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V OL, XXXIV. 0 CCItS • Look up the advertisement of Delbert Echols. Mr. Marvin Hyde has accepted a position at Chamblee. Mr. Hoy Hansard has accepted a position at Buford, Miss Fannie Harrison, who has been sick, has almost recovered. Your attention is~cal!ed to the advertisement of Heard Orr, Several of our folks attended the sing'ng at Friendship Sun day, Miss Geneva Roper, of Atlan ta, spent the week end with her parents at Cuba. Col, Ovid Whelchel and wife spent the weekend with relatives in Gainesville. Note the change in the adyer tisementof Blackston Bros. Gar age. Mrs. Sallie Tatum is at home again, after being away for quite awhile. Mr. Homer Harris, of Gaines ville, spent several days of this week in the county. Miss Ruby Tatum spent the week end with her parents in At lanta. y Mrs. J. E. Puett, who has been quite sick for several days, is re ported better. So many have attended the fair this week that it is impossi ble to mention them all. Messrs. Willis and Edwin Rog ers. of Atlanta, spent Sunday with their mother here- Mr. Clifford Strickland, of the Georgia Tech, spent the week with relatives in town. Mr. Oscar Hyde, of Chamblee, spent the week end with his fam ily here. Miss Ruth Pirkle, of Decatur, spent the week end with home folks. Messrs. Dolph Stephens and Dave Phillips are visiting'in Nor folk, Va , for a few days. Don’t forget the Sawnee Cafe carries a full line good things to cat. Prices right. They’ll ap preciate your trade' Have your suit made like new by cleaning and pressing iby Cumming Pressing Club. They pay parcel post charges both ways. Get your name on the honor roll by subscribing for the Amer ican Phalanx. Price year, $2.00 See Heard Orr.J A first class cafe and grocery store is an absolute necessity. The only way to keep one in a town is to give it your patron age. The iSawnee Cafe will en deavor to anticipate your wants in every particular and in return expects and will appreciate a part of your trade. Stye JJMIf #£o£|teit Miss Bowman, of Bu ford. spent the week end with relatives and friends in Cum ming. Mr. Heard Orr, of National Ranitorium, Tenn., is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Orr. ■*, ♦ Rev. G. T. Hunt, pastor of the Flowery Branch Baptist church, was in town for a short while Saturday. The friends of Mrs. A. G. Hock enhull, who has been sick some time, will regiet to learn that she is no better. The Ladies Missionary Circle No- 1 met with Mrs. A, H. Fish er Monday afternoon. Circle No. 2 met with Mrs. Jno, L. Phillips. Mr. Henry Patterson and the young son of Mr. J, A. Patter son, of Atlanta, were Sunday guests of relatives here. Ex-service men be sure to sub scribe for the AmericanJPhalanx, a weekly newspaper devoted to the interest of ex-service men, See Heard Orr at once, Dr. Holtzendorff will be in his office at the Brannon Hotel Sat urday, October 13th, to do your dental work. Send your suit to Cumming Pressing Club. They will clean and press them and send them back to you by parcel post. To get the besFresults from your Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen, use only Wacerman’s Ideal Ink. 15c per bottle- Kaivie Simpsop. Mr. J. L. Johnson was severe ly bitten by a mad dog Monday afternoon. He was givien the Pasteur treatment and is doing nicely. Messrs. W, W Heard, Dr. W. W. Pirkle and Harris Moore spent last week end up at Bur ton’s Dam, fishing. Rev. J. W. Gober, oue time pastor of the Cumming Metho dist church, now of Woodstock, was shaking hands with Cum ming friends first of the week. Mr. W, A. Edmondson, of At lanta, and Rev. R. k. Edmond son, of West Point, Ga., were visiting relatives here first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Bowman and children, and Mrs. Elsie Beard, of Buford, were Sunday guests of relatives and friends in town. Delbert E:hols is doing black smithing and general repairing at Blackston Bros. Garage. Go to see him when in need of this kind of work. Ex-service men: It is to your interest to read the American Phalanx, a newspaper published weekly, devoted to the interest of all ex-service men. Subscribe now. See Heard Orr. Say people, Edgar Pirkle is looking for you at the Sawnee Cafe with a full line of flour, su gar, coffee, meat, cigars and to bacco, soft drinks, ice cream, fruits, etc. Also hot lunches, or a full meal, if you wish it. Call and see him, GUMMING, GA OCTOBER 12 IT-T The American Phalanx is at all times at the service to help all ex-service men in every way possible. You should subscribe now, and read what the weekly paper is doing to help all ex-ser vice men. Heard Orr will be glad to take your subscription. $2.00 a year. Do it now. October 8, 1923, Editor of the North Georgian. Dear Sir: There was 17 bales of cotton ginned in the county-prior to September 25th. against 1,115 bales to the same date last year. Yours truly,' T. P. Thomas. The Sawnee Cafe are agents for the Gainesville Steam Laun dry, celebrated for their prompt and up-to-date methods. You must be satisfied. Give them a call. For the School Children. I carry a full line of pencils, pens, ink, etc,, for the school children. Call and get a supply. Haivie Sqnpson, • FOR RENT. Five room house, in one of the best neighborhoods in town. For further information call at this office, FARM WANTED. Wanted to hear from owner of farm or good unimproved land for sale, this vicinity. H. Jones, Box 828, Olney, 111. Waterman’s Ideal Ink is abso utely the best for all writing. It ;s uniform in quality, and will not thicken and dry up, is non corrosive and everlasting in its record qualities- Harvie Simpson, The Plamby Mill and Farm for sale or rent. Located on Yellow Creek, in Yellow Creek District, Dawson county. Address, W. A. HAMBY, Greenwood, S. C. The Public Mind. fhe prosperity of our Country and the success and value of all business, industries and enter prises depend largely on the at titude of the public. “The public mind” is made up in the aggregate of every shade of thought from placid conserv atism to the rankest forms of ul tra-socialism preached on the street corners. Any one who will make a trip across the continent, or travel from Canada to the Gulf of Mex ico must become an optimist and gain increased faith in the in tegrity and fair minded-ness oi the peple at large. The magnitude and variety of business interests and all forms of production, from agriculture and lumberipg to manufaetdring, banking, public utilities and transportation, mining and ship ping, working in. open private competition and yet under con trol of government, are a reve lation of genius to make an in telligent person proud and pat riotic. It must not be forgotten that back of all this great manifesta tion of power, intelligence, har mony and stability is the “public mind” the consciousness of the commonwealth, founded on well informed, clear thinking citizen ship, thaf is not easily led astray by vicious leaders or confused sophistries. The public mind i3 the greatest national asset. ROUTE 2 Crude Thoughts and Recent Occurences. By Leon Livingstone. After another “brief” absence of several weeks I will try il again, Not much happening in this part. Most everyone is making use of the fine weather for gath ering their crops. The boll weevil ha3 taken a very large toll of the cotton this time, and as yet the actual dam age cannot be accurately estimat ed, but when the picking is fin ished we believe it will be seen that they have done their part to perfection. Mrs. W L Chadwick and son. Hugh, and Mrs. Anuie Hilde brand, of Atlanta, spent several days last week with relatives and friends in this part. Mr. J B Wallis, of Gainesville, was visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M T Wallis, Thursday night The visitors at Mr. J M Pirkle’s Sunday included Mr. J H McCoy and family, Mrs. G E McCoy and children, Mrs. Gladys Martin and baby, Mrs. W L Chadwick and son, Mrs. Annie Hildebrand and Miss Grace Pirkle. Mr. A G Pirkle and family spent Sunday with relatives at Norcross. Not only did the bean beetle play havoc with the beans, but they did considerable damage to the pea crop as well. Everything seems to indicate that fall of the year is now ap prbaching. As one walks out in early morning, there are numer ous signs before him that it is now here. We hear the hum oi the cotton gins, we see the but terfly lazily sailing about, we hear the scolding chatter of the blue jays, and the Quarrelsome caw caw of the crows: we see on the western horizon a dark bank of clouds, and we see the cotton fields flecked with white, the corn fields look brown'with the ears sadly drooping and the woods which were so short a time ago a beautiful emerald, are be ginning to show tents of red and geld, and many more things of ten remind us that the year will soon be past, and then we have room to wonder if we have this year made the world any bettei for ha ring lived in it. We should have tried to. as that is part oi our mission here, and we will soon be like the year,—passing into history. Tax Collector’s Notice. To the ladies: In order that there should be no misunderstanding I announce again that any lady desiring hei name stricken from the registra tion book should apply to me at once in person or by notice ano I will take it off, otherwise I am compelled to make a ticket of $J against same at once. Also, lam ordered to collect $5 special tax on all cigar dealers for last year and this, Those who have been selling and have not paid this taxshoulu see me at once and save time and cost, Respectfully, W, A. Thally, T. C. Used .Parts for Dodge Car. Mr. W. R. Blackston, of the Blackston Bros. Garage, has all kinds of used parts for Dodge car for sale at a price that will save you money. Cal! and see him. Taxes and.Public Ownership. Property o * ned by the federal government is not subject to tax ation. If public ownership were adopted in this country and the tax-free exemptions continued, there would be enormous losses to public treasuries, quite enough to force a radical revision of pub lic expenditure or a hunt for new sources of income, During 1921 railways paid tax es amounting to *275,128,134. 01 that sum *37,176,783 went to the United States government and the remainder. 5237,951.361, went to the state and local govern ments. Public oweershiy would mean the loss of dll that sum to the public treasuaies. There is an increase in taxa tion paid by railways. Statistics indicate the total lor 1922 will be about $304,000,000. On these properties in 1916 the amounted to *162,474,733. In that year the railways paid taxes of $6Bl per mile of track, while in 1921 the taxes per mile had been increas ed to $1223. These are some of the practi cal questions involved in any campaign for public ownership of u‘ilities and transportation, They are of interest to the pub lic because the information has a large value to the taxpayers, who will be affected-by heavier taxes falling on all property that remains in private ownership. LGNGSTREET. Mrs. Otis Wood and children, of Atlanta, are spending a few days with relatives here. Mr. W M Rudisill and family spent Wednesday night with Mr. and Mrs. H G Puckett. Dr. and Mrs. J T Hunter at tended the funeral of Mr. Nor man Broadwell, at Crabapple, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Sarah Bagwell and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Henderson were visiting Mr. and Mrs. S A Hol brook Sunday, Mr. Theron Phillips spent Sat urday night with Mr. and Mrs. Pledger Lummus. Mr. James S Hall, wife and daughter spent Sunday with Mr. f G Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Phillips spent Sundry night with Misses Maude and Mae Phillips. Mr. H G Puckett and family were visiting Mr. W M Rudisili and family Sunday afternoon. Mrs. John S Patterson and daughter were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thompson Sunday. Mr. W J Garrett, of Waleska, spent one night last week with his mother, Mrs. Mary Garrett, Mr. Jesse Blair and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A S Elrod. L. H. BACON SCHOOL HOUSE. Rev J W Gill filled his appoint ment at Pleasant View Saturday and Sunday, there being a large crowd present, Mr. Rupert McWhorter and wife spent Friday night with Mr. Ellis McWhorter and family. Mr. Sam Jones and family vis ited Mr. and Mrs. W 11 Poole Thursday night. Mrs. Susie Martin and two chil dren attended a birth day dinner at Mr. Arthur Thompson’s Thurs day, and reported a pleasant time. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Dempsey spent Thursday night at.Mr. J A Anderson’s, Mr. Joe Poole, wife and son, Erwin, were visiting relatives near Brandywine Monday. NO- Miss Pauline Marlin was a vis itor of Miss Runia Samples one evening la-M week. Mrs. Ruby Jones and little son, Lamar, of Duluth, spent Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. E C Smith. Mr. and Mrs/Ben Bagwell and Mrs. Paul DurhamSwere visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Poole Satur day. Mr. Buell Elliott and family visited Rev and Mrs. J J Demp sey Sunday, Mr. Kimsey Martin spent Sat jrday with Mr. Chester Thomp son. Mr. Gordon Dempsey and wife were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert McWhorter Sat urday night. t! Miss Edith Stone spent the week end with home folks. J Mr. and Mrs. W H Poole spent Sunday p. m. at Mr. Truman Clement’s. j Most everybody busy picking cotton—not much visiting in this 1 part. Overall Bill. I COAL MOUNTAIN Mr. E C Godfrey and two sons, Rufus *md Jewell, were in the Gate City Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson were the bedtime guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Martin Friday night. Miss Estie Mundav spent Sun day with her grandmother. Mr. Grady Martin was in Gainesville on business a day or two last week. Mrs. Agnes Wheeler, who has been real sick, we are glad to say is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Royston Godfrey and two children spent one night last week with Mr. and Mrs. E C Godfrey, Mr. and Mrs. L W WofFord'and Mrs. Smith Harrison and two children were in Gainesville Fri day on a shopping trip. Miss Annie Godfrey and broth er, Jewell, were thejbed-time guests of their bro-her, Mr. Koy ston Godfrey, Sunday.night. Mr. Foster Wofford was in Gainesville one day last week. Our Sunday schcol has gone dead, which don’t speak well for our community, Let’s all wake up and start our Sunday school again, ror there is ample people around here to have one of as good Sunday schools as there is in the county. Now let’s every one come out next Sunday and start Sunday school, for it sure is needed. Miss Lula Castleberrv spent Sunday with Misses Nella and Gwendolyn Wofford. Mr. [.Ernest Martin, who was badly hurt sometime ago, is not improving, we are sorry to say. Mr. and Mrs. Smith Marrison spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Martin. Blue Eyes. Dick —Am I the very first man you ever loved, dear? Dora—Of course you are! How foolish men are! You all ask the same question. Lady: [Tobe.l am sorry to hear your wife got a divorce.] Tobe: LYessum; she done gone back to Mississippi. ] Lady: (Who will do my wash ing now?) Tobe: [Well, mum. I is cotin again, and I is cotin fast Miss Onnie Buice, of Buford, was the week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Haynie Brooks.