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VOLUME XLVII
CANTON, GEORGIA, FRIDA]
|MAY 12, 1922 M
NUMBER If
MS SEMITE SEATS
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Washington, May 10.—Attorney
. Gtnernl Harry M. Daughtry sprung
a nation-wide sensation when ht-
knoeked the propg out from undei
t.he corrupt practices act and placed
seath in United States senate on the
' auction block.
This startling action, following
the recently expressed attitude of
President Harding against the pri
mary system and the daily demon
strated determination of the repub
lican machine to break down *he
„ civil service, is causing the men and
/ women thinkers of the country to
rt ghj to wonder what will be the
n«Mt step of the administration to
♦tear down and destroy completely
the laat vestage of popular govern-
, ment.
The decision of the attorney gen
eral that makes the sky the limit in
campaign expendatures holds that
the supreme court decision in the
Newberry case has invalidated the
currupt practice act so far as sena
torial candidate nre concerned, thus
making it entirely legal for a candi*
date for the senate to spend sums
/ without limit in primary and elec
tion campaigns without filing and
statement of receipts nnd expendi
tures with the secretary of the sen
ate. The candidates for the house
of representative, however, under
the attorney general’s decision, must
continue to abide faithfully bv the
law which was framed and intended
to purify the ballot box and to give
the people a free and untrammcl'cd
and unpurchaied expression in the
selection of their public servants.
R. C. SHARP NEW
REINHARDT PRESIDENT
At a meeting of the Board of Edu
cation of the North Georgiu Confer
ence, held on the 28th in Atlanta, it
was agreed that there would be at
this time no consolidation of Young
Harris and Reinhardt. It was fet.
that each school would receive a
more enthusiastic support thnn hith
erto.—Weslyan Christian Advocate.
The above announcement will be
read with much interest in Chero
kee as we will be glad to know tnat
Reinhardt College will remain in
Walesku. Reinhardt is doing a great
work here and to remove same
would be u serious blow to the many
boys and girls of this section that
depend on Reinhardt for their edu
cation. At a meeting of the ‘Aistee*
recently, Mr. R. C. Sharpe was elec
ted President of the college. Th's
will also mean much to the college
as it will be remembered that Mr.
Sharpe was for years President and
is was largely through his efforts
that Reinhardt has attained such a
high standard. His many friends
will gladly welcome him back to his
old duties as President of Reinhardt
College.
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Rev S. R. England, preached a
great sermon on last Sunday morn
ing at the Methodist church, mu
the pastor announced four access
ions to the membership of the church
by reading church certificates of
four new members.
NEGRO HERE BETTER OFF
THAN IN LATIN AMERICA.
• Atlanta, Ga., May 10, 1922.—
"You ought to thank God that when
yon came to America as slaves you
became identified with an Anglo-
American people rather than with
the Latin-American race,” Bishop
Wilbur P. Thirkield, fresh from Mex
ico City told the members of the
^ conference of negro city workers in
Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church yesterday afternoon. Bishop
Trinkield, formerly identified with
Gammon Theological semnary and
other negro institutions, in now
Methodist bishop n Mexico.
"There are in Mexico today," said
the bishop, "hundreds of thousands
of negroes brough as slaves, liber
ated before you were yet 90 per cent
of them are unable to reador write.
The difference is, as someone has
said, that Latin-America was settled
by Spanards seeking gold; the Unit
ed States was settled by Pilgrams
seeking God. In fifty years in this
country you have made more pro
gress in civilization than has any
other people during a similar period
in the history of the world.
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DEGREE IS FILE!
MONOPOLY II
New York, May 9.—After twelve
years of involved legal fighting, the
government has aj, last broken up the
sugar trust.
The end of the sugar case Tues
day was a mere formality the real
victory having been achieved last
December, when the attorneys for
the sugar interests agreed to the ten
tative form of dissoluion degree
which has just been entered on the
court of records here.
It means that the principal sugar
refining concerns in the United Sta
tes are barred from combining to fix
prices or control output or from op
erating ns one concern through the
interlocking directorate device.
The action started in 1910, was
halted several years ago pending de
cisions from the United States su
preme court on the steel trust and
International Harvester cases involv
ing similar points in the Sherman an
titrust law. From the outcome of
these suits it was apparent to the at
torneys for ‘.he sugar intresi s that
they probably would lose if they at
tempted to carry their defense
through to the suMeme court.
Accordingly, they wen to the de
partment of justice at Washington
last December, and with Attorney-
General Daughtery, agreed upon the
form of the degree which was offici
ally made a matter of record here
Tuesday.
The degree, filed in federal court
by Judge Rogers. Hough and Man-
ton, especially enjoins the American
Sugar Refining company from in
creasing its present holdings of 25
per cent in the stock of the National
Sugar Refining company, of New
Jersey, and its comparatively small
interest in the Great Western Sugar
company and the Michigan Sugar
company.
It also provides that the American
Sugar Refining company can not
elect as its own officers or directors
any officials connected with any of
these three companies, thus breaking
up the interlocking directorate in the
sugar industry permanently.
Attorneys for the sugar interests-,
when they agreed to the tentative de
crees last December, stated their
clients had already complied with
these stipulations, having decided
that to fight the casi further was
useless in view of the decisions of
the higher courts in the other anti
trust cases which involved identical
questions.
TO BAR
IUGAR TRADE
i’S 1HEHE
inghnm, Ala., May 10.— Mer-
chAts of the country were urged to
pu| on steam and prepare to handle
the- business of. tomorrow by Gover
nor Harding, of the federal reserve
booed, in an address here today be
fore the Southern Wholesale Dry
(>ooda association.
Many indications of improved con
ditions both in this countyy and
abroad are apparent, he declared,
and. business men should forget the
mis/ortunes of the past and make
ready for the opportunities of the
future.
The situation today, Governoi
Harding asserted, is in many res
pecta the reverse of whnt it was at
the.and of 1919, surplus goods hav
ing -flow gone into consumption and
theMp being a marked reduction in
theJgoods on the merchant’s shelves.
‘The fact that a revival in ngri-
culfpre,’’ he said, “has come much
sooner than had been expected hy
those who regarded the low prices
of last summer as permanent has
brought new hope and courage to the
agricultural districts and affords a
basis for the belief that there will, in
duo time, he a distince business im
provement in those districts.’’
While the situation abroad is still
complicated, he said, three are many
indications of improvement, the ex
change of some of the leading Euro
pean countries have become far more
stable during the past year and the
money spent by the American tour
ists now flocking to Europe will add
to the ability of the foreigners to
buy American goods.
MKK PRESIDENT
SENE 10 CMC
Gainesville, Ga., May 9.—As the
adjourned term of Dawson superiot
cour, at Dawsonville, today, Hoyt
Brannon, former president and cash
ier of the defunct Farmers and Citi
zens bank, pleaded guilty to an in
dictmont charging forgery, nnd was
sentenced to serve from seven to
nine years on the chningang. He has
been assigned to Hall county, and
will begin serving his sentence to
morrow.
This indictment is one of several
pending against him in connection
with the hank's failure, over « vear
ago. All officers and directors of the
bank are under indictment. All cases
connected with deposits have been
transferred to Hall superior court,
as no jury could be secured in Daw
son county; hut several more cases
against Brannon and the other offi
cers, involving forgery nnd fraudu
lent statements, remain to he tried
in the county at the next term of
court, the present, term having ad
journed.
JOHNSIHI HUS
BICE BERRIES
NATION-WIDE APPEAL
FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS
Washington, Mey 10.—A country
wide appeal for funds to aid the Jc»-
titute in the flood areas of the Mis
sissippi valley will he made by the
American Red Cross tomorrow
through the Red Cross Courier. Th“
appeal will be nddressed particularly
to all chapters of the organization j
by Judge John Barton Payne, notion ;
al chairman, and will be supported
by a letter from President Harding,
it was announced tonight.
Sharp Clashes
On Tariff Bill
Tis said that one enn live in a
community for years and not know
what ' s taking place at your next
door, and we have about come to
that conclusion. Tuesday we accep
ted the invita^on of our old friend
Mr. H. C. Johnson to pay a visit to
the Johnson Ranch and Truck Farm
nnd there we found one quarter of
an acne in Strawberries, and from
this small patch he will gather some
thing in the neighforhood of one
hundred erntes. Mr. Johnson hae
the Dr. Rurrill variety which in our
opinion is one of the best berries
grown, some of which grow almost
ns large as a hen egg. Mr. Johnson-
ts very anxious to get a number of
farmers interested in raising straw*
berries for eastern markets and he
will be more thnn glad to give those
desiring same, all information pos
sible. Aside from this he has in the
last week shipped three cars of cat
tle from Canton to the markets ir
Alanta.
Peril Of Traveling
Through Savannah
Washington, May 10.—Sharp
clashes between republican and
democratic leaders marked senate
consideration today of the tariff bill.
Referring to the night session, de
cided upon by the majority, and •
starting tonight, senator Simmons, j
North Carolina, democratic lender,
charged that the republicans "were
driving with whip and spur and in
decent haste” to pass the measure.
Senator McCumber, republican,
North Dakota, in charge of the bill.
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countered with a declaration that
the democrats were undertaking to
kill the legislation by means of a
filibuster and declared that the re
publicans proposed to defeat that
purpose.
Declaring that the measure was
designed "not for protection, but for
exploitation,” Senntor Simmons told
the senate time would be necessary
Savannah, Ga., May 10.—Becaus*
he happened to be the only person in
sight, J. A. Kennedy, of Birmingham
was detained by federal officers to
day, Kennedy happening to be on
the rear platform of a pullman car
on the Coast Line train polling out
this afternoon, the rest of the plat
form being occupied by nine suit
cases containing about a hundred
quarts of Scotch, valued at $800 or
more.
Kennedy explaned that he was a
victim of "accidental location" and
was released on his own recogni
zance.
for discussion. He added, however
that the minority wanted to see it
pass before the election, as they
were satisfied that the country
would condemn it and those respon
sible for It.
Weather Report
Atlanta, Ga., May 10, 1922 —
There was considerable cloudy
weather and rain during the past
week, with temperatures too low for
the best growth of crops until the
close of the week, when it became
considerably warmer. The heavy
rains on Thursday in the northern
division were very detrimental to that
section of the State, where the pro
gress ofplowing and planting con
tinue very backward. Moderate
rains elsewhere in the State on sev
eral days were quite beneficial. Some
melons were damaged by hail in
Brooks County. Cotton plandng i°
nearing completion over the south
ern half of the State, with most of
it up and chopped out; the plants are
small, but are beginning to make
good growth; stands as a rule are
good. The boll weevil has appeared
in central Georgia. In the northern
division cotton is less than half
planted, is coming up slowly, and
conditions of that up is poor on ac
count of the wet, cool weather. A
little has been chopped. Planting
corn continues in all sections, and
the crop is generally doing fairly
well. Excellent progress is now be
ing made in transplanting sweet po
tato plants, which are good and
abundant. Planting peanuts, rice
and other minor crops continues,
but is making slow headway in the
north. Cutting wheat and oats is
becoming general, and dry weather
is needed during the harvest period.
Gardens, truck, vegetables, pastures,
sugar-cane, anr\ tobacco are gradual
ly improving and will grow rapidly
with warmer weather. Melons ap
parently are in good condition.
Peaches are growing rapidly, but
the drop was heavy, early varieties
will ripen rapidly with the advent
of warm weather.
BUT.
ECEMBE
#
Is Coming
May and December does not always refer to the mar
riage of a young woman and an old man; but, emblemat>
icle of youth nnd old age, it warns the you*h that old age
must come, and with it a competency for the declining
yeais of life, or that pitiable condition so often witnessed
of the one who had ample funds in youth, but none in old
age. The bank account, even though started late in life,
often forestalls penury and want when the earning capa*
citv is gone.
Start your bank account today—Tomorrow never
comes. .i
Bank of Cherokee
Canton, Ga.