Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Interests of White County
‘/OL. XXX, No. 48
Rivers Proves His Age
No Hinderaace
Atlanta, Ga., August 13, 192S—
The following statement was to¬
day issued by State Senator E. D.
Rivers, candidate for Governor.
“In view of the fact that Dr. L.
G. Hardman and hi. paid experts
have accused me of being too young
to be Governor, and have raised
objections to me on account of my
age, I desire to state that my age
of itself is not and cannot be a dis¬
qualification.”
“William Pftt, the younger, at
the age of 21, took his seat in the
House of Commons; at the age of
24, he was Prime Minister of Eng¬
land. Taunted with his youth, the
younger Pitt replied : “The crime
of being a young man, which the
distinguished gentleman has, wi:h
such spirit and decency, charged
against me, I shall attempt neither
to pallitate nor deny, but content
myself witn hoping that I may be
among those whose follies cease
with their youth, and not of that
number who are ignorant in spite
of experience.”
“On December 29, 1806, Henry
Clay entered the Senate of tiie
United States at the age of 29. He
still lacked three months and seven¬
teen days of the age fixed for eligi¬
bility by the Federal Constitution.
Says his biographer (Carl Schurz)
“The records of the Senate show
no trace ot a question having been
raised upon this ground when Clay
was sworn, It does not seem to
have occurred to any member ot
that body that the man who stood
before them wits not old enough to
be a Senator.”
“Howell Cobb was elected to
Congress at the age of 27 and at 33
he was Speaker of the National
House of Representatives.”
“Alexander II. Stephens became
a member of Congress at 32, and
Hob Toombs at 35.”
“John Randolph of Roanoke,
met Patrick Henry in debate on the
Virginia hustings at the age of 26,
and iu the same year was elected
to Congress.”
“Alexander Hamilton at y 2 was
Secretary of the Treasury in Wash¬
ington’s cabinet, where lie organ¬
ized the Treasury of the United
States,”
“The gallant P. M. B. Young
was Major General at 25 . John
B. Gordon at the age of 31 com¬
manded ball of Lee’s army at Ap
pomattox. Pelham at 21 was the
greatest artillerist in the army ot
northern Virginia."
“William Cullen Bryant wrote
his renowned “Thanatopsis,” the
greatest of ail his poems, at the
age of 19. Burns and Byron did
their gieatest work befoie they
were *5 and sheathed their pens at
36. Keats, while still a youth,
wrote “Endymion,” one of the im¬
mortals of bing,and he died at 26 ’
“Alexander the Great at 33 was
conqueror of the world. Napoleoi
at 35 had fought Marengo and
Lodi and Austerlitz and was
crowned Emperor of France.”
“Hoke Smilh was Secretary of
the Interior at the age of 84. The
late Senator Thomas E. Watson
w is a member of the Congress at
the age of 32. Thomas Jefferson
wrote the Declaration of Indepen¬
dence, the greatest document evei
penned by mortal man, at the age
of 32.”
“The Saviour of mankind began
his ministry in Galilee at the age
of 30. That period is stamped by
the Great Exemplar of our race a
the age of maturity. Three years
sufficed for His transcendant teach¬
ings. While still a young man,
his divine work was done, and
from the cross of the atonement, at
the age of 33, he uttered His last
cry, “It is finished,”
VALLEY NEWS
Several from this part attended
meeting at Mossy Cteek
Sundey. All seem to enjoy them¬
selves fine where they have met
from time to time. It was reported
that the camp ground had been es¬
tablished 105 years and there had
been camp meeting there every
year except two or three years dur¬
ing tlie Civil war.
Mrs. J. W. Robinson has return¬
ed from a few days visit to rela¬
tives at Helen.
Messrs Wesley Dockery and
Fred Etris were in this part last
Sunday.
It used to be a common expres¬
sion for people to make when any¬
thing came to light not fully ex¬
plained, that : “there’s a negro in
the wood pile.” This cannot hap¬
pen now for the loads of wood are
so small as a general thing ihut a
negro can’t hide in one.
Well, Mr. Virgil Glover says
we must be mistaken about him
liking chicken. Maybe lie is wait¬
ing for camp meeting so lie can
see some of the pretty short dresses
aud painted faces.
Camp meetings and protracted
meetings will soon be over and
then everybody will visit the fod¬
der field awhile and see how the
stinging worms and puck saddles
feel. Oh, my! how they do hurt.
The election will soon be over
and we will know who is going to
be our next President.
OAKES CHAPEL NEWS
Mr. J. H, Stovall and family
visited relative# in North Carolina
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Smith, of
Cornelia, visited relatives here last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tatum
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
Mrs. J. D. Tatum.
Misses Bernice and Lorene
Whitworth returned to their home
in High Shoals, N. C., last Tues¬
day a'ter spending several weeks
with their grand parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Whitworth,
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Millard
Freeman, a girl, August 5.
Miss Anna Stovall is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Church in
Atlanta at present.
Mr. Parks Slielnut lias returned
home alter spending several weeks
with Mr. J H. Shelnutt.
Mr. Loy Cash has gone to Lex¬
ington, N. C., where lie has ac¬
cepted a position.
Mr. Ben McCollum, of Franklin,
N. C,, visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. McCollum, Sunday
afternoon.
“1 arrogate to myself none of the
talent ot genius for achievement
which belongs to these shining ex¬
amples, and I cite them only to re¬
fute the charge that youth is neces¬
sarily a disqualification. Age lias
its own peculiar honors. I rever¬
ence gray hairs, the glorious scars,
and the ripe experience of the vet¬
eran, but youth is the time ol
strength, the season of consecra¬
tion, and the hour of vision.”
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Satterfield,
of Atlanta, are visiting relatives in
White county this week.
Mrs. Tom Hartley, of Atlanta,
and Mrs Paul Vaughn and son,
Paul, Jr., of Williamson, Ga.,
spent several days since our last
issue with their sister, Mrs. H. A.
jarraid.
CLEY ELAND, GEORGIA, AUG. 24 1928
Mrs. Williams Denies
‘Bolting’ Democrats
Mrs. Marvin Williams, president
of the Georgia W. C. T. U., dele¬
gate to (lie Houston democratic
convention* and republican elector
in tlie November election, Wednes¬
day wrote to The Constitution, as
an ‘ anti-Smith democrat,” deny¬
ing that she and other democrats
who are espousing the Hoover tick¬
et have left the democratic party.
Mrs. Williams’ letter follows in
full:
“Editor Constitution : As anti
Smith democrats batt'ing to save
our beloved party from the preda¬
tory claws of tlie Tammany tiger,
we have been very much amused at
the very evident distress of The
Constitution over the personnel of
the Hoover electors in Georgia.
We know and The Constitution
knows that the announcement of
these electors is a blazing procla¬
mation to all Georgia that the
moral forces of the state, irrespec¬
tive of par(y, are united behind
Mr. Hoover, We suspect, yen, we
rather more than suspect, that
those in Georgia who are cham¬
pioning the couse of the ‘wet’ gov¬
ernor of New York would have
had tlie anti-Smith democrats put
out a half-dozen different tickets of
electors and so split the vote into
fragments. Mr. Editor, if you
think that the crowd that is fight¬
ing God’s cause in Georgia just
now are kindergartens ill intelli¬
gence, a rude awakening nwaits
you.
“And don’t you really think that
it is a poor little childish tried to
keep coupling the names of unti
Smitli democratic women with
“Ben Davis?” We will never
stoop so low as to couple Mrs.
Moskowitz, Governor Smith’s Rus¬
sian secretary, with Ferdinand Q..
Morton, the Tammany negro civil
service commissioner of New York
city, who presides over more than
too white employees, although it
would he just as logical and just as
silly. That sort of thing is cheap,
shoddy, and far from the southern
gallantry that ought to characterize,
southern editors. Ours is the pray¬
ing side, Mr. Editor, and by God’s
help, we shall keep our campaign
clean and on a high plane.
“Yes, ‘the cat is out of the bag,’
and it lias green eyes. What is
bothering you, Mr. Editor, is that
we are not leaving the democratic
party. Don’t you wish that the
praying mothers and the preachers
and the host who put principle
above party would get out and stay
out and let you have the grand old
democratic party and run it proud¬
ly down the road to licensed wine
and beer, rum and rum? We will
never do it. Quoting an Atlanta
lawyer, one of our leaders, we are
merely “detouring around the Ai
Smith mud-hole.’ But if you still
insist that we have ‘gone off,’ we
reply in the words of another one
of our leaders: “There are at least
150,000 of us in Georgia and you
needn’t bother about our having
sense enough to find the way back
home.’
“We are in this fight to win for
southern democracy, prohibition,
the protection ol the home and
American standards of govern¬
ment in our native land. The peo¬
ple of Georgia are rallying by
thousands to our cause and every
day brings us reinforcements.
“Faithfully yours,
“Mrs. Marvin Williams.”
Mrs. A. J. Jurrarff and children,
of Gainesville, are visiting rela¬
tives in Cleveland.
You will find extracts of Her¬
bert Hoovers’s speech on page 2 of
thi* issue. Read it.
8BE8TOS BUZZING
^Irs. Bob Taylor, of Gastonia,
N.SC., was the guest of Mr. and
Mf^. B. A. Freeman recently.
Mr. G. V. Hefner is now mak¬
ing some improvements on the
Horton road, leading from Asbes¬
tos to Robertstown.
Mr. Rhode Hix, of Robertstown,
was down to see his sister, who is
nojv very feeble.
Sir- S. K. Cox, who lias been
sick, is now better.
*
Messrs Edlaw Adams and Elisha
Thurmond are now sawing lumber
on the Hinds property.
Some of the candidates were
here last Monday.
It was dry here for about three
weeks but showers are falling
again. There will be about half a
crop caused by excessive rain, too
little work and fertilize giving out.
Short corn is better than none for
we have tried both.
Mr. R, L. Allison and family
spent the week-end in Atlanta to
rejoice over Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Black’s twins. The reason Atlan¬
ta has grown se fast is there are
generally triplets or a quartet with
gold teeth. Joe will iu all prob¬
ability name his twins Al Hoover
and Hub Smith. Ilub has kicked
Al out of the cradle but after No¬
vember they will be strange bed
fellows again.
Several years ago Uncle Sam
bought the most of historical
Vonah mountain. It looked to
some like a foolish piece of busi
ness but your Uncle Sam generally
knows what he is doing.
thougHt he was preparing to
a goat pasture. He has built
trail and is now building a steel
lookout tower on the top of Yonah
in order to locate fires in the Cher¬
okee National Forest. Yonah is
the highest point South ol the Blue
Ridge in Georgia. So you see he
has had liis eyes open all these
days. Yonah, the great Gibralter
was built for a purpose.
Have you seen Boh Roberts? He
and his wife are products of the
once wild and woolly West. He
is a Goliah in stature and stands
over six feet in his socks. He was
down this way the other night
catching chickens. You have to
show him where they roost for he
is from Missouri, but be does tlie
balance for they never roost to high
for him and lie can reach higher
than osjrich. lie lias seen the
greater part of the United States
but seems to like this section best,
[n fact, lie is tickled to death. We
welcome all to this section regard¬
less of creed or color.
EOUDSVILLK LINES
Saturday, Aug. 25, is the day
set to clean off' Loudsviile cemetery
aud camp ground. All persons in¬
terested ate requested to be present.
The next meeting of the Wo¬
man’s Missionary Society will be
at the home of Mas. Leonard on
Sept, to. All ladiesare invited.
LEAF NEWS
Well, Rev. Hanie made a nice
short speech at the school house
Tuesday evening outlining his plat¬
form for Representative.
Rev. W. J, Brewer is doing
some fine preaching at Chattahoo¬
chee. Will is a wonder good man.
Come and hear him.
“Uncle Jitn” Nelms is getting
out again. We are glad to see
him out.
Mr. J. R. Keniiner, of Haber
sham, is over taking 10 the meet¬
ing this week,
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[PRICE 11.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
SHOAL CREEK NEWS
The winds that came last week
with the rain did a lot of damage
to corn. Well, we can’t tell what
is coming.
Some of tlie neighbors have been
working down near Gainesville of
late. We understand breaking
ground for a new building near the
Riverside academy.
W. M. McGhee, that’s us you
know, is bowing up to sell out.
then he, we or us, aims to pay
every good fellow all we owe him,
and ‘inuch-o-bieege,’ mend our old
shoes and hike out. So if you are
looking for bargains come to see
us immediately if not sooner.
There was powder on the young
man’s face
And r-ed paint on his swe-et lip,
And for all we kn-ow about this
case
He might have had a pint 011 his
hip.
Those who wear lips that are tinted
Sho-uld refrain from a kiss.
For on the place vvhe-re it is im
printed
Would be left a pa-ren-the-sis.
We aim to talk ab out no one
Jest kind’er stay level,
And if we get too cl-ose to
enemy’s gun
We wo-uld run like tlie-.
—Say do yon want prose or poetry ?
Well, we are a little short on
stuff to write, and a little slow, in
writing wvut we do think of, bin
still we are very speedy with 0111
writing when compared with a set
of people who lives over in Screech
Owl Valley. Why bless your chin
whiskers honey, there is one man
over there so slow that when lit
undertakes to sign his name, even
with the best ink make, his initials
will fade out before be can get his
surname written. Still another otu
of those that we will mention that
is a little slow motioned. He is si
slow that he can go iu bathing in
the summer time, winter conies
and the water freezes ovei before
lie can get out. Well, those art
mighty good people. Never heard
of but one ol them trying to curse,
and that was soon one morning
and it was time to start to piyyei
meeting before lie could get his lips
puckered up fit to curse with
Mr. \V. J. Presley was down on
Shoal Creek the first of the week.
Bill talks just like a candidate.
Splendid Farm For Sale
I am offering my home, which is
one amongst the best dwellings in
White county, located iu the center
of Nacoocliee Valley, togethei
with my farm of 150 acres, 70
acres of which is of splendid fertile
bottom land. On this farm is a
5-room tenant house, also 3-story
bam, 60x80 feet, and my store
house, which is one of the best
locations for a small business in
the country. 500 yards of school
and churches. Terms satisfactory,
C. W, Oakes.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davidson
and children, pf Lafayette, Ga.,
spent a few days with relatives in
White county since our last issue
returning Tuesday morning. Miss
Polly Henderson, of Nacoocliee,
accompanied them.
Gainesville Iron Works
Gainesville, Ga.
Foundry and Machine Work
Engine, Machinery and 8aw Mill Supplies
Blue Ridge Dots
Mr. and Mrs. Ailkinson, Mr.
and Mrs. II. A. Satterfield and
children motored on a pleasure trip
to Murphy, N. C., last week.
“Uncle I. J.” Winkler is not
to live at this writing.
Mr. Clyde Lunsford and one of
Ins gentleman friends of Danlon
college, spent last Friday night
home.
We understand that the Revs.
and Hanie are doing
some plain emphatic preaching at
Mt. Pleasant this week. We would
have gone but could not.
Rev. S. D. Miller was given a
birthday supper August the
14U1 at his nephew’s, Esquire IV.
C. Miller. “Uncle Steve” is a
very bad cripple.
Mr. Luther Nix is moving his
-aw mill from the Asn mountain to
the Horse Range mountain.
Mr. Doda Robertson contem¬
plates moving to Indiana in a short
at Loudsviile
Camp Ground August 31
Loudsviile camp meeting begins
Tuesday night, August 27. We
are expecting Rev. M. C. Allen,
ol W bite, Ga., and a former White
county boy, to preach the opening
sermon. Come to this first service
and iiear y ur own preacher boy.
Friday, August 31, is home¬
coming day at Loudsviile camp
ground for all former residents,
pastors and men who have entered
the ministery from the community
of all denominations. Come and
let’s make it a great day. Bring a
well filled basket and let’s spread
dinner and eat together.
B. W. Kilpatrick, Pastor.
The Daily Vacation Bible school
under the direction of Mrs. M. E.
Tilley, of Atlanta, is progressing
well this week. The enrollment
lias reached 145 up to date and all
are so interested. This is a great
opportunity for the children of
Cleveland and the parents are see¬
ing that their children take advan¬
tage of it.
We should have these bible
schools in every community every
year for at least three weeks.
This one closes Saturday morn¬
ing at to A. M. and all parents are
invited to he at the graduating ex¬
ercise and see their children get
their certificates from this first
Daily Vacation Bible School in
Cleveland.
To The Cleveland Cou rier :
I am informed that it is being
iu the county that if I
am elected that I will place a tax
of $10.00 on dogs. Such an idea
never entered my mind. Truth is
1 assisted a south Georgia member
to repeal it. It was afterwards re¬
enacted and is now the law to tax
dogs and so far as I am concerned
it can remain as it is. Though
personally I would favor one dog
to each head of the family free of
tax.
Miss Vivian Brown, official in¬
structor of Nixie’s beauty culture
barber college, of Tampa, Fla.,
is visiting Mrs. F. J. Nix,
