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VOL. 1
FLEMISTER NOW HEAD OF CITY GOVERNMENT
FORMAL CHANCE
19 CITY MANACER
PLAN EFFECIEO
On Wednesday looming at 10 o’clock
the municipal affairs of the city of Car
ters ville passed from the hands of the
board of commissioners under the old
form of government, composed of
Mayor Paul Gilreath, Commissioners
R. W. Landers and H. R. Maxwell, into
the hands of the newly elected mayor
and aldermen under the changed form
of government with the city manager
plan as a feature, the new board being
composed of P. C. Flemister, Mayor, H.
H. Green and Z. M. Jackson, aldermen.
The ceremonies iucident to the •In
stallation of the new officers were very
simple. Judge John H. V ikle admin
istered the oath, which was taken and
subscribed to by the new mayor and
aldermen, after which Mayor Paul GLl
reath surrendered his insignia of office
to the new mayor, Mr. Flemister, the
Seal of the city, with a few appropri
ate remarks congratulating the city,
and the newly elected board, and as
suring the new board of the hearty co
operation, help and aid of the mem
bers of the old board. To the talks of
both Judge Wikle and Mr. Gilreath,
Mr. Flemister, upon the part of the
new board expressed a sincere and ear
nest “We thank you.”
Citizens on Hand.
A score or more of citizens and tax
payers had gathered a't the hall to
witness the installation, and after
these expressed their congratulations
and good wishes, the board then retir
ed to the mayor’s room and immediate
ly took up the matter of naming the
appointive offio^rs:
The first matter attended to was the
election of Mr. W. W. Daniel, as treas
urer and clerk. This officer was elect
ed first because of the need of the
clerk in taking down the proceedings
of the new board.
An important change made in admin
istrative matters was the determina
tion to make the chief of police the
chief of fire department and to create
the office of captain of police, who shall
be assistant chief of the fire depart
ment.
Abram Cook Supt. Public Utilities.
The Mayor and Aldermen decided,
for the present not to select a city
Manager. Abram Cook was continued
as superintendent of public utilities,
while the Mayor and Aldermen, until
they finally select a city 1 w'ill
perform the duties of the city manager,
as under the charter is contemplated,
until such an officer is agreed upon. It
is understood the board is giving care
ful consideration to a number of appli
cations for this position, and even look
ing beyond these for a well-fitted man
for the place, in order that-the city
will ultimately get an efficient man in
all respects as city manager. -
Other new city officers are:
City Treasurer and Clerk: W. W.
Daniel. ' j< jlB
Chief of i>olice and chief of fire de
partment: Thomas J. Price.
Captain of police and assistant chief
of fire department: Chas. W. Cox.
Patrolman: George Pinion.
Auditor: Colquitt Finley.
Sexton of Cemetery: Chas. Hazle
wood.
Mr. Daniel has been the efficient
Measurer of. the city for four years.
He is thoroughly familiar with the
city's business affairs and has been a
faithful and efficient employee for four
years and has given universal satisfac
tion. No one offered to oppose him
for the position which he h.as so well
filled.
New Chief of Police.
Thomas J. Price, the new chief of
lice, has for the past year served as
■deputy sheriff under Sheriff Calaway,
i* this position has proved his ability
,!s a peace officer and has ben a dili
gent and faithful servant and Is person
ally very popular.
The patrolman. Messrs. Cox and Pin
-1 n have served as policemen in Car
tersv;lle for a number of years, to the
sire satisfaction of the public.
The selection of Air. Jenkins for sup
'ntendent of streets is a wise one.
* or several years he has been a war
den of the county’s chain-gang forces,
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THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
(TRIBUNE VOL 7, NO. 44)
FEDERAL OFFICER HERE TO AID PEOPLE
A CALL MEETING FOR ALL CITIZENS
Due to.the. sacred nature of the efforts of the government to raise
revenue to meet the expenses of the present emergency, and the severe
penalties attached for failure to make returns of annual income liable
under the law, we call upon all citizens whose incomes, as married men
exceed two thousand dollars a year, and, as single men, one thousand
dollars a year, to promptly consult with Hon. Eugene Hardeman, a rep
resentative of our government, who will be at tile Court House Until
January L9th, for advice and assistance in filling out their returns, and
for all who have not seen him to meet at. the court house at two o’clock,
January 10th, at which time Mr. Hardeman and others will set forth to
all business men the importance of making prompt 'and true returns.
This law applies to every citizen of either sex, whose income ex
ceeds the amounts above stated annually, and embraces every form of
occupation and useful endeavor.
(SIGNED)
P. C. FLEMISTER.
H. H. GREEN,
Z. M. JACKSON,
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Gartersville. \
_1 >
Commissioners Heartily Approve the Call
TO THE PEOPLE:
WHEREAS, our government has levied a number of taxes to meet
the expenses of the present emergency, and among which are income
taxes which affect all married citizens having incomes of $2,000 a year
and all single citizens having incomes of SI,OOO a year;
TO AID the people of Bartow county to make correct returns, a rep
resentative of our government has been sent to Cartersville to counsel
and advise tax payers.
THEREFORE, Be it R.-soived: That we urgently advise nlY*f>iisi
ness men of the County, merchants, farmers and all employers or employ
ees, having annual incomes ajiove the amounts named, to meet Mr. Eu
gene Hardeman, deputy' collector of internal revenue, at the Court
House in Cartersville between now and January 19th, and especially
all such to he present at a meeting to he held for the purpose of com
plying with the law by-our people, said meeting to he held at 2 o’clock,
January 10th, 1917, at the Court House. ,
Adopted by full board, this January 2nd, 1918.
(SIGNED) G. M. BOYD, Chairman.
N. M. ADAMS,
S. W. BRADFORD,
N. A. WHITE,
G. H. GILREATH, Clerk.
Cartersville Churches Join
In Fuel Conservation Plan;
Union Services Sunday Nights
The churches of Cartersville have
joined actively in the campaign to con
serve fuel as far as practical, and un
til the weather moderates considera
bly, there will be services at only one
church in the city on Sunday evenings.
Last Sunday evening, the services
were held at the First Baptist chinch
and they were conducted by Rev. L. G.
Haraes, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. Next Sunday, the Union serv
ice will be held at the Presbyterian
church and Rev. S. A. Harris, pastor
of the Sam Jones Memorial Methodist
Church, will have charge of the meet
ing. On the following Sunday, the
services are to be at the Sam Jones
Memorial church, and Rev. C. L. Mc-
Ginty, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, will preach on that occasion.
The Right Spirit.
This is indeed a commendable move
not only in the conservation of fuel,
which is much needed and very scarce,
but P shows an admirable spirit that
cannot help but do all denominations
interested much good.
The Tribune-News hopes to carry
items of special interest from all the
churches in Cartersville and Bartow
county In each issue hereafter. With
this end in view, we have asked the
pastors of tne local churches to furnish
us each week with programs of their
CARTERSVILLE, GA., JANUARY 3, i!)]s
services for the following Suntay. We
feel sure of their heartiset co-operation
in this effort to print the church
news of the community, and we be
lieve their membership will appreciate
their effort.
The following are the announce
ments, written by the pastors, of sen
| ices in their church for nevt Sunday:
SAM JONES MEMORIAL METHO
DIST CHURCH.
Rev. S. A. Harris, Pastor.
9:30 a. m.—Sunday School. Claud
i Pittman, Superintendent.
11 a. m.—Preaching by the Pastor.
7:00 p. m.—Union Service at the
Presbyterian Church
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. 1.. G. Hames, Pastor.
The usual services will be held at
tiie First Presbyterian Church next
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Subject:
"Some Results of the Great War.”
In connection with this service, the
regular quarterly Communion wiil be I
held.
The other churches on this side will
unite with the Presbyterians rn the
service at 7:00 o’clock, and the pastor !
of the Methodist Church will rpeach.
Anew heater has recently been in
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pamtdcuii i r
UHIIItnOVILLC
RAILROAD OFFICES
ARE ROT CHANGED
GiJJ REGIME
l>ast Friday at noon, by proclamation
of President Wilson, all the railroads
in the United States were taken over
by the United States government, and
their operation during the war will be
conducted by the government. The
change took place without noticeable
effect, hut promises in time to work
out very advantageously for the rail
i roads, for the shippers and for the gov
ernment.
Since war was declared, the rail
roads of the country have been over
taxed under private ownership to per
form their function®. Useful commodi
ties have not v been moved for days
and weeks, with the result that cities
and towns and industrial enterprises
throughout the country were without
coal and fuel. This same result was
common with reference to a number of
food products, so that at times cities
and large distributing points were
without, sugar, flour and other useful
commodities. Industrial plants suf
fered greatly, too, due to the lack of
equipment, which in turn was brought
about by the congested condition of
freight in and around the great eastern
shipping ports.
President Wilson, in his order, made
Secretary of the Treasury William G.
McAdoo, dictator, and placed in his
hands the absolute control of at! -the
'railroad systems in the country.
Immediately upon assuming charge
of his new office, Director McAdoo is
sued the following statement to the
railroad officials of the nation:
"Having assumed the duties im
posed upon me by, and in pursu
ance of, the proclamation of the
President dated December 'hi,
you will, until otherwise ordered,
continue the operation of your
road in conformity with said pro
clamation* You are requested to
make every possible effort to in
crease efficiency and to move traf
fic by the most convenient and ex
peditious routes.
“I confidently, count on your
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Fine Records Made By Pig
Club Members Told In
Series Inter-ting Letters
The Tribune-News takes great pleasure in presenting to its read
ers this week, a full acount of the work actually accomplished by
the members of the Bartow Ccurty Pig Club during the 1917 season.
The results are given in a series of letters written by the members
themselves. County Agent wrote a brief introduction to the state
ments written by the young live-rtock raisers, and Hon. R. Pyron
wrote a short statement, congratulating the workers on the results
achieved in so short a period.
The work of the Pig Club members concerns every citizen of
Bartow County, and we are sure the readers of The Tribune-News
will thoroughly enjoy reading the following letters;
FROM COUNTY AGENT COX
Cartersville, Ga., Jan. 2, 1918.
Editor The Tribune-News:
Below you will find a few copies of
! letters from the Pig Club Boys recoid
books. We can not print all the stories
reecived, but we are sure your read
ers will enjoy reading the letters in
cluded at this time, as they are taken
from boys living in every section of
the county.
Of the sixty-five boys and gir.s rais
ing and caring for their pigs all sum
mer, only thirty-six of that number
sent me any report. Now, these boy
and girls did the work just ttee same as
the thirty-six who sent in their reports,
but they are losing one of the main
things we are stressing; that Is, beep
(NEWS VOL 34, NO. 53)
nm .i mmr
UULU VVHVL
CLOSED ICE
MINES; MANY
MENJFFECTED
For the second time this winter, the
washer logs in a number of mines
around Cartersville have been made
useless temporarily because of the cold
snap which started last Friday night.
Unless these logs afe kept going all
night, or at least at hourly intervals,
they become imbedded in the mud,
which soon forms such a hard crust
that it is considered unwise to attempt
to begin operation until the ground
thaws.
Asa direct result of this condition,
at least two of the larger mines, and
doubtless others throughout this sec
tion, have been idle for a larger part
of the week, and no less than one
hundred workmen have been thrown
out of employment, temporarily, of
course.
Krebs Plant Idle.
The plant of tne Krebs Pigment and
Chemical Cos., of which Mr. J ,L. Waite
is manager, and where about thirty-five
laborers are employed, has not'been
able to operate this week solely on ac
count of their washer log freezing up.
Wr. Waite says that while he would
like to continue operation, of course,
it is a mighty good sign that when it is
so cold the machinery won’t work in
its normal manner, the workmen had
ratter not be on the- job. Hence, the
i mine owners are patiently awaiting
the cofiling of warm air and sunshine
to get busy again.
The New Jersey Zinc Company's
plant, which is under the management
of Mr. L. B. Womelsdorf, employing
ciose to fifty men, has also felt the ef
fect, of the cold, and has not been in
operation the first part of this week.
Not all of the plants are out of com
mission, however, because the Thomp
son-Woinman Cos., W. S. Peebles, mana
ger, employing close to one hundred
men, and the Paga Mining Cos., Mr. Wil
bur Nelson. Manager, with sixty to sev
enty-five men employed, were operated
full time this week, so a reporter for
The Tribune-News was informed, and
at these, and very likely other plants,
the cold had very little, if any, effect.
ing records and acting in a business
way. That is one great fault of our
farmers. We absolutely refuse and will
not let our children keep the simplest
kind of a record book. So you can see,
from the above figure how we stand
when compared with other counties in
the State and Union.
We are proud of the work done by
the different club members for the
year 1917, but at this time and under
the present conditions, we must a 1 do
everything possible to produce food
and meat.
You bcya who hr. ve pure-bred pigs
have a good foundation to start with
and if you give them the .proper
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Deputy Collector
Hardeman Remains
Here Three Weeks
AT A GLANCE.
■#
Who?—Hon. Eugene Harde
man, Special Government Agent.
Where? —In County Commis
sioners’ room at Court House.
Purpose of Visit? —To advise
and aid every person in this coun
ty affected by the Federal Income
tax regulations.
Special Addresses oh details of
this law will be made at a called
meeting at the Court. House next
Thursday afternoon. Every citi
zen of county invited and urged
to attend and hear the explana
tions given by those who Ijave
studied the new law.
Hon. Eugene Hardeman arrived in,
Cartersville Tuesday morning, January
Ist, for the purpose of furnishing ad
vice, counsel and Information to all
those who must make retdrn of in
comes, in excess of two thousand for a
married man and one thousand for* a
single man, per annum,
Mr Hardeman will occupy the otilc -
of the Board of County
at the court house while .lieje, an J*
from eight o’clock in the morning until \
five o’clock in the afternoon, will bo
pleased to meet all those who call upon
him for m-formrtlon and atTvlce con
cerning the filling out of true income
tax returns. Mr. Hardeman intends to
serve both the citizens and the govern
ment in this work. He is well-known
In Bartow County and will undertako
only to truly advise every man who
must make a return.
Hundreds Are Affected.
Practically* every business man in
the county is subject to the provision®
of this law„ which includes farmers,
merchant, manufacturers, miners, ban
kers, owners of real estate, employers
of labor and many employees. Mr.
Hardeman’s office will likely be kept
occupied during time that he
is here, with callers who will seek a*3~"
vice concerning the various problems
and difficulties which confront each
man in making his return. Business
men generally, having a desire that no
one, who should make a return, be
punished for failing to do so, applied to
the fmard of County Commissioners,
and to the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Cartersville, to designate a
day when Mr. Hardeman could talk to
all who have not previously seen him,
concerning the proper filling out of in
come tax blanks. Thereuj>on, the
county board, as well as the Mayor and
Aldermen, pased a resolution setting
apart Thursday, January 10th, at two
o’clock, as the time and the court
j house as the place when all who are
subject to the tax may come and hear
the matter discussed. Of course, Mr.
Hardeman himself is prepared to give
first-hand information and advice, but
other business men will be present to
urge a further compliance with th<
law
Penalties Are Heavy.
Failure to make the tax returns wi;h
in the time specified by law subjects
one to a fine of from twenty to ouo
thousand dollars, and in addition pen
alizes him by requiring him to pay fift y
per cent, more tax than he would oth
erwise have been compelled to pay.
For one who makes a fraudulent re
turn, and by this is meant an untrue
return, subjects that one to a heat \
fine and to imprisonment in the federal
penitentiary, for terms ranging from
one to fifteen years, and further pen
alises him by requiring him to pa#
doub’e the amount of the tax for whi.-h
he is bound.
Let every citizen affected by this,
gn -.t measure seek out Mr. Hardeman
while he is here, and especially attend
the nierting nn January HI h* . t the
court house, when matters relating t n
the Jaw will bo thoroughly dl|eu;|sd.
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