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VOLUME XXXIII. FAYETTEVILLE. GEORGIA* NOVEMBER lV, 1922. NUMBER 18. THANKSGIVING PRAYER OF GEOR- GIA’S HOMELESS CHILDREN. Our Father in Heaven, we would hon or Thy name. Our lives are all, Thine, Make them worth while to Thee! Some day we may live in that heavenly home where daddies never die and mothers always live! We are only children communing with Thee, but once Thou| has said in the Book for our t guide “Suffer the little children to come un to Me.” While Thou are great, the creator of life, we know a father and mother gave each of us birth. Now they are gone, we do not know where, our parents are gone, friends say they are dead. And so, Lord, we thank Thee for our shelter and bed. Daddy and mother gone there can be no real home, but young we are and hopeful that NEW ONES WILL COME. We are grateful for the food that makes our bodies ^grow, for the clothes that always| keeps us clean, snug and warm, But of everything, Lord, which this old world can give, we want most of all a mother’s and daddy’s love. Send them, Heavenly Father, from Thy great earth ly store, and God we shall love forever and ever more. Tributes Are Paid in Christian Index to Judge Wm. H. Fish A noteworthy array of tributes ap pear in the current issue of The Chris tian Index with regard to the appoint ment of Judge William Hansell Fish as dean of the law school of Mercer university. Among those paying trib ute to Judge Fish and congratulating Mercer are Clifford Walker, governor- elect; W. F. Jenkins, presiding judge, court of appeals of Georgia; Andrew J. Cobb, former presiding justice of the Georgia supreme court; Warren, Grice; Samuel B. Adams; J. R, Pottle; John T. Boifeuillet; Orville A. Park; Leon A. Wilson; John W. Bennett, and Samuel H. Sibley, United States judge for the northern district of Georgia. Says the latter in part: “Judge Fish takes up his work as dean of the law school of Mercer with qualifications of mind and character that make him an invaluable acqui sition to it, and his impress on hun dreds of young men who pass through the school will indirectly ipfluence the commonwealth for good and add a crowning sheaf to his full harvest of usefulness.” “Clean in his life and in his thought, an able lawyer, he has graced the ju diciary and will add luster to the name of Mercer,” said Mr. Walker, and the other comments were in full agreement. Ford Schedule Higher Than 1921 Plants of the Ford Motor Company are working on a schedule which calls for 128,000 cars and trucks during the current month. The November schedule is 43,000 units greater than for the same month in 1921, when production totaled 85,- 000 vehicles. The tractor plant is turn ing out approximately 200 Fordsons daily, and the rouge foundry is pro ducing about 6,000 model “T” cylin der blocks a day. Count Delay May Seat Mrs. Felton The delay of several counties in sending in their election returns has raised the hopes of the friends of Senator Rebecca Latimer Felton that she may be able to take the oath of office as a United States senator. Un less the returns are received and can vassed this week, Senator-elect George’s commission can not be issued to .him, and the Senate convenes in extra session Monday. Codfish as Old as History. Codfish is said to be the world’s most Important—which means the most eaten—fish. Few fish are more prolific. It has been asserted that one weighing 75 pounds will contain over 0,000,000 eggs. The cod is practically omnivorous, finding means to supply great schools wherever food of any flort is found. It is found In many parts of the world other than the North American "banks," and it Is said that It has been fished for by fisher men of northern Europe since the be ginning of recorded history and, of course, for uncountable centuries be fore man began to make written rec ords. The Record for Bullseyes. The most remurkable shooting at a target performance is that of Colonel Gibbs at Bisley, who on July 23, 1908, fired 57 shots dead on the bull without a break. The range was 900 yards. COUNTY FED ERATION OF THE WOMEN'S CLUBS Meets at Fayetteville On Saturday, Novem ber 18th. The Fayette: County Federation of Women’s Club will meet on Saturday, November 18. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. D. B. Blalock, and will begin promptly at two o’clock. Mrs. Johnson, president of the dis trict, and other prominent speakers; are expected, and will be on the pro gram. Other clubs in the county are urged to send a large representation. THIRD DIVISION Fayette County Sunday School Association Meets. The third division of Fayette County Sunday School Association/ held its reg ular meeting with Lisbon Sunday School, November eleventh. This meeting was one of the best) that has been held by this division. There were more than two hundred present. Out of this number were two pastor, eight superintendents and 12 teachers. Mr. Minter, the very efficient lead er of this division, seems anxious to help the Sunday Schools doi better work than ever before, Mr. Ellington, the county president, was there. He made an urgent ap peal for help to raise the standard of Sunday Schools over the county. Rev. Smith spoke a short while on, ‘“The Homes pf the South!” Re] spoke very earnestly on the sacredness of the home, the social life in the home. He mentioned the family altar, the Bible, the prayers and the instruc tions in the home. Rev. Hendricks preached the eleven o’clock sermon. His subject being “Partnership With Our Lord'.” Every one went home saying what a good day and hoping for many vjnore like it. The next meeting of this division goes to Antioch in February. AREN'T YOU THANKFUL? Aren’t you glad that a new crop of babies is constantly coming in to keep this old world moving along? Some time you and I are going to die, and it is fine that the babies of today will take our place in the work of the world. Not many institutions in Georgia will take a baby till it is at least two or three years old. That leaves lots of them on the Georgia Children’s Home Society. The poor litttle babies can’t help being left sometimes 'while they are tiny wiggly little things. If there are no relatives to take them in, the conscience of the Georgia Chil dren^ Home Society can not “pass one up” or “give it the go-by.” If a baby could do anything about death, it would surely say: “Mother, you shall not die, you shall not leave me, anyhow until I have had from you my natural food.” Oh, if a baby could do anything about it, that moth er should never die. , Thirty white tender baby hands in our nursery today are extended for a mother’s embrace and a mother’s love. Won’t you take one? If you can not, won’t you help us with the -expense, because you are grateful for many things. THE GEORGIA CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY, Atlanta. Rev. H. S. Reese Is Taken by Death Senoia, Ga., Nov. 13.—The Rev. H. S. Reese, the oldest Baptist minister in the state, passed away Saturday at his home near Turin. He is survived by six children, his wife having died a few months ago. He organized the Senoia Baptist Church more than half a century ago and was its pastor for several years. He was composer of a number of songs in the old "Sacred- Harp” songbook. Mr. Reese married more than 1,000 couples and buried more people than perhaps any other man in the state. The funeral service was conducted at the Baptist Church at Turin Sun day morning in the presence of a large crowd. PROSPECTUS OF THE GEORGIA DEMOCRAT To be a weekly journal of informa tion and opinion, dedicated to the ser vice of the people and devoted to their interests. To be edited and published by Thos. W. Hardwick, as sole editor, publisher and owner. To be published at Atlanta, Ga., (be ginning as near Jan. 1, 1923, as pos sible) on Friday morning of each week. To be printed in large, clean and easily read type. Each issue to con tain substantially four pages of attrac tive and current rending matter. Subscription rate to be two dollars per annum, payable in advance. Club rates for clubs of twenty or more, $1.75 per annum. Sample copy, ten cents. To be a weekly newspaper that shall furnish: 1. A weekly review of important public events in State and Nation. 4. Editorial interpretation of such events, as they occur. 3. Accurate and reliable information on the leading public questions. 4. A department for women, and home interests. 5. A red-blooded and two-fisted editorial policy. It will have strong convictions and ample courage to both state and maintain them. It will have an abiding purpose to construct and not to destroy. It will appeal to the reason and not to the prejudices of men and women. It will stand for the maintenance of order and the en forcement pf law, and against “invis ible government” of every kind and from every quarter. It will stand for the honor and prosperity of Georgia, and against intolerance, prejudice and hypocrisy whenever and wherever they raise their hateful heads. In short, it will aim high, and tell the truth. With these two limitations only, it will say what it darn pleases about everybody and everything, on all question and all the time. Is there room in Georgia for a real paper of this scope and character? Does Georgia need such a paper? If you think so, please communicate, at once, with Thos. W. Hardwick, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENT The Near East Relief is preparing its annual Christmas letter to the peo ple of Georgia. It is a time when the heart grows mellow and the spirit is full of hope and cheer. Children look forward to thi3 time with longing eyes and certain hope that Santa Claus will not forget them. 1 Those who receive this appeal—let us beg of you not to turn it down, but on the impulse of your, generous nature enclose a GIFT, and together with thousands of others make it pos sible to carry on the Near East Relief work among the thousands of orphans in Armenia and the Near East. “If you’ve had a kindness shown, Pass it on. ’Twas not meant for you alone, Pass it on. Let it travel down the years, Let it dry another’s tears, ’Till in heaven the deed appears, Pass it on.” All contributions should be made payable to the Near East Relief, 409 Georgia Savings Bank Building, Atlan ta, Georgia. OLD FASHIONED OYSTER SUPPER First iKnown Cooked Dish. The first cooked dish of which any record exists, according to one writer, Is the red pottage of lentils for which Esau sold his birthright. Tills form of food is still very common In both Germany and France. The Library Committee of the Fay etteville Woman’s Club will have an “oyster supper”! on Friday evening, November 24th, in one of the stores on the square, beginning at 6 o’clock. Oysters in all styles will be served, together with music and lots of fun. Various amusements will be qffered for the entertainment of the guests. Come—have a good time, get your money’s worth—and help buy a new book. Freak Phraae. At the club the other evening th® conversation turned to palindromes, words and phrasos which spell the lame whether you start at the begin ning or at the end. One member re marked that the best palindrome he bad ever seen—the best because it was a perfectly natural sequence of words in an advertisement—was a lign which appeared In a drug-store window many years ago. It was at a time when Red Root was popular as a curative agent and the palindromic ilgn ran: “Red Root Put Dp to Or der.”—Boston Transcript. FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL NEWS. By Loy Mize. Another victory has been added to our list in the game played against Senoia high school at Senoia. The game was rather rough, because so many fouls were made. This was due to the referee not being very strict, but in spite of the unfairness on each side we were successful. The score was 13 to 8. S. B. Lewis made eight points for Fayetteville. S. B. Lewis has been elected cap tain of the basket-ball team. He suc ceeds Delmer Evans, captain of last year’s team. The standing of the high school bas ket-hall teims in the northern division of the 6th district is as follows: Won Lost Fayetteville : 1 0 McDonough 1 0 Jonesboro! *. 0 1 Hampton 0 1 Games scheduled until Christmas: November 17—Fayetteville at Hamp ton. November 24—Turin at Fayetteville. December 1—McDonough at Fayette ville. December 8—Fayetteville at Jones boro. December 15—Senoia at Fayetteville The Juniors entertained the Seniors at a weiner roast Friday, November the tenth, at Lake Bennett. The pupils and chaperons met at the school building at seven o’clock. They went from there in cars. When all arrived at Lake Bennett a great hon-fire was built. Many games were played before and after toasting marshmallows. Later the weiners and i coca-colas were en joyed by every one. The Senior class wishes to thank the! Junior class for the good time shown them at this weiner roast. Miss Virginia Wilkes, the music teacher, has been confined to her room for several days. We wish for her a speedy recovery. Mr. Bowen was away from school Tuesday on account of sickness. A volley bfill has been purchased for the girls. We hope to be playing soon. The Fayette county teachers’ meet ing was held in Fayetteville Friday and Saturday. The Domestic Science girls and the Woman’s Club served them lunch. Miss Lucille Benetti spent Friday in Atlanta. CITY COUNCIL MEETS. Monday evening the Fayetteville City Council met in the Mayor’s office with the Mayor presiding. Councilmen E. V. Jones, G. W. Wallis, William Jackson, and J. T. McCollum were present. r Standing committees made their re ports and it was found that all affairs of the city government were being eco nomically and efficiently projected. J. H. Stphens was unanimously elected City Marshall for the new term and began his official duties Tuesday morning. All tax fi. fas were given to the Mar shall to collect or to secure the equiva lent in days labor upon the cities streets. Resolutions were passed to co-oper ate with the Woman’s Club in beautify ing the appearance of the city’s ceme tery. r A special committee for securing in formation was appointed to investigate the feasibility of corporation being formed to furnish the city with elec tric lights for streets and buildings and the citizens with light and power for residence purposes. It was agreed as far as practical that the Council would use its best in fluence to advocate the use of Govern ment type of sanitary closets, replac ing the obnoxious unsanitary surface closets now in use, which are unsight ly and detrimental to health. Council adjourned to meet on the first Monday night in December. COTTON IS KING! That cotton is king again is ack nowledged on every hand among cot ton factors, dealers, growers and agri cultural leaders generally who have been in Atlanta during the last few days. At the Candler Warehouse, Jier- haps the largest cotton storage depot in the southern states, covering six teen acres, where cotton men from every part of the South may he seen, it is generally conceded that the fleecy staple is shooting upgrade and by the end of the year will hover around the 30-cent mark. Frank Inman, Atlanta cotton man and officer of the Cotton Storage Finance Company, which leas ed the Candler warehouse from the multi-millionaire soft drink manufac turer, sees nothing but milions for the Southern farmer in the skyrocketing of the cotton market. One of the statistical-minded report ers of the local newspapers has cal culated that at the advance of cotton over last year’s price the enhancement in every county in every state in the South will enable the average grower to leap from his wagon, if he so de sires, into an automobile in most cases paid for in the difference he will re ceive for his cotton this year over 1921. If the price is sustained through the fall business men predict that pros perity will return to Georgia except in those sections where the boll weevil has let no cotton to be marketed. In many sections of the state where there is a crop—though a short one—the whistles, it is pointed out, ought to blow again in full blast. Cause of Prosperity’s Delay. Gentlemen in Atlanta who surround themselves with economic charts and business compasses declare that the failure of prosperity to stage a come back during the last two years has been on account of the disparity exist ing between the what the farmer has been getting and what other class of workers have been getting. They say that any kind of prosperity that begins elsewhere except on the farm is arti ficial and inevitably collapses. Hence the nervous and unstable conditions since May, 1920. Joel Hunter of At lanta, an unusually clear economic thinker has steadfastly held that the South aud the rest of the nation would not recover from the business slump until the farmer’s dollar became worth as much as anybody else’s dollar. Now that the farmer’s dollar is coming into its own again, it is time, according to business men here, to expect business generally to show a spurt. Cotton, it is claimed, is the life of business in many sections of the State and the South. It makes business hum in the cotton mills, keeps the stores running, fills the fair grounds, pop ulates colleges and pays doctor bills. Bread is the staff of life, but cotton buys bread. That it has ascended to the throne again is cause for rejoic ing, according to agricultural leaders, but they say the growers should not lose sight of the desirability of keep ing it there. They declare that order ly and sensible marketing may not have been wholly responsible for the re-coronation of the king, but orderly and isensible marketing has undoubt edly been of much assistance. A PROCLAMATION Georgia Again to Grow Long Staple That the farmers of Georgia may resume the growing of one and one- sixteenth inch long staple cotton was foreseen Monday by experts who have been studying the marketing possibili ties of this commodity. Because of substantial prices ob tained from this product before the ravages, of the boll weevil, Georgia farmers,, and particularly those of the northern part of the state, reaped gen erous profits from Its growing. During recent months there has been an in sistent demand by both domestic and European spinner for this grade of cot ton. GEORGIA:—By Thos. W. Hardwick Governor of said State. Whereas, Official information has been received at this Department that James Langston, Rural Mail-Carrier, was murdered on the Stewart Farm in Fayette county, on October 2Sth. 1922, by an unknown party or parties who escaped and are now fugitives from justice. I have thought proper, therefore, to issue this my Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of Fife Hundred Dol lars for the apprehension and delivery of said unknown party or parties with evidence sufficient to convict, to the Sheriff of Fayette county and State. And I do, moreover, charge and re quire all officers in this State, Civil and Military, to be vigilant in endeav oring to apprehend the said unknown party or parties in order that he may be brough tot trial for the offense with which he stands charged. Given under my hand and seal of the State, this the 31st dav of October, 1922. * THOMAS W. HARDWICK, Governor. By the Governor. S. G. McLENDON, > Secretary of State. Early Learned Truth About Earth. Eratosthenes was a Greek mathema tician living in Egypt. He wrote A book on geography, and had so clear a perception of the shape of i;.e earth that more thun 1,700 years before Co lumbus he affirmed that It would be possible to sail from Spain to India by going always westward. He ne&led no telescope and no chronometer to Bud that out. Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth on pre cisely .'he principle that still lies at the basis of geodesy. $500,000 REQUIRED TO SAVE M. & R. RY. UNLESS METHOD OF PROFITABLY OPERATING IS OFFERED, SERV ICE TO BE DISCONTINUED STATE NEWSJF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State Macon.—R B. Pegram, receiver for the Macon and Birmingham railroad, who arrived here recently to attend a hearing before Judge H. A. Matthews, stated that unless some method of operating the road at a profit is offer ed, all service on the line from Macon to LaGrange in all probability will be suspended by order of the court. Mr. Pegram stated that it would require $500,000 to put the road on its feet again, paying off a debt of $300,000 and making necessary re pairs. He declared that he could get no more credit for the road. He also indicated that he would ask the court to be relieved of the receivership on November 15. Passenger service has been suspend ed on the line, on order of Judge Matthews. Patrons of the iine are en deavoring to prevent the discontin uance of freight service. * * * Macon.—A fight to save the road will be made by citizens who live along the route and whose peach crops virtually depend upon the freight ser vice of the road for market transpor tation. Passenger service was discon tinued several weeks ago by order of the court, when it was shown, in addi tion to the constant financial loss such service caused, the equipment of the road was in such condition that it was unsafe to transport human life on the road. Further Appeals In Express Theft Macon.—Wallace Miller, counsel for 16 persons convicted of conspiracy to rob the American Railway Express company of approximately $1,000,000 worth of property, the conviction just having been affirmed by the United States circuit court of appeals, says that he will apply for a writ of cer tiorari as soon as possible and ask that the case be reviewed by the United States supreme court. The mandate of the United States circuit court of appeals has not been receiv ed by the clerk of the United States distirct court, but lawyers in the case have received copies of the opinion from the clerk of the court in New Orleans. Proposes County Farming Plan Juliette.—A committee of bankers, business men and agricultural advisers of Monroe county has just outlined a, farming program for the farmers of Monroe county, which they consider safe and cound for both the farmer and the business men with whom he must deal. The farmers are advised to make cotton a surplus crop and to stress dairy’, products, hogs and chick; ens, establish permanent pastures and not overlook soil-buiiding. "The bank ers and business men of Monroe coun ty,"'states the committee, “will pre fer to co-operate with farmers who fol low this program.” Bibb County Deputy Shoots Negro Macon.—Deputy Sheriff Homer Har dison shot and seriously wounded Lucy Rogers, a negro, on Hazel street, when the negro attempted to draw a pistol on the officer. The negro underwent an operation at the Macon hospital. It is stated his condition is critical. The sheriff’s men had been called to Hazel street to arrest Rogers, who is alleged to have entered a house and threatened the lives of other negroes. As the officers approached, Rogers walked off with his hand on his hip pocket, refusing to obey a command to halt. Ax Murder Case Suspects Freed Atlanta.—Charlie Waller, Jim Alex ander and Arthur Alexander, the three suspects held in the investigation of the murder of James Langston, Fair- burn postman, have been released from custody, it has been learned. Sheriff T. C. Kerlin of Fayette county stated to an Atlanta newspaper that he had freed the three men from the jail at Fayetteville, after an investigation of two weeks’ duration had failed to dis close any evidence on which to base ♦he issuance of murder warrants. Religion Is Measure Of Patriotism Atlanta.—“The strength of a man’s patriotism is measured by the strength of his religion," declared Rev. H. I. Hendrix of Warrenton, in a stirring sermon on “Patriotism and Religion,” delivered at the Martha Brown Memo rial Methodist church. He defended America’s stand during the world war and declared that a nation has the same right to safeguard itself that a man has to safeguard his home. Man Killed When Car Skids Americus.—Oscar Jones was killed* and J. H. Mills dangerously hurt in an automobile accident near the Stew art place on the Plains road, nine miles west of Americus, the accident^ occurring as the result of their car, skidding. Mills, who was driving, sus tained internal injuries, and has been in a semi-conscious condition since. Ha is at the Americus and Sumter county hospital. Jones was instantly killed, his neck being broken and his skull crushed. The body was brought here and prepared for burial. The car turn ed completely over, but was not seri ously damaged. Dawson May Rent Electric Power Dawson.—Dawson may obtain its. lights and power from the Georgia- Alabama Power company’s station near Albany in the next 12 months. During the recent past Mr. Whiting, an engi neer, representing the above concern,* was in the city to secure an estimate as to the amount of city’s manufactur-! ing plants should they all desire to use! electric power. It Is generally thought that every plant In the city would use; electrical power if such were availa ble. Some time ago meters were placed in the city’s plant to determine the monthly consumption of electricity. Hahira To Have Weekly Paper Hoboken.—The Hahira Progress will be the name of a new paper to be launched at Hahira about December 15: by “Pa" Kiley. The Progress will be different from all other Georgia week lies and will carry all the Kiley fea- tures.The Progress will have a general circulation and the subscription books, are now open. “Pa” Kiley will move* the plant of the Brantley County News to Hahira about December 7. The Progress will be independent in poli tics. 4-Year-Old Girl Hurt Seriously Atlanta.—Martha Culver, four years old, received a fractured collar bone and other injuries when knocked down by an automobile in front of her home. She was carried to a hospital for first aid treatment. A woman whose name the parents of the little girl did not learn was driving the automobile. She stopped immediately and rendered all the aid possible, carrying the little girl to the hospital. . , Savannah Host Of Ticket Men Savannah.—The advance guard of the seven or eight hundred delegates to the fourth annual convention of American Association of Ticket Agents which will be in session here for sev eral days this week, began arriving recently on the Coast line. Represen tatives held a special meeting. A special train from Washington is ex pected and also a Florida special is also expected. Kidnaping Victim Flees Macon.—It was announced at the home of Dr. R. F. Mills that he, ac companied by his oldest son, 13, left town the other afternoon. Mill re ported that he had received a myste rious message ordering him to leave the city under penalty of death. He said that he tried to find the source of the telephone call, but the central operator could give him no informa tion. Marrying Parson Dies, Age 95 Senoia.—Rev. H. S. Reese, familiarly known as “Uncle Henry,” died at his country home, six miles from Senoia, one morning recently, and was buried kt Tranquil cemetery after funeral ser vices at the Turin Baptist church. He is survived by six children; his wife: having preceded him to the grave a few months since. Man And Wife Injured In Collision Atlanta.—Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Wat ford were carried to a local hospital suffering from injuries received in a collision between the automobile in, which they were riding and a street car of the Georgia Railway and Power company. Neither is thought to be se riously hurt, according to surgeons at the hospital. 325 Liquor Cases In Savannah Court Savannah.—More than 325 cases charging violation of the prohibition laws with a score or more charging conspiracy,' will be on the docket for the federal court, when it opens. These cases are all the docket for the first two days of court. It is predicted that nearly half the defendants may have their bonds forfeited. Editors Meetings At Waynesboro Savannah.—The First District Press association will meet November 21 at Waynesboro as guests of the president, W. L. Sullivan, of the True Citizen, and of the Rotary Club of Waynesboro. Some unusualy interesting and import ant items are to be upon the program of the meet. Shoots Bear In Front Yard Juliette.—Henry Chauncey, farmer of this section, has bear steak for sale. Recently when walking out in the front yard, he spied a Mi\ Bruin up a tree in the yard and secured a shotgun and shot the bear several times. It weigh ed about 200 pounds.
