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v T OL. XIX, No 50.1
Underwoodism.
It is needless to say that the
trustees of Cleveland School Dis¬
trict have felt keenly the unjust
criticism that has been theirs to
receive in regard to securing a
Superintendent of Cleveland High
School. Those who have been the
loudest in criticism have been the
least in lending a helping hand.
The trustees of course must have
your cooperation are they can do
nothing. To elect them an 1 then
quit, withdraw your support and
cease, to show any interest in any
manner except to criticise, is unjust
to them and unjust to the district.
Notwithstanding the fact that
tire war has drawn most of the
male teachers into the army, the
trustees have, after a diligent
search found a man who is willing
to accept what we hud to offer.
We think we have secured a good
man. Prof. A. G. Ferguson, who
was superintendent of Cornelia
High School last year, has been
elected. Prof. Ferguson comes
highly recommended. He success¬
fully superintended the Dahlonega
school for two years and was then
elected superintendent of Cornelia
High School, where his year’s
work Was very successful. lie
brings with him as one assistant,
his daughter. Miss Drusilla K.
Ferguson. Miss Ferguson has
Normal training, and has took a
special corse in Domestic Science
in New York Citp. Mrs, Chas.
T. Edwards (formerly Miss Myra
Bulgin) has been re-elected. Mrs
Edwards needs no comment from
us. Her year’s work at C. H. S.
is enough to justify. Miss Annie
Allison lias Seen re-elected. jfter
past years of very efficient work is
sufficient recommendation for her.
The trustees are assured that the
next term of C. H. S. will be more
than up to the standard. The
greatest recomendation that we can
give C. H. S. is to tell you to see
the C. S. S. and let him tell you
how C. H. S. students stand the
school examinations compaired
with other schools. See liim, you
will be surprised at the efficiency
of a C. II. S. student.
The date opening of the school
will be announced later.
I)r. John E. Norton, chairman
of the White county committee of
Medical Defense, accompanied by
Thos. F. Underwood, attended the
State Council of Medical Defense
week before last. There was
present at the meeting some 200
Drs. from every part of the state.
It is the purpose of the Council of
Medical Defense to register all of
the Drs. in the State. All Drs.
under 55 years of age will be asked
to make application for commis¬
sion in the Medical Reserve Corps.
All physicans of any age will be
asked to join the Volunteer Medi¬
cal Service Corps, or give good
reason why. It is the purpose of
the Council to see that the army
and navy is well supplied with
physicians and that every com¬
munity be supplied. This is an
opportunity to volunteer, after this
physicians will be drafted if the
needed number is not sufficient. All
physicians will be required to reg¬
ister and pt least enter the Volun¬
teer Medical Service Corps, which
is for home service—civilian ser¬
vice. The Medical Reserve Corps
will be either army or navy officers,
and must undergo a mental and
physical examination before they
can be commissioned.
WA NTED .
Carpenters, lumbermen, railroad
men, grade foremen, and a!, classes
of laborers for immediate work.
Write or apply to
Morse Brothers Lumber Co.,
Helen, Ga.
Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial arid Industrial Interests of White County
Bell Aids In Defeat 0! Cotton Tax
Washington, D. C., Aug. 191S.
Mr. Julius M. Boggs,
Jefferson, Ga.
Dear Mr. Boggs:
Your letter received. In reply
beg to say there has been no Fed¬
eral Legislation with respect to
Cotton in recent years, except one '
bill, inclose a copy for of the information. law I herewith 1 j
your i
introduced and passes! this bill,
which requires the Director of j
Census to ascertain and publish the j
number of unmanufactured bales
of cotton on hand in the United!
States iti warehouses a it'd all other j
places of deposit. This has result
ed in a failure on the part of Wall
Street and-the large Cotton brokers ;
to depress the price of cotton bv I
crying “surplus on hand.” No j
cry of a surplus of cotton lias In
heard since this bill became a ia v J
and the price has been high except !
a short while in 1914, and this wa~ !
due to prohibitory insurance rate- |
and a shortage of ships to turns j
port it.
There has been no proposition
, before , Congress ,, ,, . ;
to nx a it price on j
cotton. .... When the , hood , Control] , I
bill was before the House there j
was some talk by it few Members
to include .cotton, but it never |
materialized. When the Revenue
bill last amendment ]
was up year an
•
to tux cotton $2.50 per bale wa
offered by Mr. Moore, of Pemisyl j ;
vania. I rounded up the “friends
to cotton” and we defeated it. See
page 2837 on the Record, which 1
send you. The following letter
from Heflin, of Alabama, a mem¬
ber of tbe Agricultural Committee
is selFpxpiauatory :
Washington, D. C., May 25. 1917
Hon. Thos. M. Bell,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Tom :
1 want to thank you for your
good work in getting the boys in
on the floor of the House to defeat
the “Moore amendment” to t;.x
Cotton $2.50 per bale. It was
work and you rendered valuable
service to the whole South.
Sincerely your friend,
(signed) J. Thos. Heflin.
When this bill went to the Sen- i
ate I was told by a friend that j
there was a quiet move 011 the pari !
of some Northern Senators t-.-j
amend the House Bill by putting !
cotton under the ban and fixing a j
price. I found this to be true and j
I addressed a personal letter to the ;
Piesident calling his attention to [
it, and I give you the correspond- j
ence :
“July 16, 1917, |
The President,
The W hite House,
Washington, I). C.
Dear Mr. President :
I desire to call your attention to I
the matter of placing' raw cotton!
under the Food Control bill, now
being considered by the Senate,
and to protest against the same.
I cannot conclude that cot;01
can be classed with wheat, cori
and other food stuffs although of
course it is a necessity. It w.ll In
remembered that in 1914 when the
South hud no market for cottot
and was facing what seemed to be
financial disaster, an appeal was
made to Congress for Federal aic
in the loan of money, to be secured
by cotton, and we were met with
the proposition that supply and de¬
mand should control the price,
which tbe South accepted, and it
appears that if tbe law Oi supply
and demand was right in 1914, it
is equally right in 1917.
Your interference in this matter
means a great deal to the South
and may I ask that you take this
matter up with the leajlers^ of the
Senate and ask that cotton be not
included in the provisions of this!
bill. If cotton should be included
in the bill, 1 am sure it means a
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CLEVELAND, GEORGIA, BE FT 6 , 191 8 .
long-draw out fight when it returns
to the House for final considera¬
tion.
Very respectfully,
(signed) Thos. M. Dell.”
"The White House
Washington July tq, 11 ) 1 7
My dear Mr. Bell :
1 had not known that raw cotton
% ., s hein; , inc | ucfed in the
Administration bill. I am
to you for calling mv attention to
t he fact, and 1 shall take pleasure J
in cou , ideri ng it very carefully.
Very truly j ours
(signed) Woodrow 'Wilson
iJou> T h omus m. Bell,
[j OUSl . 0 f Representatives
Mr. Moore told me hist Saturday
he would introduce an amendment
to the new Revenue bill
co,ton i f’ 3 > 00 P er hale. This also
will be defeated.
Now, my opinion as to the
tion of the War, will say that
Russia had remained in the
the war would have been
now.
My judgement, from information
I g it tier here, is that war
will he practically ended this
• ■
and , that , will . be
peace SB
• '
. . the early
next spring, pnng, or or in in the early
mer. My opinion is tbat the
will break through the
ions of tbe Germans on their
soil before the spring season ;
men subject to draft under the
just passed will never be called
active service; the Kaiser will
his own life; his successor, if
should be one, will* be
and pence will be declared next
year in Berlin.
Always glad to hear from you.
Write me at any time.
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Ail vf.
Vote for W. Trox Hankston
lor Railroad Commissioner
Advt.
Midsummer Sale.
Come in and buy a hat cheap
tor cnmpnteeling, Nice line early
fall hats. Also nice line of woolen
skirts, satin skirts, while waist,
childrens dresses, wash skirls, hair
ribbon in all leading shades.
Now is the time to buy some
t hing cheap.
CJ.KVEI.AND M11.1,1NKItV CO.
1 . -voiand, - - Georgia.
JEM, A HARD WORKER
at Two Business Men Think About Him
M e have spent the better part of
■ week in Washington and
1 opportunity of looking over
- Munition, and we find tbatCon
•sstmui Bell is regarded inWaSh
don as the hardest working
n in Congress. It is interesting
see the number of telegrams and
ount of mail he receives each
y. and just at this time the most
P ri of ins communications are on
tters of vital importance to the
• pie. It is also refreshing to see
the unselfish interest he takes in
doing the amount of work he does
l or his constituents.
If every man in the Ninth
trict could visit his office, as we
have done in the past few days,
and see the amount of work he
does and the manner in which In
does it, we do not believe he
lose a vote in the primary.
iL is acquainted with all the
heads of the different branches of
the Government and lie is favor
ablv known by them. lie can
easily get an audience for any of
hi* constituents wit!: the powers at
Washington.
The people of tPie Ninth Dis¬
trict will certainly benefit by his
services in Congress during the
great crisis we are now- passing
W. C. IIoitTON,
Claude Mayne,
Barrow County Times,
F
i D. PRICE FOR
H.R.COMMISSIONER
Vormer Commissioner Of Agriculture
Candidate For Membership
On State Railroad
Board
t Believing that the farmers and the
isatire agricultural interests of Geor
rep ^ ntation on
Ptho state railroad commission, as was
(pearly tered intended, J. D. Price has en¬
the race for that position, and
jffill make as active a canvass as pos
preceding the state primary of
Jpptember 11.
J. D. PRICE,
Candidate for Railroad Commissioner
Mr. Price was born in Georgia, has
lived in the state all $Us Ufa, and has
always ngrieuUurHl' devoted •hifnjjjjU : W > ffrjnftg
and. L tjptli: f*jrS«itfr. His"tWc)
titom yste newspaper men.
ay*i Sears, Price has own
-r.i'c ! in <JW« term at Farm¬
ington, Oconee county. He served his
county in both branches of the legis¬
lature—house and senate. As a prac¬
tical farmer he was elected and served
two terms as commissioner of agricul¬
ture, and is at present director of the
Georgia Experiment station near Grif¬
fin.
During his public service he has
been called u]>en to travel extensively
over the state, so that he not only
has a wide acquaintance with Georgia
and her people, but has acquired an
intimate knowledge of the conditions
in, and the needs of, the various sec¬
tions of the state.
Mr. Price has already given consid¬
erable attention to transportation prob¬
lems in Georgia; and two years ago
when the big fight was on over
Georgia rates, before the railroad com¬
mission, he arranged to have a hear¬
ing in opposition to any increase in
rates on agricultural products and fer¬
tilizer materials. If it. had not been
for his activity at that time, the farm¬
er!; would not have been represented
before the commission.
No farmer has ever been elected a
member of the railroad commission,
-notwithstanding the fact that the
farmers contribute annually more than
half the tonnage carried by the rail¬
roads of the state. As he feels he
is well qualified for this service, Mr.
Price asks, and will appreciate, the
support of the voters of Georgia for
the place on the railroad commission
to be made vacant by the retirement
of Judge George Hillyer.
Advertisement.
Pleasant Retreat News.
Mr. Hubert Greenway and
Misses Flora, Annie and Pearl Nix
were the guests of the Misses
Wright's Saturday night.
Private Arthur Etris is at home
on a io day furlough.
There will be preaching at
Pleasant Retreat Sunday at n
o’clock and singing Sunday even¬
ing, vveich will be conducted by
Hefner Brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Adams of
Gillsville are here on a visit to
Mrs * A d atn’s parents
Vote for W. Trox Bankston
for Railroad Commissioner.
Advt,
INSURANCE.
Fire, Life, Sick. Accident and
all other kinds of protection are
sold by
Cleveland Insurance Agency,
A. G. Maxwell, Mgr.
The prestige gained by BANK J
your ♦
ACCOUNT is governed by the character |
of the bank upon which you draw your *
checks. I
About ten years of successful bank* •
ing, shows WHITE COUNTY BANK ser- ?
vice is satisfactory. *
We can handle some more business, •
and we ought to have yours. If you feel !
as we do about this, come in and let us j
talk it over. i
Over $600,000 to the back ol money deposited with us.
DEPOSITS INSURED AGAINST LOSS.
White County Bank
R. T. KENIIWER. President. JNO. D. BLACK, Cashier.
Public Speaking.
It. P. J ACKSON
Candidate For Congress
Will address the vot
crs »f White county in
the court-house in
Cleveland, Monday,
Sept. 9th, at 11:30
A. M., upon the issues
of the campaign.
Young men are
specially invited.
Ladies are also in¬
vited.
Dacula String Band To Furnish Music.
Buy Your Furniture Now
There are several reasons why
you should buy what furniture and
housefnrnisliings you need now.
The best time in the world to buy
furniture is while you can get it.
There never was a time when
wages and farm products were
higher than they are now. Fur¬
niture is getting scarce in the mar¬
ket and is advancing rapidly. The
scarcity of material and labor
grows worse each day. A number
of furniture factories have closed
down already, while others are run¬
ning only part time and cannot
possibly produce as much furniture
as they did a year ago, consequent¬
ly the price must go HIGHER!
HIGHER! still.
We have taken the situation in
consideration and have bought a
good supply of all kinds of furnit¬
ure and housefurnisliings, which we
have in stock. We have a saving
already in the goods of from 15 to
20% under the present market,
which saving we are giving to our
now, however, if our
present sales continue as they have
wfe are certain to be without a
of items on account of the
of the goods and the neces-
\PRICE $1.00 A YE \H
stry time it takes to replenish our
stock. ,
Therefore, you will profit by
taking advantage of the times and
buy what you need NOW. Now
is the accepted time, before the
rush of fall business sets in when
everybody will be trying to buy
their goods at the same time.
With our farmer friends we can
arrange terms to suit.
Take advantage of this timely
warning and call on us at once.
Do not be one of those who will
have to stand back and regret not
looking ahead and taking advant¬
age of the advice given.
GRIFFIN BROS.
Phone 36 Clermont, Ga.
Furniture, Housefurnishings, Pianos, Organs,
.Stoves, Ranges, etc., Coffins, Caskets,
and Burial Supplies.
Milch Cows and Beef Cattle.
I have for sale a few good
milch cows and corn fed beef
W. H. COURTENAY
Cleveland, Ga,