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THE CO UR AN T AMERICAN.
VOL. XX.
FEDERATION OF
WOMEN’S CLUBS.
Interesting Meeting Held With the
Club at Griffin.
cartersville IN THE MEETING
Social Feature wa all that Could
be Desired-Speeches by Dis
tinguished People.
Editors Courant American:
In accordance with your request
I will attempt to give you some
idea of the meeting of the Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs that has
iust closed in Griffin
Perhaps in the first place I should
sa y that this meeting stands pre
eminent for one thing, there were
three husbands there in attendance
with their wives, and if their pleas
ure be any criterion, there are
likely to be more husbands present
at future meetings.
The headquarters of the Federa
tion were at the Nelms House, a
veiy old established hostelry which
has a great reputation for the per
fection of its management.
With ioo earnest club women
the meetings cquld not fail to be
interesting and helpful.
The business began with a meet
ing of the excutive boards at the
Nelms House on Monday morning.
On Monday afternoon the presi
dents of clubs held a council at
the Masonic Temple, which had
been generously placed at our dis
posal by the members of the order.
On Monday night a brilliant so
cial reception afforded us an excel
lent opportunity to become ac
quainted with each other and with
the warm hearted citizens of Grif
fin. Ga.
Music and beautiful decorations
added to our pleasures and the un
failing courtesy of the ladies and
gentlemen of Griffin, put us all
completely at our ease.
Griffin is fortunate in possessing
a large number of beautiful joung
ladies who exerted themselves dur
ing the whole proceedings to make
us comfortable, acting as ushers
and pages, so that not a need was
left unfilled.
On Tuesday morning, after an
invocation by Mrs. T. E. Patter
son, Honorable R. T. Daniel de
livered an eloquent address of wel
come for the citizens of Griffin,
and was followed by Mrs. Thomas
R. Mills who gave the greetings
from the Current Topics, of which
club we were the guests.
From that time on the days con
tained the reports of the stated
committees and of individual clubs,
while the evenings were devoted
to the special work of the indus
trial education and music commit
tees.
In so brief an article as this
must necessarily 'be,it is impossible
to go into the details about this
woik, but it was shown that the
work among the libraries and pub
lic schools, both in town and coun
try, had continued enlarging; while
the farm and garden committee
had the especial honor of receiv
ing from Governor Candler the
appointment of December seventh
a s a holliday to be called Arbor
Pay in order to bring about the
planting of trees along our road
s'des, near our school houses, and
in all waste places.
In observing this in Bartow
County, Mrs. H. E. Cary of that
committee will ask the assistance
of all our citizens.
The value of school garden and
me instruction of our children in
me habits and growth of plants,
was especially urged upon all who
could reach the schools.
Ibis is a work which is largely
° ne in Europe and in the northern
s^a tes and the Federation is very
that Georgia should be
. e banner state of the south in
mtroducing it into its schools.
Jn iu°sday evening after a
j eautiful concert, rendered by the
K U f" P ee P* e °* Griffin, Mrs. John
■ Ottley, of the industrial com
mittee, told of their work and its
mportance to the proper growth
oi °nr state.
b- closing she introduced Mrs.
, cu,s Chappell, of Columbus,
10 i-'pcke of our mills and told of
7* needs of the women and chil
y "’ho work in the mills.
o hs i n Cartersville who have
j co,ton mills this question does
i co ® e > but it made it none the
to hear Mis. Chappell
ot the worn out women and
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1900.
stunned little children who work
for a daily wage.
Mrs. Edward T. Brown, of At
lanta, followed with an earnest ap
peal to women to try to effect pub
lic opinion so that these and other
wrongs might be righted.
Mrs. Brown deptecated the
thought of women having anything
to do with party politics but begs
them to use their influence in every
possible way that our legislators
may be brought to see the neces
sity for proper legislation.
She mentioned special points
wffiich should uow call for the ap
probation of every right thinking
man or woman, those upon child
labor, the age of consent and what
is known as the textile bill which
will enable young women to enjoy
the advantages of the textile de
portment of the Technological
School, which is at the head of all
the textile schools in our country
and indeed throughout the whole
world.
On Wednesday 7 evening Mrs. H.
C. White, of Athens, chairman of
committee on education, presided.
After a soprano solo by a young
lady of Griffin, Mrs. Burton Smith,
of Atlanta told of the neglect in
training in domestic science, which
is so greatly needed by our young
women.
This was followed by Mrs. W.
H. Felton, upon compulsory educa
tion in our public schools.
Mrs. Feltou took the very proper
ground that as education was com
pulsory, the attendance of children
at school should also be compul
sory and thus the illiteracy of our
white population more rapidly les
sened.
During the tilt between Mrs.
Felton and Commissioner Glenn,
which followed Mrs. Felton’s ad
dress, we citizens of Bartow county
were ashamed to learn that Bartow
receives more money from the
state for public schools than she
puts into the treasury for that
purpose, and we also felt that the
deplorable lack of interest in the
public schools among those of the
country people should stimulate
every woman to better such a state
of affairs among those near whom
she lives.
Commissioner Glenn followed
with a very able address and re
ceived quite an ovation.
Miss Ella Neel, of our city, 'cl
lowed with a beautiful rendition
Paderewski’s Cracovienne, while
“Day Dreams,” sung by Mr.
Thomas, of Griffin closed the even
ing.
Thursday evening, a brilliant
concert under the care of the state
musical committee, brought the
Federation meeting to a close.
In this program, also, Carters
ville was ably represented by Miss
Mary Lou Wikle.
It would be wrong to close this
account without speaking of the
beautiful little city in which we
met.
With it’s four magnificently suc
cessful cotton mills, the members
of the federation were very much
impressed, for Mr. Kincaid, Presi
dent of the Company, kindly show
ed us through the different sections
and explained the many arrange
ments for the good of his operativ
es; the houses of the working peo
ple looked very attractive.
We were very much interested
to learn that the Griffin mills had
supplied the enormous amount of
the khaki for our soldiers boys,
and also that they make the finest
Turkish towels manufactured in
Atneiica and the greatest number
of them.
In saying goodbye to Griffin,
one and all feel that it must be
simply, “Till We Meet Again.”
Caroline D. G. Granger.
THE RICHES OF GRACE-
That Will be the Subject of the Ser
mon at the Baptist Church.
At the Baptist church next Sun
day morning, Rev. Alex W. Bealer,
the pastor will preach the third of
his series of sermons on the vital
doctrines of the Bible. His sub
ject will be the Riches of Grace.
He will seek to show what the
eraee of God has done for all man
o
kind.
This is to be followed by a ser
mon on the second coming of
Christ and one on Heaven.
At the evening service the sub
ject ot the sermon will be “Who
are the Enemies of God.”
The regular picture sermon to
the children will be preached at
the close of the Sunday school at
ten fifteen.
The public cordially invited to
be present.
25c. secures at Vaughans the
best value to be in underwear
for boys See them.
H LANDSLIDE
m M’KINLEY.
Republican Ticket Sweeps the
Country in Tuesday’s Contest-
THE SOUTH SEEMINGLY SOLID-
For Bryan. With the Exception.
Possibly, of Maryland and Ken
tucky—Roll of States.
New York, Nov. 6. —Midnight—
It became evident at a very early
hour this evening that the election
of McKin’ey a id Roosevelt was as
sured. At 8:30 o’clock returns
from nearly tw 7 0-thirds of the elect
ion districts of Greater New York
had been received, indicating be
yond question that Bryan and Ste
venson could not expect more than
25,000 or 30,000 plurality iu this
democratic stronghold, and unless
there was a landslide in the out
side districts,'beyond all reasonable
doubt the pivotal state of New
York had declared in unmistakable*
terms, although by a greatly re
duced majority, for the republican
candidates. As the night progress
ed it only served to confirm this
judgment.
The returns from Illinois betray
ed a like condition. The republi
can plurality of 1896 w 7 as greatly
reduced, but it was still far too
large to be overcome.
On the other hand, the returns
from Indiana, Michigan, the two
Dakotas, Utah and Wyoming as
well as Nebraska, seemed to indi
cate strong republican gains over
1896. Delaware, Maryland and
West Virginia had given decisive
republican pluralities.
The count in several of the far
western states was naturally so de
layed as to give little indication of
the outcome there, but they hid
ceased to have a determining effect,
and before 10 o’clock the demo
cratic leaders had given up the con
test, and it was announced that
Mr„ Bryan had gone to bed and
was soufid asleep.
The whole story w 7 as easily and
briefly told. The republican ticket
would have a larger electoral vote
than four years ago, but in the
larger states of the east and middle
west the pluralities had been great
ly reduced. Massachusetts had
fallen from 174,000 to 80,000, New
York from 268,000 to 135,000, and
Illinois from 142,000 to 100,000 or
less.
The roll call of states at this hour
is apparently as follows:
McKinley—Connecticut 6, Cali
fornia 9, Delaware 3, Illinois 24,
Indiana 15, lowa 13, Maine 6,
Maryland 8, Massachusetts 15,
Michigan 14, Minnesota 9, New
Hampshire 36, North Dakota 3,
Ohio 23, Oregon 4, Pennsylvania
32, Rhode Island 4, Vermont 4,
West Virginia 6, Wisconsin 12,
Washington 4. Total 264.
Bryan—Alabama ij, Arkansas
8, Colorado 4, Florida 4, Georgia
13, Louisiana 8, Mississippi 9,
Missouri 17, Montana 3, North
Carolina n. South Carolina 9,
Tennessee 12, Texas 15, Utah 3,
Virginia 12, Nevada 3. Total, 142.
Unreported —Idaho 3, Kansas
10, Kentucky 13, Nebraska 8,
Wyoming 3. Total, 45.
If all of the unreported states
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inpoYßd Plow Horse Gol ar.
FREEMAN&HALL
should turn democratic, a highly
improbable contingency, it would
not change the result.
The latest returns from Nebras
ka indicate a republican plurality.
The fifty-seventh congress seems
to be republican by a substantial
working majority.
The gubernatorial tickets have
apparently followed the national,
ami Odell is elected iu New York
and Yates in Illinois.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE-
Latest Rdtu-ns According to the
Most Accurate Estimates.
1 lie Atlanta Constitution gives
the following table as the result of
Tuesday’s national election:
BRYAN. M’KINLEY
Alabama
Arkansan 8
California g
Colorado
Connecticut! 6
Delaware 3
Florida 4
Georgia 13
Idaho 3
Illinois 7 24
Indiana 15
lowa 13
Kansas 10
Kentucky ~. 13
Louisiana 8
Maine 6
Maryland 8
Massachusetts 15
Michigan 14
Minnesota 9
Mississippi 9
M issouri 17
Montana 3
Nebraska 8
Nevada 3
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 10
New York 36
North Carolina 11
North Dakota 3
Ohio v 23
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 32
Rhode Island 4
South Carolina 9
South Dakota 4
Tennessee 12
Texas 15
Utah... 3
Vermont 4
Virginia 12
Washington. 4
West Virginia 6
Wisconsin 12
Wyoming 3
150 297
WRECK ONJHEJRON BELT-
Four Convicts Killed and Several
More Badly Wounded.
A disastrous wreck occurred on
the Iron Belt railroad near Sugar
Hill Monday night which resulted
in the death of four convicts, and
several more were badly wounded.
The engine was pushing two
cars loaded with convicts from
Chumley Hill to the barracks at
Sugar Hill, when the cars became
detached from the engine and ran
down the grade. As the loose cars
started to ascend the next grade
the engine struck them with con
siderably force, wrecking both
cars and killing four convicts, one
of them a white man named John
son, and the other three negroes.
Several other convicts were
badly injured, and some of them
are not expected to live.
Mr. Warren Pierce, superintend
ent of the mines was on one of the
cars and was also badly injured,
but is not considered seriously
hurt.
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of
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Everyone has absolute confi
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Pure and healthful food is a
matter of vital importance to
every individual.
Royal Baking Powder
assures the finest and
most wholesome food.
There are many imitation baking
powders, made from alum, mostly
sold cheap. Avoid them, as they
make the food unwholesome.
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THE VOTE IN BARTOW-
Vary Quiet Election and Light Vota
la Polled.
The election for president and
congressman in Bartow county wsa
very quiet and a light vote was
polled throughout the county.
Through democratic apathy and
republican activity the vote is very
close and fears w r ere expressed
that the county would go republi
can but the democrats carried the
county by a plurality of sixty-eight
vote.
The vote by prccints for Bryan
and McKinley is as follows:
Bryan McKinley
Cartersville.... 345 159
Adairsville 123 79
Kingston 84 52
Emerson 10 50
Allatoona = . 20 37
Stamp Creek 4 54
Wolf Pen 4 29
Pine Log. 23 51
Cassville 82 61
Euharlee 33 21
Iron Hill 29 23
Taylorsville 36 42
Salacoa 7
Stilesboro 63 28
Sixth 32 37
Total 1 —
891 j 823
Barker received 33 votes and
Woolley 28.
For cengressman Hon. John W.
Maddox received 925, McKnight
509, Hamilton 19 and Judge Fite 1.
Maddox’s majority over McKnight
is 476. The total vote cast for
president was 1714, for congress
man 1954, showing that some
scratching was done.
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Allens Foot-Ease makes tight or new
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CABTORIA.
JBear, the *4 TtlB Kind Have Always Bought
A lUTrunl 1 / f or biliousna ss is
now on sale at Hall & Greene’s
drug store. It Is called (’hamher
lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets.
It gives quick relief and will pre
vent the attack if given as soon as
rh“ first indication of the disease
appears. Price, 26 cents per l>ox.
Samples free.
WHY THE LIGHTS_WENT OUT-
Information tyr tho Cltlzona of Cr
taravlllo.
Why the city street lights went
out on Oct. 20th, 1900. '
copy op. bill:
The city of Cartersville, Ga., in
account with the Cartersville Light
and Power Company, Sept. Ist,
1900, to 74street lights for August,,
1900, @ $1.50, - slll.oo*
Sept. 1. 1900 to City
Hose House, - - .25
Sept, j, City Opera House, .75
Sept, i, 1900, to City Coun
cil Room - - .25
$111.75
DEDUCTIONS BY THE CITY.
Less three-fifths (3-5) ac
count of poor quality of
gas - 66.60
Less amount for failing
to light lamps - - 5.57
72.17
Total am’t offered for Aug* $39.50
The net amount allowed by rhe
city for lighting the 74 street lights
during September, 1900, is $17.67.
The total amount of August and
September bills @ - - in.oo
per month is - - 222.00
The city offers - - 52.17
l
The city deducts for Au
gust and September $169.83
And the lights went out.
Faithfully yours,
Cartersville Light & Power Cos
City Tax Books to Close-
I am ordered by the mayor and
aldermen to close the books for
collection of the City Tax for the
year 1900 on December Ist, and to
issue fi fas on all who fail to pay.
I will be at the council chamber
from/9 am. to 3 p. in., until said
date, Dec. 1, 1900. Please call and
pay. # S. P. Satterfield,
td. City Tax Collector.
Bartow County Poem-
When you do try
As best you can
To keep God’s law
To know a man
Remember well
Don’t you forget
The Seventh command
It must be kept
This uncouth verse
You will allow
Will do to sing
W’hile a* the plow
To any old
Long meter turn
It suits the taste
Beneaiu the moon.
Jas, M Gaines.
NO. 3.