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VOL 4. 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. NO. 14