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DLvOTED / *> THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEROKEE. THE BEST COUN TY IN NORTH GEORGIA.
V OLUME XLVII
CANTON, GEORGIA, FRI PAY, AUGUST 11, 1922
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Mr. R. T. Jones Writes About His
Recent Trip West In Regard
To Prohibition
Editor of The Advance: ,
1 shall not attempt to write an nr-■
sUfc
e pi:
tide on the subject of prohibition. >n
but will try to give to our people an
idea of the condition of things ns we
saw them, from a standpoint >*f
drinking, etc., among the^ people ■ .»
*our reeent little trip West.
For some little time prior to start
ing on this trip there had been mi.re
f.i. g a picture
e of amusement,
this to show you
show or
i just
that
we
hud i.n opportunity of seeing nil
d es of people in making t ie ‘ ip.
Besides this we met and talked a*
leng:!' v.’ith others, some btisi-:i--,s
men, .utuc doctors, some hos;:iUl
superintendents, some college boys,
■ !• ., some of whom were from Vow
York, Detroit, Chicago, and some
rf.iT JURY DRAWN -
EON SECOND WEEK
or less discussion through speech points in Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, etc.
making and through the pnpers foe . Now as to what we saw and what
and against our present Prohibition ' c-omo others to whom we talked suv.
laws, and inasmuch as we were plan
ning to travel approximately eight
thousand miles, and the nature of
oar trip being such as to give us an
opportunity of coming in conduct
with people in almost all walks of
life, I said to Mrs. Jones when wo
started, “I want you to watch closely
and if you see any person whom you
think acts or looks like he has been
drinking, or if you smell whiskey on
anyone, call my attention to it, and
I will do the same by you. So we
entered on the trip with this under
standing.
We were on the trip thirty-four
days, passing through seventeen
states besides our owm -We
and spent from one to four days in
each of most of the larger cities in
the West, such as Kansas City, Lo?
Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco,
Portland, Ore. Seattle, Gardner, Yel
low Stone Park, Colorado Springs,
Denver, etc. At the different places
where we stopped we were of course
around ho^
i ~ ■'
rants, out on streets, out
crowds on right-seeing busses where
the young and the middle aged and
all classes of people Were either in
the busses or on the sidewalks or at
some gathering on the route where
we were constantly seeing people,
and you know it would be out of the
question almost for a crowd of four
or more to travel long without some
sometimes in restau-
-• r
with
We did not see a single person who
looked like he had been drinking oi
on whom we smelled whiskey of my
kind within the United States un’e;:s
we detected the odor of it on a bag
gnge Transfer Agent after we had
been out about ten days. Just before
we got to one of the larger cities a
young man came onto the train ask
ing for baggage to be transfere 1
When he came to us we were sitting
on the seat together. I hought '
smelled whiskey on him. Mrs.
Jones did not. His looks did not
show it. The next instance happen
ed in a town in Mexico which is out
side of the United States, where I
aw *afc in -snybitf' seVY-nty-’five
cent of the business places were E-ar-
I'ooms, and where we saw men and
women standing at the bar-room
counters drinking that which looked
to be whiskey of some kind. On thk‘
trip into Mexico there were several
ladios and two men besides myself
on the buss. On arriving at the little
town in Mexico one of these n'.CT.
seeme^ to stick to the bar-rooms
closely for the time we were in Mexi
co, find his wife had some little
trouble getting him ready to go back
over the line into the United Statii
He did not get drunk, but his eyes
got to shining more or less.
Now with these two exceptions we
did not see a single person whom we
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Pettit Jury drawn for 2nd week
of August Term 1922 to serve week
of August 14th.
Lynn Putman
A. P. Hogan
Chas. Smithwick
Jas. W. Lacy
B. F. Coggins
R. B. Owens
S. L. Richards
Clint Forrester
Jus. H. Bice
H. D. Holland
Enoch Hitt
R. G. Bell
Thos. M, Wilson
J. B. Haney
Joe. W. Gant
Jas. Saye
W. A. Hendon
Thos. E. Wright
A. F. Ridings
Jno. W. Beck
L. A. Dean
Gus Coggins
F. P. Barrett
Jno. R. Reeves
W. H. Smith
Davis C. Bell
W. H. Anderson
Jno. F. Wheeler
R. M. Thompson
O. P. Bennett
J. J. Holcombe
S. M. Moore
Shalt Coker
S. L. Johnson
W. B. Sams
- Mose 'T. Coker ~ *
W. 0. Rusk
E. M. Lathem
John Roe
J. A. Moss
W. C. Crow
Jno. B. Clardy
J. H. Johnston
S. R. Hamrick
Jno. F. Hasty
Jesse Clayton
Chas. A. Phillips
Jas. D. Jordon
H. J. Findley
T. W. Price
J. J, Cagle
S. N. Clayton
Jno. W. Chamlee
Chas. C. Wheeler
When we take a vacation it is for the purpose of breaking the
monotony of our daily life, and we usually do something or go
somewhere so the general round of every day will be entirely differ
ent from what we are used to.This sometimes results in encoun
ters with conditions with which we are entirely unfamiliar, and it
is just as well to be prepared for an emergency.
A little package of every-day medicines, disinfectants, hekling
Irtjffll, anti-septic gouze, absorbent cotton, etc., is essential to the
cautions. We can fix this up for you in a few minutes. Come in
and see us before you go.
Johnstons Drug Co.
Canton, Ga.
Phone SI
FUtBHM OFFICERS
! TO RETURN HUCfUNS
Atlanta, Aug. 9, Authorities inves
tigating the Homer Mcelreth murder
mystery indicated Wednesday that
immediate steps will be taken to u-
ulrn Forrest Huggins, yong Camp
bell county and questioned last week
in conneetion with the affair, from
Canton to Fairbun'.i
It, Was learned Wednesday that
Huggins and his brother, W. C. Hug
gins,’are joint owners of the Camp
bill County farm on which the body
of Homer C. McElreath was disco-,
ered on Tuesday, August 1, hidden
in at pile of sawdust at an old «»\v-
mill, •
Huggins was grilled by attaches
of SJaHcitor Boykin’s office last woes
and when h^ was wanted for further
examination he had disappeared
Sheriff Blackwell, of Cherokee couti-,
ty# nfrested him Tuesday in Canton,
where he had found employment 1
with the Canton lee company.
W‘ C. Huggins, the broth<'r. was,
indicated Tuesday by the Campbell j
county grand jury on a charge of vie j
lutini the national prohibition net. |
AVqrurilng to reports from Canton
Hugftins denies any knowledge of (
thiT tarder of McElreath, but decs
500 PEOPLE ATTEND IOOTH
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Mrs. L. A. Carpenter Passes Century
Mark; Five Living Generations
In Family
Saturday August 5, hundreds of she would recognize their voices and
clitives and friends met at the home
o! T. J. Carpenter near Wnlestaa to
pay tribute to Mrs. Artamissa Car
penter, the grand old lady who
’.-.-li ’the- century mark on that
■ : y. The occasion was one long to
ne remembered by many of those
ho puriicipoted in ihe celehrutior.
welcome them. More remarkable
still is the fact that, though old. yes,
100 years of age, she would lovingly
embrace the children who shook
.i nils with her. One Could not help
thinking how much her spirit had
grown like that of the Savior whoso
lile and spirit lmii tieen tier guide
Few indeed are the people who live f or these many years,
100 years.. In fait only a few peo
ple ever have an opportunity to see
anyone who hus spent a century
among the living.
August 5, 1922 was a perfect day.
The sky was clear, and the weather
was not unpleasantly hot for the
time of the year; The occasidn was
i s nearly a perfect success as human
minds and hands could make it.
Mr. T. J. Carpenter, son of Mrs, 1
A. Carpenter, with the help of hi
;• >d wife and children has cared
not differ an alibi for his movements , for Carpenter in such a
on tie night of the murder. He w *y RR to win
of those who know the family.
Oh ills o cimion t.he- relatives
tie pig!
claimji to have come to Atlanta on
fhe Sunday following the Saturday,
It was a great occasion. Relatives
many of them, came from far and
near. Friends yea, hundreds of
friends, came and kept on coming.
Noon found the long tables which
had been provided, laden with food,
an abundance of good things to oat.
A cake with 100 candle sticks was
near Mrs. Carpenter. Three pictur
es were made, one of Mrs. Carpenter
alone, another Including closest re
latives, and another of the er iWd
or as much of it as the camera
would include.
n*hfc>.yhich McElreath is thought
to hay* been .killed;** ' ‘ .Texal, filhers- frotn CmoUim,
rum different
Jand of <btfrse malty
aWiyKCfSm iat
■and from oO'crM^HH
of his father. John Huggins. He j'Washington state
found work at the ice lant. ShortlyI^es came telegrams from relatives
lafter his arrival in Canton, it is said,™'* fiends who could not attend in
w. C. Huggins, the brother, joined person.
i,. .. Those who were fotunute enough
* him there. | i ,
1 Huggins said in Canton Wednes-j to bc P resent fou ” d ev ^y th,n ^
day that he had known McElreath. or, ' er an< * r<““dy. The b.nuti ul
intimately. Sheriff Blackwell in- country home, surrounded by the
tends to turn him over to the proper, magnificent lawn and shade trees.
authorities as soon as the necessary >de everyone welcome. Further
more nobody escaped the glad hand
After -dinner the crowd assembled
on the wide veranda Tlnd under the
trees in Thf yard Lo lioaf ‘he rYiusic-
aml -poiking. .Rev. J. L. Wyatt^
pastor joJ.Sardis churcH of which
Vv*. Ceu pehtJFTaV number, pruiite'*
pnpers have been prepared.
and hearty welcome of M>’- and Mrs.
E. E. Fields
S. D. McClesky
J. Luther Curmichael
J. J. Pinyon ' •
Chas. W. Anderson
Grand Jury Gives $500.00
To Monument Fund
j Tom Carpenter and their children.
Few indeed were they who missed
1 the hand-shake and hearty welcome
I of Mrs. Artamissa Carpenter, and
[ she knew even those whom sli6 had
! not seen in years and whose voices
*he had not recently heard. As they
. would draw near and speak th her
ing of the 10OlfTTsalmT TJTendiorl
addresses were made by Col. R. T.
Jones of Canton, Mr. Pierce Latimer
of Woodstock, Prof. R. C. Sharp of
Waleska, Mr. M. C. Gay of Athens,
and Mrs. Ednn Tate of Fab-mount.
The music Included the singing of
old time songs.
Family History
Artamissa Matthews was born in
Lincoln county, now Cleveland coun
ty, N. C., August 5, 1822. She came
with her parents to Georgia in 1845,
and settled on what is known as the
Stafford place. She was married to
L. A, Carpenter in 1846. Her bus-
band died March 16, 1914 at the alga
of 91 years. This union was blessed
with three children who are still
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Local Chapter of Daughter of the
Confederacy Will Begin a Whirl
wind Campaign For Funds To
Erect a Memorial For The Con
federate and World War Sold ers
of Cherokee County.
The grand jury of the August
term passed a resolution on Monday
giving the United Daughters of Con
federacy $500.00 to be put on the
fund for a monument to our soldier
An enthusiastic meeting of Helen
Plane Chapter, U. D. C. was held
at the home of Mrs. Paul Jones on
Tuesday afternoon, When the follow
ing officers were elected: president,
Mrs. Zebulon Walker, 1st Vice-pres.,
Mrs. R. T. Jones; 2nd vice pres., Mrs
Mary White, Seceratry, Mrs. P. W.
Jones, Treasurer, Mrs. Louis Jones,
Registrar, Miss Pearl McAfee, His
torian, Mrs. J. W. ChamTee.
The Chapter has now in hand
about $1000, and expects at once to
raise by subscription a sufficient
amount to erect a memorial which
will be a credit to our town and show
what Cherokee can do to honor her
Soldiers. Voluntary subscriptions,
both large and small are earnestly
solicited. This movement touches
vitally nearly every citizen of our
town or county and a generous res
ponse is expected. Mrs. R. T. Jones
is custodian of the Monument fund,
and will gladly receive subscriptions.
A list of subscribers will be pub- ,
lished from time to time in the col
umns of the Cherokee Advance. ;
FOWLER SPEAKS WEDNESDAY
The citizens of Canton will ho
given an opportunity to hear some
thing about the ideal of the Knights j
of the Ku Klux Klan and its attitude
toward law enforcement, when Dr.
C. Lewis Fowler, D. D., LL. D., a
noed educator of Atlanta will ad
dress a public meeting here on Au
gust 16.
Dr. Fowler was the founder and
president of Lanier University. He
is well known for his educational
work and for his wide knowledge of
social racial conditions throughout
the world. It is said that Dr. Fowler
has just returned from Indiana,
where in four weeks time he spoke
to 100,000 people.
Indications are that a big crowd
will turn out to hear what Dr. Fow
ler has to say.
d
7tie
Prnsifitfc
oP a
Checking
Account
Whether you pay for purchases on the spot, or pay bills month
ly) P a y with a check on your bank.
Because people who want to “make a bluff” adopt the practice
of currying a “roll’ business men are never so cordial to a man with
a “roll” as they are to a man who carries a bank balance nd issues
checks on it for cash purchases or in settling regular accounts.
There is business prestige in a bank account that a roll of money
however large, can never attain.
Bank of Cherokee
Canton, Ga