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GROSES DIVIDE
After a Brief Illness Mr. J.
C. Wofford Died Tues
day Morning.
After an illness of several months,
Mr. J. C. Wofford passed away at his
home on Tuesday morning at 1:20
o’clock. Although for some time Mr.
Wofford had been in very feeble
health, he was up until about ten days
ago. Since then he has been confined
to his bed until, surrounded by bis
family, he passed away
Mr. Wofford, having lived in Car
tersville over fifty years, was one of
the earlier inhabitants to whom Car
tersville owes much. He was born in
Bartow county on March 10, 1840
When he was seven years of age his
parents moved to Habersham county
and later to Florida, where he lived
until he was about fifteen years of
age. He then returned to Cartersville,
where he has lived continuously since.
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At the beginning of the war he en
listed in the 18th Georgia Regiment
in November, 1861, at Richmond, Va.,
under Col. W. H. Wofford. He soon be
came ill and was given leave. As soon
as he recovered, he enlisted in the
40th Georgia Regiment at Cass Sta
tion, March 2, 1862, under Col. Ab
Johnson. At the close of the war he
returned to Cartersville and entered
the railroad service as agent and kept
the office of agent here for 45 years.
Asa tribute of respect to him, the
railroad offices will be closed during
the hour of his funeral.
At many times Mr. Wofford held
public offices. At one time he was
mayor of the city, then he served as
councilman, on the board of education
and was one of the important factors
in the department of the public school
system here and in the building of the
city's water works plant.
On October 21, 1868, he married
Miss Henrietta Louise Satterfield and
during these many years has had a
most happy home life with an unus
ually devoted family.
Surviving him are his wife and
eight children, Mrs. Paul Gilreath,
Mrs. Robert Donahoo, Mrs. W. T. Mc-
Leod, Misses Annie, Lois and Nora,
Messrs. Janies H. and Bruce Wofford.
The funeral was conducted at the
residence at two o’clock Wednesday
afternoon and the interment was in
Oak Hill beside his young son, Curtis,
who died several years ago.
A man of many admirable traits and
genial disposition, Mr. Wofford pos
sessed numerous staunch friends and
there are many who extend their sin
cerest sympathy to his bereaved fam
ily.
NEW FIRST BAPTIST
PASTOR HAS ARRIVED.
Rev. Aquilla Chamlee arrived in Car
tersville Wednesday night from Mon
roe ready to begin his new duties as
pastor of the First Baptist Church
with the beginning of the new year.
Rev. Ohamlee is well known to quite
a number of people in Cartersville,
he having been reared near Canton in
Cherokee county. He is a man of
strong character and pleasing per
sonality and is heartily welcomed to
Cartersville.
Mr. Chamlee will preach his first
sermon as pastor of the church on
next Sunday morning yid the num
bers of the church desire a large at
tendance.
ATTENTION VETERANS!
. Camp P. M. 1,. Young U. C. V. No.
820, Saturday, January 3rd, 10:30 A.
M. is regular meeting time. Important
business. A full attendance desired.
THOS. W. MILNER.
SAM F. MILAM, Commander.
Adjutant.
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
SUGGEST CHANGE
CHARTER
Commissioners Suggest a
Change and Name Com
mittee For That Purpose
At a recent meeting of the mayor
and commissioners of the city of Car
tersville, a resolution was passed ap
pointing certain citizens of Carters
ville a committee to investigate the
feasability and advisability of chang
ing the present city charter in order
that it may more nearly fit the cir
cumstances and surroundings as they
now exist.
The charter under which the city
is now operated is a commission gov
ernment charter, and at the time it
was adopted it was thought all em
ergencies which might arise had been
provided for. However affairs had not
progressed very far before it was
thought best that the charter be chang
ed so that school teachers might be
employed who were related to the
commissioners. Other changes had
been suggested and urged at different
times, but no action was ever taken
toward that end.
It is not known in what particular
the commissioners desire the charter
changed and when Mayor Young was
asked what the ideas of the commis
sioners were he replied that the com
mittee had been named could
make just luch recommendations as
they might desire and then the matte r
would be submitted for ratification.
The resolution as passed by the
commissioners is as follows:
Whereas, The best interest and well
fare of the City of Cartersville de
mands a more economical and simpler
system of municipal government, and
the management of its several public
utilities and institutions and, where
' as, these needed reforms in adminis-
S tration and upon more economical
lines, can only be secured by amend
ing or revising the present charter
which must be enacted into law by the
i general assembly of Georgia.
I Therefore, that this important mat
| ter may have careful and deliberate
j consideration, so as to perfect a bill
! providing for all needed reforms.
It is resolved and ordered by the
i Commissioners of the City of
j viile that a committee composed of
the following citizens. Towit: C. M.
Milam, chairman, O. T. Peeples, J H
Wikle, R- E. Adair, J. J Calhoun, J
W. Vaughan, J. W. Knight, J T. Nor
ris, Hampton Field, J. M. Field, Ji..
R. W. Landers, J- A. Monfort, E. D
: Cole, W. A. Dodd, Fred Milam, H. M.
Donahoo. A. J. Taylor, Prince Lewis.
I W, \fls\ Daves, Hill Jolly. J. M. Neel,
A. V. Neal, J J Hill, Max Scheuer,
B. L. Vaughan, P- C. Flemister, J. F.
! Stephens, J. W. Hill and such other
citizens as the mayor nay deem ad
visable to name and add to this com
mittee.
Be and is hereby appointed to take
|up this matter and prepare anew char
; ter, or amendments t.o the old that
will meet the desired ends to b- pre
j sented to the next session of the Gen
jeral Assembly for enactment.
The board of commissioners earn
! estly urge that the committee *^ l '-
matter their earnest consideration,
j that the welfare and best interest of
all our citizens may be considered
land the City Government and its af
-1 fairs operated under a model charter
Mr. O. T. Bagwell, of Plains, Ga., has
been Visiting bis friends in Bartow
this week. Mr. Baswll recently mov
ed to South Georgia. His many friends
were glad to have him among them,
even for a few days. Mr. Bagwell was
in our office and said he was compelled
I to keep up with events in Bartow.
“HOMB PAPER FOR HOfvlß PEOPLE”
CARTERSVILLE, GA., JANUARY 1, 1914
SUPERIOR COURT
ON JANUARY 12
Court Will Hold Three
Weeks at This Term—
A Heavy Docket.
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The regular January term of Bartow
Superior Court will convene in Car
tersville on the second Monday, which
will be January 12. Court will be in
session the greater part of three
weeks. There are numerous cases to
be tried, some of which will be of
much local interest.
Judge Fite has expressed his inten
tion of cleaning the docket and a spec
ial effort will be made to clean the
docket.
Following is a list of the grand and
traverse jurors which will serve for
the three weeks:
Grand Jury.
Win. H. McMichen, J. E. Hall, W. D.
Trippe, J. H. Gardner, John H. Cobb
J. W. Williams, C. H. Cannon, E. M.
Upshaw, J. N. McKelvey, Wm. H. Bag
well, H. L. Sewell, C. L. Anthony,
Homer Blackstock, John U. Maxwell
J. B. Mullinax, Jr., L. B. Matthews, W.
F. Gaston, M. F. Linn, H. H. White, N.
M. Adams, W. B. Hawkins, David
Weaver, R. L. McCollum, J. D. Smith,
A. G. White, J. W. Saggus, J. H. Gil
reath, J. O. Hubbard, J. C. Herring,
B. L. Vaughan.
Traverse Jury, First Week.
W. I. Jackson, J. H. Kennedy, J. E.
V ’
Countryman, S. M. Kennedy, W. C.
Gaines, W. E. Lee, J. F. Bell, A. F.
Mullinax, W.' M. McAlister, I. Mid
Smith, W. D. Pittard, Tom M. Morris,
C. J. Smith, S. F. Randolph, Thos. M.
Graves, G. W. Westbrooks, N. N.
Granger, W. F. Moore, W. B. Quillian,
C. H. Saxon, J. E. McGuire, J. S. Cal
houn, S. W. Ray, C. P. Bailey, D. B.
Cowan, J. H. Hosteller. J. H. Jolley,
J. W. Pruitt, J. T. Chapman, L. B.
Hughes, Sam Allison, A. J. Mosteller,
K. C. Atkinson, R. W. Patterson, M.
C. Nelson, J. F. Cook.
Traverse Jury, Second Week.
W. T. Bell, L. L. Landers, W. H. Mc-
Crary, J. W. Adams, J. J. Randall, J.
M. Hamrick, J. L. Parker, C. E. Wheel
er, J. H. Ward, T. J. Garrett, Bartow
Edwards, L. B. Wheeler H. J. Wade,
W. E. Mathis, C. E. Alexander, T. S.
Hawkins, O. H. Henderson, E. D. Cole,
L. F. McMichen, J. C. Kerr, Martin
Maxwell, T. W. Bagwell, L. M. Ken
nedy, Geo. M. House, J S. Leake, H.
D. Lewis. Jr., J. B. Mitchell. A. S. El
rod, M. O. Terrell. J. P Rogar., E. B.
McCoy. J. W. Jones, .T. T. Forrester
J. L. Smith, G. W Cochran, W. C. Sat
terfield.
Traverse Jury, Third Week.
G. B. Elrod, J. G. Doss, Robert Amos,
W. I. Henderson, Jr. B. F. Milam. G.
W. Young, J. M. Bryan. W. P. Meeks,
J. H. Linn. C. H. Pittard, J. R Leacn
man, John K. Milan, E. L. Woodruff,
W. C. Kilby, J L. Milhollin, W. F.
Baker, M. H. Cantrell, D H. Ingram,
H. V. Linn. J I. Floyd, W T. Green,
A. J. Spinks, M. G. Smith, W. A Jack
son, E. D. Veach, E. C. Pruitt, W. H.
Ross, C. M. Milam. T. G. B. Gore, R. A.
Hicks, W. E. Puckett, J W. Johnson,
John B. Roberts, A. F. Jackson, J. B.
Mullinax, T. O. Roberts.
WIGWAM BOUGHT
BY MR. R. W. GLASS.
Mr. E. W. Gould, who has been con
ducting the Wigwam picture show for
the past two or three months, has
sold the same to Mr. R. W. Glass, who
has taken charge of same.
The Wlg*wam has been one ol the
most popular places about town of
late and Mr. Glass promises that none
of Its popularity will be lost.
mimmm get
READHORII
Commissioners Meet and
Organize Preparatory to
Taking Office.
The new city commissioners met a
few' days ago and organized prepara
tory to taking over the city affairs on
the first Wednesday in January,
which will be on the 7th.
Mayor Young made a lengthy talk
to Commissioners R. M. Gaines and
Walt Satterfield, after which Mr.
Gaines was appointed commissioner
of the streets and sewers of the town
and Mr. Satterfield will have the
police! fire department and schools
and Mayor Young will have charge of
the public utilities.
The meeting was harmonious and
each of the commissioners and mayor
expressed freely their intention of giv
ing the city their very best service
for the next two years.
Mr. Gaines, who will have charge of
the streets, is a progressive, broad
minded man, honest and honorable to
the extent that his motives can never
be impugned. That he will make a
good street man all agree.
Mr. Satterfield is one of the best
known and most popular men in Car
tersville, he having previously served
several terms as alderman under the
old system of city government. It was
principally through efforts of his that
Cartersville laid most of the tile side
walk on the main steeets, At this time
Mr. Satterfield was bitterly opposed
by some property owners, but after
the work was done and the great im
provement so noticeable, those who
opposed him became his staunch sup
porters. That Mr. Satterfield will
prove a man of much value to the
city all agree.
On the day the new commissioners
go in Mayor Young will begin his sec
ond term as mayor. During Mayor
Young’s administration the city has
made great progress in more ways
than one. The electric and gas plants
together with the water plant have
practically been rebuilt and a filtering
plant installed. That his administra
tion has been satisfactory is evidenced
oy the large vote which he secured at
the recent primary. Two more years
of progress and prosperity is expected
under his administration.
Now, let everybody give the mayor
and commissioners their hearty sup
port and see just how much progress
can be made during this administra
tion. Let’s adopt as a motto that old
phrase: “Pull for Cartersville or pull
out.”
DANGEROUSLY CUT.
One of the most serious of the
Christmas fights was staged on Main
street near the Wigwam theater on
Christmas Eve night when two ne
groes, Clifford WhitHfit*JFrank Wiley
decided to settle things with a fight.
White, who was a little younger and
smaller than Wiley, used a knife with
telling effect. He stabbed Wiley four
times in quick succession and fled
from the scene. The side walks of
Main street looked like an arena after
a bull fight so freely did the stabs
bleed. Wiley fell on Bank block and
was picked up and hurried to the of
fice of Dr. T. L. Driscoll where it was
at first thought the negro would die.
A solution of salt was injected into
the negro's veins which made up for
the loss of blood and he soon revived.
The of so much blood on the
street caused a deal of excitement
among the extra large crowd. Some
of the most timid ladies almost faint
ed.
KELLY DIED
FROM WOUNDS
Man Shot by Clark Smith
Died on Christmas Day
in Atlanta.
Lee Kelly, the white man, who was
seriously shot by Clark Smith, while
an effort was being made to arrest
him about three weeks ago, died at
the Grady Hospital in Atlanta on
Christmas day from the wounds he
received.
Kelly was accused of shooting at
another man several months ago. The
grand jury which met last July re
turned a true bill against him. Kelly
had been gone from the county for
some time but had recently returned.
Information had reached the sheriff’s
office that Kelly was at the home of
Mr. Mose Hazlewood, near the Floyd
county line.
Deputy Sheriff Gaines was unable to
go and help make the arrest so he
got Mr. Clark Smith to go with Deputy
Sheriff Calloway. Bailiff Dray Barton,
of Adairsville, and Mr. Geo. Hood also
joined the party, the four men going
together to the home of Mr. Hazle
wood. The house was surrounded, Cal
loway taking a position at one door
and Smith another, and Messrs. Bar
ton and Hood went into the house.
They remained in the house several
minutes. Calloway decided the man
was not in the house and had started
around to where Smith was. At this
time Calloway heard Smith say,
“bayp” and almost instantly a shot
rang out and Kelly fell' with a bullet
wound in his left side. He was brought
to Cartersville and kept for a few days
and when it was seen that the wound
was liable to prove fatal he was sent
to the Grady Hospital for treatment.
Everything possible was done to save
the man’s life but death came on
Christmas morning.
Mr. Smith claims he did not shoot
to kill or even seriously wound Kelly
but that he rather shot to scare the
man.
JOHN HILBURN ANNOUNCES
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found the announcement of John C.
Hilburn for county commissioner. Mr.
Ililburn has lived in Cartersville many
years and is known to most everybody
in Bartow county So far Mr. Hilburn
and Mr. N. M. Adams are the only
announced candidates for the office
and as two are to be elected it looks
like an easy race for both men.
TRYING TO GET DR. BAKER
IN COMMISSIONER RACE.
Considerable pressure has been
brought to bear in the last few days
in an effort to get Dr. T. H. Baker to
make the race for county commis
sioner. The high tax rate which the
tax payers have had -to pay this year
has caused them to take notice. They
believe that if Dr. Baker were elected
that his influence would be used to
wards lowering the tax rate as much
as possible. Dr. Baker is possibly the
best known man in Bartow county and
should he decide to make the race
it is conceded he would win at this
time.
MOVES TO NEW
QUARTERS ON MAIN ST.
The Etowah Bottling Works have
been moved to the new building next
door to The Tribune office.
This move was made necessary cn
account of the large Increase of busi
ness done by this popular firm. This
is an Ideal location for the business,
having been put up by Mr. H. J. Galt
for this tenant.
DEATH OF II
PHiiENT CITIZEN
Mr. J. M. Jones, oi Emer
son, Died in Atlanta Sun 1
day Afternoon.
j
Mr. J. Melvin Jones, Sr., died at
private sanitorium in Atlanta last Sun
day after an illness of little mory that
a week. About ten days ago Mr. Jones,
had a stroke of paralysis and was carr
rled to a private sanitorium in Atlanta 1
where everything possible was done tej
save his life but death came calmly)
Sunday despite the efforts of the phy (
sicians. *•
Mr. Jones was 44 years of age and
had been a citizen of Bartow
practically all his life. He was a mem-,
her of the Methodist church and had
been for many years and was also a
member of Cartersville Lodge No. 63j (
of Masons, which lodge conducted the
funeral service from the church In*
Emerson, Rev. Parsons preaching the 1
funeral sermon. Mr. Jones was twice,
married, first to Miss Pearl DeWees,;
who died about five years ago. About
two years ago he was married to Miss
j
Bessie Cline, of Emerson. He was a
son of the late Col. C. M. Jones, of
Emerson.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife'
and two children, Melvin and Robert
Jones, and by his mother, Mrs. C. M.
Jones; five brothers, W. L. Jones, Cavef
Springs; C. W. Jones, Rome; T. H.
Jones, Emerson; J. P. Jones, Mem-]
phis and Vergil Jones, Atlanta; fourj
sisters, Mrs. McC. Brown, Atlanta;
Mrs. J. B. Chamlee, Atlanta; Mrs. J. I
E. Morris, Emerson, and Mrs. J. E.
McElroy, Norcross. i
Mr. Jones had numerous friends in *
North Georgia who will learn with
deep regret of his death and who will |
join with The Tribune in extending
sympathy to the bereaved family.
J
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Tribune takes great pleasure in
announcing to its readers and patrons
that it has secured the services of Mr.
VV. A. Blackwell as Busienss .Manager
of the paper. Mr. Blackwell assumed
his duties as Business Manager of the
paper on the first day of this year.
Mr. Blackwell is a well known news
paper man and knows every detail of
the work connected with newspaper
business. Up until recently he has
been with The Mills Supply Cos., o.f
Griffin, Ga„ one ot the leading house;
in its line in the whole South.
Mr. Blackwell will continue to call
on his customers, selling bank and df
tice supplies, court house supplies
loose leaf books, calendars, etc. -3 ;
Especial attention is called to the
line of calendars handled by Mr.
Blackwell. They are a line of the neat
est and finest calendars ever pre
sented to a buyer, and will be sold at.
a price at least ten per cent, lower
than any other calendar on the mar
ket.
With the services of Mr. Blackwell
as Business Manager, The Tribune
will enter upon anew era of its exis?-
tonce. It is already the leading weekly
in this section of the state, but now;
under the efficient, judicious manage
ment of Mr. Blackwell it will be one
of the best weekly papers in tihe en
tire country.
Thanking our subscribers, readers
and patrons for all past favors, as
suring them that we are truly grateful
for the same, we wish to ask of you
your hearty support and co-operation,
in order tnat maybe made
all that it is possible for if =to be niade;
and in order that it's former hfeh sfan
dard may be raised ,sq as to enable
us to meet all the needs and supply
all the wants that it is intendedf than
a high-class newspaper should supply.
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