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DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF C HI THE BEST COUN TY IN NORTH GEORGIA. CANTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922 NIT Ml Milt MCCLURE MR ILK ME UK WEDNESDAY PRESS BODY ENDORSES FORD'S SHOIIIS DEFER Mr. Adolphus N. McClure age 70. died at his home in Canton suddenly Wednesday night at 10 o’clock Mr. McClure retired at his usual hour Wedhesday night apparently in the best of health, his daughter awakened a few minutes before 10 o’clock and rushed to her uthers bedside and failing to arouse him summonsed a doctor, but before aid arrived he breathed his last. Mr. McClure came to Cherokee county a number of years ago from Gordon county, having lived the greater portion of his life in Chero- kee, where he has made a wide circle of friends throughout the entire county. He was a son of the late Rev. C. M. McClure of this county. Mr. McClure was a sterling southern gentleman, standing for the things that were for the ad- vancment of his country and for the things that were worth while ha always took a leading part and in his death the county has lost a valuable citizen and the news of his death will bring sorrow to his scores of friends and relatives. Hi was a devout member of the Methoaist church and a member of the Masonic faternlty. His remains were laid to rest Friday evening in the city cemetery after funeral services were conduct ed ac the Methodist church. A large Members of the Georgia Press as sociation passed resolutions de nouncing the Dyer anti-lynching bill, induing Henry Ford's offer to de velop Muscle Shoals, and approved tlx* proposed $75,000,000 bond issue for road building in Georgia at the afternoon session of the midwinter convention in the Ansle.v hotel Mon day. A resolution favoring the con tinuation of friendly ' relations be tween the Gcorgiu press and foreign advertising agencies was also adopt ed. H. M. Staley, m C. E. Benns and Jack L. Patterson submitted the resolution against the anti-lynhing bill which read as follows: Whereas, the Dyer anti-lynching bill is a serious and objectional tres pass upon state sovereignty, unfair in its provisions, and perhaps thoro ughly unconstitutional, be it 1 ' , Resolved, That the Georgia Press association express strong Bentiment against the passage of this iniqui tous measure, believing that it is un sound, unwise and unnecessary. It is unquestionably a measure inten ded as a reflection upon the south In the south, law and order are maintained quite as effectually as anywhere else in the country, and this bill should not be permitted to become a law. The resolution approving of the proposed $75,000 000 state good roads bond issue was submitted by G. S. Chapman, 0. W. Fissavant RELICS SOLD iber of frignds and relatives be- prOHehl^fYf pay their last sail res- to the deceased. ■ He Is survived by five children. Four daughters, Miss C1eo of Can ton, Miss Ollie of Atlanta. Mrs. Tolbert of Rome and Mrs. Wiles of Florida, one son, Mr. A. W. McClur* of Canton. The Advance extends its tender ed sympathy to the bereaved in their deep hours of sorrow. and E. B. Vessel!, and’ Tr Rhbmflft'i! the resr>^“ Memories of half century of Georgia history were called up at the old governor’s mansion at Peachtree anu Cain streets Tuesday morning when much of the furni ture of the munsoin was sold at au ction by B. Bernard representing the state. A crowd was present at the sale and showed much interest in the relics as they were placed on sale. The Atlanta chapter of the United Daughters of the Confedetacy though Mrs. John Perdue, purchas ed much of the furniture for use in the new chapter house of that or ganization. Some of the furniture possessing historic interest was loan ed to the chapter at the order of Governor Hardwick. It was found that the governor had no authority to give the furniture to the chapter, hence several purchases were made in addition to the furniture loaned. The silverware used by Georgia governors, some of it since 1870 when the mansion was first purchas ed, was not sold, but will be held for use in a naw mansion. In the list of property sold were several large mirrors, the palor suit of furniture settees and chairs, and rugs. Some statuary said to have been purchased for the state hy Alexander H. Stephens was pur chased Sy the U. D. C. Several wo men were present at the sale and were among those who made pur- Washington, February 1(5,—Many World war veterans are making a “soft living" out of federal voca tional training, Colonel Charles R. Forbes, 'director of the Vcterna’s Bureau, today charged before the convention of the disabled American veterans' of the World War. The entire rehabilitation program will be a flat ^failure unless the “vet eran hHMetf plays ball.” Forbes said. Congress has made ample pro vision for the veterans handicap ped by wound?, injuries and disease contracted in the line on duty, he said. "Wa are forced to admit that there are ex-aervice men who are undergoing vocational training for the sole purpoa* of remaining on the payroll . and drawing vocational maintenance pay which ragnes from $100 to $170 per .month.” Forbes de clared. • , £ “Many men In the past hava jumped frot| one vocation to anoth er and freif one city to another and have demonatrated that their sol* purpose ft 1 undergoing vocational training ^rail to deceive maintenance pay. indorsing the Henry Ford Muscle Shoals offer. . Jkk ... .V* An ola sidohnlHvi whlcn wnff Forbes called on veterans organi zations t« carry home to the man oast with the votffctidnal handicap the nec bilitated and tak- II gainful occupation oesible time. ujrepu hi doing HiUhouse-Sp*ars Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ilillhousc of Lebanon, Ga., announce the mar riage of their daughter, Ruth to Leland Spears of Canton, Ga. the wedding having taken place in At lanta, Gq,, Feb. 1; Mrs. Spears is the eldest daughter of Mr. nnd Mi’s. W. H. Hillhouse and is a pretty nnd attractive bru nette. She is a graduate from Can ton High school and later attended G. N. I. C. at Milledgeville, Ga., where she graduated June of last year. Mr. Spears is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Spears, and is well known throughout the county. For tho past year he has held a po sition at Blue Ridge, Ga. The young coupe will make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Spears for the present. Tax Receivers 1 First Round: r - V I will be at the following places on the dates named for the purpose of receiving State and County Tax Returns. Monday Feb. 13th. Salacoa in A. M. Harbins in P. M. Tuesday Feb. 14th. Claytons A. M. Ball Ground P. M. Wed. Feb loth. Conns Creek A. M. Cross Roads P. M. Thursday Feb. 16th. Mullins A. M. Little River P. M. Friday Feb 17th. Hickory Flat A. M, Lickskillett P. M. Monday Feb. 20th. at Woodstock All Day Tuesday F e b. 21st. Fair Play A. M._ Wild Cat P. M. Wednesday Feb. 22nd. Bells A. M Sixes P. M. This Feb. 8th. 1922 # » W. J. WHITE, Tax Receiver. bought down from the attic was one of the relics sold. It bore many little circle which attested the presence in the old days of bottles of various sizes. ' - - The old mnnsoin was purchased during he administration of Gov ernor Rufus Bullock, who was the last carpetbag governor of Georgia in 1870. At that time it was one of the most imposing residences of any kind in Georgia. All the governors of Georgia since1870 have lived in the mansion xecept Governor Hard wick. Former Governor Hugh H. Dorsey was the Inst governor to live in the mansion. Through an act passed by the legislature at its last session a com mission was appointed to leaRe the manion for 50 years. This commis sion recently closed a deal leasing the property to Ben J. Massell of At lanta. Mr. Massell is planning to build several imposing buildings on the site. The old mansion will be torn away within a ■short time to make room for the proposed im provements. Josiah T. Rose, Collector of Inter nal Revenue for the District of Georgia, has announced that Deputy Collector D. K. Roberts will be in Canton, Ga., on Feb. 17th, for the purpose of assisting taxpayers ‘of this county in filing their current Federal Income Tax returns. All taxpayers are urged to have their figures and all necessary informa tion in proper shape in order to ex pedite the work of the deputy. essity of 1|fi ing his in the shortei The •anything service men. At the present time 105,000 men are receiving vocation al training and within two years fully 200,000 men will be receiving training, he said. Comperhensive plans for expand ing veterans aid work is being made he said. Fully $510 000,000 has been set aside for each work he said. Ex-service men or their dependents are receiving more than $1,000,000 daily. Farbes said. “In view of all these facts it is hard to reconcile the statements that the disabled ex-service man is being neglected,” he said. The convention sent a memorial to Secretary of State Hughes com mending the arms conference for its accomplishments of nations for the purpose of putting an end to wars. Mr*. O. F. Mullins D e ad. Mrs. O. F. Mullins died at her home in Canton, Wednesday morn ing at 2;30 o’clock after an illness of a few weeks. She was ^fifty-eight years of age, being a member of the Baptist church for a number of years and had also been a resident of this place for about fifteen years. Surviving her are her husband and several hildren all of whom were at her bedside when the end came. In terment was ip t the Holly Springs NOTICE Notice, we do not care for any one in Sixes that ia not our regular cor- respondent to send us in news. We have a correspondent in this sec tion and do not care to be mixed up with some silly person that wants to cast some reflection on their neigh bor, so in the future we will not carry any news from this section unless it is sent in by our regular correspondent, however if any good citizen has anything they want pinted of special intent we will be glad to do so, but in all instance® they must sign their names to same. NOTICE There will he an Oyster supper at Hickory Flat school house Satur day, Fob. 11, from 6:30 to 9:30 P. M. The proceeds to be used for the new school building. NINE IWIKATED II THEATRE DISASTER Washington, February 14.—The coroner’s jury which sought to de termine responsibility f or the Knick erbocker theater disaster has order ed nine men to lie held for action of the grand jury. The jury report- cd late Tuesday. It found that the 87 persons lost their lives when the theater collaps ed January 28, because of “faulty designing and eonstrution ami in adequate supervison and inspection of the theater.” The men are being held on a technical charge of involuntary manslaughter, the maximum penalty Tor which is 15 years imprisonment. The nine men are ordered to a|^ pear in the office of United States Distrit Attorney Gordon,, Wednes day. Each will be asked to put up $5,000 bond. The grand jury will at once begin its deliberations. The menordcred to be held are: Reginald Wiclyffe Genre, designer of the theater. John Howard Ford, engineer who modified the plans for the steel structure. Maurice Hacker district building inspector at tho time the theater was erected. Frank L. Wagner, general con tractor for the building. Donald Wallace, superintendent, of the job. Richard G. Fletcher, who installed the tiling and fireproof material. John L. McDonald* sub-enntraclor •toctal the stael COIION DEMAND SNOWS INCREASE mmsirut I Washington, February 14—Cot ton consumed during *, January amounted to 526,582 bales ot' lint and 40,499 of linters , compared with 3(5(5,463 of lint and 20,782 of linters in January Inst year t the census bureau announceed today. Cotton on hand January 31 in consuming establishments amounted to 1 675,033 bales of lint and 178,- 791 of linters, compared with 1,- 263,961 of lint and 238, 312 of linters so held a year ago, and In public storage and at compass, 4,- 618,226 bales of lint and 134,226 of linters, compared with 5 645,482 of lint and 336,913 of linters so held a year ago. Imports during January amount ed to 42,098 bales, compared witlr. 24,024 in Janua"v lust year. Exporta during January totaled 475,910 bales incluHing 17,042 bales of linters, compared with 605, 381 bolee, Including 5 246 balqa of linters, in January last year. Cotton spindles active during Jan uary numbered 84,457,509 compar ed with 81,539,481 in January last year. • ■ Statistics for cotton growing stat es follow: Confutncd during January, 824,- 87,5 ba^es, computed with 234,944. On hand January 81 in consulti ng establishments, . 867,051 bale* compared with 614,750 a year ago, public storage and at i m cpgincei’ who approved th*. a the theater. Julian R. Wownmnn, present computing engineer in the building inspector's office who made several inspections of the building and ap proved it. The district building inspector's office was severely censured in the verdict. wltH.I _ Cotton spindles actW# durl uarf numbered 15,650 718 comp ed with 14,755,198 in Jnnuafjr last year. The corner’s jury rccommendod that all theaters and places where the public assembles be closed and kept closed until such time as their safety is ussured. Many of the witnesses testifying the inquest were scored in the verdict for their “evident unwilling- We regret to announce through our paper (hat Russel Price has been quite ill at a sanitorium in At- lauta, however he is much better now. ness and mental reservation.” Tho jury recommended also a thorough revision of the district building code, with heavy penalties for violation. WANTED—Man with car to sell ow priced GRAHAM TIRES. $130 I per week and commissions. ORA- j HAM TIRE CO., 443 Bulevard, j Benton Harbor, Mich. If your watch is not running properly, you take it to a watch repair man; if you are sick, you consult a physician. It your financial affairs are not running properly, consult an expert. Bankers are to financial matters what the watch repair man is to watches and the physician is to the man who is sick. The officers of our bank will be glad to cons garding your business affairs on which you wi and like tho physician, they do not gossip they are consulted. cemetery Thursday with Rev. H. W. Moody officiating. The Advance ex tends sympathy for the bereaved family.