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About The Bartow tribune. The Cartersville news. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1917-1924 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1921)
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No matter what the farm task—whether plowing, disking, harrowing, threshing, baling hay, grinding feed, pumping q water, sawing wood, pulling stumps, fill ing silos, or any of the many other jobs around the farm, the Fordson will not only do and do well, but quicker, easier and at less expense. There are so many different time and money saving ways in which the Ford son can be used that you owe it to your self to get the facts. Come in and see the Fordson, or write or phone for the information. A. G. WHITE COMPANY Authorized Ford and Fordson Dealer Goes Straight to the Point A long distance telephone call, whether it brings a business or social message, has the faculty of going ( straight to the point ** Station to station service save you 20 per cent on day mes sages and from 50 to 75 per cent on even- I ing and night calls. Ask Long Distance for rates and details. Bell lines reach al most everywhere. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY A REMOVAL SALE Pending the making of necessary changes, incident to the lowering of the floor in my corner store, I have move next door into my old stand. Naturally, we have a number of bargains to offer and hereby announce a REMOVAL SALE For the next few days—seasonable goods at reduced prices. Come in and see just what v' e have to offer at money-saving values. Opposite First National Bank, GEORGE KASS: Cartersville, Ga. Hunger, the Beet Sauce. Sauce In used to create an appetite or relish for the food. The right way in to look to your digestion. Whe.. you have good digestion you are certain to relink J-our food Chamberlain’ll Tablets Im prove the digestion, create a hciathy • pnetlt* and cause a gentle movement of the how els— adv, THE TRIBUNE-NEWS. CARTERSVILLE, GA.. AUGUST 25, 1921. THE PASSING OF OLD FASHIONED RAIL FENCES J. A. Hall Writes Remi niscently of Old Days on the Farm. The rambler through the rur.il <li- i tricts of Georgia will notice many note- | worthy chang ■ have taken place in the aanvctn of the lendaeape during recent i yeans notes J. A. Hall. In the Atlanta J Journal. One of the most conspicuous of these is the diaappi arance of the old rail fence, of.ce a familiar feature of every I farmstead It ha* gone its way with the double log house, the s -hooner shaped wagon ls,x. the leather saddle- ! bay*, the feather fly brush and the tur key-tail fan. Tim- was when the rail fenc van an Important instiiLti. n in Georgia- it protected the growing crops and was therefore vital thing in the life of the I family It took rails and a lot of them to ’’fence In’’ a farm, and a man might become president of the nation been use he was a chrtmp.oti rail splitter. Rail splittings like log rollings, house rais- : ir g and quiltings, were important so- ’ i ial events in the 1 if- of the community -' Success in’ rail splitting brought acer- ' tafn dignity and standing To cut and split 250 rails was considered a good day’s work. Some stalwart young men who were especially skillful -in the use of axe and maul went beyond this amount, but many fell below it. The making of rails caused a great destruction of timber, but timber was ! Plentiful and cheap. It was in the way, j so it was thought, and fine forest trees { were chopped down by the thousands, i Some kinds of timber made better rails j than others. The- most lasting were j made -from the postoak, chestnut and j yellow poplar. Such cross-grained' woods as the gums, hickory and lob lolly pine were not suited to making rails. Many oaks and forest pines were used because they were usually straight grained and easily split, but the rails made from such materials did not last like those from the postoak and yellow poplar. Rail splittings had their picturesque and interesting features. On one occa sion a spirited rivalry was on to make the largest number of rails by noon, a number of teams composed of two young men each taking part. One of these teams struck a very tough, cross grained log. They vigorously drove their iron wedges .into it. but it did not crack open. They hammered in the,r supply of gluts. These were wooden wedges made of tough dogwood. Still the old log did not fall apart. The resounding mauls and the noise of cracking limber which came from the other teams told the young men they were being left in the race, in despera tion they looked around for something else to drive into the siowly opening crack. Om of them caught sight of an old rusty four-inch bombshell which had been thrown about the place since j the days of General Sherman. It looked as if it would make an excellent wedge. They seized it eagerly, throust its dull cap-pointed nose into the opening in the log and began hammering the flat end violently with two tough hickory mauls, it moved into the snarly old j log slowly. Hut it moved. The dull i nose with the corroded brass cap inched | closer and closer to the point of an iron | wedge. After awhile it touched. Bang!” There wm. a cloud oi dust, a scatter ing of shattered mauis and fragments of log and two badly bruised young men emerged from the wreckage whose escape from death seemed miraculous. Building rail fences became some what of an art. Each run Of rail was known by the technical name of "course,” and the first course placed on the ground and which constituted the foundation of the fence, was known as the worm'’ and the man who played the part of engineer and laid down the foundation, was known as the ’ worm layer.” Every community had its ex pert worm layers whose services were sought throughout the countryside. Fence buildings were common among the other community ’-workings, when the farmers and their sons of the vi cinity would unite in helping a neigh bor iiuild anew fence or move an old one. A regulation fence was ten rails high and where It was desired to make them especially strong they were •staked and ridered,” which meant that two rails were sent slantwise into each interlocking corner and another rail a •’rider”—was placed in the forks thus formed. When the builders were available, each man could take a “course" and the fence building would move forward rapid'y. Good-natured raillery and badinage among the workers charac terized these fence buildings. They would guy the "worm layer” for being cross-eyed—unable to follow a straight course —or ■moon-eyed’’ for using rails crooked like the new moon, and there were constant reminders to the build ers to put the big ends on the low cor ners and turn the crooks down. Occa sionally some one would find rails "so crooked that hogs trying to crawl through tile cracks would come out on the same side of the’fence they started in on." and at one time a builder called to the owner and said: "John, we will just have to stop work. We ain’t got no rails. All we can find out here is jest Do you know you can roll 30 Aood cigarottesfcr lOcts from one bag of GENUINE BulCDurham TOBACCO ■ y At' a few piles of wagon fellers. The old tail fence had its poetic as pects its social values and its political significance; It separated tb cultivated field which Represented human life and progress from the forests, which repre sent'd the primitive wilds. Like all other things, the older the fence grew the more venerable it became. Musses covered its rails, vines climbed upon it and birds aested in its she.tering- cor ners It became a kind of public forum, SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT For the Six Months ending June 30, 1921. , Of the condition of the Bartow County Mutual Fire and Storm Insurance Com pany, of Adairsville. Ga., organized under the laws of the htate of Georgia, made to the Governor of the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the laws of said State. PRINCIPAL OFFICE: ADAIRSVILLE. GA. I. Capital Stock 1. Whole amount of Capital Stock None 2. Amount Paid up in Cash None 3. Amount in Notes of the Stockholders None These Xotes are secured as follows: 11. Assets. 1 Market value of real estate owned by the Company -2-1 None If encumbered. tP what amount None 2. Loans on bond and mortgage (duly recorded, and being arst liens on the fee) None 3. Stocks and bonds owned absolutely by the Company None 4. Stocks, bonds and all other securities (except mortgages) hypoth ecated with Company as collateral security for cash loaned by the Company, with the par and market value of the same and the amount loaned thereon. • Total par value None Total market value None Amount loaned thereon (carried out) None 5. Cash in the company's principal, office None 6. Cash belonging to be Company deposied in bank $ 5.66 7. Cash in hands of agents and in course of transmission None Total * 5 -66 Total cash items (carried out) $5 66 8. Amount of Premium Xotes upon which policies have been issued None 9. Amount of interest actually due. and accrued and unpaid None 10. Bills receivable, not matured, taken for fire, marine and Inland risks ----,- None 11. AH other assets, both real and personal, not included hereinbefore— Office equlpmem 100.00 Amounts due on assessments —discounted 25.00 Total assets of the Company, actual cash market value $130.66 111. Liabilities. ’ 1. Losses due and unpaid None 2. Gross lessee in process of adjustment or in suspense, including all reported and supposed losses None 3. Losses r< Hinted, Including interest, cost and all otligr expenses the. con ■>— -- - 1 —-None. 4. Total amount of claims for losses None 5. Deduct re-insurance thereon None 6. Net amount of unpaid losses (carried out) None 7. Amount of dividends declared but not yet due None 8. Dividends declared and remaining unpaid or uncalled for None 9. Amount of borrowed money None 10. The amount of reserve for re-insurance None 11. All other cliams against the Company, acct. -2 2.5.00 12. Joint stock capital actually paid up in cash None 13. Surplus beyond all liabilities • 105.66 14. Total Liabilities 130.66 IV. Income During thk First Six Months of the Year 1921: 1. Amount of cash premiums received 5252.62 2 Amount of noies received for premiums None 3. Received for interest None 4. Income received from all other sources—assessment 125 22 6. Total income actually received during the first six months in cash $377.84 V. Expenditures During the First Six Months of th e Year 1921: 1. Amount of Losses paid $55.00 2. Cash dividends actually paid None 3. Amount of expenses paid, including fees, salaries and com missions to agents and officers of the Company 202.10 4. Paid for state, national and local taxes in this and other states 27.75 5. All other payments and expenditures, viz.: Incidentals, office equipment 116 56 State license fee 25.00 Total expenditures during the first six months of the year in cash $426.41 Greatest amount insured in any one risk $4,060.00 Total amount of insurance outstanding $597,499 A copy of the Act of Incorporation duly certified, is of f)le in the office of the Insurance Commissioner. STATE OF GEORGIA —County of Bartow. Personally appeared before the undersigned, A. W. Barber, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the Secretary of Bartow County Mutual Fire and Storm Insurance Company, and that the foregoing statement is cor rect and true. A. \\ BARBER. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 22nd day of August, 1921. J. H. WARD, J, P. Name of State Agent—None. Name of Agent at Atlanta —None. NOTE. The above affidavit may be made by the Chief Officer of the Com pany. or Agent residing in this State, and if executed out of the State, must be made before a Commissioner of Deeds for Georgia, or before the Clerk of a Court of Record, whose official character must be duly certified. Attention is called to the extract which follows from the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, entitled ’’An Act to Regulate the Business of Insurance in this State and for other purposes.” Approved October 24th. 1887. , for the passer-by leaned against It—it is not so pleasant to lean again the barbed-wire fences of the present—and talked about the weather, crops and politics, and on Sunday afternoons par ties would sit on top of the fence ahd discuss social and religious matters and the topics of the day. Like the tree stumps in the "new grounds" of early days on which Can didates stood and addressed the voters who were usually found working in the fields and from which the term "stump speaking ' originated, the rail fence furnished us with political figures of speech which may persist for genera tions. We still talk of a candidate "taking the stump" when most of the stumps have disappeared, and speakings are now usually held in houses of some kind, and we accuse candidates of try ing to run on both sides o? the fence, and say ’’he has gone home to fix up his fences-’’ The old rail fence of rugged and pic turesque appearance in whose cooling shade the water jug rested—the old fence which sheltered the ground squir rel and the wood rat and along which we chased the rusty-coated lizard dur ing the golden afternoon of boyhood's spring days—the old fence which father built and mother looked upon as a bul wark against adversity—it is almost gone, never to return, its passing re moves not only a prominent and strik ing feature of the rural landscape, but indicates a far-reaching change in the fundamental elements of our rural life. . t -iUTu.C . .2, "- -. i.ktlCwi J.t ! i-cause o* its t-’ i, --el Iterative effect, I. .7, i .: \.,, it< J Q i. .: -K is better than o-rtia i Jui uiue and and x . u -. cause eervouanesa u ' rinsing in head. P.em :tnt>er the lull name a: oolc ioi the uigrature'ci -7. tv, GROVE. - " .i FViWWIi-'f ■. ‘■•-dl.',* • k tires m Sold only The best fabric tire made for heavy service or rough roads RED-TOP Extra Ply Heavy Tread ■ ~ 1 aO x 02 Reduction on all styles and sizes A New Low Price on a Known and Honest Product EM 'NESS J Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company ARRIVING AND DEPARTING TIME AT CARTERSVILLE, GA. X LEAVE. ARRIVE. Louisville and Cincinnati a 8:28 p.m. a 9:21p.m. Louisville and Cincinnati a 5:50 p.m. a 9:52p.m. Etowah Accommodation a_-a. 10:15 a.m. a 4:35p.m. Etowah Accommodation a 6:25 p.m. a 9:25 p.m. Atlanta a 9:52 a.m. a 5:59 p.m. Atlanta a 9:21 p.m. a 8:28a.m. a—DAILY. Effective Sunday, June sth. HOT? Then get a drink of In Bottles. The same, in town or at the cross-roads gro cery—just a good drink, thirst-quenching and satisfying—your money’s worth every time you open a bottle. Another fact you should keep in mind—there is as much real food value in a bottle of Coca-Cola as you’ll find in any other article of similar nature. Have one with every meal—Buy it by the case from your Grocer. CARTERSVILLE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY E. D. COLE, President. Phone 269 John Terry, Salesman. by dealers
