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i ujtcEnj° ins L ' &N - And
t |s\ Mandamuses
Secretary Of State.
• deal of interest has arisen
A - ! ' the matter of the proposed
# to ; of Ul Louisville & Nash
irom White, Ga., into
, weekß ago advertise
! y- : - , according to law
**',""**' giving notice that the
• Knoxville & Northern Rail
am. and Louisville & Nash
-1 * a : p ad company intended to
conferred upon
of a charter of the At
f? Knoxvilk & Northern Railway
'taild a.branch railroad from Mari
-10 pobb com 'v to Wofford’s Cross
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Beads in Bartow county.
i<te ,. fhi ? advertisement had run
sMiethic? lit 1 -mree weeks In the var-
L p a ,,ers of Bartow. Cobb and Cher*
conr.'ie- an injunction was sued
ont u pon behalf of the State of Geor
•is through the governor and attor
iey-genera. and when presented to
i Fite at Cartersville, an order
granted thereon enjoining the
.-spapers from publishing such ad
tisemen r and the railroads named
ssn proceeding otherwise with their
Biertaking and toe secretary of state
|other officials were enjoined from
iniing a chant The .date for the
1 Sul bearing was set. for January 31st.
tins at that time will be fought out
mangle of the litigation arising over
tie controversy and, in which, very
jjHy, the recent legislation adopted
•-the last session of the general as
sembly will play some part.
Mori recently the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad through its attor
neys. King & Spalding, of Atlanta, has
I sued out a writ of mandamus seeking
► o compel the secretary of state to
grant it a charter upon its original
application, and this will likewise be
ioaght out through the courts of At
■tata before Judge Pendleton.
In the meanwhile the people are
tossing the feasibility of the rail
! Ki construction contemplated. Many
* h'Or the construction of the railroad
f " Bailie idea that all railroad develop
means prosperity to the commu-
E - r through which it travels. Others
2" opposed to it upon the ground that
H parallels the state’s road and will
ake u valuable. both with ref
frence to its worth as a lease proposi
tion as well as its money making
power.
However public sentiment may be
divided upon the question, it appears
now i; 0 bave resolved itself into a
•vuestion of law and will likely be
out altogether through the
'ourts. Just bow long this will be, no
009 can foretell.
' ou CAN yet join the
CHRISTMAS BANKING CLUB.
Ji Bank ° f Cart ersville will still
; J !t you to join their “Christmas
members 1 add 0n more
Pitin J ' U Clu,) JOU only need to
jitney. Ti! lUkel the first week —3 ust a
a nirtci n 50U increase Your deposit
Cirictm UU weekt Before next
$ (;3 .75 n I'OU llave to your credit
a *me can's * h ° Want to start with
d °Porit onlv a S °d They inCreaSe their
before „ ' a dime eacb w eek and
It ce r .ri' r , Chrißtmas get $127.50.
small ~!.! !' 1S niarvelous how these
rejmiariv ' !mt in wep k after week
;^ rly amo ’t to such big sums.
theirl 1 : Wh ° have never hanked
m.rch in* a '' .' )f,f ' ore have taken so
they have'’ St ' n thiS savings Plan that
C'me ahead" t' ,C ' t ! ielT payments a long
mam ~ !S iS a good thing to do
Tank 0 f r ! * are informed by the
‘regular” , aite " svill °> have opened
■ t . ba nking accounts.
that our f^ 0 ' 1 : ling f° r our community
Vhabit? ® are learn >ng the bank
ry win w .1° " ne Wbo saves his mon
eniof tb harder because at the
' ,!t for hVT, 1 ' he Wlll have a net re
'* him tV ° r and will stirnu
’ grea ter effort. It is the
f it suc C e Ss .‘’. h '! le “ bank hook habit ”
r °’- The h'.u ’ oi<l * r raen are looking
),)lln gman °' d man will trust the
a Tart 0 ( .. 0 1135 banked and saved
b ° will Rain t,Ull!ngs: he is the one
ew. a Partnership in the bus
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JABEZ SPEiR
KILLEDJ ATLANTA
Shot Down On Street Sun-
I
day Afternoon By Wife’s
Relatives.
I
Last Sunday afternoon in the city'
of Atlanta Jabez G. Speer, a former :
resident of Cartersville, was killed by
Dr. V. B. Bishop and H. A. Bishop,
father-in-law and brother-in-law re
spectively of Mr. Speer, in the pres
ence of Mrs. Speer, the estranged wife
of the dead man, and their lit le
daughter, Dorothy Speer.
It appears that for several years Mr.
and Mi 1 ;. Speer have been separated
and that divorce proceedings were
pending at the time of the difficulty
last Sunday afternoon. 11l feeling has
existed between the Speer and Bishop
'families growing out of the domestic
difficulties between Mr. Speer and his
wife. The Bishops claim that Mr,
Speer has been abusive and threat
ening in his actions and treatment of
them all and Dr. Bishop has claimed
that he has many times avoided him
in order to prevent trouble. Mis.
Speer has lived apart from her hus
band with her little daughter and has
recently been teaching school at
Burwell, there living with her father.
Sunday afternoon it appears that
Mr. Speer, while in an automobile,
stepped out of the machine while it
was yet in motion and sought to seize
his little daughter. Apprehending this
in time, Mrs. Speer, the mother, grab
bed the child. This happening in the
presence of Dr. Bishop and H. A.
Bishop, father and brother of Mrs.
Speer, they claim that Speer then
drew, his pistol upon his wife or upen
one of them, and thereupon the young
Mr. Bishop proceeded to fire. From the
results of young Bishop's shooting, Mr.
Speer received four bullet wounds in
the head and from which he fell to the
ground. The Bishops then claim that
Speer from the ground sought to shoot
his wife or ane of them and thereupon
Dr. Bishop, the father of Mrs. Speer,
proceeded to use his pistol and from
the results of his firing Speer was in
stantly killed.
The two Bishops succeeded in put
ting some six or seven bullet holes in
to Speer’s body, and while it is claim
ed by the Bishops that Speer sought to
shoot, he was* never able to fire his
pistol.
The news of Mr. Speer’s death was
received in Cartersville with expres
sions of sincere regret. He lived here
a number of years with his brothers
and sisters and mother, during which
time they constituted a prominent
family "of Cartersville. Recently the
family moved to Atlanta.
The Speers are prominently connect
ed in Bartow and Cherokee counties
and the outcome of this unhappy do
mestic trouble has resulted in a shad
ow of gloom being cast over both fam
ilies which will be remembered
throughout the remainder of the lives
of all the survivors.
The Bishops have been arrested and
the brothers and sisters of the de
ceased insist it was cold blooded mur
der and that they intend to prosecute
the perpetrators of the crime to the
full extent of the law.
NOTICE ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
There will be a regular convocation
of Cartersville Chapter No. 144. Royal
Arch Masons, at the Masonic Hall,
Monday evening, January 10th, 1016.
There will be work in the Past Mas
ters and Most Excellent Masters de
gree. All duly qualified ' Royal Arch
Masons are cordially invited to attend.
T. E. VAUGHAN, High Priest.
works har4, dipping its bill in the
blossoms and sucking out the small
particles of sweets. These he carries
to his hive and when winter comes
the bee has honey.
In just this way you can have money
—put in a little at the time regularly
every week. Then when next Christ
mas comes you can have money in
the bank just as the bee has honey
in the hive.
This “Christmas Banking Club” idea
is a winner and it is easy to be a be
ginner. It takes only a nickel or a
dime. The Bank of Cartersville will
furnish anyone who w'ants to join the
club a “Christmas Bank'ng Club”
Book free. There Is no charge to Join
and you are still allowed this privi
lege.—ad.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., .JANUARY <*, 1910
CITY GOVERNMENT CHANGES HANDS
AND HEN ADMINISTRATION BEGINS
Old Commissioners Give Way to New With
Easy Grace. Abram Cook Gets Public
Utilities, W. E. Puckett, Chief of Police.
The municipal government of Car- 1
tersville changed hands Wednesday
morning, Mayor G. W. Young and Com
missioners Satterfield and Gaines re
tiring and the new mayor, Paul Gil
reath, and new commissioners, H. R.
Maxwell and R. W. Landers, assumed
the duties of these officers.
The old board consisting of Messrs
Young, Satterfield and Gaines met at
t igltt - -Jock and formally dosed the.
administration upon ths minutes o r
the board. Mr. Satterfield, suffering
from a painful personal injury re
ceived the day before, was compelled
to go to his room and could not be
present to assist Mayor Young in
turning over affairs to the new board.
Mr. Gaines was likewise compelled to
go elsewhere in order to fill a busi
ness engagement and, hence, when
the new board appeared Mayor Young
was compelled to do the honors alone
on behalf of the old board.
At, nine o’clock Wednesday morning
Messrs. Gilreath, Landers and Max
well appeared at the city offices,
where they were warmly welcomed
by Mayor Y r oung, turned over their
bonds to Clerk Waldrup and were
sworn in by Judge John H. Wikle,
each one taking the solemn oath of
office to faithfully and honestly admin
ister the affairs of the city in accord
ance with law and concience.
After which formal proceeding
Former-mayor G. W. Young turned
over the seal of the city and the key
to the city offices to the new mayor
and commissioners. When doing so he
stated that the treasurer, Mr. W. W.
Daniel, would turn over the books, ac
counts, monies and securities, men
tioning particularly the possession in
the vaults of forty thousand dollars of
bonds which had been bought in bv
the city from time to time as part of
the sinking fund. Mr. Young, also, at
the same time tendered his services
WALTER COLEMAN WINS
FINE APPOINTMENT.
W. S. Coleman," of Cedartown, has
been appointed government inspector
of Indian agencies by Cato Sells, com
missioner of Indian affairs.
The iK>sition which Mr. Coleman as
sumes carries a salary of $2,500 a year
and expenses, and is a most attractive
position. He will visit the various
Indian agencies and investigate the
work and the manner of directing
eleven millions of dollars which the
government spends annually for this
Red Men.
The appointment comes to Mr. Cole
man largely through the influence of
Hon. W. J. Harris, formerly director
of the census and uow one of the mem
bers of the Federal Trade Commis
sion. Mr. Coleman and Mr. Harris have
been friends and business associates
for many years and it was natural to
urge the qualifications and fitness of
Mr. Coleman for the position.
Both Mr. Coleman and Mr. Harris
are well known in Cartersville and
Baftow county where they have many
friends. Mr. Coleman is the owner of
a half interest in the Cedartown Stand
ard and was for many years one of its
editors. His headquarters for the past
two years has been in Atlanta where
his insurance connections necessi
tated his location.
The appointment was pleasing news
to a vast number of Mr. Coleman’s
friends throughout Georgia and to
none more than those residing in Bar
tow county.
NEW MAIL SERVICE
ON LOCAL L. & N
On January ?.d mail service was pu
on the local L. & N. train running
between Cartersville and Etowah.
This will be gratifying news to the
mercantile and business interests of
Cartersville and is the result of effor?
which were instituted nearly tw
years ago by Postmaster Walter Aker-j
man. When the parcel post law becan i
effective, the only mail service fur
nished to stations along the L. & >
road between Cartersville and Etowj;
w r as that supplied by the fast trail
which used catcher service, that is toj
say, the hanging of mail pouches on|
catch hooks designed for the purpose-
| to the new board in any way and at
any time they may see fit to call upon
him for information or counsel.
Members of the new board thanked
Mr. Young for his gracious tender of
services and informed him that it was
altogether probable that they would
avail themselves of his counsel and
i advice as occasion arose.
The proceedings from* this time on
were simple and businesslike in meth
od. A resolution was read in which
| Thursday evening at seven o’clock was
adopted as the regular weekly meet
ing of the board. The salaries of the
various officers were fixed and the of
ficers appointed.
A rumor had become current
throughout the city that a change in
the official slate would involve a clean
sweep, but it developed that Treasurer
W. W. Daniel, J. C. Caldwell, Hoyt
Hazlewood and C. A. Cox, with A. L.
Hazlewood retained their positions.
The rumor’was current throughout the
city the day before that new men
would be selected for each of these
places.
As announced by the board, the fol
lowing is the slate of city officials:
city treasurer, W. W. Daniel, who like
wise performs the duties ot clerk here
tofore performed by G. W. Waldrup,
salary $1,200 a year; chief mar.-hall,
W. E. Puckett; patrolmen, C. A. Cox
and George M. Pinion; superintendent
i of public utilities, Abram Cook, salary
$1,200 a year; street boss, J. C. Cald
. well, salary $720 a year; cemetery
; sexton, A. L. Hazlewood; chief of fire
department, Hoyt Hazlewood.
After the announcement of the new
city officials for the ensuing two years,
the board proceeded to accept the
<‘books and accounts and to jointly
audit these and count the cash and
■ other formalities previous to the pass
j ing of the receipt.
It was soon seen that this was un
available for use in the parcel post
branch of the mail service, neither
could parcel post packages be thrown
out on the ground or platforms for
fear of breakage and other damage.
Thereupon Postmaster Akerman ap
plied to the postal department that
this service be put on local train, pop
ularly known as the “Short Dog.’’ Mr.
Akerman at the same time brought the
matter to the attention of the Cham
ber of Commerce of Cartersville and
suggested that this organization take
the matter up with Congressman Lee.
Through the efforts of Congressman |
Lee, an inspector was sent to Carters- i
vHle and along the route of the L. &
N. railroad, but he reported that the
business was not at that time large I
enough to justify installing a service !
but promised to take it up as soon as |
fhe volume of business grew to suf
ficient proportions.
A few weeks ago it was announced
1 that'this service would be put on and
(that a mail agent would be appointed.
Mr. E. G. Wood was appointed and
took his first run out last Monday
imorning. He will make his home in
jOartersville, laying over here each
plight, going out with the train during
the morning hours and returning at
'evening.
The introduction, of this service will
be of benefit to merchants who can
-now send out parcel post package -
(along the route of the L. & N. railroad,
ja service which has heretofore been
denied and is the realization of an
other effort put forth fcy the business
men of Cartersville, aided by Post
inaster Akerman and Congressman
I^ee.
The Ford Residence Sold.
Mr. Hugh Ford, of Paw, Ga., come
to Cartersville last week and closed
a deal for the sale of the old Ford
home place on Tennessee street to
Mr. L. A. Ingram, who moved to Ca--
tersville some time ago from his flue
farm near Pine Log and is now a full
fledged citizen of Cartersville and we
are glad to welcome such good peopie
as Mr. Ingram and his family to our
town. The trade was worked up by
J. R. Young who has been Mr. Ford’s
real estate and rental agent for sever
al years.
CONGRESSMAN LEE
SEEKS INFORMATION
Will Endeavor To Correct
Mistakes in New Rural
Mail Routes.
Hon. Gordon Lee was in Carters
ville a few hours last week during
which time he devoted himself to the
study of the hardships brought about
by the change in the rural routing of
mail service recently ordered.
Sometime since the department at
Washington made many changes
throughout the United States and i
appears that this was done by officers
in the department itself who made use*
of maps for their purpose without a
physical examination of the routes
changed and new ones designated. It
now appears that many of the roads
shown on these maps have been
abandoned, and the maps themselves
not showing the condition of the roads
adopted, many roads were selected
which are practically impassable. The
result is that some of the roads desig
nated from these maps cause the rural
route carrier to have to go through
fields and over rough ways, and, the
routes being very much extended,
have made it so that the carriers have
to be on the road for longer hours.
A lot of complaint has arisen
throughout the country, and particu
larly from the Seventh Congressional
district, in which complaint many citi
zens of Bartow have joined. Those liv
ing in the country immediately around
Cartersville object to the change be
cause carriers must now leave the
Cartersville post office on their routes
by seven o’clock, whereas they have
heretofore left at nine o’clock. By rea
son of this change they are now un
able to carry out the daily papers on
their routes as these get in here after
seven o’clock and before nine o'clock.
The patrons of the office living on the
various routes are thus prevented
from getting the news for 24 hours
and this they seriously object to. This
is practically true all the- way through
Bartow county.
Mr. Lee took a lot of memoranda of
the situation here which he will use
at Washington for the purpose of seek
ing to get re-established the old rout
■ ing formerly followed with so much
satisfaction to the people and to have
the post office department abandon
the present plan of delivering mail on
the rural routes.
ETOWAH RIVER
GETS ON A TEAR.
Due to the heavy rains which had
' fallen over the entire water shed of
the Etowah river, a near flood tide was
reached at Cartersville on Wednesday.
December 29.
The river at this point reached the
highest stage it has registered since
1886 and a great deal of damage was
done to the low lands and river bot
toms.
Nearly all tlie mining industries lo
cated alongside the river experienced
a great deal of inconvenience due to
the location of electric motors and
pumps along the river.
Several owners of mining opera
tions had to hurriedly move their
motors to higher points in order to
gave them from being ruined.
A great deal of drift wood was car
ried upon the rapid flowing bosom of
the stream and hundreds from Car
tersville went out to the Tinsley place
and to the river brirdge to witness the
swollen stream. The water succeeded
in just getting over the Cartersvillc-
Emerson road leading to the Tinsley
farm, and those who keep up with
such things claim that this is the first
time that this road has been covered
at. this point since 1886. The next day
the river began to recede and within
24 hours was back within its banks.
The river reached a very high point j
at Rome, Ga., on Thursday and the
creeks and rivers from Chattanooga
on to Atlanta were all at flood tide .
during the week.
OUR DOCTOR SOLD.
It may be of interest to many who
have often seen the race horse, Our
Doctor, upon the local race course
here, to know that he has been re
cently sold by Gus Coggins, his owner,
to Stanton & Company, of Douglas, Ga.
It is understood that the considera
tion was one thousand dollars. Our
Doctor has a record of 2.07 % and is
one of the best known race horses on
the southern circuit.
PEEPLES PRESENTED
WITH LOVING CUP
Chamber Of Commerce
President Gets Fine To
ken From Friends.
One of the most pleasant occasions
during the Christmas holidays was
that at which Oscar T. Peeples, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce of
Cartersville, was presented with a
loving cup by friends expressing ap
preciation of efforts put forth by him
in promoting the general welfare of
the city.
Late in the afternoon Mr. Peeples
was notified to be at the office of the
Flemister Grocery Company at six
o’clock for the purpose of meeting
with a number of business men. Sup
posing that it was for the purpose of
furthering some, interest connected
with the work of the Chamber of Com
merce, Mr. Peeples promptly agreed
to be present and made no further in
quiry.
Upon walking into the office of the
Flemister Grocery Company, he found
there present almost a score of
friends and business associates. Be
fore he had time to inquire what par
ticular purpose the meeting had in
view, Mr. \V. H. Field arose and stated
that his remarks would be directed
toward Mr. Peeples, and he thereupon
proceeded, in a very graceful and ap
propriate manner, to prosenUa loving
cup.
It was apparent that Mr. Peeples
was taken by surprise, but in a few
w ~us he expressed his pleasure in
seeking to do that toward which his
efforts had been directed and espec
ially his friendship and interest in the
success of the material growth of Car
tersville and of the splendid type of
men who were there represented who
had themselves contributed so much
toward Cartersville’s rank and stand
ing.
The cup presented was a solid sil
ver one of graceful shape and large
size, upon which was engraved:
Presented to
Oscar T. Peeples
President of the Chamber of Commerce
Cartersville, Georgia
December 25, 1915
By friends
For
Excellent service.
Accompanying the cup was a list of
names of the donors as follows: P. C.
Flemister, J. S. Calhoun, W. J. Ham,
W. W. Daves, Mayes Grocery Com
pany, Mrs. R. Steinberg, H. J. Jolly,
Paul Gilreath, \V. H. Lumpkin, John
T. Norris, Ben C. Gilreath. Walter
Akerman, C. M. Milam, Fred Rade
baugh, J. W. Vaughan, C. L. Col’or s,
Dixie Theatre, J. E. Field & Son,
Knight Mercantile Company, B. L.
Vaughan, W. A. Blackwell.
After a few talks, there was a gen
eral handshaking all around ami the
occasion was made one which was mu
tually enjoyable to the donors and
donee alike.
RECREATION CLUB
ENJOYS NEW QUARTERS.
The Citizens Recreation Club, after
making a number of improvements
and repairs and installing a number of
new games, opened its rooms for the
reception of its members January 1,
since which time the quarters of the
club have become- more popular than,
ever.
Mr. F. C. Powell is in charge of the
club and upon assuming command
made it known that he would rigidly
enforce the rules and regulations of
the club which are modeled along the
lines adopted by Y. M. C. A. associa
tions. No residents of Cartersville, ex
cept ladies, will be permitted to en
joy the privileges of the club, but the
members are free to invite non-resi
dent visitors in Cartersville to the
rooms, vouching for their conduct.
The quarters have been completely
done over, remodeled, and, together
with the games heretofore installed,
a number of new games of a recreative
value, current newspapers and maga
zine publications, are provided for the
entertainment of its members, and al
together the club furnishes physical
and mental entertainment of an al
together profitable value.
The members are greatly pleased
with the new changes made and the
club rooms present a picture of ani
mation and enjoyment during ail the
hours it is open.
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