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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. NO. 8