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I ?f to Its Result* You „ Want Advertise in The Messenger. Volume XLVI.—No. 39. “BETTER WATCH WALKER COUNTY” MUSTAKASTOLD BY FRIENDS BEFORE HE LEFT WITH HIS LOAD OF LIQUOR FROM SAVANNAH LIQUOR POURED OUT MONDAY BIG RAID IN MURRAY KU KLUX OFFER REWARD FOR LIQUOR THIEVES News has been received that Prohi bition Enforcement officers G L Cain, of Chickamauga, and D W Ledford re turned early this week from Murray county, where they raided a big still. It is claimed that the still was located in a remote section of the county and that the officers had to walk six miles to reach the still. It is further stated that it was impossible for a wagon to get to the still, and supplies had to be carried in and whisky brought out on a mule. Some IGOO gallons of beer were poured out and the outfit des troyed. The operators made good their escape and no arrests were made. The Federal officers were assisted in the raid by Murray police, it is under stood. Liquor Poured Out Monday Morning Monday morning Sheriff Harmon, pursuant to an order from Judge Wright, emptied the liquor out of the some 270 quarts captured about three weeks ago, when an auto was wreck ed just south of the Lee and Gordon mill. At that time Paul Mustakas was captured, together with a woman, v/ho remained in jail until last week when they made bond. Assisting the Sheriff and his force Monday morning were the three pastors of the town, Dr. J P Anderson, Revs. J W Brinsfield and I S Leonard, and W. P Jackson. The liq uor was poured into the city sewer at the jail. Told To Beware of Walker County Mustakas is reported to have said when captured that friends in Savan nah told him to beware of Walker county, that he could make his trip all o. k. everywhere else but that he had better watch out when he entered Walker because the greatest fight a gainst whisky in the whole country was being waged in Walker and that the officers were on the job. This is quite a compliment to Sheriff Har mon, his deputies and to the people of the county who are waging a suc cessful fight against the whisky traf fic in this county. Local Ku Klux Klan Offer SSO Reward For Liquor Thief Since the capture of Mustakas to gether with some 280 or 290 quarts of liquor, a few quarts have been re ported stolen, and the local Ku Klux Klan offers a SSO reward for the ar rest with evidence for conviction of the party or parties that stole the liquor from the courthouse. N. G. JOHNSON LAID ' TO REST SUNDAY N. G. Johnson, aged 68 years, and a prominent and well-known citizen of the county, died at his Chickamauga home last Thursday. Surviving him besides his widow are two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Barnes and Mrs. H. C Millraney, of Chatta nooga; three sons, J W Johnson, of Bonham. Texas, P L Johnson, of Chat tanooga and Oscar Johnson, of Chick amauga; also three brothers survive him—J V. of Cooper Heights; G W of Rossville and J. E., of Mentone Ala. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Methodist church at Kensington. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock from the New Prospect church, in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends, conducted by Rev» Sam R. Tucker and W B Taylor. The pall bearers were: Charles, Albert, Walter James, Erskine and Tom Johnson, all nephews of the deceased. Interment immediately followed the funeral ser vices in the Singleterry cemetery. In the passing of Mr. Johnson the members of the immediate family and relatives have the deep sympathy of their host of friends over the county. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for the kindness shown us during the recent illness and death of our beloved husband and father, al so for the beautiful floral offerings— Mrs N G Johnson, Mrs H C Millrany, Mrs J C Barnes, J W Johnson, Oscar Johnson, Lee Johnson. INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT, CHICAGO, ILL. DECEMBER 1-8, 1923 On account of the above mentioned exhibit excursion tickets will bo sold to the public November 29 to Decem ber 2. 19113, inclusive. Final limit Dec. 11. Fare and one half for the round trip. For total fares, schedules, sleeping car reservations, etc., apply to near est ticket agent. Cv>— r. \l OF GEORGIA R R 21-1 Ihe Right Way Ualk?r Qlmtntg Iftentgn* PROF. LEON WILEY AT HARVARD WANTS NEWS FROM DIXIE The Messenger is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. Leon Wiley, formerly Superintendent of the Chick amauga High School, which will be of interest to Messenger readers: “Oct. 4, Cambridge. Mr. E. P. Hall, LaFayette, Ga. Dear Mr. Hall: “Enclosed find a check for SI.OO, for which please sepd me the Mes senger for the ensuing year. If this check is not large enough let me know and I will send you whatever the debit may be. I feel that in this section of Bostonian culture, I need a touch of good old north Georgia ideas,' such as I know will get in the .Messenger. “Harvard is in truth a great insti tution. There is a majesty and dignity ,about the University that you recog > nize, even when walking over the campus. I hope to get my Master’s degree this year ,and am doing some extra work directed toward that end. If my plans materialize, I desire to return to the South in the next year (or so, and take up my work below the Mason and Dixon line. “I trust that old Walker county is i continuing her advancement in every way. I know of no better field of op portunity than is available in that section of Georgia. “With very best wishes for the Messenger’s and your personal suc cess, I remain, Most sincerely yours, LEON WILEY. 1115 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass.” F. M. Price, Aged 56 Laid To Rest Tuesday Frank M. Price, aged 56, died at his home near Cedar Grove at midnight Sunday night, after a short illness. He is survived by his widow, two sons, James and John, and two daughters Mrs. Mary Pilgrim and Mrs Addie Williams. Funeral services conducted by the Rev. A L Fowler was held at the grave in Antioch Cemetery Tues day at 11 o’clock. The Nuckolls, Kemp Bryan Co., of this city were in charge of the funeral arrangements. Mr. Price was a well known citizen of his community, and had lived there for the greater part of his life. He was a consistent member of the Meth odist church, and was always ready to help in the up-building of his com munity. He was held in high esteem by all knew him, and being a man of a fine personality enabled him to re tain his friendship with his fellow man. Besides his family he leaves a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. TRAVERSE JURORS DRAWN FOR NOV. TERM OF COURT Last Thursday Judge Wright came up from Rome and drew the Traverse jurors for the November term of the Walker Superior Court. No Grand ju ry was drawn for this terra. The No . w.ibj. ocvm win U v e la *».<». day in November. Following are the jurors drawn for the first and second weeks. First Week A L Cooper, A A Webb, J C Tuck er, W M Hammond, W P Jackson, A jS Humphries, Roy J McFarland, J B Mason, L W Kingston, J L Clements, Thos W. Wallin, Chas. R. Ireland, G M Corbley, G W Hames, Fred Martin, T B Arnold, Letu Lane, Henry Schmitt, M R Price, Henry Delay, Raymond Duckett, W L Johnson, Z S Robertson, R M Hewitt, C L Ransom, J A Talley, J W Jones, John C Knox, H H Shankles, Spencer J Bomar, Frank Camp, J F Andrews, J C Deck, F J Cherry, L A Abercrombie, C A Deck, Gordon W Hunter, A W Milli can, E G Wagnon, Reed Johnson. Second Week J O Leigh, John B Henderson, D L Lomenick, B F Loyd, J W Foster, W M Elliott, W H Bayless, C G Hankins, N Abercrombie, A J Howell, Jr., Ja cob Goodson, G H Cubine, J P Mc- Williams, Jr., Paul Chambers S T Ste vens, D A Sartain, J B Jordon, J T Hammontree, W A Hall, J E Moore, Henry Massey, A P Boss W H Wil mont, Chas. C Clements, Chickamau ga, J H Shields, J B Henderson (Bart) Henry Boss, Dr Lee Bird, C V Hen derson, Q M Clemons, Gus Wright, J V Johnson, W O Bagwell, H S Cor dell, Grady Walker, W F Lowry, J C Langley, T W Long, J L Lane, C P Bowen, Simon Jackson, S M Wil liams, William Carroll, B J Roberson, (W. Armuchee,) Luther Reed, J A Coats, O M Thurman, S H Dunn, Til man Morgan, J C Phillips, M A Child ress, A G Bowen. NOBLE We are still dry and everything is dusty. Cotton picking is the order of the day. If it continues dry it will all soon be open. A very short crop in this section. Several from here attended the Chat tanooga fair last week. Rev. Harris filled his regular ap pointment at Center Point Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Stargal were vis iting Mr and Mrs Vaught Crawfoid Sunday. Mus Mary Wood spent Sunday v/i.h LaFayette, Georgia, Friday October 12, 1923. CLUB MEMBERS WIN FIRST PRIZE AT CHATT. FAIR OVER TENNESSEE COUNTIES FOR JUDGING LIVE STOCK LARGE CLASS TO BE TRAINED BY COUNTY AGENT VANSANT FOR 1924 FAIRS TWO MEM BERS ATTENDING SOUTH EASTERN FAIR SCHOOL Roy Mulkey, Oliver Gladden and Fred Fox were the members of the livestock judging team from Walker county which won first prize at the Chattanooga Interstate Fair last week in competition with three Tennessee counties—Hamilton, Bradley and Mc- Minn. The Walker county team de feated Hamilton countys team by only three points, but made considerable gain over the other counties. The boys spent all of Wednesday judging dif ferent breeds of cattle and hogs and throughout the day the interest was very keen between the teams. The Walker County boys will be awarded a prize of $45.00 for their splendid work on this judging team. County Agent Vansant considers the livestock judging work a very im portant phase of boys club work and states that he will train a large class of Walker County boys next season from which the three champion boys will be selected to participate in the different contest which will be held both in Tennessee and Georgia. Two Club Members Attending S. E. Fair School A. J. Borders and Henderson Wy att, Walker County Club members are attending the Southeastern Fair Club school for club boys in Atlanta this week. This splendid educational trip was awarded these boys by the South eastern Fair Association and the Walker County Board of Education. O O LaFayette School Chatter ] By Sarah Emeline Enloe 0 : o To be at school again is a glorious feeling. Ask anyone of the four hun dred and fifty boys and girls that dai ly wrestle with the three “R’s” and the answer will be in the affirmative. We have an unusual amount of fun to start the day right, when we as semble at chapel every morning for ten minutes of “rounds” sung, led by Mr. Snead. While singing our favorite round, “Three Blind Mice,” those seat ed in the balcony are our echo. We listen with delight to their harmonious voices. L. H. S. Athlete Association has held its annual election of officers and those that we feel are particularly guited to hold the various offices are: Marion Steele, President. Mary Reese, Vice-President. Martha Cavender, Secretary. D. T. Cooper, Treasurer. R. A. Duke, Yell Leader A very attractive Lyceum course is scheduled for the winter months. The first attraction, The LaSalle Bell Ringing Quartet was witnessed last Wednesday evening by an enthusiastic audience, made more enthusiastic by the novelty of having the electric lights fail “to light.” Lamps and lan ters were secured and the program was enjoyed to the utmost. To the grade that sold the most Ly ceum tickets, an enticing $lO was of fered, the money to be used in buying books of their own choice for the li brary. A hot contest was waged be tween the fifth grade and the fresh men, but the “Freshies” were victori ous by a small margin. The tenth and eighth grade girls had the honor of serving at the recep tion given Wednesday afternoon for the members of the Woman’s Club and the Chamber of Commerce L. H. S. FOOTBALL SQUAD STARTS PRACTICE IN EARNEST By Steve Hunt The LaFayette High football team has been hard at work for the past few weeks, having been through many strenuous practises. As a proof of this several have been limping because of various bruises and cuts. A number of onlookers are expected to witness the high school squad play a number of LaFayette men Thursday afternoon. Everyone is enthusiastic over ihe game to be played in Cartersville, Oct. 12, with the fast team of that city. 1 This will be the first real game of the season and we contemplate victory for the local squad. The second date is not yet filled, but the third game will be played with the Chickamauga High school, Oct. 26. In the near future, we will play the powerful Rome Hi Gridiron. Miss Maude Deboard. Larkin Wood was the guest of Wil-. /ie Dilbeck Sunday. Herschel Powell spent the week-end with homefolks. Everybody remember B Y P U Sun day and prayer cervices Wednesday xxx CO-OPERATIVE CAMPAIGN ON TO ADVERTISE NORTHWEST GEORGIA EMBRAC , ING ALL COUNTIES AND TOWNS IN THIS SECTION— OB JECT TO ADVERTISE NORTH iWEST GEORGIA RESOURCES JTO OURSELVES AND THE OUT • SIDE WORLD TO ATTRACT CAPITAL I Rome, Ga. Oct. 10—Intelligent and intensive advertising of the natural resources of Northwest Georgia through a co-operative campaign to be participated in by organizations rep resenting every county and town in this section of the state will be launch ed r if plans considered Tuesday night by the Cedartown Chamber of Com merce are perfected. Several directors of the Rome Chamber of Commerce attended the Cedartown meeting and voiced their approval of the plan which is designed first to knit all collides and towns in this section into ,a compact organization. Secretary W. R. Crites of the Rome Chamber of Commerce was the prin cipal speaker at the Cedartown meet ings which was held at. the Wayside Innjjyvhere a dinner was enjoyed. Mr. Crips spoke of the marvelous re counts of this section, particularly minerals and water power, declaring .that rfhe raw materials are being shipped from Georgia to enrich manu facturing cities of other states. He said that through a broad an d well planned advertising campaign it will be possible to attract capital to this region as well as to stimulate Geor gians to develop these resources with their own capital. Maps indicating the counties to be included in the campaign were distrib luted showing them to be Dade, Walk er, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Chat fooga, Gordon, Floyd, Bartow, Polk, Plowing .and Haiaison. i Secretary Crites of Rome and Sec retary Trotter of Cedartown will vis it other towns in the section to ask co-operative support in the movement after which an organization meeting will be held at Rome. Towns to be in vited into the organization include .Aragon Adairsville, Buchanan, Bre men, Cartersville, Calhoun, Cave Spring, Chatsworth, Cedartown, Dal las, Dalton, Lindale, LaFayette, Men lo, Lyerly, Ringgold, Rome, Rockmart, Summerville, Trenton, Trion Talla poosa. FUNERAL OVER BODY OF MRS. BAILEY MON. Mrs. G. W. Bailey, aged 63, died at -her home in West Armuchee, near Greenbush Sunday afternoon at 1 o’- clock, following a brief illness. She |is survived by her husband, G W Bai ley, four daughters—Miss Tavey, |Mrs Mary Bfrock, Mrs Mattie Ear wood and Mrs. Addie Maness and a son, Wesley. Funeral services in charge of the Nuekolls-Kemp-Bryan Co. conducted by the Rev. V. A. Ro ark and Mr. Jackson were held at , Pleasant Hill Methodist church Mon day afternoon at 3 o’clock. Mrs. Bailey was well known in the community in which she lived, she having spent practically all of her life there. She was a woman of a lovable disposition, a sweet Christian charac ter, and was loved by all that knew her. Besides her family she leaves sev eral relatives and u host of friends to mourn her loss. CLEMENTS HALL Miss Mary Lou Hall and Martin Clements were quietly n arried Oct. 4 at 6 p. m at “Gladdale Farm,” the home of the bride’s parents, Mr and irs. S. Parks Hall, Kensington, Ga. The Rev. C. P Harris, of Chicka mauga, performed the ceremony, only the immediate families being present. As Miss D. Owings played the bridal chorus from Lohengrin the couple entered and stood before an impro vised altar of ferns and white cosmos. Baskets of white cosmos and golden rod were placed at intervals about the room. The bride was attired in a dark blue suit, with accessories of biege. Her corsage was of Bride’s roses and li lies of the valley. Following the ceremony a buffet supper was served The dining room was prettily decorated in white and yellow flowers. The table was center ed with a large white bride's cake, which was later cut by the bride. Af ter the supper Mr. and Mrs. Clements left for their home near Kensington. The bride was a member of the 1923 graduating class of City High and has many friends in this city, where she has spent the past four years—Sunday’s Times. . NOTICE—Come to LaFayette Model Store for your ‘‘Kewpie Twin” children shoes. TAX COMMISSION WANTS SUGGESTIONS FROM TAXPAYERS Athens, Ga. Oct. 8, 1923. i To The Citizens of Walker County. It is the purpose of the Special Tax Commission, recently appointed by Governor Walker, to get suggestions and expressions from people from the •different sections of the state. The Commission has held public discus sions in several sections of Georgia hut will not be able to visit Walker county. Being a member and Secre tary of the Commission I can assure you that any suggestion or expression concerning taxation or tax reform will be welcomed and carefully considered. Mail any brief, outline or suggestion to me at Athens Ga. I shall be glad to receive your suggestions as to the ad visability of: 1. A State income tax , 2. A classification of property to be taxed at different rates and by differ ent methods. 3. A general sales tax, or a tax on .gross sales or gross receipts. 4. The segregation of state and county taxation, and the abolition of the ad valorem or general property tux as a state tax. 5. Increase in the amount of poll tax. And if you do not think we need any tax reform I should like to know that also and your reasons for it, and too, if you think the present system of taxation needs perfecting or amend ing, I should like to have your sugges tions for same. Any suggestions should be mailed to me as soon as you can conveniently do so. Most respectfully yours, FREEMAN C. McCLURE, Athens, Ga. ~ 100 R. R. CARS WILL BRINGBIG CIRCUS RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM AND BAILEY ADD ENTIRE SHIPLOAD OF BIG, NEW EURO PEAN FEATURES Arriving aboard 100 double length railroad cars forming trains more than 1 1-3 miles long, and made even greater than in 1922 by the addition of many big, new fereign acts, Ringling Bros, and Barnum and Bai ley Combined will exhibit at Chatta ooga, Thursday, Oct. 25. Those who read the daily papers or who keep in touch with the movie news-reels need not be reminded of the shipload of acts and animals rec ently imported by the Greatest Show on Earth. The remarkable cargo in cluded two companies of baby ele phants, now joined with the forty a dults of the mammoth herd. There were also 100 more performing horses accompanied by Europe’s greatest trainer, and many animals, some of which have been added to the scores upon scores of trained jungle beasts while others have become part of the marvelous menagerie. More than a million persons saw the mammoth new circus of 1923 dur ing the week that it exhibited in Mad ison Square Garden, New York. Now this marvelous exhibition is touring the country aboard five great trains. It is a third bigger than the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey show of last season. It is ten times larger than any other circus now on tour. Big as is this wonder circus of 1923 —with its more thun thirty trained wild animal displays in steel arenas, fully 200 wonderfully schooled horses, 700 men and women performers, 100 clowns and scores of features—the price of admission is no more than be fore. And though the trained animal numbers and the immense horse show wer circuses in themselves while tour ing Europe, they are not offered as separate attractios by the Ringling Bros., and Barnum and Bailey combin ed shows. Instead all are in one gi gantic program. Everything is in one mammoth main tent. One ticket ad mits to all these and to the tremen dous double menagerie. There are more than a thousand animals in the zoo of this circus and these include entire families of hippopotami and gi raffes. Another remarkable zoological feature s an armored rhinoceros, the only one known to exist and alone worth $50,000. adv APPRECIATES HOSPITALITY OF LAFAYETTE COMMUNITY Mr. E. M. Williams, general con tractor, of Monroe, Ga., who had in charge the construction work of the concrete bridges on the Dixie High way through Walker from LaFayette to the Chattooga county line, writes the following note to his friends in LaFayette: “I desire to thunk the people of LaFayette for their kind ness during my stay in Walker coun ty. The citizens of your community ha ve been very nice to me and I would like for them to know it.” STILL HAVE—A quantity of syrup buckets. Get your supply from us — W. A. Wardlaw and Son, LaFnyctt? Ga. Want Ads in Messengei Pay One Dollar Per Year A FEW CHANGES IN PREMIUM LIST OF COUNTY FAIR FEW ADDITIONAL PRIZES AN NOUNCED NUCKOLLS, KEMP BRYAN CO., OFFERS CEDAR CEDAR CHEST TO FIRST COU PLE THAT MARRIES IN STORE ON LAST DAY OF THE FAIR Attention is called to a few changes in the premium list of the Walker county fair, announced previously, as follows: In the canning department for the best display of vegetables, a prize of ladies Oxfords valued at SB, donated by Orgain and Kinsel Shoe Co., has been substituted for the B. E. Wal raven Toilet set. The Walraven toilet set will be given for the best display of Embroidery in the Fancy Work Department and the $5 merchandise prize of D B Loveman which was of fered in the fancy work department will be given for the best general dis play of bread. Those planning to make i entries in these departments are here by notified by the Fair Association of these changes. The announcement last week that ■wire coops would be furnished in the poultry department was made to en courage every exhibitor in this depart ment to displuy popltry in these coops. The chairman of this department de sires to announce that all those who do not care to display their poultry in the wire coops, that they must con form to the first rules for exhibits an nounced some time ago as follows: “All exhibits must be in coops, with at leust one open side of wire netting or slats, so that the exhibits may be plainly seen. The coops must contain drinking cups fastened to the side of the coop. The coop must not show the name of the exhibitor, but will be fur nished a number tag by the Superin tendent of the department. Entries of .single b*rd* must not be cooped with pen entries. Pen entries must be coop ed together, and with no other birds in the coop. This provision with ref erence to manner of cooping and en try of birds will be strictly enforced, and birds delivered to the fair ground without complying with this provision will be excluded from the show.” DU ROC PIG OFFERED BY BERRYTON FARM ' County Agent Vansant authorized the fair association to announce that Mr. John Berry, of the Berryton Du roc Farm, had offered a registered , Duroc pig as a premium in the agri cultural club live stock exhibit. Mr Vansant will place the premium and announce same later. CEDAR CHEST TO FIRST MARRIED COUPLE Nuckolls, Bryan, Kemp Furniture and Undertaking Co., authorizes the Messenger to state that on the last day of the fair, Oct. 26th this firm will give to the first couple that mar ines in their store, a beautiful Cedar iChest, which is on display in their show windows. Those who are con templating getting married and who have not announced the date, would doubtless do well to take a look at ,this firm’s windows and “pull off” the stunt on Oct. 26th. KU KLUX PLANNING FOR OPEN AIR CEREMONIAL It is understood that large plans are being arranged for the Ku Klux initiation ceremony on the first night of the fair, and that a large crowd of Jdansmen from surrounding klans will attend and participate in the big pa rade. Itis also understood that a band from Chattanooga has been secured to furnish music for the occasion. WALNUT GROVE No sickness in our community that we know of. Mr and Mrs Jim Lawrence of Ridge dale Tenn were week-end guests of the latter’s parents, Mr and Mrs II C Wilson. Several from here attended the bap tising at Corinth Sunday afternoon. Misses Eddie and Addie Partain spent a few days in Chattanooga last week. TMiss Myrtis llegwood spent part of last week with homefolks. Mrs. N. E. Gray and children are visiting at LaFayette this week. Misses Clara Houston, Essie Heg wood and Vennie Lee Partain spent the week-end with homefolks. Rev. Will Veatch will preach for us next Saturday night. Let’s give him a good crowd. Don’t forget we will begin our pray er service again next Saturday night at the church. I am sure we will re ceive a blessing if we will do our part Be there at 6:30 o’clock. Remember Sunday school at 10 o’- clock also B Y P U Sunday night at 6:30. Come out, if we don’t help you you can help us. DAISY and VIOLET. FOR RENT —Three nice connecting rooms. Apply to Mrs J F Wardlaw, North Main Street, LaFayette, Ga.