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The Cartersville Courant-American.
VOL. IX.
UORE HIGH EDUCATION,
An interesting Interview- With
Rev Dr W H Felton.
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„ r Oessner, of Americas, Visits the
of Barlow County *n) Sceares Some
Valuable Information.
Krorn the Americas, Ga.,‘Reorder.
Cautkiwville, Ga., June 28.—Two
and'a half miles from Curtersville, in a
fertile valley, surrounded by green-.ver
duved hills, in an unpretentious but coin
fortahle farm house, lives Dr. W. H. Fel
ton, “the sage of Bartow.” His sUrround
jn<'S are indicative of the character of
the man. Unpretentious in manner,
open-hearted as the doors of his house,
; >s firm in his convictions of right as the
hills which surround him, he is a man of
the people, and one has but to spend a
few hours with him in his house to learn
the secret of his great hold upon the at
lecfion and the confidence of the people
, of his section.
k Those who listened to or read the de
bates iu the last session of the legisla
ture upon the appropriations to the ed
ucational institutions of Georgia know
how firm a friend those institutions have
jin Dr. Felton, and how great is his inter
est in them. Tifat. interest, and the de
sire to broaden the field of education in
this State, has led him to draft a bill to
be introduced at the coming session of
the legislature, which proposes not only
to place our existing educational insti
tutions upon a firm basis, but to so ex
tend their work as to place a fair educa
tion within the means of ull the youth of
our .State.
Being interested in seeing a more effi
cient and broader educational system
adopted in Georgia, I to-day called upon
Dr. Felton at his home tor the purpose
of learning the details of his plan—an
outline of which was published some
days ago.
The bill which he has prepared is based
upon the lease of the State road, which
le is confident will be provided for at
he coining session of the legislature; in
act, consideration of this question will
ome up in the house a week from next
Tuesday.
“Under the present lease,” said the
ioctor, “the State receives a rental of
25,000 per month, or SBOO,OOO per
nmim. One half of this sum ($150,000
ler year) goes to the common school
uud, and the other half is covered into
he State treasury.
“My bill is drawn upon the basis of
•30,000 per month, or SBOO,OOO per
ear, although I believe the road can be
ented for $40,000 per month. 1 pro
pose to appropriate one-half of the rental
o the common school fund, which would
;ive it, at $30,000 per month, SIBO,OOO,
•r $30,000 per year more than the fund
t present receives. In addition to this,
propose giving to the common school
and all of the rental above $30,000 per
aonth. In other words, if the road
hould be leased for $35,000 per month,
he common school fund would receive
he additional SOO,OOO per year, making
total of $250,000. If the road should
e leased at $40,000 per month, as 1
innk it can be, the common school fund
ould receive the additional $120,000,
r a total of $300,000 per year, double
hat it now receives. You willjaerceive
Y this that I make due recognition to
ie importance of bettering our common
fhool system. At the same time I also
[cognize the importance of giving the
Mte children of the state an opportu
ne of acquiring a higher education by
a portion of the proceeds
■ the work which their fathers built to
Heir special use.
■‘Still figuring upon a basis of $30,000
■ r month rental, my bill proposes to
■propnate one-half of that amount, or
■BO,OOO per annum, to higher educa
-81 - distributed as follows:
■ ' *'o the exDeriinental station and farm,
B per cent., or $31,600 per year. This
8111B 111 " 'II place this new and important
B tllre ' n °ut‘ course of education upon
B?°od working basis.
B'lo the State University for the use of
Banch colleges, 30 per cent., or $54,000
B'annum. The bill provides for the es
■blishrnent of a branch college in each
■ngressional district where none now
■ists. These new branch colleges are
■ be located, named and accepted by
B” board of trustees of the university in
Bch places-as are most accessible and
B' most healthful; these being
preference to be given to these
Bices which are the most liberal in their
■nation. Each branch college is to oe
■ini't of the University, and under the
of the boai and of trustees of the
■'versity, the chancellor having general
The course of study in
■ch branch colleges to Ye the same as
■ branch colleges already established.
two branch colleges are already
■ated in the same Congressional dis
■■ct, the appropriation for that district
all be equally divided between them.
iese branch colleges will give the white
ildren in each section of tiie State an
opportunity of acquiringagood academ
ic education and fit such as choose to do
so to enter the ( niversity. These col
leges are to be open alike to male and fe
male scholars.
“To the Technolaglical school 12 per
cent., or $21,600, a sum that will give it
agood working capital, and more than
has heretofore been appropriated for it.
“To the State University, for the use
of an industrial school for girls, 12 per
cent, or $21,000 per annum, the same as
that appropriated to the Technological
school. This college is located by the
trustees of the University, upon the same
conditions as the branch colleges are lo
cated. I deeply feel that we have been
remiss in our duty toward our girls, and
the establishment of this industrial col
lege is not only an act of justice, but it
will be most beneficial to the State in en
couraging a spirit of industry and inde
pendence among those who are too often
dependent upon a broken stay.
“To the State University, for the es
tablishment of a prize scholarship fund,
17 per cent., or $30,000 per annum.
This fund is to be used iu paying the
board, clothing and booksof one scholar
at the State University from each coun
ty. These scholars are to be selected by
Competitive examination, preference to
be given to those who are not pecuniarily
able to enjoy the advantages of an uni
versity education. This prize scholar
ship will not only stimulate the scholars
in all our schools, but will enable at least
a few of our poor young men to satisly
their desire for a higher education. Each
beneficiary scholar will be required to
take a full A. 13. course, but will not be
permitted to take any other course as a
beneficiary.
“The remaining 17 per cent., or $,30,-
per annum, is to be given to the Univer
sity for the establishment of new chairs
to be.designated as follows: Constitu
tional history and politcal science, logic
and elocution, general history, sacred
literature and evidences of Christianity.
This, I believe, embraces all the features
of the bill. I have tried to do justice to
all our educational interests, and to
make it possible for onrchildren to enjoy
at least some of the advantages of a lib
eral education.
“Doctor, as the carrying out of the
provisions of your bill is entirely depend
ent upon the lease of the State road,
what effect will the passage of the rail
road bills pending in the house—the
Olive bill for instance—have upon the fa
vorable leasing of the road ?”
“Well, the passage of the Olive bill, I
think, would prevent a favorable lease ;
that is, it would prevent our realizing
the greatest amount of rental. The ef
fect of the passage of that bill would be
to depreciate railroad securities in Geor
gia, and would prevent such corpora
tions as could afford to pay the highest
rental from making any bid for the road.
There are railroad companies who, on
account of the connections the State
road would give them, could afford to
pay a much larger rental than any com
pany which would operate it as an inde
pendent line. The leasing of the State
road should be purely a business trans
action, and it is important that it should
be rented for the largest amount we can
secure. As the road is no longer our
only highway to the North and West,
there is no longer any necessity for its
lease being restricted to individuals and
Georgians. The road must be run in
competition with other toads, and it
should be freed from all restrictions oth
er than those imposed upon other roads.
Our railroad commission is sufficient to
protect our people from excessive
charges or unjust discrimination, and I
look upon all other railroad legislation
at this time as being both unwise and
dangerous.”
“I am surprised to hear you talk that
way, doctor, for, if I remember rightly,
you introduced in the house last session
a measure somewhat similar to the Olive
bill.”
“That is true, but I have grown old
enough not to be ashamed to admit hav
ing made a mistake. While I fear, to
some extent, the dangers which may
result from railroad combinations, I fear
more the dangers which would result
from the radical legislatibn by which it
is proposed to check such combinations.
After a careful study of the situation, I
can now see that such legislation would
not only be unwise, but extremely dan
gerous. At the present time our State
is being developed by new railroads,
millions of dollars being spent in their
construction, thus not only adding to
the wealth of the State, but opening up
new avenues of trade, and furnishing to
our farmers new markets for their pro
ducts. The money for building these
new railroads must necessarily come
from the great money centers of the
country —for we have not the means our
selves —and any railroad bonds are being
sold upon extremely advantageous
terms. The passage at this time of any
such hostile or restrictive law as that
proposed by the Olive bill, or even the
bill I introduced at the last session,
would, I lear, alarm the capitalists who
Lave been baying our bonds, and the i
CARTEIiSVILLE, GA., TH -JRSDAY, JULY 4. 1889.
consequence would be a depreciation of
our securities, and the stoppage of work
on our new roads. This could not but
result in a financial panic, and iriy expe
rience is that farmers are the ultimate
losers in such panics. We cannot now
afford to run any risk of retarding the
wonderful development of our State
which is going on, and we had better to
endure a few ills than to administer a
remedy which is worse than the disease.”
Any description of a visit to the home
of Dr. Felton without allusion to his
talented wife, would be regarded by the
Georgia render as so incomplete as to be
viewed with suspicion.
1 had heard much of the brilliant con
versational powers of Mrs. Felton, but
even then was not prepared for the in
tellectual treat I enjoyed. With a wide
acquaintance with prominent men and
women all over the country, and a won
derfully retentive memory, she converses
freely and intelligently upon every sub
ject; while her reminiscences are amusing
and instructive. While for some months
she has beeu a sufferer from a fractured
shoulder and neuralgia, her mental
energy retains its strength, and her
bright eyes lighten up with the fires of an
active brain. Just now her greatest
interest seems centered in her horses and
colts, of which she may well be proud,
and which, in her hands, are as gentle as,
and display all the affection of kittens.
She lias already demonstrated that stock
raising in Georgia is not only possible,
but profitable.
No one who visits Dr. and Mrs. Felton
at their homo can but be impressed with
the unaffected simplicity of their lives,
and no visit is made without a desire
for its repetition. G.
Letter Front Hot Spri. gs.
Hot Springs, Ark., June 22, 'B9.
Editors Coirant-A.mickican : Anoth
er week has passed mid still finds me
here, a regular daily visitor to the Cen
tral bath house. Today numbers my
24th bath. lam hooked for seven more.
My health is improving rapidly. 1 hope
to return home about the first of July.
Last Tuesday, in company with three
other convalescent patients, the party
representing Illinois. Missouri, New Mex
ico and Georgia. We boarded a hack,
bound for Hell's Half Acre, and Thou
sand Dripping Springs, lour miles north
west of Hot Springs. The country is
rough and mountainous, and our pleas
ant coachman (agentleman from Africa),
with a span of Texas ponies, was a care
ful and attentive driver, and as we ap
proached narrow defiles I e would give a
blast of his horn and call our attention
to some rough peak or bluff. We halted
a moment at Gillen’s, White Sulphur
Springs, then at the great Iron spring,
the owner, a lady 110 years old, who,
our driver said, was as peart as a crick
et. Our next stop was near a rough,
steep mountain, where we were notified
that we must climb the rugged path for
a quarter to see Hell’s Half Acre. When
we arrived at the spot it was not neces
sary to be notified. There before us was
a strange sight, awful grand and pecul
iar. it looked as though ages ago there
had been an upheaval, the bluff had been
tossed into the air, and as it fell the huge
! stones were bursted. They have the ap
; pearauce of being broken with a sledge
hammer. Not a sprig of vegetation can
be seen, and in some places the stone has
the appearance of having been in a fire.
The peculiar appearance of the [dace
and the name made me feed rather serious,
and we all, with one acco-d, marched
away and made pretty good time to
the road where we left our hack, we an
nounced ull aboard, and off dashed the
m ustangs, bound for the Thousand Drip
ping Springs, and in a short time our
driver gave a blast or two with his horn
and called out, “Look to the right, and
see the grandest springs in the United
States;” and there before our eyes was a
steep bluff, and pouring from it was the
beautiful clear water from perhaps a
thousand places, more or less, “some
what dependent upon the number of
them.”
We had a pleasant trip, and felt well
pleased with what we saw. All the coun
try around Hot Springs is a rough,
rocky, mountainous country. If it was
not forthegreat healing springs it would
only be inhabited by wild animals, centi
pedes, tarrantulas, etc.
By invitation, I will stop over one day
at Little Rock to pay Gov. I.l’. Eagle a
visit. We were soldiers together for two
years.
With regards to your correspondents
and the numerous readers of the Cou
itant-American, and wishing you great
success, I am yours truly,
Jack
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CONFEDERATES OF THE STATE
An Association to be Formwii at a Con
vention August 15.
The Confederate survivors of Georgia
will hold aconvention at the Confederate
hall, in Atlanta, August- 15th, this year.
A call has been issued. Each associa
tion in the State can send as many dele
gates us it wants, and all counties that
have no association are requested to
have representatives here.
The purpose of the convention is to or
ganize a State Confederate Association.
Free Tuition for All in Mercer University.
The trustees of Mercer University,
Macon, Ga., have taken quite a step for
ward in declaring free tuition to all stu
dents in flu 1 future. This splendid insti
tution lias n record to be proud of in the
way of achievements in the past, but the
future promises much greater results
than the past has ever disclosed. The
endowment has been steadily increasing
for many years, and but last week a
movement was inaugurated by the Ma
con Board of Trade to add fifty thousand
dollars to the endowment fund of the
University. The movement will, no
doubt, be successful, as the men buck of
it are not in the habit of failing.
The election of Dr. G. A. Nunnally, of
Anniston, Ala., to the presidency, will do
much towards increasing the popularity
of this institution. Dr. Nunnally is a
man of fine attainments, sound judg
ment, great energy, and possesses that
happy faculty which everywhere com
mands success.
Two young men of growing reputation
have been added to the faculty: Prof.
Duggar, of the Gordon Institute, and
Prof. Robt. ltyals, the latter well known
to the people of Cartersville.
N\ ith such favorable surroundings, we
shall not wonder to see the Baptists of
Georgia, 310,000 strong, rallying around
their famous school, and increasing tne
attendance beyond anything ever known
in its history before.
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THE CARTERSVILLE
Improvement, Gas and Water Company
BOSTON DIRECTORS, ‘ CARTERSVILLE DIRECTORS. OFFICERS.
ITiram Blaisdell. r ev . Sam P, Jones. President—Hiram BlaisDell.
Elisha Thai .-,k, John T. Norris, Secretary—Geo. H. Drew.
Peter W. French, ‘
Geo W Leauwrd Col. Uhas. P. Ball, Assistant Secretary— John H. Wiklk„
Edward H, Mason, John H. Wikle, Vice President —Elisha Thayer
Geo. H Drew. R. M. Pattillo. Treasurer— Peter W. Frknc .
Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Cartersville that it is
PBEPAEED TO FURNISH GAS
To citizens along the lines of its pipes. It has opened at its works on Cook Street, a
General Plumbing and Gas Fitting Shop
For a l ' departments of srn-b labor and is rwerwred to pipe horses for both res nd w-i or 01 -hort rube C , t - (
office, on Main Street, a large supply o.’
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GAS FIXTURES AND CHANDELIERS
ARE ALWAYS ON HAND.
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The Piping will be Furnished at Cost, to Intro luce the Gas,
until July 15th.
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/II piping done for gas must oe approved by the Gas Company and superintend!nt ai 1 man are providid with passes for
prot ction tocP.zens, nl uo persons claiming to be in the company’s emp'oy should be a.m Med to residences wi houta pass
Leave all o Jers at otH. e on Main street, over Satterfield’s building, or at the works, K
HIRAM BLAISDELL. Pres’t. THOS. M. GRIFFIN, Sup’t. :
PORTER & VAUGHAN
HAVE DETERMINED TO CLOSE OUT TIIEIR STOCK OF
Summer Goods.
HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR BARUAIBS:
Beautiful Figured Muslins, 3ic., worth 6c.
White Check Muslin, 5c., worth 7c.
White India Linen Lawn, 5c., worth 7 ic.
Our Entire Stock of Satteens at Cut Prices.
Satteens at llic., worth 16*c.
Beautiful Satteens at 15c., worth 22 ic.
Finest I Best Satteens at 19c., worth 25 to 30c.
PARASOLS AT COST!
Our [..ices on FANS have been reduced to please all. See them. Our
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Still in the lend. We will receive this week the most complete line of LADIES’ FINE
SHOES ever before shown in this market. Ali styles, all grades of the celebrated
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