The Cartersville courant-American. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1888-1889, October 04, 1888, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Cartersville Courant-American. VOL. VIII. CHIEIjSVILLE, Gjl. A fountain Town in the Empire State of the South. TO THE CAPITALIST AND INVESTOR. . . Altxe aiul Judicious Investment Ho" Huild* Furnacen, Manufactories anil Mills—A Oomlnjf Center. Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 10, 1888. In Northern Georgia, along the West a £ Atlantic Railroad, and at the tor tus of the East & West Railroad, in Bartow county, stands out a typical town ot push and energy—a coming in dustrial center of the grand old Com monwealth of Georgia—situated on the fertile plateau of ttie fragmentary foot bill* of the Cumberland as they break and disseminate in the lowlands of Geor gia and Alabama. The topography of this section ranges between broken foot hills tilled with minerals, between which are interspersed fertile valleys in which everything necessary for the com fort, sustenance and happiness of man. And the name of this favored, fortun ate and coming industrial center is * f’artersville, Georgia. Wliat of Cartersville, asks the reader ia search of practicel facts and figures. it is situated at the junction of the East & West Railroad of Alabama (a through line to the great Alabama iron center, Birmingham, and the famous Coosa coal fields) and the Western & Atlantic Railroad, a through line to Chattanooga, 1)0 miles, and Atlanta,4B miles. Below the town stretches out the broad and fertile valley of the Etowah, with its spreading fields of rich alluvial soil; on the east and northeast rise the mineral-bearing mountains of the A 11a toona range, easy of access and daily discharging a little of their vast wealth through the streets of the town. North and west are the valleys of Pettit’s, Two Run and Pine Log creeks, the products of which find their market in town. It is the county seat of Bartow coun ty, a place of about 4,000 inhabitants, at an altitude of 1,212 feet, with a eli mate hardly surpassed this side of the Rockies, and destined at no distant day to become the resort of the tourist and health seeker. Why? Because it is high and dry. Because the water is unsurpassed. Because nit epidemics hud lodgement here. Because the laws of hygieue and sani tation are strictly enforced. Because the people are hospitable and pi ogressive. What ot its position as an industrial center and the outlook for the future in comparison with other places less favor ed by nature? Says Evan I\ Howell, the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, one of the best informed men in the South upon the practical issues of life and upon the prosperous, progressive South: “Car tersville has a future roseate with tri umphs in the industrial means and meas ures looking to the grand achievement of everything which will better the con drtihn of her people and lift them up beyond want and drudgery. The min eral wealth Imre is unsurpassed, while the soil will produce all the necessaries of life. Energy and capital will tell the story in a few years; then the country "ill wonder why the people, like the Indians iu 183(5, were apparently oblivi ous to the great hidden wealth scattered everywhere around.” Major Charles H. Smith (Bill Arp), the eminent Coovgian, whose fun-provoking i articles always have a tinge of the prac tical running through them says with force and favor: “The time is not far distant when Cartersville will rise up (something like an infuriated woman) and demand why this and that has not been done when nature has done so much for man, for man’s own advance ment and enjoyment. Then there will be no excuses accepted like‘cause,’ and‘l don't know’ and ‘I can't tell, &c., but a real, substantial reason must be given. Continuing, says this well-known gentle man: Cartersville possesses all the nat ural advantages to make her the envied of all her industrial sister cities, and it is only a question ol a short while when Hie flood tide of energy and capital will develop and make known the boundless wealth and resources of this section of Georgia.” la speaking of Cartersville. Air. Julius C- Brown, a well-known solicitor and at i irney, not only familiar in a high de cree with Kent and Blackstone, but conversant with the industrial needs Ull i the social problems ot the South, with practical foresight: “The time has come, not only for Georgia, but i tic* entire South, to cease to be depend ent upon other sections, but to put the I sboußler to the wheel of progress, and ■develop and make known to the wot Id BfJ I;.- "} o'! the blessings, advantage s and resources under which we live. Car tersville can, with the proper force, capi tal and energy put Übrth, become a second Birmingham, Ala., or a Reading, Pa. It is only a question of time when the ruts of the past dead days will be liar rowed over by the exigencies and the demands of the hour, and then progress and prosperity will spring up everywhere, and in no place is there so many ’oppor tunities presented as one finds in this typical Georgia town.” Many other citations might be given showing the advantages of this place, from sources just as practical and relia ble, but these are sufficient to demon strate that the town of Cartersville has a future worthy the consideration of the capitalist and the investor* In Cartersville are about fifty places of trade, great and small, in which van be found quite complete lines of dry goods, groceries, drugs, &c. Here also are the Sam Jones Tabernacle and the Sain Jones Female College, nearjy completed. The town is cut in twain by the W. & A. Railroad north and south, and east and west by the E. & W. Railroad. The St. James Hotel iR located on the south side of a park or square, facing the north, with three long colonadeß, and presenting a beautiful view from the extensive, shady balconies of 4,000 square feet that crowd into the park trees in front. The sides of the park are lined with business houses and dwellings. In this park are several wells of free and limes tone Abater. Cartersville lies on a succession of lit tle mounds, undulating between. On either side runs the Etowah river and Pettit’s creek, from one to two miles distant. It was a rare pleasure for your corre spondent to study “the force of circum stances” and the facts relative to this coming industrial center in the grand old Empire State of the South. After a week’s stay here, going and coming, in specting this locality of ore and that place where the minerals crop above the earth’s surface, looking at this well stocked farm and that manufactory of the smaller products, the shipment of ores to places nearby, the handling of tons of limestone, and the traffic in the many agricultural products grown with in a radius of ten miles, it was then no longer a wonder why Cartersville had taken on new life and is now stretching out for new avenues of trade and traffic. Bartow county (named after the hero of Manassas), of which Cartersville is the county seat, is often spoken of as the banner county of the State; but of Georgia’s 137 counties it \\ould be hard to determine which carries the banner. In agriculture this county is second to none; in minerals it is marvellously bles sed, while in forestry it is prolific and varied; only one county g >es ahead of it in number of available water powers, and it has a fair showing of manufac turing. In averageyield of cotton, corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, peaches, apples, pears, grapes and general farm produce it. has always been among the firstilozen counties in the State. It is only rivalled by its sister, Polk, in shipments of iron ore; in manganese it so far stands alone, although manganese mines are now be ing made ready to work all through Northwest Georgia. *The water powers are peculiarly suited to mining purposes; none of them are very large, but there is not a square rniledn the county which is not tra versed by one or more courses. A few years ago Cartersville was a stopping point for the night. To-day it is a place where the attention of the capitalist, the investor and the pros pective settler has his eye turned. The reasons are obvious: Being in the center of a rich produc ing mineral belt and in a fine agricultur al section, it is well adapted for great developments. Owing to the splendid water nearby and the wonderful mineral resources, there is a splendid opportunity for the fostering and maintenance of factories, of whatever kind, nature and capacity. The climate is attractive and salubri ous. Lying between the extremes of the biting cold of the North and West and the enervating heat of the far South, it offers special attractions to the tourist and health seexer. The people are frugal and industrious, as well as hospitable and progressive. Hence there is a happy meeting ground for all who come to prospect and inves tigate. Progress and advancement are seen on every hand During the past year she has succeeded in establishing the following industries, and still gseater results may be expected in the future, when capital continues to come this way: INDUSTRIES ESTABLISHED DURING TiIE PAST EAR. Pratt Stoel & Furnace Cos S3OO,< 0 * Water Work* Jo, 000 (las Wor "ft™ Dynamite Factory.... Sam Jones Female College ' Ochre Mills Planing Mills Novelty Works i Foundry Other Industries -U.oo With the present outlook for develop ment, it is impossible to predict the 1 growth of this place, for everything is now pointing to a very rapid advance iu CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1888. manufacturing and nuuiug interests in and around this city. EXCEPTIONAL FACILITIES. Few places, if any, enjoy, according to the population, so many advantages in railway facilities as Cartersville. The Western & Atlantic Railroad, running from Atlanta to Chattanooga, runs through the center of the town, and in no portion of the South is there to be found a better equipped or more ably managed road than the old reliable Western A Atlantic. The policy of this road has been to provide the best possi ble service, the eheajiest rates, the quick est time, for the patrons of the road, and in this respect it stands out as an example to judicious management, liber al policy and foresight. The East & West Railroad of Alabama is another important link and one destin ed to lead to great developments in afew years by the opening of available lands, mineral deposits and timber of inex haustible quantities. This road is an important feeder to Carters ville’s growth and development, and connects with six broad guage roads —the Western & At lantic at Cartersville, the East Tennes see, Virginia* & Georgia at Rockmart, the Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus at Cedartovvn, and again the East Tennes see, Virginia & Georgia at Cross Plains, the Anniston & Cincinnati at Duke’s Sta tion, and the Georgia Pacific at Pell City. Thus : t will be seen that this road is an important factor in the material devel opment of Northern Georgia. The Cartersville & Gainesville Railroad, now being projected, will traverse a sec tion of unparalleled wealth in the miner al deposits and hardwood forests of Georgia. This road will have as its ob jective point Decatur, Ala., on the west, connecting with all the systems over it, and Charleston, S. C.. on the East, there by affording connections at deep water with the outside world. This road will be an air line to Decatur, passing through Atalla, Gadsden, Rome, Gainesville, Jef ferson, Athens, Washington, Augusta, and thence on to Charleston, making al most an air line from the mountains to the coast. The section of country through which this road passes has been described by geologists as one of the richest in minerals in the South, besides running through unbroken forests of the finest timber on the continent. With such railway connections who can doubt the growth of this town? % THE MINERAL DEPOSITS. In conversation with Mr. R. H. Couper, a well known student in minerulog.- and a gentleman well known in Northern Georgia, he said to your correspondent in talking of the mineral wealth near i Cartersville: “The iron field extends | nearly north and south across thecoun ! ty unbroken, numerous de ! posits of great magnitude. The ore is i brown and specular ore, the largest pro i portion being brown ore. This ore runs | from 50 to 55 percent, of metal, varying | in percentage of phosphorous and with a j few exceptions free from Sulphur. The ! greater part of this ore is admirably | suited for making iron, and by selecting the best, car-wheel iron can be obtained. The specular ore is found in thick veins ot depths unknown, and is ot the finest quality; of such texture and grade that the best steel can be made from it.” “The manganese ores lie in jaxtaxpe •sition to the iron ores, and darn found througout the some belt. Manganese mines were partial iy developed in this section years ago. The deposits now opened are * f extraordinary size, and the outlook is very encouraging. It may be said without the fear of contradiction that this section is one of the richest in the country in manganese. Home of the mines havb been worked for fifteen years and the products from them shipped abroad. Cartersville is without any doubt the natural center for the manu facture of iron, steel and ferro-rnangi;- nese. Besides the country near bv also abounds in yellow ochre of the very best grade. Mounds of large size and dimen sions are found within a few miles of the city. Then there are gold, asbestos, ba rytes and other products which should make Cartersville bloom like a rose.” Mr. A. M. Willingham, a man thor oughly posted as regards the mineral re sources and advantages of Cartersville, will be glad to furnish further informa tion in detail upon application. Being an old journalist of reputation, ,he is well stocked with valuable arid correct information, which will be cheerfully and candidly given to those seeking further points*regarding Northern Georgia. FACTS VS. FIGURES. To show that theretexists more truth and facts about, this mineral section of Georgia than has already been „tohl, I quote from the Atlanta Constitution of a recent date regarding the establish ment of the Cartersville Steel & Furnace Cos., v\ho propose to erect two furnaces: “The great industrial movement in steel 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 Steel & Furnace Cos., with the purpose of erecting at Cartersville a large furnace to cost about SBOO,OOO, the land com pany at that place having donated a beautiful site for the entire plant, which will also include the enaction of a ferro mangaaeiV furnace, and an additional sum of $25 ,000 in cash . Large eon tract* for ores and fuel have already beeu made, which, with the natural advantages of fered by the surrounding 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 t-o work at once. Plans have been made, specifications drawn up, and they are ready for bids. There will be uo hesitation, no delays, but everything will go on with the same energy that has already characterized their movements in the past, and before long ground will be broken for an enter prise that will inaugurate anew era in the production of steel, and one that may revolutionize that great industry throughout the world. “The enterprise will lie closely watched with great interest by the progressive iron masters of the South and elsewhere, as the company have contracted with the Pratt Bted Cos., ot Birmingham, Ala., for the use of their process for dephos phorizing iron in the blast furnace, it being a well known fact that the iron ores near Cartersville. while being very rich in metallic iron, have too large a phosphorus content to allow of their conversion into steel. The Pratt process, entirely eliminates that objec tionable element, characterized by Car negie as the ‘demon of iron,’ and renders the metal treated by this method capa ble of conversion into steel; in other words, they propose to produce from the highlv-phosphoretic ores ol the Smith a metal that will class as a high grade Bessemer pig.” To Mr. Stuart T. Martin, vice-presi dent of the Cartersville Steel & Furnace Cos., is Cartersville indebted in a great measure for the establishment of this large industry. Mr. Martin is a practi cal Southern man, and with his capital is doing much for the upbuilding of the South. In many respect* possessing the will-power and keen foresight of John Inman, be is demonstrating by a wise and consistent course that to the South must come the capital and energy in the developments of the wonderful and inex haustible resources awaiting those who would cot only build wisely but well, LITTLE THINGS IN WHICH CARTERSVILLE HAS BEEN WISE. She fosters and maintains a retail trade. Farmers nearby grow everything need ed on the farm and cease to depend on the commission merchant. A general diversity in trade and in manufactures. A proper understanding of sanitary measures. The establishment of a first-class hotel—the St. James. Encouragement to capital in all in vestments. Making little filings pay. Here then are the essential elements of prosperity* and fts Cartersville has started out during the past year in all matters looking to progress and pros perity, there is every reasonable hope that as the years go by she will gi ow in all those elements of strength which go towards making a city firm and as dura ble as the mountains that encircle her nearby. Avery pleasing fact worthy of imita tion regarding this place is that there is no boom feature connected with its in industrial growth. Steady advance ment compatible with the resources and advantages of the place is the lever by which Cartersville hopes to grow and build wisely. On this firm foundation she is as sure to assume an importance worthy the intelligence, mind, muscle and capital ftt her back as certain as that the tide ebbs and flows daily. Hinton Helper. The Right Kind of Protection. Our friend J. P. Jones went North and surveyed the whole field, with a view of benefitting our people who are being damaged by the bagging trust and other monopolies. While doing so he ran up on some extraordinary drives in dry goods, clothing, etc., and decided to load up at prices that would enable him to sell so cheap that everybody can buy what they want, notwithstanding all the draw backs, and be happy still. This popular house is now ready for the fall trade with one of the finest stocks Mr. Jones has ever offered here—and he has sold many a, fine stock before. We refer the reader to his advertise ment in auother column. Theu call at Jones’ store a intake a look at the new goods, which embrace everything needed for the fall and winter by all classes of people. A large number of dudes collected at an exposed corner last Sabbath, where the wind was high, and caught colds. Each little darling was speedily cured by Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. The State Fair will be held at Macon -loni the sth to the 10th of November. [Couimunkatni.] READ! READ! READ! More A<!vicw to Pini’o Bnyox. Msmts. Editors—Dear Sirs: I ask room in your columns to reply to an ar ticle you published which is calculated to do me and the house I represent hanq in reference to D. H. Baldwin & Cos. pianos and myself. In the first place the D. H. Baldwin & Cos. piano is not what is termed a stencil piano, as a stencil piano only has name painted or stenciled on name board of piano, but I>. H. Baldwin & Cos. is cast iuto plate of I). H. Baldwin & Co.’s pianos, and the customer has only to look to D. 11. Baldwin & Cos. for lira guarantee, as they are very reliable, it is not necessary to go any further for guarantee. But for argument sake let us admit it is a stencil piano, (as our competitor claims, who is scared and afraid will loose his bold on continuing to rob people of Georgia, as have been doing). D. H. Baldwin Sc Cos. guarantee every Baldwin piano sold and give a written guarantee. You don’t have to go to New York, Feejee Islands, or more places never heard of to find them; they have a branch house in Rome, Ga., run by Mr. A. C. Frine & Cos., with a house full of goods. They have pianos all over North Georgia you can levy on to info rev guarantee if they refuse to. Besides, they have a capital of million of dollars and stand as you can learn iu responsi bility second to no piano house in Amer ica. What does people who buy pianos want with any better guarantee than this? a guarantee which is worth fifty times more than Kranieh & Bach factory and agents combined. The D. H. Bald win & Cos. piano has been ou the market and sold for 15 years, and it has given entire satisfaction, and out of thousands of customers you can’t find one dissatis fied. If any person has anew D. H. Baldwin & Cos. piano in the State of Georgia and want to exchange it for any piano we handle, among which are Decker BA)., J. and C. Fisher, Haines Bro., Estey, and will pay difference in price, we stand ready to make the ex change.- This we tell all people who buy the D. H. Baldwin & Cos. piano, but all who have this celebrated Baldwin & Cos, piano are so well pleased they prefer to keep it. The truth of this matter is this: Fre.ver & Brad lev , With the mm*' Henry Schoeller, of Dalton, Ga., can only sell a haudfull of goods and are compelled to sell a second-class piano (Kranieh & Bach) for a fine piano in order to make things go, and it hurts them, and they will resort to anything to keep a firm like D. H. Baldwin & Cos. out of their little garden. They know the jig is up with them when we come, and they know Baldwin & Cos. can sell * pianos for near what they pay for them, and live and do business. We have coine to Georgia to live and do business. They have done more business in a month than the people who try to make you believe we are imposing on you—when it is them who are doingtheimposing act— have done in 12 months. This they know and it makes them feel like a man on a sea voyage who was never out of sight of land before, (sick). They only want to keep us out so they can have the field all to themselves. This they can’t do, us we are here and come to stay. When I sold the D. H. Baldwin & Cos. piano to the lady in DaVton, Ga., (with all due respect to her) she simply misun derstood me in reference to manufacture of D. H. Baldwin & Cos. piano. I told her this piano was manufactured for D. 11. Baldwin under his special supervis ion, which is the case. The lady has since been to our store in Chattanooga, Term., and we offered if she was not pleased \vitl\the I). H Bald win & Cos. piano to exchange it for any other make of piano we handled. She is so pleased with the D. H. Baldwin & Cos. piano, has concluded to keep what she had. In reply to Henry Sehoeller’s card I will say this: I did not say Kranieh & Bach piano was a ‘‘Hale or Stencil” 1 piano, (it is not one-half as good as some Hale pianos), but I did say, and will say again that the D. H. Baldwin & Cos. piano is a better piano than the Kranieh & Bach piano, is finer finished, and will wear and last longer, and we will give a guarantee to each customer that it is all we say. This guarantee will be signed by I). 11. Baldwin & Cos., which garantee is worth several times as many dollars as any guarantee signed by Kranieh Bach factory, Freyer <fc Bradley and Henry Schoeller all com bined, the truth of which the public can ascertain by writing any bank in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Henry Schoeller is so in love with a Haile piano that he does not use any thing in his school but a Hale. He also uses this piano when he gives his con certs. As he has no responsibility of any value at home with which the public of North Georgia are well aware, it is useless for me to say further on thut subject. Messrs. Editors, as I dislike newspaper publicity, l will promise not to answer any more cards after this, but to our re sponsibility we refer you, any and all the people of the State of Georgia who wish to know or want to buy pianos to Brad street’s and Dunn agencies, First National Bank of Chattanooga, Teuu., D. H. Baldwin A Cos., Cincinnati, Ohio, W. F. Baker, ieweler. Cartersvilie, Ga. Very respectfully, C. L. Ament, Member of firm of L. J. Oinohundro A Cos. ■; • TUe Election. The election passed off quietly on yes terday. The candidate's aud friends moved around quite lively, but the masses seemed to manifest comparative ly little interest in the election. The vote over the State is compara tively light—except in those counties where local contests brought out a larger vote. We have held back our paper several hours in order to give the vote of this county, which is as follows: CARTERBVILLE. Felton 262 Fonts 218 Crawford 240 Hargis 87 ADAIRSYILLE. Felton 69 Foute 69 Crawford 50 Hargis 52 KINGSTON. Felton 69 Foute 84 Crawford 48 Hargis 70 CASSVILLE. Felton.,-. 127 Foute 92 Crawford 61 Hargis 14 SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. Felton 86 Foute 78 Crawford... 33 *. 10 " SALACOA. Fe1t0n.,,.. 20 Foute 00 Crawford 23 Hargis.. 00 EMERSON. ' Felton 25 Foute 20 Crawford 32 Hargis 17 TAYLORSVILLE. Felton 37 Foute.... 32 Crawford.. 9 Hargi5........ 3 • * ■; AT.U! P Felton 26 'Foute 19 Crawford 36 Hargis 8 SIXTH DISTRICT. Felton 54 Foute 41 Crawford 32 Hargis 10 PINE LOG. Felton 109 Foute.... 56 Crawford 84 Hargis 23 ALLATOONA. Felton 4 Foute 9 Crawford .' 27 Hargis 26 WOLF PEN. Felton 40 Foute 10 Crawford 59 Hargis 8 IRON HILL. Felton 33 Foute 24 Crawford 10 Hargis 10 TOTAL VOTES IN THE COUNTY. Felton 958 Foute 752 Crawford 744 Hargis 338 The county goes almost solid for rati fication of the Constitutional amend ment. - Hon. J. W. Harris, for State Senate, had no opposition. In the 35th (Atlanta) Senatorial dis trict Hon. F. P. Rice is elected—the vote in Fulton being as follows: Rice 1960: Small 142,'5; Van Pelt 1323. Rice’s ma jority in the whole district is over 1,300. A Great House. # Cartersviile has many institutions to be proed of—and none to be prouder of than the well known and popular home of Scheuer Bros. Some people may ha ve wondered what had become of Albert Scheuer, on ac count of his long absence: but if you will just call at this house you will soon see what Albert has been doing. Inspired with hope for the future prosperity of his town, he bought a stock of goods that would do credit to a place like Atlanta. The goods are rolling in every ,day— the house seems already full, but the cry is “still they come.” There are stacks and stacks of dress goods of all kinds, clothing, shoes, hats, and in fact every thing you want in their line. As the cases are opened Mose Scheuers face is wreathed in smiles as he unfolds the beauties, and looks at the low figures at which they were bought. In fact the whole concern is in a good humor—even Sheet Attawav knows how to laugh; and they send all their customers away in a good humor. Read their new advertise ment. NO. 17.