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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
clDumi
EXERCISES.
Closing of the Cartersville Public
Schools-
SPLENDID PROGRAMRENDERE
larce Audience Present to Witness the
Exercises— Successf" 1 Contestants
Receive Meoals.
There were ten young ladies and
gentlemen in the graduating class
of the Cartersville public schools
who appeared upon the rostrum at
the tabernacle yesterday morning,
to bid fareweli to their school days,
and enter upon the fields of useful
ness into which their lives may
lead. ,
The programme was opened
with prayer by Rev. A. W. Bealcr,
w ho invoked the divine blessing
upon those who would this day
leave behind their school days and
enter into the world as men and
women. .
The salutatorian on this occas
ion was Miss Laurie Amelia Neel,
who divided the second honor with
one of her classmates, and gave a
most pleasing address.
The next four speakers came
under the head of “A Fin de Sei
de Review,” the first of whom was
Mr. Robert Coleman Freeman,
whose subject was the ‘‘Mechan
ical and Industrial Inventions of
the Century.” He told of the ad
vancement in these lines in a well
prepared and well spoken address.
The next speaker was Mr. Rene
Granger, third honor, with the sub
ject, "The Progress of Science of
the Century,” in which he display
ed a knowledge of the wonderful
progress which has been made
since the advent of the present
century.
He was followed Dy Miss Hattie
Eugenia Moon, who read an essay
on the “Moral and Industrial
Achievements of the Century,” a
paper which was well prepared and
read in a clear and distinct voice.
Next came an oration by Mr.
Edward Oscar Stover, on the sub
ject “The Growth of our Country
during the Present Century,” which
was full of information in regard
to the expansion and development
of our country, and his speech was
well rendered.
The class exercises began with
an address by the president of the
class, Mr. Albert Nicholas How
ard, who made a most pleasing and
interesting address.
He was followed by Miss Mora
Eliza Hall, second honor, who
gave the “Class History,” and
gave an interesting sketch of the
lives of each of her classmates in
an entertaining manner.
Miss Julia Christine Lumpkin
on "Class Prophecy,” led some of
her classmates into green fields
*nd pleasant pastures, while others
were doomed to lives of hardship
and toil. It was an amusing
sketch and well read.
Ihe “Class Poem,” by Miss Jen
nie Corinne Mayo was a pleasant
piece of verse and was well re
ceived.
Miss Alice Cary, who won the
first honor in the class, made the
\ aledictory address in an easy and
glaceful manner and won great ap
plause from the audience.
Each of the speakers were kind
ly remembered by their friends
and were showered with an abun
dance of flowers.
1 his closed the class exercises
at >d Judge John W. Akin, president
oi the school board made a pleas
nig address and delivered the di
plomas in his usual happy vein.
He was followed by Mr. L B
Robeson, who was the first princi
pal of the Cartersville Public
Schools, who delivered the medals
in tue different contests.
Ihe fir"t medal delivered was
known as the ‘‘Akerman Latin
Medal’ offered by Mr. Walter
Akerman for the best standing in
at,n in the graduating class and
Wa * w °n by Miss Lai r e Neel.
i lie second medal was the junior
essay medal offered by the school
'oard for the best composition, and
"as won by Miss May Belle Jones.
Ehe third medal delivered was
■'-senior essay medal and was
"on by Mis; Alice Cary, with hon
orable mention for Rene Granger
an, l Sam Gilbert.
, i'hese medals are offered for the
e >t composition written on a cer
ta ’n subject in a limited time and
"othout assistance. The composi-
tions are submitted to the judges
and are known to them only by
numbers.
The fourth medal, offered to the
boys in the speakers contest which
took place Tuesday, and was won
by Master Frank Matthews.
The fifth medal was the same
and contested for only by the girls,
and was won by Miss Rebecca
Knight.
The superintendent, Prof. W. W.
Daves, then read the roll of honor
for the term which marked the
close of one of the most successful
years in the history of the public
schools.
The program was interspersed
throughout with music by Wurm’s
Orchestra, of Atlanta, which was a
pleasant part of the exercises.
It would be unjust to close
this article with out a word of
praise for the school board,
superintendent and teachers,
each of whom deserves the thanks
of all the people of Cartersville for
the arduous labors which they have
performed and successful conduct of
the schools.
ELOCUTION CONTEST-
The Grammar Grades of the Pub
lic Schools Contestfor Medals.
The elocution contest of the
grammar grades of the public
schools for the medals offered by
the school board, took place at the
tabernacle Tuesday morning, and
the following was the programme:
DIVISION ONE.
“A Small Opinion of Girls”
Thomas Caldwell,
“Under Which Flag” .Frank Matthews
Quartette —“Sweet Dreamland Face”..
Mrs, Cunyus, Miss Annie Milner,
P. F, Akin, T. H. Milner.
“Sister’s Best Feller” Edwin Mi!*m
“The Reason Why” James Neal
Solo—“M v Heart Loves You Too”
Mrs. A. B. Cunyus,
“Under Which Flag” Monroe Neel
“When the Minister Comes to Tea”
Lewis Trippe
Trie—“Soldiers in Park” Piano
Miss Sally May Akin; Violin, Miss
Mary Munford; Guitar, Mr. Paul
F. Akin.
DIVISION TWO.
“Spartacus to the Gladiators”
.Verdery Akita
“Dick’s Supper” Emma Fleming
Solo—“ Goodnight Sweet Dreams”
Mrs. J. W. Harris
“The Baby at Rudd* r Grange”
May Belle Jones
“When Huldah ’Spects Her Bean”..
Rebecca Knight
Solo—“ I’d Like to Hear the Song
Again” Mrs. A. B. Cunyus
“An Afternoon Call” Rosylin Lumpkin
“See Saw” Leonell Moon
Quartette —“Fling Out the Flag”
Mrs. Cunyus, Miss Annie Milner,
P, F. Akin, T. H. Milner.
Prof. W W. Daves then deliv
ered the certificates of honor, and
read out the names of those who
received promotion and the certifi
cates were delivered by the teach
ers in the different grades.
The judges in the contest were
scattered through the audience and
were known only to the superin
tendent. After the exercises closed
they met and awarded the prizes.
Where all of the children did so
well it was a hard matter to make
the distinction and deliver only
two medals, but such was their
duty, and the medals were deliv
ered at the exercises yesterday by
Mr. L. B. Robeson.
THE~HARGIS REUNION.
Family and Friends Enjoy a Deligth
ful Day at the Old Homestead.
The annual reunion of the Har
gis family was held at the home of
Capt R. R. Hargis at Cass Station
last Saturday, and it was a most
enloyable occasion.
The family and friends began
to assemble at ten o’clock and by
noon quite a laige crowd was
present.
Capt. R. R. Hargis was the host
on the oscasion and gave a royal
welcome to kindred and friends to
tle old homestead of the Hargis
lamily.
At noon an elegant dinner was
spread on the table under the tree*
at the foot of the h 11 where a bold
spring gushes forth from beneath
the rocks and a cooler or more in
viting spot could not be found for
j a picnic. The table was loaded
I with everything conceivable in the
way of good things to eat and Mrs.
I Hargis, assisted by her daughter,
j Miss Dixie and other ladies of the
family, saw that everyone was
j bountifully supplied with all that
could be desired, and the feast was
greatly enjoyed.
After dinner the party was en
tertained by speeches and recita
tions which w s a most enjoyable
part of the program. Among those
who spoke were Capt. R. R. Har
gis, Mr. O. P. Rogers, Misses Ruth
Rogers, Jessie Hargis, Fannie
Lewis, Laura Bell Chapman, J. F.
Hargis and Rees Marshall,
| All present spent a most delight
ful day and hope to be able to at
tend many more such pleasant re
unions.
OA.RTE-HSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 111, 1900.
THE ECLIPSE
OF TIE SUN.
Conditions Were Perfect for Ob
servation in This State-
EVERYBODY HAD SMOKED GLASS
Close Watch Kept on the Changes
asThey Appeared—Report From
the Line of Totality.
The people of Cartersville had a
fine view of the eclipse on Monday
morning, and to the amateur it was
almost total. The eclipse came on
a little before .seven o’clock and
lasted until nearly nine.
Every one had a piece of smoked
glass and would watch the changes
from the streets, while some went
upon the liill-tops to get a better
view.
The shadows through the foliage
of the trees were crescent shaped
and the general appearance was
weird and gruesome, though at no
time was it very dark.
The following account is from
the Chattanooga Times, which had
a representative at Julietie, asrnall
town in middle Georgia, where the
elipse was total.
Promptly at thirty-two minutes
and one second after 6 o’clock, ac
cording to schedule the advancing
mooti began to encroach on the
sun in a little notch on the western
side and the greatest astronomical
event of the year 1900 was inaug
urated. The time was carefully
noted by six observers, who were
provided with drawing boards upon
which were images of the sun and
radiating lines thirty degrees apart
to assist in locating any objects
obseryed. When the moon was
half across the face of the sun
there was a perceptible difference
in the light, and the brilliant
morning lost some of its radiance.
Steadily the moon eucr .ached
upon the sun’s face and the bril
liant crescent of light became nar
rower and narrower. At 7:30 the
light was much diminished, and all
that could be seen of the sun was
a thin ribbon of light.
The landscape took on a sickly
pallor in no way like twilight, but
more like a green or yellow illum
ination from some artificial source.
At 7:36 the light began to fail and
things began to look decidedly
“queer.”
At 7:38 a mere thread of light
was left, and twenty seconds later
the darkness began to fall sudden
ly and four seconds afterward, or
at 7:38:24, the shadow of the moon
rushed over us, and
THE LAST SPARK
of sunlight was gone. It was so
dark that it was difficult to read
the time on a watch. After certi
fying the time hastily and taking
a look to see the stars and the gen
eral effects of totality we applied
ourselves to the telescopes to make
use of the precious and fleeting
seconds of totality.
Upon the disappearance of the
last ray of sunlight the stars cam
out at once and there hanging in
the heavens was an inky ball sur
rounded by the glorious and eth
ereal corona.
This mo:t beau iful and tmst
rious appendage always seen in
total eclipses, has baffled the as
tronomers for many decades. They
do not know what it is, nor in what
way it comes to be a permanent
featuie of the solar surroundings.
THE CORONA
of this eclipse consisted of two
long streamers of auroral light ex
tending for millions of miles into
space in the direction of the sun’s
equator. The two streamers were
about half a degree or one diam
eter of the sun, and extended in
parallel lines about 7,000,000 miles
upon each side of the sun. Near
the sun the two rays were -on nee
ted by the coronal light making a
broad band which, however, did
not extend far from the sun’s limb.
Whether this light is auroral in
its character, or whether it is a
material substance, the astrono
mers hope to settle definitely at
this time. It is, however, very
doubtful whether they will be able
to do so. The corona does not
look the same at- any two eclipses.
111 yesterday’s eclipse three large
prominences were visible near the
south pole of the sun. The high
est of the three was towaid the
northwest and was about 45,000
; miles high. The second was about
j half as high and took the shape of
cone. The third consisted of sev
eral filaments probably 20,000
miles high, and looked as though
the top of the filaments had been
curved over by a down rush from
above —not by any means uncom
mon. These prominences were
quite close together and were un
doubtedly of incandescent hydro
gen, as they were of the piijk color
characteristic of this gas.
The beauty of the prominences
cannot be described in words.
Their coloring was of the most
delicate and transparent pink and
they were po sand i.s ...me (appar
ently) aoo. e me vapors o. the chro
mosphere.
All too quickly the moon grad
ually passed over the su ’ face the
chromosphere on the side
of the sun became visible. Tne
chormosphere is an atmosphere of
the vapors of the different elements
in a state of inc iridescence The
chron ospherein yesterday’seclip e
was a brilliant fit very white and
the passing of the moon revealed
it more and more unt 1 with a flash
of sunlight the totality passed and
the corona and prominences faded
out of sight.
MANY STARS VISIBLE.
Many stars were plainly visible
and mercury was very conspicuous
about five degrees west of the sun.
Mercury appeared to be as bright
as Jupiter when seen on the mid
night sky.
Mercury being an inferior planet
and always close to the sun is never
seen to very good advantage, and
its striking brilliance during the
eclipse was noted by all observers.
Slowly the moon crossed the
face of the god of day and at 8:45:42
the last contact was observed and
the greatest astronomical event of
1900 had passed into scientific his
tory.
WILLIAM L. GARNER.
Death of an Old Citizen at Hornvllle
Saturday Night.
William L. Garner, formerly pro
prietor of the Garner house. 71
Walnut street, died at 11 o’clock
Saturday night at his home in
Hornville, several miles south of
this city, of pneumonia after nine
days of suffering.
Deceased was born near Hunts
ville, Ala., in 1834, where he spent
his younger days and wherehe was
educated.- When the war came on
Mr. Garner entered the confederate
service and was a member of Gen.
N. B. Forrest’s command from the
outset, serving with gallantry and
honor at F'ort Donelson, luka, Shi
loh, Corinth and in the assault on
Port Pillow.
Mr. Garner came to this city in
1887, and for nearly ten years was
the proprietor and landlord of the
Garner house.
Deceased leaves a wife and two
daughter-, Mrs. Patrick Massey, of
Waco, Tex.,and Mrs. Felton Jones,
of Cartersville, Ga.
The family were all,with the ex
ception of Mrs. Massey, who was
absent on account of sickness, pres
ent at his dying bedside. Mr.
Garner was a consistent christain,
who lived his religion throughout
every day live. He was as mild
and gentle as a child and few
would have suspected that he was
once a brave trooper in the com
mand of the daring and intrepid
Forrest.
The funeral will take place from
the Cumberland Presbyterian
church at 1:30 o’clock p. m. today.
Rev. J. V. Bachman and Rev. Dr.
Logan officiating. Following gen
tlemen have been selected to act as
pallbearers: O. F. Janes, Dr. N.
C. Steele, Dr. S. B. Cooke, S. P.
Stover, J. B. F. Lowery and Capt.
C. S. Peak.
After the service the remains
will be sent to Cartersville, Ga.,
for interment.—Chattanooga Times.
The remains of Mr. Garner were
brought to Cartersville and inter
ed at Oak Hill cemetery Monday
evening. The services were con
cluded at the grave by Rev. E. M.
Craig, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have
the s> mpathy of their host of
friends in their sad bereavement.
Crosses of Honor.
The crosses of honor which have
been prepared for the confederate
veterans will be distributed to
those who have made application
for them, at the opera house in
this city, on Wednesday* June 6th,
instead of June 3rd as was first
published,
Tho-e who have filed applica
tions should be present at that time
and it is hoped that it will be made
an occasion for a general re-union
, of the veterans of the county.
“ ■ttlllvl v s i a< Conslip’ition and Indi
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WERE HIC
FHAIO3.
Deputy Sheriff From Rome Leaves
Train in Cartersville-
MOB WAS LOOKING FOR HIM-
Carried His Prisoner to Dallas and
Back to Atlanta to Escape the
Mob—Cross Country Ride.
Last Friday morning Deputy
Sheriff Dunalioo, of Floyd county,
who was on the north bound train
with a prisoner charged with as
sault, received a telegram from
Rome telling him to leave the train
at Cartersville and put his prisoner
in jail at this place. A few min
utes later he received another tele
gram instructing him to take his
prisoner out of jail, as a mob was
coming this way, and run with him
anywhere to escape the mob.
Mr. Dunalioo secured a hack,
and with a strong guard droye
across the country to Dallas, where
he caught a Southern train, and
returned his prisoner to Atlanta.
It developed later that there was
good cause for the order to leave
the train at Cartersville. A mob
had organized at Rome, and when
the train on which Dunalioo and
his prisoner were expected, reach
ed Freeman’s, 011 the Rome road,
it was stopped by a mo oof masked
men, who made a thorough search
and fully satisfied themselves that
the man they were looking for had
escaped them.
The prisoner was John Moran, a
negro who was charged with an at
tempted assault upon Mrs. Camp,
in Floyd county, a few weeks ago.
He was arrested and quickly car
ried to Atlanta for safe keeping, as
the officers felt sure that he would
be lynched if he remained in Rome.
Court was convened in Rome
last Friday for the purpose of try
ing the negro, and Deputy Sheriff
Dunahoo was sent to Atlanta rfter
him with the result as stated : boye.
It is not now known what the
next step will be to get Moran be
fore the Floyd court for trial, and
escape the mob.
Static of Ohio, ( ity of Toledo,)
Lucas County. j 8 ’
Frank J biieney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the tirm of F. J,
Cheney fc Cos .doing business in the city
of Toledo, county and state aforesaid,
and that said firm will uav the sum ol
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of catarrb that cannot be
cured by'the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
f RANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subsribed in
my presence, this the 6th day ot Decem
ber, A. D. 1886.
A W GLEASON,
IskalJ- Notary Public.
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WEST END INSTITUTE.
Closing Exercises at the Opera
House Friday Night.
West End Institute closed a
most successful term with the
graduating exerci.-e-. at the opera
house last Friday night, and a
good audience was present to wit
ness the interesting program.
The exercises in the primary and
intermediate departments were
held at the opera house on Thurs
day morning and a most intertain-
I iug and interesting .program was
I rendered. The exercises consisted
1 of speeches, recitations, music, dia
logues, etc., and the large audi
ence was highly entertained. The
children showed the careful train
ing which they have received
throughout the school term.
On Friday evening the program
consisted of vocal and instrumen
tal solos, instrumental duets ami
trios, songs by the class, recitations
and valedictory by Miss Julia
Elizabeth Candler.
The presentation of diplomas
and certificates of honor was made
by Hon. A. G. Candler, of Atlanta,
who delivered a most interesting
address.
A SHOOTING SCRAPE-
Two Negros Engace in a Lively
Fight Near Stilesboro,
While Dr. J. S. Beasley was vis
iting his son, Mr. R. R. Beasley
last Sunday evening he heard a
pistol shot in the direction of a ne
gro house a little distance off and
inquired the cause of a negro who
was passing. The unconcerned
reply was that “two niggers was
having a fight down dar.”
The doctor went to the cabin and
found that Jim Moore had John
King by the throat and was pound
ing him severely. He choked the
negro off and gave him a push that
sent him to the ground. The ne
gro arose with a rock and gave his
antaganist a severe blow in the
breast. They were finally separated
and on examination Dr. Beasley
found that Jim Moore was shot in
the head, and John King had sev
eral knife cuts and was badly
bruised with rocks.
Both negroes work on Dr. Beaz
ley’s place, and the one who was
shot in the head reported for woik
the next morning. The other one
will laid up for a few days.
Whisky was the cause of the
trouble, as both negroes were
drinking. Dr. Beazley states that
by some means whiskey is brought
into the neighborhood about every
two weeks, and the negroes always
have a row T when the tiger comes
around.
W. E, Thompson, of Cass
Station, Ga , has full blood
Essex pigs for ale. Write
to him at once.
O A. STOBIA.
Bears the Kind Vj'j hm Always Bought
NO. 84.