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v > j i. SUPERIOR COURT JN SESSION January Term Convenes and Many Prominent Men of County Here. The Superior Court of Bartow county convened for the regular Janu ary term last Monday, Judge A W. Fite and Solicitor Sam P. Maddox be irg in their places when court was called to order. After the juries were sworn and the court bailiffs were selected Judge Fite delivered a charge to the grand jury. The grand jury is composed of an unusual number of the strong men of the county. No session of court of re cent years has been favored with a jury more representative in characte cr stronger in intellect. Among the rumber are: N. (VI. Adams, recently elected by a large majority of the voters on the board of commissioners of roads and revenues. Mr. Adams brings into the counsels of the jury ripe experience. He is intelligently developing the greatness of the county in agriculture and is personally greatly esteemed and popular. H. H. White is an influential citizen of the county whose home is at Pine Log. His advice and counsel will at all times and among all men be given a respectful and attentive ear. W. B. Hawkins is among the young er members of the jury. He is a suc cessful business man of Cassville and devoted to the best interests of the county and its business and moral de velopment. J. H. Gilreath is one of the county’s best known and popular citizens. Mr. Gilreath has always taken a large part ■n all matters of church and state and & successful business man whose in tegrity is universally acknowledged. W. D. Trippe, of Taylorsville, is a prudent and successful man of affairs. His views will be impressed upon the jury in a respectful but none the less forceful manner and his conclusions v ill always be supported by sound reason. J. R. Leachman is from the Carters \ille district. He is one of the hardest workers in the county and through bis untiring energy and brightness of mind he has made a success of farm ing and is one of the sound men of this section. John Saggus is a successful farmer from the Cartersville district. He is highly esteemed, conservative in ac tion and a solid substantial citizen who can be relied upon to act intelligently upon public questions. Thos. Lumpkin has always been known as one of the strong men of the county. Perhaps no member of the jury is better known. He is one of the leaders and is moulded along lines that bring him a host of friends who admire and follow him. E. W. Smith is the leading building contractor of the county. He is clean and pure in private life and a diligent and intelligent application to business has brought him success and scores of friends. Jno. H. Cobb has an intimate know ledge of the affairs of the county through official relationship with it for many years. He is perhaps more widely acquainted with the people of the county than any other member and his experience will be a great aid to his fellow workers on the jury. J. E. Hall is one of the older mem bers of the jury. He has lived a life b f unimpeachable character and in a quite and unassuming way exerts an influence among those who know him which perhaps is less known to him than to his neighbors. C. H. Cannon is a young man who has already made a favorable impres sion upon all who know him as a bus iness man of more than ordinary abil ity and prospects. He will give to the performance of his duties during the next few weeks faithful and inteilig*n. service. J. W. Williams lives at Stilesboro and is a rural route carrier of mail in the service of the United States gov ernment. Mr. Williams has a wide acquaintance of both men and the county’s needs and will be one who will aid and direct the jury along the right lines. L. B. Matthews is an old and re spected citizen of Cartersville whose service as a county commissioner in the past was of incalculable benefit to the people. He is perhaps the old- THF. BARTOW TRIBUNE KNIGHTS OF PITHS EIECTJFFICEBS Local Lodge Installs New Officials and Shows Fine Results for the Year. At a regular convention of Carters ville Lodge No. 42, Knights of Py thians, on Friday, January 9th, 1914, the following officers were installed fur the ensuing term: C. C.—C. M. Milam. V. C. —L. J. Forrester. P. —N. A. Bradley. M. of F.—M. G. Dobbins. K. of R. and S. —H. E. Felton. M. of F. —E. W. Robinson. M. of E.—W. H. Wikle. M. at A.—A. S. Brevard. I. O.—J. R. Roberts. O. ‘ G. —C. L. Collins. Trustee for three years—J. E.Wikle. The lodge elected as grand repre sentatives for the following year—H. E. Felton and Lindsay J. Forrester The local lodge K. of P. is known throughout the south as one of the most active in the country. On occa sion, with slight notice, it can turn out the largest membership and more proficiently perform the intricate cere monies peculiar to the ritual of this o;der than any known to Georgia. This distinction comes to Cartersville large ly through the long and faithful ser vice and devotion to the highest ideals and purposes of the lodge of its chan cellor commander, Chas. M. Milam. Fythians throughout Georgia, as well as those of Cartersville, never tire of honoring him and to respect his coun sel. est man on the jury but among the most progressive. He is credited with being the main spirit in the erection or the court house. J. O. Hubbard lives near Emerson, is a farmer arid esteemed as a man of ability and probity. He enjoys the confidence of his neighbors and friends and will contribute much to ward sound recommendations and wise action on the part of the jury. David Weaver is a solid citizen of the county. He is a conservative busi ness man, a successful farmer and a safe counsellor. His influence on the jury will be exerted along the right lines and his associates will realize his worth as a juryman. G. L. Anthony is a well to do citi zen of Pine Log. Though a young man he knows some of the needs of the county and will espouse a wise course in all matters both as to fiscal affairs as well as in the domain of law and order. J. D. Smith has lived in this county for several years. He is a native of Scuth Carolina but since he has es tablished his home in Bartow county he has made many friends and estab lished a reputation for honesty and fair dealing and successful business qualifications. E. M. Upshaw is one of Bartow’s best known and beloved citizens. Ue is strongly and widely connected, takes a patriotic interest in civic affairs and his advice will go far among the mem bers of the jury. Homer Blackstock is a farmer and lives in the Kingston districe. He is a young man with a firm grasp upon the ideals of life and is universally esteem ed as a man of character and good business judgement. J. B. Mullinax, Jr., is one of the jounger members of a strong Bartow county family and his presence upon the jury adds to its worth and to the strength of all its recommendations and findings. Mr. Mullinax lives in the Euharlee district. j. M. Dyaart has many times been honored by the people of the county in an official capacity. He brings with him ripe experience, a steady and con servative mind and all other qualifi cations of a grand juror. He now lives in Cartersville but formerly at Pine Log. R. A. Milner is one of the great Mil ner family of this county. He is en gaged in farming, popular among his fellows, an upright man in all bi3 dealings and devoted to all advance ment of his countrymen. Into the hands of such a body of men the public can feel secure tha. the business of the court will be safe | !y and sanely handled and that they will meet the great responsibilities connected with their duties for tho next few days with wisdom and pa' : triotism. “HOME PAPER FOR HOME PEOPLE” CARTERSVILLE, GA., JANUARY 15, 1914 PEACE OFFICERS GEIJADIT HURT Desperate Negro Resists Arrest and Shoots Two Bailiffs at Bolivar. A serious shooting affray which it is thought may result fatally, took place at Bolivar last Saturday night when Wade Lightner, a negro, shot and seriously injured A. V. Harman and B. Willite, both constables of the Fine Log district. These officers, having a warrant foi Lightner and locating him at Bolivar, went to the place where he was stay ing to arrest him. The warrant of ar rest charged drunkenness and was is sued some time last summer. Lightner, upon hearing of the warrant abandon ed his crop at that time and went to the Blue Ridge Ochre Company to work and remained there for some few weeks. Afterwards he went to Rock mart and stayed there for some time. The officers, hearing that he was at Bolivar, went' to the house, and just as Mr. Willis opened the door Light ner fired, striking Mr. Willis In the arm and so shattering it that it had to be afterwards amputated. Mr. Harman, taking Mr. Willis away for the purpose of getting him home for help, was fir ed at by Lightner and struck in the hack' and his injuries may result fat illy. A reward was offered by Gov. John M. Slaton for Lightner’s arrest, and he was apprehended at Canton, Ga., by a Mr. Cagle and put in custody and on Tuesday Deputy Sheriff Wofford Calloway went over to Canton and brought him here and placed him in the Bartow county jail. The news of the trouble reached Cartersville Sunday morning and a great deal of indignation was express ed because of the popularity of the injured officers who were shot by & desperate negro while in the faithful performance of their duty. At last ac counts Mr. Willis was getting along fairly well and was also Mr. Harman, but the latter’s friends are still very apprehensive as to his chances of re covery. Lightner was never regarded as a desperate negro until this occurence. He will likely be tried at the present term of the superior court. LADY MINSTREL AT OPERA HOUSE TUESDAY NIGHT The girls basket ball team of the Cartersville High school are now re hearsing for an up-to-date “Lady Min strel” to be presented next Tuesday night at the Grand Opera House. Prof. H. H. Rainey, who needs no introduction to Cartersville people, has arranged the musical numbers and is looking after that all re hearsals. Besides the 20 musical num bers and new jokes in the first part, there will be several specialties, such a% Rainey and Thompson in a novelty musical act, Gaines and Gilreath in just nonsense and Misses Hendricks and Milner in a singing, dancing and talking act. The Largest number of the evening will be one of the latest songs, entit led, “Sympathy” which will be sung from the stage by the Misses Young assisted by Messrs. Queener anl Crouch from the balcony. A special orchestra from Atlanta will nlay the entire show. There will be special scenery and lighting effects rented for the occasion and all cos tumes will be furnished by Miller & Cos., of New York. You will find Gaines and Gilreath (the Mutt and Jeff of Cartersville) on the extreme end and Misses Hendricks and Milner on the inside ends while Mr. Hubert Barron will hold down the' position of interlocutor with Miss Ethel Adair on his right and Miss Othello Tinsley on his left. Others who will do special numbers are: Mis ses Lucy Vail Jones, Ostello Tinsley, Margaret Field, Mary Lou Young, Carolyn Young, Mary Grace Milner, Mary Roberts, Annie Felton, Joe Brown, Lucy Hendricks, Francis Mat thews, Bessie Bradley, Mary Jolly, Pauline Pittard, Eva Alley, Pauline Gilreath, Ethel Adair and Zeta White. The girls are now' selling tickets and the show will be good from start to finish, so come out and enjoy the evening , and help the girls along. V. T. PUCKETT SERIOUSLY INJURED Accident at Plant of Car tersville Brick Company Cripples Owner for IJfe. W. T. Puckett, president of the Car tersville Brick Company, suffered a serious accident Monday at his plant which resulted in the loss of his leg by amputation below the knee. At the time he was injured* Mr. Puckett, with a force of men, was per sonally superintending and himself working at some machinery, and in some way his foot was caught between some shafting which was in motion and a table with the floor near the ground. Finding his foot in this posi tion, he undertook to jerk it out and in doing so the moving machinery broke his leg half way between the foot and the knee. The shafting gtili being in motion and tbe lower part of his leg losing its stiffness, the over alls on the lower part of the leg wound mound the piece of shafting until the foot and lower leg was pulled from the upper part of the leg. Medical attention was immediately sought and very soon Dr. A. B. Greene, Lr. Howell and Dr. R. E. Adair came to the scene of the accident and bound ur, his injuries so that he could be tak en home where whatever treatment required could be given him. When he was brought home it was some seven cr eight hours before the doctors could proceed to do any surgical work be cause the loss of blood had weakened him too much to have an anesthetic given him. When he was-thought to be in condition for an operation, it was found necessary to take the balance of the leg off at the knee. From late accounts Mr. Puckett was getting along fairly well, but the shock of the accident and the resulting oper ations were very trying upon him. The many friends and acquaintances of Mr. Puckett were shocked to learn of tfye disaster which befell him and promptly extended their sympathy to the family. Mr. Puckett is one of the most prominent citizens of Carters ville, a man of energy and untiring in his labors, and it was exceedingly un fortunate that he should have been so badly injured and it is to be hoped that no complications will arise that v- ill prevent his speedy recovery. ANNUAL MEETING. Stockholders of the Bank of Carters ville Hold Regular Annual Meet ing January Bth. At the usual annual meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Carters ville on last Thursday, January Bth, the following directors were elected fer the coming year: J. S. Leak, J. W Knight John P. Lewis, J. W. Vaughan, R. B. Harris, L. F. Shaw, P. F. Akin, J J. Hill and'C. M. Milam. The directors elect met thereafter aid organized by electing the follow ing officers: J. S. Leak, president; J W. Knight, vice-president; C. M. Mil am, cashier. The bank paid the usual three per cent semi-annual dividend, number 36, which amounted f o $3,000.00. The condensed statement of the tank at the close of business, January Bth, was as follows: RESOURCES. Loans $213,869.07 Banking houses 15,165.42 Furniture and fixtures 7,599.86 Cash in vault and due from banks 131,504.97 $368,139.32 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $100,000.00 Surplus and profits 29,964.77 Deposits 238,174. ;>5 $368,139.32 The Bank of Cartersville is an in stitution that has grown from $25,000,00 endeavoring to conserve and advance the interest of both the agricultural and commercial interest t this section. The bank is the desig nated deposatory of Bartow countv, City of Cartersville and United State - , bankrupt funds. When in need of anything in the loose leaf line call the manager of this office. No matter what it is he will be glad to figure with you. BAKER AND ADAMS WIN IN ELECTION Spirited Election Saturday Fills Vacancies With Two Strong Men. The election of two members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bartow county to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of A. G. White and S. S. Atwood was held last Saturday and resulted in a sweeping victory for Dr. Thos. H. Baker and N. M. Adams. An unusual amount of interest was manifested in the matter during the last two days of the race and the friends of Dr. Baker were unusually active It was generally conceded that Mr. Adams would be elected from the start and it was just as certain that Lr. Baker would be elected if he would consent to accept the place at £.ll. He was importuned for some time to even permit his name to be voted ui.on, his friends promising to relieve him from any campaigning, but it was not until about Tuesday or Wednesday of last week that he informed his Mends that if he was elected he would serve but that he had neither the time or the inclination to give any time to campaigning for it. This was enough. Dr. Baker has al ways been a political power in the county with a large and respectable following and being a man of recogn ized ability as well as one of the larg est tax payers in the county he was settled upon |ls one whose efforts as a commissioner would be directed to ward a conservative course in the handling of the county’s fiscal affairs, which just now are not in any too good condition. While the vote cast was not large, it was fairly good sized when it is considered that it was a special elec- t J on and came at a time when not any thing like all the voters had paid their 1913 taxes. The vote in detail was as follows: N M. Adams 600 T. H. Baker 853 Pen iCook 167 J. W. Nation 161 John Hilburn 51 Messrs. Baker and Adams receiving a large majority over the other candi dates in the field will serve on the board of commissioners until January, Ist, 1915. TIMELY SUGGESTIONS. { Asa People We Do Not Study Thrift. One of the leading farmers of the new currency bill said, “Per capita, >ve are the biggest eaters, the biggest squanderers, the smallest savers oi money in the whole civilized world.” To quote another writer, “we are convicted as improvident” and yet we live and move in the most prosper ous section of the globe. Only 99 people out of every 1,000 have savings accounts in this country, while the figures run 317, 346 554, 220, 270 and 302 in Germany, France Switzerland, Italy, Japan and England We must change. The pace of ex travagance is a lesson and teaching that will ruin the child and develop V orthless characters. “The citizen who saves is a patriot.” “The citizen who sinks into debt through extravagance, riotous living, is a curse to his country.” Our local Building & Loan Asso ciation stands as an exponent of help ful saving. As best they are able, they not only want to teach saving, but to be equally as helpful to the worthy citizen who needs money. The organization is co-operative; the same principle is now aggitated by expert writers and congress under the title of “rural credits.” Every farmer as well as business man; every wage earner as well as child, ought to be a member in the aimy of co-operation. Our local association has gathered over $100,000.00 of savings, and im mediately re-invests same in first mortgage loans, to those who wish to build a house, own a home, buy a farm, or occupy for business. The saving there pays from 6 per cent to 8 per cent annually which un questionably is the best medium for saving. HEALID BOARD ISJODGANIZED City Physicians Are Made Guardians of the Wel fare of Cartersville. On'the official call of the mayor and commissioners, every legal registered white physician in Cartersville was' notified to meet at city offices, Sat urday, January 10th, past, to organize as the Board of Health of Cartersville, at 3:30 p. m. The following physicians were present: Dr. A. T. Calhoun, Dr. R. E. Adair, Dr. T. L. Driscoll, Dr. Howard E. Fel ton, Dr. A. B. Greene, Dr. Sam Howell, Di. R. I. Battle, Dr. W. C. Griffin, Dr. Thos. H. Baker, Dr. W. C. Covington, Lr. McClure. Mayor Young explained the object of the meeting and stated that the mayor and commissioners had appoint ed the physicians present as the offi c.al Board of Health of the city and asked them to organize and perform such other duties as was needed. Those present proceeded to organize according to law and the pow T er con ferred upon them, by electing the fol lowing officers for 1914 and 1915: President, Dr. A. T. Calhoun. Secretary, Dr. Howard E. Felton. After organization and a full dis cussion of the health condition of the chy, the meeting adjourned to meet in February, or on the call of the presi dent and secretary, at any time. The unanimity with which the phy sicians joined in the work assigned them insures fine results for the health of Cartersville and no effort will be spared to bring about the very best sanitary precautions and other ntfeans to prevent disease. PETTIT CREEK FARMERS’ CLUB ENTERTAINED. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Pittard, of Cass ville, Ga., entertained the Pettit Creek Farmers Club at their regular monthly meeting last Friday, January 9, 1914, with an elegant dinner; this being the day of election of officers, the follow ing were elected and intailed for the ensuing term: President, L. W. Shaw. Vice-President, John S. Leak. Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. H. E. Felton. Members of the club: H. E. Felton, L. S. Munford, Jas. H. Cilreath, W. D. Pittard, Geo. H. Head den, Ruohs Pyron, W. O. Henderson, John S. Leak, T. T. Jones, R. L. Saxon, F. E. F. Jones, L. F. Shaw, M. L. Johnson, T. W. Tinsley, W. A. Jack son. This is one of the oldest clubs in the county and its members among the most prosperous farmers in North Georgia. Their monthly meetings af ford an opportunity for an exchange of views upon the subject of good farming as well as furnishing a chance to enjoy socially meeting with each other and to test the culinary accom plishments of the women members of the respective families interested in tie club. These spreads are becoming famous but not any more so than the ability of the members of the club to eat what is set before them. TWO DAYS’ CONFERENCE AT PRESBYTERIAN CHRUCH. Beginning Sunday afternoon, Jan uary 25th, at the Presbyterian church there will be a two days’ conference on the Sunday school work of our city. /I °ach session of this conference three of the most prominent Sunday school workers of the country will be present. Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner comes from Chicago and is a woman o' international reputation in her line; Miss Daisy Magee is superintendent of tbe primary work of the state of Geor gia and will give valuable suggestions on this very Important department of the work; then there will be present Mr. D. W. Sims, state superintendent o*- Sunday school work, whom many Cartersville people have heard with so much pleasure in recent Sunday school conferences. The coming conference means much for the Sunday school interests of our c-ty and it is earnestly hoped that all parents and teachers and officers of Sunday schools will begin right now to make arrangements to attend every service. A full program of the meetings will appear later. NO. 47