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VOL. 4 t H. JONES UNO o. 1 TINSLEY ON TRIAL FOiHANDRUNI HOMICIDE Slayers of Late Dr. W. L. Landrum, Plead Not Guilty and Court House Packed With Eager Listeners. Last Wednesday morning Weston H. Jones and J. Watt Tinsley were put upon trial in the superior court for the murder of the late Dr. W. L. Landrum, which homicide took place on July 27, 1914. Due to the prominence of the de fendants as citizens of Bartow coun ty, as well as the professional prom inence of 'the slain, the court room was packed to the doors when the case was called. There was present, in the atmosphere about the court house, evidence that an event of im portance was to be tried and it was apparent that both sides in the le gal battll e which is yet being fought, had made all preparations to meet every possible contingency that could be foreseen. Relatives and friends of the de fendants, as well as those of the dead man, have been active for sev eral days for the purpose of insur ing the presence in court of every possible witness who could throw light by his testimony upon the facts to be puit in issue. Perhaps more than seventy-five or one hundred witnesses have been subpoenaed for the two sides and an extra panel of forty-eight men had been subpoena ed to serve as jurors in the event the regular panel was not sufficient. It was known throughout the county that .'the case was to be call ed Wednesday morning for trial and upon the opening of the court at an early hour the room w r as crowded. After the disposition of some minoGmatters, the case of the state against Weston H. Jones and J. Watt Tinsley was called. Solicitor Lang thereupon called his witnesses and every subpoenaed witness responded or was accounted for. The solicitor thereupon announced ready. J. M. Neel, Jr., then called (the ■names of the witnesses for the de fendants and likewise all of these re sponded or were accounted for to be present later in the day. Before announcing ready, how ever, Judge J. M. Neel arose (to state to the court that he desired to re serve the right to make a showing for a continuance in the event any absent witness, whose testimony was material, should fail to appear. The c ourt assured Judge Neel that should such a contingency arise he would be permitted to % make his showing which would be acted upon by the court at that time. With 'this under standing, the defendants announced ready. J Sitting ait the table for the prose cution was Solicitor-General J. M. Lang and Col. F. W. Copeland, of Rome, as attorneys for the state. With them sat also the mother and father of the deceased physician and Dr. J. W. Ragsdale, a personal and professional friend of Dr. Landrum in life, who advised with the attor neys concerning the striking of the jury and the bringing out of facts pertinent to the inquiry. At the table of the defendants were Judge J. M. Neel, J. M. Neel, Jr\, and I. F. Mundy, of Rockmart, as counsel, the itwo defendants, Mr. Jones and Mr. Tinsley, and also Mr. T. W. Tinsley and Mr H. R. Max well, who assisted the attorneys in 'the stricking of the jury! 1 The selection of the jury was not as difficult as was at first to be sup posed. While a large number dis qualified themselves for one cause or another, neither the Gate nor the defendants exhausted the number of challenges allowed them by law be ffre a jury was selected. After some sixty men were questioned con cerning their compenttncy as jur ors in this case, 'the state had ex hausted nine challeng'-s while the defendants had declined fourteen who#.vere offered. Ti e jury finally selected were as follows: A. |\. Adcock, F. E. McElroy. Hir am Hays, R. J. Raiden, J. A. Carson, J. R. Worthington, R. R. McCormick. R. Ti Haygood, J. W. Craddock, R. B. Satterfield, T. E. Manley, J. J. Hili. j ; The defendants pleading not guil- THE BARTOW TRIBUNE ty, Col. Copeland, before introduc ing testimony made a statement of the case to the jury from the stand point of the prosecution. Gol. Copeland is known to be an able and skillful lawyer and his statement, which was made in a very impressive manner, confirmed the prevailing opinion concerning his ability. In a clear, concise but in solemn manner, he set forth the high points of the state’s case. Upon 'the conclusion of Col land’s statement, Judge J. M. .Neel stated that the statement of (the de fendant’s contentions could be made when the state closed the introduc tion of its testimony in chief. Thereupon Mr. Cothran, a brother in-law of Dr. Landrum, and who was with him at the time of his death, was puf upon the stand and the un raveling of the facts of this most important criminal case fairly be gun just before noon. It bids fair to be hotly contested throughout. There was no asking or giving quarter on either side. The attorneys seem well prepared for a long trial and already loads of law books surround it hem. Friends of the families involved on both sides are lined up but the prospects were that, only such facts as would throw /light on the evenits leading to the homicide were being sought for. In all probability no stone will be left unturned in this respect. COTTON STATISTICS SHOW BIG GEORGIA CROP. ... The number o.f bales of cot/ton ginned of this year’s crop prior to January Ist throughout the United States was 14,447,623 bales as against 13,347,721 bales on January ls<t, 1914, thus showing an increase in this year’s crop over last year’s crop up to January Ist of bales ginned of 1.099,902 bales. Up to January Ist, 1915, there had been ginned in Georgia 2,547,747 bales as against January Ist, 1914 a total of 2,293,976 bales, or, 253,771 more bales ginned this year .than at the same day last year in Georgia. These figures are taken from the United States census report issued by Hon. William J. Harris, director, and can be accepted as authentic. BLAKE RUTLAND ADMITTED TO BAR. Mr. Blake Rutland was last week admitted to practice law in the courts of Georgia by license granted by the superior court. Mr. Rutland at once entered the practice at this term. Mr. Rutland is a well known young man of Bartow county and has hosts of friends and admirers throughout the county who wish, him every suc cess in his chosen profession. His ideals are high, his habits of study are recognized as being founded up on a steadfast purpose to achieve success, and, possessing a mind of unusual strength, his many friends are sure that he will lake rank as one among the most successful law yers at the Cartersville bar. QUARTERLY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT STILESRORO. The first quarterly conference of the Stilesboro charge, Rev. W. S. Norton preacher in charge, will be held at Stilesboro Wednesday, Jan uary 27. Rev. W. T. Irvine, presiding elder of the Dalton district, wil' preach. All members are especially urged to be present and the public is also cordially invited. SERVICES AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY. Rev. Dr. Parrish, of Odartown, will preach at the Episcopal church Sunday morning. January 24. Dr. Parrish is a thoughtful and eloquent pulpit orator and the membership end public are cordially invited to attend the services. CAKTEBSVILLE, GEA., JANUARY 21, 1915. GARTERSUILLE INSORANCE RATES ON PROPERTY TO JJREATLT REDUCED City Placed In Second Class On Account Of Water Supply And High Pressure And Improved Fire Department. The rates of insurance in Car tersville are (to be lowered and with in the next few weeks the owners of homes, business houses and stocks of merchandise, and all other forms of property, will be required to pay ; a less rate of insurance. . > < Mr. J. B. Townsend, a represen,ta- ! tive of (the Southern Underwriters Association, which includes all in surance companies writing business in this section of the United States, has been in Cartersville a week and will perhaps remain here four or ! live weeks longer for the purpose of rerating all risks written in Car- , tersville. i Mr. Townsend comes here at this lime as a direct result of the asso ciation placing Cartersville in second class of risks instead of the third class which it has heretofore occu pied. Being placed in second class, it carries with it a reduced rate of insurance over risks of third class. That which has caused the change of classification of Cartersville is the new water works plant and res ervoir, which now insures for the 'city a sufficient supply of water at all times, as well as an ample pres sure due to the lofty elevation of the reservoir. Also ithe improvements made in the fire department and the placing of paid firemen in charge of the fire department has contrib uted its pant to giving the city a better rate. While Cartersville has been plac ed in the second class, this classifi cation does not necessarily reduce the rafe of insurance upon all class es of property uniformly. The city has been put in the second class with some deficiency charges against special risks. In other words, those houses where the electrical wiring has not been done properly, where gasoline is carried without proper precautions taken against Important Figures. A Calculation That Reveals Startling Facts. Among the many ill-thought-out, far reaching com plaints that have and are being dumped upon one an other as to the cause of “hard times” and the general de pressed condition, The Tribune man overheard two men in battle array last week. One was asserting that the farmer was the only one hurt, that it was a scheme to get cotton at a low price, believing that everybody else was at fault and no one else hurt. The other was pointing to railroads hauling less freight and passengers, losing thousands of dollars daily, many idle industries with thousands of men who had formerly received good wages out of employment, that many of the products of other nations were finding no market and they too, distressed, when finally he asked this question: “Tell me the size of your family, and how much eat ables you have bought that you could and ought to have raised.” He began to think and enumerated as follows: “Lard .... $12.50 Flour 40.00 Oats 30.00 Potatoes 5.00 Hay 30.00 Seed 2.50 and possibly some things I ought to have raised, but at any rate one hundred dollars.” Now, here is the vital point. There are 25,000 peo ple in Bartow county. Divide this bv five and you will get the average number of heads of families, namely 5,000. If on an average these families have sent away for eatables that they ought to have produced, the sum of one hundred dollars, what is the total sum that should have been conserved to Bartow county? Just $500,000.00 —one half million dollars. That’s our trouble. The dollar kept at home is the dollar that counts. And if our people will begin to investigate and start a crusade of home production and home trading there will be no more of such conditions caused by the one idea fallacy of money and living only by cotton. There are innumerable items purchased, particularly corn, meat, mules, can goods that are not mentioned in this farmers schedule, that most every home could pro duce. We long to see the day when southern agricul ture means living at home, producing the things the home needs. combustion and explosion, and where papers and rubbish are per mitted to accumulate, will be com pelled to pay a somewhat greater rate or a fixed charge as long as this from of deficiency exists. Flues .improperly constructed are likewise considered. One of the benefits arising out of the new classification is (that where as heretofore a residence within 75 feet of another residence or im provement would operate to in crease the rate of insurance upon both, whereas now, under the new classification, buildings- must be within thirty feet of each other in. order for the rate of insurance to be effected so as Ho give insurance companies the right to charge more. Mr. Townsend is making a house to house canvass of the city and particularly among the business houses has he made many valuable 'suggestions concerning improve ments to be made so as to limit the danger and hazard of fire. Many of these suggestions by him will be readily adopted by the property owner and merchant which will re sult in a less charge for insurance. All have been benefitted by the in formation given by the representa tive of the insurance companes and within a few weeks Cartersville will be in full enjoyment of a very much reduced rate of insurance. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH TO HEAR REV. L. R. HOGAN. Rev. L. R. Hogan, of Shorter Col- L'ge, Rome, Ga„ a member of the faculty of one of the strongest fe male institutions of learning in. The United States, will preach Sunday, January 24, at the First Baptist church. A call conference will be held just before the morning ser vices. Every member of the church is urgently requested to be present. A MARKET FOR GOAIi PRODUCTS ; TO BE ESTABLISHEDJN CARTERSVILLE! J. E. Field & Son Purchase Necessary Ma chinery to Make Merchantable All Kinds Of Grain And Will Pay Market Price. J. E. Field & Son, the pioneer cot- j ton dealers of Cartersville, have j completed plans for the handling of grain products raised by the farm ers of this section of the country. Realizing the need of a market for the handling of corn, wheat, oats and other grains in Cartersville so that such products can be readily con verted into cash, Messrs. Field & Son have established a warehouse on their private railroad track, just south of'their cotton warehouse, and in the same Jdoek, in which they installed the latest and most up to date-machinery and which will make grain products marketable and give them a commercial value. Mr. Hampton Field has n and led the matter in detail for this we 1 known firm and has purchased a Meadow mill, one of the most mod ern and efficient mills 'to be found, by which dirt, chaff and weevils are taken out of the corn. They have likewise boughi an im proved sheller, with fan attached, which, in addition to shelling corn, takes out 'the chaff as it is shelled. The plant will also be provided with a sacker and elevator, the uses of which will be to either sack the grain brought in by farmers in even weight bags or to load in railroad cars in bulk. Messrs. Field & Son have also pro vided themselves with a feed crush er for making mixed feed, crushing corn, oats, 'rye and wheat for chick en or stock feed. A 25 horse power motor will fur nish the motor power for the plant. Thus equipped, Messrs. Field & Son are in position w J hen the plant is completely installed, to handle all grain products brought to Carbrs viHe by the farmers of Bartow coun ty and this territory. This enterprise not only displays the progressive spirit of J. E. Field & Son, but makes Cartersville a mar ket whereby grain products can be converted into money as readily as cotton. Since cotton has become a crop, the value of which has been seriously diminished by the war now prevailing in Europe, and by the tremendous amount produced in the south, and since also there is a Grong probability that the demand for cotton goods will be considerably diminished for years to due to the impoverishing of the people of so many nations in Europe and the great destruction which is go : ng on there now, thoughtful men in Geor gia and 'throughout the south have given it as their opinion that the -outh should at once make effort to grow, and provision should be made to market, grain products and other things that can be raised by the farmer. While a sentiment of this kind prevails all through the south, Car tersville is among the first cities whose enterprising business men have put the thought into execution. The advantage now that the farm ers of Bartow county will have will |be to bring their corn and other grain products to Cartersville in bulk, in large or small quantities, ■nd each man will be given the mar kef price for his product as quick 'y as if if were cotton, and based on a price just as stable. It is an im portant step in advance in the in ; t 1 rest of the general business of the | county, and particularly for 1 the i farmer. Corn ran be brought here and if the farmer desires only to have it Gudled he can do so and Field & Son will contain it in bags of uni form weight and standard measure, making a toll Charge therefor. The farmer can thereafter hold his corn for his own use or sell it whenever he desires in the same manner that he treats his cotton after it is gin ned and baled. So it is with the oth er grain products. Field & Son have engaged Mr. L. N. Gilreath, well known for his ex perience and ability in installing machinery, to remodel a building on the property owned by J. E. Field & Son so that it will be suitable for warehouse purposes and for the con- * duct of the business of grinding, I shelling, sacking and elevating grain and grain products. No enterprise started in Carters- '■ ville in recent years deserves to be 1 heralded with more general interest ' than the creation of a market for 1 the proper handling of grain prod ucts in Bartow county. It means 'that farmers will not be dependent on ( the local demand for grain and that prices will be more uniform and in f accord with the general market con- r dnions of the country at all times. As it is, the farmer brings grain to t Cartersville, and, if some user of j grain happens 'to be in need of it, ;; he gets a comparatively fair price, ; hut, should the next day an ther r farmer bring grain to Cartersville , and not he able to find one who has r immediate use for if, he can only ; secure a price much under its real market value. ] As it will be, farm products per- 1 taming to grain will bring in Car tersville a price in accord with, and just as stable as if The farmer was • j selling his grain in Chicago, the greatest grain market in the world. '• JAMES T. MOUNTCASTLE DIES HERE LAST WEEK. James T. Mountctstle, a much re-, speoted and universally esteemed, citizen of Cartersville, died Friday, January 15, at his home in his sixty ninth year. Mr. Mountcastle was born April 28, 1846 at Warington, N. C. During the Civil war he attached himself .to the Fourth Regiment Georgia Re serves, of which the late Gov. Allen D. Candler was colonel. Mr. Mount castle belonged to Company H., of 'which Col. R. F. Saxon was captain. Mr. Mountcastle was the son of William R. Mountcastle, Sr., and is survived by two sisters, Miss Vir ginia Mountcastle, of Cartersville, and Mrs. W. J. Hall, of Rome, and three brothers, William R. Mount castle, of Cartersville, Benjamin Mountcastle, of Atlanta, and H. M. Mountcastle, of Cartersville. Mr. Mounifcastle was quiet and re served by nature, and, while he was generally known throughout the county, he was not one who sought prominence in any way, and hence his real manhood was known to comparatively few, but these re spected, admired and loved him. He was received into the Carte r,s ville Methodist church in Sepfem-- ber, 1861, by the late Rev. Dr. DanfeP 'J. Myrick, which constitutes over 53' years of continuous church mem bership. In point of service, he was the oldest male member of Sam Jones Memorial church a't the time of his death. Those out of town who attended the funeral were: Ben R. Mountcas tle and Mrs. Thos. Johnson, of At lanta; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hall, of Rome: Hilliard Mountcastle and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mountcastle, Jr., of Atlanta. The funeral services were held Saturday afternoon after which he was buried at Oak Hill cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. Will you please grant us space in your columns that we may, in this public manner, express our appre ciation of the attention shown us by the good people of Cartersville dur ing the recent illness and after the death of our brother, James Thomas Mountcastle. and for their assiGanw> and sympathy which have been suß a comfort to us? a Permit us also to add that we b I been profoundly moved by the f 8 utes they have paid to his men I and we shall always feel gratef 8 the people of the city fn whict I spent the most of his life and w' I he loved so well. I WM. R. MOUNTCASTLE. k BENJ. R. MOUNTCASTLE. I HILLIARD M. MOUNTCASTL MISS VIRGINIA MOUNTCAS r ' MRS. ANNIE MOUNTCASTLE NO. 48