of it.
Gov. Buchanan has received a
letter from Gov. Northen, of Geor
gia, calling attention to the fact
that their predecessors had not act
ed in the premises and suggesting
that the matter be attended to at
once. Gov. Buchanan will respond
to the suggestion.
The acts, as passed by the two
legislatures, require that the sur
vey shall begin where Tennessee
and Alabama corner, and proceed
in an easterly direction between
Dade county, Georgia and Hamil
ton and Marion counties, Tennes
see, as necessary to settle all debate
as to where the line should be.
The exact position of the line a
short distance east of where the
three states touch, has long been
doubtful, and the subject of many a
wrangle, and it seems rather re
markable that the governors of the
states concerned should have been
negligent after the legislatures had
been induced to pass the acts.
CURIOUS WAR RELIC
Copy of a Confederate Newspaper
Printed on Wall Paper.
In these piping times of peace
and possible broad prosperity, one
can but faintly picture the extremes
of necessity people were driven to
in the “sunny south” twenty-eight
years ago when grim visaged war
hovered about our land. The tales
of the straits to which the people
were in many instances driven
sound like fiction more than facts,
as they were. There were certainly
iippediments in the way of push
ing enterprises about that time.
During that long siege of Vicks
burg lasting from May to
July, the non-combatants forced to
endure its consequences must have
known more of the wolfs presence
than those of any other point that
could be singled out.
Mr. J. H. Carter,of Vincent, Ala.,
leaves with the Courant-American,
for perusal and examination, a copy
ofthe Vicksburg, (Miss.,) Daily Cit
izen of date June 27, 1863, and it is
truly a curious journalistic produc
tion. It contains four eighteen
inch columns of matter and is
printed on the hack or blank side
of wall paper.
The name of J. M. Swords, as
proprietor, appears at, the head of
the first column.
The readiug is to those who care
for reminiscence at this day, very
interesting.
The editorials sound cheerful and
have a vein of grim humor about
them that shows the situation was
being viewed with a very small de
gree of gravity no matter how had
surroundings might he.
This little item shows the humor
ous bent of the writer’s mind.
A Parrot shell, from the field, entered
the house of a lady in our city early one
morning last week, destroying a young
lady’s Sunday bonnet and some articles
Of clothing in her trunk. A wag hear
ing of the young lady’s misfortune, re
marked “he thought the enemy were
treating her with a great deal of irony,
and that she certainly had good grounds
for demanding ‘re-dress.’ ”
Speaking of what he terms “the
grand feaux pas,” the editor says:
“It has beon generally known by our
citizens and soldiers that for some time
past Grant has had his poor dolts at work
undermining the works on our left. On
Thursday afternoon, having carried
their operations to a sufficient extent
and mined the works, the train was fir
ed. The result was that our works were
blown up, leaving a small gap, at which
the enemy made a charge, but were gal
lantly repulsed with heavy loss. With
the’explosion of this mine a simultan
eous attack was made on nearly the
whole line, which was nobly repulsed
to the slaughter of scores of the yanks.
By this time the enemy should be satis
fied that our works are not to be cap
tured by their utmost efforts.”
The sheets contains a hatch of
dispatches copied from the Chicago
Tribune showing the great feel
ing of alarm that prevailed all
along the northern borders where
our troops were being thrown ag
gressively against the opposing for
ces and showing the great difficul
ty in getting new troops to “repyl
the rebel invaders.”
Mr. Carter prizes his treasure, for
a treasure it is.-
THE OLD SOLDIERS.
General Evans Prepares an Appeal in
Their Behalf.
In compliance with a request
through a resolution adopted at the
recent meeting of the board of trus
tees of the Confederate Soldiers’
home, Rev. Clement A. Evans has
issued a most touching appeal to
the people in behalf of the old
soldiers.
After giving a statement of the
origin of the movement to build the
home and the refusal of the legisla
ture to accept it. Gen. Evans says:
“Thus they Mre compelled at pres
ent to rest this good and .great
cause. All the funds donated have
been expended as directed by the
donors, every claim has been paid,
the property isf now worth SIOO,OOO,
which is double its cost, and will
increase in value, the buildings are
insured and will be guarded, but
while its doors must he closed for
twelve weary months against the
suffering old soldier who is pleading
for admission, it will stand ready to
afford its hospitable shelter as soon
as the people of the state, touched
by grateful sympathies, shall bid
the-trustees hand them its keys.’*
Gen. Evans gives some details
regarding the home as follows:
“The home is located on acres
of land outside Atlanta, on a beau
tiful, healthful site, with good
water, fresh air, pleasant surround
ings, accessible from the , city by a
dummy line, and ample for orch
ards and gardens. It contains sixty
rooms, with all arrangements re
quired for comfortable living, and
can accommodate 150 old soldiers.
Here it was hoped we might wel
come those homeless men, coming
without compulsion—of their own
accord, who had offered even their
lives for Georgia’s honor, with lus
trous valor, on many a hard fought
field. Seventy-nine of them have
already begged permission to come
to this resting place' every one of
whom is worthy. Others are wait
ing in the hope that they may be
rescued from the friend less pauper’s
forlorn fate. About one hundred of
these deerepid, destitute men are
without any home on earth they
can call their own. Some are in
the poorhouses, some are forced to
beg on the streets, some are work
ing with feeble and failing energy
for crusts of bread; one of their
number died in a negro cabin.
Confederate survivors’ associations
are doing their best for their im
poverished comrades, but is it right
that these true men should he
common objects of uncertain chari
ty? With nearly all of them the
alternative is at hand that they
must be forced into the poorhouse,
or welcomed into the Confederate
Soldiers’ home; they must face the
frown of impatient and heartless
strangers, or the smile of and help
of compassionate friends; they must
die in thd pauper’s ditch or have an
honorable burial with confederate
honors.”
While giving the opponents to
the acceptance of the home in the
legislature credit for voting honest
convictions, Gen. Evans thinks that
every other southern state having
kept the pledge to their old soldiers,
Georgia’s action, whether we mean
it or not, will he quoted as evidence
“that the bleak day is corning when
the last green vestage of southern
sentiment will be withered to
death,and the patriotic war in which
we engaged will be stigmatized
everywhere as a rebellion.”
The address closes with:
“The trustees are bound by their
trust to remand the question to the
tender consideration and lofty pa
triotism of tire people of the state.
Provision having been properly
made for confederate widows and
disabled soldiers, it is now left for
the state to determine whether the
remaining obligation to accept tlie
Confederate Soldiers’ home will be
met as well.”
The trustees are as follows:
W. L. Calhoun, S. M. Inman, J.
W. English, It. D. Spalding, T. L.
Langston, W. D. Ellis, I>. M. Bain,
C. A. Evans, W. H. Ross, R. K.
Reaves, Philip Cook, W. M. Towers,
A. M. Foute, A. S. Cutts, M. C. Ki
ser, W. A. Wright, E. P. Howel‘i
George Hillyer, Amos Fox, J. S.
Todd, W. T. Newman, G. G. Jordan,
3 orter&VayQlien
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Headquarters Dry Goods,
for Shoes and
•- • • • Clothing.
We are Now lteceiviiig Daily Our Im
mense Fall Stock, Embracing Every
thing New and Stylish.
OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
this; season will surpass all previous efforts, em
bracing- all the latest novelties in the newest and
latest effects.
OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT * .
will be immense, comprising suits, overcoats and
pants, for men, youths’ and children, in every con
ceivable style and grades.
CLOAKS, JACKETS, REEFERS
and long garments for ladies, misses and children,
in all the latest style. As usual, this department
will be one of our specialties.
’ . ' ' ' *
of pairs ladies’, gents’ and children’s
Shoes in all grades at popular prices.
We extend a cordial invitation to all to inspect our
mammoth new stock.
PORTER VAUGHAN,
Leaders of the Drv Goods Trade. - CARTERSVItLE GA.
W. W. Gordon, T. E. Massengale,
R. J. MeCamy, Richard Hobbs, W
T. Smith, Nelson Tift, W. A. Hemp
hill, mayor, ex-officio; W. J. North
en, governor, ex-officio.
A New Cotton 801 l Pest.
[Fort Worth Gazette.!
The cotton planters in Rapides
and Avoyelles, in Louisiana, report
slight damage to the cotton crop
from the eotton worms, hut consid
erably more from the ravages of
bugs heretofore unknown in that
section, but which have recently
become so numerous and destruct
ive as to cause alarm. The hug is
of a bright green color, and in shape
something like an insect known in
Louisiana as the pumpkin bug. It
is from one-tenth to on.e-quarter of
an inch in width, and is slightly
longer than it is wide across the
back. It has a bill projecting in
front, and it is supposed that with
this bill it gets in its work upon the
young bolls. It does not appear to
eat the leaves, hut confines itself to
the bolls and squares. The hugs do
not fly, but if followed up the stalk
until they reach the top they jump
off, sometimes springing three feet.
All bolls attacked by them die and
fall off. The farmers are fighting
them with Paris Green.
The Largest Fish Known.
[Brooklyn Eagle.]
If we may he permitted to call it
a fish, the largest known is the ror
qual, the largest known species of
whale which some
times attains a length of 120 feet.
It is remarkable for the longitudi
nal folds of the throat and under
parts of the body, a peculiarity
from which it derives its Norwe
gian name of rorqual, or folded
whale. It inhabits the northern
seas, hut is seldom harpooned, as its
whalebone is very short, the blub
ber is scanty, and the animal is so
swift and strong that its capture is
a work of great labor and danger
It feeds upon fishes of various kinds,
and swallows vast numbers of them,
600 codfish having been found in
the stomach of a rorqual, together
with many sfnaller fishes. In the
“Natural History of Norway,” by
Bishop Rontoppidian, mention is
made of a sea animal seen on that
coast, called the kraken, which ap
peared to be an English mile and a
half in circumference. The kraken
may, however, be classed with the
sea serpent.
Cheerful Outlook South.
[Manufacturers’ Record.]
The repent advance in cotton, and
the assurance of the largest grain
crop for many years, have st,ill fur
ther strengthened the position ot
the south iu all business and finan
cial matters, and everything indi
cates a very active winter and
spring. The tendency of capital
seeking investment mu.it inevita
bly be southward, for noother coun
try possesses such wpndwful re
sources, and nowhere else are the
possibilities of development so
profitable or development so promis
ing. The increasing importance of
the south’s foreign trade and the po
sition of southern ports as the fu
ture outlet for the grain of the west
is illustrated by the facts that Gal
veston is to have a 1,OX),000 bushel
elevator and New Orleans one of
300,000 bushels capacity, while the
grain trade at Norfolk has develop
ed so rapidly that the elevator
there has been unable to handle the
business, and a floating elevator
lias been secured from New York,
and.even one of the big coal piers is
being used in helping to transfer
the immense traffic from the cars
to the steamships, while some days
ago the Norfolk & Western had
nearly 600 grain-loaded cars on the
track at Norfolk. This rapid growth
of the export business of the
south, added to the industrial devel
opment that has been going on for
the last few years, will greatly en
hance the prosperity of this whole
section. New industrial enterpri
ses are daily being organised,andas
this is not a speculative period, they
must all be of a solid character.
Now is the time to buy your children’s
school shoes at factory prices from
tf. R. S. Crutcher & Cos.
MERIT WINS.
We desire to say to our efttzens, that
for years we have been selling Dr
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Dr. King’s New Lite Pills, Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, end
Have never handled remedies that sell
as well, or that have given such univer
sal satisfaction. We dd not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase price
if satisfactory results do not follow their
use. These remedies have won their
great popularity purely on their merits.
Young & Mays’ druggists. ]
-A Purely Vegetable Remedy,
exempt of mineral poisons, bad odors and
taste, acting on the liver, kidneys and
system, curing Headache, Rheumatism,
Bladder and Liver troubles, W-t-CL
is the nonpareil of ail home prescriptions.
SO. 18.