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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL* XX*
Iff burrouch
lESFROM INJURIES
Received in a Wreck at Rogers
Station Thursday Night-
H | S LEFT LEG WAS CRUSHED
A nd R'K ht Leg Broken— Sid Rainey
Suffered Broken Leg—Three
Engines Smashed,
On Thursday night last Engi
neer Jeff Burrough. whose home is
at Kingston, was so badlv injured
in a wreck, which occurred at Rog
ers station, that he died on Friday
night, after lingering about twenty
four hours.
He was pulling an extra freight
train south, which had orders to
take the side track at Rogers sta
tion, and allow a double-header
freight train going north to pass.
When Mr. Burrough reached King
ston he took on two more freight
cars, and pulled out for Rogers.
When he approached Rogers the
north-bound train was pulling up
to the station, and the two trains
crushed together. Mr. Burrough
stated that his airbrakes failed to
work, aud he was unable to stop
bs train He remained on his
engine and his left leg was crush
ed to a jelly below the knee, and
his right leg was broken. He was
carried to his home at Kingston,
and his left leg was amputated.
He lingered until about two o’clock
Saturday morning, when death re
lieved his sufferings.
Sid Rainey, of Acworth, who
was a brakeman on Mr. Burrough’s
train, had a leg broken, and some
others were slightly bruised.
Mr, Burrough was about thirty
eight years old, and was a son of
Mr Lee Burrough. He was one
of the most popular engineers on
the W. & A. railroad; and is spo
ken of in the highest terms by his
fellow-employes on the road. He
leaves a wife and two children who
reside at Kingston.
MONEY AWAITS HIM-
William Blamev.an Old Confeaerate
Soldier, Cannot Be Found.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. io. —If Wil
liam Blarney, an old confederate
soldier, is alive and will make Ins
whereabouts known, he will re
ceive a considerable sum of money
that has been willed him by some
person in New York state.
Gen. A. J. Wes* received yester
day a letter from Adjt -Gen. and
Chief of Staff George Moorman of
the United Confederate Veterans,
asking him to make every effort to
find William Blame}' and tell him
of his good fortune.
Blarney is bebeved to be in one
of the soldiers’ homes for disabled
confederate veterans in some one of
the southern states. What com
pany and what regiment he served
in during the war cannot be ascer
tained by those who are searching
for the missing veteran.
The inquiry began when the fol
lowing letter was referred by the
pension department at Washington
to Gen. Moorman:
‘‘Headquarters Company C. (16th
Sep. Cos.) First Regiment, N. G.,
•*nd N. Y., Catskill, N. Y., Dec. 24,
1900. —Pension Department, Wash
ington, Washington, D. C.:
"Sir—l am looking for an old
confederate soldier by the name of
William Blarney. Every effort is
being made to find him. dead or
alive. He has an amount of money
left him, and it is very important
to have the will settled.
"Could you suggest some pos
sible means of finding him; it is
understood that he is in a confed
erate home. Can you give me a
list of the confederate homes in the
country > Very respectful’v,
' .. “E. W. Knoll-” '
Gen. Moorman has addressed
letters to all the brigade comm,and
ers of the United Confederate Vete
nns in the ’nope of securing some
trace of Blamev.
Death of Allan Bishop-
The relatives and friends of Mrs.
Agnes -Ware Bishop, formerly a
resident of Cartersville, will regret
to learn of the death, of her son at
Selma, Ala. The Selma Journal
says; ' •
‘James. Lewallan- Bishop* only
son of Jaijies L. and Agnes Ware
bishop, died at the family residence
uis morning at 1:20 o’clock. Al-
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1901.
lan was a bright boy of eight years,
full of promise intellectually and
possessing a sweetness of nature
which endeared him to his family
and friends. He had suffered
greatly for nearly four weeks from
acute pneumonia, which with se
rious complications proved too
much for his strong constitution,
and death came in spite of all that
human skill and affection could do.”
A ROMAN FIND.
Moonshiner’s Palace Found Under
Ground With Electric Alarms.
Ron e, Gi., Feb. 9. —Gin Hul
sey, a notorious moonshiner, whose
capture the revenue officers have
been after for six years, has been
arrested and is now afp behind the
bars.
He was given a committal trial
before Commissioner Printup this
morning and bound over to the
United States court, and in default
of bond was sent to jail.
Hulsey made his whisky in a
cellar under his bouse at Braswell,
and is said to have made thous
ands of dollars out ot his unlawful
business, Officers have raided his
house several times, but could find
no clue on which he could be con
victed.
A few davs ago officers went to
his home t° make another raid.
Hulsey was away at the time and
no one was there, but his daughter,
who, becoming afraid, told the
story of her father’s life.
The house was elegantly fur
nished and no one would have sup
posed it was the home of a moon
shiner. The officers followed the
young lady’s instructions, and after
going through several secret doors
were soon nianV feet under the
ground. A large cellar had been
built, in which hundreds of dollars
worth of fine corn whisky was
stored.
The machinery for distilling the
whisky was of the finest make,
with a capacity for making many
gallons per day. The place was
brilliantly lighted and had connec
tions to all parts of the house by
electric wires.
When any suspicious characters
came about the house members of
his family would touch a button
fastened and concealed on the
piano upstairs, which would ring a
bell and work u’ould cease immed
iately.
It was the biggest capture the
revenue officers have ever made in
this county.
HAULS CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
Muscogee Children Carried Every
Morning in a Big Wagon.
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 9. —Mus-
cogee county is one of the first
counties in the state to adopt State
School Commissioner Glenn’s plan
of hauling the children to school in
the sparsely settled districts. In
the nothern part of the couutv
about twenty children are deprived
of educational advantages on ac
count of the distance to the nearest
school house. Commissioner Gletiu
was petitioned to establish a con
venient school, but deemed it in
advisable, whereupon the parents
in the community determined to
overcome their disabilities. Ac
cordingly a farm wagon was donat
ed and a boy of fifteen volunteered
to*collect the children and drive
them every morning to the shcool
house, five miles distant. The
plan was adopted and is working
satisfactory in every particular.
This plan originated in Mas
sachusetts years ago, and was ad
opted two years ago in Washington
county, Georgia, where, it is said,
it has worked to gieat advantage,
Death of Mrs Goode-
Mrs. Goode, the wife of Mr. M.
H. Goode,died at her home near the
city last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Goode’s death was sudden and was
due to heart failure. She' was
found dead in her room, having
fallen from a chair while arrang
ing some things in a trunk. She was
formerly Miss Griffin and was a
sister of Mrs. Tate, mother of Con
gressman Carter Tate, and a cousin
~t Mrs. Maddox, the mother of
Solicitor General Sam P. Maddox,
of. the Cherokee circuit.
Mrs Goode was sixty years old.
She leaves a husband and five
children, as follows: Mr. Will
Goode, Mr. John Goode, Mrs. W.
D.. Jordan, Mrs. Henry Smith and
Mr. Sam Goode.
She was a consistent member of
the Baptist church. Her ’ remains
Were interred at Oak Hill Friday.
Rev. H. G. B. Turner conducted
the funeral services.
N EWS
WOMEN'S CLUBS
(by MARY S. MUNFOKD.)
NOT A NEW WOMAN.
From cfllHr to att'c sht seareheth
For cobtvebs, so til my ami iray,
And when she quick spys them hang
ing high,
She gleefully sweeps them away.
Her worn broom she constantly swing- !
etn,
In sunshine, and even in rain;
But ne’er recks the cobwebs hanging
dense,
Quite denre, in her poor, unused brain
—Fanny L. Fanchkr,
CHEROKEE CLUB.
The last meeting of the club was
one of interest aud importance.
All old business was disposed of,
and several new ideas for work in
the club was discussed. Four
names were added to the club roll,
which shows that a greater inter
est is being taken in the work, and
the Cherokee Club hopes to have
accomplished at the end of this
year even more than any year pre
vious. The ladies of the club re
gret that one or tw r o have found it
necessary to withdraw their names,
and hope that their interest in the
club and its work will not be en
tirely destrox ed.
Mrs. Brumby had charge of the
‘‘current topics” for the meeting.
She read an interesting article on
Queen Victoria.
LIBRARY.
Mrs. J G. Greene, chairman of
the library committee, called a
meeting of her committee Friday
afternoon. After attending to the
business of the meeting the ladies
were served with delightful refresh
ments.
This department of the Cherokee
Club is doing a great deal of good
work. New books are being added
constantly to the public library,
and m a few weeks twenty new
volumes will be purchased. The
public is cordially invited to get
books from the library every Sat
urday morning from ten tv. twelve.
MUSIC.
Mrs. .Sheridan’s concert was post
poned lasi week on account of her
illness. It will probably be given
the last of next week.
The rag carpet fund continues to
grow, and the ladies are jubilant
over their success in the work.
One of ‘ The Old Worked Rugs,”
a description of which is given in
the poem by Holman F. Day,would
“set off” the rag carpet, and ’tis
said that these rags are oeautiful.
THE OLD HOOKED RUGS.
When Aunt Belinrty not her fl ame and
Stretched some hurlan in witn tacks,
And set two chairs exactly right and
hung the frame across their ba> ks,
We children use to huddle ’round and
watcli ttie thing with all our eyes.
And get in Aunt iietindy's way and
make her old-maid temper rise,
But yet we braved her cutis and threats
and crowded up around .<er snug,
Determined not to miss a move in start
ing in to hook that rug.
I’ve seen a lightning artist paint and
entertain a sidewalk mob.
And people who are looking on can see
he’s doing quite a job.
But he can never hold my gaze as my
old Aunt Belinda could
When, taking from the ash-strewn
hearth a piece ot charred and black
ened wood,
She drew upon the burlap breadth de
signs as fast as we could look
Squee-jiggeis. scrolls and twists and
quirks—-to show the figures she could
hook.
And when upon the virgin c otli the
border s owi.v, slowly grew
It seemed to our young, anxious gaze
that such a task wouiu ne’er be
through,
So many bits of rag awd tag, so many
hooks and pulls and snips,
It seemed as vast and grand a tasK as
building palaces and siiips.
And in our childish yea, l tear, Crea
tion’s self had not to lug
The burden Auct Belindy did when
she commenced to hook a rug
Ami Yet with things well under waj-,
her temper softened and she took
Our proffered aid, and when it came to
“tilling in” she let us hook.
She let us pick thp colors out and rum
mage through tbe bulging bags,
Ana separate the wooden stripe and
snip and twist the cotton rags:
And when at last the frame was full
and pa with sheep shears clipped it
snug,
We shared iu Aunt Belindy’a pride as
understudies on that rug.
A neat little year-book will soon
be given each member of the club,
so nobody will have an excuse for
not getting up th ? papers assigned
them. This book is being arrang
ed by the president, Mrs. A. O.
Granger.
HOME SCIENCE.
The Chicago Woman’s Club has
been a leader in many good works,
and its Home Science Reception is
a feature other clubs would do
wel' to copy. The second annual
exhibition of this department was
held last November in Chicago,
and at this meet ng house-vives
and domestics met on a level —
“In the handsome rooms of the
club skilled cooks, second girls,
seamstres <s, nd 1 t.ier employes,
who heip to make a househo.d run
smoothly rubbed elbows witn Mrs.
Potter Palmer and ;.ir-\ Charles
Hinerton and other leaders of the
city’s high society stratum.” The
object ot the meeting is to piace
upon exhibit the handiwork of the
household-wives and their helpers
in cooking, sewing, etc. Prizes
are given and medals awarded.
This is a great work for any club,
and the home science committee
has a broad field in club work of
today.
MUSICAL NOTES.
The Cartersville Music Club
met at Mrs. Will Young’s Friday
afternoon. After the programme
was finished, several "ames were
proposed for membership. The
new members are: Mrs. Stella
Brumby, Miss May me Hudgins,
Mrs. A. W. Puckett, and Miss
Marian Smith.
The programme for the next
meeting is as follows:
Ni-buhert.
Sketch of Schubert’s life
Miss Kate Croud).
Piano Solo The Trout
Mis- Wikle.
Vocal So o Miss Jane Crouch
Violin aud Pianorliiet The Serenade
Miss
liouu.
Scliubert’a Works .. .Mrs. Will Young
Vocal Solo . . . AveMariH
Mrs A. O. <irantr<*r.
Piano Solo ... The Erl King
Miss Xeeu
Vocal duet M.s-es Milner
Vocal Solo The W'amieier
Miss Munlord
Piano Solo Opus 10
Mrs. Anbrev.
A COURAGEOUS ACT,
Lad, by Remarkable Skill. Stops a
Runaway Animal.
Little Linton, che ten yar old
son of Mr. a.Hi Mrs. James Jolley,
whose home is near Taylorsville,
by a remarkable act perhaps saved
his own life, a vehicle from des
truction and arrested the madden
ed flight of a runaway mule, and
that after his father and mother
had beMi thrown from the buggy
and hurt, and he is now receiving
great praise for his rare presence
of mi and, coolness, heroism and
skill, in a most trying situation.
His parents one day recently
brought little Linton to one ol the
dentists at Cartersville to have
some teeth worked on. The day
was a little crisp and the animal
they drove, a spirited muie, shied
at objects and frequently showed
signs of wanting to run. On the
return home little Linton, with
some warm wrappings about him,
was put in the foot of the buggy,
and the father wilh the reins, kept
a close eye on the animal and its
movements. At one of the nu
merous mudholes in the road the
mule almost stopped, but being
urged forward, shied a little side
ways and made a wild plunge as if
to clear the mudhole at a bound.
Mr. Jolley was thrown from the
buggy and the rein a released from
his hand. The mule then began a
mad series of lunges and Mrs. Jol
ley was soon thrown violently to
the ground. Little Linton in a
twinkling freed himself from his
wraps and reached his hands out
over the animal’s back, where he
succeeded in securing the reins
and. with miraculous skill, turned
the animal from a course that
would have led into a barbed wire
fence, and finally brought it to a
stop in the road, saving the buggy
from wreck and himself from
harm.
Driving,back he found his father
and mother badly hurt. The fath
er was bruised and stunned severe
ly, and the mother had two ribs
broken as was afterwards ascer
tained.
Car Load of Mules-
A car load of fine young mules
was received at Anderson’s stables
Tuesday, and parties in need of
mules would do well to see this
new lot. Anderson & Roberts will
also sell from Acworth where they
have a lot of mules, and prices are
as low as they can be bohglit any
where. Call and see them at either
place.
PROPOSITIONS
FOR LIGHTS.
Etowah Mills Company Would
Build Electric Plant-
GAS PLANT OFFERED CITY.
Prices on Both Considered Too
Much forCityto Pay for Lights
—Council Will Consider.
At the regular meeting of the
city council which was he'd last
Thursday night two propositions
were made 011 the light question
which has been puzzling the city
fathers tor some time,
A proposit o 1 was made by the
Etowah Mills Company through
Mr. Albert Strickland, to put in an
electric plant at their new mil! and
furnish the city thirty arc lights of
twelve hundred candle power each,
at $75 a light, or $2,250 for the
thirty lights. The figures were
considered more than the city
cou’d afford to pay, and the propo
sition was laid over for further in
vestigation.
The second proposition was from
Mr. Norbert Becker owner of the
gas plant and was made through
Mr J. H. Vivien.
Mr. Becker offers to sell the gas
plant to the city for $12,000, but
council refused to consider the
proposition, and it was laid on the
table.
The citv is sadly in need of
lights for the streets, as the present
method is unsatisfactory, but the
people can rest assured tint as
soon as the council can make a
satisfactory contract, which will
not in olve the city beyond a rea
sonable cost the strv-.s will be
lighted.
Judge Fite in Atlanta-
The Constitution of yesterday
gives deseived praise to Judge
Fite, who is presiding for Judge
Candler in Fulton Superior court.
It says:
‘‘Judge A. W. Fite, of the
Cherokee circuit, who is presiding
in the absence of Judge Candler, is
making a fine impression on the
attorneys and spectators. He is a
most affable gentleman and is cour
teous and impartial in his rulings.
This is the first time he has ever
presided in Atlanta and he is mak
ing a pleasing record, both as to his
manner of conducting the court and
the speed with which he disposes
o c the docket.
A SERMON ON SUCCESS-
It Will Be Preached at the Baptist
Church Next Sunday.
At the Baptist church next Sun
day morning Rev. Alex W. Bealer,
the pastor will preach from the
subject, “The Key to Success in
God’s Work.” It will be a sermon
going to show what teachings of
God’s word are on the line of
working for Him.
At the evening service the second
of the series of sermons on the life
of Christ will be preached. The
subject will be “Jesus as a Man.”
The public cordially invited to
attend these services.
Free Water Shut Off
At the meeting of the council
last Thursday night the superin
tendent of the water works. Mr. J.
E. Wikle, was instructed to cut off
the water from the hydrants along
the streets, and this action has
created a temporary water famine.
The hydrants were put in for
sprinkling purposes, and the mer
chants and business men have
been accustomed to get water from
these hydrants for use in their
stores and offices without cost.
The city does not feel galled upon
to furnish free water to any one,
and the water has been cut off.
Reduced Rates to Washington Ac
count inauguration-
The Southern Railway, the great
trunk line frbm the south to Wash
ington offers specially* reduced*
rates to Washington, D. C., for the
inauguration of President McKin
ley, March 4th, 1901,- as follows: -
For individuals, (single tickets)
rate of one first class-fare, for the
round trip, to be sold March Ist,
2nd and 3rd, with final limit March
9th, 1901.
For regular organized military
companies and brass bands in uni
form accompanying them, twenty-
five (25) or more on one ticket,
still lower rates will be granted.
Tickets to be sold March Ist, 2nd
3rd, with final limit March 9th.
.1901.
The service of the Southern
Railway is by fur the mod com
plete and fastest of any line from
the south.
For detailed information as to
rates, reservations, etc . apply to
agent of the Southern Railway or
connections.
W. H. Taylor,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent.
11110. Atlanta, Ga..
SHOT CHIEF JUSTICE-
Hftd of Alabama Supreme Court
Badly Wounded.
Montgomery, Ala , Feb. 10. —
Chief Justice McClellan, of the
Alabama supreme couit, was shot
in the right s.ioulder at his house a
little b.-fote 8 o’clock this morning
by either Jesse D. Beale, or his sou ~
Phelan Beale, ot this city.
The pistol ball struck the third
rib on tne right side front, ranged
upward and outward, shattering
the bone on the point of the right
shoulder. The bail was cutout. The
wound is a serious one and it will
take a few days to determine the
result. He is resting easy tonight.
The Messrs. Beale went to the
house of Judge McClellan to hunt
Hon. John McQueen, of Birming
ii.iiu, assistant solicitor of Jefferson,
county, to punish him for what
they believed to ue Pad treatment
of the elder Beale’s daughter, Miss
Caroline. Sue had net been at
home all night, and they had been
informed that McQueen had been
riding about in a Hack with Miss
Beale the greater part of the night
alter a supper at a leading restau
rant.
Judge McClellan attemped to pre
vent uie Beales from going up
stairs and through his house in
their hunt fur McQueen Phis the
Beales resented and one of them,
believed to be the father, shot Mc-
Clellan with a pistol. McClellan
was driven down the stairs and
out upon the sidewalk, where
he called for the police.
The Beales pursued their hunt
tLuoagh. tile hou.se, aud believing
they had located McQueen in a
closet, which was locked, fired
about a dozen shots into the door.
Several passed entirely through the
closet. McQueen was in the closet,
nut in a naiiow piace to the sideot
the door, and was not struck by any
of the balls.
A policeman came upon the
scene quickly and the Beales were
arrested and taken to police liead
quaiters. They are still under
arrest.
Later the fact was developed
that McQueen and Miss Beale had
gone to the residence of Probate
j udge Gaston after midnight to get
a license to be married. The u. Ige
declined to issue a license under
tile circumstances and they spent
the rest of the night trying to find
a county justice to perforin the
ceremony. Their marriage has
been opposed by the lady’s parents
for a long time.
As soon as all the facts became
known the Beales were reconciled
to the marriage of the couple.
Accordingly they were married at
the residence of Judge Gaston by
Rev. Edward Cobbs at 1 o’clock
this afternoon.
How to Cure the Crip.
Remain quietly at home and take-
Chamberlain’s Cough Uenri dy ns
directed and a quick recovery is
sure to foliow. The remedy coun
teracts any tendency of the grip to
result in pneumonia,which is really
the only seriouc danger. Among
the ten* of thousands who have
used it for the grip not one case
nas ever been reported that did not
recover. For sale by Hali> &
OUEKXK, druggists.
Tbit •ignxture ii on erei-jr box of the gamin* -
Laxative Bromo-QuiniDe raw*
the remedy that ceres a eeM Am sake tfagr
.
Cut this out and take it to Hail Jh-
Green’s drug store and get s free
sample of- Chamberlain’s Stomach,
and Liver. Tablets, the beet pbyaltL
They also cure disorder* ef tb#-
stomach, bilious ness and beedeebe
’. V* ■
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Dr. Cady’*. Conditio* Powdeor
are Just what a horse needs when*
in bad condition. Toni* blood pur
ifier and vermifuge. T*<*y *e
food hut medicine and the best in
u*e to put a horse in prime condi
tion. Price 2b cents per package.
Fur sale by all druggists.
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