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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.