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\ r ()L* ~ u ifii EXTENSION [ riDOCEUAW suns 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 ([IS ® cu 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 $127.50. small ~!.! !' 1S niarvelous how these rejmiariv ' !mt in wep k after week ;^ rly amo ’t to such big sums. theirl 1 : Wh ° have never hanked m.rch in* a '' .' )f,f ' ore have taken so they have'’ St ' n thiS savings Plan that C'me ahead" t' ,C ' t ! ielT payments a long mam ~ !S iS a good thing to do Tank 0 f r ! * are informed by the ‘regular” , aite " svill °> have opened ■ t . ba nking accounts. that our f^ 0 ' 1 : ling f° r our community Vhabit? ® are learn >ng the bank ry win w .1° " ne Wbo saves his mon eniof tb harder because at the ' ,!t for hVT, 1 ' he Wlll have a net re '* him tV ° r and will stirnu ’ grea ter effort. It is the f it suc C e Ss .‘’. h '! le “ bank hook habit ” r °’- The h'.u ’ oi<l * r raen are looking ),)lln gman °' d man will trust the a Tart 0 ( .. 0 1135 banked and saved b ° will Rain t,Ull!ngs: he is the one ew. a Partnership in the bus e WheiTiT 1 !* I J" mble lesson in the ” I,los om time the bee ■■■ ■■■< flugni _ . B-i-JP Hx-v *ap y Jk SSI j£> ili Jib tk m iHk ,$ 111 "' HI! llfll Ml Ini W Wlli^ S®*W* | IIIIIi IjL, 3 Tm Sr&h&iHQ*** ■ H MB lyi ,fif HR 4®’ re gs Jy a H H m & MS _ &** 1h Jp mS| ■ Pfi &|L sk isK k§' mi Mb gH k & Btk s ||9^^| JBL j| JBi Br iD LX!* gj JBLkbsB 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. NO. 45