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V7ALKER COUNTY
MESSENGER
Established 1877
E. P. HALL. JR.
Publisher and Editor
Official Newspaper of the County
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[MI AMEHK ANrfIESSAJSOCI\I ION
. ntered at the LaFayette, Ga.,
poKtoffire for transmission through
the mails as second class, matter.
The cotton crop estimate now
Tor the country is around thirteen
million bales.
The business depression the past
few months haven’t diminished the
auto accidents.
Georgia had ginned almost 100,-
000 more hales Sept. Ist this year
tluin last year the same date.
It may not be long until traffic
laws for aeroplanes will be needed
:and when the life of birds will be
in jeopardy in the air.
Electric railways in this coun
try employ more than 300,000
workers, with an annual pay roll
exceeding $300,000,000.
We claim to boa democracy, and
yet from the number who vote in
this country, it appears that the
-country is run by the minority.
The auto accident toll in this
country eclipses the record of
deaths of all diseases except ir. ■
fluenza, and the auto is running
this disease a close race.
When Walker students have a
fair chance they take the prizes;
when the young farmers of this
county have a fair chance they
lake tir.-l prizes; when Walker
county people are given a fair
chance they also take their place
among the front rank of civiliza
tion and progress. It’s great to be
a Walker countian!
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THE CHAUTAUQUA
homing into this community
within the next few days is the
<'httutau<iua.
Those who are responsible for
bringing the chuutauqua here de
serve the commendation of the
community, because in these pro
grams ore found the highest type
of entertainment, and each day
there are two addresses of inspira
t on delivered by splendid orators.
The educate nal value is worm
while. The Chautauqua is not a
cheap vaudeville nor is it a pro
gram to teed morbid curiosity, but
its whole purpose is to elevate, de
velop new community ideals and to
stimulate a better understanding
■of life ns it is lived among one’s
fellows.
The good the Chautauqua has
done in the communities of this
country cannot be foretold but it is
an irndituiton in th ; s country of
ours for the betterment of man
kind, an elevator of ideals, a break
er of prejudicial barriers and cm
phiwmos the saarednes* and top
pineaa of co-operative life.
Take advantage of the prsgnam
-each day for we betiere mm atoa
munity will have be«a bottop tor
the ahautiuqux having to
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THE BOYS WIN AGAIN
Walker county boys won the
stock judging contest for the 7th.
Congressional District at Home last
Thursday. The boys were pitted
against well-organized teams from
Floyd and other counties. The fact
that they won out is a triumph
won strictly upon merit, and abili
ty. Walker boys, under the direc
tion of our competent county
agents, have made splendid show
ings in every agricultural contest.
In Chattanooga last year Walker
was awarded the first prize in
stock judging contest at the fair.
These boys will compete at the
Southeastern Fair in Atlanta for
the state prize, and if successful
they will be awarded a free trip
to the International Live Stock
Exposition at Chicago.
The club work in this county
has been a potent factor and is be
coming more and more so each
year. The club work in the state
and South ha 3 been of wonderful
stimulus to agriculture, and the
aggregate of the results total into
large amounts.
The training, vision, experience
and actual results in dollars and
cents of the club work in this
county is one of the most hopeful
signs, and it is just such work as
this that will make the farm life
attractive and will stem the tide
away from the farm. In too many
instances the boys on the farm are
not given the right sort of encour
agement by their parents; often
times the father is not in hearty
sympathy with this work.
However, the light is breaknig,
the light of actual results, and
more and more the barriers of
prejudice and ignorance are giving
away to the scientific methods, be
cause the farmers are beginning to
see the possibilities in these young
farmers.
Every encouragement should be
given the boys and girls on the
farm, because they are the men
and women of tomorrow, and no
avocation needs well-trained,
broad-minded men and women
more than agriculture.
Get the boys and gills interest
ed in the club work. Encourage
them to laiae prize acres of corn,
cotton, hay, potatoes; help them
get interested in purebred live
stock, take them to the fairs and
give them the opportunity to get a
big vision of agriculture and you
engender a love for farming uni
farm life that will occasion them
to invest their lives in profitable
agriculture.
Walker county is proud of the
young live-stock farmers who won
at Rome, and here’s to them at the
Atlanta fair, and may they also
win the state prize as the bast
fudges of stock.
OILEl) ROADS
The question of good roaus is
one of the livest issues in this
country today. Millions are being
spent on making roads, and each
state is seeking the best kind of
roads and the best methods of fi
nancing same.
The read from LaFayette to the
Chattooga county line, as a state
highway project will be completed
within the next few months, we arc
informed. This is a wide road and
will serve the public to great ad
vantage, but the maintenance,
which we understand, is the job of
the state highway commission, is
ever a problem.
On the Dixie Highway, this road
should boos the first standard. To
do this we believe the oiled road
is the solution. It dosen’t cost so
much and the maintenance from
year to year is almost negligible;
certainly more satisfactory than
the gravel or chert road and not
any higher in coat if so high.
Judge Wright who is a director
of the Dixie Highway Association
is interested in this branch of tha
highway and gave out a statement
the other day to the Rome Tribuns
along this liae, which we think
ttoaaly.
**l am doing all that I can to to
tsrsst Walker county people Iq #to
farther iirj-xrefrsir.t £qg Ng-
Walker County Messenger, Setember 12, 1924.
! tion of the Dixie Highway,” said
I Judge Moses Wright, director for
i Georgia of the Dixie Highway As
sociation Friday.
“The part of the highway that
runs through that county is already
improving and in good shape,” said
the Judge. “But I am trying to get
j the county authorities to make it
more permanent. Some of the best
results in road building, on sanl
clay roads, in South Georgia, have
been secured by oiling the road
beds with specially prepared oil
and Walker is thinking about do
ing that.”
In the National park and on tho
streets of LaFayette where the oil
ed roads have replaced chert
roads, it is obvious that the oiled
road is a success and the cost is
very low in comparison with the
concrete road. The durability of
the road is established and from
every .ingle we believe this is the
type of roads to be built on our
main highways.
A DEMOCRACY
OF NON-VOTERS
In 1920 in the Presidential cam
paign, a record voting year, less
than half of the qualified voters of
the nation cast their ballots. The
state of Delaware voted 75 per
cent of her qualified voters, while
Georgia only voted 10.5 of her
qualified voters. The average for
the entire United States was forty
nine per cent.
In 1896 eighty per cent of the
qualified voters cast their ballots
in the Presidential election; in
1900, seventy three per cent vot
ed; in 1908 sixty six per cent vot
ed; in 1912, sixty two per cent
voted and in 1920 only 49 per cent
voted. This shows a decrease of
nearly forty per cent in twenty
four years.
This situation in a Democracy
i presents a real menace. An indif
ferent electorate makes it easy
for self-seeking groups to get con
trol of affairs. It is known that the
better qualified voters, including
church people, are especially at
fault about registering and going
to the polls to vote. Particularly is
j this true of the women since wo
man suffrage has become a law of
I the land.
A Democratic country ceases to
be a Democratic country when
less than fifty per cent of its quali
fied voters fail to cast their ballots
There should be no “letting up”
on the whisky violators, but the
courts and the officers should wage
relentless war on the auto violator.
The main highway is getting to
be unsafe on account of the speed
er and reckless driver. This form
of law-breaking is taking too hea
vy a toll of human life to be wink
ed at longer.
Anyway, its over until Novem
ber 4th.
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| TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO |
September 14, 1899.
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Below will be found items of news
published in the alker County
Messenger twenty-five years ago,
which will be of interest to the
readers of the Messenger today.
Mr. Gordon I.ce has just returned
from New York City.
N. K Bitting and wife were up from
Summerville Sunday.
John Copeland left Monday for
Rome where he will prepare himself
for college.
The enrollment of pupils at the
academy has been constantly increas
ing since the opening.
The patrons and pupils of the Mt.
Carmel school picnicked at Chickn
niauga Park Saturday.
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account of sickness Rev. J. F.
Davis was unable to fill his regular
appointment here Sunday.
Brantley Hackney has left Way
cross to accept a better position at
Gulfport Miss. At the same place is
another LaFayette boy, Sam Tom
linsoa.
Dr. Elder, one of Chickamauga’s
*«oaasful physicians, has gone to
New York to dervote a few months in
H**teeting himself still further in his
profession.
It wa? iettwyJwi k h*t thouli
;W «L* atotSi
been so wholesome. Come to the Cake j
Walk Friday night and promote your
health.
Three new engines for the C. R.
and S. passed down the road last
week. This will be quite an improve- j
ment and shows that the road is in !
quite a prosperous condition.
John Young, one of the most prae-j
tical and successful farmers in West
Armuchee, has 75 acres in peas that
he will hog down with about 75 pork
ers. There will be meat in his smoke
, house.
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The LaFayette Ball team played
Post Oak on their grounds last Sat
| urday. The game was a walkover for
the Post Oakers—the home team not
I being able to solve Moore's curves, i
; The boys expect to get a game with
! Post Oak here at LaFayette, and if
| so they will make a determined ef
fort to retrieve themselves.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
FOR COUNTY OFFICES
Below is a list of the Democratic
nominees for county offices elected in
the March primary to be voted on in
the November election.
W. L. Stansell, Ordinary
Thos W. Bryan, Clerk Superior
Court.
L. W. Harmon, Sheriff.
John H. Garmany, Tax Receiver
Claude Clements, Tax Collector
R. D. Love, School Superintendent.
Frank Nuckolls, Coroner.
Julius Rink, Surveyor.
Board of County Commissioners
G. R. Morgan L. P. Keith j
J. C. Tucker J. H. Kilgore:
C M. Thurman
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MANY LAFAYETTE FOLKS HAVE
FELT THAT WAY
Feel all out of sorts?
Tired, achy, blue, irritable?
Back lame and stiff?
It may be the story of weak kid
neys!
Os toxic poisons circulating about
Upsetting blood and nerves.
There’s away to feel right again.
Help your weakened kidneys with
Doan’s Pills—a stimulant diuretic.
Doan’s are recommended by many
LaFayette people:
Mrs. Luther Clemons, Napier Ave.,
LaFayette says: “A cold that settled
in my kidneys caused bearing down
pains in the center of my back. When
I stooped, a penetrating pain shot
through my back and I had to grad- i
ually draw myself up. I was nervous
ar.d irritable and my kidneys acted 1
too freely. I used a box of Doan’s I
Pills from Loach’s Phr,;;via:-y and:
they rid me of the attack.”
Mrs. Clemons is only or.e of many
LaFayette People who have grate
fully endorsed Doan’s Pills. if your
back aches—if your kidneys bother
you, don’t simply ask for a kidney
remedy—ask distinctly for Doan’s
Pills, the same that Mrs Clemons had
—the remedy backed by home testi
mony. 60 cents at all dealers—Foster
Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
“When Your Back is Lame—Remem
ber the Name.”
ROAD NOTICE
Georgia, Walker County.
E. 11. Wyatt et al having petition
ed for the establishment of a public
road as hereinafter described and the
commissioners appointed to mark oui
and report upon the advisability of the
establishment of said road haling re
ported that the establishment of said
public road will be of public utility if j
no good cause is shown to the contra- j
ry the public road as follows to-wit, i
commencing at gov rnment pike, run- j
ning west to Chickamauga and Lytle i (
road between the lands of Mrs. L. C. j
Davis and E. H. Wyatt and C. Duna- j!
way and between E. H. Wyatt and C. j j
Dunaway and Don Harris, a distance! |
of 3-8 of one mile, will be established
as a public road at a meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue of said county on the
First Tuesday in October, 1924.
Board of Commissioners, Roads and
Revenue Wall r>r County, Ga.
CLAUDE CL ENTS, Clerk.
LEAVE TO SELL
Georgia, Walker County.
A. D. Hatfield, administrator of the
estate of W. A .Hatfield has applied
to the undersigned for leave to sell
the real estate belonging to said es
tate. Notice is hereby given that I will
pass on said application at my office
in LaFayette said county on the first
1 Monday in October next. Given under
| my hand and official signature this
I Sept. 1, 1924.
W. L. STANSELL, Ordinary.
GET YOUR SCHOOL TABLETS—
And Pencils from Henry’s Store,
LaFayette, Ga.
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Energy and Vitality by Purifying and
Enriching the Blood. When you feel its
strengthening, invigorating effect, see how
it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will ther |
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Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simpl ■
Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. S I'
pleasant even children like it. The Moo \ >
needs QUININE to Purify It and IRON &
Enrich it- Destroys Malarial gerda and
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F. A. SEAGLE. Pres, and Gen. Msr. L. V. DUNCAN. Secretary.
W. A. SEAGLE. Vice.-Pres. and Asst. Gen. MGR J- O. PRINCE. TREAS.
j. w. BENDEB. Vice-President and Supt.
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North Georgia Abstract Go.
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LaFayette, Ga.
We have recently
compiled the records of
Walker county and can
furnish reliable ab
stracts of title prompt
ly.
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I MRS. CAROLINE ARNOLD
| Teacher of
PIANO AND VOICE
| Summer Class Begins June 2
I Studio at 27 Cove Street
[ Phone No. 80 LaFayette, Ga.
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M. F. McClure W. A. ilcClun
HeCLUKF & McCLURE
AttO’-nevs-ut-Lavv
Hamilton ftutiuiu.l Bans Bui' ling
Chattanooga, Toils
in ice co>Tis oi Georgiawt
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W. XL deury Earl JaekAM
HENRY & JACKSON
AUorueys-at-Law j..
LaFayette, Ga. .
Practice in all the courts. Offle* U A
Jfk-keon Building. m
4. E. Rosser IV. B, Ska*
ROSSER & SHAW
s.Uoraeys-at-Law ' “ r ->
Offices
| Walker Coi'.nty Ea.nk Building
' LaFayette, Georgia
j Hamilton National Bank Buildias
Ch»'.*j.uuc>.)jtt, " tun.
NORMAN SHATTUCK
Altorney-al-Law
.ifnet in Bank ot LaFayette Bisg.
LaFayette, Ga.
Practice ia all Courts, State *c«
Federal
OK. W. D. UALLENGF*
Dentist
JACKSON BUILDING
LaFayette - - Georgia.
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Dentist
- - Georgia
Secoud Floor Bunk ot LaFayette
Building
DU. J. M. UNDERWOOD
LaFayette, Ga.
Residence wHit J. L. Rowland on
North .Uaiu Street.
Office in Jackson iimiunig
Residence Phone 2 shorts on 152
Office Phone 51.
JULIUS MLNK
Attorney -A l-Law
Office in Cooper Building,
LaFayette, Ga
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4. A. SHIELDS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
LaFayette, Ga.
Off ire Over Rhyne Bros. Pharmacy
Office Hours:
a. m.. .1:00-2.00 p. m.
telephones—Res. 151, Office II
l)R. SHANNON P. WARREN FELL!
Dentist. i
At Cliicksunauua, Ga. Ou Saturday*. m
City Office, Room 811. Hamilton *
National Rank Building.
Corner 7th and .Market Sis.
Chattanooga, Teun.
7-29-Z3
DEWEY W. HAMMOND, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office Over Loach’s Pharmacy
LaFayette, Georgia.
Telephones:
Day Nos. 159 and 49
Night and Sunday No. 84.
S. W. FARISS
Attorney-At-Law
Office Over
RHYNE BROS. PHARMACT i
LaFayette, Ga.
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