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I®OTRANT AMERICAN
■t gx.Ot.OTM X . V . H. A. CHAPMAN
tIXEMAN & CHAPMAN,
■ and PubimheM.
i*BH VKAIt
JULY 5, 1900.
tanty Democratic Ticket.
l**r Superior Court Judge.
A. W. FITE.
iFor Solicitor General,
P. MADDOX.
F*r Stale Senator 42nd District,
T. H. BAKER.
!£•or Representatives,
M L. JOHNSON,
JK.S. ANDERSON.
For Ordinary,
C.EO. W. HENDRICKS,
For Sheriff,
R.L. GRIFFIN.
F*ar Clerk Superior Court,
JL. YV. REEVES. JR.
For Treasurer,
JOHN H. COBB.
JEor Tax Receiver,
W. T. PITTARD.
For Tax Collector,
F. V. SMITH.
For Commissioners,
ML. B. MATTHEWS,
W. M. KING,
TTHOS. A. JENKINS,
W D. ROWLAND, '
A. M. PUCKETT.
For County Surveyor,
R. R. SMITH.
For Coroner,
W T . J. INGRAM.
Rutrsrrelt is likely to encounter
thr mutghest rough riding he has
V*** .ntsirs during his present mount.
Th inert ops of the allies in China
ouw *aaber 16,000 men. and will
-*mm Star ancieased to 80,000.
Tike -fereet railway strike in St.
vv,jst that town about $30,-
('■MBfisss- Yet the republican con
irfSiui kad nothing to say about
the asrinlratiiu of labor disputes.
Thi.£h the fatalities from light
iiiiijl iazsthe United States last year
BMMherred 363, none occurred in
6hr’Pacific slope states. Pennsyl
r.tuiz h* and the list with fifty deaths
tram D^riatning.
Surr eaary of Agriculture Wilson
says £3be cotton crop of 1899 and
the waaeat. crop of the present year
were cijamaged by drouths that
wnulu *ot have occurred if the
bunts had not been wastefully
rhajdu*rif s.v/ay.
Thr ; wentietli century will have
-flour leap years, the great
er*! iJ aaler possible; three Febru
aries *: r.h five Sundays each and
3>Su e*-' i-pses. Though the unex
prrtaf .j> ill happen frequently in
the jwrsr... dxandred years, the events
may be counted on with
a rESMusr.ahle degree of confidence.
W*r •>; this country have for
ytram Usees expressing pity for the
*VWnr> tnodden masses of Europe
vtiHi .si >■ forced to labor to support
Ear jit auading armies. It were
•HI if re confined our pity to the
tax pxr r rs at home, says an author
sty do* ax. ch matters. Neither Rus
sia..Bstj,- tend, Germany,nor France
spra*, k- ex much money annually on
burr v-:iS‘ establishment, expect
rrheni a great war is to be provided
line United States spends on
ltercnut p&rative handful of soldiers.
sets, at its recent session ap
g*nfnrr:e ed $114,220,095 for the
■trapy. for fortifications,
for the navy, $345,245,-
rjp 5u pensions, $8,995,292 for
’Mjjrat-'ii'eficiencies in the war and
:kctw oocp ailment and $1,543,724
Str ‘ deficiencies.”
The*. egcther with smaller items
tit the *u- omit, run our military
&01x Sm sr ar>e year up to the enor
■nuaittoklof $343.3i5.7i7-
SCROFULA|
tSess 3>£ood, weak lungs and |
You have them in ”
few* well as in cold, i;
Stwrf’S EMULSION cures ;;
aSt&m. 7n summer as in w inter. ;;
looking and pleas
ant. feasting,
and $140 ; all druggists.
"Little Strokes
Fell Great Oaks.”
*?7;e giants ef the forest must yield at
Us; to the continual blows of the woods
man. When the human blood has become
clogged and impure the little drops of
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, properly taken, will
fell the oak of bad blood.
7 fovdri SaUa/Mufig
LET BARTOW DO HER DUTY.
EditorsCourant American:
I am notified by ex-Gov. Nor
then that he is organizing this
state for the purpose of securing
contribution to the India Famine
Relief fund, and he urges that our
county do something in aid of the
starving millions of her fellow
creatures. The responsibility which
is laid upon us is a serious one,
anti there can be no evasion, for
the opportunity to give is afforded,
the necessity for giving is unques
tionable, and as we respond so
must our record be in the hereaf
ter. We who have so much, to
whom hunger and thirst are un
known, can surely do something
to relieve the awful suffering of
these people. The number in ex
treme destitution is ffibm 20,000,000
to 25.000.000, of whom 10,000,000
would be in danger of perishing
unless aided, have not known the
taste of bread for months; let us
give some of them the luxury of
one more meal, and let us meet
like men aud women should this
duty that is laid at our doors.
It is suggested that those who
will interest themselves in this
cause, both men and women, meet
at my office Thur-day afternoon,
the sth inst., to formulate a plan
of work. In the meantime sub
scriptions will be received by the
ministers of the churches and by
the banks.
Messrs. Editors let us deal with
these people as we would have
them do to us. The Almighty has
blessed the people of this country
“above all the sons of men.” Let
us show our appreciation of his
favor, by succoring the awful
need of these Kis other children.
I guarantee no man will ever /eel
the need of what he gives in such
a cause G. H. Aubrey.
THE WHEAT CROP OF 1900.
The damage to the wheat crop
is probably not so great as was
feared a week or two ago, thinks
the Globe-Democrat. The drouth
injured the crop in the winter
wheat states, but the spring wheat
promises to be a larger yield than
in 1899, notwithstanding the ad
verse reports which have just been
sent out. Bradstreet’s estimates
the total wheat crop of 1900 at
540,000,000 bushels, which would
be much above the average of re- ]
cen‘ years. The crop of 1899 was
548,000,000 bushels, according to
the figures cf the department of
agriculture.
If this estimate of a 540,000,000
yield be approximately correct the
wheat crop oi 1900 will be so near
the top mark that only years
will be ahead of it. In 1891 there
was a yield cf 011,000,000 bushels,
in 1898 one of 675,000,000, and in
1899 one- of 547,000,000. Those
are the only years in which the
wheat crop was higher than the
mark which, according to the esti
mate of a very conservative au
thority, the crop of 1900 will touch.
In Kansas and some other states,
for example, the crop of this year
will break all records.
Prices of wheat have advanced.
This is due to several causes. One
of these, of course, is the reduc
tion of this year’s American yield
below r the figures which were ex
pected to be reached. Another is
the belief that the exporting coun
tries of Europe and South America
will have a smaller surplus at the
coming harvest than they have
had in the past two or three years
o ; the average.
The American farmer, .that is to
say, stands a chance to have a con
tinuance of this present prosperity.
* His wheat crop probably will not
, far fall below that of last year,
! while he wiii get more for it per
| bushel. The outlook in any case
in the wheat fields is not so blue
as some of the prophets were pre
dicting a week or two ago. The
United States will have much more
wheat this year than its steadily
increasing population can con
sume, aud that cereal will figure
conspicuously in the exforts, as
usual.
THE POPULATION CENTER
Some of the authorities are pre
dicting that the center of the pop
ulation of the mainland of the “Uni
ted States, as a result ot the census
now under way, will have to be
shifted to a point to the eastward
of that at which it stood in 1890.
That point has been moving stead
ily westward since 1790. the time
at which the first national enum
eration 01 inhabitants was made,
says the Globe-Democrat. It was
then twenty-three miles east of
Baltimore. It had crossed the
Potomac by 1801. By 1850 it had
journeyed to a point near Parkers
burg, on the Ohio. In 1890 it was
half way between Cincinnati and
Indianapolis.
The reason, of course, why some
persons believe the population cen
ter will be farther east in 1900 than
it was ten years ago is that they
look for a larger average increase
of inhabitants in the states border
ing on the Atlaatic coast and in
the tier of states next west from
those than in the states nearer to
the Mississippi and west of that
river. The census of 1895, it will
be remembered, in the dozen states
or thereabouts in which a count
was made in that year, showed a
somewhat larger gain in the east
than in the rest of the country.
The persons who are now looking
for an eastward shifting of the
population center assume that the
figures for the few states of 1895
give a reliable indication of the
relative growth of the sections
throughout the country for the
whole decade.
Everybody knows that a time
must come when the westward
movement of the population center
will have to cease. There is a
chance, too, that the point will
never come as far west as the geo
graphical center of the mainland
of the Country, which is in the
northern part of Kansas. The
great industrial states of the At
lantic seaboard and of the easterly
fringe of what is called the mid
dle west are likely to have a denser
population than can be supported
by the agricultural states of the
rest of the Mississippi valley and
of the more arid regions west of
the Rocky Mountains. It is too
early yet, however, to look for the
cessation of the westward move
ment. Missouri and many of the
other states on this side of the Mis
sissippi have been growing at a
rate in the past ten years which
has not been equaled by those of
the Allegheny region and the At
lantic coast. Undoubtedly the
course of empire is still westward.
"Are women’s necks growing
longer?” says the Philadelphia
Record. “A well known Phila
delphia artist says they are and he
doesn’t attribute it to the custom
vulgarly known as rubbernecking,
either. He says the high collar is
responsible for it. All the life
studies and portraits of women
seen at student’s exhibits demon
strate this. ‘I know a he said
vesterdav, 'who took a tape meas
ure to the last exhibit at the Acad
emy of Fiue Arts and succeeded in
getting data for a comparison of
women’s necks painted ten years
ago and at the present time. He
claims that the average feminine
- neck has become elongated to the
extent of nearly an inch during the
' last five vears. Remember, this is
his claim, not mine, although it
i doesn't seem altogether unreasona
ble when you come to think of it.”
The death of Hon. L. N. Tram
mel lastl week removes a notable
figureTn Georgia pnblic life. Col.
Trammel has figured extensively
in Georgia afiairs and always with
credit to himself and benefit to his
state. He was railway commissio
ner aud chairman of the commiss
ion for years and performed his du
ties with wisdom, fidelity and tho
roughness.
Alliteration fits Teddy on every
side. From braving bucking bron
chos he went to rough riding, and
is now engaged to do political pyro
technics. Let him now beware of
f-ivolous frolics that may end in a
fall.
Ire Yon Weals
Weakness manifests itself in the loss of
ambition and aching bones. The blood is
watery; the tissues nre wasting—the an d is
being opened for disease. A bottle of Br- if ns’
Iron Bitters taken in time will restore your
strength, soothe your nerves, make your
mood rich ahd red. I)o you more good
than an expensive spf rial course of medicine.
Browns’lron Bitter* is sold by all dealer*.
031 ft 8 I A M and Whiskey RabltS
nLa 8j h j| HyPS cured at koine witb
■ lif Iwi out 600 k of par*
1 BlwlW ticularssent FKEK
B.M. WOOLLEY, M.B.
AtUeta, Office 104 N. ;>ryor 8k
Think Twice
before jou put something Into jour stom
ach of which you know nothing.
YOU RUN NO RISK
WHEN YOU TAKE
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Cures Chills, Fever, and all
Malarial Diseases.
Superior to ill So-called TasteiessToiics
Each Dose contains the same pro
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the bottle required. Formulae on the
package. Cure guaranteed.
PRICE 60 CENT3
All Druggists Should Have It In Stock
SOUTHERN EPWORTH LEAGUE-
Great Catherine of Young People
In Atlanta In July-Low Rates.
Epworth Leaguers are enthusia
stic over the approaching South
ern Epworth League Conference,
to be held in Atlanta, July 25 to
29, inclusive, when, it is estimated,
five thousand representative young
Methodists of our Southland will
come together for a conference.
Every state in Dixie land will de
represented. It will be the largest
interstate convention that ever met
on Southern soil. T. P. Bell, Pre
sident of First Church Epworth
League, Atlanta, and Chairman of
Executive Committee, haying in
in charge the local arrangements
at Atlanta, has beeu appointed
Chairman of Advertising Commit
tee for North Georgia Conference
Epworth Leaguers, and is now
hard at work to secure a large at
tendance from his territory. At
least one thousand of the Epworth
Leaguers of North Georgia ought
to go. It will be the greatest gath
ering in the history of the Epworth
League,
A fine program has beeu arran
ged. The day sessions will be full
of interest and very helpful to Ep
worth Leaguers. On the opening
night of the Conference, Governor
Allen D, Candler. Hon. James L.
Mayson, Rev. James E Dickey, and
Hon. W . J. Samford—Governor of
Alabama, will speak. On Thurs
day evening, the speaker will be
Rev. E. E, Hoss, D. D,, of Nash
ville; aid on Friday evening, Bis
hop Warren A. Candler; Saturday
night, a lecture by some prominent
platform mau. On Sunday after
noon, there will be a Junior Lea
gue Rally, in which three to five
hundred children will participate.
Motion songs, and a aiissn nary
Drama, the “Coming of the King’’
w 1 onr ose the pr /gram. These
child; eu w- 1 e costumed, and will
represent in sir. ring effect the sev
eral mission fields. The Confer
ence will ck> e on Sunday night,
July 29th with a grand jubilee and
consecration service. A grand cho
rus of several hundred voices is be
ing trained for the occasion. A
large number ought to go from here.
Write to the Epworth League Com
mittee, Atlanta, for information as
to badges, entertainment, etc, A
rate of one fare for round trip has
been authorized. It is important
that all w r ho intend going should
send in their names to the Chair
man at Atlanta.
Love in a Hurry-
Macon T elegraph,
That lucky Georgian who owns
a dozen or more of banks and mills
and recently chartered a special
train for New York, inviting a
number of pretty girls and all his
single cashiers and overseers to
travel as liis guests, has awakened
every funny man ou the press of
the United States, more or less.
We are told that the excursion was
intended “to promote flirtations
which may lead to marriage,” that
the generous Mr. Witnam is to
present a check of SSOO to “every
man who succeeds in winning the
hand of a lady en route,” and tnat,
in order to suit all tastes and secure
active co-operation from every sin
gle man on board, the promoter of
this remarkable scheme was care
ful to select “short girls and t. 1
girls, slim girls and plump girls,
blonde girls and dark girls, shy
girls and spry girls.”
It is to be feared that this fasci
C. L COLLINS A w
We Have Just Received an Elegant 1 0 t f |
WHITE GOODS
For Summer Wear.
For The Ladies.
India aud Persian Lawns, plain, French anH q
Organdies, Nainsooks, Pique and Corduu v
Over Laces and Embroideries. y ' AJ
We Also Ha ve
Colored and figured Lawns from 2%c to n
yard. Dimities, Organdies, Ginghams and PV?
cales at equally low prices. cr ’
Handsome Line of Linens.
Oxford Ties.
For ladies and children. Can fit any one both in
size and price. We invite your attention to these
goods and ask you to inspect them before making
purchases. * *
Our Straw Hats
For men and boys will suit anv age. Sober styles
for men and nobby style s tor young men and bovs
Our line of * ’
Shoes
cannot fail to please. In these we have all styles
and shapes tor ladies and gentlemen, girls and
boys, and the chiefest attraction is the price,
We have the nicest line of neckwear in the city
Neglige Shirts, 5q C , 75c and SI.OO. Underwear for la
dies and gentlemen. Don’t fail to see our stock be
fore making your purchases in any line.
C.L.COLLINS&CO.
CHRTERSVILLE, CH.
Wheat Bags
At Lowest Cash Prices.
Highest Cash Price
Paid, for Wheat.
J. B. pm & si.
nating story, which might be en
titled “Love on Wheels” or a “Gal
loping Courtshio,” will end in the
middle, and that we shall never
hear how many happy couples
went off arm in arm with a little
pink check for SSOO in the common
pocketbook at Jersey City. For
there is probably 7 about as much
truth in ail this wealth of detail as
there is in the average penny dread
ful. ____
Ylaabl to Women.
Especially valuable to women is Browns'
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place of
weaaness, and the glow of health readily
comes to the pallid cheek when this won
derttil remedy is taken. For sickly children
or overworked men it has no equal. No home
stooiHd he without tni# famous remedy.
... -’ Ir.io Billers in oid hy ail dealers.
f os Marietta oe f
CHAUTAUQUA
MARIETTA GA.* 1
July Ist to 7th, Inclusive
A SPLENDID PROGRAM.
It’Lv Ist— FTSHOP H. C. MORRISON.
Jci-v 2o—GOV. CANDLER and EX-GOV.
808 I’AYLOR.
Jm.v 3b—RON. GEO. R, WENDLING
and DR. A. A. WILLITT3.
July 4th—GEN. JOHN B. GORDON and
HON. POLS MILLER.
Jci.v Sth-HON. ALT' TAYLOR ar.d DR.
3. A. STEELE.
July 6th— PROF. EUGENF C. FOSTER
in hisc lebrat*-d Lecture ’ 'Liqdid
Air" with startling practical dem
onstrations.
July 7th-EON. HENRY WATTERBON.
Ail of the above will appear at
th< ir best. Music by the Fifth Reg
iment Band and Chicago Glee Club
'he entire week. Other, first-class
atiraetious which space forbids us
to mention.
When you contemplate
the purchase of a piano or
Organ, it will pay you to
hetir in mind that the most
satisfactory figures and
terms, on any grade of in
strument, direct from the
best factories can be had
by calling on W. H, Wikle
at office of the Mason Mu
sic Cos., Cartersville, Ga.
ANNOU NCEME NTS^
I respectfully announce myself a can
didate for the office of Ordinary of Bar
tow County, and solicit the support of
my friends and the voters of the coun*
t,v generally. JOHN H. MORKIS.
FORCLERK SUPERIOR COURT
i hereby announce myself a candi
date tor Clerk Superior Court of Barto* 1
county, at the eesumg election.
JOHN E HaMMOND.
DrTcLARK ifcRIFFIN,
dentist.
OFFICE: —
I p Stairs, Opposite Word’s Drnl Store.
CARTERS
W. R. SMITH'S COLLEGE, LEXINGTON, W,
Is where after Investing ,rom
to *9O for
tor positions os BcoMfeejjfrs, Stbi^grr>P hers '
raphers, and now receldTfrom S9OO 1 -ij'’ JO ° r jed
pet year. Kentutkvj
Ms graduates.
Wurid's Exoofltlont-'an.i refers to thousand / Vj
tessfu! graduates. j 5
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