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\ , „ - ✓ ’'■•ML „ - < • DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT' tOKEE, THE BEST COUN TY IN NORTH GEORGIA. VOLUME XLVII CANTON. CEORGI DAY, JANUARY 27, 1922. Nm BECURES I HIS FOLLOWED LkW i-PBISIONS ILACKSHEM DIDDLED WITH DULLETS Blackshear. Ga. January 20.- An armed band of men, be lieved by of ficials to be members of a whisky The law passed by the 1021 onlered IMftcksheav eor l y this morning and shot up the business section of the city, first attacking lature covering the payment of pen sions to confedrate veterans was fol lowed strictly by Attorney- General George M. Napier when he ruled that pensioners of the “new” class will not be paid out of the money appropriated and that the pensions of the “old" class will be reduced, he announced Friday. “In making this ruling' 1 simply followed the law which was passed by the legislature at its last session. The law is plain and there was noth ing else to be done In the case," Attorney-General Napier said. The question of paying “old" and “new" pensioners was debated to some lenght in the legislature before the law was passed. An appropria tion of $1,250,000 for the year 1922 and 1923 was made. Later it was found thut more money would be needed to clear up past due pensions and $800,000 was apropriated. the following law ns the bnsis or his opinion: Attorney-General Napier quoted Section 14 paragraph (d) of the uct of 1921 (see Georgia Iaiws, 1921. page 18), provides ns follows: “For the payment of pensions which shall become due for each of the years 1922 and 1923, $1,150, 000. The same to be paid to that class of pensones sowing a pension prior to the acts of 1919, and the the amount to he paid to be the same as paid prior to all nets of 1919." Some Ai Fi its of the ’ Problems By BERI M. BARUCH (Reprinted frM)||j|t.lantic Monthly) the Marion hotel, owned and oper ated by Mrs. John W. Roberson, widow of the late Sheriff Roberson, who recently was killed while raid ing a still, and the present home of her son Sheriff Olin Roberson. No one has been reported injured. No less than fifteen shots were fired into the hotel. Guests having front rooms at the hotel regarded their escape from injury as remurk- able. Bullets flew thick and fast Pictures and other objects on the walls of the rooms were shot down. The bandits then proceeded fur ther into the business section, firing fusillade after fusillade in every direction. The plate-glass window of the postofficc was shattered by bul lets, while the buildings of the Black sheur Drug company, S. E. Cohen, Strickland Brother company and Dr. G. Hendry were riddled. The gang evidently waited out side of the city limits until the local power house cut off its lighting sys tem for the night. With the town in darkness, the band swept through streets in an automobile, firing at random. There was little shouting above the roar of their harking wea pons. o Death of Mrs. E. D. Fowlci BALL GROUND NEWS Mr. A. W. McClure, Sr. and Mrs. A. W. McClure of Canton was the week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner. Mesdames Jackson and Smith of Atlanta spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Garrett. Mr. and Mrs. Southwell und fam ily left Saturday for Gainesville, where they will reside. Miss Addie Mae Faulkner leaves Monday for G. N. I. C. Misses Vera Groover and Dessie Anderson, Mosers Robert Clegg and Bridge atte nded the Methodist Sun day School Convention at Canton Mrs. Fred Boling spent several days in Jasper last week on account of the illnes of her father. Severn! from here are expecting to attend the Baptist Sunday School Convention in Canton Sun day. Mr. McWhorter spent two days in Etowah, Tenn. last week. Mrs. A. W. Roberts visited Mrs. Roll Coggins of Atlanta last week. Mr. Henry Gibbs of Ashville, N. C. is spending a few days with his mother. Messers Sim and Paul Logan of Atlanta spent the week end with their Sister, Mrs. Herehel Allen. Mrs. Cammille Lemon has ac cepted a position with the Insu rance Company in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Veal and family of Conyers are the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Cagle. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Price delight fully entertained the Rook Club last week. Miss Maude Wheeler and Mr. Ben Perry won the highest score. Those present were: Misses Cora and Inez Hubbard Maude Wheeler, Bernice Roberts, Mesdame Perry and Turner. Messers Hugh Boling, Robert Clegg, Bridget, Herman Hardin, Grady Gilmer. Paul Jackson and Ben Perry. Mr6. E. D. Fowler died Saturday January the 14th after a brief ill ness, of a sleeping disease; ahe wen* to sleep Thursday and never re vived except a few minutes before she passed away. Surviving are a husband and six children, before her marriage she was Miss Sarah Nancy Compton She was a member of Riverdale Baptist church for several years Interment was in Chaicedonia cem- etnry Sunday with Rev. W. H Moody in charge and a short talk bv Rev. C. A. Waters. Now Flint (lie fanners arc stlf thinking, and uniting as never b« to eradicate these Inequalities, are subjected fo stern economic Lures, and are met with the accusnttol that they are demanding, and are the recipients of, special privileges. Lot us see what privileges flic govern mcfjjj bos conferred on tlio fanners. MiifcB has been made of Section fl of tin Clayton Antl-Tv • An-', which |>mt* ported to permit them to combine with Immunity, under certain condition 1 -/* Admitting that, nominally, this ex emption was In flie nature of a special privilege,—though 1 think it was so lr appearance rather than in fact,—we, find Mint die corn-1* have nullified *♦ by judicial interpretation. Why should not the farmers Lie permitted U> ac complish by co-operative methods wlmt other businesses are already doing by co-operation in tlie form of incorpora tion? If It ho proper for men to 1 form,, by fusion nf existing corporations ot otherwise, a corporation that controls the entire production of a commodity, or a lnrge part of it, why is it not proper for a group of farmers to unite for the marketing of their common products, either In one or in severnl selling agencies? Why should it he right for n hundred thousand corporate shareholders t<> direct 25 or 30 or 40 per cent o* an industry, aod wrong for thousand . co-operative griculture and"!Tie production arid dls Hontlon of farm products are not «»•- orded the same opportunities that are provided for other businesses; espe cially as the enjoyment by the farmei such opportunities would appear to even more contributory to the gen HILLS HOLDS /A*. ?>- NUMBER 4 Major and Mrs. H. J. Mills, with their eight children, held a family reunion on Christmas day and pre sented to each member of the fam ily a check which is their annual custom. v-t&fli AMENDMENT ADOPTION OBSERVED N. C. T. U. MEETINGS al good than In the case of other ustrlea. The spirit of American nocracy is unalterably opposed, Ike to enacted special' privilege and the special privilege of unequal op- unity that arlaea automatically tho failure to correct glaring nomic inequalities. I am opposed the Injection of government Into ijiiess, hut I do believe that it is an tlul function of democratic gov- iment to equalize opportunity an It Is within its power to do so, her by the repeal of archaic es or the enactment of modern If the anti-trust Jaws keep the rs from endeavoring scientifically tegrute their Industry while other [■tries find n way to meet modern ions without violating such stat- itteft then it would aecrn reasonable to fid a wav for the farmers to meet thus lunder tho same condition*. 'Hie law. Would operate equally In fact. He pairing the economic structure on one side no Injustice to the other side, wblth Is In good repair. : ♦:« have traveled a long way from i-dd conception of government as mt-jik.6,. defensive nnd policing agency; Major Mills is a native of Missouri and settled in Pickins county, Geor gia He married Miss Lincy Collins of Cherokee county, Georgia. Their cdglit children were horned in the same house, which still stands on the old homestead near Ludville, Ga., Pickens county. a hundred farmers to control n no !a r S or pr«^corrective, ov e^tauV lion of the wheat crop, or cotton, « iDg jpftSatio-, which apparently Is of I TOON1GH The candy pulling at Mr. Wilson, Saturday night was enjoyed bv a arge crowd. Misses Vancile and Alden Benson, Leela and Wylene Flanagin spent Saturday night with Miss Wilie Mae and Leo Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Wilson spent Saturday night with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wilson. Mrs. Lizzie Johnson and family spent Saturday night with her daughter Mts. Mattie Grasham. Mises Ducii and Mary A lie House spent Sunday with Miss Leela and Wyiene Flanagin. Mr. Jim Turner of Canton Route 4 spent Sunday night with Mrs. and Mr. Joe Blak.lodge. day night with Miss Lucile Evr GEORGIA,—Cherokee County. Whereas, E. F. ft T. F. Hawkins, Administrators of W. T. Hawkins, represents to the Court in their pe- cord, that they have fully adminis tered W. T. Hawkins estate. This is therefore to cite all persons con cerned kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said Administrators should not be discharged from their administration and receive iotteiu m oiMiiabMii the first Monday In February, 1922. JACOB MASSEY, Ordinary. any other product? The Department of Agriculture Is often spoken of a* a special concession to the farmers, but In Its commercial results, It Is of ns much benefit to the buyers aw? consumers of agricultural products as to the producers, or even more. I do not suppose that anyone opposes the benefits that the farmers derive from the educational nnd res. search work of the department, or the help thni it gives them in working out Improved cuitilral methods and prac tices, In developing better yielding va rieties through breeding and selection, fn introducing now varieties from re mote parts of the world and adapting them to our climate and economic con dltion, and In devising practical mens urea for the elimination or control of dangerous and destrucCve animnl and plant diseases, insect pests, and the like. All these things manifestly tend to stimulate and enlarge production, and their general beneficial effects ur* obvious. It is complained ilint, whereas tin law restricts Federal Reserve banks to three months’ time for commercial paper, the farmer is allowed six months on Ills notes. This Is not a special privilege, hut merely such n recognition of business conditions a? makes It possible l'or country banks to d" business with country people The crop farmer ban only one turn over a year, white the merchant und manufacturer iau.- many. Incidental ly, 1 note thut the Federal Reservi Board lins just authorized the Fed era I Reserve banks to discount export paper for a period of six months, to conform to the nature of the busi ness. The Farm Loan hanks are polnled to ns an Instance of special govern ment favor for farmers. Are they not rather the outcome of laudable effort- t.o equalize rural and urban condi tions? And about all the government does there is to help set up an ad mlnistratlve organization and lend * little credit at the start. Eventually the farmers will provide all the capl tal and carry all the liabilities them selves. It Is true that Farm Loan bonds are tax exempt ; but so are bonds of municipal light and traction plants, and new housing Is to he ex empt from taxation, In New York, for The eight, children's names and 'oentions are as follows: W. D. Mills attorney-at-law, 8 Delta place, In- man park, Atlanta Ga.; Dr. Joseph T. Mills, resides nnd practices his nrofession ut McIntyre Wilkenson county, Georgia. Mrs. Bessie Mills Carter resides at Grady hospital, where she is employed us one of the hospital superintendents. Mrs. Maud Mills Gurney resides in Capitol View, her husband having died with the flu during the epidemic of 1918. Mrs. Florence Mills Walkoning re sides at Elizabeth Terrace apart ments on Edgewood Avenue, Her husband is a physician with offices In the Hurt Building. Mrs. Alyce Mills Morris resides on Allene avenue. * i - ■ a special nature, Is often of the most general beneficial consequences. Eveu the First Congress passed a tariff act that was avowedly for the protection of manufacturers; but a protective tariff always has been defended ae a mean* of promoting the general good through n particular approach; and the statute books are filled with acts for the benefit of shipping, commerce, and labor, IT Miss Wyoiene Flanagin spent Mon- On the ether hand, the farmer reads of plans for municipal housing proj acts that run into the billions, of hun dreds of millions annually spent on the merchant marine; ho reads that the railways are being favored with Increased rates nnd virtual guaranties of earnings by the government, with the result to bint of an 'no-eased toll oil that he sells and nil that hr tion, duly filed and entered on je- ° ays He hears of many manifesto tlons of governmental concern for par tlcular Industries and Interests. Res cnlng the railways from Insolvency is undoubtedly for the benefit of the country as a whole, but what can be of more general benefit than encour agement of ample production ol’ the principal necessaries of life and their even flow from contented producers {»' satisfied consumers? While U may be conceded that special governtnental aid may be nec essary In the general Interest, we musf ■It agree tbai-It-la difficult. to seefiyby Row, what la the farmer asking? Without trying to catalogue the re medial measures thut have heen sug gested In his behalf, the principal pro posals that bear directly on the Im provement of liis distributing and mar keting relations may be summarized as follows:— First: storage warehouses for cot ton, wool, and tobacco, end elevators for grain, of sufficient capacity to meet the maximum demand on tlmui at the peak of the marketing period. The former thinks that cither private cap! fal must furnish these facilities, or the state must erect and own the eleva lors and warehouses. •Second: weighing and grading of agricultural products, and certification thereof, to bo done by impartial and disinterested public Inspectors (this Is already accomplished to some extern by the federal licensing of weighers and graders), to eliminate underpay ing, overcharging, and unfair grading, and to facilitate the utilization of the slored products ns the busts of credit. Third: a certain!- of credit sufficient to enable the marketing of products in an orderly manner. Fourth: the Department of Agrlcul lure should collect, tabulate, summa rlze, and regularly and frequently pub lisb and distribute to the farmers, full i,formation from all the markets of the world, so that they shall be as well Informed of their selling position ns iniyers now are of their buying post lion. Fifth; freedom to integrate the bus! ness of agriculture by means of con -olldated selling agencies, co-ord!nnt ng and co-operating In such way as to put the farmer on on equal footing with the large buyers of bis products, and with commercial relations In other industries. When a business requires specialized talent, It has to buy It. -So will the farmers; and perhaps the best way for them to get It would he to utilize some of the present machinery of the larg est established agencies dealing In farm products. Of course, If he wishes, ihe farmer may go further and engage in flour-milling and other manufactures of food products. In my opinion, however, he would be wise to atop short of that. Public interest may he opposed to nil great integrations; but. In justice, ahould they be forbidden tc the farmer and permitted to others? The corporate form of association can not now be wlndly adapted to his ob jects and conditions, The looser co operative form seems more generally suitable. Therefore, he wishes to be free, If he finds it desirable and feas ible, to resort to co-operation with his fellows and neighbors, without run ning afoul of the law. To urge that the farmers should hsfejths saw*? lib- Her husband is in, the insurance and real estate husWestr, wfch offices Jn the Austell building. Mrs. Lilly Mills Woodall resides on Tenth St and her husband superintends ono of the chain of Rogers stores. Grady Stephens Mills is a printer and helps manage and publish the DeKalb New Eru, Decatur, Gu. where he also resides. The above clipping from the issue of the Atlanta Constitution of Jan uary 8th will be of interest to the many readers of the Advance ns Mr. Mills and his family were residents of Canton some twenty years ago more. Major Mills, as he wus famillinriy known to his many friends was Editor of the Cheroke^ Advance for several yenrs while (his i'umily has many relatives nnd riends throughont this county ho will read with pleasure the ubove account of the coming together, on the occasion of a re-union of this large and splendid family. May they ull live to ejoy mn.v more such oc- Columlius, Ga. January 22— Thc- dry law enactment was celebrated here with two simultaneous mas- meetings, one at St. Luke's church down in the city and the other it the Rose Hill Methodist church. Mrs. J. A. Thomas, of the Therseu Griffin W. C. T. U., presided at tin former, and Mrs. Frank B. Boyce, president of the Rose Hill W. C. T U., presided over the latter. Addresi- es of several phases of national probition and on law enforcement in which home brewers nnd boot loggers were said to he on n par. were made by Prof. T. C. Kendrick, principal of the Columbus Hign school. Chief of County Police Mitch Huiing. Rev. I. S. McElroy. of the First Prccsbyterinn church Rev. J. A. Thomas, Rev. L. A. Hen derson, Frank J. Dudley and Mrs. Charles S. Davis. Miss M. Thersea Griffin, sditor of The Georgia W. C. T. U. Bulletin, announced a Sabbath observance edition for Fehunry, with special article® by Dr. H. L. Bowleby, ol New York, general secretary of the Lord’s Day alliance; Rev. Waltei Anthony, of Athens; Mrs. Emma L. Sarrett Central City, Neb,, national Vf. 'E. T. O. gapeHwtontWift the Sabbath observance department, and by Mrs. Edin P. Nowell, Jr., of Mon roe. superintendent of this depnrt ment for this state, with indorse ments of a Sabbath observance cam paign by Mrs. Leila A. Dillard, of Emory university, Georgia W. C. f. IJ. president, nnd Mr*. Mary Hnrri- Amor, LL. D., field secretary. cassions. MRS. H. C. PUCKET DEAD Mrs. Howell C. Pucket of Queen City Texas died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Andy Elrod in Shrievcsport Louisiana Wednesday the eighteenth, after a brief illness or only a few hours. She is survived sevcrnl children of Texas and Robert Lee Pucket of South On. Before her marriage shu was Miss 1 Nancy Sims of Cherokee County, of which she was a resident for a num tier of years. She was a Christian woman; for n number of yenrs be ing a member of the Baptist faith. Her remains were laid to rest in Queen City Texus. She has a num ber of relatives in this county. (“rfV' to consolidate and eo-nrciTnnfe their peculiar economic functions, which other Industries In tlietr fields enjoy, Is v.at, however, fo concede that any business Integration should have legislative sanction to exercise monop ollstic power. The American people nre ns firmly opposed to Industrial as io political autocracy, whether at tempted by rural or by urban Industry. For lack of milted effort the farmers ns n whole are still marketing iboii crops by antiquated methods, or by no methods at all, but they are surrounded by a business world that has been modernised to the last minute and Is tirelessly striving for efficiency. This efficiency Is due In large measure to big business, to united business, to In tegrated business. The farmer* now seek the benefits of such largeness, un Ion und integration. The American farmer Is a modern af the moderns In the use of labor saving machinery, and he has made vast strides in recent year* in scientific tillage and efficient farm management, but as a business In contact with other businesses aglrcultur* Is a "one horse ahay” In competition with high power automobiles. The American farmer Is the greatest and moat intractable of Individualists. While Industrial pro- duetton and all phases of the huge com mercial mechanism and Its myriad ac cessories have articulated and co-ordi nated themselves all the way from nat ural raw materials to retail sales, the business of agriculture has gone on in much the one man fashion of the back- wood* of the first part of the nine toentb century, wheD the farmer wsa self sufficient ami did not depend upon, or care very much, whut tho great world was doing. The result is that the agricultural group is almost as much at a disadvantage In dealing with other economic groups as the Jay farm er of the funny paces In the hands of sleek urban confidence men, who sell him acreage In Central Park or the Chicago city hall. This leader# of the farmers thoroughly understand this, and they are intelligently striving to Integrate their Industry so that It will be on an equal footing with other busi nesses. As an example of Integration, taks the steel Industry, tn which the model Is the United Stales Steel Corporation, with Us Iron mines, its coal mines, its lake and rail transportation, Its ocean vessels, Its by-product coke ovens, Its blast furnaces, It* open hearth and Bessemer furnaces, Its rolling mills, Its tube mills and other manufacturing processes that are carried to the high est degree of finished production com patlble with the large trade It has built up All this Is generally conced ed to be to the advantage of the con sumer, Nor does the *teel corporation inconsiderately dump Its products on the market. On the contrary, It so set* that li ts frequently a stabilizing influence, as is often flu- case with >< li ar large organizations;. Ii is muster of Its distribution us well os *ff it- pro duction. If prices are not satisfactory the product* are bqW baflt or produc tion is reduced or suspended. It is not compelled to send a year's work to the market. jU one Mine and lake whatever (Continued on page two) 7 ( I is