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The Cartersville Courant-American. VOL. IX. THE SUPERB SEVENTEENTH. A Rich and Desirable Portion of Old Bartow. A Con rant-American Keportei'g Ramble* Anion*; the Pe..ple lmpo rtant Observation*. On Tuesday evening of Inst week, in the interest of the Courant-Amkmuan, we left our home to visit the people “across the river,” in the Euharlee, Iron Hill and Taylorsville districts, and we can truthfully say that we have visited one of the grandest farming sections in Georgia and beyond a doubt one of the finest cotton growing communities this side of Arkansas. Some portions we have visited will, we think, if properly cultivated, produce very near as much cotton per acre as Red river bottom land in Arkansas. You have to visit and behold with your own eyes the wonderful agricultural greatness of this section be fore you can have a true conception of what a grand and glorious country ours is. We have seen enough within the past week to till many eolui. ns with interest- ing reading matter were we to write about all, but the mail train is past du‘, and then space forbids. It is well known and generally acknowledged that the old seventeenth district is the banner sec tion of Bartow w hen it comes to growing cotton. The good people down here are making rapid progress in other branches of agriculture, but cotton is king. The upper part of thecount.v raises more wheat and clover, but across the river certainly “gets there Eli” on cot ton. Many complain of a short cotton crop this year, and the crop is short, but we were surprised to see so much of it in the fields and learned that about half the crop had been ginned. At points along the road the ground in every direction, for almost half a mile, looked as though a snowy sheet covered theground. Some times a farmer will remark that he has j only a small acreage in cotton this year. ; We ask him how many acres; “only j twenty or thirty this year,” is the reply. This is considered a'sfft&Bcrbp uowii here* hut in the northern part of the county that many acres is a pretty good crop. We find here a good many farmers who plant from fifty to one hundred acres in cotton. From information obtained from different farmers we learned that the average yield on common land is three-fourths of a bale per acre, though there ore portions that always muke a bale to the acre. Even this year, which has been so unfavorable to cotton, a bale per acre will be made by quite a number. This year a fair estimate will place the crop in this section ut one-half bale per acre. The corn crop is unusually good this year. The bottom lands on the Etowuh river and Raccoon and Euharlee creeks produce from thirty to seventy-five bushels per acre under ordinary cultiva tion. We were told by several that even more than seventy-five bushels per acre had been gathered on the best spots. Home say that on this creek and river bottom land they never fail to make forty bushels per acre and frequently go as high as sixty and seventy. Clover is coming into prominence, but as yet the farmers down here are far behind those in the upper portion of the ' county in regard to growing clover. The land up there is better adapted to clover culture than this, but we have no.doubt but that it cau be successfully raised here ■and we would advise all the farmers to try it, asitisn profitablecrop. Sorghum is receiving more attention in this part than heretofore, but only a small acre age was in this year. The farmers above Cartersville, also grow more sorghum than is grown down here. W are glad to say that the alliance is on a regular boom in the sections we have traversed. Two-thirds of all the cotton we have seen has been covered in pure white cotton bagging. Hun ah for the farmers alliance! A man who is not •>i sympathy with the piinciples they are advocating is no friend to thejarmer. Besides being grand in agricultural j greatness, this section is unsurpassed in j Georgia for domestic culture and refine-j nient. Better society cannot be found. 1 Most every family is a religious family ] and every one with whom we met is kind and hospitable. (Even the lady whotold us we certainly must have greased our tongue with butter was kind to us.) We canuot speak in too high praise of the many admirable qualities which place these people among the very bestciti-! zens of our county. The social and nioral status will stand keen criticism. At different points there are good schools, I and moral and intellectual training stands prominent in the great march of material prosjierity that this God favored people is making. We are glad of the opportunity of making so many new acquaintances. During the past week it has been our pleasure to meet and know personally, many of the men, women, boys and girls who compose the best citizenship of the county, and make cur land good in. While in the neighborhood of Ford we spent several pleasant hours with Miss Minnie Lee Arnold, whom the Coe ran t- A meme an readers'know as “Slim Jim.” Miss Min nie is a general favorite with the readers of the county news, as well as the man agement itself. She is an interesting and pleasing conversationalist, just such a one as her versalite style would indicate. Others with whom we have met left pleas ing impressions, and we hoj*e that in the future we shall see more of them. We will have something more to say about this people. \V. C. W. The VVliitfiehl Resolutions! Atlanta Constatution, October 3d.. The defeat of Senator Whitfield's effort to provide a tribunal composed of some of the purest and ablest men in Georgia, headed by the judges of the Supreme Court, to adjust all matters in dispute between, the lessees of the Western and .Atlantic and the State, bodes no good. II ever there was a proposition of any kind calculated to commend itself to well-meaning fveople, this effort of Sena tor Whitfield ought to have done so. As chairman of the .joint committee of conference with the lessees, he saw the difficulties which surrounded thequestion and appreciated the dangers to the State, and went to work to apply a remedy which would do justice to the lessees and at the same time rightly guard the inter ests of the people. His resolutions were fought fiercely, but, as we believe, unad visedly, which time will probably serve to clearly demonstrate. That the lessees have claims which ought to be adjusted no one will gainsay, and that the State could have set up counter claims isequally true. Senator Whitfield’s resolutions contemplated the settlement of these claims in a speedy way, so that all complications and doubt as to what the State had to offer to the lessees under the new lease act should be freed from uncertainty. To say that I some such method is not advisable, is to say that business men who disagree should not try to settle their disagree ments, hCit instead rush headlong into tedious, expensive and dangerous litiga tion nrign rdf ros of ttie consequences. In the discussion of the question from time to time the Constitution has had but one object in view, and that was to point out w hat, iu our judgment, was so manifestly to the interest of the people of Georgia. That the senate has not been able to view it from this standpoint creates no spirit of resentment. Let us hope that it was right and that we were wrong; but viewing every phase of the question as presented by both sides, we are forced to the conclusion that it has made a grave mistake, and that the future will assuredly confirm our posi tion. Of Senator Whitfield’s efforts it may be said that he was on the right line, and that his dignified and manly course in the conception and advocacy of his prop osition will be obliged to meet the ap proval of the people, and, whether the wisdom of his effort# be made manifest earlv or late, the time w ill come, and at no distant day, when he and those who supported him will lie sustained. To the Farmers of Georgia. Having just been iuformed of the abor tive results of the pluas in the matter of tare which were entered into at New Or leans cotton convention held in the month just past and fetfriug subsidence of tne confidence which up to this time has pervuded the ranks of Alliantwinen everywhere within the state, 1 beg a eoutinuauce of the united support uud confideuce heretofore bestow ed upon your chosen leaders. I assure you they are leaving no effort untried to secure you a fair compensation foryourhard earnings and that it not badly mistaken, there is even now a light gleaming from the east which promises good results cotton producers everywhere upon this conti nent. Be patient and it will not be long before schemes now in progress will have been satisfactorily tested. Should the two schemes now on foot prove a failure, I can not discover w herein any concievnble harm will be done, Wut on the contrary should they be crow ned with fruition, un told benefits to the producing classes will be the result. Therefore I exhort you to patience and unity, both of which at this stage is vital to success. J. T. Henderson, Commissioner of Agriculture. The Banks county grand jury returned no true bills against blind tigers and liquor dealers generally, and the reason is said to be that when jurors interested weie-requested to retire, the body was left without a quorum. It seemstherum had gone out. I*resident Harrison seldom attends the theatre. He is not nearly as fond of the drama as ex-President Cleveland, who has become a confirmed “first-nighter.” A great benefit has been secured to the poor by the introduction of I)r. Bull’s Cough Syrup; for it now only takes 25 cents to cure a cough or cold. CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1889. TOUCHED OFF BY HARRISON. The President Open* the Kxposltlon at Montgomery, Alabama. ashiM;ton, Nov. A.—The President formally opened the Southern Exposi tion at Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday by touching the key of a telegraph wire at the White House connected with the ex position building, and thereby stai-tii g the machinery in machinery hall. There is a difference in time of 58 minutes be tween the two cities and while it was 12:58 o clock when the President touched the key it was exactly noon at Mont gomery. The cabinet was in session when the President was informed that connection had been made, and at his invitation the entire cabinet repaired to the telegraph office and witnessed the act. The follow j ing message was sent to Mr. M. C. Burke, president of the exposition : “The President and members of his cabinet assembed around the instrument semi congratulations and best wishes for the success of your exposition. The following reply was received: “The President and Cabinet: The Southern Exposition managers extend to you their most grateful thanks. M. C. Bcrke, President. A Dentil y Tinin. Washington, Nov. 5.—-As a Baltimore and Potomac railroad train was passing oih of the city tonight along Virginia avenue it was broken in fWo sections to permit some delayed horse cars to pass. While one of the cars was on the rail road track the engineer backed up his train to makeconnection with a rear car, overturning the street car and severely but not fatally injuring eight or ten pas sengers in it. - A few minutes later the same train ran ovr and killed a man named James Talbert who was crossing the track. Sew Mexico Snow eel Under. Santa Fe, N. M., Nov. 5. —One of the severest suow and wind Htonns in the history of New Mexico has prevailed tor the past three days, and reports ate coming in of great damage to live stock on the northern ranges. A number of cowboys and sheep herders havtf been lost, and it is feared they have perished. All trains are from five to twelve hours late, and snow plows are kept in con stant operation on the Baton and Glori etta mouutalus. The czar’s visit to the sultan seems to be something more than a pleasure trip, after all, and the European newspapers see in it evidence that Bismark does not think the triple alliance as strong as it ought to be. The rapid growth in strength and efficiency of the French army causes him anxiety, and he will not be satisfied until he shall have so strengthened the alliance that no chance of success would remain to any combina tion w hich might attack it. The German army is no longer iudisputably the strongest iu Europe. There are military critics who believe that the French is more thau its equal. If Russia and France were to form the combinat ion for aggressive warfare which has been so long talked of, therefore, the odds on the side of the central alliance would not be greut. With the help of England and Turkey, however, the alliance would bo too formidable to attack. Overtures have already been made to England, uud it is even said thutan understanding has been arrived at. Now the German emperor is doing what he can to draw the sultan iu to the defensive circle. In F. uni) lvHiiin. Philadelphia, Nov. 5. —The only State officer voted foi in Pennsylvania today was State treasurer. The candidates were Henry K. Boyer (Republican), Ed ward A. Bigeler (Democrat) and James R. Johnson (Prohipit.iou). A light vote was cast. Very little interest was mani fested. the election ol Boyer by a decided majority, being a foregone conclusion. Hart (Republican) for State treasurer in 1887, received n plurality of 45,245 and the returns from twenty-seven coun ties. including Philadelphia, received up to 11 p. tn., show a net Republican gam over 1887. Boyer’s plurality will surely exceed 00,000. Returns received from fifty-seven of the sixty-seven counties in the State, and in cluding Philadelphia and several of the large cities, show a plurality for Boyer, the Republican candidate for State t reas urer, of 62,115 over Bigeler, Democrat, The Bay State. Boston, Nov. s.— To-day’s experience has seemed to prove beyond a doubt the success of the Australian system of voting, and testimony from all sections of the State is almost unanimous iu its praise. In this city the voting places have presented a remarkably quiet ap |>earance, aDd til scenes therein have in many eases been in marked contrast to those usually witnessed. The voting has proceeded with disputch, and the voters have enjoyed a freedom from the impor tunities of ballot distributors that they have never known before. PORTER & VAUGHAN ARE NOW OFFERING i The Grandest Array of Bargains Ever Before Shown the People of Bartow County. Our Business the Past Week Was Such as Would Make Any House Proud, Which Stimulates Us to Otter Still Greater Attractions. The People know when Porter & Vaughan advertise anything it is just that and nothing else. Here are figures and facts that talk. Great Bargains in Dross (roods. Immense assortment. All shades, widths and designs. Ail wool 36-inch Dress FJannels, 25c a yard; worth 35c. 34-jneh Henriettas, all shades, 15c a yard ; worth 20c. 36-inch extra tine Henriettas, lovely goods, 25c a yard * worth 35c. Fine quality all-wool Tricots, 40-inch, 67£c a yard; wortlfsoc. Imported all-wool 40-inch Henriettas, 50c a yard; worth 65c. Finest all-wool 40-inch Henriettas, 75c; worth 95c. 54-inch all-wool extra fine Broadcloths, SI.OO per yard ; other houses ask $1.25 for goods not equal. We lead the town in Black Dress Goods and make the positive assertion that we have the grandest bargains in North Georgia in Black Dress Goods. Porter Vaughan’s is Headquarters for all grades and styles of Dress Goods. Our Cloak Department a grand success. Our sales of Cloaks far beyond our most san guine expectations. Porter Vaughan are doing the cloak business of the town. Five hundred dollars worth of new cloaks added to this already immense department Cloaks Now (Going for a Song. We have determined to do the largest cloak trade this month in North Georgia. It will require LOW Prices to do this. -We bought them cheap. We are in a condition to make prices that will make them melt away. Here they are : Ladies Jackets worth $3.25 now r $2.25. Ladies Mojeskas worth $7.50 now $5 00 “ “ 4.00 “ 2.50. “ “ “ 9.00 “ dT>O “ “ “ 5.00 - 3.75. “ “ 10.00 - 800 6.00 “ 4.75. •< “ 15.00 “ 12.00 “ “ “ 8.00 “ 6.00. “ *• “ 12.00 “ 8.00. . The same great bargains in finer garments. Children’s garments now being sold at prices not even dreamed of. 1 Porter & Vaughan are selling more Cloaks than anv three Houses in the City. Our shoe department reaching out into mammoth proportions. Porter A Vaughan are ac knowledged headquarters for shoes. Just received this week three large shipments of new shoes; they*are Clement & Balls fine shoes lor ladies; J. F Swain & Co.’s solid serviceable shoes for childien, Edwin Clapp s tine shoes tor men. Every pair of these goods are positively Guar anteed, anew pair given for any that does not give satisfaction. Our £2.50 shoe for ladies lead all others; our £1.75 kid button ladies shoes is worth fully £2.25; our 2 (K) kid button ladies shoes is worth fully 2.50. Our finer grades of ladies shoes wear well, fit well and look beautiful. Our ladies shoes at 1.00 per pair lead the town. In men’s and children’s shoes we show an immense assortment at popular prices. Largest stock of Shoes in the City. Prices the Lowest. Porter & Vaughan. Our Flannel Department Ahead of All Others. All wool red flannel 12* cts. yard; extra heavy red twilled flannel 20 cts. yd worth 25c extra heavy fine quality red twilled flannel 25c. worth 35c.; white flannel Bc. yard- grand bar gains in white flannels at 18c, 20c, 25c. 30c. 35c. 50c. and 75. yard. Our Low Prices on Blankets is the Town Talk ! Only 37*c. for a 10x4 white blanket; finer blankets up to SB.OO for the best and softest* Australian wool; our $1 .25 blanket is a big leader with us, see them. Porter & Vaughan’s Uuderwear department complete in every respect. All styles o-rades and prices for ladies’, gents’ and cdildren’s. Ladies’ Vests, 25c up to the finest goo U Chil dren’s Vestß at 25c, a grand bargain ; Pants to match. Extra heavy all-wool jeans 25c per yard. Men’s black wool hats 25c worth 50c Mint s’ fast black seamless ribbed hoes 15c, worth 25c. Thousands of Big Bargains now being offered at Porter & Vaughan’s. Our stock of Hosiery, Gloves and Notions is complete. Astonishingly Low Prices. Don t Fail to See Our Line of Furs. Fur Goods of all kinds. Big assortment of Muffs and Boas, in opossum, lynx thibet an gora, hare, muskrat and monkey furs. Full line Fur Trimmings. Porter & Vaughan have determined to double their business for November. Low Prices will do the work. EE&Sfe 6 * Samples sent to any address. PORTER & VAUGHAN. NO. 21.