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The Messenger.
Volume XLVII. —No. 34.
LaFayette Schools Open
Monday September Bth
PUPILS MUST HAVE
MATRICULATION
CARDS—BOARD
r
EXPENSES FOR OPERATING
SCHOOL SYSTEM EXCEEDS IN
COME-BOARD MAKES FRANK
STATEMENT TO PUBLIC OF FI- j
NANCIAL CONDITION WILL
REQUEST A MATRICULATION
FEE AS SOLUTION TO PROB
LEM PATRONS URGED TO
CO-OPERATE
The LaFayette Public Schools will
open on Monday, September Bth ,1924,
with Superintendent D. T. Cooper
and a competent faculty in charge.
Tuition Rates
Bona fide residents of the LaFay
ette School District will not be requir
ed to pay any tuition in any of the
grades. Residents of the county out
side of the LaFayette School District,
not residing in any independent sys
tem within the county, will not be
charged tuition in any of the high
school grades. Residents of the county
below the eighth grade, aud non-resi
dents of the county, will be charged
the following tuition:
First to Third Grades—s 2 per mo.
h* Fourth to Sixth Grades —$2.50
Seventh Grade —$3.00
Eighth and Ninth Grade—s3.so
Tenth and Eleventh Grades —54.00
Tuition is payable in advance, and
this requirement will be strictly en
forced. Patrons, whose children are
subject to the payment of tuition,
should see to it that tuition is paid in
advance each month, thus relieving
the child of the embarrassment of be
ing sent home on account of the non
payment of tuition.
Pupils taking Domestic Science will
be required to pay an incidental fee of
$1.50 at the opening of school and a
like incidental fee on February Ist,'
1925, to defray the expense of mate
rials used in this department. These
incidental fees are payable in advance !
to the head of the Domestic Science
Department.
Frank Statement As To Operating
Expenses
} The Board of Trustees desire ta
r state that the total income from all
sources for the support of the schools
is insufficient to pay the necessary
running expenses of the schools, as
maintained, and it is absolutely nec- I
essury to devise ways and means for
increasing the income or it will be nec J
essary to curtail the term of the
schools, or otherwise decrease the ef
ficiency. The fact that the expense in
cident to the running of the schools
is in excess of the total revenue, is
largely due to the fact that within
the past few years, the school popu
lation has largely increased, while, on
the other hand, the taxable values of
the school district have decreased. The
total enrollment during the last school
year exceeded seven hundred, and the
taxable values of the Dis
trict were materailly less'
than they were four years previous.
The inevitable result of the largely
increased school population, accom
panied by a decrease in revenue, is
an excess of expenditure over income.
It is absolutely necessary for the
Board of Trustees to take some steps
to correct the present situation. It
is impossible to decrease the number
of teachers, for every teacher in the
system now has all the work he or
she can possibly do. The scale of sala- j
ries paid teachers in the system is
, below the standard of other schools of
k 'like standing, and it is impossible for 1
l the Board of Trustees to employ j
possessing the teaching abil-'
\y demanded by the Accrediting Com- [
1 mission at salaries below the present
scale. An endeavor to decrease sala- \
ries would necessarily mean the re- '
moval of our high school from the ac
credited list of Georgia High Schools,
and the Board of Trustees feel cer
tain that the patrons do not care to
have this done. Without decreasing
the number of teachers, or salaries, it |
becomes absolutely necessary to in
crease the revenue in some way. We
now have nineteen teachers, including
the Superintendent, and two janitors,
on our pay roll. Ten teachers are be
ing paid a salary of $75.00 per month;
two teachers $125.00 per month; four
teachers SIOO.OO per month; one
teacher $50.00 per month, and one
teacher $35.00 per month. The Super
intendent’s monthly salary is $222.22,
and our janitors’ $60.00. A comparison
of this scale of salaries with the sala
ries being paid by other school sys
tems of the state of Georgia, will con
l inusively show that the standard of
■ salaries in the LaFayette Public
w Schools is far below the average in
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L.H. DYER NAMED
MODERATORFOR
HIS 10TH. TERM
87TH. ANNUAL MEETING OF
COOSA ASSOCIATION ONE OF
BEST IN HISTORY OF ASSOCI
ATION BBTH. MEETING TO
BE HELD WITH MACEDONIA
BAPTIST CHURCH AT VILLA
NOW
On last Thursday afternoon the
Coosa Baptist Association in annual
meeting at Shiloh church, unanimous
ly re-elected Lee H. Dyer, as Moder
ator, and also all the other associ
ation offioers were re-elected.
Shiloh was host to one of the best
annual meetings ever held by the Coo
sa Baptist Association, and the large
number of delegates and representa
tives were delightfully entertained by
the people of West Armuchee Valley.
Reports from the various societies
and church organizations revealed
progress, and were very encouraging.
Mr. Dyer is the veteran Moderator
of the Coosa Association, having been
elected for his tenth term. He was
first elected by the association meet
ing at LaFayette in 1915 and has
served the association acceptably and
efficiently for nine years.
The annual meeting next August
will be held with Macedonia Baptist
church at Villanow in East Armuchee.
the State of Georgia. NaO^ithstand
ing this fact, our monthly pay roll
is $1767.22 for salaries alone. In ad
dition to this expenditure, it is nec
essary to expend money for fuel, the
upkeep of the buldings, insurance,
desks and numerous other items that
are absolutely necessary in the proper
conduct of the school system. One can
readily see that this requires a con
siderable outlay of money, which must
necessarily be secured from some
source.
An analysis of the finances of the
schools show' that the annual cost per
pupil in the LaFayette Public Schools
is approximately $22.50, or $2.50 per
month. This per capita cost, as com
pared with other schools of like char
acter, is exceedingly low, and shows
that the public school funds are not
being extravagantly expended.
Matriculation Fee Requested For
Each Pupil
In order to partially relieve the
present deficit, the Board of Trustees
have determined to request the pay
ment of a matriculation fee of SI.OO
per pupil. We desire to frankly state
that we realize that we cannot force
the payment of this, incidental fee, but
the school situation is such that we
hope every patron of the school will
cheerfully accede to the request for
the payment of the incidental fee. All
pupils, resident and non-resident, will
be required to obtain a matriculation
card before being admitted to the |
schools. These matriculation cards
will be in the hands of D. W Herndon,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Board
of Trustees, at the Bank of LaFay
ette, and ready for distribution on and
after Monday, September Ist. Patrons
are requested to secure matriculation
cards during the week prior to the op
ening of school, so that there will bo
no confusion or delay incident to the
entry of pupils on the opening day.
All patrons willing to pay the matric
ulation fee of SI.OO per pupil, in or
der to help defiay the incidental ex-,
penses incident to the running of the;
schools, will pay this matriculation 1
fee to the Secretary and Treasurer at
the time of securing the matriculation
card. If, however, the patron, residing
within the school district, is not, for!
any reason, willing to assist in the 1
payment of the incidental expenses of
the school by the payment of this ma7 ,
triculation fee, a matriculation card
will be issued without the payment of
the matriculaHon fee on demand made
on the Secretary and Treasurer. All
non-resident pupils, whether in the
grammar grades os high school, will
be required to secure matriculation
| cards and pay SI.OO matriculation fee
before entering school. Tuition, where
the pupil is subject to the payment of
same, will be paid to the Superin
tendent or principal in charge.
We believe that the faculty secured
for the coming term h one of the very
best faculties that has ever been em
ployed for the LaFayette Public
Schools, and, with the co-operation of
the patrons, we anticipate the most
successful year in the history of our
school system. We beg you to bear in
mind that the public schools are being
run for the benefit of the children
of the district and that we have no
personal or selfish ends to serve.
Respectfully,
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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LaFayette, Georgia, Friday, August 15, 1924.
D.F. POPE SEEKS
RE-ELECTION TO
LEGISLATURE
David F. Pope makes formal below
his announcement for re-election as a
Representative from Walker county
to the Georgia General Assembly.
Mr. Pope has served two terms in
the legislature and was Walker’s rep
resentative in the state senate a few
years ago. In his statement to the
voters below he outlines some of the
measures for which he stood and
enumerates his record in the lower
house. He is well-known to the people
of the county and his race is subject
to the state primary of Sept. 10th.
House of Representatives,
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 11, 1924.
To The People of Walker County:
My hat is in the ring and I am in
the race to succees myself as Repre
sentative. My record is an open book
before you, as I have dealt openly and
fairly in all matters.
I was one of the authors of the
electrocution bill which abolishes bar
baric, grewsome hangings in the coun
ties, and provides that those condemn
ed to death be electrocuted at the
State Farm. I introduced a bill pro
viding for bi-ennial sessions of the
Legislature, but when the Mundy bill
came over from the Senate we passed
it. This will save the State move than
$100,000.00 a year and will reduee
needless legislation and contribute to
more settled conditions.
I still contend that auto tags should
be sold at the county seats, and when
the people send enough men to the
Legislature to overcome the influence
of the Atlanta and Capitoi ring, they
will be sold at the county seats. I
am the sole author of the evolution
bill which has attracted nation-wide
attention and provides that the Dar
win or any other theory of evolution
of man from the ape, monkey or other
lower animal should not be taught in
the public schools and colleges sup
ported by the taxation of our people.
I was in the thickest of the fight and
aided in placing the Bible in the pub
lic schools, to be read and respected,
and what a contradiction and mon
strosity to permit the insidious teach
ing that man originated from the
monkey, in contravention to the Bible
fact that man was created in His Own
image, a little lower than the angels
and crowned with glory and honor.
This pernicious theory of evolution
led Germany astray, built up her de
testable egotism, and was at the bot
tom of the World War and Germany’s
miserable downfall.
More than one hundred leading sci
entists have weighed this theory and
found it wanting in foundation and
in fact, and the best scholars have
united in the belief that true science
does not contradict or contravene the
Bible plan of man’s creation. William
Gladstone, perhaps the most eminent
statesman of modern times, fought
the Darwin theory in England and«
thus saved his country. I am content
with the fact of man’s creation as
taught by your mother’s Bible and
mine, and call upon the good people
of the State to hold up my hands and
let’s stop this poisonous doctrine from
being taught in our schools, for it
takes all the wonder and heart out of
Christianity and leads to atheism, in
fidelity and paganism and will con
demn our children “with all the na
tons that forget God.” Several states
have placed the ban upon the teaching
and it is constitutional and does not
make toward union of church and
state.
I am in full sympathy with the-pro
gressive plan of taxation for the
State. A system that will relieve the
farmer and others owning visible •
property by reducing the ad valorum
levy and enacting a fair, reasonable
and equitable income tax in order
that the rich and opulent about our
great cities shall pay more taxes.
There are men in Atlanta and other
great Georgia cities, who enjoy hand-1
some incomes from tax-exeempt bonds
and other intangible properties who
pay very little in taxes, and likewise
others who enjoy salaries ranging
.from $15,000 to $20,000 a year, who
purposely refuse to invest in visible
property and we bareljAget a poll tax
l out of them. We need this combination
| system which will more equally dis
tribute the taxes upon the people, and
will surely require those most able to *
bear, to pay more taxes.
I am standing for square deal be
tween the farmer and the city man,
I the individual and the corporation,
i between labor and capital; a square
deal for everybody. There are other I
measures which I shall be glad to dis-1
j cuss with you on Tuesday, the 2nd.
! week of court, and will be glad to see
you there.
■ I feel that my experience at the
bar, as a public school teacher and
farmer, and my four years legislative ,
| experience, with some accumulation j
of years, better fit 3 me to render you
fuller and larger service, and pledge
you a continuation of my best efforts
coupled with all the efficiency I can
1 command. I am for a bigger, bright- 1
er and broader LaFayette, Ga.; a
more prosperous Walker County. I am
for northwest Qoorgia. God’s qwn
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T. A. JACKSON
ENTERS RACE FOR
LEGISLATURE
T. A. Jackson announces his candi
dacy for the Legislature in a formal
card below. Mr. Jackson is one of the
county's successful and prominent
business men, having resided here
since early manhood. He has served
the city as Mayor and in the county
in many capacities, where he has al
ways made a splendid official. He is
widely known over the county and
his announcement is a source of inter
est to his friends in the various sec
tions of the county.
Following is his official card to the
voters:
To The Voters of Walker County:
I am a candidate for the Legislature
subject to the Democratic Primary of
Sept. 10th. I believe that the state
affairs should be run in a more eco
nomical way, and that the burden of
taxes could be lightened. If elected. I
will make one promise, and that Is to
represent Walker county the best way
that I possibly can. It will be impos
sible for me to see all the people but
I will appreciate your support.
Respectfully,
T. A. JACKSON.
MEETING TO BUY
SYRUP CANS FOR
FARMERS AUG. 20TH
There will be a meeting in the
County Agent’s office at the court
house on Wednesday, the 20th, at 3
o’clock. The meeting will be for the
purpose of buying syrup cans co-op
eratively for the farmers, and to dis
cuss the marketing of the syrup
crop. All farmers who will have any
syrup for sale are urged to be pres
ent.
GEO. P. SAYE, County Agent.
FARMERS INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION MEETS
NEXT TUESDAY
The annual meeting of the Walker
County Farmers liffiurance Associa
tion will be held at the courthouse on
next Tuesday August 19th. at ten o’-
clock. All members are urged to at
tend this meeting -since the annual re
port will be read and discussed and
officers for the association for the en
suing year are to be elected.
TENT MEETING TO
BEGIN AUGUST 16
We will begin a tent meeting in
LaFayette Saturday night August
16th. Services will begin at 7:30 each
night and 10:30 on Sunday. Miss Hat
tie Roberts of Chiekamauga and some
others will assist us in this meeting
and J. A. Howard of I>aFayette will
be the song leader. Good singing will
be a special feature of the meeting.
All Christian people of LaFayette and
especially the ministry are requested
to help us in these services.
W. M. PETTIGREW.
FIRE THREATENED
ROSSVILLE BLOCK
Rossville, Ga. August 13—Fire of
unknown origin broke out in the a
parbment house owned by William
Copeland on East Gordon Avenue at
an early hour Monday morning and
before the flames could be extinguish
ed three adjoining houses were caught
in the conflagration. Several families
occupied the apartment house where
the fire originated and they were a
wakened by the noise of the flames
and barely escaped with their lives
leaving their possessions to be con
sumed by the flames. A hurry call
was sent to the fire departments in
Ohatmnooga and Ft. Oglethorpe and
both quickly responded and with the
help of the citizens of the town saved
the entire block from destruction. The
morning was unusually still and this
aided in keeping the flames from
spreading across the street, though a
number of the houses on the opposite
side were in danger of catching sev
eral times a-nd were prevented from
doing so by the constant use of hose.
But little or no insurance was car
ried by the occupants of the homes
and the loss falls heavily on them.
Some insurance was carried on the. t
property.
country.
My formal announcement follows:
I am a candidate to succees rayself
as Representative, subject to the
Democratic Primary of Sept. 10th. In
full confidence 1 expect to be nomi
nated and elected. If elected, I’ll give
you faithful service, be all the time on
the job and be ready to render an ac
count to you of my stewardship. My
record is before you and on it and on
the platform I am giving out, I am
courting an endorsement term in the
House. With multiplied thanks for the
former support and with a desire to
1 render you larger and more mature
service, I am,
Moat sineeroly,
DAVtD F, POPE.
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Walker Superior Court
Convenes Next Monday
1294 SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
ADJOURNED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLOSING
HOURS FEATURED BY ABSENT
VOTERS’ BILL, CONSOLIDA
TION OF OFFICES OF TAX RE
CEIVER AND COLLECTOR, AND
WRANGLE OVER DISTRICT AG
RICULTURAL SCHOOLS
The gavel fell on the 1924 session
of the Georgia General Assembly
Wednesday night, probably the last
annual session of this body.
Among the measures of state-wide
interest enacted at this session are:
The Biennial Sessions Bill—Pro
vide for one 60-day session of the
general assembly every other year in
stead of 50-day annual sessions. Is
constitutional amendment to be rati
fied by people at November election.
Poach County Bill—Creates new
county of Peach out of portions of
Houston and Macon counties. Is con
stitutional amendment to be ratified
by people at November election.
Crop Mortgage Bill—-Extends lien
on crop mortgages so that loans may
be made before crops are planted.
Bad Check Bill—Makes it misde
meanor to issue check without suf
ficient money in bank to cover, for
fraud. Removes present allowance of
30 days to make chock good.
Game and Fish Bill—Reorganizes
state game and fish department, pro
viding for protection afld conserva
tion of oyster and shrimp industry in
coast counties.
Three Fulton Counity Bills To Abol
ish Fee System—Places Fulton coun
ty officers and solicitors of Fulton
superior Court and Atlanta city court
on salary instead of fee system.
Five County Fee System Bill—Al
lows Chatham, Bibb, Muscogee, Rich
mond and DeKalb counties to change
from fee system to salary basis for
county officers. Carries referendum
clause, for voters of each county to
decide issue for own county.
Electrocution Bill—Substitutes elec
trocution for hanging in carrying out
death sentences imposed by Georgia
courts. Provides for electric chair at
State farm at Milledgeville and a
bolishes gallows in each county jail.
Atlanta charter amendment bill and
various bills making minor extensions
to the Atlanta City Limits.
Two bills making the District A.
and M. schools of the First and. Sec--
ond districts, at Statesboro and. T.if
ton, into colleges and branches of the.
University of Georgia.
The Absentee Voters’ Bill—This, al
lows persons unavoidably away from)
home on election days, to cast their
ballots by registered mail, with cer
tain necessary restrictions.
A bill to allow counties which desire
to consolidate the offices of. tax receiv
er and tax collector. This is a consti-1
tutional amendment, yet to be ratified
by the people at the November elec
tion.
The Marriage License Bill—Pro
vides that notice of application for
marriage license must be posted at
the courthouse., for five days before the
license is issund,
LaFayette Charter Change
Bill Passes Both Houses
The bill changing the charter of
the City of I a Fayette, as announced
in these columns a few weeks’ ago,
passed both houses, Mayor Enlo« was
informed Wednesday afternoon.
CHICKAMAUGA TEAM
WALLOPS LOCALS
BY 10 TO 3 SCORE
Chiekamauga swamped the LaFay
ette team last Thursday afternoon at
Chiekamauga by the score of 10 to 3.1
Early in the game a misjudged ball t
by a InFayette player was respon
sible for three runs and a lead which
the locals were unable to overcome..
Failing to hit, errors and the absence
of two or three regular players from
the local team as well as the splendid
form of the Chiekamauga team and :
the superb pitching of Wyatt, was a
combination too strong for the locals, j
Lindale team comes today, Thurs- ■
day for a game with IjaFayette. The
game will be called promptly at 3:00
o’clock this afternoon at R»\‘s Park.
A very delightful musical program
will be given at the *ebool auditorium
with the Fashion Show. Refreshments
will be served, Benefit remodeling the
old scholhvw*, Admission 10 and HQ
cents. _ _ r
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Want Ads in
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Pay
One Dollar Per Year
123 CRIMINAL
CASES DOCKETED
FOR 2ND. WEEK
HEAVY CALENDAR CIVIL AND
CRIMINAL BUSINESS FACES
AUGUST TERM WHICH WILL
PROBABLY CONSUME THREE
WEEKS FEW PRISONERS IN
JAIL
The August term of the Walker
Superior Court formally begins next
Monday morning, and the usual heavy
docket of civil and criminal business
has been docketed. Solicitor-General
Eugene Taylor is here this week mak
ing ready for criminal week. Doubt
less three weeks will be consumed in
the trial of cases.
Sheriff Harmon reports thirteen in
jail, 12 white prisoners and one color
ed prisoner. Among the number are
two white women.
The grand jurors drawn for the
August term are as follows:
Grand Jurors
J. F. Millican Burl F. Hall
J. H. Jennings Deed Shankle
0. P. Andrews W. G. Alverson
J. M. S. Myers L. T. Davis
|Jas. Johnson C. Ilgts. J. E. Ashworth
' D .A. Jewell, Jr. W. 0. McCurdy
M. A. Camp J. It. McCurdy
R. V. Thurman T. A. Bird
M. P. Orr Duke E. Madaris
Fred Gilreath John F. Patterson
A. 1.. Cooper It. R. Shaver
J. R. Horton C. J. Hammond
J. C. Tucker C. G. Blackwell
A. P. Boss G. W. Ashworth
Spencer J. Bomar Frank Camp
Criminal: Cases
Following is the calendar of crimi*
nial cases, Walker Superior Court,
August terra, 1024:
Monday Aug. 2. r ith
Craig Shahan,. 3, Bob Iley, 2
Aaron Proctor T. E. Chapman
George Williams Joe Hasty
Arthur Hixon Rufus Williams, 3
I M. J. Carpenter and John Stamper
J. H. Collins T. D. Brock
Dave Biddings W. G. Cawood
Jim Young and Rube Chaney
Luther Day Henry Shahan
| W. M. Jennings Henry Shahan
. W. J. Jennings, 2. Gus Camp
J Jim Sizemore J. B. Fuller
Charlie Hatfield, 2
Tuesday Aug. 2P>th
Roy Walden, 2 Dewitt Brock
John Slssom, 2. Raymond Gravitt
I Mrs. Vester Hardline
W. J'. J'eiwiings Noah Strickland
K. J. Shearer John White
J. M. Leath, Ben Ixjat.h, Wallace
Lamb,. Otis Williams and Joe Oliver
T. F. Brackette and Charlie Brackette
Earl Henderson, 2 George Oliver
Paul Cross, 3 Lawson McGhee
W. R. CLardy Bud Oliver
Amos Allison J. V. Priest
J. F. West Deed Stansel!
Vester Hartline
Wednesday, Aug. 27th
. Richard Strickland Carl Jordan
' Arthur McCullough Wiljon White
Pat Robinson W. T. Williams
Bob Steel Robert Hall
R. S. Pursley Lowe Lively
Jadic Johnson Granville Foster
i fieri Parker Mrs. Ixryri Ker.nemer
Leonard Wooten lx;yd Kennemer
John E. Young Oscar Ellis
Annie Roman Warren Baker
E. P. Nichols Charlie Brown
Roy Cameron Raymond Gravett, 2
F. I Baker, Grady linker and Paul
Baker, 2
Amos Allison, 2 Bill Mosier
T. Z Youngblood ajsd Will Irwin
T. Z. Youngblood, John Shearer and
Ed Shearer
Tom Williams, 2.
Thursday, Aug. 28th.
Ixjonard Wooten Frank Wilks
Ernest Durham Amos Edge
Robert Hall, .John Sharpe, Roy Pow
ell, Sam Kelly and Shep Daniel
Harry Barnett Robt. Chanler
Fred Pemberton Henry Dewitt
1 John Rowe and Luther Cottongm
! Will Pemberton N. H. Gilreath
George Munis J. P. Warren
Tom Manls Frank Wooten
I V, ill Cromer Monroe Butler
L. David Sargent J. B. Treadaway, 2
N, H. Gilreath K. M. Marks
Carl Parker G. W. Webb, Jr., 2
George Hixon, 2 Will Partin
i Daisy Daniel, Robert Hall and Char
lie Shropshire
! J. C. Osburn and Anderson Osburn,
I alias Anderson Thomas,
j All business carried over and new
| business will be tried on Friday.
Note: Any case inadvertently o
mitted from the above calendar and
all new business returned by the
Grand Jury/ is subject to call at any
time, ami *ll parties and witnesses
pleasa babe notice.
I RIJCPJ& S. TAYT.OR, Sol. Gen.