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THE CLEVELAND COURIER
v T QL. XXIII, No 2 .
Brannon Six Replies To Harris.
Mr. Editor :
Will you please allow me space
in your paper to correct the mis¬
takes of Mr. F. K. Harris in the
issue of the Courier for Sept. 30, as
it is composed of mistakes.
We welcome Mr. Harris in our
county as a citizen, but think his
backstop has done him an injustice
by not giving him better inform¬
ation, as he (Mr. Harris) was a
citizen of Habersham county until a
short time ago.
First : He said Nacoochee and
Helen gave most of the $30,000
subscripton to the G.& N. W. R.R.
Here is the figures from the record :
Nacoochee and Helen subscribed
less than $‘jooo. while Cleveland
and the lower part of the county
paid more than $18,000. Eight
men in Cleveland district composed
the Guarantee committee, and they
had to pay $3,200 after they had
paid what they had subscribed to
make good their guarantee.
Mr. Harris, I am your friend,
but please never let a man boost
you up without a record to assure
you he is right that you may know
where you are at.
I am not a citizen of Cleveland
district but 1 stand for justice be¬
tween man and man in all things
and have a record at tny back to
rely upon not hearsay, because we
know from reading the Bible that
there has been deceivers from the
birth of Christ. We read on a
certain occasion the devil was cast
out of a multitude of people and
had nowhere to go. He then asked
permission of Christ to enter a
herd of swine that were feeding op,
the mountain side nearby, and was
permitted to enter into the swine,
and as soon as he entered them
they ran violently down the moun¬
tain and were drowded in the sea.
Sometimes noticing the world and
the disposition of some people, 1
am sometimes almost persuaded to
think that if man of today had the
heart and principle of the hog of
that day there would not be
sufficient good pure water left to
swim a catfish. Hope that I am
mistaken.
Second : Mr. Harris takes the
position to say that our little corner
of thirteen miles is a very small
thing, and thinks we should not
have any improvements as we have
never had any heretofore. It looks
to me like he would want the State
to help us so we would not use so
much of his tax money on our roads.
Mr. Harris, will you please pray
one time for our little thirteen mile
corner? It will be appreciated very
much. If there ever has been any
praying for us in regards to us
receiving any special benefits from
the road funds of the county we are
sure they have not been answered.
Mr. Harris, we pay taxes. Please
don’t ask someone, but go to the
tax book and see for yourself.
- I want the good people of Chat¬
tahoochee and Nacoochee to know
that I am your friend and that you
have my best regards.
If I should be mistaken in Mr.
Harris being a new-coiner in our
county and he has lived in the
county any length of time, and is
no better informed that his article
of Sept. 30th shows, I sincerely ask
God and also the good people to
forgive me for this reply, as the
Bible tells us we should bear the
infirmities of the weak. And if
any man should boost a man of this
character without giving him better
information—that is if he is capable
of doing so—I ask God to pity him.
The rich man never even did this,
and in hell lifted up his eyes being
in torment and saw Lazarus afar
off in Abraham’s bosom, -and asked
Lazarus to return and warn his five
brothers Hot to come, for he was
tormented in those flames.
Respectfully,
BRANNON NIX.
Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Interests of White County
Harding Asks Rail Heads
To Plan Rate Gut
President And Transportation Executives
Confer—Later Bring Up
The Issue 01 Wages
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8 .—Pres¬
ident Harding Saturday took up
with the railroad executives the
matter of reduction of freight rates
and indicated his desire that the
railroads give this matter early and
carfully consideration.
The railroad executives headed by
T. DeWitt Cuyler of the Assocation
of Railway Executives informed
the President that they felt that
reduction of freight rates must go
hand-in-hand with reduction in op¬
erating expenses could not be
materially reduced unless railroad
wages were reduced.
It is right that the employees
wages should be reduced to a fair
scale. But should they agree to it
before the roads reduces their rates
is the question that is before the
public? The roads earning are in¬
creasing since June and costs on all
material and rolling stock has great¬
ly reduced. They are now moving
the largest crop on record with the
highest freight rates ever establish¬
ed ; there has been no increase in
capitalization of the railroads for
the past eight years.
With the prieces of every com¬
modity greatly reduced is it just
and right for the rail rates to
remain as they were when corn
was $3.00 per bushel?
Then why not demand some
change made.
Young People Have Rig Time
On Trip To Mountains.
A number of young folks,
were well chaperoned by Mr.
Mrs H. B. Underwood, spent Fri
day and Saturday on the side of
Blue Ridge range near Tesnatee
Gap picking up chestnuts and
enjoying nature’s beautiful scenery
that should put countless
thoughts iuto every human as he
witness these woundefu! works
nature. Every moment of the
occasion was highly enjoyed,
they did now and then have to
“toughit.”
The party consisted of: Misses
Lorene Jones, Eula Henderson,
Leola Skelton, Mazy Craven, and
Clara Henderson, Messrs Joe Ed
Underwood, Sam Allison. Ray
Miller, Charlie Carroll and Charlie
Oakes.
Blue Ridge Dots.
Rev. G. B. Allison, of New
Holland, who lias been assisting the
pastor in charge, Rev. Stanton
Nicholson, in a few days service at
Mt. Pleasent, preached last Mon¬
day. XI is subject was Jonah in the
ship. We were astonished to hear
how Bart had improved since 17
years ago. Sister B. P. Pharris led
in prayer. She is safe to be called.
Mr. Alex Allen has accepted a
position at Canton N. C.
We stated in last issue that Prof.
J. L. Lunsford was building.
However, he has only logged the
mill preparatory to that end.
Dr. and Mrs. Simmons and Mr.
J. C. Ledford were up this way
last Sunday to see their mother,
Mrs. J. A. Ledford, who is at the
home of her daughter, Mrs.
Thacker.
FOR RENT.— My five horse
farm on Blue Creek $250.00 stand
ing rent.
Mrs. Nora Colley,
Hapeville, Ga,
CLEVELAND, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 14 , 1921 .
John Farmer Moved
To Prison Farm
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Oct. u
John Farmer, sonvicted last year], I
for killing “Little Bill” Dorsey,
a revenue officer in White county,
has been removed from the Hall
county chaingang to the state farm
at Miledgeville. When the officer
war killed. Farmer was shot by a*
nother officer in the stomach, and
he has never recovered from that.
He was given ,-a life sentence and
entered Hall county gang last Jan¬
uary. v He has been growing worse,
hence his transfer to the state farm.
Urge Dispensary For Hills
North Georgia
Madon, Ga., Oct. 3.— A Macon
man who summers in North
Georgia, but does not desire his
name used, will make a proposal
shortly to the Red Cross to donate
enough land to establish a small
dispensary in the vicinity of Porter
Springs in the Georgia mountains.
“Uplift,” he said,’‘is alright in
its place, but I believe in taking
care of physical wants first then
going after the mental. Domestic
science dosn’t help a distorted limb
or a badly burned arm.”
In the vicinity of Porter Springs,
as well as other sections of the
mountain country, says this man
who, although he does not practice
medicine, holds an M. 1 ). diploma
Doctors are scarce and long dis¬
tances apart and the charges for
*»T vijit raiure jrom -Do to $25.
The people of the mountains do
not want charity, as they have
enough money to buy medicine,
but not enough to pay such price
for doctor’s visits, he said.
K 1 MSEY NEWS.
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Ash, ft daughter.
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Miller, a son.
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. ('has.
Reid, a daughter.
Horn <0 Mr. and Mrs. IJtor
rison Nix, a son.
Miss Minnie Young began school
at Oak’s Chapel Monday.
Miss Avie Cathy will teach the
next term of school at Etris,
Mrs. W. A. Nix must be giving
excellent satisfaction at Town
Creek school, as the trustees have
elected her for an other term.
Miss Bonnie McAfee has return¬
ed home from Gainesville and will
enter Cleveland High School.
Mrs. Eli Allen is slowly im¬
proving from a severe illness.
Mr. Luther Jarrard and family
have moved in the home with Mr.
Eli Allen.
Mr. G. E. Allen has been elected
teacher of Pleasent Retreat School.
Miss Jessie Davidson and little
sister, Sallie, spent last Friday
night with Mrs. F. A. McAfee and
family.
Miss Avie Cathy made a business
trip to Gainesville last week.
Messrs Albert Dyer and John
Cathy hauled a load of produce to
Gainesville last week.
STRAYED OR STOLEN
One female houud, black with
yellow foot and yellow dots over
each eye, a small split in each ear.
FindeV notify J. B. Turner, Jr,
Cleveland, Ga., R. No. 4 and te
ceive reward.
BREEDLOVE-ALLISON
Mr. and Mrs W. L. Breedlove,
of Monroe, announces the engage¬
ment of their daughter, Hester, to
Mr. Luther Thomas Allison, the
marrage to be solemnized at (lie
home of the bride Wednesday,
November 2nd.—Atlanta Jourpal.
[PRICE $1.50 A YKaI, IX ADVANCE
; Another surprise in store for the
j bride is the discovery that men
j commonly wear stockings contain
ing from three to seventeen holes.
—Athens Daily News,
j That may be the case in some
instances, but all we know of have
just one hole. We can't see where
they would pul the seventeen.
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H. A. JARRARD, B. R. BARRETT
President V ice-President
C. II, EDWARDS, W. L. NORTON,
Vice-President Cashier
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CLEVELAND, GA.
Deposits insured
NOTICE.
1 will try to make a round over
the country every month with 137
Watkins Products, also a line oi
antoniobile applies,
" * 11 ta * <e !U '}' kind of produce,
J- H. Campbell.
