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VOL. 1
TABERNACLE SERVICES
[0 BEGIN JULY 29
Every One Co-operating
And Great Crowds Are
Expected To Attend.
beginning on Sunday, July 29, the
- ni Jones tabernacle meetings will
: mi through the first two weeks of
/, cast. The services this year will be
: nducted by Messrs. Moore, Staple
lon and Kidder, who were chosen for
the work by a committee of local min
sters and who come to Cartersville
v ith the highest testimonials regard
'd- their fitness for revival work. Rev.
rthur J. .Moore, who will conduct the
sei \ ices and deliver the sermons, is
Most highly spoken of by pastors of
, number of churches in Georgia in
which lie has .conducted revival nieel
' m Many fine things also have been
aid to the committee regarding Mr.
'Hi ie’s assistants, and in choosing
tin above named party for the taber
:i; i■ 1 e meetings this year the ministers
f el that they have been most fortu- j
hate in their choice.
The various committees have com-
I ieted a’l arrangements for the open
ing of the set vices, and everyone is
v irking to make this one of the most
successful meetings ever held in the-
Sant Jones tabernacle. The tabernacle
is being cleaned and put in order, and
arrangements are being made looking
to the comfort and convenience of
those who attend the services.
The tabernacle meetings have long
been cherished by the majority'of Mar
ie w county’s people, as well as those
from nearby counties, as an institu
tion in which each one had a part, and
for many years, since the first ’brush
; rbor” meeting conducted by the fa
mous revivalist a quarter-century ago.
the people have looked forward each
year to the Sam Jones' meetings, when
they could gather from all parts of
North Georgia for religious and social
enjoyment.
N'o better time could have been
chosen for the meetings when it is
considered that at the date mentioned
farmers will have laid by crops and
v ill be free to attend and bring their
families. The weather also promises
to favor the meetings as it is usually
f'ne at this period ru this section. The
meeting is 'being systematically ami
thoroughly advertised by a committee
"l prominent citizens and every ef
fort will be made to attract the larg
os: crowds that have ever attended
the tabernacle meetings.
The pastors of the city and county
'lunches are co-operating with the
movement and everything points to a
most successful meeting.
It has been decided, as announced
before, to open the meeting on Sun
day afternoon instead of 11 a. m„
which arrangement will no' conflict
with the Sunday schools and regular
services at the churches.
The committee on. music is working
make the singing as fine as possi
-1 !e and all the voices available will be
r’ked to join the large choir under
' !!e direction of Air. Stapleton.
Invite your friends to visit you dur
!!L tlie meeting and open your homes
o visitors to the city at that time. Car
'' rsville's well known reputation for
"spitality was first earned by hand
u;g crowds on the occasion of these
I meetings.
r
i 1 & N. R. R. WANTS TO RE
MOVE TRAINS NOS. 32 AND 33.
Placards have been posted on the
*" 1 ,: ‘t hi this eitv putting the public
notice that the Louisville <fc Nash-
Hc Railroad has made application to
Georgia Railroad Commission ask
ihat it he allowed to remove trains
■>'> and 37 running between Car
■' die and Etowah from service, and
n ~ ’* ie company’s fast trains,
and 33 to do the local work
ni; done by the first mentioned
trains.
removal of the local trains is
tor as .an economical measure
| 'ailread and its application be
eommfssion will be supported
f n that basis.
( l is said to be a very spirited
h>fi t 0 the removal of these
1 " ' florn the L. & N. among the
v,| '° !ive along that line of
” 13 declared that the applb
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
ETRIBUNL _7, NO. 21
CONGRESSMAN LEE'S
POSITION ON COTTON
Working Hard That Cot
ton Be Eliminated From
Food Bill.
The following letter, which has been
received by the editor of The Tribune-
News will prove of deep interest to
the farmers, as well as the people gen
erally, of Bartow county. As will be
| seen, Congressman Lee, has been
I flooded with inquiries regarding the
inclusion of cotton in the food control
hill now before congress, and his time
is so taken up with other duties, he
has chosen The Tribune-News through
which to reply to those who have writ
ten him regarding this most import
ant matter.
Mr. Lee's letter, and a statement re
garding the situation both follow:
Washington, D. ('.. July 13, 1917.
The Tribune,
Cartersville, Ga,
Dear Mr. Editor:
I am enclosing copy of a statement
which 1 think important at this time.
There seems to be quite a good deal
of uneasiness as to whether cotton will
he included in the Fo Hi Control Bill.
My mail is so heavy along these lines
that 1 desire to answer a large part of
my correspondence on this matter
through the columns of your valuable
paper.
Sincerely,
GORDON LEE.
Since the inclusion of cotton in tne
toed Control Bill in the senate, be'ng
on the committee on agriculture, my
friends throughout the seventh con
gressional district have flooded me
v. ith telegrams and letters of protest
to this, to such an extent that F desire
♦o answer through the columns of your
paper.
I know bow importanL-the quest ion
h§Jq the price. -of cotton will be to the
farmer this fall. I also realize that, the
people who raised cotton in the years
1914 and 191-3 were almost bankrupted
on account of the effect of the great
war in Europe, which demoralized the
prices to such an extent that cotton
dropped from 12 and 13 cents to 0
cents a pound, with few buyers at ihat
price.
In my judgment, cotton is the cheap
est commodity being sold, when we
calculate the great expense the farm
ers have had to grow' the present crop,
and it is absolutely important to the
south that they should receive at least
a reasonable price for cotton.
When the Food Control Bill was re
ported by the committee on agrlc.nl
! ture in the house, it conta’iied not one
word which could be construed to in
clude cotton. The control was limited
to foods, feeds and fuel. An effort was
made on the floor of the house to in
] elude other things, .but they were fin
! a’iy disposed of. either by vote or
' points of order were raised against
I them.
We admitted that cotton seed would
j likely l>e included in feeds and fuel,
j but lint cotton bad no place in the bill
I Therefore, when the matter passed
I the house, cotton was not included in
i the bill. To make the matter perfectly
j safe and beyond question. Representa
| tive Young, of Texas, made it impossi
; bl* for the courts to so construe it,
, by an amendment to the bill which lie
! offered.
Cotton was inserted in the Dill in
i the senate.
1 am one of the throe conferees in
j the house to meet with a like number
j of- conferees in the senate to settle
; the differences 'between the house and
-
i the senate bill on the subject of food
i
(control. We have had several meet
| ings, but no final ’ results have been
j attained. 1 want to assure my friends
| throughout the district that my efforts
j and influence in this measure will be
| to restrict the bill, as was formerly
! intended, to include only foods, feeds
land fuels. Cotton will be eliminated
from this bill if my vote and influence
! can attain this result.
*
Truly yours,
GORDON LEE. '
I cation will be fought before the state
I railroad commission.
b
The-e trains have been in operation
for several years and have proven of
the utmost convenience to the i>eople
along the line between tbjs city and
Etowah, Tenn.
THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
CARTERSVILLE, GA., .JULY 19, 1917
SUPERIOR COURT IRES II
MURDER CASES IN ONI DAY
Cases Of J. E. Brock And Mrs. Frank Daniel
Tried With Verdicts Returned
Of “Not Guilty."
Two homicide cases tried in one
day!
J. E. Brock, charged with murder
j arraigned, tried and found not guilty
on July IS.
Mrs. Frank Daniel, charged with in
, voluntary manslaughter, in the cotn-
I mission of an unlawful act, arraigned,
J 1 lied and found not guilty on July IS.
This is perhaps a record for quick
work in a superior court, especially in
1 cares of this character, as they usual
!•' involve much formality and what
; is known as ‘ red tape’’ which causes
I many delays.
Brock, a flagman on the Louisville
A Nashville train running between
Cartersville and Etowah, Tenn . on the
morning of June 20th shot and killed
! Cleorge Beemnn, a negro, at the plant
of the Cartersville Supply Company,
to which place he is alleged to have
pursued the negro. The young man.
who is said 3" have had two pistols
emptied nine shots into the body of
the black man, after which he calmly
.turned and walked to the hotel leaving
hi? victim on the ground. At the Hyatt
hotel the young man called Sheriff
Cutaway, and informed him of what
hud transpired and gave himself up
to the officers of the law.
Brock declared that he had shot the
negro because of an insulting remark
that the black man had made to Mrs.
Frock the afternoon before, and
which was reported to him after his
arrival home from his run.
A preliminary trial was held the day
of the shooting, and after hearing evi
dence Mr. Brock was released from
custody on the grounds that lie had
committed justifiable homicide. The
graiui jury, however took the case up
end the indictment that was found by
that body brought the case before the
superior court, where it was gone into
more elaborately.
Brock’s case was eaJled at the open
ing of court and the jury was secured
ly 11 o’clock. Several witnesses were
called to prove the condition of Mrs.
Brock, whose storv of the experience
with the dead man formed the basis
for the defense. Then Brock was plac
ed upon the stand and made a state
ment that was practically the same
that was made before the justice of
the peace in the preliminary trial
when he was discharged from custody
on the grounds of justifiable homicide.
.Mr. Brock told of his coming home
from his run. and finding his wife in
a highly nervous condition. He said
that it was impossible for him at first
to induce her to relate to him what
had caused her to he in such condition,
but finally prevailed upon her to tell
him what had transpired. After bear
ing the story of his wife, be sought
the negro, hoping by a personal inter
view with the b'ack man to clear the
matter up, anil develop, possibly, the
hope that his. wife bad been mistaken.
Upon finding Beeman the next morn
ing he asked him if he had been to
Mrs. Brock’s home during the previous
day to leave ip-e, and upon the negro’s
affirmative reply, he asked if he had
done anything else but leave ice. Then,
raid Mr. Brock, the negro became in
solent, and as though lie apprehended
an accusation, he said. ‘’Anybody that
says 1 did anything but leave ice there
tells a He.’’ •'Then." said Mr.
Brock, “the negro stooped to pick up
a piece of iron pipe that was laying
near, and seeing ntv danger ! shot
him until 1 was satisfied he was dead.
The jury after being charged by the
cmirt retired’to the jury room, and
after taking a vote on the question, re
h.rned in about fifteen minutes with
a verdict of “Not Guilty. The verdict
was received with calmness, and al
though the y ting man had many
friends in the court room, who ap
proved of the action of the jury, there
was no demonstration.
Mr. Brock was represented by Mes
srs. Neel & Neel and Judge A. W. Fite.
The case was finished at about t
( "clock p. ni.
Mrs. Frank Daniel’s Case.
The case of Mrs. Frank Daniel, ,
charged with the killing of her step- '
son. young Frank Daniel, at then :
home on the 4th day cf last frebruarv, .
wa-: arraigned immediately upon the
conclusion of the Brock case, and
made a plea of not guilty.
A jury was quickly selected and the
case proceeded with rapidity. .Miss
Audrey May Daniel, sister of the slain
<bild, and step-daughter of the defend
aifi, was the first witness, lies testi- 1
loony was largely coroborative of the i
statement that was made by Mrs. Dan
iel and her father Frank Daniel, Sr.,
and supported the theory of the do-'
fi use that the shooting was an acci
dent. Mrs. J. B. Smith and Mrs. J. R.
W ylie were also introduced as wit- '
nesses
Tlit 1 statement of the accused was
read from manuscript, and consumed
about twenty minutes in the reading, j
She was several times overcome with
emotion and her reading was inter
rupted until she regained composure.
Her statement was a clear recital of
the tragedy and she went into the har
rowing details In an effort to show
that it was not her intention to shoot
the young bov. She again declared ihat
her possession of the pistol was fir
the purpose of defending herself
against her husband, and that th"
shooting of the child was an accidental
result of the scuffle that took place
when her husband attempted to dis
aim her.
.Miss Audrey May Daniel also de
clared that her father attempted to
take the pistol from Mrs. Daniel, and
that his hand was burned with powder
when it was discharged.
The defense in this case was ably
conducted bv Neel & Neel, and the
state was represented bv Judge A. \V.
Fit(p and Solicitor Lang.
The jury after receiving the charge
of the court at about six o'clock re
tired and quickly made a verdict of
not guilty.
DRAWING WILL PROBABLY
TAKE PLACE FI DAY.
Washington, July 18. —Advices today
to Brigadier General Crowder, the pro
vost marshal general, indicted that
the national lottery of 1t>,000,000 men
registered for military service could
be held next Friday. Prepara tons to
make the drawing on that day went
ahead rapidly, although a final dec! -
ion as to the date cannot be made un
ti 1 the last governor has actually re
ported that the local exemption boards
in his state have finished their task.
Details of the mechanism to be < n
- in the drawing hade not been
revealed. It. is known definitely, h >w
ever, that present plans are for the
lottery to take place In the capital
building, with the members of the sen
ate and house military committees a
- The entire proceeding is
not expected to take much more than
one hour.
Big TaFk For Newspapers.
General Crowder was in c mferene
j today w ith the newspaper correspond
i cats over arrangements for the diaw
, iiig. The press is relied upon to carry
t( individuals throughout the countr;.
tlie information as to when they will
be required to ape.ar before exemption
boards, aud for that reason every ef
. fort is being made to suit, the conven
ience of 'he papers as to details.
The task of transmitting the long
I lists of numbers by telegraph is a prob
lem of considerable proportions, but
the press associations and telegraph
companies are making efforts to in
sure both speed and absolute accuracy
in transmission. There is more can
f,rn over the task of the individual
newspapers after they receive by wire
the results of the drawing. In large
( immunities tile problem of printing
the serial numbers with tlie names of
;he men they represent in each dis
trict attached is one of staggering pro
portions.
in New York City, where there ate
G 9 of the 4,557 local exemption dis
tricts, a list cf the names and numbers
would fill several hundred newspaper
pages. Even to give sufficient name?
and numbers to cover those likely to
called to the colors immediately
means enormous work.
Problem of Alien Registrants.
While the provost marshal general’s
office was busy clearing up the last
(NEWS VOL 34, NO, 30)
fl ASSOCIATION
HOLDS MEETING
All Departments Given At
tention And Contract
Closed For Amusements.
|
At a recent meeting of the Bartow
County Fair Association, a contract
was closed with the Blackwell Book
ing Agency, a local enterprise, for the
attractions that will !•? seen at tie
next county fair. This will be glad
l ews to thve* who seek cleanly amuse
ment and instructiveness combined,as
ihe agency above named furnisher,
('lily the highest class of shows, con
cessions, etc., and there is every rea
seti to believe that the people of thi
< ity and county will be more pleased
\ ith the amusements that will be pre
sented to them at the coming fair. The
midway is a very important feature
of a county fair, and the Bartow asso’-
cristion determined that it should be*
;,f the best that the people should not
e ain be disappointed with the class
of amusements on the midway, and
the fact that it has closed with the
Blackwell agency is the be-t assur
ance that the efforts of the associati n
will meet with success.
Secretary Warren Tinsley, announc
er, that another meeting of ihe Fair
Association will be held Thursday,
July 26, at the citv ball auditorium, and
that all those who are interested in
(lie success of the fair from any stand
point, whatsoever, are invited to at
tend. This will tie, in a wav, a co-op
erative meeting, and all who have a
deDre that the e ruing fair should be
the b’ggi st and the best that lias yet.
I been held in the county should attend
'this meeting.
The pig Hub. the corn c’ub and other
departments of the fair are being giv
en close attention, and every branoh
of agrlculturuf and home work will re
I -reive a stimulant through the effo;ts
i that are now being made for the sttc
| cess of the coming Bar tow County
1 Fair.
In addition the fine midway that
M i- been contracted for through the
local book hg agency, the management
of the fair has completed arrange
ments for the races again this year,
game of the best horses that have ever
appeared in tire south will be here,
and there is every indication that this
will be the banner year for the C;:r
lorsville track.
The management of the fair wishes
all the citizens of the county to puli
together with the purpose of making
the next t'a'r the best that has ever
been given in a city of Cartersville s
sire, and many assurances have been
teceired from the pen pie of Carter -
ville and Bartow county that every aid
will be given toward making this the
greatest year in the fair's history.
[details of the diAwing, the problem
| cf aliens, came before the senate in a
ji evolution introduced ;by Senator
Chamberlain, chairman j>f the militar;.
I:: unmittee. It m t H<’ ; for the drafting
foi military service i cit.zeus of coun
tries at wa" >vi‘b ('■ 'rviy who ar.
ii*i.v residing in the United States upon
the same terms • Am ri'-an citizen
are liab’e under the national army bill
The resolution seeks to meet the
views of the state department, how
ever, by excepting from its action ci i
zens of countries which have treaties
with the United States pr ohibiting the
enforced military employment of the
nationals of each party in the terri
tory cf the other. There has been no
indication whether it will have adniln
i tration approval.
All states except three New York,
Pennsylvania and Michigan—had re
ported their local ji-ts numbered for
tiie drawing when Hie provost marshal
general’s office closed tonight. Offi
cials said they had rejtorts, to indicate
that these states would report them
selves tomorrow’, so the drawing could
Ik held Friday.
A resolution declaring that the sec
retaries of war and commerce in fixing
the quotas of the states and territories
on the basis of registration and not on
tlie basis of population have acted il
legally, and calling upon them to fur
tdsh the house with reasons for "sc
ignoring the ex; r - provisions of :I?
conscription law," was introduced to
day by Representative McCulT mo. et j
Ohio.—Atlanta Constitution. i
4 —— - t
TIME SET FOR VISIT
TO STATE COLLEGE
Route Planned With Sev
eral Interesting Stops At
Farms And Schools.
The Farmers’ and Business Men's
Excursion to the Georgia Agricultural
College at Athens, will depart from
this city Tuesday, July 31 at seven
o’clock a. m. and will run down the
Dixie Highway to Marietta, whore the
McNeal and Anderson farms will be
visited. From thence the tour will ex
tend to Powder Sitt ings, where a vish
will be made to the Seventh District
Agricultural school. Atlanta will be
Die next stop.
The schedule calls for departure
from Atlanta at 2:30 p. in., and the
run out. of Atlanta will be made vi*.
S-ione .Mountain, where the gigantic
confederate monument, the largest is*
•he world is now being carved in the
l ying stone in memory of southern
war heroes. It is % planned to make the
arrival in Athens at. 6 o'clock p. tn..
and return trip will be made by a
more direct route, leaving Athens at
9 a. m. j
The 'purpose of this trip is two-fold:
*n the first place it will he one of ex
ceeding pleasure to those who are in
terested in the state’s advancement,
agriculturally as well as otherwise,
;,r.i( will furnish an excellent oppor
tunity for the tourists to see the great
mountain of granite at Stone Moun
tain, uiion which the world’s most
stupendous monument will be carved;
and it will be a very pleasant time to*
\ h v ii tbe capital citv for a short while
The pleasure of visiting the district
agricultural school, and seeing th®
1 ogress there, will also be great to
the business men and farmers who wilt
j be in the party with their wives ant
j -ons and daughters.
Second: tbe visit to Slone Moun
i ;ain, where the state experimental sta
tion is also located, will be one no'
only of pleasure, but of deep instrne
fiv puess as well. There will be sect
the various experiments that the Geo*
gia Agricultural College is making
•aith the different grades of fertilte
c**f, various. soils and many kinds ©T
iilants, crop rotation, etc.
These annual visits to the State Ag
ricultural College, bring the progres
sive fanners in ihe state into closer
intercourse with one another, and th<-
resultlng exchange of views taken in
I connection with the demonstration*
j made In the lecturers cannot fail to b*
of great benefit. There is also a co
mingling of the wives antf daughters
of the farmers and business men.
which is sure to result in great good
to those seeking ideas from the ex
perience of others who are making
; progress.
It is requested that those who wish
;to go, and who own their cars in
which there are extra seats, should
ask some one to accompany them. In
vite your friends and inform C. H.
i’ox who will make up your iiarty.
Special rates at the Athens hotels will
be made for members of this party,
and It is urged that all who are inter
ested and who can possibly arrange
to do so make the trip.
W. C. T. 0. TO HAVE
WORK DAY FOR SOLDIERS.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance
Cnion, of Cartersville and Bartow
county, will spend the day at the Sans
Jones Memorial church, Wednesday
July 25, and make comfort bags for
1 the soldiers who have enlisted from
Bartow county.
All the me ml rev's of the W. C. T. F.
of the countv are urged to come to
• the church for the day and to bring
needle, thread and -scissors and a
1 1 Mere of cretcnne cf bright, p-etty color
21 inches square.
I y £
I Lunch will be served at the church
j and the members of the Cartersvillc
: union are asked to bring a plate cf
sandwiches.
Mrs. L. Dillard, state president W
v f
o T. will spend the day with riws
union and vil) speak at 11 a. m. and
again at 3:30.
A splendid program will be arrang
ed by Mrs. Sam .loner, corn tv presi
dent, assisted by Mrs. Cunyupresi
dent of Carte’svifle n.
All the ?h M‘ rod nn. iof
vTo ■' tin? o >•: >• ;r ■ ' :vl ci
c ._e u iivdi' Dillard.
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