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Cartersville Inaugurates Great Thrift Stamp Drive
Unusual Plans Announced;
French-English Speakers
And Army Band Coming
Plans have been perfected for making Friday, April sth, a red
letter day in Cartersville and Bartow county, and it is expected that one
of the largest crowds ever gathered in the city will be on hand to take
part in the exercises for that day.
Friday, April sth, will be the culmination of a vigorous drive which
begins next Monday morning, and on that day the band from the 319th
Artillery U. S. A., made up of 22 pieces, will arrive in the city and play
martial airs throughout the day. It has also been planned to have English
and French officers, who are to make addresses and give some vivid
descriptions of §Cones on uiC battlefield of France which they have wit
nesseu. The band conies under tne C3l ,r,es ?' of Colonel Pearce command
ing the division to which Tt is attached.
Mayor Flemister will officially* designate Friday, April sth, as a
holiday and every interest Will bend its efforts toward selling thrift
stamps and war savings certificates and those behind the move say that
Cartersville and Bartow counVy must ‘’go over the top” in its sales, and it
is confidently believed that when our people realize the absolute necessity
of purchasing these stamps they will respond most liberally.
Beginning Monday morning, two teams, headed by Mr. Paul F.
Akin for the "‘reds’’ and Mr, H. G. Cope for the “blu*s,” will have fifty
active workers made up of those most capable of interesting the people in
thrift stamps and war savings certificates, and every day next week they
will personally solicit everyone with whom they come in contact, securing
pledges for purchases to be made on Friday, April sth.
The city schools will observe the day as a holiday and the pres
ence of hundreds of school children will add much to the occasion.
On Friday it has been planned to erect a number of booths at the
principal points of the city and at these places thrift stamps and war sav
ings certificates will be issued to the workers who have previously secured
pledges. They will also endeavor to sell every dollar’s worth of stamps
possible on that day.
This is, indeed one of the most important efforts ever attempted in
Bartow county, and too much stress connot be laid on the necessity of
evryone going the limit in their pledges during next week, so that when
the campaign ends on Friday evening the record will be so as to make
the heart of every loyal citizen swell with pride and be proud of the
results achieved.
DuPont Powder Company
Will Operate Big Barytes
{Mines In Bartow County
A mineral deal of large proportions
was closed in Philadelphia this week
when the Thompson-Weimnan Com
iany No. 2 sold to the Du Pont De
N’euiiKMirs Powder Company their
barytes mine known as die Williams’
Mopertv located near Emerson on
Carters ville-Emerson public
1 “ I1 lhe interested parties will not
oiake public the consideration, but it
understood that it is the largest
mineral transaction which has taken
! ' arf ’ ' u T **is countyin many years. It
known as a very valuable barytes
property and its acquirement by the
Font interests Indicates that it
ill ho operated for the purpose of
W. W ’ Daves Is Appointed
Postmaster at Cartersville
liavea was appointed postmas
artersville and his name went
ti‘ senate for confirmation Wed
“psday at noon.
!■ ' ember last a competitive ex
v, Ulon was ordered for the Car
• ‘ office under the recent execu
, , ‘ r ' !, ' r utade by President Wilson.
officers of the first and
■ clast were placed under civil
( !" r * n applicants stood exam
e " ’ ‘ at Home. Ga. Mr. Daves’ av
,LJ 6 Was tbe highest, being slightly
tloi ' the examina
l, ' n lth him.
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
(TRIBUNE- VOL 8, NO. 5
supplying needed elements in the
manufacture of explosives and muni
tions of war.
Interested in the selling company at
this place are W. J. Weinman and W.
S. Peebles, who will come into pos
session of a large share of the pro
ceeds of the sale, and who were pers
onally present in Philadelphia last
week when the trade was closed.
Mr. W. S. Peebles will continue to
superintend the property for a month
until some capatrle manager will be
sent down by the purchasing com
pany to operate the mines, which, it
is contemplated will be extensively
operated and increased equipment for
this purpose will be installed
Under the executive order teh one
receiving the highest average gets the
appointment, but it is subject, how
ever, to conlrmation by the senate. It
is not known just when the senate
will take up the name for confirma
tion, but Mr. Daves’ friends confident
lv expect favorable action.
(Mr, Daves is at present the capable
treasurer of the cfly of Cartersville
and should he be confirmed as post
master, a vacancy will immediately
take place in this office to be filled by
the mayor and aldermen,
THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
CARTERSVILLE, GA., MARCH 28, 1918
Serious Charge
Lodged Against
Eloping Couple
Two warrants have been sworn out
for the arrest of C. M. Fitzsimmons
and Mrs. Estie Grant on a statutory
charge, the charge having been pre
ferred by L. T. Grant, husband of the
woman.
It is alleged that the couple for
which the warrants were issued have
left this section of the country and
officers have been ordered to arrest
them. ,
NOTICE TO ALL MILL
OWNERS
To Grinders of Com and Flour:
All parties owning a grist or
flour mill in Bartow County,
whether in operation or not, if
mill is capable of operation, will
please report the capacity of
same both in worn meal 1 , flour
and grits per day of 24 hours. I
hope to receive these reports by
early mail, giving plainly 4he
number of bushels you can grind
of meal, number of 192-pound
barrels of flour, and the number
of pounds of grits, basing your
figures on a 24 hour run. This in
formation is desired at once by
the FEDERAL FOOD ADMIN
ISTRATION, and I will appel
ate your prompt response. Ad
dress me as follows:
PAUL GILREATH,
Food Administrator, P. 0. Box
523 Cartersville, Ga.
Bartow County Boys Called to Army
Ralph Northcutt
Told of Success of
Marietta Drive
Mr. Ralph W. Northcutt, who in one
of tho leading business men of Ma
rietta, came over to Cartersville
Tuesday afternoon and made a very
interesting address at the city hall
to a meeting called by Mr. .1. W.
Knight, chairman of the Bartow coun
ty Thrift Stamp and War-Savings
Committee. - -
Mr., Northcutt was captain of one of
the teams in his home city and in
the drive there last Saturday over
$22,000 worth of thrift stamps anti
war-savings certificates were sold.
This record is one of the best estab
lished by any Georgia towp, and nat-
h a ‘ s floated unusual inter
est tu'rpughout this section,
Mi'. NOrtllcUtt was invited to Car-
tersville It) outline the plan which
proved so successful in his home city.
He told his hearers that he was not
a public speaker but he was glad to
respond to the invitation, and in a
few words he gave some of the meth
ods used in the Marietta drive.
Plans were well laid some ten days
before the appointed time and during
last week workers who had been nam
ed by the two captains went about
the city of Marietta and secured as
many pledges as possible so that when
the day for the sale arrived all the
workers had to do was to deliver the
i damps and collect for them.
\ Mr. Northcutt stated that they were
j fortunate in securing some very able
| co-workers and the day was one oi
j great activity. He told of the two op
!>osite teams, which had been named
the ‘‘reds” and the “blues.” There
was one central booth which had the
entire lot of stamps in charge and it
was from this booth that the stamps
were given to each side. From this
point the stamps were distributed
equally among the workers and the
whole plan worked out wonderfully
"ell. As Saturday is shopping day
for many of the farmers living for
mies around, they were approached,
and, although no pledges had been se
cured from many of them, they bought
liberally of the stamps, and the total
for the day, as stated above, went
above the twenty thousand dollar
mark.
Mr. Northcutt laid much stress up
on the desirability of creating rivalry
between the opposite teams and also
making this an interesting feature be
tween the several) booths.
His talk proved very illuminating to
those who heard it, and doubtless
many of his suggestions will be follow -
ed in the drive which will be held in
Cartersville all during next week.
Liberty Loan
Drive Begins
In Near Future
i
Secretary of the Treasury William
G. McAdoo, this week announced that
the third liberty loan will total three
billion dollars and the bonds will
tear interest % at -the rate of 4 1-2 per
cent per annum. The size of this
loan is somewhat of a surprise to
many people as it w'as anticipated
that it would go well above twice that
figure.
Plans are now being formulated for
a very vigorous campaign in Bartow
county, and Chairman J. W. Vaughan
is busy geting his committees togeth
er for the drive which will be made
Details for the local work will be an
nounced as soon as they are com
peted.
— — . ,
NEW BUICK OWNERS.
Mr. Vance Nelson, Mrs. Ida Ken
nedy and Mr H. H. Taff are new own
trs of Bulck autos, having purchased
them from the local agency for this
well known car.
(NEWS VOL. 35 NO. 14)
8 Whites Go to Camp Gordon;
30 Negroes to Camp Funston
Eight white registrants from Bar
tow county will entrain at Carters
ville next Tuesday morning for Cam].
Gordon, and thirty Bartow negroes
will ieave on Monday for Camp Funs
ton. Ft. Riley, Kansas. The negroes
leave Cartersville at iO:15 a. m. and
will pass through Nashville, St. Louis
aud Kansas City, reaching Camp Funs
ton at It: :50 o’clock on next. Tuesday
night.
This is only a part of the call and
others will be summoned just as soon
as the military authorities can make
provision for them at the camps se
lected for their training.
Summons were sent out tale wediC
by Clerk McCormick, and, as the
legist rants in the county have all
been classified, there wall be very lit
tie trouble in securing the required
number as they are called. The lo
cal board is endeavoring to follow
very cosely the instructions sent out
regarding registrants who are engaged
in agricultural occupations and they
will not call any white registrants
who can make the necessary showing
that he is needed on farms of the
county.
The new ruling affecting negro
farmers, is as follow ; according to
advices just received by the local
board:
“Provost Marshal General advises
that since negroes being inducted
now, are called under <ld quota, in
structions placing negro farmers at
foot of class oue are hereby rescinded,
and negroes should now be inducted
cut of class one in sequence of order
number, regardless of whether en
gaged in farming. However, whit
men are being called under new quota
and white farmers should be palced at
foot of list. Under t.hp above instruc
tions, every board will be expected" to
completely fill calls announced in
Colored Registrants
The ollowing is a list of the colored
registrants summoned to appear in
Cartersville next Monday morning
from this number the thirty being
drawn who are to entrain for Camp
Funston:
Will Stephenson, James Edward
Leonard, Fletcher Childers, Jten Garn
igan, Henry Charter, James Henry
Bursey, Cleve Carson, Jesse Pitts,
Quill Jordan, Leßoy Bank*, Thomas
Bell, James Calvin White, Horace Wil
liams, Dock Pinkard. Fred Douglas
Ed wards, Bartow Freeman, Harry
Green Daniel, Thomas Fowler, Joe
Bailey, William Roe, David Lee,
Henry Dozier, Melton Richards, Sam
Williams, James Bailey, Charles
Young, Howard Buford, Mack Wil
burn, Antone Crawford, Leonard Har
ris, ' Clarence Scott, Dayton Buford,
Willis Jewell,Arthur Stephens, Sylves
ter Shields, Joe Samuel Clemmons,
Anderson Williams, Fred Crawford,
Burdette Fields, Andrew Lumpkin,
Oscar Canty, Fred D. Knight, Har
ry Reynolds, Asbury Grimes, Jno. Mor
gan, Jr., Oscar Collins, Ben Johnson,
c ßartow Farmers and Business:
Men Form Big Organization
To Further County’s Interests
The meeting called by the county
commissioners for last Saturda at
the court house was largely attended
and much enthusiasm aroused by the
very timely and interesting address
made on that occasion.
As stated in the call, the purpose
of these meetings v, as to form a coun
ty organization, the principal purpose
of which is to have leading citizens in I
each community who will oonsider it]
circular letter No. 243, on the day and
hour named herein.”
The above message is self-ex plana
tory. Earlier in the week the follow
ing story was given out, regarding the
deferred classification: .
Georgia farmers employing farm
hands whose names appear in Class
1, and who are within the quota for
the second draft, must immediately
make affidavits showing their em
ployment in agriculture, in order to
secure deferred classification for
them, according to a statement re
cently telegraphed from Washington.
The statement is of vital importance
to farmers throughout the state. It
heads as follows:
‘‘A new draft of 90,000 men will
shortly be called out. The Provost
Marshal General has ordered that
men actively, assiduously and com*
pletely engaged in planting or culti
vating a crop, and who are listed in
Class 1 of the draft, and are within
the new quota, should be deferred
until the end of the new quota.
•‘The local boards, being judicial
boards, cannot, however, defer the
call of such men unless the farmers
employing them suppor their claims
for such deferred classification with
affidavits. It is therefore of vital im
portance that farmers immediately
execute and file such affidavits with
their local boards.
“If farmers whose hands are affect
ed in this new call fail to follow this
advice, they should have no cause for
complaint If their men are taken from
them. At this critical time it will be
useless and unreasonable to protest
later if they have done nothing to re
tain their help.
Immediate action on the pai l of ev
ery farmer whose employees are af
fectel is absolutely essential, ntiJ
should not be delayed under and cir
cumstances. •.
White Registrants
The-following is the list of white
registrants summoned to meet in Car
tersville next Tuesday morning, and
from which number eight will be se
lected to go at once to Camp Gordon:
Luther F. Richards, Solomon Jeffer
son Welch, Winfred Picklesimer.
James Glynn Cowart, Chess Wilson
•Ernest Willie Teague, Willie lee
Mitchell, Roy Smith Brock, Charlie FL
Martin, W. Fears Lee, Herman Albert
Smith, eSaborn Ernest Watts, Benja
min Arthur Ward, William A. Ed
wards, B. DeWitt Pratt, Maynard
Freemen Font, Joe Pope, Charles All
red, Ha rlie William Hood,C. Dee Bag
well, Alvey Ray Hughes, John Oscar
Wheeler, Paul Mansfield, Burton
Thomas "Wright, Lorenzo Dow Sprigg v
Arthur Seward Branton.
Forrest Edgar Phinzey, Thomas Paul
Riser, .Mitchell Lott, Charley Reyn
olds, Willie Scott, Felix Burdict, Hal
Cy Howard Davis, Randolph Dudley,
Prince Crawford, Gus Ranks, Norris
Horace Johnson, James Hardy. Eddie
Young, Jr., Fred Smith, Walter Mor
ris, Tom Strickland, Robert Shepherd
their duty to keep informed on spec
ial needs of their immediate section
so that the county agent maay witn
more facility respond to those needs.
The meeting opened promptly at
one o’clock and Mr. H. C. Stiles, one
of the county’s leading farmers, made
a few brief remarks and nominate !
Mr. M. 1m Johnson for chairman and
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