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VOL. 1 iEKEMTH DISTRICT K. OF P. ENTERTAINED 01 LOCAL LOOSE tfl*' * *j ►ythians Spend a Day In Cartersville And Bring With Them a Good Fellowship Which Makes a Happy Banquet. The seventh District Convention of nights of Pythias, held in Carters- He last Thursday, April 26, was one the best attended and most highly ijoyable in the history of the order, brought to Cartersville citizens and vthians of prominence throughout ie state and their stay in Cartersville ld hospitable entertainment will be ng remembered by local and visiting nights. In addition to the regular buisness eetins held by the convention at the iero kee Club rooms during the after ,on, Cartersville Lodge No. 42 held special meeting in honor of the dis iguished guest of the occasion, ;o rge C. Schaufele, chancellor of ; orgia, at which work in the first id third ranks was administered and hich closed with a banquet with up irds of one hundred covers and hich did not break up until the “wee na’ hours of the morning.” Distinguished Guests. Attending the convention from a dis uce were: George C. Schaufele, of igusta, chancellor of Georgia; Ben min D. Brantley, of Blackshear, a omineut business man of South !orgia and supreme representative; H. Leopold, of Savannah, keeper records and seals; Jesse M. Wood, and outer guard, Atlanta; and W. G. oore, of Atlanta, and the several rep sentatives of lodges of the Seventh strict. These arrived on the morn g trains and by motor during the irning and early afternoon hours, and when the division assembled at 30 a large representation was found be present. The Convention. The convention was called to order J. M. Field, Jr., chancellor com mder of the Cartersville Lodge, and e first feature of the program was e singing of “America” by the dele tes. Mr, Field then arose and made an xiuent address of welcome to the siting delegates, extending every stirance of a feeling of warm and mpathetie welcome. He called upon iyor Paul Gilreath to deliver an ad ess of welcome upon the part of e city, which was accordingly done Mr. Gilreath’s usual happy style. J. S. Edwards, of Buchanan, de ered a happy response in which ho bed that he had felt the welcome and experienced the hospitality he re it was spoken and in a happy and licitous manner made a splendid re onse. Following this, Mr. Field call upon 0. T. Peeples, representing e Chamber of Commerce. This was llowed by B. D. Brantley, of Black er, who during the course of the 1' proved to be a wonderfully well formed Pythian and a truly patriotic and thorough going gentleman in all s Pects. His talks during the after on at the convention and in the ooing at the lodge meeting were n °ng the most instructive ever heard ire by Pythians and will be treasured [ d long remembered by all who were osent. jMr Field then called upon L. W. r Ves . president of the Seventh Dis- F ct Convention, to take charge of e meeting. Mr. Reeves, upon assum- F chair, stated that one reason r J he had been elected to this office pear ago was because the president r s Eu PPosed not to do any talking 13 f hi s was found to be the only |®® Us available by which he could be Rented from doing It was dis lVered, however, during the progress the meeting, that even this office ls sufficient to curb Mr. Reeves but ? liahtly as he persisted, time and ln ; in f aking part in the discussion . !n happy sallies introduced and e ' e to the various speakers upon m o,;, motions and matters of busi- Bs transacted. ow ard E. Felton acted as sec to which office he has been [ 3r Cf,ns ecutively for the last four atid was re-elected again this 10lp p, ' or t from the various lodges and them to be in unusually fine *s. ° n wlth the proper spirit and L k a fraternal purpose. A r °f items of business were dis- T HE BARTOW TRIBUNE (TRIBUNE VOL 7, NO. 10) -posed of and finally the election of officers took place which resulted in the selection of the following: President—H. S. McColman, Buc hanan. Vice-President—Ralph Webber, Lin dale. Secretary—Howard E. Felton. Chaplain—J. S. Edwards, Buchanan. Sergeant at Arms—Ernest Dillard, Calhoun. Inner Warden —J. W, Duncan, Rome. Outer Warden —C. M. Chamlee, Adairsville. Marietta was eslected for the hold ing of next year’s convention. Thereupon the convention adjourned and attended the Dixie Theatre, to which tickets were extended by the Cartersville Lodge to the visiting del egates. In the meantime, a number of dele gates were taken on automobile rides throughout the city, to the mines and various points of interest and every thing done to give them a pleasant feeling of warmth and welcome. Special Meeting Cartersville Lodge. During the evening the members of the Cartersville Lodge turned out en masse at Castle Hall, together with the many delegates from the visiting lodges. It was planned to furnish de gree work in the first and third de gree, Air. Joe Nelson taking the first rank and Mr. Pascal, of Calhoun was administered the third rank during the evening. The program of the evening’s work was as follows: Program. Opening ceremonies. Introduction of Grand Chancellor of Georgia, Geo. C. Schaufele, and asso ciate Grand Lodge Officers —By L. W. Reeves, acting G. M. at A. TEAM. Work in the rank of Pago. C. C.—C. M. Milam. V. C.—J. M. Field, Jr. P. —N. A. Bradley. M. of W.—M. G. Dobbins. K. of R. & S—H. E. Felton. M. of F. —J. B. Lewis. M. of E.—W. H. Wikle. M. at A. —L. L. Landers. I. G. —J. R. Roberts. O. G.—P. H. Word. Quartette —Paul Gilreath, A. B. Cun yus, W. F. Wallace, J. B. Howard. TEAM. Work in the rank of Knight. Master at Arms —L. L. Landers. Monitor —N. A. Bradley. Pythagoras—W. Akerman. Senators —W. Akerman, N. A. Brad ley, J. M. Field, Jr., H. E. Felton, J. B. Howard, W. F. Wallace, W. T. Town send, W. H. Wikle, -Paul Gilreath, W. H. Field. Scribe —W. Ernest Smith. Headsman —J. W. Stanford. Axmen —T. W. Simpsoil, O. T. Peep les. Captain of the Guards —H. W. How ard. Guards—F. W. Knight, C. L. Collins, C. E. Day, W. W. Daves, J. A. Monfort, J. R. Henderson. Attendants —R. W. Knight, J. B. Lewis. Herald —A. B. Cunyus. King—C. M. Milam. Stage Manager—R. Pyron. Electrician—E. W. Robinson. Armorer —W. F. Wallace. Organist—J. W. Jones. Banquet. Decidedly the event of the day was the banquet which was Served at about eleven o’clock and which lasted until after two o’clock “in the morn ing.” Perhaps no one attending this banquet can remember ever having been present at one which was more complete and better worked out to the smallest detail than this one. The banquet hall was quite too small for the large number present, but even this worked out pleasantly in that it brought each one into close contact with the other and Inspired the speak ers to talk with more spirit. The oc casion took on the form of a patriotic event. The stars and stripes were used for decorative purposes. Greenwoodjs Band, here during the past week, vol (Continued on page ten.) THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS CABTERSVIELE, GA., MAY 3, 1917 10 BED CROSS PUBPOSEDF MEETING Women Called To Meet At Cherokee Club To Or ganize For War. All who are members of the Ameri can Red Cross, all who wish to be members, and all who wish to be in formed as to the scope and plans of the organization are urged to attend the meeting to be held Tuesday after noon at three o’clock at the Cherokee Club room. There will be addresses by prominent men and women and prac tical demonstrations of the, work of the Red Cross by Surgeon Irwin Al mand, of the Medical Corps of the Fifth Georgia Regiment. There will be appointed at this meet ing the executive committee and a citizen’s committee, who will actively represent the Chapter in enlisting the co-operation of the important interests of the community. Headquarters will be established where members will be enrolled and dues received. A full list of members will be pub lished each week in the columns of The Tribune-News. It is your Red Cross, founded to aid in the prevention and alleviation of human suffering in times of war and peace—an organization of the people —by the people, for the people—a part of your life and your inheritance as an American. President Wilson says: ‘‘This or ganization of our countrymen has brought relief to every nation in The Great War. “Its skilled workers have cared for the wounded of every army, have gone through the desolate Siberian plains to bring help to thousands of prison ers, have fought disease in pestilent ridden Serbia, and have brought hope to countless non-combatants, men, women and children. Wherever these Red Cross men and women go they are carrying their message that Amer icans cannot rest without seeking to relieve such suffering.” The Red Cross stands for service. The Red Cross means relief. Its work is not cold, over-cautious nor statisti cal. It labors for humanity and in the highest sense its labor is without money and without praise. Come Tuesday afternoon and give your name as a member of this great Volunteer Society now authorized by this government to render aid to its land and naval forces in time of war. The president of the United States is at the head of it. Foreign countries recognize and respect it and its en sign in peace and war. It belongs to you. It is a volunteer organization of the people of the United States for your protection. If you propose to help the wounded in Flanders or to prepare against the day when we may need help ourselves; if you are inclined to come to the rescue and affliction of the people in this country, or any where else for the Red Cross covers the world, the only official and patrio tic method possible is to join the Red Cross. If you belong, you help. If not, you are among those that bear the blame for the fact that the Japanese have seven members to our one and ten millions in gold to our one. Cherokee Club Room, Tuesday af ternoon, May Bth, three o’clock. “Join Now.’’ GRADUATING CLASS HEARS AWARD OF HONORS. The Cartersville high school faculty on Tuesday announced the speakers and award of honors among the grad uating class and these will take part on the program at commencement. The honor pupils are as follows: First —Joseph Scheuer; second Fred Smith; third—C. T. Conyers; fourth— Lotie Wylie. The assignment of speak ers includes the honor pupils and Lew is Peeples who will deliver an oration. The Board of Education has not yet announced who will deliver the liter ary address. This is a distinct honor which the school authorities confer upon some citizen of the state and an nouncement will likely be made within the next few r days. The exercises will take place at the tabernacle Tueslav evening, May 29, closing with the | award of diplomat by President C M. I Milam of the Board of Education. CMipi 10 BE PUT ON BY Y. N. C. 1 ~ Splendid Array Of Orators,' Publicists And Musical Attractions. , A big seven days’ Chautauqua will be given in Cartersville commencing May 17th, under the auspices and for the benefit of the Young Men’s Chris tian Association, of Cartersville. En gaged for the week is the National Lincoln Chautauqua System, of Chica go, who have a great list of fine lec turers, men of national repute and au thority, and various other features of educational and entertainment value. Indulged in that which comes to Car tersville is the Ellis Brooks Concert Band of twenty-five pieces, the Hippie Orchestra, Craven Orchestra and other musical and entertainment organiza tions. Vice-President Marshall will be among those who will make addresses. It is planned here to make this Chautauqua a great patriotic event and the installation of the national spirit. The music for the occasion will largely consist of the patriotic airs and the orators and speakers will dwell upon, in large measure, our du ties in the present crisis. Mr. Roy L. Harvey, advance repre sentative of the Lincoln Chautauquas, spent several days in the city placing advertising matter and assisting the Y. Mi C. A, in getting up their ticket sale, iwhich is to be prosecuted with vigor, The following officers and com mittee chairmen were elected last Fri day night by the Y. M. C. A. directors to handle the big Chautauqua which the association is sponsoring: Presi dent, R. Pyron; vice-president, L. G. Kames; secretary, W. C. Henson, treasurer, Dr. C. H. Griffin, chairman of grounds committee, W. C. Walton; entertainment, J. W. Vaughan; adver tisinf, £>; T. Peeples. SAFETY FIRST EXHIBIT MADE BY N. C. & ST. L. RY. For two days this week the Nash ville, Chattanooga & St.. Louis Railway has been furnishing an exhibit in the form of a motion picture to the public with the purpose of setting forth the g’-eat principles of the safety first pro gram which the employees and man agement of this road have been giv ing much attention to within the last few years. The car was side tracked here and the public invited to witness the pic ture. It was not only through the teach ings of the picture itself, but by fur nishing data and information relating to all features of the safety first cam paign that the car performed a service. The aim to be employed is more care upon the part of the public and em ployees as well in doing away with preventable accidents and mishaps. On Tuesday afternoon the members of the Cherokee Club were invited and attended in large numbers. MASONS ENTERTAIN DISTINGUISHED GUEST. The Masonic lodge of Cartersville held an important meeting Tuesday night, the guest of the occasion being Grand Master Frank O. Miller, of Fort Valley, grand master of the supreme lodge of Georgia. Mr. Miller was on his way to Rome where he delivered an important address on Wednesday and was induced to spend the night in Cartersville and participate in confer ring the third degree upon E. E. Adair, Ed Hall, Jack Spence, C. D. Kitchens and J. C. Shaw. A large membership of the lodge was present, together with Past Mas ters R. I. Battle, of Pine Log lodge; J. B. Crawford, and G. W. Battle, of Cass ville lodge. After the ceremonies and ritual of the evening were finished, re freshments were served and a most pleasant social occasion followed. ALL DAY SINGING AT ROWLAND SPRINGS. There will be an all day singing at Rowland Springs the second Sunday in May to which the public is cordially invited. Singers from all over the county will be present as well as those from elsewhere, and the hospitable cit izens of the Rowland Springs com munity will delight to see all their friends from over the county present on this occasion. (NEWS VOL 34, NO. 19) CIII OF CARTERSVILLE CONTRACTS WITH GEORGIA RAH A POWER CO. **** * —————— Electric Energy To Be Furnished At a Claimed Saving Of $5,000 to SIO,OOO Annually With Right to Cancel. Beginning June Ist, the Georgia Railway & Power Company will fur nish the electric energy for Carters ville for all private and public light and power purposes. It has been known that for several weeks the city commissioners have been in tenative negotiation with the Georgia Railway & Power Company which ultimately led to a proposal made by the latter company. The city commissioners, viewing with alarm the rapid increase in the cost of opera tion its steam plant, saw in prospect a yet greater increase through the ad vance made through coal prices. Hav ing a contract which expires within the next thirty days and which sup plied the city with coal at a cost of about $2.70 a ton delivered, it is be lieved now that coal cannot be pur chased by the city for less than $4.25 a ton delivered. This is what is known as steam coal and it is understood that the price of No. 2 run of mines steam coal is now three dollars a ton at the mines, which with a freight rate into Cartersville of $1.25 a ton would make the cost of the coal delivered in Car tersville $4.25 a ton. Since the city uses about 3,800 to 4,000 tons of coal a year in the operation of its electric plant, this would mean an item of in crease in coal alone of approximately five thousand dollars. Georgia Railway & Power Company Makes Proposal. The city commissioners, having been made a written proposal by the Georgia Railway & Power Company to furnish electricity delivered at its plant here at a certain price, employed Engineer Ely, of Atlanta, •to make a test of the plant here for the purpose of ascertaining what it cost to produce Electricity at the plant. Mr. Ely found that the city was producing electricity at the plant at a cost of about 1.7 cents a k. w., whereas the Georgia Railway & Power Company agreed to furnish power delivered at the same place for 1.03 cents per k. w. Mr. Ely, therefore, calculated the difference and found that the power company’s proposal would save the city approxi mately $4,785 a year, based on last year’s prices for their product and to pay for material that goes toward pro ducing the power; and, coal prices be ing maintained at the present price of $4.25 a ton, the city would be saving upward of SIO,OOO a year. Meeting of Citizens. Viewing the proposal with favor, but preferring to have the endorsement of public sentiment, a meeting of citi zens was called by the commissioners to be held at the court house last Mon day evening and circulars were issued to this effect. Quite a number of citi- REV. J. W. HAM TO PREACH TWICE NEXT SUNDAY HERE. Rev. J. W. Ham will preach twice in Cartersville next Sunday, during the morning hour at the Sam Jones Memorial church upon invitation of Rev. John G. Logan, pastor, and at the evening service at the First Bap tist church. Much interest centers in Mr. Ham, not only because of his pulpit oratory and his services in the evangelistic field in various parts of the nation, but because alsd of his kinship to a prominent citizen of Cartersville, Mr. Ham being a brother of W. J. Ham, of this city. Rev. and Mr. Ham will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ham while here and leave next Monday for North Carolina, where be will hold a series of meetings, after which he conducts an important meeting on Fifth Avenue in New York City. He has just closed a series of meetings in Chicago and in Tennessee. The people of Cartersville will be favored with an opportunity next Sun day to hear Mr. Ham at the two churches where he will preach. The subject for the morning will be “Walking With God,” and a feature of the musical program will be a vocal duet sung by Mesdames J. W. and W. J. Ham. zens responded to the call and attends ed the meeting. Mayor Gilreath presided and stated the purpose of the meeting, which was to consider the proposal of the Georgia Railway & Power Company to fur nish electric energy for light and pow er purposes and to do away with the operation of the city’s plant. He stated that Mr. Ely was present and had a report to submit after investigation of the proposed contract as well as the city’s plant. Mr. Ely arose and read a comprehensive and carefully prepared report on the subject and showing tbe facts as above stated. Thereupon some discussion arose and the making of the contract was opposed by W. H. and J. M. Field, who questioned the fairness of computing tbe city’s consumption of power at the “peak” instead of the actual amount of power consumed. They also brought into question the wisdom of abandon ing a plant in which some thirty or forty thousand dollars had been in vested on account of the present high prices of coal, which in their opinion may fluctuate in time so as to become normal again within a short period of time. This was answered by the engineer, who stated that a clause in the con tract gave the city the right to ter* minate and cancel the agreement at and time it became unsatisfactory in its working, and Mr. Collier, repre senting the power company, being present, stated that the company did not want anything other than satis fied customers and that they proposed to stay in business only through ser vice rendered satisfied customers; hence, the clause which gave the city the to terminate the contract at any time giving sixty days notice. Resolution Adopted. It appeared to be the sense of the meeting, as expressed by a large ma- Ijority of those present, to accept the contract and to request the city com missioners to ratify the contract and recommended that the city accept it, and a motion to this effect made by W. W. Daves was carried by a large majority. On June Ist the Georgia Railway & Power Company will furnish the pow er at the elqctric plant from which j oint it will be distributed by the city as heretofore, the city commissioners having executed the contract on be half of the city. The city commissioners did not ex press themselves upon th© question as to whether any rates would be re duced, simply stating that should this contract not be entered Into the city would likely be compelled to increase the rates to consumers. PURE AIR ASSURED PATRONS OF DIXIE THEATRE. Perhaps the most important im provement yet made by Mr. E. W. Gould was completed this week when he installed in the Dixie Theatre a notary fan which sucks out of the audi torium of the theatre the confined air so that fresh air can take its place. The machine for this purpose has been placed just in front of the stage, be neath the surface of the floor. It is operated by a three horse power motor and the machine is capable of renew ing the air in the room nine times a minute. Tests made in the presence of wit nesses this week proved the efficiency of the machine. The motor was start ed, the fan thereby placed in motion and at the other end of the auditorium the portiere curtains immediately drawn toward the fan and hung at an angle 20 to 25 degrees, thus proving that the air of the room w r as drawn out by the fan and forced out of the building. This appliance therefore becomes valuable in that it is assursvico that fresh air is being furnished the pa trons of the theatre and that no pois onous atmosphere can remain in the room while the fan js in motion. NO. 5