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Volume XLVII.—No. 15.
MUST CONNECT
WITH CITY SEWER
BY JUNE 15TH.
AND PERSONS OWNING DWELL
INGS IN UNSEWERED AREA
OF TOWN MUST PROVIDE SAN
ITARY TOILETS. STATE OF
FICIALS IN PASSING SANITA
RY ORDINANCE ON MONDAY
- NIGHT INSANITARY TOI
LETS DECLARED A NUISANCE
penalty for failure to
COMPLY WITH ORDINANCE
Monday night at the regular month
ly meeting of the city council, a city
wide sanitary ordinance was passed,
providing for the connection of all
homes with the city sewer and water
mains where sewers are within prox
imity of the premises, also providing
for the installation of sanitary toilets '
in the unsewered area of the town.
All insanitary closets were declared
a nuisance and a penalty was fixed by
the council for failure to comply with
the new ordinance.
AU connections and surface toilets
must "'uinected and installed by
June ltna this year. .
The toilets to be constructed in the
unsewered area of the town are to be
of such type as that approved by the
Board of Health and those affected by
this part of the ordinance may secure
plans and workable suggestions as to
the type and construction of the nec-
I essary equimpent for the disposal of
' human excreta from the county board
of health, since the town is a part of
the county and the county Board of
Health work embraces the entire
county.
1 The full text of the ordinance speci-
Jfying full details of the provisions set
| f orth in the ordinance will be publish-
Jed in full in next week’s issue of the
I Messenger for the information of the
I people of the community.
Tax Return Dates
I* Triday, Saturday and Monday, Apr.
i * 12 and 14th. were fixed by the City
’Council Monday night as the days in
which the tax payers are to make
their returns for the City. Announce
-1 ment of the dates .and place is made
elsewhere in this issue,* to which the
! attention of the tax-payers of the
town is called.
The Council named T. A. Jackson,
l J. P. Hall and Tom Shaw as City Tax
Assessors, and the Chairman, Mr.
\' Jaskson urges all tax payers in mak-
I ing the returns of city property to be
certain to give the location, street,
etc., cf the lots in order to assist the
assessors in expediting their work of
equalization.
House Soon To Consider
Senator Harris’ Farm Bill
Atlanta, Ga.—The national house
of representatives is expected to con
sider soon the bill of U. S. Senator
W. J. Karris, of Georgia, stopping the
reports on intentions to plant cotton
issued in the past by the department
of agriculture in March of each year,
according to reports received here to
day. The bill has passed the Senate
and has been favorably reported by
the House Agricultural Committee.
Other parts of the bill provide for
the crop condition reports to be issued
at the same time a3 the cotton gin
ning figures by the Census Bureau.
Senator Harris says the bill, with a
companion measure regulating gin
ning figures, will furnish more accur
ate statistics and help the cotton far
mer. The legislation, he said, is de
signed to make it harder for the cot
ton gambler to depress the price on
announcement of government figures.
The bill is approved by the An nr. can
Cotton Association, „ii 3 Gsm-gia Cot
ton Growers Co-oper f,i r e Ass.riiition
and other farm orgini;
L MRS. HIGDON DIES SUDDEN *
AT HOME OF HER DAUGH R
J Ohickamauga, Ga April B—Mrs V
J
A! her daughter, Mrs Dovie Lee Man
, nat her hue at Flintstone Sat
: iy afternoon. Mrs. Higdon had
■n in failing health for sometime
( 1 had gone to her daughter’s home
j a change when death came sud
;ly. Besides her husband she is sur
ed by the following children, Mrs.
vie Lee Mangram of Flintistone,
__ js. Bessie Mae Huggins, Elbert, Wil
D. Hassell, Vinnie Leu and Bertha
j i'don, all of this place. The funeral
: 'vices were held Sunday afternoon
I ~m the Flintstone Baptist church
• ! j. were conducted by the Rev. Ford
UVs. Interment in the Missionary
■■age cemetery.
sympathy i 3 felt for the be-
MEvod family in the loss of the wife
■l mother.
IQbBAGE PLANTS, all kinds, $1.15
thousand; Porto Rico potato
Bjßnts, $1.50 for 500 lots; $2 per 1000;
3/JTS per 1000 in 5000 lots and $1.50
■s'■lo,ooo lots. Satisfaction guaran
f Wj—Pittman and Patrick Plant Co.,
* Mi ega, Ga. 5-30-Bt.
3§alte (Emtnftj
MONDAY NIGHT
EMORY GLEE CLUB
HERE 45 STRONG
INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AS
“THE SOUTH’S SWEETEST SING
ERS” TO PRESENT MOST ELAB
ORATE AND VARIED PROGRAM
AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDITOR
IUM-POPULAR PRICES—SEAT
SALE NOW ON
The Emory University Glee Club
internationally known as the “south’s
sweetest singers,” is bringing its en
tire orchestra to LaFayette on Mon
day, April 14th, for one of the most
elaborate programs in the history of
the organization. The performance is
to be given at the high school audi
torium.
Never in the history of the glee
club or orchestra has such an elabo
rate program been planned as that to
be given here. Approximately forty
five men will take part. Two great
orchestral numbers, Schubert’s “Un
finished Symphony” and a Mendel
sohnn march, will be featured; the
glee clJb will sing ts most popular
songs, including a Beethoven number
and several negro spirituals; the fam
ous Emory quartet, and two soloists,
one of them James Stiles, of this city,
will sing; a fifteen-piece jazz orches
tra will play; Sam Proger, distin
guished young violinist, will appear;
and as a crowning feature the club
wall present an original one-act ver
sion of the screaming farce comedy,
“Charley’s Aunt.”
All of these features- were selected
as outstanding hits of the programs
presented by the club on its highly
successful tours this year. The club
has played in ten southern states and
twenty-one different cities. Every
where it has received praise as one of
.the {irenjier college musical organiza
tions in America.
There is no doubt, according to the
Atlanta Journal, that both the orches
tra and glee club this year are the
best that Emory has ever sent out.
And that is saying a lot, because the
club last year created a sensation on
its 2,500 mile trip to Cuba.
Officers of the glee club and orches
tra are: Director, Dr. Malcolm H.
Dewey; manager, Raymond Nixon;
President of the glee club, Alton O’-
Steen; vice-president, Clarence
Sharpe; secretary, Charles Hurt;
president of the orchestra, Sam Pro
ger; vice-president, Ed Jones; secre
tary, Van Ferguson.
The members of the glee club and
orchestra include: Trigg James, Ed
win Sheppe, Wendell Whipple, Adrien
Serex, Clarence Sharp, Cecil Bowers,
James Stiles, Hunt Clement, B. K.
Bilbrey, Edgar Boling, Chess Lago
marsino, William Harbin, Herbert
Hill, Earnest Hartsock, Thomas
James, Marshal Vandiver, Lee Ander
son, Raymond Nixon, Alton O'Steen,
Sam Proger, Ed Jones, Van Ferguson,
Benson Freeman, Lawson Jones, Sam
Geffen, Mason Bibb, Joe Jonson, Mar
ion Watson, Preston Arkwright, Les
ter Harbin, Ellis Hale, Sidney Ken
nuedy, Robert Crawford, Jasper Hunt,
James Rickard, Alvin Stebbins, War
ren Jackson, Eugene Phillips, Mor
ris Segal and George Morgan.
Seat sale is on at Loach’s Pharmacy
and Rhyne Bros. Pharmacy.
Reception After Concert
Immediately following the Glee
Club concert, a reception will be held
by the LaFayette Woman’s Club in
honor of the Glee Club, to which a
number of young ladies of the town
have been invited. The members of
the Woman’s Club are cordially urged
to attend the concert and remain for
the reception to assist in entertaining,
APPRECIATES KINDNESS
OF FRIENDS FOR DONATING
INVALIDS CHAIR
We desire to express our deep ap
preciation for the generous donations
of our friends in the Hosery Mill
town and in the rural section for pro
viding a lovely chair for (Miss) Lou
Smith. Our hearts cannot speak how
we feel, but it is a help and kindness
we shall not soon forget. May God
bless your acts of love.—Misses Lou
and Martha Smith.
OSCAR MiX DIED TUESDAY
AT MILLEDGEVILLE AFTER
A LINGERING ILLNESS
Oscar Mix passed away Tuesday
night at Milledgeville, following an
illness of several years For the past
few years he had been paralyzed and
death was expected almost any time.
However, he made a brave fight for
three years.
Some ten years ago he was married
to Miss Addie McCarty, daughter of
Mrs. E. E. McCarty of this city, who
is his lone survivor.
The body will reach here Thursday
afternoon and funeral services will be
held Friday morning at 10 o’clock
from the local Baptist church, con
ducted by Rev. I. S. Leonard. Inter
ment will be in the Naomi cemetery.
Funeral arrangements will be in
charge of LaFayette Furniture Cq.
LaFayette, Georgia, Friday, April 11, 1924.
L-JiM)! cjraflDH ■
The above pictures of little Russell Johnson, the six-year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Johnson, of this city, strikingly portray the work of the
Scottish Rite Hospital, of Atlanta, for crippled children.
Little Russell could not walk at all and the picture above shows the hor
rible condition of his feet and legs the day he entered the hospital. Nine
months later, as the second picture shows, he was released from the hospital,
his legs straightened and able to walk on ctutches. He can now walk without
his crutches and the physicians say that he will soon be able to walk and
play as all other perfectly formed children. He was born with defective feet
and legs, and in the fall of 1922, J. L. Hammond, of this city, brought to the
attention of the family the work of the Scottish Rite Hospital and urged
them to send little Russell there for treatment. Mr. Hammond interested
himself greatly in the little fellow and secured the proper papers, certificates
etc. ~and went with him to the hospital, where the marvelous work was done.
Little Russell and the family are deepljt grateful for Mr. Hammond’s ef
forts in behalf of Little Russell, and indeed, it is a most noble work.
Little Russell entered the hospital in January 1923, remaining there nine
months with the results that hi 3 defective feet and limbs have been correct
ed, and he is now able to walk as other little boys are. Little Russell is now
as happy as a little fellow could be, and he has sufficient reason for it.
Through the efforts of the Woman's Club and the Commissioner of Health
two other cases from Walker County have been treated at the Scottish Rite
hospital where permanent corrections of defects have been made.
ORDER 4 CAR LOADS
OF FERTILIZER FOR
WALKER FARMERS
The fertilizer committee of the
county met in the County Agent’s of
fice Saturday the sth and ordered four
car loads of fertilizer. Quite a large
saving was made on the fertilizer and
a great many farmers took advantage
of the opportunity of purchasing co
operatively. The order was placed with
Swift and Co,
LAFAYETTE SCHOOL NOTES
By Maude Arnold
The Seventh District Meet which is
to be held in Dalton April 18 and 19
:3 creating quite a sensation through
out the LaFayette High school With
six most competent men in athletics
and such representatives as those we
have in ready-writing, expression,
music and declamaition we are most
sure of attaining several first places
in the meet. A large number of the
students and people of the town are
making ready to attend and kelp
boost the delegates.
The seventh grade of this institu
tion is becoming very much inclined
to take up high school activit.ee sa
they might be better accustomed to
the mannerisms and rules wh .n tnev
are “Freshies”. During the past week
they have had a debate, termed “Re
solved, That the Boys Are More Use
ful Than the Girls.” The affirmative
side of the question was supported by
Edward Bagwell, Eugene Ball and Ed
mund Shattuck; the negative by
Catheran Blaylock, Ruth Warrenfells
and Verna Watson. The judges ren
dered their decision in favor of the
affirmative side. These seventh grad
ers have organized literary societies;
namely, Wilson and McAdoo and are
planning to carry on their work as
any larger society would.
The Clean-up parade held by the
entire school last week was a great
success. The representative of the
Clean-up Campaign Headquarters,
here from Atlanta reported this to be
the most influential one he has direct
ed.
Mrs. Steele, Freshman class mother,
visited them last v/eek and promised
a medal to be awarded at the close of
school to the member making the
highest general average for the year.
The Btudents were delightfully en
tertained Wednesday morning during
the chapel exercises. The boys’ dou
ble quartette gave two selections;
“When You and I were Young Mag
gie,” and “Sitting In A Comer.” Mrs.
Patton read a very interesting paper
on “LaFayette of the Past,” giving
valuable knowledge to the students of
their home town.
Several visitors have been-present
for Chapel exercises recently. We are
always glad of their presence and
wish they would attend oftener for
we feel then as though the town is
taking ah interest in us.
2 STORES- GARAGE
AND RESIDENCE ARE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Rossville, Ga. April B—A destruct
ive fire broke out Monday afternoon
about 3 o’clock at Midway between
this place and Ft. Oglethorpe and be
fore it could be extinguished, the gen
eral merchandise stores of W. O.
Ransome and Elmer Chambers, the
Midway garage and the home of
“Cracker” Price were completely des
troyed together with the contents of
all. The fire originated in the Ran
some store, just how, has not yet been
discovered. Mr. Ransome was in the
store and had been in the rear of the
building just a few minutes before
the fire started in that part. The
flames attracted a large crowd and
for awhile the entire village was
threatened with destruction. The fire
engine from Chattanooga arrived and
prevented the nearby buildings from
being burned. The loss will run to sev
eral thousand dollars, a part of which
is covered with insurance. Two cars
were burned in the Midway Garage.
FUNERAL SERVICE SUNDAY
FOR “GRANDPA” CAMERON
The funeral service for “Granpa”
Cameron will be held at Corinth
church Sunday morning. Mr. Cameron
was a devoted Christian man and his
church and community will miss him.
Though his total blnidness disabled
him from getting out very much yet
his influence was felt in a wide way.
W. L. MAVITY.
HEALTH COMMISSIONER’S
REPORT, WEEK ENDING 9TH
Deaths—l 3.
Births—2o.
Deaths reported by the following
doctors —Wm. D. Rogers. H F Shields,
Geo. P. Willbanks, M \V Spearman,
J A Shields, R M Coulter, J P Wood.
Births reported by the following
doctors: A. T. Peay, H F Shields. J A
Shields, Geo. P Willbanks, D W Ham
mond, M. W Spearman, T A Key, R
M Coulter, D G Elder.
Tht health office sends to the moth
er of each birth a baby book; if you
have not received yours it is because
your doctor has not reported. See him.
Weekly Report Com. of Health
For the Week Ending April 2.
Birth—2. Deaths—2.
Births reported by midwife Susie
Careathers.
Deaths reported by following doc
tors: R. M. Coulter, J. A. Shields.
The health office sends to the moth
er of each birth a baby book; if you
have not received yours it is because
your doctor hag not reported. See him,
FOR SALE—Same good cotton seed
for planting; also cabbage and to
mato plants—A| P Warrenfelrs, ha-
Fayctte, Ga. R. jl. 4-18 2tx
7TH. DISTRICT
SCHOOL MEET AT
DALTON 18-19
CONTESTANTS IN ATHLETICS, ’
DECLAMATION, MUSIC, RECI
TATION AND ESSAYS ARE ALL
CHOSEN LOCAL HIGH
SCHOOL DETERMINED TO WIN
FIRST PLACES CONSIDER
ABLE LOCAL INTEREST IN
COMING NEXT WEEK
Friday and Saturday April 18-19
are the dates of the Seventh District
High School Meet at Dalton.
Considerable interest has been tak
en in the coming Meet and quite a
large representation will go from La-
Fayette to Dalton next week.
All contestants from the local high
school have been selected as follows:
Athletics
100-yard dash, Frank Bowen; Mil
ton Langley, alternate.
Running High Jump—Neal Watts;
William Shattuck, alternate.
Shot Put—Hoke Smith; Lealand
Loach, alternate.
Pole Vault, Sam Pledger; Lealand
Loach, alternate.
220-yard dash—Milton Langley;
Frank Bowen, alternate.
Running Broad Jump—Frank Bow
en; Lealand Loach, alternate.
440-yard dash, Raymond Cook;
Lealand I/oach, alternate.
120-yard Hurdles—Milton Langley;
Frank Bowen, altemabe.
Half mile relay—Neal Watts, Mil
ton langley, Frank Bowen and Ray
mond Cook.
Boy’s Essay Contest
R. A. Duke; Marion Steele, alter
nate.
Girl’s Essay Contest
Nannie Anna Stewurt; Louise Can
non, alternate.
Piano
Nannie Anna Stewart; Ruth Phipps,
alternate.
Declamation
Lealand Loach; li. A. Duke, alter
nate.
- Recitation
Winnifred Stiles.
The teachers who will attend the
meet will be Supt. D. T. Cooper, Prof.
W. W. Snead; Misses Olah Teabeaut,
Lola Waldrop, Georgia Thomas and
Allie G Carson.
JUDGE WRIGHT TO PREACH
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
AT BERRY SCHOOLS
Rome, Ga.—The Senior Class at
The Berry Schools have selected
Judge Mioses Wright to preach the
Commencement Sermon at the Berry
Schools on Sunday, April 27th.
The early commencement this year
is due to the fact that the schools had
an unusual early start in the fall,
The Class President for tha Girls is
Miss Nina Russell, of Floyd county,
and for the Boys School it in Mr.
Glenn Morris, of Rocky Face, Ga.
The senior class at present numbers
ninety-three students. It is expected
that the entire group will receive di
plomas.
The commencement program begins
on Thursday, April 24th, when the
Foundation School has its exercises
and will conclude with the High
School Commencement Exercises on
Tuesday, April 29th.
Mrs. J. A. Roper Laid To Rent
Tuesday At Concord Cemetery
Mrs. J. A. Roper, aged 39 years,
passed away at her home near Villa
now on last Monday
The deceased is survived by her
husband and seven children.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 11 o’clock from Concord
church in the presence of a large con
course of relatives and friends con
ducted by Rev. Jones. Interment was
in the Concord cemetery.
The LaFayettte Furniture Compa
ny had charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
WASHINGTON COUNTY HOLDS
RECORD HOG SALE
Sandersville, Ga., April 2.—A record
hog sale was held in Washington coun
ty Tuesday of last week when ten cars
of hogs were sold from the county in
one (lay. These ten cars netted the
farmers of the county about SIO,OOO.
These hogs were 3old at a co-oper
ative sale and were therefore sold to
the highest bidder, who was The
White Provision Company, of Atlanta.
The price being 7.15 per cwt.
The hog industry is the salvation of
the farmers of this county. One or
more co-operative hog sales have been
, held in this county every month this
year; and to able to have cash coming |
in every month of the year is worth
much toward keeping a farmer on his
feet during financial depressions.
■ ■■l II—« I
FOR KALE—Seed com, Looney Tenn.
Red Cob Improved Hickory King.
This corn is selected by the best seed
I grower in Tennessee, $3 per bushel—
J T Grant, BossvdHe, Ga. R. 1. It
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Want Ads in
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Pay
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One Dollar Per Year
W. M. U. INSTITUTE
NORTHWEST GA.
IN SESSION HERE
TODAY AND FRIDAY—THIRTEEN
ASSOCIATIONS IN THIS SEC
TION OF THE STATE REPRE
SENTED STRONG PROGRAM
FEATURING EACH SESSION
BIG PAGENAT TONIGHT—FOR
WARD LOOKING PLANS FOR
ADVANCEMENT BEING LAID
The first session of the Northwest
Georgia Division W. M. U. Institute
Oiat this morning at the local Baptist
church at ten o’clock with Mm. G. S.
Borders, of Cedartown presiding. The
morning session was devoted to ad
dresses of wcicome, young people’s
work, messages from the Home Mis
sion Board .alignments of homes to
visitors, etc.
The afternoon session features the
work of the young people’s asociations
and the afternoon program will close
with an address by Miss Allen, Young
People’s Leader and College Corres
pondent for Georgia.
Thursday night the following will
be the program:
7:3o—Music.
' Devotional led by Pastor—Rev. L S
Leonard;'
Address—Miss Juliette Mather, S.
B. Convention.
Message—Miss F. Catharine Bryan,
China.
Pageant—“ The Call of the Cross.”
A most interesting program has
been armomrced for Friday as follows:
Friday Morning
10 a. m.—Music.
Devotional—Mrs. R B Germany,
Rome.
Message of Vice-President
.Short Reports of Personal Service,
White Cross, Stewardship.
10:30. School of Missions—Mrs.
Taul White, Rome.
11 a. m. “Completing our Cam
paign Pledge—Mass Laura Leo Pat
rick, Cor Sec.-Treas. Ga. B W M U.
Song, “All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name."
Address
Adjourn for luncih.
2 p. m. Devotional—Miss Juliette
Mather.
Address—Miss F. Catharine Bryan.
Music
Address—Mrs W J Neal.
Report of Committees.
Thirteen associations are embraced
in the Insttiute which is holding its
session at the Baptist church an fol
lows: Catoosa, Carrollton, Coosa,
Chattooga, Floyd County, Middle
Cherokee, North Georgia, Polk Coun
ty, Coosaville, Lookout Valley, New
Hope, Gordon County and Pleasant
Valley.
THE REBEL
Ed. Mesenger:—
An interesting paper nu» fallen in
to my hands and with your permission
your readers may know of “my find.”
The above title is found at the head of
the first page of a small folio paper
which fell into my hands to-day.
Just above tho original title this is
found, “The original copy of this pub
lication is in the hands of L. H. Sylar.
Ooltewiah, Tenn.”
Date: “Chattanooga, Tennessee,
August », 1861.”
Il ** mc,rn:n 8 by Franc
oT&rmfl of subscription—One copy
one month, $1.00”
“No subscription received for a
longer period than one month.”
Times must have been just a little
unsettled about this date here in our
city.
Here is one of the advertisements
found in the first column:
For Sale or Exchange—One negro
woman; goo J cook, ironer and wash
er, for sale or exchange for a boy
Apply at this office.”
In the same column the following
advertisement Is found:
“For Sale—A desirable residence
within the corporate limits of Chatta
nooga, containing ten acres of land,
fair improvements, 150 young fruit
trees, 100 catawba grape vines and
other fruits. There is a well of good
water, and a cistem on the place. For
further information enquire at W A
A. R. R. office.”
The State of Georgia then os well
as now owned property here.
“Headquarters.
“Chattanooga, Aug. 2, 1862.
“Special Order.
“Travelers going north or south will
not be permitted to visit the lines of
this army except on business. No per
; son be permitted to come within
the lines on visits or pleasure, to eith
er citizens or soldiers. Citizens wish
ing to trade within the lines hereto
fore mentioned will call at the Prevost
Marshal’s and obtain the necessary
' 1 permit.
i “GEO. MASSEY,
Brig. Geh’l. Comm’d’g.”
“Aug. 5.—1 W.”. j