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yOL 4.
PRESIDENT WILSON
makes great speech.
Pays Tribute to the Ameri
can Soldier and to all
Who do Their Duty.
We print below the speech deliver
ed by President Wilson upon the ar
rival i n New York of the remains of
the ‘ nineteen soldiers who were killed
in the operations around Vera Ciuz in
skirmishes with the Mexican forces.
The speech contains so much of wis
dom and so much of real worthy sen
timent and is couched in such exquis
ite language, we consider it a classic
which should be read by every Ameri
can.
The speech was as follows:
•■Mr. Secreatry: I know that the
feelings which characterize all who
stand about me, and the whole nation
at this hour are not feelings which
can be expressed suitable in terms of
attempted oratory or eloquence. They
are things too deep for ordinary
speech. For my own part I have a
singular mixture of feelings. The feel
ing that is uppermost is one of pro
found grief that these lads should
have had to go to their death. And
yet, there is mixed with that gnef a
profound pride that they should have
gone as they did and if I may say it
out of my heart, a totich of envy cf
those who were permitted so quietly,
so nobly, to do their duty.
“Have you thought of it men, here
is the roster of the navy, the list of
the men, officers and enlisted met,
and marines, and suddenly there swim
nineteen of the stars out of the list,
men who have gone suddenly into the
firmament of memory, where we sha 1
always see their names shine; not be
cause they called upon us to admire
them but because they served us with
out asking any questions and in the
performance of duty, which is laid
upon us as well as upon them.
“Duty is not an uncommon thing,
gentlemen. Men are performing it in
ordinary walks of life nil around us
all the time and make great sacrifices
to perform it. What gives men like
these peculiar attention? Not because
they did their duty, but because duty
had nothing to do with them or their
own personal and particular interests.
They did not give their lives for them
selves; they gave their lives for us
because we called upon them, as a na
tion, to perform an unexpected duty.
That is the way in which men grow
distinctive, and that is the only way
by serving some one else than them
selves. And what greater thing could
you serve than a nation such as this
we love and are proud of?
“Are you sorry for these lads? Are
you sorry r for the way they will be re
membered; does it not quicken your
pulse to think of them? I hope to God
none of you may join the list, but if
you do you will join in immortal com
pany.
“So, while you are profoundly sor
rowful, and while there goes out of
our hearts a very deep and affection
ate sympathy to friends and relatives
of these who for the rest of their lives
shall mourn them, though with a touch
of pride—we know why we do not go
away from this occasion cast down,
hut with our heads lifted, and our
eyes on the future of this country',
with absolute confidence of how' it
worked out; not only the more vague
future of this country, but the imme
diate future.
“We have gone down to Mexico to
serve mankind, if we can find out the
way. We do not want to fight the Mex
icans; we w r ant to serve the Mexicans,
if we can, because we know how we
would like to be freed and how r we
would like to be served if there*wer ’
friends standing by r ready to serve us.
“A war of aggression is not a war in
which it is a proud thing to die, but a
war of service is a thing in which it is
a proud thing to die.
“Notice that, these men were of our
blood, men of our American blood,
which is not drawm from any one
country; which is not drawn from any
°ne stock, which is not drawn from
any one language of the modern
W'orld; but everywhere people have
sent their sons, their brothers and
their daughters to this country in or
der to make that great compounded
nation, which consists of all the
sturdy elements and all the best ele
ments of the whole globe.
‘•Listen to this list with a profound
interest at the mixture of the names,
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
AN ESTEEMED CITIZEN
DIES A! WALESKA.
J. O. Bolding Passes Away
And Fitting Tribute Paid
His Memory.
Mr. J. O. Bolding, recently of White,
Ga., died May 17 at Waleska in Chero
kee county, where he has been living
for several months.
While Mr. Bolding had not been a
resident of Bartow county but for on
ly a few years, he had become suffi
ciently well known to be greatly es
teemed and appreciated by a large
number of citizens. He was well in
formed, possessed a wide range of in
formation, was upright in all his con
duct and dealings among men and
took first rank among the citizens of
his community. He gave to all ques
tions careful and deliberate considera
tion and always reached an accurate
decision. He was in thought a conserv
ative man. Able to see the strength
and weaknesses in contending forces,
his judgment was that of one who com
bined the good of each and acted upon
it.
Mr. Bolding came to Bartow county
from Dawson county five years ago.
He had been engaged in the mercan
tile business in Dawson county and
upon coming to Bartow established
himself as a merchant at White. He
has been a consistent member of the
Methodist church and was an active
Mason. His funeral was held at Wa
leska in the chapel of Reinhardt Col
lege. The services were particularly
impressive. There was no sermon ex
cept that which was given of his life
as told by neighbors and friends as
witnesses of the good example set by
him in his daily contact among men.
Talks were made by Prof. Sharp, of
Waleska, Dr. R. E. Wilson, Mr. J. M.
Hamrick and Mr. Guy Hughes, of
White, and Rev. Mr. Algood, of Wa
leska. The funeral was conducted un
der Masonic rites and the remains
laid to rest at Waleska. Mr.
Bolding leaves a widow, three sons,
Mark, Canara and Sam, and three
daughters, Misses Gertrude, Kathleen
and Lillian.
Cor the names bear the marks of sev
eral national stocks from which these
men came; but they are not Irishmen,
nor Germans, nor Frenchmen, nor
Hebrews any more. They were not
when they went to Vera Cruz. They
were Americans, every one of them,
and were no different in their Ameri
canism, because of the stock from
which they came. Therefore, they
were in a peculiar sense, of our blood
and they proved it by showing that
they were of our spirit, that no matter
what their derivation; no matter
where their people came from, they
thought and wished and did the
things that were American and the
flag under which they served was a
flag in which all the blood of mankind
is united to make a free nation.
“War, gentlemen, is only a sort of
dramatic representation, a sort of dra
matic symbol of a thousand forms of
duty. I never went into battle, I never
was under fire, but I fancy that there
are some things just as hard to do as
go under fire. I fancy that it is just
as hard to do your duty when men are
sneering at you as when they can only
take your natural life. When they
sneer at you they can wound your
heart. And men who are brave enough,
steadfast enough, steady in their prin
ciples enough to go about their duty
with regard to their fellowmen no mat
ter whether there are hisses or cheers
—men who can do what Rud\aid Rip
ling, in one of his poems wrote:
“ ‘Meet with triumph and disaster,
treat these two impositors just the
same.’
“These are men of which a nation
may be proud.
“.Morally speaking disaster and tri
umph are impositers. The cheers of
the moment are not what a man ought
to think about, but the verdict of his
conscience and of the consciences of
mankind. So when I look at you I feel
as if I also and we all were enlisted
men—not enlisted in your particular
branch of the service but enlisted to
serve the country, no matter w’hat may
come, what though we may waste our
lives in the arduous endeavor. We are
expected to put the utmost energy of
every power that we have into tne ser
vice of our fellowmen, never sparing
oureslves, not condesceuding to think
CARTERSVILLE, GA., MAY 21, 1914
INDEPENDENCE DAT
ID BE CELEBRATED.
Committees Appointed and
Funds Raised For Great
Event This Year.
At a large and representative meet
ing of citizens of Cartersville held
Tuesday afternoon at the city hall it
was ascertained that Cartersville
would surely have a Fourth of July
celebration and plans were made to
furnish the best entertainment ever
given by Cartersville on a similar oc
casion.
The meeting was in all respects an
enthusiastic one. The committeemen
who had been out to solicit funds for
the purpose of financing the celebra
tion met with more encouragement
than any similar committee has in
years. More money was raised for it
in a less time than was anticipated.
Asa matter of fact, it only required
two days work to raise a fund larger
than that fixed by the committee when
they first considered the matter.
The meeting selected Mr. E. E.
Adair as general chairman from the
Chamber of Commerce with power to
appoint the committees. The selection
of Mr. Adair insures a fine entertain
ment and success to the enterprise.
He has shown an aptitude for getting
up interesting celebrations and public
entertainments and his selection met
with universal approval.
Mr. Adair, named the following com
mittees: Finance, Jos. S. Calhoun, H.
E. F. Jones, W. C. Dodgen.
Railroad committee, B. C. Sloan, E.
D. Cole, J. H. Wofford.
Decorations, O. T. Peeples, Horae"
Foster, Warren Donahoo.
Amusements, H. G. Cope, W. H.
Field, O. T. Peeples, H. S. Landers.
Advertising, C. M. Milam, W. H.
Field, J. W. Vaughan.
Public Comfort, H. P. Womelsdorf,
R. M. Collins.
The committee on decorations wan
authorized to offer prizes to the best
decorated stores and residences and
will also suitably adorn the streets
and public places of Cartersville.
It is assured that there will be more
attractions and bigger prizes offered
than was ever before given on a simi
lar occasion in Cartersville.
Among the events will boa singing
convention by different schools. It is
earnestly requested that all who want
to enter and to participate in the sing
ing convention will communicate at
once with Mr. E. E. Adair, general
chairman.
Mr. Adair is already in communica
tion with two bands, someone of which
he will select to furnish the music for
the occasion. The greatest event will
be horse racing at the fair grounds.
There will be as many as four races
and possibly more to be participated
in by some of the best horses in this
section of the country, and the races,
it is assured, will be w r ell w'orth com
ing miles to see. The race track will
be put in perfect condition and those
who attend the races may expect to
see some records broken. It is believ
ed that some of the horses will be bet
ter than any which participated in the
races at the county fair last fall.
All the surrounding country will b r >
notified for the event through differ
ent methods of advertising wihch have
been adopted, and the railroads will
be importuned to give reduced rates
to Cartersville at that time. All Car
tersville should join in now' and duly
and properly celebrate this occasion
which has a national importance as
well as a local importance and it is
believed that patriotism and civic
pride will concentrate on making the
Fourth of July, 1914, a day long to be
remembered.
of what is going to happen to our
selves but ready, if need be, to go to
the utter length of complete sacrifice.
As I stand and look at you today I
think of the spirits that have gone
from us, and I know the road is clear
er for the future. These boys have
shown us the way and it is easier to
walk on it, because they have gone
' fore and shown us the way.
“May God grant to all of us that
vision of patriotic service which
awaits us.”
CORN (TUB BOKS
ENCOURAGED B< LEE.
Writes Letter Urging Mem
bers to Stick to Job and
Offers Prizes.
Congressman Gordon Lee has sen’
an individual letter to each member
of the Boys’ Corn Club in the Seventh
Congressional District and in this let
ter he has manifested a continuance
of great interest which he has proved
by his offer of prizes and the close
touch which he keeps at all times with
the progress of these organizations.
All who know Mr. Lee fully realize
that he is earnestly and deeply absorb
ed with the progress already made toy
the boys in their corn club work and
that furthermore he believes that what
these boys will accomplish in agricul
ture production of wealth and in up
rightness of citizenship has never yet
been fully realized by the people gen
erally. Those who have had the pleas
ure of knowing Mr. Lee intimately can
testify to the deepness of conviction
which he has and the unselfish inter
est which he manifests in contributing
to the success and further progress of
the young boys of his own district.
We are pleased to use Mr. Lee’s let
ter to The Tribune in which he com
pliments the efforts of this paper to
further the interest of the Boys’ Corn
Clubs as well as the copy of letter
which he has sent to the boys them
selves.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C., May 14, 1914.
The Bartow Tribune,
Cartersville, Ga.,
Dear Mr. Editor:
You have shown so much interest in
the Boys' Corn Club of your county
I am sending you a copy of a let
ter that I have written each boy in
the seventh congressional district who
has joined the Boys’ Corn Club for
1914.
The encouragement you have given
these boys in the past has added much
to the high record they have and the
success they have attained in the dis
trict, and I hope that this is going to
be the banner year with the boys.
Always with good wishes,
Yours very truly,
GORDON DEE.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C., May 11, 1914.
My Dear Friend:
I am very much gratified to learn
that you are a member of the Corn
Club for 1914 and am writing to con
gratulate you upon being one of the
progressive farmer boys of your coun
ty and to wish you much success with
your acre this year.
We have a fine club in the seventh
district and I am depending on you
boys to uphold the honor of the dis
trict in the contest with the other dis
tricts of the state. Since the Corn Club
work was organized in Georgia, the
boys of the seventh have taken front
rank, both individually and collective
ly, and while we did not win the state
orize for the greatest yield last year,
yet the hoys of the district made a
higher average yield per acre than did
the boys in any other district in the
state. I want to see you boys keep up
this fine record and this year bring
the state prize back to the seventh
district.
Of course, it is not necessary for
me to tell von of the value of deep
plowing, of sub-soiling, of thorough
pulverization of the soil, or to make
suggestions as to fertilizing, etc. The
bulletins you have received have given
you this information. But I do w’ant to
urge that if unfavorable w r eather con
ditions set in that you do not give up.
but stay in the contest to the end and
make the best crop you can. The boy
who makes but 50 bushels of corn on
his acre has made more than three
times the amount that the average
farmer makes per acre in Georgia or
the south.
I am offering the usual prizes thi-i
year and the progressive business men
of the counties have contributed gen
erously to the prize fund, and I hope
you will be successful and win a nice
prize. I want to meet all the Corn Club
boys at the county fairs this fall and
see the splendid results of their work.
With my very best wishes for your
success, I am
Sincerely your friend,
GORDON LEE.
JUDGE A. M. FOUTE
ANSWERS SUMMONS
Noted Soldier, Judge and
Citizen Dies After Short
Illness.
Judge Augustus M. Foute, one of
Georgia’s most distinguished citizens,
and judge of the city court of Car
tersville, died Tuesday morning at six
o’clock at his home in Cartersville,
Ga., after a short illness.
Judge Foute, at the time of his
death, was nearly seventy-six years
old, having been born on November
19, 1838 in Roane county, Tennessee.
He had just, recently attended the
Confederate reunion at Jacksonville
and upon his return was in apparent
good health. After the reunion was
over, he paid a short visit to his
daughter, Mrs. Lambert, and reached
Cartersville Monday night, May 11th.
Upon appearing upon the streets the
next day, he cheerfully told many
friends that he thoroughly enjoyed his
trip and had returned in good health.
He remarked that it was quite differ-
ent from his condition one year age
when he was very much weakened by
Ms attendance upon the reunion. On
Friday following he was taken sick
with acute indigestion, but his family
did not become alarmed until Monday
night when it was found that he was
in a serious condition. His married
daughters and son living at a distance
were not notified until an hour before
his death, those about him not realiz
ing that his condition was so danger
ous and his death so imminent.
The announcement of his death was
a great surprise to his friends and to
the people of Cartersville and univer
sal sorrow, was expressed by all.
Judge Foute was one of the best
known men in north Georgia. He was
universally known to all the people
of Bartow county. He has been for
more than twelve years judge of the
city court of Cartersville, which of
fice he filled with dignity and satis
faction to bar and litigants alike.
Asa young man he enlisted at the
beginning of the war on the Confeder
ate side and became at once an ac
tive and gallant soldier. He was
wounded at Fort Donelson and Chiick
amauga and lost his right arm at Ken
nesaw. Up to the time he received his
last wound he was always thickest in
the fight and had previously been pro
moted to the rank of Adjutant-Major
of the 26th regiment of the Tennessee
infantry.
After the war he settled in Carters
ville and has been a resident here
since 1866. He took up the practice of
law- and was always scrupulously care
ful in the observance of the ethics of
his profession. Soon after he estab
lished himself in Cartersville he mar
ried Miss Laura Anderson, of Adairs
villie, a member of a strong and in
fluential family. He w'as a member of
the lower house of the general assem
bly of Georgia in 1888-89 and by rea
son of his knowledge of law was made
a member of the general judiciary com
mittee of the house which handled
many important matters.
Judge Foute was a member of the
Baptist church and no man, either
preacher or layman, was more thor
oughly orthodox in observing the prin
ciples and tenets of that religious or
ganization than was Judge Foute. He
was present at all meetings of his
church, active in all its counsels and
a firm supporter of all its institutions.
Judge Foute w’.as a member of the
P. M. B. Young Camp United Confed
erate Veterans and greatly attached
to this organization. He always at
tended the reunions of the Confeder
ate veterans each year, w’herever held,
and was active in the counsels of his
home camp.
It was characteristic of Judge Foute
to be warmly attached to everything
with which he became associated. By
nature he was loyal and this disposi
tion made of him a good soldier, good
law’yer, good veteran, good church
man and good judge.
In his contact with men he was quite
and unassuming yet firm and resolute
in all his opinions. He w r as respected
by his people, loved by his friends and
worshipped by his family. He leaves
a widow and three daughters, Mrs.
Paul Jones, of Canton, Ga., Mrs. Fred
Lambert, of Ashburn, Ga., and Miss
Anna Foute, of Cartersville, and one
son, Augustus M, Foute, of Canton.
Funeral services were held at the
WORK ON POST OFFICE
ACTUALLY BEGUN.
Cartersville Contractors and
Plants Are Awarded Con
tracts.
Work on the post office building is
progressing rapidly. The contract fcr
the excavation was given to Mr. Alfred
Payne who went to work Monday
morning with a large force of hands,
plows, scrapes and teams to move the
dirt necessary for the foundation and
basement. The contract for the bard
brick has been awarded by Mr. G. W.
Sperry, the superintendent of the
post office building for J. W. Emery,
the contractor, to the Cartersville
Brick Company, and the contract for
the sand to W. R. Satterfield. It wiil
thus be seen that as the building pro
gresses a great deal of money to be
spent in its construction will be left,
in Cartersville.
As yet there has been no change
made in the plans as to the location
of the building. It will! be remembered
that the city authorities through May
or G. W. Young three or four weeks
ago laid before Hon. Gordon Lee, the
congressman from this district, the
matter of the building being placed
too close to Erwin street with the re
sult. that the bottom step and lamp
posts will extend out beyond the line
or improvements observed by other
property owners on the same street.
Asa result of Mayor Young's letter to
Mr. Lee, Mr. Gerry, of the supervising
architect’s office at Washington, D.
C„ was sent to Cartersville to look the
1
; matter over. After conferring with
Mayor Young and taking a view of the
situation with him and others, it is
understood that Mr. Gerry reported to
the government that it was within Its
legal rights to place the building as it
was proceeding to do but recommend
ed, for the sake of the observance of
the rules of beauty, that the building
be set back four feet each way from
the streets. Mr. Gerry’s recommenda
tions were promptly transferred to
Washington and are now in the hands
of the supervising architect together
with a letter from Mayor Young to
Congressman Lee soliciting Mr. L°e’s
influence to get this done.
Mr. Gerry was in Cartersville more
than ten days ago and It is believed
that within a few days the contractor
will be finally instructed to so place
the building as to observe the line
other property owners have been ob
serving with-reference to the matter
of placing their improvements.
It was Mr. Gerry’s opinion that the
government had a legal title which it
could maintain concerning every foot
of land which it had paid for, but since
the government is just as anxious to
enhance rather than to mar the street
appearance, it is thought that the
building will be made to conform to
this idea.
First Baptist church at three o’clock
Wednesday afternoon. The P. M. B.
Young Camp of Confederate Veterans
and Cartersville bar attended in a
body. The pall bearers were J. W.
Knight, W. W. Young, J. W. L. Brown,
W. C. Walton, J. J. HiLl and L. F.
Shaw. The services wer.e begun with
the singing of the hymn “Rock of
Ages” by the choir, which was com
posed of Mrs. Felton Jones, Mrs. Paul
F. Akin, Miss Perry, Messrs. John J.
Calhoun, Paul F. Akin and J. A. Miller
with Mrs. W. T. Townsend at the or
gan. After a prayer by the pastor, Rev.
A. Chamlee, the choir rendered ‘‘Jesus,
Lover of My Soul.”
The pastor, Rev. A. Chamlee, ex
pressed in feeling and eloquent terms
his appreciation of the life and char
acter of the deceased. He referred to
his loyal devotion to the cause of
Christianity. He spoke feelingly of the
value of Judge Foute’s counsels in
church matters and to the beauty of
his life and its example to men. After
the sermon and the song “Nearer, My
God, to Thee,” the remains were con
veyed to Oak Hill cemetery where
they were laid to rest followed by a
large concourse of sorrowing friends
and citizens.
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