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INTERESTING letter on
national forests.
The following letter concerning the
me. POPE promoted.
His many friends here will be glad
to learn of a further promotion of Mr.
National Forest Reserve will be of in-1 Arthur B. Pope. Mr. Pope went with
terest to the people of this section and '^e Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation
TEE CARDS AROUND THE
SQUARE ,$$□
You have noticed the cards in ’
windows about the street of .<3ai:
mil furnish information as to the avail
ability of this vast reserve for health 1
an rl pleasure seekers:' p
Department of Agriculture
Washington;
July 7,. 1922.
• Hon. Thomas M. Bell, ' -A
House of Representatives!
Jlv Dear Mr. Bell:
1 consider your letter of June 28 aa
invitation to further furnish in- j
formation as to the availability.of the° '
National Forests to health and plea V MEETING AT CENTRAL WAS
are seekers, and an opportunity - to ; SPLENDID SUCCESS -
give y° u an ldea how fre ®| ;:i% tvill worship 'onneXt'-Sundayun-
from restraint is such use.- ■ * jder.ihe tent. Sunday school at 10.00
x hope that you will help m passing
the good
as , ville, calling attention tOgthe
Ssf ® j rae . & a,, B „ pti8t jji
Slj!f^7"“ >“ »»» «'»* to Met. 6 . 20 ot Dt .
appointed as manager of the entire
Montgomery branch pf this large cor
poration.
■ He is . a son of Mrs. Nell M, Pope of
this city, and his rapid promotion at
tests liis splendid business ability,
He4 the impression register sitsi
deep in your mind.
We are. interested in many , thin
daring these days.
Many problems force themselves ub*;
ou. the thinking mind for solution.
There are . economic problems, a
problems, political problems, moral
blems> many and hard problems.
But' the greatest problem of all, ti
that you will help m passing My A. C. Jones supt. Preaching at
word that tne National' Fo^,.iL00; aXin. and 8.30 p. m. Subject for
LIEUT.-COL. JAS. G. LONG-
STREET DIES.
His many 'friends, in Gainesville and
roughont Georgia will receive with
dness the news of the sudden death
Lieui.-Col. James G. Longstreet,
which, occurred Saturday at Ft. Rus
sell, Wyo., where he had been stationed.
The remains will be carried to Ar
lington cemetery, Washington, D. C.,
for funeral and interment.
> Lieut.-Col. Longtsreet was a brother
of Mr. J. R. Longstreet of this city,
and a son of the Into General Janies G.
Longstreet, of Civil war fame.
He was born in Lynchburg, Va., 56
years ago, but his parents moved here
when he was a youth, aud he was reared
’in Gainesville.
GAINESVILLE DEFEATS COM
MERCE, 8 TO 3.
Gainesville defeated Commerce at the
city park last Thursday afternoon by
the score of 8 to 3, Ivester striking out
fourteen men for Gainesville.
The Gainesville team is scheduled for
a game in Monroe today, and a game
with Monroe at the city park tomorrow.
A big crowd is expected, as this is
the first appearance of the Monroe team
oh the local diamond.
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SON KILLS HIS FATHER
WITH A 22 RIFLE.
muse it is fundamental' and has, to '4 i.
Monday night Floyd Woodring was ^. the comity,
jshot and killed by his son, Riley
IN THE INTEREST OF THE
COUNTY’S health:
A delegation consisting of representa
tives from the Chamber of Commerce,
the Hall county schools, the various
churches and other organizations is to
appear before the grand jury, how in
session, today in an effort to retain the
Hall County Board of Health. Thie
body 1 of representatives will respect
fully ask. the grand jury to recommend
the continuance of the Board of Health,
i-n the interest of the public health and
welfare.
It is to be earnestly hopod that the
grand jury will see fit to rocommepd
the continuance of this splendid worts:
ests a 1 ' 0 a P u hHc playground, and it morning sermon “Salvation from Start foundation upon which solution of i 1
is desired that the public use the for^j to ; Finish. “ Evening subject, “Men problems must be founded. You cans |
ests to the fullest extent. There is ; Whbm.God Galled Fools.” . "
absolutely no formality in the use of The revival just closod has proved a
these lauds. . • . [wonderful blossing to the entire commu-
The only restrictions imposed are nity. Wo epunt ourselves happy aa a
those designed to prevent waste, de-; church that we cbuld be used of God in
faeenient, and monopoly. Forest this way. We want to express our deep-
fires waste the timber, and the young eat appreciation to the faithful co-work-
growtth is especially hard hit. For- ors in making this the most wonderful
est fires injure the watershed, create and far-reaching meeting that has come
an unsightly landscape, T deplete the td Gainesville in years. We are told
forage, drive out game, and, strange that there has never existed such a spir-
as it may seem, are often detrimental it of interest and co-operation on the
to fishing. Loss of money and some- part of Baptists of our city as has been
times human life results from fire, demonstrated here during the meeting.
For these reasons every one is asked We should never try to estimate the
to cooperate in preventing fires/ ... [ value of a meeting by the number added
The unwelcome guest on the Na- , to the church, but it is some evidence
tional Forest is the oiie who defaces that should not be overlooked,
the trees, who leaves his camp ground The greatest thing after all is the
cluttered, and who does not consider salvation of souls. But along with this
the health and feelings, of the nextvoc- hhs come to out church “a far look’*
cupant of the place. Campers and into th ‘ future possibilities of ,ouf
others are asked to observe the golden church. Thjs meeting has awakenod us
j e to p.' sense of our task, and has drawn
Enlisting in the H. S>army during; Woodring, three miles from Bellton, TH E BRITT -CRAIG POST -
the Spanish-American^ war, Lieut.-Col. i the son using a small 22-caliber rifle] WORLD WAR VOLUNTEERS*
personal relation to God and Christ. A1 Longstreet had an enviable military rec-j shootin g the father in the pit—©f-- t h e ! '
personal experience of Christ is" m! prd. He joined the artillery service stomach.
with ail others, is the 1 problem of one
problems must be founded. You cap
put up .the roof nor the walls until t?
foundation is laid.
Before you can have a good citizes
you muse find a good man.
Before you can have good doi:
there.-must be good being.
The greatest thing in the world
manhood and womanhood, real, genu;
Christian. ** >|S
This is what the church is working Hi
produce. S'
The First Baptist church of Gaine®
viile is rendering Northeast Georgia %
real service by arranging for the eonf-
Hnj of Dr. Scarborough, August 6-20. ,
He appeals to men. He holds up A
man's Christ. Make your plans to heaf
him. '
The monopoly of game or . of a de- out strength of at least some of
sirable camp ground for private ^ the i ®|® “^ er -
would be distasteful to every one ex T . 6o d 18 lcadl “g on.
cept the person, directly- benefited.
For the benefit of the general public ? |^ u ^ ^ °«W^l»apt»m.^The?re
therefor*. the exclusive private use of wcrc 16 f ded ° the ,f” st
h* lor summer uMch ”*?“*}•«»“♦• "O»o ttartm uuto
...nyacee^e,., used Uy
the public is of course not allowed,
and State'game'Yaws -are-enforced. > ' • . - /■“ P
As the use of. the forest increases, ( ‘ f ^ - ,
1 am free to predict that there wifi be
a sense of pride of ownership or part
nership in these National Forests as
FAMILY REUNION.
A >ple6sant occasion was the family
they are public property and dedicat. reunion of the family of Mr. and Mrs.
ed to public uSte. This knowledge of j$ t jn Roberts, which was held at the
partnership will no doubt increase the home of Mr. R. E. Greenway on Main
popularity of the forests as play-
Do not neglect your church. It mother here, and was greeted by many
bad business.
E. F. CAMPBELL. -
MR. J. R. SEAPAUGH DIES
... ON HIS WAGON.
Mr. J. R. BCapaugh, better known as
his hosts of friends in Gainesville and
Hall county as “.Uncle Jake,” passed
quietly Into his reward J last Satur J —
morning while; about his duties as di
man, wluch! service he had been in fer
a longmuna^er of years.
Mr.^fecapaugh was driving down
•eejn', street pear the hpme p:
-morning when the end came. Mr. Mun-
roo McConnell and a friend were near
Mr. Seapaugh at the time, but before
they could reach him he had expired.
In the passng- of' this good man Gaines-,
ville loses the last of the "original Ku
Elux Elan in this section. Mr. Sea
paugh was a native /North Carolinian
street Ou Sunday, the 9th instant.
grtunds. . ~ The children and grandchildren, in | and worked under the original Ben Cam-
It should not be inferred that froth, the delightful social intercourse, and jeron of Tom Dixon's “Klansman,” and
ne foregoing National Forests t^e festive gathering around the ban- . Uncle Jake never tired of relating his
in Georgia are highly ileveloped for'quetitablo, enjoyed with, this splendid j stories to those who were interested,
playgrounds. It must be remember- ctf&ple a. day long to be remembered r He was 76 years of age, a member of
ed that only about iwenty-five per.by every one present. [the Presbyterian church, and a man of
cent of the so-called Purchase Unit Besides Mr. and Mrs. Robert^, those, lovable nature and the highest ihteg-
has been acquired, and until this con- j present were Major C. Roberts and fam- •***-
dition has been changed the land ily of Commerce, G. M. Mooney and
available for public use-will he limit- family of Atlanta, R. E. Greonway and
ed. This acquisition of lands, togeth- j family of this city, and Mr. C; A. (Doc)
er with the physical improvements, is ^ Roberts of Bluefield, W. Va.
going forward as rapidly as appropri- - - o-
ationa permit. - / \
Very sincerely youi's,
Henry C. Wallace, Secretary.,
HALL CO. S. S. CONVENTION.
The Ht.ll County Sunday School Con
vention will hold its' annual meeting
at Murrtvyville on Thursday, Aug. 3rd.
The session will last one day and
two of the state workers of .the Geor-/
gia Sunday School Association in ad
dition to some of tho, Sunday school
workers of the county, will deliver ad
dresses on different’ phases of Sunday
school work. ! .
All Sunday school workers of all' de
nominations in the county, are invited
&nd each school is expected to eaad. a
legation to this meeting.
The people of the Murray ville com
munity will serve a basket dinner at
the noon hour.
BIO SALE DAY IN GAINES-
VILLE SATURDAY.
It is expected that several thousand
visitors from all over this section will
in Gainesville; Saturday to witness
the daring exhibition of stunt flying to
be put on by the Davis Flyers here on
that day. and to participate in the other
exorcises of the day.
A large number of merchants have
joined into make this a big'Trades Day
hero, nn.i will offer special inducements
their various lines of goods—special
Prices in order to stimulatff trade on
that day. ' . \
In this connection we call attention
to the big double-page ad of'those mer
chants elsewhere in this paper,
Also the American Legion will have
special exercises for tho day, and all
cxSorvieo m,en are invited to. co)ne,. jj
SMITH—PATTON.
Aii event of cordial social interest
to their friends here and in other sec
tions was the marriage of Miss Vera
Louise chnith and Mr. John T. Patton,
which occurred at Covington, Ky., on
Sunday, July 9th, Rov. Mr. Little of
ficiating immediately after; the cere
mony the couple wejat for a short war
ding trip to Cincinnati and other points
and are now at home to their friends
at the home of Mrs. M. M. Ham on
E. Spring street.
The bride, a daughter of Mrs. Jesse
L. Thompson of this place, has been in
Cincinnati for some time, but formerly
made her home here, where she had won
a wide circle of friends by her engag- 1 of the Executive Committee of the
ing nature and personal charms. The'County Officers' Association qf Geor-
groom, a son of Mrs. M. S. Patton of gia.
nty.
Gainesville had been bis home for a
long number of years, practically since
the Qivil War. He, with other mem
bers of the Ku Elux, wont westvfor a
short time after the government placed
rewards for the Elan, but he later re
turned to Hall county and has made this
his home sinqe. ■
The funeral occurred from the Pres
byterian church on Sunday afternoon
at 4.00 o'clock, Rev. E. M, MunTOe, his
paster, officiating, and the remains were
laid to rest in Alta Vista cemetery.
In addition to his wife the deceased
is survived by two daughters, Mrs. G.
D. Morton of this city and a daughter
in Nashville, Tenn.
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MR. R. W. SMITH HONORED,
Mr. R. W. Smith, Hall's efficient
clerk of court, has just beeh notified
that he.has been appointed a member
Gillsvillo. has made Gainesville his home
for four years, and is a young business
man with a most promising future be
fore him. Ho now holds a responsible
position with the Georgia Mfg. Co.
here.
Tho News joins their 'many friends
in wishing them every happiness. J
PARTY FOR MRS. ASHFORD.
The Delta Alpha S. S. class of the
First Methodist church delightfully en
tertained Mrs. A. H. Ashford, who left; Gaiuosvllle for a number of years, and
pn Saturday to make her,home in Jack- (had livod in Hall county practically all
sonville, Fla., with a surprise party, at his life. He was a prominent afi?l re
tire homo of Mrs. J. S. Allen on Broad | spectod citizen, and the news of his
street on last Thursday night. 'death wiil be received with regret by
‘ “his largn circle of friends,
, The deceased is survived by his wife,
four daughters, ‘ MisBOs Jessie, Mary
Leo and Wilhna Dunagan aqd Mrs. F.
Y, LigW*/two brothef, A. N. and A. D.
Dunagan and two sisters, Mtb. B. B.
Brock a fid Mrs. J. W. Shouts of Winder.
This is quite an honor, and it is most
worthily bestowed.
DEATH OF GOOD MAN.
Mr. Jas. Jackson Dunagan, aged 65,
died Friday morning' at 9.00 o’clock
at his home, 142 Spring street.
The funeral was held Sunday morn
ing at 11 o’clock at Dunagan's chapel
near White Sulphur, and interment was
there..
Mr. Dunagan had made his home in
Many enjoyable games were played,
after which a delicious ice course was
served. About thirty guests were pros-
ent.
Sipce coming to Gainesville Mrs. Ash
ford has been a faithful worker in tho
class and will bo greatly missed.
of tho Georgia militia at Macon and,
The elder Woodring seems to have e d the folio wine-
!:saw service in the Spamsh-American been a man who wandered, stayed at'j s appreciated bv hi^ nmf h ^
war, -ind w„ .ppdu.ed t. |home , eIy llttle> snd ^ J m
cnval.y sen ice in the regular army,, tjj ere ^ aa very disagreeable. He 1 *
and saw much active service also in the ( worked around the mountain country, 1 Atlanta, Ga., July 12, 1922.
Philippines, winning promotion by, his' aged in stilling for various parties
.skill ir. handling difficult situations that who nee(]ed his services , it is sai4 .
arose from time to time. Entering the
army as a second lieutent, he rose from
Dear Mr. Craig:
I am enclosing clipping and liter
ature on the World War Volunteer
Association, a national organization
His wife left him some time ago and
, j* t * . » . /. , , went to live with her father, J. L. , .
this post to that of LieutenanVColonoI, T he r ' 80n Riley, about 18 years f?r Volunteers exclusively,
which position he had held about four ^ goii?g ^ We have ju9t organized a ^ , fe
years prior o is ea . Sunday night Woodring returned, Atlanta, the nucleus, of which wiH
e was s a rone m c m e u .acs ^ the community and immediately ; '^ e members of the two ambulance
unng e wor wai, u o owing i !re p a j red bome 0 f M r . Teague; companies organized in Atlanta and
was sent overseas, and for over lurce
year ' ha.i charge of an important post
with the army of occupation, being lo
cated at Coblenz, Germany. He hal
only recently returned from .-termuny,
and raised a row. Riley Woqdring
started to go to the home of the bail
iff for help to quiet his father. The
old . man also started toward the bail.
and about three weeks ago visited hisj^ s ^ ouse > b u t going a different di
rection. On the way they met and
%it time; and the hews of his suddon
piesitrq;
youth. lie seemed, in perfect health nt!^ s 8on ’ who was the quicker on trig'
- 'ger and shot his father with a 22
rifle he was carrying in his hand, the
fpther “expiring instantly.
Thirty-five-- cartridges were found
in the jackets of the dead man.
Woodring wrote his wife a numoer
of threatening letters during his* last
absence, and these were read before
the coroner's jury
.. He was arreste4 last summer for
threatening his wife and kept in jail
for several months, "being finally re
leased Hirough,the 'intercession
relatives 1
'
the body ofl-Wooibfing 1
the veridetf fqunfl -eras ^Justifiable
homicide." >■ , /. r
FIRE TRUCK CALLED TO BU
FORD SUNDAY.
A hurry call by long distance phone
came from Buford Sunday morning to
the local department, asking that
Gainesville’s big fire truck and’ a force
of fire-fighters be sent to Buford at onee
to assist the fire department there in
extinguishing a blaze in the business
district, which threatened the destruc
tion of that city.
The truck-covered the 1$ miles to
Buford in a short time, and upon-ar
riving found that the blaze was under
control, 1 after having destroyed the
store of Mr..J. S. Busha and a bather
shqp.
The officials and citizens of our neigh
boring city highly appreciated the vory
prompt response to their call for help,
and we are glad the fire did not get be
yond control and do groat damage to
this splordid little city.
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de*U‘ will k a shock to his many ao-
uaintai.ces and friends here.
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MISS REBIE WALKER DIES.
Miss Rebie Walker died Saturday
morning at 8.15 o'clock at a hospital
in Greenville, S. C., after an illness of
several months. She was 30 yeara of
age.
The remains were brought back to
this city Sunday and th^fpneral Was
’ ” Sunday afternoon at 13.3.0Xp'eloek
ted by Rev. T. R> Eend^^^; ^^^
tended by a large concourse of friends.,
The beautiful floral offerings attested
the, love and esteem in which she was
held. . Interment was in Altq, Vista.
Miss Walker was born and. reared in
Gainesville. Possessing a sweet dispo
sition and many womanly graces which
endeared her to a host of friends, her
death has caused universal- sorrow, com
ing as it did on the threshold, of wo-
manHood. She was a devoted member
of the Methodist church, and was act
ive in chureh work.
Surviving her are four brothers, W.
Clyde and G. Harry Walker of this city,
Rayford W. Walker of Greenville, S. C.,
and, Ford H. Walker qf Parisj^France.
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American legion to have
BIG DAY SATURDAY.
It is cixpected that several hundred
ex-service men from all over Hall coun
ty will be here on next Saturday, to
participate in and enjoy the exercises
planned tor that day.
At 11.00 o 'clock at the Chamber of
Gomineri'.i^rooms, the executive commit
tee of tV-» Ladies Auxiliary will receive
the final reports from the committees
which havo for some time been solicit
ing fund • with which to erect tho me
morial to Hall county’s heroes. It is
confidently expected that these reports
will show a sufficient fund in hand to
carry forward the work, as the com
mittees have'worked faithfully and well
in. this noble endeavor.
tow active service in France. Your
son, Comrade Britt Craig, was &
member of Ambulance Co. 29, there
fore we have named the local post> af
ter him. Britt Craig Post No. 1.
The writer, who was very closely
old friendk who had known aim in 1 the father raised his pistol to shoot connected with your son in the army
and knowing the legion of friends he
‘had, not only in Atlanta, but all over
the South, will know that you will
feel proud of the fact that we have
named the local post after him,
We would appreciate your sending
us a photo of your son to be used in
connection with the presentation ol
the local charter, which'will take
place on the roof of the Cecil hotel,
Friday night, July 21, 1922. Mr. WiL,
lard Cope of the. Georgian, Atlanta,
is Commander of Britt Craaig Post
No. t. .
^Ve will have a representative in
your,.citynear- future.to. organ
ize a Post there.
Thanking you in advance for your
co-qperation.
Very truly yours, J
P. G. FODDRILL, State Adj.
HALL SUPERIOR COURT IN
TWO WEEKS’ SESSION.
The July term of Hall superior court
convoneO. Monday morning, and the cal
endar this week calls for tho disposal
of the civil docket. The criminal doc
ket will be taken up next Monday.
The grand jurors serving for thiB
term are: Hayne Palmour, N. N. Black-
stock, J. D. Allen, E. L. Clark, H. V.
Following the reports of the commit-j Johnson, W. A. Mitchell, C. S. Strong,
tees, all will repair to the fair grounds J. L. Thompson, Sr., F. M. Liles, W.
on Green street, where the further ex
ercises of the day will be carried out.
These; will begin with a splendid din
nor to he served by the . ladies of the
Auxiliary to tho committees and to alj' I). Cash, 0. T. Tallent, J. N.. Rogers.
" The travers jurors are os follows:
Jury No. 1-T W Carlton, H M Oil-
strap, W D Green, J B Liles, A B Car
bine, JAG Peck,' J I Pinson, J R Ri
ley, JAR Martin, J R DeLong, J N
Waters, M J Phillips.
Jury No. 2—0 O Pittman; B G Pierco,
W J Hope, Julius M Hulsoy, 0 O Ma-
noss, W M Buffington, J T Clark, W E
Bagwoll, B B Brock, C D Smith, F L
Elrod, Edwin A Smith. ,
Jury No. 3—J E Cagle, J 0 Turk, J
T Gober, O L Patton, Lester Haynes,
A J Brook, L F Roberts, J F Parkor,
O Waldrip, J M McClure, C R Jones,
J A Pittman.
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the ex-service men who attend. This
will be possibly the most enjoyable fea
ture of the program.
Following the dinner, the servicemen
plan to have a ball game an other ex
orcises to wind up the day.
Every ox-service xjan who can possi
bly do so is urged to be oh hand and
participate in the exercises that day.
O-
Maj. Pat M. Stevens, now stationed
in Atlanta, is visiting his family here
for a few days.
R Hughes, L, L. Rogers, F. L. Beard,
Sr ? , John Qiiillian, J. W. Casey, W. T.
Sell, Urben Bowon, W. K. Gaines, J. D.
Whitmire, A. E. Fuller, J. Q^Crow, J.
Mrs, H. N. Merck, who has been un
der treatment of a specialist in Atlanta
for several days, roturned homq yoB-1
torday much iibproved. She wns;ac- Mr. J, G. Blair, popular local Wes-
companied home by her daughter-in-law, [■ tern Union operator, has boon tearis-
Mrs. Will C. Merck of Commerce. ,J ’“— a --
■ The purpose of the. organizatiton,
as expressed in its- literature, is: “To
assemble in one active body nil the
men and women who offered their
services in the country's hour of need:
To foster and develop patriotism; to
help the volunteer in regard to* his
compensation, training, insurance, etc.
But v more than all else to build the
finest order of CHIVALRY in tbs
world.”
Volunteers in the army, navy, ma
rine corps, nurse corps, or foreign le
gion are eligible. The emblem of the
organisation is a five-pointed white-,
tipped star with a blue enamel circle
around a field of bronze with the
ivords “World War Volunteer.”
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MR. BELL WILL ESCORT !
OFFICIALS THROUGH THE
MOUNTAIN COUNTRY..
As the national House of Repre
sentatives how stands adjourned until
August 15th, Representative Bell is
expected home this. week and will
next week take a’Tirlp into the moun
tain counties to investigate star route
and rural mail service and look into
the road conditions.
The following officials will join
him next Monday in Gainesville or
Lawrenceyille: Mr. Qeo. L. Wood, su
perintendent of rural mails; Mr.
Shipp, official photographer; also a
representative of the Georgia high
way department.
They will go to Cornelia, Toccoa,
Tallulah Falls, Clayton, Burton, Lake-
m'ont, Nacoochee, Helen, Cleveland,
Dahlonega and other points during the
week from the 24th to the 29th.
Pictures will be made of Toccoa
Falls, , Cain Creek Falls, Abu caIolR
Falls and other points of Interest.
Mr. Wood will make a general sur
vey of the Rural and Star service ir
the Northern counties of the district
with a view to improving the service.
The Highway representative' will
thoroughly investigate, road condi
tions and make report of the necessi
ty qf improvement. v
Mr. Bells is making an effort to
iforrod to Cornelia for tho poach season, a moving picture outfit.
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