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Volume XLVI.—NO 32.
Auto Speeders Hit Hard
InlJudge Wright’s Charge
Here Monday Morning
GAME LAWS, TAX BURDENS,
LAW AND ORDER SUBJECTS
BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON IN THE
CHARGE GRAND JURY OR
GANIZED AND GRIND OF CIVIL
CASES BEGINS
Promptly at ten o’clock Monday
morning, Judge Wright formally con
vened the August term of court when
he called for the empanneling of the
grand jury. After the election of the
foreman and organization, the grand
jury returned to the court room when
Judge Wright delivered his charge.
The charge was not over forty min
utes in length, the Judge touching on
ly a few vital matters before the coun
ty today.
“In 1917 there were 250 people pay
ing tax on incomes of one million dol
' lars; last year only 50 men paid this
tax. Why the difference, is it because
there are less millionaires than in
1917?” stated the Judge. “No, it is
because of tax free bonds and non
taxable securities being bought up by
these rich men to escape taxation.
They are tax dodging.”
The Judge was hopeful that the leg
islature would work out some fair and
just system of taxation for the people
of the state, whereby the tax burdens
would be lightened. He commended
the gas tax passed at the recent ses
sion of the legislature.
While on civil matters, the Judge
commended the spirit of enterprise
and progress shown by Walker coun
ty people, saying that Walker county
stood in the forefront of progress a
long permanent improvements, such
as good roads, courthouse, almshouse
etc. He urged the grand jury to look
into all civil affairs, to make full in
vestigations and to give full informa
tion in the presentments of that body.
Game and Speeding Laws
Turning to the criminal law, he took
occasion to “bear down” on the game
laws and especially the “speeding”
practiced by the auto driver, which
was responsible for so many accidents
and deaths.
He complimented the efforts of the
county’s representatives in getting
the quail law enacted for this county.
The substance of the law is that no
quails are to be killed for a period of
three years in order to protect crops
from insects. The gran I jury mast
make two successive recommendations
to make it an operative law ir. the
county. He expressed the belief and
hope that the grand jury would so
recommend.
* The Judge called attention to the
fact that the seining and dynamiting
laws to protect the fish in the streams
were already operative here and he
was glad of it.
Automobile Offenders
And Speed Artists
Especially emphatic was the judge
on the auto “speeder”. “Wreckless
driving of automobiles has caused
more deaths than the world war,”
stated the Judge. “Bring the ‘speeder’
before me, and he will think it is
cheaper to drive more slowly than to
pay the fine,” said the Judge. “I’ll not
only put a heavy fine on him, but will
put him on probation and then not al
low him to ride in an auto for twelve
months, and that will kill him,” stat
ed the Judge, which brought a roar
.of laughter from the audience.
Prohibition Progress
The Judge in commenting on the
success of prohibition in this county,
stated that progress had been made
here because public sentiment in this
county was strong against the whisky
traffic. “You are the best example of
what law enforcement can do of any
county in the state,” went on the
judge, “keep up the fight and drive it
from your borders as you are now do
ing.”
In conclusion the judge urged the
grand jury to be diligent in its inves
tigations. “Laws are not made for any
one class, they are made for the rich
and the poor, my God, men, they are
made for everybody,” emphatically
stated the Judge.
Bailiffs Sworn In
Immediately following the charge,
the following bailiffs were called and
sworn in for duty: Jim Brown, W. S,
3®alte Crnmfg Mtssm^x
JIM DECK HEADS
AUG. GRAND JURY
The following citizens are
serving on the Grand Jury
for the August term:
J. W. Deck, Foreman
W. A. J. Burns, Clerk
R. W C Myers
J T. Grant
tV. J Arnold
G. R. Morgan
D. F. Abercrombie
A. P. Warrenfells, Sr
W. O. Davenport
John B Henry
J. W. Carlock
J. C. McWilliams
J. S. Bell
N A Scott
W. G. Hunter > 1
T W. Hazlerig
N. S. Jones j "j t ’
James Weaver . (
Joe M. Baker
W. P. Blackwell
John A. Ward
G. E. Hunter
H S. Lovern
Bailiff Cherry was selected
by the grand jury as its bai
liff.
Chandler, Dan Waters and Frank
Hearn.
BARNETT GETS VERDICT
OF $5500 DAMAGES
Immediately following the Judge’s
charge, the first case on the docket,
J. C, Barnett versus the Central of
Georgia Railway Co., was called and
both sides reported ready. This case
was one in which the plaintiff receiv
ed injuries from a freight car near
Chickamauga in 1920, and was tried
here at a former term of the Superior
Court, the jury giving a verdict then
of SSOOO damages, but upon hearing
a motion for new trial Judge Wright
granted same on the ground that he,
the Judge, erred in his charge to the
jury. The case took all of Monday and
went to the jury Tuesday afternoon at
3 o’clock. Representing Barnett were
Porter and Mebane, of Rome while the
Central was represented by Ed Mad
dox, of Rome and Rosser and Shaw,
of this city. After deliberating for an
hour the jury returned a verdict for
Barnett of $5600.
McConnell-Carson Case Settled
The case of J. D. McConnell versus
S. T. Carson, growing out of the new
courthouse controversy, was settled
Monday by agreement, when Mr. Car
son paid Mr. McConnell S2OO and
costs.
Other Cases Disposed Os
Other civil cases disposed of this
week are as follows:
Carrie Pettus vs Graham and War
ner .Receivers; dismissed for want of
prosecution.
Mrs. E. A. Morrison vs C R Jones
dismissed.
C R Ireland vs W J Wils; dismissed
David Shahan vs John Kinsey, 3
cases; dismissed.
Mrs. Minnie Warrenfells, Admrx Vs
W. G. Alverson, admr; settled.
J H. B Rea vs Mercer Lumber Co;
verdict for plaintiff
Powell Co. vs Chas R. Jones; settled
Norman Shattuck, Trustee vs May
me Wardlaw Collins; verdict for de
fendant.
E. J. Shearer vs W. M Housch; non
suited
Hattie Wheeler vs Frank Young;
dismissed.
T A. Jackson et al vs W. D. Bal
lenger; dismissed on demurrer.
Riddle Coal Co vs Georgia Refrac
tories Co; verdict for plaintiff
Theo Booth vs Ott Brown; dismissed
Cudahy Packing Co. vs Cain and
Hixon; dismissed.
J. T Haygood vs F L Baker; verdict
for defendant.
Sallie J Smith vs Chas V Johnston;
dismissed
J L Smith vs Chas V Johnston;
dismissed
J L Smith vs Lee H Dyer; dismissed
As the Messenger closed its forms
Thursday morning the case of O. P.
Andrews, Mrs. O. P Andrews and H
Mashburn versus R C Hicks, Re
ceiver, T A G Ry Co was on trial.
According to the Assistant Solicitor
about the usual number of true bills
have been returned thi3 date by the
grand jury.
Criminal cases will be tried next
week.
LaFayette, Georgia, Friday August 24- 1923.
OFFICERS FIND
10-GALLON STILL
IN THE HOME
OF JACK PARKER IN CHATTOO
GA COUNTY LAST SATURDAY
—HE WAS TAKEN TO ROME
MONDAY AND PLACED UNDER
FEDERAL BOND OTHER
RAIDS DURING PAST WEEK
Prohibition officers report the raid
last Saturday in Chattooga County of
the home of Jack Parker on the Haw
kins place, where they report they
found a ten-gallon still and copper
outfit concealed in his house. Prohi
bition Federal Officer Cain asked the
assistance of Sheriff Harmon and
Deputy Hegwood and their search was
rewarded as above. Parker was taken
to Rome Monday and placed under a
SSOO Federal bond, it is stated, and
will probably be indicted at the next
term of the Chattooga Superior Court.
Sheriff Harmon and Deputy Heg
wood together with Officer Cain also
searched the premises of Bob Waters
in Chattooga county, so state the offic
ers but without results. Also the same
officers report the search of the home
of Grear Jones and his barn in Sum
merville where they found a small a
mount of liquor together with a num
ber of empty vessels that the officers
claimed had recently contained liquor.
He will be taken to Rome and placed
under Federal bond, and will be in
dicted at the next session of Chattoo
ga Superior Court.
The Sheriff reports the raid with his
deputies Saturday of a crap game
near the Consolidated Textile Corpo
ration in Linwood and arrests were
made of one “Shag” Little, Grady
Cross and Lee Self. There were others
in the game, the officers stated but
they made good their escape.
At the colored association at Chick
amauga Sunday only one offender of
the law was seen ,he being charged
with drunkenness and reckless driv
ing. He is in jail.
Tuesday night Deputy Sheriff Tar
vin together with other deputies raid
ed a place on Dick’s Creek and found
a 30-gallon still and outfit, 120 gal
lons of beer. All paraphanalia was de
stroyed. No one was at the still re
port the officers.
Last week Walker county officers
went to the assistance of Judge Tar
ver in Catoosa county during Court at
Ringgold and were the only witnesses
used to convict one Beavers on the
charge of infraction of the prohibition
laws The officers were highly compli
mented by Judge Tarver for the : r
interest in the cause of law enforce
ment.
F. M. I. ASSO ELECTS
BOARD DIRECTORS
At a meeting of the Walker County
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Asso
ciation here Tuesday during the noon
recess of Court, a full board of direc
tors were elected as follows: J. P.
Hall, of LaFayette; Frank Weaver,
of Rock Springs; F. J. Shattuck, of
LaFayette; Dr. M. M. Crowder, oi
Cedar Grove; Tillman Morgan, oi
Pond Spring; Gordon Hunter, of Ken
sington and J. C. Young, of Green
bush.
The new directors have issued a call
for a meeting next Wednesday Aug
29th during the noon recess of court
at the courthouse when the officers oi
the association will be elected.
COUNTY-WIDE SUNDAY
SCHOOL TRAINING WEEK
AUGUST 27 TO SEPT. 181
The Coosa Baptist Sunday Schoo
Convention will conduct a training
class in every Sunday school in tht
Association, beginning Aug. 27th. anc
running through the week ending
Sept. Ist., with a big all-day rally ir
the LaFayette church on Saturday.
The people are urged to attend the
class conducted in their church. Com
petent teachers have been secured to.
every class.
A good program has been arranged
for Saturday.
WANTED—About 100 ewes—Ken
sington Stock Farm. Apply to O
Davis Manager, Kensington, Ga.
8-31 2tx
67 MAKE GRADE
AT EXAMINATION
FOR TEACHERS
OUT OF EIGHTY SEVEN APPLI
CANTS— NEW RULES GOVERN
ING COUNTY SCHOOLS ADOPT
ED BY COUNTY BOARD OF ED
UCATION AT RECENT MEET
ING
At the recent State examination for
teachers’ licenses there were about 87
applicants taking the test. Out of that
number the following made grades:
Renewal By Reading Course
Mrs. M. Neil Andrews, Mrs. W. P.
Blackwell, Mrs Ella Buchanan, Mabel
Conley, Vera Deck, Sibyl Deck, Mrs
Ben F. Hunt, Mrs J. L. Hammond,
Annie Johnson, Jennie Johnson, Mary
Moore, Lily Morgan, Cora Roberts,
Tempie Roberts, Mrs. John Rhyne, G.
O. Woollard.
High School Examination
W. N. Morgan, B. D Keown, War
ren Watkins.
Elementary
Rachel Bird, Katie Bird, Thelma
Bridges, Irene Fuller, J. M. Gray, Mrs
J. W. Jones, Ella Lane, Billie Mc-
Whorter, Lucile Payne, Raymond
Payne, Allen Pettigrew, Alf Reed, H.
I* Roper, Willie Smith, Pearl Wallin,
Lola Weaver, Neal Watts, Rachel
Wheeler.
Primary
Dimple Ashworth, Jessie Lee Bow
man, Reba Conley, Lena liicks, Laura
Hise, Lucile Hazlerig, Mary Jo Hill,
Emmie Lumpkin, Mrs. W. fc. Jenkins,
Mabel McGill, Eddie Partain. Lucile
Pittman, Helen Pittman, Anr.ie Jus
tice, Bernije Reed, Eva Lee Reed,
Louise Shaw, L. V. Swar.scn, Beth
Rhyne, Mabel Woodward, Mrs. R. M.
Wyly
Colored
Zula McClelland, Virginia Hawkins,
N A. Tolbert, Jas. A. Clements, Beu
lah Bonds, Dorothy Harris, J. W. Wil
liams, Willie Marsh, Berdie Puryear.
The superintendent will take pleas
ure in reviewing the paper of any ap
plicant who may desire to do so, if
she will call at the office and request
same. In grading the papers he has
always given the applicant the benefit
of any doubt and has been as lenient
as possible, consistent with his duty.
Some of these papers are of high or
der and many show excellent prepa
ration for teaching, only a few being
below the standard to be expected of
a successful teacher.
Yours for better schools,
J. A. SARTAIN, C. S. S.
Recent Rules Passed
By Board of Education
For the information of teachers and
trustees and the public generally, I
desire to give some recent rules as
passed by the Board of Education
governing the operation of the county
schools
It was ordered that in the future
all teachers in the county shall be
elected by the Board of Education
upon recommendation of the Super
intendent. Provided, that ail schools
and school systems who supplement
the teachers’ salaries as much as 20
per cent of the amount paid by the
Board of Education shall elect their
own teachers, subject, of course to the
approval of the Board. Teachers de
siring work may apply for a certain
school or for work in any of the coun
ty schools. Trustees and patrons de
siring to employ a certain teachei
may make this fact known to the
iuperintendent. Within a short timi
.he superintendent will have blanks
eady so that teachers may use these
in making application. This ruliny
was made so as to eliminate as far as
possible, poorly prepared teachers and
eachers with a low grade of license.
It was decided that th« time for be
winning the schools for the fall anc
■/inter term shall be October 29th, am
.hat there shall be a continuous term
without intermission except for holi
lays, of all the time remaining t<
;ach school from the year 1923, am
dl the time for 1924 except 2 months
This two months to be kept back b
>e taught in the fall of 1924.
It was ordered that the school;
shall operate six months for 1924 a.
lsual; and further, the Board of Edu
cation will agree to pay 50 per cent o.
the salaries of all teachers of school;
-perating the ; ,:venth month provided
lie several c< mnitie3 pay the othc
ARSENATE USED
PROVES FATAL TO
THE LEAF WORM
COTTON FARMERS USED 2500
FOUNDS SINCE LAST FRIDAY
WITH SPLENDID RESULTS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL
SUPPLY POISON A T COST
THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
FARMERS URGED TO ACT AT
ONCE
County Agent Vansant reports that
2500 pounds of leaf worm poison have
been purchased by the cotton farmers
through the LaFayette Chamber of
Commerce. As soon as the supply gets
low the Chamber takes the money de
rived from the sale of the poison nnd
buys more arsenate, and the county
agent stated that this process would
continue throughout the season, so
that the cotton farmers may have the
poison easy of access any time.
The quick action of the Chamber of
Commerce, making the poison prompt
ly available, and at actual cost to the
farmers, is heartily commended, and
reports this early state that where
ever the farmers are using the calci
um arsenate the army or leaf worm is
disappearing. It is destructive and the
poison and proving a very highly ef
fective remedy.
Some of tr.e farmers are vising the
pure cai.erm arsenate, while others
are diluting it with lime, both getting
results, depending upon the nature
and extent of the boll weevil and the
leaf worm. Both methods, the duster
and the old sack way, are being used
to advantage.
The county agent urges all cotton
farmers to act quickly against the ar
my or leaf worm, since he works rap
idly and can devastate an entire field
in a very short time.
Those who desire the poison at ac
tual cost, may get it from Mr. Frank
Kirby, who has consented to render
this service to the farmers as the ag
ent of the LaFayette Chamber of
Commerce, without any cost for his
time and service.
Highly Pleased With
Smith’s Weevil Catcher
Gets Army Worms Too
LaFayette, Ga. R. 1
Here comes another tip for the boll
weevil catcher. On August 7th, Mr.
Smith drove his machine over my cot
ton and caught 66 weevils and squares
in abundance. Again on Aug. 14th. he
went over it again and caught 112
weevils and a number of army worms
and other insects. Since then I have
not seen any sign of the worms. Can
you beat that?
Yours truly,
C. L. STORY.
PLEASED WITH THE
MISSING WORD CONTEST
Ed Messenger:
I wish to thank you for the fair aDd
impartial way in which you conducted
the Missing Word Contest in the Mes
senger. You will please extend the
Messenger one year from date of ex
piration for check enclosed.
CARRIE A. CARROLL,
Wildwood, Ga.
50 per cent. All schools desiring to
Lake advantage of this offer must
make application for this extra month
at the beginning of the school year,
and at the same time show what ar
angements they have made to pay
their part of this extra salary. In this
way the Board hopes to run the school
seven months for 1924, and it is be
ieved that by 1925 it will be possible
.0 run the schools seven months with
>ut asking the communities to pay a
;>art of the teachers’ salaries.
It is hoped that every school in the
:ounty will take advantage of this ot
ter. It everyone will help a little it
:an be done, and the children will be
greatly benefittd by this extra month.
This will give all schools who have
as much as two months remaining
from the year 1923, a seven months
term during the coming winter. Those
who have less than two months will
have a term in proportion.
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J.M. VAUGHN SHOT
AND KILLED LAST
SUNDAY NIGHT
AT lUS HOME ON LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN NEAR LULA LAKE
—TWO HELD IN JAIL ACCUSED
OF BEING CONNECTED WITH
THE KILLING
A large caliber rifle, fired at close
range in the dark sometime after
midnight Sunday through an open
window brought instant death to J.
M. Vaughn at his home on Lookout
Mountain near Lula Lake, according
to authentic statements.
Sheriff L. W. Harmon with Perry
Phipps’ bloodhounds spent Monday on
the mountuin, but secured no direct
clue as to the assassin. The dogs fol
lowed the trail to a road nearby and
lost it and it is presumed that the
slayer entered some kind of convey
ance and hurried away. Vaughn’s
family claim that they do not know
of any previous difficulty or enmity in
which he was involved and the officers
faced a difficult problem to get some
thing on which to base their search
for the murderer.
Mr. Vaughn was in bed a short time
before the bullet was fired, his wife
being asleep. Whether he was awak
ened by noise of some one approach
ing or why he was out of bed is not
known. The wife, uwakened by the
shot, found his body on the floor and
death apparently had been instantan
eous. Whether he caught sight of his
slayer as the shot was fired, or wheth
er the fatal bullet was entirely unex
pected can only be conjectured. The
bullet passed through the neck, then
through the wall of th* room to the
porch.
Mr. Vaugh was about 61 years old
and was known as a souvenir maker
on the mountain. Besides his wife, he
leaves a son, F. R. Vaughn and two
daughters, Mrs. Emmie Wilson, of
Lexington, K., and Mrs. Alvie Mulu
gen of Chattanooga
The funeral was held Tuesday af
ternoon from the house at 2 o’clock,
the Rev. Bartow McFarland officiat
ing. Interment was in the Payne’s
Chapel cemetery.—Chatt. Times.
Sheriff Harmon and deputies arrest
ed A. B. Stokes and son, Walter
Stokes, at their home on the Rossville
boulevard between Rossville and Chat
tanooga, and are in jail accused with
being connected with the killing, since
it is reported, according to the Sheriff
that these parties had made threats a
gainst Vaughn.
Flintstone, Ga. Aug. 22—James
Vaughn, a man about 60 years old,
was shot Sunday night about 8 o'clock
by someone not known as yet.
He lived on Lookout mountain about
a mile from Lula Lake Mr. Vaughn
had undressed and was in the act of
blowing out the light before an un
covered window when a shot rang out
and Mr. Vaughn fell mortally wound
ed. A ball, supposed to have been a
.45 pistol ball, entered the right side
of his neck coming out on the left side
ranging slightly upward.
This ball seemed to have severed
the spinal column. The ball after pass
ing through Mr. Vaughn went on
through the side of the house, (double
wall) and lodged in the porch plate
on the outside.
Perry Phipps and his bloodhounds
were on the scene by 12 o’clock and
striking the trail outside the window
they followed it for about a mile when
the party seems to have caught a car
at the roadside.
Kensington Missionary
Society Enjoys An
Interesting Program
The Kensington Ladies Missionary
Society met with Mrs. Emma Hunter,
Aug. Bth. The meeting was called to
order by the President, Mrs. Ruth Lee.
A very interesting program was given
on the subject “Christ Winning China
Through Training Centers.” Mrs. Em
ma Hunter and Mrs. G. E. Hunter
read some very interesting papers on
the subject.
The hostess served a delicious ice
course assisted by her niece, Miss
Margaret Hunter. xx
GET YOUR FEED SUPPLIES—Of
all kinds from Dan C. Wheeler and
Co. Chattanooga. They make a spec
ialty of Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls.