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, I N U .44 i UAKi KKgVinnKAMKKICAN, “ t-OKiOLID ATED loot.
HONOR THE HEROES.
\n Appeal Tliat Should Meet
With Response.
The I)ett<i Soldiers Lying in the CHWsville
Cemetery— Shall tlielr Orves l>e Ne -
leeted. and Forgotten ?
Editors Coiikant-Amkkican: I have
ha<l a pleasant visit to-day from Mr.
Chunn, who has asked me to address a
letter to you with regard to the present
condition of the Confederate cemetery at
CaHHville.
There art' others quite as capable as
myself who may present this subject to
the people of Bartow county with ear
nestness and with motives moving them
to action, as disinterested a.s I may have,
yet, were I to hesitate to comply with
the request of my friend simply tor this
reason, I might not only fail in keeping a
promise, but be reprehensible even to my
own sense of propriety.
The people of Bartow county have in
this cemetery a sacred trust which has
\yvn delegated by the God of Battles and
of Providences. At Cassvilie we collected
the remains of hundreds of brave Confed
erate soldiers who fell on the battle fields
that make this county classic ground.
For years, as the faithful guardians of
this trust, a few ladies have been keeping
up the grounds, preserving the head
boards and the graves, of these soldiers
at sleep in our midst. Mrs. E. W. Chunn,
for a length of time, as the “President of
the Ladies' Memorial Association of Bar
tow Comity,” has nobly, and with the de
votion of a true woman, watched at these
tombs. Years have gone by since this
obligation of duty was imposed by her
lady associates and willingly assumed by
Mrs. Chunn.
At first, there was a ready response to
her calls, and funds were promptly pro
vided sufficient to enable the ladies to
fence the cemetery and keep the graves in
a manner that reflected credit upon a
gallant and brave people. As our cares
have multiplied; as the prosperity of a.
new progress in material matters has
filled the mind with p actical matters of
busine F; as we have year by year b# n
farther and farther removed from the
cause that gave us these graves as a her
itage, the ladies have found it difficult, to
get the funds necessary to keep the
grounds in proper order.
Last veur Mrs. Chunn requested me to
write to certain officers of the Confeder
ate army aud request donations to be
forwarded to her. I did so. General
Beauregard, I believe, was the only one
who responded to these letters. Now,
that the annual period for decorating
these graves is near at hand, 1 am again
called upon to bring the condition of the
cemetery to tlio attention of the people
of Bartow'county. I chose to do this in
a letter through you, which 1 design for
the people who are honored with these
g‘fives as with a priceless legacy.
It does not require much money to
keep these graves green, but the little is
needed regularly, and I appeal to the
chivalrous people of Bartow county to
send such contributions as they can make
to Mrs. E. W. Chunn, at Cassville, Ga.,
and she will promptly acknowledge the
donation, whether it be a nickel or a ten
dollar note.
Do not dismiss this matter as mere
sentiment unworthy of your considera
tion. I admit there is sentiment in it, but
when, my friends, you have lost the sen
timent of decoration day; when, as a
people, we have forgotten the men whose
dust mingles with our soil, the page of
history that will record their devotion
will write your sname.
You may be assured that the chival
rous among those who were once your
enemies will think the more of you when
you preserve the resting places of the
soldiers who so well illustrated your
manhood. Respectfully,
Hunky 1). Capers.
Adairsville. Ga., April 9th, 1888.
from thk president of the ASSOCIATION.
Messrs. Editors: I noticed in your I
vain tble paper an inquiry as to what ■
the la lies of the Memorial Association j
' V( “ IV doing towards the decoration of the
soldiers' graves. I reply, in answer, noth- !
oig; our means are too limited. The ap
pointed day is only one month off, and !
seven members have kindly' sent in their
dues— 25 cts. We feel discouraged, as all
our past work has been destroyed by
stock, for want of a small string of
fencing on the back line. In 1880, Gen.
Gordon sent us £lO, Bacon £lO, and
Gen. Beauregard £5. and others small
donations, which we appropriated to re
pairing, whitewashing, the greater part
of the enclosure. Last year we collected
six or eight dollars and appropriated it
to cleaning off the grounds. The object
oi the called meeting in March was to
consult together whether or not we
s miild disband; if not, the old officers to
, “ S,KU * hoping their successors might
succeed better.
.. M rs. E. IV. Chinn.
tusHville, April 9, 1888.
CANTON AROUSED.
The People a r Work Trying to Secure the
N< w Railroad.
Two gent leinen from Cartersville, Mr.
Aubrey and Judge Hudgins, were in
town Tuesday, and by the nature of
their business, succeeded in stirring up
considerable railroad excitement. They
came here as the representatives of the
Cartersville and Gainesville Air Line
railroad, and to ascertain what aid and
encouragement the people of Cherokee
would give in order to secure the rail
road direct by Canton. These gentlemen,
stated that the building of the road was
now an assured fact and that so soon as
they completed their trip to Gainesville,
or some other point on the R. & I)., trick-
ing an occular survey of the country ns
they went, and returned to Cartersville,
where they would make a written report
fo the Company in charge, surveyors
would be placed in the field and active
operations begun The line to be sur
veyed depends upon the report of these
gentlemen as to the inducements, such
as right-of-way donations, subscriptions
to stock, etc., offered along the two or
three prospective outlets from Carters
ville to Gainesville. This matter being
discussed upon the streets caused the citi
zens to hold a meeting and appoint a
committee to go from one side of the
county to the other to procure right-of
way, etc., and another committee to see
what could be raised in the way of dona
tions and subscriptions to the stock of
the company. These committees are
now at work and should be met with
ready aid and encouragement, by all with
whom they meet. A meeting will be held
in the court house on Monday evening
next at 5 o’clock to receive and hear
their reports. An answer from the peo
ple* must be given at once—there is no
time for delaying. This road is bound to
be built —it is an absolute necessity.
Which route it will go over is yet to be
settled. It may go by Walesca and Ball
Ground or it,may come by Canton, the
county seat. Every citizen in the county
is, therefore, interested in one or both of
the routes. Both will be built some day.
But the question is “which shall be built
now?” The route by Canton is the short
est and most practicable, and, we believe,
most desired by the projectors.—Canton
Advance.
Nor 111 vs. South.
Southern Live-Stock Journal.]
The increasing knowledge of the science
of feeding seems to favor the north as a
stock-growing region. Coin is so full of
starch as not to be a wholesome food for
growing animals, while'barley is better
and oats the most complete grain food,
and bran, the refuse product of the flour
mills, is the best of all to supplement
coarse food. All the small grains are at
home in the north and uoneof these grow
well at the frouth. It is also true that
the most nutritious grasses grow in the
north.—North Dakota Farmer.
You are too fast. There is no better
country for oats and barley and rye pro
ductions than the south. We call raise
as large crops and cheaper here than any
where else. We would do it but our peo
ple are cotton crazy.
We can’t raise wheat profitably and
therefore we have no bran, but we have
cotton seed and cotton seed meal, which
is very much cheaper.
The most nutritious grasses do not
grow alone in the north. You have no
native grasses that will compare in nutri
tive value and yield to our Japan clover,
Bermuda and Johnson grasses. We have
grasses in the south growing here spon
taneously that are far more valuable than
any of the cultivated grasses of the north.
Bermuda grass, acre for acre, will graze
more stock for six months in the year
than any grass grown any where in the
north. YTm have no grass that yield so
largely of ha.v as our Johnson grass,
quality of grass considered as well as
quantity; and this grass, once sown, is
on your land for all times to come with
out the expense of re-seeding.
Our Lespedeze or Japan clover grows
spontaneously. On rich land it furnishes
an immense amount of hay, equal in nu
tritive value to any clover plants. It
grows on the poorest soil and furnishes
good grazing. Asa fertilizer it is unsur
passed by any plant grown north, south
east or west.
The North Dokota Farmer has not
stated facts.
Name us three grasses in the north that
can be grown as cheaply, will average as
large aygeld per acre of hay as Johnson
grass, Bermuda or Japan clover, equal to
these three plants in nutritive value and
drawing as little upon the fertility of the
soil, and we will then, and not till then,
agree that the north is a better grass coun
try that the south. They can't do it.
Still another industry for the South
and the raw material right at our doors*
that is the use of tobaco stems for paper
making.
Louisiana is preparing to organize an
immigration bureau. A committee just
appointed will submit an act to the Leg
islature in May.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1888.
MINES AND MINERS.
Getting Ready for Extensive
Operations Around Car
tersville.
The Hills Fairly Alive With Men Who
are After the Precious Metals—The
BuiMiug of Tramways Into
the Iron Districts.
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The mining boom is on, and during
the present summer there will be pro
duced more ore than in any season since
the furnaces throughout the county were
startl'd. Extensive preparations are
being made by monied men to ship in
great quantities.
Mr. L. Scofield came down from Chat
tanooga Wednesday for the purpose of
opening up his valuable property below
town. He has very fine prospects for
iron and manganese, while his sand rock
is ackuoweldged to be very fine indeed.
He looks forward to a blight future for
our town.
The Etowah company have graded
their road into the ore district for three
miles, and have several cars of ties and
rails on the ground ready to be placed.
The heavy trestling over the ravine be
low Mansfields will soon be finished, as
the lumber is being reeeived and hauled
to the place as rapidly as possible. This
is the road out to the ore beds to be
operated on the lease made by the Central
Company. Mr. Allison says it will be
finished and the iron horse will be
prancing up in the wilds in a few weeks.
Mr. George Satterfield, while in New
York, made contracts to ship a great
amount of manganese, to one firm secur
ing an order for five hundred tons. He
is getting it out in a hurry aud expects
to do big business this season.
Mr. James Jefferson, just on the other
side of the river, has opened up on a
leased lot of the Roane Iron Cignpany, a
fine vein of gray ore and has orders for
all lie can get out from Knoxville, Birm
ingham, Anniston, and Chattanooga.
Isham Marshall, an old colored miner,
who, as he says, “just growed up wid
dese mountains,” is getting out the ore
and he says the prospects are the finest
he ever saw.
Mr. J. I). Allen has just finished a three
mile tram road and got in his cars, and
will operate very extensively. He is
working property belonging to the Eto
wah Company. He ships to Birmingham
chiefly, and the furnaces want all he gets
out.
Capt. AY iiliams, a northern gentlemen,
has taken charge of the Ladd lime works
near town, and the capacity will be
greatly increased. A saw mill has been
bought and now the company manufac
ture their own barrels.
The Central company, composed of
Messrs. D. W. Iv. Peacock. John YV. Akin
and L. I). Mumford, lias leased consider
able property near Oreville, and are mak
ing arrangements to ship whole train
loads at a time. This company is strict
ly a Cartersville enterprise and bids fair
to eclipse anything of the kind in this sec
tion. One of the best evidences of its
prosperity is the fact that none of its
stock is for sale.
A well informed gentleman remarked
in the presence of the Courant-Amrrican
the other day that there was enough
ore shipped from Bartow county
every day to supply several fur
naces. Our ores are in demand by all
the furnaces in the booming districts and
we are simply the mining grounds for all
the booming towns of the South. Things,
however, look very bright and at no dis
tant day the furnaces will be built along
side of the raw material.
Messrs. Silva Freeman are progress
ing finely with their ochre mill and are
preparing and shipping vast quantities
for which, they find ready sale.
The Bartow Pulverizing Company, just
across the way from Silva A Freeman,
promises to be a great industry in every
respect. The building has been over
hauled and heavy machinery for prepar
ing ochre is being placed in position. Mr.
Jones, the superintendent, is a hard
vvorker and is pushing things rapidly as
possible.
Congressman “Sunest” Cox expects to
take a vacation of about ten days this
month. He will visit Chattanooga, Au
gusta, Atlanta, Savannah, and Birming
ham, and will lecture one night in each of
these cities. The “Sunny South” will give
Mr. Cox an old-fashioned Southern hand
shake.
Health is Weal!lt
is our motto, and who doubts its truth?
lie xvho has money and poor health is
wretched indeed, while tie who is poor
and has good health can be happy We
all seek happiness and if good health
gives it, then to possess it is true wealth.
Chipmans Liver Pills will purify your
blood, cleanse your system and give you
the good health you have so long desired.
Sold by J. R, Wikle & Cos.
My stock of hats has never been as
complete as now, and prices never more
satisfactory. Yours,
J. G, M Montgomery.
BUILD MORE HOUSES.
The Supplv of Good Dwellings Not Equal
to the Demand
Cartersville is sadly in lack of more
dwelling houses. The present supply of
suitable houses is not at all sufficient to
meet the demands of the increasing pop
ulation of our growing town, and not
withstanding that many new dwellings
are in course of construction and in con-,
temptation, it does not seem probable
that this demand will be entirely satis
fied.
Why is it that more of our people do
not invest their money in new and com
fortable tenement houses? There is no
surer income than that, coming from the
rental of such property, and the steady
increasing of Cartersville realty makes
the investment doubly good. If keep
the population of the town on the in
crease, and therefore is helpful in the up
building of the town.
Perhaps there are very few people
aware of the great demand for such
houses. A single small advertisement in
the Couraxt-American brings numbers
of applicants, and nearly every day the
offices of our real estate men are besieged
by those who want to secure a home in
Cartersville.
If vou have a little cash to spare you
cannot place it better than buying a
small piece of land aud erecting there on
a neat cottage.
(spring Millinery.
Of course the ladies are interested in
millinery, especially just at the present
time, and the fair ones are casting about
for good selections. If we are any judge
the styles of hats this spring are much
prettier than any brought out yet. A
visit to the millinery establishment of
Miss E. M. Padgett© will convince all
that we are right and that Miss Padgette
has exercised fine taste and judgment in
the selection of her spring stock. Miss
Padgette has long catered to the wants
of the ladies of this section and
knows exactly what they want. Her
patronage has already been good, a
natural result of her endeavors to give
her customers the best in the market
at the lowest prices. Read her adver
tisement in another column, go and look
at the goods, and we’ll guarantee Car-
Mens ville and Bartow comity ladies never
looked prettier than they will this spring.
Her stock is full and most complete in
all departments.
A Prayer.
Parkersburg, W. Y'a., April B.—Yes
terday witnessed an exciting scene seldom
paralleled in the court room of the court
of this county. The case was an appli
cation for a license on the part of a prom
inent liquor dealer named Liver. Peti
tions, pro and con, signed by hundreds
of citizens, were presented to the court
by able lawyers, for the case had excited
general attention. The court listened to
counsel and the decision granting a li
cense was almost rendered, when the
daughter of the applicant, a beautiful
young girl and deputy clerk of the county
court, was informed of the fact. Rush
ing into the court room she raised her
hands and demanded an audience. The
court granted it. Then the fair com
plainant sent up such an appeal that the
license should not be granted to her
father as is seldom heard. Couched in
the most chaste language and burning
with that eloquence which the “right
eousness of her cause inspired,” for twen
ty minutes she held the judges and a
vast audience sbell-bound. Counsel for
the applicant, she said, had alleged that
the petition against granting the license
was signed principally by women. Ris
ing to her full height, this young woman
declared “that the fundamental law of
the United States gave the right of peti
tion to all, regardless of sex.” Her elo
quence caused the judges to reverse their*
decision and they refused the license.
A Wonderful Invention.
New York, April 7.—A syndicate, in
cluding several Georgia capitalists, has
secured the exclusive right for the South
ern States of Tompkin's process for re
ducing vegetable fabrics to paper stock,
with the intention of establishing mills
in all the cotton States, and applying
the process to reduction to paper of cot
ton stalks and seed hulls, now practically
worthless.
The promoters of the enterprise claim
they can make good news paper at two
cents per pound, and consequently the
establishing of their mills will be made
an event in the economical history of the
South as great as the establishing of the
cotton seed industry.
Col. R. A. Crawford, of Atlanta, an old
citizen and staunch friend of Cartersville,
is upon a visit to his son and daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Crawford and Mr. Thomas P.
Trammell. IHs many friends throughout
the county will be glad to learn that his
health is splendid and bids fair to put in
many good licks for the grand old coun
ty, which he says most positively is the
banner county of the South.
A beautiful line of satiues of all shades
just in, and at a price you can pay, at
Montgomery's.
TENETS OF TEMPERANCE
T<o be Promulgated at a State
Convention.
Delegates to be Sent to the Meeting of the
Georgia Temperance Association
From this City—A Meeting at
ti e Court House.
On Saturday, the 21st inst., at 10
o'clock a. in., a meeting will be held in
the court house of this city by the tem
perance people of Bartow county for the
purpose of sending delegates to the meet
ing of the Georgia Temperance Associa
tion, which will convene in Atlanta on
the 25th inst.
In order to throw some light on the ob
ject and aims of this association we copy
the following from the Atlanta Journal:
The Journal this morning interrogated
Mr. YV. G. YVhidby as to the object of the
convention, and the outlook for atten
dance.
Mr. YVhidby responded that the call de
finitely stated tin* object to be “to con
sider the advisability of passing a State
law at the next general assembly to be
submitted to the people for ratification,
and to consider such other matters as
may be deemed best to advance the pro
hibition cause in the State.” There re
some who favor a constitutional amend
ment, but to pass an amendment to the
constitution requires a vote of two.
thirds of one general assembly and sub
sequent ratification by the people.
The convention will consider the advis
ability of passing some law. It may be
that the general local option law will be
amended in several particulars, especially
the domestic wiue clause, and restric
tions on physicians.
“How is the convention made up?”
asked the reporter.
“Each county is entitled to double the
number of delegates that it has represen
tatives in the general assembly. Each
county selects these in the manner se
lected at its own volition. Temperance
men select generally wise and conserva
tive men to represent them, and as there
are no county organizations the matter
is wholly voluntary.”
“When was the Georgia Temperance
Association organized?”
“A large State temperance convention
was held here in July, 1881. The next
was held here in 1885, the third in 188(5
None was held last year.”
“Who compose the executive commit
tee?”
“One from each congressional district
and four from the State at large. Mi*
James G. Thrower is the inenber from
the fifth congressional district. I sent
copies of the call and stationery to each
member of the executive committee, with
instructions to distribute in each county
in his district, while I sent out the call to
each newspaper in the State. Reports
come in daily that the call is being circu
lated. The prospect for a meeting is very
good. The Southern passenger associa
tion has given the rate of one and one
third full fare, and you may rest assured
that the convention will have nothing to
do with politics.”
CARTERSVI I-LP’S < APTIUE
Tht; Hill Cit-v’e Celebrate,! S< allion Brought
to thin ( ity.
John Kemble Jackson, the celebrated
stallion which lias been the pride of the
lovers of horse flesh in Rome for the past
three years, has been brought to this city
where he will be kept in future.
Mr. Win. Milam, of this county, pur
chased a half interest in Kemble Jackson
on the last legal sale day in Rome, pay
ing a good round sum for it. He is now
stationed at Crawford & Field’s stable
where he is doing service.
A Week’s Dramatic season.
Reginning next Monday evening Car
frersvilie will have a week’s season of
rare theatrical enjoyment.
The Helen Vaughn Company will occu
py th(< boards during the week and will
play to popular prices. This company
has in its repotoire some of the finest of
American plays, and they will be given
by an exceptionally good company.
The company has in its leading lady and
leading man, two genuine stars, such as
will win the applause of the most fastidi
ous and exacting audience. Secure tick
ets at once.
Stocknolders’ Meetiogr,
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Sam Jones Female College will be held
at the opera house in Cartersville on the
25th day of April, 1888, at 10 o'clock
a. to. Important business will be before
the meeting. Every stockholder is urged
to be present in person or by proxy.
Jno. H. Wikle, President.
W. B. Sadlek, Secretary.
April 12, 1888.
A sister always gets a good deal of at
tention lor about a weak after her brother
has been jilted by the only gir he could
ever love. It takes him just about so
long to find out that he can love some
other girl.—Somerville Journal.
$1.53 Per Annum—sc. a Cop,
“MONTICKI. L> •>’ OWN Kit.
>lr. JeliDisuit >l. Levy, of New York,
l*ys CttrtAruville h Vi-it.
Mr. Jefferson M. of New York,
president of the East West Hailrond of
Alabama, spent Monday evening in the
eit.v, the guest of ( apt. and Mrs. John
Posted.
Mr. Levy's visit to the South is for a
two-fold purpose, to attend a meeting of
tiie East and West directory, held in At
lanta Monday, and to look after his nu
merous investments in this section. The
meeting of the directory was for the pur
pose of getting matters in shape prepara
tory to spending considerable ’money in
improving the road, putting it in ample
condition to handle its enormous and
fast increasing business. The merging
was successful in bringing together the
board in unanimity, and the work of im
provement will commence at an early
date.
In appearance Mr. Levy impresses one
as an unassumingyo mg man, a {.eoJ
talker, business outlie .-.jot, with broad
liberal views. In conversation with the
Cosi ’raXT-AMEI {K’AN, he gave it as his opin
ion that the great Piedmont- belt, or th it
section, embracing North Alabama,
North Georgia. South Tennessee and
Western North Carolina, is tiie corning
section and looks forward to its great
development in tiie near future. He
backs up his judgment by investing
liberally. He owns considerable property
along the East and West, and also in
Atlanta and Anniston.
Mr. Levy is the owner of Monticello,
the home of Thomas Jefferson and his
last resting place It will be remembered
by our readers that we printed a very in
teresting description of this elegant home
a few weeks ago. It is here Mr. Levy
with his mother and sister, spend the
summer months and entertain most
magnificently. It is a historic spot and
will forever live in the memory of true
Americans. It was owned by his father,
Captain Levy, who served in the Mexican
war with General Scott.
Though a young man, Mr. Levy has
plenty of this world’s goods and lives in
splendid style. He is always on the
lookout for good investments, and it is
from this source he has accumulated
great wealth. Being a large stockholder
in the East and West he naturally wants
it to prosper. He has been actively en
gaged in getting the road in good condi
tion, believing any investu e it made on
it would pay, and it seems that his exer
tions will soon bear fruit.
It is well for this section that such men
as Mr. Levy is interested in its welfare,
and goes a long way in proving that in
vestments are always good and safe
within its borders.
THE CROAKER.
A Gentleman Who Belong to One of the
Past Ages.
“Pa, what is that thing going along
there?”
“That, my soi# is a croaker.”
“What does he do?”
“He does nothing, my son, but sit
around grocery stores and convenient
loafing places, wearing a very long face,
and with a voice that sounds like it is
coming out from a grave, will tell you
what a dead town this is. He will tell
you of the great lack of enterprise that
is here and his distorted vision sees noth
ing good in anything. If you suggest to
him that there are twenty-five or thirty
houses under construction and in com
templation, he will mournfully shake l.is
head and offer expressions of sympathy
to the poor fools, who are thus wasting
their money. Inform him that new fac
tories will be built, giving employment
to many hands that are now idle, he will
say that they will not pay, they cannot
pay, and the men who put their money
into ♦hem will go up higher than a kite.
Tell him that the town will make oil
effort to build a system of water works
and ask him to lend a helping hand, and
although he may not have taxable pro] -
erty to the amount of-f 25, he will say
that it is too great a burden for the tax
payers, to undertake to carry. Possibly
he might admit that waterworks are a
good thing, but in the same breath he
will say the town is not yet ready for
them. The statement that anew rail
road will be built to the city will only
draw from him a faint shadow of a smile,
as much as to say *1 have heard that
before.’ In fact, ray son, you will find him
croaking about everything in the town
and opposing everything that will better
the condition of the place. lam happy
to say there are only a few croakers in
Cartersville and they receive up sympa
thy whatever from the wide-awake and
progressive population that are doing
everything in their power to aid in the
upbuilding of the town. One word more,
my son, and I will dismiss this mourn
ful personage from my mind: Never be
a croaker.
Are Married People trappy?
Do you think married people are hap
py, Uncle Jacke? “Dat ar 'pends alto
gedder how dev enj->y demselves; if day
hab chilluns an keep Dr. Riggers' Huckle
berry Cordial, dey are certain to be, f r
hit, will cure <K bo vei troubles and de
chillun teething.”