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If Its Result* Vou Want Advertise in The Messenger. 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. | !, tr s £ w 8- 9 I i i 55 r- O ( § I 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* T ' .." . g . Vi . v-* 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 i i 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. Want Ads in Messenger Pay One Dollar Per Year 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.