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The Cartersville Courant-American.
VOL. IX.
THE SUPERB SEVENTEENTH.
A Rich and Desirable Portion of
Old Bartow.
A Con rant-American Keportei'g Ramble*
Anion*; the Pe..ple lmpo
rtant Observation*.
On Tuesday evening of Inst week, in
the interest of the Courant-Amkmuan,
we left our home to visit the people
“across the river,” in the Euharlee, Iron
Hill and Taylorsville districts, and we
can truthfully say that we have visited
one of the grandest farming sections in
Georgia and beyond a doubt one of the
finest cotton growing communities this
side of Arkansas. Some portions we
have visited will, we think, if properly
cultivated, produce very near as much
cotton per acre as Red river bottom land
in Arkansas. You have to visit and
behold with your own eyes the wonderful
agricultural greatness of this section be
fore you can have a true conception of
what a grand and glorious country ours
is. We have seen enough within the past
week to till many eolui. ns with interest-
ing reading matter were we to write
about all, but the mail train is past du‘,
and then space forbids. It is well known
and generally acknowledged that the old
seventeenth district is the banner sec
tion of Bartow w hen it comes to growing
cotton. The good people down here
are making rapid progress in other
branches of agriculture, but cotton is
king. The upper part of thecount.v raises
more wheat and clover, but across the
river certainly “gets there Eli” on cot
ton. Many complain of a short cotton
crop this year, and the crop is short, but
we were surprised to see so much of it in
the fields and learned that about half the
crop had been ginned. At points along
the road the ground in every direction,
for almost half a mile, looked as though
a snowy sheet covered theground. Some
times a farmer will remark that he has j
only a small acreage in cotton this year. ;
We ask him how many acres; “only j
twenty or thirty this year,” is the reply.
This is considered a'sfft&Bcrbp uowii here*
hut in the northern part of the county
that many acres is a pretty good crop.
We find here a good many farmers who
plant from fifty to one hundred acres in
cotton. From information obtained
from different farmers we learned that
the average yield on common land is
three-fourths of a bale per acre, though
there ore portions that always muke a
bale to the acre. Even this year, which
has been so unfavorable to cotton, a
bale per acre will be made by quite a
number. This year a fair estimate will
place the crop in this section ut one-half
bale per acre.
The corn crop is unusually good this
year. The bottom lands on the Etowuh
river and Raccoon and Euharlee creeks
produce from thirty to seventy-five
bushels per acre under ordinary cultiva
tion. We were told by several that even
more than seventy-five bushels per acre
had been gathered on the best spots.
Home say that on this creek and river
bottom land they never fail to make
forty bushels per acre and frequently go
as high as sixty and seventy.
Clover is coming into prominence, but
as yet the farmers down here are far
behind those in the upper portion of the '
county in regard to growing clover. The
land up there is better adapted to clover
culture than this, but we have no.doubt
but that it cau be successfully raised here
■and we would advise all the farmers to
try it, asitisn profitablecrop. Sorghum
is receiving more attention in this part
than heretofore, but only a small acre
age was in this year. The farmers above
Cartersville, also grow more sorghum
than is grown down here.
W are glad to say that the alliance
is on a regular boom in the sections we
have traversed. Two-thirds of all the
cotton we have seen has been covered in
pure white cotton bagging. Hun ah for
the farmers alliance! A man who is not
•>i sympathy with the piinciples they are
advocating is no friend to thejarmer.
Besides being grand in agricultural j
greatness, this section is unsurpassed in j
Georgia for domestic culture and refine-j
nient. Better society cannot be found. 1
Most every family is a religious family ]
and every one with whom we met is kind
and hospitable. (Even the lady whotold
us we certainly must have greased our
tongue with butter was kind to us.) We
canuot speak in too high praise of the
many admirable qualities which place
these people among the very bestciti-!
zens of our county. The social and
nioral status will stand keen criticism.
At different points there are good schools, I
and moral and intellectual training
stands prominent in the great march of
material prosjierity that this God
favored people is making. We are glad
of the opportunity of making so many
new acquaintances. During the past
week it has been our pleasure to meet
and know personally, many of the men,
women, boys and girls who compose the
best citizenship of the county, and make
cur land good in. While in the
neighborhood of Ford we spent several
pleasant hours with Miss Minnie Lee
Arnold, whom the Coe ran t- A meme an
readers'know as “Slim Jim.” Miss Min
nie is a general favorite with the readers
of the county news, as well as the man
agement itself. She is an interesting and
pleasing conversationalist, just such a
one as her versalite style would indicate.
Others with whom we have met left pleas
ing impressions, and we hoj*e that in the
future we shall see more of them. We
will have something more to say about
this people. \V. C. W.
The VVliitfiehl Resolutions!
Atlanta Constatution, October 3d..
The defeat of Senator Whitfield's effort
to provide a tribunal composed of some
of the purest and ablest men in Georgia,
headed by the judges of the Supreme
Court, to adjust all matters in dispute
between, the lessees of the Western and
.Atlantic and the State, bodes no good.
II ever there was a proposition of any
kind calculated to commend itself to
well-meaning fveople, this effort of Sena
tor Whitfield ought to have done so.
As chairman of the .joint committee of
conference with the lessees, he saw the
difficulties which surrounded thequestion
and appreciated the dangers to the State,
and went to work to apply a remedy
which would do justice to the lessees and
at the same time rightly guard the inter
ests of the people. His resolutions were
fought fiercely, but, as we believe, unad
visedly, which time will probably serve
to clearly demonstrate.
That the lessees have claims which
ought to be adjusted no one will gainsay,
and that the State could have set up
counter claims isequally true. Senator
Whitfield’s resolutions contemplated the
settlement of these claims in a speedy
way, so that all complications and doubt
as to what the State had to offer to the
lessees under the new lease act should be
freed from uncertainty. To say that I
some such method is not advisable, is to
say that business men who disagree
should not try to settle their disagree
ments, hCit instead rush headlong into
tedious, expensive and dangerous litiga
tion nrign rdf ros of ttie consequences.
In the discussion of the question from
time to time the Constitution has had
but one object in view, and that was to
point out w hat, iu our judgment, was so
manifestly to the interest of the people
of Georgia. That the senate has not been
able to view it from this standpoint
creates no spirit of resentment. Let us
hope that it was right and that we were
wrong; but viewing every phase of the
question as presented by both sides, we
are forced to the conclusion that it has
made a grave mistake, and that the
future will assuredly confirm our posi
tion.
Of Senator Whitfield’s efforts it may be
said that he was on the right line, and
that his dignified and manly course in
the conception and advocacy of his prop
osition will be obliged to meet the ap
proval of the people, and, whether the
wisdom of his effort# be made manifest
earlv or late, the time w ill come, and at
no distant day, when he and those who
supported him will lie sustained.
To the Farmers of Georgia.
Having just been iuformed of the abor
tive results of the pluas in the matter of
tare which were entered into at New Or
leans cotton convention held in the
month just past and fetfriug subsidence
of tne confidence which up to this time
has pervuded the ranks of Alliantwinen
everywhere within the state, 1 beg a
eoutinuauce of the united support uud
confideuce heretofore bestow ed upon your
chosen leaders. I assure you they are
leaving no effort untried to secure you a
fair compensation foryourhard earnings
and that it not badly mistaken, there is
even now a light gleaming from the east
which promises good results cotton
producers everywhere upon this conti
nent.
Be patient and it will not be long before
schemes now in progress will have been
satisfactorily tested. Should the two
schemes now on foot prove a failure, I
can not discover w herein any concievnble
harm will be done, Wut on the contrary
should they be crow ned with fruition, un
told benefits to the producing classes will
be the result. Therefore I exhort you to
patience and unity, both of which at this
stage is vital to success.
J. T. Henderson,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Banks county grand jury returned
no true bills against blind tigers and
liquor dealers generally, and the reason
is said to be that when jurors interested
weie-requested to retire, the body was
left without a quorum. It seemstherum
had gone out.
I*resident Harrison seldom attends the
theatre. He is not nearly as fond of the
drama as ex-President Cleveland, who
has become a confirmed “first-nighter.”
A great benefit has been secured to the
poor by the introduction of I)r. Bull’s
Cough Syrup; for it now only takes 25
cents to cure a cough or cold.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1889.
TOUCHED OFF BY HARRISON.
The President Open* the Kxposltlon at
Montgomery, Alabama.
ashiM;ton, Nov. A.—The President
formally opened the Southern Exposi
tion at Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday by
touching the key of a telegraph wire at
the White House connected with the ex
position building, and thereby stai-tii g
the machinery in machinery hall. There
is a difference in time of 58 minutes be
tween the two cities and while it was
12:58 o clock when the President touched
the key it was exactly noon at Mont
gomery.
The cabinet was in session when the
President was informed that connection
had been made, and at his invitation the
entire cabinet repaired to the telegraph
office and witnessed the act. The follow
j ing message was sent to Mr. M. C. Burke,
president of the exposition :
“The President and members of his
cabinet assembed around the instrument
semi congratulations and best wishes for
the success of your exposition.
The following reply was received:
“The President and Cabinet: The
Southern Exposition managers extend
to you their most grateful thanks.
M. C. Bcrke, President.
A Dentil y Tinin.
Washington, Nov. 5.—-As a Baltimore
and Potomac railroad train was passing
oih of the city tonight along Virginia
avenue it was broken in fWo sections to
permit some delayed horse cars to pass.
While one of the cars was on the rail
road track the engineer backed up his
train to makeconnection with a rear car,
overturning the street car and severely
but not fatally injuring eight or ten pas
sengers in it. -
A few minutes later the same train ran
ovr and killed a man named James
Talbert who was crossing the track.
Sew Mexico Snow eel Under.
Santa Fe, N. M., Nov. 5. —One of the
severest suow and wind Htonns in the
history of New Mexico has prevailed tor
the past three days, and reports ate
coming in of great damage to live stock
on the northern ranges. A number of
cowboys and sheep herders havtf been
lost, and it is feared they have perished.
All trains are from five to twelve hours
late, and snow plows are kept in con
stant operation on the Baton and Glori
etta mouutalus.
The czar’s visit to the sultan seems to
be something more than a pleasure trip,
after all, and the European newspapers
see in it evidence that Bismark does not
think the triple alliance as strong as it
ought to be. The rapid growth in
strength and efficiency of the French
army causes him anxiety, and he will not
be satisfied until he shall have so
strengthened the alliance that no chance
of success would remain to any combina
tion w hich might attack it. The German
army is no longer iudisputably the
strongest iu Europe. There are military
critics who believe that the French is
more thau its equal. If Russia and
France were to form the combinat ion for
aggressive warfare which has been so
long talked of, therefore, the odds on the
side of the central alliance would not be
greut. With the help of England and
Turkey, however, the alliance would bo
too formidable to attack. Overtures have
already been made to England, uud it is
even said thutan understanding has been
arrived at. Now the German emperor is
doing what he can to draw the sultan iu
to the defensive circle.
In F. uni) lvHiiin.
Philadelphia, Nov. 5. —The only State
officer voted foi in Pennsylvania today
was State treasurer. The candidates
were Henry K. Boyer (Republican), Ed
ward A. Bigeler (Democrat) and James
R. Johnson (Prohipit.iou). A light vote
was cast. Very little interest was mani
fested. the election ol Boyer by a decided
majority, being a foregone conclusion.
Hart (Republican) for State treasurer
in 1887, received n plurality of 45,245
and the returns from twenty-seven coun
ties. including Philadelphia, received up
to 11 p. tn., show a net Republican gam
over 1887. Boyer’s plurality will surely
exceed 00,000.
Returns received from fifty-seven of the
sixty-seven counties in the State, and in
cluding Philadelphia and several of the
large cities, show a plurality for Boyer,
the Republican candidate for State t reas
urer, of 62,115 over Bigeler, Democrat,
The Bay State.
Boston, Nov. s.— To-day’s experience
has seemed to prove beyond a doubt the
success of the Australian system of
voting, and testimony from all sections
of the State is almost unanimous iu its
praise. In this city the voting places
have presented a remarkably quiet ap
|>earance, aDd til scenes therein have in
many eases been in marked contrast to
those usually witnessed. The voting has
proceeded with disputch, and the voters
have enjoyed a freedom from the impor
tunities of ballot distributors that they
have never known before.
PORTER & VAUGHAN
ARE NOW OFFERING
i
The Grandest Array of Bargains
Ever Before Shown the People of Bartow County.
Our Business the Past Week Was Such as Would Make Any House
Proud, Which Stimulates Us to Otter Still Greater Attractions.
The People know when Porter & Vaughan advertise anything it
is just that and nothing else. Here are figures
and facts that talk.
Great Bargains in Dross (roods. Immense assortment. All shades, widths and designs.
Ail wool 36-inch Dress FJannels, 25c a yard; worth 35c.
34-jneh Henriettas, all shades, 15c a yard ; worth 20c.
36-inch extra tine Henriettas, lovely goods, 25c a yard * worth 35c.
Fine quality all-wool Tricots, 40-inch, 67£c a yard; wortlfsoc.
Imported all-wool 40-inch Henriettas, 50c a yard; worth 65c.
Finest all-wool 40-inch Henriettas, 75c; worth 95c.
54-inch all-wool extra fine Broadcloths, SI.OO per yard ; other houses ask $1.25 for goods
not equal.
We lead the town in Black Dress Goods and make the positive assertion that we have the
grandest bargains in North Georgia in Black Dress Goods.
Porter Vaughan’s is Headquarters for all grades and
styles of Dress Goods.
Our Cloak Department a grand success. Our sales of Cloaks far beyond our most san
guine expectations. Porter Vaughan are doing the cloak business of the town. Five
hundred dollars worth of new cloaks added to this already immense department
Cloaks Now (Going for a Song.
We have determined to do the largest cloak trade this month in North Georgia. It will
require LOW Prices to do this. -We bought them cheap. We are in a condition to
make prices that will make them melt away. Here they are :
Ladies Jackets worth $3.25 now r $2.25. Ladies Mojeskas worth $7.50 now $5 00
“ “ 4.00 “ 2.50. “ “ “ 9.00 “ dT>O
“ “ “ 5.00 - 3.75. “ “ 10.00 - 800
6.00 “ 4.75. •< “ 15.00 “ 12.00
“ “ “ 8.00 “ 6.00.
“ *• “ 12.00 “ 8.00. .
The same great bargains in finer garments. Children’s garments now being sold at prices
not even dreamed of. 1
Porter & Vaughan are selling more Cloaks than anv
three Houses in the City.
Our shoe department reaching out into mammoth proportions. Porter A Vaughan are ac
knowledged headquarters for shoes. Just received this week three large shipments of new
shoes; they*are Clement & Balls fine shoes lor ladies; J. F Swain & Co.’s solid serviceable shoes
for childien, Edwin Clapp s tine shoes tor men. Every pair of these goods are positively Guar
anteed, anew pair given for any that does not give satisfaction. Our £2.50 shoe for ladies
lead all others; our £1.75 kid button ladies shoes is worth fully £2.25; our 2 (K) kid button
ladies shoes is worth fully 2.50. Our finer grades of ladies shoes wear well, fit well and look
beautiful. Our ladies shoes at 1.00 per pair lead the town. In men’s and children’s shoes we
show an immense assortment at popular prices.
Largest stock of Shoes in the City. Prices the
Lowest. Porter & Vaughan.
Our Flannel Department Ahead of All Others.
All wool red flannel 12* cts. yard; extra heavy red twilled flannel 20 cts. yd worth 25c
extra heavy fine quality red twilled flannel 25c. worth 35c.; white flannel Bc. yard- grand bar
gains in white flannels at 18c, 20c, 25c. 30c. 35c. 50c. and 75. yard.
Our Low Prices on Blankets is the Town Talk !
Only 37*c. for a 10x4 white blanket; finer blankets up to SB.OO for the best and softest*
Australian wool; our $1 .25 blanket is a big leader with us, see them.
Porter & Vaughan’s Uuderwear department complete in every respect. All styles o-rades
and prices for ladies’, gents’ and cdildren’s. Ladies’ Vests, 25c up to the finest goo U Chil
dren’s Vestß at 25c, a grand bargain ; Pants to match.
Extra heavy all-wool jeans 25c per yard. Men’s black wool hats 25c worth 50c Mint s’
fast black seamless ribbed hoes 15c, worth 25c. Thousands of Big Bargains now
being offered at Porter & Vaughan’s.
Our stock of Hosiery, Gloves and Notions is complete.
Astonishingly Low Prices.
Don t Fail to See Our Line of Furs.
Fur Goods of all kinds. Big assortment of Muffs and Boas, in opossum, lynx thibet an
gora, hare, muskrat and monkey furs. Full line Fur Trimmings.
Porter & Vaughan have determined to double their
business for November. Low Prices will do the work.
EE&Sfe 6 * Samples sent to any address.
PORTER & VAUGHAN.
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