DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEROKEE, THE BEST COUNTY IN NORTH GEOR<
VOLUME 40.
CANTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1915.
NUMBER 44.
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A near-sensation caused
quite a stir in and near the city
late Tuesday evening when a
report reached the Sheriff’s of
fice that Melvin Boling, about
forty years old and a tenant on
the Tom Rutledge farm had
disappeared as suddenly as
though the earth had opened
up and swallowed him.
It was known that Boling had
been in Canton Tuesday attend
ing to some business and had
left for his home three miles
from the city late in the after
noon. The report goes that
sometime during Tuesday night
the team which Boling was driv
ing turned up at his home min
us the driver. This unusual oc
currence caused much appre
hension on the part of Baling’s
family and the alarm was at
once sent out that something
dreadful had happened. In a
very short while the country
side was alive with searchers—
big, little and all sizes—the
Sheriff leading the van. All
night Tuesday they searched,
but no trace could be found.
AH sorts of rumors had gained
ground by this time—the one
;,hat found .most-favor with the
crowd being that the man had
been murdered and his body
thrown into the river. After a
short rest and a hot cup of cof
fee, the searchers took up the
trail again bright and early
Wednesday morning. All dur
ing the day the posse searched
every nook and craney—but
looking was all—no Boling was
to be found anywhere. The
crowd had almost decided to
give up their task as a bad job
when late Wednesday evening
Boling was found wandering in
the woods near his home. He
was fully clad excepting his
bare feet and so far as can be
ascertained bore no marks of
violence. It is said that Boling
talks in a rambling way and is
at a loss to account for his
strange actions.
Anyway, the mystery—or
near mystery—has been clear
ed up. Boling is home wuthout
any serious damage, Sheriff
Spears is out several hours of
perfectly good sleep, and things
generally are rocking along as
serenly as if nothing had hap
pened .
HR. ED ANDERSON
DIES A! HIS HOW
Mr. Ed Anderson, a well
known and highly respected
citizen of Canton, died at his
home in this city Saturday
morning at 9 o’clock and inter
ment was made at the cemetery
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Anderson was thirty-four
years of age and had been a
sufferer for several months
having been confined to his
home since the early spring.
He was a consistent member of
the Baptist church. Perhaps
none of the younger men of
Canton had more friends than
Ed Anderson, and to all of
them the announcement of his
death came as a source of deep
regret.
Mr. Anderson is survived by
his wife and little daughter,
Naomi; one brother, Mr. Jas.
Anderson, of Atlanta; one sist
er, Mrs. Della Brookshire, of
Demorest; one htrtf sister, Mrs.
Annie Sacker, of Ball Ground,
and his step motner, Mrs. Anna
Liza Anderson.
His first wife, Mrs. Zettie
Anderson, who was a Miss Land
rum before her marriage, died
three yeaTH ago.
The funeral and interment
was in charge of the Red Men
and Odd Fellows, of which or
ders Mr. Anderson was an
honored member. The floral
tributes were many and beauti
ful, and a'large concourse of
friends gathered to pay a last
mark of respect.
To the bereaved the Advance
extends its sincerest condol
ence.
THE FORD AUTOMOBILE TO
BE GIVEN AWAY BY THE
ADVANCE HAS ARRIVED
It’S arrived- i ^l 88 genu Bailey, 1.000
,,TL„n j Miss Vera Bishop, ... _ 1.000
*-• .. Miss Bertha Buice, . .1,000!
Why, Man alive, didn t you Miss g. v:l HettVe)s> ,|
know that the wires and mails Miss Lillie Beavers, .1,000 j
have been kept hot the last few Miss Alice Bell, 1.000 ,
,!„y ? by the Cherokee Ford Au- : j-*JJ
to Co., to Ret a line on the Ad- jviis9 Alma Cloud, .1,000
vance’s Grand Capital Prize? ]Mrs. Fannie Coker, . 1.000
Miss Irene Chattin, 1,000
Miss Mattie Lee Den.-more, 1,000
Miss Flonnie Evans, 1,000
Miss Emma Fowler, 1,000
Will MEET SUNDAY
HASTY NIT
That’s right.
Sure as you live.
And you say it has come?
It Has.
Miss; Daisy Fowler,
1,000
I want you to see it; they say Miss Lillie Gamer, — 1,000
that it is a beauty, and I know Hasty. i.ooo
that the Ford people delivers }j i8S Cora H ai l di A,-1111111111\'S
the goods—its a real MJKU. Miss Bessie Killian, 1,000
That’s the “dope” and the talk Mrs. O. J. Latham ..1,000
now. The classy little car has Mjss Alice Mitchel, l ooo
, „ a rlimnr*** Miss Mae McFarland, 1,000
been delivered to the Advance ^iss Bessie McArthur, 1,000
by Spears & Roberts the Ford Miss Estelle Pu<fh, 1,000
Agents. And talking about Miss Euln Ponder, 1,000
Automobiles, the contestants Miss Stella Ponder, 1,000
are keen on the job ot winning. Mi8s Ethe) Roberts 1,000
All the Advance contestants Miss Bessie Thompson, 1,000
have got their hearts and souls Miss Gertrude Worley, 1,000
set on winning this automobile. Mjss Lemma Wheeler, 1,000
The management only regrets J™ wood.".’-II111111 liSSS
the impossibility of giving all
the contestants a Ford.
But—
Don’t you worry.
If you do not win a “joy
wagon” and are one of the five
When the Cherokee - ,nA : .
School Association convene"
at Mt. Gilead church Sum! \ r # .
is expected that one of the larg
est crowds that has ever attend
ed one of these meeting- will!
be present. At any rate. th>
association has been working
hard for several weeks to gain j
this result. The program map
ped out for the occasion i~ an
attractive and pleasing one. and
as a whole the meeting promis
es to be a most enjoyable and
beneficial affair. It is especi
ally desired that each Sabbath
school in the five militia dis
tricts have a representative at
Mt. Gilead meeting. The
Cherokee Association is strict
ly interdenominational, the
sole aim being to build up all
Sunday schools of the county
and to establish schools where
none exist. It is merely a gen
eral effort launched to lend
whatever assistance it can to
the upbuilding of Sabbath
schools of whatever denomi
nation in Cherokee county.
The program is given else
where in this issue of the Ad
vance.
CANTON NO. TWO.
Miss Berta Wuters 3,000
Mrs. Mary Beck, 1,000
Miss Thelma Beck, 1,000
Miss' Eula Baker, 1,000
, ,, . ,, Miss Irene Barnes, 1,000
hustlers, a pnze worth your Mi8#iD#isy Carnes, 1,000
mettle will be yours—the Bed Mist Dora Cagle, 1,000
SATURDAY WAS A
BW DAY IN TOWN
BY
A FAST
AUTO
Mr. Gordon Hasty, a son of
Mr. W. D. Hasty, of Canton
route one, was knocked down
and painfully hurt when he was
struck by a passing automo
bile on the Roswell road. It is
alleged that Mr. Hasty was
standing along side of his car
when the passing machine go
ing at a rapid rate of speed hit
him and rendered him uncon
scious. The young man received
medical attention and is now at
his father’s home, where it is
reported he is doing nicely. Mr.
Hasty is a skilled mechanic in
the employ of the Overland
company in Atlanta, and has a
large number of friends who re
gret the accident, but who will
be delighted to know that it
was not of a more serious na
ture.
FINE APPLES GROWN
BY CICERO LANCE
There seems to be no end to
possibilities in Cherokee. It
looks like everything grows bet
ter here than anywhere else.
Last week we told of the fine
potatoes raised by Jess Taylor.
This week it’s apples!
About eight miles north of
Canton Mr. Cicero Lance has a
young apple orchard contain
ing in the neighborhood of 200
trees. All of these trees are in
excellent condition and all are
bearing. Recently Mr. Lance
cut from one tree a small limb
measuring twelve inches long
that contained a cluster of 26
well developed Yates apples.
The fruit was of very fine flav
or and was of average size. The
limb bearing the apples was
brought to the city by Dr. J. M.
Turk and attracted consider
able attention.
Friends «f Mrs. Earl E. Field
will deeply sympathize with
her in the death of her father,
I Mr. L. W. McKinney, which oc
curred at Vernal, Utah, a few
clays ago.
i A Vernal newspaper carried
the following announcement of
Mr. McKinney’s death:
I “L. W. McKinney, formerly
| of Georgia, but for the past
three years a highly respected
citizen of Vernal, passed away
last Sunday afternoon at 3 :30.
He had been in very poor
health for the past three months
and the inevitable was expected
as he had filled a full span of
life and would hane been three
score and ten next Christmas
day. Born on the 25th of De
cember 1845, in Canton, Cher
okee county, Georgia, he was
a southerner, heart and soul,
and joined General Wheeler’s
forces in 62 at the age of seven
teen, fighting in Wheeler’s
command for three years and
was very severely wounded.
“Mr. McKinney was a Free
Mason and was buried under
their rites—eleven brother
Masons having come from My-
ton to attend the services. Rev.
Hersey was the speaker at
the funeral services which
were held Monday at 2 p. m.
Interment was in the Venial
| cemetery.
j “Mr. McKinney was a real
southern gentleman of the old
jstoek, kind and hospitable,
pleasant and entertaining and
his many friends grieve and
sympathize with his family at
his demise.
j “He leaves his wife, four
children and thirteen grand
children. The children are:
Mrs. L. W. Curry, Mrs. Earl
Field, of Georgia, Mrs. DeLos
Trim, of San Diego, California,
and Joshua, of Washington
state.”
METHODIST CHURCH
Act quick, start in the Con
test now while you have an ev
en start with others.
Rev. A. A. Sullivan, of Wales
ka, will fill the pulpit at the
Methodist church in Canton
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
The public is most cordially in
vited to attend this service and
visitors will be welcome.
Room Suite, The Diamond
Rings and the Sewing Machine.
Now Seriously.
Wouldn’t you be “much ob
liged” to win any of the Five
Prizes offered so far?
And then be satisfied?
Of Course.
Then go at it in a business
like manner and you will reach
your goal.
And, if your list of acquain
tances is not large enough, why,
make out a sub-list of somebody
elses friends and go after them.
That’s the Ticket.
Hustle,
Push,
Talk,
Work,
That’s the “stuff” that make
winners—and, of course, you
class yourself in the crowd. COHEN
Don’t admit defeat—say that SLAIN
you can’t be beat and then de- 1
monstrate the truthfulness of it
by so strenuously “digging”
thatafter all has been said and
done and the last counthasbeen
made—you are declared the
winner; and then for a joy ride
in your own car—the proud
possessor of the Grand Prize.
You C£n.
So do it.
Remember the race is now in
it’s infancy. The best worker
wins.
Get Votes.
And then votes.
And then some more votes.
Are the quick satisfactory
ways.
Make it your way.
And then crown yourself
with the laurel crown of victory
It can be done and some one
will—Why not let this someone
be you.
Everything is in your favor.
The times, the weather, and
last, but not least, the paper you
are interested in. So consider
ing everything, now is your op
portunity. And also that this is
not one of those long drawn out
contests. It is short and will be
spirited.
Below we give list of contest
ants for the second time and if
the name of you or your friend
does not appear send same to
the Advance at once. Or better
still if your name appears or
that of a friend jump right in
now and get busy.
CANTON, GEORGIA
Miss Telete Scott 1 14,000
Miss Nora Rusk, 11,000
Miss Minnie White, 1,000
Mrs. W. D. Mills, 1,000
Miss Mamie Cannon, 1,000
Mrs. John Anderson, 1,000
CANTON RT. ONE.
Miss Effie Hasty 4,000
Mrs. Lumus Anderson, 1,000
Miss Marjorie Eell, 1,000
Miss May Duckett, 1,000
Mrs? Edna Howard, 1,000
Mus.Ina Howell, 1,000
Mnw'Paar Hughes, 1,000
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Saturday in Canton certainly
looked like the good old days
before the war. in fact, it was
qf j;he biggest trades days
Miss Minnie Roper, 1,000
Misa Jithella Reece, 1,000
Mrs.Mtate Roach, 1,000
Miss Mary Lee Thomas, 1,000
Miss Vera Thomas, 1,000
Mrs. Jennie Westbrook, 1,000
Mrs. Fannie Watkins, 1,000
HOME COMING SERVICE
AT FIRST BAPTIST NEXT
SUNDAY.
(Continued on paue 5)
UNDER CIRCUS TENT
2 ARE SHOT DOWN
AND TOM DAVIS
AND OFFICERS
WELDON AND LEDFORD
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
Lavonia, Ga., Oct. 27.—
Cohen and Tom Davis and his
prominent citizens of Lavonia,
are dead, and Policeman Weld
on and Ledford are slightly
injured, as the result of a shoot
ing scrape under the tent of
Howe’s circus in Lavonia.
The difficulty started when
two policemen attempted to ar
rest Cohen Davis for disorderly
conduct. His brother, Tom Da
vis sided with Cohen and at
tempted to restrain the officers
from taking him.
There was a great deal of ex
citement and no one seems to
know who fired the first shot,
nor how the shooting actually
started. The firing took place
under the main tent before time
for the show to start.
The Davis men both lived
near Lavonia. They vvree rear
ed in this section and stood well
in this comunnity.
It is thought now that the
officers are only slightly wound
ed. both received scalp wounds.
So far as is known no parties
connected with the show had
anything to do with the affai^
whatever.
YOUNG WAYCROSS BOY
DECAPITATED BY CA
Waycross, Ga., Oct. 27.
Vance Delk, 9-year-old son of
L. Delk, was instantly killt
when a streea car complete
severed his head from his bod
Hundreds of people line!
the streets waiting for tt
street parade of a circus th
was exhibiting here and mar
witnessed the accident. T’
family of the boy is well know
in Waycross.
shopping centers were throng
ed with busy buyers and the
merchants all report a most
satisfactory day’s business.
The Jones Mercantile Com
pany, probably the largest cot
ton buyers in this section, hand
led during the day several hun-
jdred hales of the fleecy staple
and the price ranged around
the 13-cent mark. After
posing of their cotton the farm
ers generally laid in their fall
and winter supplies and as a
consequence a considerable
bulk of real money changed
hands.
The rush of Saturday is con
fidently expected to keep up
the pace through the entire
fall and winter season and in
every quarter much optimism
prevails. The farmers are all in
a prosperous condition, and
when the farmer is prosperous
the merchant always comes in
for a full share of the benefits.
SL‘ e h J
Sunday their very earnest
desire for the largest possible
attendance next Sunday eleven
o’clock. This is thought of as a
“Home Coming” service be
cause it marks the close of our
pastoral year. We have had a
great year in many respects.
Reports of the work done
will be made. Every member
'has the right to know exactly,
<,ls_ what is being done and the use
of every cent paid in. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
Sunday school 9:30.
Last Sunday broke all re
cords for fourth Sundays in
October, in attendance, by 51.
Supt. R. T. Jones is urgent for a
great day next Sunday.
Good singing will character
ize all services. Rev. A. B.
Couch will be in the choir
throughout the day.
“UNLOADED GUNS”
GET IN THEIR WORK
Cumming, Ga., Oct. 27.—
“Unloaded” guns in their dead
ly work here.
Carl Holbrook and Colier
Shadwick, prominent young
men, were playing with what
they thought were unloaded
guns, pointing them at each
other. Result, Holbrook was
shot through the bowels and is
dead.
Lee Pruit, 22 years of age,
was carelessly handling a pistol
It fired. His leg is shot to piec-
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$1.87 a Day Average
Pay for Baptist Preach
er In United States.
Boston, Oct. 27.—The
average salary of a Bap
tist minister in the United
States is $1.87 a day, or
about $680 a year, accord
ing to figures quoted by
Rev. Joseph E. Perry, of
New York, at the annual
conference of Baptist
ministers of Massachu
setts today. The confer
ence was held in connec
tion with the celebration
of the two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the
Baptist denomination in
this state.
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