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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
USED BE
THE CIRCUIT.
judge Fite and Solicitor Maddox
Receive Hearty Support
OF THE PRESS AND THE PEOPLE
Resolutions by Crand Jury of Dade
County -Gordon, Whitfield and
Murray Sinsr Their Praises.
The announcements of Judge
Fite and Solicitor General Mad-
Aax for election to the offices which
they have so ably filled for the
past four vears, meets with the
hearty support of the press and the
people of the Cherokee circuit, as
will be seen from the following en
dorsements from tne papers of the
circuit, and the grand jury of Dade
county:
Dalton Argus: Elsewhere in
this issue will be found the ca±d
of Judge A. W. Fite, announcing
for re-election. It goes without
saying that The Argus favors his
serving another term as judge of
the Cherokee circuit; his record
during his first term says he des
erves °re-election, and tne people,
we believe, will almost unanimous
ly insure it. So far, he has no op
position, and no one is yet spoken
of as opposing him. The Argus
hopes he will be re-elected with
out opposition. The circuit wants
him, the circuit needs him and the
circuit will have him.
Spring Place Jimplecute: If our
present judge and solicitor general
have dispatched business in other
counties as they have in Murray
for the past four years, they have
saved the Cherokee circuit some
thing like $12,000 or $15,000.
Three years ago the dockets of tlus
county were crowded with old cases
and at the last term of court here
they finished up all cases that were
ready for trial by Thursday at 12
o'clock. We don’t think it would
do any one in this ciicuit any good
to make the race against these
two deserving officers, and we hope
| no one will try.
Dalton Argus: The Argus stands
i with the Jimplecute right there
It "don’t think it would do any
one any good to run against Judge
Fite, and it hopes no one will try.”
Judge Fite has made such an en
viable record during his first term,
and placed the Cheroke circuit in
the best condition of any circuit in
the state, that the people will in
sist on giving him his second term,
no matter who might compete with
nun. Of course, it is the free right
°. an > T ra an in the circuit (who
wishes to) to run against him. And
Jet, the people tell us they are go
jugto have Judge Fite again. We
ope they will get him without op
position.
Calhoun Times: The record of
l u dge Fite during his past term is
known to the people of Gor
don county and is the highest and
|Kst recommendation any man
|°ud have. He has made an able
I’m fearless judge. He has en-
f r(u die aw as he saw it and by
| !s push of business has saved the
payers thousands of dollars in
|ourt expenses. Judge Fite, while
I- ot the youngest j udges in Geor
■ is also one of the best known
I . le s tate. His able admi 11 is-
I °’iand judical talent at once
■ ‘ Um ranlc amon g Georgia’s
I I mg jurists. Judge Fite is es-
I ‘ aU - v dear to the people of Gor
■s in °^ Uty as he s Pent a part of
L e here ’ and is almost a Gor-
K ‘ Unt y citizen now. So far he
no opposition and it is not ex-
I J, that he will have anv. The
K :,,7 ee Circu it never had a bet- j
Bat h 6 -n ld there is no doubt but
e will be nominated on May
Beatlv.f VOte which shows how
■s oil - bones t tax payers of
I: es CUIL appreciate his able ser-
Kd?° ld ? ew Sout h: The last
■Le r;? atoosa county gi\ e
Kit anri C H nc l ua lified endorse- ,
K_2” ”1 doing so they probably
tne food more delicious and wholesome
—— WOVAI BAKIWa POWPEH CO.. NEW VONK.
voiced the sentiments of nearly all
the voters of the county. It is un- 1
necessary to comment upon Judge
Fite’s ability as an official of un
questioned capacity, nor upon him
as an individual possesing the
strictest integrity of the highest or
der. Needless to say that as a
judge, as when solicitor general, he
lias given eminent satisfaction. The
people of Catoosa county know
him thoroughly and well, and id
his ambition to be re-elected he
has nothing to fear from their
hands.
If the good, old democratic doc
trine that “one good term deserves
another” is observed. Mr. Maddox
will undoubtedly be re-elected. He
is very popular with the people of
Catoosa county, nearly all of whom
have come to know him well dur
ing his past administration of the
office he now holds, and to admire
him much for his ability as an ag
gressive lawyer and prosecutor,and
for his pleasant and genial indi
viduality coupled with his ever
ready willingness to serve all in a
most pleasant manner who call
upon him in his official capacity.
Mr. Maddox was eudorsed by the
last grand jury for re-election, and
it cannot but be stated that his
popularity as an official almost in
sures in advance for him the vote
of Catoosa county.
Dade Cor. Constitution: Tren-
ton, Ga., March 23. —Dade supe
rior court adjourned this afternoon.
The dockets are nearer up .than
they have been for some years.
But two true bills have been found
by the grand jury. The present
status of the docket and the aston
ishing decrease in crime in this
county is due, in the main, to the
speedy, able, fair and
manner in which Judge Fite has
presided over the court and direc
ted the litigation and contentions
in the court, and the vigilant, ac
tive and able prosecution of crime
by Sam P. Maddox, the present
solicitor general of the Cherokee
circuit. The people of this circuit
have abundant reasons to con
gratulate themselves in having
such true and faithful officers.
RESOLUTIONS OF GRAND JURY.
Georgia, Dade County: We,
the grand jurors selected, sworn
and empanelled for the March
term, 1900, of Dade Superior Court,
take pleasure in stating that Judge
A. W. Fite, the now presiding
judge of the Cherkee circuit, has
made us a faithful, able and im
partial judge: and the dispatch and
impartial manner with which he
has disposed of the litigation since
he has been on the bench in this
circuit has deer- a ed 0 ir tax for
court expenses, and the dockets are
now nearer up than they have been
for some years past. We are in
formed that he is a candidate for
re-election. We therefore take
pleasure in endorsing him for re
election, and hope that the people
will give him their cordial support.
John Clark, chairman, and the full
jury.
Georgia, Dade County: We,the
grand jurors, selected, sworn and
empanelled for the March term,
1900, of Dade Superior Court, un
hesitatingly state that Sam P. Mad
dox, the now solicitor general of
the Cherokee circuit, has made a
faithful, vigilant and able prosecut
ing officer. He has been courteous
and untiring in his efforts to rep
resent the interests of the people,
and to see that the penal laws are
enforced, thereby securing order
and good citizenship. We are in
formed that he is a candid te for
re-election, and we willingly en
dorse him for a second term, and
hope that the people will see that
it is to their interest to give him
their cordial support. John Clark,
foreman, and the full jury.
“How far back can you trace an
cestry?’
‘‘l don’t take time to trace an
cestors at all—b 1 eeps me on the
jump to follow my posterity
around.” —Detroit Free Press.
Officer —“I suppose you’ve been
up for nearly every crime in the
calendar?”
Tramp—“ Nope; nobody ever
heard o’ me_ swipin’ towels ner
soap.”—lndianapolis Journal.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MARCH 2!), 1900.
m A BAD
SMASH BP.
Fast Mail on the A- & W- P- Wreck
ed Near West Point.
ONE MAN KILLED INSTANTLY.
Fifteen People Were Injured. Some
of Them Seriously.—The Train
Was Behind Time.
West Point, Ga., March 26. —
The fast mail on the Atlanta and
West Point, which left Atlanta
at 5:30 this morning, was wrecked
at Ossanippa creek, nine miles
south of this place, at 10 o’clock
this morning. One man was killed
and fifteen people were injured,
some of them seriously.
The wreck is believed to have
been caused by spreading rails.
The train was the through fast
mail from Washington to New Or
leans and left Atlanta thirty min
utes late. It was drawn by one of
the mammoth new engines recent
ly acquired by the road and En
gineer Me Waters was heeling off
the miles at a rate of about forty to
the hour when the accident occur
red. The tender separated from
the engine and with the bag
gage and mail cars and the combi
nation coach left the track and
rolled down an embankment. The
day coach was derailed but the
Washington sleeper did not leave
the track.
Physicians were at once sum
moned from Montgomery and Opel
ika and together with George C.
Smith and other officials of the
road did all that -was possible for
comfort of injured. The injured
were brought here and put in beds
at the hotels and at 8 o’clock to
night are reported to be doing
well.
The fast mail train connects at
Atlanta with the United States fast
mail train of the Southern railroad,
and it carries a great quantity of
mail matter for the southwest. The
train is due in New Orleans to
night, where it connects with
Texas and Mexico and California
trains. A quantity of eastern mail
matter and immense piles of New
York Sunday papers were carried
by the train and all of this was
damaged.
KICKERS | KICKERS I!
A Well Known Citizen Defends the
License Tax Ordinance.
Kickers ! kickers ! ! In every
town there are a lot of kickers. If
the city fathers levy a tax for the
improvement of the town these
kickers jump up and down and cry
out oppiession, and say it is on
constitutional and they combine to
employ a constitutional lawyer to
fight the tax. The entire amount
of this onconsl itutional license tax
to only 800 dollars, and
that is to be expended for the good
of the town and is poured back in
the jug, and the kickers get their
share of it. Dalton and Marietta
and Rome have a similar license
law, and it reaches some folks who
would otherwise pay no tax at all.
It is not heavy enough to oppress
anybody, and the real reason why
any business man kicks is because
he compares his own tax with
somebody elses. Heard Albert
Strickland kicking because he said
it was a double tax on his bus
iness. Heard another man kick
ing because the tax was less on
Albert Strickland than it was on
him And so it goes.
The City Fathers are good men
and have the good of the city at
heart, and every member is willing
to pay his license, and the city
needs the money, and it is to be
expended for public improvements
that benefit the whole community.
But these chronic kickers rise up
and say it is onconstitutional and,
of Course, they can find a lawyer
who will say so too, and a newspa
per who will double-lead and dou
ble-column a philippic against it
because it seems to be a popular
movement to kick. The big head
lines look like the world is coming
to an end in a week.
When will the people of this
town wake up to the necessity of
building up the town instead’ of
throwing obstacles in the way of
its progress? If the city fathers
had the right to levy a double tax
on all the property in the town and
put the money in a cotton mill or
a knitting mill or canning factory
or chair factory or something that
would put wheels to turning and
give employment to the poor wo- I
men and children it would be a
good thing of course and increase
values and business. But that
would be unconstitutional in fact,
and we can’t do it, but we can im
prove our streets and our gas lights
ami start a public library and do
something to brighten up the town.
This small license tax is the law
in every progressive town, whether
it unconstitutional or not, and
all good citizens submit tp it. for
it comes back to them in the long
run. May the Lord have mercy
on the kicker- is the prayer of
One Who Stands Up for the
City Fathers.
THESATI tKflc 1 D BTTCK CO-
Machinery In Position and Work
Will Begin Today.
The W. R. Satterfield Brick
Company, which is located at the
transfer yard in the northern part
of town, has about completed the
erection of its plant and the
work of making brick will be
gin today.
The capacity of the plant is forty
thousand pressed brick per dav,
and it will be run with a full
working force of thirty or forty
hands. Mr. Satterfield *already
has orders for three hundred thou
sand brick, one hundred thousand
of which will go to Marietta for the
Brumby chair factory at that
place.
The clay from which the brick
will be made will be obtained near
the river, and hauled to the plant
over the East and West road. It
has been thoroughly tested and is
pronounced to be of the finest
quality.
PETITION TO REPEAL-
Merchants Will Asvc Council to Re-
Deal License Ordinance.
A petition was circulated among
the merchants Tuesday and signed
by nearly everyone approached,
appealing to the council to repeal
the license ordinance passed at a
recent meeting and which was
published in the Courant American
two week’s ago.
The petition sets forth that the
special liceuse lax is burdensome
upon the merchants and business
men in that they already pay their
proportionare share of the taxes of
the city, and is unnecessary inas
much as the city has no need to
raise a revenue for any specific pur
pose more than that which is al
r ady levied in the regular taxes
upon real and personal property.
The petition will be presented to
the council as fsoon as it is com
pleted, and will no doubt be acted
upon at the next regular meeting.
Tribute to a Baby Boy-
On the morning of March 20th,
at half past three, the death angel
came to the home of Dr. and Mrs.
F. V. Turk and took from them
their precious little babe. ‘‘But it
j was not in cruelty, not in wrath;
the reaper came that day.” Twas
an angel that visited the earth and
took little Joel away. Let mama
and papa and all that loved him
look beyond the dark, cold grave,
he is not there, but anchored in
heaven, “Safe in the arms of Jesus,
safe on His gentle breast.” There
he is waiting to recive us, then
when we have gone to rest. It was
not quite two years ago that little
Joel came to brighten the home,
but God saw' in him a flower too
pure for earth and fitted only for
heaven’s diadem. He was an un
usually bright little fellow and
made all love him by his bright
cunning ways. ’Tis sad to know'
that in this life we will never see
his sweet little face again, but how T
sweet to know 7 that little Joel and
Willie are in heaven waiting for
mama and papa and brother and
ail that loved him.
A few mor years shall roll,
A ‘ew more lessons come
And we shall he with those at rest,
Asleep within the tomb.
A few m<-re struggles here,
A few more partings o’er
A few more toi's, a few more tears
Ami we shall weep no more.
M. C.
Bartow County Mass Meeting
Pursuant to the call of State
Chairman McKnight, the populists
of Bartow county will assemble in
force at the court house, Carters
ville, Ga., on the first Saturday,
7th of April, 1900, at 10 o’clock a.
m,, for the purpose of reorganiza
tion, and to select delegates to the
State convention, which convenes
at Atlanta, Ga., on 10th day of
said month and, also, to transact
such business as may come before
the meeting. This call issued by
Live Populists.
March 26th, 1900.
County papers will please pub
lish above notice. I
OAT FULL BF
SENSATIONS.
Culton States All he Knows About
Assassination-
YOUTSEY MAKESASTATEMENT
Ne'tli*r statement Is Made Public, and
• I
No Intimation Is Given as to
Who is Implicated.
Frankfort, Ky., March 22. —
There were some startling develop
ments in the Goebel assassination
case today. This afternoon W. H.
Culton, who waived examination
and was bound over to the circuit
court, went to the Capital hotel
where he was in consultation with
the attorneys for the prosecution
for over two hours. He was ac
companied by his brother-in-law,
E. R. Hogg.
It was reported at the time that
Culton had made some kind of a
confession, but later tonight it de
veloped that the information gain
ed was not as sweeping in character
as it was first reported. Culton's
friends, who are in his confidence,
state that his statement was not in
the nature of a confession, but they
admit that he gave to the prosecu
tion such information as had
heretofore not come out.
The conference between Cult 11
and the attorneys took place in the
room of Col. T. C. Campbell, and
there were present, besides Messrs.
Culton and Campbell, Common
wealth’s Attorney Franklin, Coun
ty Attorney Polsgrove, Rev. Mr.
Culton, father of the prisoner, E.
F. Hogg, a brother-in-law.
While this conference was going
on, Henry F. Youtsey, the audi
tor’s clerk, who was arrested at
noon and locked up in jail, charged
with being an accessory, sent for
Col. Campbell, and the latter vis
ited him at the jail and was closet
ed with him for some time. Yout
sey, when he was arrested today,
told the officers that the prosecu
tion had promised not to arrest
him, and complained that side had
broken faith with him.
It is not known what took place
at the interview between Youtsey
and Campell, but it is reported that
Youtsey annunced that he was
ready to make a public statement
which the prosecution evidently did
not care to haye made, at least not
for the present.
The attorneys for Secretary of
State Caleb Powers rested their
case today without offering any ev
idence, and Judge Moore held Pow
ers to await the action of the grand
jury without bail. The prisoners,
Culton and Davis, waived exami
nation. and by an agreement be
tween the attorneys were admitted
to $5,000 bail each,
FELL UNDER A TRAIN,
Will Keys Meets Death on the Ralls
Near Birmingham.
Will Keys, a young man raised
at Emerson and well known in this
section, fell from the top of a car
on the Kansas City, Memphis and
Birmingham railroad, near Bir
mingham, last Friday and was so
badly mangled that he died in
about two hours.
He only recently secured a posi
tion on the road as brakeman, and
w 7 as working the brake on top of
the car, when the brake-wheel came
off, and he was thrown to the track,
the wheels of the car passing over
him, mangling both of his legs and
one arm.
He has worked at various things
around Cartersville and was at one
time engaged in the revenue ser
vice. When the Spanish-Amery
can war came on he enlisted in the
Second Georgia and took a hand
in quelling the negro riot while his
company was stationed at Tampa.
He was unusually strong and
vigorous and often exhibited feats
of strength.
His remains were brought to
Emerson Saturday night and bur
ied in the cemetery at that place
Sunday morning.
Novel Fire Department.
Prof. Gentry’s famous dog and
pony show which exhibits under
canvas in Carterville, Thursday
April 5, at 2:30 and Bp. m. Gen
eral admission, children 25c. adults
35c. They have the most nove 1
fire department in the world. The
members are all dogs, ponies and
monkeys. There is a chief and al!
the subordinate officers, all of which
work in harmony and move the ap-
paratus, which is an exact repro
duction ol a regular fire depart
ment apparatus. This act is one
of the many features of the new
performance year of 1900, which
includes many novelties. The
show is exactly twice its former
size this year and the performance
is even more interesting than ever.
SOUTHERN BEAUTY.
Admiral Deweyand Wife Attracted
by Handsome Cartersville Girl.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey were
very much impressed with the
beauty of Macon’s fair women.
These were seen to great advantage
at the Cherokee Club reception.
The admiral had no hesitancy in
saying that Mrs. McFwen Johnston
was one of the handsomest women
he had ever seen,while Mrs. Dewey
spoke in the same way of Miss Flor
ence Wadley. Mrs. Dewey is one
of the leaders in the nation’s social
circles, and the admiral has him
self had an opportunity to observe
feminine beauty in all parts of the
world and in the best society. The
compliment paid to Macon, there
fore, is no inconsiderable one.
Upon passing Wesleyan college
Admiral Dewey was struck with
the rare beauty of one bright young
girl who leaned across the edge of
the old brick wall to get a good
look at the hero.
He remarked to Major William
Henry Ross that she was the hand
somest girl he had seen in the south.
Later on Major Ross visited the
college and found the young lady,
who was Miss Louise Cary of Car
tersville, and told her of the pleas
ant remark the admiral made. —
Macon Telegraph.
Miss Florence Wadley is a cous
in of Mrs. W. 14. Branham, of this
city.
Democratic Executive Committee-
The following is a list of the
democratic executive committee of
Bartow, which is called to meet at
the court house in Cartersville next
Saturday, to-wit:
Cartersville —John S. Leake and
Martin Collins.
Adairsville —N. C. Anderson.
Emerson—S. McOuife.
Euharlee —F. V. Turk.
Cassville —J. C. McTier,
Taylorsville—John M. Dorsey.
Iron Hill—J. O. Llgon.
Allatoona —W. M. Going.
Stamp Creek—J. O Goodson.
Wolf Pen—J. A. Shinall.
Pine Log—C, B. Vincent.
Sixth —C. M. Floyd.
Kingston—A. Y. Sheats.
Salacoa —W. N. Sewell.
John S. Leake, chairman, and F.
V. Turk, secretary.^
SMALLPOX IN ROME-
A Case Is on Ninth Avenue Near
West First Street.
Rome Commercial
A negro by the name of Smith
was found to have smallpox at his
home 011 Ninth avenue near West
First street. The city authorities
have placed a guard around the
house and no one is allowed to en
ter.
The negro should be to a
pest house or some isola e ’ place,
and- it is neglilence 011 the part of
the health authorities that they
have not got a permanent pest
house somewhere. The Comraer
cial-Argus suggests that a boat be
built and taken up the river and
smallpox patients kept on it.
Much complaint is being made
011 the health authorities and peo
ple in the neighborhood of the
Smith house do not think they
should be imposed upon by letting
the negro stay where he is.
Bartow County Singing Convention.
The annual meeting of the Bar
tow county singing convention
will be held at Connesena church,
two miles above Kingston, on the
Adairsville road on Saturday be
fore the first Sunday in May. and
continue two days. This will be
the sth and 6th of May. All sing
ers and lovers of music are invited
to attend and take part in the con
vention.
Democratic Executive Committee-
The members of the democratic
executive committee of Bartow
county are hereby called to meet
at the court house on Saturday,
March 31.
John S. Leake.
Chairman.
March 31, 1900.
Reg stration Notice-
The books for registration of
vote sot Bartow county are now
open at the office of John H. Cobb,
county treasurer, at the court
house.
J. M. Bohannon
T C.
NO. 80.