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i '(ilttf *6jUtl, Jh+I*' X - /9 i. * <Wv VOLUME XLVII TO THE MAT ERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF C ^EH|>KEE: THE BEST COUN TY NORTH GEORGIA. CANTON, GEORGIA, FRI DAY, ^NOVEMBER 3, 1922 NUMBER 14 FORGET HE-NOT DAY SATURDIV. NOV. 4 An appeal that will touch .he iiearts of all Americans will he made in Canton next Saturday, November 4, by local workers of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, under the direction of Mrs. 1*. V/. Jones chairman. The Jay is Forget-mo Not Day and the funds obtained by the sale of forget mi' note, on the streets and in the budd ings of the city will be used to alle viate distress among the woundcci heroes of the World War. The day of November 4, is the one da\ drive of the Disabled Veterans, and all money raised will be used for the 20,000 sons of the South in Georgia who were maimed in tee war for democracy. These men are in every part of the state, many yet suffering from the wounds of war, many are out of employment and find the government allowance for their disability insufficient to sun port their wives and children, and many others need assistance in order that they may take vocational ing to prepare for as large a pail in peace as they played in war. Completed plans for this state wide campaign have been made un der the direction of Dr. Louis Wo- stennan of Atlanta, who, himself is a disabled veteran and until recently was a rehabilitation student. Ail over the state op November 4 ‘he appeal will be made, and on that day workers in Georgia cities, villag es, and hamlets will seek fund* for those who rjsked their all on fojreign battlefields and returned ‘ wounded., crippled and disabled because of gal lant services beneath German shell fire. The Disabled American Veterans of file World War is the naffon.nl organization of these gallant but disabled wearers of the Khaki in 1917 and 1918, and is recognized by the federal government as the of ficial spokesman of the war scarred service men. Their campaign is be : ng backed by the government officials and the American Legion, and other great American civic organizations. Two Automobile Accidents Sunday Two automobile accidents occur red near Canton Sunday, when a car driven by a Mr. Drown of C.".'l“ge Park turned over, breaking his wifes shoulder and bruising up the other occupants of the car. Later on dur ing the day a car turned ovci with three men occupants, however, none of them were'hurt. People reting the accidents * say that both car< were going at a high rate of spec 1 Doth accidents occurred on + he new road between Canton and Ball Ground. MASONS TO KEEP HANDS OFF KI.AN Mi.eon, Ga., October 31.—Upon the advice of the grand master of the grand lodge of Georgia, Ma-ons attending the 139th annual comma* mention of that body will keep hands off the Ku Klux Klan, t be came known tonighte The grand master, John P Pow- doin, of Adairsville, Ga., in his an nual address before the delegates at the city hall auditorium this morn ing. id that while the Ku Klux Kbin's organization had received at tention in a number of other ju.i- dictions, he thought it out of place to attempt to molest that organiza tion here. He held that a man h id a right to join anything so tifng a? he remained a good citizen. The address of the grand master was the feature of the opening sec tion o£ the grand lodge. Th,v great est.crowd in the history of the o«gd- j nization was in attendance, more than 1,200 delegates,/ representing 693 subdornate lodges in Georgia. 1 " . . —T- U-S.MAYHAVf PLACE ON WORLD COM Washington. Nov. 1. —Neg’d at Ions have been begun to make it possible for the United States to be retires n- ted- officially in the world court pro vided by the League of Naff ms, it was stated on high authority at tin White House today. President Harding believes tl.at offi ial Amoriican representation on the court can be obtained without nnv deviation from the foreign pol icy of this administration on i hr. League of Nations and foreign en tanglements, is was said. At present there is an American jurist, John D. Moore, famouse intci national law authority, sitting on the world court, but he was nomi nated by another country, an 1 they" is now no provision for iffieial United States representation. The United States is ready also to approve- and participate in a world economic conference at tin*, proper time, it was declared at the White House. This attitude, however, carries with it a firm intention that the question of the allied debts to the United States is not to be conslder- ed in such a conference unil the eco nomic problems are threshed.out by experts. Miss Pearl Soscby will spend this week end with her parents in .Mur phy, N. C. * The friends of Dock Bailey will regret to learn that ho is real sick with Phoumonia fever. D.iS. TAX RECEIPTS SHOD NIC DECN1ASE ftt'*hiiigton, October 31.—Classi- licd jgovernmefit tax receipts for S.epfvjinbcr show a decrease of n ire thfcf *276,000,000 as compared with laslPSoptcmher, the .internal revenue bunfcjjlu announced today. For Sep- tbrtlKpr this year total receipts ‘■’■-in. ta*jPt were $354,284,246 as against ?tKs , 7B | 8 , 713 for tin- same month a yett ago. For the three months > i cd With September tax receipt.- of $090,746,914 reflected a decrease of over .$366,000,000 as compared with the. mine period of 1921. Receipts from income and profits taxet declining by $241.000 *109, showed the greatest decrease fm the mo"ty the total .which Included *V thi^ : Installment, amounting "HI 1 - LlUp- McAfee’s Store Da maged By F ire | to $2X^000,000 as against $517,009,- 000 tor September last year. Tobacco taxes, however, ihowcd an increase of nearly $3,000,000, the totn being nearly $28,000,000 nga- ip-d $25,000,000 last September, i Receipts from estate .taxes I'm September amounting to $5,000,000 thoYved a decrease of $7,000,000 fcompurod with last year tax cd lec tion.' on distilled spirits of $2,500,- 000. fell off by nearly $3,000,000, while misTallam'tffW Collection of .over $41,000,(400 def^nse^ $28,- oeojooo. , . ■,/ :, 'W, Taxes collei|tc3 ,tVom corpoiutio.is on the value of capital stbeic, how ever, is $13,000,000 i n SeptfciuWi reflected an'increase of Over $2,- > -A. *. 0 '0,0tl0 over £ 'Jcar a-"-. Last Saturday morning fire was discovered in the Grocery stoic of ( apt. J. M. McAfee and before same was extinguished it had done consid erable damage, the fire together with water damaged several hundred do! lars worth of merchandise, i'l <i which was a total loss as there were no insurance. (’apt. McAfee has temporally located his store in toe store room formerly occupied by Simon Deter. He is having the build ing which was damaged with fire repared and as soon as same m com pleted he will remove there n 1 carry a large stock of fancy and ,-d iplc groceries, 1„ the meantime ho invites his customers to call on him i n hie temporary quarters. . x WIFE OF CONGRESSMAN GORDON LEE IS DEAO Newnan, Ga., November 1,—Mrs. Olive Derry Lee, wife of Congres 1 - mun Gordon Leo, died suddenly at 7:30 o'clock tonight of a para?/.ic stroke suffered at the supper table nt the home of Mrs, Lizzie Pringle, with whom she has been visiting foi a week. Mrs. Lee was apparently i n the best of health. Her death comes as a shock to hosts of girhood friends here, where she was born and spent her early childhood, as well as to friends throughout the state. Hhe present home is at Chicamouga. Congressman Lee has been S de-stepping only gets yju far ther from where you are going. COTTON REPORT OF 1922 FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY According to the Ginners report issued for Cherokee county', there was 4,422 bales of cotton ginned prior to Oct. 18th. This time last year there had been 5,417 bales gin ned. This report makes Cherokee about 1000 bales short of last years crop, “Looking glass upon the waff, Who is fairest of them all.” What does your looking glass tell you as you search it nightly for signs of vanishing lovlinejj? Scientists, manufacturers of Toilet Requisites have given years of careful study to the care and maintenance of the skin, with the results that w e have a vast assortment of high-quality goods for your selection. * Let us recommend some dependable things i n Creams, Lotions, Powder ets. Tohnstons Drug Co. Canton, Ga. Phone 51 REWARD EON DUPREE-i DIVIDED BV CEDI.T Wednesday iin the Kulto n upe.i- or court Judge W. D. Ellis nude equitable division of the $1,955 re ward money offered for the <aplur3 of Frank It. DuPrce, the young ban dit who was hanged September L for shooting to death Irby C. Walker a Pinkerton detective, in the jewelry store of Nat. Kaiser & Co., Decem ber 15, 1921. The largest portion of the m ward went to three ■Detroit le- tectives who placed the slayer !p, custody. The Detroit detectives, William Collins, Paul Weneil and William Dresden, were awarded $1,045,3? if the $1,955, with the provision thil a division of the money lie made be tween themselves. Others sharing in the award were Chief W.. II. Haekett, of the Chat*- ♦ nmogn detective department, and Max Silverman, a Chattanooga newn broker. They were awarded $051,65 Clib'f Haekett made claim to the re ward o,i the grounds that he furn ished the Detroit operatives with the information on which the bandit was caught, while Silverman asserted that ho furnished the information to Chief llaeket. The blood stone wo3 plac'd in pawn by IXupreo with Silvei man. Jack Califf, a clerk in the ChiWa hotel, where DuPree is said to have been staying with Dotty Andrew* when he committed the crime f»i II to .Savannah for 'riff , , *■ which he was hanged, was award* d week. Frtn«rul arrangements tonight * b 0 incomplete6 pCndihg Ms arrival. * 100 ' !t beitlK nsfierlea by hi * at - or * HfnvTvjef' Mr>.' fee-Will 1.0 buried that he-WTw the £u^t to identity NotvffWW IhO slayer. A social event of unusual interest and significance was the reception given by the ladies of the East'vn Star to the Masonic Lodge, at the Masonic Hall, on last Moil da.' even ing. For some time past it has ben desired to bring these two organ Ca tions in closer touch, and acquaint them with the work each is ’doing in Canton, and this Halloween re ception was a happy method of ac complishing this desire^l end. The Brethern of the Masonic Lodge were .called upward, fram the street LEVEL, unto the HEIGHTS sired several samples before decid ing, and in the confusion, Bro. W. M. Thomas, slipped to one sidd, and drank the evidence. There was noth ing for our marshall to do, but re main and enjoy the rest of the ven- ing's entertainment, as from .iM re ports, the bottle contained an eveo 1 - lent quality of APPLE CIDER. A short jalk by Mrs. H. L. Conn, a 'OTr4 T%vr / vfj\k a, ‘lsught^R wf, the late T7y rd Derry, ‘ -former yv-j-.i banker, who was,the first male child horn at Newnan. She was a *.s'er of the late Judge John Berry, forn'er cit> r judge of Atlanta. x , GOVERNMENT PAYS SOUTH- ERN ROADS FOR CONTROL Washington, November 1.—Final settlements between the government and two southern railroads arising out of the war-time federal control, were completed today \vhe n th* gnv- ernment paid the Charleston urd of the third story, by the nv Jilin- f ess ^at words faiil to describe ’he the work the Eastern Star had done Western Carolina Ralway $1,450,609 in decorating the lodge hall, was an< -l the Georgia Southern and Flori- followed by talks from several of the guests and a social hour wuh stories and jokes ensued. Then the EATS, the writer is frank to con ous note of the bugle, blown by t! o bugler-in chief, Rastus Bobo, and were escorted into the lodge room, where a receiving line composed of the officers and members of the Chapter, made them welcome. After som° moments of hand-shaking ao.l chatting, the guests were sca^t d, and a short, informal program was given. A n address of welcome and appreciation to the Masonic Frater nity, given by Rev. W. H. Moody, was followed by a response from the Masonic brethern, represent-d by Col. E. M. McCanless. Several musical numbers were rendered by the Eastern Star Mixed Quartette. S Just at this time, considerable ex citement was caused by the Town Marshall appearing at the door, arm ed with search warrant, and stating that he was ordered to search the hall. After some heated discussion, he was admitted and after a short search, found a bottle concealed, which contained a suspicious looking and smelling liquid. This was opened and sampled by several experts in-he company, some of whom pronounced it the Pure Stuff, and some who de- quanity and quality of the refresh- rhents. Before consciousness failed 57 varieties of chicken sandwicli v,, salad, potato chips, wafers, coffee, cake and ice cream were counted, un til finally the guests dispersed, filled mentally and physically. The success of the occasion, and the benefits derived therefrom, ought to convince the members of both Lodge and Chapter, that this reception should be made an annual event in Canton. October 26, 1922. Dear Mr. Editor: The distribution of vegetable and flower seed will take place in a f Q \v weeks, but the supply of each Sena tor is limited. I will be glad to scad a package to each perso n re quest big seed, if they will let me have :heir name and post office address. Please address me: Room 230 Senate o^iie Building, Washington, D. C. I would thank you to mention this hatter in your paper, if possp.H With best wishes, I am Very sincerely yours, Wm. J. Hai-Gs - . that he furnished motor carf to sist in inferepilhg the* fmh(rt£' Ojie hundred dolinrs, offered by the Jewelers Protective associatfon, remains 1o be distributed among all claimants. The reward money was offered as follows; Governor Hardwick, $500; city of Atlanta, $1,000; and $4f.g by the C'ivitan slub. Some people think every season comes at the wrong time of the year. To The Farmers Of Cherokee County MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIA TION MAY BRING THEIR DRAFTS TO US AND WILL NOT ONLY HONOR AND PAY DRAFTS ON THE ASSACIATION BY ITS MEMBERS FOR ADVANCES ON THEIR COTTNO PUT WILL ASSIST THEM IN MAXING OUT THEIR DRAFTS AND SECURING ANY OTHER INFORMATION FOR THElC TFAT WILL BE OF SERVICE IN DELIVERING THEIR COTTON AND DRAWING ADVANCES ON SAME. Bank of Cherokee Canton, Ga