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THE COTJRANT AMERICAN.
VOL. NX.
BRILLIANT social event.
u/Pddine and Debut Party of
C mV a^ d Mrs. Cary and Daughter.
r ,c t Saturday evening from 8 to
„ L ,he hereof Mr. and Mrs. H. |
l Cary on North Erwin street. ,
1 the scene of one of the most j
brilliant social events ever known
The occasion was
the twentieth wedding anniversary
n f Mr and Mrs. Cary and the
debut of their daughter, Miss
Louise, into society. .
The front was enclosed
with canvas and the mellow glow
from the lights within gave a
cheery aspect and imparted an ac
ceptable welcome to the assembling
gl The decorations were tasty, and
artistic effects were noticeable in
the arrangements. The whole
house was thown open. The lower
floor, except the dining room,
was done in Christmas effect,
holly and mistletoe being manifest,
while smilax in clever twinings
and dainty wreathes on mantels,
windows and walls, nodded obei
sance to stately palms in stoic
placidness in prominent corners
and passways.
The dinning room was in
green and white and the effect not
only prevailed in the decorations
but was carried out in the refresh
ments.
Mr. and Mrs. Cary and Miss
Louise stood in the front parlor to
receive the congratulations of their
friends and these weie offered with
a heartiness and sincerity that
must have met a sense of warm
gratitude in the heart of each of
the handsome home group. Mrs.
Cary was becomingly gowned in
pink bengaline silk and mouselaine,
with velvet and gold buckles.
Miss Cary was atttred in white
chiffon. She is a blonde of stately
carriage and was a picture of love
liest.young womanhood. No de
butante of late years is more pop
ular in Cartersville than she.
Refreshments were served in the
back parlor and were delicious and
bounteous. Coffee, as well as
punch was served in the dining
room and these popular resorts of
the guests were made more so by
the grace and graciousness of the
ladies who directed the serving of
the refreshments. *
The presents were in The draw
ing room and were many and
handsome ; among them was a
magnificent bird set given by the
directors of the Cartersville Bank,
of which Mr. Cary is the popular
cashier.
There was a large gathering of
guests, the leading. families
of Cartersville being rep
resented as well as 4 number of
visitors from abroad, among these
Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Thomas, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Callaway, Mrs.
William A. Wright, of Atlanta,
and Miss Cary, of LaGrange.
Those who assisted Mrs.
Cary in receiving were Mrs. John
W. Akin, Mrs. D. B. Freeman,
Mrs. P. S. Shelman, Mr;. Sam P.
Jones, Mrs. L. S. Munford, Miss
Mary Wikle, Miss Mai ion Smith,
Miss Mary Munford, Miss Marylu
Wikle, Mrs. Howard Calloway,
Mrs. W. A. Wright.
Mr. and Mrs. Cary came from
Millen here six years ago, but
their home was previously in La-
Giange. They have made many
warm friends among our people
who wish them many more years
of happy married life.
ED HALL DEAD,
Well Known Cartersville Young
Man Brought From Villa Rica.
The relatives here of Mr. James
Edward Hall received notice by
telegram last Thursday that he
was dead af Villa Rica and Mr.
Ben Akerman was requested to
bring the body to Atlanta, where
it was met by his father, J. E. Hall,
and his brother, Harris Hall, who
accompanied it to this place. The
funeral took place Friday from the
borne, the following friends of the
dead young mau acting as pall
bearers: J. E. Field, Henry Mil
der, J. E. Wikle, A. B. Harrison,
Frank Wallace, G. W. Young.
Ed Hall was a draftsman and
carpenter who had few equals.
He had goue to Villa Rica at the
instance of Mr. Ben Akerman
about six months ago and was at
work for the Klondike Mining
Compauy at a good salary, having
a large corps of hands under him.
He was much beliked by these and
also his employ ers. He had not
been well for a short while and
a growing very severe, he
feared pneumonia. On Thursday
evening ne refused invitations
fioin friends to go out to tea and
went to his room at the Askew
bouse to take medicines. He was
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1900.
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GERMAN KALi WORKS,
93 Nassau St., New York.
seen by the proprietor the next
morning at 7 o’clock but said he
felt too badly to eat breakfast.
When seen soon after in his room
he was dead.
MANGLED UNDER CAR-
Brakeman Clark Dies From Injuries
Received in Accident.
Mr. Isaac Clark, a brakeman on
the W. & A. railroad, died at the
Bartow house las. Saturday morn
ing, from injuries he received Fri
day night in an accident.
Extra south engine number 27
with a train had orders to pick up
three cars at the East and West
transfer yard. The engine came
in on the switch wPk two cars
nearest attached. Clark was sent
to the rear of the last car to be at
tached to turn the cock on the
brake to confine the air in the
hose. He had barely reached the
end of the car ready to fix the air
when the engine and cars came
against those standing and the end
of the rear car striking him, he
was knocked down, his legs shoot
ing across the track. One pair of
wheels rolled over both his legs
and right hand. The accujent oc
curred at about eleven o’clock and
he was taken to the Bartow house,
where he died at about four o’clock.
Dr. Griffin went to see him but
found amputation unadvisable.
CWrk had been on the road about
nine years and was a trusted and
dutiful employe. He was about
31 years of age and lived at Tun
nel Hill, where a wife and two
children survive him. He left in
surance amounting to $2,200 —$1,-
200 in the Railroad Trainmen’s
order and a policy in an accident
company of SI,OOO.
His body was taken to Tunnel
Hill Saturday for burial. Breth
ren of the Railway Trainmen order
from Atlanta went up and attended
his burial.
“About five years ago I was trou
bled with catarrh of the P wer 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
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Diarrhoea Remedy and I beg to-as
sure you that I was most agreebly
surprised to 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
say that I have not suffered from it
since.” For sale by Hall & Greene.
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READ THIS.
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This is to certify that I have used Dr.
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Very respectfully,
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for wood, especially
for country churches
and school houses
Four sizes at
CALHOUN BROS.
THE PAUPER FARM.
Cartersville Ladies Explain Their
Interest in the Abode of the Poor.
Editors Uourant, American; 1
A lady at Pine Log seems to
have taken exceptions to the article
recently published in the papers of
our town in regard to ‘the pauper
home of Bartow. Why this is so it
it hard to understand, as we had no
thought of giving offence to any
one, and made no reference to any
special community, but our article
was addressed to Bartow County at
large. We should certainly have
not written and published these ar
ticles if we had felt that we, the
ladies, could have made the im
provements necessary. The efforts
of a few are but feeble in corpari
sou to the efforts of a united people.
We mentioned the good people of
Cartersville in particular because
this being the couuty seat, the
heart as it were, whose pulsations
are felt throughout the county,
and from which place the business
of the county is transacted. Also
because of the charitable organiza
tions of the place. We do not
mean to say that there are not or
ganized societies in other parts of
the county which are as much in-j
terested in thfc welfare of humanity!
as we, and whom we believe feel
as we do, pr would, were they to
make a visit to the - pauper home.
Surely it cannot be said that we
meant to reflect upon the people of
Pine Log or of Bartow county as
individuals, but as a whole she
needs awakening to the duties de
volving upon her as to the right
method of caring for the pauper
home.
Gur sister of Pine Log says the
inmates are better taken caie of
there than a great many of the poor
in Cartersville. This being true,
it is all the more important that we
should have the pauper home
nearer to us, and that it should be
made such a comfortable home i as
to induce our poor to accept of its
protection, and where we could
more systematically care for them,
and this is one of the strongest
reasons why we are desirous of
having the home nearer Carters
ville, so we can take care of and pro
vide for the many poor whom we
have in <ur midst, and who are
unwilling to go to the pauper
home as it is today, and we believe
if it was made comfortable that
there are a number, who are upon
the charities of the good people of
this county, who would be glad to
go there.
The lady further says that some
people go there to get their living
free; we are under ;he impression
that all who go there go for the
purpose of getting their living
free. Why? Because they are
physically or mentally unable to
make a living for themselves, and
therefore incapable of attending
properly to their own wants and
needs after they are there.
Yes, they have a cook, a frail lit
tle woman whose husband is an in
valid and an inmate of the nome,
and as we learned, receives no re
muneration save the fare of the
other inmates. The assistant
cook of whom the lady speaks
did the cooking herself for some
years, until her health failed,
and now she does not look strong
enough to wait upon herself, much
less being the assistant cook for
more than twenty people.
We did not say they have no
scouring done; we simply said that
there should be an able bodied per
son there to look after this work as
GET READY
FOR CHRISTMAS.
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
FBEERIfIN 8 HULL-
often as it beco ues necessary to
cleanse the rooms and keep the
cl tiling in good order. Are they
kept in good order? No, they are
not, and will not be until someone
fe employed there to do such work
as it should be done. We saw a
sample of their work on this line —
some poorly washed garments
were hanging on the garden pal
ings to dry. No self respecting
person who was able to do any bet
tei would wear then;. We consid
ered the inmates thinly clad.
While the evening was chilly
enough for us t > have on our
heavy die sei and wraps, they
wore thin H cotton clothing. They
had substantial, heavy shoes,
in fact so heavy that s veral of
the old w mien were barefooted
because they said their shoes
hurt their tender time-worn feet.
Some of them have feather beds,
but all are not so fortunate, and all
of them who do have them brought
them there when they came. Tuev
are not provided by the county.
One poor old negro wonfan, who
at one time owned her own home
in Cartersville and lived comfort
ably, is now an inmate of the pau
per home, blind and feeble with
age. She had the misfortune to
have her feather bed burned up by
placing a hot brick there to keep
her feet warm. Is there a feather
bed to take its place? No, and
now her dirty bunk looks uncom
fortable indeed.
The lady says they have cows.
Yes, they have, two, both being
almost entirely dry, only furnish
ing sufficient milk to make up the
bread for breakfast. They ought
by all means to have cows enough
to furnish milk and butter for the
table.
The bill of fare as we were told
by several of the inmates, is this:
Breakfast; biscuit, molasses, coffee
with sugar. Dinner; bacon, corn
bread, and occasionally soup. Sup
per; the remnants, cold, left from
[dinner. An old man when asked
what he would relish for breakfast,
said, if he only had grits, butter
and milk he would desire nothing
better. Simple and inexpensive
are these things, and yet how im
portant to judiciously provide
things of comfort and nutrition for
them, and then for some one quali
fied to prepare it fot them.
As to the home being near en
ough to Cartersville for all to help
who choose, there is a difference
of opinion in regard to distance.
Twenty miles to us seems quite a
long drive, especially if the roads
and weathei should be bad, which
no doubt would be the ca.se just
when the inmates most needed our
help. We appreciate the sympathy
a id the kind words of commenda
uon irom the Ford correspondent;
would that we could inspire the
same feeling in every heart in Bar
tow , for success comes only through
unity—‘‘united we stand, divided
we fall.”
We wish to say furthermore that
we had no reference whatever to
the gentleman in charge of the
place. We know that he is a sal
aried man and does the best he can,
and is not in position to do more
for these people than he is directed
to do by the commissioners. The
tax payers and Christian people of
Bartow county are the ones who
ought to doit, and upon them ti e
responsibility rests.
We, the committee of ladies, are
preparing to send a Christmas offer
ing to the hon.e. Those desiring
to contribute to this worthy cause,
can send their contributions to the
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The Absolutely Pure
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is the baking powder r of general
use, its sale exceeding that of all
other baking powders combined. /
Royal Baking Powder has not
its counterpart at home or abroad.
Its qualities, which make the bread
more healthful and the cake of finer
appearance and flavor, are peculiar
to itself and are not constituent
in other leavening agents.
cat effort* are mafe to sell alum baking
powders under the pica that they are so many
cents a pound cheaper than Royal. The admis
sion that they are cheaper made is an admis
sion that they are inierior. But alum pow
ders contain a corrosive poison and should
not be used in food, 110 matter bow cheap.
ROYAL BAKINft POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
residence of Mrs. S. P. Jonesor Mrs.
W. P. Laramore. Only such flings
as would help to make i happy
Christmas are desired.
Mrs. S. P. Jones.
Mrs. W. P. Laramorr.
Mrs. Alex W I bare*.
Miss Mary Lou Young.
Mrs. P. S. Shklman.
Mrs. Rebecca Felton.
More About the Pauper Home-
Edtl*)rs Courant American.
The ladies of your city have
had published in both the county
papers an article concerning the
pauper home, which demands an
explanation on our part,as they cast
many reflections upon us publicly,
doing us quite an injustice.
Some of the inmates are no trou
ble to keep clean and are agreeable
and contended, while there are
others that it is almost impossible
to keep clean. And when the
proper authorities see prudent to
hire an able bodied man and wo
man to come and scour and clean
them we will acquiesce.
Those ladie's like a great many
others do not know unless they
could remain some time and learn
the unappreciation of some charac
ters who will after having been
washed '‘return to their wallowing
in the mire,” or ‘ likeia dog to his
vomit.” Therefore I can forgive
them.
I know some of the ladies and
believe their motive was good, but
would have them remember that
we also are trying to do our duty,
regardless of their censure.
The county authorities are sat
isfied, who undoubtedly have vis
ited this place oftener than they
and know their business and how
to transact it.
I know they have plenty of good
warm flannels and clothing, hav
ing made them myself and know
they have better than many who
are paying tax to keep them here.
Had those ladies called on me I
would have taken pleasure in
showing and explaining to them
these facts.
I am surprised they did not see
the poultry and cows as they wrote
as though the paupers were denied
these privaleges. They have had
milk and butter, poultry and a
splendid garden and many other
privileges in this “veritable poor
house.”
They of couse do not fare as
sumptously as they, but I see that
the sick have proper nourishments.
There is not a day but what they
need s<jmething and T have never
turned them away empty.
I do not believe in “doing alms
to be seen of men,” or “sounding
a trumpet.” Neither do I believe
in binding “heavy burdens, griev
ous to be borne and laying them
cm men’s shoulders, when we our
selves will not remove them with
one of our fingers.”* Many of us
need first to “cast the beam out of
our own eye that we may’ see
clearly how to cast he m ite out of
our broth .*. eye.
As to their spiritual welf .re, we
have a neatly ceiled church.
Preaching once a month and a
splendid Sabbath school, within
one hundred yards of the inmates,
all which they have the advantage.
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. E. M. Upshaw.
t
Mrs. Oscar Peeples, of Chatta
nooga, reached the city yesterday
and will spend the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Munford.
Mr. Henrv Granger, of ’South
America, is at home to attend the
marriage of his sister which occurs
this evening. His Cartersville
friends are glad to see him again.
Thai cough
Hangs On
You have used all
sorts of cough reme
dies but it does not
yield; it is too deep
seated. It may wear
itself out in time, but
it is more liable to
produce la grippe,
pneumonia or a seri
ous throat affection.
You need something
that will give you
strength and build
up the body.
SCOTT’S
EMULSION
will do this when everything
else fails. There is no doubt
about it. It nourishes,
strengthens, builds up and
makes the body strong and
healthy, not only to throw
off this hard cough, but to
fortify the system against
further attacks. If you arc
run down or emaciated you
should certainly take this
nourishing food medicine.
50c. ami SI.OO, all druegists.
SCOTT & Chemists, New York.
NO. 9