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DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF C HEROKEE, THE BEST COUNTY IN NORTH GEORGIA
VOLUME XLV
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CANTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1920
BAILEY-WHEELER
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Cotton has come down, in fact, the
bottom lias dropped out. Sure, Mike,
everything is dropping and getting
lower, but regardless of the national
crises that is facing the people, it has
little or no effect on young couples
when they decide to join themselves
in the holy bonds of wedlock, for it
is generally conceded that the sweet
bliss of matrimony will soon soothe
the rough riding of the national crises
and so it was with the young couple
who were united in marriage last
Monday.
Mr. W. C. Crow, esquire, who re
sides in Hickory Flat district and is
a mighty good farmer, but holds the
duties of local J. P. as a side line,
on Monday evening, just as the shades
of night were clasping this old world,
married Mr. J. M. Bailey, age 76
years, to Mrs. Mollie Wheeler, age
70 years.
Tin? wedding itself was a quiet
home affair, only the immediate
family of the participating couple be
ing in attendance, but regardless of
the attendance, the wedding was sol
emnized in the latest forms and fash
ions, with Mr. J. F. Wheeler, of
Woodstock, acting as the best man,
although Mr. Wheeler counts his sum.
mers at 72, he performed the duties
of best man as though he had been
schooled in this particular profession.
Mrs. Nora Wheeler, a widow of 60
winters, was the flower girl. She was
beautifully dressed for the occasion
and carried a large bunch of turnip
greens.
The bride is well known in Chero
kee county, having a large number
of friends and rei.hives throughout
the county, while the groom has re
sided in this county for a few years
here of late, he having resided in the
West for a number of years. He is
an ex-Confederate veteran and is well
liked by those who know hi
Advahce’ wistim-
yenrs of happy married life, and may
they see much prosperity.
SCHOOLS TO HOLD
CONVENTION SOON
The Cherokee County Sunday
School Association will hold its an
nual convention at the Holly Springs
Methodist church on Sunday, Nov.
7th, and the Sunday Schools of all
denominations in the ebunty are in
vited to send delegates.
A strong program dealing with all
departments of modern Sunday
School work has been prepared. R.
D. Webb, General Superintendent of
GEORGIA IS OPPOSED TO
GOVERNMENT OPERATION
The Georgia public is overwhelm
ingly opposed to radical government
experiments according to the results
of a questionnaire on the subject of
government operation of industries
sent out to the editors of this and the
other states of he country. Of the
76 editors who replied, 68 or 76 per
cent said that the citizens of their
communities were opposed to the gov
ernment going into business in com
petition with its citizens.
The questionnaire was sent out by
the Press Service Company of New
York City. While the inquiry was
based on the general principle of
government operation, the so-called
Muscle Shoals bill now before con
gress was used as a concrete example.
Under this bill a government-owned
corporation would be given power,
among other things, to produce at
Muscle Shoals various fertilizer pro
ducts and sell them in competition
with private manufacturers and deal
ers.
As to the wisdom of the govern
ment adopting this policy toward the
fertilizer industry the editors were
asked for their personal opinion. Of
the 67 editors who gave an opinion
on this point, 48 or 72 per cent were
unqualifiedly opposed to the scheme.
The political affiliations of the
Georgia papers whose editors answer
ed the questionnaire were: Republi
can, 0; Democratic, 68; Independent
6; and miscellaneous, 2.
A summary of the results <n the
questionnaire from the country at
large shows that this oppossition to
government operation is general. Out
COTTON STATEMENT ISSUED BY
PRESIDENT OF FARMERS UNION
With reference to the serioiiR
uation now confronting the cotton
farmer and declaring that 134 plans
have been suggested within the past
year as possible solutions to the dif
ficulty, Charles S. Barrett, of Union
City, national president of the Far
mers union, has issued a public state,
ment declaring that aid should be
given the farmers in this critis.
Mr. Barrett’s statement in part
follows:
Kovqrnmcnt took tender care of
the purchasers by insuring the pro
duct, gutanteeing 30 cents a pound
for all that was sunk or
destroyed by the enemy.
But the cotton grower of the south,
the wheat grower of the northwest,
thee orn producer of the middle west
the potato grower of Nr wEngland,
the tomato and bean man of Dele-
HfTNICK FAILS
TO APPEAR TOR
TRIM
the Georgia Sunday School Associa
tion, will attend this convention.} n j zet j ( 0 r because they are split up
With Mr. Webb will be Miss Daisy
Magee, Superintendent of the Uhl.
dren’s Division of the Georgia Sun
day School Association.
In order that no Sunday School
worker may be deprived of the priv
ilege of attending this convention, no
limit will be set on the number of
delegates who may attend from any
Sunday School.
All are extended a hearty welcome,
and arrangements will be made for
a large delegation.
Information regarding the conven
tion may bes ecured from the county
president, Mr. S. L. Johnson, Wood-
stock, or from the County secretary,
Mr. A. W. McClure, Canton, or from
the General Superintendent of the
Georgia Sunday School Association,
917 Hurt Building, Atlanta, Ga.
ware, Maryland and Michigan, and
jtlie fruit producer of California kept
, 011 supplying the nation nnd the as-
Beenuse they are» ufficiently orgn- j Rociat0(] government with food and
material for clothing and shoes.
into many comps, the farmers in the
past few weeks have witnessed the
crumbling of prices, have seen vast
fortunes melt away and have help
lessly watched while special inter
ests determined to make a dollar
buy twice as much of the products of
the soil as it was capable of purchas
ing a year, or even six months ago,
have operated to the ruin of thous
ands of men who derive their living
from agriculture.
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101I1E SUPREMACY
in Minns
MU. AID MUMS
Migration into the a north-central
states has made the negro vote a
potent fnctor. In some districts it is
the balance of power. Senator
It is a sad spectacle of admitted, Harding and his party in bidding for
helplessness. But it cannot be cured ( this vote have made dangerous
by talk. We must have action. Better pledges of recognition. As enrncBt
an imperfect plan followed by ener- of these pledges Henry Lincoln John-
getic and determined action than a Ron (colored) was placed ns the Geor.
flawless proposal which lacks the gia member of the National Republi-
clemcnts of real life. I tin Committee. Republican success
The farmer ist old that he must/" November means Georgia post-
sell below the cost of production qt offiee8 > and other Federal places Ailed
his wheat, his cotton, his wool, his negroes.
corn nnd his potatoes will be siezed , Th ' 8 menace coupfed with the mag-
to meet obligations to his creditors;, niflcent record of Democracy appeals
if he holds it he must do so at his to Georgia Democrats for support
peril. He must do so at the peril or
having his reward still further re
duced.
If it were suggested that the whteat
Washington. October 18.—Ameri
can v ——infirsnnr growers, thee otton grower, the corn 111
here today wlt^o^Sn^fthe gov-
ernment and sugar companies to af
ford relief from the present finan
cial stringency in Cuba.
Under the agreement the bankers
Will purchase bonds issued by the
Cuban government, which will use
the money in financing the sugar
crop and in affording other relieef.
The terms of the agreement will
be communicated to the Cuban gov-
ernemnt and it will be fo rthat gov
ernment to decide whether the plan
will be acceptable. Meantime, the
state department will inform Cuba
that the American governemnt, as
such, cannot offer any financial as
sistance.
Under secretary of State Davis
Foreign Trade Advisor Wesley Frost
and representative ofj .ten Ameri
can banks and nine sugar concerns
participated in the conference today.
Marietta, Ga., Oct. 20. — W. F.
Hetrick failed to be present to nn-
m nny wayj swer charges of embezzlement in the
Cobb County Superior Court Satur
day, in person or by counsel,
The auditors’ work is still going on
and the exact shortage cannot yet be
ascertained. Thirty thousand dollars
invested in stock in the Marietta
Manufacturing company is said to
have been ordered turned over to the
Acworth Mills by Judge D. W. Blair
in court Saturday.
Men who arc familiar with the sit
uation believe that 1 the final short
age will be between $16,000.00 nnd
$26,000.00.
Orlando Awtrcy, former head of
the Acworth concern, who previously
had been named as temporary receiv
er, was made permanent receiver by
Judge Blair. The deficit in Hetrick’s
accounts, according to the audit, ap
peared in comparison of the records
of 1919 and 1920.
Ralph W. Northcutt, who, with his
brother, Guy Northcutt, is on Het
rick’s bond of $6,000, declared that
fruitless inquiries have been sent ont
to all parts of the state, including
Gainesville, where Hetrick lived for
years and had mill holdings, but that
efforts would be redoubled. The Cobb
bounty sheriff’s deputies have insti
tuted a diligent search for the miss
ing financier.
Hetrick was arrested last Satur
day week on a warrant taken out by
J. W. McMillen, of Acworth, in which
the cotton mill mun was charged with
embezzlement. He immediately was
released on a 40,000 bond signed by
Ralph and Guy Northcutt.
Simultaneously with the
t far Hetrick, the
During the past eight years the
Democratic pafty has done more con
structive, and progressive work than
was accomplished by the Republicans
in fifty'w*. veers,^rom' Lincoln to
>.Jna«Ur »troi l ea t g£
strike I, would be helcT’ilV^NP^^BDIW* •flsMf’ Mi
citizenship of this country as an ex-1 The^edora|^
ample of them ost abominable bankin «5 *y ste "‘ _ th « j pany filed a petition In (M
of anarchy. But if the shoemaker ft*” hn8 ever known; the Federal j or court askin(f for a rece iverTor'tft
ceased to receive enough for his Bank reheving farmers companyi most of which wa> , owned
bor to guarantee his a fair reward he j fr f m former burdensome interest
would let the people of this nation ' ri r eR- l ,
go barefooted and nobody suggest' Ab«islied whiskey by Constitution,
that he was an anarchist or was a * amendment:
conspiring to overthrow our blessed! Undkr Republican rule, the United
l an d t | States. Was classed a debtor nation.
With the continued falling 0 f| Ulu,e *j* 1 Democratic administration
prices the farmer is left thee hoice| we *’ ecomt! u creditor nation,
between abandonment of activity on I European currency is discredited,
the one hand and gradual but cer- j 'vhile We American Democratic Dol-
tuin ruin on the other. I am not try-i * ar ’ onj'hundred per cent, strong, is
ing to paint a gloomy picture to | wirld-wide * commercial yard-
show things as they ane. The time; st ' c k* \
has come when the farmer must take f Brindng to labor the largest wages
the bit in his own teeth and obtain 4 has 4’ er earned, nnd giving to the
TOWN MOURNS DEATH
OF MISS MCCMLESS
Miss Katherine McCanless, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A'. McCanless^
of Canton, died at the home of ftef
parents Sunday night at 9 o’clock,
after a month’s illness.
When death strikes down the in*-
nocent and young, hundreds of hearts
are sorrowed, and so it was with'ttae
death of Katherine. Her friends, who
were many, are sorrowful today for;
they knew of her nmbition, her desire
to accomplish good and the manner
in which she bore her afflictions.
Miss McCanless wnR a faithful
member of the Baptist church, be
lieving that it. wns her duty as a
Christian to do the will o^her Master
at all times. Her life was gentle,_
but like the still waters, it was de«^i*
her heart of hearts she cnrri.m.
those she loved and her hands were
never weary. Her memory iB all tftailr.
is left, yet how sweet, how uplifting*"
its influence, for ufter all death ia bate
the slipping of the outer body..
She was twenty yenrs of age th#*
day she answered her Master’s «aIL 4
Her remains were laid to rest <mr
Tuesday afternoon in the Canton >
cemetery in the presence of a large *
gathering of friends and relatfrea,
the funeral services being conducted
by Dr. W. L. Cutts. She is aur»
vived by her father and mother amt/
two brothers. * •
The Advance together with friends
extend their tenderest sympathy to
the bereaved in their hours Of dee#*
MICA* cm
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of 5154 editors replying, 4466 or 86 1
per eent voted their communities ! pai men ‘
against the proposition. This s an | Bankers attending the conference
ncrease of 3 per cent in the opposi-, t,)da y included representatives of o.
tion as compared with the results of j p - Morgan & Co., the National City
a similar questionnaire sent out by i Bank, the ^Guranty Trust company :
the Press Service Company a year
ago in connection with the question »1 Park bank, the Mercantile Bank of
of turning the railroads back to their America and the Mechanics and Met-
”^ ners als National Bank of New York; the
’ 1 , , , . .. „„„ i First National bank and the Natioh-
T e paper.-, ean rom 1 "i a l Shawmut Bank of Boston and the
e„t poll ore 1857 Repobl.eu ; 1350 , f Nationa , Ban|[ phi|ide| hia
Democratic; 1458 Independent and F
miscellaneous. Not only did Su K ar companies represented at
_ i the conference included the Ameri
can Beet Sugar company, American
Sugar Refining company, the Warner
Sugar company, the Federal Sugar
company the United Fruit company,
Arbuckle Brothers, the Pennsylvat-
nia Sugar company and the Sugar
Equalization Board at. New York.
forh imself the reward he is entitled
to.
He will not be able to get reward
The conference was the second in from the international bankers, from
connection with the Cuban situation the special interests whose policy is
a group of business men having con- j to exploit him or from any political
ferred with state and treasury de- party. He must organize and act. It
partment representative last Friday ! is useless to present plans, adopt reso
regarding the possibility of Ameri- I lutions, shout unanimous approval
can financial aid to Cuba. | and then proceed to our homes to re-
Other government officials partisi-
pated in today’s conference were As
sistant Secretary Sweet, of the de
partment of commerce; Howard Figg
oof the department of justice, and
vice governor Platt of th efederal
reserve board.
The*s tate department in announc
ing the conference, said it was ar
ranged ‘‘with a view to ascertaining
what assistance irr^ht be given by
this country toward a solution of the
problem in Cuba so as to prevent
any unfavorable effect in the United
States.”
The amout of money which will be
hecessary to relieve the situation in
Cuba has not been estimated, so far
as could be learned at the state de-
farmers the highest prices ever paid
for crop*
Giving to merchants the greatest
prosperity evpr known, and to banks
the latg^t deposits in history.
The VVilsol administration stands
out as tie nghest peak since the
formation of !he Federal government,
and should thill and reinspire every
true Demncri
—Nat’HDemocratic Committee
main inactive and let the other fel
low do the real work.
The A.merican Federation of La- PROFESSO! BATES DEAD;
bor has obtained very substantial FUNEIAL IN ATLANTA
rewards for the toiler simply because
it adopted a plan and proceeded by
determined action to make it ef
fective. I have received a bewilder
ing and monumental mass of plans,
Professor J G. Bates, who was
stricken with joplexy Sunday, died
at his home, 1 i West Fourth street
at 6:30 Mondi morning. The fun-
the emanations from all varieties of cral wa8 he]( f t Atlanta> Texas, on
Wednesday aftfnoon, the services at
brain activity and all kinds of
thought. I dare say that by the adop
tion of any one of these plans carri
ed into effective action,, some good
results would be obtained.
No man can produce cotton at the
prace we are today paid for it. No
man can produce what or corn, or po
tatoes at the present market price.
When the war began the repres
entatives of agriculture were called
to Washington and asked to produce
a crop of unprecedentd magnitude.
They assented and history tells us the
the grave b«ingpnder the ausj#:es of
the Masonic lot^e of Atlanta.
Prbfe8sor Btea was born July
11, 1854, in Muray county, Georgia,
and came to r exas in 1890. He
served as supei itendent of schools
at Fort Worth :id Atlanta, and for
two terms was c inty superintendent
of public instru<ion of Cass county.
He is surviyt by a sister, Mrs.
Corinne Kieth, ol Mills county, Tex.,
and two brother M. Z. Bates, of
Brady, and P. A Bates, of Atlanta,
by Hetrick. The hill charged Het
rick with gross mismanagement of the
icvompuny’s affairs, criminal miflbp-)
propriation and embezzlement of the
funds of the compuny, nnd the fraud,
ulent use of the corporation’s credit,
for privnte use, to the extent of $30,-
000.
The directors of the Acworth Cot
ton Manufacturing company are G.
W. McMillan, H. E. White and W. G.
Grogan. They, with the minority
stockholders, are represented in the
suit for a receivership by Attorneys
Abbott and Wallace and Morris and
Hawkins, of Marietta.
The next Cobb County grand jury
meets the third Monday in November,
to which court Hetrick’s bond is made
returnable. The charges against him
will be laid before the grand jury at
that time, it was stated in Marietta
Saturday.
No apprehension is felt as regurds
the financial condition of the Acworth
Cotton Monufacturing company. It
is believed to be fully solvent, and
is not believed to have been seriously
damaged by the alleged embezzle
ment of Hetrick. Full confidence is
felt in the ability of Orlando Awtrey,
former president of the concern, to
continue its business on a satisfac
tory basis.
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462
political bias play no part in the re
plies but sectional differences seem
to have no appreciable effect on the
result. The combined circulation of
the "papers whose editors replied is
11,428,817, which means a constitu
ency of at least 11,000,000 readers.
S ch=» d Th th y were K °- ]y the ^ *** «-
1 J he la ? ‘ ne f f - defen8e aad they per- k t the time of h death. Surviving
formed the ta ? k assigned them in a Uildren are Eugqe R. Bates, of Chi-
manner that has won the admiration L apo; George )R. ktes, New Orleans;
if not the gratitrrde of the world. | M rs. Charles[W. Jmith, of Lookeba,
Now the war is ended and though 0 kla.; Mrs. felizbeth Minear and
they raised the present crop at war I Miss Margari Bees, of Texarkana,
prices ‘hey are asked to sell it at Professor |atesfcame to Texarkana
prices that will not only^give them in January, last, ind this year was
no reward for. their toil but leave. elected supeintenlpnt of the public
them with a large adverse balance, (schools at buke, Which he was to
Thousands oi bales of cotton ard have openec’on theday of his death
at the bottom of the sea, sunk byj__F 0U r Stalls Press Texarkana.
German submarine?;, but the purchaii. I I ’■
ers of this cotton received 30 cents | ProfessorBates wjl be remember-
a pound for it, while the produceis ed by maW citizen 0 f Cherokee
were given a beggarly 6 or 7 centt. county, as le former^ resided here.
MOTION FILED FOR NEW TRIAL
FOR THE CRAWLEY BROTHERS
Atlanta, Oct. 19. — Extraordinary
proceedings before the Superior court
of Union County have been instituted
which may yet save George and De
catur Crawley from hanging and
Rosa Crawley and Blaine Stewart,
cousin of the Crawleys, from life im
prisonment. They are the principal
figures in the mountain tragedy
growing out of alleged draft law vio
lations that resulted in |he killing of
Benjamin F. Dixon, United States
deputy marshal, and conviction of the
Crawleys and their cousin, who have
been confined in the Fulton 4 Tower
for several months.
Their attorneys, Hughes Spalding
'and John A. Sibley, of Atlanta, an
nounced Monday they had filed mo
tion with Judge J. *B. Jones of Union !
•d a cot
Williams, of
latter be allowed to witlfaraw
republican candidacy for the United
states senate in Georgia in view ot'
the fact that his views regarding tie
league of nations coincide with thorn*
of Thomas E. Watson and that ho
desires to support the candidacy for
Mr. Watson.
ML Williams is asking that Mr.
Goree call together the state com
mittee to consider his withdrawal,
states that his reasons for withdraw
ing is that the election of WatHos.
in opposition to the league and the
administration of President Wilson
is similar to the republican attitude-
on these questions, and consequently
call for his support of Mr. Watson.
He adds that Georgians are Lo
ginning to assert some politican in
dependence and that he is assured?
that some person will go to the
senate who will advocate the prin
ciples for which he Btands and for
which republicans generally stand.
In view of this fact, he states
there is no need for him to reman*
in the race, as it will be to the best
interests of republicans in Georgia,
to combine with Watson i nths cam-
pagn.
The withdrawal of Mr. Williams
will leave the figght for teh senate*
between Mr. Watson, democratic-
nominee on an anti-league platform
and Harry S. Edwards, of Macon, in
dependent, on a platform favoring
entrance to the league on the part
of the United States.
W. C. T. U. NEWS
W. C. T. U. regular monthly meet,
ing will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 3:00 o’clock, the 26th inst., with:
Mrs) Joe Johnston. All members:
are urged to be present as our dele
gates attending the convention will
give us a report at this meeting.
The 37th Annual State Convention is
in session this week at Winder, Ga.
Canton union is represented by Mrs.
F. S. Hudson, Mrs. B. F. Crisler, Miss
Clara Miller and Miss Rochelle Mc
Clure.
The Canton High School Temper
ance essays of 1920 won two state
, . prizes of $10.00 each, the winnprs
Sjupenor Court for a now trial and be i„ e Virginia Doss and Clara Miller,
hearing upon the motion had been Clara will road her essay Thursday
f ° r Saturday at Blairsville. night the convention and receiv!!
me 0 . w, . . | ^ ,er P r > z G while there. This is three
The Southeastern hair now in full year s in succession that the Canton
swing in Atlanta are having record- school has won the state prize on
breaking crowds and fine exhibits and temperance essays, and this year two
entertainments. It will close the 26th. I jf them, making four state prizes