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THE DRUGGIST.
THE PRESBYTERIAN MANSE.
The Ladies of the Church Purchase
the Godfrey Place.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church who have been working
for some time to aeeummulate a
manse fund have at last succeeded
in raising enough to justify them
in purchasing a manse. Several
houses have been examined with a
view to purchasing, but they have
finally decided on the Godfrey
place and have closed a trade with
Mr. Godfrey for the Transfer of his
home place to the church for a
manse, paying one thousand dol
lars for the house and grounds.
This is an ideal location for a
manse, being just across the street
from the church, and is a v neat and
a comfortable cottage, with ample
grounds for garden yard, etc.
The ladies who have charge of
the fund are to be congratulated on
securing such a desirable place at
a very moderate price.
Maj. Blance to Speak-
Maj. Joseph A Blanee, of Cedar
town, will address the people of,
Kartow county on political topics
at the court house on Wednesday
nex t, 14th inst. Maj. Blance is a
warm supporter of Hon. Allen D..
handler, and although he has been
with the populists for several
.' e ars, he is now back in demo
cratic ranks. Major Blance was
wte of the bravest of confederates,
osing an arm in Virginia, is a
atvycr of prominence, a gentleman
0 '-ntelligence and integrity. He
•s a good talker and we predict for
tin a good crowd and a patient
“taring on the occasion of his ap-
Pjarance here.
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CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1898.
SCHLEY AT SAN JUAN
Enthusiastic Reception on The
New Orleans.
BANKS WILL BE ESTABLISHED.
Gen Brooke at Gov.-Gen. Macias’
Summer Residence Near
The City.
San Juan de Porto Rico, Sept. 6.
—The United States transport
Seneca, carrying Rear Admiral W.
S. Schley and Brig.-Gen. W. W.
Gordon of the Porto Rico military
commission, arrived off the harbor
last night, but did not enter until
this morning.
A boat immediately put off from
the New Orleans to the Seneca and
took Admiral Schley aboard. As
he went over the steamer’s side her
passengers, among whom he had be
come exceedingly popular, gave
three cheers and a “tiger.” One
man in his enshusiasm yelled:
“Hurrah for the next president.”
Admiral Schley was given an en
thusiastic reception on board the
New Orleans.
The Seneca brought also the
postal commission, thirty nurses
and six contract surgeons.
F. Dumares, T. H. Luce and W.
H. Lathrop, representing the Bos
ton firm of D. E. Ford & Cos., which
has been appointed the govern
ment’s fiscal agent in Porto Rico,
will establish banks at San Juan
and Ponce. They believe the
United States government will
eventually retire the Porto Rican
currency which the local banks are
trying to maintain close to par at
an arbitrary price. It is -v alued ap
proximately at $1,000,000.
Paymaster Arthur, who is on
board, has $i,000,000 for the troops.
SCHLEY GOES ASHORE.
When the admiral’s pennant was
raised on board the New Orleans
the marines paraded and the band
played. Shortly before noon the
Spanish brigadier general, Valer
iana, made an official visit to Ad
miral Schley and was saluted with
seven guns.
During the afternoon Admiral
Schley and Gen. Gordon came
ashore and took up their quarters
at the Hotel Ingleterra, where
they will remain during the ses
sions of the military commission.
They walked from the quay to
the hotel, attracting much atten
tion. The Spanish soldiers and
sailors who throng the city
seemed especially curious to see
the man who destroyed Cervera’s
fleet. The only guard for the
party consisted of three policemen,
but even these were unnecessary,
as there was no hostile demonstra
tion whatever.
About 4 o’clock Gen. Brooke
arrived from his headquarters at
Rio Piedras, and the three commis
sioners, all of whom are ranked by
Capt.-Gen. Macias, made a call of
courtesy upon him. The United
commissioners desire to dispatch
their work as soon as possible, but
they have no idea of the time it will
require.
Everything depends upon the at
titude of the Spanish commission
ers. All appears clear sailing to
Gen. Brooke and his colleagues,
but it is reported that the Spanish
commissioners expect considerable
compensation for the Spanish prop
erty to be relinquished. Their in
structions were received yesterday.
THE CITY COURT-
List of Jurors|Drawn for the Sep
tember Term.
The city court of Cartersville
will meet next Monday morning
with his honor, Judge J. W- Har
ris, presiding, and the following is
thelist of jurors drawn for the Sep
tember term:
E. D. Munford, W. T. Burton,
J. E- Davis, J. J. Calhoun,
J. M. Williams, T. J. Benson,
J. O. Hightower, I. D. Henderson,
J. C. Collins, E- C. Ginn,
F. J. Bray, T. F. Jones, Jr.,
J. W. Stubbs, C. P. Randolph,
W. D. Dunahoo, W. O. Henderson,
G. H. Gilreath, N. B. Cannon.
A Frightful Accident-
Cohoes, N. Y., Sept. 5. —An ap
palling disaster occurred in this
city shortly before 8 o’clock to
night. Shortly before that time a
trolley car of the Troy City Rail
road company was struck by a
night boat special of the Delaware
and Hudson railroad at a crossing
at the west end of the Hudson
river bridge, which connects this
city with Lansingburg, and its load
of human freight was hurled into
the air. Eighteen of the thirty-five
passengers are dead and at least
ten of the remainder will die.
The cars entering the city from
Lansingburg were crowded with
passengers returning from a labor
day picnic at Rensselaer park, a
pleasure resort near Troy. Car
No. 192, of the Troy City railroad
was the victim of the disaster. It
came over the bridge about 7:35
o’clock laden with a merry party of
people fresh from the" enjoyment of
the day.
NARROW ESCAPE-
Brakeman Falls Between Two Mov
ing Cars Last Monday.
Monday about noon, when the
local freight on the W. & A. was
at the depot here and some switch
ing was being done, a brakeman
named W. J. Turner, very narrow
ly escaped a mangling and death,
under the wheels. Two cars, one
a coal car and the other a flat, were
being moved, when a piece of rot
ten tie in some *vay was thrown up
by the wheels and finally lay across
the rail, so as to throw the flat car
off the track. The'brakeman stood
on this car and the awful jar threw
him from his position and head
to the ground. He fell across
one of the tracks and was terribly
stunned by the fall and had one
arm dislocated. Luckily the cor
ner of the derailed flat ran against
the rock wall at the side of the
track and stopped the movement
with a sudden bump, otherwise,
the wheels of the car would have
passed over his body. The acci
dent was witnessed from a distance
by a number of persons who at
first thought the man was killed.
SANTIAGO’S HEALTH.
Gen. Wood Thinks He Can Ward Off
September Epidemic.
Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 6. —Maj.
Thrift and Maj. Folger, who re
cently recovered from mild attacks
of yellow fever, sailed on the Vigil
ancia, as did also Dr. Eugene
Wasden, of the marine hospital
service. Dr. Wasden was here to
test the Sanarelli serum on yellow
fever cases, but no changes to make
experiments, and the yellow fever
cases developed here are not pro
nounced enough.
The death rate in the city has
greatly decreased. There is no
yellow fever in Santiago and very
little typhoid fever.
Gen. Wood believes he will be
able to ward off the usual Septem
ber epidemic.
Three thousand Spanish prison
ers have been shipped from Guan
tanamo this week.
Mr- G. M- Orr.
Acworth Post.
The trustees of the Euharlee In
stitute have elected Mr. G. M.Orr,
of this city, as principal, of their
school, which is one of the best in
the country, and in the selection of
Mr. Orr they acted wisely. He is
well qualified to fill the position
gracefully, and no doubt the pat
rons of the school will be thorough
ly satisfied with the teachings and
example of Mr. Orr. He is an in
dustrious, Christian young gentle
man, just such teachers as is need
ed in all schools. We wish him
success in in his new field of labor.
We
Will Sell
Yon
I Paper,
Pens
and inks
For the manufacture of
Love Letters and throw in
SENTIMENTAL
IDEAS
GRATIS.
HALL X GREENE
DRUGGISTS,
Baker & Hall Building-.
IT THE TABERNACLE
The Annual Tabernacle Meeting
Opens Next Sunday
AND CONTINUES EIGHT DAYS-
Usual Crowds Expected. Sam Jones
Talks of the Meeting in
Atlanta.
The great annual tabernacle
meeting will begin next Sunday
and continue for eight days.
The people of the town and com
munity look forward to the meet
ing with much interest and the
usual large crowds are expected.
Rev. Sam Jones was in Atlanta
recently for the first time in two
months. He has been filling en
gagements at chautauquas and
camp meetings from Massachusetts
to Nebraska. He shook hands
with the Atlanta Journal force and
invited one and all to his meetings
in Cartersville.
Mr. Jones preaches the opening
sermon at 10:30 a. m. Dr. Sullins
and George Stewart, of Cleveland,
Tenn., Dr. Monk, of Chattanooga,
Dr. Hawthorne, of Nashville, and
many of the pastors of Atlanta will
be present to assist in the meet
ings.
“The Western and Atlantic rail
road gives the usual low round trip
rates to the meetings and the
friends from all over the state are
cordially invited to our homes and
to our meetings,” said Mr. Jones.
“We never needed a good meeting
more, nor ever deserved one less.
In other words we are in about the
condition Atlanta is in, the best
that we can say of us all is, that
we are on mercy’s side of eternity,
and many can say like the old
brother, when he said ‘By the graoe
of God lam what I am, and I
thank God I animer than I am.’
We cordially invite the pastors and
people from all regions around to
come to our meetings. Carters
ville’s homes and welcome was
never more cordially extended to
the people.”
T H EST RICKLAN DC AS E.
Ending of a Noted Suit In Gordon
Superior Court.
The noted Strickland case, in
Gordon superior court, that has
been pending for some time, ter
minated last Saturday evening in
a victory for the plaintiff. It will
be remembered that Mr. Crawf
Strickland, as executor of his
father’s estate, brought suit some
time ago against his brother, Rob
ert Strickland, and his mother, for
a sum of gold said to be about
$50,000 and other assets which they
had secreted and had withheld from
him.
The plaintiff was ably represent
ed by Judge J, M*. Neel, of this
city, who succeeded in adducing
evidence to set up all the plaintiff's
allegations and seeing they were
defeated, the defendants, on the ad
vice of friends, consented to a de
cree of $3,750, and half the cost.
This was almost what the plaintiff
expressed himself as willing to
take in settlement, previous to the
final trial of the case. Col. Mc-
Camy, of Dalton, represented the
defendants.
DEATH AT CASSVILLE.
Mrs. R. B. Smith Passes Away Last
Monday.
Mrs. Sallie Smith, the wife of
Mr. R. B. Smith, died at her home
at Cassville, last Saturday, of con
sumption from which she had been
a sufferer for some time.
Mrs. Smith was an estimable
lady, a faithful and devoted wife
and parent and will be greatly
missed by the members of the fam
ily who survive her, her husband
and eight children.
She was before her marriage,
Miss Sallie Word, was reared at
Atlanta, and is related to Mr. M.
F. Word, of this this city.
The funeral occurred at Cassville
Tuesday afternoon.
Leaders Want to Annex-
Manila, Sept. 6. —At a meeting
yesterday of twenty leaders of the
Filipinos of all sections called to
discuss the policy of these islands,
eighteen of them were emphatical
ly in favor of outright annexation
to the United States and two were
in favor of a republic. The gener
al native opinion is that it is best to
adopt United States Consul Wil
liams’ suggestion and offer liberal
inducements to the independence
factions to co-operate and to reward
the services rendered.
The United states cruisers Olvm
phia and Raleigh returned here
from Hong Kong today.
THE PLACE TO BUY.
MONEY BACK IF YOU WANT IT
The Final Week’s^
Grand stand finish oL 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
pleasing the old. We shall sell all summer goods in
all departments at prices tar 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. W. VAUGHAN & CO.
PLATT OUT FOR ROOSEVELT
New York Leader Favors the Col
onel for Governor,
New York, Sept. 4*—“l have de
cided to favor the nomination of
Col Roosevelt for Governor,” said
Senator Thomas C. Platt this morn
ing to a high state official. “I know
he will be nominated at the conven
tion, to be held in Saratoga Sept. 27,
I believe, by acclamation. I am
also convinced that he will be elect
ed.
“This decision has been reached
by me after a careful study of the
situation throughout the state, con
versations with delegates and lead
ers, and with many persons capable
of giving expression of public senti
ment in their various localities.
From all parts of the state comes a
demand for Roosevelt and none for
Black. Up to this time I have
kept faith with the Governor in my
statement that I did not favor any
one, and would not until I had
studied the situation with great
care. That has been done and lam
convenced that the interests of the
public and of the republican party
will be best served by the nomina
tion of Roosevelt,”
Card from Mr- Griffin.
To the people of Bartow County:
Having been solicited by a number
of my friends to come out as an in
dependent candidate for sheriff, and
having heard of so much dissatis
faction in regard to the so-called
democratic primary, also feeling
that the will of the people was de
feated by unheard of acts and
methods that was practised at this
(Cartersville) box by removing the
managers, three tried and true
democrats by placing others in;
something I never before heard of
in the history of democracy.
But after having taken all things
into consideration I think it best
not to make the race at this time.
Thanking the people for their
hearty support in the so-called dem
ocratic primary on June 6th, and
also thanking those who solicited
me to continue the race I remain as
ever.
Truly yours,
It. E. Griffin.
Sept. E IS9B.
For a perfect complexion apd a
ciear, healthy skin, use Cosmo But
:n :l Soap. Sold by M. F. Word
Died in Louisiana-
Alexandria, La., Democrat.
Mrs. M. A. Moseley, aged sixty
years, died at the residence of her
son, M. C. Moseley, in this city, at
8:30 o’clock last Saturday morning,
after an illness of several months.
The deceased was a Miss Callav y
and was horn in Geo>cia, but came
to Minden, La., in 18(50, where she
resided until she lemoved to Alex
andria about eight years ago. She
was the mother of I>. T. and M. G.
Mosely—the one a prominent phy
sician and the other a leading at
torney of this city—with whom she
has alternately resided since l.er
arrival here. Her remains were
embalmed and shipped to Minden
via the Texas & Pacific Satun ay
afternoon, followed by her sons, and
were interred at the family burial
ground at that place. The entire
community sympathize with the
Messrs. Moseley in the death of their
adorned and venerable mother.
Died in New Orleans,
Mr. Otmond Pinkerton, a tele
graph operator well known and
former resident of Cartersville, died
at New Orleans, of typhoid fever,
on Saturday, August 27th. His
remains were interred in New
Orleans. His brother, Mr. Paul
Pinkerton, was with him when he
died. His mother, who resides
with her brother, Col. O. N. Starr,
at Calhoun, never heard of his
death until after he was buried,
and was much overcome on receiv
ing the sad intelligence.
Beyond Spain’s Power.
Madrid, Sept. 5. —Gen. Jaudenez,
ad interim governor ol the Phillip
pine islands, replying to the gov
ernment’s request for information
as to the true situation of affairs iu
the archipelago, reports that to as
sure the re-establishment of Span
ish sovereignty over the islands
would require a permanent army
of 60,000 men, a fleet and endless
quantities of materials.
K, of P. Meeting Notice-
A regular con
vention of Car
tersvillft Lodge „
No. 42, Knights
of Pythias,
will be held in
its Castle Hall,
Friday, Sept. 9,
sharp. Work in Ist rank.
C. M. Milam, C. C.
W. H. Wikle, K.K. S.
NO. 9.