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The Cartersville Courant-American
VOL. VIII.
pAPIDLY GROWING CITY.
■cartersville on the Etowah-A
| Georgia Ideal.
Kich in Minerals and Ores that are Equal
I iu Quantity and Quality to Aliy on This
f continent— Its Manufactures, Etc*
Binecial Correspondence Atlanta Journal.
I Cabtersvilmc, Ga., Feb. 1, 1889.—The
ide on the Western & Atlantic railroad
1 0 Cartersville takes about two hours.
Vhe road runs throng!) a very interest-
Kig section of Georgia, and v.hen we
Beach the valley of the Etowah (called
Bflightower” by the people) we cotne to
fl rich and beautiful country. The valley
Kfthe Etowah river is fertile, and near
Kg banks are thousands of acres of the
■nest mineral landsonenrth. Tust before
■aching the El owah river the railroad
■akes a tremendous bend or horse shoe,
Bid looking across the valley in the dis-
Bnce is seen the iron bridge over the
B-er. It looks as if it belonged to
Bother line of railroad which was going
|j) another direction. It reminds the
■aveler of the great horse shoe on the
Bie of the Pennsylvania railroad, but
■ country is not so wild and moun-
Three miles from Cartersville
■pie new town of Emerson, formerly
■egall’s station. The place takes its
■me from Senator Joseph E. Brown—
■ middle name is Emerson. There are
■illeable iron works at this place and
Baphite is being mined,
BWter crossing the Etowah river and as
B pass through the valley, we note a
■oad gauge railway, which extends to
Be right of the Western & Atlantic rail-
Bad. This road goes to the famous
B>J'k A. Cooper property, well known as
Be Etowah mining property. This
■operty contains 17,000 acres of land
Id is full of mineral wealth, iron ore in
ixhaustible quantities, and manganese
eof fine quality. Manganese ore has
Bu mined and shipped from this point
' some years, and it is said to pay well
■the mining. The last time 1 was in
rtersville on business I thought the
■vii was dead, and I marvelled at the
hargy of its people. It is located in a
lutiful country, in a fertile, smiling
lley with high ridges for building sites,
is the county site of one of the best
mties iu the State, a ounty not only
lof mineral wealth, but by statistics j
eof the leading agricultural counties)
.the State. There were good schools j
k and plenty of churches, fine water;
■ a good climate, good society and j
IM health, but the place was asleep,
ire has b en a great change; energy
1 enterprise with magic wand has
ikened the sleeping city, and today
re is life, activity, movement. Under
sent city government streets have
n opened and new industries en
raged. A contract has been let for
jer-works, and the pipes are now’ here
the gas works. New buildings are
ug up—handsome brick stores with
i and glass fronts—new dwelling
ises are springing up on every side,
nes good enough for any man to live
This city’s administration deserves
ecial note, and strangers going to
tersville seeking information orinvest-
U will be greatly, aided by calling on
j mayor of the city, who is also the
H’)t agent of the AVestern & Atlantic
tire lion. John C. Wofford.
■ ith him are associated as aldermen
first- ward, L. 11. Matthews and A.
■ Willingham; second ward, Moses
A. L. Barron; third vvard, John
■rawford, George A. Pattillo; fourth
■<l, John FI. Wikle, Charles McEwen.
Willingham is well known in
■paper circles, he is a son of C. H. C.
■higham who was noted in Georgia
Bpable and veteran journalist. Mr.
!lari > a live man and is one of
■"twing spirits in every enterprise
Rented with the growth of the city
1 development of the country. *
exceptional facilities.
laces, if any, enjoy, according to
illation, so many advantages in
facilities as Cartersville. The
1 & Atlantic railroad, running
tlanta to Chattanooga, runs
the center of the town, ami in
i°n of the South is there to be
i better equipped or more ably
and road than the old reliable
1 & Atlantic. The policy of this
8 been to provide the best pos
rvice, the cheapest rates, the
time for the patrons of the road,
this respect it stands out as an
“ 1° judicious management, liberal
ud foresight.
ast & AVest Railroad of Alabama
lf, r important link and one des
lead to great developments in a
rs by the opening ot available
nineral deposits and timber of
r 't?ble quantities. This road is
°ftant feeder to Cartersville’s
end development, and counects
hroad gauge roads —the Western
tic at Carters ville, the East Ten
-1 ieginia A Georgia at Rockmart,
Ganooga, Rome & Columbus at
" n > a °d again the East Tennes-
®®e Virginia & Georgia at Cross Plains,
tlie Anniston & Cincinnati at Duke’s
Station, and the Georgia Pacific at Pell
City. Thus it will be seen that this rond
is an important factor in the material
development of Northern Georgia.
1 he Cartersville A Gainesville railroad,
now being projected, will traverse a sec
tion of unparalleled wealth in the mineral
deposits and hard wood lorests of Geor
gia. This road will have as its objective
point Decatur, Ala., on the west, con
necting with all the systems over it, and
Charleston, S. C., on the east, thereby
affording connections at deep water with
the outside world. This road will be an
air-line to Decatur, passing through Atal
la, Gadsden, Rome, Gainesville, Jeffer
son, Athens, Washington, Augusta, and
thence on to Charleston, making almost
an air-line from the mountains to the
coast. This 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?
In Cartersville are about fifty places of
; trade, great and small, in which cau be
found quite complete lines of dry goods,
groceries, drugs, etc. Here also are the
Sam Jones tabernacle andtheSam Jones
female college, nearly completed. The
town is cut in twain by the Western A
Atlantic railroad north and south, and
east aad west by the East A West rail
road.
The St. James hotel is located on the
south side of a park orsquare, facing the
north, with three long colonades, and
presenting a beautiful view from the ex
tensive, 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
; limestone water.
Cartersville lies on a succession of little
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 corres
pondent tb 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 near by, the handling of
tons of limestone, and the traffic in the
many agricultural products grown within
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 Geor
gia's 137 counties it would be hard to
determine which carries the banner. Iu
agriculture this county is second to none;
in minerals it is marvellously blessed,
while in forestry it is prolific and varied;
only one county goes ahead of it in num
ber of available water powers, and it has
a fair showing of manufacturing. In
average yield of cotton, corn, wheat,
oats, potatoes, peaches, apples, pears,
grapes and general farm produce it has
always been among the first dozen coun
ties in the State. It is only rivalled by
its sister, Polk, in shipments of iron ore;
in manganese it so far stands alone, al
though manganese mines arc now being
made ready to work all through north
west Georgia. The water powers are
peculiarly suited to mining purposes;
none of them are very large, but there is
not a square mile in the county which is
not traversed by one or more courses.
A few years ago Cartersville was a stop
ping point for the night. Today it is a
place where the attention of the capital
ist, the investor and the prospective
settler has his eye turned. The reasons
are obvious:
Being in the center of a rich producing
mineral belt and in a fine agricultural
section, it is well adapted for great devel
opments.
Owing to the splendid water near by
and the wonderful mineral resources,
there is a splendid opportunity for the
fostering ami maintenance of factories,
of whatever kind, nature and capacity.
The climate is attractive and salu
brious. 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-seeker.
Hannah Moore, it is related by tradi
tion, “never was kissed in her life.” Is it
possible that this betrays the origin ol
the slang phrase, “That’s what's the
matter with Hannah!”—News-letter.
“If the heart of a man is depressed with
cares, the mist is dispelled when the bot
tle appears.” Not a bottle of spirits, oh
no! but a small vial of that invaluable
compound known to civilization as Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1889.
For the Courant-American.
MANGANESE.
Its Preparation and Some of Its Nnmer.
ous and Varied Uses.
BY I. J. M. GOSS, A. M. M. D.
Prof, of the Theory and Practice of Medicine iu
the Eclectic College of Medicine and Surgery of
Georgia, located in Atlanta.
Manganese occurs in the form of a
dioxide—black oxide. It has a metallic
lustre, and often contains GO per cent, of
manganese dioxide. It dissolves in acids,
but not in pure water.
The black oxide has been used in
an ala go us cases to those in which iron is
used. It is prepared for this use by
trituration with sugar or milk, 1 to 9
parts of the sugar. Dose Ito 10 grs.
of the triturate, three times a day.
It is also used as a source of chlorine
for the preparation of oxygen and the
salts of manganium. The sulphate is
used, in doses of 2 to 4 grains, us a pur
gative, to stimulate the liver, which it
does well. The carbonate, phosphate,
tartrate, malate and lactate have been
proposed for use, but are rarely employ
ed. Permanganate of Potassa—Potassa*
Permaganas, is much used. It is in
needle-shaped cystals, of a deep purple
color, amFis soluable in 16 parts of cold
wuter. This article is associated with
iron in the human body. They are found
in the blood, hair, biliary—calculi, and
renal calculi. The proportion of man
ganese to iron in the red blood corpus
cles is as oue to 20 of iron. If used too
long or in too large doses, like the salts
of zinc, it produces wasting and feeble
ness, a staggering gait, and finally par
alysis. It may also produce fatty de
generation of the liver if given too long
in overdoses. It is chemically incompat
ible with the saltsof lead, silver and mer
cury, also alkalis in a concentrated state.
Iron is synergistic to it. It aids iron in
cachectic states arising from syphilis,
cancer, struma, gout, prolonged suppu
ration, malarial poisoning, etc. Like
i ron,m aDga nese is reconstruct! ve through
the blood.
Permanganate of potassa is a power
ful oxidizing agent and yields up itsox
ygeu readily in the form of ozone. In
uric acid diathesis it favors the conver
sion of uric acid into urea, thereby pre
venting the formation of uric acid cal
culi in the bladder. It is of direct cura
tive use in scarlatina and diphtheria;
used locally and internally. It is of di
rect utility in erysipelas, puerpai fever,
septicemia, and in all septic conditions.
In doses of one-half to one grain theper
manganate of potassa, in distilled water,
has proven valuable in all conditions of
a septic tendency. But the most impor
tant uses of permanganate) of potassa
is as an external disinfecting agent. It
is also a very powerful deodorizer, and
for this purpose one ounce to one pint of
water is the usual strength for use. This
solution may be used as a spray, it is of
positive use in ozeena, ottorrhoea. Used
as a mouth wash, one grain to oneounce
of water, it destroys the odor of foul
breath, or of the fetor of sweating feet.
It requires frequent application. In leu
corrhoea and gonorrhoea, two grains to
the one ounce of water is positive. The
permanganate of potassa may be formed
by mixing together, and heating, ten
parts of binoxide of manganese and
twelve parts of potassa. It is so high
that it has not been used to that extent
it should be. The ore is very abundant
in Georgia and should be utilized by our
citizens. I have seen it shipped from
Cartersville to the Northern States, and
after it is converted into permangatej of
potassa, returned, and sold'at 40 cts.
and 50 cts. per ounce, which is $4.00 per
pound. We ought to use it extensively,
and make all its useful preparations at
home, and thus save the very great ex
pense of manufacture abroad.
Recently permanganate of potassa
has been used to destroy the virus of the
cobra, which it does readily if used
quickly. It is very efficient in destroying
the contagious effluvia about, the room
of typhoid fever patients, and to disin
fect the hands after making post-mortem
examinations, or after corningiu contact
with contagion or infection in any way.
And, besides the above uses, it is essen
tial in the formation of steel.
There are immense beds of this very
useful mineral, which, if utilized, will be
a source of untold wealth to Georgia. It
will be developed iu time, if not by Geor
gians, by others.
Bartow county makes more wheat than
any other county in Georgia. She might
make a great deal more. Imagine how
much wealth could be kept at home if we
made wheat enough to do the county, and
then had our own mills to grind it.—Car
tersville Courant-Ameiiican.
Bartow county has some pretty good
flour mills, that turn out great quantities
of mighty fine flour; but don’t you know’
that Cobb, Bartow, Gordon, Whitfield and
Catoosa counties’ white flint wheat is the
finest raised in the United States, and
about the only, and brings fancy prices in
the Philadelphia market, where the finest
cereals are dealt in?—Kennesaw Gazette.
the people pleased
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Tlie Cyclone.
A cyclonfe swept over a portion of Middle
Georgia early l.st Tuesday morning, en
tering the State from Alabama, and pur.
suing nearly the same course of two others
a few years ago.
Near Eatonton a number of bouses were
demolished.
The farm houses of Mr John Rivers,
near Nona, are reported a total ruin; the
dwelling house escaped with slightdamage.
The houses of two negroes and a gin
house were and( stroyed In one of these
houses a negro man and a child were
killed by falling timbers. Another negro,
his wife and three children, were probably
fatally injured.
Several houses were destroyed on the
farms of Mr. T. Mosely and Dr. R. B Nis
bet. On the places of Mr. Bozeman and
Mr. Parham a'so, considerable damage
is reported.
At first the storm seemed to becoming
directly towards Eatonton, and persons
sought safety in their cyclone pits. AVhile
watching the storm from the tower on his
house Judge Lawson received a shock by
lightning striking the tower just below’
him. He was not hurt.
At Griffin and in Spalding county the
storm did great damage. Only odc house
in Griffin, that of Judge AV. J. Beeks, was
severely injured. The top was taken off.
On Hill street-, trees -were torn up and
houses uncomfortably shaken.
In banks county perhaps the greatest
damage was done.
Mr. AVm. Meadows and wife are said to
be fatally injured. On this place lived
Mr. Thomas H Stevens and family. Mr.
Stevens was killed ; alo his son. Wm.
H. Steven3, received injuries from which
hedi< and at9o’clock a.in.,AYednesday, Mrs
Stevens and tw-o children were badly
hurt, A third child was also hurt.
The next place in the path of the cy
clone was Mr. J. R. Übanks, then Mr.
Thomas A. Nea 1 , then Prior H. AYright,
Thomas B Bruce and Croff Little, On
these last named places no lost,
but outhouses, trees aad fences were
blown down.
The path of the cyclone was said to be
about 800 yards wide or more, but foPa j
space of 250 to 300 yard* the timber and
everything else is said to be swept away.
Parties in the Grove Wednesday fromßanks
say that the wind seemed to have greater
force than the cyclone that swept across
Jackson county four miles south oftbat
place on the 10th of February, 1880, the
one that did such damage at the Nash
place.
“If humor, wit, and honesty could
save” from the ills flesh is heir to, what
a good price they’d bring in the market.
\Aell, twenty-five cents will buy a good
panacea—Salvation Oil, a certain cure.
Catarrh originates in scrofulous tqint.
Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood,
and thus permanently cures catarrh.
| [Communicated.]
Shall We Have Asesor*?
It is said that a man cannot dodge
death nor taxes. But-from the whisper
ings of the grand jury of the first week
it seems that some of our good citizens
are trying very hard to dodge their
taxes and are succeeding in a way that
will make it still harder tb dodge the
and 1 when their tax paying time is
over.
I he returns of ten persons and corpor
ations shows a shortage of at least, one
hundred thousand dollars in the fail
market value of their property. These
ten make a loss to the county treasury
of four hundred and* fifty dollars. If
were all, we could stand it pretty
well and chuige it up to profit and loss
or weakness of the flesh, but this shrink
age seems to be a pretty general thing
and the grand jury’s estimate is, aloes
to the treasury of two or three thousand
dollars. The town has assessors and
they are sworn to do their duty without
favor or affection. Nobody has dared
to charge anything against them and
yet there are some sad mistakes some
where. AVheu a citizen returns his city
property t-o the county officer at one
price and the city assessors put it down
at three times that price who has viola
ted the law? AVhen a man gives in his
real estate at one fourth of what he
paid for it within the last two years what
is fo be done about it? Is there any
remedy but to have a body of county
assessors? As they would beexttmsive
why not have the board to assess every
third year and let the assessment stand
for three years? This could be done for
perhaps six hundred dollars, which
would be an average of only two hun
dred a year, and if it- would save only a
thousand dollars annually it would be a
good thing for the treasury.
Judge John I. Hall has investigated
this matter of fraudulent tax returns
and says that if one-half the property
owners would give in as tairly as the
other half it would add seventy-five
thousand dollars to the school fund.
The grand jury for the July term will
have this matter of short returns before
then** and it would be a healthy check
upon the dodgers to have their names
and the amount of their sworn returns
published in the county,paper. Let the
public know exactly what they have
sworn to. Let us see if it is reony i,r"e
that the more property a man has got
the meaner he is. Citizen,
The Public Schools.
The public school commissioners will
meet at 7 o’clock Friday evening next,
Feb. 22, 1889, at the city council cham
ber. ’Business of importance will be in
order. The standing committees will be
announced. Let every member be present.
John AV. Akin. President.
| The Alliance at Oakdale.
Editors Courant-Americaw: The
farmers ( alliance at Oakdale, organized
in August last, with six male members
and five females. We now number be
tween forty and fifty males, ten females—
but tew more to join who are eligible m
this neighborhood. At a meeting held
on the 9th day of February 1889, the
following resolutions were passed:
As the guano manufacturers have ’
formed a trust like that of the jute bag
ging to gouge the farmers, when the
material for making it costs no more
than it has heretofore, and in our judg
ment can be shipped from Charleston
here and sold for sl2 per ton and make
a fine profit.
Resolved Ist, That we use no guano
or acid on our crops this year, plant no
more cotton than vve* can fertilize with
home-made fertilizers, plant more rorn,
peas, potatoes, sorghum and everything
to live on at home, keep out of debt, pay
as we go; when we can’t go, do without.
ResolvedJJnd, Any member violating
any of these rules it shall be considered
unbecoming en alliancpnmn and he shall
be expelled >om Jhe alliance.
The above has reference to the present
exorbitant prices, for wo know that land
is as cheap now as it ever was and we
can make it stink as bad as anybody.
Brothers in the alliance we ask your help.
Our shoulders are at the wheel, now
P Ufl h- Yours respectfully,
E. Venable,.
February 12, 1889.
Hitf Sale at Tallapoosa.
Away from home Tallapoosa is about
the best known city in Georgia, although
it is one of the youngest of our new
cities. In the past eighteen months Tal
lapoosa has expended more money in
advertising the adantages and resources
of North Georgia than all the balance of
the State put together. And this work
is bearing fruit. Thousands are coming
to our State, attracted by the efforts of
Tallapoosa, and while that city has in
creased in population more than any
other in the same length of time, all
parts of the State tire being benefitted
by Tallapoosa’s energy, public spirit and
liberality.
Many people have already made for
tunes by investing judiciously in Talla
poosa real estate, and after a little lull,
caused by the Florida yellow fever last
summer, the tide is again* turning, and
the number of Northern people coming
South for residence and investment is
rapidly increasing.
1 ne big auction sale of valuable real
estate in Tallapoosif, on March 7th,
offers a splendid opportunity for profita
ble investment. Read it, and write to
Mr. Davenport for plats of the property,
terms, etc.
NO. 37.