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IM. C. A. MEETING
MOUSES' INTEREST
Large Number Assemble
At Rooms In Walton
Building And Many Join.
A meeting was held Sunday night
for the purpose of forming a Young
Men's Christian Association in Car
tersville and to pave the way for a
definite organization and plan of pro
cedure.
As heretofore announced, Mr. W. C.
Walton, in constructing the splendid
new building on Main street, set apart
and arranged for Y. M. C. A. .rooms,
consisting of a gymnasium, an office,
locker rooms, rooms for private con
sultation and a reading room, togeth
er with plunge and shower baths.
These rooms were completely finished
last week. Thereupon the guarantors
of the newly proposed Y. M. C. A. call
ed a meeting for Sunday night and the
gymnasium room was comfortably
filled with young men and ladies and
gentlemen who were interested in the
movement among whom were many
parents.
The Boy Scouts acted as ushers and
Mrs. Ruohs Pyron presided at the or
gan. Rev. L. G. Hames presided over
the meeting and gave a detailed ac
count of the idea of forming a Y. M.
C. A. in Cartersville. He spoke of ap
proaching Mr. Walton when it was
learned that he was about to construct
the Walton building and readily se
cured his consent to set apart an area
of this building for this purpose. He
touched upon the great need of Car
tersvEle for' agreeable and pleasant
environment for young men, the need
for proper places of meeting where
associations will be pleasant and un
der proper control and of the physi
cal development which a gymnasium
would afford.
He metnioned the fact that a num
ber had guaranteed the > rent of the
building for a term of years and that
1* would be now necessary to secure,
and it was in contemplation to secure,
general equipment, furniture and all
necessary features of a properly fur
nished Y. M. C. A. quarters.
He said, that it would require two
thousand dollars a year to properly
conduct such an enterprise in Car
tersville, but that it would be the best
investment ever made in Cartersville;
that a competent and capable secre
tary should be secured whose salary
should be not less than nine hundred
dollars a yean, and that old- men as
We, l young should join, and the
rooms when equipped would supply
consultation rooms where men could
®eet for purposes of private business
consultation or for any other laudable
purpose.
jj " r - Hames then threw the meeting
|°Pcn and called for talks from Mayor
jPaul Gilreath, Oscar Peeples, Rev.
f ohn G - Hogan, Rev. C. L. MeGinty
F nd Rev. Arthur Smith. While the
■Uieeting was thus thrown open, a num-
I of men expressed their approval
P’ and a purpose to contribute their part
r° nioney and spirit to make succesa
1™ the M. C. A. in Cartersville.
l -'h Hames then directed the Boy
fcouts to circulate among the au-
P'cnce and distribute membership
P° r ds which were numerously signed
■hp "k' o * l ma^es practically certain
w.c | r?an ization of a splendid Young
| j !: = Christian Association.
1 1 Planned' to organize, secure the
f'liipment. furniture and all needed
Client 8 a * once, and put this
■ 1 t °r, upon its feet and a fine
■ ‘ n within the next few weeks.
Kt v' meet ing was one of the most
■dil'f ' tiC and weG attended ever
■rj]]. °' a Public purpose in Carters-
p lat " as convincing evidence
B' in reß ! ar d this character
■ stitution as one of mate . rial as
hioh • ! Piritual benefit and one
Iny ~ m< ! lCated Pcogiress as well as
Inla i' material institution that
r be started. .
Ter SVILLE SUPPLY CO.
wins rate decision.
a ar I ' 1 ' er^ tat Commerce Comnvis
matter 3 f S inStoa last we€k decided
b ° Very ? Teat importance to
’iich this b ' llle Supp,y Company in
ts upheli °° al manufaetu rer of ice
1 & X r ~l n its cont ntion that the
rdhroad was not justified in
*to Eto W , h CreaS * car, oad rates on
U to Tennessee, from $2.10
felly com a t<>n ' 800n as tke
M Put ti o * ll*1 * leamed that the road
rate in effect they ap-
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
L. 111. HtEIIES RETURNS
FROM CONVENTION
Brings Enthusiastic Report
Of Democratic Prospects
Throughout Nation.
Lh W. Reeves, a delegate from the
Seventh Congressional District to the
recent national democratic convention
at St. Louis, returned home this week
and brought with him an enthusiasm
over democratic prospects which is
gratifying and pleasing to all; who
meet and talk with him.
Mr. Reeves stated that the city of
St. Louis spared no effort or expense
in making pleasant the entertainment
of delegates and visitors, with the re
sult that all who were in St. Louis
last week went away singing its
praises, with great respect for it as a
great business canter and with kind
est acknowledgement of its welcome
and hospitality. Mr. Reeves regards
St. Louis as one of the great cities of
the world. It possesses many homes
ol great value, erected under the di
rection of the finest architectural art,
and permanent and enduring in char
acter. Its public buildings, its streets
and its splendid parks and other fea
tures of civic life, are developed to
the highest perfection, while its com
mercial and industrial business is co
extensive with the markets of the
w©.tfKL
Mr Reeves was thrilled by the
speech of Martin Glynn, former gov
ernor of New York and made tempor
ary chairman of the convention. He
stated that his speech In accepting the
high honor of chairman was a classic
which held spell bound the vast audi
ence which heard him, and which
through the use of logic, of reason
and of sentiment, stirred the hearts
and minds of the convention as they
have never been stirred before. Mr.
Reeves claims that the people gener
ally can get no conception of the great
ness of the speech through reading It,
however perfect its diction. To those
wtto heard it was given the added
magnetism of the speaker which ad
ded greatly to the force and effect of
the splendid oration.
Mr. Reeves was also greatly enthus
ed over the speech of United States
Senator Ollie James, of Kentucky. He
said this was also a masterpiece and
deserved to be perpetuated in the an
nals of party history.
Mr. Reeves said, also, in talking to
a representative of The Tribune, that
no one need longer hold to the idea
that Mr. Bryan has any slight hold up
on the affections and esteem of the
democratic party. He said he loomed
large in this convention, notwithstand
ing the fact that he was not a dele
gate, and the delegates and specta
tors alike called for and cheered him
at every opportunity and would never
have been satisfied had not the assur
ance been given that he would de
liver an address before adjournment.
This was done and Mr. Bryan held his
audience spell bound from the time he
took the platform and was cheered to
the echo upon his appearance and at
various points during his speech. He
said that Mr. Bryan had a following
in America which must he taken in
account at all times and that he was
a force for good within
I>arty which all men appreciated who
had the welfare of the party at heart.
said the Georgia delegation on
its trip to and from and while at the
convention discussed nothing but nat
ional politics either in formal meet
ings or in private association. State
politics was not touched upon at any
time and that wherever differences ex
isted with reference to state politics
as to candidates or policies, were sub
bordiDated to the purpose of present
ing a united front in the national con
flict now at hand.
Friends of Mr. Reeves have gener
ally sought for accounts of features of j
his trip and he has been able to enter
tain all who have discussed it with
him.
pealed at once’to the Interstate Com
merce Commission, wrote out their
own petition and submitted their case
to the wisdom of the court. The road
was doubtless represented by able
counsel, but the commission, dooking
into the matter, decided that the rail
road company could not fix such a
prohibitive rate upon ice moving from
Cartersville. This will enable the Car-,
tersvtMe Supply Company to do busi
ness on equal terms with Atlanta,
Knoxville and Chattanooga,
CARTERS VILLE, GA., JUNE 22,
ALL DAT SINGING
10 BRING THOUSANDS
All Urged to Bring Din
ners And Lunch Upon
the Tabernacle Grounds.
The all day singing to take place at
the tabernacle on the first Sunday in
July promise to be an event of un
usual interest and to which will be
attracted people from all over the
county as well as singers from far and
near.
Sheriff Wofford Calaway reports
that an unanticipated number of ex
cellent singers will be on hand and
that, due to the extensive program
that will be rendered, all who come
are urged to bring their dinners and
lunch upon the grounds. This will
greatly increase the enjoyment of the
day and all the better enable those
who attend to become acquainted with
each other as well as being able to
listen to the best voices in the south.
Mr. Calaway is quite sure that the
all day singing this year at the tab
ernacle will greatly excel that of last
year, while the public is on tiptoe of
expectancy in anticipation of this an
nual occasion. The success of the en
tertainment last year in Cartersvllle
was such as to insure its being givett
here every year and the citizens Of Ckr
tersville have given every
of their eagerness and desire to hos
pitably entertain all their neighbors
and friends from everywhere who wish
to attend.
To the various leaders of song mus
ic in Bartow county this event is one
in which they have a thrilling and
abiding interest and each and every
one who has been seren and many who
have volunteered have expressed their
purpose and chief aim to be on hand
and to perform their parts.
It seems certain that the tabernacle,
grounds will be crowded with throngs
of men, women and children on the
first Sunday In July and a happy as
well as inspiring occasion will be en
joyed by everyone who does attend.
More extensive notice will be given
next week, but in the meantime every
one can and should make his arrange
ments and plans to attend this great
all day singing.
COL. ROSSER THOMAS MAY
ENTEB RACE FOR LEGISLATURE
Friends of Col. Rosser Thomas have
urged Mm for some time to enter the
race for the legislature. He has the
matter under consideration and au
thorizes the statement that he will he
in Cartersville during the July term of
court at which time he will make a
.definite decision.
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ANOTHER BIG DEAL
IN BARITES LANDS
New Jersey Zinc Cos. Pur
chases Norris Property
for $22,500 Cash.
Another large mineral deal was
cloned last week when the New Jor
nev Zinc interest: purchased a forty
sere tract of barytes land from Miss
Maud Norris, the consideration 1 cing
122,500.
The deal was negotiated by John I.
Norris, who has put through a number
of similar transactions within the past
year. The property last sold lies next
to that which was heretofore .'ought
from the Chattanooga syndicate f-r
£55,000, and which by the latte.' was
pu chased from the American Ochre
Cos. for $25,000 only thirty days before.
The two properties will be combined
and placed under one operation direct
ed and superintended by L. B. Wo
melsdorf.
The New Jersey Zinc is one oi the
strongest corporations in America, its
capital being in the neighbornood of
$26,000,000. It has already begun to
extensively equip the property so that
a greater output of barytes, as well as
ochre, can be gotten out.
Mr. Norris has shown himsek to be
well in touch with the mineral aepos
its and valuable lands of Bartov' coun
ty and has succeeded in Interesting a
number of large monied Interests
which have poured their money into
tke channels here with successful re
sults.
Mr. Womelsdorf has only recently
begHn the shipment of ochre from the
American ochre part of the lands re
cently bought by the New Jersey Zinc.
The primary and controlling reason
for purchasing the property was ths
deposit of barytes, although it was
known also to have a rich lead of
■ochrt. First proceeding to equip for
the mining of barytes and getting this
in shape and now running out a big
tonnage, Mr. Womelsdorf was then di
rected to develop the ochre, so that
now on this property two of this coun
ty's Tichest minerals are being mined
from the same property.
BIBLE STUDY CLASS.
The Cartersville Bible Study Class
meets every Monday night at 7:45
o'clock at the home of Miss Sallie Wil
fcerson on West Main street. You are
cordially invited to come and join this
class, where the bible is being studied
systematically and spiritually. There
is a competent corpr of teaches and
ample room for a better a t ndance
than we usually have. Your presence
will be appreciated and you will be
made to feel at home.
L. W. REEVES.
CITY COMMISSIONERS
CONSIDER SCHOOLS
One Central Primary And
Grammar School Is a
Suggested Plan.
It was learned during this week that
the city commissioners are giving ser
ious consideration to the matter of
school buildings, in connection with
the contemplated bond issue for pub
lic improvements, and that a plan has
been suggested to have one centrally
located primary and grammar grade
school building and . -invert the pres
ent west side echool into a properly
equipped high school.
The plan embraces the acquirement
by the city of the old Major Smith
home on North Erwin street for the
primary and grammar grade school.
This place has a large lawn well
adapted for play grounds and the lo
cation is within one hundred yards of
the center of population in. Carters
ville and is most easily accessible
from all parts of the town.
The only possible objection that
could be raised, in the opinion of
those who urged the adoption of this
plan, can be easily obviated by the
city purchasing and acquiring a road
way through the vacant lot next to
the residence of M. F. Word on Erwin
street, immediately across from the
Smith property, and the erection of a
viaduct over the Western & Atlantic
railroad. This done would relieve the
site from all objection on account of
small children crossing the railroad.
This should be done anyway inasmuch
as this block is a long one and the
railroad could be bridged at this point
cheaper than at any other place, and
should it be done it would enable ped
estrians and vehicles to save lots of
delay on account of standing freight
trains and passing switch engines in
the movement of cars.
There is a well nigh solid senti
ment if) Cartersville in favor of bet
ter school buildings and thib is made
much more pronounced since the pub
lication of information with reference
to the improvements made by Georgia
towns on school property. The city of
Albany has expended $35,000 for a
separate high school department;
Americus $35,000; Ashburn $15,000;
Cedartown $45,000; Decatur $30,000;
Fitzgerald $45,000; LaGrange $50,000;
Marietta $20,000; Monroe $22,500;
Moultrie $20,000; Newnan $55,000;
Tennile $20,000; Thomasville $40,000;
Tifton $30,004): Toccoa $25,000, and
Valdosta $30,000. All these towns have
separate high school buildings.
Recent data collected upon the sub
ject shows that $500,000 had been
spent on school buildings, either com
pleted or authorized, in Georgia dur
ing the past year, and of this amount
the city of Cartersville has only spent
$325.
Cartersville should place Itself *n
line with the other progressive cities
of Georgia, in the opinion of many citi
zens, and bring its school facilities up
to the standard furnished by other
cities. In the course of study and what
is studied, in its scholarship and
branches of study, Cartersville has ac
quired high rank among the 32 high
schools of Georgia which are placed
on the southern list, which means that
certificates of graduation are suffi
cient to enter one in the leading col
ieges and universities of the south.
We are lacking in school buildings
and proper housing and comfort of our
children and our high schools are
crowded for more auditorium space
and the 'west side school has been
compelled to set up quarters in the
basement for the seating of small
children.
The city commissioners have author
! ized the improvement of the west side
school grounds and this will greatly
enhance the beauty and attractivenes.
of this school property, but the bond
issue, urged by many, should be fram
ed so as to include more comprehen
sive space and more hygienically con
structed buildings for school children.
It is hoped that the commissioners will
give heed to the demand that is ris
ing and gaining strength and submit
an issue for adoption which will en
able the commissioners to make am
ple provision for the educational needs
of our public school system.
SINGING.
There will be an all day singing at
Liberty church the third Sunday in
July to which the public is cordially
fnvited.
EVENING IN IRELAND
BY AN IRISHMAN
Rev. W. R. Mackay To
Lecture At Court House
Upon Interesting Theme.
“An Evening In Ireland" is the sub
ject of a lecture to be given at the
court house on Thursday, June 29th,
at 8 o’clock by Rev. W. R. Mackay,
formerly a resident of Bartow county,
and at which time the Methodist min
ister in charge of the churches at Cas
vllle and Kingston. The ladles of the
Cherokee Club have been Instrumental
in scurlng Mr. Mackay’s presence here
with this lecture and all who have
heard it, at the various places where
delivered by Mr. Mackay,- have been
delighted and profited by it.
Mr. Mackay is an Irishman and thw
in itself is a sufficient statement that
the lecture will have incorporated in
Jt enough of wit, of fun and humor to
please those who love to laugh. It
will be instructive on that Mr. Mac
kay is a native of Ireland, thoroughly
familiar with teb customs prevailing
in that country, of the characteristics
of the Irish people and of the
from whence they come. It will be
particularly informative with respect
to the great national problems of Ire
land in history, in the past as welß as
the present, and of their statesmen,
their poets and their religious leaders.
Mr. Mackay will exhibit on this oc
casion one hundred beautiful, colored
stereopticon views of Ireland, taken
from real life and from locations
whose scenery is unsurpassed in the
world. He will deal with Irish court
ships, the love making cf Pat and
Mike and Bridget, and of Irish domes
tic life and their odd and peculiar con
versation.
The Irish people are tond of .legend
and lore. Associated with their life H
much of romance and fairy tabs and
sentiment. Mr. Mackay will giv© Irish
songs and recite Irish stories and fur
nish pictures of the Jaunting Car,
Blarney Castle, Blarney Stone, the
Lakes of Killarney, the Giant’s Cause
way, the Ruined Castles, Shrfnes and
Cathedrals.
He is thoroughly familiar with the
causes relating to the late frish re
bellion and will furnish his audience
with an accurate understanding of
what was involved, having derived
this from intimate association and
knowledge of the people and history
of Ireland and of the problems with
which they contend,
All told this promises to be one of.
the most thoroughly and completely
interesting lectures ever given in Car--
tersville in many a year. Mr. Mackay
has an unusual amount of oratorical
power, is a jovial and genial nature,
is fond of good story and anecdote and'
loves to entertain his friends.
During his pastorate in this county
his congregation and memberships
were greatly attached to him and h.a<fi
cause to greatly regret the unyielding
nature of Methodist law which places
ii in the power of the bishop, to move
a preacher at will from place to place.
In addition to th© merit of the en
tertainment itself, about which too
much cannot be said, it is pleasing to
announce that the proceeds of the oc
casion will go to the benefit cf the
public library and thus is blended ex
cellent entertainment with a laudable
purpose and th© court house should be
filled w r ith those who are willing to
pay twenty-five cent© ench for an hour
and a half or two hours’ amusement,
instruction and recitation.
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
TO SPEAK AT EMERSON.
Mr. S. H. Bearden, candidate for
congress from the Seventh Congres
sional district, wili address the voters
at Emerson at two o’clock next Sat
urday afternoon on the question of
Finance and Duties of a Ccngressman
to Some in Behalf of the People. Mr.
Bearden is conducting a campaign
unique in the questions which he is
undertaking to force to the front and
entertainingly talks to all with whom
I he comes in contact about the issues
which he deems Important. He wilt
undertake to interest the people of
Emerson and surrounding country
next Saturday evening who will have
the opportunity to hear him.
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