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The Cartersville Courant-American. VOL. VIII. carterswle the leader In the Advance From the Age of Iron to the Age of Steel. \ to 1* Introduced Here That Will Revolutionize the St*-el Making In dustry of t lie World. Tlie Atlanta Constitution, which is on tin* alert for anything that will fort tin* grand work of Southern de velopment, and especially the upbuild ing of our own glorious old State, con tains the following, about our city’s ivi eut movements in the line of progress, in its issue for last Sunday: “The great industrial movement in H teel and its production in the South has received anew impetus by the recent ac tion of a syndicate of wealthy capitalists who have organized themselves into a company, to be called the Cartersville gt.cel and Furnace Company with the purpose of erecting at Cartersville a large furnace to cost about #300,000.00. The land company at that place, hav ing donated a beautiful site tor the entire plant which will also include the erection of a Ferro-Manganese furnace, and an additional sum of #25,000.00 in cash. Large contracts for ores and fuel have already been made, which with the nat ural advantages offered by the sun-round ing country will render their facilities for the economical production of steel at this point as great as any to be obtained in the South. The company will go to work at once, plans have been made, specifications drawn up and they are now ready for bids; there will be no hesitation, no de lays, but everything will go on with the Kline energy that has already character ized their movements in the past and before long the ground will be broken for an enterprise that will inaugurate a new era in the production of steel and one that may revolutionize that great industry throughout the world. The enterprise will be closely watched with great interest by the progressive iron masters of the South and elsewhere, as the company have contracted with the Pratt Steel company of Birmingham, Ala., for the use of their process for de phosphorizing iron in the blast furnace, it being a well known fact that the iron ores near Cartersville, while being very rich in metalic iron, have too large a phosphorus content, to allow of their conversion into steel. r l he Pratt pro cess, however, entirely eliminates that objectionable element, characterized by Carnegie as the ‘demon of iron, and renders the metal treated by this method capable of conversion into steel; in other words, they propose to produce troin the highly phosphqpetic ores of the South a metal that will class as a high grade Bessemer pig. THE I*IIATT PROC ESS. Since the great progress in the manu facture of steel, made possible by the invention of Sir Henry Bessemer, no pro cess has commanded such a wide spread interest in the South as that recently in vented by Dr. N. A. Pratt, the State geologist of Georgia, who is endowed in a most eminent degree with a rare chemical knowledge combined with me chanic! skill of a high order, which enables him to carry out to a successful isue theories that might otherwise exist only within the limits of the laboratory. In the Held of applied science Dr. Pratt already stands pre-eminent. It, will be almost unnecessary to refer to his triumphs in the phosphate and cotton seed oil industries of the South, and the representatives of the furnace company were so thoroughly satisfied with the explanations of the principles and * claims of the Pratt process for purifying iron and that it would accomplish the desired result, that they did not require a practical demonstration to convince them of its feasibility and that it would perform all that was claimed, but will at °nce proceed to make that demonstra tion in their own furnaces. Considering the long experiences of these men in the manufacture of iron and steel the adoption of this process for their new plant is a high recommenda tion aibl commends its general introduc tion into the many steel industries that must eventually be established in the i South. -V't only has the above enterprise ■'! l !. ,j o T( , tl t]y to the importance of Car- sviHe, as the initial point of introduc- this process, but it has stimulated of means elsewhere to make offers inducements for the establishment similiar plants in a number of other places, which propositions are now under consideration by the Pratt Steel Com lJan.y, of Birmingham, Ala. Ibartersville is the county seat of Bar *°'v > the banner county of the State, 1,1 h in agricultural and mineral products, u ‘ development of her great sources of nat Ural wealth will now go on hand in hand. beautifully situated for an extended <,v 'dh> in a healthy region amply pro- for by the products of a rich soil, l(i of anew enterprise has <l u udy attracted the attention of men of means who are looking for safe invest ments, and property lias already doubled in value. Not only does the prospects of large industrial works within her lim its insure a steady advance in property at Cartersville, but the promise of new railroad connections add greatly to the prospective value of real estate. Large transactions in that line have already taken place and are increasing daily at advanced prices. With the present outlook for develop ment it is impossible to predict the growth of such a place, for in addition to the furnaces about to be erected, and minor industries for utilizing their pro ducts, the establishment of a large roll ing mill, fully equipped with the latest and most improved machinery, is now under consideration. Other industries are sure to follow. The future of Car tersville seems already assured.” THE TABERNACLE MEETING. The Rate Fixed for the Opening—Some of the Distinguished Ministers Who Will Attend. Friday, September 14th, is the day set for the beginning of the Cartersville Tab ernacle meeting. It ten days. Rev. Sam Jones always makes it a point to attend this meeting, no matter how pressing other demands upon his time may be. In conversation with him yesterday we found his heart set on this meeting, and full of hopefulness for the outcome. The following distinguished ministers will attend und participate in the meeting: Rev. Dr. Lockwood, of Cincinnati; Rev. Hugh Johnson, of Toronto, Canada; Rev. Dr. Prentiss, of Ohio; Rev. Dr. Strickland, and many other prominent Georgia iireachers. Special rates will be given, and excur sion trains Tun on all the railroads. Ar rangements will be made for the accom modation of all who coine. Special low rates will be given at the hotels and boarding houses, and latch strings gen erally will be on the outside. Let everybody who can, make their ar rangements to attend this meeting. Presidential Candidate*. Below is a table in which are arranged the Presidential caivlidt tes of the two great parties—the first column of names giving the successful opponent. It is a valuable tabulation of facts: 178 ft. George Washington No opposition. 1702. Georire Washington No opposition. 179(1. John AUpnis Thomas Jefferson. 18li0. Thomas Jefferson John Adams. 1804. Thomas Jefferson C. C. Pinckney. 1808. James Madison C. (f. Pinckney. 1812. James Madison De Witt Clinton. 1810. James Monroe Rufus King. 1820. James Monroe No opposition. 1824. John Q. Adams Andrew Jackson. 1828. Andrew Jackson John Q. Adams. 1832. Andrew Jackson Henry Clay. 1830. Martin Van Buren Wm. H. Harrison. 1840. Wm. H. Harrison Martin Van Buren. 1844. James K. Polk Henry Clay. 1848. Zachary Taylor Lewis Cass. 1852. Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott. 1850. James Buchanan John C. Fremont. 1860. Abraham Lincoln S. A. Douglas. 1804. Abraham Lincoln G. B. McClellan. 1868. U. S. Grant Horatio Seymour. 1872. U. S. Grant Horace Greely. 1876. It. B. Hayes S. J. Tilden. 1880. James A. Garfield W. S. Hancock. 1884. Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine. This table is made the subject of a good deal of figuring on Presidential possibilities. It is pointed out that three times therein is shown the renomination and success of the principal candidate who was defeated at the election next before. This happened in the instances of Jefferson in 1800, Jackson in 1828, and Harrison in 1840. Once, in the in stance of Pinckney, in 1808, there was such a renomination and a repeated defeat. On the other hand, the fact is equally patent that in seven cases there have been re-elections to the Presidency for a second term —in the instances of Wash ington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln and Grant. Tlie Tax Returns. The net increase of 101 counties whose tax digests had been received by the Comptroller General up to Friday night s 16,771,852. Effingham foots up $981,784-, an increase of $48,252; Meri wether foots up $1,892,894, an increase of $58,008; Towns foots up $842,780, an increase of $15,944. Bartow foots up $8,654,420; an in. crease of $22%801. Marion foots up $986,323 ; a decrease of $25,027. Emanuel foots up $1,581,543; an in crease of $78,462. Lowndes foots up $2,278,589; an in crease of $195,516. Clayton foots up $1,319,488; a de crease of $18,626—a1l over last year. The net increase up to date is $6,248,- 277 over 1887. Rev. Sam Jones. Cartersville’s famous and greatly loved evangelist is alternating between his home here and Salt Springs, while filling his engagements at the Piedmont Chau tauqua. He is in fine health and spirits, and especially enjoys the hand shaking of his home-folks—thinks Cartersville the best place of all. Mr. Jones will leave for Round Lake on the midnight train to-night, and will be accompanied by Ins entire family, who will remain away about six weeks. The Coukant-American wishes them a pleas ant trip and a safe return. 4 CARTERSVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1888. m CITY’S WATERWORKS. Contract Made With a Strong Company. The Papers Signed—Tlie System Adopted — Protection Against Fire—Great Saving in Insurance—lmportant Steps. Mr. W. A. Jeter, the indefatigable presi dent of the Jeter A Boardman Water and Gas Association, who has been spending several days in our city, on Monday evening succeeded in closing a contract with our city council for sup. plying Cartersville with water through their system. The company is given exclusive fran chise for thirty years. The city takes fifty fire plugs at fifty dollars per year each. When the number is increased to seventy-five plugs, the company agree to furnish them at forty-five dollars each. It is the Jeter & Boardman system. This system consists of a reservoir with stand pipe on brick tower. The pumps are connected with the main, the same as in the Holly system, so that they can be turned on for addditional pressure, and sending water direct from the source of supply, in case of fire. The standard pressure on the main, from the stand pipe alone, is forty pounds to the square inch. The water can be turned on from hose of any length, attached to the plugs, and thrown perpendicularly to a height of 100 feet, by the natural pressure. By the use of this system, we will be always ready at a moment’s notice, to turn on the water. The plan contemplates an ample sup ply of the purest water, for all needed purposes; and the plant to be put in will meet all probable demands for years to come; and the company will increase their facilities as the demand may require in the future. The tower and stand pipe will be erec ted on the hill, near the old Johnston school house, back of the Baptist church, where the city has donated one acre of land for the purpose. The natural elevation at this point is sufficient of itself to furnish a sufficient pressure tor carrying the water to any desired elevation, either for ordinary use, or in case of fire. The system is a good one. It is now in use—and most satisfac torily, too, in the cities of Macon, and Brunswick, Georgia; Tampa and Florida and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Jeter & Boardman Company is composed of Georgians, who are welj and favorably known over the South, and may be depended upon to make good every agreement they may make. So far as we are able to get into the merits of the contract, we consider it as favorable to the city as could be expec ted. When the investment by the com pany is considered, and their agreement as to furnishing water to manufacturers, on terms that will add to the city's in ducements to them to locate here, it seems to us that their dealing is not illiberal by any means. At any rate, Cartersville will save big money by putting in waterworks, and it is a matter of congratulation that we are to have them. A little figuring and comparison of rates will demonstrate the fact that the saving to our people in the one item of insurance will be sufficient to pay the cost of both water and gas. Another point: We interest in our city another powerful company, which is in position to make money by building up Cartersville, and hence they become active co-workers in advancing our city’s general interests. Now, let everybody consider this and the gas question settled—though there may be some differences of opinion on some points in the contracts, and let us go forward in solid phalanx, to still further achievements in material progress. Uet l T s Have a Fire Company. Now that waterworks for our city is an assured fact, the question of a fire ser vice is one worthy of immediate and care ful consideration. The full benefits of the system cannot be realized without the proper accomplishments in this direc tion. A volunteer company, well organ ized and composed of those who would assume the duties with a view to prompt ness and faithful action in all needed emergencies, and a tenacious connection with the organization, would assure the needed protection and serve to place the city in the position of a second-rate in surance town, thus lightening the bur dens now cryingly onerous. Let the younger as well as the older men consider the matter and act at once. Start now and don’t let interest in the movement grow cold until success is as sured. Presbyterian Church. Owing to the absence of the pastor at Ringgold, there will be no preaching at the Presbyterian church next Sunday. Suunday school exercises will be held as usual. WANTS TO COME SOUTH. A Soldier Who Wore the Blue Sends Greeting 1 to (lie Veterans of the Gray. Mankato, Minn., July 29, 'BB. Messrs. Aubrqy & McEwen: You may think my former letters were all gas about coming to your city, but I assure you that it is not because I do not wish to come, but because I cannot at present sell anything here to get the stamps to come. I have a large amount of real es tate that 1 am trying to sell, but for some reason, I can’t. Some say, “we won’t buy you out because we won’t let you go and leave us,” and others want me to sacrifice it at a ruinous rate, but l will sell as soon as I can and come to Cartersville to live. Now, I want you to send greeting to the boys of the 18th Ga., this sentiment from an old Federal soldier who was pro. marshal ot your city and of the district of Etowah, that tiiere exists between the soldiers of the North and thegallantfoes (boys in gray) of the South, a kind and chivalrous feel ing of pride in the foes worthy of our steel, and that we deplore the necessity that made us once foes, and that we now admire their courage and weep together ever the graves of the illustrious dead of both the blue and the gray, and that I, a soldier of the North, hope’to become an honored citizen of your thriving city, and my wife, who was once led to believe that you would make hash of her and me if we ventured to visit the land of the magnolia and the pine, is more than anxious to come there to live and die. There is nothing that keeps us away but the solid fact that we cannot sell out here. AVe want to come, and will coine just as soon as we can, if only to spend the winter, and there will be more with us. lam writing this at my home, where the mercury registered 104 in the shade yesterday and 98 to-day. Please give my thanks for the copy of the Cos u rant- A me rican , and say to them I think it is an honor to the city and a great medium of intelligence conveyed to the world of the greatness and future of Cartersville. Now, you may be curious to know why I think so much of your city. I will tell you: I have been there as an enemy, and r received only kind and hospitable treat ment. I admire your people. I think your climate and country is the best in fhe world, and many of my comrades lie buried at Allatoona Pass, where we fought, therefore I want to come and live with you under the shadows of the pines that guard the graves of my friends. 1 know I will be welcome, and I believe I will be happy there. Accept my best wishes and thanks for your kindnessNin keeping me posted in your progress and improvement. Truly Yours, * * * Programme Reunion 18th Ga., August 10. Survivors, on arrival, will meet the secretary at the opera house, register, and receive badges. Column will form in front of bank block, and, headed by the Cartersville cornet band, will march out Market street to tabernacle grounds. Prayer by chaplain, E. Harling. Address of welcome by Gen. P. M. B. Young. Response by Maj. Joe Stewart. Cos. B. Music —Presentation of banner by T. Warren Akin, in behalf of the ladies of Cartersville. Response by Col. Joe Arm strong, Cos I. Music. Reading minutes last meeting, by secretary. Dinner. Music. Assemble at 2 p. rn. Called to order by president. Reports of officers and com mittees. Music. Election of officers for ensuing year. Election of Daughter of the Regi ment. Music. Short speeches by volun teers. Music. Benediction, Our AVells. The public well on the square near Moon & Mays’corner is a really remarka ble one. The puflip is going nearly all the time. Everybody in the neighbor hood uses water from it; and yet it is always clear, sparkling and plentiful. It is said that it connot be cleaned out because it is impossible to draw the water all out. There is another well up on Gilmer street that is inexhaustible. AVe learn that the workmen had to leave their tools and hurry out to save their lives when the stream was struck. AA'ith such wells it would be an easy matter to get an inexhaustible supply of water for our waterworks—and of the finest kind. Nature seems to have supplied every thing needed here for a large and popu lous city. Illinois is an interesting political liattle ground. General Palmer is leading the Democrats in a very aggressive campaign and Democratic gains are reported all over the State. One of the recent changes is that of George L. Adains, editor of the A\ hiteside Herald and a life-long Repub lican. He announces that hecannot stand the Republican platform and will support the Democratic candidates. AA m. F. Peck, of Atlanta,died yesterday. BARTOW’S COLLOSSAL JUMP! Cartersville Moves Grandly to the Front. Iron ami Ferro-Manganese Furnaces Al ready Assured, With Prospect of a Rolling Mill. It has been truly said: “It is always the unexpected that happens,"' and two short months ago. had some prophet fore told the present awakening in our midst, how little heed would have been given to such a prophecy. Cartersville, true to the unexpected, but inevitable happening, . verifies most strangely the force of the saying just quoted, and is now on the road to a prosperity she may have dreamed of, but never expected to realize: she has taken her place in the grand march of progress now going on throughout*theSouth, and while she ipay have halted in abeyance, the near future will see her at the head of the procession. Cartersville is beginning to realize the worth of her possessions, and with that sense of realization comes a grander one of action; with open and lavish hands she invites, and bestows; encouraging with liberal contributions whatever may develop her immense mineral resources, and giving substantial aid to every pro ject for the comfort and convenience of her citizens. The initial movement was made when a contract was closed with the represen tatives of the Pratt Steel Company, of Birmingham, Ala., for the use of the Pratt process and organization of the CARTERSVILLE STEEL AND FURNACE COM PANY. This company starts out with the brightest prospects of success and on a strong basis, with a capital of #250,000; with a most fa vorable arrangement for the use of the Pratt process; with ample grounds for the erection of a large plant; with the certain assurance of a full supply of ores, flux, and fuel, and all under the management of sound business men, who call to their assistance the ablest chemist in the South, whose very name is a guar antee of success. It would be impossible to go iuto # the details of the Pratt process in a brief ar ticle, but it is sufficient to say that by it phosphorus, one of the most objection able constituents of manufactured iron, is eliminated in the blast furnace, thereby rendering the product of the furnace a high grade Bessemer Pig, readily con vertible into steel rails. The value of such a process is beyond estimation for it brings the cheap ores of the South, in direct competition with the high priced ores of Lake Superior in the production of steel, it will enable the Car tersville Steel and Furnace Company to make steel from ores that cost but #1.50 per ton, while Pittsburgh is compelled to pay about #7.00 for Bessemer ores, such as would cost delivered at Carters ville, not less than #9.00 per ton' Allowing then for all contingences, it may be safe to estimate thatthere would be a clear margin of profit of #5.00 per ton to the Cartersville Furnace, over and above any other furnace in the district, not using the Pratt process. The profits of a fifty ton furnace, such as will proba bly be erected, will therefore be greatly in excess of anything yet constructed, and Cartersville is to be congratulated upon such an acquisition to her material wealth as well as those fortunate enough to be stockholders in such a profitable enter prise. The erection of a rolling mill to utilize a part at least, of the Cartersville fur nace product is already assured, active steps are now being taken by prominent capitalists in Atlanta and Birmingham and a complete organization of sucli a company will be announced in a few days. Truly this is an age of progress, and the “unexpected happens” where least looked for. An Iron furnace, a Ferro- Manganese furnace, a Rolling Mill, Gas works, AYater works, who will be the ven turesome prophet to predict the next great enterprise to add to the prosperity of Cartersville? GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS For the 3<l Week of the July Term, 1888, Bartow Superior Court. We, the grand jury, chosen for the third week of the July term ol 1888, beg leave to make the following present -111 cuts : We find the former grand* jury has examined the public records, and made their report on the same. We have therefore made only such examination as was necessary to satisfy ourselves that they had performed their work faithfully. We have examined the tax receiver’s books and find them correctly and neatly kept. * We regret to see that a number of tax payers have returned their property at a rate far below what we, as jurors, believe to be a correct and fair valuation of said property. We have examined the records of J. M. Smith, justice of the peace of 823d disttiet, and Lee Burrough, justice of the peace of 952d district, and find them correctly kept. Through the jurors coming from dif ferent parts of the county, we find the following roads to be in bad order and needing immediate attention: • The road leading from Stegall's Sta tion to the county line, known as the Allatoona road. In some planes this road is obstructed by large rocks in the road, which it will be necessary to re move by blasting. The road is further obstructed beyond Allatoona Station by gates which, have been for years past, and are still a great nuisance to the traveling public. The sandstone road is also obstructed by a system of gates. We recommend that a reason a lie length of time be given by the commis sioners to the parties owning these lands to remove these gates, but that they re quire the removal of the gates. There are other gates across the roads in vne Allatoona district, which are not so ob jectionable, except as to their condition, they are so dilapidated as to make it difficult to open and close them. We suggest that parties who are allowed to use gates should be required to keep these gates in good order. We further recommend that the gates across tin road at Dent Springs, in the 17th dis trict, be removed. The road leading over Bonder's moun tain to Wolf Pen is in some places too narrow. Vehicles cannot pass each other on account of large rocks in the road; there is scarcely room for one wagon or buggy track; at the foot of this mountain the road should be made wider by cutting the trees on each side of the road. The road leading from Cartersville to Canton up the l>owali river from the railroad bridge is almost impassable. Complaint is made that this road is al most entirely neglected. It is reported to this body that the highway at Mun ford’s switch, on the Rogers railroad, where it crosses riie Tennessee road, seven miles from Cartersville, is ob structed every Sunday by a number 01 ore wagons being left in the road. The matter has been complained of repeated ly without relief. We recommend that the commissioners of the roads attend to this matter and have the nuisance abated. The bridge across Allatoona creek, near Allatoona, should receive immediate attention. The bridge over big branch, on trie road leading from Webster’s fen-y to the old Canton road, is unsafe and liable to break through at any time. The bridge across Pettit’s creek, one half mile from Cartersville, on the road leading to Akerman’s ferry, needs imme diate attention; the abutments are un sound and liable to give way. We re commend in connection with this bridge that the county commissioners have built on each side of the creek a foot way sufficiently high and of sufficient length on each side of the creek to enable foot passengers to cross the creek in times of high water. We recommend that the amount air lowed by the county commissioners for the support of Alex. Dellinger be in creased from eight to twelve dollars per month. We recommend that the commissioners contribute three ($3) dollars per month to aid in the support of Mrs. Amelia Massengale, of Kingston, she being an invalid and in very needy circumstances. In taking leave of the court we extend our thanks to His Honor'Judge Solicitor General Harris and the other officers of the court for the courtesies extended to this body. We recommend the publication of these presentments in the county paper at the usual rates. Marcellus L Pritchett, Foreman,. John T Owen M M Cunningham George S Cobb Eliiui R Abernathy James D Wilkerson Robt F Jolly George M Isbell Elsbury Holcombe James C Waldrip Francis M Ford CalefC Hufstetler James B Crawford Thomas X Pittard James M Smith Harelston D Lewis Joseph Bradley Joseph G Lowry William L LeConte Ordered by the court that the within general presentments be spread upon the records of the court and published as recommended. This July 27, 1888. J. C. Falv, J. S. C. C. C. Entered page 274. minutes “IF’ Ju y 28,1888. F. P. Dunn am, Assistant Clerk. Royal Arcanum. A council of the Royal Arcanum, one of the very best of the fraternal insurance societies, was organized in this city last Saturday by Prof. C. B. Laljatte, Pep. Grand Regent. The following officers were elected: Douglas Wikle, Regent; A M Willingham. Vice Regent; W 11 Lumpkin, Orator; Col T W Milner, Past Regent; R A Clayton, Secretary; W H Howard, Collector; W B Sadler, Treas urer; Eluiii Christian, Chaplain; Dr. 1. Johnson, Medical Examiner; (has T Jones, Guide; Dr. R E Cason, Ward, n; J F Alexander, E E Freeman, E E Field, Geo H Gilreath, trustees. Tfje council was organized with tv.onty-four charter members. # NO. 9.