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NOVEMBER 11, 1886,
"local pointers.
Col. John Akin went down to Atlanta
yesterday.
Col. E V. Johnson, ot Rome, is now
buying cotton in this market.
Walt IleatMen is on an Alabama trip,
and will be gone a week or so.
The Chautauqua Circle will meet at
Mrs. W. C. Edwards Monday night next.
Dave Oariison is happy over the ad
vent of a line twelve pound miss at his
house.
.Lack Majors is now running the State,
at Rock mart, a paper that is a credit to
the town.
Sanford Vandivere has a pair of young
oxen that he wishes to sell. A bargain
is offered.
All communications advancing the in
terest of any candidate are always to be
paid lor.
Rev. Win. Milner, of Chattooga coun
ty, spent a few hours with relatives
here yesterday.
Cabbages and chestnuts constitutes the
stock in trade of many of the wagons
that come to this market.
Ellis Patterson, a Cartersville colored
genius, received a diploma at the lair
last week for his double-foot plow.
Asa store decorator Will Montgomery
is a success, but it’s just like Will to be
a success at whatever he undertakes.
Mr. Dan Callahan, well-known here,
has the contract to construct I he Rome &
Decatur railroad, and has established his
ollioe in Rome.
Administrators, executors, etc. will do
well to have the property in their hands
advertised in this paper. We guarantee
circulation and good woik.
The public meeting, a call for w hich
appears in another column, should be
attended by all means. It will mark a
new era in llie history of Caiters\ille.
Those iiaving failed to lay in their
w inter supply of coal have been put to
some inconvenience lately in securing
enough to meet the present cool snap.
Little Walker Curry his bien serious
ly ill lor several days. Mr. Curry is up
Irom Atlanta attending his bedside. We
hope the little lellow will soon recover.
We learn that Miss Temple Land, of
Cassville, is very low. Her many friends
in the county will be very sorry to learn
this and will wi-h her a speedy recovery.
Gainesville is the biggest produce
market in the south for the size of it.
Witii a railroad running to that place
Cartersville could improve herself in that
respect.
Strickland & Tiro, have some fresh,
crisp locals In this issue. These young
men are stirring and makes commenda
ble efforts to build up their fast-growing
trade.
Wylie Bridges is a deserving young
man, and lie is conducting a neat, clean
and lirst-class grocery establishment,
lie tries mighty hard to please the house
keepers.
From the way our subscribers are pay
ing up and renewing subscriptions we
are led to believe they are well pleased
with the paper. We will strive hard to
make it the best country weekly in the
state.
Sheriff Roberts is still making strenu
ous effects for the recapture of the des
perate negro, Wellmaker, who escaped
from our jail last week. If hard work
counts llie darkey w ill soon be over
hauled.
Many were the expressions of sympa
thy here when the horrible and sad fate
of John Kirkpatrick was announced.
John was greatly beloved here, the home
of his youth, for the many noble traits of
character.
W. W. Ginn announces for re-election
to the office of tax receiver, promising
full and faithful performance of duties
as heretofore. His books sent in have
elicited much favorable comment from
Comptroller Wright.
Two negro women on the place of Mr.
Lewis Wilson, two miles from Adairs
vllle, one middle aged, the other 100
yeais old, while seated around the lire
Monday the former’s clothing caught
lire, and the latter, in attempting to-put
out the lire, was burned to death. The
former died shortly after being burned.
His many friends will be pained to
learn the of tie serious illness of our
clever countryman, Air. W. 11. Hood,
who was taken last week with a spell
similar to the one he experienced a few
months ago. His condition has been
extremely critical, but thanks to the
wonderful management of Dr. Lindsay
Johnson, he is on the improve.
Gilmer street would like very much
to be represented In the next town coun
cil. What’s the matter with Bob Hud
son or Sanford Vandivere? They are
live men and would make working mem
bers whose licks would always tell. Give
the old thoroughfare a chance to get re
paired once in a while, and we know of
no better way to accomplish this than to
elect one of its residents an alderman.
In our mention of the drug establish
ment of Mr. D. W. Curry last week we
erroneously stated that he had sold out.
Such is not the fact. He still retains his
interest and the business will be run as
heretofore under the management of
Messrs. Walter Headden and Wade
Johnson. The boys will make things
whoop in their line and their success is
an assured fact.
A little daughter of Mr. W. F. Baker
had a narrow escape Sunday afternoon.
By some means a cartridge got under the
grate of the dining room, and when,
for the lirst time in several months a fire
was started, the cartridge became heated
and exploded. The little girl was play
ingon llie hearthrug and was struck in
the forehead with the shell, making a
painful but not seiious wound.
The society’s medal and diploma has
been awarded to the Johnson-Lumley
Long Feeder Cotton Gin as being the
best of the roller gins on exhibition.
This is on exceedingly ingenious adjust
ment of machinery; simple, easy to
manage, and it seems lias given great
pleasure and satisfaction to the thousands
w’lio have seen it at work this wepk.
Colonel Henry D. Capers, Adairsville,
Ga., has the management of the com
pany’s business in Georgia—a most
courteous gentleman, who, the girls say,
is “just too lovelv.” He confidently
predicts that the gin will ultimately sup
plant every combination of saw gins
ever made.— Macon Teleijraph of Saturday.
Call for Publie Meeting.
The citizens of Cartersville are urgently re
quested to attend a public meeting at the opera
house, Monday, Nov. 22, at 8 p. m. Business
affecting the welfare of Cartersville, in which
every taxpayer is interested will come up for
discussion and it is hoped ttiat all that can possi
bly do so will be present. Signed.
I). W. K. Peacock,
B. R. Mountcastle,
A. Kmart,
L. B. M ATTIIEWS,
A. D. Vandivere.
And Others.
We have been i:i the grocery trade in Carters
yille just one year; have earnestly labored to
build up a substantial trade with ready money,
good goods and low prices, as our customers will
verify. We now beg leave to say that we have
never offered to the trade at large hi tter goods
for lower prices. Our stock in many depart
ments has been enlarged, and we unqualifiedly
claim to be headquarters for Flour. Our facili
ties lor buying from first hands are unsurpassed
and all we ask Is a fair trial.
* STRICKLAND & Bap.
TERRIBLE!
THE MURDER OF JOHN C.
KIRKPATRICK IN NEW
ORLEANS.
FULL AND THRILLING PARTICULARS
OK THE TERRIBLE SCENE EN
ACTED IN THE GLARE OF
DAT.
A Full Report of the Autopvy on the
Body—And Comments of the New
Orleans Papers.
The remains of John C. Kiikpatriek
who was killed in New’ Orleans on Tues
day, the 2d inst., by a Dr. Thomas G.
Ford, of Shreveport, La., arrived in
Cartersville last Thursday afternoon on
the 3:30 train by way of Atlanta. The
remains were met in Atlanta by Mr.
Will Graham, of this city, and were
brought heie by him. Avery large
crowd of people were at the depot to meet
the body of the dead man, and quanti
ties of beautiful white flowers were there
also, sent by those who knew the deceas
ed and his family. The box and casket
containing the remains were quickly but
quietly transferred from the express car
to one ot the sitting rooms of the depot,
where the friends .f the deceased and of
his family were admitted. The casket
was opened in order to determine the
wisdom of opening it again at the ceme
tery to affuid the almost heart broken
relatives a last opportunity of looking
upon the face of him they loved so dear
ly. It was seen that the body had been
well embalmed and presented a life-like
appearanee. The funeral cceuired di
rectly from the depot, a very large con
course of people following in carriages
and on foot. The pill bearers were
Messrs. Theodore Smith, James M. Field,
T. W. 11. Harris, Ben Akerman, W. H.
Wikle, Thomas Head, Dr. C. A. Whire
and E. L. Peacock.
The distress of the aged father and
mother was scarcely le-s touching than
that of the brothers and sister of the de
ceased. The scene at the graveyard was
a very solemn one, made more solemn
by the shocking and untimely death of
him who lay before his friends and ad
mirers in his “dreamless sleep,” within
the cotlin’s narrow confines. The solemn
funeral services were conducted by Rev.
Mr. Hillbouse, pastor of the Presbyte
rian church, assisted by Rev. Mr. Cooper,
pastor of the Baptist church. The large
number of people who followed the
mournful cortege to the cemetery and
who stool around the gaping grave, at
tested the high regard in which the de
ceased was held in this community—the
home of his childhood and youth. No
words can describe the anguish of the
weeping father and mother, both now
fast sweeping down the tide that touches
the eternal shore, or the bruised hearts
of the stalwart brothers, or the pathetic
grief of the sister bowed down with unut
terable sorrow at the sad fate of a devoted
brother. Notwithstanding what papers
in distant cities may have said in their
ignorance, the deceased was dearly loved
in this community, and his memory is
to-day revered and loved by all who knew
him.
The following thrilling account of the
murder is taken from the New Orleans
Picayune of the day following the lamen
table occurrence, together with a full re
port of the autopsy held on the body of
of the deceased, and which will be found
to be the same as that published in the
Atlanta Constitution of the sih inst., pur
porting to be a letter from this place:
“It was just the hour for luncheon at
Joe Walker’s Crescent Hall saloon, that
is, when the crowd was greatest around
the lunch table—half past eleven o’clock
in the forenoon. A number of men stood
around the table, some eating, others
with plates in their hands waiting to be
served, and some standing in the hall in
front of the bar discussing polities or
business matters. Suddenly
A SHOT WAS FIRED,
evidently in the sample room of Walker’s
establishment, and everybody looked
towards the door, which is screened
from the view of passers-by on Canal
street by a large flower pot, in which
was a plant. A man darted around this,
coming fiom the sample room, and a
second shot was fired by some one in
tiie sample room. The man ran across
the east corner* of the hall towards the
large door which opens into the oyster
saloon and cigar stand in the St. Charles
street entrance of the saloon. As he was
about to cross the threshold of the door
through which he had darted out of the
sample room, appeared the figure of a
stout built man wearing side whiskers
and a mustache. He held in his hand a
smoking revolver, and almost as soon as
he appeared a third shot was heard.
The fugitive—for such appeared to be
the man who first entered the hall, stag
gered forward about three feet and
FELL ON HIS BACK,
his leet toward the oyster stand.
The crowd in the saloon sought shelter.
Some ranged themselves behind the pil
lars, others crept under the lhnch table,
while many ran out into the jard on the
side of the hall. They stood four deep
behind the pillars, and such a contrac
tion of rotundity was never befoie seen.
Men who were twice a3 broad as one of
the pillars seemed to contract themselves
to one-half their natural size, and it was
wonderful how well they kept the pillar
between themselves and the man with
the revolver.
The man walked deliberately up to
where the man lay writhing on the tes
selated floor. The latter was leaning on
his right elbow and was turned on his
back. The man with the revolver walk
ed up to within ten feet of his victim,
when he took deliberate aim and fired the
fourth shot. The man fell back and lay
face upward to and glared at his slayer.
The latter walked up still closer and
placed
THE MUZZLE OF His REVOLVER TO THE
TEMPLE
of the prostrate man. lie jerked, hii
head aside with a spasmodic movement,
or perhaps the last impulse of his life,
the first law of nature, self-preservation,
caused the dying man to seek to avoid
the last shot. The effect of this move
ment was to cause the muzzle of the weap
on to fall on the dying man’s chin, just
under the right corner of the mouth.
The fifth and last shot was fired at that
moment, and the bullet sped upward into
and made its exit on top of the head.
J here was no more bullets in the re-
volver. The victim sank back a corpse
and his slayer turned and retraced his
steps into the hall, when be stopped a few
moments and glanced around.
IN A COOL, NONCHALANT MANNER
as if admiring the frescoed ceiling and
decorations. Then he j fined a tall man
and handed him his revolver. The
two then walked out through the Canal
street door ot the sample room and en
tered Moreau’s restaurant.
At the end table in the row nearest Ca
rondelet street just under the staircase,
they seated themselves. The table was
spread with dishes, condiments, etc.,
and ail that was wanting to make the
breakfast complete was the steaming
plates of viands. Two officers, Hurley
and Smyth, of the Third Precinct, rush
ed in and proceeded direct to the table
where the two men were seated. They
arrested the man with the side whiskers,
and the prisoner was marched up St.
Charles street to the Central Station. He
gave his name as Dr. T. G. Ford, of
Shreveport, aged 30 years, occupation
physician, married. He was escorted to
a cell, a chair was placed therein for him
to seat himself on, and he was left
there.
In a few moments after the last shot
was tireil two
DENSE CROWDS GATHERED
in the entrances to the Crescent Hall sa
loon. They met at the entrance to the
saloon proper, but did not reach each
other; a narrow pith way lay between
the two crowds, and on the floor between
was stretched the lifeless body. “Who
is he?” “Who shot him?” “Is he
dead?” were questions asked but unan
swered. “His name is Kilpatrick,” sdd
one. “No, Fitsputrick,” said another,
but each assertion w r as denied as soon as
made. The deceased was evidently a
stranger. None Recognized the blood
less, pallid face, with its long, dark
silken mustache or the lustreless blue
eyes.
“Make way: make wav!” came the
cry, and
THE AMBULANCE SURGEONS,
with their semi-military caps on their
heads, forced their way through the
throng. “Stand back and give us light,”
was the next order, and the crowd on
the other side swayed backward. Then
a gas jet—two of them—were lit, and
the surgeons felt the wrist of the pros
trate man. There was no throb of life
there. Then the surgeon bent down his
head and placed his ear to the chest of
the man and held it there a few seconds.
He raised his head and glanced inquir
ingly at his brother surgeon, who was
raising the eyelids of the dead man. The
second surgeon then placed his ear to the
dead man’s breast, and he too assumed
an upright position after a few moments.
“Clear the hall and send for the Coro
ner,” were the next words uttered, and
all lingering doubts as to whether the
man was dead were at an end. Mean
time several police officers arrived and
the hall was cleared.
Close by tiie body stood
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LIONEL ADAMS.
He was one of the first to reach the
scene. Soon after an attache of the Cor
oner’s office arrived, and the pockets of
the deceased were searched for documents
which might lead to his identity. Five
letters were found, two addressed to J.
C. Kirkpatiiek, No. 212 St. Charles st.,
New Orleans, La.
Then his name is Kirkpatrick, was the
inference drawn and expressed by those
who stood around the hall, and such
proved to be the case.
The body was placed in a wagon and
conveyed to the Central Station where it
w r as placed in the cap room. District
Attorney Lionel Adams followed the
body to the station and took the letters
which had been replaced in the pockets
of the deceasd, with a view to discover
ing a clue as to the cause of the killing.”
Dr. Ford, the slayer was arrested and
lodged in the parish prison, where he re
mained as bail was refused. The cause
of this terrible affray is not stated here,
simply because several causes are alleg
ed and none substantiated yet.
Assistant Coroner Stanhope Jones held
AN AUTOPSY
on the body of Kirkpatrick in the Cen
tral Station. He found four wounds,
two of which were necessarily fatal.
The first wound was five inches above
and about an inch to the
right of the right nipple between the
second and third ribs on the right side,
the ball passing through the right and
left lungs, severing the pulmonary ar
tery, ranging slightly downward and
across the cheer, fracturing the third rib
of the left side and lodging beneath the
skin. This wound was evidently afflicted
after the man fell, and was doubtless the
result of the fourth shot fired.
The second wound was five inches to
the left of the spinal column, midway be
tween the hip and shoulder, the ball
passing through the spleen and the
stomach and lodging beneath the skin
near the median line, opposite the point
of entrance. Both of the above wounds
produced internal hemorrhage and were
necessarily fatal.
The third wound was three inches to
the left of the spinal column, in a line
with the crest of the ilium, perforating
the small intestines and lodging under
the skin opposite the point of entrance.
The fourth wound entered on the
right side of the chin, passing up, being
deflected by the interior maxillary bone
and making its exit in the forehead on
the right side, two inches above the outer
corner of the right eye. This wound
was only superficial and would not have
produced death.
On the engagement finger of Kirkpat
rick’s hand was a plain gold ring which,
on being removed, was found to contain
the inscription “J. K., from Darling.”
The following editorial, apropos of tie
shooting of Mr. Kirkpatrick, is taken
from the Mascot, of New Orleans:
THE FORD—KIRKPATRICK TRAGEDY.
“The murderous pistol has again done
its deadly work in New Orleans; the
strong protecting arm of the law has
again been thrust aside; and an intelli
gent being, taken upon himself the role
of judge, jury and executioner for alleg
ed wrongs done him, has again merci
lessly shot to death his fellow-man, with
out warning and without provocation—
save only that claimed by himself and
immediate friends. The tragic affair oc
curring on Tuesday last at the Crescent
Hall, whereat Dr. T. G. Ford, of Shreve
port, shot J. C. Kirkpatrick, late of that
city.
“Well may our citizens cry out in their
agony when they think of their homes,
their wives, their children, and their
business interests: ‘How long, O Lord,
how long’ will this lawlessness last?
Well may the prospective capitalist and
settler turn shudderingly back on their
journey to our shores when they read of
such deeds of violence.
“The most astonishing thing connected
with this killing is that the entire daily
press of the city justifies the murder and
two-thirds of the public officials and
pruminent politicians vie with each other
in showering courtesis and heaping sym
pathies on the distinguished slayer. Why
is this? we ask. What are the facts of
the killing as gleaned from eye witnes
ses and substantiated by some of the
actors in the tragedy ? I et us array them
before us for an impartial, unprejudiced
investigation: On Tuesday list Mr. Aus
tin, of Shreveport, and two others, took
a Brink at a barroom. After the drink
Kirkpatrick stepped to a lunch table
back of the saloon with one of his com
panions, while Austin left the saloon by
the Canal street entrance. Kirkpatrick,
after bidding adieu to his friend, walked
towards the door through which Austin
went out, and, meeting Austin, as he re
entered the sample room, stopped to con
verse witii him. At that moment Dr.
Ford entered from tiie direction whence
Austin had come, with pistol in hand, and
without warning or provocation opened
fire on Kirkpatrick and kept shooting in
to him until life was extinct. This is all
we know, and on these facta alone can
onr law officers net in the discharge of
their duty.
“It makes no difference what dome.-tic
troubles existed in Ford’s family months
ago. It makes no difference wfiat ill
feeling existed between Dr. Ford and
Kirkpatrick at any previous lime. It
makes no difference what tales Captain
Austin carried from one to the other; the
plain, naked facts recited above is suffi
cient for us to know to brand the deed a
cold-blooded murder, deliberately plan
ned and concocted by Dr. Ford and his
friend Captain Austin.
“There is no questioning the fact that
the murder of the man Kirkpatrick, was
the result of a conspiracy entere 1 into
between Dr. Ford and Captain Austin,
planned several days before its consum
mation, and outraged justice demands the
arrest and incarceration in jail of this
Captain Austin as an accessory before
and after the fact. The law is no re
specter of persons or interests, and
though he be the chief of police of Shreve
port or even Governor of the state, he is
amenable to its requirements and pro
visions.
We know nothing ab >ut the relations
of Mr. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Ford, save
by statements made by persons connect
ed with tiie tragedy, which must, as a
matter of course, be more or less preju
diced and biased ; nor do we consider a
knowledge of these facts essential to a
proper judging of the case. These mat
ters must be left for the judgment of a
jury. We do know that Dr. Ford killed
Kirkpatrick and the act was murder, for
which he must be tried impartially and
fairly under the law.
No garbled statements of a prejudiced
press must be allowed to hide the real
facts of this case from the public at large.
No solid or overpowering phalanx of
politicians, who birds a feather like,
fawn and cringe to his standing and in
fluence must interfere to prevent the
law from taking its course. No millions
of treasure nor myriads of friends from
Shreveport must be permitted to stand in
the way of a thorough investigation of
this deed, and the ultimate punishment of
the perpetrators if they may be found
guilty.
Doctor Ford might think the Mayor of
Shreveport is superior to the law in his
town, but he will find that such is not
the case in New Orleans.
An inquisitive public would like to in
quire of our police authorities why Mr.
Austin, the Chief of Police of Shreve
port, has not been arrested as an acces
sory before and after tiie fact for the
killing of Kirkpatrick.”
Additional information i9 expected
from New Orleans, which will be given
in the Courant when received.
A SAD DEATH.
Prof. H. ~V. Carney of East Cartersville
Institute Passes Away.
Our little city was shocked Tuesday
afternoon by the announcement of the
deafh ot Prof. 11. 0. Carney, principal of
the East Cartersville Institute, which oc
curred at his home at 2 o’clock. The an
nouncement cast a gloom over the whole
community, and regrets were fiom every
one’s lips. His death is a calamity to
Cartersville and removes from our midst
a whole-souled, energetic young Chris
tian spirit, whose place will be hard to
fill. He was sick only a week, and dur
ing his sufferings not a murmur escaped
his lips, but to the contrary be bore them
with true Christian fortitude.
Prof, Carney came to our little town
some time in the early spring, and to
gether w ith his estimable lady took charge
of the EAst Cartersville institute. The
school had been laboring under great dis
advHßtagec, and the efforts of the professor
and his lady to build up the school were
watched with interest bj r all who had the
success of the institution at heart. The
school took a fresh, vigorus start at the
first, and bid fare to be one of the most
successful in their section, when death
stepped in and blast all hopes and fond
expectations.
The children of the Institute met yes
terday afternoon at the school building
and marched in a body to the home of
the deceased and there paid their last
respects to their loved friend and teacher.
Their love for him was unbounded, as
was evidenced • at tiie home over the
bier. The little ones gave way to inex
pressible grief. The family have the
sympathy of the entire community in a
loss as equally sad to it as the bereaved
ones. A more extended notice wifi be
published next week, as time and space
is not to be had to do the subject justice
just now.
At a meeting of the pupils of the East
Cartersville Institute held this day in
the institute building the following pre
amble and resolutions were adopted.
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God
in His inscrutable Proyidence to remove
from us, our dearly beloved teacher,
Prof. H. C. Carney; therefore be it
Resolved Ist, That we bow with rev
erence to the will of Him who doth all
things well, assured that He is
“Too wise to en ; too good to be unkind.”
Resolved, 2nd, That we hereby testify
with pleasure to the high appreciation
in which Prof. Carney was held by the
entire school. In his discipline he was
always kind, 'though firm. In his in
struction he was painstaking and thor
ough, and in all his dealings with us
showed himselt to be a true Christian
gentleman. In bis death we have suf
fered an unspeakable loss.
Resolved, That we tender to Mrs.
Carney in this hour of her deep
affliction, this expression of our
sincere sorrow in the death of her de
voted husband. We recognize the many
noble qualities of head and heart of him
whose death she laments and mingle our
tears with hers in this mutual affliction.
Resolved, 4th, That this school wear
the usual badge of mourning for our
teacher for thirty days.
Resolved, sh, That a copy of these
resolutions be furnished to Mrs. Carney
and one to each of the city papers, with
the request that they be published.
P. L. Moon, Chairman.
Alla R. Collins, Secretary.
November 10, 188 G.
CLERK DURHAM
makes a clear and manly state
ment,
Supported by the Certificate of the Jury
Commissioners Which Seta at Kent
Some Absurd Rumors.
Having learned that various reports are
being eiieulated over the county against
me, as an official, which are calculated
to prejudice the maids < f the people
against me, I deem it my duty to the
public to give a true statement of facts in
reference to my connection with the re
vision ol'the jury box in August last. I
hope no one will pass judgment again t
me upon a mere report without investi
i gatioo. 1 feel that the subjoined state
ment of the Jury Commissioners ot the
county is sufficient to refute the idea of
my tampering with tlie jury boxes. If
I have fallen short of my official duty or
violated any trust connected with the
same I am not const ims of it. I h ave
that matter to a metier its public to de
cide. I will say, however, that 1 hive
no more right to put. any citizen cut ot
the jury box as clerk of the Board of
Jury Commissioners than 1 would h ive
to pass sentence on a man in Judge Faia’s
court as his clerk. The law confers no
such power upon the clerk.
Very respectfully,
F. M Durham,
Clerk S C.
GEORGIA, Bartow county.—
We, the uudersigncd revisors of the jury lists
or Iwxes for Bartow county, do hereby certify
that IT. M. Durham, Clerk of the Superior Court
said county, acted as ex-officio clerk of our body
in the revision of the jury boxes of Bartow
county in August last, as the law requi-es of
Clerks of Superior Courts. We further certify
that he did nothing more than the law requires
of him in the faithful performance of bis cleri
cal duty as pointed out in the code; that the
names selected by us for jurors after being
writen upon the tickets by the clerk or his
deputy and carefully compared with the lists
by us, were placed in the boxes and they locked
and carefully sealed, each of us writing our
names upon the seals as may be now seen in the
clerk’s office.
We further certify that said F. M. Durham
was not recognized as a member of the Board
of Jury Commissioners, was a clerk only, and as
such had nothingtodo with putting in or leaving
out the names of any person from the jury lists
of the county.
J. G. M. Montgomery, Com’r.
James M. Smith, Com’r.
R. Id. Dodd, Com’r.
B. O. Crawford, Com’r.
J. M. Veach, Com’r.
W. E. Corbin, Com’r.
Code of 1882, section 8910 (c );
“The Clerk of the Superior Court shall
be the Cle>k of the Board of Commission
ers, and shall perform all the clerical
duties now required by law to be per
formed, for which he shall receive three
dollars for each day’s services to le paid
from the county treasury.
Quadruple silver-plated ware, the lar
gest assortment, prettiest designs and
lowest prices ever seen in Cartersville, at
Turner & Baker.
If you want to relish an appetizer go to E.
Strickland & Bio. for the rarest culinary bou
quet of sweetmeats, recomra nded by physicians
as well as epicures, as an indisponsible aid to
good living.
An elegant lot of Soap at cost. Call and sec
O2S-lot Wylie Bridges.
MUNICIPAL TICKET.
For Mayor,
Jno. H. Wikle.
Alderman First Ward—
J. C. Wofford,
Du. J. 11. Mayfield.
Alderman Second Ward—
A. C. Williams.
Joshua Sumner.
Alderman Third Ward—
Jno. A. Crawford.
Gerald Griffin.
Alderman Fourth Ward—
Dr. W. L. Kirkpatrick.
H. 11. Hall.
The above ticket will be supported at
the ensuing election, 2nd Wednesday in
December by Many Voters.
To Administrators, Executors, Guardians,
Etc.
We would respectfully call the atten
tion of administrators, executors, guar
dians and all others having advertising
done, to the fact that The Courant has
the largest circulation of any paper in
this section, hence all administrators,
executors and guardian’s sales will gain
more publicity by being published in
its columns. It is the duty of all sin li
officers to place their advertisements
where they will be read by the gieatest
number, in justice to all parties con
cerned. They have the right to place
them in any paper they desire, and The
Courant wishes to impress upon the
minds of such its claims as an advertis
ing medium. Our books are open for in
spection, and ot.r facilities for doing the
work properly and in a workmanlike
manner cannot be surpassed.
Remember, administrators, executors,
guardians, etc., can advertise their sales
in any paper they wish to.
Good goods cieate trade; poor goods kill trade.
Strickland & Bro. sell pure Peruvian Spices and
are sole agents for Genuine Spanish Chili Sauce-
All our clocks and watches are care
fully inspected and well regulated before
they are allowed to leave our house.
Turner A Baker
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
A Woman Murdered and Thrown Into a
Mill Creek, Near Dalton.
The body of an unknown while woman
was found this morning in Mid creel,
about three miles tioru Dalton. The
coroner’s inquest evidence developed the
fact that the woman had been murdered
and thrown into the creek, blood havii'.-g
been found on the banister of the bridge.
From the condition of the body it is evi
dent she had been dead seveiel days,
but was thrown into the creek late Mon
day night. A buggy was hired from a
livery stable upon which blood was
found. Chaley Patten, who hired the
buggy, and a man named Holman, were
arrested, and are now in jail. The evi
dence against the men is very strong.
Just received 100 cases assorted canned goods.
Tomatoes, 4)kra and Tomatoes, Corn, Peas,
Beans, Succotash, Stewed Tomatoes, Peaches
Pine Apples, grated and sliced, Cherries, Jel
lies, Corned Beef. Potted Ham, Chipjied Bee',
Deviled Chicken and Turkey, Columbia River
Salmon. These goods are selected from the best
variety known, and are grown on the best natural
soil in the world.
E. Strickland & Bro.
Winter ‘‘June’* Apples.
Mr. J. D. Rogers, brought to llie
Coubant office Monday, a finely ma
tured full ripe June apple, which he
1 plucked from a treeon his father-in-laws,
Mr. T. V. Hargis’ place at Kingston
Saturday. Mr. Rogers says the tree
from which he plucked the apple, bore
abundantly last May or June, and in
September bloomed again and is now
bearing another crop of fruit. A freak
of nature indeed.
NEW JEWELRY STORE IN CARTERSVILLE.
TTJRITER & BAKER
Are Now Fully Prepared to Offer Special Bargains in
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware and Spectacles,
CHEAP MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MUSICAL MERCHANDISE.
Our goods are *ll new. purchased in the boat markets with SPOT CASH, by an experienceil buyer. Our expenses are light. These fact
taken together,certianly enable us to sell any and all Goods in our line as eheap, if not ontapt r, than au Y house in Georgia. Orders from
and stance'will receive prompt and careful attention. Ali goods warranted as represented.
Boy*Special attention given to repairing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Ac., by our Mr. J. 1-. Turner, formerly of Acworth, Ga., which is a suffi
cient guarantee of good work at most reasonable prices. , . . . . .
Come to see us. We will be pleased to show goods and quote vou prices, and ifij® haven 1 F°t what you want, we can get it for you on ahor
TURNER & BAKER, (Conyers building. Bank block, i artersville. Georgia.
==GRAND FAIT OPENING==
_A_ T
Scheuer Brothers.
Never Before Have we Opened a Season with such Flattering
Outlook.
WE HA.VE TOUCHED THE CORD THAT VIBRATES THE
PUBLIC’S HEART IN OUR BEHALF.
OUR LOW PRICES ARE LIFTING OUR BUSINESS MOUNTAINWARD.
NEVER WAS UUR SPIRIT OF DETERMINATION SO STRONG TO SELL AT WAY DOWN PRICEB.
Our Fall Stock will he far beyond anything of thee kind ever seen in Bartow county. We have nViav'of' 0 ' 4 ’ s,,arinß nelther
money nor pains to place before out patrons an unparallellod feast of EXCLUSIVE FASHIONS AMDSIYLK-i. me array oi
dry goods and dress trimmings
Is simply wonderful and will leave nothing to be desired. nrmrurvo cirnir .wnitAT DEPART-
Among our leading department our CLOAK DEPARTMENT will be a grand eature. Our CLOTHING, SHOE AND IIAI DEPART
ME Ifyou want tog-et ati idea of the immensity of our Stock you will have to come and then you will admit that it is hardly possible to desci ibe it in
this small space.
We are Offering Inducements that will Make Your Eyes Snap!
We show what we advertise. We mean all we advertise and all our patrons testify to that beiug the fact.
SCHEUER BROTHERS,
LEADERS OF LOW PRICES AND LARGEST DRY GOODS STORE ON THE W. AA.R. R.
Af l I? UAR Means’ $3 Shoe—best in the world.
IN j. kj LU LU liman & Son tine custom made Shoes —finest in the world. -
A FEW WORDS
TOO UR FRIENDS
Trading Public Generally,
WE DESIRE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR STOCK OF
FALL | WINTER GOODS,
CONSISTING OF
DRV GOODS,
Bill Bis, Sims Ml
All of which were purchased a view to placing on the market the
V KH Y BEST GOODS-
To lx- had for the money. If reasonable Prices, Fair and Honest Dealingwili accomplish anything
it is upon these we propose to do business. We are confiecnt that we can sell
Goods as Low as Aif Otter House
And all we ask is to give us an opportunity to convince you of the fact. It is not necessary to go
into details, so. to make a long story short, we close by saying, COME TO SEE US and we will
do you good. With respect we are your friends,
' IHOOIV Ac TVI^YYS.
SUCCESSORS TO MAYS & PRITCHETT,
ROYAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., MERCHANTS INSURANCE CO.
Liverpool, England, Newark, N. J..
Cash Capital, - - #10,000,000. Cash Capital - - #4,000,000
BARTOW LEASE,
INSURANCE -A-CS-EJINT,
Storage ANKCommissloa Mereliaat
INSURE YOUR PROPERTY IN A SAFE COMPANY.
rpilE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY IS THE LARGEST AND WEALTHIEST IN THE
1 World. Losses paid promptly and without discount.
Insurance effected in Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Paulding counties. Insurance at home and
aborad respectfully solicited.
WILL PAXOEMPLOTMEHT
Can be secured by you if a COMPETENT SHORTHAND WRITER. This you may be
come in a few inoutns, at little expense, by coming to us, or getting our iustretion to come to you.
We can teacli you by MAIL and. Guarantee SUCCESS.
Address: PRINCIPAL LOUISVILLE SHORTHAND INSTITUTE. Louisville, Kentucky.
We can also teach you Book-keeping and Penmanship by Mail.
nov4-ly
FAIR WARNING.
I respectfully request those who are indebted
to me lor Fertilizers bought last season to come
forward wit bout delay and take up their notes
for the same at once, otherwise I shall be com
pelled to place them in the hands of my attorney
by the 15th inst. for collection by legal process-
Respectfully,
nov4-2w Bartow Leake.
Go to Turner & Baker for anything in
he jewelry line. You will be pleased
with their goods and priees.
* The Courant office is now next door to
postoffice.
M, M. MAUCK,
Wall Paper and Paint dealer,
oct7-lm Atlanta, Ga.
Just received, a nice lot of Cocoanuts and
Oranges. Wylie Bridles,
Violin strings, Guitar strings and
Banjo strings, the very best quality at
Turner & Baker,
New Orleans Sugar House Syrup the best in the
market at Dick Jones.
Northern, western and country apples, at
Wylie Bridges.
I dou’t proi>ose to be undersold and dou’t you
forget it. Dick Jones West Main st.
Go to Turner & Baker’s and buy one
of their improved Elgin Watches, and
you won’t ‘get left.’
*4KIN c
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Tins powder never varies. A marvel of purity,
strength and wholesomeness. More economical
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in
competition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only .
in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,
June 4-ly 100 Wall Bt., N. ¥,
Brix! Brix! Brix!
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE
people of Cartersville and vicinity that I am
now able to furnish FIRST-CLASS BRICKS at
the very lowest prices and at short notice.
YARD : on old Car Factory lot.
o‘2B-lm GREEN B. FOSTER.
A FI N E
Florida Tonic !
MR- FOSTER S- CHAPMAN,
One of the landmarks of the Georgia drug trade,
now of Orlando, Florida, writes;
“I can hardly select a single case
of the many to whom I have sold
Guinn’s Pioneer Blood Renewer,
hut what have been satisfied; am* I
find it the best remedy fen all Skin
Diseases i have ever sold, ami a Fine
Florida Tonic.
“FOSTER S. CHAPMAN,
“Orlando, Fla.”
A Certain Cure for Catarrh!
A Superb Flesb Producer and Tonic!
GUINN’S PIONEER BLOOD RENEWER
Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheuma
tism, Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring
Medicine.
If not in your market it will be forwarded on
receipt of price. Small bottles |I,OO large 11,75.
Essay on Blood and Skm Diseases mal led free
MACON MEDICINE COMPANY,
Macon, Ga-
ti L 0 QD, R e n e w e R ‘
CENTRAL HOTEL,
ROME, GEORGIA.
L. C. HOSS, Proprietor,
Ample Accommodations for Commercial Tra®. _
rs and Th eatrical Companies.
n centre business locality anditraat ''care r
ront of the door ang 18
W. B. WYNNE.
ißnrfrif fit lfffflfttlf
I have been troubled with Acute In
flamatorv Rheumatism for many years.
1 have tried every remedy I could hear
of, but could get no permanent relief.
Finally I was prevailed upon to try
HUNNICUTT’S BHEUMATItf CURE.
After taking one bottle I began to im
prove, and when I had taken six bottles
I was sound and well. I have not been
as free of rheumatism for forty-five years,
and Hunnicutt’s Rheumatic Cure Is en
titled to all the credit. Ido npt belie re
there is a case of Acute Inllamatory or
Chronic Rheumatism your remedy will
not cure, if taken according to direction*
a&d persevered in. I have advised many
of my friends to use it, anb in not a single
I case has it failed to cure.
W. B. WYNNE,
V i . Atl lwa r