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THE COURANT.
Entered in the Postoflice at CartersvillGa.
as second-class matter.
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pn Km lUIILDINO, S. K. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1886.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Three little dudes all on a spree.
Three little canes and three little hats,
Three litle straws with sangaree,
(lay little dudes are we.
Three little dudes all on a bat,
Three little slims piled in a hack,
Three little heads without a hat—
Three little slims are we.
Three little dudes and three little l>eds,
Three big doctors, three sw r elled heads,
Three little tombstones—epitaphs read,
“Dead little dudes are we.”
Mr. Chunn, of Cassville, was in town
Tuesday.
Baptising was procrastinated last Sun
day on account of rain.
Look out for the dudes Sunday week,
in full uniform.
A tine canary bird cage and a couple
of whip* mice i'ojrfcale at this office. $2.
High waters in Rome ran Will Kirk
patrick over to spend a tew days with us.
It is feared that the late cool weather
has damaged the fruit crop in this sec
tion.
Miss Maggie Vandivere, of this citj r ,
went to Atlanta Sunday to spend several
days.
Some of our young men went down to
Atlanta Monday to hear Moody and
Sankey.
Mack Cosstephens, of Adairsville,
spent Saturday and Sunday in and near
the city.
John Collins and John Hudgins went
up Tennesssee road Sunday evening
courting.
John Head, formerly of this place, is
now with Carter & Johnson, of Annis-
Con, Ala.
Miss Matilda Padgette has arrived after
a several days’ visit to friends near
fjtilesboro.
Won’t some one furnish us the names
of the members of the county Executive
Committee ?
Mrs. R. W. Satterfield who has been
quite ill, we are glad to say she will soon
be up again.
[)r. J. 11. King and brother, Mart, were
down from Adairsville Tuesday. Also
was Col. Veach.
Sunday was somewhat disagreable,
but nevertheless, good congregations at
tended the churches.
Mr. Jim Williams wants it understood
Hint the Hood did not drive him out of
his house, as reported.
The ladies of the West End Institute
have defered their entertainment until
ihe close of the session.
B.JlieGinn, the tax receiver, has his
rounds published in another column.
Read and paste in your hat.
The Coo bant published a pretty accu
rate account of the Hood last week. Very
little can be added to the report.
J no. A. Dobbs, formerly with P. L.
Moon, is now slinging the calico behind
the counters at R. YV. Satterfield.
“Chuck” Wofford was over In Rome
Monday. He says if she was allowed to
vote just now Floyd would vote “dry.”
Mr. Silva’s mineral interests were
somewhat injured by the late freshet.
He will soon have everything in opera
tion.
Judge Jim Brown and wife come up
Sunday, to see their daughter, Miss Sal
lie baptised, but the rain disappointed
them.
Our merchants are making preparations
for a lively spring trade. Their an
nouncements will appear in these columns
in due time.
M r. James Mcßeynolds, a Tennessee
an, but lately of California, is visiting
his friends, Messrs. Wesley Roberts and
Bol) Hudson.
James Howard, came down from
Adairsville Friday, where he has been at
tending school, arid stayed until Monday
with his parents.
Joe and Chas. Moon are now over in
Rome looking after their father’s damaged
goods. We sympathise with Mr. P. L.
Moon very much.
The evil-doers lie low in these parts.
The never-failing optics of our officers are
always skinned and consequently little
meanness is perpetrated.
Col. “Bob” Rogers, the happiest man
in Bartow', makes himself solid by re
newing bis subscription. He’s a friend
The Courant is proud of.
The protracted meeting at the Bap
tist church will continue throughout the
present week until further notice. But
no three o’clock afternoon services.
’The U. S. prisoners who hated to leave
here and return to Atlanta, have all been
released and gone home until July. All
•on account of sickness or meningitis.
Rev. Mr. Cooper, pastor of first Bap
tist church, preached a very fine sermon
<o professional Christians. Notwith
standing the bad weather there wag a
good congregation out to hear him.
:Six hundred and eighty-four people
visited The Corn ant office, by actual
count, between Thursday morning and
Saturday night of last week. Besides
wanting to see how the great county
weekly is prepared they desired also to
gamine our selection of archeological
specimens, which they all declared was
•iyery interesting.
.Mose Scheuer has returned from New
York, where he purchased an immense
aud select stock of spring goods. The
well displayed spring announcement
will appear in The Cun rant so soon as
o'leof the boys will get time to write it
‘ They are pretty busy opening up
•(roods And waiting on customers, and
this scribe does not feel competent to do
the display justice.
Carters vilLe will make some strenuous
efforts to bring trade to Cartersville this
year Our farmers should bear in mind
tSiat sustaining home merchants they are
building up their own county and their
own county’s interests. Foreign mer
chants never pay a cent towards keeping
up our county institutions. It’ Carters
ville don’t get 12,000 bags of cotton next
season she's going to know the reason
TUe Local Paper.
Every year every local paper gives
from 500 to 5,000 free lines for the sole
benefit of the community in which it is
located. No other agency can or will do
this. The local editor, in proportion to
his means, does more for bis town than
any other ten men, and in all fairness,
with man, he ought to be support
, ‘ - because you may happen to like
Uim or fljtnire his writing, but because a
, 'ftl niner £* the best investment a corn
local pape j t may not be bril
lialn or crowded with mere thoughts, but
I.ant or crowae> of & to a
tmancia y - thC ° r teacher.
community than the
Understand us now, w ,do
morally or intellectually, b
yet on the moral question JOUwlMfnd
the majority of the local p p To-dav
the right side of toe question. AO-uay,
editors of local p rpers do the most work
4the least money of any men on earth.
for your local paper, not as a
but as an investment.— David
Davis.
jPe-leota-lave.
If the use of yor tooth-brush is pain
ful, heal your mouth with Pelectalave.
For sale by all Druggists.
CITY COUNCIL.
The council met and the following
were present: Mayor Wible, Aldermen
Bradley, E. I). Puckett, A. R. Hudgins,
Anderson and Gdreath.
Very little business was transacted.
Tiie chairman of the cemetery commit
tee reported that outside parties had been
cutting the prices of digging graves, so
that the sexton, the proper one to do
this work, had little of it to do. Such
parties in nearly every instance left
rubbish in the neighborhood of their
operations, w hich had to be cleared away
by the sexton, ft w'as ordered that
all graves hereafter must be dug
under supervision of the sex
ton and in cases of indigency
the city would have the work done for
nothing. By this way some little reve
nue w ill be brought to the city, which
otherwise went to outsiders. In special
cases an order will be necessary from the
chairman of the Cemetery Committee for
work to be done by any one other
than the sexton. The committee in their
report complimented Sexton Wright, and
says his work has been very gratifying.
Interments for first quarter: Adults,
whites 5, colored 6; infants—whites 2,
colored 11; total for the three months, 24.
Mr. A. W. Fite was allowed tfc ex
change his present lot for another, he
agreeing to pay all expense in making
such exchange. Accounts to the amount
of $300.42 were ordered paid as soon as
the money can be collected from taxes.
Under Marshal Walker’s term to the 11th
of March he reported collections to the
amount of $9.40; Marshal Forester, for
the balance of the month, reported
$122.75—530.25 of which were in fines.
The street boss was invested with the
power of a police officer.
The clerk called attention to the ad
visability of allowing the female base
ball club to play in the tow’n. The ques
tion was evaded somewhat, but it was
determined that the matter should rest
with the mayor and clerk. Alderman
Hudgins straddled the question and in
sisted on leaving it with these gentlemen.
Capt. Puckett, between a series of broad
gauge grins, said, “let ’em come,” and
Mr. Bradley simply wanted to know if
the “gals had gone to playing base-ball.”
On account of the barrenness of his cra
nium, Alderman Gilreath was not allow
ed to participate in the debate at all,
and John Anderson made good his es
cape, and his feelings in the matter are
not know n up to the present writing.
A MOUNTAIN GIANT.
A Desirable Side-Show Attraction Visits
Cartersville.
John Andrew Ferguson, of Gordon
county, is the coming man to knock John
L. Sullivan out of the pugilistic ring.
John Andrew is a “whopper.” He is
of raw-bone nature, but tips the beam to
the tune of two hundred and forty
pounds. In height he stands six feet
three and a half inches “in his socks.”
Across the palm of a hand measures six
inches, and his fingers looks like sawed
off sewer piping. His is a most power
ful frame and his walk denotes that of a
very stout man. He was interviewed by
The Courant and he said that his father
was rather a large man but his mother
was only of medium size. John Andrew
is now in his 36th year, and lives on Mr,
Bagwell’s place, at Erwin postofflce, Gor
don county. When asked about the ex
tent of his strength, he stated that it was
never fully tested, but, insinuatingly
speaking, made us understand that he
had standing invitations to attend all
house-raisings and log-rollings that hap
pened in his neighborhood. From ap
pearances he would make a handy person
around when it was necessary to move a
house. He is very active and boasts of
his great which he says is quite
astonishing considering his size. Here
is a chance for some sporting syndicate to
down John L. Sullivan, the boston slug
ger brute. With a year or so of good
training, we believe John Andrew could
knot;!*; him out in the first round. John
Andrew is game and says “he be dinged
if he’s afeard of anybody, ”
TO OUR FRIENDS.
Tlie “Courant” Returns Thanks for It*
Hearty Encouragement.
We feel it our duty, and a pleasant one
too, to thank our patrons for the many
words of encouragement given us in the
past few weeks. And, too, we thank
them for the prompt manner in which
they have stepped forward and renewed
their subscriptions—many paying up old
scores and a year in advance. The paper
seems to have taken new life. It is in
deed riding on a popular wave—for all of
which we are very thankful. We will
continue in our efforts to give our read-
ers a home paper that they may well be
proud of. Our spirits are bouyed up
considerably by the good cheer of our
subscribers and the people of Bartow
county generally, and we feel that our
efforts are being appreciated. To the
building up of our section will our ener
gies be lent—publishing everything that
will benefit it, and its resources looked
after dilligently and proclaimed to the
world. We have the finest section in
the world and we propose to let the world
know it.
Two Negro Boys Drowned.
Booker Jones is a hard working and
honest colored man that lives on
Levi Shaw’s place near Stilesboro, and he
was the father of two stout and growing
boys aged 11 and 13 years. These boys
went out rabbit hunting on last Friday,
from which they returned as corpses. The
boys, it seems, had been hunting all day,
and were returning home about sun
down. They had approached Raccoon
creek near their home, and proceeded to
cross on a sapling over a place that seem
ed to be very shallow, but midway the
support broke or they slipped and they
were precipitated into ten feet of water.
Their absence was noticed, and the father
and mother waited after dark for the ap
pearance of their boys. They came not.
Growing alarmed they, together with a
few friends, began a search. Looking up
and down the creek, they discovered a
hat belonging to one of the boys, floating
among the weeds. The creek was drag
ged and their bodies were found about 11
o’clock that night. The boys were just
large enough for plow hands and their
parents are heart broken over their be
reavement.
♦ Wr
Pay for your Papep
when you come to town.
A Mouth Wash and Dentifrice.
Jn oqp advertising columns will be
found that of tha .‘Jffolrpes’ Sure Cure
Mouth Wash and Dentifrice,” which is
on sale at Curry’s. A great many of our
people have tried it and found it excellent
for the preservation of the teeth and
keeping the gums healthy and free from
soreness. It is a good article and its trial
ip instances has caused its con
stant us>e jn jkeyeral families. The Macon
Telegraph says of thp <|/entjfrice;
“A meritorious article is Holmes/ Mouth
Wash and Dentifrice. It has been used
in the families Of the editors of this paper
and found to be all plaimpd for it on the
label. We cheerfully commend It both
as a wash and dentifrice. ”
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Brushes, Combs, Perfumery, Fetlow’s
I Gossamer, Swan’s Down, and other toilet
requisites at Curry’s.
OALL PERSONIFIED.
The “Honest Home Prints” to he Bull
dozed Into Using "Patent Outsides.”
“The Plow boy Company,” at East
Point, looms up as the greatest gall insti
tution of the present age. “The l’lowboy
Company” prints patent outsides for the
country newspapers who patronize them,
and those that don’t patronize them are
to be bulldozed into doing so anyhow.
We have received a sealed circular
this great bulldozing institution, part o
which we produce:
“Mr Editor— The Plowboy Company will be
gin in a short while to canvass the country for
job work, which it is prepared to do in first
class style, and at prices which no other con
cern in the South can afford.
It is not the desire of the Company to compete
with those papers furnished by it with ready
prints, for job work, but rather to so conduct its
business as to make it mutually profitable.. Be
fore canvassing the field occupied by you, The
Plowboy Company would like to offfer to furnish
you with the ready prints,” etc.
Such gall and such, bulldozing!
Come along, Mr. Plowboy, but you
can leave your “dratted” “ready-prints”
at home so far as we are concerned. We
can duplicate any price you can put on
job work, and from the sample oi your
work before us we can discount you in
mechanical get-up. Just come along,
young fellow', and it may be that we’ll
return you to the field, where you evi
dently belong. Your name is Plowboy,
and an appropriate one it is, too. We’ll
see what we can do for you; but one
thing certain, you’tt never impose on our
five thousand readers your cheap John,
Jim-crack kind of journalism.
In the meantime, we would warn our
merchants and people generally to keep
on the lookout for Mr. Plowboy, aud
please remember this attempt at bull
dozing. We feel certain that there is not
a merchant within the scope of our terri
tory that would patronize such an insti
tution one cent, Our paper is all home
print. The money spent in its get-up is
immediately spent among our raerohanfs.
We propose to run a strictly home insti
tution, for the benefit of our home enter
prises and interests. We have not the
heart to impose upon our readers by giv
ing them such a sheet as Mr. Plowboy
wishes us to do.
NEWS FROM GEN. YOUNG.
He Denies tlie Story of His Arrest by
Dirty Cossacks.
We have had the pleasure of perusing
a private letter from our clever county
man, Gen. P. M. B. Young, Consul to
St. Petersburg, Russia, He writes in a
cheerful mood and his many friends will
be glad to know that his general health
is good, and that he is very pleasantly
situated. He asserts that he is as well
treated in his new home as he has been
in his native State. Just as expected, the
jovial General has made friends w’ith
everybody, and everybody, from the
highest to the lowest, treat him with
much respect and make it as pleasant as
possible for him. He will, as soon as
spring opens, visit the several consul
ships over his domain, which will require
considerable traveling. He anticipates a
most enjoyable trip, as well as an extend
ed one,
A few months ago an artioie appeared
in the newspapers of the country to the
effect that the General had been arrested
by two dirty Cossacks for failure to have
a passport on his way to Berlin. The
General denies the whole story, and a
letter from him, dated on the same day
the occurrence is said to have taken place,
is written at Moscow, 1,000 miles away.
The General will probably be at home
in the fall and winter His friends are
anxious to see him back again, and his
return will be bailed with pleasure by all.
Pay fou ypur Paper
when yon come to town.
OBITUARY.
Adairsville, Ga., April 2, ’B6.
We the undersigned, a committee ap
pointed by toe Superintendent of the
Methodist Bunday-6chool fo draw up
resolutions on the death of Claud J. Tom
linson, aged seven years, only son of T.
F. and Talula Tomlinson, do resolve: In
the Providence of God we are called up
on to mourn the loss from our midst one
of our sunniest and happiest faces; there
fore be it resolved i
1. That in the deatli of little Claud
Tomlinson we recognize 4he hand of an
All-wise Providence, to whose dispensa
sation we humbly bow as the One who al
ways doeth well.
2. That in his death this school has lost
one of its most regular and best scholars.
He was his teacher’s pride and his fellow
student’s favorite.
3. That we tender to the bereaved and
heart-stricken parents of little Claud our
heart-felt sympathy, and pray the good
and kind Heavenly Father to comfort
them in this their gri,at trial,.
4. That these resolutions be recorded
on the records of the Sunday-school and
be published in the Cartersville papers.
Miss Mary E. Bibb,
Mjss Mamie Cokeroft,
‘ Joe P. Bowdoin,
Committee.
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De-lec-fca-lave
Use a tootli-pick made from a quill.
Brush the upper teeth downward, and
the lower teeth upward, so as to enepuf?
age the growth of the gums about the
necks of the teeth. Use Delectalave ac
cording to directions on the bottle.
Rroper care will preserve your teeth, for
speech and mastication, till advanced
life. Always use a soft brush, for
sale by all Druggists.
Death of Mrs. Mary Puckett.
This lady, relict of the late William
Puckett, breathed her last at the residence
of her son-in-law, Mr. George Satter
field, last Thursday morning, she being
sick only a few days. The deceased was
sixty-five years of age and was a consist
ent member of the Methodist church.
In the death of this lady, a pure Chris
tian soul has gone to meet a just reward,
and there has been removed from a de
voted family a loyingand Christian moth
er, whose exemplary character will al
ways stand out in bold relief as one to be
emulated. The grief-stricken family have
the sympathies of the entire community
in this thejr most distressing loss. rt*
The Turnlin Mounds.
The late freshet has reawakened a live
ly interest in these celebrated mounds.
The waters washed the lands considerably
and sqccgpdpd in bringing to surface an
immense amount of archeaiogical speci
mens, such as skulls and bones of the an
cient, as well as crosses, pipes and beads.
Vaults, rudely constructed with large
slabs of stone, encasing the bones of some
departed, are found occasionally. Much
attention is being paid to the matter and
ere long we hope to see more action being
taken pp solve the mysteries of the
moqn<}s.
JIM
Dvery package of Bird Seed sold by
Curry the druggist, contains a piece of
Cuttle Fish, and a small package of
Hemp Seed wrapped separately. They
are full weight and perfectly fresh and
clean.
A HARD NUT TO CRACK.
Something for Scientists ami Smart Men
to Wrestle Over.
The Courant has received information
of a most wonderful occurrence that has
happened near Kingston, in this county.
To start out with, we would inform the
incredulous that the reports have been
given by a gentleman of unquestioned
veracity, and whose words are substan
tiated by the testimony of any number
of people in and around Kingston. The
discovery was made by two small boys
living with their parents about four miles
from Kingston. They had been hunting
and during the day they approached one
of the innumerable lime sinks that are
scattered promiscuously over that section
of the county. They noticed a consider
able amount of sapling tops and brushes
scattered thickly over a space of 35 by 50
yards. It was something unusual, they
thought that some wild animal had gath
ered all tills debris together and they
pulled for home.
Of what they had seen they informed
their father, w ho immediately repaired to
the spot and he began investigating. He
found that every sapling and bush that
grew on a space of 35 or §0 yards square
had been leveled to the ground, and each
sapling and bush hail been wienched in
twain in two places—at the base and
about two feet above. The saplings were
not broken but wrenched and a great
many of them were as large as a man’s
ankle—thus showing above all doubt
that the wrenching was not done by hu
man hands. It doesu’t look reasonable
that anyone would go about twisting
trees and throwing them down for the
fun of the thing. The question very for
cibly presents itself, how were these sap
lings twisted in two at different places—
at tfie base and about two feet above.
Now here is a chance lor .some scientist
to cover himself with glory. The gen
tleman who gives us this information has
been to the scene of this wonderful oc
currence and brought away a heavy piece
of sapling two feet long.
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COUNTY GGMMI33IQNEK3 fJONyENE,
And Si*e Up the Damages of Bartow in
the Late “Great Damp.”
The board of county commissioners,
with the exception of one or two mem
bers, met at their chamber Tuesday
morning. The regular routine of business
was transacted, after which they con
sidered the reports concerning the dam
ages to our county bridges. As best as
can be learned at present, the losses will
amount as follows: The bridge across
Aliatoona creek, near Allatoona, dam
aged about $100; bridge at C. M. Jones’
standing, bqt needing repairs, will re
quire about $lq0; bridge at Frank Smith’s
on Alabama road across Ruharlee creek
washed away, cost about $430; the one
at Rogers’ mills partly washed away,
damaged $l5O to $200; the one at Col
bert’s standing intact; the one at Euhar
lee washed away, will cost possibly $600;
the one at Dr. Baker’s place, over Petit
creek, washed away, can possibly be re
placed for $400; each of the bridges over
the river were damaged; SSOO, will pro
bably coyer the dam ages to these bridges.
From best information at this time, think
$2,500 will place our bridges as they
were before the freshet. The bridges
will be repaired as fast as pqssible. The
board wfij meet again next Tuesday for
the purpose of taking action in rebuild
ing at once, and to place in good order
the roads of the county. The board was
quite cheered over the small loss our
county sustained in comparison to ad
joining counties.
An Ancient Knife.
The Courant museum has been some*
what improved by the gift of an ancient
knife from the clever Barron brothers.
The history of the knife can be traced
back at least forty years, for at that time
an uncle of these gentlemen lost it
at his place on Stamp Creek. It was
found a week or so ago under a house and
was much decayed. It is of an old style
pattern called a “canoe knife”—called by
that name on account of its being shaped
similar to an Indian canoe. Being nine
and a half inches long, blade and handle,
it makes a most formidable looking weap
on. It has only one blade.
A ball of green clay has been placed in
the museum also, which was found at the
Tumlin mounds. How it became so
green we cannot tell. We have a pri
vate opinion of our own, but do not care
to express it for fear pur idea may not be
correct, It is on exhibition at this
office.
Letter of Resignation.
Cedartown, Ga , April 1,1886.
Col. John 0. Waddell.
My Dear Sir: —Through you, who
are a member, for Polk county, of the
Democratic Executive Committee of tiie
Seventh Congressional District of Geor
gia, I hereby tender my resignation of
the chairmanship thereof.
The reasons that induce this action
Ayijl be ma/je manifest in tbe near future.
Flease take such steps to notify the
Committee and to fill the vacancy as
your judgment shall suggest.
With high regard, your friend,
Joseth A. Blance.
Wants the Great Dollar Weekly.
Dear Sir—Kindly oblige me with a
late specimen number of your paper. It
is published, I am iniormed, at the home
of Rev, Sara R. Jones, one of God’s true
sons. We of the North want to thank
you of the South for Sam Jones.
Rev. F. M. Hayes.
Ransom, 111., March 26, 1886.
De-lec- ta-lave.
Do you wake up with a had taste in
your mouth? If so, brush your teeth
well, night and morning, with a soft
brush, moistened with Delectalave, then
rinse thoroughly with Delectalave which
will neutralize any acidity in the saliva,
and keep your mouth sweet and clean.
For Sale by all Druggists.
The Buckeye force Pumps and Don
Turbine Wind Mills, the best in the mar
ket, for sale by
V. L. Williams & Cos.
Prescriptions accurately compounded
and prices moderate at Curry’s.
Asa remedy for constipation, Curry’s
Liver Compound heads the list.
Clingman’s Tobacco Ointment for
pijes. ' Call at Gurry’s Drug Store for a
supply.
Hood’ Sarsaparilla at Curry’s Drug
Store.
Call at Curry’s Drug Store for a Grier’s
Almanac.
Buist’s Garden Seeds at Curry’s Drug
Store.
4 AA A YEAR. The Courant, the
9 I ivU best local paper in the State.
FOR SALE.
A fine, large yoke of oxen, just in their
prime. Apply to A. C. Trimble, Adairs
yjUe, Ga. feb2q-8f
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tor recent oolds, coughs and the early
stages of consumption.
Pipes in cases suitable for presents at
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County Correspondence
Stamp Creole “Dots.**
Mr. Editor, your compositors made a
few errors in last week’s “dots” which
were apparent to your readers, aud which
they will please excuse.
Well, we have had some rain, Have
you had much 5
The farmer’s fencing, water-racks,
bridges, the corn which they had planted
and many other things too numerous to
mention, launched their little barques on
the tide and rode its majestic waves
grandly and serenely to the great un
known—the tide failed to wait for the
farmer or the farmer for the tide. Your
soribe is yet undeoided as to which to
charge with neglect, the farmer or the
tide. The farmer looks disconsolate and
as if he had been left all the same. A
portion of R. H. Jones & Son’s Manu
facturing Company’s dam was washed
out by the aforesaid tide. It will be re?
placed in a few days and the wheels put
in motion again,
Road working is now the order of the
day.
Your scribe had the pleasure of visit
ing “Old County Line Church” last Sun
day evening, which is being greatly im
proved by the neighborhood, and where
they have one of the most interesting,
best conducted and sustained Sunday
schools he ever had the pleasure of at
tending in the country. The parents, as
well as the children, seem to be deeply
interested in the work. I heard smU
boys and girls repeat more scripture from
memory than any of your town boys and
girls even read each week. The parents,
patrons and officers of the school have
great reason to be proud ot the work
they are doing for society and the church.
The knowledge and influences implanted
upon the minds and hearts of these inno
cent little children in that little humble
house are far more important than all
worldlv wisdom and will continue to
beautify, broaden and expand in their
scope long after the grand institutions for
imparting worldly wisdom have crum
bled to earth and been forgotton. Give
us Christian parents and home altars,
where the evening and morning incense
ascends from the altars of loyal hearts,
though tried greatly as they may be by
the fires of tribulation and ingratitude to
God for His blessings, and entreating
His guidance in the ordering of their
houses aright and in training their chil
dren for lives of usefulness here and for
heayen hereafter—--give us these noble
bands of Christians in every neighbor
hood to aid us in our Sabbath-sehools,
etc., and we will soon bring this world
to God. God bless all such institutions,
and may they grow more and more nu
merous.
The Courant is growing in favor. A
great many will subscribe soon, I think.
I have their promise to do so. You al
ready have more subscribers here than
any other paper. “Dottkr.”
Hall’s Mills Filings.
Mr. J. W. Burns wound up ginning
for the season about two weeks ago, after
ginning about six hundred bales. That
tells what a country is.
Mr. W. A. Lumpkin returned to West
Point last week, after spending several
days with us. He will start into business
there this week. Success to you Willie.
The small grain prospect is very poor.
Clover is looking nice.
Hall's.ought to improve now, as it has
a sawmill in something over a mile from
it. If you want a good lot of lumber call
on J. C. Kerr.
Mr. B. F. Smith and son, of Resac' t
were in our midst last week.
Rev. A. C. Sugart, of Sugar Valley,
preached at the Baptist Church here last
Sunday.
A few of Prof. Gwin’s singing scholars
still remain around here. They will
have singing at the residence of R. N.
Kerr the second Sunday in next month.
All are invited.
We would like to know where Hills
borough is. We are in the dark.
The young men’s prayer meeting
has a good attendance every Sunday
night.
Hall’s Mill got its name from L. H.
Hall, who had a sawmill here about
twenty years ago. He now owns a cof
fin factory in Atlanta. Perhaps that is
the reason the place does not improve
more than it does. The name of the
post office ought to be changed. Who
will suggest a good name for us.
We read a piece in one of the Carters
ville papers a short time since, “How
to cook husbands.” Now who will tell
us how to cook dudes? We have a good
supply of young ones coming on.
Mrs. J. W. Burns has heeu visiting
relatives near Rome. She returned last
Miss Sal lie Kerr is getting up money
to fence the graveyard at Mt. Carmel. It
is a work that all shou’d take an inter
est in.
If yoq want to get all of the news sub
scribe for The Courant—one dollar a
year. Bob Bail.
Wolf Feu Items.
The farmers are aR in good heart this
spring and thev say that they are coming
out of debt this fall. They are doing
more work than ever before.
We have a very fine school at Dim
mon’s furnace.
The revenue officers are keeping the
boys in Lost Town laying out so much
that they are about to kill piR the wild
turkeys. They say they wish snakes
would come in so that the officers could
not travel so much at night.
We are expecting some weddings here
goon, The young folks aae putting in
good time “sparking.”
Constable Layton made a very able
speech in Justice court at Wolf Pen last
week. ou should have heard it—it cov
ered a great deal of territory, you bet.
The late rains washed the farming
lands considerably in this community.
Wolf.
Stegall's Short Stops.
Ihe week of floods. Since the last
w ritlng we should think the flood-gates
had be-n lifted by the looks of things.
Still it might have been worse, had the
Etowah bridge gone, but the hand of
i rovidence saved it, and we can still go
to town as usual. There seems to be a
good deal of commenting, and in some
cases dissatisfaction, about the weather
boarding being knocked off the bridge,
now it is all over. We think there is lit
tle room for talk, as the men in charge
did their best and deserve great credit.
Ihere was not so much damage done to
land in this vicinity as was first supposed,
though, ot course, hill-side farms were
washed considerably. Col. Jones’ mill
property was damaged to some extent,
though the exact amount is unknown.
The roads between this place and the
river are in very bad conditionthough
Uncle Jim, the boss, says he will call
out the men as soon as it dries off a little.
Our main street has been somewhat
improved at the lower end. A big ditch
has been cut and the road turnpiked from
the station on down past the gins and
'vine cellar. This has always been a bad
place to get through, and we are glad to
see the improvement.
The Rome Express is now five days
late. We hope to see her down this way
again soon.
Mrs. Charlie Jones and family came in
Saturday night. They had been water
bound for several days.
All our young people are well at this
writing and able to take their rations.
There were quite a nnm’ er of visitors
Tumlin mound Saturday, among
them were a small party from this place.
The day was spent very pleasantly. Some
photographs were taken of the mounds,
which in due time can be seen at Wikle
& Co.’s book store. Glen wood.
Finelog Splint*.
Miss Laura Vincent has dismissed her
school until JuiyC She is a very popular
young lady and well deserves the mark
she has made as a preceptress.
Some one asks will Pinelog have her
picnic this season as usual. We answer
in the affirmative, and assure the people
that they are all cordially invited to
attend.
The rain drowned out Mr. Joe Jones’
appointment at Pinelog Church last
Sunday te our regret.
Last year we had a fine Sunday-school
during the entire season. Tins year so
far has been exceedingly dull. The
teachers will have to “rally and come
again,” or it will fall through.
Bill Daly.
Kingston Kindlings.
Mr. Fouts Roads, of Atlanta, Judge
Sandford, of Milledgeville, Prof. Agis
teno and Mr. Downing, of Athens, spent
a short while here last week, after wad
ing through about four miles of water.
Mr. Ham Harris killed two beaver dur
ing the high water.
Mr. James Moore, our Bogardus, killed
almost a boat load of ducks during the
freshet. “Nip” and “Tuck,” his fine
pair of dogs, brought them ashore.
The rains cut oft the trip of Maj. War
ing’s tourists.
Mr. R. S. Pope is turning his attention
to saving our red hills by ditching them.
Kingston has one advantage. She is
above high water. How long she will be
we can’t tell.
“The flood” is all that greets our ears.
The damage to our people is consider
able.
All the roads washed out, all the fences
washed away and all the bridges gone.
Many fields of corn just planted washed
up and where, only a few days ago, was
fine soil, there is now only abed of grav
el or solid hard clay. Some of the corn
will have to be replanted,and some of the
ground washed over will not be fit to
plant.
Mr. McMeakin and Capt. Woolley
will be our heaviest losers. Capt. Wool
ley lost his bridge, which cost him $6,000.
Considerable of his land is damaged, as
yet he cannot tell to what extent. The
bridge lodged a short distance below his
place, but it is a total wreck. The loss
is not only a sad one to Capt. Woolley
but to all this seotion of country, as all
crossed there whenever the waters were
the least high. The Captain says he will
not rebuild it.
The Rome railroad is totally washed up.
They have gone to work repairing it.
There is a corps of twenty or thirty
hands at work on tbU end. They report
as getting along more rapidly than ex
pected.
All the telegraph wires and poles were
down from here to Rome. They will be
up by Tuesday. Hacks run from King
ston to Rome and carry the mails. They
carry passengers for $1 25 each. They
calculate on running a train through to
Kingston in about thirty davs. We like
water, but not in such abundance and in
such unnatural places. J,
Adairsville
We are juat able to crawl from under
neath a faded umbrella and like a terra
pin, stretch ourselves on a big log to
day.
Our town has been converted into a
little city through sheltering the many
“cut off” passengers on the Adairsville
and Atlanta Express.
Every boarding house in me town was
crowded, and many phases of human
nature could be seen among the throng.
Among the guests at the hotel worthy of
note was Col. G. R. Karwiese, a capital
ist from Erie, Penn.
Several gentlemen from Rome were
with us during the high waters. They say
that city is adulterated.
Our dramatic talent is the best on the W.
& A, R. R., considering our advantages
and population. There is no reason why
w r e cannot enjoy this gift in the rendition
of some play.
Misses Mattie and Mary Goldwire, who
have been with Mrs. R. D. Combs, have
returned home.
Two little boys, Masters Alex Ripley
and John Martin, went up to Calhoun
during the freshet without their mother’s
consent. A telegram was received here
asking for a conyeyance to bring them
home. They were found by a blind man
wandering about the town.
Tiie young man from Cartersville who
would go out witli the girls is now
posing as a mud-pie.
Mr. R. D. shows a deep interest in the
welfare of our town as well as the safety
and condition of the railroad which he
represents.
Our Patent Roller Flour Mill is the
pride of this section. It is running on
full time now. All hindrances have
been remedied.
The top soil on some of our fine bottom
lands has been washed away, leaving
nothing hut a kind of weak clay soil.
A. M. C.
Pay for your Paoer
when you come to town.
West’s Cough Syrup is now the leading reme
dy for coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis,
asthma, whooping cougli aud consumption. All
druggists.
The standard. West’s Liver Pills. Always
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diseases. 30 pills 25c. All druggists.
West’s World’s Wonder acts like magic in all
cases of rheumatism, neuralgia, burns, bruises
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Whooping cough readily yields to West’s
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Even Japan and China dealers keep in stock
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Liver complaint, dyspepsia, indigestion and sick
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Oil SETS.
♦
David W. Curry has Buist’s
Eastern grown Onion Sets and
Seeds and requests his friends
to remember that he will not be
undersold on any article in either
the seed or drug line.
(to a A TEAR. The Cocrant, the
I ■ W best local paper in the State.
$25 in Gold
Given to the farmer who makes the largest
yield of cotton on one acre of land. “The Cres
cent,” manufactured by Perry M. DeLeon, of
Savannah, Ga., is the kind of fertilizer to be
used. For sale by Bartow 3.cake, at warehouse.
FIRE !
You may lose your house and contents by fail
ing to call on
W. H. HOWARD,
who represents the Liverpool London and Globe
and the Phoenix Insurance Companies. Don’t
neglect this. Now is the time. mchlS
STOP THE CRACKS.
Window Glass of all sizes at bottom
prices at Curry’s Drug Store.
Clingman’s Tobacco Cake and Clin
mau’s Tobacco Plaster \ sold at Curry’s
Drug Store.
(to 4 A YEAR. The Cocrant, the
9 1 best local paper in the State.
All of Clingman’s Tobacco Remedies
are sold at Curry’s Drug Store.
Everybody knows the virtues of Wild
Cherry and Tar as a relief and cure for
any affections of the Throat and Lungs,
combined with these two ingredients are
a few simple healing remedies in the
composition of Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and
Lung Syrup, making it just the article
you should always have in the house, for.
Coughs, Colds, Croup and Bronchitis.
Price 50 cents and SI.OO. Sold by D. W.
Curry.