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Mil Ilil MliillSI PROGRAM Of SHI
25II BUFflNGION
l'heve is to be a Field Hav pro-
:. ntm held at Buffington school, Fri-
Aug. 25th.
Free Home, Avery, Daniel, Hr ion
II and Buffington schools are to
give u united program. There will
, ■ ibly be others to joSn Into*.
..11 schools have not been heard
: rom.
Buffington has an enrollment of
ion, t!v largest in several yrar f . r d
the school is progressing nicely
under the inunugment of Miss Aline
McKee and Miss Ardelphia Doss.
The work on school grounds is he
ng completed this week.
A complete program and II t of
jii/.es will appear in •-t week’s is-
SCWOl MW
The following is the pro-vim of
the Baptist Sunday School C on on
tlon of the Noonday Association, to
in held at, the ^oodstoek Bapist
ChuiTh, Woodstock, Georgia, Attg-
li ‘ 23rd and 24th:
rue.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST vD
2;0{l P. M. Musical program, by
1' i Baptist Church, Can-
^ r.
The Women of Helen PI: ;• Ch y-
ter, United Daughters <>*’ f he Con
federacy, wish through the Advance
to return their heartfelt thank- to
the Grand Jury, for the donation for
Cherokee county, of $500 towairi
the erection of a Memorial to the
soldiers of the Confederacy and the
World War also, to those gentlemen
who so generously assisted in pro
curing the subscription.
In years to come, when a beruti
fill Memorial of our own Georgia
marble, turned from the shops of
our own section nnd executed l>y the
-ki 11 feiI huuds of Cherokees* own
workmen, shall grace our town, the
men of the Grand Jury, of the Au
gust term, of the court of 1922, shall
stand out, not only as true and loyal
southern gentlemen hut also as, 1 'If)
per cent Americans.
A revival at the Central Baptist
church, Ball Ground, Ga. Rev.
Joseph Pelfry of Copper Hill, Tonn..
and Kev. ,1. L. Wyatt of Ball Ground
assisted our pastor, Kev. T. Mills of
Smyrnu in a gracious meeting at the
Central church of the Noonday as
sociation, the latter part of July.
There were 26 converted, 19 joined
the church by experience and six bv
letter.
Ore I it ..
ton, Ga.
2:15 P. M. Devotional—Kev. U. V,
ov t . .’.iarivlia, Ga.
2 :T. 1 1 I 1 . M. Greetings from Wood-
!., Mr. (). D. Parkinson. Wo id-
stock, Ga.
" P M Response. Col. E M,
McCanless, Cnntoiii — •**-* n *“*
8:00 P. M. Associational organi/-
!ation, H. L. Ogborn, Canton, Col
Harold Hawkins, Marielta, E. W.
.Howard, Macdn.
4:00 P. M. Intermission ten m ; r
utes. ,
4:10 Musttal program.
4:20 P. M: Our task, by Dr. W. L.
Cults, Blue Ridge, Ga.
5:00 P. M,< Value of Sunday school
to Church and Pastor, Rev. 1. A.
W’hite, Marietta.
5 ;4$> P. M. Intermission.
6:45 P. M. Musical program and
devotional.
7:00 P. M. Benefits, and work of
an organized class, 1.. L. Jones, C'* n_
ton.
7:25 P. M. Quartet, Smyra.
7:35 P. M. Consecrated teacher, .1.
W. Chamlee, Canton. k
8:00 P. M. Musical program. Duet
Misses Alice Hardin and Paulin.
Wilson.
Violin solo, H. L. Ogborn, Canton.
Vocal solo. Miss Lola Dean, Wood
stock.
8:15 P. M. Building a Sunday
School from 500 to 2500, Dr. Joseph
Broughton, Baptist Tabernacle, At
lanta.
WE THE JURY FIND THE DF
FENDANT GUILTY, AND «FC-
COMMEND 1 HAT HE SF.RYe
LIFE SENTENCE IN CHAIN
GANG.
SONMENT grand joky presentsnents
OF AUGUST TERN OF COURT
R. M. THOMPSON, FOREMAN.
N
Thr above it ti.e verdict reached
ir the R c ecc case Thursday ev*n»iu[
ut 3:00 O’clock.
The trial of Floyd Reece for the.
murder of Guy Stringer, was cr.llet;
for trial Wednesday morning before
Judge Blair with Col. Jno. S. Wood,
representing the state und Col. N.
A. Morris, Harold Hawkiys and \.
t. Henderson representing Revc®. Jt
’will bo remembered that Guy Stri;
er was shot and instantly killed
few months ago at hio home fire
miles from Canton, the Reeces claim
ing that Mrs. Reece did the killing
Mrs. Margurettn Stringer, mother of
Guy Stringer who died the followin'
week after Stringer was killed w.
an eye witness to the killing, so was
'jW 1 - W1 > : that Reece had threatened
W life of Stringer on a number of
occasions, while Dan Stringer the H
jjpnr old son of Guy Stringer -tati.d
thkt he saw the killing, and that
J Floyd Reece did the shooting. Young
stringer held to his story an I was
unable to be shaken by the opposing
■puned, however, a strong effou
\v*(s made to keep his evidence from
the jury. Other witnesses tatvl
that Reece attempted to lend n te in
of . horses over the dead bod.V cf
Strnu . i uml tiuii lie was pri-vot-!! 1 111,1
by Mrs. Stringer, when Gv- urk**i:
him not to do it. A little girl ,»<’
Reeces .-wore that her mother did
he shooting nnd that Stringer u i-
ip^joaehing on lug- with a rock, .-hi
aljjp stated that Stringer assul*
hell the day bet ore the killing, h' •
ever a large portion of this evidc i
jviw denied when Solicitor Wood p.:
ups number of witnesses in rebut'.
'tTShich it was hown that Reece •
gU'ttdid not-see the killing and w.
■ :» i
lit * wagon behind a large pile of
wood when the killing took place.
CtilJ Morris for the defense, made n
able argument to the Jury and war
j immediately followed by Solicito.-
Wood whom it is said, made one «1
Recommends $500.00 Be Given To U.
D. C. Memorial Fund
GEORGIA, CHEROKEE COUNTY ing be paid to Sam McCleikey.
lo The Honorable D. W. Blair Judge Seventh
Superior Court of Said
f Th
County.
We, the Grand Jurors,
chosen and sworn for th
I — oi Cherokee Superi-t
beg leave to make these ou.
General Pi e: entm'hnts.
First.
We, recommend that the follow
We recommend that Felton
11 owier be paid the sum of $10.00
selecte , t>w month until he is able to work,
•"'r.i Eighth.
oe recommend that the County
Commissioner pay out of the Cou,.ty
Trcn-uvr the , m of $500.00 to ipe
•'bjeet '' r err «b, P ., monument to
I he Confederate Dead and to lin
ing be named Nolaiy luldic-, A. 1-. Killed
.McClure, S .it, Di-lrict 1279, ti. W;t:-.
succeed himself.
P o. B>
nnd heroes c
rhh
argument of the attorneys, Judge
THURSDAY AUGUST 24TH
9:00 A. M. Musical program and
devotional.
9:15 A. M. Importance of Officers.
; down and talk it over, meanwhile enjoying a refreshing drink
or '.is-h of ice cream, or nut sundae served by our foutnain clerk.
It i a public place, yet your conversation may be as private and
confidential as you choose to make it.
/•Iso it is a pleasant place to bring a party of friends for light
rofre-hmont, meanwhile enjoying the delights of a pleasant chit—
and you are sure to encounter many friends here indulging in the
same delights.
Johnstons Drug- Co.
Canton, Ga. Phone 51
the youngest son of Guy Stringer. ■ 4 , ....
, the best speeches ever heard in the
The Grand Jury last week indicted ' ,* . , ,
(County court house. Alter thr
Reece and his wife both for the of
fense of murder, und the ease ei
Floyd Reece being called for ti'inl
Wednesday morning. About two
hours was consumed in selecting the
Jury, which is as follows: B. R.
Cv.L»k,...Tho^ M. Wilson,; 0-no.
Reeves, R. M. Thompson, E. H.
T.athem, J. B. Clardy, J. J. Cug’e
Chns. C. Wheeler, D. P. La them.
Wiley Perry, Lem J. Spence and
Fred L. Boling.
Evidr ncr from a number of wit-
Ninth.
mi. lb l| District 8 1 , | We, havr i..v mined tin- ouckets it
lo succeed H: L. Ingram, resign*"'. ' the Ju-tice of Pence and found
1 foM'.’V.'inj; lo mein them to be correctly kept,
ben of Board of Education to sue- Tenth,
feed themselves; Dr. N. J. Cokre, L. j We deplore the lack of Courtesy
A. Dean and W. A. Bearden. und Harmony between our County
Second. Police, und Sheriff and Deputy, wo
We have through Committee c\ desire that they work together more
nmined the Court House and found harmoniously in Ihe interest of the
the same to he in bad condition and ^County anti more vigorously inforce
unsanitary, uml we recommend that all laws and more especially the nro
the windows be repaired, and nl-a. ( hation laws. We find that 90 or )5
that all blinds be removed, alsu that per cent of bills that, have been pn-s-
the foundation be reinforced with etl is caused either directly or intli-
Blair charged the jury, and at 11:30 Cemcnt that the To|1(>t bt , < rectly from whiBkey .
moved from upstairs and that same j Eleventh,
lie built at the back of the CottiN j We recommend that all liquor*
House. And we also recommend captured by Officers be poured out
Thursday (norning the jury received
the i .u-t in id letircd to their i oom to
make a vediet. At the time he A !-
nic<} goes to press a verdict hus not
n ri'rtFh'ed hTCff Indications • w"* , ' v
that’a verdict would not be reached
before late Thursday evening.
REINHARDT COLLEGE
ALUMNI MOLD MEETING
that the Court House be painted out
4i<1o arid all necewuiry ^pepairs -b*.
mndc on the inside.
Third.
We have through ff ommiitec e:.-
immediately In thi; preaence of two
*» a»»ra witn^,^
Thirteenth.
We recommend that the Juroiv
and Bailiffs he paid the sum of three
Teachers and Pupils co-operatior. j
Mr. R. T. Jones, Canton. The rcun ion of the alumni of R -in
9;45 A. M. Demonstration work.! ha ; dt col , tw . near vValeska, Ga.,
last Saturday was attended by more
by Primary class under direction of
Mrs. J. J. Daniel, Marietta.
10:10 A. M. Condition and nee.!
in my community, Mr. S. O. Penlar.d
Ellijay.
10:45 M. Intermission t.-:i
minutes.
10:55 A. M. Music.
11:10 A. M. Address by Mr. Harry
L. -Strickland, from Bavtist Sunday
School Board, Nashville, Tenn.
Dinner
1:15 P. M. Music.
thn 600 people. An interesting pro
gram consisting of songs and music
was enjoyed.
The invocation was by Rev. S. F.
Hudson, a trustee of the instit’ite,
and an address was made by the col
lege president Ramsey C. Sharp.
Dr. Elam F. Dempsey sipoke on
Christian education.
The afternoon session was given
to the formation of an Alumini as
sociation. Virgil Adams, an Atlanta
nmined the Jail and find the - me i dollars per day for the coming year,
good condition. j Fourteenth.
Fourth. In taking leave of the Court we
We have through Committee e> | wish to express our appreciation of
nmined the Paupers Home and .‘ir.d the Courtesy extended to us by bis
the same in good condition, except
one building, nnd recommend that
ill house be recovered.
Fifth.
Wo have through Committee v'sit-
Hon. D. W. Blair and his able charge
to our body.
Fifteenth.'
We especially wish to thank our
able Solicitor General John S. Wood
ed and examined the Convict Camp j for his advise and efficient service
and find the ame in fine condition I rendered nt all times.
Sixth. | Sixteenth.
We recommend that one half of
the burial expenses of Mr. Judgt
Holcombe, who was killed by lighten-
We also wish to thank our able
Sheriff F. M. Blackwell .and out*
(continued on back page, colunm 1
1:25 P. M. Address by Mr. Tamis attorney, was elected president, and
W. Merritt, Atlanta. Mj 8S Minnie Dooly, also of Atlanta,
2: 06 P. M. The Glory of 'he ac- secretary. After arranging to meet
complished ideal, Mrs. O. M. Gernlti, a(fa j n the second Saturday in August
Thomason, Ga. |1923, the meeting was adjourned.
2:40 P. M. Open meeting—sitg-1 . - x
ge.stions—reports of committee of 1
time and place for next meeting.
3;10 P. M. What an opportunity
to work. Rev. W. H. Moody, Canton.
3:40 P. M. Benediction.
COAL IN GEORGIA
NEAR F.XHHAUSTIGN
Georgia’s coal supply is almost ex-
i hausted, is the information given out
MANY REGISTERED VOTERS j Tuesday by John T. Boifeuillet of
ARE NOT QUALIFIED | fhe railroad commission, who has
been placed in charge of th* dir.tri-
Owing to recent decisions bv the
Supreme Court of Georgia, a larg'-
number of voters are disqualified to
vote, because they are improper !y
registered. This being the ase it
becomes the duty of every citizen in
Cherokee County to see that hi is
nroperlv registered on the voters
books. That is that he signed his
name to the voters book and that hi
read or had read to him the oath.
This paper has been asked to state
that Tax Collector Miller will be in
Ball Ground District on Friday
August 25th and that any person ir
that district who is improperly reg
istered my re-register.
bution of coal in the state during
the coal strike.
Many cities are facing complete
exhaustion of their supplies within
the next few days, the statement
says further. Also many industries
have announced that their supplies
will run only a few days longer and
that they will be forced to shut down
This will throw many men out of,
work.
Blank forms for the use of deal
ers, manufacturers, utilities, munici
palities and other primary buyers of
coal, have now been printed a r d are
ready for distribution. Commission
er Boifeuillet announced.
Whether you pay fo r purchase i on the spot, or pay bills month
ly, pay with a check on your bank.
Because people who want to “make a bluff” adopt the practice
of carrying a “roll’ business men are never so cordial to a man with
a “roll” as they are to a mnn who carries a bank balance nd issues
checks on it for cash purchases o r in settling regular accounts.
There is business prestige in a hank account that a roll of money
however large, can never attain.
Bank of Cherokee
Canton, Ga