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VOLUME XLVIII.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1924.
NUMBER 20.
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Grand Theatre
Reynolds, Ga.
PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
“TO THE LAST MAN”
With Lois Wilson, Richard Dix
and cast. Zane Grey’s world-
famed novel “To the Last Man
tells the story of a historic fend
in Arizona. The picture version
was filmed in that country under
the supervision of the author and
its constituents. An epic of Ton-
to Basin that will go far to con
vince the world that the romance
of the vanishing frontier is im
possible. It is a screen master
piece. Screen patrons will enjoy
it. A* Paramount picture. High
class in every way. Added attrac
tion: Comedy,
“EDUCATOR”
Just loads of laughter in this
Comedy.
ADMISSION 15c & 35c
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
“TO THE LAST MAN”
Here’s a spirited, colorful,
thrill-laden picturization of Zane
Grey’s great novel. Filmed in
the hitherto unscreened wilds of
Arizona—Actual scene of the
story. Zane Grey’s stories make
ideal pictures. Here’s one of his
best. A tale,of the golden West.
Don't miss this wonderful pic
ture that Paramount presents ior
you. Added attraction:
“Ruth of the Range” Chapter 11.
ADMISSION 15c & 35c
Doors open 7:15. Picture on
screen at 8:00 Sharp.
Music—Grand Theatre Orchestra,
Pensibners to be
Paid This Month.
For the first time since 1913,
pensioners of the State of Georgia
will receive the full amount of $1,-
300,000 this sprihg, it has been an
nounced by state officials.
It has been necessary since 191S
to make the payments semi-annual
ly. The funds will be available, it
was pointed out, by reason of tne
$350,000 in tahe State Treasury,
$250,000 from the fuel oil fund and
$500,000 to-be borrowed by the gov
ernor.
The good condition of the treas
ury is due to the fact tnat the state
institutions are being paid their ap
propriations monthly now instead of
in lump sums. --
It' is understood that pensioners
will receive their pay May 1st.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
EXPECTS TO HANDLE
BIG PEACH HAULAGE
Savannah, Ga., April 3.—J. F.
Jackson, general agricultural agent
said today the outlook at this time
of the Central of Georgia railway
was that his road would handle at
least 10,000 carloads of Georgia
peaches this year. Unless some un
foreseen disaster overtakes the crop
the yield should be large, states Mr.
Jackson. He also said the Centra:
railway was advising against the
planting of further acreage along its
lines at this time. The heavy crop of
the coming into bearing of many
this year will be made possible by
acres of new trees he stated.“We do
not advise the planting of new or
chards now” said Mr. Jackson.
Peach men should bear in mind
the supply and demand theory and
guard against the raising of infer-
1 ior varieties.
18.41 NOSIER APPOINIED^CHAIRMfiN—
FOR TAYLOR COUNTY If MOIL COMMITTEE.
Governor Walker’s appointment of
Mrs. Howard Neisler as chairman of
Taylor county to raise the county’s
quota for Stone Mountain Confed
erate Memorial has been accepted
by Mrs. Neisler and organiztion of
her committee to conduct the cam
paign will begin at once. Throughout
Georgia the campaign is making
good progress, and chairman, Mrs.
Neisler is anxious &r this county
to be among the first to raise its
quota, which is $2,100.00
Since the head of General Lee
was unveiled on the precipice of
Stone Mountain on Lee's birthday
Jan. 19, the Memorial Association
has announced that the heads of
'Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson
Davis will be unveiled on June 2,
when hundreds of Confederate vet
erans on their way to the Memphis
Reunion will find it convenient to
stop over and take part in the cere
monies. To keep the work going on
such a scale as to enable Gutzon
Borglum, the great sculptor, to fin
ish the two heads on that date, it is
necessary for the Association to raise
i funds on a large scale, it was ex
plained a few days ago in a public
statement by Hollins N. Randolph,
president of the Association. Mr
Borglum must have, he explained, at
Idast three full crews of workmen to
"Iceep abreast of the schedule, and the
Association is making special effort
to raise Georgia’s quota without de
lay .
“Memorial Day has been set as
the day for all counties in- Georgia
to finish their quotas, after which
the Memorial Association will im
mediately go into the other Southern
States with organized campaigns to
raise the quotas which they have
pledged when Georgia does her part
“Memorial day is a most appro
priate day for Georgia to finish her
quota for the great Memorial,” said
the chairman, Mrs. Neisler. “But I
hope our county will finish her quo
ta before that date. Stone Mountain
Memorial has become famous throu
ghout the world, and the world is
looking to Georgians to do their
part in its building. Every southern
State is willing and ready to contri
bute an amount equal to Georgia’s
quota as soon as Georgia's quota is
SPRING TERM TAYLOR
AFTER SESSION
OF ONLY THREE DAYS.
raised. The Association cannot con
sistently go into other states and ask
them to contribute until Georgians
have demonstrated their interest by
giving the work a substantial start.
Atlanta subscribed her quota of
$250,000 before the Georgia quota
was undertaken.
“Every living descendant of a
Confederate soldier has an interest
in this Memorial and ought to con
tribute something to its cost. The
Association has worked out two
splendid plans t give everybody an
opportunity to contribute according
to their means.
“One is the Founders Roll, for in
dividuals, family groups and or
ganization which subscribe $1,000
payable $200 a year for five years.
A Founders Roll subscriber will be
given a beautiful bronze tablet in
the great Memorial Hall to be quar
ried out of the mountain, and on it
will be engraved the name of any
Confederate soldier or military or
ganization the subscriber wishes to
memoralize. A widow of a Confed
erate soldier may memoralize her
husband; ,a son or daugnter may
memoralize their father or. other an
cestor; a family group may join to
gether and memoralize an ancestor;
a H D. C. chapter, Ladies Memori
al Association or organization of
any kind may memoralize a soldier,
company or regiment. There is room
in the hall for about 2,500 tablets,
and when they are taken the Foun
ders Roll will close, and nobody else
can get a tablet for any price.
“The other plan is the Children’s
Founders Roll, for boys and girls
under 18 years old who give a dol
lar .to the Memorial. Their names
will be enrolled in an immense Book
of Memory in the center of the Hall
and opposite each name will be
written the name of the Confederate
soldier whom the child wishes to
memoralize. In addition, each child
will receive a small, beautifully en
graved bronfce medal from a design
made by the great genius who con
ceived this majestic monument.
“I confidently expect our county
to be among ,the first to go over
the top in an enterprise Of' such
glory and grandeur and of such
powerful appeal to Southern sent!
ment.”
The April term of Taylor Supe
rior Court convened Monday morn
ing, with Judge George P. Munro,
of Columbus, presiding, Col Walker.
Flournoy, solicitor-general and Col.
R. O. Perkins, court reporter. The
grand jury was impaneled, and duly
organized, by electing Hon. W. T.
Gostin, of Reynolds as foreman,
Hon. Ira Chambers, of Butler,
clerk and Mr. J. W. Cogbum, bail
iff.
Judge Munro, as a preliminary to
his charge to the grand jury, quoi-
ed an old adage, “in the midist of
life we are in death” and reviewed
with sorrow the ravages death had
wrought in Taylor county since his
last term of court here. That deatn
had claimed Hon J. A. Matthews,
who was foreman of the preceding
grand jury. Also of Hon. O. T.
Montfort, who, for a long number of
years, was clerk of Taylor Superior
Court. Also of Mr. J. R. Beeland,
sheriff for sixteen years and his son
Louis Beeland, deputy sneriff. All
having passed away since the Octo
ber term of Taylor superior court.
Judge Munro paid these oeceased of
ficers quite a compliment speaking
in glowing terms of their usefulness
There was much in the charge of
Judge Munro to the grand jury that
is worth thoughtful consideration, as
be ennunciated the principle of cause
and effect, as it relates to law en
forcement. That a county or a peo
ple ever attained a higher height in
morals and law enforcement than
the citizenry of the county, and that
the citizenry was, as is the home,
and that the courts were well nigh
powerless in the enforcement of the
law without the cooperation of the
citizens of the county or state. He
also, stressed, the. need nf P ost
rigid and economical administration
of the affairs of the county. That
the people were groaning under tne
burden of taxation and needed re
lief.
The grand jury is composed of
business men. Men, who attend to
the matters pertaining to the duties
of a grand jury, in a business-like
and methodical manner. This is
clearly evidenced by the fact that
they finished up their work and ad
journed Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-
true bills were returned by the
grand jury, nearly all or which are
for misdemeanor offenses. The gen
eral presentments were read before
the Court, and were clear, short and
to the point. The county is to be
congratulated in the selection of
his grand jury.
The following attorneys were in
attendance at court: Cols. C. F. Mc
Laughlin; Walker Flournoy; Oscar
D. Smith; J. B. Hoyl and R. O.
Perkins, of Columbus. Judge J. A.
Smith and Hon. Jones Perryman, or
Talbotton. Hons. T. E. Ryals and A.
M. Lamar, of Macon. Hons Jule
Felton, Jno. B. Guerry. B. F. Neal,
Jerrie MoOre and G. C. Robinson, of
Montezuma. Hons. C. B. Marshall
and Homer Beeland, of Reynolds.
And the local bar which is composed
of Hons. W. E^ Steed, C. W. Foy,
and H. P. Wallace.
This term of court is the first one
for a long while, at which there
were no inmates of the jail, which is
a matter of congratulation .
The civil docket was lightened of
much of the business contained
therein, fifty cases having been dis
posed in two days.
The case of C. H. Neisler, et al,
against the City of Reynolds, creat
ed quite a bit of interest. The plain
'tiffs got a temporary restraining or
der against the mayor and aldermen
of Reynolds stopping the digging up
of shade tjeps on Macon street,
which was being taken up for the
purpose of more thorougniy opening
up that street. A forty-foot drive
way being the project. It was claim
ed by the plaintiffs in their petition
that the work was being done thru
a capricious and arbitrary motive.
After a hard legal battle, the plain
tiffs being represented by C. W.
Foy, the defendants by C. B. Mar
shall and'Jere Moore, the jury re
turned .^verdict in favor of the
plaintiffs; .
The criminal docket was taken up
Wednesday morning -and several
-pleas of guilty were entered in mis
demeanor cases. There were only
two or three felony cases, the ac
cused being under good bond, cases
were continued until the October
term of court.
This session of 'Taylor Superior
Court goes on record as being the
shortest within a long number of
years, being in session only three
days, having adjourned Wednesday
afternoon.
S. S. Institute at
Woodland Today.
The Sunday School Institute for
the Columbus District, which opened
last night at Woodland, will con
tinue thru today. The session will
be presided over by Rev. Whitley
Langston, presiding elder, while
Rev. D. G. Mann is District Direc
tor.
Today’s program is as follows:
9:30 Devotional.
9:45 “Training Leadership”— Rev.
Whitley Langston.
10:05 “Carrying on in Our Mis
sionary Work”—Rev. M. M.
Marshall.
10:25 “Plans in Sunday School Ad
ministration”—Rev. M. W.
Carmichael.
10:45 Reports From Sunday
Schools.
11:15 Next Place of Meeting.
11:20 “Elementary Work ana
* Workers”—Mrs. J. N. Watts
11:45 “Sunday School Evangelism”
Rev. C. R. Jenkins, D. D.
12:15 Adjournment for Dinner.
1:30 P M.—Meeting of Groups.
Elementary Group—Miss Mary Do
zier in charge.
Intermediate—Senior and Young
People—Adult Groups Combined.
Rev. O. L. Kelley,. presiding.
1. “Outline of Intermediate-Senior
Work”—Rev. O. L. Kelley.
2. “The Organized Class.”—Rev. J.
T. Budd.
3. “Adults and the Sunday School”
Rev. W. L. Wright.
4. “Winning Young People ior
Christ.”—Mrs. Whitley Langston.
3:30 Adjournment.
Convicted He Advises
Court He is an Escape.
J. H. SANDERS, FOUND GUILTY
AT KNOXVILLE; TELLS OF
GETAWAY.
Knoxville, Ga.,- April 4.—J. H.
Sanders was convicted' Friday in
Crawford county superior court of
manslaughter in connection with the
killing of Lewis Harrison in the
Deep Creek section last Dec. 29, and
wdb sentenced to serve 15 to 20
years. Upon being sentenced, how
ever, he told the court he is an es
caped convict from Alpharetta,. Ga.,
where he was serving a 20 year sen
tence under the name of Gans. ' He
wrote a letter to the authorities at
Alpharetta. If his story is true he
will be sent to serve the former sen
tence first. He explained that his
confession was prompted by a desirfe
to serve in that place rather than in
Crawford county or the State Farm.
Sanders and Harrison, who were
“ringing”' broomstraw on the day of
the killing, quarreled over a woman
according to the evidence, and Har
rison drew his gun. Sanders took it
away from him and struck him upon
the head, inflicting a fatal wound.
CLOSING EXERCISES
OF WESLEY SCHOOL
The closing exercises of Wesley
school will be held Saturday evening
at 7:30. *
A miscellaneous program will be
given, the chief feature of which
will be a play“Vera’s Vacation” giv
en by the upper grades.
The public generally is cordially
invited to attend. ..
Calcium Arsenate
Train Here Today
Taylor county planters and others
of this immediate section can get a
supply of calcium arsenate at 12c a
pound on Thursday (today) April
12th.
The Georgia state board of ento
mology has arranged with the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway to operates
peddler car of calcium arsenate
again this year. A car will be side
tracked here, and cotton growers
can secure any amount from 100
pounds up, same to be sold at the
car for cash.
A statement from the state board
V
says:
“Detailed information will be giv
en at the car as to the best methods
for controlling the boll weevil, to
gether with instructions as to the
best use of calcium-arsenate.
“Two years ago you purchased cal
cium arsenate at 9c a pound and your
cotton was worth 1,0c; now we can
furnish you with calcium areenate
at 12c and your cotton is worth 35c,
Controlling the boll weevil yrto
calcium arsenate and producing a
normal crop of cotton is 'ho monger an
experiment. Any cotton grower can
■produce a normal crop if he will fol
low the method and uses calcium ar
senate as outlined by the Georgia
State Board of Entomology. Buy
your calcium now and prepare to
dust every acre you plane.
Do not waste your energy and
money planting cotton for the boll
weevil to destroy. Come out to your
station today and buy calcium ar
senate from the train. There will he
an exhibit of dusting machines.Come
out whether you want to buy or
not, hear the talks and get instruc
tions.
Prominent Junction City
Faker’s Gold Mine.
The greatest gold mine of a fake
gold stock company is in their mimeo
graph machine.
The announcement of the death of
Mrs. Fannie Butler, from heart fail
ure, at her home at Junction City,
will be the source of sincere regret
to her many friends in this' section.
She was the beloved wife of Mr.
W. E. Butler, a well-known plumber
manufacturer, and was 49 years of'
age.
Mrs. Butler was born at Chase
City, Va., October 25, 1875, but hacT
lived for the past several years with
her family at Junction City. She was
a devout member of the Methodist
church and an earnest worker in tne
affairs of the Methodist congrega
tion at Junction City.
Besides,her husband, W. E. Butler
the deceased is survived by six sons,
Richard, Julian, W. E. Jr., Josepn,
Albert, Clyde and James Butler, ail
of Junction City, and other relatives
in Virginia.
The body was carried _ to Chase
City, Va., for funeral services and
interment, leaving Junction City
Wednesday morning at 2:15, ac
companied by members of the fami
ly.
$50,000 GIFT FOR
GREATER WESLEYAN
Macon, April 4.—Announcement
was made Friday by workers in the
greater Wesleyan campaign that
Colonel Samuel Tate, of Tate, Ga., a
trustee of Wesleyan College, had
donated $50,000 to the fund being
raised to build a new college plant
Col. Tate made the donation sever
al days ago but had not announced
it until Friday.
This is the biggest individual do
nation yet made to the fund.
WOODBURY MARSHAL DIES IF WINDS
m
OFFICER ATTACKED BY VI
CIOUS NEGRO AND FATALLY
SHOT FROM BEHIND. CITI
ZENS LYNCH BOY.
Atlanta, April 4.—Town Marshal
Albert Wells, of Woodbury, Ga.,
died at an Atlanta hospital Friday
from pistol wounds said to have
been inflicted by Beach Thrash, 15
years of age, a negro living in
Woodbury, who paid the penalty of
his crime at the hands or an enrag
ed mob.
Officed Wells, it is said by wit
nesses, was in the act of arresting
the negro for theft, when,m turning
to answer the telephone, tne boy
seized a pistol firing a bullet into-
the officers head.
A mob later stormed the Jan, se
cured the negro and departed in the
direction of Flint river, where the
body was late found.
Officer Wells was rushed to At
lanta for special medical attention.
The negro boy is said to have
been caught stealing bash from the
bank in which he was employed.
The boy shot the marshal while
both were in the Peoples Bank at
Woodbury. Officials of the institu
tion had suspected Beach of stealing
small change, and had posted Wells
in a concealed position to detect the
thief and arrest him. Early in the
afternoon the negro entered and
Wells caught him in the act of tak
ing money. He seized him and start
ed out of the bank, when the tele
phone rang. The officer placed his
pistol on a table, and holding the
intruder wiht ,one hand, took up tne
telephone with the other. The per
son calling was the wife of Cashier
Dodds, asking if her husband was
coming to dinner. Before the officer
could set the telephone down the
boy grabbed the gun and shot him.
The negro was seized soon after
ward by the mob, riding in three
automobiles, and was taken out on
the road and shot to death.
Khpriff J. B. Jarrel arrived on
j the' scene soon after the killing but
j the mob had dispersed. It is his be-
| lief that most of the residents of
Woodbury eondoned the lynching.
Death of Mr.
W. H. Burgess.
Taylor County relatives ana
friends of Mr. W. H. Burgess were
deeply grieved to learn of his death
which occurred at his home at Dub
lin, Ga., last Wednesday the result
of pneumonia being ill only one
week.
Mr. Burgess was constructing en
gineer of the A. B. and A. railroad
when that road was being construct
ed. While in this section serving the
A. B. and A. he met Miss Ruba
Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas S. Brooks of this county
they marrying some months later.
Mrs. Burgess with five children sur
vive him, as does two sisters at St.
Louis where Mr. Burgess was born
and reared.
Mr. Burgess, who was 49 yearn
of age, had resided in Dublin several
where he began the study and com- 1
pleted the full course of civil engi
neering, working as apprentice in
the main railroad shops of that city.
He was a member of the Methodist
church, and was prominent m all the
movements of Dublin, being known
far and wide for many splendid
traits.
He was supervisor of four rail
terminating at DuLlm, the Wrights-
ville & Tennille, Wadley & Sou
thern, I-oust die & Wadley Sylvania
Central, branches of the Central of
Georgia, all of which ceased opera
tions during the funeral hour In re
spect to the memory of the dead. At
the time of his death he was .en
gaged in drafting plans ror the new
shops which are to be erected in
Dublin within a short time, the for
mer plant having been destroyed by
fire recently.
Mr. Burgess was greatly esteemed
by officials of the roads he so ably
represented, and enjoyed the love of
his fellow workers throughout the
territory supervised by him. His fu
neral was the largest held in Dublin
in recent years, employees of the
various railroads attending in a bo
dy, the floral offerings being many
and beautiful. ''
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