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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL-
will others
I JOIN 1?
■Judge Neel Suggests a Cotton
I Mill for Cartersville
■managed BY HOME FOLKS
■ Arn p|e Material for Successful En-
II terpr |se-Need of Combined Ef
I fort of Our Citizens.
I Editors Courant American:
I it has been said that times
■ change and men change with
I them. The change may be for the
I better or the worse, and may ap
ply to communities as well as to
individuals. Talcing our city as a
community for consideration,what
changes have been wrought by it
or in it during the decade now
about to close? What has the
coming decade in store for us?
The retrospect is by no means en
couraging, if we compare our
achievements with other municip
alities less favored, by nature, than
ours. The new census has reveal
ed the painful fact to us that we
are a community of slothful lag
gards as compared with Cedartown,
Marietta and Dalton, to say noth
ing of hundreds of other southern
towns and cities. * Only think of
it. Not a cotton mill in our coun
ty or city. Not a furnace, nor a
large nianufacturi
of any kind, and but few small
ones. The population of our city
has not increased as much as one
per cent in a wholfe decade. No
industrial leader has appeared to
guide us to success We have
shown no serious inclination to
co-operate or combine our efforts
for the organization of any impor
tant industrial enterprise. Why
is this and how long will it con
tinue so? If we admit that we
lack the capacity to co-operate with
each other or to combine our efforts
in such enterprises, then we must
confess that we are but little ad
vanced above savage life, for it is
a characteristic of savages to be
lacking in th" faculty of co-opera
tion and combined effort or at least
to possess it in small degree, while
it is a characteristic of civilized
men to possess such faculty in high
degree. Now, we ought not to
permit ourselves to remain longer
in this stage of semi-civilization,
if we have the capacity to get above
it.
If we remain as we are now or
act as we have been doing, we are
, rot going to become rich or even
thrifty as a community. We will
be left further and further behind
oar more progressive neighbors, to
o:r shame. Like the slothful man
who buried his “talent,” we will
lo e even that we now have. We
hive some excellent business men,
and some men < f affairs in our
midst. Some of them have means
and would be glad, I am sure, to
engage a liberal share of their
capital in some well organized
manufacturing enterprise, perhaps
111 a cotton mill, if they felt assured
of the heartv co-operation of their
fellow townsmen. By co-opera
bon, I mean not only subscription
lo stock in the company, but a
friendly and trustful confidence in
those to w hom the directorship of
the enterprise might be committed,
without unfair criticism or unjust
suspicion. With a few of our
most successful business men for
'rectors and a body of harmonious
stockholders in our own town and
county, I can see no good reason
why we might not, early in the
coming year, organize a cotton
null company, and build a mill,
a "d begin a marvelous career of
prosperity. It is a notable fact that
T len a town or city is alive with
le en crgv and enterprise of its
rt n people, outside capital and
miftv people are drawn to it.
k how Cedart. w started with
"e mill and how m two or three
l ears s he ha 4 three or four mills.
°k at Huntsville, Ala. She be
sa" with one mill and soon had
w_'. eral , lar 8 e mills. So it is al
• a - s 'that no one wants to locate
1 a dead town but always hunts
jr a live town to locate in. We
tin' e ? 0t to star t the ball in tno
: 1 , we desire to grow. What
\V 6re to binder us if we try ?
con E Jro ' ,l iee a very fine grade of
on m this county, and we ought
nave the profit that there is in
our Ulanutac ture. We need it for
ci v °" n We need em
jm.ent lor ail our laboring peo
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER Id, 1900.
pie and for mote to come. We
want to double or treble our pop
ulation in the next decade. We
want to have a town that will af
ford a good market lor all the sur
plus products of every farm and
garden and flock of every farmer
in the county. We want to help
the south spin so much of the far
mer’s cotton that he will not have
to find his whole market in New
\ ork or Liverpool, nor even with
the middle men who buy for them.
1 hen we will begin to know some
thing of what real prosperity
means. In addition to all this the
stockholders of the mill get a pro
fit on their investment, and some
times in well managed mills the
dividends are large, even to the en
richment of the investor. I am
told that the dividends to stock
holder of the Crown Cotton Mills
at Dalton, Ga., have been so large
as to enable them to double the ca
pacity of their mill in ten years,
besides paying them an average
dividend of over 12 per cent, an
nually. If we can make money in
the manufacture of anything in
the south surely it must be cotton
.goods, as this is the home of the
staple. We are wisely fostering
our technological school in Atlanta
for training our young men to con
duct such enterprises, and I hope
the day is fast coming when we can
manufacture all the finer grades of
cotton goods. There is money in
the business for us collectively and
individually if we will act wisely.
Surely we will not delay ourefforts
longer.
Now I am a man of small means
and make no pretension to great
business ability or foresight, but I
am ready and willing to join my
fellow townsmen in a united effort
to organize and build a cotton mill,
and will subscribe for stock iu it,
if only some of our more success
ful business men and our men of
affairs and financial strength will
take the lead and go forward with
serious purpose. I hope they will
act soon, and that by published
communication or by call for a
public meeting we may obtain the
views of our most sagacious bus
iness men as to the advisability of
early action on the line herein sug
gested. Surely our local pride and
patriotism as well as our self in
terest demands tetter things of us
in the coming year than we have
brought forth in the expiring de
cade. Respectfully yours,
J. M. Neel.
“About five years ago I was trou
bled with catarrh of the Lwer bow
el,” says C. T. Chisholm, 484 Dear
born Ave., Chicago, and although
I consulted several eminent physi
cians who prescribed for me, I
found their remedies failed to re
lieve me, and the trouble became
chronic. After suffering several
months I one day concluded to try
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and I beg to as
sure you that I was most agreebly
surprised io find after taking two
doses of the remedy that I was
completely relieved of the disease
that had cost me so much trouble
and annoyance. lam thankful to
szy that I have not suffered from it
since.” For sale by Hall & Greent.
A TEXAS WONDER.
Hall’s Great Discovery.
One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles,removes gravel, cures diabests
seininai emissions, weak and lame back
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women, regulates bladder troubles in
children. If not sold by your druggist
will be sent by mail in receipt of sl.
One small bottle is two months’ treat
ment, and will cure any case above
mentioned. Dr. E. W. Hall, Sole Man
ulaeturer, P. 0 Box 629, St. Louis Mo
Send for testimonials. Sold by all
druggists, and Hall <fc Greene, Carters
viile, Ga.
HEAD THIS.
Ccyington, Ga., July 23.
This is to certily that I have used Dr.
Hall’s Great Discovery tor Rheumatism
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, and will
say it is far superior to anything 1 have
ever used for the above complaint.
Very respectfully,
H, I. HORTON, Ex-Marshall.
When you feel like that life is
hardly worth the candle take a
dose of Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They will cleanse
v'rir stomach, tone np your liver
and regulate your bowels making
you feel like anew man. For sale
by Hall & Greene, Druggists.
Square box stoves,
for wood, especially
for country churches
and school houses.
Four sizos at
CALHOUN IUIOS.
LYNCHING I
FLOYD (ML
Negro Commits Assault and is
Swung to a Trestle-
VICTIM DIES FROM INJURIES-
Speedy Justice Meted Out to a
Black Eland Who Assaulted and
Murdered a Woman.
Rome, Ga., Dec. B.—Bud Rufus,
a negro 24 years old, was lynched
last night 9t 10 o’clock near Early,
Floyd county, 12 utiles west of
Rome.
Rufus was taken from a bailiff
by a mob and carried before Mrs.
Joseph White, his alleged victim,
for identification.
Mrs. White was in a semi-con
scious condition, but rallied suffic
iently to nod her head in assent to
the question whether or not Rufus
was the man who assaulted her.
The mob rushed the negro away
to a high trestle on the Rome and
Decatur road, placed a rope around
his neck, tying the end to a rail,
and compelled him to leap from
the trestle.
The crime was committed Fri
day morning. Mrs. White had
gone out to a cotton field in a
sequestered spot four hundred
yards from her home for the pur
pose of gathering cotton.
Mr. White, the husband, left
early in the morning to haul wood
four miles away. When he re
turned at dark he could not find
hiS wife.
Searching parties found Mrs,
White iu the field with hpr skull
crushed lying in a pool of blood
and her body denuded.
Witnesses from Early say that
Rufus was tracked from the field
to his house and his shoes fitted
the tracks and mud on his shoes
and shirt was the same as that in
the field where Mrs. White was
stricken.
The accused confessed that he
went to a fence surrounding the
field where Mrs. White was work
ing-
This is the first lynching in the
history of Flo} r d county.
Rome, Ga., Dec. 10. —Mrs. Joe
White, who was brutally assaulted
at Early Thursday night by a ne
gro. Bud Rufus, died last night at
10 o’clock, having never regained
consciousness. She will be buried
this afternoon at 3 o’clock near
Coosa. Coroner Schlapbach has
gone to Early to hold an inquest.
The negro was lynched Friday
night near the scene of his crime.
Mrs. White, when the negro was
brought before her could not
speak, but when asked if Rufus
was the negro who had committed
the assault, she answered by a nod
of assent. The negro with a rope
about his neck was forced to leap
from a bridge and his swaying
body was riddled with bullets.
HN CuSs WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS.
M Best Oougti Syrup. Tastes Good. Use P^l
ES * n tkne. Sold by druggists. |#i
Crockery, Glassware
and China at
CALHOUN BROS.
FOR CHRISTMAS.
GET READY
In the short space intervening- between this
and Christmas the thoughtful housewife will give
much consideration to the needs of the hour in
fashioning up a complete and enjoyable spreads.
We have everything necessary to make your bill
of fare what it should be. All the ingredients
for choice dishes as well as confections, nuts rai
sins, and such things. There we have dolls, toys
and trinkets for the children, pretty novelties in
many lines.
All of which we will be delighted to show you.
FHEEjnfIH * HULL-
CAss STATION. ■
For the last several weeks the
school at this place has been fiour
isliiqg under the supervision of
prof. Glass, of Tennessee.
Miss Verta McKelvy returned
recently from Atlanta, where she
lias been spending some months
with relatives. We are glad to see
her among us again .
Mrs. Cox and daughter, Miss
Emma, and Miss Mounie Atkinson
visited your city recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pasco
and Thomas, Jr., of Rockwood,
Tenn., arrived at Cass last Thurs
day a week ago and is ‘ pending a
while with the latter’s' brothers,
Messrs. J. R. and S. J. Allen. Mr.
Pasco returned after spending sev
eral days with them.
Cotton picking is about over and
wheat sowing also. The farmers
are feeling much better this fall
over ten cent cotton, as the price
was much lower last fall. We hope
though the farmers will not plant
large crops another year and force
any lower. Plant a small crop
and work it well.
There will be between eight
hundred and a thousand bales of
cotton ginned at Cass this year.
Messrs. Allen ginning the larger
part.
Prof. Glass and wife spent Sat
urday in your city.
Miss Nellie Posey, we are sorry
to say, is very sick with phneu
monia at this writing, but we hope
she will soon recover.
Mr. J. N. McKelyy, of Kings
ton, came down and went hunting
with his brothers, Messrs. T. R.
and C. S. McKelvy and “bagged”
a nice lot of game.
We will come again soon Mr.
Plditors. We have neglected you
for some time. With best wishes
to the Courant re .ders.
A Quiet Wedding.
The marriage of Mr. Warren
Corbin Mitchell and Miss Rebecca
Anna Yarbrough occurred on the
afternoon of the 9th inst., at the
home of the bride’s father, Mr. J.
W. Yarbrough, Rev. W. B. Mitch
ell, f ther of the groom officiating.
The bride is the eldest daughter
of Mr. Yarbrough and is a most
a; active and lovely young lady,
and the groom is a young man of
many sterling qualities. May suc
cess attend them.
Pipe and pipe fit
ti > i g’S. All sizes, from
1-4 to 4 inches. Valves
strai&ht-a and
cheek, water guages,
steam guages, etc., at
CALHOUN BROS.
Statk of Ohio, City of Toledo,!
Lucas County. j 88 ’
Frank J Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F. J,
Cheney A. Co..doing business in the city
of Toledo, county and state aforesaid
and that said firm will pav the sum ol
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subsribed in
mv presence, this the 6th dav of Decem
ber, A. D. 1886.
A. W GLEASON,
|skal j- Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly and acts directly on the blood auu
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J CH ENE Y <ft CO., Toledo, O.
Sold oy druggist, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Have you seen that
line of Cooking and
Heating stoves at
CALHOUN BROS.
Royal Baking
Powder
Makes R °y al Bakin s Pow -'
der possesses pecu-
Ihe Food liarqualities not
iViore found in other leav
ening agents, which
Healthful arise from the supe
rior fitness, purity
and healthfulness of its ingredients.
Royal Baking Powder leavens the
food perfectly by its own inherent
power without changing or impairing
any of the elements of the flour.
Thus the hot-breads, hot-rolls
and muffins, and the delicious hot
griddle-cakes raised by the Royal
Baking Powder are wholesome and
digestible, and may be eaten without
distress, even by persons of delicate
digestion.
Alum baking powders are low priced, as alum costs but
two cents a pound ; but alum is a corrosive poison and
it renders the baking powder dangerous to use in food.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 100 WILLIAM ST.. NEW YORK.
DECEMBER MARRIAGE-
Mr, H. T. Braalev Will Wed Miss
McDonald of Sumter.
The Americus Times Recorder
has the following notice of a mar
riage in which Cartersville is in
terested:
Mr. and Mrs. John A. McDonald
have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Mamie
Catherine McDonald, to Mr.
Thurston Bradley, the wedding oc
curring on Wednesday, 26th at the
home of the bride’s parents at The
Plains. This announcement will
be received with pleasurable sur
prise by many here, as both the
bride and groom-elect are well
known. Miss McDonald is a mem
ber of one of the most prominent
famlies here. She is a pretty
blonde, a graduate of Wesleyan
College and withal a cultured and
charming young lady. Mr. Brad
ley is a well known and successful
young merchant of Cartersville,
Ga., where he has large business
interests.
SUPPOSED HYDROPHOBIA.
Mp James Bishop Goes to Pasteup
Institute fop Treatment.
Mr. James Bishop, of Stamp
Creek district, went to Atlanta, ac
companied by Mr. Edgar Barron,
to secure treatment at the Pasteur
Institute for a supposed case of
hydrophobia.
On the 24th of October Mr.
Bishop, who was theu living four
miles from Marietta, had a dog
that showed signs of having rabies,
and he carried it to the woods to
shoot it. The gun made a long
fire and the dog jumped at Bishop
and viciously seized his leg, inflict
ing a number of severe bites. Bish
op went to Marietta where hebunt
ted up a madstone and, applying
it to the wounds, it adhered for
eight hours. The wounds healed
up and no unusual symptoms were
experienced until last week, when
Bishop began to feel a soreness
about his leg, which increased in
severity and greatly alarmed him.
His friends advised him to go to
the Pasteur Institute, and assisted
him.
The physicians at the institute
think they may get him through,
though pronouncing his trouble
hydrophobia. He has shown none
of the much talked of unusual
symptoms incident to this kind of
trouble but complains of the vio
lence of his pains.
Bishop is about 27 years old and
has a wife and two children. He
is much thought of by his neigh
bors, all of whom feel a keen in
terest in his case. He moved from
Cobb county back to Stamp Creek,
where he had formerly lived, about
a mouth ago.
“THE JOURNEYOF JESUS-*'
That Will be the Subject of tFwt
Mornln Sermon.
'The Journey of Jesus” wilflie
the subject of the sermon at the*
Baptist next Sunday morning by
the pastor, Rev. Alex W. Header..
The life of the Lord from His birth
up to His crucifixon, Mr. Healer
will show is but a panorama of ibe
Christian’s life on earth.
At the evening service the ser
mon will be directed to the uai oa
verted, the subject being "Th*
Men ot Nineveh as the men of this,
generation.”
At the close of the Sontlajv
school the regular picture seruiea?
! will be preached to the children
on the subject of “Finding Salva
tion in a tree.” The choir tracer
the leadership of Mr. L. R- Gs -
reath, will render some special
music for this occasion.
Any strangers in the city .sre
cordially invited to attend all oL
these services.
Ozs. BTOJbii. Jdb .
Bean the /} The Kind You Have Mvwts tagß
Gliy iflihiaddil ti bdiU
1 will sell at public outcry to the
est bidder, on tbe first Tuesday in Asm
uary, 1901, before the court house Hjxwk,.
between the usual hours of sale, la. a in
city of Cartersville, ha., for city im %am
of 1899, the following property,, to-w:
One lot in the city of Cartersvilie,
bounded as follows: Fronting aassh.
by Puckett street, east by a mlteyr,.
south by property of lir. Tbemas H..
Baker aiid west by property of IS
Conyers’. Levid on aud will be -!!•*
the property of the estate of Day is! tn
derwood.
Also at the same time and pi at-*,, jcwb.
house and lot in tiie city of CartersTiite,.
Ga., containing ot e and one-baif s\£-
acres, more or less, fronting *.*.
Erwin street, 300 feet bounded t>
north by Norris property, and wesl in
property of Sam P, Jones, on the
bv an alley. Levied on and will he sM£
as tue property ofDr. Lindsay JohssMi,.
guardian, for city taxes for live- s**3
1899. Property in possession if, £.
Cary, tenant,
S P. SATTERFIELD,
City Marshal and C. T. C.
Valuable Beal Estate for
Sale.
I have several houses and lots in
tersville, Ga., which I will sell at beer
gains to purchasers. Two of th* Jsdn.
have good buildings for residences sriafL
from 4 to 6 or 7 rooms, and are lo
cated for home*. I also have for sada
the law office over Courant AnKVWE
printing office. Also an undivided
interest in 120 acres of good peach
chard land near Adairsvllle, Ga. m
Is your chance to get a bargain, ths
t-rsville I- getting on her feet agsim
and yon may do well to buy propsartjr
now! Call aud see me
J. U. NEKL.
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