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DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEROKEE, THE BEST COUNTY IN NORTH GEORGIA.
VOLUME 40.
CANTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1915.
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NUMBER 46.
KILLS
TOWNS IE
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 11.—
A tornadc swept over parts of
Kansas, Nebraska and South
Dakota last night, wrecking
many buildings and killing a
number of persons. The ex
tent of the damage and loss of
life could not be ascertained
definitely because the storm
tore down wires and shut off
communication for several
hours.
Estimates of the dead ran as
high as fifty or sixty.
Great Bend, Kan., reported
the worst damage, with twelve
persons killed and more than
one hundred injured.
Many Towns Wrecked
Among the towns in which
buildings were reported de
stroyed were Clafling, Kan.,
Hoisington, Kan., Larned, Kan.
and Hartford, §. D.
One brief report from Great
Bend said that half of the hous
es in the city were demolished
and tht the Santa Fe station
was razed.
MISSIONARY RALLY
LARGELY ATTENDED
The Woman’s Missionary
Rally of the Methodist church
was held in Canton on Friday
The rally was largely attended
and the program rendered was
attractive and highly instruc
tive.
At noon a sumptuous lunch
eon was served at the church,
which was thoroughly relished
by all.
Quite a number of out-of-
town people were here to par
ticipate in the rally and each
hour was filled with good
things.
BANKER FOUND DEAD.
Cornelia, Ga., Nov. 11.—A.
M. Hadden, cashier of the First
National bank, and a promi
nent insurance man, was found
dead in his home here early
yesterday morning. Two pis
tols were found on the bed
where he was lying. He had
been shot twice.
He had been cashier of the
bank here for the past four
years, coming here from Rock
Hill, S. C., where all his relativ
es live.
There are no irregularities
in the affairs of the bank as
far as is known at present.
CONTESTANTS ALL'WORKING HARD
BAPTIST MAKE
THEIR REPORT
The Board of Deacons of the
First Baptist church are pleas
ed to call the attention of our
entire membership, and of in
terested friends to some im
portant facts brought out in re
ports of the officers of the
church as we pass the annual
event of the pastoral and con
vention year.
First, Our growth in member
ship. Fifteen years ago, 1900,
we were 134 in number. Dur
ing the following live years our
growth was steady, showing a
gain of 31 per cent, by 1905.
The term of years leading
through 1910 added a still larg
er per cent, of growth. While
the past five years bringing
us to November 1, 1915, shows
the splendid gain of 61 per cent
in five years with our present
membership at 485. The per
centage of increase, for the
fifteen years, in membership is
stands 21
male.
Among the male: We have
156 grown married men, 42 of
this number however, repre
sent broken or divided fami
lies as widowers or whose
wives are not members with us.
55 are young men and boys
ADVANCE’S BIG CONTEST IN
FULL SWING; HO DULL DAYS
To Advance Contestants: in-the belief that Mr. So-and-So
In the beginning of our con- ( would surely “help them out,”
test, we failed to mention our actually did get to him, some
50,000 bonus offer, and since other candidate had either
that date we have had notice be$n promised or given the
from the postoffice authorities subscription. And after they
at Washington that to give had come in contact with sev-
these extra votes would be a |ei;a! cases of this kind they be-
violation of the law, therefore ' gart to get a little “panicky”
we are forced to withdraw the however, it all resulted in their
bonus offer. ! injecting a little more energy
During the remainder of the ih the campaign and from that
contest the votes will be count- time on things began to come
ed as at first announced and at mdre smoothly,
no time will a club offer pre-1 Secret of Success.
va *h I No man needs to be a wond-
The knowledge that one has erful financial success to know
a number of votes stored away how success is accomplished,
is really a confronting thought He may look all about him and
when business becomes dull for read the secret. It is written
a day or two, but the spirit man ip the action of his neighbors,
ifested by the majority of can
Rome, Ga., Nov. 11.—Inter
rupting the usual course of bus
iness the North Georgia con
ference yesterday unanimous
ly passed with emphatic "ayes”
a privileged resolution introduc
ed by Dr. II. M. Du Rose urging
the Georgia legislature to pass
without delay the most drastic
prohibition legislation possible
under the constitution, com-
B.v the sinking of the Ital
ian liner Ancona, which was
torpedoed in the Mediterran
ean by a submarine Tuesday,
it is feared that 27 Americans
lost their lives. They were
among the missing.
Of passengers and crew,
mending the senate for passage numbering close to 600, 370
ot the “majority” dry bills and 'survivors only are accounted
urging the house to take simi-1 fpr. According to adviceti
lar action from Thomas Nelson Page, the
Under the skillful guiding I American ambassador at Rome,
didates indicates that there are
from this time on, to be no mbre
dull days. Everyone will be
made to count for all it is \vorth.
in their personal habits, their
methods of thought and even in
the crisp snappy tone which is
Uwd in everv day trnsaction.
Jpe strong virile rugged char-
prsaeiTt tnembertW^ Wwe. candidates have seerping- j^erdo not , much on. .
11 male, with 274 fe- com ? to the full and proper ceremony.
appreciation that the time is . make up their minds what they
growing shorter; that oppor
tunities are becoming more lim
ited because of the fact that the
field is being worked and that
the candidate who keeps going
every minute is the one who
has the better chance to bump
Our females show 199 growth I T nto H new subscriber, having
in mind always that subscrip
tions count last.
But a few weeks remain in
this contest, and though the
time may seem ample to many,
those already in the race know
married women, of whom 25
are widows and 60 whose hus
bands are not members with
us. There are 75 young wo
men and girls.
Second, Our Sunday school
Taking the same period ag.just what work is required to
above we show 270 per cent,
gain as indicated by the follow
ing figures taking in five years
start and keep the ball rolling.
They are not insensible to the
tact that they have missed an
period: 192, 233, 571, 712 our opportunity when they allow
present enrollment. ,one prospective subscriber to
Third, Our finances. Hold- unsolicited because they in-
ing to the same count of time t en( T “seeing him later.” Early
the amounts for all purposes in campaign they learn
period: $986.35, $1,637.00, | that usually happened that
$5,317.58, $7,261.02. [while they were resting secure
In our gifts we show the ——
largest percentage of increase,
636 per cent, during the fif
teen years. We have every
reason to thank God, take cour
age and press on.
Fourth, Our population. The 1 “Lost Strayed or Stolen—
1900 census gave Canton 865. From her home in Canton on
The 1910 gave us 2002. Our Monday, November 8, one high
religious census, April this brown, 17 years old, answering
year, showed 2404 whites. It to the name of Ethel”
is now safe, counting the color-1 “Ethel has went!”
ed, to say 3000 people. This In other words, Alice Palm
are going after and stand not
on the order of their going.
They go with such vigor and
dash that all sorts of obstacles
are swept aside and their vic
tory seems overwhelming to
the weaker spirits.
You can’t all win. There are
five prizes and there will be
five winners. But every con
testant in the race will be win
ner in many ways. You will
have won the respect and ad
miration of every resident in
Cherokee county who has
watched this trial of strength
and who cannot do other than
admit that the ladies in this
race who fought it out to the
last ditch and never cried
“enough” or never acknowledg
ed that they were beaten, are
possessors of all the requisites
(Continued on page &)
six of the victims were residents
of New York.
From reports of the disaster
received from Tunis, where
many of the rescued were land
ed it would appear that the
Ancona attempted to escape
and was overhauled. She was
then shelled, and the charge
is also made that the life-boats
were shelled. Many of the
survivors were brought to port
iiM* wounded ceaditiofi.
hand of Bishop Colins Denny,
the conference plunged immedi
ately into its work today, aft
er hearing an eloquent address
of welcome to Rome, by Wal
ton Shanklin, a local attorney.
Bishop Denny responded' brief
ly, Jjut contrary to the usual
custom did not make any ad
dress on topics of church ,or re
ligious interest. Instead the
conference proceeded immedi-
o*b«ainaaal>y the resoUt-
tion of the Rev. Walter B. Dn?
lard, of Augusta, as secretary.
Committees on public wor
ship, benevolences, Sabbath
observance, temperance, the
Wesley Mi mortal enterprises,
lay activities and conference
history were announced and
started their work this after- j Mr. Z. W. Summerour, a
noon. 'well known citizen of Chero-
Despite the prevailing de-lkee, has found on his lands
pressions of the past year, the!one mile from Holly Springs a
reports show a favorable gain | vein of gold said to be among
in financial and numerical
strength of the different dis
tricts and charges.
SUMMEROUR MAKES'
A HANDSOME EIND
the richest in Georgia and
quite the richest yet discovered
in Cherokee county. Mr. Sum-
The charter of Emory as j merour is now making prepara-
granted by t he Fulton county jtions to have the vein worked
shows 246 per cent gain in
population past fifteen years.
Counting men, women and
children nearly 50 per cent, of
our white population are not
members of any church. While
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Can Yon Beat 9 Em?
If you haven’t got some;
sweet potatoes that weigh at;
least 25 or 30 pounds, they;
simply “aint no taters,” that’s ■
all. ' We.thought when our!
friend Taylor brought in the 6-
pounder that he was going in j
high-gear, but now comes an-!
other good firend, Mr. W. R. j
Lawson, of Canton route 2. and
“gums the cards” with three
big yams that total 21 pounds.
The largest weighs eight
pounds, another seven and the
third
er is out one daughter, John
Alexander is out one wife—
but probably “in” the price of
a winter coat suit—and Stump
Town is mourning the loss of
one of her reigning belles.
Until recently, Monday, to
be exact, Ethel Alexander, nee
Palmer—not related to Grover
Cleveland Alexander, however
—was the real punkin along
Smoke Front. Ethel was con
sidered quite some burr, as
burrs go. She was the idol of
one six pounds. Mr. her mother’s heart and the ap-
Lawson. stated that as a matter pie of John Alexander’s eye,
of convenience and one other to say nothing of the ace high
thing he had brought the small- standing she had among the re-
est potatoes he could finti in his gular fellows up in Stump. In
large patch, as they were sweet a word, Ethel Alexander was a
er and tasted better than the.devil in her own home town.
Nelson—enough to satisfy most
anybody—but Ethel was afraid
she hadn’t seen it all yet, so
she would take a chance any
way.
Now, Ethel is not among
those present. She hath went!
Why she went and where she
went is the big question that is
being discussed around the
dark belt skin games and in
the dusky sewing circles.
Alice Palmer doesn’t know.
John Alexander doesn’t know.
But they want to know.
As one Darktonian explain
ed, Ethel is a bear when she
starts and when she gets start
ed she immediately commenc
es. Apt as not she is at this
good moment in Atlanta thrill-J
tog Cocaine alley with a few
choice stunts, unmindful of the
superior court was discussed
at length. The educational
board asserts that it will short
ly raise $400,000 for Emory.
The appointments will be
read on Monday, probably dur
ing the morning, as the confer
ence is making good progress
Bishop Denny took occasion to
refer to the appointments this
morning and to score the con
ference “politicians,” which he
referred to as “the fellows
hanging around outside instead
of staying in here and attend
ing to business. They know
more about the appointments
than I do.”
RUTH SHEFFIELD
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. D.
F. Sheffield will deeply sympa
thize with them in the death
of their little daughter, Ruth,
which occurred at Hickory
Flat Tuesday. Interment was
at the family burying grounds
on Wednesday, with funeral
services by Rev. W. H. Smith.
out and it is believed that this
will be a long step toward ie-
viving the gold mining indus
try in this county. Mr. Sum
merour has very good reasons
to believe that he has “struck
it rich” and developments are
awaited with interest.
TERRELL SPEED DIES.
Rome, Ga., Nov. 10.—Ter
rell Speed known as the coon-
skin statesman of north Geor
gia, and one of Floyd county’s
unique characters, died here
from heart failure at the age
of seventy-seven, and was bur
ied yesterday at Salmon church
Speed had been a candidate for
the lower house of the legisla
ture some years ago, and con
ducted a pictureque campaign.
He was a man of little educa
tion, but much native wit and
ability as a rough and ready
orator. He was also a fiddler,
and took part in many old-
time manipulations of the res
ilient bow.
Store, “Pors Is PS
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real large ones, and that he
wanted the Advance crew to
have the very best going.
We are under obligations to a ,
Mr. Lawson for the three ^ 5 ' ie was rarin
But it couldn’t last!
Monday, the wanderlust
struck Ethel with full force.
to and go she
“yams”—enough potatoes
last us until next summer.
to did. She had seen Canton and
‘Ball Ground and a portion of
Pigs is pigs!
Likewise hogs is hogs, and
anxiety she is causing John and iW. P>. Young has got one—not
Alice. |a little old puny razorback,
Anyway, Alice Palmer is but a regular hog. His hogship
quite anxious to get Ethel back is attracting considerable at-
home and has asked this news- tention among the fanciers
paper to assist in the search. I around Canton, and we are
Ethel is not tagged, neither here for the purpose of stating
does she bear the union label that any old blue ribbon that
or «ther conspicuous marks of:Young’s hog wouldn’t carry
identification. All the infer-'off is not much of a ribbon,
mation we have is that— I Mr. Young’s porker is 26
“Ethel has went!’
weighed, about four weeks ago,
reached 715 pounds. The own
er states that his pet will now
weigh around 800 pounds. The
hog, which is a Poland China,
measures 7 feet in length, and
is so heavy that it cannot stand
on its feet longer than a couple
of minutes at a time.
Some hog, believe us.
The Advance Contest just in
its prime. Hustle and be the
months old and when last' winner of the grand prize.
