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About The Cartersville courant-American. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1888-1889 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1888)
The Cartersville Courant-American. VOL. VIII. PROGRESS OF IMPROVEMENT. Numerous New Buildings Going Up in cartersville. Structure* Being Fashed to Completion That Will Add Greatly to Her Im portance and Attractiveness. /* _ r'i— : When one tasks the observation around Cartersville a little just now the great number of improvements underway that will be revealed to the understanding are convincing enough that we are in no stagnant condition and are marching ahead creditably in the great road of progress. About the site the of newest and most important of our improvements put un der way, now are signs of a rapid mate rialization in the conspicuous amount of work performed in a short week in the way of preparing the ground prelimina ries for the 'great furnace. A command ing group of structures will as soon as careful painstaking efforts can Fie pushed, show their proportions in healthful sig nificance before the gaze in that quarter. The Sam Jones Female College has re ceived anew some attentions and but for some difficulties in procuring necessary material would now be under the latter touches that are to bring its exterior to the finished state. The great pile of sand now being dumped in front of the foundation is significant of the fact that work is soon to be begun on the walls of the mammoth brick SIO,OOO business structure of Baker & Hall. Th osewho have been impatient to see this work moving on will soon have their vision greeted with the pleasing sight. Work on the Dobbins new brick has been allowed to lag until tirick can be had. Mr. Eaves has a kiln of 250,000 now about ready and the ominous ring of the trowell will soon vigorously re sound . The handsome $5,000 residence of Capt. Sim Mumford will be completed in about three weeks, the work beingpushed as vigorously as circumstances will allow. It is being carefully built and will be one of the most convenient, commodious and handsome homes in North Georgia. Mr. W. J. Neel is having a very hand some seven room dwelling built on Skin ner street. It will be finished in about two weeks, and will add much to the ap pearance of that popular street. Mr. Sam Arnold has had his cottage on Gilmer street finished and is now com fortably domiciled at it. Mrs. Field is preparing to have her residence on Erwin street raised higher from the ground, added to and modern ized and improved in many ways. Mr. George Aubrey has just had a plain structure he lately purchased on Kernodle screet transformed into a reg ular little palace, as bright, cheery and cosy looking as one could wish. Messrs. Roberts A Collins have had their store front tastily painted and other places bear, more or less, the effects of the brush. Few are the towns that can boast of assolid asliow of improvements, and the work not more than fairly begun. The Registration Law. There was considerable confusion in the late election, because of the failure of many Deople to post themselves on the new law requiring every voter to be ivg istered in order to vote at any legal election. This was to be expected, the first time the law was in operation. It is always so. But this law is in force in a number the counties of this State, and all over many of the States, and after it is understood works like a charm. Every fair-minded man should be willing to aid in securing fair and just elections, and close every avenue for fraud and illegal voting. This is what this law is in tended tor. We have heard some attaching blame to our representatives, who secured the passage of the law. Others have blamed the tax collector. This is all wrong. The blame rests upon the man who neg lects his duty to his country and fails to read and keep himself posted up in re gard to the laws by which he is gov erned. When we remember the large number of names with which the tax collector has to deal, aud th* nature of his work, it is easy to see how mistakes might be unintentionally made Of course the tax collector would have no reason for omitting a name which rightfully be longed on the list. No man would be fool enough to attempt such a thing if he had any reason to desire to do it. The law governing the actions of this officer is very strict, and he would suffer fetich malpractice. After this law has Fieen properly tested, it will, we think, find favor with every good citizen in the county—as it has in Fulton, Bibb, Chatham, and most of the leading counties of the State, instead of causiug confusion at the polls. ENTERPRISE IN THE SOUTH. Great Increase in tlie Number of Manu factories Over Last Year. Baltimore, October B.—The Manu facturers’ Record in its quarterly review of the South’s industrial progress shows that during the first nine months of 1888 there has F>een a great increase in the number of new enterprises organized over that of 1887, when the “boom” was attracting so much attention. A comparison of the new enterprises re ported during the first nine months of 1888 and 1887 shows a total gain of 348. The amount of capital and capital stock of the new enterprises for the first nine months of 1888: Alabama, $19,- 939,000; Arkansas. $5,900,000; Florida, $2,940,000; Louisiana, $5,259,000; Maryland, $6,059,000; Mississippi, sl,- 591,000; North Carolina, $5,254,000; South Carolina, $3,850,000; Tennessee. $8,660,000; Texas, $14,836,000; Vir ginia, $8,929,000; West Virginia, $5,- 703,000; Georgia, $9,388,000; Ken tucky; $22,101,000; total, $121,415,- 000. Judge It 11. Field. The Governor of Missouri has appoin ted Mr. R. H. Field, formerly of this city, judge of the circuit court of the 24th dstrict, in which Kansas City is located. The papers of that city speak in the highest terms of the new appointee. The Kansas City Times of Thursday says: “He was selected by the members of th3 bar as their choice at a meeting held at the law library Wednesday after noon of last week, Mr. Field received the largest number of votes from the start and was selected on the fifth ballot, re ceiving 96 votes to 87 for Major Mister. “The appointment is an excellent one,” said Mr. Wash Adams last evening,” and Mr. Field will make a good judge. The governor promised to appoint him without hesitation. The members of the committee visited Mr. Field upon their return from Jeffer son City last night and formally notified him of the result of their conference with the chief executive. Mr. Richard H. Field was born in Cherokee county, Georgia, December 27, 1853. He began to study law at the age of 20, and was admitted to the bar at Cartersville, Ga., m 1875. He came to Kansas City the following.year, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, in which he was very suc cessful. In 1.880 Mr. Field married Miss Annie Camp, of Marietta, Ga., and is the father of three children.” In connection with a long article about the appointment, that paper also pre sents a splendid picture of Judge Field. Another Hero Fallen. The Jacksonville dispatches of Sunday contained the following sad announce ment: “Edwin Martin, editor of the Times- Union, died at 10 o’clock this morning, lie had rested quietly until about 4 a. in., when he became delirious and restless until death relieved him. He stood hero ically at his post through the entire epidemic, and the conservative, cheerful tone of his editorial opinions had done not a little to allay fear and keep up the courage of the people. He was born in Tennessee, entered the Confederate service at the age of fifteen, practiced law, and subsequently edited a weekly paper in one of the northern counties Georgia, in whose legislature he served two terms. He was for some time on the editorial staff of the Savannah Morning News and came to Jacksonville in the latter part of 188 G as managing news editor of the Times-Tnion. In March, 1888, he was made editor-in-chief of the News- Herald, and upon consolidation of that paper with the Times-Union he became managing editor. He was about forty two years of age, leaves a wife and three children, at present in Savannah, Ga., and a sister and aged mother near this city. His death has cast a gloom over the entire community.” Nobly Said. Governor Gordon opened the Home exposition on Tuesday morning with one of his characteristic speeches that makes the welkin ring and hearts throb with pride After enumerating many of Georgia’s advantages, he said: “In conclusion, I want to join you in assuring our friends of other sections that they need no longer fear our South ern suns or Southern air. Come among us, friends of the North, and we will make you glad. [Applause.] Come among us and we will greet you with helpful hands, with hospitable homes, and with cheerful hearts. Come to this Southland, all ye that labor and are heavy laden with debt, and w # e will make you rich. [Applause.] Come to this Southland, ye who are chilled by biting frosts and blasting winds and will have your cheeks kissed by the softest air, and your eyes gladdened by the sweetest sunlight Come to this land of the sun and we will give you health, wealth, welcome and happiness. [Prolonged cheering ] CARTERSVILLE. GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER £, 1888. A TRAGEDY IN ANNISTON. The Editor of the Anniston Hot Shot by Roughs. The Yellow Fever Still Bad at Jackson ville—Heath of an Editor— Other New*. There is great excitement at Anniston, on account of persistent violations of the prohibition laws. Editor Edmondson, of the Hot Blast was dangerously shot in his office by roughs, l>ecanse of his stand for the enforcement of the laws. THE YELLOW FEVER, At Jacksonville, Tuesday there were 93 new cases and four deaths, Wednesday 63 new cases and 3 deaths. Four lie"' cases were reported from De catur, and several refugees have died at other places. The fever gets worse every day at Fer nandina. Expenses of Government. Banker’s Monthly. The growth and magnitude of the United States are brought out very strikingly in a little t>ook of sixty pages issued by the treasury department, enti tled “Receipts and Disbursements of the United States for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1888.” Over a million dollars a day, including Sundays—that is what the receipts show. The total gross re ceipts for the year were $371,493,277. That is several millions more than the year before, and in fact is more than any year except in wartimes. The customs service paid $218,000,000 of it, internal revenue, $118,000,000, public lands, $10,000,000, miscellaneous, $23,000,- 000. As to the other side, the grand total of expense is set down at $267,- 000,000. That leaves a net profit for the year’s business of $100,000,000 Oa the disbursements, $45,000,000 were tor salaries, $68,000,000 tor ordinary ex penses, $14,000,000 for public works, and $137,000,000 for unusual and ex traordinary expenses meaning pensions, war claims, headstones for soldiers’ graves, maintenance of soldiers’ homes, etc. There are some curious points among the incidentals of the expenses. It shows, for instance, the salaries of the much groaned about navy to be less than a quarter of a million a year, while those of the war departments are four times as much as the navy salaries. The salaries and mileage of congress are esti mated at over $2,000,000 a year. “Capt. Henry Jackson,” says the New York Sun, “has had perhaps a larger professional income than any Georgia lawyer since Ben Hill died. He received $40,000 for his admirable management of the Harwood estate, which he still manages; $15,000 for his Southern Mu tual case; $20,000 for the tax cases he managed for the Northern insurance companies. His fixed retainers amount to more than SIO,OOO per annum. He was lately employed by a St. Louis client to argue a case in the United States Supreme court and had an offer of $20,- 000 a year to come to New York as counsel for an insurance company; but he will never leave Georgia.” Mr. J. H. Alexander, secretary of the Augusta National Exposition, in a let ter to the Manufa ffurers’ Record, says: “Our prospects get better every day. All our exhibitors approve the change of dates, and we are getting many new ones from Cincinnati and Columbus, 0., that could not get here for our original dates. AVe shall be fuller and more complete and have vastly larger attendance than was possible under the original programme. Our races, November 22 to December 4, are going to be particularly benefitted and bettered by the postponement.” Married. At Grassdale, at the home of the bride’s father, on yesterday morning at 7 o’clock, Miss Bettie Pittard was united in holy wedlock to Mr. G. M. Surrett, of Summerville, Rev. Mr* Buford perform ing the ceremony. The couple left yes terday for Summerville, their future home. Mr. Surrett is a popular mer chant of his town, and his thoughtful ness in corning to Bartow —the home of loveliness and feminine worth —for acom parison is to be commended. The bride fs the daughter of Mr. Samuel Pittard, and is a most worthy lady. Attendants were Mr J Frank Wallace and Miss Lidie Saxon, Mr Henry Saxon and Miss Anna Cox, Mr James Pittard and Miss Cora Bishop. Public Meeting. There will t>e a public meeting of the citizens of Carters vide and Bartow coun ty, at the Council chamber, at 3 o’clock, p in, on next Monday to consider the ad visability of making an exhibit of our mineral resources at the Augusta Expo sition. Let everyone who can come out to this meeting. We have now the greatest op portunity we have ever had of advertis ing our wonderful and limitless resources, and we cannot afford to let it pass. The Middle Cherokee Association. Ihe recent session of this body was unusually pleasant and profitable. Dr. Ryals, who has been moderator for twenty years, says he has never attended one that was more so. Without the slightest delay the body entered upon its work. A resolution was offered by Bro. Callaway that the Association make an honest, earnest effort to raise the $1,600 asked for by Dr. Devotie and that a committee t>e appointed to ap portion the amount among the churches. After a few words of explanation by the writer and others, the resolution was adopted. Bro. Montgomery said to me, "N\e expect to raise that much in addi tion to what has already been contribu ted. I have not heard of a single Asso ciation that has complained of the amount assigned it. Indeed nearly, if not all have said, “Bro. Devotie did not ask enough of us.” After the usual routine of business, the standing com mittees presented their reports. These were discussed ably and instructively. The finance committee reported over sl,- 000 as having been contributed for mis sions during the year. Besides this, $2Ol were pledged for ministerial education, and about $l4O for the church at Bruns wick. Perhaps the most important mat ter before the Association was the con sideration of the establishment of a high school, to be known as the Ryals High school. Several bids have been made for the school but none were in shape to be accepted by the committee charged with the matter. The committee have power to take such action as they may deem proper in the premesis. It is understood that Adairsville, Calhoun, Kingston and McDaniels wil make bids for the school. The following query was sent up by one of the churches: “Should applicants from the Free will Baptists be received into our churches without re-baptism?” After some discussion, in which the mod erator took part, it was answered, “No. It is unsafe to receive members not bap tized by scriptuallv authorized adminis trators.” Among the ministers present who contributed to the interest of the meeting were, brethren, Headden, Cooper, Henderson, Cain, Dyer, Hood, Owens, Rice, Buford, Golden, Tatoui, Callaway, Hatcher, and others not now recalled. The brethren were gratified to see Bro. Ryals looking so well, aud were delighted to honor him as moderator. Since the death of Dr. Mell, lie is doubtless the best.presiding officer among the Baptists of Georgia. As the Theological instruc tor a£ Mercer, he is doing a grand work for the ministerial students in attendance there. We have no sounder theologian than Dr. Ryals. There are quite a num ber of useful and influential laymen in the Middle Cherokee Association, among whom may be mentioned brethren Free man, Montgomery, Fergurson, S heats, Rodgers and others. The last named has been for a long time chairman of the finance committee. By distributing en velopes among the messengers, the an noying method of calling the churches is entirely avoided, what a blessed thing it would be if all the Associations had this part of the business managed as well as Bro. Rodgers does it! Taking the meet ing just closed ad together, it was a model session. Bro. Rice makes ae ex cellent clerk, and Bro. Freeman a model treasurer. T. C. Boykin. Decatm-, Sep. 23, 1888. Municipal. Editors Courant-American: Please permit me through your columns to sug gest a ticket for mayor and aldermen of our growing little city of Cartersville for the next year. This is ail important era in our history, and every citizen should deliberate well before, determining by his ballot who shall be our next city fathers. I do not know whether the persons here suggested would refuse to serve or not, but it is to be hoped that they will not object to giving our people the bene fit of their services as public servants. Let a meeting of the citizens be called out and nominate the following ticket or one as good, for next year is an impor tant year with us. For mayor—James B Conyers; for al dermen —Ist ward —8 L Vandivere and G W Satterfield; 2d ward —A M Puckett .and J K Rowan ; 3d ward —Gerald Grif fin and J E Hall; 4th ward —R W Satter field and Charles McEwen. Let us lay aside all differences and agree for one time during our lives, and select men who will execute the laws of our city and save us from unnecessary taxation. Citizen. Have You Registered. Do you propose to vote at the Presi dential election next month? If so, and you hav§ not been registered according to law, you should attend to the matter at once. All who have paid their taxes for last year, are entitled to register and vote. The tax collector is the registrar, and all who are entitled to vote should see that officer and have their names regis tered as soon as possible. Communicated. STENCIL PIANOS. Q. What is a stencil piano ? A. A stencil piano is one on which the manufacturer's name does not appear. Q How many kinds of stencil pianos are there ? A. Two —in the first of which fraud is clearly intended, such as “Steinwax” on a cheap piano lo >ks like Steinway, “Sum uer” like Solimer, “Hartman might be mistaken for Hardeman, Ac. In the sec ond c.se, a fictitious, or sometimes an agent’s name is placed upon a piano, be cause nobody would purcliose it, if it had the true manufacturer’s name thereon, he (the manufacturer) having sold a great many of his Pianos (under his own name) in th.t vicinity, all, or most of which had turned out badly—in other words, his goods are too well known to sell on his name—therefore, he stencils anybody s name on them for a consideration ; or if they buy in large quantities, will either c ist the name on the plate, or have a small iron name-plate screwed on the plate. Q. Are all stencil pianos inferior ? A, Undoubtedly yes; for no first-class, or even second class msnufacturor will put another name than his own. The greater portion of the piano manu facturers are honest, upright and consciqn tious men who take a great pride in all they do; they work early and late in or der to get up new improvements for their pianos. They work for years to establish a reputation: Is it reasonable to suppose they would stoop to obliterate their own good name, in order to substitute one of a comparative stranger living way out west or south ? Q, Who does stencilling business mostly x i A, There are perhaps 1.50 piano factories in New York City—of these 25 would put your name on a piano instead of their own. C I) Pease and J P Hate have for years carried on the business on an extensive scale, and it is natural that we dealers should suspicion an “illegitimate” as com ing from them. Q, How does the stencil fraud affect the 1 agents of legitimate pianos ? | A, A legitimate manufacturer works hard for his name ; he must use only first - , class material, and must make allowance for dampness, heat, cold, &c., in building j his action, case, &c. He must useimport ! ed German wire for strings (that will not break so easily as the American), he must | get the best artisans—some of whom cost i him six to eight dollars per day—all of I which tends to increase the cost, but adds i to the wearing qualities of the instrument, 1 but not to the looks. A S4O buggy fre ! quently outshines a $l5O one, but it is “no : good” all the same. After buying only | first class mater al and paying fiast-class mechanic-, he finds he can retail his pianos at $375 to S4OO and make less j profit than a third or fourth class manu facturer, who will hire boys to stick the parts together after mechanics have whit tled it out. To this man there are only these conditions to consider: (1) Where can I buy my material cheapest? (2) Wno can I get to work for me at less than ; “men’s ’ Day. (2) How quick can I rush the piano (?) off n.y hands and get to work jon another ? (4) Nobod}' can hold me re- I sponsible—my name don’t appear in the j transaction or on the piano—so how is the man who buys it way down South to know me and hold me responsible for my “boy’ work? Therefore, the cheaper I get everything for the make-up of the piano, the more money I make. This affezts the agents of“honestly , made” pianos in this mnch, that he has ; been for years selling a first-class piano, j like the Kranich & Bach, or Weber, at j from $375 to SSOO, and has hosts of weil- J satisfied customers; another agent comes | into his field to sell pianos, and instead of trying to sell a legitimate piano, such as Steinway, 'Knabe, Sohmer, or Decker Bros., &c , he puts forward a stencil piano in a beautifully finished case, at froms2so j to S3OO, and advertises that he is a God : send to the poor down-trodden people, ; who have been robbed for years by old | established agents, &c., while as a matter of fact, the old agent could sell you the same piano under its true name, for SSO to s7* less money —but perhaps under its true name it could hardly be given away, in that locality, somebody having gotten stuck on one previously. Q, What do you consider the greatest ; evils of the stencil business ? A, That it savors of fraud ; that a man is trying to sell you something and is afraid to teh you who made it; that jhe can come into your city and sell you the “Gem” piano fora while cheap, and he knows it is a cheap pifiano, The next time he comes he has the same piano under a different name and sells it to your neigh bor, whom you have, perhaps, warned against the “Gem,’ a “Jno Smith & Cos, Smithville, NG, Cabinet Grand French Triple-repeating action, solid ivory keys, guaranteed to keep in perfect tune eight years—and the strings won’t rust, as they are made of silver, gold-tipped, &c, &c— --price SI,OO0 —but as long as it is you who want to buy, only SSOO, with 40 per cent off for spot cash, making S3OO, To bring the matter nearer home to you : Go to any large hardware store, and you will find knives, saws, scissors, Ac, with the deal er’s name stamped therein, If A S Jones keep the store, yon wi’l find “A S Jones” on the blades of the knives, saws,etc, Tell him to show you more knives, and he wi 1 get you down a Rogers or Wostenholm INL. Ah ! now, you say, I have it; I hare used the Rogers knives for twentg years, and they are, all good, The same with the Diston saw. Now. would it not be foolish for the hardware man to try to make you believe that the knife or saw with his name on it was first-class, when he only asks you one-half as much for it as the Rogers or Diston, which you know to be the best? Q, How can tbe stencil be abolished ? A, Well, that is a hard question to an swer — ill the legitimate makers have been trying to solve it for years without suc cess, but now al the best music journals have begun a hard fight to death with the stensils, and have done a world of good. The leader of this crusade is the New York “Musical Courier,” which had the follow ing “ad” in their paper, as well as in wes tern daily and weekly papers : “Have you a piano? Do you know whether it is a genuine piano or what is known asstenciljpiano? Full particulars given free of charge by the Musical Cou rier, 25 East Fourteenth street, New York.” This advertisement has created con siderable havoc as far west as Oregon, and the number of inquiries we have been receiving and answering have kept several of our force and a typewriter busy days and evenings. And still the inquiries come. This advertisement, which was also inserted in a special edi tion of the Chicago “Weekly Times" as well as other Chicago weekly and daily papers, also created consternation among the Chicago stencilers.” Now, this is the kind of work that will tell against the stencils, and the educa tion of the general public in musical mat ters will do tne balance. A Canal-Boat Campaign. The N. Y. Democratic State League has a novel campaign scheme. They will start jApaual-boat, loaded with speakers and •mfUpaign documents, to go east from Buffalo on the Erie Canal. It will be decorated with portraits of Cleveland, Thurman and Hill. One of the best brass bands in ttie State will acecAnpany the voyagers and discourse beautiful music as they float down the canal, drawn by six white horses covered with flags. Relays of horses are to be sta tioned along the line to facilitate quick passug*. A battery of light artillery will be stationed on the boat to salute the towns. Two other canal-boats are expected to accompany the party, carry ing guests. All the Democratic campaign clubs of the various counties will be on hand. The campaign clubs will act as a guard of honor along the canal until re lieved by the advancing clubs from other towns. A glee club will sing campaign songs before and after meetings. Huge oxen will be roasted and everything cal culated to make the meetings successful and pleasant will be on the programme. It is estimated that fully 200,000 peo ple will attend these meetings. Overflow meetings will be addressed by the best of local speakers. A printing outfit will be on board and an edition of a little paper will be published and circulated in each town containing a description of the meetings and the speeches of the ora tors. Campaign documents will be cir culated broadcast in the villages. New York is a battle-ground royal and will continue to be such until the day of election. No one can say from, direct knowledge what the result will be. Neither party has had an actual poll of the State —that is, a precinct poll cover ing all the voters. Both have had re turns from the county chairmen and committeemen and at the headquarters of both Democrats and Republicans satisfactory results are claimed. How reliable these are remains to be seen. It is quite evident, however, that tne men who are directing the Cleveland cam paign do not scare worth a cent, and if the reports which reach them from the interior are anything like reliable the electoral vote of New York will go to Cleveland. Some days ago the Evening News printed an account of how Miss Mary Whitelv and Miss Maude King, two la dies of Charleston, rescued three men from drowning whose boat had capsized and they were clinging to the bottom. The affair was reported to the Light House Board in Washington and the secretary of the treasury has ordered that gold medals be awarded these la dies for heroism displayed on the occa sion. In face of the last Chicago platform; in face of the repeated declarations of Gen eral Harrison, and in face of the months of persistent denunciation of the House by party organs and orators, the Senate majority has fiualiy publicly confessed on the eve of the election that the tariff must be revised; that the revenues must be reduced; that taxes must be lessened and that the free list must be enlarged. NO. 11.
