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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CLOSE NEXT WEEK
Beginning Monday With Exercises
in the Rooms-
COMMENCEMENT WEDNESDAY.
Exercises at Tabernacle-Wurm’s
Orchestra to Furnish Music.
Interesting Programme.
The public schools of Carters
ville will close next week.
Monday will be public day at
the various rooms of the schools,
jnd the public is cordially invited
to be present.
Tuesday the elocution contest
will occur at the tabernacle, The
contest will be among students of
the grammar school. The contest
ants were selected on Monday last by
committees who heard the speeches
and recitations and chose those
considered best, one boy and one
girl from each of the grammar
school rooms in both the schools.
Those chosen and who will con
test, with their subjects, are as fol
lows:
From the East School —sth
Grade— May Belle Jones—“ The
Baby at Rudder Grange;” Frank
Matthews— “ Under Which Flag?”
Third and Fourth Grades—Em
ma Fleming—“ Dick’s Supper;”
Thomas Caldwell—“A Small Opin
ion of Girls.”
First and Second • Grades —Leo-
nelle Moon—“ See-saw;” Lewis
Trippe—“ When the Minister
Comes to Tea.”
From West School —Sixth Grade
—Verdie Akin—“ Spartacus to the
Gladiators;” Monroe Neel —‘'Un-
der Which Flag?”
Third and Fourth Grades —Re-
becca Knight—“ When Hulda
’Spects Her Bean; James Neal—
“ The Reason Why.”
First and Second Grades—
Rosal n ! Lumpkin—“Th? After
noon Call;" Edwin —“Sister’s Best
Feller.”
The contest will be an interest
ing one for the public. Two prizes
will be awarded—one to the best
boy and one to the best girl speak
er. On this occasion promotion
j certificates will be given out.
Wednesday will be commence
ment day and the exercises will be
at the tabernacle. The programme
will be as follows:
1. Salutatory— Laurie Neel.
2. Oration—“ The Mechanical
and Industrial Inventions of the
Century”—Robert C. Freeman.
3- Oration—The Progress of
Science During Our Century”—
Rene Granger.
4- Essay—“ Moral and Intellec
tual Improvements of the Cen
tury’—Gena Moon.
3- Oration—“ The Progress of
Our Country During the Century—
Edward Stover.
Class Exercises—
-0 President’s Address bv Albert
Howard.
7 Class History—Mora Hall.
°- Class Prophecy—Christine
Eumpkin.
9 Class Poem—Corinne Mayo.
jL°- Valedictory— Alice Cary.
le music for commencement
J a .v will be furnished by Wurm’s
e 1 kn °wn orchestra, of Atlanta.
DISMISSAL of the seniors.
E er cises at Emory College Last
Saturday Night.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga.,
0. 2o Saturday evening at
o in Few hall occurred the dis-
HkT 1 tke sen i° r members of
society. The speakers of the
Fite 1 "? ?; ere Vles srs. W. Convers
p ‘ ’ 0 Cartersville, and J. Neely
Vear K Q u * traan - For many
has V/ US sm * s sal of the seniors
ech taken P lace at the societies
one J -"? r ancl now ** Fas become
the °ll e es a Wished customs of
aye C ° ege w ’ a ieh are honored by
as well a * fitness and alwavs
P Mr Ulteresting
and j e was senior valedictorian
the n mac ean ax cellent speech on
t haill ero t P r °blem, after which he
member lhe T S °ciet-V in behalf of its
benefit- * ;\ ho are seniors for the
from "l llc F the y had received
which iAj x he ins piratious with
junior ,l lad furtlls hed them. The
spoke f res P° n dent, Mr. Peacock,
which t ee ‘ n £iy °E the sadness
of the *■ *" teh over the sundering
tho eV S vy hich had bound him to
hall fo/tV a , re soon to leave the old
of wh :; last time and told them
their society expected of
them in the future. He then spoke
of the materialistic tendencies
which seem to be shaping the des
tinies of the American people and
called upon those who were leav
ing to live in their after life for
something greater than gain and
promised them in return that rich
est blessing, the satisfaction afford
ed bv duty well performed.
The exercises were, closed by
President Dowman, who in a short
talk replete with sound counsel
and feeling, invoked life’s blessings
on those who are soon to try in
earnest.
THE CHEROKEE CIRCUIT.
How trie Vote Stood Between Judge
Fite and Col. McCamy.
In our issue of last week we
gav<: the vote of the Cherokee cir
cuit as near as could be obtained
at that time, but it was not official.
We give below the vote by coun
ties as shown by the official re
turns:
BARTOW.
A. W. Fite 1555
R. J. McCamy 767
Fite’s majority 788
GORDON.
A. W. Fite 833
R. J. McCamy 347
Fite’s majority 486
MURRAY.
A. W. Fite 448
R. J. McCamy 300
Fite’s majority 148
CATOOSA.
A. W. Fite 239
R. J. McCamy 176
Fite’s majority 63
WHITFIELD.
R. J. McCamy 791
A. W, Fite 407
McCamy’s majority 384
DADE.
A. W. Fite 343
R. J: McCamy 124
• .... -1
Fite’s majority 219
TOTAL,
A. W. Fite’s majority 1704
R. J. McCamy’s majority.... 384
Fite’* total majority 1320
Judge Fite caried every county
in the circuit except Whitfield,
the home county of his opponent.
GRADUATING EXERCISES
West End Institute Will be Held at
Opera House.
The following is the programme
of the graduating exercises of the
West End Institute, which will be
held at the opera house on Friday
evening, May 25th, beginning at
eight o’clock:
PROGRAMME.
I
Welcome Song Abt.
Chorus Class.
Recitation—“ Hess” Anon
Miss Ruth Rogers.
Piano Trio—Flatterroschen
W. Kramer :
Misses Saxon, Rogers and Candler.
Recitation—“ Jack Hall’s Boat Kant '
Robert Grant,,
Master Rees Marsnall.
Piano Solo—Danse de Concert Ben
dell
Miss Ruth Rogers.
Recitation Selected
Miss Florence Candler Willard.
Recitation , |
Pantomime) Bring Fiowers”
Miss Ruby Purse and Physical Culture
Class.
PART 11.
Piano Trio—Walzer .W. Kramer
Misses Rogers, Rowan and Candler
Reci ation—The Story of Patsy
Kate Douglas Wiggih
Miss Julia Elizabeth Candler
i Hungarinn Dance, Op.
Piano Duets--)- ltio Grieg.
) Norwegian, Op. 35
Woif
Miss Nora Rowan, Miss Hall.
Recitation Selected
Miss Sadie Stanton Liliard.
Vocal Solo— -“My Queen”. Blumenthal
Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr.
Valedictory
Miss Julia Elizabeth Candler.
Presentation of Diplomas to Graduates.
Farewell Song.
Presentation of Certificates of Honor
Teachers Institute-
The institute for white teachers
of this county will convene Mon
day June 4th 10 a. m. at West
Side school building.
Absentees will be subject to
such fine as the board of education
may name, unless an excuse deem
ed good by the board, be submit
ted in writing.
The general examination for
1900 will be held at West Side
school building June 16.
Colored teachers of this county
are required to attend the Peabody
Normal in Rome, Ga., at date fur
nished them by the School Com
missioner, of Floyd county.
2t. R. A. Clayton, C. S. C.
CAiU'iRtsVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1900.
THE BRITISH
PUSH Oil.
Advance Column is Now Within
Forty Miles of Johannesburg-
THE FIGHTING HAS BEGUN.
Womn and Children are Leaving
Pretoria.—Boers Still Fighting
on Slow Retreat.
London, May 22, 3:15 p. m. —
British horsemen, according to a
dispatch from Lourenzo Marques,
are now close to the Vaal river,
within forty miles of Johannesburg.
The migration from Pretoria has
begun. Women and children are
being sent in trains to Machada
dorp on the way to Lydenburg.
The trains are arriving at Lourenzo
Marques filled with passengers,
among whom are many Germans
bound for Europe. A correspond
ent with Gen. Hunter telegraphs
as follow front Fourteen Streams:
‘‘Col. Mahon’s relieving column
left Barkley West under secret
orders May 4, and reached Vrv
burg May 11. The Boers marched
on the right flank of the British
and a strange race followed, Mahon
pressing toward Mafeking with the
utmost speeu consistent with keep
ing the force in condition, and the
Boers hurrying parallel in an effort
to pass him and to throw them
selves across his path.
“The Boers succeeded. Mahon
then turned west during the night.
The Boers followed, overtook and
attacked him in the bush,but were
beaten off. Then Mahon and Plum
er’s united forces at Jamasihi May
15,and Mafeking was relieved three
days later. Gen. Hunter is credit
ed with devising and guiding the
relief.”
BARN BURNED.
Dr. Thos. H. Suffers a Heavy
Loss at His Farm Near Town.
The barn and shed in which was
stored a large lot of farm machin
ery, on the farm of Dr. Thos. H.
Baker, on the river, about four
miles west ot town, was burned to
the ground with its contents last
Thursday night.
Besides the farm machinery
which was under the shed, Dr.
Baker lost his buggy horse, and
buggy, wagons, plows, corn and
fodder, and estimates his loss at
about two thousand dollars.
The fire was discovered about
half-past nine o’clock, and was un
der such headway that it was im
possible to save anything from the
building. It took haid work to
save the other buildings near by
which was do.ie by bringing water
from the creek which passes
through the lower part of the lot.
The origin of the fire is not
known, but Dr. Baker thinks it
must have been incendiary as no
one had been about the building
for several hours before the fire
was discovered.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Mercer University at Macon. Will
Begin June Ist, Close June 6th.
Friday evening, June it, An
nual Literary Address, by Hon.
John Temple Graves, College Park.
Ga.; Saturday evening, June 2d,
Annual Debate between the Liter
ary Societies; Sunday morning,
June 3d. Baccalaureate sermon by
Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president Sou
thern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville. Ky.; Sunday evening,
June 3d, sermon before Missionary
Society, by Dr. F. R. Morse, New
York; Monday evening, June 4th,
Freshman declamation contest;
Tuesday evening, June sth, So
phomore declamation contest, and
Alumni Banquet in New Alumni
building; Wednesday morning,
June 6th, graduating exercises;
Wednesday evening, June 6th,
Moot Court, by the law class.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
Musical Programme for Evening
Service Specially Arranged.
Rev. Francis W. Ambler will
conduct the regular morning and
evening services at the Episcopal
church on Sunday next. A spe
cial musical programme will be
rendered at the evening service by
some of the best voices in the city.
Mrs. J. W. Harris, Miss Florence
Milner, Miss Estelle Calhoun,
Messrs. Joseph and John Calhoun
will form the choir.
Following is the programme:
Processional—“ Now the Day is
Over," arranged as solo and quar
tette, to be sung by Mrs. Harris,
Miss Estelle and Messrs. J. S, and
John Calhoun.
Bon uni list. Deus Miseratur,
hvnm 512, “Lead Kindly Light.”
Offeratory, “We Would See Jesus,”
to be sung by Miss Milner. Hymn
155, “As Pants the Wearied Heart,”
Nunc Dunittes.
THAT GADSDEN TRIP,
Firemen and Ffiends Return In
H lh Gl* • Over Trr-atment,
The Carters lie paity that went
to Gadsden to the annual tourna
ment of the North Georgia and
Alabama Volunieer Firemen’s
Association returned giving
glowing accounts of the trip
and the splendid treatment they
received by the Gadsden people.
The contingent from here, ac
companied by the Dalton boys, left
here Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock
and reached Gadsden the same dav
at ten o’clock.
The Cartersville team were not
as successful in getting prizes as
they would wish, but got second
prizes in two of the contests, the
shoe fly and grab contests. Ce
dartowu took off the bigger prizes.
They were a finely trained set of
boys.
Mr. John T. Norris, of this city,
was re-elected president of the as
sociation.
The next annual meeting and
tournament will be in Cedartown.
The social side of the trip was
all that could have been desired.
The visitors were tendered a ball
at the Printup House Wednesday
night and a banquet at the same
place Thursday night. A recep
tion was given the visiting spon
sors and maids of honor at the
home of Miss Ross, sponsor for the
Gadsden department. An excur
sion to Black Creek fallson Thurs
day morning was enjoyed.
The party left Gadsden at 12
o’clock Thursday night and reach
ed home Friday morning at 4
o’clock.
THE ENUMERATORS.
Those Who Will Take the Census In
Bartow County.
The enumerators appointed for
Bartow county are as follows.
Cartersville, city (west sid<s W.
R, Mountcastle.
Cartersville, city, (east side) W.
L. Goodwin.
Cartersville district, (east side)
A. B. Cunvus.
Cartersville district, (west side)
G. H. Aubrey.
Stilesboro and Euharlee, R. R.
Beasley.
Taylorsville and Iron Hill, Dr.
P. M. Rhodes.
Kingston, Mr. Dyar.
Adairsville (west side) Joseph
Shaw.
Adairsville (east side) Gus Ven
able.
Pine Log andSalacoa, Carl Brad
ford.
Flmersonand Allatoona, Thos. M.
Puckett.
Cassville, J. D. Pittard.
Sixth. R. J. Raiden.
The enumerators will t n er upon
their work June Ist, and it will
take them about two weeks to com
plete it.
PARDON FOR A GEORGIAN-
William Broughton Convicted of
Crime He Did Not Commit.
Washington, May 19. —The pres
ident has granted a pardon in the
case of William Broughton, who
was convicted in March 1901,
in the northern district of
Georgia of sending an ob
scene letter through the mail. He
was sentenced to a term of five
years in the penitentiary. It ap
pears that after Broughton’s im
prisonment the obscene letters con
tinued to be sent and later on a
man named Mitchell, the true cul
prit was convicted of writing the
jetter for which Broughton was
imprisoned. In his letter to
the president Attorney General
Griggs comments, upen the
fact that Broughton’s convi t
ion was secured upon the testimony
of two experts in handwriting who
declared that the handwriting in
the letter was Broughton's.
Attention, Veterans I
A meeting of P. M. B. Young
Camp, No 820, U. C. V., will be
held at the court house next Satur
day, at 10:30 a m. Final arrange
ments for attending the Louisville
reunion will have attention. A
full attendance is urged.
A. M. Foute,
Commander.
D. Freeman.
‘Absolutely Pure •
For the third of a century the
standard for strength and purity. It
makes the hot bread, hot biscuit,
cake and other pastry light, sweet
and excellent in every quality.
No other baking powder is
“just as good as Royal,” either in
strength, purity or wholesomeness.
Many low priced, imitation baking powders are
upon the market. These are made with alum,
and care should betaken to avoid them, as alum
is a poison, never to be taken in the loud.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
BECKHAM DECLAREDGOVERNOR
State House Turned Over to Demo
crate Amid Great Rejoicing.
Frankfort, Kv.. May 21. —The
announcement of the supreme
court’s decision at Washington in
the governorship contest, was re
i ceived here with the wildest dem
* onstration on the part of the demo
crats. At 4 o’clock this afternoon
the Taylor soldiers who have
charge of the state capital building
and grounds since Jan, 30, the day
Gov. Goebel was assassinated,
evacuated and turned the state,
grounds, the Gatling guns and
military equipments over to Assist
ant Adjt.-Gen. Murray. The
Taylor soldiers, before giving up
their sovereignty on the state cap
ital square, were lined up by Adjt.-
Gen. Collier, who formally notified
them be had orders from Gov.
Taylor to dismiss all the soldiers
and that the evacuation would be
gin at once. The fire bells were
ringing, cannons boomed and the
city was put in holiday attire today
in honor of Gov. Beckham.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT
of the day occurred this afternoon
when 2,000 people marched to the
cemetery, each wearing a flower
which was cast upon the grave of
the late Wm, Goebel, making the
little mound which marks his rest
ing place, a vast bank of flowers.
There were no ceremonies at the
grave.
THE REPUBLICAN STATE OFFICIALS
are holding a conference here to
night. Ex-Gov. W. O. Bradley,
chief counsel for Gov. Taylor, and
Lieut.-Gov. Marshall say the con
test over the minor offices will be
carried up to the United States
supreme court also. These offi
cials maintain that there are issues
involved in cases which were
not decided in the governorship
case. Former Gov. Taylordidnot
return to the city tonight and there
were no developments in the pros
ecutions so far as he is concerned.
A force of men were employed at
the executive mansion tonight
packing up the private effects of
the Taylor family, who, tomorrow,
will leave for Louisville, where
they will reside temporarily. The
demonstrations here on the part of
the democrats were kept up until a
late hour tonight. A public meet
ing at the courthouse was address
ed by Gov. Beckham, Adjt.-Gen.
Castleman and others.
"lij CURES WHERE ALL EISEFAILS. Ej
U Beat Cough Syrup. Taste* Good. Use
in time. Bold by drosrpriiit*. |*l
K. of P. Meeting Notice-
A regular eon
vention of Car
lersville Lodge
No. 42, Knights
of Pyth ia *, K
will be held in \ /PC**
■'im Castle Hal!
Friday Mny 2.301,
it tS:UO p. m.
sharp. Work in lt. Rank.
C. M. Milam, C.C.
y W. H. Wikle, K. 11. S.
MUTINEERS BEHEADED.
Had Led Crew to Murder Because
of Old Grudge.
Manila, May 21. —For having
led the crew of the brigantine Na
varro to mutiny, the ship’s boat
swain and his chief accomplices
were beheaded at the mouth of the
Lucolo River, • in Mindanao, and
the rest of the crew, seven in num
ber, were imprisoned for from 10 to
20 years each
The vessel left Sorsogon, bound
for Manila, in March, with a cargo
jof hemp. She was not heard from
for a month and was given up for
lost.
MURDfiR TO PAY OLD GRUDGE.
It was then learned that only
two days out from Sorsogon the
boatswain led the crew in a mutiny
to pay a grudge on the mate,
which resulted in the killing of
Captain Acosta, Mrs. Acosta and
the vessel’s mate.
The crew finally ran the vessel
into the mouth of Lucolo River, in
Mindanao. Two native women,
who had acted as servants for Mrs.
Acosta, told the authorities of the
tragedy and the entire crew was ar
rested.
New Industries in the South-
From The Chattanooga Tradesman.
Among the more important of
the new enterprises reported by the
Tradesman during the week end
ed May 19 are brick works in Ala
bama, Georgia and Kentucky; a
canning factory in Georgia; coal
mines in North Carolina, Tennes
see and West Virginia: cooperage
works and a copper and zinc min
ing company in Arkansas; two cot
ton mills each in Alabama and
Georgia, and one each in South
Carolina and Virginia; cottonseed
oil mills in Alabama and Texas;
an electric light plant in Mississip
pi; an electrical machinery works
in Virginia; a fertilizer factory in
Florida; a filter company in Vir
ginia; flouring mills in Arkansas
and Kentucky; a hardware com
pany in Virginia: a harness fac
tory in North Carolina; iron ore
mines in West V irginia; land and
developments companies in Geor
gia, Louisiana and Virginia; a
SIOO,OOO lumber mill in West Vir
ginia; a $200,000 manufactory of
crushing machinery in Virginia;
oil and paint works in North Caro
lina; a $2,000,000 oil company in
West Virginia; a paper mill in
Georgia; a stationers’ supply, glue
and ink manufactory in South Car
olina; a stave factory in Louisiana;
a sugar mill in Texas; telephone
companies in Arkansas and Ken
tucky; a water power company in
North Carolina, and a yarn and
kuitting mill in Georgia.
CASTOfIJCA.
Bears the yO The Kd You Have Always Boagtt
An Old Idea.
Every day strengthens the belief of emi
nent physician*- that impure blood is the
cause of the majority of our diseases.
Twenty-five years ago this theory was used
as a bus is for the formula of Browns’ Iron
Bitters. The many remarkable cures effected
by this famous old household remedy a.")
sufficient to prove that the theory is eo’rrectl
Browns’lron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
XO. 38.