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VOL* 5
SIO SCHOOLS TBV
m BIG £[KCE
Interesting Programs and
Active Work to Increase
Membership.
••Georgia Go To Sunday School Day”
])e observed next Sunday by all
' Cartersville churches, and the Sur-
L schools of all denominations are
ork ing to have a record breaking at
tendance on that day.
Each of the Sunday schools in Car
ter,r!l. have arranged a program,
, arge 'v following the program submit
dbv executive committee of the
Georgia Sunday School Association,
b „t in many instances, this has been
depart, and from and special features
W!ll be introduced by the various
, choo -and the large number, which
;. iU undoubtedly attend Sunday school
next Sunday, will he entertained from
start to finish, as well as profited by
their attendance.
‘ One evidence of the interest mani-
Gstai by the Sunday School Associa
tion is the fact that Governor Nat E.
Harris, of Georgia, has issued a proc
lamati n to the people of Georgia as
follows:
STATE OF GEORGIA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Atlanta, February 2, 1916.
To tlic People of Georgia:
Whereas the supreme need of our
state today is the spread of a true in
telligence among its citizens which
shall direct the forces that make for
character; and,
Whereas one of the noblest means
of disseminating this intelligence and
building up a character in keeping
with the teachings of a true Chris
tianity is the Sunday School; and,
Whereas the first state-wide “Geor
gia Go To Sunday School Day” was
obterv and with marked success on Feb
ruary 14, 1915, at which time the Sun
day school attendance was greatly in
.creased; and.
Whereas, in an effort to increase
Bible study and produce Christian
citizenship, the Georgia Sunday School
Association has appointed February
13, 191 f as a “Georgia Go To Sunday
School Day;” and.
Wh mis the Sunday schools of, ail
den : hu;ijons will observe this day
with appropriate exerci es and are is
suin'. invitations to all our citizen, to
atte: and Sunday school; and,
W s -s is desl ous those
who fed an interest In thewjyHare of
the s a’ ' should work in-harmony to
proda the best results in citizenship,
Tin ef .re, I, Nat E. Harris, Gover
nr, o! the Commonwealth of Georg a,
cal! I, on all Georgians, as well as
V -P wi bin our borders, to attend,
s ' r uol in the church o: their
c„oi' a February 13, 1916, that those
cngag-. and in carrying on these schools
ttiay receive due encouragement and
hid tile work of their hands prosper
*nS in the service of their God.
In Testimony Whereof, 1 have caus
tu tin . • letters to be made patent and
hie s. :tl of the Commonwealth to be
hereunto affixed. Done at At'anta,
Geui ‘Stu. on this 2d day of February,
in the year of Our Lord One Thousand,
X:ne It ndred Sixteen, and of the In-
Pence of the United States the
t;i: ' Hundred and Fortieth.
K tire Governor;
N. E. HARRIS, Governor.
1 JlLli COOK, Secretary of State.
I’ l ' :ent Wilson has also been so
llC ‘.ed to give an expression of his
'■"npat y with the movement which
h h 1 m his sending to the Georgia
h -'lny School Association the follow
statement:
' ,; d> is mere impor.ant to the
fJhkl tr,au th e study of the Bible and
v 1 "ths which it teaches, and
1 no more effective agency for
SUI,I - v th n the Sunday school. It
, •' one °f the greatest factors
<iv t . s j n building charac
and
fjh ' ' development of moral
£ . its influence begins almost
a ’ Ml " as the child is able to talk
, da Co ‘ ,t,nu through life. The Sun
!' sson of today is the code
u m . 1 l °niorrow. Too much at
nation c-x n
Which ti ' UOt 56 pald the work
Sl| nday school is doing.”
Woodrow Wilson.
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
JUDGE mUSES WRIGHT
A GAME LAW VICTIM
Charged With Shooting
Birds on Land Without
Securing Permit.
i.
Judge Moses Wright, judge of the
superior court of the Rome circuit,
with L. D. McWiliams, a prominent
business man of Rome, are to be tried
during the March term of the city
c; urt for violation of the game law.
It is not often that judges are
brought before courts for trial but
Judge Moon is to experience the sen
sation cf trying a judge of a neighbor
ing circuit for an alleged violation of
law taking place in Bartow county.
From information said to be authen
tic the facts appear to be that a few
weeks ago Judge Wright and Mr. Mc-
Williams journeyed in pursuit of the
elusive quail into Bartow' county. Each
had secur. and license to hunt outside the
distiict of their residence and getting
near the Bartow county line, the gen
tlemen engaged the services of one
Wade Patterson, colored, to locate the
lines for them. The lines were pointed
out as regards ownership and coun'y
jurisdiction but the hunters becoming
thirsty walked to a nearby spring
Either just before or after they had
quenched their thirst a covey of part
ridges flew up.
It may have been an irresistable im
pulse. It may have been due to an ut
ter forgetfulness of lines and such de
tails or it may have been that the
hunters were on land on which they
had a permit to hunt. Anyway, the
1 miters, cr cne of them, “took a shot”
at the covey.
A citizen was near to see and hear
the shooting, as well as the target
aimed at. He may have said little at
the time but he afterwards reported it
The district justice of the peace de
clined to issue a warrant but the “Jaw
enforcer” came on to Cartersville and
there had a warrant taken out. Judge
Wright and Air. McWilliams acknow
ledged service and the case is there
fore in the city court.
It is said that the complaining citi
zen became offended because he
claims the shot from the guns fell
upon his house and peppered his prem
ises. This made him mad. Finding
that, perhaps, they were on land on
which the hunters had no permit to
hunt, he sought lo nunish the hunters.
Tire case appears to be this: A large
covey of birds fly up in front cf the
hunters who have guns in their hands
and-nr ' hunting fir the very things
that present themselves. What would
y u do?
Rut the hunters sliower your house
and yard with a lot cf shot? Wouldn’t
that jar you?
Y.P. HAF.ROLD, OF AMERICUS.
A VISITOR TO CARTERSVILLE.
F.ank Harrcld a prominent citizen
::d prosperous business man of Amor
ims. is spending a few davs in Car
t..-i mile as the guc-st t f W. H. Field.
Mr. Harro'd is actively engaged in
tie c.tion business and his success in
the handling of this commodity, with
its many sides and intricate nature
furnishes ample evidence of his gen
ius.
Mr. Harrold is also exceedingly at
tractive in his personal contact with
men and s'nce his arrival has favor
ably impressed all wire have met him.
U’< genial spirit and brightne s of in
tellect, with a keen grasp of current
p obletns, has enabled him to meet
with a warm and hearty welcome in
Cart rsville.
Mr. Harrcld is accompanied by hi;
wife, a sister of Mrs. Hampton Field.
GEO. H. GILREATH WILL RUN
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Treasurer Geo. H. Gilreath has au
thorized the announcement that he is
going to make the race for county
commissioner. Mr. Gilreath has made
a capable and painstaking treasurer.
• luce this ofH e has been abolished
by the legislature he hopes to be made
a member of the beard of c immission
ers and by that board be made clerk,
tr. which office the legislature trans
ferred the duties of treasurer, combin
ing them with that ordinarily perform
e by the clerk of the board. Mr. Gil
reath has an extensive following all
o\er the county and enjoys apes soci
al acquaintance with nearly all its
voters.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., FEBRUARY 10,
MEET SI COURT HOUSE SATURDAY
TO DISCUSS SMITH-LEVER SCI
Benefits of Federal Law in Aid of Agircul
ture and Home Economics to be
Set Forth by Able Speakers.
A public meeting of the people o (!
the county will be held at the court
house Saturday morning at 10:30
o’clock for the purpose of taking ac
tion on the question of whether or not
Bartow county shall get its share cf
the benefits which accrue to it under
the Smith-Lever act, which it is of
fering to those engaged in tilling the
soil.
This bill was passed two years ago
by congress and supported by agri
cultural societies and authorities
throughout the land. It had the active
championship of agricultural college
ard scientists who are devoting theni
• elves to the study of agricultural
problems.
The Smith-Lever act, as passed by
congress, provided for a permanent
national system of agricultural exten
sion to be carried on with federal and
slate funds through state agricultura'
colleges in co-operation with the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
by means cf instruction through prac
tical demonstration in agriculture and
home economics.
The Smith-Lever act appropriates
money as follows: First, ten thousand
dollars of federal funds annually to
each 48 states; second, in addition to
the $480,000, the act appropriates for
1915-16 $600,000 of federal Smith-
Lever funds. This sum will be increas
ed annually by $500,000 by federal
Smith-Lever funds until 1923, when
the annual government appropriation
will be set at $4,550.000. The additional
appropriation is divided among th'
states in proportion that the rural pop
u'ation of t s e state bears to the rural
population of the United States. Any
state, however, to share in the federal,
Smith. Lever fund must appropriate
and extend an extension work at least
an equal amount of money from sour
ces within the. state. The money from
the states will bring the joint demon
stration fund to $1,680,000 in 1916-17.
In addition to the Smith-Lever
funds, however, the department of ag
riculture during 1916 wi’l expend front
its own appropriations for farmers'
co-operative demonstration work, and
for other direct field instruction in
special subjects, over $1,025,000. The
states will raise from sources withiu
the state and spend for demonrirati n
w:rk a tool of $2,650,000. This will
make a grand total of $4,750,000 t >
be spent in the fiscal year of 1915-16
in bringing practical and helpful in
struction to the farmer and his fam-
Py in their own communities.
This bill is regarded by those who
are fan.i iar wi his co t ents an 1 pur
poses as among the most benefie’ent
and wise pieces of legislation eve:'
enacted by congress. Barlow county
GOLD EUTON AWARDED
TELEPHONE EMPLOYEES.
_A g Id button will be awarded to
every employe in the local office of
the Bell Telephone system who has
been in the service continuous'y for
five cr mere years. The buttons w ;
be of gold and blue enamel and are
presented as a token cf. appreciation
by the company for t e loyalKy an
devotion to du y of the e who have
continued in its service.
Each but .on will have engraved
upon it a numeral showing ihe term of
service in periods cf five years. Those
who have served five years and As-;
than ten will receive a five-year badge,
and those who have served ten years
and less than fift en will receive a
tor-ye:" 1 button, and so on.
Ther: 1 are three employee- in the
Cartersville exchange who will re
ceive service record buttons and
among those who have had the 'o.igest
term of service here are the following:
C. B. Allen, G. B. Rober son. Mrs. B.
McDaniel.
This plan of giving evidence in such
a manner to the company's app ecia
tion of its employees' loyalty was in
augurated by First Vice-President J-
Epp - Brown, and he has written a
personal letter to each of those who
are to receive the badges of honoi,
congratulating them upon having at
tained this term of service.
The awards for long service are in
line with the employees’ benefit tund
ts particularly and peculiarly interest
ed in securing its benefits. Due to its
agricultural strength and its poten
tialities as an agricultural section.
Bartow’ county should at once express
a purpose and desire, with a determin
ation, to secure for itself the benefits
of this act, in order that our agricul
tural power may be increased, in or
der that the fertility of our lands may
be .heightened, and in order that our
farmers may know more of the adap
tability of our lands tc the plants that
can be raised here and to the products
that can be produced here
In addition to this, the Smith-Lever
act has for its purpose the teaching of
home economics and how to make
country life more attractive and com
fortable.
It is earnestly hoped that the farm
ers and their wives and all other
classes of business men, together
with those boys and girls who are old
enough and who are taking an inter
est in agriculture through the boys’
corn clubs and girls’ canning clubs,
may b> present on this occasion.
Dr. William Bradford, of Cedartown.
will be here on this occasion for the
purpose of bringing to the attention
o*' the people, the beneficient provis
ions cf this act and to interest us in
getting our authorities to take action
upon the matter.
Dr. Bradford is engaged in the ex
tension work under this act and is
thoroughly familiar with what it has
done and what it is to do. He has
leen the efficient agent, of the boys'
c rn clubs of the Seventh Congres
; aional district, and in that capacity
{ lias done a wonderful work. It will be
mbered that mapy, .sometimes
the fathers of the boys themselves,
contended that one hundred bushels
of corn could not be raised on an acre.
Yet it was done repeatedly, and not
only that, but over two hundred bush
| els cf corn were raised upon an acre.
! and the proof ef this is s o incontrover
| fible that today you do not hear the
proposition disputed even by those
who are most fogey in their methods.
What the boys’ corn clubs have done
in demonstrating the productivity of
our lands with reference to corn is
small compar; and with what efficient
demonstrators can show the farmers
of this county what can be done along
all lines in agricultural endeavor.
At 'he cour: house next Saurday
morning should be present a packed i
bouse to hear this question sta ed and 1
for the purpose of taking action upon
it. In addition to Dr. Bradford and
Mr. Henry Milam, others will taki
part in the discussion, and, in fact,
rhe meeting will ha thrown open for
discussion of this proposition.
plan, safety-first p’an and awards for
-uggestions, which are an important
f ature of the Bell system’s relations
with its employees.
An interesting feature in connection
with the service buttons is the fact
that the longest term of service is
hfc’d by President W. T. GeUrv, whose
record is forty years.
It is estimated that more t' an
000 B*M! ernpi tees in the south will
receive badges of honor during Jan
uary. and a surprisingly large number
of them are women.
FOBT. F. JONES RETURNS
FROM GRADY HOSPITAL.
The many friends of Robert F. Jones
will fie pleased to learn that he is now
at the home of his parents, .Mr. and
Mrs. Charles T. Jones, after an en
forced stay of eight months in the
Gradv hospital, at Atlanta. Mr. Jones
submitted to six major operations
while confined in this institution and
is now on the road to complete recov
ery. He was brought home by his sis
ter, Miss Queenie Jcnes, to recuper
ate, and is free to greet and converse
with his friends who call. Mr.
as well as his family, express the
warmest gratitude toward their hosts
of friends who manifested kindness to
him during his sickness, as well as to
the Grady hospital physicians and op
eratives who so efficiently a'tended
him.
FRANK MATTHEWS 111
finejew STORE
Progressive Merchant Is
Ready for Business in
New Walton Building.
Frank E. Matthews moved his large
stock of groceries and general mer
chandise to his splendid new store in
Ihe Walton Block tn Main street this
week and the vast stock required the
help cf extra labor.and teams as well
as the regular force, to get it trans
ferred In three days.
Mr. Matthews has built up in Car
tevsville and surrounding country a
very extensive trade. For several
years he has occupied the stand re
cently purchased- by W. C. Walton
and when Mr. Walton decided to build
anew structure Mr. Matthews made
arrangements with him to rent a room
with a frontage of thirty feet running
back 100 feet. Afterwards he c includ-
ed that be needed a larger store room
and hence arranged to lease the store
room next to the other with a front
age of sixty feet.
During the construction of the build
ing Mr. Matthews temporarily moved
to Gilmer street. When the new build
ing w’ s sufficiently tenant-able to move
iu Mr. Matthews at once took posses
sion, as his temporary quarters con
siderably cramped him.
His stock is not yet completely ar
ranged but already it presents a fine
and imposing appearance. The store
I room is the handsomest in Cartersville
! and the building the city’s finest im
| movement. Mr. Matthews carries a
large stock of all kinds of gro'eries
and is now sufficiently equipped to
supply demands from every quarter.
The fixtures and furniture are modern
and tasteful in type. He has more
window space than any store in Car
tersvilla and these he will always keep
in attractive style.
Mr. Matthews’ trade extends far out '
into the country and into other coun
ties. He is as-isted by two capable
and expert salesmen, Messrs. Wilson
Howard and Wiley Grow. His delivery
service is among the best a id his trade
throughout the city and county meets
with prompt attention and is served
with goods of standardized value.
The public should see this new de
velopment in the mercantile progress
ci' Cartersville as both the store bui’d
ing and stock is worth a visit.
GEORGIAN CARRIERS
HAVE ROUND UP DAY.
Round-Up Day will be a big time in
At'anta, Go.. February 16. Several
hundred mws agents, frera Georgia
and other southern states who sell
The Atlanta Georgian and Sunday
American have been invited to attend
the second annual convention of The
Georgian-American agents and will be
the guests of these papers in Atlanta
rn that day.
Henry Pettit, who is The Atlanta
Georgian agent in Cartersville is one
of those chosen to take the free trip
to Atlanta. Only the agents who have
increased their lists of subscribers,
known as live agents, will at'end the
Round-Up, and Henry Pettit has been
keeping up his reputation as a hustler
by being numbered among the live
ones.
The railroad fares to and from At
lanta, the hotel accommodations and
all of the expense of the entertainment
. 1 the agents will be paid by The
Georgian and Sunday American. The
majority of the agents will come from
Georgia, and every part of the state j
will be well represented by the hust
lers, but a few of these who will at- ,
tend the news agents’ convention will
travel hundred- of miles from neigh
boring states. North and South Ca o
lina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida
This is the only meeting of newspaper
agents in the south, and. is being held
every year by The Georgian and Sun
day American as a reward for then
active agents.
THOS. A. HUGHES ANNOUNCES
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
Elsewhere appears the announce
ment of Thos. A. Hughes for tax re
ceiver of Bartow county. Mr. Hughes
lives at White and has heretofore serv
ed as tax receiver with satisfaction to
his many friends, and these hope for
his election in the coming primaries,
and will support him loyally. Mr.
Hughes is an upright, honest and pat
riotic citizen and is held in the highest
esteem by all who know him.
ETOWAH COMPANY 10
RESUME OPERATIONS
Machinery and Equipment
Put in Condition to Mine
Iron Ore and Barytes.
The Etowah Development Company,
one of the largest operators in the
production of brown iron ore in this
section of the south, will, within a few
| days, resume operations which were
i cut off about two years ago on account
! of the low price of iron.
The company has extensive acreage
upon which are unlimited deposits of
brown iron ore and other minerals,
and a resumption of operations upon
its part will call for an extensive pay
roll and put into motion a large and
well equipped plant. The company
owns three steam shovels, five loco
motives, an extensive washing plant,
and boilers, pumps and railroads by
which and over which its material is
moved.
Mr. R. S. Munford has been engaged
for two weeks in the work of putting
the machinery of the company in work
ing condition. The plant having been
idle for two years, it was necessary
that all parts of the equipment be gone
over and placed in efficient working
condition. This work is about finished
and active mining operations will be
gin within a few days.
Mr. Munford will also, in connection
with the production of iron ore, mine
barytes, as extensive deposits of this
mineral have been uncovered on the
property, and, the demand now being
greater than the power to supply, Mr.
Ai unford has undertaken to market
this mineral in connection with the
extensive iron ore tonnage which will
be produced.
The Etowah Development Company
employs a large force of skilled and
unskilled labor and the pay rolls give
an impetus to business which will he
| greatly welcomed by the merchants
| and other business enterprises cf Car
-1 tersville and surrounding country.
Much of the old labor hen t ~~
nected with the operation -> UlllCl V
i pany will return, while
| will find a place upon —”—~""”M
j ploye-es of this companyS a0 *\ M
Thq iron ore mined wi A oi 1
the furnaces in
ritorv, while the bary es wt?t be han
dled in this and foreign countries.
j J. W. VAUGHAN LEAVES
FOR EASTERN MARKETS.
.
J. W. Vaughan, head of the large
I business house of J. W. Vaughan &
I Company Department Store, has gone
J to New York cn a business trip which
will probably last for two or three
weeks.
Mr. Vaughan left for the east last
Tuesday and while away will visit the
markets of Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York, and possibly other
places, for the purpose of laying in
a big line of spring dry goods and no
tions, ladies’ coat suits, ready to wear
and gents’ furnishings, for which this
store has established an enviable rep
utation. While away, Mr. Vaughan wil’
devote study to the styles and vogue
in coat suits, skirts, shirt waists, and
all other articles of wear carried by
the best and most up to date dry
goods establishments. His trip to New
York is for the double purpose of be-
coming acquainted with all that has
been introduced in the way of current
styles as well as the purchase of a
stock brought down to date.
Within a few days these goods will
be expressed to Cartersville, and in a
short space of time the best stock of
the latest styles made known to New
York will be displayed in the store of
J. W. Vaughan & Company, together
with the piece goods, neckwear, ac
tions, laces, hosiery, while all other
departments of the business will be
completely stocked.
W. T. PITTARD’S FRIENDS URGE
HIM TO TRY FOR TAX RECEIVER.
Friends of W. T. Pittard claim to
have secured his consent to run for
tax receiver in the county primaries
to be called for the selection of coun
ty officers. Mr. Pittard has many
friends in the county who insist that
he has proved his efficiency in thi3 of
fice during a former term and that his
defeat two years ago was due u>
“breaks" in the luck which will he
overcome this time. Mr. Pittard will,
it is said, formally announce next
week.
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