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V CL. 8
Gilmer County and Some inter¬
esting Facts That Relate to It
By T. H. Tabor
article" XIV
The very liberal Charter that
was granted to the City of Ellijay,
was approved August 14. 1909
It "ill Ire found on nag 844 in
the 1909 Giw* ^ Ceo gta Its
pro .7r; ,s t ‘, , 0u " fe ca " U \
Studt d by a.I . Of f the citizens of
Elljav.
In weiting this, th? third and
la-r, article on Ellijav, we wish
toa>k our people, in bo-h town
and county, to trace tluir blood
back to the pioneer settlers of
Gilmer county.
It is surprising tos.’e ho-v many
oi our people dt-cendtd fiom the
original tarly settlers, who came
to this County during the first
thirty, or forty years of the Coun
tyV existence. It is very notice
able how the same trails of char- M
acter are handrd down in the
same blooi and families. This is
shown in the list of the four hull
dr d county ufficiers. who served
the p 1 ople for the fii st ninety one
years f the county’s history, te
c ntl> published in these articles
and may be studied there and else
where. Th’ law that like pro
duces like, is fuilv demonstrated
here. Routing from the pure old
.
stock of Americans these
aie but natural and inevitable
We should all aof i'eciare the full
meaning of the following item; -
An intelligent g^n tb m •,i's , aTto S
the Writer; I was in
fornia. I came toG orgia twelve
years ago: I like Georgia better j
than California. The thing that
you ppoplq do not seem to think, |
-sa^ muth about, is what 1 ap
preciate most I like to live | j
among he pure white Caucasian
race of people, the highest t >.pe
of peopE on this globe. In Cali■
fornia, we have every ty pe of for->
eigner®, D’go, Chinese, Japanese,!
Russian and every cinglomera
tions of undosireable mixed race?,
while here we have but the white ,
race, the best race of all.”
This should cause us to think |
more of ourselv-.s and our own
people. It should cause our blood
to run high with pi asure, when
we remember rhat we are dt seen.i j
ed from that noble American An
cestry that wrote the D duration
of link pend net, frame! the Con-!
stitutions of the United States
and established the greatest gov
ernm-nt of freedom and liberty
“Our Family Medicine”
“T WILL WRITE you in regard purely vegetable remedy, acting on
A to Black-Draught liver med¬ the liver, stomach and bowels. It
icine, as 1 have been using it is made front selected herbs and__ |§T
more than 18 years,” says a letter roots, and contains no calomel or
from Mr. S. F. Mintz, of R. F. D. 2 , other mineral drugs.
Leland, N. C. “I keep it in my It has been found of great value,
home all the time, for it is mostly in indigestion, stomach trouble,
our family medicine. When we sick headache, constipation, and
begin to feel feverish or sluggish, lazy liver, helping to relieve the
with trouble from the liver or symptoms caused by these
stomach, we take a dose of troubles, and to put the digestive
Thedford’s Black-Draught and the system into proper working order.
trouble is soon over. I mostly buy Get a package of Black-Draught
a dollar package at a time, and it liver medicine from your druggist
has saved me many a bill.” or dealer, today. Be sure to get
Thedford’s Black-Draught is a the genuine—Thedford’s.
THord’s
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the v orld has ever known.
The preservation of our govern¬
ment and the saf ty rf our peo
pl latgf-ly depends upon this very
^ e0 ^ e With this grea*
foundation laid, . we should lay
a-idr all evil and push forward
every gor d cuase, tin jl hv con-i
sfai . t deVf | opm m< tlle County
o* G? 1 «tkt shall hec -me one of t hr
^ ^ jn n . ir|h g o gi a.
whose t> Opl ■ shall b no’ d for
th ir uprightness and intvllig nee
In taking stock, m par', it is
shown mat Ell j 1 • nas 1 n - brick
court house, on rood rn brick
i a,l > lar 8 e two sfur y Hi K h
School building, one large brie 1
Auditorutu, w i t it rec'eiuon
g ounds attached, one Dig :w
stor >' oricit wholesale grocr rj
and dr -' B°odsstore with iatge on,
* tor y brick warehouse and wit:
railroad trackage in front of both
buildings, one large railroad
freignt and pas-enger depot, one
bnck wholesale produce store, one
l dl " e hrick hardware stoie, oni
brick bank building on! bank
within which is a S ate County
and City Depository, two bricc
dru 8 stores, one large brick Forci
lVIotor A g enc >- two garages, fiv
brick retail stores, founteen gen
erjl stores in Ellijay and East El
one millinery srorr*, one 1VI0
sonic Lo‘ge, Oak Bowery Lodg
R 0, F. & A. M , one Ko al
arc '‘ Chapter, Ellijay Cuapter
No. ^ 5 °. one Lodge ol I. O. O. F.
44 r A w !_.-~D' rar y bools,
one three Parent Baptist S - and schcr three Association, Method
churches four Sunda, School
' n ja.> an t East Lilijay, with
Iive P JStors > »'* physicians, three
lawyers, twodentist, eigiit teach
ers and otl,tr 'eachers teachi g
' L-» where, at. git salaries, fou
bridges, O’-e large cov r< o
wood n bridg , three gra'tn siiili-,
* wo P anin 8 mtlls, tine-- lumb
er pb nts, one of which has a capt
,a * s,oc k of 1 ? 45 °. 000 a,i d loo.ooo
acres of timbtrel lands, one ex¬
P res s Company, one telegrap
Company,one telephone exchang,
one 8 a*ity wattr system, or.
moving picture show, one elec
tric bght plant, me newspaper,
The I imts Corn Ur, esjabii-htd
* H 1 ^ 75 . 0!ie jab pruning oflic ,
two laige iroteis, three boarding
houses, one p <v, d highway from
public square to the railroad
depot, half aide, which cost $30,
ooo. otic large iton mine i t oper-
“We Push For Prosperity—Give Us a Pull'
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ELLIJAY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAR. 9 . 1923
mu ce. w inn
It has been te, o ted here that
Joe Pink Strickland, living near
the Gilmer and Dawson line, was
found one day last week on Frosty
mountain foze almost to the point
of death.
It is suppose#rhat he went cut
on the mountain to look after
stock duting the cold snap,
After failing to return a posse of
friends vrent out to took ior him
the next mot-ping and found him
frozen stiff It is said, that ir
picking him up, one ear dropped
off He was rushed to Gaines¬
ville for treatment, where bo h
feet were taken off in an effott
to save his life
He died , shortly after bemg
brought home
FLAT BRANCH
Church a Flat Branch was veil
-111 nibd Saturday and Sun fay.
Mr and Mrs. John Dial visit¬
ed her sister, Mrs. Emma Rog rs
Saturuay.
Mr. j. L. U 1 rper is improving
nis house sorpe.
Miss Ltla Gibson and Bennie
Lee Hart er wtni to Ellijay Sat
uiday on buslne.-s.
Mr L leve Bennett and rlum -
er man was on Flat Branch Fri¬
day inspecting Mr. Bennett’s
lumber.
Mr. J H. Parks visited Mr.
W. A. Gibson Sunday
Mrs. Rebecca Ki ca d died at
ner son’s Mr Lawrence Kincaid
February. 25 -
Mis- EthM Harper spent Sun
day night' With her sister. Mrs
,
Mrs. W. A'Gibson visit'd Mis
Edna Parks Saturday.
be iool at Flat Branch is pro
gr fcaing nic L under the care o!
vlr. N F. Parks.
Beet wishes to the i imcs-Cour
ier
Mu it and Jeff
Aged Lady caoes to Beyond
Mrs Mathis, and aged Chris
tian lady and mother of Mrs. A
M- Johnson, died in East Ellijay
Sunday at II o'clock, and \va
laid to rest Monday, at East Side
cemetery- She was 90 years oici;
nad nelonged to the same Baptist
fifty years, and had nc-ver
■ivedout'ot the county. v
with iron ore of fine qnal
ity, four rural mail routes, f"ur
rural mail carriers, more than
pianos, two semi-aonuai
conventions, three black
shop", two barbers, tv.o
meat markets, one livery stable,
two-live stock dealers,a number <-f
trucks, hacks, c<>n
tractors, carpenters, brick masons
basebail clubs, tennis courts and
AT!of which geographically
in a rich and beautiful valley,
in the center ol the County, a id
from every bill lop may b-; seen
one ol nature’s panoramic picture
of land scapes, highways,
railroads, bridges, towns and riv-*
-rs, with green hills and towering
mountains, for a back ground.
Thus so favorably located, the
little Capita! (Tty oi Gilmer coun¬
ty with all of the above equipment
should be first to espouse the
cause of the tight and to cherish
and to protect the rights of the
entire people of the County, who
should’thoroughly cooperate wit!
the town people in every right¬
eous, public matter. It will take
just this to advance our mutual
interests and we predict and be¬
lieve this will be done in all the
future
(To ire continued.)
Hardwood Forest
How Controlled
Tk Bv Atl&lltfl m , ns
0
Capitalists and havdwoed
of tte entire country will be interested
in the unofficial announcement made
here Saturday that Frank Hawkins,
I.indsy Hopkins and VV. B. Banks,
lanta bankers and financiers, have
quirea the bond issue of the Shippen
Bi R m others ti M r S Lumber i,nh.,.«, company, m „ a nv of 0 f Ellijay, Ellijay,
which is equivalent to control of Ceor
gia hasdwood forests valued at between
$6,00t),C0U and $7,000,000.
’the price paid for this bond issue,
which is now in the United States
court for the purpose of foreclosure,
was given >s $.95,000, and it was state)
that this price covered the purchase
also of two-thirds of the stocu in the
iiffippen Bi others company. This will
give the Atlanta capitalists controiing
interest in lo8,0U0 acres of what is said
to be cue most magnificent hardwood
forest that stands today on the western
side of the world.
The timber on this immense tract, it
is declared, has never been touched by
the axe ot the lumoer jack, and it
stands to-day in its primeval state,
awaiting the erection at Ellijay, Ga.,
of a saw mill of 200,000 feet daily ca¬
pacity, which it is understood the new
owners of the forest will erect at once
this big plant wifi be employed in con¬
verting uns timber into hardwood floor¬
ing and otiier product?, so badly needed
at tne present season or big budding
program.
Tne magnificent forest property of
the ahippen brothers Lumber company,
which has been envolved for some time
in litigation, ano wnich will be removed
from the courts, it is declared, by the
recent sale to the Atlanta capitalists,
covers a portion of both Fannin and
Gilmer counties, file tract lies in the
wildest poition of north Georgia’s moun¬
tain section, many parts of the big
forest, it ra 3aia have never been ex
plorec’fiy ir'iganuc wjyitemen. spbeimens Aik,
^ ef popular,
white pine, chestnut, buckeye and other
species ot forest giants, stand in solid
phalanx throughout, tne immense tract,
and it is declared that many of the
splenuid -trees will ;■ ield as much as
10,0tlU board leet of lumoer. The cruise
or estimated toiai stnmpnge of the for¬
est, has been placed at 6l)U,000,0J0 feet,
hut accoruing to to an experienced At¬
lanta lumberman, the capacity of the
tract will be nearer two billion feet of
tine hardwood lumber.
Tiie out of the north Georgia forest,
which has been in litigation foi some
time/ when added to the present very
inauequute supply of hard wood flooring
and other ,.rot ucts, will greatly relieve
the building situation.
The cutting of this timber will be
done, it is declared, under the most
modem and scientific conditions in order
ihai there may be as little waste as
possible. Reforesting also will be prac¬
ticed r-o far as practicable, it was
stated, in order that the big tract may
not be entirely denuded of line trees
indigenous to that section
The trees, however, could be entirely
removed from the lend without de¬
preciating the value of the acerage,
because of the fact that for ages there
has teen an uninterrupted accumula¬
tion of leaves and other dead vegeta¬
tion, which he now at a depth" of 12
inches on the surface of the ground,
ibis means that here has been bcalt up
o.' nature's hand a soil that, is as fer¬
tile as that of the Nile valley after the
silt impregnated waters of the big
stream receede after an overflow —At¬
lanta Constitution.
We understand that the sale that was
or.ee reported off will be held here „at
the court house as advertised.
New School House
Workmen tire busy re building
the school house on Smoustetown
that was destroy c-d by fire some
t ,vo weeks c < o We understand
the new building vT be a much
larger and more modern sir no.
ture that will amply accommodate
all the students in the school
district.
The couutyTjard of education
is lending some aid in the re¬
building of the house, but a large
portion of the cost is coming
from the patrons who are losing
no time in cquiping a house in
which to educate their children
Jas. H McCiurd
Jim was born Feb 2". '902, in
Gilmer county. Died Feb, 25th,
at Ft. Beni.mg, Ga.
j He enlisted in tne linitcfl States
t army when very young and spei.t
there, . enlisting ...
d>ne year re ana
until the time of his death,
I liis death came its a great sin ck
j,, }i ie entire community, for when
i ()C WM , u l)oln(! Christmas he
looked so robust . and , healthy. , ,,, Jim ,.
was an honest, upright young man
and will be greatly missed.
When at. home Christinas, tie
told his mother not to be tim-asy »t
Worry about him,as he said “I am
living riglii ”
His company sent a beautiful
floral off. ring of ferns, galax and
gladolias, showing their apprecia
, blm .
1,1
The govenuent escort, 1 st clast
private, Fields McKinnish, who
‘•nlisted the ssim* tiinr. that .Un¬
did, and the, worn as the soldiers
railed it ‘ buddies.’ The captain
knowing their friendship was kind
enough to send him as an escort to
his last resting place.
It was very touching to see tin
soldier fold the flag and hand it to
his mother.
Ho leaves a father and ntot-her.
Mr. and Mrs. John McCiurd, six
sisters and three brothers, namely;
Mr-. Isaac Duckett, Mrs. Charley
Wo d. Mi 8, Jo-- Rack lay and Mr.
Robb McCiurd, of Dalton,' Mrs.
Boyd Painter, Mr Hix McCiurd
Emory, Mary, Edna and Polly
McCiurd, of Ellijay, Ga. R 2 .
He was laid to rest ou March 3rd
in Nine Mile cemetery in the pres¬
ence of a laigm congregation.
Rev .1 G. Lkp Q cxmdnct-iqg
funeral services'in hisusual sol exon
and impressive manner.
We offer condolence to the be¬
reaved.
Written by a friend
CARD OF THANKS
Judge and Mrs. A M. J »hnson
0 Bust Ellijay, wish to thank :■ ]1
who so kindly assisted them and
their mother in her last sickness,
death and burial and to .9x0 ess
their deep appreciation of their
kindness
Children Cry for Fletchers
........... STORIA v
Tfce Eiad You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use fer over thirty years, has borne the signature of
s? ^ on the wrapper all these years
/l? , Xyr&V-/* 21 - just to protect the coming
generations. Do not be deceived.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “Just-as-good” are but of
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health
Infants and Children—-Experience against Experiment.
reaver attempt to relieve your baby with a
remedy that you would use for yourself.
What is CASTORIA
Gastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
sieither 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, Flatulepcy,*' arsing
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness
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. •
i; enuine 5; CASTORIA always
Bears the Signature of
j
In Us© For Over 30 Years
The H:nd You Have ASwsys Bought
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. r#.
Ib‘
Fairmonnt Bank
Bandits caught;
Loot Recovered
Fairmount, 6 a., March G—The
Fairmount bank of this city was
held up and robbed shortly after
after noon today by two United
States soldiers, who were cap¬
tured within halt an hour in the
woods ahout two miles from here.
Miss Maude Erwin, cashier of
the bank, wes alone at the time
the bandits ^entered. She say-i
one of then covered her with an
army automatic while the other
Dfied the vault and cash drawei.
Five thousand and ninety-two
dollars, the amount taken by the
robbers, was recovered when
they were captured.
When arrested the soldiers gave
their names as Webb Parker and
Claude Belcher. Parker is a na¬
tive of this county, while Belcher
is said to be a native of Dawson
county, Ga' Papers found on
them indicated they were on fur
lough from Jeffersan-Barracks,
Mo.
As soon as the robbers left the
bank Miss Erwin spread the
alarm and a posse of about 50
citizens immediately went in pur*
suit. The fugitives cut across
country afoot, and were captured
about two miles from the scene
of the robbery.
The prisoners were carried ^
the Gordon county jail in Ca
houmwhere the grand jury is’
in session. It is expected tj
will be indicted and giv£
mediate trial
4 The Ideal Hosie^P
ville Tennessee will alwavs'
ish steady employment to women
and girls of good character who
are 16 years of age/
Able bodied men can find
steady employment syithin one
half mile from the Hosiery Mill
in furnace room of Aluminum
Company of America, Alcoa,
Tennessee.”
Yours very truly,
Ideal Hosiery Mills.