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Ij Its'Results You Want Advertise in The Messenger. Volume XLVI. —No. 50. Congressman Gordon Lee Makes $75,000 Donation To Three Orphans Homes METHODIST, BAPTIST AND PRES BYTERIAN INSTITUTIONS TO RECEIVE $25,000 EACH AS EN DOWMENT FUND—THE PRES ENT INCOME FROM ENDOW MENT WILL APPROXIMATE S4OOO A YEAR—SPECIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES CREATED AS GUARDIANS OF GIFT Rome, Ga., Dec. 23 Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian orphans in Georgia will be the beneficiaries of a ($75,000 endowment created by Con gressman Gordon Lee, representative from the Seventh District of Georgia, K was announced Saturday by the board of trustees created to adminis ter the fund. The endowment was cre ated out of respect to the memory of Congressman Lee’s deceased wife, | deceased mother and deceased mother. of Mrs. Lee. The institutions that will share in the distribution of the proceeds from the endowment are: Methodist Orphans Home, Decatur, Ga., the income to be known as the Elizabeth Gordon Lee fund, in mem ory of the donor’s mother. Baptist Orphan’s Home, Hapeville, Ga., the income to be known as the Hibernia Dougherty Berry fund, in memory of the mother of Mrs. Lee. Presbyterian Orphans Home, Clin ton, S. C., the income to be known as the Olive Emily Berry Lee fund, in memory of the donor’s wife. The instrument creating the endow ment provides that only the income from certain stocks, bonds and secu rities, the total present market value of which is at least $75,000, is to be expended that twenty per cent of such income each year shall be re tained for reinvestment,, thereby aug menting the principal sum each year. The present income from the endow ment is approximately $4,000 a year. The Board of Trustees created by Congressman Lee for administration of the endowment is composed of the following Georgians: Gordon L. Hight, Rome, Ga, nephew of the congressman and a prominent young business man of this city. Horace J. Smith, Dalton, Ga., close personal friend and a prominent manufacturer. William C. Wright, Newnan, Ga., congressman from the Fourth Dis trict. G. E. Maddox, Rome, Ga., attorney and chairman of the state Democrat ic Executive Committee. ' Thomas W. Lee, Chickamauga, Ga., brother of the donor. The board of trustees meeting Friday afternoon in the office of Mr. Maddox organized by the election of Mr. Hight as president and Congress man Wright as secretary and treasu rer. Any vacancy that might occur on the board is to be filled by the re maining members by the election of a citizen of Georgia who is of the same religious denomination as that of the one whose place he is to fill. It is provided that in the event the Presbyterian denomination of Geor gia withdraws its support from the Thorn well Orphanage now maintain ed by the denomination of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, and es tablish a separate orphanage in Geor gia, the Olive Emily Berry Lee fund shall b* paid to the orphanage then supported by the Presbyterians of Georgia. The inMrument creating this en dowment sets forth that the donor be lieves the care, maintenance and proper education of helpless orphans “is one of the best and highest forms of charity.” The property set aside for the endowment is placed in the bands of the trustees for the uses described absolutely without reserva tion on the part of Congressman Lee. REWARD FRC.7T PAGE 123456 l 7345 Lost between E. H. Wyatt s and Cipclcamauga, one wagon cover. Find er return to A. G. White and Co., of Chickamauga, and receive reward. WANTED—2OO bushels peas at •nee —W. A. Watdlaw and Son, La- Fayette. Ga. Halto Gkmntg Mtmnxapx M’CORD TO TAKE MANAGEMENT OF J. A. ALLEN & CO. ON JANUARY IST. TAKING IN VENTORY THIS WEEK MR. ALLEN TO TRAVEL FOR SHOE COMPANY, OF KNOXVILLE MR. McCORD MOVES FAMILY HERE THIS WEEK M. M. McCord, of Section, Ala., recently purchased an interest in the J. A. Alien and Co. Mercantile estab lishment and arrived this waek to take active management of the store beginning January Ist. Mr. McCord has had wide experience in the mer cantile business and comes highly recommended as a successful man ager. He moved his family, wife and tiwo children this week, and they are comfortably homed with Mrs. J. F. Wardlaw on North Main. The town welcomes Mr. and Mrs. McCord and family. Mr. Allen announces that whale he retains interest in the store, which will be operated under the same firm name as now —J. A. Allen and Com pany—that he will travel for the Mbntcastle-HiU Shoe Company, of Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Allen states, that he and his family will continue to make LaFayette their home. - - MRS. SUSAN BARBER, AGED 75 PASSED AWAY WED. MORNING Mrs. Susan Barber, aged 75, of Rome, Ga., died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Bela Johnson in West LaFayette., Wednesday morning at 4:30 o’clock after a brief illness. She is survived by her 2 sons, John and J. D., three daughters, Mrs. Bela John son, Mrs. Susie Faucette and Mrs. Rosa Youngblood. Mrs. Barber was a member of the Baptist church and lived a true and consistent member. The remains were carried to Langs ton cemetery near Armuchee Ga. on Thursday morning for funeral and in terment. The Nuckolls-Kemp-Bryan Co., were in charge. LEGISLATURE CREATES 2 NEW STATE OFFICES Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 27—The cost of the recent extra session was nearly $90,000. It was called into extraordi nary session by the governor to pass tax legislation, but instead of passing legislation to raise more revenue it simply created a couple of new state office—that of state auditor and a tax collecting commission and adjourned. Had it gone further and passed the income tax, calling for a string of folks on the payroll, it would have added still further to the state’s ex penses. The revenue-producing legis lation was conspicuous by its ab sence. Some of the leading farmers of the statie who are constantly figuring on how much tax would be needed or has been needed to pay some of the state’s expense bills, have penciled it down that it would take the state tax of five mills on farm land worth be tween eighteen and twenty million of dollars to pay the cost the recent so called do-nothing legislature. Some folks who saw no necessity for the extra session take the posi tion that with the increased tax on tobacco and the increased tax on gasoline the state will eventually raise enough revenue to meet its ex penses—so there you are. E3S THAN 2000 BALES GINNED IN WALKER UP TO DECEMBER 13TH. 1923 The - bu "port of cotton ginn ounced Dec. 29th by th Commerce, Bu reau - .-s: There were 197’ counting round as 1 > Talker coun ty, . . i.'23 prior to Dp -’-ared with " 1 922.” LaFayette, Georgia, Friday December 28, 1923. AUTO WRECK NEAR CASSANDRA SUN. NIGHT KILLS BOY Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 24—Wm. Kemble, 4-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Kemble, residing at 2107 East Main Street was drowned at a late hour last night when the auto mobile in which he was riding ran from a culvert near Ca9eandra, Ga., and overturned. J. Wise and two sons, Abie and Ldon, residing at the corner of Twenty-seventh and Long streets; Mrs. and Mrs. C. C. Lawson, Miss Erval Wilson, 714 Cedar St.; Ear! Vail and Earl Vail, Jr., of Birming ham, Ala., were more or less serious-) ly injured. According to information received last night, the accident occurred when the car driven by Mr. Wise was crowded from the road by an other car. When the wheels left the road the car started rolling and turned over several times, landing nn a creek, bottom side up. All the oc cupants were pinned underneath, the Kemble child being covered with wa ter. THANKS KU KLUX KLAN, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS FOR DONATION AND SYMPATHY Exalted Cyclops, LaFayette Klan No. 135, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Dear Friends:— I wish to personally thank you and Brother Klansmen for the countesy and sympathy extended to me during our recent bereavement by the loss of our dear husband and father. My wish and hope is that your order will always prosper and flourish. I wish again to thank you. Respectfully, Mrs. J. W. Fuller and family. We wish to extend our thanks and appreciation to the LaFayette Ku Klux Klan No. 135, Realm of Georgia for the sympathy and donation ex tended to us in the time of ouy recent bereavement by the loss of our dear husband and father and also thank the friends and neighbors of Linwood. Mrs. J. W, Fuller and family. H. V. HENRY COMMANDER ROSS GRAHAM POST NO. 87 AMERICAN LEGION An enthusiastic meeting of Ross Graham Post No. 87 of the American Legion was held in the Poet’s Club' roome in the Courthouse on the even ing of the 19th of December. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Commander, H. V. Henry; Ist Vice-Commander, T. W Bryan; 2nd. Vice-Commander, Burl Hall; 3rd. Vice-Commander, W. 0. Cook; Adjutant, W. C. Kemp; Ser- 1 vice Officer, T. W. Bryan; Historian, M. N. Andrews; Chaplain, A. F. Gil reath; Sgt. at Arms, John Day; Re lief Committee, Dr. R. M. Coulter, J. W. Massey, John Edge; Social Com mittee, E. A .Puryear, M. F. Nuck olls, M. N. Andrews. Plans for next year include the es tablishment of a Ladies Auxiliary. The date for the first meeting of the Auxiliary will be announced later and is the desire of the Post that all ladies who are eligible for member ship arrange to meet with the Legion Poet at that time. Mothers, wives, sis ters and daughters of ex-service men are eligible and it is hoped that a large membership will enroll. All ex-service men who are not members of the local Post are urged to join. Applications for membership should be sent to the Post Adjutant. 1924 OFFICERB TO BE INSTALLED AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUN. MORNING The church, Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. officers of the LaFayette Baptist church will be officially and formally Installed next Sunday morn ing. Following the brief installation exercises the pastor, Rev. I. S. Leo nard will preach from the subject: “Forgetting The Past.” The night service Sunday will be known as Col lege Night, which will be in charge of the boys and girls representing the various colleges. The public is cor dially invited and a special invitation is extended the LaFayette high school. Members of the high school are requested to sit in a body. NOTICE Will hare for sale government in spected peach trees, G*. Belle and Elbertas. These trees will be from 3 to 4 feet; all trees are cared for by ex pert tree man. AH orders carefully packed. If you want a floe let of trees at bargain prices, make your orders now to be delivered next fall. —P. D. Wright l •- > ♦ > BOX; FACTORY TO BE N)EW ENTERPRIZE FOR LAFAYETTE A new industry for LaFayette at the first of the year will be a box factory. J. H. B. Rea announces that a box factory will be added to his mill plants on the Central as soon as the proper machinery can be installed and that he hopes to have it in oper ation within a short time. Mr. Rea will have associated with him in this new industry, Samuel Ransom, who will have active management of the new plant. Fuller announcement will doubtless be made later when the plant begins operation. COUNTY DEM. COMMITTEES URGED TO NOT FIX DATE OF PRIMARIES UNTIL AFTER MEETING OF STATE COM.’ To The Members of the State Demo cratic Executive Committee: As you are aware, during the com ing year, the National, State and lo cal elections are to be held. Under the law, tho Primary for the selection of the candidate for the United States Senator, Governor and other State House offeers cannot be held longer than sisty days prior to the general electon jind this Primary must neces sarily be deferred, therefore, until approximately the middie of Septem ber. The Democratic National Conven tion will be held about July Ist. This will necesstate a Presidential Primary prior to that time. As I see it, the com mittee will find itself very seriously embarrassed thereby, unless some ar rangement can be made by which the Primaries to nominate County offeers in the varous counties are held on the same day which we may fix for the Presidential Primary. The expense of holding a Primary in the 160 counties in the State will necessarily be very heavy, and the State Committee will have no funds to pay these expenses. If a Primary should hf called and the various Coun ty committees had no fundi with which to pay the Managers and Clerks, and have to rely entirely on volunteers, my own opinion is that the polls would not be open in a majority of the Militia Districts in the State and volunteer election officials, would in the very nature of things, be the partisan friends of some particular friends of some particular candidate. Under such conditions, a Presdefttial Primary would be exceedingly unsat sfaebory to everybody and would in no wise an expression of the general wishes of the voters of the State. It is customary in a large majority of the Counties of the State to hold primaries for the selection of nomi nees for county officers in the spring or early summer preceding the elec tion. It is my intention to call a meet ing of the State Committee some time in January, and my suggestion is that a definite date for the Presidential Primary be fixed at that meeting, and that the various County Committees be requested to call their County Primaries on the same date. In this way the County Committees could ar range for the name of the Presiden tial candidate to go on the same tick et, and not only would the expense be thus provided for, but a full vote could reasonably be anticipated. If you consider this a practical sugges tion, or if yo uhave any other sugges tion as to how the expenses of a Pres idential Primary can be arranged for I would be very glad to hear from you and in the meantime I suggest that you take this matter up with the Chairman of the county committee in your section and request them not to fix a date for their local County Primaries until after the meeting of the State Executive Committee, at which the suggestion above made, or any other suggestions, can be consid ered and acted upon. Very respectfully yours, G. E. MADDOX. Chairman Democratic State Ex ecutive Committee. Mrs. Hammond Entertained College Set With Bridge Party Friday Evening. Mrs. J, L. Hammond entertained the college set with a bridge party Friday evening, honoring Mis* Mary Lee Rhyne who is home for the holi days from Wesleyan College, Mecon. Miss Beth Rhyne was presented a dainty hand-made''gift for top score tor the girls tad Mr. Byron Wagnon made the highest snore o t the boys. The honoree ««• given on attractive vanity case. After .the games the guest* were served a delicious sweet course. COUNTY AGENT SAYE TO ARRIVE HERE NEXT WEEK TO BEGIN ACTIVE DUTIES AS WALKER’S FARM DEMONSTRA TOR FORMER AGENT VAN SANT HERE NEXT WEEK AS SISTING NEW AGENT AGRI CULTURAL BOARD APPOINT ED FIRST MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON At the suggestion of a number of farmers and business men of the coun pointed an agricultural board to co ty, former County Agent Vansant ap operate with the new county agent, Mr. Saye, who assumes active charge Jan. Ist., this board to meet early in January. Pursuant to this request Mr Vansant has appointed the following as a board to meet at the county ag ent’s office at the courthouse on next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. “Before leaving Walker I was in structed by a committee of farmers and business men to name an agri cultural board for Mr, G. P. Saye and to call a meeting of this board during the first week of January. In select ing this board I have tried to make it representative of the farming and business interests of the county and to have all of the districts represent ed, as well as the civic organizations and county boards. The membership is as follows: D. W. Herndon, W. B. Shaw, E. P. Hall, Jr., O. P. Andrews, J. H. Kil gore, C. Dunaway, Dr. Lee Bird, Frank Hibbens, J. C. Young, T. L. Cantrell, A. G. Cremer, W. S. Par ker, W. A. J, Burns, Claude Clemepta, and "W. C. Green. “I am informing each of these members of a meeting to be held in the County Agent’s office on Wednes day, January 2nd at 2 p. m. Mr. Saye and I will be present at this meeting. I will return to LaFayette on Mon day, Dec. 31st and will remain there throughout the week.” DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY DEMANDS A CONTINUED EXPANSION OF FACILITIES Railroads must spend money, to save money, says President W. A. Win bum, of the Central of Georgia Rail way, in a statement quoting interest ing figures which show how the pub lic welfare is served by well-planned expenditures for improvements and extensions to railway facilities. Mr. Winburn argues that railway eanings should be set and kept at a rate suf ficient to encourage investment in rail way securities, since the investing public is the only source from which transportation companies can obtain money for enlargements and improve ments. The freight business of the Central of Georgia was 69 per cent greater in 1922 than in 1910, but this increas ed business was handled with a de crease in the number of freight train miles. If the average freight train load had been in 1922 what it was in 1910, the direct coats of freight train operation, including wages, fuel, lu bricants and other supplies, would have been $1,726,047.52 greater in 1922 than they actually were. To bring about this result the Central of Georgia has expended in the last 12 years $15,715,324 for new locomotivts of greater power, so that greater tonnage could be handled in a train, and for enlargement of terminal fa cilities and the building of new track. The growth and development of the country demands the continued expan sion of transportation facilities. Rail roads must continue to invest heavily in such improvements as will reduce costs of operation so that they may render efficient service at the lowest possible rates. Freedom from threats iof premature rate reductions, and ab sence of hampeing legislation, Mr. Winburn says, is the foundation of any reasonable hope for lower rail way rates. NOTICE ,L. D. Pence has applied to the un dersigned for exemption of person ality and setting apart and valuation of Jiome steed. Notice is hereby given that I will pass upon said applica tion at my office on Jan. 6, 1924. W. L. STANSELL, Ordinary. Want Ads in Messenger Pay One Dollar Per Year COLLEGE NIGHT AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM TONIGHT AT 7:30 O’CLOCK 2ND ANNUAL PROGRAM OF STUNTS —COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ALUMNI TO PERFORM NO ADMISSION CHARGES, PUBLIC CORDIALLY INVITED A ROUSING PRO GRAAM CERTAIN Student# of Walker county, repre senting some twenty Southern col leges and Universities, together with members of the high schools of the county, stage the second annual “Col lege Night” program at the high school auditorium tonight at 7:30 o’- clock. Last year the movement was start ed with the idea of bringing together the college and high school students and people of the county as a means of encouraging higher education, and the program of stunts of each col lege represented was unique, inter esting, entertaining and profitable. The college and high school stu dents and alumni will be well-repre sented on the program tonight Each representation is allowed seven min utes for the stunt. Knowing that the event was to be staged here tonight, the students have mado large preparations and a program of real "pep” will be "pull ed off.” The general public is cordially in vited; no admission fee is charged, it is free to everybody and a packed house is certain. If you want to get young again and feel the thrill of young life, the en thusiasm of college rnd high school spirit, and lend encouragement to the advancement of education in this county, be there by all means, a rous ing program is in itoro for you POCAHONTAB CHAPTER O. E. 8. ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 192* Roseville, Ga. Dec. 25—The Poca hontas Chapter 0. E. S. held a bu siness meeting Tuesday evening, Dec 18th at the Masonic Hall at which time the following officers were elect ed for 1924: Worthy Matron, Mrs. Roy J. Mc- Farland; Associate Worthy Matron, Mrs. Alex Fricks; Cv.auctress, Mrs. R. D. Hawkins; Asscoate Conduct ress, Mrs. Olin Cook; Stc., Mrs J. A. Henderson; TVeasurer, Mrs. W. E. Huff; Adah, Mrs. Dailey; Ruth, Mrs John Dobbs; Esther, Miss Margaret Henderson; Martha, Mrs. Jas. Webb; Electa, Mrs. Charles Suggs. These of ficers will be installed about the firs’ of the year with appropriate ceremo nies. The Pocahontas Chapter has grown rapidly the past year and there are a number of candidates who will be initiated at a later date. T. W. B.RYAN ELECTED W. M. WESTERN LODGE F. & A. M. LAST FRIDAY NIGHT , At the regular communication of Western Lodge No. 91 F. and A. M the following officers were elected for the year 1924: Thoa. W. Bryan. W. M.; Fred Moore, S. W.; H. E Center, J. W.; J. E. Patton, Treaa.. and D. R. Thurman, Sec. Immediate ly following election the new officer, were installed. All appointive officers will be filled at the next regular meeting in January. URGED TO MAKE WATCH NIGHT A SPECIAL NIGHT OF PRAYEK The Great Commission Prayei League urges pastors and people ev erywhere in this land to observe Watch Night as prayer night for tb quickening of the body of Christ and world evangelization. The Messenge has been requested to urge the ob servance of this special prayer night for the church’s consecration and the dominance of the Prince of Peace throughout the world. DAVID F. POPE BACK AT SAME OLD STANP Now that the Legislature has eu joumed, I am practicing law and ne gotiating loans with office at sam: old stand. Be coming to see me u* general principles and on the friend ship scork in particular, adv. DAVIT) F. POPE