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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
PNC OF
[he presbytery.
I interesting and Profitable Ses-
I sion in This City.
IsSION LASTS FOUR DAYS-
H Mr Lingle Made Moderator;
W E [VI Craig Elected State
■Bev
ft cierk-O ther Business.
■vv Presbvtery of Cherokee,
met at the Presbyterian
WL one week ago adjourned
Iturdav, after a delightful session.
K of the pulpits of Cartersville
■ere filled by distinguished vis
i The Hoi? W. R- Rankin, of Cal-
■ un called the Presbytery to or-
Kr after a strong sermoii by Rev.
I H Darnell, D. D, The Rev.
■’alter L- Lingle, of Dalton, was
ftected moderator. Rev. E. M.
ftroiir was elected state clerk in
lace of Rev. W. S. Wallace who
■ and removed from the bounds of
■is Presbytery. Rev. G. T. Bourne,
ft Acworth, was elected permanent
ftltrk to succeed Mr. Craig.
| A beautiful gavel was presented
ft the presbytery by Hicks &
ftrevard of our city. The nioder
■tor expressed the thanks of the
Kresbytery for the gift.
| There were thirty-four repre
sentatives present during the meet
ing. A full attendance would have
Brought fifty-three.
| Licentiate John Milner was ex
|mined and ordained to the minis
■ry. His examination was highly
Satisfactory.
II Rev. E. M. Craig was elected
■hairman of the committee on pub
lication.
■ The election of commissioners to
Hhe general assembly which meets
K the Central Presbyterian church,
Atlanta, in May, are Rey. W. H.
Aarnall, D D., Rev. Edward Bai
■ey, alternate; Ruling Elder D. W.
A)rr; Ruling Elder Enoch Faw, al
ternate.
11 The commission appointed to or
fcanue a church at Woodstock re
ported the church organized. It
Peas enrolled. A call from the
■Roswell church was placed in the
Blands of Rev. John Milner. He
Bccepted the call and a commission
Bvas appointed to install him.
|| Rev. R. H. Rusk was received
Bom the presbytery of Charleston,
B. C., and lakes charge of a group
■f churches with Smyrna as head
quarters.
I Avery strong missionary sei-
Bon was preached Thursday night
■y Rev. \V. L. Tingle. Overtu - es
Bere presented from the Woman’s
Bissionary Societies of Rome and
Balton asking that the societies of
Be presbytery be organized into a
■resbyterial union for mutual lielp-
Blness and with a view of increas-
Bg the interest in foreign missions
■nd organizing societies in other
Burches.
B The request was granted and a
■institution and by-laws were rec
■trmended, In the Presbyterian
Burch all societies and work are
Bpt strictly under theJ control of
t'? urch - 3.T.8
e re P or t on Home Missions
as ' er Y encouraging and plans
fcre Perfected for a larger and
1 >re work for another
j 3r ‘ lx new members were add
tae committee and the work
committee was divided into
lree parts, as follows:
, 'st Finances— Rev. W. E. Lin
[clin ’ Showalter aild C. E.
Pulpit Supply_R ev . G T
Umon > and *v.
[ 3 V, Correspondence —Rey. E.
Judge T. W. Milner,
J n- Good.
ded er J! I's 1 ' s P lan the work is di
uds- first looking after the
leant , second seeing that the
ied until 1 PUS arC re^ularl V SUP
ird 1 a Pastor is secured; the
mrrh Cur, “* Pastors for vacant
iZuo'Tt h “ theretore a
s til.* ' ' :t services dur
unio P res h>’ ter y was the om
ev. Ur o^pV 0 " F rid ay night,
reached xh/' Goetchlus >of Rome,
sted hv sermon and was as
‘line pIHb vl ? lt,n S ministers and
* itmeramV 11 distribution of
lte ' e \va?° rt m Euharlee Misti
me was fw ei 7 m enc . OUra ging. A
hen severs? ° r lts disc ussion
"re made l * f, stin . g speeches
collection was ta-
ken amounting tosioo.. Tlje pres
ident, Rev. Dr. Waddell, belongs
to a long line of the best teachers
and preachers. The Institute was |
earnestly commended to the pub
ic as was also the president, Dr.
Waddell. Rev. E. M. Craig was
elected a member of the board of
directors.
The reports from the churches
were encouraging. An increase
along all lines was marked. The
Cartersville church was first in the
number of members received
The sermons preached were all
of a high order. During the meet
ing sermons were preached by the
following: Revs. John Milner, C.
O’N. Martindale, J. H. Patton, W.
L. Lingle, W. H. Darnall, D. D.,
G. T. Goetchius.
The members of the presbytery
expressed themselves as delighted
with their reception and with the
meeting.
The next meeting will be held in
Adairsville, October 18th, 1900.
The pulpits of the city were sup
plied Sunday as follows by mem
bers of presbytery:
First Presbyterian, 11 a. m.,
Rev. W. L. Lingle; 7:30 p. m.,
Rev. G. T Goetchius, D. D.
Second Presbyterian, 4 p. m.,
Rev. I. W. Waddell, D. D.
Baptist, 11 a. m., Rev. G. T.
Goetchius, D. D.; 7:30 p. m., Rev.
W. L. Lingle.
Methodist, 11 a. m., Rev. J. H.
Patton; 7:30 p. m., Rev. I. W.
Waddell, D. D.
ARTHUR BANTON DEAD.
Popular Traveling Man Succumbs
to Bright’s Disease.
Mr. James Arthur Banton died
at the home of his aunt, Mrs. E.
M. Gilreath, in this city, on Sun
day morning. His malady was
Bright’s disease. He was full of
energy and pursued his duties on
the road well after his physical
condition made it a burden. He
was taken severely sick in Atlanta
and wis from there brought home
to be under the care of kindred.
He was given every attention after
his confinement in doors but his
malady continued with its slow,
sure process,his condition gradual
ly growing worse for three mbuths
until the end came.
Arthur Banton was known as a
whole-souled, genial, openhearted
man, carrying with him a cheerful
air that made others about him
cheerful, That he should be cut
down in the very prime of his man
hood is a source of sorrow to all
who knew him.
He was for three years and up
to the time of his sickness employ
ed by Milbank, Leman & Cos., im
porters and dealers in woollen
goods, but had previously traveled
for Bandonins Bros., of New York,
and Belding Bros., silk manufact
urers. He was at one time with
Chamberlin, Johnson & Cos., At
lanta, and also worked once for a
firm in Rome.
Mr. Banton was 43 years of age
at the time of his death. He was
the son of Mr. John Banton, a well
known citizen of Cassville, who
lost his life in the civil war. His
mother, now Mrs. William Love
less, survives him. Also a brother,
Mr. John Banton, and Mr. Felton
Loveless, a half brother.
He was a member of the Baptist
church, which he joined before he
reached manhood. He believed in
spiritual work and spiritual things
and leaned to his last hour on the
promises of the Savior to those
who Love Him and keep the com
mandments. He expressed a firm
hope of a rich existence in the
Glory Land.
The funeral occurred from the
Baptist church on Monday, Rev.
A. W. Bealer, assisted by Rev. E.
M. Craig, officiating. Mr. Bealer’s
remarks were louching and por
trayed the good traits of the de
ceased fittingly and truly.
The interment was at Oak Hill.
DORCAS SOCIETY.
With Young People's Union. Will
Give Entertainment.
Under the auspices of the Dor
cas Society and the Baptist Young
People’s Union, an entertainment
will be given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Corley on tomor
row (Friday) night, from 7 to 10:30
o’clock. The entertainment will
be for the benefit of the Baptist
church and congregation, and all
members of Lie church and con
gregation are cordially invited to
be present. There have not been
nor will there be any written iuv.
sent out, as heretofore.
O ASTOHIA.
Bears the /O ln* Kind You Have Always Bengfr
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 19, 1900.
HA'S FAMINE
IS TERRIBLE.
Condition of the Country is Awful
to Contemplate-
THE SELLING OF YOUNG GIRLS.
Put on Market at Thirty Cents a
Piece—Struggling: for Grains of
Wheat—Sickening Situation.
Boston, April 16. —The Rev.
Rockwell Clancy, a missionary at
Allahabad, who is visiting his
brother in Medford, said last night:
“The condition of the famine
stricken people in India today is
something perfectly awful to con
template. I cannot tell anything
about the number who are
dying, but when I left Bombay
last February there were some
sixty million people suffering from
famine and over 30 million were in
dire distress and of these but five
million were receiving government
aid.
“It is not the cities, but the
country places which are stricken,
and when you know that it is most
ly among the agricultural classes,
and that 80 per cent, of the popu
lation of India is made up of tillers
of the soil, you may be able to
grasp in some slight manner the
extent of the suffering at the pres
ent time.
“When the famine set in the
people began to sell everything
they had that might get a little
grain for food. They took the
doors from their houses and sold
them, sold their furniture and their
farming utensils, and then, when
they had no longer anything to sell,
they sold their children. The boys
don’t sell well and the traffic is
largely in girls.
“I saw girls in one town before I
left, being sold for 30 cents a piece.
They were bought up by the Mo
hammedans. But they won’t buy
the boys, so when the parents can
not longer support their children
they abandon them and henceforth
they must go on as best they can.
The castoffs congregate about the
doors of the grain merchants’ shops
and the only way the proprietors
can get rid of them is to throw out
handfuls of grain, scattering it
wide. The children pick and pick
all day, and at night are perhaps
rewarded by having picked up a
a single handful.”
MANY WILL GO
- Crowd From This Vicinity to
Louisville Reunion Will be Good.
There will likely be a consider-*
able number of people that will go
from this vicinity to the reunion of
the confederate veterans at Louis
ville May 31st —June 4th. The
rate is open to all and is a low one,
being only $8.15 for the round trip
from Cartersville.
P. M. B, Young camp will elect
its delegates to the reunion at its
next meeting, the second Saturday
in May. Already a considerable
number of the members of the
camp have expressed their inten
tion of going. Also, a number
outside the camp, who are aware
of what an enjoyable trip it will
be, have said they would be along.
The railroad folks are ready and
anxious to do all they can for the
convenience and the comfort of the
crowd. Both the N. C. & St. L.
and the L. & N. officials are look
ing to running trains so as to ac
commodate the crowd. We are
assured specials will be run through
from Atlanta to Louisville without
change. The crowd here will most
of them wish to leave at 10 o'clock
on the night of the 30th (Tuesday.)
This would put them in Louisville
at 10 or 11 o’clock on Wednesday.
However, any who wish can leave
in the day and by going on the 10
o’clock train they would reach
Louisvibe that night at about 11
or 12 o’clock.
That the railroad folks may
know how to estimate the crowd
they will carry it is urged that
those intending going will notify
Mr. Fred Bush, in Atlanta, or the
adjutant of P. M. B. Young camp,
D. B Freeman. The latter has
literature regarding the reunion
that is interesting and will distrib
ute among those who may call on
him.
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MEMORIAL DAY
AT CASSVILLE.
It Will be Saturday. May sth, This
Year-
HON-SEABON WRIGHT, OF ROME
To Deliver the Oration—Veterans
and Daußhters Expected-Dues
Callao 1- or.
The decoration of the graves of
confederate soldiers at Cassville
will occur this year on the sth day
of May. Hon. Seaborn Wright, of
Rome, has been chosen to deliver
the oration. Mr. Wright is one of
the most brilliant orators id the
state, and it is needless to say his
address will be replete with fine
thought and will be an address well
well worth the hearing.
The following notice has been
sent the Courant American by the
president of the Ladies’ Memorial
association at Cassville:
Members of the Memorial asso
ciation at Cassville, will please
send in dues to Robt. B. Smith,
treasurer. Next Saturday the sol
diers graves are to be put in order
for decoration day, which will be
Saturday, May sth. Veterans and
Daughters of the Confederacy are
expected to attend.
Hon. Seaborn Wright will de
liver the address.
Mamie L. Saxon.
Pres. L. M. A.
VISITORS NOT WANTED-
South Africa No Place for Them
Now.
London, April 15. Joseph
Chamberlain, Secretary of State
for the Colonies, has received the
following dispatch from Sir Alfred
Milner, British High Commissioner
in South Africa:
“The number of visitors to South
Africa is constantly increasing and
includes many, especially ladies,
who seem to have no particular call
of duty or business.
“I am sure this would not be the
case if it were realized at home
that visitors, who, in ordinary
times would be mcist welcome, may,
under existing conditions,become a
serious source of inconvenience, in
terfering with the work of the mil
itary ana civil officers and putting
a strain on our limited means of
accommodation, which are urgent
ly required for those who have
duties to perform here or who are
invalid from the front.
‘.‘A considerable increase in the
expense of living—at all times
very high—is caused by this ex
cessive influx of visitors, and this
is a hardship to persons of the lat
ter class.”
After saying that there is no
place less suitable for recreation
than South Africa at present, Sir
Alfred Milner concludes as follows:
“Lord Roberts, to whom I have
submitted this message, authorizes
me to add that he fully concurs in
the views expressed.”
CABTOHIA.
Bears the /) Til* Kind You Have Always Botigtt
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STRONG ARGUMENTS.
Why Judge Fite Should be Retained
as Judge.
Dalton Arjrus.
Whitfield superior court adjourn
ed this morning. A motion court
will be heard the 23rd, and an ad
journed term for the hearing of
motions will he held some time in
June.
Judge F'ite has during this term
added to his already brilliant record
as a dispatcher of business a saver
of the people’s money. Besides
wonderfully expediting civil
business the judge has made
a remarkable record in decreas
ing the criminal business of
the county. The time now con
sumed in trying criminal cases is
less than three weeks for the whole
year, where before Judge Fite took
charge it was from four to six
weeks each year. Judge Fite be
gan to preside over the Cherokee
Circuit January Ist, 1897. In 1897
there were 162 true bills found by
the grand jury; in 1898, 105 true
bills; in 1899, 91 true bills and for
the 1900 term just closed 38 only—
or an average of 79 for the year.
figures as these sr- stronger
arguments in hue’s favor
than column editorials.
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For every one there is money enough to
buy that to eat which is pure, sound, good,
wholesome.
Why should we use cheap, impure, un
healthful articles of food? There is no
economy in them; they endanger the health,
they may cost life. There are reported
almost daily cases of sickness caused by eat
ing cake, puddings or biscuit made with the
cheap, alum baking powders.
In all articles for food buy and use only
the best. The good health of the family is
of first consideration.
Alum is used in many baking powders because it makes
them cheap. It costs less than two cents a pound.
Alum is a corrosive poison. Think of feeding it to chil
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MAJ. W. H. RENFROE-
Tribute to His Memory by P. M. B.
Young: Camp, U. C. V.
The following tribute to the
memory of Maj. W. H. Renfroe,sub
mitted by Dr, R. I. Battle, on be
half of the committee appointed to
prepare a memorial, was adopted
by P. M. B. Young Camp, U. C.
V., last Saturday:
On the evening of January 13,
1900, the spirit of Comrade W. H.
Renfroe of P. M. B. Young Camp,
Confederate Veterans,took its flight
into the realms beyond the skies.
Born and reared in Washington
county, state of Georgia, those who
knew him best are not surprised
that he responded to his country’s
call and enlisted in its service at
the very beginning of the struggle
in’6l. His indomitable will and
splendid courage equipped him
well for the arduous duties of a
soldier’s life.
Enlisting early in the ranks of
the Second Georgia, he was soon
promoted to the rank of second
lieutenant, in which capacity he
served the first twelve months of
the war. Upon the reorganization
his regiment was blended with an
other command which became the
38th Georgia. With this com
mand he continued until the sur
render.
These are the statistics of our
comrade’s life as a soldier covering
a period of four years in active ser
vice. How well and conspicuous
a part he bore in that eventful
struggle carnot be better told than
by his friend and fellow soldier,
Capt. P. R. Talliaferro, who was
his immediate superior in rank and
was by his side during that four
years of blood and strife.
“His noble life has ended and I
feel impressed to lay this small
tribute upon the little mound un
der which he sleeps.
“Having been an intimate friend
for forty-one years and my com
rade in arms a little over four years
I can truly say that I knew him
well and indulge in no fulsome
praise when I declare that one of
the truest, noblest and most faith
ful men I ever knew breathed his
last in Cartersville, Ga., January
13, 1900. Purity we admire
wherever found, be it in the dew
drop as it sparkles like a diamond
upon the blade of grass in the early
morning, in the sunbeam as it
drives darkness from the earth, or
in a human life reflecting all the
elements of a true nobility and
bearing the fruits of kindness, fidel.
ity and brotherly love. He has
made his impress upon the two
towns in which he lived and carved
with his own hands for himself an
imperishable monument, that shall
be more enduring than brass or
marble.
“Upon the tented field I have
seen him evince all the tenderness
of a woman in caring for those un
der his command. I have seen
him, with sword in hand, rush into
battle with the intrepid dash of a
Spartan Knight, cheering the men
011 to the bloody combat. When
wounded in battle he murmured
not, neither did his courage fail
him. Having a strong physique,
he soon recovered from his wound
and was again at the front where
he remained until overpowered by
superior numbers, the a: my sur
rendered under Gen. Johnston at
Greensboro, N. C. His cheerful
disposition and encouraging words
inspired his men with hope and
courage, and not until our flag was
furled and refused to kissthe breeze
again could he realize that he was
no longer a confederate soldier,but
a man who must return to the
arena of civil life. He has met ev
ery duty and performed every trust
with all good fidelity and now rests
from his labors.”
With such a record from oue
who was his intimate friend and
associate we can easily comprehend
how he filled so well the place of a
civilian during liis stay among us.
A man of strong convictions his
loyalty to his country’s cause could
never be questioned. A typical
southerner, his hospitality knew
no bounds. A cbivalric gentle
man, his positions upon all ques
tions of public interest were no se
cret to the outside world. An
humble Christian, his mind and
heart found sweet nourishment
through many days of suffering
and pain in the simple teaching of
the Saviour; on these he rested
with a child-like trust.
Life bad its charm for him but
he met death like a true soldier,
equipped with virtuous principles
and armed with an abiding faith.
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