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I s yOL. 7 -10.39] SU <**>* *. A PROSPEROUS CITY. Interest! ng Letter From tlie Home of Sam Jones. The D TfKtpmw l of th*j Mineral* of Bnr toW County—Mew Knt-rprioa luugurate<l. Cartersville, Ga., Feb. 15, ’BB. Editor Manufacturer’s Record: Car- is located fifty miles north of ttiuiim, Ga-, and ninety miles south of Chattanooga, Teun., on. the line of that great State enterprise, the Western & Ulantic Road, and is the eastern termi m of the East atid West Railroad of Alabama. It is r lso the couuty-3eat of I'artow county, situated in a valley at the foot of Pine Log and APatoona mountains, a span of the Blue Ridge. p 0 r health and salubrity of climate we cannot l>e surpassed. The country is sufficiently undulating, to muke the drainage perfect; therefore, no malaria. A part of the county, and even of our city, is supplied bountifully with the best and purest freestone water, and a part Jitli blue limestone water. Our agricul tural lands are rated higher for taxation than any in this State, producing all the crops of the South equally well, many of our farmers making a bale of cottou jier acre. I, myself, have raised on a field two tons of clover per acre without fertilizing. I have, in my business trans actions, purchased a fraction over one hundred and eighty-seven bushels of wheat, weighed after being thoroughly dried, from six acres of ground. This seems to me a good showing for our agriculture, but all do nob succeed this well; all do succeed in accordance with the labor and management they bestow. Again, the hills, at the foot of which our city is located, are richly freighted with brown hematite iron ore, gray specular iron ore, manganese ore, yellow ochre, plumbago, silver, gold, copper, Ac., Ac. In all my travels and examina tions I have found no country having such large deposits of iron and mangan ese ore. VYe have elastic sandstone of the best quality, for furnace purposes; in fact, it would seem that nature, in her most kiudiy mood, had tyied to see how prodigal she could be with her good gifts, and notwithstanding all these there has bet'u no boom here, and why? Simp y Realise we, who are to the manner born, fiiow it, and cannot see why others do not know the same thing intuitively. A few of our more progressive men are beginning to wake up and ’ook around and ask what can be done. Othe.-s are already at work. In December last there was organised the “Central Company**’ The object of this company is to mine ore and sell to furnaces-, handle mineral, lands, etc* They organized with a paid up capital of s'lo,ooo, and now their stock is Worth three for one, and none for sale. Only last week a tew leading spirits n 'ct and organized a land company. 1 hev propose to purchase and improve ft'al estate, and sell the same > to adver tise the city and county', and to give aid und encouragement to parties who may desire to en augur ate manufacturing eft terprisos. Recently Mr. E. E. freeman purchased an interest with Mr. A. P. Silva i" the manufacture of yellow octane* and ’h*'r things which may present them selves. two gentlemen, who are strang e-one a Mr. Jones and the other a Mr. Multbie— Came to this place recently, Purchased some property and are now 1 ranging to put up machinery to wash '1 dry yellow ochre,*g' ind and prepare l l!l gnriese, and also prepare talc for r %'ket. f d. ( M. Jones has applied for a Char ge the Georgir Graphite CO;, and w s 'fl 3 soon organize aud Commence <fche Manufacture of Graphite. f hc H. H. Jones & Sons mainifebtttring ° > an* proposing to add #15,000 ad iniml capital to their business, which " run f hoir capital up to #50,000. 11 city fathers have awakened to the of water works., and are now ‘ ‘ u ‘g some tests for witter, and from universal desire <m The part of the 'Us, I have no dotfdt they will be com pleted. Th ' tril^l * s our entire citizenship are " nnd itesound as they have p* 01 '* years., The Sam Jones Col- <)r the-education of our daughters tifi co,n pletion. It will be a beau ;ui i . UildHl ? ail(1 an lj °nor to our city, u *1 ' U brain which conceived the idea tinv /: tonßue * "Mch so eloquently pro- Y ’Ts benefits, deserve all praise. are t 8 a,n dones home, and we linsr I?* 1 ° fhiraand £ ood heisdo g.. i le entbe couutry. It is also irn ,°7 ° f the great philosopher, Bill ft ’‘7 We are P roud of him. The truth the*. T? manj notable besides know J'i - to ° mode6t to the world \ ac a & la,ld country we have. e r ÜBion - Mr - editor, allow 'iC tt tH yOU a ,nost in “to coule *0 our lovely little city of the valley and pay us a visit, and show you our country, that you may point out its beauties to those seeking profitable investments for idlecapital; to those who live in the home of the blizzard that they may find a home where their little ones will not freeze while going to or returning from school; to those living in malarial districts, that they may come and par take of the invigorating atmosphere and water which we possess in abundance and to spare. D. W. K. Peacock. A BALL Ut SNAKES. A Curious Sight Wiiufsned by a Locomo tive KuglMer in Florida. While a train on the South Florida was below Kissimmee, thirty-nine miles South of here, the engineer was treated to a novel sight. At this point the road runs through a swamp, aud the grade is but sightly higher than the water and mud. While going along at a fair speed, the engineer noticed a queer ball of some thing, about 100 yards ahead, in the centre of the track. The morning was somewhat foggy and rather cold. le lore he could clearly see if it was really an obstruction, the engine was almost on it. Then, to his amazement, he saw* it was a ball of snakes. They were all r olled and twined in together, with their heads staking out in all directions, aud about the bulk of of bushel basket. * The engine struck them fuir and threw the bunch into the air when it burst, aud the snakes fiew into all directions, some on the cow-catcher, others on the engine, and one or two managed to alight near the cab. The engineer says the snakes were a ll colors ami sizes and kinds, the big black snakes predominating. He saw them squirming on the running gear of the en gine, and he put on an extra head of steam and pulled ahead as fast as possi ble. At the next station, some five miles below, the crowd at the platform gave the locomotive a wide berth. An exami nat I 'on and search revealed over ten big black whip, cow and water snakes. The seetiop master afterward sa ; d it was a common sight on cold, frosty mornings to see such snake bttils. Where the en gine struck the mass the remaius of fif tmi serpents were found, a few large. It is said probably 150 and over were to gether when disturbed.—Glob Democrat. Give Ely’s Cream BalnTa tflal. This justly celebrated remedy for the cure of catarrh, hay fever,cold in the head, &c., can be obtained of any reputable drug gist and may be relied upon as a safe and pleasant remedy for the above com plaints and will give immediate relief. It is not a liquid, snuff or powder, has no offensive odor and can be used at any time with good results, as thousands can testify, among them some of the attaches of this office.—Spirit of the Times, May 29, 1886, They Nev*r Speftk, Kits A young Peorian lias been very atten tive to two Peoria girls daring the last year. He loves them both', and it was an open question which he would marry* But he finally made u,p his mind, and the Munson street girt fs selected. Meeting her old rival tie oHrer day, she could not resist the temptation 'Of crow lug over hot a little. “Jane,” she remarked, in tones as sweet as sugar, “I believe yon were a lit tle sweet on Charles once, weren’t .yon?” “Yes, love,” answered the Hurl but street girl, in tones equally “he was so useful, you knows 'keeping one’s hand in.” “I deem it my duty tio'W,” said Munson street, puttiro-tlie lease dash of viuegp” in her voice, “to inform you that Charlie aud I are to be married next month.” '“I expected something of the kind, ■love,” spoke up Hurl but street. “And why so, may I ask?” '“Oh, you know, lovy,’ that dear Char lie is a little weak, and besides this is leap year.” The two girls no longer speak. —Peoria Transcript. Dr. 80-san-ku. In his new discovery for Consumption, succeeded in producing a medicine which is acknowledged by all to be simply mar velous It is exceedingly pleasant to the taste, perfectly harmless, and does not sicken. In all cases,of Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Croup, Bronchitis, and Pains in the Chest, it has given universal satisfaction, Dr Bosan ko's Cough and Lung Syrup is sold at 50 cents by Wikle & Cos. mcliß ly Ex-Senator Tabor, of Colorado, who was arrested Monday for allowing a Sunday concert in his opera house m Denver, announces his intention of mak ing a test case of the matter, if he has to carry it to the highest court of the country. The city ordinance prohibits the giving of performances of any sort on Sunday nights in which acting is done, but makes no mention of sacred concerts. The ex-Senator probably has the law on his side, and he certainly has the means to make a test case. A Little Child rtyinff- The most pitiful sight that can be pre sented to father and mother is to see their little darling suffering so from the effect of teething. The wise patient gives Dr. Diggers Huckleberry Cordial to rel ieve it. CARTERSVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH. 9, 1888. A WORLD OF WATER Watifrd to Supply tbe Needs of Carfe^ville. Two Important Surveys Made by Engineer bavts—The Railroad Project About to Fall 1 hrou;.h —An Inter # • eating Interview. Mr. N. Wilson Davis, a civil engiueer of Atlanta, spent last week iu the city, mak ing surveys for the railroad of the Eto wah Company and the proposed water works of this city. In order to find out the result of these surveys a reporter of the CouuANT-AiiEricAN approached him and inquired: “Mr. Davis, have you finished the sur vey for the railroad?” “Yes, sir; the survey has been complet ed.” “Where does the line run?” “I surveyed a line from the transfer yard by way of the Satterfield manga, nese mines, along the Marburn ridge to the old Cooper bank?” “Are there any difficulties in the way of this line being adopted by thecompany?” “1 found it impossible to bring the grade low enough to strike the tunnel where the Central company propose to mine. Besides, we had to cross two ‘di ides,’ which made heavy earth work, and on Maburn ridge I struck what en. gineers term ‘loose rock’ for nearly a mile. This makes this route more expen sive than the old Etowah route, which is already graded, by an amount of about #8,000.” “With these difficulties iu the way, do you think it is at ad likely that the road w ill go to the transfer yard?” “I think not. The advantages which would accrue to the town by this location is not sufficient to warrant the expendi ture of #B,OOO, and therefore I don’t think anything will be done.” Not getting much comfort out of the above the reporter changed the subject and inquired: “Well, what do you think of the pro posed water-works scheme?” “Now, you have struck me on a far more interesting and important subject. I understand the town intends to appro priate #25,000 for waterworks if they can gain permission from the Legislature and authority from the people at th 1 polls is obtained. This amount will put in an efficient plant and insure its running for many years.” ■ “What plan would you suggest?” “The plan I suggested to the committee is to sink a ‘shallow’ or‘dug’ well in some locality where they couM get freestone water, and where the surroundings a: e not such as would contaminate it. Such a location is at the end of Main street, near Mrs. Young's. On her lot there is a fine Well, in which the water stood twenty one feet when we measured it.” v ‘Whati<oe well would you dig?” “The weM will be twenty feet in diame ter and sixty or seventy feet deep. Al- influx of one foot of depth per lm*r is sufficient to supply the town at A t’ate of forty gallons per head. This is The compound system of supply.” “Where would you pump the water to?” “The water will be pumped from the w r ell into a stand pipe or resorvoir on the hill just back of the Baptist church and thence conducted by gravity through the distributing mains to the town. The hill itself is higher than any house in tow n, and by raising the reservoir, which will be built of boiler iron, up above the hil 1 on suitable foundation to the heighth of seventy-five feet, we will get a ‘head’ that will throw a stream from a two-inch noz zle over any house in town. Then all the town wants for years to come is a hose carriage and about 1,000 of hose.” “That would be a sure preventive against serious conflagration,” sug gested the reporter. “Yes,” replied Mr. Davis, “aud the re duction on insurance is therefore consid erable. In a standard city with a water supply the charge on a standard build ing is 25 cents; if no water add 15 cetfts. If the system is other than gravity., i. e. the Holly system, where the water is forced direct in the mains from the pump add 5 cents. So you see when the water is in Cartersville it will take 15 cents off of the raje of insurance?’ “W’)at meins w’Tbe-i te?” “T he i-‘ .es of the mains wdl be 8, 6 and 5 inches, of standi rd can Con pipe. The distribuuicn of Ihe iraC's has not been fixed upon yet for the b„-ee as I sur veyed them, would have too miany ‘dead heads,’ which should be a- -Med as the water in them soon becomes foul and un wholesome. A dead head’ is a branch from the in; in that docs not return the main. Tins p.-events the water f* om ci’cnla ug and it is suou unfit for use.’ “What kind of pump would you use?” “The Worth in vton Compound-Du oVx Steam Pump, regnla- pp '■tern. This w 1 be connected wiih tne main as well as with the reservoir so that in case of fire the pump can be started and a greater pressure and more water supplied to thu fire hose. These pumps are cheap enough and are vei itable beauties. So the pumping station and the water tower, ’with a balcoi j on top, will be attractive to all and will impress strangers that the town is alive to the necessity of taking sanitary measures in time, and in pro tecting itself from fire. Thus the water works will invite prospectors to settle here, and under the shield of a good wa ter supply factories will be built. But it is no use to go over the advantages of a water supply. Every sensible man knows it is desirable and that it will soon become a necessity. If it does not improve the heath fulness of the town it w’H at least preserve it. Cartcrsville is healthy, already, and should preserve its right to the title. With one large well we can keep the water purer than with five hundred small ones.” Something Genuine and Reliable. If you want to be relieved of that cough and sore throat, strengthen your lungs, prevent consumption, cure your child of croup and bronchitis, go imme diately and buy a bottle of Pemberton’s Globe Flower Gough Syrup. Your own mother will endorse it. Take a fifty cent bottle and try it. Ask your druggist for it. It is guaranteed. feb24-4t Lov. Gordon Broke Af?ain. I was told the other day that Gov. aud ex-Senator John B. Gordon, of Georgia, was “flat-broke” again, some enterprise in which he had been engaged having proved a dis apterous failure. Gen. Gor don is one of the most popular men in the South. His intsgriity and sincerity have be m questioned. The number of his friends is only limited by his acquaint ances. But he has been singularly un fortunate in his commercial ventures, and and is now looked upon as a sort r f Jonah. He resigned from the senate be cause an opportunity to make a large sum of money was offered him, and he was too conscientious to receive it while he was re .‘eh !ng the pay and sustaining the responsibilities of a senator. He made the money, I am told, but has since lost it all. Few men have had so many chances to biKioine rich as Gen. Gordon, for he lias successful friends, and friends willing to help him. But he has not the faculty of keeping his money. Speaking of this peculiarity of Gor don’s, I am reminded of what his succes sor in the senate, old “Joe” Brown, said of him: “If uny ohfc were to give Gordon one hundred silver dollars and lock him in a room, he would loose half of them before he could get them counted. —Washington Letter. Household Economy, Many dollars a year can be saved by the use of Diamond Dyes. They color anything any color. One to four pounds of cotton aud woolen goods readily and easily colored with one package. 33 col ors. 10 cents each. Direction book free. Another Assault on Keelv. It has estimated that the sun can not be relied on to furnish us r ght and heat for more than 10,000,000 years more. Mr. Keely will have to hurry up with his motor if he expects to make anything from it before everything goes u) smash.—New York Star. A Thousand Devils cannot torment one worse than that arch fiend of disease—Rheumatism. At last a remedyJias been found that coun teracts the rheumatic poison. This posi tive cure for Rheumatism, is Paiue’s Cel ery Compound. The Kennesaw Gazette winds up an article on the cheap rates south as fol lows: “We are confident that if parties wish to buy farming lands they cannot do better than in the Chickamauga val ley, in Gordon, Bartow’, Floyd, Polk or Cobb counties, or the counties contigu ous to them; aud all capitalists who desire to purchase mineral lands will find tbalt the best region in the south is in Iflritfield, Floyd, Polk and Bartow counties. The finest place we know of for iron furnaces is Cartersville or its immediate vicinity, and nowhere will you find health such a constant resident as near Acworth and Marietta.” Functional derangement oi the female system is quickly cured by the use of Dr. It. V. Price’s “Favorite Perscription.” It removes pain and restores health and strength. By all druggists. A young lady in Dubuque, la., who is of a somnambulistic habit, astonished some of the natives the other night by walking into a saloon and ordering fifteen cents worth of porterhouse steak. The saloon keeper, seeing that something was wrong, put her under the care of his wife, and later on the girl awoke to find her self in a strange house in her night dress. She was provided with proper clothing and escorted home. SSOO lie ward. The former proprietor of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, foryears made a stand ing, public oiler in all American newspa pers of SSOO reward for a case of catarrh that he could not cure. The present pro prietors have renewed this offer. All the druggists sell this remedy, together with “Douch,” and all other appliances advised to be used iu connection with it. No catarrh patient is longer able to say “I c annot be cured.” You get SSOO iu case Q f failure. POLITICAL POINTERS. Cauditlates Who VViU Pose Be fore the Public this Fall. Clemt'ii a Thinks the Cn -ds a-e Bc'ng lUi-Lml H in—The Bloodjr Seventh Llkiy to be tho Scene of Another De serate Struggle, Sam Maddox, of the Dalton bar, and ex-mayor of that city, will be a candi date for solicitor-general for the Chero kee circuit. The citizens of Bartow county are unanimous that the conflicting divisions of the Democratic party of the county be brought together and all differences set tled immediately. The man who at t * npts to thwart this public desire runs Lieiisk of incurring public disp’easuie, and such an action on the part ot any one will result to his personal injury. Hon. W. C. Lienn will be a candidate fo • re-election to the Georgia Legislature f’-om Whitfield county. He has proven himself one of the? ablest and wisest legis lators in the General Assembly, and his re u-n w ill be hailed with delight by f. *.e ids over the entire State. A. V. P. Jones is announced for the Legislature in Pickens county. The Re publicans will likely have a candidate also. We see it stated in the Tribune of Rome, that Mr. Wm. H. Hidell, of that city, will likely become a candidate for membership erf the General Assembly f.’om the county of Floyd, at the next election. If this be true, Floyd coun ty could not better honor herself than by electing Mr. Hidell. He is one of the ablest men in the State, and a more thor oughly honest man never lived. He would prove a power in the Legislature, and all jobbing schemes would meet with p ompt annihilation at his hands. One of Dalton's papers says: “Hon. James It. Brown, of Canton, is proposed as a suitable person for the next General Assembly to elect as one of the judges of the Supreme court of the State. There is no abler man in Georgia, one better versed iu the intricacies of the law than Judge Brown, and hiselection w y ould give general satisfaction to the people of the State.” In the county of Bartow only three candidates for the lower house have been mentioned. They are, W. H. Felton, A. M. Foute and Richard Hargis. Other candidates may be brought forward later on. Messrs. J. W’att Harrsis, Tom Lyon, John Akin, C. H. Smith and C. M. Jones are mentioned as suitable men to repre sent this district iu the State Senate. They are all good men and would make able representatives. The Dalton Citizen says: “Notwith standing the fact that the friends of Col. W. K. Moore are anxious that he should make the race for State Senator from the 43d district, we learn that the Colo nel is averse to entering the contest. He says that it would be a sacrifice lor him to make the race just uow, his legal du ties being such as to require his undivided time and attention. If Col. Moore docs not alter his determination, as his friends and supporters are anxious that he should, this will leave Sam Field the only aspirant, so far, in the race for Senato rial honors.” Th Canton Advance says: “The Ma rietta Journal thinks the ninth congres sional district should elect Judge Geo. N. Lester, because “he would be a great improvement on the present member.” We fear the Journal is prejudiced in its opinion. The seventh failed to see J udge Lester’s ability as the Journal now views it. Judae Lester would, no doubt, make a good congressman, but it is say ing a great deal to intimate that he would make a better one than does Col. Candler. By the way, Col. Candler seems to be doing more in Congress than the seventh's clever representative. Has the seventh a better man than Col. Clem en ts?” Intone of his letters to the Atlanta Evening Journal, Mr. Eugene Speer says: “I think Mr. Clements, the member from the seventh district, is impressed with the idea that a combine is organiz ing in his district for his defeat. He has not said this because he is careless of speech, but the impression that has seized everyone else must have occurred to him. With two candidates in his own county, one in Whitfield, and one in Cobb, and a possible one in Bartow, it looks as if they were trying to stack the cards on Mr. Clements. The question is will the people submit to it. Instead of Felton singly r it seems that he will have to fight a platoon The seventh district may be able to select an abler man to send here in place of its present representative, but I doubt if they will be able to, choose one whose legislative career could be cleaner or whose fealty to party is more pro nounced.” Glass, alll sizes at WifcLE’a Drug Sto re 1 1.50 Per Amman.—3c. a Copy. A BAKTOYV COUNT* BOV Write* an Inlorentliig; Letter From that Lone Star State. Fort Worth, Texas, Feb, 27, ’88„ Editors Courant-Amerjcan : I’vo of l ten entertained the desire to write you a short tetter, but hitherto the fear of ft possible intrusion has restrained my pen.. Now, just as 1 have concluded the peru sal (even to the patent ads.) of your last issue, my inherent Bartow county spirit, is in the ascendaucy, and- must have an.' escape valve, or something will “bust.** Although separated from my old be loved home by many huudreds of miles, and very probably forgotten by many of my old associates, I have ever proudly owned my allegiance to old Bartow, the: county on whose resplendent bosom my youthful head has so often reposed. To none of her absent sons does Car tersville’s bright outlook afford mom pleasure than to me, and I must congrat ulate the Co urant-American on its spir ited and effective efforts at expounding to public knowledge her limitless re sources. If the citizens of Cartersvilfe would do as the citizens of this place do*, in less than one decade the old town would not be known by even one relic. Here, in a wild prairie, among jack rabbits and prairie dogs (nothing more),, a prosperous, progressive city of thirty thousand inhabitants has, in the short space of ten years, arisen, and is now stretching her many iron arms in every direction ot the compass. The great se cret of this growth is, that the people are strictly, emphatically, banded together for the avowed purpose of working for Fort Worth. The motto ol all seems to. be, “as Fort Worth prospers, my pocket is enlarged;” at any rate, the moiled men of the town have grown with the* town, and you’ll find Fort Worth men at the head of every enterprise in her limits. I see from the press that many ot the railroads and cities of Texas are working up immigration from the country gener ally, but from Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and other Southern particularly. Now, while this is com n e idable for Texas—they want good 1 e iple—the effort should be a failure, tor all those states mentioned, especially Georgia, can bounteously support every worker in their boundary, and in a di matical sense, she “double discounts’* - any Western, Northern, Eastern, or any other state. During my stay of three* years in this much lauded Lone Star State, there has not been an overage crop garnered, and I am informed that such a. crop has not been gathered since’Bl. How does that show up with Georgia? it not in her favor? Decidedly, yes; be sides, on the very prettiest days one must be cumbered with over-coat, over shoes and slicker, or else, ten to one, you’ll sing, “There’s No Place Like* Home,” and I wish to the good Lord I was there. My honest sympathy is enlisted in old Cartersville’s success, and I hope that in the near future she will be cited as the progressive city of the Empire State, and that she will have regained all her prodi gal sons, one of whom is James H. Williams.. Cure for Files. Helling Piles are known by moi’stum like perspiration,producing a very disa greeab'e itching atter getting: warm. This form as well as Blind, Bleeding, and protruding Piles,yeild at once to the ap plication of Dr Bosanko’s Pile Kerne y* which acts directly upon the parts affect ed, absorbing the tumors, allaying the in tense itching and effecting a permanent cure 50 cents Address The Dr Bosan ko Medicine C©>., Fiqua, O. Sold by YVikle& Cos mch3 The engagements for passage from Ire land which have already been made indi cate that the emigration from that coun try' to the United States this year will be larger than in any recent year, if not, larger than ever before in that time. T 1 i-f is an evidence of Tory opposition in lie lind, which even the most eloquent and plausible pleas cannot explain away. Pemberton’s Wine Coca invigorates mind and body', restores health to the invalid, makes" y’our sleep sweet and refreshing. Quick" cure for headache and neuralgia, builds up the overworked mind and body, cures dispep sia and indigestion. Call on your drug gist and try a bottle. Entire medical fraternity endorse it. feb24-4t That Would Stop Them. A particularly vigorous speaker - at a woman’s rights meeting waving her long arms like the sails of a windmill, asked: “If the women of this country were to rise up in their thousands and march to the polls I should like to know what there is on this earth that could stop* them!” And in the momentary' silence* which followed this peroration a still* small voice remarked: “A mouse!”— St. James’ Gazette, “A stitch in time saves nine.” If you feel a little out, of sorts y r our head dull and heavy, then is the time to look out for a bilious attack and effectually ward it off by taking Chipman’s Liver Pills. They never fail. Sold by J. JL Wikle & Cos.