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THE COURANT AMERICAN".
VOL. XX.
SOUTH GREETS
HEWCENTURY.
Feels Able to Hold Its Own With
World of Commerce,
STRONG IN GREAT RESOURCES.
Has Become Arbiter In Iron Trade
and Controller of the Textile
Industry Home and Abroad.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 28—In its
j aS t issue of the century the Man
ufacturers’ Record says:
"On the verge of a new century
the south, better equipped in ev
ery way than ever before, warned
bv the experience of'other sections
against the pitfalls close to the
path of progress, enjoying the op
portunity to equip newt manufactur
ing establishments with the latest
improved machinery, convinced by
knowledge of the dangers of ex
jending the best efforts upon one
crop or one line of industry, and
deprived of none of the natural ad
vantages which have always be
longed to it, stands ready at last to
enter into its own.
Metallurgy and chemistry, ge
ology and mineralogy have pene
trated to subterraneaiy.storehouses
to bring to the surface vast wealth
in coal, iron, phosphate rock,
petroleum, lead, zinc, marbles,
granites and other building stones,
have given anew impetus to the
development of half-neglected gold
deposits, and have made the south
an arbiter in the iron trade of the
■ world, just as it has become a con
■ trolkr of the trade in cotton goods,
■ both at home and abroad.”
VALUE'OF MINERAL PRODUCTS.
The important position taken by
the south in national agriculture,
manufacturing 9.nd commerce tiss
led the Manufacturers’ Record to
publish this week a number of pa
pers by authorities in their respec
tive fields, reviewing the progress
on these lines during the past cen
tury and giving a forecast of the
burning one.
Dr. David T. Day, of the United
States Geological Survey, revert
ing to the extraordinary record of
1899, says that it is doubtful if it is
fair to take the record for that
year as a basis for comparison with
any preceding year. It possesses
greater value as exhibiting to the
world what we are capable of do
ing with our present development
when accession demands a little
extra effort.
; Russia exceeds us at present in
the production of crude petroleum,
but, owing to the superior quality
the American crude, the quan
tity and quality of refined oils ob
tained from it greatly exceed those
obtainable from Russian crude.
Dr. Day says:
MINERAL and metallic age.
The coming century will un
doubtedly see a greater extension
M the use of iron and steel and of
other metals in fields which but a
Short time ago w'ere occupied by
Rood ; Some prophets see in this
, ultimate solution of the pro
-1 em now confronting us as to the
preservation of our forests and the
ton serration of our water supply.
I roach sueceeeding year is see
miprovements made in metal
lurgical science and each year It
■ a " J ““ en made possible to work at
| profit mineral and metalliferous
lyposits formerly considered worth
■a , ulthough our richer leads
|!\ odes may be worked out, we
■ 1 st Dl have inexhaustible
■onroes of supply. _ Taking the
■ r^ ars and 1899 as the ex
■ tines, the ratio of increase each
■ ar nas been about per cent.
t'T Uid bhis rate continue, our
f ,era ' produciticm in 1930 should
K. a out $3 34°, 000,000, and about
Io h 0) ’° 00 ' 000 bn 1940. It is not
■ as e e^D ected that this will be the
■ter e Illa y do°k for reasonable
eases bn our mineral production
■reaC e ™ P re( dfot a steadily de
■>ok rat ' o, and vve need hardly
■mm ° r . a do ubling of our mineral
|e ss tha J 25 yearßi> .
I 80bV CE ONE-THIRD of world’s
■ COAL.
lawn-!f ns f e: l tirel - v with coal, F. E.
Ei e , ew York, shows that
Kr cent 1 off P roduce fully 32
Bforlri °, tlle mineral fuel of the
feeonV'S Britain a good
■ r °gies • ’." eSSows by tables the
■s bit,,!. Ulade by separate states
p uious coal producers, by
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. J YXUARY 8. 1901.
which Alabama, for instance, has
raised since 1870 from seventeenth
in rank, with an output of ri.oco
tons, to fifth in ram;, with an out
put of 8,500,000 tons. Asa matter
of fact, of the changes in the pro
duction of coal in the several parts
of this country a most notable one
is that of the growth of output ui
the south.
PROGRESS IN IRON AND STEEL.
In a review of the progress of
the iron and steel industry Edward
H. Sanborn, general manager of
the National Association of Manu
facturers, finds that the outlook to
the close of the Twentieth Century
is for the United States to become
more and more the provider of iron
and steel to the world, and to gain
a corresponding influence in fin
ancial and political affairs.
He says: “The American iron
master, heretofore busily engaged
in meeting the fast-growing wants
of the home market, has only in
recent years paid much attention
to the foreign field. His first steps
therein have been highly encourag
ing, and he now finds himself call
ed upon to supply the wants of
iron and steel consumers in all the
countries of the earth.”
BENEATH A BOWER OF SMILAX-
Miss McDonald and Mr, Bradley
Were Weaded Wednesday.
Amer cus Times-Kecorder.
One of the prettiest home wed
dings ever witnessed here was that
which blended the lives of Miss
Mamie Catherine McDonald and
Mr. Horry T. Bradley, the cere
mony taking place on Wednesday
morning at the residence of the
bride’s parents, Captain and Mrs.
John A. McDonald, near The
Plains.
Long before the appointed hour
the beautifully decorated parlors ot
the McDonald home were thronged
with friends assembled to witness
this very happy plighting of the
troth.
The color scheme was green and
white, while festoons 01 Snmax
and stately palms and ferns made
an effective background for an arch
ot green from which was suspend
ed two floral doves of snowy white
ness.
Miss Jessie Jones, of Macon,
presided at the organ and render
ed the wedding march.
The lovely bride, in her wedding
robes of white ducbesse and chiffon
with garnitu.e of ieal lace, entered
upon the arm of her father, and
was met at the altar by the groom
attended by his brother, Mr. Pas
chal Bradley. The ribbon bearers
were Misses Florence Page and
Lillian Reese, while the little flow
er girls, Agnes Thomas and Gene
vieve P'rench, completed the wed
ding circle.
The beautiful bride carried in
her hand a white prayer book, the
gift of the groom. Her tulle veil
was caught to her golden hair with
a spray of lillies of the yalley, and
she was indeed a picture 01 sur
passing loveliness.
The wedding march was chang
ed to a soft, tender melody as the
rites were impressively solemnized
by Rev. I. F. Griffith, of Macon.
While congratulations were be
ing extended the appropriate song
“Because I Love Your, Dear,” was
sweetly rendered, as was the pre
lude to the ceremony “Oh Promise
Me” by Miss Griffith.
A superb wedding breakfas wats
served in the handsomely decora
ted dining room, the bribe’s table
with its decorations of white and
green, the color scheme,being very
beautiful.
Many superb wedding gifts at
tested the popularity of the-couple.
Sumter has lost one of her love
liest young women, for Miss Mc-
Donald was possessed of all the
charms of the typical southern
beautv and was ever admired
among a host of friends. Mr.
Bradley is a successful young bus
iness man of Cartersville. where
he has large mercantile interests
and is held in high esteem socia ly.
The young couple left shortly
after the wedding ceremony for
their home, carrying with them
the best wishes of a host of friends.
Beat Out. of an increase of Hi* Pension
A Mexican war veteran and
prominent editor writes: “Seeing
the advertisement of Chamberlain’s
Cotie,'Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy, I am remind'd that as a sol
dier in Mexico in ’47 and ’4B, I con
tracted Mexican diarrhoea and this
remedy has kept me from getting
an increase in my pension for on
every renewal a dose of it restores.”
It is unequalled as a quick cure for
diarrhoea and is pleasant arid safe
to take. For sale by Hall & Greene,
druggists.
SEVERE LOSS
TO BRITISH.
Boers Capture Helvetia and Two
Hundred Men-
CAPTURED POST ASTRONG ONE
An Enormously Wide Field of Boer
Activity Is Reported. But the
British are Optimistic.
London, Dec. 31. —The war of
fice has received the following dis
patch from Lord Kitchener:
“Pretoria, Dec. 30. — (7:55 a. m.)
Gen. Lyttleton reports that our
post at Helvetia was captured yes
terday morning by the Boers.
About fifty were killed aud wound
ed and 200 taken prisoners.
“Col. Kitchener reports that be
is following with a small force in
the track of the enemy, Helvetia
being reoccupied by Reeves, who
has been reinforced front Belfast.
“Helvetia was a very strong po
sition on the Machadorp-Lyden
burg railway, and was held by a
detachment of the Liverpool regi
ment. Am asking for furtuer in
formation.”
London, Dec. 31. —While Lord
Kitchener sends bad news for Eng
land on the closing day of the
year, the press continue to take a
surprisingly hopeful view of a
grave situation and revelations of
an enormously wide field of Boer
activity. Gen. De Wet is still at
large. Kimberly is isolated. The
Boers are in force enough to have
captured a strong position at Hel
vetia, in the Lydenburg district,
while, judging front Lord Kitch
ener’s very recent advices, no pro
gress is being made against the
Boer invaders in Cape Colony.
According to further telegrams
received yesterday Zeerust is prac
tically besieged, but has provisions
sufficient for five months. The
garrison at Ottoshoop has been
withdrawn to Lichtenburg.
A dispatch front Carnarvon,
dated yesterday, reports that the
Boers who have been theatening
that point were driven off and are
being pursued.
“It is evident,” says a belated
message from Krttgersdorp, dated
Dec. 23, “that the Boer commis
sariat in the direction of Magalies
burg is well suppled and that un
til the country between here and
the Magaliesburg is properly
cleared of Boers they will continue
to concentrate there, the ground
being particularly adapted to their
methods of warfare.”
The Boers admit that in their
fight with Gen. Clements at
Nooitgedaclit they lost 130.
“It is understood that Lord
Kitchener cannot ask the colonies
officially to send troops,” says a
Durban dispatch, dated Dec. 29,
but he desired it to be known in
Australia and Canada that Aus
tralians and Canadians arriving
in Natal will be eligible for im
mediate enlistment in the irregu
lar troops, which aie proceeding to
Johannesburg for five months ser
vice.”
Johnson—Griffin-
The marriage of Miss Lula F.
Johnson to Mr. Richard Edgar
Griffin, at Kingston, Thursday,
Dec. 27th, at the home of the bride,
was one of the social events of the
holidays in that thriving little city.
Rev. C. A. Jamison performed the
ceremony. It was solemn and im
pressive and witnessed by a num
bel of triends of the bride and
groom.
The home was tastefully deco
rated with holly mistletoe and
ferns.
The bridal party entered prompt
ly at 8:30 o’clock to the strains of
Mendelssohn’s wedding march,
beautifully rendered by Miss Ethel
Griffin, a sister of the groom.
“Call Me Thine Own,” was softly
played throughout the ceremony.
Delicious refreshments were
served during the evening. The
bride wore an exquisite gown of
gray ck tn, trimmed with white,
a shower bouquet of brides’ roses.
A number of costly gifts were
received by' the young couple,
among them a handsome siver tea
service.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Griffin are
very popular and number their
friends by r the score.♦ The bride is
a young woman of refined, sweet
nature and possesses a charming
dignity.
The groomis a member of the
firm of .Griffin Bros. & Cos., and is a
well known young business tnau.
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE-
riK Sf>rvics t the Baptist
Chutch !VIOII dav Ev?ntnitf
The services at the Baptist
church last Monday evening was
peculiar and unusually interesting.
hirst was the ordination of the
Rev. Joe J. Jones to the ministry.
A presbytery had been provided by
the church, consisting of Dr, R. B.
Headden, hirst Baptist church,
Rome; Dr, Len G. Broughton, of
Atlanta, and p stor A \V. Bealer.
Dr. Broughton, on account of
sickness, was not present, and the
church selected iv>v. T. A. Gwens
in his stead.
The examination of the candi
date was conducted in the pres
ence of the chnrch and was entire
ly satisfactory to the presbytery,
and the very solemn and impress
ive form of the laying on of hands,
followed.
The usual charge to the new
Baptist minister was given by
Pastor Bealer, founded upon 2
Tim., 4: 1-2.
Dr. Headden was chairman of
the presbvteiy and gave direction
to the service which was very in
teresting and impressive through
out, and was liberally interspersed
with appropriate music, well ren
de ed.
At about 9 o’clock the benedic
tion was pronounced by the newly
ordained Baptist minister.
But the congregation did not go
out as usual, some went, many
lingered.
The watch night service was to
come and the intervening hours
were spent in conversation and
music.
At the unusual hour of 10:30 p.
m., the ntude of the old Baptist
be'l floated out upon the crisp night
air, and soon the people came, the
old and the young until the house
was filled.
Promptly at 11 o’clock the choir
sung, “I Lay My Sins on Jesus.”
It was appropriate and charming.
The choir then led the congre
gation in singing that beautiful
hymn, “He Leadeth Me,” by Jos
eph Henry Gilmore.
Then followed prayer by Dr.
Headden. It was uplifting, sweet,
tender T*:sutiful.
The summary of Rev. G. w.
Yarbrough, the new pastor of the
Methodist "hurch, on what has
God wrought in the religious
world in the old century, was well
received and was brimfull of en
couragement.
“Onward Christian S tidier,” was
sung with a heartiness begotten
of the most impressive occasion
hour.
The congregation was kneeling
! in silent prayer as the bell tolled
I out the old century, and as the
I church clock indicated the diyid
; ing lines between the centuries,
| the voice of pastor Bealer was
! heard invoking God’s choicest
! blessings upon the people as they
enter upon the duties of the twen
tieth century.
Rev. E. M. Craig, our good
Presbyterian brother, made the
first speech so far as we are in
formed, in the new century. He
spoke interestingly upon the call
ot the home field.
Dr. Headden spoke of missions
whose field is the world.
All praise to the choir, they did
themselves proud, reaching the
climax of beauty and sweetness as
they sang, “Hallelujah for the
Cross.”
The last song was “A hundred
years to Come,” aud was well ren
i dtred.
And this service of which we
shall never see its like, closed at
12:35 a. m., January i, 1901.
Benediction by C. A. Allday.
VA'i 1/ r n In 1 0
• • ! y UO lu me ouuiiiwesi s
We have still in North Carolina,
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama
many fertile, unoccupied acres
which need to be cultivated. This
territory could easily support a pop
ulation four times is gre.A as that
which now occupies it. It is the
best watered and healthiest country
Li the world, free for the most p r t
from malaria and all dim t’c dis
eases. We have here what they
lac*. in the southwest, a uniformly
distributed rainfall. We never fail
to have good crops of one kind or
another, early or late, in this South
Appalachia country. In the south
west they' do not have a good grow
ing season oftener than one y'ear in
three. I see no good reason,
therefore, why our people should
be encouraged to leave this coun
try' any longer. Let uv give them
schools, good roads and the other
advantages, and they will not want
tc eave. —Exchauge.
Quality
J Never
* . , . experiment
It is the high * .
quality of Royal Wltll SO
“ in L, P :S: important
lished its great a( |
and world-wide
reputation. as the
jTSJtSZ human.
ftp .: rfj *;
can rely upon ffMUf
it; that it makes
the bread and
biscuit more delicious and whole
some-—always the finest that can
be baked.
It is economy and every way
better to use the Royal, whose
work is always certain, never
. experimfent&l.
There are many imitation baking
powders, made from alum. They
may cost less per pound, but
their use is at the cost of health.
RCVAL MAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
Jurors For January-
The following is a list of jurors
drawn in open court by Judge Fite
to serve during the January term,
1901:
W. A. Jackson, Jas. W. Jackson,
Jno. A. Stephens, Jno. A. Stover,
D. B. Freeman, Thos W. Leake,
W. S. Bradley, G. M. Isbell, J. N.
Jolly, Geo. B, Elrod, Ar M; Wil
lingham, Jno. U. Maxwell, R. W.
Landers, J. W. Adams, Jno. J.
Calhoun, J. H. D. McCormick. J.
O. Ligon, Geo. O. Smith, W. I.
Benham, Win. M. Trippe, Satn’l
F. Milam, W. M. Roberts, J. C.
Bell, Jno. C. McTier, M. A. Wheel
er, J. P. Hawks, W. A. F. Steph
ens, R. F. Jolly, W. T. Burge,
Thos. F. Jones.
TRAVERSE JURY- —FIRST WEEK.
A. F. Wooley, Jas. L. Little, W.
B. Griffin, L. C. Ginn, Robt. B.
Smith, J. B. Barton, Daniel Wea
ver, J. M. Yancy, J. T. Forrister,
B. F. Posy, J. D. Rollins, H. M.
Donahoo, Jas. M. Barton, Jas. W.
Burge, Frank M. Verner, B. O.
Crawford, B. W. Going, Jno. B.
Crow, C. S. Cox, D. L. Martin,
Thos. H. Williams, H. P. Gaines,
Jas. W. Bailey, J. P. Alexander,
J. C. Rollins, J. N. McKlelvy, W.
T. Hall, Jas. F. Yancy, A. G. Whie,
R. P. Foster, John Stanford, Ed D.
Ingall, Thos. G. Lawhorn, B. M.
Barna, Alf Greenwood, P. H.
Brownlow.
SECOND WEEK.
G. W. Wilkins, W. T. Mathews,
J. A. B ily, W. H. Bagwell, Ca
leb Heath, A. F. Vincent, T. C.
Crenshaw, H. E. Clark, Dan R.
Holt, C. A. Dodd, S. W. Boston,
D. L. Mosteller, M. L. Johnson, T.
S. Williams, F. A. Smith, W. A.
Chunn, Jno W. Dysart, F. T. Ab
ernathy, W. T. Lipscomb. Nat
Donahoo, John W. Hill, W. C.
Walton, A. P. Rynolds, Cicero
Teague, Jno. T. Moore, J. G. B.
Gore, G. A. Denman, J. T. Bell,
N. M. Adams, Newton Shaw, J.
D. Taff, A. A. Dobbs, Moses
Scheuer, R. L. Willingham, Jno.
W. Burns, Thos. O. Roberts.
THIRD WEEK.
W. G. Taylor, S. G. H. Barton,
A. Y. Sheats. W. F. Alford, Jas.
A. Hasty. Jno Fl, Hood, W, J.
Wooten, W. P. Gaines, M. C.
Webb, Arthur W. Dodd, F. W.
Dent, S. M. Moore, W. B. Woodall,
W. A. Lackey, Robert Lauranoe,
J. E. Drummond, H. A. Johnsey,
L. A. Huffstettler, J. L. Arm
strong, S. E. H. Barton, J. W.
Gray, D. G. Garner, J. P. Foun
tain, Thos, L. Jones. C. V. Gemes,
Jno. S. Padgett, M. P. Westbrook,
A. L. Hendricks, I. A. White. J. J.
Randal, Jno. F. Willis. Jno. D.
Ford, Sam’l W, Law, M. C. Nel
son, G. H. Linn. Thos. B. Dadd,
W. R. Mountcastle.
NO. 11
CAPTURES OF INSdt GENTS-
Americans BRsrins Filipinos tn Lu
zon Reports Suooes*,
Manila, Dec. 30. —Today
brought many reports of capture of
insurgents as the result of scouting
throughout Luzon. TANARUS! e Ameri
cans in this w*:k sustained no cas
ualties- A detiu-lmicut of the 4th
regiment captured sixty in the
province of Cavite.
Gen. Wheaton reports having
captured and burned Greinorio’s
camp in tire peninsular near San
Antonio.
Gen. Smith wires that the pro
clamation of the governor general
has had good results in hisdistrict.
Near Moiiones yesterday a dozen
insurgents were killed and eight
wounded.
Gen. Grant telegiapbs that he
has detachments covering thelovver
portions of Mount Aaryat in the
hope of catching Alejandrino. He
says that last Friday a detachment
of the 41st Infantry raided the
camp of the insurgent leader , se
curing the leader and some 01 his
papers.
Near Aliaja today Capt. Men
doza, with thirty men of Sandico’s
command, surrendered.
Detachments of the nth and 9th
Cavalry killed twelve insurgents
a id destroyed several camps in the
Catnarines district.
The Phillippines commission has
added to the pending school bill a
provision for the en ployment of
600 American teachers, at salaries
ranging from $73 to SIOO per
month.
Proper Remedy for Lynching-
Mrs. Lulu C. Jenkins, whose
husband was lynched by an Indian
mob three years ago, brought suit
for damages against the sheriff
from whose custody he was taken,
and the sheriff’s bondsmen have
settled the case by agreeing to pay
Mrs. Jenkins $4,000, Her husband
was one of five men who were
beaten to death with a gunstcck on
supicion of stealing a horse. One
of them was an old soldiers and an
other a mere youth. For several
hours Mrs, Jenkins, armed with a
revolver, patrolled the street be
fore the jail where her husband
was confined. She had walked
from a neighboring town to do her
utmost to protect him, hearing that
he was threatened with mob vio
lence. Worn cut at last and her
fears being allaved, she went home,
but no sooner had she gone than a
mob collected, took the five men
from their cells and beat their
brains out. The widow fled for
her life, but returned under the
protection of government detect
ives to testify in the suit. The case
is regarded as a precedent. It
should be rot vrjfhoto t in
making lynching unpopular*