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COUNTY.
K 1 NGSsTON.
As I did not have time after the
closing of the imposing ceremony
of the laying of the corner stone of
the new Baptist church by Grand
Master W. A. Davis and Deputy
Grand Master Max Meyerhardt, on
the I2thult., will simply say it was
a grand success. Not a bobble.
Everything passed off with great
credit to the Grand Master and all
the members of the grand lodge
and Kingston lodge, No. 394 F.
and A. M., received many compli
men s from the members of the
mystic tie, and the ladies —always
in the lead. With good deeds and
with well filled baskets and with
the fine barbecued meats. Every
one present was fed, and several
baskets full left.
Rev. C. A. Jamison closed his
protracted meeting September 13th
at the Methodist church. His se
ries of sermons marked him as an
able and zealous minister, atid
much and lasting good will be the
result of his good work.
Mr. Schmidt, the contractor, is
prote and ngrapidly with tl e Baptist
church.
Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Sheats have
been visiting Mrs. Sheats’ parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Hill, at Resaca.
Dr. J. D. Bradley visited South
Pittsburg, Tenn., a few days since.
R. N. C. Ware has returned from
Atlanta, where he has been visit
ing his son, Mr. O. R.C, Ware.
Mr. Hill J. Jolley is opening upa
nice stock of family groceries in
the house formerly occupied by W,
G. Bruce.
Quite a crowd visited the taber
nacle Sunday from Kingston.
CASS STATION’.
Mr. John|Stipe, of Jonesboro,
OA.. is visiting his sisters, Mrs, F.
R. and Ms. P. Walker fpr
awliile. i
Mr.*. H. W. Hargis and sister,
Miss Flora Sewell, of N. C. are
spending awhile with Col. and Mrs.
R R. Hargis. After which they
they expect to go to Indian Terri
tory toj their futre home. Mr.
Hargis having decided to try the
Territory for awhile. We wish for
Harry much success in his new
home.
Miss Mira Hall of your city is vis
iting relatives, the families of Mr.
T. R. andj. P. Walker.
Mrs. Lizzie Quillian and Miss
Vi ginia attended church in your
city recently.
Th.rewas a number of Cass’
citizens went down to the Taber
nacle Sunday.
Miss Roxie Pratt of Cool Springs
is visiting Miss Hattie Posey.
TWO MEN INJURED.
Team Runs Away Near Dr. Felton’s
on Tennessee Road.
On Tuesday evening Rev. Mr.
Rawls, pastor of the circuit at
Greely, and John Hubbard, post
master at that place, were coming
to Cartersville in a two-horse wa
gon, and when near the home of
Dr. Felton their team became
frightened and ran away, throwing
both men out. Dr. Howard Fel
ton was in his yard, and witnessed
the runaway. He went to the r
assistance and found both men
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badly injured, but no bonas were
broken. Mr. Rawls sustained in
juries about the head and face, and
Mr. Hubbard was severely skin
ned and bruised on the hips and
legs.
Dr. W. H. Felton was riding
along the road on his favorite mule,
and seeing the runaway team, tried
to avoid it, but the wagon struck
his mule and knocked it down,
throwing the doctor off, but he es
caped injury.
The two injured men were car
ried to the home of Dr. Howard
Feiton, who dressed their wounds,
and will care for them until they
are able to return home.
FUSSER ANSWERED.
OutfhtThose Time- honored Thlntrs
and Customs Be Disturbed?
To The Courant American,
I was somewhat surprised to read
the recent letter of my old friend,
Major A. Fusser. His age seems
to be telling on him, and he is get
ting loose in the joints as well as
hot in the collar. He talks as if
Cartersville was an ordinary town
that could stoop to everyday things
like other places and could meet
and groom investors seeking min
eral property. Shall Cartersville,
the hpme of so many celebrities,
descend into the dust of the clap
trap methods of today? Shall she
break the spell ot ancient respecta
bility that sits upon her, that sweet
sentiment that makes it an unholy
thing to paint a house or build a
new fence ? Perish the thought,
and if need be, let all such men as
A. Fusser perish with it.
I am surprised to hear my friend
Fusser asking such a question as
this: “Does everybody in town
want a little office?” Now I sub
mit, Mr. Fiditor, that he ought to
know that we have a town full of
patriots, all of whom are willing
to shed their coats and cast their
votes for her. Not a one of them
wants office, but there are a few
who might be prevailed upon to ac
cept the mayoralty or a place in
the city council, not for themselves
but because they see how the town
is pining pway for want of theiy
services.
Hotv silly is his talk about do
ing away with our plaza, with its
curved walk paved with ashes and
sand. If trees should be planted,
then how' would the brick pressing
brigade ever meet the incoming
trains? The trees would get in
their way, and then those who are
debilitated by the summer heat,
are unable to walk to the depot;
think of how they would be de
prived of the pleasure of seeing the
trains come in. What a great dis
appointment it would be to the
conductors and passengerson these
trains if anything should happen
to keep these gentlemen of leisure
from making connection with the
train.
SupjHjse these gentlemen of leis
ure should get mad and want to
fight. What would they do for
rocks if the plaza was not there ?
Mr friend Fusser was hasty
about the dark den opposite An
derson’s. If he had only gone that
way when he carried his letter to
the paper he would have seen that
the shining countenance of Mr.
Moon had taken possession and
driven the dark faces into the
nether depths, where they belonged.
It seems to me that it is cruel to
keep jumping on the city council
about the lights on the streets.
Just give the committee time. I
understand that it is negotiating
at present with Mr. Scott, the state
bugologist, for three hundred
Venezuelan lightning bugs that
are to be put in the gas lamps. Mr.
Scott guarantees that they will be
superior to the present lights, and
will enable a pedestrian to see fully
three feet from the post.
Don't be too hard on the town
policeman. Its hard work to keep
comfortable during the hot weather,
much less bothering one’s head
about vagabond negroes and lazy
white folks.
No Mr. Editor, I fear the hot
weather has addled the brain of
my friend Fusser, and has made
him peevish. Cartersville can't
afford to risk anything. It would
be better to stay in the old ruts
made by our daddies than to try
and get out, for that would cost
something and you know we can’t
afford to spend any money. Then
we have so many ideas here that
we must watch after them. We
must see that the differences be
tween our citizens are kept alive.
The east side has got t:> watch the
west and the west has got to keep
its eyes on the east. One side
might get the best of the other.
With all these things to look after
we just haven’t got time to think
about improving the town and get
ting new enterprises located here.
Our town is one of ancient respecta
bility, filled with celebrities, and I
am surprised that that Fusser
would break the spell that rests
upon us.
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EMPLOYS JUDGE HARRIS
80m® New Abopt the Klli
lhg of Rrtiefc t Jo
Learning that Judge Harris was
employed by the friends and fami
ly of Tons Ballard who *.llOl a ne
gro man in his home last week a
representative of the Courant Am
erican sought an interview.
“Yes” said he “I have just return
ed from a two days say in the
neighborhood of the homicide and
have gone through pretty thorough
ly the entire case. No jury south
of Masons and Dixon’s line will
ever convict Torn Ballard of kill
ing the negro Jones.”
How is that? Do you say Ballard
did not shoot him ?
‘•Oh no, he certainly did shoot
and shot to kill and has never
made any secret or denial of the
fact. On the coutraiy after shooting
the negro he put him in charge of
the first neighbor who came to the
seeee and not thinking that he was
shot fatally, took his buggy and
went off to hunt up a magistrate to
get a warrant for the negro for the
assault on Mrs. Ballard Esquire Bui
ly Williams issued the warrant and
some of the officials now have it. It
was not execut and because the ne
gro was found to be more seriously
wounded than Ballard supposed
and died some time the following
day.”
What did Ballard do during t 8
interval of the shooting and the
death of the negro.
“Why;he went about as usu 1 He
pass a through Stilesboro iiequenl
lv and when he lekmed that the
negro was dead he carried his wife
and little child through Stilesboro
to his brothers who lives on the okl
•Madison Milam place, on the route
to Cartersville, saying that he was
going to deliver himself to the
sheriff.
Why we heard that the sheriff
arrested him.
•‘Well so he did in a measure.
Mr. Tinsley, Mr. Puckett and Mr.
Haney, of Stilesboro, rode up to
Will Ballard’s and Tom told them
he was on his way to town and
wouln go-with them that night it
• hey preferred. He then went back
to the house and was out of tlmir
presence some little time arrange
mg for his wife’s comfort and soon
returned by himself to the officers
and announced his readness to go.
He had plenty of opportunities to
leave if tie had desired to, but I
•■ever saw a man who was more
miseious of haveing acted right
bail is Torn Ballard in this case.
I’iit re is not an ear mark of guilt
o Ids entile conduct.”
Vv hat about the facts of the case,
usually had policy to talk
'•or cases before hand, but I don’t
mud saying that no jnry in this
county will discredit what a lady
says who saw the whole thing es*
pecially when the neighbors con -
borate her 1 y telling of her screams
of terror anti when the marks of
violence were on her t-rm for sev
eral days after she was seized and
cursed by the negro.”
Did the negro attempt to crimin
ally assault Mrs. Ballard?
“Well you can judge for your self.
It was after dark. The husband
was off at the barn some some dis
tance away, no one in the house
hut the ladystml a baby, the negro
slips in, shuts the door and seizes
the lady and threatens to kill her if
she makes a noise. Of course he
might have wanted to rob, hut a
husband will not usually wait to
ask what the motive of such con
duct was. Tom was nearer than
the negro thought and his wife's
screams brought him -in time and
the negro paid the usual penally.
Yes sir; no jury this side the Mas
on’s and Dixon’s line will ever con
vict Tom Ballard for this killing”
What has the state to reply on
for the charge then?
“\V hy nothing except the admis
sion ot Tom that he shot him and
the evidence of the partner of th
negro who claims that he was sum I
seventy five or a hundred yard I
away aud answer heard tliesh ll
Of course he will try to make out i. I
case of justifiable conduct on tht *
part ot his friend who was to sieepl
with him that night, and then as is
usual, the colored people were very
much excited about the killing and
he was with them before anybody
knew that he professed to have
known anything at all. Ballard
thinks that this witness was not
about at the killing, although it
was dark and he could not see him
He might have been lurking near.”
Who was the negro that was
killed ?
“ They call him Jones. He does
not seem to have been known
much He is referred to as a strange
man in the neighborhood and is
said to have come from R ime and
is said also to have been the herald
of blind tigers putting on a
white coat and walking around the
neighborhood which was undet
!*} mean the approach of the
wflfftin.”
“No, Toth made a mistake in al
lowing this unkhown man to work
there that evening when he had
not been sent for and he made an
other mistake in giving him a
drink after tile cotton had been
loaded, but no man ever makes a
mistake in defending his wife from
brute violence.”
Wil he be allowed bail?
“Oh, I guess so and allhough he
is a poor man I think there will be
no trouble in his getting bondsmen.
He has a good crop to gather and is
anxious to get it out and pay his
debts. If he lives he will meet the
trial when it comes and there i no
chance of his running from such a
case. His bondsmen would run no
risk for loin feels that he was jus
tified in his conduct and will show
it when put on trial.”
It is proper to add that the coron
ers jury did not have the full facls
before them when they acted.
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