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• r it'. i v -- VOLUME XXIX THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER CLAYTON; RABUN C^ u NT^ GEORGSV“rHllRSDAV FEB, number C. H. S. BUILDING ■DAMAGED BY FIRE Solomon said “Behold, how great a matter a little fire kiudleth”, and that was exemplified, last Monday morning, when, just be fore time for the court to con vene, the crowd at the court house discovered an unusual smoke at the Clayton High School buitdiog and gave the alarm that the- great monster, fire, was about to take for his toll, the magnificient school buildings ' - Soon a volunteer brigade was on hand and together with the eourt visitors, citizens and school a commendable, battle was raged with the flames, and though at times it seetned that the building wag' doomed; b> heroic effoHts, the fim -pas subdued and the building toved with.a. loss of some^twd'ior three hundred dol lars. '4 School was adjourned,' for the day for the phrfase of ^khfdg tWtthe buHdlng whleb con siderably wet end muddy wlien the fire was over, ; Our noble sheriff deserves commendable mention as w japw, as *dll as a;poI^ician4 Lthe pastor oftho > though rd#ctriwfly opposed to get- fCet wet^ gdUed off his r gnd scaled the building. mpi smany aervecommehdable mention for The school and city authorities toe grateful to eyery one who in any wAy helped to extinguish the flames, and thereby helped to save a valuable building. News TEN DAY :tiNQ—- iff™ Dr. T. 0. Alabama, and FhwofYy REVIVAL MEET- HELD AT CLAY* 9TH-18TH for several it in Ten- Dr. years, nessee, Alabama and Georgia, He ,was also one of the Evangelists under the Hdme'poard for thirteen years. Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, of Mercer University, “Reese has made for himself Nation wide reputation.” '‘Dr. T. 0. Reese is the \ evangelist in the South, as sahe as Paul” says 1 K Bolin, D. D. of Evangelist Reese with him, as H. Farr, of Ty Fair possesses'a voice of rare quality. He titled WHAT IT TAKES TO CARRY THE BOND fiSDEHi So many folks have been asking us what it takes to carry tbe Bond election and as there seems to' a bit of variation of opinions in regard to the mat we have decided to give the law in th>* matt< r and alt can understand what it takes to carry Bonds. * We refer you to the Acts of 1918, page 99 eh “Bond Elections; Number 1 of Votes.” Section one of this Act reads as follows; “Beit enacted by the General Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the same, Ths graph 1, Section 7, Article, 7 of the Constitution State be, and thesatneis hereby, amended by between thS word “thWAfer' and the word “at” occur in the tfpth line of the laid Paragraph the ing; “voting, provided said two-thirds so voting a majority ef the registered voters.” Paragraph 1. -provided said two-thirds so voting shall be a majority of the registered voters, etc, For example; suppose there are 1800 registered voters in the county, in that event the ofvotM that ceukicarry the election. fofbqnip ; 9Dl. fn tlm event there should be that number^ bpnds, then to defeat the bonds, it would be nece 453 votes to be east against bonds. , $bety mgstbe a majority of al vote* for bonds, and that majority must mer»«{4|U ftfc* votes cast at the election. .(>%'■ >. b T? TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE YalleyCtwrt Ground March 10th Dillard. Ga. *\ 10th Persimmon Court Ground ‘ ' ’ llth m «» StonepUa Court Ground •* 18th M. L. Arreadale’s Residence ” 18th Tiger Court Ground ” 14th C. B. Burch’s Store ” 14th Chechcro Court Ground ” 15th Warwmnan Court Ground ” 17th Moccasin Court Ground ” 18th Crisp** Store Ground j ” 18th *«■ 10 a. m. to 12 m;; 3 p. m. to 4 p. m. 11 a, m to 1 p. m. 3 p. m. to 4 p, m, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. 11 a. ra. to 1 p. ip. 11 a. m, to 1 p. m. 2 p. m. to 3 p. m. Clayton. Ga. Court Ground Mcb. 19and 22nd, 10 a. m. to 4. V.M. Burrell, Receiver of Tax Returns for • ' Rabun County. THE PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION TO MEET On Friday afternoon, March 7th, at three o'clock the Parent- Teacher association hold its meeting in the auditor- the C.LL S. The com a moat at- will be of hthwaiiMtis the natrons of school, so it will behoove t parent to be present at Come and help * strong listen to the dresses the# wilt this subject, 6. Open Discussion-Brief sug gestions from each member as to the needs of the school. T. Quartette—Members of the vocal Class. If you really wish to enjoy yourself, come ttrthis meeting. Tbe whole town is invited. • THE ETUDE MUSIC CLUB £¥ 4 \ MEETS ■ -i The Etude Music Clubof Clay- ten High School will hold its regular meeting next Saturday afternoon, March 1st at the home of Miss Pauline Hughes, prompt ly at three o’clock. Every mem ber is urged to be present. The subjects for the afternoon ill be “Americas Favorite and “The \Romance of i and Tunes”. Every mem te club will take part on NOTICE OF BGND ELECTION FOR HARD SURFACED ROAD V ,. ■■»■ "I" ■'BP,'— - , 1 State of Georgia, Refaun County, Office of Court of Ordinary, Rabun County* Qa. February 14th 1924, Sitting for County purposes. To the legally qualified voters of said County.; You are heraby notified that on thS, 14th day of Feb. ,924, wore than the required numb »r of the qualified registered voters of said county tiled a petition in the office of tbe Court of Ordinary of aaid county requesting an election to be held to determine the question whether or not bonds shall be issued by Rabun County, Georgia, for the purpose of applying the proceeds of the sain of said bonds to oe applied on the construction of a hard surfaced public road which is to extend from the county line of the county of Haber sham in the State of Georgia in a Northerly direction through the follow ing places, to wit; Town of Talulah Fells; Ga. Lakemont, Ga; Wilev, Ga. Tiger, Ga. Cleyton, Ga. Mountain CSty, Ga. Dillard, Ga. and to tbe Statu line of the state of North Carolina to saet with s hard surface rondst North Carolina line. And-it appearing that the construction of said hard sur face road,is of public utility and neces sary. \ •>,, " : v ;;■■■' It is ordered by the Ordinary of Rabun County, Ga. and by the Court o f Ordinary thereof that - notice is hereby given ^ the legally qualified voters of said Ra bun County that an election called to fao hel ' election precIncETwithif the Rabun County, Ga. on the-19 of March 1924 to dotermine ‘ tion-whether " the aaid,Rabun; gregate Said bonds to be issued in such de nominations as will be beat suited to the purchaser of purchasers and to ma ture and be paid on the lari day of tbe thirtieth year from the date of ftau- ance and to bear interest at the rate of five* percent per annum from the data of issuance. That a provision shall annually be made to levy and collect aaid interest, and said interest to be paid semi- an nually in the sum of 94875.00 on Jan. 1st and 94875 on v Jftly 1st in each year until the principal of said bonds shall have been fully paid. The total amount of interest to be paid annually aggregating 88750.00. That a sinking fund shall be provided by lqvy and collecting to discharge the principal of said bunded indebtedness and that said sinking fund shall be levied and collected aa follows: One Thousand-Dollars annually for the first ten years, Baid ten years shall begin Jan. lit 1924 and end Dec. 81st 1988. Two Thousand Dollars annually for the nett ten years beginning Jan. lat 1984 and ending on Dee. Slat 1943 and 914500.00 annually for tbe next ten years beginning Jan lat 1944 and end ing. Dec. Slat 1953, so that the total amount of aaid sinking fund on the last day of said Thirty years shall be One Hundred Seventy Fixe Thousand Dollars and that said sinking fund rnd applied according to law add shall, be paid upon the princi pal debt represented by said bonds and discharge aame. « qualified voter who may vpte for bonds for said purpose shall have writtp, or printed on his or- her ticket “ For bonds for constructing the Hard surfaced road”, Those vot ers who tnsy vote against bonds shall have written or printed on their ttek- “Aninat bonds for constructing aeed road” ' RABUN SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION JUDGE LEWIS C. RUSSELL PRESIDING On account of disqualification in some of the cases ponding, in court this week. Judge Jones baa secured the help of Hon. Lewis C. Russell, Judge of the PeJd- mont Circuit to hold this term of court. Judge Russell has already endered himself to the bar »nj people at large, wtufm-e attend ing court, on aceount of geniali ty and fairness t6ward both the attorneys and litigants. A deviation from the methods of of convening the court was that the Judge opened the court with prayer invoking the Dirine guidance of the Giver of perfect laws, to direct the proceedings of the court that al! parties may receive jt J tion of the i|jfW The Grgi ‘ by el Tiger*. Bailiff. ry was H. O. Rial. dVirge visiting t H. ~ Peifcwe *Mi v'/Golline gutton apd Calo Clarkesville, A Claud Rich ot the game, as standing guard. C. H. S. holds a good record ibis season, as they have not lost a game on their court, keep it up boys we’re with you. They wtti play Pie4moiit reserves tonight. Come out and,witness the talent of your homo team. FOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNEXPIRED TERM* GEORGIA, RABUN COUNTY. To the Voters of said County:' I hereby announce my Candi dacy for Representative to fill the unexpired term, caused by the death of my father, Jimes E. Bleckley. This announcement is made subject to the election called by the Ordinary to be held on March 19tb, 1924 to. fill this vacancy, I earnestly solicit the support ot all voters, both ladies and gentlemen. Promising if elected to do my best to serve the wishes of the people.. This February 21st, 1924. r /ery respectfully, ^ J Thos. C. Bleckley. —_ 1 i? 1 « line to Mountain City, Ga., auotuar ot which shai! extend from Mountain City, Ga., to Tlgot, Ga., another from Tiger,' Ga. te Lakemont Ga,, and the other from Lakeoiotot to-the Habersham County line sad that all of tbe aaid sections shall be contiacted tor con struction at the same time and not te be constructed by the county with 3ta convict*. Said road shell be construct ed under regulations and resulting from the sale «f ef the Federal and State Highway ] "“be applied to pay partmenta. that of thn coo. toe said, road «nd for the in tbe newspaper to which ef Rabun County