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The Cartersville Courant-American. VOL. VIII. (BRCIA’S rich minerals. , A Museum Suggested by Mr. J. D. Caldon. >l iii \Vli<> Took Iron Land for an #I,BOO ( i-iiin in 1881, ami Sold it for #50,000 Mineral Wealth. ta .Tournal.| .!. I). Caldon, the mineralogist, has • collection of Georgia ores and min , is gathered within the last year. He i t went.v-eigbt kinds of iron ore found die counties of Middle and North liiiir „.j a . Among them are some rich . cimens of magnetic ore and some of ,1,, kind ordinarily known as Bessemer ,v so called because it is low in phos ! j 1( ,,-ons and suitable for use in the man (jncture of steel by the Bessemer process. Mr I'nldon, who is an Englishman, ~.,ki-s a valuable suggestion for the ad vancement of the mineral interests of deorgia. He suggests that the owners ~C iron, manganese, marble or other mineral propertiefl in Georgia, join as tmpanies have done in Penzance, Truro, .. v Castle, Harrington, Manchester and Melbourne, Australia, in establishing mineral museums, where specimens of the , liVS and minerals of their respective properties are arranged for exhibition. Suppose the Walker iron and coal com pany, the Dade coal company, the Eto \ ,ih company, the Rome land company, ike Cherokee iron company, the Talla poosa company, the gold mining compa nies of North Georgia, tlie American marble company, the Georgia marble i ornpany and all the other Georgia com panies with large mineral interests should pin in the establishment of a permanent mineral museum at Atlanta. The result would be that the mineral wealth of Georgia would soon be better known to people outside the State and in the State. Mr. Caldon says that Georgia has iron nre far superior in quality to any in Ala bama, and that Georgia will bo the rich est mineral region of the South as soon ns she realizes the fact. He insists that North Georgia is the best place in the South for the manufacture of steel, and that it is only a question of time when that fact will be practically demonstrated. A mineral museum would bring the mineral wealth of Georgia out of its tiding places in the hills into the stream * f life. There are people passing through A'hiata every week who might take a hand in the development of Georgia’s mineral wealth if they knew how great it C, and exactly what it is. The people of Georgia need to be edu ated up to an appreciation of the value of the land they live on, and the sooner they know their neighborhood the sooner they will be rich. Here is a story which points this moral: In 1881 the b; nk of Rome failed. It was a great blow to Rome, and scores of depositors lost their savings. There was 1 ic depositor, however, who was not 'aught napping. He knew that Mr. C. C. Samuel, the president of the bank, had some iron ore property in Cherokee ( unity, Alabama. He took the first train for Alabama and attached the 1 md. 11 is claim against the bank was and he got the land for it, think- I - lie had lost part of his claim. At ! ait time mineral lands in Georgia and Gahaina were not much sought after, id this hand lay almost forgotten until iss e. Then the owner began to mine the ore and ship it to Chattanooga. He I I ■i s been mining it ever since, and about Cvo weeks ago he sold it for $50,000, a Luge part of which sum was paid in cash. •Several weeks ago Messrs. W. I>. Miles, I oke Smith, W. M. Scott, H. F. Gould* E. Phillips, Burton Smith, J. 1). Cal ii. Mr. Beck and several other gentle -1 vin bought a piece of marble property hi i herokee county, North Carolina, for •M'2,000. Yesterday they received a let "Mrom New York asking whether the property was on sale at $50,000, and re csting them to send samples if it was. 'Hworal months ago some of these " me gentlemen bought a tract of land 1 Lull on county upon which there have 1 found specimens of iron ore which is ' id to be suitable for the manufacture of " cel. They are quietly holding the pro} - ' . v until they can determine the charae- I " 1 ‘ und quantity of the ore. Should it i ov <‘ to be what it has been pronounced, icresting developments may be heard ' in the future. 11 connection with a mineral museum, S(, liool \)f mines would be likely to nm about eventuallv. There seems to * :is great a need for men as for money the develojmient of the resources of . ! Btate. Some of the people who have " N ' s t(-diii Georgia ores know little or nhi ng about them. They have been | 1 mto the investment through specula jT," 1 ’ channels. The real iron men of Ca'a, Alabama and Tennessee are d-itig money. Asa rule it is the prac ■d mpn, the men in earnest, and not speculators, who are making money ’ ’ n °n business. Take Birmingham, ‘ stance; the men who prosper in season and out of season, are the men who actually make iron. When the real estate market was in a state of panic the furnaces there were coining money. It is true that this is a bull country, and that a man can hardly buy and hold land about one of the growing towns of the mineral region, where spec ulation has not run wild, without seeing his property enhance in value year by year, heaping up the silent “unearned increment.” The very increase of population causes land to grow, as pasturage becomes more valuable with the increase of cattle. The late Miles G. Dobbins, a man of great good sense, was once asked the question, “Why do you keep buying land, Mr. Dobbins; are you not afraid that you will become land poor?” He sagely replied: “God makes more people every day, and 1 don’t see Him making any more land.” But Mr. Dobbins' good sense went further than that, and he developed the manganese mines on his lands until the shipping of ore from Cartersville had become a considerable industry. After all, it is the developer and not the squatter, who reaps the richest reward. It is the man who “turns up something” rather than the man who waits for something to turn up. W. G. C. floe Jolley the Evangelist. Madison (Town) Kay.] Joe Jones, the evangelist, of Carters ville, Georgia, and brother of Sam Jones, the celebrity, commenced a protracted meeting in this city Friday night, the 20th, preaching the first sermon in the opera house. Since that time he has held about three services daily, with four on Sunday. Meetings in the fore noon and afternoon have usually been held in one of the churches of the city. At night the multitude assemble at the amphitheater on the fair ground, and attend service. He preached three times there Sunday morning, afternoon and at night, besides a special discourse to men in the opera house at 4:30 p. in. Thousands have attended the fair ground services. Sunday the crowd re sembled that of a big day during an annual fair. The attention given the speaker is perfect, and, with the excep tion of Sunday night, the order has been so. The Protestant ministers of the city unite in the service, and often lead in prayer. The consolidated choir, made by select members of various choirs, is led by Prof. Nelson Gilreath, of Cartersville, Ga., who is the right man in the right position. His voice is well trained for open air singing, and his selections all seem appropriate, especially the “Rail road” and the “Handwriting on the Wall.” None of Joe Jones’ sermons are long. If asked what is his style of preaching we would say that it is Joe Jones’ style, at least so far as we know. His hearers all understand what he says, and they stay with him until he dismisses them. If you were to ask some of them what induces them to attend every service they might, as lovers, trutnfullv say: “ ’Tis what we feel but can’t define; ’Tis what we know but'can’t express.” After each service an opportunity is given for all persons to make sugges tions, for the good of the cause, and sin ners are invited to the cross —to seek first the salvation of their souls and then select and unite with the church of your choice. Many have obeyed the call. Mary Reilly’s Terrible Ride. New York Sun. July 27.] Miss Mary Reilly arrived in this coun try only two days ago and with a rela tive, with whom she is living in Brook lyn, went to Jersey City last night to visit her aunt. On her way back she started to cross the Pennsylvania rail road tracks at Warren street, about live blocks from the Jersey City Station. A New York, Susquehanna and Western express came along the tracks at just that instant, aud when she was nearly across the engine struck her. Miss Reilly was thrown on the pilot of the locomo tive. Her body lay with her feet dan gling within a few inches of the -ground. Her head rested on the iron bars of the pilot. The track from AYarren street into the depot is lined with switches, and the engine jolted at each of these. The girl was lying in such a position that she could not use her hands to hold her self up, and it looked every moment as fnough she would roll off. When near the entrance of the depot the train was nearly stopped and she tried to get off, and was for a second time nearly under the wheels. Luckily for her, a bystander jumped on the pilot and held her still un til the train had come to a full stop. When released she jumped on her knees and thanked God for having saved her life. Then she got up and walked away. — ——— ■ Georgia, according to the Athens (Ga.) Banner Watchman furnished three regi ment's of soldiers to the Federal army dur ing thecivil war. The soldiers came from the mountain counties of the state. CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1888. CARTERSYILLE’S FURNACES And Attendant Steel Plant a Fixed Fact. Tlie Contract Closed and Papers Signed— Grounds to be Laid Off This Week— Other Important Industries. As theCouRANT-AMERK AX went to press last week a committee of representative citizens was in coufercnence with the re presentatives of a syndicate of Georgia and Alabama capitalists with a view to the location of furnaces at this point. We are now pleased to anounce that the negotiations ended with an agreement which has now been fully endorsed by the interested parties, by which the syndicate are bound to erect two furnaces. One pig iron furnace of 50 tons daily capacity; one ferro manganese furnace of 20 tons daily capacity, together with atten dant plant for dephosphorising botli iron and manganese ores. The consideration on the part of Cartersville is a donation of twdlity five acres of land and twenty-five thou sand dollars in cash, which amount has already been subscribed by the citizens of Cartersville. The twenty-five acres of land has been selected and an engineer corps will go on it this week to survey and arrange for side tracks, etc. This is the most important step yet taken by our people, and its results can not now be estimated. Once get the fur nace fires to burning amid these moun tains of splendid ores, and it will not be long before the smoke is ascending in every direction. It would have been fortunate to have secured the location of an ordinary fur nace, but when it is remembered that this plant will carry with it the inauguration of a movement that is destined to revo lutionize the steel-making interests of the whole country, the project assumes a startling magnitude, and opens up pos sibilties well calculated to elate and en thuse our people. North Georgia will now wake up and divide with Alabama the great industry of the age, viz: the manufactures of iron and steel directfrom the ores, which have so long lay hidden in its n ountains. We will also begin very soon to manu facture ad kinds of hardware, tools, etc. In fact the whole State will feel the effect of the iron industry, once it is fairly in augurated. This is certainly very good news for our State. Our people let Alabama get ahead of them by quietly submitting to it on the iron interest. There can be no ques tion about the fact that we have the best iron and manganese ore in Georgia that can be found in America, and it is not surprising that capitalists are coming here to work it. Here we offer advantages over any other section of the country. AVe have a farming s >ction unequaled in Georgia or Alabama. We have as fine a climate as is to be found in America, take it the year round. AVe have the best of water. AVe have the healthiest section of the South. A better location for a large city team ing with a busy population, could not be found. AVhen it comes to the supply of ore, this section downs them all. AA r e want to see the day when the railroads will cease car rying ourcrude ores to othercities, whose furnaces are making them rich, and, in stead, send the trains laden with pig iron or pig steel; or better still, with all man ner of implements made right here in Cartersville. Of course, our people are somewhat ex cited. They have good cause to be. There is considerable excitement in the real estate market, but prices are still really low, as a general thing, everything considered. But prices are going up every day, and there is no telling what the top notch will be. Manufacturers can get splendid sites now on the most advantageous terms' 11 and it behooves those who want to take advantageof them to move in the matter at once. This all goes to show what a little united action by a live people can accom plish. Let the watchword still be “for ward.” For years the Courant-American has been striving to bring about these very movements, with the Confident hope that thev would come. Years ago the writer penned column alter column on the nat ural resources of this immediate section. Long we have looked for the dawning of the bright day of progress and prosperity, and we are prepared to join our people in basking in its sunshine for a breathing spell, and then moving forward to still grander achievements in material pro gress. Keep your eye on Cartersville. The Georgia AA eekly Press Association will visit the Augusta exposition in a body on October the 15th. They will probably go on an excursion to Charles ton before they return. Matthew Arnold’s letters to his family aud friends will soon be give* to the world. SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY. Rartoow County Entitled to two llene licinries. information of our readers we give the following in regard to the Geor gia State School of Technology, located at Atlanta. The Board of Education for Bartow county will hold the competitive exami nation of applicants for admission to this school, at the office of the County School Commissioner, Monday morning. Sept. 3d, at 10 a. m. Bartow county is entitled to two bene ficiaries, as the act provides: “That there shall be one beneficiary for each Representative in the General Assembly from every county in this State, selected by the Board of Educa tion in the county on competitive exam i nation, and who shall be first entitled to the benefits of said school; that the tui tion in said school shall be free to all students who are residents of the State of Georgia. The rates of tuition to others than residents ot the State shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per annum.” The following, taken from the Pros pectus, issued by the faculty of the Technological School, are the CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION. Candidates for admission to the Ap prentice Class must be at least sixteen years old, must be of good moral char acter and must pass examination in the following studies, viz: Arithmetic, including elementary prin ciples, fractions, compound quantities, percentage and interest, and proportion. English, including grammatical con struction of sentence, composition or letter showing proficiency in spelling, punctuation and division into para graphs. Geography, particularly that of the United States. History of the United States. The entrance examinations will take place oil AYednesday, October 3, 1888, at nine o’clock a. m,, at the office of the President. Candidates for admission to advanced classes must be of relatively proper age, and must show that they are qualified to enter the class for which they apply, either by certificate of work done at other Institutions or by examination. TUITION AND FEES. There will be no charge for tuition to residents of the State of Georgia. All others pay a tuition fee of $l5O. Every student, of whatever place of residence, pays an annual fee of S2O to cover contingent expenses. Half of this amount is payable on the opening day of each term in advance. A contingent fee of $5 will be required to be deposited with the treasurer on en trance to cover injury done to college buildings or furniture, which sum will be returned to the student on leaving col lege, if not forfeited. Books, stationary, drawing material a id drawing instruments may be esti mated, to cost about $25.00 the first year, and from $5.00 to SIO.OO yier year thereafter. The student is advised to defer the pur chase of drawing instruments and mate rials until he can have the direction of the Professor in their selection. * State Horticulturists. Aueusta News.] The Georgia State Horricultural So ciety will meet next week in Thoinasvflle and the session promises to be of unusu al interest. President P. J. Berckmans has infused an enthusiasm into the society which is demonstrated every 3 T ear* in the annual exhibits from the orchards, vineyards and gardens of the members, and which is even more strongly evi denced by the growth of the horticultural movement in Georgia as seen in the mar kets and increasing fruit trade of our people. This is the higher education o f a prac tical life, and Mr. Berckmans is the great and recognized leader in this sphere, not only in Georgia but in tlie Union. His presence and his example are rightly esteemed in Georgia, and his good work is more appreciated as our people grow in intelligence and prosperity. Through the Horticultural Society, he is doing a wonderful work for the State, and the people of Thomasvilleare to becongratu lated on the meeting of the society in that city. The society is also fortunate in its place of meeting, for in the home of the LeConte pear and among the hos pitable people of South Georgia, the members will certainly be well treated. “Let’er eclipse. I’m ready for her.” So spoke dought.v Michael Ryan in New York on Sunday night. He was very animated. AA’lien the eclipse did occur Ryan declared the moon was green, and that lie could kee a harp in the center of it. John AVheaton, a lover of truth, told him he lied, and that he was drunk. Ryan knocked him down. He got up, and they went at it hammer and tongs. Both now saw a whole lot of moons and stars. Monday morning in the Tombs court each gave an account of astrono mical observations. Levi P. Morton is a QJhgregationalist. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. A Fair Fighting Chance in Illinois Claimed. A show for Indiana—Tin* Prohibition Vote in North Carolina—Democrats Jubilant and Hopeful. The Macon Telegraph's Washington correspondent gives the following survey of some of the most important points in the political battle field : •I udge Me!iowelFsstatement of political affairs in Illinois accords with that recent ly given in this correspondence by Mr Anderson. He says that General Palmer's prospects depend upon three things, now apparently in his favor: First, the form er's vote; second, the laborer’s vote; third, the prohibition vote. In all Southern Illinois, where Judge McDowell lives, there are constant large and notablegains. In Cook county and especially in the city of Chicago, many labor men, although they have a ticket of their own, will support the Democratic candidates in t.ie State and Presidential elections. He regards Foreman’s chances as better that John Baker’s in Morrison’s old district. Foi-e --man is a close friend of Mr. Morrison and is personally very popular. There are other districts where the Democrats have prospects for gains. Respecting Indiana, with th^ politics of which State Judge McDowell issomewhat familiar from residence near the border and acquaintanceship with her people, he says: It is a more certain State than New York. With Harrison’s unpopular ity with labor organizations and the declination of Governor Porter to run for Governor, together with other causes we may well set down the Hoosier State as pretty certain to go for Cleveland and Thurman. Notonly so but we shall pro bably regain three districts lost to ns through peculiarcircumstancesnot likely ever to surround our party there again. L mean the district now held by General Hoovey and Messrs. White and John ston.” Gentlemen here from Western Carolina say that bets on odds that the State will go Demoeratie by ten thousand ma jority at least are offered without takers. At Asheville the Prohibition ticket has scarcely any supporters, but a gentleman from Eastern Carolina gives the prohibi tionists 10,000 votes in the entire State, most of which are from the Democratic party. In a general statement as to the Indi ana situation, Mr. Matson confirms Judge McDowell. He says Porter is able and ambitious, and the most popular man of his party. His declining to run indicates his fear of being beaten. EAST & WEST RAILROAD. Control of the Company Transferred to a New Company. New York, July 27. —A meeting of the board of directors of the East & West Railroad of Alabama, was held to-day at the office of Eugene Kelly & Cos. for the purpose of transferring the control of the company to a board selected by Mr. Eugene Kelly, in accordance with his purchases of the interests of Messrs. Browning & West in that road. The board lately elected by Browning A West resigned and the following named were elected to fill their places: Charles M. Fry, president of the bank of New York, who is also elected vice president; Fred erick A. Potts, vice president of the Park bank; Eugene Kelly, William H. Farrell, ( Stephen F. Austin, of Eugene Kelly A Cos., R. N. Hazard, late president of the American Loan A Trust Cos., John Byrne, of the Chesapeake A Ohio rail road, A. Prentice, who is also president oi the board, and Judge John W. Inzer of Alabama. Farrell was elected treasu rer, and Stephen F. Austin secretary Foreclosure proceedings looking to sale of the road are in progress. The Bridesburg Manufacturing Cos., of Philadelphia, one of the largest builders of cotton mill machinery, employing when in full operation upwards of 500 or i 600 men, have been invited to remove ! their works South. To secure the re- ! moval of such a large plant as this, though, very heavy inducements would have to be made It is somewhat sur prising thift, in view of the rapid growth of Southern textile interests and the cer tainty of this business becoming one of the leading industries of that section, no | one has yet established large works in j this section to build cotton and woolen i mill machinery. The first large enter prise of that kind started in the South will doubtless easily develop a big busi- j ness.—Manufacturer’s Record. “Why cannot women makegood law yers?" asks an exchange. AYe never gave the subject much thought, but we sup pose it is because they can’t sit on the f small of their backs, pile their feet on a table, spit half way across a room in a j box full of sawdust, and charge -fIA a minute for it. There may be some minor reasons, in addition, but these appear to us to be the principal obstacles in the way of her success at the bar.—Burdetbe. 1 A POINTER TO BUSINESS MEN. A lliy Firm in Town Tells How AdvertN. jugs Pays. Augusta Evening News.] Old fogy firms that do not advertise would do well to reflect on what the suc cessful firm of Mulherin, Rice A Cos. say on the subject. “You may renew our annual contract in the Evening News, for we are satisfied with our returns. We believe that we have been more than paid by our ad vertising.” A member of the firm called to make this statement, and backed it up in a most confident way. The two stores of tilt* firm, and the immense business con ducted are ample proof of the fact, and the immense trade of this popular firm is in striking contrast with the smaller stores that think they can get along with out advertising. For eleven years the advertisement of Messrs. Mulherin, Rice A Cos. has appeared in the News, ever since its first issue in fact, and the two have grown in strength and prosperity as the years passed by. The one believes in advertising and the other shows its column in proof of the fact that advertising does really pay. If it were not so, the Evening News would not l>e crowded with the name* and cards of the very best merchants and business men of Augusta, for they are too business-like to do that which does not pay them. And they certainly would not keep it up if they were not satisfied with the returns. The evidence is peculiarly gratifying when a prosperous firm like that of Mulherin. Rice A Cos., say they are more than paid by adver tising in the News. The Crop Bulletin. The weather crop bulletin issued by the signal office says: The weather during the past week has improved the condi tion of growing crops in the corn and wheat States, in the central valleys and Northwest. Reports from Southern Illi nois, Missouri and Tennessee indicate that, while the crops are not yet injured, more rain would improve them. The weather conditions were generally unfa \ orat>le for cott on, more rain being need ed in North and South Carolina and Ala bama, and higher temperature in Missis sippi. Reports from Kentucky indicate that the tobacco crop would be improved by more rain. The weather has been fa vorable for harvesting in the middle At lantic States, Michigan and Southern Minnesota, but more rain is needed in Michigan, Indiana and some sections of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. School of Technology. Editors (’ourant-American: I have just sent to your office a copy of the prospectus of the Georgia School of Technology. AYe will have some difficulty in getting the information thus furnished before the parties most interested. If you would add to the many kindnesses al ready shown to the enterprise by the press throughtout the State, that of calling attention to the subject matter contained in these papers, the favor will be highly appreciated. A'ery respectfully yours, I. S. Hopkins, Pres. G. 8. T. A New A'ork company is now making railroad freight cars of iron, for which many ad vantages are claimed. It is said that they are lighter than wooden cars, and yet have a capacity of 60,000 to 100,000 pounds of freight. The cost of repairs is claimed to be very light, aud when they have worn out the material can still Lie sold for scrap iron. This opens up the possibility of anew indus try for the South. With cheap iron of the best quality at hand, the South could no doubt make iron ears at a low er cost tdi an any other place in the coun try.—Manufacturers* Record. The following is a partial list of some of Hancock county’s old citizens still living: Wilson Turner, 88 years old; A. R. Buckner, 88; W. L. Wilson, 88; Rich mond Rogers, 88; Samuel Panfee, 86; J. R; Wholey, t 6; \Y. A. Fluvy, 80; Mrs! Bishop Pierce, 77; Green B. Carr, 74; Dr. F. A. Thomas, 72. The persons above named are generally hale and hearty and have the promise of several years of life. (’apt. B. I). Lumsden, who has kept an account of the'lightning strokes that have come under his observation, in less than sixty miles of Alacpn. during the last two months, says fliere have been killed by lightning six persons and four mules; three barns struck, two of which were burned, and three houses struck, and one burned. A couple of depraved young men who live near Canton procured some sort of a paper, which they represented to two young ladies as .being marriage licenses, ■and then got “one*>f the boys” to pro nounce the ceremony which the* girls thought made them man and wife, and in this way the scoundrels are reported as having accomplished their desire. There was a fire on the old Du j wee place on Fish creek, near Rock mart, Thursday. It burned the dwelling house occupied by ( harles Stathani and one out lioise. NO. 8.