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If its Results You '■ iff ant Advertise in the Messenger VOLUME XLIV.—NO. 41. Unique Program Planned For Armistice Day Friday SCHOOL PARADE TO REPRESENT ALL PERIODS O F AMERICAN LIFE—PATRIOTIC ORGANIZA TIONS RENDER PROGRAM AT COURTHOUSE— SCHOOL CAR NIVAL AT NIGHT All plans for the celebration of Armistice Day here Friday are a bout completed, and if weather con ditions permit a large crowd of peo ple from the surrounding country are expected. President Harding has issued a proclamation making Friday a legal holiday, and urging the people to observe the .day in a tilting manner. Under the auspices of the Ex pression class of the LaFayette schools, a unique program for the day has been initiated. It will con sist of a parade, short exercises on the public square and a real school carnival in the evening. School Parade The school parade will start promptly at 10 o’clock Friday morn ing from the school grounds, will continue to the public "ssuare where the following program will be ren dered : Invocation—Rev. I. S. Leonard. Two Minute Speech—Mayor D. W. Herndon. Two Minute Speech—W. B. Shaw, Chairman School Hoard. The procession will then proceed down South Main street, across to Cherokee Ave., and back to the school grounds where the proces sion will disband for the public ex ercises at the Courthouse under Hi auspices of the D. A. R., U. D. C. and American Legion. Linwod Band. Order of Parade Shriners Uncle Sam Miss Liberty Senior Class Float Japanese Old Southern Family Old Maids (of LaFayette) Indians and Gypsies Puritans Milk Maids and Farmers Miniature Wedding Mother Goose Clowns . Colonial Period (Betsy Ross, Mar tha Washington, Gen. LaFayette etc. Red Cross and World War Heroes Fairies from Iceland. Program at Courthouse Below is the program at the court house as li o’clock Friday morning. Song—America. Reading—“ Your Flag and Mine” Miss Ruth Bale. Allegiance to the Flag. Redding—“ There is Something in X Flag—Mrs. Jno. A. Shaw. Song—Selected. Address—Dr. J. P. Anderson. War Songs Two Minutes Silence Dismission by Chaplain Ross Gra ham Post American Legion. Sshool Carnival At five o’clock in the afternoon the school carnival will formally be gin at school grounds. The grounds will be electrically lighted and all the appurtenances of a real carni val will be in evidence. Hot coffee, sandwiches, weinies, popcorn, pea nuts, confctte, fruit, home-made randy are among ihe list of articles offred at the carnival. The tents and sideshows will at tract those who want to spend an evening of genuine fun. Such curios as the only living head without a body, Ihe Siamese twins, the fat lady the tight-rope walker, the best ad vice in the world, the most peculiar horse in captivity, trip around the world and the for men only, are a few of the many features, of the sideshows. A general school exhibit, in which the work of the various grades will be shown which will be a splendid attraction and the people of the town and school district are invited to carefully inspect this work. No general admission fee will be charged, but there will be a small charge for all side shows. The funds derived from the carnival will go for the library fund in the new school buildings. Waite (Emrntg LAY CORNER STONE SCHOOL BUILDING Despite the very inclement wreath ed confitions Tuesday morning, a large nowd attended exercises at the lay >g of the corner stone in the new LaFayette school building. Grand Master of Georgia Masons Joe P. Bowdoin, was present and of ficiated. Hon. A. S. Harvey, of Rome, was also present and was the act ing Deputy Grand Master. Mr. Har vey delivered a brief eloquent ad dress on Masonry. Several represen talivs from the lodges of the county were present. At 10 o’clock the masonic proces sion was formed at the lodge room and marched to the building, the grand officers selected for Ihe cere monies being: Grand Master, Joe P. Bowdoin, Deputy Grand Master, A. S. Harvey; Grand ktenion Warden, J. P. Hall; Grand Junior Warden, Lee H. Dyer; Grand Senion Deacon, A. T. Donahoo; Grand Junion Dea con, J. B. F. Jones; Grand Troas., J. W. Massey; Grand Secretary, It. D. Thurman; Grand Stewards, C. E. Glass and H. E. Center; Grand Chap lain, J. R. McFarland, Grand Archi tect, E. P. Hall, Jr., and Grand Mar shal, J. H. Hammond. The school children and faculty suspended work for the hour of the -exercises, and attended the cere monies. The voices of the children blended effectively and impressive ly as they sang ‘The Star Spangled Banner.” The stone is eighteen inches square and was laid in the northeast corner of, the building. On the east face it hearr Ihis inscription: West ern Lodge No, 91, F. & A. M... A. L. 5921, A. D. 1921, Joe P. Bowdoin, G. M. and the Masonic emblem. On the north face are the names of the com mittee: J. P. Hall, B. D. Bartlett and W. B. Shaw. Following is the list of deposits made at the ceremonies Tuesday: By Western Lodge—Holy Bible, List of Officers, Silver coin and copy of bylaws; by LaFayette School trus tees—Brief history of School Dis trict Organization, copies of Walk er County Messenger in which are published electro of building, letting of contract etc.; By D. A. ional Flag, Silver coin and Historical Edition of the Walker County Mes senger; By U. D. C.—Confederate Flag, Historical Edition Messenger, U. D. C. Badge; By Walker Chapter No. 140, R. A. M.—One mark; By 1 Rossville Lodge No. 397—Copy of bylaws; By Grand Master Bowdoin— Personal card. Immediately following flic cere monies at the school building, the masons returned to the lodge room, where Grand Master Bowdoin made a short address to (he local masons. At this communication the body passed a resolution to have the ad dress of Mr. Harvey published in the Messenger. MAYOR HERNDON’S PROCLAMATION Whereas, Nov. 11, 1921 has been designated as a 1 national holiday by the President, com memorating the coming of peace to the world by the sign ing of the Armistice between the warring nations and Whereas, our people have just cause for thanksgiving and for the proper observance of this memorable occasion. Therefore, we proclaim Fri day, Nov. 11th to he a holiday in the City of LaFayette and call on our people to pause and re flect and return devout thanks for the events that occurred three years ago on this date. We especially urge suspension of all business for a period of two < minutes immediately following the tiour of twelve o’clock, noon in honor of soldiers of Ameri ca who lie in unknown graves in France and who are typified by Ihe unknown soldier who will be buried with honors in Arling ton cemetery at that hour. (Signed,) D. W. HERNDON, Mayor LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1921, Many Criminal Cases Disposed of This Week J. W. HOLLAND DIED SDDDENLY FBI. NIGHT j DEATH CAME AS SHOCK TO EN TIRE COMMUNITY—WAS PROMI NENT BUSINESS MAN AND MA SON—FUNERAL SUNDAY AF TERNOON NEAR CAMDEN, S. C. Following an illness of only two days, J. W. Holland, one of LaF’ay ette’s and Walker County’s highly respected and popular citizens, died suddenly last Friday evening at 0 o’clock at the home of Mrs. P. A. Cooper, where he had resided dur ing his residence here. Mr. Holland had served during the week on tho grand jury and was taken ill Tues day night. His illness was not con sidered alarming, and his sudden death came as a distinct shock to the entire community. Mr. Holland came to LaFayette in 1905 from Seneca, S. C., and estab lished the My Ola Bottling works, where he prosecuted his business witli marked success, and at the lime of his passing wa regarded as one of the county’s übtaniul bui ness men. He was a director in the Walker County Bank, and had con siderable financial interests here j and in Tennessee, it is understood. I He was a mason, being a member of j Western lodge at I lie time of his dc j mise and always took a deep interest 1 1 in Masonry. He was also a member | of Walker chapter R. A. M., a Knight Templab and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Holland was of a quiet disposition, and possessed the qual ity of making friends .whom he num ■tiered by the score. Surviving him are his father, I. F. Holland, of Camden, S. C., four brothers —C. V., of Tulahoma, Tcnn., H. If., of Hickory, N. C„ I. J„ of Mon tana and A .A. Holland, of Camden, S. C.; four sisters—Mrs .J. D. Pate, of Camden, Mrs. J. C. McLeod, of Spring Hill, S. C., Mrs. Elva Davis, of Carlton, Ga., and Miss Anna S. Holland, of Camden, S. C. Tho remaius were taken to Chat tanooga Saturday afternoon and shipped to Camden, S. C., accompa nied by his brother, C V. Holland, of Tullahoma, Tenn., and R. V. Thurman, of this city. Funeral ser vices were held Sunday afternoon , at 3 o’clock, at the old family bury ing place near Camden, conducted by the Methodist pastor of Camden, jin Hie presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends. Many beautiful floral tributes of ; fraternal orders here together with jtlie Walker County Bank, relatives | and friends, attested t othe esteem in which the deceased was held. The passing of this splendid citi zen of Walker county is deeply de plored by the people of this section. GLEAN-DP CAMPAIGN WEEK OF NOV. 14-19 Beginning next Monday, the week of the 14-19 has been designated as Clean-Up week for the City of La- Fayette, by the Mayor and Council. The clean up campaign last April j resulted in splendid results, and the City is hopeful that the people of the ‘ lown will co-operate in the cam paign next week. The Woman’s Club will co-opef ate, with the City in the campaign, and the 21st an inspec- ' lion of the premise of the of the town will be made. 1 The Mayor and Council and the Woman’s Club urge the people to enter into the spirit of the cam jpilign for a clean sanitary, town. !DON’T MISS—The big auction sale of lots next Wednesday 10th. at lio’clock, in LaFayeUi. Nice lots going on the block, desiiabh from every angle—W W. an 1 11. E. Cel * ter, LaFayette, Ga. BULK OF CASES A R E INFRAC- T IONS OF PROHIBITION LAWS GRAND JURY ADJOURN ED AFTER FINDING SOME 30 TRUE BILLS Judge Wright returned to the bench here Monday morning for the trial of criminal cases. The Judge first ordered the sheriff to bring all the prisoners in the county jail into Court and ho then invest igaed as to the charges against them, appointing counsel for those who were not rep resented and began the trial of the week’s calendar. The first case announced ready for trial was that of tho State vs Will Cromer charged with having liquor in his possession at the time Whit ey Jones met his death at the tunnel on the T. A. G. Ry„ last summer. Isom Lee and Joel 'Thompson were the only witnesses in the case who were alleged to have been with Cro mer at the time of the above affair. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The next case was that the state versus Oscar Coulter, charged with the manufacture of liquor, out on the mountain. Tho defense made an effort to have the ease continued . bill Judge Wright overruled the mo tion. In this ease the jury returned a verdict of guilty and recommend ed that he. be punished as for a mis demeanor. The Court, gave him a sentence of 11 months in tho chain gang. j George Goad, convicted of al- I tempting to manufacture liquor at the February term, and given a sen tence of three months in tho gang a fine and who made a motion for ai new trial, appeared before the Court and withdrew the motion, and in lieu of the former sentence Judge Wright gave him four months in the gang. The case of the Stale veruss Gus Ellison, charged witli two counts in the bill of indictments, one for sell ing liquor and one for posessing liquor, resulted in a verdict of not guilty. In the case of tho State versus James Konnernor, charged with hav ing liquor in possesion, U. S. Martial Wardlaw testified that the officers i chased the defendant from E. Ar muchee across the Whitfield county line and found 20 gallons of liquor in his car, and that the car was con fiscated and sold under a U. S. Court order, and further that the defend ant resisted arrest and that lie had to be bound with string sinre the of ficers had failed to lake handcuffs witli them on the raid. At this point the slate rested and the, defnes offer ed a motion to exclude this evidence as unconstitutional, bill Judge Wright overruled the motion. The case went to the jury, which return a verdict of guilty in live minutes, and was sentenced 8 monlhs in the gang. The case of theSlalo versus Oscar Franklin, charged with burglariz ing the home of an old darkey at Chickamauga and stealing two pis tols, shotgun, women’s clothing, jel ly, etc., together with his brother, Gene Franklin, who plead puilty to Hie e.riine but who denied that his brother Oscar was present, was an interesting case of Tueday morning. The jury found the defendant guilty and recommended that lie he punish ed as for a misdemeanor .The Court sentenced Oscar Franklin, wtio is 19 years of age. to 12 months on the slate furm, and his briber Gene, who plead guilty to (l months in The gang. Stale versus Bert Willlmas, iliarg ed wpll, having half pint liquor in possession plead guilty and was fined $lO and cost or three months. Stale versus John Hultles. charg ed with possessing liquor; found not guilty. State versus John W. Williams; having pistol; plead guilty; $lO and cost. State versus John Wooten; hav ing pistol; verdict of not guilty di rected by the Court. Stale versus James Smith; pos sessing liquor; found not guilty. 1 Slate versus Aaron Clements; at found guilty and sentenced # mos. Me. in*. To Discuss New Mart, et For Sour Cream 100 GALLONS WHISKY AiMO 2 MEN CAUGHT Thursday night out on Lookout Mountain, n.ar High School house, Sheriff Harmon and deputies demol ished a 40-gallon still, poured out 1500 gallons of beer, and destroyed other material. The still was not in operation but the ofllcors state that from all appearance the time was short when a run would have been made. No one was seen at the still. Last F’riday night the Sheriff's deputies captured a new Dodge touring car and an Essex roadster, at Frick's Gap, noar Cassandra. The touring car contained ton 10-gallon kegs of liquor, and a small amount of whisky was found in tho roadster. The cars were in possesion of John Henry and Brit Bowman, so stato the officers, and they were ar rested and brought to jail whe-e they later made bond. Saturday morning the officers re port a raid on Fred Miller’s barn, near Cassandra, where U. S. Mar shal Wardlaw and Sheriff’s depu ties found 10 gallons of wtiisky hid in the hay. No one was captured. On the same day also, tho same officers with U. S. Marshal. Wardlaw tore up another outfit on Lookout moun tain, near Cedar Grove, at which they report to have found 000 gal -10113 of beer. The still was not in operation and no one was at the still. 011 gang. State versus Lee Jones; attempt ing to manufacture liquor; guilty; 8 months on gang. Stale versus John Whitlow.; at tempting to manufacture t.iquor; guilty; 8 months on gang. State versus John; aloffipfing to manufacture liquor; guilty; 8 mens, on gang. State versus Clay Cooper; hav ing whisky in possession; plead j guilty; not sentenced, j State vs Arthur Lanier; 2 cases; failed to compl ywith compulsory pchool law; found not guilty in botli cases. Stato vs Dorsey Cates; charged with manufacturing liquor; found guilty witli recommendations that he lie punished for misdemeanor. State versus George Stallion; charged with assault and attempt to rape; on trial as the Messenger went to press. Pleas of Guilty Before Judpe Irvin The following plead guilty before 1 Judge Irvin last week. Stale versus George Baker; car i rying pistol; plead guilty; S4O and i cost. j State versus Lee Peppers; misde meanor; plead guilty; $5 and cost. State versus Fred Cornetison; huv ing liquor in possession; SIOO. Stale versus U M Mallicoat; plead 'guilty to manufacturing liquor but j was punished as for a misdemeanor; | lined SSOO. Stale versus F’.art Jackson, of East | Artnuchee; liquor; plead guilty, lined S3OO. 1 MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL IN HHAIIAN CASES OVERRULED ‘'the motion for a new trial in the case of the stale versus David Sha lom, was heard before Judge Wright Wednesday nighl. It will he recalled ’|hut Hhahnn was convicted at the August term of court for selling liquor and given a sentence of II months in the. chain gang; also lie wa* convicted at the same term for manufacturing liquor, and was sen lured from two to three years in the .penitjjenliary. Immediately !‘f fr the heaTing"for a new Iriul Wed nesday night, the court overrifled I the motion. | GRAND jnry adjourned TUESDAY AFTERNOON The grand Jury adjourned Tqesday j j afternoon, after finding some, thirty true hills it is understood. , AUCTION SALE—Of lots next Wed nesday lfllh. Five beautiful city lots, fiß x tOfl 1-2 feet, close to |j"h --| lie square, Desirable Horn every 1 standpoint. Be sure and at In 1 the sale on the lots. Chinee to gel what you want —W. W. and It. F’,. Center, LaFayette, Ga. a 1 Want Ads in Messenger Pay 3R YEAB \V. Bryan lJan» AT Tin; COURTHOUSE ON SAT URDAY NOVEMBER THE 19TII AT TWO O'CLOCK AT WHICH TIME THE PRINCIPLES O F MAKING A PROFIT I ROM MILK ING A FEW COWS WILL BE EX PLAINED (By County Agent Vunsaiit) A number of cotton farmers in Walker county have already shown j conclusively that milking a few cows and selling cream, hotter, or( milk is a very satisfactory side-line to cotton farming. They have made 1 money by taking on the extra job of milking a few cows. If has given them a good market forfeed produc ed on their farms which canijpt be sold at a satisfactory priec this year and has given them a supply of sta ble manure which has built up the productive power of the soil. I A meeting is called at the court house on Saturday November 19th at 2 o’clock at which time a repre sentative of the Purity Ice Cream Co . of Rome, Ga., and other speakers [ will be present and explain to the farmers the plan, of marketing sour i cream produced from only a few « surplus cows on the farm. The sour cream can be shipped once or twice i each week in live and ten gallon • cans, which makes it possible for a i farmer having only two or three . surplus cows to market his butter . fat at a much hotter price than he, is getting for country butler and at less expense and trouble. Whene on ly a few cows are kept the milk can ' be skimmed without a separator. The skimmed milk can be fed prof itably to hogs, chickens and calves. ’ Alt farmers of the county who are interested in making a profit, 1 from milking a few cows are urged • In attend this meeting and become acquainted with this plan. I A REUNION OF FAMILIES— ’ Sunday Oct. 30, 1921 was indeed a memorable day in Kensington, Ga. 1 beeause of a kinsfolk reunion made possible by the Confederate Reunion ' in Chattanooga. , Tan Brooks an old Confederate veteran of Hillsboro, Texas and his I wife, Mrs. Browner, Seymour, Tex. ' Mrs. Hal Hcudder, Chelsea, Oklao Mrs. \V. 1,. Connally and son Wil liam, of Beevil, Tex., and Mr Willie Johnson, Dodd City, Texas were the : I honor goosts of this reunion that !brought together the Brooks, Hun -1 er, Garmany, Connally and Hall families. { Before the Sunday school hour had passed the relatives and friends were gathering about the Methodist church at Kensington. Hy noon more j than 200 guests had arrived. Good fellowship reigned supreme and the joy of meeting loved ones Idled the hearts and shone nul in the smiling faces of all those present. Visiting together and calling up memories of other days were enjoyed until the hour for refreshments. As the lunch boxes and baskets j were robbed of their good eats, pre pared for the occasion, a dinner was served that would have tickled the palate of any adept of culinary dainties and did bountifully supply all present, sending away more than the Biblical twelve baskets full, some to the siek and to others to be remembered, j A sweet devotional service was held in the afternoon, conducted hy Rev. Jones and Rev. Ham Tucker. A special male quartette, Messrs Jack Boss, Marvin Henry, J. J- Hall and Rex Henry rendered some splendid music. Miss Waldrop, music leach -ler of the LaKayotto High School, sang sweetly, "My Father Knows, j As the day was the birthday of | Mrs. J. P. Hunter, who had planned the delightful reunion for the rela tives, beautiful words of commenda tion for her life and influence for good were expressed and a rising vote of thanks was tendered her in appreciation of the occasion. It was indeed a sweet assembling of loved ones and was only a fore taste of the joy we shall have in the [Great reunion over yoqdcr. xxx.