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Volume XLVII.—•No. 38.
Kelly Wins Over Maddox
In Circuit By 549 Votes
Rosser and McClure Win
In Representatives Race
Harris Defeats Hardwick
By Overwhelming Vote
JUDGE TARVER j
WINS OVER LANG
j
KELLY CARRIES FLOYD AND (
CHATTOOGA COUNTITES BY A,!
HANDSOME MAJORITY —MAD-j
DOX CARRIES WALKER BY Al
SMALL MAJORITY OF 20 VOTES J
—ROSSER LED FIELD FOR j
REPRESENTATIVE, McCLURE j
SECOND GORDON LEE RE-I
CEIVES HIGHEST VOTE IN THE 1
COUNTY OF ANY UNOPPOSED !
CANDIDATES OTHER RE
SULTS BELOW
The Solicitor's race and the Rep-j
resentative’s race held the interest j
for Walker county voters in Wednes
day’s primary.
In the Representative’s race, J.
Ralph Rosser lead the field by a vote j
of 1240; Freeman McClure was re-J
nominated with a vote of 066; T. A. 1
Jackson came third with a vote of 696 !
votes, while D. F. Pope ran fourh with
561 votes in the county. The two can- j
fdidates receiving the highest vote are
declared the nominees, Rosser and Mo j
Clure being declared the nominees j
from Walker as her two Represents
fives. I
I
Below is a table showing how the
various districts voted in the Repre
sentative’s race. |
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tr s £ w
8- 9 I i i
55 r- O (
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LaFayette 312 317 139 501
Cane Creek 16 46 29 81
East Armuehee .30 40 54 74
Wilson 20 35 19 29 j
Cedar Grove 16 74 22 52
Kensington 46 50 19 60 :
Flintstone 20 16 13 25
Chickamauga 45 183 35 112
Rock Springs 25 73 51 76
Chestnut Flat 4 22 27 30
Mountain 3 20 2 20
Rossville . 79 52 113 159
Dougherty 4 9 7 5
West Armuehee ... 21 33 21 7
Pond Springs ...... 18 11 9 29
Mt. View 6 22 14 18
High Point 3 15 5 11
Totals 683 966 561 1240
DELEGATES TO STATE
CONVENTION IN MACON
The following were named as dele
gates to the Democratic State Con
vention at Macon by the county
Democratic Executive Committee
Thursday at noon:
W. B. Shaw, of LaFayette
J ,R. McFarland, of Rossville
R. H. Jewell, of Chickamauga
J, C. Young, Jr., of Greenbush.
Alternates—M. N. Andrews, R. F.
Delay, T. W. Lee and T. W. Bryan.
TARVER RE-ELECTED
(Special To Messenger)
Dalton, Ga. 12 o’clock, Sept 11—j
Judge Tarver was re-nominated in
the primary over the Circuit in Wed-!
nesday's election by a substantial ma
jority.
PEOPLE’S DEFEATED
FOR WHITFIELD SHERIFF
People’s if as defeated In a hotly
eonteat«i race for Sheriff in Whitfield
county Wednesday by deckle*.
Waite Qknmttf M&%m\\xpx
i KELLY’S MAJORITY
IN THE CIRCUIT IS 549
i J. Fred Kelly was nominated in the
primary Wednesday by the handsome
majority in the Circuit of 549 votes,
j He carried Floyd county by a major
j ity of 207 and Chattooga county by a
j mojority of 362. Maddox carried
Walker by the close majority of 20
j votes. In Walker county the vote for
j Maddox was 902 and for Kelly 882. A
I light vote was cast in view of the
I heavy registration.
Below is a table showing how each
j district in Walker county voted on
the Solicitor's race in Wednesday's
j primary.
i
Kelly Maddox
j LaFayette 335 309
Cane Creek 48 12
j East Armuehee 53 56
Wilson 35 20
Cedar Grove 62 25
Kensington “36 53
Flintstone 11 27
Pond Springs 11 23
I Chickamauga 71 108
J Rock Springs 71 42
Chestnut Flat 25 19
Rossville 47 161
' Dougherty 7 6
j West Armuehee 35 T
I Mountain 16 7
I Mt. View 15 14 ;
' High Point 4 13
Totals 882 902
i
, HARRIS CARRIES COUNTY
OVER HARDWICK MORE
THAN THREE TO ONE
Senator William J. Harris swept
j Walker county as well as the state
j Wednesday. In the county he receiv
! ed 1396 votes as against 339 for Hard
wick.
: CONGRESSMAN LEE
| GETS SPLENDID VOTE
: Congressman Gordon Lee, who was
| unopposed for re-election to Congress
' from the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict received the handsome vote n
, Walker county of 1751 votes, leading
all other unopposed candidates.
I STATE HOUSE OFFICERS
• Results in Walker county of state
! house officers and others are as fol-
I lows:
Governor Walker 1747
S. G. McLendon, Sec. of State . 1783
G. M. Napier, Attorney Oen. . 1747
W. J. Speer, Treasurer 1750
W. A. Wright, Compt. Gen. 1745
Commissioner of Agriculture—
J. J. Brown 822
G. F. Hunnicut 876
School Superintendent—
N. 11. Ballard 853
Fort E. Land 827
H. M. Stanley, Com. of Com.
and Labor 1743 \
Commissioner of Pensions
J. W. Clark 841
C. E. McGregor 800
T. E. Patterson, Prison Com. . . 1715
Railroad Commission—
O. R. Bennett 1044
J. T. Boiffeullet 604
Railroad Commissioner
’ J. D. Price 963
A. J. Woodruff 638
WALKER SINGERS
MEET SEPT. 20 21
AT LINWOOD
•j The fall session of the Walker Coun
ty Singing Convention meets with the
■; Linwood churoh on the third Sunday
■ in September and on Saturday before
the 20-21. All good song leaders and
gingers as well as all lovers of music
are cordially invited to be with us
• both days ano lend your support. We
want to make this seaeion the beet
r ever Iwld in Waikqr county, will you
I no 4 help us de rtT
LAWSON' DUNCAN. Pw*
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LaFayelte, Georgia, Friday, Setember 12, 1924.
HARRIS SWEEPS
GEORGIA OVER
HARDWICK
i
Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 10—William J.
Harris was renominated today in the
1 Georgia democratic primary election
!by an overwhelming majority over
j Thomas W. Hardwick, former gover
nor.
| Shortly before midnight, unofficial
; returns from 115 of the 160 counties
j of Georgia gave Harris 110 counties,
■ with 294 county unit votes, and Hard-
Wick seven counties with 16 unit votes.
The total unit vote is 412. The race
early assumed the proportions of a
landslide. This was one of the great
est majorities ever given a candidate
in Georgia. Senator Harris Is complet
ing his first term, haring defeated
Mr. Hardwick in 1918,
In six districts in which there were
)ckftests for congress, four of the six
incumbents were leading. Representa
tive Wise, in the Sixth, is not seeking
lenomination. In this district Sam
Rutherford, a member of the Georgia
house of representatives appeared to
be winner over Ben Fowler, having a
popular vote of 3,332 to 2,097 for
Fowler.
1
In the First District, it appeared
that Representative R. L. Moore, the
incumbent and Congressman Charles
Edwards were tied in county unit
votes. If this stands on complete re
turns, the issue wiU be decided by the
popular vote.
Representative Frank Park, in the
Second district was running behind
his opponent, E. E Cox. Park had
2,043 votes to 3,269 for Cox.
In the Fifth District indications
were that Representative W. D. LTp
shaw had been renominated over his
opponent, Max Wilensky.
Representative Charles Brand, ir.
the Eighth district, on the basis of re
turns at midnight, was reported lead
ing Frank Holden by a small major
ity.
In the ninth District, Representa
tive Thomas M. Bell was far ahead of
Sam G. Brown, on the face of early re
turns.
John T. Boifeuillet, member of the
public service commission, was trail
ing O. R .Bennett, with 58 unit votes
to 106 for Bennett.
C. E. McGregor, state pension com
missioner was in the lead for renomi
nation. »
J. J. Brown, commissioner of agri
culture had 106 unit votes to 72 for
his opponent.
James D. Price, member of the pub
lic service commission, was leading
for re-nomination.
The defeat of N. H. Ballard, state
school superintendent, was indicated
when he carried only ten counties
with 26 unit votes out of the first 60
reporting, while his opponent, Fort K.
Land carried fifty counties with 130
unit votes.
CANDIDATES APPRECIATE
SUPPORT OF THE VOTERS
To The People of Walker County:
I desire to thank the people of the
county most sincerely for their most
generous support of me in the Pri
mary of the 10th mat. This kindness
on the part of the people places me
under lasting gratitude to the people,
and it being my first public effort
makes me value the kindness more. I
shall endeavor to give the county my
best effort for the confidence given
me in tho vote of yesterday.
Most gratefully,
J. RALPH ROSSER.
I Sept. 11, 1924.
To The People of Walker County:
| I desire to take this method of ex-
I pressing my sincere gratitude to those
| who so loyally supported me i» the
1 primary on Wednesday Sept. 10th.
Gratefully yours,
FREEMAN C. McCLURE.
To Tho People of Walker County:
I deeply appreciate the vote and
support of my friends in the primary
of Wednesday the 10th. I have bo ill
will whatever toward those who saw
j fit to not cast their ballot for me.
Again thanking you, I am,
Sincerely yours,
. T. A. JACKSON. .......
700 ENROLLED
IN LAF. DROOLS
OPENING DAY
" ■" ■'
200 In high school senior
CLASS OPENS WITH 26 MEM
BERS, THE LARGEST IN HISTO
RY OF THE SCHOOL FOOT
BALL PRACTICE BEGAN MON
DAY AFTERNOON WITH A
SQL'AI) OF 20 CANDIDATES
FLUTTERING PROSPECTS FOR
BEST YEAR EVER
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The! LaFayette schools opened Mon
day rooming with very flattering
prospAts.
Standing room was at a premium
at the opening exercises, quite a
large number of patrons and friends
of the, schools attending. Short ad
dresses were made by members of the
board and others and enthusiasm ran
high for the best year’s work in the
history of the schools. All of the three
schools were crowded, the total enroll
ment reaching 700 pupils.
420 were enrolled the first day in
the main building, and of this number
200 are in the high school department.
The seijdor class opened with an en
rollmen| of 26 members, the largest
on record for the high school, with
others yet to enter. The West IjaFay
gtte school enrolled Monday 224 and
every room was taxed to its capacity.
The colored school enrolled over fifty
pupils. \ 1.*..-.> —•
All teachers were present Monday
morning except Miss Mary Alexander,
gs Lexington, who arrived Tuesday
and began her duties as head and the
Musk department; and Miss Richard
son, who remains ill at her home, but
wh« is expected within a few days.
Miss Mqrgaret Patton is supplying
for Miss Richardson in the Fifth
grade.
Some twenty reported to the ath
letic field Monday afternoon for the
first football practice, and the director
stated Wednesday that by next Mon
day he expected to have some thirty
candidates for the various places on
the team,
WILL OBSERVE
DEFENSE TEST
DAY FRIDAY 12
National Defense Test Day set bv
the President for Friday Sept. 12th ,
will be observed here Friday after
noon by the American Legion at the
high school auditorium with fitting
exercises. Co-operating with the Le
gion are tho patriotic and civic or
ganizations of the town —the D. A. R,
the U. D. C., Woman’s Club, Legion
Auxiliary, Chamber of Commerce,
Ci'vitan Club and the City.
A parade is planned to begin at
the courthouse at 2 o’clock. Friday af
•„c. noon, the procession to march
through the streets and to terminate
at the school building. E. A. Puryear
has been made marshal of the day
and will have full charge of the pa
rade. The entire community is invited
to participate in the parade but the
following organizations are especially
urged to join the line of march which
is to be formed at the courthouse:
Ro ’ Graham Post American Ix-gion,
r •• -ion Auxiliary, D. A. R., U. D. C.,
Woman’s Club, Chamber of Coir
-ce, S. C. V., U. C. V. Boy Scouts,
itan Club. The procession will be
Headed by the LaFayette Band.
At t'he school auditorium Dr. D. W.
Herndon will be master of ceremo
nies. The program will include patri
otic music by the women’s organiza
tions, which will be followed by an
address apropos to the occasino.
Proclamation!
Whereas, the Governor of Georgia
has issued a proclamation urging ail
patriotic citizens of the state to do all
in their power to make the National
i Defense Test Day program Friday,
| Sept. 12th.; a success, I, Mayor of
| the City of LaFayette, therefore, urge
| the business men of LaFayette to
| close their places of business from 1
! p. m. until 4:30 p. m. on Friday, Sept.
12th., and join in tho National De
fense Test Day Program.
W. A. ENLOK, Mayor.
'chamber OF COMMERCE
URGED TO JOIN PARADE
1 The Chamber of Commerce has been
1 asked to take part in the National
Defense Day Program on Friday,
Sept. 12th this day having been desig
nated by the President of the United
States and by the Governor of Geor
gia as a day for a patriotic demon
stration. Therefore' all ihembers of
the LaFayette Chamber of Commerce
’ wbj can peaaibly do so, are urged to
Walker County Boys Win
Stock Judging Contest For
7th District At Rome
ROSS. OFFICERS
PRAISED HIGHLY
FOR GOOD WORK
AGAINST THE WHISKY TRAFFIC
—AWARDED SIOO OFFERED BY
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
—PEOPLE OF COMMUNITY ARE
GIVING ACTIVE SUPPORT TO
OFFICERS
Rossville, (la. Sept. 9—Chief of Po
lice E. C. Whitlock and Night Mar
shal O. O. Griffin have been paid one
hundred dollars by the First Baptist
church at this place for rarrest an I
conviction of a number of bootleg
gers. These efficient officers have
done much toward stopping the Whis
ky traffic in the town and deserve
the commendation of the entire com
munity. Recently the First Baptist
church offered to co-operate with the
officers and pay a certain amount for
the arrest and conviction of the boot
loggers Who were selling the poison
whisky throughout this section and
causing no end of trouble. Today
Rossville is practically clear of the
Whisky traffic due to the alertness of
the above-named offieers. Two white
boys by the name of Walter and Ster
ling Harris were arrested here the
past week by Chief of Police Whit
lock and turned over to the authori
ties of Cleveland, Tenn. The boys
were convicted of stealing a new
Dodge car from a Mr. Raynor of
Cleveland and drove it through Ross
ville out the Dry Valley road Where
they were wrecked. A speedy trial
was given the young offenders at
Cleveland, Tenn and each drew a sen
tence of three years and six months
in the chaingang. Wilton Adcock, a
negro undertook a daylight robbery
in the department store of S, R Stans
bury the past week and succeeded in
getting out with several articles of
merchandise. Chief Whitlock gave
Chase immediately after being notified
that the goods were stolen and suc
ceeded in catching the negro near the
Card Lumber Co. He was sent to La-
Fayette and placed in jail.
CITY FATHERS
VISIT CEDARTOWN
Mayor W. A. Knloc and a commit
tee from the city council, together
with the Superintendent of the Water
and Light Department, visited Cedar
town Tuesday on a tour of inspection
of that city’s fire department and op
eration of the power plant. The ques
tion of purchasing a modem fire fight
ing apparatus and also the action to
be taken in reference to the Georgia
Power Company, whose lines havo
been established through this section,
are questions to be determined by the
city, and in order to gain full infor
mation as to the best plans for both,
the city fathers are investigating oth
er cities. Mayor Knloe and his party
were royally entertained by the of
ficials and citizens of C' d’rtown, tho
officials taking the '•■■ike day off t-)
dhow ffheir visitor II workings
of their power pL.nl, 's of operat •
ing etc. as well as the fire depart
ment. Demonstrations of the fire
fighting machinery were held Cor tho
benefit of tho visitors.
Central Planning To Handle
Heavy Traffic This Fall
That the Central of Georgia is mak
ing preparations to handle a heavy
traffic this fall sm. is relying upon
the public to ci -.orate in preventing
delay or interrupt.on to business is
the statement cf T . A. Downs, presi
dent of the railmt - who takes an op
timistic view of onditions.
President D0w,..-, points out that
this section has a larger cotton crop
than in a number of years, that it is
being rapidly marketed, and that con
j liitions of supply a id demand justify
a good price.
'The Central r,f Georgia has just
| placid an order for new locomotives,
i in accordance with its program of add
I ing to its equipment and keeping all
of its facilities in first-class condition.
1 Mr. Downs says that 92 per cent of
1 .
I
be nt the courthouse at -2 p. m. on
F iday, Sept. 12th to take part in a
2 rade to the school building and to
unite with the other organizations of
the towT) in the Defense Day program.
Signed,
W. B. SHAW, President, •'
D. W. HERNDON, Secretary.
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LAST THURSDAY—SEVEN COUN
TIES COMPETE, CHATTOOGA
WINNING SECOND AND FLOYD
THIRD PLACE—WALKER BOYS
WILL COMPETE AT SOUTH
EASTERN FAIR AND CHATTA
NOOGA FAIR— COUNTY AG
ENT SAVE HIGHLY PLEASED
WITH RECORD OF WALKER
BOYS IN CONTEST
A. J. Borders, Milton Langley, Ed
win Mitchell and Howard Cromer,
composed the stock judging team se
lected by County Agent Saye to com
pete in the Seventh District Stock
Judging Contest in Rome last Thurs
day from Walker county. When the
awards wore made the Walker boys
were awarded the winners of the first
place in the contest. Chattooga coun
ty and Floyd came second and third
respectively.
The counties participating in the
Seventh District Contest were Walk
er, Chattooga, Floyd, Bartow, Polk,
Haralson and Douglas. The contest
was held nt the Berry school and un
der the direction of District County
Agent L. I. Skinner, W. C. McCoy,
Frank Fitch, and Jule Liddell, of the
stale cdlligS of Agriculture of Athens
Gta., and M. W. 11. Collins, county
agent of Floyd county.
Winning first place nt the District
contest entitles the Walker team to
compete in the state stock judging
contest in Atlanta at the Southeast
ern Fair, and-if successful there the
team will be given a free trip to Chi
cago to the International Live Stock
Exposition.
Last year the Walker team won
first prize at the Chattanooga Inter
state fair as tKe best stock judging
team, in which Hamilton, McMinn,
Bradley and other surrounding coun
ties competed. The team that won at
the Chattanooga fair last year were
Roy Mulkey, Oliver Gladden and Fred
Fox. County Agent Saye will enter his
team this year at the Chattanooga
fair.
Mr. Saye is highly gratified at the
record of his boys, and Walker county
may feel justly proud of her young
farmers.
COUNTY AGENT PROUD
OF HIS WALKER TEAM
I am highly gratified at the distinc
tion the Walker County Live Stock
Judging team won for itself at the
District Contest at Rome last Thurs
day, the 4th. Classes of beef cattle,
dairy cattle, hogs and poultry were
judged by teams from the various
counties of the district and it was by
faithful, earnest work on all these
classes of live stock that the boys
were able to win first place.
I wish to express the thanks of the
team and myself to the LaFayette
Chamber of Commerce and the Civi
tan Club for their cordial co-oper
ation in making the success of the
team possible. Both of these organi
zations materially helped to finance
the traveling of the boys to Athens
and other places.
The training of Live Stook Judging
teams among club boys is becoming
more important every year as it is
realized that such training will ba
valuable to farm boys throughout
their live*. It is just one of the many
ways by which it is hoped that berttor
livestock and better methods of farm
ing will be brought about.
I am now coaching the boys for the
contest in Atlanta and have Strong
hopes of their winning the trip to the
International Live Stock Exposition
in Chicago in December.
GBO. P. SAYE, County Agent.
the road’s locomotives and 94 per cent
of the freight cars are in good order,
and that shop forces are being in
creased to better this excellent condi
tion.
The railroad president asks the co
operation of the public in loading cars
to capacity, loading and unloading
promptly and ordering only sufficient
equipment to fill their daily needs. He
states that already there are no idle
cars on the Central of Georgia and
warns the consumers of coal to avoid
the danger of delay by providing im
mediately for their winter i equire
men ts. Ho says that the Central of
Georgia is willing and able to give
satisfactory service and thanks the
public for its co-operation in the past.
TRADE AT HENRY’S—Where you
! get tho freshest and choicest of
groceries. Phone us yoar orders, call
i M 4. We thank you—Heary’a Sto*,
LaFayette, Ga.