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DEV0TED TO THE MATEUIAL DEVELOPMENT OP CHEROKEE, THE BEST OOUN TY IN NORTH GEORGIA.
VOLUME XLVi
NOTICE
ro SCHOOL PATRONS
E TWEEDEL WINS
-By Prof. 0. H. Hixon—
Or , GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921
NUMBER 39
IZE FOR EFFICIENCY
|veeka ago Mr. W. C. Hunu
1 thru The Times that in
order to encourage the boys of the
t c-.irds for the first months councy w ho are mechanically inclined
work will go out next week. We are and talented in' that direction, he
reasonably certain that there are a would give an automobile he had tv.
number of parents who never see j the boy who showed evidence of
these cards. We want to ask. there- having the most ingenuity in this
fore, ihat all parents take enough in- bne _
terest in these reports to inspect them
and see that the child brings them
home to the parents for their signa
ture. They have been coming baen.
signed with the parent’s name, but
we are satisfied that same was fl.rged
in a number of cases, though we had
no way of proving it positively.
Parents, please sign the reports your-
The car has been given to Pierce
Tweedell, of Sugar Valley, a four
teen years old lad who has construct
ed a submarine that will remain sub
dued for a given length of time
d then will rise to the surface o.
I he water. Another examle of his
ventive ingenuity is a “rain indu
11 an electric bell which rings when
first few drops of rain falls, thv
$ BUM
ftSSUifS CALViN
If a man be a conservative opti
mist, if ho has been a student of men
and affairs for a number of years,
he can readily see both sides of the
tK OHMteiA
F
The second annual Baptist Bible
Conference will be held at the First
Baptist church at Dalton, October 25-
Sp. Dr. Josiah Crudup, pastor, will
METHODIST REVIVAL
WILL CLOSE SUNDAY
if rOB iM REST
shield. He will carefully examine i lecture on Acts of the Apostles, and
self fr. ; -l r :ith, and we can com-,
pare signatures for succeeding',, t e r serving to ~ establish contact,
months. j ,• using the bell to ring. The boy says
At the end of last year, hen a ( b j g dev j ce j s remind him to bring
high school pupil had failed, the j n ^h,, younf r chickens, in the event
parent said: “If you had let me
known, I would have prevented this.”
He had been sent nine notices in the
form of renort cards, and at least,
two letters had been addles ed to
he has forgotten them, and a rain
comes up. Mr. Hunt believes that
young Tweedell is destined to be
c me an inventor, and will probably
five to fine world some undreamed of
him in regard to the matter. 1 do not | dovicc that will add to the C omfoi.
know hethewr he hadrecei ved them. , of man k ind and lesson his burdens.
You need not expect your child Another hard contend/ for the
both sides, but his preference, caet-
eris paribus, will be for the bright
side. Wiser to steer clear of unfavor
able influences, they are similar to
waterspouts at sea and the newly dis
covered pockets develop in the day
time so, it is said the aeronauts ar
range to travel at night.
But the student of men and af
fairs his summary of any situation
is bused on the facts in the case and
the elements in the equation.
The foregoing paragraphs are pre
paratory to statements which you, if
you are isposed to look on the dark
side of the shield, will call into ques
tion. The majority of thise who read
th s artivle will probably be pleased
with, and encouraged by, the state
ments made particularly when they
note the fact that the statements are
based on official data.
One of the most assuring signs
of the times is thut we are becoming
to take more interest in school than car acca rding to Mr. Hunt, was (
you show him you have. You ure not ch ar ]i c Shaw, of McDaniel’s stntion, normalized day by day. An observant
beginning to do you r duty as parents v j 10 had shaped a pair of tongs from person will note that fact in every
unless you demand that these reports L bram of an old buggy t°P> «nd tor- j store, especially in every dry goods
come to you ever? f A ’ ir ™.Sy ,, ed „ shovel from a scooter plow, clothing establishment, and in
will be started by the teacher, if they j} 0 ^h shovel and tongs were good, every department store in which dur-
do not arrive, but are signed by sonu 1 fact) hotter than similar work done ing the busy hours of the day, he
one else, we cannot help it. They by many blacksmiths. A pea planting ; may chance to be. For example, dur-
must come back to us with the par-, d0V } ce this boy brought in was i ' , ing the war period when shopping we
ent’s name signed. .worthy of note, but he said he had j inquired as to the quality of the
If your child does not average cop j ed the idea from another, and it goods shown us, in many instances as
more than C or B on his daily work, 1 therefore, was not original with him to thes tyle as well as the quality of
you need not be surprised at his j^j r H un t’ s unusual interest in the goods. If pleased with purchase
failure on examination at the end of wh at the boys of the county are do- , made. The higher the price soared,
the quarter. The chances are at least j n g a j on g mechanical lines, and his,the more we bought least prices
five to one in favor of his failing on deg j re to encourage them in the de-, should continue to advance,
examination. I yelopment of their talent, are to be , Now after an inspection of goous
If the report card is poor in gram* comme nded. And it is gratifying to offered, we ask the price which latter
U4\ J. \\. O’Hara, Cartersville, En
listment Field Workers for northwest
Georgia, under the Georgia Baptist
Executive Committee, will lecture on
the “Efficient Church." Inspirational
heiresses v .11 he made at night by
leading leecmh.d ional ropresen-
l' ;vi. Every pastor and preacher
in nor thv. ; Georgia is urged to at
tend. The Dalton people will furnish
ojy'criainm; nt to all. Below is ttu
fifldy program as arranged:
RljtiO a. m. Devotional.
10;W. a. m. The Effic out Church, I)..
•J. W. O’Hara.
11 jJO a. m. 1 b!r Mudir- in Acts, Dr.
Josiah Crudup.
11:40 a. m. General Discussion and
Conference.
Noon —Adjournment.
2:00 p. m. Devotional.
4?15 p. m. Bible Studies in Acts, Dr.
Crudup.
3:00 p. m. The Efficient Church, Dr.
O'Hara.
' :40 p.m. General Discussion and
Conferenue.
injipirutional Addresses:
; Svarf lism," by Dr. W. W. Ham
ilton, (!)et. 25, 8:00 p. rrt.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 29.—Two wen
known Georgians have lately return
ed from the Oriel for a years rest.
These men have been missionaries
under the foreign mission board or
tho Southern Baptist convention.
The Iasi week of the Tillman meet
ing is very resultful, as there have
already been many conversions and
reclamations.
Mr. Tillman preaches tonight on
“Home Religion.” Appropriate songs
will be used.
There will be no services on Sat
urday morning, but as Mr. Tillman
has not preached at any of the Mar- | They «re Silas Emmett Stephens, of
hie Mills or the Colton Mill, a spcciu. Ball Ground, and C. Kelsey Dozier,
J service is planned for Saturday night,! 0 * Gainesville. They are both gradu-
giving an opportunity for all to nt-1 ■■ *'ei' university,
tend. * 1 ' *’ **y t r.«t long af.ei
lie will preach at the Methodist j ■ >. l . u di Id.,reel he Ed
Church c Sunday morning. . -«n.rnt to establish a twilight
A spet ’.d service . I the auditorium prayer meeting on the campus which
tor men only will he 8:80 p. m gi*-\v into the present \. M. C. A.
on Sunday. Ilia subject at that hour ; s “ • held every evening at
will be “The Wage Problem.” The tvv.light.
Wh ir Mr. Stephens was impress
ing the college community by his
leadership in a religious direction,
Mr. u ..ier wn" injecting a whole-
.lom ne s on tnc atletic field which
SOUTHEASTERN FAIR inis not bet . lost through the yectrs.
.lie was larger in body than his coni
closing sen ice will be on Sunday
night at the auditorium.
S. S. EXHIBIT AT THE
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2(5, 1921.—An j rade Stephens and he was more in-
interesting feature of the South- ! dined to the field of sports. But all
eastern Fair to bo held in Atintn the while he was making a record in
from October 13 through the 22nd, the class room which the faculty dc-
will be tho Sunday School exhibit, dared \ >uld bring him to a plage of
under the auspices of the Georgia leadership.
Sunday School Association. This will ; Leaving Mercer they went to
bo the sixth year that the Association Louisville, Ky., and graduated at the
hi- hit ' hnrgc o^ 111 s department at j S' .hem Baptist Theological semin-
the Southeastern Fair, and each year ary. They both married during their
lias seen remarkable progress in the student days at Louisville. Mr. Steph-
LEducatioi,” by Dr. R. W. Weaver, * material rent from Sunday Schools en* taught school in the mountain^
‘1 Oct. 26, 8:00 p. m. all over Georgia. i of North Georgia before he left for*
\Hon Missions,” by Dr. B. 1).] The material exhibited includes ! China and 1* was called the “Cyclone-
j ^ray, Oct. 27, 8:00 p. m. j original Cradle Rolls, handwork from of t,ie Mountains,” because of the en-
^Foreign Missions,” by Dr. II. M. the beginners, primary and junior thusiasm which he introduced into the
* Fugato, Oct. 28, 8 ;00 p. ni. _ | departments, such as paper folding work. At Morgantown he establish-
“Gt- . Baptist Program,” by Dr. tearing, color work, work books, ed the North Georgia Baptist college,
Arch C. Cree, Oct. 80, 11:00 a. m. modeling, illustrated songs and stori- which is today a great institution for
—4— es, relief maps, drawn maps, from the young people of the Blue Ridge
brought into action, supported by the 'the young people’s and udut divisions mountains.
wiijlc economic policies now being there will be work books, drawn. Mr. and Mrs. Dozier went to Fuku-
and High School Grades, at"least know'^ that here* and three"in"ow ' taatanter" detenuinM‘the quertton'rf! “*>’ <lev i el ° ped ’ ™ nrot fail t0 , Biv ° relief ma P 8 ’ invention cards oka, Japan. He preached as an evan-
. _ i tn tho i.ntirn I'finntvir 'in RPii!i n» i i.m . . . ..i.iL .....I l... ~.. f ......I...4 Bict
see that moe work is done at home. m j ds t are boys who without outside purchase.
We buy more conserva-|*° ^ ent ' re countr y an actual per and letters, stationary used by orga- gelist for a number of yeurs, but his
is impossible for these pupils to do SUKK estion or aSsitance, are begin- lively, for the reason that we think | cap “f cir c ulation of ^ney fully ade- nized classes; from the whole choo. work gradually turned towards Urn
fl * ' the wants of the people and there will be original calendars, hort- schools and he started the Willlnghum
all at chool.
ning to develop a mechanical ability it probable that prices will decline, i?/* -
We are convinced that one of the that will distinquish them in later life, Thus, you see, we are getting on 4 u * 1 c n ’c ,1 ^ K °f ti.ulc.
wor.-it things that can bo done for a and help in promoting the general ; solid ground. Day by day confidence
in those with whom wc deal will in-
nr rolls, original syuvenirs for spec- school for boys at Fukuoka,
k consummation, most devoutly j^l da ys. Original poaUfs for anepiui school has beOn recently
rfor, wv-be ce^sonsbly expect- dayfc original, 4 m. nt tim
td to follow closely the splendiTTPon- programsT niTsT 1
This
i.upil is to promote before he is ready progress
The best test is his ability to do work (The above is taken from the Cal- crease. That itself will strengthen ... . .. . . , . , , , , ....... .. ■, -
In the higher grade. It has already ho “ t"” Tweedell ie of and broaden the platform on which s*™”**™ *<■'*< which ha. been done, ed m, S „on„ry Icon,, and or.g.n.l Last June they graduate,
t, en brought to my attention, that we .tend W. ere roevloee.l the. . »“ d mU >“ Jo ' ,e _' n lhe ueur future, temperence help.,
there are some who are
the work. If this month’s report
shows that they are not doing tho
work, in a fairly satisfactory manner
at least, they will be put back in the
next grade unless their work shows
a decided improvement at once
tion, tnat ,, r<u ero i, ee countv familv and we stand. We are convinced that a , TT „ T .u ui
not doimr an ^neroxee county iamwy .by Hon. Eugene Meyer, Jr., the able
not aoing ... , remem bered bv raanv.) decided change for the better has . ... e , u a
h»« rpnnrt win ue lemcmoeieu uy many.; “ . managing director of the war finance
TWO FINED FOR SELLING
SEED COTTON AT NIGHT
managing
corporation.
been wrought—business is beue..
You see, confidence begets confi
dence. Money is more plentiful and
easier. The sum total of money, on do> j g do i n g and will do, ,.ne f -11
which is based the daily per. capita ing itemSi of date July 2 <). 19LM, i
This notice is to call your attention forhidden sale of seed Jetton after !?J«“ 1, i??". 0f .! Urr m"® y, . i8 being ,? rad - brought to your attentio .
,o some ays in which you can help us
till cannot be numbered
ually increased. This is exceedingly Loans granted:
| important; for there can be no genu- To financc cotton foi . ex .
over any previous year, in the char-' co tton at night,
r.cter of work done in school.
FORMER CANTON CITIZEN
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK
2,925,000
2,000,000
. . » . 1 UIV.I V call U1IU
t0 Ket be f 1 tcr rcsults aad ®. feel . 8Ure ,'vith the laws that have been covered ine prosperity—state-wide, country- Dort U6 660 0 0u
wthat, calling your attention toit, by the dust of years was contained wide prosperity—unless the per capi- ,, finance '"'condensed^ ’ ’
i, all that will be nccassary May in a recent preg8 dispatch from | ta C J CU J ion of money is fS, ly adu m ,l f " expo?" 8 500 000
we not have your full co-operation in Americas which told of the fining of | quale to the daily wants of all the mdK “J”; "" 8 ’ W
the matter suggested, and thus make a wh i te man and a negro, one for . people# “On the face of the returns” mP nt
t; year a decided_ »pror«nent buying, t he other for selling seed the per capita circulation of money in To ^"”"1 ‘"JuVu
. | the United States is $55.43. But To finance tobacco expor-
Section 654 of the Georgia crimi-,that, as far south and portions of 4fre tation - 1,848,600
nal code provides penalties for west arc concerned, is very largely in To finance machinery for
dealing in seed cotton or corn be- the decline. Doubtless the per cap sugar mills - 287,500
tween the hours of sunrise and sun- j ita circulation throughout the eastern To finance canned fruits
, , , , . n f set. It dates from reconstruction doys states is not less than $50. South „, lf l*250 000
.hfi oVm? Gu“m “ i'r ■ «". Of l 8 Vh po.o.1 >. per c„pit„ hireuUtion doer not
street, Canton. Mi. Mai tin, w o as ^. Qn business was a rather extensive
been living in Notfolk, a., or sev " and p) -ofitabie commercial pursuit. It
c-i al years is married anc as seveia ^ wag w his P ered that laborers in the
children. No details «f the accident fieldg wouJd secrete geed cotton dur .
were given. . Funeral arrangements j - ng the pr0 gress of the day’s work
and steal out from their cabins under
cover of darkness and dispose of the
clandestinely.
To check this practice, the leg
islatures of Georgia and other south
ern states got busy and decreed
eight young Japanese with credits
Further information regarding which entered them in any university
the exhibit may be secured from the in America or Europe,
office of the Georgia Sunday School j Mr. and Mrs. Stephens went to
That you may understand what the Association, 917 Hurt Bldg. Atlanta. Tsingtau, Shantung, China. He was
war finance corporation proposes to prem j U m lists are being sent to 1 soon recognized us the greatest evan-
a number of workers over the state, gelist that ever preached in nort,u
It is expected that this will be the China. The Chinese newspapers have
best exhibit yet arranged by the As- always spoken of his visit to a com-
sociation. munity as the coming of the “street
preacher.” He does not wait for a
ABUC&LE IS GIVEN FREEDOM house in which to preach, but gathers
ON $7 000 BOND ON THURSDAY a crowd on the street corner and
holds a service for all who come that
San Francisco, Sept. 29.—Roscoe way.
C. (Fatty) Ai buckle, at liberty today | Carter became so much inter-
under $5,000 bond after a two weeks’ e8 t e d in the work of his son-in-law
preliminary hearing on a charge of 1 ^at he gave an amount of money
murder in connection with the death w hich was used to establish the Car-
of Miss Virginia Itappe, a motion pic- 1 ^ er sc hool, now one of the principal
ture actress, will be tried on a charge sc hools in north China for both young
of manslaughter within a few days if men a nd women. Mr. Stephens is de
present plans of Matthew Brady, dis-1 vo ti n g much of his time to education-
ti ict attorney, materializes. I a ] WO rk, but never relinquishing his
Two such charges are pending 1 ,.jght to preach to the people.
against Ai buckle—one being placed
yesterday, when, at the conclusion of
the hearing before Sylvian J. Lazarus
police judge, the murder charge was
had not been completed at the time
we go to press.
PRESIDENT PARDONS DAWSON
COUNTY MAN FROM SERVICE
Intervention by President Harding
in the case of Charles Anderson, of
Dawson county, found guilty at the
term of the federal court on a
c - 7 * o-j violating the prohibition
lav,*, will relieve Anderson of the ne-
cessi'v of reporting Monday to begin
service of a thirty-day sentence.
A telegram received Thursday by
United States Marshal Claude Bond
f— tt! Attorney Harry M. Daugherty
stated that President Harding had j
^ranted a pardon to Anderson. Sen
tence was suspended until October 3 j WILL PASS THE 800 MARK
by order of U. S. Judge Sibley, fol-
During the decade 1850-186U Total $32,696,700
Georgia, under her own system of Of that total, 50.6 per cent was
banking, with no greater number of loaned in aid of cotton.
failures of banks than under our na- j Subsequent to July 29, loans were amend ; d and the ot her having been
Honal system from the organization made in the interest of cotton as fol- returned recently by a county grand
of the latter to date, had an actual Hows: To a southern exporter $500,- , j Iiry whit . h investigated the hotel par-
per capita circulfitioo in money of | 000 for the purpose of financing the . ty gjven by Arbuckle and at which
$ 62 - j export of cotton , in Georgia and the the gtate conten ds the young woman
You ask: “Cui bono?” Well, the | Carolinas. To a Southern banker, I rece i ve d injuries which caused her
benefits were seen and felt by every- $40,000 for the handling of 800 bales d( , at h.
body. Prosperity was like the dew 1 of cotton. To the Cotton Farmers’
that trading in seed cotton must be j on Mount Herman. Let’s see: Add i association of Oklahoma ami the T® x *, union TRAINMEN VOTE
Hnne when Old Sol diffused hi*L_. „ .... . . , , , UIN1UN 1 K A1 ^^ VUlt
result that “sundown cotton’ perhaps
conveys little meaning to the young
er generation of southerners.
It was stated in the dispatch from
Americus that the case of this week
was the first to be tried on the “sun
down cotton” charge in recent years.
REGISTRATION AT EMORY
'owing his trial in May, and his a
;;eys immediately took up the mr.tt r
with Washington. The telegram
merely stated that President Ilaioir.g
had pardoned Anderson.
Federal officials declared thui the
case was unusual because of the
short sentence involved. Anderson
also faced a fine of $100 fine on the
saiiie charge.
done when Old Sol diffused k> s j one-third to the value of property in ! as farm bureau funds with which to
kindly light over the earth with the .(he tax books; you have the real prop- i export, respectively, 200,000 and
erty value. Under that rule, which is 300,000 bales of cotton. To the cot-
fair, Georgia’s property values in ton producers of Arizona, $1,200,000
860 amounted to $896,950,728. Di-1 to finance the exportation of their
vide that by the total population of , cotton. To the Citizens and Southern
1,057,286, and you will have $8 47 per \ bank of Savannah, Atlanta, Augusta
capita wealth. Take 1920. Add one and Macon, $5,000,000 to finnnee cot-
third to the taxable property; you ton seed cake, peanut cake and naval
have its real value, i. e., $1,795,843,-1 ares for export sale. Up to Sep-
575. Divide by the population, mber 7, one million bales of cot-
2,895,832, and you have the 1920 per 11< n, or more, have been provided ex-
capita w.filth of the state, $620.00. P°rt facilities.
What was it that so powerfully con-1
tributed to the safe processes by , DIES AT 115, LEAVING
which wealth was builded during the . WIFE 102, AND SON 70
50’s and culminated in the grand to-;
tal in 1860? The answer is, the per despatch from ElPaso, Texas, in
capita circulation of money—gold, the Atlanta Journal of Thursday says
r . - er a d currency—of $52 ever.*' Tuan Fiores, 115 years old, died there I
day in every year.
The financial policy of the general
TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS
Registration figures for all . de
partments of Emory university were
expected to pass the 800 mark Thurs
day, when class room work for the
fall quarter was formally launched.
More than 750 students had regis
tered when the books closed Wed
nesday and university officials pre
dicted that possibly 100 more could
be expected to sign up by today.
Chi
go, September 29.—Ninety
per nt of the ballots cast by the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
on th? question of accepting a re
ducti< n in wages, favor a walkou
‘•The Japanese are the greatest ad
mirers of American people and Amer
ican progress,” said Mr. Dozier. “I
do not believe there will ever be
trouble between the nations, certain
ly not if America maintains her lead
ership of fair dealing."
Mr. Stephens tells many interest
ing stories of personal observation in
the Shantung question. He speaks,
with inside information about the
mooted question, and the colleges of
the state are inviting him to speak to
the students this fall.
Both men have already enjoyed a
wide experience and they declare
that when they have rested a year
they will return to the Orient for
another seven years, in which they
believe more progress will be wit
nessed than any previous seven years
the B
pineei
Incidentally Mr. Dozier brought
with him to America Mr. Seki, a
it w. unofficially announced to
night after two days spent in I haveT^rodueed
ing the returns which will not be
completed until tomorrow.
The courting of the ballots of
irotherhood of Locomotive En- "’^thy, J^nese, who has
riIlc „ . Brotherhood of Locomotive! matriculated at Georgia Tech. And
Firemen, Order of Railway Conduc-I^r. Stephens brought with him a
fori, and the Switchmen’s Union 0 f !bright young Chinese student who Ims
Forth America, will begin in Chicago j already matriculated at Mars Hill,
on Monday.
‘The neighbor who borrowed our
Union leaders regarded the results
Wednesday Hi<» wife 102 vears old, 1 of the trainmen’s vote as an indica- ,
and a‘son,' aged 70,’ survive. Mr. tion of the stand the other organiza-1 LawnmowerFast^spring:ha*:
& i,i and wants to borrow an overcoat,
government, which is now b e*** j Flores witnessed the attainment otfCcns o.ikl take.
r exico’s independence.