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THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
Volume XXXII.
DON’T FORGET THE
HOME SUPPLY CROPS
Prepare For These With
Home Made Fertilizers.
Atlanta, December 21—While find
ing abundant cause for congratula
tion In the conditions surrounding
the Georgia farmer today as com
pared with those of Christmas time
a year ago, the state department of
agriculture feels there is consider
able distauce yet to be traveled be,-
fore reaching normal, healthy times
ot peace, con f entment aud plenty on
the farm.
"We have taken a long step in the
right direction,” said Commissioner
J. D. Price. “We have cancelled
most of our old debts and made
tbings easier. But it is going to
take another good year to put the
Georgia farmer ahead, and the far
mer himself must carry a large part
of the responsibility for it.
"Cotton seed ha- brought an enor
unous price and, naturally, the mills
4o not sell meal and other products
as cheaply as in the past. There is
very little potash in Georgia this
■year, and there will be less next year-
Cotton seed meal and acid phosphate
will, of course, be much higher.
"It becomes a question, therefore,
for each man to consider how he is
going to raise cotton without fertili
zers, or at least, without the same
quality of fertilizers he has been able
to secure heretofore,
"This situation will, within itself,
reduce cotton production next year.
We can raise corn ou our land with
out so much high grade fertilizer, or
that with the potash ingredient.
We should give our attention to
what we can do and do well.
"The farmers of Georgia, many of
them, possib.y made some money
the past year, but it tooa it all to
meet their 1914 obligations. Still,
they have more home supplies than
ever before, and I want to beg of
them not to forget the home supply
proposition lor 1916. It means profit
to them, for with food supplies
grown at home, they will get just as
(much money from their cotton as if
rihey raised a bumper crop.
|a“For the benefit of the farmers cf
Georgia I am having a careful analy
tic and study made of manures from
mule pens in Atlanta, from stock fed
cn certain foods; and the state chem
ist’has already asceitained that the
average manure both from mules and
cows contain anywhere from 1 to g
percent of available potash.
“You will readily understand and
eppieciate the value and importance
t f saving these manures and using
them under yjur crops. Every far
mer in Georgia scould get all the
hornemi de fertilizer he (can, and at
the same time he will be getting hogs,
cows, [mule colts ||animals which
will more than piy for themselves in
iLe price they will briug and the fer
.tiiizer they furnish.
“1 know ths has been preached to
jou for jears and years, but you
(have never had such an experience
is that of the fall of 1914, and you
>liould get ready now, in full time.
Conserve, strengthen and use care
fully the resources of the far a itself,
make home supplies, and next Christ
mas will be as far ahead of that to.
day as this Christmas is ahead of
Christmas 1914.”
Dixie's Fine Program.
The following is the program at the
Dixie for the coming week.
Thursday, December 28— Mary
Bickford iu “Madame Butterfly,”
John Luther Long’s classic.
Friday, December 24 17th chapter
of “The Diamond from the Sky”
South American Travel Pictures.
‘ aturdav, December 25 — Open at
1:30 -.’clock.
Mrs. Leslie Carter, America’s favor
ite in “The Heart of Maryland,’the
most thrilling play ever staged.
Monday, December 27 — Chapter 13
of “Seal cf the Navy,” Biograph
drama: Ediscn Comedy,
Tuesday 7, December 28 — Pauline
Frederick in a picturizat on of the
famous novel and play. "Bella Don
na,” by Robert Hutcheus and J. B
Fagan.
Wednesday, December 29
biook Blain and Alice Brady in “The
Boss,” by Edward Sheldon.
Pigs In Georgia.
The pigs in Georgia now number
o’er two miiiiou and represeut over
# 16,000,00 according to figures on live
tock aud crops just prepared by the
bureau of crop statistics at Washing
lon the Georgia chamber of com
merce, at the request of Hon. W. J.
Harris of the federal trade commis
sion. The figures show that Georgia
is advancing iu ail kinds of live stock
but particularly in swine and beef
cattle.
CHANCES IN BUSINESS
AND OTHER LOCATIONS
Some Tamilies and Business
Concerns Move Quarters.
The News hears of a number of
changes that have taken place and
will take place between now and the
end of the year in the loeatiou of fam
ilies and business concerns.
Mr, Walter White lias moved tiis
family from his place ou Leake Street
to his farm and Mr, J. Davis aud fam
ily have moved to Mr. WElite's city
home.
Mr, W, T. Puck tt will move the
first of the year to the C, M. Jones
farm, near Emerson, which he bought
recently.
Mr. M. Radebaugh will occupy Mr.
Puckett’s city home,
Mr. aud Mrs. J, M. Henson will oc
cupy a cottage to bo vacated ou
West Churchstreet.
Coi, aud Mrs. W. T. Townsend
will move from the home of Mrs. E.
N, Conyers the first of the year to
their home on Market stiect, which
they are having remodeled. Mrs.
Conyers will still occupy her own
home.
Mr, J. Davis will move his store
“The Red Star Store” on West Main
street to the old post office building
in Bank Block the first of the year.
Mr. F. E. Matthews will move from
his present temporary loeatiou on
Tennessee street, to the new Walton
building, on East Main street as soon
as it is teady for occupancy.
Farm Literature From High
Sources.
It’s an unusual thing for a South
ern paper to anuounce articles for
publication from Secretary AcAdoo,
Secretary Houston, Secretary Lane,
Secretary Daniels, Thomas A. Edi
son, Rear Admiral Peary, Champ
Clark, Henry Cabot Lodge, Luther
Burb&uK, John Burroughs, Senator
Tilman, James Whitcomb Riley .ud
Lyman Abbott; but all these m< n—
and a long list of others—have sent
contributions for a series of “Success
Talks” for southern farm boys and
girls iu The Progressive Farmer dur
ing 1916.
Other Progressive Farmer features
include a 52-week “Reading Course
iu Good Farming,” giving the boy
who cannot go to college the funda
mentals of agricultural science, and
a similar course for girls under the
heading, “How the Wide-Awake
Girls Learned Good Housekeeping ”
Every farmer whohas boys or girls
between 10 and 18 ought to be on the
lookout for these articles.
A Splendid Occasion.
On Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 22,
the Brimary department of the First
Methodist Sunday School met in the
Sunday School where a splendid re
production of 1 he scenes of Christ’s
na'ivity was given In this reprdue
tion was the sacred “S f ar of Bethle
hem” that lead the wise men to the
humble manger where the Savior of
the world waebom, Miniature repro
ductions of the “Shepherds watching
their sheep”, and of the wise men on
their sojourns through the deserts to
the heralded scene of a manger and
a babe “to be born in Bethlehem,”
In addition to these many recitations
were rendered aud many songs given
by the folks, all of which were in
keeping with the splendid progress
that this department of the Sunday
school has made aud is making, un
der the management of Mrs. Paul
Akin and her choir of teachers.
Treats were giveD to the little fel
lows, but the mist impressive part
of the whole service, was the giving
cf a very, very large offering by the
children to the children of uarters
ville, who are not so fortunate us
they in the good gifts of Santa Claus,
The officers and teachers of this
department, who aided in preparing
and rendering this program are as
follows: Mrs Paul Akin, superinten
dent; Miss Caroline Knight, teacher
of Ist grade; Mre. J. R. Wlii aker,
teacher of the second grade; Miss
Nannie Irick, teacher of the third
*rade; Miss Emma Jene Munford,
teacher of the lourth grade; Mrs.
Percy Renfroe, teacher of the fifth
gride; Miss Myrtice Adair, teacher
of the six!h grade; Mrs. W. M Me
Cafferty,teacher of the seventh grade
and Miss Mary Hill Jolly, secretary
of the department.
Mr. C. C. Pitman made a short
talk to the children at the close of
the serviie.
At the Episcopal.
There will be divine services at the
Episcopal church Sunday December
26 at eleven o’clock ana sermon by
the rector. Rev. J. TANARUS, Murrisb. The
public are cordially invited.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1915.
RICH ARE NOT MOST
AGREEABLE SHOPPERS
Experience of Atlanta Sales
Girls Interesting.
Atlauta, Ga., December 21. At
lanta society girls, who were criti
cized not long ago as caring more
about t ie bank accounts and auto
mobiles of their admirers than of the
sturdy manly qualities which a girl
is supposed to adore iu a man, have
had a second interesting indictment
brought agaiusf them. The criti
cism above referred to originated
from the remarks of a young man
who said that a man might as well
not try to go with "the t>est” girls in
Atlanta unless he was in a financial
position to take them to dances aud
theaters in an auto, and buy them
Bowers aud give them dinner parties
at the clubs.
The second criticism comes from
a shop girl in one of Atlanta promi
nent department stores. A reporter
interviewed her to see if the state
ment of sales girls in Bt. Louis that
soci ty women were the most impo
lite customers aud the hardest to
wait on, held good in Atlanta too.
“I am sorry to say that it does,”
said the young lady who works for
her living.
"The poor people and those whose
husbands make moderate salaries
the ktud they call ‘middle class’ in
novels, are almost always consider
ate in Atlanta, aud easy to wait on.
The rich girls, and their mothers too
are not only harder to pie .se, which
may tie natural, but generally speak
ing they are overtieuring and irrit
abh. Of course (here in iny excep
tions.
The elt ctiou of Colon?! IV liter P.
Audrews as potentate of Yaarab
Temple, will mean much to the Sbriue
in Atlauta and the Sou;!). Co.oml
Andrews has au unusual record as a
constructive worktf aud executive,
and those best acquainted with the
situation believe that the Shrine
wih see the most notab.e progress in
us history during his administration.
When Colonel Andrews was head
of the loca Elks be originated
aud carried forward the movement
which gave tfie Atlanta B. P. O. E
the finest club bouse of any lodge in
the southeastern states,
As u member of the Georgia legis
lature he has rendered unusual ser
vice to the state, and as a special
commissioner to European countries,
appointed by President Wilson, he
did a great dt al to interest European
countries iu the Panama Pacific Ex
pos.lion
TIME OF MYSTERY.
(Chattanooga New’S.)
My folks act funny nowadays—
-1 can’t tell what isgoin’ on.
When Ma comes in she always says:
“What bundles came when I was gone?”
An’ if I touch a closet door,
Or hunt for playthiugs anywhere;
Somebody runs across the floor
An’ says I “mustn’t go in there.”
My sister talks a heap with Ma.
But whispers when I come aroun’ —
An’ they hide things away, so Pa
Won’t see ’em when he comes from town —
I told Pa all about it, too,
He only laughed, an’ said to me:
“This time o’ year it’s be3t for you
Not to observe the things you see.”
Last night I heard Pa go down stairs,
When all us folks hid gone to bed,
I heard him bump into some ehairs—
I dasseot say the things he said.
This mornin’ then I ast him what
The matter was, an’ Pa he seemed
Put out, an said I only thought
I heard him, an’ he guessed I dreamed.
There’s packages behind the bed
In Ma’s room, when I found them there
I ast her what they was, she said:
“Have you been lookin’? I declare!”
An now they’re gone; but there’s a lot
Of bundles iu the garret, though,
An’ Ma says she won’t tell me what
They are, for I don’t need to know.
Ma hides things from sister —yes
An’ sister hides them from Ma.
They’re sewing somepin’, not a dress,
An’ both of them hide that from Pa.
There’s somepin’ poked behind the books —
Bat Pa he’s gone an’ turned the lock;
An’ near as I can see, it looks
Like somepin’ hid behind the clock.
My folks act funny—l can’t see
Why they should drop everything
An’ pick some errand out for me
Whenever they hear our bell;
An’ I ain’t treated right, nohow—
It don’t seem just exactly fair,
Wherever I am started now,
One of em’ says “Don’t go in there!”
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
GETS A GREAT BOOST
Success of Program Laid Out
For Last Week.
Cartersvlile’a new Christmas spirit
boost was a success, barring the bad
weather.
Friday afteruoon, the time cboseo
for displaying the Christmas tree on
the square, proved a raiuy time, the
elements weeping incessantly thru
the day and the important event had
to be postponed to Saturday after-'
noou.
Ou that afternoon near five o’clock
several hundred children marched
from the Presbyterian oh.uroh to the
public square and there sang the
Christmas Carols.
Tne lights were thrown on and a
number of beautiful electric effects
were visible, not the lease of these
being the brilliant Christmas tree
with its many colored bulbs shiulug
gorgeously about aud over the gr en
boughs. The Christmas tree was
lighted a number of times.
Throughout the main part of the
city additional electric lights bad
been put ou and these gave a cheery
glow to the scenes on the streets.
The weather was the only barrier
to the success of the plans, but the
children braved this which was even
bad on Saturday evening, and ped
estrians moved about as though they
didn’t mind the raw air and sloppy
ground.
Altogether, the Christmas spirit
boost was well catried through and
we trust the results will prove worthy
the effort
For Improving the Service.
Representatives from every large
city in Georgia aud uine other south
eastern states were present in At
lanta at the recent conference on
maintenance and improvement of
telephone lines, held by the Southern
Bel! and the Cumberland Teiepone
companies.
Not only were the general ques
tions of maintenances safeguarding
arv(l improvement of toll plants dis
cussed, but important plans were
outlined for improvements through?
out this section.
One of the most interesting points
brought out was the mag.tfceut
growth of the rural telephone service
in the southeast during the past rew
years, rapidly approaching a time
when no farm will be complete with
out the advantage of a phone.
Among the notable addressee were
those delivered bv First Vice Presi
dent J. Epps Brown and Chief En
gineer George J. Yundt.
PLAN A PROHIBITION
PARTY FOR GEORGIA
All Counties To Have Candi
dates Representing Cause.
An Atlanta dispatch to the Augus
ta Chronicle says:
A state campaign for all offices, all
along down the line, probibly will
not develop iu advance of the next
state election, but it is'a cerlainty,
based ou authoritative statements,
that every county in the state is go
ing to be made a party to the state
campaign, and that a part of that
campaign is going to be fought out
iu the county itself.
The prohibition party is going to
try in the next eleotion to take
Georgia.
Developments in the gubernatorial
situation have come a little iu ad
vance of the time Intended, due to
the fact that the plans beoatue known
and Governor Harrl*' candidacy fo.
re-election was found out Hbout a
week before they would have been
made public. That, too, has served,
in a way, to rather force other de
velopments, and has brought to light
the fact that not only will the prohi
bition pirty have its finger iu the
gubernatorial race, which it expect*
to be able to oarry, but that (he pre
sent intention of the party is to have
a finger in preity much every county
race to be run in the state.
As was outlined in yesterday’s
news stores, the prohibition party
has for the past six or seven months
been engaged In building up an
enormous political maohine in Geor
gia. How well plans have been cat
rled out the n< xt state primary will
show. In the minds of those who
baye*eogiueered the oon-tructioo it is
going to show all they claim for it,
and certainly they have some ma
terial on which to base their claims.
But, this has not all been done
with a veiw solely to electing the
governor next time, merely lu order
to justify those oonditions which the
prohibition party has brought about
in the state. The election of a' gov
ernor at this time, they hold, is to
establish in the minds of the people
the fact that they are what say they
•re, Bu 1 ; it goes deeper thau
that. The purpose is to organize
the next legislature of Georgia,
house and senate out of men who are
to be elected as prohibition candi
dates by their respective counties.
It is the purpose to see to it that
every county candidate for the legis
lature, in the next election, shall
have unequivocally declared himself
on the principle of prohibition, that
his record has been looked into, and
that he shall have the stamp of ap
proval of the party before ho is
elected,
Other things, of course, will enter
into the local campaigns aud there
will be local issues on which many
of those legislature campaigns will
be fought, but primarily prohibition
and enforcement of the prohibition
laws will be the issue.
This is a statement of conditions
made on revelations during the past
week, and what it is asserted by
those who are back of the new rne
ohine have been accomplished during
the past six months.
That the backers have gone about
tbe whole situation systematically
they assert to be a fact, and the signs
of their system are visible. To in
sure a prohibition legislature when
the next oue is organized, and at tbe
same time to insure enforcement
during the brief interval cf the new
laws which have been passed by the
present legislature, county enforce
ment leagues, which are really bn f
branches of the central body of the
state prohibition party, are said to
have been fdrtned. These are di
rected and backed and kept .coving
by local committees yaryiug lu size
from uiue to seventy in a countv.
Four-fifths of the state, it is claimed,
have already been covered by the
organization, and in four fiths of
the counties there is a local organi
zation.
Some of the claims made are
b.ard;someof the objects aimed at
are big; the general purpose is gigan
tic. Results are going to tel) when
the time comes. The organization
asserts that it is “results that count.”
Meeting of Stockholders.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Bank of Cartersville, Cartersvil’e
Georgia, will be held in its banking
house on Thursday January 13th
1916 at 11 o’clock A, M. fo tbe elec
tion of directors for the ensuing year
and for the transaction of such other
b .siness as may legally ccme before
t h >m.
O. M. Milam, Cashier.
Number 57
COMMITTEE THANKS
NULLING HELPERS
Successful Celebration
Brings Forth Acknow
ledgement Of Gratitude.
The great success of the holiday dgy
and night display in CartersviUe last
Saturday could not have been accom
plished without the co-operation of
those W'ho contributed in work and
effort and money toward making it
what it was, and this committee feels
that a public acknowledgment is duo
those who assisted the committee in
bringing about a celebration which has
done so much good In creating and
stimulating a Christmas spirit and in
terest in each other.
We are especially grateful to Mrs.
H. P. Womelsdorf because of the un
selfish and splendid effort she gave to
the Instruction of the children in tUe„
singing of the Christmas carols. Meet
ing them daily and training them ta
sing the music, with which they wera
not familiar, through a period .of
weather not at all favorable, wa3 u
labor of love which she performed so
well as to arouse the enthusiasm ot
the children and to cause them to join
whole-heartedly in lifting their voices
in melodies that pleased and inspired
everyone who heard them. The thanks
of the community, as well as of this
committee are due her and a recogni
tion of her value to the success of tha
entertainment is freely acknowledged,
We wish to extend thanks to the
city government for their hearty .
and cordial co-operation given the
enterprise. Mayor G. W. Young
and Commissioners R. M. Gaines
and W. R. Satterfield have ebown
commendable seal and Interest in
the tender of official help and
recognition. The city street forces as
well as the electric Tight department
was tendered and worked unreserved
ly for the success of the entertainment.
We especially thank Mr, J. E. Wikle,
the superintendent of public utilities;
Mr. J. C. Caldwell, head of the street
department, as well as those who did
the actual labor in these departments,
Messrs. E. G. Mabry, Jake Webb and
Jim Wells and Messrs. Harry Cald
well and Vester Payne and Hort Hazle
wood and Will Bradley.
We extend thanks to Miss Maybelle
Jones, Mrs. W. J. Ham, Mrs. Frank
Matthews and Mrs. J. N. Weems for
the service rendered by them in dec
orating the tree and making it com
plete in its artistic effect.
We want to thank the Board of Ed
ucation of CartersviUe and the super
intendent of schools, Prof. H. L.
Sewell, and the principals and teach
ers of the schools, all* of whom con
tributed their active support and co
operation and presence In the train
ing of the children for the singing of
the carols. We needed their help and
it was given us freely and heartily.
We wish to thank the deacons of
the Presbyterian church for the use
of the church through the two weeks
in which the children were trained. •
And to the children, we are indebted
to an extent that we are unable to
properly express. Their participation
and presence brought out everybody
and their enthusiasm and sweet
throats thrilled and delighted all who
heard them. We certainly hope that
Santa Claus will remember each and
every one of them.
To all who lent assistance and en
couragement in any way, this commit
lee extends thanks, and, representing
the business and mercantle interests
of Cartersville. we extend wishes for a
merry Christmas and a happy New
Year.
W. H. LUMPKIN,
BEN C. GILREATH,
E. G. SHAW,
E. E. ADAIR,
O. T. PEEPLES,
Executive Committee.
< Y. M. C. A.
There is a movement on foot to or
ganize a Young Men’s Christian As
sociation in Cartersville, with quar
ters in the new building being erected
by Mr. W. C. Walton. We know of
no other organization that is doing
as much for boys and young men as
the Y M. C. A. It encourages clean
life and babits, inspires Christian
ideals and affords a meeting place for
boyßinao)ean atmosphere. Insuial
towns where these places are so
lacking nothing can take the p see of
a Y. M C. A. and we hope tbe efforts
of Mr. Haines and those associated
with him will meet with success.
Returns to New York.
Mr. G. E. Gould, of New York City
bas n turned to bis home after a visit
to his son, Mr. E. W. Gould,