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The Cartersville Courant-American. VOL. VIII. (HR CITY’S ADVANTAGES Briefly Outlined for All Inquirers and Home-Seekers. 11,.,- C'lilnate, Water, Landft and Mineral* —A Weleome for the Work- Man and tlie Capitalist. There may be those who would hesi tate to indorse the claims the Cofha.nt \mi;iih an has made, is making and will continue to make, regarding the ad van* lap's that Cartersville possesses which should tend to induce the home-seeker and the capitalist. To add to the sta bility of tin* claim, a brief outlining of jhe actual attractions will serve us, and, ju no wise, we divine, be prejudicial to the ends of our purpose, to be an humble medium for spreading knowledge that will lie fruitful in securing thrifty addi tions to our worthy population. An even climate, such as will allow out door work the year round, healthful to a degree and signally beneficial to all suf fering from lung troubles. Liberality of sentiment, political and religious intolerance being unknown, Ldueational interests fostered and at .■Vi ry opporl urnity systems improved and rendered more efficient. The whisky evil being hampered and put down by effectual and wholesome laws. Soils surrounding us that yield to the illi i- touch 11 manner of crops, save those common alone to the tropics. Rich river and creek bottoms, inland valleys, uplands that vie in fertility with these, available for homes of royal com fort and plenty. Low prices, not in comport with the upward tendency in the country's gener al conditions. Railroad facilities growing better and soon likely to rival in completeness the older portions of t he North. Timbers of all needed varieties yet abounding in untouched forests. Our minerals varied in kind, including iron, manganese, marble, slate, baryta, ochre, graphite, lead, silver, gold, cop per, sandstone, asbestos, nitre, etc., many deposits in richly workable quan tity. As a nucleus for the formation of an in dustrial city ( artersville can boast as yet only of several planing mills, a car riage and buggy manufactory, ochre emlls, a machine shop and a broom fac tory. In view of the advantages offered, there are now actually ready to be start ed a factory for the turning out of small iron novelties and a $200,000 iron and steel plant; in contemplation aa ice fac tory, furniture and chair factory, and a number of other like industries. Other than these, the city has four churches (white), three (colored), one union tabernacle, with a seating capacity ot 4,000, the Sam Jones Female College, nearly completed and with capacity*for -•<> pupils; two excellent high schools; sixty business bouses, cotton warehouse, three hotels, two railroads (the principal offices of the E. & W. of Ala.) The city council has just closed con tracts wit Li prominent and reliable com panies for 50 gas lights for the streets (a company to invest $23,000 in a plant to supply the city and general consumers); iiw waterworks, giving 50 plugs for city use and a full general supply for the peo ple. -fs an index to the confidence our busi ness men have in the future solidity of their own city, it may be stated that there are three mammoth brick business houses now going up in different quar fort? and a number of ot hens contempla ted. JkHie above, briefly expressed, are what ImSrtersville can show as an outlining of present inducements for the new set 'h“i\ A warm welcome awaits all worthy People. To Business Men. August is here, and rapidly passing uway. The busy season will soon be upon us Aow in the time to advertise. 1 he early bird catches the worm. ( 'fliers are working for our trade. Aow is the time to familiarize the peo- Dff* ot the surrounding country with the advantages to be offered the trade the 1 oniing season. Ltlk to the people through the columns IJt ' he Courant-A mkiucan. j is a day of advertising, i he business man who does not adver tise will get left. i lle Cot rant-American has the largest •filiation ever enjoyed by any paper in Ul >s section, and is rapidly increasing. "'ll carry your messages to every nook a,l d corner of the county. hi tersvilleis going to have the largest k' a< ie she has had for years. ■ Hundreds of new customers are coming in. , * best way to secure your share of I' 1 ' increased trade is by liberal adver using. iho Western A Atlantic Railroad’s "k'J sales for July, 1888, were 7,389 cater than for July, 1887. MAJOR McKINLEY’S VISIT. There are a good many curious things connected with Major McKinley's visit to the Atlanta Chautauqua. The editors of the Constitution, with the purpose of drawing people to the Chautauqua—in which laudable enterprise we suppose they are interested—conceived the idea of a discussion of the great dividing ques tion of the day by the respective leaders of the two sides, and Speaker Carlisle and Maj. McKinley were invited to speak. Mr. Carlisle agreed, but afterwards de clined. Messrs. Mills and Bynum ac cepted invitations and filled their ap pointments. And now comes Major McKinley, and the Constitution has had a hard time trying to act the square thing with the Major, and at the same time meet the onslaughts of the low tariff papers. It was telegraphed North that the Ohio statesman would only be given a demon strative welcome by our “brother in black,” and this came near causing him to give out the trip. But the Constitu tion reassured him, and went to work to get up a crowd to hear him, and now that paper is charged with all sorts of undemocratic things on this account. We look upon the whole transaction as a mistake on the part of the Chautauqua management. It was unfortunate to in troduce politics at all, but after it was done it. was but right to have both sales, in order that no partizauship could be charged against the Chautauqua, which should not be, and is not a political in stitution. Of course, we think it would have been better had the other side been represented by a man like Sam Randall, but it is too late to wrangle over that now. While we differ with our honored friends of the Constitution and Augusta Chroni cle on some points, we consider them true to the Democratic party, and regret the silly efforts of some to “read them out of the party.” We cannot spare them. If the party succeeds in the pend ing campaign, it will be a success won by the solid union of all Democrats of every shade of opinion on the tariff, on the prohibition, and all other questions. There must be conservatism and mutual concessions, if we would preserve the unity of the party. Let our little family jars be settled after the great conflict is over, and the victory has been won. MORE CAMPAKJN THUNDER. Listen for it. See if the brave Republicans who staid at home during the war don’t begin to howl again. William Kennedy, who left Americus, (Ja., as a Confederate soldier, returned to his native town last week, from Virginia, bringing his wife and ten children with him, having traveled all the wav in a cart pulled by one ox. Learning that he was coming, a few of his old-time friends gathered a crowd, employed the brass band, and made ready to meet him. A tent was prepared for his occupancy, about SIOO in money made up, besides clothing and provisions for his needy family. His friends hit upon this plan to help him in a time of need. But, of course, the Republican papers will see signs of war in all this, and raise the regulation howl. ; Some time ago Rev. George Thomas Dowling, for eleven years pastor of the Euclid Avenue Baptist church, one of the largest and richest in Cleveland, Tenu., caused some excitement among his peo ple by publicly inviting all Christians to partake of communion in his church. The Baptist papers all over the country took up the question and discussed it at length. All were agreed that Dr. Dowl ing was no longer a Baptist. Last Sun day night at the prayer meeting ot his congregation Dr. Dowling read a letter resigning the pastorate. Georgia stands second as a railroad budding State. There are 168 compa nies at work, and it is safe to say there are at least that many more on paper, waiting for a chance to start. The jien alty of too rapid railroad building in the North has been competition, low freight rates, endless railroad wars and arrested enterprise. The South is wisely avoiding these evils by prudent foresight and by building roads to meet actual wants. The rainy season failed to come in on usual time this year in India, and thfrigs look blue in that country. As no one in these parts will care to locate in India soon, at least while the long-tniled rip roaring lion and tiger, the wedge-headed cobra, the crockodile, and their like hold privileged citizenship, constantly “seeking whom they nay devour somebody," as Bill Arp would say, the information here is not paramount in importance. Fleming Dußignon, of Savannah, and Bob Whitfield, of Milledgeville, will both be members of the next State senate, and both will resign the office of solicitor general in order to serve. They pay high for a somewhat empty honor. CARTERSVILLE. GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST *23, 1888. MYSTERY AND EXCITEMENT. Colored Folks Witness a Strange Falling of Rocks. Great Consternation in a Tliiekly Settled Neighborhood—Marshal YVilkerson’s Detectives Solve the Mystery. “ft’s de Lawd’s work !” “It’s de debble, sho's you bo’n!” Such expressions as these were common among our colored population during Friday, Saturday and Sunday last. Juniper Hanson is the name of a clever old colored man who lives in his own snug little home out on Bartow street. For some time he has been confined to his home by sickness, and the recent mysterious occurrences came near put ting an end to him. Sometime during Thursday an occa sional rock was heard to fall on the roof, and a little boy that had been adopted by the family was told to stop throwing rocks on the house. “Fore God I ain't flung no rocks on de house,” was the little darkey’s reply, and while he was being reprimanded two or three more rocks fell on the roof, and he said, “See dar! I tole you ’twant me.” The stones continued to fall, and the family began to talk to the neighbors about it, and by Friday night the negroes all over town were in a hubbub about the strange occurrence. That night and the following one those who sat up with the. sick man occasionally heard the pattering of the pebbles on the roof, and by Sunday it was generally conceded to be a supernatural dispensa tion, and the excitement was at fever heat. By this time, of course, many other mysterious and unaccountable things were recounted as happening in the neighborhood. There was mysterious whisperings and distended eyes around the streets and in the churches during services. Work was being interfered with and great confusion existed generally. Many white people visited the scene and were also puzzled to account for the strange manifestations, and Sunday evening Marshal Wilkerson was called to try his skill on unraveling the diffi culty'. He soon thought he had a clue, but continued his investigations until satisfied that the before mentioned little negro was the cause of the mischief. So lie caused the crowd to scat ter Monday morning, and his spies, conveniently lo cated, soon saw how the work was done. The boy would dart in the house to a low shed window, throw a stone on top and be out by the time it rolled off to pick it up and talk about it. He was ar rested and acknowledged the corn, claim ing that two other boys aided him, but this has not been clearly proven. On account of his tender years, it was de cided to let him off with a good licking. The boy gave as his reason that he did it “all for fun.” It was amusing to hear the many ways in which the colored people accounted tor the falling rocks, and altogether it was a ludicious affair, and shows the strong tendency of the race to supersti stition. But now they will have some thing to talk and laugh over for a long season. Bartow’s Treasures. By way of practically illustrating some features of our buried wealth, Mr. M. E. Cooper last week exhibited at our office the following list of valuable ores col lected from various miner’s pits (except ing only the marble) in a two days’ ram ble : Manganese ore, analyzed by a first class chemist nearly 65 per cent, availa ble manganese dioxide; phosphorous, % of 1 per cent; sulphur, less than 1-10 of 1 rer cent. Brown hematite iron ore (from anew digging) adjudged by our best miners to yield 65 per cent, metallic iron. Superior graphite, two varieties. A beautiful jet black marble, fiom near the county line. Itacolumite sandstone, high quality. Matrix of the diamond. Two species ot rock bearing silver. Asbestos as a guage rock hard by the two last. A mysterious mineral clay, greenish, pasty and resinous; composition and use unknown; for want of a better name Mr. C. calls it “mineral beeswax,” an it cuts and looks like hard wax. A rich purple-colored dyestone, easily cut, and with no perceptible grit. Mr. Cooper has taken these minerals out with his o\Vn hands, all of which are from this county, except the marble spec imens. All of our real estate men have cabinet collections of minerals. Our New Serial. In our next issue will begin the great sensational serial, by the popular novel ist, Walter Besant. The lovers of ro mance cannot afford to miss it. Tell your neighbors about it, and ad vise them to subscribe for the Courant- Amkrican. If you are not a subscriber send in your name for the paper at. once. An Important Work. The North Georgia Development Com pany, of this city, are having prepared a prospectus map of the mineral region of North Alabama, Northern Georgia and East Tennessee, which, when completed, will be one of the most produc tions of the kind yet attempted. It is beitfg made by Mr. John I. Henderson, a young civil engineer and draughtsman wh6 displays a wonderful accuracy in his work and is earning a good reputation for himself. The map will be electrotyped on a sheet 12x30 inches, thousands of : copies of which will be distributed to ex tend abroad a knowledge of the mineral deposits of our splendid section. Beginning on the east, a gold belt is shown that extends from Dahlonega southwest to Goodwater, Ala.; next is shown the great marble belt that extends from Marietta somewhat northward as far as Murphy, N. C ; next the observer of the map finds the great iron and man ganese belt embracing gray and brown iron ores extending from Bremen north ward to a point near the southern foot hills of the Cohutta, but showing up in full richness and finest variety at Carters ville and vicinity; next is shown a lime stone and marble belt extending north eastward from near Sylacauga, Ala., and drawing to a narrow point some forty miles beyond Kingston; then is seen a slate belt that extends from a point in Cleburne county, Ala., northeastward running through Bartow near Kingston and ending at a narrow point up in Gor don. The fine and inexhaustible Rock mart quarries lie in this belt. Next comes a large brown iron ore belt extending from near Sylacauga, Ala., to a, poiiC in Murray county, Ga.; next is shown a fine timber belt that runs contiguous and with the course of the Coosa and tributa ries, often many miles in width; next, we see the noted coal belt in which Monte vallo’s mines lie, extending from that point to Chattanooga and on northeast ward tor say, fifty miles. Then comes the famous red iron ore belt that takes in Birmingham, extending from a short distance below that city northeastward to the Sand Mountain. Lastly, on the west is shown the great Warrior coal fields, extending through a section west of Birmingham many miles in length and of considerable breadth. The map will be made in colors, strong .Uitd. ig&lder tints representing the several varieties ot minerals in convenient con trast. i> Lightning's Work. The residence of Mr. J. R. Anderson, corner of Erwin and Leake streets, was sfruek by lightning Tuesday evening. About 3 o'clock there was a terrific thun der storm accompanied by a brisk shower of rain. A number of almost deafening peals of lightning convinced many that some object had been struck. Mrs. An derson and a friend, Mrs. Glenn, were alone in the house and felt the shocks sensibly. They visited the other rooms of the house from the one they were in and discovered one of them full of smoke with a sulphurious smell. A further investigation revealed that the bolt had hit the chimney, and thence had gone through the roof, tearing out a considerable hole. Some shingles ■ were thrown thirty feet from the house into the yard. It is believed the house would have been set on tire had it not been for the rain. Children’* Meeting. The children’s union meeting at the Methodist church last Sunday afternoon was largely attended, and it was a most delightful occasion. The man who first conceived this plan of bringing the children of the various churches together every Sabbath after noon, was a Christian, a patriot and a public benefactor. This commingling in childhood must make them united in fraternity when they become men. It tends to dispel prejudice, and prevent harmful divisions. Let it be continued. Next Sunday afternoon at 4 p. in. the meeting will be held at the Presbyterian church. A Pointer. The people of Kansas City, Mo., and several other rapidly growing Western cities, appreciating the importance of circulating their newspapers, raised large amounts that were invested in sending sample copies of their home papers far and near. They have reaped a rich har vest from the investment. The newspaper is the medium through which to advertise a town. A thousand dollars could not be better invested by Cartersville than in sending out extra copies of the Courant-American for the next two months. Will oui people move in this matter? Dr. William T. Harris, of Concord, Mass., before the National Teachers’ Convention at San Francisco on the edu cational power of newspapers. He says ; “A young girl or boy who misses reading the daily paper misses the world's great est opportunity of self-instruction.” HER NAME SHALL BE “ELL” And She is Going to “Get There” With Both Feet, Great Tiling* Already Done ami Other Tilings With Widening Benefits to Fol low—Cartersville Forging Ahead. Keunesaw Gazette. At last Cartersville is beginning to re ceive what she Ims so long desired, what she has been makingstrenuousendeavors to secure, and what she has always been entitled to so far as her situation and re sources were concerned. We mean the influx of capital. Already have contracts been closed for the erection of a fifty ton per da.v pig iron furnace, and a ferro-manganese fur nace, with tin out-put of twenty tons per day. The citv Ims closed a contract with a Boston company for gtis lights, and we are in a position to state there are other measures for the development of the- city which are now on foot, and which, almost beyond question, will be carried out within the next twelve months. We have been made acquainted with gentlemen who have the money and who have the intention of using it in Cartersville in a manner which will not only benefit the city, but, indirectly all North Georgia. We think therefore there is no question but that the years 1888-1889 will be among the most memorable in Carters ville's history, and North Alabama will have to look well to her laurels or this Georgia city will teach her some lessons in material development which she has not been in a far enough advanced class to stud} r , up to this time. We will not at present go into an elab orate explanation or revelation of what is coming in the near future; but if our readers will be patient they will see, with in a very few months, some things which they had not been anticipating. To the Voters of Bartow County. To gratify a desire for office peculiaily my own, and at no solicitation from any source whatever, save from anxious creditors, I have concluded to reannounce my name for the legislature from Bar tow county, the same being, no doubt, inadvertently left off at the last election, two years since. I will, no doubt, make a good member of the lower house, will do less harm than anybody, and will draw my pay with a regularity that would border *on to promptness. These are the prime points in the average legislator of the present day. I am teetotallv opposed to the sale of the State road, not because it is a popu lar idea, but I believe that all benefits that may accrue from the lease should be used to educate the many poor children of our State, while it is now already claimed to be + he banner State in point of illiteracy in the Union. To sell this property would be to rob our own chil dren. There are a great many things I am in favor of and a great many I am not in' favor of; in fact, my platform is built to stand on for time eternal. However, if any of my friends should have a pet plank they wish incorporated they will please bring it along and I will see that* it is effectually nailed down. Hoping that the people of grand old Bartow, the banner county of the world, an empire within herself, will see fit to honor me with their suffrage, I wil] pledge my very best efforts in preserving her interests looking to the economic dis bursement' of all State moneys with a watchful eye, covering myself with glory and pleasing the people generally. Y ours for votes, John A. Crawford. The Storms. The telegrams of the past few days contain accounts ot terrible wind and rain storms in the Mobile and New Orleans regions. At the former city the waters of the bay were driven into the city and inundated the river front for four miles. The storm passed over Georgia Tues day. The rainfall was immense in many parts of the State, and crops were con siderably damaged. At New Orleans some fifty boats were lost. The wind blew at 48 to 60 miles an hour, unroofing many houses, de stroying trees, fences, etc. For a time Doth Mobile and New Or leans were cut off from the balance of the world, both by telegraph and railroad, and were in total darkness at night—the storm interfering with the electric light plants, so that they had to shut down. . Accounts are still coming in of damage in different sections. Every county in Georgia has sent in its tax digest except Pulaski, and the ener getic tax receiver of that county, who has been putting in fourteen hours per day on his work sice July 2d, writes that he will have in his digest this week. The net increase of the 136 counties over last year is $11,540,000. How Ire is Made. As <'artersville will probably soon have an ice factory, many are curious to know how it is made. Hein e we copy the fol lowing from the Nashville American, giving- the modus operandi: Strolling into one of these factories recently, in the belief that it would Is* cool, but finding that it was actually the hottest place he had been in during the entire day, an American reporter watched the process. Passing through the outer office, you get abruptly into the factory, an enor mous apartment and very lofty. Three graceful engines from fifteen to twenty five feet tall were moving with mysteri ous strength at the head of the apart ment, and several big pipes overhead connected them with the floor below and an upper room. Negro men were walking about over square places in the floor, and occasion ally lifting the lid of one, they took < ut of it with a crank a block of ice weigh ing 200 pounds. This was attached to a chain suspended from a double bridge truck, rolled to one side, and tipped through a hole in the wall into the ice house. There are in this factory .about 1,000 of these little tanks. Each is tilled with water distilled from the steam of the three engines; and each tank, which is made of galvanized iron, rests in a well of brine or salt water. Running about under these tanks, which form a flooring over the whole place, is a continuous coil of iron pipes, charged with ammonia, that penetrate the wells of brine and keep the salt water at a temperature of twelve degrees. After filling the tank with the distilled water it is left undisturbed for thirty-six hours. The lid is then raised, the iron tank or can is drawn up and dipped into a small vessel containing son e boiling water to melt the icelrom the interior sides that it may be removed. This is the large block of ice one sees in the ice wagons. The ammonia comes from a factory at Wil mington, Del., in iron retorts carefully packed and air tight. When it is about to be used, a tiny escape is made through which Hie ammonia oozes in a gaseous form, though the contents of the retort are liquid. Thisgaseous ammonia is transferred di rectly to the submerged coils of pipe. Two charges during the summer will run a factory of fifty tons daily capacity. After this gas has performed its mission and passed through all the pipes, the en gines suck it through the pipe overhead, pass it to the upper floor, and force it through pipes submerged in cold wafer, where it is condensed. It is then received into a large tank below and made ready for another tour of the pipes in the form of gas. In its rounds the gas makes more or less escape to the open air and is lost for all time, but very little is lost and the same ammonia is used until it is consumed by the escapes. Three hun dred thousand pounds of ice are used every day in Nashville and the towns for 100 miles around. One of these facto ries turns out thirty-live tons daily; the other produces forty tons, and there is being brought here eighty tons of lake ice. The three companies manufacturing and importing ice into Nashville sell to the small dealers, who supply the con sumers. They also ship to the neighbor ing towns. But the larger portion of this 300,000 per day is consumed in Nashville. Democratic Electors and Executive Com mittee. Thomas Watson, of McDuffie, and John Templeton Graves, of Floyd, were nominated electors at large; J b Tillman, of Jefferson,, and A K Lawton, of Chat ham, alternates. First district—G J Brannon, of Eman uel; alternate, B Whitfield, of Glenn. Second—A L Hayes, Decatur; alternate, Arthur Hood; Randolph. Third—T R Felder, Laurens; alternate, J H Hodges, Houston. Fourth—J M Mobley, Harris; alternate, A B WiUerson, Coweta. Fifth—James A Gray, Fulton; alter nate, Thos H Flake, DeKalb. Sixth—R D Smith, Crawford; alternate, E E Pound, Butts. Seventh—M L Johnson, Bartow; alter nate, T C Milner, Gordon. Eighth—J T Jordan, Hancock; alter nate, W B Ringfield, Putnam. Ninth—H W Newnan, Cherokee; alter nate, R H Baker, Lumpkin. Tenth—A H Calloway, Banks; alter nate, J H Mitchell, Washington. The lollowing is the State Democratic Executive Committee, with alternates : First —G A Mercer; E J Holton. Second —W A Harris; W C Worrill. Third —S T Watson; J Meßhea. Fourth —C A Redd; R F Freeman. Fifth —B Q Walker; W F Pattillo. Sixth —J A Hunt; R B Hardeman. Seventh —J O Waddell; S A Anderson. Eigth—Ham McWhorter; C George. Ninth—J E Redwine; R J Alredd. Tenth—J E Strother; W L Phillips. One death and five new cases of yellow fever were reported from Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday. NO. 11.