Cleveland courier. (Cleveland, White County, Ga.) 1896-1975, January 07, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextClerk Superior CMH THE CLEVELAND VOL. XVII, N0.'IU.'\ LEAF R. F. D. No. 1. Christmas passed oft' very nicely here and no one was drunk so far as vve know on the highways, We had a Christmas tree at Blue Creek which everybody enjoyed very much. Some very fine exer¬ cises were delivered by the little boys and girls of the school, as well as some good singing which every¬ one in the congregation enjoyed. The distribution of the presents was quite nice. People ought to take more interest in the Sunday school work this year than ever before because it is a work in which every man, wo¬ man' boy and girl ought to delight in. We ought to know more of the Bible and be so well informed in its passage that when we hear a sermon we will be able to recognize scriptural quotations from the pul¬ pit when we hear them. Revs. Power and Merritt preach¬ ed at Blue Crek last Sunday. Everybody remember that Mr. G. W. McCollum is in the race for tax receiver. He is a popular man in this community and is a good citizen, well thought of by all who know him, lie is a hard working nmn and had a lot os sickness. Three or four years ago he lost one of his boys from a kick by a mule, and last summer his little boy got sick and came near dying it) spite of all the Dr. and the whole com¬ munity could do. In this his doc¬ tor bills amounted to $68. If any¬ body needs help it is Mr. McCollum lie will be pleased very much if the people sees fit to elect him. They cannot find a more accomodat ing man to fill the office. Protect your home and loved ones by joining the W.O.YV. T. M. Booth, Deputy. Underwoodism. The sun at the close of the old year is sinking behind the western hills and in the east we will soon see the dawning of a new year. Let us sit quietly down and in the twilight of the fading year take a retrospect view of the past year. Let us note our past mistakes and profit by them by avoiding them in the tuture. Then as we face the rising sun of the New Year let us resolve to walk close to the straight and narrow way, to give a glad greeting and a joyful smile to all we come in contact with. Let us resolve to speak evil of no man, but be ever ready to lend all a heping hand. Let us reflect in our mind the days of our youth. Let father and mother become yoong again, and live over those happy days when iove was young and pure, and tell again the old, old story that is yet new. You are the same persons you were when you were young. Yes, you are more settled and experienced in mind, and wrinkles herhaps are to be found upon your brow, but the soul that, should never (grow old should be the same. The sun of your mind should ride high and stand immov¬ able in the sky of your life, and should grow sweeter and brighter its you near the end of your stay on earth. Get in close touch with Christ the God of love. Walk by His side and life will become bright Love will again fill your soul to overflowing, and a new song will burst from your lips, life’s com¬ panion will become young and fair again, and a quiet peace will fill your soul. The W.O.W. has paid almost $80,000,000.00 to widows and orphans. This is protection, not speculation. Make application to¬ day. T. M. Booth, Deputy. Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Interests of White County Nearby News. Mr. Ilomer Warwick had a cot ton picking Monday night. Mr. John Reid of Dahlonega was in this part last Sunday looking after his best girl. Mr. B. M. Cox after an extended trip to Athens and other points re¬ turned home last week. Mr. Jess Hunt, wife and Francis Cox gave Mr. Joe and family a plesant visit Sunday. Mr. G. S. Bowman of New Hol¬ land spent Monday night with his son, Janies, Mr. Ed. Hood killed a fine pork¬ er the other day which netted him 431 pounds. The old year wit h all its disapoint ments, pleasures and joys are imbedded in the pass. The great volume of 1916, with its 365 pure, immaculate pages, are now open to us for duty, and let us, by the help of God, try to do our duty. Duty is the most sublime word in the english language. A great many times duty is not a pleasure, conse¬ quently vve often neglect our duty when a vile slanderer stalks around trying to blight the life of an inno¬ cent creature vve should feel it our duty to stop them. First by kind words and gentle means, but if that dose not stop them duty and dignity demand that you try other means but by which you may not attain any honor from the common people Before we will let our childrens character be brought into notoriety by the vilification by a base and evil-tongued character who ?s try¬ ing to bring 4 them on a level with themselves. We will resort to other means which may seem "a rougli, however vve feel it our duty. Of course we will be censured by by some who will claim we have no right to interfere, and who will persist in us and ourchildrrn being with these base characters. But we earnestly believe that we should earnestly contend in doing our duty as justice may demand regardlesr of meddlesome tongues which every try to attend to the business of othes people. “Behold, if God he for us who can lie against us?” ClTUOl.A x CITROLAX C 1 T R O I. A X Best thing for constipation, sour stomach, lazy liver and sluggish bowels. Stops a sick headache almost at once. Gives a most through and satisfactory flushing —no pain, no nausea. Keeps your system cleansed, sweet and whole¬ some. Ask for Citrolax. CENTERS 11 )K. Rev. Highsmith filled his regular appointment at Centergrove Sun¬ day. Mr. Jasper Hulsey went to At¬ lanta last week on business. Mrs. Mary Alexander departed this life on last Stuarday at 12 o’ clock, and was buried at Bethel Sunday. The bereaved have our Mr, T. K. Crane and family spent last week in this part and left for their home in Athens Sunday. Mr. Charley Sosebee went t 0 Lula Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ilulsev spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Charlie Skelton. Mrs. M. Y, Davidson had a corn shucking Monday evening. Mr. Ivan Hooper spent Sunday vvith Grady Presley. MULES FOR SALE. A team of mare mules, one 6 years and the other 4 years old. Cash or credit. T. YY’. Tate, Clkveland, Ga. f R. 2. CLEVELAND. GEORGIA, JAN. 7,1916. Election For School Trustees. Elections will he held on Sat urday, January 1 51 I), 1916, at each school house in the Couny (except for Cleveland election at Court¬ house) tor the purpose of selecting trustees to fill vacancies caused by the expiration of commissions held by the following named persons: Cleveland—Frank Kenimer. and Thos. F. Underwood. Nacoochee—W. I,, Hood. Chattahoochee—llarve Adams. Mossy Creek—George Adams. Alexander—T. B. Hooper, Shoal Creek—\Y. A. Stover. New Bridge—Allen Tomlen. W Kite Creek—p. C. Humphries. Blue Creek—James Burk. Oaks Chapel—G. \V. McCollum. Zion—C. A. Garmon. Pleasant Retreat—John Allen. Friendship—J. M. Farmer. Town Creek—II. II. Huff. Tesnatee—J. G. Young. Etris—C. K. Sutton. Blue Ridge—Louis Allison. Dukes Creek—M. G. Ash. 1 nion Grove—R. L. Edwards. Duckett—J. B. Sosbee, Laurel Ilill—YV. \Y. Abernntbey. \ onah—A. M. Allison. Vandiver—G. M. Y’andiver. Hickory Nut—Win, Metcalf, Respectfully, T. Y. CanTkkli., C. S. S. TO THE MEMBERS OF MT. YONAH BAPTIST CHURCH: All members of the church are requested to meet at the church on Saturday at 10 ’oclock, same being the third Saturday (Jan, 15th) be¬ fore the third Sunday in January, 1916. There will be important busi¬ ness today before the church, Let, all members attend. E. I*. YVest J, YV. House J. G. Young Deacons. .EASANT RETREAT NEWS Mr. ami Mrs. Robt. Palmer is visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Palmer at present. Miss Lelia Allen spent one night of last week with Mrs. II. S. Nix. Miss Sal 1 ie Wright and brother, Roy, took dinner with Misses Mat tie and Addie Thomas last Sunday. We are glad to say that vve are having a good school at Pleasant Retreat. Claude and Andrew YVright spent Saturday with their aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Allen. Mr. Jesse YY’right spent Friday night with Mr. John Brown. Mr. Ledger Palmer, son of Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Palmer, and Miss Bessie Alexander of Mossy Creek were happily married December 26th. We wish this young couple a long and happy life, Mr. Levi Allen spent Sunday with Frank and Roy YVright* Miss Bonnie YY’right spent a few days of last week with home folks. Mr. Chas. Allen is suffering from rheumatism. The recent heavy rains swept away some of our bridges and foot¬ ings across the streams. Christinas passed of nice and quiet. Get Rid Of a Racking La Grippe Cough—It Weakens For the severe racking cough that comes with lagrippe, Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound is wonderfully healing and soothing. R. G. Collins, ex-postmaster, Barnegat, N. J., says: “Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound soon stopped the severe lagrippe cough that completely exhausted me. It can’t be beat.” S. YV. ASH. SCATTERING NEWS. After having had a few days hard rain and wind vve are now having bright and beautiful sun¬ shine, and vve are proud to see it. Mr. and Mrs. \\ . K. Nix, who have been sick with lagrippe for the past few weeks, are now im¬ proving. Mr, and Mrs. Emory Ledford and father, Solomon Palmer, have moved near town. We regretted to see them move for they were good neighbors. Miss Bertha Palmer spent Xmas, with her grandmother, Mrs. Myra Palmer, of New Holland. Your correspondent spentChrist mas at Gainesville and had a dandy good time. Mr. Milligan Nix seems very cheerful these days for he has a new plow boy at his house. Mr. Claud Palmer of Tesnatee was in this part first of the w?ek We are requested to announce that Rev. J. M. Nix will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday (Jan. 9th)at 11 o’clock if not provi¬ dentially hindered. Everybody invited to come out and bear this good preacher. Messrs. Dillard and Archie Nix spent last Sunday on Tesnatee. We noticed in a recent in the ■iCtWi from the Backwoods where ws in that part used a tooth with their cotton seed meal, Jj is quite different here as the high they can’t even )»to get a dip. I Mr. and Mrs. R. YV Ash were visiting here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Hunt spent Sunday on Mossy Creek. Mr. J. I,. Mitchell of Cobb co¬ unty spent last week here with relatives. Mr. J. F. Glover gave the young people a corn shucking Friday. All present had a nice time. Mr. I). C. Ingram Inis moved down to Hall county. Mr. W. C. Hood is quite happy. It’s a boy. Messrs. (). Howard, L. F. Savage and Buford Ledford ail paid Ilall county a visit last week. Rev. John Underwood preached at Chattahoochee Sunday. Mr. R. L. Merritt will move this week over to Mt. Yonah, Mr. Frank Reid of Shoal Creek was lip here Sunday, Mr. Calvin Dooley has moved back to Mr. G. E. Allen,s place. Mr. I). YY r . Lawson visited rela¬ tives down in llni! county a few days ago. Mr. Yirgil Glover and sister visited on Mossy Creek Sunday. Mr. YVL 11 Thurmond paid Cleve¬ land a visit on business Friday. (’old Weather Aches And Pains Many aches and pains, sore muscles, stiff joints and much fheumatism attributed to cold weather have their first cause in failure of the kidneys to properly waste matter from the system. Foley Kidney Fills tone up weak and diseased kidneys, giv ing prompt relief from aches and pains. S. W. ASII. See the deputy or member and make application for tlie W.O.YV. 25 years old and lias paid over 50, death claims. Do it now. X. M, Booth, Deputy. Naciosliee Mound Investigated. An excavating party under the direction of Mr. F. \Y r . Hodge of * Be Bureau of American Ethnology and Mr. George G. Heye of the Museum of the American Indian, New York, investigated the so called Nacoochee Mound in White County, Georgia, during the past summer, and found it to be of com¬ paratively recent origin, having been made by the Cherokee Indians and not abandoned by them until the 19th century. This infor¬ mation comes as a direct blow to many natives of Georgia who have for years cherished the belief that this particular mound dated back to the days of the Spanish con¬ quest, and was connected intimately with the beautiful legend inspired by the writings of well-known Georgian, whose publications were taken too literally. Mr. Hodge states that the word “Nacoochee” is not identifiable by the Cherokees as belonging to their language, and that by no means does it signify in any Indian tongue “the evening star”, as has been claimed. Without intending to be iconoclastic, the ethnologists feel that the truth concerning this long held“mysterious” mound should be cleared up, both for the sake of American history, and for the purpose of differentiating between fact and fiction. It is now known that there is nothing mysterious about it, its history does not cover a very long period, and there is no ground for believing that this or other mound in the United Stales was reared by people other than ur Indians, ■: tee, and Yonah, 6f I /man “kings” and “queens”, and of the reputed visit of De Sota to this locality in the 16th century, is purely imagin¬ ary; it is nowise’Indian in charact¬ er or concept, nor is it even based on an Indian story, and needless to say, nothing was found by the excavators in the mound, which,by the wildest (light of imagination, could give credence to these fairy tales. The archeological investigation of the Nacoochee mound, which stands on the property of Dr. L. G. Hardman of Commerce, Ga., were FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK Cleveland, Ga. We ask the people of YVhite county to watch our steady growth, noting below the steady increase in deposits during recent months as taken from our books : Sept. 4th, 1015, Deposits were $ 0,210.21) Oct. 4th. 1015, Deposits were 10,470.17 Nov. 12th, 1015, Deposits were 10,000.01 Dee. 20th, 1015, Deposits were 20,400.21 When you have money DEPOSIT WITH US, and when you haven’t any, LET US SERVE YOU. Six per cent on Time Deposits. All Deposits Guaranteed. H. A. .JARRARl), J. I). COOLEY, G. 8. KYTLE A. G. MAXWELL President Vice-Presidents Cashier FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK GAINESVILLE & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY DOUBLE DAILY PASSENGER SERVICE. NORTH BOUND SOUTH BOUND READ DOWN READ UP Train Train STATIONS Train Train '2 4 1 3 A. M. P. 51. A.M. P. M. it 45 4 45 Leave Gainesville Itejiot Arrive 9 15 4 15 tt 50 4 50 D Main Street 4 4 9 08 4 08 9 54 4 54 t« New Holland Jet. 44 9 05 4 05 10 05 5 05 tt Clark 44 8 50 3 50 10 12 5 19 4 4 Autry “ « 42 3 42 10 19 5 19 44 Dewberry 44 8 35 3 35 10 ill r, 31 44 Brookton 44 S 24 3 24 10 41 5 4 1 “ Clermont 4 4 8 17 3 17 10 49 5 49 4 4 ('ounty Line 44 s in 3 10 10 53 5 53 4* Camp Ground 44 8 04 3 04 11 03 6 03 44 Meidean “ 7 52 2 52 11 n 0 17 *4 Cleveland 44 7 39 2 39 11 29 0 29 • 4 Asbestos 44 7 20 2 20 11 33 6 33 “ Mount Yonah 44 7 23 2 23 11 37 0 37 44 Yonah 44 7 19 2 19 11 45 6 45 44 Nacoochee 41 7 13 2 13 11 52 0 52 44 Helen 44 7 05 2 05 12 00 7 00 Arrive North Helen Leave 7 00 2 00 ‘ [PRICE $1.00 AXI‘ undertaken jointly by the"Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum of the Aijerican Indian, sometimes called the Ileye Museum of New "Y ork. The top of the mound which was leveled for cultivation some thirty years ago, now forms an irregular circle vary¬ ing in its diameter from 67 feet to S3 feet. From the field in which the mound stands to the top is just a little over 17 feet, while the circumference at the base is 410 feet. It is evident, however, that the size of the mound has changed somewhat by cultivation since its abandonment by the Cherokees, not only as to height but also in the extent of its slopes at the base. Following the custom of the Ind¬ ians ot the South, the Cherokees built this mound, partly for domi¬ cile and partly for cemetery pur¬ poses, by piling up the rich alluvial soil from the adjacent fields. They did not rear it all at one time; generation after generation is represented by the stratification exposed in the excavation, arul bod¬ ies buried at different levels with undisturbed earth above them. The presence of fire-pits and the evi¬ dences of fires throughout the vary¬ ing levels, and the finding of some objects . procured from the white man in the upper part and near the surface on the slopes, but not in the lower levels, indicate that the mound was built up gradually, and extended well into the modern historical period, which fact is sup¬ ported by the statements of oldest inhabitants of the Nacoochee valley The graves of seventy-five in orig Most of the graves were unmarked, but in some of them there were stone implements, shells or shell ornaments, smoking pipes, pottery vessels and similar objects. Nearly all the skeletal remains were so greatly decomposed that preserv¬ ation or measurement was impos¬ sible, but an interesting fiict was established when it was discovered that usually the individuals were tiried witli their heads pointed in the direction of the sunrise. (Continued on page 4.)