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VOL. <> ([[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 The Tribune guarantees every job that leaves the office, and the prices must be right as we are shipping printed matter to Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. NO- 26