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Volume XLVI—No. 34.
Court All This W eek
Many Cases Disposed Os
Term In November
HEAVY INROADS MADE IN BOTH
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CALEN
DAR AT AUGUST TERM HAT
FIELD TO SERVE TWO CHAIN
GANG SENTENCES JUDGE
TO DRAW JURY FOR NOVEM
BERT ERM
*
The three weeks term of the Walker
Superior Court will probably adjourn
Friday. November term convenes the
first Monday in November, the first
week civil cases will be tried; the
second week criminal business will be
transacted and will continue into the
third week if necessary, stated Judge
Wright Thursday morning. The Judge
also stated that he would draw the
jury for the November term before he
leaves this week. The grand jury, stat
ed the Judge, would not be drawn
for November term unless an emer
gency arose between now and the
time of convening the November term.
Inroads in both the civil and crimi
nal calendars have been made during j
the three weeks at the August term,
quite a large number of cases having
been disposed of.
Warden Strickland of the Convict
Camp stated Thursday morning that
this term’s grind had increased his
family at the camp a round dozen.
The following criminal cases have
been disposed of since last Thursday:
Bat H.' Rea, who was found guilty
at a former term of the Superior
Court for cheating and swindling,
which was carried to the Court of Ap
peals and which was affirmed, appear
ed this week for sentence ,since he
was not sentenced at that time. Judge
Wright gave him some time to make I
adjustments in a case with the Walker
County Bank, stating that the sever
ity of the sentence would depend upon
how this matter was adjusted. Up to
Thursday morning the sentence had
not been imposed since no settlement
has been made with the bank. He will
probably be sentenced before Judge
Wright adjourns Court Friday.
CHAS. HATFIELD GETS
14 MONTHS STRAIGHT
ON TWO COUNTS
The case of the state versus Chas.
Hatfield, charged with possessing liq
uor was called, and the defendant’s at
torney, D. F. Pope made a showing
for continuance, which the Judge
promptly overruled on the ground
that Hatfield had forfeited his bond in
this case and had just summoned his
witnesses. Attorney Chambers then
filed a demurrer to the indictment,
which was also promptly overruled by
the Court. The case went to the jury,
a verdict of guilty being returned in
ten minutes. Judge Wright imposed a
sentence of seven months straight in
the gang.
Immediately upon the disposition of
the case the Solicitor sounded another
case of the state versus Chas. Hat
field, charged with possessing liquor.
Hatfield’s attorneys, Pope and Cham
bers, made the same motion for con
tinuance as in the above-stated case,
which was also promptly overruled by
the Court. The case went to the jury,
which returned a verdict of guilty
within a very few minutes, as before,
and the Judge gave Hatfield another
straight sentence of seven months in
the chaingang.
State versus Clayt McKaig, larceny;
plead guilty; 1 year at state farm.
B. L. Lamb, charged with assault
and attempt to murder; found not
guilty; Rosser and Shaw, attorneys.
Silvester Padgett plead guilty to
carrying a pistol; $75 and costs or 8
months each in two cases, of $l6O and
cost or 16 months.
Otis Griffin plead guilty to carrying
a pistol; $75 and costs or 8 months.
Lester Brown, charged with break
ing jail; plead guilty; not sentenced.
State versus Marvin Strickland,
charged with possessing liquor; found
not guilty. M. Neil Andrews repre
sented the defendant.
State versus Lonnie Hamilton;
plead guilty to stealing chickens and
larceny from the house; after paying
‘"'e full value 'bf the property he was
fined $5 and costs or 3 months in each
case.
State versus James Fitzpatrick;
charged with manufacturing liquor;
Walker CEmutti} ilteimpr
' plead guilty and was given only five
| months in gang, since he had already
received a six months sentence from
the U. S. Court on same charge. He
is now serving his six months sen
tence in the county jail.
Burt Mayberry plead guiltv gam
ing; $1 and costs or three months in
gang. Fine totals some $52.
State versus Will Strickland, charg
ed with possessing liquor; plead guil
ty; $25 and costs or 5 months in gang.
The court sustained a Isinrrer in
one case of the state versus O. E. Sose
bee and directed a verdict of not guil
ty in another case. Both cases were
felony charges.
G. M. Griffin plead guilty to being
drunk on the public highway; $5 and
costs or 4 months in gang.
Deed Holcomb charged with pos
sessing liquor; found guilty; 6 months
in gang. It was stated that when he
was caught he had six or more gallons
or liquor in his possession and the
Court did not think that he had this
much liquor for his personal use. M,
Neil Andrews represented Holcomb.
Max Zugar plead guilty to giving a
way cigarette papers and selling ciga
rettes; $5 and costs.
W. D. Asher charged with manu
facturing liquor started into trial, but
after examination of state’s witnesses,
his attorney’s Henry and Jackson,
withdrew his plea of not guilty and
entered a plea of guilty. He had serv
ed a 3 months’ Federal sentence in
jail for the same offense, and was giv
en 5 months in chaingang straight.
Raymond Peppers together with sev
eral others who were caught July 4,
1922, shooting craps behind the La-
Fayette Roller Mills, insisted upon a
trial last Friday, and was found guil
ty of the charge, and given a sentence
of SSO and costs of 7 months in the
gang.
Maynard Griffin charged with st
temp and assault to murder was
found guilty by the jury of assault
and battery; SSO and costs.
State versus John Pilgrim; charged
with perjury; mistrial Case went to
jury Friday night and was in confer
ence over Sunday, reporting to the
Court Monday morning. Poorer and
Mebane assisted the state, while F. W.
Copeland and M N Andrews represent
ed the iof end ant.
CIVIL CASES DISPOSED OF
DURING THE PAST WEEK
The following civil cases were dis
posed of during the past week:
Mrs A. G. Catron, Admx. versus C
L Turner; verdict for plaintiff, prem
ises and SIOOO rents.
Continental Gin Co. vs Crystal
Springs Bleachery Co. Judgment for
plaintiff.
Premier Refining Co. vs Evans and
Tate; verdict for plaintiff
Evans and Tate versus Mallicoat—
Hunter claimant; claim sustained.
Walker County Bank versus O. L.
Smith; verdict for plaintiff.
D T Parsons versus F M Williams
admr; dismissed.
Motor Supply Co. versus Allison
and Stansbury; verdict for plaintiff.
Trigg, Dobbs and Co. versus W L
Catron; verdict for plaintiff.
Chattanooga Savings Bank vs Mrs.
J. F Wardlaw; verdict for plaintiff
Citizens Savings and Loan Corp. vs
M. R. Martin; verdict for plaintiff
Bill Jones Auto Co. vs H C. Baker;
dismissed.
Hamilton Trust and Savings Bank
versus W A. Perkins et al; verdict for
plaintiff.
WATERVILLE COMMUNITY
FEASTED CONVICTS SEPT. 1
The people of the Waterville com
munity feasted the convicts at the
camp last Saturday September Ist. A
most sumptuous dinner was served,
and after the convicts had feasted to
the full several baskets full were *eft.
The convicts de«ire to express their
heartfelt appreciation for the kind
ness of these good people, and for the
wonderful feast of good things to eat.
LOCAL KU KLUX KLAN
INVITED TO PARADE
WITH THE ROME KLAN
To All Klansmen:
Notice is hereby given that all mem
bers of LaFayette Klan No. 135 are
invited to attend a parade in Rome,
Ga. at 7:30 p. m Sept. 12, 1923.
By order of His Excellency
The Exalted Cyclops
The Walker County Singing Con
vention will hold the fall session at
the courthouse on the third Sunday
and Saturday before in this month.
LaFayette, Georgia, Friday September 7 , 1923-
CHAS. HATFIELD
CAUGHT AT STILL
LAST SATURDAY
GAVE CHASE BUT SHERIFF HAR
MON WAS TOO SWIFT FOR HIM
! —IN JAIL IN DEFAULT OF
BOND HERALD BROCK AP
PREHENDED MONDAY NIGHT
AND GOES BACK TO GANG
Sheriff Harmon and deputies raided
a 90-gallon still and outfit near the
Fricks place in the Cove Saturday
where they found Charlie Hatfield and
another man working at the still. The
sheriff stated that the men were cook
ing their mash preparatory to a “run”,
and that some twenty five or thirty
bushels of meal were found. Upon the
appearance of the officers, state the
sheriff, both men ran, and after a
three hundred yard’s chase the sheriff'
caught Hatfield, the other man how
ever, made good his escape.
The still was some two miles from
Hatfield’s home northwest of Cedar
Grove.
Hatfield was brought to jail where
he remains confined in default of a
$750 bond.
This case will doubtless be tried at
the November term of the Superior
Court.
Herald Brock Apprehended
Monday night Sheriff Harmon and
deputies captured Herald Brock in
Linwood, who some time since escaped
from the chaingang together with sev
eral others. Brock was returned to the
chaingang Tuesday.
WALKER COUNTY
FAIR TO BE HELD
OCTOBER 18-19
The dates for holding the Walker
County Fair have been fixed for
Thursday and Friday October 18-19.
The finance committee has been busy
the past few days raising funds for
the fair and a full list of the local
contributors will be announced next
week. As soon as the funds have been
secured the full premium list will be
made up and published. Those who
desire to make contributions to the
fair may call on or send their dona
tions to J. A. Allen at the J. A. Allen
and Co Store.
1923 TAX RATE
$1.50 ON SIOOO
LESSTHANI922
At the meeting of the Board of
Commissioners here Tuesday, the tax
rate was fixed for 1923, at $23 per
thousand dollars, which is $1.50 on the
thousand less than last year, the rate
last year being $24.50 on the thous
and. The rate of $23 per thousand in
cludes the county, state and county
wide school tax. Announcement of the
levy will be made later.
LOCALSCHOOLS *
ENROLL 656 ON
THEFIRST DAY
The LaFayette schools formally op
ened Monday morning with the larg
est enrollment in the history of the
schools. 656 were enrolled the first day
and it is thought that by next week
the enrollment for all schools will
probably total 700.
\ll the schools are well-filled, and
some class rooms are overcrowded.
Sr'«ndid exercises were held at the
opening of the schools. Patrons and
people of the community attended in
large numbers, and the exercises were
very impressive. Supt. Cooper stated
he was gratified at the spirit of co
operation shewn, and that he realized
the responsibility of the facutly, and
expected to give his best efforts for
the most successful school possible.
1 I
REVIVAL BEGINS
AT CHICKAMAUGA
METH. CHURCH
NEkT SUNDAY MORNING CON
DUCTED BY POPULAR PASTOR,
REV. PIERCE HARRIS WON
DERFUL EVENING SERVICES
ON SUNDAY DURING SUMMER
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 4—Next
Sunday morning Sept. 9th, Rev. Pierce
Harris will begin a series of revival
services at the Chickamauga Metho
dist church.
Careful plans have been made for
the meeting, cottage prayer services
are being held each night and quite a
number of personal workers are busy
in the interest of the Kingdom.
This series of services comes at a
time when the church is striving to
touch more people than ever before
in its history.
Beginning in the early summer
when the people generally, begin to
think about vacation, the pastor of
this church began to put on a special
evening service.
Some gripping story is used as a
background to emphasize the great
passages of scripture. Last Sunday
evening Victor Hugo’s thrilling story
of “Jean Val Jean” the galley slave
and escaped convict was used to em
phasize the truth that if the wicked
will forsake his way and return unto
the Lord He will have mercy upon him
and abundantly purdon .
Another feature of the evening ser
vice is the “Illuminated Cross.”
Last Sunday evening with the rest
of the house darkened, Miss Gertrude
Scovin of Kansas City sang by the
light 'of the Illuminated Cross the
beautiful old hymn, “The Way of the
Cross Leads Home." This setting
brings into 'relief the Cross and is an
impressive feature of the service.
These Sunday evening services have
attracted large crowds and it has be
come necessary to use chairs in the
aisles and seat late comers in the bal
cony because of the number of people
interested. A great revival is expected
in Chickamauga.
We are asked to announce to those
in the Cove and surrounding country
who have been attending these night
services and also those who have not,
that you are cordially invited to drive
in at any time for this series of ser
vices.
A feature of the meeting will be
the singing, by choir and congregation
of the great battle songs of the King
dom.
The first services will be at 11 o’-
clock Sunday and 7:30 Sunday night.
Throughout the meeting the morning
services will be from 10 until 11, ev
ening services at 7:30.
Everybody will be cordially welcom
ed.
PEACOCK BROS.
WILL SOON OPEN
NEW CREAMERY
The Southern Food Products Co.
is the name of the new creamery es
tablished by D. W. K. Peacock and
Edgar L. Peacock, at Rock Springs.
The products to be handled by this
new industry will be sour cream, milk,
sell butter and manufacture soft
cheese. The capacity of the cream jry
at first will be some 1200 pounds of
cream and 2000 pounds of milk per
day. Cream routes and stations will be
announced later.
The firm announces to the public
that the Chicago standard prices will
be paid at all times, which insures the
highest market prices for products
handled.
The exact location of the new plant
is two miles north of Rock Springs at
the well-known Joel Jones farm, on
the government road to Chattanooga.
These young men are experienced
creamery and dairy men, having been
reared on a dairy farm, and E. L. Pea
cock has just finished a special course
in this work at the University of
Tennessee.
Full announcements as to the for
mal opening and other details of the
business will doubtless be made next
week through an advertisement in this
paper.
August Presentments
Reveal True Financial
Conditions of County
PEOPLE OF COUNTY URGED TO
READ PRESENTMENTS CARE
FULLY FOR INFORMATION ON
COUNTY AFFAIRS RECOM
MEND THREE - YEAR QUAIL
LAW PASSED BY LEGISLA
TURE— COMPLIMENT HEALTH
OFFICER
We, the Grand Jury drawn and
sworn for the Augmt. term, Walker
Superior court 1923, submit the fol
lowing report:
We have through appropriate com
mittees examined the books of the
various officers of the county with the
f illowing results:
I- the limited time in which we had
to investigate the work of these of
ficers it would be impossible for us to
make investigations only in a general
way.
We find the Ordinary’s books are
neatly kept. We also find good bonds
for all county officers and administra
tors. We commend him for same.
Sheriff’s office. We find complete
records of all prisoners committed to
jail. The same being 169 since last
term of court. We wish to codfmend
the Sheriff for his diligent and faith- 1
ful service in looking after the law-!
less element of the county.
The Clerk’s books are neatly kept
and systematically indexed. We wish
to commend the Clerk for same.
At the County Farm we find 31 in
mates, one car load of coal, 700 pounds
of flour, 2 bushels of meal, 21 bushels
of Irish potatoes, 62 gallons of syrup,
250 three-pound cans of tomatoes, 10
sides of meat, 6 hams, 6 shoulders, 75
pounds of lard, 30 loads of hay, 5
bushels of corn, 2 sows, 9 pigs, 1 male
hog, 10 shoats, 8 milk cows, 1 male
cow, 4 mules, 50 bushels of wheat 1
binder, 1 drill, 1 mower, 1 rake 1
roller, 1 drag harrow, 1 cutting har
row, 1 wagon, 1 cultivator, 1 canning
outfit. We find 40 acres in corn, 2
acres sorghum cane, 4 acres sweet po
tatoes, 1-2 acre Irish potatoes, about
3-4 acre beans, 8 acres of soy beans.
From Jan. Ist to July Ist 1923 the
following amounts have been spent:
For groceries and feed $330.03. Phy
sicians and medicine $86.40; Supt, ma
tron and labor $800.50; clothing $133.-
40. Total $1356.33.
We find everything in good condi
tion. We highly compliment Mr. Ash
worth for taking care of everything
so well.
At the convict camp at the present
time we find, 12 white and 13 negro
convicts. Since the 16th of May, 13
convicts have escaped, 8 of these have
been recaptured. We find 4 guards
drawing a salary of SSO each per
month. A deputy warden S6O, black
smith S6O, Warden $125. per month.
We find 33 mules in excellent con
dition, 18 hogs in good condition, 150
frying size chickens, 20 hens, 40 gal
lons of home-made soapv We were told
by the warden that he had sold 600
pounds of lard from hogh slaughter
ed at the camp this year.
Equipment on hand: 1 six-mule
grader, 2 eight-mule plows, 3 six mule
plows, 13 wheele scrapers, 14 drag
scrapers, 1 three ton continental
truck, 2 concrete mixers, 13 two-horse
wagons, 2 wagon tanks and a suffic
ient amount of small tools, 2 steel
cages with sufficient bedding in gooff
condition.
Operating expenses from Jan. Ist to
July Ist 1923: Groceries and clothing
$4679,23; Physicians and medicine—
s3o9.3s; Guards and warden—s 2744.-
27; Rewards and expense of recaptur
ing $289.37. Total $8022.22.
These expenses are for 44 convicts
for six months the average per day
for this period, or an average cost to
the county of $1.16 per day for each
convict.
The equipment and repairs are not I
included in this report.
We find the road work progressing
as well as could be reasonably expect
ed considering the heavy grades and
fills on the Alabama road.
We wish to compliment Mr. L. H.
Strickland, the warden for the sani
tary condition around the camp and
his work upon the road.
Total cost of road built by chain
gang Jan. 1 to July Ist 1923, $13,876.^
Want Ads in
Messenger
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One Dollar Per Year;
The first three months of 1923 were
consumed in finishing Federal Aid
road from Rock Springs to Naomi,
and moving camp.
Since about June Ist work has been
done as follows:
Common excavation 24,201.7 yards.
Present contract prices about 28—
$6770.28.
Loose Rock excavation 600 yards.
Present contract prices about 60—
$250.00.
Clear and grub about 2 acres. Pres
ent contract prices about s6o—sloo.oo
Placed 8 lines culvert pipe.
Concrete in 15 culverts 230.2 cubic
yards. Present contract price about
$20.00—54600.40.
Cost if contracted-r-$11,726.68.
The county engineer states that the
above amount of work would complete
approximately three miles
Actual cost of three miles, 1-2 of
$13,876.99 or $6938.49.
Expended on roads Jan. 1, 1923
Operation of Road machines $4521.62
Paid for rights of way 1610.74
Labor, material, equipment
etc, 147C2.84
We find the Public roads in good
condition. We find that a stretch of
the Smith Gap road on Taylor’s ridge
needs immediate attention, also some
holes in the road leading to the Cedar
Grove school. And also the Bowers
gap road.
We recommend road patchers be
put on the main roads of the county.
Salaries paid by Board of Commis
sioners:
Supt. County Farm $ 60.00
Matron County Farm 15.00
Janitor Court House 50.00
"Commissioner of Health . $260.00
Commissioner of Health, travel 40.00
Sanitary Inspector, travel 60.00
Commissioners Roads and reve
nue per day 4.00
Clerk Commissioners Roads and
Revenue per month SIOO.OO
County attorneys $25.00
Probation Officer 25.00
Tax Collector's Books
State taxes collected up to July 31,
1923.
Total to account for $44247.36
Accounted for as follows:
Paid State $39934.77
Paid Tax Receiver 800.56
Paid Tax Collector 777.04
Reliefs by Board 83.28
Fifas on hand . 2601.71 $44247.36
County Taxes
Total to be accounted for $138933.98
Accounted for as follows:
Paid County $128685.66
Paid Tax Receiver 2029.94
Paid Tax Collector 1962.74
Relief by Board 185.69
Fifas on hand 6069.96 $138933.98
School Taxes
Total to account for $23996.78
Accounted for as follows:
Paid County School
Com. Sartain $22584.78
Paid Tax Collector 293.92
Reliefs by Board 33.57
Fifas on hand 1084.51—523996.78
We wish to compliment the deputy
Tax Collector, Miss Street, for the sys
tematic way in which she k.- the
books and for her neatness and effi
ciency, and for the small permit of
taxes uncollected. We refer you to
page 5 of the State Auditor’s report
concerning her record. Special taxes
refer to auditors report.
Cost to Walker for health work,
Jan. 1 to July 1,1923.
Salary of Commissioner of
Health $1500.00
Travel of Com. of Health , . 240.00
Travel Sanitary Inspector 360.00
Sundry expense—Telephone, Ice,
Printing etc 80.90
Total $2180.90
The Commissioner of Health has
paid all office help and all other ex
penses of the work out of the above
amount, also the sum of $l4O for an
titoxin, none of which he is required
to do.
We find the Court House in fairly
good condition, excepting some of the
plastering has fallen off and some of
the Wains Coating is down. We find
that several of the toilqts need repair
ing. We also find that the Furnace
needs repairs such as grates and the
smoke stack or pipe leading from the
furnace to the chimney is rusted out,
and needs attention which is necessary
to save fuel. We recommend that these
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