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VOL- 8
Gilmer County and Some Inter¬
esting Facts That Relate to It
By T. H. Tabor
ARTICLE XI
The population of Gilmer Count/, by
the Census of 192o, is 8,406
and by minor divisions, is as followes:
No. 850, Ellijay District 2,556
“ 864, Ticksnetiy J t 414
“ 907, Boardtown 528
“ 932, Cartecay >» 742
“ 958, Mountaintown »» 731
“ lu09, Tails Creek ft 437
“ 1035, Leeches tt 390
“ 1091, Bab Ground Jt 492
“ 1135, Town .Creek tt 342
“ 1136, Cherry Log tt 396
*• 1274, Ridgeway It 207
“ 1302, Coosawattee tt 361
“ 1341, Diamond tt 362
1355, Alto tt 241
“ 1498, Bucktown ” . 207
Total 8,406
The population ut Ellijay is 632
«t »» ” East Ellijay is 285
The registered vote of Gilmer Co is 2769
«• ” ” Ellijay district, 816
The County taxable property in 1922 is
as follows &ihe tax i ate $1.8d on eachsjhoU
Alto 28,587
Ball Ground 42,871
Boardtown 62,853
Bucktown 12,888
Cartecay 131.887
Cnerry Log 61.766
Coosawattee 29,834
D.amond 30,664
Ellijay 583,738
Leeches 47,0y6
Mountaintown 46,119
Ridgeway 20,292
•Tails Creek 59.766
Tic wane tly 60,433
Town Creek 78,296
Total 1,475,247
The raihoud and other taxes
amount to about three thousand
bite is The greatest amount of
Inl.ilrner County was in 1920.
and was $2,088,494, besides the
rail-' a 4 tax. The tax rate that
y, ar was $1.25 on each $100
iE lijay district pass marls $ 9 N
< 000 , mor- than one third of t e
Co mty taxes; Ellijay district has
more than | of the regjister d vote
Of the County Ridgeway and
Bucktown have the same popu¬
lation •
There is one more person in
Diamond than Coosawattee dis
trict. There are six more peiBons
in Cherrylog than in Leeches and
eleven more persons in Cartecay
than Mountaintown.
The reader can make many com¬
parisons as to the taxation by dis¬
tricts herein laid down, as wt 11 a.
ton the distribution of our popu
nation.
There is more food for thought
iri Un° se tables than a Hute and
Bscaaa jj q U 22 U 22 J 2 JUJI 253 £2 £££ St EES 9 G 3 BE rAj*«rut»htniiiiiiiinii:i.. tuhnitiiuuH
£3 El ESSIE
il “Slimy Taste*
"When I feel stupid, get constipated, or bilious, 1 take a good dose or
two of Black-Draught and it sets me straight,” writes Mr. George B.
Haislep, of R. F. D. 2, Columbia, S. C. “It cleanses the liver and I feel
all right, and hare not used any other medicine as I do not see the need
of it. I am a guard at the State Reformatory, and have been for three
or mote years. When l first heard of
BLACK-DRAUGHT
Liver Medicine
and the good medicine it was, I had been having a tired feeling when
I’d get up in the morning. I would be stiff and sore, and had a slimy,
bad taste in my mouth, but didn’t think so much of it till I began to feel
stupid and didn't feel like eating—then I knew I needed medicine. It
was then ! began Black-Draught, and I felt all made over, ready for any
kind of work, ready to eat and sleep. So, for any return of this trouble,
! take Black-Draught, and for 25 years it has been qjy medicine, and J
wouldn't tc without it at all. My work is constant. I am ca siy feet a
lot. I am out of doors, and fresh air and Black-Draught are all the
medicines 1 need. I recommend it to others for 1 know it is good."
Sold Everywhere.
ES-COURIER
it is the duty of every person who
wants to see our County build up,
to pull forward, with might and
n-ain.
Gilnro r caurty once had 1 rifle
factory near Mr Math Bennett’s
place Rifles manufactured there
s Id irom fifteen to lorty dollars
each.
There was nother place in
Tickacietly district where gun.
were made, also.
There was ajjug and earthen
ware factory once operated at
Roy, ten miles east of Ellijay.
Rev. Sam C.Osbotn was the fi>st
man to filing Bemiuda grass to
Gdmer ctunty Mr. Wm A 1
l r n, of Ellijay .built the first 1 arb
,d wire lencr in this County.
John VV. Clayton took out th
first Pat. nt in Gilm r county an
ho sold a lot of them. T. H Ta
or was granted the second pat
,-nt to a Gtlm, r countx citiz t
He ha, been granted more than
adoz n United States i atentsai d
■ rade mads.
Gilmer county wa9 representeo
in the Con-tiiutiond Convention
->l 1868 by Hon C oke A hllmg
on, as delegate.
>Son David Garren was dele¬
gate to the Constitutional Con
v ntion in I877.
Only two ’-.•ate ConstitutiCna
Conventions hav c be' n held in
G orgia since Gilmer county was
organized.
B« fore the Constitutional Con
i -ntion of I7y8 the Interior.coun
t- • u . .1-" • •.! lir. .*L.
law It was authorized by const i
tutioi al authority at that <oi
vention.
Until the constitution of I798
m-nisters were not eligi’F to a
-t ar in the Georgia l< gislature, at
that convention Jesse Merer r. af¬
ter whom the Mercer U iver-iry
Vlacon, Georgia, was named, l cl
the winning fight for this privi¬
lege, and ministers have ofte'
sprved since that time and now
do so.
Gilmer county is the oldest and
largest County in (he Forty-firs?
State Senatorial district ba'ing
450 square ntii-s, Fannin countx
390, and Pio*eu = countv 24!
squa'e miles of reri'ory GTlm- •
was organized in I832. Pickens
county in 1 853,and Fannin coun¬
ty in I854
In the days of the early set'h r
game was abundant and be^r
‘We Push For Prosperity—Give Us a Pull'
ELLUAY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEB. 16. 1923
hunting in (*ohuHa moun¬
tains was great sport and at the
c r ack of the Gilmer county rifle
the the bear usually fit the dust.
Mr. Coke A. Ellington, Mr Os¬
born Holt, Mr. Barnett Wilson,
Mr. Gus Smith and other old citi
zens have often related stories
game hun ing to the writer In
those davs they told us deer in
considerable numbers, and wild
turkey in great nvmbers, wer.
found here. T hey kept fine hunt¬
ing hounds in those days. Since
the civil war many deer and wild
rurkeys h j ve been kill d in this
county but no bear nor deer are
cound hire now a d but few wild
turkeys. Coons,‘opossums .squir.
re Is and rabbits still abound n
?hi- cornly ; qu il and also, wild
gnse during their season are
fouttd do»n thi Coos* watt' e riv r
Gilme* cou t> s favorable to
ee keeping H n. y pm.ducu t
la t - and trees, narmd in the bee
ooks marly all giow and lluir
-h in this county On ibs ri
sdnped two tons of honey
rough Ellijay post office to
atcel po»? ia-u year. I here an
pi r hips not less‘than the hun
Irei thou and pound • of lion y
uiarkeud annually in Giinu 1
county. The Gilmer county hun
e> is of the fin s flavor-. Prop* r-
1 > Ui.d.rs.ood and ma ag d, "u
Keeping would undouor.. dly he
veiy profitable here.
In Gilrner c iunty and ts eci
ally in the moun aiuou* part ol
t, almost a 1 of the medicin.il
outs and hvrbs, common to thi
tati ude, grow in great abundance
There are men who know tin m
a d fig and st 11 them. They al
o know the various m rL>c•'* s 1
roper:,.-trs: tSr W 'g^S?cit'TTrf (ticT
nal herbs r lants end treps.sucb as
hi ma apple, or martdr ike, sar
s p rilla, alder l ark, yellow roop
‘■irch bark, slippiry elm bark,
»ild cherry tree bark, dogwood
hark, popular birk. sweet fern,
vi-giria snake root, horse radi h
root, yelloy dock root, horrhound
h rb. gentian root, hla. k ba
hark, spiket ard ladx sltppei cat
nip, black c bosh , yarrow fi-_rb
angelica root, sassafras b irk, cala
mus,elecampane root, tansy her :
ragweed, water lilly root, rattle
snake toot, willow batk, maiden
hair fern, wild indigo root, hen,
lock bark, gins'- g, s'ar root.
•mouse ea r , black root, riand lion,
queen’s roo , pi nnxroj al, eider
fl 'wers, bilsam, ani-e seed, sag
leaves. wild bergamot, squaw
mint, Indian sage, colts foot herb:
In - is s rooticomfry root:, but¬
te fix roof: white pine hark: life
-verlastieg: solemn seal; !nd : an
tu'n p ro » : q 1 11-: balna of g l
I ad buds; ' 1 orl roo : l one set
erb; chine la La-k > g-oe gt 1 s:
f v t t ig; aurwo • I a es:s o re
root: ixois cheBtnut r’ark: bin 1
root: dog bane: gronnd ivy: mi
I toe: sildi rr c : t ter wo-':
golden'o .-dina :c lur-boroot :
q n en of the m.-adow: thyme:
q >e( ns delig 1 t: 'ie*' :.a»td man-.
0M1 - s of t reat jr,. rir.
Th-se rr n and others k-ow
nd i ax e cf • ap 1 ooks g x icy tbe
m riical pn t rties of al! thi s
uOod medicines. About seven of
these are generally compounded
for bitters or tea. The formulas
arr g'O^rajlx divided into
parts, three parts active herbs,
one part, aromatic, one part,
demulcient, and if desired, one
p a t t laxative. T h e prop r
tms of these medicines are well
known and books sold for a dime,
tell about them. They are listed
in groups, in the Medicine man as
alteratives, antt rheumatics,anti
th.lmentics, antispasmodics, aro¬
matics -.stringents imbepHcs
c eea} guts, dmiulci n?«, dia¬
phoretics, e*peptt-rants, diuetics,
Farming Not Looked Upon as
It Should Be
Farming is the principal indus¬
try of Gilmer county, and in many
cas“8 it is not looked upon as it
should be.
Our people who are quitting the
farpi and going to puhlic workt
ar>* losing out fast as proven *-y
the many \v h see wishing they wore
‘‘able” to make a crop this year.
1 he fact is. if you ever go to
public works, you can barely
“squeeze ’ throug and sometimes
it - a mighty tight ’‘sqeeeze'’ tc
that and yon can’t get enough
ahead to live on tij. you get returns
fron your crop.
T his applies only to common la
I or. sax Si 50 per day which is
pretty good pay at the present. At
these figures, 89 00 per week how
much will it take to supply yout
family a week with groceries? Figure
this out and i think you will stick
tothe farm, if you ha e a fanii’x
of any size at all. If you areg ung
to stick you should stick tight. You
should l;o at work- now preparing
>on 1 la nl for planting L> n i
limit, b- c.iuse it is too wet to plow
that you have nothing to do. Tin
ora.ich hanks aie to he cut off am.
dhci.es ti dig, this is important 11
your lantl is low 4 il bottom ;auu
sUoUlu be property dlulued to m
sure a good ctop,
Ou the other hand if you have
upland aud cosequeutly you have,
it should hy ad means be leri'aeeu
II you nave not already done tins.
11 you let the ditches take your
good upland you are out of luck
Guides are an important destroyer
ot upland, in fact go important
jdad^tjie U.yb^Deoariuieht issues special bulletin of Ag
acuauie a
‘•Gi.ines and Bow to Control auti
KeV'-em them” JS - 12^4 ill us hui
letm shows how guines call oe c«in
trolled, it also gives plans for
conciete dams auu culverts f. 1
.arm and heavy construction. No
tanner who has a gully on his plan
lotion fhoH.d 00 without this valu
able publication To continued
be
X’l:—The editor would like to
have the full name of the writer oi
the above article.
Death of Mr.
Mr, J. G Conner.
Mr. .John G. Conner, aged 56
years, diei.l at his h>>me on Moun
taiiitovn January 27.
Ro was first taken with liu and
rheii developed pneumonia.
Mr. Conner xvas a good citiz n
and was InVetj by many friends,mu]
vxiii ie greatly mi-snd by i.oili
>,111114 And d He livui u good
Chris.ian life for many your-..
Mar Conner said on his death
nead that l»e was going home. There
>xe hope to join bin someday.
His funeral was conducted by
Rev. J G Dover ai d .b y. N. R
Hogan- i 'e Wit- iaid t- rest in the
Ne Hope coneniy T h- flu, 1
off mig was very beautiful
He i- survived - v his wife
Mary Conner, and four children,
Annie, Jewel. Haden and Rutli
A Friend.
To costivetiovs tec jnediclais
niufet be snore than a purgative; it
niu^t centain lonic ( alterative and
cathartic properties.
Tull’s Pills
possets these qualities, and speedily
fcnctisc. restore to tea bc .’els Jhsir natural
laxatives, purgatives, nervines,
stimulants, tonics, counter irri¬
tants and so on. No donbt but that
many people have became healthv
and have prol- ng. d th. ir lives l -y
the use of some of these mi-dicins 5
(To be continued.^
Mrs. J. H. Penland
On Thursday evening of last
week occured the death of Mrs
J H. Penlaud at her home in
Ellijay. She had been in de¬
clining health for some time, and
during the latter p -rf of last year
spent several months at Zephyr
Hill sani'arium in Asheville, N.
C., in an effort to rtgain het
health.
Mrs. Penland who was about 38
years of age was the daughter of
he lap Mr. Jitn Roberts, of Gd
mcr Coun>y, where she was born
and reared.
Early in life she united with th
church of the Baptist faith, and
oe s.ir-i of > Grist always 1 ved
in her life. She had a kindl
,
cuur.igeous and energeuc r.atuti
t.»at won the iove and admiratio
f her friends,
t uiieral servicts were held at
he First Baptist ChurCh, ol
which sht was a member, conduc •
d oy her paoiur Rev. G. G- Waiu
assist.d by R c v. A. M. John a o.
• odkcv-J G, Lupo. Thechurc
waBCtpwd d wuh close fiii-ti
and tieighuors who had come to
.<a> ihtir rtspeCis to one who hau
*P 11 their 1,-ve and adm-.iaiion
h.- wa- Lid 1 } reBt in ihe Elli
ja, Cvuiciery
Airs. Peniaiid i■ survived by h. 1
iUb band, five cniidren, aud hei
liother, Mrs barati J.ane Robert
nid oiie bi other.
NEW HOPE
The meeting w-as well attended at
New Hope Saturday and Sunday. Mr,
Lover delivered some good a ermons 1
T • 4 * i-y.rt, i-urjs,
heard.^ I
The school'began Monday after be-J of’
ing closed txv'\. weeks on account
sicaness. We are glad to see every
hotly up and able to go.
Mr and Mrs. Rod Smith are the
proud parents of a line baby boy.
Mr. Bill Starks has bought a lot in
Ellijay on wmch he will build a house
as soon as the xveather gets better.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Starks spem
Saturday and bunaay with the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Star-s
Aliss mattie Crawford xvas visiting
Mrs. Leslie Smith Saturday.
Messis. Lugar Garren and George
Woodnng visited Elmer Si arks Monday.
Mr. Arthur Bailexv was seen at Elmer
S.arks’ Sunday. News Bee.
£1^ haSdren Cry for Fletcher’s
STORlA
TLe Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use ror over thirty years, has borne the signature (if '
on the wrapper all these years
just to protect the coming
generations. Do not be deceived.
All Experiments Counterfeits, Imitations trifle and “Just-as-good” are but of
that with and endanger the health
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
Never attempt to relieve your baby with a
;t-medy that you would use for yourself.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is. pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Comfort—The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have ASways Bought
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NETW YORK CITY.
* WTA ' I 'i»i« /#—• -tv- -
7
Million Dollar Marble Co.
Applies For Charier.
Main Office Will Be Lo.
catdd At Jasper.
In the adjoining column will be
found the formal application for
charter of the Southern Marble
Quarrying Corporation with au¬
thorized capital of one million dol¬
lars. This corporation is being
organized for the purpose of de¬
veloping marble lands of the F.
C- and VV B. Tate estates locat¬
ed at Tate and Jasper, this coun.
ty, and it will be noted that the
principal offices are to be in Jas¬
per.
The incorporators named in the
petition are well known in this
section and we have been assured
1 hat they, together with their as¬
sociates, are amply able to develop
he resources of these^properties
m just as large a scale as they
will justify.
The leases on the combined
properties already secured by
Giis corporation cover more than
twelve (hundred acres of land,
and' we are advised that tests
nave developed a great variety of
uarble in various colors and an
umost inexhaustible quantity.
—Pickens County Progress.
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