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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 j I'i Ml **■ *•*•*»* * * Mallm* Uiinmtxj iiinjsnujn* 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. it# ; C' V * •- ; 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 • r i * J «- 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. • r : *. f*i 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 «-• j-r? -j t'.i.'i as* H Jt'.’J, Us ,-.i Want Ads in Messenger 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.