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VOL. 1 U MININS CONCERN 10 BEGIN OPERATIONS I ————• | ro n Ore To Be Raised By Two Corporations O n Big Scale. The .Matthews Iron & Mining Com [pany this week closed a business [transaction with the Etowah Develop ment Company whereby it became the [lessee of the latter’s ore property and [equipment on Etowah river located near the old Cooper iron works. The leased land comprises several hun dred acres and the mining machinery and equipment used at the same plaice by the Etowah Development Company when it ceased active mining opera tions about three years ago. The property leased is a comparative ly small part of its holdings in this county. It does include, however, the mines operated by -the Etowah com pany for the past ten years, also the equipment used in getting out the a' the same place. This will leave the lessor company with valuable manga nese, manganiferous iron ore and brown iron ore on both of the Etowah river and extending north to the property of the Georgia Steel Com pany property, and it is understood that much of this will be gradually in operation by the Etowah Development Company. The Matthews Iron & Mining Cos. is a Rome corporation, which has se cured control of the Rome furnace and valuable red iron ore beds in Floyd and Chattooga counties. It is believed that some large operations, both in the manufacture of iron and the min ing *of iron ore, are in contemplation. New York information lias been given out to the effect that the capital stock has been greatly increased within the past wrtek and that some important acquisitions are planned which ehir braces another furnace and the ac quirement of coal lands. It has already put a force of men to work repairing the machinery and equipment lately leased from the Eto vah Development Company in good working condition and will shortly be sot the shipment of ore. Business and commercial interests are looking for another mining pay roll and a resulting increase in the volume of business which will be brought about which will add much to the increase of wealth to follow the digging of minerals with which this county is so richly blessed. In the meantime the Etowah De velopment Company is planning to open anew mine and build another mineral railroad in order to develop its ore beds near Ailatoona, Ga., at vhat is known as Iron Hill or the Crow property.” In order to get this ore to the market a railroad will be built from the mines to the Western & Atlantic, touching at 41 Mile Post Crossing. This equipment will all be ■•road or standard guage and anew locomotive, as well as a number of broad guage dump cars will be pur rhased. The ore to be developed runs high in metallic iron content, Practically all above 50 per cent and regarded as one of the richest ore loads in the county. h is planned to have this mine in 'Deration within fifty or sixty days. Bartow county boys on EUROPEAN BATTLE LINE. < artersville’s first report from her sons at the front was during thi# week ! , ‘u Mrs. W. H. Howard received a "iegram from her son, Albert How- J| u, that he thad arrived safely in Condon. Mr. Howard is attached to •u Pershing’s staff, as private sec to General Brewer, inspector genertd. General Pershing will be in com •"Od of the first division of the Amer ■ n army upon its arrival in Europe • ini js now the ranking military au ’ onty of America in Europe. His * a! last wf-k was heralded with ioest joy by the English people !i l civil and military authorities. All ■■-i of distinguished tribute was ! S(1 him and his party while in Lon n - They will proceed to France al ">f immediately, where within a few ■ Bartow county will be represent • two of its own product, Lieut. ' 1 U. S. A., son of G. M. Boyd, 1"E BARTOW TRIBUNE (TRIBUNE VOL. 7, NO. 16 AMERICAN lEXTILE BUIS LIBERIV BONDS Subscribes For SIOO,OOO Of Big Government Loan For War. The American Textile Company, of Cartersville, this week prescribed for $100,000.00 liberty bonds to be issued by the United States government to prosecute the war with Germany. This subscription upon the part of a Cartersville industry has set an ex ample to the entire state and has fur nished Bartow county with a pride of possession that it has within its boundaries an industrial enterprise, riot only a model cotton mill in the prosecution of its business, but one v.'hich manifests its interest in the welfare of our common country and willing to do its share toward bring ing success to American ideals. The American Textile Company has been for years, the pride of Carters ville and Bartow county. It is a model in efficient management and success ful operation and with reference to the care and provision it makes for the comfort of its operatives. High au thorities, and critics engaged in so cial work, have uniformly commended this mill, while its standing in the fi nancial world gives it a range of cred it which enables it to do business on a massive scale. In line with the policy which lias controlled it from its establishment in Cartersville, the company felt itself called upon to substantially respond* to the nation’s call for financial as sistance to prosecute the war. It wai the general belief that it would be a liberal subscriber but when the an nouncement came it spoke in large terms. Without any personal solicita tion specially directed to the officers and owners of the mill Mr. W. M. Mc- Cafferty authorized Mr. Jos. S. Cal houn, president of the First National Bank, of Cartersville, to enter the company’s subscription for $100,000.00 cf the bonds. Perhaps no subscription could pro duce greater moral effect in Georgia than the announcement that this mill had agreed to take so large an amount of liberty bonds. Known to be good business men, the best known in the United States, the subscription proved that the interest returns of 3 1-2 per cent on a perfectly good security, free* from taxes of all kinds, was by them regarded as a good investment. Known i also as public spirited men the act set j forth an example for other men to follow'. The Tribune has had frequent oc casion to applaud the business genius and public spirited service-which Mr. E L. McClain, the controlling owner of the mill, has shown here and in his home town, of Greenfield, O. Within the past two years he gave to the city of Greenfield the land, and erected a high school building thereon, at a cost of a half million dollars and furnished it so that it is considered a model high school throughout the nation. He has spared no expense in the development of his cotton mill industry here, pro viding a beautiful site, well paved streets and walks, religious, education al and Auditorium facilities for the op eiatives of the factory and has been a liberal contributor to public and private benefactions. This subscription alone puts Bartow county beyond what the government expected. To this subscription from Bartow county will be added that of a number cf other subscribers, which includes organized societies, banks, various business enterprises, private individ uals, both men and women, engaged tn every form of avocation, as well as young boys and girls. Thus, in ail these ways, Bartow county is doing its “bit” for world wide freedom and universal liberty. chairman of the board of commission ers cf roads and revenues, and Albert Howard. Lieut. Boyd has been in Paris since the war began as a representative of the U. S. army in the study of modem war methods. With him is his wife, well known in Cartersville before her marriage as Miss Annie Peeples and a visitor in the home of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar T. Peeples. THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS CARTERSVILLE, CtA., JUNE U, 1917 JUNE TERM GOURT NOW IN SESSION No Criminal Cases On Docket Of Recent / Origin. The city court of Cartersville is iu session this week with no criminal cases to speak of to handle. To speak of courts without any crim inal business to transact is as hard to understand as to refer to a city without houses or a circus without a menagerie. But, nevertheless, the June term of the city court of Cartersville is practically without a criminal dock et. Of course this Is attributable in large measure to the ‘‘bone dry” liquor law, effective since last April. It has always been known, and largely ad mitted, that liquor was the cause of nearly all crime. The war is having something to do with the criminal docket also. Many wayward boys, victims in large meas ure of evil associations, but possessing otherwise good qualities, have joined the army. Being now engaged in a worthy enterprise the court officers are inclined to deal lightly with a. against whom criminal cases are pend ing and if these show the right kind of metal many of these cases will he worked off the docket by service in the army. Even the attendance on court is small. Farmers are busy in their fields and when summoned for jury duty, or otherwise, make earnest pleas to be excused —and the court has shown a disposition this term to let everybody from the farms off who wants to work Ins crop. Indeed the appearance in the court indicates that everybody lias gone to work. When one is a witness he tries to get to. the court house a minute before he is called and when he has testified tarries not a second longer. Judge Geo. H. Aubrey is presiding as judge. Civil cases of some import ance are being tried—'but nary a crim inal case. Sheriff Calaway is not counting on buying the entire govern ment bond issue out of his profits this year in the jail business. County solic itor Watt H. Milner is about to be transformed into a mild and gentle poet instead of being a relentless and criu i prosecutor. Judge Aubrey has not had to deliver a lecture or impose a sentence of imprisonment upon a j poor convicted wretch during the term, and the lawyers, (yet having tears to shed# have had no occasion for cause to shed them, nor in tearful tones to tell *he jury of the loved ones Who will he left behind if the defendant is de prived of his liberty and caused to have to bear ignominy’s cruel badge in .the garb of a convict. And so, the city court of Carters ville is in session this week with no criminal eases to speak of to -handle. The following compose the jury: Henry Mayburn, W. P. Griggs, G. W. Smith, ,T M. Adams, W. M. Kennedy, G. W. Swanson, G. B. Hood, G. A. Gray, J P. Kimsey, J. M. Wilson, M. F. Word, G. A. Howard, R. M. Collins, J. M. Hammond, W. T. Pittard. G. W. Alexander. W. W. Prickett. CARTERSVILLE BOYS ON HONOR ROLL AT TECH. It will be of interest, not only to the many friends of the young students themselves, but to the hundreds who are proud of the Georgia School of Technology, or “Tech” as it is more familiarly known, to learn that three of the honor men of this year's junior class are from Bartow county. Jas. W. Vaughan, who led the entire class, and J A. Dodd were awarded a “Gold TANARUS,” a scholarship honor at the commence ment exercises. Grajiam Granger w T ould also have received this honor but for a technicality, his grades plac ing him well within the right. All Bartow county citizens will view with pride the accomplishment of these young men when it is consider ed that out of a c'ass of 125 students, three out of the ten honor men are from this county and graduates of the Cartersville High School. Not to be overlooked, is also the fact that these three young men were the cnJy Can tersville boys in the class so that Car tersville and the Cartersville High School can claim a percentage of 100 per cent efficiency at “Tech ALL DAY SINGING 10 BRING NANI HEBE Annual and North Geogia Convention at Taberria cle Sunday. On the third Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17, there will be held in Cartersville at the tabernacle all day singings which will draw the finest singers of Georgia and other states here for the occasion. It is the date for the North Georgia Singing Convention, but running so close on to the annual singing on the first Sunday in July, it has been de cided to combine the two and thus have the annual as well as the North Georgia Singing Convention in one. Singing conventions can be said to be among the most popular occas ions held in this county and brings to Cartersville each year singers and hundreds of visitors who come to en joy the programs. Sheriff Wofford Calaway will be in charge of the local arrangements and many inquiries have been made to him as to when the conventions wdll be held, indicating that the attendance this year will be unusually large. To a Tribune-News representative Mr.Cal away stated that the singers would be among the best in the country and that the program to Be followed will contain everything usual and incident to singing conventions. A large number of singing conven tions have already been held through out the county, largely of local taleut. These will all be brought together in the one big meeting on the 16th and 17th at Cartersville, as well as famous singers from distant states. Cartersvilte citizens should make ready to entertain the hosts who will attend an d'a warm welcome will doubtless be accorded. Friends and relatives will avail themselves of the opportunity to visit homes in Carters ville while they are here to enjoy the proceedings of the singing convention. It is believed that this year will fur nish, not only the largest number of the best singers from this county and elsewhere, bur that the crowds will be greater and larger than ever before and every provision will be made to render comfortable all who attend. SEABOARD AIDS EMPLOYEES TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS. The Sealmard Air Line Railway Company, in order to hell) 'Be good cause along and to aid f .s employees t< purchase Liberty Bonds, have sen! each man employed by the c uipany a letter which contains the following: “Appreciating the fact that some of our employees may not have funds immediately available to enable them to subscribe to the desired extent for Liberty Bonds, arrangements have been made with the Bank of Union, Monroe, N. C.; Georgia National Bank, Athens, Ga.; The Commercial Bank, Cedartown, Ga.; Atlanta National Bank, Atlanta, Ga.; First National Bank, Birmingham, Ala.; First. Nat ional Bank, Cartersville, f whereby these banks will accept applications ot employees of this company for these bonds to be paid for in ten equal monthly installments to be deducted by the company from wages on the payroll of the subscribing employees. These bonds are issued in denom inations of $50.00, SIOO.OO, $500.00 and $1,000.00. The banks will retain the bonds and collect interest thereon for their own account until fully paid for. “In subscribing for these bonds through these banks, you will sign a form of deduction sheet furnished by the company' ‘Subscriptions will have to be in the hands of banks not later than the 13th instant. 0 ‘This is an opportunity whereby employees can be of service to the country and at the same time lay up an investment.” Mr. -Bennett Conyers, who is sta tioned at the officer# training camp at EUrt McPherson, and Mr. William Conyers, of Atlanta, spent Sunday at home. Messrs. Joe Akermaa and Dillard Row-land have returned from Akron, Ohio. -•* • - i-'JtJ J SfcjK (NEWS VOL 34, NO, 25) TO MARK THE HIGHWAY FOR MILITARY TRAVEL Counties and Towns To Hold Meeting To Secure Co-operative Action. The Dixie Highway between Chatta nooga and Atanta forming a line of communication between the big mob ilization camps will undoubtedly be the heaviest traveled road in the south. The government will use it, providing it is found available for motor truck service, for hauling supplies from the Quartermasteirs Deppt and Chicka mauga and between the two oamips, a.r, well as in the exchange of visits between the officers in the two camps. It is necessary therefore that the high way not only be placed in first class condition throughout but that it be completely marked from terminal to terminal with the official Dixie High way sign without delay, so that the officers cr cfispatch hearers in service of our nation may have no difficulty iu getting over the road without delay or inconvenience. The counties between Chattanooga and Atlanta will be asked to co-oper ate with the Dixie Highway Associa tion in making the highway along the route between Chickainauga Park, Fort Oglethorpe, and Atlanta, Fort McPherson, in marking the road. A date is to be fixed when the cities and towns and the people of the counties themsejves will turn out and mark the road from county line to county line, as well as dangerous v crossings and curves. While the club has not been offic ially informed, there is reason to be lieve that the highway between Chat tanooga and* Atlanta may be consid ered of great, military importance and eventually taken over and built by the government. The interest taken, in each county relative to marking and the* road conditions will he a deter mining factor in the Selection of the route. Aside from the patriotic duty of aiding the governnient’s fighting arm in every possible, it is of utmost importance to make possible the use of the highway for military purposes with a view of interesting the govern ment in the construction of your route* as a military road. It is safe to say that Bartow county will be found to lie in line and that the people will give to this proposi tion every form of endorsement and sincere interest. It is also planned to paint the tde phf ne and telegraph poles along the way. The board of directors of the Dixie High w-ay Association has'adopt ed three stripes, red and whitp, each six inches in width, to extend two thirds of the circumference of the pole. Three inch letters —I). H. —to bo stenciled in white on the red stripe in the middel. The paint mark ers to be eight feet from the ground. Not less than three p de.s to the mile, and three succe--i\c pole* on each side of road or street intersection or turn, should l>e painted. Stensiled let ters “Right” or “Left” with arrow my also be used to indicate turns. BOBBIE JONES WINS GOLF TOURNAMENT. The victory of iiob Jones iu the southern golf tournament at Birming ham last week whereby he became the southern champion* was enthusias tically heralded in Cartersville where he is known and where his aunt, Mrs. Geo. W. Brooke, resides. Young Jones is regarded as a wizard at. golf. He easily distanced his anta gonists in the tournament at Birming ham and following his play throughout was a large gallery who made little ef fort to restrain their interest in and partiality for him. Bob is only 15 years old and is said to possess the coolness of an old and experienced man. His father and mother manifested f£r more excite ment than “Bobbie” ever shewed at any time. # ~ Mr. Sherman Granger has gone to Nashville where he will be connected with the Southern Bell Telephone CD. during his school vacation. . "*"1 BARTOW COUNTY FAIR TO HAVE EVERYTHING Agricultural Products This Year Will M Showing. Never in the history of the county has there been shown as much effort to raise all kinds of agricultural pro ducts as this year in Bartow. This ta assurance that the Bartow county fair will provide entertainment in the way of an agricultural exhibit this year far superior to anything ever had before. Cotton, velvet beans, soy beans, corn, hay and peas have been put in the ground and those who have tounai the county report that they have never seen less untilled land than is now to be seen In the county. This means that the county is going to report the maxi mum of production in the fall of 1917. More than that the pig club boys are providing themselves with flue bred stock and hog growing is becom ing an industry which is backed by the enthusiasm of youth. Calf clube> corn clubs and ]>oultry clubs are speeded _.up to a high rate and when the fall fair is on the old and young farmers of the county will have some thing to show. The fair directors are busy with their plans. The premium list will be Issued in a few days and many more prizes have been offered and there will be greater incentive to contest fox first place than ever before. The women are greatly interested in the work of women. The Cherokoa Club has this year for the first time offered a prize and a number of wo men are taking a lively interest' i making successful this feature of the fair. The live stock, negro building-, mines and minerals and the vaakmß other endeavors of fair department* are to be set forth in their best list and most attractive form. Secretary Tinsley is assured of i great racing program and the free act will be such as to startle the thous ands who will attend this year. BOARD OF EDUCATION FORMALLY ORGANIZES. The Board of Education of Carters vilie met -Monday night and orgaoi/.#u for the ensuing year, Messrs. C. M. Milam and W. A. Dodd, together with H. J. Jolly, the newly elected member, being present. Mr. W. A. Dodd was elected presi dent of the board, Mr. C. M. Milara vice-president and Mr. H. J. Jolly sec retary, ail elections being by unani mous vote. Mr. C. M. Milam, the retir ing'president, has filled the duties of the office for five or six years, and to gether with the co-operation of other members of the board through his tenure, has greatly adtkd to the ef ficiency of the city school system. Mr. W. A. Dodd, who succeeds him, is a warm adherent of public school educa tion and will devote sincere and ener getic study toward a satisfactory per formance of the office he has been elected to fill. Mr. Dodd Is in every way equipped to furnish the public with the best of service in this very responsible position; while the newly elected secretary, Postmaster Jolly, likewise brings to the board mental equipment and a real interest in edu cation which insures a satisfac ory system of public schools. / ‘ Given proper buildings and school facilities of a physical character, the newly organized board will be sure to l ender a good account of itself and the i cause of public school education will continue in efficiency and popularity. Retiring from the board Dr. it. E. Adair has left an office to which he has given sincere and honest service. In charge of grounds and buildings he has been an untiring champion of im provements and has sought to secure action from the board of mayor and commissioners to provide hygienic conditions, beautified grounds and at tractive environment for the school children. His devotion to the w'ork as signed him was such as to commend him as one who has rendered real ser vice to the schools. Through pe/sona! work and the sacrifice of much time he has succeeded in getting better heat ing systems installed and the buildings are much better lighted. NO. I 4