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THE TRIBUNE-NEWS ,
Published Every Thursday Afternoon, at 14 East Main
Street, by the Tribune Publishing Company Vnc.
MILTON L. FLEE+WOOD President and Editor
Space la Money
To An Editor.
A newspaper’s income is principally from
the sale of publicity (advertising). This is
the only way an editpr has of making a living.
It costs sombodv for every line that goes into
a newspaper. When an editor publishes some
thing that helps a cause or a people, he iff do
nating just so much of good.hardmoney. Had
you ever thought of it in that way?—Greens
boro Herald-Journal.
The Swimming Pool.
“Cordele has nothing of greater public
value in any form of recreation and ' good
health than its swimming pool. The man who
gave it to the people of this community has
been a public benefactor since the first day
this splendid public acquisition became ours.
“It'has been made an agency for gathering
in the coin. The charges have made nobody
rich. They have not even afforded the right
kind of returns for such an investment. It is
personally supervised by people who care for
the good name and the safety of all those who
go for the enjoyment of this excellent pool.
“If you take advantage of this place to
pass some of the hot summer afternoons- —the
hot summer nights—you will not only get
something for yourself out of it, but you will
be doing that much towards maintaining a lo
cal institution which not only ought to succeed
this year, but ought to remain a success all
th e time.’’—Cordele Dispatch.
“The Tribune wishes that some good fairy
would come along and give Monroe a swim
ming pool. We know of nothing that would
contribute more to the pleasure and comfort
of the young people in the summer time, and
it seems almost inconceivable that a placed)f
this size has nothing in the way of a swimming
pool, where the young people can disport
themselves.
“The public-spirited citizens of this city
should not allow another year to pass without
a pool being provided. Numbers of our young
people are -daily visiting the pool at Logan
ville, and we are told that place is the gather
ing for hundreds from both Walton and
Gwinnett counties.
“By all means let’s have a swimming pool.
Monroe owes this much to Young America,
which should not be compelled to travel
twelve miles to find a hole of watei* fit to
bathe in.—Walton Tribune.
After reading the above from the Cordele
and Monroe papers, we can appreciate our
own swimming pool just a little bit more. It
is a real community asset, and. its value is in
calculable.
Campaign For Care
At Crossings.
Recognizing that the ideal solution of the
highway-railway grade crossing problem is
separation of grades, but knowing that even
if the twelve and a half billion dollars it would
take to separate all of them were at hand right
now, it would take more than a generation
to do the work, the American Railway Asso
ciation has again embarked on its Careful
Crossing Campaign, with the slogan, “Cross
Crossings Cautiously.”
In five years 0,101 persons were killed and
24,208 were injured in grade crossing acci
dents. To lessen this great loss of lift' the rail
roads have undretaken to get the public to
observe the same principles of safety which
have been so successful in cutting down acci
den . m;■: a tl■ an • am- i '0; i
men in II ' fourteen v a
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lasi’ J ear, s ‘ It! : - f--
viqus accidents autom< i lies were ii
Crossings Cautiously* }
\ elm, u. jot nils o* eat h accident
showed some curious tacts. More than twice
as r’-i■ iv h nnened in daylight a* at nighi, so
that it would seem that inability to see the rail
road at a distance is not such a factor as might
be supposed.
Half the collisions were with freight
trains. Sixty pet cent were with trains running
less than twenty miles an hour.- Auto trucks
seemed to be about twice as liable to accidents
proportionately, as passenger cars, while
there were very few accidents to auto buses,
probably because the drivers stopped, looked
and listened in most cases.
Seven were killed and sevnteen injured in
attempts to beat the train across the crossing;
fourteen were 'killed and seven injured at
crossings where a warning bell was ringing,
while forty-nine drivers actually ran past the
“STOP” sign of crossing watchmen, resulting
in five deaths and twenty-two injuries.
It is even more astounding to note that 280
automobiles ran through or broke down cross
ing gates lowered to protect them. Not all of
them ran into trains, but there were seventy
accidents, resulting in fourteen deaths and
twenty-two injuries, where the auto struck
the train behind the engine. And this was on
only one railroad and during only four
months. In one case the auto struck the ca
boose of a long freight train. Such cases are
usuallv attributable to excessive speed, defec
tive brakes, lack of experience in driving or
intoxication. ...
Seven accidents, resulting in three deaths
and three injuries, were attributable direqtly
to intoxication of drivers, while in sixty-one
cases autos stalled on the tracks, causing six
deaths and twelve injuries. Sixteen accidents
were traced directly to defective brakes.
From all of this it may be seen why the
railroads are trying to get the auto drivers of
the country to adopt accident prevention mea
sures. Their adoption has resulted in a tre
mendous saving of life and limb among rail
•oad employes, and the railroads believe that
ill have the same effect if adopted by the
' CROSSINGS CAUTIOUSLY.”
Why We Don’t Print It.
The Progress has the reputation of being
a booster, and it has always been the aim of
the publisher to boost every enterprise, be it
of public or private nature, of a worthy char
acter. Boosting is a game, however, that
more than one can play. “I boost you, you
boost me,” is a good motto, and “we will boost
together” is another good motto. The news
paper men can boost in a very effective way,
even by not “knocking” when people want
him to “knock.” He can boost a good deal
mo re by coming out flat-footed and upholding
the good that is in an individual of an institu
tion and leaving unsaid what he knows to be
bad. But when this is done there is no occa
sion. for the person or institution which is
boosted to assume that the newspaper has to
do it in order to hold its job with the public,
as that is indeed a serious mistake.
A newspaper man sees and hears more
things, bad or good, about individuals and
about the way institutions are conducted than
other individuals, a gossiping old maid not
excepted, and it is unfair to assume that it is
because he does not know that he does not
print it. It is because he has a sense of honor,
and a sense of feeling, and last, but not least,
a love of peace and harmony in the commu-'
nity.
Many things might be printed about our
town which would make spicy reading, but—
why herald such things abroad? The least
said the better. The newspaper man, how
ever, has a keen sense of appreciation and is
susceptible to praise the right sort, and to
substantial business support. He appreciates
the spirit of the man who, when he has a few
dollars” worth of printing, does not go gali_
vanting about the country spending car fare
and time thinking he might get it a few cents
cheaper, but who says, “We’ve got a printer
here at home who is trying to’ help our town,
and we will in turn help him by giving him the
little printing we have to do.” This is the true
community spirit, and it counts with the mer
chant, with the doctor, .with the lawyer and
with every business which draws its daily sup
port from a community.—McDuffie Progress.
“It Sure Pays.” *
The first hatch of Coca-Cola was gut on
the market hack in 1886—only 25 gallons of
sirup, which sold for $25.
The Wall Street journal’comments that
“the present company paid the original own
ers $20,000,000 for Coca-Cola goodwill.”
“Goodwill” is another word for reputa
tion.
Reputation is modern business, is the di
rect result of three things—merit of product,
methods of doing business, and advertising.
Coca-Cola, of course, has been about as
thoroughly advertised as is humanly possible.
The $25 realized from the first Coca-Cola
sale, was immediately invested in advertising,
for which the first bill was $46. From that
small seed grew $20,000,000 worth of “good
will.” •
It pays to advertise.
Most of the big advertisers- started in a
small way. Venturing cautiously into the wa
ter, they soon struck out for the deep spots.
•They found that it pays to advertise.
The William Wrigley Company’s *first ad
vertising appropriation was $32 —its entire
capital—writes John Allen Murphy-in Print
er’s Ink Magazine. The L. E. Waterman Com
pany’s first ad bill was only $62.50. Hupp
Motor Corporation started with $100.65 pub
licity. The Borden Company'started with an
a ~U * IK 11 iK 1 a * l ‘ ar " on a lonif
pei s. The campaign then gradually spread
Siout Hi * e until the comp .ny v. as
it became the largest national advertiser of its
uay. The Mennen Company started similarly
—as a druggist’s side line.
What fertilizer is to farm soil, advertising
is to business. It makes the seed grow, the
acbrn into a giant oak.
“It pays to advertise” is the best slogan to
hang over the sales manager’s desk.—Rome
News.
A Redeemed The dependence of the South-
South. ern farmer upon a one-crop
system was the biggest weap
on in the hands of the carpet-bagger after the
civil war. Our love of the one-crop system
made a few men. who were not interested in
the development of farms or the prosperity of
the farmer, rich, at the expense of the farmer.
The continued system of one-crop farming is
the thing which caused a near panic when the
tiny little boll weevil followed his natural in
clination t 0 feed on the thing which he loves
dearer than anything else—cotton.
When a little sawed-off, illiterate, red
headed farmer with a week’s growth of beard
on his chin stops you and tells you that he has
just put every loose dollar he had into a place,
and promised to pay $2,500 more on it, you
begin to think that the country is getting
safer. But when he says that he is cutting
the timber on it and paying off the twenty-five
hundred in notes, and that he is going to start
permanent pastures and buy a few cattle so
that he can sell whole milk to a cheese factory
teh miles away, you know the country is pros
perous if Bahson’s chart doesn’t agree with
you. The when that same little fanner tells
you he is going to start dairying, back in the
mountains, ten miles from the nearest railway
station because this will give him a monthly
pay-roll twelve months in the year, you want
to take off the old kelly and throw it into the
air and shout, “Glory be to God! "The South
has redeemed herself.” —Dixie Live Stock.
THE TRIBUNE-NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA„ AUGUST 23, 1923.
Bible Thoughts for
the Week
Sunday.
THE CHRISi-i-i.. S MISSION.—
Preach, saying, The kinjidftii) of
heaven is at hand. Heal the sick,
cleanse .the lepers, raise the dead,
cast out devils: freely ye have re
ceived, freely give.- .Matt. 10:7, 8.
Monday.
YE WOULD NOT. —O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, thou that klllcst the
prophets, and stonest them that are
sent unto thee, how often would I
have gathered thy children togeth
er, even as a hen gatliereth tier
chickens under her vYings, and ye
would not. —Matt. 23 :.‘I7.
Tuesday.
GOU WILD PROVIDE.— Take no
thought, saying, What shall we
eat? or, What shall we drink? or.
Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
But seek ye tir t the kingdom of
Cfod, and Ids righteousness; and
all these tilings shall be added
unto you.—Matt. 6:31, 33.
Wednesday.
RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS RE
JOICING—When the righteous are
In authority, the people rejoice;
but when the wicked bearetb rule,
the people mourn. —Prov. 29:2.
Thursday.
MERCY ASSURED— He that
covereth his sins shall not prosper:
but whoso confesselh and forsak
eth them shall have marcy.—Prov.
28:13.
jj Friday.
WHO SHALE ENTER.—Not
every one that saith unto me, Lofd,
shall enter the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven.—Matt.
7:2L
Saturday.
MORE THa.s v u.nQUERERS. —
All things work together for good
to them that love God. If God be
for us, /who can be against us?
Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or fam
ine, or nakedness, or' peril, or
sword? Nay in all these, things we
are more than conquerers through
him that loved us.—Roui. 8:23, 31,
35, 37.
JOGV I L L E
JOTTINGS
MAIN STREET, JOGVILLE.
As hithertol stated, Jogville
is a small ’town, numerically
speaking. Butflet the city “wise
guy” referring to
it as a “hick town,’’ or a “tank,”
in the presence pf any of it’s
loyal citizens.
It really has a “Main Street,”
however, although it has not
not reached the proud distinc
tion of having a “Broadway.”
But Main street is well illumin
ed by the municipal ,el6ctric
light plant, and is also paved
with the regulation city brand
of asphalt. In going from Jog
ville to Robinston, which is the
nearest incorporated town, one
takes the straight road out
North Main street,/'and for a
distance of four and a half
miles it is slightly up_grade,
with not a turn in the highway.
After leaving the*city limits
(all loyal citizens refer to it as
cii v limits), one strlK.es tne
v snet iter 3. n&rti rum
- is generally sloppy, slippery,
rd traveling. To go from
Jogville and travel north, going
to Robinston, the straight femr
the minute one makes the turn,
.lie ; ia;n street lights are visi
hie, agleam in the distance.
No matter how rough the
weather, or how had the road,
from the turn on in, one feels
that he is already at home, for
ne Mam street lights blink
~ ith a cheery welcome that
smoothes the hard, rough roads
between there and town.
One of a philosophical na
ture can never drive to Jogville
after dark on the Jogville-Rob
mston road, without realizing
that an objective ahead might
ily lessens the distance, and
eases the burdens of the trip,
and I believe that the lesson of
Main street could, with profit,
be applied to the hard stretches
found in the journey of life.
With an objective ahead to
look forward to, and the lights
of Hope ever in sight, one can
travel the rough roads of life,
not by missing the bumps, but
cheered with the thought that
before him lies the goal for
which he is striving to reach.
Next Week—The Wilson Sisters
EVELYN COWART' INFANT
Evelyn, the nine months old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cowart, of Cave,
Georgia, died at the home of her par
ents on Monday, August 13th, and was
buried at Mount Pisgah Church, on
August 14 th, Rev. Mr. Hart preaching
the funeral. G. M. Jackson & Sons, of
Cartersville, were In charge of the fun
eral arrangements.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E
Cowart, and two sisters, survive, and
are receiving the sympathy of their
large host of friends, in their sad be
reavement.
<ppfolN(s AGAIN!!
ALVNAVS IN SUCH A Pl*?
murrv-i can't seethe
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“Bartow County, in Ye Olden Day”
“FIFT { YEARS. AGO”
FROM THE CARTERSVILLE STANDARD
AND EXPRESS, AUGUST. 21, 1873.
The First 801 l of Cotton
Our friend, J. R. McKinney, of Cherokee,
handed us the other day the first open boll of
cotton that we have seen this season. It open
ed on Ihe 15th inst. Can any of our friends
beat it ? If so, Rube can find another, no
doubt, and date it back a few days'earlier.
* * *
A Fine Potato
Our clever friend and neighbor, Mr. Wil
liam Attaway, handed us on last Monday a
fine yam potato, which we had cooked and
laid upon our table. We w r ould like to exam
ine other specimens. Bring your potatoes,
gentlemen,*but don’t all conde at once.
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Third Quarterly Meeting, 50 Years Ago
The "third quarterly meeting for Carters
ville closed on last Sabbath evening. The
Rev. Thomas Pierce, th e presiding elder,
preached with his usual ability to a large and
attentive congregation.
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Aerial Navigation, 50 Years Ago
Prof. Wise has recently made a successful
trip in his mammoth balloon, from St. Louis to
New York, a distance of 1,200 miles, and ex
pects soon to visit Europe in his aerial ship..
We don’t believe we will take passage with
him, as we have but little confidence in air
castles. The navigation of air hasj.ong been
considered by wise men as on e of The results
to be achieved by science, and the time seems
to have arrived v hen men will travel on the
wings of the wind.
i *s*
Jerry Fields Has Narrow* Escape
Our young friend, Jerry Fields, of the
county, while returning from his uncle’s home
in Cherokee county last week, drove into the
v t er ek, which was greatly swollen
t *y grave. Jerry, buggy, mule and all, were
v :h eon ‘derable difficulty’ were rescued by
persons vho happened to be near at hand. If
we were Jerry, we would dislike very much to
led in a creek so small as Sweetwater
generally is.
•s* =?• ❖
One Way of Breaking the Sabbath
We have heard complaints from several of
our citizens in regard to the disturbances cre
sfed at cei’tain eating establishments in the
city, that ar e kept open on the Sabbath. It is
said that a crowd of various colors are in the
habit of assembling at such places and 1 times,
to the great annoyance of those who wish to
be undisturbed on the Lord’s day. We hope
the matter will be looked into, and those who
have provisions to sell, will not allow crowds
to remain and break the Sabbath by laughing
and talking, when they should be at home,
Sabbath school or at church.
Free Reading Notices
Thing of the Past.
John \V. Hoysradt, editor of the Pawling
(N. Y.) Chronicle, was moved to take a stand
recently against free reading notices. He
served notice on his community by the follow
ing editorial, which we think expresses the
subject in splendid fashion:
“The two newspapers of Carmel are print
ing notices in their that hereafter they
will charge $1 for publishing cards of thanks.
These publishers are right ini their action, for
cards of thanks or resolutions of respect are
not news items in any sense of the term, and
all organizations or individuals who wish to
publicly express their gratitude should be wil
ling to pay the small sum the publisher asks.
When it is thoroughly understood by the pub
lic that the editor’s main source of income is
selling the white space in his newspaper, or
ganizations or individuals will no more think
of asking him to publish free notices than they
would go to their groceryman and ask him to
donate groceries free because the merchant
happens to be interested in some good cause.
“Any publisher is willing to give a reason
able amount of free publicity to local enter
tainments. fairs, suppers, etc., providing a
share of the job printing connected with such
social affairs, like posters, tickets and pro
grams, comes to his office Otherwise he will
Planning the Week End Trip
‘TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO”
FROM COU R ANT-AM ERIC AN, ISSUE OF
AUGUST 25, 1898.
Troops Being Discharged
Washington, August 23rd.—It .is expected
that the order to muster out one hundred
thousand men of the volunteer forces will be
issued' tomorrow. The list of troops to be
mustered out is nearly but some
changes, no doubt, will be made, oefore the
order is finally signed. This will reduce, ma
terially, the number of troops in the different
camps.
* * *
Mr. Scheuer in New York
Mr. Moses Scheuer left yesterday for New
York to purchase th e Scheuer fall stock of
goods. He contemplates making expensive
additions. He was accompanied by his sister,
Miss Baer, who will visit Germany.
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A Bouquet For Miss Norris.
Miss Mamie Norris will return in a few days
to Texas. She will teach art in Whiteright
College, at Whiteright. The catalog of the
institution contains an illustration of her
beautiful Madonna, and gives her the most
beautiful praise for her gifts as an artist, and
competency as an instructor. She made quite
a reputation for her work while with the
North Texas Female College, at Sherman. Her
Georgia friends are indeed proud of her.
* ■*> *
Georgia Taxes Increased
Atlanta, August 23rd.—Gov. Atkinson
and Comptroller General Wright yesterday
morning named the tax rate for the state for
the vear 1898. The rate will be 6.21 mills,
which is an increase of on’e mill over the rate
last year. The increase is caused by the do
ywi t <+. • 1 ’or 1 f uTci 1 ri( or &.Cl gI Xo*/u
This 1* the first this additional sumhas
It is with much regret that the Courant
American makes the announcement that
Judge J. M. Neel will soon leave Cartersville.
On the first of October he will go to Rome, and
. h .-J. iw partnership with his brother,
Mr. W. J. Neel. His family will remain in
Cartersville a while, until Judge Neel makes
agreeable arrangements for their location in
Rome.
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Col. Conyers and Family in Madison.
Col. James B. Conyers and family are visit
ing relatives in Madison and Morgan county,
and will be absent from the city some time.
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Mr. Field Visits Rome
Mr. Jere Field spent last Saturday in
Rome.
make a charge for all such notices sent in.
“The old-fashioned newspaper publisher
generally was simply a business boob—a poor
unfortunate fellow who didn’t have sand
enough in his make-up to ask a decent living
price for the product of his tired brains and
the result o* many weary hours of toil. He
wanted to be known as a public benefactor
and do th e work for nothing, and generally
was the town easy mark, which everybody
worked when it was to their advantage to do
so. He didn’t charge enough to pay the rent
and the rest of his business debts, an’d he wore
patched pants all his life. Some of his friends
took his paper because they felt sorry for the
‘poor cus and didn’t want him to starve to
death.’
“And this hard-working public servant
toiled all his life under the impression that he
was a benefactor and at last was gathered
urtto his fathers—and his friends sometimes
took up a collection to bury the scribe, re
marking that he had always been a dreamer
and not a good business man.
“The country newspaper man of the future
is either going to make his business pay, or he
will stop publishing—like any good business
man would do.”