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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
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Lively Little Local Lines and Lim
nings Linked,
NOTINGS OF THE notworthy.
Carefully Corraled Chat of City
Conce'rnings of Which the
Courant is Coznizaht' >•*.,*
Mr. Ruohs Pvron went up. to
Chattanooga Sunday to spend the
day.
Mr. Walter Griffin, of Rome, was
in the city the first of the week
looking after cotton interests.
Miss Lucy Jones has returned
from a delightful visit of two weeks
to Mrs. J. E. Mays in Atlanta.
A brace of dagos with bagpipe
and monkey did the town-Tuesday,
to the delight of the youngsters.
Mr. J. A. Matthews, of Livings
ton, Floyd County, has been spend
ing several days with his son, Mr.
E. Matthews.
Mrs. Georgia Tunilin wishes
hunters and fishermen to know her
lands are posted and they are for
bidden to go thereon.
Mrs. Lumpkin and daughter,
Miss Dell, of Cartersville, have
h:en the guests of Mrs. Lizzie
Scott. —Aiairsvilie Banner.
Mr. Garnett Greene went down
to Atlanta last week where he stood
a creditable and successful exami
nation before ‘ the State Board of
Pharmacy.
Mr. Menkee, the photographer
is .spending a short while in
Adairsville, giving the people of
that place an opportunity to secure
first-class pictures.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving
day and Cartersville will make it a
general holiday. Most of the stores
will be closed and business will
practically be suspended.
Jud Eaves, of Cartersville, was
in Acworth Monday. He came to
see about doing the brick work on
the Christian church which is soon
to be erected. —Acworth Post.
Miss Leo Turk and Miss Pearl
McAfee returned home last Friday
after spending several weeks with
friends .a id relatives at Car .ersville
and Stilesboro.—Canton Advance.
Capt. F. B. Ferguson, of Wash
ing, D. C., and his son, J. D. Fer
guson, of Greensburg, Pa., and
Mr. Emerson, all interested in our
minerals, have been in the city
several days.
Rev. Sam P. Jones left the first
of tie week for Terre Haute, Jnd.
and several other points on a short
lecturing tour. He preached last
Sunday at Chattanooga to a large
congregation.
At the last meeting of the city
council it was ordered that three
hundred loads of gravel and chert
be placed on the square between
tle depot and bank block, and
when this work is done it will be a
great improvement to that thor
oughfare.
Mr. J. H. Walker, of Cassville,
will move here very soon to get the
benefit of R. N. C, He has bought
out Mr. George Harman. Mr.
Harmon does not expect to leave
Walesca, however. He has bought
Dr. DeLay’s place and will improve
it at once. Mr. Alexander, of
Cassville, will also move in this
week. —Walesca Cor. Canton A.d'
vance.
Congressman John W. Maddox
came over from his home in Rome
Monday and spent the day in Car
tersville. He conferred with a
committee of the Baptist church re
garding their claim for $25 °oo
against the government. Judge
Maddox was looking extra well
and met many of his constituents
who were glad to shake his hand.
It looks now as though he might
have no opposition in his race next
year. This would be a nice com
pliment to one who has proven a
faithful public servant.
Absolutely Pure
Makes tne food more delicious and wholesome
ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO > ——li
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23,1890.
rev l b : p a allen
Preaches His Last Sermon Before
Conference.
The North Georgia Conference
of the Methodist church, convenes
at LaGrange next Tuesday, 28th
instant. Rev. B P. Allen preach-'
ed his last sermon before leaving
for the meeting of the body on Sun
day night last. The sermon was
pronounced a conspicuously able
one full,of sound gospel and con
vincing 1 power.
Mr. Allen has served the church
here for three years with a zeal
knowing no relaxation, and yet
with no osteutatious show but a
meekness of manner behind which
was Christian strength available
for God and goodness. Mr. Allen
is a strongman in the ministry and,
has made many friends among the
people generally during his loca
tion here. His sermons bear the
impress of deep thought and * his
ideal of a religious life is a high
one. His sermons, all able ones,
tend to teach consecration and liv
ing fully up to bible teachings.
To do this he says “the very
thoughts of our mind : should be
brought captive to Jesus Christ.
If we would look at the question
of duty aright,’’ says he, “all signs
of sleep would depart from our
eyes until we becomeright.” Again
he says:j “What a fearful state
that you must sound the very
depths of depravity before you a e
a sinner; the spirit that causes tne
violation of one law' is the spirit
that brings other sins/’
Wherever Mr. Allen may be
placed for the coming year, the ef
fect of the sermons he lias preach
ed here will linger for good.
THEY WILLCLOSE.
Mercantile Houses Aa/ 111 Suspend
Business for Thanksgiving Day. pi
Thursday, November 30th, hav
ing been set apart as a national
Thanksgiving day, and the au
thorities having requested that
business suspend on that day, we,
the undersigned, agree to close our
business houses on that day and
transact no business therein:
Lumpkin Bios., Geo. S. Crouch,
F. Sclieuer, Knight Hardware Cos.,
Collins Bros., J. H. Speir, J. C.
Milam, J. Bernstein, J. A. Mon
fort & Cos., J. W. Vaughan & Cos.,
Albert Strickland, J. Q. Gassett, J.
L. Smith, J. P. Stover & Cos., Stan
ford Bros,, A. D. Gilbert, G. H.
Gilreath, Satterfield & Gilreath,
Mason Music Cos., Alexander &
Milam, Young Bros., N. A. Brad
ley, A. L. Barron & Bro., J. H.
Speir & Son, Freeman & Hall, E.
Strickland. J. E. Field, H. Turner,
T. R. Jones, Heyward Supply Cos.,
Geo. W. Satterfield & Sons, W. H.
Howard, Bob H. McGinnis, A. B.
Ctmyus, Miss Leo Shockley, Jack
son, Griffin & Cos., Smith & Field,
Matthews, Milner & Cos., D. F.
Bradford, Miss Lucie Hicks, M. E.
Daniel, J. C. Dodgen, Duuahoo
Bros., J. P. Pyron & Son, Hall &
Greene, (Sunday hours.)
VETERANS MEET-
Camp Memorial Service Will Be
Held—The Savannah Reunion,
P. M. B. Young Camp, of Con
federate Veterans, met at the court
house last Saturday.
Matters touching the Savannah
reunion were discussed and all nec
essary information given to those
intending to go.
The name of Capt. T. J. Lyon
was added to the list oi delegates
to the Savannah reunion.
A committee was named to draft
a paper suitably expressing the
feelings of the camp on the death
of Dr, Thomas F. Jones. The com
mittee consists of Dr. W. I. Ben
liam, Maj. A. M. Foute and Capt.
T. J. Lyon. The paper, will be re
ported, at the next meeting of the
camp, to be held on Saturday, De
cember 2nd. At that meeting also
a time will be selected for a memo
rial meeting of the camp, to give
expressions in memory of those
who have died since its organiza
tion. This meeting will probably
be held in one of the churches and
will be very impressive.
Large sums of money have been
made from smail tnings. The
ma 1 who inyente 1 the r filer skate
made $1,000,000, and the gimiet
pointed screw has made fabulous
wealth.
AND MERCER
ipi
In the State Intercollegiate Orator
° *
icai Contest.
MARK BOLDING THE SPEAKEF.
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Piucky North Georpian Easily Wins
OVef His Competitors-A Great
Event—How It Was Done.
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Again Msloer University tri
umphs ©ver all of the principal
nude. colleges, of tin-state in ora
tortf! Her last victory was achiev
ed in the Grand Opera house of
Atlanta on the night,of the 18th
instant, in the presence of more
than 5,000 spectators. This is the
third time in succession that Mer
cer has won in these contests,
which easily causes her to rank
first in the field of oratory in this
state.
The’contest of the 18th was in
deed a great one in every respect.
Among the large concourse of peo
ple present there were at least 1200
college stndents w both ; male and
female (these latter were guests of
the students of the colleges rep
resented in the contest) and for
about an hour before the intellec
tual battle began, these with many
others, seemed to exert all of the
lung=povver they had in shouting
and yelling for the college repre
sented in tile contest to which they
were most endeared. Possibly
sueli enthusiasm has not been wit
nessed since the days when the
Greeks and Romans met in intel
lectual and athletic combat. Fin
ally when quiet was obtained, Gov-
Alien D. Candler made a few pre
ami nary remarks, in which he
made a statement to the effect that
eloquence seemed to be the heritage
of the people of the south —judging
from the great orators she had pro
duced—more than in any other
section of the world. Gov. Cand
ler acted as master of ceremonies
of the occasion. The first speaker
of the evening was Mr. Woodward
of Emory, who used as his theme,
Il Our Country’s Perils and Safe
guard.” This young gentleman
made a great speech which was
very worthy of the vociferous ap
plause it received. The next spea
ker was Mr. Moore of the State
University. His theme was ‘‘The
Citizen Soldier ot the South.” Mr.
Moore’s speech was well received.
Mr - McKleskey, ot Dahlonega,
came next. His theme, ‘ The
Supremacy ot the Law,” was ably
handled which showed marked
ability in him as a speaker.
Then finally came Mark Bold
ing, of Mercer, who made decided
ly the greatest speech of the occasy
sion His theme was ‘‘American
Birthright; Shall it be Surrender
ed?” Mr. Bold.ng discussed very
ably the expansion question; in
deed good authority tells us that
he brought out some points along
this line that United States sena
tors and even President McKinley
have not been able to discover As
I have already told your readers
in a preceding article, Mr. Bolding
liyes only a few miles from Car
tersville, in Gordon county. He
has made for himself an enviable
record since he has been at Mercer,
which is only a proof of the fact
that he will make even a greater
one when he enters into the fierce
, battles of independent life. Again
: I say look out for Mark Bolding,
! of Gordon county.
Joe Marling.
Mercer University, Nov. 18th, 1899.
INTERESTING EVENT.
Reunion of the Matthews Family at
Home of Mr. Carpenter,
A reunion of the Matthews fam
ily took place at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Carpenter, in Cher
okee county, last Sunday, 20th in
stant, and was an interesting event.
Those of the family now living
and present weie: Mrs Polly
Rheinliardt, age 78; Mrs. Mincy
Carpenter, age 77; Mr. Lewis B.
Matthews, age 72; Mr. Joseph A.
Matthews, age 70; Mrs. Caroline
Smith, age 68.
Four septugeuaries, another
very close to being such, and all
in good health was an evidence of
vitality rarely shown in one fam
lTy.
A splendid dinner was one of the
features of the day. May each
of those present live to yet attend
numerous like happy gatherings.
PRIZES FOR EMPLOYES.
A System of Rewardsto Encourage
Efficiency on the N, C & St.. L.
The management of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Railroad Company,says the Atlanta
conespondent of tne Macon Tele
giaph, have long since cotne to the
conclusion that the best way to get
good results out of their employes
is to lira. inC.ii well and to offer
them induct ißoms ! tfi.itside of their
wages tor c o v Auwmioti to their
dutiCjj. tqi.enec of this it
is raieiy the am etu n there is any
irictipn betwffcvU A management
and the einplliyedfuf tuo -company,
and whenever there is u ..mounts
to nothing of a sei lofts character.
The latest step taken byftiie hjash-
Vihe, Chattanooga aiidfgSt. Lmlis
company topi ounce good results is
to dii'er prizes lor tin* best kept up
section track on the lines of the
company.
According to notices sent out by
J.W. Thomas, J.t ie general man
ager, there will ue aTuize given tb
the best and next best foreman in
each division every six months.
The ptizes will be in money, $35
and sls respectively, to be known
as first and second prizes.
Tll ere aie now what is known as
seven divisions on the system.
There are two divisions between
Atlanta and Nashville, one between
Nashville and Hickman, ofie be
tween Tullahoma and Sparta, one
between Deeherd and Columbia,
one between Decherd and Gadsden
via Huntsville, one between
Bridgeport, Ala., and Pikeville,
i'enn,, and the Centerville branch
between Dicksoiiand Allen’scre^k.
Gen. Manager Thomas has just
finished making an inspection oi
the Western and Atlantic division,
and by the time the pay train rolls
around the last 01 the month it will
he known who is the best and next
best foreman between Atlanta and
Chattanooga.
A GOOD LADY DIES.
Mrs Sanford Venable Passes Awav
at Her Near Cassville.
Mrs. Harriett Venable, wife of
Mr. Sanford Vena.ble, died at her
home near Cassville,' last Monday
morning at 1 o’clock. Mrs. Vena
ble had been ill for some time, and
her death was not unexpected.
She was a dutiful wife and moth
er and an active worker in her
church and will be much missed by
her family and her many friends in
the community in whicn she lived.
She was originally Miss Harriett
Hill. She leaves behind to mourn
her loss a husband and five children.
They are: Mrs. Cora Lin, of LaFay
ette, Ga.; Dr. O. R. Venable, of
Winchester, Ky ; Misses Mary and
Callie and Mr. Clement Venable.
She was an aunt of Messrs. George,
William and Ed Jackson, of this
city and vicinity.
Her remains were interred at
Cassville cemetery, the funeral ser
vices occurring at 10 o’clock Tues
day, being conducted ftom the
Methodist church there, of which
she was a member. Rev. C. A.
Jamison, assisted by Rev. Mr Ho
gan conducted the services.
“What a difference
in the suffering at
time of childbirth
when Dr, R. V. Pierce’s ‘medicines are
used,” writes Mrs. Edmon Jacobs, of
Bargersville, Johnson County, Ind. “ J had
not heard of Dr. Pierce's medicines three
years ago when I was confined, so had to suffer
almost death. Before baby was born I could not
be on my feet without two persons holding me.
The baby was a
boy weighing
swjfrh- f-r nine and three
quarter pounds,
and f° r some
weeks after bis
ymrfi > 1 birth I suffered
severe pain. Last
3mL I . fall, following the
I j advice of a ueigh
.. V-Vf-, - I bor. my husband
Tra wLf' "Vj bought me Doctor
J' Pierce’s Favorite
v\ —cCL/ISI Prescription
J 1/ ' fY\ J* which I took dur
*3 1 - ing the winter,
; I and in March,
1: I kjY l IH9B, I gave birth
s| ( X; | rS"K to a Daby boy
I 1 \ J Iff \j weighing ten and
LA three-quarter
L 1 ~ -jj- pounds. I was
only in labor two
hours and was on
“ The a,lr lC e. of a neighbor." feet . , w '* h .L ut
help until thirty
minutes t>efore my bat*y was born. He is now
three months old and weighs nineteen pounds.
I know it was Dr. Pierce’s medicine that saved
me from Buffering. I advise all women to take
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, also his
‘Pleasant Pellets’ if necessary.”
“Following the advice of a neighbor.”
What a weight of confirmatory evidence
there is in those six words. The neighbor
had tried the “ Favorite Prescription ” and
recommended it. Mrs. Jacobs has also
tried it and proved its wonderful properties
and now she recommends it. Beside such
testimony as this its maker’s words are un
important. Mrs. Jacobs’ experience is a
fact. Her neighbor’s experience is a fact.
The written experiences of 250.00 c other
women are facts. There is no theory about
it. There can be no question about it. In
every neighborhood in this broad land
there are woipen who have been cured by
the “ Favorite Prescription ” It lias cured
more cases of female complaint than all
other medicines for women combined. It
is the only medicine of its kind invented by
a skilled spec’alist in medicine—a regularly
graduated physician of more than thirty
years’ actual experience.
The IMuce to liny. .
Money Back if You Want It.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT
TO THE BEST --
•sSiAnd It Is Her
What you say when you go home we want to be
our best advertisement.
Our last month's sales were the largest in our his
tory —business fairly boomed-—arm we expect to giye
you inducements that will in c ure you a saving and
make November the high water mark in sales tor us.
We have every good and- fair reason to claim our
stock the largest, the most stylish, the best in quality,
the lowest in price. What more could you ask ? Visit
11s and every claim will be verified -we don’t want
your money at the expense of your good will.
Our shoe department is not onlv an attractive fea
ture —but give lasting service and satisfaction to the
wearer, We keep everything in the shoe line for men,
women and children. See our Children’s School Shoes
—they always please.
Our Ladies’ and Misses’ Capes and Jackets are
twice as large as any former purchase, Another large
shipment just coming in ; they embrace everything
new and attractive and are very low in price.
You can not secure better styles or value than we
can show you in Men and Boys’ Clothing. We are
able.Ao show men’s suits from $1.90 to S2OOO, Boys
suits from 68c to $5.00. Let us show you our varied
collection.
a\ T o hpuse in Cartersville can equal our display or
figures on woollen Dress Goods and Dress Trimmings,
born the lowest to the best we show, they embrace all
that style eould claim.
A great specialty of ours is Underwear, cotton or
woollen, loc to $2.00 per garment.
Calico, yard wide Sheeting, Red Flan
nel, heavy twilled, at 15c, Blankets, 19c to $6,90 per pair.
J. W. VAUGHAN & CO.
Bond Election-
The people of Bartow county
evidently don't want anew court
house, and a large majority ex
pressed their disapproval by re-,
maining away from the polls on
the day set apart for the election.
The vote of the county as con
solidated by the commissioners
showed that the vote for bonds was
185, and against bonds 337 The
vote of the county at the last elec
tion was over twenty-five hundred
and it would have taken nearly
two thousand votes to have carried
for bonds. It may be that later on
when the people of the county are
feeling better over their finances,
that they will change their minds
and vote the necessary money to
build a creditable court house for
the county.
Those who make the worst use
of their time complain of its
shortness. —La B uyere.
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ELEGANT AND
Up to Date.
Come and S.*e It.
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HALL \ CREEKE
COTTON IN CARTERSVILLE-
Comparatlve Statement CnUon Re
ceipts for the Years 1898-99.
Mr. Hatch Turner has kindly
furnished us the following com
parative statement of cotton re
ceipts at Cartersville for the years
1898 and 1899.
The receipts from September Ist
to November Ist, an; as follows
-1898 1899
By wagon 4926 3819
By rai1r0ad........ 1593 2033
Totals 6575 6203
For the entire season of aSgS.aud
1899 the receipts were as follows:
By wagon 8470
By railroad 3584
Total receipt for season 12054
Up to the above date this season
there has been received by wagon
4170 bales. Of this 3819 was sold
to buyers, and 351 bales is stored
in the warehouse. For the same
season last year there was received
by wagon 4926 bales, which was
sold, and 56 bales was stored,
making a total of 4982 bales re
ceived. The receipts by wagon
this season are 812 bales less than
last year, and the receipts by rail
road are 440 bales more than for
the same time last season.
The reports from the gins ir. the
Cartersville district show a falling
off of about one-third from last
year’s receipts.
Mr. Reuben Gaines Dead.
Mr. Reuben Gaines, one of the
oldest and best known farmers in
the county, died at his home, in
Ooothcaloga Valley, four miles
north of Adairsville, one day last
week. He had been in bad health
for some time. He was the father
of Mr. Lewis Gaines, of Cave, and
au uncle of Mis. A. M. Foute and
Mrs. J. M. Neel, of this city. His
remains were interred at the Bap
tist church just north of Adairs
ville.
K. of P. Meeting Notice-
A regular con
vention of Car
tersville Lodge
No. 42, Knights
of Pythias,
will be held in l
the Castle Hall
Friday, Xovpin
ber24th, at 7:00
p. m. sharp, Wor'< in 2d R hiK.
C. M. Milam, C.C.
W. IJ. Wikle, K. R. S.
NO. 18.