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VOL. 1 METHODISTS HEAR Ml PASTOR SUNDAY Rev . s. A. Harris Delivers* Two Sermons To Large, Congregations. f Rev S A. Harris, the newly ap noiuteil pastor of the Sam Jones Mem- j ria i Methodist Church, occupied the iiilpit of that church for the first time ,L t Sunday and delivered two sermons to larse congregations. Dr. Harris succeeds Rev. John G. Igan, who has been the pastor for the past two years gefore announcing his text for the •aorn’ug discourse, Mr. Harris made a brie f -i atement to ihe congregation setting, forth his feelings and his pur poses as pastor. He stated that he was exceedingly glad to be again in Mar tow County; that he regarded it a one of the greatest, if not the greatest county in Georgia. He said that he -as a native of the county, though his home for the most part and for sev eral years, had been in other parts oi the state, fie had one charge in the r-ouni y since he entered the ministry an( i was glad fo return and again take up hi- duty where he had some of the best friends he had on earth. Htj stated that lie was not, therefore, Um‘ familar with Cartersville. That he knew our fteople (mil loved them and many had shown him, through the years past, evidences of interets and attachment. Hr hoped to know his membership. He believed in calling ui>on his mem bets and to visit their homes and this he intended to do at the very earliest opportunity. If he knew lvis own heart he-cared only to devote an unselfish phrposa toward bettering mankind. He wanted to give faithful and energetic 'service. He wanted to prove his right to existence. He wkuteil each mem ber to feel that he could come to him at any time for any service within his lower to furnish. The talk was imppressive and the losest of attention was given. At the close of his introductory talk he took up his text from the 3rd Chap. 1 Kings, <he prayer of Solomon. Analyzing the pravev'sentence by sentence, he considered it one of the most complete and comprehensive ever uttered. With a manner of ad dress and with earnestness he pursued had closed 1 ate r> Hft!)9 u L an(l wlieh lie was pronounced the large congregation of members went forward to shake the hand of the new pastor and to wish him Godspeed in his work and for a pleasant and successful year as pastor or the church. railroads monopolize STREET CROSSINGS. If only the train crews- could be brought to realize once in a while that foot and vehicle juassengers have some rights which have not been en tirely taken away from them, they would occasionally observe some of the oplpancesVelatiug' to the of time a railroad train is allowed in ('artersville to hold a street crossing. In less these ordinances have not been lately repealed altogether they are being openly and regularly violated. I>aily, if not hourly, a train about a tnile long haul up and stop across Main mul Market and sometimes Church Street all a.t the same time. The lo i corootive will leave the train thus standing and go out and search for one, two or three cars with which to make the train longer and incidentally hold street travel longer. A man desiring to go to the court house from the cast side of town en counters a train completely blocking hi-i way. Ho waits for five minutes "hen he concludes that very soon now somebody is going to be arrested nr >less the crossing is. cleared. Noth illg doing. He waits for ten minutes J n<i contemplates running under or between the cars. Safety first. He -tbts for fifteen, minutes and, after biting his pipe stem in two, he lf,r Sets that Hilly Sunday is in Georgia mui proceeds to swear furiously. Indies may he near by but no matter. !■' ddes, they don’t much care, for that just, the way they feel about it them ■“ i>es. Perhaps in something like 30 '■•.nates, the thing leisurely moves off and the foot passenger moves on, only end that court has adjourned and house Is closed h, taking THE BARTOW TRIBUNE I ; THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS (TRIBUNE VOL 7, NO. 40) COMMONS WON BY CARTERSyiLLE MEN Homer Cook, Captain And R. W. Knight AndW. H. Lutnpkin, Lieutenants. Commissions were awarded Monday to the 2,800 student officers who for three months have been studiously air plying themselves to qualify as officers in the United States army. Among the fortunate number were three Bar tow County boys and these are re ceiving the congratulations and best wishes of their hosts of friends. Homer Cook was commissioned as a Captain, R. W. Knight, as First Lieu tenant, and W. H. Lumpkin, as Second Lieutenant. Thus the three Carter:- ville applicants received a high com mission. The exercises were conducted at Fort Oglethorpe. Gen. Duvall, com mander of the department of south east, was the principal figure. Hun dreds of friends and prominent army Officers were present and the manner of awarding the commissions was strictly military and hence very ini press iVe, - Tito hew officers are at ease until December 1o when they will take then places in their respective- camps. Capt. Homer Cook is assigned to duty at Douglass, Arizona; Lieut. Knight goes to Charlotte, N. and Lieut. Lumpkin to Camp Govdofi. Some of the brightest minite front all parts of the United States took the course and contended for eotiVnais sieVied officers places. That all three oi Cartersville’s representatives were successful s]teaks in impressive terms of the seriousness with Which they en tered upon their work. Capt. Cook, whose assignment car ries him far from Georgia, and whose future course is subject to yet further removal, hhs, for several years been connected with The Ladd - Lime & Stone Go. lie has many friends :h Cartersville anti these will follow his course in the strenuous military life which he has entered. Lieut. Knight’s present assignment may enable him to make his friends all over the county confidently expect him tc acquit himself admirably as a soldier, as he has done as a civilian. Lieut. Lumpkin will, for'the present, be nearest home. It will probably en able his fellow country mem* to see him in action as a commander before the jewiment to which he will be attached, * Cartersviiie SB" 1 !"' 13 " °l Eu ™ pe ' -•**■ Cpniitv are proud of its representative* captains, Bennett Conyers and Homer Cook and four lieutenants, Hugh Aker man, Joel Fite, R. \V. Knight and W. li. Lumpkin go forth from this county and the ho]te and wish is universal that after they will have performed their duty as officers in the army, they will return to again take up their life among us. CITIZENS MUST REGISTER BY NEXT WEDNESDAY Registration of voters proceeded during the past wgek and only one week r’emifri/ within which citi zens, can qualify. If one fails to reg ister he thereby loses his right to vote for city aldermen or any election held during the first six months of next year. Many important matters are to come up. First will be the selection of al dermen who are to choose a. ciity man ager, into whose hands will fall the entire management of the city’s fiscal and operating affairs. The aldermen fix the taxes, determine what public improvements shall be undertaken and become, by virtue of their office, members of the school board. All citizens should promptly regis ter. Thus will the affairs of the city be governed by the people. Only 75 have qualified. For* the registration t.o be representative more than 500 should record their names. an early start, the next day he. may get tc the court house some time during that afternoon. Perhaps a train crew might be brought up to the city hall sometime and the mayor asked to point out the various ordinances applicable to the case. To make it more impressive a fine might be imposed. 3ucix a sug gestion is made only for the purpose of proving that foot and vehicle pas sengers have yet some rights which have not been taken away froip them CARTERSVILLE. GA., NOVEMBER 2, 1917 BILLY SUNDAY, THE FAMOUS EVANGELIST TO BE GIVEN A ROUSING WELCOME fn ’** v j >* -r .. ■ ** <rn n ■ * Will Arrive In Cartersville Monday Morn ing And Will Preach To Thousands At Sam Jones Tabernacle. Billy Sunday, the world's famous evangelist, with his party consisting of his wife and children and officers of his extensive organization of Christian workers, will arrive in Car tersville Monday morning from Atlanta by automobile and at eleven o’clock will preach at the Sam Jones Tab ernacle. Perhaps the heartiest welcome ever extended a stranger by Bartow County !>eople will lie most freely tendered Mr. Sunday on his visit here next week. No preacher throughout the world is better known today than Billy Sunday. Wherever he has preached lit has made his and has won men to him. There are thousands who testify today that they once went forth to scoff but have turned away from his meeting to praise him. TbeVS > have been thousands who have criti cised him but after hearing him have been brought to realize that the man possesses more than histrionic ability and that he bas a great heart and a wonderful mind, a splendid magnet ism, ali of which talents he is earnest ly devoting to the service of his Savior. The welcome that will he afforded Mr. Sunday will be in large part sim ilar to the tribute which the iieople of this county have in times past paid to the late lamented and distinguished evangelist, Sam P. Jones. In some •respects they are the counterparts of each other. They both possess indi viduality; courage was a large part of each qf these men; magnetism, wit, pathok and eloquence, and an inde pendence of mannerism in public speaking cause us to l ive the memory o'' Sam P. Jones and likewise look with favor u]>on Billy Sunday, j There is no need to urge people to i hear Billy Sunday. They are coming {anyhow and Cartersville on next Mon day will have within its gates more ' strangers than lias been here within ! the memory of man if the weather is JAMES W. KNIGHT *•' IS BANK PRESIDENT James \v. Knight, Carujrsville’s well known citizen and merchant, has been made president of the Batik of Carters viiie by the board of directors of that financial institution within the last few days to succeed the late John EL Leak, deceased. The selection of Mr. Knight for (he presidency of this bank meets with universal favor. He was born and reared in Bartow County; known more thoroughly to the people of the county than perhaps any other citizen in it.; active and alert, and a man of scrupu lous business integrity. He is active in religious work and since our country has been qpgaged in war has been most diligent in furthering all worthy organized labor that meant fitting the soldiers for real service in ! the war . He has been a director in the bank of Cartersviiie for many years and largely interested in it financially. He* has an abiding faith in the future ma-j terial greatness of Bartow County and i is in all respects equipped for the j>osi- - tion for which he has been selected. RED CROSS SENDING PACK AGES TO THE BOYS. The R*d Cross workers of Bartow County are busily engaged in receiv ing packages to be distributed to the soldiers of America. Only a few days more remain for these packages to he received. Sixty packages have already been shipjied to the hoys “somewhere in France*' and the remaining 87 will go to the boys yet camped in America. Hasten along your package so that shipment ran be made next week at all favorable. These will not be disappointed. Billy Sunday never fails to entertain and, more than that, he never fails to bring home to the hearts and minds of his hearers sacred truths which appeal to the better side of all who come within reach of his voice and in touch with his wonderful | personality. Entertainment. The various county and city officials and leading business men will greet | Mr. Sunday immediately upon his arri j val on the public square. Soon after wards he will go to the tabernacle where he will preach.' After services at tha tabernacle he will lunch with Mrs. Sam P. Jones, and during the af ternoon Mr. Sunday and his party will be driven over the city and county when there will he given an opport unity to see the various points of in interest. Clean Up. Clean up day was set for next Tuesday, December 4th, but due to the coming of Mr. Sunday on Monday, the city commissioners have proclaimed Friday and Saturday of this week as clean up days. Every citizen of the town should clean up his premises and make bright and attractive, the appear ance of the city. Perhaps no guest Car tersville has. ever entertained is cap able of doing so much good for the town as Mr. Sunday. During the course of a. few months’ time he speaks to hundreds of thousands of people in various parts of the world. him tie able to say Cartersville is an at tractive, a clean and a charming place to see. The city forces are at the command of the people on Friday and Saturday for the purpose of cleaning up, and, shoijld anyone want the rubbish car ried away lelephone to the city offices or to Mr. R. W. Landerfc. chairman of the street 'committee, and yonr wants and needs will tie supplied. Let us see how clean we can make Cartersville on ihis occasion. UNION SERVICES A1 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Thanksgiving exercises will tie held at the Presbyterian Church Thursday at 11 o’clock. For many years the three principal protestant churches of Cartersviiie hare held joint meetings on Xlemks giving Day and on these occasions suitable exercises have .been held. The pastors of the Baptist. J’resbyier ian and Methodist churches have de livered sermons in order. On Thanksgiving Day this year it is the Methodist pastor who is in order to preach the sermon and hence Rev. S. A. Harris, the new pastor of Bant Jones Memorial Methodist Church will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian Church. Suitable music lias been arranged and the public is cordially invite?! to attend and participate in this strictly American institution and form of bringing the peojile together in a Thanksgiving service for all that Providence has provided and to render acknowledgement of gratitude fot blessings enjoyed. ARMY Y. M. C. A. STILL MOVES UPWARD. All rejiorts from the county have not yet been received concerning the cam paign for Y. M, C. A. subscriptions for work to be done by that organization in the army. Cartersviiie has reported practically $2,500, which up to a few days ago was some better than Rome, but Rome is still working and is mak ing strong efforts to increase her list to more than $3,000. Chairman Townsend Ls pleased with the work of his corn n. 1 1too, especially that of W. J. Taylor and W. A. Brown, whose labors were confined to the rail road men who responded nobly. (NEWS VOL 34, NO. 49) MISS EDWARDS IS NOW HOME DEMONSTRATOR Is Cordially Introduced and Herself States Aims and Purposes. Miss Lula Edwards has assumed charge of her work as Home Demon stration Agent of Bartow County and within a short period of time exacts to learn existing conditions over the entire county. This knowledge will lie ascertained by visits to the schools and to the various sections of the county. Miss Edwards will then plan her work so that progress will con tinue uninterrupted. Below will be found a letter from Prof. J. VV. Jackson, superintendent of county schools, introducing Miss l-id vards to the public with an earnest re quest that active and helpful co-opona tion will be given. Miss Edward* has likewise written a letter in which she states her hopes, aspirations and pur poses. The following is the letter of Snpt. Jackson: Miss Lula Edwards, of Oxford, Ga„ has come to Bartow County as Home Demonstration Agent. Miss Edwards tomes to us with the very be*t of rec ommendations as to her personal char acter and qualifications for the work. After graduating at the State Nor mal, Miss Edwards took a three years’ course in Domestic Science and taught the subject two years. In addition to the above literary and technical training Miss Edwards has had a great deal of practical home ex perience in the work, also as teacher in the public schools for a number of years. War conditions make tills work more important, and we hope the jieople will so regard it, and at least show a will ingness to he helped through the ave nues which are opened by &• contin uance of this work In the county. The agent, as before, will work ! through the schools, tint not exclusive 'l> with the children. The very largest i and most important business of the hu- I man family is the preparation, serving, land conserving of food by housewives, Sand this work is continued and fos tered in the hope that they may he ma terially and financially helped jn this great time of need. I commend Mis* Edwards to you, and hope you will help her by allowing her to help you. J. W. JACKSON. The Tribune is ip receipl of the fol lowing letter from Miss Edwa****’- To the Poped® rvartow County. It gives me great pleasure to he with you as your County Agent, and 1 tiust that our working together may prove helpful to us all. There was never a better opportu nity for each man, woman, hoy and girl to do his or her part in carrying on ihis great national campaign'. The men have a particularly great part, for it is to them that we arc looking for the greatest part of our food production which is so essential to success at Ihis particular time. Then you can aid in the conserva tion of food by cooperating with the women in showing a willingness to substitute cheaper food for ihe exp-ii sive ones, as prepared by the women; for the women are going io substitute and conserve food just, to the extent that you will let them. Then you can do no end of good by giving your farm agent your heartiest co-operation in his work. " v -n v The women's part in this work is a very imi>ortant one. VVe are planning this year to do more work with the women; and in order to accomplish the greatest re sults, it is necessary that you be or ganized into clubs in the different communities, that, you may be able to help each other, and that I may in the best way be able to reach you. You will he interested, I am sure, in the different lines of work for the women, as the study of foods; food substitutes, the cheaper foods ihat may be substituted for the expensive ones; flour substitutes; home conven iences; and other phases of work that are so important. The parents of boys and girls who are old enough to become members of the clubs can do a groat deal of good by using your influence and encour aging your children to become club members. It is needless for mo to say just what it means for a boy or girl to be a member of the club; but I GODNIY FAIR MEETS NEAT WEDNESDAY J Big Attendance Of Bartow Business Men Urged. Oir next Wednesday at one o'clock at the court house a public meeting of the citizens of the county will be held for the purpose of putting the county fair on a permanent and stable finan cial basis or dropping the enterprise altogether. f • It is ho|MKl that every business man in the county, and by business men is included the followers of every line of business endeavor whether it be that ot farming, merchandising, bank ing, professional pursuits or employer or employee in industrial enterprises, will he present. Letters have been. , ent forth to stockholders and to sdV r eral hundred other citizens of the county anil it is the belief of business men that a rousing and enthusiastic meeting will he held and plans formu lated which will make permanent and enduring the county fair organization. Too much cannot be said about what the fair has dono for Bartow County. It has furnished an incentive to the agricultural Interests; it has inspired the industrial intorests; it lias bene fited merchandising; It has furnished inspiration for the lioys and girls of the county in the club work and in the school work, which in itself is worth the entire investment in the county fair. It.to from these that the future growth and progress of Bartow County •is to be registered. All lovers of our county’s history and well wishers of its progress and 1 rosjierity should attend this meeting on next Wednesday. It has a great meaning and the course to be pursued is to he finally determined at that time and those who are invited to at tend must take the responsibility. If the one invited stays away he is just as much responsible as the owe who attends and takes the wrong course. Let every invited citizen, as well ns everyone else who has an in terest in the county fair, and by all means let every present stockholder in the county fair he present at the court house at one o’clock on next Wednesday, December sth. If all such will attend there is no question about what will he done. If all attend the county fair will be a permanent insti tution, continuing through the yea l ' l * to render to every citizen old und young throughout the length and breadth of this county. , W. W. PHILLIPS HAS BIG i ENGINEERING CONTRACT. Mr. W. W. Phillips, ihe well known civil engineer and county surveyor, is engaged on a heavy engineering contract for the government in South. Carolina where he will be for the next few months. Mrs. Phillips leaves Car tersville Saturday to join him in Charleston. Mr. Phillips’ business in this county will lie conducted by Mr. Homer Ray, who will have charge of all his work in this county. Those desiring (o place themselves in communication with Mr. Philliis' office can do so by calling telephone No. 201. do say that it is very essential to your child’s welfare, and offers the best training, that he can receive from an educational standpoint. i feel sure that your boys and girl are willing if you will only encourage them. Don't stand in your child’s way ihafr might, mean to him a road to a successful career, ■ To the boys and girls of the county: You have done a great work in your county through your clubs, under the direction of your worthy leader. Mies Burton, but the work’ is just begun. There is much for us to do in the coming year, and I want each boy and girl of club age to make an effort to lreconio a member. You know there is strength in unit.-. and through the club is the best po>- sible way to accomplish the great r - suit?, for which we aim. So let us one and all put our “shoulder to the wheel,” and strive t • make this the greatest, most profitab •. year iu ;he history of Bartow C.mnf . Yours for service, ( MISS) LULA EDWARDS, Home Demon :ration Acer NO. 35