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Only 17 more shopping days till
Christmas!
If the Ex-Kaiser gets back on
the throne, and it looks likely, the
world will be about like it was po
litically, in 1914.
The school population of Geor
gia is not as large as that of the
tiiy of New York, both being
slightly under a million.
To get purebred cattle into this
•our.'.y the financial institution*
that 1 ave the dough, must not on
ly co-operate but lead off.
Despite high tuxes, short crops
and no money, there are more for
which to he thankful on next
Thursday, National Thanksgiving
Day, than to grumble about.
Ideal weather all fall, but disa
greeable weather is certain to fol
low, is the prediction of the fel
low who is looking for the worst.
Yet at that, it is worth while get
ting those farming tools under
shelter.
No creamery hus ever yet been
invented to take the onion odor
from milk. If you want to get the
best price for your milk don’t let
your cows run on a wild onion pas
ture.
A few cows, a few chickens and
a few hogs all of good stock on the
farm are by-products, if so con
sidered, that make cotton the sur
plus crop, the place it ought to
have on the farm program.
Gerpnany is putting up an awful
bowl about being in an awful con
dition, but our opinion is that Ger
many ought to pay and pay until
it hurts. She brought all this trou
ble on herself und the world and
she ought to reap what she sowed.
A chicken may just be a chicken,
but the poultry industry is some
thing else. A few choice poultry', a
few cows, u few hogs added to
gether means a neat monthly cash
Income <m the farm, they tell us,
and shat’s what the farmer needs.
Knowledge is in every country
the surest basis of public happi
ness. In one in which the measures
nf government receive their im
pressions so immediately from the
sense of the community as in ours
it is proportionably essential. To
the security of u free constitution
ip contributes in various ways. By
convincing those who are intrusted
with the public administration that
•very valuable end of government
is best answered by the enlighten
ed confidence of the people, and, by
ti aching the people themselves to
know and value their own rights;
to discern and provide against in
rasions of them; to distinguish be
tween oppression and the neces
sary exercise of lawful authority,
. between burdens proceeding from
a disregard tg their convenience
and those resulting from the inev
i.hhle ustig.'cies of society; to dis
criminate the spirit of liberty from
that ■ f licentiousness, cherishing
fhc first, avoiding the last and unit
lag a speedy but temperate vigi
lance against encroachment* with
an inviolable respect to law—
George Washington.
GEORGIA,
THE LEADER
No one doubts the fact that
Georgia has many ills, they are ea
sy to sec. However, to see the evils
and not do anything to correct
those evils is criminal. Georgia is
waking up first to a deep and sin
cere study of the thing* that are
holding the Empire state of the
South back, and efforts are being
made to get Georgians together on
a program to correct her ills and
to develop her wonderful resources
of every kind.
Reforms must sweep the state.
Plans and programs must be a
dopted which will work for her ad
vancement. Politics must be made
to serve her best interests, busi
ness brains must be employed in
co-operation for her financial sal--
ration and development—in fact
there must be a right-about face
order.
Sections and districts and the
whole state must be brought into
a consciousness that we have not
felt before.
Industrial, social, political, edu
cational, economic and agricultural
interests must be placed above per
sonal advantage, and we as a state
and a people must work together.
Indications for Georgia’s pro
gressive advancement are hopeful.
There are more people honestly
studying her problems, honestly
trying to formulate plans for her
progress' than ever before, • and
such attention cannot but result in
better things.
In northwest Georgia there is a
movement to advertise her resour
ces to herself and the outside world
to study her resources and to put
into efforts plans for her develop
ment. This is also going on in
other sections.
Let every Georgian not only be
proud he is a Georgia but contri
bute his co-operation, his best
thought and sincere efforts for her'
behalf, and Georgia will soon be
the loader again of Southern
states.
Want of care oftentimes does us
more harm than want of know
ledge, old Ben Franklin used to
say.
The function of education is not
to make one clever in his or her
profession; that's easy, but rather
to make vivid through the profes
sion, the deeper relations of life;
not merely proficiency in making
a good living but rather product
ivity in living a while life.
37 states abandoned 7,359 one
room schools in the past two years.
32 states report 1,180 more consol
idations in 1922 than in 1920. This
is an indication that the people
are taking the matte r of. educa
tion seriously in this country, be
cause in every instance consolida
tion means progress in school
work.
SHERIFF’S SALE
Georgia, Walker County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
door in the town of LaFayette, said
state and county on the First Tuesday
in December next, Dec. 4, 1923 with
in the legal hours of sale, to the
highest and best bidder for cash the
following described property, to-wit:
The entire stock of goods, wares
and merchandise now located in the
Cooper Building on the north side of
the Public Square in the City of La-
Fayette, Ga. consisting of general
electrical fixtures, Delco Light Plants
und all other such articles usually
contained and kept in such a place.
The above described p'j.ior.y to
be sold under and 'e v,it tie of a
mortgage execution an I jue.fii t nt is
.sued by the .-upemr Court cf said
county in favor of G. E. Jjnlcr a
gainst W. L. Wiley and Walter \\i
iloy, for the purpose of paying the
amount of the principal, interest and
costs due on said mortgage.
L. W: HARMON, Sheriff.
CONSTIPATION
mmt N* »voided- or torpid
billon* ne**. lmUg«mU<>r
mil tfft««y paint result.
City fc hf, tho’ocfk!) c?. insing
C7-A .BSRLAIN’S
V kBLETS
Ne» • die '.--point or nauseate—2sc
Habitual Constipation Cured
la 14 teal Day*
•LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" tt a sperially
uepaxad SyntpTonic-Laxaiivefor Habitual
Constipation It relieve* promptly and
should be taken ragnlarly fur 14 to tl daya
to tndure regular action. It Stimulate* snd
ft adulate*. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c
per botOfc*
Walker County Messenger, November 23,1923.
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THE RAMBLER
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1. And it came to pass in the city
called LaFayette, that certain young
ladies took upon themselves the pleas
ant task of trying to raise money and
breadstuffs for the benefit of the or
phans, who are in need of help, and
they spake to everyone of the faith
in regard to contributing to this most
worthy cause. And be it known that
no man among all these LaFayetteites
was missed or overlooked.
2. And as the people were approach
ed and beseeched to contribute the
small price of a movie ticket or a
couple of soft drinks, to be used in
sheltering and feeding the fatherless
and motherless, some said nay, and
refused to come across, in this man
ner making it plain to the multitudes
that they were interested in their own
welfare only, which, interpreted,
means they were stingy old birds.
3. And it also came to pass, as these
young ladies moved to and fro among
the poor and the rich, that certain
poor people gave unto the Lord, (this
being the true meaning of the giv
ing), as much as ten pieces of silver,
while others whom the Lord had pros
pered and bestow'ed with plenty, gave
a begrudging look and one lousy
dime.
4. While this was very embarrass
ing to the young ladies, they spake
not a word of condemnation publicly,
but there was murmuring between
them, also much shaking of heads,
and various and divers gestures, and
while no man knoweth, yea, not even
one of the female LaFayettites, the
words spoken on this occasion, I, one
of the accredited and appointed
scribes clothed with due authority,
am asked to rebuke the people who
failed to lend a helping hand.
5. Therefore, after much thinking,
I must coilfess my inability, or ray
cowardice, the Lord only knows which
and fall down on the job with a sad
heart. Enjoying life, as I now do, I
deem it a wise policy to leave the La-
Fayette people alone in their stingi
ness. Verily, it makes them mad to
be told of the fact. Any old trouble
is enough for me. Hoggish, all right
enough, but I know when I have plen
ty.
6. But, dear brethren, woe unto
him who refuseth to write up any
thing when the ladies of LaFayette
so desire that he write, for in refus
ing it may place him in a position
where LaFayette would be a good
place for him to be from.
7. It were better for the Rambler
that a millstone were hanged about
his neck and cast into the sea, than
that he should make matters so plain
that the people would say, “I know
whereof he speaks, and can lay my
index finger upon the party.”
8. So take heed to yourselves, breth
ren and sisters, and forget it all,
w'herefore I have written, for the car
was well loaded, everybody is happy,
and the young ladies are making the
rounds for more gifts—but this time
they are for “him” Christmas, that’s
a bet.
XXX
While folks in the country are shoot
ing quail
And making the rabbits hump,
While sports are shooting craps all
day,
Keeping officers on the jump,
There’s another guy that we all know
Who uses neither dog nor gun,
But will "bang at the Taurus" all day
long—
Let’s kill the son-of-a-gun.
From what we can gather from the
Typelouse, published in Atlanta, the
new hoop dance is executed by the
ladies, dancing with a hoop around
them, minus the barrel. While we
have heard of no hoop dances around
here, we shall keep our eyes open, and
if one of the hoops on the LaFayette
Cotton Mill tank should be missing
at any time, right there we will get
suspicious and look up the hoop dance
gang.
“Ah, madam,” said the pious visit
or who was going about giving advice
and consolation to unhappy wives.
“Do you know where your husband is
every night?” “I sure do,” she repli
ed. "Alas, madam, you think you do,
but he may be here, there, anywhere,”
“Well,” she said, “if he gets out of
the place where he is now, he has to
raise a granite slab that weighs at
least a ton, and he couldn’t even lift
n scuttle of coal while he was alive.”
A couple, going to a show, left their
six-year old son with a lady neighbor,
und wishing to make, a nice remark
about the little boy’s mother she said,
"Your mother certainly looked nice,
.-’he was all dressed up wasn’t she?”
“Yes’m,” replied the boy, "she had on
everything she got for Christmas,
’cej tin her percolator.”
Extract From Letter of P. I,.' Gill,
Terrell, Texas, To Chas. A. Lyerly
"I note what you say about the boll
weevil being in my old county of
Madison. Those farmers ought to
come west and learn how to lick him
as indicated by the yield of cotton in
Texas as compared with other states.
Tell them just us soon as they quit
picking cotton to start their stalk cut
ters and plow their ground deep right
now and clean out the brush and fence
corners so he won’t have any place to
sleep this winter and then start plant
ing next spring before he wakes up
and beat him to it. My turning plows
are all running and 1 will not rent
land to a man who is too “dang” lazy
to plow in the winter. I have already
fine stands of 'bats on my com and
cotton land. My only slogan as a
farmer is "The time to make a crop
is before you plant it," by which 1
mean preparation of your land.”
FOR SALE —IS purebred Rhode Is
land red pullets at |1.50 each. — R.
L. YahsauL
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Nov. 24, 1898. J I
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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.
Spain is nodding again, and she
will feel mighty drowsy when Uncle
Sam wakes her up the second time—
Hawkeye.
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Eight in jail. 3 white and 5 colored.
Atlanta, bom under a lucky star,
has the promise of the Federal Prison
for the Southern states.
The knottiest question which the I
Georgia Legislature has been con- j
fronted in a long time is now being 1
considered. How to pay a debt with-|
out anything to pay with.
George W’are, a fine looking mem- 1
ber of the 4th Texas, has been enjoy- j
ing a visit to homefolks near LaFay
ette.
. -—o —
The Salem Postoffice has been dis- j
continued. The care of it had gotten:
to be a burden, to the venerable post
master, J. T. Renfro.
Rev. J. F. Davis left Monday Con- j
ference bound. Judging by preachers |
all roads lead to Augusta where it J
will be held. To them, Conference |
week is the golden season of the year.
—o —
Samuel Walker whose father was
Marshal of Summerville when Pig
Van killed North White has taken the j
field so as to give the subscribers a
chance to settle with the Messenger.
LaFayette is a prohibition town
yet some of its citizens cannot with
stand the temptation. A barrel of
choice wine had been hauled to the
depot to be shipped to Lyerly and it
had been left on the platform Satur-!
day night. Next morning it was the ]
worse for wear. Some dram thirsty
soul had cut into it with an axe, and j
taken out five or six gallons.
County court was in session Mon
day and Tuesday. In several cases
parties charged with selling goods on
Sunday at Lytle when the devil and 1
the soldiers held sway the defendants
came off with flying' colors being
found not guilty.
CARD OF THANK S
We wish to thank our ne:<hb rs
and friends for the tender services
rendered in the death of our precious
baby, Virginia Ruth; also for the flo
al offerings and the impressive little
service by Bro. McClure.—Mr. and
Mrs. Robt. Pursley.
FOR SALE—One hot blast heater in
good condition—R. L. Vansant.
I Will thresh sorghum seed on Dec.
4th—T. E. Leigh, LaFayette, Gg.
R. 4 11-30-2tx
WARD OFF HEAVY
COUGHS AND COLDS
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your strength with Gude’s Pepto-
Mangan. It will fortify you
against colds; it will help you put
on flesh. Don’t wait until a heavy
cold gets its grip on you; begin to
take Gude’s now. Your druggist
has it; in liquid and tablet form.
Free Trial Tablet* T° for yourself
, * ; , , . 1 aD,eU the health-building
value of Gude a Pepto-Mangan, write today
for generous Trial Package of Tablets. Send
J* “Obey just name and address to,
M. J. Pre-iter) bach Co., S 3 Warren St., N. Y.
Gude’s
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able to go,” says Mrs. Bessie
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(riSk my teet, with bearing-down
X pains in my sides and the lower V
W) part of my body. 1 did not rest
well and didn’t want anything jg*
to eat. My color was bad ana y*
(P 1 felt miserable. A friend of m
mine told me of
ICARDUIi
I The Woman’s Tonic I
W and I then remembered my
Lb mother used to take it.. • Alter (gc
the first bottle 1 was better. 1 X
began to fleshen up and 1 re-
gamed my strength and good,
healthy color. 1 am feeling fine.
■Sr I took twelve bottles <of Cardui)
ub snd haven’t had a bit of trouble C }
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Boi other women
lar experiences in (Jb
ardui, which has '4
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trine. It may be
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North Georgia Abstract Co.
rise
First National Bank Bldg
LaFayette, Qa.
We have recently
sompiled the records of
Walker county and can .
furnish reliable ab
stracts of title prompt
ly.
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sure is the pace
of a car equipped
with Goodyear Tires
with the famous
All-Weather Tread.
The high, thick,
ehr-rp-edged blocks
of that powerful
tread provide the ut
most in gripping
traction. They give
you security all the
time, and promote
the efficient, eco
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of your car.
As Goodyear Service Station ?
Dealert we tell and racom•
mend the new Goodyear U
A Cords with the beveled All• J*
Weather Tread and bach
thmm up with standard
Goodyear Service
Hinton-Wilson, Inc.
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UNDERTAKERS AND EM
BAI.MERS
MOTOR IIEARSE
Phone 5i for Diy Calls. Phone 35
for night Calls
THE TRION COMPANY
Trion Georgia.
WI.EYS
aTo!:c it home to
the kids.
1 Dave a packet in
your pocket for an
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R. F. McClure W, A. Medan
McCLlIftF & McCLURE
Attornevs-at-Law
Hamilton National Bank Building
Chattanooga, Tena
*raclicc in iue tuuru of Georgiaaaa
Tennessee.
W. M. Henry Earl laciuMi
MENRi <k JACKSON
Attorney a-ui-Law
LaFayette, Ga.
Practice in all l.Me courts. Office If
Jackson Building.
4. E. Rosser (V. B. Sluna
ROSSER & SHAW
' Uorncys-at-Law
Offices
Walker Bounty Ba:ik Building
LaFayette, Georgia
Hamilton National Bank Building
Cbutlauooga. leuu.
NORMAN SHATTUCK
AUoruey-at-Law
'ffleo in Bank o« LaFayette Bids
Lafayette, Ga.
Practice iu all Courts, State and
Federal
OK. W. ii. BALLENGER _
Dent is'
-fflce Over Mrs. i. C. Reese’s h 11-
nery Store.
JACKSON BUILDING
Lafayette * - Georgia
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UK. ali.lmx r. nAiiItENFELLS
Dentist
aF#ye»K • Georgia
Second Floor Bank of Lafayette
Building
Dll. J. M. UNDEItWOOD
Lafayette, Ga.
Residence with J. L. Rowland on
North Main Street,
Office in Jackson Building
Residence Phone 2 shorts on 152
Office Phone 51.
JULIUS RLNK
Attorney-At-Law
Office With
Jackson anil llenry
Lafayette, Ga
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DII. J. J. JOHNSTON
Physician and Surgeo,.
Special treatment of Eye, ear.
Throat and Nose. Also Diseases
of Children
Eyes Examined and Glasses Selaa
tiflcally fitted
Office 2nd Story Bank of LaFayetta
Building
Office Hours Friday's & Saturday 1 *
Si to 11 a. m. Ito4p. w.
J. A. SHIELDS, M. D.
Physieian and Surgeon
Office in Cooper Building.
(Over 10c Store)
Lafayette. Ga
Office Hours:
8:00-9:0(1 a. jii... 1:00-2.00 p. as.
Telephones—Res. 151, Office IP
DR. SH ANNON P. W ARREN FELLS
Dentist
At Chieknniauga, Ga. On Saturday*
City Office, Room 811. llamiltnß
National Rank Building.
Corner 7th and Market St*.
Chattanooga. Tenn.
7-20-23
DEWEY W. HAMMOND, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office Over Loach's Pharmacy
LaFayette, Georgia.
Telephones:
Day Nos. 159 and 49
Night and Sunday Na 84.
S. W. FARISS
Attorney-At-Law
Office Orer
RHINE BROS PHARMAIt
LaFayette Ga.