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(SkrfcrshiliU rn&i&k Americmt,
VOLUME 111.
BARTOW’S WE A ETH
THE BOUNDLESS RICHES OF A
GREAT COUNTY. /V 1
Mineral, Agricultural, Gold, Copper and
Other Resources—Climate and
Water, etc., etc., etc.
Oi.IMA.TE AVD WATER,
id those at ail opgpsunt of the topog
raphy aua geofbgJcaT formations of the
county, it is needless to say anything
touching- the climate and u ater. To the
changer looking for a homo, uiformation
at tins oharaoter i cf tk® highoat in tw
eet
The balk el the county h® euicdi
ately north at the last regulw tonoh at
ntoanUkae, or foothills, scutkwovi tram
the Mae Bilge, end entirely witfehi the
thirty-fawnh parallel of iati* ori* lfo
merou* rangeo, of lower eteretiooe.
traverse the county in vanoue durectaona,
but casualj parallel to the Blue Ridge
Between the ridges, chancing villages
noikw the landscape, and give promise
of abundant hm vests to the husband
man. The Atmosphere is nether too dry
nor too moist, but bracing and healthful.
Looking at? the facts as above set forth
a thoughtful man will reasonably ccfi
olude that we have here a genial, salu
brious olimate. This is the truth.
Tears ago a free and rapid danuda
:;on of the suThige of rim ter, for pur
yt*ofe cl ajpirJlura, had the effeot cf de
veloping malarial diseases in somj ace
tiors of the country; just as turning the
3cd of the prairie, hao been thought tc
develop the same class of diseases in I!_i-
Lois and ether western states. Theft
forces having ceased to act, their effects
have measurably passed away* ‘
T-jroat and lung diseases are rare.
Pneumonia Las not obtained jaxoep:
phradicaHy) in nearly thirty years.
Consumption, the sec urge, of mere
northern climes-,• souedy ex.s3s, except
.is imported. Summer diseases prevail
-.s everywhere else, but not to the ex
tent, nor witn tie fatal!_y that eharawter
;ze fhtxn in many sections of ;iu country.
Cholera is unknown.
Now u3 to the water. All the extreme'
Southern, the soruii** eastern ■nand
poitiona of cue oouhtry aio anuteiy frea
acone, cropping out frequently ik
•r " A -r ' i' <*.. kr-ar y jaw. ’irfm
IT oe itl ,liata ’ \°
tar except the • minciei springe, f
which there are several, and some justly 4 ,
famous, viz: the Rowland Springs. The
principal conifituAnts of the mineral wa
fers, are non, sulphur and magnesia.
The formations are mainly granitic The
rest or tlje country (about two thuds)
:-■> of i|;s limestone formation and the
waters partake of the nature of the recks.
There are however mineral springs and
~ells of free and nearly freestone water
TThile there are numbers of bold blue
limestone spring: the mein supply of. wa
ver :or acmesuc uses is ottamed from
well?, which are found at from SO to. ~c
feet, Speaking cf limestone mater, the
“true c.iue" mere is means, as not h sin
gle fountain of rotten limestone water
exists in the county
-.vS getmam tre su.o'ivC m .i&nci. me
man challenge: a passing void.
Nature. with puodigt.l hanc.. nas put
every charm that cati adorn a .andsoape
..nj puffed cut her gifts in inch regal
orofusi-ia that “ion. almost .vay Leud
..ard aid hillitk, views may fcc had.
which eten the ancient and storied beau
hyaline mis is a iaobx od no .m*uu :m
--■■-•.ttat.ee. ‘ The 3iok cuat cct.E.s to iim
gu-sh, and ms pfiyjiciil fratua grows
strong by hiving the- xsthetic dement-:
of his being s.ui td and grat.fi-fl.
•Again, he of the bi..wr.y aim delving
or gold, :.3 ho g-ZGs, day by day. upon
these grand displays co nAure’s h.xcii
wefk, cannc: i’ah to have hu rugj_-.. na
ture softsnod and subdued, and h. .eu
c tvtoi nr o. fi 4 a.:.y to can
dle.;?, mter .X, it i3 Luyyx-dz
satisfy tno e.u. w__!i solid dust?
rscm
Bf.ii.-T conccdA *u*lA:n
ztz bc-undaiy _iTicS a gixctui variety X
zrxicicli twad j larger quantisy and
vcttioty 2! iron oruo than ..uy o%*r -ouu
;y it GtClgU CU-d p.TUf-.pS, TTX CCS fcX
.XX..O.: than atty in the south.. aim
Arm 1? U'-J to the the: dm: in “the cjjuty ,
u -he cL%I-linjr lx. U tween the now and
©ld nei. -kite .uicns. tu.-o Ascii - .me
iicn=2 :-. ;hs,3iiu-oan x;d ie.:...0
x.;. S.ru xr.x nsTcirg from tt* ntliov
o'lli X OX COUthOU. hcldwl vTCI X.XI3U-d -
/ v ;*. T'l e: CX - 4 -V-y -- n - —----•
_VXS'..V.i'lx A.ICU U 0 .JO . flf.fj;
5 X’lO.r.O Ami ft d-2 'O;., .V.OX • 00.
icck; c fits AtcWkth ;: tios
0- gcAogicfn nature m boo Hcrnelende
-’tesi? sxith. cf A—otcon?. next 0’ ----o’’
formed limenita in '-ho valley ct tn.
Cossxaub :o -is hard acd cksa-gittase
lna meric cist cf the codes: loolm
It tlia srudaw of sealed -iHeiCiSX
oisi: liO’e of ocitxuxcn?. wou.a
..;oiy colt ay ..x id.*< o. [okorvoo
XLitiCIX WX*L:k, and'it W..3 -ho .-tLC .V-OC.Jj
©f this flic: chat caused Bartow county
;o be f.oocxd by Arof. George little,
a former state geologist, i.3 the dr3: ooun
;yfor elaborate exwniuiiticn. and onefrem
which lie could fnirly illustrate the plan
oi liit* fcuivev, Ami thus it fouuut the
n? f . Iftrgv jlorlion of his “Hleportsaf
Progress, ’ published in 187 J.
Bartow ©minty contains gold, copj>er,
i magnetic and specular iron ores in its
[ southern part, with brown hematite,
! while m the limestone region arc found
, uumerenu; beds of brown hematite, un
! Mirpnssert in ..qttftiity and in extent: and
! the ne is true of the beds of mnna
: gaut >e, which arc abundant, and the ore
oi good character. Then tlie excellent
quaity of thr- limestone and cement r, ck
hna caused the oiettion of exteiuivt. kilne
in *evwal oecti-ms of the county, where
bitite *too*a hiiTued to iimt—iquki
j qhty to wy m the world.
The county mm the flat in Georgia to
oomseDce the aanribotare of am In
1837, Jacob Satroup erected a forge
nod furnace near the Stamp creak It
made no pig metal, hut all hollow-ware
■cd other carting, which were hauled to
all parte of the plate Ttua was the
nucleus from which grew the famous and
eaensave Etowah Iron Works, under
the management of Hen M a. Cooper. ;
The vraks at one time consisted oi rwc
furnaces, h rolling and noil factory and
an extensive Lour mill, all employing
over eCd hands. The property consists
cf superb water power3 on the Etowah
river and Htump creek and about; 12,0 CC
acres of land, containing numerous beds
and veins of bscwn hematite and specu
lar iron ores. A small forge and carr
mill ha3 lately been ejected taer the aid
Stamp areeit farntoc, but withtLij us
icpti. n :hi3 valuable proper tv ie new un
used, The first beer made in the I
south V7as made at the works. The next
furnace was erected ca AUetocnn creek
uy Jacob Stlbtip. It' x:n until 1381.
wher. io w:is übaadanstL
Tlio greatest develcpmen: cf hrowr 1
hematite Lon ora in :ha country is to be !
found up the valley leading frozr. Oar
tersvillt to Tfuimcnu:, and cor-tiylAur
thereto on the waters or Stamp creeps.
Some ider. cf the immense qualifier c:
iron ore up this v.diey may be formed by
quoting frem Prcf. Little’s pamphlet the j
number af extensive beds ho noted in a ,
ehi*.atce of ten miiwS from C.irtersv.He.
dJI iu or fcorden. g on the -. ..Hey, HcN
iir.meft twelve in unit dlvu.ace: The .
1 I • o r B
Terry. Sugnr Hiii/Connor. Big Soring, j
Buford/ Tyrid Cat, jLnwrey s Mamfotu f
.it the ten miles luriixei on to#Fsri.mouni.
.
Well ond 'truly has a visitor to our sec- '
Cion named this the Iron Valley.
In die southern part cf the county ore
also great deposits of brown hematite
iron ore. On the lias of the East <k
West railroad from Cartersville to Erck
-3H AITOTf. IS tO t>S lOii.id.o & C C>H i tjLX cxaOla
cf tire seme line of depcafes which make
the Iren .Valley, none cf which are yet
developed but great in their undevelop
ed state amid the dense forests that sur
round them Another exec. 4 oe.t cf
brown hematite ores cresses the c.-untiw
below Kingston, containing in its intent
ah immense quantity cf very purs ere.
One of the banks is romantically located,
near the Chrystal Springs, which foim
the head of Three P.un creek, and in ,
what is known as the Branson place. It
! ~>4... .1 .^ ws 3 _ , e= .
Thsis are other extensive banks on fims
line, extending down into Bold county.
Still another lino cf ors.s comas across
j memorthtm edge of the county,
fuch is brief sketch oi the Liottn
homafire beds of the county of Baitcw
! dr., the ..gvr:gctc hew contain an encr
; qa..nu:y ;i arc:. ,-i. .n:,yn ..
vo.us* -.ud mar.” ofthtm .dote car. worn-
p ac favcK. .ly wish any ot the vo.-jt J x 5.3
.3 of such economic:.! maierh.l shat have
bec-cme famous in tn-o aunnls cf mineral
ogy and geography. And unlike many
.mcL wcudicus deposits they are no; far
distant iron, line ci oianopcrtariot. but
.dmost at the pi: mouth runs a xunh
line of i.oircad wen managed urd ohsi'-
u: on sap r •.:•-? cf nrAgh:. Cn: of A- :.rc
v-a: At.-it’ dx G-i.Tt.-n u.L. is &
u cons ova Ah Ac: high -ccV-r.c"
oy.r i-dociei cl gicuctc at...? a aedd
mass :h r. r wu L ■.•m..:i:or c c crt. don oth
er tto Buford, ii r long Liii-sido rr..tc.:
no of T.. ! .t max - ct ere ... gx.-at purity
iic r.chae-3. It lord e the child
will he la c. win* vrid .tee :ne cLcy when
A. tk.se Tat dope3.:s will be exhausted.
'jOtih.
- • ;r.2 :. ..mere pr..t c 1 the ::unty.
• x.toh W-ohAj far; xlcl l::u he.r. dxe
; u’d t;ha:-A cAed -‘the jrxit nciiuia
• -i C-CO'-3 t- S 3_tl. .West CCIHC-.
h:.i 1 let- -pent in out c.un
v *... cu. i.n.o ~l.lloj.ty <>-•**
' . .. . -.chii- IT u.' n. e.: 'to. :. st-opp -*-
-.--••- ..
r-..u. t.:.:-.0.0y .viux.x m
•.£ j*,' ,TU'. -TOlOtfC'. uh-.. -a-
Aoj and neighboring cour.t.e: vu Adjtr.y
if worked as r. business r_rx conducts
ids aAairs there can be nc doubt. Bnc
lead? iso lion aid continuous 1:'• e.uj
r^-sji v *e tc toace to .m ov-.i io ctunhry
lid Eirxv mil.3. That ix,w as th.-
methoT 1. .and hos ceen tiaced r ear on.-
hunch m mhos.
v-.tr--'.tiShc,
1: L..r; I;eexe a fact cc :— cu.t A:..:-
- w o-JU-ry L-3 the >O3l ana purest mm
dnth dihs rnteS SUM, and that :fc.
1 esaatitr !* imaatu >■
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81, issi.
tf-ml over n limulml IliiU me great
of tliis mineral,*still rei.Kiiniug
fir tkiat Letter time, anf trmt lime must,
itome ns tlie: lnmeli jliily
(tomes u*an-r b* bur itußVk. ciOiiivt? f<*i
its use in the manufacture of new steels.
Undoubted!/ the biggest thing in the
county is the manganese mining of Air.
, M. G. Dobbins, aitiuUtsl iduiiit four
miles from Cartersville, in a
ly direction. Lying in a range ot mourn
turns grandly pictui .--qn.- in scenery,
well-watered, with n eimmtedeliciousK
bracing, reads lea-ting the! etob<-uig good
for mountain roads, to v/it the mining
operations qi Mr. Dobbins is a pleasure
trip This geutieinar. owns a
tfiot oi land, in which are tneae beds oi
t mangmneM of about 2,600 or 3,000 acres.
While walking about ovar hie property
a few yearn ago, Mr Dobbins discovered
that he possessed a fortune in his man
ganese keds. Work enough waa per
formed to convince him cf the fact that
these beda were filled with tne richest
of the mineral, and he at once communi
cated his discovery to outside parties
Shortly after the mining was begun, in
enrceet by a northern company repre
sented by Mi. Z. H. Woodward, ci ISew
Tcrk. This company paid Mr Dobbins
hf.ncsonely for the lease of hi3 mines,
and still they made consider p.ble money,
notwithstanding the work was in. its incipi
ent stage. At the expiration of the lease
Mr. Dobbin® begun the Work Limseif.
The ofcly drawback ha® been the fact
that the ciW; to bo shipped must to
Lauiuu in vrvgvr.z iuv.r m.ka
over a meuntdn read. Src
long tiiis is to be remedied by
She building of a railroad from the mines
to some poin: at. the W. %A, railroad.
When :hifi mining for manganese was
lira; begun, the voms cf chc Wcro follow
ed In etfjii trocoOT nnd pits. This caus
ed a grc..t expenditure oi useless labor.
ITow, howevm-, the vein® are traced by
rudneling. One tunnel -*aa boon mie s
about :*c LuhcL’dd yard:: in length, be
sides off-shoots to the rijht a.nd left, fal
lowing vein? yielding ores cf from 73 x
?3 per cent, of me tails mtmgnntso.
All grades cf the ore. are found il
.so ana&iwtrQßn the ooftif.aneat sjc
,:Lo finest vuoety. Mr. Dcbcfna ha..
i:h:t)ped u de— oi mm guilt s& t;
ft?-.imps. >vtd much riAt re of It ' g
*nerc j
vdp.ic. :s mo limited oc g : ve in detail
i . ■'i : ?, og-’ous 'ntsi
:;pi He. .j>Ujii>_e il It* jftl . il.:.Qj)iliG l,\
.a Deniput up, ana an ois
lor fvuiiisiiing tiim valuable mineral to
the world’s manufacturers,, are "being
pat m shape to that, m at. long time,
hundreds and thousands of tons will he
sent horn our midst annually, and in its
stead money—which we need more than
e/uytkiug ele-s—w;ii pour in upon we. .
COFFEE;.
Copper ere has teen found in the south
west end oi the county of apparently good
quality the outcrop cut nc develop
ments have eeen made of c-umciem depth
to teii the extent ol the veins or their true
quaiity. Being beyond the first gneiss
belt, they appear to be in the same geolog
ical position as the Bucktown ores. How
ever well they premise an expenditure of
x.piti.l can mrfis tell met: vW-;.
If must be iriaemcsiea tm; there are
other advantages in a county which raises
larve quantities cf wheat, corn and meat.
..vswoll :.;3 mineral:; and, too. affording ■„
fiimnte noVef mLioted with th§ mr.lcrx:
of the :af*hei acush rsneus, no: th: rig mi
cf the northern winter Here the laborer
-i.fi w..;k .11 ::..e ymr v.*:;.{:o..t 0...ng.r.-
,- t r ' r .n*i.rts -,t:
here vfV.hbbt Am o: cholera or yollrw ? o
v.r. Bo .his land of ours to si olid.o t'
iron ;.nd, manganese, soglirteiing with
golden sands, so productive cf all that is
r. odod t V mar. cr l c&?:, wo cc rdinhy in
vite the capitalist ..r_d mt.n of energy.
Bariow county Goagi-t is oils cf the I
. * s-- -'
d.ltxnj, .n the Ic:tt:.h liver .xl A:.rr..n
k:tLT.r.s.?.r..:..it :.C:nuoicer.,d m
o*.i_c ja. 1:1.. I. i -t. 1 Z~:i - r.un cr c c :.o it !.y
TT.il ho .tilled or. garden sp.t -cf Ax: A..
urodueiig India- :r., tt.tea:, --ts.
ryt.bailoy oct;.n, clovsr umethy mil A.
:we.tend Irish potaa.-o, peas, tutufp.:
.tiulee n.x: v .ao. .jJ; u.itoe ,r.e ..Itncst
amv Air.? cite tht.tis pood At mix cr
' :- |r I, '?S. *iyz.ii'2+-*z~jr~* Nc j,nc >
:h- S: v. ii r.‘itcr. i 11.:•- or :x.tt&
.:.eay |coo. oultva;..en A~n ha. m
Ahu.w A. our eetrty pci t.v.irg.
. t o’ . tor:-, under A-. nua. n xrade .1
.u.:it -tie: arefttml*.: ?. tab els per
..a.. wh..A It.rt. l: t. A huillls c..:on
w _3 h of i.J noun..: ui -n. and „ h.f.f
! vr. i'i.. r r ; . -lrust l.trai
'osnse cupsus grown m sort, acids, cAen
driven then to fat enough ter perk.
Idules xcd hors a ..re easily reared, our
ha/ lands gT..2ing thtm - large per ties, of
A— year A ewer hi riot and mules are
bought hmc than m ar.y :c;:eu country
it th. couch, nofWichs:and.nr .ho large
e.nd iucr.--.sing demand for su.h animutS
v evidmoeth:.; cur soilc:produor.v.-.and
pays thelaocr h auwodonit, we make th.
assttioa. that .hero tpno farmer who hue
1 given his entire-attention to h.s business,
| applying energy and skill, that has not
only mad-s a good living., but hx aeoumu-
lated pm|scrty rapidly, and is now grow
tng ri* n. i^A vlhur Davis, John
hm! J’li<.To®.- l|k(K--, >im Munford, Dr.
p?nh|m, tlie I Tom Lyons, Zimri
‘
vers, Burge, Colbert, Hammond, Stegall.
Crawford, and hundreds of "liiers -whom
we Would Ttko to mention but lack of
spare forbids.
Th< >se dt-'iline i (l(dieic*tts|elim|T*i who
are! now li ir. in tins fmklalftlvwst,,
b|r>wn by -hf bitter ;ud t rr bl< north
wiifds, are inyited come t>* u< and bpy
• •bniiottfd.le IwMne:- at IrJlt flfi tw s-yy p,- r
acre, where thc-y can work in winter as
weii ttsin. summer, doing fdpiost as much
work iu-ciie ye..r iifte m uvu in liigh
northern latitudes Our 'latitude is about
34i degrees, with pleasant winters and ,
pleasanter summers
It is a real enjoyment to Hre in such a ;
climate as ours-Hltalthfttl and good cool |
water to drink, and cool bracing nights to ,
sleep, one riaes every morning refreshed:
for the labors of Hk day No country can
exceed m beauty of landscape, in grand
scenic loveliness, this land of oure Moun
tains, hills, vales and beautiful running i
streams checker the surface with such va
rlety of scenery as to make the mind cheer
ful in beholding it. Persons who have
left us to gc to other sections, have return
ed after years of absence to spend the res
idue cf life in Bartow county, and such
will never move agmh. During the sum
mer, you cand stand on adjacent hill* and
look oveT our rich bottom lands, and as
far as the eye can reach you behold a pan
orama of wheat, corn akd cotton fields. It
in indeed a de’Jgfctfhl prospect to the eye.
and makes th r Lertit refe.efc eves- the .assu
rance of feed, clothing and money for the
purse, while & prayer of gratitude tc 3od
swells up from a full heart, fer all His
metefen tG us as a people. Here is nc
want, nohlamor, nc strikes but peace and
plenty rule the laud.
RALTOITS TTfiVLELfTL CAVED;.
h uf tna luvcilio Itotoia a.’
Blank Lavers la .u. Ccaaty,
Bhora ruoknany points cr intareei m
—.artow county, bn: me most remarkable
-nd interesting one is situated about ten
mile a from TtAtersrille. VTo refer te
our justly ceiebrnrsd Saltpetre c..va.
Tito adjoining country aieucd it is poor,
reeky and rt-o-iintai-ioas. The denc-env
iafb it is ate ep, abrupt, scrnewhfr
ruinehlt. ica peihi.ps one hunched ond
fiirv feet wner-j the bottom bcooir.ss per
fectly smooth unci even; owing, no doubt,
u. dr >.h:\on c t: ca: v/vi hhe tyen
wur-hhfl down the rnoutlt. Bed acttlirm
there for ages This smooth and even
surface extends forty by sixty feet.
Here tbe Indians are said to have been
m the habit oi meeting for the purpose
of dancing, arid to indulge in other eus
tetnaxy pastimes and festivities. The air
iu this oe~s is dr.jnp and unpleasantly
cold. Zrcrn the mouth to .the bottom.
*■* fiLvt . "jjqo °B'tV.T'B O'?-
iii the bottom is reached.
' 3 LY' BuBB Ct PB 1 ?
x far above as to render the top aimert
invisible from the right cf torches,
ctones thrown up can barely reach it.
Ekt the bottom of the first room, as it is
usually called, the recks close ir. cr. all
sides, eu.cont the entrance y OMjjC B few
•case heußen*, it he desui.c proceed
rnrth-i. icier gviug m this way fox
•.wsuty cr thirty fee: the-'op suing agvin
hi comas rsudj.-my huge..—, extensive ;
cn tdi sides, and a steep and tugged cs
co4c has to be encountered, for eighty
or o-U: hundred feet. Here. 11 it Wore
not th.t; Ate cave it in the side 01
.xendse. a di sexto t. euly ecu A to ;
:h .: which was deectndedif. ertenr.g
.nd Ait t.lic s.ic- distorts h. the r-.ok
•oTxfc-ead. But the visitor is now m .he>-
hc.-rt ox center cf the n.cuntair, where
1... ray cc I:ght evci feu. C. its entrance,
c: oopt that of cuo txoh ci lantern cf
xplvrir.g m~n. .f t th. : t of this . -
, com: a re..d cratches tT 0. the right
and Isft. F:th -.re choultcu? an?, hr ah
Ahe oca :: xn: -u.: .e .-.ls \? . ti.fi.u.:
i.id ton. .imoo and. '3fo\i! 1 .-’.to o- the
Ir-i-ix: doom -h tl . 00. v.. .T.-.xn -H-;
;h;To is a sm.A: .me.n ui.wiu A? scoroe
• ,v of -paco sufSclont -routerood erect.
A ..ecu: coo i.utdrcd .ad S£:y c-x rwc
l.uudrod the: hr l.ngtbi ill I. *C.£ to
~s .tner i: tut* ohcUgh -rd. Aid:, r.r
--■ in this . .Tt’-omo twang jf hbty room:•
of I-iloieut s...tr • ;._.d form- .xc. g'.n-r..1--:v
-:v coutocuc. -via. oc.c other by
y #
at .Tsar.:: E.tLci.nlly .. rg.-
admit-cf coy acc.s? ho: it. sot cyi
cos t...tugh 1 .10m .0 2 v-si.ol nuiocg .*
l.is w. v.l hi- r .it ' and hn:: '?.m.
rkioci s o. mote entorpnso and tor-o
verto.co. rt.v. t.ckeu in to.‘. : hy wriot
•-.© cocci", he v oi.’<‘? cvxbc.v.. 0..
1 - - - * * ‘ " ' '
| ..c.o th: tf id • a,.0.i aiugof ..to
On’thm: one?3 c-a" suboi?: is:, ruertion
that m:-m puzzle the- auric".;. Ac con
tinual clippings of the lime rood saltpetre
have, in many co cue rooms fcimx
lutiiul columns uua -ot.lf.rs by
concit-dcn. X?.ny or these,
non. A; i.f-oTont am.p. : they
have ..siuai-.u .ireiutcu Jtxgcjrlotitics.
Aneso pillars fxo in 11 state of moui-', ti
me •: r.j white as rt.artk; duo the >.-
ouen. viol-? to the 0. to a_A the visitcrr
pine iw-r 6oiche.y they h:vo bo
c-.mc sxnokocl 1 hx-jt. _ doTtral Votus age
, oou3.deofi.oia cu;mtlij* c. w.-isperie we..
i manuiACtured i-cm :ne dux dug cut oi
! tlxai cave, and the s.gi.3 ara visible, lm:
no work cf the kind *3 new going cn.
LIMBS OF THE LAW.
KNIGHTS OF THE GREEN BAG
BRIEFLY PORTRAVHD
The Disciples of Bluckstone to tbe
Front—Who our Lawyers are---
Their Characteristics, Etc.
li i> dc.'irabu' m this issue 'i the AM
ERICAN to s.ty something about the mem
hers of the bar of our eily, benutse. the
purpose is to touch upon every trade,
.profession, or business, which is earned
jon openly in our iom n, and to and so, if
possible, in such n way as to eiwciie some
thought ami interest in lire uunds Of me
reader, and at the taste time the purpose
is not to indulge in unmerited eulogy on
the one hand, nor in arbitrary censure—
even if it were deserved, upon the other.
Aa historian as to the smallest matter,
should always keep cool, he sober, and
perfectly fair, remembering that it is a
hazardous undertaking to write the histo
ry even of one man, while he is yet in
life, because he may change his course
and prove it ali a falsehood if it is written
one way, and disgustingly slanderous if
it is written the other wiy.
Such reflections as these cause port-en
tious clouds to gather about the writer
which can be seen by all who will take
ihs time to look at things as they arc. If
this sketch is tc include all the members
of the bar in the city, which is two miles
in diameter, and having a brace of law
yers under the shade of every tree, what
course ran be taken when space is limited
and time is precious, better than to give
ali their names; ana then throw the com-
pany into a solid square, and fire away at
the drove, then if any attorney shall re
ceive a description which will fit, this
sketch will have to be characterized as a
success, and if any lawyer shall be left
untouched, he w.Il be adjudged a* cut of
place, cr thin enough to split the bullet,
either of these things will account for his
receiving no share in this distribution oi
faults and honor.;.
It scorns to be regarded as a dangerous
matter to tell the truth on a lawyer these
days, for if it is good, he must still suffer,
because the world is uncharitable enough
to say that he was simply representing
his client, and then the biographer is in a
position to lose cast both for sagacity and
.Or sincerity. Sut.it: 8 always allowable
to critioDe, and oven to slander a lawyer
on account or tits aot&, for iz no is oad
it is ensy to s*\y xxc wbs uTI iiis
own hook, and against the advice of his
. Vent ad eugh 0 de ruled and-here,
'iich s biographer may chance to harvest
a full measure of honesty which justly
belongs to an injured attorney. And so
it is not unfair to say that the lawyers are
a much abused brotherhood. The legal
profession may be written down as one of
this count lie’s institutions which was
seemingly established to be constantly
shot at, first by those of a steady nerve.
and then by the ruffian who takes it of
hand, and lastly by the drunkard, who
shoots with a double w&fcfcls. The law
yers. as a class, deserve sympathy, and
while tills is only a rerkimen* and very
plentiful, they get but little - they deserve
patronage, and they get that under pro
test, when the client is mad enough to
take any step except to pay the fee. They
carry a mountain every day as they travel
along just think of it, dll the delay in 1
the courts ps charged to the lawyers
“vey icng oX of cut is land nt their
o.ocr even he loss of time by the hungers
; cn in courts is piled upon their heads, -and
then tk'-y arc held rryontible ter high
taxes, when thev have rm pton?*r vto nay
; .x on.-and get none of the tax money
All of this has a ttnicncy to place the
members ct the bar in she same t esirion
ha: the old fa~m.cr tyke listed hr Ac
.c hm potitrv yard, The old cellow w:.:
tend cf chicken fry t iked chicken and
ciucl.en pic he devoured throe ci the
finest size per day and counted his lock
every morniny and then in a ft o:
mans mania against minks, ho curse a
himself hoarse :br the absence of hi ! chiek
n- and charged his loss all to the minks.
dk.ws.itl7 it 77.1s At tins old man, after
storing awiy hi.? fa? mite chick• in hi:
r, Vj -■!*.
dr run and spend
unhyv, whmns .Ah! id Aye boon
'h rrOTr',.’ ;r.
-r k Tin hsadn fee; i.nji: eathers c: his
foc'f. 1.7 entered around hie own kitchen
• •;. shewing just how much plain, truth
a man will stumble ever to got to hug an
■j*i v- - hi: cestrr. such ie always the
—n" - when a r..n c .tries nothing but
• i•.-• •. .i " h:i end
tur..t i.ii: nemo w :nhi3 b:!ly
Pv_w this s.-nn:.! cut sing an a w.s
. a.in:: lawy.r.: i: ju:t as ncrtcnciu.*. a:
■v rPd'vcn.kman: whim" ay m.st mmkt.
L , *“ >' "*V-. r V, - >▼. ♦'V ' *•(
nhT 1 ; maxed, A-t there are cad men all
; 7A 7t rich the v made add gium and
rrfnnlc, ". 'V s roc Ac a sv...
rT v/ j \>,' 'jc c I.e~c ie .at ..c Jt.Jxv.iO a
- lav;- delay and long bill* of ecu
Thu take* the time oi he country and
swells the taxes. An., ys: thus modern ‘
educated Xinkste who unis 3 everybody
Uw ;m.d excuse AercfelViS, .cm? cut of
the c far: house without p.ayivg their own
:oc: and :ay charge all of 2*3 trouble
i \tj\ d.yilmcnt which we have brought.
about, up to As milCu hh-d l,.wycr.
Tcrdy 1* lack? like .a determined tc j
~.rry error in Asm beach, and s.nd :A
; truth to their tellies, wnefe the old man
houses As chickens and his memory.
But still in sur;e of all this Ae knights oi
the jtmen half in our city ar* 1 fonuMuMt
in every view except financially, in this
rr-sp<vt it must l*c admitted that there i<
f\H)m tor grm\ lU, and the ucarer they
approach . the condition of L.*//aru>. the
nearer they are to one of the beatitudes.
And wily will nut the country remember
'another, which read-, ”blessed is he that
iSw&ulereth "the poor," iu order that a
whole community may have opportunity
of doing so, the names of the lawyers will
lie sol in type, commencing in the temple
of justice; K. i>. Graham, W. M. Graham,
J. A. Howard, J, A. Baker, J. H. Wikle,
J. M. Mvk.mi, A. W. Fite. T. W. Akin, A. S.
Johnson, L W. .Vkin, A. P. \\ v*iTvird, M.
L. Johnson, SUelln Alt away, J B. t uu
yers, T. W. Milner, R W. A. M.
Foute, W. M. Ryal®, Mglns Wikle, J.
M. Neel, J. J. Couir, W. J. Neel, J. W.
Harris, Jr., M. R SteaseU, TANARUS, M. Bm*h,
Q. A. Howard, J. L. Moon.
Now, in place of giving the noteworthy
and distinguished characters of each SMat
ber of the bar, it may to better to say to
the litigating world that here every man
can he pleased in a lawyer, no matter what
his standard may he. if you want learn
ed lawyers, who think close along by the
side of the men who wrote the books, or
talking lawyers, who gathered their tai
eat®, oratory and energy with Detnon-
T.lieh’esby the sea shore,'with the worll’s
grvat anglers or the pce*:c banks cf lake:
and rivers, or from the excitement of the
wild chase over the mountains, and from
every other place where ideas, rough,
hewn cr polished, can be mined cut, fish
ed up; pursued or caught, here is the place
to find* such lawyers. If you want big
hearted lawyers, full of sympathy, who
/ drill wait with you when your money goes
—except for fees—you can find them here,
their name is legion. If you want bad
lawyers, whose milk % frozen, who Could
see a justice court executive *ev;eu on
the moon and claim the right to sell her
silvery sheen, they are here toe, but net
numerous. If you want genial lawyers,
who can make you feel good, while they
take the end of the bag containing the
pumpkin, leaving to you the end contain
ing the rock for ballast, they are lure, unci
will give you a fine joke about the amount
involved. But where A the sack and tin.
pumpkin? If yen want lawyers who feel
important, and Took Wise as an owi sit
ting on a iiifir dead snag in th- woods,
and equally bent on prey, With claws
whetted to e&tch. everything passing, i
either of trust, honor or profit, they are 1
here, and never sing but one song—" V7ho j
who i Who! are the rest of mankind j
wh en cc mpared to me ?”
I: ary client sh_.ll want a lawyer under
any 01 ihe general descriptions her . given, i
a goou plan to find them, without annoy -
mg by-slanders with inquiry, would be to j
split a stick at the end and put a fifty dol
lar oiil in tne crack, after the same man
ner the hunter does the tail of fire game
v-jLieti he desires that the possum siiaii
accompany him home. Announce as you
go about what sort of a case you have, and
what kind cf 3 lawyer you went. Show
the stick to every lawyer you meat, and a
satisfactory trade will be made before you
leave town Pursuing a course like this,
you are certain to find the very lawyer
you want, and he will acknowledge it and
veH you this sketch as to characteristics is
exactly true.
ScAiou cud EduAtien
Our little city ought certainly to fee l j
very proud of her places of worship. 11
don’t know of any pir.ee that ought tc be
made more attractive and inviting than ;
the house of iPod. And I think cur pec- :
pie generally are devoting both time and ,
money tc the beautifying anti adorning of •
.'heir places of worship. ahe Xetkcdistc .
here, recently, mc.de great imp:: vementc
on their already handsome edifice, and ■
now it is a credit to the ‘own and an hon
or tc the denomination. The membership
c i that church is about 450. The pastor
Rev. f. 3. Robins, is exceedingly popular
wd+h all denominations, especially with !
As own church me is on elocusnt di-:
vine, and a profound thinker, rcth the
Baptist and" Bresbyseriah churches art ‘
creditable buildings’ and ait fceu.ti!Uily
neat. The Baptist congregation is large.
The church numbers about c-25 communi
cants The pastor, Kevi F. M Daniel, is
an excellent man and .. good preacher.
The Presbyterian congregation :s srr.al.
i:s ißcnrber-hix numb -ring about It 1. i.e?
T. E. imith, the poster, is air.an acuity
and education and serves his people well.
The Tpiscopal At*.* tb. i: :** .all b ; 0 nit a
•T-T-’r * "pb _ ’ py" b y y V v
n...tor, is a iaithiA ::rv..nt. . Tc:
All cur Sunday schools :.te vrTl hteti
A, both by children and ole er per 10m.
There rre three colored churches in ct ■
city. The .vfrican Mtihedi?:, the Cald
well Xethodist and the Baptist Tne
fArican. MeAodist church is * n the west
nde cf 7 wr, ~nd is neaaur'ally situated
; n a lull rtcrlc .-king the city. Ti is -
v-rv mat church builein.g The Cv. "wcT
Jdethtxlisf church *.:• an the ea-t nd. ct
t 'Wr.. pnd is a neat wooden building, very 1
v if’,:.: .. ; 3 #n.:ct chum .is ..
fh. -- ........ j.. ,-,^. r *
11 - A-. lof mr ohurens? pm.
- - k ~ neart’-00. T ,oh rhurc*. v.v
tcnoil conn .tied with i:. a id .mb. toiocl
1 .om. ii well Tiled with c.k red Aildrci..
What CurtcrsvTl. most n.sids A in
oio..so'hor trom riiy is the maugurark'n
a c v" rr• cf mublic BChoeds p”5 i
•-V 7- ,7*<- ho of im.m.cn:i> va t.. ,nd
beniTt 1. the sky and wculd i; bud dun
, wcnderA'.y. ,V. ; .*.v wf.' - neani* r*c ml.
its 3.‘ air. agv.r.r: ::*.u" hi i-bo-- :• v : v
.V.ryvhord these ichccis h..7c toon :r:..d
.: e peep's were pleased and f .r c :y pros
■V > 7 * "* o -yj* v C f y* O'. Y *yw a t
buildit ?, Wc hav a I 'm_. of ‘be hn 3? : cc v -
1 eaters ir :he state. dCisc Canm.t and
hkt J PY. K..ms. hr /.v - m ex.-ellen:
laeiie; btrai. veauhim .. r*ivatc scbc.-l
• hV’h - T u- and have bi.n".'* *vncd wub.
fAtt/nn'v-?OvU.su .r.d xive. nmx.l s..iis
fartipn .T. t: .auair. ? chil. rn, : Car -
penivi'liA-ew couAs. Their pupils nsm
bcT over QigTry
£• • '* 7 ■' ■ At 3
Ylrs. J A Je'.v?; ’ tian.ua:3 el ,nt
PTeslcvun ycmTr Cell .ye. klaccn, C-a.. is
<> /Ad teacher and Las a good school.
dfrs. Ball has r. large school ondthe oar:
ddc of 10v;n, and is much liked as a
tc.ehcr. ... „ . .
Xr. -el a—. Auer. one. as.
Mounte-asde proper leading a nigh:
ggh etontSfe ear: vde of te>wn
*”7Tc arc -n tc hare a ha*. >m.. •;h
hruie builAng .h the aast side ee few:.
TANARUS, onsraet t.r building 1: has be :*i 1c:
and the*work ha3 b eg’an. 7T I hep■ -b. fme
ntar.y TL.jbjtr.onfh: :oscc, cn the west side
efths city, a butldihg vqu:Ay handsome.
Theft we’ can jc us' proud or our school
houses us we now axe cf our teachers.
#
NUMBER 23.
CAKTKKSYILLE.
k Utarr *< sm f N#r Fraaiaeal W*
uaUft*.
Improvement is tfiQpnV? of fixe age, and
nu ituHlrrn unpMVftn^iit <* wore noticea
ble thau that pertaining tw railroad*.
Ten, (if a do/a-u venire ago almost nil rail
r*u:U in ike IniUxl Stale.-' used the
ordinary iron rail, mostly imported from
Wales, at a eost of fitly or sl&ty dollars
& ton, and while this rail did Avail for a
few waps, it heeMne evident that some
thing beu< r must be "had, as the we .r was
a- io. weaVn the rail, and rendering it
unsafe tor hyavy engines and heavily
loaded out and a high rate of speed was
dangerous, and mail and passenger trains
therefore were restricted to twenty sutaa
an hour. And even at this low rate of
speed, the jolting and jumping were disa
greeable tod unsafe, because the surface
of the rail was worn unevenly away. It
is a notable fact in the worlds history that
when a great invention is necessary, Prov
idence raises up the man for the ir*msinn
Fulton applied steam to boats, Morse
electricity to the wires, atid just at the
period of need, Bessemer, a German
scientist, invented an r.malgnm of metals,
irca, steel and manganese and the result
was the Bessemer steel railroad bass.
This amalgam df metals hardens the ffece
of the rail so it ia impossible to wear it.
Hence it remains smooth as a ribbon for
year3, and the end of the rail ciyroot be
beaten by lamination, but the wheels pass
over the ends as smoothly as over the
middle of the raila. The W <£ A. R H
laid several milea ci tnece rails .even years
ago as a trial, and tc-day they are at
even, smooth and level as when first laid
down, and now this road has its entire
track laid down with Bessemer steel rails,
and is one of the best and safest roads in
the United States.
The advantages of the ?te ;1 rail nra ft>
great that the days of the old iron rail arc
numbered. Mcnco a universal demand fi r
steel rails wiil be the order of the day.
This feet being settled, the most vital
question will be, “where can the steel rail
be manufactured a: the least cost ?” And
the answer can truthfully be made at
Cartersv.lle, Bartow county Georgia.
Why? Because hereto have the large.- 1
manganese beds p<-Thaos in the w m!d. In
sight of our city are hills nd mountains of
it. We also have hills and oleins filled
wph the be-st ir.m ore, and the F. & W
R. Rof Ala. can deliver coal at #2.00 per
ton. Hence having these three necessary
elemefyT a- exceedingly low nrices, the
Bessemer steel rail can, we honestly be.
lieve, be manufactured here cheaper than
at any other point in the world, for natur*
has with a lavish, hand given us inexhnust*
able supplies, side by side —of iron ore and
manganese—while the best of coal can be
bought and laid down at two dollars a
ten.-
TTe have no doubt that steel rails can
be profitably turned out at S2O per ton.
Trie call the attention of manufacturers in
Europe and America to these plain facta,
and ask them to ccme to out city and see
if these ‘hinge are no* rr.o, Tr c do rxt
’tc.te these .acts, to produce a senc-atior..
but announce in r. plain uevarmshed ’
manner, and invite rul persons interested
to come and 3ee fox themselves. Our city
is located in t, most charging and delight
ful country, healthy, free from miasma,
pure water and meet e*6sTent ocoiety.
fccca ajaCols-and churcbs ufic ad the
wvnnttxts of the rnrr.v. toad raugsetn,
society. Our.eliruite is pare und bracing
healthful, be children anc secures ter
them a sound, physical growth aod dctc.-
opment of c ersngth and energy
THE I Thki i_i'sDS.
*. j f S'
V - m- V*f- -
• r - .- * r> .
Cue e ’the uret \ anc heft farm* in
d-sxgi.. lies not tw. urnes diem Ctnera
vi.e. b: is owr.ee and run by G H. Tum-
IX, who is a capital farmer .and shrewd
business man. The beautiful Etowah
liver or. :_e hanks o ’ wnuh lie Kales oi
..and wi*h .1 t oh i#cb pr.euc.ivo ~-.i- lion.
:oui ten fset ds... Howe along cy the
sit to- Ait v,r m i.._ full length. In n.io
farm i*fr. TxAl u possesses a
—.df foWur.e—- i ndeoerdeh.t. Aetirw
ji*,7 ffotk ...-it. .ay .'.ruble ..voW Terr
tanks v...y 0c1..n:„ with x.n .
■j3 -,i- Hi, -V aUo ..:‘ t’;ivn .bfr erh.';.'.
b’isiness hi v-os :hom the a'l.x: . to .he
iraCidc aue. fiofn. lAuac,. to LegUl hu.
man with t. farm -ii :-at o'. H.my
Tun-lir.. will scuic&ly experience a align,
tremor.
The moil fared or and tntersrtltg of .hr
tiungs at.ache:. .. ti-is Icrf. art he cclc
euatT.t ..no tsu nor vdt I'.t.ev .*c twi. i
i.xmtei. cue ok! a a sat hi qcs and r.rt
:r..t-L imcor.ancC .ne o:n.r ;s of la: = -
h'men!tcu3. Iney both on .be n.-r.h
iice of .x EhwaL river. The kirgx cue
itxcs upoLestnc j. ahrv:B* ~,ni,c..d-.1
.1 r.ver t.t.ti. sTorn the margin c'’
the s..mm.i, to he base, H i? easy: .s 111
eet It s declvt ,y is great since its per
ooi.ft coL.r he.r’tt t? Tf .t -1 vLe circuit.-
ierei-ce ct the luj :s l.llh feet, ft :i
tacre ..re Lite parrvotc, ore cl wn cu
.x.end. fr oc. the um cit tc .tte fcsSi, anc.
jv na Uhf. t V ; iIV
W; u r * v: r t* Ttfir- thirtv or for'iy
’ 1... , r- : t >1.;,-
dbett. tw. t 0:..- r.’vcry .emi t -and on it.
! Trio land ms been c.-.?.red sni in :n a
higt. state of cuitivaticu. On these wer*-
ierful mcuu.ds the Indians gc.red with at
much curiosi :y a? any white man. T/heu
tms country was first settled by white
mor If,o eldest Indians had n.t oveh t?a-'
■ _• i test octet.'? the bvtidir ? cr aheso
motmde But a 'ey allgreed that they
v-.re built by thoif pec nil,
In ett-tiv*v~Vj/ me on the top x
, tl.. .arrer meui J, I&.TrufSi!?:. ha< fbuhd
ir*.nv -fttott ties, dtich t.f iva?-.bj..ts
; .*utC Of stone, c..>? g
nothing nas as yet tpen discover.d Wn.cn
wid ?uTe a cet tain clnb as't. who built
, vhe n.cunis. Ihom the the trees
r owu ucon Aatgci mwunu, one can
ihow that they are MvaaJ clth