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volume XXXIV.
I MAIL CARRIER'S
NARROW ESCAPE
v r Henry Donahoo Drives
l M to Treacherous Waters.
u( . jo o'clock Friday after
i . hra.y23d, Henry M. Dona
carries the U. S. mail on
' ~ :>, was returning to Car
, when he attempted to cross
'' |, on the Chambers place met
H witll m accident from which he nar
caped loping his lifp, hie mail
1 , wrecked and his horse
' ‘ ; drowned. Mr. Donahoo has
, carrier ym this route for four
, ~ , u - and had crossed the slough
, ~V e ry day during that time
A ‘,. rv heavy rain had fallen arid
v ,wn Imc. ed up and standing
~U over the road. About two years
Mr Chambers dug a ditch to
drrtin his land, this ditch being some
„ , teet deep. The mouth of the
ditch was near thfe road and in at
t, , j.ting to cross-Mr. Donahoo drove
too 1 ur the mouth of the ditch, the
strong undercurrent sucking his
h, and mail cart into k the slough
mg his horse to jump, breaking
,;halv and harness and freeing him
.t>!f dr. Donahoo was holding a
l, ;,i i in with the lines through the
, ,-t . indow and wh-n his horse
j -tiped his hands were thrown with
fiu >. force against the cart wind w
that cue fiinger was broken, He
tin i, , limbed on the cart wheel and
hi . art went irtto the ditch he at
-1.1 i fed to climE) on top of the cart
~ : to he thrown underneath it and
c;!i I several hundred feet down
th- liichhythe swift current ami
v ii■ dup on a little island where
In wr • found by Messrs Chambers,
ii McCormick and Ingles and a
i. man* named Arthur Gelding,
■me to his as-Mu nee with dry
vii!lies. Mr. Donahoo was not in
■ i.l beyond the broken finger? and
k . vere nervous shock and will,
i ably be able to go back to work
h a tew days. He asks the News to
thank these men who came to his
assistance.
Sinith-Rogcrs
ot iuterest to a, wide circle of
ti i and acquaintances in Car
tmviile was the wedding of Mr.
i-foid a Thomas Rogers and Miß
< tlie lia Smith of Kingston which oc
nirred on the evening of February
-.tip at Kingston. The ceremony
' r performed by dlev. A. A. Bcott,
i-.-i .i of the First Methodist church
i ibut place at the church parson
-nnd was witnessed by only a few
fiic-ii-t of the contracting parties.
Mi Rogers is a prosperous young
• "iMtiess man of that city and is well
l-iciw n six ially iu Onrtersvil • where
be tins many friends to whom the
" "t his marriage will come as a
I’i*'! nut surprise. Miss Smith for*
ii ! !y icrided at Kingston but for
11 "- l ast several months has lived at
1 Hi au where she is well Known >o
-1 li and very much admired. She
“ "ii n visit to Kingstou when sin*
1 ' no- the bride of Mi. Rogers.
I*. U. Program
1 “ i Baptist Church Group 2
■it Mary Conner. Leader.
1,11 15- 1-15 read responsively by’
Smith and Roslyn Wheeler.
1 1 ; l> by Leader,
Personal Friendship of Jesus is
'' 1 *'d Everyone Who Will Ac
'it it Hampton Smith.
f J This Personal Friendship
' us Cicero Burton.
Personal Friendship oi Jesus Is
Attended by the Strongest Proof
P' -eihle, Annabel Conner,
1 > Friendship a This is Disinter
' and and Calls ior a Reciprocal
h latlon,— Pauline Plttard.
J 111 - Reria Brisendinp.
M. et at fi;ls o’clcck. Vistiors wel
- Wheeler,
""’ "ponding Secretary.
Return to Cartersviile.
Gregory H. C.irratt formerly
r -*f the Greek American
' e *ty, who h is been con-
J "Rh a similar business enter
'i Griffin Ga., for some months
J‘ r has moved back to (Jahers
ilia family tt nd mother-in
\ : Cainarafa and will eon.
Dud and stand on
* ll Greet East side.
For Sale. ’
' Heine* has lor sale 250 im. of
' ‘ud (’leanlai.d Big Boil cot
>r p r bn. is bu. of
"• aiis $1,75 cents per bushel,
83 11, Kingston, Ga.
2 22-13
THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
cm. a H. AUBREY
APPOINTED JIM
Made Judge of City Court
of Cartersyille.
Col. George H. Aubrey bus been
appointed Judge of the City Court
of Cartersyille, to Dll the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Joe M.
Moon. The appointincur was made
the appointee has re
ceived his commission.
As soon us propriety would war
rant the friends of Col. Autoey got
busy in his behalf. He was endorsed
by the entire bur <>! the city and
many citizens exerted them* Ives in
his behalf. Col. W. T. Towt send of
fhe bar, was especially active for Col.
Aubrey.
Some friends of Judge Fite’s wrote
to the Governor urging the appoint
ment of him for the place. Judge
Fite had already signed Col. Aubreys
petition. Beiug asked by letter If he
was an applicant for the place, he
wrote the governor as follows:
Governor Nat E Harris,
Atlanta, Ga
lam not an applicant, tor and do
not desire the judgeship of the City
Court of Cartersville. 1 respectfully
ask the appointment of Cos! G.H.
Aubrey. A, W. Fite.
The appointment of Col. Anbfey
meets with universal approval in the
community. He is possessed with
splendid legal ability, with dignity,
firmness and courage, with personal
polish and refinement and will make
a splendid judge,
II NUMBER Of TELEKHOHC EHPIOVEES
111 ill MUSTERED IN CASE Of WAR
Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 28—A number
of the leading officials and employ
ees of the Southern Bell Telephone
Company will probably be mustered
into service Immediately iu t he event
the United State*, should b come In
voived In war As u measure of pre
parades*, the great war council'at
Washington lias organized in ad
vance the telephone and telegraph
companies for immediate service,
should hostilities grow not of (he
peseat complicated diplomatic rup
tore with Germany. The European
war has demonstrated that telephone
telegraph and wireless comm.uuicas
tion are indispensable adjuncts t.
modern military maeuvers, and the
Southern Bell employees siand
ready to perform their full duty as
patriotio citizens whenever , their
country needs them.
Pork More Plentiful* '
Plenty of pork in Georgia for 1917
is the news Ikptf comes from south
Georgia amt from middle Georgia
and from north Georgia. Ali up and
down tiie state the smoke houses are
full aud 'he smoke wreaths are Aid
ing from the hickory embers where
hams and shoulders are being cured.
Georgia may be snort on cotton tor
all future time as the- result of the
boll weevil's dread invnsiou, hut
there will uever again be a dearth of
pork as loug as the doctrine of "live
at home” ooutiuues to be practiced
throughout the stale.
Capt. W. M. Dyar died at the Bap
tist Hospital in Atlanta, Wednesday
of last week. He was 79 years old. j
He was well known in (his part of
the state, having tilled dillereht
Baptist, pulpits In this section y*Mi>
ago. He was a brother in-law of the
late Dr. R. B Header), who preached
here and at Rome .during his life.
He was a man of strong conviction
aud intellectual force and did some
conspicuous work for his church,
latterly in the liue of mission work.
His remains were earriedto Fair-
V
mont, for interment. "
f
Odd Fellows to Meet.
The 18th Division L O. 0. F. will
hold its regular semi-annual meeting
at Dalton March 22nd and 23rd. A
miniature Grand Lodge will he open
ed to confer the Grand Lodge degree
.on all Past Grands. All qualified
members ot the Grand Lodge are
invited to he present. AH members
of tire Scarlet Degree me invited fn
top l Irene lit fit tUt* executive bensioo
of the divintoii.
Two Small 1 ires.
Two fire alarms have been report
ed tofihis week Ii record lime tint in
both instances no damage resulted,
We have a good tire department,
[ilentv of v’ftter, and good men tu
handle it, so we need fear-little from
fires.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 1, 1917
THE STATE COiIECE
01AUI1IF
Great Opportunities In
Scholarships There-
Dr. Wm, H. udford, assistant State
sup-wi or, writes as lollows regard
iug star College of Agriculture
Schol-u ships.
Cedari•>wn, Gu , February 55, 1917.
Dear Sir:
Hal your county a student at the
Georgia State College of Agricult
ure- Many counties have them. At*
cw untie .arc paying their pro rata
stare ot the expense i maintaining
that splendid in-Tituttou that is dn
id r ? %y much -or the upbuilding ot
agriculture and general prosperity.
Its graduates art stepping at once
into positions ol profitable employ
ment as county farm demonstration
agents, as directors ot farms, as su
perinrendeuts c f orchards and dal
ties and other activiti s cf country
life, They am being paid from f 1,000
to $2,00u per annum an 1 the demand
for them is in ex cm:- of the supply,
rhere i no better opeh-ing or nobler
celling for ftu ambit tons young man
than to prepare himself to take up
t>iio work and no better place to pre
pare hitmelf than the Georgia
State College ot Agriculture.
There are very few it any, commu
nities that are not sorely in need ol
just such leadership and direction a=t
these capable young men can give
when they go truth cumnissioaed by
tire College. Tne drmand is urgei i
and increasing.
A postal card request.will bring t<>
any person interested a catalog and
bulletin from the College of Agri
culture at Athens, Ga.
Very truly yours,
Wm Bradford,
Assistnt SitDe Supervisor.
DEATH Of MR. WM. G. EDWARDS
Will KNOWN CITIZEN EAST fRIDAV.
Mi . W illiam G. Edwards died at
tin* home of ids daughter M. J?
Teems, Saturday, February 17, Mr.
Edwards was an aged and respected
citizen of Baitow county. He was
horn iu Himtli i‘aroHnn nearly 9<J
years ago his parents driving to
Lumpkin cd'uuty neur D&hlooegx
when In* war n ;<U.al I child.
lit-y. blast ngume conducted the
funeral services. He was buried by
the aide of bis wife in Pleasant Val
ley cemetery who preceded him a
number of years ago.
He married Mtse Catherine Douda,
of Lumpkin county 70 years a*o,
Theyreared a family of eleven child
ren ail of whom are still living.
He marched with Lee through the
struggle of the Confederacy. He was
a meml>cr of the Baptist church foi
ntxt> years u< all times whether at
his country’s call or in the service oi
his Master he was ever ready to take
the burden gladly. And we know
ihat last Saturday morning he heard
"welcome ye blessed inherit the
kingdom prepared foi you.”
E. Y,'Hoi,PEN.
Mr and Mas Calvin Smith, by
their A ttys, C. C Pitman and Muu
day A Monday, have recently tiled
two suite against, tiie Ladd l.iine dud
Stone Cos., for Damages urising on!
nf the death of theii son, War
ren Smith, at tiie .< plant
The bums sue.l for aggregate $ 19,tifJO,-
00.
‘The First. MethndHt Sunday
school lias bought, a nev. piano for
the little folks of its primary Dept’*
o tiiat the children attending this
Dept, will n.t inly b- tanghf Hie
Bilrle lessons, but soiigs ami music,
as w> ii.
Tins dept, is under the efficient
management of Me-ilames P. F-
A kin and I it- W hitak •
Gone to Ohio.
The friends and aeqimintances in
Cartersviile ot Mr and Mr-. Charlie
Butler will be iutere-ted to k'niw
that they have gone to Akron,
with the r xpectaf ion of making that
city their future home. Mrs. Puller
who is a recent bnde wilt b. pl-*as*
anf iy remembered a- Mis- I'.n-eii
diiie, one of the city’s um J
young ladies, Mr. Butler a" '*’ r '
inerly IISHC-Ciated in tmsiie •• iHt
Mr Floyd Bridges on Bank Hmck,
aud is a young man of fine
quallfleatioiiM. The New-j dusthetr
triends iu well wishes
Mss. G. E. Tyner has returned
from a few days visit to her s‘ Btßr
, Mr*. Biin N. Clary, of Ctdartown.
SIMN DEATH Of
JUDGE lOE M. MUM
Popular Citizen and Jurist
Passes Away Monday.
Judge Joe M, Mo mi, one of Caffs
ersvllle’s best known and popular
and ajurl-t of iiromlnenoe.
difd suddenly at his home In thts
city, Monday, February, *O, sliortly
after 1C o'clock.
Judge Moou wan about his * very
day affairs during the morning and
was in no wise notably physically
out Hi dmpe, hut it is said that In a
casual way less than an hour before
he left fur his home he said to some
friends that lie was not feeling well.
While at the dlnner|ta,bie with Jii
family he dropped over in Ids chair
and Although Ids family with the
earliest possible aid ot ids physician
tried to rally him It wasenlirely with
out avail.
Judge Muon was a son of the l&te
Pleasant L. Moon, who conducted a
mercantile business in Cartersville
for years and fora short while one. in
Rome. He was horn In .Inna 1852,
His childhood was spent in Carters
ville and when he was old enough to
P _ { *s^.?vss
'
jfO to school he attended the schools
of ttie town, finishing in JiigJi school.
His classmates who finished High
School in 1870 were Miss Mary Gurry,
Miss Virginia Monnteastle, William
H Transwell, John L. Moon, It. Sid
ney Paflllo, Htnl Hilliard M. Mount
oudtle.
From the High School here tie
went to Emory and Henry (‘allege,
Virginia, returning from which insti
tutinn he was admitted to the bar
about the year 1874
He married Mis* M.ry Puckett,
daughter of William Puckett, ami
sister of the late Judge A. Al, Pu*‘ks
ett iu the later seventies.
Judge Moon served two terms as
Mayor of Cartersviile, the last time
about the year 1907. He was an eco
nomical, painstaking official and yet
his administration was marked with
some of the best instances of of our
city’s progress.
After the death of Judge A M,
Foute about five \ears ago, he wan
appointed J udge of tlie City Court of
Cartersviile, a place he has (Hied
vtth dignity ai.d splendid ability,
Besules his widow and two da ugh**
ters, Misses LaNelle and Ina, lie
leaves one sister and three brorhers,
John L., R, T. and Lonnie Moon, ot
Atlanta, and Mrs, Carrie Bcuea, of
Cartersviile, survive him.
He was a member of the Methodist
church, having joined early in life,
One of it is warmest ititiidn speak
ingot Judge Moon yesterday said;
‘Everybody loyed Joe Moqu. lit ul
tiie relations of Hie tie was faithful
and true; whether as son, brother or
fattier, husband or friend. The old
companions of his boyhood, youth
and manhood testify to his nubility
of character and his honorable
straightforward life, No petty inea
ness or dishonorable, act has ever
been laid to his charge, aud if he has
ever injured anyone it lias neyer
come to light, Timid, modest, re
tiring by nature, yet, the friend of
everybody and everybody Ids friend
he led his quiet, uneventful unas
suming life. His geniality was pro
vertiia 1, always sunny in disposition,
and only a short while tretore his
death was joking with ins friends.
When the news went, out over the
city that Joe Moon was dt ad it was a
shock to everyone,' 1
The tuuerai occurred from tiie
family residence at3 o’clock Tuesday,
luteri meiiPat Oak Hill
Many beautiful floral offerings
Were received from friends both in
and out of the city.
1 he local Bui attended tiie funeral
a*, honorary eeorr. The pnllb ar*>rs
were Judge A. W. Fite, John TANARUS, Nor
ris, W. C. Walton, Will T. Beil, Paul
F. Akin, Watt H. Milner.
CAPTURE OF 1 STILL
OYER IN CHEROKEE
Revenue Officers Pick One J
in The Wilds Last Week.
Last Thursday revenue officer, J.
A. Henderson, Accompanied by Mr.
Harris, another revenue man from
middle Georgia, and Jper Jones, of
this city who has been in countless
raids in this section, made sea eh
and found a still across the line in
Cheroker county and what is called
"Shut In” locality, a wild and sec hi
ded spot in the mountains between
Beasley's Gap and Walesca. The
place was so difficult to reach by its
invaders that the men had t<► walk
about four miles. There wa* no one
at the still when it was found but
near there was arrested Thomas
Collier and another man ran when
he saw fhe officers.
The still, which was 76 gallon ea
parit y was put out of commission
by being chopped with an axe and
tent to Atlanta., About 05 gallons of
whiskey was found at fhe still and
destroyed. Ct liter was carried to
Atlanta for trial.
Death of a Bright Lad.
Out community was made sad on
Felt, lifh, when the news went out
that little hen Pascoe was dead. Hen
had been sick, only two days and uo
one, not even his parents, leslizeii
how sick tie was. On that morning
he became unconscious. Two doctor
were summoned and all that medi
cal skill and loving hands could do
was done to save his life but to no
avail, so at 4 o’clock his sou Id went
home to God who gave it.
Ben was a bright manly little boy.
who made Iriemts with all whom lie
came in contact. He leaves a tattler,
mother, two little sisters, who have
j the sympathy ot the entile commu
nity A FRIEND.
Cass Station.
Death of Mra. Howler
Mrs. Frances Howler died at the
home ot her brother, Mr. H. ii. Mi
lam, near Euharfee, last Tuesday
night, after hii illness of about eight
een months.
Hhe was a daughter of the late
Riley Milaui aiul wns in the tifh year
o' tier age, Bhe was tile widow <<l
Mr, W. O. Bowier, who preceded hei
IU ilenlll luUie Pvsui)' jealsttgu She
lias lived ior a number ot years wiih
her.brother.
Bui vlvlng her are three brothers,
H H., J K., aud Fred M Milam, and
two sisters, Mrs, Busan Wallace nnd
Mrs. John O. Haiuiuond.
The luueral took place Wednesday,
Hie remains being interred at Eu
liariee cemetery.
Pension Money Here*
Judge G, W Hendricks, ordinary,
requests us to state that the money
for the payment rf pensioners In Bar
tow county is now in hta hands and
ire is ready to pay the same out to
those who are entitled to it. He will
tie in Adair> ville Bafurday to pay all
wiio call for their allowances there
at that lime,
Veterans Meeting.
The monthly meeting of P. M, H
Young Camp, Mu. 830, D. C. V., will
occur at tiie court house Saturday,
3rd instant. AH members are urged i
to he present. The anuu.d election
of officers will occur at that-time.
The United Daughters of the Con
federacy will meet with tiie camp and
the occasion will be uu interesting
OIIT .
Card of Thanks. ■
Wr wih lo thank our friends and
neighbors for their loving sympathy
and many acts of kindness during
the sickness am! deatn of our little
son. -We also wish to thauk ttiem
for the floral offerings.
Mu. ANi) Mas. Thus. I‘ascok.
U. D C. Meeting.
Bartow Chapter of the U. D. C ,
will meet with Mrs Paul Gilreath
next Tuesday alteinoon at 3 o’clock.
All the members uie urged to te
present,
Mr and Mrs. F. Y Bmitii and son
Mr. Conn Bmitii left the city Mon
day on a leu days' trip by automo
bile through south Georgia.
Miss Mildred and Mr. and Mrs
John Lewis, of Cartersviile, and Mr.
Wm. Leiuon, of Atlanta, were reoent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. 2. L. McLain f
—Acworth Post.
Number 1C)
ANTI-PARAII Etl INC
ACI mmuiMM
Decision on Pearsons Act
Handed Dow n.
The Supreme Court of Georgia,
handed down a decision Saturday
afternoon, declaring the Pearsons
Anti-Parallellt g Act unconstitu
tional and removing all enen obran
oee from proposed railroads through
Cobh, Fulton and Bartow- conulie*,
running in tbs same direction a* the
W Jt A
This ends the long light of flie L.
V N Railroad to luiild a connect iug
link from the terminal of its prop
erty at Wofford’s near Car
fersville, fo its line running info At
lanta. This road, or any other, now
lias the light to Imild a line parallel
to the state-owned. Western At
lantic and to compete with the -fate
iii the railroading Emsiness, Rail
roads can now enter Gotrb in direct
line of travel ami commerce, instead
jd being restricted to some coni re
opposite lo the direction of (hi* W.
sV A.
The decision was handed down in
fhe ease of W. Morrison, one of
the in in por dors of ilie N’oirli Geors
gia Mineral Railoud, who appealed
to the court from the refusal of
Judge Pendleton, of the Fulton
tfotiui y superior Court, to consider
the act unconstitutional. the Su
preinei’onrl refereed the inllng of
J ndge Pend let On and deciaied the
acl unconsl ituona', and f fierefore In
valid. The ruling wo- v iii D o b\
Judge Qpoucer It. Atkinson, witn
tile crdicurrance ot all member-' of
the Court, save . Just ice Fish, who
was absent <'ll account:of illness
The decision was based ou the fact
that the peapsoti’s Law was a spes
trial act of the Legislature applying
to only one section of the country
and was in conflict with that pari of
I lie Const it ut on which lauds "laws
of a general nature shall have uni
form operation ttrough the state,
and no special law shall he enacted
in any case for which provision has
been made by a general law.”
The (Joint declared that the state
had no more ri-ftit fo the protection
of its property than an individual
und that, this law being passed with
no other puipose ttiau to give exclu
sive territory to the Western A At
lantic and to prevent its depecia
ftou, it was clearly a violation of
tbits Section of the Constitution of
Georgia,
The history of Hoe fight ou the
part oi I tic Gemgia Mineral Road to
dissolve the state-owned monopoly
is t ile of the most hrtili.iul and spec-
I scalar ot many years, iu 1913 Moi
risou aud Ii & as,"oniitle made appli
cation to Secretary oi Stale Philip
CooU, tor a eliotei for a company,
which was to build a tine Irmu At
laiita to Carte.svtUe, a paralleling the
tracks of the w. Jk A. After confer
ence with the governor ami llm .Mj
turuey-General, Cook refused to
gruul a chai Isr until Hie attention
of the legtsla. drfc ilioul t be called to
the proposed depreciation of tho
stale’s propel Iy. At a *j<e>lal sea
blon ot I tie leglslat UIC Called ill tiie
fail of i915, Ibe Person’s auli-|>arai
ling act was passed, fumredlatsly
upon this tin* iMilrond itegau legal
proeeeitI li;t s to ICsl I tie eonel U iitjon
ality of tlie law and, after liaviiig
bee.i turned down by Judge Pendle
ton, this latest action of the ritpreme
court reeulted
UlUcials of the state gave as thei
| opinion, Monday, ttint, the action of
the supreme court ended all methods
ou the part of tile state to prevent
parading of Ms property, A lease
has just been agreed to hr! Ween Ihe
N. C. A BE 1.,, and the-stale railroad
commission, whereby i he state road
is to be leased Io them "u (illy rears,
beginning at llm eipiratlou of the
present lease. The stale, accmdiug
to otlleials at the cnpitol, lias at-
he end which has been in
vii Wall along and has disposed ot
the road for this length of time at a
greatly increased rental,
During the several years of court
fight, the rigid of wav lias b eu sur
veyed and it is Said that options have
been obtained upou the greater pare
of Hie land ou llie due of me pros
posed railroad.
Dispatches from Atlanta indicated
that anoitier application tor a char
ter would be Uied with the Secretary
of State wdhin a few days b> rite
JJortli Georgia Railroad. -*r Cobb
fjouuty Times.
NOTICE.
All parties holding Bartow County
warrants of 1914 issue, will bring Them
at once for payment.
G. H. GiLREaTH,
Coaatj Treasurer.