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([[II AUDIENCE GREETS TARVER
MONDAY NIGHT II COURT HOUSE
Quotes Letter By Fite In Which He Wants
A Senator To Tell Attorney General
“Who And What I Am.”
Makoltu C. Tarver, candidate for
of the superior court of the
JJUe Circuit, delivered his second
ddress to the people of Cartersville
last Monday night to an audience that
! aied the capacity of the large court
-on, and which included representa
tives of every trade and profession,
every manner of working man, and
that his speech greatly pleased and in
terested those who heard it was evi
denced Dy the close attention given
the speaker throughout and by the
frequency with which his periods were
applauded.
Lfter Mr. Tarver’s speeech here dur
ing July court, an address delivered in
the day time hours, a call went for
ward to him to speak again in Carters
ville at night so that the clerks, of
fice men and wage earners in rail
reads, factories, mills and mines
could have an opportunity to hear
him. Mr. Tarver, anxious to reach
these with his appeal, willingly ac
cepted and promised that upon his
return to Bartow county he would de
liver a speech here at night.
Great Crowd Greets Speaker.
Last .Monday night was fixed as the
date, and that the call to him was
earnest and sincere was evidenced by
the big crowd which came out to hear
him, Before he rose to speak, which
was promptly at the hour of 7:45, ev
ery available seat in the court room
was taken, the window' sills were
made use of and the large balcony on
the south side of the court room was
readily accepted by many who could
not find a seat inside the auditorium.
Beside these many stood, throughout
an address of one hour and a half,
along the back wall of the court room.
If was by all odds the largest crowd
that lias been gathered together in
the court house at night to hear a pub
lic speaker in many years.
-Mr. Tarver expressed his great
gratification and pleasure at being in
Cartersville again; the many assur
ances that had been given him that he
would receive their votes on election
day, and of the many words of cheer
that he had received from the good
People of the county. Whatever the
results of the election might tee, he
would always cherish the memory of
friendships formed throughout the
circuit, and particularly hose who
have stood so loyally for him in Bar
low - county He assured his audience
h’at he had not found it necessary,
! 'or would he ever find it necessary in
ids campaign, to undertake to resort
!o abus e of his opponent to secure his
tir n. That if the other side wished
| 5 ‘ eso, 't to that form of campaigning,
( ' had the floor and would enjoy ja
Monopoly in the exercise of such
He said, that, moreover he
" llli not - found it necessary to abu>e
“' ose "h° favored Judge Fite, nor
011 ul he find it necessary to ever cast
* “Vtrions upon any who conscien
-1-1 "My supported his opponent. It
t a, freeborn American right of each
ever >' oitizen to cast his vote as
" deemed right and best for the in
b :,J '' °* "oc-.iety, and such would never
( b nounced in low terms as gamb
ers a,| h grafters.
F|tes Long Term In Office,
jb- thereupon reviewed Judge Fite's
fual career, when he started as a
' >°ung nmn as justice of the
J ar ' - ’ a ft or wards a member of the
' "hire, later a deputy internal
,RU " c ollector, yet later solicitor
l^ 1 ' °f the Cherokee circuit, and
gQ ' 'or twenty years judge of the
tc f erior courts of the Cherokee cir-
‘He paid high tribute to Judge
, e ;; ;ecor(3 as justice of the peace,
sen >r ’ interna l revenue collector,
general, and his earlier car
ow-, a ' a lldge - then reviewed his
twp' v life ’ sa >'fng that since he was
]( vjn ' VPars old he had scuffled for a
bis <!1 Showe(s that he had obtained
an d fi lr ,’ tion through his own labors,
tak, na , V borrowed money enough to
' ' aw course at - Mercer Univer
af, ' "'ch money he returned soon
Th. 116 !l<? Sun the practice of the law
speaker stated that he, too, had
®t>uion to serve hi3 country, and
‘bat hr h a .i
■ gone to the legislature and
BARTOW TRIBUNE
had been re-elected by the people of
his own county to the lower house and
again sent to the senate as Whitfield
county’s representative iu that body.
Their Records.
He stated that not a single vote that
he had cast in the legislature nor his
legislative record in any shape, form
or fashion, had been criticised, and
that his legislative record was never
run against him, neither in this nor
in any other campaign. The speaker
then said that he had criticised Judge
Fite’s record; that was public prop
erty; that was the right of the humb
lest citizen cf the Cherokee circuit.
But in that criticism he had never
sought to belittle Judge Fite's ability
nor his desire to do right; but that,
haring been in politics so long, he had
accumulated a number of political ob
ligations and had actively participated
in so many things wherein his feelings
had been aroused, that whereas during
the earlier years of his judgeship he
was affirmed in a large per cent of his
cases, his record had grown so ba-d
that he'was now only affirmed in 4XI
per cent of his cases, whereas the
youngest judge in the state, Judge
Hammond, had been affirmed in SO
per cent, in the last Georgia Reports.
He said that he had charged that
Judge Fite had disregarded verdicts
of juries; had arbitrarily set aside
verdicts where no error of law was
assigned; had suspended the -.sen
tences of, perhaps, three or four hun
dred men in the Cherokee circuit (and
that Judge Fite expected to receive
the vote of every one of these), and
had criticised and discharged trav
el se juries and had usurped the duties
of jury, solicitor general, boards of
education, and even county eommis
! sioners. He gave specific instances to
prove his allegations in this respect,
cited the cases, located them in each
county and the term of court at which
j these things had been done.
He stated that, if elected, he would
go into office with the purpose of
treating every man exactly alike; that
he would know neither friend nor foe
! in the administration of justice, and
j that he would sacredly regard the
| oath of office to • administer justice
I with respect to person and do equal
' rights to the poor and rich."
“Tell Them Who and What I Am.”
: At this point in Mr. Tarver's speech
hf? said ill pa,rt^
“Is this the idea which prompts and
impels and controls the present judge
of the superior court? When Judge
Fite himself got into a personal dif
ficulty with the workman in the con
struction of your post office building
here he was about to be prosecuted
for it in the federal courts, but he was
not prosecuted, and if you care to
know why, ask him if he did not
write a letter to Senator Thomas W.
Hardwick in which he used these
words, ‘Tell the attorney general who
and what I am as you understand ano
know me.' How many of you who are
here can get out of difficulties by hav
ing a United States senator tell the
attorney genral of the United States
who and what yon are? Since when
did it become the law in this country
that men should be free from prosecu
tion because of their political station,
their place in society, their wealth or
their standing? And to prove that this
is what he meant, ask him again if he
did not say in that same letter to Sen
ator Hardwick ‘the fellow Sperry is
not the contractor;’ —not some great,
strong, wealthy man capable of build
ing and constructing fifty thousand
dollar post office buildings throughout
this land, not a man of political power
and influence, —‘but a foreman on the
works.* And in an interview in the At
lanta Constitution ask him if he did
not say that he did not want to figh f
again for he might get whipped and
this is the first time >he had ever had
to fight a hod carrier as a substitute
for assassins. Is that the conception
of justice that a man should have who
holds the place of judge of the Chero
kee circuit? Is that the appeal that
you must make and that I must make
to Judge” Fite? Having made that ap
peal bimself in his own behalf to save
CARTERS VI EE, GA„ AUGUST 21, 191<
LOOKOUT PEOPLE
LOOKOUT BURGLARS
Thieves Enter Homes and
Officers On Lookout For
Them.
Lookout for burglars!
During the past week Cartersville
has been annoyed by a number of bur
glaries and the police officers and
sheriff’s force have not yet succeeded
in bagging the culprits.
No serious losses have been reported
and, judging from reports, _the thieves
are not getting rich in their opera
tions here. Nevertheless, residents
have been apprehensive and to keep
oft the house breakers have tightly
closed their doors and wiudows, thus
being made to suffer a lack of ventila
tion so much prized during the hot
nights.
Several stores have been entered
and a number of residences but only
a few watches and very little money
has been taken over by the thieves.
The thieves have missed “pay day" in
the homes they have visited and the
stores had evidently made their de
posits of cash in the bank just before
the burglars broke in.
It would be well, however, for all
householders to look carefully to clos
ing their homes and to keep their val
uables securely hid until the officers
i mi down the nocturnal and uninvited
visitors.
The officers are keeping a sharp
lookout and all who are seen out at
night are being given “the once over"
with piercing eye, and should they run
across a prowler who cannot give a
good account of himself and make a
fair showing as to his visible means of
support he will be locked up aud made
to prove that he ought not to go to
work.
And should any of the gentry see
these lines it may be well for us to
give him warning that a considerable
number of cartridges have been lately
purchased and that these fit exactly in
certain “shooting irons” which are to
be found in nearly every home in Car
tersville and that some of the owners
of these are sleeping with orie eye
open all night long.
himself from prosecution in the fed
eral courts, does he not conisder it of
equal value when made to himself by
honieone else who is great and strong
and who has a difficulty with a poor
man.”
Slander.
Mr. Tarver then spoke of the cal
umnies and slander and effort to tear
down his moral character in this cam
paign. He referred to a circular which
had been sent out referring to alleged
misdeeds of his during his minority.
He had stated here and elsewhere
throughout the district that his integ
rity and morality and temperate habits
were subject to review since he was
twenty-one years of age and that he
defied any of his accusers to point to
any act of dishonesty, immorality or
intemperance since he maintained his
majority. He stated that the circular
in question had a preface to it which
the man that wrote it must have been
too ashamed to sign and in that pre
face it was stated that the charges
therein had never been answered. The i
speaker emphatically denied this and .
stated not only had he answered it j
but that also the people of Whitfield ,
county had answered it; that it had -
been used on him in the first cam
paign he had for the lower house of j
the legislature and that they had an- j
swered it by electing him by a large
majority, after which they had >e
elected him and after that had elected
him 5:o the state senate. It had been ;
well answered by him and by the peo- i
pie of his home county who know him. j
Run On His Record.
Mr. Tarver stated that Judge Fite,
having occupied the judgeship for
twenty years and was now askinz lor
re-election, should, and it would be
the better plan, rely upoff his own
record instead of trying to traduce and
to break down the character and repu
tation of his opponent. If his record in
office is good, why is not the judge re
lying upon that, to secure him a re
election? Is he running upon the
strength of his own record or is he
going to seek to tear dow - n the reputa
tlon of his opponent and ride into of
fice upon the weakness of his rival.
Throughout the more thrilling parts
of Mr. Tarver's address he was ap-
MASONS 10 MELT
AimOßStlE
Bartow County Convention
to Enjoy Enteresting Fro
gram Next Week.
The Barlow County Masonic Con
tention will meet at Taylorsville, Ga.,
an Friday, September Ist, 11116, at ten
o’clock a. m. Each lodge in the county
vs expected to be well represented.
The officers of the convention this
year, are:
Dr. R. I. Battle, W. M., Cartersville;
ll M. Parris, S. W., Adairsville; R. F,
Kincaunon, J. W., Stilesboro; T. E.
Vaughan, Sec-Treas., Cartersville; W.
I). McGowan, S. D., Euharlee; W. T.
Townsend, J. D., Cartersville; L. P.
Gaines, S. S„ Adairsville; S. TANARUS, Burns,
J. S., Taylorsville; L. B. Hughes, Chap
lain, White; J. F. Popham, Tyler, Tay
lorsville.
The welcome address will be made
by Mr. J. H. Jolly, of Taylorsville, and
the response by Mr. J. B. Crawford, of
Cassville.
The public exercises will be held at
the Baptist church in the afternoon,
commencing at two o’clock, and will
be presided over by W. C. Walton, of
Cartersville.
The following distinguished Masons
will lend their presence to the occas
ion and will make addresses; Past
Grand Master, Max Meyerhardt, of
Rome; Grand Secretary, R. A. M„ E. A.
McHan, of Macon; Judge J. P. Davis,
of Rome; Dr. J. P. Bowdoin, of Adairs
ville, and others. The speeches and ex
ercises will be interspersed with music
and an altogether interesting program
has been arranged for the occasion.
There are ten Masonic lodges in the
county and all duly qualified Masons
are invited to attend. Each lodge is
entitled to six representatives by vir-
tue of office, the Worshipful Master,
Senior and Junior Wardens., Secre
tary, Senior and Junior Deacons. All
Past Masters are entitled to vote who
are not representatives of lodges.
The convention promises to be
largely attended, and the citizens of
Taylorsville, and particularly the Ma
sons there, are prepared to give the
visiting brethren a warm and hearty
welcome and promise to make it an
enjoyable occasion.
JOHN M. GRAHAM ENTERS
RACE FOR COURT OF APPEALS.
Yielding to the requests of his many
fiieuds at the bar in all parts of the
state, Jmliu M. Graham for twenty
years connected with the supreme
court as editor of the Georgia reports
A conjunction with George VY. Stev
ens, definitely announced Tuesday af
ternoon that lie would be in the race
for the court of appeals. Prior to IHs
connection with the supreme court,
; Mr. Graham was a prominent Atlanta
j attorney. For some years past he has
i lived in Marietta.
Mr. Graham's association with the
' supreme court and court of appeals
i has brought him into intimate contact
j with leading members of the legal prc
! fe-ssion throughtout Georgia. They are
iii a position to appreciate his qualifi
cations for the place he seeks and
many of them have promised their sup
port unsolicited should Mr. Graham
see fit to enter the taee.
Among those who have strongly in-,
dorsed Mr. Graham are William H.
Barrett, of Augusta, president of the
state bar association, and Arthur G.
Powell, of Atlanta, formerly judge of
the court of appeals.
Some of the ablest jurists who have
ever sat on the Georgia bench have
secured preliminary training in the
position now occupied by Mr. Graham.
Among these may be mentioned Chief
Justice Logan E. Bleckley, General
Thomas R. R. Cobb, who, while not a
judge, was one of the ablest lawyers
and law writers of his day, and Judge
Joseph H. Lumpkin. In his earlier
years Mr. Graham received legal train
ing from Judge Bleckley and from
Chief Justice Simmons, while serving
as secretary to thoes great jurists.
plauded to the echo and held his audi
ence throughout to a high tension of
interest and earnest consideration.
When he closed he was immediately
surrounded by dozens who had never
met him nor heard him before who
congratulated him upon his address
and gave him their well wishes for
success.
Mr. Tarver spoke during the after-
DR. L E. HARDIN SHOWS UP
A RECORD OF AGHIEVMENT
Makes Fine Speech Monday Morning A t
Court House And Enthuses His Friends
And Defends His Platform.
Dr. L. G. Hardman, candidate for
governor of Georgia, addressed an ap
preciative audience in Cartersville at
the court house on last Monday morn
ing. Dr. Hardman is the last of the
four candidates for governor to ad
dress the people of Cartersville in the
interest of their candidacies and,
hence, the voters in this town and sur
rounding country are fairly well equip
ped to judge of the relative merits of
the aspirants for this office.
•While the crowd was not a large
one, due to the limited time given to
make public announcement of Dr.
Hardman’s coming, the candidate was
greeted by some of the most repre
sentative citizens of the county and
his address was thoroughly pleasing,
interesting and instructive to them. In
fact, those who heard the speech were .
unanimous in their praise of the mer
its of his address as well as the value ]
of the public service which Dr. Hard- j
man has rendered In the past.
The speaker was thoroughly in earn
est and impressed his audience with
the depth of conviction which moved
him in ail things of a public nature.
He set forth that which he had stood
fer and in large measure accomplished
in his several terms in the legislature.
The great value of Dr. Hardman’s leg
islative service was in the character
of constructive legislation which he
advocated and much of which he suc
ceeded in moulding into law. Great as
is the value of our agricultural inter
ests, and for which he has done so
THE SOLDIER’S LIFE
| ON MEXICO BORDER
,
Fort Bliss, Tex.. Aug. 15, 1916.
Dear Editor:
1 have often thought that I'd wu-ite
a letter to my friends in Bartow coun
ty, through The Tribune, but for fear
it would go to the waste basket, I
have postponed until I shall postpone
no longer.
I would like so much to see my
friends in and around Cartersville,
and would be perfectly happy if Ser
geant Stewart and 1 could only make
our home in “Dear Old Georgia.” I am
so disgusted with the west that I hope
to live to get back in Georgia, and
then, l hope and trust, that I’ll never
see this country again. I have been
here almost seven months, and it
hasn't rained enough to sterile the
dust in that length of time. I used to j
hear people speak of the “sand storms j
in the west,” and I now realize what
that meant. With close to a hundred :
thousand soldiers and horses, army
trucks and automobiles, drilling from
morn ’till night, you may imagine what
a fright the sand is. It is hub deep to
the trucks, and the wind continues to
blow all day long. Some days the sand
storms are so fierce we have to close
all doors and windows, and throw a
wet towel over our heads to breathe,
and the sand burns'Through the shoes
as though you were in fire. It is a
sight to see the dead horses. They
have all the horses that belong to the
militia out in the open air, no protec
tion whatever, from the “baking” sun
and awful sand storms, and from eight
teen to twenty-five have been dying
daily, but in the past twenty-four
hours thirty-seven horses died.
They have service every Sunday
evening and the chaplain is just
grand. From six to seven thousand
people attend. The band plays at ser
vice. and there are a lot of grand sing
ers.
We have had some terrible fights
i during the past six months, and it was
I very sad to see the soldiers marching
cut to the border. But they left laugh
noon at Cassville to a representative
gathering of citizens of that place and
during Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday will have made eleven
speeches in this county during the
week at all of which he received as
surances of increased support and his
friends continue to be gTeatly cheered j
over the prospects of certain victory. J
much, our industrial prosperity, and
our mineral resources, he said that the
greatest asset of our country is our
people and, hence, legislation designed
to conserve life and prevent disease
were things for which his legislative
record deserved credit. He cited many
instances where institutions had been
established in Georgia and facilities
given for the treatment of tuberculo
[ sis, anti toxin for diptheria and var
' ious other services in behalf of life
and health.
He was one of the joint authors of
the prohibition bill in 1908. His ser
vice in this respect was given to the
cause of prohibition for the reason
that intemperance made out of normal
men diseased, mentally unfit creatures,
and brought sorrow, ruin and destruc
tion to the home.
Dr. Hardman proved to be as pro
giessive in all matters relating to our
material prosperity as the foremost
men of the state. His address was an.
earnest endeavor to cause those who
heard him to choose the man for gov
ernor who is identified with its pro
gress and who had shown the strength
of his convictions through endeavors
directed toward the uplift of mankind.
After the speaking Dr. Hardman
was entertained by Dr. S. M. Howell
with a lunch at the Park Hotel and
during the afternoon was driven over
the county in an automobile to dif
ferent towns and communities where
he shook hands and met a number of
citizens. . . y r I
ing, hollering and waving their hats.
Yet, in military affairs, no matter how
gay the scene or crow'd may be, there
is always the under current of sadness
for the soldier never knows when w<
j will meet again, and even the cart
free “a tire voir’,’ may mean “goodby.’
The Elpaso funeral of the American
cavalrymen killed at Carrizal, was a
very, very sad scene. In the shadowy
j silence of the Peak Chapel they lay
j side by side in death, and they had
fought so bravely and so well side by
side in life, and I know the Master,
who loves us all, welcomed these men
with the same smile for each. Xo
doubt some went to a nameless grave,
but in the hearts of ail here, who
know what an inferno they went
through, they are inscribed in letters
of gold, "The fellow who did his best.”
With these men there is no chance for
gush or silly sentimeniality; we know
what they did, though we cafi never
imagine the courage and determina
tion required to stand up and fight,
fighting against odds, impossible to'
conquer, but their bravery has no
doubt been an inspiration to thous
ands of other soldiers, who perhaps,
when they enlisted, had but little
thought of what war actually is.
My husband’s outfit was called, but
was only gone one day and night.
It’s nice to be a soldier in time of
peace, but it’s “sad” in time of trouble.
I’d like to tell you more, and of my
trip over into Mexico, and how the
“Mexicans paraded" us around, but
space will not allow. A party of "we
soldiers” are going over into New
Mexico sood. So if this letter escapes
the waste basket, I will write a more
interesting one after the trip.
With best ’wishes to everybody,
MRS. JEXXESS DENMAX STEWART.
PUBLIC SPEAKING AND MUSIC.
Hon. T. W. Harbin, candidate for
Congress from the Seventh District,
will speak at the places named below
next Saturday. August 26th. He will
have with him a complete brass band
to give plenty of music.
Everybody is invited, including la
dies and children, to come out and
hear the music and hear Mr. Harbin
discuss the issues of the campaign.
Adairsville, 8 a. m.; Kingston, 11 a.
m.; Cartersville 2 p. m.; Acworth 4 p.
m.; Kennesaw 6 p. m.; Marietta 8 p. m
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