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THE COIXRAJNfT AMEI liCAiT.
V()L* XIX.
raising stirs
AND STRIPES
Interesting Exercises at the West
School Building.
PRESENTED BY MR- MARSHALL
presses by Jude Akin and
Mayor Ford-Programme by
the Children.
Interesting exercises were held
a t the west public school buildmg
on Monday afternoon, it being the
"casio.. of raising the Umted
States flag the new steel flag
which was presented to the
schwl by Mr.Thos. F. Marshall,
of Pittsburg, Pa.
The pole has been erected on
the public school grounds, just to
he left of the entrance,and in front
0 { the building, and being on top
of the hill, makes it a most favor
able and conspicuous location.
Seats were arranged for the chil
dren and guests in front of the
building and an interesting pro
gramme had been arranged, which,
however, was partly interrupted by
the rain which came up during the
address of Col. Ford. .
The pole, which was manufact
jj-d in Pennsylvania and shipped
to Cartersville ready to be erected,
was presented to the schools by
Judge John W. Akin, in behalf of
Mr."'Marshall, in a most interesting
and entertaining address.
JUDGE AKIN’S ADDRESS.
He spoke extemporaneously,and
we can only give a synopsis of his
remarks. He said that he met Mr.
; Marshall on the train last fall and
was greatly impressed with his in
telligence, common sense, Amer
icanism and the extent of his in
formation derived from travel.
Mr. Marshall is a large steel
manufacturer of Pittsburg, Pa.,
who served the Russian govern
-1 ment ten years as manager of some
of the largest steel and iron plants
for the manufacture of artillery,
much of which was used in the
Crimean war. To show the extent
of his travels and knowledge of
the world, Judge Akin said that
Mr. Marshall had been in almost
every country of the world, had
seen the American flag in almost
every port and had learned to love
his country more by comparing it
with others. Mr. Marshall is an
intense American and a great be
liever in the future possibilities of
this country,particularly the south.
While a republican iu principle and
belief, and an old time ardent aboli
tionist, Mr, Marshall looks beyond
state lines and loves his whole
country. He expects to see the
south the greatest part of the un
ion and believes that in fifty years
Georgia will surpass Pennsylvania,
jf her natural resources are proper
ly developed.
At Judge Akin’s invitation, Mr.
Marshall visited him last fall and
made two addresses, one to the
sixth grade and the other to the
>gh school. In his remarks to
jhe sixth grade, Mr. Marshall said
e intended to present the steel
ag pole. Mr. Marshall wasgreat
dll P r essed, said Judge Akin,
"■th the fact that the stars and
stripes floats over the public school
0 Cartersville and that Carters
'' was the first town in Georgia
0 put the national flag over her
?, u lic schools. This made Mr.
Marshall feel still more kindly to
•tsru our schools.
Judge Akin concluded with a
Personal tribute to Mr. Marshall’s
aracter, showing how he had
fln , leved .reputation and wealth
t ... ac fluired information and in
■ 'genee, in spite of early disad
n ages and the lack of youthful
, ! cation; and referred to the two
P mcipal tenets in Mr. Marshall’s
Creed: the di gnity of labor
‘ ore grandeur and giorv of tl.e
American republic.
.1 tla S I ole was accepted on
, 1 part °i the city and the public
Who 0 5 Mas ' Cr F ‘ M - F ° rd <
Sfc address was as follows:
mayor ford’s address.
Dntr rma n: In behalf of the
r ' C .^°°l s a nd the citizens of
cemtr 'fl 6 ’ 1 be? to formally ac
l n fla / P ° le ’ the S lft of Mr.
lis 11 ■°f p ytsburg. Pa., which
1 ll so fittingly and eloquently
I ei ti US thrcu & h °nr fellow
I j ’ Jud S e Akin.
I fen sa:d nun always have area-
I shall ; hat ‘ievco. Mr. Mar
i' s 1 n ntter and absolute strau-
ger to us, and could have been ac
tuated only by the purest, noblest,
most generous and patriotic mo
tives in making this donation. Sir,
in view of these facts, and the dis
interested regard manifested to
ward us places us under the most
profound obligation, and I desire
to return to him our most sincere
Thanks, and to assure him of our
full appreciation of the useful gift
and the sentiments that actuated
it.
Sir, this flag pole, aside from all
other considerations is unique and
wonderful in construction, being
cylindrical in form,is comparatively
light, yet strong as the rock of
ages and absolutely endestruetable
except by the slow process of corro
sion. \V ith ordinary care this flag
pole will stand a monument to the
memory of the noble, generous do
nor through the coming years and
generations unborn.
I desire to relate a little incident
remotely connected with this affair.
About four years ago the president
of the public schools—and they
have never had but one president—
he might now be called the father
of the public schools of Carters
ville —suggested the raising of our
country’s flag over the public
school buildings of this city, and
the Board of Education agreed to
the suggestion, and but for that
suggestion, this event, this occas
ion today, would never have dccur
red. Now who can foresee the
events that may not occur along
down the stream of time the result
of that suggestion. It is a truth —
we can not see the end from the
beginning.
It is alwags pleasant to look
upon so many bright happy young
faces, full of life and hope. Wheth
er you realize it or not my young
friends, you are the hope of the
state and the nation, and I believe
a well founded hope. I am satis
fied that you will come upon the
stage of action better equipped for
the life work of men and women
tnan any generation that has pre
ceded you, but remember that you
must be good or you can never be
truly great. I will close by thank
ing the audience for good attention.
The rain coming up just at this
time, the exercises were concluded
in the building.
As secietary of the school board,
Mr. Joe M. Moon read the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That this Board of
Education accept with grateful ap
preciation the gift by Mr. Thomas
F. Marshall, of Pittsburg, Pa., of
a steel flag pole, which he has so
kindly donated to the public
schools of this city.
Resolved second, That our thanks
are hereby tendered to Mr. Mar
shall for this gift, and that the
glorious flag of our forever reuni
ted country be raised upon that
flag pole with appropriate cere
monies on Monday next at 1:30 p.
m.
Resolved third, That a copy of
these resolutions duly certified by
the secretary be forwarded to Mr.
Marshall. The same being first
spread on our permanent records.
He was followed by Master John
McEwen, who read the following
resolutions:
Whereas, Mr. Thomas F. Mar
shall of Pittsburg, Pa., while vis
iting our west side public school,
in November, 1899, delighted us by
an inspiring and patriotic talk,
wherein he expressed his gratifica
tion at seeing the flag of our coun
try floating over our building, and
Whereas, Mr. Marshall, in view
of the fact that, as he had learned,
ours were the first public schools
of the state to raise the flag, did
then promise to prese: t, and in
fulfillment of that promise, has
presented our school with a beauti
ful steel flag staff; therefore,
Be it resolved, By the sixth
grade, now assembled, that we re
turn hearty thanks to Mr. Mar
shall, both for his cheering words
and appropriate gift, and that we re
quest him to further honor us by
sending us a painting or other por
trait of himself, to hang from the
wall of our school room and to
keep before our eyes and before
the eyes and in the memory of
those who shall come aftei us, the
face of one who has shown for the
public schools of Cartersville such
a disinterested and generous friend
ship.
Be it resolved for this, That
upon the adoption of these resolu
tions, each member of the grade
shall affix his signature thereto,
and the paper forwarded forthwith
Thomas F. Marshall, Pitts
burg, Pa.
Adopted and signed at the west
school, Cartersville, Ga,, this the
9th day of April, 1900.
These resolutions were signed
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 12, 19(H).
ILL HONOR
THE VETERANS.
Daughters of the Confederacy Will
Bestow the Cross of Honor
ONTHOSEWHOWORETHEGRAY
An Interesting Proceeding Which
Public is Invited to Witness—Will
Occur on June 3d.
At a meeting of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy some
time ago a matter was proposed
and found ready sanction that
means much in honoring those who
wore the gray in the civil war. It
was decided that each veteran
should wear at the hands of the
Daughters a cross of honor espe
cially designed as a badge of ser
vice and of valor. These crosses,
which are neat and appropriate,
have been gotten ready for distri
bution among those entitled to
them- The Cartersville Chapter
of the Daughters will soon he in
possession of those intended for the
members of P. M. B. Young Camp
and the giving of them out the
ladies design making an occasiqn
of great interest. The distribution
will be public and it is expected a
large crowd will gather t<> witness
the proceedings. Orators will be
chosen and some stirring and im
pressive speeches will be made,
i'he exercises will probably occur
at the tabernacle. The day chosen
for the event is June 3d, which is
Jefferson Davis’ birthday. The
veterans who fought in the war be
tween the states are rapidly thin
ning out in numbers. This thought
ful loving testimonial to their ser
vice for the cause they thought
was right will doubtless be mctiior
able for its impressiveness and in
terest.
bv all of the sixth grade, to whom
Mr. Marshall was speaking when
he promised to present the pole to
the school.
This closed the exercises, the
recitations and songs which had
been prepared for the occasion be
ing omitted on account of the rain.
' THE FIREMEN, ~~ *
Thy Are Preparing to Attend the
Gadsden Tournament.
Cartersville’s firemen are plan
ning to attend the annual tourna
ment of the Georgia and Alabama
Volunteer Firemen’s Association,
to come off in Gadsden, Ala., on
the 16th andijthdays of May. The
association is composed of the
fire departments of Dalton,
Marietta, Cartersville,Gadsden and
Anniston. Mr. John T. Norris, of
this c'.ty,is president of the associ -
t on. The tournament this year
promises to be one of the most in
teresting of any that has been had.
Recently President Norris of the
association and Chief J. W. Stan
ford, of the department, went be
fore the city council and asked for
some help to defray the expenses
of the racing team to Gadsden and
that bo ly readily donated SIOO fo
the purpose. An entertainmen w.ll
be given soon to raise the rest of
the money needed.
The boys have gone to work with
enthusiasm to get up a first class
team. A meeting of the depart
ment was held at the opera housr
Monday night, at which plans aid
matters pertaining to the trip were
discussed.
POPUUirrSTATE TICKET.
M iddle-of-the-Road Using Name
Candidate for Defeat.
Atlanta, Ga., April 10—The
middle-of-the-road populists of
Georgia today nominated the follow
ing ticket:
Governor —J. H. Traylor, of
Troup county.
Secretary of State —Dr. L. L.
Clements, of Milton.
Attorney-General—F. H. Saffold,
Emanuel.
State Treasurer—J. W. Park, of
Meriwether.
Commissioner of Agriculture —
W. R. Flint.
Prison Commissioners —J. T.
Dickey, of Upson, and S. G. Mc-
Candless, of Butts.
Eight delegates at-large to the
Cincinnati convention were elected
and instructed for Wharton Barker,
of Philadelphia, for president, and
Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota,
for vice-president.
The platform appeals for prohi
bition and direct legislation by
means of the initiative and refer
endum.
SPREAD DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION
Between Thirty and Forty Lives
Lost in Texas.
AN IMMENSE DAM BREAKS,
The Ri.Birf;Goiorao A i padySwol
len Far Beyond !* s Capacity and
Dam Suddenly Gives Way.
Austin, Tex., April 7. —This
city is tonight in pitch darkness
with a raging river one mile wide
and swollen far beyond its natural
banks, roaring and surging through
all the lower portions of the town,
having spread destruction and death
in its wake. In addition to the vast
loss to property interests, it is cal
culated that between thirty and
forty lives have been sacrificed and
the reports coming in from the
tributary country tonight do not
tend to improve matters. The
flood is not unlike the disastrous
Johnstown flood some years ago, in
that a raging river, already swol
len far beyond its capacity, bore
too heavily upon an immense dam
spanning the river here, breaking
it and letting loose a reservoir of
water thirty miles long, half a mile
wide sixty feet deep, to aid in
carrying destruction down the val
ley of the Colorado river.
The great dam in the Colorado
river gave way at noon today from
the enormous pressure of water and
debris and with a roar and crash
swept the valleys below the city,
wrecking the immense light aud
power plant and drowning eight
workmen, Following is a list of
the known dead, including those
drowned in the power house:
Frank Pincet, Frank Kinney,
Walter Flower, Walter Johnson,
Alfred Johnson, Frank Fitzgerald.
Walter Blossnian, Joseph Newman,
Dick Morris, (colored); John Proes,
Charles Burchard; and six negroes.
Last Wednesday night it began
to rain very hard at this place, the
storm extending north of here
along the watersheds of the Colo
rado river. The precipitation con
tinued until morning, the downfall
nggregating six inches. All this
vast quantity of water along the
watersheds of the Colorado river
rapidly swelled the current until
at 8 o’clock this morning the riyer,
which had been rising steadily
since last evening, was a raging
torrent, having risen forty feet
within ten hours.
After daylight this morning it be
came evident that the situation was
serious. The river began to rise
so rapidly that it was evident that
the immense dam and all the power
house and contents, costing one
and one-half million dollars, were
in imminent danger. To add to
the terror of the situation small
frame houses, trees and debris of
every description in varying quan
tities began decending the river
and piling up against the upper
way of the dam. This weight was
augmented every moment until by
1 o o’clock there was a mass of debris
lodged against the dam which
threatened the safety of the struct
ure. In addition, millions of gal
lons of water, muddy from its long
journey,was whirling and plunging
o the sixty foot fall and it was ev
i lent that no wall could withstand
the immense pressure.
The crisis came shortly after 11
o’clock, when suddenly with a re
port like the roar of the cannon the
great wedge, 25 feet high, five hun
dred feet wide and about eighty
feet thick, rolled out of the center
section of the dam, down the face
of the sixty foot depth into the riv
er below. This left a yawning gap
in the very middle of the dam
through which the debris and wa
ter fiercely poured while the flood
already raging, was threatening
everything in its path, this sudden
breaking of the dam, but serving
to add to the horror of the catas
trophe.
The released water poured’into
the power house, catching eight
employes at work there, drowning
all of them instantly. The break
ing of the dam caused wild excite
ment in the city. The telegraph
companies at once wired to places
below to look out for the great
wave and runners were dispatched
on horses to notify those living in
the valleys below the city. The
telegraphic messages served as a
timely warning to many, but the
rush waters outstripped the horse-
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men and many houses weie picked
up and swept away before the oc
cupants could get together their
valuables.
Within a short t’me all the val
leys to the south and west of Aus
tin were filled to overflowing with
water, and the southern part of the
city tributary to the river was in
undated. Large crowds collected
on the river banks and several per
sons were swept into the river
when the dam broke, but all were
sav-ed by boatmen.
A crowd of white people.number
ing 30, living just below the dam
in tents, were seen at their habita
tions just befoie the dam broke,
and have not been accounted for
since. It is generally believed
that all of them were swept away.
One man, attempting to cress
the roadway leading to the bridge
across the river just as the big wave
rolled dow-n, was caught and he
and his horse and buggy went
down with the torrent and were
heard of no more.
;
A family of six negroes, living
in the valley of the city are
known to have drowned. It is es
timated that more than 100 houses
have been destroyed and the loss
will be great, in point of the light
and power plant costing one and a
half millions dollars.
The breaking of the dam e lgulf
ed the old water company’s plant
below the city and it is tonight ly
ing fifteen feet under water, while
the city is in darkness and without
water.
Reports from points below here
are to the effect that the flood had
been most disastrous and the
breaking of the dam has occasioned
many thousands of dollars worth
of loss to property. The surface
of the river throughout the day
lias been dotted by small houses or
fragments of houses and drowned
animals along with trees and debris,
all bear testimony to the ravages
of the flood in the mountainous re
gion above Austin.
In addition to the losses here,
the International and Great North
ern railroad both entering the city,
have suffered' severely, the first
named having a serious w’reck by
reason of the floods this morning.
The south-bound cannon ball
train from St. Louis, on the Inter
national and Gr at Northern, due
at a. m., was wr> eked at McNeil,
nine miles from here, as a result of
a washout. The mgine and cars
plunged into a culvert, demolish
ing the engine, the mail, baggage
car, two day coaches and one
sleeper. The cars left the track
and rolled over on their sides in
four feet of water, but fortunately
no lives were lost nor any of the
passengers badlv hurt This is at
tributable to the fact that there
were not many on the train and it
was ruuning slowly at the time
owing to bad track The mail
clerk, Ora! Davis, of San Antonio,
was seriously bruised and engineer
P. F. May nham, of Antonio, and
fireman C. M. Stanley were slight
ly injured. The Austin and North
western road operated no trains to
day, due to the fact that five of
their bridges were washed away
duri g the night.
Waco, April 7. —Reports of loss
of life and damage caused by floods
continue to pour in from all direc
tions and indications point to a re
petition of the disasters of last
year. The loss of life to a great
extent has already surpassed that
of previous years. All streams in
cluding the Brazos and Colorado
rivers are overflowing the lowlands
and rising very rapidly. The crops,
of cotton and corn are nearly com>-
pletely submerged and will have to
be replanted.
A VERY OLD LADY.
Mrs. Francis Dobbs Dies in This
City at Age 94.
Mrs. Francis Dobbs died at the
home of her granddaughter, Miss.
Anna Dobbs, on Church street, on
Tuesday.
Mis. Dobbs had reached the ad
vanced age of 94 years and on July
sth next would have been 95 had
she lived. She has long been
known as a person of remarkable
vitality, scarcely knowing what an
ailment was until about a year ago
she began to show the feeble stage
that comes of old age, and gradual
ly grew weaker to the end.
She was the wife of Mr. Asa
Dobbs, who moved from Elbert to
Cobb and then to this county,
about 60 years ago. Mr.
Dobbs died about 40 ago.
She had only two children, Wil
liam anu Julia M. Dobbs, both of
whom are dead, the latter died a
few years ago. A number of hear
grandchildren survive her. They
are: John H. Dobbs and Mrs. T.
A. Haney, children of Mr. Wil
liam Dobbs, W. G., J. M., C. CL
Dobbs; Mis. Todd, Rockmart; Miss
Anna and Mr. John A. Dobbs.
For a number of years
Dobbs has lived with her grand
children here, and her presence
has ever been a comfort to them.
She was kind and indulgeut al
ways and a counselor wise and
loving. She was a member of the
Baptist church for many long
years.
Her funeral occurred yesterday
from the home, the services being
conducted by Rev. W. R. Bran
ham,
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