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VOL. 9
Court Lifts Ban on
Pratt Power Project
I- W
Ti>e petiuon of the ashington
Laud company, alleged subsidiary
of the Georgia Railway and Power
company, to enjoin the develop¬
ment ot independent hydro elec
trie power on CVosawaitne rive ,
in this C‘>unt\, ^as denied Satur¬
day night by J udge D. \V. Biair
in Marietta.
Alter a nearing bristling with
sen-atioual charges against thr
p >wer company. Judge Blair hehi
that tire petitioner failed t«> show
goecl cause why Dr. N. P. Prait
and his associates shouid not con
tiuue with their i.ig water power
development at Goble Gorge. Ht
dissolved tlie temporary restraiiiiu
order, denied the ii juncmni against
furtlier condemnation proceedings
utrd gave the plaintiff twenty g days
in wnich to file a bill of exceptions.
Outspoken testimony n y Dr,
Pratt and his brother, George i..
Piatt, featured me hearing, wind,
negan at 10 o’clock Saturday and
Ci tiuu ed until 7 tonight,
Pratt Allegatiuus
Among the ahegalioiis made ny
the Pratis were the lodowii.g:
1. That the Washington Land
company is, iu fact, a dummy com
pany, and isowut-C utiu eo i.r<>i<rU
l»y the Georgia ltailwa, and Power
I company.
2. lliulB. I, dim, son, president
01 me land company is au assist
aut secretary of ttie power company
o. that the trade whereby the
VI ashiiigtou Laud company obtain
title lotne lands in dispute Jrotn
i.IJoibfay was negou’ttteu‘0%.
en Hr. Dorsey and Piestuu 8.
Arkwright, president ut the power
company.
4. luai t>, T. Simpson, president
of tue lann company, anew noth¬
ing of the puroUu&e ot the lanus
wiie-. appruaChe.i oy A. P. i ran,
a..n served «ith a m-tice ul conaeui
nation.
0, li.at tne W ashlngiou Lann
company, pictured as a Co c< uspifti
tor with the Georgia Kailwuy ai.u
Power ooujpaoy, nad “corruptee.
John T. Dorsey, ot Marietta; noy
Dorsey, ui AituiHu’ and uieir us
ooCiates, auu induced the sum
Do.^eys to vi .late then promise
and patu tile &aiu Doieey s an ex¬
cessive puce tor toe iutiue involved
iu tile Case.”
ti. J flat the onject ot the iitiga.
ti U instituted by llie U a&illugtou
La.id CoiU|jauy is to sutle hyuo
electric couipeiitiou in Georgia
auu to perp* male the monopoly <d
trie Vjeo.gia iiuiiYVav m.d i uWei
company,
1. luut tile laud company, an
thougd Cd^lta.lZeu ut only S>iU,UUo
now uwnsuvei lU.UUUacies oi lands
aujaceut to Water poWeis ju Geor¬
gia.
8. Puttt tne .auu company paid
to me Hulseys anu their nooociaits
$.8.cUW lol -H:U acres ol uiiiiiil
COuUly iunU, wnicli they Uau ac»
qu.lbd «t a Cost ul about s!>d,4UU,
Shu lUal tne ledel'ai goveiumcu
values nuen 1UUOS, Well llUJOereU,
at only au aol'e.
b. r liat ri. m. AiKinSon, cuuii
Dldn ol me hoaru ol uil'cCtois oi
tile power company, has himself
aQu through agents maue many
attempts to nave tne Pratts Hr a
price on their development, wun
a view to purchasing meir prope..
ties iu Dinner county.
IU, Inal tne Deol'gia Kail A a J
auu Power company withuexu iron,
tue Uniteu States government, tim¬
ing the War, pertinent fuels, vvhlcn
the goveiumeul sougut aud of wnicu
the power compauy xm*w, couceru
iug undeveloped water powers in
Georgia.
Jj, That thy Georgia Railway
TIMES - COURIER
Push'For Prosperity—Give Us*a PuIP $
“We
House Passes Measure
Atrho izing New Coin
The House in Waseiugton late
ruestlav passed the senate bill
which would authorize coinage
2,504,000 tiftv-cent pieces to com¬
memorate the beginning of work in
1018 of the carving of a memorial
.o southern soldiers on Stone moun¬
tain in Georgia.
PROTECTION
We are having some very snowy
weather at this writing.
School is progressing nicely at
t.ns place under the .ery efficient
management of Miss Vercel Akins.
Mrs. Candy Coffee spent last
i'..utoday with her mothsr, Mrs,
Ram el Long.
Getting up dish orders seems to be
the order ot tue day iu this section,
as more nas Ue*-n ten made up iu
the last mouth.
ftltiei L/avis was visiting Mrs,
Effie Gtiadvvick Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Ja..b Stover was visi
tug Mrs. Manila Fowler Wetiut.
day.
John Woody spent Monday uigni
witu uis j.arenls.
Mrs. Aeltie Fowler spent dun
day afternoon with Mrs. Kache.
Tj.JUg.
oisa Vercel Akins was visitm^
Mrs. Lou Cochran last ouuday
W illard Holm n lett here las.
Mouoay going to Uiiio
Marina \\ ns.-u »ds visiting Mi.
and Mrs. Joe Chadwick Monday.
Mis. iNunoy Davis lrom bauuiu
county is spuiioiug a tew days with
Mr. aou Mrs. Wii.ia VVoouy.
jfazrf-t D&vm --srvai»'i :iU
nock, uu . is speuuiug a lew days
witu her brother,Mr. iiiiey Uocni.tii
alls, ba.iie E.mzey visited Mrs.
Mary Jeter Monday.
xViiS. Mary Liav.s alld Alias Utble
OCiliau visited Ml itlid Mis.
oonuoie Guciii'an ouaUav ami 1 'c
,orteu a nice lime.
Waae up coi respondents »i.
solid on tne news.
March Flag
uuU Tower company’s maps o
.yuro electric developments aim
anu undeveloped water powers u.
Georgia lail t'» show even a trace
oi tue Gooeawatlec river, allhougn
it is one ot the ninst spieuuiu wa¬
ter power uevelopuienls in tlie
c .uutry.
1Z. mat uie Tratts own over
o,UUvJ acies oi laud along tbe hoos
w at ice rivei , m Gilmer county, and
mat Dr. Pratt began buyiug tlie
i ti.db tor the purposes ol hyuro
ciectnc uevelOpuieut in 19U'J, long
jeiore the Taiiuiah Falls develop¬
ment was planned.
18. 1 hat the Coosawattee river
is capaole ot developing 4o,UUU
norse power.
i4. mat toe dam site ou the
ooosawatiee,-. at Goole Gorge, is
w..rm, unimproved, ^l,Uuo,UUU
oecause at tins point a dam cap>*-*
o.e oi geueratiui* 46,UUU horsepow¬
er can ue erected lor ®L.U0U,UUU
ieoo loan a aimiiai dam can oe tree”
teu any wuere eise in the ceuiury.
16 . That the Trait interests aim
tocir asr.oclates are assured oi a
ready uiarAeilor all tne.power tuey
San develop at Gooie urorge.
10. that uiuny successful j\ew
jiingland lextue umis are unucr
agieeineut to locate in northwest
Georgia immediately the Goosawat.
lee hydroelectric development is
ready.
VV ltli the lifting of the tempo¬
rary restraining ordei hied by tue
Washington Hand company, me
rratt interests, against whom the
iu junction was brought, will con¬
tinue to go forward with their de¬
velopment,
ELLIJAY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAR. 14. 1924
House Accepts Ford’s
offer For tiiioals
Washington, D. C., March 10.
The .house today passed the Mc¬
Kenzie hill providing for accept¬
ance of Henry Ford's offer for Mm¬
ole dlioals, 228 to 142.
Efforts to make drastic changes
in tiie measure failed, and it goes tc
tne senate practically as reported b.,
tne house military committee.
Mr. Ford had informed the com
aiittee he would accept the tcrins.Oi
me McKenzie bill.
The vote was the first action by
either the house or senate on tlm
Detroit man’s bid foe the govern¬
ment's vast power and nitrate pro¬
ject on the Tennessee river wlncn
nas been pending for more than two
years.
The bill directs the secretary u.
war to sell nitrate plants numbu..
l and 2 and Waco (Quarry to bu,.
and to lease dam two and three, in
eluding power stations to him fu.
.oO years.
Trovision is made for construction
•i a power plant, recently sold to
uie Alabama Tower company A
would be included in the properties
j id to Ford
'
iid‘ 1'1 Of fiili milhii, Su-
1
Mr. Benjamin F. Ellington, agt
oi, one of Gilmer’s oldest and xnos.
oeloved citizens passed , away l,v
Monday morning after an illow
about three weeks-,'vuh
-*?. ild ‘
on the-old Ellington pi.,
town Creek. He is survived ...
.Viduw, Mrs. Ann Ellington and
sons, Bon and Willard Ellington
besides a number ol oilier relative.
iie was a good, quiet and law-abn
mg citizen who had many Inenu
ae was a survivor oi the Battle < t
.Atlanta in the civil war. Tie wa
.juried Tuesday at Oak Hill churd
•u.d, Rev. M. D. Terry conduct!nj
the funeral services at the home.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Signature of
McAdoo Opens Campaigh
In Georgia at Marietta
William G. McAdoo, candidatt
for the democratic presidential nom
Nation, will open his campaign to.
support of the Georgia delegation,
>vith two addresses to-day, the lirs.
at Marietta, his birth place, and tin.
.'jeond at tlie Atlanta auditorium.
^liEr<R i LOo 1 i £.lVli>
v y» e liave been liaviag some veiy
b id w.-atner lor the past lew uayt.
lyonis. iNunuie Aieobrook and cun
uieo visiteu her sister, Mrs. Doim
Guilin Miuday.
iue noising given oy Mr. J. a
.1 1 ’ 1 'iUjy was cOJOyeU tiy a iar b ,
o
towu anu a oig uinner,
aiisji.s heart Taviersoo and iuicli
C\ r .entiUwoS spent oatui'uay ulglu
••lui 11 'ieUuS at i>.Ue Kluge ai.u
jpm teu a luce time,
on, juu .uis ituu rt d reeu visi
~*.U licl Ulotllil' Cuti.ruay uim . u. -
l,.y ul iNollUCUtl.
v .al.ie Uiueu ViS.teU lief s.Siei,
airs, i' leu ivuugUs OUuday.
W e ale sorry to say Mi». Maim.,
haueisui. is very siea at tins wiit
•
l3l,ll *e Green was the guest ol
zvumce Mniei iSaluiilay.
ueitUa f'att. Ison auu r>al..e
ule.Jii caiieu at -Uylile <toU u .a« p
.uilel's' uiie nay mst weeK,
Inez ouarp was the guest ol
uol'tna utiU tAuZoi i’atlel'suU las l
jaluruay lilglil.
vjiul'uoU auu il-veretL AiSoul'OOh
; led on i )reu oinuu ouuuay.
' c ( , Al0 , 0 .,o uau as uei gueol
' ,uyo ii.t'v 11 TlU 111 .i y
...
•'.Ufe; V Jaue lui ei.
...
ua and neue l.muiiuu s^e. t
uuui4> wuu Ultt2 sharp.
ivacnei Tiemmoiis visited To.ui
i alict>ou i u .soay.
Mi', oa.n AjouLiiei wood wem. iO
nine lunge ou >ji.Biu<.sn . auiiUuy.
uuou iulK uliu euCeoSo to li.O
1 ini os Hoi.riei' auu us many leaders,
Maioh Flowers
BOX SUPPER
Everybody cordialiy invited to
box supper at Rock Creek on
night March 13. Gins
on vour boxes so the boys
buy ’em and everyone have
good t»me
i*E
McDow Theater
j , .
—Saturday Night—
William Fox presents Shirley Mason
Hi Love Letters”
When a girl is engaged to be married and some other man holds
love letier^ wiitteu in her fair hand, something must be done. Some¬
thing drastic and swift if the merry marriage bells are to peal,
Otherwise the bride might have to doff her veil and discard the orange
blossoms The story is dascr.&ed as a romance of youthful folly,
into which the thread of mystery has'been twii ed. There is a strong
vein of m> stery which increases the suspense that precedes a surprise
climax. ’Those who see “Love Letters’’ will find the evening well
spent.
NEXT WEEK
—Saturday Night—,
William Fox presents Tom Mix
in
“Ladies to Board”
Gertrude Olmsted is Tom Mix s new leading lady in “Ladies to
Board’’, which comes to the McDow tharter for Saturday night. Mar..
22nd. William Dudley Pelley, author of the story furnished Tom with
the .unusual experience of inheriting an old ladies home It is a
unique background for some real Memican comedy and action.
Dr. E. W. Watkins, Sr.
Goes to Final Reward
l)r. E. \V. Watkins, 8r., 84 years
if age, one of the most prominent
•itizens of Ellijay, widely known
.ttroughout the county and over tint
ection of the state, died suddenly
at his home Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Watkins was apparently in hi»
usual good health and attended the
eleven o’clock services at tlie South¬
ern Methodist church, of which he
was a member, Sunday morning,
and his sudden death at 5:8u
o'clock came as a shock to ln&
many friends.
Dr. Watkins settled in Gilme.
. ounty in early mannood where m
mid resided continuously since. Al¬
ter serving through tlie war oetwetu
.he states as a lieutenant in vV heel¬
er’s cavalry, he began the study u.
medicine and graduated lrom tim
Cincinnati Medical College in 180u.
mrougu loyally lo ms proiession in
-oon bum up a large practice ove.
inis section ol the country and hau
acquired considerable wealth.
in 1882 Gilmer county was creat¬
ed lrom tne noruiern part oi wiiai
was Cherokee county at that time,
and later on Dr. \\ atkins was elect¬
ed to the oiuce ot county senou.
coimmssioner, having me distinu
tion ol being me nrsi conmnssione.
Oi me county's puunc senoois. Ha
ter ne represemed me people oi tin¬
nier county in me Georgia assembly
winch oince he Idled a number o.
y ears, rendering ms conutueiiis val¬
ient service, lie was also electee,
mayor ui rnujay tluee terms an.
idenuned niinoeii wnn mat oi ‘tne
move n or-' Ling to tlie vv
htrt+nii*'' jemeiH ‘I oi tills eeo
.re . . L .. .
i>r. WatKMis lias been a
upstaiiumg citizen, loya.
lo ms menus anu u ue to ms churei.
country.
in iooo lie was married to Mis..
Dull oi lnansvine, anu is
uy ms widow and three
Dr. I'j. vv. watKins, Jr., ol Hi
njay,Dr. H. 0. V\ atkins ot Brooklet,
amt Mr. (J. G. vv atkins <>l Den¬
ver, Golo.^ two grandsons, W atkins
now attending the Umvei
ol Georgia, and B. C. Watkins,
Brooklet.
h uneral services were conducted
the Boutnern Methodist church
Tuesday morning at IU o’clock,
ft. it. nngiahd, presiding eiuei
the Marietta distnet, Kev. VV . T .
presiding elder of the
ooutn Atlantic district, and Kev. J.
Lupo, las pastor, officiating.
Interment was m Ellijay cemetery.
Singing Convention.
The Cherrylog district singing
is to convene at Cherry¬
ing Church, March 8Uth, the liltn
Everybody cordially in.
vited. Any class is cordially mviteu
come anti bring all of their new
hooks and make the day inter¬
to all. Also will have dinner,
let everybody not forget their
baskets and song books. Let all
and have a good singing anu
real good time. Classes are re¬
to bring their entire class in
to get more people interested.
Joiin Miller, t lay McVey and Freu
Rogers, Committee,
liariey Alien, president; Berry
Miller, Vice pres.; Charley Key,
secretary.
Box Supper .
There will be a.box supper ot the
Clayton school house Saturday night
March 22nd. The proceeds will go
towards repairing the house. Girls
come and bring boxes, aud boys
come and bring money to buy them.
iu XHiDita/A JL AAA
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SCHOOL NOTES
Mr. George D. Godard, State
School Supervisor for North Georgia
was in Ellijay Tuesday and Wednes
Jay of this week. He visited the
.ocal school on both days and gave
tests to various classes. He was
very much pleased with the results
M the tests he gave and congratula¬
ted the students and the teachers on
die very fine showing that was made.
He was also very much impressed
with the general trend of school at*
iairs, and with tlie improvements
that had Been made since he was
nere last fall. He said that the im¬
provement in our school within tne
last four years was unsurpassed »y
mat of any other school in me
iate of Georgia. Credit tor Ukju
conditions is due to the consemu
ous work ot tlie teachers, tbe eo-ui.
crations ot the patrons, tue tainum
-upport of tne trustees and county
aoard ot education, the activities ot
t ie parent.teachers’ association, aua
<y no means least, tne spienuxu
smool spirit of the students.
vVe have had three basket bail
games recently with some of me
strongest teams in tins section ol
."ortn Georgia and East Tennessee,
ami altno the score in all three
games appeared larger on the oppo¬
nents side ot the score board, we
.eel that we have reason to ne jum
,.mt, as tins is the hrst experience
<ur school teams nave had wuu
other schools. The teams are going
.o Copperiuil and Ducktown to piaj
Saturday alternoon and Waturua
.nght, and arc expecting to couid
..ack with victories (o their credit j
. ue Coppeihili t won from taej
nere by a margin of only one
.Miftt :'!! VAho.ii.;! 01 . expects
enough this week to nt
man overcome the difference.
The Lanier literary society gave a
a program on Washington’s birthday
the hist meeting of the parent
vOiK'hers’ association that was greatj
enjoyed by all present. The var—
classes and the literary socie¬
will try to give a program for
every meeting of the J’.-T. A. from
to the end of the present term,
those who are not present will miss
worth while. Every par¬
ent should be present at every one
these meetings.
A mounted globe and new maps
nave been added to the sixth grade
Beautiful and artistic bor¬
have been placed on tlie black
ooards of each room. The black¬
have been- painted and ttie
recently oiled. The trustees
recently installed a beautiful
accurate clock in the school.
The chemical laboratory has been
improved. The library is
oeing kept in an up-to-date manner,
i'he primary rooms are enjoying
sand tables. All these things
nave helped greatly in bringing the
of the school up to what
is.
ENTERiHiNMENT
The following is a program of
in entertainment to be given at
Oak Grove Saturday night, Alar.,
z2nd.
1. jDrill by 8 little girls
2. Recitations and songs
3. ‘’The Obstinate Family”,
charcters.
4. “Canning Cucumbers,”—2
5. ’“Hanging out the Wash.”
two characters.
No admission charged. Every¬
body invited.
I Age bows A&ViCE briega la, weak infirmities, TO kidneys, THE such torpid ns A* rJuggish liver. £D
Tutt’s Pills
t I rtimulatrng h?’® ,* the bo-web, men ‘ke»« organa, natural I i
f Sfifefe r*e to ifcr J
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