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Frun\Y MAY 16TH 1919.
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THE CHEROKEE ADVANCE
Canton, Georgia.
JONDS POINT THE WAY ed and cherished by comingj country-raised. He has just
[generations of the South, but moved over a few miles and is
J. I\ RU DA SILL.
One county after another is
a monument with no especial
Editor [voting bonds for permanent j™ eama £ toany SJctlon oi the
road building, and in no 1 United States. ^
instance has a majority vote kuch suggestions as ha\ e
been cast against bonds. In teen made in connection with
uc tct j, memorial contemplated
Official Organ.
, 7 , • Gordon county 300 votes were
l h « r h l rokee Advance is the, polled against the issue and
900 for it, and yet under the
unjust operation of the law
governing bond elections in this
state the bonds were defeated
by a small majority. Today
Official Organ
County and the Town of Can
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the.sole cognition of the sol
diers of Lie Confederacy, and
still a man and has the same
impulses and characteristics
he had when back in the coun
try. The interest of the town
man and country man are iden
tica! and in inseparately link
ed. When one enjoys prosperi
tv, so does the other; and when
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FRIDAY MAY 16TH 1919.
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fHE FLY—OUR ENEMY .- , „ ,
HFSTROY HIM and sensless. Posterity will be
_ [thankful to the present genera-
• Variations are the vogue in tion if it will eliminate the
everything nowadays and one mudholes and ruts and be-
of the latest goes something Queath to it a system of decent
like this’ highways. 1 he cost will be
“Get out of my parlor,” | purely a secondary considera-
Said the Spider to the Fly, |tion.
“Your fee are full of typhoid j The only way that this coun-
Aml I do not wish to die.” ty can keep up with the proces-
Which shows that the Spid- »ion is by a bond issue. There
er himself has learned some is no other way. Oue roads
very important things which are fast deteriorating, because
the average redsidenter has of lack of sufficient force to
been slow to appreciate and 1 even maintain those already
take steps to prevent. built. Some of the principal
no oth v sentiment should be ; one suffers adversity the same
allowed to supercede that of! fate is met by the other. There
the old South. Ms no ro^m tor prejudice of any
A fitting monument should j kind. Cheap politicians, dema
MurravTounT’’^Toting on the ]!> e e !’ ect f d to American sold- gogues and tools have worked
,iue*tion from information \ e / 3 in Atlanta, but let Stone | overtime in past years to pre-
reachim^tms office, we are Mountain remain true to the [judice the farming cMss nf
led \o believe, through hoping
QtJierwish, that the Gordon
courty situation will be dupli
cated.
People no longer against
good roads, but there are still
a few who shudder and shake
when a bond issue is consider
ed, alleging that it is a “crime”
to saddle on postreity a hack
breaking bond issue. Such
purile argument is childish
U All out-doors
M
|| invites your
memory of Robert E. Lee, Jos- people against town folks. If
eph E. Johnston, Stonewall there are any two classes of
Jackson, Jubal A. Early and people that snould pun lugein-
the Confederate hosts.—Cov- er all the time it is the farmer
ington News. [and the man in town.—Com-
n merce Observer.
fis t
hr —.-svarl a o
Foreign Language Patriots.
The Country Girl.
Send US your Films for
DEVELOPMENT.
steps to pr
The battle flag should con
stantly be flying between
Humanity and the Fly. The
Fly keeps his waving all thee
while and carries on during
The other day there gather
ed in the New York Hippo- You can talk about your
drome 5,000 people chosen grand opera singing, but if a
from 20 radical groups and 42 fellow will come to Decatur
nationalities, represented in county and dance the old fash-
1 he New York banking district ioned square dance and let one
1 hey met not to ask anything of the corn-fed beauties swing
from the United States, but to him about twice, Oe will soon
pledge their support to the forget he is living. He will for-
iorthcoming Victory Loan, get there has been any war,
How well they did it it may any flu and most everything
lie seen from the following fig- else that he knew—Bainbridge
ures: 'Post Searchlinght.
At the conclusion of the “Pardners on the floor; bal-
meeting it was announced that lance all; all prominade;
the men and women there as- 1 swing your corner; swing your
sc mb led had pledged subscrip- pardner; first couple off and
tions amounting to $430,000,- swing all the way around.”
000, with several radical It may be that the country
Book Stone
A. W. McCLURE
Canton,
Georgia
highways of the county are,
to put it mildly, disgracefully
bad, a serious indictment of
the present system, as well as
a magnificent illustration of
every hour of the day-light, conspicuous waste of the tax-
slowing up only because of the .payers’ money. To build a road
winter seasons. land then let it go to ruin is
So now is the time for us to'folly, no whit more excusable
attack the billions of flies, [than to build a house and fail
Whereas they number in thejto put a roof on it.
billions now they will be with-1 but the state as a whole is
out number, in the trillions, moving ahead on the road pro
wit h the more sincere ap- position, and Whitfield county
proaches of summer. Let’s must keep up with the process-
carry our fight against them ion.
in the days before the re
enforcements arrive.
In order to make the great-
We quote from the Augusta
Chronicle;
Several counties in Georgia
have voted large bond issues
groups still to be heard from.
There pledges were not mere
“break-down” is almost a plea
sure of the past, but few peo-
all the rest.
They called it an
“Ameri-
est possible drive against them,
with the least effort and in the [for permanent good roads, and
shortest time, let’s attack them'several other counties have [Finns and $400,000 for the Li-
in their catonments and train- bond issues up fora vote in thejthuanians and something for
ing camps—the brush pile, the near future. So far as reported,
heap of manure, that little low no county has failed to vote for
place in the back yard where bonds.
stagnant water remains after; Much good work hasbeen
the rains, in all of those places,done over the state to encour-
where there is filth, stagnation'age the people to vote for
and dirt. These are the brood- bonds, and to point out the
ing places of death. From actual saving that will be ef-
thence the winged messengers fected by building permanent
carry it to our food and to the good roads. The public is tnk-
thousands of things we touch ing an interest and doing a lit-
airy promises or estimates. In pie there be who do not recall
most cases they were based on j with interest and pleasant re
actual canvasses or inquiries collections the country dance
conducted among the people of twenty years ago, at which
represented. many young people assembled
The Russian division pledg-'in the early evening and danc
ed $15,000,000, representing ed until the peep of dawn in
18,000 individual subscribers; ; the east to the tuneful melody
the German division $250,000, jof violin and straws. Ever
000 representing about 500,-1 and anon the the musician
000 subscribers; The Hungar- j broke forth into song, much to
ian division $15,000,000, repre the amusement and entertain-
senting 50,000 subscribers, thejment of the dancers.
Belgian division $7,500,000 re-J The country girls were pret-
presenting 5,000 subscribers. I ty and rosy in those days, as
And so it went all through the j well as “corn-fed” and there
long list oi immigrant national' was no occasion for them to re-
ities, with $60,000,000 for the .sort to modern camouflage for
Italians and $75,000,000 for, the purpose of deceiving the
Ihe Poles and $20,000 for the admiring rural swains. You
may talk about society balls,
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popular city belles and “charm
ing debutante,” but give us
the pulsing rux*al beauty who
cans Ally” rally. That was a | has grown up with pure nature'
felicitous name for it. Such near the heart of nature’s
with our hands.
Valuing our lives, we can do
no other than destroy the fly in
whatever way he may present
himself to us. His plea of
“Kamerad” is a misnomer.—
Cobb County Times.
o
tie investigating along that line,
they are doing in other sections
of this county.
Recently a committee from
a Southern county went to
Detroit, Mich., to investigate
the concrete roads there, and
see if they are really perma
nent. They reported back to
county that concrete
WHAT JOHN SMITHWICK
THINKS OF TOM BELL their
|roads built something like a
Pensecola, Fla., April 1, 1919 (quarter of a century ago are
Mr. George D. Rucker, (still good, and still serving
Alpharetta, Ga., [their purpose. The report also
Dear Mr. Rucker: (went onto recite how, since the
I went up and saw the Sixty- motortruck has come into corn-
fifth Congress pass out of exist- men usage, it has revolution-
anoe, and, from what 1 saw at ized transportation for short
close range, I am certain that I distances. It recites how much [married before January 1st,
people are good Americans, no
matter what country they once
owed allegiance.
o
God—the sun-kissed darling
with laughing dimples, be-
witch-freckles, rose lear cheek
and cehrry-ripe lips—the girl
with the lingering smile and
IMPORTANT INFOR
MATION DESIRED silvery laughter that blend so
I sweetly with happiness, fruits
The Pension Commissioner [ flowers and sunshine. The
of Georgia has requested the [reigning Queen of the rosebud
Ordinaries and Tax-Receflvers garden or girls; the Queen of’
PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY
If you are suffering from rectal troubles such as
Piles, Fistula, Stricture, Fissure or Varicose Veins,
which invariably cause loss of vitality, nervousness
and general debility, I will cure you or make no
charge for my services. I also successfully treat
Catarrh, B'.ood Poison, Skin, Kidney, Bladder and
Chronic Diseases, Eczema, Nervous Debility, Ex
haustion, Weakness. Out-of-town men visiting the
city call on me at once, as you may be cured before
returning home. Office hours daily 10 a. m. to 6 p.
m. Sunday., and holidays 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Everything strictly private
and confidential. DR. T. W. HUGHES, Specialist.
Established 1912—18 1-2 N. Broad Si. Opp. 3d Nat. Bank, Atlanta, Ga
of the State to investigate and
make lists of those classes of
Confederate soldiers and wid
ows residing in the several
counties who will be eligible
under the Constitutional
Amendments ratified at the
last election to a pension when
the General Assembly has
:imended the pension laws of
the State so as to allow pensions
to that class heretofore exclud
ed by reason of owning more
than $1,500.00 worth of pro
perty and the widows who were
am going to bo highly pleased the farmer saves in marketing
with the job of Congressman, his produce, and how much the
As you know, I have never had country merchant saves by
anv legislative experience, but hauling his goods from the
it looks to me like a common wholesale houses,
sense proposition and I am of The fact that so many com-
the opinion that the fellow munitifea are (investigating
who stays on the job and works trim. n\ nL that are mad a a ot
will make good. ' savings in hauling short dis-
l certainly received fine tances by truck, is a hopeful
treatment at the hands of the sign, for the more the matter
Georgia deligation, and us a is investigated, the more con-
rule they are a fine lot of fel- vinced are the people that the
lows; and none are more in- building of good roads means
fluential than your own Con- a great saving to them.—Dal-
gressman Tom Bell. You ton Citizen.
know I left Cherokee county o
before Mr. Bell was elected to The Stone Mountain Monu-
Congross, and 1 have often ment.
wonderer why lie had such a
hold on the people of the Ninth The News regards with dis-
Georgia District, but when I favor the proposal to so en-
came in contact with his the large the Stone Mountain Me-
thing was no longer a mystery morial, planned in honor of the
to mp. (Soldiers of the Confederacy so
It is my candid opinion that as as to include all the soldiers
no man in Congress is working .from the war of American Re-
harder for his people and get- volution to the European war.
ting better results than is Mr. This newspaper would not
Bell. When I was a boy 1 had [withhold from any soldier any
1881.
It is requested that the
Camps of Confederate Veter
ans and the Daughters of the
Confederacy in each county co
operate with these civil officers
in getting up these lists, for
the reason that this informa
tion will be important to pre
sent to the next General As
sembly so that the number to
be admitted to the pension
rolls of the State may be known
and the amount of money that
will be required to pay the pen
sionei’s for 1920 and the suc
ceeding years may be provided
for. The average pension to back, “Never mind money,
be paid will be around $100.00 [ Gave landlord kisses. Every
per capita for each vear. Ithing is jake. —Our Navy.
J. W. LINDSEY, 0
Hearts that should be fully ap
preciated by all iovers of the
good, the true and the beauti
ful.
* Wouldn’t you enjoy swing
ing a girl like Rosebud, even
at arm’s length? Like wood
land fairies, light feet kept in
perfect time on the unwaxed
floor of the farm-house to the
strains of the rural orchestra.
Yes, it was worth while to
swing those rose-garden thor
oughbreds, for whose favors
friendly rivalry usually devel-j
oped during the evening, much
to the disgust of the “wall
flowers,” who did not receive
an invitation to participate in
every set of the series.
“Honor and seat your pard
ners. Get ready for the next
set.”—Covington News.
WITH OUR EXCHANGES
Ship's Cook Ernie Stalnacker
received a wire from his wife in
Toledo, Ohio, reading: “Land
lord here, rent due. Send
money.” Ernie fired back,
’ Short on money. Sending a
thousand kisses,” Wifie came
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should encourage a larger
measure of co-operation be
tween the cities and countrv
dreams of some day represent- honor that is due, but this
ing that grand old District at monument should be sacred to
Washington myself. 1 love 2 memory of the Confeder-
thos£ mountains and those|ate Veterans as the original
people, and I am certainlv "lad plan contemplated. A general provement in this respect, as!
• hqt they have a man like Tom monument in honor of the sol- there is more or less suspicion
Bell to look after their inter- diers of several wars would in the rural districts toward
ests in the national capital. j detract from the significance measures which originate in
Sincerely your friend. of the world’s greater memor- the city.”
J. H. SMITHWICK. al—!* would not be Ccnfed- Th average business man in
Alpharetta Free Press. *ci:u- Monument to he admir- the small town of Georgia wa
One or the most sensible and All parties holding claims
timely paragraphs we have or accounts agiiinst Mrs. Mar-
read in many a day is the fol-jtha E. Richards es'.ate are no-
lowing reproduced from the tified to file same with me at
Dawson News: once. Also any party indebted
“Every one who has the best to the above estate are re
interest of Georgia at heart [quested to settle same at once.
-i—i i i W. S. Padgett, Admr.
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Altanta, Georgia. *F
Ex-U. S. Army Dental »F
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