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VOL. XXVII. AGAINST TAXATION OF FARM PRODUCTS Gathering of Farmers Resolve to Memorialize the Legislature dertain Measures. The meeting of the state officers of the Georgia division of the Farmers’ Union, the members of the state ex cutive committee, the directors of the phosphate and implement plants which has been in session at the Williams house oir South Forsyth street, has adjourned, after compler ting ali the reports which will be presented to the state convention of the union, which is to be held in Macon July 18, 19 and 20. Before adjournment the following resolutions having for its purpose the exemption from taxation of pro duce in the hands of producer for one year after harvest was introduced by Col. W. L. Peek, of Rockdale county, and unanimously passed: Whereas under a statute of the state of Georgia, farmers are com pelled to give in their cotton for tax atiou before the crop can Le marke ted, or even ginning is finished, and, Whereas, on the fourth day of March last, we were compelled as farmers and taxpayers to give in for taxation all cotton on hand for sale. The report of the United States government showed on the twentieth of said month that there were twenty two thousand bales of Georgia crop still unginned and subject to taxa tion, besides what was then in the hands of the farmers already ginned, which we believe caused many bales to be put on the market when the price was below the cost of produc tion, and Whereas, at the same time farmers were paying taxes on their lands, stocks, wagons and other plantation tools, therefore be it Resolved, That we, the representa tives of the Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union, respectfully ask the legislature which convenes on the twenty-fourth instant to pass a bill exempting from taxation all agricultural products in tne hands of producers one year after harvest. COTTON WAREHOUSES. The following resolution was also introduced by Colonel Peck and pas sed, and has for its purpose the le galizing of cotton warehouses and the issuance of interest-bearing notes on cotton stored in said warehouses: Whereas, That it is a recognized fact that when cotton is put upon the market in the fall of the year, that farmers are often forced to sell at a price below the cost of produc tion, and that the law of “supply and demand’’ cuts no figure in the sale thereof, and men of means take the advantage of farmers, and that the farmers are unable to obtain loans to pay their taxes and other pressing obligations and that money is the lifeblood of a state or nation, and when congested or controlled by a few, others become weak and un able to live as was intended by the founders of the state, and that it is unfair to give the non producing classes a monopoly on the dispens ing of money the circulating medium of this land and country, to the im proverishing of the producers of all wealth, and Whereas, it is an indisputable fact that the life of cotton well cared for is almost that of a human being, that it is medium of circulation; that it is the best collateral and as readily converted into actual cash as almost anything known to the commercial world; in fact, it demands gold in every civilized country in the world; is the largest factor in national and international commerce of any ar ticle produced from God’s earth, and on it the south bases all its business operations and good prices, for the staple is the only rock on which the prosperity of the farmers rest. When the farmers prosper all other classes prosper. To put the crop all on the market in two or three months means ruin to the farmers; therefore be it Resolved, That we the representa tives of the Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union, most re spectfully memoralize the legislature that meets on the twenty-fourth of this month to pass a bill legalizing bonded cotton warehouses that they may issue interest-bearing notes at a small rate of interest on cotton stored in said warehouses that said notes be receivable for all taxes due said state of Georgia. A resolution was also interoduced by Colonel Peek authorizing the ap pointment of a committee of three whose duty it will be to present the foregoing resolutions to Governor Smith and request him to call the attention of the general assembly to the matters contained therein. The resolution also requests the press of the state to publish the resolutions. Chairman Duckworth named as the committee to see Governor Smith W. L. Peek, of Rockdale; J. G. Eu banks, of Union City, and George F. Hunnicutt, of Atlanta. BARN BURNED. Mr. John C. McTier Loses Largely From Fire Caused By Lightning. The barn of Mr. John C. McTier, at Cassville, was struck by lightning, caught fire from the lightning and was burned up last Monday after noon. A terrific electric storm visited the Cassville locality as well as a number of other sections of the county that afternoon. The barn, when it was struck, seemed to be en veloped in a sheet of flame almost instantly. Any effort to save the structure would have been absolutely futile. None of the contents of the barn were saved. Mr. McTier had his en tire wheat crop in the barn, besides a great quantity of forage and other feed stuff and it was all consumed. The Cartersville News BRYANT T. LEEKE. Tribute to Worthy Citizen of Bartow Lately Passed Away. In the death of Bryant T. Leeke Bartow county lost one of her best citizens. He was born at Laurense court house, S. C. Feberuary 19th 1828. He was married to Miss Mar tha E. Cook, of South Carolina, in the year 1847, and shortly thereafter, in the year 1850, he moved to Georgia settling Jn Bartow county. From 1850 until his death, May 21, 1908, he resided on his large plantation in the Seventeenth district. He was a devoted member of the Methodist church, having joined when quite a young man. He was also a member of the Masonic Fra ternefy, taking a keen interest in all things which tended to advance the cause of Masonry. Mr. Leeke was an extensive plainter and his life was mainly given to the farm and its pursuits. His commo dious country home was noted for its warm hospitality and his spendid entertainments will linger in the memory of those who were fortunate enough to share in the generous hospitality of his home. Mr. Leeke was one of those rare characters who made the farm and the farm life attractive and pleasant, lending it a charm all its own. Mr. Leeke was a gentleman of the old school. Shams and frivolities were foreign to his nature. His plain honesty and uncompromising courage were a part of him and in his lile he exemplified the virtues and the characteristics of the south ern gentleman before the war. He represented a type which is fast pas sing away and it is probable that this country will never again produce the equal of his generation in point of rugged manhood and intense patriotism. He witnessed the making of the brighest, most heroic pages in southern history and in his day and generation soutnern chivalry was synonymsus with southern breeding. Though a native of South Carolina Mr. Leeke was a loyal citizen of Georgia and loved his adopted home with patriotic devotion. He served his state in the Civil war as a Con federate soldier and did gallant service. His familiar figure and cheerful disposition will be missed in his community. By nature he was an optimist and constantly looked on tne bright side of life. His jolly, cheerful disposition made him friends wherever he went. He allowed no one to stand in his sunshine and his ringing laugh had in it ail the ele ments of good cheer. He servied the Euharlee district a§ J ustice of the Peace for years and he was known throughout the commu nity as “Squire Leeke.” His knowl edge of the law gained in this way was remaikable. His neighbors con stantly sought him for advice on legal questions and his practical judgment rarely led him astray. Mr. Leeke lived to the ripe old age of eighty. His past few years were moved with much suffering, but his remarkably strong constitution with stood for a long time the inroads of disease. His body sleeps in the cemetery at Euhaalee. Mr. Leeke is survived by eight children: Messrs. Walter and Joseph Leeke, of Mississippi, Mrs. C. H. Cunyus, of Rome,Mr. Annie Faulkner of Alabama; Mrs. Lou Dent, Mrs. S. T. Burns, Messrs. C. T. and Alex Leeke, of Taylorsville. DAVITTE CRAWFORD. Bartow County Young Man Weds Polk County Young Woman. A wedding of unusual loveliness was that of Miss Nan Davitte and Mr. Tom Crawford, Wednesday af ternoon at 7 at the home of the bride near Rockmart, Rev. G. F. Venable officiating. The home was beautifully decora ted for the occasion. Mendelssohn s wedding march was rendered by Mrs. Robert Hubbard. The attendants were Miss Pearl Davitte, sister of the bride, as maid of honor, and Mr. Crawford the groom’s brother as best man. The bride was unusually beautiful in her wedding gown of white messalin trimmed in real lace. She carried bride roses and wore a wreath of lil lies of the valley in her hair. The maid of honor was lovely in white and carried a large boquet of carnations. An elegant reception followed the ceremony, the color scheme of yellow and white being carried out in every derail. Quite a number of friends and rel atives were present. Miss Davitte was one of Rockmart’s most charming young women, and Mr. Crawford is a highly esteemed young man of Cassville, Georgia. Immediately after the reception Mr. and Mrs. Crawford left for Rome. The bride’s going away gown was of blue voil with hat to match.— Rockmart Courier. Alex. Akerman. Hon. Alexander Akerman, of Ma con, who is a delegate to the national Republican 'convention from Geor gia. is a member of the committee on credentials, being appointed by Chairman Burrows. Mr. Akerman’s friends in Macon are pleased at the honor conferred upon him.—Macon News. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1938. SOME FINE BASE BALL Cartersville Plays a Series With East Point. Some of the Best Playing Ever Seen on the Cartersville Diamond This Week. Cartersville has been enjoying some fine baseball this week. The East point team, which had just played a series of games with the Cedartown club, came over Monday to engage our hoys for a series of three games this week. The first game was pulled off Monday afternoon and was one of the finest ever seen on the Carters ville diamond. The East Point boys are an all around good set of players, strong at every point, well practiced together and play with spirit and confidence at ali stages of the game. They made a stout proposition for Cartersville to encounter, but with their usual pluck our bovs nerved themselves for the combat. In the game Monday afternoon Richards and Phillips composed the battery for Cartersville and Klin** and Huddleston for the visitors aod it was a battle royal between the bat teries with good support given them by both the teams. Innings were played, first one, two, three, four, five, six, and on up to nine with nothing but an overflowing nest of goose-eggs and when the regulation number of innings had ended and never a score either side, the spectators just about came to the conclusion that they had witnessed about the finest game ever played here and one of the finest ever played between amateur teams. In the tenth inning East Point made two runs, winning by a score two to nothing. Tuesday afternoon Cartersville strengthened themselves up for the fray and started into the game like they were going to be winners,getting scores the first inning, but the East Point boys bided their time and came up with some scores later on, which put the teams at the ninth inning at 4 and three in favor of the visitors. Things were at a strong tension when the rooters distributed themselves for the last pull with two men on bases and a fine chance for the tally that would tie if not another to win with. Bragg was called to the bat and sent a fly far out into the left field. With that steady hand and clever eye that always gets them the East Point fielder took in the beauty and won the game for his team. The batteries for Tuesday’s game were Dan Freeman and Phillips for Cartersville and Robinson and Lan drum and Huddleston for East Point. The last of the series was played yesterday afternoon and was a vic tory for Cartersville by score of 4to 3. The features of the game were two fine double plays by Cartersville and the superb work of the two bat teries, Lemon pitched for Carters ville and never did finer work, Phil lips behind the bat was there with the goods every time. A large crowd witnessed the game yesterday afternoon, and owing to the closeness of the score, pronounc ed it the most interesting yet played. DISCOURAGED GROWERS. Peach Men of South Georgia Say They Will Cut Down Orchards. “The middle Georgia peach grow ers are going to raise just one more crop. If that fails to pay they will cut down the trees in their orchards and use their land for planting corn and cotton. These were the words of a well-known fruit man who has just returned from a trip to the peach belt around Fort Valley, Amyricus and Columbus. “Of course, we are sorry that those fellows are not making more money, but it is a better thing for us. They are not making anything at all out of their peaches this year. They are having the usual troubles with commission men, and many of the cars they send do not yield them a dollar’s profit. The car situation is better than last year, however I think north Georgia' has the advan tage of the section south of here as the peaches come later, and there is a better market for them. “There is absolutely no doubt that they intend to stop growing fruit un less next year’s^crop is profitable, biggest orchard man in that entire section will set the example. They have learned a lesson in crop educa tion from the iarmers’ Union, Yvho cut down the acreage and even plowed up fields after they were planted. “I really do not doubt that there will be thousands of trees cut down at the close of the season next year, and as a result I believe North Geor gia fruit growers will get better pri ces in 1910. At present the Middle Georgia people are selling the peaches at seventy cents a crate in New York and there is no monev in that. They have not sufficient money invested in canneries to keep up the business, and you may look for fewer fruit trees and more cotton and corn in Georgia year after next.” Concerts. The Cartersville Concert Cos. will give a performance at Calhoun on the 9th of July. They will be assisted by Prof. Sprayberry, with his orchestra and other local talent. The company gives an entertaiumeut at the Cotton Mill at Atco on the 11th of July. A mill at Great Barrington, Mass., was shut down in a most unusual manner a few weeks ago, when water bugs, crowding into the space around the engine-stop push buttou, pro duced a short circuit and the con sequent stoppage. COL l C. SAXON DEAD Prominent Citizen Dies at Grassdale. Was Confederate Officer and County School Commissioner Six teen Years. Col. R. C. Saxon, one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Bartow county, died, at his home, at Grassdale, last Wednes day. He had been in feeble health for a number of months, and his death was not unexpected. Col. Saxon was born iu Laurens, S. C., August 10, 1821, and, therefore would have been 87 years of age at his next birthday in August. He moved to Georgia in 1850 and located in Gordon county. In 1859 he moved to Bartow county, settling at Cass ville. While living at Cassville he entered the confederate army, poing out iu one of the six-months term regiments that located at Savannah. After his return from that service he went into the 55th Georgia regiment of which he was elected adjutant. He afterwards raised a company for the Georgia Reserves and was elected its captain. A number of survivers of his old company yet live in Bar tow county. He was finally made quartermaster of his brigade which was commanded by General Lucius J. Gartrell. Iu all his connections with the army he was faithfully de voted to all his duties and left be hind him an honorable, clean and a gallant record. His soldiers whom he commanded always spoke in the very highest terms of him after the war. Col. Saxon served Bartow county for sixteen years as county school commissioner. He succeded Rev. Theodore Smith, in the senenties and and was succeeded by Ifon. R. A. Clayton in the nineties. He was faithfully devoted to the educational interests of his county and spared no effort in advancing the cause of edu cation during his term of office. Col. Saxon was a devout member of the Methodist church and did much for the cause of the church and religion. He was an all around fine citizen and no man iu the county carried the respect of everybody more completely than he did. Col. Saxon’s first wife was Miss Elizabeth Crocker, whom he married at the age of 21. There were seven daughters and two sons from this They were: Mrs. Alfred Best; Mrs. R. L. Saxon and Mrs L. D. Munford, of this city; Mrs. W. F, King, of Calhoun; Misses Mamie and Lydie Saxon, of this county; Mr. Charlie Saxon, of this county, and Mr. Henry Saxon, who is dead. He married his second wife in 1892. She was Mrs. Georgia Whitaker, of Eat onton, Ga. She survives him. Col. Saxon’s remains were interred at Cassville cemetery last Friday. The funeral took place from the Methodist church and the services were conducted by Rev. G. W. Duval of this city. A large concourse of friends followed the remains to their last resting place. MISSIONARY INSTITUTE. To He Held at Cartersville Baptist Chnreh Next Week The following is the program of a missionary institute to be held at First Baptist church in Cartersvslle July 1 and 2: PROGRAM. 10:30. Devctioual —Mrs. Brame. Welcome —Miss Grace Gilreath. Response—Mrs. P. E. Gatlin. Why a Missionary Institute?—Mrs. Bond. Why the Woman’s Missionary Union? (1) Christ’s Call for It.—Mrs. B. D. Gray. (2) The World’s Cry for It.—Mrs. Lem Gilreath. (3) Woman’s Personal Need for It. —Mrs. L. Tribble. AFTERNOON SESSION. 2:30. Devotional—Mrs. R. B. Head den. The Woman’s Missionary Union at Work. (1) In the Woman’s Missionary Society.—Mrs. C. K. Henderson. (2) In the Young Wonan’s Auxil iary.—Miss Hall. (3) In the Sunbeam Bands—Miss Pitts. Mission Study.—Mrs. H. Hatcher. Bp. m. Sermon.—Rev. Buchholz, Atlanta. THURSDAY FORENOON. 9:30. Devotional.— Mrs. J. B. Crow. The Largeness of the Work.—Mrs. Calder Willingham. The Call to the Other Woman. — Mrs. J. G. Green. The Missionary Training Seliool.— Miss Amos. Christian Stewardship. Mrs. Wiggs. AFTERNOON. 2:30. Devotional.—Mrs. J. C.Foster. Needs, Difficulties aud Encourage ments as to the W. M. U. in our special section. Open parliament, led by Mrs. J. H. Gilreath. Young People’s Hour, conducted by Mrs. A. R. Bond. The music will be arranged aud conducted by Mrs. Lee Webb. The ladies of the Baptist church are busy arranging a Missionary Institute for July Ist and 2nd. They are expecting a large crowd from neighboring towns, Cedartown Rome, Adairsville, Dalton, Kingston, Cassville, etc. Several of the promi nent workers in Marietta and At lanta will take part in the program. Luncheon will be served two days in the park to ali visitors and repre sentatives to the Institute. London food inspectors have found as much as 154 grains of bor acic acid in a single pound of meat imported from America. MANY INDUSTRIES ARE RESUMING OPERATION Signs of Recoveries From Business Depressions Are Everywhere Apparent. IRON INTERESTS. Encouraging Outlook For Great Industry So Important to South. Mr. Joseph G. Butler, Jr., of Youngstown, 0., one of the leading iron masters of the Central West who has recently made a personal study of southern iron ore opportu nities, in the course of an article in this week’s issue of the Manufac turer’s Record on iron making north and south, points to a great expan sion of the iron and steel industry in the south. He says: “The quantity of ore in the south is, of course largely a matter of com putation, and I have no doubt the iigures given me are correct. It is simply fabulous. “The increased use of the basic process is going to be a very great help to the south. Bessemer ores are getting scarcer and the use of basic process is widening both north and south. The time is coming when a great deal of the pig iron shipped north will be manufactured at home into various different, forms. This, 1 think, will be first taken in hand by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Cos. I believe it is the in tention of the corporation to build additional finishing plants in the south. “As stated to me on two or three occasions while in Baltimore, I think the property of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company is second only in importance to thqt of the Carnegie Steel company, as one of the subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation. I believe the leading officials of the corporation so view it, and will go forward aud build it up and strength en it. This will require many years and much expenditure of monsy. Hesetofore the Tennessee property has been considered more or less as a speculative affair. It was taken hold of, however, in earnest by the officials who had immediate charge prior to the acquisition by the United States Steel Corporation, and I have no doubt had these people continued in the ownership that great improve ments would have beeh made. How ever, the property has been taken out of the speculative class and will be gradually put upon a solid earning basis aud placed in the investment class by the people now in charge, who have the necessary capital and the necessary practical as well as business talent. “Iron ore is, of course, the founda tion of all the steel aud iron produc ing interests. There are three great sources of supply—Lake Superior, the south and Cuba. These are sup plemented to a considerable extent by the Cornwall deposits in Penn sylvania and the magnetic deposits of Northern New York and New Jersey, which are being electrically treated and are now used in the mixtures of all the eastern furnaces.” Another important element in the iron and steel industry is, of course, coal. Iu exposition of the progress made during the past ten years in southern coal mining the Manufac turer’s Record says: “In 1907 the south mined 94,799,835 short tons of bituminous coal, nearly 9,000,000 tons more than the total out-putof coal in the country in 1881, and about 4,250,000 tons more than the whole bituminous output of the country in 1887. The 1907 produc tion by states in comparison with the production 10 years previously is shown by the following table: States 1908. 1907. Alabama 6,535,283 14,250,454 Arkansas 1,205,479 2,470.438 Georgia 243,187 362,401 Kentucky 3.887,908 19,753,121 Maryland 4,674,884 5,532,628 North Carolina.. 11,495 Tennessee 3,022,896 6,810,243 Texas 686,734 1,618,069 Virginia 1,815,274 • 4,710,895 W. Virgiua 16,700,999 48,091,583 Total 38,785,139 94,799,835 United States.. .219,976,267 480,450,042 “In the ten years the production of bituminous and anthracite coal iu the rest of the country increased from 181,191,128 tons to 385,650,207 tons, or by 204,459,079 tons, equal to 112,8 per cent, while in the south the production of bituminous coal increased from 387885,139 tons to 94,- 799,835 tons, or by 56,014,699 tons, ebual to 144,4 per cent. Court Notice. Only the first week of the July term of Bartow Superior Court will be held and only criminal business, divorce, claim, appeal, protest and such cases as can be disposed of without a jury, will then be tried. Court will then adjourn until the 9th day of November, when traverse jurors drawn for August 17th will attend and will serve, and those drawn for August 24th wdll attend and serve November 16th. A. W. Fite, J. S. C. C. C. Ice Cream Festival. The Methodist ladies of Market street will serve ice cream and cake Saturday afternoon, June 27, from 4 to 8:30 o’clock, at the city park. Everybody invited. Miss Kathrine Lovejoy, Mrs. McMichael, Miss Julia Jones, Miss Flora Fite, Miss Lillian Harris, Mrs. McCaflerty, Miss Price, Mrs. Jack Abbott and Miss Lena Renfro are the receiving committee. In 1904 Japan exported a little over SI,OOO worth of human hair: the total export was valued at $60,000 in 1906. Large quanities are made into wigs in Paris. The Georgia and Alabama Indus trial Index says in its regular week ly issue: “From all over Georgia and Ala bama come reports of resuming in dustries, showing that this section is recovering rapidly, from the effects of the business depression of a few months ago, which while it affected the south less than any other section of the country, yet had is a general way a more or less demoralizing in fluence on all business enterprise. “Cotton mills that have been run ning on half time and four days of the weeks are going back to full time, iron and steel plants are in full blast again, and miscellaneous manufac turing enterprises of every descrip tion are getting back to normal con dition. Monday of this week was en thusiatically described as ’Birming ham prosperity Monday’ by one of the papers in tnat city on account of so many thousands of workingmen going back to work on that day. The Southern Railway announces that the work of double-tracking its line between Atlanta, Ga., and Washington, D. C., suspended be cause of the financial stringency, is to be resumed. “The old cheerful look is begin ning to return to the faces of the lumbermen, for the volume of in quiries is rapidly increasing, sales are getting more satisfactory and the market is beginning to stiffen. “Investors in the two states ap pear to realize that the present low prices of building materials cannot continue indefinitely, and judging by the freedom with which they are buying brick and other material they seem determined to make hay while the sun shines. Building ac tivity has taken on a still greater spurt during the past few days, and a large amount of construction is announced in The Index this we^k. “Numbers of interesting land deals are reported for the week, the one of the greatest magnitude being the sale of 50,000 acres of timber lands. together with a big lumber mill, in south Alabama, the transac tion being in the #450,000 class. “All the prosperity is not confined to factories and mines or to the more common forms of agriculture, for the German farmers at Cullman Ala., are jingling coin in their pock ets freely, the result of the big strawberry sales there this spring. Cullman shipped over 70 carloads of strawberries this season and the shipments brought in quite a tidy sum. “Jeflerson county, Alabama, is building what it terms a model boulevard, and the incident is of in terest in connection with the good road movement all over the two states. “During the week the sum of $50,- 000 was given the University of Georgia out of the Peabody fund, and this means the erection of another handsome college building at Athens. “Quite a number of Georgia and Alabama cities are now advertising bonds for sale, the ie;ult of recent elections, and before long will be building schools, streets and sewers and making other public improve ments with the proceeds.” MAIL ORDER CONCERNS. Sinn? Have Gone Oat of Business Since the Lute Festal Ruling*. The recent ruling of the postoffice department on second class matter, says the Mail Order Journal, has wrought devastation among the mail order monthlies. Before that ruling was made the total circulation of the well known mail order monthlies amounted to about 25.000,000 copies a month. Since then the following monthly publications have disap peared: Circulation. New \ork, Cheerful Moments 250,000 New York, Home Monthly 150,000 New York, Paragon Monthly. 150,000 New York, American Queen.. 140,000 New York, Evening Hours 100,000 Augusta, Me , Lane’s List 720,000 Waterville, Me., Sawyer’s Trio Waterville, Me., American Home 370,000 Waterville, Me , Home Queen 330,000 Boston, Cushman’s Six (only two of the six left) 1,200,000 Boston, Modern Women 400,000 Waterville, Me., Clifton Monthly 100,000 Richmond, Ind., Diguam’s Magazine 250,000 St. Paul, Minn., Mail Order Monthly 200,000 There has been absorbed by the Uncle Remus Magazine of Atlanta, Ga., the— Indianapolis (Ind.) Home Ma gazine 210,000 And by the People’s Popular Monthly of Des Moines the Des Moines (la.) Ladies’ Fa vorite Magazine 200,000 Suspended for financial rea aons: Oak Park (111.) Star Month ly 180,000 Long before the ruling of the postoffice department was annonuced there went out of existence in New York, Hearthstone 500,000 The following papers have aunun ced reductions in circulation: Copies. New York, Modern Stories, i educed by 175,000 Philadelphia, New Ideas 50,000 New York, Illustrated Com panion 110,000 Dansville, N. Y., Vick’s Ma gazine 150.000 Milwaukee, Badger 50,000 NO. 31