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CARTERSVILLE’S STREETS ARE BEING OILED. The city commissioners are this veek oiling the many business streets ot the city and it is contemplated also to oil many of the residence streets. Tile streets around ilu* public square, together with Main, Market and other streets, have already been oiled. This has been done for several years and the plan now is to include a number of residence streets and thereby to further allay the dust nuisance. Inas much as the city has adopted the water meter system of charging for the use of water, private users will he less inclined to sprinkle the streets abutting their property, but with the streets properl* oileth the dust nui sance will become gradually less and there will be little need for sprinkling. The further advantage is the smoothness all streets art> more likely to maintain. A CHILD'S TONGUE SHOWS IF LIVER OR BOWELS ARE ACTIVE If Cross, Feverish, Sick, Bilious, Give Fruit Laxative at Once. livery mother realizes, after giving her children “Oalifhrnia Syrup of Figs," that this is their ideal laxa tive, because they love its pleasant taste and it thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver and bow els without griping. When cross, irritable, feverish or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, Mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless ‘‘fruit laxative," and in a. few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the •bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system.is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach ache, diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic re-I member, a good "inside cleansing'’ should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "Califor- ! nia Syrup of Figs’’ handy; they know a teaspoonlul today saves a sick child | tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a 50 I tent bottle of “California Syrup of | Figs,” which has directions for babies, j child fen of all ages and grown-ups i printed on the bottle. Beware of coun terfeits sold here, so don’t he fooled. I Get the genuine, made by “California j Fig Syrup Company.-’'—(advt.) THE BIG DAY| IN CARTERSVILLE WILL BE THE— BOYS’ PIG CLUB DAY Saturday, June 30th, 1917 % If you have ne\%i vyitnessed a real enthusiastic bunch of boys, making a wise start, arrange your affairs to come to Cartersville on Saturday, June 30th to attend the first Boys’ Pig Club. The United States government expert on hogs made a trip to Cartersville district some weeks since, for the sole puipcse cf examin ing and inspecting the pure bred BERKSHIRE herd of our county fellow citizen Mr. Ruohs Pyron, of Meadow Farm. * ' * \ tie not only pronounced them an excellent strain, well cared for, but advised this bank to take every registered pig that Mr. Pyron could supply, and encourage the worthy and interested boy in beginning NOW to study and raise pure bred hogs. On Saturday, June 30th, at 1 o clock p. m., the Club Boys, and these pigs will be in Cartersville, after which the boys will select their pigs and carry them home. At the same time, the celebrated Grand Champion Boar, “Premier Direct,” the herd boar at Meadowview Farm will be exhibited, giving to the farmers and citizens of Bartow County an opportunity to witness the beginning of a transforming period in our county. There will also be with us, Dr. Bradford, the boys' friend in Corn Club work, and Mr. J. E. Downing of the Agricultural department of both tae government and tne state, who is acknowledged the best hog man working in our southern section. LET EVERY BOY MAKE AN EFFORT TO ATTEND THE FIRST PIG CLUB SHOW. Let every parent encourage their boys to attend this Exhibit. N If this bank can be of service to either, it will be our pleasure to render all the aid possible to increase the productivity, and the pros perity of those whom we may help. BANK OF CARTERSVILLE CARTERSVILLE = = = , W = GEORGIA COUNTY CHAIN GANG BUILDING GOOD ROADS. The Bartow county chain gang No. i is as yet engaged in work on the Carters viile-Cassvilie road. Having made a splendid road fioni Cassvi !e lo Rogers Station, the gang is n w il v\oik on the section between the American Textile Company properly a ill Cartersville this week at work putting the read within the city lim its of Cartersville from the corpora tion line to the corner of Ca-sville and Market streets in ffho shape. The ehl Howard hill hits been cut down end made an easy giade and within the city of Cartersville the road i be ing made of uniform width and thor oughly top soiled. It is believed that the city authoii- He- will, as soon as the county forces are through, oil this road from Mar ket street to the property line and that the road further on will be oiled perhaps between Cartersville and Cassville. If Ibis is done, it will make the Cartejsville-Cassville road one of il.e finest in North Georgia and will grt atly increase its popularity for use and travel. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL TO WELCOME STUDENTS. There will be a special program at the First Baptist Sunday school next Sunday in the observation of educa- Conal day. One feature of this pro gram wiy be the welcoming of tht l oys and girls of the school who have been attending college dtiirng the past year. * It. is hoped that there will lie a large attendance. Summer Short Courses In Agriculture As an outgrowth of the boys’ and girls’ club work in Georgia, there has been developed at the College of Agri culture special short courses for club winners and for any others who care to attend. Expenses are very low and a splendid opportunity is given the boys and girls to gain specialized agri cultural knowledge. For the boys ♦ here is instruction in soils and fertil izers, seed selection, rotation of crops, growing live stock, dairying, farm ma chinery, poultry, orchard management and gardening; for the girls, instruc tion in home economics, cooking, sew ing, canning, home gardening, home sanitation and home nursing. The en rollment for 1916 was 267; this year it should exceed 4(tn. A circular descrip tive of the work may be had free upon THE BARTOW TRIBUNE-THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS, JUNE 21, 1917. application to the College of Agricul ture. Save the Pullet W. S. Ddts. Prof, of Poultry Husb., , Ga. State College of Agri. So many people, wlp grow chickens In Georgia, sell or eat the pullets ; (young females) as triers that Georgia never makes large increases in the number of chickens kept on the farm it is of utmost importance that only the cockerels he used this spring for fry ing chickens and till the pullets be kept for Ikying next winter. The South will need for all the eggs that she can produce. Killing a pullet now means that you are cutting your food supply next year from 50 to 15<' eggs for each pullet killed. Kill the young cockerels, but save the early hatched pullets. NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION. Notice is hereby given that a bill v ill be introduced in the next session of the Georgia Legislature with the j following caption: "An Act to amend, consolidate, and I supercede the several Acts inctfrpor- j cling the City of Cartersville, in the i County of Bartow, State of Georgia; to create anew charter and municipal \ government for said corporation; to ! declare the rights and powers of the ! same; to provide for the creation of j a board of Mayor and Aldermen for j the administration of the affairs of said City; to provide means by which i legislation can be initiated and fran chises granted; to fix the salaries of officers and employees; to provide means of electing a school hoard; and fox other purposes.” This June 20, 1017. Notice is hereby given that at the r.< xt session of the General Assembly r-t Georgia a bill will be introduced entitled as follows. An Act to Amend an Act entitled, ’•An Act ‘o establish a City Court in the County of Bartow, and for other purposes" approved October 10, 1885, ami ihe Acts amendatory thereof, so as to increase the salary of the Judge of said Court from Nine Hundred Do!* lars to Eighteen Hundred Dollars per annum, and for other purposes. This June 21, 1917. J. M. NEEL, A WAI. T. TOWNSEND, JNO. 11. WIKLE, WATT H. MILNER, COLQUITT FINLEY, W. C. HENSON, J, M. NEEL, JR., J. R. WHITAKER. SHOE SALE! * % What’s Your Number? If your size is from 21-2 to 4 see what we are offering you in Ladies' Pumps 1 and Oxfords; these are bargains at their reg ular price f yours for 2.35 cash. A large lot of Children’s Oxfords in all sizes, but not all sizes of all kinds. See what we are offering you; prices from $1 to $2 according to the size. These prices are for cash; none sent out on approval or exchanged T. W. SIMPSON CO. * Cartersville, Ga.