Newspaper Page Text
The Cartersville Courant-American.
YOL. VIII.
A COMING CITY.
Whose Resources Challenge Csmjarisoii
With Those of Any Other in the
United States,
In the R;ue Combination of Mineral De
posits ami Productive Soil.
DEMONSTRATING THE TRUTH OF
THESE ASSERTIONS.
VAST WEALTH FOR THE DEVELOPER.
State, Town and County.
In our series of articles upon the cities
and sections of Georgia, we have ex
essed our purpose to deal in fact, not
fancy. It is well to reiterate this here,
for we have come to a town and county,
where the bare statement of truth looks
suspiciously like theexuberance of imagi
nation. Every fact stated shall be ac
companied by the proof.
There are few, if any, towns in the
United States of the size of Cartersville
that contain two national celebrities,
such as the wonderful preacher, Sam
Jones, and the no less wonderful humor
ist —philosopher, Bill Arp. But it may
be unhesitatingly afflifhed that wide
spread information of the agricultural
and mineral resources of Bartow county,
will secure for it a celebrity not less
national and popular. At the very
threshold of investigation an inquirer
meets a fact that goes far to establish
the claim—a versatility or combination
of resources as rarely found as an ani
mal with equally good qualities for har
ness and saddle.
The subject matter of this article nat
urally falls into two divisions, which for
simplicity afld clearness will be followed,
especially as we desire to attract no at
tention by rhetorical flourishes or flash
ing but to give reliable in
fbnifation to those desiring it.
By reference to the map elsewhere, the
reader will be informed of the location,
andf will be prepared for a more intelli
gent consideration of the facts and state
ments that follow.
AGRICULTURAL, RESOURCES.
If there is a county in this State capa
ble of supplying itself with the neces-
of life, that couhty is Bartow,
ge soil produces cotton, corn, wheat,
o.tts, barely, rye, ground peas, tobacco,
and the grasses. The annual crop of
corte averages nearly a half million
busliiels, the product per acre exceeding
that\ of any county in the State. The
averjjftge yield of cotton is about a half a
bjfe to the acre, or over double the
average yield in the State. By compari
son of the value of its total crops with
the assessed value of cultivated acreage
it appears that the land iu one year pro
duces nearly half its assessed or estima
ted worth. Such a showing needs no
commentary.
The grass lands are excellent, produc
ing the best hay and clover.
I The uplands and the valleys furnish
Uhe variety of soil necessary to the pro
lluetion of cotton, corn, wheat, and
I ither crops specified, and possess such
Pjeitility as to make a sufficiency not
daily for home demand but for large
I export.
This is true as to truck farming, dairy
ling.tand stock raising. This is a cqnse
hiuent of the large area of land suitable
for pasturage and the cultivation of the
grasses.
.Stock growing is largely on the in
crease. Horses and mules, beef and
milk cattle, especially, are successfully
raised. The smaller husbandries of the
farm can be also developed to a remu
nerative extent.
These are facts, which are substantia
ted by the United States census of 1889.
Since that time great progress has been
made, not only in harmony with the
general recuperation of the South, but
through the special efforts of a people
Uspired by the possession of exceptional
|lvantages, and blessed by the most
favored conditions ofsoil aud climate.
When it is stated that not more than
bne-third of the county is under cultiva
tion and improvement, and even this
part not to the extent of its capacity, it
will be seen that the inducement to farm
ers to settle in Bartow is very attractive,
and justifies the tide of emigration be
ginning to flow into it from the farming
classes of other sections.
As to the prices of lauds, it is not im
portant to make here any statement,
be necessarily general, and
irection how to obtain them accurately
’lll be given further on.
MINERAL RESOURCES.
While the agricultural realities and
Essibilities of Bartow are thus great
pd iuviting, they do uot however, proin
ise such rich return and immense results
as wait upon the development of its
mineral resources. Upon these we shall
satisfy ourselves with some brief obser
vations, leaving the reader to gather
additional information from separate
articles dealing more in detail, to be
found in this issue.
The mountain ridges are full of miner
als. Iron ores, manganese, silver, gra
phite, ochre, baryta, lend, gold, and
other minerals abound, Specimens have
been exhibited at Expositions and nota
bly at the great Piedmont Exposition in
Atlanta two years ago, attracting wide
andprofound attention. These specimens
have been erected iu a mound at Car
tersville, between the two passenger
depots, where the actual evidence of
Bartow’s mineral wealth can he person
ally inspected by the passengers on every
passing train.
This mound, containing specimens of
all the minerals found in the county, is a
great curiosity. Avery good illustra
tion of it appears on our front page.
CARTERSVILLE
is the capital and principal town of the
comity. It has about 3,oooinhabitants,
is adnurably located, and has a growing
business based upon the county’s prod
ucts and manufactures springing out of
the mineral, timber, lime, and other re
sources in it. Some of these in successful
operation and in process of construction
are. the Cartersville Steel and Furnace
Cos., water works, gas works, dynamite
factory, ochre mills, planing mills, novel
ty works and foundry.
We might mention a number of striking
judications of its great future. Three of
these are found in the following facts,
which are more potent and convincing
than words. The Cartersville Improve
ment, Gas and Water Works Company,
seeing^-he certain future of Cartersville,
are now erecting their works, and laying
their pipes. No sane man would so in
vest save upon the prospect of a large
and speedily coming population, and the
value of their opinion may be somewhat
estimated from a ststenymt of the com
position of the company, which has the
following directory:
Geo. W. fhipman, 116 Tremont, street,
director of the Blackstoue National
Bank, president.
Peter W. French; 70'Federal street,
Boston, Mass., secretary and director of
the National Tube Works Cos., treasurer.
Elisha Thayer. 78 High street, Boston,
Mass., general manager of the Orient
Electric Gas ami Water Company.
Rev. Sam P. Jones, Cartersville, Ga.,
evangelist.
John T. Norris, Cartersville, Ga., real
estateand insurance, assistant treasurer.
R. M. Pattillo, C. P. Ball, J. H. Wikle,
Cartersville, Ga.
Attorneys and counsel, Hon. John
Lowell A Son, Boston, Mass., and Col.
Jno. W. Akin, Cartersville, Ga,
These gentlemen make strong state
ments which are compiled elsewhere.
Another powerfully significant indica
tion is the investment of the Steel and
Furnace Company; and the third is the
publication in the Cartersville Couraxt-
American of charter applications for the
“Bartow Iron and Manganese Company”
and the “Georgia Mining, Manufacturing
and Invest Company,” the latter of
which starts with a capital of one mil
lion dollars, and includes, among the
charter stockholders, besides well known
capitalists of the North, 11. S. Senator
Joseph E. Brown, president of the West
ern and Atlantic railroad, who has the
reputation of being the longest headed
man in America: and, also, for the Eto
wah Mining apd Land Cos., described on
another page.
OTUER RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES.
Articles upon timber, stone, lime and
other products, as well as upon location,
topography, transportation facilities,
educational institutions, trade, health
and climate —all of which are excellent
will be found elsewhere, and also some
remarkable testimony to the facts we
have stated. More specific information
can be had by addressing the mayor of
Ihe city or any of the officers of Hie va
rious enterprises spoken of.
Running streams of purest water rush
from the bills and permeate the valleys
in all directions, and such a state of af
fairs as we have often heard of in the
State of Texasnever obtains in the coun
ty of Bartow. Springs of both limestone
and freestone abound, and where springs
are not, water is readily obtained in dug
wells at depths ranging from 25 to 30
feet, fl’lie Etowah river runs through
the county from northwest to southeast,
and affords unlimited water at numerous
shoals und rapids. There are in addition
creeks, such as Euharlee, # Pumpkinvine,
Allatooua and Two Run, that in many
instances would be dignified with the
names of rivers. Altogether, Bartow
may be considered an extraordinarily
well watered county, and at the same
imp there is but little loss from freshet
or overflow.
SITUATION.
Cartersville, the county seat of Bartow
county, is 49 miles north of Atlanta, and
90 miles south of Chattanooga. Is the
most thriving town on the W. A. A. 11.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1889.
ll.—population of 8000. Is situated m
the midst of the most fertile valleys of
North Georgia, with fine mountain sur
roundings.
If the public desire to see what Birm
ingham, Ala., (now with forty thousand
inhabitants,) was ten or twelve years
ago, then look at Cartersville at the
present time; should they be interested
to know what Cartersville will be eight
or ten years hence, let them look at
Birmingham, Ala., and Pittsburg, Pa.,
now.
THE 28th IN ATLANTA-
The Day 01><*rve<l in Grnnl Style—l’iitri
otic ana Eloquent Speech by Gen.
V o u n vc.
The 26th, Confederate Memorial Day,
was duly observed in Atlanta—the entire
city putting on an air that betokened
sympathy with the occasion and the
hallowed memories it per petti ales.
Our gallant fellow citizen, Gen. P. M.
B. Young, delivered the address, and il
was one well worthy of such a cause.
We copy from the Constitution a few ex
tracts, whicli will give ail idea of the
splendid address:
“Who are these confederate veterans?
They are the descendants of those men
who fought the battle ol Cowpens, of
Kings mountain, of Savannah; who
drove Cornwallis out of these states and
compelled him to surrender at Yorktown.
They are the descendants of the men who
followed Seottand Harrison through the
Indian war. They are the decendants of
those who followed Scott and Taylor
over the burning Mexico, over
the plains of Palo Alto, up to the heights
of Chapultepec, and pieced’the flag of
our country over the walls of the Monte
zimas. The children of these men fol
lowed the fortunes of the confederacy,
and is if a wonder that with such a line
age and with such a record they are
jealous of their good name? Do you
know the secret of their devotion to duty
and honor 9 It was because they were
American citizens to the manor born.
There are more pure American born citi
zens in Georgia than in half a dozen
western states.
“The history of the confederate soldier
in battle and in camp was not the bright
est part of his career. His record in
wan +h- f >* vsV< 4 ill
crown. Notwithstanding the desolation
of the war, he went to work to rebuild
his shattered foi tunes, and presented to
the world one of the grandest spectacles
the world has ever seen. Ilis success has
been phenomenal. To-day the majority
of the positions of honor and of trust in
the. South are held by confederates. The
men who have builded so well were the
men w>ho followed Jackson and Lee. All
our greatest enterprises owe their inspi
ration and success to that grit and cour
age that made the confederate soldier
the best in the world. The men who
rebuilt Atlanta and who, as if by magic,
raised Birmingham stately and grand,
were the men who. for four long years,
wore the gray. The fifth of the hanks in
the southern states are run by southern
soldiers, four-fifths of the railroads iu the
south are operated by southern soldiers,
the goveriorS of all the southern states
wore the gray, out of the 175 democratic
members of congress seven tv-five were
confederate soldiers, out of the twenty
nine democratic senators twenty were
southern soldiers; one soldier on the
supreme bench, two in Cleveland's cabi
net, four foreign ministers, ten consuls,
and all reflecting honor and credit upon
the government. What a record!
Speaking of the solidity of the south,
General Young said : “We are not solid
iu a bad sense, we are solid in devotion
to our country, solid in our determina
tion that the honor and virtue and intel
ligence of these states shall be maintained.
“X would to God we could to-day forget
every bad feeling engendered by the war,
that we might live in peace and affection,
and march hand in hand, shoulder to
shoulder, no north and no south, in pur
suit of one common, great and glorious
object—the prosperiey of our common
country.”
His tribute to southern women was
particularly eloquent, and elicited heart \
cheers from those fortunate enough to
hear it. At theconclusion of theoratica,
he was surrounded by veterans mil
friends and heartily congratulated uion
his effort.
Th Stilesboro Picnic.
Next Saturday is the day for the n
nual picnic at Stilesboro, and many if
our people will take a da\’ uff to enjy
the fun.
I’omp Johnson, Cartersville’s popult
caterer, will be on hand with a full su
ply of ice cream, lemonade, and othi
refreshments, to supply the crowd wit
cooling beverages. He will also carrj
the excelsior string band and furnish till
choicest music for those inclined to “t.rij
the light fantastic toe.”
Let everybody turn out aud have a<
good time. (
The popular blood ’purifier, Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, is having a tremendous
sale this season. Nearly everybody takes
it. Try it yourself.
Tu Bt A STANDARD GAUGE.
The Work of Improving the East
& West Begins-
Our Narrow Road t he Rapidly
Pushed to the Coalition ..la First-
Class Railroad.
Col. C. P. Ball is back from New York.
He is hapny.
The Oouiunt-Amei:k’ax is glad to an
nounce that the order of court has been
passed, the interested parties are all
agreed, and Col. Bali's plans for broaden
ing the gauge and making the E. & W.
a first-class road in every particular arc
to be carried out. He is already mov
ing iu the matter—purchasing crossfire,
largely increasing the force of hands on
the road bed, preparing for bids ou
bridges, etc.
It will require a large amount of work
to carry out the plans proposed, but
Col. Ball lias got the' thing all down fine,
and will be able to complete il iu the
shrotest possible time.
The most approved iron bridges will
take the place o the present structures,
heavy steel rails will go down, and the
very best of material will be used iu every
part ot the work.
It is the intention of Col. Ball to pros
ecute the work in such a manner as not
to interfere materially with the regular
business of the line. It will be done by
sections—pntting standard gauge roll
ing stock on the first section as soon as
the track is ready for it—thus gradually
working out the narrow gauge materi
al,’without interfering with the busi
ness.
This movement really means as much’
for Cartersville as any enterprise recently
proposed. It means that she is to have
another outlet b.v a standard gauge
road—and that too to the nearest coal
fields. It means (we think) that it will
nol belong before these iron arms are
to reach out and connect with the Rich
mond & Danville system at Gainesville,
when we will have railroad facilities
equal to any city in our section.
The expenditure of nearly a half mil
lion dollars on this line will give new life
to all that section between this city and
the oibe. t<^.minus. When the cars can
'be loaded tyt eae Sum,,ore banks
along the fine and moved without the
troublesome transfer, as at present, it
will give anew impetus to the mining
business all along the line, and add im
mensely to tile traffic of the road.
Thanks to the energy and pliiek of Col.
Ball, that which Cartersville has so long
desired is at last to be consummated.
THETRAD3IS CLOSED.
And $190,000 i. e.KI for 17,900 Acres in
Dartow County.
At-lenta Journal.
Ihs morning the trade between the
Etowah Iron and Manganese company
and capitalists of Nashville and Rii
mingmm for 17,000 acres of land in
Bartexv county wu-relosed aud $190,000
in cadi paid by the purchasers.
Mr. I anas Parks, of Nashville, and
Mr. Xu 1 lord, of Birmingham, represen
ted tie purchasers. They have associa
ted xvth them several northern capital
ists. I’he syndicate hs an option on
2,000n<-res of land north of Cartersville,
on wlit h they propose to establish anew
town. 1 hey will build furnaces, rolling
mills s l manufactories.
Mr. Jtaron Haas says that if the syn
dicate carries out its plans, there is a
boo in i store for N’orth Georgia the like
of whiti has never been known before.
SlioG Ily :t Tramp.
Mr. ). B. Milt>r, baggage master on
the \\. • \. Railroad and a brother of
Mr. M. J. filler of this city, had a lively
bout wih tramps, near Big Shanty last
Saturdar night When No. 11, which
left Atlifta a 11:1s, was nearing Mari
-I‘tta tit tramp was ejected from the
rain. i got on again ami was put off
the se<>:id time this side of Mari
etta, ip was determined to steal a ride,
and wh*i the train reached Big Shantv
he was faugh t. on the platform of the
baggag) and Mr. Miller, the baggage
master, ejected him from the train.
Phis tipe there was a white man with
the nego, and he was also put off.
As thi tiain moved off Mr. Miller was
standing on the platform, and the negro,
who hal slipped around on the other side
of theefcr, and, drawing a pistol, fired ar
him, tin ball passing through*the fleshv
part of both legs below the knee. The
negro tan and Happen led in the darkness.
Mr. .Miller was taken to Acworth. His
wound, though pnintul, is not serious,
and lie will soon be on the go again.
Since the first of tfie present year no
less than thirty families have moved into
Athens from the country around, drawn
there mainly by the school facilities
offered them for the education of their
children. *
The McCormick is the only harvesting
i hachine properly represented iu this
jtetion. It is the best machine of its*
uss. 2t
PORTER & VAUGHAN
Inaugurate the month of May with the Grandest Bargains in
White Goods, Luces cod Lmhioideiies
..
Ever before shown in this market. Our
WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT
Is full of the choicest goods and latest novelties. Full lineof Victor'a Lawns. India
Linens, Persian Lawns und Mulls ranging from the cheapest to the finest. See and
[a ice our beautiful line of lace, striped and checked Lawns; beautiful line of plaid
and satin striped Lawns; brocaded checked Lawns, in lovely designs. Our prices
on Marseilles are simply uumatchable.
Porter & Vaughan's
LOW PRICES ON WHITE GOODS
Will astonish the most careful buyers. Porter A Vaughan's stock of
EMBROIDERIES • AND . LACES
is simply grand. The styles and prices will please all. We bought them to sell and
have marked prices that' will certainly take them. Don’t fail to see our beautiful
line of Swiss Embroidery. Our stock embraces all widths, from the tiniest edge up
to the widest- skirtings. Rememlier every piece we show von is entirely new designs
Full line of Hamburg Embroidery in new and beautiful designs.
E^OUR-FLACESEFE 1
Tom prise all that is new and novel. See and price our line of Torchon La.es and
Oriental Lam. Grand bargains in Lace Suitings. Beautiful Valpiieieues SI h-t.
mgs. narrow to match. Lovely black silk Chantilly Skirtings atr eicarSkb’y ow
prices. J
PORTER <fc VAUGHAN S
STOCK OF PARASOLS
Embraces the newest-and nobbiest goods. See our hue of gloria silk P o-csolk silt-
PORTER t YAUGHAH’S STOCK OF FANS
ImneivHmv prices? CO,nutoto iu tl,e citv ’ All style.- and grades of Fans.' at ex-
PORTER & VAUGHAN’S
STOCK OF LAWNS AND MUSLINS
*
Embraces the most exquisite designs and colorings Bountiful * ,
< 'hallies. Full line Pacific and Manchester LaSSS *surlino ofimtmrZl 7
simply beautiful, Our prices on Lawns are the lowest orted L “ wUM ure
GRaND bargains in
GLOVES m MITTS
at PORTER & VAL 1 HAN’S. O,r
HOSIERY DEPARTMENT
Has been a big success. Our prices on Hosiery are the lowest to be found Full
the people * Our line of Btnped Hose ’ modes and tan Hosiery, at prices which’pleaea
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
is simply grand. See our line of
STR AW HATS I STRAW H ATS I
Thev are the laW styles and newest blocks. Beautiful line Shirts, Underwear Ho
nvy Fennel Overs arts, Suspenders and Neckwear. Our prices ou furnishing
goods are correct. Our 1
GSHOE DEPARTMENTS
Still in the lead. We have just received another shipment of J. F. Swain A Go’s
flue "hot* for boys , misses and children. The people are pleased with the Th'.!
BaU’s ceEbrated fine la<S.‘ ‘ \\VUrveTposU^‘gnamtS’wHh ouTshlf
ui shoe Btock all stvleft and ouulitius Pet’’ t Vurtrimn i
ters for shoes. See our line of Gents' Shoes We h„L A- ‘“ h T beadquar
° the finest. A positive a™, A " the
SAMPLES SENT TO ANY ADDRESS.
PORTER & VAUGHAN
Bry Goods, Notions, Shoes and Hats.
NO. 47.