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THE CLEVELAND COURIER
YOL. XXVIIII, No. 20 .
Price Writes Letter
On County Roads
Mr. Editor :
Please allow me space in your
valuable paper to cull attention to
some of our county roads and a
few road facts.
First, let us see what condition
our roads are in and the system of
working same in White county.
Some of our roads are impossible
and we are in |u good position to
loose our rural mail service if there
is not something done and done
quick. Rural Carrier Glover on
Route 4 has not passed my mail
box in two weeks on account of
the roads being so bad lie could not
traverse it. He has been detouring
around through our farm for two
weeks. The roads do not look as
if tliey have ever had a grader
driven over them, much less ditch¬
ed. The water has no place to run
except in the middle of the road
and if you meet anyone somebody
ha6 to hit the woods or a field if
they can climb the bank on account
of them being so narrow.
I believe if the road officials
would get out and cover some of
the county roads and see how tree
labor works on 1 he roads they
would be in favor of doing some¬
thing to the roads.
It is a shame to fix the road tax
at $7.00 or $7.50 per year and then
let the people work it out at $1.50
per day. If the officials would fix
roud tax ut $5.00 per year and if a
man wanted to work it'out let biin
do so at .50 cents per day, 95% of
us if instead -of working
it out. But we gives man $1.50
per day on his roud tax to go out
with a pick, shovel or a goose neck
hoe to work the roads, do we give
value received? No, far from it.
The road work is just a frolic and
a picnic simply because the local
overseer has no athority to make a
man work.
If we would put in man-time
ditching our roads and top-soiling
the worst places we would soon
have better roads. If the road of¬
ficials would buy one five-ton trac¬
tor (caterpillar type) and one heavy
grader and employ a road super¬
visor and two good men to operate
this machinery the year round we
would soon have splendid roads,
but so long as we rock along in the
same old rut that our fore-fathers
were in we will never make any
progress toward better roads.
Let’s get together and show to
the world that we are a progressive
people. If we cannot get the pres¬
ent roed officials to make the nec
essary changes and put our roads
in passable condition we can have
our Representative to introduce a
bill in the next Legislature and
change our road business to a more
workable one We could change it
so as to have the Grand Jury to ap¬
point a commissioner from each
malitia district and a chairman ano
have them to meet once a month
and fix their salaries at $4.00 01
f5.oo per day in the month and
the chairman and supervisor woulc
look after the financial end of the
business. Next we would bring
back to the county all convicts that
have been sent up from White
county that have not completed
their sentences and every man that
was convicted in Superior Court
send him to the chain gang without
the option of a fine. Then and
only then, will we have roads in¬
stead of so much lawlessness. It
is a great pity our county bears the
reputation of being almost a law¬
less county. 1 firmly believe that
if we would maintain our roads
with convict labor and send all
convicts to the chain gang without
the option of a»fine we would have
less lawlessness in our community.
Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial and industrial Interest* of White County
ASBESTOS BUZZING
Mr. David Dorsey and son were
here on business recently.
Mr. Carter, of near Zion, was
here Irynig to trade mules last
week.
Messrs. Lester and Homer Black
of the Gate City, spent last Satur¬
day night with relatives here.
They like to visit their old home
and talk about fond recollections
of childhood days.
Mrs. D. C. Black, of Atlanta, is
now on a visit to relatives and
friends.
Mr. Williams Dorsey, of Mossy
Creek, passed going to mill lately.
While he talked about good home¬
made biscuits, honey and coffee for
breakfast he came very near mak¬
ing the mule throw all of us.
Mrs. Eugene Westmoreland,
who has been quite feeble is now
improving fast.
The singing at Yonah was well
attended last Sunday and was just
fine. The next union singing will
be at Blue Creek the first Sunday
in April.,
Business for the past winter has
been as dead as a door nail in this
part, but Mr. John Stoots, of
Helen, came down this way and
bought several cross ties and it now
looks like there is a bright future
ahead.
Mr. Lundy and children were
out this way buying eggs to set his
incubator. These up-to-date meth¬
ods of raising poultry are alright,
but they huven’t anything on the
hen yet.
Mr. Dilmus Allen and a Miss
Collins, ol Union county, were
united in marriage last Sunday.
Their many friends are now wish¬
ing them a smooth journey of life.
The passing away of Col. W.
E. Candler, of Blairsville was re¬
ceived with sadness here. It was
the pleasure of some of us to have
connection with him in the taking
of the 1920 census. He was pa¬
tient and long suffering and yet he
made the most complete census
that has ever been gotten out in
the 9th congressional district.
In my home county once they
had the same system of road work
that we have here now, thirty
years ago. The people of that
county saw the error and as soon
as convict labor was available the
system was changed and now al¬
most all of the county roads are
top-soiled and will take care of
traffic the year round. Why can’t
we do the same thing? We can if
we will only get busy and push.
I have tried not to .get on any¬
one’s toes in this little article and
hope it will be of some help in
getting somebody to start some¬
thing that will improve our roads
for it is a shame and disgrace to
have to put up with the kind of
roads that we do when we have
as much good road soil as we have
right along the road way. And, 1
pity the man or men that will not
give the soil to m.ike a good road
by his farm or kick up the devil
because of making u little change
through his farm to avoid running
the road straight up and down
these old hills that our great grand
parents traveled with ox wagons.
Some people remind me of the
fellow that is so religious until it
comes to paying the preacher or
giving something to a worthy
cause; it is alright to go through
the other fellow’s land and make
good roads just so it don’t take any
of his land or soil. So let’s all pull
for better roads. We deserve them.
If the officials will employ one
ot the above systems we will have
roads.
K. S. Price.
CLEVELAND, GEORGIA, MARCH 25
KOSETIME
Three-Act Musical Comedy
Tiie cast and choruses are com¬
plete for the presentation of
“Rosetime.” a clean, snappy little
musical comedy with a laugh from
the opening curtain to the final
beautiful scene.
The plot is of a little girl who
leaves her small town home and
goes to Hollywood. The scene
when she is telling her sweetheart
good-bye is very appealing and
will be well done by the two lead¬
ing characters; Dorothy Stevens as
Rose Perkins” and Paul Mauney
as “Jerry Hunter.”
The second act funds “Rose” a
successful star in a lading com¬
pany . Jerry lias become a million¬
aire during the intervening three
yeors and arrives on the scene in a
most dramatic moment. The di¬
rector of “Rose’s” company offer*
her marriage and future success in
the movies. Jerry offers her a
home in a quiet town and hi*
honest love. "
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Which will she take?
Come to the Cleveland High
School Friday night at 8 :oo P. M-;
and live, love and luugh through
two hours of a good theatrical pro¬
duction.
SHOAL CREEK NEWS
Why yes, guano it a little cneap
er than it was last year, but oh 1.let
me see, why yes, er ahem. Oh!
yes. you asked about acid. Why
it’s higher. You see we fiHwBfc ob!
Old Hayseed” intended to use
some acid in ins compound mixture
and we, we, well it cost us so
much to manufacture it.
We wisn we had the Sand moun¬
tain, a big pile.of saw duet, a few
carloads of charcoal, a little bottle
of nitrogen and all the ammonia
eut of a dead chicken’s foot. Dog¬
gone our cats if we didn’t put up
a guano factory and turn out u lot
of high grade stuff'. You see the,
chicken foot ammonia would bring
the desired stink.
We noticed wlvere one of Miss
Nelia Bowen’s dead pines had
fallen and some of the top had
fallen into the road but did no
damage. Yet we hate to see dead
pines fall they are so nice for
woodpeckers to build nests in.
When a few folks gel shot or
sent to the chain gang for a few
years they will learn that U. S.
mail boxes are not to be tampered
witii.
OAKES CHAPEL NEWS
Oakes Chapel school will, with
the assistances of Blue Creek school
stage the play, “Eyes of Love,” at
Oakes Chapel school house Mon¬
day evening, March 28, at 8:00
o’clock. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend us this is an ex
cellent comedy and will be well
acted. ‘ *
Misses Oga Hopper and Lula
Belle McCollum were the week-end
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. H,
Hopper, at Cornelia.
Mr. Ben McCollum, of Franklin,
N. C.. visited relatives here last
Sunday.
We are glad to heas that Mr.
Felix Stovall is able to wulk on his
foot now.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold McCollum,
of Helen, spent the week-end with
the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. McCollum.
O. Y, Cook’s mother, of Union
county, is visiting him this week.
Mr#, Dilmus Cofield died at her
home in Atlanta lust week after a
lingering illness of tuberculosis.
She was the daughter of Mr. J
M. Morris, ol Atlanta, formerly of
Whit# county.
Site was a member of Under¬
wood Methodist Church, Atlanta.
She licame affiliated with Smith’s
Chag^l early in life.
Site leaves lo mourn her depar¬
ture .a loving and devoted husband,
fathelf, three sisters; Misses Mary
and Essie Morris and Mrs. O. D.
Gillstrap and five brothers; R. A..
Charlie, George and Cliff Morris.
Hdr remains yvere interred in
Shoal Creek cemetery Wednesday,
Rev|- March t6, at t P. M.
Pruitt and Quillan, of At¬
lanta, and Rev. Charlie Palmer, of
Shoal Creek, conducted the ser
vicec
it l« the urgent request of the
Men'# Brotherhood class in Cleve¬
land that every Sunday School in
White county have a part on the
program of the greutSundaySchool
rally .to be held in Cleveland Sun¬
day, April a 4 . Every Sunday
schopi superintendent has been
asked to put the matter before their
school. Each school in earnestly
asked to notify the committee m
once so that that they may know
how to proceed with the program,
A# ypu know, this will be a pro¬
gram ofan mterdenominul good¬
will Sunday school rally on April
*4,
I notice in your last issue where
there was born to Mr, and Mrs. O.
B v¥e*t a girl, both mother and
baby doing fine. Bat doesn’t say
how <J. B. was, but hope t>e will
recover soon.
Fred Dover, once of Nacoochee.
It is anr.eunced that Georgia's
federul allotment for forest fire
prevention and reforestation work
during 1928 will be increased from
$10,000 to $38,©00.
AUCTION
4
$
1 mile from Clermont, Ga.
Tuesday, March 29th
10:00 M.
The farm of Oscar E. Fior, of Demorest, Ga., formerly owned by J. O.
Landers, consisting of 117 acres sub-divided into small farms. Any
one wishing a farm or an investment should look this property over
as it is to be an absolute auction on easy terms with interest at 6 per
cent on the deferred payments.
Band Concert Ladies Invited
Cash Prizes
HANNAH AUCTION COMPANY
Selling Agents
Office 209-12 Jackson Bldg. E. F. Hannah and S. C. Moon
Phones 542, 838-J and 385 Gainesville, Ga.
[PRICE 11.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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ANNOUNCING
The arrival of our complete line of spring and
summer “Star Brand Shoes.”
In this lot you will find the following:
Children’s patent, front straps sizes 3 to 5 $1.50
” ” ” ” sizes 5 1-2 to 8 1.65
Boy’s tan veal blucher sizes 8 1-2 to 11 2.50
” ” ” ” ” 11 to 2 2.75
Misses’ patent one strap sizes 12 1-2 to 2 3.00
” blonde side tan trim
pumps
sizes 12 1-2 to 2
Ladies’ patent, one strap
” blonde trim strap
parchment strap
” blonde
pumps
Young men’s tan or black
Remember “Star Brand” shoes are better.
Whitmire Head
Always at Your Service
Cleveland, Ga.
Mr. A. L. Dorsey, of Cleveland,
special deputy of the State Game
and Fish department for ebucation
ui work, was in Clarkesville sever¬
al days this week. Mr. Dorsey
appeared before the Habersham
grand jury on Wednesday and ask
ed that they pass a recommenda
lion prohibiting ail fishing during
the months of April and May lor
at least two years, which is the
spawning season for a number of
sptifcjes of fish hi the stream* atid
lakes in this section. Mr. Dorsey
gluten 1 hat should the grand jury
make , tms recommendation, . the .
Sitine nutom.itie.tllv becomes a law
without further legislation ■—Tri
County Advertiser,
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LOUDSVILLE LINKS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reid spe.tr.
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. E,
Alien.
Mr. and Mrs. \\ . T„ Purdue
spent Sunday in Gainesville,
u r und M rs. T. B. Ledford
|, ave been called to Atlanta lo the
bedside of their son. Will, who is
| dangerously ill with pneumonia,
j Farmers are now beginning to
prepare , |le soi , for iinot | lcr crop fls
| 'the cooing of the dove and the
notes ot the whip-poor-will tell ips
it is almost corn planting time.
Mr. und Mrs, Bart Black, of At¬
lanta, have been on a visit to rela¬
tives and friends in White county.
Subacribe Kor The ( oliri(>r
