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VOL 4.
SEABOARD OFFICES
SOBBED OF FREIGBT
Serious Charges are Urged
Against Trusted Employ
ees in Local Depot.
Asa result of the making of “short
reports’’ regarding freight shipments
passing through the local Seaboard
Airline Railway Company depot, three
arrests were made Monday of this
,> eek, and much surprise was express
ed when it was ascertained that Claude
Railey and John Howard, white, and
Lawrence Templeton, colored, were
arrested.
Claude Bailey has been for a num
ber of years connected with the local
office of the Seaboard Airline Rail
way and held a position of consider
able responsibility. Shortly after the
recent fire which partially destroyed
the depot and the origin of which was
never ascertained and was considered
mysterious, the railroad company sent
,wo special agents to 'Cartersville to
investigate the cause. These agents
came here with the information that
a number of shortages in shipments
had been previously reported, all of
which however were deemed to have
been lost in transit until the fire made
matters somewhat mysterious and
pointed, to some extent, suspiciously
near someone in the office.
Bailey’s home was searched and a
number of articles which had been re
ported as lost in transit were found on
his premises. He was placed under ar
rest and the houses of John Howard,
another clerk, and Lawrence Temple
ton, a porter, were searched but only
a small amount of cigars and cigar
ettes were found. They were also
placed under arrest and on Tuesday,
with Bailey, were arraigned for trial
before Judge A. M. Puckett, Justice
of the Peace. At this trial Bailey waiv
< and examination but Mr. Howard and
Templeton, protesting their innocence,
freely went into trial and explained
that the articles found at their homes
were such as had been damaged b>
fire, were considered valueless and
were taken by them by authority o
their superiors. It w'as plainly shown
that the articles in question were dam
aged by fire and perhaps had no com
mercial value or, if any, a very small
amount. They w'ere, however, bound
over on a hundred dollar bond to se
cure their appearance at the next term
of court. It is believed that bo to Mr.
Howard and Templeton will be able
to show that they were permitted t
take a small amount of articles which
they had in possession by authority of
their superiors and they believed that
they were doing no wrong at the time
and had made no concealment of the
fact that they had taken them believ
ing them to have no value of a com
mercial nature but were simply arti
cles that had been so badly damaged
by fir© and w'ater as to render them
no account.
The case against Bailey is a much
stronger one, and it is said that he
readily admitted to having abstracted
articles from the depot before the fire*
secretly and without knowTedge on the
part of anyone that he had such arti
cles. The goods found in his posses
sion were worth .a considerable sum
of money and sufficient in amount to
he charged with the offense of grand
larceny.
In this connection a thorough inves
tigation is being made as to the cause
of the fire which took place some few
weeks ago. It is known that the fire
detriment had considerable trouble
in fighting the fire on the night in
Question due to someone cutting of c
tlie water as many as three times. It
known that the annoyance was so
great to the fire fighters that Super
intendent Wikle was compelled to
watch the plug to which the hose was
attached and at one time he came near
"inning on the person who was cut
*ng off the water but did not pursue
!l ' m for the reason that he considered
ir m erely an act of mischievousness.
The local agent, Mr. E. W. Robin-
M) n. does not believe that Mr. Howard
or Templeton are in any wise concern
‘l with the charge of larceny against
? he office and that what small stuff
! hev had was such as was given to
rhem by tacit consent. He w'as willing
° go on the bond of Mr. Howard but
r inea to make any statement for
■ ulilic opinion concerning the charges
against Bailey.
hen the news was first made
THE BARTOW TRBUNE
AMATEUR SHOW !
MAKES GREAT HIT
Cartersville Business Hous- j
es Hold the Stage and;
Please Big Audience.
A kaleidoscopic panorama of pose
and motion was what was furnishid
one of the best audiences of the sea
son at the Opera House last Monday
evening when the varied merchantile
houses and business establishments
of Cartersville demonstrated their right
to claim patronage through represen
tatives, who, on the evening in ques
tion, were the matrons and young la
dies of the city.
It was not all spectacular, however.
Some of the cleverest of wit was shot
forth; some very excellent music was
heard; same very good spielers were
developed and there was also a live
stock exhibit. There was a kid which
made a solo into a duet and a pig
which was “just the cutest thing.”
The occasion was a performance
given under the auspices of the ladies
of the First Presbyterian church of
Cartersville, the proceeds going to
swell the organ fund.
The performance consisted of a dem
onstration of each of the many and
varied business concerns of the city
wherein more than fifty houses and
manufacturing establishments present
ed, each in attractive manner, the ar
ticles and products they offer for sale.
Each business house was represent
ed by one or more of the popular so
ciety women of Cartersville. In some
instances they were the married ones,
while others were young ladies. You
could not tell the difference on the
stage. The acting was so well done
and the costuming so artistic as to
obliterate all degrees of age and do
mesticity. The purpose was to attrac
tively present the business they had
agreed to represent and they did this
to the entire satisfaction of proprietor
and audience.
The performance (there is no other
word for it) was excellently done. It
pleased and greatly pleased a large
audience and it proved that there w’ere
in Cartersville more business houses
than was ever dreamed of by a large
proportion of those present. It cannot
be described. Hence all w ho missed it
will never know' what a good opportu
nity was lost to learn something of the
greatness of the town’s commercial
value and, at the same time, a most
enjoyable occasion.
The little girls marched and sung
with grace and gleeful voice. The tab
leaux were well done (not a woman in
them said a word). They w r ere striking
and vivid pictures of all that had gone
before.
And a neat sum was realized for the
’pipe organ while “a pleasant time wes
had.”
SHEP SMITH HURT
RAPIDLY IMPROVING.
Shepherd Smith, while engaged in
his duties as a switchman in the yards
of the L. & N, Railroad yards, suffered
a painful and somewhat serious injury
last Friday afternoon.
At the time of the accident the
switching crew was engaged in “kick
ing” cars to their several positions
when one of the cars w r as pushed
against a car upon which Mr. Smith
was standing. He was thrown violently
to the ground and suffered the fracture
of three ribs, one of which penetrated
the lungs. He w'as thought at first to
be fatally hurt, but upon Dr. A. B.
Greene being called, the exact extent
o*' his injuries were ascertained to be
as above detailed, and Mr. Smith is
now r resting quite easily and on the
road to recovery.
The many friends of “Shep” Smith
will be pleased to know' that his con
dition is now' regarded as being out of
danger.
known that arrests had been made,
there was a great deal of discussion
throughout the city concerning it and
some very wild and extravagant re
ports gained circulation but an investi
gation of the facts has indicated that
the charges are only serious as against
Bailey, The matter is still under in
•vestigation and all the facts will per
haps not be known until the case
comes up in court.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., APRIL 23, 1914
NEXT IHISOAY
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Campaign on its Last Week
and Spirited Races in
Progress.
Next Thursday, April 30th one of
the most interesting campaigns for
county offices ever conducted in Bar
tow county will come to a close. On
that date the democratic primary for
the nomination of county officers will
be held and the interest in the several
races has been intense for several
days.
For every office there is a contest
j between popular citizens who have
loyal supporters who are devoting
! time and energy in aid of their favor
! ites.
Some of the best campaigners the
county has ever known are candidates
for office in this election. Some of
the best politicians are behind the ef
forts of each candidate to win the
prize.
One peculiarity of the campaign is
the interest which men active in poli
tical life are taking in the campaign
for their friends in the several races.
One result is that men whose activi
ties have carried them into the field
of politics and who have affiliated to
gether in hundreds of political fights
find the cleavage broken and are to
day vigorously fighting each other in
the management of the campaigns of
their ospeciive candidates. It has
been a good natured fight. It has been,
as far as can now be seen, a clean
cam;>aign.
The old time methods of mud sling
ing and dirty abuse of political foes
has been utterly abandoned and ap
peals have been made to the voters
peculiarly addressed to the reason of
men. jjmK"
Men who have been as Damon and
Pythias is the past in politics' find
themselves circumstanced in the race
now as managers of opposing candi
dates for the same office and as sued
are exercising every legitimate met It- 1
od to win and every skillful move to
checkmate their former allies.
The voters are exercising an inde
pendent spirit and are paying more at
tention to what the candidates them
selves set forth as reasons why they
should be voted for than on manage
ment or any other consideration. They
do not seem to be ‘•Half-inclined” to
take ‘‘orders” from any body and it
seems they do not care to know who
any body else is for. Every voter has
come to know that he is a sovereign
and has a right to cast his ballot as he
thinks best or as he pleases.
It is a w’elcome situation. It means
the passing of every form of “boss’"
domination, intimidation and profes
sional demagoguery. Instead the vot
ers are deciding for themselves what
to do after studying the merits of the
various candidates and his promises.
The official ballot will contain the
names of the following candidates for
the several offices:
Sheriff Bartow County, Georgia—
W. W. Calloway, J. P. Gaines, Clark
Smith.
Clerk Bartow Superior Court —
C. W. Sproull, W. C. Walton.
Treasurer —
Joe G. Brandon, John J. Calhoun,
Martin Collins, George H. Gilreath.
Tax Collector —
John A. Williams, J. B. Willis, Jos
eph Shaw, F. V. Smith.
Tax Receiver —
John C. Haney, T. A. Hughes, J. A.
Ingram, W. T. Pittard, Walter D.
Shelton, J. L. Wood.
Surveyor—
W. W. Phillips.
Coroner—
W. J. Ingram.
Commissioners—
N. M. Adams, J. V. Alexander, Thos.
H. Baker, S. W. Bradford, B. B. Bran
son, W. T. Burton, B. J. Davis, R. L.
Franklin, T. J. Garrett, W. A. Jackson.
C. G. Jones, John C. McTier, John P.
Worley, Polk D. Wilson.
The following managers have been
appointed by the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of Bartow county to
hold the county Democratic Primary
Election on Thursday, April 30, 1914:
Adairsville district—
J. A. Price, A. W. Barber, N. C.
Andersen.
Pine Log district —
H. H. White, W. A. Land, J. B.
Weimorts.
Allatoona district —
1 STRONG TEAM
IK AN APPEAL
The Progressive Farmer
and Bartow Tribune Club
Together Until April 30th
The Tribune is a candidate also.
I We are running for public favor and
| we promise public benefits.
Our running mate is The Progres
i sive Farmer.
April 30th decides the matter.
We have had the place we occupy
: for four years. We feel that we have
become more and more efficient and
that we are better able to continue to
serve the people of Bartow county
than ever before.
The Progressive Farmer is a publi
cation devoted to rural and agricul
tural life and has proved its value to
every farmer who has ever read it.
We are almost as much Interested
in securing for The Progressive Farm
er a wide circulation in Bartow county
as we are in getting The Tribune more
widely read.
We are sure that this publication
will be able to teach every man some
thing in every issue of untold value
and that it will prove to he interesting
as literature.
We are tremendously Interested in
building up to the highest state of ef
ficiency the farming interests of this
county. The Progressive Farmer is the
| best equipped journal in the south to
assist in bringing this about. What
ever is done in this respect benefits,
not only the farmer, but every other
man and every other interest in the
county. Hence we say we are nearly
as ‘much interested in the wide cLcu
lation of The Progressive Farmer as
I we are in the broadening influence cf
j The Bartow Tribune.
Together we make a useful team.
Aur clubbing offer of SI.OO for one
i y-.ar for both papers only lasts until
J April 30th. That is the regular sub-
I seription price of each for one year.
I Until April 30th we offer both publi-
I cations for the price of one.
\ While you are selecting officers to
run your county prepare to give them
a county that will keep them busy.
Subscribe for The Bartow Tribune and
The Progressive Farmer for one year
by sending us one dollar and you wi’l
find that in a short time we will be
instrumental in increasing the agricul
tural, manufacturing and commercial
prosperity of Bartow county to an ex
tent that we will be the greatest coun
ty in the south.
M. E. Russell, W. H. McMicken, M.
M. McGoing.
Salacoa —
Eli Richardson, J. W. Sewell, Ruben
Shellhorse.
Atco—
A. B. Cunyus, W. A. Anderson, Amos
Keith.
Stilesboro —
S. S. Atwood, N. B. Cannon, Jack
Beazley.
Cartersville district —
A. M. Puckett, F. Watkins, J. P.
Lewis.
Taylorsville district—
J. M. Dorsey, S. T. Burns, L. W.
Jolly.
Cassville district —
G. H. Headden, W. C. Matthews, B.
C. Sloan.
White —
T. L. White, M. A. Bolding. G. W.
Elrod.
Emerson district —
J. W. Yarbrough, J. C. Leonard,
Thomas H. Jones.
Wolf Pen district —
W. F. Wischmeyer, Babe Kay, Jus
tice Alexander.
Euharlee district —
James McCrary, C. A. Dodd, Dr.
Tanner Lowery.
Stamp Creek—
Jas. Geo. Lewis, J. T.
Knight.
Halls—
O. M. Butler, W. A. Lumpkin, E. R.
Horton.
Iron Hill district—•
H. M. Owens. E. C. Bright, J. H.
Kennedy.
Kingston district—
J. N. McKelvey, L. J. Barrett, A. L.
McMakin.
If for any reason any of the above
named managers cannot serve they
are authorized to name free-holders of
their community' as substitutes.
By order of committee.
J. R. WHITAKER, Chairman.
J. J. HILL, Clerk.
COMMENCEMENT DAY
FOR COUJffl SCHOOLS
Interesting Exercises Held
and Children Here From
All the County.
Last Friday, April 17, was a Red
Letter day for the schools of Bartow
county. Fully a thousand children,
trustees and patrons assembled in the
court house for the first County Com
mencement for the Bartow county
schools. Thirty-six of the forty-three
schools were represented either by an
exhibit or by a goodly number of chil
idren.
Tho exercises consisted of contests
in arithmetic, spelling, ready writers
composition and field day sports.
Quite a large number of contestants,
representing many of the schools en
tered these contests. No one won the
arithmetic contest. The spelling con
test was won by the contestants from
Smithville and Barnesley schools. The
ready writers contest was won by Em
erson and Barnesley schools. The field
day sports were won by Cass Station,
Rebecca’s and Barnesley schools.
The greatest feature of the day was
the awarding of the seventh grade
certificates and is one that has as its
purpose the recognition of the effi
cient work of the seventh grade pu
pils.
This, the first class, was composed
of thirty-three students from the fol
lowing schools:
Emerson school —Smith Mansfield,
Eliza Jones, Maurine Parsons, Billie
Wilson, Nellie Collins, Daisy Cline.
Llgon—Lydia Mathis.
Mineral Springs—Leldon Martin.
Cass Station —Ruby Hardin, Walter
I Guyton, Burmese Presley, Rosalie Hig
igins, Clara Cooper, Maud Guyton.
Cassville —Harold Tribble.
Oak Grove —Mark Dodd, Hubert
Dodd, Ruby Dodd, Hugh Jody.
Taylorsville—Hubert Jolly, Clara
Edge.
Cunningham—Will Davis.
, Stoner —Raymond Payne, Muriel
Mayfield, Ruth Payne.
Pine Ixrg—Roscoe White, Robert
Pharr, Eugene Barton.
Euharlee —Joe Stiles, Marvin Mar
tin, Audrey Black, Sam McGowan,
Henry Nelson.
The honor roll is as follow's:
Leldon Martin 93.6.
Rosa Lee Higgins 92.0.
Maurine Parsons 85.7.
Maud Guyton 88.6.
A feature that attracted much at
tention and had aroused much inter
est was the standing of the schools.
Barnesley was the only school that
reached the standard this year and
was awarded the standard certificate
on this day. This is the second stand
ard school in the county, Cass Sta
tion being the first.
An entire list of the grading of the
schools will be published In next
week’s paper.
A feature that w'as thoroughly enjoy
ed by the little folks was the delight
ful stories told by Mrs. A. O. Granger
and Mrs. Paul Akin.
The big parade was a very pleasant
event of the day. This parade was led
by the board of education and trustees
about forty strong. They were follow
ed by bands of children and teachers
from twenty-four of the schools. By
actual count 468 people marched In
this parade, making a line from the
Park Hotel, by the Griffin Drug Cos.
corner, the Coca-Cola Bottling Works
back to the Gilreath Drug Cos. Along
the way the business men stood in
their store doors and looked their ap
proval. A few of them mustered up
courage enough to cheer the children
as they passed. These evidences of
approval were genuinely appreciated
by the children. A few manifested their
interest enough by coming to the court
house to see the school exhibits.
Smithville school, Miss Bonnie Hen
dricks, teacher, had the distinction of
having the largest per cent of enroll
ment in the parade.
In all this was a day long to be re
membered by the schools.
J H. BOHLER ILL
LEAVES FOR HOSPITAL.
J. H. Bohler, the genial and whole
souled barber, has been confined to his
room for several days passing through
another attack of appendicitis. It Is
now deemed necessary to operate on
him and he wili leave just as soon as
he regains sufficient strength for At
ROYAL ARCANUM HOLDS
GRAND COIJIICII
Meeting at Gainesville C
M. Milam and R. B. Rus
sell Were Honored.
The Royal Arcanum of Georgia held
its grand council at Gainesville during
the past week and elected officers for
the ensuing year. The order was found
to be in fine condition and was royally
entertained.
The officers elected were: Grand
Regent, W. T. Green, of Atlanta; Vice
Grand Regent, Q. L. Williford, of Madi
son; Grand Orator, Judge Henry Mc-
Alphin, of Savannah; Past Grand Re
gent, Judge H. S. West, of Athens;
Grand Secretary, R. P. Lester, of Cov
ington; Grand Treasurer, E. P. H. Ru
laud, of Augusta; Grand Chaplin,
Judge B. J. Edwards, of Monroe;
Grand Guide, F. J. Kane, of Rome;
Grand Warden, D. L. Christian, of Sa
vannah; Grand Sentry, C. M. Milam,
of Cartersville; Grand Trustee, T. M.
Hawes, of Elberton; State Medical
Examiner, C. L. Armistead, of Atlan
ta; Supreme Representatives, Judge
H. S. West, of Athens, and Judge R.
B. Russel, of Winder.
The Royal Arcanum is a great force
in Georgia and its plan of insurance is
one of the most broadly distributed
and best managed plans known to the
insurance world. To the members of
the Royal Arcanum in Bartow county
the above will be an interesting item
of news, and insures to them a contin
uance of good management in the ad
ministration of the affairs of this or
ganization.
Among those who were honored by
the organization and are so well and
! favorably known by the people of Bar
tow county appear the names~of C. M.
Milam, of Cartersville as Grand Sen
try, and Judge R. B. Russell, of Win
der, as Supreme Representative.
The next meeting of the State Grand
Council will be held at Carrolton.
HEALTHY GROWTH
PROSPEROUS.
Birthdays come to us all. We meet
them with pride or regret. Often a
resolution is attached, and with few
the resolve Is made good; vigor of
health in body, mind, and business is
the result.
We are soon to have another birth
day.
April 30th marks the closing of the
ninth successful year of the wide
awake local Building & Loan Associa
tion; discloses the fact that this in
stitution has gathered the savings of
some three hundred Individuals and
developed Bartow and our city with
over $150,000.00 in improvements.
The man who joined the day of or
ganization (May 1905) with ten shares
of the installment stock, and paid reg
ularly his $5.00 monthly dues, has sav
ed just $540.00.
But that is not all. The Association
has divided with him each six months
the net profits, until they amount to
$215.00, making that ten shares worth
in cash today $765.00.
Doesn’t that prove saving pays?
Isn’t it a demonstration over and over,
that regular, persistent, planned sav
ing is the kind that pays?
Whatever your income, whether
$5.00 per week, or SIOO.OO per month,
it is man’s religious and bounded duty
to lay aside a part of that earning.
The child being turned alose to
spend 5 cents here and there has a
dangerous privilege allowed. Every
parent does his child a service—a last
ing service—in the strengthening of
character, when they advise, encour
age, and see that the child takes in
terest and puts aside regularly in the
local Building & Loan.
Stock is sold only twice each year.
The May series is selling fast we
To be one of the developers, and a
member attending the annual birthday
at the court house on May 14th, join
now.
78% is the answer to your saving.
lanta to undergo the necessary opera
tion.
The many friends of Mr. Bohler sin
cerely and earnestly hope that he will
be able to stand the test of an opera
tion and that soon he will be back at
his customary place with his health
totally regained and his accustomed
humor in evidence as in the past.
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