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THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
Volume XXXII.
presentments of
THE GRAND JURY
Some Important Recommen
dation On Various Lines
We the Grai and Jurors, clioseu and
t woru for tlie July term, 1915, of
yaitovv Superior Court, beg leave to
sU hujit the following General Pre
teutuieute:
We nave, by committee, ex
tuemed the books of the county
officers. In the brief time that we
hud we could only inspect books
BS to general correctness, aud we
recounuend that those books band
it the larger funds of the county
jhall be audited by an expert ac*
oouutant each year. We found al 1
t be books of the county officers neat
ly kept, aud in our judgment are
correct.
We have found the documeLts of
ouly six J. P.'s aud N. P.’s correctly
kept, aud sixteen not correctly kept.
We recommend the appointment of
H. M. Owens as N. P. aud J. P. for
14715 t District G. M.
We fiud the jail in a better sani
tary condition than has existed here
tofore, but some repairs are needed.
Leaks in the Kitchen, repairs on
valleys and gutters and roof of main
building, which can be done at small
cost.
We recommend tbe following re
pairs on court house.: Plaster has
talleo in several places ou aceouut of
small leaks in the roof. The steps in
tbe boiler room need repairs, aud the
ceiling to the east entrance is in bad
condition, and the Justice Court
room in bad condition.
We recommend that the Commie
missiouers investigate dilligeutly the
lapse of time between the payment
of’ taxes and payment of same into
Treasurer’s hands, aud if undue time
has existed to charge iuterest ou
same in their settlemeut wi;h the
Tax Collector. Au evil which we
recommend for correction is the re
turning of good aud yaluable land as
wild laud. The digest shows 26.534
acres of wild land in the county, val
ued at 177,252.00, which seems to us
wroug in view of the general im
proved condition of Bartow County
lands. We suggest that the Tax
Receiver call attention ot the tax
payer to the difference in law be
tween wild laud and improved land.
We recommend that our represen
tatives introduce and pass a bill
iucreas ng tlie commutation road tax
from 50c to §1 00 per day.
Wiih some exceptions the roads
are in fairly good condition. The
Urani Jury, as a body, inspected the
highway from Cartersville to uear
tlie Cobb couuty line. We louud
most of this road in very bad con
dition, and needing immediate work
in raising the center of the road b.'d,
tur'acing and in proper ditching.
The walls of the cuts are so near
I perpendicular they are alreadw full-
I mg off into the road and filling the
I ditches in places The road bed is
I new miff has been cut up into deep
1 1- ut-, and in many places are in very
I tad condition. Ou account of the
I great cost of this part of the road,
I we would urge immediate aud per*
I uiauent work. The highway from
B Cartersvi lle to Cassville also badly
■ •aeds surfacing aud ditching. Be*
■ loud Cassville conyict camp No, 2 is
I Wot k and doimr good work, but at
Bgreat disadvantage in net. having
l tlle road tied laid out by a couipe
|leni road engineer, which, if done,
■ would save a great deal of work,
luiake better roads for less money.
■ This camp has 23 convic:s, 22 mules
■ and necessary tools, making a good
B w orking force. They are now at
■ work 2 1-2 miles west of Cassville.
■ Camp No. 2is working on the road
l tr oin Cartersville to the Floyd county
■ J ' Ue v ’ia Euharlee. The warden es*
■ U| nates that it will take over three
■youths to complete the work to the
county line, The same con
■ ltionß prevail on this road as on
B e highway, yiz., bitter work could
■7 Ve been donp, much cheaper had
K e w °rk beeu located and surveyed
■T* a roa, l engineer. This road has
■ <a d good work done, but lacks sur
■Miny. atid permanent top dressing.
B, e rec °uimend that the warden at
camp repair the road leading
• roi n tbe main road ut jlacedonia
■ Urctl to Kingston. There is a
iW° a gli a short distance from the
Jjtfiway that is impassable. We
this will be repaired at once
■ also recommend the District
w a, nuiissiouers attend at on< e to the
■j.' 1 ert road where the same
* **es vome sloughs, aud also repair
K bridges on the Alabama road.
’ ’ u ' ' ct Gaug No. 1 consists of a
I '-otitinuecl on page three,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1915.
THE WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R.
I he Bartow grand jurors, in their presentments last week, which will
be found published in these columns, put themselves on record as favoring
the sale of the Western and Atlantic railroad and gave, briefly, their reas
ons therefor.
In this we believe the jurors acted wisely and illustrated with force
an courage a popular sentiment that prevails in the counties through
which the road runs.
I o begin with, the State of Georgia has no business to continue, if it
has been forced into it, in the railroad business. Besides, the whole mat
ter smacks smartly of paternalism, which has been a general unpopular
idea.
Of course, the disposition of the State road is a State matter, as the
road belongs to the State, but why should we continue running the State
road on a lease as the State’s property, when we get in fact, nothing in
return for it.
This is J shown in the balance which the rental and the interest
amounts which, when compared one with the other, are about the same.
As fast as we North Georgians become wise to the situation we begin
to conclude that the best thing to do is to sell the road, just as the grand
jurymen concluded by their wise action. Even ten years ago it would
have hardly been possible to have gotten such an expression from a North
G ergia ju y.
/
I he people are getting tired of bearing the burden of the large amount
of litigation that comes of the railroads affairs, and no reimbursement for
the same. If the road were in the hands of a corporation we would get
taxes to compensate us on this expense.
fake the matter of improvements in the towns and con munities
along the road, and what do we get? The big systems like the Southern,
Seaboard and Central have their active bureaus that invite immigration to
points on their lines and offer all sorts of inducements to the new set
tler. Why? Because building up and improving in the localities they
touch they increase business and increase the value of their property. Such
would be the case with the W. & A. if the road belonged to a corporation.
The question oi paralleling the W. & A. road develops a lot of inter
est, and people think both ways about the matter. For ourselves we want
to see all the railroads built that the condition of the country demands and
will stand, and there’s where the W. & A. and its paralleling prohibition
works us a harm. While South Georgia is getting to be the seat of a net
work of railroads, built to develop her varied resourses, North Georgia
must be content with one straight line north and south, that adds nothing
to our material growth that its narrowed plan of operation don’t compel.
This is neither justice or good sense, We need more railroads, running
north, south’, east and west as our growing interest warrants and demands.
Of course, if we want to continue to own and run rhe W. 6c A. road
just for the fun of the thing, it looks like there would be a reasonable call
for some safeguard or protection to its interests.
A great danger confronting the road as the State’s property is the pos
sibility of all through connections being cut off at its termini, as every sys
tem is looking out for itself and who cares who’s bottled up if certain in
terests are taken care of? A bottling up of the railroad, making it a local
road would work disaster to the property and seriously menace the growth
and welfare of the section through which it passes.
This thing of extending the road to the sea is all bosh. The road
would have as few chances for through connections, at least at Chatta
nooga, as it has now, and it would be a silly piece of paternalism.
Through the sale of the road the State debt could be wiped out, com
munities now without favors would have their interests steadily furthered,
and the State itself would in many ways be bettered by the transaction.
CURRAN MAXWELL
DIES AT M LOG
Prominent and Popular Citi
zen Passes Away Tuesday.
Mr. Curreu Maxwell died at hi
lioiae at Pine Lor Tuesday.
He had been ill for about eight
years, aud though tbe physiotans
were never certain in their diagnosia
of hie malady, it ws thought
Hrights disease caused his death,
Mr. Maxwel[ was an industrious,
correct business inan for about eleven
■*—• • • •- *.-v* .’■*-*" ****** :• •*♦ W--, ,v,
years at Pine Log, a member of the
firm of Maxwell Brothers.
His illness coming on, he gaye up
business, aud bore with patience and
resignation his suffering.
He was very kind hearted aud bad
many friends.
He was the youngest of the Max
well brathers. The older ones who
survive him are :George, Oliver, Rob
ond Welter Max-well.
Mr. Max wall was born and reared
in Batrow county.
The funeral took plaoe Wednesday
and was large.y attended.
A sign!fluent scene was the large
number of colored people who at
tended the funeral, and reviewed
with sorrow the remains before con
signed to tbe graye. Mr . Maxwell
Lad been a friend te tbe colored
people, as well as the whites.
Mhe funeral services were conduct*
by Rev. Mr] Barton.
INE W. C. I. U.
MONTHLY MEETING
Interesting Program For
Next Wednesday
The regular monthly meetio g o
the W. C. T. Union will be held at
the home of Mrs. George Howard on
Leake street, Wednesday afternoon,
I a ugust 4th. at 3:30 o’clock, Mesdames
Howard aud Blackwell, hostesses.
The subject for fhe afternoon is
•‘The Children’s Work.”
j ■' • r •
After the business meeting the fol*
lowng program will be given:
Devotional .........Mrs. A. W. Dodd
Our Children’s Work
Mrs. J. W. Jones
Women and Children First
Mrs. Tom Foster
Song—Yooug Campaigners
Miss Sarah Jones
If .We Knew
Miss Catbrine Hammond
We Must Have More Boys
Miss Addle Rhodes
Song—All Around the World
Cathrine Bolah
A Neglected Opportunity
Virginia Gaines
The Influence of a Song
Gladys Watkins
Nearer My God to Thee
Mrs. A. B. Cunyus
What Will Become oj Our Children?
Nellie Foster
A Pledge
Evaus Ford
Throw a Line
Oren Sanders
After the program there will be a
social hour and eyery ui-uuoer is
urged to bring anew member.
Why They Went to School.
The muster of Manchester Gram
mar school says that to the ques
tion, “Why do boys go to school?'’
put to a number of scholars one re
ply read. “To learn to en>oy life
while young.” Another boy wrote,
“If I didn’t go ! would noi be joy
ous, us f am notv.” A thml went to
echaol “to help to enlighten other
peeple’s burdens,” a fourth “to learn
how to get the right change for a
ten shilling piece.”—St. James’ Ga
zette.
A RsthseHild Arsenal.
The Austrian Rothschilds are
only mem per* of the family to manu
facture arm ameats. As proprietor of
the Wittkowirz irou works in Moravia,
Baron I.onis de Rothschild, the bead of
the Austrian branch, furnishes the
army with metal for its guns and the
navy wiih armor plates. These huge
works, the technical organization of
which is perfect in every detail, have
grown out of a small foundry pu#-
chased by the late Baron Albert de
Rothschild Tte development of the
Austrian railway system is also closely
connected with the Rothschilds. They
financed the two largest nes in the
e rr ”‘i'o ihe north and south lines—and
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