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UK COlf! MESSENGER fcSTABLISHLD 1877 Official Newspaper of the County Published Gvery Friday ' BY— GEORGE M. NAPIER (For the Napier Estate) N. C. NAPItCR KurroN aNdManaubh Subscription Kates One Yttp ...........1. 410# Sic Monjhf »' i'lirne Montlm. *S Democratic Nominee L * i’or Congress (/ GORDON MCE ANNOUNCEMENTS For ■ ' ■ Oarter*ville, G».,Auk 8. WIO. ■ To the Voter* of the Seventh C«l<„ KI-.*»ioual District: 1 hereby auuonnce myself hm a'caWtH' date for representative from the Seventh Congressional district subject to the olectiou to be held it) November of the present year. If elected I pledge my ovary effort to wards the material development df this district through governments! aid. I solicit yoor consideration oi my candidacy and will i-arnerdly ask for your support.- Walter Akeruiau. Friends of Walker County People Elsewhere in this issue of the Messenger ispnblished (be list ofcon- Uibutors to the Walker County Fair, which will be held at LaFayttte next Thursday and Friday, Oot.tJTth and 2Stb. Since the fair association has no abow ground and charges no ad inißsiou nor fee of exhibitors, the funds for the premium list must be made up largely by the business Arms and citizens of LaFayette. A number of very handsome and valuable prizes, however, have been generously donated by different firms of Chattanooga and it is to this list of contributors that the at tention of our readers is especially culled. These firms are interested in the welfare of the people of Walker county and believing fairs are good things and stimulating to the agri cultural interests of the county, have cheerfully aided the citizens of I<aKayette in making the premium list worth wuile. They are genuine friends of the people of Walker county, and we trust our readers will bear them in mind whenever it is possible for them to show their appreciation of their support to their annual fair. Beautiful Park Site We hope the cily authorities will, when they come to the work of lay ing off a park at the Big Spring; arrange the boundriee of the park in such away as to include the old stockade hill west of the spring. It is no exaggeration to say that the view from this poiut is oue of the finest near the town. Fromthesum mit of the hill one overlooks the towns of Linwood and I-a Fayette and the valley, while a hundred feet below is the spring. There is much history connected with the hill, for hack in 1830, when the Indians were removed from this section to the territory, they wore corralled within the walls of the stockade which had been constructed here. The lines of the old stockade walls can be traced even at this late day, and if the town retains the property, markers should be erected to show the location of tl e walls. Tim: To Get Busy Bays the Chicago Journal "The good roads movement continues to receive the endorsement of every body and the active support of no body." This is not exactly true; much work is being done to make better roads, but is undeniably true that the amount of work done is very small compared with wh*t has heen said and written about road improvement We have learned how we can make good roads, and we have learned that we must pay for them if we ever get them. Let us recognize the fact that that it is time to quit talking and get down io busici ss.— Raleigh (N. C.) Pro guseiie Farmer and Gazette. Signboards arid Mile-Posts The traveller over the roads of Walker < o mtv Mes verv few sign boards and mile posts directing him on his wav and tel ling,him how far is his d£Blinatioin, because the law regarding the posting of roads by overseers is something of a »dead letter law in many sections of the county,. Hpiy is what the law says as to this duty of overseers: meiisiifrOill-- that part'dfMJfijirdsd*. t<y which,-fhey may be af’rjfotfiKwf, beginning at-the court house, and at the epd of esch mile shall set up a post or a mark in some conspicuous place which shall desig nate the number of miles from thence to the court house. "They shall,.-at-the fork of each publwroad, place in some substantial and. consumeuyns manyer^a.boariLpr, other niiirljL desijgnatjpg thereejp.. tjm most public place"jto which each road directs, and if any road is altered so as to make the fork at some other place, or as to make necessary sign boards, they shall be removed.” Failure to coinjly*with the pro visions of the law is made punish able by a line not exceeding SST). Must Pay Dog Tax In his first round over the county Tax Collector W. A. Martin finds that the taxpayers are averse to pay ing the dog tax, many taxpayers positively declining to pay the dol lar a head tax on their dogs. Mr. Martin has written the Comptroller-Genersl for instructions, and this official holds that all who fail to pay their dog tax are de faulters and thus lose the privilege of voting. Extracts from the Comptroller- General's letter follow: "The dog tax q lestion continues to come up for ruling. The Attorney General holds in an officia 1 opinion that the Dog tax is constitutional and legal and must be collected. No man who fails or refuses to pay the Dog tex can register or vote and a failure to pay this tax makes him a defaulter. “The killing of the dog does not settle the tax, and it cannot bs avoided by having the dog killed, “The General assembly had a double purpose in enacting this law. The first was to collect the tax; the second was to get rid of the worth less dogs. "The law does not authorize you as Tsx Collector to receipt a taxpay er for ail his taxes unless be pays all the law demands, including the Dog tax. If a man chooses to be come a defaulter by refusing to pay the tax on his dog, you can receipt him for what he pays, "as part of his taxes," and proceed as the law says about levy, sale and killing the dog, etc." Hog And Hominy The following comes from un known source, but it is none the less true: After all is said about farming in the south, after every plan has been discussed and every argument pro and con has been advanced and ex hausted, after deep plowing, heavy fertilizing, warehouses and all the rest have had their say—old Hog and Hominy gets up at last to close the argument and win the case. Yes, here, in deed and in truth, is the key, and the only key to inde pendence on the farm Show us the man who has had oorn and meat to sell, year in and year out and we will show you a man who >s abso lutely independent of the manipu lations of the cotton speculators, and who can hold this, his surplus crop until it suits him to sell it. We need to keep this lesson be fore us. We should look after the cotton part of it—for it is important and is our great money crop; but it should not be the chief aim of the farm. We need to make Corn the I King—and then we will live in the hapny and prosperous realm of Hog and Hominy, sitting under our own vine and fig tree in peace ami con tent, and none daring to molest us or make us afraid. When the price of cotton goes down, and we are in the hole for tweuty cent meat, these truths come home to us with peculiar force. It should be the prayer and pride of every tiller of the soil in the south to be a llog and Hominy farmer. Walker County Messenger, Octoljer 21, 1910 Administrator's Sale Georgia, Walker County. By virtue o t an order from the court of Ordinary of said county will be sold at the courthouse door in LaFayette, Ga , on the first Tuesday in November, t'.MO, duijng the legal hours of sale to tjie highest bidder the following prop erty and real estate to-wit: MO acres more or less of lot of land No. iM4, 10th district and 4th section of Walker county, Ga., and said lands be ing the west half of said lot, known as Carson Place. Also fifteen acres more or less of lot of land No. 2d(S stpri in northeast,, ootaer of said lot anti known us the *'Shat tuck place, said lands also being in 10th dis trict and 4th section. Also 7 1-2 acres iu said district and. section ami. being a .part of land know Aas Shatluck lauds IS acres as above described as follows: Jlegtuiiiu&ut northeast corner of aftid lot, rnnnfug adhflrw file original line; thence to a pine bush; thence west with the cross-fence to a rock corner; thetiC’j tftirtlrVvith tfipVlilT'to a hibkory tree ; tlu-ncn wist with original line to beginning point.'‘"T l 2 acres described as follows;'- Beginning at northwvftt corner of lqt 236 in L]tb district aud 4th section of said'cohuty, running south with original Hue to a pinA bi.-sh, theudfe’ east to a piigs bush, thence with a branch north to original line at a spring; thencM* with original’ line to' beginning point.. Also part of land lot No. 199 in 10th district aud 4th section of Walker coun ty, Ga., pud being 95 acres more or less, described as follows; 90 acres being west side of said lot, beginning at a branch where it cosses north aud south linn of said lot; thence up s»td branch to old Nickajack tr,il: theuce across said branch, sooth with top of ridge to original line running east and west. Also 5 acres of said Jot described as fol lows: Beginning at a white oak tree near old Nickajack road, running east with top of, ridge to a beech tree corner; thence down the branch to origi nal line of said let; thence north with land lot line to sngar maple 15 rods. Also 3 l-H acres of lot of land No 245 in 9th district anti 4th sect on of Wal ker county aud known as G. W. Car lock place, and described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner with the K. B. Roberts lauds, running north along line of Julia Davis land to company laud known as Kirkpatrick laud; thence west along said land to corner with Mrs M. E. Patton; thence south to K. B. Roberts’ land; thence with said land to beginning point. Also 7 acres more or less of laud let No. 245 in 9rh district and 4tb section of Walker conuty, Ga., and known as Patton place and described as follows: Bounded on north by lands of Lees; on west by lands of Copeland and Dicker son; south by lauds of Mrs. E. K Rob erts. G. W. Carlock and K. B Roberts; and on east bv lands of G. W. Carlock. Also lot No. 10 iu Rohertsville addi tion on land lot No. 245 in tile 9th dis trict and 4th section of said county aud beiug 1-4 of ail acre more or less aud described as follows: Said lot trouts dirt rnad 60 feet; thence 150 feet d ep west: thence south 50 feet; thence 150 feet to beginning p u int-, and known as Satterlield place. Also 1 4 5 acres more or less of lot of land S’o 245 in 9th district and 4th sec tion of Walker county, Ga., aud des cribed as follows: Lauds fronting 18: feet on public road leading west of L. W. Mvers home; aud running back north 442 feet; thence west 183 feet; theuce 442 feet south to said public road, known as Tinsley. Fossett, Maples, etc., place. Several store houses on lot. Also ODe acre more or less known as Ireland honse, and beiug west of alley separating tills tract from parcel last above described and beiug part of laud lot No 245 in 9tli district and 4th sec tion of Walker conut.v. Ga., aud front ing same road as last above described aud rnus from public road nort' 1 to Mike Tinsley’s; then east with said Tinsley’s lands to alley; thence with allev to beginning point. Also 3 acres of laud more or less of laud lot No. 245 iu 9th district aud 4th section of Walker county, Ga., aud bounded on south by public road and on west by the one acre tract sold bv W. J. West to W. D. West; ou north by lands of Glenn; and on east by private road running north and south and known as Hash-rig lauds, Hollis lands. Also 1 acre more or less of lot of land No. 245 in 9th district and 4th section of Walker county, Ga., and bounded vn sonrli by O. & D. R. R., on west by E. N. Wagoner, on nor li by lands of E. K. Roberts; ou east by W. D. West, aud known as Bud Howard place. Also 1 acre more or less known as Matt Bailey place in 9th district and 4th section of Walker county, Ga., aud be ing part of laud lot No. 245 in said .dis trict aud section and bounded on north bv C. & D. R. R.; ou west by lands of W. J. West; and on south by lauds of Cbickamauga Coal & Iron Co., and ou east by lands of Ohickatnauga Coal & Iron Co., commencing at a stake on the cast aud west line 21 feet from the center of the said R. R . running north west with R. R. right of way to a rock corner; thence south to a stake on the original line; thence with said line to beginning point, all of shove except 50 feet ou west side heretofore sold to New Chickamanga Mfg. Co. Also a tract known as Morey Parish home, aud being 112 feet front aud 200 feet deep, more or less, ana beiug part of land lot 239 in 9th district aud 4tli section of Walker county, Ga., and bounded on west by lands of D. A Sar tain, on north by lands of Lees, on east by lands of Mac Dalton and on south by lands of Mac Dalton. ! Will be sold as lands of Wm. D. | West, late of said oonnty, deceased. | Said lands sold for purpose of distribu | tion. Terms of sale, hilf cash, balance i on se nred notes in 12 months at 8 per cent. This Oct. 5, 1910. W. W. S. MYERS. Admr. of Wm, D, West, deed. Sherifl’s Sale Georgia—Walker Conuty, Will be sold before the court house door on the first Tuesday in November : next within the legal hours of sale, the following described propertr, to-wit: One pair of bay mare mules, known as the Charlie Bell mules, and font wagons. Levied on and to he sold as the property of W. C. Moreland by ! virtue of a tl f« issued from the superioi I court of sapi -<nni% iu favor of T. F i McCarty vs W. O. Moreland. This Sept I 30, 1J) 4 0. 1 R. S. QARMANY, Sheriff. For Autumn Planting Hyacinth (Crocus ; Tullp BULBS Narcissus , ./•-• | Jonquil! ■ *' •’* V Chinese Lilly - -i. vv, m. 5: * . -r.\ )|.. Fine Stock. Right prices. Write us for p. ices. Can mail them to you: iKJti Bloct & Co. c);4 624 Market S*. Chattanooga - - . Tennessee . For More Than Three Decades Foley’s Honey and Tar has been a household favorite for coughs, colds, and ailments of the throat, chest and lungs. Contains no opiates.—War hen's Drug Store. Administrator’s Sale. Georgia -Walker County. By virtue of au order from the. Court of Ordinary will be sold befi re the court house door of said county within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in Nov, the following described real estate, to-wit: One undivided one-third interest inland lot No. two hnudred and fourteen! 14) and east halt of land lot No. Two u dred and Fifteen (215), all of said land being in the seventh (7) district aud fourth [4] section of Walker county. Also two city lots in LaFayette, known as the M. C. Wardlaw residence property, one fronting on Main street, the other immediately east. Also ten [lo] shares of the capital stock of the Union Cotton 5 ills and six [6] shares of the capital stock of the LaFayette Cotton Mills. Sold as the property of M C. Ward law, late of said county, deceased, for the purpose of distribution. Terms of sale, cash. This Oct. 3rd, 1910. J. H. HAMMOND, Admr., M. C. Wardlaw, deed. Sheriff’s Sale Georgia—Walker County. Will be sold before the court house door ou the first Tuesday in November, next, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, to-wit: Lots of land mupbc.rs 89, 225, 228 and ?44, the west half of lot No. 56, and 40 acres more or less the north west quarter of lot No. 88, all said lands lying and beiug iu the 13th district aud 4th section of Walker county, Ga. Levied on und to be sold by virtue of two fi fas issued from the superior court of Walker county, Ga.. one of said fi fas be’ng in favor of the Bank of La- Fayette against W. J. Moreland an 1 T. F. McCarty as security, and one of said fi fas beiug iu favor of the Bank of La Fayette, G»., against W. C Moreland and T. F. McCarty and J. W. Mahan, securities. Said property levied on and to be sold as the property of W. C. MorelaDd. De fendant notified. This Oct. 4, 1910. R S. GARMANY, Sheriff. Notice to Debtors anil Creditors Georgia—Walker Countv. All parties indebted to the estate of W. D. West, late of said oountv de ceased, are hereby notified to make set tlement and a*l parties having claims against said estate are notified to at once present the same made out iu proper form. This Sept. 26, 1910. W. W. S. MYERS, Admr. W. D. West, Dec’d. Notice to Debtors and Creditors Georgia—Walker County. All parties indebted to the estate of ■las. Hixon. late of said county deceased, are hereby notified to make settlement and all parties having claims against said estate are notified to at once pre sent the same made oat in proper form. This Sept. 26. 1910 W. W. S. MYER 4, Admr. Jas. Hixon, Dec'd. Notice to Debtors and Creditors Georgia—Walker Connty. All partirs indebted to the estate of J. J. Morgan, Ute of said connty de ceased, are hereby notified to make set tlement aud all parties having claims against said estate are notified to at once piesent the same made oat in proper form. This Sept. 26. 1910. W. W. MYERS, Admr J. J. Morgan, Dec’d. “It Beats AIT This is quoted from a letter of M. Hannibal, Mo. “I recent ly uaed Foley s Honey and Tar for he first time. To say lam pleased loes not half express my feelings. It beats all the remedies I ever used. ( contracted a bad cold and was | hreatened with pneumonia. The' first doses gave me great relief and >ne bottle completely cured me.” Contains no opiates.—Warthen’s Drug Store. AXES axes axes axes AXES AXES I AXbS AXES AXES AXES AXES AXES AXES AXES ' AXES AXES '' -w" AXES AXES AXES AXES •-* Big Axes Little Axes Medium Axes *v Man's Axes Boys’- Axes - - - All Kinds-of Axes VARNELL HARDWARE COMPANY Corner Alain] Street and Rossville Avenue, Chattanooga, Tenn. 3 *_*l , • ■ ' Temporary Heat Quickly, Did you stop to think of the many ways In which • perfect oH heater is of value? if you want to sleep with year win-- dow open in winter, you can get sufficient heat from an oil heater . while you undress at night, and then turn it off. Apply a match In the morning, when you get out of AL • •aam bed, and you have heat while you dress. , ’ ' Those who have to eat an early breakfast before the stove Is radiating i' Taft* an oil heater » an d then turn It off. The girl who practices on the piano in a cold room In the morning can have warmth from an oil heater while i ■mlhH she plays, and then turn it off. The member of the family who j has to walk the floor on a cold win ter’s night with a restless baby can get temporary heat with an oil heater, and. then turn It off. The Perfection Smokeless a v : i jj[ Absolutely mokeless and odorless \ Is invaluable In Its capacity ot quickly giving heat. Apply a match la lm%i mediately at work. It will burn for nine nours without refilling. It is safe, j smokeless and odorless. It has a damper top and a cool handle. 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