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Volume XLVI. —No. 45.
SEVERAL WALKER
CASES DISPOSED
OF THIS WEEK
AT THE NOVEMBER TERM FED
ERAL COURT IN ROME REC
ORD OF CRIMINAL CASES DIS
POSED OF SINCE LAST THURS
DAY AT WALKER SUPERIOR
COURT
The following: oases from Walker
county were disposed oi at the No
vember term of the Federal Court ini
Rome this week:
T. Z. Youngblood, a man with both
his hands off stood before the court
and was found guilty to “operating a
still.” He had a part in it, and the
evidence was conclusive against him.
However, it seemed hard to figure
out how a man without hands operat
ed a still. He was sentenced to serve
60 days in the Walker county jail.
Hugh McGhefe entered a plea to op
erating a still and was fined S6O or
sentenced to 30 days in the jail in
Walker. Lawson McGhee got a simi
lar sentence when his cass was dis
posed of.
Chester Coulter and T. H. Coulter,
•two young men who stopped by a still
just in time to encounter a raid by
revenue officers, drew fines of $lO
each.
Doc Stansell on a plea of guilty to
a prohi violation was fined S2O.
Silas Gayton, Glass Gass, Eugene
Wesley and B. M. Daniel were each
fined sls for having liquor in their
possession.
Gordon Lee, farmer, was found
guilty of operating a still and went
up for 6 months in the Walker coun
ty jail.
G. M. Odom, of Walker county, has
the honor of being the only man in
the day’s proceedings who came out
of the court a free and unmolested
man he was acquitted.—Rome News.
Disposition Os Cases At Walker
Superior Court Last Week
The following criminal cases were
disposed of after the Messenger went
T» press last Thursday by the No
vember term of the Walker Superior
Court: '
Snow Doyle received a fine of $lO
and costs after pleading guilty to
poasesing liquor.
Dewey Grace plead guilty to pos
sessing liquor and drew a fine of S4O
and costs or 6 months.
State vs Rob Skipper; larceny from
the house; plead guilty; $5 and costs
after making good the things taken
from the house.
Qtt Stewart was the only lucky one
to dna w a verdict from a jury of not
guilty in the liquor cases. He was
charged with the manufacture of
whisky. His attorney was Norman
-Shattuck.
Willis Bennett; possessing liquor;
plead guilty; $lO and costs.
Bill Langford plead guilty to gam
bling; $5 and costs which totalled
$57.05.
State vs Bat Rea, charged with
cheating and swindling; settled with
Walker County Bank rnd fined $lO
and costs.
Marvin Hatfield was found guilty
of manufacturing liquor and recom
mended that he be punished as for a
misdemeanor; given a sentence of 6
months straight in the gang. This
was an old case that had been pend
ing in the courts for several years.
He wae represented by Q. N. Cham
bers, who has given notice of an ap
peal. ~ - '
State vs John Treadaway; selling
Liquor; found guilty; $■ months in the
gang. M. Nail Andrews was his at
torney.
State vs Charlie and Reece Gossett;
charged with burglary; found guilty
with recommendations that they be
punshed as for a misdemeanor; 10
months in gang.
C. L. Gossett, father of the two
boys was found guilty of harboring a
criminal. Sentence was deferred until
February court. Rosser and Shaw
were the attorneys for the Gossetts.
Lewis Gravitt, found guilty of
manufacturing liquor and recommend
ed that he be allowed to pay a fine;
SIOO and costs.
G. N. Groves plead guilty to pos
sessing liquor; fined $l5O and casts.
MAYOR DAVENPORT
URGES OBSERVANCE
OF THANKSGIVING
The people of the United States
from their earliest existence have ob
served the wise custom of acknow
ledging each year their appreciation
of the many blessings they have re
ceived. To center our thoughts in this
is wise and desirable.
Therefore, I, W. 0. Davenport,
Mayor of LaFayette, do call upon all
the people of our community to .sus
pend business on November- 29th and
observe this day reyerently.
TV. O. DAVENPORT Mayor.
Halte (ihuuxtu MtMtwgpx
CORNERSTONE
OF NEW SCHOOL
BUILDING
AT ROSSVILLE TO BE LAID ON
NEXT THURSDAY, THANKS
GIVING DAY, AT 2 O’CLOCK IN
THE AFTERNOON MASONS
AND KU KLUX TO PARTICI
PATE IN CEREMONIES
GRAND OFFICERS TO ATTEND
—TREMENDOUS CROWD EX
PECTED l * .
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The cornerstone of the new SBO,OOO
Rossville high school building will be
laid on next Thursday, Thanksgiving
Day, under the auspices of RossviUe
Lodge of Masons. Grand officers will
be present and officiate in the cere
monies. Pretentious plans are being
made for the occasion and one of the
largest crowds ever at Rossville is
being anticipated. ...
1 It is understood that invitations to
all lodges in the entire Senat; "ial dis
trict and in Chattanooga ha /e been
made, and the Rossville members ex
pect a record-breaking crowd.
The ceremonies will begin prompt
ly at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
Also it is announced that Rossville
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan No. 103,
Realm of Georgia will attend the cere
monies in full regalia, together with
members of surrounding klan® from
Chattanooga, Ringgold, Chickamauga
and LaFayette, and will present the
Rossville School handsome large A
mercan flags. The klan will raise the
flag on the flag pole of the school
when two bands, the Ku Klux band
and a band from Ft. Oglethorpe will
furnish appropriate music.
Overlooking a commanding emi
nence and almost within the shadow
of the towering crags of old Lookout,
the new school building when com
pleted, will be one of the most impos
ing and modemly equipped school
structures in this section of the state.
The trustees hope to have the build-;-
ing ready for occupancy by Jan. 1,
1924.
RS. P. S. ANDERSON 96
ON NOV. 11TH., WRITES
INTERESTING LETTER
Mrs. P. S. Anderson, of Weather
ford Texias, was 96 years of age on
November 11th. She writes an inter
esting letter which the Messenger
gladly publishes as follows:
“Dear Editor: Here I come again.
I guess I am the oldest person that
bothers you so often. I am still an in
valid, I can’t do anything but read
and try to write, but my hands have
nearly played out, I can hardly make
the letters with my pen and have not
strength enough to sit up, only about
half of my time.
“I wish you to send the Messenger
to El Paso, Texas for the present, as
my children think it best to take me
there for the winter as it is a warm
er place and no rain through the win
ter months. You remember my time
is paid up until Sept. 11, 1924, and if
I defeat live to read R my children
will read it. I can’t miss a copy if I
can help it.
“Dfc.P. S. remembered me a few
days igo and tells me he is feeling
uJ well. H< j&mperales faster than
i Gh the Tlth 1 pj» imy 9i»th
milepost. My address is 2529 E. Bou
levard, El Paso, Texas.
MRS. P. S. ANDERSON.”
Thanksgiving Program—
To be given at Walnut Grove on
Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock.
Song
Prayer
Recitation—Thanksgiving—Linnis
Howard.
Song
Recitation —Because Os Me—Louise
Smith.
Song
Play—The Cobbler Missionary—By
Eight Boys.
Song
Recitation—-The Prodigal’s Wel
come—Vinnie Lee Partain.
Song
Recitation—Noel Wilson.
Recitation—Thanks for Everything
—Gisnnie B. Partain.
Song
Aunty Puzzled—By Inez Robinson
and Edith Houston.
Recitation—The Hired Girl—By
Essie Hegwood.
Song
Play—The Spirit® of Mission.
Recitation—Things for Which We
Are Thankful—Lela Howard
Song
Prayer.
FOR RENT—One of the be farms
in Walker county, 120 acre., *f cul
tivatable land. Joins corporation and
on pike. Can help party after crops
are planted. Farm in LaFayette
School District—Paul D. Wright, La-
Fayette Ga. In last week’s issue of
the Messenger this farm was adver
tised for sale, which was an error, I
want to rent same not sell it. It
. ...i a ette, Georgia, Friday November 23, 1923.
ONE THANKSGIVING GAY TEN YEARS AGO
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The Approaching Thanksgiving Reminds Me.
BY ROBERT B. McCQKD.
It was on Wednesday before
Thanksgiving ten years -ago. I had
i long distance phone call from a
county judge down the state. The
Children's Home Society had taken
homeless boys and girls from his
county before, and W he spoke now
with authority. "Get dn the train in
Atlanta tonight and reach here to
morrow morning; I hate a little Qf
phan girl you o«ght to take immedi
ately." To him it seemed not to
matter that tomorrow was Thanks
giving. That also was back in the
days when the Georgia Children’s
Home Society had nobody but me to
go for a little homeless girl.
The child was with, her grand
mother eight miles out in the coun
try when I arrived in that county
capital next morning. Judge said
we'd drive out there for her just be
fore noon, and she’d eat turkey with
us at his hquse. As we drove along
he told me how the child’s mother
went out of the world as the baby
came in, and how the poor, untrained
young father got along badly without
a mother for his baby until last sum
mer when he too had to go and leave
her. The old grandmother had since
then been the only chance for this
child of eight years.
Before Judge had apparently finish
ed his story the car stopped before
nothing more than a little old shanty
behind a split-rail fence. It was
twelve by my time-piece, and looking
its the front door we saw back there
a woman and child apparently eating
dinner, ~ “Come in,” she said, and we
forthwith did it.
That grandmother must have seen
bettor days, for she really insisted
that we eat dinner with them. We
did not, but Judge sat near by in a
vacant chair while I sat upon an old
trunk there close to the table. Be
fore the diners were ome small piece of
cornbread, a saucer containing some
UtMe white raw onion®,md one empty
dish of turnips. I knew they had
been turnips, for just then grandma
took the empty dish and went to the
'stove in the same room for more.
Seems to me she ran the fork hope
fully through that pot-liquor many
more times than Peter seined the Sea
of Galilee, and she caught nothing—
except three small leaves of turnips.
She stopped talking to the Judge long
enough to say: “Needa, they ain’t
no more greens here. Eat them on
ions, I don’t want ’em.” I suppose
Needa didn’t want them .either, for
she got up sadly and left the table.
Then I invited the little youngster
out and with my kodak made her pic
ture down there 1 between that little
old shanty and the split-rail fence.
She had on her Thanksgiving cloth
ing, and I got this snap-shot of her
celebrating. About that time Judge
brought grandma out and we four
drove to the judge's houswMot a sure
enough Thanksgiving dinner.
It the story could be long, I might
tell you how later that wrinkled old
woman burst Into tears when she saw
Needa all bathed and dressed from
head to foot In new clothing. What
kind of tears were they—sorrow or
CHICKAMAUGA AND
LAFAYETTE TEAMS
READY FOR BATTLE
Chickamauga, Ga. Nov. 20—Chick
amauga will play the last game of
the season on her home grounds when
she locks horns with the LaFayette
team Friday afternoon, Nov. 23. As
this is the last game to be played on
the. local gridiron this season, and as
there is also considerable friendly
rivalry between the two’teams, it is
expected to be the most hotly contest
ed game of the season.
The two teams met in LaFayette
some weeks ago, and played a hard
game which Chickamauga finally won
12 to 0. The LaFayette team had had
little practice at this time, but with
the experience gained from a ndmber
of games played since then, they will
put up a vastly improved game, and
will give the local boys a run for their
money.
The brass band from the Govern
ment Post has been secured to furnish
music during the intervals of plr.y at
this game, and this feature wffl add
ntcrest t; the occasion. In ardor to
prevent crowding all persons are ask
ad to have- ticket® and pres a it them
to the pete keepers, instead of paying
the money Tickets are on sa'c by
nigh ®ch> ol pupils now, and mny *»so
b» bought at the following business
houees- City Case, Chickamauga
Drug Co , and A, G. White Grocery
Company. a «-->
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BE SURE—And attend the Betty
Wales sale of dresses at E. A.
I/eonard’s LaFayette, Ga., Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week* ' 1
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Joy? I don’t know. Why ask me to
explain any woman’s tears. I had
really exacted some signs of joy
that "Mar "s baby” was now In the
hands of f lends who would cause her
to look lik i other little girls and give
her a few good reasons for wautlng
to live.
I enjoyed the turkey on my plate
that day, but I enjoyed more the tur
key jirhifb grandma and “Mary’s
baby** "ate in our presence. It was
a Thanksgiving i’ll never forget; and
though today Needa Is a happy young
lady loved and trained by a new
father and mother, even surrounded
by several promising young men of
her community all wanting to marry
her, she can scarcely forget that
Thanksgiving Day In the home of the
judge. Grandma, too, was well cared
for after that day, and, though now
she has gone on to join Needa’s first
daddy and mothor, before going she
witnessed the new life of “Mary's
baby” with the devoted folks which
the Children’s Home Society gave
her. Os course, Grandma never did
realize as I did how Needa, whose
name is now entirely changed as are
her feature*: beyond all recognition,
worked a marvelous change also in
that home to which she went as
daughter, making two people so much
better than they ever could hgve
been had their home remained child
less.
That was ten years ago. Sinqethen
some twelve-hundred other children
as homeless as “Mary’s baby” have
been taken and made happy by the
Georgia Children's Home Society,
whose heartnuertprs ere In Atlanta.
GLENN HOLCOMB LAID TO
REST WEDNESDAY AFT. IN
ROCK SPRINGS CEMETERY
Glenn Holcomb, aged 21 years, died
at the home of his uncle, E: D.
Rollins, at Rock Springs, Tuesday
night. Surviving him are his widow
and two small children; also two
brothers and a sister.
Funeral services were held from
the Rock Springs Methodist church
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
conducted by Rev. L. V. Swanson, in
the presence of a number of rela
tives and friends. Interment was in
the Rock Springs cemetery.
The LaFayette Furniture Co., was
: n charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
GKEENBUSH
Pretty weather. Cotton about all
picked in thin valley; gathering corn
has been the order of the day. Consid
erable land has been turned.
The writer was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Wyatt m East Ar
muchee for the week-end.
Mrs. Mattie Hunt, of Rome was
the guest of homofolks for the week
end.
The B Y P U at Shiloh is doing
niedy.
The young folks enjoyed a candy
pulling at J. C. Young’s last Satur
day night.
J. S. Hunt was the guest of J. T.
Suttle last Sunday. Blue Eyes.
U-DRTVTT CARS—I now ha/e six
new U-Drivit Cur® with which to
accommodate the public. Safe, careful,
sober driver®. Call on us day or night.
Phone No. 206—F. I* Baker, Mgr,
LaFayette, Ga, just below the Walk
er County Bank;. -.’ . - 'itirsj'jzz '.j
CONSOLIDATION
OF 4 DISTRICTS
IS PROPOSED
t
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF
CITIZENS OF ROCK SPRINGS,
NOBLE, PEAVINE AND CENTER
GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT ROCK
SPRINGS LOOKING TOWARD
CONSOLIDATION INTO ONE
BIG SCHOOL DISTRICT
A large number of citizens, both
men and women, from the Rock
Springs, Peavine, Center Grove and
Noble school districts, assembled at
the Rock Springs Methodist churoh
Wednesday night, for the purpose of
discussing the consolidation of
schools plan recently offered by the
County Board of Education.
Superintendent J. A. Sartain and
W. B. Shaw, Chairman of the County
Board were present and discussed at
length the details of the plans and
gave full information as to the re
quirements.
Representatives from the four dis
tricts frankly discussed the proposi
tion of consolidation with Messrs
Sartain and Shaw and enthusiastical
ly entered into the plan. As the initial
step in consolidation a committee was
appointed to prescribe the limits of
the proposed new school districts em
bracing the districts of Rock Spring?,
Peavine, Noble and Center Grove and
to furnish the County Board of Edu
cation a map of the new district at
the regular meeting in December. Al
so at the request of Messrs Sartain
and Shaw, pettiions will be circulated
over the four districts asking for the
consolidation.
The vote for consolidation was un
animous at the meeting Wednesday
night.
There is no more favorable section
of the county for consolidation than
the one proposed Wednesday night,
and Messrs Sartain and Shaw are
highly gratified at the manner in
which the people of this section are
taking hold of the proposition for a
standard school for the children of
this part of the county.
ISAAC C. WILLIAMS
92, PASSED AWAY
SUNDAY MORNING
Isaac Carlton Williams, aged 92,
died at the home of his daughter Mrs.
I. S. Leonard on North Main Street,
Sunday morning at 6 o’clock, after a
brief illness of pneumonia. He is sur
vived by three daughters, Mrs. I. S.
Leonard of this city; Mrs. Fannie
Rouse, of Sycamore, Ga.; and Mrs. J.
C. Doster of Summerville, Ga; five
sons, I. C. Jr„ of Ringgold, Ga; A. S.
of San Marcos, Tex.; J. C. of Avoca,
Tex.; J. N. of Sweetwater, Tex, and
Dr. C. W, of Slyvester, Texas. Be
sides these he leaves a number of
relatives and friends to mourn his
los®. Funeral services in charge of the
Nuckolls-Kemp-Bryan Co, were held
at Lyerly Baptist church Monday at
11 o’clock with Rev. B. F. Hunt as
the officiating minister. Interment in
Lyerly cemetery.
Mr. Williams was born in Wilkin
son County, Ga, Nov. 21, 1832, and
was married to Miss Rachel Mathis,
Dec. 30, 1868 she having died ten
years ago. He had been a citizen of
North Georgia about forty years.
Few have lived to the age of 92,
and had the experience that’ Mr. Wil
liams had. He was an old Confederate
soldier having served first as a com
mission agent in the Civil war, then
the remainder was spent at the battle
front as a private. He never drew a
pension, because he considered it his
duty to fight for his country. In his
early life he was very active as a
swimmer and hunter, being consider
ed the best swimmer and athlete in
the country, and even to his last days
he was considered very active at his
age. Mr. Williams was always inter
ested in the welfare of his children,
and lived to see all of his children
educated and grow up in the world
as useful men and women. He was
never interested in politics, but was
always well-informed on any subject
that was mentioned. He was al
ways ready to assist in the upbuild
ing of his community. He was a great
reader, and up to his last days was
fond of reading his Bible. Mr. Wil
liams had a wonderful disposition and
was good-natured and jovial, ever
looking on the bright side of life. He
wps a prominent man and a very fine
farmer. His life was dean, having no
bad habits which contributed to hi®
long life. In his death the county
loses an old and much loved citizen.
FOR SALE—We want to sei! our en
tire stack of m»ehandise and fix
tures. Good country stand, 8 miles
south of LaFayette at Center. Host;
good roads leading to store—J X
Thurman and Son, LaFayette Rfd. 5
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Pay
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D.A.R.ANDS.A.R.
PRIZES OFFERED
SCHOOL PUPILS
OF GEORGIA AMERICANISM
AND PATRIOTISM IS MOTIVE
OF CHAPTERS IN OFFERING
PRIZES FULL DETAILS OF
PLANS OUTLINED
The State Chapter Daughters of
the American Revolution are offering
a prize of ten dollars in gold to the
boy or girl of the public schools of
the state for the best English essay
on “The Making of an American.’’
The contest is open to any boy or girl
of the public schools, and the essay
must not be less than 1000 words nor
more than 2000. The essay must be in
the hands of the state regent not lat
er than Jan. 1, 1924.
The judges in the contest will be
members of the D. A. R. and appoint
ed by the State Regent. The award
of the prize will be February 22, 1924,
George Washington’s birthday.
S. A. R. Offers Medal For
Development of Patriotism
The S. A. R. have devised an admi
rable plan for the development of
patriotism, one worthy of our consid
eration and adoption. Their plan of
award is based on what a boy’s class
mates know him to be. This makes
the medal offered, and its award,
unique, and this can best bo under
stood and appreciated by all if we
Suote from the subject matter set
orth by the S A R. themselves in
their official bulletin for 1923:
“The Sons of the American Revo
lution have as one of their chief pur
purposes the stimulation of a vigor
ous patriotism. They believe that etch
a purpose is to be secured only as the
youth of our schools become imbued
with high ideals of character and cit
izenship. The Sons of the Americer
Revolution have, therefore, decided
annually to award a medal to the boy
in the eighth grade graduating class
of each elementary school who shall
have beat exemplified the principles
of 'good citizenship.
The qualities to be considered in
making this award shall be:
1. Dependability.
2. Co-operation.
3. Leadership.
No boy shall receive the Sons of
American Revolution Medal who is
aet clean in speech and personal hab
its.
He must aLso be a non-user of tobac
co, inasmuch as no eighth-grade boy
in New York State can use tobacct
without violating the law of the Com
monwealth.
The method of determining what
boy shall receive the medal shall be
as follows:
Some time within the ten days pre
ceding the eighth-grade commence
ment exercises, each division of the
senior eighth grades in each school
shall meet and by vote of the class
nominate not more than five boys
whom the class considers to be eligi
ble to receive the medal. From this
live the final selection shall be made
by the principal of the school and l
majority vote of all of the teachers
who have had the nominees in class
during the eighth-grade year.”
TRUSTEES’ ELECTION
SATURDAY NOY. 24
Saturday November 24th it the day
set by the county Board of Education
at the regular meeting here Tuesday
for election of trustees of county
schools. All schools in the county ex
cept the municipal and independent
systems are elect trus
tees on this day. The election at La
Fayette will be held in the ccurthou.s
as usual; at Rossville the election will
be held in the office of Logan and M
Farland, Main Street, Rossvrlle; Li
the Lookout Mountain District, th •
election will be held on Dr. Hansard'-- •
property. The usual hours for the
holding of elections at the various
places will be followed. 11-23
J. A. SARTAIN, C. S. S.
REGISTER FOR CITY .
ELECTION DEC. 4TL
The registration books for the Cit
election December 4th are now ope
at the office of the Recorder, J. L.
Walraven, at Walraven Bros. Store
.and wiH be kept open until Thursda;
November 29th. Voters residing
the various wards are urged to regu
ter within this period if they desi.e
to cast their ballot in the coming cit'
election in December The registry
tion hooks for the 4th wfcrd will b
found at Myer’s Store, and for th ■
sth ward at W. O. Davenport’s store.
The books for the other wards are a
Walraven Bros. Store.
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BE SURE—And attend the Betty
Wales sale of dresses at E. A
I-eonard’s LaFayeitte, Ga., Thursd: jy- •
Friday and Saturday of this week. •