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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX-
W MINOR
| lENTIOICS
tittle Local Hoes and lim
dings Linked^
Lings of THENOTWORHY.
LcW Corraled Ch-t of City
I Concerning of Which th.
if couraniisCoßnlzont.
L,n.nt but little here below”-
aviLK causes mirth,
■ TW w we are all out for me dough,
9 1 '’ orlH >, man wants tlie earth.
9 A nde haun -Exchange.
I Edltor Walker, of the Acworth
■ Po st as in town Monday.
■ There are a.mmber of cases of
I whooping cough in town yet.
I fnlF* Cantrell, a leading
■ liwyerof Calhoun, was in town
■ Friday.
I Miss Julia Hall went down to
I Atlanta Tuesday on a visit of sev
■ eraldays. . , .
■ Mr F M Durham, of Adairs-
I ville, spent a day or so in town the
I is Lee's birthday and
I Will be observed as a holiday by
fl the schools.
B “Stop stringing me,” is the new
B way for saying: “Enough on that
B subject.”
f Miss Mary Munford leaves this
fl weak on a visit of several months
fl to New York City.
I There is one expression that has
B perhaps lost its force in England
B “That beats the Dutch.”
I Miss Sallie May Akin reached
H home Sunday night from a pleas
i ant visit to Washington and New
I York,
■ it is said a woman is never thor
-9 oughly happy at receiving a pres
■ ent unless she can find out what it
9 cost.
9 Mr. H. J. Porter, of Augusta,
came up Sunday and spent a day
■or so with his relatives and old
■ frends in Cartersville.
9 Mr. A. B. Watkins, of Rome,
9 was in the city Monday. Bart is
H looking well and was given a liear
■ ty welcome by his old friends.
B Tommy—“ Pop, why do people
I say that the truth is stranger than
■ fiction?" Tommy’s Pop —“Because
■ it’s so much more scarce.”
■ Messrs. W. W. Roberts and H.
fl R. Maxwell, left the first of the
I week for points in east Tennessee,
fl where they will spend several days.
I Dr. McGarrity, of Atlanta, the
fl well known representative of the
■ New York Mutual Life Insurance
■ Cos., spent a day or so in the city
■ the past week.
I. r - Charlie Willingham, of Mar
flietta, the genial stenographic re-
BPorter for the Blue Ridge Circuit,
■ was circulating among Cartersville
■•fiends Monday.
I Mrs. R. p \iii am anc i herdaugh
■ . fcr ' Miss Pearl, who have been so
-9^ Urnin K at Anniston, Ala., for
■p'eral years past, have returned
■to Carterville to live.
■ r Miss Sarah Granger gave a
■ cception Thursday afternoon last,
■V onor °f her guests, Misses Mary
■f raves . of Atlanta, and Bessie
■Lumpkin, of Rose Hill.
B M'hen a man’s wife gives a tea
9!!5 he h as to stand up with her
9m. S hands for two mortal
9u rS ? e realizes th at it is more
■ ,cu t 0 give than to receive.
lanm d r, rtently ’ !ast week, the
9m ; n°i uc * ge J- R Wikle was
9ireo fr ° m the 1 ° - rd of
■toeki/m newly electea by the
Bank derS ° f the First National
■ little reception and
B’ikleon Tvf gU > en M ! ss Mary
Hi v 1 hursday last in honor
B d aiisviii e Ge ?m ge A ‘ Veach ’ of
■frs. G a- hose P resent were:
9ealer \r .' each > Mrs - A - W.
9 S \r r f' Branham, Mrs.
9frs ' \v U R° r ?' Mrs - W. W. Daves,
fl ’ Best, Mrs. John W.
r aESOIUTEIY IpjjßE
Makes me food more delicious and wholesome
gg/Al BAKinq POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1900.
Akin, Mrs. Thomas Lumpkin, Mrs.
H. E. Cary and Mrs. J. H. Wikle.
Mrs. W. H. Best gave a very
enjoyable reception on Friday
evening, complimentary to Miss
Ella Johnson, of Rockmart. Miss
Johnson is a bright vivacious, young
woman, who has won many friends
in Cartersville.
MISS BENFY.
Th American Story Taller Will
Charm Her Auditors.
Miss Ida Benfy is the Cartersville
Lyceum’s next attraction. Her
appearance here next Tuesday night
will be an event of unusual import
ance in the entertainment line, as
she is everywhere pronounced su
perb in her readings.
She gives the story of a great
uovel in one evening and her self
forgetfulness and soulfulness of
expression give her power before
an audience that it is difficult to
designate to those not acquainted
with her manner and her talent.
Let no one suppose they are going
to hear something dry and dull, for
such is not the case, and Dr. Hed
ley, who has just been here, says,
she is among the greatest attract
ions on the American platform.
She will give as her reading here
“Tale of Two Cities,” and this will
be followed by bright and catchy
humorous selections.
NEW TOWN OFFICERS.
Adairsvllle Municipal Election Last
Saturday.
Adairsville held its municipal
election last Saturday. Touching
the election the Banner says:
The municipal election passed
of! quietly enough without, we
hope, any animosity or bad feeling.
The total poll of the town was 92.
The vote stood:
Mayor—D W. Loudermilk, 53;
R. L. McCollum, 42. Council
man —H. M. Veach, 62; R. L.
.Franklin, 50; Rosser Thomas, 54;
R. J. Patterson, 45; W. A. Mc-
Cutchen, 87; T. J, Benson, 54; W.
J. Alexander, 43.
Mr. McCutchen’s name was on
both tickets and he received the
same number of votes on each.
Mayor Loudermilk had a major
ity of 11 over Mr. McCollum. This
is the third year for Mayor Louder
milk, Mr. Veach and Mr. Thomas
in succession. Mayor Loudermilk
has also served several years pre
viously as councilman. This is
very high endorsement to these
gentlemen.
THE~SITUATION AS IT IS-
Fore* of 120,000 Men Has Gair
eJ Not a Single Point.
London, Jan. 11, —The Standard
this morning summarizes the gen
eral situation thus:
“Well, the campaign has lasted
three months. We havesomething
like 120,000 troops in South Africa.
With this huge army distributed
over the country we are still pow
erless to relieve three garrisons
investment. We have still to see
large portions of both colonies in
the hands of the enemy.
“We have driven the invaders
back at no single point. We are
actually further from the hostile
frontiers than we were on the day
that the ultimatum was delivered.
The workfwhich ministers believed
could be effectually performed with
25.000 men has not been done, has
not even been begun, by four or
five times that number. Can any
one fail to admit that this is evi
dence of a grave miscalculation of
f >rces and facts?”
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.
George Gould Invests $250,000 In
North Carolina,
Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 13. —The
Observer tomorrow will'say:
Intelligence was received here
last night that George Gould, the
New York millionaire, has become
a stockholder in the Loray cotton
mills, at Gastonia, to the amount
of $250,000, and that a check for
this amount has been received in
Gastonia. It is also stated that an
other subscription of $150,000 from
a northen capitalist has been sent
the promoters of the new mills.
These subscriptions, it is believed,
will raise the capital stock of the
mill to $2,400,000. Contracts for
some of the buildings and rnackin
ry were given yesterday.
RUMPUS AMONG
REPUBLICANS.
County Mass Meeting Proves a
Lively Affair-
ATTEMPTED SMASHING HEADS-
Amonsth* Characteristic Features
of a Tumultuous Meeting of Bar
tow's Faithful Last Saturday.
The court house was the scene
of some lively demonstrations last
Saturday. That was the day set
apart by call of the chairman of
the county executive committee for
a mass meeting of the republicans
of the county.
The crowd assembled numbered
over two hundred, of which one
third were white men. It is said
to have been the largest assemblage
of the party ever held in the county.
The meeting was called to order
by the committee chairman, Mr.
Walter Akerman.
J. Q. Gassett. colored, made the
point that the chairman’s time had
expired and anew one should be
elected before business was done,
and in his remarks charged the
meeting had been called without
sufficient notice.
W. L. Goodwin moved that
Akerman be made chairman for
another four years.
Gassett offered as a substitute
that W. C. Savington, colored, be
madeehairman,claiming that things
should be divided, the whites hav
ing had the reins heretofore.
Savington was averse to a
change and spoke disapproving
Gassett’s motion.
The Goodwin motion was put
and carried w th a hurrah.
Here Gassett said “let it go, this
is no good anyway,” meaning the
meeting.
Enos Perkins, colored, who had
been starrrding with his hand rest
ing on the back of a chair, looking
toward Gassett, interposed “You
are no good either.’’
Gassett picked up a chair and
advanced on Perkins ana when
near enough raised it and came
down on the offender’s head with
all his might. The lick was strong
enough to break the rounds of the
chair and a vefy ugly gash was
cut in Perkins’ forehead.
Instantly other darkies ventured
forth to take part, crowding on
Gassett with rage and fury, and
many of them with knives opened
and for business, Perkins
also seizing a chair and trying to
get a lick at his adversary.
White men in the convention
wvre disposed to isolate themselves
from the belligerent proceedings,
but interferences from some quar
ter for Gassett’s safety were at
hand and with a hurried movement
while fairly well shielded he man
aged to get to the stairway and
ascend to the lower floor, where
he entered one of the rooms until
quiet was restored.
The meeting was interrupted
but held together and Gassett fin
ally returned and took part in the
proceedings.
Henry Rowland, W. Akerman,
J. P. Dyer, E. Perkins were made
delegates, and Dave Smith, G. W.
Towns, James Nolan and R. H.
McGinnis alternates to the district
convention at Rome, and to the
state convention at Atlanta W. L.
Goodwin, A. C. Demry, Aaron
Collins, "W. C. Savington were
made delegates and Tom Haney,
Wade Robinson, Martin Doyie and
Mat Thomas alternates.
Resolutions were adopted com
plimentary to McKinley’s adminis
tration and recommending Water
Johnson for state committeeman,
and Johnson, Deveaux, Lyons and
Rucker state delegates at large to
national convention and Lyons as
national committeeman from Geor
gia
The faction of the meeting ob
jecting to the proceedings say they
will call another mass meeting
soon, claiming this illegitimate,
basing their claim on the recom
mendation of the state convention —
“all notices cf county conventions
or mass meetings shall be posted
at the court bouse, etc., at least
ten days before such convention or
mass meeting, and each countv
shall give such further notice as it
may deem proper for the informa
tion of its voters “
Steph t ns-.ilcCand less
on Tuesday evening, at the
home of the bride, occurred the
marriage of Mr. John Stephens to
Miss Maggie McCandless. The!
marriage was quiet, only a few
friends being present, and the cer
emony was performed by Rev. W.
R. Branham.
The groom is a clever citizen,
for some time a merchant, but now
engaged in farming and mining.
The bride is a most estimable
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A LIVELY CORPSET
Comes From Fie ld* to See His
Father on Erro it outi Telegram.
Dr. Ralph Smith, who is now
located at Jacksonville. Ela., by
his sudden app. arrmcc here Sun
day, surprised his father and moth
er, Maj. and Mrs. Charles H.
Smith, equally as much as he was
surprised to find the former in ro
bust health and on his feet to give
him a glowing greeting, for the
doctor had received a telegram
that his father was anding, which
caused him to take the first train
from Jacksonville northbound. The
telegram read:
“Come at once; father is dying.
“Hattie.”
As Mrs. Aubrey, Dr. Ralph’s
sister, is named “Hattie,” he could
not for an instant discredit the
telegram. He told his friends he
was going to his father, who was
dying, and the Jacksonville pap.r
got hold of it and published a re
port that “ ‘Bill Arp’ ’ was dying.”
The Major, in his manifestations
of joy at seeing his son unexpect
edly. very quickly convinced the
latter that he was a very lively
corpse, indeed.
The doctor returned home after
a brief stav anti will proceed to fyid
out if possible who has been mix
ing him up so strangely with oth
ers of the multitudinous Smith
family.
BAPTIST SERVICES.
Sermon Sunday Morning and Eve
ning Will be interesting:.
At the Baptist church next Sun
day morning Rev. Alex W. Bealer,
the pastor, will preach from the
theme “The World’s Great Leader,”
At the Sunday school there will
be a special picture sermon for the
children on the blackboard. There
will he several striking pictures
calculated to attract and hold the
children.
The usual evening services will
be held. The public generally and
especially strangers in the city are
cordially invited to attend these
services.
Confederate Veterans-
Camp P. M. B. Young No. 820
U. C. V. is called to meet at court
house at 10:30 a. m. Saturday Jan.
27th inst. At this meetingthe camp
will he reorganized by the election
of officers for ensuing year, the
time 1 for election having been
changed by the camp at last meet
ing. Suitable action will also be
hid touching the death of Comrade
W. H. Renfroe.
A full attendance desired.
John J. Calhoun,
Commander.
A. M. Foute,
Adjutant.
January 18, 1900.
“Never quit certainty for hope.” Nev
pr take a medicine of doubtful value in
stead of Hood’s Sarsaparilla wnich is
sure to do you good .
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Up to Date.
Come and See If.
HALL PIEENE
DEATH UF MAJ.
I. H.RENFROL
Passed Awav at 9:30 O’clock Sat
* ♦ ■
urday Night.
REMAINS GOTO SANDERSVILLE
Funeral From the Home on Sunday
Afternoon—A Sketch
of His Life.
Maj. W. H. Renfroe died at his
home in this city, on Saturday
night last at 10:30 o’clock.
Maj. Renfroe had been in declin
ing health for several years and
his malady developed into Brights
disease of the kidneys and took dan
gerous turns a few weeks before his
death. He took his bed on Christ
mas day, soon receded into a como
tose state and gradually grew worse
till the end came. His two broth
ers came to his bedside and were
with him at his death.
William Haynes Renfroe was
born in Washington county., Ga.,
November 17, 1839, and was, there
fore in his 61st, year.
When the civil war broke out he
joined the Sandersville Rifles,
which was attached to the First
regiment of Georgia volunteers
that did service in the early part of
the struggle in Virginia. He was
in the battle of Cheat river and a
number of other notable engage
ments. After a years service for
which his iegiment was enlisted
he joined the Thirty-second regi
ment, being elected first lieutenant
in his company. He then saw
much of the trying and dangerous
s.-rvice of the balance of the war,
n.ver shirking duty, but always at
his post until the end of the war.
In 1863 he was married to Miss
L zzie Worthington, and of their
u lion five children were born,
three of whom lived to be grown,
Robert Haynes, Amelia Elizabeth
and Julia Alice Renfroe. His first
wife died in 1873 and in 1865 he
married Miss Martha Stubbs. Of
this union there were four children,
three of whom are now living, Mrs.
Annie Satterfield, Percy F. and
Lena M. Renfroe.
Maj. Renfroe moved to Bartow
county in 1882 and to Cartersville
in 1889.
He had been engaged in the
mining business since he came to
Bartow and has been quite success
ful, He was a member of the Sat
terfield & Renfroe Mining Cos.,
working theW’heeler iron ore bank,
at the time of his death.
He has long been a member of
the Methodist church and served
as one of the stewards of the church
since he has been here. He was a
min of genial ways arJ stimin' o £
caaracter, leng ste and st in hi
~onvictions, conscientious and fair
i 1 his dealings and always for the
right as he viewed the right.
Besides his wife, five of his chil
dren survive him, Robert Renfroe;
Mrs. John R. Cox, of Macoi ; I e -
cy F. Renfroe, Mrs. W T alter R. Sat
terfield and Miss Lena Renfroe.
The funeral took place from the
residence on Sunday afternoon, the
services being conducted by Rev.
W. R. Branham, assisted by Rev.
A. W. Bealer.
The remains were carried on
Monday to Sandersville to be in
terred, Mrs. Renfroe, his two
brothers, Capt. J. W. Renfroe, of
Atlanta, and H. A. Renfroe, of
Bridgeport, Ala., Messrs Robert
and Percy Renfroe, accompanying
them. >
DR- HEDLEY-
Dalights a Large Audience at the
Opera House.
The lecture of Dr. James Hedley
last Thursday night was listened
to and enjoyed to the utmost by a
large audience, composed of the
most prominent and refined peo
ple of the community. His theme
was “Wisdom’s Jeweled Ring,”
and was handled in a masterly way.
The preparation of the lecture,
like his other one given last year,
“The Sunny Side of Life,” bore
the marks of extensive research
and acute understanding. He de
fined what wisdom was, which was
not always culture —conscience,
self-control, and other things being
needed components.
As an intellectual vivisectionist
he was matchless, as he was able
to reach Into his vest pocket and
bring forth Plato to the auditorial
gaze and under his lappel he hnd
within reach the giants of the Lit.
erati that he could hold before the
vision, puncturing their blemishes
and piessing the soft hand of ap
proval on their salient better
point?.
H< dlev is, veritably, one of the
strongest men on the lecture plat
form.
FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS.
A Hand-to-Hand Fray In the Lady
smith Assault.
London, Jan. 14. —A special dis
patch from the Hoof Laager, at La
dysmith, dated Jan. 9, via Loreuso
Marques, describing the assault on
Jan. 6 upon Ladysmith, says:
“The British made no attempt
to hold the first line of the breast
works, but made an exceedingly
stubborn resistance at the next row.
Every inch was stubbornly contest
ed, and conspicuous bra\ery was
displayed on both sides. After 10
o'clock the British artillery slack
ened and a terrible individual con
test ensued among the riflemen for
the possession of Platt-Rand ridge.
At noon a heavy thunderstorm in
terrupted the battle, lasting for two
hours.
“Although the burghers succeeded
in ultimately gaining possession of
most of the British posessioti on
the western side of the Platt road,
they were finally obliged to retire
from most of the ground they occu
pied. The British were strongly
entrenched, their redoubts being
still fully loop-holed and the com
bat was so c’ose that rifles were
frequently firm at arm’s length. It
was a hand-to-hand encounter. The
men on both sides fought like de
mons and the horror and bewilder
ment of the scene could scarcely be
paralleled.
“The operations were continued
the next day (Sunday) on a small
er scale, but it is reported that as a
result of one of the forlorn hopes
one gun and two ammunition wag
ons were captured.”
The Standard publishes the fol
lowing from Ladysmith, Jan. 11,
by heliograph, via. Weenan:
“The Boers are fortifying posi
tions north and west of Ladysmith,
doubtless with a view of securing
a safe line of retreat should their
opposition to Gen. Buller’s advance
fail. They still surround Lady
smith in large numbers and may be
contemplating another attack. It
is known, however, that they are
greatly depressed by their heavy
losses. Prior to Saturday they were
perfectly confident of their nHlitv
to defeat the garrison and to take
possession of the town.
A WARM TIME-
Capl, Frank Cr&nhaw In Thick of the
Cavite Fighting.
Col. Tom C. Crenshaw has just
received a letter dated November
3d from his son, Capt. Frink Cren
shaw, in which the young officer
states that, w ith his regimen , the
28th U.S. Volunteer,here; c . Ma
nla on the 27th of October, t w T as
on Monday, and on Tuesday they
were ordered and started to Bacoor.
There they remained a day and
went to Imo, fighting all the way
between the two places. In the
series of engagements the losses in
his regiment amounted to 6 men,
while 89 Fibpinos were killed. The
letter was written from “the firing
line.” A telegram dated the 6th
of January reached Col. Crenshaw
f rom his son, saying his command
had just been in action, but he was
all right.
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Attention ! Daughters!
The Daughters of the Confeder
acy will celebrate the birthday of
General Lee, Friday, January nth,
<-f flao rnc raa .at AT an n/J AT *-0
Ul kUW JVJIUCIIV.V U 1 tAUJ. UUU SfXl o.
Chas, H. Smith, at 3 o’clock p. m.
An interesting programme has been
arranged,and the occasion promises
to be a most enjoyable one.
Mrs. John W. Akin,
President.
Miss Jessie Cobb,
tarv.
Silver Tea.
The Woman’s Auxiliary will
give a “Silver Tea,” at the res
idence of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Gil
reath next Monday evening, Jan
uary 22d, from four to ten o'clock,
for the benefit of the Episcopal
church.
The ladies of the auxiliary ex
tend a cordial invitation to the j eo
ple of Cartersville, both old and
young, and promise them a cordal
welcome and a pleasant evening.
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