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\ew Series—Yol. IV—No 23
FIRST NATIONAL’S
NEW BUILDING
Case of Petition for Injunction Continued Until Next
Monday and Will Be Tried by Gober.
Much interest has been and is felt
1,, the people of Cartersville in the
prioress of the Crouch building, now
m , r ocess of construction at the cor
ner 0 f Main and Erwin streets, and
which is intended for occupancy
l,v the First National Bank.
The petition for injunction filed
by John Willie Jones, reported in
the 3ews of two weeks ago, was set
for a hearing before Judge Fite on
Thursday of last week, but the par
ties bad not completed the work of
preparing evidence at that time, and
the case was continued until Monday
of next week.
Judge Fite has decided not to pass
upon the merits of this controversy
and will ask Judge George F. Gober,
of the Blue Ridge circuit, to hear the
case next Monday. Judge Fite, it is
understood, did not think himself
disqualified, either because of his
being a stockholder in the bank, or
because of any previous action on
his part in behalf of Mr. Crouch, but
out of abundant caution and in order
to be entirely fair to all parties he
concluded to call in another judge.
It is understood, however, that Mr.
James B. Conyers, attorney for Mr.
Jones, strenuously insists that Judge
Fite is totally disqualified to exercise
any judicial function in the case and
that he should simply have certified
his disqualification on the petition
and allowed Mr. Conyers to select
another judge.
But it is conceded that Judge Gober
is entirely disinterested in the case,
and eminently qualified to pass upon
legal issues involved, and it is sin
cerely hoped that his decesion will
he final.
Yet another complication arose
last week, in connection with the
Jrouch building, that threatened for
a time to be serious. It seems that
uider the plans drawn for this hand
some modern building a slight en
croachment on the sidewalk in front
>n Main street, was contemplated.
Ur. Crouch thought the city council
fully understood the plans of
proposed building and consented
same.
■ He was having the foundations
Bait! according to the plans, which
Contemplated an encroachment of
lorne eight inches upon the sidewalk
■)}’ the front corner columns and
■bout twenty inches by the front
Bentral columns.
I When members of the council saw
■ ii> foundation and proposed position
1' these columns, objection was
Bade and a meeting of council hur
riedly called. After discussion it was
lecided by a majorty vote that Mr.
rouch be required to change the
■emulation and move his front wall
■nd columns back, so there would be
encroachment whatever on the
Bidewalk.
a To do this would place the front
Ball back some twenty inches from
Bie lot line and make an ugly align
ment of the front wall of this build-
B‘g with the one on the east now
Bccupied by M. F. Word.
B The matter was freely discussed,
Bro and con, by an interested crowd
Bbout the building during last Fri-
Bay and Saturday. Some insisted
H'at Mr. Crouch was asking two
Butch of the city, while others argued
Buit the building as planned should
Be allowed to go up, as it would make
Bi ugly break in the alignment of
Hie walls to put it back as directed
the council.
H Members of the council stood about
H>e place and frankly discussed the
■tuation. They wanted to encour
B e Mr. Crouch in the erection of his
Bndsouie building, which will be an
Hmament to the city and also to
people from any encroach-
Hent upon the public street. Some
■embers of the council seemed not
H have understood the matter fully
■hen their action was taken, and
a willingness to modify
■>e order in some respects if al
■ wed to again consider it.
■ The result was another meeting of
He council on Saturday afternoon,
■ which the mayor and every inem-
Hr of council were present. After
■ free and full discussion, in which
Eugene Smith and Judge
4 W. Fite took an infoimal part, it
decided with only one dissenting
'Jde (alderman Watkins) that the
Hst order be modified to the extent
■ allowing the two central stone
columns of the building to project
®me twelve to fourteen inches upon
sidewalk.
Bhis action seemed to be satisfactory
The Cartersville News
to all parties and it is presumed the
building will now go foward rapidly,
unless some further complications
arise.
THE ODD FELLOWS.
The Great GatheriaK of the Fraternity to
Celebrate 86th Anniversary.
The 26th of April was a gala day
in Cartersville. The city was throng
ed from daylight to dark with a tre
mendous crowd from Bartow, Gor
don, Whitfield, Cobb, Polk and Floyd
counties, estimated anywhere from
2500 to 3000 people.
The day was an ideal one. As it
was also memorial day and a legal
holiday in Georgia, the people were
in holiday humor, ready for a good
time.
The representatives of the different
lodges met in the lodge room at !)
a. m. The brass band, of Marietta,
led by Prof. C. E. Henderson, came
in on the 10:30 train, along with the
speaker of the day, Hon. J. A.
Hyndes, of Atlanta, past grand mas
ter of Georgia. As the band marched
up the street the crowd in the lodge
room fed into line, the procession,
headed by Dr. H. E. Felton, tlm ma -
ter of ceremonies.
Arriving at the tabernacle the
band played an inspiring piece and
the music was succeeded by anniver
sary ceremonies of the lodge. Messrs.
F. M. Smith and Eaves acting as
noble grand and vice grand, con
ducted this ceremony.
The address of welcome was given
by Hon. A. W. Fite, an excellent
speech, much enjoyed by all listen
ers. The response was fine
given by Rev. W. A. Cleveland.
The address of introduction by
Dr. H. E. Felton was followed by the
orator of the day, Hon. J. A. Hyndes,
which was a gem of its kind.
And such a dinner—preceeded by
the blessing invoked by Rev. George
Duval. After dinner a delightful
musical program was rendered.
In the meantime the crowd mixed
and mingled, talked of crops, price
of cotton, fertilizers, etc., a genuinely
happy meeting place for young and
old, and a day that passed off with
out a single break in the regular
order, or the slightest unpleasant
ness or disturbance, and Cartersville
did herself proud—in hospitality—
good cheer and patriotic attention to
those who came as guests of the oc
casion.
The Rebeckah Branch of the order
had not been represented on the pro
gram, and to make amends for an
unintentional omission, Miss Lillian
Tedder recited “Why I became a
Rebeckah,” in quite a graceful way.
At the conclusion of the concert
Mrs. A. B. Cunyus led the lodge and
the vast concourse of people in sing
ing “America.” Her sweet voice was
never heard to better advantage.
At the conclusion of the day’s ex
ercises the lodges formed in line and
returned to the hall. The crowd was
simply immense and the delight of
the Odd Fellows overwhelming.
There was a report made by the rep
resentatives of their respective
lodges—after which a number of
speeches were made by members se
lected by the noble grand.
This closed the day’s work the 86th
anniversary, and it xvas the univer
sal verdict that a better day in Odd
Fellowship had never been known in
the state of Georgia.
A New Mill
Cartersville is to have a saw mill.
The demand for lumber is so great
that it becomes necessary to manu
facture it at home.
Leyi Shaw and Davis Jenkins are
the movers in this enterprise. They
have bought from the Illinois Life
Insurance Company, of Chicago, the
vacant land lying between north Er
win street and the Seaboard right-of
way, fronting about 900 feet, on
which the mill yards are located, and
the “music of the saw” will be heard
in north Cartersville right away.
A string of wagons are passing the
News office almost constantly carry
ing saw logs to the new mill. This
adds another industry to growing
Cartersville.
Baptist General Meeting.
The general meeting of the Middle
Cherokee Association held at Crow
Springs last Friday, Saturday and
Sunday was well attended and quite
instructive. Rev. W. A. Nix was
moderator. Rev. W. T. Shelton clerk.
Judge A. M. Foute, of Cartersville,
was a prominent member of the con
vention.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4. 1905
FOOD FOR FLIES
Model School Building- is
Consumed by Fire.
IS PARTIALLY INSURED
Fire Occurred Monday Morning
at 2 O’Clock and Supposed
to Be Incendiary.
Fire wrought sad lmvoc with the
buildings of the Model school at
Cass Station on Thursday night of
last week.
The fire was discovered about two
o’clock at night and had then made
considerable headway. The build
ings were a total loss and many of
the tools in the model room were
burned. The people of the village
came hurriedly and in numbers when
the alarm w'as given, but the fire had
made such progress, that little could
be done to stop the work of destruc
tion.
It was a sad-faced crowd that stood
about and saw this cherished and
splendid school building crumble to
asnes.
The Georgia-Massachusetts Model
school was doing a great work in
north Georgia. The Women’s Clubs
of Massachusetts and Georgia had
done much to foster and develop the
model feature of this school by pay
ing the salary of the teacher in that
department and furnishing a large
part of the equipment.
It was one of three Model schools in
the state, the others being located
near Rome and at Danielsville.
Miss Lilia Clarke w as teacher in the
Model department, and Miss Tommie
Dozier in the literary department.
The school was in a prosperous con
dition and well attended.
The buildings and equipment cost
nearly fifteen hundred dollars. There
was an insurance of five hundred dol
lars on the building which has al
ready been paid, through Capt. Mc-
Ewen, of Cartersville, as agent for
the company.
The purpose is to rebuild during
the summer, and plans are already
being considered to replace the build
ing with one much more modern and
expensive.
Just three years ago the old Wof
ford academy, which stood on the
same site, was destroyed by fire.
With heroic determination the citi
zens of Cass Station went to work
then and replaced the building.
They will do the same thing again.
In their loss they have the sympa
thy of the whole county, and should
receive substantial aid in the work of
rebuilding.
This Model school yet has a great
work to accomplish and its future
will be watched with keen interest.
The Georgia Massachusetts federa
tion of Women’s Clubs will doubtless
co-operate generously in the plans
for rebuilding and through their ef
forts some entirely new features may
be added. All Georgia is interested
in tnis enterprise.
THE REINHARDT NORMAL.
Program of Commencement Exercises Begin
ning May 2ist.
The following is the program for
commencement exercises atßeinhardt
Normal college, at Waleska:
May 21 —11 a. m. Commencement
sermon, Rev. Luke Johnson.
8 p. m.—Missionary sermon, Rev.
C. M. Verdel.
May 22—9:30 a. m. Representatives,
Freshman class.
3:30 p. m.—Representatives, Sopho
more class.
8 p. m.—Primary and preparatory
entertairiments.l
May 23—8:00 a. m. [Meeting of trus
tees.
9:30 a. m.—Junior essays and ora
tions.
11 a. m. —Address.
3:30 p. m.—-Champion debate.
5:00 p. m.—Sham battle—battalion.
8 p. m.—Annual entertainment.
May 24—9:30 a. m- Graduating ex
ercises.
11:00 a. m.—Address—Bishop Hen
drix.
Trains arrive from Atlanta at 10:30
a. m. and 10:30 p. in.; from Knoxville
at 5 a, m. and 4 p. m.
Tabernacle Meeting.
The News is requested to state
that the tabernacle meeting will be
gin Sunday, May 14, instead of May
12, as published last week. The full
program will appear in our next issue.
In the meantime let Cartersville be
preparing to handle the crowds that
are sure to come.
A WOMAN IS SOOT
Rosalie Brown, at Pine
Log, Bullet’s Victim.
SHOOTING IS A MYSTERY
Shot Was Fired Through a Window
Causing a Very Ugly
Wound in Thigh-
A peculiar and mysterious shooting
affair occurred in the Pine Log dis
trict last Sunday night, between ten
and eleven o’clock, in which Miss
Rosalie Brown, a woman living in a
tenant house near the village of Pine
Log, was seriously and perhaps fa
tally wouuded.
The crime is shrouded in mystery.
It is reported that the woman was
awakened about ten o’clock at night
by knocks on the door. She asked
W'ho it was and a voice replied giving
the names of two well Known men in
the community. But the woman
knew the voice was not that of either
of the men named. She got out of
the bed, struck a light and started to
the mantel to get a pistol, when a
shot was fired through the w indow
and she staggered to the bed badly
wounded. The shot crashed through
her thigh, breaking the middle bone
and inflicting a serious wound.
Dr. Alfred Calhoun was sent for
Monday morning, and assisted by
Stribling, of Pine Log, Dr. Bradley,
of Folsom, dressed thelimb. It was at
first thought that amputation would
be necessary, but after careful exam
ination the doctors decided the limb
might be saved.
There are some sensational and
rather mysterious features about the
shooting that are causing much
neighborhood talk and may take
more definite shape later.
DECORATION POSTPONED.
Memorial Exercises at Cassville Did Not
Occur L; st Saturday But Will the Next.
Owing * i the rain last Saturday
the dec< j ,tion exercises at Cassville
were postponed for ou. J week.
next Saturday, May 6, at 2:30
o'clock the program will be carried
out. It has been decided to hold the
memorial services in the Methodist
ehurch at Cassyille, which is conven
ient to the cemetery, and Gen. Clem
ent A. Evans, of Atlanta, will deliver
an address to the old soldiers. Rev.
John E. Barnard, of Cartersville, has
kindly consented to be present and
deliver an address. With these tw r o
gifted and distinguished speakers on
the program the exercises cannot
fail to be especially interesting and
instructive.
The ladies of the memorial associa
tion are anxious to make decoration
day this year a marked success. It
is desired that P. M. B. Young , camp
of confederate veterans attend as
guests of honor, and the U. I). C’s.,
are asked to be present.
The exercises will begin promptly
at 2:30 on Saturday afternoon in the
Cassville Methodist church. Visitors
are asked to bring flowers. Let there
be a great gathering of the people at
Cassville next Saturday to do honor
to our confederate dead.
Baptist Revival.
The great revival at the Baptist
church closed last Sunday night.
The results were most gratifying.
Sixty joined the Baptist church and
over one hundred conversions were
reported. Additions have also been
made to other churches in the city.
Rev. George C. Cates did faithful and
efficient work and greatly endeared
himself to the people by his earnest
ness and eloquence.
The ordinance of baptism will be
administered to the new converts on
the afternoon of the 4th Sunday in
May at the new Baptist church, to
which the public is invited. This
will be an interesting and impressive
occasion.
Attention! Veterans!
A meeting of P. M. B. Young Camp
No. 820 U. C. V. will be held at the
court house Saturday, May 6, at 10
o’clock, for the purpose of electing
sponsor and maids of honor and the
consideration of other matters con
nected with the Louisville re union.
Also for taking necessary steps re
garding uniforms for members of
the camp. A full attendance of
members urged.
C. M. Jones, Commander,
J. R. Anderson, Adjutant.
Cherokee Club.
The Cherokee Club w’ill meet at
the club room Monday May 9, at 3
p. m. The annual election of officers
wille occur. Please come.
Recording Secretary.
DOCTORS TALK
OF CONSUMPTION
Anti-Tuberculosis League, Which Met in Atlanta, On
of the Most Important Bodies of the Time.
SINGULAR WILL CONTEST,
Heirs of Mrs. Forest Ware Make Issue Over
Her Property.
An unusual contest has been begun
in Bartow county over the will of the
late Mrs. Forest Ware of Kingston.
On January 25, 1897, Mrs. Ware ex
ecuted her last will, in which she
gave her property to her two sisters,
Miss Edith Irene Peale and Miss
Mabel Peale. This property consist
ed of a house and lot in Kingston, an
interest in the Peale farm near King
ston, and all her personal estate.
Miss Rogers, of Kingston, and Mr.
James B. Conyers, Cartersville, were
named as executors of the will, but
neither ever qualified. Judge Watt
Harris was one of the subscribing
witnesses.
The will was probated in common
form in the ordinary's office on April
4, 1898. After seven years from the
date of probate this will would be
come absolutely binding on all pax
ties, if no action was begun to set it
aside.
Mr. Forest Ware, the husband, who
is now living in Florida, recently em
ployed Milner & Sons to begin an
action in the court of ordinary of this
county, seeking to set aside this will
upon the ground that his wife was
insane and incapable of making a
will at the time of executing the in
strument referred to. This petition
was filed on March 24,1905, just a. few
days before the expiration of the
seven years.
The case was to have been heard
before Ordinary Hendricks last Mon
day, but an appeal was entered to
the superior court by consent of par
ties before trial. Quite a number of
witnesses were present, and consid
erable interest was shown in the
case.
Mr. and Mrs. Ware were both well
known in Kingston where they re
sided many j ears. it was not very
long after Mrs. Ware made her will
until she was adjudged insane and
sent to the asylum, where she died.
The case will now await a hearing
in the saperior court next July, and
will be watched with interest. Mr.
James B. Conyers represents the
Misses Peale, who .are now residents
of Washington city.
AN OLD RELIC.
Foot Adze Left Thirty Years Ago Found
Well Preserved.
An interesting find was made by
Mr. Louis Gilreath last week under
the floor of the old Methodist church,
now being torn down to make place
for the magnificent new church build
ing to be erected on the old site.
Mr. Gilreath is superintending this
work and had been notifieu by Mr.
Jack Collins to be on the lookout for
a placed by him under the
fio< church thirty-two years
Mr. helped to build the
church.^Hlß vvai:< .called away one
day while wmrking with a foot adze
on the flooring and placed his tool
under the edge of the floor for safe
keeping. When he returned the
flooring had advanced so far he could
not get his adze and it has remained
there for all these years.
Mr. Gilreath found it just as it had
been left, and remarkable as the
statement may seem, the tool was in
almost as good condition as when
placed under the church. The blade
was slightly rusted and the portion
of the handle next the ground was
a little decayed, but otherwise it was
all right.
What a story this old foot adze
might tell, if it could only talk, bf
the weddings and funerals, the shout
ings and sorrows of these thirty-odd
years in the dear old Cartersville
Methodist church.
Mr. Collins was delighted to see
his old friend and fellow-worker, the
foot adze, and will prize it as one of
his most valued possessions. He will
be asked to place it on exhibition, as
there is a general desire to see the
old relic.
A New Citizen.
Mr. B. A. Fite, the new local agent
of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, has
rented the Crawford cottage on Er
win street, recently occupied by Mr.
Jas. A. Hall, and is moving his fam
ily to Cartersville this week. Mr.
Fite is a cousin of Judge A. W. Fite,
and was for many years a citizen of
Cedartown, though recently from
Alabama. He will make a valuable
citizen and is cordially welcomed to
Cartersville,
Old Series—2stli Year
The Anti-Tuberculosis League of
America, which met in Atlanta last
week, was made up of eminent spe
cialists from all parts of the world.
Dr. Oliver Buford, of Cartersville,
attended this meeting and was much
impressed with its work. At the re
quest of the News Dr. Buford con
sented to talk of the work of the
league.
“It was,” said Dr. Buford, “one of
the most important meetings of the
kind ever held in America. The del
egates came by appointment of gov
ernors and congressmen. They were
representative men of the medical
profession from Maine to California.
There were eminent specialists from
Colorado, New Mexico, New York,
Asheville, El Paso and other points
where the treatment of tuberculosis
is made a specialty.
“The one clear, simple object of this
great convention was the benefit of
humanity, in the treatment ofadread
and growing disease, that in one way
or another affects nearly every fam
ily in the commonwealth.
“The sense of the meeting, after
full and free discussion, was that
consumption is not inherited, though
a predisposition might ‘.be transmis
sible from parent to child. But the
tubercular germ must be implanted
into a favorable soil before there
could be a development of the dis
ease. These germs can be inhaled
by persons in good health without
tuberculosis being developed.
“Early diagnosis is important. The
patient should know at the first pos
sible moment the nature of his
trouble. Consumption, in the early
or first stages, is considered curable.
The treatment is comparatively sim
ple. Sunlight and open air furnish
the best medicine. Consumption
feeds on close rooms and foul air.
For this reason elimates with the
greatest amount of sunshine and the
least moisture in the atmosphere are
considered most favorable for con
sumptives.
Each member of the league was
urged ant agreed to begin at once a
campaign of information at his home
with a view of getting the people to
see the importance of seeking in
every possible way to prevent the
development and spread of this terri
ble and destructive disease.
“The greatest medical minds of
this age are at work on this matter
seeking means of preventing and
methods of cure.
“Twenty five years ago smallpox
was greatly feared and considered
very fatal. Now it is subject to con
trol and rarely produces fatal results
under intelligent treatment. This is
an age of progress and the science of
medicine and surgery leads.
“The surgeon-general of the U. 8.,
army long since recognized the im
portance of early diagnosis and
prompt treatment of tubercular dis
eases. Upon its first appearance
soldiers are sent to sanitariums in fa
vorable climates, at government ex
pense, and every precaution used to
protect and cure the patient.
“The main object of our league is
to educate the people to the impor
tance of controlling the disease com
monly known as consumption in its
early stages, a disease that is taking
off one of every seven who die. Cer
tainly this is a worthy object and
should have the hearty co-operation
of every intelligent person.
Dr. Buford is right in making this
sensible and timely appeal to our
people to use every possible means to
prevent and control this dread dis
ease, and it is hoped his interview
will be generally read.
Cassville Takes First .Share.
Tne first meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Cartersville Building and
Loan Association xvas held at the
council chamber last Monday night,
at which some thirty subscribers
were present and considerable pre
liminary work transacted. The sec
ond meeting will be at the court
house on Monday evening of next
week, when the organization will be
completed an I officers elected. Over
two hundred shares of stock have
been subscribed and the movement
is meeting with much favor. It is
worthy of mention that Mr. Will
Layton, of Cassville, paid the first
dollar into the treasury of the asso
ciation. This would .indicate that
the old ti ne Cass
ville and actually
wiped out and now
bound together by nl!®k financial
interests. t^B