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VoL 12—No. 19.
JURY OUT FOR
MANY HOURS IN
HOLBERTCASE
Mistrial Predicted Late
Thursday Afternoon.
Unusually Busy Week
of Grind in Superior
Court—Grand Jury Is
Keeping Busy.
<>np of thp busiest weeks in the h s
'°ry °f Rartow superior court is now
in progress at the court house with in
dications that court will be in session
through Saturday before the docket is
clear
As this edition of The Tribune-News
oes to press the jury was still consid
er nil the rase of the State against
Butler Holbert, who, as will be remem
bered, shot and killed Horace Me Mare e
near Holbert’s home, on the night of
Thursday. August m, 0 f this year.
Holbert s ease was called Wednesday
and the fol’owing gentlemen chosen as
jurors: J: (}. Smith, J. H. Bolder C. T
rtones Joe Young Clarke Yarbrough
l > W. Long Paul B Hood Luther Rich -
ards, R. A. Hendricks C. H M.-Kelvey
and W A. Gilbert.
George Gleryn, of Dalton, appeared
fuj u Holbert, and handled his case well.
Solicitor Joe Long was ably assisted by
Noel Stead, of Chatsworlh, in the pros
ecution. Col. Steads address to the.
'jury was or.e of the most masterly®
heard during the term.
The jury was given the case late
Wednesday afternoon, and a verdict
had not been returned at :l o’clock on
Thursday afternoon- lie ports around
th e court house were that It stood s x
to five, but whether in Holbert s favor
or not, was not determined. A mistrial
sems inevitable.
The court has heard quite a large
number of other eases, including that
of Tom Poole, charged with assault la
murder, on th e person of Hubert Kid
dle. a stepson of John Kant. The frou.
ble for which the young man stood trial
occurred at a singing near Cunning
ham school, on the 22nd of April, 1921.
James Welchel, a young white man of
the Taylorsville district entered a plea !
of guilty to simple larceny, and was ,
fined $59 and cost, and given a proba- I
tionary sentence of twelve months on i
the gang.
The case of the State vs. William
Hamilton was scheduled to be called
late Thursday afternoon, or early Fri- i
day morning. He is charged with be- j
ing the father of a child of a young
woman of Bartow county. This is his ;
second trial the jury disagreeing at l
the first trial, held in Jnuary.
The case of Paul, Lester and John
Womack, brothers and Frank Griffin,
four young white men charged with
hurguary of the W. D. I’ittard store at
Cassville is expected to come up be- 1
fore court adjourns.
The court was organized Monday j
morning promptly at 9 o’clock, with j
Judge Malcolm C. Tarver on the bench j
Solicitor Joe M- Lang appearing for the
state, and Sheriff George W. Gaddis
and his able, corps of deputies ready for
any duties that might devolve upon
them.
The judge’s charge to the grand Jury
was clear and lucid, and in unmistak
aDie language. They were given in
charge their duties of the wek.
Judge Tarver tow-hod upon prohibi
tion enforcement, the auto laws Sun
day desecration, game and fish law, and
civil matters that were expected <o
come before the body.
The grand jury was organized with
the election of Hon. Walter Akerman
as foreman. In addition to being com
posed of .an unusually high type of the.
county's citizenry, the grand jury in
cludes Mayor Warren Tinsley, of Car
tersville; Chief of Police Joe Ben Jen
kins. and County Policeman Henry
Paris. Mr Henry Gunn, one of the city
policemen was drawn for the traverse
jury hut he was excused by Judge Tar
ver. when it was realized Mr. Gunn's
.services would be needed elsewhere.
Foreman Akerman. as is well-known,
is United States marshal for the north
ern district of Georgia making his
home in Cartersville.
It is understood the grand jury has
ta-en especially active, and that a large
number of indictments will result from
its deliberations.
FEED MILL
AT EUHARLEE
Ur li S. McGowan, president and
Mr Henry Milam secretary-treasurer
of the Euharlee cheese factory spent a
, TKursdav nf.
abort Time in rt.* *•—
t*rnoon.
l-n addition to statins ih*t the cheese
factory was "making good with a rush ’
they announced the inset lation of a
feed mill, which will do custom grind
ing for the public as well as membe s
of the cheese factory organization.
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS
(TRIBUNE, VOL. 12. No. 46.)
(NEWS, VOL. 37, No. 35.)
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE HOLDS
FALL MEETING
Next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock
j there will be held at the Park Hotel the
first meetinig of the fall season of the
I Cartersville Chamber of Commerce.
Dinner will he served by Mr. and
1 Mrs. t). C. Oraer, and tickets can he oi>-
: tained for this event as in the past It
j t hoped that every c tizen of the town
; and community will be present and help
j i* etn ate the inauguration of anew
! set son ot activity for the Chamber of
Commerce.
Secretary’ Woodrow annuo as that
some interesting plans hav ■ ben per
| fected, and he believes it will, be an
! eveniing well spent for a'l who can
! possibly attend.
SENATOR HARRIS
! HEARD BY GOOD
j AUDIENCE HERE
Mon William J. Harris. Georgia's
senior United States senator, addressed
that comfortab’y filled th e
Barto’v county court house last Mon
'ay morning. Judge Tarver adjourned
i court at 11:30.
Judge George. H. Aubrey, in a brief
speech, introduced .Senator Harris, and
r he was received with very cordial ap
! olause.
j He began his address with the state
ment that h had worked irdefatigubly,
n the Interest of the sold'er boys, and
that his interest in them hud led him
to vote for the bonus bill
He Rtated that his recent trip to Aus
tria was made with a view of better in
forming himself of every possible
means of preventing future wars.
’[ stand for the League of Nations
because l believe it is in standing shoul
der to shoulder with that great Chris
tian statesman, Woodrow Wilson, and
so long as I am In the senate, I expect
to do everything possible for my peo
ple.” said Senator Harris.
11c stated that as a member of the
i senate farm bioc, he has found many
: opportunities of serving ti e farmers of
I the country, and with Congressman
1 Gordon Lee. from this district.to whom
: he paid a high tribute as a stateman,
had never missejd an opportunity to do
everything possible for the good of tne
[ agricultural masses.
He told how that when Senator Wat
son first went to'Washington he dls
; liked senator Harris, but with the pass,
i ing months Senator Watson better un-
I derstood Senator Harris' motives and
a warm friendship sprang up between
the two which lasted until the sudden
death of ->lr. Watson a few weeks ago.
Senator Harris spoke extempora
j neously. anu said the purpose of his
! vis t was sole y to come before his con
stituents will an idea of giving them
i ,m account uf his stewardship.
During the morning hours. Senator ;
Harris visited a number of business
places in Carters'ille, and there, as well j
as on the streets, had the pleasure of' ]
meet ng a large number of his con- j
stituerits. He was .' guest of Mr. Jo
seph S Calhoun, o boyhood friend, at I
lunch, and lei t during the afternoon for j
Canton, where he delivered an ad- ;
dress on Tuesday.
T.W. TINSLEY
ISREAPPOINTED
Hon. T. W. Tinsley was formally no
tified this week of his reappointment
as oil inspector of Bartow county
The appointment was mad e by Com.
iniss oner of Agriculture J. J. Brown,
and is a tribute, not only to Mr. Tins
ley s ability, but to his loyalty in sup
portiing the commissioner in his last
race.
Miss Edna King, daughter of Mr W.
M. King, of Adairsville, has been named
oil inspector for that section. She is
one of the few women in the state thus
honored, but those who know her best
say she will fill the position with great
credit.
RED CROSS
DRIVE ON
ARMISTICE DAY
Prof. 1.. C. Evans, chairman, an
nounces that plans are now being per
fected for carrying out the annual Red
Cross roll call drive.
Assisted by a number of Cartersville
citizens, Mr. Evans believes that a
large number w 11 enroii again under
the banner of the Red Cross, often
called “The Greatest Moth. n the
World.”
The drive win be carried on Satur
day for one day only, and this day
being Armistice day. it is deemed pro
pitious. and altogether timeiy
CELEBRATED HIS
68TH BIRTHDAY
MR. GEORGE MILTON JACKSON
Li Jackson ~
HONORED WITH
BIRTHDAY DINNER
In honor of the sixty-eighth birth
day of Mr. George Milton Jaekson, one
of Cartersville’s leading merchants and
most prominent citizens Mr. and Mrs
Lawson K. Jackson entertained infor
mally at the Jackson home on Wednes
day of this week.
Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs.
Jackson and members of their immed
iate family. Seated at the table were
Mr. and Mrs Walter Jackson, and two
children, Anne and Billie of Sjiartan
burg, South Carolina; Mr. R. D. Jaek
son and daughter, Avis, of Adairsville;
Mrs. Charles David, of Ingleside, Mr.
and Mrs. Z. M. Jackson," M ss Mamie
Dickerson, of DaHayette, and Mr and
Mrs. Lawson Jackson.
Miss Allene Jackson, another daugh
ter, now teaching in Covington MV.
Frank T. Jackson, now living in Marys
ville, Mich, and Mr. Dickson Jackson,
traveling for the Coca-Cola Company,
out of Atlanta, two other sons, found
it impossible to be present for the
happy occasion, but sent telegrams of
love and affection.
The dining room was decorated es
pecially for the event, Fall Flowers
predominating.
The jinnee was served in courses,
and was dainty in every particular.
A Merchant For 28 Years.
Mr. Jackson has been in business in
Cartersville for the past twenty-eight
years. and today is the senior member
of the well-known firm of G M. Jack
son & Sons. He has won a warm
place in the hearts and affections of
hundreds of people, and by his fair
dealings and uprightness, holds the
confident e of all citizens.
He was married forty-one ,ears ago
to Mrs. Florence Dickerson, ana to th.s
union were born six sons and two
daughters, all of them now grown to
manhood and womanhood, and every
one of them good citizens, and worthy
of their parents' fondest hopes.
Mr. Jackson is a son of the late '/.
\Y. Jackson, who was for many years
a prominent and leading citizen of the
town and county.
Many friends of Mr. Jackson -re
joining with his loved ones in extend
ing congratulations and best wishes
for still many more yeats of useful
ness, health and happiness.
ARMISTICE
DAY WILL BE
CELEBRATED
Etowah Chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution, will celhrate Ar
mistice Day Saturday in Cartersville,
with an appropriate program at the
Dixie Theatre
For this occasion, Mrs. Hams G.
Cope manager, has secured as a ste
cai feature, "The Boyhood of George
Washington,” and scenes from Tillou
Franie.
The progr.yn begins promptly at ten
thirty Saturday morning, according to
an unonuneement by Mrs- Bob H. Mc-
G and it is expected a large num
ber will attend, since Mrs Cope has
announced special prices of 10c for
children, and 15c for grown-ups and
half the entire proceeds will go to the
I) A. Ks.
Bank Will Close Saturday.
The hanks of Cartersville will ob
serv.:*Saturday as a holiday, it Is an
nounced. It would behoove all who j
have business with them an that day, to j
transact it Friday, or you will be forc
ed to wait until Monday.
Business houses generally will re
main open it is understood, Saturday
being a bad day for a general closing,
it is pointed out by the merchants, who
believe it would prove a serious in
convenience to the public.
Cartersville. Georgia, November 9,1922.
UNITED STATES MARSHALL IS
FOREMAN BARTOW GRAND JURY
HON. WALTER AKERMAfL o ('urtorsviUe who ik serving
this week as foreman of ,he Bartow County Graftd Jury,
which body has the distinction oGleing composed of inn
only a United States gover, of high rank, but
the Mayor of Cartersville. chierof police, and special
county policeman—as well as other prominent citizens of
the county.
MRS. CUNYUS
HONORED BY
THE W. C. T. U.
Cartersville Matron
Will Be Musical Direc
tor For Two Days at
World’s Temperance
Meeting in Philadel
phia, Pa.
An honor as distinguished as it is
unique has come to Mrs. A B. Cunyus
of Cartersville. a s a result of her being
chosen musical director for two days
during the five-day session of the
Worlds Temperance Federation meet
ing at Philadelphia, and which opens
in that city next Sntu-day.
Accompanied by ’Mt * Thon'its Lump
kin, another beloved Cartersville mat
ron. Mrs. Cunyus left Thursday for
Atlanta, where they go to join a party |
of prom nent Georgia W. C. T. IT. deli
egates. the number larger enough to •
charter a special Pullman from Atlanta :
to Philadelphia.
Arriving there Saturday morning.
Mrs. Cunyue and Mrs. Lumpkin will b>-
guests of Mrs. Felix Jackson daughter
of Mrs. Lumpkin during the stay in j
the "City of Brotherly Love ”
The fame of Mrs. Cun.vus as a solo
ist and leader of congregational sing
ing having spread far beyond the con
fines of her native state, where she is
recognized as one of the most ardent
W, C. T. U. workers, she has been
asked to take charge of the music as
director for two days during tile
World's Temperance Federation s
meeting. This gathering meets in the
famous Academy of Music in Phlladel
i phia, being in session for five days be
! ginning Saturday. It is the greatest
; organization of temperance forces irl
' the world, and enlisted under its han
| ner will lie delegates from every nation
on (he globe.
Mrs. Cun.vus has been assured ot
enough English-speaking delegates to
tie able to lead the singirg in that
■ tongue and this signal recognition of
her ability will come as very gratifying !
intelligence to ail who know and love j
her, not only in this her home section, i
but throughout the South.
j
At the conclusion of the world's tem
perance meting the annual meeting of
the National Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union convenes, these sessions
to he held at Wiley Presbyterian
church, in Philadelphia. During this
meeting, Mrs. Cunyus will render a
number of solos, she having been place I
on the program for an appearance at a i
number of the sessions
Mrs. Cunyus and Mrs. Lumpkin wifi
return home in about two week*.
While in Philadelphia they will be en
tertained by Mrs Jackson, who will bt
pleasantly remembered as Miss Chris
tine Lumpkin.
C. H. 8. AT DARLINGTON
The C. H. S. football team, accompa
nied by a large number of local fr ends
motored over to Darlington school, at
Rome, Thursday for a game. They left
with the confident expectation of
bringing Darlington's scalp back will
them.
NATIVE SON OF
BARTOW ELECTED
TO HIGH COURT
a
Friends and relatives throughout the
j county he greatly interested to
know tha* Col. Fret p. Krunson of Mus.
kegec. Okla has just been elected one
of the justices nf the supreme court, of
Oklahoma.
As nom nee of the Democratic partj,
he received n the general election on
Tuesday a majority of So OttO rotes over
the Republican 'nominee.
In this he is to bo eongratu’ated, as
the Republican party is very strong in
very strong in Oklahoma.
Judge Branson 1. a native of Bartow
county. He received his preliminary
education al P edmont Institute. Kock
mart and attended Emory College for
h s A. B. degree. He studied law at
Meirtj- university, and after graduat
ing he went to Muskogee, where he en
tered actively into the practice of law.
enjoying quite a lucrative practice from
the start. He has been honored pre
viously by Oklahoftiaus and has elec
tion on Tuesday was simply an added
honor to the many In- h< received
heretofore.
At on** tlflhf* he was elected district
■ attorney ard later judge of the supe
ror court Of his home district. Hr has
j also served as cha rman of the state
| Democratic executive conynitte of Ok
lahoma. a high honor within itself.
Hr is a brother of Mrs, N M. Adams,
wife of one of Bartow county's most
prominent farmers and business men,
| res dine on Route No. l from fcarlers
| ville. Rev T J Branson, a well-known
Methodist minister of Calhoun, is also
a brother He is closely related to
Commissioner )i. B. Branson, and
others In Bartow county.
Asa young man. Judge Branson
te.itgif} school In this county, at Hall's
Station and at Taylorsville- He went
to Oklahoma before sta'ehood was
granted and was a member of the first
legislature w’bieh framed many of the
laws under which lhe state is now be
ing governed. He was once a candi
date for congressman -at-large from
that state; hut it so happened that was
a Republican year, and he. with other
Democrats was defeated? although his
o|/(iwi(Dl secured very few more votes
than Judge Branson, who polled a
harylsome result.
Naturally h s successes of later years |
have been wattled w th much interest j
He has often visited in iiis native eoun- j
%
tv. and is known to ouite a 'arge num- !
her of people who will extend eon- j
gratulatione to him, and wish that still j
greater honors may come to h m in the '
future, s nee he is only -13 years old
now
SCHOOL MEETING.
At a iau !*frf niwtmff or gen
c*ral interst is to L* heid at th< court
ftousc # for the purpose of discuss.ni< j
various phases of school activities in j
Cartersville*. There is much interest
if ready aroused In this meeting, and |
when it is held, it is expected a larK**
crowd will be in attendance.
CELEBRATED HIS
87TH BIRTHDAY
v ‘- > 'kiV&r
jgngWgmm
mMHiB
" .''•ss& , '
JUDGE MARTIN COLLINS
JUDGE COKLINS
PASSES 87TH
MILESTONE
Judge .Marlin Coll'nit. one of Oai,ters
v lie's most heloved c (boos, hi|(l tin
pleasure of celebrating bis eigty-seveti.
th birthday, op Tuesday of this week
ho having first soon the day
on November 7th. iti Spartanburg dis-,
triet South Carolina.
Tim ovpnt was celebrated very i|iiiet. i
'v and fully n keep ng with thp unos
tpntntloua 1 if*- 'of th a woll known pit- I
ini'll lit- was busy throughout thp day,
acting as one of the election managers I
at the Con t House.
I Dosjdtr his more than tour score
j years Judge Collins is active an I at
! tends to his dut es every day in his
office at the court house where lie is
a justice cl' the peace. Hardly a day
passes, but that he is railed upon to
\ deride important matters ami so satis
! faetorily does he perform these duties.
‘ that when litigants hear h> decision
1 they are usually well satisfied feeling
■ certain that Justice has been done.
When nine years old. Judge Collins'
parents moved to Pickens County,
: where he lived until he was eighteen.
; At that age he came to Harlow County
: locating at Cassville, where he was an
t active figure for several yyars In ISM
• lie moved to Dalton, and married in
iB6O, Miss Mattie Booker, who died
during the war. in Wilkes County,
whither she hud refugecd along with
many olh-rs who were in the path u f
Sherman s march to the sea.
Knlisling in the 34th Georgia lteg -
ment, Company A. Judge Collins ser
ve i throughout the war as an infantry
man. His first baptism of fire canje in
the memorable Kentucky campaign of
1862. Later he served in various skir
mishes in the Cumberland mountains.
With h s comrades he marched to Vick, j
sburg. Mississippi, and was in the j
historic siege of that .city, spending
forty days in the liarr.isks, and along
with all the others, kept aliie by eat
ing mule meat and hoi rd pens.
After tin- surrender nt Vicksburg, he
wa H later exchanged wth other pris
oners of war, and soon joined the Con-
forces again, lie was in the
hall c of Missionary Ridge, and with
his comrades fell back southward. I
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U. D. C. Will
Sell Poppies On
Armistice Day
The local chapter of ih* I’nited
Daughters of the Confederacy will sell
I poppies on November Tl, in commemo
ration of Armistice Day. The funds
will he used for worthy causes and it
is expected that quite a lar&e number
of the red flowers will he disposed of
The poppy will always mean much t<r
the soldiers who went overseas and
j came back It hav ng been made im-
I mortayjV the beautiful lyri/i of Lieut.-
, Col.'.lohn McCrea. of the BriUh army,
who died soon after writing it. and was
himself buried beneath the poppies,
in Flanders Fields.
tfi Zanders’ fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
ThaJ. mark our places; and in the sky
The larks stdl bravely s nglng. fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We arc dead. Short days ago
We lived felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved and now \vf 1>
In F*anuers’ field*
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch, lie yours to lift it
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall nut sleep, tho poppVa b ow
in Klandera* fields
GET COUNCIL DEGREES
A number of Royal Arch MWbns
from Cartersville were m attendance
upon the communication of Jason Burr j
Council of Royal and Select Masters ,
ni Atlanta Wednesday evening. 'ln the i
large class receiving these degres, lo
iai Masonry was well represented.
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XL TODAY
$2.00 The Tear
FLOWER SHOW
AT STILESBORO
A BEAUTY BOWER
Tenth Annual Event
Last Friday a Memo
rable Occasion, With
Record - Breaking At
tendance.
By BELL BAYLESS.
Staff Representative.
A choice bouquet to the weather mun.
and behold a cloudless day of idi*al
temperature for the chrysanthemum
show at Stilesboro last Friday.
In answer to a neatly worded invita
tion the writer was one of a party that
! fared forth to feast of flower* at
; tilesboro last Friday. Spinning
riMids in prime condition, with the first
K ow of autumn colors showing in forest
and hedgerow, was the best possible
i : \
entro-act, particularly when we had
w.th uh one who could answer
tioin as to occupants of the farmhouses
as we passed with the history of this
or that old place, of the ear .v stfuggle
of the settlers, their ambitions which?
I led to the establishing of churches arid
js bools with h touch *f sorrow for
j those who were none their homes re
dined to ruin or obliterated entirely.
ihesent \v* swung lip i; slope and
i around th<‘ gray old structure that had
served as incubator for many a young
id-a :he Stilesboro schoolhouse. w ith
the AI isonc emblem over its to
t;e her with the date lXf>fe a large
build ng it Is. with many windows,
*'.xK! feet and u windmill surmounting:
the belfry. (If ever the Sifiesboro
vhool requires additional c am rooms.
t will only be necessary to place raft
ers half way up the 20-foot walla, nail
clown flooring, add a stairway, and
presto! a second story urui*‘r the same
roof. -
Ahead of Neighbor*.
HtHestoro has always been a bit
ahead of its neighbors, especially along
aesthetic lines, and for the past ten
years ims arranged an autumli exhibit
of Mowers that would be a credit to a
much larger community, with 1322 no
exception, for In spite 'of a. long period
of dry weather visitors were brought
face to face with mums utmost beyond)
j bel ef for sine, color, arul perfection ot
form. There were white ones rising on
stems the height arid dimension (but
not hardness) df n man's bend; rtuff.v
ones, ragged otiesg incurved, and flat,
with tufted centers, and too modest to
show their soft hearts; blooms go'deo
yellow, orange sulphur, and cream:
violet, lavender. and bronze; but
strange to say, no pink ones; hun -
dreds of blossoms, each telling of **
love of beauty strong enough to o*ll
forth the care anil attention which is
necessary to tiring forth the care ami
‘attention which is necessary to bring,
forth such satisfying results.
Visitor* Galore.
Nee Hess to say. all were arranged try
show to host advantage against a back
ground of green, a phalanx of sword
ferns, tubs of papyrus palms and pine
branches, the very floor was carpeted
with pine needles and the windows
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COUNTY BOARD
j VOTED AGAINST
HOME AGENT
WORK WILL BE CONTINUED UN
TIL JANUARY FIRST, AT LEAST.
WITH PROBABILITY OF ITS PEP
MANENCY, AFTER THAT DATE.
The County Board of Education, meet
i Ing fit regular session at the court
house Tuesday, formally went on rec
ord as being opposed to this Board s
! contributing any money Atom, the
school funds allotted the county, lor th"
i purpose of paying its pro rata part of
; the salary, of a home
agent.
The reason advanced for this action by
members who voted for it was that
the work has not been satisfactory.
On the other hand, those who do A
■ vor the work believe that the people of
the" county have received returns far
:in excess of the small amount which
the county board is called upon to.
‘ appropriate, and they believe that a
| large majority of tho thinking people
of Bartow County, not only heartily
favor the work, but are sufficiently
convinced of its necessity as to put up
the money themselves, rather than see
this wonderful educational feature of
the county's educational system "lop
ped off.” , n *
Tt is pointed out hv those who do
favor the work, that it is an activity
which is strictly educational in its na
ture and one which could not be ex
pected to show visible returns the first *
f*|
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