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Tlie Cartersville Courant-American,
VOL- VIII.
JOT EQUALED IN GEORGIA,
OP Any Other Southern State, Says
a Well Posted Man.
Carte Iron amt itlaiigaiiene In Quan
tities Beyond Calculation—Best In
Agriculture as Well as Iron.
Hon. Joseph Nf. Brown, the general
freight agent; of the Western & Atlantic
railroad, is one of the most thoroughly
informed men in regard to the resources
of the South that we know of, atul is
always ready to say a good word for our
I immediate section.
Knowing something of Air. Brown’s
I opportunities for gaining information,
| Mr Hiram Rlaisdell and his associates
I wrote for Ids opinion of Cartersville
I before deciding to interest themselves in
I our city, aud received thefollowing plain,
I truthful statement of his opinion in
I reply:
I ••jiessrß. Hiram Tllaisdell, Geo. W. Chinman, Pe
ter W. French, and others.
Dear Sirs : —Referring to the conversa-
I tion which I had with one of your number
Ia day or so ago in regard to the mineral
I and agricultural resourcesof the country
Wnthe immediate proximity of Carters
jAjile. Ga., I will state that, from my inti
pnate knowledge of the business of this
I company in that region, and having
I noticed the growth ot thecountry in gen-
I oral between Atlanta and Chattanooga
land throughout upper Georgia and the
I Eastern portions of Alabama, I am sat-
I isfied and have frequently expressed
I myself so, that, the best point for the
I location of an iron furnace is at Carters-
I ville, Ga.
Cartersville, as you are aware, has
I already a population of nearly three
I thousand. It is the Eastern terminus of
I the East & West Railroad of Alabama,
lone hundred and ten miles long, and
■controls the trade of a considerable por-
Itionof that road; it also controls the
■ trade of Bartow county, and possibly
■the nearer stations on our own road;
Ithe Western & Atlantic'. It is a consid
lenable cotton market, there being prob
lab], v ten thousand hales per annum re-
Iceived at Cartersville.
The amount of iron and manganese
lore which is found in immediate prox
liraity to Cartersville is beyond c;l1 add
ition. The ore is of a very high grade as
■has been proved by the fact that for a
■ number of years past there have been
extensive shipments of manganese ore to
3fce\v York for export, to Pittsburgh and
Bo Johnstown, Pa., and to other points
■in the North and West. There has also
■been an immense amount of iron ore
■shipped from Cartersville and stations
■within five miles of it on each side to
■Chattanooga, Tenn., to Rising Fawn,
Ida., which is a few miles southwest of
■Chattanooga, to Birmingham, Aa., and
■to other iron centres. The high grade of
■the ores makes them sought by the iron
■furnaces at the points named, which- are
■themselves located iu the midst of im
wnense deposits of iron ore.
I So far as the rates on iron products are
■concerned, I will state that from Carters
■ville to Boston, New York, Philadelphia
land other Eastern points we can at all
■times, and are willing to give the same
yates as apply from Birmingham, Ala.
■The same parity of rates will be main
■hiiimil from Cartersville to Nashville,
■Evansville. Chicago, and all points in the
Ignited States on and east of a line
■drawn from Cartersville through Chat
■tanooga, Nashville and Evansville to
■Chicago.
I The rates on limestone from points in
■Bartow county to Cartersville will iu no
Base exceed 50 cents per ton, and from
Pome points of course will be less. There
■s an abundance of limestone and of sand
*sk'ne in the immediate vicinity of Car-
Bniville.
As to the agricultural resources in Bar
tow county in which Cartersville is lo
!at®d, I will state that this county is in
the midst of the best section of Georgia.
The corn crops are very extensive, and
■he smaller grain crops succeed as well in
Bartow county as in any points in Geor
t’a - Hie land is more fertile than it is
lu the average Georgia county. In fact
the two best counties in Georgia for cot
ton are Polk and JGoyd, the counties
which immediately adjoin Bartow, Bar
tow being very near the two in its yield
°f cotton per acre.
The health of the county has always
hren considered good. The surface of
the country is in general rolling, so that
the drainage is provided for by nature,
ai 'd the Etowah river flows through the
onnty from the southeast to the nortli-
B There are also a number of creeks
■|nd smaller streams. The water power
■ n Etowah river within four miles of
W-artersville, is probably the finest in the
and has long been famous.
think that when vvecoine to balance
the advantages of Bartow county as
and agricultural county it is
■Probably not equalled in Georgia, if in
■ ac t in any other Southern State. I
■ha'eno hesitation in saying that it is
By judgment that capital invested in
P-urtersvilie and judiciously managed
can not fail to bring very satisfactory
returns. Yours very truly,
Joseph M. Riiowx,
Gen’l Freight Agt.”
Atlanta, Ga.
REV. SAM P. JONES.
Our EvangeliNt iu tl>e Golden State—llls
Great Work in Los Angeles.
The Copra xt-America};, in common
with Cartersville in general, rejoices over
the success of the gospel through the in
strumentality of Sain Jones in California.
From the Los Angeles Daily Express,
of Feb. Ist, we cull a few paragraphs,
which give un idea of the work in that
city.
“So far, as a direct result ofSam Jones’
meetings at the Pavilion, 1)75 persons
have professed Christianity and signed
cards requesting admission to some of
the local chufches. The crowds at the
Pavilion show no perceptible decrease,
as each night the vast hall is packed.
The wonderful Georgian still hammers
away at every sham and pretense of
Christianity, as well as everything that
is in violation of the divine law and com
mand. He retains all of his old-time
vigor, and on occasions he takes a spurt
aud strikes a sledge-hammer blow at
some of the great evils of the age.”
In an interview with an Express re
porter, Mr.’Jones gave the following iu
regard to his future plans;
“Yes, I am going to leave here about
next Friday or Saturday. • I am going
straight to Sacramento, where I remain
for three weeks, I am going to give
those members of the Legislature up
there a good old-time Georgia talk. I
see some of them have been gambling
again, and a card sharp litis plucked
them for f7OOO or SBOOO. Well, it serves
them right. But oh, what a spectacle
they present to the world, don’t they?
Feeding a lot of card sharps.
“From Sacramento I go to San Fran
cisco, where I expect to remain for a
month or six weeks. I will speak in the
same hall that Moody is now talking
from.
“From the Golden Gate City I go to
Salt Luke, and there I will tackle the
Mormons lor about three weeks. From
Salt Luxe City I go to Denver, where,
after a stay of two weeks, I will
proceed to to my home, at Carters
ville, Ga. My time for ten months
ahead is engaged. I have held meetings
in Kansas City, Chicago and St. Louis,
but now we are going to work iu all the
cities of the Middle and Central States
where halls large enough to hold a
crowd can be found.”
Entertain tiie Stranger.
The following from the Christian Vis
itor, we commend for its “true t ing” and
good sense:
“Be not forgetful to entertain stran
gers, for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares.” —Heb. 13, 2.
We have been impressed that the stran
ger within the gates of our city does not
receive that attention and entertainment
that liq deserves. Many of them are the
very best kind of people, are here pros
pecting to see how they like our Southern
climate it is true, but while they are
forming their opinions of climate, soil,
resources, etc., they are also forming
opinions of the people. They may be
ever so much pleased with the former,
but cannot make up their minds to cast
in their lots alongside the people, all be
cause we were forgetful to entertain
them, to show t hem a kindness, to be
courteous and polite and invite them to
see ns and come to church, Sunday school
and prayer-meeting. Had we not been
forgetful they might have liked us as
well as they did our climate and soil.
Then we would suggest to Christians,
especially, for the sake of the good opin
ion of the stranger, and for the sake of
the religion we profess. Let us not be
forgetful to entertain the stranger.
How many persons who send their
money abroad, remarks the Leaven
worth Kansas Sun, or out of their own
community, when they can purchase what
they want in their own town, or at their
own door, the same goods for the same
or at less cost, stop to consider that they
are destroying the very conditions of
their own prosperity? Few, we believe,
realize how very important it is to keep
as nearly at home as possible in commer
cial dealings. By this means the local
supply of money can be kept in constant
circulation, and will perform tenfold more
good than if sent abroad Irom whence it
will not return, perhaps, for a year. Es
pecially is this important when there is a
scarcity of money, for then a small
amount of money will, if kept within the
boundaries of a community, go round
and round, performing the functions of
circulating wealth and discharging the
indebtedness of a community, which, if
scattered over a broad field of trade
would be totally inadequate to tTieet its
wants and requirements, and would be so
long in returning to the point from which
it started that trade would become slug
gish and dormant, and hard times would
ensue as naturally as water flows dowu
hill.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1889.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT MOVE.
An Effort to Secure a Visit From
Eastern Capitalists.
CartemvUl.’s Tin e Greatest Needs as Sug
gested By Col. Blaisdell—Sensible
Ideas Wortli Acting Upon.
Col. Hiram Blaisdell is deeply interested
in Cartersville’s future. This he has
manifested in many ways and unmis
takably.
As manager of the Cartersville Im
provement, Gas & Water Company, he
has become closely identified with the
town, and naturally active in brain and
body, he can not be a mover in anything
he does not push, and our interests have
in him surely a live champion. Last
week he went over to Fort Payne, Ala.,
where he met the excursionists from the
North who had invested largely in min
eral property about the little village,
and is now anxious to secure a visit of
capitalists to Cartersville.
A meeting of quite a number of citizens
was held at his office Saturday night in
the interest ot the scheme.
Col. Biaisdell told of his trip, saying
that, the visitors to Fort Payne num
bered seventy, and in the company mak
ing the purchases there were 1,400 stock
holders. Their investments would mean
thousands for the development of a big
town there.
Cartersville most needs a hotel, next a
national bank, and then a cotton factory.
If we could get men with capital to come
here and investigate our advantages,
the chances are that one or all of these
might be secured.
He-favored the idea of having one
grand object in view and working to at
tain it, instead of numerous schemes,
some of which vvereimpracticable, foreign
to present needs and doubtful of maturity.
It was suggested that a representative
man from the city be sent to Boston,
from whence the excursion is expected,
and stay six weeks in the interest of the
scheme.
Col. Blaisdell left Saturday night for
vvi ncifi n fit. i, I! ic] if!ricipolis unci points in
Michigan, and will be in Boston before
returning. He will meet the represent ar
tive and will render him great aid by in
troducing aim to proper persons and
giving actual assistance in the necessary
work in the city. He is well known to
the great mass of Boston’s prominent
men and capitalists, and thinks there is
little doubt, that with a proper effort a
party of twenty-five or fifty can be in
duced t 0 pay our city a visit and inves
tigate her possibilities.
The following committee has been se
lected to look after thf preliminary
details of the scheme: Jno. T. Norris,
R. M. Pattillo, John 11. Wikle, G. A. Pat
tillo, I). B. Freeman, VV. C. Baker, D. W.
Iv. Peacock, C. H. Smith and W. J. How
ard. They will move up matters at once
and at a lively rate.
Bartow County Confederate Veterans
•Association.
Messrs. Editors: The banner county
of the empire State of the South should
not be behind her sister counties in or
ganizing a Confederate Veterans Associa
tion, and 1 believe if you will publish a
notice requesting every Confederate sur
vivor living in the county to meet at the
court house on Saturday, the first day
of March, at 11 o'clock, a. j(i., we can
effect a permanentorganization that will
help the old vets. What say you, Gen.
Y’oung, Col’s. R. IT. .Jones, F. M. Ford,
Majors Foute, Montgomery, Woolly,
Gray, et al. Let us hear from you
through the Couraxt-Ame ricax next
week. Old Vet.
Pleasant Prospecting Party.
Avery pleasant party of gentlemen,
Messrs. A. 0. Gillett, Joseph Deamer,
Perry Drake and J. O. Loomis, of Union
City, Pa., stopped over in Cartersville
Friday and Saturday hist. They were
on a general pleasure and prospecting
tour South, and hearing of Cartersville’s
advantages, as one of the party expressed
it to us, through the Copkant-American,
they decided to stop over and see for
themselves. They were shown about the
city, and left expressing great sir-prise
at what they had observed, and so
pleased were they with their investiga
tions that they evinced a desire to own
some of our dirt. We hope they may
become further interested in our town.
Reconnidcred.
Mr. L. C. Martin and family returned
to Atlanta last Saturday. They carried
the material which was intended for the
“Cartersville Progress” newspaper with
them —so that paper will not appear.
Mr. Martin investigated matters, and
surveyed the field thoroughly after com
ing, and finally decided that Cartersville
did not offer a field for a second news
paper—that the Coirant-Americax fully
covered tnefield. Mr. Martin discovered,
without the labor of getting out one
issue, what many others before him have
only learned alter long months of hard
work and much lc3B of money.
PORTER & VAUGHAN
INAUGURATE THE
j^EASON^-
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New Store! Stylish Goods! Attractive Prices!
We invite inspection and examination of our stock. See the styles; Look at the quality; Marvel at the prices
Neu and Beaut pul jnibrnideiies, in the loveliest and dain*ieat patterns. See them. See them YYe have lnroenml
varied assortm* nt. Exclusive styles, choice patterns* attractive prices. * large and
2"! w‘ ck n ,[ Kim, liingy is simply beautiful. Nothing like them ever before shown in North Georgia
500 Dozen IVarl Duttons at 10c. per dozen. Would be cheap at See them. It is a fact.
any housekeeper. SpSl Sale of’Towels! * S*e and" °‘ g °° jß * 8 ma9t aroaße thc enthußi * ST " of
50. AU IncLVrliy" uv ' 131,35 °" ly 10c - O" K* god t.ze, „„ ly
\\e can supply Towels of every size and texture to suit the roughest or finest use
N o our new W Into Omuls, new Scrim, new Laces, new Hosiery. Everything in our stock new f r * o i,
m “* ° W * "•‘“‘"••T first-ciase goods. tVton it cornea to style Ve recog.
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are o^i‘ogS y " S Th£lew Ko “°“* Fa,,Cs ' Ooo<l,Shoe. aud Hats, that Porter * Vaughan
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Porter & Vaughan.
BUSINESS IN GEORGIA. I
The Contrast Between llie Cotton and
Grain Heltx,
Now York Times.
The contrast between the cotton and
grain belts of Georgia was never more
marked than it is today. A compilation
of trade statistics, which has just been
made for business purposes, shows that
in every town located in North Georgia
importantenteprises involving theexpen
diture of large sums of money are under
way. Jin Cartersville, for instance, $750,-
000 has been invested within the last few
months. Griffin shows recent invest
ment® of about $1,000,000. In Rome
the scenes remind one of a western city in
the hands of boomers. Tallapoosa is
also making a good display in the devel
opment of her mineral capabilities. What
is true of these cities is also true of Car
rollton, Newnan, Gainesville, Madison
and of all the towns north of a line draw n
from Columbus to Augusta.
South of that line stagnation reigns.
But two points—Americas and Albany—
show any evideneeof progress. The mer
chants are engaged in tbesame old trade
of dealing out provisions and guano on
long time, and the principal occupation
of the planters is the signing of liens
against next year’s crop. The same old
cabins which have done duty ever since
the war, grown old and leaky, will have
to perform the same service for the next
twenty years.
Bad as is the condition of the planter
that of the colored tenant is worse. The
merchant belongs to his factor in the west
or east, the planter belongs to the mer
chant and the tenant belongs to all at
once. When the merchant is squeezed lie
seeks relief by pushing the planter, who
in turn tries to unload it all on the tenant.
The evil is iu the system. The system
seems to be an unavoidable part of cot
ton planting, and a community which
depends upon that product must bow in
slavery to the holder of the purse.
In North Georgia a different system
prevails, and just in proportion as it dif
fers the community is successful. Email
farms and diversified industries are the
rule and not the exception. There are
more home owners w ho owe allegiance to
no landlord. Tlu-re is among them a
spirit of marked independence instead of
the helplessness which rules in South
Georgia. To add to all these advantages
the mechanic art Hand handicraft are en
couraged. There is not atown butprides
itself upon shop or factory. The result
is a home market, as well as a ready dis
tribution of money, which goes in ex
change between producer and consumer.
It is said that corn grows to such pro
portions in some parts of Baldwin coun
ty that axe handles are made of the
cobs, and the stalks are used for foot
logs over ereeks, etc.
MORE LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.
Progress of the Work of the Oas Com
pany’s Force.
Since work was drat begun by the gas
company two weeks ago, very good
progress has been made, considering the
bad weather that part of the t ime pre
vailed.
The gas house and gasometer to be
erected on the company’s property on
look street, now have the foundations
cleared out and the work of construct
ing them will go briskly forward.
A four inch main will extend from the
works along Cook to Erwin, and along
Erwin to the Jones A Sons corner on
Main, and the ditches have been dug and
the pipes laid ami joined.
Several side branches of pipe are being
now laid, also.
A good force of hands are at work reg
ularly, and under the direction of Mr.
Mosier, who is a mover, will speedily get
the pipes down.
Col. Blaisdell, as we learn, hones to
have the liuhls on in sixty days, but if it
is a little longer than that, considering
the seeming amount of wo: k to be done,
it will not be surprising to the casual
looker-on.
An Olil Residentor Returns.
Mr.4k .T. Woods, of Centerville, lad.,
who is on a trip South for his health,
was a visitor to Cartersville for a short
while last week.
He left this county in 1848, and this is
his first visit since. It was a treat to be
near by and hear him and Gus Franklin
recount some experiences before the In
dians left. A most striking picture was
that given by Mr. Woods of how the Red
skins caught fish in the Etowah. They
would construct a geiu of brush, tied to
gether with hickory bark, that would
reach across the river. About a hundred
of them would get in and drag it for a
distance, then bring an end around and
confine the fish in a kind of pen. They
would then get in and with little har
poons kill the fish, during the work yell
ing and cavorting in true Indian style.
Mi. Woods expressed himself as most
agreeably surprised at seeing so good a
town as Cartersville at a site by which
he used to drive a six mule team hauling
goods front Augusta.
Death On the Kail.
Adairsville, Ga., Feb. 12.—[Special]—
There was a sad accident here this after
uoou, iu which Mr. W. W. Adams, lost
his life. He was attempting to uncouple
cars of a freight train, on wjiich he work
ed as traiu hand, when his foot was
caught under a rail, and he was drag
ged under the moviug cars. He was
badly mangled, and died a few hours
afterwards. His home was at Daiton.
Tiie unfortunate man’s brother, James
Adams, was conductor of the train.
W. AND A. ELECTION.
The Animal Meeting oj tho Stockholders
of the ttoiiil,
Atlanta ConHtitutlon.
The annual meeting of the Western &
Atlantic Railroad Company was held at
the offices of the company in this city on
Thursday.
Some important changes were made.
The officers elected are:
Joseph E. Brown, president.
R. A. Anderson, general manager.
Joseph M. Brown, traffic manager.
( . T. Watson, secretary and treasurer.
J. C. Courtney, auditor.
I he following executive committee was
elected: Joseph E. Brown, W. T. Wal
ters, H. B. Plant, E. W. Cole, H. I. Kim
ball, and W. D. Grant.
J lie president made the following ap
pointments:
J. L. Dickey, general freight agent.
Alton Angier, general passenger agent.
Charles Beardsley, master of trains,
The stockholders are very much pleased
with the showing made of the business
of the road during the past year.
In the election several promotions were
made.
Mr. Anderson is promoted from general
superintendent to general manager.
Mr. Joseph M. Brown, who was general
freight, passenger and ticket agent, is
made traffic manager.
Mr. J. C. Courtney, who has been gen
eral book-keeper, is made auditor.
And in the president's appointments:
Air. J. 1., Dickey has been promoted
from assistant general freight agent to
the head of the freight department.
Mr. Alton Angier, who has been as
sistant general passenger agent, is made
general passenger agent.
.Mr. Charles Beardsley is promoted
from the position of train dispatcher to
master of trains.
The stockholders and officers considered
all these promotions fairly earned by
those who revive them.
Lei; I5 k* n
Last Sunday while Mr. J. M. Todd was
standing in a chair attempting to get
siiine article of food from the dining
room safe for his little grandchild, he lost
his balance in some wav and fell to the
floor. In the fall, his left leg received a
powerful wrench and was broken just
below the knee and the knee cap was
wrenched out of place. Mr. Todd has
received skilled attention from his phy
sician, and though aged and feeble, he is
possessed of a giant will by which it is
hoped he will soon rally from his trouble.
Mixed farming is best because of a
greater variety of crops, more stock,
mb re- manure, larger yield and lessen
the loss iu case of drought or fluctua
tions in the market. It is not safe to
depend on a single crop for profit.
NO. 36.