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FINE LECTURES OH
GOOD FORMING HEARD
International Harvester
Sends Out Experts On
Agricultural Themes.
Taking for their general theme
•'Agricultural Preparedness,” two of
the best equipped agricultural experts
that have ever appeared in Carters' 1
ville delivered a series of lectures at
the court housed Monday and Tues
day, morning and afternoon, to the
farmers of Bartow county and to the
business men who attended.
Carrying with them a number of
charts, hung on easels and made of
cloth, upon which was printed in
biack type various truths, statistics
and data, relating to the various feat
ures of farm life, these experts, sent
out by the International Harvester
Company, unfolded a world of infor
mation and demonstrated to the point
of absolute conviction many things
which will be of great value to every
listener who attended.
The themes discussed were ‘‘Alfalfa,
Clover and Cover Crops” in one ser
ies, "Live Stock and Poultry” in an
other, “Corn in All Its Phases” was
treated by another, “Home Economics
and Sanitation” by another and a gen
eral discussion of the boll weevil and
how to prevent its spread in this
county.
No admission fee was charged but
the farmers and business men of the
county were given free invitation to
come and learn something as to how
to make Bartow county strong and
great in that department of its activi
ties which is its /main reliance, agri
culture. It was to be regretted that
more farmers did not get the benefit
of the lectures given, but this in some
degree was offset by the great fund of
information secured by those who did
go and the further fact that these will
for a time at least become crusaders
for the themes advanced by these lec
turers and farm demonstrators.
These experts are going into var
ious states of the union and into the
various localities of each state, gen
erally under the auspices of the Cham
ber of Commerce at the various coun
ty seats, as ft was at Cartersville. The
court house is generally selected as a
place where the lectures are to be
given, and, wherever they have ap
peared one time, their second appear
ance has always been greeted by great
er audiences and marked improve
ment in the agricultural condition al
ways follows their educational cam
paign.
It was in no sense a commercial ef
fort to sell agricultural implements,
but is a campaign based purely and
simply upon the principle of education
that farmers may secure the best re
sults, and that their visit to Carters
ville has been a success will soon be
evidenced by improved conditions
throughout the county and by a hearty
invitation to be hereafter given to
have them return to Cartersville, when
it is confidently predicted that the
court room will not hold all who at
tend.
Should these experts again appear
in Cartersville, The Tribune is free to
say that no man or woman, boy or
girl in Bartow county can afford to
miss the opportunity given to acquire
information relating to things upon
the farm.
Mr. H. S mob ley discussed Soils,
General Farming and Alfalfa, while
M r - R. A. Hayne covered the subjects
of Live Stock, Home Economics, Gar
dens, Sanitation, etc.
With the lecturers were F. P. Davis,
1 T. Perkerson and A. H. Linnbrook,
of the International Harvester Cos.
bank of cartersville
TO DISTRIBUTE CHECKS.
The Bank of Cartersville will fur
nish all its stockholders with a
Christmas gift in the form of a check
for semi-annual dividend.
The bank wp Isend out checks to
each stockholder for his proportionate
Part of a semi-annual 3 per cent divi
dend on SIOO,OOO, which will be In the
mail for delivery on Christmas eve.
The bank has stockholders ail over the
oounty and the amount to be distribut
ed will doubtless come in very nicely
at this time.
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE
BAPTISI MINISTERS
TO BE TRAINED RERE
Church Selects Cartersville
As One Of Ten Places
In State.
Cartersville has been selected by
the mission board of the Georgia Bap
tist Convention, and approved by the
convention itself, as one of the ten
paints in this state wherein will be es
tablished a regular school for preach
ers and chrisdqn workers.
The idea is to put on a regular
school for preachers beginning Mon
day night and running through Friday
night for two weeks, being the last
two weeks in March, with three class
es each morning and afternooff, and
perhaps one in the evening, and two
inspirational addresses each evening.
The mission board of the Baptist
church proposes to furnish the faculty
and to pay their expenses with the
idea that the places of meeting, among
which Cartersville will be one, will
entertain the preachers and Christian
workers and that the churches will
pay the railroad fare of the country
preachers, and the men themselves
will buy the books. This plan was en
thusiastically received at the conven
tion and has been generally approved
by the church since.
Due to Cartersville’s location it was
regarded as the most accessible point
lot the northwest corner of Georgia.
Not only those who desire to enter the
Baptist ministry in this section of
Georgia, but those who desire to do
Christian work and further the inter
ests of this religious denomination as
v/ell as trained preachers themselves,
will avail themselves in large numbers
of this opportunity to better their
training for the work they have a de
sire to do and intend to follow.
This wilL be a fine opportunity for
men desiring to enter the Baptist min
istry to be equipped In information
and to be-trained in the work at a
very cheap cost. Many men, having
not the means to enter a college or
university for theological training, are
yet otherwise fitted to do great work
in the pulpit, and much has been done
in the history of Christianity by men
who have had little education, as well
as in the otKer walks of life. The Bap
tist church, in the extension of the
work of the church, have notriaid the
stress upon scholarship that other
churches insist upon and, hence, have
become a great missionary church and
have thereby been able to extend the
teachings of Christianity to the utter
most parts of the world. A rigid de
mand for scholarship attainment
would limit the number of preachers
and, hence, would greatly limit the
territory over which the gospel is
preached.
The local Baptists are greatly in
terested in having a successful school
conducted here and will doubtless en
tertain all who come to dt in comfort
and with hospitality that will enable
those who do come to experience, not
only a profitable acquisition of know
ledge, bat pleasant entertainment as
well.
Rev. C. L. McGinty has notified the
mission board that Cartersville may
bo depended upon to do its part.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
SUNDAY MORNING.
Organ.
‘ Adoration,” from “The Holy City”
—Gaul.
“The Shepherds in the Field” —Otto
Mailing.
“Invocation”—MaiDy.
Duet.
“Hark, Hark, My Soul” —Shelley—
'Mrs. A. B. Cunyus and Mr. J. S. Cal
houn.
Offertory.
Prayer—Guilmant.
Solo —“Glory to God in the Highest”
—Bonex—Mr. J. A. Miller.
Postlude.
■“March of the Magi Kings”—-Dubois.
EVENING.
Organ.
“Overture”—Suppi.
“Evensong”—Stanhope Mirtin.
“Reverie” —Minor C. Baldwin.
“Meditation”—Sturges. '
Solo —Mr. J. S. Calhoun.
Postlude.
“Grand Processional March,” from
“The Queen of Sheba”<—Gounod.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., DECEMBER 2i, I&kj
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT MILAM
. RENDERS JEW OF HIS WORK
Retiring Officer Reviews In Brief Form The
Accomplishments Of His Administra
tion And Extends Good Wishes.
Below is printed the report of Mr.
Henry Milam, county superintendent
of education, to the county hoard; of
education at its last meeting before
his term of office expires. Mr. Milam
read this report which was received
with great appreciataion by the entire
board and they requested that it be
not only copied into the minutes of
that meeting but published in the
county papers.
To the Board of Education:
I think it nothing but fitting that I
should give you at this time a resume
of my administration as county sup
erintendent of schools. As you are
aware this is the last meeting of the
board at which I will be in an official
capacity.
My labors with you have been very
pleasant indeed. The association with
you lias bound me to you in a personal
way so as to form friendships that I
shall cherish always. The educational
development of the past ten years has
been, most remarkable, not due to my
feeble labors but to your loyality to
your duty and the large foresighted
vision you have possessed. No superin
tendent in Georgia has had a stronger
board of education than I, and what
has been accomplished for the children
of the county has been accomplished
because of your steadfastness to prin
ciple and the loyal, untiring devotion
of our splendid corps of teachers.
Finances.
Now just a word as to finances;
when I entered the office I found the
county overdrawn with the state de
partment SI,OOO, a tilling that has nev
er happened since, for we have always
lived within our income. Today tka*
? 1,000 overdraft has been wiped out
and we have to our credit,!# dhe bank
and in the state treasury $10,300 to
start this year’s work with. While
this is only about half of what you will
need to operate your schools on for,
the next year, it is some better than
being a whole year plus a SI,OOO, over
draft behind.
The facts and the figures show that
during this time, not only have we
placed the county on a better financial
footing but that we have grown mar
velously in othef ways.
The school system that was rated in
the -state' as the “deadest
among the dead” is today rated as one
of the “most progressive in the state”
and holds the' distinction of being the
“Trail Blazey” in the stare’s educa
tional development.
Teachers Better Paid
While these changes have been tak
ing place our teachers’ average salar
ies has been increased $6.00 per
month and that in the face of a 45 per
cent increase in the number of teach
ers employed. Any one who knows a
teacher will readily declare that the
present force is 50 per cent better
trained and their spirit and willing
ness to work has been multiplied by
five. The efficiency of our school has
increased at least 100 per cent.
Better School Buildings.
The value of the school buildings
has been multiplied'by three and they
have been made fit to live In. In
spite of opposition we have construct
ed most of our buildings along proper
lines and approved plana and thus
safeguarded the lives of the children
not only now in school but in many in
stances those still unborn.
The value of th*'school equipment
has been multiplied by four. An aver
age of two buildings a year has been
comfortably seated with modern desks.
The number of school libraries and the
volumes contained in them has been
multiplied by Six traveling li
braries have been secured and are now
in use.
.2,000 More Children.
2,000 children are enrolled in our
schools that we did not reach then.
1,300 more attend every day in the
year. Yet our population has only in
creased 392. 700 have been wiped
from our total illiterates —more than
in any other county in Georgia. We
have advanced 20 points In our stand
ing among the counties of Georgia.
Our schools are fadrly well graded
and our work systematized. Oilr sys
tem of examination and promotion Is
not excelled In any county in the state
and found in very few. Our course of
stud> has not only received the ap
proval but the commendation of both :
state and national educational leaders. '
From our little beginning in this
office with the School Fair has grown
our splendid County Fair.
Our County Commencement has
given anew meaning to our common
school work and makes the one com
pleting the course feel that he has
really accomplished something worth J
while and he has.
The practice of grading the school
by the superintendent according to the
state standard has done much to im
prove conditions and arouse interest
In tfie appearance and care of the
buildings and grounds as well as to
improve the grade of work done by the
teacher and pupils.
Better Sanitation.
We wish we could discuss at length
the improvement in the sanitary con
ditions about our schools but suffice
it to say that in 28 schools sanitary
water supplies have been installed;
20 schools control the dust by oiling
the floors; 6 or 8 schools have built
out buildings abter approved plants,
etc. Window shades have been pur-'
chased or curtains made in most of
cur schools; good pictures are on the
walls of many of our schools where
none existed before and the moral at
mosphere is very much improved.
Summer School.
This board of education was the
first board to operate a Summer school
for its teachers; now their splendid !
example is being followed by all the
most, progressive counties and the
-Agfjfcf. £► fioox .i licxvo ootßc-l lipoJJ VVI->
4deq> and qpnduct thejx combined in
stitutions after our plan. This step Ifas
paid the county 1,000 per cent on the
investment. ...
County High School.
Another big constructive piece of
work of this board was one that means
n.uch to the state and nation is the
establishment of the first County High
school and thus set the exanipfe to
the state and the south for that mat- 1
tel to follow.
We must give the country boys and
girls their God given rights and op
portunities. Thank God the board of
education of Bartow county Is striv
ing to do this. Thank God they led the
way.
Home Economics.
I
|sut perhaps the greatest piece of
constructive wofk during my adminis
tration, and the one that has up to the
present brought the largest returns
to the county and has had the great
est effect on the w r ork in the state was
the employment by the board of edu
cation of a lady assistant who In re
cent years has had charge of the home
demonstartiou work as, well.
A large per cent of the growth in
our schools is attributable to the
wo sk done and made possible to he
done by the untiring efforts and noble
self-sacrificing spirits of the young
ladies filling this position. It would
take a long time to recount the bles
sings that have come to us both in a
material and way from this part of the '
work. I could tell you by the hour of
incidents that would touch your hearts
as they\have possibly uever been
touched before, but space will not
allow.
Urges Continued Progress.
. You have stood for advancement,
for development, for progress. You
have accomplished much for the good
of your fellows. You have given of
your time and effort unreservedly to
the great cause you represent. You
have stood t>y me and caused me to
accomplish what little I may have ac
complished. In taking leave of you I
urge you to keep on, keep your eye
ever bn the rising sun. Under no cir
cumstances take a backward step or
allow yoru interest in or your devotion
to duty to depreciate in the least. Sup-,
port your county superintendent and
home demonstration agent in the fu
ture as you have in the past and see
to it that your system of schools re
mains in the fron rank. See to it that
Bartow county boys and girls have
the best there is and that they have it
first. ,
You have my very best wishes for
your personal success of the great
END GOMES SUDDENLY
TO WELL-KNOWN MAN
Wm. M. Smith Stricken At
Thompson-Weinman
Mines Monday.
Wm. M. Smith, an old and greatly
respected citizen of Bartow county
dropped dead while at his poet of
duty at the Parrott Springs barytes
mines, Monday afternoon, age 66
years.
Mr. Smith went to work as usual
Monday morning but had complained
to fellow employees of feeling badly
and once or twice faltered on his way
to work. He had accepted a position
with the Thompson-Weinman Go.
about two months ago at the mines,
and while up in years was apparently
able to perform the duties of his
place. He had eaten lunch and return
ed to work. In a little while he fell
and a small t\oy working near him
gave the alarm but Mr. Smith had
died before aid could reach him.
Mr. Smith was a native of Bartow
county. He followed farming for many
years and until a few years ago when
he took a position as watchman at the
Western & Atlantic railroad crossing
at the depot. More lately he had
worked at various public works and
y. as seen Saturday on the streets of
Cartersville. Having a large and ex
tensive acquaintance he met and talk
ed with many friends.
| Mr. Smith was> a member of the
j Rowland Springs Baptist church and
| lived a consistent Christian life. He
| married Miss Tressa Watkins, sister
| of Judge Frank C. Watkins. He is sur
| vived by his widow, and by five chil
-1 dren, one son, Tom Smith, and four
daughters, Mrs. Alfred Chitwood, Mrs.
Herman Chitwood, Mrs. T. P. Watson
and Miss Rosa Lee Smith, all residents
of Bartow county.
Funeral services were held from the
homo an Tenneeoe® street, conducted
by Rev. C. L. McGinty, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Ckrtersville
and his remains burled at Oak Hill
cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
“FALL OF A NATION”
| THUBSDAHND FRIDAY
Next Thursday and Friday at the
Dixie Theatre will be given “The
Fall of a Nation,” Thomas Dixon’s
great play. '
This great picture will be shown
five times daily, at 1:30, 3:15, 5:00,
6:45 and 8:30. Running through two
days everybody will have an oppor
tunity, and should not fail to accept
I the chance, to see this great drama
; tiaztion of a world -conflict, which
I Dixon sees impending,
j Since, Dixon’s “Birth of a Nation”
j no show has produced such a sensa
i tion and everywhere it is preseted
j the houses are crowded throughout
, the fall time of its rendition. It stirs
I the patriotic blood of all Americans,
i it is tremendous in Its spectacular ef
! fects and the romance of the story is
’ such as to appeal to old and young
alike.
The ‘‘Fall of a Nation” will be Car
tersville’s great attraction during the
holiday week and as its reputation has
gone far and wide, and precedes the
play itself to this city, it is predicted
that corwded. houses will see it
through the entire two days it .is here.
There is much in the play that will
set the more fhoughful citizen to
thinking, while all parts of it will be ]
pleasant to remember always.
The admission has been fixed at
twenty-five cents, which is a remark
able concession to a town of the size
of
I . * *
LEWIS PEEPLES AT HOME.
Lewis Peeples, hurt in a football j
game before Thanksgiving, and who j
by reason of his injuries was oi>erated j
on in an Atlanta hospital, was brought
home by his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Oscar T. Peeples, last Monday, practi
cally restored. He will not be able to
return to school, however, uptil about
February.
cause your represent. Please remem
ber that when I can render you any
service you may feel free to call on
me.
It is my Wish and prayer that God
in His wisdom may direct you and
bless you. A
. HENRY MILAM Supt.
■
SUPERIOR GOGRIIO
. HAVE NEW JUDGE
Judge-elect Tarver Meets
Bar And Makes January
Calendar.
Malcolm C. Tarver, judge-elect of
the superior courts of the Cherokee
circuit, was in Cartersville Monday for
the purpose of arranging the docket
and making a calendar for the call of
cases in order at the next term of the
court in Bartow county, which will be
held the second Monday in January
and last for three weeks.
The members of the local bar were
present in number when the docket
was assigned and greatly aided Mr.
Tarver in the arrangement of the
docket with a view of facilitating Ms
work as judge. While never before
holding any judicial position, Mr. Tar
ver has been a very active practitioner
and very successful as a lawyer. He
has an agreteable maimer and members
of the local bar and eourt officers who
have not heretofore had any business
experience wiith him were greatly
pleased with his grasp of the situation
and. predict that he will make an al
together worthy judge and say that he
shows every evidence of ability to
handle the responsibilities of his
plaoe.
Solicitor General Lang was also
present and it was decided to devote
the first week to civil business, the
second week to criminal business and
the third week was so assigned as to
take up such overlapping criminal
business that may be ready for trial.
The following compose the grand
jury drawn for the term: J. S. Taff, R.
R. McCormick, J. R. Combs, H. M.
England, W. A. McCutchen, A. W. Ed
wards, M. L. Johnson, Jas. A. Knight,
A. G. White, M. C. Nelson, H. H. Pop
ham, J. M, Hamrick,,T. R. McKelvey,
R. 1,. Saxpn, A. S. Lipscomb, E. W.
Smith, N. B. Cannon, G. B. Elrod, J.
E fludson, F. J. Bray, W. D. Trippe,
P. W. Loudermilk, G. W. Young, J. D.
Rollins, J. L. MlHioliin, J. M. Dysart,
R. F. Kincannon, W. C. Fite, G. H.
Gilreath, W. M. Trippe.
The following is the traverse jury
i for the first week: W. B. Sutton, T. P,
Randolph, B. F. Williams, J. W. Mor
rell, C. .Irby, Z. T. Edwards, Jno. Q.
Ford, C. T. Jones, E. W. White, M. M.
Jackson, C. Teague, Thos. Dawson, W.
W. Bennett, J. B. Willis, L. Hannon,
W. M. Summey, Calvin Smith, Thos.
M. Adair. vl
A NEW INVENTION OF
INTEREST TO*AUTOISTS.
Mr. Walter Akerman is offering to
automobile owners anew invention of
an interesting character because of Its
merit in holding down the expense of
gasoline, a commodity which is grad
ually increasing in cost. j
The invention is known as Efficiency
Gas Oil and since a great numher of
car troubles comes from the fact that
carbon is gradually deposited in the*
inner parts of the motor, thus in
creasing the friction, reducing the
mileage to be obtained and ultimately
clogs up the motor entirely, science
has directed its attention toward over
coming this trouble and to find a mix
ture which will automatically combine
with the gasoline and at the same
time withstand, the heat and which
will contain no acid or alkali: ,
It is claimed for Efficiency Gas Oil
1 that this has been "accomplished. It
will be very inexpensive as it requires
only one ounce to treat fiv e gallons of
gas and is claimed to give the follow-'
ii.g results it-used continually: Will
gradually work all the carbon out of
the motor, will save expense of having
the motor cleaned, will add fifteen to
twenty-five per cent to the mileage per
gallon of gas, fifty per cent to the life
of the motor and removes all trouble
of cranking the car on a cold day.
Quite a number of automobile own
ers and experts of this city have been
carefully testing it for about two
months and they pronounce it a per
fect success which will add greatly to
the pleasure of driving a machine.
m
NOTICE.
■ m m ■**
The high school pupils of the Pine
Log school will give, “Pot, the Miner's
Daughter,” at the College auditorium,
on Saturday night, December 23. The
auditorium will be comfortably heated.
The public is cordially invited.
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