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THE CO GRANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
car.cia captured
BY AIMS.
Ranks Next to Aguinaldo in Com
mand ofthe Insurgent Filipinos.
natives STILL unconquered.
Ed wm WildmanSaysa Reign of Ter
ror Exists Near Manlla- -Troops
• Control Little Territory.
Manila, May 7. General Pan
teion Garcia, the highest insurgent
officer except Aguinaldo, was cap
tured yesterday by Lieutenant E.
V Smith of General Eunstou’s
staff in the town of Jaen, three
m iles northeast of San Isidro, Pro
viuce of New Kcuji. _
Garcia personally directed the
guerilla operations, and General
Funston had spent weeks in trying
to corner him, several companies
beating the whole country at night.
Often °the Americans caught mes
sengers bearing Garcia’s orders.
The people protected him, and
burned signal lights wherever the
American soldiers appeared..
He seldom slept twice in the
same town. Recently General
Funston surprised him and his
staff while dining at Arayat at
dusk. The Filipinos leaped through
the windows and escaped, leaving
their papers and everything except
the clothing they wore. The strain
of being hunted* finally exhausted
their endurance.
General Funston is in Manila,
where he came to bid farewell to
General Otis. He will return and
endeavor to persuade Garcia to se
cure the surrender of his forces,
which number several thousand
Most of Garcia’s men live in the
mountains, and few bands would
number more than a hundred.
Jaen is the largest ungarrisoned
town in the province. Spies re
ported that Garcia was sick, and
had been compelled to hide there,
and Lieutenant .Smith, with Lieu
tenant Day and forty cavalrymen,
surrounded the town.
The spies led them directly to
the house where Garcia was, dis
guised as a peasant, only a major
and two sergeants being with him
These also were captured.
Gaicia commanded all the insur
gents in Central Luzon, several
generals, including Pio del Pilar
and Mascardo, being under him.
KEIGN OF TERROR.
New York, May 6. —Edwin
Wildtuan, former vice consul at
Hong Kong, contributed an article
on "A Reign of Terror in the
Philippines” to Leslie’s Weekly, of
which the following is an abstract:
‘Although General Otis would
have us believe that the war in the
Philippines is over I learn from
private sources of information of
the highest authority that there
exists a veritable reign of terror in
most parts of the archipelago with
-111 a gunshot from our army posts.
Either General Otis is blind to the
situation or is keeping the real
facts from the American people.
Aguinaldo’s forces have scattered
nuo m. rauding bands, and, leagu
ing themselves with the mountain
ulisans and Ladrones, terrorize
Ilc country and eventually check
tuc cultivation of crops and the
sale of marketable products.
The few ports that have been
opened have shipped away what
, e su Pplv they contained, and
ie tons upon tons of hemp, tmgar
and rice that are stored in the in
terior are beyond the reach of buy
ers, Ihe money paid for the tliou
saiius of hales of hemp shipped
troni garrisoned ports has found
1 77 tbe insurgent coffers,
,' Kl lhe , revolutionary juntas at
"• g Kong and Singapore are
ni. iking extensive purchases of
nrniS’ preparatory to a renewed
a-uu of filibustering and general
hostilities as soon as the rainy sea
-011 is over. Our army are busy
f otectmg their posts, while the
s lr gents carry on their opera
? tbe interior andpaial>ze
griculture and trade.
Sl Scattered bauds of armed in
h.-7 UtS Wage war against all who
- ate to acknowledge the Agui
government, and the inhab
prevp aie , ' n a st . ate °t terror, that
allian' ltS 7 ,est industry or ope
ee with American societ\l
these tr °?P !5 make short work 01
are so [ 0 J Jers but onr garrisons
her ti, ? T , a P a,t so few in num
-0 ‘ fin i! h 7 lnvari ably are obliged
a “ ,ack to a seaport town,
where they can get supplies from
Manila, for the insurgents have so
thoroughly ravaged the country
that it is impossible to supply even
a small batalliou with native pro
ducts.
“If we ever hope to put an end
to this Indian warfare, we must
send additional forces to the is
lands. Our present corps is total
ly inadequate to cope with the sit
uation and bring the war to a close.
The islands, commercially or oth
erwise, will be utterly useless un
til life and property are made safe.”
FROM INDIAN TERRITORY.
Mr. A. L. Linn Writes Interestingly
of That Country,
Ardmore, I. TANARUS., May 4, 1900,
Editors Omirant American:
I was born and raised in Bar
tow county, and never had any
idea of ever making my home out
side of Bartow county, Georgia un
til the latter part of the year 1899,
when I was aroused by reports that
came to me in regard to the Indian
Territory, and then I began to
think seriously about coming to
ill s country, and soon made up my
mind to come and try it a whack,
and on the 19th day of January,
1900, I boarded the train for this
place and of course I found it quite
different from what I expected.
I thought when I hit the ground
the Indians would be all round me
just ready to massacre me if Hook
ed at all suspicious, but this is all
a mistake. The people in and
around this place are nearly all
full-blood white people. There
are some mixed breeds and a few
full-blood.
If you were hunting Indians
here you would find 100 white peo
ple to one Indian.
In regard to the land I can hard
ly describe it, some rich and some
poor, some hilly and rocky and
some smooth and level, while some
is timber and some prairie, some
black wax, some black sand, some
white sand and some mixed. While
the land is of a better quality than
that of my native home, there are
some things that are not so desir
able as they are in old Georgia.
The water is of a iow grade. I
have not seen a spring since I
came here that was worth having.
The well water is the only water
in this country that is fit to drink.
Some drink creek water in winter.
Creeks and rivers nearly all go dry
here in dry weather.
Houses here in the country are
very sorry. They remind me more
of the old time Georgia cabins
than anything else. They are
notched up with logs and then
chinked and daubed with mud,
while a great many have what they
call dugouts.
If this country had the thou
sands of cold springs that bubble
up from the earth and wind their
way through the old hills of Geor
gia, it would be the country for
me.
There are more insects here than
there is in my native state and a
lots of other disadvantages, but if
a man wants to put up with them
I think this is a better country
than that for him. A. L. Linn.
THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.
A Notable Kntertainment Panning Out
Well in Proceeds
The strawberry festival given by
the ladies for the benefit of the fire
men was a conspicuous success in
every way. The Munford building
in Bank block, was chosen as the
place for the festival and was the
scene of a pleasant and gay gather
ing during the afternoon and even
ing of Tuesday.
Strawberries, ice cream and cake
were served by the ladies and from
the way the refreshments went, was
enjoyed by those who were there.
The election of a sponsor for the
team on their trip to Gadsden was
a spirited contest and proved as
pleasing as it was exciting. Miss
Lucy Jones was chosen sponsor
and her many friends think there
are none of Carterseille’s many at
tractive daughters mere worthy to
wear the honors.
The total sum realized from the
festival was $92. About $75 of this
was clear.
The fire boys are jubilant over
the success and theii prospects lor
a good time and for winning lau
rels for themselves and our town in
the contests and are especially
grateful to the ladies for their no
ble and rewarded efforts to nelp
them out. The council has already
donated SIOO toward the fund for
defraying the expenses of the team
to Gadsuen
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Cc] lfftlme. Sold br dmnrii*t. PC
O VarBRSYIL LE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1900.
MEMORIAL DAY
AT CASSILE.
Interesting and Impressive Exer
cises Last Saturday-
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS STREWN
Over the Resting Places ofthe He
roic Dead Again Observed Speech
of Hon. Seaborn Wright.
Last Saturday was an ideal day
for such an occasion, and the dec
oration exercises at Cassville were
no less carefully carried out, no
less full and no less interesting
than such exercises have been for
the numerous times they have been
he'd since the soldiers of Lee,
Johnston and Jackson laid down
their arms in 1865 and relinquish
ed that cause, which was lost but
which has been held dear through
the years and is still revered with
a burning fervor.
The people of the Cassville com
munity and many from this and
nearby communities gathered un
til by 10:30, the hour set for the
exercises to begin, there was a
large and interesting crowd on
hand.
Confederate veterans from P. M.
B. Young camp, cf this city, as
sembled and forming ranks, march
ed around the monument to take
their seats and formed a very im
pressive picture, as many of them
white haired and bent in form, with
unsteady tread moved in solemn
file.
Hon. Seaborn A. Wright, the
chosen orator of the day, delivered
one of his characteristically beauti
ful speeches which was listened to
with the closest attention. He
dwelt upon the cause for which the}'
fought as well as the hardships
privations and deeds of valor of
those who wore the gray and al
luded beautifully to .the fidelity
and devotion of the women to the
south and with what touching ten
derness they had striven to keep
the memory of these heroes green,
by strewing flowers annually upon
their graves and other ways.
The work of placing the flowers
on the graves was participated in
by all the ladies present and was
an impressive proceeding.
Through the Daughters of the
Confederacy a beautiful shaft com
memorating their work in caring
for the graves these years and the
erecting of the headstones was pre
sented to the Ladies’ Memorial As
sociation, of Cassville. The pre
sentation speech was made by Prof,
VV . W. Daves, and was beautiful
and appropriate. Capt. B. O. Craw
ford received the shaft in behalf
of the ladies and his remarks were
fit and impressive. This was one
of the specially interesting features
of the day’s exercises. Maj. A. M.
Foute made a splendid talk which
was listened to with interest.
WESTERN TORNADOES.
Three Kansas Counties Swept—
Two Lives Known to Be Lost.
Kansas City, May 6. —No fewer
than a dozen tornadoes of more or
less severity are reported to have
occurred this afternoon in cen
tral Kansas, in Saline, Ells
worth and Barton counties, three
persons are reported killed. Other
storms are reported near Ellsworth
and Kanopolis, in Ellsworth
county. Near Kanopoliseight dis
tinct funnel-shaped clouds devel
oped within a radius of twenty miles,
four of them large ones, and two of
which are known to have traveled
over the earth lor a space of twen
ty-five minutes. One ol the storms
tore down all the outbuildings,
granaries and windmills on tile
Waite farm, three miles north of
Kanopolis. and another tore down
the house and barn of a farmer
north of Ellsworth. Brookville
reports six tornadoes traversed the
county in as many different direct
ions from that town without touch
ing it. 111 no instance are details
reported. The destruction wrought
has probably been off the railroads
at inaccessible points.
Two people are known to have
been killed and three injured.
Wires are down in the affected dis
tricts making it impossible to ac
curately sum up the damage done.
CASTORIA.
Bean the /) The Kind You Have Always Bau^f
% *r
THE LEaGUE CONFERENCE.
Interesting Closing Service at the
City Park.
The Epworth League Conven
tion and Preachers Missionary In
stitute that met in this city last
week has been generally accorded
by our people who were attendants
at any of its sessions one of the
most interesting religious assem
blages that ever met here.
The manv facts regarding the
League, missions, and church work
in general as given in the discuss
ions and the ,-everal papers was
matter lor 11.1 t.uii upon and
shows wnat a power lor good the
League as a . a. x l.ary of the
church has become. COll -ecration,
earnestness and zeal arc character
istics of the young Christian work
ers of the Methodist church well
proven. The mission work of the
church was shown to be well sys
tematized and in fine shape. Tl e
papers read were all well prepared
and gave splendid information and
history. Of the more notable pa
pers were one by Mrs. FJakes, of
Rome, one by Mrs. E. T. McGhee,
of Rome; and one by Miss Martha
Adams, of Cedartovvn. This lat
ter was a concise well prepared pa
per giving Methodist history, and
furnished facts and statistics th. t
were new to the unstudious and a
revelation as to the immensity of
the strength and work of this great
denomination. The reading was
in a most agreeable style. The
paper was the subject of especial
compliment.
A paper read by Mrs. Davis, of
Rome, was also good.
There were fifteen conversions
during the meeting.
The closing service was in the
city park and was led by Mr.
Elbert Hale, of Rome.
Mr. T. J. Manson, the secretary
of the district league is a compe
tent and zealous official.
Salvationist Clark and his wife
were present. They have been at
Rome for some time doing a great
deal of gooi.
The ioilowing is a list of dele
gates and visitors ana the places
they were entertained:
Rev. W. T. Hamby, Rome, with
J. P Adair; Mr. John Bailey,Rome,
with Rev. C. A. Allday; Thomas
Watts, Cave Spring, with V. Alex
ander; Miss Susie Brewer, Rome,
Miss Annie Anster, Rome, with
Mrs. Lizzie Jones; J, Bailey Gor
don, Rome, Miss Maybelle Mar
shall, Miss Alice Parks, Rome,
with Rev. W. R. Branham; E- W.
Collins, Cedartown, C. W. Mor
rison, Rome, with J. W. Knight;
Rev, J. H. Eakes and wife, with
i H. E. Cary; Dr. J. F. Mixon,Rome,
with W. W. Daves; Rev. C. H.
Hartman, Rome, with A. W. Fite;
Rev. J, M. Crow, Rev T. R. Mc-
Carty, Cedartown, with W. L.
Goodwin; Alex Harris, Rome, with
Dr. R. B. Harris; Rev. W. C. Fox,
Cave Spring, Rev. F. G. Golden,
Dallas, Rev. W. S. Gaines, Emer
son, with Rev. S. P. Jones: Miss
Annie Clements, Rome, with Miss
Corrie Jones; Mr. Clark and wife,
Rome, with N. A. Bradley; Mr.
Allen, Rome, with Misses Stanford;
Rev. J. T. Davis and wife, Rome,
with T. R. Jones; Rev. W. A. Har
ris, Rev. O. L. Kelley, Rockmart,
with R. L. Jones; Misses Pearl
Rollins, Cora Neal, Ethel Lyle,
Rome, with Mrs. Mary Knight;
Rev. G. L. Chastain, Everette
Spring, Rev. W. F. Colley, Rome,
with Mr. Kilpatrick; MissesMatha
Adams, Fannie Lou Moore, Cedar
town, M ss Evie Crawford, Rome,
with Mrs, J. A. Monfort; Misses
Pearl Dunn, Nora Collett, Rome,
with Misses Stanford; Rev. A. M.
Pierce, Rome, with Thos. Milner;
T. J. Manson, Elbert Hale, Rome,
with J. W. Vaughan; Misses Nan
nie Zuber, Miss Lewis, Rome, Miss
Mary Wikle; C. L. Anderson,Rome,
with G. W. Waldrup; J. P. Bran
son, J. L. Allgood, Rockmart, with
C. X. Patterson.
Attention, Veterans!
P. M. B. Young Carap, No. 820,
U. C. V., will meet at the court
house at 10:30 a. m , on Saturday,
May 12. Delegates will be elected
to the annual reunion of the Uni
ted Confederate Veterans at Louis
ville May 30th, —June 4th on that
day and other matters pertaining
to the reunion will be considered.
A full attendance is desired.
A. M. Foute,
Commander.
D. B. Freeman,
Adjutant.
An Old Id, a.
Every day strengthens the belief of emi
nent physician, that impure blood is the
cause of the majority of our diseases.
1 wenty-five years nuo this theory was used
as a basis Jor t| , e formula of Browns’ Iron
Hitters. J'lie many remarkable cmvs effected
■ . 8 famous old househ<-id remedy an
sufficient to prove that the theory is correct?
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers-
Absolutely Pure
Made from most highly refined and
healthful ingredients.
Assures light, sweet, pure and
wholesome food.
Housekeepers must exercise care in buying bak
ing powders, to avoid alum. Alum powders are
sold cheap to catch the unwary, but alum is a poi
son, and its use in food seriously injures health.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
MR- LEV^REEVES.
His Horn* Paper Speaks of Him
Most Complimentary.
Selma (Ala ) Journal.
The Seltna Journal, a copy of
which is before us, prints the fol
lowing concerning a popular can
didate for clerk of superior court:
“The Journal notes that Mr. L.
W. Reeves, Jr., formerly a resident
of Selma, is prominently mention
ed as being the probable success
ful candidate for clerk of the su
perior court of Bartow county,
Georgia. Mr. Reeves moved from
Selma to Stilesboro, which is only
a few miles from Cartersville, the
county seat. He was ejected a
member of the board of county
commissioners and has served with
faithfulness and distinction. In
his candidacy for clerk the friends
in his old home wish for him all
success, for he deserves it. Pos
sessed of energy, determination
and geniality his popularity has
only been transferred from Ins old
home to newer fields and will stand
him in well, now that he asking
for public office.
“No mistake will be made by '
the people of Bartow county in
giving their votes to Mr. Reeves,
and the Journal sincerely hopes to
be able to chronicle his election.”
TOOBSERVETHESUN’S ECLIPSE
Astronomers Already Preparing to
Make Observations.
Atlanta, Ga., May 6. —The total
eclipse of the sun on May 28, the
last which will be visible in this
latitude until 1918. is arousing un
usual interest among astronomers.
George C. Collier, of Indian
Springs, Ga., has received letters
from Prof. R. W. McFarland, of
Oxford, 0.. for twelve years pro
fessor of astronomy of the Ohio
State University, stating that he,
with a party of six or eight per
sons, including the present profes
sor of astronomy at the state uni
versity,will come to Indian Springs
to view the solar eclipse on May
28,
Prof. Stone, of the University of
Virginia, and director of the Lean
der-McCorntiek Observatory, is at
Winnsboro, S. C., where he has se
lected a location for observing the
eclipse. He will be accompanied
by three eminent mathematicians
and astronomers, and will begin
work at once on a great photograp
hic camera, 38 feet in length, with
a lense 5 inches in diameter. The
plates will be triple-coated and be
14 by 17 inches in size. For visual
study two telescopes will be used.
P!l3ttter$ NUB,AN TEA curcs D y''^P‘
I sMIIIVi v sis, Constipation and Indi
gestion. Regulates the Liver. Price, 25 ct*
BIG FIRE IN ATLANTA.
The Loss Is $200,000, One-Half
Covered by Insurance.
Atlanta, Ga May 7. —The fac
tory of the Ware Furniture com
pany, one of the largest nianufact
ing plants of its kind in the south,
located at the end of Marietta street,
just outside the city limits, was
bhrned this afternoon. Forty cot
tages occupied by people employed
in the factory were destroyed many
of the famlies losing all their ef
fects. Several hundred thousand
feet of hardwood lumber was also
bur ied. Wm. Dickinson, a fire
man, was badly burned, and Tlios.
Varner was carried from one of the
burning cottages in*an unconscious
condition. The loss to the factory
and on the cottages will be about
s2oo,ooo,with insurance about one
half. This was the mo t
fire Atlauta has had for years, and
the entire department was sent out.
A high wind was blowing and the
inflammable nature of the buildings
made the firemen’s task almost
hopeless from the start. The
spread of the flames was so rapid
at one time that one company of
firemen were compelled to abandon
a hose cart to the flames and run for
their lives.
Three hundred people were ren
dered homeless by the fire. To
night the Atlanta camp of Confed
erate Veterans subscribed a large
purse to the uses of the homeless
people, and chose Col. W. A.
Hemphill treasurer. Several houses
were offered for the temporary use
of the sufferers.
The two-story building of the
Atlanta Dairy company and stables
were destroyed by fire tonight.
Eleven horses were cremated and
two others so badly burned that
they were killed by police officers.
The loss on the building was not
large.
FIREMAN S TOURNAMENT.-
Special Through Train to Gadsden
Without Change.
The East and West railroad will
run a special through train to Gads
den to the Fireman’s Tournament,
which will be held May 16th and
17th. The train will leave Car
tersville at six o’clock a. hi., Tues
day morning, May. 16th, and run
solid through to Gadsden, arriving
at the latter place at 9:45 a. m.
Round trip tickets good to re
turn after the ba quet on the even
ing of May 17th will be sold for
$2.60. The friends of the firemen
and the public generally are cor
dially invited to join them on this
excursion, and all are insured a
pleasent trip and a good time.
The Cartersville firemen will en
ter the contests for all the j ri/.es,
and want their friends to go along
and see them pull for the first place
in each contest.
NO. 81.