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Vol. 10—No. 40.
fair plans given endorsement
BY FOUR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITIES
Officers and Directors Made Visit Wednesday
Afternoon to Cass Station, Cassville, Pet
tit School and Adairsville, Presenting
Tentative Plans.
(By M. L. F.)
If every community in Bartow county
p w as squarely behind the Bartow
CountV Fair as four progressive com
munities pledged themselves fo do at
meetings held Wednesday afternoon,
there is no doubt of there being carried
rut here next fail one of the greatest
events ever attempted in North Georgia
A committee representing the Fair
Association, and composed of President
Henry Milam, Secretary C. H Cox, Di
rectors Robert W. Knight and Horace
W. Howard, Supt. of County Schools
lease W. Jackson, Supt. of City Schools
L. C. Evans, Mrs. Mary W. Segans,
home demonstration agent, and a Trib
urte-News representative, visited the
schools at Cass Station. Cassville, Pet
tit’s and wound up the afternoon’s
boosting trip at a conference with
prominent citizen of Adairsville, this
meeting being held at the Sans Souci
Club there.
The First Stop.
At the Cass Station school the party
received a hearty welcome from the
principal, Mrs. W. B. Quillian, and her
assistants. Misses Sarah Akridge and
Sallie Crawford, and the pupils list
ened attentively as members of the fair
committee told of the plans as now
tentatively arranged, but which are
subject to any change that might be
deemed for the best interest of the fair.
At the request of Mrs. Quillian, Mr.
Cox took charge, and briefly outlined
the purpose of the visit, and then in
troduced the visitors. Mr. Henry Mi
lam told of how the Cass Station school
came to his rescue years ago, when the
first fair was held, and urged that it
again arrange an exhibit that would
take first prize among the schools of
the county.
Mr. Evans, next called upon, was
listened to with the closest attention,
because h, went into detail, telling the
young folks of the various prizes to be
offered for their individual efforts, and j
urging that they begin now to think [
about the kind of exhibits they expect
io enter into competition with pupils i
from other schools of the county. He j
stressed particularly the athletic events j
and the great pageant, depicting va- ]
rious historic episodes in the history :
of (ieorgia.
Mr. Howard, when introduoed, told
'■he c hildren he was very much inter
ested in the schools throughout the
"Unty. and said he believed the Cass
station school would prepare exhibits
is year that would be a credit to
"very pupil, as well its the teachers and
M's. S'-gnrs assured the children she
< i-ad> ..nd anxious to assist tijem
getting up their exhibits, and would
lev render any service they might
"i from her office. She detailed a
number of exhibits that might be ar
ranged, with comparatively little effort,
md said that nice prizes had been of
fered for community as well as indi
vidual exhibits. Fifty dollars is the
nrst prize, $35 the second, and $35 the
third prize for community exhibits,
"bile all worthy exhibits are assured
of an award of sls, she pointed out.
This school has an enrollment of
about 120, and an average attendance
of over 100, and is one of the best in
the county.
At Cassville.
Leaving here, the party motored to
the Cassville school, and here they
were greeted by the principal, Miss
Marie Headden, and her assistant, Mrs.
Monah Conyers. Assembling in the
spacious auditorium, the visitors were
entertained with several appropriate
songs by the children, who showed the
results of careful training.
The fair plans were presented here
by Mr, Evans, Mr. Fleetwood, Mr. Cox
and patrons of the school, including
R. e. Battle, Mr. James D. Pittard,
and others, assured the committee that
Cassville would not come up lacking
when fair time comes.
A Good One-Teacher School,
fhe school at Pettit, under the dlrec
>on of Prof, Ralph Kimsey, is rated
one of the beat one-teacher schools in
the county. Here the party was given
the closest attention, as various mem -
bora told of the fair plans, as now ten
tatively arranged, and Prof. Kimsey
said he felt confident the fair would
bear later from Pettit school.
Hearty Co-Operation Assured.
' P°n reaching Adairsville the com
tp'ttee went direct to the Sans Souci
■ub hou Se and quite a representative
nhering 0 f citizens was there to greet
tbe visitors.
*■ was asked to take charge by
K L Franklin, president of the
Ub ' and bbis he did, outlirfing briefly
Proposal to hold a county fair next
hat would be “Of, for and by the
,T° f R artow county," with all the
P-<tionable features entirely elim
inated. Thi. -j
in is idea met with the hearty
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
(TRIBUNE, VOL. 11, No. 22.)
(NEWS, VOL. 36, No. 3.)
approvtil of every one present, and
during the course of this conference,
some Very- interesting suggestions were
made and every assurance was given
that Adairsville stood ready and will
ing to share its part of the responsi
bility of putting over the fair in a great
big way.
Mr, J. W. Jackson told his hearers
that a great opportunity for county
wide co-operation had arisen, and he
felt certain Adairsville and the sur
rounding communities would count it
a privilege to share in the wonderful
program now being arranged. He
urged that the fair directors and offi
cials be given every consideration, so
that the efforts of al! who had entered
into the plans might redound to the
good of every citizen of Bartow county.
Mr. Evans made a very happy talk,
and went into detail regarding the pro
posals for holding a real county fair,
laying particular stress upon athletic
events, as well as the great pageant,
which will be an outstanding feature.
Educational matters are very close to
his heart, he said, and when such an
opportunity as now presents itself
comes to him, he feels it a privilege to
do everything possible to enlist as many
as possible in such a proposition as
the county fair will prove to be this
year.
Mrs. Segars and other members of
the party also presented interesting
phases of the fair plans, and they urged
co-operation of all citizens.
Fine Co-Operation Assured.
With Miss Ethel Mosteller, as chair
man of the woman’s department of the
fair, Adairsville people will take a very
active part, Prof. Lee, superintendent
of the schools, said, when called upon
for an expression by Mr, Cox. The
schools will fill any part of the pro
gram assigned to I lv<;rn, this official
said, and he felt certain this was the
attitude of the Adairsville people.
Mr, King, president of the board of
education, said the people of that town
would certainly back Prof. Lee in any
undertaking the Adairsville schools
would enter into.
Similar assurances of support were
given by Mrs. R. L. Franklin, presi
dent of the Sans Souci Club; Mrs.
Green, Mrs. G. M. Boyd, Mrs. W. P.
Martin. Miss Mosteller and others pres
ent. The ladies expressed a willing
ness to be responsible for one night’s
entertainment during the fair.
The fair committee was particularly
well pleased over the reception given
it at every step Wednesday afternoon, j
and returned home feling mor opti- I
mistic and determined than ever to do I
everything possible to make the Bar
tow County Fair of 1921 a great event,
and of more real worth to every indi- .
vi'dual in the county tiian any yet held I
during the association’s history of sue- j
cessful fairs.
Mrs. Mize
Assists in Plans For
County Fair
On Tuesday the women of Bartow
county held a representative meeting
and discussed new problems for the
women's department of the County
Fair.
Mrs. Mary \Y. Segers called the meet
ing. which was presided over by Mr.
H. C. Cox, secretary for the fair.
After some discussion by the ladies
and a talk by Mrs. Field, who was
last year’s superintendent of the wo
men's department of the fair. Mrs. Se
gers presented Mrs. Lilia Mize, from
Atlanta.
Miss Jessie Burton, who was district
agent for the northwestern section of
Georgia, has been given a position as
specialist for producing and marketing
of butter and eggs Mrs. Mize, who was
district agent for northeastern Georgia,
now extends her district across north
wrest Georgia, with her headquarters at
Atlanta.
Mrs. Mary W. Segers. Bartow coun
ty’s home demonsrtation agent, had the
pleasure of a visit from her district
agent, Mrs. Mize. She took this oppor
tunity to have the women of Bartow
meet Mrs. Mize and get suggestions
from her.
Through Mrs. Mize’s suggestions, the
following plan was adopted: The
county is to be divided into rural and
city communities, each competing for
community prizes. The city of Carters
ville is to be divided into four districts,
with a chairman for each district. The
city of Adairsville is to be divided into
two districts, with a chairman from
each district. Then each rural or vil
lage community is to have a clutirman
to oversee the community exhibit. Each
chairman is to select her own com
mittee for overseeing the exhibit from
her city or rural community.
The women's exhibits are to include
(Continued on Page Six.)
RUMMAGE SALE
ON SATURDAY
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
School Board Plans In
teresting Sale For Sat
urday of This Week.
An old-time and old-fashioned rum
mage sale will be held next Saturday
in the store on West Main street, for
merly occupied by L. F. Shaw <X- Sons’
grocery, the sale being under the aus
pices of the ladies’ auxiliary to the
board of education.
The ladies tuwyr found it necessary
to purchase ' things which they
are sponsoring schools, and if
the funds can b||ikised fn the sale
Saturday, they wnHter added to the
equipment, chief oflKjuch will be a
first-aid kit.
Anyone having anythfcm. they would
like to donate to this V W>y cense
may do so by calling any - mber of
the ladies’ board, who will s<v>rtiat the
article donated will be placed on saie.
The general public is urged to keep
the rummage sale in mind and call any
time Saturday and make purchases of
such article.; as they flnd they can use.
The sale is for a most worthy cause,
and the ladies have adopted this meth
od of raising the money', instead of
making solicitations for funds.
Will Serve Refreshments.
Under the direction or Miss Alice
Feltham, domestic science teacher, the
young ladies of the domestic science
department of the high school will
serve sandwiches and tea at the sale
Saturday, the charges being very nom
inal, and the entire proceeds will go
toward providing funds to complete
the “model kitchen" at the school.
The sale will begin at nine o’clock,
and continue throughout the day.
JOHN H. SHARP
DIED THURSDAY
Father Mrs. L. C. Vass
and Prominent Rail
road Man, Succumbed
at Wilmington.
A telegram reaching Cartersville on
Thursday morning gave brief details
of tile death, eqrly in the day of Mr.
John H. Sharp, father of Mrs. L, C.
Vass, who passed away in Wilming
ton.
Mr. Sharp was for twenty-two years
treasurer of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway system, and was one of tbe
most prominent railroad officials in the
South, it was under his direction that
the stretch of “road between Carters
ville and Rockmart was acquired by
the Seaboard.
Having spent som" weeks here last
summer, Mr. Sharp renewed old ac
quaintances, and made many friends,
all of whom will regret to learn of-his
death. He was 84. The funeral plans
are not yet announced.
Mr. Rockwell Johnson
To Be Laid To Rest
Thursday Morning
Funeral services for Mr, Rockwell
Johnson, a prominent Atlanta business
man, whose death occurred Monday af
ternoon at a private sanitarium, will be
conducted Thursday morning at 11
o'clock at the North Avenue Presbyte
rian church, with Dr. Richard Orme
Flinn officiating. Interment will be in
West View cemetery, with H. M. Pat
terson & Son in charge.
Those requested to serve as pall
bearers are as follows: W. D. Beach
man, C. W. Butler, J. W. Bates, H. L.
Sibley, James M. Reevs and John A.
Brice.
Mr. Johnson was 41 years of age, and
had been residing in Atlanta for some
twenty-five years. During this period
of time he had become prominently
identified with the J. K. Orr Shoe com
pany and widely known among local
business circles. 11l health had necessi
tated his retirement from active busi
ness several months ago. At that time
he was manager of the Red Seal shoe
factory. He was a director in the As
sociated Charities, and had always
taken a leading part in civic affairs.
Surviving Mr. Johnson are his widow,
two daughters, Misses Ann and Helen
Johnson; his moither, Mrs. F. B. John
son; one sister, Miss Helen Johnson,
and a brother, Gilbert Johnson.
The above from Wednesday evening's
Atlanta Journal will be read with sin
cere regret in Cartersville, Mr. John
son having married Miss Ludie B.
Harvey, daughter of the late Henry
Harvey. Mrs. Harvey will attend the
funeral. Other friends and relatives
from Cartersville also planned to at
tend the funeral.
Cartersville, Georgia, March 31, 11)21.
“Foodstuffs First” Is
Picklesimer’s Slogan
Mr. J. Is. Pickleaimer, of the Center
{district, was a recent well-known vis
itor in Cartersville. He is one of those
I substantial farmers who believes in
! "living; on the farm and boarding at
, the same place.” Asa result, he is
raising all foodstuffs needed for his
i table, and also for his farm animal*.
While he plants some cotton, he never
| lets that interfere with his woll-estab
! lished rule of ‘Foodstuffs First. ’ he
j told a Tribune-News representative.
Very Interesting
Entertainment At
Stilesboro Academy
One of the greatest successes ever
given at Stilesboro was the musicale
on last Friday evening at the school
auditorium, when a packed house en
joyed the many events of the evening.
This program was under the auspices
of Miss Bennie Collins, Miss Jessie Mc-
Cormick and Mrs. James B. Sproull
very ably assisted by the music pupils
of Miss Collins and local talent.
The program opened with a duet by
Henry and Letha Sproull, music pupils,
and during the evening they, with
Ruby Taff and Frances Tinsley ren
dered piano solos. These children are
two-year pupils, but 'twas with ele
gance anu pride they pleayed each se
lection without their music, to the de
light of parents and teacher.
The delightful readings of Misses
Lucile Tinsley, Doris Taft and Mary
Sue Jackson were captivating.
“Go Feather Your Nest," an espe
cially beautiful tria, was by Messrs.
Akin Williams, John Auchmutey and
Frank Atwood.
“My Wild Irish Rose" was beauti
fully rendered by Miss Susie W’illiams,
she wearing a lovely costume symbolic
of Ireland.
J The splendid singing of Messrs.
| Herman Black, John Williams, Akin
Williams, Mark Nelson, John Auchmu-
I tey and Frank Atwood was greatly en
joyed in the quartets, also was the
chorus.
“Silver Threads Among the Gold,’’
]by Misses Susie Williams, Alta Wil
' liams, Bettye Auchmutey, Beulah Tins
ley, Bernice Collins and Mrs Hugh
] Brandon. •*
"Voices of the Woods” was softly
land sweetly sung by our own nightin-
Ifgaie, Mrs. C. E. Lundy.
Tenor solo, "Anything Is Nice if it
| Comes from Diiie Land," by Mr. Akin
• Williams was splendid.
“Little Mother o’Mine," by Misses
I Bernice Collins and Beulah Tinsley,
was beautifully sun. Miss Collins’
| sweet voice was at its best in the ren
| dition of this lovely song.
The hit of ihe evening was “Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm,” sung and
| (lanced by four couples, which was re
: peatedly encored.
Miss Bernice Collins, Mr.* Akin Wil
j liams. Miss Beulah Tinsley, Mr, Frank
: Atwood, Miss Susie Williams, Mr. John
' Auchmutey, Miss Alta Williams, Mr.
Murray Whitesides.
Last, but not by any means least,
(Continued on Page Twelve)
$384,554,941 Given
As Assets of Ford
Motor Company
Lansing, Mich,, March 31.- —Total as
sets of $384,554,941 68 on December 31,
1920, are shown in the annual report of
the Ford Motor company filed with the
secretary of state. Cash ou hand, in
cluding deposits in banks, is given as
$13,557,244.51, and the value of credits
owing to the company is placed at $54,-
438.633.50.
Liabilities of the company on unse
cured indebtedness are shown as $143,-
025,300.61.
The report shows that 95,321 shares
of the company's stock are owned by
Henry Ford; 71,911 by Edsel B. Ford,
and 5,413 by Mrs. Henry Ford.
Tom Watson and
Tom Hardwick Will
Address the Farmer
Union City, Ga., March 31.—Senator ;
Thomas E. Watson and Governor Thos.
W. Hardwick will be the principal
speakers at Union City on the Fourth
of July, at the biggest fish fry and
chicken feat ever given in Georgia, ac
cording to plans of the Campbell Coun
ty Farmers’ Union and other citizens of j
the county. Both distinguished Geor- j
gians have accepted the invitation to i
deliver addresses,
A huge tank has been built at Union
City in which 10,000 uver ratfish will
be fattened for the feast, and the far
mers are raising more than a thousand ;
chickens to be fried for the occasion.
Charles S. Barrett, president of the
National Farmers’ Union, and other
men of national prominence, will be
among the honored guests. The hosts
extend an invitation to the “state-at
large" to be their guests on this occa- ’
sion.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
MADE IMPRESSIVE
SHOWING SUNDAY
Marched in a Body to
Methodist Church and
Heard Very Able Ser
mon Delivered by Rev.
John F. Yarbrough.
t>m; ot the most impressive church
services held in Cartersville in some
lime took place at the Sam Jones Me
morial Methodist church last Sunday
afternoon, when the member* of Cal
vary Commandery, Knights Templar,
marched in a body to the church and
heard a very eloquent sermon, deliv
ered by Sir Knight John F. Yarbrough,
presiding elder of the Dalton district.
This was the first public appearance
of the Sir Knights in their new uni
forms, and they naturally attracted
much attention as they marched
through the principal business streets
in charge of Air, Charles F. Fain, the
I Commandery's junior warden.
Arriving at the church, and as they
I entered, the organ, in charge of Dr.
| Malcolm Dewey, teacher of French at
| Emory university, began "Onward,
Christian Soldiers,” the choir, under
the direction of Mrs, John Willie Jones,
singing this immortal song.
Aa the Sir Knights took seats on the
I right and left of the church, in the
I seats reserved for them, the program
I opened with a solo by Mr John Ray,
j after the opening prayer by Rev S. A.
| Harris. Mr. Hodge, a ministerial stu
dent at Emory, then sang "Have Thine
Own Way, Lord.”
After a formal introduction by Rev.
Mr. Harris, Sir Knight John F. Yar
brough, presiding elder of the Dalton
district, arose and, taking his text from
the Master’s words, "And I, if I be lift
ed up, will draw all men unto Me,”
preached one of the most eloquent ser
mons ever heard upon any occasion in
| Cartersville.
Dr. Yarbrough paid a beautiful trlb-
I ute to the Sir Knights, and said he was
very happy to be numbered among its
• thousands of Christian men who have,
lin all ages, held high the Cross of
j" Christ.
At the conclusion of Dr. Yarbrough s
'sermon. Mrs. A H. Cunyus sang very
; tenderly “I Know That My Redeemer
! Livatfc” ..
j The benediction was said
! TANARUS; Hunnicutt, and the Knights Templar
filed out of the church and returned to
j their asylum.
Quite a large number of friends gath
ered for this, the first church service
held by this organization in Carters
ville, and the occasion was thoroughly
enjoyed by all who attended.
Mother Mrs. R. Steinberg
Passed Away in Macon
Friends in Cartersville will be grieved
to learn of the death of Mrs. B. Gold
gar, mother of Mrs. Rose Steinberg,
who passed away Wednesday evening
at 81.30 o'clock at her home 217 liar- j
deman avenue, in Macon.
Mrs. Steinberg has been at her ;
mother’s bedside for several days past,
and the end was not unexpected. She I
had often visited Cartersville and had
many friends here, who wti' extend sin
cere condolence to the bereaved family.
Mrs, Goldgar Is survived by five
daughters and one son, and she will be
laid lo rest in Macon.
President Harding
Deeded an Acre For
His Burial Ground
Lancaster, Ohio, March 31. —By a pe
culiar land grant, President Warren G.
Harding becomes owner of a one-acre
tract of land just west of Lancaster
that he may use for his burial ground
only.
According to court records here, the
tract was deeded 100 years ago by Na
thaniel W’ilson, a pioneer farmer of
Fairfield county, to President Andrew
Jackson and to his successors in office,
to be used as their burial ground only.
President Harding is the twenty
third president to be notified of his
burial privilege. The donor died in 1836.
Surrenders License To
Marry 14-Year-Old Girl
Summerville, Ga., March 31. —Russell
Cavin, of Menlo, will not marry pretty
little Miss Sentell, daughter of J. A.
Sen tell, a merchant of Alpine, but in
stead has returned his license to Ordi
nary J. P. Johnston, at this place, and
had same cancelled, not because he de
cided he did not love the girl, but be
cause the law interfered.
A short time ago Mr. Sentell heard
that Mr. Cavin had obtained a mar
riage license at Summerville and in
tended to marry his daughter, who is
said to be only 14 years old, and who is
now in school at Alpine. Mr. Sentell
employed a lawyer and the marriage
was halted by an injunction. The hear,
ing of the injunction was to have been
held in Rome Saturday, but the attor- -
neys succeeded in adjusting the matter
before the trial.
12 Pages—B4 Columns.
TECH PARTY
HERE MONDAY
MORNING AT TEN
Citizens of Town Urged
to Be Present to Greet
Distinguished Party of
Georgians, Who Stop
Here For Half an Hour
Next Monday morning the Georgia
• Tech special train reaches Cartersville
jat 10:05 o'clock., ifnd the visitors will
be weclomed by Judge George H. Au
brev on behalf of the Cartersville
Chamber of Commerce and the busi
ness men of the town. Speakers on
board the train will make a response,
and then ihe visitors will be escorted
about the park, where displays of the
county's mineral products will he
shown.
This is one of the most important
delegations that ever visited the town,
and while they will lie here only about
a half-hour, everything will he done
during that short time to make their
stop at Cartersville a most memorable
one.
Mr. W, D. Trippe, of Taylorsville, is
expected to be a member of the party,
vvliich will number over one hundred
and fifty of the leading business men
and professional men of tht state.
Secretary George Woodrow, of the
Chamber of Commerce, in co-operation
with Mr. Will Satterfield, Mr. L. J.
Backus, Mr. R. C. May. Mr. Lee Wom
elsdorf and other prominent citizens, is
arranging to have some unusually in
teresting displays on hand when the
Tech special reaches this city.
Every citizen and certainly every
j business man of the town and commit -
| nity, should be at the train, and Su-
I perintendent Evans has announced
S
j that members of the high school
I classes would attend in a body.
Cartersville Second
Stop of First Day
Atlanta, Ga., March 31—Georgia ln
! dustrial leaders are fairly scrambling
for reservations on the Georgia Indus
trial special train, with a “crew”
of 126, Is start on a tour of the Em
pire State of the South the morning of
Monday, April 4. sponsored by the
j Georgia School of Technology as a re
sult pf the remarkable success and in
terest aroused by the first industrial
lour of a similar Georgia party, to sev
en industrial centers of the North and
East lasi November. More than half
'ihe places on the train already have
been reserved, at an approximate cost
jof $l2O for each tourist, and most of
| ihem have lleen taken by men who
! went on the first trip to the North arid
I East.
The Georgia tour will reach no fewer
'than thirty-five of the principal cities
jc nd towns of the state. If will last six
i days, traveling over the lines of ten of
'the South's principal railways.' The
special Pullman train will contain am-
I pie accommodations for all the mem
bers of the party to occupy it eontin-
I uousl.v during the tour, but till' cities
]and towns on the itinerary are arrang
! ing greetings in the way of luncheons,
I dinners and entertainments whenever
j the schedule permits.
The object of the tour is two-fold.
It will enable the tourists to study at
first hand the gigantic resources of
every part of the Empire Slate of the
South, and the need for developing
these resources; and it will enable the
tourists to bear the message of indus
trial development as seen, also at first
hand, by them in the North and East,
where sections by no means so rich
naturally as Georgia and the South
had forged to the front by cultivation
of trained man-power and leadership.
The special train will leave Atlanta
at 8 o'clock the morning of Monday,
April 4. heading northward over the
N-, C. & St. L. railway. The schedule
for the first day of the trip is as fol
lows :
Leave Atlanta, C. T-, 8 a. m.
Arrive Marietta, 8:45 a. m.; leave Ma
rietta. 9:15 a. m.
Arrive Cartersville, 10:05 a. m-; leave
Cartersville, 10:35 a. m.
Arrive Rome, 11:45 a, m.; leave Rome
$1:50 p. m.
Arrive Cedartown, 2:30 p. m.; leave
Cedartown, 2:50 p, m.
Arrive Carrollton, 4 p. m.; leave Car
rollton, 4:20 p. m.
Arrive Newnan, 5:30 p. m.; leave
Newnan, 6:15 p. m.
Arrive LaGrange, 7:15 p. m.; leave
LaGrange, 11:30 p. m.
BAKERY UNDER NEW
MANAGEMENT NOW
Mr. D. C. Brown announced this week
that he had purchased the Opera House
Bakery from Josef Sira t hoi an, and
will in future operate the business un
der the name of the Cartersville Bak
ery, He has secured the services of a
competent white baker, he announces,
and beginning Monday will open the
place and conduct It along modern and
sanitary lines, soliciting the trade of
local people for bread, cakes, rolls and
other bakery products.
12 PAGES
TODAY
$3.0? The Year
YOUNG MAN
J LIVES WITH
BAD WOUNDS
Richard McGee Making
Hard Fight For Life,
Although Shot Eight
Times b y Another
Young Man.
A. a result of what officers believe
' was hard feelings as a result of a
falling out over the ownership of
moonshine liquor, Richard McGeo, a
j young white man twenty-six years old.
lies al the Howell hospital with eight
bullet wounds in his intestines, and
Robert L, Loftis. another young white
man is held at the county jail, charged
with the shooting, which took place on
the Cartersviile-Canton road, about
two o'clock Wednesday mornlr?g.
A woman giving the name of Itoxie
Renfrot is also held in jail as a ma
terial witness, as is Malachi Duncan.
According to information gathered
by the officers and a Tribune-News
reporter, McGee and the Renfroe wom
an came to Cartersville late Tuesday
night in a Ford car, bringing with them
a quantity of liquor. Failing to die-r
pose of all of it, they started back to
I the country. At a point, about one and
a half miles from the Bob Leachman
place, they stopped the car and began
eating a lunch. Loftis, who was walk
ing along the road with Malachi Dun
can, came up to the car and an argu
ment ensued over a quantity of liquor.
Soon pistols were drawn. Richard Mc-
Gee and the woman say Loftis began
shooting first, while Loftis claims Mo
il' • shot at him several times, that he
< • iged behind the car until he thought
Vi Gee had shot his round, and begaiy
j firing at McGee, believing his own life
I was in danger.
Loftis was not hit, but McGee had
■ seven or eight perforations of the in
testines and the physicians attending
| him say he has only a slight chance of
I recovery. Reports from the hospital
!at noon Thursday said the wounded
'man was resting fairly well, hut he was
not out of danger.
The officers, headed by Sheriff Puck
ett, were notified of the shooting and
soon had Loftis and the woman, under
arrest. They are being held awaiting
the outcome of McGee's condition.
W. B. FITZPATRICK
IS FOUND DEAD
Body Discovered at an
Early Hour Thursday
Morning in Bed at the
Tennessee House.
Mr. W. B. Fitzpatrick, about 30 years
old. was found dead In his room at the
Tennessee House Thursday morning,
and a coroner’s jury, summoned by
Judge Ingram, found that he came to
his death from heart failure, brought
on by alcoholic drinking.
Several witnesses testified the marl
had been drinking heavily during the
past two weeks, and despite efforts of
friends and physicians to do something
for him, his condition gradually became
more acute, and some time during
Wednesday night he passed away.
The deceased was a native of Bed
ford, Va„ and it is understood his rela
tives now reside there. Efforts to get
in telegraphic communication with
them had availned no information or
request for disposition of the body up
to noon Thursday.
G. M. Jackson & Son took charge of
the body, and late Thursday afternoon
a message came, giving instructions for
sending the body to Bedford, Va., for
burial.
During his stay in Cartersville, Mr.
Fitzpatrick was a sewing machine
agent, and had become acquainted with
quite a number of people, who regret
exceedingly to learn of his sad death.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury
read as follows:
"We, the jury, empanneled to inquire
into the death of W. B. Fitzpatrick,
find, after careful inquiry and exami
nation of all witnesses in the case, that
he came to his death by heart failure,
superinduced by constant use of alco
holic drinking,
(Signed) W. H. McMichen, foreman;
J. R. Trippe, S. J. Gore, J. C. Smith. W.
J. Noble, J. H. Law.
“Black Beauty” at the
Grand Next Week
Manager H. G. Cope announces he
has secured the famous picture, "Black
Beauty,” being a screen version of the
immortal classic by Anna Sewell, and
the picture will be shown Thursday and
Friday of next week.
This is one of the best releases of
the year. Mr. Cope believes, and he
expects a full house both days.
WANTED—YOU TO KNOW that in
the want ads you can buy or sell any
thing you desire to bring before the
public of Bartow and surrounding
counties. If