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WILLiI COLLINS
JOINS m HOSTS
a Citizen of Many Virtues
yields to Death at a Ripe
Old Age.
A demh which brought sadness to
t l,e heai ts of all Cartersville and par
[icrim i' to the older settlers of Bar
toW county was that of Mr. William
( , 0 ll ilj which occurred last Saturday
a ttevnoon.
Mr Collins was 76 years old at the
time 'tf his death. He was born in
Carolina but at an early age
j ived j , Pickens county, Georgia. Pater
h e ni ve.l to Bartow county and be
fore filially moving to Cartersvil’e at
Pine l.og in this county.
Hi filtered the confederate army
rnd v,a- for a long time held as a pris
oner ! he federal troops.
Hr. (.'■ Hins married Miss Scvlla Gsr
rison, of Gartersville, who hac been
C l ?a d nary years and only one child
survives. Miss Flonnie Collins, who
with ’ r father lived on Church street
lS (’. : sville at the family home.
Mr. Collins was a highly valued citi
zen of Bartow county, a member of
the Methodist church, with which he
attach'd himself at an early age and
to which he was a devoted and con
sister: member. He was a mason and
a member of the Gartersville lodge of
that ore!. r. Asa confederate veteran
ho 1 ! ged to the P. M. B. Young
Camp of Gartersville. Ho was for
many y-'ars superintendent of the Bar
tow county Poor House and a kindly
hear; fitted him for the position where
he w able to soothe and comfort
then whose misfortunes in life bad
overtaken them. He was also police
man for many years in Cartersville
and : was his pride to claim that in
thi position- he never carried arms
ami had kroAvn t5*C wed of
them. It was also the claim of his
friends that as a peace officer there
was never one more successful in com
manding order, his very presence
quieting the passions of the most tur
bulent of spirits.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at the home of the deceased Rev.
Mr Ccnway and Rev. Mr. Hunnicutt
officiating, Sunday afternoon.
The pallbearers were: R. W. Land
ers, J, S. Tpshaw, C. McEwen, Clark
Smith G. S. Mayes and Martin Col
lins.
The genuine love and esteem so
generally prevailing was attested by
the age number who attended the
s mi and accompanied the remains
lo Oak Hill cemetery where they were
finally laid to rest.
graduation exercises
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- v v er in the history of our public
sr! have the graduating exercises
bet more interesting and imposing
i ; i ’ those held on Wednesday even
'' • the Opera House by the class
of urn. '
1 the girls were lovely, the boys
s; il l and never has there been a
1110:1 magnificent -array of floral trib
utes.
; ‘ speakers of the evening were
T Conyers, salutatorian; Miss
- Tricks, who gave the seniors
address to, the juniors, Miss Mary
’• 1 J ng, who read the last will and
of the class and Mr. James
n, ’ Medictorian. Each speaker
-'trated ability and the speech s
'' ■ ‘ Hf only interesting but were
dr delivered and much ap
rreeted delivery' of each of the
? rivers.
and many gifts were be
upon the graduates and the
r asio-n was a most happy one.
Dorothy Cunyus responded to
r -tors’ address for the juniors
close of the exercises Mr.
(l ‘ - ?e Crouch as president of the
ranted Prof. Sewell a token
eioimn and good will for the
' ward Mm.
orchestra furnished the
music.
literary address was and livered
■ G. A. Hubbell, of Lincoln Me-
Ccllege, Cumberland Gap,
P was thoughtful and helpful
1 uplifting and Dr. Hubbell proved
‘ elf a man of fine intellectual at
,a“Ucents in the thought of his ad
re'''s an d a ( man of heart in his inter
°r the best welfare of graduates
an, ‘ scholars everywhere.
The diplomas . were presented by
BARTOW TRIBUNE
UIGE JOE I ION
JPPOIMEOJf SUM
Popular Cartersville Law
yer Named to Succeed
Judge A. M. Fouie.
Hon. Joe M. Moon was appointed
Judge of the City Court of Carters
ville to fill out the unexpired term cf
the late Judge A. M. Foute, by Gover
nor Slaton last Friday afternoon.
Judge Moon was strongly end irsfed
for the position through petitions of
citizens, letters from the members of
the bar and by the local representa
tives in the legislature. His endorse
ment was altogether flattering and
complimentary and the governor was
controlled by the character and extent
of these endorsements.
A delegation went to Atlanta in his
behalf and Governor Slaton, after eon
dderlng what had been said in his be
i
half together with the other endorse
ments and other recommendations,
| made the appointment.
There is perhaps not a better known
I lawyer at the Cartersville bar than
j Judge Joe M. Moon. His reputation
for honesty and integrity and regard
for professional ethics is of the very
highest, while his ability as a lawyer
H conceded to be such as to get him
| for judicial honors.
‘The appointment has given univer
sal satisfaction and Judge Moon has
been warmly congratulated by his
friends from over the state. He will a ;
once enter into the discharge of his
duties as the next term of the city
court convenes on the second Monday
in June and a large docket is to be
disposed of.
Those who went to Atlanta and ap
peared before the governor to urge
Judge Moon’s appointment were: T.
Eh Genres. Senator J W-: L. Bro-vp
Dodd and their pleas
ure was made manifest when they in
formed Judge Moon of his appoint
ment.
EAST LYNNE TO BE
SHOWN AT DIXIE.
The Dixie Theatre will present Fri
day East Lynne In three acts contain
ing 117 scenes of great brilliancy and
7,000 feet of film.
This will be a popular presentation
as East Lynne has been presented on
the stage several scores of years and
the parts have been taken by notable
actors ever since it was dramatized
East Lynne gives fine opportunity
for the exercise of dramatic art and
requires the services of the best actors
and actresses to properly present it
As presented by photography at the
Dixie, England’s foremost emotional
actress. Miss Blanche Forsythe, will
take the leading part assisted by Mr.
Fred Paul, an actor of world wide rep
utation. The pictures will afford an
opportunity to get an insight into the
customs and fashions of long ago, and
is a clean play that every man, woman
and child can afford to see.
It is educational in that it presents
the styles, maimers and ideas of the
Victorian era of English history.
It is believed that no picture yet put
on by The Dixie will he given better
support and that large numbers will
witness it during its entire presenta
tion.
DR. ADAIR ELECTED
MEMBER OF BOARD.
On Monday the city commissioners
elected Dr. R. E. Adair as a member
of the Board of Education to succeed
Walter White whose term had expir and.
Dr. Adair is well qualified for a pos
ition on the school board and is thor
oughly in sympathy with public school
education. The other members of the
j board are C. M. Milam and J. A.
Stephens, and with these Dr. Adair
will be in thorough harmony and nc
j cord. .
1 Dr. Adair was not an applicant for
the position and did not know that be
was being considered for the place
until notified of his election.
Mr. C. M. Milam as president or the
Board of Education who made a short
speech telling of the beginning and
growth of the Cartersville school sys
tem.
CARTERSVILLE, (TA., MAY 28, 1914
I ELOQUENT MEMORIAL
ADDRESS DELIVERED AT GASSVILLE
Dr. Chamlee Beautifully Touches Upon The
Greatness of Leaders and Soldiers of
Lost Cause in War and Peace.
One of the most eloquent and in
[ slructive memorial addresses ever de
livered in this county was that made
by Dr. A. Chamlee, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Cartersville, on the
occasion pf the decoration of the con
federate cemetery at Old Cassville on
May 9th. Dr Chamlee was listened to
with rapt attention by all those who
attended the decoration exercises and
his address was universally commend
ed by all who heard him on this oc
casion. It was deemed to be so good
that numerous requests were made to
The Tribune to reproduce it far the
benefit of its readers and we publish
It In this issue in full.
DR. CHAMLEE’S ADDRESS.
We are gathered here at the request
of the Memorial Association which is
composed of women. They ask ns to
come and speak words of honor over
the dead heroes of our beloved land,
and shed our tears of gratitude to God
for the men and women who have
made cur land great while these ten
der hands of ministering angels strew
flowers over the graves of men who
died fighting for our liberty.
Who but a woman could have
thought of such a service as this?
Who but u genuine daughter of the
Confederacy would have planned these
memorials of our love?
Grd’s people have differentiated
themselves from the Asiatic
'worsfft]!, the Italian saint wop
ship, from the international hero wor
ship, by holding in loving -memory the
heroic deeds of their dead. We gather
to do honor to worthy heroes, to per
petuate a glorious country’s highest
interests, and to teach a lesson of loy
alty to imperishable principles—prin
ciples for which these men buried
here died, but the principles can never
die.
Rights of '“Secession.”
One of the first clauses in the decla
ration of independence is that con
gress can have no power unless it is
delegated to it by the states. That the
governed must fconsent to be govern
ed. This great principle underlies the
revolutionary war. When the old world
began to impose upon the new; began
to force upon our ancestors the tyranny
of the old, the new fought for liberty
and won.
It is more than significant that in
New York harbor the statue of liberty
looks out upon the old land saying to
every new comer this is the land of
the free.
But the land of the free undertook
tc impose upon our southern states’
laws that our fathers believed were
wrong, and when the south began to
‘‘secede - ’ from the union the north
declared we should not do it.
The states of this union had enter
ed voluntarily into this union. They
felt that they should be allowed to re
tire from it without war. But their
stronger and more numerous brother?
at the north said we should not wi h
draw.
Every one of you feels that you
should be allowed to retire from any
union into which you voluntarily enter
provided you do not wreck others who
are in it with you. We were free from
the charge of injustice to others in
asking for a nation of southerners and
In suggesting that the north get along
without us or war.
When we exercised this heaven
born right we were assaulted and with
an army of five to one the north pro
ceeded to invade, devastate and blight
our land, burn onr homes, destroy oir
schools, kill our men, rob our mother'
of bread, and incite ta riot the black
who were set free by the acts of the
north.
Not a Lost Cause.
Our fathers lost in the fight with the
north. But you can never lose tb”
cause for which thev fought. The prin
ciples are imperishable. Human right ■
are from on high. The soldiers of our
cause fell, our cause being dear to the
heart of God is indestructible.
Greatness of the South’s Citizenship.
Historians have seached In vain for
a greater than our own Robt. E. Lee.
Great in war, but greater in peace.
stands without a peer among
earthly heroes.
He was offered the highest honor
in It he union army, if he would not go
with the south. But this he refused,
feeling that he was going with the
1 wekk against the strong.
| After the war when offered a salary
that would have made him rich he re
fused and accepted the presidency ot
a {“ollege at fifteen hundred dollars
per year. The lusts of office could not
sp.,':l him, the spoils of office could
nos buy him. But he is a type of men
who lie buried here about us. Many
am the private soldiers whose deeds
art! not so lit by the halo of leadership
as Lee’s, but who none the less were
greater than the world has ever been
a hi? to surpass.
These privates, if you please, were
the men who fought one to five 1. e.
against each one of them the enemy
| had five men well fed, well armed,
while our poor men were often half
naked and starved until they were
nobble to endure the hardships of war.
’Then a few centuries lie between
| tbtjfe men. and their struggles, some
(true historian will arise and write that
I tMjy were the world’s greatest citi
-1 os* as they have already written that
th# are the world’s greatest soldiers.
jjnt my friends, there is another
of citizenship that has already
h.aseine notice, but not enough. 1
sajjjk of the wives and mothers and
daughters who remained at hom> ex
! posed to all the ills of an invaded
1 land. They gave their hearts, their
money, their safety, their husbands,
sens and sweethearts to the cause and
then toiled with their hands, to lend
some meager support to the cause for
which these their gallant knights
fought and -fell. They suffered more,
they lost more and proved themselves
greater than the men who faced Ihe
cannon shot ami died on the field of
battle.
The south had to he great to hold
such great, women. Her sons had to
be the best ever in war, since they
were the sons of such women.
The tyrant can kill, but never con
quer the men who enthrone such nobil
ity and purity in their womanhood as
did the old south. He may flank us and
ruin our great womanhood and ther
bring us down, but he can never sub
due the glory or the power of tfa*
manhood that crowns a queenly w -
man the queen of every home and then
defends her regents with the bust
drop of his blood.
My young friends, we are under ob
ligations to the cloud of witnesses that
surround our heads, to perpetuate for
ever the glory of our citizenship. We
must wage a bloodless war against
very foe that human liberty, heavenly
rights, and a nation’s peace enconter.
Washington and Lee were great in
war, but greater in peace. The south
was great in war, but showed herself
greater after the war when she began
to rebuild her wasted land. The flow
er of her manhood slept beneath the
sod, but her wounded soldiers, weep
ing widows, and little children went tc
work and made the world see that they
were even greater in peace than in
war.
No industrial era in the history of
men can surpass this one in which
our fathers re-established themselves
in their ruined land.
Let us beware that we become not
drunken with power, ease and riches,
but see to it that we are great in our
devotion to the things for which men
ought to die.
Bartow county had a good part !■
this great achievement. Her Generals
P. M. B. Young. Wm. T. Wofford; her
Sr. Col. Abd.a Johnson, Lt. Cols. F. M
Ford, Jno W. Gray, and R. C Saxon
with Capts. ,T. L. Neel and J. H Gi’-
reath; these leaders along with manv
more made her known as a worthy
county In such a great country. Put
this county sent as brave men & ■ the
world will ever see and every one of
her brave privates deserves an ho”or
able mention.
The Old Soldier.
Last Tuesday an old soldfer looked
out o.f his one eye full of tears and
CITY AUTHORITIES AID
UNCLE 31 AGREE
Federal Building To Be Set
Back Six Feet While Title
To Land To Be In Courts.
Through the efforts initiated and
pursued by Mayor Young aud the city
commissioners the United States gov
ernment last week instructed the con
tiactor, Jno. W. Emery, of Philadel
phia, to set the Cartersville post office
back from the position first shown by
the plans six feet, this result being
accomplished through the direct ap
peals made to Congressman Gordon
Lee by Mr. Young and Mr, Lee's efforts
in the office of Supervising Architect
at Washington. Mr. Young’s appeal tc
Mr. Lee was to induce the government
authorities to move back its building
without any prejudice to any right
that the government may have to le
gally claim all property it had bought
and paid for, the purpose of tbe re
qiu it being to have the government
place its improvements so that i 1
would be in line with all other im
provements on the east side of Erwin
street: except those made by the Into
W. B. Crouch and now occupied by
the First National bank. The latter
improvements were made several
years ago and were themselves the
subject of litigation, but it seems that
no objection was made at the ti.mp to
the construction of Mr. Crouch’®
building except the objection of Mr
John W. Jones who claimed that hl
right to a street frontage was affected
That the government has voluntar
ily acceded to the request made by the
city authorities through Mr. Lee i3
evidence of the fact that the govern
ment does not wish to do anything
that will not affect advantageously
the appearance of its n\fen gf
that of other property located on the
-ame street. In fact, the United States
government has shown greater zeal
and Interest in beautifying its proper
ty and surroundings everywhere than
the interest shown by the average city.
The fact that the order has been made
so promptly is evidence also that Mr.
Young took the right course in appeal
ing (o the proper authorities at Wash
ington, where the plans of the build
ing were made, contracted for and let
to bid.
A suit has been instituted, brought
by the State of Georgia through it •
solicitor general, Sam P. Maddox, up
on information of A. W. Fite, as a cit
izen of Cartersville, against * W
Sperry, for encroaching upon o. exer
cising jurisdiction over four feet of
frontage on Market street running
through the entire width of rt< gtv
ernnient property and parallel with
Erwin street.
The decision of the government to
set its building back will not in an.,
way affect this suit, it i * be.iew.il.
as It is prosecuted upon the idea
that the government does n- own
the four feet in question, but that
P Is part of the property belonging 1
tbe City of Cartersville and a north
of Erwin street. The contest, there
fore, for the title to this particular
strip of land will perhaps gi on
through the courts and he determined
some future time, perhaps long af !
Ur fhe post office Is complete! and
occupied by the government.
ACCIDENT TO MRS CORLEY.
The many friends in Cartersville of
Mrs. J. T. Corley will regret to know
of her serious accident ori Tuesday
Her horse became frightened af a
passing automobile and overturned
the buggy which fell on Mrs. Corley.
Her hip and ankle were broken be
side painful bruises.
said to me- ‘T am seventy-one yet -
old I a.m looking out (t a western
window. M' r plans and hopes are f hii
1 shall do a little i< ivice in helping
you who are younger. /: ij I want lor
myse'f is a cloudless sky till the s n
goes down ” Not for 1 uurelf. but i l
e'h- 3 rs ho plan and l ver and sacri
fi o. The-:" few who remain among
us are becoming (barer as.they grow
fp-wer and their headstones thi' , k°n
along our w ay.
Then let us clasp as we walk
together. Let us speak softly in love’s
sweet tones, for who knows on the
morrow’ whether we two pass by or
just one alone.
FOURTH OF JULY
PUMIUHG
City to be Decorated, Rail
roads to Help and Races
Assured.
The Fourth of July plans are rapid
ly taking form and Mr. E. E. Adair,
he chairman, reports that he has clos
ed a contract with the Fifth Regiment
Band, of Atlanta, to furnish the music
for the occasion and the day’s enter
tainment.
The program has not yet been fully
worked out but will be completed and
ready for publication, It is believed,
for our next week’s issue, at which
time we expect to make public the
Mg list of events with the prizes which
the Cartersville merchants will fur
iiish on Independence Day.
It is an assured fact that the racing
feature will be of the highest order.
This promises to be an event second
to none ever taking place in Georgia
and the horses are among the best
racers which have ever appeared on
any track in tho south. While a com
plete list of these horses hns not been
secured as yet, some of those which
will be here without doubt are the
following:
Onr Doctor, 2.07-1-4, owned by Gus
Coggins, Canton, Ca. This horse has
won over $7,000 in the past three years
in George Stiles’ stables and last year
paced the fastest beat at the Tennes
see State Fair In Nashville, making lt
in 2.07-1-4; the fastest heat at the
Alabama State Fair in Birmingham,
In 2.08-1-4, and tbe fastest heat at the
(.-’•• ovgla State Fair in Macon in 2.10-1-4.
Nellie Gentrv, 2.11-3-4, owned by D.
J. O’Connell, of Macon, Ga. This mare
won one of the fa'test and hardest
co. : sled five heat races last fall at
ih- Gtorgia St.fe Fair.
tout; F, 2.13-1 4, owned by Dr. R.
G. Griffin, Atlanta, Ga., who won bis
only two races last summer and can
b:.at 2.10.
Harry Thaw, 2.14-1-4, owned by J. C.
Cochran, Charlotte, N. C.
Appalachian Belle, 2.16-1-4, owned
by W. C. Caile, Aslrville, N C.
Dairy Dale, 2.15-1-4, owned by Gus
Coggins, Canton, Ga.
Glanda Burns, owned by Gus Cog
gins, Canton, Ga.
.‘lndie Fuller, owned by E. A. llo*-,
fain, Chattanooga, Tenn.
F-. Griffin, owned by Monte Fox,
.Danville, Ky.
Sb diners, owned by Gus Coggins,
.mb n, Ga.
The Princess, owned by Chas. F. H.,
Hudson, fxigrange, Ga.
L; ! y L., owned by Walter Loyd, La-;
grange, Ga. j
•
In addition to this splendid array of;
I race horses, ar, effort is being made
; to match two of the fastest and most;
evenly classed herres in the south on
'the Cartersville track on July 4th. It
i be'ievi t> that, this race, which ha-:
! teen b contemplation for several
weeks will be pulled olf on this oo
; car.’an and at this time, and if eo it
will be < i • of the most thrilling event*
of a racing nature ever to b- seen In
’■ f rsville. Tile Tribune Is not at
liberty at this time, and does net want
to definitely announce this race u ti
' : o it’-" ihat we will secure it, to
1 A Fh m:tries of these horse: and
P e purses to he striven for, but, as
said before, if Cartersville does ca
cti re the race, it will he a tribute to
ihe excellence of the race track here,
and will affo >’ an entertahum nt which
by Itself will be worth the effort off
all to witness It.
The committee in charge cf decora
tion: have r ;,de plans to get the city
bedecked for the occasion and in alf
probability Cartersville will appear in
her holiday garb as a right worthy for
the movies to reproduce every’where.
The railroad committee has taken
up with the Seaboard Airline Rai’.vay
the matter of having a train tome
back from Rockmart and arrive here
about ten o’clock on the morning of
July 4th, and has also solicited thr L.
& N. Railroad Company to uee en t
coaches and Is working i pen all the
railroads for cheap rates on that oc
casion.
AT METHODIST CHURCH.
Due to illness, Dr. W. T. Irv‘eg,
presiding elder, was unable to occupy
the pulpit of the Sam Jones Memorial
church last Sunday m urning and eve*-
ing as intended, hut will preach at dfae
morning and evening hours nest Sun
day. The publie is cordially invited.
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