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Barnesville News-Gazette.
VOLUME 35.
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S. M. MARSH BURN.
Will Add
MILLINERY
This new department will be in the hands of com
petent help, so look out for spring 1,903, when you will
see new life infused in this special line of Barnesville
business. Beginning from this date, goods will be
moved out in order to make space by prices never before
offered to buyers in this section.
Marshburn Has a
Complete Line—
of Dress Goods, Trimmings, Silks, Velvets, Hosiery,
Gloves, Corsets, Underwear, Clothing, Shoes, Hats,
Trunks, etc.,
The Prices on Which
Will be Cut to Make Space
for the Millinery department.
GO EARLY
if you want to get the benefit of the best opportunity
ever offered to buy your winter supply of goods.
S. 9VI. Marshburn.
Just Received...
'Lot N if% Onion Sets.
When in Need...
of something nice and good in the
# STATIONERY LINE, come to see us,
or telephone No. 44, and it will be sent
to you.
Toilet Articles.
We can not be surpassed any where on
toilet articles. Your trade will be appre
ciated —large or small —cash or credit.
Bring us you prescriptions —day or
night.
W. C. Jordan & Bro.,
Druggists and Stationers.
J. D. HIGHTOWER,
SUCCESSOR TO J W. HIGHTOWER
~ DEALER IN
Hardware, Crockery, Glass 3 Tinware
Paints, Oils, Etc.
Makes a specialty of Pocket and Table Cutlery, Keenest
edge Razors, Fire arms, Domestic and Dainty Foreign Pot
tery, Disks guaranteed non-rustible Tinware, The Iron King
Cook Stoves, Chattanooga and Syracuse Plows, the best har
rows, Deering Harvester Machinery.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY COUNTRY WEEKLY.
BARNESVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1902.
VOTE FOR BONDS-
The Present and Future Prosperity of Barnes
ville Demand That Bonds be Issued
To Make Certain Improvements.
On next Tuesday, the second day of December, the citizens of
Barnesville are called upon to say by their ballots whether SIO,OOO
improvement bonds shall be issued by the city for the purpose cf im
proving the school buildings, including Gordon Institute, and repair
ing and enlarging the electric light and water plants of the city. It
is an exceedingly important election. If the result is favorable to
bonds, it means that the citizens are in favor of the continued pro
gress and prosperity of the little city. If it ‘is against bonds, it
means that the citizens are not only against the future growth of the
city, but that they are willing to see these valusble properties belong
ing to the city go to decay and to destruction. The election will
show one of these two things and therefore we do not see how any
public spirited, unselfish and patriotic citizen can possibly do other
hise than vote for bonds. Even the very future of Gordon Institute
itself is involved in the result, to say nothing of the improvements
in the buildings which is contemplated.
If the people vote for bonds, and un abundant supply of water
is thereby guaranteed, application will be immediately filed for a
charter for an enterprise, having a paid-in capitol of $75,000 or SIOO,-
000. Does the city want to vote against the establishment of such
an enterprise? The water supply is already insufficient for the
city’s domestic and manufacturing purposes, and it is expected that
soon the Gem Knitting Mills and the Barnesville Manufacturing Cos.
will need water for their plants. The growth and prosperity of Bar
nesville demand that these improvements be made and they can not
be made unless the city issues tho bonds.
The citation for the bond issue states that SI2OO of the proceeds
from the bonds will be used for the painting and repairing of the
school buildings. The blinds, the windows, the roofs, the porch
floors and the interior walls of the main school building are all
greatly in need of repairs, and both the school buildings and the
Auditorium are being injured for the lack of paint. The appearance
of Gordon Institute from the car windows and to visitors of our city
is such that people from a distance are impressed that the citizens of j
Barnesville are takings poor care of “their pride.” The proposed I
work on the school buildings is a matter of necessity and every voter
in the city should stand to our grand old school and vote “For Bonds.”
It is also proposed to add another room to the colored school build
ing and do all needed repairs and painting.
It is also stated in the citation of the bond election that $2500!
will be used for improving, enlarging and repairing the waterworks
(plant. The present water supply is inadequate and insufficient dur
ing the summer months. An option was obtained some time since,
on additional springs, whereby the water supply will lie more than
doubled. This option is very reasonable in price and assures the
city of an adequate supply of the purest spring water for all time.
The proceeds of the bonds will be used for procuring these additional
springs and piping them to the present water plant. Unless addi
tional water is received from the source mentioned, the manufactur
ing plants of the city are sure to be crippled, and every water user of
the city annoyed by a constant failure of the water service.
The pump at present at the plant lias been in constant use for
nearly ten years and is not capable of continued and increased ser
vice. It is proposed to add another pump to the present plant and
to thoroughly overhaull and repair the old pump. Thus the present
pumping capacity will be doubled, and in case of an injury to one
pump the city would not be without water and absolutely at the mer
cy of fire, if one should occur, as has been the case several times this
year. The boiler at present at the plant is of sufficient size and pow
er to run both pumps. It is an 80 horse power, and each pump will
require only 85 horse or a total of 70 for the two pumps. The present
pump, however, is not large enough to run the pump and the electric
light plant at the same time. It is proposed to change the location
of the electric light plant, placing it on or near the Tliomaston rail
road somewhere close to the warehouse of the Standard Oil Campany,
This land belongs to the city. This would place the plant within the
city limits and save trackage charges on coal as now paid. It would
also be more convenient for the men employed in this department,
as it takes half an hour for them to walk out to the old plant and is
particularly disagreeable during the cold and rainy nights of winter
to tramp back and forth. The committee or commission in charge
of the Electric Light Department could also exercise a more satis
factory supervision with the plant in the center of the town. The
location of an electric plant in a damp swampy place is a great mis
take and the old plant has given a great deal of trouble fr >m this
source alone. The old plant is a mile apd a quarter from the center
of town, or to use a technical term, “the center of distribution.”
To generate and transmit electricity that distance means a drop in
the voltage from 0 to 10 per. cent, which means a direct loss of that
amount of current. The new plant will be located, practically at
the “center of distribution”, thus saving from 0 to 10 per. cent fuel
bills. One of the greatest savings to the city in anew plant will be
from replacing old and antiquated machinery with the very latest
modern boilers, engine ahd generator.
The six thousand dollars which the citation says will be used for
improving, repairing and enlarging the electric light plant will build
a brick boiler and engine room at place suggested above, buy two
new latest design high pressure 80 horse power boilers: one one-hun- j
dred and fifty horse power engine of the finest and best Corliss type,
and one new 100 K. \V. generator of most modern type. The old
plant will be moved to town and installed as a reserve. With two
boilers, two engines and two generators (dynamos) the city need
apprehend no more dark nights.
The new machinery will be large enough to admit of llarnesville’s
growing, and will save in the consumption of coal and oil from 20%
to 80% compared to our present plant. The engine and generator
at tiie plant are now greatly overloaded, and being old and worn, are
constantly breaking down. Asa reserve for a few hours emergency
run, they would answer an admirable purpose in a irew plant, but
they can’t stand up to constant use under the too heavy load they are i
now carrying. Every precaution is taken to prevent break-downs
and yet they will continue to come under existing conditions. Every
break down costs the city from SSO to SBOO. Two or three break
downs cost more than the interest on the bonds. If the fuel bill of;
the present plant is S2OOO. per annum, the new plant can be run on
SISOO. fuel bill, or a saving on coal and wood of more than the in
terest on the bonds.
If you are a friend to Barnesville, vote for bonds.
PEARL
Onion Sets
JUST RECEIVED AT
BLACKBURN S DRUG STORE
Buy now. You cannot buy
at ANY PRICE LATER.
CLOTHING
AT LESS THAN
COST.
We have positively decided to
discontinue the ready=madecloth
ing business. To clean out the
stock at once, we now offer choice
of any suit in our vast stock at
This includes all our Fech
heimer=Fichel & Cos. suits, which
are worth from SIO.OO to SIB.OO.
53.00 Alpine Hats Reduced to $1.50.
$2,00 -Alpine Hats Reduced to SX.OO
We have a few broken lots of ZRIGLER SHOES
for women, worth $1.50 to $3.00, which we offer at...
SI.OO.
These are rare bargains which can
not be duplicated in any market.
J.W. Stafford& Sons
ANDREW CARNEGIE
began hia fortune of $250,000,000 on wage* <>f $1.26 a week. His whole
wecret wan in saving ttinall amount*, but peraistently. You have a bet
ter chance than he had, because you start with a larger income. How
are you making u*e of thi* chance ? Are you Having anything? SI.OO
will open a saving* account with n*,and give yon the use of a HOME
SAVINGS BANK.
First National Bank.
NUMBER 44
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