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U. S. Senator Harris
Given Large
I ■> a crowd that capacitated
H.„i. court house, rien-tti.r William J
tb . wo
Ujay un i Gilmer county during
noon horn < f -.urt Tuesday.
following • re some notes Jon* his
speech:
Senator Hams old of his
to ameliorate the condition of
farmer as the prosperity of
Country depends upon the succe*
of the farmer, saying, “if you
the farmer, you help the
the banker, the manufacturer
r. ach the very basis of
and commercial stability.” He
plained bow he had assisted in
forming the ••farm lire” in
Senate, com mg...,; nf ;l group of
senators win determined to (, t
that the fanners <,f America re
ceived a ‘ square deal” in legisla
tiou considered by congress. He
wae able to point out many bene
liciai things that the '‘farm bloc - ’
had accomplished.
Hu efforts iu tecuring the tram
fer of corps area aroiy heudquar
ter* from Charles on t Atlanta
and a.i appropriation for the south
eastern office of the Bureau of
foreign r» and li domestic
Commerce
“, «T t ^h! The re commerce „-!‘.!! nM ‘ d office h l tl j- e j
proving of great assistance m
coring markets for Georgia pro j
ducts.
^Tjszrzz _ * ,
accomplish dur.ug the
first four year* of his servici in
h>n °* jmiL
of a report to ms constituents. He
di.-Msed hi. bills to strengthen
fed-ral reserve »* “i.ly one-
5 Acres of Land j G? << in Cold
*
Thi» tract of land h an ideal place TOURING CAii Second ticket drawn will get $5.00
for a beautiful home. It is located 7 Third “ ‘ “ u “
on the new road known as the Fourth “ “ “ “ “
Copperbill This land i« t located © Mcfganton I 1-3 miles road. of | ; )r- jV a Sixth Fifth « ** •* • * “ “ **
Ofppgrhtll, tronllnf <he highway. j Seventh **
Th^ first ticket drawn will -- lA.-'V; 'ffv Fighth “
of land Ni.Jli
%ii tbi# tr« ct 111 - K. A, Tenth
^ or CONTCtel '£y v 1 Kleveiltli r
Iidli*.# t bh'* <f> *' t/4i i0 l*t 4MI t>*'
MUltt W>h ft*# tf Ik&r* u* M'bf Mid Mi This 1924 Ford Touring Car la on
bin#? myst I# *§iU* u Ui4 a# if* *1 it> * .*<»4 • 'i ■ > •> Display in window arjid will be given |m» We deliver the goods
>*t »** ¥U fUiiti W# M w ^ our
tAii f >'» k **>*>*< ¥ >he whose h» the 12th tick
Ml him w*> it0 m^H000&tiyili U4n4Mial «*>** ^ ,t$ ** h** 11,1 * ,t ' m et drawn. one name yn
mo# Hi.i-M, m
0 $ $000 in • ki U* 0f
CENGER ABERNAGHY
COPPC8H1LL, I TCNfv,
“We Push For Prosperity—Give Us a Puir
, third of the Georgia i anks
[eligible for membership until Sen
•itoi rJairis amendment became
^ aw ;
The Senator discussed his efforts
t" secure membership for a farmer
b * board
-
K the aft t,J P erBm
al • reserve banks to handle farmers*
notes iiotss for for nine nine months; mnnth.. the curtail ......a
ment of the power of the federal
reserve board t o spend vast
amonuts for banking houses such
as bad been erected iu N..w York
•ity at a cost of more than # 20 ,
UOO.UOU. Senator Hairis said in.
merest rates should lie reduced on
the paper of farmers and business
men instead of wasting millions
buildings. He told of his
other members of the farm
on the recent chairman
board, \\ . P. G. Harding,
not reappointed because of the
to confirmation in the
Senator Harris told of his ef
L jrts i‘ J 1918 in preventing Presi
de: -t W ilson from fixing a price of
fifteen cents a pound on cotton,
snowing how tins saved many mill
*‘ on ’ to the f-outb as cotton sold
‘hat year as high as 45 cents a
P~ u: ‘d. Among other efforts in
behalf of the farmers lie rec muted
----
Hie establishment of a leased wire |
t0 ! market rt l jum giving
information on prices; the reduc- 1
Mon ,n freight rates on wut. rmel-, pro-1
E cantaloups and other
of more
Senator Harris said be wat not u
wmo going to do> but th 41 jjp
»«* -•
he had done and let them judge
for themselves whether or not be
had had .tervc-l-th >1C rvc3. tb .:a- hdthtnlU >!
staWuent of accomplishments [
which greatly interested fc.s hear-j
-
*vill b&vc cceu in every county
- —•-1
tariff on peanuts, vegetables at t. **• and
seed oils p. tue south- j
baV e
ru far n^ <u,^ tb- t-ticn
u,,or i!i
^ ( mti0US .
farms; tobacco experiment
ttvevii W,;t/V11 experia v cut btutiou** *n Ocor-
ELLIJAY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCT. 12. 1923
gia were discussed by Senator Bar
ris because of hu work as a
of the senate
i aub-committce which provided
j money for the stations. He
, ecunted his successful efforts
ibv»tit»u,m b,
emanation"against”'peanut meni agencies to remove the
i. h.-.gs raised • . • in Genig.a
as
with northern and western
ted hogs. Senator Harris told
a recent visit to Swift and Com
pany-s plant at Moultrie where
f»upu that packers were now pay
ing as much for peanut fed ho-s ~
ns for corn fed hogs.
Discuss.ug the
A iter the decoration o f the
| &? a f ’ , e9 was marched °'[ er » the to , the , ar S prepared e cr "' vd
iP r ^ e,jt
grav es near by, where a speakers
j stantd and seats were in readiness
j for '|tie memorial services.
! ^ stmast-r James L. Weaver, of!
EllIJ ' delivered an addsess suita- ;
y. j
such . I |
>r an occasion.
next s \\iL vt\. j
dd, of Eilijay, w t<> preac n u i
11 ve '■ earnest and iorci ful sermon |
* r .°“ he Beatitudes found in the j
hapter ot Mathew, after the J i
d| . lid service, led by Mr.
e " song
Etlarl v Evans, Rev. Charles L.
Mulkej Tim" and others.
next fea'ure on the program
WH8 tll| bountiful dinner of great
Variet1 including the best north
Geor «j| la affords. This dinner «as
4 not only for its great qua' - |
ity id variety, but especially for
fill lie style and high art of tl e
[ig used in its preparation by
question. Senator Harris said
was Hie first senator to introduce
a resolution saying that, these debt
should net be cancelled, and that
he had amended the law so that
democrats must be appointed to
the debt commission. He told of
Ins visit to France at his own ex-■
pense to assist in hurrying back
the Georgia b i)-s after the armis¬
tice had been signed, the only one
of the 9(5 senators who did this. !
Referring to his membership on ■
ihe powerful senate tppropriutions l
committee Senator Harris
tins committee authorized the ex- :
jtviiurtuiu pend it ure u of L mull money tiiat ran up
mto billions, and hiirj 116
influence"ena^dU^ had given w’lc^m . . ' 1
him
some of the things he had 1
j
....... ,. w fittrst couclurles his tour, it be
ing the JfeV'a. time in the history of
du Lh e st.p.l j. u ,
- /(M
, nLJC w . lS
s,leech in
ences by unaninn us vote h e audi .
dorsed his record m baleen
e senate.
an endors :me't. ceived such
Memorial Services at
Pettit Family Cemetery
By T. H. Tabor.
On last Sunday, October 7th, at
! the Pettit family gra.e yard, seven
j on a " d the ,°“ e Blairsville half m,if 8 road, ca8t of E11 W* Pike
near
post office, ths graves of <>ne of
the fauli,ies 1,1 G:imer C0UI "
t,eS Wer °' *PP"Triately decorated
and “~al services - f an in.
pre>WVe uaturc wefH he ‘ d 111 lov,,, «
• en ^* nhr ai.c-of Judge Hc„,, fer¬
tlfc \ a[ ' d hi * Ascendents, four gen
era ’ ions in all.
the ladies who prepared the
gant feast.
After about throe hundred peo
pie had been fed. there were many
basketfulis of rations left on the
long table.
After dinner was over, Rev.
Charley Mulkey preached a short
sermon, prayer was offer, d by Rev.
Johu G. Lupo and the congrega¬
tion was dismissed by Rev. W. F.
McHtm.
Away back in the thirties of last
century, soon after Gilmer county
n uc cet^niiBneU, the pioneer set¬
tles began to moved into it. Judge
Henry Pettit with h l s family
moved from Rutherford county,
North Carolina to Gilmer
Georgia, -4md purchased the present
Pettit farm ud Cartecav river from
Larkin Holt, the ancestor of the
Gilmer county Holts.
Judge Henry Pettit was one of
the live county judges who had
jurisdiction . . the , finances
oi county
in 1854, aud he helped build
p regHll ^ biiek court houfec
earg ogo>
was e j ectec i CO uutv judge
time after time. Judge Pettit’s
grand mother was a Monroe and a
cousin of President James Mon
roe author of the Moure Doctrm.
Judge Henry Pettit had six sons,
namely: Elijah P; Henry; W il
liarn; George W; John F;
Joshua 0. Pettii, and four daugli
Mis, Barbara Miller; Mrs.
rial he Crane; Mrs. Eleuor Walker
Mrs. Ann HoldeuT
Among the prominent desceud
enis ot Judge Pettit are: Rev.
John F. Pettit, Ins son, an able
and earnest Methodist minister, . a
atauach temperance advocate
member 4 of the county board
a [
education; Prof. Noah W
grand son of Judge Pal*- who
a Hl ^
is principal of OakD d
School in Gilmer cour-f» « • =>•
F. Pettit, supenn the |
Omega High ric ool ‘ at 0 uiu K a . i
with six teachers under him;
j Prof. George F. Pettit, at the head
; of the colledge at Leesburg. Ga.
He is a graduate of the North
Georgia Agricultural college at
; Dalilonega; Miss Dora Pettit, teach
er; Hon. Frank E Pettit a giadn
ate of Young Han is college, coun¬
ty schools superintendent of
Gilmer county, and three sisters
teachers. Miss Mary Pettit, Mrs.
Mamie McIntyre, Montgomery
county, Ga., and Mrs. Rebecca
Osborn, Soperton, Ga.; Dr. Ken¬
neth Pettit, son of S. F. Pettit,
one of the leading physicians at
the Georpia State Sanitarium, at
Milledgeville; Benj. S. Hidden,
cashier of the Gilmer Couuty Bank
at Eilijay, J. F. Holden, cashier of
the bank at Blue Ridge, Ga., sons
of Mrs. Ann Holden; Walter Peitu
son of W. H Pettit, cashier ot
bank at Harrison, Arkansas; Col.
Clarence Walker, attorney for largo
bank at Asheville. N. C.; Benj.
Walker, railroad man, of Atlanta;
William Waiker proifeasor iu hu
Agricultural college in Florida;
Mrs. Ora West, teacher, Daulouo
ga, Ga., Mrs. EraKenuemerteach
er, Cartecay, Ga, Ihe Wuikers
were educated at the Berry schools
Miss Ruth Holden, graduate of
Wesleyan Female College, Macon,
Ga ; Mrs. Fn-nkie May Molrrisou,
teacher, Bfuckshear, Ga.; Mrs.
Maggie Red, Mrs. Emma Osoorn,
and Mrs. Bessie Osborn, teachers,
and others too iiumeia to mention
in this brief article, but who are
good citizens aud upwriglit people.
The marriage of Rev. John F #
pfttit to Miss Rebecca Grlffiith,
i hakes all ot the descendants of^
tam iy blood re at.on lie?
Major Powers, Rome, Ga.,
the fi »‘ air buv.gator to fly across
the Atla,ltic 0C(jau 1U “•* ship,
whose name,will be handed down
in history.
The Petf.it family is of French
Cont.nued on page 2 Col. 2
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