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FLEMiSTER WELGOHE&
OUT OF TOWN SISiS
Merchants O f Territory
Given Tickets to The Fair
And Cordial Reception.
ihe Flemister Grocery Company
showed true Cartersville spirit during
fsir week through the entertainment
tmnished their out of town customers
who were here in large numbers.
Previous to the fair, Mr. P. C. Fllem
ister issued invitations to every out of
town customer on his books tender
ing them and their families free ad
mission to the fair grounds and a cor
dial welcome to their store. These
came in large numbers, and in many
instances had their wives and chil
dren, and the large office and store
room of the grocery company was the
scene of a reception during the early
morning and late afternoon hours, the
interim being spent at the fair
grounds. Refreshments were served at
the store and each customer was made
acquainted with the corps of officers
and salesmen and clerks who make up
this large business establishment.
Conducted by some member of the
establishment, each customer was tak
en to the fair grounds and there
shown the wonders and entertainment
furnished by the fair association.
Kaeh visitor was enthusiastic in his
praises of the beauty and entertain
ment. of the fair, as weHl as the cor
dial treatment and hearty welcome af
forded by the Flemister Grocery Com
pany. Those present during the week
were as follows:
J. M. Hamrick, W. R. White, L. G.
Hughes, E. W. Hicks, White, G.a.; S.
K. Bradford, J. A. Dorroh. J. B. Wei
morts, Pine Log, Ga.; A. C. Collins, N.
A. Hamrick, J. F. Bagwell, Fairmount,
Ga.; X. A. Brantley, Rockmart, Ga.;
Dent & Kay, J. P. Davis, Taylorsvilile,
Ga.; C. C. Evans, Benton, Ga.; W. G.
Kennedy, Taylorsville, Ga.; T. H.
John-. Oakman, Ga.; W. J. Leake,
Powder Springs, Ga.; R. A. Thcmpson,
E. \I. Bvrom, W. L. Byrom, Fairmount,
Ga.; C. Chandler, F. C. Latimer,
Herbert McAfee, D. T. Smith, Wood
stock. Ga.; R. C. Grogan, Acworth, Ga.;
G. H. McCoy, Waleska, Ga.; D. Rags
dale, Dallas, Ga.; Terry & Soh. Ac
worth, Ga.; S. J. Allen, Cass, Ga.; R.
A. Battle, W. I). Pittard, Cassvilile,
Ga.; Mace Wingard, Aragon, Ga.; W.
H. Benson, Kennesaw, Ga.; J. G. Bran
don, Cartersville, Ga.; C. H. Yar
brough, R. L. Franklin, Adairsville,
Ga.: C. X. Sweetman, Kingston, „Ga.;
R L. McClure, Folsom, Ga.; Bob Jack
son, Stiles boro, Ga.; C. W. Satterfield,
Adairsville, Ga.; Teems & Evans, Ac
worth, Ga.; McMillan Bros., Acworth,
Ga.
pyron presented
WITH PURSE OF tIOLD.
A testimonial altogether deserved
was that which was furnished in sub
stantial form to Ruohs Pyron, secre
tary f the Bartow County Fair Asse
rtion, during fair week. The associa
tion itself, together with a large num
ber of business men of the county,
tt'ade up a number who furnished and
''resented to him $250 in gold. The
Presentation took place at the fair
pounds and Mr. Pyron manifested in
evp ry way his great appreciation. It
" as in small part a tribute of appre
' of Mr. Pyron’s untiring, un.sel
nnd successful efforts to furnish
People of Bartow county with a
which in every way reflected cred
"°" all concerned. Air. Pyron has
1 of his time unreservedly and
1 from daylight until late at
|| - ” to bring forth a successful fair,
id- efforts were so manifestly
- fn] that the business men and
"1- recognized that some token of
:nn should he shown him.
h°- w - hill seeks
I OFFICE OF BAILIFF.
I 'A. Hill has announced his in-
I of running for bailiff for the
I- die district, the election to be
K, r P rst Saturday in December.
K H:!! has heretofore held this of
sPlendid satisfaction to bus
■ : niPn having claims to enforce,
lit r wise satisfactorily performed
|ti(] ;y tieS ' S stron @iy supported
K. , l!| ends confidently expect his
S OB
10 ELEGI uILSON
PEOPLE BlJOliOi
Campaign Launched 1 n
Cartersville And Funds
Being Raised.
Enthusiasm for Woodrow Wilson is i
running high in Cartersville and soon j
the popular fad with everybody will
he the wearing of a Wilson button.
The Boy Scouts, the Camp Fire
Girls and many patriotic women of the
city have agreed to help swell the Nat
ional Campaign funds by selling but
tons at SI.OO each.
President Wilson is honorary presi
dent of the Boy Scouts of America,
and it is therefore peculiarly fitting
that the members should work vigor
ously and energetically for his re-elec
tion.
Prof. E. L. Martin visited Caxters
ville yesterday and offered a hand
some cash prize to the party selling
the most buttons. The names of all
who buy buttons and the winner of
the prize will be published in The
Tribune and the Atlanta papers.
Other towns are responding nobly to
the democratic call for funds, but
with the acting aggressive workers
now taking the field and our city’s
well deserved reputation for doing
things in a big way, we expect Carters
ville to lead all other cities of her
size, not stopping until she has sold
500 buttons and sent SSOO to the Wil
son Campaign fund.
The wearing of the Wilson button
should constitute the emblem of demo
cratic loyalty and support. At the
small cost of SI.OO every citizen can
afford to purchase it and thus con
tribute his mite to meeting the legiti
mate campaign expenses in the doubt
ful states.
What Georgian cannot afford to give
$ i.OO in return for the manifold bene
fits that have accrued from the Wilson
administration, and to assure its con
tinuance for the larger blessings that
will inevitably follow?
While we may rely upon roiling up
the usual large majority in Georgia,
the contest in other states and in the
nation, is admittedly close, while the
need of funds to wage it vigorously is
urgent and acute.
The dollars of the masses—whose
interests President Wilson has pro
tected and advanced in a truly mar
velous degree—must be reilied upon
to match the millions of the classes in
their present titanic struggle to wrest
from democracy the reins of power,
and again explloit the country fer
their own selfish purposes.
Georgia has been the beneficiary in
unusual manner and measure, of the
present administration, and no citi
zen should be willing to enjoy those
benefits without contributing to Presi
dent Wilson’s re-election.
In ail the tide of recorded time, the
heart of no man has beaten in truer,
deeper sympathy for humanity, and
the labors of none have been directed
more wisely, more energetically, more
devotedly to humanity’s elevation and
betterment.
The patriotism, the pride, the loy
alty, the sense of duty and self-inter
est of every democrat should prompt
him to purchase and wear a Wilson
button—wear it proudly, in token of
having contributed to the worthiest
and most important cause now before
the American people.
For Wilson, for four years more.
Macon. Ga., October 18, 1916.
E. L. MARTIN.
JUDGE HENDRICKS NOTIFIES
JUSTICES AND NOTARIES.
Judge G. W. Hendricks wishes to in
form the justices of the peace and no
taries public of the county that he
holds for them the Georgia laws of
being the acts of the recent ses
sion of the legislature, and that all
should call at his office and secure a
volume of these laws. Many have
never called for the acts of 1915 as
nell as the acts of 1914 and 1913. He
will be pleased to distribute these to
the justices and notaries who are en
titled to same.
Show that you are a loyal democrat
by buying a Wilson button.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., OCTOBER 19, 1919
LEWIS SIMS MUNFORB PASSES lAf
AFTER LONG AND LINGERING ILLNESS
The End Of a Life Of Energetic and Intelli
gent Development Of the Resources
Of Bartow County.
L. S. Munford, farmer, successful
business man and Bartow county’s
most active developer, died at his j
home in Cartersville Thursday night, 1
October 12. after a long illness.
Mr. Munford has been ii* had health
for four years. Attacked by a pi jgie~-
sive disease, he has frequently been
confined to his home and his bed, hut
upon regaining sutficient strength to
go forth, he would 086*1116 energy
which has characterized a busy life to |
the breaking point again and again.
He was frequently advised by his doc
tors and members of his family to give
up business cares and to take life
easy and to claim the rest which he
had earned. But thrift and energy was
a habit with him and he was, perhaps,
unable to live a quiet life. Only about
two months before his death, he suf
fered a severe attack of his malady,
his Mfe was despaired of and his case
was given up as practically hopeless
and his death looked for within a few
hours. But an indomitable will, a coin
age and a constitution which had been
built up through a long life spent out
doors. enabled him to raftly, to leave
his bed and, to a limited extent, take
up his business matters. He daily vis
ited his farm, just south of Carters
ville, a possession in which he took
great pride and which he built up to a
high state of cultivation and beauty,
it gave him pleasure to again direct
the operations on this plantation.
This privilege, however, was short
lived. After about three weeks of daily
visits to town and to his several plan
tations, Mr. Munford was again sub
jected to an attack which sent him to
his bed from which he never arose.
His physicians, Dr. A. B. Greene ard
Dr. Sam Howell, did all that could pos
sibly be done through medical skiilil,
and Or. C. J. Giddings, of Atlanta, for
several years his consulting physician,
v. as called in about a week before his
death but gave little ho|>e of an ex
tended fife.
Mr. Munford’s end came, however,
rather suddenly. He had rallied from
a severe attack on Monday previous
to his end and was apparently easy
and more comfortable through the
eahMer hours of the day of his death.
Dr. Greene called just a moment or
two before his death and was prepar
ing some medicines for him to take
through the night, when Mr. Munford
was seized with a .mothering sensa
tion, which had so beset him many
times before, but which apparently
was much lighter than those which
had preceded it, and turned over on
his pillow and breathed his last. i
Lewis Sims Munford was born in
Cassville, Bartow county, Georgia, j
January 11, 1850, the son of Lewis!
Martin and Serena Dillard Munford.
Both his- father and mother were dis
tinguished for their uprightness of
character and as possessors of strong
intellect. The younger Munford (in
herited these qualities together with
unbounded energy, and he became a
diligent toiler in his early boyhood
days. The war between the state broke
out in alH* its fury when he was but
eleven years old. Upon General Sher
man’s march to the sea, Mr. Munford,
while yet a hoy, cared for his mother
and Younger members of the family
while they sought a place of safety
from the devastation which took
place in the wake of this march.
After the war was ended, while ev
erything about seemed desolate and
bare, Mr. Munford went to work to
restore the fallen fortunes of the font-,
ily. While small in stature, it is said
that he was capable of rendering man
ual labor equal to that of a stalwart
man. Upon the invitation of a kins- ,
r..an, he took a position in a mercan*;
tile establishment at Shelby vile,
Tenn., but only remained there a few
months. His belief appeared to be that
wealth and fortune was to be dug front
the ground and that the most endur
ing and lasting species of property
was real estate.
While farming he became interest
ed in minerals, and upon what is
known as the Munford home place he
actively pursued mining operations;
directed the mining of iron ore; load
ed it into teams and himself drove the
teams to Rogers' Station, where was
once a furnace, in this way Mr. Mun
ford got his start in life.
His tastes were simple; he was j
frugal in habit -of saving, and invest
ed his savings in farming lands which
afterwards became extensive.
sin ci s-fully operating the I
MimiV. , hank, he attracted the i
attt 'tire f!' rmer-Governor and Sen-1
ator ' -.a ph E. Brown, who made him
suj t: ndent f his mining opera
tions >'•* tbs e .nty, Mr. Brown then
bel::g ’ vnm of what is now known
the 'k"i " ;bel property, a 'Large
body tot' land consisting of about
twelve thousand acres. Much of this
was brought together through Mr.
Mtinford’s advice after testing and
reaching a favorable opinion. Mr.
Brown came to realize that Mr. Mun
ford's judgment concerning mineralls
was tiierring and without exception
purchased every piece- of property
that Mr. Munford advised him to get
that could he obtained at a fair price.
Between the two there grew up a i>er
sonal attachment and warm apprecia
tion of each other’s qualities, and as a
token of the esteem in which he was
held by Senator Brown, Mr. Munford
was presented by him with a hand
some gold watch which he greaflly
prized and whiich he carried until the
day of his death.
When Senator Brown parted with
iiis mineral interests in this and oth
er counties of Georgia, Mr. Munford
became active upon his owin account,
in 1896 Mr. Munford, joining with the
littv John W. Akin, leased what is
known as the Sugar HI.Ill mines and
put them in oiniration. To do this re
| qnired 'the construction of a railroad
: from Rogers’ Station to these mines,
I about fourteen miles in length through
;■ tough country. It was considered a
i hazardous venture, but Mr. .Munford’s
I confidence in the great wealth which
lay hidden in the mountains at this
place, together with his energy,
spurred him on to a great test which
resulted in the development of a large
deposit of brown iron ore of fine quai
ity. Notwithstanding the price of ore
was low and that it was transported
over a ra' road operated by the lessees,
thio pro petty, was so splendidly man
aged as to daily yield a profit and to
have furnished both -Mr. Akin and Mr.
Munford a tangible possession which
they solid to the Joel Hurt interests of
Atlanta for a handsome sum.
Soon after this Mr. Munford bought
the con rolling interest in the old Bar
tow Mineral Company south of Emer
son. This property had been abandon- J
ed as a mining proposition. Again hi
knowledge of minerals and of the |
geological peculiarities of this section |
demonstrated the value of his judg
ment. After operating this property ]
for something over a year, the opera- j
tions themselves creating handsome I
dividends, he solid the property to the |
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Com
panv. His purchase of the controlling J
interest in the Etowah Development j
Company followed in 1905. This prop- j
erty embraces several thousand acres j
of mineral and timber lands in Bar-1
tow and Cherokee counties and of his
torical value in that it was on these
"ands that Col. Marcus A. Cooper built I
the town of Etowah, established mills .
end furnaces, all of which was made 1
ruins during the Civil war. In the 1
meantime, he leased the timber inter
ests to non-resident corporations who
■pent vast suits of money for labor,
machinery, supplies and provisions
for their plants and payroJ’s. In other
word within two years' time after
Mr. Munford had oureha v and this prop
erty. upwards of two hundred thous
and dollars had been spent by outside
interests in the development of its
mineral and timber resource®, practi
cally ail of w’bich went to an increase
of the volume of business done by
CartersvßHe merchants, manufacturers
and supply dealers.
In the meantime, Mr. Munford con
tinued to invest in farming lands and
to actively pursue farming operations.
He added to his Two Run and Pettit’s
meek farm® adjacent lands which
have made these : ’arge and rich agri
cultural pc'-sessions. Within the last
few years Mr. Munford purchased the
eld Tumlin homestead, a plantation
GOITQN'S HiGH PRICE
FURNISHES BIG IRAOE
Unprecedented Dem an and
For Seed And Staple
firings Over 18 Cents.
The continued good weather up to j
this week, when a gulf gaile arrived ;
with its wind and rain, has had the
effect of bringing to maturity a large
amount of cotton and which promises
to cause this county to produce, ac
cording to estimates of conservative
men, something like fifteen thousand
bales. This fcoulld he five thousand
bales less than that produced last year,
but due 'to the highest price obtained
for it since Civil war prices, the net
result will be that the cotton crop of
Bartow county wilil furnish farmers
and growers with more money than
ever before, perhaps.
Cotton seed, also, lias brought this
season as high as 83 cents a bushel
which is unprecedented and nearly
twice as high as the price obtained for
seed iast year.
Cotton continues to go up in price
and this week is selling around and
abovt eighteen cents a pound, which
makes a five hundred pound hale of
lint cotton bring ninety dollars, which,
taken with the seed at its present
price,, makes every five hundred pound
bale of cotton bring upwards of sllO.
This is bound to produce an active
business year ami business men and
merchants generally are pleased over
the increased volume of business be-
ing done. In fact, Bartow county is in
a very high state of prosperity. With j
cotton selling above eighteen cents,
cotton seed around eighty cents, and
with all mineral operations in pro-
gress, with new plants for the mining
and treatment of manganese and bary- j
tes being put in operation, an incen
tive has been given to business and a
pay roll created which has brought a
stream of gold into the county which
necessarily has made every Uine of
business profitable and prosperous.
PROGRAM OF THE DIVISION
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Following is the program of the Di
vision Sunday School Convention to
be held at Stiles boro, Ga„ October 22:
9:30. Sunday School.
10:30. Elementary Work —By Miss
Lillian Greene.
11:00. Practical Working Plans of
an Adult Bible Class—By Henry Mil-
am.
J 1:30. Advantages of a Graded Sun
day School —By W. C. Henson.
12:00. Dinner.
1:30. The Banner Standard—By
Wm. T. Townsend.
2:00. Roll CalU—By J. A. White
sides.
2:15. Things a Superintendent can
do to Arouse Interest —By C. C. Pitt
man. ~ -
2:45. Why Others are not in S. S. —■
By W. C. Henson.
3:00. General Discussion —Led by
Wm. T. Townsend.
3:30. Adjourn. v
just south and partly within the cor
l>orate limits of Cartersville. His Fat
ter dkys were spent in a successful
effort to bring forth in rich produc
tivity this body of land. It was his fad.
It was one of his greatest desires to
beautify and make productive this
place. That he has done so is univer
sally conceded and ho farm in Bartow
county shows better scientific manage-
ment or more up to date ideas put in
force than this place, which is an ob
ject of attraction to all citizens of
Cartersville and to strangers who pass
this way.
Mr. Munford’s business judgment
was almost unerring. His investments
proved almost always profitable. His
jr figment was sought after and men
have marveled at the accuracy with
which he foresaw business opportuni
ties. He was a progressive man of ac
tion; he was a developer who suc
ceeded; he W'as a builder; everything
he touched he improved and made bet
ter. He had a mastery and leadership
over men and those who worked for
him respected him and paid him trib
ute in admiration. Every deserving
man appealing to him for help or as
sistance, he gave them work to do
rather than alms. He believed that
*
when a man earned what he got he
(Continued on page ten.)
GREAI FAIR CLOSES
AND PLEASES ALL
Biggest Crowds Yet Enter
ing Gates And Great Suc
cess Achieved.
The Bartow County Fair closed last
Friday night, running four days with
always perfect weather conditions, at
tended by unprecedented crowds and
furnishing an exhibition, entertain
ment and amusement not heretofore
equalled.
The fair was in all respects a great
success. Some departments were bet
ter than others, and in, the very nature
of things this must always be so.
Still, however, there was much in
every department for which the peo
ple may wedll feel a laudable pride.
What was encouraging was the in
creased attendance. The last two days
the attendance was something like
five thousand a day. This is something
like two thousand above the highest
record heretofore achieved, but inas
much as the admission charge was
only half this year what it has been,
the gate receipts were not quite as
much. However, the grand stand privi
lege and the charge for automobiles
and the general popularity of the
shows put on, ran the total receipts
to an amount above what has hereto
fore been obtained.
So successful was the work of the
crew in charge that the Rome Fair
insisted on the management here tak
ing charge of the management of the
North Georgia Fair, held this week at
| Rome. Mr. Pyron, Mr. Robinson, Mr.
Landers, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Black
well left Saturday for Rome and are
this week in charge of the fair at that
place.
The horse show proved to be a
great success and a show of highly
I entertaining value. Ilartow county peo-
I pie were treated to a sight of more
I fine animals than thev had ever seen
J at any one time in this county,
l The prizes in each department will
be published in The Tribune from
week to week. In another column is
published the awards in the Woman’s
building and last week that in the
Agricultural building. The other rec
ords have not been worked up by the
association force inasmuch as they
are busy this w'eek in Home, but as
soon as they are obtained they will be
used by this paper.
CARTERSVILLE HIGH 26
marietta HIGH 0.
The Cartersville High School, in the
presence of a big crowd, defeated Mar
ietta High Schobl at football by a
score of 26 to nothing at the fair
grounds last Friday, October 13.
The game was of thrilling Interest,
not only to the players themselves,
but to the spectators, and particularly
the student body of the high school
here and to the many visitors who
came from Marietta to witness the
contest.
The Marietta team appeared to lack
training and coaching. This can be
brought about and this team will
doubtless be a much more formidable
company then when it is whipped into
shape. They have the weight and the
dash and the courage of genuine foot
ball players and Cartersville may have
been fortunate in having them to con
tend with so early in the season.
Catrersville broke through their line
and rushed past them with apparent
ease, but fumbled frequently, other
wise they would have run up a much
larger score. The work of Shaw and
Car] Waldrup was brilliant on the of
fensive, while practically the whole
line starred on the defense at some
point of the play.
It was a jolly crowd of Marietta
rooters who came to Carterswille and
these were delighted to have so large
a crowd before whom to play. The
boys proved to be good sportsmen, left
here in good spirits and promised the
Gartersville team 'a royal reception
when they came to Marietta.
The side lines were crowded by
many Cartersville enthusiasts and it is
to be hoped that the attendance here
after will be of equal! size and enthu
siasm. The presence of so many adds
greatly to the proficiency of each indi
vidual player and to the team work
as well.
Help the cause in doubtful sta.es by
buying a Wilson button.
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