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THE ('OI'IIANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XVII.
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THE TABERNACLE MEETING-
The Date is Changed, So That itWill
Come a Week Earlier.
Z The people missed the tabernacle
meeting last year. Asa fall religious
event it has been welcomed not alone
by the populace of the city and
county, but of the whole section,
ever since the tabernacle was built,
and the thousands who have at
tended annually have gone away
pleased and benefitted.
The announcement made several
veeks ago that the meeting would
)e held this year was received with
sanctions and the papers of neigh
boring points have repeated the
mnouneemerrt to their own people.
The date on which the meeting
yould open was first given out as
he 18th of September. That date,
towever, has been changed, as
rid be seen by a letter from Rev.
m Jones, which we give:
Maysville, Mo., Aug. 21st.
To the Editors Courant Amer
c.an - Dear Sirs: —Will you please
' lve space in your columns to
onounce that the tabernacle meet-
in Cartersville will begin 10:30
September nth, and continue un
? un day night, September 18th,
898 • I trust we shall have a
lost glorious meeting. I hope
be good people of Cartersville and
'cniity will p ra y much; that God’s
'"■ver may be upon us. I want
', le P ast °rs and members of all the
lurches to help in the meetings.
Yours truly,
Sam P. Jones.
makes the tood pure.
wholesome ana aelicioua.
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POWDER
Absolutely Puro
baking powder co. ( new York.
A SCENE OF THRIFT.
The New Mill of the Cartersville
Ochre and Barytes Co
s TONS OF OCHRE A DAY
Produced—A Rich Deposit of Fin
estOchre—Order Received From
England,
A few clays ago a Courant Amer
ican man, in company with that
agreeable gentleman and progres
sive citizen, Mr. T. R. Jones, took
a spin out to the new mill of the
Cherokee Ochre and Barytes Cos.
The faith exemplified and swift
materalizing plans now represented
in this new and important indus
try for Cartersville, make a nice
story.
Mr. Jones has possessed for
some years a property lying on
several sides of the hill,
hard by the town on the east, and
has been thoroughly convinced
that it contained at least three
kinds of minerals, manganese,
barytes and ochre. He has made
no special effort to sell any of this
property but determined to make
careful tests wnich he was sure
would bear out his beliefs in tfieiy
richness in minerals, and to develop
each mineral as fast as he could,
He recently succeeded in forming
a company composed of himself,
Judge John W. Akin, of this city,
Mr. T. W. Baxter, of Atlanta, and
Mr. Byrd, of Baltimore, and called
the Cherokee Ochre and Barvtes
Cos.
A test was made near the cor
poration line of Cartersville, with
in 200 feet of the big road leading
round the hill, and ochre deposits
were found not a great ways from
the surface that continued finer
and more plentiful until a depth of
120 feet was reached. Here tun
nels were started in every direction
and nothing but an unvarying
mass of the best grade of ochre
was found.
Everybody interested in the
company was satisfied about the
tests, and the work of building a
mill was planned and very soon
begun.
The plant now presents an in
spiring scene of thrift and is likely
to continue as a prosperous and
profitable industry for some time
to come. Mr. Jones says there is
ochre enough to run the mill at
its present capacity for years to
come without moving away from
the deposit they are now working.
One ascends the hill on which
is located the mill, and reaching
the spur, turning around witnesses
a panorama well worthy the ar
tist’s canvas. The blue knobs
that rise out of the vast landscape
tell of like possibilities as those of
the hill stood upon, and tnese emi
nences seem to stand off against
each other with jealous eyes. No
table among these peaks in view
is the Ladd hill, a mass of lime
rock whose product has turned
many dollars into local coffers.
At the base of the hill reposes
calmly but in stoic grandeur the
city of Cartersville, with its water
tower hill rising gracefully in the
background, the clean looking su
burban plats,little winding streams
and clumps of trees, standing out
in the view, and the water tower
itself overtopping like an object
rising to command, the whole love
ly scene.
The ochre mill is a building
150x50 feet, built shed fashion,
but strongly. The ochre in crude
is brought up from the 120-feet
shaft by a belt and bucket elevator:
It is then thrown in the washer
which removes the gravel, rock
and the refuse substances. The
ochre being light is carried by the
water which is furnished by the
city’s system, around in a trough
a distance of three hundred feet
into vats where it is dried out by
steam pipes, cut into small blocks
and placed on dry ing shelves. Af
ter drying it is put into a mill and
ground and then packed in barrels
for shipping.
The capacity of the mill is twenty
tons per day- for washing and ten
tons per day for drying. The
company- are increasing drjing
space so that the full product for
the mill yy ill be twenty tons per
day.
Mr. Tom Baxter gives much of
his time to the mill and is the au
thor of much of the method and
thoroughness attending everything
about the equipment and opera
tion. He Iras become a great
ochre enthusiast. Mr. R. H.
Couper is superintendent of the
mill, and his efficiency as a miu
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 18!).
eral man are sure to tell visibly in
the success of the business.
The company has just received
an order from Eugland for ochre
The product here will hardly fail
of a market, as it is the finest ochre
found in the United States and
said to be fully equal to the French
ochre.
Mr. Jones is planning for the
working of his manganese beds,
which are a part of the same prop
erty. There is nothing in barytes
mining just now. Later there may
be and he has good deposits on his
land.
ARRESTED IN ATLANTA-
Mr, F. R. Freen Arrested, But Re
leased and Matter Settled.
Recently Mr. F. R. Green and
his two sons went to Cassville to
work the territory contiguous in
the interest of a "Farmer’s Led
ger,” which Mr. Green himself had
gotten up. They were selling
agents’ territory, and their rates
were S9O a county To Mr. W. H.
Linn they bargained Gordon coun
ty, and to Mr. Sanford Venable
and Mr. T. B. Maxwell a county
each. It seemed there was a mis
understanding among the parties
traded with about the nature of the
papers they were signing, each
thinking they were mere contracts,
but they were in fact regular pro
missory notes. Mr. Linn was the
first to kick,, and hearing that his
paper hul been traded to \U.
Thor, as Lumpkin, of this city,"
procured a warrant for Mr. Green,
charging him with cheating and
swindling. Mr. Green had traded
the notes of Linn and Venable to
Mr. Lumpkin for a buggy and re
ceived S3O difference in money.
Deputy Sheriff R. L Griffin, ac
companied by Mr. Hardy Linn, a
son of Mr. W. H. Linn, v eat to At
lanta Monday to serve the war
rant. He found Mr. Green easily,
who submitted to arrest quietly,
but showed great surprise and
much concern. Mr. Griffin had all
three of the notes with him. Mr.
Green affirmed in the stoutest pos
sible way that Mr. Linn knew it
was a note he was signing, and
said he would have been a fool if
he had been mean enough to have
deceived one to the extent of so
grave a thing as swindling, when
he would have known. Le. would
have been caught and his business
hurt, as he was just starting out.
He desired no legal trouble and
was ready to make any reparation
the parties demanded. He agreed
to return the buggy, pay all the
differences back, so that the men
could get their notes, and it is said
sold his horse to carry out the
money part of his offer. The mat
ter was settled and Mr. Griffin
brought back the Maxwell note
which Mr. Green authorized him
to surrender if Maxwell was dis
satisfied with his deal. Mr. Green
claims he is a confederate soldier
with an honorable record, had had
much bad luck of late, and was
building much ho e in his bus
iness he is starting in. He has a
number of men out for him in dif
ferent parts. He seemed much
disturbed over the little episode
of the notes.
FARMER S PICNIC-
The Stilesboro Club Have Their
Annual Meeting.
The Stilesboro Farmers Club
held their annual picnic dinner at
Shelman’s Spring on last Wednes
day and a large number of friends
met with them to enjoy the well
known hospitality of the club.
The ground is a delightful place
for a picnic. The fine old trees of
the forest furnish ample shad ad
a bold spring of water gush s out
from beneath the rocks, joining the
waters of the creek close by. While
the older people enjoyed the social
gathering the little ones angled for
the nimble minnow in the creek,
and the day was one of pleasure to
all.
The dinner was all that could be'
desired. The barbecue .was done
to a turn, and the various dishes
spread out upon the improvised
tables yvould tempt the most fasti
dious epicures.
It was a most delightful feast
and the day was one of pleasure to
the large company present.
One Hundred Thousand-
Washington, Aug. 23. —It is ex
pected that the order for mustering
out 100,000 men of the volunteer
forces will be issued tomorrow.
The list of troops to be mustered
out is nearly completed, but some
changes no doubt will be made be
fore the order is finally signed.
This will reduce material 1 v the
number of troops In the different
amps.
MANILA SURRENDERS.
Gen- Merritt Cables Terms of
Capitulation-
GIVEN UP CITY AND DEFENSES-
Lay Down Arms and Remain Pris
oners of War Until Peace
Is Declared.
Washington, Aug. 20. —A cable
gram came- from General Merritt
today giving the terms of capitula
tion of Manila, as follows:
Ist. Spanish troops, European
and native, capitulate with the city
and defenses, with all the honors
of war, depositing their arms in
places designated by the authorities
of the United States, and remaining
in quarters designated and under
orders of the officers and subject to
the control of the United States
authorities, until the conclusion of
a treaty of peace between the two
belligerent nations. All persons
included in the capitulation remain
at liberty, .officers remaining in
their respective homes, which
shall be respected as long as they
observe the regulations provided
for their government and the laws
in force.
2d. Officers shall retain their
side arms, horses and private prop
erty of all kinds shall be turned
over to the staff officers designated
by the United States.
3d. Complete returns in dupli
cate of the men by organizations,
and a full list of public property
and stores shall be rendered to the
United vStates within ten days.
4th. All questions relating to
the repatriation of the officers and
men of the Spanish forces and of
their families, and of the expenses
which said repatriation may occa
sion, shall be referred to the gov
ernment at Washington. The
Spanish families may leave Manila
at any time convenient to them.
The return of arms surrendered by
the Spanish forces shall take place
when they evucate the city or when
the American army evacuates.
sth. Officers and men included
in the capitulation shall be supplied
by the United States according to
their rank \ ith rations and neces
sary aid, as though they were pris
oners of war, until the conclusion
of a Peace treaty- All funds of
the Spanish treasury and all other
public funds shall be turned over
to the authorities of the United
States,
6th. This city, its inhabitants,
its churches and religious worship,
its educational establishments and
its private property of all descrip
tions are placed under special safe
guard of faith and honor of the
American army.
FAMILY REUNION.
Mr. andMrs. J B, Conyers Attend
Gathering of Newton Family.
Madison Madisonian.
One of the happiest and no doubt
the most pleasant occasions of a
lifetime to those present was the
reunion of the family of Dr. Wil
liam H. and Mrs. M. K. Newton,
who formerly resided at the present
home of Hon. John T. Newton,
ten miles from Madison, but moved
to Athens in 1870 and later to
Maysville, Ga.. where five years
ago Dr. Newton died, honored and
beloved by all who knew him.
Last November Mrs. Newton and
family moved back to Madison,
where as Miss Walker, daughter
of Mr. Edmund Walker, she was
well known in her younger days.
This reunion took place at the
homes of Messrs. E. L. and J. T.
Newton last Saturday and Sunday,
and was a joyous season to all
present. May they have many
more such meetings in coming
years; and in the language of old
Rip, “May they all live long and
prosper.”
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Newton and son, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Newton and five chil
dren. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Conyers
and five children, of Cartersville;
Mr.,James T. Newton and two
children, of Washington, D. C ;
Mr. Steele and daughter, of Rome;
Miss Lucy Newton, of this city,
and last, but not least, the proud
mother of all Mrs. N. K. Newton,
of this place. Full of years and
usefulness, she enjoys the happy
reflection conseqent to a well spent
life, and rejoices in the hope of a
glorious hereafter.
In all tl>ere weye twenty-four
present, one daughter, Mrs. Steele,
and several grandchildren being
absent.
If you have a wawh that hiis
given you trouble, tak • it toGres
hhm, the white front jeweler, just
across the street from Scheuers. f.
THE PLACE TO BUY.
MONEY BACK IF YOU WANT IT
The Final Week’s^
Grand stand finish ot the greatest and most successful
season of merchandising in the history of our business.
Goodbye to summer—next two weeks winds up the
season with us—and no stone will be left unturned to
make it a banner period in gaining new customers and
p easing the old. We shall sell all summer goods in
all departments at prices far below cost of delivery.
Remember, prices are easy to quote, but it’s quality
only that tells the tale.
A lesson in money saving that will echo for years
to come, will be demonstrated by the prices we make
you on Clothing, Low Cut Shoes, Lawns, Organdies,
Percales, Ginghams, Ribbons, Neckwear, Negligee
Shirts.
Our buyer in leaving for New York instructs us to
close out and prepare for the reception of a large fall
stock.
We are now receiving large advance purchases in
Hats, Caps, Shoes, Domestics and Clothing.
Come to see us.
j. i. wmm & co.
A MONSTER RATTLER.
Capt. Crouch Witnesses the Killing:
of One on the River Road.
Capt. Geo. S. Crouch, while out
for a drive on the river road a few
evenings ago, witnessed the killing
of a monster reptile.
J ust after he had passed the
Etowah Cos. big ore washer, look
ing ahead in the road, he saw a
man making repeated licks at some
thing with a hoe. Driving up
closer, the man held up on the hoe
the limp body of a rattlesnake.
He took a survey of his snakeship
and found it had fourteen rattles
and measured about four feet in
length and its body as big as an
ordinary lamp post.
The man’s little home was in
sight of the spot. “I was in my
door,” said he, “and saw the big
snake run down the bank in the
road. Asking my wife to get the
hoe, we started for him.” Rattlers
are said to be blind at this time of
the year, and are very dangerous,
striking at every noise near them.
Mr. Crouch said he wouldn’t like
to live in the region contiguous to
the river road, and avers he suf
fered for water rather than get out
at a well known cool and beautiful
spring on his way.
More Money in Five Acres-
It is a significant fact that the
possibilities of close or intensive
cultivation of small areas of land,
say five acres, as against the ordi
nary cultivation of large tracts, say
one hundred acres, is not realized
by farmers and others. Five acres
of garden crops under careful cul
tivation will yield, every time, a
larger income than one hundred
acres as ordinarily worked. For
instance, in strawberries alone, one
quarter acre should easily yield
1,000 quarts, which, in a ' local
market, should fetch 10c a quart,
or SIOO. How many acres of
wheat off the farm will it require
to bring in the same returns? Amer
ican Gardening, P. O. Box 1697,
New York, isofferingsome wonder
ful strawberry plants as a premium,
and our readers can obtain sample
copy and full particulars free on
application, also pamphlet entitled,
“a fortune in strawberries, or, how
a poor boy became wealthy.”
We advise all who have ground to
send for it.
Incontinence of water during sleep
topped immediately hyfcr.E. Detehon’s
Anti Diuretic. Cures children and ad
mts alike. Price Sold 113- M. F
Word,dr wggist, Cartersville,Ua.
AWFUL CRIME IN SUMItR.
Woman and Her Son Brutally Mur
dered—Negro Lynched.
Amerimis, Ga,, Aug. 20.—The
most fiendish crime in the history
of Sumter county or the whole
state, wuseommitteii at Friendship,
twelve miles west of here last night.
Mrs. James MeGarrah and hi r
son, James Boone, were ip ordered
oy a negro man with an axe while
they were in their bed*.
After this double murdet; the
fiend outraged a negro woman, tied
her to a tree in the woods end mu
tiiated her in a shocking and un
mentionable manner. It is possible
that she will die also.
He told other negroes that he
had killed three people l ist night,
then borrowed a horse and rode
away.
The murders were discovered by
John Boonp, a son of the murdered
woman, and a crowd at once star
ted after the fiend.
He was caught and lynched by a
mob. The capture took place near
this city.
Myriads of Flies.
Probably never before in this sec
tion have the flies been so trouble
some to all kinds of stock as they
have this season. It is with great
aggravation and difficulty that
horses get about when driven to
vehicles and cattle are restless and
fretful at what they must daily en
dure from the agile winged pests.
It is claimed by many that these
flies breed in wheat straw, in piles,
and some say, in the straw of the
stubble. At any rate th<-v are ob
served in greater number near
where the wheat crop has been.
The peculiar fly that bothers the
stock so is a quick stinging crea
ture that cover the limbs and flanks
of horses and cattle in great num
bers.
Brick for Sale.
To the people of Bartow and sur
rounding counties.
Now is the time to purchase
what brick you may need during
this year. I have a large supply on
hand, and can fill all orders prompt
ly, at reasonable prices.
T. R. Jones,
It Cartersville, Ga.
A bath with Cosmo Buttermilk
Soap, exquistely scented, is sooth-*
ing and beneficial. Sold by M. F.
Word.
NO. 8.