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SUBSCRIPTION. The CotntANT American is I’cnEiniED Meekly in the Interest of Bartow Coi Mv, Devoted Mainly to Local News, and Thinks it hah a Right to Expect an Undivided County Patron ak VOL. 7 -NO 13] -■ DRUBS! DRUGS! J. R. WIKLE £ CO., (SUCCESSORS TO D. W. CURRY.) Hove now in stare the b ut selected, mrsi complete and varied stock of Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Perfumes, Etc. IN NORTH GEORGIA. t ome to ><• ns, examine goo 1- and get p ices. Physicians P*c eriptlons Riled with the greatest care day and night by a lice me i pharmacist. AGEHSTT OIL OOMPN’Y Ch.as. A. Wikle, Manager. CHEAP GROCERIES, GRAIN - , HAY, Etc., CO TO C. T. JONES’ AT THE “RED CORNER.” I deliver goods to any part of the city. T would be grateful for your patronage. McCanless’ Baling Press Tho cut represents the Hand Power. Can Ik! operated by three hands. Turns out j| jig from VI BTO 10 BALEo PER HOUR. JII size of halos 18x24 by 30 inches. Weight |\||l of bides from 100 to 150 pounds. ■\j|| PRICE ONLY SSO. |1 \ For Sale liy || ■) I \ * (ft McCanless & Cos.. -kj 1,1 I. .......... 1.1- l l-V I II lll reath, J. W. (Iray, W. C. Barber and others -l-*..■■■**- FIELD SEEDS! Rye, Barley, Orchard Grass, Red Top, Blue Grass, Timothy, Clover, &c, AT BOTTOM PRICES ■ A3XTJ3 1 Guaranteed Prime Quality DAVID W. CURUY, WHOLESALE DRUGGIST, Broad St. Cor. Howard, ROME, GA. PEACOCK & VEAL, DEALERS I3ST ET UUN IT I RE (NOUTII GEORGIA IT UNFIT RE HOUSE.) THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS THE FINEST Parlor and Bed Room Suits in this section. WE STILL CLAIM TO SELL BETTER GOODS Kt,K LESS MONEY Than Anyothcr House in this Section. As space forbids mentioning everything, we will only enumerate a few. Tv chav in stock and to arrive FINEST PARLOR FURNITURE, SI ISSTANTIAU BEDROOM FURNITURE, HOCKING CHAIRS, WARDROBES. BAISY CARRIAGES at any Pn^, MATTINGS, RUGS,CARPETS Etc. LADIES. SEE OUR WALL PAPER, of which wc have the latest and most unique design. We Guarantee Prices and Goods. Respectfully, PEACOCK A VEAL, CARTERSVILLE, GA. THE COURANT-AMERICAN. OUT! Comptro th with your purchase: ft i j PS ft£STLESSN:KBS- A tTAICTLV VEO*TAtI fftsf FAULTLESS FAMILT MEDICINE. J;) 52ft8©S9 # BA. P HILADELPHIA. - ! Price, OH E Dollar {A wpt- /ctaj;. As yon value health, perhaps life, examine each package and be sure you get the Genuine. See the i-tl X Traile-.ilark and the full tu.e .u front of Wrapper, and on i!>e side the aeal and signature of J. 11. Xeilln Si ( n., as in the di.ive fie- simiie. Keniember there is no .tlier Simmons L/ver Re "list r L.S.L. CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000 “We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly anil Nem-An nnul lira wings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person manage and control 1 he Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fac-similes of our signature attached. In its advertisements.” * w y Commissioners. We the undersigned Ranks and liankers will pay all I’rizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our coun ters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisana Nat. Bk P. LANAUX, Pres. State Nat’l Bank. A.. BALDWIN, Pres. N, O Nat’l Bk CARL KOHN, Pres. Union Nat. Bank. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION ! Over Half a Million Distributed. Lonisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated in 1808 for 25 years by the Legis lature for Educational and Charitable purposes —with a capital of $1,000,000 —to which a reserve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. Ry on overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made apart of the present State Constitu tion adopted December 2d, A. I),, 1870. Tlie only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State. it never scales or postpones, its Grand Single Number Drawings take place monthly, and the Semi- Annual Drawings regularly every six months (June and December). A SI’LKNDID GPPORTUN ITY TO WIN A FORTUNE. TENTH GRAND DRAWING. CLASS K. IN THE ACADEMY OF Ml sic, NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY. Septem ber 13, 1887—208th Monthly Drawing. Capital Prize $150,000. jf<F~Notice. —Tickets are Ten Dollars only. Halves, $5. Fifths,,s2. Tenths, sl. I.IST OP PHIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000 $150,000 1 (iRA.ND PRIZE OF 50,000 50,000 1 ORAND PRIZE OF 20,(MM) 20,000 2 1, \ ROE PRIZES OF 10,000 20,000 4 LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000 20,000 20 FRIZES OF LOOO 20,000 50 “ 500 25.000 100 “ :ioo 30,000 200 “ 200 40,000 500 “ 100 50.000 APPROXIMATION PHIZES. 100 Approximation Prizes ol' S3OO $30,000 100 “ “ 200 20,000 100 •* “ 100 10,000 1 (ioo “ “ 50 50,000 2,179 Prizes, amounting to $535,000 Application for rates to clubs should be madt only to tin* office of the Company in New Or leans. For further informal ion write clearly, Bivins full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Orders, or New York Exchange in ordina ry letter. Currency by Express (at our expense) addressed M. A. RAUPHIN, New Oileans, La., or M. A. DAITFITIN, Washington, D, C. Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. REMEMBER 2UVSLKS lienuregard and Early’ who are in charge of the drawings, is a guarantee of absolute fairness and integrity, that the chances are all equal, and that no one can possibly divine what hum ber will daaw a Prize. HEftt KM li I- It that the payment of all Prizes is (iUAKANTEKD 15Y POII It NAII ON A L HANKS of New Orleans, and the Tickets are signed by the President of tin Institution, whose chartered rights are reeognized in the highest Courts: therefore, beware of any imitations or anonymous schemes. Notice This As You Pass By, u. fin WEST MAIN STREET, CARTERSVILLE, GEO., Carriagies, Buggies f Wagons, And do all kinds of Repairing in Wood and Iron, Making new pieces when necesaary. lie is also prepared to do all kinds of RLAPKSMITHINO. None but the best workmen employed who can inake anything that is made of wood or iron. All work WARRANTED TO GIVE SATISFAC-. TJON. Terms reasonable, Work done promptly Dive him a trial anil be convinced. D. W. K. PEACOCK, REAL ESTATE, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. 5 MINERALS A SPECIALTY. Ueai Estate bought and sold. Information eerfully given. CARTERSVILLE, GA„ THURSDAY. SEPT. 15, 1887. THE ROMANCE OF CRIME. Last Act of Tragedy Which Oc curred in Hardeman County, Tennessee, Eighteen Years Ago. COL. GUY SMITH LEAVES THE COUNTRY, SUPPOSING HIMSELF A MURDERER —HIS RETURN AN INNOCENT MAN. Courier-Journal.l Memphis, Sept. 7. —The last act of a tragedy begun eighteen years ago was concluded in the Circuit Court- at Boli var last night, when (Jus Smith was ac quitted of the charge of murder. On the second day of February, 1869, at Salisbury, a little town on the Charles ton and Memphis railroad, a younger brother of Smith became involved in a difficulty with two men named Bowden and Read, well-to-do residents of the vicinity. Young Smith was getting the worst of tin* affray, when Buy drew u revolver and rushed to the rescue. Iwo pistol shots rang out, and Bowden and Read fell to the ground, shot through the body. Then the man who had done the deed to save iiis brother from the in dignity of a thrashing threw away his smoking pistol, and boarding a train, which was just moving out from the depot near by, and was borne away to Chattanooga. By that one act he had forfeited a flourishing business and the companionship of wife,children and friends and became a fugitive. From Chatta nooga he went to St. Louis and Kansas City and then took refuge in the plains of Montana. There he lived for several years, anti by hard work and “taking his own part” whenever necessary be came a partner in a prosperous cattle business. All this time he went by the name of Robert Brown. He dared not write home, and his family and friends were left in doubt as to whether he was alive or dead. He could not rest con tent, even with a tortune in view, and, finally, turned the ranch over to his partner and wandered away to the < ity of Mexico. There he was recognized by several of his old comrades in !• orest s cavalry, in which command he had risen by gallant conduct on tho field to the rank of Colonel. They kept his secret and he embarked in business there, for tune favored him once more, anti every thing he touched turned to gold. He re mained in the City of Mexico six or eight years, and then, overcome by a longing to see wife and children at all hazards, he started home. For some reason he did not carry out this design, but stopped on the way at a farm lie owned near Newport, Arkansas. There he lived until a few weeks ago, when the welcome news came that the two men he had shot were not dead. They had re covered after a long struggle against the effects of their terrible wounds, and then left the country. At the time of the shooting the grand jury was in session. It. was reported to that party that Bow den and Read had died of their wounds, and an indictment was at once found against Smith, charging him with mur der in the first degree. Through some oversight this indictment was left stand ing as originally drawn, and this tact was reported to Smith. But it weighed nothing against his yearning to see bis family and clear his name, so as soon as possible after hearing the news he re turned to his old home. Fie found the little children he had left eighteen years before now grown to manhood and wo manhood and the handsome young wife a grave and middle-aged matron. His arrival was reported to the authorities, and in due time the trial came off a t Bol ivar, the county seat of Hardeman county, wherein Salisbury also is situ ated. It resulted in tie* acquittal of the accused, as already stated. Col. Smith is now a wealthy man. He has enough of wandering and intends to devote the remainder of his life to the domestic duties and pleasures from which he was so long debarred. Simmons Liver Legulatok is what the name indicates a “Regula tor of that most important organ, the Liver, Is your liver out of order? Then is yonr system deranged, the breath of fensive, you have headache, feel languid, dispirited, and nervous, no . appetite, sleep is troubled and unrefreshing. Sim mons Liver Regulator restores the heal thy action of the Liver. See that you get the Genuine, prepared by J. 11. Zelin & Cos. GREAT WALL OF CHINA. • A Full Attempt to Demolish it ill France. This Frenchman, the Abbe Larrieu, who has attempted to disprove the exis tence of the Great Wall of China, de serves a lofty niche in the temple of liars. According to the summary of his pam phlet (Paris, Leroux), published in the London Times, this missionary has the hardihood to declare that he has lived for several years under what would have been the shadow of the Great Mall had there been one, but that no such struc ture exists. “This huge Chinese wall, says the Abbe Larrieu, “is a huge Chi nese lie, - ' and accepting his statement, millions of ingenuous youth would im mediately lose all confidence in their geographies. But the mendacious mis sionary has been promptly exposed. A gentleman writes to the editor of the London Standard as follows: “W ill you allow me to inform your readers that I have siit upon the wall, and that 1 have, moreover, a photograph of it?” And all the standard and trustworthy. histo ries of China, also, as well as the ac counts of innumerable travelers, may be called into court to refute the Abbe, (ien. James 11. Wilson, of this city, vis ited the wall in the year 1-880, and on page 219 of his “China” he has this to sav of it: “The Chinese call it the ‘Ten-thou sand-li-wall,’ and if it really had any such length it would be something over 3850 miles long. * * * It is from 25 to 30 feet high, 15 to 20 feet thick, and riveted outside and in with cut granite masonry laid in regular courses with an excellent mortar of lime and sand. It is surmounted by a parapet of gray burned brick. 18 to 20inches thick, coveied with moss and pierced with crenelated open ings for defenders. * * * The toy is paved with a double layer of brick about a foot square. The inside of the wall is made of earth and loose stones, well rammed in. Every 200 or 300 yards there is a flanking turret 30 or 40 feet high projecting beyond and overlooking the face of the wall in both directions. * * * The most astounding thing about it is, however, that it climbs straight up the steepest and most rug ged mountain sides, courses along their summits, descends into gorges and ra vines, and, rising again, skirts the face of almost inaccessible crags, crosses riv ers. valleys and plains in endless success ion from one end of the empire to the other—from the s ashore on the Gulf of Perhile to the de. ert wastes in Turkes tan.” Further testimony to the existence and appearance of the Gieat Wall may be found in Williams’ “Middle King dom,” where in volume 1., pages 30-31, the construction and asie t ( f the wall are described. Upon the may accompa* nying Williams’ volumes also the wind ings of the (ireat Wall are distinctly laid down. Then' can be no doubt, of course: that the structure exists sub stantially as has been described for cen turies. The attempt of the Abbe Lar rieu to demolish by a pamphlet the (ireat Wall, which is supposed to have been built about 215 B. C., must lie at tributed to one of those curious impulses# of mendacity such as produced Georgia Paclnmnazer’s hoax about the Island of Formosa, and to which, in these later times, we owe our diverting newspaper fictions from Ottawa concerning the fish eries dispute, and the equally fabulous stories of famine in Labrador.—New York Times. Necessary Reform School Teach ing. I’rof. Ramsay in Rl&ckwooils’a Magazine. 1 The first condition for having the higher subjects really well taught must be a proper differentiation of schools. And the second condition follows as the natural corollary of the first —there must be a proper differentation of teachers. It is asbured, any contrary to all the experience of all other countries, to suppose that every good teacher of elementary subjects can, if he chooses, or if he be set to it. become a good teacher of secondary subjects. The ac quirements needed for the two purposes are entirely of a different order; the methods and aims of the two kinds of work are essentially different; and to some extent the training and methods required of elementary teachers abso lutely disqualify them for the work of higher education. I have already in sisted on the narrow, cramping, and ac- tually deadening effect of the ordinary pupil-teacher course; it is only the very best minds that rise superior to it. Here is a proof of it. Under the present system a certain picked number of those who enter the training colleges are al lowed to attend the university, for cer tain classes during the two years of their course; but it is only a few of these] licked students who really take a good place in the university, and can* be pronounced fit to teach the higher subjects. The mere possession of a good Government certificate is no proof whatever that the holder is lit to teach in a secondary school; and yet many members or school boards look to no other qualification than this, and imagine that any certifi cated teacher can be turned on, like the tap in a conjurer s barrel, to teach any subject which they desire to be taught. Even the ordinary M. A. degree is, by it self, no sufficent test of qualification, unless evidence be obtained that the holder has distinguished himself in those higher subjects which lie will have to teach. What is wanted is a special honor qualification, of a distinctly higher type. The candidate should either have obtained university honors in some department of his M. A course, or else a special honor grade should be instituted in the examination of school masters now conducted by the universi ties. with especial reference to the stand ard required for higher-class schools. The University of Glasgow has lately laid before the Scottish Education De partment a scheme for a special school master examination of this kind; the other universities have offered to make arrangements of a similar character. In England no man has a chance of obtain ing a mastership in a good secondary school unless he has taken high honors at the university; and until managers of schools in Scotland have some tangi ble means of distinguishing the honor man from the passman, the teaching of secondary subjects can never be placed upon a satisfactory footing. The idea that every certificated teacher can be ex pected to have the scholarship, the cul ture, the capacity to use the.finer and larger methods required, for high-class teaching, is absorb as +o suppose that a prize Clydesdale would have a fair chance of winning the Derby. A Lucky New Yorker Gained Thous ands. Mr. Darius R. Burr, 179 Forsyth, St., New York city, is a happy combination ot both the lucky and mentally well-bal anced. On the 12th of this month, he won $15,000 in the, regular monthly drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery Company, and on Saturday last the Adams Express Company, which col lected it at New Orleans, gave him the full amount. He stuck to his post as as sistant superintendent of agents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 32 Park Place. —New York Daily News, July 26. New York Commercial Advertiser: According to Rowell’s latest newspaper* directory there are 15,420 newspapers now published in the United States and Canada, of which 11,614 are weeklies. In New York state there are 1,591 news papers, or, not counting the Evening Post, 1,590. The total single issue of all publications is estimated at 39,165,- 250, from which it would seem that al most every person in the United States of an age to read pereuses pretty regu larly one or more newspapers. This is a point which quack and crank politi cians should bear in mind as it explains their failure to make appreciate head way. _ One of the newest of the German fig ures at summer resorts is known as the “Railroad.” This requires six railroad tickets for the ladies, six play-cards for the gentlemen and a whistle for the leader. The gentlemen fasten the play cards around their necks, while the tif k ets are distributed among the ladies. Upon the signal from the leader the chestra plays a railroad gallop and ehe gentlemen march into a room imitating a railroad train. At the sound f f a whistle the train stops and the le der calls the name of one of the str'ions upon the playcurds, when the hry with the corresponding ticket takes' ..er part ner, the rest following according to their destination. ExVIED BY HER SEX, Is the fate of every lady with a bright, glowing countenance, ’which invariably follows the use of l)r. Harter's Iron Tonic. The following from the New York Sun is to the point: “If country newspapers were to publish the names of the sub scribers who take, read and enjoy, and aie gratified by, yet refuse to pay for their home papers the reputation for not cornu.unities for moral honesty would depreciate twenty percent. An editor's labor is seldom esteemed or compensated. A lawyer will give ybu five minutes advice on a topic and charge $5 for it. An editor wille give you ad vice on a hundred topics and charge you five cents a copy for his paper, arid very often five cents given to an editor would save f 5 given to a lawyer. In fact no other business so universally robbed and swindled as country newspaper pub lishers.” .Many fortunes are received which it ought > be the first business of the heir to clean up, to purge. ,A curse must rest upqo any home where indulgence of the love of the beautiful has been obtained at the price of honor. Jl harmless hilarity and a bouyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomi tants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science and pomposity for erudition. A Worm that Eats Stool Rails. The existence has just been discovered of a detestable microlie which feeds upon iron with as much gluttony as the phyl loxera upon the vine. Some time ago the greatest consternation existed among the engineers employed on the railway at Hagen by the accidents occurring at the same place, proving that some terri ble defect must exist either in the mate rial or theconstruetion of the rails. The German government directed an inquiry to be made and a commission of surveil lance to be formed for the purpose of maintaining constant watch at the spot where the accidents—one of them at tends! with loss of life —had occurred. It was not, however, until after six months had clasped that the surface of the rails appeared to be corroded, as if by acid, to the extent of 100 yards. The rail was taken up and broken, and it was jierceived that it was literally hollowed out by a thin gray worm, to which the qualification of “railoverous" was assigned, and by which name it is to be classed in natural history, The worm is said to be two centimeters m length and of the size of the prong of a silver fork in circumference. It is of a light gra® color, and on the head carries two little RpElnds filled with a corrossive se cretion, which ejected every ten minutes upon the iron. This liquid renders the iron soft and spongy, and of the color of rust, and it is then greedily devoured by the insect. “There is no exaggeration,” says the official report of the commis sion, “in the assertion that the creature, for its size, is one of the most voracious kind, for it has devoured thirty-six kilo grammes in a fortnight.”—Uatogne Ga zette. Jurors Drawn for Regular January Term nnd November Adjourned Term. GRAND JURORS FOR FIRST WEEK. Aaron Knight A S Sipscomb A Y Kheats .las U Waldrup Win W Myers AY S Attaway Martin Collins Jus A White Geo S Cobb M M Cunningham Edmond Marling E B Richardson W F Corbin Jus P Alexander C A Sewell R A Clayton M L Pritchett \V L LeConte Thos F Tomlinson .1 M Boyd Geo M Isbell Edmund C Adcock J I) Murchison Jonas A Keever Geo A Fink F M Ford TRAVERSE JURORS FOR FIRST WEEK. James Lloyd T V Hargis AY A Neel W II Kitchens AY A’ Bailey Jos E Dysart T P Trammell .1 C MeElroy Frank P Meadows Geo M Hannah Jos S McCoy (i N Maxwell \V A Jackson A Greenwood J S Richards AYm B Wallace O H Buford Jno I) Trotter AYm E Lee David Latham J H Burke J C Milam G A I’attillo J O Hubbard J H Howard B T Honea R F Bradford 1) P> Chitwood S T Dodd F B Walker A L Barron A B Stubbs J M Jackson L B Manning Joshua M Rudolp J AA' L Brown TRAVERSE JURORS DRAWN FOR SECOND WEEK. Thos. I’enley, R. S’ Taff, J. AA'. Rich, AY. A. Skinner, J. P. Johnson, Jas. E. Lewis, Jas. AY. Adams, AY. H. Best, S. F. Milam, T. J. Rogers, AY. J. Adams, 1). AY. Loudermilk, T. AV. Leake, Samuel H. Law, Robert S. Amos, AYm. AV. Jolley, J. AV. 11. Burns, AY. M. King, J. S. Adcock, J. H. Cole, C. P. Anthony, J. T. Jolley, A. E. Vincent, S. C. Goode, Abe Cox, Jno. 1). Thomas, W. \V. Morris, W. 1). Pittard, Y. M. Tomlin, Thos. IT. Powell, F. M. Thompson, (’. M. Howard, F. .J. Cray, W. J. McMeekin, J. H. Johnsey, E. E. Gaines. TRAVERSE JURORS FOR THIRD WEEK. •1 M Anderson Thos E Smith / T Brooks L 1* Brisendine Engine Munford das Urin (’has T Jones •! J Murphey \V If Armstrong Elbert M Upshaw W \V Ay cock Warren A Dodd J C Powell J Benson Smith Joe C Bell G R Casey Jno N Maxwell F M Walker N 11 Adams Geo T Smith C M Floyd Jas S Goodwin Sno C Dunaway P I* Stone Henry Dunahoo ('has M Milam J A Mc('unless Thos T 5 Maxwell S H I) McCormick Jas M Hall Jno W Callahan A J Layton Aaron Collins W S Hunt Robt M Collins SamT T Dvsart TRAVERSE JURORS FOR FOURTH WEEK. Jas F Shelton J A Bradley Thos J Hendricks Larkin C Franks C W Floyd Osborn L Shaw W H Wi'kle SamT B Jones W V Smith W H Baker R L Besheans H T Wade L D Munford Headden Elrod J R Kinney J B C Rollins C M Quillian W T Sexton Levi T Shaw Hugh Tomlinson L Y Burch S C Smith Jas C Hedgcock Jas F Alexander Geo H Waring Geo S Davis W O Littlefield J W Brinsfield TV B Woodall John Banton J H Willians T R Hammond A B Cunvus J J Kennedy R W Milam N C Anderson TRAVERSE JURORS FOR SECOND WEEK, NO VEMBER ADJOURNED TERM. .T P Tomlinson F M Martin I) W Holland A F Manning W W King Jno N McKelvey Simson Couch W M Turner Dan’l Lowry W M Smith Jas M Mahan * Jas E Barron R W Smith Dewitt Carter Henry P Ford A M Puckett M C Nelson A I) Gilbert S D Waldrup W R Shockley tV 11 Linn Leroy Jenkins T J Taylor R M Pattillo A K Forester .las F Hargis tV A .Tollev G B Foster Jeff M Hall F M Page Robert Phillips Jno M Dobbs •T G Vernon A W Hufi'stetler J V Alexander II J Penley TRAVERSE JURORS FOR THIRD WEEK, NO VEMBER ADJOURNED TERM. •Tas T Gaston A O Maffltt Jno F Kay W S Bradford A R Kerr L C Ginn .T A Crawfosd J W Williams J K Rowan A I) Vandivere Jno F Bobo S McGuire Henry B Scott W B Lowe Bardv L Abernathuy J VV Morris Geo B Elrod J L Turner C A Moon T A Davidson E B Elrod J W Sproull tV B tV Leake C tV Whitworth V M Alexander Jas T Moore J H Young E Strickland Lonnie Gilbert Jno 1) Goode .T II Anderson J F Sipseomb Thos S Kitchens B J Davis J B Gardner Robt H Renfroe. A Sranoer in a Strange Land. A. Black, Jr., writes from Andalusia, Alabama, that he was taken with dysen tery of the bloodiest type. Doctors were called on to no effect. A stranger suggested Dr. Riggers' Huckleberry Cor-* dial, and to its use he owes his life. The effect of warm days of nights. To the untrue man the whole universe is false—it shrinks to nothing in his grasp; and he himself, in as far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or indeed ceases to exist. CARTGRSVILLE-TALLADEGA, The East ami West Makes Its New Connections and a New Schedule Inaugurated. A Pleasant Trip Among Lively Peo ple—The Boundless Resources of the East and West Railroad. COAL, IKON AND MANOANKSK. Last Thursday being the inauguration of the first through schedule of the East and West Railroad of Alabama over their new extension from Broken Arrow to Pell City, there to connect with the Georgia Pacific and the Talladega and Coosa Valley Railroad, Capt. Pestoll. vice-president and general manager of the East and West, tendered a free ride to a few friends over the line. The Cartersville party was composed of Capt. Pestoll, 'Maj. C. H. Smith (“Bill Arp"), Capt. I>. W. K. Peacock, Mr. W. C. Raker and a Coukaxt-Ameiucax repre sentative, Messrs. Perry M.DeLeon,pres ident of the St. Clair Coal Company, and Mr. Nutting, of Atlanta, joining them At Cedartown and Broken Arrow additions were made to the pleasant par ty until the crowd was of goodly size, but not at all large. Leaving here on schedule time in a com fortable special coach, the party was swiftly drawn down tin* beautiful valley of the Etowah, teeming with its acres of magnificent crops of corn and cotton* now and then were given a glance at some stately old mansion that figured largely in the prosperous ante-bellum times, pass ing along the finest timbered lands in ex istence. Verily the East and Westcaunot complain of the immense resources through which its steel rails are laid. Leaving the justly renowned lime works of Mr. A. C. Lada, two miles from town, whose output is immense, and the quality of the product is unsurpassed, the road stretches along one continuous field of productiveness for miles. In the interim are also any amount of valuable ores and the finest marbles, yet to receive the first developing touch of the capitalist and prospector. At Shelinan's one of the fin est quarries of black marble in the coun try exist, a test of which has awakened tlie interest of a few capitalists, who will probably develop it in the near future. Marble abounds in profusion in that neighborhood, while ore beds are in close proximity. We soon arrive at Stilesboro, the live little burg that is comprised of persever ing merchants and stirring and competi tive cotton buyers. Stilesboro handles considerable stuff, such as lumber, cot tofi, etc., and proves quite an important station on the East and West. Passing through a wide stretch of the “piney woods” we reach Taylorsville, and on each side of the track for considerable dis tance can be seen piles upon piles ol the finest lumber and shingles awaiting ship ment. Taylorsville lias probably ship ped more lumber than any other depot-in IThrfow Countypind the snrw mill busi ness is flourishing and steadily increas ing. Considerable trading is also done here and quite an amount of cotton is shipped. Rockmart is soon reached, the town whose reputation as a slate producing community is so well known. Its repu tation as headquarters for slate is not limited to the narrow bounds of our own State, but spreads over the whole coun try. Rockmart is a lively, progressive little city, whose merchants do an im mense trade in the immediate section, drawing upon Haralson county also for considerable trade. The shipping of slate is the most important factor in the growth of the town and development of that section, although there is a great amount of fine iron ores and manganese in the vicinity that will some day prove the impetus to the growth of a place of considerable importance. From the ear window the passenger could gaze upon piles of slate and lumber that are wait- ing for shipment. Again, passing along side and over ore beds and through ex tensive pine forests we reach Cedurtown, the plucky little city where neighbor Freeman and his Advertiser lives. Mr. F. joined the party here and reported himself in good order for a large sized time. He was accompanied by Messrs. Boaz and Adams, two clever and enter taining gentlemen. Cedartown is a good feeder also for the East and West, to which the town is much indebted for its prosperity and growth. Here are situ ated the ponderous iron works of the Cherokee Iron Company. Here lives the indomitable Maj. Amos G. West, whose progressive and developing pow ers are the marvels of this section. Cedartown is one of the coming towns of North Georgia, and has a bright future before it. Inhabited by a live citizen ship, with boundless resources, both as to mineral and agriculture, it cannot fail in making a town of considerable im portance. Alter leaving the beautiful little city ot Cedar Valley we are again rushed with lightning speed through long stretches of pine lands, until Cross Plains, the city that certainly is justified in the selection of its name, is reached. The lands here are flat and very productive. The town does considerable shipping over the East and West, and as it is constantly grow ing, the traffic will enlarge. For seven miles below Cross Plains the East and West runs alongside of the E. TANARUS., V. A Ga. through a Hat, barren country as to timber, but there are many evidences of mineral deposits. Leaving the East Tennessee, our train soon reaches the beautiful Hebron Valley, through the centre of which the road passes. For three miles the road has a track as straight as an arrow, the land being very productive on both sides, and the valley is about two miles wide, com pletely walled in by huge mountains on both sides, making a beautiful picture that would adorn the easel of the artist. From this valley to Ragland the road passes through mountain passes, seem ingly impenetrable. How one at first glance could ever hope building a rail i mil through this section is preposterous. One consolation, there can hardly be more than one passage through it, and that is occupied by the East and West. The engineer that picked his way through such a wild looking, mountainous coun try must have possessed an unlimited amount of perseverence, skill and pa tience. Strange to say, the road was laid out without much trouble, but when the rails of the East and West were laid through this section it forever barred the possibility of another road going through. There is but one path and the East and West holds that. A path that leads into the vast wilderness of pine lands and coal fields of the Broken Ar row district. For miles the road passes over onecontinuous bed of the finest coal. In cutting the roa 1 through this section the pick of the railroad hands struck several veins of the black diamonds, it can be seen very plainly from the car widow cropping out from the embank ments. The party stopped at Broken \rrow a few minutes and were joined by Mr. James Schley, the genial and always happy contractor who has just finished the six and three-quarter miles extension ADEYKTISEMENTS. The Courant-Amebican is the only Paper Published in one of the Best Counties in North Georgia. Its Cir culation is second to none of its Class. Reasonable Kates on Applicat iox, $1.50 Per Annum—sc. a Copy. to Pell City. The road-bad, though ! new. rides smoothly and without any | jar. It is a fine piece of engineering skiil i ami workmanship. Mr. Henderson, the 1 civil engineer, is a smart young fellow, well up iii his business. His employers are exulting over the little ontla y neces sary to build the extension, the rwult of the skill and the manner in which the line was laid out. pell city. At Pell City the party was met by the mayor and a large committee from Talla dega, and Messrs. Morgan and 1). W. Rogers, the owners of the Talladega and U'oosa \ alley railroad. Pell City, though *'et only a flattened waste, will some day make its record. A prettier {dace to build a Iteautiful town does not exist any where. The ground is as level as a par lor floor and the place is surrounded by a huge mountain. The town is located in a fine agricultural section, at a point most favorable to catch the investor l>e tween Anniston and Birmingham; the water is excellent, and at a depth of ten feet any amount is to be had—good fm*- stone water, with a light touch of lime. The mineral backing alone is plenty suffi cient to build a town here of much im portance. Coal, iron and manganese is at its very doors, and those that do not care to invest 7” per cent, of Heir money in Birmingham or Anniston dirt and the balance in a plant, can go to Pell City—where land is cheap and where rail road facilities will be just as good as either of these booming towns. The Pell City Land and Improvement Company, composed of Capt. Posted, Judge Inzer, Mr. Levy— a capitalist of New York—and a few others, will soon throw' the lots at Pell City on the market and invite the manufacturer and capitalist. A big sale is to i>c had and a boom from the start is to be anticipated. It goes without saying that it will prove a success for the enterprise is not lacking in grit or green backs. The town will enjoy splendid rail road facilities, and will soon loom up as one of the booming centres of this sv tiou. OX TO TALLADEGA. Leaving Pell City at nearly dusk, the party was carried over the Talladega and Loose Valley road to the lovely little city of Talladega, the home of “Betsy Hamil ton," and where a good healthy boom has all along existed and liable to remain for some time to come. The party was conducted to the hotel, where they were amply, and as “Bill Arp” says, “dum foundedly fed,” after which the party was conducted to a large and elegant room in the rear of Skagg’s Bank, tpiite a nice little crowd of energetic and good looking Talladegans had preceded iih, and speech-making was in order. Mayor Skaggs, in the name of Talladega, bade the Georgians welcome, and called uopn Maj. Smith (“Bill Arp") for an oration. The Major complied in his happiest vein, and was followed by others of the party. The reception, though impromtu, was de lightful, and the Georgians could not help but forever hold a good opinion of their clever neighbors on the other end of the line. The next morning the Georgians were driven in handsome turnouts over the beautiful city and shown its many signs of a progres sive citizenship. Surprise after sur prise greeted the Georgians as they were carried from one point of interest to another. The water works—the hand somest in this section —its supply of the purest water drawn from an immense spring, capable of supplying wiLo' for a town ton times the size of Talladega. The gas works are near by, and it and t he water works are run under one manage ment—a private corporation. The pub lic school building, costing $12,000 lie sales the grounds, is an honor to the town and her people. Signs of progress iveness are seen on every hand. The peo ple move along the streets as if they had an object in going. New and elegant res idences vie with each other in attracting the eyes of the stranger, and wide and well shaded streets all go towards mak ing Talladega what she is is now, the per petual abiding place for a good healthy boom. In Mayor Skaggs Talladega has a wonderful genius to preside over her des tiny. His career is remarkable. Starting out as a poor, struggling youth, here lie is at the age of twenty-five or six at the head of a large banking house and Mayor of one of the liveliest towns in Alabama. He is the main-stay of the town, one in whom all place the most implicit confidence, it was he who inau gurated the healthy and growing boom. It is he that is always to the front when anything is to be done for the town. No wonder the Talladegians are proud of their youthful Mayor. Mr. Jno. C. Williams, editor and pro prietor of the Mountain Home, is a tal ented young gentleman, devoted to his work of building up his town. The well filled columns of his paper of home ad vertisements attest the esteem In-which he and his able paper is held by his people. By eleven o'clock the party had seen the town and began preparing for the re turn home, all feeling happy over their pleasant visit and courteous manner in which they were treated. Talladega, with her great public improvements and hospitable j*eop!e, will long t>e remem bered by the whole party. Returning the party stopped an hour at Renfroe and inspected the GREAT ROGERS MILE. Such a mill! What a well handled army of workmen ! This immense mill is owned by Messrs. I). W. and Morgan Rogers, two gentlemen who secured their first start in old Bartow. Their success in Alabama is phenomenal. ’Seventy five hands are employed in saw ing up immense logs into lumber, shingles and lathes. Every man and boy moves ns one solid piece of machinery, so well have they been drilled for their re spective labors. Forty thousand feet of lumber is ripped up by the saw every day; 50,000 shingles are made and bundled up ready for the market, 40,000 lathes are also made and bound up for the market every day, employing the army of hands and keeping the young railroad busy in supplying it with logs. Every piece of machinery is on the improved order and most expensive. A perfect system of wa ter works adorn the plant, while its ten plugs are scattered in convenient points in case of fire. Everything is worked to a fine point; the system is perfect and disorder and chaos is never known. The Rogers boys are truly fair specimens of not arc's noblemen, whose accumulation of wealth is begrudged by no one. They deserve all they have and can get. It was amusing to watch “Bill Arp. He had been shown around the mill when his eyes caught the “steam nigger.” The “steam nigger” takes the place of four men in handling heavy logs and placing them in position on the carriage ready for the saw. The Major w itched the “steam nigger” intently and philosophic ally solved the labor question. Every time the “steam nigger” hustled anew log into position the Major would give vent to his feelings with a loud laugh and exclaim with all his might, “Good-bye, Mr. Nigger.” He said that the “steam nigger” was the only “nigger” he ever loved. The immense milling plant and the twenty-seven miles of railroad arc under one management, the head and centre of which is 1). W. and Morgan Rogers. DOWN IN A COAL MINE. At Broken Arrow the party was invit ed to explore the grimy depths of the Eureka coal mines, where the company operating it lately struck a five foot and a half vein of the finestcoal. The Eureka company is anew one, and as yet only CONTINUED ON SECOND RAGE.