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VOL. 1 jLIDGE I. Cl TARVER US IE RECORD Supreme Court Affirms Every Case Tried by Him During First Year. i •p Judge M. C. Tarver is making' ~n t TVi:; : 'le record as judge of the su ‘‘‘ j ' . , !tr of the Cherokee Circuit the decisions of the Su .. er ( I)U rt of Georgia when at the f Put court Saturday it had , nine appeals from decisions' 0 f jn Tarver. He has been af f;,jr ( every case and has not yet },. v „ c- -ed by -that coutr. flavi.ig now about closed one year of service on the bench, the people have had opportunity to pass upon his merits and qualifications for the qffice he holds. The universal verdict-is that he has furnished a businesslike and wise administration and his record is one which will bear comparison with that of any judge in the slate. In deed, it is doubtful if any judge either now or in the past has made a record more perfect. Among the cases decided Friday was that of Stegall vs. W. C. Satter field, involving the validity of Mr. Sat terfield’s title to the Big Tom Barytes mine at Emerson. Mr. Satterfield was given the decision and Judge Tarver was affirmed denying a motion for a new trial. Mr. Satterfield has been receiving the congratulations of friends upon his victory. Judge Tarver will be in Cartersville Saturday at which time he will set the calendar for the January t£rm of the superior court of this county. A request has been maed to have him postpone the court at least for a few days because the lawyers of the Car tersville bar and several business men will be engaged in the performance of the duties of an advisory board to pass on the claims of registrants un der the selective draft. Judge Tarver has not indicated what he will do with the request. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS SALE QUIET FOR HOLIDAYS The postal authorities report that there was quite an active sale of war savings stamps at first, but for the last few days these sales have fallen off, due in large part, it is believed, to the coming of Christmas and the need for expenditures in Christmas giving. It lias also been suggested that the government has not yet adopted a policy of distributing sales agencies of these stamps, but in a short time the government will adopt a plan whereby responsible business houses can have such stamps on sale. LON GCOLD SPELL NOW ABOUT BROKEN This section has been experiencing the longest period of cold weather for the past ten days ever recorded by the weather bureau. The cold weather struck this section Saturday, December Bth, and has been freezing continuous ly every day since. On the following Monday snow fell and is still upon the ground. Weather records do not show, nor does the oldest citizen remember, so long a period of cold weather as has existed for the past ten days in De cember. Coal begun to arrive in Car lersville the laotter part of last week and the dealers have been fairly able to handle the situation since. * SOME ANSWERS BY DRAFT REG ISTRANTS NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC. Answers of registrants on the se f-'tive draft questionnaires relating to' eaith and answers under the head dependency,” with the exception of ' o *>,ames and addresses of persons 1 claimed to be dependent, will not be • i*’ n ts inspection by the public with the consent of the registrants. Imprisonment for not to exceed one will be the penalty imposed oy : one connected with the admtnis •ition of the selective draf£ law who . ■ ! make this information public. THE BARTOW TRIBUNE (TRIBUNE VOL 7, NO. 43) m uk hi iiioimMtp Prof. Hughes, of Greenville S. C..,Appeals For Univer sal Aid. Pr<Jf. E. L. Hughes, of Greenville, S. C„ was in Cartersville Sunday and assisted in the organization of a com mittee of Red Cross workers tc extend the drive and campaign for new mem bership in thi;- county this weelc. The Red Cross has for its purpose the placipg on the roll of members ten million new members by Christmas and this is the biggest and most tre mendous undertaking ever contem plated by any organization in the his tory''cf the work so far as known. • Prof. Hughes’ coming* to Carters ville wa snot known until it was too late to advertise the fact, but through the medium of statements made in the, churches Sunday morning, his presence was known to those who at tended church services, and during the afternoon a meeting was held at the Park Hotel at which time plans were made. It was also announced Sunday morning that Prof. Hughes would make an address at the Sam Jones Memorial church Sunday night. Notwithstanding the cold weather qnd iVy sidewalks, a fairly good audience was present and heard a most inter esting and thoughtful address. Prof. Hughes thoroughly enter tained his audience and showed a pro found understanding of history and a MERRY CHRISTMAS^ AaBwPlW, Sy dnfi >IAMERIC ANRED*CROSS| scholarly mind. He has been for ! twenty-four years superintendent of | the public schools of the city of Green ville, S. C. He* has two boys in the army, one of whom is in Hayti with the American navy. His appearnce in Cartersville gave great impetus to the earnest workers for the Red Cross and active campaigning for membership is under way throughout the county. The committee believes that during the week the membership in Bartow county wifi aggregate one thousand. j KINDERGARTEN CLASS * TO GIVE “KRIS IN JAPAN” An entertainment which promises to be widely patronized, and will doubt ; less be one of the most entertaining given this season, is that for Thursday night, given by Miss Marilu Young’s 1 kindergarten. The little fellows are practicing ; daily their parts, and each having fam ; ily connections and hosts of friends | who wish to see them perform, the ! house will doubtless be filled with 'these, in addition to many others who know the real amusement and enter taining qualities of little tots. The proceeds of the entertainment will be turned over to the Red Cross, and this organization is actively push ing the popularity of the play, which is to be given under the name of “Kris in Japan.” RAY J. OSBORNE ACCEPTS POSITION WITH F. E. MATTHEWS Mr Ray J. Osborne, formerly of Kennesaw, has accepted a position and onw forms a part of the excellent corps of clerks and assistants in the large grocery store of F. E. Matthews. Mr. Osborne has already, while only a citizen of Cartersville for a few weeks, favorably impressed the patrons of this establishment and is quick, alert and busin .s-like in his dealings. ■ . According to the Department of Ag riculture# over 5.000,000 eggs spoil in cold storage each year because they have been washed or in some ether way become wet before being sent to market. . THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS CARTERSVILLE, GA., DECEMBER 20, IJIIT 1016 ME! OF COUNTY MIRING > FULL MSNEISf PESTIOIIESj Scores Of Registrants Meet Advisory Board At Court House Daily for Purpose Of ~ Giving Government Infoimation. The young men of the county began Monday of thi; week to answer the questionnaires which have been sent out by the government and are being cent out to each registrant. At the ccutr house a committee of lawyers and business men are on duty from 8:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon continuously, to gether with door keepers and weigh ers, and each registrant who applies there is assisted both with advice and clerical work in properly filling out the long list qfyquestions embraced in the questionnaire. The young men are responding to 1 this latest demand of the government; with reasonable promptness and are; practically all ready to answer the j questions when the inquiries begin. From seventy-five to one hundred questionnaires are being sent out daily by the local board, consisting of W. W. Calaway, chairman, W. T. Town send and Dr. W. C. Griffin, with Bob McCormick as clerk. A systematic plan of handling the matter has been devised by the government and is be ing scrupulously filled out by the local board and the board of legal advisors. When the huge amount of data and information is forwarded to the gov ernment, the questionnaires will en able the war department to definitely fix upon the fitness of each and every man for military or civic duty. His occupation, income and dependents, to gether with all incidental information necesary, furnish the government with HAPPY NE.W YEAR PRESIDENT PEYTON TO ALL EMPLOYEES " Issues Christmas Greeting to Men of the N., C. & St. L. Road. President John Howe Peyton has just issued the following address and Christmans greeting to the employees of the system: “The old Uashville, Chattanooga & I St. Louis Railway is rounding out an- I other year of efficient service to the ! National Government and to people of ' the territory reached over its lines. “The joyous Christmas-tide is again 1 at hand, and we should all remember i tjmt it is the annual reminder to all • the earth that Christ, the Son of God, i chose at this season to be born in the i form of humanity, in order that He I might work out the salvation of our race. “With the whole earth at war, we can hardly wish each other a ‘Merry’ ! Christmas. This ip no time for mer riment, but I can and I do wish you all a ‘Happy’ Christmas. Happiness is only possible to those who try to do their duty to God and men, and this has always been the keynote of the service performed by the officers and men of our great railway system. “I congratulate you upon the good work done during the past year, and I thank you for your support and co operation. “The future of our nation, and of the whole human family, is threat ened with great suffering and priva tion. Hideous warfare involves the whole earth. We will meet the emer gencies like true men, and we will do our duty a tany cost. We must, each and all, volunteer for the war. Some of us must become soldiers and offer our lives to preserve liberty upon the earth. Some of us must sacrifice our leisure to produce more sood, and all of us must economize by consuming less food. All Iff us must sacrifice our pleasures in order to save money to loan to the Government. We MUST buy ‘Thrift Stamps’ and ‘Liberty Bonds.’ “Let us rejoice at Christmas time because Christ was born in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago, and let us imitate Him by sacrificing our selves for the cause of Liberty, Jus tice and Righteousness the earth.” data concerning the class of citizen the registrant may be, js embraced in the questionnaires. It will be remembered that all for mer exemptions wefe set aside and that each man who has not yet gone to war will be required to answer the i 'questionnaires. His failure to do so * r : automatically enlists him in the army whether he is willingly so placed or not. It therefore behooves every citi zen who desires to be relieved from military duty to make answer to the There is nevertheless a. penalty for a questionnaire not so answered, for not only does the gov ernment wish to enlist men for mili tary duty, but it wishes to so class each man and to place him in that part of military duty where he will be most effective. It is a registrant’s right to answer the questionnaire and to fill out blanks without assistance, but inasinuch as the lawyers and business men on the advisory hoard have given study to the question, each registrant should, as far as possible, seek out this board before making answer or filing his questionnaire with the local board. Each registrant should know also that he must hand in his question naire fully answered and sworn to one week from the date indicated on the envelope in which it was sent him as having been mailed. * CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Of B. Y. P. U. of First Baptist Church. ♦ * Group No. 4.—Leader, Miss Dalton.* Son^— “Joy to the World.” Scripture Reading—Wilfred Puekett and Jud Eaves. Poem: “Merry Christmas” —Miss Has sie Dalton. Christmas Story—Miss Ethel Griffin. Poem: “America by Santa Clgus”— Miss Rebie Tedder. Quartette —Miss Louise Dodd, Miss i Dorthy Cunyus, C. T. Conyers and Charles Vaughan. Poem: Christmas Bells—Miss Ola May Manly. Poem: “A Christmas Carmen”—Miss Louise Dodd. Story: “The Spirit of Christmas” — Mr. Harry Osment. A Christmas Carol—By Group. ! iVsitors welcome. Meet at 6 o’clock. MAYME LUE SORRELLS, Cor. Secretary. ■ 20,000 GRADUATE NURSES WILL BE REQUIRED IN ARMY HOSPITALS. With a continuance of the war, in the next year at least 20,000 nurses will be needed in Army hospitals at home and abroad. Of the 80,000 grad uate nurses of the coutnry only 3,500 have os far been assigned to duty in Army service, and of this number 1 500 are in France. An Army nurse must be a graduate of a training school for nurses and must have served for two years in a hospital. They are assigned to duty in the United States or abroad, and preferences are granted when condi tions permit. Nurses woh prefer not to have service abroad will have their preferences respected. -■ .. s Alterations are being made which will double the seating capacity of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Girl messengers are now employed by many of the Government depart ments at Washington. °>y reducing thepize of their sam ples wholesale dealers will save this year $419,500 worth of cloth, repre setning enough wool to provide uni forms for 67,500 soldiers. (NEWS VOL. 34, NO. 52) 'BEMFIRJL WINDOW SHOWN Bf MAWS Red Cross, Military Feat ures And Bountiful Sup plies Set Forth In Display One of the most, attractive wiodow displays shown in Cartersville m many years is that which Frank H. Mat thews has on display at this time. It is a patriotic idea well worked out. The window on one side of the entracc on the left side of the t storc represents a Red Cross nurse in uni-, form with the familiar Red Cross sign , used now in its drive for ten million! members. The figure is fell Size and this window in itself would be a suf- 1 ficiently attractive one whether or not other windows were as equally and as artistically decorated. The window on the other side of the store is adorned with American flags, a large Star Spangled Banner furnish ing the background. The floor of the window is covered with small paper flags, and in this window is a picture of President Woodrow Wilson draped in patriotic colors, over wihch is a card, “Stand by the President.” An other picture represents the English bull dog, French bull dog and Ameri can bull dog and around the neck of each are the colors of his country. Another picture adorning the window is that of “Two of Our Boys,” being photographs of'Capt, Bennett Conyers and William Conyers. The middle window contains for its central figure a huge horn of plenty, out of which appears to be rushing a bountiful supply of large and perfect apples. Other articles of produce are shown in this window in the greatest: plenty, together with plants to give the decorative effect. In other words, the idea and scheme worked out is that of the merciful ministrations of the Red Cross, the | bravery and courage of tjbg soldiers, | and the plentifulness of production supplies. The window has attracted universal attention and those who have seen it declare it to be one of the most per fectly worked out ideas ever presented in Cartersville and does credit to the decorator who furnished the idea and the artistic effect. MOVEMENT OF TRAINS HAMPERED BY COLD The recent cold weather (unprece dented at this season in this section) has hampered the movement of trains on practically every railroad in the United States. Locomotivfc will not steam as readily in cold weather, and they must also furnish the steam for heating trains as well as the power. While there have been numerous complaints about delayed trains, the public should bear in mind that these conditions are beyond the control of railroad managements, and that such delays are not local, but general, during the cold weather. The public should also bear in mind that railroads have to furnish trans portation for thousands ar J thousands of cars of Government business, and that this business has to move regard less of other business. A little patience should be mixed with patriotism at such times. The railroads are not running trains late for. “spite,” as some have been heard to remark. Delayed trains mean in creased operating expenses, and the railroads are just as anxious, and more so, to get ’em over the road on schedule as a passenger who is tem porarily inconvenienced. The Department of Agriculture again desires to call the attention of the farmers of the State to the fact that it has prepared and will continue to furnish them aii the nitrogen-pro ducing bacteria they need for their le guminous crops at 20 cents per acre, which is practicably the cost of pro duction. The Department recommends the use of this bacteria in the treat ment of seed for all leguminous crops, such as peas, beans, alfalfa and the like. Producers applying to the 'de partment for these bacteria cultures | should notify the department as to the j exact nature of the crop to be planted, lin order that the particular culture I suited to the crop may be sent. UMOEH NEW CHARTER STRONG IN CHOSEN Flemister Elected Mayor And 6 reen And Jackson Aldermen For City. 1 .•. f ; i he city election in CurMBM-iUe was held Wednesday of this week for the election of aldermen, and Messrs. P. C. FJemister, H. 11. Green and Z. M. Jackson, having no opposition, received all :h votes east. Mr. Fleir, fster was oa*sd\by the voters for mayor, his as sociates on the ticket having informed their friends previously that they pre ferred that Mr. Flemister be so se lected. % •-*— The new mayor and aldermen are worthy representatives of the city’s business and social interests. They were practically agreed upon by the | voters far in advance of the election, i Each has contributed his part toward : the advancement and progress of the city and each is in all respects a repre i sentative man. The new aldermen take their places on ihe first Wednesday in January at which time the new charter takes ef fect. The aldermen serve without com pensation, but are to select a city man ager upon whom will fall the duties of administering the details of our mu nicipal affairs. Among their first duties will be the selection of such manager, and it is safe to say that they will give to this matter their best and most thoughtful attention. Messrs. Green and Jackson become, by virtue of their offices under the new charter, members'of the board of edu cation, and this body will now stand five members instead of three, as here tofore. The board of aldermen will also at their first meeting elect a chief of po lice and the patrolmen for the city, as well as a city recorder. The members of the board have given forth no information as yet and probably have not considered, together at least, the applications for these places. The purpose and intent of the charter, as well as the aldermen elect ed under it, is to secure the highest form of efficiency in city government, and this qualification will undoubtedly | be rigidly inquired into with reference to the application of every man who seeks a city position under the new ad ministration. RULES FOR ILLUMINATION OF ELECTRIC .SIGNS APPLY THROUGHOUT NATION. Orders governing the use of elec tric signs, made by the Fuel Admin istration to assist in conserving fuel, apply to the entire country—villages and small cities as well as the larger centers. Among these instructions are: Directional signs on retail stores may be illuminated from one-half hour after sunset until closing time, but not later than 11 p. m,; such signs on the aters may be illuminated from one half hour after time of commencement of last performance. Di-pla. r. Iver tising on theaters and retsi! i.ores *nay only operate between 7:45 and 11 p. m, Enforcemnt of the orders is in the hands of State fuel administrators. W. W. CALLOWAY PLACES PATRIOTISM ABOVE COST In behalf of the 2,00 young men in this county who must promptly an swer their Questionnaires, and in be half of their wives, children and friends who must necessarily come to the Court House and wait their turn, we the Legal Advisers, who are giv ing half of all our time free of charge 'O these patriotic young men, desire to sincerely thank oUr considerate sheriff, Mr. W. W. Calloway, for hav ing the Court House steam heated for the purpose of protecting the health and comfort of this large body of our citizens. ( L. G. HAMES, W. C. HENSON, *IOMER GREEN, 'n.WALT H, MILNER, HORACE FOSTER. J. R WHITTAKER, J. B. LEWIS, H. P. RF, J-.'T. NORRIS, Committee in Charge. December 19, 1917. NO.