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About The Bartow tribune. The Cartersville news. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1917-1924 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1918)
MERCER’S FACULTY IS ANNOUNCED President Weaver Has Assembled Strong Team—Men of Distin guished Scholarship and Successful Experience President Rufus W. Weaver of Mer cer University at Macon. Ga.. has rec ommended the members of-his faculty for the next year, and the same have been approved by the Board of Trus tees. The asembling of so able a group of men in so short a lime under war •conditions is a notable achievement. T-be personnel of the faculty is a re markable one. Dr. Weaver, while acting as presi dent, well serve as Professor of Psy chology of Religion and Sacred His tory. W. E. Farrar, with degree of A. M. from University of Virginia, will he Professor of Ancient Languages. C. R. Fountain, with degree of Ph. P. fiom Columbia University, will be Professor of Physics. Henry Fox, with a degree of Ph. D, from University of Pennsylvania, will be professor of Biology. F. J. Holder, with degree of Ph. D. from Yale, will he Professor of Math- I ematics. Peyton Jacob, with degree of A. M from Mississippi College, will he pro fessor of Education. J. W. Kern, with degree of A. M. from the Syracuse University, will be Professor of Chemistry. J. E. Bailey, with degree of A. M. from Brown University, will lie Pro fessor of History. Joseph Robinson, with degree of A. The Dixie Theater Announces Special Return Engagement of GEORGE M. COHAN -In George M. Cohan a Millionaire. George M. Cohan, the famous actor manager, playright, composer of patriotic songs and all-round good fellow, is a mil lionaire whose genius has placed him in the very front ranks of professionals today. He is author of “Over There,” which is being sung and whistled at the front in France as well as in every city. The Story As no trip to Paris is worth anything without seeing the Louvre, just so no one can truthfully say he has seen New York until he has had a view of Billy Holliday, the world’s champion drink mixer. Billy is the pride of the Metropole bar, where he is daily pointed out to thousands of rube visitors as representing the highest station man has ever reached as a drink mixer. Billy never takes a drink himself and never sells liquor to drunkards or min ors. He has made his reputation by play ing the game square. The time comes, how ever, when he is asked by the proprietor to serve liquor to a young kid. He refuses to do it and is fired. Now, Billy has always had an idea of some time getting a regular job and settl ing down with his mother in a peaceful, re spectful home. Previous to losing his job, he has been urged by Otto Wurst, a brewer to come to a small country town and take charge of his hotel. Billy decides he will Added Attraction: “It’s A Great Life ” A High Class Comedy ‘Hit the Trail Holliday” has the unqualified endorsement of Press and Pulpitj and the management of The Dixie, having seen the picture, believes it toflbe one of the best ever shown in Cartersville. M. from Harvard, University, will be Professor of English. B. i). Ragsdale, with degree of A. M. from Mercer, will be Bursar and Pro fessor of Bible and Biblical Literature. J. Henry Burnett, ofTennessee Col lege and Richmond College, will he Registrar and Business Manager. Miss Sallie Boone will continue as Librarian. The needs and the advantage of college training have never been so urgent and so well recognized. The government has been emphasizing in many ways the value of college train ing. Mercer University evidently means to maintain high standards and to offer thorough work. Mercer with the other colleges are doing her bit to help win the war and to provide preparation for the things that are to follow the war. She will have a Students Army Training Corps and provide a thorough military train ing. Every young man who can pos sibly do so should plan to be in college tliis fall if he wants his life to count for anything worth while. For additional information, address The Registrar, Mercer University, Ma con, Georgia, adv. I The State Bureau of Mar kets, State Capitol, Atlanta, is maintained by the State and asks that you list any Georgia farm products that you have for sale or wish to buy. A market bulletin is issued weekly and your name will be put on mailing list if requested. This ser vice is entirely free. THE TRiBUNE-NJEWS, JARTERSV i LLE, GEORGIA, AUGUST 29, 1918 PLANING MILL AND OIL-TANK WERE DESTROYED Shaw Lumber Yard Heaviest Loser-Burn ing Oil Flowed Down Railroad Track. The Planing Mill and Variety Works of the Shaw Lumber Company was practically destroyed by lire last Fri day morning. The blaze started about 10:30 and soon had gained such head way that the oil tanks nearby caught lire. The alarm was sent in at once and the firemen arrived in record time. The fire pump was placed in the yard of the Cartersville Supply Company and soon a stream with 250 pounds pressure was being played upon the blaze. It was soon realized, however, that it could not without ser ious loss and the fire crew were pur to work on nearby structures. The large tank holding kerosene sprung a leak as a result of the intense heat and in an instant the 600 gallons of oil were re leased. It so happened the oil ran into a nearby ditch and down the railroad into an area where the flames could do very little damae. The burining oil made a spectacular blaze .vr*6 hundreds of people were attracted to the scene. In a manner still unaccountable the large tank in which over 5,000 gallons of gasoline were stored, did not ex plode in spite of the fact that the fire reached it and several tirhes started a blaze on the topmost cap. Whenever “HIT THE TRAIL HOLLIDAY” One of the Truly Remarkable Film Creations, -Sure to stir your better self, =and make you happy. At the Dixie one day only, Tuesday, Sept., 3rd., open at 1 p. m. Admission 10 and 15c. try the place, so he leaves his mother and goes up country to take the job. In this town there are two factors, one the German brewer crowd and the other the Prohibition crowd, headed by Burr Jason; and it is to fight the Prohibition Hotel run by Jason that Wurst has had a hotel built which is to make a feature of serving drinks. Billy arrives in town, starts to look the place over, and as the new hotel has not yet been opened, he goes to the American House and registers. Jason and his daugh ter Edith run the hotel. Billy gets in con versation with Edith, who is at the cashier’s desk, and learns that she and her father are people of high ideals who are risking their livelihood to stand by *their prohibition principles. Old Jason has invented a drink called “Nearly Beer,” with which he hopes to win the young people of the town away from alcohol. However, he has not been very successful; in fact, the hotel is much run down at the heels, and it is apparent that the new hotel will soon put it out of business. While Billy is conversing with Edith, this was noticed a stream of water was played on the tank and in this manner the gasoline saved. Another storage tank, being one of the three maintained in Cartersville by the. Standard Oil Company, was hot af fected by the fire although it looked for a time as if it, too, would explode. The origin of Friday's fire has not yet been definitely established though It is believed to have been start ed by two litle negro boys engaged in the pump house. During the morning a tank car filled with gasoline had been placed on the siding and the two boys were engaged in pumping oil from the tank car to the large reservoir. The flames were first noted near the pump house and it is believed the boys struck a match, not realizing the peril that would result. The loss to the Shaw mill is setimat ed at not less than $2,000, with no in surance. The Standard Oil Company's loss will total not less than SI,OOO, and the Hammond Coal & Wood Company, whose yard adjoins the Shaw plant, lost a tarn) and its contents, with an estimated loss of probably $500.00. The burning oil made an unusually spectacular fire, and while the danger of a terrific explosion was apparent for over an hour, that fact did not deter hundreds of spectators from crowding near. Had there been an explosion no doubt the loss of life would have been large. The work of the fire department was of high order and the laddies stuck to their guns despite the intense heat. They were assisted by large numbers of volunteer firemen and aid was never lacking at any point. It is estimated that nearly a million gallons of water were used on the fire. young Kent Wurst enters with Edith’s brother, Bobby, whom he has been leading astray. Edith has some words with Kent and Billy sees that he is a rotten little cad and that he and his father are responsible for leading the young people of the town into drunkenness. Presently the elder Wurst enters, asking if Billy Holliday has registered there. Billy then steps up and tell him that he has, but that he is not going to work for him. Wurst wants to know why, and Billy tells the old man and the son just what he thinks of them, with the result that a fight follows and Billy has to kick them out of the hotel. Billy is then le|t with no job but with the undying grati tude of Jason and Edith. Billy tells Jason that he believes a hotel can be run decently and make money and that he will work for just what he is worth. They are delighted and Billy pulls off his coat and goes to work. Several days pass and Billy has advertised the new drink “Nearly Beer” all over the place. He has changed the name to “Vevo” and has plast ered all the roads for miles around with ad vertisements for it. ADAIRSVILLE. Mr. Rosser Thomas, who has been under treatment at the Harbin hospi tal, Home, was brought home Satur day. His condition is still very ser ious. Mr. Theo Hamby and Miss Emma Scott were married Sunday, August 25th. Messrs. Hob and Weldon Franklin and Claude H. Satterfield are camp ing at Indian Spring this week. Seven were baptised Sunday after noon by the pastor of the Baptist church, Rev. Fred Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Littlefield are spending some time with their brother, Frank Littlefield, Miss Nella Jamison, of Atlanta, is visiting Miss Francis Gaines. Mr. Claude E. Pittman was up from Cartersville one day last week. Mr. W. L. Scott, of Decatur, is spending his vacation with home folks. Last Sunday Camp Gordon was rep resented by Eugene Adington and Roy Brock. Mr. W. C. Aycock was a guest of the family of Mrs. J. E. Swain Sun day. Mr. C. 11. Dyar was a recent visitor to his old home town. Miss Jesse Green, of Folsom, is spending some with relatives here. Miss Mary Lois Clore reports a fine school at Allatoona, where she is teaching. For Indigestion, Constipation or Biliousness Just try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medi cine Cos., manufacturers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic. George M. Cohan, millionaire actor, au thor, composed and producer, hero of “Broadway Jones” and “Seven Keys to “Baldpate”— Is the star in this drama. Through the efforts of Edith, Jason and the Rev. Mr. Holden the town has secured a Temperance Convention. The Wursts plan to break up the convention by placing their rough-necks in the hall. Billy goes as an onlooker. The rough-necks start to break up the meeting and almost succeed when Billy jumps upon the stage and de livers a temperance speech which holds the audience spell-bound and even shames the rough-necks into silence. The next day the New York papers are filled with articles about Billy Holliday, the ex-bar-tender, who has turned temperance advocate and people begin to swarm into town to attend further meetings. The In terurban Railroad arranges an excursion to the town to hear Billy speak and the Wurst outfit decides that the end of their patience has been reached. The old man tells his brewery workers that he will close down the brewery and throw them all out of work if this speech takes place. They start to mob Billy, but he routes the crowd by exploding fireworks, principally sky-rock ets, at them and later wins their support. Of course, Billy also wins Edith, and all ends happily.” SNOW SPRINGS. Messrs. B. P. Bavis and Carl Culb erson filled their regular appointment Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Deller Croft spent the week-end with her brother, Mr. J. F. Davis. The meeting has closed at Snow Springs with seven new members. Mrs. J. F. Davis and children spent Tuesday night with their sister and daughter, Mrs. Willie Chitwood. Mrs. Marnmie Morrow has returned home, after spending somet iime with her parents ir. South Georgia. r he young people at Snow Spring are going to attend the meeting at Oothcalooga this week and are ex pecting a nice time. Mr. Dock Sutton will go back to Mr. Dock Sutton will go back to Texas this week, after spending some time with homefolks. He enlistfd in the navy and he has been called to help Uncle Sam. His many friends at Snow Springs will hate to see him leave. NOTICE, MASONS. Cartersville Lodge No. 63. F. & A. M., meets first and third Tuesday nights at the Masonic Hall. All quali fied brethren cordially invited to sit with us. By order of: W. .i. TAYLOR. W. M. G. W. WALrRUP, Secretary. R. F. Howren, who lives out on Route No. 2 from Cartersville, was a business visitor in town Saturday.
