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THE CLEVELAND COURIER
v T OL. XXIII, No 89.)
Entry Books Close August 1st.
At a meeting of the Democratic
Executive Committee of White
county which met in t he court
house Suturday morning, it was
deckled that candidates for all
offices must pay their assessment
fee, which was set at $15.00, by
August 1st. Candidates for con¬
gress must pay their assessment by
July i&t under the rule of Ninth
District Democratic Executive
Committee.
A meeting of the White County
Democratic Executive Committee
will meet at. the court house at 10
o'clock, A. M., July 15. All com¬
mitteemen arc requested to be on
hand.
Committeemen for the various
districts of the county will be
elected at the primary, Sept, 15.
This is a special ruling of the .State
Democratic Executive Committee.
Begin to make your selection now.
Btiiness Houses To Close July 4
The business houses of Cleveland
pleged themselves to close their
doors on July 4th. This includes
the banks and garages also.
If you want anything you had
better remember to get it on July 3.
LOUDSVILLE LINES.
Mr. H. il. Hunt and your cor
respondedt spent a short while on
Dukes Creek Sunday.
The farmers got in good time
last week up here.
Aunt Martha Pardue spent Sun¬
day with Mrs. Sarah Ash.
We extend our best wishes to
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Norton, for a
long and happy life.
Mr, Anderson and daughter of
Lumpkin county was over this way
Suturday and Sunday,
Rev. Geenway preached at
Loudsville Sunday.
A friend came along Sunday
morning and gave us a couple of
cigars, VV'e did not know that
this good man had any thing
against us until we smoked one.
He claimed of feeling sick, we do
not wonder at it for if he smokes
many of that kind he wont be
here long.
We are quite sorry to hear of the
death' of Mr. William H. Allen we
extend our smypathy to the rela¬
tives.
Mr. R. L. Edwards. Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Nation of Blue Creek
spent Sunday here.
Blue Ridge Dots.
Well we haven’t got any remedy
at yet for the bean bug only to
finger pick him.
Mrs. Homer Burdette, of Atlanta
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Jarrard, who partly raised her.
Her maiden name was Maggie
Langston. We were glad to see
her again.
Mr. M. C. Allen and son killed
two big rattlesnakes last week.
Mr. Noah Lackey has been very
feeble for the past few months,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen visit¬
ed Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Allison of
Parks, last Saturday night.
Deputy-Sheriffs Ward, of Hall,
and Joe Davis, of Lumpkin, went
across the Blue Ridge Tuesday
oight and caught Jess Parker, the
escaped convict. Also Luther Jar¬
rard who is wanted in Lumpkin on
% true bill for misdemeanor.— Dah
ionega Nuggett.
Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Interests of White County
The Democratic Executive Com¬
mittee of the Ninth Congressional
district met last Saturday in the
Chamber of Commerce to adopt
rules and regulations for a primary
to be held for nomination of a
Democratic candidate for Congress.
The assembly was called to order
by the chairman, E. R. Barrett,
with the secetary, Geo. W. Bailey,
of Jackson county, in his place.
The roll call showed the follow¬
ing counties represented :
Banks—T. E. Anderson.
Barrow—C. M. Ferguson.
Cherokee—Not represented.
Dawson-Otis Latham, Jr., proxy.
Fannin—Not represented.
Forsyth—W. H. Beddingfield,
proxy.
Gilmer—C. N. Davie, proxy.
Gwinnett—W.C. Thomas, proxy.
Habersham— B. P. Gaillard,
proxy.
Hall—Byron Mitchell.
Jackson—H. G. Johnson.
Lumpkin—R. C, Meaders.
Milton—E. B. Smith, proxy,
Pickens—O. N. Harden.
Rabun—Ed Quillian, proxy.
Stephens—G. G. Allen.
Towns—Not represented.
Union—Not lepresented.
White—W. J. Phillips, proxy.
C. N. Davie offered the follow¬
ing rules and regulations for the
government of the primary, and
same was adopted.
Resolved first, That on the 13th
of September, 1622, in each county
of the Ninth Congressional district,
a general primary election be held,
at which all white and legally
qualified voters in the several coun¬
ties of said district shall vote direct¬
ly for the candidate of their choice
for the nomination of a Democratic
representative in the 68th Congress
by having written or printed the
name of each candidate on the
ballot ns provided for by tiie State
Democratic Executive Committee.
And the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes in each
county shall be entitled to the
county unit vote of such county.
It shall require a majority of all
the duly and legally elected dele¬
gates to entitle any candidate to
the nomination; but. in the event no
candidate shall receive a majority
of the county unit votes, then in
that event the candidate receiving
the largest popular vote in the en¬
tire district shall be declared the
nominee.
Resolved second, That the sever¬
al County Democratic Executive
Committees shall consolidate the
vote of their respective counties for
the candidates for representative in
Congress the day following the
primary election and that this
primary shall be held in accordance
with the provisions of the primary
election laws of this State and with
the rules and regulations prescribed
and promulgated by the State Ex¬
ecutive Committee.
Resolved third, That the Demo¬
cratic Executive Committee of each
county shall select from among the
most active supporters of the candi¬
date receiving the highest number
of votes in each county delegates to
the 9th district Congressional con¬
vention, each county to have
double the number of votes or dele¬
gates in said Congressional Con¬
vention that it has representatives
in the lower house of the General
Assembly of Georgia and the vote
each county shall be cast by the
delegates to said convention in ac¬
with the choice expressed
in the primary as heretofore stated.
Upon the consolidation of the vote
in each county, the Chairman of
the Democratic Executive Commit¬
tee shall immediately transmit to
the chairman of this committee the
vote of each candidate for
in each county. No proxy
in said Congressional Convention
shall be held by any person not a
bona fide resident of the county he
CLEVELAND, GEORGIA, JUNE 30, 1922.
represents, and the proxy so select¬
ed shall be a supporter of the suc¬
cessful candidate in said county.
Resolved fourth, That should
any candidate for said nomination
desire to contest the result of the
primary election in any county, he
shall file with the Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee
in such county notice of the con¬
test and the grounds thereof by
noon of the day following the
holding of such primary, and it
shall be the duty of such county
Executive Committee to proceed at
once to hear and determine the
same within not more than three
days’ time; the county chairman
of such county shall certify the
returns and results of such contest
in said county to the chairman of
the Congressional Committee and
it’snail be t he duty of such District
chairman to lay the same before
the District Committee for review
and determination, in the event
any candidate is dissatisfied with
the findings of the County Execu¬
tive Committee. In event the
candidate' desiring to contest said
primary shall tail to find the chair¬
man of the county executive com¬
mittee he shall appear at the meet¬
ing of said County Executive Com¬
mittee at the court house provided
as aforesaid (which meeting shall
in each case be open to the public)
and file such notice of contest with
said Committee.
Resolved fifth, That the Con¬
vention shall assemble in the city
of Gainesville, Georgia, on the 33rd
day of September, 1922, at 11
o’clock a. tn. for the purpose of
nominating a Democratic candi¬
date for the 68th Congress from
the Ninth Congressional district,
said convention to be composed of
the delegates and alternates select¬
ed in the manner herein before
provided.
Resolved sixth, That said con¬
vention shall do all other sucli
things as are competent to it in the
selection of an Executive Commit¬
tee and in the perfection of the
party organization in the district
us usual.
Resolved seventh, That the vari¬
ous County Democratic Executive
Committees shall assess each can¬
didate for Congress a reasonable
sum for primary expenses. Each
candidate for Congress is hereby
required to pay the chairman or
secretary of the various county
Democratic Executive Committees
said assessment on or before 12
o’clock midnight, eastern time,
July 1, 1922. The name of no
candidate shall be placed on the
official ballot who fails to pay the
required assessment by the time
named.
W. C, Meaders, of Lumpkin,
offered the following resolution,
which was adopted :
Resoled further, That in view of
the fact that the women of our
country have been given the fran¬
chise, this committee urgently re¬
quests the women of the Ninth
district to go to the polls on Sep¬
tember 13th and cast their votes in
the primary on that date for all
offices to be filled.
No other business coming before
the committee a motion to adjourn
was adopted.
E. R. Barrett, Chairman.
George W. Bailey, Secretary.
MOSSY CREEK NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Presley and
family attended Children’s Day
here Sunday.
There was a large crowd here
with plenty of good things to eat.
All I hate about it, is it only comes
once a year.
We have seen crops look better
on Mossy Creek than they look
now. They are calling cotton
“ ’possum ears” it iooks so bad.
NEARBY NEWS.
#The Children’s Day at Mossy
Creek was carried on nicely.
Their was a large attendance.
Miss Bell Truelove has been sick
for some time but is slowly improv¬
ing.
There will be an all day singing
at V\ hite Creek the second Sunday
in July. Every body invinted to
come with well filled baskets.
Mr. Newt Brewer and family of
Gainesville spent Sunday with Mr.
R. L. Ilogan.
Miss Jessie Dorsey who has been
sick with typhoid fever for two
months is slowly improving.
Mr. P. S. Dorsey has returned
home after spending a while with
his daughter in South Georgia.
OLD CHICK AM AUG A NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. J. D Sosebee
gave the young folks an entertain¬
ment last Saturday night. Every
body seemed to have a good time.
Those present were : Misses Laura,
Katie, Stephie, and Ethel Allen;
Effie, Alva, Clarice, Lassie and
Addie Welborn; Dove, Goss,
Louise and Elizabeth Sosebee;
Messrs Alonzo, Garnett, and Syl¬
vester Allen; Junior, Wade and
Will Welborn; Luther Adams;
Orville Tatum; James McClure;
James, Frank, Joseph and Walter
Sosebee; Andrew Coleman and
John Leonard,
Let’s hav^ that all day singing
tjie 5th Sunday in July instead of
the 3rd. We want some of those
good singers around Cleveland to
come, If Mr. Collins sees this we
want him to be certain and come.
Messrs Gordon Dyche and Ed
Powers, of Cleveland, motored up
this way Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Sosebee, of
Helen, were visiting relatives here
Saturday and Sunday.
Many times Tanlac has done
what was thought to be impossible.
It’s worth your trail. Cleveland
Drug Co.
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Play To Be Presented At
Cleveland High School July 1
There will be presented at the
Cleveland High School auditorium
Saturday, July ist, at 8 -.15 o’clock,
P. M., a comedy-drama in four
acts.
You will see presented there in a
most unsual manner, the real
“stuff” of the illiterate countryman
as well as wealth and refinement.
The styles are of exquisite nature
and their manners are unique.
You will be most highly enter¬
tained by Ilezekiah and Em.
This play carries a story that is
particularly fitting to » the present
day.
The costomes of the characters
will in themselves be well worth
the price of admission.
The proceeds wili go to repairing
the dormitory.
If you want to see a play that is
full of “pep” all the wny through,
go to the school house Saturday
night, July ist.
Admission, 25 cents.
To the patrons of Cleveland
High School and those who may
be interested in the school:
You are hereby requested to
meet at the School building in
Cleveland on Saturday July 8th, at
2 o’clock I’. M. for the purpose of
discussing questions relative to the
school and matters generally.
It is earnestly hoped that eacii
and every patron be present at this
meeting and others who are not
patrons but who are internested in
the school ar6 requested to beat
this meeting.
This is to be a meeting of impor¬
tance and a meeiing that will mean
a great deal to the school in the
future.
If we are to have a school we
must back up not only with our
means but our support in every
way. We expect to have the best
school next year that we have ever
had and this can only be done by
co-operation.
Respt.
Trustees
Quintuplets.
Monroe, La., June 14—Five
children were born to Mrs. Wil¬
liam Prestage, wife of a farmer of
the Old Floyd neighborhood, sixty
miles northeast of Monne accord¬
ing to word received lu re today.
Five years ago she became the
mother of triplets.
Thos, E. Watson
AND
Baseball
AT
GAINESVILLE
On July 4th the G. & N. W.
R. R. will sell round trip tick¬
ets from all stations on its
line to Gainesville at the price
of one way fare.
Senator Thos. E. Watson
will speak at 11 o’clock and a
game of baseball will be play¬
ed in the ufternoon.
The afternoon train will not
leave Gainesville until 6 I*. M.
C. A. WELCI1EL, G.P.A.
Miss Mary Curtis, of Roborts
town, spent Sunday with Miss
Jessie Davidson.
