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Utrailf MtMtR
Established 1877
tfffLual Newspaper of the County
E. P. HALL. JR
Publisher ana Editor
Subscription Rate*
<lme Year SI.OO
♦®x Month* 60
"fflkree Moaths 40
i» f oreiHn advertising Repreesntotivs I
' IM' >Mf RICAN CHESS ASSOCI \TION |
Entered al the LaFayette, Ga.
rpeetoihrc for transniiHslon through
’ib«> mails as second-class matte*.
THE ROAD PROJECT
Wc do not know who is to blame
•or what the cause is, but it seems
to us that work is progressing all
too slow on the road from LaFay
otte to the Chattooga county line.
Many months ago the contract
for this road was let, and every
thing started off well. One thing
and another came up to block the
•■work it se'tns, and here it is now
-with winter fast approaching and
the road in no condition for winter
travel. This road will become im
passible if something is not done
and done at once.
The county commissioners claim
they have done all within their
power to expedite matters, but
♦hat the contract is in the hands of
ihe state highway commission, and
-that it is up to this board to see
that the contract is carried out,
since this is a state highway pro
ject. The contract calls for com
pletion by Jan. 1, 1924.
We don’t care who is to blame
for the delay, we do not care to
iix the blame, but we would like
to see this road put in shape for
♦ ravel before we get into the
rough winter weather. If the con
'tract is all wrapped up with state
iDaighwuy commission red tape, or
any other evil, we hope that some
thing will happen to strip the con
tract of its hindrances, so that we
may got quick and continued action
,ia this road, until it is completed
and put in first class shape.
Thanksgiving day and the bird
ihuntcrs arc on the wing.
The 1923 crops in Georgia are
•estimated to bring $240,000,000.
We have with us again the slo
gan: "Do your Christmas shopping
•■arly."
Walton Blames Ku Klux For
His Fall—Headline. How surpris
ing that he should admit that he
has fallen.
REVERENCE FOR
THE LAW
Let every American, every lover
mt liberty, every wall-wisher to his
-posterity swear by the blood of
the Revolution never to violate in
the least particular the laws of
the country, and never to tolerate
Ah t-ir violation by others. As the
patriots of ’76 did to the support
■of the Declaration of bidependence
»o to the support of the Constitu
tion and the laws, let every Amer
ican pledge his life, his property,
and his sacred honor; let every
man remember that to violate the
law is to trample upon the blood
«f his fathers and to tear the
charter of his own and his child
ren’s liberty. Let reverence for the
laws lie breathed by every Ameri
can mother to the lisping babe
that prattle* on her lap. Let it be
taught in schools, in seminaries
.ad in colleges. Let it be written
n primers, spelling books, and al
manacs. Let it be preached from
the pulpit, proclaimed in legisla
tive halls, and enforced in courts
cf justice. In short, let it become
the political ret gion of the Nation
Abi ahum I-ircoln.
THANKSGIVING
Today is Thanksgiving; a day
set apart in this nation as a day
when people are urged to assem
ble themselves for public worship
in gratitude for tjie goodness of
God.
While the day is observe!
throughout the land, comparative- I
ly few really enter into the sig
nificance of the national procla
mation, and the day is either given
over to pleasure of gome sort or to j
business activities.
The observance is a fitting and
beautiful custom, and one that
purports to make us better as a
nation and a people.
One does not have to look far to
sec that the blessings, material
even, are bountiful and a people
who cannot turn their thoughts to
the great Giver of good things in
thankfulness and praise, are de
void of a great gift of soul.
On this Thanksgiving day let
us turn to Him in great praise and
thanksgiving for His manifold
blessings.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Dec. I, 1898.
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Below will be found items of news
published in the Walker County l
Messenger twenty-live years ago, j
which will be of interest to the
readers of the Messenger today.
Prof. R. L. Powell will open school I
at Cassandra Monday. Give him your
aid for he fs a good teacher,
farmers in the Cove. Although a rent-
Dock Mcßryan is one of the best;
er he made 1,(100 bushels of corn this
season Besides other smaller crops.
-o-
Macon’s prohibition election occurs
Thursday. It has been a bitter fight, j
•O
There is many a rich man in Geor
gia who pays only a poor man’s taxes.
The legislature should look after the
fellows.
Dr. Arnold and J. E. Patton were
early risers Wednesday when they
drove through the country to take the
8 o’clock train from Battlefield.
Our Senator, W. E. Mann has taken
kindly to legislative ways.
—O—
We have not seen Rev. Flavil Hall
to congratulate him on choosing the
better part which he did on Nov. (Jth
when Miss J. King was married to
him.
Three thousand operatives in the
cotton mills at Augusta struck this
week on account of reduction in the
wages.
The Japanese always bury their
dead With the head to the north, and
for this reason no Japanese will sleep
with his head in that position. Many
private houses and hotels have a dia
gram of the points of the compass
posted on the bedroom ceiling for the
convenience of guests.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
Georgia, Wulker County.
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary will bo sold before
the courthouse door in tne town of
LaFayette, said state and county, with
in the legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in December next, Dec. 4,
1923, to the highest' und best bidder
for cash the following described prop
erty, to wit:
Lot. No. 9, of J. M. McFarland’s
First Addition to Bossville, Walker
County, Georgia, located at the south
east corner of East Gordon Avenue
and Spring Street, known as the J.
F. Catlett Home Place, containing
two frame dwelling houses, the first
being two-story, containing six rooms
and the second one-story, containing
four rooms.
Said property being a part of the
estate of J. F. Catlett, deceased and
to be sold for the purpose of distri
bution among the heirs.
This Oct. 29, 192tf
W. M. CATLETT, Admr.
Estate of J. F. Catlett, Deceased.
A TONIC
GroVe’s Tasteless chill Tonic restores
Energy and Vitality by Purifying and
Enriching the Blood. When you feel its
strengthening, invigorating effect, see how
it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
Groves Tasteless chiii Tonic is simply
Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So
pleasant even children, like it. The blood
needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to
Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs anil
Grip genus by its Strengthening, Invigor
ating Effect. 60c.
A Good Thing - IHIN’T MIHB IT.
, Send your name an- 1 add ret* plainly
•nltrn together wilt fir nits (s .J this i
■ slip) to Chsm'.wrlsin Med -ire Co., Das
Moines, lows, and recei’** in retaro a
trial package .•onminin* ' ’hsmlwriain's
Cough Kenn-dy for roughs, colds, croup,
bronchia), ‘'tiu" and whooping coughs,
and tickling tines*; Chamberlain's Stoat- |
orb and Li' or Tablet* for stomach trou
bles, indigos'ion, ge.wg poiao Shot crowd
tho heart, bdion.-oers and mwotipatioa;
Chamberlain's trot**, osodsd id wwoty
(otnlW for bretto. Wohkk •wwA. P«-t
and s in eCU-rtoc,, ...ana esiosd fatally
snttfiduw for n caatt. Don't aaisa ik j
Walker County Menne n#er, November 30, 1923.
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THE RAMBLER
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O- O
Life is what we make it, and what
one person would consider almost
pauperism would make some poor
soul the proudest and happiest being
upon the face of the earth. While
wealth seems to be the main standard
by which to measure happiness, a few
level headed people know there are
other channels through which happi
ness occasionally flows. This was
brought forcibly to our mind one day
last Week, when oue of our citizens,
who is comfortably fixed as far as
this world’s goods are concerned,
seemed to be grouchy with the entire
universe, and was giving the whole of
mankind a terrible lambasting for
being too eager to buy and too slow
to pay. Besides, he took a shot at the
beggars, as he called them, and said
that they were too plentiful. You
could tell from his remarks that he
considered this old world on the very
verge of bankruptcy, and everybody
headed for the penitentiary. Being
blue over thinking of such a calami
ty, and seeing a crowd gathered on
the sidewalk, we went down more as
a pastime than anything else. We
found the crowd had gathered to lis
ten to a blind man play a small or
gan, with some songs thrown in. Be
ing blue from the grouchy talk we
had bee*n listening to, and feeling sor
ry for a poor blind man who had to
make a living in such a world, we ask
ed him how he was getting along,
naturally expeotnig some real hard
luek talk thus time, sure. But we soon
saw that the blind man had not heard
the latest about tips mean old world,
for he was smiling all the time while
talking, seemed to be happiest man
in town and began trying to impress
us how kind the people were to
him in his travels. He, though blind
could see more good in the world than
a man with two good eyes and every
thing seemingly a man could desire to
be happy.
So cut out all this grouchy talk,
ufiless it has become such a part of
! your life that you simply can’t quit
it. Os course, it will help to keep your
j mind busy and probably prevent you
! from worrying over the blind, the
weak, the helpless, and the widows
. and orphans. Some day six men dress
; ed in black will quistly carry you out
I the front door and down the steps, a
! song or two, and it will be all over.
So why worry. The jingle of silver
j will not bother you, for the shroud
j makers wisely left off all pockets.
We understand there is a move on
foot to set aside a day to be known as
“Father’s Day” all over the country.
Why not? There is a Mother’s Day,
I Memorial Day, Arbor Day and about
! forty other days set aside for one
i thing and another, and we think it
I time some action was taken in having
a Father’s Day. Some wise jay has
handed down the old saying that “ev
ery dog has his day,” and the suppo
sition is that he had this day in mind
when he said it. Os course, we would
not want “Father’s Day” declared a
legal holiday, for all the fathers a
round here are hard workers—in fact,
they really enjoy hard work—and it
would be robbing them of real plea
sure to compel them to cease work
for a whole day. To be perfectly
frank, I honestly believe it would
prove fatal to a great many. To get
j up at four o’clock and have no fires
to build, no dishes to wash, no chick
ens to feed, no wood and coal to bring
in, would be too great a shock for
poor old father’s tender heart. (While
I think all fathers who perform these
stunts are tender-headed instead of
tender-hearted, mothers and children
reading this to Dad can leave it out.)
Father’s Day'S What a glorious time
j we will have if we can keep the wo
men from butting in. No quarreling,
no baby to rock, for a whole day. “Ev
| ery dog has his day.” Thank goodness
. I know mine is coming.
The women are far in advance
Os the men, you can see at a glance,
When she raises her foot to the
running-board, ,
Till her knickers are stretched as
tight as-a gourd.
And strikes a match on the seat of
her pants.
Dear Medlar:—Don’t get the idea
into your little head that we are in
any way against the young ladies of
the town, for we are not. We are for
the men because the women are all
; for them. The women are simply fol
; lowing the men in everything, and we
i are naturally for the men. For in
i' stance, when we go to church, the wo
i men are always singing a “'hymn”,
j Now, you never hear the men singing
i a “her.” And if a woman prays she
[always says “amen” the very last
word. You never heard a man say "a
--j wonihn” at the end of a prayer. Now,
when you see this you will probably
laugh and say “he, he-he-he,” but you
never hear a man laugh by saying
! “she-she-she.” So you see the women
I have men on their minds all the time
I and it is perfectly natural for me to
be the same way.
%
“Is Matrimony a Failure?” Well,
we simply don't know whether it is
or not. We have heretofore considered
. it a complete failure, but after taking
, in the show one night last week, wh ; ch
j evidently gotten up and directed
j b >' som e old maid, we are confused,
! und there now seems to be a sligh:
i tendency towards this great drama
i being a success. Os course 1 , it depends
I on what angle you view the subject
. from. At any rate, we have no time
! to discuss the subject, one way or an
other, «> we will fix up nine ballots
and let our -i-ftr ;.nd children veto on
the matter.
UXATtVt MM) QUININV TkMrt* mnt
rfc* TV** i* ontysoe •
E. W. GTC\'E $ sifir’Lrtoo bul* Wc.
HELP THE OLD
FOLKS
A HELPING HAND EXTENDED
TO MANY OLD PEOPLE IN LA
FAYETTE.
The infirmities of age are many. j
Most old people have a bad back.
The kidneys are often weak
Or worn out with years of work.
Backache means days of misery l ,
Urinary troubles, nights of unrest, j
• Doan’s Kidney Pills have helped to j
make life easier for many.
They are doing so for old and young. [
LaFayette people are learning this.
Ask your neighbor.
Mrs. Mary A. Johnson, Magnolia j
St., says: “I had never been sick a|
day in my life until kidney trouble !
came on and I was in a bad fix for i
a long time. Sometimes I had to go to
bed for a few days and work was out
of the question. I just moped around
the house, hardly able to walk across
the floor, my back was so weak and
lame. Sharp pains cut through me and
felt as though my back would break.
I couldn’t stand for more than a few
minutes at a time.
My kidneys acted irregularly. I be
came so dizzy I had to catch hold of
something to keep from falling. I
purchased Doan’s Kidney Pills at
Rhyne Bros. Pharmacy and they re
lieved me completely.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Johnson had - Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N Y.
Watch the Kidneys Before
and After Childbirth
During the period ol' pregnancy j
the kidneys have double work to
do. which is apt tc strain and I
weaken them so that they break |
down and fail to keep u-p their work
of filtering the uric poisons out of |
the blood-stream. This condition, I
unless looked after promptly, may j
kill the baby before birth and min i
tjie mother’s health, too.
The expectant mother, should
have her urine examined every two ;
weeks. This should be done by the
attending physician, or send sample
to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel, in
Buffalo, N. Y., for analysis.
For toning up weakened kidneys, j
Dr. Pierce's An-uric (anti-uric-aeid) |
Tablets provide effective treatment, I
and a bottle should be kept in tho
house and should be used for a time
after baby has come to keep the
blood free from poisonous matter
that might affect the little one dur
ing the nursing period.
"An uric” can now be had from all
medicine dealers.
SHERIFF S SALE
Georgia, Walker County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
loor in the town of LaFayette, said
tate and county on the First Tuesday
in December next, Dec. 4, 1923 with
.l the legal hours of sale, to the
lighest and best bidder for cash the
ollowing described property, to-wit:
The entire stock of goods, wares
md merchandise now located in the
looper Building on the north side of
he Public Square in the City of La
ay ette, Ga. cortsisting of general
lectrical fixtures, Delco Light Plants
.nd all other such articles usually
mtained and kept in such a puce.
The above described property to
)e sold junder and by Virtue of a
tortgage execution an! juo.jiunt is
ucd by the Superur Court cf said
ounty in favor of G. E. Hunter a
'ahist W. L. Wiley and Walter Wi
iey, for the purpose of paying the
imount of the principal, interest and
osts due on said mortgage.
L. W. HARMON, Sheriff.
TWO TO-NIGHT
for loss of appetite, bad breath,
coated tongue, biliousness,
Without griping or naasea
CHAMBERLAIN'S
TABLETS
Sat your liver right—only 25e
I “Well! I
9 Strong!” :
H Mr*. Ann* Clover, of R. F. D. *
□ 5. Winfield, Kan*., says: "I r
E3 began to suffer some months < m
ago with womanljr.troubles, and
I was afraid 1 was going to get J
U la bed. Each month 1 suffered i
11 with my head, back and sides—a - |
weak, aching, nervous feeling, r
> i began to try medicines as I u i
■ knew 1 waa. getting worae. 1-
2 did not seem to find the right [ I
> remedy until someone told me of u |
£ b
] H l
Tf!3 Woman's Tonic |!
r I used two bottles before I could j
dsee any great change, but aiter Fj
that it was remarkable now
H much better I got. 1 am now W.
2 well and strong. I can recom- H
H mend Cardui, for it certainly 3' -
- benefited me.” ■*:
I If you have been experiment- n
* tag on yourself with all kinds cf jU
m , different remedies, beti-r get rj
“ to good, old, reliable Vs
Hthe medicine for 3
about which you have H
icard, which has helped 2
jusands of others, and J
hould help you. too. H
1 neighbor about it; she 3
ably used it 3 .
le everywhere, . 3ji
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W. A. SEAGLL, Vics’Presiosnt «n c i. , "site i • mtiuair
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North Georgia Abstract Go.
INC
First National Bank Bldg
LaFayette. Ga.
We have recently
compiled the records of
Walker county and can
furnish reliable ab
stracts of title prompt
ly.
Prices of all (404) [xj L\
Commoditii $ XX \ |
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VS® Goodyear Tires \
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THE extremely
fair prices asked
for Goodyear Tires
year in and year out
are shown in the
chart above. Good
year Tires are selling
today for 45% less
than in 1920 ; 39%
less than in 1914.
Despite this, their
quality was never so
high as now. This is
a good time to buy
Goodyears.
i
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DmmUrt IN n// end ricom
mmnd the new Goodyear
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BALMERS
MOTOR HEARSE
Phone Si for Day Calls. Phone 35
for night Calls
THE TRION COMPANY
Trlon Georgia.
fEvery Meal , |j
fig Have a packet in your
|S pecket for ever-ready 9
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HcCLEHfr 4 McCLL'HE
AUornevs-ut-Law
Hamilton National Uuuk Building ,
Chattanooga, I’eua
Practice in me courts of Gecrgiaani
Tennessee.
W. M. Henry Carl laduai
HENBY 4 JACKSON
AUorueys-utiaw
EaFayute, ua.
Practice m alt l*te courts. Office 1|
Jackson Buiiuing.
J. E. Rosser IV. B. Shan
ROSSER A MiAYV
*Uorneyu-al-Law
Offices
Walker County Ba.ik Building
LaEayette, Georgia
tiannlto'' National Hank Building
Chattanooga, lean.
NORMAN Sll ATTACK
AUorney-at-Law
Office in Bank of LaEayette fili££
LaEayette. Ga.
Practice in all Courts, State and
Federal
OR. W. D. BALLENGEr""
Dentis*
office Over Mrs. J. C. Reese’s h 11.
nery Store.
JACKSON BUILDING
LaEayette - - Georgia.
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DIC 4LLtu\ r. w ai<RKNFELL£
Dentist
AFay«iti Georgia
Second Moor bank oi LaFayetta
tuildiug
Dlt 4. u UNDERWOOD
> ... ;ii••lie. I,a. . ' "u
Hesidenei i\.(h .1.1 Rowland oa
North Main Street,
Offir.' oi <•> • ••.in ..iiiioing
Residence Phone 2 shorts on 152
Office Phone 51.
iCLILS .il.Sk
Utome.v-Ai-l,aw
Office V\ ith
Jarksoi* and Jlenry
Lafayette. Ga
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DR. J. J. JOHNSTON
Physician and Surgeo»
Special treatment of Eye, ear,
Throat and Nose. Also Disease!
of Children
Eyes Examined and Glasses Seiaa>
tldeally Fitted
Office 2nd Story Bank of LaFayetta
Building
Office Hours Friday’s & Saturday’!
9tolla. m. Ito4p. m.
J. A SHIELDS, M. D.
Pnysieiau uini surgeon
Office in Cooper Building,
(Over 10c Store) '
LaEayette. Ga.
Office lloui*s:
8:00-9:00 a. m... 1:00-2.00 p. m.
Telephones—lie*-. 151. Office W
DR. SHANNON P. WARREN FELLS
Dentist
U Chiekiniiuiiyu, (>a. On Saturday*
City Offiee, Boom 811. llauiiltaa
Niitioiuil 15. ink Building. .
Corner “Hi and Market Sts.
Chattanooga, Tcnn.
7-28-23
DEYVEY W. HAMMOND, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon ,
Office Over Ix>ach’s Pharmacy
LaFayettc, Georgia.
Telephones:
Day Nos. 159 and 49 I
Night and Sunday No. 84. 1
S. W. FARISS !'<
Attorney-At-Lair ,
Office Over
RHINE BROS. PHARMACY
LaFayetta. 'A