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VOL. 6
PARTIES NOMINATE
NATIONAL TICKETS
Hughes And Roosevelt
Nominated and Wilson to |
Be Named By Democrats.
Chas. E. Hughes, associate justice \
of the supreme court of the United '
States, was nominated for president
and Chas, W. Fairbanks, of Indiana,
for vice-president, by the national re
publican convention at Chicago last
Saturday.
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York,
vas nominated for president, and J. M.
Parker, of Louisiana, for vice-presi- .
| dent, by the national progressive con-'
vention at the same place and at about
the same time.
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Fairbanks ac
cepted the nominations tendered by
the republican party and Mr. Hughes
at once resigned his place on the su
ipreme bench, which was a life-time
[tenure. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Parker
■have not yet accepted the nominations
Kpf the progressive party and Mr.
■Roosevelt has announced that he may
■decline it altogether ’if Mr. Hughes’
Statement on public questions are in
■coord with his views.
I Mr Roosevelt hoped to be the nom-
Bet of both ffae republican
■lOiv.'iitim could n<Mr‘ ? be 1 -^rought i to
■ vi>-w. largely. Oh account of his
Biitude toward the pdVty four years
Bo when he made certain its defeat.
Hh had a considerable following but
Bu enough to control the politics or
Be nominees cf the convention, Mr.
Buche- iieing actively opi>osed be-
Hus< ut his never having declared
ui, public questions now at
B di clination of Mr. Roosevelt to
at this time hope to the
Bpublican party that he will finally
not to run and thus enable the
to put forth a practically
*"' uoport of the republican norn-
B His decision to run would in-
result in the re-election of ,
B ; -:d' ic Wilson, who is sure to
B 'in- di moeratic nomination
Bek.
Bp h ' 1 ■i-ua .c convention is now
at St. Louis and Woodrow
and Vice-President Marshall
H a -c cbe made the standard bear
"f the party. The democrats are
H 1" certain of re-election, even
the republicans unite on Mr.
Hughes was appointed to the
fr eme bench by President Taft in
■ ' an, i "as content to remain on
I bench for the balance of his life
■ fe!t himself duty bound to re
to the call of his party, 4 He was
governor of New York and
■ satisfactorily filled other trusts as
H ‘ holder and lawyer, Mr.
was f ormer ]y a United
H" v tnu i front Indiana and vice-
H^ 111 of tlte United States.
Roosevelt is too well known to
a nummary of hie life and ac-
H| ■' today one of the fore
°f Americans; Mr. Parker has
an active progressive sine# the
1 ' ’ tat party four years ago.
Wilson is today recog-
atl parties as the deader of
V* 1 " :ill, i liis broad statemanship
jH^' nta l aras P of the problems of
mt ‘ ; ' h as excited the wonder
j^K m ‘ ra?! ° n cf all patriotic citi
(>n consent it is admit*
has had to confront more
M “rations tlian any presi-
S; * ' "-ation and these he has
H;" - !:i foresight and skillful
■ ' l! Marshall has likewise
11,11 as vice-president,
' !n 'l fairness, as he had
i 'Tice of governor of
i,rousht him to the
■ !Kaci ' in the government.
I CARD OF THANKS.
I , ’’cans of thanking our
l [Ul '" lshb °n f or the many
■iiln, - RePS shown us during the
Hr < , a, rI death of our little
H - ,M - la Holden.
H R I- HOLDEN,
H BETTIE HOLDEN.
■ m otortr, p .
jH’d T .7 ~
■ Cart; '(-.or V ‘ >mS and Dr '
Rii; RaVp returned
Macon where
Hr m . s ' atf Dental Assc
■am j , r? tRe >' stopped a
jH , : ' Springs for the
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
JUNt (ERM COII
NOWIN SESSION
City Court Of Cartersville
Finds Much On Docket
For Trial.
The city court, of Cartersville is in
session this week and busily engaged
in transacting the business regularly
brought before it and the court officers
are well satisfied with the progress
made up to this time.
The first two days of the term were
taken up with criminal cases. These
are all misdemeanors and many such
cases were tried and disposed of and
a number of convictions and pleas of
guilty entered. County Solicitor Watt
H. Milner, assisted by his brother, T.
H. Milner, of Albany, represented the
state, while the members of the bar
generally were engaged on one or
more cases for the defense as each
matter was tried.
Judge Joe M. Moon is presiding. His
careful attention to both the evidence
and the law as contended for by the
lawyers has caused him to be univer
sally respected as it is his apparent
purpose to only declare the law as it
is written equally betweea the rich
ar.d the poor.
As soon a® the criminal docket is
disposed of a number of civil cases of
more or less importance will be taken
up. With reference to suits for liqui
dated and unliquidated damages, not
involving questions of equity juris
prudence, the city court has concur
rent jurisdiction with the superior
court and, hence, many cases of con
siderable importance are brought to
this court by reason of the fact that
four terms a year are held, whereas
in the superior court only two terms
are held, thus enabling a case to
reach the trial point quicker than in
the. superior court,
The following juriors are serving:
J.%V Hill, S. F. Towers, J. E. Pratt,
W A. Hendricks, J. C. Fink, T. J. Bell,
J. C. Goode, J. H. Bohler, M. H. Hart,
Pat Mansfield, H. S. Landers, T. R.
Hicks. E. W. Robinson, R. T. Power,
'j. R. Shellhorse, B. R. Sirllins, R. S.
NVlsoi/, W. M. McCrary.
Court will 'likely .be in session for
ten days or two weeks.
W. A. DODD ELECTED TO
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
At a meeting held by the board of
city commissioners last week, W. A.
Dodd was elected as a member of the
board of education to succeed John A.
Stephens, whose term had expired.
The selection of Mr. Dood for this
important position has met with uni
versal approval. He is attentive and
faithful and will devote to the duties
of the office, to which he has been se
lected, intelligent and careful atten
tion. He is thoroughly interested in
the educational progress of our city,
state and nation and a strong believer
in the public school system of educar
tion. He is, however, a substantial man
of affairs and his devotion to the civic
interests of our town and county has
brought forth expressions of admira
tion and congratulation. Upon all
hands the board has been commended
upon its selection of Mr. Dodd.
HON. M. L. JOHNSON WILL
RUN FOR LEGISLATURE.
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The friends of Hon. M. L. Johnson
authorized The Tribune to state that
Mr. Johnson’s consent to run for the
lower house of the general assembly
of Georgia has been secured and that
his announcement will be formally
made within a few days. Petitions have
been ciruclated in the interest of Mr.
Johnson and numerously signed and
he has yielded to the wishes- of his
many friends to piake the race ar.d
these predict that he will be easily
elected.
DEBATE POSTPONED.
For various and many reasons the
debate at Rebecca's Chapel school
house for Friday evening, June 16 has
been postponed indefinitely.
1 regret very much to make this an
nouncement as the boys seem to be
enthusiastically interested in the work.
Please watch The Tribune for fur
fher announcements, as the debate is
a good one.
O. C. HENDRICKS. Pres.
CARTERSVILLE, GA„ JUNE 15, 191(3
CONGRESSMAN CORDON LEE ON
S SHOOJJSIT TO DISTRICT
While Conventions Meet He Will Spend
Two Weeks At Home And
Confident Of Election.
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Congressman Gordon Lee last
week made his announcement for re
election to congress, came down from
Washington last week, the two houses
of congress simply marking time while
the national convention was in ses
sion. More than one-half of the United
States senators are delegates to one
or the other national conventions
while a great many congressmen a;e
in attendance upon the convention as
interested spectators.
This enabled Mr. Lee to leave Wash
ington for about two weeks. He has
informed Bartow county friends who
have seen him that he will probably
be unable to come to Bartow county
a; this time but will reserve that pleas
ure for a season later on. He has
been in Walker, Catoosa, Chatooga,
Polk, Paulding and Haralson counties
and hopes to be able to go into Gor
don and Murray before returning to
congress. Mr. Lee feels confident of
his ground for re-election because of
assurances he has received from all
over the district including letters and
personal promises of support from
Barlow county.
Cherokee Club to Hold Large Meet
ing Before Adjournment. Mrs,
Felton to be Guest of Horror.
Tomorrow, .Friday afternoon, at four
o'clock, the Cherokee Club will hold *
large meeting before .adjournment for
the summer. Following the usual cus
tom of having the club president a
- this program, Mrs. Peeples has
invited Mrs, W. H. Felton to be the
guest of honor for the afternoon. Mrs.
Felton will make an address and this
will Ire followed by an informal recep
tion. Mrs. Felton is the oldest member
of the Uhtrokee Club and one of the
most distinguished women in the
south, and it is highly fitting that
she should thus honor the club and
also be honored by them.
As this is the last meeting for some
time, the club roil will be called and
every member is urged to be present.
Each member has the privilege of in
viting two guests, ’ T 'he annual ©lection
of officers will take place and a brief
report of the club’s general condition,
financial and otherwise, will be an
nounced. The executive hoard wi 1
meet promptly at .1:10.
W. E. QUEENER TO SUPERIN
TEND ACWORTH SCHOOL.
W. E. Queener, formerly principal
of the west side school, left for Ac
worth last week where he will in the
future reside, having been elected sup
erintendent of the Acworth schools.
Mr. Queener carries with,him the be?’
wishes of hosts of friends among both
old and young of Cartersvi’ie.
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J. O. U. A. M. MEET
AND ELECT OFFICERS.
The Junior Order of American Me
chanics met at its lodge room Tues
day night and elected officers for the
l ensuing term.
j The lodge was found to be in fine
j condition, has a membership of 240
I and is earnestly' endeavoring to live
| tuie tQ the hopes- and aspirations of.
[the order. The membership is en
[ tbusiastk: concerning all the purposes
: and aims of the order and the Carters
viile council is altogether ia a pros
perous condition.
The following officers were eec ed
r > nwuage sthe lodge for the term:
C. S. .Mayes, Councilor; W. H. Bran- ;
tan, Vice-Councilor; H. V Bishop,
Recording Secretary; K. E J aklns,
As* staat Recording Secnet? ••>; J. V.
Bishop, Financial Secretary; J. .3. Mc-
Eper, Treasurer; Jtnlius Smitth, Con
ductor; J. P. Woods, Warden; Shep
Smith, Inside Sentinel; F. L. Layton.
Outside Sentinel; Paul Gilreath. Jun
ior Pasi Councilor; W. W. Daniel, J.
T. Bennett, T. E. Manly, Trustees;
Rev. .XL W. Hart, Chaplain:,' Q. R. Me- j
Elroy, Representative to State Goan- |
cil; J. “B. Waldrop, Representative to I
State Council; W. W, Daniel, Depry
State Councilor.
The officers will be installed at the
next meeting wfcen appropriate exer
cises and refreshments will be furnish
ed to -members.
CARTERSVILLE DEFEATED
AT ROME TOURNAMENT.
■
The darters viHe golfers were en
-4< : rained ia Rom*- last Thursday and
a tournament wms arranged which was
complete in every particular. The
c mtry club goif links at Rome were
i>■* <•! and all report these to be in ex
cellent condition and a most beauti
f-i) course. The Cartersvffie party were
entertained at a luncheon given at the
country c!nb and after the tournament
were driven about to the various and
ft any point3 of interest in Rome. The
party returned Thursday night pleased
with the entertainment but disapjtoint
cd over the tournament inasmuch as
Rome was victor. This was due in
large part to the fact that it was the
first time Fhat Cartersvi’le has ever
played upon the golf links at Rome
ar.d were unfamiliar with the course
and hazards associated with it.
The following made up the party: J.
S. Calhoun, Wofford Gilreath, Jas.
Shaw, Earl Powell, Merrell Montfort, !
E E. Adair and Mrs. Ed Strickland, j
Mrs. Lila Morgan, Miss Minerva Word, !
Miss Marthili Jolly, Miss Rebecca
Knight. Mis-- Christine Lumpkin and
M- Ben C. Gilreath.
IRIII FREIGHT* RATES
ATTRACT ATTENTION
Railroad Commission Will
Hear Opposition to Com
panies Proposal.
Ga., June 14. —The statisti
cal bureau of the Georgia Shippers As
sociation today gave out the following
statement concerning the revision of
Georgia intrastate freight rates pro
posed by the railroads of the state in
petitions on file before the railroad
commission:
“Hon. James D. Price, state com
missioner of agriculture, who is' mak
ing a courageous fight on behalf of
the un-organized. unrepresented farm
ers in the vitally important matter of
fi eight rates, recently issued a signed
statement to the farmers' of Georgia in
which he warned them that the new
rates proposed by the railroads, if au
thorized by the railroad commission,
would yield the railroads an increased
revenue of SBOO,OOO per year in the
transportation of fertilizer and cotton
seed meal.
“In making this statement Commis
sioner Price had before him the rec
ords of his office, showing the move
ment of fertilizer and cotton seed meal
manufactured and consumed in this
state over a long period of years, and
showing that the average movement
for the past five years has amounted
to 1,282,730 tons per year, or 85,515
carloads of fertilizer and cotton seed
meal each season.
' “Commissioner Price also had be
fore him the petition of the railroads,
now on file before the railfodd com
mission, which shows that the pres-
ent average rate on fertilizer and cot
ton seed meal, from 5 to 100 miles in
clusive, is SI.OO 'i>er ton, and shows
that the average frate proposed-By the
railroads, for the same distances, is
$1.52 per ton, or au average increase
of 39.4 per cent.
‘ In connection with these figures to
which Commissioner Price has called
the attention of the farmers of Geor
gia, it is interesting to make a few
comparisons,
“In the year 1915 the total ad valor
em taxes collected by the state of
Georgia, from all sources, were
$5.5136.729.
'Therefore the increased revenue
oi SBOO,OOO per year, which the rail
roads would derive from fertilizer and
cotton seed meal under the new
freight rates which they propose. Is
16 per cent of the state's total revenue
derived from ad valorem taxes.
“In the year 1915 the railroads paid
into the state treasury the sum total
Of ssfc*;Wl.sl.
"Therefore the increased revenue
of sßhf),oi>o per year, which the rail
roads would derive from fertilizer and
cotton seed meal, is sufficient to.have
•paid their entire tax to the state las;
year, and still leave a surplus of
$291,1398,49 per annum
“tn 1915 the railroads, paid to the
counties, the municipalities and the
school districts of Georgia the sum
total of $1,428,783.85, -which, added to
their state tax of $508,001.51, made a
grand total of $1,936,785.36 paid by the
railroads to cover all taxes of every
kind for the vear.
"Therefore the increased revenue of
$BOO4OO per year, which the railroads
would derive from fertilizer and cot
ton seed meal, is 41.3 per cent of all
taxes, both state and local, which they
paid in the state of G*-orgia last year.
"In the vear 1915 the state of Geor
-'ia s total apnropriation to pensions
of Confederate veterans and their
widows amounted to $1,070,000.
“Therefore the increased revenue of
SBOO,OOO per year, which the railroads
would derive from fertilizer and cot
ton seed meal, is equivalent to 74 per
cent of the aid which these old men
and women received from the state in
1915.
“At the present time the state of
Georgia’s total bonded debt is $6,218,-
202.
“Therefore the increased revenue of
SBOO,OOO per year, which the railroads
would derive from fertilizer and cot
ton seed meal, is enough to retire all
Georgia bo-nds outstanding in a littD
less than eight years.
“The rental paid to the state of Oeor- i
S-a, under the present lease of the
Western & Atlantic railroad, is $420,-
012 per year.
‘Therefore the increased revenue of
?-SOO,OOO per year, which the railroads
would derive from fertilizer and cot
ton seed meal, is almost double the I
FARMERS CLUB URGES
RAILWAY UNDERPASS
Strong Letter From Rev. L.
G. Hames on Subject of
Danger.
Allow me to use enough of the valu
able space of your paper to call the
attention of our citizens and county
commissioners to the dangerous na
ture of what is commonly known as
“Pucket’s crossing.” It is where the
proposed Dixie Highway crosses the
W'. & A. main line just next below the
Rhyne Lumber Cos. plant. At this point
the railroad passes around a steep
spur of our eastern hills. The crossing
itself is on a sharp curve and immed
iately next to a cut some thirty or
forty feet deep. Standing between the
rails at the intersection of the high
way the railroad disappears entirely
one hundred and fifty yards away.
Suppose a traveler should approach
the crossing from either direction and
stops ten steps from the track to lds-
ten for the train; it would be within
seventy-five yards of the crossing be
fore he could see it. The usual warn
ing signals are of little use; and,
where depended on, may become ac
tually deceptive, from the fact, that
the approaching train is on the other
side of a three hundred fool mountain
by which the warning signal 4 de
flected away from the listen©*; and,
in the noise of motors or rattle c£
vehicles, may be wholly unnoticed. At
average speed, a -train would be on
the crossing fifteen to twenty seconds
after becoming visible. This aWow© a
perilously small margin for action,
and when we consider that hundreds
of vehicles of all kinds pass this way
each day it is really marvelous that
more accidents have not occurred. As
a matter of fact, nearly every man to
whom you mention it, has- a tale of
some hair breath escape which he has
made here.
Now there is no reason whatever
why this dangerous condition should
continue to exist. Just a few yards
nearer town an underpass could easily
be constructed at a comparatively
trifling expense to the county and the
railroad. The necessary road way will
pass a few yards over Mr. T. W. Tins-
ley’s land and be has given- assurance
that he will gladly donate same lor
this purpose. There is r-o doubt that,
if properly presented, the railroad peo
ple would co-operate with the county
in making the change; for an acci
dent is likely to occur here any day
that would cost them th ousands of dol
lars. The recent work of our commis
sioners in perfecting this highway is
greatly to be commended. But eaf*ty
should come before smoothness; else
the splendid work already dr?ne may
but -lure some unfortunate victim Unto
a death trap. Safety first. Matter® of
this nature are not usually attended to
till some pathetic tragedy thoroughly
arouses the public mind and brings ihs
necessity home. But why shorn?
wait foi* this? We know absolutely
that in time the tragedy wi-ll come;
and it may Involve you, reader, or
some one dear to you. Let us demand
that our commissioners take this mat
ter up at once with the railroad people
and if necessary with the railroad com
mission. I vet us not cease to agitate
till this dangerous condition as- rem
edied; till this menace'is removed
alike from the path of the traveler
from afar, who approaches, ignorant
of its danger; and the loved one at
home, grown careless because more or
less accustomed to it.
Yours for safety,
L. G. HAMES
. state of Georgia's annual revenue from
this immensely valuable property.
“The Western & Atlantic railroad
is conservatively estimated by the
comptroller genera! at a valuation of
$20,000,000. The total valuation of all
the railroads in the state (exclusive
of the Western & Atlantic, Ge-orgia
Railroad, the Southwestern and the
Augusta & Savannah-!, as disclosed by
their sworn returns to the comptroller
general for 1915, was $105,833 667.
j “Yet the Western & Atlantic, worth,
i nearly one-fifth as much as all the feal-
I ance of the railroads tin the state,
i (with exceptions noted) annua'ly
earns for the state only a little more
than one-half of the increased annual
revenue which the railroads propose
to extraci from this one Item of Jcp.
tilizer and cotton seed meal.'’
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