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VOL 4.
BARTOW COUNTY
TAKING UP COTTON
Citizens Agree to Buy And
Hold Cotton at Ten Cents
a Found Till War Ends.
I'he people of Bartow county, in
p l( . assertion of their independence
ami power, are agreeing to do much
award relieveing the farmers of
pm county from sacrificing their
~,,(,u n . Many men of business re
sponsibility, are throwing their in
.l:\idua! effort into the plan and
these are agreeing to buy and to
hold cotton at ten cents a pound.
Without waiting for the action of
tii, government or upon the decis
ion of hanks and banking capital,
the merchants of Gartersville, hav
ing large outstanding debts due
them, have agreed to take cotton at
ten cents a pound in payment of
these debts, in some cases to the full
extent of all that is due them. Oth
, rs have agreed to buy from one
hale up to ten bales of cotton at ten
rents a pound, while many large
farmers have agreed to hold cotton
produced hv I hem all the way up
from ten bales to their entire pro
duct.
if ail the counties in Georgia and
all the stales in the cotton belt, will
do as well as Bartow county prom
ises to do, the price of cotton will
he held at not one mill less than ten
rents a pound.
The cotton dealers of Gartersville
have thrown their efforts into a
campaign for the cause, and the
leading dealers of Gartersville are
themselves circulating agreements
among citizens, merchants and pro
ducers to buy, hold and maintain
the price of cotton at ten cents a
pound.
Mr. W. H. Field off the well known
firm of J. E. Field & Son, circulated
thr following agreement upon which
l iiry have already secured the fol
lowing 1 signatures:
We. the undersigned, citizens of
Harlow county, do hereby agree to
buy the number of hales of cotton
T oppohite our names, the pur
chase price to be ten cents (10c)
per pound, in cash. We further
agree to hold this cotton for a per
iod ,;f twelve months, or until such
a time in the interim a! which we
may be able to resell the same with
out loss. It is understood and agreed
that the cot',on is to be purchased
el Bartow county farmers, and J. E.
field & Son are hereby authorized
le buy this cotton for our account,
store the same and render us in
jured warehouse receipts for pay
ment.
Kiemister Grocery Company, 10
bales.
W. J. Ham, 1 bale.
W. H. Lumpkin, 2 bales.
Dr. H. P, McElreath, 1 bale.
Walter White, to he decided on.
•I. H. Foster & Son, to be decided
on.
Mis. W. J. A eel, l bale.
Mrs. G. s. Patterson, 2 hales,
they have also circulated the fol
"wing agreement to which they
have secured already the following
signatures:
We, the undersigned, business
nun ol' Bartow county, do hereby
a k rp e to receive cotton from grow
s - in payment of notes or accounts
'inn us. Such cotton as may be de
bvered to us on this plan is to be
''''edited at the price of ten cents
'°r per pound.
M. F. Word.
Manly Bros.
A. Monfort & Go.
Walter White.
B. Foster & Son.
'■ K. Field & Son.
1 n G. Gilreath Drug Cos.
i: is said that one of the houses
"‘presented in the last named peti
• h—. outs landing in accounts
'’ Up it, a sum aggregating $40,000,
all of which they will accept
'°tfon in payment at ten cents a
pound.
Mr. Bob H. McGinnis has circu
lie following petition to which
ll1 ’ has already secured the following
Signatures:
We. f,he undersigned, merchants
~,fl farmers of Bartow county.
’’Fee to purchase, or retire from
"larket, the number of bales oppo
“ °4ir names, and those who pur
-1 'rise agree fo pay not less than ten
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
GREST REVIVAL ON
At TABERNACLE
Great Throngs Attend To
Hear Gospel Expounded
By Evangelists.
'File tabernacle meeting began last
1 riday night and at that time hun
dreds found their way to the great
religious revival which then s'.art
d. Itev. John E. Brown made his
first appearance before a Bartow
county audience and his sermon on
• his occasion and a!! his addresses
and talks since that time have creat
ed a feeling of real interest, not only
in the person of the preacher him
m If, hut in the cause which he so
bly, eloquently and earnestly pro
claims.
Mr. Gurry, whose spendid tenor
has pleased and delighted many an
audience elsewhere, also entertained
and influenced all who heard him.
He is a very efficient chorus leader
as well as being a singer of rare
talent, and his solo selections from
hymns of deep and spiritual mean
ing brought every hearer to a full
realization of the importance of a
religious life as well as the beauty
of Christian hymns.
Rev. Aquilla Webb, of Lousiville,
Ky.. arrived Monday and his lectures
have been models of excellence,
depth of thought and profound wis
dom.
Another person, who has not been
mentioned in [he conduct of the
tabernacle meetings, is that of Miss
Tucker whose bible readings and
lectures have been delightfully en
tertaining and instructive as well as
convincing. Miss Tucker is well
known in Gartersville and her host
of (friends have given her a cordial
welcome and have expressed an
earnest wish that she remain in
Gartersville as long as possible.
| Thousands w: re present on Sun-
Id ay and the meetings have grown in
! interest, and those who have attend
led have become more and more
|zealous in their efforts to save the
J souls of men.
The stores of Gartersville had
| agreed lo close an hour and a half
'both in the mornings and in the af
j|< i-noons during the progress of the
; meetings in order that the proprie
tors and clerks could attend. These
I are doing so and this has greatly
i increased the attendance and inter
jest. and all who have attended have
[experienced a profit and have been
helped and benefit-'ed in their re
ligious life.
j cents per pound and hold same of'
the market for a period not less
than one year, unless cotton should
advance to twelve cents per pound.
Bob H. McGinnis, 50 bales.
Knight Mercantile Gompanv, 25
hales.
\V. A. Jackson, 25 hales.
E. D. Cole, 20 bales.
Gartersville Grocery Go., 10 hales.
Scheuer Bros., 10 hales.
\V. H. Lumpkin. 10 bales.
B. L. Vaughan Clothing Go., 10
1 hales.
I S. S. Atwood, 5 hales.
| J. \V. Jones, 10 bales.
W. W. Roberts, 2 bales.
L. S. Munford, 10 bales,
i \V. J. Covington. 2 bales.
Planters Supply Company, 10
hales.
Ruohs Pyron, 25 bales.
Warren Kinsley, 10 bales.
H. H. and Henry Milam. 10 bale-.
W. A. Dodd, 20 bales.
W. G. Walton, 1 bale.
J. G. Milner, 2 bales.
Those who have agreed to take a
certain number of bales together
with those who have agreed to take
cotton in payment of debts make a
itotat consumption already secured,
jit is estimated, of 1,500 bales of cot
■ ton. It is the belief of conservative
j men that a sufficient number of
i merchants, men and women and
cotton growers will agree to buy
and to hold of the cotton grown in
Bartow county between three and
four thousand bales.
Every patriotic citizen should
lend his efforts to this work. It. is
not patriotism alone, but a matter of
self preservation in which every
citizen of the county is directly and
materially interested.
It is believed that, the war will
not last but a few months at most.
II would seem, therefore, to be ut-
CARTERSVILLE, GA., SEPTEMBER 10* 1014.
AUTOMOBILE PARTY
WRECKED BV FREIGHT
Another Accident At 41
Mile Post Comes Near
Resulting Seriously.
V\ hat came near being a very ser
• ious accident was one which took
. place Wednesday afternoon at forty
| one mile post on the Western &
! Atlantic railroad this side of Alla
| loona. This dangerous crossing, at
j which so many accidents have hap—
jpened and near which so many have
jheen killed, came very near taking
I mo-re death toll in the person of
; three passengers in an automobile
| on their way to Atlanta from Suin
i merville, Ga.
Leaving Summerville Wednesday
morning for Atlanta were Mr. T. P.
Henley and young son, John, aged
eleven years, and Mr. and Mrs. M.
M. Allen. Mrs. Allen was left at
Rome, Ga., to he taken up by Mr.
Henley and Mr. Allen on their re
turn from Atlanta, which they
thought would be Thursday after
noon. The purpose of the trip was
to place the young boy under a
diagnostician and an examination
by him to ascertain the cause and
cur-c for paralysis. They passed
through Gartersville about noon and
took lunch at Emerson. Then the
party .resumed its journey to At
lanta. Just before reaching the for
ty-one mile crossing, Mr. Henley let
his car coast down the steep grade
toward the railroad crossing and ap
plied his engine just before getting
to the crossing. Just then they dis
covered that Number 42, a freight
train, was bearing down upon them.
Uncertain for the moment whether
to come to a sudden stop or to cross
| over, the final determination was to
1 undertake to get over before the
urain reached them, but just before
j clearing the track the locomotive
j struck, hitting the back end of the
I automobile, tearing it to pieces and
, browing the occupants out.
The train was stopped and the
Grew rushed back to lend such aid
jand assistance as they could. It was
| found that all three were injured,
, though Mr. Henley and Mr. Allen,
, while showing evidence of injuries,
| were able to get up and walk abou;.
| The young boy seemed to be badly
I hurt, All were placed in the caboose
j and brought to Gartersville, and up
lon arrival here were rushed to the
j hospital in the automobile of Mr. J.
| W. Vaughan.
j I: was there found that Mr. Hen
j ley and Mr. Allen were only slightly
bruised and cut about the legs and
I' n the body, while young John had
.a severe looking contusion above
:tiie left eye and below the chin.
■ Treatment was at once rendered by
i)r. Greene and Dr. Felton and the
j injuries to the boy were found no!
to he serious. At least that is the be
lief.
The automobile was completely
wrecked and the party will return
to Summerville as soon as the young
boy is able to he carried home.
Mr. Henley was quite apprehen
sive for awhile about the condition
<>f Ins son and was anxious that his
family not learn oif the accident un
til it was definitely ascertained just
how badly ‘he boy was hurt. He was
greatly relieved to get the verdict of
the doctors that the injuries were
not serious.
ti r folly to permit the cotton crop,
in which Bartow county is so much
interested, to be sacrificed because
of a war of short duration in Eu
rope. The need of the hour is for
each and every one to husband his
resources, hold out for a ifair price,
postpone the purchase of luxuries,
and next year cut down the cotton
acreage fifty per cent.
When this determination is mad.-
manifest to the markets of the
world and the fact is made known
that southern manhood has the gri'
and determination to take care of
itself, the people of the world will
then know that they will have to
pay a price for cotton commensur
ate with its worth and consistent
with its value.
The campaign has just begun. Let
volunteers join in the work. Let it
he the biggest battle and the most
successful war the south has ever
conducted.
GREAT PREPARATIONS
BEING IDE FOR FAIR
Agricultural Building Being
Erected And All Features
To Be the Best.
In a little over a month now the
county fair will In in full blast.
Arrangements are being made rap
idly for putting on all the various
features and caring for all the ex
hibits. The new agricultural build
ing is being constructed and ample
accommodations are being made for
the reception of all kinds of pro
duels and agricultural exhibits of
whatever kind or character. The
building is being built by McElroy
Brothers as contractors and will he
finished within the next ten days
or two weeks.
It was seen last year that the im
provement was more needed than
any that could be made as the lack
of a sufficient agricultural build
ing prevented a more general re
sponse to calls for exhibits. This
now being supplied, it is predict
ed that farmers from all over the
county will bring in their exhibits
and make their displays. Fine and
valuable premiums have been of
fered as prizes and every one has a
chance to make money out of any
exhibit made.
Mr. Felton Jones has recently tak
en a trip over the racing circuit ar
ranging for the entry of some of the
finest horses on the turf and as the
purses this year, like the prizes for
agricultural exhibits, will be much
larger than last year, a great ma y
mmv horses and finer races wsill be
pn hand.
Mr. B. G. Sloan, the secretary of
the association, is daily receiving
numerous applications for conces
sions of all kinds. He has the choice
of a great many fine attractions for
the “midway” and will carefully in
vestigate and determine which ones
are best suited for Gartersville.
Since the last county fair a great
many farmers and citizens have he
roine in: crested in stock raising and
everything indicates that some very
tine horses, colts, mules, hogs and
cattle will be placed on exhibition.
The poultry show will be a suc
cess as usual. It will he more of a
success this year. Messrs. G. M. Mil
am, Wall Gaines, Homer Black anti
other poultry patrons and admirers
are taking an active interest in the
poultry department of the great
show. They have supplied them
selves during the year with a great
deal of literature and poultry show
eatalogue? and from these they ex
pect to introduce many more feat
ures than have hen fnfore been used
in this county.
It is the purpose of the directors
of the fair association to present a
show this year superior to anything
that the people of this section of the
country have ever beheld and the
success seems assured. They need,
and must have, the co-operation of
all classes of business, both men and
women, and they are receiving ready
responses to calls being made and
many voluntary epressions of aid
and assistance.
The woman’s department will be
much ntrue attractive this year not
withstanding the excellence of this
department last year, and the school
fair which will be run in connection
with- the county fair, will likewise
b' a very interns! ing department
and branch of the fair which wall
•uirt greatly to the interest of the
‘housands who attend. The hoys’
corn clubs and the girls' canning
clubs have all made progress during
Jhe past year, and these youthful
enthusiasts will throw activity of
effort and zeal into all that they
are connected with, and their ex
hibits alone will be worth the price
of admission.
Let everyone lend a hand Le !
every citizen now talk it up. Let
everyone who can make an exhibit
in at least one. if not all, of the de
partments. and the county fair of
1914 will be a brilliant success in
which we can all hereafter take
laudable pride.
STANFORD BROTHER’S
STORE BURL! BORNEO
A Dangerous FireKppt Un
der Control In Business
Center Of Town.
A destructive fire gutted the store
house of Stanford Bros, last Satur
day night and the bakery equipment,
a large stock of groceries and the
building were all seriously damaged.
The bakery appears to he a total loss.
The stock of groceries was practical
ly ruined and the rear end of the
building was damaged several hun
dred dollars.
The fire was discovered a few
minutes after 11 o’clock Saturday
night. Mr. James Stanford had just
left the store a few minutes before.
He felt that every thing w'as at!
right and had no reason to believe
otherwise.
When the itire was seen it was
found to be in the roof. The fire
department was called .md respond
ed promptly and by.ve’y good work
confined the flames i.o the Stanford
stone. It is in the .mart of the retail
district of Main street and the fire
laddies effort was to confine the fire
and keep it from spreading and thus
keep down a destruciive conflagra
tion.
Neither the store af Geo. H. Gil
reath or the meat market of Fink &
Jolly were damaged. Thest stores
were on each side of the Stanford
The building occupied by Stanford
Bros, belongs to them and the insur
ance carried was bill a small part
of the loss upon either the improve
ments or the stock of goods and
bakery.
DISGRACEFUL TO
BE UNFORTUNATE.
That’s a queer heading, but some
fellow said “it’s a disgrace to have
typhoid fever” meaning, we suppose,
the unfortunate was not sanitary
enough. Another guy uttered, “pov
erty was a disgrace.” Guess he con
cluded the poor unfortunate was in
dolent, improvident, thriftless, and
at last a burden upon kin and com
munity.
Another said
“ Dire poverty is such a cringing,
such a loathsome thing. It slays a
man’s manhood. It drives him from
self respect. It robs him often times
of ambition. It si. ’ffs out every
park of hope; every raj z*
shine. It disarms him in the battle
of life. It makes off him not a man.
but something less than a manikin.”
What a fearful scathing placed
upon poverty.
Is there no cure?
It is not in insurance, for that is
an annual tax requiring death to
collect. It is not in hope, which is
only the life of the human race.
There is a cure- a preventative.
In the local medium of saving
in the Building & Loan Association,
that has up to this hour gathered
and placed upon first mortgage
loans over $112,000.00, upon which it
pays to the investor 7 per cent to
8 per cent per annum compounded
twice each year.
They keep every dollar at home.
They refuse and discourage the
sending away of money.
They have grown with a marvel
ous strength. And even in the pres
ent month, the expansion extends
and the hundreds of- members are
more determined to “grit the teeth”
for saving, adding to one of Bartow’s
greatest resousees.
At the end of October over
*4,000.00 will he divided out in prof
its and another series opened for
your beginning of prosperity.
While the war is on. economize.
Double the effort to save.
The jury supervisors of Bartow
county are in session this week re
vising the jury lists. They will like
ly finish their labors on Friday and
the new jury lists be turned over
to the clerk of the superior court,.
Those who are serving as jury
revisors are John L. Smith, of Car
tersville. Perry Elrod, of Adairs
ville, Oliver Bradford, of Pine Log.
Joel T. Conyers, of Stilesboro. A. M.
Puckett, of Cartersville, and John T.
Lewis, of Gartersville.
NEGROES USE GUNS
TG SROOT EACG OTHER
One Killed At Ladds And
One Seriously Wounded
At Kingston.
A free for all fight occurred at
the Ladd works last Saturday night
which was participated in by ne
g- oes and in wnich a negro known
by the name of PI uniky Sam was
killed.
It seems that the row occurred in
the presence of about, twenty-five
negroes in a tenant house near the
plant of the Ladd Lime & Stone
Company, and, from all appearances
of the place after the homicide,
gambling was in progress, and it is
supposed that the murder occurred
over a gambling dispute.
Sheriff G. N. Smith with Robert
Hicks and Thurston Adams rushed
to the scene in an automobile im
mediately after the occurence and
arrived (.here within twenty minutes
after the -man was killed.
It was difficult to find out any
thing about the particulars of the
killing until Sheriff Smith pro
ceeded to put ail under arrest. It
was then that some of ttie negroes
manifested a desire to tell what they
knew about the crime. From all
that can be learned it. seems that
Sam Davis was one of the partici
pants and likely the negro who kill
ed Plunky Sam, although two or
three shots fired from more than
one pistol were heard by those near
the place when the shooting oc
curred.
Much of the labor employed af
the Ladd Lime & Stone Company are
negroes from distant places and
“Plunky Sam” was supposed to have
been a Memphis citizen.
Davis has not yet been appre
hended but the officers are confi
dent they are on his trail and will
in a short time have him in custody.
Kingston furnished a negro trag
edy Sunday night when Fd Hook
was shot by Sam Fletcher. The af
fray happened on the street and
from all accounts there was no jus
tification for the shooting.
Witnesses who saw the shooting
say that Hook was talking to a ne
gro woman when Fletcher stepped
up and proceeded to shoot at him.
Hook was not killed hut was para
lyzed perhaps for life and it is not
certain just how badly lie is injur
.... max prove fatal af
ter all.
'The negro Hook was once a con
vict for life hut. in the last few
years was placed on the Bartow
county roads, having been sent up
from another county. He is remem
bered as the negro who for a long
time drove the county wagon. Some
white friends became interested in
the negro and procured his pardon
and from all that can tie learned he
has been living a very circumspect
lilfe ever since.
The negro Fletcher, while passing
through Iron Hill and fleeing from
justice, also shot Budd Carroll, a
bailiff, and when he is apprehended
he will he compelled to answer two
charges. The officers believe tha'
they will have Fletcher in custody
within a few days.
DEATH OF MISS HOGE.
The death of Miss Augusta Hoge
which occurred Tuesday brought
sadness to her many friends in Car
tersville. She had been ill for sev
eral months from pellagra and dur
ing all this time of her illness she
proved constantly the many, many
good traits which made her an ex
cellent woman.
Miss Hoge was born in LaFayette,
Ga., in 1847 and was one of a family
of ten children. Four of her family
survive her. three brothers and her
sister. Mrs. Patton, with whom she
lived.
Miss Hoge was a devout Presby
terian and has been identified with
all the activities of the church since
coming to Gartersville several years
ago to reside.
The funeral was held at the resi
dence on Wednesday afternoon at 4
o’clock. Rev. L. G. Hames officiat
ing. The interment was in Oak Hill
cemetery.
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