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DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEROKEE, THE BEST COUN TY IN NORTH GEORGIA.
VOLUME XLVI
CANTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1921
NUMBER 35
p r xI^k“Man?i c °™N ESTIMATE
7,903,700 BALES , ' f ''’ n ’— ,gnrr ’
, i | Ch.cugo, Aug, 30.—The red net! or
New York, Aug. 30.—From theming heavy (0.8 pet
HAVE YOU A CLAIM AGAINST
THE GOVERNMENT?
Readjustment and 11/ f U M CC A W
Reconstruction Era !IH- li n Luil 11
' We regret that our regular column ; Paa an
of jokes is overstocked.
cent) reported
usual monthly survey into cotton crop 1 a condition of 62.1 per cent. The
If has your claim been filed? | conditions undertaken by the New'smallest declines
. . , „ . , - * — - — registered by Mis-
This should awnu beL ‘ n made ‘ Are V ou \ork Journal of Commerce, it will be*sisr (.pi, 5.6 per cent iu 66.1 per cent,
is s ui receiving checks reirularlv? Are vou L..... a „* moi 1 ... . ai.i e o .
of national taxes, the decrease 01 1
waste in Washington, the negotation !
of peace with Germany arc all steps |
toward readjustment and reconstrue- j Prompt attention on the part of
tion of (he United States. There are j Dr. J. W. Ellis, of Kennesaw, early
many more steps to come. That is Saturday morning, served to route
sure. But it is something that, over burglars who had attempted to rob
though often dilatory, the govern- j the vault of the Bank of Kennesaw.
ment is at work to do its part iu tin i According to reports, Dr. Ellis,
husmess f the day and to do it prop- who was in Kennesaw hotel, wh ch
fdf.n to begin anything
promises to become dry with some- f " B 4 J ,;n 12 7 e c<mt to 661 P ep , d t" has the outlook foi< cott °” prlv , „
thing to make the victims laugh. your an8W * r ls y° 8 to an y of This figure represents the opinions of more discuraging even for August, * adjoins the Hank of Kennesaw, heard
Therefore wc put our climax first tbese Q uest * ons > now is the time to nearly 1,800 special correspondents^which is generally a month of more' The case of German trade is a coil- a loud explosion in the bank about
announce the score- 10 to 2 have your claim adjusted. In order of The Journal of Commerce undei r or less serious deteriorations
to give prompt service and have each an average date of August 24, und ports from almost all posts of the
and every case handled speedily and compared with a per cent condition be)i peak of unfavorable weather,
satisfactorily, sections of the District of 67.8 per cent last month, 72.G per weevil damage or almost unprece-
office and Washington
When you have stopped laughing
Xve will continue. If you have a sense
'of manor ami xiidn’t go to see the
ball game Wednesday you made the
most serious mistake of your gay
young life. It was a scream, a farce,
a fiasco, and that is as many synony-
ums as> We know.
A “Dizzy” Carlisle provided a price
less thrill when he presented the
horsehide with a one-way ticket to
oblivion. Racing ahead of him
were Mr. Griffin Roberts
ifcrstwhile Mr. Davenport,
nam- sounds restful, doesn’t it? Rut
that name did anything but rest. It s
snappy little owner was all over the
field, rcioping up grounders, making
himself useful generally.
■ f m.) on made himself conspic
uous and it wasn’t on ift-eonnt of
obesity. He executed a nitty little
^■corral of a certain wild foul hall—
and that ain’t all: He tapped the ball
huve been cent a year ago, and a ten-year a. 1 dttited proportions and a crop uneven
been sent direct to you. It is now wage of 69.9. * It is, in fact, the and sorry in appenmnee and very
up to every interested man to take month of August for any year since poorly fruited,
advantage of this opportunity to gef 1901.
a prompt and just settlement of his Nothing even approaching this sen
claim-. nationally low figure has been record
Yom have probably seen in the pa- ed in the twenty years covered by
per., of the coming of the Clean-Up these reports, excepting the month of
Correspondents seem practically
Unanimous in the opinion that the
wholesale reductions in the use of
commercial fertilizer this year are to
a considerable extent responsible for
Re- s P'CUOUs example. As soon as th<- 1:30 Saturday morning, followed al-
trent.v is approved by the Senate and most immedately by a lighter one.
Reichstag, Germany can do business j Pr Enis went acr088 lhe atreet to
with the United States as she h i- t be Western Atlantic railroad station
long been doing business with Franc- and Rot c D> Satterfield, night tele-
and England. Only he needs us more! graph operatoP( aml j. W , Carrie to
than she needs France and England. g0 with him to tht , bank>
Food, cotton, metals—the raw me
tennis of industry she needs from us
and needs badly. Last y ear, under
enormous difficulties, she did with
us nearly $4,00,000,000 worth of
Squad, a body of men, expert in October, 1919, when there w%s a drop .the situation since the plant in neal'ly business. Today, with American trade
and the handling and adjusting of cintins to 48.1 per cent, In that year, how- every case where drastic cuts were
The last °*' ex-service men. Watch the papers ever, the condition stood at 64.9 per tjnkdo has proven unable to withstand
to see when they will he close to you, cent. either disease, ravages by insects or
or if you do not have an opportunity A study of advances ami declines h’cn ordinary climatic changes. Be
to see daily papers, ask your nearest in recent years shows this to he, fh' s ils it may, the fact is that in a
Red Gross chapter, or American Le- with one exception, the most radical jhpmber of states where cotton had
gion Post, either of which will be reduction since 1912. The exception fair progress up to July the
glad to give you any information was in August, 1918. at which time intense heat and drouth of the past
about the work of the Clean-Up per cent condition declined from 77.4 month have caused alarming deteri- terprise is fairly
Squad. This squad wants you to re- per cent to 60.0 per cent as a result jjHfation. aggressive. It is subsidized by th<
port to them if you are a disabled of protracted drouth and heavy wee- £ j Alabama, Mississippi and Loulrti- government. For instance, the rail-
man. They cannot go to every man vil deprudations. Last year the loss | lna >eport an excess of rain in some ways run at a tremendous loss. Tl.
elsewhere cut in two, she is still do.
ing the time volume of business with
us and wants to do move.
Can she do more? Undoubtedly
she can. Can she pay? That is the
practical question.
The German government finances
are a v.iin. But German private en-
alive and somewhat
They tried the front door of the
bank, and the burglars hearing tht
disturbance,escaped through the rear
of the building. The intruders had en
tered the hank by smashing the g. s
in n rear window.
Only one of the bank's ou'er
vaults was damaged. A vault contain
ing several thousand dollars was i n-
touched.
While none of the vaults were i i-
tered that contained currency, the
robbers did succeed in breaking open
some of the safe deposit boxes and
secured a few Liberty bonds and the
like, hut as these were registered, th*
owners will sustain no loss. j
A gnruge, operated by 8. M. Dun-
several times and helped to continue individually, nor to every county, but was only 2.2 j»er -cent in 1919 It was localities, find dry weather elsewhere, government allows the loss and pays can, in Kennesaw, was burglarized
the medley being played on the out- the y wil1 be clo8e to y° u in a hhort 5 -2 per cent and in 1917, 3.6 per cent, with either destructions by weevils or it, so as to keep down freight rates,
field fences. time, and if y° ur claim is deserving For the year 1916 a decline of 10.1 htavy shedding as n result. In Geor- j t ia H ] most as jf tbe government
I5ut lack of space prevents us from of consideration, you will be furnish- per cent was reported and 9.7 per Vf* an d the Carolinas rainfall has
we don’t state it as the troth. 'The
bfen insufficient and the same is true
if Arkansas and Oklahoma. As to
Texas, where the losses are heaviest,
poetically the whole state has been
a a J? A h « M# e „f3 u » d whiej^be- crop * botes was finally., t™** P ,acti8 £or ™ we ? kB *. .
of Bourse longs tofKe worthy disabled soim^rs. 1 raised namely, iTper'cent to 77.6 W* "® m « who f—) that rate
mentioning each player, together ed Wlth transportation home, and
with the plays they executed. Mr. m « al a,ld ,od * in * until y° ur business
Cr.ldwcll, the Calhoun twirler, was Wlth the 8t l uad is completed. If your
treated like a deformed stepchild. It I® n °t a just one, do not take
i. ^
against his outfielders, hut
cent in 1S13.
The smallest August loss in the
ten years’ period under review was
in the-record year of 1914, when a
puid freight charges directly to the
manufacturers and shippers. Again,
the government buys food and dis
tributes it below cost to keep down
the high price of living and so to en-
late Friday night and several tools
were taken. The tools were found lut-
er in the bunk, leading to the theory
that the same men did both jobs.
It is generally rumored that in<>
“job” was the work of local talent
and the county officers are working
, L «H. 11 IR iHRWl M If ttlu
This Clean-Up Squad furnishes per cent. It would seem, therefore, now would be unable to save the crop paid part of tbe WUKC s out of Its own
able the wrkers to accept lower wag- on B everal clues hich may yield them
mm
outfielders reminded us of three gen- finishes you an opportunity to have when the reduction in acreage is tak- as ‘ 8 injured beyond recovery
tlemen who found it very hard to all troubles of compensation, voca- en into consideration that this year’s RcturnB from Tennessee and Mis-
make up their minds. They Jdidn’t, ttonhl training and medical treatment yield of cotton is likely to be much 80uri 8tan d out sharply against this
j* and in fact couldn’t, stay in the same handled right at home. It is very curtailed. un-ay o misfortune, us in these two
9 place for two consecutive minutes. , •••ential that you bring your paper.- Following the government’s method "..“j e ' “ 8 ,e « n ‘Juitc favor-
The aforementioned Mr. Caldwell with you, your discharge and all cor- 0 f calculation, the estimated yield for I. . the m ° St part and the Crap
would take first prize in the Altruistic raspondanca from tho bureau of war ^2] w ill he 7^906,700 bales, exclud lh * n
or philanthropic pitcher’s contest.-He Risk Insurance or Federal Board for (inters, which compares with an
looked sick, and we are convinced Vocational Training. Help the Squad atrial yield in 1920 of 13,369,704
that his name is pronounced with the by coming prepared. |baTes and 11,420,763 bales the yeai
accent on the first svlable. j Your claim will be prepared for before. Subsequent to the record
^ ILcks (we think t*>. “a”-was added immediate hearing, and every man 1 crop of 1914, 16,134,980 bales—the
■ io^ policy’s sake) looked positively will be given immediate action, as the ! next lowest yield since 1911, was
darling it his catcher's outfit. He Government has special departments 11,191^820 bales in 1915, at which
was the grand panjandrum of the art for handling the claims approved by time .'82;107,«00: acres were planted,
of pegging. He hunted for his in-' the Clean-Up Squad. It is up to you
fielders all the afternoon and scarcely now to present your claim in proper
evpr found them. Bui it might be form.
ad*ed thdt it wasn’t Hicks’ fault. j It is the duty of every man who
Boots Hathcock jiroved an reads ^ b is to pass this information
esseus outer layer ma.v .possibly be j on t0 80me di8ab led ex-soldier.
so placed as to protect a reasonable
amount of brains. “Bools” .is a good
fairly satisfactory condition.
.However, it should be borne in mind.
I a year ago after a very lnte and un
favorable start, and a seson of alter
nate intervals of excessive rainfall
and drouth; heavy weevil damage and
persistent inability to secure labor
sufficient to properly cultivate the
plant, a crop of more than 13,0*6),000
bales was raised, notwltnstarmlng
earlier predictions of as low as nine
treasury. The effect on industry is
the same; the effect on the govern- j
ment treasury is the same. The only
difference is in the ways and means. 1
What bearing have such peculiar ,
governmental policies on Germany’s
business with the United States?
They encourage Germun manufacture I
ers to produce the goods that must he i
Canton Schools
Open Thursday
Will the Gorman government be
player with a future, (we won’t men
tion the past) and a very good pres
ent as well. We salute him fith the
raxaphone, the cymbals, the cornet
and the lyre, especially the lytce.
We suppose everybody say that
bird with “Roswell” imprinted on
TAXABLE PROPERTY OF
COUNTY IS $5,703,776.00
Accrding to the Tax digest for the
year 1921, which has been completed
Cherokee county gave in $129,000
more in taxable property this, year
the front of his shirt. We have come than they did last. The surprising
to the conclusion that he can do.any- 'feature of the taxes this year is that
th.ag in the world that applies to \ every district in the county with the
baseball and do it welL We won’t i exception of Canton and Fail-play
mention his name, for Lie is v.ery 1 districts decreased their taxes from
modes t. I last year; however, the increase ih
The big fuss in the box for Canton these two districts more than took
is a young son of the hills, Mr. Owens
—a wrong arm boy who can’t stay.in
the sticks long. He toyed with this
world-beater team all afternoon.
A word for the umpires, or we
plight say—the umpire. He was Mr.
Ben Kilby, talented young restaura
teur, lit.s cicy. IIis performance was
vuuhy ui' K..:n (or is it Klim) of
Li., major leagues. We may have
. .-••■‘chid o.7 or: powdered milk
. i o c' -a, " cc. it a .. \>e h:i\e
; i I.”.;,.he V.-..:- the guy with the
extra tire on his side—or at least we
^ught so at first, but we later dis
ced that it was the supply of
Exr.cV- :: mistake once, ln-
care of the decrease from tin- ether
listricts.
The total amoun' of taxable prop
erty given in during 1919 was
$5,574,375, while the total in 1921 u
$5,703,776.
An analysis by states shows de
clines in per cent conditions in all million bales. This, of course, was | ; «-ble to go on paying these indirect
buPTennessee, which gained 1.3 per w jd, an acreage planted of 37,043,- and direct subsidies? Probably not.
cent to 73 per cent, and Missouri, 000 acres. ( for long.
where the condition figure is 74.5 per . This year, though, prospects are These subsidies drain the Berlin
c< nt, a gain of .5 per cent, Texas, undeniably gloomy, and acreage is , treasury and create an neormous de-
of course, was the heaviest loser, estimated at only 26,519,000, it is licit; the deficit is met with new is-
sbowing a decline of 18.3 per cent to no t altogether improbable that when sues of paper marks 4,000,000,000 of
50 per cent. Oklahoma came next the final returns are made it will be them in the last eew moths and the
with 16.2 per cont off to 53.t per found that there were “good” spots marks fall ever lower. This process
cent. Then Louisiana, which dropped which in some measure counteracted iss low colapse, and the end must
14.8 per cent to 55 per cent , Georgia the bad. Moreover, the season is not come some time. How soon, nobody
and South Carolina sustained heavy ye t over, and given a few weeks of knows; but when it comes German
declines, 11.2 per cent to 25.3 per better growing weather, and a late industry will have to pay all of it~
cent, .and 11.5 per cent to 52 per cent, fall, it might still he possible to re- costs of production, subsidies will
respectively. Arkansas, although los- coup a certain proportion of losses, j cease. What then?
— The great word for the German
trade seems to be caution—caution
ou the part of private traders with
The Canton Public Schools opened
Thursday with appropriate exercises
and with one of the largest attend-
, , - -1 . , ., ; ances in the history of the school,
produced and sold to pay for the new „ . „ „ ... ,,
..... , /. . . Prof. O. H. Hixon and his able corps
materials that are bought in America . . , „ ...
, , ., . , , of teachers were in readiness for the
They help pay the cost of manufac- .
f , .. ... . ,, opening. Immediately after the op-
ture., and make it possible for Ger- . ..... ,
. , . - . .. i ening exercises in which a number of
man industry to complete in the mar-1 . , , . . _ .
. . , . . talks were made by prominent Canton
kets of the world. , .. .
people, the pupils were assigned their
places and after determining what
books each child would require, ad
journed until Friday morning, when
the real work will begin.
On Friday examinations were held :
for all whom failed of promotion and
who wished to try again.
Every room in the building is full
and overflowing and the prospects
bid fair to be one of the best school
years in the history of Canton. The
teaphers and pupils are enthused over
the outlook and with the promised
cooperation of the peple f Canton,
great things are looked forward to.
SYNOPSIS OF WEATHER
AND CROP CONDITIONS
The week was characterized by
easterly winds and rather damp
weather, although the precipitation
was generally light, excepting heavy
local showers at a few places. The
HARDING IS INVITED TO
FARM CONVENTION
Washington, August 31.—Presi
dent Harding was invited today by
a delegation representing the Ameri
can Farm Bureau federation to at
tend the annual meeting of the or-
the German government, caution on
the part of the private traders With
German manufacturers, and especi
ally caution on the part of the Uni
ted States government, with its $1,-
000,000,000 guarantee of long-time
foreign credits on raw materials, to
he sent to Germany and other Euro
pean countries, but notably to Ger-
the ending iof thoir names. One is
“good,” and the other “well.” We
are convinced that their forefathers
possessed a keen sense of humor, pos-
But baci. sibly leaning to atire.
But as we were saying about Mr.
Bedgood, he was de-feathered and
kiM^tked for a row of slats over at
Cartersville the other day by thi
same impudent Canton team. This
ttr.ead of saying “Play ball,” lie said- team appears to be no respector of
f, £gg sandwich. Mike.” Very n: tur- -ersons, and in spite of Mr. Bed-
trl however, nothing to be am.r ed mod’s minor league connections, pro-
1"
Steps Taken to
Lease Mansion
< ver.
* Might we he allowed tr< dc ■ o
,'rcm tht* amusing hp.nnel of Wed
day’s game to deliver a few remavk r
jn regard to a certain Mr. Bedgoo :
He is with the Southern League, a
before we go any further wo v. jj >1
1 ke iu situe ttiai.ms nt,'at ,s p,re
nounced with the accent on the fir-t
svlable, .List like Caldwell’s. The an.
>.* * 'Vr r >. I)v tw..f in
needed to disconnect him from a
large portion of his reputation. This
Bcdgood’s front name is Phil, the s weot potato crop is doing well. Pea-
-linister got the i in by mistake. The n,, ts are fair. Suerar-cane and sor-
Inal score of this contest was Canton f'-'hurn for syrup have much improved
11 Cartersville 2. and are ^ ne - R ' c e is heading, but is
just five days after this farce Mr. pretty grassy in places. Cutting hay
Bedgood twirled for the Atlanta ! continue?. Pears are plentiful. Prep-
Crackers against Chattanooga—and I rations continue for winter cerials,
even the Lookouts made five runs off , a "“j crops are still being planted.
last half of the week was eompara-I ganization at Atlanta, November 22.
tively cool. The week was mostly ! While the president gave no defi-
favorable for agricultural operations, nite answer it was indicated that he many.
Cotton has not improved, and is re- would be unable to attend because of j The Germans are as honest in busl-
ported as deteriorating by many icor the session of the disarmament con- ! ness as any people and are more in
respondents. The condition of the ference beginning November 11. dutrious than most. But honesty
crop is very poor; many full grown Oscar Bradfute, of Ohio, a voice and industry in Germany are being
bolls are found ruined by the weevil, president of the farm bureau federa- 1 put to the severest test of modern
which continue to do great damage, tion, told the president that the vari- j times, and they are showing the
Cotton is opening rapidly in all divi ous state bureaus, especially those in strain. Despite the flamboyant report
sions. Owing to the short crop cou the south were deeply interested in from London and Paris, German
ton will probably be gathered very the offers for operation of the Muscle workingmen are not working as
early this season. Corn is good, es Shoals property. No particular bid never befre. German enterprise is
pecially bottom land, and harvesting has received the supprt, of the orga- ri ot growing as never before. German
continues under favorable conditions, nization, Mr. Bradfute said, but the production is not gaining and profit-. were Governor Hardwick, Attorney
Tobacco is all gathered. Digging delegation urged that a decision as to j n{ r and prospering as never before. LGeneral George M. Napier, Secretar>
sweet potatoes continues, and the late disposition of the plant he made as Q n fact ■ thr.t German labor has* of State S. G. Mel.enrlon and Cirl N.
soon as possible. j deteriorated, has lost its efficiency, tGuess, representative from DeKalb
The president as understood to Territory for territory, 92,000 more ' count y. Mr Guess will act as secre-
1m e stated that no matter to whom miners produced 20 per cent les3 tel 'y-
the. plant might be turned over the i ' Germany during the first four. One of th r most important duties
months of this year than in the same : of the sub-committee w' 1 1 < -
Appointment of a sub-committee
to arrange details for the leasing or
the governor’s mansion property and
empowered to act as speedily as pos
sible, is getting matters ready for a
lease of this property was the out-
tanding feature of the first meetin of
the mansio nlease commission held
Wednesday in the office of Governor
Thos. W. Hardwick. The sub-commit-
toe will hold a meeting next Wednes
day and will be ready to report its
findings to the entire committee at a
meeting of the whole committee to
be held on the following morning at
10 o’clock.
Those named on the sub-committee
hi« offerings!
;—C. F. von Herrmann, Meteorologist.
government would insist upon full
operation of the nitrate plant thus
insuring a full supply of fertilizer
materials.
moth before the war. Figures from ; vestigate the qu-.: i
Baden and Bavaria shaw that South, cr not the improvement
German factory workers are but 60 : ed on the property by
*H-r cent efficient. su bject to taxtetipn.