VOLUME IV
Concrete Road
Under
Mr. Johnson, of the linn
Johnson & Morgan, 0 f Atlanta,
who is employed b.v the State
Highway Department and who
has charge of the concrete road
plans to the depot, was here Tues¬
day ir. this interest.
Since Mr. Johnson has given
this project a thorough mathe
matical study, finds that the road
which had been estimated to cost
#16,000 will require an additional
$ 6 , 000 , but, since the federal aid
match us dollar for dollar,
af this additional cost will be
jare of by them, leaving
^only $3,000 to raise. This
[.assured by the citizens
at a call meeting Tues
Riing in the court house
h e work of pre paraliou
■light continue.
The government has yet some
finor details to work out which
gon says will require
after be which, advertised bids j
lean
pe an additional
ass on this proj
iisMr. Johnson’s
bme unseen mis
Jt [tie the first road can be
of January.
ijooie Buys Hotel Hyatt
Mr. J. W Goble,of near Round
top, bought ot G. B. Kelley, M,
I. leeni and Mrs. J. G. Colt, the
Hyatt Hotel last Tuesday, and
will lake possession first ol Sep¬
tember.
Mr. Goble is one of Giloier's
most prosperous farmers and will
conduct the hotel on the highest
in. This is one ot the best ho
in mis section ol
^ we understand Mr.
to make many
toon as he takes
the past two
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TIMES - COURIER
“We Push For Prosperity-—Give Us a Pull”
| Ellijay 6 Copperhtll 3;
Copperhill and Ellijay—?
T he Ellijay team came up last
Saturday and played the local
second nine a return game. The
game lasted about three hours,
and Earl Edwards was overjoyed
at getting his 15c worth. This was
an off day for Edwards in umpir¬
ing. Well the game began like
Copperhill was going to wipe up
the earth with the visitors, but
with a little aid from the grand
stand Ellijay loosened up a bit
too and ran away with the game
to the tune iof 6 to 3- Copperhill
used three pitchers during the ev¬
ening, but to no avaii, Ellijay had
been predestined and foreordain¬
ed to win this game, as mine lord,
“Rocky” Robsinson had the mat¬
ter in hand and kept the visitors in
heart all the way thru. The pitch¬
er for Ellijay did some fine work
and would have let the locals
down hard had his team have
supported him as it should have.
Withali the game was loose
at both ends, and before it was
over the center had gotten quite
limber.—Copper City Advance.
Weil, Blalock, before the thing
was over with here last Saturday,
the middle broke all right and
runs poured in home like corn
through a mill hopper when water
is high, and Copperhill carried
away the biggest ball game that
was ever put in a sack. Copper¬
hill had the locals held by 9 to I
until the boys peppered up in the
sixth and made 5 runs, tied the
score in the seventh,and it looked
as though they would take the
game, regardless of having only
a picked-up team, but Clara, they
over-did the thing in the eight
and we haven’t the heart to tell
it. Owing to a heavy rain just as
the game started, the grounds
were too wet and slippery for
justice to either teams, and the
game had no feature.
months been conducted by Messrs
Dillard and Carroll under lease.
ELLIJAY, GA., FRIDAY. AUG. 22, 1919
AT RANDOM
j London is reported crazy over
, “jazz weddings,”andsoonmaybe
j ■ divorce expected —Columbia to specialize News on ragtime
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Sheriff P, C. Gentry and Jake
Deweese, who went to California
three weeks ago for the purpose
of bringing back one HoraceWitt,
who killed James Flowers and
son, near the Tennessee state
line sixteen years ago, returned
to town Monday without the pris¬
oner. The California authorities
refused to deliver Witt on the
showing made, and turned him
loose.—Murphy Scout.
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The Georgia Baptist Assembly
closed the best and most success¬
ful meeting in its history last
Sunday evening. If the attend¬
ance had been any larger it would
have been difficult to entertain
them since all the hotels, boarding
houses and cottages on the
grounds were filled to their ca¬
pacity. Already plans and prep¬
arations are under way for a still
bigger and better meeting for
next year.—Blue Ridge Summit
Post
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Mrs. J. C. Wright and children
left Sunday for an extended visit
to relatives in Canton, Ga., and
Gadsden; Ala,—Etowah Enter¬
prise.
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At last week’s term of court!
Bryan Thurmond, charged
the murder of Homer Harhen,
here Dec. 25,1918, was tried and
found guilty of voluntary man¬
slaughter. Thurmond was sen¬
tenced by Judge Jones Friday
morning for one year and one
day in the penitentiary. This was
the minimum sentence according
to law.—Dawsonville Advertiser.
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A man will give up a dollar for
a 50 cent article that he wants—
and a woman will give up 49
cents for an article that she does
not want—and there you are —
Lawrenceville Herald-
3iill anil 1,400 Gallons of Liquor
And Alleged Moonshiners Taken
Lieutenant Bonnet and Corpo
ral Banks, of the Atlanta detach¬
ment of provost guards, ard a
squad of internal revenue collect¬
ors on Sunday destroyed 1,400
gallons of corn whisky and two
stills in Cherokee county, cap
tured the alleged operators. John
B Ellison, a former t-oldirr, who
is said to have recently pseaped
from Tort Leavenworth, where
he was serving a sentence of 5
years for deserrion, and Lester
Dowda, 23 years old.
Along with the whisky,the two
stills, both a hundred gallon ca¬
pacity, were destroyed. The cop¬
per parts of the still, and 200
pounds of sugar were brought to
Atlanta and are now being held
at the federal building.
Both Dowda and Ellison are
being held in Fulton county jail
pending trial. Ellison will not
face trial until after he has com¬
pleted his sentence at Leaven¬
worth, from which place he is al¬
leged to have escaped on March
13 th.
SPECIAL SALE
Ladies and Misses
Organdie $12.00 Dr esse* $8.00
Voile $ 8.00 Dresses $6 00
H.C Johnston Mcr. & 5 & 10 c. Co
Out In God’s Country
Down in the lonesome country.
Where nights are ages long,
We hate to hear the bull frog,
Whose heart is full of song.
—Youngstown Telegraph.
Down in the lonesome country,
Where time is hard to kill,
There’s nothing so distressing
As the mournful whippoorwill.
—Canton (O.) Daily News.
Down in the lonesome country,
The skeeter with his bill,
worse than any bull frog
Or any whippoorwill.
—Houston Post.
Down in the lonesome country,
Take it fromus, old kid,
The most goat getting critter
Is the tenor katydid.
—Macon Telegraph.
Down in the lonesome conntry,
Tnere are many sounds most
foul,
But the one that gets my gizzard
Is the hooting of the owl.
—Walton Tribune.
Down in the lonesome country,
’Midst the sound of the owl
and frog.
The one that sounds most lone¬
some
Is the howling of a dog.
—Winder News.
Avant, you pencil pushers.
Who sing in a minor key!
The glories of the country
Are good enough for me.
True, the owl and the bull frog,
Katydid and whippoorwill,
Make music with the dog
And ^ skeeter with biU -
1 ^ mockm4 bird 18 tb€re -
With a carol in his throat,
That would raise the very hair
On a barnyard billy goat.
There as the shadows gather
And there comes a quiet hush
We hear the tinkling warble
Of the speckled breasted
thrush.
There’s music in the meadows
And sunshine on the hill—
Why dwell amid the shadows
With Owl and whippoorwill?
—Madison Madisonian.
Now take it from us, old pals,
We resent it very much,
This effort to rhyme the mock¬
ing bird
With goats, hooting owls and
such.
Then here’s to KingMockingBird
And his loyal subject, the
Thrush.
May they make our yard their
playground
And nest close by in the brush.
—Pickens County Progress
We wonder if the above poets
Could eilher one denote
The song of the mocking bird
From the bleating of the goat.
SPECIAL MEETING
SUNDAY MORNING
AT FIRST BAPTIST
The meeting at this church
Sunday at 11:00 A. M-, will be of
unusual character. It will be a
covenant meeting at which Dr
Lamar will expound the church
covenant and all the new mem¬
bers who have come in under Dr.
Lamar’s pastorate will sign the
covenant. There will be a pro¬
gram of songs and recitations by
the younger members which will
give great interest and variety to
the service. Mothers with new
babies under a year old, are in¬
vited to bring their babies and a
special prayer of dedication on
their behalf will be offered by
the pastor.
County Organizes
Highway Association
While the citizens of Ellijay
were in meeting Tuesday dis¬
cussing plans for street improve¬
ments, the idea of organizing a
county highway association was
suggested, which met with such
favor that before the body ad¬
journed,the Gilmer CountyHigh
way Association was organized
with Judge Judge J. C. Allen as
chairman and J. L. Weaver as
secretary.
The object of this association
is to promote good roads through
out the county and assist outside
districts in securing good roads.
Membership of this organiza
tion is not limited to the people
in Ellijay, but to all sections of
Gilmer county,and every district
in the county should see that it
has a representation at the meet¬
ing which has been set for Sep¬
tember 2 nd, in Ellijay, to com
plete the organization. Adjoin¬
ing counties that have organiza¬
tions of this kind are invited to
meet with us, and counties that
have not this organization should
organize, in order that the object
of building good roads might be
shoved to a higher gear.
Pike
Mrs, H. P. McDeris died Fri¬
day night after an illness of sev¬
eral n.onths. The bereaved have
our spmpathy.
Mrs. Ada Holt returned home
Sunday from a delightful visit
to her aunt at Riverhiil, Tenn.
Messrs Hassel Akins and Roy
Clayton were visitors at Pike
Saturday night*
Several from this place atten¬
ded the services at Mt. Zion last
week.
Col. F. E. Pettit and wife left
Tuesday for South Georgia where
they will teach school again this
winter.
Mr. Vernon Holt was visi-ling
at Protection Sunday.
Mr Wheeler Chadwick is com¬
pleting his home on Savannah
river where he will soon move.
Mr. Pole Clayton and family
visited friends in this section
TH E^UNIJ gBg5y«K f>AHI
I ord cars are more useful toda> than ever befoie;
a necessity in village, town, city and country; the
utility of farmer, merchant, manufacturer, archi¬
tect, engineer, contracter, salesman, doctor, clergy¬
man; a profitable factor in the life of the nation.
Runabout. $ 500 ; Touring Car, $ 525 ; One ton truck
chasis, $ 550 ; Coupe, $650 Sedan, $ 775 —these
prices f. o. b. Detroit. We can get but a limited
quantity. Please give us your order at once as
first come will get first delivery.
Me Han Grocery Co.
ELLIJAY, GA •
NUMBER 34
Til OUiTl IT 1111
The Decoration last Sunday at
Ebenezer was attended by some
thousand or fifteen hundred peo¬
ple and was prouounced the most
beautiful service ever witnessed
before. The committee composed
of Mesdames W. J. West and 11.
Davis, Messrs Arch McClure and
J. B. Chastain with J. C. Walker
as chairman had planned every¬
thing so correctly that there was
not a slip any where,and we con¬
gratulate those who participated
in this, there first decoration ev¬
er held in their community.
About 120 girls, each carrying
llowers, marched in twos from
the church to cemetery singing,
and upon arrival at the graves
made a solid line the entire length
of the grounds,and iu a sweeping
march, placed flowers on ail of
the 521 graves.
A bountiful dinner was spread
on the church grounds, every¬
body spreading Together. *
Dr. Lamar and Rev. Will Chas¬
tain delivered sermons in the af¬
ternoon which, with the guod
singing rendered by the class,
made the day a most pica...mt
one.
Farm For Sale
1 have decided to sell my home
place one-quarter mile of Tioga.
75 acres in cultivation, railroad
through place, contains a moun¬
tain of undeveloped iron ore, 3
tenant, houses, good barns and
necessary outbuildings, creek
through place, spring near house,
200 young fruit trees. Don’t
come unless you can trade.
Q. A. Cradley, Talona, Ga.
receutly,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer CarUrell
and daughter, Jewell, made a
pleasant trip to Jasper recently.
Mr^Arvil Swann left Sunday
for the A. & M. School at Claiirs
ville, Ga. We wish him ihe
best of luck.
Sgt. Chadwick visited at Air.
Clayton’s Sunday evening.
Mr. Will Hogan was in Liii
jay on business this week.
Sgt. Homer Holt was visiting
friends in East Ellsjay last week¬
end.
Wake up writers.
Fatty
