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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XXXIII. FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, AUGUST 11, 1922. NUMBER 4. " 1 — 1 THE MODERN IDEA. The old fashioned, one room school —the “Little Red Schoolhouse”—which has figured so strongly in prose, po etry and political speeches—will soon he in the class with! hoop-skirts, tallow candles and tinder boxes. The rea son for this is simply that the little country school canno|t keep pace with the modern educational system. Lack of proper sanitary facilities, in- K ^complete equipment and the custom Sr of having only one or two teachers for t many grades are some of the reasons for scrapping the isolated one-room country school and adopting the con solidated school in its place. The consolidated school with its well lighted, completely equipped, sanitary building makes not only the ideal place for the coming generations to receive a good education, but also affords a meeting place or .social center , for the (entire community. And for this rea son, the consolidated school is a good investment for any community or dis trict because it can be and is used the [year 'round as the center of the social and eductaional activities of the entire neighborhood. jWhat better investment can any dis trict make that can give bigger re turns in happiness, prosperity, ad vancement and community pride? Faculty For Fayetteville Public School Announced The following announcement of the personnel of the faculty of the Fay etteville. School was handed the editor for publication. All the members of the (faculty, twelve in number, have been secured, with the single exception of the teacher of Latin and Mathematics in the High School. Four of the old faculty will return and we will welcome them back and wish them a happier year in the new schojol building. Those who wil return are Prof. J. R. Byrd, principal of the high school; Miss Gur- U-eliAVebb, who had charge'Of ".lie fifth and sixth grades; Miss Eleanor Ward, fourth grade, and Mrs. Lennis Starr, third grade; Professor Byrd, who has been taking work this summer at Co lumbia University, will be in town in a few days to prepare for the opening. The complete roster of the faculty fol lows: u si* High School— Prof. J. R. Byrd, A. B., William and Mary, English. Miss Elizabeth Benton, A. B., Wes leyan, History and French. Miss Julia Lennard, B. S., Wesley an, Science and Domestic Science. To be supplied, Mathematics and Latin. Grammar School— Miss Gurtrell Webb, G. N. and I. G., History and Arithmetic. Miss Helen Green, G. N. and I. C., English and Reading. Miss Mary Alfofrd, Alabama Tech, Geography, Penmanship, Spelling, Primary Gradse— Miss* Eleanor iWard, Reinhardt, Fourth Grade. Mrs. Lenis Starr, G. N. and I. C., Third Grade. Miss Bess Polhill, G. N. and I. C., Second Grade. Miss Emmie Kate Andrews, Na tional Kindergarten School, First Grade. SCHOOL OPENS t SEPTEMBER Registration for 1922-23 Term Now Open. The plan whereby all pupils are re quired to register, submitting promo tion card or certificate of proper class and receipt from the treasurer of the school board for the regular fee of two dollars and a half per term, will be followed again this fall as a per manent policy. The books of the treas urer, Mr. T. R. Gay, are now open, and, after this receipt is secured, reg istration may be made at the office of Superintendent L. M. Lester by sub mitting both this receipt and promo tion card o«r its equivalent. Those who ,are not provided with promotion card may be required to take an examina tion to determine their classification. There will be no need for any one to enter school late on account of the provision that receipt from the treas urer shall be presented for registration, for the same arrangements as those made heretofore may be made. Pa trons may sign notes for the amounts due;;»nd the receipt will be forthcojm- 4 ing. Attention is called to the fact, however, that those who did not pay this fee for the last term, the same be ing now due and payable since January the first, and who did not sign note for same, will be expected to straight en out this indebtedness by signing another note, if,not by making pay ment in full. This is only fair to) those who have shouldered their part of the cost of the schools by paying these fees promptly or have made arrangements to do so. It is hoped that all who can will register at once, so that there will not be a rush at the last moment, so, also, that an idea of the enrollment and the equipment that will be nec essary may be secured. The names of the first registrants will be published in The News of next week. Only those who register before September the fifth (5th of September) will be given cred it for attendance on the first day, which will be the fourth of Setpem- ber. Tyrone to Have Junior High School (In accord with the plan of the Board of Education to provide High School Education and to put it with in reach of all who want it, the school at Tyrone is to be enlarged by the addition of a special teacher for the High School subjects. Another room, in addition to the one built last spring, will | be secured by the local board to provide a place for this work. Although the work of these grades, the eighth and ninth, was offered in this school before, on account of an insuficient room, as well as an un- inusfficient room, as well as an un accredited course of study, the work done could not be accredited by the State Department of Education. Now through co-operation with the county, whereby these schools teach the work of the first two grades of the high school under the same plan and with the same degree of (thoroughness as the four-year high school at Fayette ville, it is possible to accredit the work of such a school. Effort will be made to equip the school as well as is necessary in order to do good work in these grades. Some sort of laboratories will be provided. The term will be lengthened. The school will be opened to all pu pils of the eighth and ninth grades, residing in this section, regardless of school district. The same is true for thjis term of the grammar grades. Those who wish to send to this school from other districts may do so. After a year of trial and as soon [as arrangements can be made to build a consolidated school jbuilding a larger capacity, with a larger nuniber of teachers, the transportation necessary will be provided. Let all the people of this section, within a radius of sev eral miles, begin to think of the possi bilities! in this direction and bend their efforts to the accomplishment of what means more toi their children than any other thing that can happen to Fayette county, the improvement of our schools by CONSOLIDATION. BAR AND LAITY ARE RALLING TO JUDGE FISH Letter Indicate! Strong Support of the Chief Justice for Re-Election. Letters from lawyers and laymen throughout the state have been pour ing in urging re-election of Justice William H. Fish, for seventeen years chief justice of the Georgia supreme court, it was announced Tuesday by Attorney Frank H. Hooper of the At lanta bar, who has been actively sup porting the chief justice. The uusual record of Justice Fish, who succeeded Justice Thomas J. Sim mons as chief justice in 1905, has been pointed to in all Of the letters, Mr. Hooper said, as indicating that Jus tice Fish will unquestionably be [re tained on the court. Justice Fish is opposed by Judge R. B. Russell, who was formerly on the icourt of appeals and who made several races for governor. “Not only a large part of the bar, but also the majority of the laymen, are everywhere expressing the desire to see Judge Fish re-elected, realizing) that the judiciary is not a department of the public affairs that should be lightly tampered with,” a letter from an able South Georgia judge pointed out. “Judge Fish’s record of impar tiality, refusal to decide cases in any other way save upoju the law, and with out regard to private opinions or pre dilections—in fact, his high discern ment of the true duty of an appellate judge—pre-eminently entitle him to re tention on the court. The state cannot afford to take him from the bench at this time.” Mr. Hooper indicated Judge Fish’s race was progressing satisfactory throughout the state. BROWN IS CHARGED WITH EXTRAVAGANCE Dallas, Ga., Aug. 8.—Speaking here Monday in the Paulding county court house, A. 0. Blalock, formerly collec tor of internal reventfe in Georgia, now a candidate for commissioner of agri culture against J. J. Brown, severely scored what he termed “the scandal ous extravagance of Commissioner Brown at ’a time when the agricul tural interests he is supposed to repre sent are struggling against hard times and adversity.” “Commissioner Brown has loaded the payroll of the department of agricul ture with members of his own family,” declared Mr. Blalock. “He has ap pointed his son as a ‘bee inspector’ at a salary of $150 a month and a liberal expense account. What sort of inspec tion work he does, nobody knows or can find out. If he is supposed to in spect the drones, he ought to do some inspecting in the department of agri culture, which has the [largest assort ment of drones ever got together in Georgia. He has appointed two other sons and a nephew to nice, easy jobs at nice, fat salaries. “During the month of July when there was practically no fertilizer mov ing in Georgia, he aprpoved expense ac counts of $1,800 for his fertilizer inspec tors. Of course they were inspecting fertilizer. They were beating the bushes for Commissioner Brown and the taxpayers were paying their salar ries and expense accounts. “One of Commissioner Brown’s in spectors is here today in this audi ence. Everywhere I go I find one of them following me. The gentleman here today draws $250 a month. His inspection work here today consists of inspecting] me and repoirting to gen eral headquarters. I will venture the assertion that the expense of his trip are to be paid by the state. If I am in error, I would like for him to cor rect) me. I do not blame him for accepting appointment ((and drawing his salary. I blame Commissioner Brown for appointing so many useless inspec tors at a time when the state Is with out funds and the people are burdened by taxation. “Commissioner Brown is paying ne gro porters in the state capitol as high as $85 a month, and he has about six on his payroll. The duties consist in shining the shoes ojf the commissioner and his staff, carrying them ice water and’ putting letters in the mail box about fifty feet, from the commission er's office. “Inspectors, appointees and employ ees are so thick in the department of (agriculture that they get in one anoth er’s way. They tramp all over one an other like toot many pigs in a pen or too many calves in a lot. “The department of agriculture is spreading the report that I am opposed to the market bureau bulletin. I am not opposed to it, but I favor putting in it some information of substantial value regarding general crops. JThe market bureau had a grand op portunity to demonstrate its usefulness in the past few weeks when watermel ons and cantaloupes were rotting in the fields or sold to pay freight in glutted markets. Why didn’t the bureau find a market for these crops which ought to have brought our state hun dreds of thousands of dollars?” CHARGES AGAINST J. J. BROWN Are Read Before Senate Tuesday. A resolution by Senator Brown of the fifteenth, introduced in the sen ate Tuesday, empowering the special committee investigating reports sub mitted by various departments, to sum mon witnessesi to probe the activities of the department of agriculture, was laid over for one day. ,A copy of a special communication in connection with the resolution, from J. J. Merchant of Doerun to J. J. Brown, setting out that James M. Mor gan, of the department, came to him offering to get him ,(March ant) put on the department pay roll for an extra frnonth if certain political work, was done, was read. The writer, Mr. Mer chant, stated In the letter that it wasn’t right to) accept state’s money to do political work and he (Marchan) would resign as fertilizer inspector. An effort was made to stop the read ing of the communication from Inspec tor Merchant.. Senator Jones of the Thirty-secdad lost on his motion for the senate to reconsider the action of Monday in adopting a resolution limiting debate on any subject to 10 minutes for indi vidual speeches. The Art of Giving. The art of giving is an Integral part of the art of living. HARDWICK LEADERS Express Confidence in Result of Primary. Expressing confidence in the result of the September primary and declar ing that Governor Hardwick is gaining strength daily, his political headquar ters on Tuesday issued the following statement: “Governor .Hardwick was accorded a wonderful reception at Jefferson in Jackson county “when he spoke there Monday. More than fifteen hundred people were at the court house to hear him, and throughout his speech he was continually (interrupted with ap plause. \ “Friends of Governor Hardwick as sured him that both Jackson and Bar- row counties would go for him by big majorities on September 13. The big audience seemed in thorough accord with the governor when he told his po sition on Confederate pensions, on the tax equalization law and on the en forcement of law and order. i“,Reports reaching the Hardwick headquarters indicate a sweeping vic tory for the governor. Arthur Lucas, /Chairman of the campaign committee, is confident the governor will receive an overwhelming majority. “Headquarters at the Kimball House and the Candler building are thronged with visitors who bring in very opti mistic reports. Jack McNair is in charge of the Kimball headquarters, room 119. He is being assisted this week by Major J. Paul Jones of Co lumbus, an enthusiastic-Hardwick sup porter. Major Jones says that Musco gee and the surrounding counties are solid for Hardwick. “Headquarters in the Candler build ing this week are in charge of Judge William H. Fisher of Greensboro, and Earl Askew of Moultrie. They are as sisting Chairman Lucas. Friends of Governor Hardwick are volunteering their services for work at headquarters each week. “Major Jones, who is a prominent member of the American Legion, being state athletic officer of the Georgia branch, has been a Harrt "jck support er for a long time, and lias done very effective work for the governor. “Governor Hardwick will make three speeches Saturday. In the morning he will speak at Warm Springs in Meri wether county. In the afternoon lie will speak at Talbotton in Talbot coun ty and on Saturday night he will ad dress the people of /Muscogee county i nColumbus. Next Monday the gov- erior will speak in the morning at Chatsworth in Murray county and in the afternoon) at Palton in Whitfield county. HON. A. O. BLALOC Endorsed by Fayette County Executive Committee. At the regular meeting of the Fay ette County Democratic Executive Com mittee, Monday morning, July 31, reso lutions were adopted endorsing Hon. A. O. Blalock for Commissioner of Agri culture of Georgia, subject to the Dem ocratic primary to be held September 13th. Mr. Blalock ..is now campaigning through the different counties of the state, and we commend him to all Georgians as a most efficient business man, banker and mercantile man in his homp town, a most progressive and industrious farmer, former collector of revenue under the (Wilson administra tion, former member of the House of Representatives, three times State Sen ator. FAYETTE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, T. R. Gay, Sec. REVIVAL MEETING Announced for the Tabernacle. Rev. W. F. Dick of Macon, will be gin a revival meeting at the Taber nacle in Fayetteville, Sunday, August the 20th, with the first service be ginning at 11 o’clock a. m. He will be assisted by Rev. J. B. Cunningham and his daughter Miss Florence Dick. Rev. Dick, is a Free Methodist preacher and was formerly a Fayette county boy, and will be glad to meet all of his friends in the meeting. All Christian people in the county are urged to help make this Taber nacle meeting a success. Sulphurous Language No Good. The furnace is patient and long suf fering. No matter how much the householder may swear at it. the fur nace never gets hot just for that.— Boston Transcript. MAYORANDCOUNCIL INSTALLED MONDAY NIGHT LAST AT FAYETTEVILLE Committees Appointed Monday night the old council held its last seession, and after the different committees had made their final (re ports of the work of the year and the mayor had spoken words of commen dation to the different department heads, and for faithful service ren dered during his term of office, Squire S. A. Burks, announced the hour had arrived for installation of the newly elected mayor and council members. Mayor-elect E. C. Seawright, with Councilmen-elect E. V. Jones, W. R. Jackson, J. T. McCollum, A. L. Mat thews and Dr. G. W. Wallis, were then given the oath of office and the ses sion of the old council was adjourned to one of the new body. After the mayor had been seated in office the new body first elected its officers for the year: Mayor pro-tem G. W. Wallis; treasurer, A. L. Mat thews; secretary, E. V. Jones. The mayor then read the list of com- Inittees designating their chairman, for the year. STREET COMMITTEE—Dr. <?. W. Wallis, chairman; J. T. McCollum, A. L. Matthews. SANITARY AND CEMETERY COM MITTEE—E. V. Jones, Chairman; Dr. G. W. Wallis, A. L. Matthews. * PUBLIC BUILDINGS COMMITTEE —A. L. Matthews, Chairman; W. R. Jackson, E. V. Jones. EXECUTIVE. COMMITTEE—J. W. McCollum, Chairman; W. R. Jackson, E. V. Jones. FINANCE COMMITTEE—A. L. Mat thews, Chairman; E. V. Jones, W. R. Jackson. Jones, Chairman—J. T. McCollum, Dr. G. W. Wallis. After reading the list of the new committees for the year, Mayor Sea wright, who is succeeding himself in the office, spoke earnestly of the op portunities before each of the new de partment heads for a banner year’s work that would tell for time as had never been privileged by other com mitteemen in the past. The new fed eral aided roads now being built so change our cities relationship with our neighboring towns that our own devel opment must keep the pace with those about us and this feature alone will call upon the very best co-operation of the whole body for civic pride and for advanced measures for securing such improvements as will make our city inviting to home seekers and pos sible investors and business promot ers and manufacturers. The expressed sentiment of the mayor seems to he contagious, and the spirit of his words have gripped our people and with our new school building now ready for occupancy, and the new highways under construction, and good crops maturing, with renew ed vigor we are all going to pull to gether for a GREATER FAYETTE VILLE. STATE ITEMS CONDENSED Atlanta.—Miss Loy Bowers, 24, and H. E. McWaters, 39, were injured ser riously when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a De catur street car of the Georgia Rail way and Power company at Drexel and College avenues, in Decatur. Juliette.—The August term of Spald ing superior court will meet in regular session with Judge W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., presiding and Solicitor Emmett Owen looking after the state’s inter est. There is a crowded civil and crim inal docket and much business that needs attention. ANNOUNCEMENTS MR. A. O. BLALOCK Announces Himself as a Candidate for Commis sioner of Agriculture Against J. J. Brown, In cumbent. GOVERNOR’S SECRETARY D. B. Blalock Resigns; Athens Man Appointed. Governor Hardwick on Wednesday accepted the resignation of D. B. Bla lock as his private secretary and an nounced the appointment of Julian B. McCurry of*Athens, a well known law yer and former member of the legisla ture, as Mr. Blalock’s successor. [The governor stated that Mr. Bla lock was resigning to devote his en tire time to the campaign of his fa ther, A. O. Blalock, for commissioner of agriculture. The governor stated that his resignation was accepted by him with regret, because of the very ef ficient and loyal :9ervice rendered him by Mr. Blalock, but he did not feel that he could ask him to continue in the position when he desired to give his entire time to his father’s cam paign and in view of the further fact that the salary of the position has at no time compensated him for the loss of time from his business interests at Fayetteville. Mr. Blalock stated that his father would open campaign headquarters in the Kimball House on Thursday and that he would devote his entire time in assisting his father in the cam paign. Mr. McCurry will arrive in Atlanta Thursday morning to assume his du ties. It Can’t Be Done. A good son makes a bad husband. Heaven pity the woman who has to try to live up to a mau’s memory of bis mother I—"Enamelina,” in London Opinion. Thomasville. — Thomasville mer chants have gone north to lay in their fall and winter stocks and new goods are already arriving. In spite of the fact that the strike is still on and other drawbacks to business, they seem to be buying goods just as usual and it is probable that the stocks will be as full as ever, judging from present indications. BLALOCK SUP PORTERS OR GANIZING IN MANY COUNTIES Campaign Being Organ ized in Fayette County. Albany.—It evidently is the desire of the Democratic executive committee of Dougherty county to discourage Repub licans from voting in the county pri mary, and the point is made by some local critics that in going beyond the rules of the state committee, the coun ty committee exceeded its authority. But the county committee “stands pat" on what it has done. Some members were in favor of enacting an even more drastic rule than was adopted, but re ceded from their position after consid erable debate. Macon.—A special election to deter mine whether Bibb county shall issue $500,000 in bonds for school purposes has been called by the board of edu cation for September 13, the date of the primaries in which congressional and local candidates are selected. The bond issue was defeated last December through failure to secure the constitu tional majority. The sentiment was shown through the vote to he over whelmingly - for bonds .A new high are contemplated. Announcement by A. O. Blalock, : prominent farmer, business man and | banker, of Fayetteville, and collector | of internal revenue for the state un der the Wilson administration, that he will be a candidate for the office of commissioner of agriculture, in the coming state primary, has been re ceived with much interest in Fayette county, and a campaign is now being or ganized in his behalf. Mr. Blalock is well known through out the state, and if the pulse beats in the heart of his home town and county mean anything, the congratula tory letters that are pouring in from all parts of the state over his an nouncement speak a volume of the sentiments of the people of Georgia. Campaigns are being organized in many counties in his behalf and the outlook seems very encouraging;,to Mr. Blalock and his many friends. / . Waycross.—R. G. Hurst was danger ously injured and Francis Hurst and Quitman Smith, boys of Waycross, re ceived less serious hurts in an auto mobile accident in the Dixie Highway several mile9 from Nicholls. The steering gear of the car broke and the car went into a ditch, turning over. R. G. Hurst suffered a browen right shoulder and it is feared that he is injured internally. Francis’ arm was broken and his shoulder sprained. Quit- man Smith suffered minor injuries. Thomasville.—Thomasville has had very little rain of late, but the clouds have been heavy every afternoon and accompanied by much thunder and lightning. A negro woman on the es tate of Mrs. Kate Ireland was killed by lightning, another woman badly Injured and several children shocked. Lightning struck the house where the negroes were, damaging it, but not de stroying it. The woman who was killed had a young baby, only a week old, which was not hurt. WISE ANNOUNCES FOR CONGRESS From the Sixth District To Succeed Himself, Subject to the Demo cratic Primary. To the Voters of the Sixth Congres sional District: I hereby announce my candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the j 69th Congress, subject to the rules of i the Democratic Executive committee | of said district governing the primary election. ; I appreciate the support given me j heretofore, and if again honored by you as your representative, I will en deavor to serve your, interest in legis lative, as well as other matters. Thanking you in advance for your interest in my behalf, I am, Very respectfully, J. W. WISE. Fayetteville, Ga., June 29, 1922. LaGrange.—At a meeting of the di rectors of the Western Georgia Fair- Association it was definitely determin ed that a fair would be held in La- Grange this fall. The dates fixed are October 9-14, inclusive. Forrest H. Truitt, president of the fair associa tion, says committees have been named to take up the various phases of the fair work and every effort will be made to have the largest and most di versified display of agricultural prod ucts and live stock ever placed on ex hibit in western Georgia. TO THE VOTERS OF THE SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DIS- TRICT: I am a candidate to represent this district in the 6Sth Congress. I earn estly solicit the votes and active sup port of my friends throughout this dis trict, and, if elected, I assure you that I will be active in the suppotr of the interest of the people. Respectfully, J. J. FLYNT. Juliette—Officers of the Indian Springs Holiness Camp Meeting Asso ciation have compelted plans for the thirty-third annual meeting, which be gins on August 10 and continues 10 days. The camp ground is located about a mile from Flovilla. The meet ing will be conducted by leading evan gelists, including Rev. John Paul of Wilmore, Ky.; Rev. J. L. Miller of Nashville, Tennessee, and Rev. Sam Haynes. Rev. 6. W. Matthews of Ma con Is president of the Camp Meeting Association and the oldest member. He Is an active worker in the South Geor gia Methodis Conference. Rome.—James M. Davis of neai Rome, a member of the Floyd county grand jury now in session, was ar rested on federal and state warrants charging him with having liquor in his possession, officersd eclaring that ten gallons were found in his barn earlier in the day. It seems that Forrester Davis, a son of the grand juror, had been arrested several hours before on a similar warrant, when officers searched the farm of Davis, who had been under suspicion, and found his hogs rooting about in a spot in the barn. The ten gallons of whisky were found and the arrest of his son who BOY SCOUTS AT LEE’S MILL ‘Program’ of Daily Study Period. SCOUT CRAFT HAND BOOK. CHAPTER NO. 1. 1:30 P. M. Scout oath and laws. Review, discussion and quizzes. 1:45 P. M. Knot tying and demonstra tion of practical uses. 2:00 P. M. Wood Craft, Chap. No. 2. Direction finding, Log Cabin building, solving problems in height and distance, by Scout Meth ods. 2:15 P. M. Bird and Animal Life. Nature Study. 2:30 P. M. Signs, Symbols and Sig naling. Chap. No. 6, Hand Book. 3:00 P. M. Health and Endurance. Chap. No. 6. 3:16 P. M. First Aid, and Life Sav ing. 3:45 P.M. Scout Games. Chap. No. 9. No Time to Linger. Bill Steeilum says that when he sees an article on “Brain Cells” he hurries on just like he does when he comes to articles on “How to Invest Your Spare Dollars.”—Wilmington News Journal.

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The Fayetteville news. (Fayetteville, Ga.) 18??-????, August 11, 1922, Image 1