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MINERS TO FORM ASSOCIATION
TO PROMOTE GENERAL INTEREST
Meeting Called For Monday Night At City
Hall To Formally Organize And
Adopt By-Laws.
The mining interests of Bartow
county will be formally organized into
an association next Monday when a
meeting, called by a committee of
miners for the puri>ose, will be held at
he city hall that night at eight o’clock.
Bartow county for many years has
been a large producer of various forms
of minerals, but each operator work
ing independently and disposing of
his product as best he could. Within
he past three years, however, the
mining industry of Bartow county has
grown to such proportions and the
amount of money invested in various
enterprises, as well as the number of
jarlies interested, has brought to all
concerned the conviction that an as
sociation of miners should be formed
for their own good as well as for the
proper promotion of the county’s gen
eral interests, and in order that the
miners themselves may aid and be
aided by other business organizations.
Occupying as it does a useful place
in our citizenship and industrial pro
gress, the mining industry of Bartow
county is today of that strength which
enables Bartow county to claim to he
the largest producer of wealth at this
time in Georgia. Rich as it is in agri
cultural wealth, producing as it does
on an average of twenty thousand
bales of cotton a year, together with
grain and feed crops of great value,
an*] now making strides in the live
stock business, which is attracting at
tention here and eJsewhere. Bartow
county has been able to claim the
right to occupy high rank, but its
claim of pre-eminence in this field is
disputed by a number of other coun
ties. When, however, is added the fact,
that it produces more barytes today
than any state in the union, more
ochre than all the states of the union,
and iron ore, mangenese and bauxite
to a profitable extent, it must be con
ceded that this county is at this time
ihe producer of more wealth than any
county in Georgia, because whatever
may be the agricultural wealth reak
ing power of any other county, such
county does not possess also the min
eral richness of Bartow.
The mining industry is tarnishing
a pay roll which amounts to perhaps
forty thousand dollars a month at this
time, and the mercantile interests as
well as all other business interests
know the value of the circulation of
ready cash represented by weekly pay
■ oils. It is an industry which distri
butes its products abroad and brings
*o Bartow county the proceeds in cash.
It is an industry in which every form
of artisanship. mechanician and other
wise, is employed, and it is an indus
try which helps the agricultural, mer
cantile, banking and every other pur
suit and class of business.
. Having now reached such tremen
dous proportions in this county, the
men interested in the operation and
ownership of mines and minerals have
concluded to organize as every other
business has done and is doing, for
rot only their own welfare but for the
general good of the community in
which their operations are carried on.
Bach week finds new operators en
uring the field, the entire eastern di
v ls ion of the county being now dotted
' lfc re and there with scores of mining
'derations, many of which are running
my and night.
-''•ever before in the history of Bar
county has such tonnage of min
:rai production been made. It is es
unated that before the close of~the
mrner months more iron ore will be
~1!; ped out of Bartow county than
|' er before in its history, and even
■ ' more manganese is being mined
H’d 'hipped than ever before. The
B plants are working to their full
OT :, y; bauxite is being mined as
r '•lore, and barytes has become a
; of the greatest value, which
H •' lew years back was considered
BB ''f reely 0 f any value at all.
H 1 11 purpose of the association will
B 1 °nly such as will promote the
K"'lndustry itself, but will be also
HR 1;u 'ts nature, and the commit-
HH ttav *og in charge tin- formation of
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
'TRIu \/OL7, NO. 23i
the organization have prepared by
laws and an order of business which
will admit of a wide form of discus
sion and entertainment.
The letter sent, out to the various j
parties interested in the mining in
dustry is as follows:
Cartersville, Ga., July 31, in 17.
Dear Sir:
Believing there is urgent need of a
closer association of those engaged in
mining in the Cartersville district, and
that the time is ripe for an organiza
tion that will promote these interests,
the undersigned ask your co-operation
in the establishment of a mining asso
ciation in the Cartersville district.
The field to he occupied by this or
ganization to correspond to that of
similar organizations in other states.
1! is proposed to meet once a month
for the taking up of matters of inter
est to the mining profession, and for
the reading and discussion of papers
related to mining or achievements of
the members, and for the furtherance
of the mining interests of this section
of which in its corporate capacity the
association will stand as a representa
tive.
The great. increase in mining hi the
last year, and the prominence that
this fieM has reached as a mining cen
ter all point to this as a propitious
time for the establishment of an as
sociation which shall have for its ob
ject the interchange of ideas, and the
welfare oY the mining interest in this
section.
It is proposed to have a meeting of
those Interested in the assembly room
of the -city hall at 8 p. m., August 6,
1917, tor the purpose of forming such
an association as herein proposed. You
are cordially and urgently invited to
attend and contribute by your pres
ence and advice to the success of the
undertaking.
Yours very truly,
HENRY KABELL,
ROBERT S. MUNFORD,
WILBER A. NELSON,
JOHN T. NORRIS,
A. G. NULSEN, Jr.
W. C. SATTERFIELD,
B. C. SLOAN,
W. ,T. WEINMAN,
L, B. WOMELSDORF.
ill FARMERS UNION
COMMEND GORDON LEE
The Farmers’ Union Convention of
Alabama, at its recent session in Bir
mingham, sent a letter to Congress
man Gordon Lee last week highly
commanding him for his services in
i emoving cotton from the Food Con
trol bill, yet pending in congress.
Mr. Gee. as vice-chairman of the ag
ricultural committee in tfc-e lower
house, and now as one of the con
ferees appointed to get the senate and
house bills together on the food con
trol proposal, has effectively opposed
the inclusion of cotton in this meas
ure. To such an extent has his ser
vices been felt that the Farmers’ Un
ion of Alabama have taken notice oi
it and have sent him the following
letter:
O. P. Ford, Pres. F. L. Wade, Bus. AgU
Mrs. Lutie W. Brown, Sec.-Treas.
THE FARM ERS EDUCATIONAL A XD
CO-OPERATIVE UNION OF
AMERICA.
Alabama Division.
Birmingham, Ala., July 28, I <, ' ! *
Hon. Gordon Lee, M. C.,
Washington, D. C.
Mv Dear Sir:
We are holding our state Farmers
Union Convention today in Birming
ham. and we wish to express to you
oirr sincere thanks for aiding in re
moving cotton from the Food Control
biU, and we trust you to keep it out.
After years of labor on the part of
the Farmers' Union, the United Stages
Cotton Futures Act becanve a law ">
act of Congress in'l9l6, and this law
is fair alike to cotton manufacturers,
to legitimate cotton buyers and trad;
err and cotton-ißanufsetur^s. and Hie
THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
CARTERSVILLE, (rA., AUGUST 2, 1917
MIIRE-STAPLETON EVANGELISTS
STIR TABERNACLE MEETINBS
Services Largely Attended And Religious
Campaign To Be Conducted For
Two Weeks.
The tabernacle services being now
conducted iu Cartersville by the
Moot e-Stapleton evangelistic party is ;
arousing great interest in g religious (
campaign and large crowds attend
e.ch service, particularly the services
held at night.
Rev. Arthur Moore, the evangelist,
upon whom the burden of conducting
the meeting largely falls, has been
preaching a number of very strong
sermons, laying the foundation for an
appeal which will be made to men ami
women to conform themselves to a
Christian life as the meeting progress
j es. Mr. Moore is an earnest and force
i fu! preacher. His home is at Macon.
Oa„ and he is a member of the South
Georgia Methodist Conference and one |
of the eighteen general evangelists j
carrying credentials of the M. E. j
Church South. He is also a member of j
the interdenominational association j
of evangelists and his evangelistic i
work at, other places has been effec
tive and lasting. From these places
comes the highest praise, l>oth of the
man and of his work, and since his
appearance in Cartersville he has but
added to the general verdict in his
favor. His sermons at the tabernacle
have been characterized by logical
reasoning and earnest conviction and
s soul stirring appeal to bis hearers
to give thought and heed to the truths
oi the gospel.
Mr. Moore is ably assisted by Rev.
O. W. Stapleton, chorister and soloist.
Mr. Stapleton’s home is at Thomas
ville, Ga. He is a singer of rare ac
complishments and through his <ti
and leadership of song at the meet
ings has carried a strong appeal for
a better life upon the liart of his
hearers In addition to his talents as
a singer, Mr. Stapleton is a religious
! worker and delivers on occasions in
! teresting lectures, especially to chil
| dren. On next Saturday night he
] pneaches upon the subject of
i “Candles” and by means of this
I theme he analogizes the different
types and classes of men and women
SPEEDERS’ GAZETTE
PICTURES PYRON’S PIGS.
The Breeders’ Gazette, a publication
of wide 011X1111311011 aiming those in
terested in the live stock business, of
date July 26, 1917, carries a photo
graph of the display of 21 Berkshire
pigs on the occasion of the distribution
of these pigs to the Boys Pig Club of
Bartow county, Georgia, by the Bank
of Cartersvilie, the pigs being the pro
duct of the Meadow view Farm of Mr.
Ruohs Pyron.
The photograph is an excellent pic
ture of the scene in the park and prac
tically ail those present can be iden
tified by people in Cartersvilie. A
brief write-up of the occasion accom
panies the illustration and is in ail
respects complimentary of the scheme
and plan adopted for the extension of
pure bred Berkshire pigs in Bartow:
county.
PHILLIPS LEGION TO MEET. i
Phillips Legion Confederate States j
Veterans will hold their annual reun- 1
ion at Kennesaw, Ga., the second week
in August. Those contemplating at-|
tending this reunion should place |
themselves in communication with Mr.
H. J. McCormick, secretary. These oc
casions are unusually happy ones tor
the veterans and are well attended,
and the reunion this year promises to
be as thoroughly complete in every
respect as the ones held heretofore.
farmers do not want this law chang'd
in anywise whatever.
There are interests now in Washing
ton endeavoring to change this law !
and adopt, some new' method of regu- j
lating cotton prices, and we want r. >;
regulations except those provided • ■• j
in the above law. and we hope vou j
will stand by tho farmers in this, our j
respect. ’
Yours respectfully,
O. P. ford.
i* f
President Alabama Division.
with ihe various types and sizes of
candles which he discusses. This ser
lr.fn is said to be one well worth go
ing miles to' hear, and doubtless a
large crowd will attend the meeting
on Saturday night to hear Mr. Staple
ton upon the subject of “Candles.”
Assisting, also, at the meeting is
AtL Charles D. Kidder, pianist and
secretary of the Moore-Siapleton evan
gelistic party. Mr. Kidder’s home is
at Beaufort, N. C„ and thus the entire
evangelistic party is of southern
origin and familiar with southern sen
timent. customs and thought. Mr. Kid
der is an accomplished pianist, and
with Mrs. Ruohs Pyron at another
piano, furnishes Instrumental music
v. hich greatly adds to the musical pro
gram at each meeting.
There is nothing sensational or un
usual in the character of the meetings
conducted. Rev. Mr. Moore preaches
that religion which lias stood the test
of time and openly proclaims that lie
is. in his views, a believer in the old
fashioned religion. The songs are such
as are familiar to those who attend,
add thus there is being conducted at
thfe tabernacle a meeting which is des
tined. in the opinion of all who have
atjended, to be a great success and
one by means of which many souls
will he redeemed and the religious life
I of church members themselves will lie
greatly improved.
Interest in the meetings is upon the
increase. The crowds are larger in
number and attentive and interested
\n all that takes place from the opert
i, , pfcayer to Riff benediction. The
tii iemaele itself has been made come
| fort able and the arrangements adopt
{ed have been such as to enable all to
lie able to take an active part and <o
be attentive listeners to all that, is
said in concourse or song.
The meetings are held each morn
ing and night during the week and,
there will be services on Sunday, tak
ing place at eleven o’clock in the
morning, 3:30 in the afternoon and
7:30 in the evening.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
DISPEE THE GLOOM
Farmers Radiant With
Hope For A Record Yield
In Bartow.
If gloom prevailed during the ear
lier spring months, it has entirely dis
appeared throughout Bartow county
due to the remarkably fine crop pros
pects now apparent. Throughout the
entire county farmers report their cot
-len to have made fine progress within
the past three weeks, and corn never
looked better. This is, of course, trne
also as to the other crops.
Tlie cool spring held back the
growth of cotton and for several weeks
farmers were very much concerned
over the prospect. The universal re
port was that cotton was small and
few r believed that they would be able
to produce exceeding half a crop. This
verdict has now completely changed
and Bartow county farmers, due to
the fine weather which has prevailed
for the past three weeks, report their
cotton lo have taken on large weed,
and though yet late, gives every prom
ise of a satisfactory yield.
There Is, of course, one grave ap
prehension and that is should an early
frost come the cotton crop would be
seriously cut off on account of its late
ness, but all are hopeful that a kindly
Providence will not send a killing
frost before the usual time for it.
A number of Cartersvilie citizens
who have been through the state with
in the past two or three week# report
Bartow' county crops look better
than any they have*, seen. Those who
have been through South Georgia have
found that the cotton is small and
thaHhe acreage has been considerably
reduced due to the appearance in
South Georgia of the boll weevil.
South Georgia w’il! doubtless produce
(NEWS VOL 34, NO. 32)
REMAINS ONNII SIMMS LEAK
BORNE TO LAST RESTIN6 PLACE
Methodist Church Filled With Friends And
Associates Out Of Respect To The
Memory Of The Deceased.
John Simmons Leak, a citizen of
Bartow county for more than seventy j
years, and one of its most distinguish- I
eci and most successful men, died at j
his home in Cartersville Wednesday j
evening, July 25th, not quite eighty j
years of age.
While the condition of Mr. Leak for !
sometime past was such as lo give lit- j
tie Hope to members of his family, and |
his friends contemplated his end with |
a growing feeling of sorrow and sad- j
r.ess, his ultimate death spread uni
versal sorrow, and the general verdict
recorded was that he had lived worth- j
ily throughout a long period of time,
Poing good wherever he moved and
1 living a life which had won for him
the esteem and confidence of all men.
About a year ago Mr. Leak was ad
vised by his Cartersville physician and
friends and relatives to go to Atlanta
and enter a hospital. After much per
suasion, be did so, and there learned
lhat he was afflicted in a way which
made certain that his days were num
bered. Undaunted, he returned in a
few days to Cartersville, look up his
business affairs, which were among
the most extensive held 'by and indi
vidual in Bartow county, and to the
end directed bis large farming inter
ests as well as performing his duties
as president of the Bank of Carters
ville. His enfeebled condition did not
in any way diminish the mind nor
divert his judgment and he pursued
his course with continued success.
Mr. Leak was born November 27,
ISS7, in Laurens District, S. C., the
of Arinjuteiid Leak and Mary
Hanna lea*, the third of fiui|y
of seven children, composed of fou<l’
brothers end three sisters, all of whom
were born at Laurens District near
Clinton, S. €.
On December 24, 1846, his parents
emigrated to Bartow county, Georgia,
and since that date he has lived his
entire life here, barring a service in
the Confederate army during the Civil
war He was reared near Cartersvilie,
Ga., and was educated in the old field
schools of this county, the house
where was spent most of liis school
days still standing on the Tennessee
read at. this time.
Upon the. breaking out of the war
between the states, or shortly there
after, Mr. Leak became a Confederate
soldier, end served three years under
the great southern chieftan, General
Robert E. Lee, in the Virginia army,
belonging to Company B. Phillips’
Cavalry Legion which was organized
at Kingston, Ga. His service in the
var was like that in all civic and bus
iness affairs with which he was con
nected. Tie gave to it devotion and an
intelligent personal interest and,
hence w'as universally proclaimed .a
this year a tremendous corn crop, as
will Bartow county, but the cotton of
Bartow appears to be a much more
promising product this year than in
any other place or section of Georgia
Taken in consideration with the
mineral industry of this county, Bar
tow county can well claim now to be
producing more wealth out of the
ground, the source of all wealth, than
any other county in Georgia. With a
fair Yield of cotton, a big yield of corn
and with plenty of forage crops, added
to an increased production of barytes,
ochre, manganese and iron ore, Bar
tow county promises to produce so
much this year that, as one business
man expressed it, “we will hardly be
able to get it to the railroad.”
A COMPLIMENTARY NOTICE.
The Advertising New’s, published at
New York, contains a kodak picture in
its July 14 number of Mrs. Felton
Jones, with a complimentary write-up
of her success in the bill posting field
of business.
Mrs. Jones is highly complimented
upon her business career as well as
her social qualities and the picture
is a snap shot with a kodak taken on
the broad walk at Atlantic City during
a recent convention held there' of the
till posting industry of the United
States.
splendid soldier, brave, steadfast and
true. Upon his return to Bartow coun
ty after the close of the war he en
tered u|K>n the avocation by which he
was liest known and for many years
he has been considered among ihe
best and most successful fanners in
North Georgia.
On February 18, 1869, he married
Miss Elizabeth Bellariah Brandon, the
ceremony being performed by the late
Dr William H. Felton, between whom
there always existed the warmest ties
of friendship. The union thus brought
about joined two families of great so
cial prominence and high standing and
the connection made an extensive cir
' cie of relatives in this county. The
I home was one to which friends and
' strangers went to meet with simple
1 hospitable entertainment and felt at
ease.
1 In 1870 Mr. Leak was. made a stew
ard in the Methodist church of Car
tersville and this place he held until
the day of his death. By reason of his
devotion to the interest of the church,
the possession of a truly Christian
spirit, an attentive performance of the
duties of a steward and a punctual at
tendance upon all meetings, he thus
became tjie leader among the laymen,
trusted by all in the church from the
pastor In charge to the youngest mem
ber of the Sunday school.
Mr. Leak was also a member of the
Masonic order, and likewise to this
organization he gave the same dutiful,
loyal, devoted respect, that distinguish
ed him in all the other walks of his
life, and by all Masons in Bartow coun
ty he was held in affectionate and
kindly regard Asa man, he was oor
panionalde, helpful to those who nee
ed help, and perhaps enjoyed the cc
fidence of more men than any otb
person in Bartow county. So that
his home, In his church, his lodge ai
among his friends, he reached the ffl
measure of a man, and no fact is more
universally conceded among those who
knew him.
In the material affairs of life Mr.
Leak was also a success. He was a
farmer who regularly profited at farm
ing. His accumulations he reinvested
in farming lands and at the time of his
death perhaps was the largest owner
of farming lands in Bartow county.
He was an authority upon the growth
of cotton and his counsel and .advice
was sought daily by those who con
fronted problems in the pursuit of the
farming business. For several years
past he has been the president of the
Bank of Cartersvilie, a financial in
stitution which has steadily grown
under his leadership and direction and
largely because of the universal con
fidence in the character and strength
of its president. >*■•-*
Mr. Leak never sought public hon
ors nor official recognition. He was,
however, at one time a county com
missioner and at another time an al
derman of the City of Cartersvilie, in
both of which places he sought to
bring about systematic business meth
ods and an efficient performance of
the functions of government.
Mr. Leak is survived by cnly one
child, a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Leak
Conyers, and by one grand-child,
Claude Bunson Conyers; also by one
brother Asbury Leak, of Cartersvilie,
and by an extensive connection.
The funeral services were conducted
at the Sam Jones Memorial Methodist
church with which he was so long
connected Friday morning at 10:30.
The auditorium was filled and during
the hour many stores and business
, houses closed their places of business
as a mark of respect to the memory
i of the dead —and the Masons atteuded
in a body. K
The sermon and service was con
ducted by John G. Logan, pastor
of the church, assisted by a choir
composed of Mrs. A. B. Cunyus. Mrs.
Ruohs Pyron, Mr. P. F. Akin and Mr.
Jos. S. Calhoun, with Mrs. R. S. Mun
ford organist.
At the close of the service the re
mains were carried bv the pall bearers,
J, W. Knight, W. A. Jackson, J. W ,
.Vaughan. J. J. Conner. Thos. Lump]'
km, L. F. Shaw. J. M. Field and J. J
Ilill to Oak Hill -cemetery wheui they
were tenderly laid to rest.
NO. IS