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, j “NU OOJ CAKIEKSVILLEAMKRICAN, “ 1882.) COHiODIDATED 1887.
“THE FUTURE ELDORADO”
I-the Piedmont Section of North
Georgia.
An int*-restiin Talk With a Noted Mlner
tt|ogißt About “Our Precious Metal*.”
—She Ha* Advantage* Unknown
to Other State*
Staff Correspondence Tribune of Rome.]
Carters vilue, Ga., Jan* Jl.—ln the
mechanism of North Georgia, * nature
left nothing undone. She laid its founda
tion with precious metals and covered it
over with the richest of soil.
Unlike the mineral regions of other
states, her vast deposits of iron and
other ores are to be found in the banner
farming country of the world. Thus
the two greatly diversified factors of
wealth here blend in harmony, and what
ever benefits one will help the other.
But Piedmont, Georgia, has something
grander than all the iron beds in the
world, and that is
her mili> climate.
For the last eight weeks the telegraph
wires have flashed heart rending reports
from the north, west and many parts of
the south, telling most pitiful stories of
the death dealing blizzards and how man
and beast fell before their icy breath like
dead leaves before the autumn winds.
Florida, “theland of perpetual summer,”
lias also witnessed the coldest winter tor
years, and yet during all,this arctic
weather our temjierature has seldom
reached the freezing point.
There was a time when the Texas fever
ran high in the north and the railroads
could not transport the people fast
enough. The same may be said of the
western territories. It is now an estab
lished fact that the winters of those
localities are becoming severer each
year and the people are begining to
lookout for a milder climate.
What a paradise then in North Geor
gia for such worthy fugitives! What a
grand field is this for the frost bitten
artizan and farmers.
When the Hon. Wm. I). Kelly said “the
south is the future eldorado” he had
traveled over the Piedmont section of
this state; had stood on the Seven Hills
of Modern Rome and drank in the inspi
ration that prompted the above eloquene
utterance.
Now comes
her precious metals.
Bartow county is centrally located in
the mineral belt, and joins Floyd county
on the east.
Cartersville, her county seat, is a thrifty
little city of 2,500 inhabitants and
claims more manganese ore in a radius of
ten miles than any other town or city in
the world.
Douglas Wikle and Alex. Willingham,
proprietors of the Courant-American,
are watchful of Bartow’s interest, and
are advertising her advantages in a noble
way.
Your correspondent called upon Capt.
D. W, K. Peacock, of Cartersville, this
morning and obtained some valuable in
formation concerning the resources of
North Georgia.
Captain Peacock is one of the most
noted mineralogists in the south, having
made it a special study for the last ten
years. .
His cabinet is complete and embraces
collections from every ore bank of any
consequence in America.
The captain was in one of his best hu
mors, and from him I gleaned the fol
lowing interest facts:
“The iron belt or lead,” said he “passes
through this county from southwest to
northeast. The lead is from one and a
half to three miles wide and contains
some of the largest deposits of brown
hematite iron ore 1 have ever seen in any
country. Among those places that have
been worked are the Crow ore bank, the
Wheeler, the Jones, the Bartow, the Bu
ford, the Wild Cat, the Peachtree and the
Sugar Hill ore banks, the Wheeler being
the only well defined vein of brown ore I
ever saw.
dn addition to those above men
tioned, 1 would call attention to the
Hurricane mountain ore banks. These
beds have all been and are still being ex
tensively worked.
"What do other people think of our
res, Captain?”
in an interview with a Mr. Fox, of
i hiladelphia, after showing him Hurri
'ane mountain, he said, “if you were to
Build two furnaces with a capacity of one
hundred tons each per day on each side
01 tlie mountain and run them to their
utmost capacity for the next one hun
'hcd years, you would have plenty of
ore left.”
I then asked for his opinion on our
manganese ore, and he replied: “After
'•siting the manganese mines of this and
other countries, I must pronounce this
t 'c best 1 have ever seen.
,l °n. Joseph E. Brown, one of the
|o ‘ sent 1 nited States senators, has made
, ai^e investments in these mines, and he
JfS n °ted for his wisdom.
THE COURANT-AMEKICAI.
“North Georgia, in my opinion, is the
garden spot of the world, because she
has more varied resources than any
country in the known world.
“Now, as to the future of our country,
lean only give an opinion, and that is
until our people take the lead in starting
up such enterprises as the products of
the country authorize, it will not be
done. We have waited for a quarter of
a century for our friends north, east,
west and south to come and do this for
us, and we may continue to wait a quar
ter of a century longer.”
“Where do the north Georgia minerals
go?”
“Our iron ore goes to Chattanooga.*
Dayton, Tennessee, and Birmingham. To
Chattanooga the cheapest rate is 60c
per ton. The manganese goes largely to
Pittsburg, Pa., at a nominal freight of
about #4.36, but including the loss of
weight it will foot up at least #5/)0 per
ton.”
“Would it not be better if this iron and
manganese could be manufactured at the
mine?”
“I answer most assuredly for in the
manufacture of iron there would be a
saving of 60 cents per ton freight on the
ore, equal to #1.20 per ton on the iron,
provided the ore run 50 per cent. In the
case of manganese, there would be a
saving of at least #4.30 per ton on the
ore, which would equal #8.60 on the
manufactured article, provided the ore
run 50 per cent. Labor and other mate
rial used in the manufactures is quite as
cheap as in Pittsburg or Chattanooga.
“If you were going to invest in North
Georgia minerals would you do so now
or wait until the demand sprang up?”
“I have already invested largely and
shall continue to do so as fast as I can
obtain the means, and would advise all
who desired to buy minerals to invest
while they are cheap.”
“Do yyu think the manufacturing in
terests would interfere with that of agri"
culture?”
Clearly not. IntersptTse North Geor
gia with iron manufactories and you
give employment to the able-bodied
labor of the country; build up cotton
and other light manufacturing indus
tries and you furnish labor for the women
and children of the country. Then all
will become bread winners.”
“‘How will this benefit agriculture?”
“By creating a home market for ail
products of the farm at remunerative
prices.”
The monied men of this section should
awake their interests and “hit while the
iron is hot.”
Capt. Peacock kiiows his business. He
is familiar with his honored profession
and his ideas of progress are not beyond
the power of the people who claim this
most favored region as their adopted
home. J. G. T.
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Wliat “Peculiar” Means.
Applied to Hood's Sarsfiparilla, the
word Peculiar is of great importance.
It means that Hood’s Sarsaparilla is
different from other preparations in
many vital points, which make it a
thoroughly honest and reliable medicine.
It is Peculiar, in a strictly medicinal
sense, first, in the combination of re
medial agents used; second, in the pro
portion in which they are prepared;
third, in the process by which the active
curative properties of the medicine are
secured. Study these points well. They
mean volumes. They make Hood’s Sar
saparilla Peculiar in its curative powers,
as it accomplishes wonderful cures hith
erto unknown, and which give to Hood’s
Sarsaparilla a clear right to the title of
“The greatest blood purifier ever dis
covered.” jan 13-lm
Red and white Eastern raised onion
sets at Wikle’s Drug Store.
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Onion sets at Wikle’s Drugstore, tf
Coming To It Kapidly.
Atlanta Constitution.]
The Cambria Iron works of Pennsyl
vania imports annually $14,000,000
worth of iron ore from across the water.
The duplicate of that ore, even richer
in quality, of exhaust quantity, is scat
tered and buried all over North Georgia.
That fourteen million dollars now sent
out of the country for ore might be kept
at home and the Cambria works get their
ore cheaper, if they would only come to
Georgia for it.
The northern iron kings are finding out
the richness of the Georgia ore —that sur
passes in richness the imported ores—and
are coming for it rapidly. It is already
being shipped to Pittsburg and other
northern points. As for Birmingham,
Anniston, Chattanooga and other south
ern irou centers, they rely for finer ores
almost entirely on the Georgia fields.
Mr. Aaron Haas showed us a letter the
other , day from a Birmingham furnace,
begging him “to please hurry up the
Georgia ore.” This ore is from the Eto
wah property, near Cartersvllle. They al
come to Georgia for the best oies.
Shall we not utilize them at home?
•
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constitution. Remember, we guarantee it.
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CARTERSVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 18S8.
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
Wliat the People, Around Us
are Doing.
Gleaning* and Glimmerings From Our
North Georgia Exchange*.
DALTON.
Prof. Creary is organizing anew brass
band.
Many farmers say it is almost impossi*
ble to come to the city on account of the
bad roads.
Anew orchestra has been organized
here, which will be known as the Dalton
Quartette Orchestra. The organization
is composed of the best home talent.
Rev. A. H. Mitchell, of Ringgold, has
recently received a call from the First
Baptist Church in this city. He is said
to be one of the finest pulpit orators in
the State.
A recent dispatch to the Augusta
Chronicle, from this place, says that an
epidemic of scarlet fever is raging in Dal
ton. This is a false report. There have
Ijpen a few cases of chicken-pox here, but
no scarlet fever.
The marriage of Prof. Archer A. Jones
and Miss Kate Harben, in this city, on
the? evening of January 16th, was a so
cial event of great brilliancy. The cere
mony occurred at the residence of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. N. P. Harben, Bish
op Hargrove, of Nashville, Tenn., offi
ciating.
For the mouth of January the follow
ing individuals were granted license to
marry: J. F. Smith and Mary Gentle;
R. R. Gillihan and Anna Sansom; Sam
Divings and Mary Rose; A. A. Jones and
Kate Harben; Geo. Zeal and Anna Rey
nolds, col; Sam Brown and Jennie Hol
man, col.
MARIETTA.
Rev. W. E. Baker, of Roswell, Ga., has
been employed to preach in the Presbyte
rian church until a pastor is elected and
takes charge.
Rev. G. S. Tumlin, pastor of the Bap
tist church, has been preaching a very in
teresting series Of sermons on the doc
trines of the church.
The mayriage of Mr. Arthur B. Spring
er, of Marietta, and Miss Roselle Mans
field, took place on Wednesday afternoon
25th ult., at the residence of Mr. W. C.
Mansfield in Cleveland, Tenn.
The sale of the property of the late M.
A. Thornton which took place last Sat
urday was well attended. The residence
and farm was rented to Mr. G. N. John
son for #225 per annum.
One of the most enjoyable social en
tertainments of the season was given at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Ses
sions, on Monday evening last, compli
mentary to their visiting guest, Miss Nell
Moore, of Toledo, Ohio.
A trade was consummated here last
Monday that will be of decided benefit to
Marietta. Messrs. A. P. Brantley A Cos.,
of Blackshear, Ga., bought of Messrs.
Reynolds & MeClatchy two store lots.
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next to Atlanta street, of the old Mariet
ta hotel lot, being sixty feet front and
one hundred feet deep, for the sum of
#2,000.
CANTON.
The bad weather continues, consequent
ly the roads are becoming almost impas
sable, and court is approaching, too.
The Methodist church intend to pay
their debts now, and make some needed
improvements on their church building
this year if they are able to do so.
Dr. W. H. Sherman, of Hickory Flat,
received a telegram Monday stating that
his sister, Mrs. Davis, in Texas', was very
ill. He left immediately for her bedside.
“H” Evans, who was recently buried
at Trickum, had his life insured for
ss,Lou. This will be a great help to his
widowed wife and fatherless children, and
shows how thoughtfully he was for his
loved ones. “H” had many noble traits
of character.
On last Tuesday evening the usual
Thursday evening prayer-meeting of the
Baptist church was held at Judge Put
nanfs, for the benefit of “Grandma Put
nam,” who is very old and in feeble
health and has been unable to attend
church for a loug while.
A line black bull dog was in the neigh
borhood ol the Franklin Alines last week
biting and snapping at every animate
object in his path. He bit several dogs
and toxe up one of Mr. J. B. Chastine’s
dogs very badly. Several dogs that were
bitten were killed. Air. At. L. Petty killed
the mad bull dog.
*
LAFAYETTE.
J. 11. Webb has been elected Marshal.
Hands to work on the railroad pass
through almost daily. About twenty
teams passed through Monday.
Robert AYebb is in the last stages of
consumption and is liable to die at any
time. His pure young life is drawing
rapidly to a dose.
H. I). Robinson lost a good horse last
Wednesday, which had just came back
from an exhausting trip to Chattanooga.
Bad roads have many sins to answer for.
On the farm of Mr. Glass, in Crawfish
Valley one of Gen. Andrew’ Jackson's
soldiers sleeps his hurt sleep. The hum
ble grave is in the field near the spring,
and is marked by nature’s monument, a
tree planted at his head.
For some days past the friends and
relatives of Mrs. Florida Marsh have
been hoping against hope. All that love
and tenderest cart could do, was hers,
but they were powerless to keep back
death’s dread touch. She breathed her
last W ednesday, the 25th inst, about
12 rn.
Mr. Lowe, the contractor, says the
road will be here before we expect it.
Possibly by that time ic w ill be located
through town, and the business interests
’ will ceKse to suffer. Were there any
cause for the delay, the town could bear
the injury with better grace.
Tuesday at John Jones’ there was an
unwelcome visitor. A mad dog called
and got after his children. They suc
ceeded in reaching the house and barred
the door. Mr. Jones arrived a few min
utes later, and getting his rifle shot him
as he came down the path at him. It
was a large brindle cur.
The saw mill capacity of Walker will
be increased by the addition of three new
mills, that will go into the cross tie busi
ness. One of them will be located in the
Catlett Gap, one on Mr. Bowman’s land
and the other on the line of the C. R. &
C. R. R.
Tuesday of last week at Redmond’s
camp at Dobbs Gap, John Williams shot
McCarver in the right thigh. Both
parties were railroad hands and both
colored. A warrant was sworn out
Tuesday before Squire McFarland, and
Thursday Sheriff Foster went up to
execute it but the bird had flown.
BUCHANAN.
Teachers of the county met here Thurs
day and Friday to be examined.
The railroad w ill be built from Bremen
to Buchanan before it reaches this point
from Cedartown on account of the
difficulty in getting through Backbone
ridge. *
Rev. Thos. Hollis has in his possession
a bill of Continental money made in
1777. It is certainly a curiosity, it is
printed on brown paper, something like
paste-board. On both ends at the back
is printed “Death to counterfeit.” Mr*
Aldridge has two bills in his possession
of like character, and Mr. G. M. Roberts
has a coin made in 1720.
Mr. Robert White thinks that he has
struck a fine gold mine on his farm, near
Popular Springs. Mr. W. has been pros
pecting for fine gold for some time, but
only this week found what must prove
very valuable. Mr. White and another
gentleman, on looking at the rocks, for
gold, discovered several fine nuggets.
He will have it thorougly tested, and
feels confident that he has a good thing.
ROCK MART.
Some of the ladies of Rock mart are
grumbling on account of the bad side
walks and street crossings.
Miss Dora Dever anticipates giving an
entertainment in the near future for the
purposed collecting the remaining part
of the money for the communion service
set.
The ladies of the Alethodist church met
and organized a society last Tuesday
for the purpose of furnishing the parson
age with all household goods. It will be
known as the Ladies Parsonage society.
They will meet Wednesday evening after
the fourth Sunday in each month.
Rev. T. 0. Rorie entertained the con
gregation at the Methodist church for an
hour last Sunday morning in reading
from the Discipline and commenting on
the same. He is an excellent speaker and
bids fair to become one of the most able
ministers in the North Georgia confer
ence. A collection was taken up after
services for missionary purposes and
$55 was raised.
The Slate says: “The Tribune of Rome
says a rich Northern company are nego
tiating for Colonel Seaborn Jones’ slate
quarry in Polk county, and that they
will employ fifty hands. We beg to in
form the Tribune that Colonel Jones’
quarry is situated inside the corpora
tion of Rock mart and tha*t if the rich
Northern company buys it they will work
two hundred and fifty hands: A thous
and hands can be worked in slate quar-
DALLAS.
A small child of Mr. Jas. Dewberry
died last Sunday morning near Dallas. *
It is a settled fact that more fine hogs
have been butchered in this county this
winter than any season for many years
past.
Esqr. Isaac Williams, of near York
ville, was in the city last Friday buying
“quick,” and exhibiting some fine speci
mens of gold ore.
Air. Frank Dewberry and Aliss Kittie
were married Thursday evening
at the residence of the bride’s father,
Air. Mark E. Cantrell, Judge H. C. Scog
gins officiating.
IN ITS NEW HOME.
The Conrant American in More
Coni mod ions Quarters.
The Large Edit ions of the Printed by
Steam Power—Better Equipped than
Ever—A Reception Given to
the Ladle*.
The present issue of the Courant-
American is sent out from its new home
in the Bank block just two doors below
the postoffice.
This is also the first paper ever printed
in Cartersville by steam power.
It may also be added that the CoUrant-
American is oneofthe very best equipped
country newspapers in the land, and we
are now’ ready for any emergency.
MOVING THE OFFICE.
Immediately after the large edition of
last w r eek’e paper was sent to the post
office the interesting and health-giving
performance of moving the printing es
tablishment was begun. It is true we
only had to move into an adjoining
room, but the taking down and the
putting up of the heavy pieces of ma
chinery was a job of no small magnitude.
But so well had preparations been made
for this step that nearly all of the work
was accomplished in less time than one
day, and the Courant-American was
opened out, bright and smiling, in its
new quarters even before our neighbors
were aware of it.
PUTTING IN STEAM POWER.
The paper’s new steam engine was then
put up in the engine room in the rear of
the job printing and press departments.
A line of shafting was run and pulleys
and belts connecting with the large cyl
inder and job presses were put in posi
tion. Wednesday afternoon the engine
was fired up and one side of. this paper
put on the press. The edition was then
run off in less than one-thfpd the time
which has usually been taken for work
ing off the paper by hand power. The
engine is certainly a dandy, a regular
lahlah, and works beautifully. It has
a sufficient power to do four or five
times the amount of work it will be re
quired to perform in driving the Courant.
American steam presses.
The Courant-American is now cer
tainly in
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
The front part of the building is used
for the business, editorial and reportorial
departments. Then comes the depart
ment for paper stock, paper cutter, etc.
Sitting on a rock foundation is the large
power press which prints each week the
Courant-American and such job work as
posters, etc. It is placed below the floor
ing and the walls around it cemented. It
is so secure on its foundation that when
running at full speed it does not iar a
single bit. In the rear of the building is
the job printing department. Here we
have all kinds and styles of type and
material for doing the very finest of
work. The job work done here is equal
to the best of the larger cities, and is
vastly superior to that turned out in
places of the same size, or even larger.
This department is presided over by a
skilled workman with long years of ex
perience. Ilis work, and the facilities of
the office for doing it, are appreciated
elsewhere than in Cartersville, for we con
stantly receive orders from Atlanta,
Chattanooga, Home and the smaller
towns in this section. The engine room
is in rear of the building and the compo
sition room is in rear of it. This latter
place is where his majesty, the devil, and
the compositors hold forth, and from this
“den” comes the “forms from which the
paper is printed each week.
TO RECEIVE THE LADIES.
We hereby make the official announce
ment that the Coukaxt-Americam will be
“at home” to the ladies ol Cartersville
between the hours of 1 and ii o’clock next
Saturday afternoon. The ladies are cor
dially invited to visit the establishment
and see the inside workings of a great
newspaper. The engine and steam press
will be running at that time, and there
will be other things to interest our visi
tors.
Bad government demoralizes its sub
jects. Put the demoralized stomach in
proper order by the use of Warner’s Log
Cabiu Hops and Buchu Remedy. Largest
bottle proprietary medicine in the
market. Try it. Sold by all druggists.
Take no other hops and buchu.
A national bank has organized and
commenced business in Marietta. Al
ready the deposits have been more than
S2SDOO, while the loans, collections, dis
counts andexchange have run up beyond
their most sanguine expectations. The
gentlemanly and courteous officers, Pres
ident Boone and Cashier McCandlish, un
derstand their business thoroughly and
are alert to push the banking business.
Gilt Edge Shoe Dressing is the best.
Will refund money if it does not give en
tire satisfaction. For sale at Wikle’s
Drug Store.
$1.50 Per Annum.—sc. a Copy.
Death of a Great Man.
[Comraunleatwl.J
On the 2<>th of January, at 6 a. m., in
the city of Athens, Dr. P. H. Mell, Chan
cellor of the Tnfversity of this State,
breathed his last, surrounded by his fam
ily and friends.
l)r. Mell is a native of Georgia, and is
one of so many examples of those who
have risen from humble parentage and
position to places of honor and distinc
tion. He received his early education
under many difficulties, but with stead
fast perseverance conquered the difficul
ties that obstructed his pathway. He
received his college? education at Amherst
College, Mass., then came back to his na
tive State, engaged in teaching school
for some time, and was' then called to a
professorate in one of the colleges of this
State. He served in the late war for
three months, but was obliged to retire
on account of feeble health. Later he
was called to a professor’s chair in the
State University, and in 1878 was elected
Chancellor, which position he held until
his death. His health had been failing
for some time, while overwork severely
taxed his physical strength.
During the Christmas vacation he vis
ited his son in Auburn, Ala., and was
there taken sick and afterward removed
to his home in Athens. He lingered here
for about two weeks, and finally -died,
with full consciousness to the last. He
was buried Friday afternoon, Jan. 27,
and the large audience of sympathizing
friends attested in what esteem he was
held by them. The faculty acted as pall
bearers. The students all wore emblems
of mourning and formed a line of march
to the church, and thence to the cemetery.
Dr. Campbell, pastor of the Baptist
church, preached the funeral sermon, as
sisted by the other clergymen of the city,
V hen a person of high rank passes
from the earth, it is customary to pro
nounce eulogies and to parade his vir
tues before the public; however critical
that public may have been during his
life, they are generous to his faults and
indulgent as to his failings after death.
Yet Dr. Mell needs not much praise from
men after his death, since during his life
he had obtained a place in the hearts of
all that knew him, and the inscription on
his monument is that written upon the
hearts of men, which neither time nor ad
verse circumstances can efface. We may
truly say of him as Goldsmith says of
the preacher in his “Deserted Village:”
“A man he was to all the country dear,’
loved for his goodness, his kind heart,
his sincerity, as well as respected for his
personal dignity am.! mental attain
ments. The University loses in him a
good Chancellor, the cause of education
a good advocate, and the community a
philanthropic man.
W. O. Henderson.
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jan2o-ly
How to Deal With rhe Festive Cockroach.
From the De*roit Tribune.]
“Everything is in knowing how, you
know,” remarked an observant fre
quenter of the city hall. “If everybody
knew as much about cockroaches as 1 do
the vermin would soon become extinct.
They were the pest of my life when 1 was
in the restaurant busines ; several years
ago. There was nothing that disturbed
my peace of mind like the sight of a cock
roach walking leisurely across the table
in plain view of my customers. I bought
insect powder by the quart and tried
every means I could devise or hear of to
get them out of my house, but every
thing was a dismal failure until finally
an accident happened which gave me the
information for which I had been squan
dering money uselessly.
“One night some onp happened to lea ve
a cake box—one of those japanned tin
affairs—standing open. Next morning
about a pint of cockroaches were found
in the box. They had been able to climb
the outer surface and get inside, but the
interior surface was too smooth for them
to scale and they were corralled. Well,
that put an idea in my head. I went to
work next evening and steamed some
cake so that the insects could smell it a.
long distance and put it in the box. Next
morning-1 had about a half peck of tla
vermin. I kept the thing going for a
week and captured every cockroach ii
the house. This is something that a
cockroach-ridden people should kno..
about.”
trifle with.'any Throat or
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a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Croup or Whooping Cough,
use Acker’s English Remedy and prevent
further trouble. It is a positive cure,
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Sold by J. R • Wikle & Cos., Druggists.