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Established 1877
Official Newspaper of the County
E. P. HALL. JE.
Publisher and Editor
Subscription Bates
Qm Year 81.00
Oik Months 80
(fine Months 40
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’ fHF. AMERICAN PRESS ASSOC! VTION
Entered a*, the LaFayette, On.
raiiice for transmission through
mails as second-class matter.
In some Southern states the U.
S. flag is a requirement of law to
fee placed <ni school buildings. Geor
gia has no such lav/ but should
have.
Since boll weevil infestation in
(the Spring, starts from the few
weevils that pass the. winter, the
cotton stalks should he plowed un
der early.
Out of every 1000 families in
•Georgia only 209 own their own
homes; yet Georgia was one of 18
states th;it, showed an increase in
home-owning from 1900 to 1920.
The 1921 crops in Georgia of all
kinds are estimated at two hun
dred and forjty million dollars. This
is only a drop in the bucket com
pared to what Georgia may be
worth in her agricultural pursuits.
National Education week is Nov.
18-24. Let every school and com
munity in the county fittingly ob
serve this week. There is great in
spiration to be obtained and educa
tion needs every assistance possi
ble.
It is gratifying to note that sev
eral Walker county farmers have
.already been practicing the Turner
county diverrified plan to success.
The plan must be adopted all over
this county. 1. will mean more and
better farming and will insure
more and hotter cotton grown.
The tablet unveiled in Atlanta
last Friday lo George Betts, of
Turner county, was done in honor
of a mw who gave his life as a
sacrifice (o Georgia’s agricultural
side is. .-is Other heroes of politic?,
■god go'-ernnient, war, principles,
«*tc„ have been proclaimed, but
probably G-orge Betts is the first
hero in Georgia for the sake of
better ngii.
THE BEST ONE
COMING
From indications, well-founded,
the Walker r-enty fair next Thurs
day and Friday, is going to be the
best ever held here. Particularly
Stood is the prospect for the live
.-stock and poultry shows. The fact
is, there is more and better live
*tock in the county than at any
other previous period, which re
fleets the progress of this county
along live stock lines the past few
years.
The big values of a fair are the
iwspiration.il, educational and social
features. No doubt, inspiration of
former fairs, however weak and
small they may h ? been, have
stirred within t>. uls of a few
■farmers and « few v "rur ' tv>
«specially, a desire t » c:;rel, to
■grow better rU ek, to do better ag
ricultural work and to elevate
farming to a noble and profitable.
«nd interest i, g profession.
Every eoi ty should have its
fair and thort* is something wrong
with an agri uhural county that
does not hold a fair each year.
The Association makes an ear
r. appeal t the people to bring
» r ■’u ir exhibits from their fa-ms,
•■and also appeals to the manufac
turing and industrial enterprises
to show their wares at the fair.
Let ns eg- operate to make the
• giester profit and int, t
end irspirrtion then of are- nre
x'icus yerr.
JUSTLY DESERVED
That Walker county officials and
peopla have waged a relentless and
successful warfare on the liquor
traffic in this county within the
past three years, is an undisputed
fact. All has not been accomplish
ed and much is yet to be done, but
great progress haj been made and
is being made in this direction.
A sentiment against liquor is alive
in this county, and in every section
the best people are not only a
gainst the whisky traffic but are
keenly interested in the enforce
ment of the law and are lending
their influence and best effort to
ward eradicating this county of
whisky.
The compliment passed on Walk
er county officials and people from
Savannah, when the big bootlegger
was warned to beware of Walker
county, stating that he would make
it through the state allright with
the exception of this county, is
justly deserved. The big 'legger
was apprehended by county of
ficers.
This determined fight must be
kept up until our whole people see
the benefits of prohibition and will
respect the law, and then the boot
legger and whisky manufacturer
will be proud that liquor has pass
ed and so far as liquor is concern
ed Walker County a good place
in which to live and to rear child
ren.
The officers are to be commend
ed for their deligence and efforts,
oftentimes unappreciated and unre
munerated, but they are being
made to feel in this county that
they have the support of the right
thinking and best people of the
county.
If every county in the country
was waging as good a fight against
the traffic as Walker, the United
States would be a dry nation in
less than two years, liquor-soaked
newspapers to the contrary not
withstanding.
A RIFT IN THE
CLOUDS
• Intelligent and intensified adver
tising of Northwest Georgia re
sources, as outlined in the move
ment started last week in Rome, is
an enterprise to be fostered by
boards of trade and other civic or
ganizations throughout the Seventh
District.
Concentrated and serious thought
on what Northwest Georgia offers,
as reflected a an advertising cam
paign, will bear fruit. The time, in
this section of the state, is ripe, in
fact has been ripe for years.
* Sou’h Geo "in ha.- ro•><!•' vy; n ’er
ful strides in progress the past few
years due to many causes. She has
had the help of larger cities and
Atlanta has done much for her in
advertising her to herself, the state
and the outside world. The Forest
Reservation of Northeast Georgia,
fostered by Congress and the Geor
gia delegation and the Atlanta %
newspapers, particularly the Atlan
ta Constitution, is being developed
and wide-spread attention is being
given to this section of the state.
Atlanta is helping nobly in the en
terprises of Northeast and South
and Middle Georgia.' It is a source
of gratification to know that these
sections are being developed.
Northwest Georgia, the garden
spot of the state beyond question,
a section that confines more natur
al resources than any other section
of the state, unsurpassed for her
scenic beauty, naturally so, produc
tive, well-watered, splendid climate
and incorporating all elements of
a balanced land, and populated with
a people through whose veins flows
the purest Anglo-Saxon blood—
•d* greatest of all .c-nn of the
tnte is least know If end
to the outside work’
We have had no l b.vi.-t
• s. no Georgia Ch Com
merce to hunt us o seoVv*:*
s to ourselves an , :c no
i from the . ren
f state deveh pub
V f any propo >. V
.nta :\nd state ne But
s# are not comph. no o
-cat of the tr- !■ on
Writer County Mcgaenf cr, Oet»hcr IV¥M3.
with ourselves. We have not em
ployed the agencies at our own
command, we have not been in
terested in our own section and the
state, we aac to blame for these
wonderful resources lying idle
waiting for development.
And when we show the d ! . -posi- •
tion and get together for North
west Georgia, not as against a.iy
other section of the state but rath
er to bring Northwest Georgia to*
the forefront, then and not till
then may we expect to attract At
lanta and the other sections of the
state to our aid to help us as a
great section of a great state, de
velop our almost limitless possibili
ties.
Therefore, we reiterate, the move
ment started last week is a most
timely one.
Let us co-operate with the plan
and join hands with our sister
counties in an intelligent program
for advertising and developing
Northwest Georgia, the greatest of
all the sections of Georgia.
Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, and
Borah, of Idaho, hit the nail on the
head when they declare the great
est menace to prohibition is that
the “Higher Ups”'have not obeyed
the law or been made to comply
with it. However hard prohibition
is fought to be kept from the plat
form next year, it is going to be an
issue and a most live one, and if
the Democrats fail to put out a
prohibition candidate, there will be
a number of old line Democrats to
vote the Republican ticket if the
Republican nominee is openly and
above-board for prohibition. Issues
and not men or party are going to
play bigger factors in National
politics next year than ever before
in the history of this country.
Walker County Fair next Thurs
day and Friday!
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I
| TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
] Oct 20, 1898.
1 4
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Below will be found items of news
published in the Walker County
Messenger twenty-five years ago,
which will be of interest to the
readers of the Messenger today.
The Legislature will meet Wednes
day Oct. 26th.
— O l ■'
The Grand Lodge meets in Macon
next week.
Jack Frost made his first appear
ance on the morning of the 14th inst.
He s fixing to bite the vegetables.
W. W. Tucker and family of the
Cove will make their home in Illinois.
'Table Grove will be their postoffice.
Marshal Collins has been doing good
work in town by taking up the bridges
and puttii’W down sewer pipes at the
Measles in epidemic form in our
valley. Someone who attended the pro
tracted meeting scattered the pesti
lence broadcast—High Point Cor.
o
Fricks and Garmany have gone to
Chattanooga to pull out their shred
der and press. They are apt to stick on
,som eof the rough hills.
Among those who have lost heavily
on pea crops is H W Boss who during
the drouth last spring plowed up and
planted his cotton crop in the whip
poorwill variety.
2:25 p. m. and it still rains hard.
The cotton seed are qll sprouting in
the open cotton and not more than 50
percent of the corn will be merchant
able—A F Shaw.
Messrs J. E. Patton and L. S. Mc-
Whorter left Tuesday afternoon for
Knoxville A more extended notice of
the latter’s trip will be made on his
return.
The proclamation of the Governor |
announces that the amendments
changing the manner of electing the 1
Judges and Solicitors General are now;
a part of the Constitution. The vote 1
for was 61,321; against 38,944. |
llow would Speaker of Che House
Frank Copeland sound? Walker
should push her claim for her favored
son for the speakership. Frank with
his vast store of knowledge in parlia
mentary rules would make a fine pre
siding officer.
A Go atng - r< 'N'T MISS IT.
Send name • idrr* plainly
wruien her wii os J this j
slip) to V herlain .• t Co., D«
Moincn, 1 i, and jin return a
trial pne contain;. Obsw’ erlain'l
Cough R ly for o h o or tip,
bronchi; r” and »pi;■. ooi
induct irostjt rlaw, Stom
ach am Tablet- totuat rou
bles, in >n, get* s thf’ nd
th« he ou*n«! o: s' ton;
Chaial Salvt '< i i • cry
funny ns, ac ouni! es,
and as • duns • ul e nily
medic!,. .u'.j 5. e IVa't * it,
THE RAMBLER
* *
The Prodigal Rambler
And not many d 'ys after, the Eart
hier gathered all together and tock a
journey into a far end of the county,
and there wasted his earnings and
substance in living high and trying to
keep up with the Joneses.
And when he had spent all, there a
rose a mighty famine among the
“bootleggers” and moonshiners in that
land, and he began to be in dire need
of something with a kick.
And he went forthwith and joined
himself to the force of a certain High
Sheriff of a county, and he sent him
to the courthouse to watch the “Bot
tled in Bond.”
And he fain would have filled his
belly with this good old stuff, but no
man gave unto him, and when he j
came to himself, he said, How many i
deputies of the High Sheriff have
booze enough and to spare in their I
custody, and I almost perish for the!
want of a little swig.
I will arise and go to the High
Sheriff, and say unto him, Sheriff, I
have broken every law passed by this j
county, and every rule made by thee,
and am no more worthy to be called
Rambler; make me as one of thy hired
bailiffs.
And the Sheriff said to his Deputies,
bring the best robe and put it on him;;
and put hand cuffs on his hands, and
shackles on his feet,
And bring forth the "Bottled in
Bond,” and open it and let us drink
and be merry,
For this is the Rambler we thought
dead, and is dead as far as our booze
is concerned. And they all began to be !
merry. Now one of the bailiffs drew j
nigh to the courthouse, and heard
laughing and gurgling of throats,
And he called one of the deputies
and asked what these things meant.
And the deputy said unto him, the
Rambler is come, and the High Sheriff
has opened the “Bottled in Bond,” be
cause he hath received him safe and
round.
And the iiaiiiiT, answering, said un
to him, “Lo, these many years do I
serve thee, neither transgressed I at
any time thy orders ard yet thou
never gavest me one single quart of
the “Bottled in Bond” that I might
make merry with my friends.
And it came to pass, afeer » few
days, that the preachers and officers
gathered together and did pour out all
the remaining “Bottled in Bbnd”, and
they were all amazed, and filled with
fear, lest enough be not saved to last
until the officers made another catch.
__o
Some smart guy out in California
has gathered statistics and says that
every fifth child born in that state is
a Japanese. We now have a wife and
four children, and if we lived in Cali
fornia the fastest train out would be
entirely too slow for us.
Loew’s Grand, in Atlanta, is adver
tising for twenty-five pretty young
ladies and twenty five talented young
men to take part in one of their plays.
If they fail to get them in Atlanta
they might find them here—“might”
is right.
A noted judge in Detroit is advisirg
the parents of children to make regu
lar buddies of them, and let them go
to dances, cabarets etc., the old folks
to accompany them all the time. This
might work all right around Detroit,
but when parents undertake to Keep
up with the young folks around in this
section they will be wise if they get a
new car, and then it is very doubtf::l
if they even keep in sight.
STOPS CROUP
jt, .'or it quickly
cienrs away the choking phlegm,
stops the hoarse cough, gives rest
ful sleep. Safe and reliable.
CHAMBERLAIN’S
COUGH REMEDY
No Narcotics
I wth I
II **l have taken Cardul for run- I j
I down, worn-out condition, I
II nervousness and sleeplessness, I
H and 1 was weak, too,” says l |
I Mrs. Silvie Estes, of Jennings. I
H Okla. “Cardui did me just lots II
II of good—so much that I gave it II
Ito my daughter. She com- I
I plained of a soreness in her sides sis
I and back. She took three gj
Ks bottles of
CARDUI!
I Be Woman's Tonic
I and her condition was much
I better.
‘‘We have lived here, near
I Jennings, for 25 years, and now
I we have our own home in town.
I 1 have had to work pretty hard,
I as this country wasn’t built up,
I and it made it hard for ns.
I "I WISH I could tell weak
I women of Cardui—the medicine
I that helped give me the strength
I to go on and do my work.”
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W. A.IIAOLI. Vica'Psisiasav 4 •. Paiaci.Tatasusi*
4 W
PHONE Main 440 PHONE Main 441
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
OFFICE; 21st and Whiteside Streets.
High Grade ROLL RwFINO
High Grade COMPOSITION SHINGLES
Special Brand, Extra Clear WASHINGTON RED CEDIR
SHINGLES
The Best of everything In LUMBER AND PLANING MILL
PRODUCTS.
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED
. . . . LET US SERVE YOU . . .
W. H. PA.YXB, Brea.
R. P. MoCBURB, Seo.
North Georgia Abstract Go.
/.VC
First National Bank Bldg
LaFayette. Qa.
We have recently
compiled the records of
Walker county and can
furnish reUa b1 e ab
stracts of title prompt
ly.
PrJ»s of all (404) [rxj /\
CommodM - y-'
. | Goody—r Tir—
-91419151916 T«T?lMl9lt 1923 19211922 1123
FOR many years
now, Goodyear
Tire prices have
been kept consist
ently lower than the
average price level
for all commodities,.
as you see from the
above chart. At the
same time, Good
year quality has
been consistently
bettered. Today,
GoodyearTireprices
are lower than in 1914,
and Goodyear quality
is the highest ever.
This is a good time
to buy Goodyears.
i 4« Goodyear Service Station
Dealer• we tell and recont
, mend the new Goodyear
/ Cordt with the beveled All - |
Weather Tread and bach
them up, with etandard
Goodyear Service
liiiUoa-'Llscn, Inc.
GOODYEAR
-
UNDERTAKERS AND EM
BALMERS
MOTOR HEARSE
Phone 54 for Day Calls. Phone 35
for night Calls
THE TRION COMPANY
Trion Georgia.
is f A universal custom
After that benefits every-
Everv body ’
tZ 7 t Aids digestion,
Heal c,eans ° s * he i«fh.
✓ soothes the throat.
WRIGUYS
a good thing a
to remember
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j PROFESSION AL CARDS l
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K. F. McClure W. A. McClorg
McCLURF & McCLUKE
Attoruevs-at-Law
Hamilton National Bank Building .
Chattanooga, Lena
.fraction in me courts of Georgiaaai
Tennessee.
W. M. Henry Carl Jackjwi
UEMIt 4 JACKSON
Attorney s-at-Law
LaFayette, Ga.
Practice in au 'he courts. Office if
Jackson Building.
i. E. itosser W. B. Bha«
ROSSER & SHAW
CUorneys-at-Law 'i
Offices
Walker County Bank Building
LaFayetle, Georgia
Hamiitou National Bauk Building
Chattanooga. Tenu.
“ ■
NOHMAN SIIATTUCK
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Bauk or LaFayette Bids
LaFayetle, Ga.
Practice in all Courts, State and
Federal
OR. W. O. BALLENGER
Dentist- - ...
offlca Over Mrs. J. C. Reese's k 'll,
nery Store.
JACKSON BUILDING
LaFayette - - Georgia.
DR. AlXc.ru r. n.AitiIENFELLS
Dentist
-aFayeit* - - Georgia
Second Floor Bank of LaFayetle
Building
DR. J. M. UNDERWOOD
LaFayette, Ga.
Residence with J. 1,. Rowland on
North Main Street,
Office 111 tlaci.huu nunuing
Residence Phone 2 shorts on 152
Office Phone 51. ,
JULIUS HLNK
Attorney-At-Law
Office With ',
Jarhaul. ui.lt 11l lir.k
LaFayette, Ga
DR. J. J. JOHNSTON
Physician and Surgeo,.
Special treatment of Eye, ear,
Throat and Nose. Also Disease!
of Children
Eyes Examined and Glasses Rrtaa ■
tiik-aily Fitted
Office 2nd Story Rank of LaFayett*
Building
Office Hours Friday’s & Saturday^
9tolla. m. Ito 4p, na,
J. A. SHIELDS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon I
Office in Cooper Building,
(Over 10c Store) t
LaFayetle, Ga J
Office Hours: j
8:00-9:00 a. in...1:00-2.00 p. aa.
Telephones—Res. 151. Office M ,
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DR. SHANNON P. WARKEN'FELLS
Dentist. I
it Chickamauga, Ga. On Saturday!
City Office, Room 811. Hamilteg
National Rank Building.
Corner 7th and Market Sts.
Chattanooga, Tenu.
7-20-23
DEWEY W. HAMMOND, M. D. j
Physician and Surgeon
Office Over Loach’s Pharmacy
LaFayette, Georgia.
Telephones:
Day Nos. 159 and 49
Night and Sunday No. 84.
S. W. FARISS
Attorney-At-Law
Office Over '
RHTNE BROS PHARMACY }
Lal'eyctte •»«