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Volume XLVI. Mo. 36.
OFFICERS RAID
LAST THURSDAY
WITH RESULTS
PRELIMINARY HEARINGS THIS
WEEK AND BONDS MADE IN
FEW CASES PILGRIM CASE
POSTPONED UNTIL NOVEMBER
TERM ON ACCOUNT OF ILL
NESS OF DEFENDANT’S LEAD
ING COUNSEL
One man, a 35-gallon copper still
and 800 gallons of beer, are the re
sults of a raid by Sheriff Harmon and
deputies on Pigeon Mountain last
Thursday, announce the officers. They
state that the still was in full blast
and two men were doing their part
toward its operation. Jim Fisher, one
of the parties, was captured by the
officers, while the other man made
good his escape. Fisher was placed in
jail where he remained until Sunday
when he made a SSOO bond signed by
Floyd McCarty.
R. L. Fouts who has been in jail
several days, was given a preliminary
hearing before Justices Brown and
Harmon here Wednesday. It is stated
that several charges were against him.
In two cases he was bound over to
the November term. He made a cash
bond of SSOO.
Bozzy Boggs, the negro who was
found guilty at the last term of Su
perior Court of arson and given a sen
tence of five years, made bond last
week and was released pending the
outcome of his appeal for a new trial.
He has a case of possessing liquor al
so appealed, in which he was found
guilty.
Pilgrim Case Postponed
The case of the state versus John
Pilgrim, on the charge of perjury,
which resulted in a mistrial at the
August term, was set for last Mon
day, the case was than changed to to
day, Thursday, but on account of the
illness of Col. F W Copeland, of Rome,
defendant’s leading counsel, the case
has been continued until the Novem
ber term. '
The Hog, Cow and Hen
Program Launched
In Twiggs County
Jeffersonville, Ga. Sept. B—The ap
pointment of a committee to recom
mend a plan for diversified farming in
Twiggs county and plans for a flying
squadron of farmers and business men
to visit every district in the county for
enlisting the people in co-operative
efforts were among the plan? decided
upon at a meeting of the Twiggs
County Board of Trade here Tuesday.
Irvin Fitzpatrick presided at the meet
ing; Baker R Jones was secretary and
prominent farmers made talks encour
aging the work being done
A committee of six was instructed
to draw up recommendations for a
plan of diversified farming for this
county. Members of this committee
are: L Hatcher Chairman; H G Faulk,
W M Laine, H L D Hughes, F Y
Stokes and C J Broome. This commit
tee was instructed to report in two
weeks upon a plan whereby the farm
ers of Twiggs county can cope with
the present situation on the farms.
The recommendations committee
was further instructed to study the
plans of Turner, Laurens and other
Georgia counties and to come before
the next meeting of the board of trade
with definite suggestions as to what
plan this county should adopt. When
this is done it is planned to thrash the
matter out and then ask Twiggs coun
ty farmers and business m< :i to pool
their efforts and agree togelher upon
a distinct co-oper-.ive program for this
section.
Plans were laid for a number of
speakers to visit e\ ury district in the
county to lay the plan.) of the Inard of
trade before the people and ask them
to meet in two weeks at the court
house for final action upon Twiggs’
farm program.
A letter from the secretary of the
chamber of commerce of Morristown.
Tenn., stating that a trainload of chi
ckens was shipped from that place
every Saturday, which reached the
New York markets on Monday. It was
further stated in the letter that Mor
ristown had one hatchery that had a
capacity of 47,000 eggs.
The letter also spoke of the aid be
ing given to small farmers in getting
started in the chicken raising industry
Some farmers, the letter said, had 500
hens as a side line. while,others went
in for chicken raising entirely.
Mrs. Kathleen Carswell, home dem
onstration agent, spoke to the meeting i
concerning the work of the Twiggs
County Poultry association. Plans for ]
the county fair were also discussed by j
the trade board.
The farmers of Twiggs in the main
favor planting no more than five acres
of cotton to the plow another season,
it is said. They have come to see the
futility of the one-crop system under
Halim* (Eumttij Mtxmxapx
TOTAL RESOURCES
OF COUNTY BANKS
OVER ONE MILLION
The statements' of the three county
banks, the Bank of LaFayette, the
Bank of Chickamauga and the Walker
County Bank, at the close of busi
ness Sept. 14th., show combined re
sources of $1,121,363,65. A year ago
the combined statemtnts of these
same institutions showed resources of
$985,069.28, or a gain in favor of this
year of $136,284.37 in resources. The
institutions are splendid thermome
ters of business conditions of the
county, and on the comparative basis
of years, the financial conditions of
the county are considerably improved
over last year.
Elsewhere in this issue are found
the detailed statements of these in
stitutions, to which we call attention
of our readers.
ROSCOE MARTIN
SHOT AND KILLED
AT_ROSSVILLE
By Mrs. J. L. Rowland
Rossville, Ga Sept 18—An unfortu
nate killing occurred at this place
Sunday night when Roscoe Martin of
Ridgedale was sshot and instantly
killed by Deputy Marshal W T. Bran
don. According to eyewitnesses Mar
tin was arrested by Brandon on the
charge of having whisky in his pos
session and was being escorted to jail
by the officers, when suddenly Mar
tin broke loose and made a dash for
the state line Brandon followed the
escaped prisoner firing at almost ev
ery step. When directly in front of the
Rossville postoffice Martin was struck
in the back by a bullet which pene
trated his body. He staggered, fell to
the pavement and died almost instant
ly.
Immediately after the shooting,
Brandon declared 4 that he had no in
tention of killing Martin and that he
was only firing for the purpose of
frightening him, when he Brandon ac
cidentally stumbled and the shooting
was entirely accidental.
Sheriff Harmon was called and came
at once to the scene, where a consul
tation over the matter was held in the
Mayor’s office with the result that
Brandon was taken to LaFayette and
placed in jail.
Martin was not widely known in
Rossville but according to current re
ports he was a young man of about
25 years of age.
Club Boys To Meet
Saturday To Compete
For Free Trip To The
Southeastern Fair
All club boys between the ages of 15
and 18 who wish to compete for the
free trip to the Southeastern Fair
School which will be held in connec
tion with the Southeastern Fair in
Atlanta again this fall are requested
to meet in my office on Saturday,
Sept. 22, at 2:30 P. M. You will be
given a brief examination at this time
and the two boys making the highest
grades will be awarded the trip. Those
boys who have made the trip before
will not be eligible this year.
This educational trip is made possi
ble through the courtesy of the South
eastern Fair Association and the Wal
ker County Board of Education and I
hope that all club boys will take ad
vantage of this offer by attending this
meeting on next Saturday.
R. L. VANSANT, County Agent
Mission Ridge Bridge Club
Entertained Tuesday Morning
At The Colonial Ina
Chattanooga, Tenn Sept. 20—The
Mission Ridge Bridge club entertain
ed Tuesday morning at the Colonial
inn, at LaFayette, Ga.
The attractive tea room was pret
tily decorated in flowers of the season.
The prizes were by Mrs Willard
Steele, Mrs G. Gwyn Brock and Mrs.
N C Steele. At noon a delightful lun
cheon was served.
The invited guests were Mrs. Hen
ry Banard, Mrs Bess Colburn and Mrs
A C Willingham. Other guests present
were Mrs Paul W Shepher, Mrs J S
Rodriguez, Mrs Harry Lacey, Mrs
Sam Erwin, Mrs W D Gilman, Jr, Mrs
William Robinson, Mrs R. T Wright,
Jr», Mrs Willard Steele, Mrs R G
Brock and Mrs N C. Steele.
Methodist Missionary Society—
The Methodist Missionary Society
met last Monday afternoon. The meet
ing was opened by our* President. Af
ter the business Mrs D R Thurman
and Miss Mary L Patton had charge
of the program. The subject was
“God Seeking China”.
After the scripture reading and a
prayer by Miss Patton there were
several readings and interesting talks
by different members of the society.
The meeting was closed with a song
and the Lord’s Prayer in concert.
boll weevil conditions and will attempt
to get on a cow, hog and hen basis
with cotton as a surplus crop, it is re
ported. f
LaFayette, Georgia, Friday September 21, 1923.
WALNUT GROVE
WINS IN SINGING
CONTEST SAT.
ONLY TWO CLASSES ENTER FOR
BANNER LARGE CROWDS
ATTEND BOTH DAYS —SPRING
SESSION MEETS WITH COR
INTH NEXT MAY MANY OUT
OF-COUNTY SINGERS HERE
The Walker County Singing Con
vention met at LaFayette in the
courthouse on last Saturday and Sun
day Sept. 15-16.
The convention was called to order
by the President, J. L Lane, promptly
at 10 o’clock Opening song, “All Hail
The Power of Jesus Name.” Prayer
by G. W Brown, of LaFayette.
For two hours class singing was en
joyed, then came dinner. In the af
ternoon Saturday a large number of
people attended to hear the contest
singing. Walnut Grove and Corinth
were the only classes that entered the
contest, Walnut Grove being awarded
the lucky winner. The Judges stated
that it was very close beween the two
classes. The Judges were, H. B Wood,
Charlie Ransom and G W Brown.
Soon after the contest the convention
was adjourned until Sunday morning.
Sunday morning the convention was
called to order by the President. Op
ening song was led by Homer Mc-
Clure, prayer by the Secretary, as
usual.
The people began to crowd the court
house until it was hard to get a seat.
We think we are safe in saying that
some of the best class and quartet
singing we have ever heard in the
convention was heard last Sunday.
A quartet from Jasper, Tenn., com
posed of J. A Swafford, D H. Kirby,
B L Graham and W G. Swafford and
the Grove Oak Ala, quartet, composed
of W P Culpepper, V O Fossett, E T
Burgess and T W Lineville, were a
wonderful help In our convention, and
we hope they can attend future ses
sions. Other visiting singers from oth
er sections were: J R Mcßrayer and
A H Jones, of Rome; R E Chambers,
of Trion; J S Keown, of Whitewell,
Tenn., R T Hemphill, Pres. Chattooga
County Convention, Summerville; Lon
Higdon and Durwood Sprayberry, of
Chattanooga, and C. C. Bass, ..f A!-
lanta, one of the convention’s wann
est friends and chairman of the reso
lutions committee, who made the con
vention a nice talk.
The Spring term of the convention
will meet with the Corinth Baptist
church, the Third Sunday and Satur
day before in May 1921.
We thank our officials for the use
of the courthouse, also 'he singers
from other counties and states, who
were so much help to us. We also
thank the good people of LaFayette
for the way and manner in which they
entertained the convention.
B L HAMPTON, Sec.-Treas.
COUNTY AGENT HEARTILY
ENDORSES FARMING PROGRAM
PUBLISHED IN MESSENGER
Ed. Messenger:—l have read with a
great deal of interest Mr. Taylor’s
story of the Turner County Plan in
your paper and I wish to take this oc
casion to recommend this profitable
farming plan to the farmers and busi
ness men of Walker county. This story
is based on actual facts as they ap
pear in Turner county and delegations
of farmers from different counties of
the state are visiting Turner county
for the purpose of studying the farm
ing plan that has put this county on
the road to prosperity.
The conditions in Walker county are
far better than in other counties of
the state and we should be thankful
for this fact, but if we continue the
one crop system for a few more years
our farmers will continue to go back
wards and our business interests will
become less profitable. So now is the
opportune time to make the change
and adopt the Turner County Plan. It
requires CO-OPERATION and Thrift
and the result will be a richer soil
producing the fruits of prosperity.
Now is the time for the individual
farmer to begin making preparations
for this farming program by seeding
a large acreage to pasture grasses,
oats, rye and other fall crops. You
will not succeed with any livestock
program if you depend upon commer
cial feeds altogether. Let us make the
1924 feed crop the largest in the his
tory of the county and market it
through the cows, hogs and hens.
R. L. VANSANT, County Agent.
LIN WOOD OFFICIALS
WARN AUTO SPEEDERS
As a check on auto speeders through
the town of Linwood, Mayor King and!
the city fathers are reported to be |
giving rather heavy fines and t »e Sup- j
erintendent of the Consolidated Tex-!
tile Corporation stated this week that j
the Mayor was determined to wage a!
relentless warfare on the auto apeed- J
ers, and warns the public against
reckless driving through the streets of
the town. .
CO. FAIR DATES
ARE CHANGED TO
OCTOBER 25-26
tO AVOID CONFLICT WTH CHAT
TOOGA FAIR, DATES OF WHICH
WERE ANNOUNCED LAST
FALL PREMIUM LIST AN
NOUNCED ELSE
WHERE IN PAGE OF THIS IS
SUE FAIR TO BE ON SCHOOL
ATHLETIC FIELD
Fair dates for the Walker County
Fair, have been changed from Thurs
day and Friday October 18-19 to
Thursday and Friday October 25-26,
just a week later than the dates first
announced. This change was made on
account of the former dates conflict
ing with the Chattooga county fair,
the officials of the Chattooga fair
having set and announced the date of
that fair last fall for Oct. 18-19. Since
a large number of people in these two
counties attend the fair in both coun
ties, it was deemed wise by the Walk
er county officials to change the date
as stated above to avoid the conflict.
Elsewhere in this issue is the full
premiuum list. The committee has
prepared a splendid list of premiums
for the fair, which should and doubt
less will attract a larger number of
exhibits than heretofore. The people
of the county are urged to read the
list carefully. The rules announced in
the page elsewhere will be strictly fol
lowed, state the fair officials, and
therefore, they insist that they be
read carefully.
, The fair will be held this fall on the
new school grounds now used as the
school althletic field. Plenty of room
is found here, and entrances will be
made on Culberson Avenue, f
, An enclosure will be built, and prob
ably a small general admission fee of
fcten. cents will be charged to defray
the expense of constructing the enclo
sure, making booths for display pur
poses. Definite announcement as to
this however will be made later.
With the splendid premium list and
good crops in the county, the fair
should excel any previous fair as to
exhibits.
MORE CONTRIBUTORS
TO COUNTY FAIR
Below is a list of contributors to the
Walker County Fair, who have made
donations since fast Thursday:
LaFayette
LaFayette Nursery, LaFayette Cot
ton Mills, Walker County Hosiery
Mills, 0. L. Stansell, West LaFayette
Furniture Co.
Rossville
Howard Furniture Co, J C Carmack
Drug Store, Richmond Hosiery Mills,
Garnett Andrews.
Chattanooga
Gamble and Burns, Winer Feed Co.,
Crisman Hardware Co., Telfair
Brooke, J M Shaw and Co., L C Small
wood Contracting Co., Morgan Print
ing Co., S M Keith Co, Clarence T
Jones, (Architect), Hardie and Cau
dle, T S Hunter.
LaFayette Ku Klux Klan
Makes Donation To
Center Point Revival
C. W. Howard wishes again to thank
the Klan for the donation and for the
interest they showed him while at
Center Point. Below is the letter re
ceived by him:
“LaFayette, Ga. Sept. 12, 1923
“Rev C. W Howard,
Center Point Baptist Church
“The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
are 100 per cent Americans. We were
here yesterday, we are here today. We
will be here forever.
“We are ever watchful for the wel
fare of our community and the up
building of humanity.
“Knowing of the great work which
you are carrying on and the good you
have done, we as God-fearing citizens
have come tonight to show our ap
preciation of your noble work, and
beg you to accept this donation of sls
to help defray the expenses of this
meeting and vre trust that it will be
accepted in the same spirit in which
it is given.
“We wish for you a long and ex
tended life in this great work and by
your messages may you by the help of
God bring many souls to repentance
■is the prayer of the LaFayette No.
.135, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Realm of Georgia.
“By His order, the Exalted Cyclops.”
REVIVAL A SUCCESS
The Revival that closed at this,
place Wednesday night was of much
success, the church well revived, 30
professions of fait)), twenty-five bap-1
tized into the church, and six takln'
in by letter and restoration. —Com. (
FOR SALE—Or rent, the Gordon I
Broom farm on Pigeon Mountain. I
will sell this farm at a bargain and
on easy terms. This is one of the best
fruit farms in Walker county—D W
Stiles, LaFayette, Ga.
LaF. HIGH FOOTBALL
TEAM NEEDS AID
—GO TO THE SHOW
Friday afternoon and night the
manager of the Palace Theatre, H. E
Center, will turn over the proceeds of
his theatre, over and above his actual
expenses to the LaFeyette High
School Athletic Association, to be us
ed in defraying the expenses for the
high school football team. The pic
ture Friday entitled “The Good Pro
vider,” is scheduled. It is a Paramount
feature and the bill is especially
strong, reports the manager.
The friends of the school and those
interested in the high school putting
ou ta strong football team this season
are urged to show their support by
going to the theatre Friday afternoon
or night, seeing a good picture and
helping the football squad.
Friday afternoon the matinee will
be at 2:30 o’clock as usual, and the
night show will begin at 7 o’clock. The
small admission fee of 10 and 20 cents
will be charged.
Two weeks ago the business men of
the town subscribed liberally to the
high school athletic' association, help
ing make it possible to equip a foot
ball team. This is the school’s first
experience in football, but under the
able tutelage of Prof. Snead, Athletic
Director, the high school should turn
out a splendid gridiron aggregrution.
Coach Snead is enthusiastic over the
material and light practice began last
week each afternoon on the field.
REPRESENTATIVE
M’CLUREONTAX
COMMMISSION
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Atlanta, Georgia. Governor
Clifford Walker recently named a
commission of thirteen prominent
Georgians, to hold public hearings in
different cities in the state on the tax
problem, to survey the financial needs
of the state institutions for the next
ten years, to prepare a ten year bud
get covering the needs and to make
■uggestions as to the most equitable
tax methods to raise the required
funds.
The commission, which had been
selected after weeks of careful study
of the entire situation by the governor
and his advisors is composed as fol
lows:
Fuller E. Gallaway, LaGrange.
W. E Baker, of Atlanta
B D Brantley, of Blackshear
W D. Anderson, of Macon
Sam Tate, of Tata
Dr J H T McPiu ••son, of Athens
J E Conwell, of Lavonia
T S Mason, of Hartwell
J R Phillips, of Louisville
R C Ellis, of Tifton
J D Haddock of Damascus
Freeman C. McClure, of LaFayette
J. S. Peters, of Manchester
According to the plans of the gover
nor, this commission will have its re
port and recommendations ready to i
submit to the extraordinary session of
the legislature, which has been called
to consider the tax question on Nqv 7.
The commission is representative ot
widely divergent interests in the state.
It includes in its personnel bankers,
manufacturers, business men, tax ex
perts and members of both houses of
the general assembly.
A tentative program for a series of
public meetings was also given out by
the governor at the same time he
made public the list of commission
members. The program however, he
stated, is subject to revision if it de
velops that the suggested dates are
not the most convenient.
According to the suggested sche
dule, public hearings on the general
subject of Georgia taxes will be held
in the following cities: Atlanta, Rome,
Athens, Augusta, Macon, Columbus
and Savannah.
IST. BALE GINNED
HERE WEDNESDAY
—SOLD SATURDAY
The first bale of this year’s cotton
crop picked, and brought to LaFayette
was ginned Wednesday by J. D. and
M A McConnell. The cotton is owned
by Willis Lorance, of Catoosa county,
and when ginned weighed 509 pounds.
This bale will be sold at auction on
the public square at LaFayette next
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
WM. MARSH CHAPTER D. A It
CELEBRATES LAFAYETTE’S
BIRTHDAY WITH A MOST
DELIGHTFUL PROGRAM j
The William« Marsh Chapter D A R.
met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs I H
Holleman. This lovely North Main
Street home was attractively and pro- |
fusely decorated with fall flowers andi
Mrs Holleman was assisted in receiv
ing her guests by her mother, Mrs.
Martin.
This meeting was in celebration of
General LaFayette’s birthday, and a
most inspiring and impressive pro-!
gram featured the afternoon. The
leader for the meeting was Mrs. F H
Kirby and the following program was
rendered: I
LaFayette and His Mission to Amer
ica—Mrs J. E. Patton
Vandyke’s Toast to France—Miss
Want Ads in
Messengei
Pay
One Dollar Per Year
POULTRY FACTS
SHOW INDUSTRY
i A MONEY MAKER
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- PROF. McCOY, POULTRY SPEC
' IALIST SPOKE BEFORE COUN
TY POULTRY BREEDERS’ AS
f SOCIATION FRIDAY NIGHT RE
» CITING SOME STARTLING FIG
' URES AS TO THE INDUSTRY—
' HOLDS CULLING DEMON
-1 STRATION
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s Prof. W. C. McCoy, Poultry Special
s ist from the state college of agricul
ture, at Athens Ga, addressed the
E members of the Walker County Poul
-3 Breeders’ Association at the school
- auditorium lust Friday night, and
- brought a message of impressive \ict»
t about the poultry industry, which was
3 of great encouragement and inspira
s tion to all those who heard him, in
i terested in this industry in the county,
. The speaker gave a splendid con
-5 ception of the “bigness” of the pout
t try industry in the country at present
and claimed that it was only in its
infancy in the South.
“The value of poultry in the United
States is over one billion dollars larg
er than the cotton crop and 250 mil
lions of dollars larger than the entire
wheat crop of the country”,, said Mr.
McCoy. “The industry in Georgia in
1 1922,” went on the speaker, “was
worth twenty million dollars, the to
tal receipts for the state being forty
million dollars, twenty million dollars
worth of poultry products being im
ported into the state. 204 car loads of
, eggs containing an average of 144,000
eggs each were imported into the
state last year.”
Speaking of county poultry asso
. ciations and their work, Mr. McCoy
stated that 109 c#r loads of chickens
were sold in 14 months co-operatively
through county associations in the
, state, at a saving of practically $30,-
000 over local murket prices, and this
he urged as a strong point in favor
of the co-operation through associ
' ations.
r
"The hatching capacity in the state
in 1921 was 01,000 eggs”, he said, “
which increased in 1922 to 181,000 and
in 1923 the capacity is 600,000 eggs.”
For this increase the speaker stated
that the poultry associations were
largely responsible.
The county association was delight
ed with Mr. McCoy’s visit and his
wonderfully inspiring and thought
provoking address. During the day
Friday he visited a number of poultry
raisers in the county and held culling
demonstrations. Some one hundred
farmers and farm women attended
. the address and witnessed the culling
. demonstrations.
, Arrangements have been made to
P have Mr. McCoy return to Walker
I during the fair, at which time he will
. doubtless be called upon to make an
; “dress and assist the poultry associ
. ation in its part of the fair program.
p CATLETT
Mr and Mrs John Denton had a real
p sick baby last week,
r Mr and Mrs J A Young and child
. ren were visiting at D B Young’s last
Sunday.
Mrs D. G. Eubanks and children of
this place are visiting relatives at
, Rossville.
Mr and Mrs L B Y’oung and child
ren and Miss Belle Harris motored to
[ Walnut Grove Sunday and were the
I guests of Rev and Mrs B H Howard.
, Let everyone remember Saturday
i afternoon and night is regular preach
ing day at Catlett and come out.
SLIM JAY
WARREN
Mr and Mrs E McKn,\ht of Chatto
nooga spent the wek-end with Mr. and
Mrs E A Smith.
Miss Roberta Steverson of Ross
i v 'H e spent the week-end with home
, folks.
Miss Clara Tate is spending this
week with relatives in the Cove.
Messrs Fossett, Burgess, Linville
and Cuppepper of fipnd Mountain Ala.
I hill ip Martin and Miss lilstalcna
Martin of Rossville were week-end
guests of Mrs P E Martin.
W A Rutledge of Chattanooga was
the week-end guest of his mother, Mrs
D E Rutledge.
Miss Nannie Warrcnfells is visiting
I in Chattanooga.
Clarentine Knox
i A Study of the Constitution—Miss
Warthen •
j Battle of the Marne—Miss Sara
Hackney and Mrs. E. A Puryear.
I Following this delightful historical
program, a clever guessing contest
was engaged in, Miss Sara Hackney
winning the favor. •
The hostess was assisted in serving
a most tempting salad course by Mrs.
J. P. Anderson and Messrs John Lock
hart Holleman and Charles Herndon.
I Special guests of the afternoon were
Mrs P D Fortune, Miss Helen Steele,
of Chattanooga, Mrs J P Anderson
ai.v. Mrs J. D. McConnell.