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About The Bartow tribune. The Cartersville news. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1917-1924 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1922)
THE TRIBUNE-NEWS fctlL.uN t Lc£TWOOO President and Editor Bethel Qtii ’>ian atH J. M. Elrod will make valuable moirbcrs of the County Board of ed ucation. The Bartow county roads are in better shape today than ever before in their history. Wonder if some little boy can give us one rea son why? Cartersville and Bartow county were both weli represented at the Shrine testivities in Borne Wednesday. And riirht royally did the Roman entertain their guests for the day. Down in Florida a whole county went bankrupt. Haven’t heard of anything like that happening hereabouts, havp you? No? Then, get off your grouch, and smile a while. Heard the other day of a SIO,OOO note be ing paid in Bartow county sixty days before it was due. A good farmer was the man for tunate enough to have the kale so far in ad vance. It’s really a p ty ' hat little, narrow-mind ed. je' l -headed citizens are p emitted to serve on gr ”' 1 ur es with men who ARE progressive. If this cap fits you, put it on; if it does not, you couldn’t wear it if you tried. Th ■ real tax payers of Bartow county— farmers and business men—are anxious lor the ex' nslon work to be carried on. Ask the next r< l 'ax payer you meet, and see if his or her answer isn’t in the affirmative. Never a man serving in a Cartersville pul pit wound himse'f so intimately into the heart strings of so many people as was the case of Rev. L. M. Twiggs. The church getting him for its pastor is to be congratulated, twice and thrice. Here’s the Question. The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means—time— influence and educational advantages—but what he will do with the things he has.— Hamilton Wright Mabie. We Make a Prediction. Mark this prediction: The day will come in Georgia when the politicians will be as anxious to get from un tier thjf Ku K'ux limner as some of them are to get under it today. Just remember that utterance is being made in this good year of 11)22. Keep it in the back of your head—and see how quickly it will come tru . To Congressman Gordon Lee. The tenderest sympathy of a worthy con stituency is being extended Congressman Lee in his great loss, when the death angel came suddenly for h s beioved wife and help-meet. Mrs. Lee was one of the most culture and worn ’n in the nation, and yet, withol, one of the hiost if he nat ■ • me ■,e. v-"'hi: 1 rr> m nm h home. While her place can never be filled, h r. Lee should know that all his people love him for his many sterling qualities of man hood and that while he is passing through the dark shadows he may have the conscious ness of scores and scores of hearts beating in unison with his own broken spirits. Cartersville Women Rank High Everywhere. Cartersville women have always taken a high place, wherever they go, and this week saw .he seating of Mrs. William H. Felton in the United States Senate, even though for a brief season. Mrs. A. B. Cunyus last week was musical director for two days at the World’s Temperance Federation meeting in Philadelphia, while the greatly beloved Mrs. William J. Neel is head of the Baptist Wo men of the State, and right in line to sooner or later become president of the Woman’s Baptist Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention territory. The fame ot Mrs. Corra Harris, of Rydal, Bartow county, has spread to every nook and cranny of the c ivilized world, where wholesome literature is appreciated. She is an authoress of first rank. Our hats off to all these, and to others who are filling their niche, no matter where it may be. God bless our noble women—our moth ers, wives and sweethearts, one and all. Small Town Moral Looseness. (From the Albany Herald.) The small town seems no longer to be the moral haven or ark of safety for young peop>e that it once was, or was popularly supposed to be. Sociologists and educational experts have been discussing this subject with a good deal of interest for some time, and the consensus of opinion seems to be that there is an alarm ing growth of moral looseness among young people of both sexes in the average American small town. The story from LaFayette. Ind., recently published in the press dispatches, describing the ‘‘elopement pact” of six high school pupils of that town appears to confirm the opinion of those who have been contenu.ng na. aie.e ..x really more moral looseness in the average small town than in the cities. What is the explanation or underlying cause ! \\ hatever it may be, it appears to be true that the “wicked city” can no longer be said to outdo the small town in sophisticated naughtiness. The small town was once held up as an exemplar of all the homely virtues, but apparently it is so no longer. It is hardly fair to blame the movies for this, as some are inclined to do. Nor can all the blame be justly laid to the automobile. What, then, is the matter with our one time circumspect small towns? Our own opinion, which is given for what it may be worth, is! that the seat of the whole trouble is in the family home, and that the real responsibility may be traced directly to the parents. Moth ers and fathers have fallen into slack ways in looking after and keeping up with their children and are too indifferent about culti vating the confidence af their boys and girls and in sharing their pleasures with them and making the nolim life pleasant. Planting the Tree on Arbor Day. December Ist is the day set for the annual planting of trees in Georgia; for this reason it is called Arbor day. Arbor day was rst observed in 1865, and was started as an annua: custom in th-- state of Nebraska in 1871. B 1890 thirty-five states had adopted t. Now practically every state and territory n the United St stes celebrate it; some as legal holiday, and others as a school holiday. The exact date varies; in th* South, it is in early winter; in the Middle States, late winter, and in the North it is early spring. The observance of this day is in accord with the s nactment of the legislature, and is celebrated by public-minded, nature-loving ;:eop e ; especially the women’s organizations, and school teachers and children often with /eremi nies. • re m the earliest times, it has been man’s instinct to se< k protection from trees and civ ; -at.on has not caused him to abandon the (<('■•. They are a protection in the time of i < M hi tbe t ; me of heat in the time of drouth, arid also in the time of flood. Dui i < w many of our people really know how to sehet and plant a tree with the assur rsce hat ; t will furnish shade and beauty for the next generation? The following are a •v bref directions for the Aroor day tree plan’ - v • Assuming 'hat it is to be usej for the school, church, or home yard, deciduous trees ;re m re des rab'e than evergreens. Among which one may choose the water oak, syca more red oak white oak, Lombardy poplar, . red e'm maple and beech, hickory or th<‘ paean, rboose a straight, upright, vigorous tree that measures from one inch to three inches in diameter six inches from the ground. The smaller the tree the more protection will he necessary alter planting, and the longer Ihe time before it will make much shade. Dig the tree with as large root-system as practica ble letting as many of the small roots remain as' possible. Do not mechanically in jure the roots by breaking, splitting or knocking the bark off. and of course, never let them become dry. The hole should be big enough to let the tree set two inches deeper than it was before .1 was dug, without bending or twisting the roots; and large enough to let the lateral roots keep their natural position without crowding, lace the tree in the hole as if it were a living thing, arm not throw it in as you would an iron pest. While it is being held upright in the i enter cf the ho e, sprinkle fine well pulver ized soil over the roots, making it firm around the roots with genera! pressure of the foot. Do not allow rocks, clods, sticks oh anything that would cause large air spaces, to come in contract with the roots; but don’t neglect to pack the fine soil closely around them. When the hole is almost full, pack the soil firmly, then quit; leaving a mound of fine unpacked soil four inches deep over th<- whole root-sys tem. Rich sod should be used to fill the hole, but avoid letting strong manure come in con tact with the roots of the tree. After it has been set, cut the top back in proportion to the amount that the roots were cut, while it was being dug. For a tree to do well you should choose one from a soil similar to that upon which you expect the tree to grow. For example, do not go to the river bottom to get a tree to plant on a red hillside. The first; im is to get the tree to LIVE, the next .■ to make it GROW. hfierce end Circumspection. The Prince of Wales heir to the English throne, has been installed as Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of England. Were it only an estimable and pleasant young man who was thus honored, the matter would be of no special importance. But the heir to Ihe British throne is not permitted to f 1 ow his own will and bent as he pleases; be tnav never forget, in playing the man, that he is also Prince of the Realm. D should be a sufficient answer to any of the detractors of the Order of Freemasonry ihat the president of this great republic is a Freemason; that many of his predecessors have been Freemasons, and that the first pres cient Washington, was not only a Freemason, but devoted his time and attention to the or der. and became Master of his lodge. But for those whose admiration and vener ation are given more to those who rule by hereditary right than those who win to power by their own abilities and the will of the ma jority, the fact that the future King of Eng land becomes a Senior Grand Warden of the English Grand Lodge of Freemasonry, should be all-sufficient proof that the diatribes di rected against Freemasonry bv those who are its enemies and who know not whereof they speak, are but the fulminations of minds un tutored. Freemasonry stands for patriotism, for law and order, for fear and love of God. for charity, for toleration, for brotherly love and relief of distress for education, for freedom; in other words, for the ideals of all enlighten ed and civilized nations. That the future ruler of a great country thus takes his place offi cially in the Grand Body of the order, ob viously with the consent and encouragement of the rulers of Great Britain, should make those who slander the order for their own ends pause to wonder if the Masonic virtues of silence and circumspection are not ones which they had better cultivate. Let’s Get Behind Them. Judge Tarver is making a determined ef fort tg put down the bootlegger, and his cous in, the distiller. In these efforts he should have the backing and moral support of every decent-minded citizen of the circuit. No officer can enforce any law half so well as might otherwise be the case, if he does not get the backing of every man and woman who does believe in law enforcement—en forcement of all laws, on everybody, alike and in the same measure. If the officers under your observation do something worth while, let them know you approve of their actions. Heaven knows, they get enough knocks, kicks and cuffs to run the average man crazy. Give ’em a pat on the back, some time. The man who’s always raising merry Cain about where his tax money is being spent, usually is toward the foot of the iist of tax payers. Big tax-payers want their county to progress, and are willing t 0 pay for it. THE TRIBUNE-NEW? CARTERSVILLE. GA„ A Striking Testimony. By MORGAN BLAKE, Sporting Editor of The Atlanta Journal. in The Christian Index. t VV.- suppose that many of our poo pa- hav, heard that Air. Jiiako has re cently professed Christ uni wo know .hat rooty render of Tho index will be ead to toe th s test mony which he Rave a few Sundays ago in speaking to tho Agoga Class at the Tabernacle. Air Lonnie Smith, the teacher of tills class toils ol seventy -six men who came for. ward and professed Christ at the close of Air Blake s talk. What power he will be for good in the influence which heklaily enjoys in his brilliant work on The Journal. Air. Blake united with the Baptist Tabernacle last Sunuay night. ~-Editor's note in The Christian Index.) for several years 1 have been an 'honorary ’ member of the Agoga class. On special occasions 1 used to drop around and mingle with you fellows Bui usually I regarded Sunday morn ing as the ideal time to sleep. 1 heard it was a day of rest but I took the word too literally. I am here today fellow members of the Agoga class, to tell you, and with ill liie emphasis poss ble, that 1 am w Ih you with all my heart and with all my soul. I am here to tell you that henceforth and forever your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 1 don't wont you to think that I ant going to tell you any sob story iam not going to indulge in any dramatics. I’ll be frank with you. km not a bit melancholy, not a bit depressed. I'il never wear any long lace. 'I , have changed a whole lot but 1 h avert t changed a i t. I m just the same old John J. Bulb, only different. I just want to make it c ear to all an l hide it from none, that from now on I stand four-square on the right s de. The road since then has not been hard a bit. 1 was really disappointed that it lias been so easy. X was wanting to show mv fighting spirit, but some how or other 1 haven’t needed to. Of course. I know that the temptations • ill come in their most alluring form. I am not fool enough to think that my troubles are over But when the temp tations come they are going to find a tough bird to scratch. An 1 with God’s belli 1 will get the best of them. 1 ap pree ate what He has done for me. and you ran bet 1 am go ng to show my ap preciation. The Peril of Selfishness. The greatest curse of all to every man is the curse of selfishness. All of ‘.is are afflicted with it more or less. I have been terribly selfish. I have fol lowed the lines of least resistance- I know I have never had a vicious heart, hut I've been terribly selfish. No man ever gets- over fighting against selfish ness. It is always with us. God has given to every man some in fluence over other men. Whatever in fluence He gave me 1 have used ,n a bad way. I want to spend the rest of my li e trying to help some! ody else. I havi joined the Billy Sunlay Business Alen s Club, and what 1 like about it most is that sou are supposed to go out among the people That is my line. I love people. Others may choose the ladnseape and the beautiful scenery. We’l. that’s all right. I like it, too, but 1 like people the best. 1 like to be with people; 1 like to talk to ’em; I like to see 'em laugh- That which God cre ated in His own image is to me the most interesting and absorbing of all. I love my friends, I love every one of them, love them that I have been on wild carouses with. Some of them have the finest noblest hearts I ever knew. I have seen a lot of them since I have m; de my decision, and not a one of th*m but who has taken me by the ha and and said "Hurrah for you." They wi re for me when I was wrong. They tic- for me now when I am r ght. And you can bet that I am still for them, and that 1 am going to turn all my bat t erf is on them. 1 m going to bring those -birds around or know the reason why The tougher they are the harder they'll fall. If I've got any influence with anybody I'm going to put it to the test. The can't come too tough for re. Good ones and bad oik s, l love 'em all. After all, God has given us a wonder ful world to live in. We may rave and rail about our troubles and tough luck we've had. But every man who lives right and keeps God s commandments enjoys himself immensely. I often thought to myself when 1 thought I was having a good t me and was really miserable —I oiten thought even then to myself that the people who were really having a gool time were those people who were living right and going to church, and trusting God. And I finally realized that I was a sucker, a poor fish. 1 finally decided that I wanted to have a good time myself. I saiu if Air. Lonnie i-mith and a lot of other fine fellows like him think that they are going to have all the good times, they are mightily mistaken I said, John J. Dubb, old top, you and I are tired of being in the ditch, tired of fooling our selves, tired of waking up in the morn, ing with an aching head and an aching heart, tired of mingling with the false tired of the hypocrisy of it all, tired of the make-believe. The of Worldly Pleasure*. My story, fellows, has nothing orig inal in it. Like ail travelers down the primrose path. I finally came to the jumping off place. I reached the end of my own resources and my owe strength I got to a point where I was like the November 23, 1922. “Bartow County, In Ye Olden Days” “FIFTY YEARS AGO” FROM THE CARTERSVILLE STANDARD AND EXPRESS, NOV 21, 1372. Representatives From Bartow County. 1 >r. Thomas H. Baker and Thomas Tumlin represented I' l tow county in the Georgia legislature, fifty years ago. ♦ * * When the Episcopal Church Was Built We learn that the beautiful lot, on the corner of Mar.' 1 <‘t a, ,t Bartow streets, fronting the residence of r. W. 1.. Kirkpatrick, was purchased on Saturday last for the she of the new Episcopal church and that the contract was . so ft for the bu.filing—the woodwork to Messrs. Jack son & Company, and the Masonry to Mr. Lyman Chap ins n. ♦ + + Sam Jones’ First Sermon Our young friend and fellow citizen, Samuel p. Jones, I as been a judged by the Quarterly Conference of the Bartow Circuit as a proper person to preach the gospel and tins accordingly been licensed by the church. He P cached his first sermon in Cartersville on : unday night, November 10th. and evidenced to the congregation that h„ possessed gifts and graces to no mean degree for the work. He is prepuripg to enter th e North Georgia Con ference at its approaching session ♦ * * Death of Mr. W. W. Hannon Mr. W. W. Hannon, ore oi our worthy citizens and mechanics, died in this city on last Sunday. * * 4* Fresh Fish! Our market for the last week or two has been toler ably well supplied with fresh lish from the Etowah river. + + * A Good Policy to Adhere To We believe we will ignore politics altogether here rftr-r, and let the negroes and others give attention to fr -h matters. We are disgusted with the present state of things, and wish we had been born in—in—Switzer land. * + * The Richest Man 50 Years Ago. The Khedive of Egypt is probably the richest man in the world. His yearly income is fifty million dollars, and he has twenty-five richly furnished palaces within the walls of Cairo. * + * A Visit to Acworth t •' r ! -W,. v s ted Uiis flourishing neighboring 1 c e tor n of its size that we know of in thrift and eu terpr.se Wo were informed that about two thousanl five hundred hales of cotton had been bought at that place during the season. That article was selling for a little more than seven teen cents a pound on last Friday. Smith Lemon and Brother Putnam & Tanner, Perkinson & Phillips, and Aw ay & Company, are all accommodating and prosper ous merchants of Acworth Lichfield has a good hotel, and runs it with success. + * * Col. Howard Builds a Ginhouse Col. J. J. Howard, we are g:lad to learn, has got his new ginhouse up, on the site of the one recently burned, and will soon be ready for ginning cotton again. He is one of the sort who does not idle away time in grieving over spilt milk. But, nothinig daunted, ho ‘.‘picks h s fl.nt and tries it again ’’ * * * Corn Shucking at Pine Log Some half-dozen of our male citizens went to a corn shucking on Pine Log, on last Saturday. We ha . a pressing invitation to attend on this occasion, but owing to the bitter cold weather, we did not avail ourse.f of the opportunity of eating pork and ’possum. Those who did old man who was going to the gallows to t:e hanged. Bhey used to take men to the gallows in a big open wagon through the streets. Well, in this par ticular case they passed by the home of the fellow who was to be hanged, and his wi:e was on the porch. As they -- sc his w ife called to him and said: ‘John, do you want me to plant the asparagus in the same plate this year?’’ And John replied, I don’t give a continental where you plant it. I'm be gin n:ng to det discouraged." I was in the same fix as John I had reached the end. 1 say. of my Texas Is a Big State. Our good friend, R. M. Maier, manager of the local Postal ofiice, hands in the following on Texas, which recently came into his pos session—not Texas, you understand, but these facts about the Lone Star state: Texas occupies all the continent of North Amer ica. except the small part set aside for the United Suites and Canada Texas owns the north of the Kio (sr.ir.de, the only dusty river in the world; also the only one with the possible exception of Trinity, which is navigable for mud cats and pedestrians. Texas is bounded on the north by twenty-live or th rty states and on the east by all the oceans of the world except the Pacific, and on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and South America, and on the west by the Pacific ocean. Milky Way and the real side of the universe. If Texas were chopped loose from the test of the United States at the Panhandle, it would float out into theocean, as it rests upon a vast subterranean sea of fresh water and oil. Texas is so big that the people of P.rownsvllle call the Dallas people Yankees, and citizens of El Paso sneer at the citizens of Texarkana as being big snobs from th effete East. It is ISO miles farther from El Paso, Texas, to Tex arkana, Texas, than it is from Chicago to New York City; Port Worth is nearer to St. Paul, Minn-, than it is to Brownmfllle, Texas. The chief occupation of the people of Texas Is trying to keep from making all the money in the world. The chief pursuit of the people of Texas was formerly Mexican bandits. But now it is land buy ers. steers, Texas crop records, and oil. •The United States with Texas off would look like a three-legged Boston terrier. Texans are so proud of Texas that they cannot • sleep at night If a Texans head should be opened the map of Texas would be photographed on his brain This is also true of his heart. Unless your front gate is eighteen miles from your front door you do not be long to society as constituted in Texas. Mrs. King's gate is 150 miles from her front door, and sh e is thinking of moving her house back farther so that she will not be annoyed by passing automobiles and peddlers. Other Texas landlords have whole mountain ranges and rivers on their ranches- One Texan has forty miles of navigable land on his farm If the pro portion of cultivated land in Tt-xas were the same as “TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO” FROM COURANT AMERICAN. ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 25. 1397. Death of E. E. Lewis Mr E E Lew s, a former citizen of tills county died at his home in Atlanta last Friday, after a short illness v ith pneumonia and h s remains were brought to Car tersville Monday morning, and buried by the side of the remains of Ins first wife in Oak Hill cemetery. Mr. Lewis was a son of Mr. J. W. L. Grown, of yiis city. His remains were accompanied by a number of relatives and friends from Atlanta, and the funeral serv ices wi re conducted at the grave by Dr. W. H. Patterson, ot this city who paid a touching tribute to the deceased. Mr. Lewis was twice married, his first wife being a sister of Capt J. D. Thomas, of this city. He was 49 years old. * + •> An Enviable Record tFrom the Atlanta Journal.) Judge Kiie is making an enviable record as judge of the Cherokee Circuit," said Solicitor General Sam Mad dox this morning. The impartial and yet fearless man ner in which he presided at the recent term of Whtitield Superior Court, when Bohannon and gang of car pirates were convicted has made him a reputation for which he is in every way worthy. “Bight here,' continued Mr. Maddox “let me commend tfie people of Whitfield county for the way in which they helped Judge Fite uphold tin law. The juries who tried those eases were the represen tative men Of the county, and a Whitfield jury cannot *. excelled by any county in the state.’’ <i> + * Fire lit Calhoun Calhoun had a disastrous lire Saturday evening, v.’hit a , consumed about live thousand dollars worth of property. The fire originated in Johnson's gin house near the depot, arid besides consuming it. several dwellings and a black smith shop, and storehouse were burned. ♦ + * Prominent Visitors in Cartersville Mrs. W B. Lowe, of Atlanta; M.s. ,1. Lind.ay Johnson, of Home will probably by the guests of Mrs. John W. Akin, and be present at the musical and*.irt exhibit on Tuesday evening. ■> + •!< Ladies’ Bazaar On the ifith and l.tli ot December the ladies of the Presbyterian church will hold a bazaar in the Satterfield store, by the Village street. Things will be in the shape of ye time-honored county fair and entiries may he made for the handsomest or finest babe under two years. Age not limited. The most popular young woman, the most handsome and gallant young man the most beau tiful flowers, fancy work, etc- Articles wi'l lie for sale at eh.sing out prices. Games will be indulged in, and a good time generally. During the fair there will be a matinee ahd an evening concert, music to be furnished by the best talent of the town, with the usual accompaniment of con versa! ons, etc. got back time enough to thaw out by Sunday morning. They certainly paid a high price for their fun, in stem ming the wintry blast, all the way up there and back again on the same day. ♦ 4* ♦ CartersviJle’s Boast, 50 Years Aa;o Carte rsvil e sports throe sale, feed and livery stables, three drug stores, two hardware and agricultural imple ment stores, one extensive planing, blind sash,'-and door factory, one car factory one foundry, and one flouring mill, all run by steam; an extensive car: in go aid wagon fueu ry. bes.des numerous dry goods and grocery stores, besides shops .offices etc. We have a progress.ve city of three thousand inhab rants own resources and strength- And al though I was blessed vyith the most j loyal and ’evoted friends in the world j who were pulling for me with all their | hearts, they could not pull me back. 1 And then when the bitter blackness of ■ the night was on me a Hand was held I out to me—the same Hand that through all the ages has been held out to the sons of men. It was out to me—a little atom on the face of the earth. 1 took that Hand and it thrilled me as j nothing has ever thrilled me before; it strengthened me as nothing else had Illinois the value of Texas crops would ettual that of the forty-seven other states. Texas has enough land to supply every man, wo man and child in the world with a tract five by twenty feet and have enough left over for the armies of the world to march around the border five abreast. Texas has grown enough alfalfa if baled and built into a stairway to reach to the pearly gates. If all the hogs in Texas were one hog he would be able to dig a Panama canal in three roots If a 1 the Texas steers were ore steer, he could stand with h s front feet In the Gulf of Mexico, one hind foot In the Hudson Bay. the other in the -Arctic Ocean and with his horns punch holes in the moon, and with his tail brush off the mist from the Aurora Borealis. If all the cotton raised in Texas annually were made into one mattress, all the people in the world could take a nap at one time. Texas is rightly named the Garden of the Bora and if al! the Bermuda onions grown around Laredo were made into a necklace It would encircle the globe. American Currency— Mural Decorations. Depreciation of the German mark has ■gone so far that people have almost ceased to speak of it except in jest. But there was a time when American currency was just as worthless. The revolutionary war was largely financ ed with paper money. At first it was gener ally received at par, but in March, 1779, about three years after the first issue, “conti nentals” were worth only 18 cents to the do! = hr. In March. 1780. they were 2 1-2 cents to the dollar. In January. 1781. they were val ued at 1 cent t 0 the dollar, and in May of that year they were bought and sold for specula tive purposes at 1,000 to the dollar. According to one writer, annihilation of the value of continental currency was so com ■ >■ p harhe" shoos were papered with it. The expression “not worth a continental” is a iicntage ol the period when American cur rency was utterly worthless.—Wall Street Journal. Business is good for the man who goes after it—mighty slow for the sluggard. ever strengthened me before for the faith that makes men strong lias conic to me. 1 believe in God; 1 believe in Christ, His son, who died to save the souls of men. And on this Rock I ■tand. Yes, fellows, this ia grand old -world, and I'm glad I'm living in.it. In the language of Frank Stanton, let me sh\ : This oid world we’re living in . • Is mighty hard to beat; There comes a thorn with every .rose. But ain't th e roses sweet?
