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VOL. 1
RURAL CARRIERS
10 ASSEMBLE HEBE
Seventh District Carriers
To Meet May 30 With
Postmasters.
The rural route carriers of lire sev
utli congressional district, together
with third and fourth class postmas
ters of the district, will hold conven
tions in Cartersville on Wednesday,
May 30th, and a Large delegation of
these public servants will be enter
tained by Cartersville. The rural car
riers selected Cartersville last year
m its meeting in Marietta and will be
present from every county in the
seventh congressional district. Their’s
is an organization which has been in
force for several years but recently
the third and fourth class postmasters
have likewise formed an association
and have decided to come to Carters
ville at the same time the rural car
riers are here, and it is possible that
a joint session of these two bodies of
men will l>q held here.
Local rural carriers have arranged
h program for the entertainment of
their guests and active preparations
are being made to give each and all a
hearty welcome. The public generally
are eager to show a hospitable spirit
toward the carriers since no other
body of public officials have been the
means of more rapidly carrying infor
mation to tb,e people and disseminat
ing it than the rural route carriers
who daily make their rounds to the
uttermost limits of the county carry
ing letters, messages and periodicals.
By means of the rural route service
all the people now have means of keep=.
ing up with dally events as they oc6ur
and to be able to form opinions from
facts and arguments that are daily set
forth in the publications that are
brought to them.
The program by the carriers is as
follows:
Meet at court house at 11 a. m.
Welcome address by Mayor Gilreath
' n behalf of city. ,
Response to welcome address by
Oscar L. Floyd, of Plaiuville, Ga.
Welcome address by H. J. Jolly,
postmaster Cartersville, Ga., on behalf
of carriers.'
Response by W. A. Keown, of Rome.
Address by Col. O. T. Peeples, presi
dent of Cartersville Chamber of Com
merce.
Business session of li. F. D. carriers
at 12:30 p*. m. at court house.
Business session of postmasters at
2:00 p. m.
Lunch will be served after business
session of R. F. D. carriers.
O. L. Trippe, Taylorsville, Ga.. mas
ter of ceremonies.
NATIONAL RED CROSS
WARNS AMERICAN WOMEN.
Word has come from Miss Delano
and Miss Noyes, heads of the Red
Cross nursing division at Washington,
'hat it is of the utmost importance
for all women to be equipped to do
'heir part in the coming days. The
fi'dd work will require many nurses
and nurses’ aids. But the even greater
demand will be for the women who
know how to do things at home. Doc
t°rs and regular nurses will probably
he called to the service, and there will
1 e a dearth of nurses at home. It is of
the greatest importance that woman,
*b° has, in the past, relied upon the
cutside helper, should learn how r to
do as many of the things herself as
'he can. Her own home and her home
community will need her.
Shall America Lag Behind?
‘ the American people are going to
’Port their Red,Cross in our nation
a! em ergency, they must join it. In
' a f ,an one person in every twenty-two
" a Member of the Japanese Red
‘ oss - tn Germany one person in ev-
c ry fort y belongs to the German Red
In Russia one out of every 142
Po.sous is a Red Cross member, but
’-nited States only one of
n Ss to the Red
y re are s ' x kinds of memberships
ou can become any kind you like by
m *v mS y ° Ur name address and dues
the nearer Chapter or to the Amer-
D r J^ tional Cross, Washington.
Ann,’, dUes are as Mowa:
-J 1 * lember (annual dues) ..SI.OO
‘ dnpr Member (annual dues)..
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
(TRIBUI . VOL 7, NO. 13
LIU CHAUTAUQUA
CLOSESi ENGAGEMENI
Splendid Entertainment
Furnished And People
Greatly Pleased.
The Lincoln Chautauqua has fur
nished Cartersville during the week
with a list of entertainments and at
tractions which have pleased and de
lighted all who attended. Most inter
esting scientific lecturers, speakers
dealing with social problems, orators
who have ably handled our political
situations, have each presented their
themes and have given forth much to
think of and to ponder over, aside
from the information and statistical
value of their discourses. The music
all the way through has been excel
lent and of such value that, standing
alone, these would have been worth
the price of a season ticket.
The entertainments have not been
patronized as they should have been.
Cartersville has not yet developed into
a Chautauqua town, but it is the con
viction of those who have'been attend
ing the entertainments this week that
by next year chautauqua attractions
V'ill be much more popular and more
generally patronized and supported.
The work of the chautauqua has em
braced in its scope every class and
condition, every age and size of hu
manity. Miss Rutledge, a most capable
director of children in play ground
■work, achieved a wonderful success in
training little girls for the patriotic
pageant Tuesday night. Mr. Rand has
entertained the boys in the parks and
on the school grounds in gymnastic
work. Dr. Shepherd dealt with com
munity life and the value of civic pride
and interest in public matters, forci
bly setting forth the value of manual
training and the teaching of industrial
arts while the educational process of
the child is being followed.
One of the most interesting lectur
ers of the week was Mr. Ralph Pau
lette on last Thursday night. Posses
sing an originality of delivery and a
world of wit and philosophy, he kept
the house entertained through every
minute of his discourse of more than
an hour. Senator Kern on Saturday
night dealt with war problems and the
duty of America at this time. Dr. Lin
coln McConnell was an especial at
traction of the chautauqua and closed
the week with a wonderfully thrilling
address which brought his audience to
a high pitch of enthusiasm in his
praise of America and condemnation
of the kaiser in the present world
struggle.
All told, the Chautauqua was a suc
cess. Not in dojlars and cents, for in
this respect it was not a success, but
the teachings of the occasion, the high
class men of thought and the splend
did musical talent, have come into Car
tersville and made it better for having
come, and those who attended the ser
ies of entertainments given are en
thusiastic in their praise and are
championing a similar event for next
year. *
♦Contributing Member (annual dues)
♦Sustaining Member (annual dues)...
♦Life Member (one payment). .$25.00
♦Patron Member (one payment) SIOO.OO
♦lncludes annual subscription to the
American Red Cross Magazine.
Interest in the organization of a Red
Cross chapter in Cartersville is grow
ing every day*' and the people in the
surrounding towns are also interested
and promise to co-operate with the
Cartersville chapter. Next week a list
of those who have already joined will
be published in these columns.
In the meantime, let us every one
“do our bit” and join the Red Cross.
Leave your name and one dollar with
Mr. Champion at the Gilreath-Cham
pion Drug Store, Red Cross headquar
ters.
READ AND TAKE HEED.
Bartow county is ready to pay all
county warrants of 1916 issue between
the dates of Jaunary Ist and Septem
ber Ist, 1916. Interest on these discon
tinues after May 12th, 1917. Bring
them in at once for payment and keep
the money moving.
G. H. GILREATH, County Treas.
This May 9th, 1917.
THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
CARTERSVILLE, GA., MAY 24. 1917
JUNE A THE DAT 10
LISI MEN FOR ARM)
Selective Conscription
Makes Necessary Gen
eral Registration.
On Tuesday, June sth, it wi 11 be the
duty of all male persons throughout
the United States and its territories
between the ages of 21 and 30 years,
both inclusive, to register at the plac
er in each civil precinct of each coun
ty and city for the purpose of enabling
the IJnited States to conscript from
the registered list an army. To this
end Sheriff Wofford Calaway and
Judge of the Court of Ordinary G. W.
Hendricks and Clerk of the Superior
Court W. C. Walton are the designated
officers to make preparations for this
event and thsy are now appointing
clerks in each district for the purpose
of making provision to have the regis
tration.
The requirements of the law, which
is an act of congress recently passed,
are very strict in terms and each and
every citizen is presumed to have no
tice of the provisions of the law, and
any violation or failure to register will
meet with the severest penalties. All
male persons must register who have
attained their 21st birthday and who
shall not have attained their 31sl
birthday on or before the day set for
the registration. The registration
booths will open at 7 a. m. on the
moEning of June sth and close at 9
p. m.
Each person when he presents him
self will be asked by the registrar a
list of questions, A failure to answer
any of the questions will impose a
penalty of imprisonment for such con
duct, and it will be the duty of the
registrar to make note of the fact, giv
ing the party’s name and residence,
which will be forwarded to Washing
tn.
The list of the questions are as fol
lows :
1. Name in full. Age in years,^ —-
2. Home address.
3. Date of birth.
4. Are you*(l) a natural born citi
zen; (2) a naturalized citizen; (3) an
alien; (4) or have you declared your
intention to become a citizen (specify
which) ?
5. Where were you born?
6. If . not a citizen, of what country
are you a citizen or subject?
7. What is your present trade s oc
cupation, or office?
8. By whom employed? Where em
ployed?
9. Have you a father, mother, wife,
child under 12, or a sister or brother
under 12 solely dependent upon you,
for support (specify which)?
10. Married or single (which)?
Race (specify which) ?
11. What military service have you
had? Rank? Branch? Years? Nation or
State?
12. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds.
When these questions are answered
the registrar takes them down on a
card and they are thereupon turned
over to the proper authorities.
This promises to be a day of thril
ling interest to all Americans. There
will* scarcely be anyone in America who
will not be brought face to face with
the problems of war, as it is probable
that even though one be not within
the age specified, he will be interested
in brothers, sons, or other relatives or
intimate friend and neighbor who is
within the age and thus subject to
draft.
It is very probable that the govern
ment will not draft anyone from the
farms nor out of industries the prose
cution of which are of vital interest to
the wealth producing power of the na
tion, the purpose of the government
being to send to the front those quali
fied for service there while those who
are kept at home are such as will be
best qualified for service at home In
keeping at the maximum the base of
supplies to maintain the army a3 well
as the nation at this time.
All citizens of Bartow county are
urged to give their patriotic support to
this law and each and every male per
son within the ages prescribed will
promptly go to the registration booth
on June sth and furnish the Informa
tion relating to himself required by
the government. To do otherwise is to
bring upon that person great trouble
and in all probability serious penal
ties, the least of which would he im-
ATLANTA’S BIG FIRE
CAUSES BIG LOSS
- •
Over 1500 Homes'Destroy
ed Representing Millions
Of Dollars.
On Monday a destructive fire took
g’ace in Atlanta which was so exten
sive in scope and so great in loss and
damage done that it became a matter
in w'hich the whole state found itself
interested. Breaking out at about one
o’clock Monday afternoon, the fire
quickly spread, due to a higli gale of
wind, and soon enveloped several
blocks of houses. Continuing on Rs
way, it cut out a path for some dis
tance five blocks wide broadening as
it reached Ponce DeLeon Avenue, a
distance of over two miles from where
it started. For a time It looked as if
the entire city would be enveloped in
flames, but late in the afternoon dyna
mite was resorted to and at Ponce De-
Leon Avenue several fine residences
were destroyed by which means the
course of the fire was checked and
brought under control.
Cartersville citizens became inter
ested in the loss of the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Howard, Jr., where
were visiting at the time Mrs. W. H.
Howard, Sr., and Mrs. W. H. Lumpkin.
This home was completely destroyed
and Mrs. Howard and her children and
the guests, Mrs. Lumpkin and Mrs. W.
H. Howard, Sr., came to Cartersville
that night through the country.
| Another home destroyed was that of
Mrs. C. N. Patterson, formerly iqgjesi
dent of Cartersville and the mother of
Frank Patterson, a popular and well
known young citizen ot Cartersville.
Mrs. Patterson’s loss was complete.
The homes of many citizens of At
lanta, well known In Cartersville were
destroyed, and the fire was one of the
most destructive that ever raged in
the south. The total number of houses
lest was between fifteen hundred and
two thousand and the total money lost
between three and fr-t* million dollars.
Fire companies of various cities rush
ed their equipment to the scene at)d
in tills respect Louisville, Nashville,
Chattanooga, Birmingham, Augusta,
Macon and Savannah, together with a
number of smaller cities, tendered
tbeir services and sent their fipe fight
ing equipment forward on special
trains. The fire, however, was gotten
under control on Monday night, and
the Louisville and Nashville fire de
partments did not get into Atlanta
until Tuesday morning. It was consid
ered by those who saw the fire on
Monday afternoon that it is little short
of marvelous that the fire was gotten
under control so quickly. The burned
district will be at once restored and
the Atlanta spirit, which is known far
and wide, will be equal to meet the
calamity through which it has passed.
prlsonment.
All other citizens should do all in
their power to encourage the man who
is subject to draft and to give him ev
ery form of evidence that our interest,
solicitude, good wishes and congratu
lations follow him to whatever point
the power of the government directs
and places him.
It is the adopted policy of the gov
ernment to raise its entire army by
conscription for its war with Germany.
It is because it is the most democratic
way. It is because every class of citi
zen will thus be called upon to per
form the duties for which he Is best
fitted. In this way, also, all men who
go to war will be on an exact level.
There will not be those who call them
selves volunteers and scorn those who
will' be conscripted, hut each and ev
ery man drawn for the army, for the
navy and for the marine service will
have been drawn in exactly the same
manner and those who will be In the
American army will know no class and
distinction and no caste which will en
able one to sneer at his brother sol
dier.
Throughout this county (he citizens
should take the liveliest interest. This
can be done by encouraging the men
between the ages prescribed and by
assuring him that those who are not
within the limit will nevertheless be
performing their duties for America
and will do their uttermost to main
tain the army to which he joins with
money, with supplies, and with every
other form of cooperation that is
reeded to make American arms trium
phant in the conflict at hand
(NEWS VOL 34, NO. 22
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
HELD AICASSVILLE
v / %
Address Honoring Confed
erate Dead Delivered By
Murphy Candler.
it was very fitting that the ladies of
the Cassville Memorial Association
should have paid tribute to their Con
federate dead on the 20th of May. No
doubt thoseJallen heroes were laid to
rest on the day fifty-three years ago.
as Sherman and his victorious army
were at that date marching through
Cartersville.
Rev. Walter S. Adams opened the
program with prayer. Col. Paul Akin,
whose father practiced law in Cass
ville, introduced the speaker of the
occasion, Mr. Murphy Candler, of De
catur, with a few well chosen words.
MV. Candler is related to Cassville
by close ties of relationship. His moth
er was a Cassville girl and his father,
after graduating from the Cassville
college, entered the law office of Col.
Warren Akin and lived there until his
removal to Atlanta several years after
the war.
Mr. Candler is himself a man of line
ability, a splendid orator, and a patri
otic citizen. His address was one of
reverence to our heroic dead and,, one
of inspiration to the men and women
of today who have similar conditions
to face. Clearly he explained the his
toric causes of that bloody civil con
flict for which the southern men
fought for a mighty principle and even
when overpowered, kept that principle
ot right before them. To those Confed
erate soldiers both dead and living
who had the conviction that their
course was right, their was just,
and who had the courage and power
to lay down their lives for that belief,
if necessary, he would set as an ex
ample today for the American boys
who may soon be on the soil of France
entering into a world wide struggle.
With this example for lheir standard,
they will come forth from the conflict
a nobler race of men, a more virtuous
and verile nation, a nation from which
the dross has been drained, by a
mighty process that God has allowed
in order that some great purpose
might he filled.
Mr. Candler also paid a beautiful
tribute to those living and to those
who died for the cause and especially
to Jefferson Davis, the only president
of the short lived Confederacy, per
haps the loneliest and saddest figure
in all that struggle. And to Francig
B Bartow, whose name our county
bears, he repeated again words of love
and reverence to this illustrous Geor
gian whose life was given in the early
battle of the Civil war. And to thpse
countless and nameless thousands who
sleep far from their homes, and whose
memory we revive today, he would
ever love and honor and hold before
the children of the south the true
cause of their struggle and that hero
ism, that patriotism, that spurred them
on to give their all for their country.
After the close of the address, many
flowers were lovingly strewed on the
graves where sleep the brave. The
Memorial Association of Cassville is
to be congratulated on the well kept
condition of the cemetery and for the
splendid program which will keep
alive the memory of the men we love
and honor and the principle for which
they struggled.
GOV. HARRIS APPOINTS MEM
BERS OF STATE FOOD COUNCIL.
E. E. Adair, of Cartersville, and Dr.
J. Bowdoin, of Adairsville, have
been appointed by Gov. N. E. Harris
‘as associate members of the State
Council of Food Production and Con
servation and their commissions were
sent to them during the past week.
It becomes the duty of these gentle
men, as a result of their appointment,
to organize county food councils for
the purpose of taking up with the lead
ing farmers and business men the var
ious problems entering Into the food
supply question with more particular
direction at this time to the matter of
forming a state market bureau to fur
nish infOrmaUon and assist the farmer
and small merchants in disposing of
their surplus food stuffs, canneries and
the storing and drying of other food
products.
They will systematize the matter of
collecting data so that information
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CLOSETHIS WEEN
Graduating Exercises To
Be Held At Opera House
Tuesday Evening.
The public schools of Cartersville
will olose this week and the students
will have made their records and end
ed their for the year.
On next Tuesday night, May 29, tha
graduating .exercises will be held at
the opera house and the public will
thereby be given an opportunity to
hear several of the graduates discuss
themes of general interest, Dr. S. V.
Sanford, dl the University of Georgia,
deliver the address, and will witness
the delivery of the diplomas by Mr.
C. M. Milam, president of the Board of
Education.
, The opera house will doubtless be
taxed to its capacity to seat the hun
dreds of interested citizens, parents,
relative® and friends of the graduates
on this occasion. The graduating ex
ercises are always interesting, not
only to the graduate himself because
of its epochal nature in his life, but to
parents whose children -have progress
ed thus far In life and who are just
about to step out and fight for them
selves, as well as to friends whose
Interest is thus shown by their pres
ence. There are likewise many who,
being believers in public school edu
cation, lend their presence at this
time that they may see and witness
the progress made.
The graduating class this year is
composed of air unusually bright num
ber of young ladies and young gentle
men who have numbers of friends and
who welcome the opportunity to give
them a royal and earnest reception.
All the class have made splendid rec
ords and will doubtless reflect credit
upon the Cartersville High School in
the years to come.
Directions As To Flowers,
The Board of Education has ordered
that all /lowers, floral tributes and
presents of whatever kind intended to
be bestowed upon individual graduates
must be brought to the opera house
before eight o'clock and carried to the
stage where some authorized repre
sentative of the board will receive
and place them. The board has adopt
ed a policy of having all flowers so
displayed that the public generally
will not know to which individual
member of the class each floral tribute
is given and thus for a time all the
graduates share equally in the flowers,
l'hts is based upon the sound
reason that public education is equally
open to all and that no one or any few
number of persons shall enjoy favors
not shared by all.
The address to be delivered by Dr.
Sanford, a member of the faculty of
the University of Georgia, will be one
which will please and interest all who
attend. Dr. Sanford is an authority
upon educational matters and is well
known to the members of the high
school, particularly the graduating
class who are themselves delighted
with the knowledge that the Board of
Education lias selected him for this
most solemn and important feature of
the exercises.
The following program will be pur
sued, the exercises beginning at eight
o’clock: , |
Mvsio. , f
Invocation —Rev. L. G. Hames. * i
Salutatory—Frederick Smith. 1 1
Music. .—*
“American Ideals”—C. T. Conyers.
“Conscription”—Lewis M. Peeples^
Music,
Address—Dr. S. V. Sanford. t
Music.
Valedictory—Joseph Scheuer.
Delivery of Diplomas—Mr. C. M.
Milam, Pres. Board of Education.
Music.
may be sent forth from time to tima
with a view of assisting the farmers of
Bartow county in every way.
The appointments were wisely be
stowed and Mr. Adair and Dr. Bowdoin.
will enter at once upon their duties.
SERVICES AT SECOND METHODIST
There will be preaching next Sun
day morning and night at the Second
Methodist church, Felton’s Chapel.
The pastor, Rev. M. J. Simth, will
have charge. You are most cordially
invited to attend these services.
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