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Hldkrr (Tumtly isCrdiarttiTirr
Established 1877
Olßcial Newspaper of the County
E. P. HALL, JR.
Publisher and Editor
Subscription Rates
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Six Months 50
Three Months 25
Next week is Fair Week in Walker.
A little over two weeks and another
battle of the ballots.
Bring something from your farm to the
Walker County Fair next week.
Patriotism is measured by the attitude
one assumes toward moral questions.
Are yon a true patriot in your community
In view of the needs of your community,
better roads, better schools, better church
life, better political life, art* you a patriot?
Study out some one thing you can do in
your community Ibis coming year that
conception o l ' the prizes, read it and dr
place in which to live, and then do it. The
joy of doing is the peculiar joy of man.
Read over the premium list of the
Walker County Fair carefully this week.
The list will be observed in every particu
lar. * 0 to avoid confusion and any wrong
conception of the prizes, read i and de
pend on it.
Look over the advertisers in this issue
of tin* Messenger and when you do your
trading consider their prices first. They
have bought with your needs in view and
can rave you money and give you quality
goods. Money traded with your home
merchants means money kept at home
and money at home in circulation means
prosperity for us all.
Emerson says: “What you are speaks
so loud I cannot hear what you say.” This
is applicable to Wilson and Hughes. What
Wilson has dune for the Apierican people
speaks so loud that it is not necessary foe
him to say anything. What Hughes has
done in knocking the administration since
he became a candidate for the Presidency,
speaks louder than his argument why he
should be elected in November.
SHORT CROPS BUT HIGH PRICES
. 'a isties gathered from every section
«>f the cotton growing regions in the
I nitod States show the crop to he very
shori. and experts make the estimate of
tin* crop at 11. 1 ;;) )• >. If lhi-i is true, the
pn diction is that prices will still b- high
er Ilian at present.
A noticeable tbing about tin* prices this
fall is that the price of cotton has not
fallen off as in other years lint has stead
ily advanced from week to we *k. Twenty
cent cotton n being predicted by experts
before the first of the year.
The Progressive Farmer in its issue of
last week says editorially that if the far
news do not rush the market within
the next twenty days, it is certain that
the price will advance to twenty cents.
With the shortage recognized in every
section, it is reasonable to believe that the
price will not go down very much if at all.
and the farmers will realize more from
the present crop than any year in our his
tory.
In viewing the situation from every
angle. Commissioner ,1. I). Price, is advis
ing Georgia farmers, to grow more food
products next year and not to plant
heavily in cotton, or rather to make the
cotton crop a surplus crop. One argu
ment for this advise is tin* appearance of
the boll weevil in the northern ami eas
tern counties.
Diversification has proved its merits in
our section, hut inor-* especially in South
Georgia, a heretofore distinctly cotton
grow ing section, ami we have just begun
oji the program of diversification in our
section. Live stock and diversified farm
ing will bring us wealth and prosperity
we never dreamed of.
With such good prices for cotton. cot
ton seed and other farm products, the far
ne-r in Walker should now learn the value
of economy and realize that no matter
what high nr ices he receives, his wealth
and prosperity will ho measured by his
ability to properly save.
FAIR ONE WEEK AWAY
The Walker County Fair is only one
week away. The committees have been
busy getting things in shape for the an
nual event and if the farmers will bring
their products and the women their handi
work, it looks now as is we will have a
splendid fair again this year.
Crops ore short, and the association did
not get busy until a few weeks ago, but
notwithstanding these things, a nice pre
mium list has been secured, and the fair
promises to be a good one.
We want to insist upon the country
people bringing in their exhibits, even
though they are not as nice as you would
like. We should make the greatest dis
play of any previous year, and from re
ports from several of the disricts in the
county, we believe this will be true.
The exchange of ideas, the mingling in
good fellowship, the meeting of old
friends, the coming together as a county,
cannot but be good for us all, and we trust
that large numbers of people will attend.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
YOUNG MEN OF WALKER COUNTY
In last week’s issue appeared an article
written by Tom Bryan, of Villanow, one
of the county’s most progressive teachers
and young.men, in which he stated clearly
the need of ihe young men of the county
coming together and organizing for Un
common good
This need has been apparent for some
time, and the article is a timely one, and
one which will meet.the response of mini
hers of young men all over the county. If
the young men of today are to assume the
burdens, responsibilities and the future of
our county tomorrow, tlu*y should be get
ting visions of the future now, theyshould
be forming ideals for the future of the
county, ami should be developing a
worthy patriotism that will find splendid
expression iri the coming years.
The fact that a young man of our coun
ty has studied the needs of our county to
such an extent, and has come to the appre
ciation of the contribution that young
men in every district can make, is a most
significant one; possibly the most signifi
cant of a decade.
A movement of young men, united for
the development of <lie highest good of
Walki r county, cannot but result in lar
ger tliiegs. If in each community groups
of pro; ressive and honest young men were
at work at the problem of community
growth, it would not be long before the
older men would see the wisdom of their
course and would support them with their
experiences, their money and their in
fluence.
Walker -enmity needs more men of vis
ion and constructive statesmanship. New
opportunities, new obligations, and new
methods demand new life and new ener
gies, and wlm can better me t t.h>-se new
conditions than our enlightened and in
terested young men !
\Y" !-■ arldy er.dors the mov.:. it:.’ and
trust that at some early dat'* the young
men of tb..- county will come together t -
talk over the problems of vital concern to
tis all.
Let other young men express ■ their
ideas on the matter in their communitv
and through the paper. We shall be glad
to give space to these discussions.
Next, week at the fair would be a fine
time to get ‘lie young men together for a
conference and plan for some future
meeting for the purpose of organizing.
You-'g nu-n. in the varii us communities
in \Yalk-*r. tlu- time has come for you to
bestir yourselves and begin to make your
selves felt as constructive units in your
community. Old Walker needs your
ideas, needs your youth, your energies
and your enthusiastic spirit of co-opera
tion.
Do not l.*« the opportunity pass.
ARMENIAN SUNDAY
President Wilson has issued n procla
mation for all churches and Sunday schools
in the United States to observe next Sun
day as \rmenian Sunday. It is urged
that fitting exercises be held and contri
butions taken for the sufferers across tin
seas. The local churches will observe the
oeeas on, and it would be a fine tiling if
all the Sunday schools Sunday morning
would let their offerings go to this fund.
If schools in the county do observe this
day, contributions may be sent to Rev. B.
F. Guille, Rev. I. S. Leonard or Rev. N. A.
White, at La Fayette, who will see that
the iiionev gees to the right authorities.
Trade with the home merchants, they
need ’-our support and they arc your best
friends.
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WALKER COUNTY MESSE NGER, OCTOBER 20, 1916.
I Worn Out? (I
No doubt you are, if I *
you suiter from any of the %
numerous ailments to I h
which an women are sub
ject. Headache, back
ache, sideache, nervous-
ness, weak, tired feeling,
are some of the symp
iPi toms, and you must rid
yourself of them in order
to feel well. Thousands
A of women, who have
been benefited by this
remedy, urge you to
TAKE
\ Cardui s
The Woman's Tonie
Mrs. Sylvania Woods,
of Clifton Mills, Ky., says:
“Before taking C a r d u i ,
05 I was, at times, so weak I >
could hardly walk, and
the pain in my back and
Shead nearly killed me. ■
A#ter taking three bottles y
of Cardui, the pains dis- |,
appeared. Now I feel as
wellasleverdid. Every f
suffering woman should I
try Cardui.” Get a bottle I
today. E-68 |
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS |
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DR. It. M. COULTER
Physician and Surgeon
Olllce Over Farias Drug Store
Hours 9-10 A. M. 2-4 P. M
Telephone No. 115
HR. SHANNON I*. WAKREN FELLS
Dentist
Chiekamaugn, Ga.
Office Open
Wednesday afternoon from 1 to
6 p. m.
Saturday 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
JOHN D. POPE,
Attorney
LnFayctte, Ga.
Practices in ail Courts. Prompt and
persistent attention given Criminal
Cases.
PAUL D. WIUGItT
Attorney-at-Law
LaFa.vette, Ga.
Olllce in Jackson Building
erompl attention given to nusiuis
DAVID F. POPE
Lawyer
Practice in all Courts
Ollier: Bank of LaFa.vette tiuildiiwj
l.aFayelte, Ga.
L AM. JACKSON
Attorney-al -Lav?
La< ayelie. Ga.
Practice in all the courts Office i
Jackson Building.
J. E. Rosser \V. ft. Shaw
ROSSER & SHAW
\ltornej's-at-I.aw
LaFayelle, Georgia
Offices in Walker County Bank Bldg.
SIIATTI CK A SIIAT TUCK
Attorneys-! t-Law
Office in Bank of La Fayette Bleb
LaFayelle, Ga.
Prompt atfention given to all bust
ness entrusted to their care
W. H. PA.YXB, /’res.
//. h\ MoCLURB, See.
North Georgia Abstraet Co.
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First National Berk Bl< g
LaFayette, Qa.
We have recently
compiled the records of
Walker county and can
furnish re liable ab
stracts of title prompt
ly.
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Biliousness, sick headaches, sour
stomach, gas, bloating, constipation,
dyspepsia—all these distressing eon
-evjuenecs of retaining a mass of un
'igrsied and fermenting food in the
stomach are avoided if the bowels
*.re kept oi>en and regular. Foley
Cathartic Tablets arc first aid lo
•rood in al,li. Ihi not vrii e.--\Var
lo a’- fintg Store.
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CAST RANGES j
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_ years. 7
Come in and let us show it to you. J
£ IT IS MADE AT HOME
Varnell Hardware Co. |
Corner Main; Street and Rossville Avenue, Chattenooga, Teen
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I Upon It’s Record for Twenty
Seven Years
The HAMILTON TRUST & SAYINGS BANK invites
you to open an account, assuring you that
you will receive every courtesy and ac- ,
comodation consistent with good sound S
business principles. m
4 Per Cent Compound Interest Paid On *
Time and Savings Deposits 2
Capital Stock $220,000.00 I
Surplus, over 180,000.00 ff
Total Resources, over 2,000,000.00 A
l Corner Market and Main Sts. Chattanooga, Tenn, 9
Branch Bank, Rosstille, Ga.
; RESOURCES, OVER - - - $2,000,000,00 I
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