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ILGOLM G. TARVER ANSWERS
uEFAMATORHIRCIILAR ISSUED
\t Cartersville Next Monday Night And
Will Make Ten Other Addresses In
County Next Week.
Malcolm C. Tarver, candidate for
jLid g e of the superior courts of the
fherokee circuit, is now speaking to
L people in the various towns and
[districts of Bartow in behalf of his
candidacy for this office. He spoke at
Folsom Wednesday morning; Pine Log
Wednesday night, and will speak at
Cass station Friday night and Adairs
jille Saturday afternoon of this week.
Coming into Bartow county again
Monday of next week, Mr. Tarver
speaks at Cassville Monday afternoon
and at Cartersville Monday night at
' 45 at the court house, to be followed
ty speeches Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday as will be found below. Mr.
Tarver's friends are enthusiastic and
are actively working for him and man
ifest in every way their earnest and
Bincere support.
.Mr. Tarver’s speech at the court
house on iext Monday night was ar
ranged so that all classes of men may
lave an opportunity to hear him.
Ipeaking dates arranged in the day
imp prevent the wage earner, the sal
ried clerk and many other men em
iloyed in work which they cannot
eave during the day time hours from
(tending such addresses. Mr. Tarver
i very anxious to meet every class of
forking man and speak to him con
erning every man’s interest in who
hall be made judge. Many working
sen and those engaged in contract
fork have besought Mr. Tarver to
sake his speaking date in Cartersville
t night so that they could hear him,
ad a large audience will no doubt at
frid the speaking on next Monday
ight. „ ...
Mr. Tarver's former appearance in
liscity during the July term of court,
1 which time he addressed the pepo
le of the county, is remembered by
I! those who attended because of the
te speaking qualities of the candi-
Me. the impression he created and
e ideals he set forth as becoming a
dge. On this occasion his audience
ew very enthusiastic and cheered
01 to the echo; in fact, more enthu- j
sm was shown by the audience that
ard Mr. Tarver than anv shown in
e present campaign toward a candi- •
te for any office.
Mr. Tarver intends to make eleven
eeclips j!, this county in the four
s l , f" ‘h re next week, by the end
"h:':. fit./ he has other appoint-
B nts at.d i gngements in other coun
■swhich ho must fill. By the time he
■ll have ('bleed his campaign in this
■®hy he will have made in the
■Jshbcriio; ,i o i' twenty speeches and
B l< P e, hey. have met. more people
B® e saim length of time than any
■didato for office from an outside
B®*'- Mr. Tarver has received great
■couragem, :nt from all parts of the
■® ts and his friends feel sure that
B indications point to his carrying
county and are working to this
B ht> '"-’owing are m,. Tarver’s ap-
for next week:
B a -' sv; llc, Monday, August 21, 2:30
■pi.
■frtcrsviile. Monday, August 21,
■° P- m.
■ !lesboro - Tuesday, August 22, 11
■*'" ' Tuesday, August 22, 7:30
■ Wednesday, August 23, 11:30
H latoona ' Wednesday, August 23,
P m,
K h '’- Wednesday, August 23, 7:30
K^ r ' ri '" rsday ’ August 24, 10:30
ril "rsday, August 24, 3:00
Thursday August 24, 7:30
I PPb.ic i s c or( ji a iiy i nv ited.
■ Tarver Writes card.
D alton. Oa, Aug. 15, 1916.
W* ( Barto "' Tribune,
■ aa te V il le> Ga
Sir ;
Uniat Pm 1 ' 10 n has been called to the
Btor v y n Bartow county of a de-
B O PPonC- C l, ? r ' originall >' signed by
‘n iftqg ° mine for nepresenta-
B ‘ontamlng charges rela
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
tive to alleged conduct of mine during
my boyhood days. v
The preface to this circular is un
signed. The man whose mind con
ceived the idea of giving it circula
tion at this time was evidently asham
ed of the means to which he was re
sorting. I have been informed that it
was ordered printed quite a while ago,
with the statement that it would not
be used “unless necessary.” It seems
now that the defamation of my charac
ter is deemed necessary to Judge
Fite’s election. I am glad that no such
means have ever been considered nec
essary by me to my political success.
This circular was answered in 1908.
It was repudiated by the people of my
home county, who elected me to the
TTg
islature that year by an over
whelming majority. Since then,* they
ag&in elected me to the house, and
still again to the senate.
While my early days were not free
from fault, I feel that 1 now rank
among my home people as a moral,
upright, law-abiding citizen. They are
giving me their almost solid support
in this race. I regret that my oppon
ent has seen fit to rMer to those who
are supporting me, as well as to me,
in derogatory terms. Surely, my op
ponent is not so necessary to
the proper administration of justice in
this country, that to even, Vo ie against
iiim is to become marked as a “gamb
ler,” or a “grafter.” by which term
he has referred to my friends.
Again let me assure those who fee*
that they should give Judge Fite the.r
StipJtor! Fur r :Py ar*y r v rcising the
freeman; and"
that l respect them, and shall not
speak unkindly of them, and. as here
tofore, I shall not allow the heat of a
political campaign to blind me to the
real merits of my’ opponent, to cause
me to forget that he is a man of many
admirable qualities, and to make me
cease to hope that after the battle is
over, I may take him by the hand and
hope for his friendship, and pledge
him mine.
Respectfully,
M. C. TARVER.
LAMP STANDARDS
PUT IN PLACE.
The bronze lamp standards for the
new post office arrived in Carters
ville Tuesday. The standards arc of
splendid design, in complete harmony
with the character and style of the
buildjng, and are much heavier and
larger than the original iron standards
which these replaced. It will be re
membered that according to the origi
nal specifications, iron lamp standards
were*specified. After the building was
completed, these standards came, but
were found to contain a base that over
lapped the stone upon which they
were to rest. Postmaster Jolly report
ed this fact to the office of the super
vising architect and recommended
bronze standards instead and at the
same time interested Mr. in the
matter, whose efforts, in co-operation
with those of Mr. Jollv, resulted in
the substitution.
The new standards will be put in
place at once and very much add to
the beauty of the building and grounds.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS GIVE
BARBECUE AT MEADOWVIEW.
The Cartersville lodge of Knights of
Pythias are giving a great barbecue
today at Meadowview, the country
home of Ruohs Pyron.
This the first barbecue given by the
local Pythians in three years and is a
welcome return to custom which an
nually served to make popular and en
joyable barbecue occasions. Hundreds
of guests will be entertained and the
best artists in the barbecuing of pig
and lamb and the making of Bruns
wick stew have been engaged for the
occasion, while guests from a distance
have signified their intention of ac
cepting invitations extended by Car
tel sville Pythians.
CARTERS VILE, GA., AUGUST 17* 191<>
TABERNACLE MEETING ENDS
WITH LECTUREJT GYPSY SMITH
Preliminary To Lecture And Sermon The
Evangelist Claims He had Been Dis
courteously Treated.
The tabernacle meeting which be
gun August 4th, closed last Sunday.
August 13th, with the Sunday night
service, at which Gypsy Smith, Jr., de
livered his celebrated lecture upon
Gypsy life, "From the Gypsy Tent to
the Pulpit.” This sermon and lecture
was listened to by hundreds of people
whose interest in the story of the
Gypsy, as narrated by Rev. Mr. Smith,
was held spellbound. Every seat in
the large tabernacle was filled, while
hundreds stood around on the outside
to hear the Last sermon of this elo
quent Gypsy Smith, the second of the
name who have charmed and delighted
and deeply impressed with religious
Jiuths, the people of Bartow county.
Mr. Smith went into the history of
the Gypsies; told much of their cus
toms and habits and family life. He
related how that the married Gypsies
are always together, in their work, in
their hours of leisure, even in their
visits to the saloon, the Gypsy is ac
companied by his wife, and his days
ar.d nights are thus spent in associa
tion with the members of his family.
Up to a comparatively recent period
of history, no religious denomination
ever carried the teachings of Christian
ity to the Gypsies, but now missionar
ies travel over England and preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ to the forty
thousand members of this nomadic
race who form a part of her civiliza
tion. He told of the conversion of his
father and of the life of his grand
father, and how Christianity was
brought into the la ai'y when it was
st rh-ken with smallnoX-JLiid hi-,-grand
mother in her last hours begun to sing
a Christian hymn that she had heard
in her girlhood while jvassing a place
of worship.
The Gypsy life and the work of his
father and himself in evangelic labors
were thrillingly told and the audience
was greatiy and deeply impressed
with the earnest efforts being made
by the two Gypsy Smiths to redeem
the world through : Christ.
The audienct w.; <id until ten
o’clock Sunday ..igh ;.. 1 Mr. Smith
bade all goodie "it: ' : earnest wish
and benediction that >d in his kind
ness and mercy would bless each and
everyone. After his sermon he was
given a hearty handshake by hund reds
who were present who wished him
godspeed in his future labors.
Leaving with Mr. Smith was Rev.
Roy Vale who likewise favorably won
the hearts and affections of the Chris
tian workers who labored and co-op
erated with him in the joint work of
himself and Mr. Smith.
Mr. Cole, the choir director, and
Mrs. A. B. Cunyns rendered solos dur
ing the service and Mr. Cole directed
the splendid choir in the rendition of
favorite hymns.
The tabernacle meetings of 1916
have been a blessing to those who par
ticipated and religious conviction was
brought to the hearts of many who
will hereafter evidence their change
of life by attaching themselves to the
respective churches of Cartersville.
Criticisms Answered.
Cartersville, Ga., Aug. 15, 1916.
Editor Bartow Tribune,
Cartersville, Ga.
Inasmuch as Gypsy Smith, Jr., at
the closing services of the tabernacle
I on Sunday evening, before a large and
! representative congregation, made a
statement that he had been discouit
eously received in this city, reading
an invitation signed by several, m-
I eluding Dr. McGinty. Dr. Hanies, Mr.
O. T. Peeples, and myself, which invi
tation was brought to me already pre
pared and signed by me in a purely
formal manner, said statement as
made before this large gathering, car
rying with it or conveying the impres
sion that I was under some special ob
ligation and had failed to perform
same, and that I had discourteously
treated the Rev. Smith, and inasmuch
a* he conveyed this impression in so
public a manner, I desire to give just
as much publicity to my denial of hav
ing in any way treated the Rev. Smith
discourteously.
I signed an invitation to Mr. Smitn
to come to this city, by request. I
would sign another invitation for any
other minister to come and hold *
meeting here and do all the good pos
sible.
I did not at the time, and neither do
I now feel that 1 was under any spec
ial obligation to Mr. Smith or anyone
else, and certainly not to the extent
of assumihg responsibility for the fail
ure or success of the meeting, finan
cially or otheriwse. I attended the first
service possible after Mr. Smith came
here, met him, told him I was glad he
was here, and afterwards attended ev
ery service possible for me to attend.
What else did he expect me to do?
1 think Mr. Smith a very good
young preacher, and I believe his visit
to this city has accomplished some
good, but 1 am sure that he was not
in any possible way treated discourt
eously by anyone, and with a few
more years experience and softening,
hi will, 1 trust, have more discretion,
and will perhaps be able to accom
plish more in the cause of Christ.
I dfi not insure his success here,
nor did I stand sponsor for anything
he said Oi did. As I understand the
matter, he had absolute charge of all
details of the work, selected his own
co-woYkers, insisted in having his own
way in connection with all such ar
rangements, and if he failed to set the
woods on fire, then he has no one to
blain.tr but himself.
1 simply make this statement in jus
tice to myself as well as the other
ge rleaien w hom he mentioned, know
full well that he was not discourt-
Mv tr* ted ly either of us, and
j • > .isituation was unfounded
a.Ai F foreign to either of us.
Respectfully,
PAUL GILREATH.
’ Editor Bartow Tribune:
A half truth always makes a wrong
(impression; and a wrong impression
[ made intentionally is a lie. Gypsy
i Smith, Jr., in his fiing at the signers
.cf his invitation to come here dealt
: in half truths. McGinty had signed but
| had net appeared at the meeting. That
1 was half the truth. Why did he not
state* further that McGinty was in an
other city doing the same thing that
he was trying to do here, preach the
gospel? Didn't know it? Then he ought j
:o have informed hintself before mak-j
ing sneaking insinuations on the ,
character of a brother minister.
Mr. Peepl js had signed, but he had
r seen him. Why did he not state
that Mr. Peeples through his paper
had done more to give him an audience
than any other one thing or person?
U is usual for ministers of ordinary in
telligence and gratitude to express
publicly their appreciation for the val
uable aid freely given by the press
or such occasions. But that was not
the Junior’s way. He was not grate
ful; he was mad; and for Mr. Peeples’
courtesies he had only mean insinua
tions of discourtesy and shirting.
As for the present writer, the Junior
confessed to meeting him but had not
seen him on the platform. And he
might have said with equal relevancy
and sense that he had not seen him
on top th'e tabernacle. But that would
not have served to give color to hds
mean insinuations tf discourtesy and
ih gltci. If he had desired to be fair,
why did he not state that 1 had been
absent from the citv, but that immed
iately on my return I had come to the
meeting and that I had been present
every day thereafter; that I had met
him as cordially as I knew how, had
explained my absence and offered my
services in any possible way? In
charging me with the heinous offense
of not being on the platform why did
he not state that neither he nor any
of those in charge had asked me either
to a seat on the platform or to take
any other part whatever in the meet
ing? That would have been the whole
truth and the Gypsy, Jr„ was not giv
ing that out.
Neither is there any more truth in
his charge of discourtesy to his dis
tinguished father. Long before h4s
father accepted the invitation to come
here he was fully and officially inform
ed as to the attitude of the local min
isters, and was too honest a man to
question our right to act in accord
with the dictates of our conscience.
The fact is that the Junior was sore*
ly peeved and disappointed at the re-
JUDGE FITE APPEALS ERR DOTES
IN SPEECH AT COURT ROUSE
Makes Advertised Address And Applies
Soft Pedal But Bitterly Attacks Tarver
And Praises Himself.
Judge A. W. Fite delivered his
speech to Bartow county voters at the
court house last Saturday afternoon to
a crowd which was numbered and
counted and which amounted to 177
men and 6 women. The event had
been widely advertised by announce
ment at court, at the Dorsey speaking,
when a big crow'd heard it, by biills
and posters scattered broadcast over
the county and by two to three weeks
publication in the papers and adver
tisements carried for the purpose of
proclaiming the date.
He made a speeech similar to the
one he is making throughout the dis
trict. It was said to be the most tem
perate of any recent public utterances
by him in Bartow county. Many of his
grand jury charges of the past three
years have been harsh and abusive
denunciations of men of the county but
his campaign speech at this time
“cooed” like a dove and he creat
ed the impression that he had
become an advocate recently of |
“peace at any price." Only “the
little newspapers” excited the can
didate's ire and these came in fob
a round of criticism for publishing
“the way they did,” the suspended sen
tence charge against Tarver. He also
became somewhat “peeved” when he
spoke of Tarver and the opposition
generally, but upon the whole his ad
dress was better tempered than many
grand jury oharges made at times
when he had something on his chest.
He devoted fifteen minutes to
what he said and what he did not say
about what sentence or fine or some
thing was put on Tarver by him and
then what Tarver did, which was to
pay it right away, and then what he
did, which was to bake It off right
away or as soon as the jury retired.
He did not go into details as to why
Tarver “cut up so,” nor what the court
of appeals did to the judgment as a
result of admitting testimony objected
to by Mr. Tarver, but he said a great
deal in trying to show that a remitted
fine is a suspended sentence. He said j
Mr. Sapp was ‘‘a good fellow,” he i
would risk him to make him judge and
all that, but lie said that Sapp should
have said that no “other” sentence
was imposed instead of saying “no sen- !
fence was imposed” against Tarver.
He said that was what Mr. Sapp “in
tended” to say. He then found fault
with his own letter as printed in the
Fairmount Citizen and said that the
editor of that publication changed it j
to read that he said Tarver ought not !
to object to my suspending sentences
on others as he had a suspended sen
tence on him. He claimed that he nev
er said that, and that the editor knew j
he did not say that and that his letter j
shows he did not say that.
He claimed that only two fnembers
of the Dalton bar were for Tarver, not
withstanding Mr. Tarver claims to
have the promise of ten members of ,
the lawyers at this place and to the i
audience it appeared that the lawyers I
there were “base deceivers” to fool j
candidates that way. He claimed that I
Tarver knew that his (Tarver’s) claim
of the bar of Dalton was false but did
not explain how he knew or why he
could not rely upon their promise to
support him.
He claimed that Tarver has been in
office ever since he was 21 years of
age, except two years when he was de
feated for re-election to the legisla
ture. That this year he ran awhile, and
seeing that he was going to be de
feated he then decided he would run
for the judgeship. Just here it ap
sponse his messages had awakened
ar.d he therefore snapped at the com
mittee of invitation; in childish pet
ulance he refused to pronounce the
benediction, dismissing his audience
with a curt “goodnight;” and at the
retreating form of a good mother who
was compelled to leave the service
with a sick child he hurled such pleas
ing phases as ‘‘there’s another going
on the installment plan”—“a fine rep
resentative of the far heralded chival
ry of the south," and “without the ele
ments of good manners.”
Yours for & “square deal,”
L. O. GAMES.
i
peared that the judge let a gap down
since he seemed to think that Tarver
got out of the legislative race, in
which he had no opposition, to take
up a much easier race of running for
judge.
The judge modestly admitted his
greatness, the splendid value of his
public services and his infinite love for
prohibition and what he had accom
plished to bring it about throughout
the land. He was the first to Introduce
“suspended sentences,” was in this re
spect a patriarch, compared with
Judge Lindsay, of Colorado, who used
to suspend sentences on boys. He did
not claim any extraordinary foresight
in doing so but claimed it to be the
truth although there was no express
law' giving him the right to do it but
as “a judge ought to have, at least,
common sense and he knew what was
right ought to be done.”
But there was not much about Tar
ver that the judge liked. Tarver had
[said things which were false and had
done things in this race no gentleman
would do and had accepted $50.00 a
month, or other large sum, from the
Georgia Railway & Power Cos. while
he was in the legislature, and “that
the grafters of Cartersville and the
gamblers of Dalton are the men that
are behind this thing, and they are
trying to mislead and deceive the peo
ple.” But he said, “I mean no personal
reflection on these men, they are just
simply against me for personal and
other reasons, they are not looking
after the best interest of this county,
they are not looking after the best’in
teresi of this circuit, and you can look
them in the face and tell them so and
they will admit it, if they are willing
to admit the truth about it”
I And thus he rambled for something
j like an hour and quarter and finally
ended by claiming that he spoke in
Trenton at 10 o’clock Saturday morn
ing and at Rising Fawn at 5 o’clock
! and had good audiences at both places
and they told him at both places that
beyond all quesfion “I wil! carry the
county from two to three to one, and
I believe it.”
EIG COTTON SALE
BY DR. T. H. BAKER.
One of the largest individual trades
in spot cotton made in Bartow county
in many years was that of last week
when the firm of J. E. Field & Son pur
chased the cotton of Dr. Thomas H.
Baker, amounting to something life
four hundred bales and the considera
tion aggregating $28,000.
The cotton sold was that made on
the several farms of Dr. Baker in var
ious parts of the county and some of
it represents cotton carried over two
or three years. The cotton is being
delivered daily to the warehouse of J.
E. Field & Son, who have a force of
men employed to cut out the damaged
parts of the bale where the tenants of
Di. Baker permitted the 'cotton to
stand in damp places and to otherwise
become exposed to the elements.
Muh of the value of this cotton has
been lost through deterioration and de
cay brought about by exposure to
rains, floods and tides.
In 1914 Dr. Baker concluded not to
sell any of his cotton due to the low
price prevailing that year when the
cotton market was utterly demoralized
and farmers only secured six cents
for much of their product. He likewise
carried over much of his cotton of last
year, confident of a better price. That
he wisely foresaw what the price of
cotton was coming to was evidenced
by the fact that he sold at the top of
the market for the past two years,
and, had his cotton been kept in dry
places, he would have realized a much
greater sum. This is, however, the
■tergest individual transaction in cot
ton made by any farmer of Bartow
county for many years past, the policy
generally of farmers being to dispose
of their crop within the year it is
made. By this means much loss in
weights and loss from deterioration is
avoided. Dr. Baker, however, takes a
different view and frequently holds
his cotton through two or more sev
sons.
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