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1 1*-*' llfi HEEIING I! WOODSTOCK SUNDAY Last Sunday afternoon at the in vitation of the men of the Baptist church at Woodstock, some twenty- five or thirty men from Canton Baptist church and Sunday School journeyed down to Woodstock to a men’s meeting. Several very interesting talkR were made, both by Woodstock and Canton men, along the line of the duty of Christian men to their God, LEAKS HEIGH FOR BALL Chicago, Fbruary 28.—Judge Ke- nesaw Mountain Landis Tuesday concluded his seventeen years of service on the federal bench here and is now simply Mr. Landis, high- lord of water-buckets, bat-boys rookie left-handers, holdouts, king* of swat, philanthropic mnganite, and all othe outstanding appurtenances of onganized baseball. It was hoped of several defend- NORTH GEORGIA COTTON MUST BE IMPROVED IN QUALITY their church their fellow beings and,ants due to appear before the pug- their community at large. All talks seeming to point to the need of more co-operation on the part of all church people and good citizens, and this co-operative spirit being so manifest at this meeting, there ori ginated the idea of a County Co operative Association to be compos ed of Christians of all denomina tions to be organized for the pur pose of bringing the Christian men of our County closer together and to make more effective their work for God and their county. It was unanimously agreed by those pres ent that The Cherokee County Co operative Assoiation be formed, and a committee to be appointed by the Chairman to work out the details, such as by-laws, etc., for the As sociation. A more complete account of this Association and its purposes will l»e published later when their plans are perfected. To anyone present at the Wood- nacious old judge with the beetling white eyebrows, the fore-thruse jaw, and long, manancing foiefingcr, that on this his final day, lie would tem per his verdicts in a holiday spirit of mercy. Babe Ruth and others ran now sympathize with these gentlemen. The last case to bo tried by the judge was that of JuVus Hanson a saloonkeeper, charged with illegal sale of liquor. Mills Are Demanding Long Staple, Buyer Declares In Important Statement np it s««m & that power wlSsfYfrer^irfg some the course of the meeting, and of the balance of the county’s churches get the inspiration that the men of Woodstock and Canton churches re ceived at that meeting, there are glorious days ahead for the Kingdom work in Cherokee county, days when Christ's teachings of charity and good will toward all men will be nyire firmly entrenched in mens’ hearts, when our good county’s name will not be stained by reports of so many law violations because when the great number of men that will be in this Association band themsel ves together to do God’s work and to serve each other more faithfully, and stand four square to the world Miss Dorothy Miller Entertain*. On last Friday afternoon Miss Dorothy Miller was the charming hostess to a Rook party for her club The color scheme of lavendar and gold was carried. After the game ba nana split was served. Those enjoy ing the evening were, Misses Irene Turner, Mary McClain, Hazel Ho gan and Dorothy Miller, Mesers Alton Hogan, S. L. Coker, Aquilla Harbin and Paul "Wheeler. Marietta, Ga., February 26.—In m article addressed “To the Farm ers of Cobb County ’’ J. M. Fowler, one of the state’s best known cotton buyers, calls the attention of the farmers sharply to the fact that dur ing the past three years not Geor gia cotton has steadily deterorated in quality, and that they must quit growing short lint cotton. He show* in his nrticle that they are losing up to 4 cents a pound now, and that a market for heir cotton is getting scarce. “As most of you know I have been buyng cotton here for the past twenty years, and in a small way have shipped cotton to almost every country on the globhe,” he writes. What I wish to give is cold facts Class No. fi wishes to have a fnW tte.udance nejj&t. Sugjjay, in ogL^r to bring up the quota for this quar ter. Do your duty, ench member work. Come and bring some one with you. Our class can be one of the largest in Sunday school if each member will do her duty. Please, lets cooperate and all be there. A member. to aproblem which every former must face and solve sooner or latei 1 or cease to produce cotton. To cease production when we live in the very garden spot of the grenteBt cotton producing country of all the world is unwise and without any thoughVj is a crate of fruit of the lint or length of staple suicidal in the extreme. “The cold facts stick out SUPUWR Ml iw im FOUL mf. com Of SLAYING HAH The February term of the Chero kee Superior court convened in Can- Nasville, Tenn. February 28.—III a statement issued today .n which he ton, Monday moning with Judge D.j sa i,| “whether capital punishment is W. Blair presiding and Solicitor | r jght or wrong, it is the law of the inch or better. What they do not know or have not in the past, or are not now willing to admit, is that i they are receiving from $6 to $25 ! per bale less for this cotton than 1 the best of the short staples are' worth. | “They have been prone to fool t themselves into believing that they ! are getting as much as their neigh bor who grows Cleveland Big Boll College No. t or some such variety, and therefore they are getting the top of the market. Thut they have been getting as much as their neigh- ^ bor I will admit, hut nothing could be further from the facts than they Wood looking after the states inter est. The Grand Jury was quiekly organized with A. V. Jones as fore man and J. W. Chamlec as*clerk. Judge Blairs charge to the grand jury was listened to with much in terest after which the grand jury re tired to the room and settled down to business. The first three days of court was devoted to the civil docket while the criminal docket was token up Wednesday. While there is a con siderable amount of business to be tried there is no important cases and it is expected that court will ad journ Friday. TAX RECEIVERS SECOND ROUND The notice of Tax Receivers are getting the top of the market round * appearing elsewhere in this simply because their neighbor with ’ R8 ' 1 *® Advance is ERROR, and good inch better staple has been fore s ^ ou hl not he given attention, as this and not ‘hot air*. Moreover, it refer* «i to take their price instead of him ' s ,b ‘‘ * OHREt P NOTIC E. Please getting the better grade. Any pro- be K»verned accordingly, duce sells according to the poorest 1 wil1 be Ht the following places of the lot, not the best na can be on the named for the purpose verified any day, on the cotton yard of receiving State nnd Cpunty Tux by observing the price paid for a Returns for 1922. bale with a had side nnd a good one Mon (Iky, Mar. 13, Conns Creek part of which ' n D'rennvn, Cross Roads in after- U of very poor quality. noon. Tuesday Mftr. 14, Mullins in % To give some Idea of the loss en- forenoon, Little River in afternoon. he farmers on account of Wednesday, Mar. 15, Hickory Hat ou. oL these ruinous short * n forenoon, Lickskilletl in after- va- *°on. ThTrtWkM Man rious staples ree land, and men must he made to know that it, will he enfor <*d so long ns it remains the law.” Governor Alf Taylor indicated that he would, not interfere in the cases <.f John McClure, Charles Pet ree, Tom Christmas and Otto Stephens, under sentence to die at tomorrow’s sun rise for the murder of Geoge Lewis, in Anderson county Mrv 30, Inst. The governor’s statement con cludes: “To shoot u man down is horrible; to cut his throat in cold blood is horrible; to tie a man’s hands behind them and gag them, and then cut. their throats Is unspeakably horrible. This is the crime for which the four younjjr men stand convicted. Lewis begging for his life died floundering In his blood. Crumbly survived to tell the awful crime. "Murder will out.’’ News From Hickory Flat as good citizens and God fearing men, their glory will shine as a bea con light to the rest of the \yorld. Our County chaingangs will not be detaining men and boys that ought to be good citizens in the making, and our County will stand for Mor ality and Christianity as no other. Notice of complete organiation and plans will be given later. Mare u V n the^fa. e, ,u j, the proofs are' too positive vvhelming at this time for any farm- ?r to doubt that we must produce cotton of a better staple if we are to succeed. Cottons of shorter staple (staple les than an inch) have been introduced all over the cotto illicit, and owing to their high yield of lint they have gained favor greatly to the financial undoing of the farmer. That such a mistake was easy to make is perfectly logical on first though and was not confined to the small farmer by any means. That some of our largest and best farm ers made the mistake and will con tinue to do so for a few more year* does not alter the facts in the case nor replace the losses incurred from the practice. Neither does it remove any other farmer’s obligations to himself and family nor excuse hi; business judgment at a time when any can easily see the hadwriting on the wall if he will. “Every farmer will agree with me that to make cotton at a profit under present conditions we must do everything possible not only t<r in crease the yield per acre, hut to in crease the returns from the cotton There are two ways of saying tomer. ‘Come again" to a departing cus- One is by seaking the words so you will hear them; the other is by treating you so courteously, fairly and houestly that you see them in the salesman’s actions. We employ both methods. It pleases us to please you. Johnstons Drug Co. Canton, Ga. Phone 51 Mr. Charley Wht'eler and wife visited Mr. .1. A. Wheeler Saturday night. Mr. Lav.'iene Thompson made a business trip to Woodstock Friday. We have had several cases of chicken pox in oUr school. date of Februny "Thee-fourths ; almost impo > ihl■ “Seven eighth “One-inch sta; h dling landed mill. middling. “One and one 1-2 to 21c in middling. “These prices are based on March futures being around 17-60. "if the farmers can only he made to realize that he can get from one half to two or three cents a pound more for his cotton when he plants seed for selected staple instead of any kind of seed that will produce any kind of lint, it will only lie a question of time before our section would be known as a good staple section and the cotton would bring much better prices than it now bring Unless the farmers plant better seed it is only a question of another year before nort Georgia cotton will ed# in a letter in ft rt»n< am, Airaa mV Tff a ft or ’ est colt in brok- noon Friday, Mar. 17, Sixes in (larnlii a under forer non Bells in aft (•moon. Mon- 1922: day, Mai . 20 Cant in. Tu ‘sday, 7-8 ine h staple Mar. 21, Fa ir pi ay in forenoon Wa- cl!. leska aft ernoon. We Inesday, Mar. l-i.’.ch around 2:’ S nice oa in forenoi in. Claytons in inded ni ills. after liioii. Thursday, Mar. 23 Ball 18 1 -2c in mid- Grou ml, 10 \ M t-» . i' M W ,T. Wh' e, Tax Reeelvi r 18, 3-4 to 19c By ,ec F. Burt/., Voting ' \R. March 2nd, 1922. tee nth inch 20 hey demand nr.d n.iis have. Not on- Mr. hiwJ ^rjf' -WjjT Bi^aidron visited "Mr. Alonzo Cagle Sunday. iy this, but mill- rigid at our very loor are going elsewhere for their ?otton when they much prefer to iu.v from us. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Stone visited Mr. 1). A. Pinion and family Satur day night. There was quite a crowd at Sun day school and church Sunday. Miss Christine Timmons visited .it Union Hill Saturday and Sunday. Mi s Veera Thomas spent the week end with home folks. Mrs. Virgil Seam visited Mrs. Ol- lie Willis Saturday night. Mr. Harvey Cook and family have been on the sick list but we are glad to say they are improving. Miss Edith Pinyon visited Miss I cola and Lula Wheeler Sunday. -- when sold. Whether all agree ok not [bring the same as south Georgia. the facts are that we are lotting more today from the quality" and length of staple and the mefhod of handling and marketing than we are from, the ravages of the dreadful boll weevil. That we are losing most of this through neglect of quality and length of staple I dn*not doubt. “The day of reckoning is at hand, as weshall presently see from the proof I will submit and which is only a sample of a hundred T could sub mit if space permitted. When T mention length of staple I have re ference, of course, only to the dif ferent length of short staple and not to long staple cotton. Practically all farmers of this section know, a* well as I do that much cotton is be ing grown at the present time with staple of 5-8 to 7-8 inch. They know varieties these are. They know also that there are others which run an exiSDnaaaasuESKs: -j “This shows a difference of 3 1-4 cents, according to length of lint which is certainly enough to merit Lhe earnest consideration of every farmer in Cobb county. In practice the diffeence would be even greater if we had a reputation of growing a very fine staple. These changes arc not brought about in a day, hut as surely as we continue to grow cotton and continue we will, it has got to come, and the sooner the better. “There was a time when a man could be proud that he was handling north Georgia cotton as it was the standard by which most of the mills south and east bought their supply, hut the introduction of chaffy short staple varieties Is n al.ing our once boasted standard a jok« and s driv ing some of our best customers, the exporter and the eastern mills to other sections for the kind of cotton %vr Open a Bank Account T o ft 4k y The necessities of life, as well as of liusincss, makes it the duty of every man to “get ahead’’ financially. Other men “get ahead”, and so can you. The way they get ahead is by banking their surplus cash, and conducting their af fairs with the view of keeping their balances on the increase. The business of our hank is to assist you—but we cannot assist you unless you will permit us to do so. Come in and let’s talk it. over. Bank of Cherokee Canton, Ga. % i !