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Volume XXXII.
CURRENT THINGS FROM
UN AMU VIEW
Sundry Topics Treated In
,\n Entertaining Way.
Atlanta. Ga., May 18.-“ That old
L, horse of the legislature, ' the
Jl‘ ’ eo inia it tee, has been ridden to
E , t „ and is in line for a tirst class
■ funeral (do flowers'); according to the
Lview of the leaders who are going to
■ , llt for real prohibition this sums
■ j]e f*
I l-’ditOi G. VV. Eicbelberger, of the
■Georgia Common wealth, says that
■ liquor interests have ridden the
K mmittee until it is spavined and
I'ruken in the wind, and suffering
■ row the glanders.
I HeSI ,ytliHt the incoming legiela
|lire, in adopting new rules, should
I I)rv the old horse and sing a re-
Euiew over its corpse.
■ Tme and again,” lie says, this
■ounuittee has strangled important
Illation in favor of the interests
[■gainst the people. The idea of two
limn controlling the house of repre-
I ■,-utatives is absurd. A majority of
I I legislature should always rule
j l, e ru i eß committee, and pass the
I jMws the people want passed,of what
-9 imcr nature.
■ ‘The lust legislature became very
■red of the domination of two men,
1,(1 this next legislature, if wise, will
Iriect this evil. There will, of
be a motion to adopt the
lies of the last legislature, and uie
8., ibis matter is looked after in
trance, the halter wiil be put on
ftaiu before the new members real'
B-it."
■flie spacious an 1 splendidly lighted
■uquet and assembly hall of the
Hotel Atudey was turned into a uio>
B picture studio recenty by the
Bitary Club of Atlanta, a prominent
Bic organization, which decided to
Brpetuate its membership by mak*
B a motion picture roster, the first
Bohably obtained by any club in
B world,
§ , Ansley assembly hall, one of
Be largest and most beautiful of its
Bnl in the south or east, lent itself
B'orably to the undertaking, and a
■ting moving picture was made of
Bh member of the club, so that a
I drill years from now Atlantians
Bbe at)!o to see on ttie screen just
But kind of men helped build the
B hi lfil.'), and what kind of clothes
i*y wore, and how they smiled, and
TH* ther any of their front teeth
lßu missing.
IBn the meantime, the roster will be
Jrinl to San Francisco this summer
Jfi exhibited in connection with the
Brnational convention.
B i measure proposed for consider'
by tin* incoming legislature is
H ll '' 11 ' "mre interest or more gen*
Hlly latomble comment than the
iiient to Georgia's new insur'
'H ,i luw which will provide for the
■Hiishmeiit of a separate oilicers
ranee commissioner,
B' '' lt I’ 1 ' ‘sent, constituted the duties
H' M ' uiice commissioner are merged
W those of comptroller general
pi in of change is to leave the
HTHuiier general’s office exactly
H 1 pi-.-..-nr constituted except in
I of separating that of
commissioner from 't eu'
■ v.
iH lI,J I'i'oposeci amendment will pros
timt the iii'urance commissioner
be a man technically trained
"ble to see that, the insurance
B* !l, e out so as to work a maxis
| B 1 benefit to the public
I is stated that this separation
H change in the interest of effle-
B- ,!aii he brouglit about without
■ ■nuti-rial additional expense to
■ state.
■B’ 1 ' thoiuas, a noted Georgia
H &c, ” r ’ known by the startling
■tifuuH 0 f Times,” lias been
of murder, following tlie
W'~ ’f his nephew in a Christmas
LBiration and has been sentenced
years in tne peniteu
-1 B ' o ' vill -the convention in Ameri-
IH 1 ’ 1 ' 1 re t ur u to Atlanta of Col.
uBp r ,K^rews and his party,
■H hieorgia are uniting in
T ■ tins year and bring the 1910
■ ■“a' Uks convention to Atlanta.
lll hews and other prominent
■ B r!! ' uu °ng tlm Elks are confident
B j 88 will attend their efforts, •
If hiks have never met in a
Bj C ' ty a s t ro,! K sentiment
B 1 cx ists in favor of Atlanta.
B s giand lodge and na- !
■ C 0Q verjtioi meets in Los*
THEXARTERSVIIXE NEWS
ANNUAL DECORATION
DAY AT CASSVILLE
Rev. L. G. Hames, Orator
Of the Day, Pleases.
The minuai decoration of the
graves of Confederate soldiers at the
Cassville cemetery took place Satur
day.
The crowd was not as large as
usual but there was much inter
est by those attending and the
exercises were particularly interest
ing.
The orator of the day was Rev. L.
G. Hauits, and he was introduced by
Col. W. C. Henson.
Mr. Hames’address was a scholarly
treatment of the Confederate cause,
and the services of the southern,sol
dier and stirred liis heareis by its
patriotism.
Mr. O. P, Hargis, a Confederate
veteran, sang impressively a song,
the words of which was composed
partly by himself and partly by a
comrade from Tennessee.
Mrs. Paul Crawford, Mrs Will
Chum, Miss Pittard and Dr, Wilson
sang impressively, ‘"Tenting On lhe
Old Camp Ground.”
The exercises closed with the plac
ing of flowers on the soldiers’ graves.
Death of a Child.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. Porter, of Birmingham, sympa
thize with them in their recent be
reavement. After an illness of i 11st
a weeK, Frances, their youngest
daughter, died at ear'y dawn Satur
day morning
Mrs. Alfred Williams, grandmother
of the little girl, and Mrs, J. W.
Vaughan, an aunt, were summoned.
They went to Birmingham and at
tended the funeral.
Angeles in July, and it is at that
time that Atlanta’s representation
will be made.
In tlie event that Georgia is suc
cessful, this state will have the honor
or ei tertaining ths largest conven
tion that lias t-ver come south,
exceeding in size tiie magnificent
convention of the Shriners of North
America held here last year.
Over 250 tourists in sixty or seventy
autoiuiles are planning to set out
from Atlanta this Saturday, May 22,
for the big tour around Georgia.
The route has already been pub
lished, and every town and city which
will be touched by the tourists is
planning entertainments and stunts
typical of Georgia hospitality.
All the Atlanta newspapers will
send reporters and photographers
along on the trip, a*nd it appears
that interest in such tours, which
lias suffered a relapse during the
past couple of years, bids fair to be
strongly revived.
The first instance in Georgia of a
I lady acting-as mail carrier on a rural
free delivery route is reported to
Atlanta headquarters from tl e town
of Newton.
Rural Mail Carrier Perry Cline was
stricken with appendicitis while out
on route No. 2, from Catawba, and
was unable to complete his trip. He
telephoned to Catawba for help, and
Miss lsla Moore, postal clerk, carried
medical aid to him and and then fin
ished the mail on his route, while the
sick man was hurried to a sanitarium
and operated on.
Uncle Sam is planning new de
signs ana further changes in the
country’s silver money, and by next
year ten, twenty-five and fifty cent
pieces of unfamiliar design will make
tbeir appearance.
This information comes from fed
eral officials who have it direct from
Robert Wickliffe Woolley, the newly
appointed director of the mint.
Starting at both ends of the cur
rency, the gold and copper, the treas-'
ury is working toward a complete
change in coin design. The new ren
and twenty dollar gold pieces were
followed by the Lincoln pennies, and
more recently the Buffalo nickels
were put in circulation.
For saving Miss Emma B. Fincher,
of Atlanta, from drowning off St.
Simon's Island, Leopold F. Arnold,
age twenty-seven and a native
Georgian, h s been awarded the
Carnegie medal for b niverv.
The award was me of twmf\ -two
made at the spring meeting of the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.
Arnold rescued Miss Fincher from
the surf at great risk to his own life.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MAY 20. 1915.
DEATH OF MRS.
WILLIAM RRANDON
Well Known and Popular
Lady Passes Away.
Mrs. William J. Brandon died at
her home near Euhariee Tuesday.
She had been complaining and was
sitting talking to her daughter,
when she suddenly seemed to col
lapse. Her lips quivered, she gave
a few gasps and was dead in her
chair. Heart trouble, perhaps at
tended by a rheumatic attack is
thought to have been the cause of
her death.
Mrs. Brandon was the widow of
tiie late William J. Brandon, who
died several years ago.
Surviving her are three daughters
ami two sons. These are: Mrs. Jack
Beazley, Mrs. Clarence Dodd, Miss
Maud Brandon, Messrs. Walter Bntn
don and Paul Brandon.
Mrs. Brandon was originally a Miss
Kirkham. She was a woman of
much strength of character, was a
member of the Methodist church and
a true Christian. She possessed
many friends.
The funeral took place at Stiles -
boro Wednesday at 12 o’clock, Rev.
H. M. Stozier, of Kingston, assisted
by Rev. Mr, Norton, of Stilesboro,
conducted the services.
Wallace Keys Goes Free.
Wallace Keys, who was held for
investigation of the case of the
mysterious shooting of Mrs. Keys,
was turned loose today.
There werp two sperific charges
againt him, one for carrying con
cealed weapons and the other for
selling whiskey. He was turned
loose in both the-e eases, there being
no proof in either case.
fn the the shooting case not war
rant had been issued and there was
no prospeution in the case.
Mrs. George Brown and children
have returned from Louisville where
they have been for tiie past six
inontns. Mr. and Mrs Brown have
been studying at the Baptist Semi
nary. Mrs. Brown will spend the
summer with Mrs. J. B. Foster.
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Mrs. L. O. Middleton
Sceue from the -Black Box,’’ Dixie Eve-y Tuesday.
MISS MIDDLETON, OF
KANSAS, IS COMING
Noted Temperance Worker
Will Visit the County.
Mrs. Middleton, of Kansas City,
Mo., national organizer of the W. C.
T. U., will spend eight days in Bar
tow county, May 23-20.
Sunday Afternoon, Emerson;
evening, Kingston.
Monday Morning, Cartersville
public Schools.
Tuesday— Evening, Euhariee.
ednesday Afternoon, reception
to public school teachers of Bartow
county and Carterßuille at the resi
dence of Mrs. Sam .Tone, by W. C.
T. U.; evening, Union service at Sam
Tones Memorial church.
Thursday—Afternoon, Rebecca
Chapel; eyening, A‘co.
Friday Afternoon, Ferrotmtte ,
evening, medal contest at East Side
Baptist church.
Saturday—Evening, White.
Sunday’—Evening, Folsom; even-
Adairsville.
Mrs. Middleton is a speaker of
great ability and i 11 who hear her
will be charmed.
Her specialty is “cientific Temper
ance and iier work among the child
ren and young peopm is very effect
ive.
The reception at the home of Mrs.
Sam Jones on Wednesday afternron
will be especially for the school
teachers of Bartow county and Car
tersville and all the members of the
W. C. T U. in the county.
Tiie president of local union, Mrs.
Cunyus, tiie vice presidents, the
ministers’ wives in Cartersville, Miss
Jessie Burton and Mrs. Mary Free
man are invited to assist Mrs. Jones
and Mrs. Middleton in receiving tiie
ti e guests.
Wednesday evening at 7:30 there
will be a union service at the Sam
Jon s Memorial church, and Mrs.
Middleton will sneak on tiie great
net and of organized temperance work
in tliis state for national constitu
tional prohibition.
Mrs. Cunyus will sing, ‘‘A Saloon
less Nation in 1020.”
Thursday ■'evening at 7:00 o’clock
there will he a medal contest at the
A UNIQUE STORY
OF TWO FAT HENS
How Bud Smith Carried
Them Around Unawares.
Btul Smith, who was a candidate
in the late race for tax collector, tells
a good one on himself, now that the
race is over, but dared not. let the
story get out before the election, and
the tiling that menaced him was the
fact tiiat a certain citizen who had
got on to Hie story kept twitting
him with the query, "‘How about
those hens?” when Bud would iuya
riably say, “We’ll talk about that
later.”
It seems that. Bud, in his many
stops in the county during his can
vass, took into his possession a couple
of big, fat liens, and he didn’t know
where he got them.
He was riding along with another
candidate with him, when he heard
a fluttering sound in the back of liis
buggy. He thought it was the top
flapping about fiom tTie vibrations
of the vehicle, but tiie sound was re
peated so often that he was impelled
to stop and investigate. He found a
hen down in the roar riggings of the
buggy.
Ii for if, lie made a confident of
his companion, who promised dire
secrecy over ihe discovery. This hen
was tied and put where she couldn't
get away, and a few miles were cov
ered when another flopping sound
was heard at the back of tiie buggy.
Another, investigation and another
hen was discovered. This was too
much, but she, too, was tied.
But after a drive, after the other
candidate bad left him, one of the
hens got loose and took to the road,
and such a drive to recapture her, in
which proceeding two ladies took
part, using their aprons as the usual
“shoo’’ flag. The hen was driven
into a barn and as she made a flying
lush for liberty one of the lad Us
caught her in her apron.
Bud carried those liens in home
and anybody having lest, two hens
can get them by calling on him and
describing their property.
Bud thinks now of the story of tiie
candidate telling his wife they had
told it on him lie had stolon a sheep
“You didn’t,” she said, “and J would
let tin in tell if.”
“Yes, but wife,” said he, “if I stav
in the race a week longer they will
prove it.”
And this is the reason Bud didn’t
want the story to get out before the
election as being charged with steal
ing chickens would be next to that
of stealing a sheep; but how or
when those hens got into that buggy
is a mystery to him, unless, at some
place he stopped they flew into the
buggy for scraps of feed or to roost
and the top being down formed a
kind of trap from which they couldn’t
get out.
East Side Baptist church. Ten
children will speak and the Sun
beams o e that church will furnish
the choruses and Mrs. Cunyus will
sing.
Mis. Middleton will deliver the
m ‘d a I.
The W. C. T. U.’s of Cartersville
are looking forward with great pleas
ure to Mrs. Middleton’s visit.
Memorial Service.
A beautiful memorial service was
held at the Piesbyterian church last
Sunday night. It was coimuemora
tive of the members of the church
who have died during the pastorate
of Rev. L. G. Hames covering a
period of five years.
Papers were read on those ruling
elders who have died, as follows |
Judge T. W. Milner by W.C. Walton*
George 8. Crouch by Josepn 8. Cal-
houn; Johu T. Owen by Captain J.J
Calhoun; T. C. Milner by M. L.
Johnson; J. W. Brown by Walter
Aserman.
There iiave been fifteen members
of the church that have died in five
years and upon the lives and religi
ous work of these the pastor. Rev.
Hames, touched in appropriate
remarks.
The music of the service wus ap
propriate and beautiful.
There will be an ice cream festival
n the Cassville park W dnesday
night, May 26th, the proceeds of
which will be used in paying for the
piano in the Bapti-t ehuroh. Every
body cordially invite 1 to be present.
It is a source of regret that Miss
Williams was forced to close the
Cartersville hospital. Bhe is now at
home with Rev. and Mrs. Conway
bhe has a few patients w th her.
DEATH OF MRS.
HARRIETT COOPER
She Was Buried Beside Her
Husband At Glen Holly.
Mrs. Harriett Cooper died at the
home of her son, Mr. J. P. Cooper in
Rome last Saturday and the remains
were brought here Monday for fu
neral and interment.
Sunday’s Rome Tribune- Herald
lias the following notice of her death:
Early Saturday morning at the
home of her son, Mr. J. P. Cooper,
near Rome, Mrs. Harriet C. Cooper
passed quietly to rest For nearly a
year she had been in bad health, but
-lie had been able t.) be up and min
gle with her friends until about April
first. Since then she has been con
fined to her room the most of the
Line and grew gradually weaker
until the end came.
Funeral services will be conduced
by her pastor. Rev. W. L. Walker, at
the home of Mr. Cooper this after
noon at 4:30 o’clock, and the body
will he taken Monday morning to the
family burying ground, Glenholly,
near Cartersville, where her husband
is buried.
Mrs. Cooper was born in 1837 at
LawrencevilD, Ga., and was the
daughter of Mr. A. R. Smith. Short
ly after 1850, she moved with her
parents to Rome, and not long after
ward- was married to Mr. John F.
Cooper, of this city. When the civil
war began, Mr. Cooper formed a
company for the Confederate army
and entered the service as a captain
and promoted to major for gallantry
on tiie li 4(1.
At the first battle of Manassas he
lost ins life, leaving his wife with
three small sons. While the war
continued, Mrs. Cooper lived with
her lather in Alabama, not far from
Columbus, Ga., and when it was
over she was left almost single
handed, to support and educate her
children. Her home had been sold
tor Confederate money, then worth
less. her cotton had been burned.
Undaunted by the prospects of hard
ships, Mrs. Cooper returned to Home
and opened a private school for
children on the spot where the First
Methodist church now stands. In
her teaching she was most successful,
and scores of the best men and wo
men in Rome and vicinity can testify
to her thorough instruction both in
books and in the principles of right
living.
The school of Mis. Cooper was tl e
uuelf us about which developed the
Cherokee Baptist Female College.
This institution in turn became
Shorter College, so that in a very retq
sense Mrs. Cooper was a member of
its faculty until she retired from
active work. Her work /is a teacher
covered a period of twenty two
years, from 1860 to 1888, when good
teachers were more needed than at
almost any period of our history.
By means of her teaching, she was
able to support herself and family,
but she did not regard her work as
a means of making a Hying. She
loved to teach, and she was remark
ably gifted fur the work.
When a girl she joined the Presby
terian church, but after her marriage
she joined the First Baptist church
of this city with her husband, aud
was a devoted member uu!il her
dearh. Every phase of tile work of
her denomination and of the church
here was dear to her, but her special
interest was in the work of the la
dies’ society aud she was devoted to
its charitable undertakings, particu
larly.
M rs. Cooper was a Woman of strong
mental atility and of positive con
victions, yet she was most modest
and unassuming in her life, She was
lojal and devoted to iier friends
aud she never lost them. She gave
her sons the most careful home train-
ing aud fitted them for useful li\es.
They still survive her— J. P. Cooper,
of tins city, W. (i. Cooper, of Atlan
ta, and F. C. Cooper, of Gainesville,
Texas. She is also survived by two
sisters, Mrs. B. F. Joues and Mrs
Laura E. Cothran.
The pall bearers will be Messrs. .T.
N. King, It M. Harbin, J.R. McCain,
B. B. Norton, C. Terhune, Janies
Neal, A. S. H irvey aud VV. M.
Towers.
Ihe funeral at Glen Holly was at*
tended here by Messrs. Walter, Paul,
Frederica and John L. Cooper, the
Misses Cooper and other relative
aud a number of friends from this
city. Rev. Mr. Walker 'came down
from Rome to conduct the services.
Mrs. Keys Imroving.
Mrs, Wallace Keys is improving
and t he doctors think she has a good
chance to recover.
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