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VOL IX
HIS LAST RUN.
Chief Actor in a Thrilling!
Episode Dead.
ANDREWS AND HIS RAIDERS
A Story of The War That Will
Never Lose Interest.—Jeff
Cain’s Famous Run.
Jeff Cain tho veteran engineer,
who figured as a principal act'>r in
one of the most thrilling episodes
of the late war, is dead. It was he
who guided the famous “General,”
the engine that was captured by
? d-ou’s raiders on May J 2, 1862
at Big beauty, and was recaptured,
by Mr. Cain, Captain W. A. Fuller,
the conductor and others, at the
end of a most exciting chase over
the Western find Atlantic railroad
between Big Shanty and Ringgold
Engineer Cain died in Atlanta
last week, and his death recalls a
most thrilling episode of the civil
war. The following account is
clipped from the Constitution, and
is well worth reproducing, as it
will be of interest to all those who
took part in the stirring drama of
the groat war.
The story of the famous raid
made by Andrews’ men is a thril
ling ont. Ou the morning ot the
12th of May, 1862, Jeff Cain pulled
his engine out of Atlanta, to which
was attached three freight cars
next to the engine and several pas
senger cars behind these. Captain
W. A. Fuller was in charge ascon
ductor. At Marietta a score of
men in citizens dress boarded the
train. They paid their faretodif
ferent points, and from their con
versation it was learned that “they
were refugees from the yankees,”
but in reality were disguised sol
diers of the union army, under
command of General Mitchell,
then in middle Tennessee, bound
south. They were volunteers to
do a dangerous work. Seven miles
from Marietta, at Big Shanty, the
train stopped for breakfast. Most
of the passengers and train’s crow
went to tho breakfast house, which
was situated some forty feet from
the track.
The passengers had taken their
seats at tho table. Captain Fuller
was sitting on the opposite side of
the table facing the railroad. He
saw through the window some of
the strangers who got on at Mariet
ta getjon the engine in an excited
manner and start off rapidly with
the throe freight cars detached
from the passenger train.
The freight cars attached to this
train were intended to carry sup
plies from Chattanooga to Mariet
ta, where there was a confederate
training camp for recruits, known
as Camp Macdonald.
No one had any idea that the
parties in possession of the engine
were federals, but supposed that it
had been taken by deserters from
Camp Macdonald, who would, run
it off a short distance and abandon
it.
Captain Fuller, Jeff Cain and
others were determined to capture
the train regardless of who had it
They started out on fo’t and a
lone, nothing daunted in putting
muscle in competition with steam.
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They soon reached Moon’s station,
two miles distant. Here they
learned that the raidefs had taken
the tools from the’trackmen-.’there
were twenty-five or thirty men a
board the train. Some had climb
ed the telegraph poles and cut the
wires, taking about one hundred
yards of the wire.
It was now conclusive to all that
federals were in charge of the
train. This added new stimulus
to the chase and Jeff’ Cain, not on
ly determined to capture the en
gine, but also the federals. They
soon secured a handcar used for
hauling crossties, which they began
pushing. There were three in the
chase. Two pushed while one rode
and r<-st“-’. Knowing schedules,
grades, stations and distances so
well they were confident by using
great effort they could reach Eto
wah river by the time the fugitives
could reach Kingston. At Kings
ton the raiders would have to con
tend with several freight trains
that would necessarily delay them.
On they pushed. One mile from
Moon’s station they found a pile
of crossties on the track —placed
there by tho fugitives to check
pursuit. Tho obstructions wefe
removed and they “pushed” on to
Acworth. Hero they pressed into
service such guns as they could
find, and were joined by two citi
zens. Hurrying on they found no
more obstructions until they reach
ed a short curve two miles from
Acworth. Here two rails had been
torn up. Tho car was lifted over
the broken part and with renewed
energy and determination they
came to Etowah, where they found
an old engine called the “Gonap.”
But this did not assure success
f»r tho engine was standing on a,
side track with the tender on the
turn table. Immediately, how
ever, they were got together. A
coal car was attached and with six
cr eight confederate soldiers on
board these continued the pursuit.
From Etowah to Kingston Cain
made on the “Yonah” sixty mi'es
an hour, and found the fugitives
had passed by. The agent inform
ed Captain Fuller that tho leader
had claimed to be a confederate
officer who impressed the engine al
Big Shanty and the throe cars
were loaded with ammunition for
General Beauregard, at Corinth.
The leader* also said that Cain fol
lowed with the passenger train and
insisted that thu agent should let
him have a switch key and in
struct all conductors to clear the
track. The agent did as he was
told.
The freight trains gathered here,
so obstructed the track that the
“Yonah” could not pass without
loss of time. consequently she
was abandoned and another engine
without car and all on board who
would volunteer to go continued
the hot pursuit.
Crossties thrown across the track
were found every hundred yards.
When four miles from Adairsville
was reached sixty yards of track
were torn up. Captain Fuller left
the train and called on his men to
follow. He soon met the express
freight. This he stopped and wait
ing a few minutes for some who
had followed to catch up, he start
ed the freight train with twenty
Cars in front of the engine back to
Adairsville. On reaching a switch
the cars were taken off and the en
gine went on alone. As they
sped along rapidly as an engine
with five-foot ten -inch wheels go
ing backward and 165 pounds of
steam could possibly run.
Two miles beyond Calhoun the
fugitive were sighted for the first
time and from their movements
they were greatly excited. They
detached one of their cars and
left it on the track. The car was
coupled on the engine without
stopping.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 17, 1897.
Two and a half miles further an
other freight car was encountered.
As before this coupled cn without
stopping. They pushed on to Re
saca, where they switched the
two cars on a siding.
Two miles north of Resacjr on a
short curve a T rail was discovered
being too close to stop the engine
went over it at the rate of fifty-five
miles an hour.
Two miles beyond Dalton the fu
gitives were overtaken, while they
were tearing up the track in plain
view of Colonel Jesse A. Glenn’s
regiment. The fugitives continued
and never did two engines make
faster time than the pursuer and
pursued.
The runaway had the advaniaj n ,
as the “General” was a Rogers go
ing forward and tho “Texas” a
Danforth & Cook engine, was run
ning backwards. The fugitives
were so closely 7 pushed half way
between Ringgold and Graysville
that they set their remaining car
on fire with the intention of cut
ting it loose on the next bridge.
The General was fagging. The fug
itives seeing they would soon be
captured if they continued the race,
they abandoned their engine and
took to the woods.
The “General” and burning car
were coupled to the pursuing en
gine. The fire was extinguished
and the car and engine sent back
to Ringgold. The old “General”
as well as its guiding did many
years of service after their eventful
careers in the 60’s, and Jeff Cain’s
name will always be associated
with-many incidei ts that have oc
curred on the Western and Atlan
tic railroad for tho past forty
years.
HON. J. M, VEACH,
He Died at Adairsville Last
Week.
Hon. James M. Veach, one of
the wealthiest and most prominent
citizens of Bartow county, died at
his home in Adairsville Saturday
of last week, of Bright’s disease.
Colonel Veach was the son of
Thomas and Lydia Snyder Veach,
of Frederick county, Virginia, and
was born August 14, 1823.
In 1848 Mr. Veach came to A
dairsville and has been closely i
dentified with its every interest
since that day. No man has done
more for the town and section than
he . He had always been a farmer,
but his first occupation here was
that of a merchant and grain buy
er.
In 1868 he built his first mill
and in 1881 built the mammoth
flouring mill which stands as a
monument to his wisdom and con
fidence in our section.
He could not be induced to ac- 1
cept public office until 1892, when
he was sent by the people to the
general assembly, where he distin
guished himself and had the con
fidence of his colleagues. He was
the originator of the state bank
bill of which so much has been
said.
He was married to Miss Julia
A., daughter of Benjamin Echols,
of Chattooga county. They had
three children, George A., Mrs.
Annie Grady and Henry M. They
all survive him.
Mr. Veach was an uncom prom
ising democ-at, a Mason of promi
nence and had the distinction of
serving his lodge as master
for fifteen years.
Miss Edna Cain, the talented
society editor of the Atlanta Even
ing Constitution, is expected in
Dalton on a visit in the near
future. She will be the guest of
Miss Eugeiria Bitting on Pentz
Street. It is useless to add that
the young people of Dalton will
make her visit a pleasant social
event. —Dalton Citizen.
A BAD BREAK.
i
Three Young Tien Jailed
Saturday.
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
All Os Them Members of Promi
nent Floyd County
Families.
Something of a sensation was
created in town last Saturday when
Sheriff Penn and Bailiff C- P.
Gaines drove up in front of the
jail, having in charge three young
men, or rather boys, for none of
them are fully grown.
, —Jyyuiry developed the fact
that they had Wdl arrested the
day before on a charge of burg
lary.
The young men are John and
Ed Towns and Alfred Hardin, all
of them having lived near Crystal
Springs, and being sons of prom
inent and highly respected citizens.
Alfred Hardin is the son of W. M.
Hardin, who is well known in both
Floyd and Chattooga counties as
an upright and honerable man.
It seems that on the night of
January 15th, John Salmons store
at Armuchee was broken into, and
a quantity of goods taken. A
search failed to reveal the guilty
parties and the matter quieted
down .
On the night of Febuary sth, J.
M. Kendrick’s store, at Kartah, was
broken open and burglarized.
About S4O in stamps were stolen,
together with a lot of coppers and
numbers of other articles not fully
known
An investigation was begun and
enough developed to warrant the
belief that the Towns and Hardin
boys were the guilty parties.
A search was made of the prem
ises of Mr. Towns and Mr. Hardin,
fathers us the boys. These two
gentlemen assisted in tho search,
and gave the officers all the assist
ance possible, and were dumb
founded w hen a large lot of the
stolen goods were discovered. Sal
mon’s goods were found in a big
pile of cotton seed in Towns’ barn.
The two Towns boys were ar
rested, as was also Alfred Hardin.
Will Hardin, a brother of Alfred,
made his escape.
Yesterday morning a letter was
received by Deputy Sheriff Henly,
from Glenn M. Whitesides, Post
office Inspector at Chattanooga
asking that the prisoners be held
in jail until an officer could be
sent after them, and stated further
that they would be prosecuted in
the United States court for burglar
izing the post-offices.
It is said that Ed Towns has
confessed, but claims that Hardin
was not with them when they stole
the stamps, although he knew of
it.
FOSTER’S STORE, GA.
J. D. Cleckler macle a business trip
to Chattanooga last week.
Wc now have a very large Sunday
school at Oak Hill. We have organ
ized a Singing society to meet every
Sunday afternoon. Everybody cor
| dially invited to attend.
J. T. Lewis is a candidate for Jus
tice of Peace in this community.
Messrs Pinkney Rutledge and Joseph
Motley made a flying trip to Raccoon
Sunday. I guess they were on busi
ness.
Misses Kittie Mosely and Ida Heath
two very charming young ladies from
Starkville, Ala., were visiting Miss
Minnie Rutledge last Sunday.
The candy breaking at Mr. Sam
Rice’s last Tuesday night was greatly
enjoyed by all present.
Mr. F. M. Brooks gave a Valentine
1 drawing and candy stretching last Fri
day evening. Everybody reports a
very pleasant time.
W. A. Rutledge has sold his farm to
E. N. Dorsett. Mr. Rutledge leaves
Monday for Blanche, Ala. His many
friends wish him success in his new
home.
Claud Hill of Alpine, was in our
burg Sunday.
The sick of our community are very
much Unproved.
i Success to the News; Oll> Rif.
Highest of all in Leavening Strength.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
LYERLY, GA.
The health of our town is much bet
ter at present.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Smith were con
fined to their room last week.
John Warren has been very low but
is some better.
Mrs. 11. S. Dover was very sick last-
Saturday but is better at this writ
ing.
Mrs. A. C. Powell was sick last week
with erippe. Mrs. J. A. Gilmer was
also very mud I .lndisposed but they jar e
both convalescent nowr*
Mrs. Bryant who has been here on
an extended visit to her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Dover, returned to her home
at Smyrna Monday.
Mr. A. T. Powell and his mother, of
Raccoon, visited Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Powell here Sunday.
Miss Mollie Powell is visitingin Ly
erly this week.
The school here is progressing finely
A number of new scholars this week.
The new assistant, Miss Bertha Stan
sell, a charming young lady from Tun
nel Hill, arrived here Saturday and as
sumed her duties Monday morning.
Miss Annie Bell Lee’s party, given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mc-
Leod, was greatly enjoyed by the young
people present.
Mrs. J. L. Pollock spent a few days
in Rome last week.
Mrs. W. P. Foster spent Sunday in
Rome.
Mrs. A. E. Doster, of Broomtown.
Ala., is the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Dover.
Clarance Foster is quite sick with
fever.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. B.
F. Gilmer is quite sick with pneumonia.
Hope she will be better soon.
John Williams is placing the lumber
on the ground to build a dwelling in
the near future. M.
TELOGA, GA.
Several of our boy’s went over to
Triou last Sunday afternoon; guess
some of Trion’s fair young ladies can
tell the object of their visit better than
your scribe can.
Mr, A. T. Leslie, of McLemore’s cove
was in our community last Saturday on
business.
Mr. R. L. Knox near Menlo was shak
ing hands with friends here last Satur
day.
Attorney C. L. Odell, of Summer
ville, attended Justice court here last
Saturday.
Last Saturday night a strange noise
was heard near the residence of J. S.
Sitton’s. Mrs. Sitton went out to as
certain what it waa and found what
she thought to be an owl perched upon
the limb of a tree nearby, and called
to her son Willie to come and kill it.
Willie was soon on the scene with gun
in hand and fired at the object, and
to the ground it came, but before Wil
lie could approach and get his would
be owl, it arose and left quickly. Wil
lie exclaiming, ‘-it’s a wild cat,” sent
another load after it and followed in
pursuit. He had gone some distance
when he remembered he did not have
any ammunition with him, and that a
wounded wild cat might attack him, he
returned and near the road where he
had gone, found his cat dying, but for
some time hesitated to approach it, but
when he did, found it to be a large
house cat.
D. D. Braddy, Deed Layton, Luther
Chandler and J. C. Sitton went to Trion
Saturday night to see their best girls, I
presume. While on the way they
must have been in haste to get there,
as they were running their horses at
good speed, when Braddy’s horse fell,
throwing him off and bruising him
very much, which will confine him to
his room for some time.
Henry Wedgworth, of Broomtown,
Ala., spent a few days of last week
with his father near here, who has
been sick for some time, and still.con
tinues quite sick.
Our Baptist people are preparing to
build a new church soon. Some lum
ber has been sawed and two hundred
dollars subscribed. The building is to
be 36 by 50 feet. Valley Girl.
Farm For Sale.
For sale a good, well improved, well
watered farm of one hundred acres;
sixty acres cleared, balance well tim
bered. Lies tw’o miles west of Lyerly
Ga. Terms of sale easy. If you want
a good farm it will pay you to see this
before you buy. Apply to C. L. Odell,
| Summerville, Ga.
TRION NEWS.
W. S. Norris who has been sick for
sometime is improving slowly.
B. F. Flournoy’s little son that was
reported very sick last week is much
better.
Duke Palmour is reported quite sick.
His brother, Howard Palmour, who
has been quite sick for several weeks
with pneumonia is about well again.
We extend our sympathies to Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Eilenburg, whose
home is so lonely and hearts so sad
2,” n,> cpuut of the departing of a pre
ci ou s 1 i 111 e*r^ue , Hii. Fhl l>r *Mutiie
last Saturday morning. Parents, weep
not for the little one for she»is at rest.
The Lord has taken her from a world
of sorrow to a home of peace and rest
where partings are no more. Dear
father and mother will you meet her
there? The remains were laid to rest
in the Trion cemetery Sunday evening
after religious services conducted by
Rev. Mr. Hunt.
Quite a number cf our young people
attended a singing at Laurel Hill last
Sunday.
Allen W. Hughes had a light attack
of la grippe last Saturday night while
at his* home in the country. Mr.
Hughes says he doesn’t like it.
There are several cases of grip in
town this week. Miss Florence Fitts
and a young mar. by the name of
Mathes are reported very sick this
week, miss Mathes has been very low
for sometime.
Our worthy townsman, Mr. Bill Lan
ders will make his future home in La-
Fayette. His successor, Mr. Hanson
has been on the sick list for sometime
past, but is able to be out again.
Rev. Mr. Hunt tilled his regular ap
pointments at the Baptist church Sun
day and Sunday night. Mr. Hunt en
tertained a large audience Sunday
night with a wonderful discourse on
the subject of regeneration. It is use
less for me to say he did the subject
justice for the discourse was certainly
grand. E. R. Dennis.
GREAT SALES prove the great
merit of Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla sells because it
accomplishes CREAT CURES.
kartahTgaT
Rev. Mr. Bailey filled his regular
appointment at Bethel church last
Sunday.
Miss Mary Ki Igo, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., is vsiting relatives and
friends in this valley.
Miss Hattie Wright, of Rome,
has charge of the Farmersville
school.
Mr. Gober, of this valley, is quite
sick with catarrhal fever.
Mr. Stephens, of this place, made
a business trip to Vans valley last
Saturday.
Our gallant Sheriff, J. C. Penn
and C. P. Gaines after several days
on trail, captured the Floyd coun
ty burglars, the Towns and Hardin
boys, who entered the stereos J.
M. Kendrick on the night of the
3rd, inst and took therefrom a lot
of stamps, dry goods etc. The
goods were recovered, but were
badly damaged. The thieves were
lodged in Summerville jail Satur
day morning.
Mr. Tarrant and mother of
near Floyd Springs are visiting
friends in the valley.
The Little Maid.
Notice.
All persons indebted to me by
note or account are hereby notified
to call and settle the same by
March 15, 1897. All of tllese 5 ’
claims not settled by that time
will be placed in the hands of an ;
officer for collection. Act *♦
and save cost. J. C. Keeley,:.
Harrisburg, Ga.
Notice.»
All bß|#s owing me, either by
note will please settle
at once, as I wil 1 remove my den
tal office to Rome in a few bays. I
will work here however one -week -
in each month, due notice of which
will be given through the News the
week before. My office here at
Hawkinis house.
Dr. T, 8. Brown.
No. 50.