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VOLUME XLVII
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEROKEE. THE BEST COUN TY IN NORTH GEORGIA.
CANTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1922 ~
NUMBER 2(5
La-t Sunday afternoon at Wood-
stock lion, .lesse Mercer and <
Everett of Atlanta made intert -'.mg
>d o.ung speeches to a very large
crowd of'Cherokee county citron--.
Their t.* 1 ks were along the lines of
better citizenship, \aw enforcernc
and the great need of the good eiti
zens of the county, state and nat.'on
taking more active interest in ju \
duty and in encouraging our officers
to enforce the laws as well ns the
importance of casting their ballots
at elections only for men who are
honorable, upright and, fonrl • m
the discharge of their dutie .
Each speaker prniseij the effort
of the citizens of Cherokee coin ti
to male it the beet <ounty In the
state, and those having the good f
sw« Fitts m
IKS tER liNX
H. F. Willingham, age fi2, com
mitted suicide at his home in Canton
Thursday morning about 6 o’clock*
than the number, 36, for the
He placed a revolver over his heart 'firs; six months of 1021, and *3
and pulled the trigger killing him more than the number. 12, for the
instantly. At the time of the
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time of the sad first • ix months of 1020. Of the 30
occurence Mr. Willingham was sit- persons put to death, 10 or 63 per
Ohio lulv r > \ t>ng on his back porch waiting foY C e t were in two states, Mississippi
. . .. ; , nnli teams to move he and his family'to 7; and Texas, 12.
.caped from the t r i.inati
„ i flew innocently up over a Ball ground where they intended Of those lynched, 2 were wh-tes
n gro settlement, in n vohdale>«^ th eir future home. Mr. end 28 were negroes. Eleven of
th. Willingham had been to the court those put to death were charged
ending consternation ami g tne >■
uuskv women who saw he meant to house just a few minutes before *; with the crime of rape and nineteen
lighi’there. The zoo manager and killed himself and while there wrote were charged with, other offenses
. , , two letters, one to his wife and Five of those put to death wore
I i' •, * armh oiu >' '* .nn t ,
.. • daughter, and the other to ms binned at the take and 3 were I'm t
alter the truant, to find things m a |
hubbub a 1 ho women tryin
i , ■ legged visitot on ' wav.
• Take dal stork away from here,’’
one of them implored, “we dun got
loo many chillun now.”
The stork was captured and cm
tune to be present at this meeting r { e( ) back, the superstitious
1,1 1 ^.fc. I
l 1()j> . fater-in-law, Mr. Hendrix of ^adjput to death and then their b
Ground. Mr. Willingham appeared
to be in the best of spirit and th.
ad occurance was a great shock t-
his. family and friends.
odics
were burned. Four of those lynch
cd in th. year 1921, were burned at
th-. Fake and three were first opt
th death and then their bodies wen
Mr. Willingham was well ktlWiV burned,
blacks und liked throughout Cherokee conn* j The state • in which lynehings or-
ALMOST CERTAIN
Atlanta. July 6. The conference
ol' tin highways cammittees of the
Georgia Senate and Mouse of Rep
resentatives, when they heard argu
ments by representatives of the
Georgia Roads \ssociation in favor
of a bond issue, has been followed
by the generally expressed opinion
of the legislators that a bund is-ue
of some size will certainly he voted
by Mm general as-ombly and laid be
fore the voters at the November eh •-
tion. Just what amount will be de
cided upon is till in doubt. Ini* it
is agreed that any amount which will
greatly enjoyed and benefittod by il.
The meeting was held in the beau
tiful new Presbyterian church and
was presided over by Mr. J. R. Horn
of Toonigh.
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ANTI LYNCH BILL REPORT
AROUSES REPUBLICAN FEARS
iiid t' u l 'P" 1 ! served the county In u:\\ curred and the number in each -date j* ,u,bb> ,b '' ° ma(<b tlu ‘ (Vl '' , nd Watch
— .* - - - — ■ « * - ~i*
nc f>f < i«t * 111 j*' 11 *v.•. *•» . j i
about ■ sheriff of Cherokee county for two : *as, 2; Florida, 1; Georgia, I: Loui , in " lnte hi ^ w,, V bui,di "K wi " b<>
The ladies in charge of the sub
scription list of the Womans Club,
wish to report they have met with
keen enthusiasm from the public,
Everywhere the> have found a spirit
of co-operation and liberal support.
The women of Canton have progress
ed to the realization of community
needs, and they hope through tho
Club house to offer the town just
what i( needs in the way of reerev
tion as well as work.
The men have responded most lib
i rally. «and they have made the wo
men their debtors in the fine spirit
of help and aid. The motto of the
Women Club is, ‘‘To Make Tomor
row Better Than Today.” Surely
, Canton can and will do it! The sub-
I scription list will he published in
next weeks issue of tho Advance.
for it. To date, the list
| show's $2,119.00.
them later sprinkled ashes aDOiu: '” v ““ "*• “ ' . Inner sten forward
, . , , , , terms. He was a member of thn siana. 1; Mississippi, 7; South euro-. 10 "* BWp *orw»ra.
chLtinTto her«lf: “Dal stork do*. B.ptiat ehurrh. th. Staon. »,a! ,11*.. 1; Oklahoma. 1; »*d Tea,. 11., ™
-onlurod .11, hrrr place, and T alm.lWoodm.n of th. World. Hi. m,*yj « ^ ° f 0<W h **‘" *“
CARNIVAL AT BROWNS
PARK A BIG SUCCESS
to break the spell.” She finished friends over the. county will learn of ] DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
‘samples’ of real roads in their coun- j T h ( . Carnival that was held in the
Washington,
members
July 5.—Repullcan
her countermagic by nailing a rabbit M* <1*nth with much sorrow. ,
foot on the door-step. | He is purvived b * hi * w,fe 'TM
i daughter, two brothers, and two
TO MEET TUESDAY
sisters, besides other close relatives.
11>v of the senate judiciary J administration leaders in the forth- His remains were laid
committee who recently reported out coming primaries. Senator Shortridge
the anti-lynching bill already passed i republican, California, was the one
by the house, are beginning to find j member who believed the measure
trouble with that meagre. | constitute. As a result of this he
The hill as originally proposed was was chosen to make the report.
ties, they will not be satisfied until park Tuesday the fourth was n great
other good roads are built,” said one
of the bond advocates. “And when 1
The Democratic
remains were taut to rest ip mitteo is called to
Ball Ground cemetery in the pres-(July 11th. at 10 o’clock in the Court {taxation, others will follow.”
success. The spirit of co-operation
, wns shown by the patrons as well as
Executive Com- *he first Imnd issue proves that it workers for the Club house
meet, Tuesday, will pay for itself without additional . wWch j„ striven f,,r - a »<i with
this spirit that Is being put forth we
directed solely against the south, but
later developments have aeted w>
make it hothersome nationally md
from a number of angles. From this
there is current gossip of grave fears
among majority members of the sen
ate as to what bearing the legislation
will have on the November election 1
The eight republican members of;
, , I
the senate judiciary committee who
voted favorably to report the meas
ure intended for it to he brough*
quitely before the senate without the
least possible disturbance. Tt is un
derstood that only one member of f he
committee is really of the opinion that
tho measure is constitutional, the iffh
Base BaH genre here Saturday,
Canton vs. Nelson.
ence of a large gathering of friend#
and relatives with Rev. Moody of
ficiating. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful. The advaur-.'
extends condolence to the berehved
family in their hours of T|»is July 5th
House at Canton. All members ot
When the bond issue umendmeiit ; | f ee i HUrP Jt w n| he erected within
the executive committee are urged, ar ‘‘ adopted the Georgia Good Roodsj a „hort time. A handsome sum of
to be present as business of impo>-! Association will carry on a campaign j 0ne hundred and eleven dollars be-
tanee is to he attended to. j of education throughout the state to' (inK made j s the largest sum realized
FALSELY ACCUSED TRAINED
NURSE COMMITS SUICIDE j
Dublin, Ga., July 5.— After de-
claring'that she had been falsely ac
cused, Miss Madge Rogers, of this
city, Tuesday took bichloride of mer
cury and died today.
The girl was a trained nurse. She
asserted her relatives had criticis 'd
her and believing her reputation ruin
ed, decided to take the poison. She
W. C. T. U. Met At Bap
tist Church Here Friday
ers acquiescing merely as a political i was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
expedient to hold the negro vote to 1 F. Rogers.
The Ninth district of W. C. T. U.
was held with Canton union, June
30th in the Baptist Church, with
Mrs. Horton of Winder presiding in
a most able manner. Miss Martha
Galt in charge of the music, in the
presence of a lopge number of visi
tors and delegates. As they entered
the vestibule tfiey were greeted by
a bevy of young girls singing a wel
come song and giving them some
“yells”. The devotional exercises
were very impressively conducted by
Mrs. Matthews of Marietta, and a
most cordial welcome was extended
by Miss Alice Keith of Canton, a
hearty response given by Mrs. Mc
Rae of Woodstock.
Reports were next given.
Solo; “Wear your white ribbon
ever” by Miss Rochelle McClure.
Noontide prayer was conducted
J. P. Rudasill, Chairman, iP rove to <he voters tha t . permanent
, roads will be built by bonds without
| additional cc* to 4h
gasoline Ifixts arfd^fcj &MUC
fees meeting the hills. 'The Assoc Is
I
tion expects the expenses of this
campaign to he shared by the thous
ands of men and women who have
the Good roads cause at heart * ,n( '
invite all such persons to join the
Association and add their five dol-
membership fee to this
given by any one entertainment for
the club.
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PLAY AT SCHOOL AUDI*
TCfltlUM FRIDAY NIGHT
Coker of Canton.
The speaker of the evening, Mrs. l a rs annual
Ewell Atkins of Savannah, a nation
al officer was introduced by Rev. W.
campaign funds. Membership appli
cations with cheeks may be sent to
H. Moody. Her earnestness Hnd i William E. Keith, Seeretray, No,
splendid address was enjoyed by all[ 206 WaUon Buildirur, Atlanta. A
large and representative membership
present. The offering wns the larg
est received here on similnr occasi
ons.
will not only provide a sufficient
fund, but add a tremendous influ-
The summer school girls of Wales-
ka will give the play “Kentucy Bells’
at the School Auditorium here Fri
day at 7 ;45, under the auspices of
the Womans Club. Admission,
Adults 26c; Children 15c.
The proceeds of the entertainment
will go for the benefit of paying for
catalogues and other expenses.
ence in favor of the passage of the
bond amendments in the Novemt ^
election.
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WOMANS CLUB TO SELL
REFRESHMENTS CORT WEEK
Will be sold before the court
house door in Canton, Ga., between
the hours of 10 to 5, during court
week the following described re
freshments, to-wit:-
Bottle drinks, milk, lemonade,
by pies, cakes, sandwiches and dinners.
Rev F. S. Hudson, and a bountiful j Said property sold for the purpose
spread was served by the young j of building a club house fn r the Wo-
ladies in the shade of the oaks near mans ( lub
In ye olden time when a tooth decayed it was extracted, and in
given space of time the sufferer was forced to depend upon a
plate of false teeth.
Nowadays it is regarded as the proper thing to save a tooth as
long as possible, because one solid tooth, however much filled, is
better in the mastication of food.
The way to preserve teeth fri m decay is to clean them thorughly
after every meal with a good tooth brush and a good tooth paste.
The person who follows this plan is sure of retaining his teeth in
good condition. We have just what you need to clean and preserve
the teeth.
Johnstons Drug - Co.
Canton, Ga. Phone 51
by, after which an rtuto ride was
given the visitors.
Afternoon session wns opened by
some of the T>. T. L. children in
which they reflected much credit by
their leader Mrs. John Epperson.
Mrs. Matthews made an address with
a business session following, reso
lutions of thanks read by Mrs. Green
of Ball Ground closed with Aaronic
benediction.
At seven thirty in the
exercises were opened
Arts and Crafts
Club.
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Dept., Womans
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank every one who
in any way aided in making the 9th
District W. C. T. TT. meeting in Can
ton a success. Especially do we np-
: preciate the use of the Baptist
evening church and the kindness of their
by Baptist orchestra, which added so much to
rhureh orchestra; reading “What j the occasion, and the co-operation of
Prohibition has done for John andtho pastors, F. S. Hudson and Rev.
Me” by little Miss Sheppie Hawkins. | W - " Tt wil1 a ” * ver be
gratefully remembered.
Solo, “The Women are looking after ‘
you”. Miss Sara Hudson. Reading,
“The Convicts Warning’ was most
Sincerely,
Mrs. W. W. Fincher
Alfred McClure
Mrs.
'splendidly given hv Miss Mary Betty Miss Alice Keith, Committee.
Luck is a great asset — as 1° P K as iaH t s ; hut it never lasts.
You can’t borro# money on luck.
It is different with pluck.
The man who has pluck never loses it; it is a lasting asset. With
luck gone the man with plucngoes ahead and succeeds.
You can borrow money on pluck plus a good reputation.
If you have pluck and have established a line of credit with
you r bank you can always get an accommodation—but banks do
not recognize luck as an asset.
Bank of Cherokee
Canton, Ga.