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I dL dAa iU ti iilibUNh The CARTERSVILLE NEWS. TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO. (incorporated) Subscription Rates: H.UO per year. 50c for six monttaa. 25c for three months. Advertising rates furnished upo* Proper notice of deaths will aL (rays be published without charge u soon as we learn of them, but formal obituary notices sent in later will be charged for at regular ad rertising rates. We reserve tba nght of editing all items published. Entered as second-class matter, February 17, 1910, at the post office at Cartersviile, Ga., under the Aat rf March 3. 1879. OUR IMPERATIVE DUTY. A subject which has been brought vividly to view within the last few •days has been that relating to the need of food crops throughout the south, and particularly in Georgia. The na tion being in a state of war with Ger many and the need of ample food fa cilities admittedly one of the neces sary elements to insure success, pa triotic Americans everywhere are ap pealing to everyone to do all they can toward raising food stuffs for man and beast. Ever since the world began, nations felt themselves not equipped for war unless there was stored within it food stuffs to meet the period of time they would be engaged in war. It was thus the old ancient nations provided themselves against such calamities. We are told in the scriptures that the ancient Judeans and all the tribes about them placed their surplus of giain, cereals and food stuffs in gran aries as provision against war and famine. The United States has not thus equipped itself. We are carrying noth ing into this year. The result is- that food stuffs are rising In value each day so that already a great proportion of our population feel the pinch of high prices. Unless the people of Geor gia and other southern states do some thing toward relieving this condition, we will ourselves be face to face with a proposition which will cause embar rassment, even hunger, in many places. With moat selling from 22 to 25 cents a pound, Irish jwtatoes more than four times what they were three years ago,—even a year ago, can goods nearly double the price of a year ago, lflr<l and sugar going up in price daily, flour more than two and one-half times "'hat it could be secured for one year ago, and cabbage and onions practi cally out of the market, it is little wonder that the government should become alarmed and that it should is sue its warning as well as its call to the people of the south to do every thing toward raising a great food crop this year. all be of service to our na tion in our war with Germany if we ; will but raise enough food products ' to feed ourselves, our armies and our j friends, the allied nations of Europe 1 who are now engaged in fighting our battles for us. It has been said, and truly, that an army travels upon its stomach, and, being about to put a million men upon the field of battle, it is absolutely necessary that we should laise enough food products to keep the army fed as* well as the al lied armies of Europe. It is also nec essary that we keep our people at home fed; —we are not doing it now. The prices of food stuffs are bound to be out of reach of many pocket books and, unless more is raised, discontent v.jll be expressed, strikes and mutiny will folltfw, and nothing would so en courage and aid the enemy as the knowledge that internal troubles have arisen in our own country. Appeal has gone forth on the part of every organization throughout the nation. The department of agricul ture at Washington, the department of agriculture of Georgia, the various civic organizations of Bartow county, farm demonstrator, superintendent of schools and business men, to all citi zens of Bartow county to enlist and make themselves soldiers in behalf of America that the most needed of all essentials shall be supplied. In this cause men and women can serve, school boys in their corn clubs and pig clubs, school girls in their canning clubs, poultry clubs and calf clubs; tbe townman can supply himself with a garden and can cultivate the adja cent vacant lot. We hope to be able to report, within a short length of time, that Bartow county leads all the rest in its effort to prove its patriotism and its good business sense at this period of our American history. It is not urged that the growth of ectton should be abandoned, but that areas of every farm should be devoted to the growth of food and forage crops and for the very good reason that these are absolutely essential to our success at this time, and for the added reason that cotton at twenty cents a Wound is cheap compared with the prices tha' f.'oti comm dities t.ro bi inging and which the cotton farmer has to pay. We sincerely trust that there will arise in Bartow county a response to this call from our nation’s govern ment and from our jiatriotic citizens throughout the land, who, knowing our condition, have urged us on to transform our method of farming to that extent that we can feed ourselves instead of having to be fed from other parts of the country. FAIR PLAY NEEDED. As frequently noted in these col umns, a car shortage has existed which has severely hampered and affected the movement of commerce in this section of Georgia, and thus to a great extent has caused vexations, an noyance and loss of business through the inability of our merchants, manu facturers and miners to secure prompt iail movement of their products. The Louisville & Nashville railroad authorities were appealed to among others and this railroad came back with an apparently candid statement showing by their records that a great proportion of their box cars and other equipment was upon rails in the north and east, and notwithstanding their application of an energetic effort to secure the return of this equipment, they had been, up until the time when out business men moved in the matter, unable to get it back within its home territory. Not only did the railroad show that ii has app, uled to the of fending railroads themselves, but to the commission of car service and to the Interstate Commerce Commission, all without avail. Thereupon business interests along the line of the Louis ville & Nashville railroad took the matter up upon their own account and appealed to the Interstate Commerce Commission itself for relief, setting forth that the inability of the Louis ville & Nashville railroad to secure a return of its equipment was seriously interfering with commerce in this sec tion. Since this time this railroad has ob tained some little return of its equip ment but nothing like what it has and which should be, or its equivalent, in motion vii its own rails. In the mean time, the volume of business lias very greatly increased with the net result that the return of equipment has been so small that the increased business which the season has brought about has made the Ixmisville & Nashville railroad less able now than two months ago to perform its functions. We publish, in another column, evi dence in the form of a letter written by Mr. G. E. Evans, the fourth vice president of this railroad, that goes to show that the railroad company is still engaged in the effort to secure its own or some other road’s equipment tc> take its place. We deem it nothing hut fair that the attitude of the Louis ville & Nashville should thus be shown to the business men of this section of Georgia, and at the same time to ex press onr .very great disappointment that the constituted authorities have not come to the relief of the people served by this railroad. It is within the power of the Inter state Commerce Commission to force offending railroads, holding this equip ment in other territories for their ow r n convenience and use, to return the Louisville & Nashville railroad’s prop erty to it or sufficient of their own to take its place. Railroads have an agreement among themselves to thus return equipment with property of their own as long as used on foreign rails, and apparently bad faith is be ing displayed upon'the part of eastern and northern railroads who do not carry into effect this agreement. We are interested in it only to the extent that the Louisville & Nashville rail road be furnished with enough equip ment to perform its duty to the sec tion of country through which it exer cises franchise rights. It appears evi dent that the Louisville & Nashville is not only being imposed upon by other railroads, but that the Interstate Commerce Commission, having the needed authority, silently assents to a continuance of this imposition which in its effect is a discrimination against the people whose right it is to expect service. Investigation by trades bodies throughout this section is convincing that the fault does not lie with the Louisville & Nashville railroad and, hence, the burden has shifted in the direction of other railroad compaines and the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. At this time when the'efforts of a nation are put forward in a campaign to get people to grow food stuffs and to have such food stuffs as is now needed by this section readily trans ported, it would seem to be a sacred responsibility upon the part of those -to whom the Louisville & Nashville railroad is making its appeals for re lief to be responsive to those appeals or to show some good reason why. We call attention to Mr. Evan's let ter In another column of this paper. By it it appears that Mr, Evans is as sembling information to furnish to the THE BARTOW TRIBUNE-THE CAR TERSVILLE NEWS, APRIL 1?, 1917. commission on car service for the purpose of showing approximately the number of car loads of frieght actual ly awaiting immediate shipment. If conditions present at Cartersviile pre vail elsewhere along the line of the Louisville & Nashville railroad, Mr. Evans will certainly be able to set forth a formidable array of figures. .There is awaiting shipment here a large amount of -tonnage which he rnains here for the simple reason that cars cannot be secured with which to move it. This necessitates- rehandling to a large extent at an added cost to the shipper and, what is yet more, in terferes with steady traffic and its re sultant benefits. Speaking for the business interests of the territory along the line of the Ixmisviile & Nashville railroad, we in sist that it is manifestly unfair that business interests in other parts of the country are permitted to use and to keep equipment bought for this ter ritory to our very great loss, incon venience and embarrassment. THE PROPER COURSE Information of Priceless Value to Ev ery Cartersviile Citizen. How to act iu an emergency is knowledge of inestimable worth, and tli is is particularly true of the diseases and ills of the human body. If you suffer wph kiunoy backache, urinary disorders, or any form of kidney trou ble, the advice Contained in the follow ing statement should add a valuable as-set to your store of knowledge. What could be more convincing proof of the efficiency of Doan’s Kidney Pills than the statement of a Cartersviile citizen who used them and who pub licly tells of the benefit derived? Mrs. E. M. Harrison, Market St., Cartersviile, says: “I am glad to rec ommend Doan s Kidney Pills. used them at different times in the l ast twelve years when I have com plained of backache or slight trouble from the kidney secretions. They have always removed these ailments.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Loan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Harrison had. Foster-Milburn Cos., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.—fadvt.) Dr. Frederic Jocobson says, 75% of women need Phosphates to give Strong, Healthy, rounded figure and to avoid Nervous break down. Thousands of women grow strong in Nature’s way. “Consider the Lilies of the Field, How They Grow.” The life of the lily is but a few weeks or months. The life of man is “three score years and* ten." But to live one's life in its fullness, women like the lily, must he nourished by those same vital elements which na ture provides for nourishing every liv ing thing; and these include the valu able phosphate so often lacking in the usual food we eat today. Argo-Phos -I'hate is rich in these wonderful ele ments. It contains them in concen trated tablet form which is easy td take and quickly assimilated and ab st rbed into the system, and from youth to old age, builds and rebuilds body and brain in beautiful harmony with Nature’s perfect plan. “That’s why"’ Argo-Phosphate makes good solid flesh and muscles. SPECIAL NOTICE: Argo-Phosphate contains the Natural phosphates which thousands of physicians are prescrib ing daily to build up thin, pale, color less women to give them rosy cheeks, red lips, and a beautiful complexior Many cases have been reported where women have increased their weight from 15 to 25 pounds with a few weeks’ treatment, and any woman who de sires a well rounded and developed form, should secure from her druggist, this new drug which is inexpensive and is dispensed by any reliable drug gist with or without a doctor’s pre scription. If your druggist will not sup ply you, send SI.OO to the Argo Labora tories, 10 Forsyth St., Atlanta. Ga., and they wiU send you a tw’o weeks’ treatment by return mail.—(advt.) i STOP IN ATLANTA I AT HOTEL EMPIRE Opposite Union Depot on Pryor HI St. Renovated and refurnished Si throughout. Reservations made ■B on application. Hot and cold Ig water, private baths, electric ■9 lights and elevator. First class il accommodations at modsrats prices. 5 Rooms 50c ani^up 1 f JOHN L. KDMONDSON, Prop. For Rent, $15.00 Per Mo.ith. No. 300 South Erwin ti e-I.' Seven room house. Can give pos session. See or phone W H Field a! the warehouse. FOR SALE—We have ee good work mutes that we wi’l ■ a ba - gain. They are good mule a~> ’ ou ’d Foster & Son. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends for their expressions of sympathy shown us at the death of our mother and grand-mother. MR. and MRS. L. W. McKELVEY and FAMILY. CORN SELLING AT $1.72 A BUSHEL WHOLESALE; WORTH SAVING, ISN’T IT? Then feed your work-stock a ration of COTTON SEED MEAL with Corn. Dr. Tait Butler says that if you are feeding your mule 14 pounds of Corn per day, you can take out four pounds and put in two pounds of Cotton Seed Meal and get better results. Four pounds of Corn is worth 12 cents today. Two pounds of Cotton Seed Meal is worth 4 cents—a saving of 8 cents per day on each animal fed. In 365 days you would save $29.20, if you put into practice the advice of Dr Butler, who is conceded to be the highest authority on feeds and feed ing. It is as necessary to SAVE as it is to PRODUCE, and "saving” and “producing” are the watchwords of today. In The Progressive Farmer, March 24th, 1917, Dr. Butler recommends the following ration for work-stock when Cotton Seed Meal is used: “(1) 1 part Cotton Seed Meal by weight to 5 parts of Corn. "(2) 1 part Cotton Seed Meal to 4 parts Corn, 4 parts Oats. “(3) 1 part Cotton Seed Meal to ’0 parts Oats. "To be fed with usual quantities of grass-hay, corn-fodder, etc.” These are war times. Corn is human food. Better save it. A pint to a quart of Cotton Seed Meal fed daily will produce good re sults. SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON SEED CRUSHERS’ ASSOCIATION, Columbia, South Carolina. Deafness Cannot Be Cured* by local applications, as they cannot roach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only out way to cure deafness, and that is by constitution al remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have s rumbling sound or imperfect hearing) and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, bear ing wili be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing bui an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot lx ?ured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circu 'ars, free. K. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists, 75e- £ Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. All parties holding or having in their pos session BartowCoun ty (Ga.) Warrants of 1915 issue will please AT ONCE present them to the County .Treasurer for pay ment on sight. Don’t delay. Interest on them discontinues after this notice. G. H. GILREATH, County Treasurer and Clerk. This March 8,1917 Competent Workmen Handle the Forma In Our Com posing Room. EVERY DETAIL of a job is care fully looked after. I jij! Nothing but FIRST CLASS print ing work. We have the best equipped print ing shop in town. <4o' il vr. f $?•. as# , f *mm : M a. * '*• y \ \£ j! f , si|. y ' \ -** v.*-V war JLtA . „, % \ 3 ML IHSk This is the famous i Calendar jj ,f drinking. | / Chero-Cola | **ln a bottle — | Through a straw ” 1 CHERO-COLA purity guarantees you against nerve rack, sleepless nights or other bad after effects. Just a wholesome, refreshing, thirst quenching beverage. 5 St' : £ inraßhr "'j'-; f"• ■ ■&. ..... I SpecialjjTrain Party Z%SIU\C*y.fREUNION-—. The Reunion to* be* held in Washington, D. C. June 4-8 t ? will beof National importance, and the most won derful pageant seen in years. Great crowds are going. Congress will be in session, and government activities will be at their height at this time. We are forming a special train party at very low rates for an all expense paid tour, and have a special offer for early bookings. Several of these trips will be given to influential people in different sections. Write or call for full information NOW. ZMcFARLAND TOURS , 15 Peachtree Street Atlanta , Ga. ‘ ASK THE SEABOARD TICKET AGENT” Bread is the staff of life, therefore nave it good. Tip-Top or Butter-Nut Bread FOR RENT —House at 203 Leake street. Thoroughly overhauled and in condition. Apply to Mrs. Oscar T Peeples, Phone 345. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove’s The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as* General Tonic because it cont JH” s T - g well known tonic properties of QUI- i and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Dn' e out Malaria, Enriches the Blood * Builds up the Whole System. 50 ce