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\ r (} J I* Eton PRESS COMPLIMENTS REPRESENTATIVES 0000 AND COLE Kind Words and Congratulations Extended For Defeating Tate County Fight In House. Rebecca, Ga., July 20th, 1014. Editor Bartow Tribune, Cartersville, Geirgia. yjv dear sir: While looking over today’s issue of The Atlanta Georgian my eye fell upon the enclosed clipping, and for fear that this item might escape your notice 1 take the liberty of inclosing same to vou, and take occasion to say that 1 am indeed proud to note the stand taken by our representatives of old Bartow county. While I am not personally ac quainted with either of the gentlemen representing your county in the Geor gia legislature, 1 feel an interest in their work, and as a former citizen of Bartow I am especially proud of their achievment, and the fact that our good, old county still remains nn changed. Very respectfully yours, H. L. DONALD. A little something happened in the Georgia legislature the other day that has happened a number of times be fore —but it was an incident that may be used to point a moral and adorn a tale, nevertheless. It was one of the relatively small things of life that make the study of politics fascinating and engaging—h concerned the apparent making in a minute of a large and far-reaching in fluence in the house that theretofore had been totally unsuspected. Representative Dodd, of Bartow county, is a plain, blunt man. He is a farmer of the rugged type. About, him there is nothing of the spectacu lar. His clothes are not tailor made, and bis complexion shows close ac quaintance with the sunshine and the out-of-doors. For one entire session Dodd sat there In his seat, voting regularly and taking no part whatever in debate. Few suspected that Dodd was any thing of an orator. It was rather the impression of the house, perhaps, that Dodd would make a pretty sorry mess of delivering a speech, although there never has been a minute since Dodd was sworn in that his colleague* have not recognized sense and level headedness! Dodd, however, had one deadly pur pose in view all the time, and he merely was waiting his opportunity. It came, when the proposed new county of Tate came tip for a vote. Dodd opposed Tate, because it cu f into his beloved county of Bartow, and because the people of the terri tory concerned did not want to he cut off. So when Tate catne up, as stated. Dodd arose —and then and there he made, far and away, the best and most effective speech, delivered in either house during the life of the present legislature! That one speech, more than any thing else, defeated Tate county! For a year and more the house had looked upon Dodd as “a quiet sort of fellow,” not given to oratory. In twen ty minutes he established an oratori cal reputation many of his colleagues might fail to establish in a legislative lifetime.—Atlanta Georgian. ***** At the session of the general assem bly of 1913 the advocates of the pro hosed new county of Tate backed by Prof. Neal succeeded in getting the committee on the constitutional amendments to recommend the new county Tate with Fainmount as the county seat. The proposed new coun ty cut from Gordon. Gilmer, Pickens, Cherokee and Bartow. AH the counties front which a cut Was made raised a. howl of protest. A vigorous fight was made by citizens ef the counties and the warfare wa? kept up to the finish since Prof. Neal lined up with the new county advo cates it made the fight more strenous r n the members front other counties. -Messrs. Cole and Dodd, of Bartow. y nd Mr. Simpson, of Cherokee, and -d r - Allen, of Pickens, were tireless in their efforts to keep the bill front Passing the lower house. Crowds of citizens front the various Counties thronged the lobbies of the capitol and hotels almost every day the advocates although fight THE BARTOW TRIBUNE iug a loosing battle never once slack ened their hold on Prof. Neal or any others on whom they had any kind of a grip. When the bill came up yesterday a motion was made to disagree to the report of the committee. Those who spoke on sustaining the report of the committee were, Neal, of Gordon, Anderson, of Murray, James, of Gil mer, and Smith, of Fannin. Those who spoke against sustaining the report were Cole and Dodd, of Bartow, Simp son, of Cherokee, Ransom, of Chat tooga, Wright, of Floyd, and Allen, of Pickens. The report was disagreed to by an overwhelming vote. The advocates mustered only 39 votes. This ended the first bill to cre ate the new county Tate.—Calhoun Times. ***** The proposed new county of Tate was summarily dealt with by the house Wednesday morning. The bill was killed even before a aye and nay vote could be readied. By an over whelming majority the house killed the bill by voting to disagree to the report of the committee, which was favorable. The vote stood upon the report of the committee, noes 107, ayes 39. The hill 'for Tate county caused more debate than any measure that has come before the house this ses sion. Those who spoke for the bill were Mr. Neal, of Gordon, Mr. James, of Gilmer, Mr. Anderson, of Murray, and Mr. Smith, of Fannin. Those speaking against the bill were Mr. Dodd, of Bartow, Mr. Allen, of Pick ens. Mr. Cole, of Bartow, Mr. Simp son. of Cherokee, Mr. Ransom, of Chattooga. Mr. Me Michael, of Marion, and Mr. Wright, of Floyd.—Cherokee Advance. Atlanta, July 15.—Led by the sturdy and able opposition of Representa tives E. D. Cole and W. A. Dodd, of Bartow, bhe house today killed the proposed new county of Tate, to be carved from Bartow, Gordon, Pick ens and Cherokee, with Fainmount, in Gordon county, as the county seat. Both men made an eminently fair and effective statement. They left out personalities, bitterness or charges of any ugly nature, but based their opi>o sition on cold logic. It evidently had its effect on the house, backed as it was by opposition from representa tives of some other counties affected, for the house voted 107 to 39 to disa gree to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage cf the bill. There was deep gloom in the canxp of the advocates of Tate. Undoubted ly good and influential men worked zealously for the proposition. How ever, they took the game with the courage of real men and accepted de feat without outcry. It is the belief now that the house has put up the bars against the crea tion of more counties this session, al though the friends of Griggs and Han sel!, which are yet on the house calen dar to be voted on are hopeful. The bill for Tate county caused more debate than any measure that has come before the house this ses sion. Those who spoke tor t'he hill: Mr. Neal, of Gordon: Mr. Janies, of Gilmer; Mr. Anderson, of Murray, and Mr. Smith, of Fannin. Those speaking | against the bill were Mr. Dodd, of ! Bartow: Mr. Simpson, of Cherokee: I Mr. Ransom, of Chattooga: Mr. Mc i Michael., of Marion, and Mr. Wright |of Floyd.—Macon Telegraph. ..... There is little, if any, doubt that roio of the larger influences operating to the ilef a of Ta;.- county in the house of representatives Wednesday was the moving and eloquent appeal made against it by Mr. Dadd, of Bar tow! This was the first and only ‘-peech I Mr Dodd has delivered daring the life of the present general assembly, and he surprised not only the opponents of the bill, but its friends also, by the power of his appeal. Indeed, with Dodd speaking against CARTERSVILLE, GA., .JULY 23,1914, GEORGIA PRODUCTS DAI 10 BE OBSERVED RERE Georgia Chamber of Com merce to Urge Cartersville to Celebrate. The Georgia Chamber of Commerce sent a representative to Cartersville Wednesday in the person of Mr. Jones, one of the important officers of this organization. Mr. Jones is primarily interested in having Cartersville ob serve Georgia Products Day Novem ber 18tli this year. This day has been made a holiday in Georgia by act of the legislature, and all organized bod ies, municipalities and counties are being solicited to observe the day and have banquets and dinners and in dulge in such other observances as will demonstrate to the people the completeness of Georgia’s ability to serve everything that is needed in the ordinary affairs of life. In many places farmers have din ners to which friends are invited and at which time nothing is served ex cept that which is grown on the farm by the one giving the dinner. Muni cipalities have banquets to eat such as are raised in Georgia, but those at tending the banquet will be shown the various manufactured articles pro duced in Georgia. The purpose of it all is to encourage the people of Georgia to confine their trade to Georgia products whether grown or manufactured and in this respect it serves a very useful and educational purpose. It is probable that the Cartersville Chamber of Commerce will take the matter up soon, and it is hoped that Mr. J. C. Haden, the president of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, will he invited to come to Cartersville to make an address touching upon the resourcefulness of Georgia and par ticularly the manifold resources of Bartow county. SERVICES TO BE HELD IN WIGWAM THEATRE BUILDING. To the readers of The Bartow Trib une, greetings in Jesus name: On the first Sunday in August. 1914 at 10:30 a. m. there will commence a revival service at the Wigwam Thea re building, at Cartersville, Ga., and will continue fifteen days or longer. There will be two services a day, one at 10:30 a. m. and one at 7:30 p. m. This will be an old time Penticosial meeting and will be conducted as the spirit leads. Eeverybody is invited to come and see how God will bless the people. The plan of life and salvation has never been changed. God is pre paring the bride for his second com ing. This meeting will be held to the honor and glory of God and for the upbuilding of bis cause and we ask all the saints of God to pray for. the success of this meeting. Your brother and friend, C. T. PRATT. SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. There will be a Sunday school picnic at the Buford place July 30th. Every body is invited to come and bring w ell filled baskets. the bill and Cole worning morning, noon and night against it, there is lit tle wonder that a large and fatal crimp was put in the same when the matter came to a “showdown” on the floor The fate county people still believe sincerely that they have a meritorious bill and one that, by right, should b enacted into law. They promise to come back again when anew legisla ture is elected, and fight cnce more for the creation of the county. On the quiet, however, they are hop ing mightily that Dodd and Cole won’t hammer it and jump all over it next time as they did this time! —James Kevin in Atlanta Georgian, July 16. ****** The defeat in the house Of the bill creating the county of Tate can be al most directly attributed to the fight made on it by Representatives Cole i:d Dodd, who delivered two splendid spei clies in opposition to the m 'az ure. They championed the opposition of Bartow county in a manner which challenged the admiration of even the advocates of the new county.—Thurs day’s Atlanta Constitution. RANDOLPH ANDERSON DELIVERS ADDRESS Candidate For Governor Makes Pleasing Impress ion and Wins Friends. -I. Randolph Anderson, president of the senate and candidate for governor, addressed tile voters of Bartow coun ty at the court house last Thursday He was introduced by Col. J. k. Whit aker. Mr. Audersou in brief complimen tary terms referred to the gentlemen who were opposing him, and then launched forth into a clear statement of his views of what he stood for in this campaign. He advocated doing away with so much politics, by making the terms of the governor, county and state house officers four years with the governor ineligible for a second term, and bien nial sessions of the legislature. In sup port of this proposition he stated that the public was kept in a state of agita tion, aud production and business was disturbed by too frequent elections and campaigns for office. Mr. Anderson traced the growth of sentiment toward railroads and other public corporations, stating that it was the original idea of the person or syn dicate that built a railroad, that it was a purely profit-seeking business. He said that of course this was a wrong conception. Afterwards it was under stood to be purely a relationship be tween the carrier and the shipper, while this was nearer right than the first it was not sufficiently compre hensive. He said that as a matter of fact, and it was now becoming well understood, between the railroads and the entile public there was a commu nity of interest, and that to that end lhe United States congress had em powered the Interstate Commerce Commission to pass upon all issues of stocks, bonds and securities in or der to protect the investor, who is to a very general extent the public, and to insure the public investments in securities were based upon actual capitalization. Thus, he said, the rail roads of the country will be owned by tlie investing public, dependent for their success upon the feeling of the public towards such Investments, and that the railroads in return would fur nish sound capitalization, efficient service and accommodate itself to all the needs and uses of the public. Mr. Anderson was particularly strong and impressive in elaborating upon this feature of his views and his audience followed him with the closest interest. Mr. Anderson claimed that he was the only candidate for governor who had stated any concrete views with reference to what disposition should be made of the Western & Atlantic railroad and he very greatly inceras ed the interest of his audience ■when he assured them he was in favor, and had so announced himself in the first speech he had made in this campaign, of requiring the lessees of the West ern & Atlantic railroad to pay to the counties and municipalities, through which the railroad runs, taxes or their equivalent as other railroads do for the reason that such counties are bur dened with the necessity of paying out court costs for jury service and other officers because of the litigation created along this line as a result of railroad accidents and other contro versies. Mi. Anderson assu.ed his audience that, if elected governor, he would re tire from every business association in which he was engaged so that he could give his entire time and thought to the affairs of the state. He closed with the statement that ne did not regard one law as due any more sacredness than any other law. That all laws have equal force and binding character, and, that this be ing his vjpw, all laws should be en forced and he would urge law enforce ment to the utmost of his power. Mr. Anderson was heard by a large and representative audience who gave him the best of attention and who were favorably impressed with the lucidity of his views on public ques tions. After his address he was warm '•y congratulated and made to know that he has in Bartow county a large number of friends and supporters. m SEND ODD TRADE MONEY UNIT? WHY NOT KEEP OUR MONEY AT ROME? Citizens Urged to Help Pave Our Own Streets and Sidewalks Instead of Those Of the Big Cities. . Financial Destruction The merchants of this town deserve the patron age of the people of this community They are a part, and a very important part, of the community. They pay a very considerable portion of the taxes of the town and of the county. They contribute to the support of the churches and other social in stitutions, and make possible many, things the com munity would not have if they were not here. The mail-order houses of the cities are spending thousands of dollars for the purpose of putting the country merchants of this town, and other towns, out of business, and every man who spends a dollar with them assists in the accomplishment of their selfish aims. The ultimate end of the mail-order method will be the centralizing of all the business of the coun try in the large cities and the financial destruction of the smaller cities and towns. Are you willing to be a party to the financial destruction of this town? DR. HARDMAN 10 SPEAK WEDNESDAY Dr. L. G. Hardman, candidate for governor, will speak in Cartersville Wednesday, July 29th, at 8 o’clock in the evening, at the court house. Dr. Hardman is making an active campaign for the governorship, has strong support throughout the state, and in Bartow county has many friends and supporters who will glad ly welcome him on this occasion and he will doubtless have a good audience to hear him. Dr. Hardman lias contributed real service to the state and is a man of unusual clearness of mind, and the people of Bartow county will be glad to have an opportunity of hearing him present his claims for the highest ex ecutive place in the state. As the campaign is nearing its close, and Dr. Hardman has no other appointments in Bartow county, is is probable that this will be the only opportunity the people in this county will have to hear him. On the same day he speaks at 11 o’clock at Cedar town and at 3 o’clock in the afternoon at Rockmart, and on the next day at 11 o’clock at Calhoun. DR. G. W. YOUNG TO PREACH HERE SUNDAY. Dr. G. W. Young, president of fhe Georgia Anti-Saloon League, will preach at the First Baptist church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The public is cordially invited t;> hear him. Dr. Young is an eminent minister of the gospel who has been devoting his services for many years to fighting the liquor traffic through the organiz ation of which he is the president. The effectiveness of the work done by Dr. Young and the organization of which ho is an advisor and leader, has been demonstrated and felt in every state in the United States, and in this work Georgia has largely taken th° lead. All who hear Dr. Young will be treated to an address full cf wisdom end logic and interspersed with ob servations derived by hint from long experience. MRS. GILREATH TO PREACH AT WHITE SUNDAY MORNING. Mrs. Lem Gilreath, of Cartersville, will preach at the Methodist church at White, Ga., Sunday morning. July 26th, at 11 o'clock. Everybody is in vited to this service and those who hear Mrs. Gilreath will be delighted Rev. A. W. Conway will begin his meeting at this church Sunday night which will c<*'tinue through the fol lowing week. MISS M’GORMICK FATALLY INJURED Miss Fannie McCormick, formerly of this county, died Thursday at tin C'urry Hospital in Home from injuries r received in a runaway accident at Cedar Bluff near Rome last .Monday. The mother of Miss McCormick and her .two brother were in Chicago at the time and Miss McCormick was on a visit a short distance from Rome. Invited to take a buggy ride with Mr. F. S. M(gilreath, she accepted and on the drive they ran,across a snake. Mr. McElreath stepped out of the buggy for the purpose of killing the snake. The horses attached to the buggy started and Mr. McElreath undertook to stop them but in doing so was him self thrown under the buggy and run over. Seeing this accident, Miss Mc- Cormick then undertook to jump from the buggy but in doing so her foot was caught ill the wheel and her leg broken and in being dragged some distance her arm was also broken. She was brought back to Rome in an automobile and carried to the Curry Hospital but died Thursday. This will be particularly distressing news to the many friends of Miss Mc- Cormick in this county and to her family collections here. She is related to Messrs. John and Bob McCormick and is a neico of Hawkins. The many friends of the family ex tend sympathy to them in their be reavement. BANK BLOCK STREETS BEING IMPROVED. The City of Cartersville is improv ing Bank Block streets by putting down macadam surface with limestone screenings which is then treated with a coating of oil and tar. The woftt is being carefully done and just as soon as the surfacing settles and the binder is formed between the tar and the gravel, a good roadway is believed to be furnished. The work is done under the super vision of Commissioners Gaines and Satterfield, who are devoting a good deal of their personal attention to the streets of Cartersville at this time. DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE CALLED TO MEET, There will be a meeting of the Dem ocratic Executive Committee of Bar tow county at the court house Wed nesday afternoon. July 29th, at 2 o’clock for the purpose of transact ing all business properly brought be fore it pertaining to the Democratic primary. f J. R. WHITAKER. Chairman. F. V. TURK. Secretary. NO. 22