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THE CLEVEL
VOL. XXI, No 17.
Revenue Ofiicer W. D. Dorsey Shot and Killed In
Fight; John Farmer founded By Ed Carpenter
Last Sunday morning \\\ D.
Dorsey and Ed Carpenter went to
the home of John Fanner and pre¬
sented a search warrant, granting
them the privilege of searching
Farmer’s (rouse. They were told
to go ahead, it is alleged. They
found a door to a room adjoining
the kitchen, entering from the out¬
side, which was fastened with a
chain on the inside. They opened
the door as far as the chain would
allow and upon looking in, saw a
furnace. They re-entered the
kitchen and searching closely found
a sliding door which permitted en¬
trance into a shed room, in which
they found a complete stilling out¬
fit except the still, which was later
found in the “loft” of this room.
They opened the outside door and
swung it open as far as it would go
and proceeded to remove the bar¬
rels, fermenters, etc., but had re¬
moved only one barrel when Farm¬
er appeared at the outside door
with a rifle in his hands. He fired
at Carpenter, the bullet grazing hi?
breast, and turned the rifle on Dor¬
sey and shot him dead, the bullet
entering his shoulder and coming
out in front of his neck. Farmer
moved back toward the wall of the
house and an exchange of shots
were fired between the men as Far¬
mer endeavored to get a clear shot
at Carpenter. None of the shots
took effect in either until Carpen¬
ter had been shot at six times and
had fired his sixth shot in return,
when Carpenter saw Farmer throw
up his hands, stagger bafckwards
and enter the kitchen. Carpenter
came out of the room and knowing
that he was wounded and that he
had perhaps killed Farmer, he
went over to the home of a neigh¬
bor and told him what had hap¬
pened.
Sheriff Dorsey was notified, and
he went to the scene of the shoot¬
ing, uccompauied by E. K. Gibson
who found Farmer suffering from
a wound in the abdomen. He was
brought to jail and was soon after¬
wards removed to a hospital in
Gainesville, under the advice of
Dr. Cheek.
Neighbors gathered in and re¬
moved the body of Dorsey to his
home, but a short distance away.
His remains were interred at
Clermont Monday, and at the fun¬
eral a large sum of money was sub¬
scribed to erect a monument to his
memory.
The county and North Georgia
has lost one of its best citizens, in
the death of “Little” Bill Dorsey,
which occurred last Sunday morn¬
ing. The absence of his official
services will be greatly missed, as
he was a man of courage, boldness
and strict adherence to duty.
Ae was a man of sincesity, al¬
ways alert to his official duty, to¬
gether with the duties of an ordin
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Diagram of Scene of Shooting
e O f
porch
a Door at which officers entered.
1) Door to kitchen.
c Door to kitchen,
.d Door to shed room.
e Sliding door to shed room,
f Dorsey's position when shot,
g Carpenter's position when shooting,
h Farmer’s position when shooting at
Carpenter.
ary citizen.
He was a prohibitionist in tin
true sense, and he did more to
check the liquor traffic in this sec¬
tion than any other man that has
ever lived here.
1 am truly glad that he wa,s it
White county citizen, and the good
people shonid cherish his memory
and they will, I am sure. There
should be a monument erected at
his resting place, inscribed thereon
“Here rests the body of an honest,
courage«yt**^«wi4M*kl-official citizen,
whose memory shall last and be
handed down from one generation
to another.”
We deeply sympathize with the
bereaved family and relatives.
John K. Kenitner.
Leaf, Ga.
(’<►1. Kelley Spends Wed¬
nesday in White County
Col, John l. Kelley,of Luwrence
ville, candidate lor congress from
the ninth district of Georgia, was
in town Wednesday of this week.
During the afternoon Col. Kelley
went over and met a few of his
friends at Leaf.
Mr. Kelley says he will come to
Cleveland again in August in the
interest of his campaign, when he
will deliver a message to the people
of White county.
Whether he will invite his oppo¬
nent, or opponents, as the case
may be, to joint debate in White
county, is not yet determined, but
he says he will do so in the dis¬
trict. He says his campaign w ill
be conducted on a clean slate, per¬
sonally, but he will use his most
ardent efforts to convince the peo¬
ple that his issues are that for
which they should give their sup¬
port.
THEY CALL 1IIM TOM
It is seldom you hear a man in
the Ninth Congressional district of
Georgia say “Hon. Thos.M. Bell.”
They call him Torn Bell. \Vliy f
Because they know he is close to
them ; is one of them. He doesn’t
feel himself above the masses, but
on a level with them. He treats
the poorest man like the richest,
and will give him attention as
quickly. Tom Bell of the Ninth
reminds me very much of Bob Tay¬
lor of Tennessee. The people of
many counties of East Tennessee
were republicans, but when Bob
Taylor would run on the democrat¬
ic ticket they voted for him. They
loved the man because they knew
in him they had a friend. The
same is true of Tom Bell in North
Georgia.—Banks County Journal,
May a 8 , 1920 .
CLEVELAND, GEORGIA, .JUNE 18, 1920.
Population of White County
District 1920 1910 I960
Mossy Creek ... _______1142 952 947
Nacoocbee____ _______7«f> 822 998
TVsnatee______ ......818 239 420
Blue Creek____ ______408 3(56 392
Town Creek____ ........ 224 319 390
Mount Yonah ______ 1087 858 950
Shoal Creek_____ ______ 54 S 479 536
Blue Ridge____ ______103 306 478
White Creek... . 065 519 439
Chattahoochee . ______864 250 356
Total White County BIOS 5110 5912
.Masonic Celebration at Helen
Nacoocbee Lodge, No. 653 , F.&
A. M., at Helen, have arranged
for a special communication to be
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held at its hall June ifl, at 8:30 p,
in., tor the purpose of dedicating
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akpublic meeting on June 27 . Ap
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Congressman Hell Wins Out.
, Congress Friday passed the bill
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ton, Washington, Atlanta, Mem¬
phis, New Orleans, Chicago and
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and they esteem him greatly for
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News.