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VOL. 1 OUR CHANCES COOD FOR NITRATE PLANE Cabinet Board Lists Car tersville Among Feasi ble Locations. The Inter Departmental Board rep resenting President Wilson with refer ence to the selection of a site for a nitrate plant or plants, for which twenty million dollars has l>een ap propriated by the United States gov ernment, has recommended eleven places out of something more than one hundred throughout the country which were submitted, and Cartersville is in cluded in the list. This indicates that Cartersville is being seriously considered by the board as a suitable location for the es tablishment of a nitrate plant and the people of this "county and section of Georgia are greatly interested in our claim and renewed efforts will be made to establish our right to be selected. It will be remembered that some time ago the government sent forth Secretary Lane, Secretary Baker and Secretary Houston, all members of the cabinet, to hear and consider the claims of the various places through out the country for the establishment of this plant. For this section of the south the hearing was in Atlanta. Car m-sville’s claims were well presented by Judge G. H. Aubrey, supported p y Congressman Gordon Lee and others. The matter has been held in abeyance for six or eight months. In the meantime war has been de clared between Germany and the United States and one of the purposes for the establishment of these nitrate plants was to -furnish nitrates which enter so largely into the making of amunition and munitions of war. An other potent reason was the need or nitrates for fertilizer. The location must be one wherein the water power is available as well as other elements, together with the element of ability to fortify. Cartersville has always claimed that it had superior advantages in all respects and that it would Ibe the most feasible location for the establishment of such a plant. It appears that the Inter Departmental Board has been favorably impressed and that out 'of something over one hundred places which were submitted it has narrowed down now to where Cartersville Is among the eleven which are receiving the closest kind of study, and the com mittee which has the matter in charge for Cartersville are very hopeful and confident that we will be selected for the establishment of at least one of these plants. Chairman John T- Norris will call the local committee together immed iately to consider further steps to be taken and it is altogether probable that Dr. T. Poole Maynard, the con sulting engineer for Cartersville, will be present. BARTOW COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Much interest is being shown in the Bartow County Sunday School Con vention which is to -be held at Pine Bog, Ga., on July 19th and 20th. The county officers are as follows: President, W. T. Townsend, Carters ' He; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Henry Milam, Cartersville; elemen tar-v superintendent,* Miss Lillian Greene, Cartersville; division presi 'lents: No. l, Mr. Z. M. Jackson, Car tersville; No. 2, J. A. Whitesides, Kingston; No. 4, Mr. L. P. Caines, Adairsville; No. 5, Mr. C. L. Anthony, Rydal, Ga. of the Sunday school workers of the county are familiar 'with the '' OIK o: the County Sunday School 'ociation which is an interdenomi °nal organization which aims to | e P e\erj Sunday school in fhe coun y to do Better work. Those who at i!,p convention will hear some , o' a 1 dresses on the latest metliods j ' lay school work, and are sure some suggestions for I °"n Sunday schools. Last year Le r, Were 11 Sunda y schools repre m the county convention and |to ea 1 l ' ie coun ty officers are trying L u jr even “ore, if not all of the [L * y schools represented at the T 3 Wy convention. I '•‘■■■’y Sunday school is urged to j fead a good delegation. tior,?* . the &peakers will be Miss av assistant secretary of the THE BARTOW TRIBUNE TRIBUNE VOL 7, NO. 20) TRIP 10 ATHENS 10 BE MADE BY MAN) Men And Women To Go And Pleasant Time Is Promised. Responsive to the publication in last w eek s issue of The Tribune giving an account of the proposed trip upon the part of a number of citizens to pay a visit to the State College of Agricul ture at Athens, and in going and com ing to visit state demonstration farms for agriculture and live stock, and per haps of privately ~ conducted farms, many inquiries have been made to County Agent C. H. Cox and several have expressed their intention of join ing the party. The details of the trip, including f he itinerary to be pursued, will be published fh the next issue of The Tribune-News. It is, therefore, neces sary for all who contemplate taking this trip to notify Mr. Cox in order ihat he may know just how many cars ?md how many persons are to make up the party so that he can make definite arrangements along the route and at Athens for the comfort and entertain ment of all who go. Mr. Cox has received letters from the Slate College expressing appre ciation of the intended visit and giving assurance that special preparation for the entertainment of the party will be made. The college warmly welcomes these visits from the citizens of .he various counties and regards them as net only beneficial to the visitors but helpful as well to the college. Mr. Cox desires that it should be known that ladies are encouraged and expected to be very much in evidence and that a number of ladies have al ready expressed 1 their intention ot making themselves members of the party. All ladies who desire to go may lest assured that they have a most cordial invitation to join the party. Twenty cars for the trip have al ready been registered. All others hav ing cars and who will make the trip should send this fact to Mr Cox and the number that will be carried in each car. This trip promises to be not only in formative and instructive to all who go but a most pleasant occasion socially will be made out of it. 1J is planned to make a feature of a vocal male quar tet which will furnish music for the party as well as their hosts enroute. While a portion of the party will be busily engaged in exanyning the live stock and the agricultural exhibits, the quartet Will be regaling the specta tors and all with a number of happy selections of music. It is also planned to pull off a few other stunts in order that those who are to be visited will remember us not only as inquirers and seekers after knowledge but as good entertainers as well. Georgia Sunday School Association, and Mr. J. S. Robinson, secretary for the Cherokee Presbytery. Miss Davis is known throughout the state as one - * jilt MISS FLORA DAVIS. of the most efficient speakers in Geor gia. The Sunday school workers who have heard Miss Davis know what to expect and who have not yet heard her should do so as there is a treat in store for them. Mr. Robinson is a splendid worker and a forceful speaker. He impresses his audience as a man who knows what he is talking about and goes right to the point THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS CARTERSVILLE, GA., JULY 12, 1917 SUPERIOR COURT NOW IN SESSION Judge Tarver Delivers Strong Charge To Grand" Jury. The superior co#at of Bartow coun ty for the July term was convened Monday morning. Judge Malcom C. Tarver arrived in Cartersville Sunday evening and promptly at ten o’clock Monday morning rapped for order in the court room. Solicitor General J. M. Lang was in his place as the rep resentative of the state and the court ordered the clerk and sheriff to call the grand jury. Eleven drawn jurors were excused from duty on account of the necessity of farm duty and for one or two other reasons deemed by the court sufficient under the law. This necessitated the addition of four talesmen to make the grand jury complete with twenty three men. The jury was then directed by the court to retire to its room, or ganize and return to receive the charge &t the court. The court ther6- upon took up the selection of the traverse jury which was done within a short period of time. A few seconds later the grand jury returned and an nounced that it had selected Capt. .1. J. Calhoun as foreman. Judge Tarver theu proceeded to give the jury in charge a list of matters to be considered, as directed by the code. Preliminary to this, he took up the oath of the jury wbjch it had just subscribed to and, sentence by sen tence and clause by clause, analyzed it, explained it and elaborated upon it to the very great interest of, not only the jury itself but the court room filled with spectators, and lawyers. Judge 'Tarver required from about forty-five minutes to a%our for the charge which was intently listened to and which was purely an instructive and advisory court deliverance upon matters which the jury would have to consider. It was devoid of any sensa tionalism and contained nothing but references to the law and its enforce ment and to the method of ascertain ing the condition of the county’s in stitutions. and direction as to how they should perform their duties and report them to the court. Having received their charge, the grand jury retired and took up the matters to be by them considered dur ing the term. The court then proceeded to call the docket. Set for trial were a num ber of cases ten. twelve and fifteen s ears old which Judge Tarver an nounced he wanted to get off the dock et and to clear it so that the business of the court could be transacted in a much shorter space >ef time than has heretofore been required A number of these cases were dismissed for want of prosecution, a number were settled and compromised, and only a few were tried. Probably more than twen ty-five were taken from the docket on Monday in this manner. Through the two weeks the judge has placed upon the calendar every case upon the docket and will insist on a disposal cf these cases in some form or other. It is believed by court officials that the docket will be at least fifty per cent reduced by the end of the next two weeks and it is Judge Tarver's hope that the cost of admin istration of justice in this county will be reduced twelve hundred dollars a year, beginning at the end of this term. The following compose the grand jury: C-apt. J. J. Calhoun, foreman; J. tY. Vaughan, l. C. McTier, J. C. Kerr, \\ B. Hawkins, R. F. Jolly, John G. Logan, W. M. Dodd, Wm. T. Bell, W. V/. Adair, G. W. Waldrup, W. A. Dodd, J A. Wilson, J. M. Field, Sr., L. P. Gaines. W. P. Fallis, W. A. Hendricks, G. Hames, T. W. Tinsley, W. R. Kilpatrick, Z. T. Russell, R. A. Milner, J. M. Hamrick. CRAWFORD GOODE SHOWS FIRST COTTON BLOOM. We neglected to announce last week that Mr. Crawford Goode had brought in the first cotton bloom for this coun ty\ Mr. Goode is cultivating the John A. Stephens’ place on Pumpk;nvine creek, from which place the first cot ton bloom has heretofore come a num ber of times, and picked the bloom brought into this office pn :~aturday, June 30th. TABERNACLE PLANS EXCITING INTEREST Committee In Charge Con ■+* fident Of a Successful Meeting. The Sam Jones Tabernacle meeting will begin this year on Sunday after noon, July 29tig and run through the 2d Sunday in August. Possibly it may go into the week following the second Sunday in August, depending upon the interest manifested. The committee has de cided to have no preaching this year at 11 o'clock on Sundays so as not to interfere with the regular morning preaching and Sunday-school services at the different churches in the town and surrounding community, thus en abling everybody to attend their re spective churches, both Sunday school and preaching services, at the morn ing hcijiirs on Sunday. Each Sunday af ternoon and night there will be preaching at the tabernacle. During the wfcek services will be held as in the p£(st. ' * The. committee has been very for tunate* the present year to be able to secure the Moore-Stapleton-Kidder party *o conduct the tabernacle meet ing. llev. O. F. Cook, pastor of the First Methodist church at Thomasville, Ga., has the following notice in the Wesleyan Christian Advocate of re cent date concerning a meeting held in liis,church: “A remarkable revival meeting has just been closed in Thomasville by the Moore-Stapleton party, consisting of Rev. Arthur J. Moore, Mr. O. W. Stapleton and Mr. Charles D. Kidder This is the third meeting conducted by Arthur Moore in the Thomasville Metho&tet church within three years and a half. One hundred were received into the church in each of the first two meetings and one hundred and seven teen applied for membership in the last meeting. * “Brother Moore fully sustained his good reputation here, greater crowds than ever attending the services. His preaching was better aud his spiritual power more manifest.” Rev. R. A. Edmondson, pastor of St. Paul’s church, Atlanta, pays Mr. Moore the following tribute: “It gives me great pleasure to com mend to you Brother Arthur Moore, of Macon, for your tabernacle meet ing. He is sensible and sane. He pos sesses an attractive personality, is a pleasing speaker, magnetic, does not preach long sermons, holds his audi ence throughout the service. They go away with the feeling they cannot af ford to miss the next service. His work at St. Paul was (Without criti cism, and was enthusiastically com- : mended by everybody.” Other notices regarding the taber-1 nacle meeting will appear in later ■ editions of The Tribune-News. | ERNEST RAY LEAVES , FO". PHILADELPHIA. Mr. Ernest Ray left Tuesday morn ing for Philadelphia where he goes to accept.a position with the United. States government as painter in the navy yards at that port. Mr. Ray,-who deservedly enjoys a wide circle of friendships in this city and county, I carries with him the good wishes of these together with a proficiency* and knowledge of his trade which insures success. NATION USING BIG FIGURES IN PREPARATION FOR WAR. The following figures indicate to what extent the scale of army* opera tions at the present time have in creased over the figures,of two years ago: In the year 1915, $450,000 was ap propriated for earonautics; under the urgent efficiency act, $47,000,000. In the year 1915 for sustenance, $9,800,000; this year $113,000,000. In the year 1915, $10,000,000 for reg ular supplies; this year almost sllO,- 000,000. In 1915, $13,000,000 for transporta- : tion; this year almost $222,000,000. In 1915 for clothing and camp gar-! rieon equipage, $6,500,000; this vear $231,500,000. Tn 1915. SIBO,OOO for ordinance; this year $2,650,000C In 1915, $450,000 for manufacture of (NEWS VOL 34, NO. 29) 1. SEWELL REPORTS ON SCHOOL MAHERS Attendance Larger And Some Changes Are Rec ommended. Superintendent H. L. Sewell has f.led with the Board of Education a report for the month ending May 29, 1917 of the city schools, the report dealing only with the last month. The statistics as well as the recommenda tions made by the superintendent will be found to be interesting and should be read by the people of Cartersville interested in the public school system. Report of Superintendent for School Month Ending May 29, 1917. To the Hon. Board oT Education, Gentlemen: I beg leave to submit the following report for the ninth month: Attendance. 8 8 I 1 I I I < *"■ n O £. ||l I l tti 1 I a, a. Z % £ East School 91 3 5 007 98 93 191 West School 93 016 107 120 233 High School 92 1-2 034 4040 80 White School 92 8-10 019 245 269 504 Colored School.. 92 016 131 159 290 Total... 92 4-10 017 376 418 794 Finance. Amount of tuition received and de posited to the credit of the City Publio School Fund: Tuition of white pupils $137.00 Tuition of colored pupils 24.00 ll diplomas 20.50 Total $181.50 The average daily attendance in -the white school is 493 for the current year against 46-8 last year. This is an increase of 25, notwithstanding we have had an epidemic of measles year in school. We had a general aver age in daily attendance of 568 for Oc tober, which shows how much the measles has effected the attendance. The enrollment for the year is 576 in the grammar grades and 99 in the high school, making a total of 675 in the white schools, an increase of 26 over la§t year. The enrollment in the colored school for the year is 427 which is 32 more than last year. For several years there have been no changes made in the course of study in the primary department. 1 suggest that we change the readers from the first through the third grade. These leaders have been used for sev eral years and we need readers bette’ - adapted to the modern sdupational ideas. The teachers have labored diligently and efficiently in their efforts to keep the school up to the standard of the best city schools. A conscious and per sistent effort has heen made in the English department to strengthen the fundamentals in this v r ork. Pupils are required more rigidlv than ever before to apply the facts and rules learned in the text in their daily conversation and in their written exercises. As you know our pupils have won the ready writing medal of the High School As sociation in Seventh Congressional District every year with one excep tion. I hope to see Cartersville with a modern high school building where u anual training can be taught suc cessfully. In conclusion, I wish to express my thanks to you for your loyal co-opera tion and sympathy. Respectfully submitted, H. L. SEWELL, Supt. arms; this year something over $55;- 000,000. In 1915, $700,000 for ordinance stores and supplies; this year $106,- 500,000. Purchases have been authorized as follows: Over five million blankets. Thirty-seven million yards bobbin r.et. Two million coats. Forty-five million five hundred thousand yards cotton cloth, olive drab. Twenty-one million three hundred thousand yards unbleached drilling. Six million pair shoes. Eleven million one hundred and ninety-one thousand pairs light woolen stockings. JOHNSON RESOLUTION ADOPIED Br HOUSE Bartow Representative Against Including Cot ton Food Control Bill. A resolution introduced by Repre sentative M. L. Johnson of this county in the lower house of the legislature Inst week brought forth favorable com ments from all portions of the state and was adopted by the house with but one dissenting vote and very ac curately and correctly expresses the sentiment of the people of Georgia with reference to the effort of con giess to place cotton and its products under government control in ttffe bill pending before congress to take con trol of certain agricultural products and minerals. Mr. Johnson is to be commended for setting forth in concrete form the many good reasons contained In the resolution why congress should not embrace cotton in the operations of this bill. Mr. Johnson’s resolution is as fol lows: Whereas, The press carries to the country this morning the Information that the United States has placed cot ton and its products under govern ment control; and, Whereas, Cotton has not yet reach ed a price equal to the value at which cotton goods have been and are now selling; and, Whereas, The government refused, when, in 1914, the farmers sought its help when by reason of the European war starvation prices obtained for their product and ruin for owners of distressed cotton came; and, Whereas, The government, thrbugh Its Interstate Commerce Commission, did relieve railroads for the same as signed war reason and allowed an in crease in their rates, which was ap proved iby the president; and, Whereas, The government did create a Bureau of Ix)ans and thereby pro tected the price of cotton at that time in the hands of speculators, gamblers and exporters, and after refusing aid to the Southern Cotton Growers; and, Whereas, Cotton has not yet reach ed a price which will make an equit able and evening-up price when the prices of the last three crops are con sidered together; and, Whereas, The present rise in prices is based on the natural demand for said product acd the shortage in the supply of same, together with the poor prospect for the 1917 crop; Therefore, Be it resolved by the Houes of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that it is the sense of the General Assembly of Georgia that there does not exist at this time any necessity for government control of cotton prices. Resolved second, That we protest against the government touching the cotton prices at present when it re fused to aid us when we were in dis tress and needed help. Resolved third, That it is absolutely unfa;", unjust and inequitable for the government to control higher prices of cotton unless it will aid the farmer when in distress and fix a min imum remunerative and profitable price above the cost of production. Resolved fourth, That copies of this resolution be furnished at once to the United States Senators and Congress men from Georgia. 1 O. C. OMER NOW MANAGES BOTH CARTERSVILLE HOTELS. Mr. O. C. Omer, the popular proprie tor and lessee of the Park Hotel, this week closed negotiations whereby he became the manager and proprietor of the Hyatt Hotel as well, and hereafter these two establishments will be con ducted by Mr. Omer under the same management. Mr. Omer, through his splendid man agement of the Paj’k Hotel, has great ly increased the popularity of this place and with the traveling public is a favorite. Locally, and among the traveling public, the news that he has taken over the Hyatt Hotel will be gladly received. Mr. Sam T. Light, who has for the past two years managed the Hyatt, has not yet determined what business he will engage in but hopes to be able to continue to live inCartersville where ht has formed many friends and ac quaintances. NO. 15