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DEVOTED TO THE MAT ERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF C HEROKEE, THE BEST COUN TY IN NORTH GEORGIA.
/Volume *l.vi
CANTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1921
NUMBER 34
S'.
•NHI MOTOR LAWS STAIE POPULATION
• HAVE MANY CHANGES 41.7 P. C.
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' T1 ha session of the general as- j Stories involving statistics are usu-
sembly took the old motor vehicleally the most tiresome things in the
l aW8 of the state aiul changed them world, but some of the recent statis-
all around, they made a lot of changes tics released concerning the eomposi-
and put some new provisions in the lion and characterists of Georgia will
j aw be highly interesting to the people
The'secretary of state has just sent °f this section,
a copy of the laws to the press of tne The following information is from
JL state,' requesting that full publicity 1 the gvernment report.
^be given to all who own or operate ; " Th “ " f c ' onrtr '
motor vehicles. It follows: if
Section 3. An Act approved Aug. |
1921.
▼Provides “Dealers tags to be for
the purpose of demonstrating deal- j
er8‘ ior saib. No dealer or man- .
„ . , , , <• ; oi 07.8 per cent; foreign born white
ufacturer may use dealers tag for, *
, . . „ . t>,186, or 0.6 per cent,
private use, or on cars for hue, and
the secretary of state shall discon-
«.^4nue furnishing cardboard tags a.
heretofore.
16 AMERICANS KILLED
AS DIRIGIBLE EXPLODES
London, August 24.—The ZR-2, the water a furnace in which man of
the gigantic airship constructed for, those who may have survived the '.\
the United States navy, lies in the jlosion were dying.
Humber river, near Hull, a colossal i Fragments of hot steel rail eu
and appalling wreck of what was the ! down on the Victoria pie,, where the
greatest dirigible the world has evei crowds of spectators were distantly
see11, I augmented by thousands of t.wons
LARGE BUZE DOES
DAMAGE IN CANTON
Last Tuesday morning at about
2:0() o’clock a fire was discovered n>
the little store run by “Bunk” Hol
combe, in an old frame building on
the railroad near the depot and just
in front of the residence occupied by
Sam Hathcock. Night Chief Oscar
McCollum sent in the alarm, but be-
. , , . - on board the great airship, anly five | ca tat»one
“The state of Georgia has a total „ . eatavrupe.
... - „ on-uoo i- ii '—four British and one American—; T ., . .
copulation of 2,895.832, divided as . . „ . . 1 the tragedy Occurred
ii 1 eon 1,, .. survive to tell the story of the miu- l . ,,
Lollows: White, 1,689,114, or 08,3 per . , . ... , o cltci; in the ■ f* ’moon.
XT . << - air tragedy which came at the close I .
rent. Negro 1,206,265, or 41.7 per,. .. .. , . . ... .. j.,uaH, is of an hour later l\
cent. Negr
cent.
“The white population is divided
as follows: Native white 1,672,298,
of the final test flight before she was
to sail for America. Seventeen
Americans, according to an official
CANTON SCHOOLS 10
OPEN SEPTEMBER I
Canton Public Schools will open
for the fall term on Thursday, V
first day of September. Let every
pupil be in his plaee so that we mu.,
get organized, ready for real work
Monday morning.
Arrangements will be made to give
those who failed in not more than
two subjects examinations on Friday
if they wish to try again for a pass
mark. Those who are not interested
enough to he on hand to take # these
■ Nominations at the appointed time,
had been reevered. One of these was I the immediate vicinity. Mr. Johnston ! will remain in the grade. We will
idetitiiied mis that of Ensign Marcus’had several drums of gasoline ston I t ,ot give them again.
Of the forty-nine officer, and men I p,p„ >vho rMhei , t0 th „ j {m hc , p ^ mu . h — , ht ,
part of the building used by Mr. John
at 5:-io • Johnston as a store room had gained
Thro uch headway that it took hard work
wo bod es to save other valuable property in
“There are 328,838 illiterates in
ihe stale, or 15.3 per cent. This Is
the per cent of the total population.
“The number of native white illit-
- It is illegal to use any kind of pa-1 erate ig 66t637 or
5.5 per cent. 36,-
™er tag. ; 755 0 f this number nre male and 29,
Buyer of new car should fill out, 802 female8> Thus the femnle prt ,.
application blank, buy Post Office j dominates as the most intelligent.
Money Order for correct license fee, ] The fema , e white pel . cent is 4.9,
statement by the British air ministry, 1 al,hou ^ the body was so j in the warehouse and for a time a hot
the 7.P.9 „„.i burn . ed that inetifycr.t on in | t.tnc was had by all present. The
this case is not positive. The body J warehouse also contained many dooi,
was taken to the mortuary. and sash to be used in the constru.
The explosion experts declare, de- tion of the new Johnston Drug store
to order of S. G. McLendon, secre-
tnale 6.0 per cent.
tary of State, Atlanta, Ga. Hold the “Xhe number of foreign born un-
small money order receipt given by | terate ig 861 01 . 574. The f 0Je ign born
post office, and that receipt undei t e w hite has a less per cent than the
law acts as ten day permit. , na t.j vc which is 5.5 per cent.
Sec. 5. Act approved Aug. 15, “The num ber of negro illiterates
UfcU. is 261,115 or 29.1, divided as follows
▼Provides: “No person operating a Male* 13fc,897 or .‘U.2; female 125,-
motor vehicle or motorcycle upon a 218 or 27.2 pier cent. 1
ilfccblic street or highway in this state, “The largest county in the state is
' shall drive same past the rear step of Fulton with a population of 232,606;
any street car, interurban or other largest city is Atlanta with a pop-
passenger train, in said street or u i u ti on 0 f 200,616.
highway, while the same is standing “Tlic smallest county in the state
still for the purpose of taking on or j s Echols, with a population of 3,313.
f'V'l.ng r.ff passengers to or from such I “The only counties in the state*
car or train.” having a 100 per cent native white
. ,c. 6. Act approved Aug. iu, population are Dawson and Towns.
1921. • Both are north Georgia cunties.
Provides*“It shall be the duty of “The county having the largest per
the sheriffs and constables to make cent of illiterate is Baker with 36.5
investigation as to violation of the per cent. There are 8,298 people in
provisions of this Act, and the sher- this county, 2,186 of hich are classed
ijyffs and constables shall have author- as illiterates.
k ity, and it is hereby made their duty “The tity of Albany has the larg-
out warrant and prosecute est per cent of illiterates of any
ny and all owners of motor vehicles city in the state, with 20.0 par cent
who violate any of the prvisions of The population is 11,555 with 1,883
this act. The costs of said sheriffs classed as illibei».tes.
and constables shall be paid in same “Atlanta has the smallest per cent
manner, as other criminal costs are of any city in the state with 6.6; the
paid under the law.” The costs that native white per cent is 1.2. The total
will be allowed Justices of the Peace number of illiterates is 11,031, divid-
- and Constables are set out in Sections ed as follows: Native white 1,339;
1^9 and 1140, Park’s Code. foreign born white, 223; negro, 9,-
Sec. 2-.. Act approved Aug. 15, 465. .
4921, . “Leo county has the largest per
, Provides: “On and after March 1st centage of negroes with 82.3. The
and before May 1st, each year, every total population is 10,904, 8,977 of
owner of a car registered for the pre- whom are negroes. The next county
vious year, shall before sending his is Burke with a per cent of 80.3, with
were aboard the ZR-2, and of these
all but, Norman Walker, a riggei
perished.
Brigadier General S. M. Maitland,
the British air marshal, and Com
mander Louis H. Maxfield, the
American officer who was to have
commanded the ZR-2 in American
service, were among those killed.
Twelve bodies have been recov
ered from the shattered framwork
of twisted and welded steel in the
river. Those of the sixteen Ameri
can victims will be embalmed and
sent to the United States.
The cause of the accident may
never be known, although it is claim
ed that a steel girder, buckling under
the tremendous strain imposed upon
it caused the collapse of the giant
frame and brought aobut an explo
sion which tore the huge aerial struc
ture to pieces.
“ihe air ministry regrets to an
nounce that an accident occurred
while tne ZR-2 was flying over Hull,
at about 5:45 o’clock this afternoon,
which led to the ship’s crashing into
the river.
“The cause of the accident is not
known and owing to the fact that
none of the royal air force person
nel was statnoied in the vicinity of
the disaster, great difficulty is ex-,
perienced in obtaining information,)
Representatives of the air ministry
have been instructed to proceed im-1
mediately to Hull.” |
The communique then
to m in the airship’s entire gas sup*
plS* 2,700,000 cubic feet of 3,500
degrees. And this must have almost
instantly incinerated the occupants
of the front portion of the ship which
fell apart frm the rear end.
It s< emed as thoug the people of
Hull had sensed something wrong
and were prepared for the disaster,
building, along with a large quantity
of lime and cement, all of which was
a total loss.
The roof of Sam Hatheock's resi
lience taught and did quite a little
lamif; before being put under con-
tral. The house was repaired im-
mediut.iy and considering its close
proxity to such a large fire, Sam
for only in this way could be explain- ea8 ^ -
od the pre-gathering of thousands of! I ho office build ng of the Consoli-
spactators. But in a way this may j dab> '‘ •Marble & M Ming company also
haVe been fortunate, for tug boats . cnmi ‘ * n f (,r a large loss of printed
wefr moving towards the victims
within half a minute after the great
steel wreck struck the water.
It is believed here that u steel
girder which had previously buckled,
/ailed again when the ship was hover
ing over Hull, and the explosions two
according to sme reprts fllwed. The
frgt 01 ihe ship was tisted into an
wuncerognizable mius bile tho after
half of the ship was less seriously
damaged.
matter and office supplies which were
stored in the second floor of the
building. The entire roof was burn
ed off this building and 200,000 en
velopes, many expensive design books
and other material was ruined. Th*
office of this company has been re-
Lct all parents arrange to have
their children in school every day.
The compulsory law is still in effect
for 1921. We have a ruling from the
‘■'late Superintendent to the effect
that pupils miu! make their full 120
days, and, if they do not make it in
the first six months of school, they
must continue until hey do make it.
There is just a»s much sense in ex-
pret’ng a workman who stays off
from work a third of his time, to
draw full pay, as to expect a child
who stays out of school a third of hla
time to pass. More than ninety per
cent of those who tai'od last year
were irregular in attendance.
Do not wait for your child to
make un “F” on his report card be
fore spurring him up on his work,
When he is making “C” or even "U’’! 1
cn his daily lessons, he will be on
dangerous ground when quarterly e\
iminalions come. The childs inter
est in his work will be no more in-
ihourh f jpm vis averted by hard
The air minitry has issued a for-j. v0)k< thfi po .; n ran from the lumber
m»l statement Lhal there were seven- , ike it waH uncomfortably warm. Mr.
moved temporarily in the office build-
ing of the Continental Marble and i tense than y° l,r own - Tbe ohanceH
Granite company. 1 are thnt lt wiM be Y ?“ r j nter_
Th. residence occupied by Charlie M* or lack of ,nterest ’ W ' 11 b « re :
..• 1 . , 1 , I fleeted in the child. Gfen you afford
\\ht h a narrow squeeze and al- , , ' , „
not to he interested in "
teen Americans on board the death- j
•h'p, of whom one Norman Walker, j
'vm saved. |
H. Bateman, f. Halifax one of the
Irjtish sunwera 4old o f being at the ;
if! of the ship ene-a^od in ndtogra- !
White was lucky, also.
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT
THE STEPHENS REUNION
,• i ,, I *-hy f-'l watching experiment: with
lists the;, , , , , , . ,
„ . „ , , _ her mv •<».• .vnor the- h’p suddenm
names of fall on board, confirming L, tfl lhe righ , «,. t ae tho explc . *
the fact that only five men survive | ^ or ,,, rro • „ r d , . , t0 th „ B * tl . uc . j The return of Rev. and Mrs. Silas
The others are listed as “at preient of , ;ecend; „, , vreck> and was . Kmraet Stephens, from China for a
unaccounted for.
Latest report from Hull indicate
that Captain Wann, at first report
ed uninjured is actually near death
in the hospital.
; («cned ,)V . *ug wrh
ou-is after ’.es tr;u'- i 1 ,
a few sec- i year’s fui'lr -gh from the mission field
\*Hter. i f.:r:ii.:hfcu the occasion for a happy
reunion of relatives and friends at
According to another survivor
one of the main gorders failed to , * be bome b ' s parents, Rev. and
, _, j a akc thes train which it had met sue ' Mrs - J - A - Stephens, Ball Ground,
Some air experts are inclined to , e(iafu , ly durinff the eiirly part of the I last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
:rial trip, and bent under the enor-
Fortunatelv their return coincided
nous pressure.
the theory that the tragedy was caus
ed by a repetition of an occurrence
fo five weeks ago, when one of the
application to'the office of the sec- a total population of 30.836, 24,775 i gudcis bent whik the airship raund ^ tfte tnousand8 ot witnesses Dt I , ... .. . .
retary of state, present it to the sher- of whom are negroes. The cunties od a_» ha ‘P 1 , l 7R l „ g J , low was when a great cloud of black j * hr *® ' children: Mrs. J. A.
iff of his county, and pay such sheriff having the smallest negro population the men aboard the ZR ' 2 ma y have , — x 1 , tU 4U „ , Stephens, Mi s. L. J. Doss, o. C .nton,
a fee of $1.00, and ft shall be the are Dawson and Towns, of which are
1 with the ninetieth birthday of his
.... „ , , grandmother, Mrs. Winnifred Caro-
The first indication of the moshap „ .. ,
, , , „ . . * line Lowe Green. Mrs. Green has
to the thousands of witnesses bt
uty of the sheriff to receipt for 100 per cent native white.”
same on application, and see that it
is properly filled out and that money Our First Boll
order for the proper fee is made Walt. Young, who 1 ves just across
been attemptingto find exactly what
pressure the ship could stand that
the petrol pipes may have broken,
and that oil dropping into the engine
may have caused the fatal explosion.
One parachute with three men
aboard was destroyed when it failed
to
flying ship
payable to the secretary of state. Said the river from Canton, gets the fine
Post Office Money Order and applica- setting of boll weevil eggs for dis-
tion shall then be forwarded to the playing the first open boll of cotton
office of the secretary of state by the at this office on last Friday morning
owner of the car.” just as we were carrying last week’s • Divers parties are now at work in j
Provided further that the sheriff of issue to the postoffice. j Humber river. I
each county shall arrest every chauef- I Bor thirty hours the ZR-2 had
fer and owner of a motor vehicle or A RESOLUTION j sailed the air lanes above England
motorcycle operating same on the Whereas, God in his wisdom and ant ^ tbc north sea.. Wireless repoits
public highways of Georgia after mercy, has seen fit to remove from ^ ,om other officers told f her splen-
March 1st, and before May 1st, with- 0 ur midst our beloved Brother and . d * d wr k” in the air. The trip was
out a Georgia State Tag for the cur- classmate, John Pascoe; Resolved: | coming to an end and the ZR-2 had
rent year, provided this does not ap- i s t. That Class No. 1, Canton , reached a point directly over the
ply to cars purchased after March Baptist Sunday School, bow in hum : c 'fy of Hull eagerly followed by the
1st each year, nor to those making ble submission to the will of God, e y es °f thousands v/ho gathered on
^application thruogh the sheriff as w ho doeth all things well. j Victoria pier ta see her manuvers ex-
Vrein provided.” ' l 2nd - That in the death of Brother when ther e was a tremendous ex-
Tho $1.00 penalty provided above Pascoe, we have lost a faithful and P'osion, shaking the entire town,
moke burst from the rear of the
. hip, followed by the terrific detona
tion. The back of the ZR-2 seemed
broken and she began decending
rapidly over the heads of the fright
ened crowds in frantic fear that she
would drop into thes treets of Hull.
get far enaugh away from ’the ! The shi P took a differeMt tur "> how '
I ever, and was carried over the pier,
(Continued on page eight)
and Mr. Jas. A. Lowe, of Clarkston
On Sunday all these with their chil
dren and g andchildren were present,
including; Rev. and Mrs. Emmet
Stephens, Tsing-tao, China; Dr. and
Mrs. J. R. M. Carter, Carrollton;
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Broadwell and
two children, of Alpharetta; Mr. and
Mrs. Felton Donald and eight children
I of Ball Ground; Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
! Stephens and two children, Fitzger
ald; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. A.rnett and
WEATHER AND CROP , , ^ . ,
CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA chlld - of Columbia University, New
| York; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brock and
Scattered showers occurred during I'two cbHdren, Itoopville; Mr. Clifford
the week, with an increasing number ^ephens student at Iowa University;
of fair days during the latter half | Mr. and Mrs R J Doss Wilmington,
of the week, and rather high tem-jN. C.; Mr. T. E. Doss Johnson City,
peratures in the south. Although I Tenn -5 Mr - and Mrs - Lee ^cCanless
there are a few counties where rain
would be beneficial, over most of tho
state dry weather is needed. Cotton
is making very slow progress and is
practically beyond the possibility of
l\ u; Csction 2 does not apply to cars devoted member. 1 . , , . , , ,
” r _ • .,.1 p-tv.’ccn May 1st and 3rd. That we will ever keep in , crashing the plate glass from shop j making much further improvement
*r -■ 'cYl~t, .cr.ch year, but only to cars grateful memory the noble character
c -.., r ' p-;?r to March 1st and for and zealous work of our deceased
. which registration is asked during brother for the advancement of our
March and April. Redeemer’s Kingdom on earth.
Write to the Secretary of State for 4th. That we extend to the be
lt aved family our heartfelt sympathy
d prayers and commend them to
! sweeping pedestrians from their feet
I
windows and sending the shock of its I during the balance of the season.
a copy of the law.
Spears’ Store Being RemcdLec
For the past week or so the s:ovt
om occupied by the Roscoe Spear.;
r/eraentiie, which was formerly t ’ •
detonation fully fifty miles. Boll weevils continue to be very nu-
The stupified spectators saw the merous and destructive and the con-
great bag, which had just emerged ulition of the crop as a whole is very
from the clouds, burst asunder and ! poor. Cotton is pening rapidly in the
sink into the river. Two little white I suthern and slowly in the northern
clouds separated themselves from th« j division. A good late corn crott is
God, who will soothe all sorrow and | falling ship. There were the para-! assured. Fodder pulling is over in
op'ly grace sufficient for every need, ' chut wh r ch were to bring the survi, 'the south and progressing rapidly in
sting that their loss is his heavenly ors safely to earth. The other men j the north. Digging sweet potatoes
Iropped with the seething wreckage j continues; this crop has been injured
Cun.
into the river.
5th. That a copy of these resolu-
Mercantile company, which wasfo.in- *: c , ns be spread on the minutes of j As the tanagled steel frame struck
erly the Henry Roberts stand, lias rur Sunday School and one sent to j tire water scores of motor craft and
been undergoing many changes and bereaved family, and one pub- row boatss put ut frm shre in a mad
repairs. New shelving is bein': i-- lishecl in the Cherokee Advance,
stalled, u new floor put in, and the Dr. T. W. Hogan,
front repaired and painted. Mr. J. M. Holcombe,
Spears expects to open for business J, E. Johnson,
again next Friday. J, Q, Gibson, Com.
attempt to effect a rescue of the men
imprisoned. But the dirigible at this
t ; mo was sending hundreds of feet
into the air a dense volume of blue
-moke and flame from the surface of
in a few places by too much rain.
Cutting hay is in progress with pros
pects of a fair yield. Minor crops
mostly continue to do well. There
appears to be a large crop of figs, ai"l
a good pecan cron is assured. Winte •
cover crops will be planted next week
in the north.
C F. von Herman, Meteorolog'V
and three children, Canton; Mr. L. L.
Doss, Wilmington, N. C.; Mr. George,
and Misses Inez, Virginia and Marie
Doss, Canton; Messrs. Jas., Joe, and
Parks, and Misses Mary and Caroline
Lowe, Clarkston.
On Monday a large number of
friend’ and relatives assembled from
Chert i e and adjoining counties, and
after u basket dinner upon the lawn
of the Stephens home, Rev. Emmet
Stephens gave a brief talk upon his
recent experiences in China. Among
the guests present on Tuesday were
the parents of Mrs. Emmet Stephens,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Carter, cf Gaines
ville, Ga., and her sister and brother-
in-law. Mr. and Mrs.* Harvey Tannet,
of Macon; also Mrs. W. P. Laramore.
of Mo lezuma.
Th • New Court House Comm ssion
bus b .1 inactive during the past
week ng to the absence from the
town of one of its members. We ex
pect to have something to say along
.his line next week.
child’s
progress, and not to let the child
know you arc interested? Your
maivfactation of interest stimulates
interest in the child. Let’ tho child
know that you want h*m to bring
h me a good report, and expect it
r h : m. and it will improve. Fail to
•’how ynrir internet, and Mi I* tMRMfc*
the report, and it will go to the b»d.
Entrance fees will be as follows:
Pupils inside city limits, 1st
through 7th grade, term _ $2.00
High School pupffs, city and
country, per term 7.50
Pupils outside city limits, 1st
through 7th, per term 10.00
Every teacher employed is either
a college or normal graduate with
experience, and we believe we have
the best corps of teachers we have
ever had. They are as follows:
O. H. Hixon, Superintendent.
Mrs. Mary M. White, Prin. High
School.
Miss Parnelle Coker, French and
History.
Miss Janie Lovelace, Science and
Domestic Science.
Mrs. J. A. Baskin, Latin and soma
seventh grade.
Miss Sallie Mae White, sixth grade.
Miss Elizabeth Fincher, fifth grade.
Mrs. Amy Richardson, fourth grade
Miss Forde Darden, third grade.
Mrs. Ethel Curry, overflow third
and fourth grades.
Miss Ida Christie, second grade.
Miss Mable Andrews, second grade.
Miss Frances Brooks, first grade.
To be supplied, first grade.
Miss Marie Owenby, Music and
Expression.
Let everybody pull together f>r the
best school ever. We expect to have
an impromptu opening exercise at
9:00 o’clock Thursday morning, in
which some of the pugils and citizens
will take part. Come and be with
us and then come some more.
O. H. HIXON, Supt.
Puddleduck*
On Wednesday the Canton BasebaL
Club and about half of Cantonas pop
ulation left around noon and before
for Calhoun, where a baseball gam»,
was scheduled to be pulled with the
fart to n m of that place. Between
two and three o’clock it began rain
ing all the way from here to Chat
tanooga and, of course the game was
called off. Mud-besplattered cars
arrived back here from 8:00 o’clo-':
Wednesday night until 1' : • '-1.
Thursday morning.
Canton "s scheduled to play at Car-
tersville today (Friday).