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I / V>/' DLvOTED / *> THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEROKEE. THE BEST COUN TY IN NORTH GEORGIA. V OLUME XLVII CANTON, GEORGIA, FRI PAY, AUGUST 11, 1922 l MEANT TO ill C01M 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 (continued on back page) 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 (continued on back page) 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