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\ VOL. XXXII. FAYETTEVILE, GEORGIA, APRIL 21,1922. NUMBER 40 [THE GEORGIAN PRAISES GOV. HARDWICK }The Hardwick “Broom” Getting Into Action. Winners In The «County Contest The determination of Governor Hard line to recommend again to the legis lature at its forthcoming session the abolition of the office of special at torney to the state highway commis sion is in line with the governor^ leretofore announced determination to aold the expense of administering Georgia’s affairs down to such vital aecessities as are consistent with busi- lesslike and comprehensive conduct of :};JU state’s affairs. Certainly, the governor is wholly ight in his conclusion that the state Las no money to throw away; and, vhile he does not and will not advo- ate niggardliness or a penny - wise sound-foolish policy, yet he plainly is letermined that useless offices shall se abolished and sinecures done away rith. After carefully considering the mat er, the governor has renewed his con- iction that the office of special attor- tey to the state highway commission s one that can and should be done way with—particularly in view of the act that the statfe has an able attor- iey general who may function in this egard, in every way needful to the iroper conduct of the department. He dll recommend to the legislature ac- ordingly, as he did last year. * * * * The governor, in ;the beginning of ds administration, determined to ■ri;*" the state’s income and outgo to | balance; that the state should stop, f he could bring it to pass, spending noney in excess of its revenue. He It obliged to advocate and insist, as atters progressed, upon some rather ;traordinary and unusual methods to iquare up” the state’s indebtedness; it he had the courage and determi- ition to see that through. eH got the g results sought. Georgia stands today four-square ;tjb the world, so far as past due bts are concerned, facing a future lerewith, with rigid economy, ^he “pay her way as she goes.” * * * * While the governor has assumed and Ijeld to the position all the while that jjseless offices should be abolished — foards, commissions, bureaus and even departments done away with, when jhnecessary—he has NOT rushed pell- mell into slashing, regardless. | We think the governor’s decision in lie matter of a special counsel for Jie state highway department is by |o means the end of the good work this regard he has in mind to Ln- |st upon. There are other sinecures and use- 3S extravagances that must and will j It is not right to tax the people of [(eorgia to support unnecessary ex- anse rolls, and the Georgian and Sun- ay American feels quite sure that the junior will find, as his investiga tes and audits ,and examinations of jie various departments, bureaus, etc., rogress, that there are other sine- ires and unnecessary jobs to be abol ished. Some of these will be small pnd |>me of them large; it may be that a (-called department or so may become ||.volved before the matter reaches an lid. i ■ |T*e Georgian and Sunday American wholly convinced that the governor proceeding along right lines. Let |ie “broom” sweep on! southern Railway ‘Endorses Careful Crossing Campaign [Washington, D. C.—Through syste matic efforts and whole-hearted co- neration on the part of railway offi- lirs and employees, casualties among Inployees on Southern Railway Sys- |m have shown a constant decrease lontb after,month, and the result of I is effort is reflected in that during jbruary, 1922, there was not a single Itality, among employees of the en- l-e system and less than (two hun- led injuries. I The Southern during the past few jontlis has shown safety pictures in |any of the cities and towns in the Imth; and Vice President H. W. Mil- Ik', in charge of operation, announces ljat, owing to the large number of Isualties that are occuring at high ly grade crossings each month and ^ssijtt further in community safe- the Southern will enter whole- artedly into the careful crossing Impaign, which will be conducted Iroughoift. the country during ihe Immer months. The following is a list of the indi vidual winners in the various events of the county contest recently held in Fayetteville. Most of the prizes were delivered on the day of the contest, however; those remaining undelivered will be sent out at once. If not re ceived, let it be known at the office of the superintendent. LITERARY EVENTS Arithmetic— First, Varney Graves, Fayetteville; second, Irene Dixon, Fayetteville; third Charlie Tarpley, Bethany. Composition— First, Sara Bele Matthews, Fayette ville; second, Lizzie Hartley, Hopeful; third, Lucille Coggin, Bijooks. Penmanship— First, Jewel Cleveland, Union Grove; second, Marian Kerlin, Fayetteville; third, May Griffin, Hopeful. Spelling— First, Willie Banks, Fayetteville; second, Louise Calloway, Inman; third, Frances Brown, Glen 'Grove. ATHLETIC EVENTS 100-Yd. Dash- Warren Gordon, Brooks, 10 4-5 sec.; Mearl Brown, Union Grove; Wallace Banks, Fayetteville. 50-Yd. Dash— Tie for first, Gladys Morgan, Glen Grove, and Anna Kate Barrow, Hope ful; third, Ruth Ellington, Bethany. 220-Yd. Dash— Ralph Lewis, Bethany, 26 1-5 sec.; Wallace Banks, Fayetteville; (Marvin Hartley, Hopeful. Bar Chin— Max Stephens, Fayetteville, 22 times; Johnnie Shannon, Brooks; Wil son Buch, Inman. Standing Broad Jump— Willie McLucas, Fayetteville, 8 ft., 11 T in.; Marvin Hartley, Hopeful; Worth Miller, Brooks. Running Broad Jump— Ralph Lewis, Bethany, 16 ft., 8 in.; Cyril Babb, Hopeful; Worth Miler, Brooks. Potato Race, Boys— Floy Turner, Hopeful, 35 1-5 sec.; Johnnie Shannon, Brooks; Lamar My ers, Mt. Springs. Potato Race, Girls— Ruth Ellington, Bethany, 35 4-5 sec onds; Grace McCollum, Fayetteville ; Frances Towns, Tyrone; 880-Yd. Relay— Team from Brooks, 2 min., 4-5 sec.; team from Fayetteville; team from Hopeful. Automobile Races At Lakewood Park WASHINGTON HEIR TO MOTHER’S SLAVE Atlanta, Ga. — Negotiations have been completed here for the appear ance of Sig Haugdahl, world's speed champion, with his three mile a min ute Wisconsin Special automobile, at the auto racing classic to be staged as the opening feature of Lakewood Park for the 1922 season on Saturday, April 22nd. Haugdahl has agreed to defent his title here and- will meet Fred Horey, former champion and “Wild Bill’’ En- dicott, veteran pilot in a series of thre cornored match race. He will also drive his 250 Wisconsin Special against time in an effort to lower his own record. Thel ittle Scandi navian not only holds the world’s rec ord for one mile over a straightaway curse and on circular tracks but he also holds the Lakewood track speed title. Haugdahl has held the track cham pionship of the word for three years and on April 7th, at Daytona Beach, Florida, he cinched his claim to the speed championship when he drove his novel speed creation a mile in 19.98 seconds or at the rate of 180.27 miles per hour. He also lowered the records for the kilometer and the five and ten mile distances. Besides the championship races, several other events will be included on the sports program, including speed events in which a half score of prom inent Georgia drives will compete. Haugdahl’s drive against time with the world’s fastest car will be the feature of the day, however. Thousands of speed fans from throughout the southeast are expect ed to journey to Atlanta next Satur day for the events and arrangements are being made here to accommodate the largest crowd that has ever at tended an event at Lakewood Park. KEEP AFTER THEM! Will of First President’s Parent Still on on File in Virginia—Interesting Document—Made Him Executor. Keep always before national and state oficfials the fact that this coun try—and this community—needs hard roads, and that there is no other way in which we can pull ourselves out of the mud and Onto the highway of progress. If hard roads are worth having, they are worth going after, and if we don’t go after them it will be a long time before we get them. Sporadic kicking won’t do any good, but quiet and determined insistence will eventualy produce results. The will of Mary Washington, moth er of an immortal son, on file in the county clerk’s office at Fredericks burg, Pa., is an interesting study. The sidelights it throws on the belongings and character of a woman of position and wealth in her day. and especially on the life of the times in Virginia, make it highly interest ing reading in 1922. The instrument, in full, follows: “In the name of God! Amen! I, Mary Washington, of Fredericksburg, in the county of Spottsylvania, being in good health, but calling to mind the uncertainty of this life and willing to dispose of what remains of my worldly estate, to make and publish this, my last will, recommending my soul into the hands of my Creator, hoping for a remission of my sins, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind: I dispose of my worldly estate as fol lows; “Imprimus—I give to my son, Gen eral George Washington, all my land on Accokeek Run, the county of Staf ford, and also my negro boy, George, to him and his heirs forever. Also my best bed, bedstead, and Virginia cloth curtains (the same that stands in my best room), my guilted blue and white quilt and my best dressing glass. “Item—I give and devise to my son, George Washington, my negro man, Tom, to him and his assigns forever. “Item—I give and devise to my daughter, Betty Lewis, my phaeton and my bay horse. “Item—I give and devise to my daughter-in-law, Hannah Washington, my purple cloth cloak lined with shag. “Item—I give and devise to my grandson, Corbin Washington, my negro wench, Old Bet; my riding chair, and two black horses, to him and his assigns forever. “Item—I give and devise to my grandson, Fielding Lewis, my negro man, Frederick, to him and his assigns forever, also eight silver tablespoons, half of my crockery ware and the clue and whi f e tea china, with bookcase, oval table, one bed, bedstead, one pair sheets, one pair blankets, and white cotton leather chairs, half my pewter and one-half my iron kitchen ware. “Item—I give and devise to my grandson, Lawrence Lewis, my negro wench, Lydia, to him and his assigns forever. “Item—I give and devise to my granddaughter, Bettie Carter, my negro woman, Little Bet, and her fu ture increase, to her and her assigns forever. Also my largest looking glass, my walnut writing desk with drawers, a square diining room table, one bed, bedstead, bolster, one pil low, one blanket and a counterpane and purple curtains, my red and white tea china set, teaspoons and the other half of my pewter, crockery ware and the remainder of my iron kitchen fur niture. “Item—I give to my grandson, George Washington, my next best dressing glass, one bed, bedstead, bol ster, one pillow, one pair of sheets, on blanket and counterpane. “Item—I devise all my wearning ap parel to be equally divided between my granddaughters, Betty Carter, Fanny Ball and Milly Washington, but should my daughter, Betty Lewis, fancy anyone, two or three articles, she is to have them before a division thereof. “Lastly, I nominate and appoint my son, General George Washington ex ecutor of this my will and as I owe few or no debts, I direct my executor to give no security nor to appraise my estate, but desire the same may be alloted to my devises, with as little trouble and delay as may be, desiring their acceptarice thereof as all the token I now have to give them of my love for them. “In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and seal this 20th day of May, 1778. “Signed—Mary Washington. “Witness John Ferneyhough.” Auto Tax Sale Bring State Nearly Sixty Thousand Atlanta, Ga., April 20.—March col lections from the sale of automobile license tags amounting to nearly six hundred thousand dollars were turned over to the highway department by the secretary of state’s office recently. The money will be spent in repair ing and reconstructing the roads in the state highway system. COLUMBUS CREAMERY ESTABLISHES MAR KET FOR CREAM. T. R. Gay Is Agent at Fayetteville. The Columbus Creamery, manufac turers of Pasteurized Butter, have ap pointed T. R. Gay as their agent to es tablish a cream station at Fayetteville. The plan of operation is for the farm ers to bring their product to the sta tion where the weight and sample are taken by the agent. At the close of the day of shipment, the cream is to be shipped to Columbus, where upon receipt adjustments are prompt ly made through the local agent. Mr. Gay announces May 2nd as the first shipping day, and urges ail who have cream to send or bring their product to his store at Fayetteville at this time Tuesdays and Fridays of each week will be regular shipping days after this date. BUY MADE IN GEORGIA GOODS Sold in Fayettevillt Look Facts in ; the Face. When a merchant sells an article he makes a certain profit over and above the wholesale cost of the goods, the transportation, and the cpst of handling. This rule applies the 1 world over. Suppose the people of this commun ity have $500,000 to spend within a given length of time. Is it better to keep the profits at home and in circulation aiming us, or is it wiser to send it : all away? For purposes of illustration, we will say the dealer’s profit is 15 per cent, or $75,000. If the people send away for this $500,000 worth of goods ALL OF THE MONEY THEY SEND AWAY WILL STAY AWAY. We will never see it again. If, on the other hand, the people buy those .goods from local dealers the only money to be sent away will be the wholesale cost of the goods and the transportation charges. The 15 per cent profit will remain at home, as well as the overhead ex penses, such as clerical hire, insur ance, heat, light, and various other items. Keeping that money at home does two important things. It increases the money in circulation at home, and it gives employment to local people. People who are in the hibt of pat ronizing the home merchants inva riably have a better and more pros perous community that those who have the catalogue habit. These hre facts worth looking in the face. SUNDAYSCHOOLS NEAR MILLION DOLLAR MARK Will Make Every Effort to Reach the Goal by May 1. Sunday schools of Southern Method ism are short only a small amount in reaching the million dollars goal set for March 31, in Centenary money. Reports received at Centenary head quarters show that the actual amount paid on Centenary subscriptions by March 31, is $922,959.19. It is believed that a little extra effort on the part of the Sunday school people will bring the amount to the million dollar mark by May 1. at which time the general conference of the Methodist Episco pal Church, South, meets in quad- riennial session at Hot Springs, Ark. Centenary treasurers at Methodist headquarters, Nashville, Tenn., are appealing to Sunday school superin tendents and pastors to make this special effort. It is said that more than 1,600 Sun day schools have one hundred per cent rating in Centenary payments. This means that this number of Sun day schools have entered upon the present year -with their Centenary pledges paid to date. MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES Will Be Held on April the 26th, Wednesday. LEADER SHOT AFTERSPEAKING Leader Escapes Unhurt — Belfast Passes Quiet Easter—Griffith Speaks At Sligo At the Pearly Gates. St. Peter: JVho comes here? Spirit: One who has passed from earth and would enter the abode of the righteous and just. St. Peter: Have you lived a just and upright life? Spirit: I have endeavored so to do. St. Peter: Have you repented of your sins? Spirit: I have. St. Peter: Have you paid all of your just debts? Spirit: I have. St. Peter: Are you sure you have pail ALL of your just debts, that not one has been overlooked? Spirit: Quite sure, St. Peter. I have a reputation for promptness in such matters. St. Peter: Have you paid the edit or? Spirit: Pardon, must excellent St. Peter! I did forget to pay the editor, but I am only one of the many, and it is such a little things to hold gainst me. I beseech you to forgive and permit me to enter. St. Peter: Stand aside! As you de nied the.* editor his due, so do we deny you what you had hoped to be your due. You may not enter until the editor has been paid. Memorial exercises will be held at tfie Fayetteville Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Judge Roscoe Luke of Thom- asville will deliver the memorial ad dress. Other interesting features have been planned for the program. Preceding the exercises all the Con federate Veterans of the county, togeth er with their wives and the widows of veterans, will be served dinner on the court house lawn by the ladies of the Woman’s Club. MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. FEDERAL LAND BANK The officials of the Federal (Land Bank of Cloumbia, ,S. C., met with the presidents and secretaries of the National Farm Loan Associations of North Georgia in Atlanta Tuesday of this week to instruct these loan asso ciations concerning the filing of ap plications for farm loans. S. W. Nipper, president, and T. R. Gay, secretary-treasurer, attended this meeting as officials from the Fayette County National Farm Loan'Associa tion. The principal theme discussed was co-operation between Farm Loan Associations and the Federal Land Bank. The volume of loans now handled by the Federal Land Bank makes it nec essary to change the operation of the system to the extent that'each associa tion will be allowed a quarterly appor tionment of .the funds available fig ured upon the percentage basis of what each association has done here tofore, and the time for filing these applications will be fixed. This association will be advised in a short time as to our allotment and the date for filing applications, and the association has been assured of the fact that the applicant will receive his loan within ninety days from the day the applications are filed. Desirable loans are now solicited. Dublin.—Michael Collins, head of the Irish provisional government, was fired on as he was returning from mass after a speech. Collins was un injured and one of the assailants was captured. The attempt on the life of Collins came just as it was believed the Eas ter holiday would be passed over quietly. It is now feared that this attempted assassination may stir up new bitter feeling and provoke more disorders. The shots were fired at Collins from ambush. London.—A dispatch to the Press association from Garrick-on-Shannon says Arthur Griffith, guarded by ar mored cars and Free State troops, re cently addressed a crowd in Sligo with out interruption. There was an exchange of firing between the opposing forces, the dis patch adds, and it is reported one re publican was killed and another repub lican and one civilian were slightly wounded. Belfast.—Notwithstanding wild ru mors of impending trouble in Belfast Easter Sunday, not a single casualty had been reported up to 11 -o’clock. An unusually large number of holdups, carried out by armed men, took place in the streets of Belfast, but no big amounts were secured by the highway men. There was continuous firing in the north side of- Dublin. Considerable alarm prevailed among the residents in the neighborhood of the Boardstone station and Mount Joy prison. Ac cording to one account received here, the republicans endeavored to seize Mount Joy prison, which was guarded by Irish republican army regulars. Broadstone is the station from which Arthur Griffith started for Sligo. Mr. Griffith took a bold course. In stead of smuggling himself into Sligo, he traveled in state on the Midland and Great Western railroad with a guard of honor of Free State troops. At all the stations crowds waited to give the Dail Eireann president a cordial reception. Hand-shaking was the order of the day at Mullingar, while at Longford the local republican army rendered honors and the inevi table brass band played national airs. In an interview at Longford Mr. Grif fith said he was not afraid to speak in Sligo, as he knew the people there, as well as in every county in Ireland, were behind him. It is reported here that the Kil- mainham prison has been taken over by the Irish republican army, but the report does not say whether by re publican or regulars. The Kilmain* ham prison is situated near th9 for mer residence of the British military commander in Ireland. It has not been used for prison purposes in some time. GRAND OPERA Coal Production Shows Big Increase Washington.—Bituminous coal pro duction in the United States, reduced by 75 per cent when miners in union ized fields walked out April 1, is now showing an appreciable increase, it is reported by the geological survey. Non-union fields where operations are continuing produced 10,782 carloads April 20, and forged slowly ahead in each succeeding day until on Thurs day, April 13, the last day recorded, when the output was 11,480 cars. Consumption Of Cotton Increasing Washington.—Almost 2,000,000 few er cotton spindles were operated dur ing March than in February, the monthly cotton report of the census bureau, issued recently, disclosed. Of the increase for the month, 34,000 bales were consumed in cotton grow ing states, where consumption waa the largest of any months since the first quarter of 1917 and amounted to 65 per cent of the total cotton used in the country during March.' Reduced Rates to Atlanta Via A., B. & A. Railway. RATES I Government Wins ‘Shoe Machine’ Case Washington.—The United States Machinery company is restraining com petition in the shoe machinery 4n vio lation of the anti-trust law, the Su preme court has decided. y Explaining Earth's Attraction. All bodies fall to the ground In con sequence of the power of the earth’s attraction on each of Its particles; | everything else being equal or the same, all bodies, great and small, light and heavy, ought to fall with equal rapidity. The fact that a stone falls more rapidly than a feather is due solely to the unequal resistance op posed by the air to the descent of these bodies. In a vacuum all bodies fall with equal rapidity. Account grand opera season, A., B. & A. will sell round trip tickets to At lanta from all stations in Georgia at one and one-half fare. Dates of sale April 23, 24, 26 and 28, good to re turn not later than May 2. Call on A., B. & A. agent for rates and other information, or write W. W. Croxton, P. T. M., Atlanta, Ga. Advertisement. Believed Pasha's Brother Was Killed Berlin.—A man who was shot dead here the other night is reported to have been a brother of Talaat Pasha, former Turkish grand vizier, who was assassinated in Charlottenburg, a wes tern suburb of this city, March 15,1921. Government Government does not wholly reside beneath glided domes and In marble halls. It has place in every home in the land, whether palace or college. It begins and ends In citizens, even the humblest. Like the foundation, government will not rise higher than Its source.—Grit. Fatty Draws Record Breaking C r owd Rock Hill, S. C.—The police were called out on the night of April 15 to handle crowds seeking to gain en trance to a local theater showing a picture of “Fatty” Arbttckle. This was the first showing in this section of a picture made by the fat comedian since his arrest on a charge of caus ing the death of a motion picture ac tress last September. The crowds at tending here established a record for attendance in this city. The popula tion of Rock Hill is fifteen thou sand. Grovetown.—The second quarterly conference for the Grovetown charge, Augusta district, was held here re cently, Dr. J. W. Quillian, presiding elder, preaching to a large congrega- toin, after which dinner was served on the grounds and the quarterly confer- 1 ence held, presided 6ver by Doctor Quillian. The Rev. W. S. Norton, pas tor, made his report, which showed progress along all Hines of church work and especially in the Sunday school work. Atlanta.—Two alleged automobile thieves escaped from the DeKalb County jail recently by breaking thru a wall and leaping to the roof of the sheriff’s kitchen adjoining the jail proper, it was revealed by Deputy Sheriff J. Gordon Hardy, of Fulton county. Sheriff Hardy went to Deca tur with bench warrants to bring the ment, Jack Spratling and C. L. Pitt man, to the Fulton county jail. They were indicted for automobile stealing here. t Savannah.—From eight southeast- irn states more than four hundred bakers and business men associated with the bakery industry gathered in Savannah for the four-day conven tion of the Southeastern Association of the Bakery Industry. The meeting is officially known as the “quality- bread convention" business session are held three times a day with prominent men of the trade making address and leading discussions of interest to the bread makers. Dahlonega.—The ninth congression al district road commissioners will hold their first meeting, since organ izing in Hall county last month, in Dahlonega on May 19. Arrangements are being made in Dahlonega this week to make that a big time. Form er citizens of Lumpkin county will be invited to make it a homecoming day. Senator Thomas E. Watson, Tom Bell and Governor Thomas W. Hardwick will be invited to inspect the highway nearing completion into Dahlonega. Waycross.—The Regional B. Y. P. U. Conference came to a close here recently with the selection of Vidalia as the next meeting place, and April 12-13, 1923, as the date for the next conference. Vidalia was selected af ter a spirited contest between several south Georgia cities. The banner com mittee awarded the finest banner to Ludowici and the second to Wallace Union, Second Baptist Church of Sa vannah. The conference was oire of the most successful ever held: More than 200 delegates attended. Waycross.—The “Made in Georgia week” campaign was formerly launch ed in Waycross at a mass meeting of the citizens held in the municipal auditorium. Mrs. Newton C. Wing, state chairman of the women’s ^com mittee, stated in her address that more enthusiasm was being manifested in Waycross than in any city she had visited. Mrs. W’ing, Mrs. J. E. Hays, state president of the federated wom en’s clubs of the state; Prof. E. A. Pound, high school supervisor, and Dave M. Parker, were the principal speakers at the meeting. 1 Fitzgerald.—Fatally injured in an automobile wreck recently while en route from here to assist in dedicating a .new Catholic church in Thomas- ville, Rev. Leonard Vandesan, Cath olic priest of Albany, Ga., and Mrs. George E. Davis^wife of the proprietor of a local hotel, died at a hospital in Ocllla. Five other persons in the car escaped with minor injuries. Fath er Vandesan held early morning mass at the local Catholic church, dismiss ing his congregation about 8 o’clock, and left in Mr. Davis’ automobile for Thomasville, traveling fast to get there in time for the morning service. Cordele.—Cordele won the third dis trict school meet at Vienna. Super intendent Gordon Singleton of Gor- dele was elected president. The next meet goes to Cuthbert. Cordele won with 14 points, Dawson came second with 11, and Fitzgerald third with 9 1/2 points. In athletics Cordele roll* ed up 21 1/2 points'with 11, and Fitz gerald IS and Leslie 17. On literary events Dawson was first with 11 points Cordele second- with 9 points and Vienna third with 7. Dawson was the best speller, Fitzgerald second and Cordele third. Fitzgerald was first in debate, Smithvilie second and Daw son third. Eatontyi.—“Wit and Wisdom,’’ the paper issued by the pupils of the Ea- tonton High school, is out and full of splendid schools news that does credit to every member of the staff. The staff of Wit and Wisdom is ’comnosed of: Editor in chief, Katie Denham; literary editor, Mary Collins; ex change editor, Frances Watterson; news editor, Virginia Riley; social editor, Rosa Hearns; cartoon editor, Frances Pinkerton; alumni editor, Mrs. F. E. Newlander; business man ager, Sidney Edmondson; editorial manager, Herber Brown; ajh’ertis- ing managers, Charlie Walker, Fr’d Wilson; circulation manager, Ed r ‘rince and Robert Peacock.
